For as long as I could remember there was an old beer mug of the Norwood Minnesota 1972 Centennial sitting on a shelf at my moms house. We knew the person pictured on the mug was a relative, but we weren't exactly sure who that person was, until now.

While doing genealogical research online I found a reference to a newspaper article regarding a Teddy Wollin. I contacted the Carver County Historical Society and they sent me a copy of the full article.

Centennial Celebration starts with sale of buttons
Norwood Times - February 3, 1972

Norwood centennial buttons went on sale last week and according to the committee in charge, they are "selling like hotcakes."

The button has a color likeness of one of Norwood's early citizens, Teddy Wollin, deceased.

The picture of Mr. Wollin was taken by Robert Pieper back in 1953 while Teddy, as he was known, was enjoying a brew in Pieper's Bar one warm summer afternoon. The picture was displayed above the bar in Pieper's for years and attracted a great deal of attention. One of the major brewing companies, whose product Teddy was enjoying, wanted to buy the photo, but Pieper declined to sell it.

The picture will also be used on beer mugs which will go on sale as soon as they are delivered.

For those who don't remember Mr. Wollin, he was a resident of Norwood for 68 years. Born in Milford, Wisconsin, on August 24, 1875, the Wollin family came to Norwood about 1890. He bought the Exsted farm on the east edge of Norwood from his father-in-law and operated it one year when he sold it to the late Albert Exsted and moved to Norwood.

He operated a dray line here for many years and went with threshing crews in the summer.

One of the stories old timers like to tell about Teddy has it that during World War II when clocks were turned back an hour for daylight savings, he steadfastly refused to set his watch back.

Buttons may be purchased at any Norwood business place. With each button, the purchaser gets a chance at winning 100 old silver dollars. The dollars will be given away in four different prizes. 50 for first, 25 for second, 15 for third, and 10 for fourth.

Price of a button is one dollar. The drawing will take place during Norwood's Centennial celebration, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 14, 15, and 16. Winners of the silver dollars need not be present.