September 1, 2006

Rotary Business

Guests Claire Durham--Red Cross (Joe Eisberg); Mr.& Mrs. Pang, Carolyn & Kevin; Rosemary & Heather Kates: Grace & Ryan Ermey; Dr. Marta DiGisi (Interact Coordinator at Cherry Hill West; our exchange student Adam Majoros; Students from Interact--Nina & Amanda Malik .
Potential Members Robert Marks--Real Estate Broker (Fred Levin); Anthony DeNisi (Ted Levy).

Visiting Rotarians ADG--Pete Stafford--Voorhees Breakfast; DGE--Jozsef DeKovacs & wife Alicia;

 

Rotary Calendar

Current--Joel Petchon has 2007 Entertainment Books for sale for GSR--South Jersey-30.00 & Philadelphia--25.00. Twenty percent of the proceeds benefit GSR.

September 20th--Stand Down--Once a year in Camden County Homeless Veterans are brought to the Armory in Cherry Hill to receive a hot meal and a medical check-up. Volunteers are needed, no experience necessary. Contact Joe Eisberg.

September 20th--Kennedy Hospital in Cherry Hill is offering a free course in CPR. It is a three hour class beginning at 6pm. Our very own Roseanne Myers will be teaching the class.

December 3rd--Holiday Party--Cafe Aldo Lamberti's, Route 70, Cherry Hill. The fun begins at 6pm.

 

Last Week's Meeting

The meeting began with the Hungarian National Anthem in honor of our exchange student Adam Majoros. August 25th,2006 was officially proclaimed Adam Majoros Day by Fred Levin.


THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

The text of the Hungarian national anthem was written in 1823 by Ferenc Kölcsey (1790-1838), one of the great poets of the age of reform. It was first published in 1828 under the title Hymn.

The music was composed by the composer and conductor Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) in 1844, when he won a contest to compose the national anthem.
It was first performed in the National Theatre in Pest in 1844, but only adopted officially as the national anthem in 1903.

The Hymn has eight stanzas, although only the first is normally played or sung on official occasions. The translation made in 1881 by William N. Loew provides some inkling of the lyrics.

 

 

 

 

O my God, the Magyar bless
With Thy plenty and good cheer!
With Thine aid his just cause press,
Where his foes to fight appear.
Fate, who for so long didst frown,
Bring him happy times and ways;
Atoning sorrow hath weighed down
Sins of past and future days.

By Thy help our fathers gained
Kárpát's proud and sacred height;
Here by Thee a home obtained
Heirs of Bendegúz, the knight.
Where're Danube's waters flow
And the streams of Tisza swell,
Árpád's children, Thou dost know,
Flourished and did prosper well.

For us let the golden grain
Grow upon the fields of Kún,
And let Nectar's silver rain
Ripen grapes of Tokay soon.
Thou our flags hast planted o'er
Forts where once wild Turks held sway;
Proud Vienna suffered sore
From King Mátyás' dark array.

But, alas! for our misdeed,
Anger rose within Thy breast,
And Thy lightnings Thou didst speed
From Thy thundering sky with zest.
Now the Mongol arrow flew
Over our devoted heads;
Or the Turkish yoke we knew,
Which a free-born nation dreads.

Oh, how often has the voice
Sounded of wild Osman's hordes,
When in songs they did rejoice
O'er our heroes' captured swords!
Yea, how often rose thy sons,
My fair land, upon thy sod,
And thou gavest to these sons,
Tombs within the breast they trod!

Though in caves pursued he lie,
Even there he fears attacks.
Coming forth the land to spy,
Even a home he finds he lacks.
Mountain, valego where he would,
Grief and sorrow all the same
Underneath a sea of blood
While above a sea of flame.

'Neath the fort, a ruin now,
Joy and pleasure erst were found,
Only groans and sighs, I trow,
In its limits now abound.
But no freedom's flowers return
From the spilt blood of the dead,
And the tears of slavery burn,
Which the eyes of orphans shed.

Pity, God, the Magyar, then,
Long by waves of danger tossed;
Help him by Thy strong hand when
He on grief's sea may be lost.
Fate, who for so long did frown,
Bring him happy times and ways;
Atoning sorrow hath weighed down
All the sins of all his days.

Isten, áldd meg a magyart
Jó kedvvel, b?séggel,
Nyújts feléje véd? kart,
Ha küzd ellenséggel;
Bal sors akit régen tép,
Hozz rá víg esztend?t,
Megbünhödte már e nép
A multat s jövend?t!

?seinket felhozád
Kárpát szent bércére,
Általad nyert szép hazát
Bendegúznak vére.
S merre zúgnak habjai
Tiszának, Dunának,
Árpád h?s magzatjai
Felvirágozának.

Értünk Kunság mezein
Ért kalászt lengettél,
Tokaj sz?l?vesszein
Nektárt csepegtettél.
Zászlónk gyakran plántálád
Vad török sáncára,
S nyögte Mátyás bús hadát
Bécsnek büszke vára.

Hajh, de b?neink miatt
Gyúlt harag kebledben,
S elsújtád villámidat
Dörg? fellegedben,
Most rabló mongol nyilát
Zúgattad felettünk,
Majd törökt?l rabigát
Vállainkra vettünk.

Hányszor zengett ajkain
Ozman vad népének
Vert hadunk csonthalmain
Gy?zedelmi ének!
Hányszor támadt tenfiad
Szép hazám kebledre,
S lettél magzatod miatt
Magzatod hamvedre!

Bújt az üldözött s felé
Kard nyúl barlangjában,
Szerte nézett s nem lelé
Honját a hazában,
Bércre hág és völgybe száll,
Bú s kétség mellette,
Vérözön lábainál,
S lángtenger fölötte.

Vár állott, most k?halom,
Kedv és öröm röpkedtek,
Halálhörgés, siralom
Zajlik már helyettek.
S ah, szabadság nem virúl
A holtnak véréb?l,
Kínzó rabság könnye hull
Árvánk h? szeméb?l!

Szánd meg isten a magyart
Kit vészek hányának,
Nyújts feléje véd? kart
Tengerén kínjának.
Bal sors akit régen tép,
Hozz rá víg esztend?t,
Megbünhödte már e nép
A multat s jövend?t!

 


Adam was also presented with a NBA regulation sized basketball, a twenty-five dollar card for Staples, to buy school supplies, a basket with a sports motif (created by Sharon Bronstein), an alarm clock to assist in waking up each morning in time for school, and a stipend check of 75.00 which he will receive monthly from GSR. The group also celebrated with a cake decorated with a basketball and the Hungarian flag. Adam presented GSR will a flag from his hometown in Hungary. He speaks three languages; English, French, and Hungarian. While here in the USA he will be attending Cherry Hill West for his sophomore year.

Assistant District Governor Pete Stafford also spoke to our group about the Santo Domingo Orphanage Project which was founded in 1985 by Rotarians. Rotarians provide about sixty percent of support needed to keep the orphanage in operation. Currently 162 children live at the orphanage with 1600-1800 day students. Pete made an appeal for the children. He said, "These kids need our help." Containers filled with school supplies, canned food items, and even appliances are shipped to fill some of the needs the nuns have identified for the children. No monies are used for administrative costs.

 

Speaker's Calendar

1-Sep-06 Barry Frost--Deputy US Marshall
8-Sep-06 Joseph Pruder--Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
15-Sep-06 TBA
22-Sep-06 Chief Charles Jones-Cherry Hill Police
29-Sep-06 TBA
6-Oct-06 Marine Corps League Representative Carmine Staino

Birthdays

September 3--Brian Backensto
September 14--Claudia Sumler
September 25--Jeff Schnepper

Special thanks to Ilean Stein for her prepared list of visitors from last week's meeting. Thanks Ilean it made Richard Lees and my job much easier. Additional thanks to Alan Stein for the Strike Out Hunger Photos on our web site and always for his great job as GSR photographer extraordinaire!