Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
April 25, 1945 THE HOMESTEAD MERRY-GO-ROUND By BRANCH 430 Corp- william PITTSBURGH NEWS FRONT: C, Kohut 1 u- : _ < ■' ’ ' ■ • • ■ ' :.V ■' ■ i • ■> -/ ■ 'v • . £ .-■.0;:’) Our good friends, the Directors of Our Association, were in Pittsburgh last month and staged a rather .succcessful powwow. The twelve wise men deliberated carefully and lengthily on all of the matters pending settle-, ment. Several of their decisions, I am sure, will find quick favor with the bulk of the Verhovay membership. The invasion of California by the Verhovay is one item that commends considerable attention. And the selection of a successful producer, Alexander Gyulay, also warrants commendation. Organizer Gyulay will not be venturing into a strange land when he undertakes this invasion as a disciple of the Verhovay. California is already sprinkled quite generously with small Hungarian settlements. Facts con cerning this condition were brought to everyone’s attentiop by my good friend, Albert Steinmetz, a year ago Or more. Organizers and local field men Will weclome the announcement of a recent ruling covering the writing of one thousand dollar policies on children not having attained their sixth birthday. The issuance of non-medical insurance in this amount will make towards a higher number of policies written as well as a greater convenience to the parents as well as ' the organizer. It would not surprise me one iota to learn of organizers who in past performances actually helped carry the infant prospects wrapped in blankets and all of the rest of the pharaphernailia to the medico for that bothersome physical. Fraternal Brothers Stephen Sveighart and Thomas Kuti, Br. 26, Sharon, Pa., having served more than fifty years as branch officers, are to be congratulated upon their truly outstanding performance. They, my friends, are truly the Verhovay. Mechanically inclined, serious thinking, shy T/5 Frank Sherman shipped overseas in January of this year—radio operator with Patch’s 7th Army. His very sincere wife, Madeline, is back in Pgh. . . Smiling, honest Cpl. Joseph Repassí, wearer of the Purple Heart, enjoying a thirtyday furlough with his wife and youngster . . . Joe was injured while fighting in France . . . Marine Bill Kohut, Bellwood, is a lucky man. He took part in the fighting on bloody Iwo Jima and is okay when last heard from . . . his brother Johnny is taking part in the fighting in Germany . . . Pfc. Steve Tusai, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tusai, Beaver, Pa. stopped in Pittsburgh enroute to Morris Field, North Carolina . . . was being accompanied by his wife, a belle from Charlotte, N. Carolina . . . Sgt. Paul J. Fedor, 21st Avenue, and his unit received a citation for “meritorius service in preparing occupied territory for the D-Day landing of Allied troops.” Along with his duties as an aircraft armorer, member Paul took on extra duties of an aircraft gunner, He is now attached to a P-51 Mustang group of the 9th Air Force . . . Uncle Bill Kulhanek, former West Homestead policeman, recently traveled to Paris to spent a 48-hour pass with his nephew. Pfc. Edward Matyas. This was their second meeting during their service overseas. IT is. now Sgt. John A. Katrincsak, radioman and gunner THIS IS FRIENDSHIP I love you not only for what you are, hut for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you are making of yourself, hut for what you are making of me. 1 love you for that part of me that you bring out. I love you for putting your hand into my 'heapedup heart, and passing over all the foolish, and frivolous, and weak things that you cannot help dimly seeing there, for drawing out into the light all the beautiful and radiant qualities that no one else has looked quite deep enough to find. 1 love you for ignoring the possibility of the fool in me, and laying hold of the possibility of good. 1 love you for closing your ears to the discords in me, and for adding to the harmony in me by reverend listening. I love you because you are helping me to make the structure of my life not a tavern but a temple; and the words of my every day not a reproach but a song. I love you because you have done more than any creed could have done to make me good, and more than any fate could have done to make me happy. You have done all this without a touch, without a word, without a sign. You have done it just by being yourself. Perhaps this is what being a friend means after all. (Author unknown) aboard one of Uncle Sam’s huge bombers in operational flights out of New Guinea. . . Congatulations on the promotion. Bespectacled, scholarly Sgt. Stephn Black, 8th Avenue, has recently been transferred from Camp Barkeley, Texas to Camp Lordsburg, New Mexico . . . just when he was acquiring a natural Texan drawl . . . Sgt. Nick Bolchazy, W. Homestead, now home on three week furlough, after two years overseas ... Sgt. Frank Pastor, earlier reported missing in action, now confirmed Prisoner of War in Germany, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Pastor, 14th Ave. Munhall, was engaged in bitter fighting around Luxemburg when captured, his brother, Pvt. Louis J. Pastor, member of 254th General Hospital, writes “I was in England for a short period and there lived in a castle, and am now somewhere in France living out in tents.” A V-Mail from Captain Steve Nemeth from Hawaii — in good health and high spirits in that tropical garden of Eden — good luck, Steve . . . Cpl. John A. Gyure comes thru with an airmail from way deep in Alaska.... may be home on furlough in June . . . Pfc. John Tobias of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, now in Belgium, member anti-aircraft battery — always moving towards Berlin — not too long ago Sgt. Steve Sipos of Martha St. met Steve Szabó, of McClure St. at a movie in France — what a re-union for both of them . . . understand Steve Szabó is with a QM. outfit near Laon, France.... T/Sgt. Elmer Mathia of Liddesdale St., Detroit, Mich., overseas in Luxembourg and Germany.... hear he’s kept quite busy in his travels in and around Luxembourg and the Rhineland . . . Informed several weeks ago that member Sgt. Joseph Orosz, Whitaker, killed in action on Western front — confirmation lacking at this writing — went overseas in January — great loss — his brother, Pfc. Julius Orosz, stationed in Aleutian Islands past year and a half — several months ago while on pass in Paris, Pvt. Andy Hasak, 21st Ave., stopped in Parisian night club and discovered Czigany Orchestra . . . spent rest of evening listening to best Hungarian pieces — members of orchestra overpleased to meet and talk with him! . . . An old friend of mine and Verhovay, too, T/Sgt. Arp. Chontos, was honorably discharged from the Army Air Force recently and . has returned to an altogether new adventure, civilian life. He is now re-establishing contact with his old friends throughout the Homestead District. As for employment, Arp is vitally interested in seeing an early victory and therefore has secured for himself a defense job at Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh. Previous to his discharge from the Armed Forces, Arp served for thirty-two months in the China- Burma-India ’ theater. His brothers, Steve, Kasmer and Charles are in the U. S. Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and Mechanized Cavalry respectively. Arp visited me recently and was looking fit and feeling in good spirits. Verhovay readers will remember him as an occasional contributor to the Journal in the past. Verhovay Journal Page 3 Tribute to a Great Fraternalist “Roosevelt is Dead!” These are the headlines which shocked and deeply moved not only a nation, but people from every walk of life. The passing of our dynamic President represents not only the death of a powerful politician and great world statesman, but a loss to the world of a TRUE REPRESENTATIVE of FRATERNALISM; a great humanitarian, a man who was known as a “champion of the oppressed.” Yes, there will be other men to carry on the work for lasting Peace as planned by Roosevelt, but can another be found who will strive so valiantly against great odds to better the lives of the “'little man”, the average person whose desires are for peace and sufficient livelihood to enjoy the fruits of his labors with his family? He was not looking for any reward beyond the satisfaction of seeing the birthright of free people fulfilled to its utmost. When tlie news was given over the radio that our President was dead, for an unmeasured instant there everything seemed to stop as though the world had automatically stopped breathing. The pain of realization finally made itself felt, and a numbed populace moved about its varied duties as though in a dream. The man who had just died was as close to the vast majority as though he were a friendly neighbor, lending a helping hand to ihe needy, planning with radical news ideas for the bettering and progressiveness of life. Every tiny tot in kindergarden and the grades, the high-school teen-agers, the office and defense workers, housewives, big business men and financiers, ail were affected by the death of this great man. Even Japan, an enemy country, paid the highest tribute which can be expected on the successful completion of a job well done. “His loss to the United Nations was of an experienced compromiser and appeaser. In this large scale war, we do not just emptily comment on the position a single person he’d. After the death of Roosevelt, the American public has begun to realize the political position he held within the United States and throughout the world. And after his death, they understand Roosevelt’s role, which was the GREATEST IN HISTORY.” These remarks, coming from Japanese sources shows clearly that a True Fraternalist, like Roosevelt, deserves applause even from his enemies. That one man could so affect the thought processes of so many millions throughout the world is a cause of wonder. What was the secret of his dominating personality? Why was it that even his enemies had to admit that his dynamic leadership was primarily founded on championing the vast majority of the oppressed? Here was a man who had to overcome the great physical handicap of the crippling paralysis. Here a man over-rode the tradition of the “third term.” Here was the first President who exercised the powers of the highest office of the land to its fullest possibilities in the battle for the “common man.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt has shown (he American public that the unnumbered millions have sufficient power WHEN PULLING TOGETHER to accomplish hitherto unexplored prospects. Over nineteen hundred years ago, there was ANOTHER true fraternalist who fought so valiantly, striving through His teachings to better the relationships of men. He too, believed in the “brotherhood of man”, where there were no borders, and no differences of opinion which would lead to continual war. He too, yearned to better life for the '“common man.” With the passing of pur President, time will prove that the hopes of this great “experienced compromiser and appeaser” were for no mere idle political ambitions. Rather they were the true desires of a man, who, having reached the pinnacle of success, was striving to see the birthright cf free peoples a REALITY. His continual repetition of the four freedoms, “freedom of worship, of the press, of speech, and freedom from want” takes on new meaning; a meaning which we must UNITE to realize. As Nixon said, “He is sleeping peacefully. And these people of his, missing him deeply, are hoping the peace and decency in the world that he sought for, will come into being.” MAY GOD REST HIS SOUL! (By Jolán Lucas) A welcome letter arrived several weeks ago from a very good friend of mine, and also of many Verhovay members, Pfc. John Sabo, U. S. Marine Corps, and Verhovay Supreme Auditor. Our good friend John left the States aboard an Army Transport but because of conditions beyond his control transferred to a four-motored seaplane and from that to a four-motored land-based plane in which he eventually I reached his destination. During j his flight across the Pacific/ he stopped off at several historic | islands, probably Tarawa, Eniwetok as well as the Hawaiian Group, before reaching his destination, the Marianas. But here, read a paragraph from John’s interesting letter, “History has and is being made out here. From 6 A.M. till 10 P. M. we have considerable to do to keep busy. In the daytime We work for the Paymaster, in this case, the Special Disbursing Agent. At night we very frequently have guard duty. And the real thing, too! Those Japs certainly can be damn troublesome. The fields of sugar cane and caves offer many good hidingout spots to these little yellow sens of the Heaven. (That’s what they think!) These Japs are very sneaky, you have to watch them at ail times. We have many of them doing odd jobs for us. For one thing, our small laundry is worked by Japanese women. What must be in their minds certainly would make interesting reading were you to find it in print.” After reading the above paragraph from Marine Sabo’s letter, we should have little difdiculty in appraising his present situation ... it should make us even more willing to buy War Bonds and to help the War effort, for Supreme Auditor Sabo is cooperating with the War Effort — and more. He has taken up arms against the common enemy in the interest of those back home. (Continued on Page 5)
