Verhovayak Lapja, 1946 (29. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1946 / Verhovay Journal
VOL. XXIX. JUNE 26, 1946 NO. 12. LIBERTY Miss Brogley, Queen of Chaney High School Miss Dolores Brogley, charming daughter of Mrs. Brogley and the late director .Frank Brogley, was crowned queen at the annual Chaney High School prom at the Elms ballroom, Youngstown, O., on Friday, May 17th. The ceremonies were held prior to the dance and the queen was crowned by William DiPriore. Misses Helen Tomaskovic, Ann Bires, Anne Roman and Jo Ross were her attendants. Like her late father, Dolores gives most of her free time to social functions and churchwork. She is organist and choir director at Our Lady of Hungary Church, an active member of the Sodality of that parish, a member of the Girl Reserves and the Senior Play cast at Chaney. The officers, members and guests of the • Verhovay F. I. Association were honored by the presence at the Anniversary Banquet of Mrs. Frank Brogley, widow of our beloved director, former manager of Branch 364, and their two daughters. The assembly paid a rising tribute to the memory of the late Frank Brogley whose early death deprived us of his presence at the dedication of (he Home Office Building. We were thankful for having Mrs. Brogley and her lovely daughters with us on that memorable evening. May God bless and sustain them! 170 years ago, on July 4th, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence. Now, on the noth anniversary of that historic event, the people of the United States, slowly emerging from the turmoil of World War II., pay tribute to those great men of the past who had developed and set forth in immortal terms the philosophy of Liberty which was adopted as the corner-stone of this nation. The turbulence of “re-conversion” has taken the place of the turmoil of the war-effort. During the latter, this was one nation, indivisible, while at the present we stand before the world as a house divided. Factions and parties oposing one another with bitter vehemence weaken the structure of our great democracy and the dark shadows of an uncertain future fall over the glorious splendor of total victory won at the cost of 248,161 American lives lost, 47,222 American youths still missing, 646,430 wounded and 116,223' woh had suffered the deprivations of War prisoners’ camps. . It would be well if on July 4th every newspaper would reprint, every radio-station broadcast and every clergyman read to his congregation that part of the Declaration of Independence which contains the basic principles of the American way of life. “We hold these truths to he self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of ' these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organization its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” Surely, the People and their various governing bodies in the fields of politics, business, management and labor, ought to do some honest to goodness thinking on the 170th birthday of this independent republic. They ought to consider the present state of affairs, the policies followed by the various factions, the tendencies and aims of the various groups,—in the light of the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence. And an honest judgment should be passed on all phases of our national affairs on the basis of these principles. The American Way will soon become a relic of the past, unless the People decide once for all not to put up any more with notions and practices that contradict the true doctrines which form the backbone of the American philosophy. In doing so, the full conception of Liberty should be kept in mind, as expounded by the late President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who realized that in addition to political independence, the conception of Liberty must include freedom from fear and want and oppression by any particular group even within a nation. Life and the free pursuit of happiness are worthless phrases if Liberty is not thought of as including Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. People lacking elementary security, oppressed by and subjected to the selfish manipulations of any individual or group, are not free to pursue happiness and their lives lack the dignity to which they have a self-evident and unalienable Right. Liberty exists only among men endowed with equal rights. Unless these truths are clearly understood and put into practice, the American nation of the future will have little in common with the spiritual heritage of 1776, which God had given the People of the United States with the intention that they be guided for ever by its principles. Verhovay’s Sixtieth Anniversary Gold Ring . Membership Contest — Official Announcement — One of the most dramatic scenes of the 60th anniversary celebrations was the presentation, at the 60th Anniversary Banquet, of a petition, signed by the winners of the Sixtieth Anniversary Membership Contest, requesting that this membership campaign be continued until the end of this year with the aim to increase the membership of the Verhovay to 60,000 ... The petition was immediately granted by the Board and a plan, similar in its basic principles to that of the recently concluded Sixtieth Anniversary Contest, was prepared and subsequently approved by the Board of Directors. The following are the conditions and prizes of the Sixtieth Anniversary Gold Ring Membership Contest. I. CONDITIONS 1. ) The Contest runs from June 1st, 1946, to December 21, 1946, midnight. 2. ) All new membership certificates issued as of June, July, August, September, October, November and December, 1946, dating, shall participate in the Contest, provided applications (and medical certifcates if required) and at least three months’ dues, are mailed to the Home Office not later than December 31st, 1946, midnight. 3. ) Contestants are credited with the face amounts of new insurance certificates excepting the Juvenile “ATerm” certificates which shall count $100, and the Juvenile “B-Term” certificates which shall count $200 each, in credits. 4. ) Contestants credited with equal amounts of new insurance shall be ranked according to the number of new members written. In other words, the contestant having secured the highest of new members shall have preference over those having secured a lesser number of members, the amounts of insurance written being equal. 5. ) All members in good Standing of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association are eligible to participate • n the Contest. Branch-managers and local organizers are ex-officio contestants, not required to register. All other members of the Association intending to participate in the contest are required to register in writing, addressed to the Home Office, furnishing their full names, addresses and the number of the branch of which they are members. Contestants other than branch-managers and local organizers must register not later than August 31st, 1946. 6. ) The name of the Contestant claiming credit for a new member must be indicated on the original application. If a new member is sponsored by more than one person, special notation must be made as to who should be credited with the application, otherwise the branch-manager or local organizer shall be credited automatically with the new business. Credits cannot be transferred, nor will belated claims for credits be honored. II. PRIZES GENERAL GRAND AWARD EVERY CONTESTANT PRODUCING AT LEAST $6,000 INSURANCE SHALL BE AWAKED THE VERHOVAY 60TH ANNIVERSARY GOLD RING. This valuable gold ring bearing the initials of the Verhovay and the number “60” in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary, will be made to order in sizes corresponding with the measurements to be furnished by the winners of the Verhovay 60th Anniversary Gold Ring Contest. Every winner will be proud to wear this ring as an emblem of fraternal achievement! ADDITIONAL CASH AWARDS While each and every participant in the Verhovay (Continued on Page 2)
