Printed in the Spirit of the Mid-Town Journal and Dedicated to Being the • Collective Conscience of Urban Renewal and Eminent Domain in the City of Boston. VOLUME 20, NO. 3 September~ James Campano, Editor/Publisher 0 Email: [email protected] 0 (617) 628-2479 West En" Reunion planned The "West End Reunion" will be held Sunday October 24, 2004 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. at the Saugus Hilltop Steak House lo­ cated on Rt. 1 in Saugus. All proceeds from this reunion will be held to benefit The West End Museum Tickets are $50 each and include a D.J. and dancing, .a full meal that will include: appetizer, salad, pasta, roast beef and turkey breast served family style, vegetable, potato, beverage and dessert. Send checks to Paul Joltki, 46 Adams St., Malden, Ma. 02148; phone 781-322-4230. All checks must be made out to ''The West End Tom MacDonald (right) talks with Jim Campana on the "West Ender Museum" and must be paid by October 3, no tickets will be s~ld at Video Newsletter" recently about the plight of St. Catherine of Siena the door. )r~~;~~irit inspires us to fight 00 Annual West ,Ender Mass to be held DearWestEnders: attendMasseveryday.TheWestEnd at St. Joseph s Church Sept. 26th Paul Joltki was manning the West Please accept our donation on be- leg~cy ofperseverance has inspired End Museum• during the recent halfofSt Catherine of Siena Parish. us at St. Catherine's. We won't take . The annual West Ender Mass _This is .an especially exciting Democratic National Convention. We at St. Catherine's know what this slap in the face lying down. The will be held this year on Sunday, year because we have learned it is like to be imposed upon, and spirit of the West End has shown us September 26, 2004 at 11:30 that St. Joseph's will definitely• The West End Museum the feeling ·of powerlessness that that you can fight City Hall, even a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic remain open and b~ able to serve needs a fundralser who comes with it. The Archdiocese of after the carnage has been done. Church in the West End. Father ·continued generatio~s of West has the ability to explore r......,...._-R'ostl')tf1S closing our-pari'sh:-.mni-: Thank you for your e~ple of · Gabe Troy· and all tl,le members Enders! all phases and avenues hilating a living, breathing Catholic dogged tenacity. of the St. Joseph community in- This year the event will be of fundralslng. H you community. Some of our parishio- Tom MacDotiald, vite all the. former West End pa- chaired by Tom Simmons an~ know of anyone with · Jim Campano. A reception will ners were baptized here as far back Pastoral Administrator rishioners to come and visit with these skills please follow Mass in the Church Hall. ~ as 1914; they received all their sac- St. Catherine of Siena friends and share in the St. contact the museum. raments at St. Qltherine's and still Charlestown, MA Joseph's community worship. Continued on page 2 r, Remembering West End veterans even though City of Boston does not... ,. , . ...... - . (left) Jim Campana and Jim Noe, veterans ofthe Korean War, discuss the fate ofWest Etui memorials and tributes to West End veterans who died in World War II and the Ko­ rean War. All of these memorials have been destroyed. There now are NO memorials to our kin. It is Boston s shame. / (right) Jim Campana puts up a sign in Somerville to remember his brother on Memorial Day because ~ the City ofBoston does not recognize his sacrifice. The city tore down all signs, memorials and tribute to }Vest Enderi who served in wars fought before 1960. Jim's brother and others died so the city could ignore them. If you haven't renewed your subscription to ~bt Btfit. Cfnbtt, now's the time- $10 Per Year ~~Cfnbtr P.O. BOX 440-413 SOMERVILLE, MA 02144 (617) 628-2479 PAGE2 SEPTEMBER 2004 West Ender MJ}ss Christmas on Willa_rd Street with at St. Joseph's Katherine-Vatalaro Continued from page 1 The-food has been generously by·Bob Vat8Iaro ting on Commercial st'I was startled shark, His lack of a tall body never donated by J. Pace & So_n on: It was a summer evening in the every time I saw sparks flyin:g from stood in his way. Today he is r~ Blossom Court. No reservation is West En,d but I was cold. I was riding the-horse's shoes when it touched a in Florida. At age 78 he plays golf required and all are welcome. _ between my brother Frank and my flat railroad track.' I was cold but the three times a week, and within the As in-the past, the Mass is be­ St.. Joseph's Church - · brother Tony sitting high up .on a _ ride was exciting. I was safe_and se- ·last nine months he had two holes- - ing offered-for all former West wago~ pulled by a single horse. cure sitting between my brothers. in-one on a regulation course. Enders.-A special bulletin with St. Joseph's Church F~wasdriving.Hewas 15; Tony Frankwastheeldest()fsixbroth:. - We arrived at the stable._Tony - the names of the deceased West 68 Cardinal O'Connell Way­ was 12, and I was 5. The year was ers. At age fifteen he_had already helped me to get off the wagon. Enders will be published and dis­ Boston, MA 0211-4 1938. I havea vivid memory of the acquired the long, lanky, bony look Frank drove it in. ! -peeked in and - tributed at the Mass. st.josephs@ verizon.net cool breeze in my face, and the goose he wotild carry for his relatively short saw horses in their stalls, lying in the If anyone would like -the name Fax: 617-523-8459 bumps on my arms. We were return- lifetime. He was away and in com- hay ... ; so~nd asleep.-They looked of a form~r West Ender included _ A small don.ittion of $10 per ing the rented horse and wagon to a bat for three years during WW 2. He enormous. The pungent odor of hay in the bulletin, please submit the person would be appreciated. - stable somewhere in the North End. -was a survivor, but we lost him per- was new to me. So were the cats who information to St. Joseph's by St. Joseph's is looking forward We had just used the ng to move manently in 1971 at age 48. Tony lived-there. - ; Wednesday, September 22, 2004. to welcoming many old friends -from 202 Chambers,St, to 9 Willard was the second ol<:test at age twelve. ''Why do cats live here,." I asked. This can be done by mail, e-mail on September 26 to the Annual St. (I didn't learn that detail until a His passion was spOrts. He was a "I don't know. Maybe they have or fax: West End~r Mass and Reception. year later). Frank had the horse trot- -gifted athlete, card phtyer, and pool ctJntinued on page 4 The West End Museum will open on a limited part time basis on Thesdays and Fridays West End -- Museum donations from 12 to 6 P.M. It will be open only for drop-in, research .and for scheduled lectures. If you ·are a West Ender and your name is not on the West End Museum's donation list-it should be. ~ill out the donation form below and drop it in the mail. -· . PIDLANTHROPHIST- $1,000 Judge Santo Ruina Vincent Saraceno Anthony Sarno Frank Privitera · William Sharrio Mark Skiffington Ms. Molly Ship BENEFACTOR - $500 Spina & Delia Families Dorothy and Leonard Sudenfield Sandra Stein John DeMarco William Tomczyk Bill & Carolyn Wood Carl & Betty Tedder Paul Joltki Robert Vatalaro Nadine Zdanovich Lois & Richard Testa Malcom Zimmerman SPONSOR - $250 FRIEND- $25 Peter K. Toll SUPPORTER - $50 Kevin McGrath . Beth and Marshall Arkin Eleanor Venezta ·· S. James Alberino· Leonard Nimoy Richard Bradford Lucy Venezia Santo Aurelio PATRON: $100 Nino Arria Richard Cassaro Gloria Welch Irene Collyer - In memory of her James (Jay) Almeida Salvatore (Terry) Castro Mary E: Wright deceased parents Joe Annello Cecelia Delessio Corinne Zeman - In memory of her Salvatore Condelli AI & Anna Cohen Carol Downs mother Rosalie Warren . ·- Joe DiFazio Bernard Coildelli Vincent Gandolfi OTHER · Gloria·Fernandez John Cucinotta · June M. Getchell John Corso I Elizabeth & Dick Fitzgerald l Tony DeMarco Florence Gillman Catherine Flammia Edward Fitzgerald · r - Joseph Franchina Agnes Iwanow George MacNeil Herbert Gans i Arthirr Geller Thomas Kocyk Cheryl Marcorelle l Lawrence Goodman r Conrad Geller Mary Lyons Anna Minichiello Alan Gropman I Johti L<x:atelli - In memory ofhis Josephine Maranto . Gail P. Minich~llo i . Joe & Barbara (White) Indelicato r brother Lee Virginia Melito James -O'Keeffe I Agnes 'Iwanow -Dino Papas f- William MacAuley Joan Mihach I Tom MacDonald · Lillian Spero I Dorothy Pastore · Gerry Moscaritolo ·Barbara Ruchames John Raso Christopher Nikolla Michelle Turner Vincent J. ·Russo John Vatalaro I Vincent Raso ·-r--.....:...--------------.....:...-Rose Parisi ..-.--------------, · ~bt ~t enbrr 1 I wish to donate to The West End Museum to hasten it~ progress so the story of the West Eml will not be I I forgotten. se~ donations to: PO Box 8996, Boston, MA 02114 '.- - . - . f P.O. BOX 440-413 • SOMERVILLE, MA 02144 f _, TEL. 61'7-628-2479 Staff : Philant~rgphist $1,000 Name---------------- Editor •.........................•....••.••.•.... JA~S CAMPANO 1 Benefactor ~ .500 t .~ Address _____________~---- I - Co-Founder ••• ~· ••.••.•..•.••....•....•.•••• RA.)'MOND ·J.