Verhovayak Lapja, 1941. január-június (24. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)

1941-01-30 / 5. szám

Page 2 January 30, 1941; Verhovayak Lapja Borovich Steven F...................... Br. 352 1536 Vance Ave., Coraopolis, Pa. Jávor George ................. Br. 17 1980 E. 33rd St., Lorain, Ohio Barsi Ladislaus .......... Br. 305 200 Strawberry Hill Ave., Woodbridgé, Lukacs Mrs. Stephen ............... Br. 36 9117 Chamberlain St., Detroit, Mich. Chookie Irene ........................... Br. 247 Box 23, Kent, Pa. Szabó Joseph .............................. Br. 443 436 S. Harbaugh, Detroit, Mich. Branch 369 .............................. Br. 369 Alliance, Ohio Gal Mrs. James ........................... Br. 361 2702 Tennyson Rd., Cleveland, O. Kucik John ................... Br. 71 611 Viola Ave., Duquesne, Pa. 269,100 points 263,900 points 259,600 points N. J. 259,000 points 255.200 points 252.200 points 235,800 points 221,000 ponts 210,400 points Branch 434 ............................... Br. 434 South Bend, Ind. Gyiraszin John ............................ Br. 500 17414 St. Aubin St., Detroit, Mich. Falla Nicholas ............................ Br. 130 4741 Alexander Ave., East Chicago, Ind. Czeiszperger Joseph .................. Br. 447 1627 Mack Ave., Dayton, Ohio Palmer Mrs. John ...................... Br. 296 362 Colfax St., Springdale, Pa. 207,200 points 205,100 points 185.600 points 175,700 points 174.600 points Takacs Peter ..........................»- Br. 171 952 Pierce Ave., Sharpsville, Pa. 168,200 points TWENTY $50.00 CASH AWARDS Vesztroczi Joseph ..................... Br. 39 164,400 points 1509 Fifth St., New Brighton, Pa. Szabó Stephen ......................... Br. 396 161,700 points Box 34 Jacobs Creek, Pa. Roth George .............................. Br. 32 156,600 points Box 156, Gary, W. Va. Skrivanek Mrs. Frank ............... Br. 215 152,600 points 1044 Eight St., Muskegon Heights, Mich. Raboczi Stephen ....................... Br. 321 141,800 points 300 Jackson St., Campbell, Ohio Sabo Louis ........................... Br. 96 139,000 points 11934 Lowe Ave., Chicago, 111. Bauman Mrs. George ............... Br. 296 123,400 points 534 Esther Ave, New Kensington, Pa. Horvath Mrs. Stephen ............. Br. 429 117,700 points 2441 Holly St., Dearborn, Mich. Leber Martin .............................. Br. 59 111,800 points 1237 Mine 40, Windber, Pa. Lovas Mrs. Helen ....................... Br. 6 109,500 points 709 Washington St., Akron, Ohio Rohaly Joseph .......................... Br. 37 109,200 points 9232 S. Avalon Ave., Chicago, 111. Poes Joseph ..... Br. 27 105,600 points 2576 York St., Toledo, Ohio Beky John ................................ Br. 84 103,000 points 16 Lebanon St., Lackawanna, N. Y. Pavuk Geza ................................ Br. 226 102,400 points 1406 Boquet St., McKeesport, Pa. Balogh Louis ................... Br. 45 101,800 points 9820 Macon Ave., Cleveland, Ohio Kalticzky John .......................... Br. 21 101,000 points 1349 Republic Ave., Youngstown, Ohio Szuch Mrs. James ..................... Br. 25 100,000 points 292 Mt. Hope, W. Va Balogh Frank ........................ Br. 503 97,700 points 2047 W. 13th St., Chicago, 111. Horvath Gabriel ....................... Br. 229 87,000 points 3830 Catalpa St., East Chicago, Ind. Kuti Joseph .............................. Br. 278 86,400 points 5604 N. 16th St., Omaha, Nebr. SI 000 and Automobile Winners to Receive Awards in Detroit Arrangements have been completed for a two day program of elaborate cere­monies in Detroit, February 15—16, 1941, at which joy­ful event the first prize of $1000 and the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth prizes of five new 1941 Chevrolet motor cars will be formally presented to those 1940 Na­tional Membership Contest winners. The lower prize winners will also receive their awards in Detroit if they wish to attend the ceremonies in connection with the distri­bution of the top awards, but the decision is left to SÁNDOR PETŐFI 1823 - 184» This great Magyar appear­ed and disappeared like a fiery comet. At an age when ordinary human beings bare­ly begin to produce any­thing nearly worthwhile, he already left this planet to dream his immortal dreams in a better and happier world. But the light he left with his fellow men con­tinued to shine. It is the light of poetry, the light of a genius who not only made his country happier with his poetry but gave his life for the ideals he worshiped: Liberty, Equality and Fra­ternity. That he was not a stock Hungarian, no one denies. That his butcher and tavern­­keeper father listened to the name Stephen Petrovics and his mother was Maria Hruz is another fact. In an age when supposedly feudalism and the oppression of na­tionalities were at their peak, the son of a Serb father and their judgments, and they are not obliged to attend. On the evening of Satur­day, February 15th, a ban­quet will be held in the Ver­­hovay Home, and on Sun­day, February 16th the ce­remonies and celebration will continue in the spacious auditorium of the Holy Cross Catholic Church. Both events will be attended with a variety of interests, and gypsy orchestras will en­hance the program with their soulful Hungarian strains. President Joseph Darago and other Home Office of­ficials will be present at the ceremonies. It is anticipated that Ver­­hovay members will come from distances to participate at this delightful occasion, and other guests will attend also. Slovak mother was allowed to become the national poet of Magyars. This is another undeniable fact which may induce many to think their own thoughts before falling to unscrupulous propaganda striving to undermine under­standing among the nation­alities of Hungary. Petőfi did not have an easy lifé but the very same thing is true of Shakespeare, Burns and almost all the great poets of any nation. But he lived to see his poetry recognized by his country­men, which is more than many a genius did. He did not live to enjoy the re­cognition of the world. But we know that many of his poems are translated into almost every well known language. English transla­tions are especially numer­ous. Sir John Bowring, E. D. Butler, W. N. Loew and Henry A. Blumberg rendered many of Petőfi’s poems in­to excellent English, to men­tion only the better known translators. Prof. Watson Kirkconnell’s translations, printed in the Young Magyar American magazine and in book form in his excellent anthology of Magyar poetry; ‘'The Ma­gyar Muse,” are the best translations of Petőfi at the present. Petőfi is greatest in his lyrical poems, though he tried his hand at almost all kinds of poetry. But his individualism and intensive subjectiveness made him most fit to write lyrics, of which we admire first of all those dealing with his love for his fatherland. No other Hungarian poet described better the changing mood of the River Tisza than Petőfi in his poem “The Tisza”: When in the dusk a summer day has died, I stopp’d by the winding Tisza's river-side, Just where the little Tur flow’d into rest, A weary child that sought its mother’s breast. Most smooth of surface, with most gentle force, The river wander’d down its bankless course, Startled, a few days later in those dells I heard the frantic pealing of the bells: There, like a magic just freed from' chains, The Tisza rush’d in rage across the plains; Roaring and howling through the dyke it swirl’d, Greedy to swallow up the whole wide world... Translation by ' Watson Kirkconnell Or did any other Hun­garian poet write more touching and more simple lines about his birth place than he did in his poem “On my Birthplace”: Here in this pleasant region I was bom, Where the Alföld’s broad, fair plains salute the morn. This is the town where first I saw the light; My crcdle-songs still fill its quiet night; Though they have long been mute, I hear one say: “O chafer, yellow chafer, fly away!” My thoughts, like some small bird upon a tree, Flit restless, here and yonder, ceaselessly, Culling the memories of fragrant hours As the bee gathers honey from the flowers, To every old, loved spot my fancies stray... “O chafer, yellow chafer, fly away!” Translation by Watson Kirkconnell And what about the stir­ring national song of all Hungarians “Talpra Ma­gyar” (Magyars Rise), which was written and read on March 15, 1848, and opened the Hungarian struggle for freedom. This poem is claim­ed by all Hungarians as one of their most beloved national poems: Magycrs, rise, your country calls you! Meet this hour, whate’er befalls you! Shall we freemen be, or slaves? Choose the lot your spirit craves! By Hungary’s holy God Do we swear, Do we swear, that servile chains Well no more bear! Translation by Watson Kirkconnell This very unbending spirit marked all Petőfi’s actions and beliefs. He never com­promised with anything or anybody. That was why he had so many enemies and so few friends. He was a flame wandering always alone and consuming every­thing and himself. A hundred year ago next year, in 1842, did Petőfi see the first of his poems ever printed. Would it not be suitable and a fitting thing, to celebrate this festive oc­casion before the bust of Hungary’s greatest lyric poet, in the Cleveland Public Library? —Joseph Szentkirályi

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