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CATHERINE HRUSHEVSKY Mykhailo and Maria Hrushevsky had only one child, Catherine, who was born in 1900, when life was still relatively tranquil for the Hrushevsky family. She was given the best education available in the day and became the pride and joy of her parents. Like her mother, she shared the ups and the downs of the Hrushevsky family. By the 1920s, she was a scholar in her own right, a well- known folklorist, and she authored a major work on Ukrainian Dumas or historical songs. Her work too was cut short by the Stalin purges. After her father’s death, Catherine looked after his papers and edited and guided to press the final volume of his History of Ukraine-Rus’ and the fifth volume of his History of Ukrainian Litera ture. In 1937, the year of the so-called Great Purge, Catherine was arrested and all of the remaining Hru shevsky manuscripts were confiscated. She was exiled to one of the most frightening concentration camps, Nogaiska Bukhta, and was tortured terribly. It is believed that she was accused of “espionage” on behalf of, of all countries, Japan. In 1941, her mother, Maria Sylvestrivna, received information that she had been released and was in Moscow and would soon return to Kiev. War broke off further communications, but she is believed to have died in 1953. FOR FURTHER READING: The most detailed study of Hrushevsky yet to appear is Thomas M. Prymak, Mykhailo Hrushevsky: The Politics of National Culture (Toronto: Uni versity of Toronto Press, 1987). More briefly, see Thomas M. Prymak, “Hrushevsky and the Ukraine’s ‘Lost’ History" History Today, XXXIX, 1 (1989), and Bohdan W. Klid, “The Struggle over Mykhailo Hrushevsky: Recent Soviet Polemics,” Canadian Slavonic Papers, XXXIII, 1 (1991), which examines the Hru shevsky question during the Gorbachev era. In Ukrainian, see Lubomyr Wynar, Naivydatnishyj istoryk Ukrainy: Mykhailo Hrushevskyi (n.p.: Suchasnist, 1986). BRANCH 58 CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY Branch 58 of UNWLA celebrated its 45th anniversary on September 27,1992 at the Stephenson Haus in Hazel Park, Michigan. Present were members of the branch and more than 150 friends and guests, among them members of branch 23 (through their initiative branch 58 was born). Joanna Kulchesky served as mistress of ceremonies for this special event. Particularly endearing to the members of the branch was the singing of “Oy Nash Viddil” (Our Branch), a song to which the words were written by Justine Nelli- gan. The song described the activities of the branch during the last 45 years and how the work of the members made a difference to the organization and the community at large. Members also sang “There’s no chapter like our chapter”. President of branch 58, Marcy Chomiak, greeted the guests. A special toast was made by Kateryna Chomiak, president of branch 23. Reverend Henry Yakima of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Dearborn delivered the Invocation. The Benediction was given by Reverend Mario Decechen, OSBM of the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church of Detroit. Paulette LaDouceur, presented during the affair by Cultural and Special Events Chair Olga Solovey, was the Educational Stipend Winner. She sang several songs for the appreciative audience, in Ukrainian and English. Branch 58 has as impressive history of supporting many worthy projects both in the Ukrainian and Ameri can communities, among them the Ukrainian Village Building Fund, the Children of Chornobil Fund, Ukrai nian orphanages, Scholarship stipends, among countless others. The branch, whose patroness is the celebrated poetess and heroine Olena Teliha, has mapped out equally impressive goals for the next five years. They plan to: — Initiate new membership and educate young women to the purposes and goals of UNWLA. — Continue to support their charities and causes, particularly the children’s cause in Ukraine, especially in Chornobil. — Sponsor young professional women from Ukraine to come to America for advanced and specialized studies and education. — Plan programs and workshops in what Ukraine and being Ukrainian means and why we are a very important ethnic group in American population and community. — Continue to honor, cherish and keep all the beautiful Ukrainian customs and traditions our Mother’s have taught us. Iryne Torrance Organizational & Public Relations Chair Branch 58 ’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, СІЧЕНЬ 1993 21
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