Verhovayak Lapja, 1941. január-június (24. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)
1941-03-27 / 13. szám
March 27, 1941 BRANCH 96 Chicago, Illinois The 55th Anniversary of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association stands out as a call to our young people to take part in a growing progressive insurance organizatiqn that is above all others because of its strong financial position and untiring efforts to develop true fraternalism among its members. A meeting of the Midwestern branches will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 30th, to discuss and plan further our Jubilee. We of Branch 96 look forward with pleasure to this visit because we remember Milwaukee’s hospitality in the past. It is branches like Milwaukee that has made Verhovay what it is today. Being an organization, owned by the members, great opportunities present themselves to the. young members. To be a success today, a person must have outstanding qualifications of social contact, power of speech, lecdérship and the desire to do things. The Verhovay offers the young people all the material necessary to develop these qualifications, if they are ambitious. Through the fraternal facilities, great opportunities of social contact present themselves, ■and in order for a person to be financially and otherwise successful he must have the power of contact that can be gained by the social activities within the Verhovdy, waiting to be taken advantage of. To be able to deliver a thought forcefully and convincingly, whether before a friendly gathering or before an audience, is a gift that we all tvould love to have but few the ambition to develop. The Verhovay gives to its young people the opportunity to develop public speech. We have branch meetings where members may get up on the floor and express their thoughts; committees are formed for various activities, where one may become a leader of a small group and sell his thoughts to them. As time goes on, you find yourself running for president of your branch, continuing your school of training on up the ladder of success. Through the process of developing social contact and power of speech, leadership is beginning to reveal itself, and the desire to do beginning to find its logical outlet. The results are the Success for which each and every one of us long. Young people, all this is yours, waiting for you to Verhovayak Lapja take advantage of through the Verhovay organization, because < they realize that you of today will be the leaders of to-morrow. We of Branch 96 consider ourselves very fortunate in having for our president Mr. John Szalanczy, who is a director as well—a man who always has believed in developing the young to be better leaders, thereby assuring greater success to all members of the Verhovay Fraternal insurance Association. Fraternally, WILLIAM J. MESSER, Chairman of Branch 96 Jubilee Committee.------------------O-----------------BRANCH 484 NOTICE Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania With the exception of special meetings, regular meetings shall no longer be held by Branch 484. Instead, beginning April 1, 1941, the secretary shall go to the homes of the members to collect dues. However, should any member find it more convenient to pay his or her dues at the home of the secretary, this would be very much appreciated. Fraternally, , Calendar of Verhovay Socials MARCH 29TH, SATURDAY. — Cleveland, Ohio. — Annual Card Party of Branch 366. MARCH 29TH, SATURDAY. — New York, New York. — Anniversary Supper of Astoria Branch 453, to be held in the Verhovay Home, 231 East 77th Street. APRIL 13TH, EASTER SUNDAY, 7:30 P. M. — Cleveland, Ohio. — Easter Dance to be held at Stas Hall, Columbus Road and Abbey Avenue, by Branch 45, with dancing to he, music of the Primrose Orchestra. APRIL 13TH, EASTER SUNDAY. — Crescent, Ohio. — Easter Dance to be held jointly by Branches 432 and 288, with the music of John Bunchy’s Orchestra. APRIL 19TH, SATURDAY. — Cleveland Ohio. — Polka Dot Costume Dance to be held by the Women's Division of Branch 361, with music by the Eugene Prager Orchestra. APRIL 19TH, SATURDAY, 8:00 P. M. — Throop,. Pennsylvania Spring Dance to be held in the Legion' Hall by Branch 42, _ with the music of the Krakosky Radio Orchestra. JOHN NAMATH Secretary 823 - 2nd Avenue Beaver Falls,. Pa. —-------------O—*-------------- • LIFE INSURANCE AND THE HOME • When a man marries he usually makes the wife dependent upon himself. His children come into the world helpless financially. The family must look to him for protection against thenmaterial needs. By every obligation which can appeal to unselfish affection, honor and conscience, the husband aiid father is bound to furnish such protection. While he lives he works and earns, but his life is not certain for an hour. His family is under the constant risk of losing the support and maintenance he provides and often are liable to be left destitute. Against this situation it is his duty to guard them. He is bound to provide at once and to have ready at all times a sufficient substitute for his earnings after he is gone. A bank account alone cannot accomplish this. The family needs immediate and full protection against this constant risk. There is but one sure way to attain this result—life insurance. It provides instantly and constantly the protection the family needs and to which they are entitled. That indeed is the chief purpose of life insurance, APRIL 19TH, SATURDAY. — Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. — 19th Anniversary Celebration of Branch 336, in the Verhovay Home, 510 South Cameron St. APRIL 19T.H, SATURDAY. — Buffalo, New York. — Popularity Dance to be held in Dory’s Hall by Branch 383. APRIL 19TH, SATURDAY, 8:00 P. M. — New York, New York. — Annual Spring Dance of Branch 394, to "be held in the Verhovay Home, 231 East 77th Street.------------------o-----------------EVER-PRESENT SHADOW There are a few people in this country who don’t have to worry about fire. If, for instance, you live in an adobe house in the middle of a barren desert, fire holds few hazards for you. But for 999 people out of each 1,000, fire is a very real problem. It is an everpresent problem—fire doesn’t inform you in advance where or when it will strike. The shadow of fire lurks over every home and every factory, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Fortunately for our wellbeing and peace of mind, that shadow can be dissipated to a very great extent. In home or business, a small list of simple precautions will clip most of fire’s claws. Heating plants, for instance, are among the most prolific causes of fire. Your town has an expert mechanic who can examine yours and make certain it is safe and efficient. Exposed electric wiring Page II LIFE IN THE ROAR ^kane American Doctors Score Again Paul de Kruif, noted bacteriologist, in an article in Reader’s Digest, draws attention to the efforts of Dr. Tom Spies in fighting pellagra and other deficiency diseases, at the Hillman Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Ten years ago, Dr. Spies, shocked by the high death rate of chronic famine victims, began his work. Quietly he set out to find why “recommended diets” were not enough to save the lives of persons dying of starvation. What he found Was a new gateway to a better civilization! Out of 1,729 victims of various forms of chronic famine treated at Hillman last year, not one died, whereas a few years ago chemical starvation killed nearly 50 per cent of those hospitalized. Through chemistry, Dr. Spies has done more than discover quick, positive cures for pellagra and other forms is still another major hazard —and again an expert mechanic, through periodic check-ups, can make it safe. Improper storage of paints, cleaning fluids and other flammables, is a third great hazard—a hazard which will disappear if you jsee to it that the liquids are kept in covered, air-tight metal containers. Accumulations of papers, magazines, old clothes and similar junk, is a fourth hazard—all you have to do is call the ragsbottles-and-sacks vendor. If you live in the desert far from other habitation, in a mud house, and depend on the sun for heat, don’t worry about fire. But if you live elsewhere, start to work banishing the hazards now. of chronic famine. He has clearly established the fact that laziness, nervous disorders, skin diseases, intestinal ailments, etc., are also often due to chemical deficiency, and in the course of his work he has identified those deficiencies and learned how to restore the required chemicals to the system, Research is in progress to discover whether chemistry may solve the riddle of why one person is old at forty and another hale and hearty at seventy. Other investigators are grappling with the problem of supplying a solu-. tion through chemistry to the famine afflicted populations that will overrun postwar Europe. I Unbelievable as the work of Dr. Spies and his colleagues may appear, it is there for all to see. Countless thousands are alive today, and countless millions will live longer in the future, thanks to the men of medical science. It is a great tragedy, that their work throughout the world is periodically halted by social strife, wars and bitter political differences. The outstanding achievements of American medicine have been made possible under a governmental philosophy which allows full play to the talents of each individual. In return for these privileges inherent in what we like to call the free enterprise system, American medicine gives prodigiously to all the people, regardless of class, color or creed. We should consider well and long before making any fundamental change either in this system or in the institution of private medicine.
