Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1947 / Verhovay Journal
/ Verhovay Off Year’s Highest Production Attained In Manager’s Month! — Classified Contest To Run Until End Of Year. — August, the Month of Verhovay’s Branch-managers always was the harvest season for the field-workers of the Association. This year’s August was no exception. True, as far as membership increase is concerned, 1947, up to this time, has been an off year. And compared to the production usually attained in August, this year’s Managers’ Month was off, too, but, still, it brought the highest number of applications so far this year. 167 members joined the Senior Order and 185 the Junior Order. A total of 352 certificates, representing $251.000 had been issued. While this is a record for 1947, it is nothing to brag about. It is only 4 applications above the second highest month of the year, April and it is the lowest August of the last five years. Hence it is not surprising that of the 84 awards available for August only two were claimed by contestants having met the minimum requirements. In Class I., (membership up to 50), CHARLES VARGA, Manager of Branch 307, Dixon, 111., was awarded the First Prize. $15 for producing 3 units. Nearest to him was John Szász, Manager of Branch 47, Canton, O., with 23/2 units, half a unit below the minimum requirement. In Class II., (membership between 51 and 100) no award could be made as none of the contestants succeeded in meeting the minimum requirement which is 10 units for this class. Stephen Miklósik, Manager of Branch 49, Aurora, 111., led this class with a production of 5 units. In Class III., (membership between 101 and 250), where minimum requirement has been set at 15 units, the First Prize of $45 has been awarded to Emery Sziich. Manager of Branch 25, Mt. Hope. W. Va., who produced 151/» units (13 members, $10,- 000 insurance). In Class IV.. (membership above 251), none of the contestants having met the minimum requirement of 25 units, no award was made. Leaders in this class were Joseph Szabó, Manager of Branch 443, Detroit, Mich., w'ith 10 unijs, and Julius Danch, Manager of Branch 138, Gary, Ind., with 9 units. One award, however, has been made retroactively by the Board of Directors who, upon examining the production record for July of Adam Simon Jr., Manager of Branch 52, New Brunswick, N. J., found that he lost out only due to the failure of the examining physician to forward an application in time. Including that application he was credited with 25 units and, therefore, the first Prize of $60 was awarded to him by the Board. Congratulations to the winners whose production had been instrumental in upholding the tradition of the Month of Verhovay Branch Managers. Contest to continue. Contrary to expectations, the Board of Directors have not cancelled the contest which, therefore, will continue according to plan until the last of the year. 93 cash awards, ranging from $60 down to $5, and total- I ling $2.695 are available for the month of September. To these ' 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: COLOM AN REVESZ Editor’s Office: 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. Telephone: COurt 3454 or 3455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada ..................................... $1.00 a year Foreign Countries .................................................... S1.50 a year ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: P. O. BOX 7, WOOLSEY STATION — LONG ISLAND CITY 5, N. Y. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 3, 1879. _.... l , (ltM|,, _ muj,, um r - -Journal______________________________October 8, 1947 THE VERHOVAY ALBUM OF BRANCH MANAGERS JOSEPH CZEISZPERGER — BRANCH 447 — DAYTON, OHIO Joseph Czeiszperger, residing at 1627 Mack Ave., Dayton, O.,' was born in Josephhaza, Hungary, in 1884. In 1907 he married the former Mary Czibera and in 1911 they came to the United States. They have 12 children, Joseph, 38, Margaret, 34, Julia, 32, Steve, 31, Anne, 28, Rose, 25, Katie, 23, Andy, 21, Agnes, 19, Helen, 16, and Mary, 13. Of them Joseph, Margaret, Anne, Julia, Steve and Rose are married, and have given their parents ten grand-children. His son, Steve, served with the Navy in World War II. Mr. Czeiszperger, a park attendant in the employ of the City of Dayton since 1940, joined the Verhovay at Branch 249, in Dayton, O., in 1934. Two years later he was elected President of Branch 447, serving from 1936 until 1938, when he was elected Manager in which capacity he has served ever since. As a manager he devoted a great deal of his time and efforts to the task of securing new members. That he was awarded a $100 prize in one of Verhovay’s membership contests and secured more than 150 members during the last nine years, is proof of the fact that he was eminently successful. In recognition of his valuable contributions to the advancement of the Associa-., tion in Dayton he was awarded the Verhovay “Acknowledged” title with the Silver Medal in 1936. Highly active in social life he holds various offices, like the secretaryship in the North Dayton Hungarian Civic Club, trusteeship in the church of which he is a member, comptrollership in the local chapter of the American Hungarian Relief, Inc., and a seat in the Hungarian Grand Committee of Dayton. 63 years old, he still maintains his activities and continues serving the nearly 200 members of Branch 447. THE TRUTH It’s a funny thing, but true — That folks you don’t like, don’t like you; — I don’t know why this should be so, — But just the same I always know — If I am sour, friends are few; — If I am friendly, folks are too. — Sometimes I get up in the morn — A-wishin’ I was never born; — I make of cross remarks a few, — And then my family wishes, too, — That I had gone some other place — Instead of showing them my face. — But let me change my little tune, — And sing and smile, then pretty soon — The folks around me sing and smile; I guess ’twas catch’n all the while. — Yes, it’s a funny thing, but true, — That folks you like will sure like you. (Equitable of Iowa.) Everything has gone up but ideals which seem a little lower if anything. As soon as it becomes difficult to borrow money to buy things one doesn’t need, then hard times will be here. The forecaster who said skirts were coming down was more correct than the one who said prices were. TO THE CONTRIBUTORS The next issue of the Journal will be published on W'ednesday, October 29th. Contributions for that issue should be in not later than October 22nd, Wednesday. Contributions should be typewritten, on one side of the paper only, double spaced, and not exceed 1,200 words, or 6,000 letters. Address contributions to VERHOVAY JOURNAL, ENGLISH SECTION, 436 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh 19, Pa. will be added 12 prizes for each month, October, November and December. Until the conclusion of the contest a total of 129 cash awards, totalling $3,865 will be made available. This is the greatest and, at the same time, THE LAST opportunity of this kind, for it should be understood that the new promotional system adopted by the XXI. National Convention, excludes the possibility of future membership contests. So many prizes have accumulated in each class that it would be impossible for anyone meeting the minimum requirement not to win an award. And with Christmas drawing near, surely every Manager will welcome the chance to make some extra money. We hope to be able to distribute the greatest part of the prizes by the end of the year. To this end we wish every Manager the best of success for the last three months of the Classified Contest. \
