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fe 1 BOLLETTINU rraLO--CANADESE The efforts of the' Circolo Colom-- bo card committee are commencing to bear fruit of the most luscious and satisfying tasfte. -- Ere I proceed further, listen to my humble words of praise. Commendation is 'due the many > card social --supporters\in-- our community. For example, I might mention Mrs. . Mastrangelo, founder of that powerful bowling aggregati-- on, the Seven Sisters. Then, t0o, we have Mrs. Passayanti--always ready and willing.. Suffice it to say that these two are representative of the countless 'other card fans worthy 'of sincere thanks. _ ; -- Hello!... .. Operator, will you ple-- ase dial that number once more? I'm getting pfetty -- tired...... Thank you... Hello!... Hello!!.. My num-- ber? What's that got to do with it ?. It's Isegoin U2U2.... O. K. I'll hold the line.... Great heavens! How long is this going to last?.... Hel-- lo!!E. .' Is that the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Colonialite?.... Say, I've been trying to get,. your --place for over an hour.... How am I to know that you were taking a bath?.. Just a second will you please?... Say operator, if you are listening in will you please chase the squirrels off the wiFes so as I can . make . myself Member's Corner The third card party held under the auspices of the Circolo Colombo once again came through with honor marks on Monday, last. A goodly as-- sembly of colonialites were there to display their prowess at playing cards. One might comment that this affair was very similar to the ones staged in the past. No siree, my fri-- end; I have just cause . to dispute such an erroneous assertion. . Firstly, the general -- conduct of each player was saintly. That is to say,..players did not' gad about the hall discussing other people's plays or--card holdings. In the past, the theme song has been, "Over Some-- body Else's Shoulder". That is pas-- se. One has never before witnessed such a large number of quiet, unas-- suming card -- enthusiasts. Players were most orderly in the changing of tables. By the use of Clarabelle Cow's pealing necklace, players were made to move simultaneously. Un-- necessary confusion _ was . carefully avoided. Who will deny the fact that such an improvement dia not urofit each individual score, did not help each player to play better? Secondly, the prizes distributed were more generous than the preceding ones awarded. _ * ; Mrs. C. Ponessi, first in -- ladies' bridge and winner of a beautiful, ex-- pensive 26 piece tea--set, offered 2643 as the high score for the evening. Mr. V. Piccininni, secretary of the Circolo, accepted a pair of handsome-- ly finished military brushes for his score of 2513 in the men's bridge. Another tea--set was . won by Mrs. Barreca by virtue of her high score of 89 in scopa. Don Romanelli clinch-- ed first prize in men's scopa with the highest score to date--92. Military brushes went his way also. . Eddie Pellettier clicked again; this time his prize came out of a hat. Ed-- die walked off with the men's draw prize. The Romanellis did well on Monday night. Too well, in fact. Charming Eva Romanelli, whose he-- alth stocks suffered a severe decline not so long ago, sufficiently shook Dame Fortune's hand to be awarded the ladies' draw. Eva is another of our supporters worthy of any praise this writer might bestow. The standing to date in bridge and scopa are as follows: Bridge 9909990999999000 9909999999999 to be paid in advance 1. Mrs. J. Lobraico ........ 245 2. N. Yanuztello..;......... 294 8. John De Rose .......... 252 0$0000000009000000080000000 SUBSCRIPTION TO i il Bollettino Bridge and Scopas well organized d.. T. Battaglia .. 2. Ed. Pellettier . 3. Mrs. G. Grossi up to January 1st 1936 Oh, Mr.\ Bell! $2.00 Scopa Social Highlights 5833 5827 5245 heard?.... Thanks, very much.... Okay to go ahead now?.... Golly, that's fast squirre] chasing. :. Hel-- lo!.. Are you there?.. No, I didn't think you had gone up to take an-- other bath... By the way, what are you doing New Year's Eve?... I know it is none of my business.. I'm not trying to make a date, you know.. What have I got in mind?.. You've heard of the Circolo Colombo, haven't you?.. Uh, huh, that's it. The club on St. Patrick Street.... What of it?.. Well, every year they feature a New Year's Frolic that is the talk of the town.... What do I want you to do about it?... Plenty! Start telling your friends about it and if you have to go out on New Year's Eve come to the Circolo.... You'll think it over?...: That's fi-- Freedom of the press is one privi-- lege offered by a civilized nation to any law--abiding citizen. However, this so--called privilege was recently abused by one of our contemporary publications of lesser fame. We shall see how this breach was effected in a later paragraph. ne.... Okay, I'll let you know more about it hext week.... G'bye.... . No article was more timely than that which appeared in last week's issue of . "il _ Bollettino" entitled, "That Filthy Hush". In it, the author rallied to the defence of the late Nicholas Selvaggio. Literally speak-- ing, the paper _ did everything but slap the face of the deceased! A sad state of affairs, my friends. If you can recall, this publication asked the ridiculous question. "Was the dece-- ased a victim of some Fascist in-- trigue? -- or words to that effect.. It is a direct insult to the honor of Toronto's Italian citizenry. Tf that is the kind of copy the re-- ading public craves, then I fear that Toronto's standard of intelligence is being greatly demoralized! _ Two of ' Toronto's -- better--known daily newspapers did not have the boldness to spread such an unfor-- tunate incident over their front pa-- ges as this certain weekly publicati-- on did. They believed it to be just a common every--day occurrence.Why, then, must this "black sheep" of jo-- urnalism resort to such copy? True enough, a certain amount of sen-- sationalism is required in, journalism but this is sensationalism of the very lowest order. This parking dilemma! What cur-- sed restrictions befall each motor vehicle operator wheresoever he or she chooses to roam/ Is there no end to many of the more severe prohibi-- tions? The man behind the steering apparatus has been sapped of his last ounce of patience! What now, Mr. Draper ? i -- Attention, Mr. Draper Humorously _ enough, such'a con-- dition has prompted me to, place before you a rather amus-- ing and enlightening parody entitled, "To Park Or Not To Park". If you have, at one time or another, been very Shakespearianly _ inclined, you will 'readily notice that such a wri':-| ing was wholly _ influenced by that immortal Hamlet soliloquy, "To be or not to be". 5 To park or not to park, that is the question; ; Whether 'tis better to drive on further And hope at least to find a one hour parking limit, Or slip into the space there, near the fire plug, And by parking, risk a warrant.-- To park right here, 'tis true Would save much time forsooth and end my fruitless driving , Around the block--But darn it all-- There's that Cursed hydrant--To stop--to park-- may come, ; When I have shuffled up before the judge, He might even say, "Thirty Days". I'll risk it not. Mr. Draper, we prey upon your kind, sympathetic,» generous nature. Is there no relief in gight? We implo« re you to relieve us of this neme-- sis! to court, Perchance to jail, ay, there's the rub, For in that traffic court, what fines Privileges Abused To Park Or Not To Park A very important special general meeting will be held in the club rooms on Sunday, December 2nd. at 3.00 p. m. The chief purpose of this meeting is to hear the executive out-- line to the assembly the plans for beautifying the premises. The Execu-- tive has made a comprehensive study of the Club's needs and, if recom-- mendations are approved, the work will be proceeded with at once. Let each member show his interest in the progress being made and turn out to voice his opinion--favorable or otherwise. Members are recom-- mended to carefully consider each project and to vote according to their honest belief. Last Sunday night, the -- cafeteria was honored by the presence of that master cooker, Joe Piccininni. Who can dispute Joe's prowess whereso-- ever culinary technique is involved ? It seems that Joe has finally suc-- cumbed to the insistent demands of the boys for a real honest--to--good-- ness spaghetti dinner. Incidentally, Joe is initiating his son Dodo into this most delicate of arts. We were very pleased to see that Joe is back at his most coveted \post. And did you know that Joe is officially signed up with the Dizzy Johns bowling squad ? Special Meeting Sunday With a few more ardent followers of the ancient and _ honorable pas-- times of billiards and bowling, such as R. Albertello, J. Paul, D. Roma-- nelli and N. Altilia, the club would be assured of nary a dull moment for its members.... A warning for John Longo. A villain in the person of Don Romanelli is attempting to usurp your officigl position as ladies' bowling coach. ,… Attention, mem. bers! Any member of the house committee is . authorized to receive any complaints or suggestions that are forthcoming» from the members. The object of this move is to elimin-- ate grievances and also to act in an official capacity, as well as judicial, whenever questions arise that are due to cause discord amongst the club members. For example, the other evening a dispute arose in con-- nection with the time allotted for snooker playing. Closing time was not so very distant. The caretaker, unfortunately, attempted to stop any further snooker--playing without the customary notice to the players. This, of course, immediately aroused the ire of the membersg -- concerned and heated discussion arose. If this matter had been referred to any of the house committee members pre-- sent at the time, the affair would have died a sudden death. For your information, the members of the ho. use committee are as follows: John Grieco, Joe Garbarino, Sam Masiello, John _ Ponesse,. Fred Catena, John Maroni, Jimmy Simone and Bob Po-- lito... Leo Romanelli was so anxious to lend his support to the good old Circolo last Monday evening that he turned up in full evening dress so as to partake of a few games of bridge and bowling ere he hustled off to his duties at the King Eddie. This type of good will is highly commen-- dable and is typical of the actions displayed by many of our other con-- scientious members....A word of praise to Gid De Spirt. Perhaps it is unknown to many but Gid is the or-- ganizer of the Ladies' Bowling le-- ague for this year. The amount of people patronizing his efforts show that his success is assured. 3 o ui | -- y > T 010 = Mrs. A. Rufran, formerly of To-- ronto and now of Niagara Falls, N. Y., 'enacted the role of hostess to a group of Torontonians last Satur-- day night. The«guests left just eno-- ugh of Toronto behind to make their hostess somewhat homesick. Inciden-- tally, Mr. and Mrs. Rufran are con-- templating a visit to Toronto in the near future.... Mr. and Mrs. P. Dis-- tasi, recent newlyweds, last Sunday entertained their 'bridal attendants at dinner at their Henderson Ave., residence.... Mr. P. Palange has been ailing with a serious cold..... Ab Pellettier is the lamb but we would like to know who Mary is in this case!.... I am going to let the bell ring until I get an -- answer! Bravo! Bravo! Random Shots Odds And Ends BOLLETTINO A great, big hurrah for the Circolo boys in the form of the Jockey\CLub bowling team, sturdy bowlers of the Knights of Columbus house. league. , Last Tuesday the lads walked off with top honors in the first leg -- of the season's series by a single point! Quite an achievement, . eh what? Thgy are now in line for the major prize awarded at the season's end. Great work, boys! ; When are we going to hear from the D. 0. S. S.?.... The U. of T. Fratel-- lanza staged that pre--Xmas affair of theirs on Wednesday 'night at the College and Bay Streets tea--room. I understand the lads and lassies had a swell time. … Boy, am I the news hound ? .. . . I'll bite.am T7 ..:. Why; bore you any longer.... S'long. # *# o# Let us not overlook the sterling struggle which the Italian Retail Merchants' Association is waging. As you know, quite a . number--of fruit merchants on. Danforth Ave. have been criticized for their so--cal-- led unsanitary display of ' merchan-- dise on the sidewalks. However, the association contends that such a dis-- play is not unsanitary and that they have practised this form of merchan-- dising for many years. We wish the Italian -- Retailers every success in their fight.: Last night at Columbus Halk the local Fascio Femminile tendered a dance to raise funds for the Befana Fascista which each Christmas che. ers the homes of the needy in our colony. ' The affair was wel! dotted with social satellites and other prominent colonial celebrities. Gaiety ran high. Nothing was spared to ensure the guests a. swell evening well--spent. -- > More Fascio news, my friends. This prominent organization is plan-- ning a bridge and scopa social . for the eve?iing' of December 11. It is an annual affair promoted by this society which always seems to at-- tract. the social interest of the colony. As a winner at one of their former card parties, I believe I can speak from -- experience. I will ' say that should the same standard of quality be maintained in the distribution of prizes for this -- year's affair, their success is guaranteed! We wish this organization every social success! 11 Dicembre-- Scopa e Bridge Par-- ty delle Giovani Italiane al Circolo Colombo. 18 Dicembre-- Teatro Italiano alla St. Patrick Hall. ; 20 Dicembre -- Ballo della Societa Friulana al Circolo Colombo. 1 Gennaio -- Ballo di Capodanno al Circolo Colombo. : \ 16 Gennaio -- Ballo annuale della Fratellanza a Columbus Hall 11. Febbraio-- Ballo del Fascio Calendario Coloniale JIM BROWNING É he > &4 | LOCAL FASCIO ENTERTAINS -- Present . Two Former World's Champions Flash! Flash!! Thur., Dec. 6th, 8.30 p. MAPLE LEAF GARDENS Three Thrilling Preliminaries DEL DICK SHIKAT -- Wrestling -- EXHIBITIONS VS, On Monday night there was a re-- newal of the feud between Jockey Club and Columbus Coal which has been raging since last season and again the Jockey Club boys slipped 'one over. They took «three points 'but they had to bowl well nigh to 3500 to do it. Longo again proved to be the thorn in the side of the opposition with a single game of 332. Pio was right there with 317 and 261 followed by Nick who rol-- 'led 256. Rossi had the highest single game for the losers with 309 and DeZorzi was the best in three games with 736. ii ; The first lap of the Circolo Co-- lombo bowling league was brought to a clese this week. From all indi-- cations there will be a lively scram. ble for the five coveted positions and at this time there are no favo-- rites. The Columbus Coal who fi-- nished first last season with an av-- erage better than three points per week, are again leading this year but with only a 2.4 average. The cause of -- this is due to the fact that a weak team will usually smite down one or the other of the leaders with regularity. On Tuesday the Pellettiers obtain-- ed three points by a slim margin, winning the last game by one pin. Even a slight varying of, the bre-- aks would have meant four points to the other team. Jack Hanna was again the best on either team with 731 but this would have been much higher if it wasn't for a very pain-- ful knock .that he received on his ankle. E. Pellettier had a single ga-- me of 298. Ponesse and Giuffre we-- re the best for the losers with 642 and 632 respectively. . On Wednesday ~evening Angelo's Hotel took four points from the low-- ly Standards who sorely missed their captain, Angelo 'Teolis. Bernardo and Gismondi were the best bowlers for the winning team with 725 and 703 respectively.. Cardella was the best for the losers with 679 but he was far ahead of his lowly team-- mates. 11 Marzo-- Ballo dell'Ordine Figli d'Italia. 22 Aprile-- Ballo del Circolo Colom-- bo. Il municipio di Toronto ha deciso di aumentare la licenza ai venditori ambulanti, da $10 a. $15, per proteg-- gere le aziende seriamente stabilite; aumentare il valore tassabile -- dei terreni vacanti che si usano per af-- fitto agli automobili; dare alla poli-- zia l'autorita' di -- revocare le licenze ner la vendita di carbone. MONDAY Dec. 3rd. …… TUESDAY Dec. 4th. …… WEDNESDAY Dec. 5th. . THURSDAY Dec. 6th. … NEL CONSIGLIO MUNICIPALE a ul Sharply at eight o'clock the Ques-- BOWLING NEWS QUESTION MARKS GAMES WEEK OF DEC. 3 . Pellettiers vs. Spor . Eatons vs. Standar . Columbus Coal vs. Angelo's I . Dizzy Johns vs. Tip--To . The girls, however, stick strictly to bowling and as a result turned in \some nice games. R. Pellettier was best with a 321 total and Babe Palan-- ge had a nice single game of 165. We notice the -- names ' of two new= comers to this group, namely_ E. Rapson and V. Sannella, and trust 'that they will honor us with their 'presence every week. The former bowled two 'nice games for a begin-- ner and was the cynosure of many eyes: _ i Wildcats _ Bowling News The bridge team, which has now changed their name to the Pluggers, again took.a couple more raps on the chin in the Wildeat Bowling Le-- ague. The _victors this time wew the . Seven Sisters who give, the -- to that proverb that says 7 and beauty don't go togethe had the highest single game for the sisters with 155 -- and Chrissy was highest. with 272 for the two games. On the Pluggers team Val, had the high single with 167 and high two with 262. The downfall of this team seems to lie in the fact that the often bowl games that are near their age than their weight. _ tion Marks _ trooped into the Clul and our three Lotharios stood up brushed off the cobwebs, stretched : bit, yawned, and then leaped into ac tion. None other than Jimmy Simo. ne, Sammy Masiello and Johnny Po nesse. ; In the second encounter of evening Our Pals took three points from the Buzzers by bowling two magnificent games. Rose Cairo with a single game of 203 and a total of 373 was the star of her team. Her teammates were right with her, how= ever, and nearly all hit over 300 for -- totals. The Buzzers also bowled con-- sistently well and Ida Fattori ed off the highest single of alr®@R girls for the evening with 218 whi certainly is a score to be proud of. We notice that the Buzzers have in-- duced, Ann. McCabe to continue her . bowling and are glad to number her -- amongst our patrons. Best wishes The usual repast was . consume after the game but the girls stil continue to bring their own food Apparently, they place a high valu on their digestive systems. for a good bowling year. i u e e ; Columbus Coal Tip Tops 16 Pellettieri 14 Eatons 11 High Three Games H. Battorl su, n en e ne e dne High Single Team Score Columbus Coal ;... .. ……… 14TT High Three Team Score Columbus Coal ……… …… 10020 Three Games, 700 or over: -- De Zorzi 736; Rossi 727; Elia 805; Longo ' 749; Gismondi 7083; G. Ber-- nardo 725. ' Single game, 250 or over | . Garbarino 252; De Zorzi 279; Ros-- si 309; Elia 317, 261; Longo 332; Pe-- rugini 256; E. Pellettieri 293; Han-- nah 254; Cardella 274; Gismondi 270; G. Bernardo 260, 285; V. Bernardo 286; Waterfall 262; N. Maiola 278; Dray 270. i e . High Single Game 'Î Costabile : : s . ssl e ne dn n i on 2000009099200000 0 9900000909 ABBONAMENTO A 699090000099000990090009908 Seven Sisters ......l....... 10 'Our. Pals ". :.; a. .. .sorse cesc d Buzzers loo eno e n e ne i sen e ee0 Plugger@ . co e s e i eo e n e e oi e0 Schedule for Fri. Dec. 7th 8.00 Buzzers vs. Pluggers 9.30 Our Pals vs. Seven Sisters da pagarsi anticipato da oggi al 1Lo Gennaio 1936 Past Pres. Jos. Piccinint President Angelo Teoli Vice--Pres. Art. Fattor Secretary Vincent Piccining [reasurer N. F. A. Scandiffi EXECUTIVE OF THE CL il Bollettino Editor for this page SAM MASIELLO $2.00 Standing : 30 Novembre 1 Standing 17--Angelo' Hotel 16 4 -- -- Jockey Club 15 -- -- Dizzy Johns 13 , ss Sta.ndàî%ss 1(' i )