Melrose High School

Willis Alfred Lever “Bud Willie”

Willis Alfred Lever (“Bud Willie”), Melrose High School class of 1938 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Lincoln School; a write-up.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 4 more named Lever

Full name: Willis Alfred Lever
Known as: Bud Willie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Lincoln School

Also searched as: Willis Lever; Willis A. Lever; Lever, Willis.

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Same surname 2
Classmates 276
Same schools 58

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1938 from A to Z by surname, Willis is the 148th of 277 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 61, in the first third of the stretch from page 16 to page 207 where this site found the book's portraits. Counting Willis, 46 people in the class are listed as coming from Lincoln School. Of the 96 plans printed for the class of 1938 that name a kind of next step, 54 (56%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Phyllis Lewis, Kenneth A. Lindberg, Katharine Little
Same earlier school	Lincoln School: 45 other classmates

What Willis did at school

Football (2, 3, 4)
Basketball (2)

What the yearbook said

Bud is one of those real ladies’ men. He played for three years on the varsity football team. He is an excellent player. He suffered two severe knee injuries, but he is still able to play. He is greatly interested in aviation for a hobby, and he already has his student pilot’s license. He hopes to go to an engineering school.

The class of 1938

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Others named Lever

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

Also came from Lincoln School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 61. 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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