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

1937-12-02 / 49. szám

S ik «Mal VfrhowYakJfofa 1937 decembftr 8 “A Verhovay Itinerary” (Continued from last issue) The days still consisted of breakfast luncheon and din­ner with an occasional coffee sipping in the afternoon; reading the “Lloyd Post” published aboard ship, con­taining all the latest news as well as other interesting bits; playing various deck games, lounging about in deck chairs, reading books obtained from the library, or walking the deck to whet ones appetite. A half dozen turns around the deck with a stiff breeze blowing in your face would certainly create an appetite. On Wednesday, July 29th, we were told that we would soon sight land and our first port would be Cherbourg. It could easily be seen that we were approaching land as evidenced by the birds and floating debris, which could be seen several hundred miles out at sea. By: William C. Kohut Homestead, Pa. ‘EUROPE” Earlv thenext morning, boat seemed to be standing still so we clambered out of bed, and clad only in paja­mas and a robe, rushed up on deck. A brisk wind was blowing, and it chilled us to the marrow of our bones. There we stood on deck, shivering and wishing we were in bed, but still not wanting to miss the loading and unloading at Cherbourg. Here hundreds of bags Of mail were unloaded along with large quantities of other merchandise. Per­haps some of oiir mail was somewhere in one of those bags, ready to begin the long trek home again. Our log when we arrived in Cher­bourg. France read thus: passage 4 days, 19 hours and 48 minutes with an everage speed of 27.01 knots per hour. These figures called to my mind the fact that it took Dad seventeen days to cross the Atlantic. Sub­consciously I felt thankful for the great strides made in transportation in recent years. After spending several hours at Cherbourg, the S.S. Europa once more slipped out to sea with the assis­tance of several tugs. We were now heading up the English Channel to South­ampton. the premier passen­ger port of England. It was from here that the Pilgrim fathers embarked in the Mayflower on their epoch­­making voyage to the New World. After several hours of smooth sailing, we finally arrived at Southampton. The air was full of sea gulls, diving down onto the sur­face of the water and coming up balancing a struggling fish in their beak. The S.S Europa did not anchor at Southampton but stopped several miles distant. Here the passengers were taken off by tender and taken a shore. During our short stop here, I had the opportunity of talking with an old. Eng­lish sea captain who had been a part of the sea for the past forty years. For a half hour or so we ex­changed ideas and our con­versation lazily drifted a­­long to other fields. He stood on the bridge of his boat while I utilized the porthole. He wa^ truly a man of the sea, ä typical English sea captain, with the sea as his heritage. His father and grandfather and so on back were all seafaring men and he continued in their footsteps. He loved it and I could easily see that he would not relish giy­­ing up life on the rolling blue. Early in the afternoon, we lifted anchor and soon had our steam up, sáiling up the channel again with Bremer-Haven as our desti­nation. The distance from Southampton to Bremer- Haven is 456 nautical miles and we were told that it woud be early the next morning before we would arrive there. A farewell dinner and party aboard ship and we retired that night with thoughts of leav­ing the Europa next morn­ing. When we awoke next1 morning the boat was stand­ing still. We had arrived in Bremer-Haven. Hurrah! Hurrah 1 We Were soon to leave the boat and go by train to Budapest, After three hours on the ship during which time our finances were declared, pass­ports examined and baggage prepared for placing on our Budapest train, we were fi­nally permitted to leave Yes, there wes Bremer-Ha­ven and Germany before us The ship had docked along­side of the Columbus quay, with the railroad station be­ing but a short distance away. Cars could be seen filling with gasoline, prepar ing for a tour of Germany and Europe. Members of our group filed into the rail­road station in Bremer-Ha­ven where Prince Berkes Bela was already playing ga.y gypsy tunes. This courtesy on the part of the North German Lloyd was greatly appreciated. Later, we went out' into the station yard. Not far away could be seen the S. S. Europa, being given an overhauling. Large groups of cadets dressed in dark olive garb awaited the opening of the gangplank to yisitors. Num­erous young, girls resembl­ing our girl scouts alsoo 1 m anxiously awaited going a" board. Before leaving the ship, we had lunch aboard so now we had several hours during which time we might take a glance at life as lived in Bremer-Haven. We learn­ed that Bremer-Haven was founded by . Bremen in 1827 and has a population of 24,- 547, being situated on the Weser River, about ten miles from its mouth. It ap­peared to be modern up-to­­date city with a flourishing trade. The people appear­ed a hardy lot and seemed pleased and contented. Con­trary to popular belief, I could see no Nazi disturb­ance and everything seemed very peaceful. At 3 :00 o’clock that after­noon, we bade, good-bye to Bremer-Haven and started the long trek to V ienna and Budapest. This trip would take us through Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria into Hungary. The engine and coaches are somewhat different from those used in the States. The trains do not appear to be as large as ours while the coaches are quite different. The coaches arc made up of approximate­­y eight compartments, and each of these compartments accomodated six or eight persons! Each compartment has a door and a small group enjoys privacy here that can­not be found on the ones to which we are accustomed. On the way to Bremen, everyone was given several, lunch boxes chuck full of1 sandwiches, cakes and fruit enough for several meals. boxes in his possession. I was fortunate to have been quite friendly with him. I shared his good fortune. A few of the windows on both sides of the coaches carried announcements which read “Reserviert Fur Den Norddeutsher Lloyd — Ver­hovay Excursion 1937. Bre­men-Budapest.” Our first stop would be seventy kilometers distant city on the Weser, the old Hanseatic City of Bremen, the city of old moats and the famous “Ratskeller.” After an hour and a half we arrived in Bremen, but a few min­utes later, we were again traveling. This time, Han­over, the railway and manu­facturing center was our goal. In turn, we had glimpses from our train win­dow of Braunschweig, Halle, Madgeburg and then we slipped into Leipzig, a city of Saxony and the third larg- j est in Germany. Leipzig is famous for its fairs which date back as far as 1180. The population of this city is almost the same as Pitts­burgh, numbering 690,000 people. Then from Leipzig we continued our journey with our next stop being Dresden, the capital of Sax­ony, with a population of 620,000. (To be continued) —i—o----­THUNDER OVER 36 envious of the physique of Man­­ders and Nagurski. Young omnipresent friend Jul­ius Toth, seen rushing into the Delray Cafe just the other day. Then — at the Statler Hotel, Joseph Estinka escorting the handsome Mary Rakoczy into the Cocktail Bar. Others present at the Cocktail Bar were “Miss Hazel” with her constant companion, Valentine Gallovich. Seen, but not heard at “Man­­os,” Frank Marconi and his “300” ball. Extra! Extra! “V” Men looking for Dan Korody and Joe Tulock. Sports Tsk! Tsk! I’m surprised that no challenge eame from other Verhovay teams for a bowling match with our undefeated bowl­ers. The boys are getting stale, since the league in which they participated had disbanded due to the supereminence of the Ver­hovay lads. JAY GEE GET A HUSTLE ON Before the column commences we the members of Branch 36, extend our deepest sympathy and regrets at the loss of one of our closest Verhovay member, Ed­ward Horvath of Branch 429. We have enjoyed his column immensly and were looking for­ward for his friendly , chit and chats. The Musical News of Detroit “We’re Working Our Way Through College,” quotes O. Pe­­toskey, “Val” Gallovich and Yours Truly. “Who’s That Knockin’ at My Heart?” inquires “Slats” Sopko. “You Can’t Have Everything,” “Val” Gallovich. Mary Rakoczy, the “Lady From Fifth Avenue.” “So Rare,” is Charles Ivanyi that sometimes we wonder if Ad­miral Byrd left him at the South Pole. “My Cabin of Dreams,” the new Verhovay Home of Branch ird. Wonder what O. P. would do when there’s a “Moonlight on the Campus.” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” replies E. G. The following day, after Z. V. ran into “OOP,” he replied that “The Moon Got in My Eyes.” Social Circle of Detroit You’d have been dazzled by the crop of young socialites present at the tussle between the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions. “Slats” Sopko and the young ’■»dy in velvet tearing their gaze away from each other long enough to do some lusty cheering. Did you ever hear the story of the woman who aroused her ser­vants at 4:00 o’clock every Mon­day morning and addressed them in this manner? “Hurry and get up at once. Here it is Four O’clock Monday morning. Tomorrow will be Tuesday and the next day is Wednesday. There, you see that half of the week is gone and noth­ing is done yet. Well two months of the duration of our member­ship campaigns have already elapsed. What have you done? Have you entered yet as one of the contestants? Just think what it means for you to be able to personally assist in the 900th Saint Stephen Anniversary cele­bration. You’ll be sorry later that you did not enter this won­derful contest. A great many people like to DILLY DALLY and enter a contest the same way they plan to take out more Life Insurance. They just wait until it is too laté and then they cry their eyes out because they fail in their efforts. WHO WOULD NOT PREFER TO BE INSIDE LOOKING OUT, INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE LOOK­ING IN? Now remember I am talking about Membership Cam­paigns and Life Insurance and I am by no means referring to Jails, Lock-ups, Work-ho uses, Prisons or Penitenteries. ATTENTION BRANCH SECRETARIES We have a special request to make, of each and every Secretary of ours. As every­one of you knows, we have j to close our books on Dec. 31, 1937, for the year and for that reason, it is impera­tive that each and every Branch report should be in before that date. PLEASE, at least on this one occassion, at this time of the year, be punctual and forward your Dec. report so that it should reach us not later than the 31st day of December. One chap ended up with ten > Zoltán Vincent and Eddie Gall PÁRTOLJA LAPUNK HIRDETŐIT. PÁRTOL­JUK MI IS. AKI BEN­NÜNKET TÁMOGAT

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