Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1947 / Verhovay Journal
y JANUARY 8, 1947 Christmas In Darby... By Frank J. Cher, F.I.C., District Manager. This Christmas story goes hack to Thanksgiving day when Supreme President Mr. Bencze and l visited the “Little Floioer Institute” in Darby, Pa., where four aged members of the Verhovay are cared for by our Association. That visit made a deep impression on me, so much so that I could not resist the urge to relate it at every branch-meeting I attended since. And* I was deeply gratified by the generous response of the fellow-members to my story, for whereever they heard about our four brothers, they decided to remember them with gifts for Christmas. Branch 13, Trenton, N. J., led with a donation of $8.-, 35, New York, N. Y., followed with $8.-, 52, New Brunswick contributed $10.-, 68, Bridgeport, Conn., $5.-, 70, Newark, N. J. $5.-, 76, Philadelphia, Pa., $10.-, 83, New York, N. Y., $8,- and 417, Trenton, N. J., $5.-. Adding a dollar of my own, the total amount of the donations was rounded up to $60.-, so that each of our oldfellow-members could be presented with $15.- each. In addition, Joseph Soos, President of Branch 70, and his sister, donated 12 cigars for each of the four Verhovay inmates of the Old People's Home in Darby. 1 left New York with my wife on December 20th, Sunday, to present these four men with the gifts in behalf of the above branches. Arriving at the little cottage where the old people reside, we heard Christmas carols from another building. Only a sick old lady was at the cottage and she told us that the men all went to the main building where the orphaned children presented their Christmas program. We got there just before the conclusion of the show which was attended by more than hundred visitors and old people. There we ‘met the delegation of Branch 76, Philadelphia, Pa., Stephen Szemes, President, Frank Foczko, vice-president and Julia Mudris, recently elected officers of that Branch, who already had distributed their gifts and were getting ready to leave. When the program was over, we were led to the room of fellow-member George Lobbancz. Seriously ill, he is unable to walk and has been bed-ridden ever since our visit on Thanksgiving day. Fello w-member Alexander Grega, another inmate of the Home, was visiting with him and so I conveyed to both the good ivishes of the branches remembering them and gave each of the man envelope containing $15-, while my wife presented them with the cigars. Eight other inmates of the Home were present, too, and standing around the bed of brother Labbancz, they curiously witnessed ohr little ceremony. Among them I noted Frank Balogh, an old acquaintance of the Shpreme President, who approached me trying to say something. He has had a stroke and cannot talk, but with strenuous efforts he succeeded in making me understand that he wished to send his regards to Mr. Bencze ... — Old man Labbancz just lay there and cried ... He was overcome by the kindness of the fellow-members remembering him and his fellowinmates with these gifts . . . With tears streaming down his face he asked me to convey his thanks to the donors and his wishes for a happy Christmas ... We talked with him for a little while and assured him that Verhovayans will always remember him . . . Brother Alexagider Grega, himself deeply moved, made a nice little speech. He sends his kindest regards and sincere thanks to the member» of the eight branches who had given him such a beautiful Christmas surprise. He guided us to fellowmember Joseph Ambrus who entered the Home as a member of Branch 70. — On the way, fellow-member Grega tried to make excuses for brother Labbancz and said: “Poor fellow, he ns very sick and that is why he cries so easily . . .” Joseph Ambrus lives on the second floor of one of the smaller buildings. The rooms open into a hall and as we did not remember which was his * room, we stopped in the hall and in unison called his name. Instantly a warm voice replied: “Coming!” Suddenly a door opened and an old man entered the hall. I remembered having met him at our last visit and greeted him. He looked at us, mumbled something and turned back to his room closing the door behind him. Taken• aback, I looked at Grega who explained: “That isn’t Ambrus. He is an old fellow who expects his son from New York on every holiday, but the son never comes . . .” Soon fellow-member Ambrus appeared. He is the stronggest and healthiest of the four Verhovayans in the Home. Wearing a knitted cap, rakishly tilted over one eye, he approached us smilingly and bade us a cordial welcome. He has an unusually soft, mellow voice and probably that is why he is nicknamed “Radio-Joe” by the other inmates. He was very grateful for the gifts and asked us to convey his thanks to the fellow-members. He sent special thanks for the cigars to Joseph Soos whom he has known for many years. Parting with him, we proceeded to call on Joseph Madai whom we found feeding the pigs that being his job at the Home. He was greatly surprised and when the gifts were handed over to him, he, too, started to cry ... While he tearfully thanked us, brother Grega kept shaking his head and it seems to me he mumbled: “Man is weak . . . man is weak . . .” My wife was very much in- ! Verhovay Journal PAGE 7 BOWLING SCORES December 1, 1946 The return engagement is over and I am pleased to add the following to my above report. The Verhovay team of Lorain, Ohio, visited us on November 30th, quite determined to pay our boys back, but the Youngstown teary again defeated the Lorain team though by a much smaller margin than in Lorain. The ladies’ teams of the two branches also rolled a matchgame on this occasion and even terested in the Institute and brother Grega proved a willing and efficient guide. He showed us the gardens and the buildings and the little cottage of the old men where ten inmates are housed in clean, friendly rooms. There were flower-pots in every window and we learned that they are cared for throughout the winter by fellowmember Grega. He loves to talk about gardening and my wife, herself very much interested in flowers, had the time of her life talking with him. She really took to this fine old man who, carefully dressed and an excellent talker, wanted to give her samples of all his flowers. Hoioever, Mrs. Cher did not have the heart to accept any . . . they would have ivilted too soon in our rather dark apartment in New York . . . Of course, we had to visit uncle Grega’s room, too . . . It’s a simple, but home-like, and clean as a whistle. Holy pictures and a few family photographs decorate the walls and three Christmascards are placed on top of the linen-chest. In _ their midst we noted a curiously shaped bottle with a variety of strange green leaves . . . Brother Grega explained that roots will sprout from the leaves in the water and, in spring, they will be planted in the garden. My wife asked him for a little branch and uncle Grega teas happy to wrap one for her . . . Evening came and we had to take our leave. But my wife promised to visit our old folks again coming Easter. Then she turned to old man Grega and kissed hvhi . . We shook hands and started down the steps... As we descanded, we heard suppressed sobbing behind us .. . We turned back and there stood uncle Grega- and just motioned us to go on ... It looked as if he wanted to say something, but then didn’t . . . And we wanted to say something, but couldn’t . . . We drove homewards. Neither of us spoke for a long time. The beautiful park of the Little Floioer Institute was left behind and we drove through Philadelphia Then we came upon the highway and as the bright lights of the city disappeared behind us, my wife spoke up: " “And 1 thought that WE were taking Christmas presents to THEM!” though the ladies’ scores cannot compare with those of our boys, the local team won the engagement. Following the game we treated our guests to a dinner at the West Side Hungarian Civic Club with the officers of the 4 Youngstown branches acting as hosts. A wonderful time was had bv all for which credit goes to the Lorain teams who did not begrudge our bowlers the double victory. With the true sportsmanship of real fraternalists both the winners and the losers were delighted to have an opportunity for strengthening the ties of friendship between one another. And here are the scores of the match-games: / NOVEMBER9, LORAIN, O. Youngstown Padery176 163 146 485 Barkó163 235 181 579 Blasko162 163 202 527 Tullis135 — 160 295 Miglets177 176 208 554 Miller— 146 — 146 Totals 813883 897 2593 Lorain Pesti .... 160 148 145453 Nagy 169 145— 314 Chaszar 134127 159420 Smith 155159 182 496 Kakas 122— 133 255 Vigg —117 — 117 Kozieh —’ --158 158 Totals ,740 696777 2213 NOV. 30,,YOUNGSTOWN, O. Youngstown Pedery160 193 176 529 Bai'ko186 170 192 548 Blasko151 — — 151 Nemeth160 — 204 364 Miglets214 175 163 552 Gregory— 165 — 165 Tullis— 175 162 329 Totals 871870 897 2638 Lorain Pesti 189 184200 573 Nagy 140 177 150 467 Smith 168 196 183 547 Kokas 137 163— 300 Vigg 153 181 178512 Chaszar —— 146 146 Totals 787901 857 2545 LADIES’ TEAMS. Youngstown Preslipsky97 148 127 372 Mezei121 140 109 370 Padery119 136 108 363 Benishno 125 91 826 Barkó103 111 100 314 Totals 550 660535 1745 Lorain L. Vigg 77 91 98266 A. Smith 70 76 70216 M. Lockiss 54— —54 M. Pesti 60 40 40 140 M. Kokas 64 65 71200 Totals 315 272279 876 J. Depinto 202 173 181 556 Marinelli 186 146 193 525 N. Joy 180 132 168 480 J. Docherty 171 175 173 519 J. Calocchia 186 165 202 5.53 Totals 925 791 917 2633 YOUNGSTOWN,O. Dec. 3,1916 Morey 181 212 160 Gregory 170 — — Blasko 179 152 153 Nemeth 185 187235 Miglets 226 232 191 Barkó —152 169 Totals 941 935 908 2784 Dec.12, 1916 Nemeth 174 177 180 Gregory 188 167 171 Tullis 137 145 182 Barkó 139 214 160 Miglets 212 194 201 Totals 850 897 894 2641 FRANK MOLNÁR, Mgr. New Brunswick, N. J. Verhovay Br. 518 YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO MAHONING VALLEY LEAGUE NOV. 14. Morey Gregory Blasko Nemeth Miglets Tullis Totals 181 170 146 497 139 — — 139 182 159 209 550 172 200 203 575 203 193 183 579 — 180 180 360 877 902 921 2700 Bekus A. Arvay B. Betza H. McCaffery Reed J. Totals Reed B. Arvay B. Betza J. Bekus B. Reed J. 153 160 140 106 140 15Í 127 213 15? 148 126 167 185 158 149 722 797 778 2297 161 180 191 134 144 127 144 119 154 157 173 143 177 119 171 Totals 773 735 786 2294 MICHAEL PUSAKS, Mgr. CHICAGO, ILL. Branch 342 December 13, 1946 Stasko 186213 159 558 Jones 156 174 195 525 Markert 172 158 177 507 Kokondy 153 203 145 501 Kovach 143 178 182503 Totals 810926 8582594 Stasko 186 213 159 558 Jones 156 174 195 525 Markert 172 158 177 507 Kokondy 153 203 145 501 Kovach 143 178 186507 Totals 810926 8622598 H. MARKS, Captain. DETROIT, MICHIGAN BRANCH 500 MIXED LEAGUE December 22, 1916 m GERS E. Vinic E. Lebo J. Weber J. Boldiszar V. Markus Handicap 157 140 143 440 98 119 93 310 146 156 185 487 147 150 128 425 171 169 175 515 18 18 18 54 Total Pins 737 752 742 2231 YANKS J. Boldiszar, Jr. 98 140 136 374 S. Markus 127 124 129 380 0. Boldiszar 163 133 157 453 J. Ticconi 129 130 149 408 J. Vinic 143 137 153 433 Total Pins 660 664 724 2048 Continued on page 8. T
