The Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club Annual Social was held March 2 at Cafe Jo Jo’s in Morgan City. Honoree was Queen Hephaestus LVIII Abigail Askew. Queens in attendance were, seated from left. Margaret Melancon Bergeron, Patricia Boudreaux Bergeron, Adelaide Wise, Askew, Carol Chauvin Canerday, Grace Siracusa Guarisco and Elizabeth Graf. Standing from left are Mary Ellen Ruiz Stegall, Courtney Price Matherne, Mallory Johnson Fuhrer, Grace Pecoraro, Morgan Manfre Murdock, Donna Bostic Wilson, Dana Bostic Lukken, Tracie Hamer Hover, Elizabeth Hover, Susan Pecoraro Segar, Helena Cefalu Montgomery, Anne Brown Rhodes, Michelle Giordano Aucoin and Claire Guarisco Giordano. Not pictured are Therese Bourgeois Smith, Diana Bostic Vining and Jaclyn Price Landry.
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Participants in the 2019 Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club Social held March 2 included past queens and their mothers. Seated from left are Margaret Melancon Bergeron, Patricia Boudreaux Bergeron, Adelaide Wise, Colleen Askew, Queen Hephaestus LVIII Abigail Askew, Carol Chauvin Canerday, Grace Siracusa Guarisco, Elizabeth Graf and Claire Guarisco Giordano. Standing from left are Courtney Price Matherne, Cay Price, Mary Ellen Ruiz Stegall, Nicky Pecoraro, Ellen Ruiz, Grace Pecoraro, Judith Manfre, Morgan Manfre Murdock, Donna Bostic Wilson, Denise Bostic, Dana Bostic Lukken, Tracie Hamer Hover, Elizabeth Hover, Susan Pecoraro Segar, Alice Pecoraro, Helena Cefalu Montgomery, Anne Brown Rhodes, Rose Brown, Mallory Johnson Fuhrer, Hope Johnson and Michelle Giordano Aucoin. Not picture are Ginger Price and Geri Bourgeois.
Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club social honors Askew
The annual social of the Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club was held March 2 at Cafe Jo Jo’s in Morgan City. The focus of the social was to honor Queen Hephaestus LVIII Abigail Askew and her mother Colleen Askew. Mary Ellen Ruiz Stegall presented Abigail Askew with a Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Flag.
King Hephaestus LVIII Derald Hardaway and Captain Gary Stansbury Sr. toasted the honored queen, past queens and their mothers. Mothers of the past queens are invited by their daughters to join in the celebration of reminiscing about their reigns and past courts.
The Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club was established to recognize the female monarchs who ruled over the Cervus and Hephaestus organizations’ Mardi Gras celebrations.