Social and Personal

Mr JOSEPH SCICLUNA and Ms MARY CASHA
The wedding took place on September 2, 1956 at St Paul's parish church, Rabat. Nuptial Mass was celebrated by the late Rev. Carmelo Lia. Congratulations to you Mum and Dad and may the Lord bless you. With love and gratitude from your children Martin and Josette, Ivan and Marica, Mark and Rita and your loving grandchildren Maxine, Gabrielle, Thea and Erika.

Obituary

MOORHEAD. On August 31, in hospital in London, Sister MARGARET Moorhead, aged 83, went to meet her Risen Lord. She leaves to mourn her loss the Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart, especially her community in Hayes, London, those in Malta where she was Superior of the Community at Tal-Virtu, Rabat from 1997-2004. She will be remembered by the Association of 'Old Students' of Mater Admirabilis College and many friends.

ZAMMIT. On 30 August, Connie, née Vella, aged 85, widow of Dr Fortunato Zammit, passed peacefully away. She leaves to mourn her loss her children Marie Louise and her husband Alfred P. Camenzuli, Dr Anthony and his wife Virginia née Mercieca, Rosette and her husband Michael C. Bonello, Yvonne and her husband Victor Bezzina, Victoria and her husband Boris E. Farrugia, her grandchildren, her great-granddaughter, her sister Lucia, in-laws, relatives and friends. May she rest in peace.
Mass praesente cadavere will be said at St Mary's parish church, Attard, today, at 9 a.m., followed by interment at the Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery. No flowers by request but donations to Dar tal-Providenza will be appreciated. The family wish to thank the Sisters and staff of St Catherine's Home, Attard, for their care and dedication.

Appreciation - Paul Carachi

Godfrey Grima writes:

At the time I started out in journalism some 40 years ago, two giants straddled the Maltese speaking newspaper landscape - Anton Cassar, God bless him, is still with us, and Paul Carachi who, sadly, passed on this week. Both sowed the corn-seeds of popular journalism in trail blazing ways unthinkable today. We owe to both an extraordinary vision that spawned a species of daily newspapers written in the vernacular which, hard to believe now, did not exist then.

Both Mr Cassar and Mr Carachi for years worked at Allied Newspapers - and on that fabled but by then defunct title, Il-Berqa - before they left to set up l-orizzont at the Workers' Memorial Building.

Within months they were bringing down the curtains on an old and tired style of journalism. Gone, soon, was the jaundiced attitude journalists and editors had on how Maltese political social and economic events were to be covered, a style that shortchanged Maltese readers no end. Within a year Messrs Cassar and Carachi had brought about a sea-change in the practice of daily newspapers no one has been able to repeat since.

Mr Carachi epitomised the perfect journalist. He was a tireless foot soldier who would go to extremes to get his story right. He was fair minded and tough, a listener and a formidable questioner all rolled into one. He was once thrown out of a government press conference for tough quizzing a minister suspected of taking a backhander in exchange of issuing licences for the importation of potatoes. Later on in life, with Malta under a different administration, he ran into a similar squall with the late Lorry Sant, then a government minister with dark clouds hovering over his own reputation.

Mr Carachi had brains and guts to sell. You could spend hours listening to him defend his views and his values, even when these seemed to clash. He was a revolutionary and at the same time an avid critic of corruption inside the Labour Party as well as Dom Mintoff's maverick stands - still, unlike the way spoilt party men go leaking sensitive information to rival parties today, he remained loyal for years - until he could take no more. He then bravely asked the Speaker of the House to set his seat apart from the rest of the Labour Parliamentary group. It was all done in full public view. Never, however, did he betray his party even after being politically dumped and, was, for the first time in his life, if I'm no mistaken, jobless. Weaker men at the GWU and inside the MLP shamed themselves not backing this upright man they privately admired and envied.

But it is for his inspirational journalism that we shall all long remember Mr Carachi. He had a great talent for making his newspapers - first l-orizzont then Malta News - each day sound popular without being populist, innovative without being wacky, right without being arrogant and, for as much as he could help it, accurate.

He was vulnerable to every weakness known to journalists but he was forever an honest and just man.

Mr Carachi was, in the eyes of those who knew him well, a hugely likeable gentleman. In all the years after leaving Allied Newspapers he had only words of praise for Mabel Strickland, his one time boss and later his political rival.

The GWU owes it to this great journalist and to this generation to put on public display the principled journalism Mr Carachi first help introduce and then for many years later practised with such propriety, bravery and admiration.

Requiem Masses

A Mass for the repose of the soul of CARMELO (Sam) ATTARD, will be said tomorrow at 11.30 a.m. at St Gregory parish church, Sliema.

A Mass for the repose of ROSEMARY CREMONA née Bonello, will be said today at St John of the Cross parish church, Ta' Xbiex, at 6 p.m. The attendance of relatives and friends will be appreciated.

In Memoriam

BONNICI - OSCAR. Treasured and unfading memories of my beloved husband, today the 19th anniversary of his tragic death. Sadly missed, never forgotten and forever in our hearts and prayers. Doris and all her family. May he rest in peace.

BONNICI. Unfading memories of OSCAR on the 19th anniversary of his tragic death. Hilda Bonnici, widow of Paul.

BONNICI - OSCAR. Unfading and everlasting memories of a loving and affectionate uncle, today being the 19th anniversary of his death.
A light from our household is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home...
It never can be filled.
A sudden loss, a shock severe
To part with one we loved so dear.
Our loss is great, we'll not complain
But trust in God to meet again.
A prayer is solicited. Paul and Joanna, Dorothy and Joe, Ray and Carmen, Catherine and Pierre and Simone.

BONNICI - OSCAR. Remembering our beloved director, today the 19th anniversary of his demise. Still living in our hearts. We miss you. Pray for us. Your staff.

BONNICI - OSCAR. Treasured memories of a loving friend and a gentleman, today the 19th anniversary of his death. Always in our thoughts and prayers. Derek and Lina.

BRINCAT - CARMELINA née Frendo. In loving memory of a dear mother and grandmother, today the seventh anniversary of her demise. Fondly remembered by her sons Fr Joe, Fr Albert, O.Carm., Fr Paul, Henry and his wife Maria, and grandchildren Ivan and Ruth.

CACHIA ZAMMIT. Today and tomorrow being the anniversaries of LAWRENCE and HELEN. Please remember them in your prayers. Their family.

CARTER - MARY. Precious memories of a beloved mother and wife on the fourth anniversary of her demise, so sorely missed by her husband Paul, her sons Julian, Martin and his wife Audrey and their children, Etienne and Marcon.

CREMONA - CHARLES, 2.9.'87. Always in our thoughts and prayers. His wife Yvonne and family.

FARRUGIA - JOSEPH. Treasured memories of a beloved husband and father on the 24th anniversary of his demise. Fondly remembered by his wife MiMi, Mary Rose and Douglas, Frederick and Margaret and by his grandchildren.

FENECH - VICTOR. In loving memory of Victor, today the eighth anniversary of his death. Always in our thoughts and prayers. Celine and family.

GAUCI BORDA. In loving memory of JOHN. Today the anniversary of his death. Fondly remembered by his family. Always in our thoughts and prayers.

ILLAND - PETER. In loving memory of a beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend to all who knew him. Today the first anniversary of his death. Also remembering his dear friends OSCAR LUCAS and Dr PAUL PORTELLI (Dingli). May God grant them eternal rest, forever in our thoughts and prayers. Dorothy and family, Scotland.

ILLAND. In loving memory of a beloved friend PETER, from Scotland, on the first anniversary of his death. Sadly missed and remembered with love by many Maltese friends. Always in my thoughts and prayers. Lord grant him eternal rest. Theresa Lucas.

Mc KENNA. In fondest memory of CARMEN, beloved mother and grandmother on the first anniversary of her death. Fondly remembered by her family and friends. The 11 a.m. Mass said tomorrow at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Church, Gzira will be offered for the repose of her soul.

TABONE - EMMANUEL. Beloved father and grandfather. Remembered by his family, today the 17th anniversary of his demise. Kindly remember him in your prayers.

Pharmacies Open Tomorrow

Malta: 9 a.m.-Noon - Gozo: 7.30-11 a.m.
New British Dispensary, 109/110, St John Street, Valletta;
The Cross Pharmacy, 20, St Joseph High Road, Hamrun;
Spiteri's Pharmacy, 82, Victory Street, Qormi;
Mackie's Pharmacy, L. Casolani Street, Ta' Paris, Birkirkara;
D'Argens Pharmacy, 330, Rue d'Argens, Gzira;
Lourdes Pharmacy, Naxxar Road, San Gwann;
Victor's Pharmacy, 9, Tower Road, Sliema;
Misrah Kola Pharmacy, Pitkali Road, Attard;
St Albert Pharmacy, Oratory Street, Gharghur;
Qawra Pharmacy, Earl's Court/1, Triq l-Imhar, Qawra;
De Paola Pharmacy, 36, Antoine de Paule Square, Paola;
Alpha Pharmacy, 'Mary Immaculate', Cospicua Road, c/w Cottoner Avenue, Fgura;
Spizerija San Gwakkin, 1, St Anne Street, Marsascala;
John J. Borg Pharmacy, 1, Constitution Street, Zejtun;
Bronja Pharmacy, 'Sonata', Bronja Road, Zurrieq;
Plaza Pharmacy, 86, High Road, Zebbug;
Nigret Pharmacy, Zahar Road, Rabat;
Tac-Cawla Pharmacy, 'Marga', Dr Anton Tabone Street, Victoria, Gozo;
Nadur Pharmacy, April 28, 1688, Square, Nadur.

What's On Today

Exhibitions
At Heritage Malta's head office, Merchants Street, Valletta, paintings by various artists in aid of the 34U Campaign.

At the Contemporary Hall, Museum of Fine Arts, South Street, Valletta, paintings and drawings by Joseph Briffa.