Magyar News, 1993. szeptember-1994. augusztus (4. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1994-06-01 / 10. szám
lative marks but they doubted that the Pot Roast was prepared from scratch on site. They would not believe that a 15-year-old cooked that well. They were convinced that the roast was cooked elsewhere and clandestinely smuggled in on Saturday night. We were not disqualified. However, the downgrading of points resulted in Troop #36 winning only Second Place in the Camporee. By 1937 Troop #36 had distinguished itself with members attaining First Class Rank and Merit Badges in great number. We had participated in the Hungarian Day Parade which started at the Sanford Library Park State & Fairfield Avenues and ended at Ash Creek. Our scouting days ended as we turned 16 and 17 years of age, graduated from high school and went on to higher education, into the trades and industry. We never expected that within five years many of us would be serving our America during World Warll. r ■ r c u Louis J. Sebestyen (The writer was a member of Boy Scouts of America Troop #36 for 4 years until 1937. Prep School and College and later World War II resulted in losing contact with the Troop. Hopefully, with further research, the later years may result in another article) SCALING FENCE FOR HUNGARIAN WORDS As the Holy Trinity B.C. Church is preparing for the 100th Anniversary, with Father Rakaczki I was browsing through some old photographs. Some brought back personalmemories especiallyonethatshowed the old, first church on Bostwick Avenue. It wasn’t the church that had my attention. It was the fence between the properties of the Holy Trinity and St. Stephan. In the picture this fence looks new and in good shape. In my memory it was a bit older and in lesser shape. Not that it mattered anything. It was just a challenging obstruction. We lived on Spruce Street and to get to Holy Trinity I had to go around the comer For a young boy this seemed to be a long journey so the alternative was to make a shortcut. HUNGARIAN SUMMER SCHOOL The American Hungarian Boyscout Association has always been in the forefront of keeping the language alive. Since 1968, every summer it organizes a camp in Sándor Sik Boyscout Park. This is in Fillmoren New York (NY 14735). It is held usually in the later half of July for three weeks. It is structured like most camps with sports, swimming and games. The time spent on teaching the language is 72 hours. This would equal close to a half an hour every school day throughout the year. The study is not limited to the language, the students will also learn history, literature and heritage^________________________ We learn from László Dömyei’s article about the Summer College of Sárospatak. Last year was the twenty-second in a continuous row. Youngsters from many European countries attended. The Unites States was represented by 11 students, which is a nice number for this program. Besides the studies and games in a historic setting, the group made several trips in the area and also traveled to Kassa. Cornelia Krause from Austria at the end of the camping said: “I am part Hungarian, but now I feel like a full-fledged Hungarian.” Congratulations! Barbara Bogdanyi GREENWICH • DARIEN • NEW CANAAN STAMFORD • WESPORT/WESTON DANBURY • FAIRFIELD/SOUTHPORT NORWALK/ROWAYTON • WILTON Preferred Properties, Inc. bus. (203) 852-9493 104 EAST AVE. RES. (203) 847-5710 NORWALK. CONN. 06851 FAX (203) 866-0013 This meant that I had to scale the fence to St. Stephan’s, then from there to Holy Trinity. What was the purpose of getting there? That is where I was learning the Hungarian language, beside the home, under the tutelage of Father Gulyassy. I wasn’t the only one to use this route and I am sure Father noticed it, but he might had figured that he could put up with it if we diligently would learn the language. I was lucky enough to spend a couple more decades improving on these first lessons. It was worth scaling the fences because I ended up having a pretty good control over the Hungarian language. Thanks. Joseph F. Balogh HUNGARIAN and AMERICAN COOK BOOK Compiled By THE HOLY TRINITY' GREEK CATHOLIC LADIES GUILD 558 BOSTCPICX AVf BRIDGEPORT, «JNNECTJOff We found an old H ungarian cookbook published by the Women’s Guild of Holy Trinity H ungarian B.C. Church. It is the second edition and it is dated 1955. Pamela K. Revak Attorney at Law 1275 Post Road, Suite 212 Fairfield, Connecticut ESTATE, TRUST AND TAXATION SERVICES, INCLUDING TAX RETURN PREPARATION 259-9578 Page 5
