tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post116569346124375480..comments2023-09-27T13:20:49.976-07:00Comments on lnostra-costa: FIGLIA DI SANTA CROCE-MARGARET GHIO-HARTMANNIvano Franco Comellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088771740643993831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-1166044967265338642006-12-13T13:22:00.000-08:002006-12-13T13:22:00.000-08:00Geoffrey Dunn, son of Yolanda "Lindy" Stagnaro Dun...Geoffrey Dunn, son of Yolanda "Lindy" Stagnaro Dunn Powell, has written an excellent titled "Male Notte: the Untold Story of Italian Relocation during World War II."<BR/>It's in the local history section of the Santa Cruz Library's web site and can be reached at <B><A HREF="http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/ww2/male.shtml" REL="nofollow"> this link</A></B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-1165710352808247602006-12-09T16:25:00.000-08:002006-12-09T16:25:00.000-08:00Ivan, I was told that when I was born (1/1/42 -- f...Ivan, I was told that when I was born (1/1/42 -- first in SC that year!) that they had to cover all the windows in Sisters Hospital and the nuns who ran the hospital went and stood on West Cliff as they thought the Japanese were 'afraid' of nuns. I guess my mother had an exciting delivery. She also had the mumps at the time, but Dr. Randall said if they questioned her, just to say she always had a round face. One strange thing -- I never had the mumps growing up -- immune, I guess. Because it was during the war, my mother didn't get anything for having the first SC baby -- I think I should complain!! Might be able to use a baby blanket for a shawl soon. Carol Costella SchwartzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-1165709521010130652006-12-09T16:12:00.000-08:002006-12-09T16:12:00.000-08:00THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED BY THE PERMISSION OFthe...THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED BY THE PERMISSION OF<BR/>the Editor of the '54/'04 Cardinal, The 50th ReUnion Memory Book of the Santa Cruz High School Class of 1954. A copy is available for viewing in the Santa Cruz Alumni Association Office and in the Genealogy Section of the main Santa Cruz Public Library<BR/><BR/>Alien Italians<BR/>(Margaret Ghio-Hartmann, a retired San Francisco policewoman, divides her time between her homes in Santa Cruz and in San Francisco.)<BR/>By Margaret (Ghio) Hartmann<BR/><BR/>World War II caused difficult changes in the lives of Italian American families in Santa Cruz. My father, Tom, a commercial fisherman who was born in Riva Trigosa, Genoa, Italy, and had come to the United States as a babe in arms, was declared an alien even though he was married to a U.S. citizen.<BR/>Most of the Italian fishing families lived in an area of the city bounded by Bay Street, California Street and Monterey Bay. For the men, the wharf was not only their source of livelihood but also was the center of their social life.<BR/><BR/>On Dec. 7, 1941, I had scarlet fever, and my mother, my sister and I were quarantined. There was an alert that the Japanese were going to invade Santa Cruz, and everyone in our area was evacuated, except for a paralyzed man and us.<BR/>My father, the so-called alien, wasn’t allowed to fish anymore but, ironically, was sent up to guard the Bay Street Reservoir . . . as if his little fishing boat could cause as much harm as someone poisoning the drinking water or signaling from the hills. He was armed with a stick — not even a baseball bat — to protect the reservoir.<BR/>My father appealed his alien status, but to no avail. He had to sell his fishing boat and move us from Mason Street to the other side of Mission Street, where we lived across from Bay View Elementary School. So we always had plenty of kids to play with.<BR/>My father found work at the cement plant, a vital industry, eventually passed the citizenship test and returned to fishing.<BR/>Our camera, radio and shotgun were confiscated, although later they were re-turned. My parents bought a multi-band radio but befoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-1165694715367498202006-12-09T12:05:00.000-08:002006-12-09T12:05:00.000-08:00Ivan, I don't know whether you ever saw a copy or ...Ivan,<BR/> I don't know whether you ever saw a copy or not, but the Santa Cruz High<BR/>Class of 1954 published a different kind of "memory book" for our 50th<BR/>Reunion in 2004. Not only did it contain the usual "what I did after<BR/>graduation" biographies, but it also contained a number of articles on what<BR/>teenage life was like in Santa Cruz in the 1950s and, occasionally, what<BR/>life for youngsters was like in the 1940s.<BR/>All of the articles, some about 6,000 words in lengthy, were written by<BR/>members of the Class of '54. About 50 classmates contributed articles and/or<BR/>anecdotes for more than 40 articles. Another dozen articles were added in a<BR/>supplemental edition, published in 2006 for our 52nd reunion.<BR/>They covered a variety of subjects, including discrimination. Among those<BR/>was one headlined "Alien Italians," written by Margaret (Ghio) Hartmann.<BR/>LenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com