William Penn Life, 2013 (48. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2013-04-01 / 4. szám
Branch News make your hotel reservations and have a fun weekend getaway. WPA scholarship eligibility rules and an application form can be found on the WPA website. Remember that all applications, renewal letters and essays must be mailed and postmarked by May 31, 2013. Many fraternal activities will take place in 2013 for our members to enjoy, including: • Branch 14 Join Hands Day project on Saturday, May 11. • Hungarian Heritage Night at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio with the Lake Erie Captains on Saturday, June 8. • WPA Golf Tournament, July 19 and 20 at Quicksilver Country Club in Midway, Pa. • 75th Anniversary of the Hungarian Cultural Garden of Cleveland, Saturday, July 20. • WPA Hungarian Heritage Experience at Scenic View, Aug. 4 to 10. • 12th Annual WPA Picnic-A Great Fraternal-Fest, Sept. 7. We will have a bus going from Cleveland to the picnic. Seating on the bus is limited. Call Branch Coordinator Violet Sarosi at 1-440-248-9012 for more information and reservations • WPA Tour 2013 to, Budapest, Székely Land /Transylvania and Northern Hungary, Sept. 11 to 26. Please check upcoming issues of this magazine for updates on all 2013 activities. Branch 14 extends our deepest sympathy to those members who recently lost a loved one. We send get-well wishes to all who might be feeling under the weather. We are happy to learn that Branch 14 member Joan Parete is recovering from her fall. Get-well wishes are being sent to Dawn Ward, and we wish her the best. Happy birthday and anniversary wishes to all of our branch members celebrating an April or May birthday and/or anniversary. Our next branch meetings will take place on Wednesday, April 3, and May 1, both at 7:30 pm at the First Hungarian Reformed Church, 14530 Alexander Road, Walton Hills, Ohio. Adult branch members are encouraged to attend. If you have news to share, you can reach me at RichSaro@att.net or at 1-440-248-9012. White Rose Ball honoree and WPA National Vice President- Fraternal Endre Csornán (left), is welcomed to The Rhapsody restaurant by its owner, Branch 18 member Steve Szatmári, winner of the Community Service Award presented by the Southern Wayne County (Mich.) Regional Chamber of Commerce. Branch 18 Lincoln Park, MI by Barbara A. House Gabby and I are home in Michigan. We are so happy to be here. We are born and raised Michiganers, and we always will be. Tommy is staying in Florida until Easter, and then we will be a family again. I hope you all had a super winter season, but I know you are all ready for spring. The White Rose Ball is a wonderful memory. Thank you to all the Hungarian Arts Club officers for another wonderful event. Work has already begun for next year's event. We have our first debutante signed up. She is Hannah Csornán. Her family has committed to bring her from Pennsylvania every Sunday in January for rehearsals. Now, that's Hungarian dedication. Hannah is the daughter of Joey Csornán and granddaughter of Arlene and Endre Csornán. Welcome new members Michael, Matthew, Lucas and Kendall Adorján. Thank you to Michael and Loretta Adorján and Michael Adorján Jr. They are a lovely family. Looking forward to seeing you all at Branch 18 events. Get-well wishes to Irene Korpák, Michael Adorján, Arpad Antal, Linda Enyedy, Tillie Balogh, István Schlegel and our Auditor Emeritus Doug Truesdell. Also, please keep Julia Danko, wife of retired National Director Stephen Danko, in your prayers. She is ill and not doing well. Join me in praying for her and her family and all our members who are ill. Congratulations to Steve and Darlene Szatmári. Steve recently received the Community Service Award presented by the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce. We offer our thanks to Darlene, Steve and Jennifer for the lovely dinner on Feb. 1. Your food and staff are second to none. Happy birthday wishes to Mike Oberg, Steve Charles, Dora McKinsey, Rose Antal and Endre Csornán. May you all enjoy many more. Remember in your prayers our deceased members and their families, especially Marie Pribanyec, Helen Toth and Olga M. Hume. May they rest in peace. Our branch meetings resume April 10 at 7:00 p.m. We meet at the Hungarian American Cultural Center on Goddard in Taylor. Please join us. We will be making plans for the entire year. Your input is always welcome. Our annual Join Hands Day project will be June 1. We planted 50 flats of flowers last year. Many hands make the work a lot easier and faster. Helen Molnár is visiting Florida. She has many family members there. We wish her a super vacation. We hope you plan on joining us at the WPA Annual Bowling Tournament. We have many wonderful surprises for you. It's Derby weekend, also. The lanes are in the casino, adjacent to the hotel. The whole weekend is planned beautifully for you. Hope to see you there. Have you sent your deposit for our wonderful European trip? I have seen the itinerary. It is wonderful. I William Penn Life 0 April 2013 ° 19
