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Filomena Michetti, after a grueling Atlantic crossing during WWI, did not have a great early impression of life in this new country.  

First Impressions
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Mrs. Gisella Biollo, daughter of Filomena Michetti, describes early life in the Venice-Hylo area and names some of the other Italian families in the area.

Venetian Life!
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Mrs. Gisella Biollo relates the value that was placed on education, and some of the hardships faced in receiving it in Venice-Hylo's early years.

Schooling
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