Fraternity-Testvériség, 1967 (45. évfolyam, 2-12. szám)
1967-05-01 / 5. szám
í'J-ralernally ^bfonrs — OCR FEDERATION’S DAY AT THE MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRATERNAL CONGRESS MOTHER LOVE Nineteen hundred years ago the throne of imperial Rome was occupied by a cruel, merciless, half-demented despot. His distorted mind fancied that his closest friends were plotting against him. He even accused his mother of conspiring with his enemies to take his life. In reply, his mother, Agrippina, wrote him a letter, one of the most beautiful letters in history, expressive of that incomprehensibe mystery of mother- love, which could embrace with fond affection even such a monster as Nero. In part she said: “Dost thou not know, O son, the affection all mothers naturally bear their children? Our love is without bounds, being incessantly fed by that tenderness which is incredible to all but ourselves. Nothing ought to be more dear to us than what we have purchased with the risk of our lives; nothing more valuable than what we have undergone so great grief and pain to procure. These are so sharp and intolerable that were it not for the prospect of a happy birth, which makes us unmindful of our agonies, generation would soon be at an end.” How truly she spoke of “that tenderness which is incredible to all but ourselves!” It is doubtful if any of the male sex can comprehend it. Gifted men have written and spoken beautifully about mother-love, but necessarily with faint realization of its unfathomable depths. THE WONDER OF A MOTHER’S LOVE Here is a child. What is the power which can bring this child to the fullness of its possibilities? The strength of the mason and the carpenter can build a house for it to live in. The huge forces moving in a locomotive may bring to the city the food by which the child is fed. The club of a policeman may keep the house he lives in from violence without. But all these things together, though they may safeguard existence, For the first time in the history of the Maryland and District of Columbia Fraternal Congress a Hungarian fraternal officer presided over the 60th Annual Session at which 30 Societies were represented. On April 8th the all-day session held at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, was called to order by the President, Paul St. Miklossy, Treasurer of our Federation. The invocation was given by Herbert A. Lowe, Past- President of the Congress, who represented the Aid Association for Lutherans. Greetings were extended by the presidents of other State Congresses. After the roll call and usual order of business, President St. Miklossy gave his inspiring annual report covering the activities of the year over which he presided. Reports on Youth in Fraternal Work, Membership, Production and Legislation were then given by the officers of the various societies. cannot give that child his highest life. In order for the house he lives in to be a home, there must be the wonder of a woman’s love. For the child’s full growth in happiness, in confidence, and in serenity of soul, the gentle spirit of his mother is more powerful than all the world beside.—Walter Russell Bowie. We express our sincere good wishes to all mothers in our Federation’s large family and as we dedicate the second Sunday in May as “Mothers Day”, honoring those guardian angels of our homes, we pray that God’s bountiful blessings embrace them all, wherever they may be on the face of this earth, for their wondrous love and care, for their sacrifices and their unending services to the benefit of all mankind. The afternoon session included an address by Deputy Insurance Commissioner of the State of Maryland, Mr. John A. Leary, representing Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, the Honorable Norman Polovoy. Mr. Leary talked in generalities about Maryland inrurance laws as they pertain to fraternal societies. A memorial service was conducted by the Reverend Van Luber, Pastor of Huntington Baptist Church of Baltimore with Mrs. Mamie Rhyner and her committee honoring those of our fraternal friends who departed during the past year. The Congress delegates and their guests were seated around the beautifully decorated banquet tables in the Caswell Room at 6:30 for an evening of fellowship. After a short greeting by Paul St. Miklossy and the singing of the National Anthem, the Rt. Reverend Dr. Zoltán Beky pronounced the invocation. Our Federation was well represented at the speakers’ table by Bishop Beky and Mr. and Mrs. St. Miklossy, while seated at a nearby table — among the 154 dinner guests — were Mrs. Zoltán Beky, the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Kecske- methy, Mr. and Mrs. L. Eszenyi, Mr. and Mrs. Bela Toth, Mr. István Varsa, Mr. Zolt Rónay, Misses Susanna Eszenyi, Lori Parker and Susan Blandford. The guest speaker for the evening was Harold J. Lamboley, President of the National Fraternal Congress — who topic was the “National Congress and Its Affiliated Societies in American Life”. His speech was most inspiring and well received. The evening’s entertainment created a full Hungarian atmosphere. A Hungarian folk dance was presented by three lovely young ladies dressed in colorful traditional costumes. The participants were Our Young Dancers at the Maryland and D.C. Fraternal Congress. ^ Left to right: Eva Eszenyi, Lori Parker, Susan Blanford. Speaker's table at the Annual Banquet DC. Fraternal Congress. In center, the outgoing president, Paul St. Miklossy, our treasurer. 6
