PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR GENERAL MEETING MONDAY JANUARY 5th

6:30 p.m. Acampora Cottage 39 Montauk Hwy. Blue Pt.

ALL ARE WELCOME…..BRING A FRIEND

Sisters and Brothers,

Hopefully this letter finds you beginning to unwind from the holiday stress. It seems that every year we plan, shop, bake, cook

and Christmas Day is gone in the blink of an eye. I hope all of you had a Blessed and Happy Christmas with your family and

friends. Every year I look around my dining table and give thanks for my wonderful family and friends,

a group that seems to expand each year.

Our Lodge Christmas party at Flanagan's was a huge success. We had 45 members attend, and we all had a great time.

The venue, food and service was wonderful.

In January, we will be having various committee meetings. Sister Dottie and Sister Madeline M. will start working on the

installation of new officers to be held in March. A signup sheet for help will be passed around at our January meeting. If you

would like to contact Sister Dottie, her e-mail is dorothycurto@optonline.net. Also an Auction Committee meeting will be held at

Patchogue-Medford Library, Jan. 12 at 6:00 PM. All members are welcome, and all input, jobs, contributions etc. will be

discussed. Again any questions should be directed to Sister Dottie.

2015 Dues are now being collected. Please see Treasurer, Brother Nat, and Financial Secretary, Sister Carmela at the meeting.

Sister Jackie is still collecting box tops and food for food pantry.

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE NEW YEAR, Fraternally, Sister Joan

FELICE ANNO NUOVO

WILL YOU BE ON YOUR FRONT STEPS

BANGING POTS AT MIDNIGHT ?

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

FIFTY/FIFTY RAFFLE

WINNERS

SISTER MARSHA

SISTER LINDA

DECEMBER 1ST LODGE MEETING

LODGE # 2442 NEWSLETTER

VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2015 ANGELA DONATO EDITOR a 12talegna12@verizon.net

OUR 2014 CHRISTMAS PARTY AT FLANAGAN’S PRESIDENT JOAN TASOGLU PARTY COMMITTEE CHAIR SEBY TORRIGIANO VICE PRESIDENT MARGARET RIPA MAIER

GIFT EXCHANGE

SISTER DOTTIE AND

BROTHER CARLO

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

Vice Pres. Margaret, Sister Cheryl,

Brother Carlo & Sister Madeline.

SISTER JANIS M. SELLING

FIFTY/FIFTY RAFFLE TICKETS

AND THE

WINNER IS

SISTER

EVELEINE

STANDING:

NAT & CHERYL IERARDI VITO FERRANTE BOB DONATO

SEATED:

SALLY FERRANTE GRACE & PETE FICARRA

ANGELA DONATO

ANNE KOKUR CARLO & MADELINE MATTEUCCI

RAE AND JIM FLAHERTY

FOREGROUND: VICE PRESIDENT MARGARET RIPA MAIER

STANDING: JOE & VINCENZA VULTAGGIO

SEATED:

BRUCE VAN SISE JANIS LUCHETTI JANIS & LENNY MADDALENA

SEBY TORRIGIANNO CARMELA CUMBO

SEATED:

PAT D’AGASTINO PRESIDENT JOAN TASOGLU

CARMELA CICERO REGINA ALLEN MADELINE BREWSTER

STANDING:

DOTTIE CURTO CAROL CROSSMAN

STANDING: JOE & ROSE CONIGLIONE CLIFF MILLER

SEATED: LINDA & VICTOR TRULIO PAT SUMMERS

STANDING: EVELEINE KENNEDY BRIAN ROWSE DAVID EILBERT

SEATED: CONNIE & PETE GENNARO JAN GALLAGHER

NANCY FELICE JEAN EILBERT

ON DECEMBER 13TH, I VISITED THE ISLIP TOWN ANIMAL SHELTER

DONATING ITEMS ON BEHALF OF THE LODGE, SISTER ANGELA DONATO

SGT JOHN BASILONE LODGE #2442

ANNUAL

CHINESE AUCTION

“ITALIAN STYLE”

Friday, MAY 1, 2015

*New Location

Patchogue Medford High School

181 Buffalo Ave, Medford, N.Y.

Doors Open at 6 PM

50/50 raffle

Grand Prize Door Prizes

$10.00 ADMISSION

Includes 20 bidding tickets, coffee, tea, dessert.

To order admission ticket call 631-289-7470 or 631-289-0413

Checks payable to Sgt. John Basilone Lodge #2442

MAIL CHECKS: SGT JOHN BASILONE LODGE #2442 PO BOX 173 BLUE POINT, NY 11715

“CASH ONLY AT DOOR”

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Sister Dottie will hold an Auction meeting

January 12th 6 pm to 7:30 Patchogue Medford Library

54-60 East Main St. Meeting Room B downstairs

Volunteers needed for pre-auction jobs; to make posters/flyers, make/donate raffle gifts,

do some typing. Auction day; set up raffle gifts before auction, sell tickets, etc.

"OUR LODGE CAN MAKE THIS A SUCCESS IF WE ALL DO OUR PART"

Those interested in “helping out” with various jobs, donating items,

Getting/giving Ideas for & putting together raffle baskets, please join us

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR

MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE

Remembering our Veterans

Free website allows family & friends to Honor Veterans

The Wall of Honor, a free service of senior-living referral website,

“A Place for Mom” lets you upload photos and details of your loved

ones military service. You can search for veterans from WWII through

current military encounters. To honor the Veterans in your family:

www.nwsdy.li/vetswall or

http://www.aplaceformom.com/blog/wall-of-honor/

ALSO:

Sisters Dottie Curto & Linda Johnson shared this website:

A Different Christmas Poem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sUGOjNsE4aY

IN MOVIE THEATERS NOW:

UNBROKEN, the movie directed by Angelina Jolie,

Based on the true story of Louis Zamperini, Olympian and WWII prisoner of war.

Movie Blurb: During World War II, Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) survives for 47 days at sea in a raft, only to be captured by the

Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp

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WATCH FOR THE 4 HOUR PBS SPECIAL “THE ITALIAN AMERICANS”

Narrated by Stanley Tucci FEBRUARY 2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

RIP Italian born actress Virna Lisi, 78. 12/18/14

Born Virna Pieralisi, 11/8/1936.

A star of the Italian Cinema by age 20.

Appeared with Frank Sinatra in

“Assault on a Queen,” in 1966.

RIP Tuskegee Airman Lowell Steward, 95.12/17/14

He was shipped to Italy in 1944 with the 100th fighter squadron.

From Capodechino Air Base in Naples, Steward completed dozens of missions. Later, based in Ramitelli, Italy, he flew many more escort and strafing missions

To purchase Lodge Tee Shirts and Caps

see Brother Nat, Treasurer,

at the end of the Meeting January 5th.

a tutti i nostri fratelli e sorelle della loggia festeggiare un compleanno gennaio , auguri .

In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi built a station

near South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, that

on January 18, 1903 sent a message of

greetings from the President of the United

States, Theodore Roosevelt to King

Edward VII of the United Kingdom,

marking the first transatlantic radio

transmission originating in the United

States. This station also was one

of the first to receive distress signals from

the Titanic.

To all of our Lodge

Brothers and Sisters

celebrating a birthday in

January, Best Wishes

Mario Lanza, Born Alfred Arnold

Cocozza, January 31, 1921

Baby Grace,

Granddaughter of

Sister Linda Johnson

ready for her first

Thanksgiving.

(sister Linda is

under the sheet)

I have a few projects I am working on for the

Chinese Auction and I need wine bottle corks.

I would appreciate any donations, bring them

to the general meeting. Contact me;

Sister Angela a12talegna12@verizon.net

Thank you

M A I N G A

Do you call it Macaroni or Pasta? I grew up calling it Macaroni, but Pasta is the favored

term now. My 6 year old grandson tells me, “Grandma, it’s Pasta, not Macaroni.”

Marco Polo DID NOT return to Italy with pasta from China. This legend is false. In fact, pasta was invented

by Italians and has become symbolic of their dedication to perfection and pride in the kitchen.

Ancient Rome was the birthplace of fresh pasta (pasta fresca)

Keep at least three types of pasta in your cupboard, a ridged one like penne or rigatoni for thick and

meat based sauces, a thin ribbon such as linguini for thinner and seafood sauces, and a small one such

as stelline or ditalini for adding to soups and broths

There are many shapes and sizes of Macaroni, check out these websites for great photos.

http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/pasta_shapes.html

http://www.italymagazine.com/sites/default/files/feature-story/gallery/nomipasta.jpg

This Newsletter is short and sweet.

Like you, I have been busy celebrating Christmas and ringing in the New Year.

Thank you for your good wishes.

CIN CIN…….ALL GOOD THINGS FOR YOU

2015 GENERAL MEETING DATES

JANUARY 5TH

FEBRUARY 2ND

MARCH 2ND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS

a coloro che mi hanno aiutato con questa newsletter, grazie

to those who helped me with this newsletter, thank you

Sister Angela Donato, Editor

LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF 2014

M MOTHER CABRINI FEAST

RAFFLE WINNERS

MOVIE SOCIAL NIGHT

DONATING TO THE TROOPS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN

TENDING THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IN PATCHOGUE

TO HELP FILL THE FOOD PANTRY

OSIA Columbus Day Parade, Huntington St. Liberata Parade, Patchogue

HALLOWEEN SOCIAL NIGHT PARTY

FUNDRAISER

BRUNCH Garibaldi Meucci Museum

OUR MUSEUM WALKWAY BRICK

50/50 RAFFLE WINNER

HAVING FUN HANGING OUT TOGETHER

THANKS REGINA FOR THE “LOOKING BACK” IDEA

NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING