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

1947 / Verhovay Journal

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Verhovay Journal

Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION

7907 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich.

PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association

Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: COLOÍIAN REVESZ

Editor’s Office:

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Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Proceedings of the District Meetings

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500 members and that a delegate representing 500 members shall have 5 votes, also is rejected and the changing of Chapter II., §8 is opposed by the District..

7. ) It is recommended that the American Hungarian Federation be reorganized in accordance with democratic principles.

8. ) The recommendation of the Board of Directors that directors and members of the Auditing Committee shall not be eligible as delegates to the National Convention, is approved by the District.

9. ) In reference to section 17 of §31 District 18 recommends that members indebted to the Association shall be notified of the impending cancellation of their certificates if the indebtedness increases to the point where it equals the cash surrender value of such certificates.

10. ) The proposed amending of the provisions pertaining to the . filling of the Supreme President’s seat, in the event of vacancy, is opposed by the District.

11.) The District does not recommend the increasing of the expense charges on loans from 10 and 20 to 20 and 30 cents resp., and proposes that the 50 cents fee charged for the changing of beneficiaries be eliminated because no insurance qompany charges for such services.

12. ) In reference to §44 District 18 does not recommend the amending of the provisions pertaining to the management of property.

13. ) Upon motion by Julius Cinczar, District 18 adopts the recommendation of the Board of Directors pertaining to paragraph 66 dealing with the official journal, with the stipulation that the Journal be restored to its former size if and when conditions improve.

14. ) The recommendation that travelling time entitling to per diem fee be increased from 6 to 8 hours is adopted by the District.

District President Joseph Szalay orders the election of the delegates to the National Convention. Tellers are appointed by the President and, then, the following nominations are entered: J#hn Bozsvay, Jacob Torda, Joseph Hegedűs, Nicholas Juhasz,

J. J. Horvath, Frank Pinter, Coloman Kolozsvary, Frank Paczer and Vendel Böröcz. Four delegates and four alternates are to be elected by secret ballot.

John Bozsvarv, Nicholas Kolozsvary, Frank Paczer and J. J. Horvath were elected delegates to the National Convention, and Jacob Torda, Frank Pinter, Nicholas Juhasz and Vendel Böröcz alternates.

J. J. Horvath and Jacob Torda having received an equal number of votes, a second vote was ordered, resulting in the election of J. J. Horvath.

Signed by: JOSEPH SZALAY, President, JOHN BALUNEK, Recording Secretary.

DISTRICT 1 POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.

The meeting of District 1, held on June 15th, 1947, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was called to order by the President of Branch 188. The following attended: Frank Benczkober of Branch 197, Schenectady, N. Y.; Louis Borszuk of Branch 175, Hastingsupon-Hudson, N. Y.; Paul Teleki of Branch 38, Ronkonkoma, N.

Y.; William Rakaczky of Branch 424, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Julius Nemeth and Joseph Jarosi of Branch 269, Roseton, N. Y.; and Joseph Takacs of Branch 188, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Frank Benczkober was elected district president and Louis Borszuk district recorder. The following motions were presented:

The representative of Branch 175 moved that the dues be waived for all members who have attained the age of 70. The motion was adopted. The delegate of Branch 424 moved that sick benefits be paid for the first week of disability to all those who are sick for more than 2 or 3 weeks. The motion was adopted. The delegate of Branch 269 moved that, in cases of incurable illness medical certificates attesting to only one treatment per month be honored by the Association. The motion was carried. The motion that the number of questions appearing on the - aplications for membership be reduced, also was adopted. The representative of Branch 188 moved that the monthly reports be mailed by the Home Of-Distribution of Assets According to Funds

Senior Order Trust Fund Junior Order Total

R.E. Hung. Hall .............................................22,652.00 .— .— 22,652.00

R.E. H.O. Bldg......................_....... 131,126.12 ------.— ------.— 131,126.12

Branch R.E........................................ 8,810.26 .— .— 8,810.26

Mort. A/C ............................ 45,866.78 .— .— 45,866.78

Loans and Liens ........„................ 496,881.56 -----.— 1,863.46 498,745.02

Bond A/C .................................. 6,972,941.20 93,849.03 585,786.72 7,652,576.95

Stock A/C ,.............T........................ 31,596.71 ------.— ------.— 31,596.71

Cash A/C ......r._...........-.............. 348,329.01 6,744.41 37,185.76 392,259.18

Savings A/C ................................... 64,361.03 13,014.03 .— 77,375.06

Part. Cert..............„..................... 448.80 ------.— ------.— 448.80

Machinery ......................................... 38,292.24 .— .— 38,292.24

TOTAL: ........ 8,161,305.71 113,607.47 624,835.94 8,899,749.12

JOHN SZALANCZY, Supreme Treasurer JOHN SABO, Supreme Auditor

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fice earlier in each month. The r motion was ■ carried.

Louis Borszuk was unanimously elected delegate to the National Convention and Paul Teleki was elected alternate delegate. The expenses of the meeting, amounting to $158.71, were approved. Signed by: FRANK BENCZKOBER, President, LOUIS BORSZUK, Recorder of District 1.

DISTRICT 17/C YOUNGSTOWN, O.

The meeting of St. Stephen’s Verhovay Branch 21, representing District 17/C., was held on June 14th, 1947, at 8 P.M., at the St. Stephen’s Home in Youngstown, 0.

Following the customary invocation, the meeting was called to order by President Augustus Habodasz who requests that the meeting confirm his election as delegate and that of Stephen Homolya as alternate delegate, by the annual meeting of Branch 21. — The elections are confirmed and, then, President Habodasz announces the schedule of business and calls upon Secretary Joseph Danish to read the minutes of the last meeting of the District. Secretary Joseph Danish reports that he has neither received, nor found the Minutes of the District. He1 also reports that $6.00 expenses were incurred by the meeting. His reports are acknowledged and adopted.

Secretary Joseph Danish presents the documents pertaining to the district meeting and the letter of Branch 14. Upon request of President Habodasz that the order of business be determined, the meeting adopts the following schedule: 1.) the recommendations of the Board of Directors, 2.) the recommendations of Branch 14 and 3.) the recommendations of the members of Branch 21.

The recommendations of the Board of Directors were .discussed serially and the following actions were taken: The proposed amendment to §3 is rejected by the district which wishes to retain the present system of representation (one delegate for every 300 members). — The proposed amendments to §4 and §5 are adopted. — The proposed amendments to §7 are opposed. The present provisions are to be retained. — In reference to paragraph 8: section 1 is adopted, section 2 opposed, section 3 adopted with the modification that they shall not be eligible as managers either, and sections 4 and 5 adopted.

§9: the recommendation of the Board of Directors in reference to the first part of this paragraph is rejected. The present provisions shall prevail. The recommendation pertaining to the second part is adopted.

The recommendations of the Board pertaining to §10, sections k.), m.) and o.) are opposed. The text of these provisions shall not be changed.

The proposed amendment of section f.) of §13 is adopted.

The proposed text of the new paragraph dealing with the appointments and duties of District Managers, to he inserted between §17 and 18, is adopted by the meeting, with the modification that each district manager be permitted to call the managers of his district to a meeting, to be held once a year, each time in a different community.

The recommendations of the Board of Directors pertaining to §20 (organization of new branches), §22 and the first part of §23 are adopted by the meeting. The proposed amendments of §31, line 8 of section 9, sections a.), b.), 17.) and 18.) are adopted and the statement of the Board pertaining to Chapter III., (Sick Benefits) is accepted.

The recommendation of the Board pertaining to §44 is adopted with the stipulation, however, that only A., AA., and AAA., bonds may be purchased to the limit of $80,000. — The second recommendation is adopted and the third opposed.

The proposed amendments of §45 (Auditing Committee) are rejected by the meeting which insists that the statement of a Certified Public Accountant be mailed to the recording secretary of each district.

The amendment of §66 as proposed by the Board of Directors, is adopted.

The recommendations of Branch 21 were discussed and, after a comparison with those of Branch 14, the following actions were taken:

1. ) The office of the Supreme President shall be separated from that of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the Board, and an alternate chairman, shall be elected by the convention. The electees shall hold no other office in the Association.

2. ) The Supreme Officers and i the Board of Directors shall have

no power to increase their own salaries. Should unusual conditions arise, the delegates to the National Convention shall be polled and they alone shall have the right to take action in matters which belong to the jurisdiction of the Convention.

3. ) In view of the insufficiency of the Expense Fund, as appears from the deliberations of the Board of Directors, the District objects to the frequent and costly travels of the officers.

4. ) Dividends, at the rate of at least 2% of the reserves, shall be paid every year.

5. ) The recommendation of the Board of Directors that representation at the National Convention be limited to one delegate for every 500 members (instead of 300, as at present) is not favored by the District; nor does the recommendation that representation at the district meetings be limited to 1 delegate for as many as 500 members and that a representative of 500 members shall have 5 votes, meet the approval of the district.

6. ) District 17/C recommends that the delegates be paid as heretofore, regardless of the duration of the Convention.

7. ) A director of the Association shall not be eligible to any branch or other office in the Association. It is considered an incongruity that a director should decide in matters in which he is personally interested, or that he should exercise control over himself in another position. Branchpresidents and district managers often find it difficult to proceed against a manager who is also a director, even though they may have good reason to do so.

8. ) The rights and duties of the district managers' shall include the stipulation that they

j may call a meeting of the managers of their resp., once a year, such meetings to be held each year in a different community j w’ithin their districts.

9. ) The Home Office shall be charged with notifying each and every lapsed member explaining the reason of the lapsing or extending of his certificate. Only in this matter will it be possible to eliminate the possibility of a manager accepting the dues of lapsed members. The publication of the list of lapsed members in the official Journal does not provide sufficient control in this matter.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by the President. In witness thereof these Minutes have been ! signed by: AUGUSTUS HABO- i DASZ, district chairman, JOSEPH DANISH, district recorder.

DISTRICT 30/B

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

The meeting of District 30/B, held on July 6th, 1947, at the j Hungarian Home, Los Angeles, Galif., was attended by the following: Coloman Matyas of

Branch 524; Michael Kosztin, Leo Fischer, Alexander Gyulay and Mary (Serflek) Hegedűs of Branch 525; Gabriel Bencze of Branch 527, and Andrew Heim of Branch M.61.

Pro tern Secretary Michael Kosztin calls the meeting to order. 1.) William Kolumban, re- I presentative of Branch 525, advises the meeting of his inability to be present and, therefore, j his place is taken by alternate delegate Mary (Serflek) Hegedűs. 2.) The meeting elects Leo Continued on page 5.