William Penn Life, 2011 (46. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2011-09-01 / 9. szám

For Starters

Spreading the fraternal message Representing WPA at the annual Legislative Luncheon in Harrisburg, Pa., were (front, l-r) Vice Chair of the Board E. E. (AI) Vargo, National Director Charles S. Johns, National Vice President-Fraternal Endre Csornán, (back, l-r) National Director Nickolas M. Kotik, National Vice President-Secretary Richard W. Toth and Sales and Marketing Director Jeffrey DeSantes. They, along with representatives from many fraternal societies, met members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to discuss matters of importance to the fraternal benefit system.

Annuity Rate Changes

Effective October 1,201 I, the interest rates on certain annuity certificates issued by William Penn Association will change as follows:

Mort 87 Plans

(Issued after January 1. 2006)

Five Year Withdrawal Charge = 3.50% Nine Year Withdrawal Charge = 4.00%

Mort 85 Plans

(Issued October I. 2001 through December 31, 2005)

Nine Year Withdrawal Charge = 4.00%

The interest rates for all other WPA annuity certificates will remain unchanged.

For more information about our tax-deferred annuity plans, please contact your local WPA sales representative or our Home Office toll-free at I -800-848-7366.

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Dayton member makes sure WWII heroes are remembered

from The Calvary Chronicle Every Memorial Day, our veterans’ graves are marked with flags provided by the Disabled American Veterans Post 9. For over 30 years, Jesse Stefanies, a member of WPA Branch 249 Dayton and a World War II Army-Air Force veteran, has personally coordinated delivery of these flags to Calvary Cemetery in Dayton.

Jesse, who served from 1943 to 1946, was trained as a pilot and flight engineer and crewed and repaired airplanes out of Roosevelt Field in New York. Originally from Pennsylvania, Jesse came to Dayton to visit his sister, who was training with the Army Nursing Corps. Then Jesse met and fell in love with her friend, Mary Louise, a fellow second generation Hungarian, leading him to come back to Dayton for good in 1948.

Jesse and Mary Louise (pictured) worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base for 30 years. Jesse is one of the experts who helped restore and refurbish many of the military aircraft seen in the Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, including Roosevelt’s, Eisenhower’s and Truman’s planes in the Air Force One collection. Some of Jesse’s personal highlights while working for the museum include meeting actor/pilot Jimmy Stewart (who shares Jesse’s small town Pennsylvania background) and meeting

Gen. James Harold “Jimmy” Doolittle, USAF, an American aviation pioneer, when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

These days, Jesse uses his army-issue field shovel to tend to flowers on his wife’s family grave site at Calvary. He is active in his DAV group, and he and Mary Louise both volunteer at local VA hospitals. They currently reside in Beavercreek and are members of Emmanuel Catholic Church in Dayton. O

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