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"ITALIAN MARTHA STEWARTS"

Irene Handley, Cathy McAlpine, Betty Anne Marino, Vivian Johnson, Wendy Santori

The Società M.S. Cristoforo Colombo, known locally as the Colombo Lodge, was founded in Trail BC, Canada in April 1905 as an Italian benevolent society to assist its members in times of need.

BEGINNINGS OF COLOMBO LODGE

What brought the Italian immigrant to Trail ... but a persuasive letter to a "paesano" or a relative in Italy about the timing areas of Butte, Montana and California telling them of the work that was available in this remote little smelter town situated in the mountains of British Columbia alongsite the Columbia River.

First to arrive were (people from the provinces of ) Toscani, followed by Abruzzi, Trevisani, Friulani, Calabrese and today practically every dialect is represented in this City of Italians, which is a perfect example of mulitculturalism within our community. With an ever increasing Italian populaton plus a language barrier and being in a distant and lonely land, there was a necessity to form a Society

This came about on April 5, 1905, when 32 founding members banded together to form the Cristoforo Colombo Lodge Mutuo Soccorso No. 1, a benevolent society, whose main purpose was to assist its members in cases of sickness or accident and to provide a decent burial for deceased members. Even though there are many health schemes throughout Canada, we still are one of the few remaining Benevolent Society ties. The Cristoforo Colombo Lodge was a savior . . . Shortly after the society was formed, a Hall was built where the immigrants could hold their social activities, operetttas, concerts, carnivals, banquets, which are held traditionally even today

The Colombo Lodge was and still is the heart of the Italian community for the entire area. Without the society, we would have been just another separated ethnic group, but we are a unique united society with (at this writing) 600 brothers and 425 members in the Sorelle di Colombo.

Success of our Lodge can be attributed to the democratic outlook with a harmonious attitude whose main objective is to work for the Lodge.

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