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HUNGARIANS HONOR ST. STEPHEN It seems like long ago that the last Hungarian influx into Oshawa started, but it wasn't. it was m December of 1058 that the first refugees from that country arrived (vhey were wife, October Joseph Adam and his Rose) following the revolt. There had been other Hunga- to Oshawa, rian emigrations such as in 1924-25 (after part of the country wa divided by the Treaty of Trianon between Austria, Czechoslovakia and Rumania) and again ioiiowimg on to Canada's doorstep. The response of the local Hungarian community and of many outside it in The Motor City will lene be remembered by these unfortunate people. year -- the annual feast day of St. Stephen, their patron saint and guiding light for hundreds of years. The eveni wii ve celeviatce tion of the people to the Chris- tian national ideals of the West, for which their ancestors have constantly fought and died" (as one spokesman aynlained it) groups, they have added much to the Canadian way of life. Their record of achievement has been reflected in many ways not the least of which is the comparatively large num- the Second World War. The crushing of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by the Rus- sians, with its accompanying tragedies, shocked the world and brought the disaster right These events of the past were in fitting oc' recalled by many here today as the city's Hungarians pre- pared to celebrate the most im- portant day in their calendar social festivi rians regard tomorrow with religions opportunity "'for the re-dedica- casion today and and ties. The' Hunga- this day as an arrival. patriots The community has been en- riched in many ways by their Together ber of their compatriots who have achieved prominence in diversified fields of life from the professions to industry to the business world. with their from other com- ethnic & City Club Focal Point ® For Hungarian Community By OTTO ZAVESICZKY President Nearly a half a century ago the Hungarian Culture Club was born. Its history begins in the early '20's when a handful of dedicated zealots keeping the spark of Hungarian life aglow formed the Hungarian Roman Catholic Association. This association was the nu- cleus of the early Hungarian community life. | On the advent of the great} putchase of the premises from the United Church of Canada| on 64 Albany St. which up until today. is the permanent home of the club. At the same time it was decided the First Hungar. ian Workers Association chang its name to the Oshawa Hun- garian~ Culture Club. By - the new name and its activity the) club was recognized and the Grant of Letters Patent for the) Club was issued. 1 The relevance of the religi Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1964; A land reclaiming process is currently underway which might eventually net the Oshawa har- bor commission $100,000. Fred Malloy, a harbor com- missioner said, about 10 acres |of land will be reclaimed when \the process is completed: This will take about five or jor six years but in that time |the land value should reach |$10,000 per acre, he said. | Almost two acres of land |have already been reclaimed |since 700 truck loads of con- heciamation: $100,000 Gain Predicted Here ree so oe. cents a cubic yard to havet the harbor dredged," said Mr.» Malloy, "because pumps have; to be provided to push thes |dredged material a mile into* ithe lake. {ENCLOSED LAGOON "Whereas by building an en-% closed lagoon on our souths beach we can reduce this cost + to some 46 cents per cubic yard," he said. The harbor commissioner + |said this would prove to the? esenerse! depression in 1928 a new orF-\ gus groups endorsement of the ganization was founded under/clyh became the cornerstone the name of the first Hun-\yjon which the majority of garian Workers Association.| prestigious individuals | whose Stephen Karnay, a local store- attitudes are valued and _ re- ; : keeper and one of the original|spected by others based their! © / } Jerry Jackman, operations | organizers, became' its first/ support of the club. rayne of my fap naga added. a resident. In the '20's, meetings) [t would be a most difficult ion Ltd., says his company has : Pa ae various activities of the task to averie the Hungarian jyards of fill obtained from Phong oe he the wrens club were held in rented prem-|Cylture Club aside from. the excavations on Simcoe St. §, |d¢Partment of public works and ¥ 7 ; : |the national research council? ises and private homes. work of some of its foremost lie? ; The newly arrived Hun-|spokesmen: G. Angi, A. Dobos, STREET RECONSTRUCTED visited the harbor area, Fridayy~ garians who found themselves|A. Bino, C. Ferencz, M. Kiraly. The street is now being ea ce the surge wave con { unemployed had refused to dis-/M, Laval. V. Matuska. A constructed by the company | "tons. f crete rubble and earth were federal government that this, dumped into the harbor reclaim-|'YP¢ of project can be done. » ing area from Simcoe St. re-|\ hey have consented to pro--- construction. vide the bern (a retaining wall) + which is used to prevent wash- * outs caused by winter storms," , GEORGE CSAKY of Osh- awa is typical of the for- mer Hungarian. Freedom Fighters now resident here. He was released from prison by the Communists SOME OF THE beautiful traditions of the people of Hungary are exemplified in the national costumes dis- played here by three attrac- tive young Oshawa _ resi- Saint Is Hungarys Symbol Today is Aug. 20, a day when Hungarians recall the poignant details of the life of St. Stephen their patron saint St. Stephen has long been an inspiration for them. Today. is his feast day, the greatest national holiday of the Hungarian people. The Hungarians regard it as an opportunity for the re-dedi- a ' Ti Ye appear into the depression- created chaos or be carried) away by communist agitation. ' They soon identified themselves 'aes iis IP GEE isis 3 trict, but the exact num- ber will not be known until completion of the current census-taking campaign. --Oshawa Times Photo predominate when they pre- sent' local musicals and festivals. There are ap- proximately 1,200 Hunga- rians in Oshawa and dis- dents,. all Hungarians. They are, left to right, Betty Puskas, Eva Berger and Shirley Puskas. Hungarians love good music and color- ful pageantry, both of which tribal society into the "Apos- ltolic Kingdom". St. Stephen was crowned and anointed by the Church in a solemn and religious act per- formed by St. Astrik. The problem of 1,000 AD was similar to that of today in one respect i.e. to choose be- tween the East and the West. St. Stephen chose Rome, and cation of the people to the }thus decided to stand on the Christian national ideals of the'side of the West. west. Their ancestors fought and died for such through the; 1,000-year-old European history; of their ancestors. | St; Stephen was born in 969) AD. He was known originally) as Vaick, but this was changed to Stephen after his baptism by St. Wolfgang in 975 AD. His} pagan name was preserved in| the writings of Bishop Thiltmar) of Merseburg St. Stephen father. Geza, the dynasty succeeded his who came from of the the banks and Tisza Stephen started his lic career as a young He entered the Civitias Dei ("God's earthly kingdom"). He was determined to fight all who tried to preserve the pagan past. He pursued the great building scheme of his father, Duke Geza. He used every means to carry out his work in the most practical and effi- cient manner. He thus laid the foundation for a Christian state He also created for the Hun- garian people a God-centered Christian national life. THE NEW STATE Pope Syivester ii recognized the new state in 1,000 AD and conferred the title of Apoltolic King on St. Stephen. He also sent him the Holy Crown, the sacred symbol of the Hun- garian nation which marks the transformation of the Magyar of the Danube pub- man 26,000 Emigrated Here In The Early 1920 Era The first Hungarian set foot on Canadian soil is be- lieved to have been Stephen Parmenius de Buda, 'a scholar who accompanied Sir Humphrey Gilbert in.1583 during his ini- tial exploration of Newfound- land Three hundred years later a group of Hungarians emigrated to the Pennsylvania coalfields. They later went to Saskatche wan to form Canada's first Hungarian settlement north of the Qu'appe It took the name of lazy; the organ- izer of settlement. It re- mains the only name Hungarian Canada The peace dictates deprived two-thirds of Hungary's millen ial territory populace -of their natural boundaries. They lost this by what historians term "'a whimsical dissection" -- more than half of the ation and one-third of the M ar racial stock was lost. In wake of this tragedy, 26,000 Hungarians Canada in the 2 with this. influx was Started. the recorded h tory of Oshawa"s Hung communits The first Hungarians awa were B. Caimesa nay and James and Py to the today of or gin in the in Osh Magyar} "Moses Arpad" who settled on} ithe Crimea and from the Dan- jand later became place- |; St. Stephen's statesmanship was of value not only to. Hun- gary, but to all Europe. He neutralized his country from the decaying Byzantium, and from the threatening shadow of Imperium. He was as skillful in diplomacy as he was valiant in war and always had one con- sideration in mind -- what was best for his people. The conversion of the Hun- garians opened the way for the advent of Christian eulture into Eastern Europe, since the mid- dle Danube has always been the gateway between East and West St. Stephen's new Christian state was still an island in a sea of paganism and barbarism stretching from Scandanavia to ube to the Upper Volga. It occu- pied the intermediate position between the Latin West and the! |Byzantine East. At the same ltime, in the Carpath - Danube basin, Hungary . became. a natural buffer state between the racial, cultural and military expansion strife of the Slavic and Germanic states. ST. STEPHEN DIES St. Stephen died in 1038 A.D. He later, to- jgether with his son, St. Emeric, the patron of many dedicated to the country's Datron. saint whose feast day is observed today by Hungarians. ST. STEPHEN, the patron saint of. Hungary, is the subject of this impressive statue in Budapest, It is one Stephanus Coronatus the fine;have been made in the name of qualities of a patriarch. ithe holy crown of St. Stephen. The little treaties known as|It embodies both the sovereign- 'The Instructions of St. Stephen|ty of Hungary and the power of jto His Son, St. Emeric' ex-jthe state. It is a sacred relic to \press the ideals of the founder |jall religious faiths in Hungary. jof the Christian state. This is|The Hungarians believe that jespecially so in one passage in|while the Crown is not in Hun- |which he consoles the prince tojgary there is no nation of welcome strangers and foreign-| Hungary at all. ors. inio. the Bingiom:. 'sari helpers|weak and fragile is a kingdom/estimated 1,500 residents in Astrik,| with one language and one cus- Oshawa and district now: They Martin. tom" jhave built up sound and flour- recognized in! All legal decisions in Hungary ishing economic status as well as an impressive religious and |cultural life. The Hungarian community is organized into five branches in Oshawa as follows: 1--St. Ladislaus Roman Cath- olic Association under the spiritual leadership of the Jesuit fathers of Toronto. 2--The Presbyterian congrega- on under the ministr. eV. a tribute to the refugees them- O. Seres he ministry of Rev selves -- it also illustrates the \ member of the Oshawa good-will and humanity of the Hungarian community recalled Canadian people, who have today the influx here in 1957 of been generous in their response refugees from his native land to the needs of these people," following Russia's aggression |the spokesman continued. "The Oshawa Hungarian com- Hungarians are extremely munity responded with a total proud of their race and behave mobilization of popular support like proud people. They like to for these people," he said. point out that "this pride is "Every member of the com- closely related to the honor of munity was exhorted as never the Magyar Knight King, St. before to stand by his brethern. Laudislaud, and to the idealism Sympathetic expressions, as |of Louis Kossuth, the leader of well moral and material|the Freedom Fighters of 1848 was given the refu- The Hungarians settled in in every sector of the Oshawa in. a three-phase series Virtually every majorjas follows: (1) those who ar- and secular organiza-|rived after' the First World in working alliance; War; (2) those who were vic- Hungarian commu-jtims of Communist after the The city set up a commit-|Second, World War; (3) those Blood donors in factories!who came here after the Hun- and offices offered help, A Redjgarian freedom fight (this Cross. family' search was organ- group provided the largest in- zed. The Hungarian Relief Fund! flux and arrived mostly in immediately and enthusias- 1957.) tically organized, The city gates Each of these groups brought were thrown open and approxi-|unique traditicne and values. mately 350 found refuge here."'|They proceeded 10 create insti- The Hungarian refugees pos- tutions and org:\) tion in their sessed a high degree of educa-lowf 'image. y rapidly tion, technical skill and train-|assumed position -- of impor- ng tance in the com 'ity's eco- The they nomic and culture e © now becoming established! The Hungarians have was saint of Hungary. Among his greatest were St. Adalbert, St St. Gellert and St. Christianity has Sabyan Sabyan Motor 1957 INFLUX (the latter is owner of|in this community is more than ti Sales). Hungarian Culture Fighter™Federation (City and District Hungarians will hold special celebrations next Octo- ber to mark the 10th anniver- sary of the Hungarian freedom fight.) 5--The Hungarian. Veterans' Association. Oshawa's Hungarian com- munity has prospered in recent years. It has its well-to-do sec- tor, together with an increasing number of shop-keepers, - busi- ness men, owners of small man- ufacturing and apartment enter- prises, as well as members of. the service trades. They have also managed to send. many of their children on to higher edu- cation. The Hungarians' intellectual element includes priests, minis- ters, teachers, artists, as well as physicians, engineers and doctors of law. CONTINUITY OF CULTURE The ancient heritage of Hun- garian culture is maintained here in several ways. Artistic competence in sculpture, paint- ing and beautifully-designed and crafted articles are to be seen. as sistance gees city church tion was with the nity tec was to. wh ay al an > ) | Oshawa. i tween the Roman Catholic Asso- with the existing organizations| finding meaningful activity which bolstered up pride that could not easily be _ broken down by prejudice. The con- sciousness of their own worth gave them comfort. It had in- stilled new hope in them em-jeconomic stagnation and politi-|tivities are carried out and the! phasizing the fact that they) |belonged to a group with whom|developed into a they shared a tradition, a com- mon past and a hope for a bet- ter future. EARLY DAYS The early membership of the club was drawn from the social) classes hardest hit by the de-| pression. For the manual labor-} ers and small merchants whose} economic roots in Canada were! only a few years in the mak-| ing, membership dues and! financial contributions were a luxury. Despite these facts in 1933, the club found itself with a paying membership of 60) hard-core adherents. | In the 1930's the meetings of| the leaders were consistently characterized by their continu- ing expression of concern of the 7 growing Hungarian settlement and with it the. indispensable need of establishing a perma- nent home, a centre of the} community. It was urged that} the first Hungarian Workers) Association be broadened to} consist of not individual mem- bers alone but in the main of representation of all religious, cultural and social groups whose membership look to the institution as a symbol of pres- ervation and enrichment of the religious and cultural tradition of the Hungarian people of} In 1933 the agreement be- ciation and the. First Hungarian Workers Association with she newly formed Presbyterian Eight of the 11-man exec- utive of the Hungarian Cul- ture Club pose on'the eve | of St. Stephen's feast day President Otto Zavesiczky | is seated centre in bottom | club Mayer, S. Minacs,.J. Minacs, J. Puskas, M. Puskas, P. Szekeres, M. Szidor, J. Szik- szay, and the newcomers I Kiraly, I. Korosi,-J. Domonkos to mention but a few FINE CREATION ion and sports field added to The remarkable creation -- of : ec roperty. s park the Hungarian Club of 'the de-| club. property in ae ie pression years in an age of|Summer 'recreation, sports ac- in 1956 after serving five years in Hungary. Czaky is a member. of one of Hun- gary's oldest families. nic ground with a dancing pavil-|used in the reclaiming process. | cal pessimism, in short time|/annual St. Stephen festival is 4 social enter-|holq which attracts many peo- prise in first order permitting | nje from as far as Welland its adherents to partake of fel-|.nq London, Ontario. lowship, to gain recognition) and prestige and to fulfill all) PROVIDED AID those interpersonal functions) after the tragic outcome of for which human associations|the 1956 Hungarian Freedom are brought into existence. Fight predominant attention From the early years a great}was focused upon the recep- effort was made to foster rec-|tion, material help and provid- reation for the members andjing homes and work for hun- utilization of free time to de-|dreds of refugees velop cultural activities,' to} Jn the 1960's the time had create possibilities for the|ogme to order priorities anew. young, to find the means of! The present leadership of the self-culture, to develop sports,|clyh shifted from the internal and to search for' other activi-|cjyh issues to the external ties beneficiary to the individ-| sphere, On numerous gather- ual as well as to the com-) ings prominent clergymen, munity. |writers, poets, artists, and The club in the past yearsjorators had left their mark on offered opportunity of -public/the -community which permits performance for many talent-jthe club leadership to mobilize ed, young local. artists, musi-|and channel public opinion into cians and performers. jaction. By arranging exhibitions In the broad spectrum oflincluding those of the Folk activities, the club program in-| Festival and Lyceum Club, the cludes various gatherings, par-|Hungarian Club unlocked the ties, balls, ,concerts, festivities,|gates bearing access to the theatre, vaitiety shows, films,| wealth of folk art existing in celebrating religious and na-\the Hungarian community. tional holidays. These exhibits were After World War II with the|praised by students and schol- new arrivals renewed interest| ats. Fund-raising campaigns showed in the club life, con-|were organized to help national structive activity symbolized|institutions in exile, help grant many values and was reflected|scholarships for worthy stu- by the rising membership. The|dents and aid the aged, sick theatre group widelyjand poor refugees in Europe. acclaimed toured every major|By every action the club stands community centre in Ontario. |by those enslaved kinsmen who In 1951 the club house wasjwere left behind the Iron Cur- enlarged and renovated and injtain and give their tears, blood the same year in Hampton, On-|and sweat to build a new Hun-| tario, a 14-acre beautiful pic-!gary in the place of the old. row. Treasurer -- Julius Minacs is on left and Alex Dobos, Sr. on right. In cen- tre row, left to right, are Joseph Puskas, 'director; Steve Minacs, undersecre- tary; and James Szikszay, director. Vice - president John Domonkos is top left and Secretary Leslie Kiraly top right --Oshawa Times Photo much} who also using a caterpillar tractor bulldozer to level and grade the fill as a goodwill gesture to the commission. Waste materials obtained from harbor dredging is also "Tt usually costs about 80 "They will study these con- |ditions to prepare remedial ¢ jaction relative to future con-? |struction of. additional harbor » facilities," said the harbor co- + | mmissioner. '. Any firms wishing to dump * are welcome, he added, : * * Respect By Council Asked: For Planning Decisions When a recommendation to amend the official plan with regard to non - conforming uses that had been bandied back and forth between Pick- ering Twp. council and planning |board was returned to council without change,' planning board member Rex Merritt said that he thought council should have respect for planning board de- cisions. "If they must go over the whole thing we have gone over many times, this is simply a redundant board," said Mr. Merritt. In relation to the board's re- fusal to distribute staff reports to council, Mr. Merritt asked; "If we direct Mr Faulkner, (planning director) to do a cer- tain thing, where do we stand with council? Mr. Faulkner is jblamed personally for it." Discussion ended here, to be resumed in committee. 'VERBIAGE' HIT Member C. W. Laycox object- ed to the "verbiage" in the non-conforming use report, and said he felt some clarification }was required for council. | "I think you should be able to say, some day, 'You are not conforming. Out!"' said Mr. Laycox. | "The furore about non-con- \forming uses,". said the plan- jning director, "Is that if you ELECTION SEEN BY NEXT FALL William Cumptsy, full-time organizer of the New Demo- cratic Party in Oshawa rid- ing, said yesterday that he agrees with remarks made recently by Donald C. Mac- donald, leader of the NDP, who predicted a Provincial election in the fall of 1967. "In fact, this is pretty well accepted by all of the NDP ridings," said Mr. Cumptsy. "Our membership has in- creased here in the Ontario riding and in Durham, the membership has tripled," he said. "We have a good chance of becoming the major opposi- tion in the next election," he said. "The summer months have been quiet as far as the party activity is concerned, but we are preparing for the annual picnic and also a member- ship drive," he said. "We have recently laid the plans for a youth group and in September, the woman's organization will be starting. We hope to have a speaker from Ottawa for that one," he said. » will not let them add and re- # pair, the building falls down | around their ears." "If theré are repairs requir- | ed on the building, surely this « does not mean that he cannot repair existing operations," said + member Hubert Wank, "If it! is a non-conforming use, a buil-« ding permit should not be is; sued to expand." The planning director said that repairs to maintain a buil- ding were permitted, but to enlarge it so that there would be increased height or bulk, the. owner, would have to apply to the Committee of Adjustment. For instance, if an automotive dealer moved out and a mach- inist wanted to move in, He could not. Mr. Laycox said that he knew of at least three who had not come before the committee of Adjustment. ENFORCEMENT? a Mr. Faulkner suggested that. this could be a lack of enforce* ment. "Do you expect the by-law» officer to know every operatiort; in the Township?" asked Lay« cox. 2 Mr. Laycox wanted some of, the points in the recommen- dation underlined for council; and Chairman Irwin said he thought this unnecessary. c "This is the reason why I dao not feel we should circulate the planning director's .com+, ments to council," said Mr.« Merritt, "Look at all the dis-* cussion we have had." "The recommendation comes * from the board through the, director, observed Mr. Laycox, * "Council feel that they should! know -- and they only get the« facts from the discssion. They * have a long agenda. They want, the facts, the same as we* get here after sitting sometim-; es for seven months on an ap-+ plication. We can't hold people * up. Council must accept om reject.'"' Wilson Rd. North To Be Closed Wilson Rd. N. will be closed? on Monday to allow for the in-. stallation of sewers and the* laying of a granular base. A traffic department spokes-+ man said today as soon as* construction on Harmony Rd., N. is completed work will start* on a section of Wilson Rd. N-~ from Oakwood St. to a point 600 feet north. Work on Harmony road is ex- pected to be completed some time on Monday, he said. While Wilson is closed, traffic will be detoured north and south via Adelaide St., Central Park N: and Rossland Rd., the spokesman added. Beauty P Due On Sept. 3 Some of Oshawa's beauties are preparing for September 3, when. the Miss Oshawa Pageant will be held. The contest is to be held at the Jubilee Pavillion. From September 3, showing, five finalists will be chosen. They will receive a free crash course in modelling so that they are ready ahd prepared for the finals the foll@ying week. ageant The girls will be shooting for prizes valued at $1500., and the winning girl will be entered in the Miss Canada contest. The judgees who will select Miss Oshawa, will be Miss Carol Ann Balmer, Miss Canada of 1964; Josephine Aldwinckle, social editor of the Oshawa Times; Bill Marchand of CKLB, radio; Walter Branch and hai stylist. John Weiss.