HEAD TABLE GUESTS at the chicken supper which opened the season of the United Men’s Club Monday night at the United Church are (left to right) Rev. Edmund Miller, new pastor of the church; Charles Donnell, club president; Lt. Lewis Harris, 10th Air Force veteran recently returned from the Burma-India China theatre, who was the guest speaker of the evening; Staff Sergt. Arthur R. Pyne, Norwood airman home on furlough, who was taken a prisoner when his plane was shot down on a Ploesti raid and later released when’’Romonia capitulated to the Allies; and Sergt. Pyne’s father, Mr. George H. Pyne of 7 Douglas -avenue. (Surette Photo)
This Day in Norwood History-March 29, 1947-Police Chief Lydon Invents New Finger-Printing Machine
Gadget Will Be Submitted To The FBI For Inspection INVENTS FINGER-PRINTING MACHINE—Norwood Police Chief Thomas C. Lydon (right) holds finger-printing machine which he has invented and which will be turned…
This Day In Norwood History-March 29, 1964-Norwood Looks Forward
Norwood, until 1872 a part of Dedham, today appears a town that was built-and divided-by a railroad. But unlike many New England towns that boomed early in the Industrial Revolution…
This Day in Norwood History-March 28, 1947-New General Manager Ed Monahan Knows Problems of Home Owner, Businessman, Industrialist
“Ed” Monahan Wades Into New Job With Both Feet On Ground By WIN EVERETT Norwood—meet your sixth full-time General Manager, Edward C. Monahan, who took his official seat in the…
This Day in Norwood History-March 28, 1947-7 Norwood Candidates Start Climb To Pro Baseball Careers
All War Veterans And Ex-Murraymen Ray Martin with the Boston Braves in 1947 (Photo: Digital Commonwealth, Colorized by the Norwood Historical Society) By JOHN J. COOK Norwood will be well…