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

1941-11-13 / 46. szám

ENGLISH EDITION

SECTION TWO

Verhovay Journal

VOL. XXIV. 1941 NOVEMBER 13 NO. 46.

Burning Leaves

The smoke of burning leaves now füles the air,

Poor leaves that recently were colored bright,

Now brown and fallen, gathered here and there,

Their sparks fly upward, far into the night.

Their sparks fly high, and like a shooting star Leave silver patterns strewn across the sky,

Or lights that glow in some old street bazaar,

Then even these grow dim, they fade and die.

Just like the leaves you came when Spring was new, You lingered through the Summer months, and then Like falling Autumn leaves our love went, too,

And frosty Pall wrote “Finis” with his pen.

Now from love’s garden where we whiled away So many happy hours we both knew,

I gather up the leaves and with dismay I touch a match to memories of you.

—BETTY CAROL BALEGA.

A-C-E-S

(A Verhovay Member)

Introducing ...

JOE VARGO

Among the newer contributors, beginning less than a year ago, Joe Vargo has been contributing his LOVABLE LOVE LYRICS, verses and words which from the title itself point out to a romantic inclination.

Joe, as this young man prefers to be called, has a very good reason for concentrating on romantic sentiment, for his greatest ambition is to write the lyric to a song hit. We certainly wish him all the luck in the world to make possible the fulfillment of this burning desire.

Besides being a songwriter, Joe is also a commercial artist and has free lanced in this field. He is also interested in writing.

Joe has been in the Verhovay for six years and is a member of Branch 248, Monaville, West Virginia. Some months ago he moved to Middlefield, Ohio, near Cleveland, where he is working, but this removal has not prompted him to transfer his West Virginia membership.

We hope that some day we may be able to boast that Joe Vargo, a successful songwriter, is a loyal and frequent contributor to the Verhovay Journal.--------------O--------------Italians have constructed a seaplane with accommodations for 16 passengers and a cruising speed in excess of 200 miles an hour for service between Italy and Rio de Janeiro.

VERHOVAY MOTHER GIVES FOUR OF FIVE SONS TO ARMY

An outstanding example of a patriotic mother is Mrs. Frank Haydu, Hungarian born widow living in Allentown, Pennsylvania, who has seen four of her five sons leave for service with the United States Army. The fifth would have gone but for the fact that he was half an inch short of the required height.

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In the service are Frank, 33, at Ft. Meade, Md.; Steve, 24, at Ft. Jackson, S. C.; John, 22, serving in the Hawaiian Islands; and Joseph, 30, who was at Camp Croft, S .C. Joseph was recently discharged with the first of the overage soldiers.

Although they contributed much to maintain the home, Mrs. Haydu said that she was glad to see her sons join the defense of her adopted country.

Besides the five sons, Mrs. Haydu is the mother of six daughters, two married. They are Anna, Mrs. Stephen Horvath; Mary, Mrs. Alex Vargo; Julia, Rose, Verna and Barbara. The two latter are still going to school.

Her husband had been a miner most of his life until moving to this city from McAdoo, Pennsylvania, about 13 years ago. The couple was married in New York City about six months after they arrived in this country from their native Hungary 35 years ago.

In addition to the mother, the other members of the Haydu family are also members of the Verhovay,--------------O--------------An eight-cylinder motor that can pump 500 gallons of water a minute features a new motorcycle fire engine for use in small towns that carries its own hose and other equipment.

“And so you see that if we start blaming the younger generation we are only looking into a mirror and calling ourselves names, for no one but us is responsible for the shortcomings of the youth of today.” With that the stranger drove off and gave us more food for our newly awakened minds. For some minutes there was silence, except for the occasional phfft as Uncle Bob would expectorate against the old Dudley wood burner. “Yes, ACES, I think he is right. If we old timers had been a little more “old fashioned” and a little less soft-minded our country would be in wonderful shape today.” When we asked him to explain, Uncle Bob went on:

“You remember when the war ended, we all were pretty fixed. In order to keep popular, we all decided that our youngsters would be strangers to the horrors of

COWBOYS

The merry wind, on the lone prairie

Whistled a jolly tune to me; l rode my pony proud and strong

While rounding cattle ivith a song.

Round-up time; the lone coyote;

Rustlers; Indians with peyote;

Dusk; the tunes of Fiddling Joe

Under the stars were soft and low.

Fiddlers played for Sunday dance;

Laughing eyes called out romance;

Home and love made the cowboy song—

“I’m far from home; the way is long.”

From:

GARDEN OF DREAMS A Book of Verse By Amelia Nyers

Autographed copies of “Garden of Dreams" may be ordered from the author, at 1031 W. Dubail Avenue, South Bend, Indiana. The price is 00c.

war and post-War conditions as much as possible. Really, a noble sentiment, but contrary to all nature. The first law of nature is the survival of the fittest, yet we are coddling all of them and making weaklings of the strongest. Give them everything we can possibly can. So, we gave them cars, radios, telephones, movies and hundreds of other luxuries. Now ask them to walk two miles and they think you’re crazy. Especially today, with millions in the Army, living a life they had never dreamed of, a life of discipline, marching twenty miles a day and actually working, they are disgruntled. And why not? Because they were taught that they were too precious to do such a thing.”

But uncle, do you mean denying the advance of civilization?

“Civilization! Bah! Show me just one good thing about civilization and you will shut me up for good. The further man advances on the road to civilization the further he retreats from all that is good in life. The more advances science makes the more terrible and more numerous are the ways to die. There are more people -losing their lives by cars than by the last World War. In this war, airplanes, radios, cars, steel, rubber and so on, the things that civilization has given to us, are on the priority list as essential war materials. Is THAT civilization? No, my friends, civilization seems to come only as a result of greed, hate, jealousy and laziness. It would seem almost a Utopia to ask for a civilization founded on ambition, love and contentment. And most assuredly, the type of civilization we know today could never come from Contentment. Ours is a civilization of four vices that should never see fulfillment, for the very foundation is made of sand. Remember: God made the country and Man made the city. Most

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