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Demonstrating Easter eggs at the Michigan State Fair are from left to right: Miss Joanna Draginda, Mrs. Anastasia Volker and Miss Mary Burzinsky. LETTER TO THE EDITOR She Contributed the Most It is w ith in terest th a t I read an article w ritten b y M rs. A n a s ta sia V olker in th e N ovem b er is su e regarding- E a ster E g g dem on stra tio n s at th e M ichigan S ta te F air. I w as g rea tly su r prised to see m y picture. It is th is v ery th in g th a t prom p ts m e to w rite to you. M y p articip a tion w as m inor as it only co n sist ed of tw o d em on stration s. H as anyon e, even for one m o m ent, g iv en any con sid eration to th e am ou n t of w ork th a t goes in to th e plan n in g and execu tion o f th e origin al idea once it is co n ceived ? T he person w ho should h ave h er p ictu re and nam e m en tion ed in th e p erson w ho con trib uted th e m o st in m ak in g th ese dem on stration s such a hu ge su c cess — M rs. A n a sta sia V olker, m em ber o f L esia U krainka B ranch 37, D etroit. H er deep de votion to th e U k rain ian cu ltural cau se is u n su rp assed . B ehind each and ev ery p roject stan d th e “u n su n g h ero in es” w h o g iv e so m agn an im ou sly o f th em selv es an d n ever ask “W h a t’s in it for m e ?” T h erefore, it is only fittin g to m en tion som e o f th e “behind- th e-scen es” a ctiv ities o f th e M i ch ig a n S ta te F air D em on stra tio n s. W hen th e R egion al C ouncil o f D etro it w as in vited to p a rtici p ate in th e S ta te F air, M rs. V ol ker u n h esita tin g ly accepted C hai r m an sh ip o f th e project. T h is honor w as exten d ed only to th e U k rain ian s by th e S ta te F air C om m ission and w as too good an op p ortu n ity to p a ss up. O nly th o se w ho h ave u n dertak en a project o f th is typ e know all th e h ead ach es, y es, and even h eartach es, th a t go in to m ak in g it a su c c e ss; of th e w eek s and even m on th s o f prep aration . In add ition M rs. V olker did th e n ar ration fo r th e tw o d em on stra tion s d aily fo r n in e d ays. On her shou lders fell all th e resp on sib i lities o f lin in g up th e d em on stra tors — o f w h ich , reg retfu lly , th ere w ere too few . To M rs. V olker should go th e p raises and th e b ou q u ets. W ould th a t m ore of us could follow in her fo o tstep s. If nom in ation s w ere in order, I w ould lik e to no m in ate h er th e U k rain ian -A m er ican of th e Y ear. Ann Pyndyk D etroit, M ichigan Branch 52 Report m O ur B ranch, form ed in 1938 P hilad elp hia, is headed b y: M rs. A m elia B och ey, P resid en t; M rs. A n n a K ean, V ice-p resid en t; M rs. P earl B ilin sk i, secreta ry ; M rs. A nne Y arem ko, treasu rer; and M rs. F ran ces N ew m an , re cordin g secreta ry . W e num ber 20 m em b ers, and alth ou gh w e liv e in variou s section s of th e city , w e n ever fa il to a tten d th e m on th ly m eetin g s of our B ranch, w h ich are held m o stly in th e hom es of th e m em bers. In Janu ary 1964, w e held our fir st m eetin g , at w h ich M rs. A m elia B och ey assu m ed her du ties. In her acceptance speech M rs. B och ey ex p ressed her th an k s to th e form er P resid en t o f th e B ranch, M rs. L ysow ych for th e con scien tiou s p erform ance of her d u ties du rin g her 8 yea rs in o ffice. A sm all recep tion follow ed th e in sta lla tio n of o fficers. R efresh m en ts w ere p re pared b y M rs. L illian K aczm ar. M rs. J esse L etn an ch yn w as greeted on th e occasion o f her 25 year-m em b ersh ip in th e B ranch. D u rin g a F eb ru ary m eetin g , held in th e hom e o f M rs. Y arem ko, plans w ere m ade fo r a trip to W ash in gton . A M other’s D ay, to be co-spon sored w ith U N W L A B ranch 42 w as planned a t th e m eetin g in M arch. M r. W . N ezow y, ow ner o f th e A stro T ravel S ervice, w as th e g u est speaker a t th e m eetin g , held in th e hom e o f M rs. N ew m an. M r. N ezow y d iscu ssed th e proposed trip to W ash in gton . T w o m eetin g s w ere held in A pril, in th e hom es o f M rs. S tella K irilo ff and M rs. A n n a K ean. B oth m eetin g s w ere dedicated la rg ely to th e p rep aration of th e M other’s D ay program . M rs. S tep h an ie W ochok w as g reeted on th e 2 5 th an n iversary of h er m arriage. T h e W a sh in g to n trip w as held on A pril 26, du rin g w h ich tim e a w reath w as laid on th e tom b o f th e la te P resid en t K en nedy. M rs. W ochok w as in ch arge o f th e trip . T h e M other’s D ay p rogram w as held in A pril. M rs. W ochok w as m istress of cerem onies. G uest sp eak ers w ere M rs. B u rach yn sk a and M rs. B o- 20 Н А Ш Е Ж И Т Т Я — Б Е Р Е З Е Н Ь , 1 9 6 5 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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