Fraternity-Testvériség, 1952 (30. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1952-08-01 / 8. szám
20 TESTVÉRISÉG 61. The Committee recommended that a special cemetery would be established on the property of the Bethlen Home. The Convention ordered the Board of Managers of Tne Home to investigate the possibilities of this proposition. 62. The Committee recommended that the Convention would extend a vote of thanks to Joseph Kecskemethy, Superintendent, and his wife, and their faithful coworkers, for the good results achieved in the financial, moral and spiritual life of the institution. The Convention, besides the facts already mentioned, noted with satisfaction that in the schools of the town almost all prizes were won by the pupils from the Bethlen Home, among them the greatest one of all, a scholarship for four years of university studies, by Joseph Kecskemethy, Jr. For the good results achieved in all fields, the Convention expressed its gratitude and appreciation to Joseph Kecskemethy and his wife, and also to their co-workers. 63. The Committee recommended that the Convention would increase the salary of the Superintendent of the Bethlen Home in proportion with the salaries of the Supreme Officers, and would also re-arrange the salaries of the other employees of the institution. The Convention accepted the recommendation and instructed the Supreme Council with its execution. 64. The Secretary of the Federation raised the question, whether the By-Laws of the Bethlen Home, which is an institution working under a separate charter, should be «published separately or together with the By-Laws of the Federation. The Convention ordered the publication of the By- Laws of the Bethlen Home together with the By- Laws of the Federation. 65. The Committee submitted a request to the members of the Convention, that in lieu of the usual donations, they should contribute to the purchase price of a hay-baling machine, to which purpose the members of the Committee on the Bethlen Home already gave $400.00. The Convention recommended this worthy request to the attention of its constituting members, and at the same time expressed its thanks to the Committee for their good work. 66. There was a motion that the Convention would meet again after the dinner recess. The motion was rejected by a large majority. 67. After singing and prayer led by Zoltán Vajda, the President recessed the meeting until 9 A. M. of the next morning. Attested: Mrs. Anthony Peter Mrs. Adele Nagy Hess Mrs. Alexander Kayatin Mrs. Andrew Ambrus Mrs. Emma Varga Mrs. Charles Farkas Mrs. Donald C. McIntyre Mrs. Charles Vincze Mrs. Joseph Novak Fifth Day June 20, 1952 68. At 9 A. M. Francis Újlaki, President, called the members of the Convention to devotion, during which they sang hymns; Paul Markovits, delegate, read from the Scriptures and Tibor Toth, delegate, prayed. After devotion, the President greeted delegate Paul Markovits as the first Lutheran pastor who came to our Convention as a delegate. He also greeted Dr. Stephen Benko, with reference to the merits of his father, after which he opened ihe meeting. 69. The Secretary of the Federation read the following declaration of our Federation, to be forwarded through the press and radio to the Magyars in foreign lands: Magyars! Our Brethren! In the heart-rending and uncertain conditions of our time in which the whole creation groaneth and sigheth, we, your brothers in the United States, banded together in The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, exhort you with the assurance of divine revelation: Do not fear! God of the creation, who tests you with the bitterness of a life without country, is also the God of preservation! Your lot — after Him — is the anxious care of our hearts, too. We have seen your sufferings, we felt the misery of your struggles, and wherever and as much as were able to help, we tried and will endeavor to alleviate your burden. Congenially did we thus far receive into our ranks those twelve hundred of you, who, by the decree of Divine Providence, arrived in our beloved country of adoption, where, after understanding our aims, they adopted them for themselves. They came among brothers. We hope and expect that not giving up anything from their past which humanely and in a Magyar manner is noble and beautiful, they will easily find the way of adaptation to the traditions, Christian democracy and forms of life of the new country. And you, others, forced into foreign lands, in the midst of peoples of other nations, have confidence in us! On this occasion of the Kossuth Centennary, which also marks the one hundredth anniversary of our immigration here, we feel in a greater degree the importance of our historical role, which obliges us to become, through our lives and behavior, motivated by our exemplary brotherhood, the prototype of a free and independent Hungary of the future. Our warmest desire is to shape this form of life as perfectly as possible. We beg you to consider the years of your exile in a similar spirit. Our conviction is firm that the Lord will not forsake His own, and will give us a helpmate in our powerful, free, new country, and that our thousand-year-old ancient country will be able to regain its venerable old place in the peaceful community of the God-fearing nations. Pray for that; prepare for that! You are not alone, and “if God is with us, who can be against us?” The Convention approved the declaration and .ordered its expedition. 70. Upon the request of the President, Alexander Toth, Recording Secretary, read the roll call. The Convention noted that Andrew Nagy, delegate, is absent. 71. Joseph Urban, Recording Secretary, read the minutes taken on the fourth day of the Convention. The Convention approved the minutes and ordered it to be attested by delegates Mrs. Charles Vincze, Mrs. Charles Farkas, Mrs. Andrew Ambrus, Mrs. Alexander Kayatin, Mrs. Anthony Peter, Mrs. Joseph Novak, Mrs. Adele Hess, Mrs. Donald McIntyre, Mrs. Emma Varga. The Convention also appointed delegates Francis Nagy and Stephen E. Balogh of Washington, D. C., and Joseph Szantay and Sigmund Ladanyi of New York City, N. Y., to attest the minutes taken on the fifth day session of the Convention. Alexander Toth, Joseph Urban, Secretaries
