William Penn Life, 1970 (5. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1970-11-01 / 4. szám

tion. He was a director of the William Penn Fraternal Association and past treasurer of The American Hungarian Citizen Club. Our sympathy goes out to the families. Both will be missed by all.

Santa is on his way to Johnstown. He will be here December 6, 1970 for the Branch 8 Christmas Party for the Children from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. at The Hungarian Club Hall, 22 Gilbert Street. (Brownstown).

Our Election of Officers will be held December 13, 1970 at the Club Hall at 2 P. M., our regular meeting date. All members are asked to please he present. Congratulations—

Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. Babin on the birth of a Son. Mrs. Babin is the former Marty Hollis, daughter of Mrs. Betty Edmiston. All are members of Branch 8.

Betty Edminston, Secretary

13 Trenton, N. J.

Branch 13 will hold a Dinner Dance on Saturday, November 21st, 1970 at 7:00 P. M. The purpose of the affair is to honor new members who were ‘admitted into the Association in 1969. Music will be furnished by the popular Continental Gypsies. This affair will be held at the Levittown Fire Company No. 1, Tullytown Bristol Road, located off Route 13 at Mill Creek Parkway, Levittown, Penna. Menu will consist of Stuffed Cabbage and complete Roast Beef Dinner (Family style). Please contact the District Office, 1030 South Broad Street, Trenton,, Tel. 609-695-3540 for detailed information and tickets.

Arrangements are being made for the Annual Christmas Party for Branch 13 children, which will be held on Sunday, December 13th at 2:00 P. M., at the St. Stephen’s Parish Hall, corner of Genesee and Hudson Streets. As usual there will be Santa Claus with gifts and goodies for all, entertainment, refreshments and door prizes. Hoping to see all our youngsters on December 13th.

Our Branch will hold its regular monthly meeting on Sunday, December 6th, 1970 at the District Office, 1030 So. Broad Street. Also, this will be our yearly meeting for election of officers for 1971. Try to make every effort to attend.

Members and friends don’t forget the forthcoming events, Dinner Dance on Sat., Nov. 21st, Branch Meeting on Sun., Dec. 6th, Annual Children’s Christmas Party on Sun., Dec. 13th.

St. Stephen’s Society members of Trenton, Branch 13 welcomes you with the affiliation to William Penn and our Branch. We are delighted that your Society joined with us, and we want to wish all of you the very best.

In closing, Branch 13 wishes to extend to all their members and friends a wonderful, healthy and happy Holiday, and a prosperous and peaceful New Year.

Miss Margaret Kovach, Reporter

14 Cleveland, Ohio

Rosemary Amato has been a member

In Memóriám,

MICHAEL FACZAN Director

It is always difficult to properly write an obituary of a friend. Michael Faczan and this writer first met in 1943, and our friendship lasted through these many years.

Michael Faczan was born in Kisvarda, Szabolcs megye, Hungary, August 15th,

of the William Penn Association since she was bom. She graduated from Beaumont School for Girls, and was the president of the National Honor Society at

Congratulations to Rosemary

Beaumont. Rosemary is attending John Carroll University. She will major in computing and hospital administration.

Her grandmother, the late Mrs. Mary Cherney of Sagamore, Pennsylvania, enrolled her and her sisters Maryellen and Patricia in the William Penn when they were born. Their mother Mrs. Betty (Cherney) Amato is also a member of the William Penn.

Branch 14 had their annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 3rd, 1970. More than 200 people were in attendance and Continued on page 4

1904 and came to the United States of America as a young man and became a member of the Association in March, 1924. He died in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on September 25th, 1970.

Together with Mr. Joseph Ivan, recently deceased Rákóczi Field Organizer, he organized Branch 138 in Johnstown, Pa. in October, 1939. He was the first and only Lodge Secretary and Manager that Branch had until January 1960 when Branch 138-R was merged into Branch 8, Johnstown, Pa., of which Mrs. Michael Faczan is currently President.

Mr. Faczan was first elected a delegate to the Convention in 1943, and was a delegate every four years thereafter, through 1967. In 1947 he was elected a member of the Board of Directors, receiving the highest number of votes of all the candidates. He was successively re-elected each four years and in 1967 was elected an alternate Director. In August of this year, he was called to replace the deceased Julius J. Lenart, Vice-President and Director. Unfortunately, because of illness, he was unable to attend the September Board meeting to take the oath of office.

Mr. Faczan was one of the finest and most active part-time local membership organizers in the history of the Association, spending many years building the Association. He was a great believer in fostering Magyar culture in the United States of America and supported every worthwhile Hungarian activity, not only by participating but financially as well. He not only built for the Association, but was a staunch laymember of his church and a respected and honored employee of the Bethlehem Steel Co. from which he took an early retirement a few years ago.

Mr. Faczan is survived by his wife Ethel, who has similarly been active in the William Penn, three daughters, Sylvia, Ethel and Elizabeth, two sons, Raymond and Robert and one grandson, David. His father preceded him in death by a few months.

In the name of the Association, Mr. Elmer Charles, National President, delivered the Eulogy on Tuesday, September 27, 1970, the date of interment. Several Board members, National Officers and Auditing Committee members were present to pay last respects to a member of the William Penn Official Family.

The William Penn has lost in Michael Faczan, a dedicated fraternalist, a true humanitarian who firmly believed in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man. He dedicated his life to these principles and, until his health failed him, never stopped aiding his fellow man.

All of us in the large William Penn family will miss him, and with his passing we are again poorer and have lost still another pioneer Magyar fraternalist.

— Rest In Peace —

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