William Penn Life, 2014 (49. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2014-01-01 / 1. szám

Branch News Young members of Branch 226 McKeesport, Pa., gather for a group photo during the branch's annual family Christmas party. Santa and Mrs. Claus were happy to welcome 96-year-old member Joseph Wislie to the Branch 296 Christmas party. good times with great friends and family in the new year. Happy birthday and happy anni­versary to all our members celebrat­ing their special day in January. Thank you to our members for braving the snow and bad weather to attend our branch's annual Christ­mas party for juvenile members. For the kids, there were games, prizes, crafts and a great show featuring a sweet and funny ventriloquist. Santa even paid us a visit. We're glad he travels by sleigh! Thank you to the officers and vol­unteers for their hard work. Thanks also to the Home Office for the kind gifts they provided for the children. Our next meeting will be Jan. 21 at Malvene's home. All members are welcomed to join us. Please call 412- 751-1898 for directions. Do you have news you'd like to share here? Please call—we won't know till you tell us. Even in the happiness of the new year, please remember those who have lost a loved one during the hol­idays. Keep them in your thoughts as they go through a difficult time. Robin Roberts, an anchor on ABC's Good Morning America, said: "Life provides losses and heartbreak for all of us, but the greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning." Cheers to a new year of moving forward and remember­ing the important things in life! Branch 249 Dayton, OH by Mark Schmidt Christmas and New Years are over, the college bowl games are being played and we are knee deep in winter...literally. I've seen way too much snow already. But, I have new sweaters and family memories to keep me warm. I hope you enjoyed the holidays as much as I did. We truly have many blessings to be thankful for as we start 2014. The Branch 249 Christmas party was a success. St. Nicholas visited and gave all the kids gifts along with the goody bag provided by WPA. These were a hit, as always. The food was good, the kids sang carols and Hungarian fraternalism made everyone merry. We will have more on the party next month. Your Branch 249 officers want to thank you for all your ideas for activities this year. We will be hold­ing meetings on how to incorporate these ideas into our local branch. A new schedule of branch meetings will be published soon. We hope to see many friends at the annual White Rose Ball in Dear­born, Mich., on Feb. 1. It is always fun to see the latest group of Hun­garian debutantes and their escorts. Also, it is not too early to mark your calendars for the many upcom­ing WPA events. You can find a schedule of WPA fraternal events for 2014, as well as some other Hun­garian events, on page 5 of this issue. You can also find information about this year's bowling tournament on page 12, the Hungarian Heritage Ex­perience on page 17 and the WPFA Scholarship Foundation grants for the school year 2014-2015 on page 14. We congratulate those celebrat­ing birthdays and anniversaries this month. We hope you have many more. We extend get well wishes to those who have been sick or hospi­talized. May you enjoy good health soon. We extend our condolences to those who have recently lost a loved one, especially the family of Esther Sopronyi. She was a dedicated supporter of William Penn Associa­tion and truly lived her Hungarian heritage. Please call Mark or Anne Marie Schmidt at 937-667-1211 or Michele Daley-LaFlame at 937-278-5970 for your annuity, life insurance and IRA questions or needs. This is your Association. With the dreaded tax season here, why not ease those tax bills with a contribution to a WPA IRA? See you next month. Don't forget, Valentine's Day is coming! William Penn Life 0 January 2014 0 25

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