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

1956-09-05 / 9. szám

PAGE 4 William Journal of the William Penn Fraternal Association OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 7907 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Michigan PUBLISHED SEMIMONTHLY BY THE William Penn Fraternal Association Managing Editor: COLOMAN REVESZ Editors: JOHN SABO and ALBERT J. STELKOVICS Editor’s Office: 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. Telephone: COurt 1-3454 or 1-3455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the WILLIAM PENN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH 19, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada ..................................... $1.00 a year Foreign Countries .................................................... $1.50 a year Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 3, 1879. A FRATERNALIST A Fratemalist has that little trace of God’s own love im­planted into the soul of man to be developed or destroyed as the individual himself decides. In mortal life, we acknowledge our brother because of a common father. In our spiritual life, when we call a man “our brother” we acknowledge the fatherhood of God. We may loudly proclaim our profession of faith and attend our chosen church with diligence but “if we have no charity, we are become of sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.” Thus has He told us to be fraternal. He has also said “Ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren ...” and “love thy neighbor as thyself.” These are only a few of the admonitions that we find in our Book of God’s laws but all of them weave themselves into a beautiful warm human attribute that we call “fraternalism” without realizing that in the practice of brotherhood, we are actually keeping His law and worshipping Him. The fraternalist is twice blessed. Not alone do his kindly deeds bring happiness to the recipient, but they also fill his own heart with a warm satisfaction that nothing else can equal. Fraternalism is an inexhaustible quality of the soul. It will wrap one person completely with its helpful love, and then extend itself to include one hundred, and each one of the hundred will receive just as much as the first one did. And the one who directed its action, toward the first one, or the hundred benefits from his gift to a far greater extent because he enters a great stream of loving force where “the least of these” are also adding their force to those who love Him. Fraternalism — the love of your brother and the love of God — are inseparable. One cannot love God and deny his love to his brothers nor can he love his brother and not love God. It is not measurable. The “Widow’s Mite” is just as great an ex­pression of fraternal love as is a gift of a great fortune because in each case it represents all that one can give. Thus it is that fraternal societies are the greatest force for understanding and love that we have on earth. Our churches teach us the same eternal truths as interpreted by their own creeds. Our fraternal societies, with few exceptions, have none but the “Apostles’ Creed” and therefore can accept all creeds. All men (and women) can support fraternalism because it is the very core of their beliefs, and because following it, they enrich their own lives and the lives of all whom they may contact. It is one of the few things that becomes greater by dividing it. It goes out from a heart of love, benefits all whom it touches and leaves behind it, in the fraternalist’s heart, just as much as that heart held. It seeks to be of benefit for the joy of helping others. It confers a greater benefit to-the giver and makes all lives finer and more beautiful as it keeps the commandment to “love thy neighbor as thyself.” Penn September 19* 1956 “AMERICANS ALL” TV Series on WQED, Pittsburgh, Pa. A series of TV programs entitled “Americans All” started on Thursday, September 6, 1956, at 8:00 p.m. over WQED, Channel 13. The series of 10 programs is sponsored by the Fraternal Societies of Greater Pittsburgh and the American Service Institute, the latter acting in the capacity of producer and consultant. The purpose of the series is to show the contributions to the economic, cultural and spiritual life) of the Pittsburgh community made by our nationality organizations, and especially by the Fraternal Societies. Current contributions to our civic life will be stressed as well as the cultural heritage brought to America by people who came from many lands. Folk singing and dancing1 will make these programs entertaining as well as enlightening. SCHEDULE Sept. 6 — Opening Sept. 13 — Americans with Contributions from Croatia Sept. 20 — Americans writh Contributions from Poland Sept. 27 — Americans with Contributions from Slovakia Oct. 4 — Americans with Contributions from HUNGARY Oct. 11 — Americans with Contributions from Germany Oct. 18 — Americans with Contributions from Italy Oct. 25 — Americans with Contributions from Ukrainia Nov. 1 — Americans with Contributions from Russia Nov. 8 — Closing (Development of Fraternalism) Cleveland Convention Visited by Our National Secretary The American Hungarian Catholic Society met at its convention held the month of July in Cleveland, Ohio. Delegates from near and from far attended the gathering of this well­­known Hungarian Catholic organiza­tion. Albert J. Stelkovics, National Se­cretary of the William Penn Frater­nal Association, represented our so­ciety and conveyed its greetings to the convention. The National Secre­tary was received graciously and with enthusiasm when, in the com­pany of Coloman Bertalan, William Penn District Manager, he arrived at the convention on July 27. Joseph Beres, Convention Chair­man, introduced Mr. Stelkovics and requested the William Penn officer representative to speak, and a few remarks of the interesting speech here follow: Of the four large Hungarian so­cieties, two. the Verhovay and the Rákóczi, have already united under the name of William Penn. Your own organization now ranks among the larger ones and is worth a million dollars. Our sincere congratulations! It has always been the obligation of our Hungarian groups to maintain and to foster the American Hun­garian social and cultural life. This has been done successfully by both your organization and ours, and we will continue this idealistic endeavor. The old saying, IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH, is quite applicable to us. We MUST remain united so that in the coming decades our de­scendants too will keep alive the tra­ditions. For this joint responsibility, we extend our right hand to proffer to help you maintain the Magyar traditions. A resounding applause followed the speech of National Secretary Stel­kovics, of which, we repeat, the above remarks are just a few fine extracts therefrom. District Manager Coloman Berta­lan of Cleveland was the next speaker He said: The strength of every organization depends upon how fast it increases its membership. This truism is prac­tised by our Cleveland organizers in whose name I bring greetings and ask God’s blessing on your further success. The National Secretary and the District Manager received hearty hand shakes as they prepared to de­part from the meeting. National Secretary Stelkovics uti­lized his Cleveland stay by holding detailed conferences with the officers of the several branches loeated in this city of notable William Penn membership representation; Visiting the home of Stephen Szappanos, Branch 573 president, Mr. Stelkovics was pleased to leam from his host that recently this branch doubled its membership. The branch president tendered some suggestions to our Na­tional Secretary for the progress of Branch 573, which suggestions were well received by Mr. Stelkovics who indicated that the Home Office would gladly cooperate in giving more pub­licity to the efforts of the Cleveland Hungarians. Another visit was made by the Na­tional Secretary at the home of Dr. Andrew Kovács, Director. Cleveland District Managers Louis F. Kostely and Coloman Bertalan accompanied. The beautiful home of Dr. Kovács is resplendent with decorations and cer­tainly contains an atmosphere of William Penn fraternalism. It is a fact that the organization of Branch 573 took place in the Cleveland Direc­tor's home. Said Dr. Kovács: I gladly helped Branch 573 get. organized and I am even happier to aid its progress and development. Next to his association: enthusiasm, Dr. Kovács is intensely interested in raising melons from seeds sent him from Hungary, and his estate, with its many varieties of flowers, re­sembles a park. National Secretary Stelkovics re­turned from Cleveland to- report a wonderful fraternal and cooperative spirit and future outlook by our membership there, an inspiration in­deed. We here thank the American Hun­garian Catholic Society for the hos­pitality it showed to National Se­cretary Albert J. Stelkovics by re­ceiving him as a distinguished visitor and representative. Finally, our official organ, the WILLIAM PENN, is indebted to Dis­trict Manager Coloman Bertalan for submitting the information contained in this article.---------------------------­DO YOU KNOW? The number of physicians graduat­ed from approved medical schools since 1910 has far out tripped the growth of the over-all population of the United States, for while the general population has increased 80 per cent during this period, the supply of doctors increased 120 per cent.

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