Next Lodge Meeting! Tuesday, March 30 • Hagerstown, Md. • Dinner 6:00pm, Meeting 7:00pm

Andiamo!Dan Di Mucci Lodge of Order Sons of Italy in America MAR

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Of the time spent with members of this club, I can say for certain that I have spent more time getting to know Victor Triolo than any other. Not that I know everything about him, but certainly enough now that I can say that he is a man of character, value, levelheadedness, and resourcefulness. He won’t doubt all this, but learning where he gets it all from is an interesting story if you have the time to spend with this well-rounded human being.Victor is the oldest of three children of Joseph Triolo and Elizabeth Sangi. The Triolo family begins it’s journey to America from Vita, Italy, where his grandfather Vito, his wife Vincenza and their son Joseph, now 2 years old, moved to America and settled in New York. Vito Triolo worked in New York City in construction, where he learned the value and rewards of a hard days work. But the work was forever fraught with dangers, and after seeing too many people plunge to their deaths from the steel beamed skyscrapers, he decided to do something different. He bought a dairy farm in Grand Gorge, New York. With 60 cows and 400 acres, Vito enjoyed the freedom and ease to which he could now supply the needs of his growing family. As an additional service, he also started hauling milk from other dairymen to market. Vito and his family spoke only Italian and broken English in the home. Young Joseph would help in any way he could before and after school adjacent to the farm. When he finished high school, he attended NYU,

where he graduated Phi Beta Capa with a degree in business. He went to work with his cousins in the fruit market business as well as take on a second job at the post office.It was some time before 1940 when Joseph met and married his lovely wife, Elizabeth Sangi, also from Vita. In 1942 their son Victor was born. The family would eventually grow by two more; brother Michael and sister Cathleen.

World War II was good for dairy farmers as the demand for milk products was high, and the family profited very well. Since Joseph was too old to fight, he returned to help on the farm. After the war Vito set up his two son’s locally in the dairy business. Victor remembers the day the family moved onto their farm with great fondness. Here was a place he could call his home, and play with his cousins, siblings and school friends. I cannot fit on these pages all the accomplishments, clubs, games, sports, music, acting, work, and all the other

activities Victor engaged in, but suffice it to say, he was always busy!4H champ, president of many organizations, lead actor in school, basketball star, just to name a few of Victor’s accomplishments. After high school Victor decided to go to Siena College in Loudonville, NY, since it was close to skiing, the big city, only 1 hr. from home, and only 15 minutes to Al-bany. Victor’s father died suddenly while in his sophomore year. After college he would return home to help with the farm, while also operat-ing as real estate broker and notary.

2010 Membership Dues Past Due Now

Please pay membership dues of $20 per person by March 15, 2010. After then a $3 late charge will apply. Anna will be collecting dues at February meeting, otherwise, please make check payable to Dan DiMucci Lodge #2465 and mail to:Anna Ciampa253 Tufts LaneFalling Waters WV 25419

Da Vita, Con Vita—Victor Triolo

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Original home town of the Triolo’s and the Sangi family, Vita, Italy, on the island of Sicily.

Grandmother, father, mother, Victor, sister Cathleen, brother Michael

Victor and his cousin Mickey pour milk through a strainer into a milk can. Mickey and her husband Bob just moved to West Virginia recently and joined our club.

By John Cangemi

Membership

Renewal Time!

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Not much room to travel this month but I can assure you Cefalù, you won’t want to miss. Smack dab in the middle of Sicily’s north coast, Cefalù’s got everything the “ancient” traveler is looking for. From medieval build-ings and churches, to food, culture, people, and coastline. I’m reading a book by Maria Grammatica, who was raised in an orphanage by nuns. She learned how to cook, and produced a cookbook of some really good Sicilian dishes, many of which have been lost.As I walked the streets with my father in 1992, I was reminded of the past with views of the ancient laundry-mat where women would kneel on marble and smack the clothes on angled slabs of stone, with spring water

rushing through, even unto this day!Torrone is famous here, as well as nice ceram-ics and delicious seafood. The streets are narrow and steep, and the people are friendly and inviting. Go to www.bestofsicily.com/cefalu to see some great places to visit and find nice places to stay. September is the best month as the summer crowds can get hectic.

Scholarship AwardsAndiamo a Cefalù

Later, the farm would expand, and eventu-ally as milk prices dropped in the 70s due to overproduction, they sold the farm and Victor worked his real estate business, while marrying and starting his own family. His two children; son Joseph, and daughter Victoria live in New York. His son is mar-ried to Jeannine, and they have a 4-year-old son, Nicholas. His daughter is married to Zack Tucker. Victor reminisces about the good times had with his family growing up and later at the twice per year reunions held in Grand Gorge. Lots of Italian food is prepared, stories of the old days are told, while the family has fun creating “old” days now for the young children to remember. I must admit I admire Victor’s great re-sourcefulness, and eagerness to help with anything. You can practically name any

town in the country and Victor will have a experience to relate, or know someone

there...it’s incredible. I think I’ll use him more often!While Victor Triolo is a man who’s come a long way, it’s easy to agree that he’s just getting started. Victor plans to visit his family’s home town of Vita, Italy in the next couple of years. I hope we are there when he does so we can share the enjoy-ment with him.“Hey, Vittorio. Andiamo a Vita!”

By John CangemiApplications are now being accepted for the 2010 Dan Di Mucci Lodge Annual Scholarship Award.The criteria for eligibility is as follows:1. The student must be a son / daughter or a grandson/

granddaughter of an active and good standing member of the Dan Di Mucci Lodge.

2. The student is a graduating senior going on to college.3. The student is in good standing and has maintained a

minimum of a 3.0 GPA.4. The student is required to complete an application form

and an essay.5. The parent or grandparent must be a Dan Di Mucci Lodge

member of at least one year.6. The parent or grandparent must attend at least six

monthly meetings per year.7. The parent or grandparent must support the Lodge’s fund

raisers.8. Once recognition is made, the student is required to sub-

mit a photo and a biography for inclusion in our October dinner dance program, by July 31st.

The student(s) will be presented an award certificate at his/her school’s award ceremony, either by our Lodge president or the student’s parent or grandparent. The student will be our guest at our annual dinner dance in October, at which time, the check will be presented. If unable to attend, other arrangements will be made. Applications may be obtained by calling President Tina Martin–301-992-7950Deadline for receipt of completed applications is April 15, 2010.

(L-R), Son-in-law Zack, daughter Victoria, Victor, daughter-in-law Jeannine and son Nicholas.

Triolo’s Gossip Corner75 people from our club along with their friends and family had a great time at the Charlestown Racetrack. Dicky Moore provided a wonder-ful setting, along with good food...those who could not make it were the Wenner’s, Sirico’s, and Cangemi’s because they all were sick, caught from Victor Triolo – The Cangemi’s announce the birth of grandson Edwin Joseph to their youngest son Nicholas and his wife Anja – Bob and Martha Rizzo are on the move for family concerns – Keep Jim Phillips and Barbara Folouis in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery for Jim – Biago Dimercurio is preparing to have new tile installed in his kitchen – Karl Kidweiler is busting out with a new multi-media exhibit – Bill and Evelyn LaPore are heading to Florida to visit their son and enjoy baseball’s spring training – It was good to see Jim Salvatore at the corner pub on St. Patty’s Day and at the track – Judge Gina Groh and family and Barrister Joe Cordell were big winners at the track and casino – Angelo Ciampa is very busy working on his son Vincent’s newly built home – Dick and Elsa Burns are getting gardens.

Recipe of the month

honoring the past

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Palermo61/52/8

Venice54/39/11

Rome59/43/7

Milan56/34/8

Italy’s Average TemperaturesMarch

(°F) Day/Night/Rain days

Fontina PaniniIngredients3–4 oz. Italian fontina thin

sliced4 slices ciabatta bread (Martin’s)

8 thin strips marinated red

peppers

8 marinated mushrooms

salt and fresh ground pepper

Break out your George Foreman grill, cause you’re eating Italian tonight!Get creative with these as you can also add prosciutto, artichokes, and black olive pesto (next month).Arrange the fontina on 2 slices of bread. Arrange peppers and mushrooms over the cheese. Cover with the remaining 2 slices of bread.Place the panini on the George Foreman, or a hot pan on the stove, which has been lightly oiled. Close the Foreman grill, or weight down the panini in the pan with another heavier one.Cook turning once until grilled like the photo to the left, or browned in the pan. Cheese should be melty and good. Fontina cheese is what I use on my white pizza in my home brick oven. Some of your club members have had it and say it’s a really good cheese to use. Enjoy!

Lodge Meeting–Dinner 6pm–March 30Meeting begins at 7:00pm

Join us Tuesday, March 30, at the American Legion in Hagerstown; dinner 6:00pm, Meeting 7:00pm

Annual Spring Fling! Sunday April 18, St. Joe’s Church cafeteria

Martinsburg, WVa. – 1pm startsCome one, come all to our annual spring fling. Music, Italian food, and comradery will prevail.

Baby Shower During Spring Fling1pm–Sunday, April 18

There will be a baby shower to benefit St. Joe’s An-gels during the Spring Fling. We are asking members to bring new baby items. Suggestions are (in order of importance): Diapers (sizes 1-6, not age), baby wipes, formula, shampoo and lotion, clothes. Thank you for your support to this important cause.

Calendar

Birthdays & Facts

Michelangelo...the Italian Renais-sance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite mak-

ing few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.Michelangelo’s output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low

opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. As an architect, Michelangelo pioneered the Mannerist style at the Laurentian Library. At 74 he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of Saint Peter’s Basilica. For Michelangelo, the job of the sculptor was to free the forms that were already inside the stone.

Day Our member’s birthdays in March

17 Victor Triolo, Patrick Cordell

26 Barbara Rhoades

25 Anthony Cordell

30 AJ Nicolosi

23 Eugene Capriotti

22 Mario Dattilio

2 Angelo Nicolosi, Anna Ciampa

27 Anthony Clay Cordell

4 Glenda Bonfili

16 John Kelly Moore

Day Our member’s birthdays in March

8 Patricia Williams7 Janice Cirincione

2/6 Peter F. Falcone (Feb. missed)1 Rose Boarman

Born: March 4, 1475 Died: February 18, 1564

March 20101 Euro equals $1.35 U.S. -.08/ yr.

Day Year Famous Italian March Dates in History11 1669 Mt. Etna erupts, killing 15,00017 1861 Italian Independence Day 1 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a national bank

25 1347 St. Catherine of Siena, born6 1475 Michelangelo Buonarroti, born

28 1483 Raphael Sanzio da Urbino, born14 1844 King Umberto, born

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Juliet’s Italian Market and Cafe, Juliet Kaufman9 East Church Street, Frederick, Md.301-620-0077 Hours: Mon-Sat 10:30am-6:30pm

BCT – Bank of Charles TownMartinsburg, Kearneysville, Hedgesville,Harpers Ferry304-725-8431

Masterpiece Painting & Home ImprovementsFree Estimates Insured, MHIC # 79358 Joey Sottile, Hagerstown, Md. 301-797-8238 – Cell 301-988-2290

Lawn Medic Tom Wenner Shepherdstown, W.V . 304-876-2494 – Cell: 304-279-4563

Dr. Robert Cirincione, Orthopedic Surgeon 1120 Professional Court, Hagerstown, Md. 301-739-7900

Frank Fargo, Insurance Agent 500 Williamsport Pike, Martinsburg, W.V . 1-800-283-4915

Brown Funeral HomeMartinsburg, Inwood,Ranson, Charles Town304-263-8896

Bank of Charles Town Martinsburg: 304-262-0089, Hedgesville: 304-754-0000, Charles Town: 304-725-8431, Kearneysville: 304-876-2563, Harpers Ferry: 304-535-6336 – www.mybct.com

John Salvatore Attorney-at-Law 82 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, Md. 301-739-3600

Petrucci’s Country Market & Ice and Fruits Storage Anthony & Raymond Petrucci Route 9, Martinsburg, W.Va.

Broccoli Hall Antiques, Gifts, Crafts Elsa Burns 4505 Williamsport Pike, Williamsport, Md.

Tony’s Italian Ristorante New York Pizza 14224 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Md. 301-739-TONY

Salvatore Di Mercurio, M.D. Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Center FREE CONSULTATION 11110 Medical Campus Road, Suite 241, Hagerstown, Md. 301-714-4460

Appraisal Associates Frank & Dodi Bradley P.O. Box 1206, Martinsburg, W.Va. 304-263-1167

Guy’s Buick, Pontiac, GMC Guy & Gary Chicchirichi Charlestown, W.V . 304-725-3448

Edward Jones® Benito Vattelana 301-733-9465 Stonehouse Square, Hagerstown, Md. Retirement (IRA, 401Ks) Estate Considerations, Educa-tion Savings, Insurance

Triolo Real Estate & Construction “From Tepees to Mansions” Victor Triolo 304-876-2985 – Cell: 304-676-2950

Sycamore Pottery Reynolds & Paela Parziale 5210 Paynes Ford Road, Kearneysville, W.Va. 304-725-4251

Karen’s Kraft’s Specialty Crocheted Baby Apparel Karen J. Santamaria Designer & Creator 304-267-1455

Cecil’s Building Supply, Inc. 210 Adams Street, Martinsburg, W.Va. 304-263-5442

Rosedale Funeral Home Joseph R. Spewock 917 Cemetery Road Martinsburg, W.Va. 304-263-4922

Russo’s RX Family Pharmacy & Natural Concepts 25 N. Cannon Avenue Hagerstown, Md. 301-791-5220 Mon.–Fr. 9:00am–5:30 pm, Sat. 9:00am – 1:00pm, Closed Sun. & Holidays

Joseph B. Cordell, Lawyer 115 1/2 W King St, Martinsburg, W.Va. Md: 301-745-6464, or W.V: 304-263-3377 Practicing in Maryland and West Virginia

Apple Ridge Counseling Assoc. 2914 Hedgesville Road, Martinsburg, W.Va. 304-754-8495 Andrea Petrucci-Kackley, MA, LPC, NCC Licensed Professional Counselor

Knights of Columbus–Pangborn Council No. 1365Bingo every Tuesday night 6:45pmDoors open at 5:00pmHagerstown, Md.–301-714-0909

Graphic Design and Video ServicesJohn Cangemi240-291-0741

Di Parma Spinoni Italian Dogs for Hunting, Conformation and Companions D. Katherine Cooker & Dorothy B. Davis 301-582-2788 – www.diparmaspinoni.com

C & O Tile Showroom & Design Center 10226 Governor Lane Blvd., Suite 4004, Williamsport, Md. 301-223-1717 – Toll Free: 1-866-663-0567

Tina M. Mussolino Certified Public Accountant 714 Potomac Street, Hagerstown, Md. 301-714-2047 Email: tmussolino@mussolinocpa.com

Cafe’ Italia Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Md. Antonello Scotto, Proprietor 240-420-6677