The Eighth Tribe, 1978 (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1978-11-01 / 11. szám
November, 1978 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 3 Total Donations listed in the October issue ..............$235.00 Ted J. Torok .....................................................................................$ 20.00 Warrensville, (Cleveland) Ohio Louis and Theresa Nemeth .......................................................$ 20.00 Riverview, Michigan. Franz Graf Zichy ...........................................................................$ 25.00 Evanston, Illinois. Paul and Jolán Miller (Molnár) ........................................$ 10.00 Petaluma, California Total donation to November 10, 1978 ...................$310.00 o-o-o-o We ask only two things from every family of Hungarian background: Subscribe yearly to the Eighth Tribe at Eight dollars per year and send in your Twenty dollars donation or what ever you care to donate to the Eighth Tribe Foundation. o-o-o-o Letters to the Editor:— Dear Mr. Chomos: I was saddened and at the same time angered by what I read in your October Editor’s Comments. First of all, nearly 3,000 issues of the “Eighth Tribe” are printed each month, but only one-third of the people who receive them are paying subscribers. To you people who are enjoying OUR (paying subscribers) magazine:......................? Do you think this magazine grows on trees? What happened to your pride? Is freeloading your style? If you want to read this publication regularly then pay for it. At long last we have a periodical that directs itself with not only our past, but Hungarians and the Hungarian community. There are book listings, radio schedules, poems, announcements, photographs, and the list goes on. All of this is on fine quality paper worthy of your book shelf. Now because SOME of us do not want to share in the financial burden of continuing this fine periodical, we may all lose it. You will not only lose the periodical, but some of your pride, identity, and contact with your fellow Hungarians. If this does not bother you then I do not consider you a Hungarian and you have no business reading the “Eighth Tribe.” Think about this the next time you are paying out $8.00 at one of your local McDonalds Hamburger Shops. This also goes for the Hungarian churches who regularly receive the “Eighth Tribe” and cannot find it in their means to send in $8.00 from their “tight” budget. Second, I’m appalled that after 2-3 months of soliciting donations for a Hungarian Cultural Institute we have the sum of $235.00. I have always been proud of our past, our great leaders, our tenacious struggle for over 1,000 years, and of my fellow Hungarians. Now with the exception of a few individuals I can only continue to be proud of my past. Those who are divided are lost. May you rest in peace Hungarian American Society. Regretfully, Zoltán Körössy —Mr. and Mrs. Zoltán Körössy gave the second donation toward the Eighth Tribe Foundation.—editor. Gentlemen: The wives—and husbands—of other nationalities, who are partners of those descendants of the original seven Magyar Tribes, are also very much interested in the Eighth Tribe. We also subscribe to the Civil War Magazine in which I have not seen “The American Balaklava”, a very interesting account. Surely they must know the contribution of Charles Zágonyi? There must be many citizens of Missouri who are familiar with it. Both my husband and my sister-in-law, of whom there was an article in a recent “Eighth Tribe”, have non-Hungarian mates. We have recently had a Hungarian guest and his non-Hungarian wife, and there is a Nicholas Kossuth, also living here in Warrenton, whose wife is American. Another old friend, who now lives in Hawaii, also had an American wife. Our daughter’s best schoolgirl friend has recently married an non-Hungarian also. The Hungarian gentlemen’s wife became very fluent in the Hungarian language herself.................Surely there are many such families. Respectfully, N. E. Szegő Warrenton, Virginia 0 0 0 0 Dear Sirs: Enclosed is a check to renew my subscription to The Eighth Tribe. I have enjoyed your publication very much and look forward to contiuing issues. In recent months the amount of Hungarian text has been reduced. I think this trend should be reversed. To those of us who can speak Hungarian but not read or write it well, it would be helpful to selectively include some articles in both languages. Also — as with most languages, words and phrases take on new meanings — a periodic glossary of words and phrases would help us keep current with our native language. Thank you for your consideration. Miklós Máthé Hockessin, Delaware o-o-o-o Dear Mr. Chomos: I am familiar with the “Eighth Tribe” and especially enjoy reading in them the history and legends of the Magyars. My visit to Hungary this summer gave a renewed interest in our great heritage and I would like to see it preserved. Many of the younger generations of the Eighth Tribe who do not speak the language lack familiarity with even the greatest Hungarian patriots names let alone their great deeds. Your publication presents information now in English and very interestingly indeed so I feel that if the paper is made available to those younger generations, they may become interested and take a closer look and gain deeper awareness of their roots. Therefore in an effort to this cause I am enclosing ten gift subscriptions which are to be Christmas gifts so I am hoping that each one will receive the first issue in December before Christmas. Please send the donors name with these gift subscriptions. Yours respectfully, Isabelle (Antal) Buterbaugh Vintondale, Pa.
