The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1987 (14. évfolyam, 1-8. szám)

1987-03-01 / 3-4. szám

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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: P.O. Box 637, Ligonier, PA 15658 - (Tel.: 412-834-0169)

MARCH/APRIL, 1987

TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE HUNGARIAN EIGHTH TRIBE FOUNDATION

We have received many favorable comments on the two articles about Canadian Hungarians in our last issue. We appreciate your responses on the articles appearing in the Newsletter because it gives us guidance on selecting future items for the Newsletter. We know it is also appreciated by those who contribute the articles. In this issue, we feature "Arpadhon", an early Hungarian settlement in Louisiana. Courtesy of Prof. Joseph Szurcsik, we will continue with another article in the next Issue, compiled from an anniversary book and other newspaper articles.

One of the sources of Income that we are grateful for is the sale of books, back issues of the Eighth Hungarian Tribe magazine and the Magyar Reader, courtesy of Bethlen Press. As you saw in our Financial Statement in the last issue, this comes to a substantial amount.

Please let us know if you are moving, by sending us your new address. It costs us 60 cents for each Newsletter that comes back undeliverable. Also, please let us know if a spouse dies or your marital status changes so we can make adjustments to our address labels and also in our records.

If it is your wish not to receive this Newsletter, please let us know and we will comply with your wishes.

We thank all of you for your past and present support, which keeps this Newsletter coming to you and helps keep the Foundation in existence.

DONATIONS

January and February 1987

Joseph J. and Ethel Banks............................................$ 40.00

Nemacolin, Pennsylvania

Gabriella Richards ....................................................... 15.00

Rahway, New Jersey

Joe and Rita J. Bero..................................................... 15.00

Newark, Delaware

Ethel R. Dugan .............................................................. 10.00

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

E.Forras ........................................................................... 5.00

New York, New York

Clara S. Fenessy............................................................... 5.00

Philadelphia. Pennsylvania

ANY PERSON HAVING ANY TRACE OF HUNGARIAN BACKGROUND QUALIFIES TO BE A MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN EIGHTH TRIBE FAMILY!

The Hungarian Eighth Tribe Foundation came into being in 1978; was officially established on August 22, 1981 at the Hungarian Heritage Conference in Ligonier, Pennsylvania and received its Charter on March 9, 1982 from the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a non-profit corporation. The purpose:

a) Foster the Hungarian Heritage in America.

b) Establish and maintain a Hungarian Cultural and Educational Institute in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.

c) Encourage contributions toward the establishment and maintenance of the Institute.

d) Publish a journal for the purpose of disseminating cultural, literary, and educational information.

e) Preserve historical materials relating to the Hungarian American Heritage.

The Institute would serve as an educational place, where seminars and conferences could be held on subjects concerning Hungarian Americans of all generations, also where art related exhibitions can be held.

What is in the name? The Hungarian Nation was composed of seven tribes wandering through southern east Asia, from the city of Ur on the Euphrates River, to the city of Arpad, on the Mediterranean Sea, then up north through southern part of Russia, where they built the city of Kiev. Finally, these tribes settled in the Carpathian Basin, and established a Christian Kingdom of Hungary. The descendants of these tribes that came to America were call the Eighth Tribe.

A knowledge of one’s heritage grounds a person with a sense of confidence and pride that what others have done, he can do also. It is our fervent hope that all people of Hungarian descent accept the responsibility of teaching their children about their great heritage. The 1980 Census officially shows almost 1,800,000 individuals, who claim to be of Hungarian ancestry.

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