[Type here] LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY EDITOR; ANGELA DONATO JULY 2018 VOLUME 5 ISSUE 7 [email protected] BASILONE LODGE #2442 P.O. BOX 173 BLUE POINT , LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 11715 Dear Lodge Sisters & Brothers, This is a great time of the year to attend the meeting, mingle with your fellow Lodge Members and get home before it gets dark. Some of our Members are chairing Summer Social Events for us, a Play in Oakdale, Ducks stadium game and a day at Pugliese Winery to name a few, join us for some fun. At this months meeting you will meet our new State Deputy, Joanne Spera, longtime dedicated member to the ORDER. Please be with us to welcome her to our Lodge. Because of the generous $6000.00 Donation from the Gift of Sight, to the Vet Dog Guide Foundation, NYS OSDIA is going to have the opportunity to name a puppy. Bring your suggestions to the July meeting, we get to pick one name and send it in. The winning Lodge will get a $200.00 prize. We will be voting on a fundraiser for the fall, and need your input. The Lodge will once again be attending the Liberata Feast in September and plans are in the works for that day. Luisa Potenza has an exciting CULTURE PRESENATION planned for us, “ITALIANS WHO MADE IT BIG IN THE UNITED STATES”. This is going to be a wonderful meeting so; Sincerely, President Bob AVANTI JULY CUISINE IN A BOX “AMERICAN STYLE” IN HONOR OF There will be an ice cream social before the July 9th Thank you to Lodge Sister General Meeting join us at 6:45 Phyllis and her manager at CARVEL, 2301 Route 112, MEDFORD 475-1284 For the donations THANK YOU FOR YOUR LODGES TAKING THE DAYS OUT DELEGATES OF YOUR LIVES AND AT WORK AT BUSY SCHEDULES TO THE CONVENTION SUPPORT OUR LODGE JUNE GENERAL MEETING 2 Italian Immigrants in London 1850s – The first true ice cream cone, used exclusively for ice cream only, appears to have been the invention of the Italian immigrants living in the Manchester, England area during the inter-war period in the middle 1800s. The food trade, and in particular ice cream, provided a living for many Italian families. These immigrants were grossly exploited labor, often lodged in poor conditions and paid little. They progressed from pushing barrows to acquiring horse-drawn vans to sell their ices. The term “Hokey Pokey” presumably evolved from the Italian cry that the Italian vendors hawked their cheap ice cream, although what this originally was is not known. There have been several suggestions: a corruption of “Ecce, Ecce” (Look, Look); a derivation of “Hocus Pocus;” a corruption of “Ecco un poco” (Italian for Here’s a little), the Italian “Oche poco” (Oh how little) – the last one being a reference to price, rather than the quantity, which gives it the most plausibility. At the end of the 1800’s there were around 900 Hokey Pokey men in London’s Little Italy. By 1884, people were calling the cheap ice cream and the street vendors “Hokey Pokey” men. Italian immigrants had spread throughout Europe and the Unites States vending their ices and ice creams. The term “Hokey Pokey” was also used in the United States. Carlo Gatti (1817-1878), came to London from the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, may well have been the first person to sell ice cream. He came to London in 1847 and sold refreshments from a stall. He sold pastries and ices in little shells. “The Penny Ice,” also know as “halfpenny ices,” caught on rapidly and Gatti was at the forefront of selling ice cream to the ordinary man or woman, who had previously been unable to afford a taste of such luxury. He was so successful that he and others encouraged many more Italians to immigrate to London to help sell. For his ice cream business, he had to import ice in huge quantities from Norway. Gatti built huge ice house pits near Kings Cross in the 1850’s, where he stored the ice he shipped to England from Norway by sailing ship and then canal barge. He built two underground ice wells to store the ice. Each well was a huge cylinder about 10 metres in diameter and 13 metres deep and could hold up to 750 tons of ice. 1902 – Antonio Valvona: Antonio Valvona (A.Valvona & Co. Ltd) was firstly an ice cream manufacturer and in 1901 was listed at Glasshouse Street, Ancoats Manchester. In 1907, he moved his biscuit operation to The Bridgewater Mill, Rodney Street, Ancoats. In 1919, the families Colaluca and Rocca opened a factory in Mill Street, Ancoats later trading as the Colroc Biscuit Co. Ltd. Colroc closed in the late 1950’s, and Valvona having sold to new owners moved to Oldham north Manchester but closed in the late 1970’s. 1912 – Domenico Antonelli: Roland Antonelli, Grandson of Domenico Antonelli and son of Romolo Antonelli, of Manchester, England shared with me the following facts on his family’s history on making and selling ice cream cones and wafers in the early 1900s: 1912 – In 1912, Domenico Antonelli (1857-1943), with his wife Cristina and six children, started to manufacture ice cream cones and wafers in as The International Wafer Company located at Bridgewater Street, Salford. In 1924, the company started focusing on making cookie biscuits, thus moving away from making ice cream biscuits and the company changed it’s name to The International Biscuit Co. Ltd. Roland Antonelli: “ In 1961, my two brothers and I left to set up a new smaller bakery, back to specializing in biscuits for the Ice Cream Trade. Two years later, The International Biscuit Company was sold and my fathers generation retired. The company still manufactures under the direction of my two sons, Mark and David.” SEVERAL OF THE LADIES HAD LUNCH AT THE SWEET N SAVORY CREPES BAR IN PATCHOGUE TODAY AND HAD A LOVELY TIME. FOR MANY OF THEM IT WAS A FIRST VISIT. SO MANY VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM. THE MANAGER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO DONATE A $20 00 GIFT CARD TO THE SEPTEMBER CUISINE IN A BOX RAFFLE. LINDA & MARSHA WERE GOING TO PURCHASE ONE, BUT THE MANAGER HAPPILY DONATED IT. SO PLEASE STOP BY SWEET N SAVORY ON SUNRISE HWY IN PATCHOGUE FOR A UNIQUE BREAKFAST OR LUNCH EXPERIENCE. THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE WENDY’S – KING KULLEN SHOPPING CENTER, ON THE END BY STAPLES OFFICE SUPPLY. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY JULY 15th if you purchased a ticket, see you at the Oakdale Theater DUCKS BASEBALL GAME AUGUST 11th PUGLIESE VINEYARDS WINERY AUGUST 26th 6:00 p.m. ARRIVAL $11.00 PER TICKET PRE PAID MUSIC BY SECOND CHANCE 12:30 DUCKS STADIUM 3 COURTHOUSE DRIVE CENTRAL ISLIP CONTACT: LODGE SISTER GRACE: 631.846.6240 Bring some lunch, snacks, buy a glass of wine. (bring a tablecloth BRING THE GRANDKIDS or something to clean the table with) FIREWORKS NIGHT There is a seating area under the grape arbors, CONTACT: LODGE SISTER ANNE 631.680.0280 first come - first serve basis. THESE EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ALL, WE HAVE ATTENDED SEVERAL MUSIC EVENTS HERE, THEY ARE GREAT. JULY 11, WEDNESDAY ROCKINGHAMS 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. HITS OF THE SIXTIES, AUGUST 1, WEDNESDAY BUDDY MERRIAM AND THE BACKROADS MOD OUTFITS, VINTAGE INSTRUMENTS…. 7:00 - -8:30 PM BLUEGRASS BAND, COUNTRY TUNES, POPULAR SONGS JULY 18, WEDNESDAY DISCO WITH BRANDI HART 7:00- 8:30 PM AUGUST 8, WEDNESDAY MILAGRO, SANTANA TRIBUTE 7:00 – 8:30 PM JULY 20, FRIDAY TONY & THE BOYS: 2:00 - -3:30 VARIETY OF MUSIC AUGUST 15, WEDNESDAY 7:00 - -8:30 TOMBSTONE ROSE 7 MEMBER BAND INCLUDING BIG BANDS, JAZZ, SWING, ROCK DISCO. MODERN COUNTRY AND R & B AUGUST 17, FRIDAY 2:00 - -3:00 PM NEIL STUART AND THE EMPIRE STATE HEAR THE HITS OF JOHNNY MAESTRO, FRANKIE VALLI, THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS AND MORE. JULY 25, WEDNESDAY HOO DOO LOUNGERS 7:00- 8:30 PM 9 PIECE BAND SPIRIT AUGUST 31, FRIDAY HEAR THE MUSIC OF TWIN OF NEW ORLEANS- JAZZ BRASS FUNK CLASSIC ROCK N ROLL GOLD - SISTER ACT WITH THEIR OWN SPECIAL BRAND OF DOO WOP & HARMONY 2:00 - -3:30 PM A group from the Lodge wants to get together for this one, we’ve heard good things. JERRY VALE born Genaro Louis Vitaliano July 8, 1930 in the Bronx, New York. Jerry Vale was an American singer and actor. During the 1950's and 1960's, he reached the top of the pop charts with his interpretations of romantic ballads, including a cover of Eddy Arnold hit “You Don't Know Me “ and “Have You Looked into Your Heart.” Vale, who was of Italian descent, sang numerous songs in Italian, many of which were used in soundtracks by films of Martin Scorsese. He died in Palm Desert, California, May 18, 2014 JERRY VALE WAS MY MOTHERS FAVORITE CROONER, ANGELA VITTORIO DI SICA, July 7, 1901-November 13, 1974 was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves were awarded honorary Oscars, while Ieri, oggi, domani and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Oscar. These two films generally are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. Bicycle Thieves was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history.