William Penn Life, 1976 (11. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1976-04-01 / 2. szám
90th Anniversary & Annual Bowling Tournament The year 1 976 marks the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the present William Penn Association in Hazleton, Pa., February 21, 1886. This memorable event will be appropriately celebrated Saturday evening May 29, 1976 in the Grand Ballroom of the William Penn Hotel, Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. The observance of the Anniversary will be a Dinner-Dance with sparkling entertainment for the pleasure of the participating guests. The Dinner will be one to be long remembered and in honor of the 90th Annivesary the Board of Directors has set the ticket price at $10.00 per person. We sincerely hope that at this price, the Grand Ballroom will be filled to capacity. The speaking program will be brief but in keeping with the occasion. Mickey Schwartz and his popular orchestra will provide music for dancing which will follow the speaking and entertainment program. The entertainment will be by professionals. The local committee consisting of officers of Branches 34 Pittsburgh, 71 Duquesne, 89 Homestead, 226 McKeesport, and 296 Springdale will provide a wonderful hospitality noon, Friday May 28 and be hosts to all visitors during the long Memorial Day week-end so that everyone who celebrates with us will have a grand time. Bowling will be at the 52 lane Bowling City, Washington-Road, Mt. Lebanon, Pa., where we bowled five years ago. Tournament Administrator is Mr. Gus G. Nagy, Vice-President Membership Service; those who need information about the Bowling Tournament should contact him. TRIP TO HUNGARY Cont. from Page 1 The one week Land Tour of Trans-Danubia (Dunántúl) is all arranged, the charge for this is $155.00 per person, double occupancy including bus transportation, hotel and three meals per day. Those who have not informed the Home Office whether or not they will take the Land Tour should do so immediately. The Board of Directors had a difficult decision to make, the response to the September 13th trip was very poor, and as a result it was decided to cancel that trip. Thus there will only be the one trip to Hungary this year, leaving Pittsburgh on August 17, 1976 Tuesday evening. OFFICIAL NOTICE To comply with By-Law requirements, Section I of Article IV, William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc., I hereby call the annual meeting of members for 1:30 P.M., Saturday May 29, 1976 in the William Penn Hotel, Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Purpose of the meeting is to elect Board of Directors and to transact any business which may come before the meeting. All members who have paid their membership dues to December 31, 1975 or beyond are eligible to participate in the meeting. All Branches of the William Penn Association having paid their annual dues to December 31, 1975 or beyond are eligible to participate. Branch Managers are to notify the Secretary at 429 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 by Friday, May 21, 1976 who will be the Branch representative, also, the name of an alternate must be furnished. Elmer Charles President Sell old rs h ip Eligib ility 1. The Board of Directors has established the following rules governing eligibility for scholarship grants: a) The father or mother of the applicant must be a beneficial member of the William Penn Association. b) The student applying for scholarship grant must be a beneficial member of the William Penn Association as of January 1st of the year for which application is made, or must be the child of a deceased member. c) Only those students may apply for scholarship grants who have been accepted by or are already attending an accredited college or university, or school of nursing. A transcript of the applicant’s scholastic record must be attached to the application. d) A scholarship grant can be awarded to full time students only. e) Parents of applicants must file confidential financial statement on form provided by the Foundation and all other necessary information which may be required. f) Scholarship grants will be awarded by the Executive Committee of the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation Inc., once each year in the month of June. All applications must be received at the Home continued on Page 4 FLAG DAY The 10 million members of fraternal benefit societies throughout the United States have been urged to conduct a special flag-raising ceremony at noon, June 14, as a bicentennial tribute to this country’s heritage. The call came in a proclamation designating the week of June 8 - 14 as national Fraternal Week with the final day coinciding with Flag Day. The proclamation was issued by Dr. John H. Griffin .president of the National Fraternal Congress of America, an association of 100 fraternal benefit societies. Dr. Griffin recalled the intense love for country and deep reverence for American ideals that traditionally have characterized the fraternal socieites, most of which have pronounced religious or ethnic roots. He added that the socieites not only are proud of their “deep attachment to the well-being of the nation but also are anxious to share this commitment with all citizens of the country.” Noting that love and reverence for the nation are reflected in a dramatic way through proper respect for the national flag, “he invited all fraternals to make the highlight of their patriotic program this year the “raising of the American standard at noon on Flag Day, Monday, June 14, in all communities throughout the United States — a project to be sponsored by the coordinated leadership of the different fraternal socieites in cooperation with other civic groups.” Dr. Griffin also reported that the climactic Flag Day ceremony for fraternal societies as well as a highlight of all bicentennial activities will be the national observance at the birthplace of Flag Day, Stony Hill schoolhouse in Fredonia, Wisconsin, with the participation of top fraternal, civic and government leaders. It generally is recognized that a young teacher, Bernard J. Cigrand, gave the initial momentum to observance of Flag Day when he and his young charges held a ceremony venerating the flag on June 14, 1885, at the schoolhouse. Cigrand dedicated his life to having the nation set aside a special day to honor the American banner. This effort achieved fulfillment when President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation on May 30, 1916, to have June 14 of that year observed as Flag Day. The tiny one-room schoolhouse , about 30 miles north of Milwaukee, was found in disrepair in the late 1940's. The Wisconsin branch of the National Fraternal Congress of America then established a foundation to acquire and restore the property as a national shrine. It will be the site of an elaborate flag-raising ceremony on June 14 with continued on Page 4 2
