William Penn Life, 1995 (30. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1995-04-01 / 4. szám
Page 2, William Penn Life, April 1995 William Penn LIFE Official Publication of the William Penn Association Published Monthly Office of Publication: 709 Brighton Road Pittsburgh, PA 15233 Phone: 412/231-2979 Third Class U.S. Postage Paid Pittsburgh, PA Permit No. 2724 E. E. Vargo Editor-in-chief George S. Charles, Jr. Frances A. Furedy Associate Editors John E. Lovász Managing Editor NATIONAL OFFICERS E. E. Vargo National President George S. Charles, Jr. National V.P./Secretary Frances A. Furedy National V.P./Treasurer Robert A. Kapinus Assistant Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joseph P. Arvay Chairman Michael J. Hrabar Vice Chairman Roger G. Nagy Vice Chairman Anthony C. Beke Louis A. Fodor Elmer A. Furedy Barbara A. House Michael R. Kara George F. Mirkovich Michael F. Tomcsak Elmer W. Toth Frank J. Wukovits, Jr. Frank J. Radvany Secretary of the Board AUDITING COMMITTEE Charles J. Furedy Robert A. Ivancso Co-Chairmen Margaret H. Boso Secretary Dennis A. Chobody Joseph Hamari Ernest J. Mozer, Sr. CONSULTANTS Bruce St Bruce Company Actuary Horovitz, Rudoy &. Roteman C.P.A. Rothman Gordon Foreman & Groudine, P.C. General Counsel Dr. Julius Kesseru Medical Director Unsolicited articles, letters, manuscripts, pictures and other material submitted to the WILLIAM PENN LIFE are forwarded at the owner’s risk, and the WILLIAM PENN LIFE expressly denies any responsibility for their safekeeping or return. The WILLIAM PENN LIFE reserves the right to edit, revise or reject any article submitted for publication. Postmaster: If undelivered, please send form 3579 to: William Penn Association 709 Brighton Road Pittsburgh, PA 15233 Seats filling fast for tours to Hungary NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Seats on both tours to Hungary and Austria being sponsored this year by the William Penn are selling well—so well that both tours are definite "goes,” according to the travel agent arranging the tours. Spots on both tours remain open, but members and friends wishing to join either tour should make their reservations as soon as possible, said Frank Chrinko of Fugazy International Travel in North Brunswick, N.J. The first of the two tours will run from June 15 to 29; the second from Sept. 7 to 21. Both tours offer identical itineraries, so travelers will share the same experiences and enjoy the same sights no matter which tour they take. Both tours will begin with a two-night stay in Vienna, Austria, offering ample time to get acquainted with this beautiful city on the Danube. Features of your stay in Vienna will include visits to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Schoenbrunn Palace, the Hofburg and Grinzing Village. During the 12 days in Hungary you will visit Budapest, Sopron, Győr, Sárvár, Lake Balaton, Eger, Debrecen, Szentendre and Esztergom. Each tour will include visits to the Esterhazy Castle, Herend Porcelain factory and museum, Tokaj wine region, Benedictine Abbey of Panonhalma and National Museum. You will also enjoy a demonstration by the famous Royal Lippizaner stallions, a dinner cruise on the Danube and a gala farewell dinner on your last night in Hungary. The cost of either tour is $2,899 per person, based on double occupancy. Single accommodations may be arranged for an additional $400 per person. The tour price includes roundtrip airfare from New York via SwissAir, deluxe motorcoaches throughout the trip, all hotel accommodations with private bath, breakfast daily, nine lunches, 10 dinners, dinner cruise, luggage handling at all hotels and airports, all hotel and air taxes and service charges and all sightseeing tours on the itinerary. You will be responsible for the cost of your own passport, personal items and gratuities to drivers and guides. If you would be departing from a city other than New York, a flight from the airport nearest you to New York can be arranged for an add-on rate. Fugazy International Travel can arrange any necessary add-ons at the time of your booking. To reserve your space on one of our tours, complete the form found in this issue and send it, along with your deposit of $350 per person, to Fugazy International Travel at the address shown on the form. Supporting our heritage By GeorgeS. Charles, Jr,, Nat’l. V.P.'Secy. Our By-Laws state that the business of our Association will be in accordance with the purposes of fraternal benefit societies. That is, the Association shall provide for payment of death, health, accident, disability, annuity, retirement and other benefits for its members and their beneficiaries. The Association may also engage in activities such as: rendering service to its members; performing charitable, educational, patriotic and religious work; providing scholarships to its qualifying members through the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc.; promoting and supporting the study of the Hungarian anguage, culture and arts; and uniting American Hungarians to preserve, protect and perpetuate our Hungarian heritage, as estabished by our Founding Fathers. Celebrating our heritage should not be just a one day a year occasion. Throughout the year, we should be proud of our roots and ictively participate in our Association’s activities. At our last General Convention, a resolution was passed establishng the American Hungarian Foundation as the repository of our Association’s historical records. Founded in 1954, the American Hungarian Foundation is devoted to furthering the understanding and appreciation of the Hungarian cultural heritage in the United States. The Foundation has established and built a Hungarian Heritage Center in New Brunswick, N.J., containing a museum, archives, a library, a visitor’s center, research facilities and meeting rooms used by many diverse ethnic groups. The American Hungarian Foundation needs our wholehearted support. If you would like information on the Foundation, or if you would like to support its efforts to keep our heritage alive by making a donation, please contact our National President, E. E. Vargo, who is also a member of the American Hungarian Foundation Board of Directors. Please make any donations payable to: "American Hungarian Foundation.” As always, we wish to thank you for your dedication and loyalty and ask for your continued support in 1995. Name registration By Emil W. Herman, Esq., General Counsel Q. : Was Michael Douglas in "Batman” or "Disclosure” or both? The correct answer to that question is BOTH, and no, I am not confused. Michael Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas, starred in "Disclosure.” Michael Douglas, raised in Coraopolis, Pa., but registered with the Screen Actors Guild as Michael Keaton, was the star of the first two "Batman” movies. The Pittsburgh area Michael Douglas could not register with the acting union under his own name because another actor was already registered under that name, and so he chose to register under the name Michael Keaton. This name protection is important in the movie community as producers and directors want "big names” for their movies. That "big name” must be associated with only one person—if there were seven or eight Michael Douglases in Hollywood, promoting a movie would be almost impossible. Being known by a name other than your true name is not just reserved for the acting community, however. We all know, having watched all the detective and police shows on television, that in the criminal community the use of aliases is common. We have also talked about, in an earlier series of articles, the registration of the name of a product as a trademark, which is a distinctive combination of words, design and color that is intended to designate a particular manufacturer. If the product name is a registered trademark, that name cannot be used on any other similar goods and services without the consent of the owner of the trademark. Just as with the Screen Actors Guild, the purpose is to avoid confusion in the consuming public. Moving to the state level, however, many states also allow the registration of trademarks for those companies which may not intend originally to do business across state lines. Such registration is of limited protection, but can preclude the registration of the same or a deceptively similar name for a product or even a business entity. Business entities, as are movie stars, are also very protective of their names. If the business entity is a corporation, its name is registered in the state of formation, and no other business entity is permitted to register the same or a deceptively similar name for its business, unless the first corporation consents. This may pose a problem for corporations which do business in more than one state, who may find that they cannot use, for instance, their Michigan corporate name in Texas, because Texas already has a corporation with a similar name. For those corporations that do business within their own borders, however, corporate registration generally provides sufficient name protection. Another type of registered name is the fictitious name. As its name implies, a fictitious name is a name which a business entity may choose to use for business purposes. Your local butcher may not want his entire name over the entrance to the store, and so calls the store Nick’s Meat Market. The local A&.P, in days gone by, was the business name by which the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company was known. Registration of fictitious names varies from state to state. In some states, while registration is permitted and encouraged, there is no penalty for failure to register. In other states, a business is not permitted to bring suit unless it has registered its fictitious name and identified the true owner. The effect of registration also varies from state to state. In some states, the registration of a fictitious name has the same effect as registration of a corporate name—that is, the first to register the name has priority over all later registrations. In other states, there is no attempt to limit the registration of similar fictitious names, and you might find more than one Nick’s Meat Market registered for that state. You can generally identify a fictitious name in legal pleadings by either the identifier "t/d/b/a” or "d/b/a,” meaning "trading and doing business as” or simply "doing business as.” Corporations and other registered entities can be sued in their own names, without the need for any identifier. * * * * * * IF YOU HAVE ANY TOPICS you would like us to consider for this column, please send them to: Emil W. Herman, Esq., Rothman Gordon, Third Floor, Grant Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Topics will be considered based on space considerations, interest to all readers, and appropriateness for general legal discussions. Emil W. Herman, Esq., is general counsel to William Penn Association and senior member of the Pittsburgh law firm of Rothman Gordon Foreman & Groudine, P.C. All airfares are subject to change without notice. Land prices are guaranteed at time of booking.
