you can imagine what it was like. It runs from about 4pm to 8pm and if you can even give us one hour of your time it would be greatly appreciated. As you all know we lost a great friend and a superlative UNICAN with the passing this past week of Ben DeAngelis. It was wonderful to see so many of you at the wake to take part in our memorial ceremony. It was a great tribute to someone who spent a lifetime giving back to the community through UNICO and many other venues. Thank you all so much. I know the family was deeply touched. I hope to see you all on the 24th.

~ Frank

Happy New Year! Our next Dinner Meeting will be on Tuesday the 24th. Please attend and have a good time. Hopefully the weather will continue to stay unseasonably warm so we will have a good turnout. We will not have a guest speaker that night but our speaking program will resume in February. At our Board Meeting this past Tuesday there was much discussion about our upcoming events, namely the Corned Beef Dinner on March 7, the Scholarship Dinner/Meeting on May 22, the Golf Tournament on June 11th and our 9 0 t h B i r t h d a y Celebration on October 21. We have already started working on all these

events and we will keep you informed on their progress both at our meetings and in this Newsletter. Right now I would especially like to call your attention to the Corned Beef Dinner in March. The tickets will be ready next month and you all will be getting two in the mail. Please make a special effort to sell them or if you would l i k e b u y t h e m yourselves. This is one of our most important fundraisers. Teresa La Barbera, Traffic Reporter for Channel 8 News, has graciously agreed to help us on this occasion. At the risk of sounding like a b r o k e n r e c o r d (me?..... .. ..a broken record?) we need as many "hands" helping at this dinner as we can get. Last year we served around 500 people so

Note from the President

Chapter Newsletter January 2012

CHAPTER NEWSLETTER

Inside this issue:

Note from President 1

National Meetings 1

Name the UNICAN 2

Corned Beef Dinner 2

Chapter News 3

Etc. 3

Upcoming Events 4

UNICO NATIONAL Mid Year

Board Meeting 3/23-3/25

Myrtle Beach, SC

UNICO NATIONAL Convention

8/8-8/12 Marco Island, FL

Can you name this

future UNICAN?

Email your

“guess” to

unicodoll@

gmail.com or call

203.510.0276.

Last month’s

“star” was none

other than our

illustrious

President Frank

Travisano.

No one

guessed…….so

no one won.

We are trying to

make this an

interactive

newsletter so I

hope someone

tries to “win” this

month!!

Page 2

Chapter Newsletter

Volunteers Needed for the Italian Corned Beef Dinner

Wednesday—March 7th

In order to be sure there is enough coverage, we will establish a sign-up sheet with job assignments. Below

is a guideline of the jobs and the number of volunteers needed for each shift. You can commit to more than one shift or job assignment. More details to come. Sign-up Sheets will be available at the Dinner Meeting or contact Francine at 203.510.0276 for more information.

Servers (6): 5:00pm—6:00pm ** 6:00pm—7:00pm ** 7:00pm—8:00pm

ToGo Servers (2): 5:00pm—6:30pm ** 6:30pm—8:00pm

Busboys (5): 5:30pm—7:00pm** 6:30pm—8:00pm

Raffle Sellers (2): 5:00pm—8:00pm

Zeppole Sellers (3): 5:00pm– 7:00pm

Corned Beef

Tickets will be

mailed in early

February with

each member

asked to

purchase and/

or sell at least

two.

Start ―selling‖

the event now

and if you are

going to need

extra

tickets—let us

know right

away!

JOHN A. SALERNO, M.D.

INTERNAL MEDICINE

573-0300

60 WESTWOOD AVE

WATERBURY,CT 06708

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Tim Clark, Realtor Cell-203-592-5201

timmclark@optimum.net

Proud to be a member of Waterbury UNICO

90 Years of “ Service Above Self ”

UNICO NATIONAL

The Largest Italian-American Service Organization

“Service Above Self ”

Questions or comments about the newsletter?

Want information included in the next newsletter?

Care to receive the newsletter electronically?

Contact Don Mancuso at Mancuso11@gmail.com or 203.910.3437

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

www.unico.org

Waterbury Chapter of UNICO National

Check out our website– www.waterburyunico.com

Monthly Meeting Schedule (Sept-June)

Board of Directors – 2nd Tuesday 6:30 pm - Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall

Regular Dinner Meeting– 4th Tuesday - 6:30pm - Juniper’s Restaurant

Page 3

January 2012

Etc….

Welcome new

members: Carol

Russo who was

insta l led in

November and

Larry Aucella

who will be

insta l led in

January.

The next CT I

District Meeting

will take place

on Tuesday,

March 27th. The

host will be the

B r i d g e p o r t

Chapter.

Want to receive

y o u r 2 0 1 2

UNICO National

Italian Heritage

Calendar? Pick

yours up at our

next Dinner

Meeting .

S c h o l a r s h i p

information is

b e i n g

distributed to

the high schools

this month.

Encourage any

e l i g i b l e

graduating high

school senior

that you know to

apply. More

details to come.

Sad Farewell Benjamin Manfredo DeAngelis, 91, formerly of 655 Wilson Street, passed away peace-

fully on Friday, January 6, 2012 at The Village at East Farms in Waterbury. He was the

beloved husband of Angeline (Spino) DeAngelis, with whom he celebrated a 63rd wed-

ding anniversary in October. Ben was born on October 28, 1920 in Sassinoro, Benevento,

Italy, son of the late Americo and Modestina (Massarelli) DeAngelis. In 1928, Ben trav-

eled to America with his mother and his youngest sister, Mary, to join his father, who

was employed as a cabinetmaker at Scigliano Lumber. Though he spoke no English when

he arrived, Ben was an excellent student and soon distinguished himself academically.

He graduated from Slocum Grammar School at the head of his class in 1935 and from

Crosby High School in 1939, where he was also editor of the school newspaper, "The

Argus". In the fall of 1939, he matriculated at New York University, where he served as

Cadet Captain of the ROTC and graduated with a BS in accounting in 1943. At NYU, he

was awarded the Sherborne Vernon Damerel Memorial Prize for scholarship and interest

in the welfare of his class. After graduation, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant

in the U.S. Army and served in the Philippines during World War II. He was promoted to First Lieutenant during the war and co ntin-

ued to serve in the Army Reserves until 1953. After the war, Ben began a long and distinguished career as an accountant, Busi ness-

man, and teacher. In 1945, he went to work for the accounting firm of Haskins and Sells in New York. He returned to Waterbury in

1947 to take up a teaching position at Post Junior College, where he taught accounting and business courses. From 1967 to 1971, he

served as the Chairman of the Business division at Post, and joined the Post College Board of trustees in 1980. When the Post Col-

lege Foundation was formed, he served as the Chairman of the Investment Committee, and eventually became president of the

Foundation. Post honored his service by dedicating the Benjamin DeAngelis Conference Room in 1990. In 1947, concurrent with h is

duties at Post, Ben started an accounting office with Dr. L. Amidon. Two years later, Benjamin and Guy Nardelli bought out Dr . Ami-

don and founded the firm that eventually was known as DeAngelis, Lombardi, & Kelly, L.L.C. Ben loved his work and was an active

member of several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Connec ticut

Society of CPA's, serving as president of the Waterbury chapter. In 1990, he received a Public Service Award from the AICPA i n

recognition of his dedication. In addition to his professional distinctions, Ben was an energetic participant in numerous civ ic organi-

zations. He was proud to have been president of the Waterbury Chapter of UNICO National, having served on the Board of Direct ors

for years. In October of 1990, UNICO honored Ben's service by making him Waterbury's "Mayor for the Day." Ben was also past

president of the Mt. Carmel Home School Administration, former Treasurer of the Republican Town Committee, former commissioner

of the Waterbury Parking Authority, former Treasurer and President of the University Club of Waterbury, and Treasurer of the

Greater Waterbury Columbus Quincentennial Committee. Late in life, Ben discovered a passion for musical theater. During the

1990s, he appeared in several productions at the Thomaston Opera House, including "The Mikado, Passion, My Fair Lady, H.M.S.

Pinafore, and 1776."

As of January 1st, we had 95 members

in the Waterbury

Chapter. We would

like to increase that

number to at least

100. As we get

ready to celebrate

our 90th Birthday, this is the time to

ask people [friends, family, co workers,

etc.] to join us. If we each bring in at

least one member…...imagine the impact

that would make!

Initiation fee is $120 and an

application can be obtained on our

website at www.waterburyunico.com.

Get Ready

The Italian Open hosted by

the Waterbury and Oakville/

Watertown Chapters of

UNICO is scheduled for

Monday, June 11th at Crest brook Golf

Course. Sponsors, golfers and volunteers

are needed.

Scholarship Dinner will take place

on Tuesday, May 22nd—location

to be determined.

UNICO’s 90th Birthday

Celebration is set for

Sunday, October 21st at

the AquaTurf in Planstville.

Waterbury - Birthdplace of UNICO

We’re On The Web!

www.waterburyunico.com

Waterbury Chapter of UNICO National—PO Box 933-Waterbury, CT 06702

2012 Meeting/Event Schedule

Board Meetings:

February 14th March 13th April 10th May 8th June 12th

Dinner Meetings:

January 24th February 28th March 20th* April 24th May 22nd** June 26th

Events: Corned Beef Dinner—March 7th

District Meeting—Bridgeport—March 27th Duck Race Raffle - April—May

Scholarship Dinner—May 22nd Golf Tournament—June11th 90th Birthday Celebration—October 21st

Board Meetings are held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 6:30pm

Dinner Meetings are held at Juniper’s at 6:30pm—$25/person

*Note schedule change

** Combination Meeting/Scholarship Dinner—location TBD