The Eighth Tribe, 1979 (6. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1979-06-01 / 6. szám
Page 2 THE EIGHTH TRIBE June, 1979 DEDICATION This magazine is dedicated to the Eighth Tribe in America, descendants of the original Seven Magyar Tribes. Whatever their faith, their familiarity with their ancestral language, or their degree of Hungarian ancestry, we address ourselves to each of them. If this reading is your first acquaintance with “THE EIGHTH TRIBE”, we hope you find it informative and enjoyable and that in time you will become one of our regular subscriber. THE EDITOR’S CORNER Sometimes we receive comments from our readers: why do you put certain articles in this magazine? Then we have readers who ask why did we miss (especially the continued) articles for a month or two. In the May issue we started to continue Dr. Wass’s “Adjatok cissza hegyeimet”. Dr. Vardy will continue his series on the “Magyars in History” in the near future. Then we have readers who would like to have more Hungarian, or more English pages. Some complain that we do not have news about their cities; of the activities of the Hungarian community therein. Some ask why we do not increase these pages. We are thankful to our readers for their comments, especially to those who instead of writing invest in a long-distance phone call, which means that they really care and are interested in this magazine. DONATION TO THE EIGHTH TRIBE FOUNDATION P. 0. Box 637, Ligonier, Pa. 15658 Enclosed is my (our) donation toward the establishment of a Hungarian Cultural Institute in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. $............................................................................................ Name ......................................................................................... (Husband and wile, please use first names) Address ....................................................................................... All donations will be published monthly in the EIGHTH TRIBE. All donations wil be refunded if our goal is not realized. To produce a magazine like The Eighth Tribe costs money. The amount presently received from the subscriptions just covers the expenses for the paper, the postage and a small amount left for production. During the past five years we have asked for support from the churches, societies and individuals. We received praises: “you’re doing a valuable work for the American Hungarians” — “the American Hungarian community needs a magazine like the Eighth Tribe.” We appreciate the praise, but to continue publishing this magazine we need your help to increase the subscription. We ask you to be a voice for this magazine in whatever capacity you are in: pastor of a congregation, officer of an organization, or just a member. Ask your relatives, friends or acquaintances who are of Hungarian background to subscribe to this magazine. If you see an article in your home papers, or in a magazine which you might think the readers of this magazine would be interested send it to us. • * • We would like to thank all those Hungarian Radio Programs, who take time out to mention the Eighth Tribe and the Eighth Tribe Foundation to their audiences. * • * Some of you already know that despite the effort of the Eighth Tribe Foundation to save the Bethlen Home Orphanage building for the American Hungarian community, the property has been sold. The unprintable expressions uttered by some will not help the situation. Time has come to mend wounds and prepare the way for a united front under the wings of the Eighth Tribe Foundation. Let us regroup and in one accord let us accomplish the mission we have started. Let us hope, that we have learned something from this unfortunate situation. All of us agree that there is a need for one central Hungarian Cultural Institute: a home for our meetings, conferences; where we can gather and exchange ideas. Already there is talk to have it on the East Coast, or in the Central States. Both sides have their merits. The East Coast has a large Hungarian population, but so have the Central States. Both sides agree that the only problem is the distance to travel. Just take for instance the annual conference of the Presbyters’ Association on the Labor Day weekend. People used Saturday or Sunday morning, depending how long they had to travel for the trip to Ligonier, Pa., then left on Monday afternoon around 1 or 2 o’clock THE EIGHTH TRIBE Editor ............................................................ Sándor E. Chomos Contributing Editors: .......... Albert Wass, Joseph Széplaki, István S. Tuba, Elizabeth Tuba, Steven B. Várdy, M. Takács Barboe, Endre Nánay, László Könnyű. Mollie E. Webster, Kálmán Bognár Published and printed monthly by the Bethlen Press, Inc. P. O. Box 637, Ligonier, Pa. 15658, U.SA. Second Class Postage paid at Ligonier, Pa. 15658, U.S.A. Subscription: $8.00 yearly.
