Mr. Speaker. I would like to call to your attention the Call Family who were honored on Friday. October 17. 1977. by the Center for Italian and ItalianAmerican Culture. Vincenzo Call. the family patriarch. arrived in the United States from Aidone. Sicily in 1901 at Ellis Island. An immigrant farmer arriving in America. Vincenzo continued westward until he reached a part of the United States with hills and vistas like those of the Aidone he lovedthe Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He then brought his wife. Maria Grazia. to America. Though a farmer. Vincenzo soon became a contractor in the lucrative coal mines of Bear Canyon. located in the Sangre De Cristo mountains of Colorado.
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