William Penn Life, 1992 (27. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1992-04-01 / 4. szám

WILLIAM PENN LIFE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION Volume 27 April 1992 Number 4 To all of our , friends and their families we wish a Most Blessed and Happy Easter. From the National Officers, Board of Directors, Auditing Committee and Employees of William Penn Association Seats filling fast for WPA’s June tour to Hungary NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Members and friends of the Asso­ciation interested in traveling to Hungary this June with our Wil­liam Penn tour group should make their reservations as soon as possible. Spots are still available for the tour which is scheduled for June 18 to July 2, but they are selling out fast, according to Frank Chrinko of Fugazy International Travel, the agency arranging the tour. "We must know by the end of April how many people are going on the June trip so we can make the necessary arrangements,” he said. Anyone interested in joining our tour group for June should complete the reservation form found in this issue and send it, along with their deposit, to Fu­gazy International Travel. Those who can not travel in June are welcome to sign up for the William Penn’s second tour to Hungary scheduled for Aug. 10 to 24. Both tours will leave from New York and land in Vienna, Austria, where guests will enjoy a two-day stay. Each tour will then move on to explore many of Hungary’s finest Historic cemetery receives needed facelift cities and attractions. Your trip through Hungary will include visits to Sárvár, Tihany, Kecske­mét, Győr, Szombathely, Nosz­­vaj, Eger and Sárospatak. Along the way you will also visit such famous and interesting sites as Esterházy Castle, Lake Balaton, the Herend porcelain factory and museum, the Tokaj wine region and the Buda Hills and Castle. Of course, each tour will also include an extended stay in beau­tiful Budapest. Guests will enjoy three days and four nights in Hungary’s historic capital. While there they will take a dinner cruise along the Danube River and share a gala farewell banquet on the final night of the tour. Throughout each tour guests will enjoy accommodations at some of Hungary’s finest hotels and will travel between destina­tions on deluxe motorcoaches. There will also be an English­­speaking tour guide accompany­ing you on your excursions. The cost for either tour is $2,799* per person, based on double occupancy. The tour price includes roundtrip airfare from New York, all hotels, breakfast each day, 11 lunches, 10 dinners, the farewell banquet, ground transportation in Europe and all See 'Tours’ Page 8 CONNELLSVILLE, PA — A 22-year-old dream to restore a cemetery of historic and personal significance to the Hungarian community of this southwestern Pennsylvania town recently moved one giant step closer to becoming a reality. The cemetery of the former St. Emory Hungarian Roman Catho­lic Church has been cleaned up and placed in serviceable condi­tion. The cemetery, now part of the Chestnut Hill Cemetery Com­plex, was cleaned up as part of a general restoration effort invol­ving the entire Chestnut Hill complex. The work was coordinated by the Greensburg (Pa.) Catholic Diocese and the Chestnut Hill Cemetery Maintenance Corpora­tion. "Relatives and friends can now visit the Hungarian cemetery and give personal attention and care to each grave site of their loved ones,” said Alfred W. Alsvary Sr., project coordinator for the maintenance corporation. The cemetery has special sig­nificance for area Hungarians be­cause it is the site where 60 Hungarian coal miners killed, in the Darr Mine explosion of 1907 are buried in a mass grave. They were among 100 members of St. Emory’s killed in the disaster. The people of St. Emory’s maintained the historic cemetery until 1970 when the church was closed by the diocese. Over the next two decades, the cemetery would fall increasingly further into a state of disrepair. The restoration effort came as welcome news not only to those local Hungarians who have fought to fulfill this dream, but also to the William Penn Association. "For the past several years we have had a great interest in seeing this historic site restored,” said National President E. E. Vargo. "We feel a special bond with this effort because many of those buried there were miners just like those who founded our Associa­tion. Our Association—when it was known at the Verhovay Aid Association—erected a monu­ment there in honor of the miners killed in the Darr Mine.” That monument still stands as the focal point of the Hungarian section of the cemetery. While the clean up has im­proved conditions at the ceme­tery, there remains work to be done. The Chestnut Hill Ceme­tery Maintenance Corporation is seeking the support of families and friends of persons interred in the cemetery. Those interested in supporting this effort or who would like further information should write to George Laughery, president, 185 Liberty St., Uniontown, PA 15401. Inside ■ Committee continues work on veterans’ tribute .... Page 2. ■ Choir tours America to help rebuild school..........Page 2. ■ Scholarship Foundation readies for annual meeting .. Page 3. ■ The latest news and notes from our branches............Page 5. ■ Summary of actuaries’ report for 1991....................Page 6. Next Deadline April 17

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