MAC: Happy 75th Anniversary
By Joe DeFeliceDid you know …
On November 26, 2013, Charlie and Mary Stevenson will celebrate a major milestone: their 75th wedding anniversary. Charlie, a member of the Canton High School Hall of Fame and the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame, quarterbacked CHS from 1929 to 1931, amassing 25 wins and only two losses. He was at the helm for Canton’s first undefeated season (9-0) in 1930 as the Bulldogs outscored their opponents 241-13. Charlie went on to coach CHS from 1943 to 1956. He also went to work for the Boston unemployment office as an assistant director for 38 years while Mary went to work for the Canton High School cafeteria, serving as the manager for over 20 years.
Charlie met Mary at the Roseland Dance Hall in Taunton, and as Charlie told MAC, the Canton and Stoughton boys traveled to Roseland while the Mansfield and Easton girls also went to the famous dance hall, which still exists today. Mary was from Mansfield. After they got married on November 26, 1938, the couple lived in Canton and raised four children: Joan, Elizabeth, Carol Ann, and Charlie Jr. Charlie and Mary are now the proud grandparents of nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Charlie, 99, and Mary, 97, will celebrate their diamond anniversary (75 years) with a family dinner and lots of memories. Congratulations from MAC.
The Canton American Legion Post 24 will hold its annual Thanksgiving Day breakfast on November 28 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The cost is only $5 prepaid. The football game is in Canton this year, and tickets can be purchased at the Legion.
Talking about the American Legion, on Veterans Day, November 11, there was a rededication ceremony held for the World War I monument at the Walk of Honor at the Canton Corner Cemetery. The monument was originally dedicated in 1926 at the front of the old Canton High School, now the Hemenway Senior Center, on Washington Street. Thanks to Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti and the American Legion, the monument was restored to its original luster.
Canton Athletic Director Danny Erickson has given permission to the “Friends of Billy Cravens” to sell merchandise at Memorial Field on Thanksgiving Day. A table will also be set up outside the American Legion on Thanksgiving morning selling Billy Cravens merchandise as people enter and exit the game. The fundraiser is being organized in an effort to help Cravens, a former Bulldog great who is currently battling ALS.
On Veterans Day, November 11, Prestige Car Wash at 925 Turnpike Street in Canton gave out free car washes to all veterans, a $9 value. MAC took advantage of the offer.
Gas prices are down to an average of $3.29 per gallon, which is 35 cents a gallon lower than it was a year ago.
Lombardo’s of Randolph, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, is offering a free Thanksgiving dinner to those who are alone on the holiday. For tickets, call the Canton Senior Center at 781-828-1323. Last year over 800 guests attended. This will be Lombardo’s 43rd annual Thanksgiving Day dinner for the less fortunate.
Canton’s Tommy MacDonald is in the fourth season of the furniture-making show “Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac.” It airs on Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. on WGBH Channel 2. The show is watched weekly by an estimated 750,000 people and has received Emmy nominations for both outstanding lifestyle program and outstanding directing in a lifestyle program.
Building #19, which first opened in 1964 with its motto of “good stuff cheap,” has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Boston and is seeking permission to hire a liquidation consultant and close its 10 stores by December 8. Gerald Elovitz, better know as Jerry Ellis, blamed the closing on the recent U.S. recession and online retailers as well as a lack of cash. His stores will be missed by his many faithful shoppers.
The Canton High School Class of 1978 will hold its 35th reunion on Saturday, November 30, at the Turnpike Café on Route 138 in Canton from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Tickets are $20 per person. For more information, please contact John Connolly at 781-828-3645 or email jconnolly781@verizon.net.
Tonight at the Canton Public Library at 7 p.m., authors Kathy Fitzgerald and Keith Stanley will give a presentation and talk on the rich and varied history of New England cuisine dating back to the 1700s and 1800s. The program, sponsored by the Canton Historical Society, promises an exciting evening for history buffs and cooks alike.
Chris Flynn, a former teacher and coach at Blue Hills Regional Technical High School from 1976 to 2010, was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame on November 15. Flynn amassed almost 900 career victories across multiple sports, including girls’ softball and basketball, as well as girls’ and boys’ soccer. He is also a member of the Hanningtons of Canton over-55 senior softball team that recently won the Bay State League Championship.
Working hard and enjoying it are not only compatible but essential for long-term success.
This is all for now folks. See you next week.
Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.
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