William Penn Life, 1987 (22. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1987-07-01 / 7. szám

Page 8, William Penn Life, July 1987 Branch News Branches 8, 52, 59 and 8321 WINDBER, PA - Four branches gathered for a breakfast meeting March 8 to award 50-year mem­bership pins and Illustrious Cita­tions to a total of 53 members from the four branches. Joining for this special event were members of Branch 8, Johns­town, Pa. and Branches 52, 59 and 8321 ofWindber. The break­fast was held at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Coordinators for the event were Branch 8 President and Coordinator Vera Petruska, Branch 8 Treasurer Steve Petru­ska and Branch 8321 Treasurer Nunzio Yocca. The National Officers present­ed Illustrious Citations to three branch officers who have per­formed with dedication during the course of their lives. They were Branch 52 President Louis Demko, Branch 52 Auditor Louis Vanyo and Branch 59 President John Orris. Vera Petruska received a spe­cial award of $50 from Dominic La Verde, manager of the Pitts­burgh-East sales agency, for her accomplishment in enrolling the most juvenile members. The 50 members who were honored with 50-year pins were: Andrew Alexander, Ernest Bartolomucci, Balint Beres, Nicola Bucci, Angeline Chicarelli, Joseph Chontas, John B. Costa, Dominick S. Debiase, Lewis Durant, Louis Esdinsky; James Gall, Joseph Horvath, Louis Kiss, Frank Laslo, Rose Laslo, Mary Lepedő, Elizabeth V. Lukacs, Frank Marino, Dezső J. Mihalko, Aaron Molnár; Margaret Najiczt, Margaret Nibert, Mary Nibert, Irene Piatek, Theresa Podrasky, Mary Puricelli, Stephen Rakoczy, Joseph Repko, Franciska Sebeszky, Stephen Shuster; Michael J. Skowron, Stanley J. Skowron, Peter Spinelli, Martin Spinos, Michael J. Spinos, Pearl Members of Branches 8, 52, 59 and 8321 who recently received 5G-year membership pins. Stanish, Charles Steffish, Helen Steffish, Peter Steffish, Frank Tantorno; Joseph Thomas, John Tokay, Rich Tranquil, Theresa Veres, Joseph Voytko Jr., Paul S. Woz­­niak, Stanley Wozniak, John P. Zabrosky, Charles Zankey and George Zindash Sr. Our congratulations to all the participants as we look forward to them working and building a stronger William Penn through our fraternal insurance programs. Branch 14 Cleveland, OH Summer’s here and Cleveland area William Penn members will have an opportunity to gather at Geauga Lake Amusement Park in Aurora, Ohio on Sunday, Aug. 16. All children who are members of Branch 14 are admitted free, adult members pay $4.00 and non-members pay $8.00. A picnic area has been reserved as a central meeting place for fellowship. This year Geauga Lake has a new ride called the Eurorace Grand Prix Raceway, which has 1,500 feet of winding, banking pavement and Formula K cars. If it’s a scorcher of a day, bring your bathing suits to cool off in the Wave. It’s 1,780,000 gallons 2nd Annual William Penn Association Branch 14 Day at Geauga Lake Sunday, August 16,1987 Send Tickets to: Name: Address: Phone: No. juvenile members No. adult members No. non-members Free Admission X $4.00 = $ X $8.00 = TOTAL = $ Send form and check payable to William Penn Association to: Dawn Ward, 16363 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH 44136 Deadline for Reservations — Aug. 7 of water in a huge 57,000 square foot pool producing waves up to six feet high every two minutes. For the kids there’s Rainbow Island with 16 fantastic rides. Tickets for the Geauga Lake day are available now. Complete the form below and send it along with a check payable to William Penn Association to: Dawn Ward, 16363 Peal Road, Strongs­ville, Ohio 44136. For more information, call Dawn at (216) 238-8500. Hope to see you there! Branch 28 Youngstown, OH By Helen Kaluczky Branch 28 Reporter Everything is history now — the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, the Easter egg decoration, the annual 1848 War of Independ­ence celebration, the election of convention delegates and the 44th national bowling tournament. We offer our sincere thanks and appreciation for a wonderful bowling tournament to co-chair­men Stephen J. Ivancso and Albert G. Kertesz. The hospitality reception, the dinner-dance and the bowling all made for a very enjoyable weekend. Thank you also to the hard workers in the background who helped make it a great occasion. We wish you all the best. Branch 28 members participat­ing in the bowling were Steve Sándor, John Kaluczky, Art Szőke, Joe Illés, Eugene Sakasits, Julia Kozma, Vera Szőke, Frances Sakasits, Irene Nemeth, Marge Maty, Gert Thurik, Anna Frew, Vera Illés and Dee Gran. Of course, there was also our cheering section with Ed Gran, Joe Maty, Helen Kaluczky and Peg Sándor. Locally, we must offer our thanks to Peg for coordinating our bowlers into teams and doubles pairs, as well as taking care of dinner reservations. It is a big job and we sincerely appreci­ate her effort. At these fraternal events we catch a glimpse of the past and the way it must have been "in the Good Ol’ Days.” Friends visiting back and forth with each other, greeting each other with "Well, we made it again! Hope to see you at he next event on the schedule We hive a truly wonderful heritage :o look back upon and to embnce close to our hearts. Let’s keep the flame alive and glowing. We must all work to­gether to keep it so. True, he William Penn is a business, but it is also a group of caring p< ople who are deeply interestec in you and your needs. We ex :end our sympathy to the famili is of Stephen Wolfe Jr. and Mary Balogh. May they rest in peace. Among upcoming events is the American Hungarian Club’s trip to Mount St. George in Wells­­burg, W.Va. For more informa­tion on da :es and times, call Dee Gran. For yoir community events, there are c |uite a few sources of information. There’s Terry Check’s "S ouvenirs of Hungary” program, :he church bulletins and the c alumns of Fraternal Director Ei izabeth Szabó. We appi eciate and thank the Association for publishing the William Fenn Life. The new format under Managing Editor John E. Lovász is excellent. Rememb :r, for your insurance needs, plea ,e call Gabe Nameth at (216) 791-8145. Branc ci 45 Cleveland, OH By Goldie E. Simon______ A fashion she w extravaganza with an internatio iái flair was held in April by St, John’s Byzantine Church of Solon, Ohio. The show benefitted the church’s building fund. The show’i committee includ­ed Cleveland ’ William Penn mem­bers Chairma i Goldie E. Simon, Margaret Szal :al, John and Irene Boros, and Ol] ;a Fekeshazy. Other committee members were Mary Meyers, Ida Stofcso, and Mar­garet Toth. The show was held at the Mediterranean Party Center with more than 350 guests in atten­dance. Bela Barath and his Ensemble provided beautiful continental music as the models walked the aisle in Fashions of Today by Carol Ann Faihions and child-Sonia Debreczini and Steven Soltay model Palotas Hungarian costumes at the Cleveland fashion show. ten’s fashions from Burlington Department Store. Authentic costumes from 16 nationalities were also modeled, one of which was an exquisite Palotas Hungarian costume dating back to the 17th century, worn by Sonia Debreczini and Steven Soltay Jr. Loretta Brown posed as the Statue of Liberty as the models appeared in their ethnic costumes to the tune of Neil Diamond’s "Coming to America.” Our total profit was $4,000 which was presented to the Rev. Thomas Loya, pastor of St. John’s Church, by Mrs. Simon and the committee. Branch 76 Philadelphia, PA By Steve Szemes Branch 76 Coordinator Members of Branch 76, Philadel­phia, and Branch 218, Lucerne Mines, Pa., met May 8 for the election meeting of Delegate District 10. We were pleasantly surprised to see in attendance some long­time members who we had not seen for many years. We would like to have them and others attend our regular meetings and take an active role in our branch functions. District Chairman Steve Szemes welcomed those present and in­formed them of the duty and responsibility of the delegates participating in the 31st General Convention to be held in Toron­to, Canada this September. The names of the delegates and alternates will be published in next month’s William Penn Life . Mr. Szemes thanked the mem­bers for their kind attendance and cooperation in fulfilling their responsibility and also for a cordial and orderly meeting. At this time we would like to express our sympathy to Frances Bodi and her family on the passing ofTibor Bodi Jr. at the age of31. Our condolences go also to the family of Mrs. Caroline Gyuraky, a longtime member and an active Clubwoman. May Tibor and Caroline rest in peace. For all your insurance needs, please call Steve Szemes at (215) 543-8876.

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