Magyar Herald, 1994 (1-3. szám)
1994 / 3. szám
PAGE 4 MAGYAR HERALD 3rd QUARTER, 1994 No/talqic Monoloque By Dr. Andor C. Klay, Ph.D. ,,Hol vagytok, ti régi játszótársak? Közületek csak egyet is lássak..." PETÓfi The poet's wistful sigh could well be mine: "Where are you, my good fellows of the past? If but one of you I could see at last..." There may be bags under our eyes, but they are full of wonderful memories ...Jóska Weber and Jani Böhm, my physicians and chamber-music partners...Judge Petrásh, perennially re-elected favorite son on East and West Side, fabled Toastmaster General of Magyar-American Debrecen... the five Kováchys of that remarkable clan which gave their land of adopttion concurrently two judges, one banker, one community leader, the children of a Calvinist minister who had been a legislator in the Old Country...Guszti Strachovsky, my dentist who habitually "forgot" to bill me . Louis Jackovich, manufacturer of Hungarian flags...Gus Bessenyey, probably the only soft-spoken police prosecutor on record...Jani Schreier, towering husband of a Székely beauty...Árpád Bognár, teacher of prize-winning violinists...Sándor Vágó, portraitist and bridge champion ...Louis Bárdoly, surgeon and playwright ...Jóska Reményi, professor of literature at Cleveland College, inexhaustible conversationalist, popularizer of long-forgotten scribes..."If but one..." One emerges in an issue of Magyar Herald sent to me by its editor whose hand I last shook when he first arrived in Cleveland. Greetings, Eddie Kováchy, stalwart of the Magyar Club yore! Far up in the North, near the fjords of Kattegat, there is a colossal slab of marble on the shore. Once a year, a little bird alights on it, rubs its beak on the marble surface first on the left, then on the right and flies away to return one year later. When the entire slab has corroded as a result of the rubbing, and if I could live that long, that is when I would forget the Magyar Club of Cleveland. Editorial Note: Dr. Andor C. Klay (Andor Sziklay), is one of the most distinguished members of our Magyar Club of Cleveland, and now our honorary member. Dr. Klay is a highly esteemed American diplomat, author, scholar, lecturer. In World War II he served in North Africa, Italy and Germany. He received combat medals. In 1945, he was appointed to the Department of State as Western European specialist. Later, he became section chief in the Soviet Bloc Division. In 1956, he became a career officer in the U.S. Foreign Service. He held high diplomatic positions in Belgrade, Frankfurt and Berlin. In 1972, he retired at the second highest level. He is still a professorial lecturer of the U.S. Foreign Service Institute and several universities and colleges. In 1985, he received the Abraham Lincoln Award from the American Hungarian Foundation. □□□ wwaawaa Every member of our Magyar Club received an extra copy of the present issue of the Magyar Herald for promotional purposes in this Seventieth Anniversary year. Give it to a friend and invite them to join the Club\ Magyar (Elnh of Clntelani) Published by The Magyar Club of Cleveland, Ohio President: DR. ISTVÁN TÓTH Quarterly Review For Members Of Magyar Club Editor: DR. STEPHEN SZABÓ Correspondence Address: 415 Steven Blvd. Richmond Hts., Ohio 44143 Telephone: 481-3648 Magyar Club Board Meeting June 27,1994 - Monday at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at the Independence Holiday Inn - followed by an important meeting of the Board. Preparations for upcoming activities, most essentially for the Seventieth Anniversary. First meeting of the Board with the new president, Dr. István Tóth, presiding. □ □□ Seventieth Anniversary Celebration October 14, 1994 The past seventy years were the most turbulent seven decades in all of human history! Hungary became the greatest sufferer of those bygone seven times ten years of human happenings, spangled by two world wars and an endless succession of socalled "minor wars". It was during those times that the Magyar Club had its birth, and has continued its existence with the slogan on its hag..."Perpetuating Hungarian Culture" on this part of the ocean. With that kind of definite purpose, while the Motherland was on the opposite side in all wars raging throughout the past seven decades, the mission declared has not been an easy one! The Magyar Club of Cleveland, though never great in number, has been the foremost promoter of Magyar culture in this location. The Club actually practiced ecumenical behavior here before ecumenism became accepted and fashionable, and it has acted as a civil rights promoter before the designation was even invented. The Seventieth Anniversary, on Friday, October 14, 1994, will be a milestone celebration indeed for all Hungarians, Hungarian descendents and lovers of Hungarian culture here and everywhere! □ □□ The Annual Christmas Celebration Always a great and successful annual event ever since the Magyar Club of Cleveland has been in existence. As usual, it will be held around the first week of December. The date and place will be announced in a special letter to all the members of the Club. It will be held again with a special program, musical band and caroling of both Hungarian and English traditional hymns and songs. Guests of our Club members are also cordially invited to attend.
