Fraternity-Testvériség, 1968 (46. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1968-06-01 / 6. szám
VI. BUDGET I prepared, in co-operation with the Executive Committee and our Business Counsellors budgets for the last four years which met the approval of the Supreme Council. VII. PAYROLL AND PAYROLL TAXES My office handled the payroll and computed payroll taxes. Tax reports to the Federal and State agencies were always filed on time. The number of employees on the payroll has decreased from 42 to 38 due to the vacancies in the field-force. VIII. OTHER SERVICES Under this heading I report those services which are not among the duties of the Controller in the by-laws. They were either assigned to me by the President, or I performed them on my own initiative to promote the Federation’s cause. a) Since 1960 I am the Chairman of the Employees’ Retirement Benefit Fund. b) Members carrying more than $15,000 insurance are reinsured with the North American Reassurance Company since October 1, 1965. We paid $1,527.61 premium for the 25 months period, a small fee indeed, for the added security. c) As one of the guardians of the deposit boxes, I accompanied the Treasurer 108 times to the bank vault during the last term. d) Together with the Treasurer, I prepared statement of income, disbursement and assets to be published in the official publication. e) As Associate Editor of the “Fraternity” I wrote articles in both languages. In recognition of my activities as author and editor, I was elected into the “Arpad Academy” in 1964. I am also Director of the Hungarian Cultural Center of Washington, D. C. f) Until the 1965 Convention, I was the National Treasurer of the American Hungarian Federation. Ever since I am serving in the capacity of a Director on the Committee for International Affairs. g) As the Controller of the Bethlen Home, I attended 23 Board of Directors and Board of Managers meetings. I am glad to report that we have found the books in order and each year was closed with a substantial balance. According to the by-laws of the recently established and chartered “Bethlen Freedom Press Incorporated” I fulfilled the duties of the Controller of this corporation too. IX. SUMMARY As a whole, the Federation was rated A+ Excellent by the Dunne’s Reports, and independent analytical service. Our very good standing is, however, not the result of our insurance operation but it is much more attributable to the efficient management of our investment. We shall keep in mind that we are in the insurance business and not running an investment brokerage. Therefore, certain improvements in our insurance operation are more than overdue. Let’s assign duties to every newly elected officer which he is best equipped to perform; let’s reorganize and modernize our Home Office; let’s revitalize our field-force and give them adequate tools and instructions: and then we cannot fail to accomplish our God given cause. * * * * * * * During the last four years, I experienced the greatest turnover in the personnel of my department. My faithful secretary, Mrs. Magda Zaboji, died on October 6, 1967. Some of my best trained co-workers left the Federation because they did not consider the prevailing salaries satisfactory and their future promising. All these changes added a great deal to my already heavy burdens. I am therefore especially grateful to Dr. Zoltán Korossy and Mrs. Vilma Csorba, who loyally serve the Federation for more than ten years. I was lucky to have Mrs. Katalin Pasch- ke in my department, who performed excellent services as accounting clerk, head-bookkeeper and secretary during the last two years. I also express my deepest gratitude to Miss Elizabeth Nagy, Mrs. Irene Simon, Mrs. Andrea Nagy, Mr. Tibor Junghans and Mr. Gyula László, for the fine support they gave me for shorter or longer period of time. Finally, a word of sincere appreciation to my fellow-officers for their co-operation, to the Councilmen for their understanding and fellowship, and to our wonderful field- people who helped me to overcome difficulties necessarily arising from my diversified duties. I am grateful for the fine support of our advisors which I was fortunate enough to enjoy throughout these years. Thanks to the good Lord for the privilege of letting me serve my beloved Hungarian people for another term. ****** * I submit my report for further deliberations with the hope that it will meet your approval and will gain final acceptance. Fraternally yours, László L. Eszenyi Controller YOUTH CAMP AT LIGONIER Can a properly designed youth camp be built on our bill in Ligonier? This was the question which the youth camp committee of our Federation came together to discuss in Ligonier on February 13, 1968. I was privileged to have been there as the youth advisor. 1 had attended seven of our synodical youth conferences which were held on three different campgrounds and I know that a good camp must be out in the open country fairly well removed from town. It must have facilities for holding meetings. It must have a kitchen, dining hall, cabins, toilet and shower facilities, fields for recreation, a pool or lake for swimming, good trees for shade, etc. All the buildings can of course he constructed out of wood and need not have heating in the summer. Most of these requirements could be met on our hill in Ligonier. Every camp, I am sure, took some time to develop and improve. Even so at our Federation youth camp it would take years to have all the trees one would like, and perhaps years for some of the other facilities. But this new site would have one real advantage. Our youth could call it their own. In fact, our youth could help build part of the camp on a voluntary basis, if say, food and lodging could be provided for them during that time. The Calvin Synod youth camp for high- schoolers has generally been attended by about 130. Our camp on our hill would have to have at least this capacity for a regular youth conference to be held there. Could this camp site be far enough removed from “civilization” to provide a true atmosphere of camping? Yes, if we locate it at a distance so that the main Bethlen Home building is covered from view by the top of the hill. Since we are making plans about such camp grounds, let us also prepare the people of our churches to attend various conferences to he held there for youth and adults, for men and for women or perhaps even on a family basis, so that we make full use during the summer months of these facilities for the spiritual upbuilding of God’s people. 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