William Penn Life, 2018 (53. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2018-03-01 / 3. szám
Branch News Branch 132 South Bend, IN by John E. Burns There were only six more weeks to spring as I wrote this. The snow has fallen often, has accumulated and has stayed on the ground. Hoping Easter brings spring soon. Mark your calendars for our branch's annual summer picnic to be held Sunday, July 29, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Potawatomi Park Pavilion #1 in South Bend. The permit has already been secured. The branch will provide the main items, sodas and utensils, as in the past. We ask members to make reservations in advance and bring a dish to share. More information to follow in the next issue of William Penn Life. Branch 132 continues to actively participate in community activities and programs, such as our local food bank, WPA's Easter Basket program and sponsorship of a local softball team. We are blessed that we can make a difference in our community and hope to do so for the long foreseeable future. The next branch 132 meeting will be held on March 6 at 5:00 p.m. at the Martin's Supermarket Deli (first floor) on Ireland Road. Branch 226 McKeesport, PA by Judit Ganchuk Happy birthday wishes go out to our branch members celebrating this month, especially Sally Petras. Happy anniversary wishes go out to those special couples who got married in March. We extend our deep sympathy to branch members who have lost someone dear, including the family and friends of Jerome Pollier. We are thinking of our branch members and friends who are under the weather or are recovering: Carolyn Halas, Gloria Jordanhazy, Helen Jordanhazy, Manci Király, Shirley Marczinko and Lori McCauley. Get well wishes go out to Branch President Malvene Heyz. Branch members: please note that our March meeting will be held the third Wednesday of the month, March 21, at 10:00 a.m. Please call Malvene at 412-751-1898 for directions to her home. We are ready to give back to the community, and so our branch began a cooking project to benefit the Free Hungarian Reformed Church of McKeesport. The first project worked out well, with chicken noodle soup and gulyás sales. Our next sales project will be the sale of csöröge (fried dough, sometimes known as "angel wings") and will begin in March. Please call June Coyne at 412-673-3573 for info. the William Penn Association Magyar Folk Dancers are preparing for their performance season. If you're in the greater Pittsburgh area, we encourage singers and dancers to join us this year. Please contact Malvene Heyz or find us on Facebook. March 15,1848, marked the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution against the Austrian monarchy. Leaders like Louis Kossuth and Sándor Petőfi tried to usher in a new age of democracy. If you're in Pittsburgh, you and your family can commemorate this occasion by attending the March 15th program at the McKeesport Hungarian Club (see info in Magyar Matters section). Palm Sunday (in Hungarian: Virágvasárnap) falls in March as well. We wish you and your families a blessed Lenten season! Easter (Húsvét) falls on April 1, and the Hungarian tradition of sprinkling will begin on Easter Monday. Men around Hungary travel to their family, friends' or sweethearts' homes, recite poems and splash a little perfume or water on the top of women's heads. In some rural villages, they dress up in traditional Hungarian costumes and drench the women with buckets of water, but most Hungarians don't take it to that extreme. Wishing you a Happy and Blessed Easter! Branch 249 Dayton, OH_______ by Mark Schmidt It's March, and (we hope) the temperatures are moderating. Is it possible that winter, regardless of what Punxsutawney Phil said, will soon be over? It's not that I don't like winter, it just can be sooo long. Please make it stop! Regardless of what season we end up with this month, there is much to enjoy and celebrate. Boy, did we enjoy the White Rose Ball in Dearborn, Mich., Feb. 3 at the historic Dearborn Inn near the Ford The First Flungarian Reformed Church of FJomestead and William Penn Association Branch 89 invite you to enjoy their Holiday Cookies, Kifli & Rolls COOKIES = $8.00 / Dozen KIFLI ROLLS $8.00 / Dozen $15.00 Each Lady Locks Lemon Apricot Nut Shortbread (Plain or iced) Peanut Butter Cups Raspberry Poppy Seed Russian Tea Peanut Butter Nut Apricot Thumbprints Blossoms (w. Cream Cheese Pecan Tassie Hershey Kisses) COOKIE TRAYS: Small (4.5 Dozen) = $40.00 / Large (7.5 Dozen) = $60.00 Orders due no later than March 11 Pick up March 31 between 11 AM and 2 PM at the church 416 E. 10th Ave., Homestead, PA To place your order, call Mark Maskarinec at 412-872-5022 or email tothmaskarinecls@upmc.edu WILLIAM PENN LIFE 0 March 2018 0 21
