William Penn Life, 1988 (23. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1988-08-01 / 8. szám

Page 8, William Penn Life, August 1988 Branch News Branch 1 Bridgeport, CT Branch 1 wishes to announce that it has moved its office to a new location. Our new address and phone number are: 856 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport, Conn. 06604 (203)368-1851 Ethel Katona, branch coordinator Branch 15 Chicago, IL By Arpad Laczina Branch 15 President Branch 15 wishes to express its gratitude to the very Rev. Father András Eordogh as well as to all those who sacrificed their time and energy to make our picnic on June 26 a resounding success. This was the first picnic which was sponsored jointly by St. Stephen’s Hungarian Catholic Parish and the members of Wil­liam Penn Branch 15. The synergy of the joint effort and the relatively cool 75-degree temperature after a week in the sweltering 90’s brought almost 500 people to the county forest preserves. Everyone enjoyed the excellent food and cold drinks and was pleasantly exhausted from sociali­zing, walking in the woods, chas­ing soccer balls on the field, playing chess and cards on the picnic tables, and participating in all the activities that are tradition­­ally associated with Magyar picnics. The highlight of the afternoon was the freshly fried langos served in the late afternoon. We wish to thank everyone who contributed to the occasion by their presence and support. We also wish to remind all of our members that Branch 15 monthly meetings will resume on Sept. 18 at 3:00 p.m. in a new location: The Aranybika Restaur­ant meeting room at 7308 N. Rogers Ave., Chicago. For fur­ther information please call Branch President Arpad Laczina at 278-6637. Branch 18 Detroit, MI By Julia Danko and Andy Toth Our banquet held June 19 at the Hungarian Reformed Church honoring our newly elected na­tional officers from Branch 18 was a huge success with more than 350 people attending. Our honorees were National President Stephen G. Danko, National Director John S. Mol­nár, National Auditor Steve P. Danko, Alternate Director Ste­phen J. Szatmári, and Alternate Auditor Frank Tima. We at Branch 18 are especially proud of these men. Congratulations. (Editor’s note: A story on the U.S. Congressman John Dingell (center) joins National President Stephen G. Danko and Branch 18 President Stephen Danko at the branch’s recent banquet honoring its members elected to national offices. banquet appeared in our July issue.) Branch President Steve Danko wants to thank Steve and Darlene Szatmári and all the women who helped prepare the dinner, as well as the waitresses, bartenders, dancers and all others who helped make this affair a success. You all did a fantastic job and proved why Branch 18 continues to move ahead. Branch 18 also wishes to thank Director Molnár and his wife Helen for their gracious and warm hospitality. After the banquet they hosted a special get-together for all the national officers, direct­ors, auditors and their wives. Thank you John and Helen, you are really great. On Monday, June 20, Branch 18 hosted the wives of the nation­al officers and directors for an outing at Frankenmuth. There, the wives saw all the beatiful Christmas decorations and orna­ments, ate lunch, and enjoyed some shopping. The next day a special dinner was held in honor of Frank J. Radvany who will be retiring as a member of the Association’s Board of Directors. In attendance were the national directors and their wives, along with the offi­cers of Branch 18 and their wives. The dinner was held at the Branch 18 social club where a delicious wooden platter meal was served. Music for the evening was furnished by Emil Jakab and his orchestra. In other news, Darlene Szat­mári and Helen Danko left for Hungary July 3 with 20 children ages 8 to 14. They will enjoy the camp facilities at Fonyod Liget and a tour of Hungary’s famous sites. We wish all of you a success­ful and happy trip and a safe return. Branch 18 Hungarian Dancers will also be on vacation until their director, Darlene Szatmári, returns from Hungary. On Aug. 15, 11 people from Detroit will meet other members in New York to depart on a trip to Hungary. We wish them a pleasant and safe journey and hope everyone will enjoy them­selves. The Ladies Auxiliary held its last meeting of the summer on June 20. The next meeting will be in September. Have a nice vaca­tion ladies. The William Penn Social Club was recently closed for two weeks as workers redecorated the Club. You will be even more proud now to be a member of the Club. Branch 18 Golf Tournament Walter Burinda and Janet Tot­­sky captured the men’s and women’s division titles at the annual Branch 18 Golf Tourna­ment held June 26 at the River­­view Highlands Golf Course. Mr. Burinda shot a low net of 70 while Ms. Totsky scored a low net of 74. Sixty golfers participated this year on a beautiful, warm day under a blue, cloudless sky for prizes worth more than $600 and the title of Club Champs. At the completion of play, we met at our social club to enjoy a fine meal and the awarding of the prize money. Approximately 45 players shared in the prize money. Co-chairmen Steve Vargo, Andy Toth and Steve P. Danko wish to thank Walter Burinda, Mike Totsky, Bill Papp, Ernest Molnár, and Joe Nemeth for their help. Hope to see some of you in Brunswick, Ohio, July 23 and all of you at next year’s tournament. We close this article by wishing all of you health, happiness and a safe summer. Branch 28 Youngstown, OH By Helen R. Kaluczky Branch 28 Reporter It was Friday, July 15 — 90 degrees in the sun, but, at the home of Branch 28 President Steve Sándor, we held our bacon fry in the cooling breezes under the beautiful sycamore tree that covers his backyard. Thank you, Steve and Peg, for a wonderful get-together. We en­joyed the bacon, kolbász, sloppy joes, hot rice and broccoli dish, hot zucchini and sausage dish, baked beans, cold macaroni salad, tossed lettuce and tomato salad, sliced onions, tomatoes and pep­pers. You name it, we had it. For dessert there were cookies, piz­­zelles and fruit salad. Thank you to those who came and brought contributions to the festivities. We really had a spectrum of all ages there, including four genera­tions from one family: great­grandmother Anna Sándor; her daughter, Irene Nemeth; Irene’s daughter, Tina Cardelein; and Tina’s daughter, Jessica. The same also holds true with Margaret Burnett and her family who are William Penn Branch 28 members. Not too long ago — Veronica and John Dankovich — may they both rest in peace. Our special branch representa­tive, Alan Szabó, had a chance to witness a true Hungarian tradi­tion in that bacon fries are quite new to him. He hopes to get more of the young people involved and try to continue our heritage with them. He has been successful in sign­ing up quite a few and hopes that he can get them all interested in our Branch 28 doings and meetings. We will probably hold our first fall meeting on the third Sunday of September at Steve and Peg Sandor’s home, 133 Struthers-Coitsville Road, Low­ell ville, Ohio. We will make fur­ther plans for a bingo social to be held in October at the Donald Avenue hall. We still have a few dates com­ing up in between, in particular, the 66th Annual Family Festival in Wellsburg, W.Va., to benefit the William Penn Home for the elderly. It will be held on Aug. 7. We hope that you can be there. We also hope to see you at the annual Hungarian Day Picnic held by the American-Hungarian Fed­eration of Churches and Socie­ties. The picnic will be held on Aug. 14 at the Shady Run Picnic Grounds in Youngstown. For further community doings, tune in to WKTL 90.7 FM on Saturdays at noon for "Souvenirs of Hungary” hosted by the Endre Check Family. All requests are welcome. Branch 159 Phoenixville, PA By William J. Kovach Branch 159 Coordinator Congratulations to Elsie Kovach who was recently elected as vice chairperson of the Democratic Party in Chester County. Elsie has earned the distinction because of her many years of being associ­ated with the Democratic Party. Her husband, Alex, is chairman of the Phoenixville Democratic Party and also a past president of Phoenixville Borough Council. They will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in August. Elsie and Al, along with their four children and seven grand­children, are members of the William Penn. Congratulations are also in order for Nancy Kovach, wife of Branch President Robert Kovach, for her promotion to Executive Secretary to the Director of Training and Employee Develop­ment. Nancy and Bob and their four children and four grandchil­dren are all members of the Wil­liam Penn. We urge all our members to support the William Penn Frater­nal Association Scholarship Foundation, as many of our mem­bers have been financially aided by this great project. For all your insurance needs, please call Branch Coordinator Bill Kovach at 933-8391. Branch 705 Mayville, WI By John J. Lippert Branch 705 Coordinator On Sunday, June 26, the Branch 705 trapshooting team made its annual trip to Waukesha, Wise, for the State Five-man competi­tion. Representing our branch were Steve and Mike Wald, Wayne and Darlene Wagner, and Jack Lippert. Although our final score was 423 targets out of a possible 500, we did not qualify for any of the trophy awards. This same team shoots in the summer league offered by the Mayville Gun Club each Tuesday night of 20 summer weeks. We are presently approaching the halfway point, and I will have results for you at the end of the season. Branch 8075 Wilkes-Barre, PA The members of Branch 8075 gathered June 21 at the home of Charles Dress for their regular business meeting. The main topic of discussion was the William Penn Association Federal Credit Union, with members consider­ing purchasing shares in the credit union. Branch 8113 Lucinda, PA Branch 8113 held its regular busi­ness meeting on June 21. Mem­bers finalized plans for the annual church picnic to be held July 4 and planned a branch party to be held later this summer. Branch 8369 Philadelphia, PA The members of Branch 8369 met June 27 at 601 Wigard Ave. for their regular monthly business meeting. The meeting was called to order by Branch President Gilbert Evangelisto. Branch Treasurer John Basciano gave a report on the branch’s finances. The members discussed the amusements, food and drinks to be served at Kid’s Day at West Point Park. A bus list was drawn and a total count of the kids was taken.

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