Norwood High School - Tiot Yearbook (Norwood, MA)

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on thc Town In 1872, the South Dedham Parish was set oft from Dedham and incorporated as the Town of Norwood, with an area of nine square miles, a population of 1,560, and a valuation of real estate and personal property slightly in excess of $1,000, 000. Today, eighty years later, it is a flour- ishing community with an abundance of civic facilities, an area of ten square miles, and a population of about 17,000. The current value of its real estate and personal property is estimated at $26,551,480. The reasons for this amazing develop- ment have been numerous and varied. Among them are the founding of the Winslow Bros. Smith Tannery in 1776, the construction of the East Walpole Bird Plant, the coming of the Norfolk County railroad, the establishment of the Morrill Ink Plant, the building of the Norwood and Plimpton Presses, the Holliston Mills, the Tobe Deutschmann Corporation, and, very recently, the Workshop Associates, the Engineering Control Corporation and the Neilson Pattern Works. Waves of strangers swept into town to help in the operation of these, and, as a result, the town increased in size and material wealth. Norwood now boasts thirteen churches, ten schools, a 150 bed Class-A hospital, a modern Class- 1 post office, an excellent library, and a completely equipped Arm- ory. The recreational needs of the town are more than adequately taken care of by a park system of thirty acres with six baseball and football fields, a bathing beach, an outdoor swimming pool, num- erous tennis courts, three theatres, and several halls and sports centers. Norwood was the first New England town to adopt the Town Manager form of government. Local business is transacted in the distinctively designed Memorial Municipal Building, the tower of which houses the famous Tilton Carillon of fifty- two bells. There are also two hundred retail stores selling all types of merchan- dise and a million-dollar airport in the community. The principal items produced in the town include books, printing and binding, asphalt shingles and roofing, floor cover- ings and rugs, hides and leather, brake shoes and foundry products, shipping cases, printing ink, and machine products. C. K. ' 52 m

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Dedication In the great republic of these United States, in the ancient and honorable Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the beautiful and picturesque county of Norfolk, there lies a modern and progressive town which always excites favorable comment from everyone who sees it. That town is our town — the town of Norwood — whose Indian name, Tiot, means enclosure of waters. To us it means something more precious, namely home. No more loved word exists in any language, and it will always be associated in our hearts with the name of our home town, Norwood. And so it is to Norwood that we fondly and sincerely dedicate our senior yearbook on this, the occasion of her eightieth birthday. May she ever remain the symbol of all that is fine and truly American. P. W. R. ' 52 [ 11

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SCHOOL officmis Mr. Lincoln D. Lynch Superintendent of Schools SCHOOL COMMITTEE liaih Row: Thomas R. Bowler, John F. Reynolds, John J. Cavanaugh, John F. Kiley. Front Row: Frances L. Blanchot, Edward H. Thompson, Lincoln D. Lynch, Superintendent o Schools, Elizabeth V. Syveison, Clerk. [6] aummmm