This Day In Norwood History-October 31

Norwood High Prepares for High-Stakes Bay State League Showdown Against Undefeated Walpole-October 31, 1969

Pitting a rock-solid defense against unbeaten co-leader Walpole, Norwood High coach Art Gulla’s squad looks to pull off a major upset in Saturday’s Bay State League rivalry matchup.
Proposed Norwood Medical Arts Building and School Committee Budget Decisions-October 31, 1963

Architectural plans were unveiled for the proposed Norwood Medical Arts Building, while the School Committee voted to release its 1964 budget and adopted a new extended sick leave policy for teachers.
Phil DeRose Leads Norwood Past Braintree 18-6 with Pair of Touchdowns and Punt Return-October 31, 1960

Powered by Phil DeRose’s 70-yard punt return and key touchdowns, Norwood High defeated Braintree 18-6 in a hard-fought Bay State League football matchup.
Callahan’s Colonial Shop Begins Three-Day Open House Thursday-October 31, 1957

Callahan’s Norwood Furniture Company has doubled the size of their street floor with the addition of an all-new Colonial Shop. The store now occupies the entire frontage next to the old Guild Theatre which will be occupied soon by the Union Savings Bank. Over 5,000 square feet of space has been completely renovated and stocked…
Find Cache Of Stolen Goods In So. Norwood-October 31, 1957

Find Cache Of Stolen Goods In So. Norwood-This Day In Norwood History-October 31, 1957
Norwood Gets Water From Quabbin Reservoir Today-October 31, 1956

Norwood Gets Water From Quabbin Reservoir Today-This Day in Norwood History-October 31, 1956
Farnham Music Shop Has Rental And Repair Service-This Day In Norwood History-October 31, 1947

Established a little over six months ago at 861 Washington Street, Farnham’s Music Shop is fast gaining in popularity. The Shop is owned and operated by George H Farnham, Jr., a Navy veteran of three and a half years service. Mr. Farnham was a musician in Navy Bands and after Ills separation from service, studied…
Arthur Fiedler Acclaimed In Second Norwood Concert-This Day in Norwood History-October 31, 1946

Fiedler Acclaimed In Second Norwood Concert A large and enthusiastic audience attended the second Norwood appearance of Arthur Fiedler conducting the Pops Concert Orchestra at the Junior High School, last night. Fiedler presented his usual varied program and the audience of music I lovers from Norwood and several surrounding towns enjoyed every minute of it.…
Murray Chevrolet-This Day in Norwood History-October 31, 1946

Murray Chevrolet-This Day in Norwood History-October 31, 1946
Hallowe’en Damage Is Worse This Year-This Day In Norwood History-October 31, 1944

House Burned, OtherFires, False Alarms, Etc. Four calls to fires, four false alarms, window breaking, and wholesale light breaking on Nichols Street added up the toll of Hallowe’en damage in Norwood this year. From shortly after 7.30 p.m. until after midnight the Norwood police book notations record the tale of destruction by Hallowe’en pranksters, or…