Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. január-június (23. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)

1940-05-09 / 19. szám

May 9, 1940. Page 7 Verhovayak Lapja Verliovay Children's Day in D etroit BRANCH 430 NEWS Progress at Homestead’s Branch 430 continues apace as evidenced by the ever in­creasing tempo of its acti­vities and events. With an eye toward mak­ing our club room a more pleasant place in which to spend an evening, various “games” were bought to provide a change from the usual card playing and checkers. More recently we acquired a good regulation­sized ping-pong table and everybody is making the most of it, for there is al­ways a hot game in pro­gress. Some of the rabid fans have naturally become pretty good at it by now. and they can really zip that ball across the net. By way of following another tack for a moment (pun accidental), we now have a good bulletin board hanging on our walls, thanks to energetic Steve Toth, whose wood-working pro­clivity is no secret here­abouts. As a grand slam, we just bought a fine 1940 R.C.A. combination radio-phono­graph equipped with an automatic record changer for ten discs. We feel that this is one of the best in­vestments we ever made and you can be sure that in time we will have a large library of recordings of both swing and good Hun­garian music. This seems to me to be as opportune a moment as any to extend a blanket in­vitation to all members of Verhovay branches near enough to pay us a visit any Thursday evening. The place: the basement floor of St. Margaret’s Church at 10th Avenue, Munhall. We desire to make the acquain­tance of other Verhovayans, and if you do decide to take us up on this, we guarantee that you will have a pleas­­ent evening with all the aforementioned diversions, not to mention the friendly crowd here at 430. The soft ball team is get­ting in shape with practice sessions; a league has been formed and a schedule ar­ranged for the Sunday afternoon games. The success of our recent roller skating party at the Penn was most gratifying. The rink was literally jam­med and everybody had a picnic, what with people falling and stuff. New addition to our mem­bership rolls include George Knack, Louis Balogh, Mar­garet Priam, Mrs. John Len­gyel, Frank Lengyel and Er­nest Priam. A warm and hearty welcome to you all. We are looking forward to having you join us actively, not only because more mem­bers means a stronger club but also because we are sure you will have many a good time with us. We are getting all primed for our Annual Spring Dance to be held May 26th at St. John’s Hall, 10th Avenue, Mztnhall. Music will be furnished by a good gypsy orchestra. A bar will serve drinks both soft and hard. Line forms to the right. We are expecting a big turn-out and we hope to see all our good friends from near and far. This will be one of those gala occa­sions when every last single blessed soul will have a jolly time, no less, and if it turns out that you don’t you had better call a doctor. In more serious vein, the Hungarian School which began last October ended its second semester on April 12th. As in the year pre­vious, the classes were held every Friday evening at the Munhall Carnegie Library under the able direction of Rev. Barnabas Dienes We are grateful to the Home Office for providing us with this wonderful opportunity, and completely gratis, too. We were particularly for­tunate in having the Rev. Dienes. A better teacher could not possibly have been selected. He made the most of the limited time avail­able, and his brilliant per­sonality, coupled with an extraordinarily fine sense of humor, made the study of Hungarian Grammar and History a real pleasure. The classes were not so large as last year but this nowise dimmed the ardor of its loyal student body. The tapering off of in­terest in its second year leads me to make a sugges­tion regarding the future policy of the Home Office in connection with the Hun­garian School. Such a school is without doubt a worthy project and one of the best (if not only) means of keep­ing alive second generation interest in, and kowledge of, all things Hungarian, and therefore it would be to its own self interest and also for broad cultured reasons to assure the continuance of the school. My suggestion is that the school be rotated to a different district each year. Every branch would make a canvas of its mem­bers and outside American- Hungarian young people to determine the number of interested students. They would then forward their estimate to the Home Office and this would give the Di­rectors and Home Office of­ficials guidance in determin­ing the location of the school BRANCH 439, Johnstown, Pennsylvania Confucius say: Here come Four-Thirty- Niner again. Well, boys, since the mush­­ball season is so near, what say? Those who intend to play should sign up NOW. Let’s get the ball a-rolling. Johnstown V. F. I. A. team came in second last year in the W. P. A. City League, so let’s try to make it an outstanding team this year, too. Confucius say: Boy help girl make ro­mance blossom. Oh, oh, A. Z. Since when did you become a dish art­ist? Wouldn’t your mother like to know? Sh-h-h, we’ll keep it a secret, and how! L. V.: What was wrong? Why the frequent trips to the kitchen? Curiosity got the best of L. V. He wonders what became of the hole in the doughnut. Can anyone answer it for him? Our President Andrew had a most comfortable chair at our last committee meeting. No doughnut could tempt him to leave the chair. We also had a new face rather shy and bashful. Francis, I believe, is the name. Come to the meetings more often. That’ll take the bashfulness away. Music seemed to be the main subject of the eve­ning. Brush up, A. Z. H. H.: Glad to see your presence at the birthday affair, of which you were guest of honor. Branch 439 is hoping your mother is well on the way to recovery. Our birthday affair turned out a success. Thanks to the committee and to the ladies for the grand work they did. Our next Birthday Party is to be held at St. Emer­­ick’s Church Hall, May 26th. Here’s hoping we see more of our members, friends and out-of-towners. Here come April showers to bring May flowers. Ho... hum. A Four-Thirty-Niner. for the coming year. Maxi­mum benefits would be sure to accrue from such a plan. As this is only a suggestion, letters from all the readers slating their opinion will be welcomed by the Home Office, I am sure. —Arpad Chontos. Publicity Manager. Branch 430, Homestead, Pa.-------------O-------------­Things are never so black that some place, somewhere, a little ray of sunshine doesn’t slip in. On Sunday, May 12th, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, a Children’s Day program originated by Branch 36, will be sponsored by said branch in conjunction with the other Detroit and nearby branches of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Asso­ciation, in the Verhovay Home in Detroit. This Verhovay celebration for children promises to be one of the greatest yet to be held by any branch ox­­combination thereof, and will be open not only to Ver­hovay children but to the joy of those children out­side the great Verhovay Fa­mily. Every Hungarian child in the Detroit area should at­tend this gala affair. The Committee shall see to it that everything possible is done to make the event the most enjoyable the children have ever had. Every child or group of children who can sing, re-CALENDAR OF VERHOVAY SOCIALS MAY 11TH, SATURDAY. - Richey­­ville, Pennsylvania. - Si*th Anni­versary Dance of Branch 399 at the new John Konynesnyi Place. MAY 11TH, SATURDAY, 8:30 p. m. — Springdale, Pa. — Dance sponsored by the youth of Branch 296 in the Springdale Hungarian Hall. MAY 12TH, SUNDAY. — Cleve­land, Ohio. — MOTHER'S DAY program of Branch 631 at the Verhovay Home. MAY 12TH, SUNDAY, 2:00 p. m. — Detroit, Mich. — Verhovay Children's Day celebration spon­sored by the combined branches of the Detroit area. To be held at the Verhovay Home on Jeffer­son Avenue. MAY 18TH, SATURDAY, 7:00 p. m. — Chicago, Illinois. — Grand May Dance of Branch 503 to be held at the Harmony Hall, 1693 N. Artesian Avenue. MAY 25T H„ SATURDAY, 8:00 p. m. — Homestead, Pennsyl­vania. — Annual Spring Dance of Branch 430 at St. John's Hall, 10th Avenue and Di*on St., Munhall. MAY 25TH, SATURDAY. — Mar­tins Ferry, Ohio. — Dance spon­sored by the Sports Club of Branch 40 and held at the Hun­garian Hall. MAY 25TH, SATURDAY. — Dear­born, Mich. — “Ibolya" Dance to be held by Branch 429 at the Sugar Bowl, Salina Street, cor­ner of Lowrey (near Salina School.) MAY 25TH, SATURDAY. — Buf­falo, New York. — Final Indoor Dance to be held by Branch 383 in St. Elizabeth’s School Hall. MAY 26TH, SUNDAY. — Johns­town, Pennsylvania. — Branch 439 to hold Birthday Party at St. Emerick's Church Hall. cite or dance, will be given the opportunity to do so. There will be contests, games and small prizes. After the various acts the children will be feted. Under the direction of Professor Anna Kerekes Nyiry the Junior Order of Branch 500 will present its own program, which.judging from past achievements, will be worth seeing. Miss Julia Papp, who for this occasion has been teach­ing a dozen children Hun­garian dances, is surely go­ing to have nice dance numbers by well trained youngsters. The Committee requests that the parents of those children who will participate in the Verhovay Children’s Day program report their names just as soon as pos­sible either at the Verhovay Home or to any of the branch secretaries. There will be no charge for admission. The holiday is entirely free. MAY 26TH, SUNDAY. — Chicago, Illinois. — Dedication of flag at the Burnside Hungarian Home, by Branch 37. MAY 29TH, WEDNESDAY, 8:00 p. m. — Alliance, Ohio. — Bene­fit Dance to be held by the Alliance Verhovay Home. MAY 30TH, THURSDAY. — Tren­ton, New Jersey. — 35th Anni­versary of Branch 13. JUNE 2ND, SUNDAY. — Detroit, Mich. — First picnic of the season to be held by Branch 44 at Molnár Place, near Trenton. JUNE 9TH, SUNDAY. — Cleve­land, Ohio. — Cleveland Ver­hovay Day at Gayback Grove, 6249 Turney Road. JUNE 15TH, SATURDAY. — Can­ton, Ohio. — Branch 64 to hold a Night Picnic at Transylvania Garden, South Massilon Rd. JUNE 16TH, SUNDAY. — Detroit, Michigan. — Branch 36 to hold picnic at Molnár Place, near T renton. JUNE 23RD, SUNDAY. — Youngs­town, Ohio. — Grand Verhovay Day to be held by Branches 21, 108 and 364 at the “Fülemüle Csárda” (Nightingale Inn). JUNE 23RD, SUNDAY. — Mc­Keesport, Pennsylvania. — Pic­nic and dance to be held >t Kossuth Park by Branch 226.------------:o:-----------­YOUTH OF 296 TO HOLD DANCE The young people of Br. 296, Springdale, Pennsyl­vania, will hold their first dance on Saturday May 11th, at the Springdale Hungarian Hall. Music will be furnished by the official Verhovay or­chestra under the direction of Benny Mann, and danc­ing will be from 8:30 to ? The admission for ladies and gentlemen is 35c; for children 15c.

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