The New England Academy of Codfish, Inc |
Supper No. 35 = Ceia No. 35
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Sopa portuguesa =Portuguese soup; For
reservations = para reservas:
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How our profits have been
spent? – We are now
on our 35th Supper. We started slow, small, but now we have attained
a mature form.
(1) We
spent $5,125:86 with our
International Baptism. This was our biggest expense. The President of the Mother
Academy said that our Baptism was the best he had attended since 1968. We had to
pay for the musicians, dancers and singers, plus we gave a first class lunch
to all the visitors from Portugal,
Africa, South America, Newark and Toronto.
We are proud we did, but it cost us a big sum.
(2) We
bought 250 books “Eye Witness to Portugal” for $3,000, which we offered to
the public Libraries in this region; This
was a great success. More libraries wanted more books like these, but we could
not get them.
(3)
We bought 600 books written by Manuel Mira “The Portuguese in the formation of
America” at a special cost of $2,800 to be given also to the public, high school and
Universities Libraries of the New
England;
(4)
We gave $750 dollars to the fire victims in Portugal;
(5)
It was by the specific request of our Academy that the Banco Espírito Santo of
Lisbon, with six delegations in USA, gave us a check of $2,800
to pay for the cost of a glass case,
made of Brazilian mahogany
wood, to preserve the model of the Caravel “Victória” which was a gift from
the King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos, to the Dighton Rock Museum;
(7) We just gave $700 to the church committee of Fajã de Cima, in São Miguel, Azores, to help the establishment of a program to keep the needed children in a special program after school hours. In this program the Rotary Clubs of Ponta Delgada, Bristol and Warren are also participating.
(8)
We are at the present time negotiating with the University of the Azores to
obtain 63 books
in English for $1070:00, about
the life in the Azores to offer
also to the Public Libraries, so
the Americans and our children and grandchildren can learn about
the lands of our ancestors.
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We paid $69:99 to register the name of our
Academy of Codfish of New England in the Internet. We are paying
to maintain our website $22:95 which per year totals $275:40. We are
paying $20:00 every year to renew ou
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We are spending per month $85:50 in stamps, which amounts per year a total of
$1,100:00. Plus envelops, paper for the Buletin and ink for the copier. So we
are spending around $1,500:00 per year with the Buletin, but when one of our
Compadres or Compadres does not get the Buletin, they complain. We still
feel this is the best way to keep our members informed and united.
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Our drum for our raffle $110:00
Another
point we should clear is that every member of the Directors pays in full for
their meals. No exceptions! This
way everyone is EQUAL. Everyone
knows that all our profits are to be spent
in cultural, benevolent activities,
or acquiring books in English about the Culture and History
of the Portuguese peoples wherever
country they may live and offer them to
the regional libraries.
This
is the reason why all Directors appreciate very much the gifts
for our raffle, and the helpers to sell the ticks so the raffle runs so
smoothly.
We
are grateful to our President and Secretary for the many hours they have given
during the year to prepare and send out the Buletin. It is not an easy task!…
The
restaurants that have been serving us –
We are grateful to all the
restaurants that have been serving our Suppers. We want the general public to
know that these restaurants have been very kind to us, because they also
understand the meaning of our humanitarian objectives.
We
have a special salute for Beira
Alta, Lusitano, Primavera and Europa.
Our
Protocol—During our last
supper our protocol went very well. The restaurant served us on time, fast and
good food. Everyone enjoyed the meal. Our raffle also went very orderly and the
Faithful Friend was also done in time. The poetry was not lengthy and when it
came to the jokes, they were to the point and with plenty of spice. People
wanted more, but any show is positive when the audience wants more. So come to
the next supper. We want to thank
our members because they were quiet when there was need for silence!
Also we want to thank everyone who called for reservations before coming
to the restaurant. We are really getting much better.
The
International Congress of the Academies in Luanda, Angola –
We saw some photos of the International Congress of the Academies in Luanda,
Angola, which were sent to us by the President of the Codfish Academy of Horta,
FaiaL, Azores. Judging by the photos about 60 people attended that same
Congress. Our Compadre Ivo Azevedo,
from the Toronto Academy, informed
us that the International Congress
of the Academies of Codfish next year will be held on
the first part of October, in
Estoril, Portugal.
The
Congress of the Academies of North America: In USA and Canada
–
We are going to study the possibility of organizing a Congress of the Academies
of North America to be held in the epicenter of the distance between Toronto,
Newark and Bristol, Rhode Island. It
is not going to be easy to find a place where they could cook codfish for us, but
we are going to study such possibilities.
The
new Medical Book by Dr. Paulo Pacheco
– Dr. Paulo Pacheco, a
gastroenterologist, in New York City, son of our Compadres Frederico and Deodete
Pacheco, from Bristol, just published a new book entitled “Living with Chronic
Heartburn”. There are at least
twenty five million Americans who suffer
from this ailment. He has been getting excellent reviews and was even written on
the “Time” magazine two weeks ago. We are pleased to register this event
because it not often that we have one of our own who makes it
good, nationally,
in U. S. A.
Two
more Academies of Codfish in America.
We have been informed that
one Academy of Codfish in Connecticut and another in Florida are in the process
of been formed. We welcome them, and wish them good luck and success!
Our
Raffle
– The givers: Daniel Amaral , Casal Garcia wine; Celso Araujo, Port wine; Celeste
Medina, cesto de sabonetes; Silvia da Silva, Red wine of Vinha do Monte; Luciano
da Silva, Red wine, Dão; Frederico
Pacheco Vice-Rei table wine; and
Lizete Silva Wine Sauvignon.ç Joao Sousa, da Cardoso Travel Agency, Tour to New
York City for shopping Dec. 13, 2003; Maria Resendes, Liquor Maracujá; The
sellers of tickets:
Virgínia
Miranda, Gina Oliveira, Gina Miranda, Lizete Silva, Manuel Rodrigues, Afonso da
Silva, Deodete Pacheco, Silvia da Silva
Our first poet – Alvaro Pinto was our first Poet. He came to our first Supper in New Bedford, three years ago, and brought us the first poem. One sonnet. Here it is. We asked him to read it again at our last supper.