William Penn Life, 1987 (22. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-10-01 / 10. szám
Page 2, William Penn Life, October 1987 wiluamÉpenn life U.8. Postage Paid Pittsburgh, PA Permit No. 2724 Editor Irvchlaf....................................................................Stephen G. Danko Associate Editor.............................................................................................E. E. Vargo Managing Editor................................................................................... John E. Lovasi Editing Office 709 Brighton Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 16233 Area Coda (412)231-2979 Offlca of Publication 709 Brighton Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 16233 Print production by Getaway Prass, Inc., Monroavilia, PA Published Monthly Postmaster: If undelivered, please send form 3579 to: WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION 709 Brighton Rd„ Pittsburgh, PA 16233 Froternolism In Action By Elizabeth Szabó Fraternal Director Get involved Many branches which have not met regularly during the summer months are starting up their fall programs once again. We would like to encourage all of our members to become involved in your branch and its activities. Join the wonderful adventure of fraternalism. Don’t be a passive policy holder, become an active branch member. Your branch needs you to carry out the new programs and activities that it is trying to institute. Attend your next branch meeting or activity. Take the children. Tell your branch officers how you can help and offer your ideas for programs and activities. The Fraternal Department at the Home Office is ready to help in anyway possible to make programs more interesting, informative and pleasurable. It’s up to all of us to make things happen wherever we are. You can make the difference. All of you realize, I’m sure, how important it is that we at the Home Office receive information regarding your fraternal activities. It is particularly important since fraternal benefit societies have a not-for-profit status. The government is beginning to question this status, and it is important for all fraternals to have statistics to offer our legislators, public interest groups and insurance departments. Tell us what you are doing for others. What is your branch doing for others? Are you performing benevolent or charitable acts? Are you making contributions to churches, the needy, or charitable causes? Doing for others is what fraternalism is all about. Many of our branch members and leaders perform services for the local branch. These are Acts of Fraternal Service. Perhaps your members visit shut-ins, or help transport the elderly to church or the doctor, or provide food for a family in need or for those who have lost a loved one. When you do these things in behalf of our Association, they should be recorded as Acts of Fraternal Service. When you count up the hours spent doing any benevolent or charitable acts, you can record Hours of Fraternal Service. Did you as a member or branch leader help prepare for some special branch activity? If so, count those hours as Hours of Fraternal Service. Many of us are in the fortunate position of being able to do things for others in need. In the next few months our branches will be preparing baskets for the needy during the holidays. The Home Office will help you support this benevolent act. It is up to each one of us to do our part to care and do good things for others. THAT’S what fraternalism is all about. i# t ■Z_Next Deadline Articles and photographs for the November issue of the William Penn Life are due in our office by October 23,1987 Illinois couple helps refugees In our September issue, we ran a column by Fraternal Director Elizabeth Szabó encouraging our members to help Hungarian refugees. Our mail bag this month contained a letter from an Illinois woman which told of one couple’s experience in helping such refugees. Dear Elizabeth: In May 1986, my husband and I were invited to a cook-out at the home of a Hungarian couple. I met Louis Rigo and Louis Peter there. They both were 30 years old. They both were born in Székely Udvarhely, Romania. They both are Hungarians. Both of them ran away from Romania to Italy. They had some friends from the same village who started the paperwork with the Catholic Charities in Rockford, 111., and they came here as refugees. They asked me to help bring their families here. They gave me the name of the woman from Rockford (who had helped them). In October 1986,1 received all the papers and forms to fill out and mailed them to the Catholic Charities in Rockford, about 75 Letters to the editor If you would like to comment on our publicotion. the Association, your heritage or any other topic that would be of interest to William Penn members, please write us. We ask only that you limit yourself to 250 words. Unsigned letters will not be published. Address your letters to: Managing Editor, William Penn Life, 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15233 miles from here. My husband, John, did everything. It was a lot of paperwork for my husband, but both of us are retired, so we had the time. In March 1987, Louis Rigo’s wife, Klara, and their 5-year-old son Louis Jr. came here. In April 1987, Louis Peter’s wife and two daughters came. The Catholic Charities call me once in a while to let me know if they need any help. Young member succeeds as student and sales agent CLEVELAND — The newest member of the Cleveland sales agency is Ron Perkins, who is off to a record start in sales while attending the University of Akron as a sophomore. Ron has been ambitious and driven all his life. He started working at age 9 delivering a local newspaper. He became interested in sales at age 13 when he started selling newspaper subscriptions door-to-door and over the telephone. His phenomenal sales record over the next few years earned him two trips to Washington, D.C., five trips to Disney World and one trip to Germany — all accomplished before the age of 18. He still managed to carry a 3.0 grade point average through high school and has received a William Penn Association scholarship for the last two years. He is majoring in Marketing Management and, upon graduation, plans to be in management with William Penn. Ron’s parents, Bob and Carol, have been members of the Association for many years. Jeff Ward, regional sales manager, met Ron on a service call in 1982. At age Remember: happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have. It depends solely upon what you think. If you think positively, you will be happy, because you will be a “winner” in anything you do. RON PERKINS 14, Ron purchased a Provider insurance plan and paid for it himself. Mr. Ward knew at that point that someday Ron would be ideal for the agency. Since March, Ron has sold enough to be on track to qualify for the National Sales Conference. Those at the Cleveland agency believe it is one of many that Ron will qualify for in future years. Correction It appears we still need to make one more correction to the results of the Association’s Fourth Annual National Golf Tournament. Robert Tyukody of Branch 27 Toledo, Ohio shot a net score of 60 and should be added to the list of winners. They both have apartments and are working. The children will soon start school. It took seven months for their families to get here. Jolán Oros Montgomery, 111. Dear Mrs. Szabó: I am eager to find Hungarian people who may have known Hungarian relatives of mine. Perhaps some of your members knew them years ago. The family name was Paszty (Pásti). They were formerly of Toledo and Dayton, Ohio, and New York City. Their names are Joseph and Elizabeth Paszty and their daughter Barbara (Bertus) Paszty who was an entertainer in California. If anyone has any information about them or has old photos of them, please contact Dr. Eve Paszty Wirth, Dickerson Drive, Shoreham, L.I., N.Y. 11786, phone (516) 744-0964. I appreciate your help in my search, and hope very much to hear from you soon. Thank you kindly. Dr. Eve R. Wirth Shoreham, L.I., N.Y. Bits & Briefs Balia recovering at home NEW KENSINGTON, PA — Advisory Board member John P. Balia was released Sept. 23 from Presbyterian-University Hospital in Pittsburgh to continue his recuperation at his home. Although physically absent from the General Convention, he was there in spirit and was in the constant prayers of all the delegates and guests. NFCA holds annual meeting CHICAGO — The National Fraternal Congress of America will hold its annual meeting here Oct. 1 to 4. The meeting will mark the 101st anniversary of the NFCA. Most of the NFCA’s 100 member fraternal societies, including the William Penn Association, are scheduled to send representatives to the meeting. Program goes back on the air PITTSBURGH — One of this area’s favorite programs of Hungarian music and information has returned to local radio. "Hungarian Varieties”, hosted by Dr. Victor Molnár, can now be heard from noon to 2 p.m. every Sunday on WYEP 91.3 FM.
