History
Page 7... thru the 50's
For thirty-five years, President Stanley E. Czaster guided the Polish Union of America to its incorporation and through two World Wars, the Korean War, and the Great Depression. Before his death in 1953, he had served on the Buffalo Common Council, became the first of three Polish Union of America presidents to also head the half-million member New York Fraternal Congress, and was the first Polish-American on the Buffalo Board of Education. He was very instrumental in helping found several great Polonian organizations: the Catholic League for Religious Assistance to Poland, American Relief for Poland, Inc., and the Polish American Congress.
Page 7... thru the 50's
For thirty-five years, President Stanley E. Czaster guided the Polish Union of America to its incorporation and through two World Wars, the Korean War, and the Great Depression. Before his death in 1953, he had served on the Buffalo Common Council, became the first of three Polish Union of America presidents to also head the half-million member New York Fraternal Congress, and was the first Polish-American on the Buffalo Board of Education. He was very instrumental in helping found several great Polonian organizations: the Catholic League for Religious Assistance to Poland, American Relief for Poland, Inc., and the Polish American Congress.
Mayor of the City of Lackawanna, New York, Walter J. Lohr, treasurer and president for a total of 39 years, led the Polish Union of America through the years that marked Christian Poland's Millennium, the consecration of our member Bishop Stanislaus J. Brzana as Ordinary of Ogdensburg, the founding of Villa Maria College, and the issuance of a millennium stamp by the US Post Office in 1966.
Stanley E Czaster
Walter J Lohr
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