William Penn, 1957 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1957-11-06 / 11. szám

PAGE 10 November 20, 15)57. William Penn MOTOR CITY NEWS BRANCH 36-V — DETROIT, MICHIGAN By Jolán Lucas “When life has got us cornered Behind a worried frown, That’s not the time to give up And take it sitting down.” ... (Alec the Great) If any of the readers think that it is an easy task to prepare these articles every month, to keep them interesting and informative, and at the same time encourage fraternal partiripaticn in various events, just try it sometime!! There are so many interesting Things happening in our regular lives ,but to try and incorporate our everyday fun into a community interest for the enjoy­ment of the majority of the William Penn members can be very dis­couraging. Especially so, when co­operation and suggestions are nil. There are never enough members at the monthly branch meetings. The few who do attend regularly are not completely representative of the entire membership. Suggestions are made, voted upon, and then shelved for future reference. The future can take any length of time, from a month to many years. No organization is any better than the people who believe in it and support it to their fullest capabilities. Leaders do not achieve success unless they are prepared to take on heavy re­sponsibilities and acquire the ability to accept criticisms as nonchalant, y as they receive congratulations. If we think small we accomplish little... to widen our fraternal ho­rizons we must first widen our way of thinking. This takes imagination, courage and a hard shell which hides a soft heart. It isn’t unusual to be blamed for some project going wrong. The difficulties which are encountered to make a go of some idea can become very discourag­ing, and it is always easy to blame the other fellow if some particular idea does not work successfully and immediately. I may be all wrong in trying to pattern branch meetings after the social and fraternal meetings we used to enjoy in Dearborn's branch 429-V. It is' possible that I may be wasting my time by trying to widen, the thinking facilities of die­hard members who are loathe / to practise new methods. At the same time, I can’t help but feel that a Detroit WILLIAM PENN SPORTS CLUB would solve many problems which now beset us, and take us to our goal — that of enjoying the reputation of being a fraternal or­ganization. There is one important factor to remember in trying to achieve this goal — do not always blame the older generation for the lack of so­cial, sports and fraternal activities!! I particularly noticed at the two National Conventions which I at­tended and at other times since then that too many cf our own genera­tion are ever willing to “pass the buck" ... to blame the veteran mem­bers... to blame each other. .At that, nearly twenty years have pass­ed where too few of the second generation members were encouraged to try their wings in official and administrative capacities, and this can be blamed on the older members since they were unwilling to relinquish their reign, or reins, on leadership. Now, when it is almost too late, the American generation members are being encouraged to step into the boots of their elders (without previous preparation) ... but some­thing is lacking! Maybe it’s the youthful enthusiasm we started with fifteen and twenty years ago — maybe it's because too many of us have given up hope of ever being considered an active and necessary part of branch life. At any rate, that certain spark is sadly lacking — much to our detriment. It may not be too late, however, for the second generation to en­courage their children and grand­children in WILLIAM PENN acti­vities. If we can organize and main­tain a sensible and energetic Sports Club, patterned after the many suc­cessful Sports Clubs throughout the Association, we may attract a healthy attitude towards an active and vibrant interest in the William Penn. For instance, a member at the last meeting asked in what way bowling teams were an advantage to our association^ and branch president Martin MARTON pointed out its publicity value and its fraternal im­plications. To be more specific on a general basis, what then can we answer when the younger members ask, “Do we receive any monetary value from those other fraternal plusbenefits, such as donating re­gularly to the orphan’s and old people’s homes; helping the Hunga­rian refugees find a place in this wonderful country of ours? Do we receive monetary value or other advantages from sending our dele­gates to anniversary and jubilee* banquets of other branches and so­cieties? President MARTON point­ed out the gay holiday spirit which exists at the annual National Tour­nament and Fellowship Days, when several hundred members and their friends gather from all parts of the country and exchange ideas and mutual branch experiences. Our main problem seems to stem from the fact that we are afraid to widen our scope of operations. The (veteran memjters feel that they have done as much as they could and that the rest of the work is up to us — which it is. Ex’cept that nearly twenty years has elapsed by ignoring us so completely that now the sudden thrusting of branch ad­ministration on unprepared shoul­ders has us stumped. Where do we go from here? How do we move Forward? Why? True, the veterans had staying power — perhaps too much of it, since the second genera­tion are afraid to step in and out­vote their elders. If the American members had as much drive and bull­dog tenacity as their elders, we wouldn’t have wasted so much time in taking over. Now, I wonder, is it too late ? Remember, our job as active mem­bers is knowing what the members in general are hoping to secure from their WILLIAM PENN mem­bership — and then doing something about it. Let us step out from the back row and stand up and make our demands — let us then cooperate and do something. THE BOWLING TEAM... The only branch-sponsored and officially recognized WILLIAM PENN 36-V team is making headline progress. The other teams are becoming aware of a new power and are asking questions about what WILLIAM PENN stands for. Among other things, the team is giving them a run for their money. Note please ... the very first week a WILLIAM PENN bowler (LUCAS, Jr.) got his name on the sheet in Class C, third place, with a high of 195. Then in succession, other William Penn bowlers followed ... LUCAS, Sr., Class C, third place with 213 .. team event, third place, William Penn Br. 36-V with 2707 ... then we had a bread-winner with captain George Martin, Class A, Second place, high three games of 641 and Marton again, second place, Class A, high single of 245. That same Sun­day the team came in with a high single of 957. At this writing, the team is in second place in a field of sixteen teams. Other William Penn bowlers bowling on non-branch-spon­sored teams are also listed in the Ratings such as... Johnny Pay­­check with a high three games of 665 and single of 258. L. Haydu, S. Vargo and M. Totsky, all William Penn members, are up there with high averages and jack-pot winners. Joe Lorincz, the sixth bowler on the branch team holds an average of 194. Geza Madarasz, fellow auditing committee member, told me when I showed him the average sheets, that he Knew at least a third of the men bowling in the Sunday Mprning Merchants’ League at Belmar Lanes. Most of these are probably William Penn members (or could be with the proper sort of approach, and the promise of a Sports Club of their own). So now what? Your Ferret 12996 Rosedale Avenue Wyandotte, Michigan AV. 5-0106. BRANCH 15-V — CHICAGO, ILL. — By: Ernest C. TAYLOR, District Manager Frank M. BALOGH, District Manager SENTINEL First I will begin with an apology to our membership that I did not have an article in the Journal for the month of October. As you will note on the by line there appears another name on this attempt at Jouimalism. I sincerely hope that we may with combined effort be able to produce a better article than we have in the past. Elsewhere on these pages of the Journal you will in all probability read a synopsis on the Newest Dis­trict Manager of Branch 15-V in the Great City of Chicago. November is a month of disagree­able weather, being rather wet and in some cases snow, even though here in Chicago , we had our first snow fall in the month of October. Again in the last two months there were several births among the younger couples as Mr. and Mrs. Don Wissman were blessed with a little girl named Janet Louise, Lou and Elsa Stefely also were blessed with a son whom they have named James Geo., also the Rezső Muellers were blessed with a little daughter whom they have named Marie Kataleen. I also understand that Edward Gall, Jr., will soon leave the ranks of Bachelors as soon he will marry Gisela Neuloh. It is with an exceptional heavy heart that these next few lines will be written, as I have to report the passing' away of one of the Grand Old Timers of William Penn Frater­nal Association, one who we met ih Dayton, Ohio at the Bowling Tourna­ment, one who was very active in our Branch as long as he lived in Chicago, 111. He activated Branch 342 of the old Vevhovay F. I. Association and was either a Branch Manager or in some official capacity until 1953 when he decided to go into retire­ment and move his home to Florida. He was also one of the few of the remaining 20 year men that were employed by William Penn. There are no words that adequately describe this gentleman as when we think of him the words just won’t come, as most of you must have guessed by now I am speaking of Anton Lach­­man, the grand old man of Branch J5-V. I also must report to our member­ship, that Mr. Gene Komives has lost one of who he thought of more as a son than a son-in-law, who for the last 20 years lived and worked with father-in-law in operating the place called Gene’s Tavern on North Ave. where on Friday, Saturday and Sun­day’s the Hungarian element of our fair -North side would gather for the wonderful Hungarian Cuisine that they were so well noted for. I speak of Charles Silady who definitely will be missed not only by his own family, but all of the Hungarian«, on the North Side. The entire Branch gives the members of these two fine fami­lies condolences. I must also report here that Mr. Stephen Balogh also has passed on, leaving behind a wife. Our condolences to this family too. Our Annual Christmas Party will be held at the Northwest Hall 2403 W. North Ave. on December 22nd, 1957. This year, Parents, please do not forget to bring the kiddies for their annual get together and to receive their gifts from Santa Claus. Again i want to remind the mem­bership, that these articles will ap­pear as regular as possible but wc need help. Any member that has any bit of news that we could possiblv use in these articles please forward them either to Ernie Taylor or to Frank M. Balogh. We would like to report here that our Grape Festival was a wonderful success. The entire executive branch of the local William Penn gives to the members and all of those people that worked to make this the success that it was, a very hearty thank you. Bowlers please note that we have the first challenge for a Bowling Match that we will more than likely accept and on which we will give you more information as to time, place and how many teams, in the near future. As I have.mentioned above that we have a new District Manager for Branch 15-V and in regards to this, with the combined efforts of the two of us, Branch 15-V will be one of the top producers if not the top for Wil­liam Penn Fraternal Association and thereby putting Field 4 as the top producer in all of the Fields of our Great Organization. JOIN and SERVE ...answer the calll

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