[John Milner]

This is/was the correct way to identify a young male. As on the old Family Affair TV Show. The young boy was addressed as “Master Jody Davis” by the butler, Mr. French.

[ealgeone]

I remember getting letters like that when I was a kid.

[texas_mrs]

There was a guy in my junior high years whose last name was Bates. Of COURSE his buddies called him Master Bates.