VOL. 115 - NO. 28 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 15, 2011 $.30 A COPY Betty Ford Dies at 93 The 86th Annual Saint Joseph Feast After Lifetime Promoting Treatment of JULY 29, 30 AND 31, 2011 Substance and Alcohol Abuse JOIN SAINT JOSEPH FOR THEIR HISTORIC UNITY CELEBRATION Less than five years after the death of Gerald Ford, his Join the St. Joseph DJ sounds of Giovanni th wife and former first lady Society at the 86 Annual LaVanga. 2:00 p.m. - Singing Betty Ford passed away at the St. Joseph Feast (Festa di Sensation GIAN FERRAONE age of 93. San Giuseppe) in Boston’s & Ray Cavicchio. From Two separate ceremonies North End. The annual 7:00 to 9:30 pm you will be were held to remember her. event draws thousands for entertained by U.S. AIR- The first ceremony on Tues- three days of great food, FORCE BAND OF LIBERTY, day was held in California, entertainment and fun in Special Guest Artist MARK where Ford lived, and eulo- honor of St. Joseph. ANTONELLI and STREET gies were read by former first This year the Society MAGIC in the PRADO. st lady Rosalynn Carter and invites all to celebrate with Sunday, July 31 A Non- journalist Cokie Roberts. them the Historic Unity Sectarian Service will be Both speakers had been cho- Celebration. held at 10:00 a.m. in the rd sen by Ford several years ago. On Friday, July 29 the PRADO (Paul Revere Mall) The speakers focused on blessing of St. Joseph will on Hanover St. (In case of Ford’s twin passions: politics take place in front of the rain Mass will be held at and her world famous Betty Ford Center for substance abuse chapel on Hanover Street fol- St. Stephen’s Church on and alcohol treatment. Roberts, a commentator on National lowed by a short procession Hanover St.). 1:00 p.m. - Public Radio, said Ford asked her to give a eulogy five years with the North End March- 8:30 p.m. – Grand Proces- ago and specified it should be about the power of friendship ing Band and the Italian sion! Statue of Saint Joseph to mend political differences even in these hyper-partisan Serenaders through the will be presented through times. North End. Entertainment the streets of the North End Ford had asked Roberts to recall the times when her for the evening will be the accompanied by society father, Democratic Congressman Hale Boggs, was House US Navy Show Band in the members, devotees, Jews for majority leader and Republican Gerald R. Ford was House Prado (Paul Revere Mall) on St. Joseph and two march- minority leader. They could argue about issues but get Hanover Street. ing bands. FEATURING – th together as friends afterward. The two families became close Saturday, July 30 from as did the Ford and Carter families, despite Jimmy Carter 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM enjoy the (Continued on Page 5) defeating Ford in the 1976 presidential election. Former president Carter spoke at Ford’s funeral in 2007. (Continued on Page 14) Madonna Delle Grazie Procession News Briefs by Sal Giarratani Archdiocese to Morph Existing Parishes into Mega-parishes? Reports have it that for over the last two years, officials from the Archdiocese of Boston have been meeting on a regular basis to strategize plans to decrease the existing 291 parishes down to about 150-160 larger parishes. The North End model appears to be the future of the Archdiocese’s plan for mega-parishes. The North End once had four parishes and is now down to one, St. Leonard’s Parish with four different worship sites. Eventu- ally, I do see this happening across the Boston Archdiocese and the nation. East Boston has a number of Catholic parishes, perhaps too many for the low number of priests available to staff these churches. The Madonna Delle Grazie Cardinal Sean O’Malley remains reportedly di San Sossi Baronia, against having circuit pastors assigned to sev- Avellino held their annual eral parishes at once. It would appear from details procession through the coming out that mega-churches are the future streets of the North End on parish life for Boston Catholics. Sunday, July 10, 2011. By all appearances, the Archdiocese of Boston Featuring Saint Alfio’s has learned from the mistakes of recon- Band the the Northeast figuration back in 2004. That process led to Italian Band. For a com- upheaval and church takeovers by concerned plete list of upcoming fes- Catholics angered and frustrated with the way tivals see page 7. the chancery handled matters seven years ago. (Photos by Rosario Scabin, (Continued on Page 10) Ross Photography) Left to Right: Luigi Torra, Maria Torra and Alberto Torra. THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PMPM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, JULY 15, 2011 Res Publica by David Trumbull Boston and New England Companies Named to Made in the USA Hall of Fame The Made in the USA Foundation has announced 22 com- THE PATHETIC GALBA panies that have earned a place in the Made in the USA Following his tour of duty of some high degree of profi- him to be hated by people of Hall of Fame. The Foundation held an awards dinner Sat- nd as a governor in Africa, ciency or talent was sure to every class, but especially so urday, July 2 in Santa Monica, California. Among the com- Galba returned to Rome and attract the attention of Nero, by the soldiers and the panies honored were two Boston companies: lived in partial retirement and any jealousy on the part Praetorian Guard. His re- Boston Beer Company — Brewmeister Jim Koch comes until midway in the reign of of the emperor would cer- fusal to give the gifts, as from a long line of brewers. In the mid-1980s, Jim got his Nero. It was said that he was tainly bring an end to the promised, embittered the great-great-grandfather’s recipe from his father’s attic. Af- so concerned about being career and possibly the life soldiers throughout the ter only six weeks on the market it won the award for “The required to leave the coun- of that official. Because of empire. Best Beer in America” in the Consumer Preference Poll try on short notice that he this fear, his activities An uprising soon followed at the Great American Beer Festival. never went away from his gradually took on a low pro- in Rome, but a false report New Balance – In 1938, New Balance created its first pair villa for any reason without file, but the damage had al- indicated that the trouble of athletic shoes. Today, New Balance is the largest shoe taking about $50,000 dollars ready been done and Galba was over, the rebels had manufacturer in the United States, making 7 million pairs in gold with him in a second soon discovered that Nero been killed and the faithful of athletic shoes a year in six factories in Maine and carriage. This precaution had secretly ordered his were coming as a group to Massachusetts. apparently served him well execution. These events offer their continued sup- In addition, four other New England companies made it because one day while vis- happened just about the time port. This news induced to the Hall of Fame: iting in Spain, he accepted that the people were rising Galba to appear in public Bevin Brothers of Easthampton, Connecticut — The the governorship of a prov- up against Nero and before where he was quickly aban- Bevin family has been crafting quality bells for 176 years. ince in that country and long the emperor was re- doned by his followers, then Bevin Brothers is the only remaining company manufac- was required to assume his ported to have died. attacked and butchered by turing bells in the United States. duties immediately. The assembled multitudes the forces of Salvius Otho. Colt — The Colt 1911, official firearm of the U.S. Army During his initial years soon saluted Galba as em- As a Roman emperor and from World War I until the Vietnam era, remains in pro- as a governor in Spain, peror and he accepted, de- a Caesar, his reign probably duction, virtually unchanged for 100 years. Colt is based in he maintained his ener- claring that he was acting ranked with the most pa- Connecticut. getic and disciplined charac- as a lieutenant of the Sen- thetic of his 104 counter- Ethan Allen — In 1936, Ethan Allen manufactured its teristics, even to the point ate and of the people of Rome parts. In person, he was of first Early American style furniture in New England. Today, of being oversevere. He or- in order to put an end to the average height, bald, with a Ethan Allen is the largest U.S. furniture manufacturer in dered a moneylender’s disgraceful tyranny of Nero. hooked nose. His hands and many styles. hands cut off and nailed to He investigated those who feet were crippled by rheu- Peterboro Basket — The Peterboro Basket Company has the counter of his shop be- had enriched themselves matism or gout, he could not thrived in the heart of historic Peterborough, New Hamp- cause he was dishonest in through association with wear shoes or hold a scroll shire making high-quality baskets since 1854.