William Penn Life, 1997 (32. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)

1997-10-01 / 10. szám

October 1997, William Penn Life, Page 5 Branch News Branch 590 President Mike Tomcsak paid a visit to his sister, Veronica Weingart, in September at her Riverside, Calif., home. Continued from Page 4 Sibrik, is getting better after her back surgery and is planning to re­turn to work at the end of October. Our next branch meeting will be held Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 1591 Lockboume Road, Co­lumbus. We will finalize plans for the Christmas party. We hope many members, including young mem­bers, will attend this meeting and offer their input on our Christmas party. We also need members will­ing to help organize and run such functions; the old-timers are getting older. I am already receiving calls about the 1998 golf tournament to be held in Hershey, Pa. Some people are thinking about touring the candy factory, while others are saying the drive is too far from cen­tral Ohio. For any life insurance needs, please call me at (614) 231-8024 or write to me at 645 S. Kellner Road, Columbus, OH 43209. Congratulations to Dave George on his 92nd birthday. We wish you many more in good health. Branch 132 South Bend, IN By Frank J. Wukovits, Jr. National Director We were delighted with the turn­out for our first branch picnic in a number of years. While the weather wasn’t perfect, it seemed that ev­eryone had a good time. My thanks to the branch officers, as well as Scott Lehmann and Ken Kochanowski, who cheerfully helped make Hungarian sausage using the old branch recipe. There also were chicken and hot dogs, but when the youngsters discovered Hungarian sausage, we didn’t have to prepare any more hot dogs. Our pee wee league baseball team showed up with their parents and presented to the branch an autographed baseball as a memento of their winning the 1997 league championship. A spokesman for the group asked us if we were going to sponsor a pee wee team or move up to the minor with the older kids. A quick officers meeting was called and we decided that Branch 132 will sponsor both teams. We noticed that a significant number of families showed up: Bill and Helen DeMeyer, Helen Pécsi’s family, the Csajkowski family, the Nowaczewski family, the Bralicks and the Keresztes family. Júliáimé Manning used the occasion as an opportunity to have a birthday party for her three-year-old daughter. At the branch meeting we dis­cussed our participation in the Holi­day Food Basket program. If you should know of a member who could use some help or someone in a nursing home who would appre­ciate receiving a fruit basket, call us at the office and leave a message. We want you to know that the branch Christmas party for the kids will be on Saturday, Dec. 13. We’ll have more information about the party in next month’s report. Branch 226 McKeesport, PA By Alexander J. Goydan Branch 226 Coordinator & Secretary Branch 226 member Nathan Pfefferkorn, grandson of John and Cecelia Pfefferkorn, has distin­guished himself at McKeesport Serra Catholic High School by reaching the semi-finals in the Na­tional Merit Scholarship program. Nathan received one of the highest scores in the competition, which will conclude next spring. Branch 226, after a summer hia­tus, resumed its activities in Sep­tember. We have begun planning our annual Christmas party, and full teams are participating in bowling. We are looking forward to sending another successful winning team to the next WPA tournament. If you have questions about life insurance or need to update your present coverage, call me at (412) 751-8259.________________________ Branch 296 Springdale, PA By Anne Marie Pochan Branch 296 Secretary-Treasurer Branch 296 will hold its annual family Christmas party on Dec. 13 at 1:00 p.m. at the Hungarian Re­formed Church, 130 Walters Lane, Springdale. Please mark your cal­endars and plan to attend. Once again, we will be collect­ing non-perishable food items at our Oct. 9 and Nov. 13 meetings and at George Charles of Branch 296 is at home resting comfortably with his wife Irene following his heart surgery. our Christmas party. Donated food items will be given to the local food bank. Please plan to attend the above meetings and participate in this worthy project. October birthday wishes to Boris Gosciejew, Jennie Wislie, Anne Marie Pochan, National President Pete Charles and all our members celebrating birthdays this month. Our condolences to the family of Steve Üveges Jr. who passed away in Florida in September. Friends will be delighted to hear the cheerful news that George Charles is home resting comfort­ably after major heart surgery. George and his wife Irene live in Springdale, are lifelong members of the WPA and are very active in Branch 296. Every good wish to both of them. Branch 352 Coraopolis, PA By Dianne A. Charles Branch 352 Auditor At our September branch meeting plans were made for our branch Christmas party. This year it will be held on Nov. 30 at Sports Ha­ven Bowling Lanes in Bridgeville, Pa. So mark your calendars. Congratulations to Steve Charles for having a piece of his artwork, a pen and ink drawing of a lionhead, chosen for display at the Chartiers Valley Arts Council Ex­hibition held Sept. 4 to 6. Steve is a freshman at Chartiers Valley High School. Good show, Steve. We’re proud of you. Welcome to new member Justine McKinsey of Scott Town­ship. We hope you will participate in all our branch activities. Con­gratulations on passing your driver’s test. Good luck to Sara McKinsey who started college this year at Kutztown College. Sara was a part­­time employee at the Home Office for a few months this summer and is also a member of Branch 352. We know you’re studying hard, Sara. Tell Fabricio hello from all of us. Our next branch meeting is Oct. 18 at 11:00 a.m. at 709 Brighton Road. Don’t forget to bring your non-perishable items for donation to the needy. Our November branch meeting will be held on Nov. 8 at the Old Country Buffet in Great Southern Shopping Center in Bridgeville. If you have any questions, call 231- 2979, extension 121. Happy birthday wishes to Na­tional President George S. Charles Jr., celebrating his birthday Oct. 5. We love you. Happy birthday to my big brother, Fred Jackson of Upper St. Clair, who will be celebrating his 40-something birthday on Nov. 8. I’m sure Patti, Justin and Joshua will make it a special day for you. Happy birthday to retired Na­tional Vice President-Treasurer Frances A. Furedy, who celebrates her birthday Oct. 26. If you have any branch news to share, please call Dianne A. Charles at 221-5136. Branch 590 Cape Coral, FL By Joan Mauerman Branch 590 Reporter Its hard to believe it’s almost the end of the year. They say the older you get, the faster the time goes by. I for one believe it’s true. My three oldest grandchildren will marry within the next year. It seems like yesterday that they were babies. Congratulations to Marguerite and Andy McNelis on the birth of their grandson. I know how proud they are. Condolences to the families of John Üveges, and John Toth, who both died this ^umrnen: .;,­The Hungarian Citizens Club of Venice held a dinner-dance Sept. 6. Jack and Nichole Thomas of Pitts­burgh, Pa., were guests of Nichole’s grandparents Bill and Ethel Becze. Nichole, an accomplished violinist, played for a service at the Evangeli­cal Free Church in Englewood. Grandpa Bill sang a solo. We had the pleasure of meeting this talented couple. Jack is an artist. The Plant City Hungarian Club held its first dinner of the season on the second Sunday of the month. A comical play was presented by members of the Guild. A “Sureti Tanc” will be held the second Sun­day in October. A parade of grapes will open the festivities. Our branch picnic will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, in Cape Coral. The branch Christmas party will be held Dec. 13 in Egret Hall, Cape Coral. Cards will be mailed out for reservations. Happy birthday to my daughter­­in-law Tina Mauerman and to ev­eryone celebrating birthdays this month. For information about WPA life insurance or annuity plans, please call Mike Tomcsak at (941) 858- 8071. Branch 800 Altoona, PA By Vincent Frank Branch 800 President Anthony Nori of Branch 800 was awarded a $500 scholarship from the WPA’s scholarship fund. He is the son of Sue and Ron Nori of Hollidaysburg, Pa. Anthony is a 1997 honors graduate from Hollidaysburg Area High School. He was named to “Who’s Who Among High School Seniors” for 1997. He is attending Penn State University-Altoona Campus where he is majoring in communications with an emphasis in film and video. Anthony has been a lifelong mem­ber of the WPA. His grandparents, Margaret and Albert J. Nori, pur­chased a policy for him when he was bom in 1978. Anthony extends his thanks to the WPA and the scholarship foun­dation for their interest in the edu­cation of tomorrow’s leaders. The branch is very proud of our mem­ber receiving this award and all of his accomplishments. May God bless you, Anthony, and take care of you in all of your future endeav­ors. Now that summer is over and the children are back in school, and everyone is back to a routine sched­ule, we begin to turn our attention to the Halloween season. Happy Halloween to all members, their families, and, especially, their chil­dren who just love this season. At our September branch meet­ing a thank you card from Steven Gardner was read. He thanked the branch for presenting him its bond award, which he said he will put to good use in the future. Plans have been finalized for two activities. It would be a good idea to go to your calendars now and fill in the dates. First, Branch 800’s annual me­morial Mass will be held Thanks­giving Day at 9:00 a.m. at the Ca­thedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona. Election of branch officers to serve in 1998 will be held Dec. 2 during the branch meeting. Finally, the annual Christmas party will be on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 6:00 p.m. in Our Lady of Lourdes Church social hall. If you are in need of life insur­ance for yourself or a family mem­ber, call Bob Jones at (814) 942- 2661. Branch 8121 St. Marys, PA By Margaret Marconi Branch 8121 Secretary Our branch held a regular business meeting on Sept. 3. We signed birthday cards and get well cards. Father Alfred visited us and shared lunch with us. Our area was experiencing very low temperatures, so the discussion on how to save our crops, especially tomatoes, was quite timely. The temperature the morning of our meeting was 39 degrees, very low for Sept. 3. We decided the best thing to do was cover the tomatoes and pray. /* " a All articles & photographs for the November issue of the William Penn Life are due in our office by October 24,1997. ______________/

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