Melrose High School

William Watts “Bill”

William Watts (“Bill”) appears in the 1938 yearbook of Melrose High School in Melrose, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 30 more named Watts

Full name: William Watts
Known as: Bill
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Washington School
Headed for: office work
Pastime: “Music”

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

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Same surname 22
Classmates 276
Same schools 9

In context

This site lists 277 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938; sorted by surname, William comes 260th. The entry is on page 94 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 207. 7 people in the Melrose High School class of 1938 are called William. “office work” is William's plan after graduation; 13 of 120 classmates with a printed plan (11%) named going to work. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1938 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Fred Ward, Raymond S. Washburn, Dorothy Watts
Same earlier school	Washington School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 13 of 120 classmates with a plan (11%)
Same first name	William: 6 other people in the class

What William did at school

Chorus (1, 2, 3, 4)
Rifle Club (4)

What the yearbook said

Music is Bill’s favorite hobby. He has sung in four years’ of Chorus, and he also warbled in “Hollywood Bound” and “Way Out West”. In sports, he takes a rifle like a duck does to water. Bill is a member of the Rifle Club. After graduation he intends to do office work.

The class of 1938

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Others named Watts

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Washington School

Also headed for office work

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 94. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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