Festa di San Rocco 1928 The Aliquippa Gazette THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THE SOUTH SIDE Aliquippa, PA., Tuesday, August 14, 1928 Vol. VII No. 27 - TWELVE PAGES - TWO CENTS Formerly The Woodlawn Gazette Established 19?? (illegible) WEATHER Fair today; and warmer tomorrow; showers afternoon or night. ST. ROCCO’S DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED AUGUST 18 - 19 BY ITALIAN POLITICAL CLUB CELEBRATION STARTS WITH BATTERY DISPLAY ON SATURDAY AT NOONDAY PARADE WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING        Under the auspices of the Italian Political Musical club, the fourth anniversary celebration of Saint Rocco’s Day will be staged in Aliquippa on Saturday and Sunday, August 18th and 19th, when a two-day program will be carried out on Plan 11.        The celebration will start at 12 o’clock noon, on Saturday with a battery display. From 2 to 4 p.m., the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation band will march over the Plan 11 streets and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the band will give a concert at the Plan 11 band stand.        In the evening at 8:30 o’clock there will be a dance in the Fourth avenue hall, music for the dancing being furnished by the ten Pennsylvania Ramblers. At 10:30 p.m. there will be a grand display of fireworks on the Plan 11 hill by the Pennsylvania Fireworks company.        Sunday, August 19th, the J & L Steel Corporation band will march over Plan 11 streets in the morning and Carl D’Atri’s concert band form West Aliquippa, will march from Plan 7 to Plan 11 and join the J & L band. At 9 a.m. the parade will start on Jefferson Street, Plan 11 and will move down Fifth avenue hill to Franklin avenue to St. Titus church where a special high mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m.        After mass, the parade will move along Franklin Avenue and return to Plan 11 where the remainder of the day will be given over to entertainment and band concerts. If you have any photos you wish to have scanned into our database, or believe you have additional information concerning photos already posted, please feel free to contact us. Thank you for visiting... please stop back! Return to History Page - 1928 Return to San Rocco Events Page