(This article was from the Wednesday, September 20, 1950 edition of the Potsdam Herald newspaper, page 5, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).

 

Raymond Farm Is School Site

 

Norwood--Voters of the Norwood-Norfolk central school district approved by a 324 margin the purchase of the Raymond farm midway between the two villages as the site for the new junior-senior high school building.

There were 832 ballots cast for the Raymond site and 508 for the McGregor property, located between Norfolk and Raymondville. Thirty eight of the ballots were void, 27 of them being marked for both locations. The district has about 1,600 eligible voters, according to Kinsman E. Wright, Norwood, president of the board of education.

Voting was conducted at the Norfolk school gymnasium from 2 to 9 p.m. Blanche Palmer, clerk of the board, Carolyn Wood, Katherine Gang, Carolyn Colbert, Irene McCormick, Bernice LaVigne and Ruth Tooley served as clerks while Laura Spencer, William Kitney, Margaret Bartlett, Arthur Tebo, Earl Drew, William Stephenson, and Victor Tooley were tellers.

The Raymond farm, center of the school district from a population standpoint, has 95.53 acres and will be bought for $15,000, the money to be paid in a three year period. The purchase price was figured when the state education department planned the long term budget and there will be no change in the tax rate.

 

From the Tuesday, January 28, 2003 "Looking Backward" column, page B7--

50 Years ago

Jan. 28, 1953: The new $1,400,000 Norwood-Norfolk Central School will be opened the latter part of February, it was learned yesterday from Kinsman Wright of Norwood, president of the board of education. The central school will have an attendance of between 600 and 620 students. The Norwood and Norfolk schools will be used as grade schools. There are at least three rural schools in the district still in operation.

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