Lawrence High School

William M. Thornton “Mike”

William M. Thornton (“Mike”) was one of 512 graduates in the class of 1944 at Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Printed details: General course; came from Breen; born in 1926. Portrait and entry from the Blue and White, page 110.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 21 more named Thornton

Full name: William M. Thornton
Known as: Mike
Born: June 15, 1926
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: General
Came from: Breen
Headed for: To travel

Also searched as: Mike Thornton; Bill Thornton; William Thornton; Billy Thornton.

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Same surname 14
Classmates 511
Same schools 48

In context

Of the 512 entries from the Lawrence High School class of 1944 read for this site, William's is 473rd alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 110, near the end of the stretch from page 12 to page 119 where this site found the book's portraits. The first name William appears 20 times in the 4 Lawrence High School classes read for this site (1920 to 1945), most often in 1944 (12). William's course, General, is also the course of 121 others in the 496 entries that print one (25% in all). The class of 1944: 31% of printed courses lead to college, versus 34% in 1945.

On the same scan page	Walter William Thiem, Carl Eolo Tiani, Sebastian David Tine, Raymond William Todd
Same earlier school	Breen: 39 other classmates
Same course	General: 122 of 496 classmates with a course (25%)
Same first name	William: 11 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What William did at school

Football 2, 4
Math Club 4

The class of 1944

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 110. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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