Somerville High School

William Strong “Mel”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed William Strong (“Mel”) among 563 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: Commercial Course; activities listed: Webster Debating Club and Boys’ Glee Club; lived at 122 Rogers Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 93.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 20 more named Strong

Full name: William Strong
Known as: Mel
Lived at: 122 Rogers Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Commercial Course

Also searched as: Mel Strong; Bill Strong; Billy Strong; Strong, William.

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Clubs & teams 104
Neighbours 45
Same surname 11
Classmates 562

In context

Of the 563 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1931 read for this site, William's is 492nd alphabetically. In the scan, William appears on page 93, in the last third of the run of 563 portraits read for this site (pages 27 to 102). William is listed under “Traffic Squad”, along with 60 other classmates. Across 13 classes of Somerville High School on this site, from 1917 to 1931, 75 people are named William; the class of 1931 has the most, 17. Among first names, the class of 1931 favours John (23), William (17) and Dorothy (16); the class of 1930 had John (18), Mary (16) and Edward (11).

On the same scan page	Anthony Speranza, William Spiers, Miriam Sprague, Ruth Stanley and 3 more
Same club	Traffic Squad: 60 other classmates
Same course	Commercial Course: 141 of 535 classmates with a course (26%)
Same first name	William: 16 other people in the class

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 93. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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