He is striving to earn a coveted slot as a naval pilot. Pres Haslam said his son is particularly looking forward to crewing on harbor patrol during his weekends at the academy.Ĭharleston might have developed his sea legs on Lake Sinclair, but he\’s setting his sights even higher. \”He\’s handled the boat well when we go mackerel fishing and learned a lot at the marina,\” said Pres Haslam, whom Charleston credits with encouraging him to pursue a military career. Pres Haslam thinks his son will make a fine midshipman. The past few decades, Charleston\’s father and namesake, Charles Preston \”Pres\” Haslam Sr., has been Al Haslam\’s first mate at the marina.Ĭharleston, whose name is a contraction of his first and middle names, started working with his father and grandfather when he was 12 years old. In 1953, several years after Al Haslam returned from his tour of duty as a gunner\’s mate in the Atlantic theater and the Philippines, he began building Haslam\’s Marina on Meriweather Point on the new lake.
… It seems just like yesterday I was leaving Marshallville on a Southern Stages bus to be sworn-in in Macon.\” \”I went in (the Navy) on my 18th birthday in World War II. \”We\’re very proud of him, Grandpa is,\” said Al Haslam, Charleston\’s grandfather. Naval Academy.Īlthough Charleston won\’t be helping his father and grandfather on the lake this summer, he\’s still following in his grandfather\’s footsteps. Today, he\’s headed for Annapolis, Md., to begin his four-year appointment to the U.S. The 18-year-old graduate of Georgia Military College Prep School is not destined for the family-operated marina on Lake Sinclair near Milledgeville. LAKE SINCLAIR – Charleston Haslam has lived his whole life on the water, and now he\’s on his way to making a career of it.
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