William Penn Life, 1992 (27. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1992-02-01 / 2. szám
WILLIAM PENN LIFE Volume 27 February 1992 Number 2 Holiday pageantry Members from Branch 15 Chicago and the local Hungarian Scout group present a Christmas pageant during the branch’s Christmas party in December. For more on how our branches celebrated the season, see Pages 4-7. Dayton members prepare to host national bowling tournament Successful drive collects clothing for refugees DAYTON, OH — The members of Branch 249 Dayton are busily preparing to greet hundreds of William Penn members from across the nation to the 49th Annual National Bowling Tournament and Scholarship Days. The Association’s largest and most popular annual fraternal event will be held over the Memorial Day weekend, May 22 to 24. All branches which have not organized their teams are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. The headquarters for this year’s tournament will be the Stouffer Hotel in Dayton. The hotel will be the site for all nonfit has been more than three years since Beth Ann Johnson, a member of Branch 8036 Greens burg, Pa., was killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Her mother, Carole, shares some of her memories of Beth Ann and tells of one way she and her husband Glenn, president of Branch 8036, have helped others enjoy their daughter’s favorite pastime.) By Carole G. Johnson As I try to think of what to say, how to say it, and put a title to it, bowling activities, including the Friday evening bowlers’ reception and Saturday evening’s bowling awards dinner. All bowling events will take place Saturday and Sunday at Beaver-Vu Lanes. For the fourth year in a row, bowlers participating in Saturday’s team events will have the chance to win $ 10,000. The prize will be awarded to the member who bowls a perfect 300 game during team play. To be eligible to win this prize, a bowler must be a life-benefit member of the William Penn Association by April 1, 1992, with at least one year’s premium tears start down my cheeks. All the reasons for and memories of the decision to buy the upright oak piano and the practice piano now rush over me. Beth as a freshman at Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pa., wrestled with deciding on a major. She had so many talents and interests. She was a proficient and imaginative writer. (English major?) She was so artistic, winning the first of many art awards in the first grade. (An art major then?) Of course, there were the plays paid. If two or more eligible bowlers each roll a 300 during the team event, then the $ 10,000 will be divided equally amongst the winners. Several bowlers have gotten close during the past three tournaments, but no one has ever won the big prize. Nothing would please tournament organizers more than to see a member leave Dayton $10,000 richer. If you would like to be that lucky bowler, then contact your branch officers and get on a team. If you can’t find a team but would still like to bowl in the team event, contact the Home Continued on Page 8 and storytelling done via audio and video tape with Beth as writer, producer, director and actor, assisted by her brother, Gene, and their friends under the trademark "Johnson & Johnson Backyard Productions.” (Certainly a theater major would seem appropriate.) That’s not all. Beth was sensitive and caring and interacted naturally with everyone from infants and young children to her peers and the elderly. To her peers, she was a confidant, a sounding board, a shoulder to PITTSBURGH — Organizers of a clothing drive to aid refugees from Yugoslavia who have fled to Hungary are calling the drive a huge success. More than 100,000 pounds of clothing were collected at various locations throughout Ohio and the northeastern United States. About 50,000 pounds were collected in the Columbus, Ohio, area alone. An additional 50,000 pounds were donated by residents from the Pittsburgh, New Brunswick, New York City and Connecticut areas. All the clothing was loaded onto a cargo ship which set sail for Europe on Jan. 27. The clothing is scheduled to arrive at the refugee camps in Hungary for distribution on Feb. 20. "We are proud of the way members of the William Penn Association and the American Hungarian community responded to this emergency on such short notice,” said National President E. E. Vargo. The drive was sponsored by a coalition of Hungarian churches and organizations, including the William Penn Association. The Knights of Malta, or Magyar Maltai Szeretetszolgálat, will manage the distribution of the clothing to an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 refugees who have crossed into Hungary since the outbreak of civil war in Yugoslavia. Organizers of the drive say no additional donations are being sought at this time. the Home is necessary. The Home owes a great debt of thanks to its residents, employees, suppliers, neighbors, friends and benefactors for their support over the years. The Home’s 28 residents were assured that every effort would be exhausted in helping them find new homes and making their relocation as smooth as possible. Veterans organizations, private agencies and state offices have been asked to help in the relocation effort. Inside ■ Scholarship foundation seeks applicants....................Page 2. ■ Association to host language camp in August..........Page 3. ■ The latest news and notes from our branches .... Pages 4-7. ■ Golf tournament set for July 24-25 ..................Page 8. Next Deadline February 21 Gifts of music: one member’s legacy William Penn Home set to close at end of February WELLSBURG, WV — The Association’s Board of Directors recently announced that the William Penn Home will close Feb. 29, 1992. Financial constraints caused by current economic conditions and escalating operating costs were cited as the main reasons for the decision. Those involved in making the decision regret that the closing of lean on and one whose advice was sought. (An appropriate major: psychology?) Above all, there was her love music. She started piano lessons at age nine. A year later she was playing flute in the middle school band. She continued learning more instruments until she could play 14 different instruments. As her high school band director said: "Beth plays whatever 1 need.” "Beth, why not major in music?” I’d say. "No, Mom,” she’d Continued on Page 2
