Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
October 31, 1945 Fsge 3 Verhovay Journal BRANCH 129, COLUMBUS, OHIO ATTAINS * DISTRICT STATUS New members initiated at celebration held on October 14th, Sunday Those who believe that fraternalism is a thing of the past, had proof to the contrary served to them at unusual celebration held in Columbus, Ohio, on October 14th, 1945, in the auditorium of the Hungarian Reformed Church. Branch 129 held a banquet on the occasion of attaining District Status. According to the By-laws a branch forms a District if it has at least 300 adult members. For many years Branch 129, Columbus, O., hoped to secure the number of new members necessary to become a District in its own right but it took the ambitious leadership of branchmanager Mrs. Stephen Paul to attain this long desired goal and, thereby, to make this branch one of the governing bodies of the Verhovay F.I.A. Her late husband Was an excellent manager and a successful organizer and Mrs. Paul, who was elected manager after his death, followed his example. She succeeded in securing the cooperation of several members and to arouse the interest of the branch in the advantages of forming an independent District. She -worked hard and she was successful, and the membership of her Branch, attending the banquet in unusually great number, demonstrated its appreciation of her untiring efforts and contagious enthusiasm. The Hall was filled to capacity foy Verhovay members and friends of the Verhovay when branchpresident Frank Orosz extended the greetings of the branch to the .guests and visitors. The Rev. Eugene Vecsey, Presbyterian pastor, offered grace and then an excellent pork-dinner was served. Following the dinner President Orosz delivered , the opening address, expressing his great joy over the substantial increase of the membership of the Branch which resulted in its attaining District status. Upon his request vice-president Louis Peterfy took over as master of ceremonies. His kindly humor and fine remarks made a substantial contribution to the success of the event. The National Anthem was sung by the audience, followed by an address by Director John P. Kelemen, editor of the Dayton Hungarian weekly. He congratulated the branch and then spoke of the American Hungarian relief-movement urging the good people of Columbus to support this noble cause to the very limits of their abilities. The children of the j branch sang a Verhovay team - song, an unusual feature, which was received with warm applause. Director John Korosfoy, manager of Branch 369, Alliance, Ohio, and representative of the Hungarian daily “Szabadság”, spoke of the sufferings of the Hungarian people and asked the new District and all its friends to aid them in their terrible distress. Director Andrew Dobos, Columbus, O., formerly of Pocahontas, Va., offered his congratulations. He praised the membership of the branch for having him made feel at home in Columbus where Verhovay fellowship compensated him for much that he lost when bidding farewell to the field of his former activities. A warm welcome was extended to Ernest Kunstadt, chairman of the Auditing Committee, from Chicago, whose presence was a pleasant surprise to the Verhovayans of Columbus. He expressed his admiration for the achievement of the Branch. Michael Simo, manager of the 6th organizing district was also VERHOVAY SPORTSMEN OF BRANCH 164 (Continued from Page 2) when I married my Tony but, gee whiz, you’d think the Army would realize that I need him more than they do. BREAD AND WATER BANQUET Verhovay Branches 164 and 503 are charter organizations of Chapter 43 of The American Hungarian Relief, Inc. Therefore the following is of interest to all Verhovay members as well as all Americans of Hungarian origin and descent. On Sunday, Oct. 21st, I had the opportunity U serve at the Bread and Mater Banquet sponsored by The American-rlungarian Relief, Inc. Chapter 43 at the Dr. Herzl Hall. A great representation of the j Chicago Hungarians were present to partake of Bread and Water and witness an entertaining | program. The program opened with Miss Yolanda Horkay singing the American and Hungarian National Anthemns. Later in the program, Miss Horkay entertained with Hungarian songs while other singers where John Matanyi and Theresa Ferrio, Italian -Concert Singer. Piano accompaniment were by Laslo Nagy and Louis Horwath. From the famed Blue Danube Cafe came Bela Babai and his violin. Miss Elizabeth Csincsak rendered the traditional Hungarian Dance and Anthony Skolny, tárogató művész, was also heard and enjoyed. Our Guest of Honor was Mr. Alexander Sved, member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, formerly of the Hungarian Opera House in Budapest. Among the principal speakers were Arpad Barothy M. D., The Reverend Barabas Dienes D.D., Rabbi Elijah Berger, Zoltán Galambos. M.D. George Striker and our ; wn Joseph Iroeky. Zsigmond Faragó did‘a good job as Master cf Ceremonies. Most important of all is that §1250 was donated in cash and with the admission tickets, about $2000 should be realized for the American-Hungarian Relief Fund. These are the approximate figures for which I risked racing ‘ the Journal deadline. Mr. Editor, if my article is late, will you | please forgive Just me, MARGARET STANGRET, Publicity Agent. 1427 So. Sawyer Ave. Chicago, 23, 111. warmly welcomed. He urged the fellow-members in Columbus to support Joseph Nemes, the recently appointed manager of the 5th organizing District. The Hungarian Amateur Ladies’ Choir gave a beautiful rendition of “My Rosary” and a Hungarian folk-song and then Mr. Andrew Fuleki, President of the Grand Committee, Columbus, O., extended his greetings to the celebrating branch in behalf of the churches and societies of Columbus. . Louis Molnár earned warm applause with his Hungarian songs accompanied by Miss Ilona Uocsos. Supreme President John Bencze was the main-speaker of the event. He expressed his congratulations to the Branch and praised the leadership of Mrs. Paul whose warm personality and initiative have helped her to secure the support and the cooperation of the membership. It is due to this magnificent teamwork that she managed to steadily increase the membership of the branch until it passed the 300 mark. She was among the winners of the last contest and she will certainly be among the winners in the great anniversary drive. With warm greetings be initiated the new members of this Branch into the Verhovay family. Then he spoke of the Hungarian Relief Movement. He urged the audience not to pay heed to those who obstruct this campaign. There are many who oppose the movement because of political reasons but the American Hungarians should remember only the unfortunate people who had no hand in the development of Hungary’s tragic fate. He listed the arguments of the obstructionists and refuted them by pointing out that the cablegrams received from Hungary unanimously state that the medicaments sent from America are used for the benefit of the Hungarian people. He quoted the message of the Prince Primate of Hungary who urged all American Hungarians to contribute to this cause for the need is undescribable. The message of the head of the Hungarian Catholic Church should be sufficient proof for all American Hungarians that their contributions save innocent lives from death. Mr. Bencze emphasized that we, as fraternalists, are obliged to support the r e lie f-movement wholeheartedly for therein does a fraternal association differ from a commercial insurance organization that it renders service to humanity in addition to insuring the life and health of its members. He listed the benefits offered by the Verhovay over and beyond life-insurance, protection: the Verhovay assists the younger generation in its quest for higher education, it fosters fraternalism among the youth by sport-grants and similar benefits, it supports its aged and disabled members and it ever seeks to find new ways to render service to the membership of the Association. The magnificent task of saving the lives of tens of thousand Hungarians, is in keeping with the highest traditions of fraternalism. The impressive address was followed by a rendition of Hungarian folksongs by the Ladies’ Choir and then the Master of Ceremonies Introduced the representatives of the various local organizations: Charles Toth, secretary of branch 169 of the Hungarian Reformed Federation, Martin Locsos, president of the local Reformed Society, Coloman Berke, president of the I.W.O., 1039, John Weber, chairman of the Hungarian League, John Lukacs, lay-president of the Hungarian Reformed Church, John Csider, president of the Amateurs’ Club, Stephen Pirik, trustee of the Hungarian Catholic Church, Joseph Szanto, president of Branch 130 of the Rakoczy Aid Association, and Rev. Eugene Vecsey, Reformed pastor. Then he introduced District Manager Joseph Nemes who was warmly received upon his first public appearance in Columbus j in his new capacity. His greetings j were followed by Mrs. Stephen | Paul, manager of Branch 129, j who expressed her sincere appreciation for the greetings extended to her and to the Branch and also for the cooperation of those fellow-members whose help was instrumental in attaining District status for the branch. Finally she thanked the guests and visitors who came from far and near to share the joy of their fellow-members in Colum bus. Director John P. Kelemen then moved that an expression be given to the willingness of au- j dience to support the Relief - movement. The guests gladly complied with the request and contributed $63,56, for this cause. The president of the branch closed the program expressing his sincere thanks to all who attended and who, in some manner, contributed to the success of the banquet. Special recognition is due to the ladies who prepared the excellent dinner and the splendid girls who served at the tables. Thanks are due to Miss Rose Paul who accompanied the choir on the piano. The banquet was followed by a dance which lasted until the late hours. Everyone praised the hospitality of the management of Branch 129. It was a fine occasion which strengthened our faith in the future of Verhovay fraternalism. Progress is possible if there is a will, cooperation and ambition. There are many branch- i es which could, and should, follow the fine examine set by j our branch in Columbus and its ! hard working manager, Mr?. Stephen Paul, we are sure, will not stop now that her branch has attained District status but will keep on working until it grows to a bigger district which will send not one, but two delegates to the next Convention of the Verhovay F.I. Association. BUY yictdry bonds SQT. HODITS MARRIES Sgt. Joseph Hodits (625 N. Oakley Avenue) entered the bonds of matrimony with pretty Mary Horvath on August 26, 1945. The wedding ceremony was performed at the Sacred Heart Church, Oakley and Huron Streets. After church the guests gathered at the home of Mary’s aunt, Mrs. Mary Subsits, on Melvina Avenue. The residence wasn’t large enough to hold the many relatives and friends who wished the newly-weds the best of luck. Branch 503 also extends its well wishes to the happy couple. MAY THEIR LIFE BE BLESSED WITH BOUNTIFUL HAPPINESS! Sgt. Hodits recently rej turned from Austria, where he served with the army—only 209 ! miles away from his mother’s birthplace in Hungary. But the village of Csajta is occur ied by the Russians and Joe couldn't do any visiting. Mary Horvath also teas born in Csajta, incidentally, but was j brought here as a young girl amt j had her education in Chicso. Joe ' at present is in California await-I ing further assignments. ■v— HOW MUCH I N’S n \ '•TE WOUI-H THP HAVE BOUGHT? A policy holder in a Minnesota city died leaving a derr-ndgnt family—wife and three children, with $10.00Q of life insuran-e and a savings account in a commercial institution—name withheld— j having a cash value of $? 000 on : which the policy .Jiolder had been »depositing $50 a month. M’hen the insurance underwriter came to delivpr the $10 000 I insurance che-k. thg widow t brought out the passbook on the I savings account showing the $59 : monthly deposits and asked this j question: “How mudi life in=urance w-iiid th:° §50 a month have i purchased?” “A little over $26,000.” he answered. Think what this c”6.0no -would have meant to this widow and Vr children! What man with family responsibilities can lu t,ry outhrg his money into any investment proposition, no mattér how fit-active unless his family is adequately protected through life j insurance. I He will not be the one who 1 pays if he loses—THE FAMILY j WILL.—(The Samaritan).
