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[email protected] www.tricityvoice.com June 2, 2015 Vol. 14 No. 22 Charlie Chaplin Days: 100 Years in Niles SUBMITTED BY RENA KIEHN PHOTOS BY BARBARA ALLIN “Charlie Chaplin Days” 2015 edition will be a special weekend in the historic district of Niles. On June 6th and 7th, we celebrate Mr. Chaplin who lived and worked here exactly a century ago, creating five films that were shot on loca- tion in our little hamlet. Anyone who has read about Charles Spencer Chaplin knows he came from poverty. His par- ents worked in music halls patch- ing together an existence. His father was an alcoholic, his mother mentally unstable. But when things were okay, they were entertainers on the stage, singing. continued on page 44 Photo by Dino Labiste BY JOHNNA M. LAIRD The year was 1909. The Wright Brothers were preparing to deliver their first military plane to the U.S. Army. Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were making their way to the BY LINDA-ROBIN CRAIG as likely to be inquiring about a diminish- North Pole. William Howard Taft was inaugurated as the United States’ 27th president, and ing population of garden wildlife. They “Shine On Harvest Moon” was climbing the charts to become a number one hit song. There was a time when “Go ask your may even ask about reviving native plant Closer to home, farmers in San Leandro were anticipating a bumper cherry crop.