Melrose High School

William R. Goddard “Bill”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed William R. Goddard (“Bill”) among 195 graduates in the class of 1932. The entry gives: came from Everett Senior High School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1932 yearbook, page 43.

Class of 1932

195 in the class of 1932 · 20 more named Goddard

Full name: William R. Goddard
Known as: Bill
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1932
Came from: Everett Senior High School
Ambition: “To be a designer of aircraft”
Pastime: “Collecting information about military and racing aircraft”

Also searched as: Bill Goddard; William Goddard; Billy Goddard; Goddard, William.

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Same surname 15
Classmates 194

In context

William R. Goddard is number 74 of 195 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1932 on this site. Find William on page 43 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1932 are spread over pages 15 to 99. In the 12 classes of Melrose High School between 1925 and 1942 that this site covers, 55 people have the first name William. Of the 50 plans printed for the class of 1932 that name a kind of next step, 26 (52%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 57% in 1931.

On the same scan page	Mabel Virginia Goddard, Marie V. Goddard

What the yearbook said

Late in 1929, a quiet-mannered youth entered the portals in Melrose High School. He is well-known about Everett and Melrose as “Bill Goddard”. In his last years at Everett Junior and Senior High Schools, he was elected time after time to the Pailin Co-operative Government Association. In 1929, he came to Melrose High School as a Sophomore and from then he has steadily progressed in gaining a host of friends. At present his intention is to continue in his hobby, a hobby of collecting the latest detailed information about military and racing aircraft. As for his plans for the future, he would like to be a designer of aircraft. Here’s to the future!

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1932, page 43. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1932melr).

Published 1932. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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