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'Can do' Luciani seeks funds for memorials... CONTINUED FROM PAGE B:1 village and served in that war. The new monuments will flank the Civil War obe- lisk on a bed of extended brick walk. As a measure of popula- tion growth locally and nationally, the Civil War memorial, an obehsk, lists the names of 32 "town" residents - six of them from Centerville - who put themselves in harm's way to salvage the union. The committee for the current memorial drive already has the names of approximately 70 villagers who served in the Korean Conflict and 90 in the Viet- nam War. "If anybody else served, we'd like to hear from them," Luciani said, "so we can include their name on the appropriate monument." The name of any military man or woman who entered the service from the village and served between June 1950 and January 1955 for Korea and August 1964 and May 1975 for Vietnam, will be placed on the appropri- ate monument, Luciani said. A sainted Santa While Centerville Civic Association president Pete Fisher praises Luciani's civic-mindedness and his fund-raising prowess, Lu- ciani says that doing what he does for the community gives him pleasure. For example, he points to the walljust behind his desk at Coachlight Car- pets where what looks like hundreds of photos of chil- dren and their favorite guy - Santa Claus - are pinned pell-mell. One of the photos is black and white. "Look," says Luciani in a tone of joyful nostalgia, "that's me and Santa Claus. Those were happy days." Luciani was smitten with the notion of bringing that kind of glee to other chil- dren. "The mall used to charge, I think, about $15 to have your child's picture taken with Santa. I thought I would do it for free. " So 30 years ago, with the help of family, employees, tiny stuffed animals that he purchased , Polaroid camera and friends, he suited up as Santa and spent one day annually on the periphery of the Centerville Shopping Center being Santa for kids "and giving each of them a lot of time to talk," he said. After a few years, he wanted to give the children larger stuffed toys, so he would spend his time dur- ing a year tellingfriends, ac- quaintances and customers if they had stuffed animals they no longer wanted, he'd take them for redistribu- tion. He even placed ads in the newspaper for the toy animals, at his own expense. Now, every year, he col- lects about 1,000 of the larger stuffed animals and if any are left over after his day as Santa, they go to police and fire departments for further distribution. Luciani says some of the children he gave small ani- mals to many years ago now come by with their children. "This might sound corny, but I think I believed in Santa 'til I was about 14. When you're a child, you have fantasies that mean a lot. Some of my friends still think I'm a kid. I'm 62 but I feel like I'm only 30." Luciani arrived on the Cape in 1968 on a transfer from Emerson Rugs, the company he worked for in the Boston area as a young married man. After two years, he and two installers for the company branched out on their own, offering home service from vans with old-fashioned coach- lights painted on them. "On a whim," he said, "we learned a rug and cloth store here at the plaza was going out of business, so we just took over and named it Coachlight Carpets." The partnership later dissolved and Luciani remained as sole proprietor. "I'm Mr. (Rene) Poyant'slongest tenant." There's some loyalty there. When Luciani's son, David, was injured in an auto accident while in col- lege, his business suffered while he spent time at a Boston hospital with his son. "Mr.Poyant was good to me. So were my friends, my suppliers, my customers, the banks."Like the proverbial elephant, Luciani hasn't forgotten and expresses his appreciation by serving the community and, for his cus- tomers, well, he sends them a dozen roses about a month after doing ajob for them. "Now I'm looking to sell the remaining raffle tickets for the memorials so I can move on to planning the Christmas walk.I'm look- ing for somebody." he says busily, "with a tractor and pull-along trailer, with hay in it, so we can give rides. I think that would be nice." Yes, it would, as is Lu- ciani's service to his village. Haskell's spirit and those of the dozens upon dozens of other war veterans who occupy the soil at Beech- wood Cemetery would agree -lest we forget. PEOPLE Elmer and Schwarze to wed Jill S. Elmer of Barnstable and Dr. David B. Elmer of Centerville announcement the engagement of their son, Peter David Elmer of Cornelius, N.C., to Gabrielle Virginia Schwarze, also of Cornelius. She is the daughter of Frank Schwarze of Rock Hill, S.C., and Nona Schwarze of Charlotte, N.C. The bridegroom-to-be is a 1998 graduate of Winchendon School and attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University andthe University^ of Nevada in Las Vegas. He is working in real estate development for The Waterfront Group in Cornelius. The bride-to-be is a 2001 graduate of Mecklenburg High School in North Carolina and a 2004 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, with a degree in biology and psychology. She is at home with the couple's son, Carter Benjamin Elmer, born July 29, 2005. The wedding is planned for March 24, 2007, at The Charleston - Marina & Resort in Charleston, S.C. Send us your news I The People section welcomes news of achievements and events involving the people of the seven villages of Barnstable and their families. 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