Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1944 / Verhovay Journal
March io, 1944___________________________Verhovcty Journal THE HOMESTEAD MERRY-GO-ROUND------------------------ BRANCH 430 -----------------------PITTSBURGH SCENES: “A MAN WHO HAS NO PEER' Joseph Szigeti is considered one of the greatest violinists living, and to go further, many consider him “A Man Who Has No Peer.” Szigeti is classed alongside of the other Hungarian masters of the bow and fiddle, Auer, Remenyi and Hubay with whom he studied. On Fridey evening, March 3rd, at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Szigeti delighted the huge audience of music lovers with his brilliant interpretations of Mozart’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Major, No. 5 and Prokofieff’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Szigeti clearly demonstrated his brilliant skill in the performance of the two works mentioned. I was fortunate to be on hand to witness his exquisite playing. The evening that Szigeti was guest artist with the Pittsburgh Symphony in the Syria Mosque, the orchestra was being directed by that Hungarian Frigyes Reiner. All in all it was a double star performance with Szigeti and Reiner sharing the honors for the evening. “WELCOME, JOHN!” A hearty welcome was extended to Pfc. John Sabo, Jr. of the U.S. Marine Corps, by all of his friends on Sunday, February 19th, when he came into town from way down in South Carolina. During his one week visit with his wife and daughter, Nancy, John visited at the Home Office, and scanned the workings of the association. He was warmly greeted there by his fellow officers, Messrs. Bencze, Szalancy and Revesz and the Home Office Crowd. When this War is over and we all hope soon, John will assume his position of Verhovay Supreme Auditor to which he was elected at the last Convention. • MILITARY VIEWS Pvt. John Laczko, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Laczko of Park Way, W. Homestead, was home on February 20th for a short visit. He is now stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. — Sgt. Joe Gallas of 351 W. 13th Avenue, Homestead, was recently awarded the Air Medal upon his completion of five missions over enemy territory ... he is a waist gunner on a Flying Fortress and is seeing plenty of action. — Apprentice seaman, Bill Szekely, TJSNR, of 823 Forrest Avenue, W. Homestead, died at the Naval Training station, Great Lakes, on March 3rd ... he was 18 years of age and inducted into the Navy but six weeks ago ... he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Szekely . . . his brother Sgt. Stephen is now overseas . .. he was a member of St. Margaret’s R. C. Church... — Pvt. Joe Hasak, husband of Emma Vargyas Hasak of W. 13th Ave. is now stationed at Camp Hood. I believe his wife, Emma, will join him there shortly . . . Joe’s brother Stephen, a Navy veteran, was home recently for a visit his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Ha-BY P.F.C. WILLIAM C. KOHUT sak of 21st Avenue, Munhall . . . Charlie Rigo, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rigo of Lea St., Homestead Park is a paratrooper and has fifteen jumps to his credit... he is stationed at Camp Me Call ... an interesting reunion took place recently in England between Corporal William Kulhanek of W. Homestead and his nephew Pvt. Edward Matyas ... they had’nt seen each other for over a year and it was Bill’s first glimpse of his nephew in uniform . . . Pvt. Bill Nagy formerly of Duquesne, is now at his new station, Camp Clairborne, with an engineer unit . . . Bill is really in the deep South and in an entirely different climate . . . his wife is the former Peg Kovács of Vondera Plan . . . Steve Nemeth, Captain, please, is having a grand time out in California . . . several weeks back he attended an engagement party at the home of Donald Douglas, an executive of the Douglas Aircraft Corporation. The weekend party attended by Captain Nemeth and his wife, Alice, was held in honor of the engagement of Miss B. Douglas and Lt. Bruce Arnold, son of General Henry “Hap” Arnold .. . Lt. Arnold is stationed in Captain Steve’s company . . . you’re really knocking on some fancy doors, Steve! ... I believe it was last August or September when I met up with Pvt. Julius Kondis, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Kondis of 21st Avenue, Munhall, at Fort Meade. He was in the Army Ground Forces Replacement Depot and was awaiting his shipping orders . . . for overseas. I saw him several times and always enjoyed the meetings but the news that I received this past week just about floored me; it read, “Julius Kondis, Missing in Action in Italy.” It really saddenned me to learn of this latest turn of events ... He was missing the day the American Fifth Army breached the vaunted German Gustav line in front of Cassino ... it is possible that he may be a prisoner of war . . . a fond hope of many who consider him dearly . . . his brother Bert is in the Navy, as a mail specialist third class, while Eugene is an air cadet in Texas... my good friend Lou Nemeth, I understand, will be leaving for the Navy soon . . . that makes it just about 30 Branch 430 members in the Service and there may be others leaving soon . . . WELCOME JOSEPH NICHOLAS! Joseph Nicholas is the newborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lusnak of 10th Ave., Munhall. He put in his initial appearance on Sunday morning, February 26th, at the Homestead Hospital. The mother is the former Helen Gyure of Munhall, Pa. The family now consists of one daughter and one son. Many congratulations to the lucky parents on their newest acquisition ... a baby boy! A SPEEDY RECOVERY . . .! Yes, we all wish Mrs. S. Toth of W- Hazel Way a speedy recovery from her present illness. The mother of Verhovay member, Mrs. M. Kostra, Mrs. Toth has been in poor health for some months back and we sincerely pray that she will once again regain her custumary good health. WILMERDING SOJOURN The wife and I took a trip over to Sprague St,, in Wilmerding, to visit with Pfc. John Sabo, fresh from the Marine training grounds. His wife, Helen, and daughter, Nancy, were there with John and my, so happy! Later in the evening John’s friends from McKeesport joined us. They included Albert Jozik, Ann Bagi, Ethel Halas, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nagy, Helen Stipkovitz, Mr. and Mr§. Toth, and Helen Ganyu. Yes, Wednesday evening, February 23rd proved a delightful evening, one to be long remembered. It did bring forth a very short debate on the merits of the Army and the Marines! What could you expect. A GOOD MESSAGE I must commend my friend, J. J. Horvath, of Cleveland, for reminding the Verhovay members, especially those in English speaking branches, to write the Home Office if they enjoy the Journal. By all means, sit down and write the Home Office a note about your thoughts on this English Journal. I assure you they appreciate your comments.--------------v-----------------St. Patrick’s Day St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born during the fourth century. Since then the Irish have celebrated March 17th in honor of the saint who was powerful enough to drive all snakes from their beautiful Emerald Isle so many centuries ago. The shamrock is used as a national emblem by the Irish. This floral emblem is a trifoliolate plant. Many people have regarded the hop clover as the true shamrock, while others have considered the black medic, the wood sorrel and the white clover. The Irish have a beautiful quaint custom of wishing their relatives and friends the “luck of the Irish” and “the top o’ the mornin’ to you!” — on March 17th, not only in the Emerald Isle, but they extend this greeting to friends all over the world. Our boys are fighting for the liberation of humanity on many battlefields throughout the world. Let us send them a greeting this March 17th, enclosing a shamrock just for luck, in honor of St. Patrick. The world is in need of such a saint today, a saint who will drive out of the world the men who brought about the present global conflict, because they could not live peaceably with their fellow-men. When you send that shamrock greeting to the ONE, let him know that with the card you send to him “all the luck in the world!” and “may he be protected by St. Patrick!”--------------v-------------Calendar of Verhovay Socials MARCH 11TH, SATURDAY, CLEVELAND, OHIO. — Verhovay Ladies’ Branch 361 to hold a Social Evening at 7:30 P. M. in the Verhovay Home. Members and their friends invited. Entertainment and refreshments. Page 5 mi i ii 11 ii 111111111 ii mi ni i ii....in i ii 11 mi mi mi i ii 11 ii 111 ii 11 ti i......i......ti 11111 in in Uncle Sam’s Verhovays iiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiimimiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimmimiiiiiiiiiiii PVT. STEVE A. RUSNAK 40, Martins Ferry, O. PFC. ARTHUR J. NlMEDI 123, Kalamazoo, Mich. S mop shows the nature ol the shore g line where Allied forces- may try g to break through Gerfhan defenses. Courtesy THE STANDARD OIL CO. (OHIOI-5 General Eisenhower’s preparations for invasion of Fortress Europe are well under way. Some conception of the tremendous task of outfitting a modern invasion army may be gained from the knowledge that each soldier overseas requires 6 to 10 tons of supplies, and an additional ton must follow each month. More than half of all war tonnage Shipped overseas is in petroleum products. In the African invasion gasoline alone totaled 4,200,000 gallons a week.,5.FRANK HARDA, Jr., S 1/C 237, Steubenville, Ohio VICTOR KOMÁROMY 70, Newark, N. J. . On the Eve of Invasion
