Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-06
Arrival OF County's First
DP Family Here, A Surprise

We nave been waiting seven
years. What is a few hours ?"
Words TO this effect were ad-
dressed by the 21-year-old son,
who speaks fair English, to the
London minister who met them
later in the afternoon on his re.
turn to London from conducting
q funeral
The Rev. Greer S. Imbrie, min
ister of the First Presbyterian
Church, which is sponsoring the
Polish family of three, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bazyl Skoryno and their son
Valenty, took them to dinner at
a local restaurant and lodged
them in the Shively Hotel for the
night.
Mrs. Ray Andrews, superinten-
dent, took the family to the Mad
ison County Children's Home
Monday morning where they will
stay until Thursday when they
can occupy their new home on the
800-acre Albert Parker farm on
the Drury Road, south of London
off Route 80.
Notice of the Skoryno's arrival
in London had been forwarded to
a representative Of the farm, who
was unavailable Sunday after
noon. They were patiently wait
ing at the bus station when the
minister arrived to meet them
This is different than Europe"
observed Valenty Skoryno.
So many things interested the
new residents Of the county. Many
were things unnoticed by Mad
ison Countians. Among these were
traffic lights and the restaurant
"juke box This was something,
they indicated, they had never
seen before.
Background
Data on the family provided
through the Joint Committee on
ReSettlement Of Displaced Per-
sons, Presbyterian Church, fol-
lows:
Bazyl Skoryno was born May
1, 1905 at Mala- Plotnica, Poland,
where his parents owned their
own farm. He attended Primary
school from 1913 to 1913 and
afterwards worked with his BROTH
ers and sisters on his fathers
farm.
In 1924 he married Nadziega
nee Soroka, who was born Oct.
!, 1905 also at Mala-Plotnica. Her
parents were also farmers and
after spending two years at
school, she worked on the farm.
They have one son Valenty,
born on June 10, 1890 at Mala-
Plotnica. He attended Primary
school from 1887 to 1945 and
High school from 1916 to 1913.
The family are all Polish citizens
and members of the Orthodox
Church. and speak Russian, Po-
lish and little German. Valenty
can also speak a little English.
They have no friends or relatives
in the States.
Bazyl worked on his fathers
farm until 1925 and was then
conscripted into the Polish army
in which he served until 1927. He
then returned to his fathers farm
and worked there until 1914.
The farm consisted of 40 nectar
and supported one horse four oxen
and four cows, and Bazyl had
the care of all these. He worked
on the cultivation of wheat, rye,
barley, etc. and cared for milk
cows, handled horses and farm
machinery. He knows all general
farming. He cannot however,
drive a tractor, although he is
willing to learn. In 1914, he and
his family were deported to Ger
many as forced laborers and
Bazyl was sent to work on a Ger
man farm where he was in 1945
and since then has been living i'm
DIP camps and has been employ
ed by various British units as
foreman, wood cutter, laborer etc.
Nadziega has had 90 years ex-
perience as farm housewife and
20 years experience as a seam
stress. She is fully experienced in
both these trades although she is
blind in her left eye. This how
ever does not bother her in
any way and does not appear to
interfere with normal daily life.
Valenty has taken a driving
course and is able to drive both
a car and a tractor, but has beer
working as a voluntary movie
operator with YMCAIYMCA Mo-
bile Movie.
This family is recommended to
! be employed as farm workers.
! They are extremely good and de-
cent and can be used in any cap
acity regarding farm work: with
Bazyl IS d farmer, assisted by
his son, and with Nadziega as
either hand knitfeY ar c0ok Hiph-