Page 6 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, December 3, 2021 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 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 HOURS: Open Daily at 4:00 PM Don’t Forget to Book your Holiday Party Early! Order your Holiday Party Platters Now! Join us begining at 4 PM for our NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION featuring Everett’s own... NEW MIKE MATARAZZO ~ www.eight10barandgrille.com ~ I Malden Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday – Top 200 Hoopsters; Part 1 By Peter F. Levine t’s that time of the year again, good people of Malden. Time to revisit my top 200 basketball players in the history of my life while living and playing basketball in the best hoop city in the Commonwealth: Malden! This is by no means a definitive list. I’ve got great memory recall, but Father Time has diminished my ability to think on my feet as quickly as I did in the past. If I have excluded you or made a glaring error, please let me know and we’ll rectify that after I have carefully examined all the facts. These are ballplayers that I have played with, and against, in my lifetime. They all have lived in Malden at one point in their lives or were born and raised here. The list is in no particular order. Joe wasn’t the best I ever played with/against (close though), and number 200 (Joe Frauton) was not the worst. Again, if I did not play against or with you in those glorious hoop days of yesteryear, that is why you aren’t mentioned here. For your reading pleasure is the fi rst fabulous 50: Joe Levine, Cliff and Bert Cioffi , Jimmy Cahill, Irwin Zalko, Paul Abare, George Miller, Danny Meyers, Arthur Carbone, Joe Bartoszewicz, Rod Forbes, Bruce Vining, John Stanasek, Tommy Hoff man, Mark Burns, Harold Sparrow, Tommy Blanchard, Tony Howard, Danny and Jerry Lynch, John Furlong, Shawn Brickman, Dave Slaine, Steve Powell, Kenny Fulgham, Douglas, Gregory and Philip Rogers, John Doherty, Bobby LeBLaw Offices of JOSEPH D. CATALDO, P.C. “ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW” • ESTATE/MEDICAID PLANNING • WILLS/TRUSTS/ESTATES • INCOME TAX PREPARATION • WEALTH MANAGEMENT • RETIREMENT PLANNING • ELDER LAW 369 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 (617)381-9600 JOSEPH D. CATALDO, CPA, CFP, MST, ESQUIRE. AICPA Personal Financial Specialist Designee Five of the top 200 hoopsters in Malden: Left to right: Joe Levine, Dan Meyers, John Crannell, Norm and Mark Pashoian. (Courtesy Photo) lanc, Gary Campsmith, Billy and Steve Nolan, Ricky Raymond, Tommy Restucci, Bobby Trodden, Johnny D’Orlando, Johnny Wilcox, Rose Ann Tomasello, Jerry Lynch, John Crannell, Dave McNary, Norm, Mark and Dave Pashoian, Buddy Arthur, Tina Doherty, Billy Hanifan, Barry Fitzpatrick, Chuckie Borstel and Brenda Sousa. It is said in Malden today, tomorrow and yesterday... It was 82 years ago this past spring that the children of Edgeworth got their elementary school back. The Emerson School reopened its doors in the spring of 1939 (after a complete renovation), and the children, mostly of Italian immigrants, that fl ooded Ward 2 at the turn of the century didn’t have to walk up to the Leonard School on Pleasant Street any longer. Dommy Settemio entered the second grade; Johnny Barry and Johnny Marsinelli were entering the third grade; Joe “Tiger” Settemio went into the fourth grade; Peter Trabucco, Samuel “Sammy” Saldutti and Larry Scibelli into the fi fth grade; and Pasqual “Patsy” Chiacchia into the 6th grade. Prominent Edgeworth names learning their ABCs at the Emerson in ’39 were Puopolo (not Donald because he would have been way too young!), Bucci, Angelo, DiPaolo, Mehos, Pisaturo, Sica, Notarangeli, Brandano, Fantozzi, Pagliccia, Cuoco, Martino, Gennetti, Parker, DiSerio and Russo. Very hard to believe, but we’re fast approaching the 13th anniversary of the passing of “Old Blue Eyes” – Frank Sinatra. For your reading pleasure my favorite Frank quote: “Rock ’n’ roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played, and written, for the most part, by cretinous goons. And, by means of its almost imbecilic reiteration, and sly, lewd and in plain fact, dirty lyrics ... it manages to be the marching music of every side-burned delinquent on the face of the earth.” Sitting in the Forestdale Cemetery on a quiet Sunday morning with Honey Dew Donuts coff ee and Boston Globe is like sitting in a wildlife preserve in your very own backyard! Spotted two hawks dive-bombing right above my car, ducks (not those disgusting Canada geese – real ducks), a heron that resembled a prehistoric dinosaur upon takeoff and a fl ock of nasty looking turkeys parading by my car. Who knew! On a Forestdale Cemetery side note, I am always amazed at how well kept the cemetery grounds looks. Can’t be easy keeping 60 or so acres looking so good with such a small crew. Amazing job by some amazing Malden employees who care. “Long ago, and not so far away...” A couple of years before his major league baseball career would end tragically, Roy CamMALDEN: TODAY| SEE PAGE 17
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