Bethlen Naptár, 1954 (Ligonier)
Az Amerikai Magyar Ref. Presbiteri Szövetség
BETHLEN NAPTÁR 231 LIGHT MOMENTS IN THE CHILDREN'S HOME The Efficiency Expert The superintendent’s son Stevie, who is eight, attended the Daily Vacation Bible School, as usual, last June. He came home the first day and announced that he was to help lead a devotional period sometime later in the week by reading a passage from the Bible, but that the passage was not to be too long. He said he would read the Creation. “Don’t you think that’s too long?” his mother asked him. “Yes, Mother,” he replied, “but I’ll read only the first three days. I’ve tested myself and found that it takes me four minutes to read it if I’m disturbed, three minutes if I’m not disturbed, and only two minutes if I don’t have to swallow my spit.” A Change in Color Arpad who was not quite five, and consequently was a pre-school child, stayed at home while the rest of the children were at school. He spent time with the cook, the housekeeper, and with Mrs. Kecskemethy. One day he was a little more boisterous than usual, so Mrs. Kecskemethy took him to her apartment, gave him a coloring book and crayons and had him draw. He was very quiet, so quiet in fact that she went to investigate the silence. As she walked in Arpad was studying the oil portrait of a colored missionary which hangs on the wall in the living room. He looked then at Mrs. Kecskemethy and at the portrait alternately a few times and exclaimed in astonishment, — “Whatever happened to Mrs. Kecskemethy?” A QUICK GLANCE AT OUR CHILDREN Our children live as one big happy family. Each knows the other as intimately as sisters and brothers know each other in private family life. When a child is accepted, or rather when everyone has learned to accept him as brother or sister, he is immediately given a nickname. The children are fine sports about it and what’s more they answer to their nicknames readily. Each child has idiosyncrasies and ambitions. At this writing I’m wondering how many of them will follow the bend they’ve indicated, how long their nicknames will prevail. Here they are: Enikő Bornemisza, Cow’s Tail, always being late, Reporter — Csaba Bornemisza, Chazz Boy, Always talking, Architect. — Lydia Shuto, Little Daisy, Cleaning closets, Teacher. — Frankie Orosz, Little Tarzan, Playing cowboys, Channel Swimmer. — Theodore Orosz, Tibby, Playing piano, General or “Bust”. — Emery Sega, Herby, Scouting, Baseball Player. — Paula Smolik, Tubby, Playing house, Hula Dancer. — Anna Sega, Annie, Cooking, Housewife. — Eva Kelemen, Eve, Turning cartwheels, Circus Acrobat. — Desmond Hadhazy, Dezzie, Playing with electrical equipment, Electrical Engineer. — Dennis Kennard, Denny, Talking, Ice Skater. — Arpad Bertalan, Tar Baby, Getting into trouble, Tight Rope Walker. — Shirley Waugh, Pinky, Singing, Jenny Lind. — Joe Orosz, Dopey, (one of the dwarfs), Scouting, Explorer. — Joe Szalma, Joey, Tweeking ears, Engineer. — Attila Bertalan, Atty, Playing cowboys, Artist. — Steve Magyar, Bugs Bunny, Playing cowboys, Clown. — Laci Stefan, Prof., Reading and studying, Beach Comber. — Lydia Kennard, Little Lydia, Playing house, Nurse. — Vernon Smolik, V.K., Banging doors, Carpenter. — Irene Orosz, Toots, Playing house, Housewife. — Attila Gyorky, Gooney, Playing cowboys, Cook. — Geraldine Waugh, Gerry, Playing the piano, Secretary. — Steve Balazs, Bayless, Playing football, Rich Football Player. — Stevie Kecskemethy, Peach, Playing the fiddle, Mad Chemist.
