THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 17, 2023 Page 7 George Hughes rather play an extended schedule, more professional rules, with a greater chance of getting into professional hockey, should that be their life calling.” My note: who remembers those two hockey studs? Matty went on to win a national championship with B.U. and to this day looks like he could still lace them up! • The Boston Arena will remain as the home base for GBL hockey operations in 1974. • Catcher Carl Byron will be lost to the MHS baseball team for the entire season, suff ering an appendicitis attack a couple of weeks before. • George Hughes is an offi cial ‘Face in the Crowd’ as he had that honor bestowed upon him by Sports Illustrated the week prior. • Fancy threads will be the order of the day on April 16, when the MHS Baseball squad debut their new double-knit uniforms. The uniforms are white with blue and gold-lined numbers. The caps are blue with gold visors. White cleats are being contemplated. • John O’Brien in his “Musings” column whomped numbers players upside the head: “As Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle portray Eddie Coyle and his friends on fi lm the real Eddie Coyle’s of the world shoot it out in South Boston, supported by fi fty cents here and a dollar there contributed by people everywhere who play the number.” • This was a paid advertisement about 2" square placed on the front page: “Information wanted – did or did not one of our City Councilors escalate a parking violation of his automobile in the bus stop in front of Jordan Marsh into an arrest incident last Thursday, February 15th? The police don’t want to talk about it. Anybody having information on this matter should contact the Malden SunTimes at 321-4010.” • You could rent a Pinto at Econo-Car of Malden for $6 a day or 8 cents a mile. • According to Clark Drug at 200 Salem St., “Passover isn’t only matzo balls and a delicious assortment of over 30 varieties are available for sale.” As Peter Falk’s iconic TV character ‘Columbo’ would say, “Just one more thing, sir” – speaking of Senator Ed Markey, here’s a great story told by an old Y Rat, Richie Giannattasio: “Ed spent a great deal of time being fed by my parents at our Grace St house when he was in law school in the early 70’s. His girlfriend at the time lived in my parent’s house. One election day in the early 1990’s, after I had taken over the Grace St. home, Ed was walking up to the Glenwood School to work the polls. He had a small entourage and was wearing a suit, tie, and dress shoes. He saw me, along with my young sons, Richard, Michael, and David, playing hoop in the driveway. He walked in; called for the ball; and swished a 25-foot shot. He turned around, threw both hands in the air, and proceeded up the street. “A few years later, he did the exact same thing at a Y event. He was walking through the old gym, dressed in a suit, on his way to the pool area. He took a quick left onto the court; called for the ball; and hit a half-court shot. Then he proceeded to throw his hands up and immediately left. “As an aside, all 4 of my boys played HS basketball. Two of them were captains. Maybe Ed had an infl uence on them...because you know it wasn’t my Y ball background!” Postscript 1: Richie uses self-deprecating humor in his assessment of his hoop skills. Richie was as good as anybody at the old Y. Being a Y Rat, he knew where every dead spot in the gym was. Postscript 2: “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you got til it’s gone?” Hard to believe it’s been 48 years this June that Richie’s little sister Andrea passed away. Rest in peace, sweet Andrea. Homeowners – Apply for the Residential Tax Exemption! M ayor Gary Christenson is reminding Malden homeowners to apply for their residential property tax exemption. The City of Malden residential tax exemption is a great tax benefi t for owner-occupied residential properties. Malden is one of only a handful of communities in Massachusetts that off ers its residents this benefi t – a 30% reduction in taxable value for those who qualify! The deadline for fi ling applications is Monday, April 3, 2023. To qualify for the exemption this fi scal year, you must have lived in your property since January of 2022. The tax exemption application can be found here: https://www.cityofmalden.org/DocumentCenter/ View/4143/Residential-Tax-Exemption-Form-128-5C. When applying, please also include two utility bills from January of 2022. Bills from the City of Malden do not qualify. Mackey & Brown Attorneys at Law * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * GENERAL PRACTICE * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY * CIVIL LITIGATION 14 Norwood St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 WWW.MACKEYBROWNLAW.COM John Mackey, Esq. * Katherine M. Brown, Esq. Patricia Ridge, Esq.
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