Magyar Egyház, 1973 (52. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1973-05-01 / 5. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 7 churches are to send list of events to the Dean’s office; chief responsibility should rest with the minister of the local church; 3. That pulpit exchange should be reinstituted; if practical, it should be practiced more than once a year; 4. That Magyar Egyház be informed to refrain from expressing views on controversial issues; 5. That the By-Laws Revision Committee take steps to speed up its work toward completion. • elected the following officers for 1973/74 (Dean and Chief Elder were elected in 1972 for 3 year terms) : Secretaries: the Rev. István Török and Elder Frank Vérségi; Treasurer: Elder Walter Kovács; Council Members: the Rt. Rev. Stephen Kovács and the Rev. Stephen Szőke, Elders Miklós Magyar and László Ruszkay; Commissioners to the General Assembly: the Rev. László Hunyady and Elder Joseph Jenei. The Dean reported the following vital statistics for 1972: 32 baptisms, 37 confirmations, 39 weddings, 98 burials; 1,733 voting members, 3,000 total constituency — in 7 congregations. WOMEN’S CONFERENCE REPORT The 14th Annual Conference of the United Church Women—Eastern Area in the Hungarian Reformed Church in America was held in Trenton, N. J. on Sunday, May 6th. The following churches were represented: Carteret 12, Linden, N. J. 6, New York City 4, Perth Amboy 28, Roebling, N. J. 18, Staten Island 8, Trenton 50. There was no representative from Bethlehem, Pa. After registration and opening devotion in the church two groups were formed and heard the speakers The Rev. and Mrs. Stefán Török of Roebling, N. J. on the “Mystery of Death”. A lively discussion followed and many expressed the desire to continue such discussions in the future at meetings and gatherings in local churches. During the regular business meeting the following donations were approved: $50.00 each to: the new mission church in Phoenix, Arizona; for the Brussel Hungarian Mission in Belgium; for the support of the two Hungarian missionaries in Kenya Africa; to the Szamoskér flood damaged church organ fund; and for building materials toward a new church in Turterebes, Transylvania, Romania. The following officers were elected and installed: President Mrs. Elizabeth Lovász, Staten Island, N. Y.; Vice President Mrs. Susan Török, Roebling, N. J.; English Secretary Mrs. Margaret Fagyas, Perth Amboy, N. J.; Hungarian Secretary Mrs. Ágnes Dorkó, Carteret, N. J.; Treasurer Mrs. Helen Nagy, Roebling, N. J.; Chaplain Mrs. Anna Lénárt, Trenton, N. J.; Delegates at Large: Mrs. Margaret Bodnár, Linden, N. J., and Miss Elza Petro, New York, N. Y. The next year’s conference is scheduled to be held in our Charleston S.I. N.Y. church. . . . Another Year . . . Mom, did you know that another year has past? Hasn’t it gone by amazingly fast? You’ve had some joys; some sorrows too, And there’s always so much to do. It seems funny that another year is gone and done, What will this new one hold, what’s to come? You’re a year older, a year smarter, a year wiser, But you’ll never be a miser. You give your talent and time, For people who’ll never pay you a dime. Money isn’t everything, Love is what kindness brings. Barbara Adorján OPEN LETTER . . . Open Letter To Editorial Offices Simon and Schuster Co. 630 Fifth Ave. New York, N. Y. 10020 Gentlemen: This letter is in response to the bad taste you and author Roy Hayes are about to exhibit to the American public at large, and Americans of Hungarian descent in particular, with the impending publication of his newest spy novel “The Hungarian Game”. It is not, in fact, the main title, nor the contents of the book which is at issue, but rather the cleverly conceived and prominently displayed subtitle on the cover
