Fraternity-Testvériség, 1981 (59. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1981-04-01 / 2-3. szám

First Orphanage

Street, Plymouth Street, a room in the Magyar Reformed Church Educational Building, (while the secretary was having a new home built), a suite of rooms on! Paine Avenue, all of which were, like the offices of the other officers, furnished to the Federation at no cost to that organization.

Finally, the work load greatly increasing, and the work force, as a result of that growth, became larger, so the offices were moved to the second floor of a bank building on Main Street. From there, they were finally moved to the Capital City. Incidentally, the bank building was first quarters for which the Federation1 paid a rental fee (in 1930).

The secretary’s office, during the years in Toledo, was staffed from time to time, by a very efficient group of men and women. The first assistant to my father was Stephen Materni, who worked part-time in' order to earn his way through the local university. After graduation, be became a successful teacher and administrator in the Toledo school system. Then there was a succession of assistant pastors of the local church: the Reverends Gero Garay and Karl Krivulka — both left to accept calls to pastorates in other cities. Valentine Boldogh, who began his services with the Federation while serving as assistant to Rev. Bogár (Toledo church), and who later became a full-time worker with the Federation, went

to Washington at the consolidation of the offices and continued there for many years.

The Misses Elizabeth Komaromy and Elizabeth Balazs, who also went, to Washington in 1936 put in many years at their tasks. Miss Komaromy left the services upon her marriage to Norman Stant, and Miss Balazs remained at her post until her recent retirement. Both young women and Mr. Boldogh attained highly responsible positions. The Toledo office never had more than three employees to aid the secretary. They carried on their tasks in a highly exemplary fashion.

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