The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)

1985-11-01 / 11. szám

For twelve years, we tried to keep the magazine on a family basis for those of Hungarian parentage in the United States and Canada. We produced informative articles on Hungarian History of many thousand years, and Hungarians in America. The magazine became, despite many attempts to stop it, the voice of all Hungarian Americans, whether Catholic or Protestant. It achieved the claim of being one of the best amongst the ethnic publications. The editor would like to thank, amongst many others, the late Monsignor Kelemen Király of Detroit, Michigan, and Monsignor John S. Sabo, now retired, for their valuable advice to overcome the religious barrier, and helped the paper to represent all the sons/and daughters of the Eighth Hungarian Tribe, the Hungarian Americans.

THE HUNGARIAN EIGHTH TRIBE FOUNDATION was born in 1977 on an advice of a person, who, like this editor, was bom in the U.S.A., but received some of his education in Hungary, more in the U.S., and rose to the highest position a clergyman can, in the Calvin Synod. The time came when the Hungarian Reformed Federation decided to sell the building known as the “Arvahaz’’/Bethlen Orphanage. The disagreement between the many concerned parties led us to believe that if an independent organization stepped in, representing all the factions, the clergy, the church members, and others who felt close to the Orphanage, a solution could be reached. With the resources of 75-to-100,000 church members in the Hungarian Reformed Churches and other concerned Hungarian Americans, the goal of raising enough money to buy the building and establish a HUNGARIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE could have been achieved. Regretfully, nothing happened. In one of the issues of the Calvin Herald, Bishop Dr. John Butosi mentioned in his report, that some members of the Calvin Synod introduced a resolution to join hands with the H.E.T.F. concerning the Orphanage, but it was never voted upon. So the building, which was bought, rebuilt and kept up for over sixty years through donations from concerned Hungarian Americans of different faiths, (for the Orphanage cared for children of both Catholic and Protestant parents) was sold.

The Foundation stayed alive, and in 1981 was officially organized, and received its Charter from the State of Pennsylvania as a Non-profit Organization. Although the membership never rose over 200, some donations were received, which helped publication of this magazine, organized two well attended, and one slightly attended, conferences. Now, it is conducting a Fundraising for the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

For twelve years the magazine was published by the Bethlen Press - each year the expenses exceeding the income received from the subscribers. Now, the majority of the Stockholders felt that the time had come to give up the burden. Under the contractural agreement the new publishers will honor those subscriptions, who have already paid for 1985-86.

The seven member Board of Directors, the Eighth Tribe Foundation and myself, as the Executive Officer

November, 1985

TO OUR LOYAL FRIENDS

It was not an easy decision to turn over the Eighth Hungarian Tribe magazine to new hands, it took great soul searching. The proposition of the Rákóczi people provided an opportunity for an orderly continuation of the magazine, even if in a revised form. The magazine will be under the editorship of Mr. Paul Pulitzer who is not a stranger to our readers, he headed,our New Jersey section for a while.

The magazine will be published in the same spirit as before, non-political serving ALL American-Hungarians. It will be extended, and built on a solid foundation to bring you a magazine you will be proud to subscribe to.

At this time we would like to acknowledge the persons who invested in Bethlen Press, besides the Chomos family, for the purpose of publishing the Eighth Tribe: Dr. and Mrs. W. Biro, Mr. L. Biro, Mr. M. Kerékgyártó, Mr. L.T. Head, Dr. and Mrs. I.S. Tuba, Mr. and Mrs. T. Truszka, Dr. and Mrs. Vardy, Dr. and Mrs. Vietorisz.

We urge our readers to stay with the magazine and give the Rákóczi group a chance to prove themselves. On our part we wish them the best, and our appreciation to all our loyal family of readers who have stuck with us all these years. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

The management of Bethlen Press

of the Foundation would like to hear from you, whether you are a member of the Foundation, or just a subscriber to the magazine, so we can evaluate the future of the Foundation. Write to us: Sándor E. Chomos, HETF, P.O. Box 637, Ligonier, PA 15658. We’ll appreciate your advice. We’ll continue our work on behalf of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation and will keep the communication between us.

The Bethlen Press published many books, which are still available from us. These books are on Hungary and Hungarian History. Also available are Tibor Barath’s “The Early Hungarians”, and Attila Simontsits’ “The Last Battle of St. Stephen’s Crown.” Also available are many issues of this magazine for the last twelve years, incase you would like to have them for your children, grandchildren, or just for yourself. They are available for a minimum charge to cover the expenses.

And last, but not least, would like to thank all those who helped in spreading the news about the magazine, individual persons, radio announcers, and newspapers. But, above all, you the readers, the subscribers, some of you still with us from the start. Without you, we could not accomplish what we did; without your support the magazine would not have been around for twelve years. Thank you from all of us, associated with the magazine, for standing by us.

ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL REMAIN IN FORCE TILL EXPIRATION DATE.

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