William Penn Life, 1985 (20. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1985-07-01 / 4. szám
Auxiliary Card Party Canada, then returned by way of New York to visit the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Homeward bound, they drove through northern Pennsylvania. Our secretary, Barbara House, and her mother, Irene Gall, left for a trip to Hungary in June and we are anxiously awaiting to hear the details of their visit. Also traveling to Hungary are Marie Pribanyec, Julia Danko, Darlene Szatmári and family. Continued from page 12, column 5 Orris Retires After Long Career WINDBER, PA — Best wishes for a happy retirement have been extended to John Orris (Orosz), who resigned for health reasons as secretary of William Penn Branch 52. Mr. Orris had served in that capacity from 1957 through November 1984 and the members of the branch extend their sincere thanks for his many years of dedicated service. Dayton Keglers Triumph In Annual Pin Event By Albert G. Kertesz DAYTON, OHIO — Once again, Dayton’s Branch 249 was represented in the recent National Bowling Tournament in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Various members of our seven teams were among the winners and our congratulations go out to them, áhd in particular to one of our ladies’ teams for bringing home “First Place” honors. The New Jersey branches, hosts during the tournament days, are to be complimented for a job well done during the enjoyable weekend. A special note of appreciation is extended to those responsible for the super consideration shown to our chartered bus passengers. The next fraternal activity several of our branch members are anticipating, is the second annual National Golf Tournament in Canton, Ohio. We’re looking forward to a grand visit with our friends in Canton and Alliance. After that will come the annual carnival at Camp Rolling Hills, Wellsburg, W.Va., the end of July. All of these fraternal functions are open to our members, and they should avail themselves to the opportunity of enjoying them in true fraternal fellowship. The Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati area is enhanced by the opening of an Agency Office in Columbus. It is located at 975 Parsons Avenue, under the capable administration of Agency Manager Joseph Barreiro, F.I.C. Also added is an agent to service the Cincinnati area, Paul D. Hillebrand, 7436 Kendara Drive, Cincinnati, Oh. 45230. Paul can be reached by calling 232-7451, to update your life insurance. Opening the Agency Office in Columbus will be most advantageous to us in the Dayton- Columbus-Cincinnati area since we will be able to call upon the expertise of Joe Barreiro to assist us in becoming more knowledgeable regarding the various plans William Penn Association has to offer. For information or assistance regarding YOUR life insurance program, call 275-6654. Continued from page 7, column 3 Branch 8 a result of her selection at the state level she is now a candidate for the National League of Postmasters “Postmaster of the Year” Award. It will be presented at the national convention in August in Hawaii. Branch 8 shares in her joy and extends the compliments of the Association to Mrs. Koba for this unique honor. Branch 8, founded in Johnstown in 1898, extends a special welcome to all members, including those from Somerset County and surrounding communities who are now aligned with the William Penn This includes such groups as the Verhovay Sick Benefit Society (founded in 1886, as Verhovay Betegségi Segély Egyesület); and the subsequent merger with the Rákóczi Aid Association (Rákóczi Segélyzö Egyesület) in 1955. Also the American Sick Benefit and Life Insurance Association (Amerikai Magyar Segélyzö Szövetség); the Workingmen’s Sick Benefit Federation (Munkás Betegsegélyzö Szövetség); and the Catholic Knights of St. George. All of you are extended a cordial invitation to attend our branch meetings held every second Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. Meanwhile, if you have any questions relating to your insurance matters, please feel free to contact Steve and, or Vera Petruska at 916 East Avenue, Johnstown, telephone (814) 255-4348. Continued from page 3, column 5 Robert E. Bruce, FCA, MAAA We talked above and in our earlier articles about using your present cash values to buy the new Single Premium Whole Life plan. However, if your.certificate is too new to have a cash value, WPA management wants you too to get the benefit of the 1980 CSO rules. If you will let the Home Office people know, they will, arrange to have your certificate reissued (as of its original issue date in order to “save your age”) on this new Ordinary Life plan at the reduced premium rates per $1,000. You will get full credit for premiums already paid and will receive more insurance for your present premium. WPA’s management wants all of you members to have the opportunity to share in the benefits of 1980 CSO. HOMESTEAD BRANCH 89 — Members of the Homestead Branch 89 of the William Penn Association held their annual picnic at the Association's Scenic View in beautiful Somerset County, Pennsylvania. In addition to an outstanding picnic dinner, the festivities included a variety of games and other events headed by tennis, badminton, horseshoes, basketball, fishing and wheeling about on an all-terrain vehicle. Shown in the photos here, top left, are Jean Kostival, Michaek Kranack, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kranack Sr., Mrs. Betty Grib, John Toth and national director Elmer Toth. In top photo right, Director Toth, Paul Mako, William Stranahan, National Fraternal Director John Tusai and his son John Jr., and John Toth, president of the branch. Bottom photo left includes Mrs. Paul Mako, Mrs. William Stranahan, Mrs. Anna Denny, Dr. Ana Molnár, Nathan Stranahan and Jessica Denny. In photo bottom right, John Toth, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kranack and son Michael Jr., Director Toth, Mrs. Betty Grib and George Kostival. Columbus, Ohio If you wanted to know about Hungarian life in. Columbus, Ohio during this 20th century, you couldn’t find a better teacher that John Gaál — Columbus’ raconteur of “things Hungarian,” an oral historian, and a “Magyar mesemondó.” John remembers about the founding of the Columbus Hungarian Reformed church in 1906. After all his father, was one of the founding fathers of the church. And, his Hungarian immigrant parents from Nagy Magyarország (Big Hungary) met at the church and were later married. His father, Gaál János, came from south Hungary, now the Voivodina area of Yugoslavia. His mother, Hunyady Erzsébet came from eastern Hungary, the province of Transylvania, which is now part of Rumania. Today, the Columbus Hungarian Reformed church is the only church in Columbus to regularly offer services each Sunday in Hungarian and is the only Protestant church in Columbus to regularly offer services in,any Continued from page 6, column 5 foreign language. Do you want to know about the visit to Columbus in 1852 of Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian freedom fighter who spoke to the Ohio senate and house to plead Hungary’s case for independence from Austria? John knows about it and he can point out the memorial to Kossuth that still exists, 133 years later, on the grounds of the Ohio capitol building in Columbus. Though in recent years, they have been discontinued because of a lack of interest, John recalls the annual "Hungarian Day parades” in Columbus, in which all of the various Columbus Hungarian organizations participated. The parades started in the downtown area and continued down Parsons Avenue, before they ended at the picnic, grounds. John recalls the first one, back in 1929, with then Columbus Mayor James J. Thomas as the parade marshal. _ Continued on page 14, column 1 Continued from page 4, column 5 Ilona Koreh — Scouts Estonian, Latvian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian, to mention only a few. This means that ethnic scouting has a basic appeal that is lasting — that what it has to offer has significance today not only for first and second-generation Americans, but also for newer generations. How can we explain this phenomenon? What is the bfg attraction of ethnic scouting? I can only speak from my own experience. I became a Hungarian scout at the age of twelve, after having been an American scout for many years. At first, I was apprehensive — Hungarian scouting was difficult — because I had to speak a language in which I could not express myself as easily as in English . . . because a certain degree of discipline was always expected . . . and because jt took up all my Saturdays. But at the same time, I also felt a very strong attraction for the kind of person Hungarian scouting wanted to mold: a person who is comfortable with himself and knows himself well through familiarity with his ethnic culture, a person who has the desire and the necessary leadership skills with which to serve others and a person who has enough self-discipline and optimism to face impossible challenges in any part of his life. This is the kind of person ) admired, and Hungarian scouting gave me the framework within which I could attempt to achieve this ideal. Just as importantly, scouting gave me the support of a group of friends world-wide who felt as I did. Now, quite a few years down the line, I am hooked on it. I find that Hungarian scouting feeds a part of my brain which is not really touched by anything else. The feeling I get when I sit around a campfire with other scouts is that I am y part of something really good — that the experiences of scouting have brought out the best in me. As a leader now, I wish to pass on these wonderful feelings and experiences to our younger scouts. But as I myself have experienced, and as I hear from ther leaders, it is becoming increasingly difficult to generate the same kind of enthusiasm among our children toward scouting. I hear that they are not as receptive to tte* ideals and demands of scouting as kids were a few years ago. Does this mean that today’s youth has changed so much that they don’t need or want scouting? I don’t think so. I Continued on page 14, column 1 I 13
