Volume 68 – No. 11 November 2013

—EDITORIAL— The United German Hungarians Have

Survived for Over 100 Years: Will We Continue Our Proud Traditions?

In recent months, much has been written in our Monthly Progress about our Heritage and our Culture. However, it has come to my attention that many of those who should un-derstand our history, do not. When I was a little girl, my father told me that we were German people from Hungary. Ok, since I knew we were also Americans and lived in the United States, the names German and Hungary really didn’t mean that much to me. I did know that these were countries in Europe. Europe was way across the Atlantic Ocean. We could see that ocean when we went to the seashore in the summertime. Later I was taught that the area that my ances-tors lived was called Banat and that after the First World War, the Banat was divided into Hungary, Yugoslavia and Rumania by a famous treaty. Most of the neighborhood where I grew up was Irish and Jewish, although there were a few families that lived near me that were from the same town as my parents. We all spoke “schwowisch” when we were together and we ate certain foods that my Irish and Jewish friends didn’t eat. In the fall, we went to various festivals called a “Kerwei”. One was held at the “Banater Club” at 2nd and Norris; one was at the “Gewerbe Club” at 2nd and Lehigh; and the most important for my family was the “Botscharer Kerwei” held at the Herz Jesu Church Hall on Germantown Ave. There were also a few others we attended. In the early 1950s when my aunts, uncles and cousins emigrated from Europe, I went with my cousins to other events held at these German clubs. The music was not what I was used to from my school dances. This was Ger-man music and consisted of waltzes, polkas and also some “modern” American music. The attendees were of all ages – children, teenag-ers, parents, grandparents, everyone dancing, laughing and having a lot of fun together. I loved it!

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Women's Auxiliary

Holiday Penny Party WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 13th

$3.00 | Doors open at 6:30pm | Numbers called at 8pm includes coffee and cake

Reservations are a must call Emily at 267-470-4828

Set Up - Tuesday November 12 at 10am Donations of new or unused items are appreciated

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9th PERFORMANCES BY

THE GERMAN HUNGARIAN CULTURAL GROUP

IN BANATER SWABIAN TRACHT The Beautiful “Rosmarein Strauss” Adorned with Colorful Ribbons

Authentic “Spruch” Delivered by the “Geld Herr”

A Cultural Exhibit of German-Hungarian and Banat Artifacts and Pictures

Music provided by the Heimatklänge Orchestra – 7:30 to 11:30 pm

Hot Dinner Buffet – 6:30 pm Adult Tickets - $25.00

Children Tickets (6 to age 12) - $12.50 | Tickets for Children 5 and Under – No Charge

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Contact Nichole Deely | 215.806.1998 | Kirchweih@ughclub.us

CELEBRATING | REMEMBERING

CONTINUING A PROUD TRADITION

THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADITIONAL GERMAN-HUNGARIAN EVENT HELD AT OUR CLUB

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—MAJORS CORNER— Record as of 10/30/2013: (2-4-0)

MATCH REPORTS—USL OF PA Sun. Sept. 8 — at Vereinigung Erzgebirge: 2-0 VE

Sun. Sept. 22— vs. Montgomery United: 3-2 Mont.

Sun. Sep. 29— vs. West Chester United: 3-1 West.

Sun. Oct. 6— at Donauschwaben: 3-1 GH

Sun. Oct. 13— at Phoenix SC: 3-1 Phoenix

Sun. Oct. 27—vs. Vereinigung Erzgebirge: 2-1 GH

UPCOMING MATCHES OFFICIAL USL OF PA MATCHES

Official schedule as of 10/30/2013

Sun. Nov. 17— at West Chester United,

Westtown Rd. West Chester.

*All United League games are at 2:30pm un-less otherwise noted. Cups begin in the fall and take precedent. Games listed are subject to change.

EPSA USASA OPEN CUP QUARTER FINAL

Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:00pm in GH Stadium

Vs. Come out and support the team at the EPSA Open Cup Quarter Final at the German Hun-garians. The Bar will be open!

—UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE—

MAJOR DIVISION STANDINGS As of 10/30/2013

1. Phoenix SC (4-1-1) 13pts.

2. Vereinigung Erzgebirge (4-3-0) 12pts.

3. West Chester United (4-1-0) 12pts.

4. Ukrainian Nationals (3-1-0) 9pts.

5. Montgomery United (2-5-0) 6pts.

6. German Hungarians (2-4-0) 6pts.

7. Donauschwaben (1-5-1) 4pts.

Find more information at

www.unitedsoccerleague.us

—EPSA AMATEUR CUP— 2013-2014

The following soccer clubs entered the EPSA National Amateur Cup:

Vereinigung Erzgebirge Fox Chase United Danubia Phoenix Ultra Ukrainian Nationals West Chester United Hunter Senior Premier Salone FC Upper Moreland Celtic Cavalla FC Colonial Ultra Lighthouse SC German Hungarians Vereinigung Erzgebirge Reserves Phoenix SC

On Sunday, October 20th, the following teams were eliminated: Fox Chase United, Phoe-nix Ultra, Hunter Senior Premier, Salone FC, Caval-la FC, German Hungari-ans, Vereinigung Erzgebir-ge Reserves. Four games of Round 2

will be played on Sunday, November 3 at 2 PM. Home teams are Vereinigung Erzgebir-ge, Ukrainian Nationals, Upper Moreland Celtic and Lighthouse SC. Quarter Finals game date is yet to be announced.

—EPSA USASA OPEN CUP— 2013-2014

The following soccer teams are entered in the EPSA USASA Open Cup:

Cavalla FC Ukrainian Nationals West Chester United Salone FC Phoenix SC Colonial Ultra Upper Moreland Vereinigung Erzgebirge German Hungarians

The round 1 date as well as quarter, semi and final are yet to be announced. Games begin at 2 PM unless otherwise noted. West Chester United is the seeded team and Ger-man Hungarians were the 2012-13 finalists.

—EAST PENN SOCCER— “Eastern Pennsyl-vania Soccer Associ-ation is a non-profit organization, dedi-cated to supporting adult soccer through local Leagues and Clubs. The State Association currently registers approximately 5000 adults, involved in 15 different Leagues. Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer is a member of the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA), which is an affiliate of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).”

(www.eastpasa.wix.com)

L to R: Standing—Werner Fricker III (Manager), Jason Karasow, Eric Drewenskus, Ken Tomczuk, Paul Hileman, Jeff Bennet, Pat Raykivitz, Wayne Grasela, John Gravelle, Kevin Sherry, Dr. Joe DeCarlo (Trainer), Mike Curley (Head Coach)

Front Row—Cody Antonini, Brian Blesi, Jeff Spiker, Zach Fayer, Dave Straub, Ryan Tadley, Mike Pio, Andy Meehan, Marc Brook-land, Rashard Gayle. Missing—Glodi Konga, Jimmy Clark.

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Celebrate Christmas With Us!

Club Christmas Party Sunday December 15th

Buffet Dinner starting at 3:00pm Adults - $25.00

Children (6 to 12) - $12.50 5 and under – free

Entertainment and Nativity Scene featuring the UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIAN CULTURAL GROUP

Special Visit from

Santa Claus!

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST:

Contact Kathi Noel

215.368.3221

Proper Attire Recommended

All Are Welcome!

—DANCING AROUND— Our dance group has been busy with many dance jobs this fall season. Some are small with few people, but some are much larger jobs where we need to prepare more material to entertain

the audience. As a dance group with our lead-ers we always aim to maintain a very large and varied repertoire in order to allow ourselves performances that can best entertain our audi-ences! At the Bethlehem Oktoberfest at the Steel Stacks, this is what we had to do! We danced many long sets filled with all different kinds of dances. At these types of events we add in diverse dances to make it more interesting both for ourselves and the spectators. This job was really fun and we had a good time! The week prior we made our way to Prince-ton, NJ to the Elks Lodge for their annual Ok-toberfest. We have entertained here the last few years and this year it was sold out so there was a full house! We had an especially good time at this job because the Heimatklänge was the band at that event. No matter where we are, it is al-ways a good time because we are together and love to dance to the Heimatklänge, our band. The following weekend, we made our way to the Cranbury Brook Retirement Community in NJ. This was an extremely small job where there were only about twenty people there to watch us. Our performance was thoroughly enjoyed by all and we hope we are hired back next year! On October 26th, there were two jobs. One was at the Holiday Village East in Marlton, NJ. The hosts of this Oktoberfest were so friendly and nice. We had an awesome time and after our second set of dances, Alex and Werner, my cousin and brother left to go to the Kaiser Family Reunion in Port Richmond. Here the Heimatklänge played music and a few dances were performed by the two boys as well as their partners Marlene Fricker and Connie Reiter. The Kaiser’s really enjoyed this and especially liked the band. Now we are practicing for Kirch-weihfest. We are preparing many dances and of course the tradition-al Kirchweih dances. Our group is really excited for this event! We can’t wait to uphold our traditions and hope to see you all there!

Karina

ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW:

—SCHOCKTOBERFEST— It was Saturday evening at the United German Hungarians where there were some ghosts and goblins having a good old party at the third annual “Schocktoberfest” Hal-loween Party. Many people came dressed-up that night from the smallest to the tallest, including adults! The lovely ladies working in the kitchen were on hand with Scary Skeleton Cheese-burgers, Mummy Dogs and fresh, hot Freaky French fries! There were bowls of Hallow-een candy on each table for all to enjoy. DJ Mike had the children scrambling with games including musical chairs and scaven-ger hunts, even looking for the oldest penny in the room! We are so glad he was able to join us again this year for the party!

There was a parade of all the children where the judges chose the best costume of the night! That was a difficult job because there were so many great costumes! First the group was narrowed down to 5 boys and 5 girls. Once the winners and runners up were picked, all ten of those children won a prize for making it to the final round of judging. In the end, the jester won best costume and the runner’s up were the astronaut and the Grecian goddess. Cindy Proll, the Enter-tainment Chairman, gave a small bag of goodies to each child that was in the parade. The dance floor was full for the rest of the night with the kids dancing up a storm.

Lisa Fricker

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—EDITORIAL CONTINUED— Later I realized that the “Banater Club” was really the “United German Hungarians” and in 1954 with friends, I became a member of the German Hungarian Sport Club. We had quite a busy youth group and over the years, I learned many stories about the history of the early colonization of the Banat and the other nearby areas of Austria-Hungary. As a young wife and mother, my husband brought me a book in German titled “Der Grosse Schwabenzug”. Even though I can speak “schwowisch” (our German dialect) and learned two years of the German Language in high school, it was difficult for me to read this book. However it was most interesting and when this book was published in English in 2012, I purchased one for my grandson, Mi-chael, who I know is as interested in our his-tory as I am. The following is his book review on “The Great Swabian Migration”:

BOOK REVIEW - The Great Swabian Migration (Der Grosse Schwabenzug)

By Michael Fricker The Great Swabian Migration (Der Grosse Schwabenzug) Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn. Palatine, Illinois: Pannonia Press, 2012. 222pp. The historical novel, originally published in 1913 in German is just over 100 years old and was given new life in 2012 with an English language version by Pannonia Press of Illi-nois. The English translation was done out of an intrinsic necessity as noted in the paper-back, “to tell our young people about their roots.” These young people are members of the larger community of “Donauschwaben” people in the United States. This tale howev-er, is an age old story or people seeking a better life. Its themes are universal to any culture in almost any time. The great Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn in his Der Grosse Schwabenzug draws from the truths of these simple people. He creates these stories that live and breathe in a real world that was populated by real people. Set in the eighteenth century this book uses fic-tional examples to explain how it was that the German “Volksdeutsche” came to settle and build thriving communities in Hungary, Romania, and what is today Serbia. He tells the story from the imperial court’s decree for colonization of the once Turkish lands of Hungary, to the middle and lower class people striving to settle the land and all along remembering the great Governor who aims to build the Banat into a thriving civiliza-tion that rivals the marble of Rome. Müller-Guttenbrunn winds together these stories

that are constantly moving to the same place; what would be their promised land. This book is not just a source of entertain-ment and knowledge for those descendants of the ethnically German people of South-Eastern Europe. It can be read by all and a wealth of knowledge can be obtained from it. I urge any reader; read it for the historical background, read it for the entertainment, and read it for smiles, the laughs, the tears and the connections you can find in it! EDITOR’S NOTE: As Michael encourages all to read this book, I do as well. This historical novel ex-plains how it all came about relating fictional stories chronicling the journey of the thou-sands who came mostly by boat to find a new homeland in the Banat, Batschka and Schwäbische Türkei, areas which are now Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. All members of our club whether your ances-tors lived in that area or did not, should have a copy of “The Great Swabian Migration” on their book shelf. A great Christmas gift! ef

—FOR PURCHASE AT THE GH— Kirchweih Fest:

A Danube Swabian Celebration from Europe to America $25.00

The Great Swabian Migration: Learn how and why the Donauschwaben settled in their new homes along the Danube in the epic historical novel by Adam Mül-ler-Guttenbrunn, now translated into English! $22.00

Millions Cried… No One Listened: You will receive 6 distinctly different DVDs covering a wide range of history the Eastern European German Expulsion following WW2. An Ann’s Films production.

Available for purchase at the Schnitzel Nights as well as the Kirchweihfest in November

—BAYERISCHER ECKE— Besides the BVV Monthly Dances and their participation in the Annual Bavarian Oktober-fest, the BVV Ladies organize monthly trips to Atlantic City. These trips have been orga-nized for quite some time and are usually filled to capacity by mostly senior men and women as they take place during a weekday. These trips are a lot of fun and are looked forward to by the “regulars”. Thea, BVV La-dies President, also plans other trips through-

out the year. The Ladies Penny Party which was held on October 23rd was well attended and quite successful. Among those attending were groups from various German-American or-ganizations. The BVV Ladies Christmas Party will be held on December 8 and we encour-age all to attend this enjoyable event. Saturday, November 16th – BUNTER ABEND

with music by Emil Schanta Band

Sunday, December 8, BVV LADIES CHRISTMAS PARTY

with music by Maria Party begins at 2 pm and Reservations are

necessary – CALL Thea at 215-464-5564

—AMONG OUR MEMBERS— Congratulations to Kyra Malofiy, age 11, member of our Cultural Group, who is also a member of Bux-Mont Panthers Cheer and Dance. This group won first place at the PA Elite American Youth Football Conference. Kyra also won first place for her solo jump competition. Best wishes to Maria Neu who was recent-ly hospitalized with a serious illness and is now recuperating at Pine Run Rehab Center in Doylestown. We look forward to seeing Maria and her husband Karl at the club soon. Sorry to hear that Anna Michi passed away during the summer. She was the wife of Tony Michi, a former member of our Board of Gov-ernors and various committees. Their sons Herbert and Richard were formerly active members of our Cultural Group. We offer our deepest sympathy to the Michi Family. Condolences to Theresa Betsch on the death of her daughter Renate Anne Noone. Renate, age 54, died after a three year battle with cancer. She is also survived by her hus-band of 31 years, Steve and her sister There-sa and her brother Michael. Renate was also the daughter of the late Michael Betsch.

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

November 6th & December 4th

A delicious schnitzel dinner including two side dishes plus a salad, bread and butter,

and coffee or tea are served for the price of $10.00 for adults

$5.00 for children. Dessert and drinks are available for purchase