JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING IN A WING CHAIR WEARING HIS FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER MASK AT AUNT WILMA'S ELEGANT LITTLE APARTMENT ON PHILLIPS AVE SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - I REMEMBER BUYING THAT MASK AT THE OLD TREASURE CHEST STORE ON RANDOLPH STREET DOWNTOWN (A PLACE I LOVED) AND I USED IT FOR YEARS ON HALLOWEEN - I JUST LOVED THE AUTUMNAL MYSTERIOUS SENSE OF HALLOWEEN AND IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS EMBRACED AND CELEBRATED FAR MORE THAN IT IS TODAY - ONE YEAR I FITTED THE ELECTRODES ON THE NECK WITH FLASHLIGHT BULBS AND HAD WIRES RUNNING DOWN TO BATTERIES IN MY POCKET - EARLY 1960s - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE