William Penn Life, 2018 (53. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2018-09-01 / 9. szám
Branch News Members from Branch 9 recently volunteered for a week at a church camp in the Appalachian region of North Carolina and helped make repairs at the homes of area residents. Branch 9 Hazleton, PA by Sara McKinsey Barra Hello from the birthplace of William Penn Association, Hazleton, Pa. My name is Sara McKinsey Barra, and I am the branch coordinator for Branch 9. My family and I live in Tremont, Pa., which is south of Hazleton. From time to time, I will be writing an article about what the branch has been doing. The branch participated in Join Hands Day recently by planting flowers at the Pine Grove United Church of Christ. Several branch members helped spruce up the front of the church. Four branch members also volunteered at a church camp in North Carolina for a week. They helped build a handicap access ramp at one home, as you can see in the photo, and worked in a soup kitchen and performed other tasks. If you do any volunteer work or help out in the community in any way, please let me know so that I can include it in a future article. A picture would be great too! If you need to contact me, email me at s_mckinsey@hotmail.com. You can also call at 570-695-5761.1 can help you apply for new life insurance, change a beneficiary or answer any questions you may have about your current insurance. Branch 14 Cleveland, OH by Richard E. Sarosi We hope everyone is enjoying the last days of summer and the fruits of their labor with a bountiful harvest from your gardens. Let the canning begin. Good luck to our students who are beginning the school year in a new grade. Study hard and do your very best. Your education is so important, and you will benefit from it greatly. We also hope everyone had a wonderful time at the many Hungarian picnics and events that took place in our towns this summer. I am sure that we will have more great events planned for 2019. Your continued support through your attendance, membership and monetary contributions throughout the year, are so important for the continued existence and operation of our Hungarian clubs, churches, organizations, activities and events. Among the events held recently in our area were the Cleveland Hungarian Cultural Garden's golf outing and two events at the Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeastern Ohio: a classic car show and the first-ever Gulyás Cook-Off. You can read more about these events in the "Magyar Matters" section on page 9. Also held in our area recently was the 35th Annual William Penn Association Golf Tournament and Scholarship Days, held July 13 and 14 at the Kennsington Golf Course in Canfield, Ohio. The course's close proximity to our area lead to an increase in golfers from the Cleveland, Ohio, area, joining a number of golfers from the Pittsburgh area. A total of 79 golfers enjoyed playing a new golf course, and they were up to the challenge it presented to their golf game. The lunch was delicious, and the awards that were given were enjoyed by the winning players. Additional prizes were an added bonus. We hope your family and friends will join us in 2019 for a challenging game of golf. I had the opportunity to visit WPA's Hungarian Heritage Experience held Aug. 5 to 11 at Camp Sequanota in Boswell, Pa. It was nice to see former classmates I met when I was a student at previous camps. The instructors, Tamás Markovits and Emery Marcus, were again teaching separate beginners and advanced classes. I also saw the students practice their singing, dancing and recitation of Hungarian poetry in preparation for Friday night's graduation ceremony. Some students made csiga (noodles) the night before for that day's lunch. They ate them in a delicious chicken soup prepared by Ursula Markovits. Fraternal Director Barbara A. House and National Directors James Robertson and David Kozak made sure that everything ran with great efficiency that week. It was a hard job, and they are to be commended. You can read more about the Experience on page 10. Branch 14 meetings are held at the Bethlen Hall of The First Hungarian Reformed Church, 14530 Alexander Road, Walton Hills. Upcoming branch meetings will be on Wednesday, Sept. 5, and Wednesday, 18 0 September 2018 0 WILLIAM PENN LIFE
