Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1960-05-01 / 5. szám

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF HUNGARIAN REF. FEDERATION OF AMERICA Editor-in-Chief: George E. K. Borshy. — Managing Editor:

Joseph Kecskemethy. — Associate Editors: Emery Király and László L. Eszenyi. — Chief Contributor: Alexander Daroczy. Published monthly. — Subscription for non-members in the U. S. A. and Canada $2.00, elsewhere $3.00 a year.

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Volume XXXVIII MAY 1960 Number 5

EDITOR:

CONVENTION BREEZES

By the time the reader takes this issue in hand, more than likely the “chosen people of our Federation — the delegates elected hy the individual branches — will be in the Keystone State of Pennsylvania, in beautiful Ligonier Valley, attending the usual Quadrennial Convention of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, from June 13 to 18. Delegates representing the adult membership of our 64<-year-old fraternal will be in assembly in our beloved Bethlen Home, listening to the reports of the national officers, evaluating the progress made in each department during the past four years and setting up the policies of the Federation for the forthcoming quadrennium.

These conventions, as we desire to call our convocations, have interesting traditions. Though the loud “stumping” by and for candidates during the first few decades — encouraged by competitive Hungarian dailies, followed by elaborate parades — have ceased, the calmer winds of preparation are stirring the waters of the Federation even today. This is natural and correct, of course, because still waters tend to become stagnant. Since the fraternal system requires the election of officers every four years, a certain amount of excitement and conjecture are inevitable and the bandwagons start rolling. Who knows who gets on which?

In all the agitation and suspense, however, the most outstanding characteristic of our Federation conventions is the sincere fraternal feeling which exists among the delegates who come