William Penn, 1961 (44. évfolyam, 3-16. szám)
1961-06-21 / 6. szám
V 75th Ai §j ■30QHQ Q “to aid 33dl 3N I d VZ A ST r xsnonv avNiow t Issue v /w i VOL. XLIV. JUNE 21, 1961. 51 NUMBER 6. iÄ* oi HARRISBURG, PA. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY In the Senate, May I, 1961 The Willla-m Penn Fraternal Association, a legal reserve life insurance association, will celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary on May,28> 19-61, at the Permt-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The parent organization, or the old Verhovay Aid Association, was founded February 21, 1396, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, by thirteen coal miners who were immigrants from Hungary. At the present time, the a sedation numbers nearly ninety thousand members, and. although known as the largest and most widespread of the Hungarian-American societies, it does not restrict its membership to those of Hungarian ancestry alone, but can proudly point to thousands of persons of other national backgrounds among its membership. The present name of the society, William Penn Fraternal Association, was adopted in 1955 when the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, a later name of the Verhovay Aid Association, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since 1926, merged with the second iarceet Hungarlan-Ame-rlcan Society, the Rákóczi Aid Association of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a society almost as old as the Verhovay and dating back to April 13, 1888, to become the very progressive fraternal insurance society It naw is and shall be. The. society has consistently engaged in many praiseworthy actitities and endeavors, such as educational and cultural pursuits, patriotic contributions to the war efforts during the two great world conflicts, assistance to displaced persons and refugees, participation in community events, and cooperation with other fraternal societies. Most important of all of its activities, the William Penn Fraternal Association maintains a real and progressive march in its life insurance, accident, health, hospitalization and other insurance programs, and is unique'in its rigorous application of its slogan, "Insurance with a Heart"; therefore be it RESOLVED , That this Senate of Pennsylvania hereby congratulates the William Penn Fraternal Association on attaining the seventy-fifth anniversary of its service to the community in the field of insurance, and the fine spirit of community enterprise it has shown in participating in various noteworthy activities and endeavors; and be it further RESOLVED , That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Julius Macker, President of the William Penn Fraternal Association, 436 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania. I certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution introduced by Senator Leonard C. Sfaisey and adopted by the Senate of Pennsylvania the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one. 7" PAUL C. MOO MAW Secretary SENATE OF PENNSYLVANIA “Very Gay, Quite Successful and Truly Memorable” — Our Diamond Anniversary No matter how much we write in this article, all the details will boil down to the quotation above, and those seven words, or words equally as complimentary, were heard over and over during and after our 18th Annual National William Penn Bowling Tournament and 75th Anniversary Banquet-Dance, respectively held May 27-28-29 at Laura Lanes in Harmarville and on May 28 at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh. This was not just another yearly Bowling Tournament and Fellowship Days. It was much more than that. It was, to be sure, our annual bowling matches, but the whole affair was highlighted and climaxed by the milestone which the William Penn Fraternal Association came to on February 21, 1961, the celebraand Bowling Tournament — tion of which 75th Anniversary of our society was put off until the regular date of the Tournament-Fellowship Days. No doubt about it this was the greatest combined event ever undertaken by the Association. Of course it was only natural that our Board of Directors chose Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be the site of this year’s extra special William Penn affair. After all, Pittsburgh is the seat of our national headquarters the Home Office. Then too, many bowlers and guests had been longing for the return of the tournament to Pittsburgh, and what better time and better year than (Continued on page 2) >► INSURANCE Society Founded February 21,1886 FR AT ERN ALISM
