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VOLUME SIXTY-NINE | NUMBER 5 | OAKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA | MAY 2014

—CATHY E. FORD— To Be Inducted into SEPA Hall of Fame

There are many names within our Ger-man Hungarian soccer tradition that ring with a certain gravitas when spoken in our parts of Eastern Pa. Cathy Ford is one of them. When names like hers to this day continue to appear on line-up sheets every Sunday they transition from mere main-

stays of a team-unit to legends of the game. Ford began her storied soccer career at age eleven playing for Wissinoming BC in Northeast Philadelphia. From there she played on the very first soccer team at St. Hubert’s Catholic High School in 1978. In 1981 Ford was voted Catholic League MVP. She was also inducted into the St. Hubert’s Hall of Fame. At Villanova University Ford played on the first Varsi-ty Women’s team in 1983. Graduating in 1986 she con-tinues to hold numerous records within the school in-cluding 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 at Phoenix. Thus began her dedicated and storied ca-reer 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 during that period in time, but the adult teams, both men and women were very successful. Cathy Ford was 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 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 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 Cathy on her induction into the South Eastern Pennsyl-vania Hall of Fame.” Cathy Ford has been invaluable to our game. She has coached dozens of teams at all levels and as a player continues to play on our women’s teams to this day. On Saturday May 10, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soc-cer Hall of Fame will hold its annual banquet at the Cannstatter Volksfest Verein.

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UNITED GERMAN -HUNGARIANS OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY

Saturday, May 31st

Cocktail Hour (cash bar) 6:00pm

Hors d’oeuvres | Classic Viennese Dinner | Dessert Table

Musical Entertainment by the

KAURIGA ORCHESTRA Song Stylings By

SOLOIST JACQUELINE SMITH A Special Performance by the

GERMAN-HUNGARIAN DANCERS

Ticket Price: $60.00 per person

R E S E R VAT I O N S R EQ U I R E D : Contact: Lisa Fricker

215.500.0757 | lhfricker@hotmail.com

CATHY FORD

A CULTURAL EXHIBIT PRESENTED AND CURATED BY THE

PHILADELPHIA DONAUSCHWABEN | TRENTON DONAUSCHWABEN |UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIANS

As the first part of the ongoing Living History Days 2014, A Cultural Exhibit will take place at the Donauschwaben Phila-delphia over the weekend of June 13, 14 and 15 of 2014. Living History Days 2014 is aptly subtitled, “A Year-Long Cele-bration of the History, Traditions & Life of the Ethnic Ger-mans.” The Cultural Exhibit is the opening event of this cele-bration and will give us all a glimpse into the lives and tradi-tions of these people who are our ancestors. Knowledge of our cultural history is essential for us to remember who we were, in order to maintain the integrity of who we are and

ensure the vitality of who we will become. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)

Always Free & Undivided

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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 21, 2014

—PUBLICITY & EDITORIAL— The central responsibility of the Publicity and Editorial Committee as stated by our By-Laws in Article X is “proper publication and circulation of the Organization' s house or-gan, "Monthly Progress", and for any adver-tising by the Organization in an outside publi-cation.” 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 pro-mote our organization and the various places you can find this material. MONTHLY PROGRESS: Ted Kereczmann, who founded this newspaper wrote, that this pa-per is published “in the interest of all mem-bers to promote a close and harmonious rela-tion 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. To-day our website is maintained by the Infor-mation 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 In-stagram. 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 com-munity 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

—FROM OUR PRESIDENT— 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 com-mended 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 oppor-tunity 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 Gau-fest Feasibility Committee. Your time, work and dedication was AWESOME! The bid process also created an enthusi-asm 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 op-portunity 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:

—CLUB CLEAN-UP DAYS— We have scheduled the following in-door/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

ALL DANCES 7:00pm TO 11:00pm

—’FORD’ CONTINUED— 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 nominat-ed to the Hall by our organization, specifical-ly, Chairman of the Board Steve Paul who has recently taken interest in making nomina-tions 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 Hun-garian and a friend. Even more so we are proud to call her a legend.

—’EXHIBIT’ CONTINUED— The Exhibit is currently being curated and will be presented by the triumvirate: Do-nauschwaben 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 Associa-tion is located at 1277 Southampton Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19116. You can contact the club at 215-969-9356. More in-formation 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 Tues-day 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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—COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN— The president recently held her first Chair-man’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 By-Laws, “shall be responsible for the proper maintenance of the club building at all times.” This committee is tasked with ensuring all nec-essary repairs are made and that any installa-tions 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 responsi-ble for the planning, running of all entertain-ment 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 con-tinue to make the social and financial commit-ment to our club. PUBLICITY AND EDITORIAL — Michael Fricker (SEE PAGE 2)

SOCCER — Andy J. Weyershaeuser Soccer remains our major sport. We cur-rently 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 func-tions. 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.

—AMONG OUR MEMBERS— 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 Weyershae-user 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, Po-land, 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 Ha-nitschak 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 hus-band 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, final-ly 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.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Members, please send news about your families to Emily Fricker at ehfricker@hotmail.com

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—CORNER KICKS— 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 inau-gural game. The squad, which had formed over the summer under the leadership of Barry Har-vey and his daughter, Danielle, was young and

inexperienced but ready to make a name for itself in the area’s most competitive women’s amateur league. The team lost that game 10-0—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 Stadi-um—a squad with confidence, poised to con-tinue their undefeated streak and to defend their 2013 title as league champions. And with a sound score of 4-1, the team beat ri-vals Vereinigung Erzgebirge to officially add the 2014 United Soccer League of PA Major Championship to their growing list of accom-plishments. “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 uni-versities, including UNC Charlotte, Rutgers, Tennessee, Temple, Holy Family, West Ches-ter, 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 Tour-nament, 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.

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—DANCING AROUND— Founder of the Cultural Group Reflects on the Recent Performance at Our Banquet

The German Hungarian People have al-ways loved to dance. I believe all people en-joy 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 inter-action or exercise, in a spiritual or perfor-mance setting and is sometimes used to ex-press 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 danc-ing 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 Satur-day, March 29th, the German Hungarian Dancers performed the dance of their lives (so far). The following performed: Alex Blank, Nichole Deely, Catherine Di-eterly, Michael Fricker, Werner Fricker III, Dan Galgon, Ed Galgon, Jenn Lineman, Mika-ela Malofiy, Kyra Malofiy, Sasha Malofiy, An-na 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.

The three dances performed were: A Swing Dance – to jazz music character-

ized 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 Simm-Samma Band performing at the Ok-toberfest.

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 per-formances 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 grandpar-ent and a former Cultural Group Dance Teacher, I thank the dancers, all the teachers who have touched their lives, and their par-ents. Job well done on this group!!!

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—SCHNITZEL NIGHT—

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

Wednesday, June 4 Wednesday, July 9

Wednesday, August 6

$10.00 for adults | $5.00 for children

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—SPRING PENNY PARTY— Wednesday, May 14

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

Tickets: $3.00 Includes coffee and cake

RESERVATIONS are REQUIRED Call Emily Fricker at 267.470.4828

—SOCCER BEEF & BEER— Saturday, June 7 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Tickets: $30.00 DJ Music, Beef & Beer, Raffles, 50/50

FOR TICKETS AND INFO CONTACT: Sara Apanavage at aps2313@hotmail.com

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