Festa di San Rocco 1930 The Aliquippa Gazette THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THE SOUTH SIDE Aliquippa, PA., Tuesday, August 12, 1930 Vol. IX No. 27 - Ten Pages - Two Cents Member of United Press Member of P.N.P.A. WEATHER Fair and continued cool tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and not quite so cool ITALIANS TO HONOR SAINT ROCCO SIXTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION WILL BE TWO DAYS UNDER AUSPICES ITALIAN CLUBS Saturday And Sunday August 16 and 17 Are Dates Set For Big Festival On Plan 11 Hill CHILDREN WILL BE IN PARADE        Under the auspices of the Italian Musical and Political club, the Italians of Aliquippa will hold their sixth annual celebration in honor of St. Rocco, patron saint of Patrica. This celebration will cover two days, Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17. The feast will take place on Plan 11 hill, but every section of Aliquippa is invited to join in making this the greatest and most successful of all celebrations.        On Saturday the 16th, at 2 p.m., the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation band will parade around the streets of Plan 11. Then they will enter the bandstand and give a concert in the open until 10:30 p.m. taking an hour off for dinner. Under the able direction of bandmaster, Walter Iacobucci, the musical program will be varied and suitable to most refined tastes of music lovers. At 10:30 p.m. there will be a grand display of fireworks, which will be turned over to the Ohio Fireworks Manufacturing Display company, of Bellaire, OH.        On Sunday, the 17th, the band will parade over the Plan 11 streets again, playing popular numbers and marches. The paraders will march to the Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street hall, where they will be joined by a number of little children dressed in white, bearing the standard with the patron saint’s effigy. Here also the Sons of Italy and Italian Political club members will join the parade, which will move down Jefferson, Fifth Avenue, Sheffield Avenue and then cut into Franklin Avenue along Cochran Street.        Marching along Franklin Avenue, the parade will stop at St. Titus Roman Catholic church, where Rev. Leo Coleman and two other priests will celebrate solemn high mass in honor of St. Rocco, at 11:30 a.m.        After mass, the parade will go back to Plan 11. There it will disband at 2 p.m., the band will play another program until 11:30 p.m. with a short interval for dinner. There are different forms of diversions all day in which every one may participate. The musical program for the two-day celebration follows: Saturday Evening “Star Spangled Banner”, Walter Damrosch “Champion Overture”, George Southwell “Aido Fantasie”, Guiseppe Verdi “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna”, F. V. Suppe “Ernanni Selection”, G. Verdi “Barbiere Di Seviglia Cavanti”, G. Rossini Sunday Evening “America”, Arr. By E. Beyer “Song From the Old Folks”, Arr. By M. L. Lake “Cavalleria Rusticana”, P. Mascagni “William Tell Overture”, G. Rossini “La Battaglia Solferino Fantasia Militare”, Arr. By P. A. “Mefistofele Fantasie”, A. Boito “Midnight Fantasie”, Di O. Carlini The committees and officers are as follows: President - Pete Del Greco Vice President - Cesare Biancucci Secretary - Laurino Colonna Cashier - Saverio Ruscitti Controller - Henry Bufalini Asst. Controller - Silvino Salvati        The committee taking care of the children’s parade is under the direction of Mrs. Onorino Tolassi, assisted by Mary Salvati, Tillie Simoni and Rose Montini. Honorary president of this celebration is Joseph Guira.        The people of Aliquippa and surrounding towns are cordially invited to participate in the celebration. The Aliquippa Gazette THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THE SOUTH SIDE Aliquippa, PA., Friday August 15, 1930 CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF ST. ROCCO Italians Of Aliquippa Will Stage Two-Day Program With Fireworks Display Tomorrow Night And Big Parade Sunday        The sixth annual celebration in honor of Saint Rocco, patron saint of Patrica, under the auspices of the Italian Musical and Political club of Aliquippa, will begin tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, when Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation band will parade around the streets of Plan 11.        Following the parade at 2 o'clock, the band will give an open-air concert until 10:30 o'clock tomorrow night, taking an hour off for dinner. Walter Iacobucci, is director of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation band. At 10:30 o'clock there will be a grand display of fireworks on the Plan 11 hill.        On Sunday, August 17, the band will again parade over the streets of Plan 11, and will be joined in their Sunday parade by a number of little children dressed in white, bearing the saint's effigy, and the Sons of Italy, and Italian Political club members. The Sunday morning parade will move down Jefferson, Fifth avenue, Sheffield avenue, and then out into Franklin avenue along Cochran st.        High mass will be celebrated at St. Titus Roman Catholic church at 11:30 a.m., in honor of St. Rocco.        During Sunday afternoon and evening, the band will again play on Plan 11.        The committees and officers in charge of the celebration are: President, Pete Del Greco. Vice President, Cesare Bianucci. Secretary, Laurino Colonna. Cashier, Saverio Ruscitti. Controller, Henry Bufallni. Assistant Controller, Silvino Salvati        The committee taking care of the children's parade is under the direction of Mrs. Onorino Tolassi, assisted by Mary Salvati, Tillie Simoni, and Rose Montini. Honorary president of this celebration is Joseph Giura.        The people of Aliquippa and surrounding towns are cordially invited to participate in the celebration. 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 - 1930 Return to San Rocco Events Page