Hungarian Heritage Review, 1988 (17. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1988-01-01 / 1. szám
NORTH HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA - Sponsored by the Rákóczi Foundation-International, Inc. (USA) and the “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW”, Ferenc Santa and His Orchestra recently ended their 3-month, highly successful tour of the United States with a gala farewell appearance here at the fabulous, Hungarian-owned, Colonial Manor Restaurant. Hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Arpad Pulinka, the Concert and Dinner-Dance was attended by 300 persons, among them Bill J. Gambocz, the President of the Rákóczi Foundation- International, Inc. and Paul Pulitzer, the sponsoring organization’s Executive Vice-President and Executive Editor-Publisher of the “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW”. The door-prize was five free subscriptions to the “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW” and these were won by Mrs. Agnes Erdély of Perryopolis; Gus G. Nagy of Duquesne; Steve Heys of Pittsburgh; Arnold Krolimaly of Pittsburgh; and Mrs. Bette Hoffman of McKeesport. Alexander J. Bodnar and Stephen W. Paulovitch of the Pittsburgh office staff of the sponsors assisted in making arrangements for the affair, as well as taking care of its promotion. To be sure, a bang-up, stomping good time was had by one and all, while Ferenc Santa and His Orchestra got a thunderous “Bon Voyage” send-off back to Budapest. NEW YORK, N.Y. - New York Mayor Koch’s claim to be fighting a “Battle of the Bulge” has attracted a great deal of public attention to the upsand-downs of his weight problem. That is to say “a weight problem” until he sits down to eat like he did recently with Paul Ivanyi, the Mayor of Budapest, who recently visited the Big Apple and called on “His Honor”, and was then invited to the Peking Duck House for a snack. The tab for the “snack”, which turned out to be a “feast”, was picked up by Mayor Koch, of course. Or was it the other way around? Meanwhile, Paul Ivanyi has gone back to Budapest chock-full of Peking Duck, where, it is believed, he will become a steady customer at the new Chinese restaurant that recently opened for business. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY - The State of New Jersey Governor’s Commission on East European History, which was created to recommend ways and means to introduce courses of study in the public school system dealing with the history of East European nations, including Hungary, met recently with a select group of ethnic community representatives to preview the commission’s Report that will be submitted for approval to the Governor and the Commissioner of Education. If approved for implementation, this educational program, which is the first of its kind in America, will serve as a pilot model for adoption nationwide. Among those invited to participate in the meeting were Paul Pulitzer and Roger B. Goodman of the —continued next page 4 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW JANUARY 1988
