William Penn Life, 1976 (11. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1976-10-01 / 4. szám
Bicentennial Tour (Continued from Page Twelve) Airport, our hearts were heavy, we were sorry to have had to bring this beautiful trip to an end, but all of us had obligations, so we had to head back home. Our plane stopped for refueling at Shannon Airport in Ireland where we had an opportunity, that is where the ladies had an opportunity, to spent whatever few dollar's they may have saved after being in Hungary for three weeks. Our flight back; of course, occurred during the daylight hours because the time change kept following us and a terrific shout went up from the passengers in the plane when the Captain announced that we were over the U.S.A. Finally we had reached our destination. As our giant plane taxied to a stop at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport it was again a confusing situation as we went through passport inspection and then finally through U.S. Customs. It was such a pleasure to be greeted at the airport by Mr. Gus G. Nagy, Vice President-Membership Services, and our newly appointed Vice President of Marketing, Mr. Stephen Szilagyi and his family, and, of course, Frances Furedy was there as she was on the take off to greet us back to Pittsburgh. There were many tearful farewells as each headed for his own home, all of us certainly will talk for many months, perhaps years, about our experiences and at this time would like to close this article by thanking the Board of Directors and the Officers of William Penn Association for making this trip possible. (As a P.S. to this article all of you will be pleased to know that Mr. Elmer Charles, National President, has found his Vizsla, Apród which had escaped from the hatch of the plane on our arrival in Pittsburgh.) Vice President John P. Balia and Rev. Fr. John J. Nyeste. Branch 18 Anniversaries Banquet The Anniversaries Banquet (90th for the Association and 70th for Branch 18) held at the Hungarian Reformed Church on Sunday, October 10, 1970, was a success with approximately 300 persons attending. The program with Stephen G. Danko as Master-of-ceremonies was very interesting. The invocation was given by Steve Szilagyi, Vice President of Marketing, from Pittsburgh. National President Charles gave an outstanding speech and National Secretary Stelkovics presented the 50-year members with their pins and also introduced the members of Branch 18, eighty years of age and over, who were the guests of the branch. Three dancers from the Dancers Hungária group, Gregory Keresi, James Pisar and John Danko, and three dancers from the Hungarian Folk Dancers, Angela and Paul Bartha and Doris Szabó, were also part of the program. Various sister branches and other clubs and organizations were introduced as well as dignitaries from the Detroit area and also from out-of-town. The food was delicious, catered by Mary Gyorke, and everyone had a good time. The officers and members of Branch 18 who helped make this affair a success should be congratulated. The National Officers attending were: Elmer Charles, President; John P. Balia, Vice-President; Albert Stelkovics, Secretary and his lovely wife, Mary; William Kohut, Director and his lovely wife, Helene; Albert Kertesz, Director and his lively wife; Steve Lesco, Director and his lovely wife, Betty; Steve Szilagyi, Vice President in charge of Marketing and Steve Danko, Director and his lovely wife, Julia. Other dignitaries were: Joseph Visniski, State of Michigan Liquor Control Commission and his wife; Tom Anderson, State Representative and his wife; Mrs. Joyce Symons, State Representative and her husband: Rezső Mikula, First Secretary Hungarian Embassy; Jack Johns, former Mayor of Lincoln Park; John Molnár, his wife and mother; Milton Montie and Alexander Papp from Ecorse and Joseph Kocsis from Lincoln Park. Cash donations were received from William Penn Branch 129, Columbus, Ohio, David George and Louis Miller; Branch 214, Flint, Michigan, George Varga and his lovely wife; Branch 500, Detroit, Michigan, Mary Kolish; Hungarian Arts Club, Detroit, Michigan, Mr. John Bujdoso and his lovely wife; Szatmar Megyei Egyesület, Detroit, Michigan, Messrs. Demcsak and Szilagyi; Amerikai Magyar Református Egyház, Mr. Zoltán Ambrus. Congratulatory telegrams and letters were read to the audience. Mr. Julius Macker, former National President, Vice President, Director and also Branch President was among the missing as he was ill in England as he was returning from his trip to Hungary. The branch members, 80 years of age and older, who attended were: Kathleen Almandy, Mary Soltész, Katalin Demeter, Lidia Daróci, Mary Lovász, Mrs. Alex Ivan, Bertha Gavalier, Isabelle Fabian, Mrs. Gustave Aleksza, Charles Nagy and Michael Yoo. The 50-year members attending were: John Horcsik, former president of Branch 56, Alexander Gyulai, Mrs. Margaret Fazekas, Steve Jozsa and Katie Jozsa who is also 80 years of age. A beautiful “Matyó” doll was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Danko by Rezső Mikula and 20 beautiful engraved pictures of Hungary were presented to the branch. Dinner music was furnished by Ziggy Bela and his gypsies. Elvira Kukovics II
