Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)

1947 / Verhovay Journal

JANUARY 29, 1947 Verhovay Journal AGE 5 NEWS From The Field ..... 1 >■ By Mrs. Jolán Lucas (Continued from page 4.) are cordially invited to these spe­cial occasions! An excellent pork-dinner, with sausages and all the trimmings has been arranged for fhe 15th of February by the officers of Branch 2!)<i. Music will be furnish­ed by a Gypsy orchestra. All members of Branch 296 are invited to attend this affair. The officers of (his branch are doing their ut­most In order to provide social activities and first rate, entertain­ment for the membership, and they will feel fully rewarded for their efforts if these events are well attended. So please, support the social program of your As­sociation and give us the plea­sure of your presence! ELMER CHARLES, Mgr. DETROIT, MICH. Branch 443. The officers and members of Branch 443 gratefully acknow­ledge the following donations re­ceived upon their appeal in be­half of Michael . Zayti, vejeran member of this branch: ' 90, Allentown, l’a., $2.-, 366, Cleveland, O., 2.-, 361, Cleveland, O., 10.-, 174, Scranton, Pa., 5.-, 248, Logan, W. Va., 5.-, 17, Lo­rain, 0., 5.-, 350, Holden, W. Va., 2.50, 214, Flint, Mich., 3 -, 27, To­ledo, O., 2.50, 71, Duquesne, Pa., 2.-, 40, Martins Ferry, O., 2.-, 175, Hastings up. Hudson, N. Y., 5,-, 187, Madison, 111., 2.-, 296, Springdale, Pa., 5.-, 20, Fairport Harbor, O., 3.-, 58, Detroit, Mich., 5.-, 514, Youngstown, O., 5.-, 226, McKeesport, Pa., 5.-, 14, Cleve­land, O., 10.-, 32, Gary, W. Va., 2.50, 518, New Brunswick, N. .1., 5.-, Joyce Kilner Post 25, New Brunswick, N. J., 5.-, 13, Tren-i ton, N. J„ 2.-, 83, New York, N. Y, 2.-, 288 and 432, St. Clairsville, O., 10.-, Alliance Verhovay Home (189 and 369) 15.-, 36, Detroit, Mich., 10.-, 275, Milwaukee, Wis., 2.-, 98, Betlehem, Pa., 5.-, 34, Pittsburgh, Pa., 5.-, 525, Los An­geles, Cal., 15.-, 96, Chicago, 111., 5.-,-108, Youngstown, O., 5.-, 500, Detroit, Mich., 5.-, 29, Berwick, Pa., 3.-, Joseph Egri, Shickshin­­ny, Pa., 1.-, 129, Columbus, O., 10.-, 247, Clune, Pa., 1.-, 292, I.Ianville, N. .1., 4.-, 37, Chicago, 111., 22.-, 157, Waukegan, 111., 5.-, 443, Detroit, Mich., 15.-. Total amount received $235.50. Fellow-member Michael Zayti wishes to take this opportunity to extend his sincere thanks to all fellow-members and branches for their generous gifts. He was deeply moved by the brotherly assistance rendered to him by the Verhovay Fraternal Insurna.ee As­sociation, the Board of Directors who had previously granted him a donation of S50.-, the officers and members of Branch ^443 as well as the sister branches. Branch 443 joins fellow-member Zayti in expressions of appreciation-Vo all branches having graciously heed­ed the appeal issued in his be­half. JOSEPH SZABÓ, Mgr. CHICAGO, ILL. Branch 96. Be sure* to attend Branch 96’s great Valentine Dance to be held at the Schlitz Hall, 119th and “It maters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.’’ — Propertius. The 429ers had the annual meet­ing on Sunday, January 12,x and elections went off without a hitch. Remaining in the' sadle for ano­ther year will be President Mal­colm MacLeod, Recording Secre­tary Marie Gallovich, Comptroller Joseph Greenwald, Auditors Mrs. Samuel Joth and Mrs. Anna Hor­vath, Sick Visitors Mrs. Daniel Rob, Michael Kuritar and Andy Boonie, Branch Manager and Pub­licity Agent Jolan< Lucas, and newly elected Vice-President Mary Szalay. Due to the few eligible members as far as sick benefit coverage is concerned, the dis­trict delegates’ election was con­cluded without any trouble and Mrs. Daniel Rob and Joseph Greenwald will represent the branch at the district meeting in June. Alternates are Mrs. Julius Szalay and Michael Kuritar. The problem of the Entertain­ing program for the year will be divided between the following committees: Permanent Kitchen Committee, Mrs. Samuel Toth, Mrs. Anna Horvath, Mrs. Daniel Rob; Ticket Committee, Chairman Joseph Greenwald assisted by Ni­cholas Horvath, and Malcolm Mac­Leod; Refreshment Committee; Chairman John Fisher and assis­tants Andrew and Georgte Boonie. Cloakroom Duties will be capably handled by the “Skipper”, Juve­nile Member Carl Lucas (as he has handled these duties for Se­veral years on a 50-50 basis with the help of his pals.) All Publi-' city will Be in the hands of your F erret. • The next social affair on the agenda will be that Valentine Supper or as the Hungarians call it, Disznótoros Vacsora, which will be given on Saturday evening, February 15, 1947 in the Verhovay Club Rooms, 8005 W. Jefferson Morgan Streets, on February 15th, 1947, at 7 o’clock in the evening. Admission (including tax) 75 cents. Plenty of food, refresh­ments and excellent music by the popular Szepessy orchestra assure the success of this event. All friends and members of the Ver­hovay are cordially invited by the management. FRANK TINICH, President, GEORGE SHAMEL, Manager. YOUNGSTOWN, O. Branch 364. The following are the officers of Branch 364, elected for tnis year: Philip Houser President, Frank Horvath 1 Vice-President, Goldie Matica Recording Secretary, Ju­lia Miglets Treasurer, George Gregosits Manager, Frank Hor­vath Comptroller, Ann Petro and Frank Miglets auditors, and Frank Horvath, Ann Petro, Philip Hou­ser, Delegates to the District Con­vention. DIVIDENDS. Memhers of Branch 364 entitled to dividends may collect them' by contacting our treasurer Julia (Miglets) Danko, who is teller at window No. 3, in the City Trust Bank, at the bus stop next to Strouss’ and Federal Str. Dues also may be paid to her any day during Avenue. Due to the advent of the Lenten Season, the date was mov­ed up one week. Entertainment will be furnished by accordion se­lections ably performecPby Juve­nile Member Joseph Taffanhart, accompained by Mrs. Ernest Fer- Jiandez (Mrs. Samuel Toth’s ta­lented daughter), and a piano re­cital by our accomplished young boogie-woogie pianist, .Thomas Cser. Perhaps, if arrangements can be made, a juke-box will fur­nish additional music. Cards and games will follow the supper for those who are interested,"or just, plain social visiting for those who like a relaxing evening amongst friends. Admission is n»t too large as far as the average poc­­ketbook is concerned so please make every effort to attend ano­ther scintillating 429 social affair. Bring your friends ^nd relatives and prepare yourselves for a jolly evening. SATURDAY, FEBRU­ARY 15, 1947. Another major issue was dis­cussed and definite steps were taken to bring the matter up in the form of a Resolution at the National Convention in Pittsburgh in September. This issue is one which is assuming the importance of a major controversy through­out the branches of the Associa­tion and we 429ers feel that we have a solution which may- ease the tense feeling between the Sports Departments and the regu­lar branch activities. This is the matter of financing the sports groups and keeping them on an independent financial plane. You all know, naturally, or should be informed if you <jo not know, that the Directors of the Verhovay Association offer aid in the form of an annual Sports Al­­lottment for the benefit of the sports groups. This aid is very simple (in borne cases) to se­cure . . . for every twenty-five (25) new adult members added to the branch in a one year period, banking hours. Members who cannot call at the bank for their dividends are requested to notify me at Ph 33270, and I vfill ar­range for them to receive as soon as possible the amounts due. GEORGE GREGOSITS, Mgr. NEW YORK, N. Y. Branch 83. All members and friends of the Verhovay are cordially invited to a grand banquet and dance to be held on Washington's Birthday, February 22nd, at 7:30 P.M., at 1351 Third Ave., New York, in the hall of file New York and New Jersey .Aid Association. Ad­mission $1.50. JOSEPH TOMA, Mgr. ANNA VARGA, Seer. DETROIT, MICH. Branch 443. The next meeting of Branch 443 will be held on February 2nd in Room 12 of the former Ver­hovay Home, 8005 West Jefferson AvenuC. Members of this Branch will please note that our meetings again will be held at the former Verhovay Home, on the first Sun­day of each month. Monthly dues, also, should be paid at Room 12, 8005 W est Jefferson Ave. > JOSEPH SZABÓ, Mgr. YOU’LL BE MONEY AHEAD IN AN ARMY JOB! An average civil­ian in an American manufacturing job gets $191 a mofith. Pretty good pay — but how much does he have left to spend or save? With rent to pay, food and clothing to buy, transportation, income tax and doctors’ and dentists’ bills, he’s lucky to end* the month with $25 clear. The Army Private doesn’t pay for any of those items. Out of his $75 a month he has more money lejt than the average civilian 'worker.- And that’s a newly enlisted ' Private, with every chance for promotion and higher pay ahead of him. There’s addi­tional pay, too, for overseas duty, and for paratroopers, fly­ing and glider crews. The Army man also gets Re­tirement Credits — at no cost —enabling him to retire at half pay after 20 years, and on up to three-quarters pay after 30 years’ service. Such a retire­ment plan would cost a civil­ian between $75 and $100 a month for 30 years. Find out about all the other Army job benefits at your U. S. Army Recruiting Station. A GOOD 10B FOR YOU U. S. Army CHOOSE THIS FINE PROFESSION NOWI TOUR REGULAR ARMY SERVES THE NATION AND MANKIND IN WAR AND PEACE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, ROOM 403 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBUGH, PA. the Home Office sends a fcheck for one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to be used exclusively by the sports groups. Those branches who do not secure their 25 new members do not receive this ne­cessary aid, and must resort to means best fitted to their various groups. In the case of 429, we borrowed from the regular trea­sury which must be paid back in some manner or other. You have all read where we will work so­cial affairs on the 60-40 per­cent basis and all bowlers etc, must pitch in and do their share. All this is fine and dandy, but in some branches this may not work out due to the fact that branch officers and members will not co-operate with their spoi-ts groups. Now then, to Ije eligible for the $150 Sports Allottment, only adult members are considered. This was satisfactory when the Juvenile De­partment consisted only of the 15-254 term certificates. But the last few years,, we have added juvenile certificates which in many cases carry a higher pre­mium than some adult certificates. Take for instance qur Educational Certificate ... on a $1,000'policy at age 1, the member must pay $4.16 monthly, while in some cases an eligible adult certificate' (for the sports grant) for a 30 yea J old member may run only a couple of dollars. Let’s suppose that a branch secures 25 adult members at $500 each (oftentimes only a Class A or class B certificate) for small monthly premiums. That totals $12,500 woi'ih of insurance annually. On the other hand, the branch may write up as much as $15,000 or more in juvenile order certificates (which is not consider­ed for the sports grant, and only about $5,000 in adult Certificates, The branch though having per­haps 1 or 2 bowling or other teams, does not receive the sports grant. These sports teams will be ad­vertising the branch and the as­sociation at their own expense, which is satisfactory until they meet up with other Verhovay teams when they are informed that their branch financed their entry fees and shirts. Right there, the team members will begin thinking, “How come, they get it, we don’t?” They take the matter to the branch meeting and right off the bat internal strife begins, dissatisfaction of members, ten­sion! Next bowling season rolls around, and the branch finds itself minus a few members who will transfer to the branch which fi­nances its bowling teams. What can we, as branch officers and members do about the growing dissatisfaction amongst our Ame­rican members? Here’s what we propose in our resolution . . . Suppose instead of continuing the rule of considering only adult members for the Sports Grant, we combine both the Junior Or­der and Adult Order increases and taking the amounts of in­surance, instead of the number of new members, create a minimum of say $15,000 or $20,000 worth of new insurance annually in both departments with say, six months dues’ paid ih. This “six month’s dues paid in” stipulation would satisfy the branch members and officers who will not tolerate a member of only a couple months’ dues paid in to participate in their- Sports Grant, and will also satisfy, to a certain extent, the Home Office, even though six months’ dues do not cover its ex­penses in connection with the is­suing of newT certificates. In this way, the sports depart­ments will be independent of the branch funds, the' bowlers etc. will be satisfied, tension will be lessen­ed and everyone will be happy. The Verhovdy Association’s grand­­scale advertising among the Ame­rican speaking public will reach more and more people, and since bowling is here to stay the fu­ture prospects look very good. Al­so, putting* the sports group in this satisfactory position, the bowlers will not be continually nagged to attend meetings they do not wish, or cannot, attend. We must remember that every Verhovay policy holder joins the Association for a definite reason. There are those who find our cer­tificates adequate protection at low cost and are good paying members but cannot be inveigled to attend meetings or social af­fairs and will not hear of it. There are those who join for the social, sport and fraternal acti-Continued on page 6.

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