William Penn Life, 1984 (19. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1984-04-01 / 2. szám

Signing of Senate Bill 788

Seated: Gay B. Banes, Governor Richard Thornburgh, Senator Edward Zemprelli. Standing: Charles Bojanic, Gus G. Nagy, John F. Kenawell, George Batyko, Fred Schwesinger, John Sabo, Emil Mrkonic, Ruessell Kowalshyn and Daniel Zornan.

Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh signed Senate Bill 788 into law on February 9, 1984. The Bill, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Fraternal Congress, was passed 49-0 by the Senate and 99-0 by the Flouse of Representatives. Our officers, headed by National President Sabo, and Gus G. Nagy, Gay B. Banes and John F. Kenawell, attended a meeting for the official signing at the Governor's Office in Harrisburg.

Also attending were George Batyko, President Greek Catholic Union; Daniel Zornan, President United Lutheran Society; Frederick W. Schwesinger, President Greater Beneficial Union; Andrew Brindzák, Secretary-Treasurer Presbyterian

Beneficial Union in Philadelphia; and Charles Bojanic, Chairman of the Governor's Heritage Commission, all members of the Pennsylvania Fraternal Congress. The Bill was sponsored by Senator Edward P. Zemprelli, Minority Leader; Russell Kowalshyn, Chairman of the Insurance Committee in the House; and Representative Emil Mrkonic of McKeesport, Pa.

At the signing, Governor Thornburgh commented on the friendly relationship he had with General Counsel Banes. They served together as delegates at the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1968.

The signing of the Bill into law culminated almost five years of conL.NOTICE O

CHANGE OF AD

On or about May 1 Home Office Address and new Telephone Number will be:

William Penn Association 709 Brighton Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233 Telephone: (412) 231-2979

Please Record the Above Information in your Records.

Our old address was:

100 Wood Street Building Pittsburgh, PA 1 5222

centrated effort by General Counsel Banes as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Fraternal Congress Legislative Committee, who also wrote the Bill. It amends the Fraternal Benefit Societies Code and clears the way for Fraternals to: 1) purchase land for the purpose of operating camps or recreation areas for their members as long as the cost does not exceed five per cent of admitted assets; 2) allows convention meetings anywhere on the North American Continent; and 3) to defer loans on insurance certificates for six months instead of only 60 days under the old law.

As a result of the William Penn lobbying for this Bill and the efforts of our other members of our Pennsylvania Fraternal Congress, we have achieved much recognition and visibility in the halls of the Capitol in Harrisburg.

FRATERNAL WEEK PROCLAMATION —To the right of Governor Thornburgh is Insurance Commissioner Anthony Geyelin, and on the left is Rosario Cancila, President of Pennsylvania Fraternal Congress and other representatives of fraternal organizations.

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