What A Great Night

The Time Machine brings me back to Chancellorand some guys were from Hillside. And most of us
Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, circa 1964. Vintageplayed baseball, basketball, softball, or football in our
cars like the '62 Oldsmobile Spitfire, 1957 and 1958day.
Chevy's roamed up and down the street passing TheThe joyousness of the evening created a very loud
Bunny Hop, The Burgerama and Dave's Hot Dogroom. I could not hear myself think at times. I found
Haven. Did we only eat French fries, hot dogs andmyself leaning over and placing my ear near
hamburgers? I think so.someone's mouth to hear what they were saying. I
On May 19th, 2005 I had the pleasure of attendingsaw a lot of this going on. Yes there was a lot of ear
the Sunday morning group of boys that used toto mouth.
frequent Chancellor Avenue. This event perpetuatesWhat made the evening special for me was seeing
the camaraderie that existed amongst us boys. Forsome of my old buddies that I had not seen in quite
some old boys the time machine went back to thesome time. In some cases over 20 years. Being able
1920's. There were some guys there that were 90to hug some great guys like Mr Barone, Stanley
years old. I felt great. I was one of the youngestLevy, Big Jeff Schulman, Joe Margulies. Sandy
guys to attend.Markowitz and Jake Davis made the evening a great
Wow what a group. There must have been over 200night. I felt special because of the special people I
boys of Chancellor there. All of us used to hang outwas with.
in the neighborhood. Most of us went to WeequahicThis was a great night.
High School. Some went to South Side High School,