Fraternity-Testvériség, 1968 (46. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1968-05-01 / 5. szám
1 Dr. Zoltán Béky: INTRODUCING OUR FIELD FORCE REV. ALEXANDER MARTON, former Dean of the Western f Chassis of the Hungarian Reform■M. _1 ed Church in America and at present one of the most faithful and able managers of our Branch y No. 238 in Youngstown, Ohio, a position he has held for 31 years. Rev. Marton was born in Nyirmihálydi, Szabolcs County, where he had his elementary schooling. He continued his studies at the Gimnázium, then at the Theological Seminary in Debrecen. Immigrated to the United States in 1927. He served the Youngstown Hungarian Reformed Church for 31 years. In 1964 he retired from the active ministry. He married Jolanda Dudás and have two daughters, a son and four grandchildren. We wish the Rev. Marton good health and happiness in his retirement. MR. JOHN BERECZ is our first Branch manager in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Br. No. 401. Born in Hungary, where he completed his education. Married to Elizabeth Berecz and they have one daughter, Iren, who is married to one of our very able Branch managers, Joseph Bakly. They are both very instrumental and helpful in expanding our fraternal work in Canada, especially in Hamilton,-Ontario. Mr. Berecz has been a member of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Hamilton for the past 40 years; nine years of which were spent as chairman and treasurer. MRS. GEORGE SINKA, nee Maria Szabó, manager of our Coatesville, Pa. Branch No. 327. Born in Nyirpirics, Szabolcs County, Hungary. Immigrated to the United States and resided in Trenton, N. J., with her husband, where they were both very active members of the Hungarian Reformed Church. Mr. and Mrs. Sinka moved to Coatesville in 1950 where her husband passed away and she took over the management of our local branch and is faithfully working in this position since that time. Mrs. Sinka is not only an active member of the Coatesville Hungarian Reformed Church, but she also is a member of the Church Council. MRS. IREN NOVAK, wife of the Rev. Louis G. Novak, is manager of our Branch No. 380 for the last eight years. Mrs. Novak was born in Perth Amboy, where she had her elementary and High School education. She also attended Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. She is the daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Louis Nanassy, a former Superintendent of our Bethlen Home. They have two children: Marshall Louis, an architect and Lourene Barbara, a teacher. They are grandparents of five grandchildren. Mrs. Novak also is manager of their Marlou Motel in Eagle Lake, Florida, where they are residing for the last 10 years. CONVERSATION WITH GOD Look, God, I have never spoken to you— But, now, I want to say, “How do you do,” You see, God, they told me you didn’t exist— And like a fool, I beleived all this. Last night, in a shell hole, I saw you in the sky, I figured right then they had told me a lie, Had I taken the time to see the things you made I’d have known they were calling a spade a spade. I wonder, God, if you would shake my hand, Somehow, I feel, you would understand. Funny, I had to come to this hellish place, Before I had time to see your face. Well, I guess there isn’t much to say, But I’m sure glad, God, I met you. I guess the zero hour will soon be here But I’m not afraid since you are near. The signal! W'ell God, I’ll have to go, I like you lots, this I want you to know. Look now, this will be a horrible fight, Who knows, I may come to your house tonight. Though I wasn’t friendly with you before, I wonder, God, if you’ll wait at your door. Look, I’m crying — Me! — I wish I had known you These many years. Strange! Well I have to go now, God, goodbye. Strange, since I’ve met you, I’m not afraid to die. (Written in a shell hole in Vietnam by an Air Force sergeant and his buddy two days before the sergeant died.) LET’S SMILE . . . The preacher, hoping to get acquainted with one of the new members of his congregation, knocked on the front door of her home one evening. “Is that you, Angel?” came the woman’s voice from within. “No,” replied the minister, “but I’m from the same department.” “This isn’t a man’s job” a minister protested to his wife as he helped with the dishes. “Oh, yes it is”, his wife replied, and quoted from the second book of Kings, chapter 21, verse 13: “. . . and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.” 12
