Magyar News, 1996. szeptember-1997. augusztus (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1997-02-01 / 6. szám
Scholars and Hostesses line up Joseph Stiber, Bette S. Johnson, Claudia Margitay-Balogh, Linda Chehy, and in the front row Susanne Papageorge, Jessica Lévai, Christine Simon and Krisztina Beres. To the right are Rozsika Deutsch and Joseph Balogh A 1 Vs in every year the American Hungarian Heritage Association (A.H.H.A.) has a Scholarship Tea Party for the new recipients. This time too, students and friends, also the lovely ladies with their delicious Hungarian pastries gathered for the event. Joseph Stiber, president of the organization opened the program with his greeting and wishing everybody a Happy New Year. Then Rozsika played some Hungarian songs to get the spirit going. Following was Bette Standish Johnson introducing the students and giving out the scholarships. This is how she summond it up for the Magyar News: “The 1997 Mary Katona Scholarships sponsored by the American Hungarian Heritage Association were awarded to four young women of the Fairfield - New Haven Counties on Sunday, January 5th. Members of the A.H.H.A. and families of the four recipients gathered for the Annual Awards Tea Tea at the Calvin UCC Club Room in Fairfield, CT. Eighteen applications for scholarship help had been received this year by the Scholarship Committee and because of the outstanding academic and community activities of these four students, the committee felt that instead of awarding one or two, each of the four young ladies could benefit from sharing the funds equally. In alphabetical order, the awards were given to: Krisztina Beres, a graduate of Fairfield High School, 1989. She is studying Nursing at St. Vincent’s College, Bridgeport and expects to receive her B.S. and R.N. degrees in 1998. Jessica Elise Lévai of Huntington, CT. graduated from New Canaan High School 1996 where her father is a teacher. An outstanding student she was elected to the National Honor Society and is a Monroe Scholar at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. The third award was granted to Susanne E. Papageorge, daughter of Elias and Carol Timko Papageorge, a Fairfield High School graduate, long time active members of Holy Trinity B. C. Church in Bridgeport. Susanne carries over the traditions of her mother’s family. She is a Freshman at Adelphi College in Garden City, L.I., N.Y., where she is majoring in Education. A Milford resident and graduate of Jonathan Law High School, Heather Christine Simon has enrolled at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass, where she will pursue studies in Business Management. She too is cognizant of the strong faith and hard work of her Hungarian heritage and she feels “-----that my grandfather and Great-Grand-Parents are the reason for instilling strong goals in me and I know that because of their perseverance and hard work, 1 will achieve this happiness as well.” Each of the four girls wrote similar thoughts in their essays. All very aware of the diligence of their family members in transitioning from Hungarian to American life-styles and success. Space will not allow listing the many awards and activities of these young ladies but they included exceptional talents in Music, and Sports in addition to their high achievement in the Courses of study. Members of the A.H.H.A. community can take great pride in this generation of young Americans, who incorporate the inspiration and guidance of their families to pursue their own educational goals, tieing 19th and 20th century heritage to their 21st century lives. The Scholarship Committee which had the privilege and pleasure to make these awards for A.H.H.A. were: Linda Chehy, Foreign Language Teacher, Stratford, CT.; Claudia Margitay-Balogh, English Teacher, Fairfield High School; Joseph Racz, Businessman, Norwalk, CT. and Betty Standish- Johnson, Retired Principal, Fairfield.” The second part of the program started with Rozsika playing songs and the audience was quizzed about them. Following came Joseph Balogh, editor of the Magyar News with his quiz. He handed out many poster size color pictures and albums. Most of his questions were tricky, first letting the audience dig deep into what the picture represented. Par example: the picture showed a vineyard with a man carrying a container on his back and a girl emptying her basket of grapes into it. Everybody knew that it was a grape harvest. But the question was: what importance does the container (puttony) have with some Hungarian wines. After some stumbling the answer was there; the Tokaji Aszú is qualified by the amount of puttonys filled with raisin mixed in with the wine. The quiz touched many areas, folk costums, Budapest, geography, etc. All in all it turned out to be a pleasant afternoon with good humor and laughs, also some prizes for the winners. Closing the the program came the reception with coffee and freshly baked Hungarian goodies. During the reception Jessica Lévai sat down to the piano, showed her talent playing good quality jazz music and giving a taste of a List Rhapsody. At some time we will ask more from her. It is a great experience seeing talented, hard working youth of Hungarian background. f Experienced in all phases of ^ TAX and ACCOUNTING Allan Chomortany, CPA FAIRFIELD LOCATION Phone:(203)335-1935 j Page 3
