Three Candidates Leading With No Appointment Yet. Mr. Eales’s Friends Are Confident.
The postmastership fight, it is rather thought, will be settled by another week. The three leading Republicans whose names Congressman Powers is considering are believed to be Hon. F. A. Falos, Perley B. Thompson and Ed- L. Bigelow. Mr. Fales’ friends feel more confident this week than they have yet felt and point to certain strong points in his favor. They say that he is the only man who has had long and continued public service in just such details of routine as the office demands to recommend him. He was a friend and adviser of the late postmaster and is popular with and has full confidence of the employees of the office as he had a great deal of business with it in Mr. Wallace’s time and enjoyed a large share of the confidence and esteem of Mr. Wallace himself. Even those who do not like Mr. Fales personally, and a public man always has enemies, admit that he would make a strong man for the place, well equipped for the duties of the position and would be a safe postmaster. Mr. Fales’ strength has grown perceptibly in the past two weeks. He has the endorsement in a marked degree of the plain people, the rank and file of the citizens, including a number of Grand Army men.
Some of the best known businessmen of the town are also on his side. It is believed that he would conduct the office in that calm, quiet, dignified, business-like way which distinguished Mr. Wallace, and that like him he would treat all classes with courtesy and respect. His acquaintance with public men and public business of all kinds makes him a particularly desirable man for such a position and the calm, conservative element, which is made up of men who attend to their own affairs and care, little for politics in its partisan or narrow sense, would be pleased with such a man. As far as political issues go, however, Mr. Fales is an unswerving Republican and has done service for the party for years.’ Large numbers of people who would like to see the office managed in pretty much the same way that Mr. Wallace managed it consider him a perfectly unobjectionable candidate and one who, under all the circumstances, would do as well as anyone for the place. While others may have their preferences there is certainly a large and growing element which considers Mr. Fales to be on the whole the safest, most satisfactory man for the position.
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Norwood Scrapbook-August 3
A comprehensive daily compilation of historical news from Norwood, Massachusetts on August 3. Featuring stories of town planning, public safety efforts, regional transportation, local achievements, and community concert traditions.
Traffic Concerns Stall Zoning Board Hearing on Proposed Caldor Shopping Center on Route 1-July 30, 1980
A zoning board hearing for the proposed $3 million Caldor shopping center on Route 1 was continued to August 19 as developers Bronson & Hutensky worked to finalize safe traffic access through Park Place Industrial Park.
Library Throws Book at Woman in Norwood-July 27, 1984
Susan Andrews became the first person arrested in Norwood for failing to return overdue books to the Morrill Memorial Library.
Appeals Board Postpones Decision On Norwood Golf Course Proposal-July 26, 1973
The Norwood appeals board postponed a decision on developer Frank R. Simoni’s proposed 97-acre golf course near Access Road, requesting a certified site plan.
In Memoriam: Walter J. “Wally” Hughes Jr. (1947 – July 25, 2026)
Opening Tribute The Norwood community joins the Hughes family in mourning the unexpected passing of Walter J. “Wally” Hughes Jr. on July 25, 2026, at the age of 79. For … Continue reading In Memoriam: Walter J. “Wally” Hughes Jr.…
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