William Penn Life, 2015 (50. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2015-01-01 / 1. szám
Branch News elected president of the Pennsylvania Fraternal Alliance. Happy January birthday to National Director Jim Robertson, Ronda Grotefend, John Toth and special friend Ralph Manning. May you all have many more. Get well wishes to Mary Ann Deri, Emma Borsa, Emma Poliska, Violet Sarosi, Doug Truesdell and all our wonderful members who are not feeling so great. We hope you are all better soon. Thank you, Rev. John McKinsey, and all who remembered my daughter Debbie Wolfe in your prayers. I know she could not be recovering without them. Thank you so much. Please remember our deceased members and their families in your prayers, especially Charles Molnár, Helen Mate and Vincent Sears. May they rest in peace. The Branch 18 Charity-ofthe-Month was selected by Kay Momtsios. She chose Loaves & Fishes food bank. My mother, Irene Korpák, was the guest of honor at her 92nd birthday celebration. Her son Joe, granddaughter Stephanie and greatgranddaughter Olivia were here from Mississippi, along with other friends, for the celebration. Happy birthday, mom. We love you very much. Congratulations to Jason Wolfe who graduated from college in December as a certified lab technician. We are very proud of him and all his accomplishments. The Hungarian Arts Club will host its annual White Rose Ball on Feb. 7. We hope to see many of you there. Tom, Gabby and I are in Florida for a couple months, but I can always be reached at 313-418-5572. Stay warm and think spring. Branch 19 New Brunswick, NJ by Evelyn B. Bodnar I hope everyone had a happy holiday season. I had the best Thanksgiving of my life this past November. My husband and I spent Thanksgiving in our church. We served dinner from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This year, we saw truly needy people. Helping Irene Korpák (in red) celebrate her 92nd birthday recently at the Hungarian Rhapsody Restaurant in Southgate, Mich., are (l-r) her daughter, WPA Chair of the Board Barbara A. House; Rhapsody owner Steve Szatmári; and Branch 18 member Rita Marchelletta. One woman and her son sat down across from me. The woman said to her son, who was about 7 or 8 years old: "let's eat from this dish and save the other for later." I cannot tell you what a spiritual day it was for me. Our family joined us at the church. On Saturdays, we distribute food, toiletries and clothing. The New Brunswick firefighters help, and we also receive help from Rutgers students and the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick. We gave three Holiday Baskets to those in need. This year was difficult because we know so many deserving people. A date to remember All articles and photographs for the February issue of William Penn Life are due at the Home Office by the end of business on January 9. If you have any questions, please contact John E. Lovász toll-free at 1-800-848-7366, ext. 135. Branch 28 Youngstown, OH by Kathy Novak Happy 2015! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. Thanks so much to the Home Office for allowing Branch 28 to host its annual family Christmas party. Our party was held after the deadline for this issue, so all the details will be in next month's report. Branch 28 conducted its election of officers during our November meeting, in accordance with the Association's by-laws. Our newly elected branch officers for the next two years are: Steve Novak, president; Frank Schauer, vice president; Kathy Novak, secretary-treasurer; and Mary Schauer, Leslie Polgar and Mickey Schauer, auditors. Our apologies to Joseph Skebo for misspelling his name in last month's branch report. Congratulations again, Joe, on scoring that hole-inone. Happy retirement to Susan Willis and semi-retirement to Anne Marie Schmidt. Healing prayers are extended to all those experiencing health issues, especially Irene Charles, Debbie Wolfe, Roger Nagy, John Torma, Shirley Kotik, Violet Sarosi, Julia Bero and the Rev. Louis Pintye. Best wishes to all those celebrating a birthday or anniversary this month. A wonderful event was held at the University of Pittsburgh Dec. 7. The Nationality Rooms' open house was a great afternoon. Hungarian Nationality Room Chair Kati Csornán did a wonderful job arranging our "pastry shop." The sweet treats were a huge success. We all enjoyed meeting so many people who visited our table. Congratulations to Nick Kotik on being elected president of the Pennsylvania Fraternal Alliance and to Ralph Manning on being awarded the Outstanding Community Leader Award. Deepest sympathy to all those who have lost a loved one recently. Our branch made donations to several local charitable organiza-18 0 January 2015 0 William Penn Life
