Magyar News, 1995. szeptember-1996. augusztus (6. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1995-09-01 / 1. szám
AT THE TOP There was a time when Hungarian athletes were winning international competitions. So when a Hungarian name pops up in the sports field we are not surprised, we nod our head and remark that what did anybody expect. It is natural for Hungarian sportsmen to win. This goes for sports women, too. At this time I do not want to go into discussions on how the Hungarian Olympic team once was in the third place among all the nations. We will do that at some other occasion. Just recently there was a big swimming event on the Sound. The finish line was at the Captain's Cove in Bridgeport. Greg Streppe) from Canada came in first by breaking the previously set record with 15 minutes. The second, breaking the record by 2 minutes, happened to be a swimmer from Hungary . He is Attila Molnár ranked first in the World Series of marathon swimming. He was not alone, an other athlete. Dusán Toth- Szabo. was member of the competition. Congratulations. An other athlete, Charles Nagy, an American Hungarian is from our community. He went to school in Fairfield, his family belongs to the Hungarian church, the United Church of Christ on North Avenue. Nagy is now the No. 2 starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians baseball team. Nagy helped this team to their best record. Congratulations. PICNIC, PICNIC, PICNIC There are times when nothing happens, then if you wait it out you might stumble across many things. In this extreme hot summer some Hungarian organizations happened to choose in advance some cooler days to have a picnic. There were three of them in a row. Calvin Hall, St. Emery and also the Kossuth Masonic Association. Let us start with Kossuth. We don't hear much about them, but as it turns out this Hungarian organization is quite active and has been like that for a long time. This year they had the largest attendance as members, families and friends in many years. Beautiful weather and good food were accompanied by conversation, cards, bocce and swimming. President Vinnie Vida organized this picnic. He was also leading the winning bocce team. As they claim the bocce (lawn bowling) is a Hungarian game. We won't object to that. THE FIRST/THE FINEST HOWE DRIVING SCHOOL JOYCE HOWE - SPEAKS HUNGARIAN 2318 MAIN STREET STRATFORD, CT 06497 (AT THE FLAG POLE) 375-HOWE 588 MONROE TPKE. ROUTE t I 1 MONROE, CT 06468 261-0500 Contributions to this lovely event were made by Bert Thomas, Ed Szabó, Zoly Kadar, Lou Király and many others. They produced kolbász roasted over fire, liver, bacon and sautéed onions, zsíros kenyer with roasting szalonna and corn on the cob Naturally the ladies arrived with their outstanding, delicious baked goods. The picnic was at Peter Penzefs house in Fairfield. The shade trees, hammocks, garden and pool helped make the day more enjoyable. It was easy to find the place, the Hungarian flag adorned the the front of the house.. The Kossuth Masonic Association has been in existence for forty years and the meet regularly every month. *********** Both the Calvin and the St. Emery picnics are a success as always. The preference of the Hungarian food is obvious. It goes as fast as they could make it. When they run out there is still enough of the standby, the good old hot-dog and hamburger. The Calvin Hall has the picnic on their own grounds. St. Emery usually had it in Shelton, but the new requirements of the health department made it more difficult to manage every year. So this time they set pitched a big tent in the school yard and it worked fine. We wish they all keep up the tradition of Hungarian picnics in the future because people in our community appreciate authentic Hungarian food. DID YOU OR DIDN’T YOU ? The question is very simple, all you have to do is to know what it is about. We want to find out if in any way, manner or fashion you happened to participate or meet the Special Olympics' Hungarian athletes. We would like to know is you had an experience with them, or an impression that you would like to share. Maybe you have a story or a comment. We want to have our next issue to deal with the Special Olympics. Not that much about the games, rather the Naugatuck community first of all, also about the members of our Hungarian community who went out of their way to support the athletes. As we all know the host committee, supported by the whole town, gave such a welcome and care to the athletes from Hungary that it is considered the best any other team had received.. We are going to read many hearth warming stories. We do not want to leave out what you would like to say. Give us a call so we know about you, and if you need help with expressing yourself, we will try to help. Please call 377-0569. If an answering machine takes your call , please leave a message, your name and a telephone number. 7
