Page 6 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 14, 2022 Malden Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday – Billy Nutile, 1929-2021 By Peter F. Levine M alden High School, 1946 – William Nutile, 57 Oakland St: “A bashful, cute little Trade School scholar with a real sharp wave in his hair is Bill. Has a yen for a certain girl called ‘Cuddles!’ Has proven his ability as the Trade School’s senior class and Student Council secretary. Plans to become a cartoonist.” Billy Nutile passed away in 2021 at age 92 years lived. I never got a chance to say goodbye. I will miss his emails. I will miss his wit. I will miss his total recall of years gone by. I will miss his love of Malden and his personal playground growing up, Edgeworth. We never actually met but Billy ran the same streets of Edgeworth as I did as a child only 50 years earlier. Here’s a little something I published back a couple of years ago. Rest in peace, Billy. “Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to...” He hasn’t jumped off the Medford Street Bridge into the Malden River on a warm summer’s night in many decades. Probably hasn’t worn Chuck Taylors in just as long. Or picked up a freshly killed chicken for dinner at Freddy’s Market on Pearl Street lately. But in his heart (and mind’s eye) – Billy Nutile, who turned 90 years young this past January 15 and has called Maryland home for many years, has never strayed very far from his beloved hometown of Malden. Now residing in the birthplace of Tallulah Bankhead, Chestertown, Md., Billy graduated MHS the year Law Offices of Terrence W. Kennedy 512 Broadway, Everett • Criminal Defense • Personal Injury • Medical Malpractice Tel: (617) 387-9809 Cell: (617) 308-8178 twkennedylaw@gmail.com after World War II ended, 1946. Like many youngsters over the years growing up in Malden/ Edgeworth, he worked on and off for Freddie Spadafora at his restaurant when it was located at the corner of Highland Avenue and Medford Street opposite (the long gone) Timmy DiLea’s Drug Store. He trained as an upholsterer at the Warren Carpet Cleaning Company located on Commercial Street behind the Strand Theater, then as an apprentice ‘tin knocker’ at the Brunell Sheet Metal shop on Charles Street, long since torn down as part of the Charles Street Urban Renewal of the ’60s. Uncle Sam beckoned after high school: five years in the military as an M.P. with the U.S. Forces in Austria before discharging in Feb 1952. Billy married into Edgeworth royalty in 1954 with nuptials to Evelyn Ann Perry. Ms. Perry was the stepdaughter of Joseph Scibelli of the famous “Edgeworth Scibellis!” In 1966 – “following the money,” as they say – Billy was commandeered by Servomation Corporation in Baltimore, Md., and quickly became Vice President. In 1970, tired of “working for the man,” he started his own food service company in Annapolis and ran it until he sold in 1994. Billy retired far ed in ’46. He and close friend Larry (pronounced ‘Laurie’) Scibelli, both “pursued” her through high school. Divergent paths were taken by all. College, the military, careers and the passage of time separated these childhood pals. According to ‘sources’ Camille passed away William Nutile from his roots in Malden on a piece of property he purchased from a farmer and his daughter who owned 450 acres of farmland and a 250-acre Hanoverian horse farm located in Chestertown on the eastern shore of Maryland. Billy and his wife of 64 years recently sold their home and will be settling down in a condo on the western shore of Maryland, closer to their four sons. “About his high school picture from the ‘Maldonian’: ‘Cuddles’ was Billy’s nickname for classmate Camille Santoro who lived on Noble Street in the Linden area and who also graduat‘many years ago’ but not before achieving a modicum of success in Boston in ‘local radio and TV.’ Larry passed away at 86 years young in 2015 at his home on Marco Island in Naples, Fla. Most of Billy’s classmates have passed on. He also lost track of many classmates and Malden friends from back in the day but still has family in Malden. And has made a friend for life in me. I find his tales of ‘Malden Back in the Day’ priceless. “Here is another fascinating look into Malden’s past from the man with supernatural memory recall. Take it away, Billy: “Part 1 of 2: ‘Peter, the other day when I wrote to you, I got to thinking, again, about those growing up years during the war. I’m not sure I didn’t write to you about this before but... what the heck! I was 11 years old when, on December 7, 1941, I was with my grandmother, two uncles and two aunts, squished MALDEN: TODAY| SEE PAGE 7 “ The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King Jr. www.eight10barandgrille.com We Have Reopened for Dine-In and Outside Seating every day beginning at 4 PM We are closed Monday, January 17th in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As always, access our ATMs and your Online & Mobile Banking anytime. Enroll at www.EverettBank.com WE'RE OPEN! 8 Norwood Street, Everett (617) 387-9810 STAY SAFE! 419 BROADWAY. EVERETT, MA 02149 771 SALEM ST. LYNNFIELD, MA 01940 WWW.EVERETTBANK.COM 617-387-1110 781-776-4444 Member FDIC | Member DIF
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