Read Emily Fricker's 2015 writing on the Sport Club Kirchweih of the 1950s!
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About “Mei Rosmarein,” by Emily Fricker in 2014
Read Emily Fricker's 2014 writing on the Rosmarein & the Kirchweih!
The Philadelphia “Kerweihs,” by Emily Fricker in 2012
Read Emily Fricker's 2012 history of the Philadelphia "Kerweihs."
The “German-Hungarians” & the Kirchweih, by Emily Fricker in 2011
Read Emily Fricker's 2011 writing on the Kirchweih!
“Mutti, When Are We Ordering the Wurst?”, by Werner Fricker Jr.
Werner Fricker Jr. tells the tale of our favorite Hungarian Smoked sausage. Is this story the definitive end of that tale? Who knows, after all everything has an end but the wurst has two.
Behind Our Name: Part V, by Michael Fricker
In part IV, we discussed the various buildings that our club has called home and the names we gave them. Now this month we will finally tell the story of how our club went from the Banater Männerchor to the United German Hungarians of Philadelphia and Vicinity.
Behind Our Name: Part IV, by Michael Fricker
A club is not a building. It is not a field or a stadium. It is not a bar, a dance floor or a grove. A club is a social gathering of people around common feelings, ideas or goals. You, the members are and always were the club. Naturally, a club needs a gathering place and we have had a variety that we have given numerous names.
Behind Our Name: Part III, by Michael Fricker
In Part II, we expanded the definition of German-Hungarians as an ethnic group. With an eloquent passage from Rudy Rack we described the feeling of community these people gathered around in America. Then in 1922, our athletic club formed and in 1930, it took on the familiar name.