Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)

1945 / Verhovay Journal

Verhovayans in Eastern Pa. Pay Tribute to Heroic Dead

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and with the desire to help the oppressed ... to liberate them from tyranny . . The same spirit lives in the Verhovay. It is the spirit of brotherly love which is ever ready to make sacrifices if thereby help and comfort can be afforded to anyone in need.

The Board of Directors realized that no one needs help and comfort more than the' families of those heroes who are lost forever to their loved ones. Therefore, it was decided to commemorate these heroes by having their portraits made and presented to the families so that these picures may serve to comfort those who lost their loved ones in this war . . . If these portraits would be hung up in some sort of a “hall of fame’’, the families of the heroic dead would have nothing left to comfort them except the honor bestowed upon them. But by giving these portraits to the families to be kept in their homes, they will always be able to see the features of their loved ones and remember the happy years they were permitted to spend with them . . .

Of course, those presented with these portraits will still suffer from their sorrow . . . the wounds of their hearts cannot be healed by pictures no matter how beautifully executed creations of art they are . . . Änd, therefore, the portraits of Joseph Molnár . . . and Eugene Siaski ... are presented to their families . . . as an expression of the deep sympathy of the Verhovay family . . .”

As the Supreme President uttered the names of the two heroic dead Verhovayans . . . Ensign Lang and Peter Molnár lifted the flags from the portraits . . . The heart-rending cry of painful recognition, mixed with the gentle joy of seeing their loved ones’ youthful faces in life-like perfection, cut through the hearts of the assembled guests who slowly arose in silent, tearful tribute to the two heroes . . . the soft chords of the Hungarian National Anthem were played on the piano . . . and the crying melody echoed first softly and then in ever increasing volume on hundreds of trembling lips until all joined in singing the bitter and powerful fortissimo of its last line: “This nation had been punished for all the past and the future . .

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NORTHAMPTON, PA.

SEPT. 3. LABOR DAY, 1945.

The next morning came with all the glory of a late-summer day . . . The bells tolled calling the crowd to the Roman Catholic Church of “Our Lady” for the celebration of the Holy Mass in memory of the three heroic dead Verhovay members of Branch 216. The church was filled to capacity . . . Father Borchik officiated ... He preached a brief but deeply moving sermon on the topic of brotherly love that led the Verhovay in paying such unusual tribute to every one of its heroic dead members, a tribute that also is a source of comfort to the families which lost them . . .

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The Results of the Managers’ Membership Contest

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of the Managers’ Contest. It is a source of satisfaction for us that the forecast was justified by the results attained. Naturally, there were rejections and if we add these to the applications still pending, then we can safely state that OUR CONTESTANTS HAVE SURPASSED THE GOAL SET TO THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN. Of course, it must always be kept in mind that we announce the results of the Contest in terms of APPROVED APPLICATIONS and not applications submitted. The number of applications submitted is the true measure of the effort of our loyal branch-managers and local organizers, while the number of applications APPROVED shows the net results of their endeavors, as of August 31st, 1945.

Counting rejections and pending applications, the number of applications written during July and August surpasses the mark of 800. Approved membership applications numbered 742 at the time the contest was officially closed.

Of the 742 approved applications 338 were written for membership certificates in the Senior Department and 404 for the Juvenile Department. A further break-down of these figures reveals that exactly 300 of the Juvenile applications were written for Ordinary Life Insurance certificates, 4 for Class “A” and a 100 for Class “B” Juvenile Term Certificates.

The results are especially gratifying if the amounts of life-insurance, applied for by the new members, are considered, for the 638 approved applications for Ordinary membership certificates in both, the Senior and Juvenile Departments, represents a total of $481,250.00 Life Insurance. This is an average of $754 per application which shows a healthy upward trend in the amounts applied for by our new members.

NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF LIFE INSURANCE WAS ISSUED DURING THE MANAGERS’ CONTEST. An impressive achievement for which credit and appreciation is due to all contestants.

The greater part of the above amount—$295,250.00—was written in the Senior Department, while $186,000.00 went to the Juvenile Department. This, too, is commendable as it is a clear sign of the understanding of what life-insurance means. It is only natural that adults, heads of families and otherwise responsible individuals apply for higher amounts of insurance while more applications but for lesser amounts are written for Juvenile members.

Considering these facts we are happy to conclude that the Managers’ Contest was a highly successful drive which both, in the number and type of applications and the amounts applied for, brought gratifying results.

ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS!

Originally, ten prizes had been set to be awarded to the ten highest producers. There were several ties, however, and in order to do justice to all contestants who by their performance earned a reward commensurate in value to that earned by other contestants who achieved identical results, it was decided to add three prizes to the ten orignally announced. Thus, the number of winners again became the same as that of the founders of the Association, the 13 miners of Hazleton. The list of the winners follows.

THE FIRST PRIZE, a $75.00 adding machine, is awarded to Director JOHN KOROSFOY, manager of Branch 369, Alliance, O., who attained 42 points, by securing 14 new members for the Senior Department, 23 new members for the Juvenile Ordinary Department and 15 new members for the “B” Term Class of the Juvenile Department. The 37 ordinary life-insurance certificates written by him amount to $34,500.00.

THE SECOND PRIZE, a $50.00 Underwood portable typewriter goes to FRANK WUKOVITS, manager of Branch 132, South Bend, Ind., who secured 25% points. He wrote up 15 members for the Senior Department, 10 members for the Juvenile Ordinary and 1 member for the Juvenile Term Department. The 25 ordinary insurance certificate represent a total face-value of $19,750.00.

THE THIRD PRIZE, a $50.00 Underwood portable typewriter, is awarded to JOHN OROSZ, manager of Branch 152, East Pittsburgh, Pa., who attained 23 points with 4 senior, and 19 juvenile applications, all Ordinary, amounting to $15,000.00.

THE FOURTH PRIZE, a $50.00 Underwood portable typewriter, goes to JOSEPH NEMES, President and Local Organizer of Branch 26, Sharon, Pa., the newly appointed District Manager of the Fifth Organizing District, who is credited with 22 points for having secured 11 members for the Senior Department and 11 new members for the Juvenile Department, or a total of 22 new members who applied for a total of $15,500.00 insurance.

THE FIFTH PRIZE, a genuine leather wallet and a silver cigarette lighter, priced at $30.00 is awarded to

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VALENTINE ERDELYI, Manager of Branch 8, Johnstown, Pa., who secured 15% points by writing 6 Senior, 8 Ordinary Juvenile and 4 Juvenile Term applications. The amount of ordinary insurance written by him total $9,000.00.

THE SIXTH PRIZE is one of the additional awards and is identical with the fifth prize (wallet and lighter, price $30) and it goes to ERNEST KUNSTADT, manager of Branch 164, Chicago, 111., chairman of the Auditing Committee, who finished in a tie with Mr. Erdélyi, winner of the 5th prize, by attaining the same number of points, 15%. He brought 5 new members to the Senior Department, 10 for the Juvenile Department in the Ordinary Classes and 1 in the Term Class. He wrote a total of $9,250.00 Ordinary Life Insurance.

THE SEVENTH PRIZE, a $25.00 genuine leather wallet and leather cigarette case is awarded to JOHN ZAKOPCSAN, manager of Branch 87, Passaic, N. J., who attained 14 points by writing up 5 Senior and 9 Juvenile members (all Ordinary classes) for the total amount of $7,750.00.

THE EIGHTH PRIZE, a silver cigarette lighter, priced at $15.00, goes to CHARLES YOUNG, manager of Branch 383, Buffalo, N. Y., who attained 13% points by securing S Senior, 5 Juvenile, Ordinary, and 1 Juvenile Term application in the total amount of $8,500.00.

THE NINTH PRIZE, likewise a $15.00 silver cigarette lighter, (an additional prize) is awarded to FRANK LIZÁK, manager of Branch 292, Man-ville, N. J., who as a close runner-upper to Charlie Young, finished with 13 points by securing 7 Senior and 6 Juvenile members whose insurance totals $9,000.00.

THE TENTH PRIZE, a $10.00 cigarette lighter, is awarded to FOUR contestants who finished in a tie.

GEORGE JÁVOR, manager of Branch 17, Lorain, O., the tenth winner, gets this lighter for attaining 12 points by writing up 9 Senior and 3 Juvenile members. Their certificates represent $8,750.00 life insurance.

THE ELEVENTH PRIZE, same as the tenth, a $10.00 cigarette lighter, goes to MICHAEL K. MOLNÁR, manager of Branch 147, Avella, Pa., who also attained 12 points by securing 1 Senior and 11 Juvenile members for a total of $6,500.00. Mr. Molnár deserves special credit for his achievement. He just recently took over the duties of a branchmanager and htf works in a scarcely populated territory. His achievement represents one of the most outstanding performances in this contest.

THE TWELFTH PRIZE, same as above, is awarded to JAMES SERA, manager of Branch 189, Alliance, O., whose twelve points stand for 6 Senior and 6 Juvenile members whom he wrote up for a total of $7,250.00.

THE THIRTEENTH AND LAST PRIZE, same as above, goes to HELEN LOVAS, manager of Branch 524, Los Angeles, Cal., whose 12 points represent 11 Senior and 1 Juvenile members. These 12 new members signed for a total of $11,500.00 life insurance. Manager Helen Lovas is sincerely congratulated for the excellent results achieved by her in this contest. It is a special pleasure to see the State of California represented in the list of winners. Branch 524 has been just recently organized and the attainment of Miss Lovas serves encouragement to all Verhovayans in regards to the difficult work conducted in Sunkist California.

NUMBERS AND NOT AMOUNTS DECIDED CONTEST

The aim of the Association with this contest was again to increase the number of members and, therefore, it was the number of approved applications and not the amount of insurance represented by them, that decided the resultá of this contest. That’s why, in several instances, some winners were awarded lesser prizes than others even though the amount of life-insuranec written by them was higher than that of contestants who attained a higher rating.

As far as that is concerned, we were not required to publish ihe amounts of life-insurance written by the winning contestants. However, we believe that the contestants as wrell as the readers may be interested in that side of the winners’ performances, even though it had no bearing on the outcome of the contest.

WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CONTEST?

Up to now we have been looking at the “silver lining.” Now that we have to report on the number of contestants, we do so with a rather sad feeling for, even though the contest lasted for two full months, only 166 managers and local organizers have taken the trouble to secure at least 1 new member. 214 managers did not bother to participate in the contest.

We know, that some, perhaps many of them, were detained by prohibitive eircumstnceas, like illness, overwork and, to some extent gasoline rationing, too, which was lifted just about the time when the contest ended. Nevertheless, it is impossible to assume that 214 managers could not find a chance to write at least one application. Even if we make allowances for prohibitive circumstances in the case of a large percentage of our field-workers, it still remains an unavoidable conclusion that 50% OF OUR

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