William Penn, 1957 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1957-01-02 / 1. szám
January 16, 1957 PAGE 9 William Penn MOTOR CITY NEWS BRANCH 36-V — DETROIT, MICHIGAN Mz By Jolán Lucas “Well, what do you know — Onee more we’re here, ■Where we're stepping out into A brand new year!” — Anon. Talk about getting off on the wrong foot in the new year of 1957! That is just exactly what happened to Your Old Ferret . . . Larry was typing his term paper — he calls it ‘‘Progress of Aircraft Engines” — asking his Dad for practical information, since Luke was a pioneer aircraft technician, and nagging me for grammatical structures. Who thought he could use up neaily a half box of typing paper? Here I am, stuck at deadline, using the backs of yellow columnar work-sheets! * % * The 1956 William Penn Junior Club Christmas Party was a huge success. It made a difference in having a stage on which to present the acts, and improving on last year’s system of giving out the gifts. The entire show was under the supervision of Mrs. Stephen Danko and Géza Madarász, second generation members. An apology is in order here, since your writer made a mistake in the branches participating in the W. P. Junior. Club. They are Branches 36- V, 443-V, 511-V and 56 R — the apology to Branch 511-V! Following is a list of the program which was more glamorous than in past years: 1. Opening Speech - Geza Madarasz; 2. Christmas Scene: William Penn Junior Club, Piano — Elaine Ferency, Silent Night — Darlene Danko, Gregory Mahar, Angels — Kathleen Kamm, Darlene Danko, Claudia Wietecha, Jill Molnár, Yolanda Jelics, Sharon Kiss, Julie Ann Balogh, Blessed Mother — Kathleen Kamm, St. Joseph — Louis Kadar, Shepherd — Michael Kadar, Christmas Carols — Brenda and Ida Jean Madarasz, Charlotte Mouser, Patricia Kaspert, Linda Gaydos, Patricia Lesko, Carmen Cavazos, Nina Pesti, Geraldine Mahar, Carol Pochik, Mary Lynn Durbin; 3. Hungarian Duet .— Jessica Somergary, Ivan Young; 4. Toe Dance — Autumn Houghton; 5. Song & Dance — Gale Weideman; 6. Acrobat Ballet — Sandy Picard; 7. Ballet — Ida Jean Madarasz; 8. Hungarian Duet — Sherry and Valerie Karponai; 9. Can-Can Dance — Jill Molnár, Yolanda Yelics; 10. Pantomime — Shirley Putz; 11. It’s Beginning to look like Christmas — Francié Sensoli; 12. My Ears on Straight — Linda Kish; 13. Mr. Santa — Dorothy Putz; 14. It’s in the books (Reading) — Donna Jean Wolfe; 15. Toe Dance — Patricia Beli; 16. Violin & Piano — Stephen Danko Jr., Ida Jean Madarasz; 17. Ballet — Brenda Madarasz; 18. Cbiapanicas — Caroline Wozniak, Claudette Wolf; 19. Karmariska — Elaine Huryn, Barbara Ochman, Karen Bakke, Pat Painter, Maimie Prainito, * Dennis Packey; 20. Mambo — Carol Ament; 21. Acrobat — Kathleen Puchalski; 22. Pantomime — Barbara Ochman; 23. Tip Toe Thru The Tulip — Dennis Packey, Pammie Wolf; 24. Sweet Sue and Mexican Dance — Caroline Wozniak, Mamie Prainito; 25. Silent Night and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer — Francis Valenti; 26. Santa Claus passed out the gifts — Stephen Danko and Refreshments. Our special thanks to Mrs. Irene Young (Continental Dance Studio), Mrs. Louis Krister (Patty O’Day Studio), Edith and Penny Vaczo (Eastland Conservatory of Music and Dance). We thank Vice President Julius Macker for his speech and for introducing all the officers from Branches 36-V, 443-V, 511-V, and 56-R. Our gratitude and thanks go to the Home Office in Pittsburgh for the lovely gifts which were enjoyed by the several hundred children. Both gifts and refreshments were plentiful and no child went ungratified. ❖ % ❖ An extremely rare and wonderful honor was bestowed on the William Penn Fraternal Association through the efforts of Mrs. Stephen Danko and her senior dance group of the William Penn Junior Club. About two weeks or so ago, Mrs. Danko received a telephone call from Don Swanson, Chairman in charge of the Governor’s Inaugural Ball held on January 1, 1957 in the State Capital of Lansing, Michigan, for a special invitation from Gov. G. Mennen Williams (fifth term) to attend the banquet and ball with the William Penn Dance Group. There were no other entertainers or performers besides this group. Those who participated were two little girls, Darlene Danko ond Jessica Somergary, also senior girls and Ida Jean and Brenda Madarasz, Diane and Nina Pesti, Carol Pochik, Jeannette Caspar and Charlotte Mouser. Mrs. Danko and the girls were personally introduced to Governor Williams after which they participated in the Grand March. They must have been absolutely beautiful in their gorgeous Hungarian costumes. The Governor then made a speech to the assemblage about the proud and brave Hungarians fighting for freedom and against aggression, and he especially told our young William Penn members that they could be proud to be descendants of such courageous people. Julia Danko would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Geza Somergary, he is president of the Hungarian Social Club, also Mrs. Geza Madarasz, who, along with Stephen and Julia Danko, transported these little ladies on the long trek to Lansing. There will be pictures in the next issue about this wonderful day for our junior members. I don’t know about the rest of you folks, but I’m so proud I could burst! Imagine, our William Penn Fraternal Association so beautifully represented at one of the great social events of the State of Michigan! If anyone ever again .tells me that our William Penn Juniors aren’t going to accomplish more in the way of publicity and fraternalism than their elders, I’ll make him eat his words. They not only represent the young Americans of today, but are also carrying on the traditions of their parents and forebears. Julia, girls, Your Old Ferret is proud of you! Keep up the good work — they w ill know that William Penn in the State of Michigan is something to be reckoned with! * * * I was going to tell you that I got my heart’s desire for Christmas (even though it was a week too late — but better late than never) — a new typewriter, Underwood Standard with pica type. I hope I never again desire anything so hungrily as I did this typewriter. The family knew what I wanted, I had most of the money saved up towards it, but as happens at Christmas time, there were more urgent needs. I felt like a child with his nose pressed up to the window of the best toy store in town, wanting only that one item, getting many others, but so keenly disappointed about that particular item that nothing else mattered. I finally did what I should have done in the first place, called Allen Typewriter Company, ordered it, and it was sent out the next day, just in time to write the last few paragraphs of this article. Gee, Santa Claus Luke and helpers Skip and Larry, I love all three of you! YOUR OLD FERRET 12996 Rosedale Avenue . Wyandotte, Michigan AVenue 5-0106 LEDGER ASSETS—NOV. 30, 1956 Real Estate — Home Office Bldg, and East District Office Less Reserve ...........................................................................$ 377,932.96 Mortgage Loan Account ...........,................................................... 2,147,270.91 Branch Real Estate Account ......................................,................. 37,110.84 Loans and Liens ..................... 749,616.28 Bond Account ................................................................................... 21,308,166.16 Stock Account ...................................................•.............................. 245,225.79 Cash Account ...................... 273,130.90 Savings Account ............................................................................... 77,223.96 Stock Account — Magyar Home ................................................... 12,150.09 Accounts Receivable ........................................................................ 330.00 Airlines Account ..................................... 425.00 Petty Cash ................... 1,000.00 Total Ledger Assets ................................................................$ 25,229,902.80 JULIUS E. SOMOGYI JOHN SABO National Treasurer National Auditor László Pásztor, Refugee, and His Story The dark clouds in the stormy life of László Pásztor have dissipated and the sunshine of hope is assuring him a warm and auspicious future. When the caldron of resentment in Hungary against Soviet oppression overflowed in its fury, Pásztor, resistance leader and underground agent, was there to join his fellow patriots in their heroic drive to unshackle themselves of the filthy fetters of Communism. But the yahoos (see Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”) of the Soviet Union, more than 260.000 strong and equipped for a major war, overcame the ill-armed but valiant freedom fighters. Imprisonment for the third time v/as in prospect for Pásztor, more likely death for this Communist-hating young man. The alternative w'as to leave Hungary, which he did on November 21, arriving in Vienna two days later. On December 21 he arrived at Camp Kilmer, New' Jersey. But let us go back more than a decade to learn why László Pásztor w'as to become anathema to the Communists. I,n 1945, as a member of an anti-Communist student group, Pásztor w'as arrested for urging and keeping alive intellectual resistance to Communism, the only weapon against the doctrine of the Kremlin immediately following World War II. At his trial — a farce and a travesty of justice — kangaroo court tactics prevailed. For example, 67 witnesses appeared in behalf of the victim, none against. Nevertheless, he was convicted, imprisoned and not released until November of 1948. The “criminal” Pásztor was rearrested in February 1951 on the charge of being an anti-Communist organizer. Again guilty and incarceration Coal mining, the badge of honor which ga’re our William Penn its founding fathers, was the Communist particular way of show'ing intense dislike, and so, from “52” to “54”, enforced labor in the coal mines of Oroszlány, Komárom county, was the lot of Pásztor. During this enslavement he became very friendly with the miners who invited him to practice hi? bona fide profession, that of pharmacist, upon his release fom prison. But the all-using and all-abusing Communists now needed an apothecary. Pásztor, the ex-coal miner, could return to his profession, to boot, he would have to practice some medicine too because there was a doctor shortage. He remembered the fine people of Oroszlány and at the end of his prison term in 1954 became a druggist in their town, but he W'as forbidden tc go to Budapest. Let us return briefly to the freedom fight. As a member of the National Council, Pásztor represented the miners of Komárom county at the headquarters of the freedom fighters in Győr, Győr county, which city v/as the command station of the patriotrebels during the first phase of the fighting in Budapest László Pásztor, his wúfe and his son had a nightmare. Now they are having a dream. They came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania under the sponsorship of Coloman Revesz as National President of the William Penn Fraternal Association, and they are living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Revesz. To Communist Hungary László Pásztor is persona non grata, but in The United States he is persona grata.
