William Penn Life, 1987 (22. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-09-01 / 9. szám
PF,NN IJFR j j j—, OFFICIAL PUBLICATION WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION Volume 22 September 1987 Number 9 The two youngsters were among dozens of children who had fun playing in the children’s games at this year’s Family Festival at Mount St. George. (Photo by John E, Lovász) Festival succeeds despite rain WELLSBURG, WV — It seems that some events are meant to be successful. No matter what happens, people come to it and have a good time. The William Penn’s Mount St. George Family Festival is such an event. This year’s Festival shut down for about an hour as heavy rains fell on the area. The rain dampened the grounds but not the festive spirit of those in attendance. As rain clouds rolled into Wellsburg the morning of Aug. 9, so, too, did hundreds of people from across West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Many of those people attended the traditional field Mass, which annually opens the day-long Festival. Father Fred Becker, chaplain at the Mount St. George Home for the Elderly, led the congregation in a celebration of friendship, fraternalism and family. The Mass featured a special presentation of gifts. Among the items presented were gifts for Sisters Bridgette and Richard, members of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart who have served the Home and their order with love and distinction. Father Becker also received a photo album containing pictures from the celebration of the 60th anniversary of his ordination into the priesthood. That celebration was held in July at Mount St. George. The Mass continued despite a light rain. After Mass, people settled under trees to enjoy some of the fine food served at the Festival, but soon found themselves seeking shelter in various buildings on the grounds as the heavy rains came. Normally, such bad weather would wash away the hopes for a successful outdoor event. But the Family Festival is not an ordinary outdoor carnival. If anything, the rain made the Festival more successful than any amount of proceeds could. Around the Festival area, people joined in small groups, working to protect the booths and keeping themselves dry. People caught in the rain smiled and laughed at their own soggy state. Strangers huddled together-------------See 'Festival’ Page 3. Association’s 31st Convention to meet Sept* 14 PITTSBURGH — The Home Office administration and staff have been busy completing the final preparations for the 31st General Convention to be held Sept. 14 to 16, 1987. Meanwhile, 137 delegates and ex-officio delegates, their families and other special guests have been busy completing their cwn plans to meet at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada for this meeting of the Association’s governing body. This will be the first regular meeting of the General Convention since 1983, when the 30th General Convention was held in Pittsburgh. The General Convention meets in regular session every four years beginning on the second Monday of September. The Chairman of the Board of Directors will serve as the convention chairman, in accordance with the Association’s By-Laws. As the supreme legislative body of the Association, the General Convention will be making decisions which will determine the scope and direction of our Association’s insurance and fraternal affairs for the next four years. In Toronto, the delegates will discuss, debate and accept or reject any proposed amendments to our Charter or By- Laws. The Convention will also perform the important task of electing and installing a new Board of Directors which will act as the governing body of the Association when the General Convention is not in session. The Convention will also elect and install representatives to the Auditing Committee as well as alternate directors and auditors. Candidates for directors, auditors and alternates will be placed in nomination by the Convention’s Nominating Committee. However, in keeping with the Association’s representative form of government, nominations for these positions will also be accepted from the floor of the General Convention. The General Convention itself comprises delegates elected this May by the various delegate districts and area delegate districts. Ex-officio delegates to the General Convention include the National Officers and members of the Board of Directors, Auditing Committee and Advisory Board. A report on the Convention will appear in our October J Member plays host to Hungarian children Inside ■ Traveler recalls 1987 Tour to Hungary..............Pages 4-5. ■ A pictorial review of Camp Hungária ’87 .... Pages 6-7. ■ Branches ready for Fall events in Branch News .. Pages 8-9. ■ Crossword puzzle tests skills in Hungarian..........Page 10. ■ New Miss Magyar crowned recently....................Page 12. Next Deadline September 18 By Randy Shaffer The Advance Leader PLUM, PA — If one compares a child from the United States with a child from Hungary, one finds only a single difference — the language. That’s what Stephen Paulovitch, a member of Springdale, Pa. Branch 296, contends. Mr. Paulovitch, his wife Linda and his two children, Jimmy and Stephanie, recently hosted two Hungarian children for three weeks while their parents worked at the Albert Einstein Medical Research Institute in New York. The stay allowed György and Orsolya Bartfai to learn about this country and develop the English language skills they learned in school at home in Szeged, Hungary. Although far from home, the children also tasted a bit of Hungarian culture when they spent several days at the William Penn Association’s Camp Hungária in Wellsburg, W.Va. Their parents, Drs. Gyorgi and Hedvig Bartfai, are gynecologists doing a fellowship at the research institute. The children were taught only "book-learning English’’ in school, said Mr. Paulovitch, who also speaks Hungarian, but had to look up some words in an English-Hungarian dictionary to converse with the brother-andsister pair. "This is where they’re applying their knowledge.” György, 14, will start ninth grade in Hungary this fall. His sister, Orsolya, who is 11, will be in the sixth grade. György celebrated his birthday in the Paulovitch home at a surprise party with some of the neighborhood kids. Before arriving in Plum, the children were taken to Florida, where they toured Walt Disney World, Sea World and the Kennedy Space Center. They also visited various sites in New York before leaving their parents to stay with the Paulovitchs. The two youngsters told this ujsagiro (that’s Hungarian for "newspaper writer”) that they are enjoying their stay in this country.------------See 'Visitors’ Page 3.
