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02 | 01945 A publication of Essex Media Group Publisher Edward M. Grant Chief Executive Officer Michael H. Shanahan Directors Edward L. Cahill John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant Gordon R. Hall Monica Connell Healey J. Patrick Norton Michael H. Shanahan Chief Financial Officer William J. Kraft Chief Operating Officer James N. Wilson Community Relations Director Carolina Trujillo Controller Susan Conti Editor Thor Jourgensen Contributing editors Gayla Cawley Cheryl Charles Contributing writers Mike Alongi Elyse Carmosino Gayla Cawley Dan Kane Anne Marie Tobin Guthrie Scrimgeour Photographers Olivia Falcigno Spenser Hasak Julia Hopkins Design Edwin Peralta Jr. Advertising Design Sean Casey Advertising sales Ernie Carpenter Ralph Mitchell Eric Rondeau Patricia Whalen ESSEX MEDIA GROUP 110 Munroe St., Lynn, MA 01901 781-593-7700 ext.1234 Subscriptions: 781-593-7700 ext. 1253 01945themagazine.com LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER A number (32) of things Not that you care, but I began my career as a sportswriter at The Daily Item (now, like 01945, an Essex Media Group publication). In those days, in high school football season, writers were assigned a team to cover throughout the season. And because it was my first go-round, initially I had no idea how lucky I was to be assigned Marblehead. The team was coached by Alex Kulevich, whom, along with a few players from that team, I still see, four decades later. I generally sit a few pews behind Alex at 4 o’clock Mass on Saturdays at Star of the Sea. I buy appliances from Alex’s son, Tom (an extraordinary tight end in those days), at Tri City Sales; and have had reason to know what former lineman Lane Forman is up to these days. I loved covering that team and those players. The team -- is the nickname still the Magicians? -- was, well, magical. It went 8-2, led by a quarterback, John Wolf, who had a big arm and a bigger personality. I had a reason to catch up with him a couple of weeks ago and we talked a little about that team and a lot about a fullback and linebacker on that team: little brother Robert Wolf, who was a better basketball player -- captain his junior and senior years -- and who went on to Penn. As indicated by Guthrie Scrimgeour's story, Robert has done OK for himself. He founded a holding company, 32 Advisors (yes, that was his uniform number), is a contributor on Fox News, and includes among his friends a guy you may have heard of, named Obama. This edition of 01945 has a few other great reads, as well. You may have noticed we live in stressful times. Everywhere we look, there's something that puts someone on edge. In every facet of life, there seems to be built-in stressors that induce panic. Even the harmless stuff, like watching Tom Brady win a Super Bowl with another team, can leave some panicstricken. Wendy Tamis Robbins was only 6 years old when she had her first panic attack. And, she says, they never stopped. She told our Gayla Cawley she suffered from what she called "treatment resistant anxiety" for nearly 40 years. By the time she was in her 30s, she wondered whether she could ever live life without some kind of panic, and it was a debilitating disorder. Robbins outlines her issues, and how she has dealt with them, in a book that's due out in May, "The Box: An Invitation to Freedom from Anxiety." Elsewhere, this now-yearlong pandemic has required different ways of doing things all over the board. One such endeavor is the high school band. Anne Marie Tobin writes that Jack Attridge is a 13th-generation Marblehead resident, principal of the Attridge Group at William Raveis Real Estate, and the founder of All Marblehead, a social-media initiative created as a place for people who are interested in the town to learn about local events and discuss town topics in a positive and constructive way. Also, entertainer and local personality Johnny Ray has teamed up with his old friend, executive chef Edgar Alleyne, to open Beacon Restaurant & Bar downtown, in the former Wick's; Guthrie Scrimgeour writes that Doug Hill has transformed his four-story house into an informal "Marblehead Museum;" and Peter Jackson, who told our Elyse Carmosino that being Black played a big role in his decision to take part in Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trial; and that while the COVID-19 pandemic has affected some small businesses in negative ways, that hasn't been the case for Marblehead Cycle. How can someone who died more than 600 years ago be an influence on a person's life? When that person is Leonardo da Vinci it's easy to see how. Da Vinci was a major influence on the life of artist Jonathan Sherman. Then there's our knockout cover story by Mike Alongi about Zach Calmus. It packs a punch. And did you know that it should be "Chandler Hovey Light Tower?" Neither did I. 04 What's Up 06 Talk of the town 12 House Money 14 Two-wheel titan 18 Heavy hitter 20 True Townie 22 Wolf man INSIDE 24 Sweet talker 28 Sherman's march 30 Beacon brothers 32 Pioneer Pete 34 Mask music 37 Wall buster 40 Love pup TED GRANT COVER Zach Calmus is a force to contend with in the boxing ring. PHOTO BY Julia Hopkins
It's all in the name Dubbed "Marvell Head" or "Marble Harbour" by Capt. John Smith, the town's name is also rooted in the mistaken impression held by settlers that the local granite ledges were marble. History holds that Marblehead was called "Foy" by immigrants from Fowey, Cornwall, England. George was here The Revolutionary War hero and first president, George Washington, visited the town in 1789 during his presidential tour. Marblehead was the 10th largest in the United States at the time. Birthplace battle The enduring feud between Beverly and Marblehead over which community is the birthplace of the American Navy includes Marblehead's claims that the first vessel commissioned for the Navy, the Hannah, was equipped with cannons, rope, and provisions, including the indigenous molasses/seawater cookie known as "Joe Frogger." Tent town It's a tower, not a house The “lighthouse” at Chandler Hovey Park is actually a light tower. It was originally built as a lighthouse in 1835 and was 23 feet high. The current one, which is 105 feet high, was built in 1896, to better withstand the wind and waves. The town's earliest dwellers were Native Americans and, later, planters who moved from Salem. Residents of Nashua, N.H. and Lowell set up tent colonies dubbed "Lowell Camp" and "Nashua Camp" to serve as a fresh air getaways from their city's smoggy mills. Is it Gerry? Or Jerry? SNL Shoutout Stand-up funny guy John Mulaney’s grandmother lives in town and formerly taught English at Marblehead High. Mulaney often mentions the town in Saturday Night Live skits. BY ALLYSHA DUNNIGAN Gerry or Jerry? Pronouncing Elbridge Gerry's name correctly is a town litmus test. History attaches the former governor's name to a political maneuver dubbed the "gerrymander" designed to reconfigure a voting district to provide a candidate or party a decided advantage at the polls. Most people pronounce Gerry's name like "jerry." But a Gerry descendant was quoted in a 2018 Wall Street Journal article stating that his ancestor pronounced the family name "gary." Wonder how he knew?
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