VOL. 124 - NO. 50 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 11, 2020 $.35 A COPY Baker-Polito Administration Announces Statewide Rollback to Phase Three, Step One, Additional Restrictions Effective December 13th New Restrictions Statewide for Capacity, Mask Compliance, and Distancing Due to Increased Cases, Hospitalizations The Baker-Polito Admin- 2 industries. These include The Administration also • Indoor theaters and per- • Golf facilities istration announced on indoor performance venues announced additional guid- formance venues and higher • Movie Theaters (Maximum December 8th that effective and certain high-contact indoor ance for certain sectors includ- contact indoor recreation busi- 50 people per theater) Sunday, December 13th, all recreational businesses. In ing restaurants, offi ce spaces nesses will be required to close This new capacity limit will communities in Massachusetts addition, capacity limits will and gyms, to address activities to the public not apply to sectors that do will return to Step 1 of Phase be reduced to 40% statewide where mask wearing is not pos- • Outdoor theaters and per- not currently have a percentage- 3, of the Commonwealth’s for most industries, and the sible at all times. formance venues will be limited based capacity limit, includ- reopening plan. This will reduce limit on outdoor gatherings Phase III, Step I: to 25% capacity, and no more ing restaurants, laboratories indoor capacities across a broad will be reduced statewide from Effective December 13th, than 50 people and close contact personal range of sectors of the econ- 100 persons to 50 persons. all communities will roll In all communities, capacity services. omy and tighten several other Additional safety measures will back to Phase 3, Step 1 of will be reduced from 50% to Restaurants and Venues workplace restrictions. The be applied to restaurant dining Massachusetts’ re-opening 40% for the following sectors: The Administration also Administration announced as well. plan, including the following • Arcades/Indoor and Outdoor announced new guidelines for the roll-back to respond to These new measures are restrictions: Recreational Businesses restaurants and other venues an increase in new COVID-19 designed to prevent infection • Outdoor gatherings at event • Driving and Flight Schools with seated dining, including: infections and hospitalizations and viral spread, especially in venues will be limited to no • Gyms/Health Clubs • Patrons must wear masks since the Thanksgiving holiday indoor settings. They will cre- more than 50 people • Libraries at all times except when eating that is straining the health care ate stronger mask compliance, • Hosts of outdoor gatherings • Museums and drinking system in Massachusetts. more social distancing, and of greater than 25 people will • Retail • Restaurants must seat no The return to Step 1 will also limits to the time spent with be required to provide advance • Offi ces more than six patrons per table require the closure of certain people outside of your immedi- notice of the gathering their • Places of Worship businesses designated as Step ate household. local board of health • Lodging (common areas) (Continued on Page 4)

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Bill O’Reilly’s “Commonsense” One evening last week listening to Bill O’Reilly’s Commonsense radio show (10:00 p.m. weeknights) on WABC 770 A.M. out of New York City, O’Reilly said it all. President-elect Joe Biden received fi ve million more popular votes than Trump. No court, not even North End Christmas Fund SCOTUS is going to overturn the election results. For NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT too many people out there it is false hope to believe that will ever happen. This election is always going to be For over 40 years the North End year have been distributed to those who considered tainted by all the voting irregularities and Christmas Fund has been providing help need our help. fraud allegations. The integrity of the election process to families and seniors at Christmas time. As you can imagine, due to COVID-19, has been damaged, which is in itself a clear and pres- ent danger to the institutions of our constitutional The program was started by Uncle Fred we are unable to hold our annual lun- democrat republic. Carangelo working with the various social cheon, however the need is anticipated There is no way of really knowing factually if the service agencies in the neighborhood to to be greater than ever! alleged voter fraud was systemic enough to overturn help those who may have lost their job, We are asking our friends and neighbors an election result. Judges will have no alternative but had a health crisis, financial need or to make a contribution of any kind to help to let the election stand. Like O’Reilly, I think that the maybe just needed some cheering up at support this great institution and carry on lawsuits fi led by the Trump Team need to continue because the American people need to know what the holiday due to loneliness or loss of a the tradition started by Uncle Fred more happened after the polls closed on November 3rd. We loved one during the past year. This tradi- than 40 years ago. need to know about the software used and how elec- tion is carried on by a committee of about a Donations made out to the North End tion offi cials behaved during the counting of votes. We dozen people led by Robert “Ted” Tomasone Christmas Fund can be mailed to: need to fi x what went wrong in this process so that it and agencies like the North Health Center, North End Waterfront Health doesn’t happen again. Right now, approximately 75 million voters think this year’s presidential election North End Athletic Association, Nazzaro c/o North End Christmas Fund was rigged and there is nothing that will change their Center, North End Against Drugs, A.B.C.D. Committee collective minds. – North End/West End Service Center, 332 Hanover Street Will Biden Enter White House North End Seniors and Ausonia Council Boston, Mass. 02113 Damaged and Tainted? Knights of Columbus. President Joe Biden will go into offi ce as a tainted Each year a fabulous luncheon is held Thank you in advance for your and damaged president, who many believe was at Filippo’s Restaurant and with the generous, continued support of the unconstitutionally placed into the Oval Offi ce. While generosity of the Frattaroli Family, a families and seniors of our beloved Democrats and liberals gloat, Trump Republicans and fantastic raffl e and many donations, we neighborhood and may you and your (Continued on Page 10) raise approximately $15,000. For the last families have a Merry Christmas and several years more than 200 checks per Happy Holiday Season.

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A weekly column highlighting some Dedicated 1.1 Mile Bus Lane of the more interesting aspects of our th ancestry...our lineage...our roots. Southbound on the Tobin Bridge Opens Monday, December 14

The MBTA and Massachusetts HERCULES AND THE HELLHOUND Department of Transportation body bristling with vipers. He (MassDOT) Highway Division was friendly to all who entered, announced that a 1.1 mile but if anyone tried to escape, dedicated bus lane for south- he would seize that person and bound travel on the Tobin hold him fast. Bridge will open for use by As a person, Hades god of public transportation buses on this underworld ruled a servant Monday, December 14th. This named Charon. He was the twelve-month southbound bus mythological ferryman from lane pilot, along with additional antiquity who conducted the transit priority initiatives and souls of the dead in a boat across improvements on Broadway the river Acheron. Ancient poets Street in Chelsea and North have represented Charon as a Washington Street in Boston, stern and robust old man, with makes the MBTA’s Route 111 eyes glowing like fl ame, white bus route one of the most pri- ending just before the City The pilot will be in place for bushy hair, dingy clothes that oritized bus routes in the MBTA Square Tunnel in Charlestown. one year with the bus lane’s were stained with the muck of system. Dedicated bus lanes can reduce performance analyzed for met- the river, and holding a long “We are piloting the idea of a crowding on buses and also rics that include travel time, pole, which he used to propel preferential lane for the MBTA’s limit the amount of time riders operations, crowding, and rider- the boat. 111 route and the lane’s suc- spend in close proximity to oth- ship. Roadway and vehicle data cess will be evaluated after col- ers while on the bus. In some analysis will also take place The Last Judgment (Italian: Probably the most interesting lecting data on bus travel times, cases, bus lanes can improve with roadway operations being Il Giudizio Universale), portrayal of this subject is in crowding, and ridership, along service frequency to further monitored for vehicle volumes, Michelangelo, 1536–1541, the lower right-hand corner of with how safe the dedicated mitigate crowded conditions. travel time, and safety. Sistine Chapel, Vatican City Michelangelo’s Last Judgment on the wall of the Sistine Chapel, lane is for all travelers,” said The Tobin Bridge Bus Lane The MBTA Transit Priority Most readers recall that Vatican City. This painting Transportation Secretary and pilot is a result of guidance Group was created in 2019 mythology identifi es the nether (fresco) is considered to be the CEO Stephanie Pollack. “We’ve and direction from MassDOT’s with support from the Barr worlds or land of the dead largest and most comprehensive been pleased at how receptive in Highway Division and close col- Foundation to further bus pri- in three distinct categories. fresco in the world. It shows that general those community mem- laboration between the MBTA, ority projects around the region. “Elysium” or the “Elysian Fields” terrifying moment at the end of bers have been during the pan- MassDOT, and its partner Since its creation last year, (our heaven) was the place where the world when the remorseful demic to rethinking how public municipalities to address major the group has partnered with chaste, moral, righteous, or vir- condemned are being drawn space is used, and we believe bottlenecks along Route 111. municipalities to implement tuous people went after death, down to the depths of the lower this is an opportune time to This dedicated lane on the Tobin over ten miles of dedicated bus and where there was complete world by taloned demons. Then try a dedicated lane for buses Bridge joins other recent transit lanes, alongside transit signal happiness, paradise, and ideal there is Charon the boatman, traveling southbound over the priority initiatives directly ben- priority and other speed and bliss. Vergil represented it as a forcing the reluctant souls to Tobin Bridge and toward City efi tting Route 111, including: reliability improvements. region blessed with perpetual disembark, while other demons Square Tunnel.” • Recent transit priority For more information, spring, beautiful fl owers, pleas- are pulling them off the boat “The partnership with the infrastructure improvements please visit mbta.com or con- antly shaded groves, and never- with grappling irons. Finally, MBTA is not only with the on Washington Avenue and nect with the T on Twitter failing fountains. We think of it Hades the ruler of this infernal design, implementation, or ser- Broadway in Chelsea as part of @MBTA, Facebook /TheMBTA, as Washington, D.C. region is standing in the extreme vice of the bus lane but, equally the Rapid Response Bus Lane or Instagram @MBTApics. Tartarus (our Hell) was a place lower right-hand corner with a as important, is on collecting program, beneath the earth, as far below serpent coiled around his waist. and evaluating information • A bus-bicycle lane on North as Elysium was above. It was The last task demanded in real time,” said Highway Washington from Causeway LEGAL NOTICE closed by iron gates, and occu- Administrator Jonathan Street to Valenti Way imple- of Hercules was to bring up Commonwealth of Massachusetts pancy was reserved as the abode Cerberus from Hades, prob- Gulliver. “And we look forward mented in September 2019 that The Trial Court of the dammed. These were the ably the most difficult of all to working with the MBTA to provides bus priority from the Probate and Family Court people who had incurred the his labors. Guided by Mercury better understand how this North Washington Street Bridge Middlesex Probate and Family Court wrath of the gods, and in so and possibly Minerva, Hercules pilot will impact North Shore to Haymarket Station, 208 Cambridge Street doing, became subject to divine Cambridge, MA 02141 descended into the under- commuters and transit users.” • Advancing plans to include (617) 768-5800 vengeance. “We continue to see high an outbound bus lane on North world. After some minor inci- Docket No. MI20P5279EA Lastly, of course, there was ridership on Route 111, and Washington Street through the dents involving the occupants, Estate of Hades (our Purgatory), in the Hercules confronted Hades and one of our most valuable tools Rapid Response Bus Lane pro- JEANETTE M. SAWYER depths of the earth, with its demanded that he be permit- to address crowding is through gram and the City of Boston’s Date of Death: October 08, 2020 wide open doors. This was the ted to carry off Cerberus. One transit priority infrastructure Healthy Streets initiative, and CITATION ON PETITION FOR place where all dead souls went account says that Hades agreed, improvements like the Tobin • An inbound bus lane FORMAL ADJUDICATION while awaiting judgment and if Hercules could do so without bus lane,” said MBTA General included in the fi nal design of To all interested persons: commitment to the upper or Manager Steve Poftak. “Thank MassDOT’s project to recon- A Petition for Formal Adjudication of harming the dog. Another report Intestacy and Appointment of Personal lower world. Hades was usually tells how Hercules wounded you to our partner communities struct the North Washington Representative has been fi led by Melinda represented as a place and also a Hades, forcing him to retreat for continuing to collaborate Street Bridge between J. Sawyer of Natick, MA requesting that the person. As a place, it was a grove with us in implementing these Charlestown and the North Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for to Mt. Olympus for treatment. such other relief as requested in the Petition. of barren willows, veiled in dark- Nevertheless, Hercules dragged dedicated lanes, and thank End, which is anticipated to be The Petitioner requests that Melinda J. ness or clouds where the sun the hellhound to daylight and you especially to the MassDOT complete in 2023. Sawyer of Natick, MA be appointed as Per- never shone. The ground was Highway Division for working sonal Representative(s) of said estate to serve presented him to the king who Without Surety on the bond in an unsuper- covered with asphodel, a dreary was the author of all these with us in piloting this south- vised administration. plant of the lily family that was labors. Hercules was told from bound bus lane on the Tobin ATTENTION IMPORTANT NOTICE often planted on graves. The a safe distance, to take the dog Bridge and improving the com- You have the right to obtain a copy of the entrance to this place called muting experience for our 111 Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. back to Hades, thus complet- You have a right to object to this proceeding. Hades was guarded by a dog ing all of the labors that were riders.” ATTORNEYS To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a named “Cerberus,” a terrible imposed upon him. Supporting public health and written appearance and objection at this monster with three heads, a COVID-19 recovery, the MBTA’s The POST-GAZETTE Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of NEXT WEEK: December 21, 2020. tail of three serpents, and a The End of a Legend Rapid Response Bus Lane pro- newspaper is a paper This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- gram has identifi ed corridors of general circulation. line by which you must fi le a written like the areas where Route 111 appearance and objection if you object to We are qualifi ed to this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely operates as these routes have accept legal notices written appearance and objection followed seen some of the highest rates by an affi davit of objections within thirty of bus ridership since March from any court in each (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. and experience above-average town that we serve. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION chronic delay. 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Caruso Memorial headed to a meeting or community gathering; Celebration of Life; share your personal photos/ stopping only to pick up a loaf of bread or other memories; Facebook @NancyJCaruso; Twitter: item from a favorite shop. @nancyjcaruso1; Instagram: @NancyJCaruso. In Loving Memory of Louis J. “Fudgy” Capodilupo, Jr. Bob D’Atti lio is Gone: December 15, 2011 The American “Memory” of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case 9th Anniversary by Luigi Botta Lifelong resident of Medford, MA, Robert - that sooner or later he would show up with A Bridge Called Love (Bob) D’Atti lio, died November 19, 2020 at a lett er and, later, during his trip to Italy, he It takes us back to brighter years, to his home. He was 85 years of age. would arrange a visit to Villafallett o. happier sunlit days and to precious The son of Dominic and Josephine, Ital- The name of Bob (Robert) D’Atti lio, for ian immigrants from the town of Navelli in me, being a young neophyte of the Sacco moments that will be with us always. the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy, Bob and Vanzetti case, immediately became a And these fond recollections are att ended Columbus High School and was reference, to be menti oned, remembered, treasured in the heart to bring us a graduate in Electrical Engineering of the reported and entrusted to the memory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology the history of the two Italians. Around him always close to those from whom (1956). Devoted to the arts, he enjoyed revolved the spirit that had animated the we had to part. There is a bridge of listening to opera and jazz, and worked as a historic volunteers for the cause of Nick and memories from earth to Heaven stage manager [?] Bart. A voluntary world, somewhat anarchic, An internati onal scholar of the Sacco and Vanzetti case, subversive, but also religious, which he conti nued to keep above... it keeps our dear ones near Bob devoted his life to their memory, authoring many alive — with research, conferences, demonstrati ons, lessons us. It’s the bridge that we call love. arti cles about the historical context of Italian American and various initi ati ves, even taking sides openly and against Love, anarchism. He narrated and made public the short fi lm, La the ti de against those initi ati ves that he did not consider Marcia del Dolore / The March of Sorrow: The Funeral of justi fi ed — the memory of that painful passage in the electric Stephen and Carol and Murray Sacco and Vanzetti . Bob spoke at numerous commemora- chair which took place the night between 22nd and 23rd ti ve events over the years such as the rededicati on of the August 1927 in the Charlestown prison. historical marker to Sacco and Vanzetti in the North End of In more recent ti mes, already in the new millennium, Boston in 2007. the opportunity led me to meet him personally by e-mail. Bob was also an acti ve member in many local organiza- It was very emoti onal. He, the custodian of an immense ti ons, including the Community Church of Boston, the “memory” of material and testimonies about Nicola Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusett s, and the Sacco and Bartolomeo and the movement connected to them, and Vanzetti Commemorati on Society. conversed with me with extreme simplicity, friendship He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol, and his and confi dence, a litt le in English and a litt le in very bad brother Albert; he leaves behind a cousin, Paul D’Atti lio. Italian, oft en going into jokes that reminded us how even In Loving Memory of Bob was cremated at the Dello Russo Funeral Parlor in a smile, in bitt er circumstances, must prevail. He had told Medford. me of his anarchist origins and past, undertaken under John B. Coyne A memorial service will be held at a future date. the guidance of an excepti onal mentor, Raff aele Schiavina The news came suddenly and contained the rituality (alias Max Sarti n) — an exiled man who lived for his enti re th 14 Anniversary of those compassionate words that leave a lump in your life in total anonymity —, already a friend of Sacco and December 12, 2006 – December 12, 2020 throat and prevent you from going further: Bob D’Atti lio Vanzetti . Bob accompanied him unti l the end of his days is dead. He left suddenly, in silence and solitude, found (which took place in 1987) in the discovery of the universe lifeless in the apartment where he lived alone, in a town of anarchism and in the enhancement of the human on the outskirts of Boston. This was news that leaves heritage that libertarian ideology had historically brought you speechless, communicated almost in a whisper by a into play. Schiavina, expelled from the United States with mutual friend, Jerry, one of the members of the “Sacco and Luigi Galleani, had been among the American editors of Vanzetti Commemorati on Society” of Boston, with which I the “Cronaca Sovversiva” (edited by him in the Italian maintained collaborati on, fruitf ul and constant, which has re-editi on), among the founders (together with Galleani lasted since the foundati on of the Society in 2007, on the himself) of the Arditi del Popolo in the Vercelli area, among occasion of the commemorati on of the 80th anniversary of the acti vists of the Sacco and Vanzetti movement in Paris the executi on of Nick and Bart. No other details of Bob’s and, fi nally, an anonymous exile forever, among the chief death are known. executives of the American newspaper “L’Adunata dei Bob, a long-ti me widower but sti ll faithful guardian of his Refratt ari.” This was D’Atti lio’s school. mother-in-law, who survived his wife, was a profound lover The story he told me of the case of Nick and Bart, always of freedom, a man of anarchist ideals and a scholar who detailed and scrupulous, att enti ve to a thousand details, dedicated his daily life to the ti reless search for historical was full of news, anecdotes, testi monies, which he had documentation on the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. No collected for a lifetime, ordered and cataloged, made one in the world had more of an accurate and profound available for a story of the event that he had never managed knowledge of the details — even the most hidden — of the to publish. His answers to my questi ons were always quick, now centennial case of the two Italian emigrants executed charming and kind. Always seasoned with a bit of sarcasm in the United States in the 1920s. and a lot of realisti c “verve.” Never a word too many, an In the early seventi es, Vincenzina Vanzetti had spoken exasperated tone, a rancorous sentence with someone: to me with friendly confi dence and sincere reverence: in respect of everyone, his speech unfolded jumping from May the winds of heaven blow softly she considered Bob a friend, a very valuable ally, almost topic to topic trying to be exhausti ve and, above all, always one of the family. She always recounted it with respectf ul recommending to point to the key topics and leave out the And whisper in your ear att enti on, citi ng it whenever the key to the problem aff ecti ng parti culariti es , intended only to confuse ideas. How much we love and miss you his brother’s story became diffi cult or almost impossible. It was never exhausti ve: every “mail”, however long it D’Atti lio was the one who always managed, even in the most was, was always insuffi cient to contain all the answers, And wish that you were here complex circumstances, to fi nd a soluti on, to discover the to ask all the questi ons. The reference was constant. The way out, to make sense of words and justi fy the facts. His speech opened one day to close the next day or week. Always in our hearts name, albeit incorrect, had been menti oned for the fi rst Very lucid in his memories, precise and detailed in his Your loving family ti me by Alfonsina Brini in a lett er sent to Vincenzina: at the testi monies, rigorous in supporti ng theories supported by beginning of the sixti es, he told of this Italian-American, him alone, unable to tell perhaps imaginati ve details, Bob that he was a “serious and recommendable person”, who ranged in his stories recalling the fi gures he had known, had gone to visit her and had approached the case of Nicola always recommending respect for the truth and supporti ng and Bartolomeo, because he had undertaken to study it and the need to keep alive, through studies but also with events, had in mind to deal with it thoroughly in a publicati on. It was for this reason - always according to Alfonsina’s words (Continued on Page 5) PAGE 4 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020 L’Anno Bello: A Year in Italian Folklore Winter Nights of Twinkling Lights by Ally Di Censo Symynkywicz THINKING Note: L’Anno Bello is reprinting articles that were written before the Coronavirus pandemic. OUT LOUD Obviously, advice on gatherings and reunions contained within are not applicable to this current time by Sal Giarratani when social distancing (and mask wearing!) is the best practice. Please read these articles as a testa- ment to the joy and love that imbues Italian celebrations—and as suggestions for ways to spend time in the future once this pandemic is fi nally over. ROBERT LEWIS JR. like Rome and Venice, and A Man on a Mission there Hanukkah is celebrated I was glad to see that with beloved traditions and Robert Lewis Jr., was just specialty foods. One such food honored by the Eastern Bank is precipizi, or deep-fried dough Charitable Foundation with balls coated with honey. Golden its 2020 Social Justice Award and warm, the precipizi look for his outstanding impact like miniature suns, reaffi rm- in addressing social justice ing the motif of light breaking issues. Since moving to East through the darkness. Italian Boston back in 2010, I have Jews also popularized frying met up with and talked with vegetables, and as such fried Lewis on a number of occasions on his work with young people. artichoke remains a popu- I see him everywhere. Sometimes at Carmella’s where he and I lar Italian Hanukkah dish. I know that’s where to get a great sub. Even while I was temporar- grew up in a town with a large ily exiled over in Roslindale for a number of months during the Jewish population, and holi- pandemic, I ended up sitting next to him having breakfast at the day parties in my elementary Blue Star Diner in Roslindale Square. school always featured a blend of This guy remains forever appreciative of all those Eastie folks Is there a Christmas symbol light, making her the perfect Christmas and Hanukkah festivi- who were his mentors growing up, helping him set goals for him- more powerful and life affi rm- for saint for festivities, which ties. I remember playing dreidel, self. Thanks to them and all of his own hard work, he has been ing than the light? Everywhere take place on one of the dark- a game involving a spinning top successful in life, not just for himself but for those he is trying to I turn this season, different est nights of the year. Before and a pile of prizes, with my help and mentor himself. We all need mentors because life can lights glow in the air around the calendar reform, Decem- classmates and accumulating get pretty overwhelming or scary at times and no one should ever me, each providing a distinctive ber 13th was the winter solstice, delicious gelt (chocolate coins) feel alone. sensation of holiday season. a vestige that remains in the wrapped in golden foil, and top- When I fi rst met him at a function in East Boston where he was When I see the multicolored Italian proverb Santa Lucia, ping latkes with sour cream and being honored, I found out he had known of me for a very long lights strung around the bushes il giorno piú corto che ci sia applesauce. It was wonderful to time as a published writer and he thanked me for being an active surrounding the confection (“St. Lucy’s Day is the shortest have two great holidays bring citizen in life. shop near my home, playfully day there is”). Her association my town close together during Right now, his new base of operation for The BASE is over on blinking at me with their bright with light also explains why the dark of winter. Shirley Street in Roxbury. The new building fronts the playground hues of red, green, and blue, I St. Lucy is such a popular saint As the winter solstice of my youth. We called it the Prairie because of its size. am fi lled with a childlike zest for in the Scandinavian countries, approaches, the nights get I think he and I clicked for many good reasons. We are from two Christmas. These lights remind where winter darkness can last progressively darker, casting a different generations, but we have both grown up in projects that me of old-fashioned toys and for the better part of the day. gray gloom earlier and earlier we have in common. I have always thought this is kind of funny. candy canes, chocolate treats Candlelit St. Lucy’s Day pro- into the afternoon. For this The black kid grew up in Eastie at the Maverick Projects and the and wrapping paper. The golden cession occur along the streets reason, holiday lights play a Italian kid; he grew up in Orchard Park in Roxbury. Neither of us lights that drip off ceilings are of major Scandinavian cities, powerful and heartfelt role likes stereotypes I guess. more elegant, reminiscent of a featuring lots of girls dressed in many winter celebrations. Once again, I congratulate him for being acknowledged for the candle’s warm heart and the like St. Lucy and boys wearing Candles illuminate the nights positive role he plays in the lives of many young kids who need generosity that accompanies gingerbread men costumes, across the world, whether they such a good mentor like him. the holidays. After all, a candle or conical hats decorated with spring from the crown of a girl glowing in the window has long stars. On the feast of St. Lucy, dressed as St. Lucy or from a been a sign of hospitality and a daughter in the family wakes Hanukkah menorah being lit • Statewide Rollback (Continued from Page 1) welcome. Meanwhile, the icy up early and dresses in a white by a family. It is easy to get • Restaurants must impose a • In offi ces, employees must blue lights that adorn trees in robe and a red sash. Sporting bogged in a metaphorical dark- 90-minute time limit on tables wear masks at their place of some town squares remind me a wreath of electric candles ness this time of year — not just Musical performances at work when not in their own of quiet and snowy winter eve- on her head, she greets the because of the early sunsets, restaurants will no longer be workspace and alone nings, as sparkling as Elsa’s pal- family at breakfast by serving but because of the stress and permitted • Employers are encouraged ace in Frozen. Indeed, lights do them hot chocolate and lussekat- depression that sometimes Food court seating must be to close or limit the use of break form a signifi cant aspect of the ter, or raisin buns spiced with accompany the holiday season. closed in malls rooms Christmas season, serving both saffron, which infuses a cheer- During moments like this, it Customers are encouraged to • Patrons must wear masks a religious and symbolic pur- ful yellow shade. On St. Lucy’s is important to pay attention dine only with members of the at all times in gyms pose. Religiously, these candles Day, I honor the light break- to the symbolic lights in our same household. The Administration contin- signify the light Jesus brought ing through the darkness by life: family and friends, nour- Offi ces and Gyms ues to encourage all employers upon the world at His birth baking sweet potato biscuits, ishing food, personal strength, The Administration to offer teleworking to their on Christmas. Symbolically, which emerge warm from the acts of kindness. When we announced new guidelines employees when possible. the lights brighten the darkest oven with a beautiful sunny dwell on these aspects, rather for workplaces and gyms, For more information go to: nights of the year and celebrate glow. than let the darkness get the including: mass.gov the return of the sun after the Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday, best of us, we will see that winter solstice. Two holidays which begins on December our inner light can outshine which occur week, St. Lucy’s 10th this year, and ends on anything. Day and Hanukkah, incorpo- December 18th, also incor- WĞƌĨĞĐƚ'ŝŌĨŽƌƚŚĞ,ŽůŝĚĂLJƐ rate lights as central features porates light into its festivi- Ally Di Censo Symynkywicz of their celebrations, spreading ties. Hanukkah celebrates the is a high school history teacher. warmth and cheer into the chill over two-thousand-year-old She appreciates any comments wintry air. victory of a Jewish patriotic and suggestions about Italian St. Lucy’s Day, one of my favor- group known as the Maccabees holidays and folklore at ite feasts, occurs on December over the Seleucid Army, which [email protected]. 13th. Known as la Festa di Santa wanted to impose Greek culture Lucia in Italian, this holiday and religion on the Jews. When honors a fourth-century martyr the Holy Temple in Jerusalem from Syracuse, Sicily. Italians was rededicated during the LEGAL NOTICE celebrate St. Lucy in varying revolt, there was only a small NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE ways depending on the region. supply of oil to light the sacred Notice is hereby given by D & G Towing and According to a Sicilian legend, menorah, or candelabra, in the Auto Repair Services, Inc., 2 Emery Road, St. Lucy once alleviated a fam- Temple. 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The purchase of two books The name Lucia stems from the is home to a number of old ĞŶƟƚůĞƐLJŽƵƚŽĂƚŚŝƌĚĐŽƉLJĨƌĞĞ͘ same Latin root as the word Jewish communities in cities Run dates: 11/27, 12/04, 12/11, 2020 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020 PAGE 5 Saint Finnian of Clonard by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari Finnian was born in the monasteries, and based on year 470, at Myshal in County the traditions of the Desert Carlow, in the vicinity of Mount Fathers and the study of Leinster. His father was a Scripture. The rule of Clonard nobleman from Ulster named was known for its strictness and Rudraigh. His mother was a asceticism. Leinster woman called Telach. It is stated that there were no Finnian was educated first fewer than 3,000 pupils getting locally by Bishop Fortchernn instruction at one time in the and soon travelled to monaster- school in the green fields of ies in south Wales and may also Clonard. The master excelled have been at Tours in France. in exposition of the Sacred He went to Wales to perfect Scriptures, and to this fact himself in holiness and sacred must be mainly attributed the knowledge under the great extraordinary popularity which saints of that country. In Wales his lectures enjoyed. Finnian’s he was in contact with the gift for teaching and his absolute early British saints — Cadog at dedication to the ascetic ideal Llancarfan in Glamorganshire, inspired a whole generation. David and Gildas. Clonard drew students from After thirty years, he returned on the River Boyne, which he various parts of Europe. Ciarán to Ireland and traveled from was told would be the place of of Clonmacnoise and Columcille place to place, preaching, teach- his resurrection. of Iona are among the many ing, and founding churches, At Clonard, Finnian built a who trained under him. They most notably at Skellig eight little cell and a church of clay and many others took seeds miles off the coast of County and wattle, and entered on a of knowledge from Finnian’s Kerry, Ireland. From there, he life of study, mortifi cation, and monastery at Clonard, and went to St Brigid’s monastery prayer. The fame of his learn- planted them abroad with great at Kildare. He was held in high ing and sanctity soon spread, success. Finnian died of the regard by Brigid, who gave him and scholars of all ages fl ocked plague in 549. His burial-place a gold ring in his departure. to his monastic retreat. Finnian is in his own church of Clonard. He at last arrived at Cluain established a monastery mod- The Feast Day of Saint Finnian Eraird (Clonard, County Meath) eled on the practices of Welsh of Clonard is December 12th.

Introducing a new book by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari, • Bob D’Attilio is Gone (Continued from Page 3) lifelong residents of the North End, entitled: the injusti ce suff ered in the “promised” land by the two unfortunate Italians. Lately, his communicati ons had become somewhat rarefi ed. He had an operati on Four Women “Quattro Donne” on one leg that complicated his mobility. This together with the diffi culti es in coping - given his age - with all the tasks in solitude, had made him a litt le more subtitle, A North End Love Story fragile, more absent. He was the one who asked me the questi ons and always complained about not fi nding the ti me to give me the answers. He postponed In the next few weeks this column will feature excerpts from this book. from ti me to ti me, promising to be able, sooner or later, to sati sfy all my wishes. He closed his communicati ons by inviti ng me to drink with him a good glass of Clam Bake Italian Style With that, Auntie Stella stood grappa, a memory of his Italian lands. The kitchen was fi lling with up, and began nervously tug- Now the dialogue has closed. My questi ons, the ones I asked and those I steam from all the kettles boil- ging at her apron, still stuck was holding back for bett er ti mes, will remain unanswered. I will have to go ing on the stove. From the to her body from sweat. She through bitt erly, along the details of the case, through all of our long dialogues, midst of the billowing steam turned to Grandma and her order them and organize them in order to consolidate and codify unrepeatable and heat which Auntie Stella sisters and complained, “Did testi monies. The hope is that all the material collected by Bob over the decades couldn’t stand any longer, she you hear what he said, we’re on the Sacco and Vanzetti case will not go missing, fi nd its desti nati on in some exploded, “It’s as hot as hell in fanning our behinds.” She public foundati on and can be made available to all scholars and researchers. this kitchen! The old lady had to reached into one of the buckets For Nick and Bart’s case it was a great loss. For me, farewell to an authoritati ve cook all this crap in the middle of quahogs, grabbed one, and friendship. of summer. We’re supposed to threw it at Uncle Tino, hitting Posted in Italian in the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemorati on Society Facebook be on vacation. Only the men him in the back. “Who’s fanning group on 26 November 2020. are on vacation, we women are their behind? Shouted Auntie slaving away in the kitchen!” Stella. I sweated so much in Auntie Stella’s wisecracks made the kitchen; my apron is stuck Grandma furious. Pulling a to my behind!” Wiping the Let Cater King Crab leg out of the pot, sweat from her arms, Grandma Spinelli’s she waved it in Auntie Stella’s scolded, “Stella, non parlare direction and said, “I can throw cosi (don’t talk like that), it’s Your Holiday Celebration! this at you!” Another puff of and on to the porch! We can disgusting.” Auntie Stella, steam rose from the stove, talk out there.” more agitated than ever, Spinelli’s East Boston temporarily concealing Auntie The four women, one by turned on Grandma and said, Stella. From somewhere in the one, emerged from the fog of “You like all this crap! They 282 Bennington Street, East Boston steamy kitchen, Auntie Angie, steam that fi lled the kitchen, had fun in the sun, digging up (617) 567-1992 trying to calm things down, with sweat dripping from their all this stuff, now we have to pleaded, “Mama, put the crab foreheads, and aprons stuck clean and cook it in that hot leg back in the pot, and Stella to their bodies. No sooner did kitchen!” Let Us Come to You! shut up!” While Mom was in they settle down on the rock- From somewhere in the Off ering full-service & drop off catering the process of adding water to ing chairs, lined up on the steam-fi lled kitchen, Uncle Tino the boiling pot, without think- porch, Auntie Stella spotted entered to deposit his buckets, Have us deliver some comfort with a gift of food! ing, she asked, “Why shouldn’t the men returning from the he shouted out, “I would like a Pietro go out with Carla, if he beach with buckets of quahogs. cold beer!” Knowing Uncle Tino Lynnfi eld really loves her?” Steam from Auntie Stella, wiping the sweat was rubbing it in, Dad turned Spinelli’s the pot immediately enveloping from her face, shouted loud to Uncle Jimmy and said, “We 10 Newbury Street, Lynnfi eld her. 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Uncle women having cooled down a www.spinellis.com the steam-fi lled kitchen, yelled Tino, always wanting to tease bit, went back into the kitchen out, “The heat in this damn Auntie Stella, grumbled, “While and began dropping the spa- kitchen is making everyone you ladies were sitting on the ghetti into pans of boiling water, crazy!” Auntie Angie, trying to porch fanning your behinds, sending more steam into the air The opinions expressed by our columnists and calm the situation, shouted out, the men were up to their knees as they prepared for the evening contributors are not necessarily the same as those “Everyone out of the kitchen in mud digging for quahogs.” feast. of The Post-Gazette, its publisher or editor. Photo submissions are accepted by the Post-Gazette provided Four Women “Quattro Donne” A North End Love Story, is available at R. Del Gaudio Gift Shop, they are clear, original photos. There is a $5 charge 17 North Square North End (617-227-5915), adjoining Paul Revere House; Post-Gazette; Saint Francis for each photo submitted. Photos can be submitted via Book Store and Gift Shop at Saint Leonard Peace Garden; lulu.com; molinaridesign.net; Amazon.com; e-mail: [email protected]. If you want your photos and Barnes and Noble.com. Bookshop.org; Barbara’s Bestsellers, South Station (857-263-8737); returned, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Greetings from Boston, Faneuil Hall. PAGE 6 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020 Grow Frilly, Bold and Unique Amaryllis Mrs. Murphy . . . As I See It Fifteen more days have heard, the City of Boston Indoors this Winter till Christmas! has ordered all outdoor seating by Melinda Myers This Christmas of restaurants closed. I think will be different restaurants know when to end The asymmetrical petals are parchment-white from others. 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MONKS, formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- minating or restricting the powers of Personal Mystic Ave., Medford, MA, and may First Justice of this Court. be viewed by appointment only. Tel. 781.284.1100 Fax 781.284.2200 Date: December 01, 2020 Representatives appointed under informal pro- cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, Signed — Se habla español — Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate can be obtained from the Petitioner. Export Enterprises, Inc. Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run dates: 12/11, 12/18, 12/25, 2020 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020 PAGE 7 The Consulate General of Italy in Boston Presents “Passione - Canto Italiano” Featuring The Marco Pignataro Jazzet with Strings, Plus Special Guests by members of the prestigious the many examples of solidarity listen-ing to the “haunting concert,” Pignataro says. Boston Symphony Orchestra. shown by the Italian people melodies and poetic lyricism” Pignataro’s memories The virtual concert will be through song and music during of old Neapolitan Music in represent the kind of recorded live at the WGBH the pandemic crisis,” stated his household, thanks to his sentimental reflection that Fraser Performance Studio in the Consul General of Italy in father. “Exploring its themes the Consulate aims to evoke Boston and will be broadcast Boston, Federica Sereni. of passion, drama, unrequited from listeners and community on December 18th at 6:00 p.m. Dedicated to the local Italian or hopeless love through the members in attendance of the ET on the Consulate General of community, this concert will lenses of jazz and chamber concert. Passione will be a Italy in Boston Facebook page. call upon some family traditions music is the inspiration behind celebration of the beauty that The concert will feature from Mr. Pignataro’s own this project. I am beyond excited can come from artists merging inspiring new arrangements childhood. In preparation for that this longtime dream of their creative spirits in honor of of celebrated Italian music the event, he reflects on mine is now a reality with this a moment of refl ection. and Neapolitan classics commissioned exclusively for this special event. Featuring The Consulate General of the unique fusion of traditional Italy in Boston announces a strings and jazz, famous Italian special virtual concert titled melodies will be performed in “Passione - Canto Italiano” celebration of the great tradition featuring the Marco Pignataro of Italian culture and music. Jazzet with Strings, plus The Consulate General of Special Guests. Mr. Pignataro Italy in Boston embraces music is a renowned jazz player, as a tool to promote cultural saxophonist, composer, diplomacy, which is the primary professor and co-director of the purpose of Vivere ALL’italiana, Berklee Global Jazz Institute at or “Living the Italian Way,” a the Berklee College of Music. campaign of the Italian Ministry He will perform with famous of Foreign Affairs aimed at international artists including advancing Italy’s cultural legendary Italian American heritage, creativity, innovation Color bassist John Patitucci, winner and lifestyle. of four Grammy Awards. The “The universal language of jazz quartet will also feature music has the power to bring virtuoso drummer Adam Cruz, people together and overcome and Alan Pasqua , a renowned cultural and language barriers. piano player who has performed Music is deeply steeped in with music legends such as Italian culture, and through the Bob Dylan, Santana and Tony centuries, the tradition of Italian Williams. This extraordinary music has unified humanity jazz quartet will be accompanied in times of joy and sorrow. No by a string quartet composed more has that been evident in PAGE 8 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020

The time has come, the walrus said, TO TALK OF MANY THINGS of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings by Sal Giarratani MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM some great old TV stars like I actually don’t know how she PINK FLOYD‘S: the previous year, Motorhead RICHARD SETTIPANE Jerry Mathers a.k.a, The Beaver makes vanilla lattes yet, but I DELICATE SOUND continued to get bigger, better, and Tony Dow who played his am sure she’s good. OF THUNDER louder and faster by the second. brother Wally on Leave it to COME ON DOWN (3-LP Vinyl) This time, on Ace Of Spades they Beaver. In fact, can I tell you, I Here is some interesting news. Warner Music came up with twelve songs; each was even a guest on his show If you get Pluto TV, this network Warner Music has released and every one of which crams a talking about my writing career will launch The Price is Right Pink Floyd’s ‘Delicate Sound Of regular band’s ten minutes of here at the Post-Gazette and from the Bob Barker era, fea- Thunder,’ which encapsulates playing into an average of three. my earlier in life period playing turing hundreds of episodes. a band at their best. The 3-LP The song titles alone made ears the drums for a rock and soul Overall, Barker hosted this game vinyl set includes 9 songs not bleed: “Love Me Like A Reptile,” group out of Roxbury in the ’60s show for 35 years before giving included on the 1988 release “Shoot You In The Back,” “The with a great moniker, we were way to Drew Carey. Here’s a good of the album. In 1987, Pink Chase Is Better Than The Catch” the SilentSirs and would not trivia question for some aging Floyd made a triumphant resur- and “The Hammer,” were a be silenced up on the stage. We Baby Boomers out there. Who gence. The legendary British few examples. This landmark also dressed great, too. Some did Barker replace? Who was band, formed in 1967, had album saw the three amigos of our critics back in the day the fi rst host of this TV daytime Richard is never shy around suffered the loss of two co- of Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke said, we dressed better than game show? Email me at: sal. a camera, so I got him with founders: keyboardist/vocalist and Philthy Animal Taylor at we played, but I just told those [email protected]. First cor- his two administrative Richard Wright, who left after the helm of the juggernaut guys where to go and sometimes rect answer gets his or her name assistants next to Santa on sessions for The Wall in 1979, that was Motorhead, gaining helped them on their way, too. in next week’s column. Oh, and the far right, Merry Christmas and bass player and lyricist phenomenal growth in popular- Step into Bob’s time capsule before I forget, please neuter from Ivelisse Garcia, Roger Waters, who had left to ity as they forged onward. The and go back to simpler days of or spay your pets just as Bob Jeannette Lopez and Richard go solo in 1985, soon after the Ace Of Spades album release the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Barker always reminded viewers Settipane. 1983 album The Final Cut. The was a magical moment in rock NOBODY MAKES before the show ended. gauntlet was thus laid down for and roll history, an album that I stopped by Settipane VANILLA LATTES QUINCY MARKS guitarist/singer David Gilmour had enormous global impact Insurance Services new offi ces BETTER THAN CLARA 79TH ANNIVERSARY OF and drummer Nick Mason, and continues to resonate and on Squire Road in Revere to PEARL HARBOR who proceeded to create the inspire people worldwide. Fans meet up with Richard recently. This past Monday, December multi-platinum A Momentary to this day still remember where His offi ce is all ready for the 7th the Quincy Veterans Services Lapse Of Reason album, a global they were when they fi rst heard Christmas holiday. Santa marked the 79th anniversary of chart smash, which also saw it, and it immediately inspired was there next to his favorite the attack on Pearl Harbor. The the return of Richard Wright bands worldwide to absorb the Christmas tree by the window ceremony was held at the World to the fold. Recorded over fi ve album’s energy, speed, and on Squire Road. Guess Santa War II podium at Mt. Wollaston nights at Long Island’s Nassau attitude into their own work. was counting cars or something. Cemetery. Coliseum in August 1988. Pink Ace Of Spades is ground zero for THE BOB KATZEN HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ... Floyd’s stellar supporting cast thrash, speed metal, and punk/ BABY BOOMER AND Freddie “Boom Boom” for the live dates included: metal crossover. GEN X SHOW Cannon, just celebrated his Jon Carin (keyboards, vocals), ROLLINS IN HOLLAND: You need to check out this 84th birthday and Max Bear Jr., Tim Renwick (guitars, vocals), THE 1967 STUDIO & show hosted by Bob Katzen. you remember him as Jethro on Guy Pratt (bass, vocals), Gary LIVE RECORDINGS (Vinyl) It is on every Sunday evening the Beverly Hillbillies, he’s only Wallis (percussion), Scott Page Resonance Records starting at 6:00 p.m. on the new 83 years old. WMEX 1510 on the a.m. dial Clara holds up my vanilla CLASSIC CAR CORNER (saxophones, guitar), Margret Featuring more than two latte proudly behind the bar. Taylor (backing vocals), Rachel hours of music, this stun- just like back in the old days Fury (backing vocals) and Durga ning collection, is drawn when Boomers were still just I love hanging out, of course McBroom (backing vocals). The from tenor saxophone master young teens who loved rock & socially distanced from every- set list carefully balances the Rollins’s Netherlands tour of roll and the old WMEX. one, having my favorite then-new material and Pink May 1967. The Rollins set suc- In recent weeks, he has had latte down at the Maverick Floyd classics, including songs ceeds Resonance’s critically Marketplace at the old Welfare from The Dark Side Of The Moon acclaimed RSD archival fi nds LEGAL NOTICE building, and I only allow Clara (1973) – “Time,” “On The Run,” from such jazz giants as Bill to make my lattes because she’s Commonwealth of Massachusetts so good at it. She’s been work- “The Great Gig In The Sky” and Evans, Eric Dolphy, and Wes The Trial Court “Us And Them,” the anthemic Montgomery. The music heard Probate and Family Court ing at this establishment since title track of “Wish You Were on the Resonance album is Middlesex Probate and Family Court June 2019, and she brightens Here (1975),” The Wall’s (1979) drawn from a little-documented 208 Cambridge Street up the place. Here’s another great classic “Comfortably Numb” and a period in Rollins’s career. The Cambridge, MA 02141 Someone else who works car I found over at my favorite (617) 768-5800 cathartic “Run Like Hell.” As a musician’s 1966 Impulse! album there is almost as good as Clara car place, Royal Auto Tops, Docket No. MI20P4293EA record of the creative power of East Broadway Run Down was and that would be Kennedy. She a 1963 Dodge GT convertible Estate of also happens to be an expert waiting in line for some TLC David Gilmour, Nick Mason and his fi nal record date before a CAROL K. ANTHONY Richard Wright at their incendi- studio hiatus that lasted until Date of Death: August 17, 2020 on all things Dunkin’, too. She from George who runs this actually knew that Dunkin’ place. He can fi x anything. Hey, ary best, Pink Floyd’s Delicate 1972. In 1969, mirroring a cel- CITATION ON PETITION FOR Sound of Thunder is an engross- ebrated public exit of a decade FORMAL ADJUDICATION started in Quincy and she if they took Humpty-Dumpty ing and uplifting event, to be earlier, he began a two-year To all interested persons: doesn’t even come from there. here after that fall of his instead enjoyed by any rock music fan. sabbatical from live performing. A Petition for S/A - Formal Probate of Will of to all the king’s horses and with Appointment of Personal Representa- men, I betcha Humpty would Additional excitement includes Rollins in Holland captures the tive has been fi led by Hanna Moog of Stow, LEGAL NOTICE a 24-page booklet and 23 total then 36-year-old jazz titan in full MA requesting that the Court enter a formal have been back up sitting on songs. fl ight, in total command of his Decree and Order and for such other relief as Commonwealth of Massachusetts the wall again. requested in the Petition. The Trial Court MOTORHEAD – horn at the height of his great The Petitioner requests that Hanna Moog Probate and Family Court (Photos by Sal Giarratani) ACE OF SPADES (CD) improvisational powers. During of Stow, MA be appointed as Personal Middlesex Division BMG his brief but busy 1967 stay Representative(s) of said estate to serve With- out Surety on the bond in an unsupervised Middlesex Probate and Family Court Upon its release in 1980, the in the Netherlands, the saxo- administration. 208 Cambridge Street LEGAL NOTICE Ace Of Spades album was noth- phonist was supported by two Cambridge, MA 02141 IMPORTANT NOTICE (617) 768-5800 ing short of a game changer for of the nation’s top young play- You have the right to obtain a copy of the NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. MI20P5244EA all forms of hard rock. It per- ers, bassist Ruud Jacobs and Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. Notice is hereby given by TODISCO You have a right to object to this proceeding. Estate of TOWING OF 94 CONDOR STREET, fectly captured everything great drummer Han Bennink. Rollins To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a KEITH JOHANSON EAST BOSTON, MA, pursuant to about hard rock, heavy metal, in Holland brings together mate- written appearance and objection at this Date of Death: January 13, 2020 the provisions of Mass G.L. c. 255, and punk, amped it all up to rial drawn from three separate Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of Section 39A that they will sell the December 31, 2020. INFORMAL PROBATE following vehicles. 11, and came racing out of the appearances by the trio. PUBLICATION NOTICE This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- Vehicles are being sold to satisfy gates at what felt like a million THE HOLIDAY – line by which you must fi le a written To all persons interested in the above their garage keeper’s lien for towing, miles an hour. Nothing was MOTION PICTURE appearance and objection if you object to captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner storage and notices of sale: this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely Lorraine Johanson of Westwood, MA, a Will harder. Nothing was faster. And SOUNDTRACK (Vinyl) written appearance and objection followed has been admitted to informal probate. 2015 FORD FOCUS certainly nothing was louder. Varése Sarabande Records by an affi davit of objections within thirty Lorraine Johanson of Westwood, MA has Vin #1FADP3F2XFL325727 Following last year’s fan and Varése Sarabande Records (30) days of the return day, action may be been informally appointed as the Personal 2004 HONDA ELEMENT taken without further notice to you. Representative of the estate to serve without media acclaimed anniversary delivers the fi rst-ever LP release Vin #5J6YH283X4L009843 UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION surety on the bond. 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU editions of the seminal Overkill of the soundtrack from the UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM The estate is being administered under Vin #1G1ZT54875F146579 and Bomber albums, comes the 2006 movie The Holiday. The PROBATE CODE (MUPC) informal procedure by the Personal Represen- A Personal Representative appointed tative under the Massachusetts Uniform Pro- 2019 ACURA MDX record that launched Motorhead film became a modern-day under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- bate Code without supervision by the Court. Vin #5J8TC2H30KL041956 into the stratosphere and carved annual holiday classic, with a istration is not required to fi le an inventory Inventory and accounts are not required to be fi led with the Court, but interested parties are 2006 CHRYSLER 300 their name into the walls of rock 22-slice, soundtrack composed or annual accounts with the Court. Persons Vin #2C3KA43R56H212019 interested in the estate are entitled to notice entitled to notice regarding the administration ‘n’ roll history forever; Ace Of by Academy Award-winning regarding the administration directly from from the Personal Representative and can 2014 DODGE DART Spades, and now celebrates the producer, Hans Zimmer, with the Personal Representative and may peti- petition the Court in any matter relating to the Vin #1C3CDFBB6ED833650 th tion the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and The above vehicles will be sold 40 anniversary of this mile- lush strings and pianos, and expenses of administration. Interested parties estate, including the distribution of assets at public auction at stone album. This hardback an LP pressed on snow white and expenses of administration. are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- TODISCO TOWING book-pack (Disc 1) features the vinyl, perfect for any record Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, minating or restricting the powers of Personal 94 Condor Street, E. Boston original studio album and ‘Live lover’s holiday collection. Movie First Justice of this Court. Representatives appointed under informal pro- at Whitla Hall, Belfast. In 1980, cast includes: Kate Winslet, Date: December 03, 2020 cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, DECEMBER 26, 2020 off the back of two essential Cameron Diaz, Jack Black and Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate can be obtained from the Petitioner. at 9:00 AM albums, Overkill and Bomber Jude Law. Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run dates: 12/11, 12/18, 12/25, 2020 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020 PAGE 9

by Marianna Bisignano

Mind you, I was only three basis. We were still isolation- him and was given an OK after when this story unfolded, but ists, a position we took after the person was run through Many Italian Americans refer to the celebration that occurs on everything was explained to me World War I and maintained FBI records. The person was the night before Christmas as “The Feast of the Seven Fishes”. in words that I could under- through the Roaring ’20s and Michael Contini (Babbononno). This American born term was not one that was ever recognized stand in English and Italian. the Depression of the 1930s. Dad’s Italian was marginal at by my family who came here from Sicily. Christmas Eve or La It was a Sunday in December The decision was made by the best and Babbononno was, Vigilia (the vigil) as I knew it was the most sacred and celebrated and we were sitting at Nanna’s men in the family to register of course, verbally fl uent and of all of our holidays. Preparations for this evening were underway dinner table as we always did for the draft. Babbononno was could read and write both weeks in advance. Abstinence from meat was observed, therefore, on Sundays. The living room denied draft status because he Italian and English. seafood dishes of the abundance. Served buffet style, the tables radio was on and the broadcast, was too old to serve and Uncle Dad was able to get many of were lined with Christmas linens. Some were fi lled with assorted a music hour, was interrupted Paul was on the borderline as the POWs jobs working on the breads, cheeses, olives and a huge antipasto (that my mother at 2:00 p.m. by a news fl ash. far as age requirements were pushcarts that dotted the area prided herself in creating). Others were covered with appetizers It was 9:00 a.m. in Hawaii concerned. Dad, Uncle Nick, from Central Square to the and entrees of clams, shrimp, calamari, snails and smelts. A long and Pearl Harbor, a Navy base and Uncle Gino were at the Sumner Tunnel. They could table held various scrumptious desserts, cookies, and pastries, in Honolulu, had just been right ages and were given lottery work as long as they reported and there was even a side table for wine and drinks! Our family bombed by Japanese airplanes, numbers and told that when back to their quarters by sun- gathered on this magical evening to eat, drink, exchange gifts, in a war-like act that had begun their numbers were called, they down. In September of 1943, and then off to midnight mass we would go! La Vigilia was a night at 8:00 a.m., their time. The would be given more informa- Italy surrendered and changed we all looked forward to all year long; one where many lifelong normally happy Christoforo/ tion on what to do. Actually, Dad sides and became our allies. The memories were made. Contini family became very sol- and Uncle Nick had spoken to Italian POWs in Boston were My mother cherished La Vigilia more than anyone I know. She emn. I didn’t understand until a Marine recruiter who came to now free and many chose to actually referred to it as “my holiday”. I believe it’s because it they explained things to me so the musicians’ union a month stay here and would settle into symbolized what meant the most to her in life; family, her Sicilian a three-year-old could compre- before Pearl Harbor. He signed their new lives as Americans. heritage, religious values, food, and of course, love. I share with hend. My young mind knew that several musicians who were Fortunately, Uncle Gino you a fast and easy to make appetizer that is perfect for your something bad had happened. promised that they would play would come home in one piece, Christmas Eve celebration. Vognole Italiane Al Forno is often The next day, none on the for the Marine Reserve Band surviving the bombing raids on ordered in Italian American restaurants, and my version is a dish men in the family went to work. that was located in Boston. They Tokyo and the Japanese main- I guarantee many people will like. Sending blessings for much Babbononno worked for a com- were assured that they wouldn’t land. Uncle Nick and Aunt Ada hope and cheer this holiday season, and wishing you and your pany that made furniture. Uncle go through the same training as would part company in 1945, family a La Vigilia celebration that is fi lled with as much love as Paul, who lived on the top fl oor “Mud Marines.” The unit needed and divorce in 1950 (It took my family’s always was. of our house, was a printer by musicians and that’s all they that long in Boston back then.). day, young Uncle Gino worked would do … play music. The Soon after, he and Aunt Dorothy ITALIAN BAKED CLAMS at the Chelsea Navy Yard and day of the swearing in, both Dad would marry and spend the rest Dad and Uncle Nick, both full and Uncle Nick were involved in of their lives together. Vongole Italiane Al Forno time musicians, didn’t opt recording sessions, and never In spite of my age, my memory for their usual Monday ritual made it to the Fargo Building in serves me well and I remember and head for the musician’s South Boston where the swear- all of the above as if it just union. Along with Nanna, Mom, ing in was to take place. They happened. My grandparents, and my aunts, the family sur- were lucky, because after Pearl parents, and all of my uncles rounded the kitchen radio Harbor, the musicians who had and aunts (except Aunt Ninna, waiting for a broadcast from joined to play in the Marine Uncle Gino’s 96-year-old widow) President Roosevelt. When it Band were told to put their are gone. So, I guess I’m the began, the president started instruments away. Instead, they one that has to keep the lamp out with, “Yesterday, December were sent to Parris Island, South lit with stories of my family and 7, 1941, a date that will live Carolina, for training to become the way it was growing up in in infamy, the United States fi ghting Marines. East Boston as an American in was suddenly and deliberately As the war intensifi ed, Uncle an Italian family. attacked by naval and air units Nick joined the Navy and Uncle GOD BLESS AMERICA from the Empire of Japan … ” Gino, the Army Air Corps. Dad Homemade Breadcrumbs The president concluded by say- accepted a teaching job in the LEGAL NOTICE ing that a state of war existed Boston schools. Although he 1 loaf Italian bread 2 teaspoons oregano (or 12 slices) (Sicilian is best) between our two countries. hadn’t gone to college, he had NOTICE OF SALE When I asked what it all meant, graduated from East Boston 1 cup freshly grated pecorino 1/2 to 1 teaspoon red pepper Notice is hereby given by TODISCO Romano cheese fl akes (as mild or spicy as I was told in two languages that High School after majoring in TOWING OF 94 CONDOR STREET, we were in a war. machine shop as a trade. As a EAST BOSTON, MA, pursuant to 4 tablespoons fi nely chopped desired) the provisions of Mass G.L. c. 255, fresh garlic Salt and freshly ground black I had heard Babbononno tradesman with at least seven Section 39A that they will sell the pontifi cating at the dinner table years’ experience, he could following vehicles. 4 tablespoon chopped fresh pepper, to taste parsley about Italy and Mussolini tying return and teach the same skills Vehicles are being sold to satisfy up with Hitler and the Nazis. without a bachelor’s degree. He their garage keeper’s lien for towing, Toast bread in oven, break into pieces. Places bread into bowl storage and notices of sale: He hated both the Fascist and never really worked at the trade of large food processor, pulse until coarse. Add cheese, garlic, 2003 HONDA ACCORD Nazi parties and thought they as he became a professional Vin #1HGCM56683A119053 parsley, oregano red pepper fl akes, pulse until fi nely ground. Add would eventually ruin Italy musician right after graduat- 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU salt and freshly ground black pepper, if needed. Use immediately and Germany. I really didn’t ing EBHS in 1929, but he was Vin #2G1WF52E659349524 or refrigerate for up to 4 days. understand what was going on hired. 2005 FORD FREESTAR and I was told on that Monday After boot camp, Uncle Gino Vin #2FMZA52255BA10704 Stuffi ng th morning that bad people were was assigned to the 5 Air Force 2020 TAOTAO PONY 50 3 pounds (about 24, 1/2 cup Ritz cracker crumbs Vin #L9NTCBAE7L1009367 running those countries, and and sent to serve in the Pacifi c 2 1/2 to 3-inch size) small 1/4 to cup white wine the Japanese, who had bombed fighting his way from New 2006 VOLVO VNL Vin #4V4NC9TH76N431129 cherrystone or large littleneck 1/4 cup olive oil and 1/2 cup America the day before were Guinea to Japan. Uncle Nick clams extra (for drizzling over the their friends. When the broad- auditioned for the Navy Band The above vehicles will be sold 2 cups homemade breadcrumbs tops) at public auction at cast was over, Nanna poured a and made it. He would spend (cannot be substituted as all of Reserved clam juice second cup of coffee for every- the rest of the war playing for TODISCO TOWING the seasonings for the stuffi ng 3-4 organic lemons cut into 94 Condor Street, E. Boston one and the men discussed Andre Kostelanetz, serenading are in these) and 3/4 cup extra quarters DECEMBER 12, 2020 what was going to happen now the brass at the Newport Naval (for sprinkling over the tops) that we were at war with Japan. Base. Not long after Dad started at 9:00 AM Everyone decided to wait a few teaching, he was approached Run dates: 11/27, 12/04, 12/11, 2020 Preheat oven to 400º. Wash and rinse clams well. Using a clam days to see what was in the by two members of the OSS, knife, open clams over a small bowl, shuck and allow brine/juice news and headed out just before the forerunner to today’s CIA. to drain in the bowl, reserve the liquid. Leave the clam meat in 16 lunchtime. They didn’t have to The government was housing of the 24 half shells and place these on a shallow baking pan. Take wait too long. On December Italian war prisoners at the old the meat from the remaining 8 clams, chop and add to a medium the 11th, four days later, both forts on the islands in Boston Your Ad bowl with 2 cups of the breadcrumbs and the Ritz cracker crumbs, Germany and Italy declared war Harbor. When they ran out of mix well. Add the white wine and olive oil, mix well. Gradually on the United States. space, they began housing the Could Go add enough reserved brine/clam juice to this mixture to fl avor as Everyone knew that war was rest at the long-close immigra- well as create a moist stuffi ng (if stuffi ng becomes too wet, add raging in Europe, but America tion station located on Marginal Here additional breadcrumbs as needed). Place a few tablespoons of wasn’t directly involved. The Street in East Boston. The OSS this stuffi ng mixture on each of the 16 clams on the baking sheet, Germans and Italians had taken needed someone to interrogate pressing down while stuffi ng. Take the remaining dry breadcrumbs over North Africa, France had a the prisoners on a part-time and sprinkle evenly over each of the stuffed clams. Drizzle with puppet government faithful to basis and Dad’s name came up For information about olive oil and bake at 400º for 15 to 25 minutes, or until tops are the Nazis (Vichy France), and for some reason. He accepted advertising in crisp and light golden brown (being careful not to overcook as after the Battle of Dunkirk, the job, which wouldn’t begin the Post-Gazette, call clams will dry out). Serve with fresh lemon wedges. the Brits were pushed back to until the school day ended. He 617-227-8929. England with London suffer- received permission to have a Marianna Bisignano is a psychologist for the Boston Public ing bombing raids on a daily recording secretary accompany Schools and can be reached at [email protected] PAGE 10 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020

• News Briefs (Continued from Page 1) LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE conservatives remain angry, the media wing of the Democrat room at the time had no idea America remains deeply divided Party. they were being taped at all. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court The Trial Court as a nation and will remain so A surveillance video inside the End Quote Probate and Family Court Probate and Family Court for the foreseeable future. State Farm Arena showed a few “As far as I can judge by the Middlesex Probate and Family Court Middlesex Probate and Family Court Radical Democrats and for- individuals pulling suitcases papers, we are between a state 208 Cambridge Street 208 Cambridge Street mer President Barack Obama full of voter ballots out from of anarchy and civil war. May Cambridge, MA 02141 Cambridge, MA 02141 (617) 768-5800 (617) 768-5800 think that the president not under a table covered with a God avert both of these evils Docket No. MI20P5257EA Docket No. MI20D2815DR conceding is somehow dis- large tablecloth after the offi cial from us.” DIVORCE SUMMONS BY — General Robert E. Lee, Estate of graceful and damaging to our vote counters were allegedly FRANCES A. COLANTUONI PUBLICATION AND MAILING democracy. President Trump is told to leave the area due to a CSA Date of Death: September 06, 2020 ROGER WALTER RICHARDSON doing everything constitution- water main break. vs. CITATION ON PETITION FOR MICHELE PAIGE RICHARDSON ally lawful, as is his right. After being left alone, these FORMAL ADJUDICATION LEGAL NOTICE To the Defendant: Let’s hope America’s political few folks started what appears To all interested persons: The Plaintiff has fi led a Complaint for Divorce gridlock gets fi xed soon. to be processing stuff from Commonwealth of Massachusetts A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with requesting that the Court grant a divorce for The Trial Court Appointment of Personal Representative Irretrievable Breakdown of the Marriage 1B. Is Chief Justice inside the suitcases into the vot- Probate and Family Court has been fi led by Carol F. Colantuoni of The Complaint is on fi le at the Court. John Roberts ing machines. This doesn’t pass Stoneham, MA requesting that the Court enter An Automatic Restraining Order has been Middlesex Probate and Family Court North a formal Decree and Order and for such other Compromised? the smell test and looks pretty Lowell Justice Center entered in this matter preventing you from tak- relief as requested in the Petition. ing any action which would negatively impact That’s what many conserva- fi shy. If this was happening in 370 Jackson Street, 5th Floor The Petitioner requests that Carol F. Lowell, MA 01852 the current fi nancial status of either party. SEE tives have started to wonder. Atlanta’s Fulton County, where Colantuoni of Stoneham, MA be appointed Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. (978) 656-7700 as Personal Representative(s) of said estate In recent years, his opinions else might the same thing also You are hereby summoned and required Docket No. MI20P5156EA to serve Without Surety on the bond in an to serve upon Roger W. Richardson, Now on the bench have been, to be happening? unsupervised administration. Estate of Commerant of: MCI Shirley, 1 Harvard Road, put it mildly, erratic. Usually, The Watergate Break-in of JOEL BLACKINTON BASTOW IMPORTANT NOTICE Shirley, MA 01464, your answer, if any, on or a Chief Justice in his tenure the Democratic Party head- Also Known As You have the right to obtain a copy of the before January 04, 2021. If you fail to do so, JOEL B. BASTOW Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. the court will proceed to the hearing and adju- on the court leaves their mark quarters on June 17, 1972, You have a right to object to this proceeding. dication of this action. You are also required to and legacy. Roberts might be when some third-rate burglars Date of Death: August 20, 2020 To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a fi le a copy of your answer, if any, in the offi ce of remembered for being a com- ransacked those offices look INFORMAL PROBATE written appearance and objection at this the Register of this Court. PUBLICATION NOTICE Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, pletely irrelevant chief justice. meaningless compared to what December 18, 2020. To all persons interested in the above First Justice of this Court. This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- When he was appointed by was recorded on tape during captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner John Date: November 16, 2020 line by which you must fi le a written Bastow of Framingham, MA, a Will has been President George W. Bush, he the early morning hours of appearance and objection if you object to Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate admitted to informal probate. was identifi ed as consistently Wednesday, November 4th in this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely Run date: 12/11/2020 John Bastow of Framingham, MA has written appearance and objection followed conservative but in the past few that vote counting room. Yet it been informally appointed as the Personal by an affi davit of objections within thirty Representative of the estate to serve without years, he has become the swing led to a constitutional crisis and (30) days of the return day, action may be surety on the bond. vote on the court. the resignation of a president. taken without further notice to you. The estate is being administered under LEGAL NOTICE It is hard to peg him. Is he Still the noise you are hearing informal procedure by the Personal Represen- UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION conservative or is he liberal? Or over this November 4th video is tative under the Massachusetts Uniform Pro- UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM Commonwealth of Massachusetts bate Code without supervision by the Court. PROBATE CODE (MUPC) does he wake up in the morning nothing, but the sound of crick- The Trial Court Inventory and accounts are not required to be A Personal Representative appointed Probate and Family Court and decide which judicial face ets in your backyard. Nothing to fi led with the Court, but interested parties are under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- Middlesex Probate and Family Court to wear before throwing on his see here says print, digital, and entitled to notice regarding the administration istration is not required to fi le an inventory from the Personal Representative and can or annual accounts with the Court. Persons 208 Cambridge Street black robe? broadcast media sources. petition the Court in any matter relating to the interested in the estate are entitled to notice Cambridge, MA 02141 Some think he might be com- By the way, if you’re wonder- estate, including distribution of assets and regarding the administration directly from (617) 768-5800 expenses of administration. Interested parties the Personal Representative and may peti- Docket No. MI20D1656DR promised or even a blackmail ing, the surveillance camera tion the Court in any matter relating to the are entitled to petition the Court to institute DIVORCE SUMMONS BY victim, I kid you not. The latest taping it all was placed there formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- estate, including the distribution of assets PUBLICATION AND MAILING freedom of religion decision on long before the room was used minating or restricting the powers of Personal and expenses of administration. ANANYA MAHAVIR PRASAD JAIN the part of the Court with new to count voting ballots. The Representatives appointed under informal pro- Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, First Justice of this Court. vs. Justice Amy Coney Barrett now owners of the arena have a can be obtained from the Petitioner. Date: November 20, 2020 ANUSHKA SETHI residing, the Court decided 5-4 security company, who has the Run date: 12/11/2020 To the Defendant: Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate The Plaintiff has fi led a Complaint for Divorce that N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo whole arena videoed all the time Run date: 12/11/2020 requesting that the Court grant a divorce for overstepped his authority limit- and it had nothing to do with Irretrievable Breakdown of the Marriage 1B. ing access to church services politics. Only trouble appar- LEGAL NOTICE The Complaint is on fi le at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been based on COVID-19 numbers. ently was election offi cials in the entered in this matter preventing you from tak- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barrett was the deciding vote ing any action which would negatively impact The Trial Court LEGAL NOTICE the current fi nancial status of either party. SEE with Roberts bending leftward Probate and Family Court Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. with the Court’s three liberal LEGAL NOTICE Suffolk Probate and Family Court Commonwealth of Massachusetts You are hereby summoned and required justices. 24 New Chardon Street The Trial Court to serve upon Leonard A. Nomura, Esq., Probate and Family Court Leonard A. Nomura Esq., Attorney at Law, “The Steal” on Video? Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston, MA 02114 The Trial Court (617) 788-8300 Middlesex Probate and Family Court 32 Woodward St., Suite 3, Boston, MA 02127, The media blackout on voter/ Probate and Family Court Docket No. SU20P1882PM 208 Cambridge Street your answer, if any, on or before January 04, election fraud seems over- Middlesex Probate and Family Court Cambridge, MA 02141 2021. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF to the hearing and adjudication of this action. 208 Cambridge Street (617) 768-5800 powering. When it comes to PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF You are also required to fi le a copy of your Cambridge, MA 02141 CONSERVATOR OR OTHER Docket No. MI20P5409EA answer, if any, in the offi ce of the Register of CNN, MSNBC and sadly even (617) 768-5800 PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO Estate of this Court. the “news” on the Fox News Docket No. MI20P4931EA G.L. c. 190B, § 5-304 & § 5-405 Channel or the New York Times, LORRAINE M. BENNETT Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, Estate of In the matter of Date of Death: January 19, 2017 First Justice of this Court. Washington Post, etc., they no PERKIA KALANDJIAN KINUKO PEARCE Date: November 16, 2020 CITATION ON PETITION FOR of Suffi eld, CT longer even pretend not to be Date of Death: February 05, 2019 FORMAL ADJUDICATION Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate CITATION ON PETITION FOR RESPONDENT To all interested persons: Run date: 12/11/2020 FORMAL ADJUDICATION (Person to be Protected/Minor) A Petition for Late and Limited Formal To all interested persons: To the named Respondent and all other Testacy and/or Appointment has been fi led LEGAL NOTICE A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with interested persons, a petition has been fi led by Deirdre M. Bennett of Arlington, MA and Appointment of Personal Representa- by Massachusetts General Hospital of Boston, Robert K. LeGrand of Revere, MA request- NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE tive has been fi led by Silva MacMillan of MA and Kerina Silva, Esq., of Taunton, MA ing that the Court enter a formal Decree and LEGAL NOTICE Arlington, MA requesting that the Court enter in the above captioned matter alleging that Order and for such other relief as requested in Notice is hereby given by Pat’s Commonwealth of Massachusetts Towing, 50 Mystic Ave., Medford, a formal Decree and Order and for such other Kinuko Pearce is in need of a Conservator the Petition. relief as requested in the Petition. or other protective order and requesting that The Petitioner requests that Deirdre M. The Trial Court MA, pursuant to the provisions of Probate and Family Court Mass General Laws, Chapter 255, The Petitioner requests that Silva ______Bennett of Arlington, MA and Robert K. Middlesex Division Section 39A, that they will sell or junk MacMillan of Arlington, MA be appointed (or some other suitable person) be appointed LeGrand of Revere, MA be appointed as Per- the following vehicles on or after as Personal Representative(s) of said estate as Conservator to serve Without Surety on sonal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Middlesex Probate and Family Court South December 26, 2020 beginning at to serve Without Surety on the bond in an the bond. Without Surety on the bond in an unsuper- 10-U Commerce Way 10:00 a.m. by public or private sale unsupervised administration. The petition asks the court to determine that vised administration. Woburn, MA 01801 the Respondent is disabled, that a protective to satisfy their garage keepers lien for IMPORTANT NOTICE IMPORTANT NOTICE (781) 865-4000 order or appointment of a Conservator is nec- towing, storage, and notices of sale. You have the right to obtain a copy of the You have the right to obtain a copy of the essary, and that the proposed conservator is Docket No. MI20P5357EA Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. 2015 TOYOTA PRIUS appropriate. The petition is on fi le with this court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. You have a right to object to this proceeding. Estate of VIN #JTDKN3DU1F1970368 You have the right to object to this To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a GLORIA J. RICCOBONO proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your 2010 HONDA CRV written appearance and objection at this written appearance and objection at this attorney must fi le a written appearance at this Date of Death: September 03, 2020 VIN #5J6RE4H38AL048984 Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date INFORMAL PROBATE December 29, 2020. December 29, 2020. 2004 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER of January 11, 2021. This day is NOT a hearing PUBLICATION NOTICE This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- VIN #JTEEP21A240060755 date, but a deadline date by which you have to line by which you must fi le a written line by which you must fi le a written To all persons interested in the above fi le the written appearance if you object to the 2003 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER appearance and objection if you object to appearance and objection if you object to captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner petition. If you fail to fi le the written appearance VIN #SALMB11463A105278 this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely Geraldine A. Gerardi of Bethesda, MD, a Will by the return date, action may be taken in this 2014 RAM 1500 written appearance and objection followed written appearance and objection followed has been admitted to informal probate. matter without further notice to you. In addition VIN #1C6RR7TT9ES334462 by an affi davit of objections within thirty by an affi davit of objections within thirty Geraldine A. Gerardi of Bethesda, MD to fi ling the written appearance, you or your (30) days of the return day, action may be (30) days of the return day, action may be has been informally appointed as the Personal 2009 HONDA ACCORD attorney must fi le a written affi davit stating the taken without further notice to you. taken without further notice to you. Representative of the estate to serve without VIN #1HGCP26709A035204 specifi c facts and grounds of your objection UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION surety on the bond. 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION within 30 days after the return date. UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM The estate is being administered under VIN #KMHDU46D78U488581 UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM informal procedure by the Personal Represen- PROBATE CODE (MUPC) IMPORTANT NOTICE PROBATE CODE (MUPC) The outcome of this proceeding may tative under the Massachusetts Uniform Pro- 2009 NISSAN SENTRA A Personal Representative appointed A Personal Representative appointed limit or completely take away the above- bate Code without supervision by the Court. VIN #3N1AB61E19L680277 under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- named person’s right to make decisions Inventory and accounts are not required to be istration is not required to fi le an inventory istration is not required to fi le an inventory 2007 FORD E250 about personal affairs or fi nancial affairs fi led with the Court, but interested parties are or annual accounts with the Court. Persons or annual accounts with the Court. Persons VIN #1FTNE24W57DA40529 or both. The above-named person has the entitled to notice regarding the administration interested in the estate are entitled to notice interested in the estate are entitled to notice 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make from the Personal Representative and can regarding the administration directly from regarding the administration directly from VIN #4T1SK12E1SU623569 this request on behalf of the above-named petition the Court in any matter relating to the the Personal Representative and may peti- the Personal Representative and may peti- person. If the above-named person cannot estate, including distribution of assets and 2004 NISSAN MURANO tion the Court in any matter relating to the tion the Court in any matter relating to the afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at expenses of administration. Interested parties VIN #JN8AZ08W34W332122 estate, including the distribution of assets estate, including the distribution of assets State expense. and expenses of administration. are entitled to petition the Court to institute Vehicles are being stored at 142 and expenses of administration. formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- Witness, HON. BRIAN J. DUNN, Mystic Ave., Medford, MA, and may Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, minating or restricting the powers of Personal First Justice of this Court. be viewed by appointment only. First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. Representatives appointed under informal pro- Date: December 08, 2020 Signed Date: December 03, 2020 Date: December 03, 2020 cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, Felix D. Arroyo, Register of Probate Pat’s Towing Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate can be obtained from the Petitioner. Run dates: 12/11, 12/18, 12/25, 2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020 PAGE 11

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE EXTRA Innings Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court The Trial Court The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Probate and Family Court Probate and Family Court by Sal Giarratani Middlesex Probate and Family Court Middlesex Probate and Family Court Middlesex Probate and Family Court 208 Cambridge Street 208 Cambridge Street 208 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02141 Cambridge, MA 02141 Cambridge, MA 02141 Oh, What a Relief it is (617) 768-5800 (617) 768-5800 (617) 768-5800 The Brewers right-hander Docket No. MI20P4857EA Docket No. MI20P4705EA Docket No. MI20P4264EA Devin Williams became the Estate of Estate of Estate of 11th relief pitcher to win the JERRI LOU ELIZABETH BUFFO HELEN T. GILMORE MICHAEL J. MICELI Rookie of the Year award, but Also Known As Date of Death: August 16, 2020 Date of Death: April 09, 2020 was the fi rst to do it without JERRI LOU E. BUFFO CITATION ON PETITION FOR CITATION ON PETITION FOR Date of Death: October 04, 2020 FORMAL ADJUDICATION FORMAL ADJUDICATION earning a save. He appeared in only 22 games because of the CITATION ON PETITION FOR To all interested persons: To all interested persons: FORMAL ADJUDICATION A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with A Petition for S/A - Formal Probate of 60 game season and allowed To all interested persons: Appointment of Personal Representative Will with Appointment of Personal Repre- only one earned run in 27 A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with has been fi led by Michael E. Gilmore of Eliot, sentative has been fi led by Marie A. Fratto innings. Appointment of Personal Representative ME requesting that the Court enter a formal of Watertown, MA requesting that the Court has been fi led by Keith A. Buffo of Stoneham, Decree and Order and for such other relief as enter a formal Decree and Order and for such Averaging one earned run MA requesting that the Court enter a formal requested in the Petition. other relief as requested in the Petition. every nine innings is amazing, Decree and Order and for such other relief as The Petitioner requests that Michael E. The Petitioner requests that Marie A. Fratto but how can you say he was so requested in the Petition. Gilmore of Eliot, ME be appointed as Personal of Watertown, MA be appointed as Personal The Petitioner requests that Keith A. Buffo Representative(s) of said estate to serve With- Representative(s) of said estate to serve With- great when he pitched a whole of Stoneham, MA be appointed as Personal out Surety on the bond in an unsupervised out Surety on the bond in an unsupervised 27 innings? Yes, he went 4-1, Representative(s) of said estate to serve With- administration. administration. with a 0.33 ERA, but was he out Surety on the bond in an unsupervised IMPORTANT NOTICE IMPORTANT NOTICE really better than Craig Kimbrel administration. You have the right to obtain a copy of the You have the right to obtain a copy of the IMPORTANT NOTICE Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. back in 2011 with the Braves You have the right to obtain a copy of the You have a right to object to this proceeding. You have a right to object to this proceeding. when he was 4-3 with 46 saves Luis “El Tiante” Tiant Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a and a 2.10 ERA? I don’t think You have a right to object to this proceeding. written appearance and objection at this written appearance and objection at this To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of so and most baseball pur- begun.” Over the past 50 years, written appearance and objection at this December 29, 2020. December 31, 2020. ists wouldn’t either. The 2020 I have divided the Red Sox Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- Rookie of the Year comes with into three-parts. The Age of December 30, 2020. line by which you must fi le a written line by which you must fi le a written This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- appearance and objection if you object to appearance and objection if you object to the biggest asterisk ever in my Tiant, the Age of Roger Clemens, line by which you must fi le a written this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely baseball book. and the Age of Pedro Martinez. appearance and objection if you object to written appearance and objection followed written appearance and objection followed Happy Birthday To Prior to that, I still remember this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely by an affi davit of objections within thirty by an affi davit of objections within thirty written appearance and objection followed (30) days of the return day, action may be (30) days of the return day, action may be El Tiante the bad old days with greats by an affi davit of objections within thirty taken without further notice to you. taken without further notice to you. There was a great baseball like Bill Monbouquette, Earl (30) days of the return day, action may be UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION commentary in The Pilot written Wilson, and Dick Radatz, too. taken without further notice to you. UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM by Dick Flavin on Luis Tiant. I second the motion of Dick UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION PROBATE CODE (MUPC) PROBATE CODE (MUPC) UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM A Personal Representative appointed A Personal Representative appointed Magic happened 40 years ago Flavin, “The fact that Luis PROBATE CODE (MUPC) under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- on the mound at Fenway Park Tiant is not in the Hall of Fame A Personal Representative appointed istration is not required to fi le an inventory istration is not required to fi le an inventory when Luis Tiant stood on it is inexcusable. But, as his old under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- or annual accounts with the Court. Persons or annual accounts with the Court. Persons istration is not required to fi le an inventory interested in the estate are entitled to notice interested in the estate are entitled to notice looking down at hitters in the teammates and his lifelong fans or annual accounts with the Court. Persons regarding the administration directly from regarding the administration directly from batter’s box. Flavin talked about will attest, it’s not Tiant’s loss, interested in the estate are entitled to notice the Personal Representative and may peti- the Personal Representative and may peti- his Fu Manchu and that crazy it’s the Halls.” regarding the administration directly from tion the Court in any matter relating to the tion the Court in any matter relating to the the Personal Representative and may peti- estate, including the distribution of assets estate, including the distribution of assets windup of his. He struck out Happy Birthday … tion the Court in any matter relating to the and expenses of administration. and expenses of administration. many in his Boston Red Sox Birthday greetings go out to estate, including the distribution of assets Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, career. He just turned 80 years Kevin Cash who just turned and expenses of administration. First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. old on November 23rd. 43 years old. He played for the Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, Date: December 03, 2020 Date: December 03, 2020 El Tiante just wrote his mem- Red Sox between 2007-2010, First Justice of this Court. Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate Date: December 02, 2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 oir written with Saul Wisnia developed a good friendship Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate called Son of Havana. I remem- with skipper Terry Francona Run date: 12/11/2020 ber Tiant back in 1968, the and united with Francona again year of the pitcher when he on the Indians as a coach. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE was a youngster on the mound Eventually, he managed the Commonwealth of Massachusetts LEGAL NOTICE in Cleveland when he was a Rays himself. Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court 20-game winner and topped Hall of Fame broadcaster The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Commonwealth of Massachusetts the league with a 1.60 ERA. He Vince Scully (93) and Mariano Probate and Family Court Middlesex Probate and Family Court The Trial Court got kinda lost that year between Rivera (51). Middlesex Probate and Family Court 208 Cambridge Street Probate and Family Court 208 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02141 Middlesex Division Bob Gibson’s 1.12 ERA and Cambridge, MA 02141 (617) 768-5800 Middlesex Probate and Family Court South Denny McClain’s 31 wins. (617) 768-5800 Docket No. MI20P5076EA 10-U Commerce Way As Flavin noted “The Age Docket No. MI20P4294EA Estate of Woburn, MA 01801 of LOO-EE!! LOO-EE!! had LEGAL NOTICE Estate of ANN BROWN WOODMAN (781) 865-4000 BARBARA J. MOLLOY Also Known As Docket No. MI20P5285EA NOTICE OF SALE Also Known As ANN B. WOODMAN Estate of Notice is hereby given by Stephens Automotive BARBARA JEAN MOLLOY Date of Death: August 30, 2020 ANTHONY JOHN LeCLERC LEGAL NOTICE Transport, 60 Union Street, Medford, MA Date of Death: July 12, 2020 Date of Death: September 10, 2020 02155, pursuant to the provisions of G.L.c.255 CITATION ON PETITION FOR Commonwealth of Massachusetts 539A, that on December 11, 2020 at 10AM, at CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION CITATION ON PETITION FOR The Trial Court said address, the following motor vehicle(s) will FORMAL ADJUDICATION To all interested persons: FORMAL ADJUDICATION Probate and Family Court be sold, in as is condition, no keys, at public To all interested persons: A Petition for S/A - Formal Probate of To all interested persons: Middlesex Division sale to satisfy our garage keeper’s lien thereon A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Will with Appointment of Personal Rep- A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Middlesex Probate and Family Court for towing, storage, and expenses of notice Appointment of Personal Representative resentative has been fi led by Byron E. Intestacy and Appointment of Personal 208 Cambridge Street and sale: has been fi led by William J. Grannan of Woodman, Jr. of Concord, MA requesting Representative has been fi led by Cheryl A. Cambridge, MA 02141 2006 HYUNDAI AZERA, PURPLE Arlington, MA requesting that the Court enter that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order Connor of Coventry, RI requesting that the Vin: KMHFC46F16A055060 a formal Decree and Order and for such other (617) 768-5800 and for such other relief as requested in the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for Samantha R. Erbe relief as requested in the Petition. Petition. such other relief as requested in the Petition. Docket No. MI20P5135EA 74 Medford St., Apt. 699 The Petitioner requests that William J. The Petitioner requests that Byron E. The Petitioner requests that Cheryl A. Estate of Grannan of Arlington, MA be appointed as Woodman, Jr. of Concord, MA be appointed Connor of Coventry, RI be appointed as Per- MAUREEN FRANCIS BLANCHARD Charlestown, MA 02129 Personal Representative(s) of said estate as Personal Representative(s) of said estate sonal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Also Known As 2008 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, GRAY to serve Without Surety on the bond in an to serve Without Surety on the bond in an Without Surety on the bond in an unsuper- MAUREEN BLANCHARD Vin: 2CNDL53F886310336 unsupervised administration. unsupervised administration. vised administration. Date of Death: August 12, 2020 Catherine A. O’Brien IMPORTANT NOTICE IMPORTANT NOTICE IMPORTANT NOTICE 4 Ledgewood Dr. You have the right to obtain a copy of the You have the right to obtain a copy of the You have the right to obtain a copy of the NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. G.L. c. 190B, § 3-306 Burlington, MA 01803 You have a right to object to this proceeding. You have a right to object to this proceeding. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To all persons who have or may have some 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA, BLACK To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a To do so, you or your attorney must fi le a interest in the above-captioned estate and, if Vin: 1N4AL3AP9DN409962 written appearance and objection at this written appearance and objection at this written appearance and objection at this interested, to the Offi ce of the Attorney General Milagros Suazo-Cruz Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of and the Department of Veterans Affairs, notice December 28, 2020. December 28, 2020. December 22, 2020. is hereby given on September 25, 2020 40 Corey St. This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- that the Petitioner Wilson H. Blanchard of Charlestown, MA 02129 line by which you must fi le a written line by which you must fi le a written line by which you must fi le a written Framingham, MA intends to fi le with the 2006 COTC UTILITY TRAILER, BLACK appearance and objection if you object to appearance and objection if you object to appearance and objection if you object to above-named Probate and Family Court, this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely this proceeding. If you fail to fi le a timely not sooner than seven (7) days after this no- Vin: 4PKU61250WL003298 written appearance and objection followed written appearance and objection followed written appearance and objection followed tice, a Petition for Informal Probate of a Will, Anderson D. Guerra by an affi davit of objections within thirty by an affi davit of objections within thirty by an affi davit of objections within thirty Petition for Informal Appointment of Personal 1438 Eastern Ave. (30) days of the return day, action may be (30) days of the return day, action may be (30) days of the return day, action may be Representative, to serve without surety on the Malden, MA 02148 taken without further notice to you. taken without further notice to you. taken without further notice to you. bond Wilson H. Blanchard of Framingham, 1997 TOYOTA TACOMA, BLACK UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION MA. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION Vin: JT4UN24D4V0047101 UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM The estate is being administered under PROBATE CODE (MUPC) PROBATE CODE (MUPC) PROBATE CODE (MUPC) informal procedure by the Personal Represen- Michaelene Albright A Personal Representative appointed A Personal Representative appointed A Personal Representative appointed tative under the Massachusetts Uniform Pro- 115 Kearsage Mntn Rd., #17 under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- bate Code without supervision by the Court. Warner, NH 03278 istration is not required to fi le an inventory Inventory and accounts are not required to be istration is not required to fi le an inventory istration is not required to fi le an inventory 2014 BMW x1, BLACK or annual accounts with the Court. Persons or annual accounts with the Court. Persons or annual accounts with the Court. Persons fi led with the Court, but interested parties are interested in the estate are entitled to notice interested in the estate are entitled to notice interested in the estate are entitled to notice entitled to notice regarding the administration Vin: WBAVM1C58EVW48782 regarding the administration directly from regarding the administration directly from regarding the administration directly from from the Personal Representative and can Sangyong Cho the Personal Representative and may peti- the Personal Representative and may peti- the Personal Representative and may peti- petition the Court in any matter relating to the 77 Trowbridge St., Apt. 71 tion the Court in any matter relating to the tion the Court in any matter relating to the tion the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and Cambridge, MA 02138 estate, including the distribution of assets estate, including the distribution of assets estate, including the distribution of assets expenses of administration. Interested parties and expenses of administration. and expenses of administration. and expenses of administration. are entitled to petition the Court to institute 2005 CADILLAC CTS, BLUE formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- Vin: 1G6DP567X50196036 Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, minating or restricting the powers of Personal Karim J. Clark First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. Representatives appointed under informal pro- Date: November 27, 2020 Date: November 30, 2020 Date: November 24, 2020 cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, 477 Crescent St. Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate can be obtained from the Petitioner. Brockton, MA 02302 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run date: 12/11/2020 Run dates: 11/27, 12/04, 12/11, 2020 PAGE 12 BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020

Boxing Ringside HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUB by Richard Preiss WITH BOBBY FRANKLIN

“Hold Everything” There they were — the two of up 55 points against Colgate them — sitting side by side at in 1960 and 56 against UConn Dashing Georges Carpentier a Celtics game of yore in street in 1962. Was More Than a Great Fighter clothes at the storied original In an era when freshmen Boston Garden. And there was could not play for the varsity, World Champion was WWI Aviator, Dancer, and Movie Star the legendary Red Auerbach, Foley scored 2,185 points in off to one side, as if some- his three-year varsity career aviation branch of the French what shepherding the talented (remember no three-point shot) military when WWI began and twosome. and ended with an average of was highly decorated for his Yes, that was what the lens 28.4 points per game — still the heroism. He participated in the captured as John Havlicek highest career average in Holy Battle of Douaumont Fort in and Jack “The Shot” Foley — Cross history Verdun where he was injured the Celtics pair of 1962 draft All three years he was on the when his plane was shot down. picks — sat courtside in coats varsity roster, the Crusaders His boxing career had been out and ties in that photo from a gained a berth in the National on hold for fi ve years because of bygone era. Invitation Tournament (NIT), the war and before resuming Havlicek came to the Celtics then more highly regarded than his pugilistic pursuits, he spent by way of Ohio State — or rather the NCAA event. some time playing rugby. The Ohio State University as The NBA draft was held on they say in that section of the March 26, 1962, so that’s why Midwest. He was chosen by Havlicek and Foley were on the Celtics in the fi rst round of hand to witness a game follow- that 1962 NBA Draft (seventh ing their selection. overall) and would go on to Sometimes transitions to become an NBA star with the the next level are diffi cult. “We Green and White. He spent his had eight or nine (future) Hall entire career with the C’s, win- of Famers and he just wasn’t Studio photo ning eight NBA championships going to crack our rotation,” Publicity shot Georges Carpentier is best with the team, including four in said Cousy in a Boston Globe remembered for his valiant bat- then come to Hollywood where a row in the years immediately interview. tle against Jack Dempsey when he starred in The Wonder Man following his arrival. Indeed, it was Havlicek who he challenged the Heavyweight opposite Faire Binney. He made The best remembered play became celebrated for his “sixth Champion for the title in 1921. a few more films in Europe, of his career was when he man” role during his stellar Though heavily outgunned but his most notable role was stole the inbounds pass from 16-year career with the Celtics. the Orchid Man did manage in the Hollywood movie Hold Philadelphia 76ers guard Hal But for Jack “The Shot” Foley, to hurt Dempsey with a solid Everything, one of the early talk- Greer in the closing seconds of it would be a brief stay in the right hand. He would finally ies. The movie starred Joe E. the deciding game of the 1965 NBA. In his fi rst game, he went th Brown and was the ninth most succumb in the 4 round when Playing golf in 1938 Eastern Conference Finals. up against the San Francisco Jack kayoed him. Carpentier popular box offi ce attraction in Down through the decades, Warriors and star player Wilt was immensely popular in the The debonair French the United States for 1930. Johnny Most’s radio call Chamberlain, a contest in United States, which contrib- Champion was known as the Carpentier remained (“Havlicek stole the ball. It’s all which he played just three uted to this fi ght being the fi rst Orchid Man because of the immensely popular in Europe over.”) Still resonates through minutes and took one shot — a boxing match to gross over a orchids he would wear in his after retiring from boxing and Celtics Nation. shot that did not go in. million dollars. lapel. He was quite the dash- entertainment. He ran a suc- Jack Foley, who died By January, he was gone — to Carpentier was born in Lievin, ing fi gure, so it is no surprise cessful nightclub in France November 29th at age 81, was the New York Knicks where he Pais-de-Calais, France in 1894. he would fi nd success on the and made frequent trips to the selected in the second round of played only six games before he He began his boxing career at stage and screen. Georges was States where he would visit Jack the draft (16th overall). was released. the age of 14 and competed also quite the dancer. Dempsey at Dempsey’s restau- A Worcester native, Foley went And so Foley’s playing career in every weight class from fl y- His first screen appear- rant in New York. The two were on to play for Holy Cross. But ended — and another one weight to heavyweight. He went ance was in 1920, where he lifelong friends. since he grew up in Worcester began. He became a high school on to become the World Light played, what else, a boxer in Georges passed away in 1975 he was well known throughout history teacher and basketball Heavyweight Champion in 1920, the fi lm Le tresor de Keriolet, at the age of 81. He did write an Massachusetts for his basket- coach in Worcester. Once the when he knocked out Battling released in France. He would autobiography, but I am sur- ball acumen before he ever set frontline man on the court, Levinsky in the 4th round. prised no full-scale biography foot on the HC campus. he was now the leader in the In a career that ran from has been written on him. He led Celtics legends such as Bob classroom. And thus it was for 1908 to 1926, Georges had a a fascinating and highly inter- Cousy and Tom Heinsohn also 37 years. total of 110 fi ghts winning 90 esting life. played for Holy Cross. But Outside of class, he worked (58 by KO), with 14 losses, and As you can see from the pho- Cousy grew up in New York City as a police offi cer in the central 6 draws. He had an unusual tos accompanying this article, while Heinsohn was raised in Massachusetts community of style, which he developed so he he would not be taken for a Jersey City, NJ. Barre and settled into family would be able to land his power- man who had over 100 hun- In a reflective piece, the life. He also developed an inter- ful right hand, which accounted dred fi ghts including one with Worcester Telegram related a est in the natural world and for most of his knockouts. the fearsome Dempsey. He looks story about Foley that was told wildlife — his obituary stated Beyond boxing, Georges more like a movie star in the by another Holy Cross star — that memorial contributions Carpentier had many accom- Georges enjoying life and mold of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Togo Palazzi. He was a former could be sent to the Bronx Zoo plishments. He joined the travel and David Niven. Celtics player who, back in in New York City. 1958, was in his fi fth year in In some ways that 1962 photo the NBA while playing for the seemed prophetic. Both he and Syracuse Nationals. Havlicek seemed to be joined Returning to Worcester for a together again later as their visit, he happened to meet Foley lives moved toward a common — then a current high school conclusion. superstar at Assumption Prep For those two young men — at an outdoor playground photographed on that early court. In a one-on-one show- spring day nearly 60 years ago down “he ran 33 baskets at me,” would come to share a similar recalled Palazzi. “I found out medicinal outcome. Both would then and there that there wasn’t endure the complications of a guy who could shoot the ball Parkinson’s disease in the years quite like Jack “The Shot.” leading up to their deaths. John How good was Foley? In his Havlicek died on April 25, 2019, senior year of high school he while Jack Foley passed away averaged 41.8 points per game three days after Thanksgiving. — in contests that consisted of There will be a traditional four eight-minute quarters and memorial service for Jack in the did not feature the three-point spring to be followed by a “Jack shot. Foley Storytelling Celebration” He chose the local college — next summer. If you attend, Holy Cross. It was a continu- allow plenty of time for the fl ow ation of high school as he put of many memories.

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