Charles Publow

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 4, 1976.

CHARLIE COULDN’T PLAY SPORTS BECAUSE OF ARTHRITIS, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM BEING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL END OF BASEBALL AND FIGURE SKATING IN BROCKVILLE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. PUBLOW WAS A DEDICATED GROUNDSKEEPER, UMPIRE, SCORER, CONVENOR AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAN FOR LEGION SPORTS. HE MADE HIS MARK IN LEGION MINOR BASEBALL, SUPPLYING THE STRENGTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL WORK FOR THE PROGRAM IN ITS EARLY YEARS.

HE WAS ALSO A KEWANIS MEMBER WHO HELPED ORGANIZE AND ADMINISTER THE SPORTS PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY THE SERVICE CLUB. PUBLOW WAS ALSO ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE BROCKVILLE FIGURE SKATING CLUB FOR YEARS. HE ALSO LOOKED AFTER THE ICE REVUE PROGRAMS. THERE IS ALSO A BIG AND POPULAR LEGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT NAMED IN HIS HONOUR, ‘THE CHARLIE PUBLOW MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.’ HE DIED IN APRIL 1972.