Verhovayak Lapja, 1943. július-december (26. évfolyam, 26-53. szám)

1943-11-11 / 46. szám

Page 4 SEPTEMBER — 1943 The following Juvenile Branches had a decrease in membership of 5 or more mem­bers. Branch Location Decrease 8 Johnstown, Pa. ________ 7 16 Star Junction, Pa.________________ 5 20 Fairport, Ohio___________________ 5 21 Youngstown, Ohio________________ 6 85 Daisytown, Pa. _______________ 9 132 South Bend, Ind.______________ 8 171 Sharpsville, Pa._______________ 9 214 Flint, Mich. _____________________ 7 226 McKeesport, Pa. ________________ 6 275 Milwaukee, Wis.____________ 7 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURISTIC BRANCH 366 — CLEVELAND, OHIO Column Conductor — J. J. Horvath Out of the past, a voice is crying, a former Scribe of dubious ability; but, if you’ll lend me your ear, for a minute or so — will try and condense the news from Buckeye Rd., Ver­­hovay Hall and vicinity. Greetings and salutations to my friends and Verhovay mem­bers. It is very important to members of Br. 366 to be at the December 3rd meeting, because it will be election of Officers. There is a moral responsibility to every member to see that the best, and the most-fitted people run the affairs of the branch for the fol­lowing year. A Christmas party is in the making, the date and manner of the party will be decided upon at the December meeting. We’ll need plenty of advice on how to do things without ration stamps. Our November meeting was hectic. A small sum of money, which was given by the Home Office, as a Consolation prize 'to the bowlers, was the bone of contention — apparently, some people cannot figure out that the sum was earmarked to bowlers, who participated at least two­­thirds of the season; men or women — ah, the ladies, God bless them — they are all right. We were surprised at the elo­quence of Elsie Koloszvary; but an afterthought, her father, Kal-. man Koloszvary, is a very able speaker. Of course, we cannot forget Mary Karnya, who sticks to her guns, and then Ann Biro, my honored contemporary; her eloquence, coupled with common sense, makes her out­standing at a meeting. We have approximately 35 boys and two girls in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. The two ladies en­listed and the men, most of them were drafted; off hand, the en­listed men of our branch were John Fritz, Jr., John Mantz, Jr., and Paul Bolesic, a volunteer. We still have a few more men of draft age, some married and others not. But, we are sure they’ll be glad to go when the draft board calls; but not before. Well, we don’t blame them, army life is hard. Peter Pastor’s charming sister tells us that Pete is in Sicily, Paul Bolesic in England, Wm. Torda in Central America; John Fritz, Jr. on the High Seas, — Mantz in the Marines, Cal Kar­nya, our former Treasurer, at Great Lakes, Illinois, Louie Vá­rosi at Camp Breckenridge. If the parents or realtives of boys in service will write or commicate with yours trully, either at my home, 2920 E. 116 St., or Ver­hovay Hall, 8637 Buckeye Road — we’ll try and publish their names from time to time. Only members of Br. 366, other branches will or should do the same. Again, let me call your atten­tion to the meeting on Dec. 3rd. It is IMPORTANT; so come and have some fun. Thanks. — J. J. STABILITY PROGRESS Careful, conservative and sound Investments assure the STABILITY of Verhovay’s funds and securities, thereby giving full confidence to members and prospective members. Verhovay’s encouragement and promotion ot social movements within and among its branches is in keeping with the spirit of true FRATERNALISM. With its assets making sizable gains yeai after year and its membership increasing by leaps and bounds Verhovay sees before itself a definite future which spells PROGRESS. SOCIABILITY rather than frowned upon H regarded as essential to the well-being of Ver ho ray life and activities. SOCIABILITY FRATERNALISM • VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 345 FOURTH AVE. PITTSBURGH, PA. Verhovay Journal November 11, 1943 j THE HOMESTEAD MERRY-GO-ROUND------------------------ BRANCH 430 -----------------------­BY P.F.C. WILLIAM C. KOHUT (Continued from last issue) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST PROFESSIONAL CLUB DANCE ■ It appears to I me as though ■ .Saturday even- I ing, July 30th, I will be a Red I Letter Day in I Pittsburgh for K many American- I Hungarians. On P.F.C. Kohut this particular evening, The Hungarian Profes­sional Society of Pgh. will hold its Annual Ball in honor of the Of­ficers of the Civil Affairs Training School of the TJniv. of Pgh. in the Imperial Room, Webster Hall, Pittsburgh, with Gypsy Orchestra. Mrs, Joseph Bercsi is Committee Chairman. Corp. Kal Erdeky from way down South in Alabama plans to be at this very promising dance; Sgt. Stephen Black from Camp Reynolds, Greenville^ intends to be on hand, and I guess your lowly scribe will do his utmost to be had the opportunity of fufilling present, too. I know the good wife won't object to my taking her to this dance because I just haven’t had the opportunity of fulfilling such an obligation since my six months in the Service. It would be good if Doc Sabow, Captain, please, Capt. Bartholy and others would be around to help enliven the dance... and how about our old friend and leader, Dr. John J. Sebestyen, who is now hard at work way down in North Carolina. It would be some reunion if all of these men put in an appearance at this dance. Yes, sirree, it would be all right. A1 Goydan of McKeesport was home on a short leave recently and returned to Camp Campbell, on October 2nd. I do know he en­joyed his visit with his family and friends. The only trouble with these leaves and furloughs is that they don’t come often enough and when they do come around they go a little too fast. FORT MEADE VISIT A short while back when my wife drove down here to Port Meade to pay me a visit, I ob­tained a half day leave from work and drove into Washington, D. C. with her. In Washington, we took in some sightseeing and then »topped to visit our good friends at the Hungarian Reformed Federation in the Kossuth Bldg, on Pennsyl­vania Avenue. Here Mr. Nicholas Kovács and Mr. Imre Király, Trea­surer, made our stay very enjoy­able. Then, too, the young women in the office proved of help to us and were very kind. We both extend our thanks to all at the Federation who made our visit there so very pleasant and en­joyable. COMPETING WITH ARMY? It appears as though I will have a Verhovay policy tucked away for our Branch 430 right here in the Army. I’ve made contact with a young man who is in the market for a $2000.00 policy and I believe “he’is sold.” At least I hope so. However) it might necessitate a trip to Bridgeport, Conn, to com­plete the sale and I’m ready and willing to do this within the near future. That would be the most distant point I’ve ever traveled to write a Verhovay insurance policy.... but it’s worth It! V-VICTORY AND VARGO The other day I received a let­ter from Margaret Yargo, Idamay, W. Va. and her stationary quickly caught my fancy. In printed let­ters the top of the writing paper read, "Vegetables — Vitamins — Victory” and to these were added “Verhovay — Vargo.” Underneath this heading a young hoy and giri were portrayed pulling a small cart loaded with vegetables and others eatables. Margaret always regards Verhovay foremost in her activities and this small item definitely proves that. When I visited at the Fort Pitt Hotel the afternoon of Saturday, September 19th, I had the pleas­ure of meeting some old friends. Some were delegates while others were visitors at the Convention. Those who I met and talked with were Joseph Magyar, Gary, W. Va.; Mr. Dienes, Izsó Szekely, Amerikai Magyar Népszava rep­resentative; Joseph Szabó, Ecorse, Mich.; Louis Cincel, John Kele­men. Kolozsvári Kálmán) Vizi Lajos, Mr. J. Tóth, Phoenixville, Pa.; Mr. Papp, Mr. and Mrs. Rich­ard Phillips from Detroit; Mr. Fedák, Dr. Prince, John Sabo, our new Supreme Auditor; Mr. John Bencze, our new Prexy; Mr. and Mrs. George Soltész from East Chicago, Indiana; Mr. Steph­en Lang, Bethlehem; Mrs. F. Brogley, Ernest Kunstadt and Mr. Barna, Branch 16, Chicago; Rev. DePapp, and a few others whose names I do not have. It was great meeting and talking with these men and women. They are all loyal Verhovay members and are 100 per cent for our Association. Their deep interest In the Ver­hovay made possible admission to the National Convention. DIVIDENDS - STRENGTH? 1 consider it quite unfortunate and in a way harmful to our As­sociation that the delegates at the Convention voted to pay the Ju­venile dividends as well as the dividends to Senior members. This, mind you, after a recommenda­tion from the Board of Directors as well as from Mr. Bassler, our Actuary, that dividends he sus­pended for the duration of this war. The paying of these divi­dends at this time should not be, but should have been laid aside for a reserve to take care of any unexpected casualties that may be brought about by the war, for we do not know how many of our boys will lose their lives in the present conflict. Our reserves have been built up high during the past decade. We must be conserv­ative " and especially watchful of our expenditure of insurance funds today. Many well-known insurance firms have either discontinued their payments of dividends, or have greatly reduced such pay­ments during the past two years. Yet here we are with a commit­ment to pay out dividends for the next four years, when conserva­tive thinking and action demands that they be curtailed, or even discontinued. I regret greatly this action on the part of my delegate friends. A SOUND FINANCIAL BASIS In connection with the change from the 3%% to the 3% re­serve basis of our Association, this will bring about an increase in rates which will affect new policies. All things being equal, my judgment concerning such a change would be that our Com­pany is conservative and is look­ing forward to a sound financial basis in the future .We all know that all, or the majority of fra­ternal associations reserve in their certificate the right to make ex­tra assessments in the event dues received are not sufficient to pay claims. However, it would seem to me that the change from the 3M> % to 3% basis will easily obviate such a possibility in the future. In my estimation it is entirely to the credit of our Association to make this change. HUNGARIAN EDITION POLICY CHANGED The Hungarian edition of the Verhovay Journal several weeks ago advocated a change in the make-up of its news presentation. It will follow the plan which has proven so successful in the En­glish edition . . . soliciting con­tributions from Verhovay mem­bers in Verhovay nerve centers. These items will be published in the Hungarian edition and will at­tract more readers from amongst the members. The activities of Branches, its members and fami­lies will be the principal make-up of these contributions. I for one await with some interest the ad­vent of this program because it can be likened so eásily to the one in force with the English edi­tion . . . that of soliciting con­tributions from individual mem­bers. TOUGH SLEDDIN’ I cannot help but look with dis­dain and sorrow at the perform­ance of our delegates during a two day period near the close of the Convention. As I have the story, several days were spent in debating a question relating to a slight advancement in the remu­neration for our delegate friends, and the valuable time spent in this matter could easily have been saved for more important topics. But, alas, this was not done and the matter was thrash­ed out not in a few hours hut in a few days . . . two to be exact. This reminds me of the period several years ago when a “Bun­dles for Congress’’ campaign was being conducted by the public and the congressmen were being de­luged with packages and other items for use in their retired days. This happened when Congress was spending time in voting a raise in pay for itself. But it became “Tough Sleddin’ ” for them! Hdq. Co., 1302d S.U.R.C. Fort Geo. G. Meade, Mr. ONE STEEL MILL on the Eas£ Coast burned 105,227,000 ga Ions of fuel oil during the three months of this year.

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