FOLAN RITES—As over 100 uniformed officers stand at a farewell salute, the casket of Police Chief Mark Folan is carried from St. Catherine’s Church after Solemn Pontifical High Mass of Requiem on Monday morning. Six members of the department he headed for 12 years were the active pallbearers. Death came to Chief Folan early last Friday morning at the Norwood Hospital an hour after being stricken with a coronary attack at his home. (Eugene McLean Photo)
This Day in Norwood History-June 2, 1955-St Catherine’s To Have First Service of Ordination
Bishop To Ordain 19 In Norwood Saturday Solemn Rites First For Local Parish Rev. Thomas S. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Greene of 41 Orchard Hill road,…
This Day in Norwood History-June 2, 1905-Memorial Day Observed in Schools, Morning & Evening Exercises Around Norwood
Memorial Day was fittingly observed m Norwood’s schools last Monday afternoon. The most elaborate observance was held by the sixth and seventh grades in Village Hall. The hall was handsomely…
This Day In Norwood History-June 2, 1946-Lydon Assumes Chief of Police Post in Norwood
Thomas C. Lydon assumed his duties as Chief of Police here today. Born in Norwood Chief Lydon was appointed to the police department in 1915 and in 1932 became a…
This Day in Norwood History-June 1, 1945-Town Honors Hero War Dead
Memorial Day Is Observed With Traditional Exercises Solemnly reaffirming this town’s grateful remembrance of the hero dead of this war and past conflicts who gave their lives that America might…