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This web site is written, researched and published entirely by members of the Norwood Historical
Society. Rootsweb.com provides the free hosting of this site,
for which the Norwood Historical Society is grateful. Click on the links at the top of each page in order
to see rootsweb.com and ancestry.com web sites featuring extensive genealogical and historical information.
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How To Become A Member Membership is open to anyone interested in the history of Norwood, Ohio. Annual membership (from May to May) is $15 per person. SPECIAL OFFER — Join before May and receive the months before then for free! For more information, contact us at 
The Norwood Historical Society
c/o Rodney Steele, Treasurer 887 Yarger Drive Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 |
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LAST UPDATE
February 6, 2012 Want to know what has been added to this web site? SEE LIST OF UPDATES. |
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Next meeting will be at the McCullough House in Lindner Park on Saturday,
February 11, at 2 p.m.
The January meeting was lightly attended. Ideas for 2012 were discussed and recent donations were acknowledged:
| The December 10 Open House/Holiday Party was a success. The "meeting room" was crowded as Rodney Steele showed his "Vintage Norwood" DVD containing a movie of around 600 photographs of Norwood. A delicious assortment of food and drinks donating by members and friends was placed in the adjacent dining room. Door prizes given away included some of the DVDs, several books and a model Norwood police car. In the holiday spirit of giving, donations to the Society from some of the attendees were accepted with much thanks. |
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Norwood-born George Chakiris, long-time actor, dancer and singer was at the Norwood Middle School Friday, December 16, at 1:30pm. With him
were Lee Meriwether (a former Miss American, actress and friend of the late Vera-Ellen—another Norwood product), Heather French Henry
(another former Miss America), operator of the Rosemary Clooney House museum in Augusta, Kentucky, and Rosemary Clooney historian Kathy
Brown. Also, they visited Mr. Chakiris' childhood home, Vera-Ellen's former home and the Society's archive room. By the way, Mr. Chakiris said he was born in 1932, not 1934 (or even 1933) as most web sites say!    Photo of Chakiris, Meriwether and French Henry on stage at the Norwood Middle School and a photo of Ms. Meriwether and Mr. Chakiris at the Society's archive room viewing a digital slide presentation of actors who came from Norwood. Check out excerpts from George's aunt Sophia's book, "Escape to a New Dawn" at Kathy Brown's Rosemary Clooney web site. For more "Famous People of Norwood" click here. Enhanced version of the January 2012 newsletter with extra photos of the Chakiris visit and the Smith family tour. |
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| Enhanced version of the November 2011 newsletter with extra photos of the Carl Lindner, Jr. parade, the Linden Point historical marker presentation and more. | |
| Photos of the November 2010 Library Tour, including photos of some areas normally off limits to the public | |
Our meeting schedule in 2012 |
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If you have any corrections or additions to anything on this site, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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The Norwood Historical Society is an 501(c)(3) exempt organization.
Go to IRS Publication Search for Norwood Historical Society, or if that link does not work, search for "Norwood Historical Society" at the on-line version of IRS Publication 78 — a list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions The IRS has a new Exempt Organization Select Check search tool, that allows you to find the status (including data from Pub. 78, status revocation and whether the annual Form 990-N has been submitted) of tax-deductible organizations. |