Magyar News, 1998. szeptember-1999. augusztus (9. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1999-06-01 / 10. szám
FROM HERE TO THERE! FROM THERE TO WHERE? We show more concern toward people we know than towards strangers. This is why we were keeping an eye on events that took place in Budapest a few months ago. Naturally this was besides the political and other problems that Hungary was dealing with. So what was our concern? There was a sudden announcement on behalf of the office of the Hungarian Prime Minister. In this announcement they gave an ultimatum to the National Cultural Heritage Ministerium to vacate the building that houses the Etnographical Museum because the office of the Prime Minister is moving into it. The deadline is three months. It was a stupid idea. Our concern was also for the director of the museum. He is a friend of ours, not just mine but to many members of our Hungarain community. As a matter of fact he had something to do about the community itself. A few years ago Zoltán Fejős spent many months among us. He was doing research work on the history of our Hungarian community. He worked in libraries, archives, and made many many interviews with people. He already had books written on American Hungarian settlements. His latest was about the Hungarians in Chicago. He knew more about us than we ourselves. Since his return to Hungary, based on his knowledge and work, he was asked to be the director of the Ethnographical Museum. So this is the place where he went from here. His promotion was a great honor with many challenges. The museum is the fourth largest one in Hungary. It has a collection of 200 thousand artifacts. To carefully package these pieces take a long time. Just the ceramics numbers forty thousand pieces. Just imagine if you would be moving what care you would have to give packing your fine china. And you don’t I have 40 thousand pieces. Besides the museum has the largest I professional library' in all Central and 1 Eastern Europe. So where do they go from there? Fortunately at this time they stay put. The deadline, March 31 passed and the I Ethnographical Museum, with our friend at | the head, is where it was. Recently a friend came back from a | visit to Hungary. She brought the good news that she was at the museum and 1 enjoyed the new exhibit. It is hard to understand why such a hasty decision had to be made. The office if of the Prime Minister has a decent location. It hasn’t been destroyed, burned down or other unfortunate thing hasn't liappcned to it. It has no bearing on the w ealth or future of the Hungarian people, it is not a national interest. We are happy that the 1 Hungarian people stood up and let their oppinionbe known. Thanks to the media too. Joseph F. Balogh SUBSCRIBE We receive many complaints from our readers because they miss out on picking up the Magyar News. For some reason they are not in church the day when the Magyar News is handed out, or the didn’t visit a Hungarian business at the time. We get phone calls for past issues. Unfortunately we might not have any copies left because of the demand. A situation like this doesn’t occur when it is sent to your address. All you have to do is to subscribe and you will receive it to your home and you don’t have to miss out on a copy. To subscribe for a year send in a check of $12.00 to “A.H.H.A. Magyar News” and mail it to: Magyar News 60 Tyrone Place Stratford, CT 06614-4756 . -jcj-p T xJ E\ P P 1 T X We had some technical difficulties with the past issue. Under those circumstances we couldn’t have the Magyar News checked by our proof reader, Betty Johnson. We apologize if you found something that doesn’t comply with the English language. We got great help restoring computer equipment from Steve Miko who always saves us when we are in trouble. Thanks very much! LATE NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 30 at 5:00 PM at the First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Ave, Old Greenwich the H.C.S.C and the Pannónia Club will present the HUNGARIAN VIRTUOSI ORCHESTRA with Stephen Rogers Radcliffe as conductor and Miklós Szenthelyi with the violin. On the program Rossini, Vivaldi,Bach, Mozart and Suk. The musicians are the finest fron the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest Experienced in all phases of TAX and ACCOUNTING Allan Chomortany, CPA FAIRFIELD LOCATION Phone: (203)335-1935 Available for cultural and social events. Hall, kitchen, bar, stage and ample parking Hungarian Community Club 147 Ward Street, Wallingford, CT P.O.Box 1816; Tel: 203-639-0511 Contact Kati Kovács HUNGARIAN HISTORY ON VIDEO You may borrow these videos from the American Hungarian Heritage Association for a week’s time. Call 203-377-0569 in Stratford for information. Page 7
