Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)

1944-01-13 / 2. szám

VOL. XXVII. JANUARY 13, 1944 NO. 2.

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VERHOVAY F. I. ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS

HOLD JANUARY MEETING

The Directors of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association held a two-day meeting Friday, January 7th and Saturday, January 8th, at the Home Office, Pittsburgh, Penna. Many important matters were discussed and decisions reached that would further advance the Society.

The Board of Directors elected former Divisional Manager Alexander Gyulay, for Supreme Organizer. John Sabo, recently elected Supreme Auditor by the 20th Regular Convention will have his position held open for him until he returns from the Armed Forces in accordance with the Constitution and By-laws of the

V. F. I. A. The Directors

will meet in March and determine who will temporarily fill the supreme auditor’s position until John Sabo returns. In the meantime, the Supreme Officers will perform the work with the assistance of the Home Office employees.'

The new Counsellor for the Association is Mr. Stephen Matasy, Youngstown, Ohio; who has been a lawyer of repute for seventeen years. Mr. Matasy was formerly Assistant U. S. District Attorney and at the present time he is Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in charge of tax matters for the

Treasury of Mahoning County, Ohio.

Samuel Gomory, M. D. was reelected medical adviser and will continue his work as formerly, with the Verhovay F. I. Association.

A permanent home for the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association was purchased, which is a threestory building located at 432—36 Fourth Ave., downtown Pittsburgh. The Verhovay Home Office will occupy the second floor of this building, which will be altered to suit the Home Office requirements. Occupancy is expected around the first of May, this year.

The Board of Directors

decided to vote upon eight Districts. The following District Managers were elected: 1st District: Frank Cher, New York. The manager of the 1st District, Frank Cher is in charge of the branches in New York and along the sea-coast. The Manager of the Second District, Joseph Subits, is in charge of the branches located in the Lehigh valley and Buffalo, N. Y. The Manager of the Third District, Louis Cincel, is in charge of the branches around Johnstown, Pa. The Manager of the Fourth District, John Fulöp, is in charge of the branches in Pittsburgh, Western Penna,

W. Va., and Kentucky. The Manager of the Fifth District, Nicholas Takacs, is in charge of the branches which are located in Eastern Ohio. The Manager of the Sixth District, Michael Simo has a territory that extends from Cleveland, O., to Columbus, Ohio. The Manager of the Seventh District, Thomas Buchter, is in charge of the branches located in Michigan and Toledo, O., and vicinity. The Manager of the Eight District, George Toth, is in charge of South Bend, and Elkhardt, Ind., and all territory to the West.

The Board of Directors also voted to have a Verhovay Office in the larger cities.

THE YEAR AHEAD

We are all wondering what lies in the j ar ahead. Will there be peace in the next few months, or will the war continue on into year after this new year? Is it too early to plan for a post-war peace? What can we hope for in

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the future—for ourselves, our children, the future generation that is to come after us? Will they be satisfied with the peace that we will make after this war, or will they point accusing fingers at us and tell us we have failed to make a lasting peace?

We sheuld not endanger the victory of peace by failing to fight for it now; nor should we begin to make plans for a postwar world too soon. First, let us put forth every effort possible NOW to end the world conflict; then map out a plan by which all nations will share in the peace after the laying down of arms. We must include all nations in our peace plans; for there can be no lasting peace unless all nations unite and plan together to make this a better world to live in; a much better world than it has been in the past.

This generation Is witnessing the greatest conflict in the history of civilization. New discoveries of science are adapted to making more ways to destroy human life. This generation can also see the greatest post-war peace that man has ever known, if he remembers that to have peace, he must do all he can to bring about that peace—not only speak of it in words that have no action behind them; but make it a reality by every word, deed and action. After the peace is ours, science can make startling advances by discovering ways

and means by which to preserve life, and to use all its knowledge constructively.

Today our boys are sacrificing their all to make this a better world for us to live in. It is only right that we i should plan, build and work for our boys who fight to free the world from tyranny. We are the ones who will benefit by their supreme sacrifice; for some are giving up their lives, many will return home a physical wreck, and some will come back in the same healthy condition in which they left for the fighting front. Therefore, it is up to us to work on the home front and make the post-war world what they boys want and are fighting for. It belongs to them, for they are fighting, bleeding and dying for a free world. Those who are fortunate enough to return, will have to adjust themselves to normal living conditions. This will not be too easy for them to do, because of the months of living under a strain, excitement of battlefields and the daily tension their nerves have undergone during their experiences on the fighting front. The least we, who are home and safe from shellfire, can do is to make it the kind of peaceful world they want, so they need not be reminded of the fears and horrors of the battlefield after their return to civilian life.

If we have done everything humanly possible to bring about the peace this year ahead, then

we can indulge in the thought that we have really earned the peace our boys are making such great sacrifices for now. Then while the bells are chiming out

the old and ringing in the new year, we can rejoice, for the peace all of us have fought for and won is really ours to keep throughout the years to come.

ANOTHER NEW YEAR

Whistles blowing;

Noises growing Louder by the seconds;

Means none other;

Than another

New Year to us beckons.

Smiling faces;

Crowded places;

The birth of a New Year!

Among strangers;

Or midst dangers;

Thoughts of those we hold dear.

Singing songs;

Righting wrongs;

Greeting friends with a handclasp. Remembering you;

Praying, too;

Recalling mem’ries of the past.

Missing you;

Remaining true;

While another New Year we greet.

God Bless You;

Guard you, too;

Until again we may meet.

MARGARET “CHRIS’* BARA