The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1985-06-01 / 6. szám
PROFILES IN FOCUS Yolan Varga visited the display booth of the Eighth Hungarian Tribe magazine during the 9th Annual Hungarian Day Festival in New Brunswick last year. NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - YOLAN VARGA, author, teacher and civic leader was presented the American Hungarian Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award at the 22nd annual Carousel Ball, Saturday, May 4, 1985. The foundation honored Miss Varga for her professional accomplishments, her far reaching community and humanitarian efforts and for promoting the appreciation and understanding of the Hungarian cultural heritage in America. DR. ALEXANDER SZEMERE, chairman of the Ball, also awarded Mrs. Pauline Toth the Chaimen’s Recognition Award at the ball. In presenting the Carousell Ball Chairmen’s Recognition Award to Mrs. Toth, Dr. Szemere said that she was being honored for the more than 17 years she has served as a dedicated member of the Ball Committee and a devoted friend of the American Hungarian Foundation. Miss Varga taught English in New Brunswick High School for thirty-five years and received the “Outstanding Educator Award” in 1979 from the New Page 14 Jersey Secondary School Teachers Association. She served on the Board of Judges of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association from 1973-76 and as a member of the Visiting Committee of the Middle States Association in 1971. Her community activities have included serving as a board member, officer and executive director of the Hungarian Civic Association in New Brunswick. Since 1981 she has served as that organization’s consultant. She was a member of the Executive Committee of the Tercentennial in New Brunswick in 1980 and organized a number of Hungarian heritage activities including the annual Hungarian festivals. Currently, she is serving again as coordinator of the proposed Ethnic Heritage Project film on turn-of-thecentury Hungarian immigrants. Miss Varga is the author of the numerous articles published in various areas and the author of textbooks on literature and writing. Her latest book, on creative writing, will be released by J. Weston Walch, Publisher, in January 1986. A life-long resident of New Brunswick, she is a graduate of Douglass College and received a Master of Education Degree from Rutgers the State University School of Education. She is a member of the National Education Association, the New Dr. Alexander Szemere, Chairman of the American Hungarian Foundation 's 22nd Annual Carousel Ball. Jersey Education Association and the American Hungarian Educators’ Association. Mrs. Toth has been an active participant in community life. She served as president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hungarian American Athletic Club for seven years. As a member of the Bayard Street Presbyterian Church she participates in the Women’s Guild, the Sewing Club and has been a member of the Church Choir. She also sang with the former Kodály Chorus of New Brunswick and has been a member of the Hungarian American Democratic Club in New Brunswick. Mrs. Toth is a graduate of New Brunswick High School, Drake’s Secretarial School, and she also attended Rutgers University College. She has been employed by Ethicon, Inc. of Somerville, for the past 27 years. Pauline Toth resides in Somerset with her husband Louis. They have three children, Paula, Carolyn and Thomas and one grandchild, Adrienne. The Carousel Ball was held at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster and the ball benefited the American Hungarian Foundation. The Chubak- Kara-Nemeth orchestra provided the music at the ball. Playing the cimbalom in the orchestra was Peter Kara, the 1983 recipient of the New Jersey Folk Festival Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Folk Music of New Jersey. In New Brunswick, the American Hungarian Foundation has begun construction on the Hungarian Heritage Center with its museum, library and archives. A fund drive to raise $2.9 million in capital and endowment funds is successfully underway. The Center will house the foundation’s 30,000 volume library collection, its manuscript and museum collection which include extensive archival material about the role of Hungarians in America since 1776. continued from pane 13 ceptions: Magyar-Scythian, Magyar- Celtic, Magyar-Hun, Magyar-Avar, Magyar-Kum, Magyar-Volga, Magyar- Touranian, Magyar-Techongos, and, believe it or not, the Magyar-Maori Nexus (New Zealand). One of these days, it is quite possible that somebody is going to come up with the claim that the Magyars and American Indians, including Sitting Bull, were of common ancestry! Eighth Hungarian Tribe
