Bethlen Naptár, 1951 (Ligonier)
To our second generation. Superindent's semi-annual report of the activities and life in the Bethlen Home
BETHLEN NAPTÁR 20J Dr. Kalassay was buried in the Ligonier Valley Cemetery next to his beloved wife, the first “mother of the orphans”. Besides the immediate family and relatives, the guests of the Bethlen Home, as well as 53 ministers attended the funeral. May the memory of our departed friends be blessed and their rest peaceful! Life and Special Events The conduct of our boys and girls, both at home and at school, as well as the effort and accomplishment shown in their academic work, were commendable. Four of our children were enrolled in the high school, 23 in grade school and four went to kindergarten. Dorothy Sega, orphan, was graduated from high school and is now earning her own living as an office clerk. Anna Sega, Dorothy’s sister, was graduated from the eighth grade. All of our children were promoted to the next higher grade. Two school events are worthy of mention at this time: The superintendent was called upon to offer the invocation and the benediction at the high school graduation exercises, while the Rev. Imre Kovács, lecturer, another Hungarian pastor, made the principal address of the evening. The second outstanding event was the occasion when the Bethlen Home had as its guests to dinner the grade and high school faculty members headed by their supervising principal, Mr. C. C. Wylie. Through this gesture the Bethlen Home wished to express its appreciation to the teachers of the Ligonier Borough Schools for their work with our children and their kind disposition toward them. The children and teachers enjoyed an evening of fellowship together, after which the superintendent talked about life in the Bethlen Home and conducted the guests throughout the buliding to acquaint them with the children’s home surroundings. After a musical program given by the children, the superintendent and his family, and after the presentation of the film, “The Second Chance”, the teachers left with lasting good impressions of the Home, which will serve their better understanding of our boys and girls. The general health of our children was good. There were 19 cases of illness, of which 12 required medical attention. The Rev. Louis Nagy, teacher in the Children’s Home, was elected pastor of the Free Magyar Reformed Church of McKeesport, Pa., in May, after having been a member of the Bethlen Home staff for almost a year. During the same month he underwent a major operation, which proved successful, so that he was ready to accept his charge in July. We are sincerely happy over his recovery and congratulate him most heartily on his election to the McKeesport pastorate, and ask God’s
