William Penn Life, 1989 (24. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1989-08-01 / 8. szám

August 1999, William, Penp Life, .Page 5 Tournament draws record number of golfers PITTSBURGH — A record 137 William Penn golfers enjoyed a nearly perfect July day as they participated in the Association’s Sixth Annual National Golf Tournament at the Tam O’Shan­­ter Golf Course in West Middle­­sex, Pa. The sun shined most brightly on Ed and Betty Grib who cap­tured the men’s and women’s low net titles. Ed’s 71 and Betty’s 74 made the Gribs the second husband and wife team to win the tournament’s low net titles. The day was just as pleasant for Bill Pini and Marvis Snyder. Mr. Pini won the men’s low gross title by shooting a four over-par 76, while Ms. Snyder captured the women’s low gross title with a round of 86. Each of the four champions took home a new pair of golf shoes as a prize for their fine efforts. Mr. Pini also took home two additional prizes for hitting the longest drive on the 9th hole and getting closest to the pin on the 18th hole. Joining Mr. Pini as winners of the tournament’s various skill shot contests were: Steve Sipos with the longest men’s putt on hole #3 and Jan Close with the longest women’s putt on hole #6; Lynn Paolicelli with the longest women’s drive on hole #4; Art Mayor and Jan Close for getting closest to the line on hole #15; and Helen Francus for getting the closest to the pin on hole #14. The only prize that went un­claimed was the new car for a hole-in-one on hole #8. With the pin placed near the left edge of the green, many golfers found getting their tee shot near the cup a little more difficult than they imagined. Only a handful of golfers placed their tee shots on the green, and no one got closer than 10 feet from the hole. Nevertheless, everyone enjoy­ed the added challenge of the hole-in-one contest and looked forward to taking another shot at it next year. After the day’s golfing was done, the golfers and their guests gathered for the annual golf awards banquet at the Sheraton Inn-Shenango. Once again, the informal affair proved to be the highlight of the weekend as smiles and laughter could be seen and heard through­out the dining room. After a delicious dinner served by the hotel staff, National Secre­tary E. E. Vargo emceed a short program which included remarks from National President Stephen G. Danko. President Danko thanked all those in attendance for making the tournament the most success­ful ever. He also spoke briefly about his recent meeting with President Bush and reaffirmed the Hungarian community’s sup­port for the government’s latest efforts to aid Hungary in its democratization process. Secretary Vargo then began handing out the prizes to all the winners at this year’s tournament. Each winner was greeted with a round of applause from the audi­Golfers check the scoreboard as the scores from the early foursomes are tabulated and recorded. (Photo by Louis A. Fodor) National President Stephen G. Danko congratulates auction raffle winner Robin Pini of Branch 352 Coraopolis, PA. (Photo by Louis A. Fodor) ence as his or her name was called. But these weren’t the only win­ners that evening. A number of both golfers and non-golfers walked away with one of the many door prizes given away. The luckiest of all was George Martin of Branch 18 who won the evening’s special door prize: a golf getaway weekend for two. The prize included a two-night stay at the Sheraton Inn-Shenan­­go plus 18 holes of golf at the Tam O’Shanter Golf Course. The getaway weekend prize was furnished compliments of the Sheraton and Tam O’Shanter. The level of excitement in the room built as the time drew closer for the annual auction raffle for a new set of golf clubs and bag. The members-only auction produced many groans from the losers as they were eliminated from the contest. It also produced one big cheer for the eventual winner, Robin L. Pini. At 10 years of age, Robin, a member of Branch 352 Corao­polis, Pa., was the youngest per­son ever to win the auction raffle. The auction raffle closed the weekend’s official program, leav­ing those in attendance with many pleasant memories. It seemed an appropriate way to end this fraternal weekend which began in high spirits at the golfers reception Friday evening at the Sheraton. The reception area was filled to capacity with golfers and guests eager to start the weekend. Every­one enjoyed a delicious buffet which included kolbász, cold cuts, pizza and an array of home­made pastries and cookies. After all had their fill, Secre­tary Vargo opened the annual putting contest. For a $2 dona­tion guests received three chances to sink a putt. Those who made their putts were Bahnt Getz, Ray Mei, Arpad Sibrik, Jim Douds, Bob Kelley, Richard Mohn, Mike Totsky, Jerry Hambry, Charles Furedy, Jim Deak, Nick Gulacsi, Ken Coleman and Ernest Ecsedi. Each winner received a small prize as a momento of the putting contest. The big winner at the putting contest, however, was the Wil­liam Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation. The contest raised more than $400, all of which benefited the scholar­ship foundation. It was just part of a truly enjoyable fraternal weekend which left everyone eagerly await­ing next year’s tournament. We wish to thank all of the employees and members who worked long and hard to make our golf tournament the success it was. We also thank the golfers and guests in attendance who made this weekend memorable. Sixth Annual WPA National Golf Tournament Official Results Tom O’Shanter Golf Course -West Middlesex, PA - July 15,1989 MEN’SDIVISION Low Gross....................................... Bill Pini-76 Low Net............................................ Ed Grib-71 Longest Putt #3............................... Steve Sipos Longest Drive #9 ................................... Bill Pini Closest to Line #15............................Art Mayor Closest to Pin #18 .................................................... Bill Pini WOMEN’S DIVISION Low Gross......................... Marvis Snyder - 86 Low Net................................................. Betty Grib - 74 Longest Putt #6.................................................. Jan Close Longest Drive #4 ............................... Lynn Paolicelli Closest to Line #15........................................... Jan Close Closest to Pin #14.................... Helen Francus HOLE-IN-ONE #8 No Winner A thank you to our hole sponsors ♦ ♦ ♦ The Association wishes to thank the following individuals, branches and businesses who donated $100 each to be named as hole sponsors at our 1989 national golf tournament. Because of their generosity, an additional $2,400 was raised for the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation. We thank them on behalf of our young members who will benefit from their donations. Allegheny Business Machines Joseph P. Arvay George W. Batyko (Prudential Bache) Bruce and Bruce Company Computer Specialties Corporation Stephen G. Danko Walter L. Dillen Zoltán and Audrey Emri William F. Fried (Legg Mason Wood Walker) Elmer A. Furedy (Deci Corporation) William R. Furedy (United Electric Motors) Hank and Associates, CPA Kish, Kish &. Yarsky William C. Kohut Real Estate & Insurance Mark P. Mochary (Bear Stearns) John S. Molnár Thomas P. Kelly (Paine Webber) John Sabo Bohdan Stone (Shearson Lehman) Jim Szuch A1 and Betty Vargo Jeff and Dawn Ward Branch 14 Cleveland, Ohio Branch 22, Roebling, New Jersey ... and our putting contest entrants We also thank all of our members and friends who participated in Friday night’s putting contest. Because of your generosity, another $404 was raised for our Scholarship Foundation. Thank You! Golfers and guests help themselves to the buffet at the Friday evening reception. (Photo by Louis A. Fodor)

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