I met Chuck and his brother Ted when I was in grade school.  My brothers Bob and Dave had this friend that would show up at all hours of the day or night at our house on Ellsworth Ave.  I remember Chuck, Bob and Dave and Mike and Jerry all hanging out in our garage doing who knows what.  In the later years Chuck and Char and Dave and Elaine all hung out- I once again was the pesty little sister spying and annoying them every chance I could get.  Out  of all of my brothers friends I remember Chuck as nice and would even discourage my brother Dave from beating up on me. These guys were so cool running around the bowling alleys, cruzing  the gut, hitting downtown salem in their Levi 501's and beetle boots with a metal thing on the heal that you could hear them walking a mile away.   I had to laugh Chuck said our house was a fun calm place- I remember our house always being full, mom feeding everyone and commotion all around.  The last time I saw Chuck was three years ago he came to Christmas at my house- it was fun to watch him and my brothers talk about their childhoods.  May god bless you and rest in peace Chuck.

I remember one winter there was a foot of snow my dad had tied a sled behind his vw bug and pulling us on the sl down my grandmas street. it was fun really funny when my younger siblings were on the sled the ran into the back of a parked . Knowone was hurt. But it sure was fun...funny..