Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1947 / Verhovay Journal
April 30, 1947 Verhovay Journal PAGE 5 Contestants Keep Hands Off Prizes Prosperity seems to have turned around the corner at last. Everybody has plenty of money and, apparently, there is hardly anyone who could use some more of the odiferous stuff. In vain we keep on offering month after month 12 varieties of cash-prizes ranging from 5 to 60 dollars, there are hardly any takers. Of the 36 prizes set for the first three months of this year’s contest only 5 had been claimed while 31 awards totaling $1,105 have remained untouched and, as a result, we have entered April with a pool of 43 prizes amounting to $1,495. Well, we certainly appreciate the noble sentiments of bur branch-managers and part-time local organizers whose purpose, obviously, is to enrich the Association by keeping hands off the prizes. In that manner the Verhovay is assured of saving nearly $400 each month which, it is assumed, should move this 8 million dollar organization of ours in no time at all into the billion dollar bracket. Of course, that saving, taken for the whole year, represents a gain of only 0.06% which is a far cry from our 3% interest assumption, but that does not seem to discourage the disciples of the penny-wise school of thought. Still, we suggest that matters of savings and earnings be left to our own Treasury department which seems to be able to take care of its business. And if our officers agree that these prizes may prove an excellent investment, then they should be used for that purpose. These prizes are offered as an incentive to higher than average production. The average for the Verhovay being somewhere between 250 and 300 applications per month, the cash-prizes of this Contest amounting to $390 will be distributed each month in which the average is exceeded by the required number of units. What happened? 240 new members were taken up in January, 305 in February and 268 in March, or a total of 813 during the first quarter of the year. This, however, is only average production meaning that the incentives did not incite and, as a result, special rewards have not been earned except by 5 managers in the class of the smallest branches. If our managers and part-time local organizers would have taken advantage of the opportunity by producing at least 159 units over and above the average, the prizes would have been taken each month. Contrary to the penny-wise school of thought, this would not have the Association any poorer due to the substantial increase in the membership that could be attained if more than the average number of new members were secured. Therefore, please, don’t keep your hands off the prizes any longer, because even if you may be able to do without them (which we doubt), your Association cannot afford to keep them at the expense of progress. WINNERS OF MARCH CONTEST. Mary Sinich, part-time local organizer of Branch 475, Milwaukee, Wis., won the 1st Prize, $15 with 3i units representing $3,000 insurance written for 3 new members in the Senior Order and 1 in the Juvenile Order. William Rakaczky, Manager of Branch 424, Tarrytown, N. Y., is the winner of the second prize, $10. He is credited with 3 units representing $1,500 insurance written for two new members in the Juvenile Order. All the other prizes in classes I., II., III. and IV., have been carried over to April at the end of which 43 awards to the tune ol' $1,495 are available to managers and part-time local organizers willing to try for higher than average production. AWARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. The following is the table of awards for April: CLASS I. Membership up to 50. Minimum requirement 3 units. — 7 Prizes: one $15 award, two $10 and four $5 awards. CLASS II. Membership between 51 and 100. Minimum requirement 10 units. — 12 Prizes: four of each the $30, $25 and $20 awards. CLASS III. Membership between 101 and 250. Minimum requirement 15 units. — 12 Prizes: four of each, the $45, $40 and $35 awards. CLASS IV. Membership above 251. Minimum requirement 25 units. — 12 Prizes: four of each the $60, $55 and $50 awards. A UNIT is $1,000 in the Senior Order, or $500 in the Juvenile Order, or 3 Class “A”, or 2 Class “B” term certificates. For instance: what is the unit-value of one $5,000 Senior Order certificate? Answer: 5 units. On the other hand, what is the value of a Juvenile Order $1,000 and a Senior Order $1,000 certificate? Answer: 3 units. And here is a complicated one: how many units will be earned by the following production: 1 Senior member $500, 2 Senior members for $1,000 each, 2 Juvenile members for $1,000 each, 1 Juvenile “B” term and 3 Juvenile “A” terms? Answer: 6 units. And here is an easy one: what is the unit-value of 13 Juvenile Certificates each for $1,000? The answer is: Jackpot! The value is 26 units. The prize is $60, provided there is no one with higher production in Class IV. Remark: production of such volume is hardly conceivable in any of the lower classes. Question: is it possible for a manager to meet the 25 unit requirement set for Class IV? Answer: it ought to be. Several of our managers made it several times during the last two anniversary contests. What was possible then, is possible now. CLASS-LEADERS. Bowling Scores BRANCH 36 LEADS DETROIT TEAMS AT STATE TOURNEY! The scores to date as follows; February 23, 1947 A.Plesivec 172165 203 540 A.Boonie 139132 144 415 P.Petiot 211 133150 494 L.Lucas 150160 154 464 A.Novak 147 199160 506 Totals 819789 811 2419 Bowledat Crest Recreation. March 2,1947 A.Plesivec 153 148 179 480 A.Bonnie 140 170 131 441’ P.Petiot 145 199 175 519 L.Lucas 148 129 150 427 A.Novak 148 202 166 516) Totals 734848 801 2383 Bowledat Argyle Recreation. March 9,1947 A.Plesivec 156 180 179 515 A.Bonnie 148 159 128 435 P.Petiot 175 171 166 512 L.Lucas 171 173 159 503 A.Novak 200 198 170 568 Totals 850881 802 2533 March 16,1947 A.Plesivec 167 198 201 566 A.Boonie 126 141 134 401 P.Petiot 167 216 210 593 L.Lucas 153 197 210 560 A.Novak 220 205 188 613 Totals 833957 943^ 2733 Bowlers of Branch 36 put Verhovay’s name in the bowling news of Michigan state as is evidenced by the following story carried by the Detroit newspapers: “The men’s state tourney at Muskegon produced no major changes. The best any of the Detroit teams could do was fourteenth place, VERHOV AY NO. 1 hitting that point with 2873 led by Frank Novak’s 631.” And that makes- Branch 36’s No. 1 Team the best bowlers of the city of Detroit! Congratulations to the members of this outstanding team whose record for this season is 84 won and 32 lost games. First place in the Rouge Major Classics being held by Branch 36’s Team No. 1, and 9th place by Team No. 2, Konkoly is second in the High 3 games ind. class with 685, while the individual averages are listed as follows : / Name Team No. Pins. Aver. 1.) Poch (1) 15178 194 6.) Ziminski (2) 14717 188 15.) W. Nowak (1) 16092 184 19. ) Lorincz (1) 13800 184 20. ) Konkoly (1) 14905 184 29.) Molnár (2) 14771 182 31.) W. Toth (2) 15790 181 44.) F. Nowak (1) 14865 176 51.) J. Toth (2) 15271 175 59.) I. Wasik (2) 14866 170 “200 games” were rolled by Poch, 256 and 204, Konkoly 211, Ziminski 210, Molnár 208 and J. Toth 200. Compared to the scores published in the March 12th issue of the Journal, Poch improved his average from 192 to 194, while the others held their own. The number of “200 games” rolled by Branch 36 , bowlers had been doubled since that time. Stephen Lukacs, Mgr. DETROIT, MICH. Branch 429 Men's Unattached Team Early in the year when the Bowling Tournament Rules and Regulations came out, several members and prospective members of Branch 429 played around with the idea of forming a team and bowling together, or in match-games, to see if they’d work out as a fairly eligible team. In the latter part of February they rolled their first match-game with fellows from the Nash-Kelvinator League, and rather liked the idea of sending a team to South Bend to the National Verhovay Tournament. Due to the fact that these prospective members had been seriously considring joining the Verhovay, applications were signed and they kept up their bowling practice as they found they had a fair enough team. As a result we have added as 429 members Anthony Plesivec, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Petiot (Dorothy bowls on the 429 women’s team) and Alexander M. Novak. Bowled at Crest Recreation. Team average is about 800. Up to date the team has rolled 15 games and several more are Scheduled for the next few weeks, though the various tournaments in and out of the city are making it rather difficult for all five of the men to get together at the same time. With the Rules of the Tournament having been published so late in the season, unattached teams certainly had a hard time to bowl 20 games as Verhovay teams. However, since there was no deadline on when these 20 games could be rolled, the 429 fellows had tried their best to get it done way before the Tournament and within the next few weeks they will have met that requirement, too. May I state in closing that I haven’t seen any scores of other unattached teams to date? We all know that there is a shortage of space in the Journal ... so ' what happens in that event ? Submitted by the Ferret. ATTENTION, BOWLERS! In reference to Ferret’s ques! tion as to what happens to unattached teams whose scores have not been published in the Journal, the reply is: NOTHING. The Tournament Rules only say that “Games bowled in such independent competition must number at j least 20 per season and all scores j of such games must be submitted to the Verhovay Journal”, — but no mention has been made that these scores will be published, nor has this editor been instructed to such effect by the Bowling Committee. (Continue on page 6) Laurels, but — to our regret — no prizes are awarded to the highest producers in the classes which, as yet, have not produced a winner. The highest producer in Class II., John Balogh, Manager of Branch 444, Wallingford, Conn., finished side by side with the first prize winner of Class I., as he, too, earned 3! units. % Julius Polichany, Manager of Branch 362, Dayton, O., made first place in Class III., with a 5 unit production. John Körösföy, Manager of Branch 369, Alliance, O., tops Class IV. with 111 units representing $10,750 insurance. And leader in the class of optimists is this editor who believes that things will be better from now on. TRENTON VERHOVAYANS CAST THEIR VOTES FOR PETER A. PERONI PETER A. PERONI, Candidate For City Commissioner It is a matter of pride to ua to introduce one of the youngest, if not the youngest, official of the City of Trenton, New Jersey, fellow-member Peter A. Peroni, whose candidacy for City Commissioner has the wholehearted support not only of his own branch, 417, but of all Verhovayans in New Jersey’s capital city. Born on August 8th, 1905, in Trenton, N. J., he went to school in the city of his birth, graduated from Trenton Central High and, then, studied law at the University of Pennsylvania. However, upon completing his education, he did not enter legal practice but availed himself of promising opportunities in the business field. A natural leader, fervent humanitarian and devoted citizen, he soon was noted for his activities in civic affairs and for his contributions to various public undertakings. Well versed in business and law he was the logical choice for his present position in the Corporation Tax Bureau of the Department of Taxation and Finance. Mr. Peroni’s innumerable friends, followers and admirers, however, are firmly convinced that he is well qualified for public offices involving even a wider scope of responsibilities. They persuaded him to accept the candidacy for City- Commissioner, a position in which the versatile qualities of this outstanding public servant can be put to full use to the benefit of the Trenton citizenry. Fellow-member Peroni is married and they have two children, Peter II., and little Carol, all members of the Verhovay. They live at 21 i Tyler St., Trenton, N.J. It is a privilege to assure Mr. Peroni of Verhovay’s wholehearted support. And in view of the great number and influence of Verhovayans in the city of Trenton, we are sure that he will be elected. Let Truth Be Unconfined (Continued from page 4.) Our condolences also go to the RADI FAMILY, 1144 Winona Avenue, on the recent passing away of James Radi, Sr., who was well known among north-side Chicago Hungarians. Services were held at St. Stephen’s King of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, Father Joseph Magyar, D. D., officiating. Thursday, April 17, 1947. THE SCRIBE OF KŐSZEG.
