Magyar News, 2004. szeptember-2005. augusztus (15. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2004-09-01 / 1. szám
After the delicious dinner everybody finds their own way of entertainment. László Fomwald’s music brought the mature generation to dance to the Hungarian songs or to the American ones. The little ones were happy to try out the crayons, and the member ladies took care of the kitchen. We express our sincere appreciation and must give acknowledgments to the following members, (in alphabetical order): Adamkovics Nelly and Tibor, Judith Balogh, József Balogh, Zita Balogh, Zsuzsanna Budahazi, Marika Horvath, Dr Judith Major, Maria Mathe, Eva Mikolai, Olga, Agnes, and Csaba Rethy, Vali and Tünde Miklós, Oliver Valu and also many others whose help was essential. We are grateful for the table-clothes, napkins, silver-wares,etc. provided rentfree by the Abbey Richmond rental service, through the good offices of Ilona Szondy and Sons, and for the donation of after-dinner sweets by László Gubica, the Yorkville Meat Emporium Hungarian food specialist on the 1560 Second Ave and 81st Street Comer in New York. László Fomwald, the well-liked concert pianist entertained the guest with soft music during the dinner and high-spirited Hungarian dancemusic afterward, until midnight. The dance floor was always full, including many young people. We plan to repeat such dance evenings at the sea-shore in the future; the rolling waves of the sea remind many of us for some romantic evenings at Lake Balaton. We are looking forward to see everybody at air forthcoming debutante ball on MARCH 5. 2005. Judith Balogh President of Pannónia Club TID-BITS BUDAPEST - President Bush is disliked by more Hungarian secondary school children than former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. The survey of 34,000 students, aged 16-18, from 655 high schools showed Adolf Hitler was the most disliked foreign personality with 25 percent of the vote, followed by Bush with 23 percent and Bin Laden with 16 percent. Bush was even more unpopular than former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, according to the poll. BUDAPEST - Just 15 months after József Varadi was sacked as head of Hungarian national airline Malév, his new fleet of pink and lilac Wizz Air planes will take on Malév at its home turf, Budapest airport. TASZAR, The U.S. military said farewell Wednesday to its first East European outpost, a base that evolved from a jump-off point for NATO in Bosnia to a training site for Iraqi exiles returning to their homeland. A Hungarian military bugler played the Last Post as the U. S. flag was lowered at Kapos Air Base in Taszar after flying alongside the Hungarian and NATO flags for much of the past nine years. Some 100,000 U.S. troops have passed through the Taszar air base, 120 miles southeast of Budapest, since the United States deployed here in December 1995 to supply NATO-led troops in Bosnia. Last year, the U.S. military used the base to train Iraqi exiles who volunteered to help them in Iraq. Page 7
