United States, Washington County, Montpelier, Vermont
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Gonzagas, Felipe, The Granite Worker, Tomasi, Mary
ries Mary Tomei 65 Barre et. Montpelier, Vis. The °Toppi, !Jerkier EX-STORECUTI'Eft AND HIS WIFE 0. SPANI311 It was a smalls onewroom grocery store in a north.end, SpanithpItellanneWoorhood. A tinny bell an the door so. noanced each customer. The space was once the living/4mm for the Gonssgas in the days before Felipe bad given up stonecutting tar storekeeping. The two front windows bald been cut larger; now they displayed oil cans, soap, pasbages of cereal, sacks of flour, strings of…
United States, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
· 1940
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Tomasi, Mary
Lan i Tomasi Sectiori A STO3ECITTER IS LOLIDAY On the other side of the lake, cottage after cottage lined the beach. here were only ledges, grey and jagged. A man sat on one of the smoother boulders, in a tangle of reels and lines. Ee wore a khaki shirt, and cotton pants tucked into knee length boots. There was no sun but he wore a battered, wide -brimmed felt hat a stonecutter out for a holiday. "My camp?" his lips moved around the stem of a corncob pipe. "Over there, see? By the spruces.…
Montpelier, Vermont, Washington County, United States
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Tomasi, Mary
7iss nary Tomasi 63 Barre St, 7:ontpelier, Vt. The ,Oranits ?Irks, Scotch SCOTCH QUARHTEANIS WIDOW rrom Quarry Hill the far horizon is a series of sort poundings, Green lountain ouress rimming a blue Sky. Closter, slanting fields patched sdAdibrown scores of newly ploughed earth. Nearer, in the yards of the Hill dwellers, a blosaom. in apple or Mao, a straggling *birth or two striving te thrust its flowering **ler beyena the film at granite dust. A Timrleful of Children play unoonserned37 on…
United States, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Tomasi, Mary
7issrryTOMS/ 63 Lame rt. tIcetpolicr. Vt. crartite ;,crker 1. -,:,00dbiso shaded most of the kitchen porch. 'acre the, sun in patohos on the floor, leaf-ohavedl patterns moved lently back and forth. The Ireneb6 MOM= 00t in 0 rocker peelinc potatoes, 4,4 pail standing an a *boa in front of mcloolved thc peels; sho dropped the potatoes in a white- cn4:47-ielcd pun at her zLjit. :7eu vill excuse Lc if I 4.;() right an and peel," lire. alance &i4. 1/1 have just no muah time before supper, there…
United States, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Tomasi, Mary
Miss mew Tonasi 65 Barre St* montpeller, Vt. CV411qtte Balt agat. A rims= =MECUM= BSC is Short and stocky Altddlitt brain muitactie almost cowered his short upper lipg ahem that his side rather flat nom ems red, toe. The palatal red of sunburn free outdoor work* "I take whatever lock I MA SOW be said. °EVA now it's tim. Digging ditehesi It's better t m nothing* I haren't a fewiir* ao I =nano to get acne with the little I earn. "I ean cut I've done it an and off for thirteen years. I can't say…
Montpelier, Vermont, Washington County, United States
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Tomasi, Mary
rise Tlary Tomesi 63 Dame St. Montpelier, Vt. rmas ST ATHIR AND SON :is long, lean face was the brown of outdoor living, and his tall body slender and Bloomy. Had be smiled to lift the weary droop of his neuth and chase the disturbing resignation from his eyes, reiseedd have said his was a rugged, bappy health. You felt instinctively that bore was a sadness, a sorrow be night have bidden from your eyes a more of years back Talon be was 40 or 45 years old. now his figure drooped its resignation…
United States, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Scott, Jimmy, Tomasi, Mary
lass Lary Tomei 63 Barre St, nontpelier, %t. The Granite Workfr French „bide Savoie was a squat, stocky Frenchman. lie sucked contentedly at a curved, worn pipe* "I've had almost twenty years of the sheds," he said, "ever since 1021* Ando" he aoded„ "I've boarded and roomed in this same house for ten years." it was a charaoterless house, one of three similar structures set bask from Berlin Street with always a view of a dismal line of sheds* The house was a three0.storied wooden square,…
Vermont, Montpelier, Washington County, United States
· 1940-08-05
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Perez, Tomasi, Mary
Mari Tassel IN THE SOLI Recorded in Writers' Section files Peres said, *Sometimes a friend asks, rirhatore you doing nowt pores?* I bear, myself say, up on the Bill. In the Hole.' And the words surprise as as much they surprise the friend.' Peres was a great strapping youth of about twenty-five. He passed his big hand over his hair in a boyish, helpless gee. ture. 'If anyone told as five years ago that I'd be a quarry- man today, I'd have told him he was waxy. It's the last thing I ever…
Vermont, Montpelier, Washington County, United States
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Irissa, Santios, Jose, Tomasi, Mary
Mary Tomasi 65 Barre St. Montpelier, Vt. FROM IQVARHY TO CEMETERY "Moo I'm not Jose Santioe wife. I only keep the house for him," the woman explained. "Me, I got one husband in Spain," A ghost of humor played around her heavy lips. "Or, maybe I just think I got one. I bear nothing from him now for a year and a half. The big Loyalist he was. All the time talking big Loyalist talk. I knew even before he went away that he would get mixed up good in the fighting just as soon as be got to Spain. I…
Montpelier, Vermont, Washington County, United States
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Palingetti, Joe, Tomasi, Mary
ries Nary Tamest 65 Barre St. Montpelier, Vt, A RETfltEL SITED COMER Zoe Palingetti is an unmemelly large men. big in bone structure and heavy in herd* firm flesh. A twinkle havered in his brown eyes as he said. In the old ooantry mod when I was small boy they used to mill me IplooOlo gigentet ur. that's ...23,01amt in our Email= dialseW Joe vas clean Women* well clad from neat tweed suit to Shining brown *hoes,' An ismigrent, one of Barre's best liked Italiam-Amerieen °Attains* a sue00001,21…
United States, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
· 1938
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Guido, Mr, The Granite Worker, Tomasi, Mary
Miss Mary Tomasi 63 Barre St. Montpelier, Vt. The Granite Worker Italian A GRANITE -SHED OWNER'S SON 1. He was a tall, broad -shouldered young man. Sparkling eyes and ruddy cheeks bespoke health and vitality. In gray canvas trousers and white sweat shirt, clean shaven, he stood conspicuous among the older group clad carelessly in a motley assortment of clothing. They were in the shed yard of the Chioldi Brothers Monumental Works. Guido's father awned a half of the business, but the young man…
United States, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
· 5 pages
Recorded by: The Granite Worker, Tomasi, Mary
Vermont 1. Mary Tomasi 63 Barre Street Montpelier, Vt. The Granite Worker Well, anyway, the good freni Raffaele be have one fine funeral yesterday before he is put away from us. All the men from the stone shed are there, an lots from the other shed, beside some one or two from almoir-every Italian family in Barre. The line of ear it win' down two street to the church, one of the funeral I ever see: \.j.14.47 Sure, I know. I count the car. Amalia, she say, "Don't you count them, Giaco. It is…
Vermont, Montpelier, Washington County, United States
· 1938
· 25 pages
Recorded by: Coletti, Giacomo, Tomasi, Mary
1. Miss Mary Tomasi 63 Barre Street Montpelier, Vermont THE ITALIAN GRANITE WORKER A cold February morning is breaking. A slanting sun has not yet pierced the winter -thin clouds. Only a chill grey sky, and a frosty haze bang over the sleeping 'Granite City.' But for Giacomo Coletti and some 1,300 Italian, Scotch, Scandinavian, Spanish and French granite workers, day has begun. For Giacomo the alarm goes off every morning at 6:30. It makes a harsh, grating sound, grating enough his wife Nina…
Vermont, Washington County, United States, Barre
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Boardman, Alice, Tomasi, Mary
1iss!Itri Tomei TEACEER RETIRED hecorded Illoters, sect/ in FL _411G On FlleL Alice Boardman pushed back wisps of yellow -Cray hair and removed a pair of silver -rimmed glasses, She wrapped the glasses in a scrap of white cloth and laid them carefully in a black leather case. This CA placed on the low, glossy oak book case tat ran along two walls of the room, length and width. 1*,yond was a kitchenette. To the left a partly opened door revealed a narrow bed, the coverlets neatly turned down…
Vermont, United States
· 1940-09-03
· 15 pages
Recorded by: Lachance, Mrs, Tomasi, Mary
Mari Tomasi FOUR WOMEN 1. Scotch Quarryman's Widow. The yellow house on Quarry Hill had seen better days. Two tiers of kitchen porches sagged beneath the weight of ice- boxes and chairs. The woman spoke from behind the screen door of the lower porch. She fumbled with her apron, and wiped her red hands dry. "Sure, come in." A good natured mails wrinkled the corners of her blue eyes and wide, firm mouth. "Alex said you would be coming today. Come in. "This used to be rooming and boarding house…
United States, Barre, Washington County, Vermont
· 1940-07-29
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Tomasi, Mary, Wheaton, Miss
Mari Tomasi THE SHELTERED LIFE Recorded in Wrtters Section Files Tr.% L. _ _ 1. She lived in one of Barro's oldest houses. A gracious, red -brick Qeorgian structure, misplaced, it seemed, in the confusion of stores, office buildings and beer taverns that crowded the busy vain Street. Miss Wheaton Evit in a straight backed chair, her feet primly crossed, her thin, le -Ate hands caressing a bowl of sweet -peas. "These flame colored ones are my favorites," she said. "They seem to radiate life and…
Vermont, Washington County, United States, Barre
· 1940-09-14
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Goneroso, Bonti, Tomasi, Mary
Mari Tomasi Necordect !r" Writers' Section Filcr. DATE: SEP 1 4 1940 VETERAN ITALIAN CARVER A handful of stonecutters, less fortunate than their steady working brothers, live in the dingy south -end settlement. Genoroso Bonti sat old and brown on his granite doorstep, his shoulders protected by a patchwork quilt even though it was a warm July evening. A gray, tobacco stained moustache hung limp over his mouth. A middle-aged woman sat in the window darning socks. "The wife of my son," Old Bonti…
Vermont, Barre, Washington County, United States
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Bruce, Birnie, Tomasi, Mary
Mari Tomasi riecorded in Writers' Section Fi!es A MODERN GUILD Birnie Bruce, secretary of an important granite association, sat behind his desk. his low, resonant voice carried well above the clicking activity of typists around him. "I was born in Scotland," he said. WI came over when I Was boy of nine about forty-five years ago* lay father was a granitecutter from Aberdeen. By the time i was fifteen and through public school, he had already worked himself up from the bottom to manufacturer.…
Vermont, Montpelier, Washington County, United States
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Mcfinn, Pat, Tomasi, Mary
Mari Tomasi Yontpelier, Vt. UMBRELLA PAT Snow was piled high in the park square. It was February; bright sun warmed the benches and melted the snow from the elm branches, so that the park sounded with a cheery drip -drip. An old man sat an a corner bench where he could watch the life of Barre on the main street, from the granite bank facing the park to the dingy wooden and brick business blocks. The policeman stopped beside the old man. "This is Pat McFinn," he said. "He's been in and out of…
Vermont, United States
· 8 pages
Mari Tomasi Montpelier, Vt. UMBRELIA PAT Snow was piled high in the park square. It was February. A bright sun warmed the benches. It melted the snow from the elm branches, so that the park sounded with a cheery drip -drip. An old man sat on a corner bench where he could watch the life of Barre on the main street, from the granite bank facing the park to the dingy wooden and brick business .blocks. The policeman stopped beside the old man. "This is Pat McFinn," he said. "He's been in and out…