The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-02-01 / 2. szám
Page 6 THE EIGHTH TRIBE February, 1980 Hungarian Military Order of Vitéz Included in the arms of the Badge of the Hungarian Military Order of Vitéz, and suspended below the shield the insignia of a Knight of Honor of the Johanniter-Orden. for his old company. An expert on Hungarian geneology, he researches family lineages and makes family crests. Tamaska also likes to do equestrian pictures and hopes to get back to horseback riding. He attended two equestrian schools in Hungary and served in the Royal Hungarian Mounted Police during World War II. He was squadron adjutant when captured and sent to Siberia.-‘Thousands died of starvation but I was physically fit,” he recalled. His weight dropped from 160 to 90 pounds. Under United Nations direction, he was sent home in 1950 and, along with 12,000 other prisoners considered dangerous to the communist state, was immediately jailed. During these three years he served in forced labor camps and during his two years of probation could only find work as a farm laborer. Finally freed from parole in 1955, Tamaska worked as art director of stage and costumes for Gárdonyi Géza Theater and married the woman who had been waiting 12 years for his release. They had been married only a month and a half when the Hungarian uprising came and he fled. She waited another seven years while he tried to bring her to this country. Finally they were divorced and two years later he married Magdolna, who was also from Training. “She’s my best art critic,” said Tamaska. “We vacationed in Sarasota, Fla., twice and liked the beach and friendly people. He’s proudest of the bust-plaque he did of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty for a church in Munhall, Pa. Tamaska met Mindszenty twice and received his personal congratulations for the art work. ☆ ☆ GARY K. BARTAY On August 18, 1979, Gary K. Bartay graduated from Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas receiving a Master of Education Degree in Administration and Management with high honors. He previously graduated from Texas A & M Univercity, College Station, Texas, on August 25, 1961. He is presently one of sixty persons throughout the state of Texas engaged in researching a new design for state-wide curriculum for Industrial Cooperative Training, On December 6, he became a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the international professional educator’s fraternity. The membership is composed of recognized leaders in the profession and graduate students in education whose leadership potential has been identified. Members include classroom teachers, school administrators, college and university professors, and educational specialists of many types. Membership is by chapter invitation. To be eligible for
