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VOLUME SEVENTY | NUMBER 10 | OAKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA | OCT. NOV. 2015

—CHAMPIONS 1951-1952— While searching through the many club papers and information that I have accumulated through the years and the many papers that various members have given me, I came across a group of papers given to me by Ted Kereczmann. (I am trying to clean out my

office and it seems almost impossible.) Naturally I took the time to go through them and found many interesting things, some of which I did not know. For example: On Sunday September 7, 1952 at our club hall at 2nd and Norris Streets a Victory Banquet in honor of our Soccer Champions of the Philadelphia League, 3rd Division, was held. The team naturally belonged to the German Hungarian Sport Club and their manag-ers were: John Piatka and John Weber. The mem-bers of the team were:

John Jacoby, Captain

The toastmaster for the evening was Frank Follmer and the Banquet Committee consisted of chairman John Jacoby, secretary Joan Wilwert and treasurer Steve Aughenbaugh. There was a small program featuring singers and magic tricks. Mike Stumpf and his orchestra provided the music for the evening. These men would now be about 80 years of age. Some we know have passed such as John Jacoby, Michael Betsch, Stefan Kempf, John Blank and Nick Hummel. Others I personally have not heard from or seen in years. They are Tibor Danko, John Giel, Freddie Scheliga, Frank Betsch, and John Gutekunst. Some of these I know are still alive but never come around to our club. I have never known John Bohn, Michael Mathes, Frank Merschbach or Max Wildermuth. However, Mat Noel’s son Michael and his wife Kathi are very involved in our club, and Mat comes around once in a while and recently attended the EPSA Anniversary Banquet with our club. Erwin Koch, Florian Kempf, Joseph Helmlinger, and Steve Aughenbaugh are still members of our club and come around quite often and were recently seen at our Oktoberfest on September 26th. We wel-comed them and wished them well. If any of these team members happen to read this, call Michael at 267-736-4390 or Emily at 215-266-1109 and let us know how you are. ef

Ticket Price: $30.00 Children Tickets (6 to age 12) - $15.00

Tickets for Children 5 and Under – No Charge

R E S E R VAT I O N S R E Q U I R E D :

Nichole Deely | 215.806.1998 | kirchweih@ughclub.us

PERFORMANCES BY THE GERMAN HUNGARIAN CULTURAL GROUP

IN BANATER SCHWABEN TRACHT

DECORATED ROSMAREIN STRAUSS | “SPRUCH” BY THE GELD HERR

Musical Entertainment by the HEIMATKLÄNGE ORCHESTRA | 7:30-11:30 pm

Hot Dinner Buffet, including ROAST PIG | 6:30 pm

GIRLS NIGHT OUT At The German Hungarians

Friday, December 4

(DETAILS ON PAGE 3)

Mat Noel John Giel

John Blank Tibor Danko

Stefan Kempf John Gutekunst

Michael Mathes Freddie Scheliga

Joseph Helmlinger John Bohn Erwin Koch

Nick Hummel

Frank Betsch Florian Kempf

Max Wildermuth Michael Betsch

Frank Merschbach Steve Aughenbaugh

PHILADELPHIA LEAGUE 3rd DIVISION

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—MONTHLY PROGRESS— Founded by TED KERECZMANN† in 1946

Published by the United German-Hungarians of Philadelphia and Vicinity

4666 E. Bristol Road | Oakford, Pennsylvania | 19053 215.357.9851 | www.ughclub.us | ugh.club@comcast.net

Editor: MICHAEL FRICKER

8 Sugar Maple Lane | Horsham, Pennsylvania | 19044 267.736.4390 | mfricker@ughclub.us

Circulation: LISA FRICKER | 215.500.0757

President: JANET MALOFIY 14 Sugar Maple Lane | Horsham, Pennsylvania | 19044

267.718.0059 | jfmalofiy711@hotmail.com

Closing Date for Next Month’s Issue:

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

V O L U M E S E V E N T Y

—YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM— 2015-2016 Season

BOYS TEAMS

Under—15 | H A M M E R S STAFF: Andy Weyershaeuser, Andrew Weyershaeuser

Under—13 | L I G H T N I N G STAFF: Michael Lowry, Michele Reardon

Under—12 | T H U N D E R STAFF: Martin Tray, Chris Palladino

Under—11 | T O R N A D O STAFF: Rob Salvatore

Under—10 | W H I T E L I G H T N I N G STAFF: Brandon Beaumont, James Lee

Under—8 | R A I D E R S STAFF: Rob Proll, Joe Proll

GIRLS TEAMS

Under—13 | P A N T H E R S STAFF: Cathy Ford, Jennifer Pugh, Mark Roth

Under—11 | S T R I K E R S STAFF: Sara Apanavage, R. Papendick, J. Borkowski

Under—9 | F O R C E STAFF: Stephen Thompson

Under—9 | S P I R I T STAFF: Stephen Thompson, Lindsay Rheinhold

—PICTURE OF THE MONTH— German Hungarians Participated in the

German-American Steuben Parade

Thank you to all our members, friends, and neighbors that marched with us and

celebrated our heritage at the parade this year! We can’t wait to again in 2016

Did you see the great flyer with all the girls in “dirndls’ advertising our Oktoberfest? They are (top row) Michelle Galgon Avrich, Marlene Fricker, Janet Malofiy, Mikaela Malofiy, Connie Reiter, Kristen Reiter, Kari-na Fricker, Lisa Fricker, Susi Hartmann, with Kyra Malofiy, Genevieve Avrich, Nichole Deely, and Emma Walter on the bottom row. GREAT PHOTO!!! Congratulations to Jocelyn Galgon and Chris Pinney who recently became engaged and were feted with a great party given by the future bride’s parents, Fred and Susan Galgon at their home. It was exciting to hear that Eddie Galgon got engaged to girlfriend Jodi Crouthamel. Congratulations and best wishes to them both! Great to see Peter and Kathi Piskei at the club recently, both at the Schnitzel Night and at the Oktoberfest. Peter had been very ill recently and is doing much better and looked fine and we were happy to see him and his

friends the Hotzes and the Gehlerts. Good to see all three families! Mikaela Malofiy and Michelle Paul, members of our Cultural Group and our Soc-cer Program recently traveled to New York City to attend the Parade given in honor of the USA Women’s First Place Champion Team. They had a great time and besides making some new friends, they unexpectedly ran into some Schuhplattler friends. Among those who traveled to the Philly on September 26th and/or September 27th, for Pope Francis’ visit was Marlene Fricker who traveled with a co-worker and Joe Reiter who traveled with his family. Joey Reiter, a member of our Schuhplattler Group is a student at St. Joseph University and was a volunteer for the event. I’m sure he has some interesting stories. Don’t forget to attend our Traditional Ger-man Hungarian Kirchweihfest on Saturday evening, November 14th. See you all there!

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—AMONG OUR MEMBERS— BY EMILY FRICKER

SAVE THE DATE! You Are Invited To

A Celebration for the 50th Anniversary of Our Cultural Group

The details are not all confirmed yet , but they are coming together and we thought it prudent to print the date of the event in this issue so you can add it to your calendar now already!! Make sure you plan on being in Oakford at the clubhouse with all your friends on

Saturday January 23, 2016

Of course more details and event information will be released in the coming weeks and months! The President has already appointed a chairman, in Marlene Fricker and she is busy convening her committee to plan and execute this historic and exciting event. Our cultural group dates back to 1965 and many from generation to generation have contributed to its success. For a number of years it has been at the heart of our organization as it has strengthened what we do and who we are!

We Very Much Hope You All Can Attend to Celebrate this Milestone!

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—DANCING AROUND— The German Hungarian Cultural & Schuhplattler Groups will be taking part in the following events during the remainder of the year. If any member wishes to have more information about these dates and affairs, feel free to ask any of the dancers when you see them at the club! They will be happy to answer any questions they can, or they will point you in the direction of the person who can answer you. We know from experience that most of them have shining and happy faces and would love to talk to you. Be social, after all we are a social club! Original Enzian Bauernball Long Island NY November 7 KIRCHWEIHFEST United German Hungarians November 14 Alpenrose Schuhplattler Verein Stiftungsfest Lancaster Liederkranz November 21 Schlierachtaler Stamm Edelweiss Ball Long Island NY December 5

(SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

—SOCCER SHORTS— The Under—11 Girls, Strikers won a tough one this weekend. Already missing two play-ers to injury and sickness, the girls lost Carley ten minutes into the game after she suffered a broken arm while throwing her body on front of a shot. The girls quickly went down 2:0, but gathered themselves and put 5 on the other team to comeback and win the game 5:2. Shay had her first hat trick for the Strikers who are holding second place in PAGS with a 3-0-1 record. Best wishes to Carley on a speedy recovery! The home match schedules for all our youth teams is available and up to date at the soccer website. You can access that in-formation at www.ughsoccer.com. For those savvy with social media, you can follow what our youth teams are doing throughout the year with the hashtag #GHYouth on facebook.com and twitter. As always any team, player or fan can sub-mit news about youth soccer at the German Hungarians to the Publicity & Editorial Com-mittee through Robin Callahan. You can con-tact her via email at Robincal82273@gmail.com or phone at 267.401.9949. We can’t wait to hear from you!

—GERMAN HUNGARIANS IN THE EPSA CUPS—

GERMAN HUNGARIANS at ERZGEBIRGE (RESERVES) EPSA U.S. AMATEUR CUP MATCH: ROUND I

Sunday, October 25 at 2:00pm (130 Davisville Rd.| Warminster, PA)

GERMAN HUNGARIANS vs. UKRAINIAN NATIONALS EPSA OPEN CUP MATCH: ROUND I

Sunday, November 1 at 2:00pm In GH Stadium

Friday, December 4

*NO ADMISSION*

OVER 10 VENDORS ON-SITE

FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING

E AT * D R I N K * S H O P *

B E H A P P Y

Signature Cocktails Available

Fully-Stocked Cash Bar

Food Available for Purchase

DOORS OPEN 7:00 pm

—SCHNITZEL NIGHT—

Every first Wednesday of the Month - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

A Delicious Schnitzel Dinner (Includes Two Side Dishes Plus a Salad, Bread & Butter and Coffee or Tea)

Wednesday, November 4 Wednesday, December 2

$10.00 for adults | $5.00 for children (Dessert is Available for Purchase | Fully Stocked Cash Bar)

Have a great dinner with the Schnitzel-Boy at the UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIANS

Schnitzel! The Favorite

Treat!

For Little Boys & Girls to Eat! Artwork by

Sofi Walter

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UNITED GERMAN-HUNGARIANS OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY

4666 E. BRISTOL ROAD | OAKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA | 19053

—CLUB & BAR HOURS— The Bar Chairman recently reported the follow-ing hours of operation for the club and the bar:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 7:00-11:00pm

Sunday— 12:00 noon - 8:00pm This document is the one Emily Fricker found among her things that prompted the article on page 1. We hope you enjoyed reading it.

—SCHEDULE OF EVENTS—

—EPSA OPEN CUP MATCH— Sunday, November 1 - Your German Hun-garians take on the Ukrainian Nationals in the East Penn Open Cup at the club.

—KIRCHWEIHFEST— Saturday, November 14 - Take part in our most important German-Hungarian tradition at the beautiful Kirchweihfest! See information on page 1.

—FALL PENNY PARTY— Wednesday, November 18 - A chance to win many prizes, this event is sponsored by our Women’s Auxiliary!

—GIRLS NIGHT OUT— Friday, December 4 - A fun night out with the girls. See information on page 3.

—CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY— Sunday, December 20 - Celebrate Christmas with your club family! NOTE: Our yearly entertainment schedule flows with the calendar. The dates provided here are meant as a guide for the membership. These dates are subject to change. More detailed information will always be provid-ed closer to the date of the event.