William Penn Life, 1980 (15. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1980-10-01 / 4. szám
(Continued from Page 1) Center, New Orleans, Louisiana where she serves as a Yeoman First Class on Staff. Her Military award and medals are: Meritorious Unit Commendation Award; Medals—Navy Good Conduct, Naval Reserve Meritorious, World War II Victory, World War II American Theatre, National Defense, and Armed Forces. She holds a number of medals and awards for CWV and community work. Olga has been an active member of the CWV for 29 years, won its State Award for Catholic Action and Americanism for three years and was national winner for one year. As a Historian she also received first place awards through the county, state and national level. She has held CWV offices at all levels and for seven years she served on the national board as the national historian and national welfare officer. Olga has frequently contributed funds and time to help provide benefits as VA hospitals, churches and schools. She has over 900 volunteer hours at the Oakland VA hospital. Among her civic services, she has chaired committees for campaigns of the March of Dimes, Heart Association and Muscular Dystrophy. She is a member of the Burt Foster American Legion Post 361, McKeesport and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 188 Duquesne. She is a life member of the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association and serves on various committees on naval programs. It is believed she is the first woman to receive the St. Sebastian Award. Her name will be inscribed on the wall of the CWV National Headquarters located in Washington, D.C. Hungary Revisited by Albert G. Kertesz I’ve been requested to submit an article for publication in this issue of the William Penn Life, regarding our recent journey to Hungary under the sponsorship of our Association. How or why, I was chosen, I’ll never know. A journalist or writer I’m not, and never pretended to be. Verbal communication is more to my liking. I suppose that’s only one of many reasons why I’m currently enjoying my 29th year with “Music of Hungary”, on radio in Dayton. So, armed with a chilled bottle of “Bogiári Muskotály” and a bottle of “Debrai Hárslevelű” standing by waiting to be put into service, I settle down to recount my most recent, our third, trip to Hungary. For reasons beyond our control, this trip had a few difficult periods prior to its getting off the ground. I think the majority of us finally realized that we were in fact, going to Hungary, when we boarded the MALÉV aircraft in Frankfort, bound for Budapest. The five attendants on this Hungarian Airline were most gracious and generous in dispensing the beverages and luncheon served in flight. Upon arriving at Ferihegyi Air Terminal, 1 almost had the feeling of returning home rather than paying a visit to the homeland of my parents. There to greet us and give us the red carpet treatment were our long time friends from the Magyarok Világszövetsége, Varga Joli (Imré né) and Kozári Zoli. The first point of interest I wanted to view was located in the Hungarian National Museum. There in the center of a majestic room, on the second floor, resting on a blanket of red velvet, bathed in a golden glow of subdued lighting for one and all to observe, is Hungary's most noted treasure, the “Coronation Crown”, better known as the “Crown of St. Stephen”, surrounded by the royal sword, orb and scepter, and the coronation robe. There are no less than seven men in the room at all times to guarantee the safety and solemnity of this revered symbol of Hungary’s nationhood. Rare indeed, is the person who can stand before this magnificent display, reflect upon its history, and walk away with dry eyes. This experience alone would have been worth the trip. Our nine day land tour of Eastern and Southern Hungary was very interesting, educational and economical. Lodging at the various hotels in Miskolc-Tapolca, Debrecen, Szeged. Pécs were of the finest quality with excellent accomodations, courteous personnel, generous helpings of delicious foods, and of course the finest Hungarian wines and music. The convenient aspect of the land tour is that every phase is so meticulously pre-planned for us, the package is paid for in advance, the itinerary established in every detail. Our excellent tour guide, “Pipi”, Dr. Pauka Tiborné and of course Varga Joli kept everything running smoothly; our busz driver Kállay László “Laci” was most courteous in every respect, and in a very short time became a member of our family. President Elmer Charles already promised him the job of chauffeuring our next land tour in Hungary. There are so many individual stories that can be told about each of our stops during the 9 day land tour. This would take a complete issue of the Penn Life. Briefly: The wine tasting party underneath the city of Eger. The beautiful drive through the Bükk mountains. Seeing once again Hungary’s foremost photographer Frank Novotta during our stop at Szilvásvárda, where we saw the Lippiczoner horses. The thermal bath in Debrecen was much appreciated, just what we needed after our horseback riding on the Hortobágy plains, where we also visited with the Hungarian cowboys. Szeged was a beautiful town. The view of the Tisza river from our hotel room was exceptional. I also had the opportunity to visit with Papp Gyula; Mayor of Szeged, who I previously met in Pittsburgh. He gave us a grand tour of his city office chamber, where elected representatives of the city pass legislation. Also at Szeged we enjoyed the artistic music of Kárpáti Mihály at the Bűbos 2
