Portrait of Cesare Cappo, The Day and Life of a Miner By Annette Cappo Butina
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By Annette Cappo Butina What do we know about the man, from Baltic? Kind hearted, hard-working, caring, and a family man is how I would describe him. His hands had 51 years of work at Copper Range. His legacy included Timber Gang, Trammer boss, Shift boss, then his well known position as Safety boss. Cesare was a very fair and just man and with his well known safety record, men always looked up to him. He insured that his men would be safe where they were working or he would not allow them to go in. Cesare designed a safety board that had many of the extra tools that a miner might need in an emergency. He received a picket knife as a token of appreciation from Copper Range for his safety record. One story told is that there was a cave in, Cesare took some men with him and they dug until their hands bled to free the trapped miners. The love of Cesare's life was his wife of 52 years, Jenny, and his children Anna, Joe, Maria, Fr. Louis, Caesar and Gene. As his family has grown, Cesare has welcomed the births of numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. I was only eleven months old when he passed away, but my parents told me that he always called me Bala which is Italian for beautiful. Cesare was also known for his gardening. Copper Range would have a contest in the communities of Balitc, Painesdale, Trimountain and Atlantic Mine. The Baltic group had some pretty stiff competition. The Smith's, Verran's, Perfetti's, Cucci's and Raffaelli's. Captain Smith, Cesare's neighbor, would play tricks on one another as they would attempt to out do getting the largest tomato, by tying one to the plant, but that never stopped the rivalry or the friendship. Cesare passed away on December 24, 1964, but his legacy lives on in the Painesdale Mine and in the hearts of his family. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2016 2016 -> 2017 afoCo Landmark Scholarship Program 2016 -> Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to the Conference Proceedings 2016 -> Step student Scholarships for Year 10-13 2016 -> The united church of canada 2016 -> Idan raichel biography – May 2016 Brief Producer, keyboardist, Lyricist, composer and Performer Idan Raichel 2016 -> An introduction to centre’s interventions expanding access to justice 2016 -> Sanchar Shakti 2016 -> Unit analysis should help here. We want number of bananas 2016 -> The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates 2016 -> The Great Heat and the Rhode Island Deep Water Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians) Fishery 1875-1905 Download 3.64 Kb. Share with your friends:
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