William Penn Life, 2016 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2016-05-01 / 5. szám
Branch News Branch 249 Dayton, OH by Mark C. Schmidt Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in the world. The world would be a much crueler place without their unconditional love and support. Heck, without all our mothers we wouldn't even be! So, make time to do something nice for the first lady in your life. As this was being written, we were looking forward to thoroughly enjoying the WPA Annual Bowling Tournament at the Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Washington, Pa. Our daughter and son-in-law were to join Anne Marie, A1 and Linda Kertesz, and me for a fun weekend bowling and trying to hit the big jackpot at the casino. Unfortunately, our skill at bowling and luck at the casino are not what they used to be so we weren't planning to come home with full pockets. But that's not the biggest reason to go to these national events. It is to meet with all our old fraternal friends (and meet new friends) from around the country. I look forward to all the national events this year. That same weekend, the Magyar Club of Dayton was to hold its Spring Dinner Dance at the American Czech Club of Dayton. I'm sure a grand time was had by all, dining on the fine chicken paprikas dinner and fixings prepared by the club ladies. I always look forward to the delicious pastries and Hungarian music provided by George Bátyi and the Gypsy Strings. Dancing is a great way to work off the extra calories from the pastries! At our April 17 branch meeting, we reviewed upcoming events. The first event is the third annual Dayton Dragons baseball game at 5/3 Field, downtown Dayton, on May 15 at 2:00 p.m. We again will have a luxury box and enjoy a game by future big league players. Food and drink will be supplied. Please call me to see if any tickets are still available. Go Dragons! Please support another fine local Magyar group at the World A'Fair International Festival May 20 to 22. The Dayton Festival Club Dancers will have a booth at the World A'Fair at the Dayton Convention, selling cabbage rolls, kolbász and pastries. The group's dancers will perform several times a day throughout the festival. A World A'Fair is a celebration of diversity that showcases the food, dancing, music, costumes and culture of 31 ethnic groups making up the greater Dayton area. And the Festival Club does a wonderful job representing Hungary. Welcome to new Branch 249 members Joann Trautman; her grandson, Avery Simmons, age 8; Larry Kertesz; and his son Jesse, age 6. We hope to see you at our local branch functions. Thank you for joining our fraternal family. Does anyone else want to join? For a limited time, WPA will add an additional $5,000 to all juvenile single premium whole life applications of $10,000 or more for issue ages 0 to 15 at NO additional cost. Also, if the parents or grandparents are also members, then the juvenile may also be eligible for a WPA scholarship when they enter college. This is a great deal! There are several new local agencies representing WPA. Please contact me for their names. As always, you can contact Anne Marie and Mark Schmidt at 937-667-1211 or Michele Daley-LaFlame at 937-771-0404. Happy birthday to all you May babies. I am hoping you have many more to come. Happy anniversary to those married in May. I wish a special happy anniversary to Cassie and Greg on their second anniversary. Love you two! If you have any information to pass along, please contact me. Until next month, stay safe and enjoy the warm weather. Branch 296 Springdale, PA by Mary A. Kelly-Lovasz I'll begin with a "last call" reminder to our Branch 296 members who will be attending college in the fall. This is the time for students to renew their undergraduate scholarship grants through the WPFA Scholarship Foundation, Inc. New students, please review the eligibility rules first before completing and submitting the application found in this issue of William Penn Life. The deadline for submitting renewal requests, a new application and the required essay is Tuesday, May 31. Any submissions postmarked after May 31 will be ineligible. Students may also refer to our website at: wivw.williampennassociation.org, click on "Members" and "Scholarship Foundation" for more details. Secondly, we're looking forward to our next meeting, which has been changed to Monday, May 16, at 6:00 p.m. when our branch will work on our Join Hands Day project. Both youth and adult members are cordially invited to this meeting. And, if our youth members are working on community service hours for their school or church, this can count towards that! For the past several years, Branch 296 has packed snack bags for the Ronald McDonald House in Pittsburgh. Families staying at the Ronald McDonald House truly appreciate having a cheerfully decorated bag containing on-the-go snacks as they spend long days with their recovering child. Our branch members enjoy decorating and filling the bags for these families. It's like we're providing encouragement, along with fruit cups, muffins and A A Next Deadline All articles and photographs for the June issue of William Penn Life are due in our office by May 10. If you have any questions, please contact John E. Lovász toll-free at 1-800-848-7366, ext. 135. 28 ° May 2016° William Penn Life
