Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1944 / Verhovay Journal
Page 2 You’ve Got It AGNES CSONTOS Chicago Branch 503 If you’re oh, so tired in the morning And you’d like to stay in bed; If your clothes suddenly seem heavy, And your shoes feel like lead. YOU’VE GOT IT. If walking is such a drudgery . . . Especially in the hot sun; If you feel like dropping your tools Before you’ve even begun . . . YOU’VE GOT IT. What is this power that holds you back From working like a little beaver? There’s nothing at all, so do not fret, It’s only a case of SPRING FEVER. They Met Through the Journal Verhovay Journal LET TRUTH BE UNCONFINED Some time ago, Mr. Albert Karl, Assistant District Manager at Branch 14, and head of the District Office in Cleveland, O., visited the Home Office to attend to some official business. After the matters pending had been attended to, he related the following story: His soldier son serves on Iceland, in the Northh Atlantic. His picture was published in the Hungarian Journal and also his military address, since at that time it was permissible. At the same time an article appeared in the Hungarian issue encouraging the Verhovay girls to write letters to the soldiers. A lovely young lady from Morgantown, W. Va., accepted the challenge and she wrote to this young man and in due time received a reply from him. The ensuing correspondence lead to sincere friendship which made them more and more anxious to meet. After many months the soldier got his furlough and upon his return visited his parents, but shortly afterwards made a trip to Morgantown. Yes, you guessed it .. . they fell in love and wedding-bells rang for the Karl family. We hope that they will be very happy together and that they will always gratefully remember the Verhovay Journal that has brought them together . . . i — — This is but one instance of which we know, in which fraternal life has helped two young people to find one another. Would the truth | come out, we would find: that hundreds and hundreds of happy marriages have resulted from fraternal activities that have helped con genial souls to get together and develop a feeling which was to be destined to last through their life. I wonder how many have met through the Journal how many have met at the lodge-meetings. . . dances... social evenings . . . It is rather difficult in our strained age to find a congenial soul and fraternal life just offers a chance for that in all of its activities that have contributed so much to human happiness. Fraternal life is like a big tree ... in its shade sit the .old, protected from the hot sun of a lonely life . . . and its branches are full of the green leaves of true friendship . . . and with the fragrant blossoms of love . . . Only those who have, directly or indirectly, found something ... or someone . . . through fraternal life, know its real value and appreciate it for what it does bringing humans together. We, human beings, as a rule, are as distant from one another as the stars on heaven ... so much coldness, ... so much empty space lies between us .. . but under the warm sun of fraternal life we meet . . . space and distance diminishes ... and we have found what we always have been looking for. If we only could record how much happiness has resulted from fraternal life, there would be no one who would not understand or appreciate it. WHERE THE FUEL GOES A PURSUIT PLANE, at a cruising speed of 200 m.p.h. requires on« gallon of gasoline for «very four miles of flicht. Newspapers are the schoolmasters of the common people—a greater treasure to them than uncounted millions of gold. —H. W- Beecher Mr. and Mrs. Julius Lenart, who resided in McKeesport, Pa., until about two years ago when Gyula was offered a position in St. Louis, Missouri, were visitors to Chicago recently. They visited with Margaret and Stephen Huzianyi, with Steven R. Horvath, Sylvia Horvath, and with Dr. Francis Orosz- The group attended a May Festival held hy the Hungarian Society at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, and then drove to the famous Blue Danube Cafe. Here Ibolya and Gyula Lenart heard, after being away from Magyar affairs for some time, an assortment of Magyar csárdás and waltzes. We hope that Ibolya and Gyula enjoyed themselves while in Chicago and hope they can return in the near future and partake of the hospitality that this big city has to offer. * * * A V-Mail letter came'recently from Frank Huziany, S-2/C. who is out somewhere in the Pacific. Writes Frankie in part: “This was the first letter I received in a long time. You see, out here in the Pacific we hardly get mail. If possible, send the newspapers. What you did send was the first paper I’ve se©n in many months. You should have seen the guys grab for the papers when I laid them down.” Frankie, as pointed out in previous issues, at the age of 15 signed up as machine gunner on a PT boat. That was a year ago. The last he told us what he was doing, as he, like other service men, dislikes to tell his job, was that he was on a patrol boat as captain of the gun crew. Oh yes, Frankie is in the good old Coast Guard! Three cheers for them! We hope you will write us soon again, Frankie! 0 * * * Here’s another Huziany guy we just simply have to mention. (Sort of a monopoly for the Huzi any gang in this issue, eh!) This time it is John. We mentioned several months ago about him— when he was at Camp Ellis, Ilii nois. He is with the 1303rd Engineers—one of the two regiments, out of seven at Camp Ellis, that a short while back made a 185 mile march in 3 days. Johnny is now somewhere in England. He wrote us last on April 23rd and in part had this to mention: “1 received that extra picture. Nagy is still with me, as a matter of fact, the whole outfit is here that was in the States. I visited quite a few towns since I’ve been here. Only one was_to my satisfaction, but I can’t mention it as Mr. Censor has a red pencil. I visited the old English churches and museums. The town I visited yesterday was an old one, for the church it had was built in 1300 A. D. The tombs outside of the churches also date way back —some to 1836 and 1800 A. D. I visited a large museum last week. In it wore valuable art objects, silverware, chairs, etc. In some of these towns you can’t find a bite to eat except chips (French fries) and fish. The pubs (taverns to us Americans) are very, very crowded and w® couldn’t get much to drink except bitters (beer), which is cheaply made and not as good as the good old American Schlitz or some other such brand. Johnny writes further: ‘‘The movies are very crowded and dull... the farther away or high er you sat from the screen, the more you paid. The pictures are about three to eight months old stuff. And some of these towns are so big ypu can walk it all in an hour or two. But I have to admit that it is beautiful out here now, very cool, just like a summer day in the country back in the States.” It was grand hearing from you, Johnny, and we hope to have word from you soon again ... before this issue of the Verhovay Journal reaches you. Good luck and God be with you wherever you are! * * * Staff Sergeant George Pozsgay, Jr., writes us that he is busily occupied with work of a technical nature at Eglin Field—the place about which we hear so much in our newspapers. Many officers who saw service are now at the field. George gets to meet many of them, since he is not only an inspector but also repairs radios. He tells us of the many varied duties and we can realise that he is performing his tasks very w7ell. We wish you the best of luck, George, and write us something which we can publish in the Journal. Your friends are anxious to hear from you. * * * Mrs. Robert Perry Johnson, from down yonder in- Shreveport, Louisiana, writ es that she and Bob will return to Chicago, because the hubby is soon getting a furlough. He is now attending the bombardier school. Writes Mrs. Johnson in part: "Can’t wait until we see you all. I can’t give the exact date; it’ll be kind of a surprise. Bob (who hails front South Carolina) says that we’ve got to go to The Blue Danube. Oh, say, you should have seen Bob last Sunday. . .washing and hanging out our wash. He looks good doing it. Then he washed the floors for me. Anyway, usually he does ’em and runs over the carpet with the sweeper.’’ Yes, sir, May 1st was Johnson's first wedding anniversary. Belated congratulations to both of you, Jerry and Bob! We’ll be waiting for you in Chicago. * # * Aggie Csontos, the "pert little brunette, with the talkative brown eyes”, as she is referred to in the Harrison Herald (the high school paper), is doing excellent work in her column "School Daze” in the Herald. We hope she will shift to the Verhovay when she is graduated next month and provide for nr entertainment through her witty remarks. Now that she is about to leave good old Harrison High, she hasn’t even had the time to telephone us—or perhaps she needs a nickel! Anyway, she says that she will soon write a few lines dedicated to the Verhovay boys on the various fronts. Writes Aggie further: "Gee, I haven’t been very cooperative, but this being my last “lap” in school, I’ve been all out for school activities—games, dancing, concerts, choir rehearsals, and all things. In fact, the choir is singing tomorrow on the WMAQ on the High School Studio Party program.” W© wish you the best of everything, Aggie, and look forward to your getting a good job at the Federal Reserve Bank, a May 25, 1944 COMMENTS ON THE JOURNAL Some highly favorable comments have been received by your editor from several members of our Association regarding the article "A Woman’s Place” which appeared in the April 27th issue of the Journal. A lady writes us from as far as California and states in her letter: "Only a woman could have written this article, a woman who has her head on the right spot ” While your editor feels deeply gratified, at the same time this remark also embarrasses him. All unsigned articles appearing in the Journal are written by your editor who happens to be a male. But definitely! We are somewhat confused for haring been taken for a woman ... However, - your editor believes that even such amusing embarrassment can be turned into satisfaction. Obviously, the lady from California believes that only a wroman can understand fully the problems of a woman . .. and here you have the proof, ladies, that a mal© may have an understanding soul, too. Perhaps it will give you the much needed hope that the male mind is, after all, not so completely lost when facing the woman’s world. Perhaps, in many instances, the woman is a "misunderstood” person only because she does not trust her husband to he able to see her problems as she does. The male and female nature are not created to contradict one another, they rather have a tendency to complete each other. If the members of the two sexes cease to look upon one another as unfathomable mysteries but approach one another with an honest attempt to understand, they will find it easy to succeed. And both men and women will only gain by such understanding. To all those who wrote their kind comments —thanks! (THE EDITOR.) job to your liking and expectations! * * * Pvt. Bobby Sanoshy is the first guy on the list that Aggie Csontos keeps. Apparently he is in her special graces. Aggie doesn’t deny the fact that she writes him almost daily, for he is out somewhere in England. The fact that the two have been keeping up a steady stream of correspondence might have a meaning for the future. Who wouldn't write after seeing that Csontos brunette ! And sh© is strictly the intellectual type! Aggie, you must tell us more about Bob and what he writes. * * * A/C Alex Molnár was in re. cently for a short visit. He looks grand in that Navy uniform. We have confidence that everything he undertakes is done with special study and we hope that his wishes will soon materialize. The best of everything to you, Lefty, and writ© us once in a while. Monday, May 15, 1944. THE SCRIBE OF KŐSZEG.-----------V----------VERY OFTEN a FEW DAYS DELAY in GETTING YOURSELF INSURED MEANS THE LOSS OF MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS to YOUR ESTATE
