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M r. an d M rs. L iso vitch of P h ilad elp h ia, P a. M OTHER OF TH E Y EA R A t th e “Soyuzanka” M other D ay celebration in Philadelphia th e m em bership honored as “M other of th e Y ear” M rs. Olga Lisovitch, a p. B oard m em ber of U N W LA B ranch 52. Born in Philadelphia, th e d au g h ter of W asyl and A ngela R ij, Olga grew up in a U k rain ian p atrio tic atm osphere. As a young girl she took active p a rt in th e life of th e U krainian- A m erican com m unity. In M ay 1936 she m arried M r. A lexander L isovitch. T heir m arriag e w as blessed w ith two d au g h ters: Jo an, 30, and Ellen, 24. Joan Liso vitch Sm ith has 3 children — Chuck 9, L inda 6 and M ichael 1. Ellen Lisovitch Sopalo has a 9 m onth old d au g h ter D iana and is expecting in Septem ber. M rs. Olga Lisovitch is indeed a lucky and busy grandm a too. M rs. Olga Lisovitch joined U NW LA B ranch 52 in 1937. In 1948 she becam e S ecretary, and in 1955/56 served as P resident. In 1962 she was g ran ted a Good N eighborhood A w ard fo r h er good public relations in th e vici n ity. H er m o th er M rs. A ngela R ij is th e founder and P resid ent of U N W LA B ranch 17 in M iami, Florida. U N W LA B ranch 52 is proud to have M rs. Olga Lisovitch as its m em ber. SOYUZANKA — M OTHER’S DAY F o r th e six th consecutive year two Philadelphia UNW LA B ranches have sponsored a jo in t M other’s Day celebration. B ranch 42 “D aug hters of U k ra in e” and B ranch 52 nam ed in honor of N atalia K obrynska — chose a Sunday in M ay to m eet fo r a M other and D aughter Luncheon, d uring w hich th e out stan ding m others of both B ranches w ere honored. The Luncheon on M ay 8 was opened by th e S ecretary of B ranch 42, M rs. A nna Sywulak who described th e trad itio n of th e observance. She noted th a t th is y ea r’s g ath erin g honored tw o distinguished m o th ers — M esdam es M aria P ashuk, P resi dent of B ranch 42 and Olga L i sovitch, B ranch 52 p. B oard m em ber. B oth ladies w ere g re et ed w ith a w arm round of ap- plaus from th e m em bers and guests. M rs., S tephanie W o c h o k B oard m em ber of B ranch 52, th en continued th e program . Follow ing a p ra y er led by Rev. W. Buk, a delicious luncheon, p repared by th e ladies of both B ranches under M rs. Syw ulak’s supervision, was served. Follow ing th e luncheon, M rs. Lydia Odezynski, a m em ber of B ranch 41, briefly gave th e biographi cal d ata of th e tw o honored m others, a fte r w hich M rs. Sy w ulak presented each of them w ith lovely flow er-filled U krain ian ceram ic vases. In a special m usical program in honor of th e occasion Miss Ellen P ada, g ra n d d au g h ter of M rs. P. M alinovsky, a Board m em ber of B ranch 42, perfo rm ed on th e piano. F o r h er recital M iss P ad a selected excerpts from “Sound of M usic,” B eetho ven’s “F or E lise,” and M assen e t’s “A ragonaise.” The last speaker on th e p ro g ram w as M rs. H elen Zalizniak, th e distinguished P resid en t of th e W orld F ederatio n of U k rain ian W om en’s O rganizations. She praised th e in itiativ e of th e tw o B ranches and greeted th e two honored m others. W H A T TO R EA D ABOUT U K R A IN E AND U K R A IN IA N S by M arty M irchuk, I. U kraine and Its People. M unich, U krainian F ree U niversity P ress, 1949. Pp. 280. Som ew hat outdated, b u t still a useful encyclopedia handbook of general inform ation on th e U kraine. Recom m ended not fo r consecutive reading, b u t ra th e r fo r reference on topics such as geography, economic, population and general resources, as well as b rief surveys of h isto ry and culture. Contains a num ber of m aps, statistica l tables and dia gram s, as well as an extensive bibliography of w orks in m any languages. A vailable in m any li braries. Khvylovy,M ykola. S tories from th e U kraine. T ranslated and edi ted by George Luckyj. New York, Philosophical L ibrary , 1960. Pp. 234. F ive unconventional sh o rt stories of deep significance by a h ighly significant and unconven tional w riter. The conflict be tw een an U topian idea and th e real life perm eates th e w ork of th is early tw en tieth cen tu ry U k rain ian autho r, who sta rte d out as a C om m unist en th u siast and a revolutionary rom anticist, b u t later, disillusioned w ith So v iet reality, sh ot him self in pro te s t ag ain st Soviet R ussian a tro cities in U kraine. SOCIAL SERV IC E C EN TER IN P H IL A D E L PH IA T hrough th e in itiativ e of local U krainian organizations, a So cial Service C enter a t th e U nited U krainian R elief C om m ittee was founded in Philadelphia. I t is di rected by M rs. H elen Lototsky, H onorary UNW LA P resident. Since th e C enter’s opening in M ay, 1966, 140 cases have been reg istered. 24 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИПВНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ, 1967 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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