William Penn Life, 1996 (31. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1996-01-01 / 1. szám

January 1996, William Penn Life, Page 3

Hungarian Room open house celebrates Christmas traditions

Rose Nasvadi of Branch 44 Akron, Ohio, (far left) came to the open house with eight members of her family: son George, his wife Jeanne and their son Jeffrey; son Raymond; and daughter Nancy Chula along with Nancy’s husband Robert and sons Robert and Aaron. (Photos by Bill Mayor)

Branch 34 Pittsburgh members join Acting National President Frances A. Furedy and Quo Vadis guide Rebecca Shaefer at the open house. Pictured are (Ur): Anna and Lou Kubus, Margaret Klein, Ms. Furedy, Anna Liptak, Ms. Shaefer, Maria Bistey and Caroline Mayor.

PITTSBURGH — The Hungarian Classroom and the other Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh played host to thousands of visitors during the rooms’ annual Christmas open house Dec. 3.

Each room was decorated for the holidays according to the customs and traditions of the two dozen nationalities represented there.

The Hungarian room featured a colorful sign created by Home Office employee Debra Evans which extended greetings in both English and Hungarian. ,,

The room’s Christmas tree, decorated by members of the Hungarian Room Committee, was covered with traditional szaloncukor (a Christmas candy) and mézes kalács (honey cookies). Next to the tree stood a small nativity scene reminiscent of a Transylvanian village.

Among the many guests who viewed the Hungarian room that day were a number of William Penn members who traveled some distance.

Steve Pokorny of Branch 76 Philadelphia visited the room and took numerous pictures to share with his fellow members back home.

Also, visiting from Branch 44 Akron, Ohio, were Rose Nasvadi and her family. Making the trip with Rose were: her son George, his wife Jeanne and their son Jeffrey; her son Raymond; and her daughter Nancy Chula, along with Nancy’s husband Robert and sons Robert and Aaron.

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Branch 71 member Stephen Kubiczky, Triton College trustee.

Member elected as Triton trustee

RIVERSIDE, IL — Stephen Kubiczky, a member of WPA Branch 71 Duquesne, Pa., was recently elected a trustee of Triton College in River Grove, 111.

Mr. Kubiczky, 48, was sworn into office Nov. 21. He has been a member of the William Penn since the age of 3.

Triton is one of the largest colleges of the Illinois Community College system. It has an enrollment of nearly 20,000 students and an annual budget of about $38 million.

We congratulate Mr. Kubiczky on this honor and wish him and the college much success.

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room’s decorations and architectual features from visitors that day was Rebecca Shaefer, a volunteer for Quo Vadis, a group which conducts tours of the Nationality Classrooms.

Rebecca received many compliments on her lovely Hungarian dress and on her informative and

PITTSBURGH — The Association congratulates Chief Underwriter Richard W. Toth, FIC, on successfully completing in December the five-year Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI) course.

Through the course, home office underwriters learn about the many facets of the life and health insurance and financial services industries, becoming more knowledgeable employees. The course is offered nationwide by the Life Office Management Association (LOMA).

Mr. Toth, a 12-year employee with the Association, earned his designation as a Fraternal Insurinteresting descriptions of the room and its features.

The Nationality Classrooms, housed in the university’s Cathedral of Learning, are open for tours year round. For more information about the rooms and tours, call the Nationality Rooms Committee at (412) 624-6000.

ance Counsellor (FIC) in 1985. He is currently working towards certification as an Associate in the Academy of Life Underwriting (AALU), another five-year course.

He resides in Munhall, Pa., with his wife, Nancy, and their sons, Richard and Christopher.

We congratulate Richard W. Toth, FLMI, FIC, on earning this designation. We thank him and all our representatives and employees who have devoted much time and effort toward the further study of insurance, enabling them to better serve our members and our Association.

Belated Card of Thanks

The brother of the late Joseph P. Arvay, Chairman of the Board, acknowledges with sincere thanks and appreciation all the memorial contributions sent to the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc., and St. Ladislaus School Project 21.

ERNEST ARVAI Branch 19 New Brunswick, N.J.

WPA’s chief underwriter earns FLMI designation

All right... who did it? Who stole 1995? It was here just a few days ago. One minute I’m toasting the new year 1995.1 blink a few times, and—WHAM!—I'm toasting the new year 1996.

Time passes by too quickly, my friends. I hope your year is filled with good news, good friends, good health and good food.

When I think about the beginning of a new year, one word comes to mind: Mama. Allow me to explain. I don’t know about your part of the country, but where I live January usually is a pretty frosty time of year. My Mama—what a wonderful lady she was—knew how to keep us warm. She knew that nothing warms you up like a big, steamy bowl of homemade soup (with the possible exception of a vintage Beaujolais). And no one made soup like Mama.

Even today, after all these years, I still can close my eyes and find myself in her kitchen. I peer into the bubbling cauldron on the stove, the steam warming and moistening my face. I breathe in the perfect aromatic harmony of chicken and fresh vegetables. I look at Mama. She smiles as if to say, "It will be ready in a few minutes." What seems like hours passes before I sit down with a bowl of homemade nirvana in front of me. I take that first tentative sip. Ah, just right. Then I try the first big spoonful: tender chicken, carrots, celery, noodles. I swallow and let Mama’s magic mixture work its way down, warming me from palate to stomach. Yes, all is right with the world.

EEEEEK! Pardon me. I just opened my eyes and saw where I was. Somehow, sitting at a desk with a computer in front of me isn't as comforting as sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of Mama's soup. But, then again, you can’t write a newspaper column with a soup spoon.

This month we present a couple of recipes for (geez, let me guess) soup. One even calls for gizzard. Hey, it doesn't get any better than that. The recipes come from "An Outstanding Collection of Treasured Hungarian Recipes and Family Favorites," available for a $5 donation to the William Penn’s scholarship foundation. (See ordering information below.)

Try these recipes this month and create your own warming memories.

Quick Vegetable Soup

(Becsinált leves)

Chicken giblets (gizzard, liver)

1 Vz qts. water

2 tsp. salt 2 carrots

1 medium onion

1 parsley root and greens

2 stalks celery 1 fresh tomato 'A tsp. paprika

'A tsp. black pepper

Take neck, gizzard and liver of chicken, wash and put in soup pot with 1 Vz quarts of water. Add salt and cook slowly while you clean carrots, onion, parsley root and greens, celery and tomato. Cut all up fine and add to soup. Add paprika and black pepper, cook until all vegetables are tender. Take Vz cup of freshly grated noodles, brown lightly in butter. Add to soup and boil for 10 minutes.

Grated Noodles (Reszelt tészta)

1 cup flour 1 large egg

Mix flour and egg by hand and form hard roll. Grate on large side of potato grater. Spread out on waxed paper to dry. Melt Vs pound of butter, add grated noodles stirring constantly until light brown, add to soup.

Vi? tsp. paprika Vz box lentils

1 tsp. salt

2 qts. water

Lentil Soup

(Lencse leves)

2 tblsp. flour 2 tblsp. butter 1 ham bone or Vz lb. smoked kolbász

Wash lentils. Put ham bone or kolbász into water, add lentils and salt. Cook until tender, about 25 minutes. In skillet brown flour in butter. Add paprika, brown well. Add 1 cup of cold water and cook until it thickens, add to lentils. Simmer a few minutes more. Serve with croutons.

To order "An Outstanding Collection of Treasured Hungarian Recipes and Family Fa vorites, "send $5 check or money order to:

WILLIAM PENN SCHOLARSHIP FUND 300 SOMERSET STREET NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08901