july 2006.pmd - Nahant, Massachusetts USA

NAHANT HARBOR REVIEW • JULY 2006 • Page 11Please patronize our advertisrs.ENZO’s NAHANT GARAARAGESERVING NAHANT & SURROUNDING AREA FOR 25 YEARS$ 7,500 Cash Prizes – 30 to 1 Odds“Yep, that’s right Ponsie! There are only 150 tickets printed, at $100 each,and there are “5” huge cash prizes. Do the math kid, that’s 30 to 1 odds, and thatain’t tooo shabby...”First prize is $5000, second prize is $1,000, and there are three $500 thirdprizes, with the remaining balance going towards the Town’s 153rd birthdayblock party celebration at Mitchell’s Cahnah, on Labor Day weekend, Sunday,September 3rd, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Great odds for a great cause!Get your tickets by calling any of these folks, Peter Przybycien,781.593.2511, Peter Barba, 781.581.5675, Frank Cardile, 781,581.1559, MikeBillias, 781.581.1338, NVA Commander Joe Fiore, 781.581.0414, MikeKaravich, 781.526.0544, Carolyn Cummings-Saxton, 781.581.0273, BrendaCook, 781.598.6799, Milton Goode, 781.581.1819, or Bill Cullen,781.581.1488.“Hey Ponzie, This year they’re honoring our dad at the block party, “BigDaddy Freddie Tudor, Nahant’s own Ice King,” by putting our company logo onthe commemorative cocktail cup, Tudor Cocktail Ice Company, Nahant, Mass.,est. 1805. Buy a drink and keep the cup, how cool is that!’“Hey Duddie, any update on the Causeway toll booth?”“Well Ponsie, rumor has it that they plan on putting a temporary toll boothon the Causeway to help pay for the cost of the new halfway house. They alsoplan on putting decoy seagulls, that are really cameras, on top of the light pollscoming into town, to make sure nobody is blowing them tolls.”“Hey Duddie, good thing we donated $5 for the Labor Day block party andgot our Town of Nahant Causeway “FREE” Toll Pass. There were only 250available and they are about two-thirds gone. The passes are numbered forauthenticity. Tell folks to call the toll collectors, Frank Cardile, 781.581.1559, orMike Billias, 781.581.1338 to get theirs.“Oh Gawd, Folks,” calm down, there is no toll booth coming, and “TheHalfway House” is not an alcohol or drug treatment facility—it’s a JOHN!” The2006 Free Toll Pass is a “thank you” for your donation.Now, for something near and dear to us two “Ice King Twins,” June wasFathers Day month. It’s a special time for Ponsie and myself to remember ourdear ol’ Dad. Was he probably the cheapest, most narrow-minded squire ofNahant history? You tell me. His idea of sending his twin sons on an all expensespaid, air-conditioned Caribbean winter get-a-way cruise to Martinique,was packing the two of us, along with the ice, in the belly of a cargo schooner,for the purpose of “melt check”.When I mentioned the invention of electrical refrigeration to him, he dartedback with, “Dummy, it’s only a fad, and people will always use ice to refrigerate.”I had to remind him my name was Duddie and not Dummy, and if helistened to me, people would have “Tudors” in their kitchen today, instead ofFrigid Aires. Also, Ponsie and I wouldn’t still be cutting those 1” ice cubes byhand and delivering them, by horse-drawn wagon, across the Causeway,through the toll booth traffic, in order to service the Nahant summer partydemand. Happy Father’s Day, Love, The Boyz.• Air Conditioning• Fuel Injection• AutomotiveDiagnosticSpecialistSERVICE FOR HALF THE DEALER PRICE21 Spring Road •Nahant, MA 01908 • 781-581-0011Wet Today ... Dry Tomorrow!With Drying, Speed Matters!Real Dry, Real Fast with New Thermal Energy Drying (Heat)Means Less Damage and is Insurance ApprovedEmergency Response • 24 hoursDirect Insurance Billing• Fire, Smoke & Soot • Puffbacks• Carpet Upholstery & Rug CleaningDick Fox, Nahant Resident781-592-0552Toll Free 1-800-369-4121KITCHENS - BATHSTREES - YARDSINTERIORS - EXTERIORSDICK TGETTISDick’sHOME REPAIR781-595-5256• Vehicle• ElectronicSpecialist• Brakes• ABS SystemFOXCLEANING &RESTORATION35 Years FamilyOwned & OperatedGet those pesky repairs done once and for all!FREE ESTIMATESHelp keep the free press alive in Nahant bypatronizing our advertisers and becoming aVoluntary Subscriber.See page 21 for more info. Thank you!.