Norwood Travelers Bound for Mexico City Report Excellent Weather‑This Day In Norwood History‑May 28, 1937

Travelers Enroute To Mexico City Experience Excellent Weather Conditions

A most unusual long‑distance adventure was unfolding in the late 1930s as Miss Emily Fisher, a 76‑year‑old Norwood resident, continued her headline‑making taxi journey to Mexico City. As of the latest bulletin received by air mail, Fisher and her companions were nearing Terre Haute, Indiana, where they planned to spend the night before pressing farther west.

The update came through Jack McGarry, the Norwood taxi driver who had undertaken the extraordinary assignment of transporting Fisher and her party across the continent. McGarry relayed that the travelers had covered 371 miles on Tuesday alone, making excellent time and enjoying ideal weather conditions.

The group’s growing notoriety became clear during a stop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where fellow traveler Fred Schaier asked a local cab driver for directions out of the city. The driver glanced across the street, spotted the Norwood taxi, and immediately asked Schaier if he was “the fellow driving to Mexico.” When Schaier confirmed it, the Harrisburg driver produced a front‑page newspaper featuring a full story on the Norwood party’s unusual expedition. Their cross‑country taxi ride had already captured the imagination of readers far beyond Massachusetts.

McGarry reported that the car was performing admirably, even after the group had climbed seven mountains in Pennsylvania, the highest reaching 3,400 feet. After navigating the rugged Appalachian terrain, the travelers were now entering the broad, flat plains of Ohio, where the driving would be easier and the miles would pass more quickly. If all continued to go well, they expected to reach Dallas, Texas, by the following morning — an astonishing pace for a standard taxi of the era.

The story of Miss Fisher’s journey had by this point become a national curiosity. Newspapers across the country were following the progress of the Norwood adventurers, and both the Associated Press and United Press were issuing regular bulletins on their whereabouts. What began as a personal trip had turned into a coast‑to‑coast human‑interest sensation, with readers eagerly awaiting each new update.

For Norwood, the adventure became a point of local pride — a testament to the spirit of a determined 76‑year‑old traveler, the reliability of a hometown taxi, and the unexpected joy of watching a small New England story capture the attention of the entire nation.

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