Norwood High School - Tiot Yearbook (Norwood, MA)

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CLASS ADVISORS Mr. D. Vincent Kenefick History Department Miss Mary Hubbard English Dept. Miss Elizabeth O ' Sullivan English Dept. Miss Elizabeth D. James Head of English Dept. Miss Margaret Nicholson English Dept. CLASS OFFICERS Daniel Perednia President Lillian Gustafson Vice President June Deeb Girls ' Treasurer Fred Rombola Boys ' Treasurer Florence Billingham m mmmn Secretary Florence Murray AA Representative

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Faculty of Peabody School Miss Margaret Anderson Foods Mrs. Harvey Burrows Cosmetology Mrs. Lawrence MacNeil Dressmaking Miss Marjorie McCready Commercial Dept. Miss Ruth Page Art Miss Mary Pachiro Dressmaking Miss Josephine Parkhurst Miss Veronica Simpson Merchandising Dressmaking Miss Anne Switzer Social Science Miss Mary Tormey Business Machines Miss Miriam Walsh Related Science Miss Louise Watts Poods

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TIOT TiOT, the name of our year book, is a familiar one in the town of Norwood. We see it many times, but do we ever stop and wonder what it really means? After all its deriva- tion might prove interesting, ;is well as informative. Tiot had its beginning in the time before the coming of the white man. This region was inhabited at that time by two tribes of Indians known as the Neponsets, a branch of the Algonquin tribe. The name, Tiot, is really a description of our location, for in the picturesque Indian dialect, it can be interpreted as meaning enclosure of waters. Then you ask why this name applies to Norwood. Well, let ' s glance at a map. To the South and East, Norwood is bounded by the Neponset River and Mine Brook. To enter from the North or West we must cross Bubbling and Purgatory Brooks. So you see, the literal Indians chose their name with rueful knowledge of their land. The redman will never completely vanish from Norwood as long as brooks, roads, or trains bear the name of Tiot. It is a part of their contribution to local lore.