The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-12-01 / 12. szám
I Page 2 THE EIGHTH TRIBE DEDICATION This magazine is dedicated to the Eighth Tribe in America, descendants of the original Seven Magyar Tribes. Whatever their faith, their familiarity with their ancestral language, or their degree of Hungarian ancestry, we address ourselves to each of them. If this reading is your first acquaintance with “THE EIGHTH TRIBE”, we hope you find it informative and enjoyable and that in time you will become one of our regular subscribers. This magazine is and remains the “LIFE LINE” that keeps us together, that makes us and shapes us into a national Family. THE EDITOR’S CORNER . . . On behalf of the Editorial Board of the Eighth Tribe and the Bethlen Press — we wish our readers a Blessed Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year. With the morality of the people in the United States at a low point and getting worse, both the Federal and State of government levels are urging people to return to the moral values of our forefathers. More and more we realize the true meaning of President Theodore Roosevelt’s words: “If people do not honor their parents and the nation they are from, they will not honor this land either.” We now see more and more publications like the Eighth Tribe. The newest one that’s come to our attention is by a nationality group much smaller in numbers than the American Hungarians, — yet their subscription way-out-passed this magazine in a much shorter length of time (six years less). We would like to throw this up for discussion to our readers. Why? Send us your opinion. —o— We’ve been receiving questions on “Generations”: Are those who are born here of parents of immigrants Second or First Generation? We made inquiries on this subject and came up with two answers, neither of which puts us in a much clearer situation: (I) The persons who came to this new land are considered the first generation of that nationality in the United States. Their children are the second generation. I remember in my youth, there were scholarships and beauty contests sponsored by different societies for the second generation, like myself. Many of the winners won trips to Hungary; (II) where they are talking about “First born gener, ation.” Which is self explanatory ... So there are two choices. Take your pick. December, 1980 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Editor ........................................................ Sándor E. Chomos Editor: Transylvanian Quarterly .................... Albert Wass Associate Editor ........................................... István Zolcsák Polish-Hungarian World Federation .................. Karol Ripa Contributing Editors ....... Joseph Széplaki, István S. Tuba, Elizabeth Tuba, Steven B. Várdy, Agnes Huszár Várdy, M. Takács Barboe, Endre Nánay, László Könnyű, Kálmán Bognár, Tibor Flórián, Victor Molnár, Andrew Haraszti. Public Relations ........................................... Joseph Szürcsik Assistant Editors: Editorial: Nancy J. Chomos Boeche, Raymond W. Boeche Features: Sándor Emery Chomos, Rhonda Ahl Chomos Art..................................................................Elias C. Chomos Typography .................................................. Lowell T. Head Circulation ........................................................ Julia Chomos Published and printed monthly by the Bethlen Press, Inc. P.O. Box 637, Ligonier, Pa. 15658, U.S.A. Second Class Postage paid at Ligonier, Pa. 15658, U.S.A. Subscription: $10.00 yearly. Outside U.S.A. $12.00. DONATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE EIGHTH TRIBE FOUNDATION For the establishment of a Hungarian Cultural Institute for the preservation of our Hungarian Heritage. Total Donations listed till November 1, 1980 .......$2,473.00 Michael L. Young .................................................$ 5.00 Monroeville, Pennsylvania Guszti and Irén Jánossy .........................................$ 25.00 Gardena, California Total Donations listed till December 1, 1980.......2,503.00 With the above donations we have passed the One Hundred individual donations. . . . Now a final word to all my Brethren of Hungarian descent, those who just came in the last 30 years, those of you who have built our churches, our great societies: William Penn Association, American Hungarian Reformed Federation, American Hungarian Catholic Society: and above all those, who were born in this great country and still proud of your Hungarian heritage . . . your task is simple . . . just dip into your pockets and donate the amount you are able. Together with God’s help we can have a “Hungarian Cultural Institute”, a Monument dedicated to our forefathers. — Enclosed is twenty dollars to start the Eighth Tribe Foundation. Now you only need 24,999 more individual donations of twenty dollars each. — An American Hungarian . . . With the above letter the Eighth Tribe Foundation was born in July, 1978. The person since then passed away, but his legacy lives on. With the hope that some day the Hungarian Cultural Institute will become a reality. — editor
