Per naturalization record, Frank Almasy was born in the city of Pâncota. Until 1918, Pâncota was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary.
Marriage Licenses, The Oakland Tribune Tuesday, May 24, 1910, page 21:
ALMASY - BALOGH - Frank Almasy, 24, Oakland, and Elsie Balogh, 17, Berkeley.
From The Oakland Tribune, June 10, 1963, page 5:
Oaklander to 'Sell' U.S. in Hungary
In his secondhand shop at 2869 38th Ave., Frank R. Almasy sells tools, dishes, pictures and other "treasures."
Next Saturday he leaves by plane on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to his native Hungary to "sell" the most precious thing he knows -- America in general and Oakland in particular.
Almasy, 77, is making a brief trip back home after 566 years. He is taking with him his son, Bill Almasy, an employe of the Port of Oakland, and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leyden of Fresno.
"I would rather be here in the dark of night than any place else in the sun," Almasy said of Oakland.
But the wish to see his sister, who was a girl when he left home and now is a widow with grown children, to try to find college chums and, most particularly, to spread the word of the life and joys of America motivate his trip to the old country.
Almasy formerly was in the wholesale business. He had been retired for about four years when his wife died 11 years ago. To have something to do, he opened the little store and became a purveyor of used articles.
His sister, Mrs. Ethel Lakatos, will meet him in Budapest for the biggest reception of his life because, as she wrote, "I never thought I would see you again."
In his enthusiasm for the United States he sent his niece in Budapest letters filled with enthusiasm about the United States and newspapers telling of its progress and prosperity.
The niece wrote to him to stop because, he surmises, the Russians do not want the people to know.
So he and his American children will go back as examples.
Marriage Licenses, The Oakland Tribune Tuesday, May 24, 1910, page 21:
ALMASY - BALOGH - Frank Almasy, 24, Oakland, and Elsie Balogh, 17, Berkeley.
From The Oakland Tribune, June 10, 1963, page 5:
Oaklander to 'Sell' U.S. in Hungary
In his secondhand shop at 2869 38th Ave., Frank R. Almasy sells tools, dishes, pictures and other "treasures."
Next Saturday he leaves by plane on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to his native Hungary to "sell" the most precious thing he knows -- America in general and Oakland in particular.
Almasy, 77, is making a brief trip back home after 566 years. He is taking with him his son, Bill Almasy, an employe of the Port of Oakland, and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leyden of Fresno.
"I would rather be here in the dark of night than any place else in the sun," Almasy said of Oakland.
But the wish to see his sister, who was a girl when he left home and now is a widow with grown children, to try to find college chums and, most particularly, to spread the word of the life and joys of America motivate his trip to the old country.
Almasy formerly was in the wholesale business. He had been retired for about four years when his wife died 11 years ago. To have something to do, he opened the little store and became a purveyor of used articles.
His sister, Mrs. Ethel Lakatos, will meet him in Budapest for the biggest reception of his life because, as she wrote, "I never thought I would see you again."
In his enthusiasm for the United States he sent his niece in Budapest letters filled with enthusiasm about the United States and newspapers telling of its progress and prosperity.
The niece wrote to him to stop because, he surmises, the Russians do not want the people to know.
So he and his American children will go back as examples.
Per naturalization record, Frank Almasy was born in the city of Pâncota. Until 1918, Pâncota was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary.
Marriage Licenses, The Oakland Tribune Tuesday, May 24, 1910, page 21:
ALMASY - BALOGH - Frank Almasy, 24, Oakland, and Elsie Balogh, 17, Berkeley.
From The Oakland Tribune, June 10, 1963, page 5:
Oaklander to 'Sell' U.S. in Hungary
In his secondhand shop at 2869 38th Ave., Frank R. Almasy sells tools, dishes, pictures and other "treasures."
Next Saturday he leaves by plane on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to his native Hungary to "sell" the most precious thing he knows -- America in general and Oakland in particular.
Almasy, 77, is making a brief trip back home after 566 years. He is taking with him his son, Bill Almasy, an employe of the Port of Oakland, and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leyden of Fresno.
"I would rather be here in the dark of night than any place else in the sun," Almasy said of Oakland.
But the wish to see his sister, who was a girl when he left home and now is a widow with grown children, to try to find college chums and, most particularly, to spread the word of the life and joys of America motivate his trip to the old country.
Almasy formerly was in the wholesale business. He had been retired for about four years when his wife died 11 years ago. To have something to do, he opened the little store and became a purveyor of used articles.
His sister, Mrs. Ethel Lakatos, will meet him in Budapest for the biggest reception of his life because, as she wrote, "I never thought I would see you again."
In his enthusiasm for the United States he sent his niece in Budapest letters filled with enthusiasm about the United States and newspapers telling of its progress and prosperity.
The niece wrote to him to stop because, he surmises, the Russians do not want the people to know.
So he and his American children will go back as examples.
Marriage Licenses, The Oakland Tribune Tuesday, May 24, 1910, page 21:
ALMASY - BALOGH - Frank Almasy, 24, Oakland, and Elsie Balogh, 17, Berkeley.
From The Oakland Tribune, June 10, 1963, page 5:
Oaklander to 'Sell' U.S. in Hungary
In his secondhand shop at 2869 38th Ave., Frank R. Almasy sells tools, dishes, pictures and other "treasures."
Next Saturday he leaves by plane on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to his native Hungary to "sell" the most precious thing he knows -- America in general and Oakland in particular.
Almasy, 77, is making a brief trip back home after 566 years. He is taking with him his son, Bill Almasy, an employe of the Port of Oakland, and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leyden of Fresno.
"I would rather be here in the dark of night than any place else in the sun," Almasy said of Oakland.
But the wish to see his sister, who was a girl when he left home and now is a widow with grown children, to try to find college chums and, most particularly, to spread the word of the life and joys of America motivate his trip to the old country.
Almasy formerly was in the wholesale business. He had been retired for about four years when his wife died 11 years ago. To have something to do, he opened the little store and became a purveyor of used articles.
His sister, Mrs. Ethel Lakatos, will meet him in Budapest for the biggest reception of his life because, as she wrote, "I never thought I would see you again."
In his enthusiasm for the United States he sent his niece in Budapest letters filled with enthusiasm about the United States and newspapers telling of its progress and prosperity.
The niece wrote to him to stop because, he surmises, the Russians do not want the people to know.
So he and his American children will go back as examples.
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