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VOLUME SEVENTY | NUMBER 5 | OAKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA | MAY 2015

ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW

—105 ANNIVERSARY BANQUET—

As someone who spent her entire life active within the Ger-man community, I’m still never quite sure what an anniversary means to an organi-

zation. It seems to some it’s the relief of having made it through another year despite the chal-lenges. To the glass half full types like me, it’s a celebration of another successful year keeping our cherished heritage and wonderful traditions alive and strong. Realistically speaking, it’s probably both. But whatever you were cele-brating this past March 28, the 105th anniver-sary of the founding of the United German Hun-garians was truly an evening to remember. It was a night that fellow members, honored guests and good friends gathered as one to toast the accomplishments of a very special organization. Our big hall was adorned left to right and front to back with colorful decorations appro-priate to the occasion. Tasty food was prepared and delivered in grand fashion while our well stocked bar held up well under pressure. Our finely honed house band Heimatklänge played for everyone’s dancing and listening pleasure and our cultural group performed for every-one’s viewing pleasure. Everything was as it should be. One of my own generation, Michael Fricker, ably served as master of ceremonies for the night, which cast an impressive light on the ac-tive participation of the youth in our club. Let’s face it, one of the greatest attributes the United German Hungarians possesses is the involve-ment and total commitment of their youth. Indeed, the U.G.H. showed this strength par-ticularly well when the club’s cultural group staged its Viennese waltzes. I’m told at one point there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. As an active member of the group I can attest to how hard my peers and our management team works to put on these performances. Along with always aiming for a good show out of a sense of pride,

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—KINDERFEST 2015— We are privileged to host the 22nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Kinderfest on Saturday, June 6, 2015. We are proud to continue the tradi-tion started in 1994, by our Patenverein, the Auerhahn Schuhplattler Verein. We hope that our event continues to accomplish the goal of Kinderfest; to give the youth of our area Vereine an opportunity to get to know one another, and to share dances and music together. Registration begins at 11:30am. The Grand March and Opening Ceremonies are planned for approximately 12:15pm. Fol-lowing the Open Ceremonies, each Kinder-gruppe is invited to perform an Ehrentanz. Kinderfest admission is free of charge. A complimentary lunch and drink will be pro-vided for all participating children who are wearing their club Tracht. Food and bever-ages will be available for purchase for adults and guest children. Online registration forms, hotel infor-mation, and schedule information will be posted to our website at www.ughclub.us. We hope you join us for a day filled with fun and excitement. As a club we would like to welcome all of our families to attend this great event! It will be followed by an evening Summerfest! We hope you can attend!

—SUMMERFEST 2015— In the evening, on June 6, we will be hosting a Summerfest beginning at 5:00pm. The Summerfest will feature the Kirko Band. This local Pennsylvania band has been rock-ing and entertaining the East Coast for the past 20 plus years. Kirko always comes to our club with exciting entertainment! For those wishing to invite friends to attend Summerfest, the admission is $7.00 (Adults) and $4.00 (Children 12 and under). As always food and drink will be available for purchase from our bar and kitchens. We hope you can join us for a fun summer night at Summerfest!

—PENNY PARTY— We ask all the women who read this to please support our club on Wednesday, May 13 at our annual Spring Penny Party. This is an event where you can bring mem-bers of your family and friends to our club. As this Penny Party has always been a very important fundraiser, we count on you, our members to support us by not only attend-ing but by donating prizes to our auxiliary to help make the evening a success. It is a fun evening and you have a chance to win many prizes and have fun with your friends. Call Emily at 267-470-4828 or Lisa at 215-500-0757 today! (DETAILS ON PAGE 2)

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Registration Begins: 11:30am Grand March and Opening Ceremonies: 12:15pm

FREE Admission A complimentary lunch and drink will be provided

for all participating children who are wearing their club Tracht Food and beverages will be available for purchase for adults & guest children

JOIN US IN THE EVENING FOR SUMMERFEST WITH KIRKO (DETAILS ON PAGE 3)

You Are Invited to Participate in

2015 Mid-Atlantic

KINDERFEST Saturday, June 6

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—MONTHLY PROGRESS— Founded by TED KERECZMANN† in 1946

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Editor: MICHAEL FRICKER

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

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Closing Date for Next Month’s Issue:

MAY 27, 2015

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

—THE NATIONAL CUPS— If you were unaware, I have grown to love the National Cups. Maybe it is because they are older than most domestic soccer or may-be it is because they stand as a countrywide example of the abilities of the Amateurs. I’ll admit having family and friends that have won them for my club makes me nostalgic. I’ll even admit that I have been influenced by my father to care about the competitions, as he is the chair of them. Still there is something about amateur adult teams entering to prove who is the best in the country. The national cups, namely the US Amateur dating back to 1923, the USASA Werner Fricker Open, and the Gerhard Mengel Over-30, are prestigious cups for the winners. They are prestigious not because the soccer media cares about them. Frankly, the soccer media does not care to know they exist. They are not prestig-ious for prize money or bragging rights. They are prestigious titles because the teams that enter them respect the winners for their hard work, organization and drive to be the best. Across the country, the national cups are under fire by a vocal faction that does not understand that respect. In Region I, we struggle to understand that opposing mental-ity because our soccer culture is different from theirs. We are not better or worse, just different. Cup play on a weekly basis is built into our schedules and part of our culture. This is the last year that the US Adult Soccer Association will be holding the Werner Frick-er Open Cup. The long term reasons for that change is a concern about redundancy be-tween the Open and the Amateur. The short-term reason is that U.S. Soccer has taken the qualification process for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open away from USASA. Word from Region I is however that they will continue to hold the Fricker Open amongst their states. Might that mean a return to crowning an Eastern Region Champion?

—SPRING PENNY PARTY— Wednesday, May 13

Doors open 6:30pm Numbers called 8:00pm

Tickets: $3.00 Includes Coffee & Cake

RESERVATIONS are REQUIRED

Call Emily Fricker at 267.470.4828 or

Call Lisa Fricker at 215-500-0757

—NAT. DONAUSCHWABEN— Tournament | Mansfield, OH

The Mansfield Liederkranz will be hosting the US National Donauschwaben Tourna-ment this year over Memorial Day weekend. This tournament happens every year and we always strive to be able to go. In 2011 we hosted and won the tournament, in 2013 it was in Mansfield and in 2014 Cleveland. This year we will be taking a team as well as some fans by bus. We will be leaving on Friday, May 22, and returning on Monday, May 25. If you would like to attend the trip with us please contact General Manager Werner Fricker III via email frickeriii@hotmail.com. We hope for a fun filled, soccer weekend in Ohio!

—PICTURES OF THE MONTH—

—’105’ CONTINUED— our dance group loves to have a good time too. It’s a potent combination that’s held us tightly together through thick and thin. So when the Heimatklänge plays a familiar song you will most likely see the whole group dancing like there’s no tomorrow. Those glass half-empty concerns about how “kids these days just aren’t interested in that sort of thing” clearly never met the folks at the U.G.H.! It’s been my great privilege to be a part of the German Hungarian club for the past sev-eral years and it’s the anniversary dinner that has become one of my favorite events on the yearly calendar. It’s one of the best times for everyone to come together and celebrate their friendships, their love of our culture and the pride of being part of a worthwhile organization, all of which makes for a most meaningful evening. Plus we get to dress up a bit too! As our club president Janet Fricker Malofiy said in her official remarks: “Our fo-cus has always been what is next and what can we do; whether socially, on the soccer field or on the dance floor.” A successful event like this past anniversary banquet was a good indication of what the future holds at the U.G.H. and where the focus remains.

Anna Martini

—DANCING AROUND— German Hungarians take over South St.

On Saturday, May 2, the German Hungari-an Schuhplattler Group, the Heimatklänge Orchestra, and 50,000 other Philadelphians took to South Street for their Annual Head-house District South Street Spring Festival. Of course, our members were set up quite solid-ly at the 700 block for Maifest at Brauhaus Schmitz! We need to thank the folks there for their hospitality while we were the hired entertainment. Doug, Beate and their staff are class acts. Our dancers were tasked with performing the traditional Maitanz dancing with the rib-bons attached to the Maypole. They did a wonderful job an the figures were all per-formed perfectly! All in all they performed five dances also including, Drah Di Rum. Kreuz König, Uberall sind die Laden zu, and the Holzhacker. It was certainly a party when a number of our dancers took to the dance floor and even the stage with HK to entertain the masses. Songs were sung, wurst and pretzels were eaten, beer was poured, and South Street at 7th was taken over by German Hungarians.

Michael L to R: Kristen Reiter, Mikaela Malofiy, Kyra Malofiy at Maifest

L to R: Janet Fricker Malofiy, Joe Reiter at Maifest

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—AMONG OUR MEMBERS— BY EMILY FRICKER

Congratulations to Dan Galgon and Bri-anne Harris who were married in Levittown, New York on Friday, April 24 at St. Bernard Church. Danny, age 26, has been a member of our club since birth and a dancer in all our groups since a young boy. Brianne is a mem-ber of the Gemuetlichen Enzianer and the young couple met through the friendships between the two clubs. Brianne is an avid Schuhplattler Dancer and has participated in our group recently at A Night in Vienna and at our Anniversary Banquet. The entire Schuhplattler group was invited and most attended as well as those who formerly danced and are still active at our club. Fami-ly, friends, and club members of Dan and Brianne had a wonderful time and of course, the Heimatklänge Orchestra was on hand to provide the music. Among the beautiful bridesmaids was Dan’s sister Michelle and Dan’s brother Ed served as best man with Ray Galgon, Matt Avrich, Alex Blank, and Werner Fricker III serving as groomsmen. Genevieve Avrich served as flower girl while Christopher Deely was the ring bearer. Both children walked proudly together down the aisle as Christopher smilingly pushed his walker with all his strength. The ceremony was lovely. If you have ever been at a New York wedding reception, you know how mar-velous they are! Everyone had a blast! We were sorry and surprised to hear that Peter Piskei was so very seriously ill, but we recently heard he is doing much better and is presently in rehabilitation. Peter, get well, we want you and need you. People do not realize how much someone is missed when they are not around. Many asked, “Where are the Piskei’s?” and someone would say, “Oh, Peter is sick.” but we had no idea how sick. I am sure there are many who read this and do not know whom Peter Piskei is. Mi-chael, the Editor of this newsletter reported in the April Issue that the EPSA 100th Anni-versary souvenir book featured No. 7 Peter Piskei in that famous snapshot from the 1965 US Amateur Cup Final on its cover. I asked my son who was involved with the EPSA‘s celebration, “How did that photo happen to get on the front of that book.” Werner Jr. answered, “I put it there; I love him.” Congratulations to Florian and Anna Kempf who celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on Thursday, May 7. Both Anna and Florie have been members of our club

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—US AMATEUR CUP— Region I Qualifications are in Progress

East Penn crowned the United Soccer League’s Vereinigung Erzgebirge as the State Amateur Champion and therefore qualified the club for the regional rounds. In The quar-terfinal round on April 26, Erzgebirge lost 3 to 1 against Jersey Shore Boca. The Maryland Bays (MD) shut out Hammers FC (MDCVA) with three goals. Polonia Falcons (CT) won 4 to 1 over the Deportivo Saints (NH) and Bat-tery Park Gunners (MA) won 2 to 0 over NY Greek American Atlas. In the semifinal round, Batter Park Gun-ners will play at Polonia Falcon New Britain on Sunday, May 31. The Maryland Bays will play at Jersey Shore Boca on Sunday, June 7. The winners of these matches will meet each other at the Region I National Cup Finals to be held at the Ukrainian American Sport Cen-ter in Horsham, PA on June 21. The US Amateur Cup was established in 1923. The first Champion was crowned in 1924 when Fleisher Yarn of Philadelphia de-feated the Chicago Swedish-Americans. East Penn teams have won the US Amateur Cup six times and have been Runner Up five times.

—USSF AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS— The US Soccer National Amateur Champi-onship is designed to name the best amateur team in the country. As a Result, the US Ama-teur Champion, the USASA Open Champion, and the Champions of the USL PDL and NPSL are invited to the tournament. Region I’s Maryland Bays and NY Greek Americans will compete in Chattanooga, TN this year!

—WERNER FRICKER OPEN CUP— Region I Qualifications are in Progress

On April 12, the first round of the regional qualifiers took place between PA West’s Tar-tan Devils and Metro DC Virginia’s Hammers FC. The Devils won the match 3 to 2. East Penn’s West Chester United won the State Open Cup and as a result qualified for the regional rounds. On April 26, the quarterfinal round took place. FC Motown (NJ) won 4 to 2 over Ham-mers FC (MDCVA). West Chester United (EPA) won 3 to 2 over the Aegean Hawks. Newtown Pride FC (CT) won 5 to 1 over the Rhode Is-land Oceaneers (RI). The Kendall Wanderers (MA) won 2 to 0 against the NY Pancyprian Freedoms (ENY). The semifinal round will take place on May 17. Kendall Wanderers will play at Newtown Pride FC and West Chester United will play at FC Motown. The winners of these matches will meet at the Ukrainian American Sport Center in Horsham, PA on June 21 for the Region I Finals. From the German Hungarians we wish our East Penn and USLPA team, West Chester United luck in the cup! The USASA Open Cup has roots in the La-mar Hunt US Open Cup. In 1999, USASA be-gan determining its own champion the first of which was your German Hungarians. Shortly thereafter, the cup was renamed for our own Werner Fricker. The US Adult Soccer Association recently voted to discontinue play of the cup because for restructuring of the qualification process of the Lamar Hunt US Open. This 2015 cup will be the last.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 5:00pm GATES OPEN

Admission: $7.00 Adults | $4.00 Children 12 & Under

LIVE MUSIC & DANCING FROM 6:00pm—10:00pm

CASH BAR SERVING ICE COLD DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED BEER

—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, June 3 Wednesday, July 1

$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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for many years involved with both the soccer teams and our cultural events. Florie was a player with the former first and second divi-sions and with the Old Timers and Traditional teams. He also coached one of the original female teams. Anna was a dancer with our sport club and they both enjoy attending our entertainment events whenever possible. We wish you both many years of happiness together! Life is filled with happiness and often trag-edy. Our friends, Marie, 80, and Jerry Hugel, 83, from the Schlierachtaler Stamm of New York recently died of a carbon monoxide poisoning accident in their home as well as two friends. Their son, Bob, a New York po-lice officer discovered their bodies. Bob’s sons, Erik, Gerard, Ray, and Stefan, who are good friends of our Schuhplattler dancers, were planning to attend one of our events, which they often do, but this tragedy natu-rally prevented them from doing so. A num-ber of our officials attended the viewing. We offer the Hugel Family and the Schlierachtaler Stamm our deepest sympa-thy. We heard that our former steward, Laszlo Tormasi, died during the winter. He would show up throughout the year at various club events and spend the day with old friends. We offer our sympathy to his wife, Maria, and his two daughters and their families. On to happier news: The following Cultur-al Group Members are graduating this year: Jennifer Lineman, age 23, has been a member of our dance group since 2005. Jenn lives in Glenside and has a sister who recent-ly got married. Her parents are avid photog-raphers and take many photos of our danc-ers and various events. Besides dancing, she enjoys horseback riding, skiing, and she plays the guitar. She graduated on May 9 with a

Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Chestnut Hill College. Michelle Paul, age 22, has been a mem-ber of our dance group since 1996. She re-sides in Feasterville. Her brother Stevie is a dancer and recently earned his first cap with our Major team, while both her parents were members of the Cultural and Soccer pro-grams. Michelle enjoys skiing and running. She also enjoys traveling. Michelle is also a member of our Women’s team, Fury. She plans to continue dancing and playing soccer and move back to her hometown searching locally for a teaching job and also coaching soccer or track. She also graduated on May 9 from Bloomsburg University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, receiving duel certification in Early Childhood Educa-tion and Special Education. Mikaela Malofiy, age 18, resides in Hors-ham and has been a member of the Cultural Group since age three. She is also the captain of the U-18 Girls, Fevernova. Her parents, brother, and sister have all participated in both our Cultural and Soccer Programs. She will graduate from Hatboro-Horsham High School on June 8 and will attend Widener University to study Business Management. Mikaela plans to play on their Women’s Soc-cer Team. Karina Fricker, age 17, also resides in Horsham, and has been member of our Cul-tural Group since age three. Her parents and brothers are also dancers and are presently involved with our Major Soccer Team and all have been Committee Chairmen. She comes from a strong soccer family and her father has held many soccer positions locally and nationally. Karina will graduate from Lans-dale Catholic High School on June 2 and will attend Temple University to become a teach-er specializing in Special Education.

Summerfest The Evening Following Kinderfest With The

KIRKO BROTHERS BAND Admission $7.00 Adults | $4.00 Children 12 & Under

More Information To Come

OUTDOOR SPRING CLEANUPS

Join the Grounds Committee to help straighten up our property outdoors

On

Saturday, May 16

9:00am

Contact Alex Blank, Chairman for Information

215.779.0845

—WEEKLY SANDWICH BOARD— YOU GET A SANDWICH! YOU GET A SANDWICH!

SANDWICHES FOR ALL!

Active members already know that the Kitchen Committee, under Connie and John Reiter hold a weekly sandwich board on Tuesday nights. Sandwiches and other quick meals are served from 6:30pm in the club-house usually for around $5.00. Chips and a pickle are included. All members are encouraged to take ad-vantage of this great service when coming to the club on Tuesday nights for dance or soc-cer practice, meetings of any sort or simply just to be a socially minded member of our club!

—BAYERISCHER ECKE—

Saturday, May 16

MEMBER APPRECIATION DANCE with music by Don Bitterlich

Saturday, June 20

13 ANNIVERSARY DANCE with music by the Emil Schanta Band

All dances 7:00pm to 11:00pm

—AMONG OUR MEMBERS CONTINUED—

—CLUB NIGHT-PATIO NIGHT— Cruise Night Featuring the

Philadelphia Modifiers Street Rod Club

3rd Friday from May to October | 6:30pm

PAVILION BAR OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOOD AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE MUSIC! | SOCCER! | CARS! | FUN!

For Information Contact: Cindy Proll | 267.566.7239