NOVELLE
© Antonio
Meucci Lodge No. 2613, OSIA, P. O. Box 509, Northfield, NJ 08225
August, 2000
Jo DiStefano Kapus, Editor
Cari
fratelli e sorelle,
Your
attention, please! The
upcoming August meeting will be a very important one for each and every member.
Those present will vote on whether or not to increase our membership dues
and/or have more fundraisers. At
the last meeting, members were asked to think about this since the State has
raised its per capita dues. It was
agreed that an increase is to be recommended, and that the vote on this issue
should be included in the agenda for the August 18 regular meeting.
Please plan to attend.
Your vote counts.
On a lighter note, I take this opportunity to congratulate the winners of
our Annual Bocce Tournament, the Norma
Team, and say a great big THANK
YOU! to everyone responsible for bringing all that wonderful food.
We had a great day!
See you at the August meeting,
Tony
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ATTENZIONE!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
MONDAY,
AUGUST 14 - 7:00 P.M.
Executive Board Meeting, Good Shepherd United Methodist
Church, Northfield
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 - 7:30 P.M.
Regular Meeting, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church,
Northfield
August Refreshment Committee:
Joe Jiacopello, Sue
Robbins, Al Sbrolla, and Teresa
Timchal
APPLAUSE!
APPLAUSE!
For
NINA GIACONA
and GENE
COMPTON! What a sterling
job they did in setting up and printing the “Antonio
Meucci Mainland Lodge 2613 Order Sons of Italy in America 2000
Directory.” Our profound
gratitude for this excellent edition. Not
only did they do all the work, they donated the copies to the Lodge!
Please be sure to get your copy if you did not get one at the last
meeting.
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LOOKING
BACK
Tom Paratore was installed as
a member at our last regular meeting.
President Tony Marinaccio informed
the members that the Grand Lodge has increased its membership dues for future
members to $45. He announced that
at the July meeting of our Board, there was a good roundtable discussion, and it
was decided that an increase in our dues should be recommended.
Tony suggested that the
members think about whether or not we should raise our dues and/or have more
fundraisers, and then take a vote at the August meeting.
Second Vice-President Sal
Cacioppo suggested two fundraisers. One
was for us to do a casino bus trip. He
said he would want to know at the August meeting if this is okay so that he
could get the ball rolling in September. It
was mentioned that since the St. Bernadette Seniors group pays no more than $195
for their bus, we should not pay more. Another
fundraiser he suggested was a raffle, the prize being a trip to Italy for a
couple. Again, he would like to
know in August if this is what the members wish.
Mary Ann Vergulti was proud
to announce that our Lodge had received $500 for putting on a Bocce
Demonstration at the Wildwood Elks Italian Weekend Festival on June 23.
Mille
grazie to the players: Bea
Ciferni, Martha Dare, Dino and Nina
Giacona, Vince and MaryLou Grimmie,
Anna Marie Harvey, Howard and Nitti
Hess, Angie and Mario Martirone, Sue
Robbins, Jo and Harry Vanore, and
Dante and Mary
Ann Vergulti.
Barbara Compton and
her committee are already at work on the Christmas Dinner.
They had picked December 12 as the date, but our great one-man band was
booked for that night. However, he
was free for Monday, December 11, so the members voted to have the dinner then
at the Mays Landing Golf Club. Barbara
said she will get back to us later with more details.
We were happy to hear that Theresa
Vergulti is doing well after surgery.
Ron Sulpizi has registration
forms if anyone is interested in going to the UNICO-Great Atlantic City Chapter
1st Annual Bocce Tournament in Margate, Saturday, September 16.
Franz Bohle reported that 100
tickets had been sold by the end of the July meeting.
LISTEN
UP, EVERYBODY!
Mary Ann
Vergulti called to say they all had a wonderful time at the Annual
Bocce Tournament on Sunday, July 30. (We
were on Channel 40 that evening!) The
Norma Team won the tournament --
Joe Collo,
Captain, Joanne LaMara, Sue
Robbins, and Al
Sbrolla. Congratulations!
The La
Traviata Team, Howard Hess, Captain, took
second place. The Nabucco
Team, MaryLou Grimmie, Captain, took third, and
the Don Carlo Team, Dino
Giacona, Captain, took fourth. The
food was just great, and everyone was so grateful it did not rain.
LOOKING
AHEAD
Speaking of rain, we won’t mention what happened to our Gala
Italian Night. Suffice
it to say that we were lucky the skies opened up before
the game and not during. It has
been postponed, so stay tuned until further notice.
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 9 -- FROM 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. -- Old Fashioned
Family Fest, at Birch Grove Park in
Northfield, sponsored by the Northfield 2000 Committee and others.
The Norma Team, winners of
our Tournament, will give a Bocce demonstration.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 -- Christmas
Party
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2001 -- Annual Spaghetti
Dinner
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SALUTI
From Jo DiStefano Kapus
COME SI DICE?
-- Parts of the House
balcony |
il balcone |
gate |
il cancello |
bathroom |
il bagno |
hall |
l’entrata |
bedroom |
la camera da letto |
kitchen |
la cucina |
ceiling |
il soffitto |
living room |
il salotto |
chimney |
il camino |
patio |
il cortile |
corridor |
il corridoio |
roof |
il tetto |
door |
la porta |
shutters |
le imposte |
fence |
il recinto |
stairs |
la scala |
fireplace |
il caminetto |
terrace |
la terrazzo |
floor |
il pavimento |
wall |
la mura |
garage |
il garage |
window |
la finestra |
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Your
Cooperation, Please!
I love to receive news or stories from our members for the newsletter,
but I must confess that demands on my time have been a little overwhelming
lately. I work as a title searcher and in addition I’m currently writing a
journal and two newsletters. For
this reason, I beg your indulgence and ask that instead of calling me to give me
information for an upcoming issue, you drop me a note at least two and a half
weeks before a regular meeting, or call and leave your message plainly on my
answering machine - again at least 2 1/2 weeks prior to said meeting.
I think it only fair that Angie
Martirone gets enough
time to run off “Novelle” and mail it out the week before a Board Meeting.
More
on our Lodge officers -- DID YOU KNOW?
Salvatore
Cacioppo, our Second Vice President, attended Morris County College
and for the last 25 years worked as a schoolbus driver or supervisor in New
Jersey and Florida. He is married
and has four children. He won the
Employee of the Month Award in the Volusia County School District, Florida.
Active in the Knights of Columbus, he is a Grand Knight, and a Trustee.
In addition, he is a church volunteer, a Eucharistic Minister, and a
volunteer at the Hess Education Complex in Mays Landing.
Believe it or not, he still has time for his favorite hobbies -- fishing,
baseball cards, model trains, playing games, reading -- BUT BEST OF ALL, being
Benjamin’s Grandpa!
Josephine
Vanore, our Mistress of Ceremonies, attended the University of
Pennsylvania, where she was employed for 15 years.
She served as Supervisor in Data/Computers in the Admissions Office.
She is an active advocate for the disabled and mentally ill, and has
served on the Atlantic County Advisory Board and the Providence House Board.
She and hubby Harry
have two children. Both are
dedicated members of Sons of Italy and enjoy playing Bocce.
Jo also
enjoys yoga, playing golf, walking, gardening, and does plant arrangements for
boarding homes and nursing homes. Brava,
Giuseppina!
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