Fraternity-Testvériség, 2002 (80. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

2002-10-01 / 4. szám

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FRA TERNITY- TESTVÉRISÉG ISSN-0744-592X

Official publication of

The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America

Published Quarterly

Office of Publication:

2001 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1011 Tel.: (202) 328-2630 or 1-888-KOSSUTH (567-7884) Fax: (202)328-7984 E-Mail: hrfa@hrfa.org Website: http://www.hrfa.org

Periodicals Postage Paid at Washington, DC Postmaster: Send Address Changes to: FRATERNITY- TESTVÉRISÉG 2001 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1011

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE:

Rev. Stefán M. Török, Editor-in-Chief William Béla Puskás, Jr., Associate Editor Teri Pflum, Managing Editor Eva Kiss, Assistant to Editors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

George Dózsa, Chairman Priscilla Hunyady, Vice-Chair John K. Morey, Vice-Chair Clara V. Csikesz Fred Erdei Joseph Fabri László Hamos Joseph Kovács Rev. Leslie E. Martin Tibor Nagy William A. Nicholas Michael Pauli, Jr.

NATIONAL OFFICERS

Rev. Stefán M. Török, President/CEO William Béla Puskás, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer/CFO

CONSULTANTS

Francis & Wiener, PC., CPAs John D. Ballard, Actuary Leslie L. Megyeri, Legal Counsel Dr. Katalin S. Korossy, Medical Director

The Bethlen Home

Rev. Imre A. Bertalan, Executive Director 125 Kalassay Drive, Ligonier, PA 15658 Telephone: 724-238-6711 Fax:724-238-3175 E-mail: revimre@bethlen.com

TESTVÉRISÉG

In this issue:

From the President’s Desk

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Karácsonyi köszöntő

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Holiday Greetings from the Bethlen Home

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1956 Advent Passaic-on

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1956 Remembered

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Social Security

9

28th Annual Birmingham Ethnic Festival

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Fraternal Activities:

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Fraternal Days in Michigan; The Kossuth Club’s Fall Festival; A Kossuth szobor koszorúzása; Norridge magyar gyülekezete templomot épit

Branch News

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Bodó Ilonára emlékezünk

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Youth Comer

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Student Aid

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On the cover:

Civil War Ladies Re-enactment.

Acrylic on canvas by Ilona Fábián Bodó.

We have deviated from our traditional Christmas front cover to pay homage to the late artist Ilona Fábián Bodó by reproducing one of her beautiful works. Ilona, wife of artist Sándor Bodó, passed away recently in Budapest, Hungary. She worked closely with her husband on his numerous projects including the reliefs of Louis Kossuth and Theodore Roosevelt that adorn the outside of the Home Office of the HRFA in Washington, D.C.

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E-MAIL ADDRESSES:

HRFA Home Office: President/CEO:

S ecretary-T reasurer/CFO: Treasury Department: Claims/Underwriting: Kossuth House Social Club:

hrfa@hrfa.org

president@hrfa.org

cfo@hrfa.org

treasury@hrfa.org

claims@hrfa.org

khsc@hrfa.org

We welcome mai 1 from our readers. Letters should be sent with the writer’s name and address to Fraternity, 2001 Massachusetts Ave.,NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-1011. Any correspondence printed may be edited for clarity and length.

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