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M rs. Jo sefa L etn an ch y n w as h o n o red a t th e M other S oyuzanka D ay in P h ilad elp h ia, Pa. M O T H E R O F T H E Y E A R A t th e “ S o y u z a n k a ” M o th e r’s D a y c e le b ra tio n in P h ila d e lp h ia , th e m e m b e rs h ip h o n o re d M rs. J o s e f a L e tn a n c h y n , a c h a r te r m e m b e r o f U N W L A B ra n c h 52 w h o is w ell-k n o w n in th e U k ra in - ia n -A m e ric a n c o m m u n ity fo r h e r a c tiv e p a rtic ip a tio n in v a r i ous c o m m u n ity p ro je c ts . M rs. L e tn a n c h y n is a b o rn P h ila d e lp h ia n . H e r f a th e r , M r. Jo s e p h B u k a ta cam e fr o m H ry - m a liw a n d h e r m o th e r C a th e rin e Y a k u b o v y c h fro m K a lu sh in W e s t U k ra in e . T h e y o u n g J o s e fa B u k a ta w e n t to sch o o l in P h ila d e lp h ia a n d to o k a n a c tiv e p a r t in U k ra in ia n c o m m u n ity life . In 1946 sh e m a rr ie d W a s y l L e tn a n c h y n , a n a c c o u n ta n t. T h e ir m a rr ia g e w a s b le sse d w ith fo u r c h ild re n : M a ry , 17, W a sy l, 15, R e g in a , 13, a n d D o n n a , 8. In 1961 W a s y l L e tn a n c h y n d ied a n d th e y o u n g w idow w a s le f t w ith th e d iffic u lt ta s k o f b r in g in g u p h e r c h ild re n alone. B u t J o s e fa L e tn a n c h y n d id n o t r e tir e fro m c o m m u n ity life. A s a B o a rd m e m b e r o f B ra n c h 52 fo r m a n y y e a rs , sh e is a lw a y s p r e s e n t a t th e m o n th ly m e e tin g s. H e r d a u g h te r M a ry , re c e n tly g r a d u a te d fro m S t. B a sil’s A c a d e m y a n d w ill e n te r th e L a n k e - n a u S chool o f N u rs in g . M rs. L e t n a n c h y n is e m p lo y ed a t th e S e a rs a n d R o e b u c k C o m p an y a s a b o o k k e e p e r. U N W L A B ra n c h 52 is p ro u d to h a v e h e r a s its m e m b e r. U N W L A M O T H E R ’S D A Y T h e a n n u a l M o th e r’s D a y c e le b ra tio n , sp o n so re d b y U N W L A B ra n c h 42 “ D a u g h te r s of U k ra in e ” a n d B ra n c h 52 n a m e d in h o n o r o f N a ta lia K o b ry n sk a , h a s b e en a tra d itio n a l e v e n t o v er th e p a s t fiv e y e a rs . B ra n c h m e m b e rs choose a S u n d a y is M ay on w h ic h th e y m e e t fo r a M o th e r a n d D a u g h te r ’s L u n c h e o n , so called b e c a u se B ra n c h 52 is com p o sed m o s tly o f th e d a u g h te rs of B ra n c h 42 m e m b e rs. O n M ay 22, th e L u n c h e o n w a s o p en ed b y th e S e c r e ta ry o f U N W L A B ra n c h 42, M rs. A n n a S y w u la k w h o d e sc rib e d th e 5- y e a r tr a d itio n o f th e o b se rv a n c e h o n o rin g all “ S o y u z a n k a ” m o th e rs. S h e n o te d t h a t th is y e a r ’s g a th e r in g h o n o re d th r e e d is tin g u is h e d m o th e rs — M e sd a m e s S o p h ia S try z h a k , O len a M a rk iw a n d J o s e f a L e tn a n c h y n . T h e tw o fir s t-n a m e d la d ie s a re m e m b e rs o f U N W L A B ra n c h 42, w h ile M rs. L e tn a n c h y n is a m e m b e r o f B ra n c h 52. T h e y w e re g re e te d w ith a w a rm ro u n d o f a p p la u se a n d w e re p re s e n te d w ith sm all g if ts b y M rs. S y w u la k . M rs. H e le n L o to c k y , H o n o ra ry U N W L A P re s id e n t a n d a m e m b e r o f B ra n c h 42, th e n c o n tin u e d th e p ro g ra m . In a s u r p r is e a d d re s s sh e b rie fly re to ld th e life s to r y o f M rs. S y w u la k , a lo n g tim e m e m b e r o f B ra n c h 42 a n d tr e a s u r e r o f th e U N W L A E x e c u tiv e B o a rd , w h o h e lp e d to fo u n d B ra n c h 52. O n b e h a lf o f th e E x e c u tiv e B o a rd a n d th e e n tire m e m b e rsh ip , M rs. L o t o c k y th a n k e d M rs. S y w u la k fo r h e r w o rk in th e U N W L A a n d p r e s e n te d h e r w ith a lovely e m b ro i d e re d la n d sc a p e . T h e lu n c h e o n , p r e p a re d b y th e la d ie s o f b o th B ra n c h e s u n d e r th e su p e rv isio n o f M rs. S y w u la k , w a s fo llo w ed b y a n e n te r ta in m e n t p ro g ra m . F e a tu r e d in th e p r o g ra m w e re : M a rta O nu- fe rk o (p ia n o so lo ), M rs. K a th e r in e P a k , w h o sp o k e on th e con trib u tio n s o f “ S o y u z a n k a ” m o th e rs to th e U k ra in ia n c o m m u n ity , N ila O n u fe rk o (r e c ita tio n ), a n d ta le n te d y o u n g s in g e r R o se m a ry H o rla k w h o s a n g th r e e U k ra in ia n c o m p o sitio n s. S h e w as a c c o m p a n ie d on th e p ia n o b y h e r m o th e r, M rs. L u b a H o rla k , a m e m b e r o f U N W L A B ra n c h 2 in C h e ste r, P a . In c lo sin g th e p ro g ra m , M rs. L o to c k y a n n o u n c e d t h a t a le t t e r h a d b e e n re c e iv e d fro m th e P o s tm a s te r G en e ra l, H on. L a w re n c e F . O ’B rie n , a c k n o w le d g in g re c e ip t o f th e B ra n c h 42 r e q u e s t t h a t T . S h e v c h e n k o b e in c lu d ed in th e C h a m p io n o f F r e e d o m se rie s o f p o s ta l issu e s. T h e m e m b e rs w e re p le a s a n tly s u r p r is e d to le a rn fr o m M rs. S y w u la k t h a t th e d a y a lso m a rk e d M rs. L o to c k y ’s b ir th d a y . S h e r e ceiv ed a c o rsa g e fro m M rs. S y w u la k , w h o th e n led all p r e s e n t in th e s in g in g o f “ M n o h a y a L ita .” T h e lu n c h e o n , w h ic h p a s s e d in a p le a s a n t a n d c o n g e n ia l a t m o s p h e re , w a s p o sitiv e p ro o f o f th e c o -o p e ra tio n a n d m u tu a l r e sp e c t w h ic h c h a ra c te riz e th e w o rk o f th e tw o B ra n c h e s, re p re s e n tin g tw o g e n e ra tio n s of U N W L A m e m b e rsh ip . A P R O F IT A B L E V A C A T IO N T h e fa m ily w as d isc u ssin g p la n s fo r su m m e r v a c a tio n . T h e f a th e r w as all fo r g o in g to th e m o u n ta in s, th e m o th e r fa v o re d a w a rm o cean b e a c h , a n d th e c h il d re n w a n te d to tra v e l. N o one w as w illin g to co m p ro m ise . F in a lly , w ith som e h e s ita tio n , I jo in e d th e c o n v e rsa tio n . I w as n o t a m e m b e r o f th e fa m ily , n o r w a s I p la n n in g to sp e n d m y v a c a tio n w ith th e m , b u t I w a s r e m in d e d o f a n a rtic le b y M rs. S o p h ia K o ty k in “ O u r L if e ” (N o . 2) in w h ic h sh e d isc u sse d v a rio u s w a y s in w h ic h w e could in c lu d e o u r c u ltu ra l h e rita g e in to o u r d a ily liv es. M rs. K o ty k s u g g e s te d t h a t w e u tiliz e o u r fr e e tim e to beco m e a c q u a in te d w ith U k ra in ia n m u s ic a n d lite r a tu re , t h a t w e m a k e u se o f fo lk a r t a n d c r a f ts in th e d e c o ra tio n o f o u r h o m es, a n d t h a t w e fo s t e r o u r b e a u tif u l n a tiv e t r a d i tio n s . I t o c c u rre d to m e t h a t s u m m e rtim e w as id e a l f o r g e t tin g to k n o w o u r h e rita g e , a n d I p ro c e e d e d to in fo rm m y frie n d s o f th e m a n y p o ssib ilitie s fo r c o m b in in g a r e s tf u l v a c a tio n 20 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЧЕРВЕНЬ, 1966 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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