by chin_gigante » Sat Dec 21, 2024 4:55 am
Aunt+Baby wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:01 am
What other captains (sponsors) does Calabrese mention are present?
I got all this info from Nick Calabrese's testimony in 2007. He and his brother were recommended for membership by Angelo LaPietra on a Friday night in early October 1983. Calabrese remembered the Minnesota Vikings were playing the Chicago Bears that day, so we can tell this was Friday 9 October. Two days later, on the Sunday morning (11 October), Jimmy LaPietra picked the Calabrese brothers up and drove them to a restaurant on Roosevelt Road, west of North Mannheim Road. Nick and Frank were taken into a kitchen area with the other inductees where they waited until Al Tornabene came to collect them one by one. The ceremony took place in the restaurant area where Joey Aiuppa was sitting at the head of the table along with Angelo LaPietra, Sam Carlisi, Johnny DiFronzo, Toots Palermo, and Vince Solano.
LaPietra sponsored the Calabrese brothers and Rocky Infelice. Carlisi sponsored Jimmy Marcello and Tony Zizzo. Palermo sponsored Nick Guzzino and Albert Tocco. Solano sponsored Frank Belmonte and Johnny Matassa. DiFronzo didn't sponsor anyone but was there in his capacity as a capo.
Nick learned about the 1988 ceremony from Jimmy LaPietra. It was Father's Day (Sunday, 19 June 1988) and he and Frank were at a celebration for one of LaPietra's granddaughters. LaPietra sat down with them and said that Jimmy DiForti had been made earlier that day. A week or two later, Nick met with DiForti who talked more about his ceremony. DiForti said he had been made along with Tony Chiaramonti, Pete DiFronzo, Rudy Fratto, and Jerry Scarpelli.
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What other captains (sponsors) does Calabrese mention are present?
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I got all this info from Nick Calabrese's testimony in 2007. He and his brother were recommended for membership by Angelo LaPietra on a Friday night in early October 1983. Calabrese remembered the Minnesota Vikings were playing the Chicago Bears that day, so we can tell this was Friday 9 October. Two days later, on the Sunday morning (11 October), Jimmy LaPietra picked the Calabrese brothers up and drove them to a restaurant on Roosevelt Road, west of North Mannheim Road. Nick and Frank were taken into a kitchen area with the other inductees where they waited until Al Tornabene came to collect them one by one. The ceremony took place in the restaurant area where Joey Aiuppa was sitting at the head of the table along with Angelo LaPietra, Sam Carlisi, Johnny DiFronzo, Toots Palermo, and Vince Solano.
LaPietra sponsored the Calabrese brothers and Rocky Infelice. Carlisi sponsored Jimmy Marcello and Tony Zizzo. Palermo sponsored Nick Guzzino and Albert Tocco. Solano sponsored Frank Belmonte and Johnny Matassa. DiFronzo didn't sponsor anyone but was there in his capacity as a capo.
Nick learned about the 1988 ceremony from Jimmy LaPietra. It was Father's Day (Sunday, 19 June 1988) and he and Frank were at a celebration for one of LaPietra's granddaughters. LaPietra sat down with them and said that Jimmy DiForti had been made earlier that day. A week or two later, Nick met with DiForti who talked more about his ceremony. DiForti said he had been made along with Tony Chiaramonti, Pete DiFronzo, Rudy Fratto, and Jerry Scarpelli.