May 27, 2005 10:04:21
Maria Giametta email	Happy Memorial Day Weekend to All!!!

May 27, 2005 07:05:56
JOHNNY PERNA email	hi everyone...i got an e mail last night in reference to buying a copy of the 1964little league parade which we showed at the reunion ...well nancy will be posting on this subject very soon ...but for what i know ..i gave the original to someone to make me some copies ..little did i know that he is working two jobs and is takeing his time doing this for me ..but hopefully have them ready bywed of this up comeing week ..cost of the tape for everyone will be 10 dollars...AFTER MINIMAL cost for cd and plastic case to protect it from breaking the rest of the proceeds will go to visitation church ..the prettiestchurch in the world in my eyes ....as i said nancy will post everything exactly....anthony will hold on to so many to sell ..and i will do the same ... if anyone living in staten island would like to purchase one or more please e mail me and i will give you directions to my lunch truck where you can purchase a tape and have a free lunch on me ..lets help the best church in the world out...if you dont shed a tearwatching this tape than you got ice in your veins ....A BIG THANK YOU TO CHAPLAIN NICK for makeing this all possible ...

May 27, 2005 01:30:16
Mollie F. Howard email	For John Burkard: I remember playing around the "doughboy" statue in Coffey Park when I was about 5 years old (c. 1928). We children thought a soldier was buried there and we didn't dare go to close for fear of treading on his grave. (How many of today's children have reverence for anything!)

May 27, 2005 01:27:04
Mollie F. Howard email	For John Burkard: Thank you, so much, for your prompt reply. No, Tom was drafted shortly after our child was born. He was 19 years old and not a member of any post. I've had his name added to the rolls at the new World War Two memorial in Washington D.C. It would be nice if his were to be included in a Red Hook memorial, since he grew up there. There were 14 children in his family, but none remain in that area.

May 26, 2005 22:22:15
Carol Cain email	I remember going to the Lorraine Street firehouse engine 279 With Harry Cain and John (Flashburns) O'Boyle. Anyone know these guys?

May 26, 2005 21:25:13
John Burkard, Red Hook email	For Mollie Fiore Howard- The Red Hook memorial post 5195 on VanBrunt St in Red Hook has a memorial in front of their building. The statue is an old Johhnie Doughboy Statue relocated in the 70s at post expense because of excessive vandalism upon it in the old location in Coffey Park. That memorial is WW1 area deceased veterans. They also have WW2 and Vietnam memorial plaques, but they may be just for those veterans who were members of the post. neighborhood members who served during a conflict were granted automatic membership as long as they served. If you came from the area, check with the post to see if your husband was a memebr at the time of his demise. If he was, I'm sure you can arrange with post officials of your desire to donate a name plaque in his honor, and have it mounted there. You would have to check with the Commander or Quartermaster first to be sure of the right way to go about it.

May 26, 2005 19:25:40
Mollie Fiore Howard email	Just read an article about citizen-created memorials built to honor Americans killed at war. Made me wonder, has anyone in Brooklyn built such a memorial for its residents who were killed in World War Two? My sweet 21-year-old husband was killed at Anzio May 23, 1944.

May 26, 2005 10:37:53
Maria Giametta email	Thank you Louise for clearing that up for me....i really was wondering there for a second!

May 25, 2005 20:00:27
ed murphy email	hey Joe Ross, thanks for the headsup about the conference at St. Bart's. some people from my intern parishes are going down . i will be away at seminary for the weekend, we are meeting withMarcus Borg, supposed to be a great evening.

May 25, 2005 19:51:33
Bob McDonald email	Shark or no shark, would someone please pass along a howdy to Roddy Rusch from me? His brother Kenny and I passed a few emails back and forth. Roddy and I were in the same class at Visitation.

May 25, 2005 19:15:52
Louise email	Marai if it is the same Roddy, nah, I was just talking to him Friday, he cracked up when I told him this. At first he looked confused but then knew it was a joke. I told him I thought it was a loanshark who got him. hahaha.......Louise

May 25, 2005 11:54:59
Maria Giametta email	Hi All...just have a question here, i read something about roddy getting eaten up by a shark, is that true? i was stunned when i read that, and when did it happen? could someone please fill me in on that? thank you

May 25, 2005 10:51:26
Ron Clyne email	Hello All: Correctiomn to my post of yesterday. Peggy Della Porte and not Jackie was at the reunion on Saturday with her cousin Dawn Silveti. See ya. Ron.

May 24, 2005 13:09:50
Ron Clyne email	Hello All: From Visitation School Class of 64 present at Saturday's reunion were the following: Carmine Giambrone, Joe Affe, Steve O'Donnell, Bobby Meyer, Teresa Nespoli, Bobby Balzamo, John Vasquez and Ron Clyne. Ralph Persico was AWOL. I hope I didn't leave anyone out. George Savarese from Dikeman Street and Visitation Class of 63' was there. Russ Meyer and his wife Betty Ann Galvin Class of 5? were there as well as Jimmy Foy (brother of Eugene Class of 64"). Louise Kosack and Marie Marano were there. Louise did a great job helping out. Friends of my brother Mark Tommy Sweeney and his wife Diane Ramsey were there ad well as Richie Martin "CG" and his lovely wife and sister were there. John Soriano and his brother Mickey were there as was my good friend Thomas McCormick. Jackie Delle Porte was there. Saw her Dad marching in the LL Parade on DVD. Billy Murphy was there until Robert Ramsey kicked us all out at about 1:30 AM. Had a great time talking to Larry Natale and many others. See you again for "Oldtimers'" in September. Congratulations to Anthony "PITA" C., Johhny Perna, and Nancy Cataldo for a job well done. Anthony C. Thanks for the Kettle One. Bye for now. Ron Clyne

May 24, 2005 12:54:49
peter parker email	anthony dont forget to get your has bins together for our first annual 60s vs. 70s softball game

May 23, 2005 23:26:49
joe ross email	rev ed: Bill Tully has "Reinventing Church" (fundraising plus) conference starting june 5. At www.stbarts.org is info. Or email: info [at] stbarts.

May 23, 2005 19:24:05
Jim Scully email	I have to piggyback on Larry's statemnt and give big time plaudits to Anthony C., Johnny P. & Nancy C. for a superb job. There were some people that I hadn't seen since the late 60's. Thanks to all of you for making it happen. Hi Ed Murphy. The website I told your sisters about is administered by my cousins Veronica (Fagan)and Mary. It's a McMahon family website and is maintained on MyFamily.com. Send me a email at skullman1 [at] suscom.net and I'll forward it to Veronica. She'll have to assign you a "user name and password" in order to access the website. If I'm correct Ed, Frank & Joe Murphy were the brothers of the Murphy sisters that were married to my Uncle Red & my Uncle Joe. So my first cousins from these marriages are also yr first cousins. I think that makes us second cousins. Nothing like "going down the Hook" and coming back with a bunch of new cousins. Once my cousin Veronica contacts you you'll have to go through all the pictures but if you focus on the one's with Aunt Gerry and Aunt Loretta you'll see pictures of either your dad or yr uncles. Good meeting you cuz

May 23, 2005 14:48:27
celia abdel-salam (valenti) email	hi, i am celia valenti from van brunt street. i am on a quest to locate my 1st cousins. anyone out there know of any "valenti" from the hook. first names being anthony, patricia, alan, philip?

May 23, 2005 11:19:56
ed murphy email	My sisters annmarie, barbara, nancy and their husbands had a blast at the reunion. they wanted to thank, anthony, nancy, and johnny for the great time, and food and company. Hey Jim Scully, annmarie said you had a webpage with pictures of the Mcmahons and murphys including my father. can you email a copy? thanks, ed murp;hy

May 23, 2005 08:00:44
johnnyperna email	thank you larry for the compliment i am sure nancy and anthony say the same ...i think you and i go back the longest of everyone there ..i believe it was 1958 .. and i think in the 5 or 6 hours we talked we covered every year since then ..thanks larry for the memories..and stevie brian and stef odonnell who i also know about 100 years ..thanks ..and to some people like the murphy girls who drove in from upstate and to dawn silvetti and louise kozak and peggy dellapote who all still look about 25 years old ...thanks for the many laughs .to chaplain nick and wife who by the way he gaveME the the 64 baseball tape in which i will do what i can with and then contact anthony to let everyone know ...to my own wife margaret and sister in law liz ..who heard more about my life in one night than in30 years haha only kidding ...and to everyone else who came thanks for comeing ..i have not had a better time in over 30 years ...and in closeing thanks nancy and thank you anthony .....ANTHONY YOU MADE THIS A SUPER TIME FOR ALL ...NANCY AND I HELPED BUT YOU DID MOST OF IT ...AND I FEEL THAT IT WAS 110 PERCENT SUCCESSFUL ....AND THANKS MARK OUR WEBSITE FOUNDER WITHOUT YOU THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED ....JOHNNY