Verhovayak Lapja, 1941. július-december (24. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)

1941-10-09 / 41. szám

Page 12 THE FERRET SEZ... BRANCH 429 — DEARBORN, MICHIGAN Verhovayak Lapja______________ Decorative Highlights of QourielWs Once in a while, a mental slump hits one full in the face, with the dissatisfying result of getting nowhere, but fast! That is what appears to have happened to the ole Ferret. Ever since the gang from Branch 395 was up to visit us, my mind seems to be exactly 313 miles away rather than on the business at Dearborn. I don’t know but what we all talked so much and said so little (them's not my words but some­thing I overheard) that nothing seems to be very important at head and winding up the old the moment. However, with a shake of the thinker, we’ll see what can be squeezed from the varied doings at Branch 429. First and most important seems to be a huge Magyar wedding. Another one of the three 429 Musketeers is going double har­ness, leaving only one to struggle along alone. Mary Rakoczy is the bright little lassie who is go­ing to make her wedding be another Verhovay affair. The lucky male is Joseph Toth (who may be persuaded to transfer over to Branch 429 from a De­troit branch). Cecelia Herman (the third Musketeer) will be maid of honor. At a shower given recently for Mary, I noted the following from Branch 429: Genevieve Fisher, Mary Horvath, Mrs. Samuel Toth, Mrs. Anna Horvath, Helen Zaker, Mrs. Mary Horvath, Cecelia Herman, the honored Mary Rakoczy, and the ole Ferret. Mrs. Anna Horvath won one of the prizes, and also Marie Gallovich of Branch 356, who with Helen Zaker and Cecelia Herman, will be a bridesmaid. More will be given after the wedding which was to be on October 4th. The shower mentioned above is partially responsible for Branch 429 forming a bowling team and participating in the West End Recreation’s Women’s League, bowling Thursday nights at 7:30 p. m. Due to pressure by the Ferret, a new member is added to the “slow but sure” increase of the branch. Ethel Koy, a lovely blonde lassie, is now a member of the branch; also the bowling team, along with Helen Zaker, Cecelia Herman, Mary Kuritar and Jolán Lucas. Let it be suf­ficient that with two members on the team who have never bowled in their lives before Thursday, September 25th, we aren’t doing too badly. A couple of alternate bowlers could be used, in the event that one of the regular team can not make it in the future. IMPORTANT: In the ease of any girl not being able to make the game any particular night, the $1.00 fee still has to be paid by that girl unless she can pro­duce an alternate to take her place, in which case the substi­tute will pay the fee. Please re­member this, as otherwise the $1.00 fee will have to be made up between the other four girls. Let's have your cooperation. A private “kitty” is the regular bowlers in the following manner: A cent is paid for each frame which does not produce a “mark,” allowing four frames in each game for which no “coppers” are col­lected. In other words, if our marks are made in a game, only two cents will have to be paid, as four are allowed. Needless to say, our first night of October 2nd, the sum total of fifty cents was collected, which with what is collected each bowling night will be put in Mary Kuritar’s “piggy” bank, and the end of the season wili se a huge party for the girls and their escorts. (At the rate we are going we should have a private banquet at the Book- Cadillac.) TO ALL MEMBERS: It has been decided that with the coming of fall weather, we can switch back to Sundays for regular meetings. Therefore, the October monthly meeting will be held Sunday, October 19th at 2:30 p. m., at 2441 Holly street, Dearborn. Please be present and bring your dues, as the deadline is the 20th of the month in the future. That gives the secretary a couple of days to get the reports ready and in the Home Office in suf­ficient time. Thank you. The visit of Branch 395 is still the big subject of discussion whenever two or more members of 429 get together. Of course, some of the things are not men­tioned (as all disagreeable sub­jects have a way of being ne­glected), but all in all we had a grand time. Some of the things the ole Ferret has overheard about our guests: Jeannette Horvath thinks Elmer Halas is “tops,” and the little girl now has a steady correspondent from wherever the Air Corps sends Elmer; all of us think that Ethel Halas has one of the nicest personalities wrap­ped up in one person, that she should feel her ears redden from all the talk; Mr. Ferret informs me that two lovelier girls than Theresa Lesnansky and Grace Koos are very hard to find; the males tell me that John Sabo, Jr., is a “man’s man” and can’t un­derstand how a “real man” ever got so far east as McKeesport; Mary and Josephine Kuritar are always raving about “cute” Helen Stipkovits, and the other Helens who are never far from their minds; Nicholas “Reivax” Hor­vath lets it be known that Yolanda Erdeky of the Home Office is a “lady” and how!; and the ole Ferret is struck by John “Dirk” Fulop, whose sense of humor grows on one. Boy, oh boy, that youngster ten years from now, with what he has on the ball, should give G. Bernard Shaw something to think about. Elvira László wants to know how soon we can visit McKeesport, as she raved about the gang of you (males especially); and we all agree that Albert Jozik is a gentleman and a diplomat. Some of the other things can wait until another time. What happened to all the old gang in the last issue? I mean Joseph J. Horvath and “Dirk,” and why doesn’t Frank Szopko from Branch 36 write any longer? That young man, Andrew C. Simcho, who writes “Journalistic Tidbits,” is the type of writer we need—someone to give us tops on what, how, why and when to write and “stop.” Mr. Ferret likes the style of Betty Carol Balega’s articles and wonders why 1 can’t do something that he can be proud of. After all, I imagine that Betty Carol must get around to be able to know So much about so many things. I’ve been wondering what happened to the chap from Branch 430 who wrote Gourielli’s Old World Apothe­cary Shop at 16 East 55th Street, which opened with a gay society party for the benefit of United China Relief on September 24th combines in harmony, a variety of decorative themes, including: Old Apothecary, Early American, Victorian American, Modem and Mexican. A simple facade of gray neshobe marble and glass provide an effective contrast to the first floor of the Shop, which is a skillful interpretation of an Old* Apothecary Shop. White marble has been used for walls, floors and counters. A huge baroque Spanish-colonial gold and poly­chrome carved triple case domi­nates this room, flanked by smaller cases of the same type, which hold Princess Gourielli’s collection of antique apothecary jars, mostly of European origin, but used for many decades in apothecaries of the Western Hemisphere. Modern versions of these same jars, made by hand in white and colonial milk glass, hold the Gourielli compounds for both men and women for the care of the skin, hair, body and for the bath. In front of the counters are Victorian bronze chairs, owned at one time by a Mexican nobleman. There is a quaint pre­scription booth, where prescrip­tions for individual complexions will be compounded by a regis­tered pharmacist. Blue Room or Gift Shop Beyond the Prescription Booth of the first floor is the Blue Room or Gift Shop, leading to a balcony which overlooks a gar­den. One entire wall of this room is a series of glass cases, with pale blue quilted silk background, holding Early American treasures in blue and white glass from Princess Gourielli’s collection of American glassware, framed be­tween slender gold pilasters. Here, the furniture is American Vic­torian, enamelled and upholster­ed in pink, and in a corner, is an all-lucite backgammon and bridge table with matching chairs, designed by Ladislás Medgyes. On the opposite wall is a huge mirror over a mantelpiece, and the ceiling ornament is a mag­nificent crystal chandelier and brackets, dated early 19th cen­tury. Old apothecary jars line the shelves around the room, the paintings are Early American primitive portraits of children from the collection which Princess so many short stories—you know, the Rotz boy. And may I take this opportu­nity to thank you nice people from Branch 395 who wrote me so many lovely letters—I mean, John “Dirk” Fulop, whose letter is something that still tickles me; Mrs. Anne Green of the Home Office, who makes me blush as its been ages since any one has said so many nice things about my letters; Grace Lesnansky, that bundle of loveliness, whose short but sweet note is a treas­ure; and the rest of you, in­cluding Albert Jozik. I’ll answer your letters just as soon as 1 get up enough ambition to make my letters to you sound as nice as yours did to me. So long, everybody. (I hope “ye ed” isn’t too angry with me for making the deadline by a hair, but, “cross my heart,” the stuff in the future will be in before the deadline.) Fraternally, THE FERRET, Publicity Agent. Gourielli gathered from all over the country; these primitive por­traits are hung throughout the entire building. A white marble staircase leads to the second floor and to a beautiful white marble hall where are displayed, in glass cases, specimens from Princess Gouri­elli’s collection of pink satinglass, bristol and bristolglass. Pink Room or Herb Shop On the second floor is an extra­ordinary Pink Room which is used as an Herb Shop. A rare, rich shade of pink is the color of the walls, furnishings, and Herb Cabinet. A striking color note is introduced by the butter­­yellow chairs, and reflected by the yellow and pink glassware in the glass wall cases. Two arm­chairs and a loveseat are up­holstered in a pink printed fabric, matching the draperies. Wall de­corations are primitive wooden angels carved by hand in the same spirit as the primitive por­traits of children. Beside the love­­seat is a lucite-top table support­ed on an old angel base and holding a huge pink opaline vase; these angel-base, lucite-top tables are found in other rooms as well. Grey Room or Men’s Shop The Grey Room or Men’s Shop combines luxury with a strict masculine simplicity. Furnishings include a Victorian couch up­holstered in dark empire blue faille, a Victorian round table, and a screen by Vertes. On one wall is a magnificent carved gilt mirror in Mexican churrigueres­­que style. Amusing note in this shop is an old mug-rack which holds Princess Gourielli’s collec­tion of old shaving jars; included in this collection are a group of occupational jars which repre­sent: the taxi-driver, baseball player, truck driver, baker, but­cher and shoe salesman. Prince and Princess Gourielli’s Offices The third floor is devoted to the offices of Prince and Princess Gourielli, which further carry out the flavor of luxury and opulence of the other rooms. Prince Gourielli’s office has been designed in gray with crimson­­velvet upholstered furniture. There are two eighteenth century desks and an Early Victorian pigeonhold desk in the office. A white reception room, featur­ing a bright orange carpet and a screen by Halicka, leads to Princess Gourielli’s office. Here, a bold and effective color scheme has been used: bright yellow walls, mauve painted furniture, upholstered in that startling Mexican crimson, known as cochinelle, and a green carpet. Hung on the walls are Mexican paintings by Reyes, in which lavish use is made of the same Cochinelle color. The curtains are early Victorian lace, very rare and luxurious.--------------O-------------­“BIG BUSINESS” The value of business done by dairy marketing coopera­tives exceeds that of any other type of farm organiza­tion, according to the Dairy­men’s League News of New York. These co-ops, the News continues, handle 40 per cent of all milk. Inasmuch as three-fourths of all the nation’s farms are dairy farms, and the annual out­put exceeds 100,000,000,000 pounds of milk, the dairy marketing groups really are ‘•big business." Futhermore, they are big for just one reason—they have rendered a signal serv­ice to producer and consu­mer alike. They obtain for •he farmer a fairer share cf the final selling price of his produce—they assure the consumer a supply of high­­quality, reasonably priced dairy products at all times.-----------O----------­Canadian steel production is expected to reach an an­nual rate of 2,500,000 tons by the end of the year. A POLICY of insurance is a bullet-proof jacket in the front­line trenches. Now In Our th Year A milestone at which we are grateful for the steadfast confidence and good will that mark day-by-day relations between members, field force and Home Office staff. An anniversary in which we are striving to be worthy of continued leadership as one of America’s oldest and strongest fraternal in­surance associations. VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 345 Fourth Ave Pittsburgh, Pa. VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE

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