DEDICATION – Frederick A. Cleveland School
Korslund, LeNormand & Quann, Inc. — Architects
Poorvu Construction Co., Inc., Wellesley Hills — General Contractor
Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland, (1865 – 1945) for whom we dedicate this school today was a noted author and economist of national and international fame as well as an outstanding engineer, philosopher, builder and professor. His service to Norwood spanned fifty-three years, among them, nine years on the School Committee.
Dr. Cleveland, more than any other person, devoted many years to bringing to Norwood the Henry O. Peabody School For Girls. Dedicated to the conviction that this school should be located in Norwood, Dr. Cleveland personally, in a series of meetings with all interested groups, secured their support. Finally, as Chairman of the Committee on Negotiations with the Trustees of the Henry O. Peabody Fund and as Chairman of the Building Committee he lived to see it become a reality.
DEDICATION PROGRAM
3:00 o’clock
February 1, 1959
Welcome – Arthur B. Rodgers, Chairman School Buildings Com.
Invocation – Rev. Allen Keedy, Pastor, First Congregational Church
Star Spangled Banner – Mrs. Margaret T. Crowley, Soloist
Introductions – School Building Committee Members, School Committee Members
Harry B. Butters, Chairman Board of Selectmen
Walter A. Blasenak, General Manager, Town of Norwood
Harry J. Korslund, Architect
Lincoln D. Lynch, Superintendent of Schools
Miss Mary A. Dean, Principal of Cleveland School
Lindsay A. Cleveland
Prayer of Dedication – Bishop Jeremiah F. Minihan, D.D., LL.D., V.F. Pastor, St. Catherine of Siena Church
Presentation of Keys – Arthur B. Rodgers, Chairman School Building Com. to John J. Cavanaugh, Chairman School Com.
“America” – Audience
Benediction – Rabbi David Alpert Temple Shaare Tefilah
INSPECTION OF SCHOOL – Cleveland School Parent-Teachers Association, Ronald Hardy, Norwood High School Student
2:30 — 5:00 P.M.
Refreshments
Pianist
(All articles were originally published in the Norwood Messenger unless otherwise noted)
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