Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1947 / Verhovay Journal
/ April 9, 1947 THE FERRET SEZfi By Mrs. Jolán Lucas “Teach us delight in simple things, and mirth that has no bitter springs.” — Rudyard Kipling. APRIL’S FOOLS’ DAY! After plenty of warnings from the daily newspapers about All Fool’s Day, old lady Ferret decided to stay within the warm and cozy confines of the Lucas domicile to escape being hoaxed by witty brats in the neighborhood. All to no avail . . . food had to be purchased, doorbells answered, and bill collectors to shoo away with a promising smile. Naturally I didn’t escape without the usual gags being pulled, but the Skipper topped the riotous list of ways to be fooled by excitingly yelling down the basement to come answer the phone as the “Treasure Hunt Radio Program” was calling us for the correct answer to some damfool question, with a cash jackpot of $320. Scrambling up 12 steps and nearly breaking my important bowling hand I 'gasped into the receiver only to be told to call a certain number within fifteen minutes and asking for Mr. Laidlow. Anxiously pacing off the necessary length of timq» I finally dialed the number and after asking for Mr. Laidlow was humorously informed that “you must have the wrong number, Lady, this is the County Morgue.” Mortified . . . and how! Before deciding to break the kid’s neck, he shoved the April Fool’s edition of the high school paper into my shaking hand with this remark, “Cool down, old girl, aren’t you the lass who is always preaching to us that the possession of a sense of humor is one of life’s greatest gifts ? Relax, and sée what the bobbysox generation thinks about this cheesy holiday.” Well, folks, talk about the originality of the modern teenage generation . . . that little old paper would have wiped the sneers from the combined faces of all the sourpusses in a 1,000 mile radius! Pictures upside down . . . misspelled words, original gags, columns tossed in any old way . . . and the write-ups! What chance have the old-timers against the stinging keenness of vitalized youth! * * * And now, can we get down to serious business? The major issue of the day among the sports element of the VFIA is the coming bowling tournament in South Bend, Indiana on May 30-31st. Personally, it’s too bad that we didn’t go into greater detail and clarification on Rule 5, part b, of the Rules and Regulations, which pertains to unattached teams. A few of us who are planning on entering these unattached teams were able to figure out that five fellows or women who bowl in various leagues, not with Verhovay teams, but others, must be ABC OR WIBC members and assumed it to be natural that such quintets who do not bowl together would naturally want to practise as a unit to 'test their strength and figure out who would bowl in which position. Since the Rules were not printed Until January 8 in the Verhovay Journal, it was much too late to enter such teams in organized leagues and the only way in which these unattached teams could bowl 29 games as independent teams would be to hold match games with other sanctioned teams. These match games were not only good practise for the newly organized quintet, but also served the purpose of advertising the Verhovay. On the other hand, according to ABC or WIBC rulings, as long as a bowler belonged to either of these organizations and had an established average, he or she was eligible to bowl in any tournament anywhere in the country. Such bowlers assumed that their established averages, plus the possession of their Verhovay certificates would be sufficient. Between you and me and the ten-pins, here’s hoping there won’t be too many disappointed Verhovay bowlers. Here’s an angle to figure out when making a rule which can, and has been, misinterpreted. Many men and women work swing shifts, or steady afternoon shifts and cannot be included in regular Verhovay teams. Another angle is that a branch can only support so many teams and with Verhovay bowlers in greater proportion than that which can be equipped by any one branch, they are forced to bowl with other teams. After all, a bowler, regardless of how good or mediocre he may be, can get signed up with teams which advertise other products ... in fact, bowling palaces are crying for bowlers to fill up leagues. Now then, if we are going to j restrict our Verhovay Bowling j Tournaments to regular Verhovay teams, unattached teams shouldn’t be allowed at all. If, on the other hand, The National Verhovay Tournament is for ALL VERHOVAY BOWLERS, such a rule as No. 5, part b, should not be included in the list of regulations. We must decide, ONCE AND FOR ALL, whether these j tournaments are for Verhovay bowlers as a whole or only those ; who bowl exclusively for our as- | sociation. From past experience, these Verhovay Tournaments create a lot of good will, excellent advertising and an entirely new idea in fraternalism and good sportsmanship. Each year more and more Verhovay teams are added to the Tournament roster, and it’s the personal belief of your Ferret that only by encouraging these unattached teams can they be convinced that bowling under the name VERHOVAY is nothing to be ashamed of. Of course, I’m sticking my necb out for the bowlers, as usual, but someone has to fight for them. The Verhovay bowlers are a swell group of members and we should be proud of them, and encourage them. * * * SCORES OF 429 WOMEN . . . Being away from the team for two weeks in the Smoky City didn’t help my lasses, and arriving home we found ourselves in second place. Knowing that only three weeks remained after last week’s games, we decided to Verhovay Journal PAGE 3 NEWS From The Field PHILADELPHIA, PA. Branch 76. BE SURE TO ATTEND THE DANCE sponsored by the Philadelphia Branch of the Verhovay, to be held at the Cultural Hall (Munkás Dalarda) 1144 N. 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa., on April 26th, in the evening. The plans having been ehanged we are pleased to announce that an excellent orchestra from New York City will furnish the music on this occasion. BRING your friends for EVERYONE is invited to this grand affair which will be the first get-together of the merged branches of the Verhovay in Philadelphia. Surely, it will be a happy event and a successful one, too, if all Verhovayans reserve that date for the great dance of Branch 76. How abont it, especially Phoenixville, Trenton, Paulsboro? Is it a date? Fraternally, JULIE MUDRY, Publicity Agent. DETROIT, MICH. Branch 500 Saturday, April 19th, is the date set for the Spring Dance of Branch 500, to be held at the Lazar Hall, Minnesota and Dequicndre Streets, beginning at 8 P.M. Food and refreshments will be served. Music by Andrew Demeter’s popular Orchestra. Admission $1.00. — Branch 500 socials always are successful. If • you want to spend a happy even-1 ing, come to our dance and bring your friends along, for members and friends of the Verhovay are cordially invited by THE COMMITTEE. CLEVELAND, O. Branch 14 Representatives of the sisterbranches, the Home Office, the Board of Directors, American Hungarian churches, societies and other organizations and, last but not least, all members of the Verhovay will gather at the Verhovay Home, 8637 Buckeye Road, on Sunday, May 25th, to attend the grand Banquet at 1 o’clock and go in there and pitch for the Verhovay 429 team. Taking three, we found ourselves tied for first place again, and a grimmer quintet of women is hard to find. The Verhovay 500 women’s team is also in first, and I believe the branch 36 men”s No. 1 team also has that high distinction. Now if these Verhovay teams in Detroit can only finish in first place in the various leagues . . . oh boy! But let’s see the scores . r. Wednesday, March 26 . . . Marge Sara 133 109 130 372 Millie Noch 147 118 144 409 Jolán Lucas 127 137 150 414 Rose Horvath 168 134 124 426 Dot Petiot 160 134 183 477 Totals 735 632 731 2098 Good luck, bowlers, and remember, GET YOUR BOWLING APPLICATIONS TO THE HOME OFFICE BEFORE APRIL 14, 1947 or you won’t be meeting in South Bend on May 30-31st. Cheerio! WOMEN 38-52 YEARS OLD-DO YOU SUFFER THESE FUNNY FEELINGS ? due to this functional ‘middle-age’ cause? If you’re in your “40’s" and this functional ‘middle-age’ period peculiar to women is causing you to suffer from hot flashes, nervous irritability and weak, tired, highatrung feelings—then do try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms. This great medicine is famous for this! Taken regularly - Pinkham’s Compound helps build up resistance against such ‘middle-age’ distress. Thousands have reported benefit! It’s also a grand stomachic tonic. Worth trying. ofydial. the Dance to be held in the evening on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Branch 14. Admission to both events $2,- and for the dance only, 75 cents (including tax.) Be Sure to make early reservations for the 45th anniversary of one of Verhovay’s oldest and greatest branches! The Anniversary Committee. CLEVELAND, O. Women’s Branch 361 The April meeting of Women”s Branch 361 was postponed, due to the Easter Holiday to Sunday, April 13th. All members of this branch are requested to altend the meeting. MRS. ANDREW KOCSIS, President. MRS. EMERY GAL, Manager. BLAINE, O. Branch 153 Branch 153, serving Lansing, Blaine, O., and vicinity, is sponsoring a gala Post-Easter Dance to be held at the Blaine Miners’ Hall, on Saturday, April 19th, beginning at 8 o’clock. Music will be furnished by popular Louis Mezey and his Royal Hungarians. Refreshments and food to be served. All Hungarian Americans from the tri-state area are cordially invited. WILLIAM HORVATH, Chairman. TARRYTOWN, N. Y. Branch 424 Branch 424, only 35 members strong, held an eminently successful dance on February 7th, which netted $137. Of this amount $56 was sent to the city hospital of Miskolc, Hungary, $56 to the Ujhely hospital in Hungary, while $5 was donated to the American Red Cross and $20 was earmarked as an Easter present for our four fellow-members at the Little Flower Institute in Darby, Pa. Mrs. Stephen Kovács, Mrs. Alexander Ivan. Mrs. Michael Kovács, Mrs. Mészáros and the Messrs. Stephen Kovács, Alexander Ivan, William Rakaczky, Branch-manager, Michael Kovács, Stephen Jako, John Varga, John Kovács, Louis Gedra and Daniel Giriny were the members of the Committee to be credited for the outstanding success of this affair. All signs point to a great revival of Verhovay activities in TRADITIONALLY FAMOUS DINNERS from m GypsyiDance Orchestras Enchanting Floor Show NO COVER EVER TOPS FOR PARTIES im*a IHTItS _ gd ermSS ’s ■A »i **• T«i:> LOneacre 3-OltS Tarrytown. Manager Rakaczky ia doing an excellent promotional job, steadily increasing the membership of the branch. Supported by the recently elected officers, President Alexander Ivan, Treasurer Michael Kovács and Recording Secretary, Bernard Szuperak,* he ably directs the redevelopment of social life the possibilities of which had been well proved by ; the success of the Dance held on j February 7th. Many thanks to all who helped and the best wishes for the future of Branch 424! FRANK J. CHER, District Manager, SPRINGDALE, PA, Branch 296 A chicken-dinner will be served by the Women’s Club of Branch : 296 on Saturday, April 19th, at j 7 o’clock, at the Verhovay Home, 220 Colfax Street. Everybody invited ! CHARLES ELMER, Manager, CLEVELAND, O. Branch 14 A Dance will be held by the Ladies’ Social Club on Sunday April 20, at the Verhovay Home. Music by the popular Szabadkai Orchestra. Refreshments served. Admission 65 cents. We hope that all Verhovayans will attend this affair. Come and bring your friends! JOSEPH M. TOTH, Manager, Naturally, old tools are the biggest fools. They’ve had more practice. Minister (from pulpit): “Those in the habit of putting buttons in the collection plate will please use their own buttons and not those from the cushions on the pews.” MEMORIAL DAY IN THROOP, PA. Memorial ceremonies will be conducted jointly by branches 42, Throop, Pa., 174, Scranton, Pa., and 11, McAdoo, Pa., on Saturday May 31st, at the American Legion Hall in Throop, Pa. The portraits of six Verhovay hero dead will be unveiled and presented to the next of kin at this solemn occasion. The Memorial Committee of branches 11, 42 and 174, respectfully invite all Verhovayans to attend the ceremonies honoring those who had given their lives for our country.
