Magyar Hírek, 1985 (38. évfolyam, 2-26. szám)

1985-05-11 / 10. szám

order for the new organ of the Academy of Music of Augsburg. The giant organ in course of construction at the workshop of the Fővárosi Művészi Kézműipari Vállalat will have 40 registers. One of its 2,500 pipes is six meters high, and weighs 300 kg. When the organ will be ready, it will be taken to Augsburg by five heavy lorries.

Gábor Kovács, the works manager of the enterprise related how this Hungarian enterprise came to win the prestigious order:

“Electric organs were the rage of recent years but we switched to making neo-baroque instruments. These have exactly the same mechanism as those made two hundred years ago, only we furnish them with steel pin axles instead of using wrought iron.”

The enterprise makes organs for churches and music schools. Their craftsmen are right now working on the new mechanical organ of the Abbey of Pannonhalma. Their other speciality is making dulcimers. About 50-60 of these typically Hungarian instruments are turned out annually.

The Roman settlement of Mursella

Archeologists of the Győr museum are working on the excavation of a Roman settlement in the area bounded by the rivers Mura and Marcal. The ancient settlement, Mursella, boasted a developed grid of streets, homes and public buildings with under-floor heating. Most recently a stone building constructed in the early years of the 3rd century was explored. The rooms opened from an arcade that surrounded a central court-yard. Fresco fragments, bronze and silver coins, pottery objects, terracotta statuettes were un earthed. The findings will be ex hibited at the Xantus János Museum at Győr.

OTTÓ BEÖTHY (1904-1985)

When the World Federation of Hungarians was reorganized Ottó Beöthy was appointed General Secretary. He accomplished much during his tenure of the office. Contacts had to be reestablished with Hungarian associations abroad, ties had to be strengthened with prominent people of Hungarian birth in many walks of life. It can be said that he laid the foundations of the present successes of the Federation. After Ihis retirement in 1967, he carried on with his research into the many subjects that interested him, publishing a number of writings. He will be remembered by Hungarians scattered all over the world.

Radio Hungary

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SPORTS NEWS

Videoton’s feat

The football team of Videoton of Székesfehérvár accomplished an unexpected feat: it faced Manchester United in the UEFA Cup, and reached the semi-finals.

The first game took place at Old Trafford, Manchester United’s home ground, in front of fifty thousand spectators. There was no score at half time. The second half began badly for Videoton Csongrádi the captain being substituted because of a knee injury. United pressed hard and ultimately Stapleton headed a goal, the only one of the game. Manchester United 1, Videoton 0.

The return was played at Székesfehérvár. Manchester United was attacking but the Videoton defence held fast and Wittman even managed to score from a free kick. 1:0, 1:1 on aggregate and that’s how it stayed after extra time.

Then, as the rules prescribe, came the penalty kicks. Again the two teams progressed evenly, and even though Stapleton missed his mistake was repeated by Gömöri. Then Péter Disztl craught Mark Hughes penalty and Vadász did not miss, giving victory to Videoton.

Hungarian successes

at the European Indoor Athletics

C hampi ons hip

At the European Indoor Championship held in Athens, György Bakos won the 60 metres hurdles in 7.60 seconds. Gyula Pálóczi came first in the broadjump with 815 cm, while László Szalma came second also with 815 cm. Attila Kovács finished fifth in the 60 metres sprint, and István Nagy was similarly placed in the 200 m sprint.

Remembering Dr. Ferenc Mező

The Hungarian sports world recently commemorated the centenary of the birth of Dr. Ferenc Mező, who obtained a Gold Medal in literature at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games. Ferenc Mező was a secondary-school teacher, and classical scholar. He did research into the history of the ancient Olympic Games, and eventually he sent his essay on the subject to Amsterdam as an entry in the art section of the 9th Olympic Games. When the results were announced on 2nd August 1928, Ferenc Mező was declared winner in the epic category. His work was published the next year.

Dr. Ferenc Mező continued his work as teacher, but also maintained his ties with sport as long as he lived. Eventually he became head of the Physical Education department in the Ministry of Education. He worked very enthusiastically after the Second World War on the renewal of the Hungarian Olympic movement. He took part in the work of the Hungarian Olympic Committee as Vice-President, and was also a member of the International Olympic Committee right up to his death.

RECIPES

Meat-ball soup of Nyírség

Ingredients: 1,000 grammes of mixed (beef and pork) bones, 2 carrots, 2 parsnips, 50 grammes each of celery and kohlrabi, 1 onion, 50 grammes of mushrooms, 1 bouquet of parsley, a table spoonful of oil, 2 green paprikas, salt, ground pepper, red paprika. The meat-balls require: 250 grammes finely minced pork, 1 bread-roll, ground pepper, a little chopped onion, 1 clove of garlic, 1 egg, 1 coffee spoonful of marjoram, salt.

Put the bones on to cook in about 1.5-2 litres of water. Lightly fry the finely chopped onions and mushrooms then add the finely diced vegetables, flavour the brew with salt and pepper, red paprika, and add about 0.3-0.4 1, then stew slowly. When the bones are completely cooked, pour the stock over the prepared vegetables (take care that no slivers of bone get there), and cook until tender. In the meantime make the meat-balls. Add well soaked the bread-roll and the water squeezed out of it to the minced meet, then the finely chopped onion,

garlic, the egg, marjoram, salt and pepper, work the material well together and put it aside for a few minutes. When the vegetables are tender, form small balls with wet hands, put them into the soup, and cook for 8-10 minutes, sprinkle finely chopped parsley on it, and serve hot.

Tarragon ham

Ingredients: 8 slices of cooked smoked ham (possibly lean spare rib), 0.1 1 milk, 0.1 1 cream, half a lemon, 1 teaspoonful of dried tarragon, 2 table spoonfuls of oil, salt, pinch of salt, 2 bay leaves, 1 teaspoonful of flour.

Quick-fry the sliced of ham in hot oil, and put them aside. Lightly brown the flour in the left-over oil, add the milk and the cream, while constantly stirring, thicken the mixture. Then flavour with the juice of half a lemon, and the grated lemon skin, and the other condiments. Place the slices of ham in the sauce, and let them cook for a while over a slow fire. Serve with mashed potatoes or steamed rice.

M. K.

The programmes are broadcast in English on Tuesdays and repeated on other days as presented below.

June 4th to June 10th The story of the Hungarian Opera House. Performances and singers during a hundred years. The programme commemorates the centenary of the opening of the Opera House and its reopening in Septem ■ ber 1984 following four years of reconstruction. (Repeat of the programme transmitted on September 4th, 1984.)

June 11th to June llth Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II, leader of Hungary’s independence war against the Habsburg House between 1703 and 1711. The programme commemorates the 250th anniversary of his death. (Repeat of the programme transmitted on April 9th, 1985.)

June 18th to June 24th A review of the origins and history of the Seklers of Transylvania. The programme which is based on an interview with the author of a book on the subject Balás Gábor, a Sekler himself, also discusses the Seklers’ characteristics and their special humour. The second half of the programme presents Baron Balázs Orbán, a Sekler, author of a book, on the Seklers. (Repeat of the programme transmitted on January 22nd, 1985.)

June 25th to July 1st The portrait and works of Alajos Degré, a 19th century man of letters. (Repeat of the programme transmitted on January 15th, 1985.)

During the three summer months of the current year we shall be repeating programmes which were transmitted between September 4th, 1984 and June 3rd, 1985.

In case you are a regular listener and missed one or another of the instalments when they were first broadcast, you can now make up for the deficit since each of the repeated instalments will be transmitted on five consecutive occasions as shown by the schedule below:

—every Tuesday at 18.00 Greenwich Mean Time (or 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time);

—every Wednesday at 00.30 GMT (or Tuesday, 8.30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time);

—every Friday at 18.00 GMT (or 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time);

—every Saturday at 00.30 GMT (or 8.30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time);

—every Monday at 03.00 GMT (or Sunday 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).

The programmes are repeated on short wave on the 25, 31, 41 and 49 metre bands, that is, on 11910, 9655, 9585 and 6110 kHz, respectively.

The Editor of Hungary’s History Serial c/o Szülőföldünk Magyar Rádió Budapest 1800 Hungary

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