Verhovayak Lapja, 1937. január-június (20. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)
1937-05-29 / 22. szám
PAGE 8 MAY 29, 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. GODSPEED By the time our members read this edition of our journal, this expression will be in order, for the contest shall have ended. There will remain only the naming of the winners and the waiting until the steamer ‘‘Europa” sails with the Verhovay contingent and their friends, on board. Therefore, it is not so far in the future, that a number of Verhovays will set sail for Europe to become acquainted with the land where their parents’ cradles were rocked. It will be a wonderful and unforgettable experience for these energetic Verhovays, for in addition to the Capital of Hungary, they will have the opportunity of partaking in the colorful life of a Hungarian village. They will see and they will be surprised to know, that people in very remote villages in very modest circumstances, may be — and are — just as happy, perhaps even more so, as we are here in a technically ultra-advanced civilization. The people in these villages cooperate with each other very closely and life to them, in their modest circumstances, is not only tolerable, but actually happy, owing to the fellowship existing among them. Fellowship is the greatest gift of God indeed, and fellowship has made possible for these Verhovays this very trip to the Old Country. Cultivate fellowship, offer friendship among your fellow-men and your life will be enriched beyond your expectations. The great Verhovay Fraternity offers you fellowship and friendship in abundance and those of your friends who are not as yet amongst us, will find companionship and fraternity within our midst. We take this opportunity of wishing our lucky winners God-speed, even though it is a little early. We know that they have done well by our common cause, the Verhovay and their trip is well deserved. May they enjoy their trip to the fullest extent and may their presence in the Old Country serve to show our kinfolks there, that we still love the land or our parents and have not forgetten them. So in closing permit me to express these few words in appreciation of the possibility given by the Verhovay for making this trip. The VERHOVAY was, is and always will he first in our hearts. Anchors away! VerhovayokJopfa Son of Zemplen is Filmdom’s King BRANCH 272 JESSUP, PA. Joseph Cibolya, Manager of District No. 2, established a Junior Order in Branch 272 of Jessup, Pa!, with the' assistance of member Joseph Vass, Sr.. Secretary of the Branch. The newly organized Junior Order will be managed together with the Senior Branch, by Secretary Vass, with his accustomed precision. He will no doubt contribute largely to the growth and progress of the New Junior Branch. Owing to his wide circle of acquaintances and friends, we hope that through this fact, the Junior Order will bring new life and strength into the Senior Order also. The occasion of Adolph Zukor’s 25th anniversary in motion pictures as head of the Paramount company, also marks his 64th birthday, the 40th anniversary of his marriage to Lottie Kaufman of Chicago, and the 49th anniversary of his arrival at Castle Garden in New York harbor, on the leaky old steamer “Russia,” from his native Hungary — a penniless orphan boy of 15, with Horatio Alger ideas — and not a word of English . . . It took Adolph Zukor 25 years to become an actual producer of motion pictures. When he opened the way, around 1907, for the beginning of much of the motion picture industry as it is present’y constituted, he had thought of himself as a producer — a glorified super-director over all the directors and producers on a lot. But the sudden expansion of the whole industry between 1912 and 1920, brought a series of financial crisis and demands which caused Mr. Zukor to refrain from actual production. So he continued at the business helm of his company. His present position, as chairman of the directors’ board of Paramount in complete charge of production in Hollywood, has more sentiment attached to it than appears on the surface. Mr. Zukor’s very first schooling in actual production came with the aid of a book he had read when he was learning English in New York, as an immigrant boy. He had been studying “Pilgrim’s Progress.” It became his favorite English c’assic. He still kept his old, thumbed school copy, and in the years just before 1912, when he was full of the idea that the long film of the present generation was on its way, he set out to equip himself as a producer. Part of the selfimposed training consisted of making a series of scenarios of “Pilgrim’s Progress.” Of course, this apprentice work will never see the lights of a motion picture studio. The theme is not suited. But the ideas they gave him, taught him that production was to his liking. Paramount Pictures Corporation, one of the world’s greatest, and “a-hundred-mil'fon-dollar” concern, actually resulted from a bad loan. In 1903, Adolph Zukor, a capable and modestly successful furrier in Chicago, decided that he would go to New York to see what could be done about a plight of a friend to whom he had loaned $3,000 to go into the penny arcade business of those days. The penny arcade in question, located at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street, did not seem to be pros-Expect success today. Don’t use this for a desk motto. Have it on your mental tablets so you can always see it no metter where you are. Home Life Magazine pering. The effort to salvage at least part of the loan — put Adolph himself into the penny arcade, got him into association with the late Marcus Loew, led to the acquisition of the William Brady “Hale’s Tours”, featuring globe-trotting pictures, and converted the arcades into motion picture shows. By 1906, Zukor was a fullfleger theatre proprietor, his Comedy Theatre presenting the best motion pictures he could find to the amusement seeking crowds of New York’s carnival 14th St. Thus, Zukor had started out to rescue a bad loan, and had found a new career for himself. Adolph Zukor felt he was making real theatrical progress, when he started to run “Hale’s Tours.” This was a stunt in entertainment which blossomed and died even as miniature golf. The spectator had so spend ten cents to ride in a rickety property railway carriage, in which he was bumped and jiggled as if in a real train. At one end stood an observation platform facing a screen, on which a short film, showing the ascent of the Rocky Mountains, the A’ps and the Carpathians (the latter chiefly for sentimental reasons, for it was there from where Adolph Zukor hailed), was projected. The entrance of Adolph Zukor into motion pictures came after a unique diversification of labor in search for a career. At first, while still in' Hungary, he was well on the way to become a rabbi, as had been most of the sons of his mother’s family. Adolph’s uncle, the respected orator, Kalman Lieberman, who was the rabbi in the neighboring town of Szalka, intended to consecrate Adolph and his brother, Arthur, to the service of religion. That worked out in the case of the more articulate Arthur, who became one of the most eloquent rabbis not only in the countries of Sáros and Zemplén, but in far-away Berlin as well. In the 16 years spanning his arrival in New York as an immigrant and his association with amusements, through the pennyarcade business in 1904, Mr. Zukor traveled from the hardware trade to upholstery, then to his Novelty Fur Company of Chicago, carrying the same first to a $9,000 bank balance and, in a slack season, to a crash. The small, piercing-eyed Hungarian’s founding of Famous Players did not take place until 1912. This year of 1937, whi’e marking the 25th anniversary of Zukor’s chairmanship of the country’s largest motion picture organization, really marks -the 31st anniversary of Mr. Zukor’s actual theatrical beginning. Small wonder that not only the film world, but also the villagers of Zemplén-Ricse, Hungary, his birthplace, look up to Zukor like a King. For he real'y is of the clean-cut, generous and inspiring character everyone admires. (Quigley’s Motion Picture Daily) WHO’S WHO IN DEARBORN Our “chief shut-in, Edward S. Horvath, should be quite an authority on nearly everything in general when he leaves the “big house.” To back this rather broad statement, just look at the books he has in his private library! Among others, he has a dictionary, world atlas, world almanac, the Holy Bible, and lately he is adding a set of Encyclopedias, the gift of Branch 429. His favorite saying at the “san” is — ‘T don’t believe it, prove it.” He feels that there isn’t a thing under the sun lie can’t prove — provided he is given sufficient time to collaborate with his authorities. Are we proud of him? # Louis Lucas, our authority on outdoor sports, was up north on a trip to Thunder Bay River, the week-end of May 8, hobnobbing with his pals — the fishes! He brought back some proof in the way of fish pictures to prove that they didn’t get away. There will be more fish stories from this member as the season opens. * The new branch in New Boston, Mich, was honored by the attendance of our active feminine members as follows: Mary, Jeannette and Mrs. Steven Horvath, Elvira László and Jolán Lucas, on May 8. The dance was a success as far as these gals go. We met there such important members as Mr. and Mrs. Gyulai, treasurer of Branch 36, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lukacs, secretary of Branch 36, Mrs. Joseph Trimai, president of Branch 388, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gyulai, our district manager and those ever present fellers from Branch 435 (they go everywhere the Dearborn gals go). “Bobby,” “Chuck” etc. * Jeannette Horvath, Elvira László and Jolán Lucas went bicycle riding one sunny Sunday afternoon and a more pleasant time could not be had. Flow about the rest of the' gals in Branch 429 joining us? We are also planning a girl’s indoor team to compete with the boy’s team, just for fun! How about it? All those girls wanting to play, write your secretary and we’ll see what we can do. This is important, as why should the boys have all the fun! The Ferret IF YOU DO NOT KNOW what kind of LIFE INSURANCE YOU SHOULD HAVE then WE ADVISE YOU ' to '1 PROCURE A WHOLE LIFE “CLASS A” CERTIFICATE
