Hungarian Heritage Review, 1988 (17. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1988-01-01 / 1. szám
JíeÍDö ;Nuqgets Rákóczi Foundation-International, Inc. and “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW“. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — According to the always interesting and delightful newsletter of the San Antonio Hungarian Association (PAPRIKA), Dr. George Gruber of the Southwest Research Institute was one of the recipients of the prestigious Academy Award of Industrial Research at a ceremony held in Chicago. This award is given each year for the top 100 technical achievements in research and development. Dr. Gruber’s project, codenamed “Daisy”, was a computer system for pin-pointing hazardous cracks in nuclear power plants. Other recent achievements by “Magyars” of San Antonio were the election of Dr. Margit Nagy as President of the Japan- American Society and László Beres’s winning the Bronze Medal in the British Open Championships. A Pentathlete, Beres has become a leading candidate in his specialty for the U.S. Olympic Team. Then, there is James Patrick McGuire of the Institute of Texan Cultures at the University of Texas, whose work-in-progress is a book manuscript on “Hungarian Texans”. The first draft of his book manuscript is just about ready for review before publication. The “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW” predicts that, when ready for marketing, Pat McGuire’s book, which is being sponsored by the San Antonio Hungarian Association, is going to become a “bestseller”! KISVARDA, HUNGARY — According to a recent report by Patricia Wadsworth to the “Weekly World News” (Dec. 8, 1987), the Draculian vampires are alive, well, and feeding, in fact, that one of them got such a bad toothache from his vampirish labors that he had to summon a dentist, Dr. István Weither, in the middle of the night to his remote castle to relieve him of the severe pain caused by “infected fangs”. When the 70-year-old dentist found his way to the “remote castle” of Lajos, who claimed to be 400-years-old, the vampire told the shookup dentist that he had better take care of the dental problem, otherwise “I will find it impossible to feed”. Consequently, Dr. Weither did an immediate root canal job on the suffering vampire. Local police suggested that the dentist “might be losing his mind” after Dr. Weither could not lead them to the “remote castle” inhabited by “Lajos” where he performed emergency dental surgery. On the other hand, Ervin Szabó, the famous “Vampirologist” of Budapest, said that he is not sure that Dr. Weither is kooky because he (Dr. Weither) “is a respected man and definitely of sound mind.” Szabó also said that he had heard many other reports about a vampire operating in the general area and vicinity of Kisvarda. Bela Lugosi, where are you??? Countess Elizabeth Báthory, where are you??? —Photo from In Search of Dracula by Raymond T. McNally and Rado Florescu Count Oldeck (Dracula) portrayed by Max Schreck in the greatest Dracula film ever made: NOSFERATU (1922), directed by Felix Murnau. TREAT YOURSELF TO THIS 3-WEEK “SPA SPECIAL” AT THE WORLD FAMOUS THERMAL HOTEL OR RAMADA GRAND HOTEL (MARGITSZIGET) AND RETURN HOME LIKE NEW! The $1,299.00 cost of this 3-week “HEALTH HOLIDAY” in Hungary includes round-trip airfare New York-Budapest- New York; first-class accommodations and half-board; medical examination by specialists; basic balneotheray with 5 treatments per week; thermal baths and saunas; and much more. Add-on airfares from other cities available and valid until March 31,1988. No single supplements. For more detailed information or reservations, write or phone: TRAVEL GUIDE — A complete, computerized, Hungarian travel service — 1085 Raritan Road, Clark, New Jersey 07066 Tel: 201-381-0260 Margaret and Nándor Erdei, Props. Vacation Travel. Group Travel. Business Travel. Tours. Cruises. Hotels. All Major Airlines. JANUARY 1988 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 5
