William Penn, 1956 (39. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1956-06-06 / 6. szám
PAGE 6 William Penn June 20, 1956 Exuberant Success . . . (Continued from page 5) by professional voices but by a jolly group having much fun on a bus ride back “home.” BOWLING — MAY 12 — SATURDAY This day was the continuation of the team events begun the previous evening. The schedule was to begin at 10:30 A.M., with the second series at 1:00 P.M. The bowling would be completed late in the afternoon so as to give the particular teams involved sufficient time to return to the hotel and their members ready themselves for the Victory Dinner-Dance. Before the games started there was much activity, movement and general chitchat among the members who, despite the fact that the greater number of them had gone to bed late, rose early to witness the morning bowling program. Among the well-known present were the William Penn officers and their wives, to wit, National President Coloman Revesz, National Auditor John Sabo, Tournament-Fellowship Days Administrator, National Secretary and Mrs. Albert J. Stelkovics, National Treasurer and Mrs. Julius E. Somogyi, Dr. Andrew Kovács, Director, Investment Manager and Mrs. Richard J. Phillips, Assistant National Secretary Frank J. Cher. Others espied were Buffalo business man Joseph S. Taylor, President of Branch 383-V, former Verhovay Director and now Alternate Director, whose constant companion is an expensive cigar in hand; Lou Miller, formerly of Columbus, Ohio and a very active Verhovay leader while resident there, who, real fraternalist that he is, traveled all the way from Fort Myers, Florida to celebrate with his fellow William Penn members; and Mrs. Joseph Turner, keeping up the Association spirit so much a part of her late husband, Director Joseph Turner of Youngstown, Ohio. Calling for attention over the public address system, Tournament-Fellowship Days Administrator John Sabo announced that the playing of a recording of the National Anthem would initiate the second day’s bowling. Airport Bowling Center, now monopolized by our membership, remained solemnly quiet as the reverent strains of The Star-Spangled Banner stimulated patriotic appreciation and feeling in the hearts of our attentive members. Then Mr. Sabo spoke in behalf of his committee, the National Tournament Executive Committee, to tender the collective welcome and good wishes of that group to the bowlers. The honor of rolling the first bail logically went to the head of our Association, to National President Coloman Revesz. Taking position at lane 18,with official photographer Sigismund,L. J. Dekany ready with his camera, the National President hesitated, then deliberated, and finally aimed a slow but center running ball down the alley to smash down all but one of the pins. For moments it seemed that there would be a strike as that stubborn one pin teetered, but the determined wooden devil at last righted itself to a stationary position to cheat Mr. Revesz out of a strike. A tremendous applause, followed" by personal congratulations, sounded approval for the best roll yet made by a National President. However, National President Revesz modestly said that his fine showing was the result of luck rather than skill, his opinion, of course, being his very own and not necessarily shared by us. We suppose that the bowling charm of Mr. Revesz permeated the atmosphere of Airport Bowling Center and stuck to many of our individual keglers, because during the course of the day there were plenty of good shots achieved. There was no reneging as our teams good-naturedly vied with one another for ace scores. Meanwhile, official picture taker Dekany kept his eyes peering and his feet attuned to instant mobility to photograph any interesting scene for the; record and for publication in the WILLIAM PENN. He took an excellent picture of a very pleasant three-generation group: Mr. and Mrs. John Barkó, Jr., their daughter Mrs. Robert Lilko, and her children Robert and Kathy Sue Lilko. These nice people are members of Branch 364-V, Youngstown, Ohio. It was a weary trek of bowlers that boarded the last buses of this tournament day, happily anticipating the Victory Dinner-Dance of the evening. The teams had concluded their matches. Tomorrow would bring the finals of the heavy bowling schedule, the doubles and the singles. BOWLING — MAY 13 — SUNDAY According to the time table, this, the longest of the three tournament days, was to cover a 14-hour period from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. It. is not unusual that over so many hours as the aforementioned, delays and other such time-gmsuming factors do upset schedules, thus by evening our bowling was running one hour behind the formal schedule. But when an abrupt electric power failure blackened Buffalo and Western New York, including a wide section of the neighboring Province of Ontario, Canada, the involuntary blackout, octuring shortly before 9:30 and lasting about two hours in the Buffalo area, with in-between sporadic return of power, threatened to disrupt and call a halt to any further bowling on our part. Encouraged by Tournament-Fellowship Days Administrator Sabo as they gathered around the flickering candle light put to emergency service by the bowling establishment officials, these last individual bowlers awaited patiently the restoration of lighting and power. Hope was waning when Mr. Sabo again asked for a few more minutes of patience and, gesturing with his upraised arm — presto! the electrical current came back. This two-hour breakdown of electrical service and the one-hour schedule delay caused us a loss and setback of three hours, which moved the finis of the bowling to 2:00 A.M. instead of the intended 11:00 P.M. At the conclusion of this section of .the Tournament-Fellowship Days story, it is quite fitting here to express onr profound appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to these aforementioned bowlers who by their cooperation and patience saved us from having to cope with an unfinished tournament. VICTORY DINNER — PROGRAM — DANCE May 12 — Saturday Evening As bowling constitutes the main of the Tournament, so does the Victory Dinner-Dance form the essence of our Fellowship Days. The Grand Ballroom of Hotel Statler, locale of our big social affair, opened its doors at 6:30 P.M. to our members, bowlers and guests, and within minutes the main room, the anteroom and the balcony swelled to capacity. Two orchestras were on stage to combine their musical talents for the entertainment of the audience. They were the local Buffalo group lead by Stephen Balint and the gypsy ensemble of Dr. Alexander Mészáros of Cleveland, Ohio. As the guests seated themselves, and throughout the evening, TWO VERY POPULAR BUFFALO OFFICIALS NO. 51256-10 Joseph Taylor, President of Branch 383-V, and Alex Wagner, official member of the National Bowling Tournament Committee congratulate each other for the splendid results attained. Beth men worked hard for the success of the tournament. Alex Wagner was a credit to the National Bowling Committee. CLEVELAND MEMBER ENTERTAINS NO.51356-19 Frank Szappanos, Cleveland, Ohio, makes a good impression on the Victory Dinner and Dance audience with his renditions of Hungarian folk songs. Mr. Szappanos is a member of the society and has his own radio program in Cleveland. Dr. Mészáros’ orchestra, also from Cleveland, accompanies Mr. Szappanos. WINNERS ONCE AGAIN NO.51356-16 Branch 132-V, South Bend, Indiana did it again when their Palais Royale Lanes Team won the championship in the Five-Woman Handicap Team Event. Director Gabriel Czernai presented the team captain with the Albert B. Ari Memorial Trophy and above is shown congratulating Captain Bette Barany. Tournament Secretary “Pop” Diliinger is also congratulating the women. This team also won the Five-Women Scratch Event. Congratulations! Members of this team are Captain Barany, Irene Weger, Freda Laiber, Grace Smith, Marie Mezzie.
