Festa di San Rocco 1931 The Aliquippa Gazette THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THE SOUTH SIDE Aliquippa, PA., August 14, 1931 Vol. X No. 28 - Twelve Pages Member of United Press Member of P.N.P.A. ITALIAN CLUB WILL HONOR SAINT ROCCO IN CELEBRATION TWO DAYS DISPLAY OF AERIAL FIREWORKS WILL OPEN THE PROGRAM AT 2 P.M. ON SATURDAY, BAND CONCERTS IN EVENING PARADE SUNDAY PRECEDES MASS        The Musical and Political Italian club of Aliquippa will hold the seventh annual celebration in honor of the club’s patron, Saint Rocco, tomorrow and Sunday, on Plan 11.        A display of aerial fireworks will mark the beginning of the celebration at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. The Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation band, under the leadership of Walter Iacobucci, will play and parade through the principal streets of Plan 11, after which the band will enter a motor van which will take the musicians to Station Street, Hopewell avenue and Plan 7. The band will march at each of these points.        From 7:00 to 11:00 p.m., at half-hour intervals, the band will give a concert on a stage erected on Jefferson street, between Third and Second avenues. After the concert, a display of fireworks will be set off by the Rozzi Fireworks company of New Castle.        A parade will be held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock which will be composed of members of the Musical and Political Italian Club, a group of more than 50 small girls and boys dressed in white; three of them carrying the standard (illegible) images of St. Rocco, with invited lodges following the children and including Sons of Columbus, Sons of Supino and the Lebanon Miridiates league. The J & L band will lead the entire procession.        The parade will form on Jefferson street, march down Fifth avenue, through Sheffield avenue to Franklin avenue, thence to St. Titus church where services will be held. Mass will be said by the Rev. J. J. Greaney. After mass, the parade will march back to Plan 11.        During the afternoon, there will be a program of games and contests, such as pie eating, races and tug-of-war, with prizes for winners.        Another concert from 5 to 6 p.m. will be given by the band on the stand. After an hour’s rest, the band will continue to give a concert until 11 p.m., when the celebration will end.        Officers and members of committees in charge of the celebration are: President - Cesare Biancucci Vice President - Enrico Bufalin Secretary - Lawrence Colonna Asst. Secretary - Domenic Rinaldi Treasurer - Carlo Ferrarelli Marshal of Parade - Francesco Vallecorsa Members: Pio Colonna, Guiseppe Paladina, Luigi Rivetti, Antonio Tucci, Elia Battisti, Luigi Bufalini, Arnaldo Mansueti, Antonio Guira, Giovanni Montini, Liberato Trionfi The girls’ committee has the following members: Ida Guira, Florence Barletta, Rose Montini, Anna Calderarilli, Elizabeth Pelligrini, Eleonora Battisti Emma Foggia, Josephine Colonna, Mary Montini, Angelina Battisti, Anna Cadenti, Elizabeth Salvati. 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 - 1931 Return to San Rocco Events Page