The Eighth Tribe, 1979 (6. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1979-06-01 / 6. szám
Page 10 THE EIGHTH TRIBE June, 1979 BUDAPEST, GEORGIA, Haralson County Winemaking Hungarians settled ‘Little Italy’ Readers have “over responded” to my help call concerning “Little Italy” in Haralson County. The mystery wasn’t so mysterious after all. Just a matter of names being changed. Charles H. Beall of Tucker remembers Little Italy as “Budapest,” named by the Hungarians who came to Georgia to raise grapes. Mr. Beall heard stories of the Hungarians who came to Georgia in their wagons. These stories were told to him by his grandfather, the late Sheriff Bullard of Harralson. Mr. Beall recalled that one of the leading families in Budapest was Jacob Estavanko. Wallace Parham called to say that as an insurance adjuster, he had occasion to visit the area of Budapest. He Recalled, “I’ve never seen homes so well built as those. And all of them had wine cellars. I remember that almost all of them were put together with those old square nails.” Why the name of Little Italy? I am am inclined to think that the local folks called Budapest Little Italy because Italy was known as a big wine producer. The years passed and the Italian moniker misinterpreted, resulting in other believing that Italians rather than Hungarians were growing grapes. So much for Little Italy, which was a group of Hungarians from Pennsylvania. In the file at Archives on “Hungarians” has tales, burial list, a clipping about Catholic Church and some incorporation datas c. 1893 about companies that were formed to deal with their wine. Reprinted from the Atlanta Journal, May 28, 1976 by Bob Harrell. Dear Sir: Enclosed is some information; thought you might find interesting and should be brought to the attention of all Hungarians. While completing law school at age 49, and doing some research, I found this information. From a legal point of reviews the law will favor Hungarians as minorities able to get all the benefits, but the Hungarians must be made aware of the law and then demand their benefits. — EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION—Government-wide Standard Race/Ethnic Categories. “if'hite, not of Hispanic Origion.—Persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.” — Signed at Washington, D.C. 28th day of March, 1977. Ethel Bent Walsh, EEOC. (FR Doc.77-9920 Filed 4-1-77;8:45 am).— Also an article “Hungarians in Budapest, Georgia.” Best Regards, Bert Kuty Riverdale, Georgia •«Alidi! ili
