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

1937-12-30 / 53. szám

December 30, 1937* PAGE 13 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURISTIC By: Joseph J. Horvath Branch 366 With deepest regret we learn of the demise of our honored contemporary, Ed­ward S. Horvath, of Branch 429. We feel all our mem­bers will think of his passing, and with a heavy heart, ex­tend our sincerest condol­ences. The card party held by the ladies of Branch 361, for the benefit of the Hungarian Red Cross, was well attend­ed. Innumerable door prizes were offered and a grand time was had by all. Mr. and Mrs. Zigmond Kadar and Mr. and Mrs. Szalay were the prize-winners. The President, Mrs. Gall, made an exceptionally good announcer. Proffessor Ár­pád Bognár and his Junior Symphony Orchestra gave a lovely concert and Rose Gaz­­da’s accompaniment was ex­cellent. Mary Frederick’s prize was a tablecloth, but she was not satisfied because the em­broidery would have to be done by her, but who could do better? Home-made refreshments were served and were they swell! Mrs. Kammenar was everywhere looking after our welfare. Dance at the Verhovay Hall with Marge Timko, as I did, and you’ll be walking on air. The tenacity of some lady members in cuddling their coins is admirable, but it doesn’t put crumbs in the goldfish bowl. Get it? Mrs. Mary Matusz held a graduation party for her daughter, Mary. We know, we crashed it! Discovered at the Szatmar megyei dance, Betty Tim­­ko’s friend was the leader of the orchestra. Toot-toot and a couple of scrapes! Mrs. Czir and Mrs. Haydu are throwing bowling chal­lenges at the Verhovay la­dies. Stakes anywhere from marble to millions. Weight no restriction! Who was the individual called “Cold Turkey” by an auburn-haired maiden (?) at the Verhovay Home? Julius Mellen, gentleman and scholar, is highly regard­ed by this column conductor. To “Phantom,” Caretta, Va., Branch 429. No doubt exists in our minds as to the ability of the Pocahontas Verhovay Orchestra, coming from an excellent judge, such as yourself.. Last word, we sure envy Frank Kohari his organizing ability along the figures presented! We may be dense asking this question, but ■— wdiat vernacular is “Mystricky?” We enjoyed it, thanks to “Ima Stilíhere.” To our fellow columnist, Joseph Becsi of Branch 356, Detroit. You apparently misinterpreted our meaning of “deadhead.” We mean a person who could be aggres­sive, but who rests on his oars. We have to congratulate Charlie Young of Branch 383, Buffalo, N.Y., for his interesting news items. He isn’t afraid to sign his name! Saw in the papers that Buf­falo was snowed under. If the people are as hardy as the name of their city im­plies, they will just laugh it off. “Jay Gee” has the hearty thanks of the writer for the valuable news. We will have to start another feud wdth somebody and we think the next will be in Pennsylvania. “Want Ad” hereby submitted for a new scribe in McKeesport. The “Tattler” laid down on us. One of our outstanding members, Governor Martin L. Davey, of Ohio, a mem­ber of Branch 367, was in­dorsed for re-election by the 29th Ward Democratic Club, of Cleveland, Ohio. It will be “Grandpa” Berry, Sr., very soon, we hear. The election of Branch 366 went forward as expected and, as usual, we have a fine set of officers. A1 Kovach is the new Entertainment Committee Chairman for Branch 366. We won’t go so far as to define “Ferret” as described in the last issue, but as to the sex of a “Ferret”(?), we don’t claim to be a zoologist. Nevertheless, at our first opportunity, we will visit the zoo and obtain the keeper’s expert opinion. Ten ounces of beer for a nickel is still the battle-cry at Verhovay Hall. Sorry to learn that Helen Veres’ mother fell and broke her leg. Here’s hoping for early recovery. John Bosway, Sr., was elected new recording secre­tary of Branch 14. Did you know that Marge Singleton dances the Csar­das like a real Hungarian? The Anniversary Dance will be held Sunday, January 16, 1938. A1 Dubray’s Or­chestra will swing time. “Verhovay Day” will be celebrated sometiriie in Feb­ruary with a dinner and dance. Representatives from eleven branches conferred to work out a program. Mr. Lehockoski and Mr. Meyer are Chairman and Secretary =TförhovayJournal— of the affair. At the Thanksgiving Din­ner held by Branch 14» every­body had a good time. Mr. Frank Pinter did a fine job as Toastermaster. Calvin Karnya was requested to speak, and he came through with flying colors. Mary Luchich has more Hungarian songs at her com­mand than anybody else we know. Smart girl!! Mr. and Mrs. Torda an­swered the roll call at the Dinner as well as John Bos­­way, Sr„ Mr. and Mrs. Jo­seph Szalay, Joseph Berry, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Paul, and others. Somebody apparently did­n’t like the P.A. system, be­cause Manager Louis Czir found it in the alley the fol­lowing morning. We are told that a certain person ate dinner in exactly seven minutes; somebody timed tbe “event.” Relative to your hint about coming to Cleveland, “Miss Ferret,” our honor­able President is supposed to arrange such happy events. The writer of this column would be glad to have you as a guest of Branch 366, but the Prexy must issue the in­vitation. The hatchet crew went to work on Julia Mak. She w-as a diligent and efficient officer. We must congratu­late her on her past efforts. And, Oh, Yes. I lost, too, but that’s nothing! Permit me to use this op­portunity to wish everybody a happy and prosperous New Year, in behalf of Branch 366. NILES, OHIO BRANCH 477 Here I am back again with more news of what’s going­­on in this big, little city of Niles. I see our hard-work­ing Secretary is back on the job. It’s good to see you up and around after your illness Mr. Pirigyi. We are all glad of your recovery. Margaret Pirigyi did a pretty fair job of the Secre­tary’s duties while he was ill. Good practice, Margaret, one of these days in the near fu­ture, we’ll see that you get a chance to occupy that of­fice. I see that our column in the Verhovay Journal is no­ticed by other out-of-town Verhovay Branches. Thanks, fellow-members, I sure do appreciate it. There is quite a bit of talk in Branch 477 about who I am. I hope that they don’t find out. I’ll probably get a life sentence for all the dirt I’ve been digging up about our members. Do all you members of Branch 477 know the good news for February 5th? An­other big dance to which the public is invited with a spe­cial invitation to out-of-town Verhovay members. Here is the latest news of “odds and ends” that have! come to my attention in the last few weeks. Watch out, girls, don’t be giving any secrets away. There’s a strange woman among' you! And that strange woman happens to be Mike Dunco. He’s quite an impersonator. Well boys it’s too late now! Mary Lak has got herself a better half. Con­gratulations, Mary, we all A'ish you a long and bliss­ful wedded life! I’ve been hearing quite a bit about one of our mem­bers having the “gift of gal).” 1 wonder who that can be? Branch 477 held a Christ­mas Party on December 18th at Hyde Street Sport Club, at which all the members sure did have a good time. All you members not show­ing up at the affair, sure did miss the time of your lives. A lot of credit belongs to Sally Soda for the program which she arranged. Nice work, Sally, you sure know your stuff! Julia Nyako still has ^ heart of iron! One of our members has been trying to get a dance with her for some time. And her answer is still “no.” Why don’t you give the poor guy a break, Julia ? I hear Esther Savo is some song bird. When are you going to give your coast to coast broadcast, Esther? Or are you just going to join a choir? Goldie Nyre took home the bacon the night of the party, but I didn’t hear of any invitations for dinner? How come ? Don’t we rate ? Sadie Corso seems to be one of our quitest members. Come on boys, show her a good time! She’ll get over her shyness if you take a little bit of interest in her. Mary Collins had quite a time trying to spell Constan­tinople. It seems as though she just couldn’t get it right. Get ont those old school books, Mary, and look it up. I hear Anne Tenke, Helen Bako and Grace Bacos left the party rather early. What was wrong girls? Was there too much of a crowd around that night? Hear wdiat the boys had to say? This is all the dirt I have been able to dig up this time. But watch out!!! I’m going to get real busy and do a lot of digging. Wishing you all a Happy New Year. I. M. Nosey BR. 356 RE-ELECTS GEORGE NOCH DETROIT, MICHIGAN Branch 356 of Detroit held their last meeting of the year at which time there was the annual election of offi­cers. The personnel did not change from that in 1937. George Noch was re-elected President as it should be. George Noch may not pos­sess poise and finesse at the meetings; he may not have all the attributes to the same degree as his predecessors, [ think he will acquire these later, but he does possess some qualities which the others did not have in the same measure. These are Courage and Patience. Courage to go ahead when he knows the chances are none too good, and patience to try again in spite of re­peated reversals. These two qualities of Mr. Noch were tested to the greatest extent in this past year. There­fore, I think it was a great tribute to him paid by the members in re-electing him. I think he deserves this hon­or. If the Branch happens to function again, I think it would be fitting to have it under his regime. This last meeting was a semblance of the good old days. Richard Phillips was re­elected Secretary-Treasurer. It was just a formality in do­ing this. This office is the most important in the Branch, for without this of­fice functioning, the Branch would have “folded up” long ago. Mr. Phillips has been in this office practically since its organization, and he has been so effecient that it was just a matter of course to a­­gain have him continue in this capacity. This meeting was held in the new quarters of the Ver­hovay Home, which is locat- I ed in the former Penninsular Hall, at 8001 W. Jefferson. Although our quarters are a little cramped, I think the place will be alright once we get straightened out. I don’t know whether these quarters are to be ours per­manently or not. If it is, the place should be designat­ed. We should have a place of our own with a certain amount of facilities to at­tract the members. I was always hoping tve would get a fairly large at­tendance at our meeting, pud I thought if we v7ere lucky enough, we would be able to impress the members to have them again. I figured if they would be present we would get somewhere. Well, at this last meeting there w7as quite a nice attendance. (Cont’d on next page)

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