Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
November 14, 1945 Verhovay Journal Page 5 The Verhovay National Bowling Tournament BOWLING CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN PITTSBURGH Plans were laid for the 60th Anniversary of the Verhovay F. I. Association by the Board of Directors at the fall-meeting:. These plans included that of a Verhovay national bowling tournament Which should prove one of the greatest attractions of the great event. Members of the second generation are especially favored by this plan and we are sure that Verhovay howling teams will make every effort to participate in the national contest to be held in Pittsburgh, June 1, 1946. The Board of Directors entrusted Albert B. Ari, vice-president, Frank Brogley and Joseph Prince M. D., directors, with the preparation of the rules and regulations of the Tournament. Due consideration was given by these three bowling experts to all the possibilities and facts pertaining to the Bowling Congress, and after agreement was reached on all details a complete plan was submitted to the Home Office which approved the proposals in their entirety. The plan follows. RULES 1. ) Each Verhovay Bowling Team shall consist of not more than seven members, and such members must participate in at least % of the number of games played during the prescribed season. 2. ) At least % of the members of each and every team must be policy-holders, i. e. beneficial members in good standing of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. 3. ) Each Team participating in a league must be sponsored by a Verhovay branch. The members must wear either the name “Verhovay,” or the regular Verhovay insignia, on their uniforms. 4. ) The Verhovay Bowling Team as well as the bowling league of which the team is a member, must be recognized and registered in accordance with the American Bowling Congress Rules and Regulations. 5. ) Verhovay Bowling Teams, in order to be eligible for participation in the Verhovay Bowling Tournament to be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 1st, 194G, must be established winners (champions) of their respective A.B.C. Bowling Leagues. 6. ) The Verhovay National Bowling Tournament will be conducted according to the rules and regulations of the American Bowling Congress. 7. ) All teams participating in the Verhovay National Tournament will journey to Pittsburgh, Pa., at their own expense, including travel, hotel and meals. VERHOVAY NATIONAL BOWLING TOURNAMENT PRIZES 1. ) The National Champion of the Tournament will receive a prize of $200.00 (Two hundred dollars). 2. ) Runner-up Champion will receive a prize of $150.00 (One hundred fifty dollars). 3. ) Third, fourth and fifth teams shall receive $50.00 each. 4. ) A Trophy will be awarded to both, the Champion and the runner-up Champion. Medallions will be awarded to all participating teams and players. 5. ) All members of all teams participating in the National Tournament will be invited to attend the Sixtieth Anniversary Banquet of the Verhovay as guests of the Association. II. RULES FOR WOMEN’S TEAMS 1. ) Each Verhovay Women’s Bowling Team shall consist of not more than seven members and such members must participate in at least % of the number of games played during the prescribed season. 2. ) At least % of the members of each and every team must be beneficial members in good standing of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. 3. ) Each team participating in a league must be sponsored by a Verhovay branch. The members must wear either the name, “Verhovay,” or the regular Verhovay insignia, on their uniforms. 4. ) The Bowling Team and the league must be registered member of the Women’s National Association and must play according to its rules and regulations. 5. ) Verhovay Women’s Bowling teams, in order to be eligible for participation in the Verhovay Bowling Tournament to be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 1st, 1946, must be established champions of their respective leagues. 6. ) The Verhovay Women’s National Bowling Tournament will be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Women’s National Association. 7. ) All teams participating in the Verhovay National Tournament will journey to Pittsburgh, Pa., at their own expenses, including travel, hotel and meals. PRIZES OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT 1. ) National champion of the Tournament will receive a prize of $100.00 (One hundred dollars). 2. ) Runner-up Champion will receive a prize of $50.00 (Fifty dollars). 3. ) Third, Fourth and Fifth teams will receive $25.00 each. 4. ) Champion and Runner-up Champion will receive Trophy. AH participating teams and players will be awarded medallions. 5. ) Members of all teams will be invited to attend the Sixtieth Anniversary Banquet as the guests of the Association. I I IT’S TIME TO GET ORGANIZED! The bowling season is on and, therefore, it is imperative for all branches and bowling teams to get together in making arrangements for the Verhovay National Bowling Tournament. Quite a number of bowling teams were organized during the last few months and we have every reason to hope that teams, inactivated by war-time conditions, will resume their activities. These rules are published in time so that all the young folks have a chance to organize their teams and work through the entire season. Remember, please, that every member of every team, participating ranches in Mourning INDIANA HARBOR, IND. Branch 229 mourns the loss of a great leader, a true fraternalist and a spirited Verhovay officer in manager STEPHEN DULL, “Verhovay acknowledged” fellowmember whose sudden death was a great shock to all who loved and admired him. He was elected manager of Branch 229 on January 1, 1944. Before that he served the branch as treasurer for 2G years. His death was a true symbol of his active life. On the 9th of October he returned from work, shared dinner with his family and then retired to the books of the branch, attending to various matters. He worked until ten o’clock in the evening... An hour later he was gone .., Up to his last hour he worked for his fellow-members and attended to the affairs of the Branch which he served loyally and with enthusiasm in various capacities for more than 30 years. His last thoughts were with the Association which, to him, represented the realization of human brotherhood and all the ideals it stands for. He was born in Torna-Ujfalu, Hungary, on September 22, 1886. Two weeks after his 59th birthday he was called to his Eternal home... The Home Office was not immediately notified of his death. The sad news was received after the funeral and that circumstance added to our sorrow. Whenever one of our “Acknowledged” fellow-members passes away, the Board of Directors is represented by one of its members and a wreath is sent by the Association. Stephen Dull was one of our best known “Acknowledged” members and, yet, the Association was not officially represented at the interment as notice of his death was received by the Home Office at a later date. Thus, it is with a sense of frustration that we express our deep sympathy to Mrs. Dull, nee Barbara Heger, and the bereaved family as well as the membership of Branch 229. COATESVILLE, PA. One of the members of the Verhovay old-guard, LOUIS ADORJAN, manager of Branch 291, Coatesville, Pa., passed away on October 16th, 1945. His death, too, came unexpectedly, only a few days after we received his last letter dealing with official matters. He was born in Fehérgyarmat, Hungary, in 1875. He came to the United States in 1900 and joined the Verhovay in Coatesville, on April 2, 1916. Since that time he always was an enthusiastic member of his branch, forever promoting the interests of its members and earning himself the respect of his fellow-members in Coatesville as well as in the other branches of the Verhovay. With a deep sense of loss we express our sympathy to Mrs. Louis Adorján, nee Rosa Kucs and their eight children. POTTSVILLE, PA. NICHOLAS BAROSS DeBELLUS, manager of Branch 168, Pottsville, Pa., wrote a letter a few days ago requesting that all mail be sent to his son’s address as he was staying there for some time due to ill health. The fact is, that he álready lived with his son and kept an office in Northampton only for the purpose of attending to the business of the branch for 3—4 days during the week. A few days later a telegram was received from his son advising the Home Office of the sudden death of his beloved father. He was born in Szentistvan, Hungary, on December 6, 1875. He lost his wife, Theresa Matusz, years ago and had three children, two of whom reside in Hungary. His son Frank was, therefore, his greatest comfort here in America. He and his wife, made a happy home for him in which he spent the last years of his unusually active life. He was still working at the age of 70 and would have been pensioned as of November 1st but he passed away before he could enjoy his well earned rest. No one, thought that he was nearing the end of the road. On October 31st, when his son went to work, he joined him at breakfast and remarked that he felt much better. Frank Baross was in the tournament, must have played on at least % of the number of games scheduled for the season. That makes immediate action necessary. _ !* ' Note also that at least % of the members of each and every team must be beneficial members in good standing of the Association. You may know some excellent bowlers who are not yet members of the Verhovay. It’s a good idea for interested fellowmembers to approach them inviting them into our fellowship. Naturally, new members are eligible as well as the older members so don’t hesitate but look around for some sport loving boys and girls who will gladly join the Verhovay if they are told about the interest our Association takes in the sportsmen and sportswomen of the Verhovay. BRANCHES SHOULD LEND A HELPING HAND! Every branch will be proud of being represented in the National Tournament. Take this matter up at your next meeting! See if you can’t organize a bowling team in your branch! Everybody likes to play and our young people will be happy to form a team if they see that the branch is right behind them. There is the financial angle to be considered, too. The teams are to travel at their own expense. Branches can be of great help in overcoming this difficulty and they are supposed to back their teams. Remember provision 3: “’Each team participating in a league must be sponsored by a Verhovay branch!” Sponsoring means more than just mere approval. It means financial support which can be rendered by arranging a banquet, a dance or some kind of entertainment, the proceeds of which could be used for defraying the expenses to be incurred by sending the team to Pittsburgh. It is only fair to expect the membership of the branches to do so, for the members of the teams will spend a great deal throughout the season. The Journal is at your disposal for announcements. Publicity helps! Let’s have your scores! Let’s make this a real Verhovay National Tournament! And may the best teams win! happy to see his aged father improving and left for his office where an hour later the telephone call of Jlrs. Baross reached him. She reported that his father suddenly felt very ill. Anxiously his son returned and called the physician who urged the old man to go to the hospital. And because his son promised to be with him, he went, but he refused to be helped and walked out to the car. They drove to the hospital and registered. Then the father asked his son to get in touch with Mr. Stephen Szőke, manager of Branch 216, asking him to attend to the urgent matters of his branch for a while. Me remembered having some unfinished business on his desk and he asked his son to attend to that, too. He was still thinking ©f his branch and the service he wanted to render to his fellow-members. Then he sighed deeply ... closed his eyes ... and was gone ... exactly 22 minutes after entering the hospital... His death brought deep grief to his son for there was a deep comradeship between the two. But it was also a great shock to his grandson who was furloughed by the Navy for the funeral. Mr. Baross hac) great love for his grandson... he always had some of his letters with him and enjoyed reading them over and over again. Then, too, his sudden death, means great loss to the Hnngarians in Pottsville who always looked up to him as to their leader who never failed them. And Branch 168 will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to replace this man who served the membership for more than a quarter of a century... He was a highly respected, immensely popular representative of American Hungarians and Verhovay fraternalism. The expressions of our deepest sympathy go to his son, Frank Baross deBellus, and his bereaved family, and to the members of Branch 168, Pottsville, Pa. * The sudden passing away of these three branch-managers is reported with the sad feeling of a great loss. All three of them were enthusiastic fraternalists, real leaders, true servants of the public ... All three of them died “in the performance of their duty” and that adds an endearing quality to their achievements. These three men have given more than 80 years of service to our Association and while they passed on, the results of their efforts remain with us as lasting monuments to the greatness of their souls and the sincerity of their devotion. It’s men like these %vho had made the Verhovay a great Association and it will be those, who follow their example, who will make it even greater. Thus, the Verhovay becomes the ever growing monument of tree fraternalists whose names are preserved and whose memory is perpetuated by the brotherly service rendered to mankind by this Association ... Stephen Dull .., Louis Adorján ,.. Nicholas Baross BeBcllus... they are gone and their kindly spirits returned to their Creator but the fruits of their labors remain with us and continue to grow for the benefit of suffering humanity ... and, thereby, they, too, remain with us... And as long as there will be a Verhovay ... the Dulls... the j Adorjans ... the Baross’s.,. shall ■ always live.
