William Penn Life, 1974 (9. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1974-01-01 / 1. szám
attention of Branch Members, who have complaints to attend meetings, to discuss and solve problems on a Branch level. We would appreciate your cooperation in making a better understanding and Friendship among our membership in the coming year. There will be no cards sent out or phone calls made about meeting dates. Our meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 P.M. at the Hungarian Pioneer Hall, on Donald Ave., (West Side) We extend to all our Branch members a healthier and happier New Year. Anna Wash, Reporter 48 New York, N. Y. We wish to officially inform all members of Branch 48, New York City, that effective January 31, 1974 the office located in Room 203, 285 East 85 th Street will be vacated. Mr. Frank J. Cher has been appointed Manager of Branch 48 and his office will be located at 1579 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10028. Office hours will be from 10:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. three days per week Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Any member can call or visit Mr. Cher during these office hours. The telephone number remains the same (212) 734-2787. Mr. Cher is also a Special Agent for the Association. He will be happy to take care of any applications for life insurance membership or hospitalization insurance. The Branch will continue to hold its regular monthly meeting in Arpad Hall, 323 East 82nd Street, New York, N.Y. the First Friday of each monthat 8:00 P.M. All members are cordially invited to attend these meetings. 51 Passaic, N. J. The General Meeting for election of officers and auditors for Branch 51, Passaic, N.J. was held on December 2, 1973 and the following members were elected to office: President Ernest J. Mozer Vice President Sándor Lakatos Treasurer Frank Zimmermann Secretary Arthur Barillo Auditors: Julius Muller Andrew Nemeth Kalman Toth Monthly meetings will be held on the third Monday of each month at The President Palace, 115 President St., Passaic, N.J. at 7 P.M. The annual Christmas party was held on December 9, 1973. Entertainment consisted of movies for one hour following singing, of Christmas carols by the children of the Branch accompanied by Mrs. Marika Hero on the piano. Santa Claus made his entrance afterwards thrilling the children with his hearty Ho Ho’s and presentation of gifts. Refreshments were served afterwards for the children and their parents with the assistance of the wives of the officers. An enjoyable time was had by all present. Ernest J. Mozer, President 52 Pittsburgh, Pa. The Annual Christmas Party for the Juvenile Members of Wm. Penn Association Branch 52 Windber, Pa. was held on Sunday December 9, 1973 at the K. of C. Hall 8th. st. Windber, Pa. The Party began at 3:00 P.M. and upon arrival each member was checked off the Wm Penn 1973 Juvenile Listing and received a card with his name written on it. This card was to be presented to Santa Claus on receipt of his gift, then in turn, the card was deposited in the door prize box. There were approximately 30 members present, many of whom were accompanied by their Parents and Grandparents. Hi-lites of the afternoon was the visit with Santa Claus and the distribution of Christmas Treats. Mrs. Anna Thomas led the Group in Carol Singing. Refreshments were served to all present by the Ladies of Wm. Penn. Many of the Juvenile members reside outside the Windber Area and arrangements were made for other members of their family to pick up their treats. Winners of the Silver Dollar Door Prizes were: Mary Lou Gall; Robert Clark; Lynelle Esposito; Blaise DiNinno; and Lori Lapinsky. Grateful thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Csordás for the beautifully decorated Christmas Tree and Hall. The Ladies of Wm Penn who made and served the refreshments are: Kathryn Chamey; Mary Gall and daughter Mary Lou Gall; Barbara Horner; Peggy Marone; and Katharine Gall. The Men of Wm. Penn who assisted Santa Claus were: Mike Chamey; John Orris; Frank Veres and Steve Gall )3). Most Sincere Thanks to the Home Office for their generous allotment to Branch 52, We extend to them all the best that 1974 can offer. A Happy New Year to All. Steve Gall, Branch Manager 56 Detroit, Mich. The William Penn Association of Branch 56 had a very successful Christmas Party on Sunday, December 2, 1973 at the Holy Cross School Hall. Thirty-two happy youngsters, along with parents and grand-parents enjoyed the fun filled afternoon. Program Chairman, Stephen Jurko, welcomed everyone and in turn introduced the Branch 56 Officers — President: Mr. John Horcsik, Vice- President: Mr. Frank Nagy, Secretary: Mary Molnár, and Auditor: Mrs. John Horcsik. We had the pleasure of the presence of Mr. William Kovács and his lovely wife Viola and daughter Karen, sharing the afternoon. Mr. Kovács is General Agent of the Regional Office with offices at 20600 Eureka Road in Taylor, Michigan. Also sharing in the festivities was Mrs. Mathilda Jagadics who is the Regional Office Clerk. The program got underway with the lively voices of the youngsters singing all the beautiful Christmas Carols. Next a film was presented. Then came the big moment — the arrival of Santa Claus! With a great big Ho! Ho! Ho! and there he was ready to give out gifts and goodies to the children. The children were delighted and anxious to tell Santa just exactly what they want for Christmas, hoping Santa will remember when he gets back to his work-shop at the North Pole. While the children were enjoying their refreshments and parents and grandparents were busy conversing with one another Santa nicely disappeared away up into the skies with all his reindeers and leaving pleasant and happy thoughts with all the youngsters. We can say the afternoon was a very pleasant one. The children were just beautiful and very well behaved. As for the parents and grandparents, it was nice to see the acquaintances forming. We sincerely thank the National Home Office for sponsoring the Children’s Christmas Party. Thanks too, to the hostesses for their delicious homemade de pastries — Helen Horcsik, Lola Koroknay, Mary Molnár and Mary Nagy. Thanks to Mr. Horcsik for decorating the well shaped Christmas Tree, to Mr. Nagy for manning the refreshment stand, to Miss Erika Koroknay in assisting Santa pass out goodies to all children. And to our program chairman, Stephen Jurko, we say, “a repeat performance of a job well done.” Thank you one and all for planning and sharing a beautiful afternoon with your ‘off-springs’. The yearly Election of Officers was held on Sunday, December 9, 1973 at the regular business-meeting. The following officers were elected: President, John Horcsik; Vice-President, Alex Koroknay; Secretary, Mary Molnár; Treasurer, Stephen Jurko; Auditors, Helen Horcsik and Lola Koroknay. President Horcsik thanked the outgoing officers, Mr. Frank Nagy, who held the position of Vice-President for many years and to his gracious wife Mary, who held the office of Auditor. 9
