William Penn, 1956 (39. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1956-04-04 / 4. szám
WELCOME: NON-BOWLERS April 18, 1956 William Penn PAGE 9 13th ANNUAL WILLIAM PENN NATIONAL TEN PIN TOURNAMENT THEIR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY May 11-12-13, 1956 Buffalo, New York (Entire Amount Contributed by the Association) CASH PRIZES EOR ACTUAL SCORES Men’s Division Five-Men Event Two-Men Event Indiv idual All Events 1 $200.00 1 880.00 1 $40.00 1 $25.00 2 100.00 2 40.00 2 20.00 2 15.00 3 50.00 3 25.00 3 10.00 3 10.00 4 30.00 4 15.00 4 5.00 4 5.00 Total $380.00 Total $160.00 Women’s Total Division $75.00 Total $55.00 Five-Women. Event Two-Women Event Indiv idual All Events l $100.00 i $40.00 1 $20.00 1 $15.00 2 50.00 2 20.00 2 10.C0 2 10.00 3 40.00 3 10.00 3 5.00 3 6.00 Total $190.00 Total $70.00 Total $35.00 4 Total 4.00 $35.00 (In addition to the above cash prizes the Association is donating trophies to the first place winners i of each of the events.) Youngstown Mayor Seeking Highest State Office FRANK X. KRYZAN The Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, Frank X. Kryzan, has in the language of politics, “tossed his hat into the ring.” The Mayor is aspiring to become the next Governor of Ohio. A practicing attorney since 1939, he has this political background: President of Council, Youngstown, I for two terms . . . 1949-1952; Mayor of Youngstown . . . 1953 . . . reelected 1955; Alternate Delegate to National Democratic Convention 1952 . . . Delegate thereto in 1956; Executive Committeeman-at-Large of State Democratic Committee. Mayor Kryzan is a member of the Mahoning County and Ohio State Bar Association, and a host of other organizations, including membership at Branch 21-V, Youngstown, Ohio, of the William Penn Fraternal Association. As a veteran of World War II, he is the holder of the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and two combat stars for action in the ETO.. The Youngstown-born candidate lives at 2271 Oran Drive with his wife and two children. BUSINESS MAN DR. John W. Bodnar — Optometrist — and Family Dr. John W. Bodnar is 28 years of age. His offices are at 333x/2 Sixth Ave., McKeesport, Pa., where he and his wife, Dr. Eleanor Kaszonyi Bodnar, have been located since 1949. He has a second office at 632 Miller Ave., Clairton. OF THE MONTH Dr. Bodnar is a graduate of Clairton High School and he attended the University of Pittsburgh until military service interrupted his education. After several years in The United States Air Force, he enrolled and graduated from the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry. Thie two professionals are the proud parents of a son born July 29, 1954. Although Dr. Bodnar is a comparatively recent William Pbnn (Verhovay) member of Branch 226, his family has been long associated with our society, to be exact since August, 1913. These amiable young doctors prove to be just what we need in our organization, and more peoiple like them would certainly be an asset to us all. P.S. Look for the opening of our McKeesport district office, under "Branch Briefs.” P.P.S. Spring time is festival time. Make merry and be true William Penn brethren by going to our Buffalo Bowling Tournament and Fellowship Days May 12-13! One of the best known and most popular Hungarian couples in America, Mr. and Mrs. John Korosfoy of Alliance, Ohio, recently celebrated a milestone in their lives together — their golden wedding. Their children and grandchildren participated in the celebration which properly began with ecclesiastical services at the Reformed Church, where the new pastor, the Rev. Daniel Hary, blessed their long marital union, in the house of God which the Korosfoy’s helped build and have supported faithfully over the years. In the annals of Hungarians in America, the name JOHN KOROSFOY is like a byword, so much is there to be said for the bearer of that name. Let us here give a short review of the life of John Korosfoy, which would be an incomplete one without linking to it the association of his devoted spouse. Only the high lights are here revealed for completeness would necessitate one entire issue of the WILLIAM PENN. John Korosfoy was born Januar;] I 31, 1884 in Kiskede, County of Ud- \ varhely, Transylvanian Hungary. As a young child he moved with his parents to Kissolymos where he attended elementary school. One of j his play mates in school was a girl j named Sara Olajos, the future Mrs. Korosfoy. The boy was already dreaming of going to The United j States, possibly the main reason why j at the age of seventeen he joined the Magyar hussars in order to serve his military draft sooner. In 1906, on March 27, he married his childhood sweetheart, Sara Olajos, and in June of the same year they arrived in the then smoky and sooty town of Alliance, Ohio. Their wedlock was the union of two members of that special Hungarian group known as the Szeklers (Székelyek). * The early years of the Korosfoy’s in America were hard ones. The young husband labored as a puddler making steel while his dutiful wife cooked and washed for the boarders. Hard work and diligence, however, favored Mr. and Mrs. Korosfoy. At his job John Korosfoy became a kind of group leader, later he openen a tavern, still later a travel and steamship agency, and finally a meat and grocery store which be- j came a very successful enterprise, thanks to the boundless energies of this fearless adventurer and to the fine cooperation which his four sons gave him as eventual partners in the business. Here we may say that the Korosfoy’s took their business to the road. In other words, they innovated a system of taking their wares by a fleet of trucks to outlying districts, where those distant customers could buy their meats and groceries by way of delivery to their homes. John Korosfoy’s life has been a vast program, as it were, of church, lodge and social work, as well as emphasis on Hungarian affairs and the American Hungarian Press. For instance, he is a founding member of the Alliance Reformed Church; as a veteran members of the Verhovay he has been Convention Delegate, Chairman of the Council of Appeals, Vice President, Director, District Organizer (he sold the higher face value certificates in the days when the maximum amounts sold were the exception rather than the rule), held various branch offices, etc.; and he is a representative of the well-known Hungarian publication, the “Szabadság,” oncé wrote the biographies of prominent Hungarians in America, gave his by-line to several Hungarian language columns, among them one that dealt with his extensive travels in The United States and in Canada. Yet in spite of his versatile activities in his adopted country, John Korosfoy -— and Mrs. Korosfoy — have not forgotten their ancestral land. In the past they returned there on several occasions, always taking' gifts to the people, especially the children, of Kissolymos, their beloved place of happy memories. Yes, and they established a fund to assure the Kissolymos children Christmas gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Korosfoy reared a fine family of four sons and two daughters, all a credit to them. Their son Michael Korosy is a member of the William Penn Fraternal Association Board of Directors. Perhaps we seemed to veer from the 50th Wedding Anniversary story of the Korosfoy’s in relating so much about Mr. Korosfoy, but Mrs. Korosfoy would have it that way and their inspiring story of a half century of life together would hardly be the whole story without writing1 about the rich course of the life of John Korosfoy. CongTatulations and God’s blessings on Mr. and Mrs. John Korosfoy, fifty years wed!
