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NAHANT HARBOR REVIEW • MAY 2006 • Page 16Useless Informationby Ray BarronOrigin of Memorial DayPeter E. Przybycien, Adjutant, Nahant’s AmericanLegion Post, reminds us May 30, Memorial Day, orDecoration Day, was inaugurated in 1868 by GeneralJohn A. Logan, for the purpose of decorating graves ofCivil War veterans and since, became a day on which alldead are commemorated.The Nahant Arts: The BeginningsThe Nahant Arts Association was launched andorganized in 1968, by Linda Van Lear and R. JosephBarisano. Some of the individuals who assisted in thelaunching included: Gail Boyan, Priscilla Carter, MaryCowan, Priscilla Culver, Gail Davis, Carolyn Dineen,George and Gabrielle Eisneberg, Helen Goddard,Winifred Hodges, Coey Hussey, Jay Killian, NancyLeTourneau, Janet McIlveen, Bernice McLaughlin,Charlotte Moore, Pamela Pappas, Calantha Sears, AugustaSigourney, Marjorie Slager, Theodore Sylvia,Maureen Ward, Margaret T. Warren, Diana Garmey,Dorsey Hamer, Eleanor Rosenthal, Grace Snowber, EllenCameron and Marilyn Barisano.The first Nahant Arts Show was staged on the lawnof Nahant Town Hall, June 29, 1968. I reported then,“Over a hundred paintings, and drawings brightenedthe sky above the Town Hall; the Town Hall lawn was acontinuing kaleidoscope of human potential—with interestedNahant citizens, young and old, the creators. Therewas an element of beauty and harmony, or spiritualinvolvement on the part of the people doing the observingof that which had been created, as well as on the part ofthe creators.”The Nahant Arts Show exhibition featured oil paintings,water colors, pastels and drawings, created by adultsand children of all ages. The total works of art came to188! And that is the way it was on Saturday, June 29,1968.As Linda Van Lear stated. “We hope this modesteffort will be the beginning of a warm friendship betweenNahanters and the arts and that this show will be succeededby even more imaginative ventures, in years tocome.”Nahant’s Most Common First NamesWe have many women in Nahant whose first namesare Lisa! Lisa Fitzpatrick, Lisa Arena, Lisa Inello, LisaBenson, Lisa Rizzo, Lisa Easton, Lisa Perella, LissaKeane, yes, Keane uses double s, and of course, theradiant Lisa Scourtas, of Sagan Realtors.Graduation NewsCongratulations Kerry Gordinas of Spring Road!Kerry made the Dean’s List at Salem State College.Congratulations to Aleshia Morin, of Nahant, who ismajoring in business studies, at Southern New HampshireUniversity. She has been named to the President’s List forthe fall 2005 semester. To be eligible for this honor, astudent must compile an academic grade point average of3.5 to 4.0.Nahant’s MAY Birthday Babies!May 1st birthdays:Anita Smiddy, the personablemixologist KenMerlino and the wonderousJoe Muzzioli.May 2: Sweet KellieFrary, Joanne Dunn,Constantin Pezaris andsinger Bing Crosby.May 3: NancyCochran, Mary Luszcz,lovely Dale Cullinan,Haven Wynne, SheilaZamejtis, Bob Proulx, PhilLaubner, Arvard Tompkins,Bill O’Keefe and WynonnaJudd, country singer.May 4 birthday babies:Judi Casper, CindiHanson, Neelam Kumari,Mayann Corinha, RobynHoward, Scott Hess andRandy Travis, countrysinger.May 5: KarenCostello, Deb Kasper,Stacey Schlafman, DickAswad, Jonathan Smith, EdClark, Dan Hamill, MalHill, Denver Goodell andKarl Marx, German philosopher.May 6: GorgeousLinda Hall, Jackie Cifuni,Lisa D’Augusta, EdMihovan and RudolphValentino famed as thescreen’s “Greatest Lover.”May 7 birthday kids:Jackie Connolly, GayleBillias, Barbara Magner,the creative Carter Smith,Arnold Rodner and GaryCooper, film actor.May 8: Maura’sloving husband, BobScalise, Steve Brackett,Herbert Motley and HarryS. Truman, 33rd US president.May 9: BibaRozenbaum, FrancesSpinelli, Coreen Sullivan,Pete Conley, Jim McCurdy,good sport, Attorney JeffMusman, and also celebratinga birthday on May 9,Candice Bergen and BillyJoel.May 10: EvosConstantino, Donna Hayward,Edith and SarahRichardson, Peg Mahoney,Jessica Lerman, AnnaHartigan, Karen Falat,Bruce Cooper, real estatetycoon Don Baker and FredAstaire, actor and dancer.Gee, John Moleti isthe only individual who iscelebrating a birthday onMay 11. Also born on May11, artist Salvador Dali andcomic Phil Silvers.Mother’s Day, May12: Lovely Karen Hill,personable Nikki Polcaro,Cornelia Coffey, TaraButler, Joanne Fucile,Jennifer Edwards, MarthaConnor, Jade Mahoney,Bob Kennedy, Dick Moleti,Richard Melanson andcomposer Burt Bacharach.May 13: Thelma Ross,Art Barreda, StefanPolnicki and singer, StevieWonder.May 14: Judy Loose,Kerry Ward, MarilynSnyder, Enric Munoz, OlafBleck, the swinger, FrankCusack and singer BobbyDarin.May 15 birthday kids:Joan DePalma, Deb Emery,Stephanie MacIsaac, JohnBarry, GretchenCharbonneau, Dr. JohnGergely and singer JanetJackson, Frank L. Baum,author of The Wizard ofOz.May 16 birthdays:Alice Potter, LisaMagarace, Lee McClain,actor Henry Fonda andbandleader Woody Herman.May 17: Dot Collins,Paul Sullivan, John Hawko,Francis Mahoney, ArtAnders, Austin Antrim andactor, Dennis Hopper andactress, MaureenO’Sullivan.May 18: PersonableGail Hyde, Laurie Proulx,Mary Donovan, LorraineLocke, Jennifer Hamill,Dick Baldini, FrankiePappalardo, the hunk,George DeCastro andsinger Perry Como.May 19: PersonableKatie Walton, SuzyWigglesworth, lovelyMaureen Cooksley Walsh,Betty Chittick, Mary IreneDickenson, Marilyn James,Pam Spinney, Jill Cullinan,Alice Morse, GeorgeGriffin, Ed Walsh andMalcolm X, black civilrights leader. I knewMalcolm X, when he wasMalcolm Little and livingin Boston. My views ofhim are included in theCBS film, “The RealMalcolm X.”May 20 birthdaycandle blowers: The brilliantand personable,Teacher’s Aide, Teresa“Terry” Clark, Kate Taylor,Anne Farr, Bill Andrews,Steve Switzer and singer,Cher.May 21: Lovely ArlynHubbell, Mike Kenneally,Billy Andrews and DebbyAliff.May 22 birthdays:Charming LindaChristoforidis, May Redder,Karen Barberie, JanetRoemmel, PeggyAlexander and DaveKenepp.May 23: ColleenKigin, Jodie Langevain,Peter Barba, singer, RosemaryClooney and JoanCollins, English-bornHollywood actress.May 24 birthday giftopeners: Lea Lewis, lovelyJean Lucantonio, RuthanneSwitzer, Kathy Forbush,and sweet Marie Muzzioli.May 25: MeideleBernice Degen, EileenFamulari, Jim Lennox,Strates Frangules and poet,Ralph Waldo Emerson.May 26: CandanceThornton, the serene LindaJenkins, John Martin andactor, John Wayne, singerPeggy Lee, Sally Ride,America’s first womanastronaut.May 27: GorgeousNancy Risch, ErinDeGrande, Francis Farr, thenoted plumbologist PhilBaldwin, Hubert Humphreyand Henry Kissinger.May 28 birthdays:Ann Sirois, Marie Martin,Deidre Elias, charmingCarmel Burrell, DanaGoodell, GiuseppeDesmond, Matt Hatfieldand Ian Fleming, novelistwho created James Bond.May 29: Sax playerSarah Anderson, Mary Fox,Priscilla Clark, John F.Kennedy, 35th US presi-(Continued on next page.)
NAHANT HARBOR REVIEW • MAY 2006 • Page 17Birthdays(continued)Nahanters With UnusualFirst NamesEnrichetta Ricciardelli, Alba Brahm, SamanthaSeguin, Samantha Boucher, Nikki Kennedy, DayseMoretto, Cassie Priftakis, Inga Deluca, Nina Hall, AislynO’Neill, Kavita Kumari, Neelam Kumari, MarveneKasper, Adriano Nannini, Kalomoira Speridakos, RahulKalke, Dena Kivett, Octavia Randolph, Rena Fantasia,Lillita Weiskel, Flossie Frangules, Noel Spinney-Costin,Valeriy Kostenko, Talia Petrucci, Rosana Lamas, PastakyFateme, Abbas Soleymani, Lyudmila Gruzdena, GennadyKhatsernov, Stelios Smirnakis, Limitrice Bullock, NetteLarkin, Moira Kelly, Ivanka Vavaroutsos, Knut Fisher,Nastascia Nocera, Quittene Copeland, Achilles Bryanos,Ermiinia Rossetti, Athena Testa, Daisy Arena, SharleneQueenan, Glenice Russo, Zac Hahn, Frederica Banning,Moira Crowley, Clayton Purdy, Kirk Palmer, AlessandroMassaro, Rosella Lent, Orlando Pelligrini, ConchitinaZappata, Marielia Munoz, Kalliope Koukounaris,Margarida Torchinana, Minervina Nobrega, PanamaiManadee, Kristina Etter, Torrey Kovalesky, AristanaScourtas, Derek Christensen and Triantafillos Pinakas.Friends of the Library Anniversarydent and comedian, BobHope.May 30 birthdays: EllenMorse, Louise Gillis,Patricia Podrug, lovelyAntonette Spinucci, KenTurino, Joe Giardella andMel Blanc, voice-overartist who was the voice ofBugs Bunny and DaffyDuck.May 31, wish a happybirthday to Mary Messina,Eva Markos, DotO’Connor, personable AlWhite, Erin Poth, GadGeiger, and lovely TaylorElizabeth Reeh.And remember to sendbirthday cards and gifts (nobooks) to the personableDan deStefano. ComesAugust, Dan will be celebratinghis 15th anniversaryas This Nahant’s month Librarian. marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of theNahant Library. Proudly stated, I was responsible for originating and organizing theFriends of the Library. In brief, with the assistance of The American Library Association,and advice from Marcia Wiswell of the Lynnfield Public Library, I recruited PollyCarter and Winnie Hodges to help in organizing the Friends.In brief, the Friends of the Library was founded to raise funds to provide the librarywith equipment and programs that would benefit the community, but are not covered bythe library budget.It was on the evening of Friday, May 11, 1971, the Friends of the Nahant Librarywas officially organized and launched.The original officers and members of the Friends of the Library, I served as President,Winnie Hodges, Vice President, Phyllis Wooden, Secretary, Barbara Kostick,Treasurer, and Jean Smith, Membership Chairperson.The individuals, who attended that historic meeting to help establish The Friends ofthe Library: Marilyn Barisano, Anne Bertorelli, Barbara Brownlie, Ruth Brownell,Carmen Burell, Edith Bruce, Polly Carter, Claire Collins, Anne Cote, Mary and HoratioCowan, Edna Doran, Barbara Duggan, Mary Ann Evaul, Conover Fitch, PatriciaFitzgerald, Peggy Hinricks, Carmel Langin, Sarah Larson, Harriet Magro, BerniceMcLaughlin, Sarah McLaughlin, Mary Morgan, Annie Murphy, Trinity Pappas, MargaretSnell and James Wong. And that’s the way it was!We have the diligent Robin deStefano to thank for keeping the Friends of theLibrary alive and active. Bless her!Truth About Mother’s DayThe charming Janet Benkert, of Maolis Road, reminds us of the origin of Mother’sDay. In brief, it originated in 1907 in Grafton, West Virginia. Through the efforts of MissAnna M. Jarvis, she arranged a special church service marking the second anniversaryof her mother’s death in 1905. She requested that those attending the service wear whitecarnations, which she supplied. The first formal observances of Mother’s Day were heldin Grafton and in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. The custom spread rapidly until, by1911, every state in the Union was participating in Mother’s Day exercises, held on thesecond Sunday in May.The electrifying Ed Poulin, of Irving Way, says, “Another Mother’s Day that’sauthentic, but not authorized, is the day school reopens in September.” Ed’s stunningwife, Gayle, says,”To the mother of young children, there’s a time and place for everything,except rest.”Cal Hastings, of Nahant Road, says, “God could not be everywhere, so he mademothers.” Cal’s alluring wife Marrit, says, “A mother is a housewife, whose idea ofleisure is the free time she has to indulge in other domestic chores.”Sheila Hambleton, of Kenney Avenue, says, “There is nothing like the joy ofmotherhood, especially when all the children are in bed.”Call me for a freemarket analysis.Cell:781.799.7777Judi MocciaOffice:781.592.0075judi.moccia@coldwellbanker.comWe sell new tanks anddispose old tanks20 lb tank -*If you purchase a new tank, wewill dispose 1 old tank FREE50 BENNETT ST• LYNN 781-593-4620Donna’s Treasures Jewelryis NOW On-the-Beach atKENNEDY STUDIOS402 Humphrey Street, Swampscott781-592-1033The fashion forecast for summer calls for neutralshades of tan, beige, cream and white. 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