Dear Lodge Brothers & Sisters,

I hope this letter finds you well. The Lodge year is underway and

we are off to a great start. We have been busy at our General

Meetings. The upcoming months will also be full of Events,

fundraisers and lots of good fun and camaraderie, look for the

information here in the Newsletter. Then of course there are the

events being held by other Lodges that we enjoy attending, all at no

cost to the Lodge. You are always invited to go along and I urge you

to attend these events and enjoy each others company, like the

extended family we are.

The NYS Convention takes place at the end of the month, the

Lodge Delegates are ready to work, attending meetings and

gathering up information to bring back to you, our Lodge Members.

The Lodges Charitable Donations are in place and will be

announced on the floor of the Convention. We are proud to say we

will be donating $500 each to St Jude’s Childrens Hospital, the

Garibaldi – Meucci Museum and The Independence Fund. Lodge

Brother Larry Filippino has worked with them through the Knights of

Columbus. Every dime the Independence Fund collects, goes toward

the manufacture of all Terrain Wheelchairs and Prosthetics for our

Veterans in need. We are very excited about this new Charity.

Remember, this is the time to show your respect for the Veterans

on Memorial Day and Fly the Flag proudly.

I wish all the Moms, Grandma’s and Great Grandmothers in our

Lodge a wonderful Mothers Day.

I hope to see you at our Lodge YARD SALE, at my house, please

donate, hang out for awhile, we love to see you.

Also we need you to attend our Lodges Fundraiser on July 9th.

Bring family & friends. BRING STRANGERS! Lodge Sister, Luisa

Potenza is working her heart out for this day to be a success.

See you soon, President Bob

lodge2442news@gmail.com MAY 2017 VOLUME 5 ISSUE 5 P.O. BOX 173 BLUE POINT N.Y. 11715

From the Desk of President Bob Donato:

APRIL MEETING

PLAY/DINNER

FEAST OF SAN GIUSEPPE

ROCK N’ ROLL

THANK YOU PARTY

LADIES TEA & FUN

FEELING BLESSED

MUSEUM

LUSITANIA-MARCONI

THANK THE ITALIANS

YARD SALE

SONG & DANCE EVENT

BUON COMPLEANNO

IN SYMPATHY-MEMORIAL

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IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR

JIM GALLO, FIRST HE WAS

INITIATED INTO THE LODGE,

THEN HE WON THE 50-50

Several of us went to the Sachem Library for the play, then on to dinner at La Campanina Restaurant.

DAWN NICCHIO, PETE FICARRA (Grace taking the photo) LIZ & ROB RIZZO, CARLO & MADELINE MATTEUCCI, DOTTIE CURTO, BOB & ANGELA DONATO, CHERYL & NAT IERARDI , PHYLLIS AUER.

This play with music honors 146 young immigrant

Jewish and Italian girls who perished in the TRIANGLE

FACTORY fire in NYC on March 25, 1911. This original

play is told through the eyes of the victims through dance

and music. Tre Bella is a three part harmony girl group

that celebrates the contributions of Italians to American music.

Back row: TRE BELLA, ACTOR FRIEND OF THE LADIES

Dawn Nicchio, Dottie Curto, Madeline Matteucci, Phyllis Auer, Grace Ficarra, Bob Donato, Pete Ficarra, Carlo Matteucci

TRE BELLA WILL BE SINGING AT THE CONNETQUOT LIBRARY, SUNDAY OCTOBER 29th. 2 PM PLEASE JOIN US THERE.

SAUCE:

2 tablespoons olive oil

5 gloves garlic, chopped

Pinch of red pepper flakes

2 cups fresh chopped fennel

2 cups crushed tomatoes

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

4 cups drained, boneless, skinless sardines.

Pasta di San Giuseppe, pasta with breadcrumbs that symbolize sawdust, because Joseph was a Carpenter

Heat oil in large skillet, saute garlic & red pepper.

Add the fennel, tomatoes, tomato paste, basil.

Cover, let simmer 30 minutes until fennel is tender.

Add sardines, and simmer for a few more minutes.

TOPPING:

1 Teaspoon olive oil

1 cup fine, homemade breadcrumbs

Heat oil, add crumbs & heat through until golden

brown.

Pour sauce over the pasta, top with breadcrumbs.

At the MARCONI LODGE

The LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE MARCONI LODGE, really did an amazing job. They did all the cooking and the food was delicious.

The Celebration: First the Statue of St. Joseph was wheeled out and the Deacon from St. Patricks Church led us in prayer and did the blessing.

After dinner, Platters of San Giuseppe pastry were brought out to the room while the song FUNICULI – FUNICULA was playing, it was so festive.

The Ladies baked these themselves, and the pastry was out of this world, light, flaky, the cream, with a hint of lemon, oh my…..heavenly.

Vice President Grace and I pinned money on the Statue of St. Joseph.

The Ladies presented everyone with a loaf of bread that had been blessed.

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Lodge Sisters, Caroline Lascala, Angela Donato, Grace Ficarra, Dottie Curto, Rose Mancuso

President Bob Donato dancing with Recording Secretary Dottie Curto, Orator Luisa Potenza, Trustee Rosemarie Mancuso.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE GREAT OSIA PEOPLE WE GET TO SPEND TIME WITH.

Lodge Members, Jim & Caroline

with some smooth moves…..

We had a little get together to thank those who helped at the Installation.

A lovely time was had by all, we truly enjoy being together, and the

chatter and laughter was endless.

THE BEAUTIFUL & DELICIOUS SALAD

WAS PREPARED BY OUR MASTER OF

CEREMONY; PETER FICARRA

ATTENDING A FAMILY PARTY: BACK; PRESIDENT BOB & LODGE SISTER ANGELA,

FRONT; LODGE SISTER ROSEMARIE MANCUSO & BOB’S SISTER CHICKIE

A NEW GRANDSON FOR

LODGE SISTER GINNY FIELDS.

JASON WALTER.

A NEW GRANDDAUGHTER FOR

LODGE SISTER LINDA JOHNSON

MAKENZIE

BIG SISTER GRACE WITH MAKENZIE

DONATIONS TO GARIBALDI MEUCCI MUSEUM THROUGH AMAZON SMILE:

0.5% OF YOUR PURCHASE WILL GO THE MUSEUM WHEN YOU GO TO THIS WEBSITE:

smile.amazon.com THEN SELECT THE MUSEUM AS YOUR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION

The Royal Navy had BLOCKADED GERMANY at the start of World War I. When RMS Lusitania left New York for Britain on MAY 1, 1915, GERMAN SUBMARINE WARFARE WAS INTENSIFYING in the Atlantic. Germany had declared the

seas around the UNITED KINGDOM a war zone, and the German embassy in the United States had placed a newspaper advertisement warning people of the dangers of sailing. On THE Lusitania, On the afternoon of

MAY 7, a German U-BOAT TORPEDOED the Lusitania, 11 mi (18 km) off the southern coast of IRELAND and inside the declared war zone. A second, unexplained, internal explosion sent her to the seabed in 18 minutes,

with the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew

THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA – MAY 7, 1915

I AM READING THE BOOK: DEAD WAKE, AUTHOR; ERIK LARSON, about the sinking of the

Lusitania, during WWI.

The LUSITANIA, was outfitted with a MARCONI TRANSMITTER. It was located in the

MARCONI ROOM.

The men who sent and receive messages were called MARCONI MEN.

1912 NY TIMES REPORTS; plans completed to hold a ceremony to dedicate a Memorial Fountain to honor

Jack Phillips, (TITANIC) wireless operator and other Marconi operators killed in other Maritime disasters.

JEWELRY, GIOIELLI: THE TINY UNASSUMING TOWN OF VALENZA, IN PIEMONTE, IS ONE OF

ITALY’S GOLD CAPITALS. VALENZA ROSE AS A JEWELRY CENTER IN THE MID NINETEENTH

CENTURY BUT THE CITY’S REPUTATION SOLIDIFIED DURING THE EXPORT BOOM OF THE 1960’S

WHEN INTERNATIONAL DEMAND FOR ITALY’S GOLD BEGAN TO SKYROCKET. VALENZA ACTUALLY

BOASTS THE HIGHTEST NUMBER OF ARTISAN GOLD & JEWELRY BUSINESSES IN ITALY.

VALENZA

There is a good chance that you are wearing eyeglasses as you are reading this. If so, thank the

Italians. While historians are not sure of who invented the first spectacles, in the late thirteenth

century, around 1287, paintings appeared with people wearing or holding spectacles. From

these paintings we know that spectacles were invented in Italy. Around 13oo the Venetian

Glassmaker’s Guild made regulations on glasses. They made it illegal for glasses to be made

with glass lenses in place of the more valuable rock crystal. In 1352 eyeglasses were only worn

by the well educated, very rich noblemen or well read Italian clergy. At this time a monk named

Tommaso da Modena documented the church had painted a fresco with an older churchman

wearing glasses while looking over an old manuscript.

In 1456, Gutenberg invented the printing press and this created widespread use of books, and

the use of reading glasses by common people increased. In 1623, the Spanish invented first

grade lenses, improving the trial and error method of different lenses until the wearer found the

lens that worked best for them.

Thank goodness for this invention, or I would not be typing this article or this Newsletter. Angela

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OLIVE OIL CAKELETS

Serves 6- PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES-LINE 6 CUPS IN A MUFFIN PAN WITH PAPER BAKING CUPS.

IN A SMALL BOWL, WHISK TOGETHER ½ cup PLUS 3 tablespoons all purpose flour, ½ cup sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon baking

powder, 1/8 tsp baking soda.

IN A MEASURING CUP, WHISK TOGETHER 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil & 6 tablespoons milk. WHISK IN 1 large egg, ½ teaspoon *

*citrus zest, 2 tablespoons citrus juice, & ¼ teaspoon almond extract. * lemon, orange or grapefruit

ADD TO DRY INGREDIENTS; STIR UNTIL JUST COMBINED. DIVIDE BATTER EVENLY BETWEEN CUPS. TOP WITH ¼ cup sliced almonds

and dust lightly with sugar.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it.

This recipe courtesy of Christina Lane food blogger. I have been on her website, and finding some interesting recipes.

http://www.dessertfortwo.com/recipes/

HER COOKBOOKS; DESSERT FOR TWO – SWEET SIMPLE – COMFORT and JOY COOKING FOR TWO

http://ciaobellacooking.weebly.com/ ANOTHER GOOD ITALIAN COOKING SIGHT, AUTHENTIC RECIPES

NEEDED; set up people

7:30 a.m.

Man the tables in the

morning or afternoon.

Clean up crew at 3:30 on

Saturday and 1:00 on

Sunday.

CALL BOB; 631-589-5517

You can drop stuff off to

sell, after 9:00.

BREAKFAST: BAGELS

MUFFINS COFFEE TEA

DINNER: PIZZA, SODA

And of course DESSERT

I entered the raffles at the last 4 events we attended, and I

won this 3 piece queen sized Macy’s comforter set, and the

dog carrier.

I won a kitchen items basket + photo frames,

+ the buffet server (I added the spoon).

I AM DONATING them to be raffled at our

JULY COMEDY DANCE EVENT.

We need a few more donations please.

Call Luisa 589-6634

YOU GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT,

SEE YOU AT THE EVENT.

An AFTERNOON OF COMEDY & DANCING

SUNDAY JULY 9th 2:00-6:00 p.m. Join us at VILLA LOMBARDI’S

SPONSORED BY THE SONS & DAUGHTERS OF ITALY BASILONE LODGE

FEATURING:

THE MAN OF COMEDY:

THE ONE AND ONLY,

UNCLE FLOYD VIVINO

And, DJ RON

Playing your favorite

DEAN MARTIN,

FRANK SINATRA,

JIMMY ROSELLI &

TONY BENNETT SONGS &

more.

$50.00 per person includes BUFFET: PASTA-CHICKEN-FISH-2 SALADS-

POTATOES-VEGETABLES-SODA-COFFEE-TEA-DESSERT

Checks payable to Basilone Lodge, P.O. Box 173 Blue Point N.Y. 11715

RSVP: checks must be mailed no later than June 10th .

OPEN SEATING - LODGES MAY RESERVE A TABLE –call Luisa

CASH BAR AVAILABLE

RAFFLES

DOOR PRIZE’

50/50

VILLA LOMBARDIS 871

MAIN ST. HOLBROOK

directions: 631-471-6609

CONTACT LUISA 589-6634 OR MADELINE 289-0413

MAIL IN THIS FORM WITH YOUR CHECK: mark envelope EVENT

NUMBER OF PERSONS ATTENDING _____________ X $50. CHECK # _________$ ___________

LODGE NAME ________________________________________ YOUR PHONE #______________

NAME____________________________________E-MAIL___________________________________ NAME E-MAIL

In the past, we would have been asking for Chinese auction donations at this time of year. One thing we noticed, is

that more and more people seek out the gift cards at auctions. So, we are going to try something new this year. We

are asking that you get donations of Gift Cards from any business , like you did for auctions. Or that you purchase and

donate the gift cards yourself, instead of making a raffle basket. We will collect them all, then break them down into

groups. Hopefully getting enough gift cards to make 3 groups of prizes, with each group having a value of several

hundred dollars. For instance, each group of cards could consist of 2 tickets each for a play, a movie. Gift cards for

dinner, lunch, breakfast. Then gift cards for pizza, bagels, donuts…Maybe dry cleaning, the garden center,

manicure, hair cut thrown in. I will email a letter to you, to use when asking for the donation.

All of the gift cards must be turned in by the July 10 business meeting. After we group them, we will sell chances,

more on that to follow. We will have the rest of July, all of August & September to sell the chances, with the winners

being chosen at our October 2nd meeting. All ticket purchasers are invited to attend the meeting,

but need not be there to win.

At this time please do your best to collect the gift cards, or free tickets for us. Write to companies for free tickets to

their summer fun attraction. Offer to match a gift card from your favorite restaurant, if they donate a $20. Card ,

you donate another $20, to make it a $40. Card.

Contact me if you have any other ideas of places to get a card. Thank you. Hopefully when we get to the ticket

selling, we have some great prizes to offer. We can’t do this without you. Angela

MAURIZIO CHELI born May 4, 1959 is an Italian air force officer, a European Space Agency astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. A native of Modena, Cheli attended the Italian Air Force Academy and trained as a test pilot in 1968 at the Empire Test Pilot’s School. He holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Italian Air Force.

MARIA GAETANA AGNESI born May 16, 1718 in Milan, Italy was an Italian MathEmatician, Philosopher, Theologian and Humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a Mathematics Professor at a University. She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus. She was an honorary member of the faculty at the University of Bologna. Some major mathematicians consider her the first important woman mathematician since Hypatia of the 5th Century A.D.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi has a crater named after her on Venus in honor of her achievements in the field of mathematics. She also has an asteroid names after her, Asteroid 16765 Agnesi.

PRINCESS ZITA OF BOURBON-PARMA WAS BORN AT THE VILLA PIANORE IN THE ITALAIN PROVINCE OF LUCCA, MAY 9, 1892. SHE WAS THE THIRD DAUGHTER AND FIFTH CHILD OF THE DEPOSED ROBERT DUKE OF PARMA AND HIS SECOND WIFE INFANTA MARIA ANTONIA OF PORTUGAL. ZITA’S FATHER LOST HIS THRONE

AS A RESULT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR ITALIAN UNIFICATION IN 1859, WHEN HE WAS STILL A CHILD.

Archduke Charles OF Austria-Este, traveled to Villa Pianore and asked for Zita’s hand and, their engagement was announced, June 13, 1911 at the Austrian court. Charles and Zita were married at the Schwarzau castle on October 21, 1911,

Archduchess Zita gave birth to a son, Otto, November 20, 1912. Seven more children would follow in the next decade.

With the Nazi invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940, Zita and her family became war refugees, they fled to America in July, she had relatives on Long Island, but they eventually settled in Quebec. She occupied the rest of her life with family. She died in the early hours of March 14, 1989

CHARLES & ZITA WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN EXILE AT

HERSTENTEIN, SWITZERLAND, 1921

Auguriamo a ognuno di voi si celebra nel

mese di maggio, un buon compleanno

We wish each of you celebrating in May,

a very Happy Birthday.

Your Lodge Brothers & Sisters

THE LADIES IN THE WINDOW ARE LODGE SISTERS DOTTIE CURTO & MADELINE BREWSTER, WHILE

THEY WERE ON VACATION. PHOTO TAKEN BY OSIA COOLIES CHAIRMAN, TONY NACCARATA,

WHO COINCIDENTALLY WAS ON THE SAME CRUISE WITH HIS WIFE MARY.

Rest in Peace….Carmine Lavio

Dear Beloved Brother of Lodge Sister

& Sentinel, Grace Lavio Gonzalez

ANCONA, Italy — MICHELE SCARPONI, who won the Giro

d'Italia in 2011, died after being hit by a van while training

on Saturday. He was 37.

Scarponi was training near his home of Filottrano, near

Ancona, when he was hit by a van at a crossroad. He

leaves behind a wife and twin sons..

We will be starting a new Business Section in the Newsletter. Any members who have a business

card can advertise. I need your Business Card to scan. Also with the upcoming Gift Card Raffle, I

will take any business cards you bring from donors and do the same.