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2008 PHCS
Officers
Terri
White, President (707) 678-1367
MaryAnn Marshall, Vice President
(530) 662-8246
Gui Sequeira, Secretary (916) 456-4222
Ralph R. Nevis, Jr., Treasurer (916) 421-7161
2009 PHCS Directors
Flavia
Andrade Carbone
Joseph
Ferreira
Aileen Alves Gage
Laurie Perry Grandchamp
Dolores Silva Greenslate
Lionel Rocha Holmes
Olivia Andrade Lage
Nancy
Souza Mallory
Frank A.
Pereira
Larry
Valim
Marilia
Wiget
Robert
Wiget
O Progresso Editor:
Marilia Wiget (916)-391-7356
E-mail: mariwgt@earthlink.net
The original committee members were organized from those who indicated a specific interest
in the project and who had familial ties to the area. These charter members included:
Joe D’Alessandro
(president), Lorraine Perry D’Alessandro (Joe’s mother), Evelyn Nordeste
(Lorraine’s sister), together with Tony Dutra, Dolores Silva Greenslate, Lionel Rocha
Holmes, Clarence Nevis (all descendants of Pocket pioneer families), Aileen Alves Gage (a
Placer County area Portuguese descendant), Clarence Machado (Portuguese settlers of the
downtown Sacramento area), Grace Rose (a descendant of Portuguese who settled in
Clarksburg. Yolo County), and Gregg Campbell (a professor at CSU-Sacramento who had
collaborated with Mr. D’Alessandro on a documentary film about the
Portuguese-Japanese connection in the Pocket).
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Members in Action
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New Lisbon School honoree, Mary Silva Dutra,
a student at both Upper and Lower Lisbon schools. |
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| Portuguese Community Medal of Merit presented to Aileen
Alves Gage, 9/12/97 by Portuguese Consul Carvalho de Fairo
for outstanding service to the Portuguese community. |
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Portuguese Community Medal of Merit presented to Lionel
Rocha Holmes, 7/12/97 by Portuguese
Consul General Dr. Jose Ferreira da Fonseca for outstanding service to the
Portuguese community. |
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PHCS 20th anniversary, 1999. Planting Portuguese Laurel at
Portuguese Community Park ( L to R ) Councilman, Robbie Waters
Former PHCS president, Herb Perry
Founding PHCS president, Joe D'Alessandro
Former PHCS president, Lionel Holmes |
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PHCS 20th anniversary, 1999.
Time capsule designer, Norman GreenslateBack to top |
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Annual PHCS Bean & Linguica dinner
Cooks, Dolores Greenslate and Gui Sequeira |
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Dia de Portugal, 2000 , Turlock, CA
PHCS president Marilia Wiget
Visiting Mayor Claúdio Lopes, Lajes do Pico, Azores |
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SPHSS Festa/Parade, 2001
PHCS secretary, Gui Sequeira
" Distribution of sweet bread to elderly and children " |
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