William Penn Life, 1998 (33. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1998-06-01 / 6. szám

Page 4, William Penn Life, June 1998 super . B9WLÍN6 Dayton hosts a fantastic fraternal weekend Anne Marie Schmidt of Branch 249 Dayton watches as Branch Coordi­nator Michele La Flame cuts the special WPA cake at the reception. Arthur A. Antal of Branch 18 Lincoln Park, Mich., (right) receives con­gratulations after bowling a nearly perfect game. He finished with a 298. DAYTON, OH - The WPA’s schedule of summer fraternal events got off to a great start over the Memorial Day weekend with the 55 th Annual Bowling Tourna­ment and Scholarship Days. About 200 bowlers—27 of whom were children participating in the second Juvenile Fun Event-helped to make this event a rousing suc­cess. They also helped raise more than $12,000 for the Association’s scholarship foundation. The weekend started on a high note as more than 225 friendly faces gathered at the Friday night bowlers reception at the Crowne Plaza Ho­tel in downtown Dayton, the head­quarters for the weekend. National Vice President-Secre­tary Richard W. Toth welcomed everyone and thanked them for at­tending. He also thanked WPA Chairman Michael J. Hrabar and the Board of Directors for continu­ing to support the annual bowling event. Many guests commented that it was one of the best receptions in memory. The food was plentiful and delicious, and everyone was served quickly. Many also had a piece of the special “William Penn” cake baked for the occasion by members of Branch 249. The children enjoyed playing the free pinball game set up in the ballroom, while both youngsters and adults eagerly tried their luck at the table-top bowling game on the other side of the room. Partici­pants in the bowling game donated $258 to the scholarship fund. The reception began after the conclusion of the annual meeting of the William Penn Fraternal As­sociation Scholarship Foundation. During the meeting a total of $8,250 was raised to help provide college scholarships for our young members. (See related story below.) By Saturday morning everyone was eager to get to Beaver-Vu Bowl for the start of the tournament. Na­tional President George S. Charles Jr. greeted the bowlers and wished all good luck. Then Anne Marie and Mark Schmidt of Branch 249 rolled the official first balls to open the tournament. As the adults began the team competition, 27 children enjoyed the Juvenile Fun Event. They all bowled to their hearts’ content, then were treated to pizza and soft drinks. All children received a bag full of fun gifts. It would be an un­derstatement to say these children enjoyed themselves. Meanwhile, the 32 adult teams were having some fun of their own. Three lucky bowlers in particular enjoyed the morning. They just happened to be the three winners of the “Lucky Strike” contest. Betsy Griffith of Pottstown, Pa., won $ 150 by bowling a strike in the sec­ond game after her name was pulled from the hat. Debbie Miller of Branch 249 won $100 by bowling a strike in the third game. On the men’s side, Joe Wass of Branch 336 Harrisburg, Pa., won $250 by bowl­ing a strike in the third game. The morning’s big excitement was provided by Arthur A. Antal of Branch 18 Lincoln Park, Mich. He was working on bowling a 300 game with one ball left to throw in the 10th frame. With dozens of people watching, Mr. Antal rolled his ball down the lane exactly as he had done 11 previous times that game. But, when the ball struck, two pins were left standing, and he had to settle for a 298 and pats on the back from many of his fellow bowlers. As disappointed as he must have been, there were a number of people equally happy—the winners of the team competition. In the men’s division, Branch 159’s Finest from Phoenixville, Pa., took the handicap championship with a total score of 3,275 (2,663 actual). Sharing in the $ 1,000 prize were team members Rodney Bones, Charles Sera, Tom Piscolish, Alexander Sera and Temple Coldren. The men’s actual pin title went to WPA Branch 249 #3 from host city Dayton with a score of 2,803. Team members were John Horvath, Steve Anderson, Jim Bruce, Bill Anderson and Jim Tucker. In the women’s division, the Untouchables from Branch 226 McKeesport, Pa.-Pamela Stephan, Helen Belany, Beatrice Rothwell, Beverly Liberty and Debbie Huston—captured both the handicap and actual pin titles with a score of 3,303 and actual pin count of2,226. As bowlers were winding up their activity for the day, many en­joyed the delicious cabbage rolls being prepared and served at the lanes by members of host Branch 249. The sale of the cabbage rolls netted another $269 for the schol­arship fund. On Sunday, bowlers returned to the lanes for the singles and doubles competitions. In men’s events, Steve LaFlame and Mark Schmidt of Branch 249 made the home crowd happy by winning the handicap doubles event with a score of 1,375 (997 actual). The actual double title went to an­other Dayton team, Steve Anderson and Jim Bruce with a pin count of 1,222. The men’s handicap singles event produced the tournament’s only tie as Frank Nalesnik of Branch 352 Coraopolis, Pa., and Robert Strom of Branch 226 each recorded a score of 751 to share the title. But, Mr. Strom edged out Mr. Nalesnik for the actual pins title 688 to 679. In women’s events, Irene Nemeth and Margaret Maty of Branch 28 won the handicap doubles crown with a score of 1,334 (956 actual). Debbie Huston and Beverly Liberty of Branch 226 won the actual pins doubles title with a count of 984. The handicap singles title went to Babs Antal of Branch 18 with a total of 757 (460 actual), while DAYTON, OH - The WPA’s scholarship foundation enjoyed one of its most successful fund-raising weekends ever during the 55th Anual Bowling Tournament and Scholarship Days held here over the Memorial Day weekend. The weekend’s activities netted $ 12,019 for the foundation. About two-thirds of that tdtal, or $8,250, was pledged or donated during the annual meeting of the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation held Fri­day, May 22, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. An additional $1,425 was pledged or donated during the re­mainder of the weekend. A raffle held during the bowl­ing tournament dinner-dance raised $ 1,786. Participants who played the bowling game at Friday night’s bowlers reception donated $258, while the cabbage roll sale con­ducted by Branch 249 Dayton on Debra Miller of Branch 249 won the actual pin title with a count of 564. The social highlight of the week­end was Saturday night’s awards dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The program began with a brief memorial service honoring all those who sacrificed their lives in the ser­vice of our country. Our thanks to the Rev. Anthony Dattilo of St. Stephen Hungarian Catholic Church in Dayton and the Rev. Saturday at the bowling lanes raised $269. The remaining $31 was raised through the sale of WPA pro­motional items. The money will go toward scholarship awards which will be granted later this year to deserving young members attending colleges, universities and schools of nursing. During the scholarship founda­tion meeting, it was reported that 51 members this year have applied for first-time grants. Another 105 members have submitted letters re­questing their scholarship grants be renewed for another year. Leading the list of donors at the meeting were Branch 18 Lincoln Park, Mich., and Branch 71 Duquesne, Pa., who each donated $1,000. Branch 14 Cleveland, Branch 88 Rural Valley, Pa., and Branch 132 South Bend, Ind., each donated $500. National Director Frank J. Wukovits Jr. and Robert Gabor Nitsch of the Hungarian Evangelic and Reformed Church of Dayton for their pariticipation in the memorial service. After dinner, Tournament Sec­retary Robert A. Ivancso presented the awards to the winning teams and congratulated everyone on a fine day of bowling. To expedite the proceedings a bit, the winners of the door prizes were drawn prior to the evening’s Continued on Page 5 A. Ivancso, chairman of the WPA National Auditing Committee, each donated $500 to lead individual donors. The foundation also elected 13 at-large members to its board of directors. They are Irene Charles, Tom House, Stephen J. Ivancso Jr., Charles Johns, Mary Kaszonyi, Anne Kertesz, Joan Mauerman, Marguerite McNelis, Frank J. Radvany, Mark Schmidt, Carol Truesdell, E. E. Vargo and Irene Voss. Joining these members on the foundation’s board are the mem­bers of the WPA Board of Direc­tors and National Auditing Com­mittee. To make room on the found­ation’s board for all 13 at-large di­rectors, the WPA’s three national officers agreed to relinquish their seats on the foundation’s board for one year. After a long morning of bowling fun, these children sit down to enjoy a pizza party at the bowling lanes. WPA scholarship foundation nets $12,000 from tournament activities

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