William Penn Life, 1986 (21. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)

1986-07-01 / 4. szám

Page 10, July-August 1986, William Penn Life Scholarship Meeting Sets Donations Record A record $10,000 was rais­ed during this year’s meeting of the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation. The meeting was held May 23 as part of the Associ­ation’s Annual Bowling Tournament and Scholar­ship Days in Pittsburgh. National Secretary E.E. Vargo led the furious spree of donations and pledges with a pledge of $1,000. Na­tional President Gay B. Banes donated $500 to the scholarship fund. (A com­plete list of donations and pledges made during the meeting appears in the “Donations" section of this issue.) The record amount of funds raised reflected the determination of the 70 members in attendance to strengthen the scholarship program. Secretary Vargo noted, quite simply, that the scholarship foundation “can give out quite a bit more in scholarship money” if it can get more donations. He suggested several ways in which branches can help raise the extra funds, in­cluding dinner dances, card parties and raffles, he also said the program could generate more funds if given more publicity in the William Penn Life. The Association must also remind those who have made pledges to honor them with donations, he said. National Director William C. Kohut said another way to raise more funds would be to solicit memberships into the Louis L. Varga Guild. The guild includes those who have donated $1,000 or more to the scholarship program. All guild funds are distribu­ted by the general scholar­ship foundation. The meeting also focused on the distribution of scholarships and communi­cation between the Associ­ation and scholarship recipi­ents. “We frequently receive let­­ters from scholarship awardees, but there is not enough communication with those awardees,” President Banes said. Director Kohut noted that some societies require appli­cants to write an essay about their societies. “We should require that...it would assure us that the student recipients are familiar with the goals and aims of the William Penn Association.” The Association, for its part, should impress upon scholarship recipients what those goals and aims are, said Stephen Danko, ad­visory board member. “We must let them know the William Penn Association is their organization.” After the scholarship foundation meeting, a meeting of the Louis L. Varga Guild was held. Again, Director Kohut stressed the need to in­crease the guild’s member­ship, and suggested a coupon be published in the official publication to solicit contributions to the guild. The guild unanimously elected its new officers for the next year. Elected were John Lesko, president; Stephen Ivancso, vice presi­dent; E.E. Vargo, secretary; and Fred Maitz, Jr., treasurer. “I know the new officers will be dedicated to the guild and will further the cause,” Director Kohut said. FINANCIAL STATEMENT WILLIAM PENN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. DECEMBER 31, 1985 BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31,1984...............................................................$331,549.82 INCOME: Donations....................................................................................................................$ 33,366.36 Bond Interest........................................................................................................... 26,463.77 Stock Dividends................. 96Q.00 Savings Account Interest..................................................................................... 1,181.89 Certificate of Deposits Interest........................................................................... 4,549.26 TOTAL:.......................................................................................................................$ 66,521.28 DISBURSEMENTS: 13 Scholarship Grants @ $250.00............... $ 3,250.00 58 Scholarship Grants @ $300.00........................................................................ 17,400.00 46 Scholarship Grants @$350.00........................................................................ 16,100.00 TOTAL:.......................................................................................................................$-36,750.00 BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31,1985...............................................................$361,321.10 ASSETS BONDS.......................................................................................................................$284,784.44 STOCKS................................................................................................................... 10,212.00 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITS............................................................................... 48,663.42 SAVINGS ACCOUNT.............................................................................................. 16,434.37 CHECKING ACCOUNT......................................................................................... 1,226.87 TOTAL ASSETS AS OF DECEMBER 31,1985....................................................$361,321.10 Bus Tour, Folk Festival Enrich Visit To Pittsburgh (Editor’s note: An exciting part of this year’s bowling tournament and the main Centennial Banquet were the sights, sounds and peo­ple of the host city, Pitts­burgh. Here, one Associ­ation member relates his experiences of visiting the home of the Home Office.) By AI Bartfay Branch 129 Pittsburgh has a dynamic downtown. There are plenty of shopping opportunities available outside the hotel that hosted our tournament and banquet. But there is much more to this city than that. To this tourist, Pittsburgh is somewhat reminiscent of Budapest because both cities have so many bridges in the downtown area. One of the Pittsburgh bridges even reminded me of Budapest’s “lane hid.” During a special bus tour of the city for Association members, we looked down at the city from across the river. I can recall a somewhat similar “high on a hilltop view” of the Magyar capital during one of my visits there. One of the highlights of our Pittsburgh tour was visiting the Hungarian Room (and other nationality rooms) at the 42-story Cathedral of Learning, which is an in­tegral part of the University of Pittsburgh. As Hungarians, we are for­tunate to have an Associa­tion that helped to furnish the Hungarian classroom in a manner in which we can all take pride. A memorable tourist at­traction in the heart of the ci­ty is PPG Place, named for Pittsburgh Plate Glass which is headquartered there. It consists of several stunning high glasswall buildings which surround a square that serves as a park. The glass complex in­cludes a 40-story office tower, a mall of inviting restaurants and a glass covered “wintergarden.” This huge downtown gather­ing place features lots of greenery, places to sit and a unique view of a metro­politan area in summer and winters. Last, but not least, our Pittsburgh bus tour included a visit to the spacious and impressive Home Office building, which was once the mansion of a wealthy industrialist. Before leaving Pittsburgh, this reporter paid a Sunday afternoon visit to the Pitts­burgh Folk Festival. It was held within easy walking distance of the hotel. In the 1970s and 80s, multi-ethnic festivals (known by different names in dif­ferent cities) have flourish­ed, often attracting large and loyal audiences. My hometown of Colum­bus hosts each fall a “United Nations Festival” which features the ethnic groups most prominent in our city. Therefore, it was interesting to compare the Pittsburgh and Columbus festivals. The Pittsburgh festival is much larger and more elaborate overall, but the Columbus festival has a wider diversity of groups participating. Of course, my primary in­terest at the Pittsburgh Folk Festival was the Hungarians, and I found the Magyars to be doing a great job of representing the red, white and green. The dancers of the Hungarian Ethnic Group of Western Pennsylvania were there, performing on stage in the rich colors of their native costumes. At the booth featuring Hungarian ar­tifacts, a videocassette was shown of the dancers participating at a Hungarian dance festival held in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Then there was the Hungarian food booth, where I sampled hideg meggy leves, lecsó with sausage and green peppers, langos, and székely gulyás . It was the perfect ending to a weekend during which so many displayed pride in our Association and pride in our heritage. Articles and photographs for the September-Oetober issue of the William Penn Life are due on August 18 NOTICE The Home Office is in the process of compil­ing a complete file of all official publications issued by the former Rákóczi Aid Association. We are specifically looking for any editions of the Rákóczi Szemle published from 1932 through 1938. If you have any of these issues at your home, please contact: Albert J. Stelkovics National Vice President William Penn Association 709 Brighton Road Pittsburgh, Pa. 15233

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