William Penn, 1965 (48. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1965-06-16 / 12. szám
PAGE 2 June 16, 1965. William Penn William Penners Climax Fraternalism ... (Continued From Page 1) ronage of the William Penners. Back inside, he sat in conversation for a while with Mrs. John Sabo, wife of National Controller-Tournament Administrator John Sabo. She was at the registration section relieving Messrs. Lovász and Bendzsuk. On display were the beautiful bowling trophies for the lucky ones to be delivered personally by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sabo, owners of Sabo’s Sporting Goods, 609 W. 119th St., Chicago, III. One really noteworthy facet of the Annual National William Penn Bowling Tournament-Fellowship Days is, to be sure, its grand appeal which draws CLOSE-UP OF THE FIRST FAMILY Granddaughter Candeee with grandparents Elmer Charles, National President and Mrs. Charles present a wonderful trio in a close-up shot. together members from near and far. For Investment Manager and Mrs. Richard J. Phillips it was a trip back home. The Phillipses left Allen Park when be become a National Officer at the Home Office some years ago, and Mr. and Mrs. Phillips lived in Detroit prior to their residence in adjoining Allen Park. It was good — and fraternally inspiring — to see Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sinio, formerly of Alliance, Ohio and now living in faraway Phoenix, Arizona. Older members will easily remember Mr. Simo as one of the top veteran Field Force men in the former Verhovay. The guests filled the dining room rather promptly, which large room was L-shaped with the stage area located at the link, thus enabling all the guests to view well the formalities. On stage and already adding musical enjoyment to the scene was the Ziggy Bela orchestra of twelve pieces. The dulcet sounds of these accomplished musicians were well appreciated. Ziggy Bela is the featured violinist of his orchestra, and his artistic skill on this difficult instrument is well-known. After about a half hour of beautiful Viennese music and stirring Magyar melodies, the dinner program was opened with greetings warmly expressed by William Penn Director Stephen Danko, Chairman of the Detroit Bowling Tournament Committee. Next Mr. Danko introduced the toastmaster, Father Andrew' Jacobs (Jakab), pastor of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Detroit, who is a member of Branch 56, Detroit, Michigan. The active priest offered his own greeting's to the hundreds of-guests. The toastmaster then called upon Ernest S. Bendzsuk, employee of the William Penn Home Office and a Pittsburgh choirmaster, to lead in the singing of our National Anthem. It is a hallowed tradition to open all major William Penn social events with the singing of the National Anthem. As is also customary at banquets and dinners, there was invocation. This was given by the Rev. Dr. László Vatai, pastor of the First Hungarian Evangelical Reformed Church, Detroit. ‘ Then the toastmaster, Father Jacobs, wished all the guests “jó étvágyot,” which translated from Hungarian simply means, “hearty appetite” — to you! It was indeed hearty appetites enhanced by an eye-appealing menu of tasteful foods and augmented by the refined music of Ziggy Bela. Dessert was an old favorite with the William Penners, baked Alaska, and Tournament Administrator Sabo saw to it that this delicacy would not be denied the William Penn celebrants and their guests in Detroit. For those of us who have hitherto been ignorant about what a baked Alaska is, which means us poor males — and especially this reporter — it is a type of ice cream spongel cake, covered with meringue, and climaxed with the lighting of spirits doused on it. By previous arrangement, the alert Mr. Sabo had a procession of waiters and waitresses jauntily carry in the flaming (burning!) baked Alaskas — lights dimmed and music apropos to the occasion. We suspect that there is a producer in our esteemed National Controller and Tournament Administrator. Speaking, rather writing about hearty appetites, good wines enhance every elegant table, and fine wines indeed were furnished absolutely free to our gay diners by Michigan Wineries, Inc. Every table at the Fabulous Dinner was graced with a selection of these wines, and the fruit wines were especially appealing to our women. J. K. Warner is president of Michigan Wineries, Inc., Paw Paw, Michigan, and Dick Bauman is the local Detroit distributor. Many, many thanks to Michigan Wineries for its most generous gesture. During the enjoyable meal some of the musicians would leave their stand to go from table to table playing sweet Hungarian melodies — an old Magyar custom. There is no doubt about it that eating becomes delightful when beautiful music goes with it, and we presume all gourmets know this. At every large gathering of this kind there are of course addresses and speeches made, which for the past several years have been kept to a minimum by the 'William Penn. Now it was time for the toastmaster to speak. His subject was the William Penn Fraternal Association. Father Jacobs specifically dealt with the heritage of the Association — the men of ideals who founded this great society many years ago, their immediate successors who struggled to keep it going, and the hard workers, national leaders, branch officers and members, who are maintaining and increasing the gains of their predecessors. Said the toastmaster: “The William Penn is more than insurance; it is fraternalism, It is love for one another and regard for one another.” As the people of yore were devoted to one another, so the members of the William Penn take care of one another today. Finally, Father Jacobs stressed that in unity the William Penn members can achieve more than by individual effort, and our heritage must be identified with the W'illiam Penn. Now Father Jacobs temporarily relinquished his role as toastmaster to newly elected Councilman Stephen G. Danko of Southgate, Michigan (see March 17, 1965 English WILLIAM PENN issue), son of Director and Mrs. Stephen Danko and grandson of Auditing Committee Chairman and Mrs. Caspar Papp. Young Mr. Danko, only in his early twenties and already holding a political office in addition to studying law, extended his cordial greetings to all the guests, which he followed by introducing his friend, Mayor Leo L. Paluch of Allen Park. Mayor Paluch then greeted his audience and punctuated his remarks with a few light jokes. On this Memorial Day he requested all to stand in silened) for twenty seconds of prayer in the individual hearts of the more than seven hundred guests present. Next he presented a proclamation to National President Charles, which Mr. Charles gratefully accepted and stated would hang in his office among other documents and testimonials. The mayor then introduced his close friend, District Manager Edward A. Darocy, and concluded his words with an invitation that future William Penn tournaments be held in Allen Park. At this point Councilman Danko requested that the following groups, in turn, stand up en masse for ovations: bowlers, branch managers, full-time] Field Force men, and the Detroit Bowling Tournament Committee members. Next the following guests were introduced: John L. Eovasz, Ernest S. Bendzsuk and Miss Margaret Evans - of the Home Office; Caspar Papp, Chairman, William C. Kohut, Secretary, Nicholas Juhasz, with Mrs. Juhasz, and László Kereszti, Members - of the Auditing Committee; Board of Directors Chairman and Vice President Julius J. Lenart and Mrs. Lenart, Directors Stephen Lang, Jr„ with Mrs. Lang, John P. Balia, with Mrs. Balia, Frank Bero, with Mrs. Bero, Stephen Danko, with Mrs. Danko, Michael J. Faczan with Mrs. Faczan, Aloysius C. Falussy, Dr. Andrew Kovács, with Mrs. Kovács, Joseph Toma, Louis Vassy, with Mrs. Vassy, and Frank J. W’ukovits, Sr., with Mrs. Wukovits; National President Elmer Charles and Mrs. Charles; National Controller-Tournament Administrator John Sabo and Mrs. Sabo; National Secretary and Mrs. Albert J. Stelkovics; National Treasurer and Mrs. Julius E. Somogyi; Investment Manager and Mrs. Richard J. Phillips; General Counsel and Mrs. Gay B. Banes; and Dr. Samuel C. Gomoiy, Medical Director. Additional introductions were: Mrs. Ernest Palos, Editor and Publisher; Mrs. Julius Fodor, Editor and Publisher (publishes the WILLIAM PENN, official organ of the William Penn Fraternal Association); Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fodor (he is the son of Mrs. Julius Fodor and associated in business with her); Albert Jozik (Jóczik), present with Mrs. Jozik to report the William Penn Bowling Tournament-Fellowship Days; Frank Szappanos, Director of the American Hungarian Radio Hour in Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. William Schaeffer; Zoltán Beky, President of the Hungarian Reformed Federation; Geza Veszprémi, Vice President of the Hungarian Feformed Federation, and Mrs. Veszprémi; Rev. Joseph Kecskemethy, Executive Field Secretary of the Hungarian Reformed Federation; Bishop Louis Nagy of the Reformed Church in America and Director of the Hungarian Reformed Federation, with Mrs. Nagy; the Rev. Dr. László Vatai and Mrs. Vatai, of the First Hungarian Evangelical Reformed Church in Detroit; Julius Macker, former National President of the William Penn; Attorney and Mrs. Dwight Hamhorsky. Mr. Hamborsky is Director of the Federal Housing Administration. After all these introductions Father Jacobs reclaimed his role as toast-TOASTMASTER AND OFFICIALS WELCOME MAYOR LEO PALUCH AND WIFE Father Andrew I). Jacobs, Pastor of the Holy Cross R. C. Church, Detroit, Michigan, Director Frank J. Wukovits and Mrs. Wukovits, South Bend, Indiana, Director Aloysius C. Falussy, Esq., New York, N. Y. Auditing Committee Secretary William C. Kohut are pleased to have Allen Park Mayor Leo Paluch and Mrs. Paluch with them. Also in this group was Frank Wukovits, Jr. and financée Mary Ann DeCo'a. master from Councilman Stephen G. Danko whose task of reading s# many introduction was no easy one. When the toastmaster called upon National President Elmer Charles, the keynote speaker, to address the audience, there was loud applause even before the leader could utter a word. Mr. Charles began by expressing his pleasure with the way things were going and giving appreciation to the bowlers for their efforts and the guests for being present. He thanked the branch ma-
