Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1944 / Verhovay Journal
í Page 4 Verhovay Journal Journal oi the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 8502 West Jefferson /\ve Detroit, Michigan PUBLISHED SEMY MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: COLOMAN REVESZ Editor’s Office 345 FOURTH AVENUE ROOM 805 PITTSBURGH. PA. All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 345 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH, 10A. Urn ted States and Canada J1.00 a yea* Foreign Countries $1.50 a yea. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: P O BOX 7. WOOLSEY STATION - LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit. Michigan under the Act of March 3 1879. MEW YEAR’S GREETINGS With mixed feelings of sadness and hope we enter the year of 1945. Much of the sadness we carry over from the year that has passed, a year that has cost our nation much blood, sweat, and tears, a year that has brought up the number of the heroic dead of our Association to 104... Much of our sadness is the result of the disappointment with which the year 1944 ended. A year ago we planned and waited for the invasion. Half a year ago it materialized and the glorious advance of our armed forces gave rise to the hope that the war with Germany will be over by the end of the year. That hope was not the result of wishful thinking on part of the people of our nation: those of the highest authority issued statements to this effect and the nation rejoiced over their prophecies. By the end of the year, however, it developed that the war' with Germany is far from being over. At the time these lines are written the armed forces of Germany are engaged in a great offensive which, whatever its ultimate outcome may he, undoubtedly takes a heartbreaking toll of our soldiers. Victory will be ours, nothing can shake that assurance which the last year has brought us, but our joy over the certainty of this belief is dampened by the realization that it will cost much more blood, many more lives, and an effort unparallelled in the history of our nation. “BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS” was what Churchill promised the British people in the darkest hour of England’s history as the price of ultimate victory. „Blood, sweat and tears is what the year of 1945 promises us and we must realize that victory will be ours only if we are willing to fight for it on these terms. That makes the New Year’s holiday a sad day for all of us. However, this sadness must be balanced by hope. Though the last year ended with a disappointment, we must realize that it ended so only because our premature hopes had no foundation in reality. But we have every right to hope that by the end of this coming year the German army will have spent its strength. It is inconceivable that victory should be ours without occasional and painful set-backs. Such set-backs will postpone victory but never take it away from us. Under these circumstances determination and a consciousness of our responsibilities must take the place of the usual New Year’s gayety. We must face the New Year with the determination to accept whatever it brings. It will bring mourning and sorrow to many families: we must be prepared to meet the unavoidable. And those whose homes will be spared the sorrows of war must solemnly resolve to dedicate themselves to the sharing of the sadness of those who will not be spared. Let us resolve, further, that we will dedicate ourselves to the winning of this cruel war. It already has taken up three years of our lives and it will take many more if we do not enter this fourth year with a determination that sweeps every other consideration aside. We must realize that every pint of blood counts. We must realize that every War Bond counts. We must realize that every bullet counts. We must realize that every little effort on our part is felt by our fighting, bleeding and dying soldiers on the battlefields. Ours is the greatest army with the best equipment the world has ever produced. Yet — there aren’t enough planes, there aren’t enough ships, there isn’t enough blood, there isn’t enough money. No nation has ever surpassed the productive ability of America, yet — it isn’t enough. This is not a soldiers’ war but the peoples’ war. It is total war. We have no right to spare ourselves or to indulge in things that our soldiers cannot have. The more we give, the less we lose. . We, the naturalized citizens of America, and the descendants of immigrants must accept an additional share in the responsibilities of our nation. We are indebted to this country and our debt can be paid only by unmeasured self-sacrifice. The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association has 6,000 members serving in the armed forces of our nation. 104 of them already have paid the Supreme Sacrifice. Hundreds of them have been wounded on the field of battle. Hundreds and hundreds of them have been decorated and cited for their valor in action. The remaining 46,000 civilian Verhovayans must dedicate themselves to the service of their fighting brethren, and their millions of comrades. We call upon all branches to expand the war-program which has been developed during the last three years. We call upon all branches to see to it that no Verhovayan shall fail to do his duty. We call upon all branches to support all movements that are launched for the winning of the war. An organized and systematic effort must be made for the sending of more blood to our armed forces. Every branch should have a Red Cross Committee the sole task of which should be to visit all members and request that they give blood. The Verhovay membership alone should easily contribute 100,000 pints of blood during 1945. Every branch should have a War Bond Committee the sole task of which should be to visit all members and tabulate their War Bond purchases thereby encouraging them to invest more in War Bonds. Every branch should have a Veterans’ Committee the sole task of which should he to consider ways and means by which returning veterans can be assisted in their readjustment to civilian life. Every branch should become a center of influence for the discouragement of absentism and strikes and of activities that may retard the war effort. Every branch should develop a program for the moral support of its soldiers. Every member should demand that the branch provide leadership for participation in the Verhovay war-effort. Therefore, every member of our association should do everything in his power to relieve the branch-officers of such duties which would prevent him from providing leadership in this matter of first importance. Members should not demand that the manager call upon them for their dues. Time is rationed, and the time spent on lifting the dues, cannot he given to more important matters. Our branch-officers are the key-men of the Verhovay war-effort. Most of our managers are war-workers who spend the greater part of their days and nights in the mills and mines producing the weapons of war: They deserve all credit and all assistance if in addition to their strenuously long working-shifts they take time out for serving the branch. It is they who keep the Verhovay going. It is they who keep the Verhovay in the position in which she can serve the nation and contribute to the war-effort. THE BLOOD OF OUR SONS AND BROTHERS CRIES OUT FOR THE HELP OF THE VERHOVAY MEMBERSHIP! ANYTHING YOU DO TO HELP ANYONE, HELPS THE NATION AND, IN THE LAST ANALLSIS, THE FIGHTING HEROES ON THE BATTLEFIELD. We enter the year of 1945 by calling all Verhovayans to an all-out effort in behalf of our nation. We begin this year praying that it be the year og Victory. When that day comes we shall wish you a “happy” New Year. But until that day arrives, we ask for your loyalty, your unity, your patriotic activity, and your unlimited charit towards one another. Ma God bless this year with Success, Victory and Peace. May God bless you and yours. THE SUPREME OFFICERS OF THE VERHOVAY F. I. ASSOCIATION. Verhovay Journal_____________________________ December 27, 1944 S. l/C. MARGE POLLOCK Marge Pollock just spent a 15 days’ furlough with her parents in Campbell, O., at 374 Hyatt Ave. She is stationed at present at the Navay Supply Depot in Clearfield, Utah. Margie is a member of Branch 364, of Youngstown, O. This Branch has already 5 members serving with the WAVE-s: truly an excellent record which proves the patriotic spirit of the Verhovay girls who want to do their part in fighting for victory. — Margie’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pollock, are members of Branch 321, of Campbell, O. They also have a son, John, who has been since 30 months in the South Pacific theatre of war. * * :ji Please help us compile the records of Verhovay heroism. Report all important news items concerning cur soldiers. Do not hesitate to send newspaper clippings as they usually carry all the details. Branch managers are requested to look for such news items and report them. But the families of soldiers who figure in the news are also requested to send their story to the manager of their branch, or directly to the editor of the Journal, if preferred.------------V------------429 BOWLING NEWS The 429 Women’s ..Team finally made first place, after a mad struggle of keeping only one point behind top team for several weeks. To date, the team has won 28 and lost 20 points, with a team average of 640. Nice going, kids keep it up! GAMES 11—29--44 Mary Fisher110 103 134 347 Ann Major 145125 141 411 Jolán Lucas101 106 114 321 Mary Kuritar147 133 120 400 R. Horvath 149153 121 423 Totals 652620 630 1902 GAMES 12—6—44 Mary Fisher107 117 133 357 Ann Major 81141 132 354 Polan Lucas100 112 152 364 M. Kuritar129 149 188 466 R. Horvath 160145 165 470 Totals 577664 770 2011 (BYTHE FERRET) ---------------v--------------What I am concerned about in this fast-moving world in a time of crises, both in foreign and domestic affairs, is not so much a mind as a heart. A program lives today and dies tomorrow. A mind, if it be open, may change with each new day, but the spirit and the heart are as unchanging as the tides. —OWEN D. YOUNG
