William Penn Life, 2009 (44. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2009-11-01 / 11. szám
Branch News on the cover of the Cleveland Foundation Annual Report. She is thrilled, as is her agent, Pro Model and Talent of Akron, who has represented her for the past five years. Joan is now looking forward to her next assignment, a commercial for the Franklin Mint to be filmed in November. The next branch meeting will be held Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Bethlen Hall of the First Hungarian Reformed Church, 14530 Alexander Road, Walton Hills. The meeting will commence at 7:30 p.m. Hope to see you there. Branch 18 Lincoln Park, MI by Barbara A. House Happy Thanksgiving to all our wonderful members and their families. I hope you all spend this special holiday surrounded by loved ones. Wow! Wasn't that a wonderful picnic at Penn Scenic View? We are already working on next year's. The menu will be expanded. Yes, we will have chicken and mushroom paprikas and langos added to our existing menu. Special thank you to all our donors, buyers and workers at the "Hungarian Auction." We brought in just under $6,000 for the Scholarship Foundation. Thank you to all those who worked before, during and after the event. We could not do this without your help. Thank you to the Barillo family for donating the Hungarian painting now hanging in the Lakeside Lodge. We hope you plan on joining us again next year. Thank you, Anita Kosaski and Emery Breznai, for choosing the WPA for your financial needs. We promise to take good care of your investments. Thank you also to Emma Borsa for all her wonderful donations for our annual family Christmas party. As always, they are awesome. What would we ever do without you? Speaking of the Christmas party, we are busily preparing for ours. The party will be held on Sunday, Nov. 29, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the American Hungarian Reformed Church, 9901 Allen Road, Allen Park. The event will include entertainment, gifts, caroling, raffles, prizes and, of course, the highlight of the day, a visit from Santa Claus. Everyone is invited to attend. For those families with juvenile members, special invitations are in the mail. We ask that you bring a dessert to pass and either a food donation for the needy or a donation of pet food for the animals living in the local no-kill shelter. Please r.s.v.p. by Nov. 25. Congratulations to Deborah Wolfe, a "Star Performer" nominee and winner of the Health First Network located in northwest Florida. We are so proud. Thanks to A1 Vargo for thinking of Branch 18. You are always special to us, too. Special thanks to Jerry Langan. We had a wonderful time. Get well wishes to all our ailing members, especially Carol Truesdell, Eleanor Kender, Elsie Kantor, Steve Nagy, Rocky Borsa and A1 Vargo. We pray you will all be better very soon. Special birthday wishes to Douglas Truesdell, Papa Lovász and Doris Schvarckopf. You are all special people. We wish you many more. Thank you to Doris and George Schvarckopf for the very generous donation. We were able to buy 200 pounds of food for the no-kill animal shelter. We continue to collect donations at our monthly meetings, Next Deadline November 16 or you can call me anytime to schedule a time when I can pick up your donation. Please remember in your prayers our deceased members and their families, especially György Kiss (father of the Rev. Barnabas Kiss), Mary Halo, Olga Chovanec, Mary Forgo, Adele Nowland and Helen Dandron. May they rest in peace. Wasn't Tibor Check's article interesting? We're looking forward to more. Good job, Tibor. Thanks, Elsie and Bob Kantor. It is always nice to be remembered. Here are some events you will want to know about:- St. Joseph's Hungarian Club in the Flint area is having a Hungarian Mass and Christmas party on Dec. 6. They are also having a bake sale on Dec. 12 and 13. Please call Aladar Nemes for information at 810-742- 9328.- Holy Cross Hungarian Catholic Church will host a pork dinner on Nov. 15 at 12:30 p.m. following the 11:00 a.m. Hungarian Mass. The church will also have a lunch with St. Nicholas on Dec. 5 at noon, a kalacs sale on Dec. 12 and 13, and a Christmas dinner on Dec. 20 at 12:30 p.m. Holy Cross' Christmas Eve services begin at 10:00 p.m. followed by Mass at 10:30 p.m. Call the church for more information at 313-842-1133.- The American Hungarian Reformed Church will host an Advent tea on Dec. 3, a Szatmar dinner on Dec. 6 and a kolbász sale on Dec. 12. Call Rose Wickers at the church for information at 313-382- 1001.- The Hungarian Arts Club will host its White Rose Ball on Feb. 6, 2010. Anyone interested in being a debutante or escort for this event should call Linda Enyedi at 248-352- 0927. As always, we ask that you support these events. Without your support, they will cease to exist. Our next branch meeting will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:00 p.m. at the American Hungarian Reformed Church in Allen Park. Please remember to bring your donation for the animal shelter. William Penn Life, November 2009 17
