Hungarian Heritage Review, 1989 (18. évfolyam, 1-9. szám)
1989-02-01 / 2. szám
Hungarian-Americana Vilmos Benoze Paul Miklós Steve Matusovich, John Varga and John Varga, Jr. of Loargo Roofing Ilona "ICA" Furda of Hungary Visiting Plum Borough A CLUSTER OF MAGYARS In my efforts to find the site of the school, I did much twisting and turning on the backroads of Plum Boro. There were many detours which made my trip just a little more confusing. I dropped into the parking lot of Loargo’s Roofing Company and found, by now not to my surprise, that this enterprise is partially owned by a Hungarian - Johnny Varga. Varga was a little chagrinned because he could not help me more - he had arrived in the United States in 1957, and did not know too much about the history of Plum Boro. He did know, however, that the boro is some two hundred years old, with several Revolutionary War soldiers’ graves in the area, along with historic old log cabins. INTEREST PIQUED Before I left Johnny Varga, he pointed out the way to the house of Billy Bentz, the former councilman. This time I had no difficulty; I found the house and was made welcome. Billy Bentz was most interested in my quest, and a little surprised that I knew he was Hungarian. Unfortunately, he could not help much in locating the Kossuth school, despite the fact that his family had arrived in the area in 1919, twelve years after the building of the school. I SHALL RETURN I found that there was genuine pleasure on the part of these people to greet another wandering Magyar. They were delighted and surprised to learn of the existence of the Kossuth school, and wished me well in my continuing search. And as I left the area on this first trip of exploration, I knew that I would succeed. (To be continued) FEBRUARY 1989 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 9
