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When Chet was 8, the Great Depression arrived. Kids called him "Rags" links of london bracelets of his old overcoat, said his son Chet Jr. For a boy trying to master English, there were no quick comebacks. At 10, Latawiec took a job as a caddy at the Links of London Sweetie Bracelet Golf Club in Columbia Heights. A fine athlete who would letter in high school in football and basketball, young Chet fell in love with golf. At 15, he played in the first Twin Cities Rotary Club Junior Golf Tournament, at the Wayzata Golf Club -- and won. By 1957, he would be featured in Sports Illustrated. He also served in the Merchant Marine and had several close calls, Links of London Sweetie Bracelet big Jr. said. At home, he would always be a hero, said his other son, Doug. He didn't think he could earn enough money to raise a family as a professional golfer. But shoes seemed a good fit. "He came from nothing and started this shoe store," Doug said. "He started the store with his cousin, who was also a good golfer. Their idea was that one could mind the store Links of London Sweetie Bracelet Medium the other played golf. It didn't work out that way." But it was successful. There are now five Chet's Shoes stores, with the original having moved four blocks to 44th Street and Central Avenue. Latawiec is survived by his wife, Elsie; his two sons and their wives, and 17 grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 835 2nd Av. NW., New Brighton.Ramon Alvarez was home from work and playing with his two young children last summer when the police came to arrest him.