POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 1 JANUARY 2013 • VOL. 102, NO. 1 $2.00 PERIOdICAL POSTAGEPERIOdICAL PAId AT BOSTON,

POLISH AMERICAN ANd AddITIONAL ENTRY OFFICES

JOURNALESTABLISHED 1911 www.polamjournal.com CAdETS RISE AGAINST RUSSIA IN “THE dEdICATEd TO THE PROMOTION ANd CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE CONSPIRACY” — PAGE 18 EVIdENCE POINTS TO EARLY AS INVENTORS OF CHEESE • SCHOLARSHIP TO REMEMBER NEWTOWN VICTIM GALAZKA ON POLISH-INTEREST BOOKS • ANd POLONIA – STILL “SEMPER FIdELIS”? WIN A POLISH COOKBOOK IN ENGLISH • KUBIAK’S POLISH-TEXAN ROOTS • SUGGESTEd EARLY-YEAR ACTIVITIES NEWSmARk Olivia Smoliga: A Guards Foil Attack on Poland’s Sacred Icon Splashing Success SIx mORE POLES NAmED “RIGHTEOuS.” Israeli am- Attacker hurled black bassador to Poland posthumously honored six more Poles paint at Częstochowa’s who helped Jews during World War II Nazi-occupied Po- Black Madonna land. The awards, given by the Yad Vashem institute in Je- by Robert Strybel rusalem since 1963, are presented to “righteous gentiles” WARSAW–Monastery who helped save the lives of Jews. guards foiled a rare attempted Over 6,000 Poles have been awarded the Righteous attack on Poland’s most sa- Among the Nations honor out of a total of 24,000 medals. cred icon of the Black Ma- The ceremony at the Prime Minister’s offi ce in Warsaw donna and Infant in the south- was attended by Ambassador Zvi Rav-Ner and former Pol- ern city of Częstochowa, ish foreign minister and inmate of the German Nazi Aus- causing widespread outrage chwitz death camp, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski. among the faithful of this Poles posthumously awarded included Princess Woro- SMOLIGA. high staunchly Catholic country. school senior broke her own niecka-Czartoryski, Stanislawa Olewnik, Helena and Leon The attack occurred during national swim record. Godlewski, Maria and Micha Golba and Leokadia and An- Sunday morning mass, when toni Jastrzab. by Geraldine a 58-year-old man hurled The icon of the Black Madonna and Infant, Poland’s most The award ceremony coincided with the 70th anniver- Balut-Coleman light bulbs fi lled with black sacred icon, was attacked when a man threw light bulbs sary of Zegota, an underground organization formed in GLENVIEW, Ill. —Talk paint at the elaborately gilt- filled with black paint at the framed holy picture. Shielded Warsaw during World War II, and aimed at helping Jews. about Olympic-bound! framed holy picture. by a protective plate of glass, it was not ruined. Zegota was established in December 1942 as part of the This Glenbrook South High “The man was immedi- Polish resistance against Nazi occupation. The council sup- School senior celebrated as ately restrained by the Jasna ties which under Polish law ther Robert Jasiulewicz said plied hidden Jews with funds, found them apartments and she broke her own national Góra monastery guard and carries a maximum two-year the monastery was swamped hiding places, and supplied them with false documents. high school record in the 50- turned over to police for prison sentence. with phone calls from people yard freestyle. During the Il- questioning,” Częstochowa The police version was who sobbed and asked in AN “uNImAGINABLy BARBARIC ACT.” A painting by linois High School Associa- police spokeswoman Joanna corroborated by the Jasna shuddering voices whether a Swedish artist which he says was made with ashes from tion (IHSA) state swimming Lazar told this reporter. “The Góra website which said: it was true. “They felt some- a former Nazi concentration camp has been displayed in a meet, this past November 18, icon, which is shielded by a “Today an attempt to destroy what relieved when I told gallery in Sweden. Olivia Smoliga, broke na- protective plate of glass, was the miraculous Painting of the them the black Madonna Artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff said that he stole tional records in the 50-yard undamaged.” If declared to Queen of Poland was made icon had not been harmed,” the ashes from the Majdanek camp during a visit in 1989. freestyle (21.99) and the 100- be sound of mind, the assail- by defacing it with a black he said on Polish television. The camp, now a museum in Poland, has called the al- yard backstroke (51.43). ant, who lives in the south- substance. Thanks to special rushed to the scene leged theft an “unimaginably barbaric act.” Smoliga, a Glenview na- western town of Świdnica, safeguards the painting was and together with the mon- The artist said the ashes were mixed with water and tive and a University of could be charged with of- not harmed in any way.” astery’s Pauline monks held used to paint a series of grey streaks in the small painting. See “Smoliga,” page 4 fending religious sensibili- Jasna Góra spokesman Fa- See “Icon ...,” page 4 Museum offi cials have said that the painting may be an artistic provocation but it deserves only condemnation. An estimated 80,000 people were murdered by the Na- Polish Literature Turns 500 zis in Majdanek. by Ray Cavanaugh longing to this last group was standard of Latin into digest- wave. The museum has said it hopes the authorities will quick- Polish Literature has now a pair of Bavarian expatriates, ible Polish prose. He found Though, at this point, de- ly establish whether the remains of the camp’s victims had seen print for exactly half a Florian Ungler and trusty as- his man for the task in one tails of much of his life are been stolen and desecrated and added it was sure the artist millennium. The fi rst pub- sistant Kasper Hochfeld; they Biernat of Lublin. quite scant, it is clear that did not obtain them legally. lication occurred in 1513 in had established a Kraków Born in 1465, Biernat z Biernat had aroused the suspi- In a text on the Lund gallery’s website, the artist is printing business. Lublina was a physician and cions of the Catholic . quoted as describing collecting “some ashes from crema- The craft of pub- poet who supplemented his Even before the day of Mar- tion ovens” during a visit to the camp in 1989. lishing books was a income with translations. tin Luther’s famous act of relatively new one; Like many intellectuals of rebellion, he was viewed by POLAND WITHOLDS vOTE ON PALESTINE. Poland Johannes Guten- his day, he had caught the hu- the Church as a “protestant abstained as the United Nations voted to raise Palestinian berg’s world-altering manistic ethos writer.” status, stating that while moving Palestine a step closer to- invention had existed that was cascading across Arousing Church indigna- ward recognition as an independent state, giving Palestine barely fi fty years. in an omnidirectional See “Literature ...,” page 4 “non-member observer status ”will not change the situa- There was a rather tion for Palestinians and may “make it more diffi cult to narrow thematic return to direct Israeli-Palestinian talks, thereby halting scope in regard to What’s Old is New Again progress in the peace process.” what was being pub- Poland’s Foreign Ministry elaborates further by stating: lished. Printed ma- “We believe that the only effective way of resolving the terials generally be- Middle East peace process is through direct negotiations longed to one of two between the parties.” categories – religion The UN General Assembly voted to afford Palestine the or government – and new status 138 for to 9 against, with 41 nations (including were typically pub- Poland) abstaining. Germany and the United Kingdom also lished in Latin. abstained. Ungler was look- ing to defy the in- POLAND BANNED THE RELIGIOuS SLAuGHTER OF dustry convention. ANImALS after a constitutional court ruled that killing Hortulus Animae (Eden of the Soul), He harbored dreams animals for kosher and halal meat contradicted animal wel- first published in Latin in 1498, was of branching out into fare laws. The court found that a 2004 amendment which translated into Polish by Biernat of the arena of Polish- permitted the cutting of an animal’s throat without stun- Lublin, and was printed as Raj duszny language materials. ning it fi rst to be in violation of a 1997 Polish animal wel- in Krakow in 1513. The last known A main obstacle to fare law and the constitution. The amendment was added copy disappeared during World War II. attaining this dream, RECULTUREd dESIGNS, a Farmington Hills, - to bring Polish law closer to that of the European Union. however, was that based clothing line, creates contemporary Polish folk- Although Poland has few Jewish and Muslim com- Kraków, then the capital city there was no Polish literature and military-inspired apparel and accessories. Owned munities and only eighteen slaughter houses registered to and a fervent cultural bastion around to print. Ungler need- by Barbara and Alexandra Lisiecki, this mother-daughter perform religious slaughter, EU regulations permitting re- of scientists, scholars, and en- ed a scholar, someone who team comes from a long line of tailors, folk artists and ligious slaughter become effective this month. terprising businessmen. Be- could translate the literati historians in Poland. Story on page 4. 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

ALMANAC JUST BETWEEN US / Mark Kohan Easter is Early This Follow us on Year, March 31 Facebook or visit us Happy New Year — Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku Easter Greetings on the internet at: We send all our readers wishes for a happy, healthy, fruition some good news for all. These include: Deadline is March 8 www.polamjournal.com and prosperous 2013. • The lifting of the Visa waiver for Poles wanting to January • Styczeñ In Poland, New Year’s Eve (Sylwester) celebrations visit relative in the United States. Because Easter falls in March this year, the Annual Special include both indoor and outdoor festivities. A large • Improved U.S.-Poland relations, with the United Gdy w Nowy Rok jasno, Easter Edition (April) of the Pol- w gummach bêdzie ciasno. open-air concert is held in the Main Square in Kra- States once again looked upon as a leader in Poland kow. 150,000 to 200,000 revelers celebrate the New ish American will be published a When the New Year’s bright, and in the Free World. week earlier than normal. Please the barns will be tight. Year with live music and a fireworks display over St. • Progress in the canonization procedure of Pope John Mary’s Basilica. Similar festivities are held in other cit- note this on your calendars. 1 Szczêœliwego Nowego Roku! Paul II, unquestionably one of the greatest pontiffs Copy Deadlines ies around Poland. Happy New Year! to sit in St. Peter’s Chair. February PAJ...... January 4 The New Year’s Eve party takes its name from Pope 3 1795. Third Partition of Po- • The safe return of those serving in the military. March PAJ...... February 1 Sylvester I, a Roman, who — according to legend — land. • Better understanding between the Polish and Jewish April PAJ...... March 1 5 1173. Death of Bolesław IV caught a dragon named Leviathan. It was believed that, communities about life in Poland during World War Advertising Deadlines the Curly on the first day of the year of 1000, the dragon was go- 6 Feast of Three Kings II and in pre-War Poland. Hopefully, we can focus February PAJ...... January 11 ing to free himself from Pope Sylvester’s hold, set forth March PAJ...... February 8 On this day, the initials K+M+B to demolish both land and people, and set fire to the on our similarities and stop unfairly reminding each and the year are inscribed by other of our differences. April PAJ...... March 8 one’s priest above the home’s heavens. However, when that day came, the dragon was The PAJ depends on income still captive and the world did not end, people started • Support for all Polish American clubs, organiza- main entry. tions, and media. There are many good things hap- generated by its Special Editions 7 1882. Death of Ignacy Lukasie- rejoicing and celebrating New Year’s Day as St. Syl- (Easter, Christmas, and Polish pening, yet many go unnoticed because of pitiable wicz, inventor of the kerosine vester’s Day. Heritage Month) to balance its lamp. (b. 1822). We hope the śledzie you ate at midnight of 2013 public relations. books. Please contact us about 8 1681. The Treaty of Radzin brings you the abundance you hoped for. On behalf of the staff of the Polish American Jour- your Easter greetings before the ended a five year war between In the spirit St. Sylvester, there are few dragons we’d nal, do siego roku! All the best to you and yours in the March 8th deadline. the Turks and the allied coun- like to see slain in 2013. Their demise would bring to New Year. tries of Russia and Poland. 9 1797. Jan Henryk Dabrowski Making the Most of It Urban Scholarship organizes his legion in Italy, Contest Winners to be and thus honored by having his In 2012, our print subscriber mail list took a little can leaders in Washington, in the state capitols, county name included in the Polish Na- hit, as have most print publications in recent years. For- offices, and city halls. This will keep them abreast of Announced in February tional Anthem. tunately, many new readers have subscribed, virtually Due to the passing of Leopold 11 1953. Death of opera singer events both in Poland and in their own Polonias. This negating the loss (and thus fueling the “we can never Potsiadlo, organizer and one of the Marcella Sembrich-Kochan- reader made a modest donation to the PAJ Press Fund owska (b. 1853). get ahead” atmosphere one feels when we talk to our to develop this idea. judges in the PAJ’s Matthew Urban Veteran’s Day Scholarship Contest, 15 1582. Russia cedes Livonia accounting department). We now turn to our readers and ask them to supply We constantly need new subscribers to replace those the results of the contest will not be and Estonia to Poland, losing ac- us with the e-mail address of their Polish American of- cess to Baltic. who have gone on to meet St. Peter. Luckily, St. Antho- released until February. ficials. We do not have the staff to compile such a list, 1797. In St. Petersburg, Russia, ny has found us a new audience with our digital edition Winners and runners-up will be Prussia, and Austria signed of the PAJ. This is very popular with the younger gen- but we do know that many of you have such informa- notified later this month. and act that terminated the Lith- eration and the computer-savvy. Many older subscrib- tion already at your disposal. Please send the official’s The First Prize is $500.00 uanian-Polish state. ers like it because they can zoom in the PDF files, thus name, mailing address, telephone number and – most The first runner-up will receive 17 1649. Coronation of John II Ca- making it easier for them to read. importantly – e-mail address, and we will give them a $250,.00, and the third runner-up simir Vasa. 18 1943. Jews in Warsaw Ghetto One of our new digital subscribers suggested we send one-year complimentary digital subscription to the Pol- has the choice of a Lionel O-gauge began an uprising against the complimentary copies of the PAJ to our Polish Ameri- ish American Journal. Harry Potter train set, or $100.00. Nazis. 21 1268. Pope Clement IV gave SPEAK UP / Letters to the Editor permission to Poland’s King Premislus II to take over Lithu- ania and establish Catholicism. We Must Learn How to community. history, but the “Polish concentra- muscle. We need prominent, intel- 22 1863. The January Uprising Poles have been ignored, not tion camps” phrase still pops out, ligent , proud of in the former Polish-Lithuanian Exert Political Muscle only in the coverage of our heritage, even from the President’s lips. their heritage and having leadership Commonwealth against the Rus- Dear Editor: but also in the much more serious Poles will be constantly ignored qualities, to actively participate in sian Empire. It began this day in “Hey! What About Us?” laments areas of foreign and domestic poli- in the American political culture un- local and national politics, seek po- 1863, and lasted until the last in- the PAJ (Nov., 2012, p. 3) referring cy. In 2009, the newly-elected Pres- less and until we learn how to exert litical office, and form a strong lob- surgents were captured in 1865. to the absence of media coverage of ident Barak Obama abrogated the political muscle. Just consider the by in Washington. Since the clergy 24 1507. Coronation of Sigismund the Pulaski Memorial Day Parade missile tracking system agreement influence of the Hispanic vote on still exerts an undue influence over I the Old. in an area of New York inhabited made with Poland by his predeces- the last presidential election, and the average Pole, let the clergy in- 25 1913. Birth of pianist and com- by 1.8 million Americans of Polish sor, just to please Putin. In 2008, watch the influence they will exert fluence the Polish spirit commen- poser Witold Lutoslawski. descent. Surprised? I am not. It has the senior senator from New York, in the immediate months and years surate to the clergy’s historical role 26 1934. Germany signed a 10- been happening in every corner of year non-aggression pact with Charles Schumer, suggested publi- on American government policies they played in the preservation of Poland, breaking the French al- America. Just recently, the newly- cally to restore Russians dominance close to the Hispanic’s heart. Com- Polish culture and the fight for in- liance system. Germany violates elected mayor of Chicago, Rahm over Eastern Europe in exchange prehending this electoral reality, it dependence during the 124 years of with pact on Sept. 1, 1939 when Emanuel removed the observance of for Russia’s cooperation in solving is easier to understand the notori- the Partition, and more recently in it invades Poland. Pulaski Day from the City’s official the U.S.-Iranian conflict over the ous visa waiver issue and the ratio- the decades of German and Soviet 27 1986. Death of Poznan-born Lil- list of holidays/cultural events stat- nuclear weapon issue. While Presi- nale behind the refusal of granting occupations. li Palmer (Lillie Marie Peiser), ing: “It is not necessary.” And this dent Roosevelt was selling Poland a waiver to Poland. Those who vote I humbly submit that, by now, 71, actress, in Los Angeles. happened in a city where a Polish to Stalin in 1944, Polish Americans en bloc, apply political pressure, are all of us have learned how to make 1842. Birth of Fr. Jozef Dab- population of over a million — the were overwhelmingly voting for his listened to regardless of their immi- pierogi and some can even dance rowski, educator and founder largest Polish population outside of re-election. During the Cold War, gration status. Those who lack po- the polka. It is time to move beyond of Orchard Lake Schools. (d. Warsaw — is heavily concentrated; 1903). we allowed the press and book pub- litical muscle wait in line. those sizeable achievements and 1919. Birth of Alfred where the Polish culture has been a lishers to label us as German col- All Polish American organiza- learn how to become visible and Abramowicz, auxiliary Bishop dominant feature for over 100 years, laborators and willing helpers in the tions and individuals of stature and significant in American politics. of Chicago and national direc- has. This insolent act was met with extermination of Jews. Only now influence should start concentrat- Stanislaw Bokota tor of Liga Katolicka (Catholic the customary silence by Polish have we started correcting that false ing on developing Polish political Valparaiso, Indiana League). 28 1573. Signing of the Warsaw Confederation, an important SUBSCRIPTIONS development in the history of POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL Dedicated to the Promotion and Continuance of Polish American Culture • Established 1911 UNITED STATES Poland and , is con- Regular First sidered the formal beginning of USPS 437-220 / ISSN 0032-2792 IGNATIUS HAJDUK • Founder 1911-1920 Piatek, Edward H. Pietraszek, Leopold A. Mail Class religious freedom in the Polish- JOHN DENDE • Publisher 1920-1944 Potsiadlo, John A. Riggs, John Yesh 1-year $22.00 $35.00 Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish American Journal is published HENRY J. DENDE • Publisher 1944-1983 Agents Joseph Brozeski, Robert Czubakowski. 2-year $40.00 $67.00 29 1846. Birth of Karol Olszews- monthly in five editions (Buffalo, Editor in Chief Mark A. Kohan Art Director Christopher F. Misztal 3-year $57.00 $96.00 Administrative Assistant Kathy Misztal ki, scientist who liquefied gases. Polish Beneficial Association, Association [email protected] FOREIGN (except Canada) of Sons of Poland, The Union of Poles in Senior Associate Editor Larry Wroblewski Proofreader Larry Trojak (d. 1915) Circulation Manager Scott Ozimek 1-year $28.00 $46.00 30 1717. Surrounded by the Rus- America and National editions) by: Associate Editors Florence Waszkelewicz- 2-year $52.00 $89.00 Clowes, Benjamin Fiore, S.J., T. Ron Jasinski- Advertising James Kaczynski, sian army the Lithuanian-Pol- PANAGRAPHICS, INC. Herbert; Michael Pietruszka, Stas Kmiec, Arlene Kaminski Stamer 3-year $75.00 $132.00 ish parliament reduced its army P.O. BOX 328, BOSTON, NY 14025-0328 Steve Litwin, Walter J. Mysliwczyk, Magdalena CANADA by half and acknowledged Rus- PHONE: (716) 312-8088 Rybkowska, Thomas Tarapacki To Advertise in the PAJ Call 1-year NA $46.00 sian protection. E-MAIL: [email protected] Contributing Editors John J. Bukowczyk, 1 (800) 422-1275 2-year NA $89.00 INTERNET: www.polamjournal.com Thad Cooke, Sophie Hodorowicz-Knab, Edward 3-year NA $132.00 31 1887. Death of Wlodimierz Pinkowski, John Radzilowski Regular rate: $12.50 per column inch Bonawentura Krzyzanows- BUREAUS. Binghamton Steve Litwin; Non-profit rate: $10.00 per column inch PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW ki (b. July 8, 1824), Civil War Chicago Geraldine Balut-Coleman, Miami DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION YORK AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY OFFICES The Polish American Journal does not assume SAME AS UNITED STATES REGULAR MAIL general. In Washington, D.C., Lydia Kordalewski; Toledo Margaret Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk; Warsaw Robert Strybel; responsibility for advertisements beyond the cost RATE. E-MAILED ON MAILING DATE Krzyżanowski enlisted as a pri- POSTMASTER—Send address changes to: of the advertisement itself. We are responsible POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL Washington Richard Poremski vate two days after President Columnists Jadwiga Urban-Klaehn, Mary Ann only for the first incorrect insertion of an adver- DISCOUNTS. For non-profit and organization P.O. BOX 328 Abraham Lincoln called for vol- Marko, Martin Nowak, Barbara Pinkowski, Ed tisement. Advertisers are advised to check their subscription discounts, call 1 (800) 422-1275. BOSTON, NY 14025-0328 advertisement immediately upon publication unteers in early 1861. Poniewaz, Stephen Szabados. Newsclippers Edward Dybicz, Mr. & Mrs. Jacob and report at once any errors. Claims for error REFUNDS and CANCELLATIONS. Request for www.polamjournal.com Dvornicky, Anthony Guyda, C. Kanabrodzki, adjustment must be made immediately after an subscription cancellations must be made by calling Henry J. Kensicki, Jerry Mazuchowski, Walter advertisement is published. (800) 422-1275. Refunds will be prorated based on This paper mailed on or before Visit us on Facebook The one-half of the remaining subscription balance December 29, 2012. Feb- plus a $5.00 cancellation fee. There is no charge ruary edition will be mailed on for transferring remaining subscription balances or before January 25. TOLL-FREE SUBSCRIPTION LINE 1 (800) 422-1275 to new or existing accounts. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 3

YOUR POLONIA HERITAGE QUIz KAMINSKI WINS Win a Polish THIRd TERM. Frank Sp- ula, national president Cookbook of the Polish American Congress (left), congrat- in English ulates Bozena Kaminski Try your hand at winning on her election to a third one of three Polish cookbooks term as his organiza- by taking part in this year’s Pol- tion’s vice president for ish Heritage Quiz. First prize is Polish Aff airs. Her hus- Polish Holiday Cookery (248 band, Andrew Kaminski pages), a collection of favorite (right); adds his congrat- easy-to-follow recipes for Pol- ulations. ish- Christmas, Easter, wed- Her victory took place dings, dinner parties, Polonian at the semi-annual national directors meeting of the Congress, held in festivals and other festive oc- casions. The second prize is the Chicago last October. Kaminski’s proven record of important accom- 160-page Pleasing Polish Reci- plishments as liaison between the Polish American Congress and the pes, all the Old Polish favorites Polish government won her the votes she needed to maintain her post.. with plenty of historical and cul- Kaminski is also an offi cer of the Downstate New York Division of the AMBASSAdOR MULL HONOREd BY NKMF. Confi rmed U.S. Ambas- sador Stephen D. Mull (above, left) was proclaimed an Honorary Mem- tural tidbits thrown in. The win- Polish American Congress and executive director of the Polish & Slavic ner of the third prize will receive Center in Greenpoint, N.Y. ber of the National Katyn Memorial Foundation (NKMF) on October 16, 2012 at a private reception sponsored by the Washington Area Polish Culinary Traditions of Mazovia, American Congress. A detailed report about the meeting appeared in Kashubia and Silesia (60 pages), the December 2012 issue of the Polish American Journal. a color-illustrated compendium of beloved regional dishes with Ambassador Mull received the offi cial armband of the NKMF from its all recipes printed side by side in Chairman Richard P. Poremski (above, right). The ambassador said he both Polish and English. was very pleased to accept the honor and recognition. He is also be- To be eligible, please write ing presented with a framed membership certifi cate and an actual black your name and mailing address granite artifact conserved from the Memorial’s construction phase. at the top of a sheet of paper and On November 8, 2012 Ambassador Mull presented his diplomatic cre- indicate the letter (a, b or c which dentials to Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in War saw. correctly answers the following — Richard Poremski questions: 1. Poland’s best-known living composer is: a) Ignacy Pa- derewski; b) Krzysztof Pend- erecki; c) Karol Szymanows- ki. 2. The oldest Polish-American insurance fraternal is the: a) Polish National Alliance; b) Polish Roman Catholic Union; c) Polish Falcons of POLISH STUdENT COMMUNITY COMMEMORATES NOVEMBER America. 11th. Students from Washington, D.C.’s American University, George- 3. In the late 16th century Po- town University, and George Washington University gathered Sun., land’ capital was moved to Nov. 11 to commemorate the duel holidays of November 11th. This day Warsaw from: a) Poznań; b) shares two holidays, marking the day of Polish Independence and Veter- Kraków; c) Gniezno. 4. According to Polish tradition, ans Day in the United States. the happiest marriages are To best bring both these holidays together, Polish American student those sacramentalized in the Matthew Stefanski organized a student event involving the Pulaski and months of: a) February, May Kosciuszko monuments in Washington. and July; b) March, June and “These men best exemplify the two holidays,” said Stefanski. “Both December; c; April, July and POLISH UNION OF AMERICA’S OCEAN VOYAGE. A group of forty- men fought for Polish Independence, Pulaski with the Bar Confedera- November. nine recently returned from a seven-day cruise to Bermuda, aboard NCL’s 5. In present-day Poland the tion and Kosciuszko leading the Kosciuszko Uprising. Additionally both Norwegian Star. James P. Jozwiak, national president of the Polish Union Feast of the Assumption (Au- men were veterans of the U.S. armed forces, fi ghting in the American of America and president of Polish Falcons Nest 973, organized the trip. gust 15) is also celebrated as: Revolution war and leading hundreds of American soldiers under their As the ship sailed out of New York harbor, travelers could see the a) Polish Independence Day; command.” new “Freedom Tower,” currently under construction. Another imposing b) Polish Army Day; c) Polish Constitution Day. To honor these two generals and the cause they represent students sight was the Statue of Liberty, which appeared even more spectacular organized and participated in a wreath laying ceremony, laying wreaths upon their return as dawn was breaking. The ship’s crew made the cruise Simply airmail your replies at Freedom Plaza at the foot of Pulaski Monument and in Lafayette Park memorable with its outstanding service and shows. Bermuda’s beauty (U.S. postage $1.05) without where the Kosciuszko Monument is located, right across from the White and 80-degree temperature will long be remembered during upcoming delay to: Polish Heritage Quiz, House. winter months. ul. Kaniowska 24, 01-529 War- saw, Poland or e-mail them to: The event concluded with a short history of the two men, and their The group said they are ready to do it all again, and are looking for- [email protected]. ties to both holidays being celebrated on November 11 ward to Polish Union’s next planned trip to Colonial Williamsburg to see All correct entries will take The DC Polish Student Community is a loose grouping of Polish how America’s colonists celebrated Christmas. There are a few seats re- part in a random drawing to de- American students and Polish Student Clubs from Washington-based maining. termine the winners. universities. For more information, call (716) 677-0220. Powodzenia – Good luck!

Zdrowia i b³ogos³awieñstwa Bo¿ego Szczêœliwego oraz szczęśliwego Nowego 2013 Roku! OuR LADy OF mOuNT CARmEL Nowego Roku! — Parafi a Matki Bo¿ej Szkaplerznej — 976 Pope John Paul II Ave., Wyandotte, MI 48192 Zdrowia i wszelkiej pomyœlnoœci w Nowym Roku 2013 Ks. Władysław Ptak, proboszcz Ks. prałat Michał Dyl¹g Ks. Stanisław Flis Asystenci i Ss. Felicjanki

KS. ROBERT REV. MSGR. THOMAS C. MACHELSKI WITKOWSKI Rector, Ss. Cyril & Methodius Seminary St. Edmund Church 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake, Michigan 48324 Warren, Michigan 4 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 Chase Kowalski Szuch Starts Twenty-First Term Firm Launches New Polish Folk- Scholarship Fund and Military-inspired Clothing Line Established FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Recultured Designs Inc. is a NEWTOWN, Conn. — The fam- Michigan-based clothing line that ily of Chase Michael Anthony Kow- creates contemporary Polish folk alski, 7, one of the 20 children killed and military inspired apparel and the mass shooting at Sandy Hook accessories. Elementary School, has established Recultured Designs was founded a scholarship fund to perpetuate his by Barbara and Alexandra Lisiecki memory. in May of 2012. This mother-daugh- A first-grader, he is remembered ter team comes from a long line of as being “full of life, a jokester with tailors, folk artists and historians a great smile ... who was constantly from Poland. Their modern-day de- outside, playing on the yellow slide signs are developed in celebration or swimming in the pool in his back- of their Polish history and culture. yard,” said Keeley Baumann, 13, his What makes Recultured Designs next-door neighbor. “And he loved so unique? They refashion vintage his four-wheeler,” she said. and present-day clothing; textiles Chase had recently lost his two and materials creating modern de- front teeth, and told friends that he signs that have a touch of Old Eu- wanted them back for Christmas. ropean flavor. Every piece in the “He was a fun loving energetic The Polish Genealogical Society of Greater women’s collection is one-of-a- “Our company was established boy that had a true love of life,” re-elected its entire slate of officers for the year 2013. They are (l. to r.): kind. for those lovers of Polish folklore “For a nation to survive we must and history who are proud of their read his obituary. “He completed his Sonia Chapnick (sec.); Ben Kman (treas.); John F. Szuch (pres.); and Ron continue our traditions,” said found- heritage and want to display it in a first triathlon at the age of six and Kraine (v.p.). er of Recultured Designs, Alexandra new and exciting way.” ran in many community road races. This is Szuch’s 21st term as president. The group meets the first Tuesday of the month, except for July and Lisiecki. “Our company was estab- Chase had a deep love for the game August when there is no meeting. Meeting are held at St. Mary’s PNC, lished for those lovers of Polish Recultured Designs also includes of baseball and enjoyed practic- 1901 Wexford Ave. (corner of Broadview Rd), Parma. Meetings start at folklore and history who are proud a men’s line that pays homage to the ing with his father and team mates. 7:30 p.m. with refreshments served. There is usually a program that deals of their heritage and want to display Polish history and military, as well Joining the cub scouts was just one with Polish genealogy, history, or culture. Guests are always welcome. it in a new and exciting way.” as, to Polish pop culture. They in- of his many interests.” This year the PGSGC is going green which means that members will The women’s line is comprised clude t-shirts, which are designed as Please make checks payable to receive their quarterly bulletin on line and in color. Interested readers handmade pieces that incorpo- Classics, Lotnik, and Konflikt. “The Chase Kowalski Scholarship can request a copy by emailing John at: [email protected] or Ron at: rate traditional Polish folk motifs To find out more, please visit Fund,” and send to o Peoples Bank, [email protected]. Please mention that you read it in the PAJ. throughout the designs which con- www.recultureddesigns.com and 470 Monroe Tpke., Monroe, CT The organization also has a website, rootsweb.ancestry. sist of a wonderful apparel of dress- www.facebook.com/ReculturedDe- 06468. com/~ohpgsgc/. es, skirts, shirts, and aprons. signs.

QUOTES / compiled from news sources Icon: Housed in a Special Chapel continued from cover Nazareth. The painting is believed troops that had conquered most of a special service of expiation for the by many to have been brought to Poland. Their defenders’ example “It was Horrendous” sacrilege. the monastery from the Balkans in sparked off nationwide resistance “I would have never thought in a The painting showing a dark- 1382 by Poland’s Prince Władysław that eventually swept the invaders million years I would have to go to “I believe there are no other faced Blessed Virgin and Baby Je- of Opole. back across the Baltic. During the a 7-year-old’s funeral.” countries in this region that are de- sus garbed in jewel-studded robes Hussites (Czech Protestants) 123 years of partitions (late 1700s — Carl Baumann, neighbor of veloping so fast and dynamically as is housed in a special chapel of the were initially blamed for damag- to 1918), Jasna Góra was a religious first grader Chase Kowalski, a vic- Poland is now. That made us con- imposing fortified Jasna Góra Mon- ing the icon during a 1430 attack, and cultural beacon that kept Polish tim in the shooting at Sandy Hook fident that Warsaw as a destination astery. The destination of count- and the two slashes on the Virgin’s hopes alive. Elementary School in Newtown, will attract many passengers, espe- less pilgrimages, it is viewed and right cheek were said to have been More recently, Solidarity leader Conn. cially with Poles keen to travel to venerated by an estimated one mil- made by a heretic’s sword. King Lech Wałęsa enshrined his 1983 v v v distant destinations in Asia, Africa lion people each year. Most Polish- Władyłsaw Jagiełło was so incensed Nobel Peace Prize medal to Jasna “It was horrendous. Everyone and Australia ...” American visitors say they were that he was ready to march against Góra. Fearful Poland’s then com- was in hysterics — parents, stu- — Qatar Airline CEO Akbar Al deeply moved when viewing the them. It turned out, however, that munist rulers would not let him back dents. There were kids coming out Baker, on his airline’s entry into ceremonial unveiling of the icon the attack and the damage it caused into the country, he sent his wife and of the school bloodied. I don’t know Poland. amid triumphant trumpet fanfares. been the work of renegade Polish son to Oslo. Norway to collect it. if they were shot, but they were v v v The Byzantine style icon is nobles out after loot. Under the protection of Our Lady bloodied.” “Who knows, some of the ashes shrouded in lore and legend. Ac- In the mid-17th century, the of Częstochowa, it was beyond — Brenda Lebinski, a parent of might come from some of my rela- cording to one story, it was painted monastery’s Abbot Augustyn Kor- the reach of the Jaruzelski regime, a third-grader at Sandy Hook Ele- tives.” by St Luke the Evangelist on the ta- decki at the head of a small garri- which viewed the award as a West- mentary School in Newtown, Conn., — Salomon Schulman, a key ble-top used by the Holy Family in son succeeded in repulsing Swedish ern anti-communist conspiracy. where a gunman entered the build- figure in Sweden’s Jewish commu- ing and killed 26, including students nity, when about the artwork of Carl Literature: A Standard for Grammar Established and staff. Lebinski’s daughter’s Michael von Hausswolff, who used continued from cover time they were through, Hortulus that none of the early Polish editions teacher “immediately locked the ashes he claims he robbed from the tion could be a rather danger- Animae existed as Raj duszny. This door to the classroom and put all Nazi Majdanek death camp, now a exist. The last known remaining ous pursuit back then, and Bier- groundbreaking piece of translated the kids in the corner of the room.” museum in Poland. copy vanished (or was destroyed) nat would have known this all too literature began spreading through- amidst the bedlam of World War II. well. According to Nobel Laureate out the nation. The printer that published Raj Smoliga: Began Competing in 2004 Czesław Miłosz’s book, The His- However, a main issue then con- duszny eventually went out of busi- tory of Polish Literature, Biernat’s fronting the Polish language was continued from cover Smoliga is a statuesque 6 ft. 1 in. ness, as the 1600s saw an eventual hometown of Lublin was a “scene regional variation. Following the ar- Georgia-bound senior, finished her blonde who began swimming com- decline in the number of Kraków of numerous trials of heretics.” rival of Raj duszny, Poland saw the high school swimming career with petitively in 2004, and by the time printers: there were a dozen in 1610; Whether or not convicted here- publication of books that attempted three individual state records, two she was a sophomore, had celebrat- by 1650 there were just 3. It seemed tics believed they were truly headed to establish a standard for spelling national records, two state relay re- ed her first state championship in the excitement of Renaissance in- for Catholic damnation, the Church, and grammar. cords and eight state titles. She won the 100-yard backstroke. And from tellectualism had, to some extent, when prompted, could make their Along with such books, Kraków four individual state titles in the 50- that time, she has not stopped. waned. By that time, however, the lives a burning hell on earth. Bier- printers produced Polish medi- yard freestyle in 2010 and 2011 and There is no question that Smoliga Polish books had circulated; Po- nat, however, was ultimately unde- cal dictionaries and translations the 100-yard backstroke in 2010 and is a hard worker. She takes after her land’s literary tradition was under- terred by this prospect. of the New Testament. Still, Latin 2011. She holds state records in the parents, Tomasz and Elzbieta, who way. As a result of his secular enlight- remained the most frequently pub- 50-yard freestyle, the 100-yard free- emigrated from Poland in 1991 and When Kraków absorbed the Re- enment, Biernat (about the earliest lished language, largely due to its style, and the 100-yard backstroke. became naturalized U.S. citizens in naissance spirit it was only a matter known Polish native who published universality among scholars in Eu- She cut her own 50-yard freestyle 1997. Tom and Ela run a successful of time until a venturesome printer record by .34 seconds and took 1.59 business. in any language) felt that literature rope. should be made more accessible and But the Polish word was out; and spirited scholar came together. seconds off of her 100 yard back- Olivia has a younger brother, From the marriage of Florian Un- stroke record. Matthew, an athlete in his own right. not just the activity of a classically the contributions of other Polish- educated elite. language writers were circulat- gler and Biernat of Lublin, the Pol- The work Biernat chose for ing. Among these writers was poet ish Literature saw print, and another translation was a prayer book called Mikołaj Rej (viewed by many as the vernacular began to form its own Hortulus Animae (Little Garden “Father of Polish Literature”), who literary tradition. of the Soul). Its original Latin ver- rose to popularity just as Biernat’s v v v sion saw publication in 1498. Three legacy began its decline. Along with Czesław Miłosz’s years later, the book appeared in the Ultimately, Hortulus Animae and The History of Polish Literature, German vernacular. In short time, Raj duszny fell into obscurity. Hor- this article is indebted to Adam the prayer book became the early tulus Animae saw mention in the Zamoyski’s The Polish Way. 1500s century equivalent to a New mid-19th century, when Edgar Al- v v v York Times bestseller. lan Poe briefly referred to it in “The Ray Cavanaugh has written Ungler the printer and Biernat Man of the Crowd,” one of the ma- for such publications as The Irish the scholar were going to corner the cabre master’s more obscure prose World, and The London Magazine, Polish prayer book market. By the offerings. At this point, it appears and The Tulane Review. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 5 PHOTO: RICHARD POREMSKI RICHARD PHOTO: Pressing Ahead Hippocene’s Jacek Galazka Reflects on Publishing Polish-Interest Books conclusion ends NEW TITLES. This Spring, Adam She was a close 1971-2012. Hippocrene Books • J. Potocki: Tales from the Sara- Zamoyski’s Poland: A History friend and advisor arrived on the publishing scene in gossa Manuscript (originally published in England) to Pope John Paul 1971. Its founder and publisher, • Albert Juszczak; Graded Reader will make its first appearance in the II, serving on the George Blagowidow (a native of of Classic Polish Literature United States. Zamoyski began the Papal Commission Czestochowa), began by distribut- • Ignacy Krasicki: Polish Fables project as an update to The Polish on Family Mat- ing books of other publishers eager • The Dedalus Book of Polish Fan- Way published in 1987. In his pref- ters. Married, with to have the benefit of Blagowidow’s tasy ace Zamoyski says: “I have so thor- four daughters, the extraordinary talents and two de- • Krzyzanowski, Olszer: Introduc- oughly reworked the text, removed author now resides cades of publishing experience. tion to Modern Polish Literature so much of the old, and added so in Krakow. Blagowidow started by distribut- much that is new, that I had no In her preface ing foreign language-English dic- A new series of Polish-Eng- qualms about submitting it under a to the book Dr tionaries. He knew that American lish dictionaries, authored by Iwo new title.” Wanda Półtawska publishers of foreign language dic- Cyprian Pogonowski, was the first The events of the last twenty says: tionaries concentrated on publishing to provide phonetic pronunciation years and the growth of an indepen- “My story the most popular languages, where of Polish words for Americans. dent Polish state allowed him to look about the experi- competition is fierce and investment The author made a special study of at Poland’s past with a fresh eye. He ences of my gener- can be substantial: 25 to 30 languag- Polish-Jewish history and wrote a notes, “The has ation is a warning es usually represent the entire range book on Polish-Jewish relations, as up until now, been written as that of to young people, of a publisher’s list of dictionaries. well as a popular one-volume refer- a failed state. Like some distorting because every- Blagowidow started to publish new ence history of Poland: Poland: An lens or filter, that failure colored and body can become dictionaries for Slavic languages Illustrated History. Prof. Zbigniew deformed the historian’s view of the like a member of and the languages of the Middle Brzezinski called it: “An important whole of Polish history. Poland is no the Gestapo or, East and Asia, which were not as contribution to a better understand- longer a state that failed, but a soci- on the other hand, Jacek Galazka at the Hippocrene display at the well known in America. When the ing of Polish history.” ety that created a social and political like Maksymilian Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C., during the pub- United States intervened in Yugo- A new one-volume Hippocrene civilization of its own whose ideals Kolbe . . . My ac- lisher’s 35th anniversary celebration. slavia, and particularly in Afghani- Polish dictionary—published by are close to those the world values count is a witness stan and Iraq after 9/11/2001, there arrangement with the Kosciuszko today.” to crime and hero- was handed to them by the Poles was a sudden need for foreign lan- Foundation (KF) in 2009—con- On Poland: A History’s first ism. It demonstrates the strength just before World War began. guage dictionaries featuring the lan- denses the original KF 2-volume publication in England, The Spec- of the human spirit, the beauty of guages of these regions. Hippocrene dictionary, and provides specifically tator wrote: “fresh, different and friendship and patriotism, the mean- WE CAN’T FORGET SOPHIE. A had a head start. Today, Hippocrene American English translations of brilliantly readable. It is the perfect ing of faith in God and faith in man.” special mention must be made of an publishes dictionaries for 117 lan- Polish words. Previously all Polish- introduction for those who know author, Sophie Hodorowicz Knab, guages! There is no U.S. publisher English dictionaries were based on nothing about the country, yet will ADDITIONAL TITLES. In addition who came to Hippocrene thanks with a wider list of foreign language British English. also provide some positive food for to the aforementioned, Hippocrene to the Polish American Journal. dictionaries. thought to those who imagined they has offered these history and biog- Hodorowicz Knab’s most important While a dictionary is the first aid Next to dictionaries and knew it all too well.” raphy titles: resource was her Polish mother who a world traveler needs, an intelligent classics, our Polish cookbooks Released last Fall was Forgot- • Richard Watt: Bitter Glory- Po- made sure she knew all there was to tourist also wants to learn about the were always very popular. Hippo- ten Holocaust: The Poles Under land and its Fate 1918-1939 know about Polish culture. She has country’s cuisine, history and litera- crene’s first Polish cookbook, The German Occupation 1939-1944, • Vanda Sendzimir: Steel Will: The shared this legacy with her readers ture. Over time, Hippocrene devel- Best of Polish Cooking, was written Third edition, by Richard C. Lukas, Life of Ted Sendzimir in these titles published by Hippo- oped such a penetration of the Pol- in 1983 by Karen West, a Chicago with a foreword by Norman Davies. • Richard Giziowski: The Enigma crene: ish market in America that we could postal worker who delivered mail in Davies writes, “Dr. Richard Lukas of General Blaskowitz • The Polish Country Kitchen publish more widely and in depth a Polish area of town and collected has rendered a valuable service, by • Leszek Szymanski: Casimir Pu- Cookbook about Polish culture, customs, and recipes from her hospitable custom- showing that no one can properly laski • Polish Wedding Customs and history. Our Polish interest list grew ers. analyze the fate of one ethnic com- • Adam Zamoyski: Last King of Traditions by leaps and bounds, with a special Polish Heritage Cookery (875 munity in occupied Poland without Poland • Polish Customs, Traditions and interest in Polish classics. pages, 2,200 recipes), written by referring to the fates of others. In • Jozef Garlinski: Poland in the Folklore The new English translations of husband-wife team Robert and Ma- this sense Forgotten Holocaust is a Second World War • Polish First Names the classic works of Henryk Sien- ria Strybel, was first published in powerful corrective.” • M. Giergelewicz: Henryk Sien- • Polish Herbs, Flowers and Folk kiewicz by a bestselling Polish 1993 and quickly received the warm The third edition includes a new kiewicz Medicine American novelist W.S. Kuniczak endorsement of Julia Child, who preface by the author, a new preface • V.Madej and S. Zaloga: The Pol- were the biggest success on our called it “the encyclopedia of Pol- by Norman Davies, a short history ish Campaign of 1939 I close with one of many high Polish list by far. They are out of ish cookery and a wonderful thing of Żegota, the underground govern- • M.A. Dziewanowski :Alexander points in Hippocrene’s Polish pub- print now except for Quo Vadis, but to have.” Zgoda said “it shows Pol- ment organization working to save I lishing program. On the 35th an- please keep in mind that these and ish cuisine in all its richness and the Jews, and an annotated listing • Waclaw Jedrzejewicz: A Life For niversary of Hippocrene Books, many other titles we published in glory.” With Polish Holiday Cook- of many Poles executed by the Ger- Poland (Pilsudski) George Blagowidow and I received the last forty years are still available ery (2003) as a follow up, the Stry- mans for trying to shelter and save • R. Lukas: Did The Children Cry? a personal letter from Poland’s pres- in many libraries and second hand bels have established Hippocrene the Jews. Richard C. Lukas has au- • S. Korbonski: The Jews and ident, Aleksander Kwasniewski, bookstores. as a leader in international cook- thored and co-authored nine books Poles in World War II congratulating Hippocrene Books Speaking of Kuniczak—Hippo- books—70 titles that cover most including Did The Children Cry? • S.Korbonski: Between the Ham- and thanking all employees “for crene published his translation of world cuisines as of today! Hitler’s War Against Jewish and mer and the Anvil your priceless contribution to the Quo Vadis (reissued by Hippocrene Polish Children published by Hip- • Wladyslaw Kozaczuk and Jer- promotion of Polish culture in the in 2000), as well as an updated edi- Adam Zamoyski, an interna- pocrene in 1994 and 2001. zy Straszak: Enigma: How the United States.” tion of My Name Is Million, his il- tionally renowned historian, made Hippocrene will also reissue, Poles Broke the Nazi Code It is a fact that by publishing lustrated history of the Poles in his Polish history debut with The with a new preface, And I am Afraid The German code was deci- nearly 150 books of Polish inter- America. In 1992, Kuniczak’s The Polish Way which has been on our of My Dreams by Wanda Półtawska, phered in Poznan by a Polish math- est, Hippocrene Books — the only Glass Mountain: Twenty-six Ancient list for many years. Thad Cooke, first published by Hippocrene in ematician Marian Rejewski and American publisher with a program Polish Folktales and Fables com- Polonia’s greatest book promoter, 1989. his two colleagues, Jerzy Rozycki of promoting Poland, its history and pleted a distinguished book offering over the years sold 5,000 copies of In February 1941 Wanda and Henryk Zygalski in 1933 at culture — has provided treasures of the Poznan University. A working by a fine novelist in his own right. Zamoyski’s The Polish Way, which Półtawska was arrested by the Ge- Polish literature for Americans and model of the encoding machine was To complete Sienkiewicz’s oeu- documents the thousand-year histo- stapo. She was 19 years old. This all other English speaking readers. turned over to the British in 1939 vre, Hippocrene published Teutonic ry of the Poles and their culture. The is the account of the four years she We hope that Poland will make just before the war. Knights and reissued an English lan- Forgotten Few, by Zamoyski, is an spent in the notorious Ravensbruck good use of this treasure in the fu- Our book explains how the Poles guage edition of In Desert and Wil- account of the role that 17,000 Pol- concentration camp. Wanda was ture. did it. Throughout the war the Brit- derness. A translator who worked ish airmen, who joined the British used as one of the camp’s “guinea v v v ish did a great job decoding German frequently with Hippocrene, Miro- Air Force in the hour of its greatest pigs” and became a victim of cruel Please visit hippocrenebooks. messages at Bletchley Park but the slaw Lipinski, translated The Little need, played in the Battle of Britain medical experimentation by Nazi com for a complete listing of avail- doctors. secret of Enigma encoding machine Trilogy; three short stories by Sien- in 1940. able Polish interest titles. kiewicz. Janusz Zawodny’s Death in During the 1990s, Hippocrene the Forest:The Story of the Katyn Epilog. To wrap up my story, I St. Martin’s. I licensed it to George Garton Ash, The Polish Revolu- was pleased to have about forty dif- Massacre was reissued by Hip- need to mention four additional Blagowidow, who was running tion: Solidarity published in the ferent Polish interest titles in print— pocrene in 1988. Polish Geneal- books I published: Funk and Wagnalls (a division of United States in 1984. Ash studied including several history books, as ogy & Heraldry: An Introduction Camp of All by Tadeusz Reader’s Digest) at the time. Modern History at Oxford Univer- well as arts and culture titles, in- to Research by Janina Hoskins, is Nowakowski in 1962, translated by During my Scribner years I was sity. His research on Nazi Germany cluding cooking. a gem by a famous area specialist Norbert Guterman and published able to publish a few Polish interest took him to Berlin, and from there In addition to the Sienkiewicz at the Library of Congress. Thad- by St. Martin’s Press. Set in a Pol- books, of which The Plot to Kill the he traveled extensively in Central Trilogy, Hippocrene published deus Kosciuszko:The Purest Son of ish displaced persons camp, named Pope by Paul Henze was the most and Eastern Europe, and particu- “Camp of All Saints,” this is a har- important. Paul Henze worked for many other books of or about Pol- Liberty by James S. Pula focuses on larly in Poland, writing for The rowing tale of despair in postwar Zbigniew Brzezinski in the Carter ish literature in English translation. Kosciuszko’s American years. Spectator, The London Times and Here is a list of them: Poland’s Jewish Heritage by Germany by an author best known administration and was an ex- as a reporter of John Paul II’s trav- pert on terrorism. He was the first Der Spiegel. • Adam Mickiewicz: Pan Tadeusz Joram Kagan is a history of Polish To complete the history of Pol- (Bilingual Edition)) els. writer to identify the Soviet KGB, Jewry. Other notable titles include ish interest book publishing, we • Henryk Sienkiewicz: On the Poland’s Navy 1918-1949 by Mi- For the record, it should be working through the Bulgarian Se- need to hear from other American Field of Glory (Tr. M. Lipinski) chael Alfred Peszke and Cracow mentioned that another book by cret Service, as the true authors of publishers of that period. • Boleslaw Prus: The Doll An Illustrated History by Zdzislaw Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, More Unkept the plot. • Boleslaw Prus: Pharaoh Zygulski, Jr. Thoughts, was published by Funk The period of Solidarity was I hope that in time the full story • F.C. Anstruther: Old Polish Leg- & Wagnalls in New York after I left covered in a book by Timothy will be told. 6 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

RELIGION / Benjamin Fiore, S.J. Our Polish Catholic heritage / Robert Strybel Lawsuit Dismissed: Bishop Still Hopeful Poland and Polonia – II,” is on display in the atrium of the on in the new edifice. Vatican museum’s Paul VI Hall. She Still “Semper Fidelis”? designed and executed a medal com- Wedding Anniversary Since 2005, when Pope John Monastery sparked of nationwide memorating the 100th pilgrimage of Masses Promote Marriage. Paul II went on to his eternal reward, resistance which eventually rolled Pope John Paul II during his 25th Deacon David Lapinski and his the number of regular churchgoers the Protestant invaders back across Jubilee Year as pope. She designed wife Diane celebrated their 25th in Poland, those who attend mass the Baltic. a medal for Pope Benedict’s Madrid wedding anniversary along with at least once a week, has declined After Poland was carved up by trip last year. A projected monu- more than 200 married couples from 58% to 52%. But the number Russia, Prussia and Austria in the ment called “Tu es Petrus” centers marking 25, 40, 50 55, and 60+ an- of those who do not engage in any late 18th century, it was the Church on Pope John Paul II as the “Peter niversaries at three Masses through- religious practices has grown from which kept the Polish language, of our time” with carved quotations out the RC of Johnstown, 9% to 11%. That is still the highest culture and spirit alive. Again dur- of the pope and a fountain culminat- Pa. This initiative is part of the dio- level of Sunday mass attendance in ing the Nazi occupation period and ing in an “amphitheater” space for cese’s nearly year-long Marriage Europe. Ireland is in second place post-war communist period the meetings and concerts. This has yet Building Initiative to offer support with 46%, and in the United States Church helped the Polish people to find a place for its construction. to married, engaged, widowed and the comparable figure is around endure. Visiting journalists from the divorced individuals. Bishop Mark 43%. West, where unions tend to be leftist Mission to Kyrgyzstan. L. Bartchak celebrated the Masses All three of the above-mentioned and anti-clerical, couldn’t get over With only 500 Catholics among and reminded the congregations of countries are known for their high that shipyard workers displayed ’s Bishop David A. some five million Muslim and- Or the sacredness of marriage as living level of religious observance. That portraits of the Blessed Virgin and Zubik (above) reacted to the dis- thodox residents, the Catholic pres- witness of the love and fidelity of contrasts sharply with such coun- John Paul II on the gates of their missal of lawsuits filed by the Pitts- ence in the central Asian republic of Christ. tries as Great Britain (10%) not to strike-bound shipyards in 1980. burgh and Nashville Diocese along Kyrgyzstan, north of Afghanistan, mention Scandinavia where only The all-pervasive Western-style with Pittsburgh’s Catholic Charities is served by five Jesuits, one dioc- Felician Sisters Honored. 3-5% regularly attend church. Even pop culture which has flooded Po- and Catholic Cemeteries against the esan priest and four nuns. Catholics Felician Sisters Johnna Ciezob- in once extremely Catholic Spain land for the past quarter-century has Obama Administration’s Health and (ethnic Germans, Poles, Ukrainians, ka, Mary Jacqueline Benbenek, only 21% attend Sunday Mass on a made inroads in the Poles’ tradition- Human Services mandate to supply ) were sent to the coun- and Mary Suzanne Dziedzic were regular basis. al religious practices, accounting artificial contraception, sterilization, try under Stalinist persecution. The awarded the Lumen Christi (Light for the drop in church attendance. and abortifacient drugs in the health first Bishop of Kyrgyzstan, Nikolay of Christ) Award from Catholic Ex- The main reason for the Poles’ Various anti-clerical groups are vo- insurance plans for their employ- Messmer, was born in Kazakhstan. tension for the ministries they pro- reputation for being “semper fi- ciferously pushing an openly anti- ees. While Federal Judge Terrence Under the care of the Jesuits, the vide alongside dedicated volunteers delis” (ever faithful) is buried in Catholic agenda, but they are still F. McVerry argued that there was serves a variety at the Felician Center in Kingstree, the mists of time. Poland emerged in the minority. no real harm experienced yet, his of parishioners, originally Ger- S.C. Their work includes an after- as an independent state in 966 AD, judgment was “without prejudice,” mans and Poles but now increas- school program, emergency food when its ruler Mieszko I embraced A similar role was played by which means the case can refiled if ingly mixed. Two Polish Jesuits, pantry, monthly meals for needy Christianity with his entire nation. the Church among the waves of the accommodations promised by Fr. Krzysztof Korolczuk and Br. people, and a clothes closet. They Throughout much of Polish history, Polish immigrants who flocked to the president in the course of this Damian Wojciechowski, do char- also assist with medical bills and the Church has played a leading role America’s shores in the late 19th year do not suffice. ity work among handicapped adults utilities as well cooking and nutri- in education, culture and morality, and early 20th centuries. To them, Bishop Zubik noted that other and children, orphans, elderly per- tion classes for children. helping to define what Polishness Catholicism was their national iden- courts have arrived at different con- sons, prisoners, and addicts. They When the Felician sisters arrived was all about. tity, and they were willing to stand clusions in similar lawsuits and add- also work with youth, offer English in the area in the 1950s they were In some countries, the 18th-cen- up and fight America’s Irish and ed, “I do want to make clear that we courses and run a lakeside retreat faced with Ku Klux Klan hostility tury Age of Enlightenment turned German-ruled Church, and even set cannot and will not negotiate away center. Working with small Protes- because of their work among the im- people away from religion, and in up a separatist denomination, the our constitutional rights to religious tant congregations, they offer in- poverished black population. They France priests were guillotined and Polish National Catholic Church. freedom and religious expression.” struction in basic Christian belief declared that when people asked churches set ablaze. But in Poland, Fearful of growing defections, the More than three dozen similar and practice and participate in ecu- what they expected to do in the area it was men of the cloth – Bishop Vatican finally agreed to appoint a lawsuits are still making their way menical projects with local pastors. they answered, “we will fall in love Ignacy Krasicki and such priests as Polish Roman Catholic bishop to through the court system across the with the people and they will call Stanisław Staszic, Hugo Kołłątaj minister to the Polonian flock. country and U.S. Catholic bishops Closed Churches Rebuilt forth what they need.” Sr. Suzanne and the monk Stanisław Konarski – This is something more than just continue to speak out on the impor- as New Church. St. Raphael the said, “God is working through us. who promoted the new trend known so much history. Polish Americans tance of religious freedom in con- Archangel RC Church in Old Mill We’re simply the conduits. This as “Oświecenie” (Enlightenment) in now account for a sizable share of nection with these cases. Creek, Ill., the first new church in town has been blessed.” a climate of social solidarity rather America’s Catholic clergy. And to the Chicago archdiocese since 1999, than bloody revolution. this day, practicing Polish Ameri- Artist/Prize Winner Speaks has incorporated elements of closed DID YOU KNOW? The hejnał Unlike some Latin American cans are less likely to get divorced on Beauty, Truth in Art. Pol- churches to construct the new trumpet call is played four times countries, where the Church has and more inclined to preserve their ish artist Anna Gulak, on receiv- church building. The former Pol- (to the four corner of the earth) atop been known to side with dictators, ancestral heritage than those who ing the 2012 Pontifical Academies ish parish, St. John of God, closed of tower of Kraków’s Mariacki (St. in Poland the clergy has helped tide have drifted away from their faith. Award established by Blessed John for nearly 20 years, saw its façade, Mary’s) Church every hour on the the nation through invasions, parti- The reason is obvious: Polish tradi- Paul II, said that the award reaffirms steeples, rotundas, rose window, hour. The custom has resisted com- tions and occupations. Poland was tions are so thoroughly permeated her conviction that beauty and truth porticos, doors, and hardware dis- puterization and the honors are still overrun by the Swedes in the mid with Catholic culture, ritual and in art, her main artistic objectives, assembled and relocated to the new done by a special Fire Brigade team 17th-century, but the spirited de- symbolism. When they get discard- are still needed. She explains that church building site. There elements of buglers. fense of Częstochowa’s Jasna Góra ed, there isn’t much left. beauty and truth emanate from God from St. Peter Canisius Church, and shine both on humans and on all closed five years ago, were added, creation. By contrast she notes that including its main and side altars, Papal Relics Enshrined at St. Joseph’s, St. Stanislaus modern art (anti-art in her view) reredos and arches, marble statu- consciously divorces itself from ary, oak pews and Tyrolean stained CAMDEN, N.J. — As wicz enlisted the aid of a family friend, Fr. Eustachy the classical concept of aesthetics, glass windows. As a result, the new much as it is loved by its Rakoczy, a Pauline monk from the of Our Lady which has long been at the heart church has a grandeur which could members, the language and of Czestochowa in Poland. of European Culture, itself nothing not be reproduced today, and the culture of Poland are equal- “We are from the same town in northern Poland,” else but Christian culture. Her recent spirit of faith and prayer in the for- ly cherished by Fr. Pawel W. said Fr. Kryszkiewicz. “I am grateful for his assistance.” exhibit, “Faces of Blessed John Paul mer church buildings will continue Kryszkiewicz, the Polish- born pastor, of St. Joseph’s Shrine of Blessed John Paul II at St. parish, which celebrated its Stan’s, Buffalo. Fr. Thaddeus M. Bocianowski, modlitwy 120th anniversary in Octo- pastor of St. Stanislaus RC Parish in Buffalo, also re- ber of last year. cently received a first class relic of Blessed John Paul Publication of Prayers. The Polish Ameri- Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh Star of the can Journal gladly accepts prayers ads for pub- Sea, help me and show me herein you are my “I can utilize my heri- II. The relic currently rests before a statue of the late lication. They must be received by the 10th of Mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of tage, and people appreci- pope, which stands just in front of the pews. each month, prior to the month of publication, Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the ate having someone who Fr. Kryszkiewicz. Ob- St. Stan’s has been designated an official diocesan and must be pre-paid at the cost of $15.00 each, bottom of my heart and succor me in my necessity which can be paid by check or charge. If you have (make request). There are none that can withstand shares their traditions. I am tained first-class relic for shrine to Blessed John Paul II. Already known as the any questions regarding this policy, please call 1 your power. Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray inspired by the people; they parish’s anniversary. mother church of Polonia, the church earned the new (800) 422-1275 or (716) 312-8088. for us who have recourse to thee (three times). are so genuinely dedicated designation after Fr. Bocianowski received a drop of Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (three THANKSGIVING NOVENA TO ST. JUDE. Holy times). Say this prayer for three consecutive days to this church,” Fr. Kryszkiewicz said. blood of the late pontiff. St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and and then you must publish and it will be granted He concelebrated the anniversary Mass with the two John Paul II visited the church twice as Cardinal rich in miracles, near the kinsman of Jesus Christ, to you. Grateful thanks, A.W. faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special pastors who preceded him: Fr. Edward J. Lipinski and Karol Wojtyla. First in 1969 and again in 1976. patronage in time of need. To you I have recourse Prayer to the Blessed Virgin. (Never Fr. Piotr Szamocki. Bishop Joseph A. Galante presided The parish will now hold special celebrations every from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to Known To Fail). Oh, most beautiful flower of at the Mass. year on April 2 to mark the Holy Father’s death, May 20 whom God has given such great power to come to Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate At the Anniversary Mass, drops of blood in a small for his birthday, and on or near Oct. 22, his feast day. A position. In return I promise to make your name Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh Star of the vial — a relic of Blessed Pope John Paul II — were special Papal Mass is celebrated every third Thursday known and cause you to be invoked. (Say three Sea, help me and show me herein you are my enshrined in the church. The relic was brought from Po- of the month with veneration of the relics and a litany. Our Fathers, Three Hail Marys, Three Glory Be’s). Mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the land by Fr. Kryszkiewicz, presented to him by Cardinal Plans call for a permanent display honoring five Amen. Publication must be promised. This prayer bottom of my heart and succor me in my necessity Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow. Poles in various levels of sainthood – the pope; St. is to be said for nine consecutive days. This novena (make request). There are none that can withstand has never been known to fail. My prayers have your power. Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray While a monsignor, the cardinal had been secretary Faustina Kowalska, who promoted the Divine Mercy been answered. T.P.K. for us who have recourse to thee (three times). to Pope John Paul II. devotion; St. Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (three The drops of blood, from the body of a holy person, die in Auschwitz; Blessed Mary Angela Truszkows- Prayer to the Blessed Virgin. (Never times). Say this prayer for three consecutive days Known To Fail). Oh, most beautiful flower of and then you must publish and it will be granted constitute a first-class relic. Pope John Paul II, who died ka, CSSF, founder of the Felician Sisters; and Blessed Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, to you. Grateful thanks, S.P. in 2005, was beatified May 1, 2011. Jerzy Popieluszko, who was martyred for his work in Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate To acquire the relic for St. Joseph’s, Fr. Kryszkie- Poland’s Solidarity movement. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 7

POLAND FIGHTS / Douglas W. Jacobson Evidence Points to Early Poles as Inventors of Cheese (BBC FOOD) — Scientists may culiar presence of holes on the sur- Freedom Fighters Take to the Sewers be one step closer to uncovering face. But could as well have been Part Three the origins of cheese-making, as flame covers, chafing dishes, honey “The Bomb Shelter Pub was lo- evidence thousands of years old has strainers or used for beer-making, to cated in the cellar of an abandoned been uncovered — in Poland. strain out chaff. building behind St. John’s Cathe- Truly an ancient art, no-one re- Salque and her team then ana- dral. Bustling with activity twenty- ally knows exactly when humans lyzed lipid residues on the vessels four hours a day, it was alternately began making cheese. and detected milk residues, which a soup kitchen, a medical clinic, a But now milk extracts have been they say provides a link to cheese- meeting hall, a wedding chapel and, identified on 34 perforated pottery making. during long tension-filled nights, a vessels or “cheese-strainers,” which “The evidence was stunning,” tavern where beleaguered AK com- date back 7,500 years that have been explains Professor Richard Ever- mandos roused each other on to vic- excavated in Poland. shed, of Bristol University. tory.” It is unambiguous evidence for “If you then put together the — From The Katyn Order by cheese-making in northern Europe fact that there are milk fats in with Douglas W. Jacobson during Neolithic times, scientists believe, and the findings have been the holes in the vessels, along with The Bomb Shelter Pub is a fic- published in the scientific journal the size of the vessels and know- tional place but the events I de- Nature. ing what we know about how milk scribed in this passage from my his- “We analyzed some fragments of products are processed, what other torical novel were very real. Over a For three months, twelve armored divisions of the Red Army remained pottery from the region of Kuyavia milk product could it be?” million people lived in Warsaw at idle on the east bank of the Wisła as the Germans systematically destroyed pierced with small holes that looked Earlier examples of milk resi- the start of the Rising and, as much one of Europe’s great cities. Above: Warsaw’s Old Town. like modern cheese-strainers,” says dues have been detected on pottery as possible, they tried to continue Melanie Salque, a postgraduate stu- vessels from the Near East, dating the day-to-day activities of normal AK since the first days of the Rising. ther sealing the fate of the AK. dent at the University of Bristol’s back 8,000 years, although the evi- life. Babies were born, and birthdays But, on the night of the 20th of Au- On the 24th of September Ger- Department of Chemistry. dence did not suggest that they were were celebrated. Weddings and fu- gust, a special team of women com- man forces launched a massive They had been thought to be used for milk processing activities, nerals were held, music played, and mandos, known as minerki, man- assault of the Mokotow district, cheese-strainers because of the pe- said Salque. families sat down to meals. An un- aged to sneak into the lower level which fell after three days of bloody derground postal service flourished of the massive building and set off fighting. Advancing German troops as the boys and girls of the Polish dozens of explosions. The surprise executed all of the wounded AK Wiadomości z Polski / Robert Strybel Scouts risked their lives delivering attack forced most of the German fighters along with civilian hos- newspapers, posters and messages. soldiers to flee to the upper floors. pital personnel. Now, almost two Besides blowing up Po- possible successor to European From the very beginning, the Then other minerki teams arrived months after the start of the Rising, land’s parliament, a right- Commission president Herman Van leaders of the Rising believed the armed with homemade flamethrow- all that remained of the more than wing chemistry professor from Rompuy. The paper cited an un- Soviets would come to Poland’s aid ers and set the building ablaze. forty thousand AK freedom fighters Kraków planned to kill two lead- named source as saying Tusk was within a few days, a week or two at While the victory at PAST pro- were those still hunkered down in ing female celebrities, Parliament’s eager to succeed him. the most. Consequently, they never vided a tremendous moral boost to the City Centre. Out of ammunition, Special Services Committee was planned for the necessity of feeding the struggling inhabitants of War- and with no food or water, their only told by the Internal Security Agen- A letter-writing mara- a population of a million souls with- saw, it would be short lived. The option was surrender. cy. Brunon Kwiecień, 45, believed thon in defense of human rights out access to the surrounding coun- infuriated Germans retaliated with On the 28th of September, the he could heighten chaos in Poland generated more than 140,000 hand- tryside. As the battle dragged on round-the-clock shelling and air- commander of German forces, Gen- if he followed up the bombing with written letters in a 24-hour period. week after week with no assistance strikes on Old Town. The noose eral von dem Bach, offered capitula- the assassination of Warsaw mayor This year’s effort was conducted forthcoming, food became scarce was tightening and, for the trapped tion terms to the AK’s leader, Gen- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz and lib- in defense of such people as Be- and the inhabitants of Warsaw faced commandos of the AK, escape was eral “Bor” Komorowski. The terms eral TV interviewer Monika Olejnik. larusian dissident Alesia Bialatsky, the grim reality of mass starvation the only possible way to survive an- specified that all surrendering AK Kwiecień was arrested in November jailed Chinese lawyer Gao Zhish- in the days ahead. other day. forces would be treated as prison- before he could carry out his plot. eng, the Russian punk-rock group An even greater problem was ers-of-war under the Geneva Con- If convicted on terrorist charges, he Pussy Riot and Guantanamo pris- drinking water. The main pumping Part Four vention, and that the evacuation to could face up to 7.5 years in prison. oner Hussain Salem Mohammed stations of Warsaw’s water supply From the second week in Au- POW camps would be administered Almerfedi. system remained in German hands, gust, AK freedom fighters had used by the Wehrmacht instead of the SS. Prime Minister Donald The letters are sent to the au- and as the fighting continued they Warsaw’s sewer system as a means The capitulation order was Tusk, and his foreign Minister thorities of those countries where gradually shut them down or de- of communication and transporta- signed on the 2nd of October. The Radosław Sikorski stand a good the human-rights violations are tak- stroyed them completely. The poles tion between separate areas of the next day approximately fifteen thou- chance of landing one of Europe’s ing place. Pioneered by the Warsaw responded by digging dozens of wa- city. Some of the underground pas- sand AK fighters were disarmed and top five posts in 2014. According branch of Amnesty International, ter wells in the backyards of private sages were tall enough for men to sent off to POW camps in Germany. to NATO sources cited by the daily the letter-writing marathon has homes, but the effort fell far short of walk upright, but many others were But as many as five thousand -par “Polska the Times”, Sikorski would spread and now includes including providing an adequate supply. only two or three feet in diameter, tisan fighters refused to surrender make a good candidate for NATO other European countries, the Unit- The Polish government-in-exile forcing them to crawl on hands and and slipped away, blending into the secretary general. Tusk is seen as ed States and even New Zealand. had been aggressively pushing Al- knees over slippery, muck-covered civilian population under secret or- lied authorities for assistance from floors awash with fast currents of ders to escape to other parts of the before the start of the Rising. But debris-laden sewer water. When the country and continue the fight. SUPPORT THE PAJ PRESS FUND the lack of cooperation from the Germans realized the partisans were Over the next two weeks the en- Soviets stalled the efforts. The Brit- using the sewers for transportation tire civilian population of Warsaw n 1978, a voluntary fund-raising campaign was launched by a group ish, sympathetic to the Polish cause, they tossed hand-grenades through was forced to evacuate the city and of loyal readers of the Polish American Journal entitled “We Love the petitioned Stalin to allow their air- the manholes and sprayed the tun- marched to a transit camp in Prusz- PAJ Press Fund” in order to help cover rising postage, material craft to land in Soviet territory after nels with flame-throwers. kow. Of the approximately four and production costs. By the end of August, with hundred thousand civilians who IDonations to the PAJ Press Fund are also used to support our reader dropping supplies in Poland. When Stalin refused, the British resorted the Germans pounding Old Town passed through Pruszkow, about services (postage, telephone, research, etc.), provide newsclippers with to the use of long-range RAF air- round-the-clock with heavy artil- sixty thousand were sent to death stamps and envelopes, and cover extraordinary expenses in producing craft forced to operate from distant lery, the sewer network served as camps at Ravensbruck, Auschwitz the paper. The Polish American Journal is not a profit-making ven- airfields in Italy. While the RAF a lifeline for the trapped partisan and Mauthausen. Another ninety ture. Thanks to its dedicated staff, the PAJ is pub­lished as a “public managed more than two hundred fighters. More than five thousand thousand were sent to forced labor service” for American Polonia. night sorties over Poland during the of them escaped through the under- camps elsewhere in the Third Reich, Donations to the PAJ Press Fund will be acknowledged in the paper Rising. the overall effect was most- ground labyrinth to the City Centre while the rest were transported to unless otherwise directed by the contributor. ly psychological. Flying at night where they could carry on the fight. various locations of Poland under through German anti-aircraft fire, Left behind were seven thousand se- German control and released. A sincere “THANK YOU” for their donations to the PAJ PRESS the planes often missed their targets riously wounded AK fighters, most When the last of the civilian pop- FUND: Laura Andres, Coopersburg, Pa.; Irene Colston, Richfield, and the amount of supplies suc- of whom were summarily executed ulation had exited the city, German Minn.; Elizabeth Faski, Norwalk, Conn.; Henry Fisher, Fenton, Mich.; cessfully recovered by the besieged by rampaging SS storm-troopers, soldiers embarked on a massive Mary Kata, Wilton Manors, Fla.; Ralph and Wanda Klims, Rochester commandos of the AK fell far short along with hundreds of elderly and looting campaign. More than thirty Hills, Mich.; JoAnn Mazen, Howell, Mich.; Thomas and Carmella of having any real value. disabled civilians. thousand railway cars left Warsaw Nowakowski, New Hope, Pa.; Lee J. Pergiel, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.; Though woefully short of food, After the fall of Old Town the for Germany loaded with furniture, Stasia Ragoza, South Hadley, Mass.; Richard and Pearl Wilgosz, water and weapons, and with casu- Germans directed their attack on the jewelry, clothing, and industrial ma- Hollywood, Fla.; and two Friends of the PAJ. Dziekujemy! The PAJ alties numbering in the thousands, riverside districts of Czerniakow chine parts. Then the destruction thanks all who donated to the Press Fund. the Poles continued to fight. Then, in and Zoliborz, driving AK fighters crews moved in with bulldozers and Mail to: PAJ PRESS FUND the third week of the Rising, the AK away from the Vistula River. Re- flame-throwers to carry out the or- Polish American Journal achieved one of its most impressive lentless shelling and aerial attacks ders of SS chief Heinrich Himmler P.O. BOX 328, BOSTON, NY 14025-0328 victories. The Warsaw Telephone pushed most of the remaining par- who declared on the 17th of October I want to make sure the POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL continues its Exchange, known as PAST, was tisans into the City Centre and the that, “The city must completely dis- service to American Polonia. Enclosed is my contribution of $______housed in an enormous brick build- Mokotow district, where they were appear from the surface of the earth. soon surrounded. No stone can remain standing and ing more than eight stories tall and NAME covering an entire city block. As the On the 16th of September the Red every building must be razed to its German army’s main communica- Army took the suburb of Praga, on foundation.” tions link between Berlin and the the right bank of the Vistula, forcing For the next three months, the ADDRESS eastern front, it was of vital strategic additional German troops to evacu- Red Army remained idle on the east importance. The heavily armed Ger- ate across the river into Warsaw bank of the Vistula as the Germans CITY, STATE, ZIP man garrison that defended PAST proper. These were heavily armed, systematically destroyed one of Eu- Please [ ] include [ ] do not include my name in your list of contributors. had repelled repeated assaults by the front-line Wehrmacht troops, fur- rope’s great cities. 8 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

Happenings: Chicago Style / Geraldine Balut Coleman Kapuscinska Meets with Emanuel of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Con- she got off the intoxicated Abbate. He claimed that free of charge, to view the screen- yszka sul General Paulina Kapuścińska, bus, and took he was acting in self-defense when ing of “What Can Dead Prisoners P Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, Dan Ruth- her bike off the he beat Obrycka. The video told the Do,” directed by Anna Ferens, the atrick erford, State Treasurer, Judy CTA bus bike real story. In 2009, this “cop” was author of “Where God Understands : P Baar Topinka, Illinois State Comp- rack. This was convicted of felony battery, sen- Polish” (2003), “Man Seeking Wom- hoto

P troller, Maria Pappas, Cook County her routine, her tenced to probation, and fired by the an” (2005), and “Where Do the Wild treasurer, as well as, the evening’s mode of travel, Chicago Police Department (CPD). Strawberries Grow” (2006). A ques- master of ceremonies, Alan Krash- to and from her A Cook County judge spared Ab- tion and answer session followed esky, Chicago’s very popular televi- housekeeping bate jail time. But on October 22, the showing of the documentary sion reporter and anchor. All came jobs. 2012, the City of Chicago and Ab- film. to honor Bozena and Arie Zweig, as But on that bate were the subject of a federal “What Can Dead Prisoners Do,” they received the PAA’s prestigious ill-fated day, Szynalik trial in a lawsuit, filed by Obrycka, winner of the 2010 Best Documen- 2012 Presidential Award, presented Ludwig stepped alleging that there was a cover-up tary Award at the New York Pol- by Conrad Nowak, the organiza- off the bus and walked in front of by the CPD to protect its police and ish Film Festival, details the fate tion’s chairman of the board, and the bus to retrieve her bike. The bus what Abbate’s fellow officers did af- of Soviet POWs captured by Poles Gary Kenzer, its executive director. driver accelerated and “dragged her ter the attack. following the Polish-Soviet War of Mayor Emanuel and Consul Gen- Guests were treated to outstand- more than 80 feet, according to a What was at issue was whether 1919 after the Soviet invasion of eral Kapuścińska. ing artistic performances from the lawsuit filed by Szynalik’s family a code of silence exists within the Europe was stopped by the Polish WICI Song and Dance Ensemble in Cook County Circuit Court in CPD. In this case, the CPD had Kar- Army at the gates of Warsaw. The On November 29, Paulina olina sign a “blank” misdemeanor documentary investigates the fate Kapuścińska, the newly-appointed statement, even though it had seen of those POWs and documents how

Polish Consul General in Chicago, araniak the tell-tale video. Conflicting tes- their experiences shaped Polish-So- and Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of B timony among witnesses, and the viet relations for the future. Chicago, met at City Hall to discuss video helped Karolina’s case. She ndrzej

a variety of topics. Mayor Emanuel : A did something that few have done; PWCC STARTED THE HOLIDAY addressed the issue of the Chicago she filed a federal case against the SEASON. The Polish Women’s hoto Public Schools (CPS) and Casimir P Chicago Police Department. Civic Club, once again, held its an- Pulaski Day celebrations. He reit- As stated in the Chicago Tribune, nual Christmas Benefit Luncheon erated what the CPS has been say- “… according to court records, Ab- on December 1 at the Ridgemoor ing for a number of years – that on bate and his police partner made Country Club in Harwood Heights, Pulaski Day there are specific plans some 150 calls to investigators in Ill., and again, it was a success. Over within the CPS to educate students the hours after the beating and made 150 guests joined in holiday cheer about the legacy of Casimir Pulaski threats to try to get the surveillance by sampling the country club’s com- and Polish American contributions camera video of the beating, a vid- plimentary Cosmopolitans or Apple to the United States. Mayor Eman- eo that later was seen around the Martinis, or enjoyed creating min- uel mentioned that further discus- world.” iature centerpieces supervised by sions on these subjects will continue After two days of jury delibera- 2012 PWCC scholarship recipients. between the Polish Consulate and tions and a 2½ week trial, the fed- The incomparable violin duet with Polish and Polish American Bozena and Arie Zweig, Conrad Nowak, Gary Kenzer, and Alan Krashesky. eral jury granted $850,000 to Karo- of Krystyna Kowalik and Kath- communities. lina Obrycka and found that there leen Burzycki, the benefit’s chair, During this meeting, Consul under the direction of Magdalena 2008.” She died hours later from was a “widespread code of silence.” played Christmas medleys during General Kapuścińska invited Mayor Solarz, the Academy of Music of bus injuries. The jury held that both Abbate and the cocktail hour. Definite crowd Emanuel to a major business semi- the Paderewski Symphony Orches- This entire tragedy was caught the City of Chicago took part in the pleasers were the Christmas bas- nar which will take place in January tra under the baton of Wojciech on the bus’ surveillance camera. cover-up, and that the $850,000 in kets, which are all valued at $50.00 2013. This seminar will coincide Niewrzoła, followed by a short One can clearly see that she put her damages will come from the city. or more, all of which were to be with the official launching of LOT piano concert from child protégé, bike on the rack on front of the bus, However, in a strange twist of raffled. Also, the PWCC had a gold Polish Airlines inaugural flight of Daniel Szefer. The evening would per CTA rules. She can be seen sit- events, on December 3, Mayor raffle in which five baskets valued at the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” from not have been complete without ting on the bus, then deboarding the Rahm Emanuel’s administration $200.00 to $300.00 were raffled off Chicago to Warsaw. This will not dancing to the music of the Anthony bus. “As she comes around the bus, along with Ms. Obrycka filed a mo- separately. only be the first such aircraft to fly Kawalkowski Orchestra. she is doing what she is supposed tion to ask a federal judge to “set As is the mission of the PWCC, to Europe, but it will also be the Arie Zweig was born in Poland, to be doing, but the driver was not aside a jury verdict” on this case. this benefit’s profits will be used to very first “Dreamliner” flight out grew up in Israel, and after receiv- of O’Hare International Airport. ing a degree in marine engineering The business seminar will be an from Mevoot Yam Nautical Col- excellent opportunity for promot- lege, emigrated to the United States ing Polish businesses in the United in 1977. In 1979 he began the R. States, and, hopefully, it will open A. Zweig, Inc., a machining facil- new opportunities for stimulating ity, specializing in ultra-high preci- business investments and tourism sion and complex custom machined for Warsaw and Chicago. Emanuel components for customers such as expressed interest in Consul Gen- Bosch, Rolls-Royce, Goodrich, the eral Kapuścińska’s proposal and Israel Defense Ministry, and Pratt mentioned that the January business and Whitney, just to name a few. seminar will be an opportune time Bozena Zweig, who also came to promote Chicago as a city open to the United States from Poland in to Polish business. 1977, earned her master’s degree Kapuścińska invited Emanuel to from the Warsaw Chopin Academy, visit Poland in 2013, to take part in specializing in percussion instru- the official observances of the 70th ments. As a multi-talented profes- Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto sional recording artist, songwriter, Uprising, as well as to attand the and jazz musician, she was a mem- 2013 formal opening of Warsaw’s ber of the Polish Radio Orchestra, PWCC Christmas Benefit Committee Museum of the History of the Polish the Youth Percussion Ensemble Jews. This museum will be Europe’s in Bayreuth, and performed in the doing his job. He was not paying at- The administration, fearful “that secure funds for academic scholar- largest Jewish history museum and Festival of Contemporary Music’s tention,” stated Timothy Cavanagh, this case could be misused in a way ships for Chicago area college and/ will be third in size to that of Yad “Warsaw Autumn.” Szynalik’s family attorney. The CTA that hinders the city’s ability to or university students who are in fi- Vashem in Jerusalem and the Holo- Bozena and Arie Zweig are well- referred to this incident as a very defend itself in future cases,” and nancial need. caust Memorial Museum in Wash- known philanthropists within the unfortunate accident. The bus driver Karolina’s concerns that she could The next benefit will be the PW- ington, D.C. Emanuel proposed that Polish American and Jewish Ameri- was given two traffic citations for lose everything on a City of Chica- CC’s Annual Palm Sunday (March in 2013 Chicago’s City Hall should can communities. Together Arie and this tragedy and suspended without go appeal, was motivation to vacate 24) benefit luncheon. organize a special exhibit on War- Bozena have spent years supporting pay. Eventually, he was fired from the jury verdict and award Obrycka saw and the 70th Anniversary of the charitable organizations, Polish- his CTA job. But on November 14, her $850,000 sooner, than perhaps Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. orientated causes, politicians and the family settled with the CTA pri- not at all. It will be up to U.S. Dis- HELP WANTED artists, and are staunch promoters of or to going to trial. trict Judge Amy St. Eve to “weigh PAA HONORS BOZENA AND Polish culture. the interests of the parties involved ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ARIE ZWEIG. On November 10, POLISH IMMIGRANT BAR- in the lawsuit against the interest of (PART-TIME) the Polish American Association BIKE RACK TRAGEDY SETTLED TENDER WINS FEDERAL CASE. In this capacity,the Administrative As- the public in having the record of sistant will: (PAA) held a sold-out black tie FOR $5.45 MILLION. On New It was recorded for the world to the jury’s verdict stand.” • Prepare and maintain correspon- gala at Chicago’s historic and el- Year’s Eve 2007, Ludwika Szyna- see. In 2007, at Jesse’s Shortstop Obrycka’s lawyer, Terry Ekl, did dence, documents, spreadsheets, egant Drake Hotel attended by more lik, a Polish immigrant, did some- Inn, located in Chicago’s north- not respond to the Emanuel admin- files; than five hundred guests, including thing she did almost every day. She west side, bartender Karolina Ob- istration’s request. • Process expenses; Assist with bud- politicians, business profesionals, waited at a Chicago Transit Authori- rycka, a 115-pound petite Polish geting and pricing; Act as office ac- lawyers, doctors, and members of ty (CTA) bus stop to catch the Addi- immigrant, was mercilessly beaten “WHAT CAN DEAD PRISONERS counts payable liaison; various social and political organi- son Avenue bus, placed her bicycle by a 265-pound drunken off-duty DO.” On November 30, the Con- • Handle additional administrative zations. on the bike rack located on the front Chicago police officer, Anthony sulate General of the Republic of projects as assigned by Manager. Among the guests were Bishop of the bus, got onto the bus, then, Abbate. Obrycka refused to serve Poland and The Polish Museum of Send resume to: [email protected] Andrew Wypych, Auxiliary Bishop once she reached her destination, more alcohol to an already heavily- America invited the general public, 9 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

POLONIA OF THE EASTERN / Michael Pietruszka Erie County Judges and Attorneys Meet in Rzeszow BUFFALO, N.Y. — Earlier in mer Lubomirski Palace. 2012, the board of directors of the The mutual exchange of informa- Buffalo-based Bar Association of Erie tion on the respective legal systems County, New York approved the es- of the United States and Poland con- tablishment of a cooperative relation- tinued with a presentation by Judge ship between the Association and the Skretny on the judicial system in the Okregowa Rada Adwokacka w Rz- United States with particular empha- eszowie (ORA-District Bar Council sis on the federal judiciary. His speech of Rzeszow) in Buffalo’s Polish sister was followed by a joint dinner be- city of Rzeszow. tween the delegation and members of From October 10-16, 2012, at the the ORA at the Hotel Dworek, where invitation of the ORA, a delegation more informal discussions of the legal of Western New York judges and at- systems ensued. torneys, consisting of Chief Judge With assistance from Korkuc and William M. Skretny of the U.S. Dis- Bestine, Judge Pietruszka delivered trict Court for the Western District of a lecture on the structure of the New New York, Erie County Judge Michael York State court system and the prac- Pietruszka, private attorneys Kathy tice of law in Western New York to up- Bestine and Anna Kobialka, and As- per level students at the University of sistant District Attorney Karen Korkuc Rzeszow Law School. That evening, visited Rzeszow. the delegation met with Dr. Aleksander The delegation members had the Bobko, the Rector of the University of opportunity to acquaint themselves Rzeszow, and Dr. Stanislaw Sagan, with the Polish justice system by tak- dean of the University of Rzeszow ing a part in a criminal trial at the Law School. At that meeting the uni- District Court in Rzeszów, as well as versity officials expressed an interest touring one of the newest and largest in creating a relationship between their district court buildings in Poland. The law school and the State University of BAEC Delegation with hosts at new Rzeszow District Courthouse (l. to r.): Krzysztof Litwin, Judge Mi- group also visited the Court of Second New York at Buffalo Law School. chael Pietruszka, Chief Judge William Skretny, Kathy Bestine, Chief Judge Paul Janda, Karen Korkuc, Domi- Instance, which is housed in the for- nica Stromczynska, Anna Kobialka, and ORA Dean Wladyslaw Finiewicz. Polish Texans Make Discovery Trip to Poland by Monsignor Franciszek Kurzaj travelers met—for the tanical gardens where they found and Elaine Mazurek Stephens first time—their Pol- familiar surnames on well-tended Fr. Leopold Moczygemba ish families, such as grave gardens. Foundation the Korzekwas, Wia- The final hotel stay was in leg- — Building treks, and Banduchs end-filled Krakow. On the way bridges between Texas and the re- at Boronow. Simi- there, the group stopped in Wado- gion of Silesia Poland has been an lar discoveries oc- wice, the birthplace of Pope John ongoing adventure for travelers curred in Grodzisko Paul II, pausing for moments in with the Fr. Leopold Moczygemba for the Polloks, and the town square as a memorial si- Foundation (FLMG), who have at Pluznica Wielka ren sounded a solemn reminder of been journeying across the ocean for the Feluxs, Moc- the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, set- yearly. This year, forty-three trav- zygembas, Janyseks, ting the tone for the next stop, in elers, led by foundation president, and Jarzombeks. In Oswiecim, at the former Auschwitz Msgr. Franciszek Kurzaj, a native Ujazd, a Mazurek Concentration Camp. of Silesia and now a priest in San family welcomed a In Krakow a tour of the once war- Antonio, explored the land of their Mazurek. In Rozmi- Elaine Mazurek Stephens in the torn and now majestic Wawel Castle At Pluznica, birthplace of Fr. Leopold Moc- home of Frank Mazurek in Ujazd. ancestors. zygemba, we were greeted by parishioners, and erz, the Urbanczyk, preceded shopping inside the Cloth The travelers arrived first in Ber- Ploch and Ciomerlik While we can’t make a family con- Hall in the main square. Back on the Fr. Bobek, who was celebrating 50 years in the nection, we share the same sur- lin for a tour including the Berlin priesthood. travelers met distant bus they were soon at Lagiewniki to Wall and the historic Checkpoint family. In Zebowice, name! visit the Basilica of the Divine Mer- Opole. Later in the week they were Charlie. The next eleven days they the Jendrusch and Lyssy Texans anniversary of ordination. Many cy, ending the day with a visit to the received by Auxilary Bishop Gerard traveled via bus, passing through found their roots. In Wilamowa, Silesian Texans can trace their an- underground salt mine in Wieliczka. Kusz in the Diocese. Lusitia, the eastern part of Germany close to Nysa, another family tree cestry to this village. The last meal of Polish food A refreshing day for the summer and homeland of the Wendish peo- connection was made. The stay in Slawiecice included was prepared at a nearby restaurant travelers included a ski-lift ride in ple, into Silesia, which is in today’s For many, the discoveries were visiting the local church and a 60th where a special guest, the Vice- the cool Beskid Slaski mountains. Poland. the unexpected and unforgettable birthday party for Fr. Frank’s broth- Counsel of the American Consulate At the top, they were greeted with The first night in Poland was in highpoints of the trip. er, Gerard, who stills lives there. in Krakow addressed and welcomed music by a local folk band and Wroclaw, the one-thousand year In the village of Pluznica, the Sunday brought a concert of classi- the group. homemade pastries prepared by old capital of Silesia, followed by a birthplace of Fr. Leopold Moc- cal music and songs in St. Katarzyt- The 2013 trip is being planned Polish friends. The alpine view was short drive to Trzebnica to the ba- zygemba, leader of the 1850s Sile- na Church, the parish in Slawiecice for June 25 thru July 8, 2013. In- exciting, as was shopping in the roque Sanctuary of St. Hedwig to sia-to-Texas migration, the travelers where Fr. Frank grew up and where terested travelers may call Msgr. nearby town of Wisla, which was pray at her tomb. It was in honor of were greeted with flowers and bless- his family still worships. Kurzaj at (210) 733-7152. For hosting a folk-life festival. Later this , a Silesian princess, that ings inside the small village church Throughout Silesia the group more information about the FLMF they were surprised to visit a Texas St. Hedwig, Texas was named. where the pastor, Fr. Stanisław was surprised by short visits to vil- visit www.FLMFoundation.org and cowboy theme park in Zory, called Continuing on, they visited Nysa Bober, is celebrating his fifty year lage cemeteries which look like bo- www.SilesianTexans.com. Miastreczko Twinpigs, which show- to pray at the tomb of the Blessed cased a first–class rodeo. Maria Merkert, foundress of the An especially fun visit was to Congregation of the Sisters of St. Tychy, home of the Tyskie Brewery Elizabeth. Across the plaza they vis- where they learned about the brew- ited St. Francis Church to meet Fr. ery’s four-hundred year old history Kurzaj’s seminary professors; fin- of beer making in the same location. ishing the day at the St. Peter and Several of the Silesian-Texans Paul Church for dinner prepared by the seminary, now a retreat center. For the next five days they stayed Polish-English in Slawiecice, birthplace of “Fr. Frank,” aka Msgr. Kurzaj. From Translator there they traveled to Czestochowa • Official documents, letters, to pray at the Shrine of the Black e-mails, etc. Madonna, and at Gora Sw. Anny, • Reasonable rates. where they participated in an out- • Fast, reliable service by e-mail door mass with ten thousand faith- or regular mail. ful, many of them pilgrims who • Translation to/from other lan- walked miles to attend. Participat- guages available as well. • Over 25 years experience work- ing in the procession of pilgrims ing with genealogists, attorneys, were the FLMF travelers, holding businesses, film-makers, gov- a Panna Maria sign, the first Polish ernment, medical professionals, settlement in Texas. etc. The next day the group visited Andy Golebiowski the Shrine of San Jacinto in the town 109 Rosemead Lane of Kamien Slaski, where they were Cheektowaga, NY 14227 welcomed by Archbishop Emeritus (716) 892-5975 Alfons Nossol in the Diocese of 10 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

BABA JAGA’S CORNER / Jagoda Urban-Klaehn THE PONDERING POLE / Ed Poniewaz Marie Curie – My Children Milestones Dzien dobry, 2013! fiable piece in the fabric of the soci- and tasks for the coming year and Cannot Awaken Life in Me I woke up the other day and rea­ ety. I’d like us to get to a point of no beyond, email me. The pay is ter- lized that I had worked for the same more changing the names to “help rible but the emotional and psycho- company for 25 years. Where did our careers,” no more belittling logical benefits are great. that time go? It feels like 24. ourselves to pre-empt or diffuse A mark like that infers a wonder- poor behavior, no more little blond POLISH OR NOT? John Candy, ful sense of calm, satisfaction and girls throwing horse manure at the Canadian and one of the greatest co- accomplishment. It wasn’t always dispossessed. Yes, to more success medians of all time, Polish or not? easy, and I certainly wish I would incorporating Polish things and He looks like a Cukierka to me. have done more than a few things characteristics, and yes to being un- Jennifer Coolidge, actress. She differently in those twenty five inhibited and easily speaking about currently plays Sophie Kuchinsky years, but on balance, it feels good the Polish, just as easily as someone on the sit-com Two Broke Girls. and was a pretty good ride. I said it talks about being Irish or Jewish. Not only does she play Sophie felt like 24 and a smiley face truly We are on our way and I am Kuchinsky, she looks like a Sophie would be apropos because it was encouraged. The light is getting Kuchinsky. Polish or not? Her “ac- more like five years. Again, where brighter and brighter at the end of cent” actually sounds more Russian did the time go? the tunnel and here are a few exam- than Polish, so I want to say she is Nestled in with the calm, the sat- ples of the kinds of things that excite not Polish. In monitoring the show isfaction and the accomplishment, is me about the future: so far, the buxom babcia is pretty Marie Curie with children Eve (left) and Irene. a sudden sense of urgency as well. • SelectQuote Life insurance funny, and the show’s writers are continued thirty-eight years old. So when it The urge comes from the fact that company (selectquote.com) has careful not to have her step on her there is a lot more to ac- Pierre Curie’s death on April 19, was suggested to her that she could complish and the realiza- 1906, after being run by a horse on assume Pierre’s duties at the Sor- tion that time is running a busy Paris street, was tragic. No- bonne, she readily accepted it. The out. The longer you are in body was ready or prepared for it. lecture hall was overcrowded wait- the game and experience Marie could not believe his death. ing for her appearance and her lec- so many things in life, the When she was informed about it ture. Hundreds of people were even greater the possibilities she replied after a long silence: crowding the doors and stairs. She seem and greater are the “Pierre is dead….dead….absolutely came in virtually unnoticed through expectations. This is the dead?” Marie was almost in a stu- the back door and started a lecture other side of the coin. por-like state. Her world collapsed exactly at the same place where Our Polonia is the same around her. To the external world Pierre had left it before his death. way. Looking back as the she maintained a face of an almost By accepting Pierre Curie’s posi- “grandchild” of the im- emotionless woman, but she knew tion, Marie became the first woman migrants, experiencing the that her life would change forever. to obtain a Sorbonne professor’s culture, learning the cul- In a foreign country, she had to deal CANDY COOLIDGE RYAN position. Pierre’s father, Dr. Eugene ture, involved in the cul- with her work, her life and children, Curie, brought Irene to listen to the ture, yes, there is a sense of calm a radio commercial featuring a Polish character. without the help of her work and life lecture. After Pierre’s death, Eugene and satisfaction now but I also feel representative “Nick Soloweski” Meg Ryan, actress (“When companion. Her youngest, Eve was was a great help for Marie, taking an urgency to “complete” the one (sp?) finding a great deal for a Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Se- only 14 months old—too small to care of Irene and Eve. He became so hundred year immigration expe- customer. Ford Motor Company attle”), is she Polish or not? Well, remember her father. close to Irene, in fact, that his death, rience that Michael Novak talks runs a television commercial fea- she is Polish according to Ethnic Marie began to keep a diary that seven years later had a big impact about in the Unmeltable Ethnics turing innovations by employee Celebs (ethnicelebs.com). “She was helped her to deal with her emo- on her. (Pondering Pole, October 2012). If “Scott Makowski.” Polish names born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra, tions. She wrote about Pierre in the Still, this was a very hard time you figure that most of our people selling products. and took on Anne as a confirmation present tense since she believed in for Marie. Just as she was after her came here around 1925 and we are • Ren Behan’s “Fabulicious name. Meg’s paternal grandparents his spiritual presence. This was a mother’s death in Poland, Marie be- quickly approaching the 2025 mark, Food!” (renbehan.com) is a blog were Michael Orest Hyra (the son of time when people, among them came hunted by depression, causing time is running out. Dziadzia and featuring modern and creative Orest Hyra and Anna “Annie” Dur- many scientists, believed that sci- her to withdraw from social life. She busia ain’t around anymore and the Polish cooking. The web site of- niak) and Mary Helen. Orest Hyra entific experiments (Crookes tubes) wrote that she “lost a habit of a con- moms, dads, uncles, and aunts are fers upscale versions of: “Sea- was born in Galicia, Halychyna, showed a possibility of the contact versation without setting a goal.” fading away now as well. No one sonally inspired home cooking, Poland, the son of Georgi Hyra and with a spiritual medium of a dead Albert Einstein, who was Marie’s is going to help us on the last lap, recipes, reviews and food writ- Katarzyna Fylak. Annie Durniak person. friend, said of her as they hiked the whatever that might be. ing.” What I like most is the look was also likely of Polish descent.” The day after Pierre’s funeral, mountains with their families, that of the web site and the shots of The Ryan part comes from Meg’s Marie was back in the laboratory she was as “cold as a herring.” Ma- So where are we headed? the various dishes are done ex- mom whose maiden name was which had become her safe haven. rie said to her friend that she wants What is left to complete? I believe quisitely as if right out of “Bon Ryan. At best, Meg is Irish and Pol- She started a workbook where she to bring up her children as well as we have made a mark as individu- Appetit” only with Polish filling. ish but EC does not specify whether precisely documented her current possible but even they cannot awak- als and as a community and have Check it out! mom was 100% Irish. work and how It was related to en life in her. established our legacy in contribut- • Bernie Miklasz, ESPN show host v v v Pierre’s previous findings. In con- Read more about Marie Curie ing to the greatness of this country. and writer for the St. Louis Post- If you have a thought about this trast to the diary, the workbook was life after she became a widow in the It is not hard to mention one or more Dispatch claimed the number one month’s topic, answers to any of the very analytical and emotionless. next article. outstanding Poles in just about any spot (over second place Bob Cos- questions, a question of your own, Marie tried to detach her profes- Baba Jaga Corner: Visit Jaga discipline or area of interest. I guess tas) in the October 18, 2012 issue or have interesting facts to share, sional life from her personal feel- Polish Culture Website at: www.pol- that final milestone I would want to of the St. Louis Riverfront Times contact me at: Edward Poniewaz, ings and family life. ishsite.us reach is a total and unqualified ac- “2012 RFT St. Louis Sports 6432 Marmaduke Avenue, St. Lou- One month after Pierre’s death, ceptance of our ethnicity and what Media Power Rankings” (www. is, MO 63139; eMail alinabrig@ Marie was offered a national pen- References: we bring culturally to the society. riverfronttimes.com/microsites/ yahoo.com. sion in France. She refused. She did • Barbara Goldsmith “Obsessive Ge- That would be the capper. Rather power_rankings/). “Be it radio, v v v not want to become famous only nius” than us just dissolve into the Ameri- TV or print, the Big Dog holds N.B. If you send email, reference as a national widow. She was just • Eve Curie “Madame Curie” can scene, I want us to be an identi- fan base and franchises alike in the Polish American Journal or the his sway.” Yet this prevalent Pole Pondering Pole in the subject line. keeps his toe in the ethnic waters I will not open an email if I do not Become a member today as an Honorary Chairperson for recognize the subject or the sender. the Polish Heritage Golf Tourna- Polish American ment each year. Give a gift subscription! Historical Association If you are looking for projects Call (800) 422-1275 The Polish American HistoricalAssociation was established in December 1942 as POLISH AMERICAN a special commission of the The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America to CULTURAL CENTER collect, compile and publish information about Polish Americans. In October 1944, it was reor­ganized 308 WALNUT STREET as a national American society to promote study and research in the , PA 19106 history and social background of Americans of Polish descent. The Association, which was incorporated under the laws of Illinois in 1972, (215) 922-1700 strives to assist and cooperate with all individuals and organizations When You’re in Philadelphia’s Historic interested in Polish American life and history. Contributions in District, Visit The Polish American support of the work of the Association are tax-exempt. Cultural Center Museum Exhibit Hall Featuring Polish History and Culture Regular one-year membership to the Association is $40.00. ($25.00 for OPEN 10:00 a.m. TO 4:00 p.m. • FREE ADMISSION students) made payable to the Polish American Historical Association. January through April • Monday to Friday May through December • Monday to Saturday PAHA, Central State University, New Britain, CT 06050 Gift Shop is Open During Regular Exhibit Hall Hours Please make checks payable to: ACPC, c/o www.polishamericanstudies.org Florence Langridge, Membership Chair, 78 Closed on Holidays Meadow Lane, West Hartford, CT 06107 Visit Us on the Internet: www.polishamericancenter.org POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 11

POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL Polka Insider / Steve Litwin Two Score and Five Years Even though I started accordion feature of that publication. Through- lessons when I was seven, my true out the next decades, versions of my polka blood didn’t start churning columns, under different by-lines, until the 1960s. In the late ’60s, Ru- appeared in polka and Polish-Amer- da’s Record Store became a regular ican newspapers including: Polka stop for me and places with names DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN MUSIC News of Michigan, Polka Scene of like Chopin’s, Polish Village, Strand Cleveland, Polish American World Ballroom, Mathew Glab, and Sts. of Baldwin, N.Y., the Am-Pol Eagle Sunnybrook’s “Swing tion on the band or their CD, “The daughter-in-law; a daughter; and Peter and Paul’s all become part of of Buffalo, Polka Insight of Utica, into Spring Polka Days” Steve Drzewicki Band,” email: ss- two grandsons. Bodek was a mem- my vocabulary and my evenings. NY, Polonia Reporter of Buffalo, [email protected]. ber of St. Stanislaus Koskta Church, Don Ruda introduced me to a NY, Polish American Voice of Buf- POTTSTOWN, Pa. — The now the Church of the Holy Trinity. small polka publication from Con- falo, the Polish American Journal of historic Sunnybrook Ballroom in Jeanette Jagiello, A World War II veteran with necticut titled the Polka News, writ- Buffalo and a few non-polka news Pottstown will feature “Swing into the 82nd Army Engineers, Bodek ten and distributed by Stan Saleski. publications. Spring Polka Days, Sunday, April Wife of Li’l Wally, worked as an engineer with Edward Stan always asked readers to send In December of 1989, Mark Ko- 28, 2013. The “Good Ole Days at Dies in Florida L. Nezelek Construction Co. with in any polka news from their area han, editor-in-chief of the Polish Sunnybrook” are back and the new CHICAGO (PMN)—Jeanette Ja- over 25 years of service. His great- and in 1968 I began sending small American Journal, named me polka Sunnybrook Foundation manage- tidbits of polka information from giello, wife of the late Li’l Wally Ja- est enjoyment was playing drums editor of that publication. I’m sure ment encourages everyone to come the greater Buffalo area. They were giello, died in late November, 2012. with the Krakowska Melodeers. Mark has days that make him ques- and enjoy the great events that are usually just a paragraph or two, but She passed away in Florida, where A funeral Mass was celebrated at tion that decision, but I have been being planned for 2013. this began my adventure into writ- she and her husband had settled af- The Church of the Holy Trinity in writing exclusively for the PAJ Music will be provided by Lenny ter leaving Chicago for his health Binghamton. Arrangements by the ing for polkas and Polish publica- Gomulka & Chicago Push, the Ed- ever since. The PAJ has become my reasons. Laskowski Funeral Home. tions. die Forman Orchestra and the Os- A New Brass dance in Syracuse, home in this business and where I Jeanette supported Li’l Wally, truly belong. uch Rhythm & Music Band, starting who was a polka star, in every sense N.Y., where a polka angel named at Noon. Osuch is scheduled from Adirondack Fest Set For Adele asked me to dance, resulted With us now officially in the new of the word. She helped with his year of 2013, I find it hard to believe noon ‘til 2:00 p.m. with Chicago business, which included a store for in marriage and relocating to Bing- Memorial Day Weekend that I am now in my 45th consecu- Push and Eddie Forman alternating polka-relate items in Miami, Flori- hamton, N.Y., where we both con- OLD FORGE, N.Y. — The 16th tive year of writing about polkas. until 8:00 p.m. da, recording production and mail tinued our involvement in polka Everyone can dance their hearts annual Adirondack Polka Fest is music. Along with teaching polka Of course, if it wasn’t for you, the order sales, primarily of his CDs. scheduled for May 25-26, 2013 at out on the huge wooden dance floor The biography of Li’l Wally at dance lessons, we started and ed- readers, there would not have been a the Hiltebrant Recreation Center. in the Sunnybrook Ballroom, sit and the IPA website states, “Wally’s ited a local polka club news bulletin “Polka Insider,” or a Polkas “Accor- Featured bands will include the listen to the music, or enjoy the Pol- style became so popular in Chica- entitled Polka Press, the monthly dion-to-Steve.” My sincere thanks Polka Family Band from Blooms- ish food. Sunnybrook’s restaurant go that virtually every other polka newsletter of the local Polka Parad- to you all. If you keep reading, I’ll will also be open for dinners. Plenty band in the city had to adapt their burg, Pa.; Eddie Forman Orchestra ers Club. A short time afterward keep writing. of food and drinks will be available own sound to fit his blueprint. His from Hadley, Mass.; New Direction Nebraska’s Polka World solicited Your comments and news items for everyone. burgeoning popularity crystallized Honky Style polka band from Buf- my writings and my “Accordion to are always welcomed at: pajpolka@ Ticket proceeds are used by the into a breakout national hit in 1954, falo, N.Y.; and Tony Blazonczyk & Steve” column became a regular verizon.net. non-profit Sunnybrook Foundation thanks to his first English-language New Phase from Chicago. for further restoration and re-vital- recording, ‘I Wish I Was Single Music will be continuous music PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ization of the National Historic fa- Again.’ It sold over 150,000 copies for dancing 1:00-9:00 p.m. There The Bayway Polish Home Presents cility. in Chicago alone, and climbed onto will be a Polka Mass on Sunday at For tickets call: Janet Osuch at the national charts, where it topped noon. Polish American food and A Benefit Concert to aid in relief (610) 326-2915, Dolores Taras at out at Number 22. However, Wally beverages will be available in the from the devastation in the (610) 779-4329, Walt Kazmierczak was so overwhelmed by the duties hall. at (610) 375-3051 or the Sunny- of recording, performing, and run- For additional information call aftermath of Superstorm Sandy brook Ballroom at (484) 624-5187. ning the label that he began to suffer Dave at (919) 330-4186 or visit: On Oct. 25, 2012, countless lives were affected by a Visit Sunnybrook on the internet from ulcers; he took some time off visitmyadirondacks.com. superstorm, the likes we have not seen in 100 years. at: www.thesunnybrookballroom. for a vacation in Miami, and liked it Lives were lost. Homes destroyed. Families displaced. net. Sunnybrook is located in a so much that he and his wife would beautiful country setting where you eventually move there permanent- Musician Landscape altered forever. can stroll and enjoy the beautiful ly.” Andy Zeik Retires On January 27, 2013, we invite the polka community to come outdoors. together, open their hearts, and show support. Li’l Wally died on August 17, ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Af- 2006, in Miami, Florida, at age 76. ter 60 years Andy Zeik of the Chi- Featuring the music and personalities of the following artists: Jeanette continued to manage the Drzewicki Band cago Tradition band is putting his • Rick Anton & the Polka Stars (N.J.) sale of his CDs and to protect his trumpet in the case. Heads West copyrights and royalties. • The Ablemen (N.J.) While a student at Wheeling Je- BAY CITY, Mich. —The Steve • Ed Goldberg’s Odessa Klezmer (N.J.) suit College, Zeik formed the War- Drzewicki Band will be making its Veteran Drummer • Streetlight (N.J.) California debut, Sat., Feb. 16 from saw Serenaders Polka band, who • Chris & Ronnie (N.Y.) 6:00-10:00 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 17, Carl Bodek Passes went on to record for Li’l Wally’s • The Golden Tones (Pa). 2013 from 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — South- Jay Jay label. In 1985, he joined • Mike Costa & The Beat (N.J.) Sons of Italy Hall in Fontana. The ern Tier drummer with the Kra- Charlie Tansek & the Chicago Tra- • Special guest Hall-of-Famer Mitch Biskup (Mass.) hall is located at: 9240 Sierra Ave. kowska Melodiers, Carl Bodek dition band. For more information and tickets, passed away Fri., Nov. 23, 2012. “I have been blessed with a beau- Special Benefit Hours 3:00-10:00 p.m. call Gene Swick (858) 452-9865. Bodek started with the Melodi- tiful family, and a life filled with the Steve Drzewicki, an inductee ers in the 1940s and was with them love of polka music,” Zeik said. Donation $18.00 at the door. into The Michigan State Polka Mu- for almost four decades. He was a He was honored at an apprecia- All proceeds going to the American Red Cross tion dance on Sunday, December sic Hall of Fame, started the band in subject of a 1984 Polish American 625 Pulaski St., Elizabeth, NJ 07022 1979. The band features six musi- 2 at the Maynard Polish Club with Voice interview. www.baywaypolishhome.org cians, three of whom have been with He is survived by his wife of music by Charlie Tansek & the Chi- (908) 355-3131 the group since 1979. For informa- 65 years, Irene Bodek, a son and cago Tradition.

POLKA MEMORIES / Steve Litwin

If you have a special Polka Memory photograph to publish in the Polish American Journal, email : [email protected].

Mark Cwiklinski and Happy Richie Bojczuk. Niagara Eddie Blazonczyk, with Julie and Happy Louie. Early 1990s. Hank Krzykowski on drums with the Goral Boys. Third Warders Falls, N.Y. Early 1970s. Club, North Tonawanda, N.Y. Early 1970s. 12 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

NOTES / Barbara Pinkowski Happy New Year 2013 to All! BUFFALO, N.Y. — Happy New Year 2013 to all! Hope this new year is fi lled with good health, good luck, good friendship, an abundance of love and laughter, and joyful polka music! Ron Moscoe informed me that the Annual Dinner Dance and Polka Mass in Burlington, Ontario on Nov. 3rd was a huge success. Top notch entertainment was provided by The Knewz, John Gora and Go- rale, and New Vintage. Everyone enjoyed the delicious meal and ex- cellent music! Our area had two polka events happening within a couple miles of each other on Nov. 10th. Tru Heritage was at Ray’s Lounge on Clinton St., a place which hosted HAM ANd WRY. Ontarioians Andy Makarewicz and John Gora having HE’S BACK! Benny Kaukus is back in town. He was having a good time many polka bands in the past. Ray’s fun at Pott’s Deli. here with grandson Eric. is known for its big wooden dance fl oor making dancing so enjoyable. A nice turnout for this one to hear the super sounds of Buffalo’s new- est band, Tru Heritage. A stone’s throw from there, America’s Con- certina King, Jersey Polka Richie from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was playing at the Polish Villa II on Har- lem Rd. The Villa recently enlarged their dance fl oor and it is a welcome improvement. It was unfortunate to have two polka doings on the same date, as just not enough polka fans to insure a big turnout for both events.

HE’S BACk IN TOWN! Benny Kaukus has moved back to this area after living with his daughter and PIĘKNA JAK LALKI. Buff alo Polka Booster Club President Christine Tan- family in Arkansas for two years. OH BROTHER! John Gora (left) got a family discount hiring this band. ski (left), and Cheri Trzepacz. He is very happy and pleased to be back and has already attended sev- fun and lively music by the Knewz who also did a fi ne job. May she rest in peace. OLBS) on French Rd., In Depew, eral polka dances. Seeing all his on Nov. 21st. A nice turnout for this In addition to John, the band NY from 8:00 p.m. to midnight. $15 friends again has made him so hap- pre-holiday get-together! had two Winiarz brothers (Greg GET WELL SOON! Dave “Scrubby” Admission includes beer and pop. py. If anyone wants to contact him On Nov. 24th, the Can Am and John), two Piatkowski brothers Seweryniak is in good spirits now (716) 481-4326 or send him a card, his address is Thanksgiving Dance at Potts Hall (Al and Bob), and two Wanderlich that he is back home following what Jan. 23. Polka Variety Club Greenfi eld Manor, 5953 Broadway, had a large number in attendance. brothers (Tom and John)! The New could have been very serious. He Meeting at VFW Leonard Post, Lancaster, NY 14086. That‘s no surprise as John Gora Direction Band did a great job with still has more tests and treatments, 2540 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, & Gorale from Canada and New their mix of honky and push style but he is on the mend and looking NY Music by the New Direction – CONGRATuLATIONS to Rose Direction were the two bands fea- music! In additional to the fabulous forward to some of this year’s polka Doors open at 6:30 p.m. New mem- and Ron Walsh on their 50th wed- tured. John is an outstanding enter- entertainment, Dan Potts put out a events. bers welcome! (716) 759-8194. ding anniversary, Nov. 10. They cel- tainer and knows how to please the delicious buffet for everyone to en- Jan. 26. Polka Snowball Dance ebrated with a Mass at St. Gabriel’s crowd. The people love when John joy. uPCOmING at Potts Hall, 694 South Ogden St., Church and a luncheon afterward leaves the bandstand and comes out Jan. 5. The Concertina All Stars Buffalo, with music by the New Di- with family and friends. on the fl oor and goes around the IN SymPATHy. Our deepest sym- and Tru Heritage play at Potts Hall, rection Band from 7:00 p.m. until tables singing to them. Fellow mu- pathy goes out to Ron and Kathy 694 South Ogden St., Buffalo. 11:00 p.m. Admission just $5.00! IDIOTS TO THE RESCuE. Those sician from Canada, Ed Guca, was Urbanczyk and family on the pass- Jan. 19. The Buffalo Touch are Note: There is no Polka Boosters Idiots, the unique polka rock band invited to come up and sing a couple ing of Ron’s mother, Adele, Dec. at the Lamm Post Hall, 962 Wehrle Meeting in January. The next meet- who regularly draws thousands numbers with John and did a great 3rd. Ron is the leader of the New Dr., Williamsville, N.Y. ing will be on Feb. 21, 2013 at the during Buffalo’s annual Dyngus job! Also, singing with the band was Direction Band. Please remember Jan. 19. Rare Vintage is at St. Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Day celebration, headlined a rare our own local gal, Theresa Ryndak, Mrs. Urbanczyk in your prayers. Martha’s Parish Hall (formerly Ave., Depew, N.Y. December performance in support of the restoration of St. Casimir’s Church in Buffalo’s Kaisertown neighborhood. The concert was part of St. Casimir’s Church Preserva- tion and Restoration Committee’s “St. Andrew’s Day Party,” Dec. 1, 2012.

TALkING TuRkEy. For those who did not have to spend the evening preparing for hosting Thanksgiv- ing dinner, the Polish Villa was the place for some pre-Thanksgiving Listen to the THE POLKA CAROUSEL Drivetime Polkas ROCKIN’ BIG TONY POLKA SHOW with “RONNIE D” ROCKIN’ WESTERN NEW YORK’S ONLY SEVEN-DAY-A-WEEK POLKA SHOW WJJL 1440 AM POLKASPOLKAS Niagara Falls / Buffalo, NY www.drivetimepolkas.com WXRL 1300AM with SUNDAY EVENING MONDAY-SATURDAY MIKE & GEORGE PASIERB 5:00 p.m. 5:00-7:00 p.m. Send all promotional material to Your Host: Ed Slomkowski WXRL Tony Rozek WECK 1230AM 78 Cochrane St. www.radioharborcountry.org SUNDAYS Buffalo, NY 14206 Wed. 11:00 a.m. to noon 1300 AM Sun. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. 8:00-11:00 a.m. LANCASTER-BUFFALO For advertising information, call www.polishnewcastleradio.com FOR INFORMATION or SAT. 2:00-3:00 p.m. (716) 824-6092 Wed. 5:00 to 6:00: p.m. ADVERTISING RATES, CALL SUN. 8:00-9:00 p.m. (716) 683-4357 [email protected] Fri. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 13

TOLEDO POLONIA / Margaret Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk Happy New Year! Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! A Touch of Brass Presents its Final Dance There are polka dances, and then gan. TOS are women who became of the guys over the years, right up there are polka dances. And when a fans of TOB from Pulaski Days over to the last gigs they played. A vid- dance starts out with a packed house the years. When they showed up it eographer and a photographer shot and grows from there, well, you was like polka royalty rolling in. film all night long, and at the end, a know it is going to be great. The dance floor filled quickly, panoramic picture of over a hundred Such it was when A Touch of too. The night air was unseasonably people was taken, with all of the Brass presented its final dance, their warm, so it was easy to move out of extended Rutkowski, Owczarczak, way of saying “dziekuje” to hun- the dance crowd and outside to en- and Earl families filling the dance dreds of loyal fans, November 10. joy the evening. Then it was up to floor. Though it was reported in March of the stage, where people lined up, as As Jim Rutkowski and all of the last year that A Touch of Brass per- they always do, in front of a band, guys from TOB move on to new 2 0 1 3 formed for the last time, it turns out to sing along and cheer the guys on. musical endeavors, congratulations that Jimmy Rutkowski and the guys In the corner of the stage, a con- and best wishes are in order. had this final performance in the tinuous slide show looped pictures Thanks TOB! You will be missed. RBO (The Rich Bobinski Orchestra) works for a while. The band had decided that this and The Connecticut String Trio was to be a free event in apprecia- www.richbobinski.com & www.connecticutstringtrio.com tion for the decades of support. Guests were invited to “bring June Sherry Ingram, 352 Packer Rd., Mystic CT 06355-1124 your own everything.” What did this (860) 536-2452 mean? It meant that by 6:00 p.m. The RBO Fan Club, Cheryl Witek, President the St. Clement’s Church Hall was 150 Purchase St., Suite 3, Rye NY 10580-2141 nearly filled, and at each table were [email protected] displays of food and drink that re- minded me of the feasts of my Pol- Dr. Janusz R. Richards ish childhood. Webmaster/Project Manager/Content Management & Layout The band started about 7:15 p.m., and they blasted through a full four hours of favorites, playing crowd- pleasers a few times over. The au- dience was made up of hundreds of people, including parents, wives, children, in-laws, and grandchildren of the band members, and — of course — all of the people who have come to enjoy TOB over the years. About an hour into the evening, a group of ladies arrived, “A Touch of Stella” from Grand Rapids, Michi- Quick Recovery CHICAGO — Following a heart attack, Dave Ulczycki, president of the International Polka Association (IPA) had by- pass surgery, Oct. 31, 2012. By Dec. 2, 2012, he was sufficient- ly recovered to attend the IPA’s Breakfast With Santa. (PMN)

FREE CATALOG! HEAR ALL THE POLKA STARS on SUNSHINE

SEND FOR A FREE CATALOG SUNSHINE PO BOX 652 W. SENECA, NY 14224 CDs $12 each $2.00 SHIPPING & HANDLING STERLING SILVER JEWELRY A E B C D

F I G H J K

ALL SHOWN ACTUAL SIZE • All items are Sterling Silver. SALT LAMPS ETC. All these items are available in 14 kt. gold • Please contact us for pricing. 5274 Broadway, Lancaster, NY 14086 •(716) 564-9286 Description Golden Lion Jewelry A. Polish Princess...... $11.00 Can’t sleep? Need relief for asthmas? Allergies? Sinuses? P.O. Box 199 B. #1 Babcia (Script)...... $12.00 Port Reading, NJ 07064 C. #1 Babcia (Block)...... $12.00 Now available beautiful Polish salt lamps that clean and D. Small Eagle...... $17.00 (908) 862-1927 ionize air for your health and well-being. E. Medium Eagle...... $21.00 [email protected] F. Large Eagle...... $25.00 G. Large Heavy Eagle...... $45.00 • Add $8.00 S&H for each item Laboratory tested for ionization and quality. H. Extra Heavy Eagle...... $55.00 • Prices subject to change I. #1 Mamusia (Block)...... $15.00 • Allow 10-14 days for delivery. If not J. #1 Tatus (Block)...... $15.00 satisfied, return for refund within For information and flyers call: 15 days. K. #1 Ciocia (Block)...... $15.00 Joyce (716) 860-0828 • [email protected] • N.J. residents must add 7% sales We will ship Tie Tacks of D, E, ...... $27.00/$31.00 anywhere in the USA Arlene (716) 649-3188 • [email protected] tax. N.Y. residents add appropriate Tie Tacks of F, G, ...... $35.00/$55.00 sales tax. 14 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

REFLECTIONS / OUR CHURCHES GENEALOGY / Stephen M. Szabados Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish / Parafia Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej 976 Pope John Paul II Ave., Wyandotte, MI 48192 / (734) 284-9135 / ourladyofmountcarmel.org/ Fr. Walter Ptak, Pastor A Snapshot of the Past After you have found all the shoe that can add rich facts to your family The history of the oldest Polish box documents and you have inter- history. The information found be- parish in Wyandotte, under the pa- viewed all of the living relatives, yond the column of names on these tronage of Our Lady of Mount Car- you have to begin searching for oth- documents add information about mel is naturally connected with the er records. I recommend that census where your ancestors lived, when first Poles who settled in the area. records are the best type for this they were married, where they were With Fr. Bernard Zmijewski as its next step. These records contain in- born, where their parents were born first pastor, the community set upon formation that describes your fam- and much more. Use both Federal the task of building their church. ily members on a specific day and and State census records. States and On September 8, 1899, the Most gives you a fantastic snapshot that is territories also conducted censuses. Rev. Bishop John Samuel Foley per- not available in your scrapbooks or Some state census records were sonally inspected grounds, donated in oral histories. merely head counts but some had from the realtors, Welch Brother’s The U.S. Federal Census was very useful genealogical informa- Company. He appointed almost mandated in 1787 by the U.S. Con- tion. the Rev. Fr. Bernard Zmijewski of stitution to count the U.S. popula- Federal census records can be Bronson, Michigan, as first pastor. tion to determine representation in found on a number of online da- Accordingly, Fr. Zmijewski took the U.S. House of Representatives. tabases, including Ancestry.com, charge of his flock on September 18, The Constitution required that the Familysearch.org and Heritage- 1899, but, since the church building census should be done in 1790 and Quest. Ancestry.com and Familyse- was still in the planning stage, he ed; the Felician Sisters’ convent In 1963 a financial crisis faced every ten years thereafter. arch.org have indexed all individu- was constrained to hold services for Census records are a list of in- als listed on the census records to a time at St. Patrick’s. was built; a new church organ was the Archdiocese of . Mt. purchased. As the number of pupils Carmel was advised to join with St. dividuals and families and are con- allow searches by name. However, The laying of the cornerstone of stantly used by genealogists to iden- HeritageQuest has only indexed the a combination of building a school continued to grow, additional class- Joseph’s, St. Patrick’s, St. Helen’s, rooms were provided. The original St. Stanislaus’ and St. Elizabeth’s on tify ancestors. Researchers begin by head of household. Unfortunately, and church under the name of Our searching for records that connect most of 1890 census records were Lady of Mount Carmel took place building was turned over for the use the building of a central high school. of the Sisters’ for the school. A public meeting of the parish was each generation to parents in previ- destroyed in a 1921 fire. on December 3, 1899, and the for- ous generations. Generally start with the 1940 mal dedication of the completed The present church, erected in held and the parishioners decided to 1915, is a prime example of the so- keep Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High The format of the census records census or the latest before your an- structure was held on July 8, 1900. for 1790 through 1840 required list- cestor’s death and work backward in Rev. called “Polish style” of School operating and not join the churches in both its opulence and consolidation. ing only basic information that was time to indentify each set of parents. The church also served as an needed to give the Federal govern- Use all of the information on census elementary school for the growing grand scale. In 1918, Fr. Grudzinki Fr. Szymanski retired from the was transferred to St. Francis Xavier pastorate of Mt. Carmel in May ment an accurate head count. These records to maximize your research number of students. Fr. Zmijewski early census records included the results. Also be persistent and find petitioned to the Felician Sisters’ Parish in Detroit, and the Rev. Msgr. 1972. The parish was then under the Adalbert Zadala as the fifth pastor. administration of Fr. Stanley Ko- names of only the head of the house- all possible census records for your Mother Provincial in Detroit, Moth- hold, state, county, town, counts of ancestors; each one should give you er Cajetan (one of the original five He stayed only a short time. Short nopka until August 1972 when Fr. also was the sojourn of Our Lady of Stanley Redwick, former assistant the household by age ranges and additional information. Felician Sisters’ who came to Amer- v v v Mount Carmel’s sixth pastor, Rev. assumed the duties of Mt. Carmel’s gender, and the number of slaves by ica), an earnest appeal for the sis- gender. Stephen M. Szabados, author of ters to take charge of this school. In Fr. Maximilian Gannas. new Pastor. In 1920, Reverend Leon Jarecki Fr. Redwick saw the need for The U.S. Federal Census records “Finding Grandma’s European An- 1921, Fr. Kruszka built an addition from 1850 and after expanded the cestors,” and “Find your Family to the elementary school, installed a assumed the leadership of Mt. Car- many renovations in the school and mel Parish. But tragedy struck on in the parish. With the 75th Dia- information that was recorded. They History,” is a regular columnist in heating plant, enlarged the Sister’s contain a significant amount of data the Polish American Journal. convent, and opened a complete April 7, 1921 when he was shot by mond Jubilee, Fr. Redwick initiated high school in 1928. an unknown assailant upon answer- plans to repaint and repair the inside Only six years after the dedica- ing the door of the rectory. Fr. Jar- and outside of the church. A par- Surname Corner / Robert Strybel tion of the church, a disagreement ecki purchased the three bells now ish festival was planned for August between the pastor and the church in use. Reverend Peter Kruszka, 1973 (which has continued annually committee forced Bishop Foley to eighth pastor of Mt. Carmel, came to this day). The first festival profit Ask Madrysa, He’ll Know in 1921. He remained for 17 years. of $85,000 was the result of the hard proclaim a cooling off period. He Consider giving a loved one (or of how your Polish surname came Fr. Kruszka built an addition to the work of Fr. Redwick and the count- ordered the church closed for a brief yourself) a unique, different and un- about, how many people share it, elementary school, installed a heat- less hundreds of parishioners who time and this was done from Febru- usual gift of Polish heritage which where they live and whether it is ac- ing plant, enlarged the Sister’s con- worked to make the event a success. ary 18 to March 19, 1906. can be passed down from one gen- companied by a noble coat-of-arms, vent, and opened a complete high In the early 1990s, Fr. Redwick Fr. Sajecki was immediately suc- eration to the next — a Polish sur- please airmail a $19 check (adding school in 1928. abdicated the position as pastor due ceeded by Rev. Fr. Maruszczyk, name analysis. $10 for each additional surname you On June 10, 1939, Reverend to his failing health and Fr. Walter J. who administered the parish until Every Polish last name means wish researched) to: Robert Strybel, Ladislaus A. Krych was appointed Ptak became the new Pastor. He still the appointment on April 26, 1906, something and came into being for a ulica Kaniowska 24, 01-529 War- pastor of Mt. Carmel by Cardinal serves to this day. of the second pastor of Our Lady of specific reason. Here are few taken saw, Poland. Edward Mooney. Fr. Krych began A monument to Pope John Paul Mount Carmel. from the PAJ’s subscription list: Also included free of charge is the work of the church building and II was dedicated by Cardinal Adam Under him, the former rectory on Medrysa. Variation of Mądrysa a genealogical contact chart (root- remodeling the physical and spiri- Maida in a peace garden in front of Tenth Street became an infirmary (mądry = wise), a person who is tracing websites, data bases, organi- tual appearance of Mt. Carmel. The the church on October 31, 2004. It for those Felician Sisters’ who had known for his intelligence. zations and firms) which has helped church building received immediate was sculpted by Professor Czesław been stricken from the then-current Pociask. A pociask is tool for many Polish Americans get started attention. Dźwigaj, well known for also cast- tuberculosis epidemic. Our Lady drawing embers out of a stove. Ei- in their ancestral exploration. The On March 17, 1956, Fr. Krych ing the monument of Christ the of Mt. Carmel’s pastor and the Sis- ther the person who did this, or one list includes professional genealo- succumbed to heart disease. Re- King in Cicero in front of the church ters were charged with their care. who made such shovels. gists qualified to track down family spected by the whole community, of St. Mary of Częstochowa as well When they died, they were buried in Zabrocki. A person from Zabro- records, photograph or videotape Fr. Krych was mourned by thou- as the Tolerance Monument that Mount Carmel Cemetery. dy (roughly between Warsaw and ancestral homesteads and graves sands. Fr. Jerome Juchniewicz took was recently unveiled in Jerusalem. In 1909, Rev. Fr. Constantine Częstochowa) or Zabrodzie (about and possibly even turn up living over the reins of Mt. Carmel in June, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel remains Dziuk was installed as the third 30 miles northeast of Warsaw). long-lost relatives in the Old Coun- 1956. On September 13, 1963 Fr. one of the most active parishes in pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. For a custom-researched analysis try. Fr. Alexander Grudzinski, whose Juchniewicz suffered a fatal heart American Polonia. Its Annual May seven-year pastorate was a period attack, and Fr. Venanty Szymanski Procession, Its affiliated organiza- of positive growth in the parish. The became the new Pastor of Mt. Car- tions boast vibrant membership and Offers Advice on Shrinking Population present church building was erect- mel. participation in all parish events. WARSAW — Poland’s im- preferential breaks for large fami- Would you like to see your parish featured in “Reflections”? Please send a photo and a few paragraphs about the parish. pending demographic crisis can be lies. While we appreciate full histories, we do not have space to print them. Please provide us with a photo or two of the interior dealt with if Polish families have “If we don’t invest in families, and/or exterior. We can accept digital photos via e-mail if they are of high resolution (300 dpi or greater). Please include: more kids, and experts agree on we face the collapse of our econ- Name of church, year opened (year closed if no longer open), street and city, any identifiable people in the photo, and any the five best ways to achieve that. omy and civilization,” one expert special memory you may have of the church. Additional information may include: pastor, school status, or, if closed, name These include: low taxes for warned. us last pastor, name of new merged parish, etc. All denominations welcome. parents, child allowances, paid Some fear Poland’s population child-care leaves, accessible nurs- (currently 38.2 million) may drop BRUSH UP / Polonia Media Network eries and preschools as well as to 30 million by mid-century. (RS)

Ordinal numbers must agree in gender and case with the noun to which they refer. Ordinal Numbers Below are both masculine/feminine endings pierwszy / pierwsza...... (PYER-fsih / PYER-fsha) FRACTIONS first jedna czwarta...... (YEHD-nah CHFAHR-tah) drugi / druga...... (DRUH-gee / DRUH-gah) one-quarter second jedna trzecia...... (YEHD-nah TSHEH-chah) trzeci / trzeca...... (TSHEH-chee / TSHEH-cha) one-third third jedna druga...... (YEHD-nah DRUH-gah) warty / czwarta...... (CHFAHR-tih / CHFAHR-tah) jedna pół...... (YEHD-nah puhw) fourth one-half piąty / piąta...... (PYOHWN-tih / PYOHWN-tah) tryz czwarte...... (TSHIH-CHFAHR-teh) fifth three-quarters POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 15

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OBITUARIES

Genia Golda-Tokar, Active On November 3, Gornewicz’ Republic of Poland Awards Activists in Chicago in Religious, Civic Groups Humvee was struck by an impro- vised explosive device. He and two Genia Golda-Tokar, 73, suc- other soldiers from New York State, cumbed to illness on October 10, Specialist Ryan Jayne from Camp- 2012. A Funeral Mass was celebrat- okolowski bell and Staff Sergeant Dain T. ed at St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr

: A. S Venne from Port Henry, were killed. Church in Manhattan, and she was His lifelong friends in Alden have hoto laid to rest at the cemetery at The P taken it very hard. Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa Brian Peebles said, “I couldn’t in Doylestown, Pa. feel my stomach. It just caved in, Golda-Tokar was a longtime pa- and I didn’t know what to feel, so I rishioner of Saint Stanislaus Bishop immediately told my wife, and just & Martyr Church, a member of kind of stared for a minute. Didn’t the St. Stanislaus B. & M. Rosary know what to do.” Society, a longtime member of the Gornewicz played varsity base- Polish American Folk Dance Com- ball and JV football at Alden, where pany, correspondence secretary of he graduated from in 2003, and was the Gen. Pulaski Memorial Parade always described as a team player. Award recipients with Consul General, (l.-r.): Joseph Drobot, Terry A. Tegnazian, president Committee, financial secretary of Andrew Bermel said, “He was Jr., Maria Kapron, Consul General Paulina Kapuscinska, Adam Lizakowski, and co-founder of Aquila Polonica PNA Lodge 30, president of Coun- a great guy. He would do anything and Veteran Roman Marian Bucon. Publishing cil 17, just to name a few of the or- for anybody. He always had a way ganizations and societies to which CHICAGO —On Nov., 9, 2012, Bucon, commanding officer of No. ing more of the amazing stories of to come in to wherever we were and she belonged and in which she was a celebration was held at the Polish 14 Polish Army Veterans Associa- Poland’s heroism and her critical just brighten up the spot.” Museum of America (PMA) to com- tion and commander of the District contribution to the Allied victory in active. Genia’s father Stefan Golda memorate the 94th anniversary of I of SWAP. World War II to the wider world.” was an officer of PNA Lodge 30 (early 1900s) in Manhattan. Genia Artur Kasprzak, Polish independence Day. The Pol- Aquila Polonica Publishing, Died Saving Family ish Consulate in Chicago organized founded by Tegnazian and Ste- followed in her father’s footsteps. AIPC to Honor Radzilowski While at St. Stanislaus she start- Artur Kasprzak, an off-duty the event. HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Dr. fan Mucha in 2005, is dedicated to Over 200 guests were welcomed publishing, in English, the Polish ed the “Miss Polonia-Manhattan” NYPD officer drowned after rescu- Thaddeus Radzilowski, president selection committee. She also start- ing seven members of his family, in- by PMA Director Jan Lorys, who and founder of the Piast Institute, experience of World War II with said the event was taking place in first-hand accounts, memoirs, pho- ed the Spring Dance, Fall Dance cluding his 15-month-old son, from has been nominated by the Board and Andrzejki, which she later Hurricane Sandy’s raging flood wa- the very room where Haller’s Blue tographs, artwork, poetry, literature of Directors of the American In- turned over to Polish School as their ters that were filling the basement of Army volunteers gathered before and historical studies. stitute of Polish Culture to receive fundraiser. She also conducted bus his Staten Island home. they went off to the camp in Canada the Lech Walesa Media Award at its trips and outings to various parts After ushering them into the at- and later to France and Poland dur- 41st International Polonaise Ball, Veteran Skielnik Has of the eastern United States close tic, Kasprzak said he was going to ing World War I. Feb., 2, 2013 in Miami. Street Named After Him to home, and annual pilgrimages to check the basement one more time, Consul General of the Republic For president of Poland Lech WILMINGTON, Del. — The Doylestown for the Polish-Amer- according to an NYPD release. of Poland in Chicago, Paulina Ka- Walesa will present Dr. Radzilow- City Council of Gdynia, Poland, ican Festival, Our Lady of Czesto- The family’s 911 call spurred puscinska, welcomed guests, es- ski the award for all of his outstand- the hometown of Stefan Skielnik, chowa and for All Souls Day. the NYPD to dispatch scuba divers pecially Bishop Andrew Wypych ing achievements in promoting passed a resolution to name a street in Zodiac boats and jet skis to the of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Poland and Polish issues through “Stefan Skielnik” in his honor, for home, but they couldn’t reach it be- leaders of various Polish organiza- Army Specialist educational programs and media in all his services during the War and Brett Gornewicz cause of downed power lines snak- tions. She reminded everyone about the United States. for Poland and the Polish American ing through the water, according to ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Army the history of Polish Independence community. multiple reports. Specialist Brett Gornewicz of Alden Day and briefly mentioned the most Skielnik, a resident of Wilming- A search party found Kasprzak’s Aquila Polonica President and two other reservists were killed important dates and events over the ton is a veteran of World War II. He body in the basement. His father Awarded Knight’s Cross while inspecting an area for road- last 94 years since Poland regained obtained the rank of Lieutenant and and girlfriend were among those he side bombs, Nov. 3, 2012. the independence. The Consul also LOS ANGELES — Terry was decorated by the British Secre- saved. Gornewicz was home on leave in acknowledged and thanked all vet- A. Tegnazian, president and co- tary of State and Polish Army. Kasprzak was a six-year veteran August. He didn’t talk much about erans present at the celebration. founder of Aquila Polonica Pub- For his services to the Polish of the NYPD. Afghanistan, but loved spending At the event, a group of Polish lishing, was awarded the Knight’s American community and for out- time with his family and friends. His activists were honored with high Cross of the Order of Merit of the standing efforts in promoting the close friends described the Army Jurek-Park Slope state awards conferred upon them Republic of Poland by decision of acceptance of Poland in the North Specialist as a selfless person with a by the President of Poland and pre- the President of Poland, Bronislaw Atlantic Treaty Organization, Skiel- Funeral Home, Inc. great sense of humor, and a special sented by Consul General Kapus- Komorowski, in recognition of her nik was decorated by Poland’s Pres- affection for the Army. cinska. The Knight’s Cross of the outstanding services to the Polish ident, Aleksander Kwasniewski. He Steve Zinter said, “As kids, he Order of Merit of the Republic of community and promotion of Polish also received a special award from always had the camouflage and BB Poland was awarded to: culture abroad. the Minister of Defenses, Dr. An- guns and [liked to] dress up and run Joseph A. Drobot, Jr., president Joanna Koziñska-Frybes, Consul drzej Karoszka, for his efforts in around the house doing that kind of of the Polish Roman Catholic Union General of the Republic of Poland helping with the troops in Afghani- thing.” of America, the oldest Polish-Amer- in Los Angeles, presented the medal stan and Iraq. Gornewicz, of the 444th Engi- ican fraternal organization. to Tegnazian during the Polish In- Skielnik has been involved in a neer Company headquartered in 728 4th Ave., Brooklyn, NY Maria Kapron, a teacher of 50 dependence Day ceremony on Nov. leadership position in many cultural Oswego, had served a tour in Iraq DORIS V. AMEN years, author of numerous publica- 10 hosted by the Consulate as part and patriotic organizations in Dela- LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR before electing to go to Afghanistan. NEWLY DECORATED CHAPEL FACILITIES tions in Poland and abroad about of the 2012 Paderewski Festival in ware, Pennsylvania, and on a na- OUR 24-HOUR PERSONAL SERVICES ARE Andrew Smith said, “He had the raising children. Paso Robles, Calif. tional level. He is a member of the AVAILABLE IN ALL COMMUNITIES opportunity to give up the Army, AT-HOME ARRANGEMENTS Adam Lizakowski, a Polish “To receive this medal is truly Polish American Congress, Eastern INSURANCE CLAIMS HANDLED but once he found out that some of SOCIAL SECURITY & VETERAN’S BENEFITS poet and promoter of Polish culture an honor. To have my work recog- PROMPTLY EXPEDITED PA District, Polish American Cul- his brothers from the previous tour abroad for over 30 years. nized in this way by the Polish gov- MONUMENT INSCRIPTIONS ASCERTAINED tural Center Museum, in historic were going back, he told us he want- A Gold Cross of Merit of the ernment means a great deal to me,” (718) 768-4192 Philadelphia, and participates in the ed to go back with them.” People’s Republic of Poland was said Tegnazian, who is not of Polish Philadelphia Pulaski Day Parade awarded to veteran Roman Marian heritage. “I look forward to bring- every year. “A tradition of local & long distance service continues!” SCHOLARSHIPS $5,000 Pulaski Scholarships for Advanced Studies Stobierski Lucas by Marion V. Winters listed on the website). Questions ish Culture and to share their talents Gardenview MIAMI — The Pulaski Schol- concerning the requirements should and expertise with the Council. The arships for Advanced Studies pro- be directed to Mr. Winters at e-mail Council and its Affiliate and Sup- Funeral Home, Ltd. gram, initially endowed by the Con- [email protected] or tel. (508) porting Organizations across the Rita A. Lucas 161 Driggs Avenue rad R. Walas family, is administered 949-0160. United States have been engaged in Jude P. Lucas (Greenpoint) Brooklyn, NY 11222 solely by the American Council All materials submitted by appli- cultural and educational programs George J. Mueller (718) 383-7910 • (718) 383-2737 for Polish Culture (ACPC). Quali- cants will become part of the records for more than six decades. Asso- fied applicants must send all of the of the American Council for Polish ciation with the ACPC and/or any (718) 383-8600 material described on its website: Culture and will not be returned. of these 36 established organiza-  A.K. No. 383-0320 www.polishcultureacpc.org so that Late, incomplete or unsigned docu- tions may prove to be of value in the  it is received on or before March 15, ments will not be accepted or re- career development of applicants Peter Rago 2013 (faxes not accepted). Origi- turned for correction. The decisions while the direct participation of Pu-  Lic. Mgr. nal copies of all materials must be of the ACPC Pulaski Scholarships laski Scholarship applicants in the Leslie P. Rago mailed to the Chairman and dupli- Committee are final and not subject cultural and educational programs F.D. cate copies to the other four Pulaski to review. of the Council and its Affiliate/Sup- Scholarships Committee members: All applicants for the Pulaski porting groups may further strength- Mr. Marion V. Winters, Chairman; Scholarships for Advanced Stud- en our mutual missions. For further Mrs. Deborah M. Majka;, Mr. Peter ies are invited and encouraged to information about the Council, you FUNERAL HOME, INC. J. Obst, ; Mrs. Carolyn L. Meleski; become involved in the programs are invited to visit its website: www.  131 Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Carol J. Surma, Esq. (addresses of the American Council for Pol- polishcultureacpc.org. 16 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

THIS PAGE IS SPONSORED BY For information about our Fraternal, its history, and the Our plans of insurance include: Endowments, Single Premium kinds of plans that we offer, visit our website at The Association of the Sons of Poland Life, Five- and Twenty-Payment Life, Five-year Benefactor Plan www.SonsofPoland.com with Beneficiary as a charity, and Children’s Term. Benefits 333 CARLSTADT include scholarships for HS Seniors planning to go to college, or call us at (201) 935-2807 HACKENSACK the free ScriptSave Prescription card; Dental and wellness/health Celebrating Our 2nd Century of Fraternalism STREET 07072 plans including LifeLine Screening.

SPORTS / Tom Tarapacki Kubiak’s Polish-Texan Roots Gary Kubiak, head coach of the tions. I really wanted to win. Thank league are a far cry from the NHL, of a Masters tournament as a qualifi- NFL Houston Texans, has family you so much to my family.” but there are some advantages. “The er since 2007, and the first unseeded roots that go back to the early days The 36-year-old Klitschko im- last game we were in Hungary and I man to make the final at the Paris of Texas’ Polonia. proved to 59-3 (51 KOs), and Wach scored in a shootout to win it,” Wol- Masters since 2003. Janowicz also Kubiak and his family trace dropped to 27-1 (15 KOs). ski explained. “The fans got pretty became the first-ever Polish player those roots back to Bremond, the excited and started throwing me to reach an ATP Masters final. He town known as the “Polish Capital POLISH FANS. A recent Sports Il- chocolate bars.” eventually lost the final to David of Texas,” due to its large number lustrated reported that Americans Ferrer in straight sets. It enabled of Polish immigrants (it still has an took notice of the fervent fan fol- WHAT’S POLISH FOR “BOBBLE- him to achieve a world ranking of active Polonia that celebrates Polish lowings at the Euro 2012. Even HEAD?” Mark your calendars, 26. The next highest-ranked Pole is Day, or Polski Dzien, every fourth NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell baseball fans of ! The Lukasz Kubot at No. 74. Saturday in June). Kubiak’s great said that he would love for NFL Milwaukee Brewers announced its At 6 feet, 8 inches, Janowicz is grandfather Michal was born in the stadiums to have the kind of spon- schedule of ten “All-Fan Bobble- certainly one of the tallest players in late 1840s in the Poznan area of Po- taneous songs and chants that were head” dates. On June 23, fans will ATP history. Naturally, he possesses land which was occupied by Prus- heard in Polish and Ukrainian are- receive a “Klement’s Famous Rac- a powerful serve and devastating sia at the time. He and his family nas. Instead of pumping in loud mu- ing Sausage Polish Bobble,” with a forehand, but he also demonstrates a emigrated to America somewhere sic and using “kiss cams,” European jersey donning the word “Piwowar- skillful array of drop shots and lobs. around 1885 and settled in the Bre- arenas rely on the fans to create the zy,” which is the Polish translation Earlier in 2012, Janowicz missed mond area where he had relatives. HOUSTON TEXANS coach Gary atmosphere. for Brewers. the Australian Open because he Seven of his thirteen children were Kubiak’s roots are in Poznan, Poland. Kuba Krzyzostaniak told the Milwaukee’s Racing Sausages didn’t have enough money and/or born and raised in Bremond, and his magazine the 43,000 people at a started in the early ’90s as cartoon sponsorship to make the trip. His youngest son was Gary’s grandfa- Texans history on January 26, 2006. Lech Poznan game “are louder than figures on the centerfield screen be- best showing in the main draw of ther. For more information about Ku- the 80,000 at a game.” tween innings of home games. In a major in 2012 wound up being a Kubiak’s grandfather moved to biak’s roots go to www.polish-tex- He should know. Kuba was born 2000 the virtual race was replaced third-round berth at Wimbledon. Houston as a young man in 1918, ans.com. in Poland, emigrated to Madison, by actual sausages — really people The 22-year-old, who turned pro married a woman of Polish descent, Wisconsin at age five, and then re- in sausage costumes — competing back in 2008, grew up in Lodz, Po- settled in the Heights area and found WACH OUTPOINTED. Poland’s cently moved back to Poznan. The in a footrace. Besides Polish there’s land. His father, Jerzy, and mother, a job as a waiter. He later worked as Mariusz Wach was outpointed by 24-year-old declared: “Nothing in Brat, Italian, Chorizo and Hot Dog. Anna Szalbot, were both profes- a baker for the Texas Bread Com- in a recent bout America compares to a game here.” sional volleyball players. pany, then as a packer for the Ford in , Germany. Klitschko Although Goodell wondered if BIG STEP FORWARD. Polish Motor Company plant. Kubiak’s retained his WBA, IBF and WBO the NFL could encourage the sta- women have been making a mark in THEY SAID IT father was born and raised in Hous- titles. The 6-foot-7 dium experience to be more organic tennis in recent years, particularly “Lech Poznan supporters are re- ton and he also married a woman of 1/2 Wach was the tallest opponent and crowd-driven, Krzyzostaniak No. 4 ranked Agnieszka Radwan- garded as a festive crowd even for Polish descent whose family came Klitschko has faced in his 16-year thinks that U.S. fan traditions and ska. soccer fans, the Cameron Crazies of from Bremond. Kubiak’s wife is a professional career, but judges having more upper-middle-class However, it looks like someone Europe. (Might Duke Coach Mike descendent of early Texas Polish scored it 120-107, 120-107 and 119- fans might prevent that. is stepping up to represent the Polish Krzyzewski tell you it’s a Polish immigrants. 109 for the champion. men. Jerzy Janowicz, the runner-up thing?). Kubiak played football as a quar- Klitschko was only in trouble WOLSKI RETURNS HOME. While in two Junior Grand Slam tourna- — Grant Wahl in Sports Illus- terback for St. Pius X High School at the end of the fifth round, when Poland doesn’t have a top-flight ments, recently made a remarkable trated, writing about the enthusias- in Houston, then attended Texas Wach surprised him with a right hockey league, Washington forward run at the 2012 Paris Masters. He tic crowds at Euro 2012. A&M University. He was selected hook before a flurry of punches. Wojtek Wolski opted to play in his now gives the rising tennis nation of v v v in the eight round of the 1983 NFL “He caught me in the fifth, but then homeland during the NHL lock-out. Poland a pair of Top-30 ATP/WTA “ ‘A tree, a tree would be good Draft by the Denver Broncos and I slipped,” said Klitschko, who was Wolski, who was born in Zabrze, performers, as he joins in that exclu- here — that’s what I think,’ he said. he played his entire career for the left with a small cut under his left decided to sign with KH Sanok of sive group (or in this case, tandem). ‘I can see it, I can watch it grow. I Broncos as a backup for John El- eye. the Polish Ice Hockey League. Radwanska, of course, reached the don’t know if it’s being Polish or way. The 32-year-old Wach was Wolski felt this might be his only women’s Wimbledon final this past whatever, but when I’m outside, I Kubiak began his coaching ca- wobbled in the seventh with a dev- chance to play in his native country, summer and currently rests at No. 4 want to work. I want to cut some- reer at his alma mater, Texas A&M. astating right followed by a series so he passed up opportunities to play overall among the ladies. thing down, to prune a limb, to grow He later served as the Broncos’ of- of combinations, but stayed on his in the upper tier leagues in Sweden, He defeated five Top 20 play- something.’” fensive coordinator and quarter- feet. “That was the hardest fight of Russia and Switzerland. Poland is ers, including U.S. Open champion — Will Blythe, quoting Duke backs coach, helping Denver to two my career,” Wach said after his first ranked No. 22 in the IIHF Rankings, and world No. 3 Andy Murray and Coach Mike Krzyzewski in a piece Super Bowl titles. He was named loss. “I want to apologize to every- between Japan and Holland. world No. 9 Janko Tipsarevic. He entitled “Hating Coach K” that ap- the second head coach in Houston one for not living up to expecta- The accommodations in the was the first man to reach the final peared in Esquire Magazine.

Reviving our heritage, enriching America / Robert Strybel Suggested Early-Year Activities According to Polish tradition, New Year’s the bedsides of the sick and dying are blessed which is Pączki Day among US-born Polo- bigos, kiełbasa roast over the bonfire and hot Eve festivities marked the start of the long in churches. Probably only the most tradition- nians. rum-flavored tea will really hit the spot! pre-Lenten season known as Karnawał or al Polish parishes in America and those run by Zapusty. Maybe some of them could help re- the Society of Christ (Chrystusowcy) still per- PĄCZKI-LINKED ACTIVITIES (imprezy MARDI GRAS “CAROLERS” (zapustne vitalize your PolAm fraternal lodge, club or petuate this tradition. But it might be worth pączkowe): Only your imagination is the chodzenie): precisely because this custom parish. Since they’re lots of fun, friends of re-enacting as a religious/cultural project by limit as how pączki can be used to enliven is little known in Polonia is a good reason to neighbors of non-Polish heritage may well some of our Polish heritage clubs or societies. the PolAm scene. Whether your group has popularize it. The Christmas carolers who car- enough volunteers to produce them or you also to take a fancy to them if exposed. ried a crèche and pole-mounted stars, some- KOŚCIUSZKO DAY (Dzień Kościuzski): use bakery-bought ones, pączki sales are al- where after the New Year shed their nativity FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS (Święto Since his date of birth has been variously giv- ways good fund-raisers. There are also Pączki Trzech Króli) – Jan. 6: This is the first cel- en as February 4th or 12th, any time in early Parties, Pączki Balls and Pączki Nights, and related get-ups (King Herod, Angel, Death, ebration of the New Year (apart from New February is a good time to mark this occasion. pączki should be in good supply at any ban- Three Kings) and began leading someone dis- Year’s Day dinners).It religious dimension in- This can be a patriotic assembly, school es- quets and dinner dances held during this sea- guised as a bear, or Turoń (wild bovine), goat volves attending Holy Mass where the faithful say contest or Kościuszko Day banquet with son. Faworki or chruściki (sugar-dusted an- or stork. There were beggars, gypsies, mer- receive blessed chalk to write K+M+B – 2013 a suitable historical program. It might include gel-wing pastries) come in a close second, but chants, soldiers, and priests in the retinue. The over their doorways. In the social realm, it is the fact that Tadeusz Kościuszko was a hero are quite crumbly and fragile and don’t hold appearance of this merry band at a PolAm so- an occasion for banquets, balls, dinner-dances of two continents who commanded and insur- up to transport as well as pączki do. cial is sure to liven things up, especially when and similar festivities. A typical event is the rection against Russian invaders of Poland they start dancing the guests. Almond King (Migdałowy Król) celebration. and also aided the cause of American inde- SLEIGHING PARTY (kulig): This Old Pol- The one who finds an almond in his portion pendence. He was the military engineer who ish carnival-season activity is sure to be a hit SHROVE TUESDAY (ostatki): Pączki con- of cake gets to be Almond King for the night, fortified West Point. He also left his American with your group. You need not own your own tinue reigning supreme in the culinary depart- picks his Almond Queen and is able to order fortune for the liberation and education of Ne- horse and sleigh to experience the amusement ment, but for the last time this season. As the of an Old Country kulig. can be re-enacted in ball-goers around to the general merriment of gro slaves. name implies (“ostatni” in Polish means last), modern America. Bundle up and pile abroad a all present. If I woman finds the almond, it this is the final fling of merriment before Ash works the same way. ASH WEDNESDAY / PĄCZKI DAY: In Po- one of more sleighs, have a torch to illuminate land Pączki Day is the last Thursday before each and bring along live band or single musi- Wednesday. Any Pączki Party or dinner dance CANDLEMAS (Święto Matki Boskiej Ash Wednesday (February 13 this year), cian or recorded music. A sleigh ride through held on that day should end abruptly at the Gromnicznej) Feb. 2: This holiday marks known as Tłusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday). In the woods after dusk and back again is fine, stroke of midnight. In fact during the last min- the official end of Poland’s long Christmas French it would be Jeudi Gras. I mention that but including a stop at a farmhouse, log cabin ute or so, the drummer can do a count-down season. It is the day when candles to be use at fact because Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday, or bonfire in a forest clearing is better. Hot of those final seconds. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 17 Pawluskiewcz Fish Spice POLISH CHEF / Robert Strybel KIRKLAND, Wash. —The Pawluskiewcz family — Kasia and Mira — launched their new busi- Mid-Winter Plum and Prune Cookery ness, Northwest Spice Co., with the Plums and prunes have long breasts on both sides into 8 cutlets POLISH PLUM SAUCE (sos sew up. Place duck in baking pan, release its first product, “Alaskan played an important role in the Pol- 1/4” thick. Thinly spread each cut- śliwkowy): In saucepan combine preferably on a rack, and bake in Fish Spice.” ish kitchen. They are especially typ- let with powidła and a sprinkling of 1 c powidła, 1/4 c tomato paste 450° oven 20 min. Reduce heat to The concoction is a delicate ical of the hearty dishes served dur- pepper and marjoram. Roll cutlets or ketchup and 3/4 – 1 c home- 350°, baste with 1 c beer and bake blend of flavors, and the only organ- ing the colder months of the year at up from wider towards narrower made spiced-plum (or store-bought for about 2-1/2 hrs or until done. ic fish spice with herbs and spices. family gatherings, Mardi Gras fes- end. Salt & pepper, bread in flour, spiced-peach) marinade. If neither With fork prick duck to release “It magically flavors the fish just tivities and other social meet-ups. egg wash and bread crumbs and marinade is available, add 1/3 c ci- excess fat and baste with pan drip- enough to bring out the taste of the Here are some examples: place seam-side-down in hot butter der vinegar, 1/2 c water and 1 T sug- pings occasionally. fish instead of overpowering it,” say or oil to seal. Brown on all sides, ar.) Add 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t marjoram, During last half hour surround the Pawluszkiewiczs. POLISH PLUM-BUTTER (powidła then reduce heat and simmer anoth- 1/2 t ground juniper, 1/4 t ground duck in roaster with a dozen or so To learn more, visit northwest- śliwkowe): Powidła imported from er 8-10 min or until fully cooked. black pepper and 1 t Maggi liquid small peeled potatoes and let them spiceco.com; eMail northwestspi- Poland may be found in Polish gro- Drain on absorbent paper and serve seasoning. (Variation: For more cook in the drippings. [email protected]. ceries, delis and import shops across at once. zing, add 2-5 dashes of Tabasco or America. You can also make your other red-pepper sauce.) own, but only around September HUNTER STYLE ROAST CHICK- Mix well, bring to boil, reduce when węgierki (Italian plums) are EN (kurczę po myśliwsku): Wash heat and simmer covered on low plentiful. and pat dry, whole 3-lb broiler-fryer. about 15 min, stirring occasionally Powidła can be spread on bread Rub inside and out with salt, pepper, so it doesn’t scorch. Remove from and rolls, pancakes and crêpes, used 1 t marjoram, 1/2 t ground juniper heat and let stand about 20 min., to fill pastries, including pączki, and (in Polish: jałowiec) and 1 crushed then pack into jar and seal. When in various sauces and meat dishes. bud garlic. Rub outside of chicken cooled to room temp, store in fridge. There is also a plum-butter soup with 1 T oil. Bake in uncovered bak- A nice glaze for roast meat and (below). ing pan in pre-heated 450° oven for poultry, it is also a great condiment 10 min., then reduce heat to 350°. for cold cuts, enriches the flavor of PLUM-BUTTER SOUP (powidlan- Brush chicken generously all over bigos and other dishes and can be ka): In pot combine 2 c home-made with your home-made Polish plum used in place of store-bought steak or store-bought powidła and 4-5 sauce (see below), adding 2-3 T to sauce. c water and bring to boil. Remove the cavity. Pour 1 c water into bot- from heat. Dissolve 1 T cornstarch tom of pan and bake about 1-1/4 hrs ROAST DUCK WITH PRUNES in 1/2 c cold water and gradually stir or until done, basting occasionally (kaczka pieczona ze śliwkami): into soup. Simmer briefly. Season to with pan drippings. Wash and pat dry a 5-6 lb duck taste with a pinch of ground cloves After 45-50 min. of baking, add (fully thawed if its is frozen). Rub and/or cinnamon. Sweeten to taste 12 small peeled potatoes 2-3 car- inside and out with salt, pepper, with sugar if desired and flavor with rots, 6 small onions, 6 fresh mush- marjoram and 1 crushed bud garlic. a squeezing of lemon juice to taste. rooms 12 radishes and let them cook Fill cavity with pitted prunes mixed Optional: 1/2 c sour cream or in the pan drippings. with 1 coarsely chopped onion and coffee cream may be stirred in. Serve over egg noodles or butter- Our Hours are: fried croutons. LOWS KO Ki Lunch O ’S M-F 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ROAST PORK LOIN WITH S PRUNES (schab pieczony ze Fri. Night Dinners “Where You’ll Remember Mama’s... śliwkami): Rub a 4-5 lb boned pork 5:00-9:00 p.m. Gdzie Bêdziesz Pamiêtac Mame” Sat. Night Dinners loin with salt, pepper, marjoram and 17 Spring Street • Oil City, Pa 16301 1-2 buds crushed garlic, place in 4:00-9:00 p.m. JOSEPH C. BROZESKI, Mgr. roaster, smother meat with 2 sliced Lounge open ‘til 1:00 E-mail: [email protected] onions, cover and let stand at room a.m. on Fri. and Sat. temp 1 hr. Remove loin, pat dry, www.pierogipalace.com Cleveland’s Premier sprinkle with flour and brown on Polish American Our pierogi are whole- TEL.: (814) 677-4090 all sides in hot oil or lard to seal in UNIVERSITY INN Restaurant some and fresh, made from juices. Return to roaster. Brown on- CLEVELAND, OHIO Now in our 89th year only the finest ingredients. Toll Free: (877) 727-8359 ions in the pan drippings and return ESTABLISHED IN 1923 in Business They’re good and FAX: (814) 678-2221 to roaster. Add 1 c water and bake in good for you. SHIPPING AVAILABLE • VISA and MC ACCEPTED 375° oven 1 hr. Meanwhile, soak 2 Featured on the Travel (216) 771-9236 c unpitted prunes in water to cover & Food Network www.sokolowskis.com Keep Alive This Heritage! Visit www.polishheritageproject.com 20 min and add to roaster. Bake an- Check out the Polish Heritage Project and PHP Memorial Park other 90 min or until tender but not overcooked. Cut the loin in 2 to see if it is no longer pink inside. Serve d d with rice or barley. Or, small peeled T H E POLISH KITCHEN S T O R E potatoes may be added to roaster to cook in the drippings during the last TO ORDER CALL (800) 422-1275, M-F, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. OR USE FORM ON PAGE 19 30 min or so. MOLDS APRONS GROCERY TOTE HANDTOWELS PORK TENDERLOIN STUFFED Easy to use! $20.00 each plus $5.00 s&h $12.50 each plus $5.00 s&h $8.50 each plus $5.00 s&h WITH PRUNES (polędwiczki To make with Proclaim your Polish heritage with this “Smacznego!” It’s how the Poles say Hanging towels. Machine embroi- wieprzowe nadziewane śliwkami): butter, simply lovely restaurant-style apron. 100% “bon appetit!” perfect for filling with dered designs. Useful and attractive. Split pork tenderloin lengthwise coat the mold Cotton Apron featuring two gener- groceries or as a gift for your favorite Red with white towel (cloth may vary). without cutting through. Spread with vegetable ous pockets. Quality red cloth with Polish American shopper. This Grocery oil (spray type works best), press in meat out on board butterfly fashion machine-embroidered lettering and Bag/Tote is made of canvas with wo- softened butter, clamp halves together, design. One size fits all! ven nylon handles. Bag measures 17” and pound thicker places with mal- place and refrigerator until hardened let to even them out. Sprinkle with across x 12” deep, by 4” wide across the and you’re done. For chocolate, just pour bottom. Machine embroidered. salt, pepper, garlic powder and mar- and let harden. It’s that easy! Clean with joram, spread surface with 1 c or so soap and warm water. whole or chopped pitted prunes, roll EASTER BUTTER LAMB MOLD meat up and fasten with skewers Small 3-1/2” width by 3” tall or tie with string. Dust with flour, # 1-600 $4.95 POLISH CHICK I LOVE KIELBASA shake off excess on brown on all Large 5” width by 4” tall 2-213 2-212 sides in hot lard or oil. # 1-601 $7.95 Place on rack in open roasting I LOVE PIEROGI pan, add 2 c water to pan and bake 2-225 in 350° oven 80 min or until ten- der, basting occasionally. Let stand several min before removing skew- ers or string and slicing. Combine pan drippings with enough water to make 3 c. Add 1 crushed beef bouil- SMACZNEGO TOTE BAG I LOVE PIEROGI POLISH CHEF 2-221 2-212 2-211 lon cube, 1 T white dry wine and I LOVE CZARNINA POLISH CHEF 2 t cider vinegar and bring to boil. 2-223 2-220 Thicken with a little flour and sim- POLISH / ENGLISH RECIPE BOOKS ON PAGE 19 EASTER WORDS MOLD. $8.95 mer briefly. Season with salt, pepper MANY MORE ITEMS AT 12-coin mold. Each coin is 1-inch POLAMJOURNAL.COM and marjoram if necessary. Serve across x 1/4” deep. Includes Polish and with rice or buckwheat. English for: Happy Easter, Easter Mon- day, Basket Blessing, Butter Lamb, Eas- BREADED CHICKEN ROLL-UPS ter Eggs, Sausage, and more! Great Gifts (zrazy zawijane z kurczęcia): $4.00 S&H ON ALL MOLDS POLISH CHICK FOREVER POLISH POLISH CHICK POLISH PRINCESS Pound 4 skinned and halved chicken $1.00 each additional mold 2-224 2-222 2-236 2-237 anytime of the year! 18 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

THIS PAGE SPONSORED BY POLISH CHILDREN’S HEARTLINE begins its 26th year of helping children. An all volunteer non-profit organization receiving generous dona- Polish Children’s tions from Polonia and American supporters makes it possible for over 2000 Polish children to be treated annually by cardiac surgeons and physicians Heartline, Inc. in hospitals in Poland. As requested, equipment critical to pediatric care is provided to six hospitals in Zabrze, , Lodz, Suwalki, Bialystok and A Non-Profit Corporation—State of NJ Grajewo. Contributions may be made in memory of and/or honor of family and friends. Each donation is tax exempt and acknowledged. We thank you for your support and ask for your continued support for much help is still needed. For information call 732-680-0680 or visit our website: 177 Broadway PolishChildrensHeartline.org. “ If we don’t help our Polish children, who will?” Ronald Syslo, President Clark , NJ 07066

Novel about the November Rising Released THE OLD COUNTRY / Richard Poremski CHICAGO — In the past De- into the Polish national psyche and cember The Warsaw Conspiracy his vigorous prose make this a com- was released. The story focuses on pelling page-turner as we learn the the Polish Cadets’ Revolution of fate of our heroines Anna and Zofia 1830-31. and their family. Historical facts and On November 29, 1830 Polish details of daily life combine to keep cadets rose up against Russia, call- you riveted to the page.” ing for independence—and a great Push Not the River, is a novel number of the populace followed based on the diary of Anna Ber- suit in nearly a year’s-long struggle ezowska, a Polish countess who against a czar who had declared Po- lived through the rise and fall of the land his and himself King of Poland. Third of May Constitution in the Known for his novel Push Not the River, based on the diary of 1790s. After working on the proj- a Polish countess, and its sequel ect for some years without raising Against a Crimson Sky, James Con- interest within the publishing com- royd Martin takes his characters into munity, Martin self-published in this tumultuous era with The War- 2001. Just one year later, St. Mar- saw Conspiracy. While the finale tin’s Press purchased the book and to the trilogy crowns the work (Ko- released a hard cover edition in Sep- niec wieńczy dzieło), the story fully tember 2003. Polish and German stands on its own. The end crowns the work. Following rights sold almost immediately. Respecting Nazi Germany’s victims. Auschwitz Memorial, Against a Crimson Sky, The Warsaw The Polish edition, Nie ponaglaj Oswiecim, Poland. May 22, 1976. synopsis. Engaging and opulent, Conspiracy completes a trilogy be- rzeki, was released in May of 2005, The Warsaw Conspiracy unfolds as gun with Push Not the River, a novel became a best-seller, and sold out in CIEKAWOSTKI / Martin S. Nowak a family saga set against the No- based on a diary of a Polish countess. a matter of months. Anna’s story had vember Rising (1830-1831), par- come full circle: Polish to English quality paperback and in the Kindle titioned Poland’s daring challenge to Polish! Pod purpurowym niebem, e-book format. Other channels in- to the Russian Empire. Brilliantly the translation of Against a Crimson Into The Heavens illustrating the psyche of a people clude www.ThingsPolish.com with One Pole and a few Polish Amer- piter’s thirteenth moon, Leda, and more to come. The Polish American Sky, also became a bestseller when determined to reclaim independence published in December of 2007. icans have traveled into space. The fourteenth, Themisto. He also dis- in the face of monumental odds, the Journal is offering autographed cop- first and only Polish citizen to go into covered the first Centaurian object ies in its Bookstore. (See page 19 or Also in 2007, Martin was awarded story portrays two brothers and their a Gold Medal from the American outer space was General Mirosław in the solar system as well as sev- fates in love and war. Michał is a order on-line at polamjournal.com). Institute of Polish Culture. Hermaszewski, who participated in eral asteroids, and comets that bear seasoned veteran soldier, cautious of Leonard Kniffel, former Ameri- Martin, who holds degrees from the Soviet space program. In 1978 his name. Polish Australian Antoni the evolving conspiracy; Józef, his can Libraries Editor-in-Chief, St. Ambrose and DePaul Univer- he was launched into space along Przybylski’s weird heavy metal star much younger brother and impas- writes: “If you thought the first two is called Przybylski’s Star. sities, is a longtime English and with a Russian cosmonaut and spent sioned cadet, finds himself caught installments of James Conroyd Mar- eight days circling the globe in the Other bodies and features with creative writing teacher at Marian up in the vortex of a daring plot to tin’s historical trilogy were enthrall- Soviet space station Salyut. Polish Polish-related names include the Catholic High School in Chicago abduct the Grand Duke of Russia. ing, wait until you read the third. Americans who have traveled into following: With Siberia or emigration to France More than a simple adventure or Heights, Ill. He is working on his space as part of the U.S. space shut- Asteroids: Silesia, Gedania looming as heart-rending contingen- romance, The Warsaw Conspiracy fourth novel, the centerpiece of tle program have been first Karol J. (Gdańsk), Polonia, Wawel, Krakow, cies, matriarchs Anna and Zofia stay is a heart-stopping journey through which is the Battle of Vienna in Bobko in 1983, followed in subse- Minkowski, Smoluchowski, Co- steadfast in their resolve to steer the post-Napoleon Poland as another 1683; it highlights the love and as- quent years by Scott E. Parazynski, pernicus, Curie, Straczynski, Lem, clan through ever-muddying waters. generation of freedom-loving Poles pirations of a young man whose fer- George D. Zamka and James A. Ryba, Chopin. Initially, the book is available resists the domination of a hostile vent — but unlikely —dream is to Pawelczyk. Lunar Craters: Copernicus, from www.Amazon.com both in neighbor. Martin’s uncanny insight be a Polish hussar. Space travel would not have been Sierpinski, Dziewulski, Barache- possible without the study and hard wicz, Dembowski, Drygalski, Hev- NEW BOOKS work of many throughout the cen- elius, Sklodowska, Curie, Arminski, turies. Among them have been sev- Sniadecki, Gadomski, Wapowski, New E-Book Examines Pol- ish neighborhood demolished by the first index. Names of the pastors eral Poles. Kazimierz Siemienowicz Wroblewski. ish Heroism. A true story of General Motors to make way for a of the eight Catholic churches in (1600-51) was a Polish nobleman, Mercury Craters: Chopin, Polish heroism is the core of a new new factory in 1981 after the city Poletown are listed during this time military officer and expert. Mickiewicz historical novel now available as an claimed eminent domain. frame along with the major individ- He is considered to be one of the Venus Features: Craters Janina, E-book from Amazon.com. Along with a street index in al- uals who participated in the creation fathers of science and pub- Jadwiga, Landowska, Konopnicka, In the darkest period of World phabetical order of all the streets, of the GM Poletown Plant. lished a book that included chapters Olesnicka, Corpman (wife of Hewe- War II, Hitler is about to launch a churches and businesses are listed, The book is available from Tom on the production and properties liusz), Wanda, Zosia, Nalkowska. massive ballistic missile attack on street by street, along with their ad- Sosnowski, CPA, 67 W. Columbia of missiles, including long range Also Baba Jaga Chasma, Dziwica England and the European conti- dress, if known, based on the 1963 Avenue Pontiac, MI 48340; (248) multi-stage . Konstantin Chasma, Zywie Corona, Jutrzenka nent. There is no defense against City of Detroit East Side Directory, 334-7522; tomscpayahoo.com. The Ciołkowski (1857-1935) was a Pol- Valles. the V-2 missiles, and Allied intelli- and advertising from various jubilee price is $12.00 plus $3.00 s&h. ish Russian who is considered to be Mars Features: Craters Coper- gence is desperate to find an intact books and personal recollections. Sosnowski has also created a one of the founding fathers of mod- nicus, Curie, Sklodowska. Also Vis- missile to analyze in the hope of The street boundaries are: Can- 2013 calendar of the Oldest Pol- ern rocketry and space flight. He tula Valles. developing countermeasures. The field from the south; Russell from ish Churches in Metropolitan De- influenced later Russian scientists The great Polish astronomer Jan missiles are being tested over Po- the west; Mt. Elliott from the east; troit. The churches are presented who developed the Soviet space Heweliusz, also known as Hevelius, land, and the Polish underground and E. Grand Blvd. from the north. in chronological order according to program. And Polish American has the distinction of having por- undertakes an incredibly dangerous The second index features the the year founded. This calendar is Stanisław Ulam (1909-84) originat- trayed and named in the late 1680s mission to capture a V-2. They then churches and businesses named in $25.00 plus $3.00 s&h. ed the idea of a space ship propelled seven constellations recognized work with the British to concoct an by controlled nuclear explosions, by the International Astronomical equally risky mission to fly it out of yet, if ever, to be developed. Union (IAU), the official sanctioner occupied Poland. Written by Den- BOOKS IN BRIEF / Florence Waszkelewicz Clowes MLIS Mieczysław Bekker (1905-89) of astronomical names. They are: nis Ciapura, The Vengeance Game, was a military engineer who de- Canes Venatici (Hunting Dogs), based on actual events, is their story, signed off-road vehicles for the Pol- Lacerta (Lizard), Leo Minor (Little but it’s also the story of a terrorist Down but Not Out ish army. During World War II he Lion), Lynx (Lynx), Sextans (Sex- attempt to launch the same kind of LOOKING FOR PRZYBYLSKI capable of fingering him. Ziggy de- fled to France then Canada where he tant), Vulpecula (Fox) and Scutum missile against the U.S. homeland by K.C. Frederick cides he will find Przybylski and worked in those countries’ armies. Sobiescianum (Sobieski’s Shield). nearly 70 years later on the 2015 an- Permanent Press, 2012 confront him. Inner dialogue pro- After the war he came to the U.S. The last constellation was named in niversary of 9/11. 232 pp., $28.00 vides insight to the Ziggy’s turmoil. where he worked for General Mo- honor of Poland’s King Jan III So- The Vengeance Game may be Ziggy Czarnecki is despondent. When he learns the man is living tors developing the Lunar Rover bieski, hero of the Battle of Vienna purchased for $6.99 directly from Living in a working class neigh- in Los Angeles, he takes the Grey- Vehicle. During the Apollo 15, 16 and financial supporter of Hewe- the Amazon.com Kindle store. Free borhood he wonders why he hasn’t hound bus across country. On the and 17 missions, his Moon Rovers liusz. In 1922 the IAU shortened downloads of reader apps for all logged seventy-five flawless lunar its official name to Scutum, or the made something of himself. He trip he bonds with a couple of men popular tablets and smart phones are had once been a big guy, on top of miles, and they stand on the Moon Shield, apparently because it was who have problems of their own. available. The story is also available things, but now his life has had a as permanent memorials to his ge- the only constellation named for a as a screenplay, and a future movie downturn and the slow demise of The character descriptions are vivid nius. political figure, which went against is planned. Detroit matches his feelings. Ever and alive, with descriptions of the Many celestial bodies and plan- IAU’s standards. There is no indica- since the cops busted in on his num- countryside which are reminiscent etary features have been named by tion of anti-Polish bias in the deci- Revisiting Poletown. A bers game, his hard-scrabble life has of the Richard Russo’s writings. Polish astronomers and many bear sion and the constellation is still bound 39-page brochure features gotten worse. And Ziggy feels it all When Ziggy finally finds Przybyl- names in honor of famous Poles. popularly called Sobieski’s Shield. colored maps of Detroit’s Pole- came down because of Przybylski, ski, he learns much about himself The Polish American Charles It can be found near the head of town from 1979 and 1981, the Pol- a guy who never liked him and was as well. Kowal discovered and named Ju- Sagittarius. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 19 TO ORDER ON LINE: TO ORDER BY PHONE, M-F, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.: TO ORDER MAIL, USE FORM BELOW PAJ BOOKSTORE www.polamjournal.com (800) 422-1275 • (716) 312-8088 VISA, MC, AMEX and DISC ACCEPTED TREASuRED of the people and places from pre-his- most from this Forgotten Holocaust has become POLISH FOLk POLISH SONGS tory to today. Includes a full chronol- sequel,” says Su- a classic of World War II literature. As LEGENDS WITH ENGLISH ogy, a list of monarchs and rulers, a zanne Strempek Norman Davies noted, “Dr. Richard Lu- by Florence TRANSLATIONS gazetteer and historical maps. Shea. The award- kas has rendered a valuable service, by Waszkelewicz $24.95 winning author showing that no one can properly ana- Clowes 350 pp., hc THE POLISH picks up where lyze the fate of one ethnic community $14.95 Polonie AmERICANS Push Not the in occupied Poland without referring In nity Pub., Publishing from the “Major River leaves off , to the fates of others. In this sense, The 2010, 208 pp, pb. A magnifi cent American tak ing the char- Forgotten Holocaust is a powerful cor- Forty leg- collec tion of Pol- Immigration acters 20 years rective.” The third edition includes a ends collected ish songs with musical scores for voice Series” into the fascinat- new preface by the author, a new fore- in Poland or re- and piano accompaniment. Included by Donna Lock ing Napoléonic word by Norman Davies, a short his- searched in many are folk songs, lullabies, religious, art REDuCED to era, highlighting the exploits of the tory of ZEGOTA, the underground gov- books and periodi cals, including Po- songs and bal lads, solo and quartet ar- $12.95! glorious Polish lancers. ernment organization working to save land’s fi rst written history by Muenster rangements and more. Enhanced with (was) $22.95 the Jews, and an annotated listing of in 895 that states King Popiel reigned colorful Werten illustra tions, the book Full color NEW! THE many Poles executed by the Germans in Polonia 246 years before Christ. features authentic Pol ish lyrics with illustrated. Ages 9-12. Mason Crest WARSAW for trying to shelter and save Jews. beautiful English translations. Ideal Publish ers. 2008. 64 pp. hc. 9”x6” CONSPIRACy OLD SECRETS for both musician and appreciative lis- A look at why Poles, as part of Amer- by James C. NIGHT OF NEvER DIE tener alike. ica’s melting pot, have maintained a Martin FLAmES: A Bashia Gordon stronger hold on their traditions and Hussar Quill Press, A Novel of Mystery BOCHEk IN customs than most other immigrant 508 pp., pb. World War Two $14.95 POLAND groups. $17.99 by Douglas W. by Florence W. $11.95 P o r t r a y i n g Jacobson Clowes and Lois 54 pp., Polonie PuSH NOT two brothers in $16.95 J. Blackburn Publishing THE RIvER love and war, 384 pp. pb., In nity A First Prize by James C. The Warsaw Con- McBooks Press Publishing, 2007, winner in a lit- Martin spiracy completes the trilogy begun In 1939 the 220 pp, pb. erary contest $15.95 with Push Not the River and Against a Germans in vade Bashia Gor- sponsored by St. Martin’s Press. Crimson Sky. You need not have read Poland, setting don, semi-retired interior decora- the American 496 the others to enjoy this family saga set off a rising storm of violence and de- tor and amateur sleuth, is at it again. Council of Polish Cultural Clubs, this pp.pb. Maps & against the November Rising (1830- struction. For Anna, an assistant pro- When she learns her friend Connecti- is a delightful, captivat ing children’s wycinanki illust. 1831). Michał is a seasoned soldier; his fessor at a university in Krakow; and cut State Trooper Mark Jankowski, is story about the life of storks and many Reading impassioned brother and cadet, Józef, Jan an offi cer in the Pol ish cavalry, investigating the death of one of her of the Polish customs they encounter. Group Guide becomes caught up in the plot to ab- the loss is unimaginable. Separated clients, Gladys Goodell, her curiosity Beautifully illus trated and educational, AUTO- duct the Grand Duke of Russia. With by war, they must fi nd their own way takes over. Soon a mummifi ed baby is it will be thoroughly enjoyed by adults GRAPHED! This book club favorite Siberia or emigration heart-rending in a world where everything they ever found in the old Goodell home. None as well as children. is based on the real diary of a Polish contingencies, matriarchs Anna and knew is gone. of the Goodell sisters ever married. countess who lived through the rise Zofi a attempt to steer the clan through Whose baby could this be? A TRAvELLER’S and fall of the Third of May Constitu- ever-muddying waters. THE kATyN ORDER HISTORy OF tion years, a time of great turmoil. Viv- by Douglas W. Jacobson BONES IN THE BACkyARD POLAND id, romantic, and thrillingly paced, the FORGOTTEN $24.95 A Bashia Gordon Mystery —$14.95 by John novel has been called “Poland’s Gone HOLOCAuST: 384 pp. hc., McBooks Press by Florence W. Clowes and Lois J. Radzilowski with the Wind.” The Poles American Adam Nowak has been Blackburn In nity Publishing, 2001, REdUCEd TO Under German dropped into Poland by British intel- 198 pp, pb. $10.95 AGAINST A CRImSON Sky Occupation, ligence as an assassin and Resistance In the quiet corner of northeastern (was $14.95 ) by James C. Martin 1939-45. Third fi ghter. During the Warsaw Uprising Connecticut, semi-retired interior dec- 312 pp. ill., maps. $15.95 edition he meets Natalia, a covert operative orator, Bashia Gordon, turns amateur pb. St. Martin’s 369 pp.pb. Map & $19.95 who has lost everything. Amid the Al- sleuth when she and her Peace Corps A comprehen- wycinanki illust. Reading Group Guide 358 pp. pb. lied power struggle left by Germany’s friend, Dottie Weeks, uncover a frag- sive histori cal sur- AUTOGRAPHED! “You don’t have Hippocrene defeat, Adam and Natalia join in a des- mented skeleton in a septic tank. How vey guides travelers through a history to read Push Not the River to get the Books. perate hunt for the 1940 Soviet order did it get there? Who is it? Could the authorizing the murders of 20,000 Pol- bones be the wealthy eccentric who ish army offi cers and civilians. disappeared years ago? mANy mORE BOOkS ON-LINE AT POLAmJOuRNAL.COm COOKBOOKS Lepiej wydać na piekarza, niż na aptekarza! THE POLISH incorporation in the Polish-American This unique cookbook actually rep- Send to: POL-Am JOuRNAL COuNTRy mainstream culture. licates recipes taken from menus of ORDER P.O. BOx 271 kITCHEN Polish Holiday Cookery covers holi- Motor City and surrounding area res- FORM NORTH BOSTON, Ny 14110 COOkBOOk days such as Christmas and Easter, as taurants. It shows you how to make an $16.95 well as celebrations year-round. Ideas entire menu right in your kitchen that ITEM / TITLE PRICE QNTY. TOTAL by Sophie Knab for banquets, picnics, dinners, and tastes and smells just like the restau- 337 pp., pb., Ill. family favorites abound throughout, rant. Soups, salads, dressings, sand- H i p p o c r e n e ensuring that cooks have a selection of wiches, stuff ed cabbage, and more. Books dishes for any occasion. This popular POLISH PIEROGI: From the cookbook by be- POLISH Old Country to the loved Polish American author Sophie CLASSIC Old Neighborhood — $10.00 Hodorowicz Knab is now updated with RECIPES by Eva Gerwecki, 48 pp., sc. a new section on Polish Feasts and $16.95 A collection of “secret” recipes, tips, Festivals! Knab combines recipes for by Laura and and more for not only fi llings and top- favorite Polish foods with the history Peter Zeranski pings, but a variety of dough recipes and cultural traditions that created 2011, 96 pp., h.c., as well. Over 150 recipes with regional them. Arranged according to the cycle index, 100 color variations, from California to New York! of seasons, this cookbook explores life photographs by Matthew Aron Roth in the Polish countryside through the Designed for the modern kitchen TREASuRED yet retaining traditional roots, each year, giving readers priceless histori- POLISH SHIPPING CHARGES SUBTOTAL (all boxes)  cal information to common questions heritage recipe in Polish Classic Recipes RECIPES FOR $.001-$20.00 ...... $6.95 asked by descendants of Polish im- has been tested to perfection. Accom- AmERICANS $20.01-$35.00 ...... $8.95 NY & FLA residents-add sales tax  migrants. Lovely illustrations by Elliott panied by notes on Polish holiday cus- $14.95 $35.01-$65.00 ...... $9.95 Hutten and pearls of practical wisdom toms, history, and menu pairing sug- Polonie $65.01-$95.00 ...... $12.95 S&H (See chart, left) $95.01-$125.00 ...... $14.95 from the old Polish kitchen marvel- gestions, these dishes off er a fl avorful Publishing sample of the Polish dining experi- $125.01-$200.00 ...... $18.95 TOTAL TO SUBMIT TO PAJ  ously complement this book. This title 170 pp., h.c. Over $200.00 ...... Call includes over 100 easy-to-follow reci- ence, as passed down from generation The fi rst com- pes, and a detailed bibliography and to generation. plete, hard cover PRINT CLEARLY OR ATTACH AddRESS LABEL. resource guide. collection of Pol ish cookery in the Eng- THIS IS YOUR SHIPPING LABEL. THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD POLISH lish language published in the United POLISH COOkBOOk: Hamtramck, Detroit States. Researched from old Polish From: POL-AM JOURNAL HOLIDAy and Beyond — $10.00 cookbooks and recipes collected from P.O. BOX 271, NORTH BOSTON, NY 14110 COOkERy by Elna Lavine, 44 pp., sc. the best Polish American cooks, it also $24.95 Ninety-six recipes from the famed contains stories of Polish festivities and To: NAME by Robert Strybel Polonia of Detroit. Breakfast, lunch, customs such as Christmas Eve wigilia, 248 pp., hc. dinner pastries, pierogi, kluski, cream Harvest Festival dożynki and the foods ADDRESS Hippocrene chipped beef, soups, desserts and to celebrate them. Perfect for home Books more. cooks or to give as a special gift. Polish Holi- CITY day Cookery POLISH GIRL COOkBOOk GIFT PACk acquaints read- $10.00 12 FAvORITE STATE ZIP ers with traditional Polish foods as- by Eva Gerweck, 44 pp., sc. GLOSS-COAT sociated with various occasions and Another cookbook full of recipes POLISH RECIPE from Detroit’s Old Polish neighbor- furnishes countless cooking tips and CARDS [ ] CHECK or M.O. ENCLOSED serving suggestions. This “instruction hoods. Appetizers, entrees, breads, $5.00. by Polonie Publishing. manual for the culturally aware Polish desserts, and more! Upper Peninsula Appealing red-ribbon cello packet [ ] AMEX [ ] DISC [ ] MC [ ] VISA style pastries, potato salad, pastries, American” off ers more than 400 reci- of the most popular and treasured rec- CARD NO. pes, along with a lexicon of basic foods babka, breads, and more. ipes, in cluding Cabbage Rolls, Turkey and culinary concepts, ingredients Cutlets with Mush room Sauce, Baked EXP. DATE SECURITY CODE and procedures, and sample menus. POLISH RESTAuRANT COOkBOOk Apples in Red Wine and more. Handy The clearly-written recipes facilitate $10.00 for your recipe box— perfect as party DAYTIME PHONE ( ) the preparation of the dishes and their by Jonathan Becklar, 44 pp., sc. favors or hostess gifts! 20 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2013

AMERICAN POLONIA AT A GLANCE Sulowski’s Regiment Filmed Polish Remedy Jersey Division. Jerry Imiola (sgt.-at-arms). The Wallington Council Members Iz- Oath of Offi ce was administered by for “Museum Secrets” Show Gains Popularity abela Bacza and Mark Tomko were the Hon. Judge Michael Pietruszka CRETE, Ill. — Polish and Amer- also in attendance. of Erie County Court. ican cultures meet at many intersec- Poland’s Independence Day is Three scholarships were also tions, particularly through foods. traditionally celebrated on Nov. 11, awarded to: Katie Mediak (Erie Sometimes, though, getting through but the ceremony was postponed Community College – General an intersection may be uncertain. following Hurricane Sandy. More Studies); Jesse Roll (Erie Commu- This is what John Pilcher learned than 50 people, most of whom are nity College – Business Adminis- when he started growing aronia ber- Polish born Americans, came out to tration); and Audrelle Gospodarski ries on his farm near Momence, Ill., celebrate their heritage. Polish inde- (Niagara Community College – Po- an hour’s drive from Chicago. pendence, as Adriana Wos-Mysli- lice Science). Aronia is a fruit native to North weic said, is an achievement earned Other awards given were” “Man America. It’s been grown in Poland after “decades of long endured sac- of the Year” —Richard Zolnowski; and central Europe for over 40 years, rifi ce.” Wos-Mysliweic, a prosecu- “Business Person of the Year” — and used widely in juices, jams, syr- tor at Bergen County Central Mu- Maria Guillot’; and “President’s ups and teas. Aronia’s health bene- nicipal Court, also spoke and was Awards,” given to Andrew Skrzyp- fi ts have been well-researched. The honored at the event. czyik and Raymond Broderick for fruit has also been grown commer- “Polish Americans have much to their outstanding and dedicated ser- cially in the United States for over be proud of,” said Urbankowski. vice to the association. 20 years, yet most Americans don’t “Bergen County is home to thou- know about it. sands of Polish Americans who still PAPA to Convene Polish people are accustomed to have their heritage in their hearts, LOS ANGELES — 17th century Polish winged hussar re-enactment its fl avor, but because of the dark their tradition, language and culture in Pittsburgh group Suligowski’s Regiment has just wrapped completing an epi- blue color, Americans expect it to in their homes,” said Urbankowski. PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Priest sode of “Museum Secrets” for The (Canadian) History Channel/BBC/ taste like blueberries. One man tried The Polish Army Veterans of representatives of the three Roman Smithsonian Channels. to be polite after tasting it and said, America, Post 99 saluted the fl ag. Catholic of Altoona-John- Group founder Rik Sulima-Suligowski Fox — being interviewed “Well, it’s not real sweet.” And that Wallington’s own Aria Choir, the stown, Greensburg, and Pittsburgh above — said he was contacted by the director of a production com- was the end of the conversation. oldest Polish organization in the gathered for the fi rst planning meet- pany for this show from Canada in August of 2012. The company was Pilcher’s Coldbrook Farm is the United States, performed under the ing for the 24th Annual Convention in need of live action shots to accompany a special on a winged hus- largest aronia berry grower in Illi- direction of Yaga Chudy. Members of the Polish American Priests As- sar armor display in the State Museum in Moscow. nois. For more information, contact sang the “Star Spangled Banner,” sociation, April 8-12, 2013. The episode also deals specifi cally with the winged hussars and John Pilcher at (708) 227-2807, aro- followed by a stirring rendition of The meeting was held in the rec- the secrets and weapons that gave them their advantage as lords of [email protected]; or visit Coldbrook- “Dabrowski’s Mazurka,” Poland’s tory of Immaculate Heart of Mary the battlefi elds of Central Europe for nearly 200 years, but in particu- Farm.net. national anthem. parish on Polish Hill. The theme lar, during the historic time period of 1610-1618. — northjersey.com chosen is “Growth in Holiness,” Although usually depicted in popular 19th century paintings and Hurricane-Delayed with the Rev. Demetrius Gallizin modern fi lms wearing the wings in pairs, hussars did not wear their Independence Day Pulaski Police and Fr. Justin Figas, OFM Conv. wings in pairs until the time of Sobieski in the second-half of the 17th as role models. Both priests made century. Until then, the wings were affi xed to their saddles. Finally Observed Install New Officers valuable contributions to the growth The episode for Season Three might be seen as early as February. WALLINGTON, N.J. — Pol- BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Dec. 1, of Catholicism in southwestern For more information, visit museumsecrets.tv. ish Americans and county offi cials 2012 The Pulaski Police Associa- Pennsylvania, and will be featured For more information on the Suligowski Regiment, visit husaria.us. came together on Dec. 5 for a be- tion of Buffalo and Western New with special presentations. lated celebration of Poland’s Inde- York held its Annual Christmas Priests who gathered were Rev. pendence Day. Party at the Polish Falcons Hall in Msgr Przybocki, Revs. Ronald daemen College Annouces Exchange Wallington Councilwoman Ce- Depew. Osinski, Joseph Swierczynski, Tim- Program with Przemsyl; Hosts General Irzyk lina Urbankowski helped plan and The night’s festivities included othy Whalen, Lawrence Hoppe, and organize the celebration, which the election of association offi cers: Rev. Canon Joseph Sredzinski. AMHERST, N.Y. — Daemen headed across Europe and relieved was held outside the administrative Al Ziemecki (pres.); Marty Bochin- In addition to National Offi cers College president Edwin Clausen the surrounded forces at Bastogne building in Hackensack’s Bergen ski (v.p.); Dave Gorski (2nd v.p.); of PAPA, several bishops, over 100 announced the formal student / during the Battle of the Bulge. Gen. County Plaza. Urbankowski also Mike Stack (3rd v.p.); Darryl Bo- delegates and a probable cardinal faculty exchange between Daemen Izyrk was wounded twice and re- serves as president of the Polish rawski (rec. sec.); Ron Skotnicki from Europe are expected for the and the Easter European State High ceived the Purple Heart with Oak American Congress, Northern New (treas.); Paul Manno (fi n. sec.); and gathering, which includes the Con- School in Przemysl, Poland, for Leaf Clusters, and the nation’s sec- vention Mass. His Excellency the joint research opportunities. Among ond highest decoration for valor, the Most Rev. David Zubik of Pitts- those attending the announcement Distinguished Service Cross. PAJ SUBSCRIPTION FORM burgh will serve as Celebrant and was Daemen Associate Professor homilist in Immaculate Heart of of History and Government Andrew Wise,, and International Relations Looking for Singers NEW SUBSCRIBER RENEWAL AddRESS Mary church, built by Polish immi- District VII of the Polish Sing- Offi ce Coordinator Agata Obrantan- Fill out form. If Please include CHANGE grants in 1898. The church is in the ers Alliance of America cordially ska, for the school in Przemsyl. gift subscription, address label Enter new address registry of Historical landmarks. invites vocalists to join them as In November, U.S. Army Briga- please fi ll out address from paper below. Please include PAPA was founded in 1990 by the organization prepares for its dier General Albin F. Irzyk (ret). of recipient. address label from Bishop now Emeritus John Yanta 125th anniversary in 2014. For- was the guest speaker at Daemen, KEEP OUR POLISH HERITAGE ALIVE! paper. of San Antonio, Texas. Delegates mer members are encouraged to SUBSCRIBE TO THE PAJ TODAY! where he expressed his fi rst-per- continue to gather yearly to address rejoin, and the PSAA welcomes son insights into the experience of issues facing Polonia and to give af- new voices for choruses in New 1 YEAR—$22.00 PAYMENT ENCLOSEd fi ghting in World War II. He spoke fi rmation to fellow members spread Britain, Conn., Passaic and Wal- 2 YEARS—$41.00 PLEASE BILL ME Your subscription will not to 100 veterans, students, faculty throughout the United States and lington, N.J.; Greenpoint, South 3 YEARS—$57.00 begin until your check clears. members, and community leaders. beyond. Brooklyn, Hempsted, and Ridge- CHARGE TO MY: VISA AMEX He served in the European The- FOREIGN and Registration notices will be sent wood, N.Y., and Philadelphia. MASTERCARd dISCOVER atre as a 27-year-old tank battalion CANADIAN RATES: in early 2013 for lodging, meals, Call (516) 822-0358; (917) 288- commander in Gen. George S. Pat- See prices printed CARd NO. book advertisements, and schedul- 2261; (718) 852-6812; or (718) ton’s Third Army. That group spear- on page 2. For library, ing for the Convention Banquet. 720-6089. institution, and bulk rates, please call EXP. dATE CSV COdE 1 (800) 422-1275 St. Stanislaus Parish Receives Sacred Sites Grant for Belfry Repair NAME ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The New huge steel beams set into the tower made in 1912, the third in 1916). York Landmarks Conservancy has masonry. The inscriptions contain the names awarded St. Stanislaus Kostka Par- As part of the project, the parish of the bells (given, according to Ro- NO. STREET APT. NO. ish a matching grant of $9,000 to man Catholic tradition, when the help fund repairs to the belfry of bells were blessed and installed), the parish’s historic church. The as well as the names of parishio- CITY, STATE, zIP competitive award is from the Con- ners who donated for their purchase servancy’s Sacred Sites Program 100 years ago. Current members of dIGITAL EdITION. To receive the PAJ as an Adobe PDF fi le, please initial here ______. Print your e-mail address below. This replaces your print edition. which has given $7.3 million in as- the parish were intrigued to see the sistance to more than 670 houses of names of the original donors, some E-MAIL AddRESS worship in New York State since the of whom have descendants in the program’s inception 26 years ago. parish today, and to learn that the MOVING? Please note the Post Offi ce will NOT FORWARd St. Stanislaus’ project, overseen bells are named in honor of St. Stan- SECONd-CLASS MAIL. If you move, you must notify our offi ce. by Bero Architecture, involved re- islaus, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, placement of the fl oor at the belfry and St. Joseph. THREE EASY WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE! level of the church’s tower. The The grant for the belfry project MAIL TO: PAJ SUBSCRIPTION dEPARTMENT original, 100 year-old metal fl oor is the sixth that St. Stanislaus Par- P.O. BOX 328, BOSTON, NY 14025-0328 – deteriorated beyond repair – was ish has received from the New York replaced with a multiple-ply mem- Landmarks Conservancy. Since CALL: 1 (800) 422-1275 or (716) 312-8088 brane construction installed by the 1998, St. Stanislaus’ congregation M-F 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. EST CSTM roofi ng company. The three has restored many elements of the ON LINE: www.polamjournal.com bells housed in the tower were documented the inscriptions on the Romanesque Revival church con- SECURE SERVER (Amex, disc., MC, Visa, and PayPal) raised from the fl oor by the Verdin bells which were made by the Me- structed in 1909 to serve Roches- bell company and reinstalled on neely Company of Troy, N.Y. (two ter’s Polish immigrant families.