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A Norwood couple recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary.

Leatrice Simon, now 94, and Stanley Dvoskin, now 97, met at a college dance in September 1949.

They attribute their long-lasting marriage to their close-knit family, which includes three children, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

NORWOOD — It all began with a smidge of imagination.

In other words, it started with a barefaced lie. Fake news. Total baloney. Leatrice Simon concocted a tale to finesse her way into a second date, and lucky for everyone, it worked.

It was September 1949, and “The Lone Ranger” debuted on TV. A gallon of gas was 27 cents, the Soviets tested out their nukes, and 18-year-old Leatrice dropped a whopper on an unsuspecting Stanley Dvoskin — a young man she ha

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