Charlie the Custodian

Many of you remember Charlie, but most do not remember his last name. I don't. I talked to him often and once or twice I took him home to a little house just north of HHS on 521. He never really complained and he had reason to!! He had to clean the boys and girls bathrooms with all the smoke, butts and junk in there!  I do not even have a idea how old he was. Heck, he was probably as old as I am now, but he did look old and did move slowly.

Did anyone ever see him run, or move quickly. Maybe some of the HHS folks who started first grade at Hillcrest remembered a young Charlie.

I want to offer a toast to him. He never complained, kept a clean school, was always friendly to all students and teachers... yet we called him by his first name and did not know his last. Maybe it was just me. My memories are of him wearing a long sleeve green shirt with dark pants and suspenders. He always had papers folded in his pocket and I think he smelled of chewing tobacco or snuff. It was not distracting... Just a Charlie smell!

  

Please write your memories of Charlie too!