Amalia's Story, Chapter Two
= Amalia Jacobucci
"town topic/"
Barnstable Patriot, March 09, 1978
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= School committee candidates for two open seats are incumbent Levi J. Hill, Edwina Slavin, Amalia (Toby) Jacobucci, Simon Gesin. Robert Glaser, Atty. Michael J. Princi and John R. Willett.
= The seven returned necessary papers by Tuesday's deadline.

= Louis Jacobucci
"537 children"
Beware of False Fundraisers
The Register, August 06, 1981
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• Louis Jacobucci, district executive of the Cape Cod District of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, has announced that coin cannisters appearing in various stores for the collection of money to prevent child abuse have nothing to do with the MSPCC.
• "It has come to my attention that some group is raising money this way, ostensibly to prevent child abuse. It is not known who receives this money and to what use it is put," Jacobucci said, according to an MSPCC press release.
• He advised persons interested in preventing child abuse and neglect to either send a contribution to the United Way or directly to the MSPCC.
• "You know that a donation to the United Way or to the MSPCC is going to be used for the intended purpose, and properly. You don't know what happens to that money you drop in the can," he said.
• The MSPCC has been providing protective services to children on the Cape since 1915. In 1960 it joined with several other Cape agencies to form the Cape Cod United Fund. In 1980 the Cape Cod District of MSPCC served 232 families with 537 children.

= Mark Jacobucci
"Cockroaches"
The Register, June 13, 1974
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I had a terrible time trying to decide what to talk about. I found myself sitting on the back porch after school with my battered red notebook and a glass of cherry Koolade. I got up to refill my glass and get a Twinkie or something. Little did I know I was about to be enlightened. I passed the porch door and saw something moving. I looked down. Chic, chic, chic, chic. I turned toward the sound. Waving his little feelers at me was a cockroach. It disappeared under some rocks. Chic, chic, chic, chic. Suddenly it came to me. After all, it is we who will inherit the world's problems and be called upon to find solutions, right? You know that biblical saying: The meek shall inherit the earth? After vast research I have concluded that saying did not refer to meek people. It referred to the cockroach. One need only study the evidence. The little cockroach is as meek as you can get. It is unassuming, the humblest creature around. No one's ever been bitten by a cockroach. It just sits under the sink and waits. Another reason the cockroach will inherit the earth is its amazing adaptability. Man is more adaptable? Where you find man, you invariably find the cockroach. On the second moon mission one of the astronauts radioed back that they had found a cockroach in the capsule. That cockroach was not found coming back. We can only conclude the moon is no longer uninhabited. Another attribute is hardiness. Every time they come out with a new roach poison, the cockroach develops an immunity to it. They are creating a cockroach that is immune to everything. I am not lying. Dow Chemical can produce a super roach powder. It will succeed only in producing a super cockroach. The most important thing the cockroach has going for him is his astounding powers to multiply. If you put one cockroach in a room, 20 minutes later you're knee deep in them. The cockroach is also infesting the media. There are more and more short stories about them. There are plans in Hollywood to make a full length movie starring a cockroach. To me personally, the cockroach does not pose a threat. On the contrary, he gives me faith. It gives me faith to see every spring a generation of cockroaches rising out of the ashes of the preceding generation. I put down my notebook and looked down. Chic, chic, chic, chic. My friend reappeared, waving his little feelers. He knew... And so today I salute the Spring generation, the 1974 generation of cockroaches who are carrying the cockroach torch high and who will ultimately march off into the future with pride and elan. And fellow graduates, if you can't beat them, join them. It is time for us to crawl out from under the sinks in order to infest the world. I quote author Jean Shepherd: "To the cockroach, may they proliferate, and may they enjoy the fruits of our labours!''

= Andrew Jacobucci
"Honors For Four Terms"
Barnstable Patriot, June 27, 1974
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The following students in the eighth grade at Barnstable Middle School have achieved honor marks for the four terms during the school year just ended:
= Pamela Bachand, Bradley Blank, Elizabeth Bolduc, Mark Boudreau, Kevin Boyar, Pamela Butler, Amy Celentano, Dennis Chase, Cindy Clatterbuck, Cynthia Crosby, Brian Davis.
= Sharon Dwyer, Corinthia Emanuel, Kathleen Farley, Brian Feeney, Lynnette Flint, Joseph Ford, Laura Foumier, Kelly Garland, Lily Giambarba, Lisa Glovsky, Jeffrey Green, Andrew Jacobucci, Kathleen Johnson.
= James Kimball, Donna Kuliga, Michelle LeMay, Christine Loughnane, Kathleen Lyons, Alison Martin, Barbara Meuse, Martha Munroe, Joan Morgan, Donna Nelson, Robert O'Connor.
= Michael O'Neil, Danette Pendergast, Gerald Poyant, Stephen Prothero, Cynthia Purmont, Michael Ryan, Mary Schneckloth, Kathleen Slavin, Stephen Spooner, Ann Strayer, John Swansey, Kimberly Turner, Ralph Vos, Laurie Warren, Kristy White, Johanna Witt.
= This year, eighth grade citizenship awards went to Kevin Boyar, Brian Davis, and Christine Loughnane.

= Harriet McCurdy Jacobucci

"Children in danger"
OBITUARIES
The Register, January 27, 2000
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Louis John Jacobucci. 77. of South Dennis, who protected children in danger of abuse and neglect lor 25 years on Cape Cod, died Jan. I I at Eagle Pond Rehabilitation and Nursing Center alter a long illness. He was born in Derby, Conn., where he graduated from high school. He graduated from the University of Connecticut and received a master's degree from Columbia University School of Social Work. During World War II, Mr. Jacobucci served in the Army as a radar mechanic, stationed in Shimya in the Aleutian Islands. He was also an Army cook and baker. A social work administrator for 37 years, he moved to the Cape in 1962 from Plainlield, N.J., to take charge of the Cape and Islands office of what was then called the Children's Protective Service, later known as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. For 25 years, Mr. Jacobucci served as district director for Cape Cod and assistant regional director. He retired in 1987. He also was active in Barnstable housing issues and was elected in 1974 to the town's housing authority. In addition, he was active in the Reverse Freedom Riders, the Cape Cod Community Council, now merged with United Way of Cape Cod. He served on many boards of directors, including the Cape Cod Mental Health Association, the Cape Cod Homemaker Service, the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and the Massachusetts Conference of Social Welfare. He also was a teacher who published in his field. Mr. Jacobucci was an avid cat lover, birdwatcher and reader. He is survived by his wife, Harriet McCurdy Jacobucci of Soulh Yarmouth; two sons. Mark Jacobucci of Laguna Nigucl. Calif., and Andrew Jacobucci of Cambridge; two stepsons. Stephen Cameron of Georgetown, Del., and Stanton Cameron of Baraboo Wis. two granddaughters, and three step-grandsons. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Cape Cod, P.O. Box 953, Barnstable, MA 02630.