The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-11-01 / 11. szám
Page 8 THE EIGHTH TRIBE November, 1980 AMERICAN HUNGARIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Reports on their Activities Sunday, August 17, 1980 the St. Stephen’s Day event was well attended. The International Folk Dance Association of I -city opened the evening dance with Hungarian dances with excellent delivery. Everyone thought they were Hungarians. (We cannot get our own children and youth to learn them.) The Trustees and the Ladies Altar Society extends a hearty thanks for those who volunteered their energy and sweat, and those who came to make this annual event memorable. Sunday, September 21, 1980. A historical event in the life of the St. Mary of Victories Hungarian Roman Catholic congregation. This was not only the I36th Anniversary that the first worship service was held in their sanctuary, but it was the occasion of the declaration that the church building and the parish hall received the distinct recognition as historical monument by the National Register of Historic Places. Bishop Wurm’s visit and presence during the festive activities of the day along with dignitaries representing the city and the Register assisted in recognizing this event as important. TV stations helped to present this once-in-a-lifetime event to be recorded for future generations. Saturday, September 27, 1980, Dinner - Movie. This event was a welcomed relaxation from all of our busy schedules. Mágnás Miska film with the two Latabár brothers made us forget the rushing world around us. ... SHALL WE DANCE...?!?! We would like to start up again our dance group. (Had none for two years.) Those interested please call Peter Katona at 865-3044. American Hungarian Cultural Society 744 S. Third Street St. Louis, Mo. 63102 HUNGARIAN LEATHECRAFT ON DISPLAY Two crates weighing 500 pounds arrived in Clarion, Pa., from Budapest, Hungary, containing 57 Icathercraft art pieces for display in the T nited States. The artist, Gyula Lőrincz, and his wife spent the third week of September in Clarion where he lectured to classes at Clarion State College. The art workwas on display in the Hazel Sandford Art Gallerv throughout October. After spending his childhood in his father's fashion design shop, Lőrincz became seriously involved with decorative leather craft some 20 years ago. A few years ago he visited in Canada and the l nited States where he caine into contact with some North American Indians, who taught him some of the. tricks of their ancient leather crafting techniques. Presently, Lőrincz is in the USA for the fourth time. Last year lie traveled in Mexico to study the native middle American approach to working in leather. In the future be hopes to study in Brazil. On Sept. 18 and 21 Lőrincz gave lecture demonstrations at the Cook Forest Crafts Center and on Oct. 18 and 19 at the Ohio state-wide Youngstown International Folk Festival. He has also been invited to be a guest artist and teacher in Cook Forest Craft Center next summer. Lőrincz and his wife, Helen, who is in fashion design and sales, will also travel to Cincinnati, Ohio: Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif., to show his work. Lőrincz has had a number of one-man shows in Hungary and his individual pieces have been sold all over Europe and in the United States. “The art of Lőrincz is so new, beautiful and unique that be is the only one who cultivates it and he has no followers yet.” John Szűcs, his master teacher in Budapest, said. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OBSERVED Father Alphonse Skerl celebrated his silver juhi lee at East Chicago, Indiana Holy Trinity Church. He is the pastor of Holy Trinity Hungarian and St. Joseph’s Father Skerl, a native of Szombathely, Hungary, was ordained by Archbishop Paul C. Schulte of Indianapolis in 1955. He has served the churches in Michigan City, Gary, Chicago, St. Louis and East Chicago. Father Skerl was involved in a labor-oriented lilm released in 1978, which portrayed the problems of ethnic groups in the 1930's as the labor movement grew. — Give a Gift Subscription to your Children and Grandchildren —
