When I finished high school, World War II was going on and my friends and I were very eager to get into the service. My friends, Joe Balmelli, Andrew Cecchi and I went into the Navy. Joe’s grandfather owned Chicken Pete’s. That was the big nightclub in the area at the time. My father worked there as a waiter and a bouncer. He was a fighter and he could handle himself pretty well.
Click on Dick’s picture to read about him.
This is the first thing I’ve bought through ebay in years, but who could resist a stamp tool for Hopedale Elastic Goods? Click either picture above to read about Hopedale Elastic Goods and Lapworth Elastic Fabrics. If you took wood shop at Hopedale High five or six decades ago, the fish might look familiar. First shop project for eighth graders.
For sale on ebay for $3.95.
Click above to see VFW Home.
Hopedale Little League all-stars for 1956, sent by Charlie Ghiringhelli, and passed on to me by Dick Grady. Teams represented here were American Legion, Rosenfeld Concrete, Hopedale Pressed Metal, and Eden’s Aces.
Back Row – Tom Bonin – Carl Eden – Frank Cheschi – Jimmy Fitch – David Lowe ? – Chuckie Espanet – George Phillips – Charlie Ghiringhelli – David Weaver – Bing Miller
Front Row – Torey Salvia – Dave Heron – Jimmy Sweet – Blackie Rizzi – Ronnie Miller ? – Dick Grady – Larry Leclaire
Click the picture for Pee-Wee and Little League pictures from 1947 to 1975.
First day this year Hopedale Pond was clear of ice at the lower end – March 16. The temperature was 68 for much of the afternoon. Click here to see the dates for other years.