Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
Page 4 Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 8502 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich. PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: COLOMAN REVESZ Editor's Office: 345 FOURTH AVENUE ROOM 805 PITTSBURGH 22, PA. All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 345 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH 22, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada --------------------------------$1.00 a year Foreign Countries _____________________________$1.50 a year ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: P. O. BOX 7, WOOLSEY STATION — LONG ISLAND CITY 5, N. Y. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 3, 1879. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!- MAKING OUT CHECKS -Branch-managers are respectfully requested to make out their checks properly when sending in payments from the Branches. It happens in altogether too many instances that checks are made out improperly and, as a result, are returned by the bank. In such instances the Treasury Department has to return the wrong check to the branch-manager, request the sending in of another, properly executed check and, in consequence, the branch cannot be credited with the payment in due time. In order to avoid such unnecessary delay, Branch-managers are requested to observe the following rules pertaining to the proper making out of checks. 1.) The check should be dated as of a week-day and not a Sunday or legal holiday, and it should bear the proper order number in the right hand upper corner. 2) Following the printed text “Pay to the order of...” the proper name of the Association should be written, in abbreviated form as follows: “VERHOVAY F. L ASS’N.” (Not Verhovay Insurance Ass’n”, like some improperly write.) 3. ) Never make out a check to the order of “John Szalanczy” Supreme Treasurer. Checks should be made out to the order of the Association and not a person. 4. ) Following the name of the Association the amount submitted is written in figures while in the following line it is spelled but. Please remember that on'y the dollars are to be spelled out, while the cents are repeated in figures. For example: “Onehundredsixtysix and ___________ 55/100 Dollars.” Note that the first letter of the spelled amount should be w-ritten with capital letter. 5. ) Please be careful that the amount written with figures is the same as the amount spelled out. For example, write in the first line, following the name of the Ass’n: ’‘$166.55” and in the second “Onehundredsixtysix and _____ 55/100.” Any discrepancy between the two figures will result in the check being rejected. 6. ) In every instance when the branch authorized more than one officer with the signing of checks, all the officers whose names have been submitted to the bank with which the branch deals, Should be signed. A missing signature will result in the rejection of the check by the bank on which it is drawn. 7 ) Always enclose the treasurer’s slip with your checks. Sometimes managers send in their checks without the treasurer’s slip and in such instances the Supreme Treasury and the Auditing Dept, has to make sure from which branch the checks have been sent and misunderstandings may result. Never send in your slips separately, they should always accompany the checks. But never clip your checks to your treasurer’s slip, because the check has to be deposited in the bank and the treasurer’s slip is- retained by the Auditing Dept. Send treasurer’s slips and checks in one envelope but do not fasten them together for in the process of separating them the check may be damaged and as a result, rejected. 8. ) HERE IS A BREAK FOR ALL BRANCH-MANAGERS! In the past, payments for the Juvenile Order and the Senior Order had to be made on separate checks or money orders. The Supreme Treasury, realizing that as a result of this rule the Branchmanagers had more work to do with making out their checks and also incurred more expense, changed this rule FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE BRANCH-MANAGERS. From now on you may send in your Juvenile and Senior payments ON ONE CHECK. However, you must enclose SEPARATE TREASURER’S SLIPS FOR THE JUVENILE AND SENIOR PAYMENTS. Never enter the payments for the two departments on one and the same treasurer’s slip, for the monies of the two departments have to be handled separately. 9. ) If you send in your payments on more than one check, please list the checks on the back of the treasurer’s slip in order tt> avoid errors or misunderstandings. 10. ) Please do not send in the small slips front the members’ receipt books when making payments to the Home Office. These slips should be retained by the Branch-manager. Treasurer’s slips are to be used in every instance. If you are out of the booklets containing these slips, write for them to the Home Office immediately. Verhovay Journal February 14, 1945 HEROES PORTRAIT PRESENTATIONS PLANNED BY MANY BRANCHES — The decision of the Board of Directors to have portraits made of the heroic dead members of the Association and presented to their families was received with great enthusiasm by the membership of the Verhovay. The artist, Mr. Hugh M. Poe, entrusted with the task of making the entire series of Verhovay heroes’ portraits, has already completed a number of portraits and arrangements are in the making for portrait presentations in many branches. While up to now there were only two occasions when heroes’ portraits were presented, such occasions will follow now in increasing number. The third celebration in memory of heroic dead Verhovayans at which portraits will be presented to the bereaved families, will be held in New York, on February 24th, Saturday at 7:30 P. M., in the White Hall of St. Stephen’s Church. Seven heroic dead Verhovay members and their families from various branches in New York and vicinity will be honored at this occasion by the Supreme Officers attending this unusual affair and the guests who will appear to pay tribute to those Who made the supreme sacrifice. This is not going to be just a local affair: Verhovay members all over the country will turn with their thoughts to New York on that particular evening and remember those seven heroes who have given a supreme example of Verhovay patriotism and courage. They will remember the seven heroes of the Verhovay from New York and vicinity, and the other 112 who, up to now, have brought up to 119 the number of .Verhovayans who have given their lives for their, and our, country. Due to the fact that not one but seven portraits are going to be presented on this occasion, the New York memorial celebration will be particularly impressive. The families of the seven heroic dead are invited as honor-guests by the two Branches, 35 and 83, which through their joint committee are making elaborate preparations to make this a truly memorable event. Tickets for the banquet must be procured in advance at the price of $3.00 per person. Though the price seems to be rather high, no commercialism is attached to this solemn event, for all profits will be handed over to the American Hungarian Relief, Inc., to be used for the benefit of the needy people of Hungary. Thus, this occasion serves a threefold purpose: the participating branches and together with them the entire membership of the Verhoi’ay will pay tribute to the heroic dead Verhovayans of New York and vicinity; a lasting token of sympathy and brotherly love will be presented to the families of the heroic dead; and much needed help will be rendered to the unfortunate people of Hungary who in their dire need expect assistance from ! their American brethren. * * * * The fourth picture presentation is planned for the end of February by Branch 34 of Pittsburgh, Pa. The fifth memorial celebration and portrait presentation will be held in East Chicago, Ind., on April 15th, by the membership of Branch 130. Thus, by and by, the portraits to be, peresented by the Verhovay will find their way into every town and city where Verhovayans live and work for victory. And these portraits will serve not only to perpetuate the beloved features of these heroes for their families, but also to assure them of the lasting sympathy and gratitude of their Verhovay Association and its membership. Of course, provisions have been made to preserve the memory of our heroic dead in the Home Office of the Association too. Strict adherence to these simple rules will facilitate the handling of branch-payments for both, the Supreme Treasury and the Branchmanagers. Fraternally, JOHN SZALANCZY, Supreme Treasurer. * ❖ is DO NOT DISCARD YOUR OLD RATE BOOK. Even though new rates apply to all applications who have joined the Association by applying for certificates dated as of January 1, 1945 or later, the old ’rate-books should be retained by A photograph is made of every portrait and these reproductions will be placed in the Board of Directors’ Room in the new building of the Verhovay. There the entire series of portraits will be exhibited transforming the Board Room into a “Verhovay Hall of Fame”.-------------V------------- . WEDDING BELLS RING AT HOME OFFICE It is a pleasure to announce the marriage of Miss Anikó Ballay, daughter of the late Eugene Ballay, former secretary of the Wine-growers’ National Association of Hungary, and his wife. Mrs. Aloysius Anzolutty, and Stephen John Dobos, son of the late Mr. Stephen Dobos and his wife, the former Julia Markovitch. Mrs. Dobos was born in Hungary, attended her schools in Karansebes, Szeged and Budapest. She has been with the Verhovay since 16 years and was one of the three Home Office employees honored by the Beard of Directors in recognition of 15 or more years of meritorious service on the occasion of the celebration of Supreme President Mr. John Bencze’s 15th anniversary as a Supreme Officer. She is well known to all Verhovay branch-managers from her efficient work in the Juvenile Department. Mr. John Dobos was born in Pennsylvania and attended his schools in the States and in Hungary. He graduated from high school in Miskolc, Hungary, and attended St. Joseph’s College in Baltimore, Md., and the University of West Virginia. A highschool teacher by profession, ha works now for the government after having been honorably discharged from the Air Forces. The great family of Verhovayans joins the Home Office in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Dobos all the happiness in the world. Mrs. John Dobos retains her position with the Verhovay and is back at her desk now, after having returned from a very happy honeymoon in New York.-------------V-----------SHE AGREED A pretty young nurse was selling poppies. Chris told her that he would give her a $5 bill for a poppy provided she would promise to nurse him if he ever went to her hospital. She promptly agreed. “By the Way,” Ghris asked, “Where is your hospital?" the Branch-managers, as -they- will need them for many years to come. In. many instances the members «1 our Association prefer to pay their dues in'advance Tor 3, 6 or 12 months as such advance-payments result in a substantial saving.' Since the members, when paying their dues, do not carry their certificates, they ask the branch-manager how much they would have to pay if they want to avail themselves of- the reduction. In all such cases the branch-manager will use the OLD RATE BOOK,-if the‘member joined the-Association" prior to January 1st, 1945: The'old rate book lists the rates for the various classes. In the first ’ column’ the manager will ifnd the age of entry’, in the second the annual rate, in the third the semi-annual rate, in the fourth the quarterly rate and in the last column the monthly rate. It is entirely unnecessary for the branch-manager to write to the Home Office for information as to how much a member has to pay If he desires to make advance payments. Lately we liave been swamped with such requests. All the manager has to do is to find the monthly rate the member usually pays and in the same line he wi’l find the corresponding rates for 3, 6, and 12 months. Since the old rates will always remain in force for members who joined prior to January 1, 1945, and since there always will be many who prefer to pay in advance, the manager cannot afford to discard his old rate book because without it he will not be able to render efficient service to the members of his branch. Keep the old rate-bock together with the new and use the old rate-book when dealing with members who joined prior to January 1st, 1945, and the new rate book when dealing with members who joined after that date. THE HOME OFFICE. “I’m at the Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital;”" mieekly replied the pretty nursé, putting the five spot into the box.-. • —--------------v------------------• Judge: “Why did you ''steal $50,000?" ■ Áccúséd’ (plaintively): “I" was hungry!” TO THE CONTRIBUTORS The next issue of the Journal will be published on Wednesday, February 28. Contributions for that issue should be in not later than February 21, Wednesday. Contributions should be typewritten, on one side of the paper on'y, double-spaced, and lot exceed 1200 words, o> 3,000 letters. Address contribuions to VERHOVAY JOURVAL, ENGLISH SECTION, 345 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh 22, Pa.
