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

1944 / Verhovay Journal

Page 2 Verhovay Journal July 27, 1944 VERHOVAY SPORTSMEN of BRANCH 164 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Because of its length, I re­­jret not being able to publish the list of names of our mem­bers that purchased War Bonds from Branch 164 in the current drive. No matter how small, every bond counts and it is in­deed a pleasure to publish the names of our small members that purchased Bonds. I am re­ferring to Bonds sold to mem­bers of our Juvenile order who are Patricia Ban, Stephen Ban, Charles Chudek, '“Snookie” Fo­dor, William Fodor, Karen Ko­­lozy, Barbara Kovack, William Marosy, Charles Toth, Sylvia Toth, Ronald Szabó, Charles Si­tas, Jr., Mary Ann Sabo and Thomas Walsh. Let’s all make it our business to buy bonds and to keep right on buying Bonds until Victory is ours and all our boys are home once more. Summer is really upon us. That is why there is very little to report about our July meet­ing and I’m sure there won’t be much doing at our August meet­ing either. The only important official Branch business is our preparation for our October 7th Entertainment. As before, the proceeds of our Annual Fall En­tertainment will finance the Christmas Gifts from the Branch to all our Servicemen. We have more Servicemen now than last year. Won’t you help us remem­ber our boys? Remember the day, Saturday, October 7, 1944. 333 W. North. Ave. is the place of our Annual Fall Entertainment Party. A great crowd is expected and prize donations are cheerfully accepted. FAMILY HAPPENINGS The month of June will long be remembered by two old Ver­hovay families. On June 11, Joseph J. Irocky, son of our chairman, took Rose Goldecker as his wife. The wedding took place at St. Mathew’s Evangelical and Reformed Church with very impressive ceremony. It was a close family affair but the wishes from Branch 164 go not only to the groom and his charm ing bride, but to the entire Irocky family. The second Nuptial Knot was tied in Van Nuys, California and joined together Helen Elizabeth Gyulay and Edward J. Kamenar. Helen is the only daughter of our Supreme Organizer and Edward is a member of one of the oldest Verhovay families in Cleveland, Ohio. Branch 164 and the many friends of Mr. Gyulay send their Best Wishes. Vilma Kapitar, long a member of Branch 164, was married early in June to Chief Petty Officer Robert Comfort. After a brief honeymoon, Bob left for his Frisco Bay duties while Vilma waits at home for his early re turn. Last but not least, I’d like to introduce Joan who became Mrs. Jack Zubor on June 30th. This was also a close family affair with Bob Zubor as best man. My personal congratulations and the Best Wishes of Branch 164 go to all our Newlyweds. ENGAGEMENTS The Kiszely family have an­nounced the Engagement of their daughter, Julia, to Master Ser­geant Jack C. Benson at Camp Lee, Virginia. May we hear more about this soon? It will be a real surprise to many of our friends to know that Sgt. Joseph Soo is engaged to Wave Marcella O’Hara, a young Chicagoan now stationed in New York. Recenti”, Miss O’Hara had a short visit with her future in-laws. NEW HAPPENINGS or LITTLE THINGS Announcing the arrival of Allen Robert Zubor on June 21, 1944. My heartiest congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zubor, the proud parents. Saturday, July 15th brought a beautiful baby daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Liner. The former “Blondie” Balog is the mother of the little girl who has arrived to keep her older brother company. Best Wishes to the new babies from Branch 164 and to the parents. Don’t forget. Branch 164 is always willing to oblige with that new policy. More interesting news under this heading is expected soon but as yet I’ve heard nothing from Helen Soo, ’“Sis” Exner, Louise Janovics, Barbara Kovack or Ollie Kunstadt. MILITARY MEMOS JULIUS (DUKE) SOO Branch 164, Chicago, III. As these lines go to press, Julius Soo, our ever popular Duke, finishes his Boot Training at Great Lakes and becomes a full fledged sailor. Duke expects his first furlough around August 1st and so hopes to be on hand to give a sailor’s greeting to his second baby. Interesting news came from John Ivan from the Pacific War Theatre where Johnny is show­ing his skill, bumping off Japs with his Artillery outfit. Johnny’s latest greetings came from Hol­landia. Paul Ivan is with the Coast Guard in Jersey City, New Jer­sey and will soon be on his way to help speed the end of this war. Nobody knows the whereabouts of Ted Szabó but his last V-mail letter, dated May 30th with a San Francisco A.P.O. number, shows he has not forgotten Ver­hovay 164. P.F.C. Johnny Barpak left Camp Polk, Louisiana and head­ed for a Port of Embarkation We wish you a pleasant journey, Johnny, and a very speedy return, I had the pleasure of seeing Louis Sera while he was on furlough from Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Army life seems to agree with him. Alex Chudek was returned to a Navy Hospital in Shoemaker California. We all hope his Malaria Fever will leave him forever this time. It took over eight months before Alex .re­ceived his Christmas gifts but they were greatly appreciated for Christmas in July. Army Life agrees with Theo­dore Feifar. After a year’s serv­ice, Theo returned to the old homestead for a well earned furlough. A short V-mail informs us that Benny Heisen is in France busily engaged chasing the Germans out of Normandy. His first cousin, Member Frank Kolovitz sends his V-mail from Rome while Johnny Kolovitz sends his mail to his young Mrs. from somewhere in New Guinea. News about Frankie Kantor comes from Hando, Texas. Early in September, Frankie will re­ceive his Lieutenant Bars as a Navigator. My congratulations to you, Frankie. Furloughs are out as far as Frankie Feifar, Johnny Nagy and the Exner boys are concerned as they are busy Overseas. P F.C. Anthony Stangret (that’s my darling) is working on a Special Detail with the Army Engineers somewhere in England. Letters from him are strictly personal as all Military infor mation is censored. Marvin K. called his one and only from Honolulu in the middle of June telling her to be pa­tient as this war will end soon. Kenneth Kovack is in Shep­pard Field, Texas learnig to be a Tail-gunner. Louis Kollar is serving in the Army and is more content Over­seas as he claims actual work beats training but he’d rather be at home. When I tell you that Sgt. Bozmansky buys his War Bonds in New Guinea, I will have com­pleted my news about our sol­diers and sailors. May God Bless them all and send them home to us soon. NOTES Irene and Mary Toth are visit­ing their parents at 6315 Grand Ave. Both are living in Detroit. Ica Kiszely will make her de­but next fall with the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Gracie Soo, the youngest mem­ber of the Soo family, received a gold watch as a prize on the Sack’s Radio Amatuer Program for her beautiful singing. Mary Stefely, Charles Chudek and Anna Kozrits reached a turning point in their lives when they received their diplomas from school in June. Congratulations— Graduates. I’d like to extend a hardy wel­come to Miss Edythe Barna, a young Chicago School teacher and now a member of Branch 164. Maybe I better watch my grammar more carefully but I do look forward, with pleasure, to meeting Edythe at our October Entertainment. Margaret Toth, the wife of Bombardier Toth the former Butcher Boy, is also a new comer to Branch 164. New faces are always welcome and when next we meet, I, personally will con' duct an introductory tour. Miss Barbara Kovack of In­diana Harbor gave a charming piano recital and entertained her audience with gifted talents. Especially impressive was her first Concert but we, of Branch 164, have often been entertained by piano selections from Barbara. The charming daughter of Mr and Mrs. Andrew Vash, Branch 64 of Canton, Ohio, visited Chi­cago, her brothers and sister­­in-laws. Helen, (she’s my sister’s sister-in-law) stayed right next door and I had a chance to be­come well acquainted. It’s nice to know that I have interested readers even in Ohio. May I remind you to continue buying War Bonds and Stamps. Our boys need our help and War Bonds are the surest in­vestment for a peaceful and victorious future. Just me, MARGARET STANGRET, 1427 So. Sawyer Ave., Chicago 23, 111. Publicity Agent.---------------V--------------­STAFF SGT. NICHOLAS OLAH One of the many members of Branch 383, Buffalo, N. Y., who has been in service for the past 3 years, has been in most of the Western Camps in the Infantry Branch, and is now stationed at Camp Phillips, Kansas, as an in­structor. Nick came to the United States in 1930 at age 12 from Hungary going thru grammar school and then to the Buffalo Seneca High School, and to vocational school where he majored in electrical engineering, until enlisting in to the service; a members of Br. 383, since his arrival ot this country, he is a good bowler, and for the information of the gent­ler sex, he is single. BUY U. S. WAR BONDS TO THE CONTRIBUTORS The English Section Is pub­lished the SECOND and LAST Thursday of every month, except when holidays inter­vene, and the Thursdays IM MEDIATELY preceding them are the final dates. Contributions intended for the August Id issue should be in before or on August 3. Address contribution is ENGLISH SECTION, VER­HOVAY JOURNAL, 345 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTS­BURGH (22), 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. Johnny Phillips Writes Again (Your editor received the fol­lowing letter from Sgt. John J. Phillips, dated from Italy, July 19th, 1944.) DEAR ED; Have crawled out of my fox hole (way back here in the rear areas) long enough to scrawl you a short communique ... Of the last several issues of the Journal I have been receiving duplicate copies—one from the publishers and one from your office. Thought I’d let you know so there won’t be a duplicate of effort in the future. I had guessed (from the changes) long before I had learn­ed for a fact that the Journal has a new editor. My congratula­tions! It is apparent that your efforts are quite on a par with your predecessors Miss Nyers and A1 Jozik, for which I am grateful. Work here in headquarters is dull, drab, and routine but de­spite this there were times in the last few months when things got a little exciting. For instance: I visited the Isle of Capri for five days, also Naples, and Pompei, viewed smoking Vesu­vius and looked over sprawling, smoky, smashed out Foggia. Our planes really did a thorough job here. I found my cousin who is stationed not too far away, it was swell visiting him. He had just learned that he is a father of a baby girl, and incidentally just returned from a mission where he had shot down his first enemy plane. Another bit of excitement wag winning 100,000 lira gambling. Translated into good old Amer­ican currency, that is $1,000-00 and all it took was twenty minutes, a pair of spotted ivory cubes and what is known in dice parlance as a ‘‘HOT HAND.” Last night I saw "This is the Army” with Irving Berlin (in person). Its a great show—by far the best of the too infre­quent shows we’ve had overseas. The only thing that’s troubling me now is what I’m gonna tell my grandchildren when they ask me what I did to help win the war, and when are they gonna let us go home. Even we who are not in combat would like that. Best wishes for the continued success of the Journal and my regard to the Home Office Em­ployees. JOHNNY. (Editor’s remark: Incidentally, Johnnie sent $900 home to Pop and Mom, from his winnings, which is very nice, indeed. What worries your editor, however, is: what if Johnnie should lose a 1000 bucks next time? Here’s hoping that you keep your hand "hot”!)---------------V--------------­I FCSWICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR 'BONDS and' > STAMPS

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