Bernice Wenstrom Wins 2011 Anne Lydon Volunteer of the Year Award-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 2011

Amid a crowd of Norwood High School students and booths offering local food specialties, Norwoodโ€™s Superintendent of Recreation, Jerry Miller, invited Bernice Wenstrom to join him on the Walter Dempsey … Continue reading Bernice Wenstrom Wins 2011 Anne Lydon Volunteer of the Year Award-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 2011

From Ice to Glory: Norwoodโ€™s Hockey Club Takes the Ice-This Day In Norwood History-

๐Ÿ’ From Ice to Glory: Norwoodโ€™s Hockey Club Takes the Rink How a Local Team Skated into History in the Fall of 1955 In September 1955, while Norwoodโ€™s civic leaders … Continue reading From Ice to Glory: Norwoodโ€™s Hockey Club Takes the Ice-This Day In Norwood History-

200 Missions, Zero Excuses: Sgt. Aholaโ€™s Liberators-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 1944

200 Missions, Zero Excuses: Sgt. Aholaโ€™s Liberators How One Norwood Mechanic Kept Americaโ€™s Heavy Bombers Flying In the vast machinery of World War II, heroism wasnโ€™t limited to the cockpit. … Continue reading 200 Missions, Zero Excuses: Sgt. Aholaโ€™s Liberators-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 1944

Wartime Service & Sacrifice: Norwoodโ€™s Heroes of September 1944

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Wartime Service & Sacrifice: Norwoodโ€™s Heroes of September 1944 In September 1944, as Allied forces pressed forward across Europe and the Pacific, the town of Norwood stood quietly proud … Continue reading Wartime Service & Sacrifice: Norwoodโ€™s Heroes of September 1944

Fighting Flaherty’s-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 1943

All four boys of John J Flaherty, 102 Broadway, Norwood, are in the service. Two are in the Navy and two are in the Army. Besides their father, they have … Continue reading Fighting Flaherty’s-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 1943

Wastepaper Drive For War Effort-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 1943

Town Trucks Ready To Pick Up Paper In All Districts of Town All Paper In Town Wanted It will be waste paper week in Norwood next week, There is an … Continue reading Wastepaper Drive For War Effort-This Day In Norwood History-September 17, 1943

Petters Despoil Norwood Cemetery-This Day in Norwood History-September 17, 1937

Petters Despoil Norwood Cemetery-This Day in Norwood History- September 17, 1937

Local Ads From September 1905-This Day In Norwood History

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