Verhovayak Lapja, 1949 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1949 / Verhovay Journal
July 20, 1949 Verhovay Journal-rro-wr PAGE 9 1 Hussars And Bakak’s Of Philadelphia The “Hussars” and “Bakak”s — (Huszárok és Bakák), bowlers of Branch 76. Philadelphia, Pa., who closed their first, highly successful, season at a banquet in the Trenton, N. J., Hungarian Home. Tony Noll, Steve Szemes, Henry Birkenhauer, Mr. Benes and Jerry Karavias are in the top row, and Ann Stankovich, Elsie Szemes, Mrs. Urban, Helen Kuzman and Mary Hornyak appear in the bottom row. Judging from what is heard in the east, things are astir in our Philadelphia Branch. The youthful officers of this branch deserve wholehearted cooperation on the part of the membership, for their aim, the ‘fraternalization of the membership thru an ambitious social program is being consistently pursued. And so we join Miss Julie Mudry, publicity agent of Branch 76, in appealing to all members for their interest and participation in the affairs of the branch. Those who already have responded to this appeal, are enthusiastic witnesses to the success of their program. Branch 366 Highlighter By BILL TORDA :—: Cleveland, Ohio MONTHLY MEETING On Friday night, June 3rd, Mr. Anthony Pinter, President, called the meeting- to order. This month’s meeting was somewhat different in that it concerned important branch activities. The first question submitted to discussion was the date of the regular monthly meetings. In the end, the first Friday of the month was retained as the meeting nite. The time is 7:30 and all members please take notice and consider it a wise - practice to attend. The next issue was the election of the entertainment committee. Four members were elected to this new committee: Florence Marozsanyi, Theresa Moses, Julius Nagy and Felix Tromski. The aim of this committee i§ to provide happy moments of entertainment for members at. tending the meetings, before, or more likely, after the business sessions. Naturally, other dates during the month may be selected. Ideas from all you happy people will be welcomed, so please, voice your desires. The committee will consider and discuss any little suggestion besides what they may be planning. Since the summer is here, the suggestion to hold a basket picnic already was made, but there is no date set as yet at this printing. These events are to be regarded as open dates by all members in good standing of the branch. So fellow-members, if you have not been active up to this meeting, readjust your time tables enough to allow yourselves free time to enjoy the opportunities created for you in the future. WHO GETS THE JOURNAL? Another little item, but important, is the question: just how many members are actually getting a copy of the Verhovay Journal? After a poll at the last meeting it was a surprise to note how many members don’t get their copies. Effort is being made to get a copy to every member. For instance, I have written articles for the Journal from time to time, but I always had to borrow a copy to read my own writing. So I’m making an open plea hoping that someone will listen to me. (Editor’s remark: in addition to making an open plea, Bill did the right thing in making up a complete, up-to-date address list of the members of Branch 366, and mailing it to the Home Office. Whatever changes were required, had been made in our mailing lists. We thank Bill Torda for his efforts.) PLANS FOR BOWLING SEASON All active, would-be and future bowlers please note that plans are and will be in the making for the 1949-50 season. This will be an open subject at future meetings and possibly at some special meetings until the entire matter will be ironed out to the satisfaction of all concerned. Keep yourself posted, come around and give us a chance to inform you. So far a bid has been made for the bowling date of the coming season on Wednesday nights, at 7 o’clock. Your cooperation in this matter is of utmost importance in order that complaints later on may be avoided. District Manager Mr. Joseph M. Toth assured us that the alleys at the Home will be repaired in accordance with A.B.C. specifications. Philadelphia Bowlers Close First Season at Banquet in Trenton Hungarian Home “Are YOU There? The Officers of the Philadelphia Verhovay Branch are pleased that so many of our members took such an active interest in our first attempt at organizing a bowling group. This first year means so much to our branch, for it marks the advent of other activities yet to be organized. We started with a small group, a “sporting” group, of which we are proud. It is with great sincerity that we have asked, and still ask, all members — young and old alike — to come to our meetings, learn about our outside activities, join them, offer suggestions, for only in this way can we become well acquainted and thus bring about a fine Verhovay Club. Those who have been regularly attending our Friday nights of bowling, have found that a good time can really be had by all, spectators and participants alike. It is with due pride that we present the above photograph for it represents the realization of a dream come true. For a long time our Philadelphia Branch has tried to stir up interest, somehow, someway, striving for the fraternalization of its members. Our only regret is that the other faithful members of our teams, due to unavoidable events, were not present at the time the above picture was taken, but we are very happy that most of them are pictured in the photograph taken the night of our Bowling Celebration. Our thanks for these go to Philip Melnick, the photographer, and incidentally a newly acquired member in ,our Verhovay Club. ' This celebration was in honor of our first successful year of bowling. After much deliberation it was decided that on April 30th, we would hold our banquet in Trenton at the Magyar House. The trip there was made in a chartered bus, and all the way we sang our favorite songs. Mrs. Stephen Szemes favored us with many memorable Hungarian songs. Amid such frolic, we arrived at the Magyar House where our banquet dinner awaited us together with a delightful Hungarian Orchestra. What better dinner music could one wish for? As our group picture reveals, a good time was certainly had by all, and js one that many of us will never forget. We cannot possibly list the individual names, but we know you won’t mind and you can have some fun locating yourselves and your friends. In the midst of our good time, Mr. Noll, our Vice President, had the orchestra leader announce the 6th wedding anniversary of one of our members, and also officer of the board, Mr. Carmen Mudry and wife, Helen. Caught in the surprise, the couple blushed, accepted the gift of a five pound bag of sugar from Mrs. Starr in token of the six years, and finally danced to the strains of a lovely waltz. May they continue to have such happy anniversaries. And so, a tired but happy group turned toward home, talking of the wonderful time — food, dancing and such, that marked the end of our bowling season. At this time, we would like to mention that of the bowling teams, Henry Birkenhauer, had the high score of 148 and of the girls, Helen Kuzmann had the score of 134. Incidentally, the names of our bowling teams are the Hussars and the Bakaks. Seeing their reaction, we officers of the Philadelphia Branch have renewed hope, because now we have interested members to support us in activities we are plannnig, and we know that they too are looking with anticipation to the good times that our Verhovay Branch can turn out. Summer is coming, new plans are being made. If you have missed our first gettogether, won’t you make it an “Essential Date” to come to our next meeting? We’d love to have you all. That’s the second Saturday night of the month. See you then. Fraternally yours, JULIE MUÖRY. BOWLING NEWS — TOURNAMENT CITY, — DETROIT Well, as usual, it seems we didn’t win any prizes, nor big pots of green backs. We can’t seem to get the best of blasting the maples for good results. But we are looking forward to better times — our day is coming, though it’s hard to say when. However, as far as the minor cash prizes are concerned, our boy’s didn’t do too badly. L. Letterle — D. Bayus picked up a $10.00 prize ,and F. Guenter — J. Simko an $8.00 prize in the Two-Man Event, while J. Simko made $11, J. Nagy $9, E. Torda $8, and C. Moses $4 in the Individual Event. That’s a total of $50. (Continued on page 10)
