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

1947 / Verhovay Journal

November 26, 1947

Verhovay Journal

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assured by the Board that their appeal will be considered and that they will be notified of the action of the Board.

16. ) Jacob Torda, member of Branch 14, personally presents his complaint in regards to the election of the delegates by the meeting of District 18. Fellow-member Torda is assured by the Board that he will be notified of the action taken by the Board of Directors in the matter of his appeal.

17. ) The Board orders that its decision in the matter of the complaint of Frank Radvanyi, President of District 2/B, brought by correspondence, be made part of the minutes as follows: “The Board cannot find any reason for issuing an order to District 2/B to meet again for another election.”

18. ) The Board approves the report drafted by the supreme officers and orders that it be mimeographed and presented to the XXI. National Convention as The Report Of The Board Of Directors.

19. ) Upon recommendation by the Organizing Committee the Board orders that district managers Frank J. Cher and Michael Simo, who had taken part in the previous conferences, be .summoned to the session of the Board of Directors on Friday, September 5th, when the matters of promotion will be taken under consideration.

20. ) The Board of Directors, aware of the great value of the selfless and generous contributions of most of the American Hungarian newspapers to the advancement of Hungarian public and fraternal life in general and to that of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association in particular, resolves that the representatives of the Hungarian press be assured of a cordial welcome to the National Convention. This the Board resolves in the hope that the Convention will find the ways and means of appropriately recompensing the newspaper editors attending the Convention for their efforts.

21. ) The reinstatement of Andrew Simon, member of Branch 409, in the sick benefit department, had been annulled by the Home Office upon advice of the Medical Counsel. Considering the appeal of felow-member Simon against this action, and after reviewing the documents pertaining to the case, the Board sustains the appeal and orders the reinstatement of the appellant in the sick benefit department.

22. ) Branch 27 of Toledo, O., filed objections against having been classified as a district by itself by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has acted in accordance with the provisions of the By-laws when acording district status to the branch embracing more than 800 members and, therefore, the appeal is tabled.

23. ) John Grega, Manager of Branch 57, petitions the Board to grant two of his requests which had not been complied with by the meeting of his district. The petitioner requests that the medical questionary of the sick benefit claims be changed and that, in conjunction with the district sessions, he be awarded two per diem fees. The Board finds that it cannot comply with either request.

24. ) The Board is powerless to take action on the memorial of Joseph Weisman, Manager of Branch 275, because, according to the provisions of the By-Laws, delegates to the district sessions are entitled to per diem fees even if the meeting of the district is held in the community where they reside.

25. ) Upon the petition of Branch 310, Lynch, Ky., the Board awards a gift of Fifty Dollars to fellow-member Andrew Blasko who had lost both legs in World War II.

26. ) The Board of Directors regrets that it cannot comply with the request of the Indiana University Foundation for a scholarship for the students of the University.

27. ) The Board is unable to grant the request ot the Federation of Americans of Central and East European Descent for a contribution of $200 toward their work in behalf of the Displaced Persons.

28. ) The Board of Directors considers the following petitions received from Hungary:

a. ) George Besenyai, People’s College, Nyíregyháza,

b. ) the Mayor of the City of Szeged,

c. ) John Perenyi, Kemecse, Szabolcs county,

d. ) Andrew Gyulay, Battonya, Csanad county,

e. ) Joseph Ernyes, Villach, Austria.

The Board regrets its inability to grant these requests due partly to the lack of funds for such purposes and partly to the great volume of similar petitions making compliance an impossibility.

28a.) “The Board of Directors is conscious of the fact that our kin in Hungary will be in need of our brotherly aid and assistance for years to come. Therefore, the Board resolves to request the National Convention to create an appropriate fund, to be administered by the Board of Directors, for the aiding of truly deserving and needy institutions in Hungary.

To the knowledge of the Board there are hundreds of cultural, educational institutions, hospitals, orphanages, etc., in Hungary, whose urgent pleas for assistance, in view of their desperate plight, cannot be ignored.

Not to comply with individual requests for aid, but to assist institutions whose survival is of vital importance to the future of that country, is the aim of the Board of Directors in respectfully submitting the recommendation to the National Convention assembling on September 8th, 1947, that $10,000, in four annual installments of $2,500 each, be appropriated for this purpose.”

29. ) The request of Dr. Géza Domokos, Suffolk Ave.. Brentwood, Long Island, N. Y., cannot be granted by the Board.

30. ) Considering the request of fellow-member Frank Komjáthy, Manager of Branch 170, Medina, O., the Board orders that $75 be issued to him in compensation for services and expenses incurred in conjunction with the sale of the local Verhovay Home.

31. ) The Board awards the Verhovay “Acknowledged” title with the silver medal and the citation to fellow-member Daniel Matto, Manager of Branch 16, Star Junction, Pa., in recognition of his meritorious services as branch-officer for 29 years.

32. ) The following resolution, adopted by the Board of Directors by correspondence, is made part of these Minutes:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association holds legal title to all those three certain lots of pieces of ground with improvements situate in the Fifteenth Ward, City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, being lots or purparts numbered Six, Seven and Eight (6, 7, and 8) in the plan of partition of the Estate of Joseph Nixon, deceased, at No. 499 January Term, 1903, Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, Partition Docket 8, No. 139, as recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Allegheny County, in Deed Book Volume 2080, Page 466, and

WHEREAS, the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, by its duly authorized officers, has entered into an agreement dated May 20, 1947, wherein and whereby it agreed to execute a deed for the above described premises to the Hazelwood Magyar Home, Inc., and,

WHEREAS, the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association now desire to fulfill the terms of its agreement above referred to so far as it relates to the transfer of real estate,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association transfer by warranty deed its legal title to lots or purparts numbered Six, Seven and Eight (6 and 8) in the plan of the partition of the Estate of Joseph Nixon, deceased, at No. 199 January Term, 1903, Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, Partition Docket 8, No. 139, with the improvements, as the same is recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book Volume 268Ö, page 466.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that John Bencze, President, and Coloman Revesz, Secretary, he and are hereby authorized to execute a warranty deed to the Hazelwood Magyar Home Inc., as the act and deed of, for, and on behalf of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Coloman Revesz be and is hereby duly constituted and appointed to be its attorney for it and in its name and as and for its corporate act and deed to acknowledge said deed before any person having proper authority to the intent that the same may be duly recorded. -*

33. ) The Board finds it necessary that the elevator in the Home Office building be equipped with an automatic door-closer. From among the bids received that of the Otis Elevator Co., is accepted and the expenditure of $410 is authorized by the Board of Directors.

34. ) Upon recommendation by the supreme officers the Board adopts the offer of the Yawman and Erbe firm for additional installations in our steel filing equipment. The Home Office is authorized by the Board to award the order and to issue $2,295.75 for this purpose.

35. ) The directors find to their great regret that the furnishings of the Board of Directors’ meeting-room in the Home Office have not yet been completed, due to material shortages. It is understood that the furniture may be delivered around Christmas time, provided that the manufacturer will be able to obtain the necessary leather covers. It is the wish of the Board of Directors that the furnishings be delivered in accordance with the terms of the order.

36. ) At the meeting of the Board of Directors, last March, the Board of Directors awarded a cost-of-living grant of $10 per month to the Home Office employees. In view of the persistently rising prices the Board permits the issuing of this grant for another six months.

37. ) The Board finds that it cannot grant the request of John Drienka, a member of Branch 164, Chicago, 111. Fellowmember Drienka holds a Whole Life membership certificate, dues on which are payable throughout the life-time of the member.

38. ) The Board is pleased to acknowledge the thanks of Branch 71, Duquesne, Pa., in the matter of the portraits made of the hero dead members of this branch.

39. ) Fellow-member George Soltész of East Chicago, Ind., requests that the Board recompensate him for expenditures incurred in conjunction with transactions in the matter of the local Verhovay Home. The Board cannot comply with the re-