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SUMMER 2019
I talian A merican D igest
a booth at the Italian Festival in Kenner, Louisiana.
At the booth, t-shirts were sold along with available
information on Cefalu, Sicily, membership to the Cefalutana
Society and the many fun events that are held throughout the
year. There was continuous music played by different bands at
this annual festival. An assortment of Italian delicacies were
for sale to eat like cannolli, meatballs, stuffed artichokes and
muffaletas.
Thanks to Mr. Joe Battaglia, Presidente, he has established
the Salvadore J. Serio Presidential Scholarship award. This
award to an incoming Cabrini High School senior brings us
back to the important reason why this society was established
in the first place. The history and spirit of this Italian Society
is very important and should not be forgotten. By giving this
award to a deserving senior, it enables this student to continue
their education in the proper way by providing a $1000 financial
award. This is the fourth year that the Cefalutana Society will
be awarding this scholarship. It is with great pleasure that The
Salvadore J. Serio President Scholarship award will be given to
Katie Heller. Congratulations goes to Katie for all of her hard
work and dedication to her education at Cabrini High School.
We now have 166 members in the Societa Italiana di Mutua
Beneficenza. This is a great accomplishment as our society
continues to grow every year. This year we will be celebrating
132 years in August of 2019. Please note that membership is
open only to those over the age of 18 who have blood ties to
Cefalu. If you feel that your accestors were from Cefalu,
Sicily, please contact the Cefalutana Society through the
website, cefalutanasociety.com. The Cefalutana Society of New
Orleans is a great organization representing our ancestors who
came to New Orleans for a better life. Tutto bene!
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CLUB NEWS
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Elenian Club
Celebrates its 85th
year!
By Lisa Ingraham
Pictured (from top left): Joann Testa-Hebert, Robin Hummel, Elaine Dick,
Carol Macaluso-Schiro, 4th generation Elenian Samantha Oncale, Maria
Bertucci-Compagno, Betty Deshotel, Elenian President Lisa Ingraham, Angela
Hummel, Elenian Club Reporter Faith Peperone, (back) LeeAnne Leopold-
Savoie, Betty Marinello, Toni Marinello-Jarman, Mary Jane Daret, & Dena
Marinello Sanchez (bottom left): Beverly Lomanaco-Gambina, Virginia
Caparotta-Eckholdt, Mary Lynn Roberts, President-Elect Maria Bertucci-
Villafranco, Shirley Giambelluca, & Elenian Mrs. Rosemary Taormina-
Zuppardo.
The Elenians celebrated
their clubs 85th Anniversary
Saturday, April 27th at the
Jefferson Eastbank Regional
Library. Italian Muffulettas,
Antipasto Tray, a unique
Elenian Crest Cake, and several
vintage 1960’s Ballo movies
were shown to help us enjoy
and reminisce our strong Italian
family ties dating back to March
1934. We are very proudly
keeping our Italian Heritage
alive here in New Orleans and
welcome back legacy Elenians
and new Italian loving families
to our club to enjoy formal
debutante & charitable events,
cooking demos, cookie making,
socials, etc.
Please visit our Facebook
page, email elenianclub@gmail.
com, or call Lisa Ingraham
504-450-9443 for more
information. Look for us at
the Muffuletta Festival in
September partnered with the
BOCCE Club!