William Penn Life, 2016 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2016-01-01 / 1. szám
Branch News Members of Branch 18 enjoy the Szüreti Bál hosted by the American Hungarian Reformed Church in Allen Park, Mich. (Photos by Thomas F. House) you both lots of happiness, love and healthy babies. Branch 18 is working on our 50- year member banquet, which will be held June 12. Our last one was in 2011. If you think you qualify but have been missed in the past, then please let me know. Invitations will be in the mail this spring. Branch 18 was well represented at the Szüreti Bál hosted Nov. 14 by the American Hungarian Reformed Church in Allen Park. It was a giant event with 400 people. Bishop Ferenc Varga and his wife Katalin were wonderful hosts. Looking forward to next year's event. We had a marvelous time. Special thank you to Bishop Koloman K. Ludwig, a truly super member. We are glad to hear your meeting went well. Thank you to Elena Kraepel for your donations. They will be put to great use. Our annual family Christmas party has come and gone, and we are busy working on next year's event. We received a fair amount of snow the night before the party, but we still had a nice gathering. Santa needed the snow to get here. Thank you to all who bought raffle tickets, made donations and worked so hard, as you always do. We truly have dedicated members. Branch 18 is now on break for the winter. We will resume our business meetings on April 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hungarian American Cultural Center. Hope to see you there. Special get well wishes go to George Schvarckopf (you sure were missed, Santa), Joe Csereklye, Olga Wansa, Mike Adorján, John Torma and Doug Truesdell. We wish you love and get well prayers. Happy birthday wishes to our January members, especially National Director Jim Robertson, Ronda Grotefend, Megan Keller, John Toth and Ralph Maiming. May you all have many more. Please remember our deceased members and their families in your prayers, especially Frank Nagy. May they rest in peace. My thought for the month: Be thankful you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would you have to look forward to? Be thankful when you don't know something, for it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times; during those times, you grow. We are in Florida now, but I can always be reached at 734-782-4667 or 313-418-5572. Abbie is enjoying Florida and the ocean. I am so glad so many of you were able to meet her. She is maturing slowly but surely and is very much loved. Please call for any information on all our events. Have a great winter! Branch 28 Youngstown, OH by Kathy Novak Happy 2016! Wishing all WPA members a heathy, happy and prosperous new year. Many, many thanks to the Home Office for providing financial support and gift items to WPA branches, helping them to host successful, funfilled Christmas parties. I hope all the other branches had as much fun as our members did at Branch 28's party. Good weather made it an easy travel day for our members attending the party. The children were entertained by the Aut Mori Clowns, a volunteer organization which raises funds to help pay for health supplies for children in need. A nice buffet meal was enjoyed by all in attendance. Everyone joined in the singing of Christmas carols, which was led by Mary Rose Purton, Darlene Demjen and Kathy Novak. As all sang "Jingle Bells," Santa (John Tollas) and Mrs. Claus (Mary Foor) arrived to the delight of the children. A group photo was taken by Frank Schauer, then Santa and Mrs. Claus visited with each child, giving each a goodie bag and monetary gift. During the party, several raffles were held. Each child received a free raffle ticket with a chance to win one of 16 prizes. Sarah Mason and Frank Schauer were the lucky winners of the splitthe-pot drawing. Winners of our holiday scholarship raffle were: first prize, Cara Spencer; second prize, Susan Breznai; third prize, Dan Cene; and fourth prize, William Cene. Steve Novak noted that Santa Claus apparently speaks Hungarian, as Santa could be heard repeatedly shouting, "Hó! Hó! Hó!" (or, "Snow! Snow! Snow!) We thank the party committee and all those members who helped make this year's branch Christmas party another successful event. Leftover gift items were donated to the Youngstown-Akron Children's Hospital. 18 0 January 2016 0 William Penn Life
