Verhovayak Lapja, 1943. július-december (26. évfolyam, 26-53. szám)
1943-10-14 / 42. szám
Page 2 Verhovayak Lapja. October 14, 1943 I Uncle Sam's Verhovays ¥------------------------------------------------¥ ALEX YUHASZ I am a member of Br. 22, Whiting, Indiana. I am taking my basic training at the Amarillo Army Air Field, and haven’t much time for writing. I would like to have written this in Hungarian, but I’m still studying from that wonderful book, the Correspondence and Dictionary, which the Verhovay F. I. Ass’n was kind enough to send me. I want to thank you for this book. Yours Fraternally, Pvt. ALEX YUHASZ. HELEN FELEKI Ensign Helen Feleki is one of 12 WAVE officers who is being trained as an aerial navigation instructor at the naval air navigation school, Hollywood Beach, Fla. Ensign Feleki was a school teacher until she decided she preferred the Navy to teaching. But her tea.ch-.ng days are not ended, for she will teach aerial navigation at naval flight preparatory, preflight, and primary training centers. Ensign Feleki is receiving the same traning as the male instructors. She was chosen for her aptitude for navigation and mathematics problems and More Convention - Highlights By THE FERRET GEORGE J. SEFCIK George J. Sefcik, age 19, recently enlisted in the U.S Navy. He is a member of the Senior Order of Br. 517, Cairnbrook, Penna. is learning how to use the octant, a contrivance used to measure the angle a star makes with the horizon, and the air domputer, a slide rule mechanism which navy fliers claim will measure drift and gasoline usage. Ensign Feleki is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Feleki, 12642 Wallace Street, Chicago, Illinois. She is a member of Br. 96, Chicago. SIMON BROTHERS IN SERVICE THEODORE SIMON S. C. 2/C Theodore Simon enlisted in the U. S. Navy, March, 1942, and has been on the high seas since Sept. 1942. He is with the Atlantic Fleet; and is 20 years of age. He has been a member of Br. 52 since early boyhood. STEPHEN SIMON Stephen Simon, Cox., enlisted in the U. S. Navy, Jan., 1943; and is now somewhere in England. He is 19 years of age, and is a member of Br. 52. ZOLTÁN SIMON Corp. Zoltán Simon enlisted in the Marine Corps September, 1942; and has been somewhere in the South Pacific area since November, 1942. He is 26 years of age; and has been a member of Branch 52 since he was a small boy. (Note: Zoltán, Theodore and Stephen are sons of Adam Simon, 281 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, N. J. Theodore would like to receive letters from girls who have the time to write. He can be reached by addressing his father in New Brunswick. After my first burst of genuine 1 delight, written in the midst of convention excitement — to be able to go on in the same vein, would be rubbing too much against my honest reactions. However, the things seen, heard, and learned, are of sufficient importance, to pass on to you potential delegates and expectant members. It’s like dropping down from pink, rosy clouds to solid earth, with a thump which knocks all the beauty out of Fraternalism Maybe my bitterness is still too raw-maybe my expectations of human cooperation stacked up too high — maybe I just plain woke up to the realities of life. Whatever the reasons, my viewpoints and slants on Fraternal Conventions will no doubt cause the some to bear down on me — guess we’ll just have to take whatever is coming, as this gal has to get it out of her system, and pass the heard-earned lessons on to you, so that four years from now, you won’t return a sadly disillusioned, tho much better educated delegate. Remember one important thing, dear readers, the democratic policies of our conventin demand views to be expressed in full — if you are fast enough, and not too frightened — like our small group of fifteen English speaking delegates. Another favorable comment which can be made for our Verhovay Conventions — they are certainly thorough and very, very enlightening. I don’t believe there was a subject left which did not receive a hard going-over. I learned how important it is to acquaint the “workers in the field”, including branch managers, secretaries, district managers, loeal and full-time organizers, with the facts which are brought out at these conventions. All these workers should be called together often, to take part in passing on new and progressive ideas, and to iron out mutual difficulties. Learned something about public speaking from Mrs. H. J. Heinz, a charming woman who represented the Treausry Department. There is a woman who is sincerely honest in her emotions — smart, too the way she sold herself on our listening, and then buckled down to her main subject. Now that you have a picture of a delegate who had eyes and ears opened, and illusions clipped, let's see what concrete lessons were learned. My notes are a tangle; have been wondering whether to summarize the events of the two weeks, or segregate the various moods which were imposed by the heterogeneous conglomeration of ideas. It would appear that by summarizing the past events, we’ll skip over too many little side-lights which go to make up the entire picture. If this article turns out to be too long, therefore, Ye Ed can tear it up into a series. You must get the setup from every angle — only by studying every little detail can you be prepared for the tough battle of a convention. Never let it be said that The Ferret was ashamed to admit ignorance of convention trickery, or convention etiquette. Here, dear people, you can’t very well remain your dear, sweet self — you have to be hard, clever, out — maneuver all the political maneuverers. Found out that names are just names, but talking to prospective office seekers, you get to know them better. Changed minds about first impressions of candidates are unaccountable. The way to get votes is to talk to everyone; old, young, male, female, radical or conservative. You get their views, give them your opinions. However, you’ll notice prospective candidates are wary; they sort of stay clear of pinning themselves down to , an issue. Your little cliques are called together for so-called “secret meetings”, which are known to everyone — you are told to do “this” and “that”, but here’s a lesson I learned, too late for the present, but IMPORTANT. — Do not judge issues by what Joe Dokes tells you. Listen to the other side, also, and then use your God-given brains to dope out the best method, which will benefit the majority. Events occur over-nite to change setups which were planned thoroughly. Rumors spread like wild-fire through hotel rooms and lobbies. We Hungarians and American-Hungarians are a very emotional race — even the boys and gals who appear indifferent at times, blow up when their heart strings are tackled. (Continued) NO “CHAPS” FOR JAPS Japanese he-men were recently ordered to discard western trousers in favor of kimonos. Which is going to led to considerable embarrassment about the time the Japs lose their shirts in this war! TO THE CONTRIBUTORS The English Section is published the SECOND and LAST Thursday of every month except when holidays intervene, and the Fridays IMMEDIATELY preceding them are the final dates. Contributions intended for the October 28th issue should be in before or on October 22nd. Address contribution to ENGLISH SECTION, VERHOVAY JOURNAL, 345 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. Contributions should be typewritten, if possible; but handwritten contributions are also acceptable. Typewritten Articles: Use one side of paper only, and double space. Contributors please confine articles to 1000 to 1200 words. Handwritten Articles: Make handwriting as legible as possible.
