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LIFE VOLUME 53 • NUMBER 6 • JUNE 2018 The Official Publication Inside of William Penn Association Editor-in-Chief George S. Charles, Jr. Associate Editors Jerry A. Hauser Diane M. Torma Managing Editor Graphic Designer John E. Lovasz 6 NATIONAL OFFICERS National President George S. Charles, Jr. A forgotten National V.P.-Secretary Jerry A. Hauser National V.P.-Treasurer pioneer Diane M. Torma Hungarian-born Anton Pruckner BOARD OF DIRECTORS and his role in aviation history Chair Andrew W. McNelis Vice Chairs Katherine E. Novak Anne Marie Schmidt 18 Last call for this year’s Experience National Directors Michael J. Chobody David M. Kozak Columns Departments Debra A. Lewis 3 Focus on Fraternalism 2 For Starters Joyce E. Nicholson James W. Robertson 3 Aging Well 8 Magyar Matters Richard E. Sarosi 4 Moneywise 12 Just 4 Kidz

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Basket program spreads the fraternal spirit at Eastertime THE BOUNDLESS fraternal spirit of WPA branches and their mem- bers was on full display over the Easter holiday as many of them Fraternalists meet with legislators once again participated in the As- HARRISBURG -- On April 16, The Pennsylvania Fraternal Alliance (PFA) sociation’s annual Easter Basket held its annual Legislative Luncheon in Harrisburg, Pa. This event brings program. together state legislators and fraternal representatives to increase the awareness of fraternal organizations and their charitable works. The PFA This year, 15 branches pre- is a non-profit organization representing fraternal benefit societies, includ- pared and donated Easter baskets ing William Penn Association, that do business in Pennsylvania. to 66 recipients in their local During the luncheon, the PFA presented its 2018 Keystone Fraternal communities, making the holiday a Legislative Award to representative Eddie Day Pashinski (pictured above, center) in recognition of his dedicated service to the fraternal benefit happier one for many. system. Mr. Pashinski represents District 121 in the Wilkes-Barre area. Our thanks to the following On hand to convey congratulations were (l-r) National Director James W. branches: Robertson, National Director David M. Kozak, Rep. Pashinski, former Na- • Branch 8 Johnstown, PA tional Director Nickolas M. Kotik and National Vice President-Secretary Jerry A. Hauser. • Branch 15 Chicago, IL • Branch 18 Lincoln Park, MI • Branch 26 Sharon, PA • Branch 27 Toledo, OH NJ-NY fraternals seek applicants • Branch 28 Youngstown, OH • Branch 34 Pittsburgh, PA for annual youth volunteer award • Branch 129 Columbus, OH The New Jersey-New York Fraternal One $500 award will be given to • Branch 189 Alliance, OH Alliance (NJNYFA) is seeking ap- the recipient, and another $500 will plicants for the 2018 Youth Volunteer be donated to the recipient’s charity • Branch 226 McKeesport, PA Award. of choice, compliments of the Recre- • Branch 249 Dayton, OH To qualify for consideration, an ation Farm Society. • Branch 296 Springdale, PA applicant must: Judging will be done by the Youth • be a resident of either New Jer- Volunteer Award Committee of the • Branch 349 Weirton, WV sey or New York; NJNYFA. • Branch 800 Altoona, PA • be a member of a fraternal ben- The name of the recipient will be efit society within the NJNYFA; announced at the NJNYFA Annual • Branch 8036 Scottdale, PA • be between the ages of 16 and 22 Meeting on Oct. 11. at the time of application; For more information and to re- • obtain a recommendation letter quest an application form, contact: from their fraternal benefit society; Richard Cecchi and Youth Volunteer Award Committee • sign and return the application Workmen’s Benefit Fund of the USA form, postmarked no later than Sept. Thank You! 399 Conklin St. - Suite 310 3, 2018. Farmingdale, NY 11735-2614

2 º June 2018 º WILLIAM PENN LIFE Focus on Fraternalism with Barbara A. House Summertime is our busy time SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE, and that means the busiest ing all your faces. Don’t forget your bathing suit. Maybe part of our fraternal year will soon be upon us. this year we can use them. It all starts with a very large Hungarian festival that The Birmingham Ethnic Festival in Toledo, Ohio is will be held on Saturday, June 2, in New Brunswick, N.J. Sunday, Aug. 19. For the last few years, it has been held I have attended this festival, and it gets better every year. on both Saturday and Sunday. Again, mark your calen- It really is worth the ride to New Jersey. dars for Sunday only. I have attended this event for most WPA’s annual golf tournament is July 13 and 14, in of my life, and have enjoyed every one. Canfield, Ohio. Sure hope you plan on attending. There Our trip to Europe is moving along, and we have is so much to see and do in the area. We will also have many new faces joining our tour this year. We hope you our wonderful Chinese Auction, which benefits our will be coming with us. Many new and fun things are scholarship foundation. Come out and have some fun. planned for your enjoyment. Wait until you see the Adri- We are also working on our Hungarian Heritage Expe- atic and the Danube. You will want to stay. rience in Boswell, Pa. We have made some changes this I know that I have given you a lot to think about but year, with the menu, evening entertainment and our text remember, if you don’t support these events, they will book. Hope you plan on attending. I look forward to see- cease to be, and that would be a shame.

Aging Well with Cathy Graham Note to self: just do it! “WHAT ADVICE would you give to your younger knew then what I know now.” Or, you can simply say self?” This is a powerful question I ask participants in “I wish I would have, but….” my wellness talks. In most cases, the answers are simi- At the end of the day, we cannot go back and do it lar, even if the audience members have very diverse all over. What we can do is start today--right now, no backgrounds. Age doesn’t seem to be a factor either, as excuses. You can rewrite your future by reframing the the answers of the 30- and 40-somethings parallel those past. in their 60s through 90s. What would you tell your younger self? Find a pic- Most folks would tell their younger self to be kinder ture of yourself from 25 years ago and and gentler. look at that face. Circle back and They would spend more time feel that soul. What advice would loving rather than being right. you give? They would take much better Maybe there is a trip you care of themselves by eating well always wanted to take, or an ad- and exercising consistently. venture you turned down. By all They would spend their time means, do it. more selectively. Regret is an edge to sleep with. No matter how we race We can spend years talking through the first spring of ourselves out of something that life, we get wiser as we could actually be really terrific. stroll through the second Take a hard look at the list of and third spring. We get things you would tell your a close-up of what we younger self. Then start doing needed from ourselves them. during the first 40 years while we are progressing Cathy Graham is director of the through the last 40. You can Graceful Aging Wellness Center at call it hindsight, or “I wish I Photo © ljupco/Dreamstime.com Bethlen Communities in Ligonier, Pa.

WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 3 Moneywise with Bob Bisceglia, National Sales Director Women and retirement Welcome summer! I trust you all had a great Memorial Longevity is a key concern Day and took some time to remember those who gave Longevity is an especially important factor in a the ultimate sacrifice for us to be able to enjoy the free- woman’s financial strategy, given that they outlive men doms we have today. by five years on average. While 64 percent of the women This month, I’d like to focus on the special needs surveyed said they would like to live to age 100, of women when planning their retirement and three out of five feared they would run out of discuss what has been identified as the money at some point in their lives. Worse wealth gap. than that, 44 percent stated they would A recent study by Age Wave, in run out of money by age 80. partnership with Merrill Lynch, acknowledges the progress Financial confidence women have made personally, According to the survey, 41 professionally and financially, percent of women said not in- but finds there is still more vesting more sooner was their work to be done to level the biggest regret. Sixty percent financial playing field. Sev- cited lack of knowledge as enty percent of the women their main barrier to saving surveyed maintain that more and 34 percent cited women and men have a lack of confidence. fundamentally different The study also showed life journey. This rein- that confidence can lead to forces the need to better action. A large majority of understand women’s women responders said financial concerns and that while they are very opportunities. confident in most financial Women are at a “tip- tasks, such as budgeting ping point” to achieve and paying the bills, their greater financial empow- confidence plummeted erment, and it is essential when it comes to manag- that agents, financial plan- ing investments. Fifty-two ners and companies such as percent of women surveyed WPA continue to help them (and 46 percent of millen- pursue financial security for nial women) stated that they life. This includes encourag- are confident when it comes to ing women to invest more of managing investment decisions, their assets, start saving earlier compared to 68 percent of male for retirement and pursue finan- respondents. The good news is that cial solutions that closely align with 77 percent of women who are invest- their personal values and beliefs. ing and saving expect to accumulate The 2017 survey of 3,700 American enough assets to support themselves for adults (2,600 women and 1,100 men) found life. that women care a lot about investing and investment performance, but they also look at money The Wealth Gap as a way to finance the lives they desire. Seventy percent The study also revealed that women experience a gen- of total respondents see money in terms of what it can der wealth gap (as opposed to a wage gap). This wealth do for them and their families. Meanwhile, 84 percent gap is the difference between men’s and women’s finan- said that understanding their finances was the key to cial resources during their lifetimes. This figure includes achieving greater career flexibility. And when it comes earnings, investments, retirement savings and additional to investing, about two-thirds of women stated that they assets. look to invest in causes that matter to them, and with According to Age Wave’s calculations, this wealth companies that are making a difference in the lives of gap can translate to a woman at retirement age having others.

Photo © Can Stock Photo/keeweeboy 4 º June 2018 º WILLIAM PENN LIFE Agents’ Corner Agent Profile ance carriers, overseeing all phases of insurance operations. He’s been instrumental in developing individual, small group and Medicare Supplement plans and has gained extensive experience in under- writing, customer service and claims. In 2014, he began operating a wholesale broker- age agency--Quick Insured Brokerage (QIB)--that Lincoln LaFeyetteMedina, OH focuses entirely on the financial needs of seniors. 330-722-7070 Lincoln is married to Wendy LaFayette, who works in the agency with Lincoln. Lincoln and Wendy www.quickinsuredbrokerage.com have two daughters, Jordan and Kaitlyn, and a son, Kyle. This year, the family celebrated two weddings: Jordan was married on March 10, and Kyle will be Born in Rockford, Ill., in 1965, Lincoln was named married on June 9. Kaitlyn just completed her soph- after his grandfather Lincoln, who was named after more year at Bowling Green State University where the 16th President of the United States, Abraham she is majoring in physical therapy. Lincoln. Lincoln and his team at QIB are very excited to be Lincoln began his 33-year career in the insurance

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accumulated as much as $1 million less than her male that they have no financial role model. counterparts. Women’s life journeys are not only different than Several factors help contribute to this gap. men’s, they’re also different than the journeys of their For many women, taking time away from work (or de- mothers and grandmothers. Women today have more laying full-time employment) to care for children or ag- opportunities and choices when it comes to family, edu- ing parents has taken its toll on building more retirement cation and careers, but they are also busy taking care of assets earlier in life. The study indicates that one-third of other people and priorities and often don’t take the time mothers who return to the workforce after raising their needed to invest in themselves and their future financial children accepted a lower-paying, less demanding job. well-being. If more women actively take control of their Twenty-one percent stated that they were paid less for financial future, it would benefit not only them, but their the same work they had previously done. families and society overall. Additionally, the average woman is likely to have Are you a working (or pre-retirement) woman who is higher health care costs than the average man in retire- looking for alternative ways to invest and save for your ment because of their increased longevity and the risk of financial future? Are you nearing retirement age and needing long-term nursing care in their later years. confused by the many choices available? Or, perhaps you’re considering a rollover of your current retirement Take control of your future assets? Women’s financial security is about more than just Maybe it’s time to consult with your William Penn As- closing the pay gap; it’s about accumulating assets or sociation agent or broker. Our fixed annuities may be the wealth at all income levels and increasing women’s ac- perfect alternative for you. Did you know that you can cess to advisors and agents that can help them make the open a WPA annuity for as little as $10 with $10 mini- decisions necessary to get--and stay--on track towards a mum deposit each month? Call your WPA agent today comfortable, and perhaps long-range retirement. and get the help you need to take the first step toward It’s also about breaking the silence when it comes to living a comfortable retirement. Don’t have an agent? discussing finances and money. Sixty-one percent of Call the Home Office, and we’ll be glad to help or assign women surveyed said they would rather discuss their a local agent to your account. own death than talk about money, and 45 percent stated Till next time, have a great summer!

WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 5 Tibor’s Take with Tibor Check, Jr. A forgotten pioneer IN PREVIOUS TAKES, I have written about my growing interest in genealogy. The subject is a perfect analog to my lifelong love of history as I think of genealogy as discover- ing one’s own personal history. Over the past several months, I’ve been exploring the knotted and twisted branches of my family tree, going as far as I can down one limb before I have to turn back to the main trunk to start again. Often, a seemingly insignifi- cant or minor fact leads me to a discovery of (personally) monumental importance. This month’s Take is about one such discovery. A few months back, my cousin Shirley (from my dad’s side of the family) sent us a few boxes and envelopes of documents relating to our shared family history. These Gustave Whitehead flying in a craft created by writings were particularly precious because they per- him and Hungarian-born Anton Pruckner, long tained to a rather unexplored portion of my family tree, before the Wright Brothers’ famous flight. specifically relating to a branch of the family that came from the eastern portion of what was then Hungary. Shift- ing borders and wars complicated the ability of the local teens, he began to work as a mechanic and an assistant to government in that area to maintain complete administra- a German immigrant named Gustave Whitehead (Weiss- tive records, and as a result, amateur historians like me kopf) in Fairfield, Conn. His story from this point forward can only glean so much information about family rela- is hotly disputed by professional and amateur historians tions from such areas. and aviation enthusiasts. As I combed through the documents over the Christ- The version of the tale most friendly to Pruckner and mas holiday, I stumbled upon information that led my Whitehead says the two were able to conduct the first father and I down a rabbit hole. Once we emerged from powered flight on or around Aug. 14, 1901. According this rabbit hole, we concluded that one of our distant to one of Pruckner’s later statements, Whitehead’s plane relatives--my great-great uncle Anton Pruckner--was once was able to fly almost a half mile at an elevation of 50 feet. a pioneer in aviation at the turn of the 20th century. If that According to an affidavit of Pruckner’s from the 1930s, wasn’t enough, we discovered that Anton may have been on Jan. 17, 1902, Whitehead was able to fly his airplane one of the first men to invent a flying airplane several for more than two miles over Long Island Sound. If true, years before the Wright Brothers’ famous flight at Kitty these aerial achievements not only predate the Wright Hawk. Brothers’ famed first flight at Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1903, But, history has a funny way of muddying the waters. but they dwarf them. After all, the Wrights’ first powered Because I only have two pages in this magazine, this flights covered a distance of only 200 feet maximum, and is a just brief description of one version of my great-great achieved only 10 feet of clearance from the ground. If uncle’s story. true, the Wrights’ flights seem like child’s play compared Anton Pruckner was born sometime in 1883 in the to what Whitehead and Pruckner were able to do. In this town of Diósgyőr, which is outside of Miskolc, Hungary. version of the story, the credit for the first powered air- As a teenager, Anton made his way to Connecticut, pos- plane flight belongs not to two Ohioans, but to a German sibly with my great-great grandmother Susie. In his late immigrant and his Hungarian assistant.

Various websites and documents which provided invaluable information for this article included http://www.flyingma- chines.org/gwinfo/pruckner.html; http://www.456fis.org/DID_WHITEHEAD_FLY_FIRST.htm and the Library of Congress. Illustration credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Whitehead#/media/File:Whitehead_woodcut.jpg - Tibor

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Obviously, this is frustratingly little in the way of concrete evidence. Local not the history I learned newspapers in Connecticut may have reported on these in school: the Wright flights, but I cannot seem to find any originals. There is Brothers hold the credit one illustration of Whitehead’s flying machine mid-air, for the first flight, and but it is hardly a substitute for a photograph or even a it is their achievement credible eyewitness’s memorialized statement. and name that graces Details in Pruckner’s own accounts regarding the first history books, state flight seem to shift over time. At one point, he says the quarters, license plates, first flight occurred in 1901, other times he gives the date buildings and other as 1902. The distances and other details about the flights public spaces. Gustave seem to shift as well. Whitehead, on the other Viewed charitably, this is natural when one tries to re- hand, died near-penni- call events which occurred some 30 or 50 years in the past, less in the 1920s. when the mists of time have begun to cloud and obscure My great-great uncle clear memories. To view it as I would if this were a court Anton Pruckner fared case, I might dismiss any citations to newspapers or other better. After leaving witnesses as relying upon hearsay, and I might discount Whitehead’s shop, he my great-great uncle’s recollections as unreliable at best. married, had children As a lawyer, this makes sense to me. As an amateur his- and worked for many torian and a genealogist, this is unsatisfying: the histori- years as a success- cal truth is the historical truth no matter whose airplane ful machinist. Anton hangs in the Smithsonian, because what if Whitehead and passed away in 1966, Pruckner were really first? his obituary giving him Ultimately, regardless of who came first, each person credit for being one of involved in these early experiments deserves credit and the forefathers of mod- thanks. It is due to their ingenuity, hard work, dedica- ern aviation. tion, and vision that our modern world exists as it does Why does history commemo- today, and every contribution towards our world should rate one group of inventors while be recognized and celebrated. I have always admired the consigning the others to obscurity? women and men who have the foresight and will to cre- The answer to this question is far from certain. The ate something new and different in the face of adversity, fight over credit for the first flight and the invention of competition, and even mockery. the airplane is a contentious issue. Experts have been I put Anton Pruckner in the same category as other engaging in friendly and unfriendly debates over who forgotten Hungarian visionaries, like Tivadar Puskás who deserves credit almost as long as the airplane has been worked with Alexander Graham Bell and invented the around. Some think that the diminishing of Whitehead’s telephone exchange, and Dr. Ignaz Szemmelweiss, who and Pruckner’s legacies comes from some dark conspiracy invented the radical idea of washing one’s hands before involving the Smithsonian. Others attribute it to the anti- performing medical procedures. These individuals and immigrant (and particularly anti-German) sentiment of many more are not remembered for their important con- previous decades. tributions, but perhaps they should be. I will not bore you with a summary of the arguments and rebuttals and backbiting, but here is my take on the situation. It may well be the case that Whitehead and Pruckner Éljen a Magyar, invented an airplane and were able to fly it multiple times with success. Perhaps history has ignored them and deprived them of their legacy. But to me, the question Tibor II ultimately comes down to one of proof. As my fellow mil- lenials might say: “Pics or it didn’t happen.” That modern aphorism is quite correct in the most Tibor Check, Jr., is a member of Branch 28 and an attorney working literal sense in this particular case. Wilbur and Orville in Washington, D.C. Wright’s flight in December 1903 was witnessed by five neutral and named observers. The brothers took copi- ous notes in their daily journals as a means of preserving a contemporaneous record. They further supplemented Let’s hear your take their paper trail by telegraphing their father and making If you have any questions or comments about me statements to the press soon after. And, of course, they or my column, please email me at: silverking1937@ have photographs to prove it. gmail.com, or drop me a letter in care of the William By contrast, Pruckner and Whitehead have nearly none Penn Association, 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA of these things. Few of their notes or papers exist from 15233. that period of time. Even my internet research yields

WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 7 Magyar Matters Cleveland area scouts host 62nd benefit ball

CLEVELAND -- The American Hungarian Friends of Scouting hosted its 62nd Annual Hungarian Scout Benefit Ball April 28 at the Woodside Event Center of St. Michael’s Church in Broadview Heights in Ohio, near Cleveland. The AHFS also celebrated its 60th Anniversary. The black tie event included a cocktail hour, dinner, the Hungarian Scouts’ Folk Ensemble’s court dance (the Debutantes and their escorts prepare to dance the palotás (a tradi- palotás), music by Harmonia and desserts at midnight. tional court dance) during the Annual Hungarian Scout Benefit Ball WPA member Vajk Pigniczky was among the escorts held April 28 in Cleveland. (Photo by Richard E. Sarosi) for the debutantes. The evening’s program centered on the debutantes Hungarian Scouts Association in Exteris). but also celebrated József Györky, winner of the AHFS’s Guests of honor included leaders of the KMCSSZ: Chief Lifetime Achievement Award. Honorary patrons included Scout Commissioner Pál Szentkirályi; Leadership Training both Dr. Zita Bencsik, the Consul General of Hungary in Commissioner Eszti Pigniczky; U.S. Regional President Chicago, and Irén Dala, Regional Commissioner of the U.S. Bedy Balázs; and Krisztina Nádas, Cleveland District of the Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség (KMCSSZ, the Commissioner and a WPA member.

America’s oldest Hungarian Roman Catholic church celebrates its 125th anniversary CLEVELANDHUNGARIAN -- WPA joined the Hungarian HERITAGE community of Greater Cleveland NIGHT to celebrate the 125th anniversary of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, the first Hungarian Roman Catholic church in America. Among those attending the Mass and the Hungarian dinner which followed were Chair of the Boardat Andrew CLASSIC W. McNelis and his wife PARK Marguerite, Vice Chair Katherine E. Novak, National Director Richard E. Sarosi and Fraternal Director Barbara A. House and her husbandSaturday, Thomas, Branch 14 Coordinator June Violet Sarosi30, and at Branch 7:00 14 member PM Ernest Sarosi. • Package Deal - Hungarian Themed T-shirt, Hungarian Food - Cabbage • Roll, Mashed Potatoes and Strudel and a Box Seat Ticket for JUST $20! • Individual Tickets for $9 • POST GAME FIREWORKS! • Use Promo Code: HUNGARY to Order Tickets Online! • Sponsors: William Penn Association, Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum, and the Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeastern Ohio Cannot be combined with any other offers • Please return form prior to one week before event date

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New Brunswick to host annual Hungarian festival NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The Hun- garian community of New Brunswick is preparing to welcome visitors for a day of traditional food, song, and dance at the 43rd Annual Hungarian Festival on Saturday, June 2, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. along Somerset Street in New Brunswick. Guests can enjoy an array of home- Remembering Blessed Emperor Karl made Hungarian cuisine, listen to Hun- ALIQUIPPA, PA -- A traditional Latin Mass was held April 15 at St. Titus Church in garian folk songs and watch and learn Aliquippa, honoring Blessed Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary. The Knights of Columbus Hungarian folk dances. There will also be Woodland Council #2161 hosted this event as part of an effort to promote Emperor activities for children, live performances Karl to sainthood. Above, WPA Vice Chair of the Board Katherine E. Novak presents a of music and dance throughout the day donation for the church from WPA to Sam Belli, Grand Knight of the Woodland Council and a variety of vendors. #2161, during a luncheon and program following the Mass. Seated at the head table The American Hungarian Founda- are the Rev. Ladis Cizik, who celebrated the Mass, along with the program’s feature tion will host the event’s closing event, speaker, Raymond de Souza, Delegate for International Missions for Human Life Inter- a twilight concert in the courtyard of national and President of the Sacred Heart Institute. Mr. de Souza spoke on Blessed its museum, which will feature several Karl’s historical mission to restore Christendom. Also addressing the guests was Suzanne bands, including one from Budapest. The Pearson, who spoke about upcoming events of the Emperor Karl League of Prayer. museum and its gift shop will be open during the festival. For more information, call 732-846- Bethlen Communities name Atkinson 5777 or visit www.hungarianfestival.org. as new executive director Cultural Garden to LIGONIER, PA -- Bethlen Communi- host concert June 24 ties and its board of directors recently announced the promotion of Amanda CLEVELAND -- The Hungarian Cultural Atkinson to Bethlen’s executive direc- Garden will host a special concert to tor. Ms. Atkinson fills the vacancy mark its 80th anniversary on Sunday, resulting from the untimely death of June 24 at 4:00 p.m. The garden is lo- Rev. Imre Bertalan in August 2017. cated on East Boulevard between the VA Ms. Atkinson has earned both a Hospital and Lake Erie. bachelor’s degree in accounting and a The concert will feature musicians Master’s of Accountancy degree. She from and supported by the Aurora has over 10 years of experience work- School of Music. ing on budgets and cost accounting The Cleveland Cultural Gardens for multiple healthcare organiza- are part of Rockefeller Park, located off tions, including Excela Health and the East Shoreway. The gardens extend Aestique, where she held various about 1.5 miles on both East Boulevard positions, including financial analyst Rt. Rev. Louis Medgyesi, Chair of the Board and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. manager and accounting manager. of Directors Bethlen Communities, congratu- For more information about the Most recently, she has been serving lates Amanda Atkinson on her appointment Hungarian Cultural Garden, visit www. as Bethlen Communities’ director of as Bethlen’s new executive director. hungarianculturalgarden.org. To learn finance. more about all the cultural gardens, visit www.clevelandculturalgardens.org Ms. Atkinson said she greatly exemplify “The Spirit for Living” . looks forward to her new role as across the whole of Bethlen Commu- executive director and is very enthu- nities’ entities and services. siastic and eager to accept the chal- Ms. Atkinson resides in Greens- lenges and opportunities each day burg, Pa., with her husband and her may bring. Her goal is to uphold and two sons.

WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 9 35th Annual WPA Golf Tournament & Scholarship Days Last call for golf!

COME AND JOIN US for a fun, fraternal, family weekend when WPA hosts our 35th Annual Golf Tourna- ment & Scholarship Days, July 13 and 14. Our tournament will be played at the Kennsington Golf Club in Canfield, Ohio. The tournament will include all the events which have made this weekend so popular with our members and friends--the Friday night reception, a Chinese auction, an 18-hole scramble-format tournament featuring our Hole-in-One Contest and various skill shot prizes, and, of course, the golf awards banquet. For those not golfing, the Canfield/Youngstown area offers numerous attractions for the entire family, many of which we highlighted in the last couple of issues of our magazine. As always, proceeds from the weekend and all its related activities will benefit the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation. To join us for this great weekend, please complete the registration form found on the next page and mail it to our Home Office by June 25. See you in Canfield!

Score an ace for our young members! Be a hole sponsor! You can help our young members achieve the dream of attaining a higher education by sponsoring a hole at this year’s WPA Annual Golf Tournament. For a tax-deductible donation of $100, your name--or the name of the branch, organization or company you represent--will be posted on a sign at one of the holes during our tournament. For a $50 donation, you can share a sponsorship with another donor. Most importantly, your donation will fund scholarship grants which will help qualifying WPA members meet the costs of pursuing a college degree. Please use the form below to join our growing list of hole sponsors. Make your check payable to “WPFA Scholarship Foundation” and send it to the WPA Home Office by JUNE 25, 2018.

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GOLFERS REGISTER All registrations are due by June 15, 2018. 1. Name: Phone or Email: GOLF/BANQUET PACKAGE 2. Name: Package includes greens fees, cart, and hot dog and beverage at the turn, along with admission to Friday’s Phone or Email: reception and Saturday’s banquet. 3. Name: ____ # of WPA members @ $88 each

Phone or Email: ____ # of Non-members @ $98 each

4. Name:

Phone or Email: BANQUET ONLY ____ # of WPA members age 16 and older @ $25 each ____ # of Non-members age 16 and older @ $35 each GUESTS ____ # of Children ages 12-15 @ $12 each 1. Name: ____ # of Children ages 11 and under @ Free

Phone or Email:

2. Name: FRIDAY RECEPTION ____ # of all Golfers attending Friday Reception Phone or Email: (Each golfer may bring one guest for free) • Additional Non-golfing Guests 3. Name: ____ # of Guests age 15 and older @ $10 each Phone or Email: ____ # of Guests under age 15 @ Free 4. Name:

Phone or Email: $______= Total Payment Due

------Method Of Payment (Check one)------HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS will be at the 6690 Ironwood q Hampton Inn & Suites, PAYING BY CHECK. Mail this form & check to: Blvd., Canfield, OH 44406. To reserve your William Penn Association, 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 room at our special rate of $119 (plus tax) Make check for golf & banquet fees payable to: “William Penn Association” per night, call the hotel at 330-702-1900. q PAYING BY CREDIT CARD. Mail this form to the address listed above DEADLINE FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS and call 1-800-848-7366, ext. 149, to complete payment process. IS FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018.

For more information, call Fraternal Director Barbara A. House (ext. 107) or Judit Ganchuk (ext. 149) toll-free at 1-800-848-7366.

All Golf & Banquet Reservations are due no later thanWILLIAM June PENN LIFE 15, º May 2018. 2018 º 13 PLEASE NOTE: Event may be cancelled without notice due to lack of adequate participation. JUST 4 KIDZ It’s June, and you know what that means, don’t you? That’s right...school’s out for summer!! Ah, yes, glorious, sunny, warm summer! We can hardly wait! June also means it’s time for Flag Day. On June 14, our nation takes time to honor our flag and all that it stands for--one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You can join in this celebration by making your own flag. You can make this even more fun by inviting some friends over and having everyone make their own flag. Once you finished making your flags, you can all have a mini-parade as you march around your yard waving your new flags. What You Need • Red and blue colored markers, pencils or crayons. • A long pencil, straw or stick. • A pair of scissors. • Glue, glue stick or clear scotch tape.

What You Do • Color the blank flags you see on the next page. Look at a real flag or a picture of the flag to use as a guide. Color the star field dark blue, making sure to leave the stars white. Then color every other stripe red, starting with the top stripe and ending with the bottom stripe. You should end up with 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes. • Cut out both parts of the flag. • Line up the front and back parts of your flag so that the star fields match up. • Glue or tape together the two pieces along the edge with the star field. • Slide your pencil, straw or stick between the two parts of the flag so that it ends up against the taped/glued end with just a tiny bit of the pencil/straw sticking up over the top. • Now spread glue or tape the two sides of your flag together and let dry. • Once dry, line up with your friends and parade around with Old Glory! Have a great, safe and fun summer!

12 º June 2018 º WILLIAM PENN LIFE Three cheers for the red, white and blue! Color in Old Glory using dark blue and red markers, pencils or crayons. Then, cut out and paste together so that the stars line up on both sides. FRONT BACK

Kidz illustrations © Can Stock Photo Inc./lenm

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attend and have fun. Branch 1 Congratulations and Bridgeport, CT best wishes to Amanda M. Atkinson who was by Jim Ballas promoted to the Branch 1 celebrated fraternalism for position of executive the benefit of our community by par- director of Bethlen Com- ticipating in the Join Hands Against munities in Ligonier, Pa., Hunger campaign. Our branch, effective April 23. Ms. along with members and friends Atkinson will assume the of the United Church of Christ of position and duties that Bridgeport, collected non-perishable were held by Rev. Imre food items during the month of May. Bertalan, who passed Our branch and church joined to- away in August 2017. gether to fulfill our common mission May God be with her, of charity to help fill the needs of her family and the entire others in our community. Bethlen Communities. There are many in our commu- (For more on Ms. Atkinson, nity who are in great need of food see page 9.) donations. For some of them, their In addition to the survival depends on it. promotion of Amanda The church made weekly an- Atkinson, I was elected nouncements and included our to the Executive Board appeal in all of their outreach com- of the Board of Directors munications. Our branch mailed for Bethlen Communi- out appeal letters to all of the local ties at the spring Board members. Members were asked to meeting on April 23. I bring non-perishable items to the am looking forward to Fraternal Director Barbara A. House (standing) joins some of Church, located at 2180 North Ave. my new role and respon- her fellow Branch 18 members and others who love Hungar- The response was overwhelming. sibilities. ian food at a recent cooking class held in Allen Park, Mich. Some of the items donated included I had the pleasure canned soups, canned tuna, peanut of attending the 62 Clevelandi morial Golf Outing, hosted by Beth- butter, canned fruits and vegetables, Cserkészbál (62nd Cleveland An- len Communities, on Saturday, June cereals, fruit juices, pastas and sauc- nual Hungarian Scout Benefit Ball) 30, in Ligonier, Pa. The tournament es, and much more. The bags were held April 28, celebrating over 60 honors the memory of Rev. Bertalan taken to several local food banks. years of the American Hungarian and benefits Bethlen Communities’ Thank you to all those who do- Friends of Scouting. You can read Student Scholarship Fund. nated and made this such a success. more about this grand event in this • The Cleveland Hungarian We did indeed join hands in May to month’s “Magyar Matters” section Cultural Garden Golf Outing and make a difference against hunger in on page 8. Dinner at Barrington Country Club our community. Branch 14 will be taking a break on July 19. Special thanks to Sandy Stasko, during the summer. Our next branch • The Third Gala Organ Concert Ann Ballas, Shelley Visinski, Bill meeting will be held Wednesday, for the benefit of the Cleveland Hun- Bero and Jim Ballas for organizing Sept. 5, at 7:00 p.m. at the Bethlen garian Cultural Garden on Sunday, and implementing this event. It is Hall of The First Hungarian Re- Oct. 7. greatly needed in our community. formed Church, 14530 Alexander The officers and members of Road, Walton Hills. WPA Branch 14 Branch 14 extend our sympathy to Branch 14 adult members and guests are wel- the families of Branch 14 members come to attend the branch meeting. John Galambos, who passed away Cleveland, OH Other upcoming activities in the on April 20, and Joseph B. Volter, by Richard E. Sarosi Cleveland area include: who passed away on April 15, and to • The 80th anniversary of the all WPA members who recently lost Hello Summer! Happy Flag Day Cleveland Hungarian Cultural Gar- a loved one. May they rest in peace. to our veterans and our military den and free Franz Liszt Concert on Get well wishes are being sent to personnel in the U.S. and overseas. Sunday, June 24, at 4:00 p.m. all of our Branch 14 and WPA mem- Thank you for your service. • Hungarian Heritage Night with bers, as well as our friends, who We hope everyone’s Memorial the Lake County Captains at Classic might be feeling under the weather, Day was relaxing and reflective. Park, Eastlake, Ohio, on Saturday, dealing with health issues, recover- Summer activities in the greater June 30. (See the ad on page 8 for more ing from a surgery, or facing other Cleveland Hungarian community information.) medical issues. We send out prayers are being scheduled for our enter- • The Rev. Imre A. Bertalan Me- of healing to Branch 14 members tainment and enjoyment. Please

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Elaine Valentine, Ernie Sarosi, Well, it’s almost summer and Have a wonderful day, Ethel. JoAnne Sedensky, Bobby Varga and I can say that spring has finally Congrats to Jimmy Lewis, son Dante Parete and to Branch 14 Presi- sprung. I like winter, so I really was of National Director Debbie Lewis, dent Caroline Lanzara. We send best not complaining when it stayed cool. on his upcoming wedding this July. wishes to WPA members John Torma, But, it is time for warmer weather, We’ll miss you at our golf tourna- Betty Vargo and Linda Enyedy for and I love my flowers. ment. their return to good health. Please Speaking of flowers, we are get- Get well to all of you who are keep them in your prayers. ting ready for our annual Join Hands not feeling up to your usual self, Happy birthday and anniversary Day event on June 9. We have had especially Caroline Lanzara, Linda wishes are being sent out to all of our requests for more flowers, so we will Enyedy, Elsie Kantor, Julie Bubenko, branch members and Home Office need your hands to help get the job Beata Csaszar, Doug Truesdell and staff who are celebrating a June/July done. We will meet at the Hungar- David Bodnar. You are always in birthday and/or anniversary. We ian American Cultural Center at our thoughts and prayers. love you and wish you a very happy 10:00 a.m. One group will go to the Please remember all our deceased day. May you be blessed with many Paragon, and one will stay at the members and their families in your more birthdays and anniversaries. center. We will finish at St. Michaels prayers, especially: Margaret Braun, Lastly, your continued support of Episcopal Church in Lincoln Park. Paul Gazdik, Eleanor Kender, Steven the William Penn Fraternal Associa- They have a bigger area this year so Kulcher and Donald Zeller. May tion Scholarship Foundation is very I will buy more flowers. Then we they rest in peace. important and needed, as it provides will have a great lunch. We should Special thank you to Denise Funti the funds that are distributed to our be done by 1:00 p.m., if we have and Carol Cox for thinking of WPA student members for their college enough help. for your needs. You are appreciated. studies. Please support this worthy All those who help will get a free Hello, Mom! No, I didn’t forget effort. ride to our wonderful WPA Picnic in you. Glad you are still doing well. As always, please remember to Hiram, Ohio, on Aug. 25. How can Special hello to Elaine Valentine; keep in touch with someone you you beat that? Hope to see you there. nice to hear from you. Yes, we miss haven’t seen or talked with in a long Our next branch meeting is June David, too. time. Don’t let the opportunity pass 20. We meet at the Cultural Center Remember to always help those you by. Pick up the phone and/or at 6:00 p.m. We will not meet in July. who are less fortunate. Thank you plan a visit. Our August branch meeting will be to all who took part in Join Hands Remember, Branch 14 members on Aug. 22. That is just before our Against Hunger. Please help us having news to share about them- WPA Picnic. Please mark your cal- again on Join Hands Day. selves or family members can reach endars. And, please remember your Contact me anytime with ques- me at [email protected] or at 440-248- furry friends with donations when tions or suggestions. 9012. you come to our meetings. I read something I want to share Happy June birthdays to Vice with you that I really liked: “Those Branch 18 Chair Anne Marie Schmidt, National who mind, don’t matter, and those Lincoln Park, MI Director Richard Sarosi, and Home that matter, don’t mind.” I take it Office employees Kerri Kramer to mean, be yourself. You are all by Barbara A. House and Debra Evans. My brother Joe special in your own way. Happy Flag Day. How lucky we are also has a birthday on June 9. And, to have the right to fly our flag. I happy birthday to all of our wonder- Branch 28 ful members. We wish you many have been to countries where they Youngstown, OH did not have the rights we do. Re- more. member to thank a vet. Fly your flag I just heard that longtime member by Kathy Novak proudly. Ethel Molnar is celebrating her 97th birthday. WOW, that’s wonderful! Best of luck to all our members grad- uating from high school and college. There are many new opportunities awaiting you. Branch 28 took part in the WPA Easter Basket program. Baskets were sent to two shelters which house Next Deadline children from troubled homes. All articles & photographs for the July issue A reminder that June 30 is Hun- of William Penn Life are due in our garian Heritage Night at the Lake County Captains baseball game at office by June 8. If you have any Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio. WPA questions, please contact John E. Lovasz is a co-sponsor for this event and will have a display table set up in toll-free at 1-800-848-7366, ext. 135. the corridor area. (For more informa- tion and a reservation form, see page 8.)

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Branch 28 will hold its John Hands Day project sometime in June, so I will have some details about it in a future issue. Nice to learn that Christina Toth was chosen as one of the 11 inductees to the Austintown Fitch High School Hall of Fame. Details of this honor will be shared after the cer- emony is held in Septem- ber. Remember to fly the flag with pride and grati- tude on June 14, Flag Day. Looking forward to the upcoming summer Are your activities and being able to visit with friends and beneficiaries acquaintances we made ? throughout the years. Chair of the Board Andrew W. McNelis (left) presents up to date? Hope everyone has donations from WPA and Branch 34 to Robert Perris, their golf reservations in Chairperson of the 15th Ward Memorial Day Association. That’s a question you may not to the Home Office. have asked yourself very often, if Wishing a happy Father’s Day to all our wonderful dads. at these enjoyable fraternal events! ever. But, it’s one you should ask Happy birthday and anniversary Branch 34 was pleased to partici- yourself at least once a year. to all our members celebrating in the pate in the Join Hands Against Hun- We can’t stress enough the month of June. ger campaign. The branch donated Get well wishes to all those who monetarily to the Greater Pittsburgh importance of regularly checking Community Food Bank. the beneficiaries listed on your might not be feeling up to par, es- pecially John Torma, Nancy (Hagg) Chair of the Board Andrew McNe- life insurance certificates. It is Gunyula, Violet Sarosi, Ernie Sarosi, lis presented monetary donations to the only way to ensure that the Caroline Lanzara, John Dankovich the 15th Ward Memorial Day Associ- people you want to receive the and Alice Nagy. ation from WPA and Branch 34. Each benefits of your life insurance are Keeping our recently deceased year, the community holds a memori- members, and those they have left al service to honor our fallen military the ones who will receive it. men and women. These donations Think about the changes that behind, in our thoughts and prayers. Do you have any news you wish help offset the costs required to make have occurred in your life since to share or need answers to your the service unforgettable for those you purchased your life insur- questions about WPA? Please call who attend. Last year, a week before ance. Getting married, having Kathy at 330-746-7704 or Alan at the memorial service, volunteers, in- 330-482-9994. cluding many from Branch 34, placed children, losing a loved one, approximately 14,000 American flags getting remarried--all these life on veterans’ graves. changes affect your responsibili- Branch 34 Congratulations to branch mem- ties. In some states, divorce may Pittsburgh, PA ber and daughter-in-law Valerie for make your beneficiaries null and completing the Pittsburgh Mara- by Marguerite McNelis void. Do the beneficiaries cur- thon. Valerie has completed over 50 Happy Father’s Day to all the dads marathons in Pennsylvania and other rently listed on your life insurance out there! states. Way to go! certificates reflect such changes? Please take a moment and pray Special happy birthday wishes to If you think you need to update for all our service men and women, my dear brother Gary and everyone the beneficiaries listed on your especially those in harm’s way. celebrating their birthdays in June. certificates--either primary or It has finally warmed up in Wishing you all many more. Special anniversary wishes to secondary beneficiaries--contact Pittsburgh! Hope you are planning to attend the golf outing, Hungar- Andy and Valerie and to my niece your WPA representative. Or, call ian Heritage Experience and WPA and nephew, Nicole and Bob. Many, our Home Office toll-free at Picnic. They will be here before you many more. 1-800-848-7366. know it! Hope to see everyone again Our thoughts and prayers are with

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to any members who have lost a family member or suffered another loss. For your life insurance and annu- ity needs, contact Alan Szabo.

Branch 89 Homestead, PA by Mark S. Maskarinec Lisa S. Toth-Maskarinec Our first ever chicken paprikas dinner was held on May 20 at the First Hungarian Reformed Church of Homestead. We hope to be able to publish pictures from this event in the next issue. It has been our experience that food is a wonderful way to promote fraternalism. Every time we have an event, we make new friends and find old ones. We still have gulyás and kolbász in our freezer. Please call Branch Vice President Mark Maskarinec Branch 44 members (l-r) George Naswadi, Ray Naswadi, Elizabeth Darago, Cheryl Stadler at 412-398-2078 or email Mark at and Gilbert Stadler Jr. helped assemble and deliver 50 “Hope Totes” to Haven of Rest Minis- [email protected]. Price is tries of Akron, Ohio, this April. $6 per quart for the gulyás and $5.50 per pound for the kolbász. everyone experiencing health issues. Mollohan Family with their teens, On June 29, Tom Kazar, owner of If you have any news you would and Carmen Buck, who provided Dorothy 6 and a WPA member, will like to share, please contact Margue- bag packing support at their homes. be having another Hungarian Night rite McNelis at 412-421-6031. These are young families, and at his restaurant, complete with the between work, attending baseball musical accompaniment of George Branch 44 games, and other demands on their Batyi. It promises to be a great night, time, it is sometimes difficult to complete with good food and great Akron, OH show up on certain dates, but we are music. Come check out Dorothy 6 by Elizabeth Darago appreciative that they were able to on 8th Avenue in Homestead. The participate. food is always great, even if it’s not Our members came through for Lastly, a BIG thank you to the on one of the Hungarian Nights. For Branch 44 on a rainy day in April, Kepich Family, especially Taylor reservations, call Tom at 412-464- packing 50 “Hope Totes” to the ac- Kepich, who packed the bags, as 9023. companiment of fantastic Hungarian well as delivered them to the Haven Get well wishes continue to go music. There may have even been of Rest Mission. to branch members Fred Gabocy, a dance move or two while pack- In other news, a story about Bob George Kostival, Janet J. Phillips, ing the totes! Officers and members Chula working with veterans and Jim Findlay, Justin Toth and Patricia alike packed totes, loaded them into the courts was picked up as a full Walochik. cars and delivered the totes to the page story in the Suburbanite News- We will be having a Join Hands Haven of Rest Mission in downtown paper. Way to go, Bob! Day event in conjunction with the Akron. We’re thinking of adding a late Reformed Baptist Church at the Thanks to Jean and George summer branch activity. If you have First Hungarian Reformed Church Naswadi for allowing us to use their any suggestions--such as, a picnic, a of Homestead, located at 416 Tenth garage for the packing party. They Rubber Ducks baseball game, a trip Ave., Munhall, on Saturday, June even roped in George’s brother Ray, to a local casino--contact a branch 2, at 8:00 a.m. We plan to do some who brought the music! The Stadlers officer and give us your thoughts. landscaping and to clean up and provided the brawn for moving the We congratulate all students repair the church parsonage after bags’ contents and then assisting in who are graduating, all scholarship recent weather damage. Come on the actual packing. recipients, all newlyweds, all new down and lend a hand. We will also Appreciation also goes to mem- parents, and any members who have provide lunch for our volunteers. bers of the Confer Family and their had great things happen to them Watch your mail. Our golf com- junior members; the Bentley Fam- recently. mittee is up and running and getting ily and their junior members; the We also extend our condolences

WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 17 LAST CALL! Hungarian Heritage Experience

August 5-11, 2018 (Sunday-Saturday) Sequanota Lutheran Conference Center & Camp Bowersox Enrichment Center • Boswell, PA $450 for WPA members l $550 for non-members Includes lodging, all meals, instruction and activities Learn the Hungarian language and about Hungarian history, culture & traditions Make friends from around the country • Relax in the beauty of the Laurel Highlands

For more information, contact Barbara A. House, Fraternal Director Toll-free: 1-800-848-7366, Ext. 107 • Email: [email protected]

Hungarian Heritage Experience Reservation Form Name: WPA Certificate Number: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Email: Deadline for Reservations is June 25, 2018 Reservations received after this date will be assessed a late fee of $50. No reservations will be accepted after July 16, 2018. Send this form along with your full payment made payable to “William Penn Association” to: Hungarian Heritage Experience, William Penn Association, 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15233

PLEASE NOTE: Event may be cancelled without notice due to lack of adequate participation. Branch News

Members of Branch 226 and the Free Hungarian Reformed Church of McK- eesport, Pa., gathered on two occasions in recent months to make delicious Hungarian specialties for fundraisers. LEFT: Church members George Sievern and Branch 226 Vice President Janet Sparico (right) put quarts of soup in the refrigerator for sale later. ABOVE: Wendy Dorman, Branch Auditor June Coyne and fellow volunteer Tabatha Wendorff prepare traditional Hungarian csöröge (angel wings). ready for our outing on Sunday, so please be safe in all your travels. 4:00 p.m. Please plan on attending. Aug. 12. So far, we have drones, Please watch out for kids playing The Hungarian Cultural Associa- beer towers and many more incred- outside and for motorcycles as they tion invites you to join them for a ible prizes to give away. The prizes can sometimes be hard to see. Soup and Learn program on June 10 for the skill shot winners and the Congratulations to our members at 11:30 a.m. at St. Ladislas Church, winning foursome will be valued at graduating from high school or col- 277 Reeb Ave., Columbus. $60 and up for each winner. Nice. lege. Good luck in all your future Congratulations to all those cel- Come out and check us out. We’re education plans or job searches. ebrating birthdays, anniversaries or shooting for 112 golfers. Each year, Important days for the month are: additions to their families. we seem to increase our attendance • Flag Day on June 14 - always Get well wishes to all who have by 10 percent; maybe this year’s display your flag proudly. been ill or hospitalized. Hope all increase will amount to 20 percent. • Father’s Day on June 17 - we have a speedy recovery. We can hope. As always, we remind thank our fathers for all you do for We also extend our sincere sym- you that you can participate in many your families and hope you all have pathy to all who have recently lost a ways--buy, play, dine, donate, spon- a great day. loved one, especially to the family of sor. And we have only one char- • First day of summer on June 21. our member Linda Albert. ity: the First Hungarian Reformed Don’t forget the registration dead- For all your life insurance and an- Church of Homestead. line for the WPA golf tournament is nuity needs, or to share your news, Happy Father’s Day to all those June 15. The annual meeting of the please contact Debbie Lewis at 614- fathers out there. Take a minute and William Penn Fraternal Association 875-9968 or at [email protected]. reach out and call you father. Make Scholarship Foundation will take his day special. place on the Friday of the golf week- Branch 226 end. If you can’t attend, you can McKeesport, PA Branch 129 still send in a donation to the Home Office. The foundation provides a by Judit Ganchuk Columbus, OH great benefit to our young members Happy birthday wishes go out to by Debbie Lewis continuing their education. Also, the deadline to sign up for our branch members celebrating this Hello from Columbus! We finally the Hungarian Heritage Experience month, especially Branch Auditor have beautiful weather. It seemed is June 25. June Coyne. like winter was never going away. Our next branch meeting will be Happy Anniversary wishes go The next few months is the time held on Tuesday, June 5, at Plank’s out to those special June couples. many families are taking vacations, Café, 743 Parsons Ave., beginning at Congrats to all the high school

WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 19 Branch News and college grads--way to go! Please keep those who have lost a loved one in your prayers. May God bless their memory. We are thinking of our branch members and friends who are under the weather or are recovering. Send- ing sunny wishes to Wayne Nelson and Sally Petras! A gentle reminder for our mem- bers: we have the graduating high school seniors benefit available. Call our Home Office today for more information. We thank all those who helped make our branch’s last cooking project a success--from the volun- teers who shopped, sliced, mixed, stuffed, boiled and cooked to the people who purchased dozens of stuffed cabbage. The branch’s cook- ing project went well in May and we couldn’t have done it without Members and friends of Branch 249 enjoy dining and our volunteers who gave up their dancing April 28 at the Magyar Club of Dayton’s Spring day. The töltött káposzta (stuffed Dinner Dance. cabbage) sale proceeds went to the Free Hungarian Reformed Church of McKeesport. Our next project will be April and May probably couldn’t booth with help from many local determined in the fall. have been any better. Hungarians and friends, including We will take a break from our April 28 brought the Magyar Club many Branch 249 members. It was meetings this summer and plan to of Dayton’s Spring Dinner Dance. wonderful to watch the dancers start back up after Labor Day. Please The sold-out crowd enjoyed all- perform and teach the folk dances call Malvene at 412-751-1898 with you-can-eat cabbage rolls, chicken of Hungary while wearing authentic news you want to share here. paprikás, club-made kolbász, pa- costumes from Hungary. And, the The William Penn Association prikás potatoes and all the fixings. kolbász, cabbage rolls and, especial- Magyar Folk Dancers are preparing George Batyi’s Gypsy Strings with ly, the pastries at the booth taught for their performance season this Alex Udvary on cimbalom were ex- many people the great cuisine of summer. If you’re in the greater tra wonderful, and a short program Hungary. Pittsburgh area, we encourage by the Dayton Festival Club Dancers On the same weekend, 50 mem- singers and dancers to join us this enthralled the crowd. This night was bers and friends of WPA came to year. Please contact Malvene Heyz wonderful; you need to make plans the Dayton Dragons 5/3 Field to or find us on Facebook. We need to to attend next year. root for the Dragons baseball team. strengthen and build up our group. We thank WPA Branch 249 We enjoyed all the typical ball park You can help by spreading the word members for helping out the club food we could eat and saw a great or supporting us at one of our many with set-up, baking, and working all game. As a special treat, catcher performances. See you at the Bethlen phases of the event. Also, thank you Mark Kolozsvary, our new honorary Communities’ annual Hungarian to Fraternal Director Barbara House Dayton Hungarian, stopped by the picnic in Ligonier, Pa., on Sunday, and the WPA Home Office for their Café Lounge to meet with the group July 29, starting at noon. generous support of Dayton Hun- and take some pictures. Mark is hav- garian activities by placing ads in ing a very good year, and we hope the beautiful dance program. Both it continues so he’ll be called up to Branch 249 continue to support many events of the next level of ball and can con- Dayton, OH Hungarian heritage. tinue his journey to the big leagues. May brought two events. First Maybe Tibor Check can add him to by Mark Schmidt was the World A’Fair at the Dayton his list of Hungarian ball players? School is almost over, flowers and Convention Center. Over 30,000 I hope this publication makes it vegetables are growing, the weather people enjoyed a weekend of ethnic to you in time for Saturday, June is mild and vacation time is here. food, drinks, desserts, crafts, cos- 2. Branch 249 is sponsoring flower Summer has started! Sweet, long, tumes and booths representing more planting at Queen of Martyrs sunny, hot days and mild, lazy than 30 nationalities from around Church between 9:00 a.m. and noon nights. It doesn’t get much better. the world. The Festival Club Danc- for Join Hands Day. We will have Speaking of not much better, ers of Dayton ran the Hungarian donuts and coffee to get the group

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As Father’s Day nears, we offer sincere wishes to all dads with love, honor and appreciation. It is often said that any man can become a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad. Special greetings to my own husband and father-in-law. I no longer have my own dad, but I am grateful that his kind spirit has never left me. This year, the WPA Annual Golf Tournament & Scholarship Days will be held in Canfield, Ohio on July 13 and 14, at the Kennsington Golf Club. The club is a new venue for our tournament. It is located near The Dayton Festival Club Dancers entertain guests at the Spring Dinner Dance this April. Youngstown. There is still time to make your plans to join us for a nice golf outing with friends and family rolling in the morning. We always The deadline for submitting this at a great course. And, remember, have a great time with many vol- month’s branch article was the same “Y-Town” offers family-friendly unteers. Please bring a few garden day as our May branch meeting and things to do, as well, so it should implements to help with the plant- our much-anticipated annual Join make for an enjoyable weekend. ing. See you there. Hands Day project. So, I will de- Save the date for Branch 296’s an- Congratulations to those cel- scribe how the project went in next nual bacon roast (szalonna sütés), on ebrating anniversaries in June, a month’s article. My prediction is Sunday, Sept. 23. The same pavilion traditional favorite month of brides that a good time was had by all, and at Riverside Park in Oakmont has everywhere. I hope you have many that we created something meaning- been reserved. In previous years, more years of wedded happiness. ful for the temporary residents of we’ve thoroughly enjoyed the food Happy birthday to those June Ronald McDonald House of Pitts- and fellowship and again, we are babies, especially my special baby, burgh. extending our invitation to everyone. Anne Marie. You keep getting better Wishes for a terrific birthday It really is time well-spent! Guests each year. go to branch member Mary Ann are asked to bring a covered dish or Our condolences go to those who Slaninka and Branch Vice President dessert to supplement the hot dogs, have recently lost a friend or loved Marge Kosheba. May you and all of kolbász, and bacon. This will be a one. May the love and memory of our “June baby” members celebrate great feast, so why not join us? We’ll them burn bright in your heart. greatly on your special days. keep you posted with more details. Get well wishes to those sick or June is quite the popular month Branch 296 takes a summer hiatus in the hospital. May you get well for weddings, too. We happily ex- from meetings. We will resume on quickly and enjoy this beautiful tend congratulations to fellow 296er Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m., at month. and Home Office employee Brittany the King’s Family Restaurant in New If you have any news you would Brown and her fiancé Bob Kellar on Kensington. Future meeting dates like to publish, contact me at 937- their upcoming June wedding. And are: Oct. 11 and Nov. 8, same time, 667-1211 or [email protected]. happy anniversary wishes go out to same place. That’s all for now. Can you say all those couples who chose June as WPA agent Noreen Fritz, FIC, “Fore”? See you next month in Can- the month in which to unite in mar- LUTCF, is refreshed from her recent field, Ohio. riage. trip to sunny San Diego and is pre- Get well wishes to all of our pared to answer questions regarding Branch 296 296ers who are recuperating. We WPA’s outstanding products and send encouraging thoughts to each Springdale, PA fraternal benefits. Noreen can be of you for a speedy recovery, espe- reached at 412-821-1837 or by email by Mary A. Kelly-Lovasz cially to Branch Auditor John Torma, at [email protected]. who continues to recover from re- Way back in 1945, composer After a winter that wouldn’t seem cent surgery. My father-in-law John to ease its grip, followed by a brief Richard Rogers wrote “June Is ‘Bus- L. Lovasz also continues to recover tin’ Out All Over” for the popular spring, summer is finally upon us. from issues with his foot and heel. It’s often said about the climate of Broadway musical Carousel. That Hang in there, John: remember, best was so many years ago, but it still Western PA that spring is practi- foot forward, okay? cally the non-existent season; that applies. I apologize if that ditty is Our thoughts go out to our mem- now an annoying earworm in your we go from winter, almost directly bers who have recently lost a loved into summer. Are we relieved to put heads, but please, go out and enjoy one. We remember you and your the spectacular month of June. another winter behind us? Yes! loved ones in prayer.

WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 21 Branch News

For additional information about Branch 349 Branch 349 activities, or if you have Weirton, WV any news you wish to share, please call Joyce Nicholson at 740-264-6238. by Joyce Nicholson You can call on Alan Szabo for all Greetings from WPA branch 349 in your insurance needs at 330-482- the Ohio Valley Tri-State area! 9994. Summer will soon be upon us on June 21, the longest day of the year. Branch 352 Over the next few months, take time to relax and enjoy the warmer Coraopolis, PA weather with vacations, sports and by Dora S. McKinsey picnics because you know fall and winter will be just around the corner. Here it is June already, and half of Take in as many of the enjoyable the year is almost over. Where does WPA events that you can. Grab your the time go? There must be some favorite cold beverage and enjoy the truth to the saying that time goes summer! faster as we get older! It certainly Flag Day is June 14, so fly your has been going too fast for me, flag proudly and remember all the personally. Officially, summer starts men and women in the military who June 21 this year. Time to get out the Hailey, manager of the Welcome Home protect our freedom and the right to sunscreen. shelter in Greensburg, Pa., thanks WPA fly that flag. It was on June 14, 1937, For our Join Hands Day project, Branch 8036 for its donation of Walmart that Pennsylvania became the first Branch 352 will be planting flowers gift cards. U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a in the planters at the Western Penn- sylvania Humane Society on Satur- state holiday, beginning in the town fraternal events as possible. Only day, June 2. The Humane Society of Rennerdale, a neighborhood in with your support can WPA con- is located at 1101 Western Ave. on Collier Township just nine miles tinue to provide activities for you to the North Side. If you are interested southwest of Pittsburgh. enjoy. in helping, please contact me for And, don’t forget Father’s Day Happy birthday to all those cel- details. Come and join us; we would is June 17. Abraham Lincoln said, ebrating a birthday this month. May love to see you. Planting starts at “No man stands taller than when he you be blessed with many more. 9:30 a.m. stoops to help a child.” Our condolences to all those who This month, we celebrate two spe- Note on your calendar to keep have lost a loved one recently. May cial holidays. Flag Day is June 14 on Sunday, Aug. 26 open. That’s the your memories carry you through which we commemorate the adop- date for the next picnic to be hosted this very difficult time. tion of the flag of the United States. jointly by Branch 349 and the Ohio If you have any insurance needs The other holiday is Father’s Day, Valley Hungarian-American Cul- or questions, please contact me at which is June 17 this year. Happy tural Society at Warren Township 412-932-3170 or by email at dmckin- Father’s Day to all of those dads out Park in Yorkville, Ohio. Just bring [email protected]. a dessert or side dish to share. If there. There is no more important you plan to roast bacon around the job for men than being a loving, sup- fire pit, bring your own chair and portive dad to their children. Branch 800 bacon fork. Everything else will be Congratulations to all the gradu- Altoona, PA provided. The picnic begins at 1:00 ates, both high school and college. p.m., so come hungry because there All of that hard work will pay off. by Joan Ballash is always plenty of delicious food! May you be guided as you take your Happy Father’s Day to all Branch We extend good wishes to those next step, whether it be further edu- 800 fathers. We hope that you will members with birthdays and an- cation or that first job. spend the day with your children niversaries this month. Birthdays for The school year will soon be over, making happy memories. For sons June include Anne Marie Schmidt, so there will be many young ones and daughters who cannot be with Richard Sarosi, Kerri Kramer, Deb- playing outside. Please drive care- their dad, contact him if possible; bie Evans, Ashley Toth and Anna fully. Also, be safe in your travels if and if not, recall the bright moments and Daniel Cermak. you are going on a vacation. spent with him. Condolences are extended to the WPA’s fraternal events will soon June 14 is Flag Day. Fly the flag family of Mike Jacob, retired owner be in full swing. Don’t forget to with pride. Be an example to others Wil- of Jacob & Sons Quality Meats in review the information found in and demonstrate patriotism. Check liam Penn Life Martins Ferry, Ohio. His family still regarding the upcom- out the photo of the U.S. Capitol practices the traditional Hungarian ing WPA golf tournament (pages Building in the WPA calendar for methods of preparing meats. He will 10 and 11). Come on, Branch 352 the month of June. It is inspiring. be missed. members, get a team together and Summer officially begins on June join us. Please try to attend as many

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21, although we have already experi- The branch picnic is scheduled for Each year, Welcome Home pro- enced temperatures in the 80s. Let’s Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 6:00 p.m. at vides approximately 7,000 shelter hope for a good growing season and Highland Park, rain or shine. Mem- nights assisting nearly 250 home- weather that all vacationers want to bers and guests are welcome. Cost less women, men and children in have! is $5 per person. Call Dan Greiner at the Westmoreland County area. It Happy birthday to Branch Presi- 814-943-7471 for reservations. Dead- opened its doors in October 2002, dent Dan Greiner and his brother, line to make your reservation is July after a significant need was identi- Vice President Dennis Greiner, who 25. fied; the shelter was filled to capacity were June babies. We appreciate the Branch Coordinator Bob Jones within 48 hours. work you both do for our branch is always available to address your Welcome Home is funded by and all its activities. Your devotion questions about WPA life insurance state grants, the United Way of is apparent. and annuity products. Bob can be Westmoreland County, private foun- Hopefully, all WPA members reached at 814-942-2661. dations and contributions from the read the WPA Actuary’s Report for generous community. 2017, published in the April 2018 The gift cards our branch donated issue of William Penn Life. We should Branch 8036 will be used to purchase much- all be proud to be a part of such a Scottdale, PA needed items including food, toilet- well-run association. A big “thank by Jerry A. Hauser ries and linens. you” to the National Officers and Board of Directors for your excellent Once again, Branch 8036 par- management. ticipated in WPA’s Easter Basket Get well wishes to Branch Audi- program by donating Walmart gift tor John Conti and to all those who cards to the Welcome Home Shelter are ailing. Our prayers are with you. in Greensburg, Pa. This emergency NEXT Sympathy is extended to branch shelter provides a clean, safe place families who have recently lost a for homeless families and single dear one. God is always with you. women. It also offers life-skill classes DEADLINE Branch 800 meetings are suspend- such as cooking, budgeting and ed for the months of June, July and home management, in addition to August and will resume in Septem- on-site behavioral health counseling JUNE 8 ber. services. Enjoy even more tastes of Hungary The Official

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WILLIAM PENN LIFE º June 2018 º 23 In Memoriam

We ask you to pray for all Paul F. Gazdik Stephen H. Kiss 0705 MAYVILLE, WI our recently departed mem- Eleanor Julia Kender Martha E. Kohler Lucille B. Crass bers listed here: Steven Kulcher 0249 DAYTON, OH Ilse Kozma Donald S. Zeller John G. Demeter 0720 DEDHAM, MA APRIL 2018 0027 TOLEDO, OH Luanne Grazioso Robert W. Giallongo 0001 BRIDGEPORT, CT Leo E. Szabo 0296 SPRINGDALE, PA Anna Karelas Thomas D. Bogardus 0034 PITTSBURGH, PA Rose DiMuzio Amelia M. Pignatelli Anna Mannarino Olga A. Horvat Walter Anthony Sabo Violet M. Stokes Clayton L. Murphy 0076 PHILADELPHIA, PA Pearl Sendry T. Phillip Turcotte James W. Springer Rodney A. Caldwell 0336 HARRISBURG, PA 0800 ALTOONA, PA 0005 PHOENIX, AZ 0088 RURAL VALLEY, PA Paul F. Bradley Rosemary R. Barcaro John C. Kovach John D. Nagy, Jr. 0349 WEIRTON, WV James W. Gromiller 0008 JOHNSTOWN, PA 0089 HOMESTEAD, PA John Fodor 8020 McKEES ROCKS, PA Mary Appleyard Barbara A. Mertz 0352 CORAOPOLIS, PA Kathleen Scharbeck Carol J. Aufman Esther Sabo Kimberly A. Parme 8036 SCOTTDALE, PA Mary Bubenko 0132 SOUTH BEND, IN 0525 LOS ANGELES, CA Mary Louise Koval 0009 HAZLETON, PA George V. Shupe Rosa Del Rosario Helyn Oshnack Frank W. Breslin Anna C. Webster Louis Dolgos 8340 BALTIMORE, MD 0013 TRENTON, NJ 0189 ALLIANCE, OH Gilbert J. Esparza Ellis P. Morris Elizabeth Capria Elsie Welch 0590 CAPE CORAL, FL Rev. Kennard S. Muller 0014 CLEVELAND, OH 0216 NORTHAMPTON, PA Isemena Gedeus Abdullah M. Shabazz Elizabeth Amato Helen C. Galle Miriam Gottfried Margaret B. Braun Helen Herr Michael Markovits Recent Donations

44 - Alexander J. Darago - $25.00 Julia Alex & Joseph Pepoy) WPFA 44 - Thomas J. Morgan - $5.00 William Penn Association - $50.00 WPA 89 - James M. Ujevich - $44.46 (Mary Frances Reis, Sister of Scholarship 129 - Thomas A. Shepard Jr. - $5.88 Ralph F. Manning, WPA General Foundation 129 - Stephanie L. Shepard - $9.58 Counsel) Foundation 159 - Kelly J. Scherfel - $3.39 TOTAL for Month = $200.00 Hurricane 159 - William Scherfel IV - $1.71 Donations Through 226 - Timothy R. Holtzman - $1.40 APRIL 2018 Donor - Amount Relief Fund Premium Payments 226 - Carol S. Burlikowski - $5.00 Received as of April 30, 2018 MARCH 2018 226 - Leslie F. Petras - $25.00 (In Memory of) Barbara A. House - $25.00 Donor - Amount Branch - Donor - Amount 296 - Elsie R. Cristillo - $1.00 (Emma M. Schvarckopf Borsa) Rev./Mrs. Daniel J. Borsay - $25.00 8 - Judith A. Thurman - $5.00 296 - James H. Kramer Jr. - $2.00 Barbara A. House - $25.00 Rita P. Dansak - $20.00 8 - Imre E. Ujvagi Bertalan - $10.00 352 - Dora S. McKinsey - $2.00 (Eleanor J. Kender) Robert A. Deak - $50.00 18 - Margaret Menner - $10.00 383 - Lenora Brouwer - $5.00 Richard E. Sarosi - $50.00 Judit Ganchuk - $20.00 26 - Marie S. Logue - $1.00 383 - Salena Brouwer - $5.00 (Mary Frances Reis, Sister of Barbara J. Gumala - $75.00 28 - Mary Vargo - $20.00 383 - Turner Berueffy - $5.00 Ralph F. Manning, WPA General Mary A. Kelly-Lovasz 28 - Frank Schauer - $3.98 8036 - Zachary J. Kaider - $4.00 Counsel) & John E. Lovasz - $125.00 28 - Maria E. Schauer - $4.30 TOTAL for Month = $220.49 Br. 18 Lincoln Park, MI - $100.00 B. Murphy - $100.00 34 - Katherine Ann Eitel - $100.00 (Deceased Members Christine Joyce E. Nicholson - $50.00 88 - Anthony Odosso - $10.00 Additional Donations M. Nemeth, Emma M. Schvarckopf M/M Mark C. Schmidt - $250.00 89 - Melissa S. O’Brien - $2.10 MARCH 2018 Borsa, Louise F. Posavetz & Karen M/M John J. Torma - $100.00 89 - John M. Recktosh - $25.00 Donor - Amount L. Beller) Br. 296 Springdale, PA - $100.00 129 - Julie Westcamp - $6.53 WPA Cookbook Sales - $350.00 William Penn Association - $50.00 TOTAL for Month = $915.00 226 - Timothy R. Holtzman - $1.40 (Donna M. Griffin, Former WPA 226 - Carol S. Burlikowski - $5.00 TOTAL for Month = $350.00 Home Office Employee) 352 - Dora S. McKinsey - $2.00 APRIL 2018 TOTAL for Month = $250.00 383 - Lee O. May - $1.00 Donor - Amount 720 - Ronald R. Ferguson - $3.00 Mary Balogh - $7.00 720 - John A. Puleo Jr. - $3.09 Anne J. Pustai - $11.00 TOTAL for Month = $213.40 M/M Jack V. Vukovits - $100.00 APRIL 2018 WPA Cookbook Sales - $170.00 Puzzle Contest #153 Branch - Donor - Amount TOTAL for Month = $288.00 8 - Stephen J. Gall Jr. - $4.15 Donations In Memoriam WINNERS 8 - Dorothy J. Gall - $2.00 MARCH 2018 The winners of our Puzzle Contest #153 were drawn 8 - Janos I. B. Wilson - $10.00 Donor - Amount 8 - Alma F. B. Wilson - $10.00 May 7, 2018, at the Home Office. Congratulations to: (In Memory of) 9 - Colleen M. Phillips - $5.00 Richard E. Sarosi - $25.00 Jean Dress, Br. 9 Hazleton, PA 9 - Lori A. Phillips - $5.00 (Mildred E. Garofalo) 14 - Anna Graf - $2.00 Judith L. Hufford, Br. 27 Toledo, OH Richard E. Sarosi - $25.00 18 - Marcia Anne Horst - $10.00 (Robert A. Kapinus) Gizella Snyder, Br. 216 Northampton, PA 19 - Mary Jane Nagy - $2.00 Br. 18 Lincoln Park, MI - $100.00 Eleanore Wheeler, Br. 132 South Bend, IN 26 - Joan M. Gualtieri - $1.00 (Deceased Members Anne R. 28 - Michael A. Kroner - $13.92 Nagy, Eva Nagy, Mary Sabo, Each won $50 for their correct entry. 28 - Michael John Janovick - $5.00

24 º June 2018 º WILLIAM PENN LIFE Puzzle Contest #156 with Lizzy Cseh-Hadzinsky

Flamed pie WPA PUZZLE CONTEST #156 A few weeks ago, my parents and brothers gathered and broke OFFICIAL ENTRY bread in celebration of Easter. Following our traditional Paschal meal and Easter egg hunt, we retreated to the living room for A U S O G N A L R E Y N E K J some conversation. Our discussion soon evolved to Hungarian R V C K S E L U C F A H Z P M picnics and our fondness for lángos. As we discussed various facts and folklore concerning the ultimate Magyar fast food, a C Y Y O D O O A X H Y R O S A few tidbits of trivia emerged concerning the tasty treat. N P T L V L P S N X H W I E E Lángos is also known as langalló, kenyérlángos, Töki pom- pos, flamed pie, Hungarian Pizza and Scythian Pizza. “Láng” O Y H B F H L M F G D F I Y R means “flame” in Hungarian and can be traced back to Roman I I I A E G F Q O E A P H S C and Byzantium times. Lángos is fried in fat, lard or oil and is N I A S F S G Y R P D L M K E usually a featured menu item at many outdoor gatherings in the summer and autumn. O P N Z G V E E X E I X L C L Just like gulyás, paprika or palinka, lángos has become a Z M P L A R D E M I N K A O P popular treat for many non-Magyars. Lángos stands can be S X I Q P S G A H L H Q O F A found is many larger cities, such as New York, Toronto and To- kyo. In Spain, there is a restaurant called “Pancho El Húngaro” E W Z X U A L R A C R L E T M named in honor of the one of the greatest soccer players ever, K E Z G R F S O U R C R E A M Ferenc Puskás. After defecting in 1956, Puskás ended up in L E A L O T A T O P S P F U K Spain and played several years for Real Madrid and led them to several European championships. A special lángos is featured on H R I I J E O Z J P I R I U W the menu called “Pancho” (his affectionately given nickname) C C H L O G I D I V K U W W L and is the favorite of the locals, featuring onions and chorizo sausage as toppings. “Flamed Pie” Word List The ingredients list for lángos is short. To a standard bread recipe of yeast, flour, sugar, salt and milk, one must add Cheese Kolbász Potato mashed potatoes to make it lángos. You can fry it in any fat or Flamed Pie Langalló Powdered Sugar oil, but I prefer to use lard or peanut oil. The perfect lángos is crunchy on the ends, chewy throughout Flour Lard Scythian Pizza and soft on the inside. Many like Hungarian Pizza cold, but my Garlic Maple Cream Sour Cream preference is when it is served piping hot right out of the pan. Kenyérlángos Onion Töki Pompos When I visited Hungary a few years ago, there were literally dozens of toppings offered by the hundreds of vendors selling their own specific versions. The most popular garnishes are gar- Name: lic, sour cream, various soft cheeses, szalonna (bacon), salami, Address: garlic salt and onions. While visiting the promenade at Bala- tonfüred, I sampled a Hungarian hamburger using two lángos City: instead of a bun. American-Hungarians apply many different toppings, includ- State: Zip Code: ing dill, caraway, liptauer cheese spread and gulyás. I once saw Phone: at a WPA Picnic, a gentleman pouring nokedli and paprikas sauce down the middle of his lángos then folding it in half Email: before consuming. My brothers like to eat it with Erős Pista (a WPA Certificate No.: popular brand of hot sauce in Hungary) or Édes Anna (mild paprika) with onions and sour cream. My mother prefers pow- dered sugar or cinnamon sugar. I have spread maple cream or RULES sugar across the golden-brown surface, watching it quickly melt 1. ALL WPA members are eligible to enter. into the nooks and crannies of the hot, fried dough. This summer, go to a Magyar picnic, listen to the music and 2. Complete the word search puzzle correctly. indulge in a truly uniquely Magyar treat, Flamed Pie. 3. Mail your completed puzzle, along with your name, address, I hope to see you at the Lake County Captains Hungarian phone number, email address, and WPA Certificate Number, to: Heritage Night on June 30. WPA PUZZLE #156 The June 2018 puzzle is made up of 15 clues. Each clue is 709 Brighton Road another name for lángos, an ingredient used in the recipe or a Pittsburgh, PA 15233 topping. Good luck and see you in July! 4. Entries must be received at the Home Office byJuly 31, 2018.

Éljen az Amerikai-Magyar, 5. Four winners will be drawn from all correct entries on or about Lizzy Cseh-Hadzinsky, Branch 28 Aug. 6, 2018, at the Home Office. Each winner will receive$50 . PRSRT STD Inside this issue: US Postage PAID Women and retirement…PAGE 4. PERMIT #12 INDIANA, PA Hole sponsors sought for annual golf tournament …PAGE 10. Last call for Hungarian Heritage Experience…PAGE 18.

William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation Tree of Knowledge Helping our young members meet the challenges of modern educational economics requires great effort by all our members and friends. Towards this end, the WPFA Scholarship Foun- dation has created the Tree of Knowledge. The Tree is mounted in the second floor foyer of the WPA Home Office. Those making donations through this program will be recognized with individual “leaves” on the tree, which can be used to honor and remember loved ones. Donations are being accepted at three levels: Gold ($1,000), Silver ($500) and Bronze ($250). Those wishing to purchase a leaf may use the form below. Please help our tree “grow” and allow us to continue to assist young members reach their educational and professional dreams.

Our Newest Leaf We thank the following for being the latest to donate to our Tree of Knowledge: In Loving Memory of My Beloved Husband Jack Douglas Lawrie Irene Horvath Lawrie (Gold Level)

I want to help the Tree of Knowledge grow. Please accept my tax-deductible contribution of: m $1,000 - Gold Level m $500 - Silver Level m $250 - Bronze Level Name: Address: Telephone: Email: Leaf Inscription - Maximum of 4 lines with 20 characters per line (including blank spaces): Line 1: Line 2: Line 3: Line 4: Please make checks payable to “William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc.” and mail to: William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15233-1821