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

1943-12-30 / 53. szám

Page 4 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURISTIC BRANCH 366 CLEVELAND, OHIO Column Conductor — J. J. Horvath We like district meetings. We feel that they are very beneficial. We should have it every year, at different towns and cities- Eventually, it could develop into a small convention; where ideas and grievances could be brought about, and incidentally, adver­tise the Verhovay wherever we may go. Why not do something about this, Supreme Officers? Other large organizations have conventions every year; why can’t we? The 33rd district meeting was Reid in Youngstown, Ohio, (home of Director Frank Brogley) on Sunday, Nov. 28th, 1943. We arrived at the E. 93rd St. station of the Erie Railroad, at 8 P. M., which was 17 minutes early. A beautiful day greeted this momentous occasion. We ar­rived in Youngstown, Ohio, at 9:45 A. M., and after inquiries as to how and what bus to take —we arrived at St. Stephen’s Church Hall. We finally settled down to the business of the day. Greetings were heard from Chair­man Brogley; and then the grind began—the reading of the by­laws and its modifications. Mr. Young, of Buffalo, N. Y-, objected to several items and was colla­borated by Mr. Joseph Taylor, his fellow delegate, who distributed pencils bearing the name of his dairy in the Beson City. Mr. Monis had a few arguments. 12 o’clock, and it’s dinner time; Di­rector Brogley announced that arrangements were made to dine with District No. 17, at Campbell, Ohio. We arrived at the Hun­garian Home, which is located on a steep hill. At first we thought that we rode into Pittsburgh by mistake. Anyway, we finally as­sembled and sat down to eat. If anybody didn't receive their share, it was their own fault— there was plenty for everybody, and it was worth the $1.50 we paid. We hereby thank the cooks and those beautiful waitresses for kindliness. The stuffed cab­bage was so good, that Mr. Char­les Young ate several, and it brought back pleasant memories of his courting days; when he asked that most important ques­tion, along with ^another ques­tion, whether or not Mrs. Young knew how to cook stuffed cab­bage—it was a happy day for our Charles. Mr. Tachacs and several offi­cials of the 17th district, spoke with eloquence of these kind of meetings and get togethers. Mr. Calvin Karnya spoke in behalf of No. 366, of Cleveland. Ohio. The lady delegates intro­duced were: Mrs. Brogley, dele­gate from Youngstown, Miss Young, of Buffalo; before I for­get, Charles Young gave an imi­tation of some of the delegates at the convention—he had us rolling out of our chairs—es­pecially, the imitation of that delegate from N. Y.; and there was also another lady present, who wasn’t a delegate, but the wife of Mr. Katona, who was. We felt complimented because of these three charming women, God bless them! The speech mak­ing finished; we adjourned back to the meeting, and finished the reading of the by-laws. And then the site for the next district meeting was discussed; with Buf­falo offering free buttermilk. We voted to hold it there, 4 years hence. Mr. Taylor was also elect­ed President Of District No. 33, to finish Director Brogley’s un­expired term. After much hand shaking, we left with Charles Smith, of Amherst, Ohio; and he brought us into Maple Heights, Ohio, at 7 P. M. We wish to go on record thank­ing the Youngstown branch in looking after our welfare before and now, and we heartily ap­preciate everything. Election of officers at 366, last Friday, Dec. 3, 1943, and the fol­lowing were elected: Joseph Nagy, Pres.; Frances Schwartz, Vice Pres-; Cal Karnya, Manager; Jos. J. Horvath, Comptroller; Ed Torda and John G. Wächter, Auditors; Elsie Kolozsvary, Rec­ording Sec’y., and Mrs. Mary Karnya, Sick Visitor. Election of officers at Branch 14, last Sunday, Dec. 5, 1943. The following were elected: Joseph Szalay, President; Frank Szabó, Vice President; Albert Karl, Man­ager; Louis Vassy, Comptroller; Arpad. Révai, Sergeant-at-Arms; and Mr. Vida, Keeper of the Flag and Seals. There were oth­ers, but we couldn’t stay; and at this writing, we haven’t found STABILITY PROGRESS Careful, conservative and sound Investments assure the STABILITY of Verhovay’s furds and securities, thereby giving full confidence to members and prospective members. Verhovay’s encouragement and promotion ol social movements within and among its branches is in keeping with the spirit of true FRATERNALIS M. 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 is 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. out. We feel that both Branches selected a splendid array of of­ficers, and cooperation between the two branches will be an actuality. Through the underground we hear Frances Schwartz contem­plates to be a June Bride . . . Mary Fejes Suto as lovely as ever . . . wonder where our Gizella Merk is? or Betty Toth? Both married. Mike Valand in the Army, and Veronica Nehez in the WACS; we haven’t heard from our friend, John J. Balazs, in ages. Again, please notify us about boys in the Service from Branch 366. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New' Year to Verhovay members and everybody! —J. J.-----------------V------------------BRANCH 443 DETROIT, MICHIGAN Verhovay Journal Branch 443 held its year-end meeting in the Verhovay Home, and the following members were elected as Branch Officers for the year of 1944: President: Coloman Toth; Vide President: Steven Szalai; Branch Manager: Joseph Szabó, 8957 Dearborn Ave., Tel.: VI 2-8077; Recording Secretary: Joseph Le­­tenyei; Controller: Charles Berg­­hoffer; Sick Visitor: Joseph Jur­­ko; Auditor: Mrs. Stephen Arris and Coloman Vizsi. Visiting Physicians: Dr. Galdonyi, Dr. Stein, Dr. Kohn and Dr. Lovas. Fraternally Yours, JOSEPH SZABÓ, Branch Manager, 443.------------v-----------­WANTED: PEN-PALS Pen-Pals wanted, between the ages of 25 and 32 years; both sexes; including those in the Armed Forces. Please address: Miss Margaret C. Bara, 1601 Hanna Street, New Castle, Penna. WHERE THE FUEL GOES It takes 12,500 gallons of gast* line to train one pilot. 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 arc the final dates. Contributions Intended for the January 13th issue should be in before or on January 7th. Address contribution to ENGLISH SECTION, VER­HOV AY 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. December 30, 1943 SUNKIST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECHOES By Albert B. Steinmetz Los Angeles, California \ Member of Branch 104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Back in No­vember of 1942, in one of my jcolumns, I had |the words of one iof my favorite jsong printed: namely, “G o d IWill Take Care Mr. Steinmetz ^0U- ’ Shortly thereafter, I re­ceived several nice letters and requests from readers to send them the Hungarian translation of that song. Just about then, Uncle Sam asked a clean-cut, young man of 21 years of age, in Woodbridge, N. J., to come along and fight for liberty. Charles Ur, Jr., comes from a large, disciplined, but what’s most important, a Christian family. He left his family behind. Time flew on—a year later Someone from Somewhere sent my above mentioned column to Alex’s broken-hearted Mother, which bought solace to her. She wrote to me, told me of her fine son, and her deep grief for him; which is understandable. This article of mine was sent to her just a year after Alex went into Service and a few days before his 22nd birthday. Thinking that I was the editor of the Journal, she asked me for copies of the year old paper, and for every issue since Nov. 1942, at any cost. I told her about the Journal and the Verhovay. So she told me “if it’s good enough for me, it will be good enought for her too”. I went thru all my papers and fortunately found the copy she wanted so very much; and several others, which I promptly mailed to her. In the last few days, I found out quite a bit about this mother, and decided to tell you all about her; not be­cause I want to publicize her, or this column, but because every inch of her is a mother, with a heart of gold in the center of her frail body. Frail? Yes! be­cause in the past she lost 42 lbs. through grief. Today, weighing 108 lbs. and being the mother of 13 living children at home, she is grieving for her oldest son somewhere in Italy, who is the 14th. She had more children, but some died. She tells me simply and frankly, ? “It takes so little to make some- j one be happy, a kind word, a | smile, a small gift; a wave or pet on the hand or back don’t cost anything, or much; but everyone can spare it. It makes everyone smile, and be your friend. Wouldn’t it be wonder­ful if we could always smile? I’ll tell you the war would be j over now!” Mrs. Alexander Ur, Sr., we of the Verhovay, over 50,000 strong salute you, now during the holiday seasn! May the Prince of Peace (whom you love so much) shine His grace on you and your -dear ones. May He keep you in happiness, joy and contentment forever. May your wish, and the wish of all us Verhovayans, that God bring your loving son (your 1st son) home safely come true. But as a Christian Mother, you do know if God’s will is not that of ours, just remember the story of Job in the bible — read the 21st verse of the 1st chapter of the book of Job. “The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away; bles­sed be the name of the Lord!” What we want always may not be good for us; so we shall al­ways have faitli in God! This is what Alex believes, too. You are asking me to teach you how to pray; my sincere ad­vice to you is: go into your secret place, kneel down, and ask God simply as a child would, to teach you how to pray. Be­fore you know it, you’ll pray. Perhaps in His sight your present prayers, your deeds, your love for your fellów-men, are more precious than those many hypocrites who many of us know; who play the part of a saint — go to church on Sundays, occupy the front pews, would show any­one else how to be a good Christian. They even pretend to smile at you and shake your hand. Comes Monday and they wouldn’t even recognize you; although they work with you side by side; trey denounce you, swear and smear you and even cheat you. Yes, Mrs. Ur, we all know “Christians” like these. I know mothers, too, that are just the opposite of you. That is why, in my estimation, you’ll shine as a star forever! Please remain You would think that raising the 14 children would be enough for a 47 year old mother. No, it isn’t. She loves and raises flowers, too, as she tells me, both inside and outside her house, in the windows, garden, fields, in church and on the graves of her loved ones. Besides all this, she has a grand hobby of being a “pen-pall” to 36 Gold Star Mothers and Wives all over the the U. S. A. She writes to 400 Service men from Woodridge, N. J., of whom many of them know her since their babyhood. She writes to her son 2 letters every midnight. To date she has a collection of over 6,000 letters, photos and cards, from all colors, race and creed. your dear self — do not change! God bless you; and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! Calendar of Verhovay Socials DECEMBER 31ST, FRIDAY, Chicago, Illinois. — Branch 164 to hold a Victory New Year’s Eve Dance at 4240 W. Irving: Road.

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