We have started collecting the memories and recollections of Norway residents and share them here. Enjoy their thoughts and stories about the town.

Janice Guilford

Retired operator at the Norway Telephone Office explains her job.

Emilia Fogg & Linda Ellingwood

Sisters reminisce about growing up on Crockett Ridge in a very musical family.

Heywood Club

Evelyn Marshall, Barbara Townsend and Emilia Fogg talk about the Heywood Club, one of Norway’s oldest social/service clubs.

Esther Estes

Life in Norway from the 1940s to the present.

Note: This two-part oral history was recorded in three sessions. Most of the first session was lost; a second recording was made to re-do lost material and a third recording was made to follow additional topics. The few statements retained from the first session about missteps during a dance performance at the Universalist Church are in Part 1A.

Part 1

Part 1A

NOTE: The first sentence by the interviewer in Part 2 was not captured on the tape, but was something like: “I think last time we chatted, you were telling us about helping your aunt at house on Main Street…”

Part 2

Evelyn Marshall

Growing up in Norway in the 1940s; the only girl with three brothers.

Ethel Lacourse

75+ years in the Norway Grange and 29 years working for the school district.