Day: March 19, 2012

General Omar Nelson Bradley Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

"We are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind or whether to act, and in acting, to live"

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General Omar Nelson Bradley (1891-1983)
Among the most intellectual men ever to command the United States Armed Forces, Bradley graduated from West Point just before WWI, in the same class as Dwight Eisenhower. He returned there to teach mathematics between the wars, and then worked at the War Department for George Marshall, eventually rising to command the 82ndAirborne at the outbreak of WWII. Sent to North Africa in overall command by Eisenhower, he moved to London in 1943 to help plan the Normandy Invasion. Later in the war he became embroiled in the political tussle between Montgomery and Patton and was blamed for reverses associated with the Battle of the Bulge.

After the war, Bradley was promoted to Army Chief of Staff and then the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Truman, and later NATO Commander. He was influential in the dismissal of Douglas MacArthur as the head of the United States forces in Korea, and in the policies that resulted in the Korean stalemate. Active in industry during his retired life, Bradley was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ford in 1971.

Greg Bover

Fish Is A Fighting Food Poster From The US Office Of War Information 1945

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Ann Kennedy submits-

Hi Joey.  I came across this cool poster online while doing some research for my blog.  Meat was scarce in NE in ’45 and as you know, the promotion of fish was widespread.  The poster was originally printed by the US Office of War Information.  (If you want to post the poster, no need to include my comment unless relevant.  The poster is available at www.artnectar.com.)  I just think it’s a great image.

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I know Joe Testaverde knows a little something about those take out baskets.  I’d like to have a nickel for every one I ever dumped on the culling table at the dock.  They had a long long life on the waterfront.  We also used the ones with the same types of frame but with net which would allow the ice to drop through.  Joe Testaverde, did they sell them with that canvas or with the net or once that duck canvas material wore away did they mend in the netting around the frame to keep use of them?  I can’t remember if they were sold with the net or if they were just repaired that way. I can’t be that old can I?

Whiting, cod, haddock, pollock they all got offloaded the same way.  They have a guy using that double pulley though and lifting it by hand.  In my day at least we got to use the winch.

Renewal of Newell Stadium Donor Recognition & Auction Event

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The Gloucester Fishermen Athletic Association is closing in on its fundraising efforts for the Renewal of Newell Stadium.  On March 24th, there will be an event at the Elks at Bass Rocks to help bring us closer to the goal line.  The live auction will be run by professional auctioneer, Walt Kolenda.  There will also be a silent auction with nearly 100 items!

  • The GFAA is extremely grateful to the Gloucester community for its generosity to date and for its acknowledgement of the importance of rebuilding the recreational facility for the benefit of its student athletes as well as for the entire community. 
    Some featured items: 
       Original artwork by Mary Ann Wenniger, Phil Cusumano, Natalie Daley, David Sears, Fred Kepler, Mace Wenniger
       Antique furniture
     
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Autographed Curt Schilling jersey
Sporting event tickets
Golf outings at Essex County Club, Bass Rocks, Turner Hill
A private performance by The Docksiders
Bountiful gift baskets
  Disney 1-Day Hopper passes for four
Attraction tickets and gift certificates galore!
Mariposa serving tray
  And MUCH, MUCH more!

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.  Tickets are now being sold at Destino’s, Cape Ann Savings Bank, Palazola’s, Jeff’s Variety and Christine’s Variety.

For more information or to make a donation, please email Kristin Michel, donation coordinator at newelldonations@gmail.com or call her at 978-290-6035.

2012 St Josph’s Novena Trolley

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Special thanks to all of the beautiful families who welcomed us into their homes, Sefathia for organizing the Trolley, Bob Ryan from CATA and Eddie Salah who donated his time to drive the Novena Trolley and our trolley mates who did the 2012 Novena crawl.

The work put in by these families is truly astounding and we are all honored by the welcoming by each and every house and huge props go out to the women, men and children that keep this tradition alive.  You are what makes our community special.

Kim Smith will do her usual knock out job covering the entire thing in a much more refined manner than my stuff but it will take a bit for her to chew through all the footage.

In the mean time, I’ll be doing a separate post each day from each family, some had more coverage than other from me as while The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad were still with us I wanted to spend that time with them.

First off, the Trolley-

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Click the slideshow below to see the larger sized pictures of the thumbnails-

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Video with Sefathia explaining what it’s all about-