William Penn Life, 2015 (50. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2015-04-01 / 4. szám
Branch News Mets. Our next meeting will be held Tuesday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m. This meeting was rescheduled from March 3 due to bad weather. It will be at the Hungarian Reformed Church, 365 Woodrow Ave., Columbus. Don't forget to get your reservations in for the WPA Annual Bowling Tournament May 1 and 2. Bowling and banquet reservations are due April 10. This is a fun-filled weekend. On April 12 there will be a Soup & Learn Program at the Hungarian Reformed Church in Columbus after the 10:00 a.m. service. Soup will be served at 11:15 a.m. and the program begins at approximately 11:40 a.m. Come and enjoy Hungarian music with Andrew Check from Youngstown who will be playing the cimbalom. We wish to extend congratulations to all those celebrating birthdays, especially Margaret Leonardo (our branch secretary) who will be 90 years young on April 6. Also, congratulations to those celebrating anniversaries and additions to their families. Get well wishes to all who have been ill or hospitalized, especially Andy Kovács (husband of member Olga Kovács) and Margaret Leonardo, who both had surgery. Hope all have a speedy recovery. We also extend our sincere sympathy to all that have recently lost a loved one. For all your life insurance and annuity needs, or if you have any news you would like to share, please contact Debbie Lewis at 614-875-9968 or e-mail DAL9968@aol.com. Branch 132 South Bend, IN by the Branch 132 Officers After a snowy and very cold February, we in the Midwest are looking forward to spring. On March 3, Branch President John E. Bums officiated over the first branch meeting of the year. Branch Treasurer John P. Burus presented the financial report for 2014 and reported on the picnic, Christmas party and other branch activities. Our 2015 branch picnic will be held Aug. 9 at Potawatomi Park Pavilion 1, the same location as previous years. Please mark your calendars. If you know of a member who is not receiving William Penn Life, please call the WPA Home Office at 1-800-848-7366. They will be happy to add them to the mailing list. We hope to see you at our next branch meeting to be held Tuesday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m. at Martin's Supermarket Café on Ireland Road. Our condolences to Theresa Nowaczewski on the loss of her husband, Ervin. Theresa and Ervin came to all our branch events. We also extend our condolences to the family of Ingeborg Nemeth. Have a happy spring and a blessed Easter. Branch 226 McKeesport, PA by Judit Ganchuk Happy birthday and happy anniversary to all our members celebrating their special day in April! Please remember to keep our military, here and abroad, in your thoughts and prayers. WPA members and friends will be competing in Disney World this April at the annual United States All Star Federation Cheerleading and Dance Worlds Championship. Good luck to members Shelby Harris, Rylee Heyz and Libby Myers and WPA Magyar Folk Dancer Kathryn Makay. Best wishes to these talented young ladies. The Free Hungarian Reformed Church of McKeesport will be hosting its annual spring luncheon bingo on Saturday, April 11, at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $25 for bingo and lunch. There will be a Chinese auction, raffles and more. All proceeds benefit the church. Please call 412-672-7298 for info. Make sure you make your reservations for the WPA Annual Bowling Tournament. There will be good food, bowling and great friends. Bring your family out to Washington County, Pa, the weekend of May 2 to enjoy Tanger Shopping Outlets and Sarris Chocolate Factory after a day of bowling. Do you have news you'd like to share here? Call Branch President Malvene Heyz at 412-751-1898 to get your news published. Kellemes húsvéti ünnepeket kívánunk! We wish you a happy Easter! Branch 249 Dayton, OH by Mark Schmidt The change of seasons from winter to spring and the renewal of life help me truly understand the resurrection of Jesus and the promise of a new life. I hope everyone has a blessed Easter and spends time with family and friends. March was busy here in Dayton. We went to two March 15 commemoration dinners: one at the Kossuth Hall at Old Troy Pike Community Church and the second at St. Stephen Catholic Church. Both events had delicious food and great camaraderie. The church ladies outdid themselves as usual with delicious chicken soup, cabbage rolls, chicken, side dishes and pastries. Old Troy Pike had Hungarian folk music from Steve Hegedeos and the entertaining Festival Club Dancers. It was quite sad at St. Stephen knowing this was the last commemoration to be held there. The Cincinnati Archdiocese recently announced that they will close St. Stephen as of June 30. This marks an end to 109 years of service to the Hungarian community in North Dayton. The church was built to serve the Hungarian immigrants who came to this country at the turn of the century to build railroad cars. They lived in a walled ghetto of houses in the Kossuth Colony, now directly behind the church. The members of the church fought courageously for several years to keep the church open, but it steadily lost membership due to the changing neighborhood and times. Our next branch meeting will be held April 19 at 1:00 p.m. at Marion's Pizza, 3443 N. Dixie Dr., Harrison Township. We will go over ideas and plans for the rest of the year. The popular Magyar Club of Dayton Spring Dance will be held April 25 at 6:00 p.m. at Kossuth Hall. George Bátyi and the Gypsy Strings, 28 0 April 2015 0 William Penn Life
