William Penn Life, 1987 (22. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-02-01 / 2. szám
Page 2, William Penn Life, February 1987 WILLIAM^ PENN LIFE U S. Postage Paid Plttaburgh, PA Permit No. 2724 Editor-in-chief..............................................................................................Gay B. Ban«« Associate Editor.............................................................................................E. E. Vargo Managing Editor................................................................................... John E. Lovsai Editing Office 709 Brighton Rd. Pittsburgh. PA 16233 Area Code (412) 231-2979 Office of Publication 709 Brighton Rd.. Pittsburgh. PA 16233 oductlon by Gataway Press, Inc., Monroeville, PA Published Monthly .»ter: If undelivered, please send form 3579 to: WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION '09 Brighton Rd., Pittsburgh. PA 16233 resident’s Message ■>y Gay B. Banes National President Re vi to m Our grass : rejuvenate br; National Offii branch affair and deliver o. ng our services t your needs : tmpaign and new marketing strategy to raternal activities is well underway. Your and new Fraternal Director have begun attending d meeting with local leaders. We must reach you ssage: For A New Life, Insure With William Penn. Improvin. rvice through better marketing We are a i ernal society but we cannot grow without new members. How well do we stack-up as a marketing organization? There are two key aspects to consider. The first is how well we know our members — why they join, what their particular interests are, and how they perceive our Association as part of their lives. The second involves our marketing techniques — how often we take the opportunities to promote our products and services, how well our sales department fits and functions with its advertising materials and manpower to profile and target member and nonmember audiences, and how we analyze our direct mailings and utilize those lists for prospects. These are essential considerations in our modern, supercompetitive business world. Let us not forget, we are competing for our members’ insurance and investment needs as well as their leisure and recreational time. Value-conscious members want financial information. Educational brochures and special topic articles will enhance our image. Our fraternal activities must be designed and geared to occupy their leisure time. New advertising themes are being created to promote our annuities, IRA’s, life insurance, home mortgages and juvenile insurance. We are designing fraternal activities and support for our youth, including sports such as soccer and softball, scouting and folk dancing and folk art workshops on a local and national level. We are bringing to life our dormant recreational facilities at Penn Scenic View and Camp Rolling Hills at Mount St. George in Wellsburg, W.Va. Expanding the scope of our activities We have held meetings to establish a national, non-profit dance organization in which the 50 to 60 Hungarian folk dance groups throughout the U.S. and Canada can share membership. It will be the vehicle to give them access for financial assistance from state and federal sources. Our winter sports program at Penn Scenic View, under the direction of National Director William C. Kohut, has been imminently successful. The cottages and main lodge were all rented from early-December through mid-March. A full summer program is planned at Camp Rolling Hills. This will include a certified folk artist-in-residence at the main lodge. There will be workshops and classes in textile-weaving and embroidery, clay and ceramic sculpture, leather work, drawing and painting, as well as folk games and toys made from natural materials. Group activities will be campfire sing-a-longs, outdoor cooking with goulash, pizza and polka parties, sports, supervised swimming in our almost Olympic-size pool, dances, music, language workshops and more. Some of these activities will also be held at Scenic View. Watch for a schedule and further details on these programs in 'uture issues of the William Penn Life. Join us for a new life at William Penn. Readers wish to preserve heritage This past month our mail bag was again filled with letters from readers interested in receiving copies of our Christmas Carols in the Hungarian Language. Your interest in our carol books proves that you share our strong desire to preserve the Hungarian heritage in America. Here are a few of your recent letters: Dear Sir: It was with extreme interest that I read the Letters to the Editor in the January 1987 William Penn Life to learn about your Christmas Carols in the Hungarian Language book. I would dearly love to receive copies of this book to share with my family, both first and second generation Hungarian-Americans. I believe it is extremely important to pass on our culture and heritage to our children to appreciate it, which is why we are members of the William Penn and why we enjoy reading about the activities of other Hungarian- Americans. I would like to see you as editor prepare a list of available books and other literature about Hungary, its people, history and culture, which would be of benefit in educating our children. I am sure if such a list were published, many of us would search out these books in our libraries. Many thanks for your efforts. Mrs. Louis J. Taylor Trotwood, Ohio Letters to the editor If you would like to comment on our publicotion, the Associotion. your heritage or ony other topic that would be of interest to William Penn members, pleose write us. We osk only that you limit yourself to 250 words. Unsigned letters will not be published. Address your letters to: Managing Editor. William Penn Life. 709 Brighton Road. Pittsburgh. Pa. 15233 Your idea of publishing a list of literature on Hungary and Hungarians is an excellent one. We agree that there would be a good deal of interest in such literature and we will work on compiling such a list in the near future. - JEL Dear Sir: Please send me your book of Christmas Carols in the Hungarian Language. We are all struggling to hang onto our ethnic heritage and appreciate your Christmas carol book as another opportunity to do so. Thank you. Mrs. Patricia Borowczak Duncanville, Texas Dear Sir: If possible, please send me two of each of the Hungarian and English versions of your Christmas carol books. My mother (Fannie Gergar) is in your society. Although I was brought up to speak the Windish language, I also understand a little of Hungarian. Are there any Vends as they say in Magyar in your society? I would love to get in contact with anyone speaking the Windish language, because at the time when Hungarians and Windish came to America many of them intermarried. But I love the Hungarian music. Thank you kindly. Alex Gergar, Jr. Freemansburg, Pa. William Penn Association: Please send me a copy of the Christmas Carols in the Hungarian Language book. I enjoy reading the official publication as it is very interesting to me. I seldom hear or speak the Hungarian language anymore, and I do so relish seeing it in print. Mrs. Harold G. Mong Barberton, Ohio William Penn Association: I, too, would like to inquire about receiving copies of your Christmas Carols in the Hungarian Language. We have quite a large community of Hungarians in the city of Hollywood, mostly M’56ers”. Nevertheless, as a "second generation,” I try to keep up with them. A few booklets would help even more. Margie Nemeth Hollywood, Fla. Historically Speaking By Elizabeth Szabó Fraternal Director A fraternal melody In preparing for an extended project concerning the historical material of the William Penn, Dr. Paul Body and I made a visit to Mount St. George to inventory historical materials which have been stored there for safe keeping. There are many interesting materials located there, and I would like to share information on some of them with you from time to time in this column. Since I am a musician, music, hymn books and old song books usually catch my eye quickly. I want to share with you an unusual piece of music that was written for the Verhovay called Verhovay Induló. This piece was written by Heltay Miklós. As you can see on the reproduction of the sheet music, the word Verhovay was scratched out and A William Penn inserted. If anyone can give us information on the approximate year this song was composed, please write to us. Do you ever remember singing this song at a Verhovay function? Does anyone have Verhovay Induló Irta: Heltay Miklós A William Penn Egylet a mi büszkeségünk! Minden igaz Magyar a mi jotestverunk! Aki tagja ennek a szép nagy családnak, Segiti az özvegyeket es arvakat. (Refrain) A William Penn tagok: jo Magyarok! Es en buszke vagyok, Hogy tagja vagyok! Igaz szívvel hiszunk az összetartásban, Ha egy tágnál baj van:segitunk mindnyáján. (Refrain) Szálljon a jo Isten boaldasa A William Penn Egylet tagsagara. (Refrain) any information on how this piece was written? Was the project begun at a particular branch? Write to us. Fill us in on the facts! Those of us who weren’t around would like to know more about this Verhovay Induló.
