Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)

1940-10-31 / 44. szám

October 31, 1940 Taken at the second regular semi-annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Ver­­hovay Fraternal Insurance Association held at the Home Office of the Association on Sep­tember 16, 1940. Present are: Supreme President Joseph Darago, Vice-Presidents Joseph Szalay and Albert B. Ari. Frank Brogley, Dr. Joseph J. Prince, Julius Macker, Moses Csömör, Louis Vizi, Bert. Kun, Andrew Dobos, Jr., James Siket, Stephen Lang and John Szalanczy, Directors. Supreme Officers John Bencze, Coloman Revesz and Michael J. Varga. 1. ) Joseph Darago Supreme President opens the meeting at 9 A. M., and warmly greets those assembled for the Board meeting; as well as the members of the Auditing Committee con­ducting the examination of the Home Office and calls to their attention the importance of the matters on the program and requeáts them to be wise and sagacious and to be governed by their hearts in bringing their decisions and to keep but one point before them: the progress of our Association. 2. ) The semi-annual reports of the Su­preme Officers are read and are accepted as basis for detailed discussions and are ordered attached to the Minutes. 3. ) Before conducting the regular examina­tion of the Office the Board includes in the order of the day the discussion of cases in­cluding contracts, which would necessitate the probable personal appearance of the interested parties. 4. ) The Board hears the report of the Auditing Committee and orders including same in the regular program. 5. ) The Supreme President reports that two members of the Home Office of the Croation Fraternal Union of America personally invited the Board of Directors and the Supreme Officers to a banquet held in honor of the Supreme President of the Croation Association, on Thursday, September 19, 1940 at 7:30 P. M., in Hotel Webster Hall. The Board acknowledges the invitation with thanks and announces that the Associa­tion will be represented at their banquet by the Supreme President, two Vice-Presidents and the three Supreme Officers. 6. ) The Board hears the report of National Organizer Otto J. Molnár and accepts it as the basis for discussion. The Board reverts to the discussion of matters relative to organization. At 6 P. M., the Supreme President ad­journs the meeting until 9 A. M., on Tuesday morning. daa. * * * MINUTES — CONTINUED Taken on September 17, 1940. The same ones are present. 7. ) At 9 A. M., Supreme President Darago opens the meeting and orders the reading of the previous day’s Minutes. The Minutes are accepted and certified by the Board. 8. ) The Board continues the discussion of organization matters and in connection with this announces that the contracts of all those local organizers who are not re-elected to their position by the Branch Officers, ceases. 9. ) The Board acknowledges with thanks the telegram of greeting sent by Branch 83, New York, N. Y. 10. ) In connection with matters pertain­ing to organization the Board orders that the MINUTES District Organizers be summoned to the meet­ing for Thursday morning. 11. )vThe Board directs the Supreme Pre­sident to call the attention of the Officers of each Branch to the importance of keeping members and at the same time request them to turn over the twenty cents increase of Branch administration fees voted to the Branches by the Convention to the Branch Officer or member doing the work of collect­ing dues. 12. ) Paul Nagy, Louis Katona, Michael Gergye and Michael Gerzsey appeared before the Board, representing Branches 288 and 432 of Crescent, Ohio. They request the raising of •the $1500.00 mortgage now on the Crescent, Ohio Verhovay Home to $2200.00. The Board orders the request complied with since on the occasion of the remodelling of the Home, the Branch appropriated double the amount requested for this purpose and in this way increased the value of the building satisfactorily. 13. ) The Board hears Stephen Mate, Sec­retary of Branch 464. He relates that he col­lects from house to house the monthly dues of the Branch members and he requests re­imbursement for this service. The Board is unable to comply with the request. 14. ) The appeal of Nicholas Buday and Zsigmond Raky, members of Branch 33, is read, against the decision of the Supreme Pre­sident, in which he removed them from office effective immediately. After reading the data, the Board decides that they are willing to hear these two mem­bers if they wish to appear before the Board at their own expense. At 5:15 the Supreme President adjourns the meeting until 9 A. M. of the following morning. daa. * * * MINUTES — CONTINUED Taken on September 18, 1940. The same ones are present. Supreme President Joseph Darago opens the meeting and orders the reading of the previous day’s Minutes. The Minutes are accepted and 'certified by the Board. 15. ) The Board is occupied with the com­plaint of Alexander Geczy, member of Branch 374. After becoming acquainted with the details, the Board determines that the Secretary of Branch 11, where brother Geczy formerly be­longed, acted completely in accordance with the By-Laws and for this reason, they cannot find any basis for instituting disciplinary pro­ceedings. In connection with this case, the Board announces, as it is also prescribed in our By-Laws, that if a member has two policies, he must pay the five cents due the Branch , on each policy. 16. ) The appeal of George Kelemen mem­ber of Branch 56 is read in which he takes exception to the decision of the Home Office in rejecting his claim for Maiming Benefits. The Board ratifies the action of the Home Office for the reason that that was entirely in accordance with the By-Laws, however, they order that member George Kelemen be exam­ined by a physician selected by the Chief Medical Advisor and in the event that this examination proves the complete maiming of this member, the Home Office issue the Maim­ing Benefits to the member. _____Verhovayak Lapja ____ Page 5 17. ) In the case of the appeal of Gabriel Balogh, member of Branch 226, the Board determines that the Home Office issued the Sick Benefits in accordance with the By-Laws and for this reason, ratifies the action of the Home Office. 18. ) The appeal of Michael Sarkadi, mem­ber of Branch 87 is read. The Board determines that the Home Of­fice acted in accordance with the By-Laws in issuing the Sick Benefits and for this reason ratifies the Action of the Home Office 19. ) The Board rewards the activities of four worthy members for their very productive work in securing new members. This is done on the basis of the reports submitted and they award the honorary title of “Acknowl­edged” together with the document and medal to Balint Erdélyi of Branch 8, Joseph Vesz­­troczi of Branch 39, Frank Krisztián of Branch 187 and Stephen Mate of Branch 464. 20. ) The Board discusses the petition of Ede Barch, member of Branch 214, that the Board vote him a $200.00 funeral benefit despite the fact that his extended insurance will lapse as of September 30, 1940. The Board cannot comply with the re­quest and determines that the above named member has not paid any monthly dues since December 31, 1933 and that he received the total reserve value of his policy in the form of extended insurance. 21. ) Stephen Havasi member of Branch 14 and Michael Beres member of Branch 45 appear before the Board with the petition that the Board return Stephen Havasi and Julius Janoshy to Branch 45. On the occasion of the tendering of the petition, Stephen Havasi included the commit­ting of serious offenses against the By-Laws at Branch 45, in his case. The Board cannot bring an adequate de­cision in the case of his petition until the accusations made orally are not corroborated in the form of reliable written proofs sub­mitted before the Board. Similarly, the Board announces that they will not take note of the accusations nor acknowledge the receipt of these until the accusations are not submitted to them in writing, together with satisfactory proofs. 22. ) The petition of Branch 35 New York, N. Y. is read, wherein they request reimburse­ment for the expenses incurred in the lawsuit concerning Völgyi and Fekete. The Board orders the submitted petition complied with and orders the Home Office to issue $100.00. 23. ) The petition of the Hungarian Re­ference Library could not be complied with by the Board. The Board opines that the petition of such institutions belong before the Ameriean- Hungarian Federation for the reason that they are qualified to judge the justifiability of such petitions. 24. ) The letter of thanks received from the Youngstown, Ohio Branches is read, in which they express to the Board their grati­tude and appreciation for the assistance of the Home Office in behalf of the very success­ful Verhovay Day. The Board notes the message of apprecia­tion with great pleasure, for the Branches express their thanks that owing to the under­standing of the Board they had an opportunity of working successfully, instead of which, they deserve the thanks and appreciation of the Board for their tireless efforts. 25. ) The Board is occupied with the de­tails concerning the printing of the Verho­vay A.B.C. books and in connection with this,

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