March/April 2013 Newsletter - SouthernStar Home

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Still Dancing
(Continued from page 11)
Tango Man
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her. When they arrived on deck, life boats were being
lowered and passengers from first class were
awaiting instructions. Lucia became frightened when
she saw an iceberg looming close to the ship. She
put herself and her family in the group waiting for
the lifeboats.
Luckily the ship was disengaged from the iceberg.
The New York Times account stated “Princess Matoika,
ocean liner carrying 2000passengers hits iceberg
off Cape Race, Newfoundland, and rendered
helpless by damage to the steering gear. After drifting
for seven hours it was brought under control.
The Princess Matoika had been destined to arrive at
Ellis Island. Unable to dock there, the ship was ordered
to port at Bostonf or the anti typhus examination.”
From there the Palmeris were put on a train to
Rockford, Illinois, where they had relatives who
would welcome them into their homes.
Mamma Lucia would say her rosary every night for
the rest of her life in gratitude to God, her Angels
and her Saints for bringing her and her family safely
to America. She thought of her husband, Stefano
back in Sicily. What if he had lost these five members
of his family at sea? Giovanni and Giovanna,
always inseparable, felt deeply grateful for having
come safely through what might have been a Titanic
-like disaster. Their baby was safe and it would be
born in Rockford, Illinois eight months later on
October 26, 1921.
tanga-duu-monga swallow’s feathers and Humpa-dapoopoo
Dinga-da-mango-poo-danga fur, Tango Man
inflates the airbag, and Catherine is released from
the claw-like grip of TMIB.
The Man in Black realizes his dastardly plans have
been foiled again by that very annoying Tango Man.
With a cry of frustration, The Man in Black once
again mysteriously disappears into a flicker of mist.
Tango Man feels satisfied that the immediate crises
had been resolved, but he suspects that TMIB will
show up again with even worse dance crimes on his
mind. But never fear - the ever vigilant Tango Man
will be ready. He is now convinced that he did the
right thing in leaving Humpa-da-poopoo.
Please stay tuned for further adventures of Tango-da
-mango Man (Da Da Da DAAAAA – He’s everywhere,
he’s everywhere).
(You know sometimes I just don’t understand a word this guy is
writing about – I think he sometimes just makes up words. He is
not so good, but he is very enthusiastic, bless his little heart)