Magyar News, 1990. november-1991. augusztus (1. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)

1991-02-01 / 4. szám

COMMUNISM RECONSIDERED E. S. Ferjentsik My two-year-old eyes peered low Through a gray, unfathoming mist And watched my father's veined hands digging, Salt drops dripping, his own father's grave. My five-year-old flittering eyes saw mirrored In the swirling black waters of the Danube The great Red Star atop our Parliament .dome, And the visage of bearded Karl glaring at our home. Now, my two-score-old marble eyes read Through clouds of awe, and perhaps hope, About these alien, pastel, printed words: Perestroika. Glasnost. Bilateral Disarmament. E.S. Ferjentsik is a Fairfield dentist born in Budapest in 1949. He has been writing poetry and prose since his high school days, a quarter ofa century ago. His first novel, "Collateral Duty ”, is awaiting publication under the pen name of Erik Thornhouse, and he is currently hard at work on his second full-length novel. WHOS BUYING? It is hard to tell who is the buyer in the market. Here in the U.S. we suddenly learned about the Japanese taking owner­ship on 2% of the real estate, corpora­tions, etc. But then again we see Ameri­cans buying in other countries. General Electric, for 150 million dollars, bought half of the Tungstram Company in Hun­gary. Other American companies are also interested to take their share of owner­ship in Hungary. The question is how much is there to sell. The estimate is that the Hungarian industry, that is worth something, could be purchased for 10 bil­lion dollars. It is known that Hungary owes 20 billion dollars to the west. If they sell all the industry they could only pay off half of the debt, half the amount of what they owe. There would still be 10 billion dollars left to pay off. It is a very difficult situation. Somebody came up with a clever idea. They should sell the Hungarian castles. Hungarians can’t afford to keep up such big residences so why not offer it to for­eigners. The New York Times is running an ad, as you could see. If you happen to have the money then this is the time to buy. You might, this is just theoretical, be lucky and buy back the property for a nice sum of dollars, the property that otherwise you might think of as .your own because it used to be your family’s prop­erty. Your family never sold it, never received any compensation for it. The governemnt just took it away. As we know there are some businesses that were confiscated after the war and now descendants of the family are buying it, or part of it, back. It seems like that is the way it is going to be with the castles and estates, too — till next time. What about small houses and little properties? Are they going to be adver­tised in the New York Times? 38th ANNUAL HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL One of the high points in the church life of the First United Church of Christ is its Annual Hungarian Festival. Last year marked the 38th edition. This is the oldest continual festival of its kind in the United States. Many people have come to appre­ciate the food, entertainment and other activities associated with the festival. However, there is one facet of this event which many people are not familiar with. In 1952, when the festival was first held in the Ritz Ballroom in Bridgeport, the Rev. Emil Nagy, who was pastor at that time, was searching for different types of entertainment. He happened to be in New York City that year and was fortu­nate to be able to hear a violin and piano couple, “Rozsika and László.” He was so impressed by them that he made arrange­­gements for them to appear at the first festival. Since that time, Rozsika and László have been entertaining at each subsequent festival. Also, shortly after their first appearance in Bridgeport, Roz­sika and László decided to make Bridge­port their home. We like to think this was due to the warm and appreciative wel­come they received those many years ago at the first Hungarian Festival. This year’s festival continued the tradi­tion of providing a meeting place for the many members of our Hungarian com­munity. People from all the Hungarian congregations as well as non-Hungarians witnessed first hand the beauty of our Hungarian cultural life through the Hun­garian Folkdance Ensemble. The mem­bers of First Church are proud to bring this little bit of Hungary to our commun­ity each year! TO THE READER As you know the Magyar News is free and you can pick it up at the Hungarian churches at the end of every month. If you wish to receive it to your home send 5-6 or more self addressed, stamped enve­lopes at a time. We can’t do the address­ing. We asked for some token contribu­tion if you so desire but you still have to send the envelopes. /Editor/. LLA (^COMPLETE CAR CLEANING SERVICES’7) W(BTBVß(B Fairfield • 367-8327 ‘Full Service" includes Exterior Wash Interior Vacuuming and Cleaning £) Professional Hand Waxing & Complete Detailing £] Full line of Maps and Atlases Bridgeport • 372-3417

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