Verhovayak Lapja, 1943. január-június (26. évfolyam, 1-25. szám)

1943-02-11 / 6. szám

February 11, 1943------------------------------Verhovayak Lapja THE HOMESTEAD MERRY-GO-ROUND BRANCH 430 BY WILLIAM C. KOHUT THOUGHTS ON SPORTS: I I am going to attempt at this Í Writing to dispell much of the in­­* decision in the minds of many of I our howling en- I thusiasts about I the N a t i o n al I Verhovay Bowl- I ing Tournament I scheduled for a * Pittsburgh play- I off, March 20 ............................I March 21st. The Mr. Kohut sooner this con­dition is remedied the better for all of us. And I believe I have found the correct answer to the ques­tioni facing us. In the past few days I have been in contact with some of the bowling officials in the Pittsburgh District and have talked with them about the Verhovay Tourna­ment. In particular my talks with Mr. Diliinger, a representative of the American Bowling Congress in Pittsburgh, were especially infor­mative and convincing. He was of the opinion that the National Ver­hovay Bowling Tournament should be held as planned, and that all plans should be directed towards that climax. He remarked that our tournament would not remove from vital defense jobs thousands of workers, and also that the seventy five or hundred bowlers involved in our tournament would not congest rail traffic and cause a Strain on our transportation sys­tem. However, in the case of the A. B. C. Tournament held each year a cancellation was to the benefit of the War Effort as well as a help to our overcrowded transportation system because thousands of men were involved in this Tournament. The above is the gist of my Conversation with Mr. Diliinger and needless to say I was more optimistic about the success of our Tournament after I had talked with him. I am quite cer­tain that Mr. Brannon and Mr. Diliinger will both be very much In evidence at our Verhovay ; Tournament, and their help will ' be very welcome. In the January 28th issue of our Journal I noticed an item asking about the handicaps for all teams taking part in the Verhovay Tournament. In answer to this item I might make mention of my thoughts on this matter in the January 14th issue of the Journal, and I still believe that ; the handicaps for the teams can only be gotten if interested par­ties go after them by means of pen or pencil, a nice large sheet of white paper, a three cent stamp and an envelope addressed to the responsible Directors. My good friends, Directors Ari, Brogley and Prince will be only too glad to receive the reactions Of the bowlers taking part in the Tournament to various rules and regulations affecting them during the days of March 20th and March 21st. If one party makes mention of the need for a few changes, little will come of it unless it has the backing of many. In the case referred to, handicaps for bowl­ers, if all those interested made known their thoughts on the de­sirability of playing the tourna­ment along the lines of handi­caps for some teams, then con­crete action might be forthcoming. Otherwise 1 see little hope for any change in the Tournament SetrUp at this time. PITTSBURGHESQUE FOR NIGHT OWLS! Do you know that a Hungarian night club exists in our midst and very few know about it. The fes­tivities usually take place at the New Verhovay Home on Flowers and 2nd Avenues in Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, Pa. Gypsy music in the old style is served the guests and the csárdás dance continues. This Hungarian Night Club oper­ates every other Saturday evening and has attracted many folks, both young and old. DO YOU SWEAR TO . . .? And Mr. Barclay at the Record­er of Deeds Office in downtown Pittsburgh continued the admi­nistration of the Oath to me as I stood with upraised hand. He finally completed the administra­tion of the Oath, and then con­gratulated me upon becoming a Notary Public. I had received my Commission from the Governor of Pennsylvania and am now per­mitted to handle those duties re­lated to my office of Notary Public. The duties are many; to attest and certify by my hand and official seal certain docu­ments, to take acknowledgements of deeds, etc., to administer oaths and affirmations, to take deposi­tions, to take affidavits, and to do other official acts and things, the power to do which is conferred by statute in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I am very much elated over my new office. NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT — HOMESTEAD DISTRICT. Congratulations in Order For! Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Paharik of Kenmawr Avenue in Rankin, Pa., upon the recent arrival at their home of a young man, Allen Andrew Paharik. The date of his birth was December 12th, 1942. Mrs. Paharik. a Br. 430 member, was better known as Elsie Ternik before her marriage. Now young Allen Paharik was a little under the weather for a week or two but reports that I have received lately show that he is gaining weight and doing right nicely. Now I want to present Edmund Charles Kulpa, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Kulpa of W. 9th Avenue, Homestead, Pa., who put in his initial appearance at the Homestead Hospital the latter part of January, 1943. The family now consists of a baby girl and the latest boarder, Edmund Char­les. Mrs. Kulpa is the former Louise Perenyi. Congratulations to both Louise and Ed over their good fortune. TO BE MARRIED SOON A recent clipping from the De­catur Daily, dated January 31, 1943, published in the city of De­catur, Alabama, recently turned up on my desk and it proved especially interesting reading to me, and I am sure all of my friends will be happy to hear the good news, too. I here quote the clipping. “Park-Nagy Engagement is Announced” “Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fussel Park announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their elder daughter, Dorothy Anne, to Sergeant Bert Allan Nagy of Courtland, Ala. Sgt. Nagy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Nagy of Pittsburgh, Pa. The marriage will be quietly solemnized at an early date.” Yes, my friend and your friend, good ole Bert will soon be mar lied, and we all wish him much luck and success in this new venture. Incidentally, Bert is now with the Information Service Dept Ü. S. Army, and is progressing satisfactorily. On Thursday, Feb 4th, 1943, he received his rank as Sergeant, and is to be con­gratulated on this score, too. BRANCH 430 JUVENILE LAPSES! We were charged with five juvenile lapses for the month of December and I was more or less unperturbed about this. I knew the cause and I went about ad­ministering the needed medicine. Results obtained show two mem­bers returned to 100% member­ship, ar.d possibility of the other three returning within thirty days. I have been very careful in tend­ing my “flock” and I do not like lapses because they eventually be­come lost members. This some­what backfired on me because I have been advocating right along close watch on our Juvenile and Senior Branches. NEW MEETING PLACE As I wrote in the Jan. 28th issue, our new site for the col­lection of insurance premiums is Ann’s Flower Shop on East 8th Avenue in Homestead. This Shop is located right close to 8th and Amity and very easily located. I will be at Ann’s Flower Shop on Saturday, February 20th between the hours of 6 P. M. and 9 P. M. for the sole purpose of collecting insurance premiums. Please keep this date in mind and bring me your insurance premiums. INFORMATION PLEASE! There are many interesting and important items that I do not obtain for my column. Now these news items would be readily wel­comed by yours truly if mothers and fathers or bothers, sisters, and friends would do me the favor of contacting me by tele­phone or mail and telling me about a sickness, death or wed­ding or birth or whatever hap­pening they want me to record. This goes especially for our Ver­hovay members in the Homestead District. Why not contact me if you have something of interest to report. HOMESTEAD WANDERINGS During a few calls lately at friends here and there I learned that member Mary Nagy of 1917 McClure Street, Homestead, is now an instructress in the Motor Division at the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company and a darn good one. Keep up the good work, Mary, I’m sure you are doing considerable towards help­ing the War Effort . , . that Mrs. Olga Pollock selected as the site of her recovery from a slight attack of the flu, the old home­stead, Home where she was un­der the guidance of a fine mother and friend, Mrs. Julius Kasmer. She was in bed for about ten days but is now at her new home in Dravosburg, and I do know hubby Michael is more happy, too. What is a house without a woman........ cold and forlorn; that brother Steve Kasmer recently received a promotion in the Navy . . . ar.d deserves congratulations from all of us; the evening I spent with Corporal Steve Black, Frank Mi­­hok, Joe Brevak, Barney Kurjack and Kal Erdeky,’ Jr. II. was one I won’t forget for a while . . . Steve looked quite well in uni­form and felt good at being home with the “boys” ... I was darn glad to see him looking the way he was . . . best of luck, Steve... bumped into young Cookie Lus­­nak, a fourteen month old youngs­ter, very active all the time . . . the daughter of Jos. and Helen Lusnak of 828 — 10th Avenue, Munhall, Pa. . . . I’ve seen active girls but she is one of the most active yet witnessed by this scribe . . . running, climbing, dancing rot now and then, but always . . . some of that energy would be mighty welcome to many of us; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dargo of Belhvood, Mifflin Township, have three boys in the service... Pete, the eldest boy, should be well known to most Verhovays as an energetic soft ball player and basketball star. He is in Missis­sippi while brother Bert Dargo is in Florida. Steve is somewhere in the South Pacific. Pete, by the way, is with the air corps and doing right well, as are the other two brothers ... it would be good to meet with Pete ard Bert and Steve again; friend Albert Bo­­rovich of New Brighton, Pa., is now making quick recovery from a tonsil operation at the Passavant Hospital . . . should give him plenty of time to pick out his best liked branch of the Service; talked with Kal Erdeky home fresh from the Army for a few days . . . but had to leave on Jan. Slst for far-away Pomona, Cali­fornia . . . told me he had a rendezvous scheduled with brother Steve Nemeth ... a young woman is busy knitting and sewing such things as infant dresses, jumpers, and other miscellaneous items ne­cessary towards make a blessed event a blessed occasion ... I am made to understand that the blessed event will take place be­fore a full summer rolls around again . . . for any further infor­mation I’ll have to send you to my good friend, Joe Hasak, our basketball star and softball wizard; proud Papa William Csiz madia is now one of the officials down at Church and will have additional responsibilities now ... however, his shoulder is broad enough ... and I know he’s a good man; good natured Steve Nagy is a man who attends many dinners ar.d banquets ... attending half a dozen a month is letting him off easy... you see Steve is a Funeral Director and gets around quite a bit; more about my wanderings in my coming column. HUNGARIANS TO PRESENT AMBULANCE The second ambulance to be presented to the Red Cross by a Hungarian organization will be the ambulance to be given over soon by the United Magyar Civic Ass’n. in the name of all of the Hungarian people in Pittsburgh, Homestead, Duquesne, McKees­port, etc. for Hungarians in all of these communities donated their dollars towards this pur­chase. It Is a nice gesture and I hope other cities with Hungarians THUNDER OVER 36 Detroit, Michigan Page 3 With the Verhovay Bowling League reaching the two-third mark it finds the Verhovay boys of Br. 36 still at the top of the league standings with tf five game lead with every week finding the boys either holding or lengthening their lead over the Molnár Funeral Home and Yona and Buda teams, however, with the league being as closely matched as it is, any­thing might happen. The highlight of the last two weeks bowling was on January 25th, when Carl Mészáros of Himler’s Printing put together a string of eleven strikes in a row for 279 to take over the high individual game of the season. A split in the first frame cast Carl a chance for a perfect game. Incidently, the 279 game is the highest ever to be bowled in the five years of the Ver­hovay League. Last week’s results found Ver­hovay Br. 36 taking three games from Himler’s Printing as Bill and Joe Toth both had a big night with 596 a piece. Joe, who after a dismal start, has picked up his bowling to put himself among the Big Ten, had the high game for the evening with 253. In the recent weeks he has been the backbone of the team shooting five series time after time. Carl Mészáros was high for Himler’s Printing with 527. Molnár Funeral Home also took three games from Hinky Dink Bar to keep right behind the Verhovay team. Eugene Vargo showing the way with 222 in 560. John Butkin paced the losers with 524. Yona and Buda won two games from Gabe’s Bar with John Sonkoly having 211 in 575. Bill Nyeste hit 546 for Gabe’s Bar, who had the high single game 959. Edward Gall had 187, 211, 225 for 625 high series for the night as Yale Inn took two games from Molnár Grocery. Louis Malone was high for the losers with 544. The entire league was sad­dened by the news of the passing of Ernest Lada, who was killed in New Guinea. Ernest was a charter member of the Ver­hovay League and one of the most popular bowlers have ap­peared in our league. I am sure his death is felt by all, and especially by me, for he was my best friend. Fraternally Yours, PAUL SZEGŐ, Secretary. living within their boundaries awaken soon and accomplish; something along these lines. HELLO TOMAH, WISCONSIN Tomah, Wisconsin is to be remembered at this particular time because there is situated an old friend of all of us, Julius J. Hibo. Julius is with the Radio Branch of the Air Corps, having graduated as a Radio Technician at a camp in South Dakota before being transferred to Tomah, Wis­consin. Lots of luck, success and health, Julius, from your old friend, ye lowly scribe.

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