Evening star., 1951-08-09
1D C. Woman Fufs Old Vow Brings Over Family of Five DPS
By Glenn H. Snyder

Transition from displaced persons
camp in Linz, Austria, a family
of five Hungarian refugees were
living the life of Americans today
Laszlo Losonczy; his wife
Ileana, and their three children
arrived Monday night to begin 6
new life, because Hungarian-borr
Mrs. Rose Feher of 1854 Twenty
eighth street NV, fulfilled an ole
vow to help her former country.
men.
The new life for the Losonczys
began at a funeral.
Mrs. Feher was attending serv-
ices for the husband of a friend
when she met the priest who Of
f1ciated at the rites, Father George
Meszaros.
The talk turned to the prob
lens facing DPS. Mrs. Feher, who
came to this country from Hun
gary when she was II, recalled
that, on visit to her homeland
in 1925. she promised that, IF
am ever in position to help my
people I shall"
Pr0spered in Business.
But she and her husband had
work enough in running small
delicatessen store they opened
here in 1888. For Is years they
ran the store. And they prospered
In December, 1949, Mr.. Fehe1
died. Shortly afterward, Mrs
Feher went to the funeral and met
Father Mexzaros.
Later she began attending
Father Mexzaros' Sunday -evening
Hungarian language services al
the franciscan Monastery, 140C
Quincy street NE. There she met
Hungarian refugees and through
one OF them obtained the name OF
a Father Baan, who administers a
displaced persons camp at Linz
in the American zone of Austria.
The camp is maintained by the
international Refugee Organiza-
tion, an agency of the U. NJ, which
has helped hundreds of thousands
OF refugees since it was set up in
1947.
Unable to Bring Kin.
Il have many relatives in Hun
gary and Romania," Mrs. Feher
said, but because of present laws
l can't get them out. / decided
after speaking with Father Mex
zaros and corresponding with
Father Baan and the Losconczy
family who were living in Father
Baan's camp. that the time had
come when I at least could help
out some of the refugees who could
come to this country"
Mr.. Losonczy, civil servant
who fed Hungary when he saw
that he and the Communists
would not get along, met his wife
in the Linz camp where they were
married by Father Baan.
The priests interest in them
was further strengthened by the
fact that their three children
born in the camp, were baptized
by him.
/ In January. Mrs. Feher began
the paper work necessary to as
sumo sponsorship of immigrants
Under law, immigrants to Amer
lea must have a sponsor who will
guarantee that they will be able to
provide for themselves or at least
not become charges of the state
Buys House.
BY March. formalities were COM
Iplete. The International Refugee
Organization arranged passage.
But where would the family
live? Mrs. Feher looked around
her apartment at 2723 Connecti-
cut avenue NV. Much too small,
she thought.
Mrs. Feher decided to take the
all-out step Of buying a 5-bedroom
house on Twenty eighth street
NV. where for the past few weeks
she was busy making last-minute
preparations for the arrival of
the LoSonczys.
The LoSoncZys came from
Europe on the ITO ship General
Taylor-five among a group of
,267 displaced persons.
Mrs. Feher, an American citi-
zen since 1924. met the Losonczys
when they arrived here by train.
Gets Job for Him.
OF their first day in their new
home, Mrs. Feher said:
You should have seen their
eyes pop when they saw the tele-
vision set, and the children can't
seem to get enough milk"
AS happy as the refugees, Mrs
Feher will set about acquainting
them with their new country. She
has already located a job for Mr..
LosoncZy as an up. ,lster's ap-
prentice.
But when they are no longer
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