Carlo won the German Cuisine in a box. Thank you to Lynn & Dottie for donating. THANK YOU LODGE SISTER ROSE FOR THE GREAT PHOTOS Learning the Tarentella, Anne There was a Comedian to Entertain us. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LODGE SISTERS & BROTHERS CELEBRATING IN NOVEMBER Buon compleanno per alloggiare sorelle & fratelli che festeggiano nel Novembre Simonetta Stefanelli November 30, 1954 ROME, ITALY Simonetta Stefanelli is an Italian actress, entrepreneur and fashion designer. Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Her other roles include appearances in Moses the Lawgiver, Scandal in the Family and Three Brothers. In 1992, Stefanelli made her last film appearance in the drama Le amiche del cuore directed by her then husband Michele Placido. AN ITALIAN ACTRESS BORN IN ROME, SIMONETTA STEFANELLI MADE HER FIRST APPEARENCE IN LA MOGLIE GIAPPONESE AND APPEARED IN SEVERAL ITALIAN FILMS BEFORE APPEARING IN HER FIRST INTERNATIONAL ROLE IN THE GODFATHER, AS APOLLONIA, AT THE AGE OF 16. Simonetta Stefanelli was born on November 30, 1954, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She started acting in Italian movies as a child artist and was about 16 years old when she was offered the role of ‘Apollonia Vitelli– Corleone’ in the movie ‘The Godfather.’ After her performance in ‘The Godfather,’ she received numerous offers from Hollywood which she turned down, as she feared being stereotyped as a sex symbol. She preferred to continue with her career in Italy and appeared in a number of TV serials and movies, such as ‘The King is the Best Mayor,’ ‘The Big Family,’ and ‘Moses the Lawgiver. She married Italian actor/director Michele Placido, with whom she has appeared in several movies. Their daughter, Violante Placido, is also an actor who made her debut with her father after Simonetta gave up acting. In 1994, Simonetta and Michele divorced, and following this, Simonetta gave up her acting career to become an entrepreneur. She opened a designer store that is now famous for its bags and footwear. Though she gave up acting a long time ago, she still has a large fan base that follows her on social media. She is recognized as an Italian celebrity entrepreneur who supplies quality products to the elite. EMMA MORANO BORN NOVEMBER 29, 1989 in Civiasco, Vercelli Died on: April 15, 2017 place of death: Verbania FAMOUS AS: SUPERCENTENARIAN father: Giovanni Morano mother: Matilde Bresciani siblings: Angela Morano Once regarded as the world’s oldest living person, Emma Morano was an Italian woman who died at the age of 117 years and 137 days. The Italian super centenarian lived through three centuries and was also the last verified living person from the 1800s. Morano was also regarded as one of the five oldest people in the history of the world. In July 2016, Morano earned a place in the ‘Guinness World Records,’ as t he oldest living person. In a way, she achieved the feat by doing nothing but surviving through life. She attributes her long life to eating raw eggs daily and not getting involved with a man all her life. It is said that she had fallen in love with a man when she was young but never saw him afte rward. At 26, she married another man, only to separate in a few years. Following this, she decided to not give marriage much import ance. Emma Martina Luigia Morano was born on November 29, 1899, in Civiasco, Vercelli, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy, to Giovanni Mor ano and Matilde Bresciani. She was the first of their eight children. She had four sisters and three brothers. Her extraordinarily long life may be attributed to good family genes. Her mother, he r aunt, and a few of her other family members lived to reach the age of 90. Her sister Angela Morano died after she turned 102, in 2011. She moved to Ossola from the Sesia Valley due to her father’s job. Her father worked in a foundry and eventually turned blind . Her mother earned a living by making slippers out of layered fabrics. Morano soon moved to Verbania on Lake Maggiore because she often fell sick due to the terrible weather of Ossola. She lived in Verbania for the rest of her life. Morano was also the last surviving member of her family. Morano worked at a jute factory, known as ‘Maioni Industry,’ until 1954. She then earned her living by cooking in the kitchen of a Marianist boarding school named ‘Collegio Santa Maria,’ and worked there until her retiremen t. She retired at the age of 75 and continued living in her home until her death. She lived through two World Wars and almost 90 Italian governments. Emma Morano remained single for most of her life. In fact, she considered her singlehood to be one of the main reasons for her long and happy life. She fell in love with a boy at a young age, but according to her, he was killed during ‘World War I.’ She never felt the need to marry someone else for a long time after this incident. When she was 26, she got married to a man named Giovanni Martinuzzi. Giovanni was an abusive husband. According to Morano, he had threatened to kill her if she refused to marry him. She got married to him in October 1926 and gave birth to their son in 1937. Unfortunately, her son died when he was only 6 months old. She soon came to be known as the oldest living human being on the planet, and attributed her long life to her genes, her dail y intake of raw eggs, her early-to-bed schedule, and her single life. In 2013, she revealed that her secret to longevity was that she ate three raw eggs with a glass of home-made grappa regularly and had a positive outlook toward life. She also revealed her love for chocolate. On April 2, 2013, after the death of 113-year-old Maria Radaelli, Morano became the oldest person in Italy and Europe. She also became the oldest verified living person in Italy after Venere Pizzinato and Dina Manfredini. She was interviewed by a ‘RAI’ show at the age of 114. The live interview was short but interesting. Morano died on April 15, 2017, in her home in Verbania. She died peacefully in her sleep, next to the photo of her son who had died i n 1937. Her 117th and last birthday celebration was broadcast live in Italy. It was more like a concert where she reminisced about significant parts of her life that she had experienced and survived, including the World Wars, her job at the jute factory, and her decision to leave her abusive husband during a time when separation from one’s spouse was not appreciated. HERE ARE PHOTOS OF SOME ITEMS THAT WILL BE FOUND AT OUR GIFT CARD & BASKET AUCTION WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL CRAFTED, CROCHETED, KNITTED ITEMS. MANY SMALL APPLIANCES INCLUDING POP CORN POPPER, COFFEE POT, BLENDER, TOASTER OVEN AND A CROCK POT. ESPRESSO/CAPPUCINO MAKER, HOSTESS SET, HAND BAGS, KIDS TOYS, MENS ITEMS, LADIES ITEMS AND WINE, WINE AND MORE WINE. DISNEY PRINCESSES, UNICORNS, HANDMADE BABY ITEMS. Remember our Veterans Veterans Day Armistice Day WWI November 11th SGT JOHN BASILONE John Basilone was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Who was killed in action during WWII. He received the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadacanal Campaign. He received the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the battle of Iwo Jima. He is the only enlisted Marine to receive both medals. He died February 19, 1945 in Iwo Jima. Luca Pacioli Born: 1445 in Sansepulcro, Tuscany, Italy Died: June 19, 1517, Location unknown Nationality: Italian Famous For: The Father of Modern Accounting Mathematician Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and an early contributor to the field now known as accounting. He is referred to as "The Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping" in Europe and he was the first person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping on the continent. He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace, Borgo Sansepolcro, Tuscany. In 1475, Paciolo went to Perugia to teach, soon taking the chair in mathematics, the first to hold that position. To help his students, he wrote a substantial textbook, among the first to be written in the vernacular. He continued to act as a private tutor until told to cease that work in 1491 to concentrate on his academic career. In Venice in 1494, he published his first printed book, Summa de arithmetica, which dealt particularly with arithmetical and geometrical subjects. This book was intended as a school textbook, and was a comprehensive collection of mathematical knowledge as it stood at the time. It is notable for being the first printed work to contain an Italian-language description of algebra and for describing a system of double-entry book-keeping. Paciolo also detailed the correct methods for using ledgers and added a caution that nobody should end his working day unless he had made his debit and credit columns agree. The book also covers other topics such as the ethics of accounting, as well as the Rule of 72, a method of determining economic returns. Paciolo also wrote a treatise on magic and mathematics, notable for being the first known guide to performing card tricks. As well as instructions on juggling and fire-eating, the book also included a collection of mathematical puzzles.