Verhovayak Lapja, 1937. július-december (20. évfolyam, 27-53. szám)

1937-08-26 / 35. szám

PAGE 6. ! Verhovay Journal August 26, )»37. MARGARET ARY from Trento.i. Her charming- personality attract­ed everyone. There was also a Verhovay lady who sewed on the decorations on the red, white and green colored Verhovay caps and who sewed and mended with fra­ternal love on the whole trip. The Hungarian miners were re­presented by John Sabo from Il­linois, Steve Szabó and John Olexa from Pennsylvania, the former is a member of the Ver­hovay for more than thirty years and we could write columns and columns about the rest of our big family. There was also a masked ball which was given by the ship’s captain but the greatest event was the Verhovay csárdás ball. There were present on this oc­casion on the boat, all the pas­sengers from the first and second class and this ball will remain as an everlasting memory among the Verhovay delegates. EUROPE AT LAST After the wonderful ocean trip, we arrived in Europe at last. It is very difficult to describe the tension and excitement which gripped us when we saw land again. The North-German Lloyd directed the Berkes gypsy band to accompany us to the pier and up until our train left Bremer- Haven we enjoyed the indescrib­able loveliness of Hungarian gyp­sy music. We had a special train, with each and every coach of the train displaying a huge sign “VERHO­VAY EXCURSION 1937, U.S.A. — BREMER-HAVEN — BUDA­PEST.” All along the way w'here our train passed through, it created a sensation, as did our red, w'hite and green Verhovay caps. We did not remove these caps even when we travelled through Csecho-Slovakia and Y deem it of sufficient interest to mention herewith, that we were neither arrested nor (molested, and it remained for the Verhovay group to visit Europe in order to display the Hungarian national colors in that country again without any harm or consequenc­es. At this time I have to mention again the really unexpected ser­vices which w'e received from the North-German Lloyd. They stop­ped at nothing to make our trip comfortable and enjoyable and in addition to taking grand care of us on the ship, we received two immense lunch boxes apiece in Bremer-Haven, loaded with sup­plies for our further trip. When we arrived at 10:30 P.M. in Leip­zig, we were given hot coffee and doughnuts. The next day, our train pulled into Vienna. Here, a delegation from Budapest, con­sisting of MR. JOSEPH NÄGY, Secretary of The World Congress of Hungarians, MR. ANDOR FAY FISHER, Editor and MR. PAUL ALBRECHT representing the North-German Lloyd, awaiting us. At The Hungarian Border It is needless for me to men­tion, that here, on nearing the Hungarian border, all of us with­out exception, were greatly ex­cited. ’ We could hardly wait for the train to shuffle on and we should actually reach Hungary. So far no one »wished to find fault with the speed of the trains in Europe, but when we left Vienna everyone complained about the slowness of the train. At last we arrived at Hegyes- Halom, the first Hungarian sta­tion. I cannot find words to describe the emotion which over­came everyone of us. One hun­dred sixty-seven passengers and there was hardly a one among us who was not crying . . . Budapest Our special train moved and everyone was fighting to get near the windows in order to see the sights and views along the way. At Kelenföld another nice surprise aivaited us, in the form of a lovely boquet for each and every lady in the group, the gift of the World Congress’ of Hun­garians. Then our train crossed the Danube slowing dow^ in the meantime as we were nearing our final destination and from afar off already, we could hear the strains of the gypsy orchestra awaiting us. Upon our arrival in Budapest the station was very crowded and was decorated with a profusion of American and Hungarian flags. The great throng was made up of waiting relatives, friends and interested spectators, unknown Americans who happened in Budapest at that time and who came out to greet us. It would take a great writer, with a magic pen, to adequately describe the feelings, which over­came us there. I cannot even try to describe it, for such emo­tion beggars description, it can only be felt, playing on our heart­strings as delicate fingers on a sensative harp. The first person to greet us up­on our arrival in Budapest was DR. CHARLES NAGY and after expressing a hearty welcome, led all of us tó where the official re­ception committee was awaiting us. His Excellency Baron Sigmund Perényi, President of the World Congress of Hungarians: Mr. Ti­bor Tors, Member of Parliament: Dr. Lola Grill, Secretary and Dr. Andor Kun, Editor of the “Ameri­kai Magyar Népszava:” and Mr. Ernest Kasas, Editor of the “Sza-Tbe Verhovay Group at the tomb of the “UNKNOWN SOLDIER” badsag,” greeted us. While in Í the name of our group Mr. John I Bencze, Supreme Secretary an­swered the greetings and express- j ed our mutual thanks for the i wholehearted reception. After the official reception we ; went to the Hotel Metropole. A i great sign displayed, bearing the I inscription “WELCOME VERHO­VAY MEMBERS” showed the im­portance of our visit. For Saturday night we had no programs because everyone was j extremely fatigued and tired so after supper, everyone retired. The First Day at Home Sunday morning the first visit was to the tomb of the Unkonwn Soldier, paying our sincere re­spects and placing a wreath there­on. From here the whole group went to the beautiful monument of George Washington, where first Mr. John Bencze and then our Vice President, John Körösföy paid our mutual respects to the memory of the Father of our adopted Country. From here we went to visit several national places of interest. Sunday evening and night we were free having no official pro­gram but most of the crowd got together at the Ostend Coffee House where there is a gypsy band of twenty-four pieces, none of the members of it being over sixteen years of age. The “Os­tend” was very crowded with Americans just to show how many Americans are actually in Buda­pest. I mention here that only in the Hotel Astoria there are six hundred fifty American teachers registered. They are spending a week in Budapest. Monday morning we continued our official program. We went to the Offices of the World Con­gress of Hungarians in order to personally thank them for the un­expected and wholehearted wel­come and for the great services which were extended to us by the Verhovay members in the office of the Hungarian World Congress leaders and the officers of this great organization. In the name of the Verhovay, Mr. John Bencze expressed his and every Verho­­vay’s gratitude to Baron Perényi the President and Baron Perényi answered the greetings and said that the World Congress of Hun­garians will continue with never­­ending efforts to do everything in their power for those Hungar­ians, scattered throughout the length and breadth of the world. After the visit as official guests of the World Congress, we board­ed auto-busses and in the com­pany of guides speaking excel­lent English, we were taken sight­seeing. The very interesting tour ended at night after which the group appeared in the Hun­garian Radio broadcasting station. Mr*. Michael Buzogány, Charlotte Mersky, Stephen Szabó and Irene Sopronyi as well as Mr. William Kohut were interviewed before the microphone. I have to men­tion here that William Kohut hao such great success with his ap­pearance on the radio that an un­known lady mailed him a beauti­ful book as a mark of her appre­ciation. The Second Day Tuesday morning we continued our sight-seeing tour and we visited the world famous and ex­ceedingly beautiful buildings of the Hungarian Parliament which are the second most beautiful in the world, then to the rest of the most interesting sights of Buda­pest. That night we attended a theater party as the guests of the World Congress. The Hungar­ian musical comedy given, was liked by everyone. The Third Day Wednesday morning we visited the Mayor’s Office of the city of Budapest and paid our respects to the City Government and thanked them for the wonderful reception accorded us. From here we went to the Ke­repesi Cemetery, to the tomb of the Great Hungarian Liberator, Louis Kossuth. While there we visited several monuments and graves. This cemetery, on ac­count of the large number of the Great Ones of Hurigary who are buried here, can be called a Na­tional Cemetery of Hungary. At noon we visited the State Wine Cellars and after the very educational sights we saw, we were given an excellent dinner, to the accompaniment of equally excellent gypsy music. The din­ner as well as the mood of the group was greatly enlivened by the fact that we were given seven different kinds of wine, each var­iety of wine much older than the age of,any member of the young­er generation in the group. The logical outcome of such occasions is a dance and we had one im­promptu. At this little festivity, four Ameriean-Hungarian stud­ents staying in Budapest were al­so present, namely, Dr. Stephen Kallay of Cleveland, Ohio; Béla Kallay of Painesville, Ohio; Cbas. Teggze of Whiting, Indiana and Anthony Domokos of South Bend, Indiana. It would be superfluous for me to call special attention here to the fact that the ladies were in very great demand, as partners, in dancing. It was dark night already when this ended but instead of retiring we were taken to the most won­derful night club in Budapest, called the “Kutya Vi lla Csarda,” where we had some of their world famous fish stew (halpaprikas). It was dangerously near the next morning when we left there . On Thursady we were invited to visit one of the greatest de­partment stores in Budapest, called “Magyar Divat Csarnok.” After looking through it, we had a very good lunch and each and every member of our group re­ceived an appropriate gift in memory of our visit there. “DOUBLE INDEMNITY’ On July 1, 1937 a new form of insurance was es­tablished in the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Asso­ciation. With the exception of those whose occupations come under the heading of “hazardous occupations” described in our By-Laws, every one of our members carrying life insurance with us, can secure this conces­sion. This is, the increase in the death benefits if death is caused by an accident. Therefore, if someone has a thousand dollar insurance at present and on July 1st he joins this department by paying twenty-five cents ad­ditional, monthly, then in case of accidental death, the beneficiary would receive two thousand dollars instead of one thousand. Our pres­ent members can join this department also. Those desiring to join, have to fill j out an application form for j it and send it in to the Home I Office. Those new members j who desire to join now, I should request this new 1 form of insurance on the oc­­cassion of their admittance 1 into the Association.

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