TRAINING AIRPLANE MECHANICS in a recently added activity at the Norwood Airport. With the local field the repairs base for planes, the new mechanics school seeks to overcome the shortage of skilled mechanics. Twenty-five men are being trained in the present class.
This Day In Norwood History-February 5, 1943-Hospital Handles More Cases in 1942
44% Of Patients Prove To Be Norwood Residents Topping all previous years in the number of cases handled, the total of 4066 individuals who were treated at the Norwood Hospital…
The Tanneyhill & Diggs Families of Norwood
Two Influential African-American Families in Norwood This story begins in the aftermath of the U. S. Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. Two Black families move to Norwood.Using photos donated…
This Day In Norwood History-February 4, 1941-Federal Auxiliary Airport in Norwood Asked in Proposal to State Legislature
While the legislative committee on military affairs remained deadlocked over the site for a new state-operated East Boston Airport auxiliary landing field, Senator Mason Sears of Dedham yesterday gained suspension…
This Day in Norwood History-February 3, 1948-Count Von Rumford Branded Spy By Historical Society Speaker
Painting of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford by Thomas Gainsborough 1783 A letter written in a nut-bark fluid to General Thomas Gage, British leader in the American Revolution, has recently been discovered and…