William Penn, 1958 (41. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1958-11-05 / 11. szám

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November 19, 1958.

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Journal of the William Penn Fraternal Association OFFICE OF PUBLICATION

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CLEVELAND

1959 Tournament City

We are pleased to announce at this early date that the City of Cleveland, Ohio, “stronghold” of Hungarian Americans, has been chosen as the place for the 1959 William Penn National Bowling Tournament and Fellowship Days.

The National Tournament Executive Committee studied three cities as possible sites for next year’s big William Penn sportsocial event. Cleveland was given the honor because of various reasons, all .sLu'ncUarii all serving the best interest of our society’s yearly spectacular rally of members come for the festival of fraternalism and fun.

At this point it may be asked why only large cities are awarded the Tournament-Fellowship Days and why the affair is repeated in the same cities (as will be the case of Cleveland). The answer is quite frank and simple. Only the large or metropolitan cities have the facilities — hotels of size, bowling establishments with enoiigh lanes, etc. — to accomodate the every need of an event that has grown immensely in size and popularity since its beginning in the early forties. Investigation after investigation has manifested to the National Tournament Executive Committee that smaller cities, even the moderately large ones, just CAN NOT take care of the William Penn Tournament-Fellowship Days any longer.

But size of city is not enough either. The locale chosen MUST embrace an area with far greater than just a sprinkling of William Penn membership, and so this must be looked into. also.

Finally, unless the local branch or branches have the capacity to offer the assistance and cooperation required to assure the success of the Tournament-Fellowship Days, the matter is defeated right there.

It is easy from the aforegoing facts to know that being on the National Toumamant Executive Committee is a task as well as an honor. Noting previous work well done and valuable experience, the Board of Directors reappointed Director Albert B. Ibos as Chairman and Directors John P. Balia and Michael Korosy as members of the National Tournament Executive Committee. An excellent successor to fill the position of Tournament Administrator is Frank J. Cher, Supervisor of the new Home Office Fraternal Affairs Department.

When one Tournament-Fellowship Days is over the next one almost immediately follows in the planning stage. Shortly after the selection of Cleveland, the National Tournament Executive Committee called for a meeting in that city scheduled October 13, 1958. The representation gathered to plan and discuss the next Tournament-Fellowship Days was as follows: Albert B. Ibos, Chairman, National Tournament Executive Committee; Frank J. Cher, Tournament Administrator; Nicholas Juhasz, Joseph Semetko and Joseph Wieland, of Branch 14-V; District Manager Steve E. Leczo, Bela Toth and Maria Radi, of Branch 43-R; Dr. Andrew Kovács, Director, Paul Magyary, District Manager Coloman R. Bertalan, District Manager Louis S. Farkas, Jr., Julius Nadas, Joseph Barry and Stephen Kovács, of Branch 45-V; Mrs. Emery

Gal, of Branch 361-V; Joseph J. Marson, Joseph Torda, Edward Torda and Louis Torda, of Branch 366-V. The Cleveland leaders were elated when they were formally notified of their city’s honor role in 1959 as host to the William Penn Fraternal Association’s bowling-fraternalism extravaganza. They promised in their enthusiams to work hard to make next year’s event second to no previous Tournament-Fellowship Days.

There is no need yet to go into detail about either the headquarters hotel or the bowling lanes, but we can already reveal both places contracted for — the very modern and in the heart of town located HOTEL CLEVELAND (an appropriate name); the yet unfinished Ohio’s newest and largest ARENA bowling lanes.

We believe that the great majority of our Tournament-going members will be highly pleased to learn that Cleveland is IT! for 1959.

Branch 98-V Marks 50th Anniversary

President Charles Simon places flowers in lapels of Peter Orbán (center) and John Tokay, only living charter members of Branch 98-V, at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania branch.

An event awaited with eager expectation by the membership of Branch 98-V, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, reached its grand fulfillment on Sunday, October 5, 1958, when more than four hundred guests, assembled in the large hall of the Bethlehem Hungarian Home, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of Branch 98-V with an elaborate dinner and an enjoyable dance.

Charles Simon, president of Branch 98-V, gave the address of welcome and, after the singing of the American and Hungarian national anthems, called upon the Rev. JosepTi Reseterics, pastor of St. John of Capistrano Catholic Church, to offer the invocation. Beautifully appointed tables laden with delicious food thrilled the eyes and whetted the appetites of the hungry but happy gathering of Branch 98-V members and their friends. Added to these was the music of John Toth and his orchestra.

Very able toastmaster was Dr. Ernest Stiegler, pastor emeritus of St. John Wendic Lutheran Church. It goes to the credit of the Branch 98-V Organizing Committee, under Stephen Lang, Jr., for having secured the services of this affable man. Dr. Stiegler’s introduction of Peter Orbán and John Tokay, only living charter members of Branch 98-V, was a touching moment to all with hearts softer than stone.

The Board of Directors and the Home Office of the William Penn Fraternal Association were both represented officially, by Director Stephen Lang, Sr., himself a member of the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania branch and one of its staunchest veteran officers and workers, and by

National Auditor John Sabo, who numbers many friends at Branch 98- V, respectively.

Civic life was represented in the attendance of Mayor Earl E. Schaeffer who was accompanied by Mrs. Schaeffer, Councilmen Paul P. Ruyak and Anthony Sacarakis, County Commissioner Martin Bechtol, Jury Commissioner George Kotick and Coroner Kametz.

When Mr. Lang addressed the celebrating assemblage, he gave an account of the history of Branch 98-V, organized August 10, 1908, reading the names of the nineteen founding members, including the names of the first branch officers who, naturally, were chosen from among the charter members. The speaker then reported that the two living charter members were present; and loud applause followed. Mr. Lang has been one of 98- V’s most active members, was branch manager for twenty years and is now serving his fourth term on the William Penn Board of Directors.

Mayor Schaeffer, a public servant for many years, former city treasurer and currently third term mayor of Bethlehem, emphasized that Hungarians are a credit to every city in which they live and to our nation because, among other things, they have a peerless record as lawabiding citizens. He stated that the Bethlehem Hungarians have contributed to the community with their fine social life and have built churches, schools and places of culture.

Introductions which followed were of Father Reseterics, the Rev. John Ormay of the Zion Lutheran Church, who earlier had greeted the two charter members, the Rev. Zoltán Szabó