William Penn, 1956 (39. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1956-06-06 / 6. szám

{ June 20, 1956 PAGE 7 William Penn these two fine orchestras, in unison or individually, played a variety of dulcet tunes. American and Hungarian compositions assured complete musical satis­faction for all. Girls and women dressed in the finery of Hungarian native costumes, the gorgeous bowling trophies in orderly array on a draped table, Hungarian plaques neatly spaced on the balcony sides, bunches of different colored in­flated balloons held together in transparent plastic bags and suspended from the chandeliers — all were a delight to the beholders, adding superb adorn­ment to the setting. The program of the Victory Dinner-Dance was formally opened at seven o’clock by National Auditor John Sabo, Tournament-Fellowship Day^ Admi­nistrator, who introduced Gypsy Countess Julia, featured entertainer of the evening. The Grand Ballroom was darkened and a spot light shone on the furling Flag at the far end of the room as Gypsy Countess Julia sang the stirring National Anthem. Invocation was read by Father John Skrapits, Assistant Pastor of the Most Holy Redeemer Church, Buffalo. Next followed what was undoubtedly the most impressive, most novel and most spectacular sight of this radiant fraternal festival. A procession, led by our ladies in Magyar attire who were followed by the hotel waiters and waitresses, circled the again darkened Grand Ballroom. The latter group carried their wares, and five of them paraded the huge capital letters WPFA and the equally matched number 70, standing for WILLIAM PENN FRA­TERNAL ASSOCIATION and for our 70TH ANNIVERSARY, these letters and the figure made of REAL molded ice! Truly the pageant was a thriller. The spontaneous applause that followed could be likened to a thunderclap. Further immediate approval followed when the audience lustily sang “Happy Birthday” in honor of the Association’s 70th Anniversary being observed this year. Dinner was then served and appetites were enhanced by the spothing music of Stephen Balint and Dr. Alexander Mészáros. At the conclusion of the banquet, Tournament-Fellowship Days Adminis­trator Sabo, assuming the role of master of ceremonies, called upon featured entertainer Gypsy Countess Julia to sing.' The agile and petite songstress, in the parlance of the theater, brought down'the house with her gay numbers enlivened even more so by her sympathetic movements. The Master of Ceremonies next introduced Dr. Andrew Kovács, Director, Chairman of the National Tournament Executive Committee. Dr. Kovács warmly greeted the assemblage, spoke of the merger of the Rákóczi and Verhovay Societies, the meaning and practice of fraternalism, the proclamation of the Mayor of Buffalo, concluding his remarks by wishing the members and guests a very happy time during their Buffalo stay. Following, Joseph S. Taylor, President of host city Branch 383-V, Buf­falo, also extended his best wishes to the celebrants, complimented the female participants for their fine dress and expressed his joy because of the full house. Next introduction by Mr. Sabo was his calling upon National President Coloman Revesz to address the audience. Speaking in English and then in Hungarian, Mr. Revesz, in his usual calm and dignified manner, heartily wel­comed the jolly gathering of our members. He stated that National Auditor John Sabo was for the tenth year Tournament-Fellowship Days Administrator. Dr. Andrew Kovács, Chairman of the National Tournament Executive Committee, temporarily emceed to announce that Mr. Sabo’s tenth year as Tournament-Fellowship Days Administrator was his last. He then presented the Committee’s.two-piece luggage gift to the outgoing officer. The National Auditor expressed his gratitude for this practical gift, explaining that he was voluntarily resigning because he felt that additional duties brought to his office by the Merger necessitated, for the good of the Association, his remaining as much as possible in the Home Office. Mention was now made of the “WILLIAM PENN DAYS” proclamation, dated May 12-13, 1956, by Steven Pankow, Mayor of Buffalo, New York. We owe this grand gesture largely to the efforts of Charles A. Young, Con­troller of Branch 383-V, who was publicity chairman of the local membership group assisting the National Tournament Executive Committee. The procla­mation appears in its entirety elsewhere in this issue. At this point Master of Ceremonies Sabo introduced Attorney William J. Ostrowski, Deputy Corporation Counsel, who in behalf of Mayor Pankow greeted the membership and congratulated the society on its 70th Anniversary. Returning to giving credits, Mr. Sabo called attention to the ten colorful plaques of Magyar motif attached to the walls of the two balconies. These plaques had been -brought from Cleveland, Ohio by Louis Jackovic, former president of the Magyar Club of Cleveland, as the good will gesture of that organization to the William Penn Fraternal Association on its festive occasion. The Magyar Club uses the plaques at its formal dinner-dances to give a touch of Hungarian art and color. Mr. Jackovic, designer of the plaques, is an artist, manufacturer and realtor. Now followed a series of introductions by our Master of Ceremonies: Mrs. Coloman Revesz, wife of our National President, and their daughter Maria; Mrs. John Sabo, wife of the National Auditor; Albert J. Stelkovics, National Secretary, and Mrs. Stelkovics; Julius E. Somogyi, National Trea­surer, and Mrs. Somogyi; Richard J. Phillips, Investment Manager, and Mrs. Phillips; Elmer Charles, Field Manager, and Mrs. Charles; Frank J. Cher, Assistant National Secretary; Mrs. Julius Macker, wife of the Vice President, and their son Edward; John P. Balia, Jr., Director, and Mrs. Balia; Michael Korosy, Director; Frank Radvany? Director, and Mrs. Radvany; Mrs. Michael J. Faczan, wife of the Director; Mrs. Frank Magyary, wife of the Director; Mrs. Joseph Turner, widow of the Director; Caspar Papp, Chairman of the Auditing Committee, and Mrs. Papp; Andrew Bandy, Member of the Auditing Committee, and Mrs. Bandy; Frank Földi, Member of the Auditing Committee, and Mrs. Földi. Officers who were on the program are not named here. All the bowlers, who rose en masse and were applauded enthusiastically. Frank J. Wukovits, Joseph Toma, Gabriel Nameth and Gus G. Nagy, Field Supervisors, including Mrs. Nameth and Mrs. Nagy; Adam Simon, Jr., Emanuel Iwanier, Kalman J. Erdeky, Louis Tokár, Louis E. Toth, Stephen J. Ivancso, Coloman Bertalan, Joseph Szabó, Louis F. Kostley, Frank T. Kajdi, Michael Tothfalusi and Peter Petruska, District Managers, including Mrs. TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN NO. 51356-7 Dr. Andrew Kovács, . Director and Chairman of the National Tournament Executive Committee extends the Committee’s greetings and welcome to all Victory Dinner and Dance participants. Dr. Kovács has been associated with the bowling tournaments and fellowship days for the past nine years. His resignation as member of the Committee, as well as that of Tournament Administrator and National Auditor John Sabo, was announced at the Victory Dinner and needless to say the many bowlers and friends of Dr. Kovács and Mr. Sabo were sorry, indeed, to see these two stalwart friends of the bowlers bow out. WHAT A TRIO OF STAR ENTERTAINERS NO.51356-5 It would be hard to find entertainment any better than that provided by the above trio. Gypsy Countess Julia, New York City, Dr. Alex Mészáros, Cleveland, Ohio and Steve Balint, Buffalo, New York led the large crowd of members in an evening of real fun. The orchestras of Dr. Mészáros and Steve Balint were superb, while Gypsy Countess Julia was out of this world. The entertainment was so good that the crowd stayed till 2 A.M. Simon, Mrs. Toth, Mrs. Kajdi, Mrs. Tothfalusi and Mrs. Petruska. Then it was announced that District Managers, Tokár, Iwanier, Kajdi, Toth, Simon, Erdeky and Tothfalusi were the winners in the National Bowling Tournament and Fellowship Days Membership-Drive. They had doubled — even went be­yond that — their production quotas to qualify for the awards. Kalman J. Erdeky, Joseph S. Taylor', Albert Yelenik, Dr. John Juhasz, Charles A. Young, John Beleznay, John Beky, Andrew Bandy, Nicholas Nagy, Albert Selak, Joseph Papai, Stephen Balint, Joseph Sollar, Alex Wagner and Mrs. Alex Wagner, Buffalo area leaders who did much preliminary work to help assure the success of the 1958 National William Penn Bowling Tourna­ment and National Fellowship Days. A second applause was requested for the Buffalo area William Penn membership. The response was deafening. Master of Ceremonies and Tournament-Fellowship Days Administrator Sabo concluded his medley of introductions and announcements by introducing Dr. John Juhasz, President of the Actio Hungária; Alex Geriits, representing the “Szabadság” and the “Népszava”; Belestous Tutuska, Under Sheriff; Mrs. Amelia Fodor, of the “Detroiti Újság” and publisher of the WILLIAM PENN; Peter Rader, for the “Wisconsini Magyarság.” The names in quotations are Hungarian newspapers. (Continued on page 8)

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