Verhovayak Lapja, 1949 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1949 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 2 Verhovay Journal June 15, 1949 More Than A Thousand Attended Tournament Banquet In Delray Part of the banquet crowd spread over three floors in the Auditorium of the First Hungarian Evangelical and Reformed Church in Delray, is shown on the picture above. Flowers donated by Rose-Marie’s Floral Shop decorated the speakers’ table headed by the Hon. Mayor Van Antwerp who gave the keynote address. Many times more people than appear on this picture had to be turned away by the regretful banquet committee. But everybody found room enough to dance after the tables, had been cleared away. THE FERRET SEZ 1 By Mrs. Jolán Luca* Branch 429, Dearborn, Mich. RECORD CROWD VIEWS TOURNEY (Continued from page 1) picture) and Dr. Andrew Kovács announced the winners of the Tournament Financing Campaign. National Auditor John Sabo made the presentations of the Frank Brogley Memorial Trophies to the champion teams in both the Men’s and Women’s Division. Miss Delores McDonough announced the winners of the Best Uniform Contest. The other six trophies were presented and the top money winners were announced by editor Henry Rettmann. Including th®4 presentation of the [ trophies and the announcement of the money-winning scores, the banquet and the entire program took' 2 hours and 20 minutes from beginning to end. Followed the dance whicl\ was interrupted by the Grand Event climaxing the Financing Campaign, at midnight sharp. Some ten judges from several states supervised and about a thousand people witnessed the event the results of which have been mailed to all branch-managers of the Verhovay. Dancing continued after the Grand Event until way after 2 o’clock and a good time was had by all. Arrangements for the banquet part of the 6th National Verhovay Bowling Tournament were handled by the Detroit Committee of One Hundred, headed by Vice-President Julius Macker, chairman. The kitchens, two of them, were manned by two teams of Detroit Verhovay ladies, one headed by Mrs. Stephen Lukacs, and the other by Mrs. Daniel Robb. In conclusion, we wish to thank, on behalf of the National Executive Committee, all officers and members of the Detroit branches who lent their services in whatever capacity to this great event. Then, too, we wish to thank the bowlers for the magnificent spirit which they have displayed throughout the tournament. And finally, we wish to thank those many guests who attended the Tournament and the Banquet and Dance, for their generous interest in Verhovay’s sports program and its grand event, the National Bowling Tournament. To make our list of acknowledgments complete, we must remember also those outstanding branch-managers, fellow-members and friends of the Verhovay who have made some contribution to the success of this endeavour. To all of these we give our solemn assurance that - their efforts and contributions have not been in vain, for each and every act of cooperation has helped foster the fraternal spirit that has made it possible for more than 1200 Verhovayans to meet in friendship and understanding. First Salesgirl: “How do you knowthe new window-dresser is married?” Second Salesgirl: “He always poses the models with their palms up!” The former vicar and his wife decided to attend a garden party in his flld parish. The new vicar greeted his predecessor heartily. “I’m very pleased to see * you again,” he said. “And is this your most charming wife?” The other* vicar fixed his host with an accusing stare. “This,” he said, reprovingly, “is my only wife.” After half a dozen false starts, here she goes! Yea, verily, and so on ... At last Ye Ed gives me sufficient space to get it all out of my system and what happens? It isn’t that your Ferret is stuck on what to write about . . . oh, no! But the toughest part about writing any story is that important first sentence . . . you know . . . WHO, WHY, WHEN, WHERE ? Once those journalistic preliminaries are out of the way, the rest rolls along as smoothly as the wheels of a well-oiled machine. Of course, the story your Ferret was told to write concerned the “Doubles” and “Singles” events of the 6th Verhovay Nationaal Bowling Tournament held on Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29, in Detroit, Michigan. However, the story which will be written, will cover a whole lot more than the actual bowling story. There are angles which the stay-athome Verhovayan can’t even imagine. There are so many subjects discussed, so many new ideas to put before you for your approval, and so gosh-darn many sincere apologies to make, that this will be a rambling story in true Ferret style. No apologies will be made, however, for the Ferret style, because I found out that a very remarkable number of Verhovay members like the stuff, including even personal items about family fun ... So thanks a million for your hearty approval on at least one phase of my weary life. It’s gratifying to know that the number of fans has swelled from two to a lot more . . . perhaps even as many as two hundred . , . maybe! MINOR EVENT OFFERS MAJOR SURPRISES ... As far as the “doubles” and “singles” events were concerned, after that first squad left the alleys at 1 p.m., Saturday, there were so many disillusioned bowlers, including yours truly, that we didn’t even stick around to find out what the top scores were. Believe me, people, no one was more surprised than your reporter to find that four of my gals (again including tired me) won second, resp., fourth place in the Two-Woman event. When I dragged the body back about 7 p.m. to the Detroit Recreation alleys, the list for the first few two-woman teams was headed by the Branch 216, Northampton, Pa., doubles champs . . . those Northampton gals must have been mighty proud to beat out my favorites from South Bend. I don’t believe the Pennsylvania girls ever bowled in a Verhovay tourney before, so it must have been a woozy feeling they went home with . . . (Continued on page 3)
