William Penn, 1957 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1957-02-06 / 2. szám
PAGE 2 February 20, 1957. William Penn Coordinated Hungarian Relief, Inc. (Continued from page 1) Mr. Revesz consented to go provided the Board of Directors of the William Penn Fraternal Association would grant him a three months leave of absence with pay. These were granted by the Board with the proviso that the maximum time would be three months, that he would return earlier if the business were concluded in less time, that othe,r than pay all expenses would be borne by Coordinated Hungarian Relief, Inc. The Board of Directors reached the aforegoing decision for several reasons: Mr. Revesz’ fellow National Officers volunteered to share his work during his absence; Mr. Re vesz is deemed most qualified for his mission in Austria; the honor bestowed on Mr. Revesz is an honor extending to the Association of which he is the National President. , * * On official invitation National President Revesz attended the Inauguration of the President and the Vice President of The United States. To the best of our knowledge, Mr. Revesz v/as the sole representative among the Hungarian Americans who was at the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory. While in Washington, Mr. Revesz paid a visit to the Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Harold H. Burton, who has been a member of our Association for years. The esteemed member of the Judicial Branch of our Government stated that he -was always proud to be a Verhovay member, now is proud of his William Penn affiliation, and commends the William Penn Fraternal Association for its vast Hungarian Relief activities. Mr. Revesz also paid courtesy visits to two other William Penn members in AVashington, Senator Frank J. Lausche of Ohio and Representative Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. * * In connection with Coordinated Hungarian Relief, Inc., on January 30, 1957 the first branch of this new organization, the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, was founded. Its officers are* Albert J. Steikovics, President; Julius J. I.enart. Vice President; Richard J. Phillips, Secretary; William C, Kohut, Treasurer. (These géntlemen are National Secretary, Director, Investment Manager, Auditing Committee Secretary, respectively, of our own Association.) ijc On Sunday, February 3d, two Pittsburgh newspapers, PITTSBURGH PRESS and PITTSBURGH SUN-TELEGRAPH, published whole pages advertising Coordinated Hungarian Relief, Inc. The ads were paid for by a noble-hearted friend of our Association who wishes to remain anonymous. News From Northwestern Ohio BRANCH 27-V TOLEDO, OHIO By Stephen J. Ivancso asH A 50th anniversary happens but. once in a lifetime. Our golden banquet at Branch 27-V, Toledo, Ohio, was á great success both financially and socially. I’m going' to give the readers of this column a brief report of what went on. Toledo, its members and their families, showed that they were ready to take over in our social and fra-, ternal life. The attendance at this banquet — even though the weather was bad — was tremendous. We had members from many cities and towns in Ohio — Delta, Swanton, Rossford and Perrysburg. Michigan was well represented with people from Temperance and our many friends from Detroit. The program was excellent and the speakers received complete attention from everyone. Joseph Karcsak opened the program with a beautiful rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Our freedom fighters from Hungary, who were the guests of the branch, led the audience in singing the Hungarian National Anthem. Believe me, there were tears shed during that singing. Andrew Rasi, Chairman of the Banquet Committee, welcomed the guests, fie then introduced our genial toastmaster of the evening, William A. Smith. The Rev. Martin Hernady, assistant pastor of St. Stephen’s Church, said grace. Then everyone sat down to enjoy a delicious dinner of chicken paprikas, dumplings, stuffed cabbage, cole slaw and flaky Hungarian pastry. The Mayor of Toledo, Ollie Czelusta, gave a splendid talk about the William Penn Fraternal Association. Present with our mayor was Mrs. Czelusta. Branch 27-V was honored further with the presence of three of our National Officers, namely, Albert J. Steikovics, National Secretary, his charming wife and their pretty daughter Kathy; Julius Macker, Vice President; and Elmer Charles, Field Manager. Field III Supervisor Gabriel Nameth and Mrs. Nameth came from Youngstown; also Auditing Committee Chairman Caspar Papp, District Managers Stephen Lukacs and Joseph Szabó, Branch 36-\r president Martin Marton, all these gentlemen from Detroit. It was definitely a great pleasure and all our guests were pleased to hear the Hungarian words of wisdom givin by our Vice President. Mr. Macker praised our only living founder of Branch 27-V, Joseph Rasi, and also the man who worked for many tireless years for the betterment of the branch, Joseph Poes, former secretary of Branch 27-V. These men, as Mr. Macker said, were “the backbone of our branch over the past 50 years.” These are “the men who made Verhovay.” Dr. Geza Farkas, editor of “Toledo,” the only Hungarian newspaper in Toledo, paid great tribute to our freedom fighters from Hungary. In his very inspiring talk, Dr. Farkas admonished these Hungarian men and women never to forget that they are Hungarians — and now to become good “Americans” Field Manager Charles received quite an ovation by asking “for the same attention and time as this man sitting next to me.” who happened to be the Mayor of Toledo. Mr. Charles made many new friends here in Toledo with his very impressive speech. Next came Yours Truly, who gave a brief talk of the past of the branch. The main speaker of the evening, National Secretary Steikovics, enlightened the membership on the future of the William Penn Fraternal Association, its fellowship days and what fraternalism really means. Mr. Steikovics, with his winning personaiity and fine speech, gained the confidence of the combined members of Rákóczi and Verhovay — now the William Penn Fraternal Association. Andrew Feyes presented an award to Mr. Joseph Rasi (who also re-February is the month of snow, sleet and freezing rain, also the time of the year when we all should start to think about the National Tournament to be held 'in Dayton, Ohio on May 25 and 2(1. It is also the time of the year when the bosses in the various factories, offices and places of employment start going around to ask the workers to pick out dates for their vacations. The fishers clean their rods and reels, going over their equipment; the golfers shine their clubs for their assault upon the courses in the very near future. At this point I think I' will lay claim to having a member who lives the farthest from her home branch. I just received a letter from a girl who used to write these articles and who always signed them, “Just Me” Marge. Marge Long, who used to be Kotzka, is_ now residing in the Territory of Hawaii. I will give you her address here as in her letter she promised that she would answer any and all correspondence that she may receive: Mrs. K. L. Long, Apt. 207, 1868 Kahakai Drive, Honolulu 14, T. H. Ah, Hawaii! She also advises me that, after all these years, she and hubby Will finally be blessed with a little “Long” sometime in March. While 1 am on the subject of little ones, the following had a visit from the stork: Mr. and Mrs. Gus Molnár, a little son on the 26th of January whom they have named John, and Gus, you know, is the Reverend Molnár of Elmhurst College fame; Ted and Mary Feifar, blessed with a son whom they have named Thomas, on the 27th of December; The Benedik’s, John and Theresa, a son whose name is Thomas, born in November; George and Mary Stefely, ceived a Home Office award from Mr. Macker), and our vice-president of Branch 27-V, Paul Lajti, Sr., presented an award to Frank Ivancso, Sr. The school children of St. Stephen’s School entertained the guests with several Hungarian folk dances to the beautiful music of Steve Szabo’s Hungarian Orchestra. To name some more present, the Hertzfeld-Olds team was well represented with Joe Filyo, Eddie Heer and “Bus” Carone and their lovely wives; Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the City of Toledo; outneighbor, Frank Bires, and his charming wife “Tessie”; Attorney and Mrs. Harvey Straub; Judge Kiroff; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vámos; Stephen Kinsey; Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Winter; Mr. and Mrs. Emery Fabos —the Belegrini’s, the Sendi’s, the Cherko’s, the Feyes’s, the Mokri’s, the Kovach’s, and many others to numerous to mention and to remember. In closing I’d like to thank all the kind women who helped to make this banquet a success — these gracious women who donated their services — and to the girls who served the delicious meal. My personal thanks to Mrs. Julia Toth, Mrs. John Yanco, Mrs. Anna Micenic, Mrs. Anna Zsigrai, Mrs. Mary Kiss, Mrs. Betty Polgar and Mrs. Pearl Molnár. To the branch officers, and to the men who made this great affair a success: A Job well done! blessed with a son on February 3d and named George Harold; Sylvester and Rose Knor, blessed .with a new package on December 18th, whom they have named Ernest. I hear bv the grape vine that John and Mary Ciliak will soon be parents. With sorrow I have to report that on January 31st we lost another good member. Steve Serbula received his call from the Supreme Commander. Our condolences to the bereaved family. At this time I should like to bring to the attention of all the bowlers who are pluming to attend the coming tournament to please begin getting your various teams together, and have all the necessary information. This is in order to expidite the filling out of the entry blanks as soon as they are received, to make it as easy as possible for all concerned. I am going to announce, starting this month, that this year I will take a two week vacation. I am planning on the first two week's in. July, so all the members please note. My apologies to the membership of Branch 15-V if I have not been able to take care of you well in the recent past, but my mother has! been seriously ill and is still getting over a heart attack. She lives in the country, which makes it very difficult for me. I sincerely hope that everyone will understand and work along with me. Ann Puskarits, who was in northern Michigan skiing and suffered a. broken ankle, is at home now. Joseph Höllerbach Sr., the sponsor of one of the bowling teams, is also on the ailing list. I hear he is home now and getting along fine. I also hear that Theresa, Wargo’s father is ill. To all of these people, we express a very speedy recovery. BRANCH 15 — CHICAGO, ILL. By: Ernest C. Taylor, Dist. Mgr. SENTINEL
