John Haefele

My closet friend during the 71st Street days . . . .

Posted on: May 15, 2019 at 8:16 AM

Posted on: Aug 10, 2017 at 9:15 AM

Posted on: Mar 20, 2017 at 7:42 PM

Hey John, looking for a possible 50th anniversary I stumbled on this web page. Lot's of memories with you & Leon. Lovecraft & Bradbury, not a bad choice to follow. I am living on 45th street in the old Jewish/German neighborhood. You had a cousin? that went to Washington H.S. that was on crutches that always hung around too. Run into Panos once in a while. It's been over 10 years since I worked at Summerfest(25years) & along with State Fair I would run into Ricky Aaron, Mitch Lechter, Al Kalkstein, Carol LaVesser, Dennis Fideski, Joe Fiumefreddo, Chuck Benedon & others I can't recall at the moment. An author. I like it. In the last couple of years I have donated 100's of books to the library, still have 1'000's to sift through. I have four years to do it in because the wife is only going to be 61 in June which means for the insurance & meds she has to work those four years. Bigger problem is 5,000+ record albums. Carting them around & taking such good care of them for 50+ years I will never get 1/2 of what they are worth. Get some friends to help me at a record collector's convention & maybe get $5-10 each for a majority of them instead of a dollar or two to a dealer. I could set them up for sale with the help of one of my grandkids on Discogs & get some serious cash, but then you have to deal with packaging & shipping around the world. Post office will help with a scale, label printer, & postal rates around the world, even pick up. That's a lot of work. I should get rid of 4,000 sooner rather than later as those four years wind down when my wife(we) fully retire. I work part-time as a crossing guard for the Wauwatosa Schoolboard. That's enough for now...mike