William Penn, 1957 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1957-08-07 / 8. szám

August 21, 1957 PAGE 13 William Penn EMSE HISIS 010 gisii^iaigiaigigiigroisKiaaiSiiaisiisiigaiiaiaiaii«iia CHATTERBOX Branch 129-V Columbus, Ohio ff Here we are again and though our information has been limited this month, hope you will stay with us until these vacations and hot days are over with. We hope that in the near future, we will be able to fill our column with interesting bits of information about our members and our club. However, we cannot do so unless we have the cooperation of each and everyone of you. How about letting this column know all the vi­tal statistics plus announcements, so we can make our column as informa­tive as possible. Our phone numbers again are: HU 6-1160 or AM 8-1449. Come on you members and give us a ring! The Bowling season will be under­way, officially, by the last of this month. Practically all of our teams will return intact from last year, although there will be some changes in personnel on the different teams. On my own team, for instance, I will have a new man, and if I may, I would like to tell you a little about him. He is my son, William Thomas Franklin, age 14, and has been bowling for three years now. He has won the American Junior Bowling Congress Christmas Tournament. Singles and 3 games, and was also Captain of the team which won the Team Event. He has also received an award from the American Junior Bowling Congress for 600 Series or better, his score being 652. As you probably guessed, I am real proud of him and I think we should do every­thing in our power to encourage the younger generation to get into bowling, join the leagues and be able to take part in our National Tourna­ment. TOMMY FRANKLIN — with Trophies won in the American Junior Bowling Congress Tournament, and local Junior Leagues. He will be bowling in the William Penn League of Columbus, Ohio this year. Thanks a million to each and every­one of you for making our Hungarian Day Picnic such a success! Even though the temperature hovered around 96° all day, we had the biggest crowd yet this year and from the way the families gathered, it was a big reunion for everyone. The kitchen had prepared for a large crowd, by having the usual wonder­ful cabbage rolls and Hungarian Goulash, and we are happy to report that food disappeared, as if by magic, and at the end of the big day, all the food was gone, which will give you some idea of how many people were served. Even the women who helped in the kitchen got national recognition, as an Ohio State Journal Photographer happened to be en­joying some of the excellent food, came back to the kitchen and took a picture, which appeared in the July 29th issue of Hhe Ohio State Journal. In the evening, there was dancing for everyone and believe me, I saw just as many of the older folks “kicking up their heels” as the younger ones! The Athletic Club, who was in charge of the food and drink concessions was very happy to report that they realiz­ed a nice profit and know that the other concessions did too. Thanks again (until the next one!) That’s just about it for this time, except for the reminder that your Club’s monthly meetings start next month — REMEMBER — THE SE­COND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH! — BE THERE AND TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN YOUR CLUB! William Franklin Correspondent. Evelyn Boucher, Reporter The New Brunswick Picnic a Great Success The Branches of New Brunswick had their annual picnic on July 28, 1957. At the same time Branch 52-V celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. Members and guests attended the festival in great numbers from the States of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Not­withstanding the unfavorable weath­er, about 1500 guests were present in order to celebrate in good cheer the fiftieth anniversary of Branch 52-V, together with the members of the other Branches of New Bruns­wick and vicinity. The program was opened by Michael HEGEDŰS, Jr. who express­ed his thanks to the members and guests that they attended in such a multitude to share the enjoyment of those celebrated. He introduced Direc­tor JOSEPH KORMONDY as toast­master whose experience was a guarantee of success. The toastmast­er first introduced Mr. ALBERT STELKOVICS, National Secretary, who represented the Home Office. National Secretary STELKOVICS extended the greetings of the Na­tional Officers and in a stirring speech asked those present and all members “to expand the Branch which had been originated 50 years ago by 18 young Hungarians who could not even imagine at that time, that their small Branch would num­ber more than 1100 members 50 years later, who would be the members of a family which is the largest Hun­garian Association of the world.” He remarked then that whenever he vi­sited New Brunswick and its en­virons, he felt he was coming home, for he succeeded in acquiring many good friends in the course of several years there. He wished good luck to Branch 52-V on behalf of the National Of­ficers. Joseph KORMONDY introduced then the directors present: Michael FACZAN, Johnstown, Pa., Albert IBOS, New York, N. Y., Frank RAD­­VANY, Trenton, N. J., and requested Frank RADVANY to present the ci­tation to-VALENTINE SZABÓ who was the Vice President of Branch 52- V since 1937 and treasurer since 1944. Director RADVANY presented the gift to our fellow member VALEN­TINE SZABÓ in touching phrases. The latter gave stirring thanks. The toastmaster introduced two founding members present: Mrs. ALEXANDER PUSKAS and AN­DREW BERKES. We are sorry to state that there are only six of the original 18 still living. Mrs. MESSINGER, president of Branch 147-R of Bridgeport, repre­senting very dear guests, was re­quested to address the group. She conveyed the greetings of the lady guests (who came with the bus, some 57 of them). She stated: “We always like to come to New Brunswick for we feel ourselves well in your com­pany.” Director Joseph KORMONDY then presented the following: Joseph TO­MA, Field Supervisor, Adam SIMON, Jr., Andrew BALOGH, John BOCS­­KOROS, Louis REVESZ, Vincent VERTES and Joseph HOLLO, Dis­trict Managers. The last to speak was Adam SI­MON, Sr., President of the celebrat-' ing Branch who sketched the history of Branch 52-V very skillfully. He related in a touching speech that “I remember two sudden heartthrobs in my life. The first was when I came to New Brunswick 27 years ago and asked about the meeting place of the Verhovay and had the answer that the Association ceased to exist, it failed long ago. Thank God every­thing came out differently. I felt my second heartthrob, a joyful one, when our National Secretary ex­plained that the Association had 25 million dollars and almost 90,000 members. We might have even more members if my dear Hungarian brethren enrolled their children which they failed to do often, as for ins­tance I enrolled my children in the Association. That is the reason that our family has insurance policies worth 60,000 dollars, and everyone is satisfied, because our Association is the best in the world.” He prompted the members to join their forces and enroll their children in the William Penn Fraternal Association which is built on solid foundations. Finally, he thanked everyone who had a share in the success of the picnic. The program although brief, was beautiful and educational. To sum up, we may establish that the picnic of this year was a signal success. Both the members of the Organizing Committee and the assis­tants performed their task with un­derstanding and in harmony. Many thanks for it. The members of the Organizing Committee were: Joseph Kormondy, Stephen Biro, Adam Simon, Sr., Adam Simon, Jr., Joseph Farkas, Mrs. Vendel Horvath, Mrs. Peter Kady, Coloman Szekeres and Michael Hegedűs, Jr. M. H. (MICHAEL HEGEDŰS) Stephen Boros, Jr. Baseball Captain STEPHEN BOROS, Jr. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Boros, Sr. Mr. Boros was the former Branch Manager of Branch 214-V, Flint, Mi­chigan, until 1945. Young Stephen got a $25,000 bonus to sign with the Detroit Baseball Co. to play ball with the Detroit Tigers. He is a third baseman and short stop. He played Varsity Ball for the University of Michigan. He was named captain of the team for the year of 1957 and 1958. He is twenty years old and all the major league Clubs solicited him to sign with them. We wish him a lot of success in his profession. The whole Boros family belongs to Branch 214-V, Flint, Michigan: Mr. and Mrs. Boros, Sr., Stephen, Jr., David, Rosemary, Barbara and Patri­cia.

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