Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)
1940-11-28 / 48. szám
November 28, 1940 Verhovayak Lapja Page 11 ALLIANCE BEGINS SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND SEEKS GAMES The Verhovay Athletic Club of Alliance, Ohio, has begun its sports activities for this season, which consist 0) basketball and bowling. The two teams wish to book home and out of town games with any other Verhovay sports groups. Ths basketball team will play home games any day except Sunday or Monday and can play out of town, games any day except Monday; the bowling team bowls any Sunday. For arrangement of games send gommunications to Frank Ince, 735 South Webb Street, Alliance, Ohio, or to Michael Sinw, 1141 South. Seneca Street, Alliance, Ohio.--------------------O-------------------CHALLENGE FROM BRANCH 36 BOWLING TEAM Detroit, Michigan The bowling team of Branch 36, Detroit, Michigan, is accepting any challenges for match games. Teams from Cleveland, Lorain, Chicago, etc. take notice. Write to Frank A. Szopko, S556 Vanderbilt Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.--------------------O-------------------WANTS TO BOOK GAMES New Brunswick, New Jersey tvcshments, etc. The affair took place at the American- Hungarian Home, located at 1623 Cuming Street. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Simcho (Simcso), Sr., have moved to a new address and are now residing at 511 Pierce Street, Omaha. Mr. Simcho is treasurer of Branch 278 and caretaker of the American-Hungarian Home. Andrew C. Simcho, our former publicity man, is now working in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and is living at the home of his brother in the bordering town of Munhall. It is said that Andrew will soon find it practical to transfer his membership from Branch 278 to Homestead’s Branch 430, the branch that is chock-full of Verhovay Journal contributors, because of his resiaence in that area. Our loss will be another branch’s gain, but in any case Andrew remains a loyal and practical Verhovay. Until the next dispatch of news from faraway Omaha, we remain Fraternally yours, VERA FABIAN Correspondent. -----------------O----------------DECEMBER 15, SUNDAY. — Alliance, Ohio. — Benefit dance to be held by the Alliance Ver hovay Athletic Club for its bowling and basketball teams, at the Verhovay Hall, to the music of Frank Corbi. DECEMBER 21TH, SATURDAY. — Cleveland, Ohio. — Annual Christmas party of Branch 366 DECEMBER 28TH, SATURDAY, 8 p. m. to ? — Munhall, Pennsylvania. — Christmas Dance to be held by Branch 430, at St. John’s Hall, 10th Avenue and Dixbn Street, with dancing to American and Hungarian music. JANUARY 11TH, SATURDAY. — Coraopolis, Penna. — Dance to be held by Branch 352. JANUARY 18TH, SATURDAY. — Cleveland, Ohio. — Dance to be held by the Ladies’ Division ol Branch 361, at the Verhovay Home.------------:o:—--------SPORTS GROUP TO HOLD DANCE BRANCH 366 WHIRLPOOL Cleveland, Ohio Branch 52, New Brunswick, New Jersey, has organized a bowling team and would like to book games with near-by branches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Kindly address communications to Adam Simon, Jr., 281 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, New Jersey.--------------------O-------------------BRANCH 278 NEWS Omaha, Nebraska Miss Vera Fabian has followed the good example of her sisters, Mary (now Mrs. Julius N. Szalay of Detroit, Michigan) and Margaret, by joining the Verhovay hqnd wagon, becoming a member of Branch 278 of Omaha. Nebraska. The “capture” was made through the worthy efforts of Gaspar Kuti, President of Branch 278, whose perseverance was finally rewarded. Miss Fabian’s only plea for putting off her membership until now was that she wanted “to keep them in suspense!” The recent grape harvest dance held by the young folks was a highly successful event and everybody enjoyed himself, what with the good dance music furnished by a popular orchestra, the re-Brusliing shoulders around the Verhovay Home, I happened to find a rather humorous situation pj evading among the organizers here. On one side we have Mr. Louis Veszy, District Organizer, and on the other side we have Mr. Otto Molnár, Chief Organizer, from Pittsburgh. Both Mr. Veszy and Mr. Molnár bowl at the home here during the evening, and it so happens Mr. Molnár, who is just a beginner at the game, defeats cur dear friend Mr. Veszy in most of the games. So Mr. Veszy would sneak down to the alleys, and “kick up” hints and tricks, in order to improve his game, but seems to have failed to increase his ability enough to beat Mr. Molnár. Last time I met him he said: ‘I give up. It’s no use. But some day I’ll get him and really beat his ears off.” Look out, Mr. Molnár, he’s determined to make you pay yet. * * * CARD PARTY We wish to take this opportunity to thank all members and friends who helped make this event a splendid success. A pleasant time was had by everyone We also wish to express our appreciation to Mrs. Louis Torda, chairwoman, and the other girls oil the committee for their splendid job of cooperation and their accomplishment. Great going, girls. The ladies really had a field day when it came to the giving of the gifts. Eleven of the total fourteen gifts were received by the fair young ladies. * * * Our annual Christmas Party date lias been set for Dec. 21, 1940. All members of Branch 36o ire entitled to come. The Verhovay Athletic Club of Alliance, Ohio is sponsoring a benefit dance for its bowling and basketball teams. The dance will be held at the Verhovay Hall Sunday, December 15 th. Music will be furnished by Frank Corbi’s Orchestra from Alliance. The younger generation is especially welcome to attend the event, as the orchestra to play is American. The Committee. ----------:o:---------BRANCH a NOTICE Maynard, Ohio Our next meeting will be held on Sunday, December 15th, beginning at 2 p. in., in the K. of P. Hall. Elections of officers for 1941 will take place and other important business will be transacted. This will be our last meeting in 1940. Please make it your business to attend. Fraternanlly, KALMAN SZABÓ President. ULIUS SHADI Secretary. ELECTION NOTICE Be sure to attend our next meeting on Friday, December 6, 1940. This meeting will be very important as the election of neiv officers for 1941 will take place We will have a ceremonial presentation of our new American Flag. We take it for granted that you have plenty to be thankful that you are an American. So we urge you to give us your full support and help us make this presentation a success. Fraternally, BILL TORDA, Publicity Director BRANCH 352 NOTICE | Coraopolis, Pennsylvania The members are re- i quested to attend our last i 1940 meeting, which will be; held on Sunday, December 1 8th, beginning at 2 p. m., in the Coraopolis Hungarian Hall, and at which meeting the elections of officers for '941 will take place. Fraternally, JOHN BOROVICH Secretary.--------------------O—---------------PRODIGIOUS SERVICE _______ Writing in the Christian icience Monitor, R. H. Markiam said: “No other single igency has done more for he development of America han the railroads. Their service is prodigious, their aayroll is enormous, their relations to the public exemplary.” The typical railroad is a community builder par excellence. In the old days, the railroad literally made the town—the railroad center was always the hub of trade and activity. Then, as the railroads branched out, almost every town was given service. It could send its goods to far markets. It could bring in goods made in cities a continent away. The standard of living rose. The town was no longer entirely dependent on local enterprises—it could make its choice from the industrial production of the entire country. And the railroad, even in its beginnings, offered the cheapest form of transportation ever devised. As time passed, the role ol the railroad in our naticnal life became more, not less important. The great empire of the West could never have been developed without the shining lines of steel rails that connected it with the East. The trains, in brief, brought civilization. They brought prosperity. And, more than any other factor, they made possible a cohesive, integrated, closelyknit country. Today the physical frontiers have been explored. But the railroad goes on, still our indispensable medium of transportation. It is to the railroad that we look to haul our wheat, our machinery, the bulk of our crops, most of our mail and express, etc. And at this time, with a great national defense drive underway, the railroad is one of the first industries to which government has turned for cooperation and special effort. Whatever the conditions of the moment floods, drouth or national emergency, the rails always play a leading role. RON HORSE IN MOVIES The railroads are in the novies again. And in this •ase, they aren’t simply a background for a horse bpera or a girl-meets-boy zománcé. The new railroad [ilm has been produced by the Association of American Railroads, as the sixth of a series to acquaint the public with the railroad industry and the part it plays in our economic life. The present film, which is called “Behind the Scenes,” goes back a hundred years, lo those days when railroads didn’t exist and people paid as much as four times the value of goods in freight costs alone. Then came the railroads. With them came a bloodless and salutary revolution. New markets were created with dizzy speed. Consumers were brought within quick reach of producers; new trails were brazed into the wilderness of the West, and a nation was united with steel bands. If a pioneer of the prerailroad era had been told that one day it would be possible to ship a ton of freight a mile for a single penny, he’d have regarded his informer as insane. Yet that is the average freight ccst paid today. It didn’t come about by happenstance. It did come about because, decade after decade, railroad men have been studying and planning and pooling their knowledge to give America cheap, dependable, standardized transportation. Here is one illustration of that: More than 50 years ago the railroad builders got together and agreed on a standard gauge fo: tracks, so that cars could travel anywhere and everywhere in the land. Those who have read accounts ol present-day Europe, where deferences in track widths slowed transportation to a standstill in some places, will realize how vital that agreement was. The railroads’ story is more than the story of our basic medium of transport. It is also the story of private enterprise—of the achievements of free men. It is the tory of a philosophy of life and government.--------------------O-------------------A light weight device has - been invented to punch the three holes needed in paper for loose leaf books at once, correctly spaced. * * * Withdrawal of steamship lines from service has left airplanes the only means of direct communication between Jamaica and Haiti.
