These news items were the talk of the town on August 24, 1961
Report that Village Inn may install dance floor in near future . . .
Norwood’s Chamber of Commerce to meet at the gym of Cleveland School for all its monthly affairs this year . . .
John Hancock to open new offices at Vara Building on Route One . . .
New business in former Hood Milk Co. garage behind Central Motors . . . It’s Transmissions, Inc., of Newton and Norwood. . .
Another transmissions firm having a building built for them next to Joe Germano’s Sheet Metal Co. on Route One . . .
Local stores showing, great stocks for “back to school” . . .
Norwood is the only town for miles around that has a natural shopping center . . .
Wonderful stores, good sidewalks and streets . . .
Nothing the matter that 500 new parking spaces wouldn’t solve . . .
Three apartment houses almost finished on Walpole Street near Walpole line . . .
You have to hand it to the Lorusso firm in Walpole . . . their Edgewood Shopping Center is filled . . .
Apartment houses sprouting all over the countryside . . . Only Canton lagging in that respect . . . Westwood has none . . .
New sidewalks slated for Ward Five . . . Curbings too . . .
A few cool nights made the difference for dining spots … crowds started coming . . .
Plans by local musicians and entertainers call for lots of new routines . . .
We are blessed with a wealth of excellent local talent . . .
Most have decades of experience behind them . .
You can be sure that Matty Connolly will be trying every month to make the Norwood Chamber of Commerce meeting a factor in our civic and social life . . . His remark about making the Chamber a sounding board was music to my ears . . . Matty is an old tennis opponent of mine . . . Pete Clem and myself won the Norwood Doubles Championship from him and Mike Ready one year. . . They were the favorites . . but Pete and AJK managed to get the points when counted . If Matty plays the kind of game as prexy of the Chamber of Commerce as he played tennis …
IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING YEAR!
(Originally published in the Norwood Advertiser and Review)
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