William Penn, 1958 (41. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1958-02-05 / 2. szám
Vol XLI. FEBRUARY 19, 1958. NUMBER ?. 1886 - FEBRUARY 21 - 1958 72D ANNIVERSARY of the WILLIAM PENN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION GREETINGS TO THE MEMBERSHIP TOP PRODUCING DISTRICT MANAGERS HONORED I. Peter A. Walko, Jr. 2. Louis Tokár R. Balogh 3. Andrew 4. Adam Simon, 5. Louis Revesz NATIONAL PRESIDENT REVESZ ATTENDS ELABORATE AFFAIR Interviews Danish Protector of Refugees nie William Penn Fraternal Association was represented in the person of its National President, Coloman Revesz, at the Charity Ball sponsored by the Hungarian Catholic League of America and held the evening of January 3, 1958 in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Plaza, New York City. Proceeds of the highly successful affair are to go towards the education of Hungarian Refugee students. Representatives of Hungarian teaching orders, leaders among the Hungarian American organizations, and various nationally and internationally known individual luminaries, as Francis Cardinal Spellman, were present at this unusual gathering of leadership and intelligentsia. Among the honored guests at this memorable event was Povl Bang-Jensen, Danish political affairs officer of the United Nations, to whom world attention was recently turned v/hen, ignoring the behest of TJ.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld to turn over the confidential list of the Hungarian freedom fighters who had revealed much about the abortive Hungarian revolt in October of 1956, he stubbornly refused to surrender honor or conscience under extreme pressure. For not breaking this solemn and honorable promise Bang-Jensen was suspended from his U N. position. At this writing the decent Dane has not yet been reinstated, but (Continued on page 3) At a meeting and luncheon held Wednesday, January 15, 1958, five District Managers, who produced the most business in 1957, were honored and received awards for their meritorious service to the William Penn Fraternal Association during the past year. The meeting took place in the Board of Directors Room at the Home Office and the luncheon was held at the Roosevelt Hotel. Attending this affair were the five special guests of honor, District Managers Peter A. Walko, Jr. (Homestead, Pa.) Louis Tokár (Columbus, Ohio), Andrew R. Balogh (Bridgeport, Conn.), Adam Simon, Jr. (New Brunswick, N. J.), Louis Révész (Trenton, N. J.), named in the order of their 1957 production record. Present too were National President Coloman Revesz, National Secretary Albert J. Stelkovics, National Auditor John Sabo, National Treasurer Julius E. Somogyi, Investment Manager Richard J. Phillips, Field Manager Elmer Charles, Field Supervisors, Gus G. Nagy, Gabriel Nameth, Joseph Toma and Frank J. Wukovits, Legal Adviser Gay B. Banes, Albert Joczik of the Home Office, on hand to report the affair, Lorant Gyorffy, retiTed Home Office employee, who took photographs, and Bernard RHey and Michael A. Reape, management consultants of O’Toole Associates, Inc., conducting a study at the Home Office. This gathering, at which the Field Supervisors and our Home Officers were also feted for their active part in assuring a successful William Penn 1957, was planned and organized in secrecy by National President Revesz. According to plan the five District Managers were to enter the Home Office just a few minutes before 12 noon, visit no one there, and go immediately to the (Continued on page 5)