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PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED GERMAN-HUNGARIANS OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY
VOLUME SIXTY-NINE
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—CATHY E. FORD—
NUMBER 5
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OAKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
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MAY 2014
A CULTURAL EXHIBIT
To Be Inducted into SEPA Hall of Fame There are many names within our German Hungarian soccer tradition that ring PRESENTED AND CURATED BY THE with a certain gravitas when spoken in our PHILADELPHIA DONAUSCHWABEN | TRENTON DONAUSCHWABEN |UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIANS parts of Eastern Pa. Cathy Ford is one of As the first part of the ongoing Living History Days 2014, A them. When names like hers to this day Cultural Exhibit will take place at the Donauschwaben Philacontinue to appear on line-up sheets every delphia over the weekend of June 13, 14 and 15 of 2014. CATHY FORD Sunday they transition from mere mainLiving History Days 2014 is aptly subtitled, “A Year-Long Celestays of a team-unit to legends of the game. bration of the History, Traditions & Life of the Ethnic GerFord began her storied soccer career at age eleven mans.” The Cultural Exhibit is the opening event of this celeplaying for Wissinoming BC in Northeast Philadelphia. bration and will give us all a glimpse into the lives and tradiFrom there she played on the very first soccer team at tions of these people who are our ancestors. Knowledge of St. Hubert’s Catholic High School in 1978. In 1981 Ford our cultural history is essential for us to remember who we was voted Catholic League MVP. She was also inducted Always Free & Undivided were, in order to maintain the integrity of who we are and into the St. Hubert’s Hall of Fame. ensure the vitality of who we will become. At Villanova University Ford played on the first Varsi(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) ty Women’s team in 1983. Graduating in 1986 she conUNI TE D GE RM AN - HUN G ARI AN S O F PHI LA DE L PHI A AN D VI CIN I T Y tinues to hold numerous records within the school including the all-time career records for points, goals and assists. She was inducted into the Villanova Hall of Fame in 2001. Cathy joined the German Hungarians in the 80s as a player for the women’s team after playing one season st at Phoenix. Thus began her dedicated and storied career as a player, coach and administrator of the game at our club. “Through the 1990’s we had a solid core of leaders on and off the field. We only had a few youth teams Hors d’oeuvres | Classic Viennese Dinner | Dessert Table during that period in time, but the adult teams, both men and women were very successful. Cathy Ford was Musical Entertainment by the one of those leaders,” said former soccer director and manager of the major team Werner Fricker Jr, “This group of managers, coaches, and players worked for a Song Stylings By common goal with a common philosophy. Cathy made major contributions which led to our success at that time. As a player she has been disciplined and tough in any match up. Her tactical and technical skills have A Special Performance by the given her the tools to teach the game at both the youth, and adult amateur levels. She has a great read of the game. Her dedication to the German Hungarians and to the game cannot be questioned. I congratulate Ticket Price: $60.00 per person Cathy on her induction into the South Eastern Pennsylvania Hall of Fame.” Cathy Ford has been invaluable to our game. She has Contact: Lisa Fricker coached dozens of teams at all levels and as a player 215.500.0757 | lhfricker@hotmail.com continues to play on our women’s teams to this day. On Saturday May 10, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame will hold its annual banquet at the Cannstatter Volksfest Verein. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Saturday, May 31
Cocktail Hour (cash bar) 6:00pm
KAURIGA ORCHESTRA
SOLOIST JACQUELINE SMITH
GERMAN-HUNGARIAN DANCERS R E S E R VAT I O N S R E Q U I R E D :
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MONTHLY PROGRESS
—MONTHLY PROGRESS— Founded by TED KERECZMANN† in 1946 Published by the United German-Hungarians of Philadelphia and Vicinity
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Closing Date for Next Month’s Issue:
MAY 21, 2014
—PUBLICITY & EDITORIAL— The central responsibility of the Publicity and Editorial Committee as stated by our ByLaws in Article X is “proper publication and circulation of the Organization' s house organ, "Monthly Progress", and for any advertising by the Organization in an outside publication.” In addition to these stated responsibilities the committee has expanded with our ever expanding technology. The purpose of this short notice is to give our members a report on what it is the committee is doing to promote our organization and the various places you can find this material. MONTHLY PROGRESS: Ted Kereczmann, who founded this newspaper wrote, that this paper is published “in the interest of all members to promote a close and harmonious relation with all.” We maintain this purpose to this day. We encourage all our groups and all our members to write to us with your news, your articles and your thoughts. SOCIAL MEDIA: We entered the online world in 2001 at the address www.ughclub.us. Today our website is maintained by the Information Technology Chairman, Joe Reiter. He has done a great job in the recent re-design and you are all encouraged to visit the site. As an organization we maintain a presence on Facebook, Twitter, and most recently Instagram. Using this various media we post about what our groups are doing and the events we hold as a club. Pictures are posted here as well. Our presence online allows our members and our club to connect with friends and other organizations in the community of social clubs. We also often times are able to make connections with friends and admirers in Europe. Our Facebook page can be found at: www.facebook.com/germanhungarians Our Twitter page an be found at: www.twitter.com/UnitedGHSoccer You can also follow us on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/german_hungarians Michael www.ughclub.us
MAY 2014
—FROM OUR PRESIDENT—
—’FORD’ CONTINUED—
I would like to thank everyone for their dedication, hard work and participation this past weekend at the Delegates Meeting. I am very proud of our group! We are to be commended for the way in which we presented ourselves over the entire weekend. Not only did we prepare a professional bid but we conducted ourselves as a first class club both in the meetings and socially (after hours!). It was fantastic to have a representation of all ages! Although we did not win the bid to host the 26. Gaufest, this bid gave us the opportunity to show the delegation what we are capable of. We received many compliments about our presentation! Specifically, I would like to thank those that worked on the Gaufest Feasibility Committee. Your time, work and dedication was AWESOME! The bid process also created an enthusiasm among us and I believe this will now carry over to the next event that we can plan. Next year we will host Kinderfest the first weekend in June which gives us the opportunity to plan a fantastic weekend event for all ages! I want to thank everyone for their support and hard work. It was a great weekend and I am so proud to be a German Hungarian! Janet Fricker Malofiy, President NOTICE:
Cathy Ford will be inducted that evening. The banquet will take place from 5:00-10:00 pm and tickets are $40.00. You can purchase them through their through their website, www.sepasoccerhall.com. Ford was nominated to the Hall by our organization, specifically, Chairman of the Board Steve Paul who has recently taken interest in making nominations on behalf of our club. Thank you Steve for taking this task on! Being Inducted into the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame, Ford is a player, coach and builder of this game. We are very proud to have her as a German Hungarian and a friend. Even more so we are proud to call her a legend.
—CLUB CLEAN-UP DAYS— We have scheduled the following indoor/outdoor club clean-up days for grounds, fields, house, kitchen etc.: Saturday, May 10 — 9:00am to 12:00pm Saturday, May 17 — 9:00am to 12:00pm PLEASE CONTACT: Alex Blank at blank4488@aol.com Morning coffee and lunch will be provided to all volunteers. Please join us in tidying up our site! Thank you all in advance for your help!
—BAYERISCHER ECKE— The Bayerischer Volksfest Verein always has a lively series of events on the schedule. The June 21 date is important for our club as well and it is an event we as members of our club need to support. The 12th Anniversary Dance with music by the Emil Schanta Band celebrates the 12 years that the Bayern Club has called our clubhouse home. May 17—Member Appreciation Dance Dance music by the Heimatklänge
June 21—12th Anniversary Dance Dance music by the Emil Schanta Orchestra
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—’EXHIBIT’ CONTINUED— The Exhibit is currently being curated and will be presented by the triumvirate: Donauschwaben Philadelphia, Donauschwaben Trenton and the United German-Hungarians. It will feature over 1000 artifacts in the form of books and photographs but also in the real world possessions, the tools and the clothing of our people. The exhibit will also contain an extensive library of historical and cultural texts. A series of presentations will take place in the hopes of creating a cultural exchange of knowledge amongst not only the various presenters but the guests as well. Members and friends are encouraged to share their artifacts which will be photographed and catalogued in order to be sure that they will be promptly returned to their owners at the conclusion of the event. Contact Marlene Fricker at 215-275-4991 for information about submissions. Hours of operation on Friday, June 13 are from 7:00-9:00pm. Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15 hours of operation are from 12:00-6:00pm. The Danube Swabian Association is located at 1277 Southampton Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19116. You can contact the club at 215-969-9356. More information about this event can be found online at www.danubeswabian.com, and www.facebook.com/danubeswabian.
—WEEKLY SANDWICH BOARD— YOU GET A SANDWICH! YOU GET A SANDWICH!
SANDWICHES FOR EVERYONE! Active members will already know that the Kitchen Committee has began a regular Tuesday night sandwich board served from 6:30pm in the clubhouse for $5.00. Chips and a pickle are included. Please see the website or our social media sites for menus. Or you can just stop by and be surprised!
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MONTHLY PROGRESS
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—AMONG OUR MEMBERS—
—COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN—
BY EMILY FRICKER Florian Kempf while recovering from surgery during the winter, fell on the ice at his home and had a bad break in his arm. More surgery and more recuperation and he is on the mend and doing fine. Libby Koch also underwent recent surgery and although she missed a Schnitzel Night, she attended the last one and is improving. Mike Pokorni also fell in his home and this caused his body quite a bit of damage. He is slowly recuperating. Eileen Blank fell while visiting her sister in Lancaster and spent a few days in the local hospital after fracturing her shoulder. She’s home now with her arm in a sling. Regina Weyershaeuser wound up in the hospital with emergency surgery and is home now and looking forward to be able to drive her car soon. Surprised to hear that Heidi Weyershaeuser recently underwent heart surgery and is recuperating. We wish all these folks speedy recovery and look forward to seeing all of them among us soon. Mike Cramer, a member of our Schuhplattler Group, a card player, and a soccer fan at our club is also a member of the Circle of Friends Irish Set Dancers. He recently spent a weekend attending an “Irish Set Dancing Convention” on Friday, February 28 to March 2 at, of all places, Erlingen, Germany, a town north of Nurnberg. It seems this type of Irish dancing is popular all over the world and Mike met dancers from the Check Republic, Poland, Romania, Italy, U.S.A. and Germany. 112 dancers participated and this was Mike’s first visit to Germany. He is looking forward to attending the Oktoberfest with our dancers. Obituaries – Members and Friends Our deepest sympathy to the family of Hedy Walter, 71 of Lahaina, Hawaii who died on February 23. Hedy was born in Botschar, Banat, Yugoslavia to the late John and Katharina Fricko Hanitschak. She was active with our Sport Club Dancers as a teen and as an adult dancer. She was member of the arts community of West Maui for more than 30 years. She is survived by her son, Robert and his wife Kim, and their children Sofi, Nick, and Emma; daughters Lori and Caty Poole and her children, Jordon and London; and her sister, Anna McDonnell. Hedy was the sister of the late Emma Muller, Ludwig Hanitschak and John Hanitschak who all proceeded her in death. She was also the cousin of John Fricko, Nick and Peter Buerger and Emily Fricker. Condolences to the family of Frank Enderle of Philadelphia who died on April 2. He was 90 years old and was born, raised and educated in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were the late Frank and Elisabeth Halm Enderle. He was active in the Boy Scouts in Cleveland where he became an Eagle Scout and was active in Boy Scout Troup 321 at Presentation BVM Church while living in Philadelphia. Frank served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II and reached the rank of Sergeant before being honorably discharged. He was well known at both the Donauschwaben Club and at our club. Frank is survived by his wife Adelheid, his son Frank, his daughter Heidi and their families. Sympathy to the family of Marie Neu who died on April 30. She is survived by her husband H. Karl Neu. Marie was ill for some time and we mentioned her in our newsletter wishing her well, however it was not to be. Her funeral was held in Richboro at the Fluehr Funeral Home on Monday, May 5. Adam Mattes, 79 well known in the German American and Soccer Communities died on March 29. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Maria (nee Dickmann), his son Jack and his daughter, Rose Matico and her husband Ross, and his grandson Christian Matico. He is also survived by his sister Elisabeth and her husband Oskar Pohl. Adam was born in Brestowatz, Batschka, Yugoslavia and after World War II and fleeing to Austria, his family immigrated to the U.S.A. They settled in Philadelphia and Adam whose lifelong work was as a baker, finally owned his own bakery in 1972. Adam was president of the Donauschwaben Phila. Club for twelve years and was also president of the United Soccer League. He was active in the “Verband der Donauschwaben U.S.A.” and served as president of the Eastern Region for a while. Adam was instrumental in getting his club, the Philadelphia Donauschwaben, the Trenton Donauschwaben Club and our club, the German Hungarians together to host both exhibits and trachtenfests. These were held in 1992, 1999 and 2006. In 1999 as president of the Eastern Region, he stated at the Trachtenfest, “It is our duty to honor our customs and traditions because if we do not, they will be lost. I am proud of the young people born in this country (U.S.A.), who worked together so that we could celebrate this festival.” Adam was a true “Schwob.” His family, his friends, and his club will miss him.
The president recently held her first Chairman’s meeting with the group of members who will fill these roles. They are as follows: HOUSE — Werner Fricker III The House Committee, as stated by our ByLaws, “shall be responsible for the proper maintenance of the club building at all times.” This committee is tasked with ensuring all necessary repairs are made and that any installations are done properly. GROUNDS AND FIELDS — Barry Harvey In addition to Barry Harvey, Alex Blank will be working with the committee to maintain the grounds around the clubhouse as well as make preparations for festivals. BAR — Sasha Malofiy The Bar Committee has “sole responsibility for the proper operation of the Organization’s various liquid-dispensing facilities.” Its clear this is a highly important function. KITCHEN — Connie and John Reiter The Kitchen Committee is delegated the preparation and dispensation of food as well as the securing of volunteers to help with this large endeavor. The committee recently made food available for purchase at the club on a weekly basis. (SEE PAGE 2) ENTERTAINMENT — Cindy Proll The Entertainment Committee is responsible for the planning, running of all entertainment events held by our organization. FINANCE — Werner Fricker Jr. The Finance Committee will be responsible for budgeting and feasibility. MEMBERSHIP — Joe Reiter The Membership Committee handles all tasks relating to membership. This committee is currently working to not only seek out new members but ensure that past members continue to make the social and financial commitment to our club. PUBLICITY AND EDITORIAL — Michael Fricker
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SOCCER — Andy J. Weyershaeuser Soccer remains our major sport. We currently maintain adult, youth, male and female amateur teams. CULTURAL GROUP — Susan Hartmann The Cultural Group’s main purpose is to “teach the children poise and discipline, and instill in them self-assurance and a sense of responsibility.” This group consist of various dance groups that perform at most club functions. WOMEN’S AUXILIARY — Marlene Fricker This group promotes affairs for members and friends of the organization. One of our greatest assets are our capable women.
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MAY 2014
—CORNER KICKS—
—DANCING AROUND—
GH Women, Fury Finds Success Securing Consecutive USL of PA League Championships In the fall of 2006, the GH Fury Women’s Major team took to the fields of the United German Hungarians for its inaugural game. The squad, which had formed over the summer under the leadership of Barry Harvey and his daughter, Danielle, was young and LAUREN D’ANDREA inexperienced but ready to make a name for itself in the area’s most competitive women’s amateur league. The team lost that game 100—beginning a season that would see the team lose every match—but nonetheless, Coach Harvey looked at his team and saw nothing but untapped potential. Fast-forward to April 27, 2014, as a very different GH Fury team walked into GH Stadium—a squad with confidence, poised to continue their undefeated streak and to defend their 2013 title as league champions. And with a sound score of 4-1, the team beat rivals Vereinigung Erzgebirge to officially add the 2014 United Soccer League of PA Major Championship to their growing list of accomplishments. “The players expect to win,” said Coach Harvey shortly after the victory, “That’s their greatest strength. They never stop fighting because they refuse to accept defeat. It makes it fun for me.” The team, which has evolved in dramatic fashion over the past eight years, features players from various highly competitive universities, including UNC Charlotte, Rutgers, Tennessee, Temple, Holy Family, West Chester, etc., as well as players who made names for themselves in area high school leagues. In the past year, the team has won the 2013 and 2014 USL championships, the USL League Cup, the Burlington Women’s Holiday Tournament, and the YSC Indoor regular season. They have not lost an outdoor game since September 23, 2012. What’s next? The team will now finish out their spring season—aiming, of course, to finish with a perfect 12-0 record. Forward Lauren D’Andrea sits with 17 goals in the season—by far the league leader—and will look to add more. Beyond that, the team will look to regroup in the summer. “I’m just enjoying the ride,” said Coach Harvey. https://www.facebook.com/ughfury
Founder of the Cultural Group Reflects on the Recent Performance at Our Banquet The German Hungarian People have always loved to dance. I believe all people enjoy dancing. According to the Wikipedia, the dance is a type of art that generally involves movement of the body, often rhythmic and to music. It is performed in many cultures as a form of emotional expression, social interaction or exercise, in a spiritual or performance setting and is sometimes used to express ideas or tell a story. If you watch a young child, a toddler, when music begins to play, you will see him or her move, stamp their feet, and literally enjoy themselves. Our club is over 100 years old. Although we originated as a singing society, we have photos of early Kirchweih Dancers (1926) and feel certain that our members danced from their early existence doing both social dancing and special dances. We know that our Sport Club Dance Group did Waltzes, Polkas, Czardas, and other dance forms. In 1965, almost fifty years ago, our Cultural Group was founded. During that time, there were not only many dancers, but, many groups of dancers. There were times when although the dancers were rather young, and you could tell that although they were lacking in ability, they were really enjoying themselves. Then came the time, when the dancers were older and verging on adulthood and lo and behold their performances became beautiful to watch. They moved smoothly, together, smiling and enjoying in a new way! Then they left! Some stayed. We still have dancers who joined our Cultural Group in 1965 and in years close to that date. They still dance whenever needed and they are the members of our various boards – Executive, Governors, and Chairmen. Their children and friends dance now. And at our Anniversary Banquet on Saturday, March 29th, the German Hungarian Dancers performed the dance of their lives (so far). The following performed: Alex Blank, Nichole Deely, Catherine Dieterly, Michael Fricker, Werner Fricker III, Dan Galgon, Ed Galgon, Jenn Lineman, Mikaela Malofiy, Kyra Malofiy, Sasha Malofiy, Anna Martini, Michelle Paul, Stevie Paul, Allysa Reiter, Kristen Reiter, Emma Walter & Nick Walter. The girls were dressed in short red silk dresses while the boys wore black long sleeved shirts with black slacks.
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The three dances performed were: A Swing Dance – to jazz music characterized by the use of large bands and strong driving rhythms performed to the music of Opus I made popular by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Cotton Eyed Joe - A German Western Medley – recorded by the SimmSamma Band performing at the Oktoberfest. Dra di rum – a modern German Folk Dance taught to our dancers by a group of Donauschwaben from the Landesverband. The first two dances were choreographed and taught by Marlene Fricker. There have been many outstanding performances throughout the years. This was one of the best!!! This made all the running around and the hard work worthwhile. This performance was what it’s all about!!! As a club member, a parent, a grandparent and a former Cultural Group Dance Teacher, I thank the dancers, all the teachers who have touched their lives, and their parents. Job well done on this group!!! ef
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