William Penn Life, 1987 (22. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-03-01 / 3. szám
Toledo tournament offers more than just bowling and meetings March 1987, William Penn'Life, Page 5 TOLEDO — Members attending the WPA 44th National Bowling Tournament here May 22 to 24 will have more to look forward to than the bowling competition. First, they will have the opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of Toledo, an emerging center of growth and progress which has become an increasingly popular destination for business, entertainment and visitors. Secondly, the Home Office recently announced that renowned Hungarian opera singers Magda Kalmar and Demeter Marczis, accompanied by pianist István Gyarmati, will be the featured entertainment at the tournament banquet. Plus, the annual "Holy Toledo — It’s Spring Celebration” and the Toledo International Grand Prix Hydroplane Races will be in full swing while our bowlers are in Toledo. Toledo enjoys an exclusive new downtown festival marketplace and four major shopping malls, ethnic and international restaurants, new office complexes and a new spirit. Portside Festival Marketplace, located downtown on the banks of the Maumee River, is a collection of wonderful shops featuring everything from vintage wines and deli items to fine clothing, Fraternal communicators hold mid-year conference NEW ORLEANS — About 75 fraternal directors and communicators from several dozen fraternal societies gathered here Feb. 22 to 24 for the National Fraternal Congress of America Fraternal and Communications Sections Mid-Year Meeting. Publications Editor John E. Lovász represented the William Penn Association at the meeting. The meeting offered the fráternalists the opportunity to share information on designing and promoting benevolent projects on national and branch levels. Bill Hammel and Mary Bleu, professors from the Loyola University Department of Communi-OFFICIAL NOTICE Branch Coordinators The William Penn Association is looking for self-motivated, dependable and responsible people to serve as Coordinators for our membership branches. As a Branch Coordinator you will assist the branch officers in fraternal activities, conduct all business between the Home Office and the Branch and file annually in January with the Home Office a fraternal activities report covering the operations of the Branch for the previous year. You will also be responsible for maintaining records on the branch membership and assisting branch members, and be authorized to enroll new members. Coordinators are needed for the following branches: 14-Cleveland; 17-Lorain, OH; 31-Barnesboro, PA; 39-Beaver Falls, PA; 44-Akron, OH; 45-Cleveland; 70-Newark; 141-Ellwood City, PA; and 637-Middletown, NY. If you feel you can handle these important duties, please write to Gay B. Banes, National President, in care of the Home Office. gifts, and culinary delicacies of every type and calorie level. Toledo is the home of Tony Packo’s, the Hungarian hot dog emporium made famous by many references on the former hit TV show, M*A*S*H. The city also has more than 500 other restaurants, offering cuisine from France, China, Italy, Greece, Mexico, Lebanon, Japan and India. The Toledo Museum of Art is ranked among the nation’s finest and boasts one of the most impressive glass collections in the world. It is often the site for traveling exhibits of major international importance. If you like your fun a little more active, you will enjoy some of Toledo’s most talented "performers” everyday at the Toledo Zoo, one of America’s best. Branch 27, this year’s tourna ment host, is arranging for a special cruise for bowlers and other members down the Maumee River. More information on the cruise will be available at the tournament. National President Gay B. Banes discusses plans for the 44th William Penn Association National Bowling Tournament until National Director Stephen Ivancso. Mr. Ivancso’s branch, Branch 27, Toledo, is hosting the tournament. There are also night clubs and cabarets which make the city of very exciting place to be when the sun goes down. But you won’t even have to leave the Hotel Sofitel, the headquarters for the tournament, to find first-rate entertainment. Magda Kalmar, Demeter Marczis and István Gyarmati give performances which have enthralled audiences around the globe. Magda Kalmar, a native of Budapest and Liszt Award artist, has won wide-spread acclaim and the Academy of France’s Grand Prize for her recordings of Vivaldi and Handel. She is also noted for her beautiful renditions of Hungarian folk songs. Another Liszt Award artist, Demeter Marczis, a native of Ostoros, is a member of the Pecs National Theater and former winner of the Academy Song Festival. He has performed at Budapest’s opera house and in opera houses around the world. He regularly performs Hungarian folk songs on television and radio. Pianist István Gyarmati has been the accompanist of the Hungarian Philharmonia since 1967. He has earned a reputation in Europe as an outstanding performer of classical and light music. All are reminded that bowling entry forms are due by midnight April 19. cations, addressed the group on ways to communicate more effectively with their societies’ volunteers and branches. The group also received an update on the current status of the proposed U.S. Treasury Department audit of the seven largest fraternal societies. Bill Heerman, NFCA vice president and law committee member, told the fraternalists that it is now more of a question of when, not if, the Treasury will perform the audits. The results of the audits will play a large roll in determing whether fraternal societies will maintain their tax-exempt status. Dedicated service for older adults RN supervision Semi-private bedrooms 24-hour security &. supervision Activity program Non-denominational Country living atmosphere 505-acre facility Moderate rates including room, board &. laundry Knights of St. George Home Mount St. George — Paul T. Kovács, Administrator RD 3 Brinker Road, Wellsburg, West Virginia 26070 Phone: (304) 737-0851 Operated by William Penn Association
