William Penn Life, 2006 (41. évfolyam, 2-12. szám)
2006-12-01 / 12. szám
National Director Barbara A. House accepts on behalf of Branch 18 a Certificate of Appreciation from Tamas Markovits of the Hungarian Arts Club. The award was presented to the branch for its years of support of the Arts Club. helpers! In the same vein, what a beautiful celebration was put together by Endré and his staff on Saturday, Oct. 21, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hungary's Fight for Freedom! Our branch coordinator, Maria Bistey. attended and said that it was very moving and a beautiful celebration. I was very sorry to miss this celebration, but I was working an outage and I had to be there seven days a week. Thank God the outage is over! On Sunday, Oct. 29, Branch 18 held their 50/100/120 year celebration. It was a great fraternal celebration. We spent time with our friends, enjoyed delicious food and danced to good music. Barbara, you and your branch are to be commended for the hard work involved in making this event a grand celebration. All who attended thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Also, our thanks to you and Tom for the tour. We are very happy that we have a Branch News new "young" member in our branch. Her name is Rebecca Williams. Some of you may have already met her, as Becky has been very helpful in our branch activities even before she joined the William Penn. Welcome Becky; it's good to have you on board. Speaking of young members, congratulations go out to the six scholarship recipients with the winning essays. Included in that group is branch member Brian Colleran who is a first year scholarship recipient. All of you will remember Brian from the branch Christmas parties. He is the grandson of Marge and the late Walt Bugielski. Keep up the good work, Brian, and good luck to all our young members. You are our future. We would like to extend happy birthday wishes to all branch members celebrating their birthdays during the months of November and December, and they are; Beth (Primm) Henke, John L. Lovász, Joe Király, Betty Paros, Mickey Szabó, Kathy Kara, Sandra Schultz, William Schultz, Julia Wallace, Allison King, Miklós Milcsevics, Art Mayor, Toni North, Christopher Bugielski, Sándor Mécs and Branch Vice President Terry Anglin. We hope that you all are happy and healthy. Remember in your prayers our servicemen and women both here and overseas. If you have any news you would like to share, please contact Andy McNelis at (412) 421-6031. For information about William Penn insurance and annuity policies, please contact Branch Coordinator Maria Bistey at (412) 431-6035. Branch 76 Philadelphia, PA by Jack Tokár Hello to all the officers and members of the WPA and to all who read this newsletter. My family and I want to wish all of you the most blessed holidays and a happy, healthy new year. The annual branch Christmas party will be held, as usual, in conjunction with the Christmas party of the Philadelphia Hungarian Club. This year and for the first time, the party will be held at the Duna- Danube Swabian Association Club, 1277 Southampton Road, Philadelphia, PA 19116. This new location is about two blocks east of where the Philadelphia Hungarian Club was located on Southampton Road. The party will be on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 5:00 p.m. We hope to see you there! There was a commemoration of the '56 Hungarian Revolution at the monument at the old Philadelphia Hungarian Club building. The ceremonies continued with speeches and dinner at the Duna-Danube Swabian Association Club. There were many commemorations in other locations also It is important for Hungarians to be united. Having too many different factions will prevent us from being effective representatives of Hungarian-American needs and issues. We want to issue a warm welcome to our newest members, Barbara Tremmel and her daughter, Kimberly, in Dickson City. We have not heard recently from members Shirley DeMaria and her daughter, Kady. We hope that you are both doing well. We particularly want to wish a happy birthday to all those celebrating. I have recently passed another milestone myself. I thank God for all my blessings and hope that you are able to do the same. The WPA is not as well known in the Philadelphia area as in regions such as Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cleveland. We do not want to be a best-kept secret; spread the word about our low-cost, non-profit insurance and annuities. Branch 129 Columbus, OH by Árpád Sibrik We are sorry to report that, due to circumstances beyond our control, Branch 129 will not be hosting a family Christmas party this year. Unfortunately, an adequate party room was not available. Congratulations to our Branch 129 scholarship recipients: Anneliese William Penn Life, December 2006 17
