William Penn Life, 2005 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2005-09-01 / 9. szám
in future branch articles, call Kathy Novak at 330-746-7704 or Alan Szabó at 330-482-9994. Branch 34 Pittsburgh, PA by Andy McNelis We at Branch 34 hope everyone is enjoying their summer. The golf tournament was a huge success. We had our first hole in one in tournament history. What a great site for the tournament, Mountaineer Gaming Resort and Blackmoor Golf Course. The next event to look forward to will be the annual WPA Picnic at Penn Scenic View, set for Saturday Sept. 10. As we have in the past, Branch 34 will sponsor a bus trip to the William Penn picnic at Scenic View. The bus will leave from the Hungarian Reformed Church on Johnston Avenue in Hazelwood at 10:30 a.m. and leave from Penn Scenic View at 5:00 p.m. For more information and reservations please call Andy McNelis at 412-421-6031. Leave your name and phone number, also the number of guests that will take the bus. A $5 donation per passenger is requested. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the picnic again this year so please call for your bus reservation. Branch 34 and the Hungarian Social Club will join together again this year to sponsor a picnic at the club on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 2:00 p.m. The location is the American Hungarian Social Club on Flowers Avenue in Hazelwood. All branch members are welcome to come. Remember in your prayers our servicemen and women both here and overseas. They are the reason we are free to travel where we want, free to read what we want, free to go to the church of our choosing and free to say what we want. Remember, freedom is not free, someone has to pay for it and that is our servicemen and women. Last, but not least, thank a veteran today. Branch members who celebrated their birthdays during the month of August included Amy Marie Balia, Joe Berei, Brian Colleran, Caroline Branch News Rakoczy Reunion This July, 96 members of the Rakoczy family gathered for a reunion in Windber, Pa. Many of them are members of the WPA, and some were members of the former Rákóczi Aid Association. During the festivities, the family shared a Hungarian tone, prepared by Darlene Szatmári of the Hungarian Rhapsody Restaurant in Southgate, Mich., which was decorated with the Rakoczy coat of arms overlaid on the Hungarian flag. Above, all the first cousins gather for a picture: John Rakoczy of Ohio; Margie Toth of Johnstown, Pa., and her brother Frank Makoczy of Beaver Falls, Pa.; Helen Francis of California; Shirley Przywara of Michigan; Emma Neibauer of Michigan; Betty Ferriss of Michigan and her brother John “Bundy” Rakoczy of Florida; Steve Beretsel of Pennsylvania and his sister Mary Lou Prokopchak of Maryland; and brothers Ron and Mark Rakoczy of Windber and Everett, Pa., respectively. Colleran, Steve Gergely, Mund Király, Jim North and Margaret Stefan. Birthday wishes for September go out to branch members Karen Doyle, Soleil Nagoda, Liam Deasy, Susan King, Elaine Mate, my niece Nicole Vámos, great-niece Gábriellé Kelley and my daughter-in-law Valerie McNelis. We hope this year will be a safe, happy and healthy one for all. Our next branch meeting will be Saturday, Oct. 8 at 4:30 p.m., at the American Hungarian Social Club on Flowers Avenue in Hazelwood. All branch members are welcome and encouraged to come. If you have any news you would like to share, please contact Andy McNelis at 412-421-6031. For information about William Penn insurance and annuity policies, please contact our branch coordinator Maria Bistey at 412-431-6035. Branch 76 Philadelphia, PA____ by Jack Tokár As usual, I like to attend the Hungarian Festival in New Brunswick, N.J., a day when all the Hungarians get together to celebrate and reflect on our ancestors' struggles and successes. Sometimes, as you meet people in passing, an interesting conversation can come about. While I was talking with an elderly lady from Yugoslavia, we talked about our past and present. I asked her why she walked to the festival instead of taking the shuttle. She said: "My family has a farm near New Brunswick, and I planted about 1,500 pepper plants this morning. I am walking because I would like to straighten out the muscles in my legs." Now, there's a real Hungarian. For lunch, I went to the Presbyterian Church. I joined a couple who were already seated, and we got to talking. While enjoying our Hungarian meal, they noticed the WPA emblem on my lapel and asked why a Hungarian organization is named after an Englishman, William Penn. That's a good question. I thought many people might have the same question, so I would like to provide more information. William Penn was a student in Christ Church College at Oxford 18 William Penn Life, September 2005
