William Penn, 1965 (48. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1965-12-15 / 24. szám
( PAGE 4 William Penn December 15, 1965 Official Organ of the William Penn Fraternal Association OFFICE OF PUBLICATION RAPID PRINTING COMPANY 7907 West Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48217 PUBLISHED SEMIMONTHLY BY THE William Penn Fraternal Association Managing Editor: ALBERT J. STELKOVICS Editor’s Office: 436-442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA. 15219 Telephone Area Code 412 — 261-3454 AH articles and changes of address should be sent to the WILLIAM PENN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION 436 Fourth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada ............................................. $1.00 a year Foreign Countries ............................................................... $1.50 a year SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN Our Parting Words About a Gracious Lady On the first page of this WILLIAM PENN we inform our members that this is the final issue of our official organ in its present form. The new WILLIAM PENN will be published in magazine format beginning in February. Another publisher will print it. So we take leave of the Rapid Printing Company of Detroit, Michigan, but not without a few well-deserved words for its owner, Mrs. Amelia Fodor, her son Robert Fodor, and the personnel of Rapid Printing Company. Rapid Printing Company began publishing our official paper back in the eventful years of World War II. At that time Julius Fodor headed thé’^rintery. After her husband’s death in 1950 Mrs. Fodor became the head of the organization. The Fodors’ son, Robert, joined this honorable craft and became his mother’s most valued associate even to this very moment. Mrs. Fodor and Robert employ assistants and personnel who are skilled, industrious and loyal, which certainly shows in the kind of work done by Rapid Printing Company. It would take a string of complimentary and endearing adjectives to describe the kind of woman Mrs. Amelia Fodor is. Perhaps the one word that can best fit her is — LADY. She is a lady in the literal and original sense of the word. And Robert Fodor is the correlative. He is a rare gentleman indeed, and, to be sure, he married a lady like his mother, and the young Fodors are rearing a fine family. It is no wonder, then, that the Verhovay Journal and the1 WILLIAM PENN always presented such a good appearance in newspaper form — the people of Rapid Printing Company, top to bottom, being dedicated, qualified and cooperative. Thus relations between the editorial staff of the William Penn Fraternal Association and Rapid Printing Company have always been cordial, sincere and full of enthusiasm. THANKS, MRS. FODOR, ET AL.. THE AVERAGE STUDENT When report card time rolls around for many school children across the country it may mean peace or war in some households — whether Johnny or Susie brings home an A, B, or C. Most teachers try to be fair, and to evaluate a student’s basic ability and his performance with a fair grade for each student. But sometimes its Mom or Pop who can’t understand when Junior comes home with a couple of “C’s” on his (or her) report card. They often forget they brought home a few “C’s” themselves. All students can’t be geniuses. And even if they could, it wouldn’t always be evident early (e. i. Einstein and Churchill). An average student should make average grades, and most children are going to be average students. We should remember that simple fact. December December, the last month of 1965, has arrived. With it comes happy anticipations of Christmas home-comings, holidays, which include New Year’s Eve, and the wonders and tingles of winter and celebration, the children’s wondrous world of Santa Claus, and — more important than anything else — observance of the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. To Americans, December 7th is remembered as the 23rd anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which resulted in our participation in World War II. December is also the month that President Wilson arrived in France on the 13th, 1918; the month in which George Washington, the Father of his Country, died on December 14, 1799; the month o" the Boston Tea Party, which occurred on December 16, 1733; the month in which the Wright Brothers first flew at Kitty Hawk, N. C., on December 17, 1903; the month in which the battle of Trenton, N. J. occurred, when the British were defeated on December 26, 1776, and the month in which Woodrow Wilson was born, at Staunton, Va., on December 28, 1856. The big meaning of December is Christmas-time, however. We hope that the real meaning of this religious observance, and its true spirit, will be remembered by all Americans. A Famous December Date Though most Americans do not give it much thought, in the year 1777, General George Washington set up camp for a winter which was to be one of the hardest American soldiers had ever endured. It was on December 19, that Washington marched his 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa. Washington selected Valley Forge because he thought hé could protect Congress, then sitting at York, Pennsylvania, from this location and because it was a highly defensible site. One side was protected by the Schuylkill and another side protected by a steep precipice. While being quartered at this site and amid many hardships caused by deficiencies in the commissary and quartermaster departments, the Continentals were, nevertheless, formed into a disciplined army by the rigid instruction and training methods of Baron Steuben. Many Of us give little thought to this momentous action and winter, a hundred and eighty-eight years ago. But it was to have a considerable bearing on thefuture history of the world and a direct bearing on every inhabitant in what was to become the United States. It is well that we remember Valley Forge and that hard winter, and those heroes of 1777. We should keep in mind that, should this generation be called upon to undergo a similiar ordeal, it is the history and tradition of our people to exhibit their finest qualities in such critical tests.
