Verhovayak Lapja, 1937. január-június (20. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)

1937-04-24 / 17. szám

'■''WW.-WWJ Tn—.---:--r—■■— PAGE 2 : VfrhovayQkJbpjQ ■ APRIL 24, 1937 Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n. Printed by STATE PRESS, 7 E. Buchtel Ave., Akron, Ohio PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Editors: BENCZE JANOS és RÉVÉSZ KALMAN, Szerkesztők EDITOR’S OFFICE — SZERKESZTŐSÉG: 345 FOURTH AVENUE, ROOM 805, PITTSBURGH, PA. All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, 345 FOURTH AVE. PITTSBURGH, PA. MINDEN, A LAPOT ÉRDEKLŐ KÖZLEMÉNY ÉS CÍMVÁL­TOZÁS A VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSO­­CIATION, 345 FOURTH AVE. PITTSBURGH PA. küldendő SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada $1.00 a year Foreign Countries $1.50 a year Entered as second class matter January 2, 1937 at the Post Office at Akron, Ohio, under the act of March 3, 1879. in July — and the Fatherland herself will reward them for their work in a way which cannot be equaled. They will spend unforget­table days in Budapest, wonder-city of the Blue Danube. They will be among those, who in the name of all Hungarians living in America, will pay their respects to our hero, General Bandholtz. The Statue of this Savior of Hungary’s historical treasures will witness majestic festivals — and around the Pilgrims, there will be throngs of our brother Hungarians, who are already waiting for us in the land of our birth. Twenty-five winners, twenty-five builders of a future American Hungarian life . . . their names will not be forgotten either by our compatriots in Hungary or by the Verhovay. Are you going to be one of them? It depends only on yourself whether or not your name will be at the top of the list, which will be published after closing the contest. The Verhovay counts on you and everyone — and you and everybody can count on the Verhovay. The referee speaks: “The Last Roundup!” Here is your chance! Carry on! Our Actuary’s Column THE LAST MONTH OF THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN The Last Round The great membership contest of the Verhovay Fraternal Asso­ciation in connection with the apporaching Bandholtz Pilgrimage has come to its last round. It is only a question of a few weeks that the result of the contest and the names of the winners will be known. The nature of this contest is such that the factor, which counts the least, is — time. There are many contestants who succeeded in acquiring more new members in three days than others in weeks. And — there is a secret to this surprising fact. Those contestants recognized that in order to get a new member, it is enough to reveal a few interesting and significant facts about the Verhovay and its policies and if they did this well and skillfully, they could be sure of the result. Many of them wirte us, telling all particulars about their “strategy”, which they have carefully prepared in advance. It is not enough just to spend time on paynig visits again and again to those whom they wanted to “get” for the Verhovay. The really important thing is to sit down and chat with the prospective new member, clarifying the aims and policy of the organization, letting him express his opinion, answering his questions, etc. Doing this but only once — meant much more than several visits just asking: “Well, do you want to join?” Let it be clear that the main thing is to CONVINCE the person in question and this really hasn’t much to do with time . . . The history of the Verhovay is an open book. The brilliant results of its activities are well known wherever Hungarians live, not only in the U. S. but also in Hungary. Everybody, whether or not a member of the organization, knows and admits that the strong­est bulwark of the American Hungarians, the greatest and most real assurance of an Ameriean-Hungarian future is the Verhovay Frater­nal Insurance Association. Through half a century, the “Verhovay” name became the sym­bol of American Hungarian life. The record of this organization and the record of American Hungarian movements are almost iden­tical. There certain'y must be a very good reason why today the Verhovay is one of the greatest organizations ever formed by Hun­garians throughout the world. Its membership equals that of the present Hungarian National Army. How significant that such an Army of peace, brotherly love and understanding as the Verhovay, should guide the present and future of American Hungarians! Nature’s eterna! law demands growing, expanding, assurance of living for years, decades to come. The Verhovay has always answer­ed the call of the future — and this very contest, to the last round of which we now arrive, is also a proof of this. As a result cf this membership drive, the Verhovay becomes still greater, ’arger, strong­er. Each and every one of those, who took practical steps to pro­mote this aim, can feel that he actually did something important to secure the endurance of Hungarian life in America. Isn’t this something to be proud of? Do not be mistaken! The rewards which you get for your work, those 25 steamship and railway tickets, which will be awarded the winners, do not mean “payment” for your successful work. They only are a sign of appreciation on behalf of the leaders of the organization. Your real reward will be an assured and promising American Hungarian future. Is there anything that is more worth striving for? It there anything which would be a greater reward than that? Not many weeks will pass until the final results of the contest will be known. Twenty-five Hungarian Americans, young and old, shall participate, free of charge, in the great Bandholtz Pilgrimage Only one more month remains before tip end of our Gigantic Second h; If of a Century mem­bership campaign. The wonder­ful growth of our modern Life Insurance Companies is due to the fact that they employ so many thousands of agents to visit our American homes and offices to collect premiums and solicit new business. The company premiums are high enough to al­low them to pay high salaries and commissions for the obtaining of new business and holding on to what has been secured. On the other hand our larger Fraternal Organizations find it necessary to offer strong induce­ments to their present member­ship to have them endeavor to get their friends, neighbors, relatives and acquaintances to better their condition by joining our Societies. While the beneficial societies fur­nish their membership with life insurance at the actual cost, still it is found to be necessary to hold di’ives and offer the present mem­bership bonuses and prizes so that they may become interested in securing new members and build­ing up their association by help­ing to ho’id on to the new mem­bers after they once enter the fold. The Officers and Trustees of Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association took advantage of their fiftieth anniversary celebra­tion to conduct a wonderful mem­bership campaign and it was so highly successful that another membership drive began last Oc­tober and will close on the 31st day of May. These drives are most beneficial because they not i only bring in new members but they also arouse the membership to the realization of the great benefits and advantages they de­rive from their association with so many thousands of their fellow men and women. These associa­tion benefits are social as well as financial and will be discussed in a later issue of your Journal. At the present time we all should be particularly interested in ob­taining the greatest amount of success from our present mem­bership campaign. If you are one of the fortunate ones who entered this contest at the very beginning and have been putting forth your very best ef­forts since then you should real­ize that a genuine spurt on your part should surely make you one of the winners of a free trip to Budapest. During a football game the contest is between teams rather than between individuals and sub­stitutes may be entered and with­drawn at any time during the con­test. The manager of a football game may replace a player as soon as he appears to weaken. This Verhovay campaign is a contest between individuals ra­ther than between teams and it is up to each contestant to try his very best • and have all his intim­ate friends do what they can to help him land a winner. Have you realized what it means to win this free trip to Budapest? If you have ever visited Buda­pest or lived in Hungary it would be foolish for me to try to tell you about the beautiful views and scenes you find there. When the Queen of Sheba visited Solo­mon she declared that the half had never been told her. After you heard reports about the won­ders of Niagara Falls you are still appa’led and filled with awe when you look upon it for the first time. The Danube divided its Queen into two equal parts, one used to be named Buda and the other Pest. The lover of good music reaches his goal when he visits the Budapest Opera House and attends the open air perform­ances of Tata. If you are inter­ested in Golf, Fishing, Bathing and Water Sports you should cer­tainly pay Hungary, a visit If you are a lover of horses you should go to Hortobágy, the cele­brated Hungarian Prairie where thousands of horses and cattle roam free and untrammelled. When the Lover of Good-East en­ters Hungary he soon realizes that the pleasures of their table surpasses what he has found else­where. Hungary offers glorious out-door life, a treasury of His­toric Architecture, and is a land of music and pageantry. Count­less visitors have regained their health in the healing waters at Budapest and many other spas found in Hungary. If you are thirsty and cannot quench it here in America go to Hungary and partake of her noble wines. Get busy imediately and have all your friends become members of Ver­hovay and see to it that they pay their full 12 months dues and you will receive a large amount of bonus payment as well as stand a good chance of obtaining free transportation from New York to Budapest and back. S. Horner Wood JERSEY CITY & POCAHONTAS Calling all cars, we receiv­ed no report on your last months activities. THIRD anniversary DANCE TENDERED BY THE Verhovay FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION Branch No. 349 New York, N. Y. to be held on SATURDAY EVENING, May 15th., 1937 Commercing at 8:30 P. M. at the Kreutzer Hall 28 East 86th Street, New York City Music by GEORGE PASTOR and his Jazzland Gypsies Tickets in Advance 65 cents Box75 cents Ticket avaliable at the home of our Secretary — Helen Gomory, 245 E. 93rd St. N. Y. C.

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