The Bell Hops, Norwood Telephone Exchange Operators Girls Softball Team-This Day in Norwood History-June 13, 1954

“HELLO GIRLS” SOFTBALL TEAM — This team of softball players, made up of telephone operators from the Norwood Exchange, and known as “The Bell Hops,” played their fourth game at the Civic on Tuesday night and defeated the girls from the Employers Liability Insurance Company office in Boston for their fourth straight win.

The team (left to right) front row: Irene Kelly, Helen Balfour, Joan Drummey, Edna Walsh, Olga Gill, Patty Conley, and Peggy Murphy.

Rear row (left to right): Elsie Agostini, Shirley Barss, Beverly Mazzolla, Mary Ellen Noon, Joe Raymond, coach; Jan Donahue, Margie Foley, and Helen Finn, team manager. (McLean Photo)

Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Norwood Messenger