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Within 48 hours after returning Bullying to Capitol Hill following summer recess, two more Con- NEW YORK — At one gressmen — both Republicans — signed on as co-sponsors time, immigrants dealt with of H.R.1354, also known as the JOLT Act of 2013, which becoming “more American,” calls for Poland’s entry into the Visa Waiver Program. but in today’s world it’s about The support of Congressmen Tim Griffi n of Arkansas, celebrating “who you are” and Scott Tipton of Colorado, brings the co-sponsor count and “where you’re from.” So up to 70, with 38 being Democrats and 32 being Republi- why did a Polish boy become cans. a target in a long, and diffi cult “Republicans are joining as co-sponsors despite House struggle? Speaker Boehner’s opposing position in the matter,” said Being taller than other stu- Anthony J. Bajdek, the Polish American Congress’ Nation- dents, heavier, having acne, a al Vice President for American Affairs. “Something not to Polish accent, and being from be ignored is happening on Capitol Hill. Please continue Poland — Bartłomiej “Bart” making your phone calls so that whatever is happening on Palosz was ostracized for be- behalf of H.R.1354 will continue.” ing different. The 15-year-old Connecticut boy committed POSTHUMOUS HONOR FOR U.S. SOLDIER. Poland’s suicide after the fi rst day of minister of defense has posthumously honored a U.S. sol- school and authorities are dier who died in August shielding a Polish comrade in arms investigating whether a long from a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. history of bullying was the Minister of Defense Tomasz Siemoniak awarded factor. 24-year-old Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis the Gold Medal Friends remember Bart as FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TEKLA KLEBETNICA FOLK GROUP — Zygmunt Czupryn, of the Polish Army. Ten Polish soldiers were injured in the a gentle giant — a friendly, Marek Koncek, Anna Adamowska, and Marcin Bobak — arrived in Houston, Texas, Fri., Aug. attack. Three were evacuated to Germany for treatment, quiet boy with a welcoming 23, 2013. They are pictured at at Mass Our Lady of Częstochowa. during which one died. face who never had a harsh Tekla Klebetnica has performed across the across Europe, and has been the hit and many According to a Polish offi cer who has not been identi- word for anyone. He was a international festivals. The members enjoyed the Lone Star state for a little over two weeks. fi ed, Ollis shielded him from a Taliban insurgent who was kind soul, a gifted student, Story on page 5. about to detonate a suicide bomb. and was always ready and “In emotional interviews with investigators, the Polish willing to help those in need. offi cer repeatedly praised Staff Sergeant Ollis and credited Bart was proud of his A Time To Celebrate him with saving his life,” said a U.S. army account, quoted Polish roots and Poland was i n c e tage Month ac- in America’s Army Times. After Staff Sergeant Ollis’s ac- one of the few places where 1 6 0 8 , tivities, asks all to tions were made public by the newspaper, Siemoniak re- he was truly happy. In addi- when the salute American vealed that the U.S. soldier had indeed been honored, Sep- tion to local schooling, he at- fi rst Pol- workers and urge tember 4. tended The Polish School in Sish settlers arrived people to pur- Port Chester, New York and at Jamestown, chase the prod- ACCIDENT CLAIMS POPULAR GROCER. Minnesota’s completed his Polish regional Virginia, Polish ucts and services Kowalski Markets co-founder Jim Kowalski died in an ac- exam. Unlike his sister Beata, people have been offered by Ameri- cident involving a plane while fi shing in Canada, according he never fully lost his native an important part can workers. to family member Deb Kowalski. The plane did not crash. country’s accent. of America’s his- Polish Ameri- Deb Kowalski said Jim Kowalski suffered a head injury tory and culture. cans will also in the incident in Red Lake, Ontario. She said he was with He was a kind soul, This year, Pol- mark the 234th a friend on the trip. a gifted student, ish Americans A n n i v e r s a r y Jim Kowalski, 67, founded Kowalski’s Markets in 1983. and was always ready mark the 32nd of the death of He and his wife, Mary Anne, co-owned what is now nine and willing to help Anniversary of General Casimir stores that employ nearly 1,200 people. the founding of Pulaski, Father According to the company website, Jim and Mary Anne those in need. Polish American of the American Kowalski have both received the highest honors in the Heritage Month, Cavalry. For addi- industry; Jim as Minnesota Grocer of the Year and Mary In the days since his sui- an event which tional information Anne as the National Grocers Association Woman of the cide, Bart’s family has de- began in Philadel- about these his- Year. scribed relentless bullying phia and became a toric events and that had dogged him since national celebra- OCTOBER IS POLISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. Polish and Polish FACEBOOK REMOVES “HATE POLAND” PAGE. The he enrolled in the Greenwich tion of Polish his- From exhibits in libraries to huge demonstrations American history, popular social media website Facebook has removed a public school district when he tory, culture and of pride — such as New York City’s General Pulaski visit the Muse- “Hate Poland” page after protests from Poles and Polish was in fi rst grade. Physical pride. Memorial Day Parade (above) — October is a time um’s Internet site Americans who protested. and psychological torments This year, to recognize the many achievements, contributions, at: PolishAmeri- Facebook initially said the page was acceptable under were part of his daily life. Poles will mark and successes of Americans of Polish descent as well canCenter.com. its community standards, even with the word “Hate” in the The boy who felt so alone the 405th An- as Poles in America. Information title. had more than 400 people niversary of the about ways to cel- Thousands of readers reported the page to Facebook as at his funeral — a Mass cel- fi rst Polish settlers who were among the ebrate Polish American Heritage Month can hate speech, organizations brought the issue to its mem- ebrated in English and Polish fi rst skilled workers in America. The Polish be obtained by visiting the Polish American bers and protests were organized. 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Follow us on Facebook or visit us Immigration Reform and Visa Waiver on the internet at: polamjournal.com There’s been a lot of discussion this year waiver admission. It does this by specifying cri- (and Polonia) needs. These are the workers and about “immigration reform.” The Senate has teria for VWP that are tailored for Poland, and immigrants of tomorrow. In some ways, the fi ght October Q Październik passed a bill that President Obama supports. The we don’t doubt they eventually will be applied for visa waiver represents a symbolic fi ght for House has yet to consider it. to her. But those criteria fi t other countries, too, yesterday’s immigrant, not a strategy for at- Staroœæ posiada te same For most Americans, “immigration reform” like Romania. It’s interesting that the bill cre- tracting tomorrow’s. Polonia should be thinking apetyty co m³odoœæ means legalizing the approximately eleven mil- ates a special visa category by name for Ireland, about tomorrow, its tomorrow. tylko nie te same zêby. but admits Poland by winks and nods (“you That said, VWP is important as a symbol of Old age and youth have the same lion illegal aliens in the United States. But bur- appetites but not the same teeth. ied in the bill, among various legislative presents know, that country over that that fought with us the closeness of our two countries. — Writer Magdalena designed to get various ethnic groups on board, and participates in anti-terrorism programs and Samozwaniec (1899-1972) is a provision that would allow Poland into the starts with P ...”) In early September, a biparti- WASHINGTON, RIGHT NOW, is preoccupied Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The VWP permits san group of former American ambassadors to with symbols. There hasn’t been rational debate 1 1608. First Poles arrive in Amer- travelers from certain countries to visit the Unit- Romania came out in the pages of the Wash- about this immigration reform—there has been ica aboard the Mary & Margaret ed States for up to 90 days without a visa. Poland ington Post with a full-throated endorsement of sloganeering. This bill’s fate is uncertain. Pol- to work as skilled craftsmen at is one of the few European countries whose citi- Romanian VWP entry, but Poland still seems to ish visa waiver is buried in a controversial bill settlement in Jamestown (Vir- zens still require visas to enter the U.S. be slinking around corners, the VWP candidate about whose primary features we are divided. ginia). 2 1944. The Warsaw Uprising col- It’s high time Poland entered the VWP. Po- whom Washington bureaucrats dare not speak its Yes, something has to be done about 11,000,000 lapses after 63 days. land has been a loyal American ally, fi ghting name ... Why? illegal immigrants. But, no matter what sponsors 3 ST. JOHN DUKLA (1484). alongside America in Afghanistan and Iraq. And while we do support the VWP, in some say, this bill is essentially an amnesty. Ameri- 1923. Birth of symphonic orches- It carries its weight in NATO and seeks to ex- ways it’s more symbolic than practical. Most cans were told in 1986 that that amnesty would tra leader Stanislaw Skrowacze- pand democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Poles today do get visas — ten year visas — to fi x illegal immigration and we would never re- wski. especially in Ukraine, an important task given enter the United States. Any Pole with a stable peat this process again. What credible guarantee 4 ST. FRANCIS Russia’s renewed push to dominate the region. economic and family situation will likely obtain is there we won’t need another amnesty twenty 1705. Stanislaw Leszczynski Poland was even ready to be on the front lines a visa. The days of Poles going to America to years hence? crowned King of Poland, the of America’s missile defense program—until work illegally are over: why work illegally in This bill is not perfect, but it is the best chance fi rst crowned in Warsaw. 1979. Pope John Paul II’s fi rst Barack Obama pulled out the rug from under Brooklyn when you can work legally in Britain? to enact Polish Visa Waiver in the foreseeable fu- visit to United States begins. them. Only the most naïve legalist or bureaucrat It’s closer, cheaper, and legal. ture. If symbolism is the name of the game, the 5 1983. Lech Walesa awarded No- pushing his party line can pretend that America’s In some ways, what Poles really need is some- VWP is an important symbol for the U.S.-Polish bel Peace Prize. consular relationship with Poland can or should thing like the special visa provision for Ireland bilateral relationship. It’s more than a symbol: 6 1873. Death of Sir Pawel Strz- be independent of its robust political relation- (buried in section 4403, page 984 of the Senate normal tourism between our countries is good elecki (b. 1797), explorer of Aus- ship. bill), expanding temporary employment visas for Americans and good for Polonia. We’d even tralian continent who named its So, we do support Visa Waiver. That said, for skilled (i.e., essentially, college-level) work- recommend expanding its Irish “temporary work largest mountain after Tadeusz let’s add a few things. The “immigration reform” ers. Those are the kinds of Poles seeking work visas to include Poland. Aware of this bill’s limi- Kosciuszko. bill appears to allow, not mandate, Poland’s visa abroad; those are the kinds of people America tations, we urge the House to pass it. 7 ST. MARK 8 1960. U.S. stamp issued to honor Ignacy Jan Paderewski. 9 2003. Death of Msgr. John Ga- FORUM / Robert Strybel balski, fi fth pastor of St. Stan- islaus Parish, mother church of Buff alo Polonia. Is Our Polonia Doomed to Extinction? 10 1794. Russian Army under The fi rst signifi cant the church where they made their First Commu- Polonian neighborhood to stock up on the eth- Gen. Alexander Suvorov takes Part 2 of 3 Warsaw and captures Tadeus groups of Polish im- nion and got married in and the parochial school nic goodies not widely available in antiseptic Kosciusko at Maciejowice. T. The nostalgic migrants landed in the where the Good Sisters taught them the four R’s suburbia. And, as long as the Polish-born grand- Vavzeckis of Lithuania named “good ol’ days” United States in the lat- (’reading, ’riting, ’rithmetic, and religion) are no parents were alive, there would be homecoming new commander of revolution- will not return ter half of the 19th cen- more. The same goes for the Dom Polski social for Christmas, Easter, birthdays and other family ary forces. tury. They fi rst saved halls that once dotted Polish America. Some are meet-ups. When Babcia and Dziadek went on 11 1779. Date traditionally ob- up money to build a church, then a school, then still operating, but it’s a far cry from the days to their reward, the drift-away from things Pol- served in American Polonia as a social hall. In the meantime, Polish-style meat when they were the hub of PolAm community. ish often accelerated. Most of that is now only a Pulaski Day in honor of death of markets and bakeries as well as drug stores, doc- Weddings every Saturday except during Lent, memory. Casimer Pulaski, 34, Polish-born American patriot. tor’s and lawyer’s offi ces, a Polish-language showers, polka parties, opłatek-dinners and 13 ST. EDWARD newspaper and other facilities serving Polonian święconkas, Polish language and culture classes The Polish American community of Na Edwarda jesieñ twarda. customers began springing up. Such tight-knit and folk-dance practice, not to mention meetings the future will be different and will On St. Edward’s Day, Polish communities eventually sprang up in of different Polonian organizations — some- have to adjust to changing lifestyles. the autumn is hard. countless localities of the American Northeast thing was always happening there. 14 1773. Poland creates the Com- and Midwest. mission of National Education. SUCH A PLACE was this writer’s hometown of It can be nostalgically reminisced about 15 1582. Poland adopts the Grego- THE POST-WORLD WAR II ERA marked a Hamtramck, Detroit’s once predominantly Pol- and maybe shared with younger family mem- rian calendar. major turning point for Polonia. Although many ish enclave-suburb. You would hear Polish spo- bers, but there’s no going back. Barring some 16 1384. Coronation of Jadwiga. traditional Polish neighborhoods were still ken on the streets and could do all your shopping unforeseeable calamity, the tight-knit Polish 1978. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, neighborhood of yesteryear is not likely to reap- 58, named Pope John Paul II. thriving on into the 1960s, ’70s and even lon- and attend to all your business in that language. ger, suburban dispersal was already taking its Paper boys would bring to the “Dziennik Polski” pear. Does that means (as the title of this series 1940. Nazi SS troops form the suggests) that Polonia is doomed to extinction? Warsaw Ghetto. toll. The most distinctive landmarks indicating (daily) to nearly every home, tuned to WJLB’s where Poles once lived are the often impressive Polish Varieties Program and (on Sundays) to Maybe yes, maybe no. One thing is certain: the 17 1676. Signing of the Treaty of Polish American community of the future will ¯urawno concludes the Polish- neo-Gothic and Baroque churches colloquially the Father Justyn Rosary Hour. And the won- Ottoman War known in America as “Polish cathedrals.” Most derful scent of Polish bread, babka and pączki be different and will have to adjust to changing 18 ST. LUKE still remain standing, some continue to function and the smoky-garlic fragrance of Polish sau- lifestyles. educational levels and residential pat- 1815. Free City of Kraków pro- as churches, often serving Hispanic, Vietnamese sage wafting into the street when passing the terns. It appears then that Polonia will have to claimed. or other groups, while others have been declared many Polish bakeries and meat markets. think innovatively, blaze new trails and redefi ne 1776. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, 30, historic sites or converted for other purposes. Even after moving away, many PolAms itself or perish! 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REV. WALTER J. RAKOCZY St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 411 W. 11th St. Michigan City, IN 46360 POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • OCTOBER 2013 www.polamjournal.com 5 A Polish Boy ’s Struggle with Bullying Tekla Klebetnica Visits Houston continued from cover by James Smock Brazos Valley Fair and Expo, Polo- addition, Adamowska and Bobak at The Holy Name of Jesus Church HOUSTON — Four members nia Restaurant, and Big Top Lounge grew up with traditional Polish folk in Stamford, where he received his of the Tekla Klebetnica Folk Group in Houston. music, Koncek with Slovakian and First Communion. The family has — Zygmunt Czupryn, Marek Kon- The band began in 2006, when Gypsy music, and Czupryn was a taken Bart’s body to be buried in cek, Anna Adamowska, and Marcin Czupryn and Adamowska met play- member of an orchestra. They each Poland. Bobak — arrived here Fri., Aug. 23, ing Polish Highlander music togeth- draw inspiration from their roots. Palosz, a former Boy Scout, 2013. They were in the states, play- er. Over time, they became inter- Tekla Klebetnica has played all enjoyed playing video games and ing music and enjoying the sights ested in other folk music, including over Europe, including countries volunteered at a local library. He for a little over two weeks, as guests traditional Polish, Slovakian, such as Ireland, Germany, Slovakia, loved the outdoors, technology and of Bryan residents Jim and Kathy Hungarian, Romanian and Gypsy Czech Republic, Italy, Georgia and politics. He also was an active so- Mazurkiewicz. They played their melodies performed in their own ar- Uzbekistan. It has played in many cial media user and his postings told music and sang at Sunday Mass in rangements. Each of the four musi- festivals including Taca Dancer, the story of a troubled teen. When St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in cians was connected to music since Musicastrada, Sharq Taronalari, other Google+ users in his network Anderson, St. Stanislaus in Chap- early childhood. Later, Adamowska Art Gen, The World of Accordion assured him his diffi culties would pell Hill, and Our Lady of Czesto- and Bobak studied music at the Mu- and many others. One of its musi- subside, he replied that he had been chowa in Houston. The group also sic Academy in Katowice and Kon- cal highlights was performing with bullied at school every day for the performed at several parties, Chap- cek studied at the Music Academy world gypsy musician and Europe- last 10 years. pell Hill’s annual homecoming ba- in Krakow. Czupryn is the only one an Star, Maestro Roby Lakatos and The Palosz family immigrated zaar, Granbury Texas Arts Festival, of the group that is self-taught. In his ensemble. 11 years ago from Kalna, Poland – near Kraków. Anna, a homemaker, Questions remain whether school offi cials did enough to prevent the and Franciszek, who owns a car- We help the Polish community pentry business, settled their fam- taunting and bullying that family, Najlepsze ¿yczenia! ily in Stamford. Bart was enrolled friends, students and offi cials say and other associations all over in kindergarten and karate classes. were the underlying causes for the world experience the pride After their house was robbed, they Bart Palosz to take his life. WALLY & MARTHA being of Polish origin relocated to a rental home in the Students who witnessed the PIATEK Byram section of Greenwich, where locker incident on the last day of they thought their children would be eighth-grade, said a bully bashed safer and better educated. In Green- the metal door into Bart’s head on Berlin, New Jersey PULASKI ASSOCIATION OF wich, Bart was bullied and belittled purpose. His forehead was cut by by his peers. the corner of a locker, sending him PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESSMEN Police say Bart Palosz died of a to the emergency room for stitches. School administrators called it an self-infl icted gunshot wound at his Celebrating our 54rd Year family’s home. The shotgun used in accident and refused to share sur- the suicide was family-owned and veillance video recorded by secu- had been stored in a gun locker in- rity cameras with the family. Who 177 Kent Street side the home. were they protecting in this affl uent Si³a w jednoœci! Brooklyn, NY 11222 Questions remain whether neighborhood? Or was it simply in- www.pulaskiassociation.com school offi cials did enough to pre- difference? vent the taunting and bullying that In silence, Bart endured ver- POLISH AMERICAN family, friends, students and offi - bal attacks from peers who picked CITIZENS CLUB cials say were the underlying causes on him for his uncommonly tall, Camden County, N.J. for the teen to take his life. There 6-foot-3-inch stature, his Polish ac- were numerous occasions when his cent, his extra weight, and the pim- parents and sister Beata reached out ples on his face. Sto lat, again! to school administrators for help ad- A sad, isolated young man, Bart dressing Bart’s bullies. They wrote was quiet and did not defend him- letters to guidance counselors. Ex- self. but it seemed his outlook had changed emails with administrators. brightened. During the summer Keep alive our Polish Set up meetings with teachers and he lost weight, his acne started to principals. “I honestly do not think clear up, and he even started hang- customs and traditions! the school addressed the bullying. It ing around with people who seemed could have saved him if they did,” like genuine friends. It wasn’t until Beata said. police directed the family to Bart’s Beata last saw her brother alive page on the social media site that when he hugged her goodbye after they learned he had spent the sum- dropping her off at her freshman mer grappling with frequent suicid- dorm room six days earlier. Palosz al thoughts because of the intimida- had a close relationship with his sis- tion. ter, who graduated this year. They “The simple observation that always ate lunch together at school `kids can be cruel’ is not action, it because he had no one else to eat is an excuse, an inequitable pardon with; she was one of his allies – his for those whose actions lead us be- STEPHEN J. KASPRZAK protector. ing here today and an excuse for not THE Floral Park, New York From smashing a brand new cell teaching our children well,” said phone on the fl oor, to bashing his Brian Raabe in Bart’s eulogy. POLISH head into a locker and pushing him Bullying and suicide too often go PEDDLER into thorny bushes on a daily basis, hand-in-hand. The incident contin- the torture was unending – and Bart ues to be investigated by members Chet and Virginia Luty STERLING SILVER JEWELRY chose to stay silent. He tolerated the of the Greenwich Police Detective Medina, Ohio A ridicule and hid under a happy dis- Division. B E position. — Staś Kmieć from news reports C D

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On this site you will fi nd a list of not only a famous composer and Franklin, and Worcester Counties. To view the Parade from the “Things To Do During Polish Amer- pianist but an eminent statesman. He was fi rst elected to the State Sen- reviewing stands at 40th and 41st ican Heritage Month,” the 2013 col- He inspired the 13th of President ate in 1991 and is currently serving Streets, in front of the New York oring contest artwork for schools, Wilson’s 14 points for the Versailles as Majority Leader, the second high- Public Library, you may purchase and Heritage Month posters that can Treaty which resurrected a free and est leadership post in that Chamber. tickets by contacting Peter J. Walen- be downloaded and printed. Copies democratic Poland. Paderewski be- The highlight of the parade will towicz at (973) 432-8841. of the coloring contest artwork can came Poland’s fi rst Prime Minister, be the newly-crowned Miss Polonia Prior to the parade, there will also be obtained by calling the Heri- a post he held from 1918 to 1921. Massachusetts 2014, Aneta Suchar- be a con-celebrated Liturgy at 9:00 tage Month Committee, Monday In 2003, Ambassador Rowny ski, of Ludlow, Mass. At the park, a a.m. at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on through Friday between 9:00 a.m. became the Vice President of the laying of the wreath will take place Fifth Avenue. Clergy from Polish and 5:00 p.m. at (215) 922-1700. American Polish Advisory Council at the Casimir Pulaski Monument. communities in the tri-state are in- (APAC) an organization which pro- The principal at the park will be vited to con-celebrate. A breakfast Polish American motes Polonia’s agenda and encour- Marcin Bolec of Boston, editor-in- will follow the Liturgy at the 3 West ages them to vote and become gov- chief of the White Eagle newspaper. Club on 51st Street. Contact Penny Heritage Month ernment offi cials. When President Also, there will be state, local, and Donach (718) 389-4105 for tickets Observances Nicholas Rey died in 2007 Rowny federal speakers, including Mayor and information. became President of APAC an offi ce David Narkewicz, who will read Sredzienski Major parade sponsors include WASHINGTON, D.C. — The he still holds. a proclamation from the City of Newport, New Hampshire, will the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Kosciuszko Foundation will honor In 2004, he established the Pa- Northampton. feature their annual Polish menu. Union & the Polish Army Veterans retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Edward derewski Scholarship Fund to The Polish fl ag will be fl ying in Greeters in Polish folk dress will be of America. Rowny, at a banquet at the Army bring Polish University students front of Memorial Hall during Octo- on hand to welcome and visit with For more information, visit: and Navy Club, 901 Seventeenth to Georgetown University to study ber, Polish Heritage Month. diners. For reservations call the res- www.pulaskiparade.org/ Street, NW, on Sat., Oct. 26, 2013, American style democracy. taurant at (603) 863-8360. at 7:00 p.m. MINNESOTA PENNSYLVANIA Tickets are $150 per person. MASSACUSETTS COLUMBIA HEIGHTS — NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA — In Octo- RSVP (202) 785-2320 or email NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — Columbia Heights / Lomianki, NEW YORK. — New York ber, the Pulaski Day Parade will [email protected]. Proceeds The 2013 Pulaski Day Parade Poland-Sister Cities, Interna- City’s Fifth Avenue will close Sun., celebrate its 80th Anniversary. In from the event will support of the Committee in Northampton is cel- tional members will observe Polish Oct. 6, from noon to 6:00 p.m. in recognition of the participation of Foundation’s Washington, D.C. ac- ebrating its 27th anniversary. Also Heritage Month it with various ac- honor of Brigadier General Casi- the many organizations that have tivities noteworthy is the 34th Anniversary tivities. A special display of Polish mir Pulaski. The parade will step made up the parade over the years, Lt. Gen. Rowny, born in Balti- of the Pontifi cation of Poland’s own items will be featured at the Colum- off from Fifth Avenue at 35th Street the Pulaski Parade Committee will more, Maryland on April 3, 1917, son, Pope John Paul II. bia Heights Public Library for the at 12:30 p.m. with the Honor Guard highlight the organizations, and has was a U.S. Army general and an In commemoration, the Pol- month. Mayor Gary Peterson again of the New York City Police and asked offi cial representatives to be ambassador, chief U.S. negotiator ish Heritage Committee will honor opened a City Council meeting read- Fire Departments leading the way the Grand Marshal for their respec- in arms reduction talks with the So- General Casimir Pulaski Day, Mon., ing a proclamation submitted by the up 5th Avenue to 56th Street. tive groups. viet Union, and one of the origina- Oct. 14, 2013 with a 10:00 a.m. Sister Cities group. An artifact from The Honorable Michal Kulawik, The date is Sun., Oct. 6, 2013, on tors of the helicopter as a platform Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton the “Intrepid” Sea-Air-Space Muse- 2013 Grand Marshal, accompanied the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in for combat. The citation from his Church in Northampton, concele- um in New York City — an urn with by numerous dignitaries from New Center City. Presidential Citizen’s Medal, which brated by Fr. Piotr Pawlus, Fr. Piotr soil from Lomianki’s Kielpin Cem- York, New Jersey and Connecticut, For more information call the he received in 1989, reads: “one of Calik, Parochial Vicars and sons of etery, where U.S. airmen died dur- will lead over 150 Polish-American Polish American Congress offi ce at: the principal architect’s of peace Poland, along with Fr. John Con- ing World War II — was presented organizations, veterans’ organiza- (215) 739-3408, or visit: Pulaski- through strength policy.” He served nors, Pastor. Following the Mass, to the City of Columbia Heights at tions, members of the Boy and Girl DayParade.com. as an arms control adviser and ne- there will be a parade marching up that meeting. Books will be donated Scouts, and, members of cultural RHODE ISLAND gotiator to fi ve presidents - Nixon, King Street, onto Main Street to Pu- to the library. Members will tour the organizations attired in colorful Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush. laski Park. Mass. State Senator Stan Immigration History and Research PAWTUCKET — The Polish folk dress representing the various Subcommittee of the Rhode Is- Lt. Gen. Rowny has been actively Rosenberg was selected this year’s Center at the University of Minne- regions of Poland. Local Polish engaged in Polish American affairs grand marshal. sota to view their special Polish col- land Heritage and Preservation communities, each led by their local Commission is once again promot- lections. Contingent Marshal, will feature 25 DON’T BE LEFT OUT! BE PART OF OUR SPECIAL ing Polish Heritage Month. NEW HAMPSHIRE fl oats and 30 marching bands. The Polish fl ag will be raised CLAREMONT — St. Joseph “The Pulaski Day Parade has at Pawtucket City Hall, October 1, Church is continuing its annual cel- been celebrated on Fifth Avenue 2013 at 1:30 p.m. The fl ag will be ebration of Heritage Month, which since 1937 and is the second longest fl own the whole month of October. CHRISTMAS it began in 1986. The following active parade in New York City his- A special display assembled by events are open to all. tory and marches rain or sun,” said Cheryl Babiec can be viewed during On Tues., Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m., the Pulaski Memorial Committee Presi- the regular hours of the city hall. 2013 EDITION 24th Annual Polish Cooking Class dent Richard Zawisny. We cordially invite our readers to will be held in St. Joseph Church The parade’s theme is “March, March Polonia, March Brave Na- participate in the Christmas 2013 Hall, 58 Elm Street. Cooks will Join the Celebration! tion.” edition of the Polish American demonstrate the preparation of sev- ST. JOSEPH CHURCH eral Polish recipes and the audience “PolishAmericans are proud of Journal. We are always proud 58 Elm St., Claremont, N.H. will be able to taste the results at the Casimir Pulaski, known as the ‘Fa- to carry a message at Christmas ther of the American Calvary,’ for HELP US CELEBRATE HIS BIRTH! from our readers and supporters to end of the evening. A $6 donation is requested to cover the cost of food his bravery and dedication to the Don’t miss our 10:00 a.m. others of Polish heritage across the country. To us, it is not only financial served. Please call Sharon Wood at cause of freedom in his own country Mass and Coff ee Hour assistance (we are not a profit-making venture), but a demonstration of (603) 542-6454 or email sharon_ and during the American Revolu- Sunday, Oct. 27th with the good will that exists between all Americans of Polish descent and the [email protected] to register ahead tionary War,” said Zawisny. accordion warrior Gary newspaper published solely in their interest. of time so that enough food can be Pulaski, recruited by the Mar- Sredzinski at 11:00 a.m. prepared. quis de Lafayette and Benjamin I want to do my share to keep alive our Polish traditions The 25th annual “Dozynki” or Franklin, received a commission as YES! and customs by being part of the Polish American Journal’s “Harvest Festival” will be held Sat., Christmas 2013 edition. Please fi nd a contribution in the amount of: Oct. 19 at 6:00 p.m., following the Polish Heritage Month Greetings [ ] $10 [ ] $20 [ ] $25 [ ] $50 [ ] $75 [ ] $100 [ ] $250 [ ] Other $_____ 5:00 p.m. Mass. The menu includes kielbasa, kapusta, golumbki, piero- from the gi, and hot dogs, priced at $10 a GENERAL PULASKI MEMORIAL NAME plate for adults and $5 for children. Polish gift items will be also be of- PARADE COMMITTEE, INC. ORGANIZATION (If applicable) fered for sale. Tristan Smith will 76 Years of Polonia Proudly Marching play his wide repertoire of Polish YOUR MESSAGE (Use additional sheet if neccessary) folksongs on the piano. Tickets are available at the door. 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RELIGION / Benjamin Fiore, S.J. Poland’s Vatican Ambassador Praises the Pope Piotr Nowina Konopka is Po- the Church and an attempt to drive reasoned responses and not allow Msgr. Matthew Matthew land’s new ambassador to the Holy dioceses into bankruptcy in retali- others to paint them as “bigots.” Kopacz, who was ordained on See and to the Knights of Malta. He ation for Catholic Church opposi- March 9, 1963. His first Solemn noted, “The pope is very focused tion to gay marriage and so-called A NEW HOME. A groundbreaking Mass was celebrated in St. Luke’s, on [Syria] with a passion. When he “reproductive rights.” Secular pri- ceremony was held this summer Buffalo, where he later served as speaks about war in Syria, you see vate organizations and businesses for Holy Cross National Catholic pastor. Other assignments included immediately that he will not give are also threatened by this sweep- Church. The church, now at 534 St. Adalbert’s, Ss. Peter & Paul, St. up.” In their initial meeting in July ing legislation, while public schools Woodland Ave. in the Moxham sec- Philip, and St. Casimir parishes. He they discussed the next World Youth and institutions are exempt, regard- tion of Johnstown, Pa., will be relo- was pastor of St. Barbara’s, Lacka- Day to take place in Kraków in 2016 less of abuse cases there. The Wall cated to a five-acre property along wanna from 1982 until 1995. Later, as well as Polish-Vatican relations. Street Journal criticized the bill as a Mount Airy Drive in Richland he returned to St. Casimir’s as pas- He attended the Pope’s recent four- “nonprofit shakedown” that targets Township once new buildings can tor, serving a total of 22 years there. hour vigil in St. Peter’s Square. “It the Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts be constructed. In addition to his responsibilities was unimaginable,” he said, “to wit- and ”political enemies” of the leg- Church members plan to build a as pastor, he also held various dioc- ness hundreds of thousands of peo- islature. social hall, rectory and church on the esan appointments, including mod- ple taking part in the several silence property. The social hall also will erator of the Catholic League/Liga breaks and the community of dip- CATHOLICS FACE CULTURAL serve as an event building. Services Katolicka for Religious Assistance lomats was as touched as everyone BIAS AGAINST FAITH. Bishop will take place in the social hall until MSGR. MATTHEW KOPACZ. Ob- to Poland, a position he has held else.” He explained that he believes Thomas J. Paprocki of Spring- the new church can be built. serves golden anniversary. now for 28 years. he is “witnessing a very special pe- field, Ill., said that Catholics should When the church celebrated its Msgr. Kopacz was president of riod in the Church’s history.” Of ut- be aware of “an unconscious hatred 90th anniversary in 2008, its pastor, priesthood. Elevated to senior priest the Association of Priests for Pol- most importance is how the pope is for the faith” as they seek to inter- the Rev. Paul Zomerfeld, foresaw a dignity in 1964, Fr. Senior Banas ish Affairs/Stowarzysienie Polskich changing the language with how the act with the modern culture. While time when the church would need served At Holy Mother of the Ro- Kaplanow for two terms. He assist- Church communicates and speaks many of the nation’s traditional val- to build a complex on the Richland sary Cathedral in Buffalo, NY, and ed as chaplain of the General Pulas- to people to make its mission under- ues mirrored the values of the reli- Township property, citing a need to subsequently in various parishes in ki Association for 25 years, chaplain standable. gious world in past generations, he attract younger members. New England. of the Polish Union of America, and declared that “that relationship — re-organized a committee to lend STO LAT TO ... DOUBLE-STANDARD IN CHILD that symbiosis between our culture SCHOOL SEEKS DONATIONS James Grubka of support for Ss. Cyril & Methodius ABUSE CASES. After Neal Erick- and the church has been ruptured.” OF USED LAPTOPS, TABLETS. East Aurora, N.Y., on being award- Seminary, Orchard Lake, Mich. son, a teacher at Rose City Middle Anti-Catholic bigotry, he said, could Zespol Szkol im. Jana Pawla II w ed the Cure of Ars Award presented In 1976, he served as secretary of School in Rose City, Mich., was be seen in the joke on the Letterman Pobiednie, a public primary school by Buffalo Diocese’s Christ the the committee for a visit by Karol convicted of molesting John Janc- Show identifying priests with sex in southeastern Poland near Sanok, King Seminary at its annual dinner. Cardinal Wojtyla (now Blessed zewski’s son, the family was sub- abuse. While public figures like Let- is appealing to PAJ readers for do- A member of the Knights of Colum- Pope John II) and a delegation of jected to threats and vandalism, and terman continue to point the finger at nations of used laptop computers bus and president of the Sierra Club, sixteen Polish bishops to the diocese the teacher’s fellow teachers and the Catholic Church, they ignore the and/or computer notepads. Grubka is involved in activities at of Buffalo along with the Solemn school board members wrote let- fact that most sexual abuse today is There are a few students, said the seminary, promotes vocational Pontifical Mass (by invitation only) ters of support for leniency in his talking place in families and in pub- teacher Robert Koczera, whose par- awareness throughout the diocese at Saint Casimir’s Church. sentencing citing his popularity and lic schools. Drawing a comparison ents cannot afford to buy these tools and has been the driving force be- As Episcopal Vicar, he saved volunteer activities at school func- between the Church in the United that have become a part of everyday hind the seminary golf tournament. Corpus Christi parish by arranging tions. School officials are resisting States and that under communist life in today’s classroom. He also initiated the Adopt a Semi- the Pauline Fathers to staff the facil- efforts to fire those who supported Poland, he found evidence in the If you are able to help, please narian program throughout the dio- ity when the Franciscan fathers left. the molester citing the fear of bank- health care mandate for employers contact Koczera at Zespol Szkol im. cese ... Paul L. Augustyn and John He retired in 2007 but still re- ruptcy resulting from litigation. to provide insurance coverage for Jana Pawla II w Pobiednie, Pobied- J. Wlos, who, along with seven mains active assisting various par- In California, on the other hand, sterilizations, contraceptive drugs no 105, 38-505 Bukowsko, Poland. others, were ordained to the perma- ishes as need arises. the state legislature has passed a bill an abortifacients. He also pointed to The school has a page on Face- nent diaconate for service in the RC A Mass of Thanksgiving in his extending the statute of limitations the 2011 Illinois state government book. Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y. ...Msgr. honor will be held Sun., Oct. 6, 2013 on all abuse cases brought against decision to ban funding to Catho- Konrad Krajewski, a Polish priest at Saint Casimir’s Church, Buffalo. Church schools and other private or- lic agencies offering adoption and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO... St. working at the Vatican, on his ap- Following the Mass there will be a ganizations, while exempting public foster care because they don’t place Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Par- pointment as head of the Office of testimonial banquet. schools from potential litigation in children with same-sex and unmar- ish in Buffalo, N.Y. celebrating its Papal Charities at the Vatican. similar cases. This measure is inter- ried couples. In response he urged 140th anniversary year. Rev. Ta- preted by some as an attack against Catholics to develop articulate and deusz Bocianowski is pastor of St. POLISH AMERICAN Stanislaus ... Very Rev. Fryderyk S. 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HAPPENINGS: CHICAGO STYLE / Geraldine Balut Coleman Polish Boy’s Face Restored CHICAGO — Parents want Margaret McCormick, along with who speak little or the best for their children. Monika his wife, Mariola, and their children, no English as part and Wiktor Naturski are no differ- Aleksandra and Andrew, Jr. Gołota of its new Court ent. When they were told that their mentioned that, after a 30-year box- Access Initia- second son, Teo, now 3, was diag- ing career representing Poland and tive (CAI). This nosed with “a rare tumor-like mass with his career coming to an end, he service will help hanging on a side of his face,” they now begins a new chapter in his life those with limited searched everywhere “for doctors as an American citizen. He clearly English-language who could help reconstruct their pointed out that he takes his United skills to navigate baby’s face.” States citizenship seriously along through the Cir- Monika’s ultrasound revealed with its privileges and responsibili- cuit Court in a something. After many exhausting ties. He wanted everyone to know variety of ways. visits with doctors throughout Po- that he will retain his Polish citizen- Two examples of land, they sought help from a spe- ship, pointing out that six years ago, this service will cialist in Berlin, Germany, where the American-born Gołota children Congressman Quigley and Senator Kirk. be to provide in- Teo was born with “a large congeni- were granted Polish citizenship. The dividuals without tal nevus, or a large mole-like mass, entire Gołota family will have dual- Poland. It is an amazing story of an lawyers to fi nd courtrooms or to that occurs in about one per million citizenship. ordinary priest whose faith and con- link them with a court-based legal births,” stated Bruce S. Bauer, MD, Andrew and Mariola wanted to victions mobilized Poland and how self-help desk. Also, in conjunction an expert in plastic and reconstruc- thank their friends and colleagues he stood up to the Soviet-backed with the Access to Justice Commis- regime. Martin Sheen, celebrated tive surgery in children with the for their support through the entire sion of the Illinois Supreme Court, Joseph A. Drobot, Jr. NorthShore University HealthSys- U.S. citizenship process by way of actor (Apocalypse Now and The the Circuit Court’s goal of the CAI Those wishing to attend can contact tem (NSUHS). Dr. Bauer, Director their help, friendship, and prayers. West Wing) and Catholic activist is to improve the overall experience David Ledwon at (586) 773-2240 or of Highland Park Hospital’s Pediat- They specifi cally wanted to thank joined this project as its narrator. for non-English speaking people at- Barbara Gronet at (313) 365-8949. ric Plastic and Reconstructive Sur- the Gregory Sztejkowski family, This award-winning documentary tending court. gery, performed several surgeries on is scheduled to be seen once again On September 6, Timothy C. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF POL- Teo at this hospital. Since the 1980s, on WTTW on Sunday, October 13, Evans, Chief Judge of the Circuit ISH FILM FESTIVAL. The 25th an- Dr. Bauer has treated hundreds of at 2:00 p.m. (CST). Following this Court of Cook County, announced niversary of the Polish Film Festi- patients and is consider the best in presentation, WTTW will feature that the CAI will begin providing val in America (PFFA), the world’s his fi eld. another special: Modjeska Woman these services, fi rst at the Richard J. most extensive showcase of Polish Once learning that they would Triumphant. This documentary Daley Center information desks and fi lms and the largest annual Polish travel to the Chicago area for Teo’s tells the life and passions of Polish then eventually in all courthouses cultural event outside of Poland, medical treatment, the Naturski actress and icon, Helena Modjeska, in the coming months. Illinois Jus- will take place from Nov. 8-23, family, Monika, Wiktor, Bruno, age in 19thc. America. ticeCorps volunteers are now sta- 2013. A series of Polish fi lms will 7, mastered the English language. tioned at the Daley Center infor- be offered at three cinematic ven- They were amazed at how many KIRK AND QUIGLEY SPEAK IN mation desks and over-the-phone ues throughout the Chicago area. people came to their aid. Although SUPPORT OF VISA WAIVER. translation services will be provided The offi cial opening and screening the medical expenses are covered On August 22, U.S. Representa- by LanguageLine Solutions. is scheduled for Nov. 9, 7:00 p.m., by Poland’s national health care tive Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) and U.S. Telephone translation/interpreta- at the Muvico Rosemont 18 Theater, system, the travel and housing ex- Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) visited tion service operates via a three-way 9701 Bryn Mawr, Rosemont. Fol- penses posed another concern for the Polish American Association call on a specially programmed dual lowing the screening, there will be them. This summer, through the and once again in unity called for handset telephone. One receiver is an opening night VIP Gala reception help of the Gift of the Heart Founda- the passage of legislation that would used by a staff member to contact at 9:30 p.m. at the Society of Arts, tion (Dar Serca), they were able to allow Polish citizens unrestricted the vendor to request the appro- 1112 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chi- stay in the Chicago area during the travel to the United States for up priate foreign language translator. cago. The festival fi lms are sched- surgery. At this time, the main part “Messenger of the Truth” poster to 90 days without requiring a visa. While the staff member remains on uled to be screened at the Muvico of the nevus has been removed, but Senator Kirk is hoping that this the line, the other receiver is used Rosemont 18, the Society for Arts, more reconstructive surgeries will Beata Koziarski and family, Isabel long standing issue will be resolved by the person requesting translation/ and Facets Cinematheque, 1517 W. be needed. Future trips from Poland Tancula and family, Rev. “Rocky” prior to the Christmas holiday. The interpretation. Waiting time to con- Fullerton, Chicago. Some addition- to the United States and the added Hoffman of Relevant Radio, Fr. senator, who has championed Pol- nect to an interpreter is projected al screenings are planned at other expenses will not prevent Teo’s par- Stanisław Czarnecki, S.J., Fr. ish accession to this visa-waiver to be within 15 seconds of placing selected cultural centers, schools, ents from their goal of a normal life Michał Osuch, C.R., Agnes Nutter, program for several years, pointed the call. There will be no charge to and universities in Illinois. The sale forhim. Grace Isanovich, Geraldine Balut out that the “State Department data users. To see video demonstrating of Festival passes and Gala invita- Coleman, Cary shows that after inclusion in the visa this equipment, go to www.lan- tions began on Sept. 1, 2013. Single Capparelli, Ralph waiver program 67,000 Poles will guageline.com/company/videos/. In tickets sales start on Oct. 1, 2013. Capparelli, Frank come each year to Chicago alone.” addition, the court has also added A complete Film Festival schedule/ Avila, Nick Spo- In May 2011, President Obama per- Google Translate to the court’s web- program will be available by Octo- sato, Kathy Duva, sonally endorsed prospective legis- site, www.cookcountycourt.org, ber 9. For further information, con- Pat English, Pat lation, promising, as he did in De- giving users the option to view the cember 2010, President Bronislaw tact the PFFA at (773) 486-9612 or

PHOTO: MARIOLA GOŁOTA DiBasi, Joe Sz- site in 71 foreign languages. via its website: www.pffamerica. elag, James Hal- Komorowski the elimination of the Other improvements that Chief com. The festival is made possible, lagan, and others, visa requirements for Poles. Polish Judge Evans and the judges of the in part, through the generosity of the who for various Americans and Poles are waiting for Circuit Court of Cook County are Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the reasons, could this promise to be fulfi lled. planning throughout the court sys- Republic of Poland, Muvico The- not be mentioned. tem before the end of the year to help atres, BMO Harris Bank, Star-Tech COOK COUNTY COURT ACCESS non-English speaking persons will Glass, and the Society for Arts. JERZY POP- INITIATIVES. In an effort to bridge include the translating of all build- I E L U S Z K O : the gap between language barriers, ing signage into Spanish and Polish; PMA AT CHOPIN THEATRE: A M E S S E N G E R the Circuit Court of Cook County and providing forms throughout the SUCCESS. On July 21, the Chopin OF THE TRUTH. is installing an over-the-phone in- courthouses in English and foreign Judge Posner and Gołota Theatre held its fi rst-ever fundraiser The Chicago area terpretation service for individuals languages to assist non-English benefi ting the Polish Museum of ANDRZEJ GOŁOTA, AMERICAN was very fortunate to have a private speakers in requesting an interpreter America (PMA). Thanks to the Cho- CITIZEN. On August 22, 2013, at screening of the documentary fi lm, for a court proceeding. pin’s owners, Zygmunt Dyrkacz and a noontime private ceremony in the Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of Lela Headd, a sold out performance offi ce of Federal Judge Charles Ko- the Truth. This documentary was KUDOS TO JOSEPH A. DROBOT, of the popular “Death and Harry coras, Andrzej (Andrew) Gołota seen at the Copernicus Center on JR. Congratulations are in order for Houdini” production was a sure became a United States citizen. August 15 to an audience of over Joseph A. Drobot, Jr., National crowd pleaser. An additional and Present to hear Mr. Gołota pledge al- 1800. Then on August 19, PBS- President of the Polish Roman Cath- special “thank you” to Zygmunt and liance to the United States were his affi liate WTTW-TV, Channel 11, olic Union of America, (PRCUA). Lela for offering a pre-theater social honored guest, Federal Judge Rich- aired the fi lm that tells the story of Mr. Drobot will be the 2013 recipi- hour for PMA Board members and ard Posner, several of Judge Koco- Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko, ent of the prestigious General Ca- their guests, as well as a post-theater ras’ assistants, Andrew’s immigra- a Solidarity-era martyr and chap- simir Pulaski Medal of Honor to social hour for all attendees. tion lawyers, James Hallagan and lain of the Solidarity Movement in be presented to him by the Polish American Central Citizens Commit- tee (PACCC) of Hamtramck, Michi- gan. Drobot will receive this award in “appreciation for his many years of service with the Polish American Celebrate with Pride! community in Michigan, where he Phillip A. Farber, Ph.D. has lived for most of his life.” This JUDITH award will be presented by Commit- BLANCHARD German-Polish Ancestry tee president, Stella G. Szczesny, at Faerber (Paternal) • Pekala (Maternal) the PACCC’s 39th annual testimo- nial festivities on Sun., Oct. 20, at Minneapolis, Minnesota Please make checks payable to: ACPC, c/o the Polish National Alliance, Coun- Florence Langridge, Membership Chair, 78 Meadow Lane, West Hartford, CT 06107 cil 122, Banquet Facilities at 10211 Conant Avenue in Hamtramck. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • OCTOBER 2013 www.polamjournal.com 9 The Black Madonna’s Pro-Life International Campaign churches visited in over 400 cities. Hundreds of thousands of the faith- ful have already venerated the icon and participated in the linked mass and extended religious services. The icon and pilgrimage is cur- rently crisscrossing the United PHOTO: RICHARD POREMSKI P. States visiting 79 cities and towns during its North American itinerary before departing to Mexico in No- vember. The Madonna arrived here in her conveying “Life Van” on Au- gust 24, 2013. From the waterfront assembly area a few blocks from the Holy Rosary Church, it was carried aloft in a long solemn procession, under traffic police escort, with a traditional brass band playing Pol- ish hymns as it was borne to the church’s altar. PITTSBURGH BISHOP ADORNS ICON. At the 5th annual Grande Trib- The dedicated mass was cel- ute to Our Lady of Czestochowa held in St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, SACRED DEVOTIONS FOR A JUST CAUSE. Bishop Denis Madden, ebrated by Bishop Denis Mad- August 26, the Most Rev. David Zubik-Bishop-Ordinary presided over the fitted with Polish religious and patriotic vestments and chasuble, is de- den, assisted by Reverend Pastor 7:00 p.m. Mass with five combined choirs, the Knights of Columbus, and picted venerating the international traveling replica-icon of Our Lady of Andrzej Totzke and several other hundreds of participants coming by busloads to honor the Patroness of Czestochowa – “The Black Madonna” — during an exceptional mass in local parishes’ priests. About 500 all Polonia, Our Lady of Częstochowa, whose image is on tour across the defense of life for the unborn and family values. persons were in attendance dur- United States in defense of life of the unborn. by Richard P. Poremski Poland-wide pilgrimages to Our ing the extended devotions. It was After Holy Communion, Bishop Zubik blessed the golden crowns and BALTIMORE — The “From Lady in Częstochowa every August patently obvious in the church that placed them on the heads of Jesus and Mary, while children brought Ocean to Ocean International Cam- for the Feast of the Assumption. all souls, hearts and minds present roses and the assembly sang “Serdeczna Matko.” paign in Defense of Life” was initi- The original icon — Matki Boskiej fully embraced the Black Madonna The event was co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Polish Clergy and the ated in the summer of 2012. A group Częstochowskiej — still resides in her ordained just and noble quest Polish Falcons of America. of unified Catholic and Orthodox there at the Monastery of Jasna to protect life. On October 3 the icon will be 13 St. Joseph’s, Hackensack, N.J.; clergy began the global campaign Gora in southern Poland since 1382. Keep our heritage alive! in Vladivostok, Russia under the The crusade and Black Madon- in Holy Rosary Church, Passaic, Oct. 26 Motherhouse of the Sisters patronage of Poland’s Our Lady na Icon will eventually circle the N.J.; Oct. 4 at St. Anthony of Pad- of the Divine Redeemer, Baldwin, of Częstochowa – “The Black Ma- globe to spark a sustainable pro- ua, West Orange; Oct. 5 St. Peter’s Pa.; Oct. 27 Our Lady of Grace, donna” – symbolized by the tour- life movement and promote family Church and St. Joseph’s Chapel, Greensburg, Pa.; Nov. 23 Knights ing exact replica of her icon. It was culture. So far 40,000 miles have New York, N.Y.; Oct. 6-7 St. The- of the Immaculate Retreat, Mal- chosen as the face of the campaign been logged, 24 countries traversed, resa’s, Linden, N.J.; Oct. 10-13 Or- vern, Pa.; Dec. 28-29 St. Paul the in deference to the centuries-old with 75 cathedrals and 60 Orthodox ange County Rosary Congress at St. Apostle Greensboro, NC; Jan. 17 Joseph’s, Middletown, N.Y.; Oct. Prayer Vigil before abortion mills, Jacksonville, Fla; Jan. 21 Vigil for AMERICAN POLONIA AT A GLANCE March for Life, Washington, D.C.; Jan. 22 March for Life in Washing- RICHARD & PEARL WILGOSZ a dozen home-made Polish soups as Co. #4 is hosting a Homemade Pol- ton, D.C. MARYLAND To learn more about the religious BALTIMORE — Learn how to well as fresh breads and cakes. Pur- ish Dinner at the North Side Fire chase Polish artisan crafts, holiday Hall, 112 Brewster St., Oct. 19, from movement and schedule details, go Hollywood, Florida make Barszcz czysty z buraczkow to www.hli.org/oceantoocean. z uszkami (clear, red beet Borscht gifts, and books, including PACIM’s 4:00-9:00 p.m. Tickets are $10, and served with homemade dumplings) own Polish soup cookbook, “Zupa!” will get you Polish sausage, potato and pierogi z serem (cheese pierogi) Tickets are available at the door or pancakes, pierogi, kupusta, green on Sat., Oct. 19. The Cooking Class online at www.PACIM.org. PACIM salad, rye bread and dessert. Dine members receive special discounts. in or Take out. A separate Children’s Proud to be an American of is from 2:00-5:00 p.m., conducted at Remembering my the Polish National Alliance Build- menu includes a hot dog, chips, Polish Heritage! NEW YORK grandparents Jan Kucurlo ing, 1627 Eastern Ave. The price is and pickle. Refreshments available BUFFALO — On Nov. 9-10, (pop, beer, and Polish beer). Music Keep up the good work with and Rosalia Kolbyszowska $25 (non-refundable). Make check 2013, St. Nicholas Ukrainian payable to: Joan Persing, 38 Liberty will be provided by DJ RJ. the Polish American Journal. Catholic Church, 308 Fillmore LANCASTER — The Lt. Col. Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21222. Ave., will be sponsoring its annual Your newspaper is great! DOLORES VASILOW For more information, contact Matt Urban VFW Post 7275, 3741 Parish Ukrainian Bazaar at 1219 Walden Ave., will host a Sweetest Owego, New York Gosia at [email protected] or Abbott Rd., Lackawanna, N.Y. This A Friend (410) 866-6419 after 5:00 p.m. The Day Rock ‘n Roll Dance, Sat., Oct. annual event is held to raise money 26, featuring the Crash Cadillac classes are sponsored by the Polish to meet the needs of the parish. A Heritage Association of Maryland Band from 7:00-11:00 p.m. Tickets huge basket raffle boasting over are $8.00 advance, $10.00 at the and the Polish National Alliance. 300 gifts and gift certificates will be Please visit pnacouncil21.com for door. For tickets, call (716) 681- up for bidding. Homemade baked We have a “Polish Family more details. 8387. goods, food, beverages, and a large LANCASTER — Holy Mother Reunion” every year for the MINNESOTA “Grandmothers Attic Treasures” of the Rosary Parish will host a past 35 years. Do the same BOB & TESSIE MINNEAPOLIS — The Polish corner top off the event. For info, Harvest Dance in its Parish Center, with your family. They will Cultural Institute of Minnesota will call the rectory at (716) 852-7566. 6298 Broadway, Sat., Oct. 26, from love it! GIBOWICZ hold its 25th Annual Soup Festi- St. Nicholas is known throughout 8:00-11:00 p.m. Admission is a val, Sat., Oct. 27, at Kolbe Hall in Western New York for its pierogi, $12.00 donation. Music will be pro- ... are proud of their John Paul II School, 17th and Fourth which will be on sale at the bazaar. vided by Rare Vintage. For tickets, THERESA & Polish Heritage! Street NE, Minneapolis. Taste over DEPEW — Depew Central Hose call John at (716) 684-2578. STEPHEN WILLIAMS Pittsburgh, Pa.

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POLONIA OF THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES / Michael Pietruszka Senecas Bet on E.M. Chrusciki Bakery sion is supplying sweet treats to the Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown WNY’s Polish Arts Festival Buffalo as well. About a dozen items are featured BUFFALO, N.Y. —The Perma- King Chapel. This year’s films, to Millennium Hotel in Cheektowaga at the casino’s cafe each day. “Our nent Chair of Polish Culture at Ca- be screened at the Montante Cen- on September 5. old fashioned cupcakes to our choc- nisius College, Polish Arts Club of ter, include “Messenger of Truth,” olate cake and brownies and pastry Buffalo, Chopin Singing Society Trzaskalski’s “Moj Rower” (My Fa- UPCOMING. “Weird Al” Yankov- hearts and our breads and bagels,” and Polish Legacy Project joined ther’s Bike”), Smarzowski’s “Roza” ic brings his “AlPocalypse” Tour to she said. “They’ll have a huge selec- forces to host “Buffalo’s Polish Arts (“Rose”) and Bugalski’s “Uklad the Hamburg Casino, and the Syra- tion of ours.” Festival Fall 2013” from September Zamkniety” (“Closed Circuit”). cuse Polish Home will be the loca- Gurnari says the contract has 20 through November 20 at various The works of artist Artur Popek tion for a Sacred Heart Reunion on enabled her to hire more people to locations around WNY. The festival will be exhibited at the Montante October 4 ... The Polish Arts Club handle the volume of work. opened with the “Polonia Art Show” Center starting the 14th. Buffalo of Buffalo will present a lecture by opening reception was held at the Philharmonic Orchestra Associate Wanda Bolanowska and William Main Street Studios in Downtown Principle Horn, Daniel Kerdelewicz Gross entitled “Polish Soldier’s PIETRUSZKA EARNS FELLOW- Buffalo on September 20. The show, will perform a chamber recital at Uniforms” at the club’s October SHIP. Erie County, N.Y. Judge Mi- which features the works of Debra the Montante Center on Novem- meeting on the 16th ... Henryk M., chael Pietruszka was named an Gruszecki, Rob Lynch, Margaret ber 19. The festival will close with Anna Cyzon and Dariusz Kozakie- Advanced Science and Technology Glowacki, Barbara Strzepka, Pr- a lecture by Dr. Barbara Klassa on wicz will star in a tribute concert Adjudication Resource (ASTAR) zemslaw Moskal, Szymon Tomsia, “The Image of Poland in American for Polish blues legend Tadeusz Fellow in a ceremony in White ANIA GURNARI. Calls contract a Tom Rojek, Ellen Marszalkowski, 19th Century Historiography” at the Nalepa at the John Paul II Polish Plains, Sept.17. The two-year fel- “great opportunity.” Melanie Zakraysek and Anna Ga- Harlem Road Community Center in Cultural Centre in Mississauga on lowship program’s mission is to bryszak, continues through October Amherst on November 20. October 18 ... The Krakow-Roch- BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo’s teach trial judges how to analyze 4. On September 29, Polish pianist ester Sister City Committee will Business First reports the Seneca and evaluate new developments in Krystian Tkaczewski performed at POLONIA TIDBITS. On Septem- continue its 40th anniversary cel- Buffalo Creek Casino is boosting scientific evidence. As part of his the Canisius College Montante Cul- ber 1, Our Eternal Lady Church ebration with a Banquet and Dance business for some local companies. fellowship project, Pietruszka pre- tural Center. of St. Catharines, Ontario held a featuring performances by Beata The $130 million casino recently sented a program on digital forensic On October 16, Dr. Ewa Kurek “Dozynki,” featuring the music Golec, Ray Serafin’s Brass Magic held its grand opening. The casino evidence, which included a panel will address the topic, “Polish - of “Polanie,” at Polonia Park in and Dariusz Terefenko’s “Jantar” features several local businesses of experts from the WNY Region- Jewish Relations: 1939 - 1945” at Niagara-on-the-Lake ... WNY at- at the Radisson Riverside Hotel on like E.M. Chrusciki Bakery. al Computer Forensic Laboratory, Canisius College. The Il Giardino torney Craig Bucki, son of Hon. October 19 ... On October 26, the “What a great opportunity,” Ania FBI, and Federal Public Defenders d’Amore Baroque Orchestra, which Carl and Hon. Deborah Bucki, Professional & Businessmen’s As- Gurnari, with E.M. Chrusciki, said Office. is led by a graduate of the Krakow was recently awarded the Jefferson sociation will honor Robert Nowak of the partnership. “They pick some Academy of Music, will perform at Fordham Award for Advocacy from and Ralph Maraszek at its Man of of the best restaurants in Buffalo.” THE KOSCIUSZKO HISTORI- the Montante Center on the 25th. the American Bar Association’s the Year / Past Presidents Dinner The bakery got its start at The CAL SOCIETY of Ansonia, Derby, November 2nd will bring the annual Section of State and Local Govern- at the Protocol Restaurant ... The Broadway Market and now has a Shelton and Seymour, Connecticut Polish Legacy Project’s All Souls ment ... Amherst native Paul Olch- Skalny Center for Polish and second location in Lancaster. Gur- invites all to visit the “Kosciuszko Day Mass honoring those Poles and vary’s New Europe Press recently Central European Studies at the nari says Seneca Gaming first con- Room” at the General David Hum- Polish Americans who made the ul- published “The Essential Guide to University of Rochester will present tacted her about supplying baked phrey’s House Museum, 37 Elm St., timate sacrifice in World War II and Being Polish: 50 Facts and Facets its annual Polish Film Festival at the goods for the Seneca Niagara Ca- Ansonia. It is open Mon.-Fri. from during the Soviet era to St. Stan- of Nationhood” by Anna Spysz and Little Theatre in Downtown Roch- sino last year. 1:00-4:00 p.m. The Kosciuszko islaus Cemetery in Cheektowaga. Marta Turek ... Mark Redlinski ester from November 7 through 11. “We hit the jackpot and the great exhibit is maintained by Joseph S. The next day, the Chopin Singing and Redlinski Meats received a More information next month ... thing is we were discovered,” she Wardzala. For details call (203) Society will present “Journey Down “Hootie Award” at the recent Owl The Ekran Polish Film Festival said. “They came to us. I never went 735-1908, or contact Wardzala at the Wisla From the Mountains to the Family Picnic for their contribu- announced the 5th Annual Toronto out asking. They called and said [email protected]. Sea” at St. Casimir Church in Buf- tions to the WNY community ... De- Polish Film Festival will take place they had a casino opening and I said falo’s Kaisertown neighborhood. nise Oliansky is the newly elected on November 13 through 17. come in and talk and it just went On November 10, the Ars Nova president of the Polish Genealogi- v v v from there.” Musicians Chamber Orchestra will cal Society of New York State ... If you have an item for this col- Gurnari says the partnership led be hosted by Assumption Church in Andrzej Wajda’s “Walesa, Man umn, please send it to pietruszka@ to the casino in Salamanca and now Buffalo’s Black Rock neighborhood of Hope” and Pawel Pawlikowski’s verizon.net. E.M. Chrusciki’s wholesale divi- as part of the parish’s 125th anniver- “Ida” were screened during the To- sary celebration. ronto International Film Festival in The “Polish Film Festival and early September. “Over . . . 53 Years of Quality Service” Art Exhibit” starts on November The 22nd annual “Farewell to 11 with a Mass celebrating the life Summer” benefit for the Ss. Cyril of Blessed Rev. Jerzy Popielusko & Methodius Seminary in Orchard in Canisius College’s Christ the Lake, Michigan, was held at the

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POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL NEW RELEASES / Mark Kohan Gomulka Steps Up to the Task Great artists, it is said, are the favor of “better numbers” on math ones who interpret what they see, and science scores. Don’t believe and translate that into something ev- me? Then tell me how many fund- eryone can appreciate. raisers you’ve attended for your If you are a polka fan who kid’s school science department. DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN MUSIC doesn’t know anything about Lenny This brings us back to Gomul- Gomulka, chances are you are not ka’s new CD: much of a polka fan. That aside, one After years of following the all- listen to “Save the Music” will tell too-predictable patterns of one or Lenny Gomulka says “Save the Music” you more about polka music’s great- two originals and reworked favor- est living asset than a week’s worth ites on almost every polka CD re- LUDLOW, Mass. — The polka world has always It’s been proven that the benefits of music education of Chicago Push YouTube videos corded, Gomulka has taken a brave focused on preserving music and preserving cultural are astounding and studies have consistently exposed and a few gallons of Red Bull. and long overdue step by writing traditions. Not until now has the discussion come up to the tremendously positive effect music education has A child star who hit the big time twelve — count ’em — twelve orig- save the music as we know it. on a child’s academic performance, when there was a big time, Go- inals on his latest studio session “ Polka music has been known to sense of community, self­-expression mulka’s rise to the top of the polka Save the Music.” bring friends together. It’s been a and self­-esteem. This is exactly what ladder is the result of his God-given Bringing polkas up to speed by family form of wholesome entertain- “Save the Music” by Lenny Gomul- talent, being in the right place at the joining the digital generation’s ef- ment and it’s been a genuine way for ka & Chicago Push is all about. right time, and — most of all — his fort to keep live music pertinent people to meet people. The involvement of children in- ability to look at the big picture. A with VH1’s “Save the Music Foun- In the newest CD just released volvement is key, and it’s up to the consummate professional, he finds dation,” Gomulka has crafted a by Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push polka community to encourage that time for everyone, from the insid- product that covers all the bases. His the focus has shifted from “preserv- and make it happen. ers who have memorized his diet, “Save the Music” is a showcase of ing” the music to “saving” the music. The new “Save the Music” CD re- to the ciotki who — in spite of his just about every style of polka out Not as simple as it may seem, polka lease with Lenny Gomulka & Chica- name recognition — still confuse there, yet still done with Gomulka’s music needs to be saved from falling go Push captures photos of Lenny’s him with Stas Golonka. (And some- recognizable flair. by the wayside. Polka music, unlike son, 7-year-old Teddy Gomulka, en- times come up with a third polka He pays tribute to his late friend, other musical genres, consists of a joying his musical moment. It also star named Stas Gomulka). boss, and polka legend Eddie Blaz- unique, loyal, passionate fan base. Those pure polka features the 7-year-old singing along on a song that he Over his 40-plus years in the onczyk on the CD’s opening tune, fans and enthusiasts are indeed the spirit and inspiration himself composed. This is why it’s called “Save the business, he has given us everything “Rose Colored Glasses.” for every bandleader, musician, and polka promoter. Music,” and this is what polka music needs much more from down-to-earth, foot-stompin’ I don’t want to bore you with Collectively, entertainers and fans alike need a uni- of. Old-Country-Meets-New material, how impressed I was with every fied approach to reimage polka music in order to gain Together let’s “Save the Music” with Lenny Go- to adventuresome American Coun- song on this recording, but I do want more respect. The word is already out there. Even VH1 mulka & Chicago Push featuring 15 tracks of which 12 try-polka hybrids. He has worked to say that Gomulka’s words about has formed its “Save the Music” Foundation with ef- are all-new compositions. Cds are available on-line at and recorded with polka music’s Blazonczyk — without ever saying forts to develop strategic partnerships with school dis- www.chicagopush.com or by sending $17 to Chicago legends — Marion Lush, Eddie Bla- his name — is a new level of matu- tricts to build sustainable instrumental music programs Push, 30 Woodland Place, Ludlow, MA 01056. (See ad- zonczyk, Li’l Wally, and Sturr are rity in the polka field. It is a giant for public elementary and middle school students. vertisements on page 14). but a few who come to mind. He is step away from the “cash and carry” polka’s Eric Clapton, Ricky Skaggs, (and well-deserved in most cases) Fundraiser Honors Community Leader, Benny Goodman, and B.B. King. tributes to everyone from polka stars So, when Gomulka tells us there of the past to the guy who used to is trouble ahead, we should listen. pour your dad his drinks at the cor- Benefits High School Students ner bar. Like Dan Fogelberg’s trib- CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — A certina All Stars and other special zation, including Joe Farris, said IT IS NO SECRET that polka mu- ute to his musician father Lawrence fundraiser in October will benefit guests. The event will also include Schmid “had a heart of gold” and sic’s heyday has long passed. With Fogelberg, “Rose Colored Glasses” student scholarships that were re- prize raffles and she was a part of so many lives. the loss of each generation comes acknowledges Blazonczyk’s role as cently established to honor the life a basket auc- Schmid also worked as an aide the closing of dance halls, church a musical father figure — not only to of Jackie Schmid, a community tion. to U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins. Bonnie halls, picnic grounds, and ballrooms Gomulka, but everyone he touched. leader who died in 2012. P l a n n i n g Lockwood, a friend and co-worker, that were once homes to decades And it’s not sappy, mawkish, waltz: Schmid was a chairperson and for the fund- said Schmid was the office’s “sun- of dancers. Children are no longer it is a polka, just like what Blazon- coordinator of many local events, raiser began shine lady,” remembering every raised listening to polkas and Pol- czyk gave us. including the General Pulaski Pa- in the spring staff member’s birthday and orga- ish radio programs in their parent’s rade, the annual Polish-American and in Au- nizing holiday events. and grandparent’s homes. In most THE BRIDGE. The next song on the Arts Festival, and the Crabapple gust, the Jackie In May 2014, the organization cases, children are not even allowed CD is probably the most important Festival, which she sought to initi- Schmid Memo- will award five Cheektowaga -stu to attend wedding receptions, where one: “Ta Ra Ra” is based on a melo- ate in 2009 to celebrate the heri- rial Scholar- SCHMID. Memo- dents with scholarships to assist most of us learned how to polka, dy that Gomulka’s son, Teddy, sang tage of the Town of Cheektowaga. ship Fund was rial scholarship in the costs of attending a two-or waltz, and oberek. aloud in a moment of youthful inno- She also assisted in managing the established as fund established. four-year college or a trade school. Mind you, polka is far from mov- cence. Gomulka turned this simple Cheektowaga Patriotic Commission a 501(c) 3 tax- Applicants must be graduating high ing into assisted living, but it does riff into a driving polka, a message and the Cheektowaga Community exempt organization. The JSMCF school seniors from one of the five have a few brochures in its hands. to hundreds of musicians out there Symphony Orchestra. organization is comprised of more main Cheektowaga-based districts: National fests still draw crowds, to not be afraid to try new things, The Jackie Schmid Memorial than a dozen of Schmid’s friends Cheektowaga Central, Cheektow- and local dances can still produce and to listen to what’s around you Scholarship Fundraiser, which will and family who seek to celebrate aga-Sloan, Cleveland Hill, Depew enough people to pay the band, bar- for inspiration. There is no need to feature musical entertainment by her dedication to community ser- or Maryvale. Applications will be tenders, and electricity for the night. borrow Country tunes or rearrange several polka bands, in addition to vice through the awarding of an an- available in the winter and must be It is not only polka music making Li’l Wally songs. Take a chance and food and raffles, will be held from nual scholarship. received by Tuesday, April 1, 2014. more visits to the doctor’s office, ei- try something new. 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, Ed Kutas, owner of Polish Villa The JSMCF committee is still ther. Live music is under fire, too. More importantly, the place- at The Valley of Buffalo Banquet and Polish Villa II, is chairperson accepting donations to assist with We are well into the third generation ment of “Ta Ra Ra” immediately Hall, 2379 Union Road, Cheektow- of the organization. He said his 30- the fundraiser. Contributions in the of weekend party-goers who can’t after “Rose Colored Glasses” says aga. The venue was formerly Lily of year friendship with Schmid was form of checks or money orders image a live band in their favorite that Gomulka understands his role a the Valley. full of many great memories. may be mailed to: Jackie Schmid club or dance hall. bridge between generations. His son Tickets for the event cost $20 “We helped each other out so Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. It is a sign of the times: as music will never know Blazonczyk except presale and $25 at the door. Presale much,” Kutas said. “She definitely Box 1152, Cheektowaga, N.Y. becomes more efficient why should through his music and what his fa- tickets can be purchased until Tues- did her part in helping people. She 14225-8152. you pay a six-piece band when you ther and his parent’s friends tell him. day, Oct. 1. Admission includes was a great friend for more than 30 Further information is avail- can pay for one DJ who spins – roy- Like Blazonczyk, Ted can provide beer, soft drinks and buffet food. years. We met while babysitting my able online by visiting www.jacki- alty free in most cases – someone the inspiration to continue creating A cash bar will be available. Bands younger cousin. She was one person eschmidmemorialscholarship.org else’s creative efforts? Our coun- new material. scheduled to perform include The who would never say ‘no’ if you or on Facebook by searching the try’s leaders, more obsessed with We are lucky to have Lenny Go- Knewz, The Touch, Phocus, New needed help.” phrase “Jackie Schmid Memorial quantity than quality, are letting mulka as our connection to the past, Direction, Special Delivery, Con- Other members of the organi- Scholarship Fund.” artistic pursuits fall to wayside in and to the future. Polka World Loses IPA Mainstay Fred Hudy CHICAGO —Fred Hudy wore many Dedicated to the International Polka Keith Stras, another Hall-of-Famer, “I’m going to miss him. I always hats. He was a husband, father, grandfa- Association, Hudy served as a director, said Hudy was helpful to him and many called him ‘Fritz,’ a name we gave him ther, musician, Polka Hall of Famer, and first vice-president, and was inducted newcomers to the industry. from our younger days,” said Kawa. a friend to all. The polka world lost Fred into the Polka Music Hall of Fame dur- “Fred was a great asset to polka mu- Kawa said he last saw Hudy at a Hudy, August 31, 2013, at the age of 71, ing the IPA’s 25th Anniversary in 1993. sic; he was with the IPA from the very breakfast get-together for Chicago polka after a long illness. “Fred always had a smile. He was beginning,” said Stras. “He was instru- musicians hosted by Chet Kowalkowski. Little Louie & the Lucky Boys was always laughing,” said fellow Hall-of- mental in helping me mold my polka Hudy is survived by his wife, four Hudy’s first polka band, with Richie Famer John “Foo” Furmaniak. “Fred career. Together we were the first to in- children, seven grandchildren, and many Gomulka and Louie Jedlowski. He later loved polka music and had a passion for troduce polka bus tours to casinos with nieces and nephews. started his own band, the Monumentals the IPA and the IPA building on Kedzie the IPA.” Funeral services by the Ridge Funer- where he played drums. They also re- Avenue in Chicago. It seemed like he “He was a gentleman and just a nice al Home with a Mass at St. Daniel the corded an album “Polka’s That Swing” spent more time in that building then he person to know,” said Chicago polka leg- Prophet Church. Interment was at Resur- Hudy on the Bel-Aire Record label. did at home sometimes.” end Max Kawa. rection Cemetery. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • OCTOBER 2013 www.polamjournal.com 13

TOLEDO POLONIA / Margaret Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk NOTES / Barbara Pinkowski TAPS To Observe 30th Anniversary Oh No! Not the End of Summer! Dziekuje to my friend, radio agonizing pain later, I am happy to BUFFALO, N.Y. — All of our called The Band, which was to de- in your prayers. Denise is a mem- host David Jackson, of the Sunday report that the light is at the end of summer outdoor fests have come but on Sept. 21 at the Lamm Grove ber of the board of directors of the Morning Polka Show on WXUT in the tunnel. Hopefully, I will back to and gone and all were fun — just — will not be a reality for while, as United States Polka Association. Toledo, for the pair of tickets to this a regular life including not trading wonderful memories now. he looks for musicians to fi ll a few year’s Summer Music Fest. One of polka dances for ER visits. spots. So, we will wait and see and GET WELL WISHES … go out to my favorite vacations is Franken- HARVEST FESTIVAL. The Cor- keep you informed. Chris Cyrankowski, who spent a muth in the summer. Got to travel UPCOMING. Randy Krajewski & pus Christi Dożynki Fest on Aug. few days in the hospital. I am happy up there for the day, Aug. 10, where Badinov will play at the Rossford 17 featured the fabulous sounds of WELL THAT WAS DIFFERENT. to report she is feeling better now. everybody was abuzz about the Eagles for a Polish Dinner Dance, the Concertina All Stars. It was very For the fi rst time, I attended the Her husband, Ron, plays with the great line-up on stage. Bands were Oct. 12, 7:00-11:00 p.m., and then surprising to see what a great set-up German Festival in Cheektowaga Eddie O. band. Lenny Gomulka, Downtown Sound, at St. Adalbert with the Czelusta they had with a huge tent with many Town Park on Sept. 1st. I was pleas- The Knewz from Buffalo, the Dy- Park All Stars, Oct. 13, with din- tables and a mammoth stage for antly surprised to see what a com- HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all. I natones, and Frank Borzymowski ner from noon-2:00 p.m. and music the band. The eight-piece CAS had fortable area they have for all to hope you get more treats than tricks. & Friends. Frank and his band have from 2:00-6:00 p.m. For more info, plenty of room and did a tremendous sit, see and enjoy all the festivities. Be careful and watchful of the lit- a new song special dedicated to the call Randy at (419) 509-0273. job. Per my request, Greg Chwojdak There were lots of people having a tle ones going out for the evening. folks up north, the “Wyandotte” Tickets are going quickly for the pulled out a song I love from the good time enjoying the music of the There are so many creative cos- polka, which is on his latest CD. To Toledo Area Polka Society’s 30th past and did a fi ne job with “Shining versatile Auslanders, food and ca- tumes to be seen and admired every help him out, the Wyandotte Choir Anniversary Dance, Oct. 26, fea- Moon” waltz. Several other smaller maraderie including several of our year. You never know what outfi ts Crew got up on stage and sang turing catering by Malczewski’s and tents were set up also with different polka fans. The pavilion looked so you’re going to see when you go to along. These are nine guys from that music by Lenny Gomulka & Chi- vendors. Food was also available different with the picnic tables re- the front door to hand out treats. downriver city who each wore a let- cago Push. The Anniversary com- at a Polish Cafe across the street. moved and many rows of tables and tered t-shirt spelling the word Wy- mittee is putting together a fabulous There was a nice Polish village feel- chairs set up. The best part was a andotte. I didn’t want to leave at the evening of events, so don’t forget ing with the displays on the church wooden dance fl oor situated in the UPCOMING. Oct. 5. Special Delivery at the end of the evening. to get in on the fun. Tickets may grounds. And, it was great that the middle in front of the bandstand. The next weekend, the weather be purchased by calling Larry and Broadway Market for Polish American Church was open for all to see its You can’t beat that! Heritage Month. Music from 11:00 had turned just cool enough for long Carol Holt at (419) 836-8799. Spe- splendor and magnifi cence. a.m.-2:00 p.m. sleeves. I took a short drive to Point cial TAPS room rate is available at CONGRATULATIONS TO … Oct. 5. Celebration of Life in Honor Place, and then meandered out to the Ramada Inn on Secor Road for LENNY WOWS ’EM. On Aug. 18, Adam Sobczak and Crystal of Jackie Schmid at the Valley of Buff alo Lost Peninsula, which is that strip of out-of-town guests by calling (419) Lenny Gomulka & the Chicago Schubert on their wedding, Aug. Hall, 2379 Union Rd., Cheektowaga, NY land where Ohio ends and Michigan 535-7070 and mentioning Toledo Push fi lled the entertainment and 17. Proud parents of the groom are from 3:00 pm to 9:00 p.m. Entertain- begins on the shore of Lake Erie. Area Polka Society. refreshment tent to capacity at the Mike and Jean Sobczak, who for ment by The Knewz, Special Delivery, The Lost Peninsula Polka Party Finally, the time is near: the Annunciation Lawn Fete. The many years were on the committee The Touch, Phocus, New Direction, and was taking place, with the Polka University of Toledo Press volume crowd had many chairs lined up just at the Annunciation Church lawn Concertina All Stars. $20 Advance/$25 Zone providing tunes and Busia American Originals: Northwest outside the dance fl oor to enjoy the fete. at the door includes music, beer, pop Narozny providing Polish food. It Ohio’s Polish Community at Work, excellent music and watch the danc- Also, wedding bells rang for Ken and buff et. Call Ed at (716) 913-3187 or was a good friend’s birthday, Karin Home, Worship and Play is fi nally ing. Even after Lenny did his fi nal Machelski, Jr. and Jackie Robin- Chris at (716) 771-1076. Burzynski-Smith that is, and she had going to press. A big thanks goes out number, “Turn out the Lights-the son, who were wed on Aug. 24. A Oct. 17. Polka Boosters Meeting at perfect weather and great entertain- to Project Coordinator Dr. Timothy Party’s Over,” the fans did not want reception was held at the Buffalo the Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia ment to help her celebrate the day. Borden for including me in this ef- the party to end and called for more. Convention Center. Ken is the son Ave., Depew, N.Y. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Admission includes refreshments The Polka Zone is a group of fort. Tim, who left to take a job in It was a fun time on a beautiful sum- of Carol and Ken Machelski, who is veteran musicians mostly from the London at the end of September, and music. New members and guests mer day. a polka musician with the Buffalo always welcome. For more info, call Kusfanc area, and they kept the spent a lot of time meeting with Touch … Diane Stevens and Mike Chris at 771-1076. crowd going until after sunset. This all of the contributors and editing FOR GREAT CAUSES. On Aug. 25, Kurdziel on their engagement. A Oct. 19. The Knewz and John Gora was just one of many parties on the work, all on a voluntary basis. the Owl Picnic again drew a huge Nov. 9d wedding is planned. Mike play at a Fall Dinner Dance at the Pol- the docks that evening, as a blues The word is that the book will be on crowd. With a reasonable admission is a drummer who has played with ish Hall, 43 Facer St., St. Catherine’s, On- and rock band also had the boating shelves before the end of the year. price that includes eats and drinks, many polka bands, and is currently tario, Canada starting at 6:30 p.m. Call crowd dancing a few hundred feet Best of luck to Tim as he takes on a a great variety of entertainment, a member of Phocus … Gary and (905) 336-3055 for more info. away. Will plan to make this an an- new challenge. many different raffl es and a Chinese Amy Krupski, who announced Oct. 20. Polka Mass at St. Andrew’s nual stop next year. Auction, it’s easy to understand why they are expecting their fi rst child Church, Sloan. 11:00 a.m. Music by they pack them in. The best part is in January. Gary’s parents are Gary Special Delivery. THE WEEK-END OF AUGUST 23, FREE CATALOG! that all the profi ts go to charity. Krupski, musician with the Buffalo Oct. 20. Special Delivery plays from the Mount Carmel Fest brought out Again, the committee is to be com- Touch, and Veronica (Roni) Schil- 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Dianeagains, 2460 HEAR ALL THE POLKA STARS the Wyandotte Choir Crew once mended for all their hard work — linger. Clinton St., just east of Harlem. Free again, when Frank B. showed up on they do an outstanding job. All the Admission. Food available. Friday night and performed an en- SUNSHINE polka bands sounded super. A nice CONDOLENCES. Our sincerest Oct. 23. Polka Variety Meeting at core of his new polka. Although I change of pace was Crash Cadillac sympathy goes out to Denise Finan the Leonard Post, 2540 Walden Ave., didn’t make it to the fest that night, I Cheektowaga, N.Y. Doors open at 6:30 SEND FOR A FREE CATALOG playing all the favorites from the and family on the passing of her son, p.m. Music 7:30-10:00 p.m. Theme for heard the gang did a great job. I did SUNSHINE ’50s and ’60s, which fi lled the dance James “J.R.” Finan, on Sept. 6. He this one is Halloween. Everyone wel- make it to Wyandotte on Sunday, PO BOX 652 fl oor. So nostalgic to hear all those was a local actor, devotee of the the- W. SENECA, NY 14224 come. Call Bill at (716) 759-8194. capping off the last great parish fest CDs $12 each familiar songs from the past. ater, and loved being on stage. He Oct. 26. Harvest Dance at Holy of the summer, and was able to en- $2.00 SHIPPING & HANDLING At the picnic, Sonny Wanderlich died unexpectedly at the age of 29. Mother of the Rosary Cathedral Parish joy the great sounds of Polka Fam- informed me that his new band — Please remember him and his family Center, 6298 Broadway, Lancaster, N.Y. ily as well as Pan Franek, Zosia, & Music by Rare Vintage from 8:00-11:00 the Polka Towners. p.m. Refreshments available. Call John I was all ready to go back to Wy- at 716-684-2578 andotte, Sept. 1 to hear the Knewz at Nov. 2. 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SPORTS / Tom Tarapacki Model Behavior Polish Football, American Style NFL Europe may have disband- saw Andrzej “The Polish Prince” straightforward, come-at-ya — so ed in 2007, but the Polish Ameri- Fonfara (24-2) stop former WBA losing a leg wasn’t really a [career- can Football League is still going light heavyweight champion Ga- ender] for him. He was a fearsome strong. In fact, many consider it the briel Campillo (22-5-1) in the ninth puncher with a great chin.” fastest growing sport in Poland. round of a tough bout. In addition, His father, Pat Bodzianowski, The Polish American Foot- they saw Artur Szpilka (16-0) was a former fighter. Craig became ball League or PLFA (Polska Liga again stop Chicago-area heavy- “Gator” after his father, also a tattoo Futbolu Amerykańskiego) is an weight Mike Mollo (20-5-1) in the artist, inked an alligator on Craig’s American football (as opposed to fifth round. It was the first ballpark chest that looked like the logo on European football, or soccer) league fight in Chicago since 1962. Izod shirts. He said he did it because founded in Poland 2006 with four The card was televised nation- he went to school with rich kids who teams. As of this year there were 74 ally, and ESPN play-by-play an- wore Izod shirts, while he couldn’t teams in five different divisions— nouncer Joe Tessitore called it “one afford them. He sometimes wore that’s right, 74 teams! A total of 57 of the most high-energy nights shirts with a hole cut out so you teams played 11-man football, while we’ve ever seen on ‘Friday Night could see the tattoo. 37 played eight-man. The rules are Fights.’” Craig got involved in boxing in similar to American college, with There are three Polish-born box- the 1970s and won a Golden Gloves 12-minute quarters. Its organization ers who are ranked among the elite title in 1981. But in May 1984, a car is more like European football than in the sport. According to Ring hit his motorcycle, severely break- SUPERMODEL JOANNA KRUPA, 34, (above right) was a recent American football, with promotion Magazine, considered the “Bible of ing his leg. When doctors told him guest on the hit MTV “Ridiculousness,” hosted by skateboard legend and relegation. There is a mix of Boxing,” three Poles rank in the top he would be able to navigate better Rob Dyrdek. The two talked briefly — and positively — about their players from the United States, Po- 10 of their weight categories. The on an artificial leg than a badly dam- common Polish ancestry. land and other European countries. best known is Tomasz Adamek aged one, he opted for amputation Krupa, who was born in Warsaw, is best known for her appearanc- Teams include the Silesia Reb- (49-2-0), ranked by Ring as the #5 about six inches below the knee. His es on the reality television shows “Dancing with the Stars,” “Poland’s els (formerly the Miners), Gdynia Heavyweight in the world. A na- return to the ring was controversial, Next Top Model,” and “The Real Housewives of Miami,” which also stars Seahawks, Krakow Tigers and Bi- tive of Zywiec who now lives in and “The Fight Doctor,” Dr. Ferdie her sister, Marta Krupa. alystock Lowlanders. Warsaw has Jersey City N.J., “Tomek” draws Pacheco was among those opposed Dyrdek, 39, who left high school to move to California to become a four teams — the Eagles, Spartans, large enthusiastic crowds of Pol- the Illinois commission for granting professional skateboarder at age 16, was born Robert Stanley Dyrdek Werewolves and Krolewscy (Roy- ish Americans wherever he fights a license 19 months after the acci- in Kettering, Ohio. He was involved in sports as a child and began alty). in the United States. He is a former dent. skateboarding at the age of eleven, when he received his first skate- The season culminates with a WBC Light Heavyweight Cham- But the Illinois Athletic Com- board from professional skateboarder Neil Blender. In addition to four-team playoff that ends with the pion and former IBF, IBO and Ring mission did reinstate his license, hosting “Ridiculousness” (with co-host and sidekick Sterling “Steelo” SuperFinal, also known as the Pol- Cruiserweight Champion, and cur- and Craig returned triumphantly to Brim, above, left), Dyrdek is an actor, entrepreneur, producer, and re- ish Bowl. In July, SuperFinal VIII rently holds the IBF North America the ring in December 1985. Even- ality TV star. He is best known for his roles in the reality shows “Rob (yes, they use the Roman numer- Heavyweight title. tually he fought for a world title and Big,” and “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory.” als) was played before 16,500 fans Ring’s # 2 ranked Cruiserweight WBA Cruiserweight Championship “Ridiculousness” is one of the top-rated shows on MTV. And don’t in Warsaw. The Wroclaw Giants is Krysztof Wlodarczyk (48-2-1), in 1990 WBA, but lost a decision to let the title fool you: Dyrdek’s net worth is a smart $15 million. defeated the Warsaw Eagles, 29-13 also the current WBC Cruiserweight Robert Daniels. for the title. The Giants’ MVP was World champion. The 31-year-old In 1993, Craig retired from the the proper spelling at the half. The Kyle Juszczyk, the rookie running Jamal Schulters, an American run- native of Warsaw native is known as ring. Later, he trained boxers and U.S. went on to win, 6-1, though back out of Harvard, made the Ra- ning back who had played at Temple “Diablo.” Ring’s # 6 Cruiserweight worked construction. He loved Chris didn’t score at all in the sec- vens roster as a fullback… Pitts- University. The Giants were quarter- is Mateusz Masternak, a 26-year- cooking and later graduated from ond half. burgh native Bruce Gradkowski backed by Bartosz Dziedzic. Wro- old with a perfect record of 30-0. Chicago’s Le Cordon Bleu College After his second half scoring earned a spot as the backup QB claw’s head coach was 29-year-old “The Master” is a native of Iwani- of Culinary Arts. As a Polish Ameri- drought, Chris decided that his luck for the Steelers, while his younger Mott Gaymon, a product of West ska, and currently fights out of Wro- can, one of his proudest moments might improve again if he had that brother, Gino, was named the start- Virginia Wesleyan College. He was claw. was getting to meet Pope John Paul extra “w.” So he added one. For his ing center position for Baltimore defensive coordinator and played in There are many other Polish II, according to his family. next game against Cuba, he had an … safety Tom Zbikowski, a 2008 the secondary for the 2010 Polish fighters like Fonfara and Szpilka extra “w” on his jersey — sewed on third-round pick of the Baltimore National Champion Wroclaw. working their way up the rankings. WHAT’S IN A NAME? Chris Won- the inside of the jersey. In that next Ravens out of Notre Dame, was The pre-game coin toss was Some top prospects include heavy- dolowski has certainly made a name match, the Americans overcame a signed by Chicago but cut before the performed by Polish-born former weights Mariusz “The Viking” for himself in soccer. The 30-year- 1-0 deficit by scoring four straight season started ... The NFL season NFL kicker Rich Szaro. A native Wach and Andrzej Wawrzyk; old member of the MLS San Jose goals, two of which came from started with three Polish American of Rzeszów, Szaro starred at Har- middleweight Pawel Wolak; and Earthquakes has been one of the top Wondolowski. head coaches: Mike Munchak of vard, where he set records for career super middleweights Piotr Wilcze- players in the league, twice win- The U.S. went on to win the Cup, Tennesee, Gary Kubiak of Hous- points in place-kicking, led the team wski and Grzegorz Proksa. ning the Golden Boot as the MLS and Wondolowski likely cemented a ton, and first-year head coach Rob in scoring in 1969, and was selected top goal scorer. On the international roster spot on the U.S. team for the Chudzinski of Cleveland. All-Ivy his senior year. Szaro also GATOR PASSES. Chicago fighter scene, however, the California na- 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. played for the Saints and Jets and in Craig “Gator” Bodzianowski, tive had struggled — until now. Afterwards, comedian and soc- THEY SAID IT 1977 led the NFL in field-goal per- who lost his right leg after a motor- Until this year, he had never cer fan Drew Carey offered $5,000 “I kind of heard some whispers centage. cycle accident but continued to box, scored for the U.S. national team. for the “Wondowlowski” jersey. from a few of my guys in the back- The PLFA got some attention died recently at age 52 of a heart at- He finally tallied his first career Chris was going to keep the shirt, ground. I didn’t really think it would this year in the United States when tack. Standing 6 foot 2, 188 pounds, international goal this summer in but he decided to take the cash and be (Carrey) at first. What would he Clarence Anderson of the Warsaw Bodzianowski had a career record a “friendly” win over Guatemala, donate it to charity. He then returned be doing in Fairfield, Iowa? Obvi- Eagles returned a punt 75 yards for of 31-4-1, including 23 knockouts, a tune-up for the United States be- to the Earthquakes, and continued ously, after the photo happened, a spectacular TD that was an inter- as a pro. He competed in 103 ama- fore starting CONCACAF Gold his hot scoring. the loss and the game were the last net sensation and made many sports teur and professional bouts and fin- Cup play. However, when the U.S. Wondolowski has a Polish Amer- things on their minds.” highlight shows. ished every fight, reportedly losing played a tournament game against ican father and a Native American — Pella (Iowa) High baseball only nine. Belize, Wondolowski exploded for mother. He is the MLS’s reigning coach Jesse Jablonski, after actor POLISH YANKEE. The New York After becoming an amputee three first half goals. There was just most valuable player, and last year Jim Carrey climbed on the team’s Yankees have signed left-hander he won two big fights, an Illinois one issue — it wasn’t Wondolowski he equaled the MLS record for most bus outside a Burger King to take Artur Strzalka to a seven-year mi- heavyweight title and a WBA Con- who scored, it was “Wondowlows- goals in a single season with 27. some photos with the players to nor league contract. He is the first tinental Americas Cruiserweight ki.” Somehow, his last name was cheer them up following a disap- player ever born and developed in Championship. “He was all brute,” sown on the back of his jersey with PERKOSKI’S NOTEBOOK. Ron pointing loss. It’s uncertain exactly Poland to get a contract with a MLB said Mike Joyce, boxing coordinator an extra “w” — as in “Wondow- Torgalski, the University of Buffa- what Carrey was doing in rural organization. at Leo High School, and the son-in- lowski.” lo head baseball coach, was recently Iowa. Strzalka is expected to spend a law of Muhammad Ali. “He wasn’t After the mistake was spotted, honored as the Mid-American Con- v v v few weeks in the Dominican Repub- a Fancy Dan type of boxer. He was Chris switched his shirt to one with ference’s coach of the year after “Gator had tremendous heart. He lic in an instructional league before leading the Bulls to a 19-7 MAC re- returned to boxing using a prosthet- returning to Poland to finish school. cord ... N. Illinois Jr. Alex Klonows- ic, and he fought for a world title. Next year he will move to Florida ki, a second baseman from Kearney I’m not sure of any other athlete to begin his professional career. The Mo., was named First Team All- who returned to their previous sport 18-year-old from Rybnik will play Mid American ... Joe Dombrowski, under such conditions.” for Poland at the B-Level European who recently turned 21, has joined — Mike Fitzgerald, who wrote Championship in Zurich. He will the world’s No. 1 pro cycling team, a book, “Tale of the Gator,” about then go to the MLB European Acad- Sky… Mike Yastrzemski of Aber- Craig “Gator” Bodzianowski. emy in Regensburg, Germany. deen, featured in last month’s PAJ, v v v was named to the NY-Penn League “I think Poland is currently the POLISH PRINCE VICTORIOUS. All-Star Game. He also led the Iron- best place for football, because Pol- A recent fight card in Chicago birds to the team’s first division ish people don’t really like soccer, highlighted a couple of up-and- title in 12 years ... Kevin Ziomek and, their body type fits more for coming boxers from Poland. There pitched for Connecticut in the NY- football. There are some really big seems to be a growing number of Penn League, but the Tigers organi- guys out there!” Polish boxers — many fighting in zation decided to shut him down in — Mott Gaymon, head coach of the United States — that are rising August in order to avoid putting too the 2013 Polish American Football to prominence in the sport. much stress on his arm ... San Di- League Champion Wroclaw Giants, An excited crowd of over 8,000 ego’s Chris Gronkowski will miss interviewed in www.touchdown-eu- at Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field this season with an ankle injury ... rope.net. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • OCTOBER 2013 www.polamjournal.com 17

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OBITUARIES POLONIA ON FILM / Joseph W. Zurawski Rev. Ralph A. Bodziony, Pastor Emeritus St. John Cantius Call Northside 777 (1948) Reverend Ralph A. Bodziony, Pastor Emeritus, Saint Berea to serve as Parochial Vicar. He also served as Crime, Drama borhood.” John Cantius Parish, Cleveland, died August 21 2013, chaplain of the Knights of Columbus Berea Council Distributor: Twentieth Century The result is a film that clearly after having received the prayerful support and conso- #2668. Subsequent assignments were at Saint John Fox Film Corporation identifies with the Polish popula- lation of the Sacraments. Cantius, Cleveland (Parochial Vicar, and later pastor); Director: Henry Hathaway tion of Chicago. We hear the Polish Bodziony was born Nov. 10 1929. His parents were chaplain of the Knights of Columbus Trinity Council Screenplay Writer: Jerome Cady, language, see plenty of bars, a clear the late Jacob and Sophia (Setlak). He was educated #4217; and administrator of Assumption, Grafton. Jay Dratler view of Holy Trinity Church, we at St. Hyacinth School, Benedictine High School, John On July 1, 2003 Fr. Bodziony was appointed Paro- Featuring: James Stewart, come to understand Polish values of Carroll University, Saint Gregory Seminary, Cincinnati, chial Vicar of Assumption, Grafton and Parochial Vicar Richard Conte (as Frank W. family, faith, and dignity. Mount Saint Mary Seminary, Norwood and Saint Mary of Immaculate Conception, Grafton where he remained Wiecek), Betty Garde (Wanda Zanuck wanted a film that would Seminary, Cleveland. On May 24 1958 in the Cathe- until his retirement on 31 August 2003. Skutnik, Wanda Siskovich), Kasia be closer to a documentary than a dral of Saint John the Evangelist, Archbishop Edward His wake began with Vespers celebrated by Bishop Orzazewski (Tillie Wiecek, also dramatization of the real-life mur- F. Hoban ordained him to the priesthood for the service Roger Gries in Saint John Cantius Church. Fr. Bodzi- of the Diocese of Cleveland. ony’s Funeral Mass was celebrated August 28 in Saint a technical advisor), Joanne De der of Chicago police officer, Wil- Fr. Bodziony’s first assignment was as Parochial John Cantius Church with Bishop Richard Lennon Bergh (Helen Wiecek), George liam D. Lundy. Two Polish Ameri- Vicar at Saint Mary of Czestochowa, Cleveland. On as the main celebrant and Father Gary Chmura as the Tyne (Tomek Zaleska), John cans, Joe Majczek and Theodore June 13, 1963 he was transferred to Saint Adalbert, homilist. Interment is at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland. Bleifer (Jan Gruska), Michael Marcinkiewicz, were convicted. Chapin (Frank Wiecek, Jr.), Jane Names are changed for the mov- Crowley (Anna Felczak) ie. Eleven years after the conviction WOJCIECH JUSZCZAK, who also active in community theater. cate General’s Corps. While on When this movie was released in gave Chicago jazz a heightened pro- JAMES RICHARD FINAN, a leave, he was admitted to the Illi- of her son, Tillie Wiecek places an file in Europe with the annual “Made Buffalo actor who frequently ap- nois Bar. After the war, he worked 1948, there already had been a gen- ad in the Chicago Times newspaper in Chicago Festival” in Poland, died peared in Buffalo United Artists and independently and had a long career eration of Polish jokes and numer- offering $5,000 for identification of at 48, according to Poznan’s Gazeta American Repertory Theatre pro- as a trial lawyer handling personal ous references to uncouth, brutal, the real killers of Officer Bundy. A newspaper. He had been battling an ductions, died unexpectedly at age injury cases … JEROME A. URBIK, and backward “Polacks” in movies news reporter, who believes Frank illness … BERTHOLD BIETZ, 99, 29. Finan, the son of Denise Koso- 83, transformed his small insurance and on television. Wiecek is guilty, interviews Tillie was an industrialist who saved Jews bucki Finan, was a lifelong devotee agency into a Hinsdale, Ill.-based Yet, the producers of Call North- and writes a sympathetic story about in occupied Poland during World of theater … LEO J. JANOWIAK, professional financial services firm side 777 were warned by Joseph I. how she scrubbed floors to raise the War II. He and his wife Elsie were 91, Johnstown, died Aug. 6, 2013, and built it into a $2 billion com- Breen, Production Code Admin- money. He visits Wiecek in jail, honored by Germany’s main Jewish at LaurelWood Care Center. A U.S. pany that employs more than 100 istration: “We suggest that you Wiecek’s former wife, who stuns group in 2000 for savings hundreds Army veteran of World War II and people. The longtime Elmhurst resi- substitute some other word …for him by her explanation of the reason of Jewish workers at an oil field he the Korean War. Member of Ameri- dent was president and CEO of Hin- ‘Polack.’ This derogatory reference for her divorce from Wiecek, and in- managed in occupied Poland from can Legion 633 Conemaugh and sdale Associates from its inception is liable to give offense to a great terviews others associated with the deportation to Nazi death camps CWU 1103. A U.S. Army Reserves in 1965 until his retirement in 1990. many motion picture patrons.” police and court at the time of the … KENNETH OSTROWSKI, 54, veteran of the 424th Transportation JOAN KRAJEWSKI, 79, a popu- This, the term is never uttered in trial. Eventually, Wiecek is proven of Swedesburg, Pa., was a big man and Truck Co. Former member of lar, plain-talking fixture in Philadel- Call Northside 777. innocent and is released from jail. with a big heart. His passion was Ss. Casimir & Emerich Church. He phia City Council for 32 years. First Consider further: Darryl F. Za- One must wonder how the con- floral design, work he continued to was a former basketball official with elected in 1979 from Northeast Phil- nuck, executive producer, com- tent of the film would have been do even while battling kidney can- more than 20 years for the Pennsyl- adelphia, Krajewski was reelected mented in August 1947 to the di- altered if not for the concerns of Za- cer. A lifelong member of Sacred vania Interscholastic Athletic Asso- seven times, rarely with more than rector and screenwriter of the film: nuck and Breen. Heart Church, he served a cantor, ciation, past president of Moxham token opposition, until retiring in “There is a big Polish population v v v sang in the choir, and was a soloist PNA Lodge 1327, former District 2011. A Democratic ward leader in the United States. You will note Joseph W. Zurawski is author for wedding and funerals. He was 8 commissioner and PNA sports di- with a husky voice from decades of that I have calmed down some of of Poland: The Captive Satellite: A rector ... HUBERT E. HERMANEK, smoking, she was firmly on top of the dialogue that tends to indicate Study in National Psychology; Pol- JUREK-PARK SLOPE SR., 84, a longtime resident of Riv- any concerns in her district. “If it that all Poles are not on the side of ish American History and Culture: FUNERAL HOME, INC. erside, Ill., a practicing attorney for was bad, we could have Bill Clinton the law, but I think perhaps Drather A Classified Bibliography; Polish 62 years, was a Korean War veteran call Joan — she wouldn’t budge,” (screenplay writer) should go even Chicago: Our History, Our Recipes; and was stationed in San Diego and said former mayor and governor Ed further in toning it down. We should six regional histories (Niles, Illinois, was a member of the Judge Advo- Rendell. not definitely say that this is a Polish Door County, Sister Bay, Kewanee neighborhood. Perhaps we should County, Liberty Grove, Saukville) just refer to it as a very tough neigh- and Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding.

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PRO MUSICA POLONICA. The POLISH CHEF / Robert Strybel OUR POLONIA Early Music Foundation and the Polish Cultural Institute will pres- PHOTO: ED DYBICZ ED PHOTO: ent the New York Early Music Cel- ebration “Pro Musica Polonica,” at A Mushroom and Soup Love Affair various locations throughout Man- The love affair between Poles and mushrooms vegetable stock together with 3 - 4 rehydrated, hattan, Oct. 4-20. Much of Poland’s is centuries old. With the damp and blustery cooked, dried mushrooms, sliced or diced, and early musical heritage has been lost months of autumn ahead, it is time for hot, hearty the mushroom stock until done but still firm. In 2 due to wars and occupations. and satisfying Polish-style soups that make use of T butter, margarine or oil sauté 2 med. chopped There been a effort to resurrect the ample supply of mushrooms at supermarkets onions until tender and slightly browned. Add on- the remaining treasury of music and farmer’s markets. ions and 1 c ryemeal-sour to pot and bring to boil. composed before 1800. Remove from heat. Cream with ½ c sour cream October events of a Polish nature FRESH MUSHROOM SOUP (zupa ze fork-blended with 1 T flour. Salt & pepper to include: świeżych grzybów). Trim, wash well and slice taste. Garnish with fresh or frozen chopped dill. 5. 7:30 p.m. Phoenixtail: Music Of 1 lb fresh mushrooms (the common white variety The Polish Court. 17th-century works or the darker portobello or a little of both). Brown POTATO SOUP (kartoflanka). Dice 4 slices by Jarzebski, Mielczewski, Zieleński, lightly in 3 T butter, margarine or oil with 1 diced thickly sliced bacon, place in soup pot and brown Merula & Rognoni at The Riverside onion until tender. Add 5 c vegetable stock (or lightly. Add a large diced onion and brown to- Church, Christ Chapel. a mushroom bouillon cube dissolved in 5 c wa- gether with the bacon until golden. Add 1 lb 6. 4:00 p.m. Ensemble Peregrina: GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI, Commander of Sacer Nidus, The Holy Nest: Polish Medi- ter). Cook 10 min. On the side, prepare a golden peeled, diced potatoes, water to cover and sim- Cavalry of the American Revolutionary Army, is eval Music at Corpus Christi Church. roux with 1 T flour and 1 T butter, stir in several mer 5 min, stirring frequently. Add 4 c boiling honored with a floor medallion at the Porch of 8. 10:00 a.m. Bach, Poland and The T cold water to form a paste and add to soup pot. water, ¼ of a mushroom bouillon cube and cook the Allies, Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Polish Style In His Music: Seminar & Cook another 10 min or so on low heat. Season to covered on low heat 20 min. and brown Prepare Forge Historical National Park, in Valley Forge, Pa. Master Class with Raymond Erickson taste with salt, pepper and about 2 t vinegar. Op- 4 c canned cream of potato soup according to di- And Szymon Paczkowski at The CUNY tional: A heaping T sour cream may be stirred in rections on label. Add: 2 med. chopped onions WITOLD WALCZAK, the grandson of Holo- Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall. after soup has been removed from flame and has lightly browned in 2 T butter, margarine or oil, caust victims, is the ACLU’s co-lead counsel on Admission free. cooled down slight. Garnish with fresh chopped 1 mushroom cube dissolved in 2 c boiling wa- 8. 7:30 p.m. Arte Dei Suonatori: the Pennsylvania case for same sex marriage. G.Ph.Telemann’s Polish Music. The Mor- dill and/or parsley or a dill-parsley-chive combi- ter and bring to boil. Season with a little freshly Walczak, whose family moved to the United gan Library & Museum. nation. ground pepper, a pinch of ground caraway and/or States and later returned to Poland, has been the 12. 7:30 p.m. Early Music New York: marjoram. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley state’s top ACLU watchdog since returning to POLONAISE! The Golden Age. Cathedral MUSHROOM-BARLEY SOUP (zupa grzy- and/or dill. our shores after being knocked around and strip- of St. John the Divine. bowa z kaszą perłową). Soak ½ c pearl barley searched by police amid the Solidarity protests 12. 8:00 p.m. Polyhymnia: Music in 2 c cold water 2 hrs, then add 2 T butter and VEGETABLE-BARLEY SOUP, POLISH STYLE of the 1980s. “At that point I knew I wanted to From Renaissance Poland. Bartłomiej cook in same water until tender. Rehydrate and (krupnik polski). Soak 4 dried mushrooms in 1 be a civil liberties attorney,” he told the Phila- Pękiel. Missa pulcherrima. The Church delphia Inquirer. Of St. Ignatius of Antioch. cook 1 oz dried mushrooms (preferably boletes), c warm water several hrs. Wash ½ lb or so meaty 13. 3:00 p.m. Il Giardino D’Amore: slice thin or chop. Add barley, 3 med potatoes, beef or pork bones and place in soup pot contain- Polonia Nell’europa Antica. Songs Of peeled and diced, and the mushrooms and their ing 7 c water. Add the mushrooms and liquid and SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI (R-Alaska) ex- Love, Sacred & Secular. The Church Of stock to 6 - 7 c meat or vegetable stock and sim- cook 60-80 min, skimming off scum. Add 1 por- pressed support for gay marriage, becoming the The Epiphany. Admission free; and mer until potatoes are done. Make a roux from 2 tion soup greens, 5 peppercorns, 2 grains allspice third sitting Republican senator to do so. “This 5:00 p.m. Magdalena Baczewska: Early T flour and 2 T butter or margarine and fry until and 1 bay leaf and cook until vegetables are ten- is a hard issue. It is hard because marriage is Keyboard Music of Poland at The Kos- golden. Dilute with a little water to form a smooth der. Strain soup. In separate saucepan cook ½ c such a deeply personal issue,” Murkowski told ciuszko Foundation paste and stir into soup. Simmer 3 - 4 min. Season pearl barley in 1 c strained stock. Dice vegeta- Anchorage television station KTUU. “There 18. 8:00 p.m. Galileo’s Daughters: may be some that, when they hear the position The Consilient Realm Of Copernicus: with salt, pepper and about 1 t lemon juice and bles, mushrooms and any meat attached to bones Revolutionary Ideas And The Music Of garnish with a little chopped fresh parsley. and return to soup together with the cooked bar- that I hold, are deeply disappointed.” she said. “There may be some that embrace the decision His Time. The Church of Notre Dame. ley and 2 peeled, diced potatoes. Cook until pota- For more, visit www.NYEMC. POTATO-MUSHROOM SOUP (kartoflanka toes are tender. Salt to taste and garnish with 1 t that I have made. 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THE OLD COUNTRY / Richard Poremski GENEALOGY / Stephen M. Szabados BRUSH UP / Polonia Media Network Translating Polish Menu Items m, f, n = male, female, neuter Records – Alphabets prepositions are joined to the next word

PHOTO: RICHARD POREMSKI and German Script baranina ...... (bah-rah-NEE-nah) Another factor in your interpretation of the records lamb/mutton is the makeup of the alphabets that were used in the barszcz czerwony ...... (bahrshch chehr-VOH-nih) documents you will be reviewing. beetroot [beet] broth Polish Alphabet is another important aspect of Pol- barszcz z pasztecikiem ...... (bahrshch zpahzh-teh- ish genealogy that you need to have an understanding. CHEEK-yehm) The Polish alphabet is based the Latin alphabet. The beetroot broth with minced meat pastry Polish alphabet has 32 letters even though the Latin barszcz z uszkami ...... (bahrshch zuzh-KAH-mee) letters Q, V and X are excluded. The additional letters beetroot with stuffed ravioli-style dumplings derive from certain letters with diacritical marks. The bażant ...... (BAH-zhahnt) Polish alphabet uses the kreska which is an acute ac- pheasant cent mark (ć, ń, ó, ś, ź); the kropka which is an overdot befsztyk ...... (BEHF-shtihk) (ż); and the ogonek which is a tail (ą, ę). Polish letters beef steak with diacritics are treated as fully independent letters befsztyk tatarski ...... (BEHF-shtihk tah-TAHR-skee) in alphabetical ordering and usually follow their non- Tartar steak diacritical counterparts. bigos ...... (BEE-gohs) a, ą, b, c, ć, d, e, ę, f, g, h, I, j, k, l, ł , m, n, ń, o, ó, p, hashed meat and cabbage stew r, s, ś, t, u, w, y, z, ź, ż bitki wołowe ...... (BEET-kee who-WHO-veh) The information found in the Polish records will be beef cutlets handwritten using Old German gothic handwriting and bliny ...... (BLEE-nih) the formation of the letters are very different from the small, thick pancakes handwriting that we recognize in today’s writing. Many bryzol ...... (BRIH-zohl) letters and compound consonants were formed very dif- grilled beef steak ferently from Roman Type. The letters f, h, j, s and t are bukiet z jarzyn ...... (BUH-kyeht ZYAHR-zihn) very challenging to read in German Script. In German mixed raw and pickled vegetables script they look very similar and differ only by the lo- bulion ...... (BUHL-yohwn) cation of the loop or no loop. Understanding German broth APPROACHING THE ROYAL CASTLE. Old Town Warsaw. May 16, 1976. Script will help you interpret the correct spelling on the bułka ...... (BUHW-kah) town names that you fi nd in your research. white bread An understanding of the Old German Gothic script PROVERBS, SAYINGS, AND NOTIONS / Robert Strybel is also very important. You will fi nd that handwriting SURNAME CORNER / Robert Strybel and print that you fi nd in your old documents are very different from the handwriting that we are familiar in Folk Wisdom of the Polish People today’s writing. Names by Occupation Various sayings have long been Literally: To throw (dried) peas Many letters and compound consonants were Many Polish last names originated many centuries known to refl ect the common knowl- against a wall. formed very differently. Examples of letters that may ago to describe people on the basis of their occupation. edge, folk wisdom, values and feel- Note: Describes something futile be confusing are f, h, j, s and t which are formed very In addition to the basic form (given fi rst), numerous de- ings of the Polish people. They have and ineffective. similar in German script and differ only by the location rivatives emerged to indicate the person’s son or helper. taken the form of proverbs, apho- of the loop or no loop. The interpretation of these letters Here are some of the more common: risms, mottos and slogans. Many Wszędzie dobrze, ale w domu have led to many mistakes in the indexing of names. embody profound truths; others are najlepiej. Familysearch.org offers a German Gothic Handwriting Unrodzony ...... nobleman possessing land light-hearted, even comical. Equivalent: (Be it ever so hum- Guide in their wiki pages that will give you further tips Wojak ...... soldier Many proverbs and concepts are ble) there’s no place like home. on reading German Script. Find it at: Wymienca ...... trader shared with other nations, although Literally: Thing’s are good all https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/c/ca/Ger- Wyrobnik ...... laborer their phrasing may differ. Others are over but it’s best to be home. man_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf Wyrobnik Rolny ...... farm hand more unique and diffi cult to trans- Interpreting German Script and the Polish alphabet Zacny ...... wealthiest merchant late, let alone fi nd equivalents for. Krowa, co dużo ryczy, mało accurately will help you interpret the correct spelling on Zagrodnik ...... farmer who owned a house, farm build- The following compilation barely mleka daje. the town names that you fi nd in your research. ings, animals, and farmed a small plot of land scratches the surface of Poland’s Equivalent: All talk, no action. Next month we will fi nish our discussion on Polish Zagrodnik z roli ...... a farmer who owned a extensive treasure trove of maxims Literally: The cow that moos a records with some tools for translating. house, farm buildings, animals, and and adages, but even these few may lot does not give much milk. v v v farmed a medium-sized plot of land help show what Polish people be- Stephen M. 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Literally: You won’t break come of it. Convention, held in Louisville, Ky. Biedrzycki served through a wall with your head. Literally: From this fl our there in the U.S. Army from 1967-1970. He served in Ko- will be no bread. rea as a pay distribution specialist with the 7th Infantry VISIT Polish-English Rzucać grochem o ścianę. Division. His decorations include the National Defense US ON continued next month Translator Equivalent: Water off a duck’s Service Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces FACEBOOK back. Expeditionary Medal and Korean Defense Medal. • Official documents, letters, e-mails, etc. • Reasonable rates. 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KULTURA / Staś Kmieć Bringing Home the Gold! TORONTO’S “HARNASIE” Celebrating 75 Years AWARDED ZŁOTA CIUPAGA. The Polish American Folk Dance Company Mountaineers from all around the world presented their folklore at The Polish American Folk Dance the 45th International Festival of Company of Brooklyn, New York Mountain Folklore in Zakopane, (PAFDC) will celebrate the 75th Poland. President Bronisław Ko- anniversary of its founding with a morowski and First Lady Anna 2-hour performance at New York presided over the festival, and University’s Skirball Center on Sat- took part in several events. urday, November 23 at 7:00 p.m. As part of the celebration, the The main trophy – the Złota troupe will premiere three new Ciupaga (Golden Mountain Axe) dance suites choreographed by was bestowed to several ensem- Zofia Czechlewska, a former -solo bles in various categories. Among ist with Poland’s Śląsk Song and them was the Highlander En- Dance Ensemble: Kołomajki from semble – Harnasie from Toronto, the Beskid Śląsk region, Mazurka 1940. Polish American Folk Dance Company at the World’s Fair. Canada under the direction of Ted featuring maiden games at the Court Zdybal and Barbara Bejger. The EDYTA KOŁPAK of Toronto’s balls, and Szamotuły from the west- special award was presented by Harnasie Highlander Ensemble ern Wielkopolska region. Resident President Komorowski in recogni- holds the main trophy – the Złota Choreographer Tomasz Orzechows- tion of the cultivation of native cul- Ciupaga at the 45th International ki will debut a fusion of dances from ture in North America. The group Festival of Mountain Folklore in the distinctly different White and also received from the Judges an Zakopane. Green Forests of the northeastern honorary award for singing and a Kurpie region, and a Cinderella- Parzenica Award – the Highlander culture, the Festival dates back to themed Mazur Kopciuszek. symbol of Pride for their artistic 1968. Known both in Poland and Tickets are available at: (212) program in the “Artistically Elab- around the world, its main objec- 352-3101 or (866) 811-4111, www. orated Presentation of Highlander tive is to present not only the na- nyuskirball.org; Polish National Folk” category. tive folklore, but also traditions Home (718) 387-0505, or Forum Promoting highland history and and culture from around the world. Travel (718) 389-1010. Today’s PAFDC in a fusion of dances from the Kurpie region’s Green and HISTORY. Founded in 1938 to pre- White Forest districts serve and perpetuate Polish folk way, PAFDC strived to appeal and performed at the annual Bal Po- Jan Sawka Art Retrospective dances and songs among Americans be relevant to both a New York lonaise in Miami at the invitation of Celebrating the life and work of of Polish descent, The Polish Amer- theater-going audience and a Polo- Blanka Rosenstiel of the American artist Jan Sawka, a retrospective ican Folk Dance Company was nia audience who held Poland’s na- Institute of Polish Culture. They exhibition — Reflections on - Ev organized by Frances Wesołowska- tional companies in high esteem as have performed at tribute programs eryman: The Work of Jan Sawka, Popławska in New York City under the pinnacle of Polish dance. and other events where Pope John curated by Evonne M. Davis and the auspices of the Polish Work- Pelc developed a costume ward- Paul II, Princess Grace of Monaco, Hanna Maria Sawka will be on men’s Aid Fund. With the assistance robe fitting for the stage with color, Lech Wałęsa, Zbigniew Brzeżiński, display at Gallery Aferro, 73 Mar- of other community organizations, fabric flow, design and brilliance. Henryk Górecki, and other dignitar- ket Street in Newark, N.J. through such as the Kościuszko Foundation The stage “look” was uniquely their ies have been distinguished guests December 14. and the Polish-American Aid Fund, own with intricate period adorn- of honor. Sawka (1946-2012) continually Popławska built a folk dance group ments in Polonez and Mazur, and The Company has been honored articulated the struggle for free- that combined the traditional with signature looped braids for their twice by the Republic of Poland in dom in his artwork. His early life the grace of classical ballet. For 30 Krakowiak finale. Many costumes recognition of its presentation of was overshadowed by his father’s years she taught not only those in were made in Poland, while others Poland’s folk culture to American Stalin-era political imprisonment her own troupe, but held courses for were created and sewn by Mrs. Ce- audiences by receiving the Oskar of seven years, and Sawka was dance teachers across the country. cylia Pelc, assisted by other moth- Kolberg Award in 1979 and the Or- himself exiled from Poland as a re- A symposium on the work of In 1969, Popławska relegated ers, as well as by the dancers them- der of the Merit of Culture in 2003. sult of his activism through his art. Sawka organized in partnership the direction to her most promising selves. In recognition and support of the The fall show presented in part- with Rutgers University will take dancers, Stanley Pelc and Ursula Upon Pelc’s retirement in 1996, contributions that PAFDC makes to nership with the Polish Cultural place Sat., Nov. 16 at the Paul Bestecka, and soon after the group Daniel Dziadura – a graduate of the the cultural landscape of New York Institute New York comprises over Robeson Galleries, Rutgers Uni- moved from Manhattan to Green- Studium Folklorystyczne at the Uni- State, the company has for many thirty works that embody Sawka’s versity - 350 Dr. Martin Luther point, Brooklyn. This would begin versity of Marie Curie-Skłodowska, years received a grant from the New concern for the human condition King Jr. Blvd, Newark, N.J. a period of growth and transforma- succeeded him as Artistic Direc- York State Council on the Arts. in the contemporary world. For details visit www.aferro.org. tion. With extensive research, Pelc tor. As musical accompaniment, a and Bestecka crafted a company of Kapela Ludowa (folk band) was theatrical scale. formed under Andrzej Buczek. A Pelc studied Polish Dance in children’s group – PAFDC Kids, Prusinowski Trio Tours the United States Warsaw, and as the general manager was established under the direction Through October 16, The Janusz October 4, 7:15 p.m. – DROM, lege, Chula Vista, Calif.; www.sw- of the company he arranged the per- of long-time member Alice Kar- Prusinowski Trio – a group now New York City; www.dromnyc.com ccd.edu, www.centerforworldmu- formance season. Bestecka guided pinski-Bajno and former Mazowsze enlarged to five musicians will tour October 5, 7:00 p.m. – Special sic.org the expansion of the company’s cos- member Katarzyna Nitecka in the the United States. The instrumental- Event: Intimate House Concert in October 10, 7:00 p.m. – Europe- tume wardrobe. Musically, the com- Fall of 2003. ists create a dynamic dialogue that the hills of San Diego; an RSVP an Jazz @ UCLA; www.schoolof- pany was enriched by Halina Ka- When Dziadura retired in 2005, makes for an exceptionally impro- event for details email: craigshy- music.ucla.edu litka, who for over 20 years served PAFDC reorganized its leadership vised and engaging perfor- October 11, 6:30 p.m. – as accompanist beginning in 1970. by creating two separate positions mance. Folk Dance Center, Danc- During this period the company of Artistic Director and Executive Following in the tradi- ing Unlimited, San Diego, premiered its first full-length -con Director. Ryszard Sudol was named tion of village masters they Calif; www.folkdancecen- cert, debuted at Lincoln Center, Artistic Director and initiated a “Be- have personally learned ter.org, www.centerfor- had tour engagements, and in 1972 ginners” training program. Today from, the musicians are worldmusic.org participated in the World Festival PAFDC is led by Executive Direc- also an avant-garde band October 12-13 – Rich- of Polonian Folk Ensembles in Rz- tor Mariusz Bernatowicz, and Ar- with their own characteris- mond Folk Festival, Rich- eszów, Poland for the first time. In tistic Director Tomasz Orzechowski tic sound and language of mond, Virg.; www.rich- total, PAFDC has participated in ten - who completed a qualification improvisation. Combining mondfolkfestival.org World Festivals in Poland. Bestecka instructor’s course in Warsaw, and music with dance, and the October 16 – The Ken- moved to Japan in 1975 and Ma- performed with folk dance groups archaic with the modern, nedy Center Millennium ria Zdzienicka Koncewicz and Jay in Łomża and at Warsaw University. the Trio’s unique style is Stage, Washington, D.C.; Poko were named assistant chore- The children’s group is currently led distilled from their in- www.kennedy-center.org. ographers. by Diana Chrościelewski. formed reinterpretations of Central [email protected]. Known to those close to him as The company’s repertoire con- Poland’s village music. They bring October 6, 7:00 p.m. – Yoshi’s TRAVELOGUE RETURNS NEXT “Skippy,” Stanley Pelc developed sists of multiple arrangements of the folk mazurka — sung, played, San Francisco, Calif.; www.yoshis. MONTH. Staś Kmieć’s latest Trav- and shaped a company of style, flair Poland’s national dances, over 25 danced, and improvised — to a new, com/sanfrancisco elogue, “Five Days in Poland,” will and prestige. Under his watchful regional suites, along with staged youthful audience. The band has October 7 – San Diego State return in next month’s PAJ. and meticulous eye, PAFDC devel- presentations of seasonal customs performed throughout Europe, Asia, University, San Diego, Calif.; www. oped a vast repertoire modeled after (obrzędy). The company owns over Canada, and the United States, in- music.sdsu.edu, www.centerfor- Take advantage of our Heritage the presentation ideal of Mazowsze. 600 costumes. cluding Carnegie Hall. worldmusic.org Month Specials! 20% Off on all Being in close proximity to Broad- For many years, the PAFDC has October dates include: October 9 – Southwestern Col- items on pages 3, 15, and 22! 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BOOKS IN BRIEF / Florence Waszkelewicz Clowes MLIS Poland’s Master of the Written Word MELCHIOR WANKOWICZ for the rest of his life. His writings war found him exiled in England, ity to gather his works and letters able recollections. With the German Poland’s Master included culture, optimism and old- and later lived in America for ten from others. She edited his selected and Russian invasion, the women, of the Written Word fashioned Polish humor. years. Unhappy there, he returned to works, providing extensive notes at without their husbands and often by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm A section of his three volume Poland in 1958. His writings helped the end of each chapter, in addition without their children, were forced tr. by Agnieszka Maria Gernand book, Battle of Monte Cassino, con- shape the Polish national con- to the bibliography. His fascinating to travel through the wilds of Sibe- Lexington Books, 2013, 232 index, sidered one of the best of that bat- science, giving citizens the strength life will be of great interest to all ria. When amnesty was declared in bibliography, notes, photos, 232 tle, is included here, translated by and comfort to withstand the Com- writers. 1941 they traveled to Persia, Africa, pp., $65.00. Charles S. Krazewski. munist regime. and Italy. Many journeyed further to Ziolkowska-Boehm had the In 1924 he co-founded a publish- He didn’t belong to any politi- THE POLISH EXPERIENCE New Zealand, Britain, Canada and distinct advantage of being a liter- ing house, Roy Publishing and in- cal group, always independent and THROUGH WORLD WAR II United States. For some women it ary collaborator and secretary to troduced Polish readers to American loved by the public for his indepen- A Better Day Has Not Come was difficult to reveal their horrific Wankowicz, resulting in a broad and English writers, as well as So- dence and view of life. In 1964 he by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm past, but they were convinced that portrait of his life. The book con- viet literature in addition to Polish was put on trial by the Communist Lexington Books, 2013, index, the memories must be told and re- tains sources, eyewitnesses, inter- writers. In Sept 1940 he was evacu- regime for signing a letter of defi- notes, photos, map, 178 pp., corded for posterity. They often be- views, and conversations Melchior ated to Palestine. With the Nazis ance along with 33 other writers, $65.00. gan their stories with descriptions of Wankowicz had with his wife, determined to obliterate the Polish which was broadcast on Radio Free Ziolkowska-Boehm brings the childhood memories before the war, friends and co-authors. He is con- race, he became interested in study- Europe. The U.S. Embassy offered reader into the hearts and souls of and compared it to their present liv- sidered to be the father of Polish ing how the Jews maintained their assistance, because Wankowicz was four women who have survived ing conditions. reportage, developing his own style national identity through the twenty an American citizen, which he re- bloody massacres, hardships, de- Also included are the histories of of reporting as a war correspon- years of dispersal and foreign occu- fused. The trial ended with impris- portation and concentration camps officers killed or taken prisoner and dent during the Second World War pation, writing in a way that helped onment of three years, suspended through their oral histories. the families they left behind. The under General Wladyslaw Anders. Polish society understand Jewish because of his age. He died ten Each told their story over a peri- author continued the interviews with His ability to capture the nuances, culture. As a war correspondent at- years later, in 1974. od of time, the author often traveling after-war deprivations under Com- sights, sounds and emotions of the tached to the Polish army he moved A chapter on the author’s asso- to Poland to find them, and able to munist rule, bringing the survivors common soldier in the field made with them to Egypt, Italy, Cypress ciation with Wankowicz explains verify their stories through birth cer- to present time. A heart-wrenching him a favorite with the population and other countries. The end of the the insight she had and her abil- tificates, photographs and remark- book that should be read by all.

BOOK REVIEW / Prof. Czesław Partacz Another Work on Resettlements that Falls Short WYGNAMI NA STEPY create a totalitarian state founded on By fall, a similar wave began in the new life in the Soviet Union. Not all abbreviations are listed. Przesiedlenie ludności ukraińskiej the nihilistic ideology of Ukrainian- East Małopolska. Ukrainians were Most Polish readers will be inter- There are many Ukrainianisms in z Polski na południe Ukrainy w Galician integral nationalism. They ordered to kill their Polish spouses ested in Part I which, among other the text (not just in place names), latach 1944-1946 hoped to found it on Polish territory and, if the mother was Polish, their things, shows the lack of logic and e.g., “rzymokatolików” is a carbon CAST OUT ON THE STEPPE after Germany’s 1939 attack, but daughters, if the father, their sons. geopolitical strategy of the UPA’s copy of Ukrainian. The publisher The Resettlement of Ukrainians the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact did During World War II, such cruelty struggle, which resulted in those also did not provide any index. from Poland to Southern Ukraine, not allow it. Following Germany’s was not even practiced by the Nazis expulsions. Part II shows the reality The book is, however, an impor- 1944-46 attack on the Soviet Union, they or Soviets. 134,000-200,000 Poles of Soviet life in the 1940s, e.g., the tant element in the scholarly discus- By Roman Kabaczij proclaimed their state on June 30, died at Ukrainian hands; 7,500- 1946 famine that led to the deaths of sion between Poles and Ukrainians Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Związek 1941—absent Hitler’s approval— 11,000 Ukrainians at Polish hands. a million people. as well as among revisionists and Ukraińców w Polsce, 2012. Pp. and began mass-scale collaboration Many OUN/UPA criminals died Like other Ukrainian historians, traditionalists in Polish historiogra- 382, $34.95 with the Nazis. during the War, others wound up in in order to avoid the name “East phy. Despite defects in editing and To order: www.ciuspress.com Approximately 400,000 Ukraini- Siberia or Polish jails. But a group Małopolska” he speaks of “East the promotion of certain myths, it (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian ans and Galicians voluntarily served of them, primarily intelligentsia and Galicia” (pp. 77, 113), which did has its value, providing a large re- Studies) or (780) 492-2973 the Nazis during World War II in the Nazi collaborators, fled westwards not exist after 1923. Another Ukrai- source of knowledge (albeit not al- The twentieth century was an auxiliary police, in 131 police bat- to Germany, the United States, and nian myth is the claim to be “dressed ways true) about Polish-Ukrainian era of great cultural, technological, talions fighting Soviet partisans, in Canada, where they disseminate and armed like the UPA” (p. 204). relations. For American readers un- and civilizational progress. It was the SS-Galizien, as watchmen in their falsified vision of history, one UPA activists, to the extent they had familiar with these events, however, also time of two world wars, many the Treblinka, Sobibor, Bełżec, and that omits mention of these crimes, uniforms, got them by taking them its value is limited. local conflicts, and—historically Buchenwald extermination camps, so inconvenient to their myths about from Polish or Soviet soldiers they v v v unprecedented—the Holocaust and and in SS formations fighting Pol- contemporary Ukrainian history. killed: they never had their own. Prof. Czesław Partacz is profes- many genocides including what ish, Slovak, French, and Yugo- This book, by young Ukrainian The author also speaks of the “so- sor of history at the Koszaliń Poly- Professor Ryszard Szałowski called slav partisans. Ukrainian officials, historian Roman Kabaczij (who called connections of the UPA with technic and is an expert in Polish- genocidum atrox, killing that is es- police, teachers, and even Greek earned his doctorate in history at the Germans,” although research Ukrainian relations, the subject of pecially cruel and barbarian. Catholic priests served the Nazi re- the Marie Curie-Skłodowska Uni- shows those connections were real. both his doctoral and habilitation Those wars were often connect- gime. The Greek Catholic Bishop of versity in Lublin), is built on many There are other book problems. research. ed with ethnic conflicts, especially Przemyśł blessed the battle flags of contemporary, albeit false, tropes in ethnically mixed borderlands. the SS-Galizien, a unit that commit- dominant in today’s Ukrainian his- To escape these, massive forced ted many crimes against the Polish toriography. To be fair, he also tries migrations of peoples, on religious populations of Łwów, Lublin, and to avoid many other stereotypes in and ethnic grounds, took place in Kielce voivodeships. vogue in Ukraine. But the author the 20th century Europe and Asia. After the German defeat at Stal- omits the extraordinarily impor- The largest included expulsions of ingrad, the Ukrainian nationalists tant — and bloody — aspects of Greeks from Turkey and Turks from decided to establish their “indepen- Polish-Galician-Ukrainian relations Greece as well as Muslims from In- dent Ukraine” on the Polish lands during World War II. By ignoring dia and Hindus from Pakistan: in the of Volhynia and East Małopolska the butcheries of Volhynia and East latter case, 17,000,000 were moved. (the latter former Austrian Galicia). Małopolska, his whole discussion of The term “World War II” also The establishment of this fascist subsequent population expulsions means different things in differ- state was to depend on murdering becomes unintelligible to average ent places. For Western Europe- the “others,” i.e., Poles, Jews, Rus- readers, leaving the entire respon- ans, the War ended May 8, 1945; sians, and those Ukrainians who did sibility on Polish shoulders. For for the Russians, May 9, 1945; for not support OUN ideology. From him, those expulsions come out of the Americans, September 2, 1945 February 1943 until 1947, OUN- nowhere. Perhaps they were part of (with the Japanese surrender). For UPA and its security forces killed Polish prewar or wartime plans. Poles living in the Lublin and Rz- 134,000-200,000 Poles and several The author, like many Ukrai- eszów województwa, the War went dozen thousands of Ukrainians, all nian historians, makes no mention on for two more years, given the in brutally cruel ways. In 1942, of the growing Polish literature on armed criminal activities of the fas- those police carried out most of the this subject. According to him it was cist Organization of Ukrainian Na- extermination of Jews for the Nazis, Polish communists who planned the tionalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian so following their desertion from expulsion of Ukrainians from Po- Insurgent Army (UPA). the Germans, they had no scruples land to prove their patriotism as well Poles were massively deported about killing people with axes, as a present from Moscow, which and resettled during World War II. knives, and scythes. Women and feared the resurgence of Ukrainian The Germans expelled Poles from older children often joined in, under separatism in Poland. When the au- Greater Poland and the Baltic sea- the euphemism of “self-defense” thor mentions the so-called “tragic coast to the General Gouvernement. brigades. After encircling and kill- events” in Volhynia (p. 73, like- Jews were confined in ghettos. The ing all the Poles in a given village, wise—like today’s Ukrainian his- Soviets conducted three massive the valuables of the village were torians--leaving out the genocide in deportations of Poles and others to then plundered, the place burned, its Tarnopol, Stanisławów and Łwów Siberia, Kazakhstan, and the Soviet trees cut down, its church blown up, voivodeships), he cites Torecki’s Arctic. Many were murdered by the and the ground ploughed to obliter- data that is 30 years out-of-date. Communists. ate any trace of the Polish “occu- The book is divided into two While World War II was a disas- pants.” parts. The first deals with the plan- ter for many nations, Ukrainian na- In the summer of 1943, a series of ning and implementation of expul- tionalists saw it as an opportunity to such mass murders swept Volhynia. sions from Poland, the second with 24 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • OCTOBER 2013