lnostra-costa: 2017

Friday, December 01, 2017

FIGLIO DELLA COSTA FABRIZIO DEGLI-ESPOSTI (LANCE EGAN)

IN MY BOOK, 'LA NOSTRA COSTA' (OUR COAST), A FAMILY'S JOURNEY TO AND FROM THE NORTH COAST OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA (Pages 204-207), I write about the arrival of the Degli-Esposti Family (Louige ("Moro"), Vanda, Roberto and Fabrizio) to America. In this article, published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel in 1959, Fabrizio (Fabby) tells a little bit more about that story as he celebrates becoming a Naturalized American Citizen.

The Degli-Esposti Family, (l-r) Fabrizio, Vanda, "Moro", Roberto (1948)

Subsequently, Fabby, went on to try his luck in Hollywood, changing his name to Lance Egan. He is now a High School Teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Monday, June 26, 2017

VINTAGE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS/PHOTOS FROM SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL

THESE POSTINGS ARE FROM MY "LA NOSTRA COSTA" (OUR COAST) GROUP FACEBOOK PAGE. [Newspaper articles are from Newspaper. com. Most postings are related to my Book "La Nostra Costa (Our Coast), A Family's Journey To and From the North Coast of Santa Cruz, California (1923-1983)]

Dave Ferrari, later to become owner and manager of "Ferrari The Florist" Flower shop is shown here in this 1930s news clipping with his accordion.

Aladino Gemignani (in front on the left) wearing his white cookhouse apron. Also in photo, Americo "Piccino" Presepi (Standing on the left), Noemi and Joe Antonetti standing next to Aladino. Looks like the photo was taken on the Gulch Ranch c. 1938.

THREE ICONS OF THE CENTRAL COAST: (l-R) Tony Franceschini, Leon Panetta and John Battistini. (December 1989)

From the book "La Nostra Costa (Our Coast): "Francesco spent three full months in Santa Cruz Hospital and another three months in an apartment nearby. During this period, his wife Nuncia, along with special nurses cared for his every need. Francesco was so severely burned that he could not feed himself. Nuncia was constantly at his side taking care of him, talking to him, and reading from Italian newspapers and books to keep his moral up." (1940) Francesco (Frank) Franceschini was the father of Tony.