Lawrence High School · Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lawrence High School Class of 1945

This page lists the 382 graduates of Lawrence High School, Lawrence, in the class of 1945, named in the Blue and White (1945). Every name and face was read out of the scanned yearbook pages themselves.

Rights: Published 1945. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

382graduates
140listed activities

Poster of this classEvery portrait and name on one printable sheet.

About this yearbook

Title: THE BLUE AND WHITE
Scanned by: Lawrence Public Library, via the Internet Archive

Dedication. In memory of all those boys of the class of 1945, Lawrence High School, who have forsaken their books to enter the armed service of the United States we gratefully dedicate this page.

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The 1945 yearbook of Lawrence High School in Lawrence lists 382 graduates, and every one of them has a portrait on this site. They are listed alphabetically below, each linked to a page of their own.

358 different surnames appear. The most common were Murphy (5), Arsenault (2), Bailey (2), Barry (2) and Carter (2), and 21 surnames were shared by two or more classmates.

The most common first names were John (17), Robert (13), Mary (9), Rita (9) and Joseph (8).

328 graduates printed a course of study. The largest were College (94), General (69), Business (64) and Manual Arts (39).

242 graduates named the school they came from. The most often named were Oliver (46), A. B. Bruce (21), John Breen (20) and Bruce (16).

Most common surnames

Most common first names

John17
Robert13
Mary9
Rita9
Joseph8
Dorothy7

Courses of study

College94
General69
Business64
Manual Arts39
Commercial27
College Preparatory15

Schools they came from

Oliver46
A. B. Bruce21
John Breen20
Bruce16
John R. Rollins12
Tarbox12

In their own words

“I never could be bored with life.”
D. Eleanor Antoci
“With a Smile and a Song”. “Phyl”
Phyllis Sheridan
“A tender heart, a will inflexible.”
Nicholas Abodeely, Jr.

Local businesses that advertised

CURRAN AND JOYCE CO., Inc.433-443 COMMON STREET
LAWRENCE PLATE and WINDOW GLASS CO.417 CANAL STREET
EUGENE F. MCAULIFFE137 LAWRENCE STREET LAWRENCE
JERSEY ICE CREAM CO.70 BAY STATE ROAD, LAWRENCE
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, Inc.226-230 ESSEX STREET LAWRENCE, MASS.
THE EMPIRE355 ESSEX STREET, CITY
CALIRI, Inc.447 ESSEX STREET, LAWRENCE
ADRIENNE FURS
F. A. HISCOX & CO.152 Broadway
THE JACKSON BEAUTY SALON
DALRYMPLE OIL CO.13 APPLETON STREET LAWRENCE
T. J. BUCKLEY COMPANY284 ESSEX STREET
MERRIMACK VALLEY DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
STERLING STORES365 ESSEX STREET
H. J. UNWIN COMPANY116 SPRUCE STREET
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.415-16-17 BAY STATE BUILDING LAWRENCE, MASS.
MARUM KNITTING MILLS, Inc.15 Union Street, Lawrence, Mass.
H. P. HOOD AND SONS425 MARKET ST., LAWRENCE, MASS.
WATTS REGULATOR COMPANY
SEN. MICHAEL A. FLANAGAN
H. N. COLBY FUNERAL HOME
COLTON GIESBERG CO.
BART J. GALVIN322 Bay State Building
JUNKINS577 Essex Street
W. T. GRANT CO.
WEST END BEVERAGE CO.
KNUEPFER and DIMMOCK286 ESSEX ST., LAWRENCE, MASS.
CANOBIE LAKE PARK
BAY STATE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF LAWRENCE
DR. HERBERT COULSON125 So. Broadway
EMELIA'S BEAUTY STUDIORoom 310, Bay State Building
WILLIAM H. GLOVERBay State Building
JULIUS B. EMMERT & SONS277 Common Street
KOLSKY JEWELRY CO.522 - 526 Essex Street
DR. NICHOLAS F. ABODEELEY416 Common Street
LAWRENCE RUBBER CO.464 Essex Street Lawrence, Mass.