Verhovayak Lapja, 1949 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1949 / Verhovay Journal

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Verhovay Journal

ALLENTOWN GIRL WHO SPOKE FOR CHILDREN OF HUNGARY, BRIDE OF LEHIGH GRADUATE

Three years ago the picture of a young and pretty blonde appeared ön the first page of the Journal, under the heading “A letter to my fellow-members.” The writer, Miss Jacqueline Jane Smor, a native of Pittsburgh, who had returned shortly before to her parents in Allentown, Pa., from Hungary where she has been stranded for six years, made a moving appeal to the membership of the Verhovay on behalf of the unfortunate children in wartorn Hungary.

Miss Smor who joined the Verhovay in Allentown shortly after her return to the States, wrote: “My Verhovay membership means a great deal to me, for Hungarians are very close to my heart. And the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association is Hungarian, indeed, for it was born of Hungarian parents, sixty years ago.”

“I was over there for six years,” she continued, “and the horrors of the last years are burned into my rilind and I shall nevei' forget their memories.”

Describing the “desolation of Hungary” she went on writing about ‘‘those’ emaciated, terror-stricken, sad-faced Hungarian children “who” don’t play, don’t run around, for they are hungry.”

The sufferings of these children, arousing the compassion of her sensitive heart, made her vow: “My God, if I ever return to that sacred land of freedom, I will tell it to all America, so that all those who have a heart for Hungary, may realize how forsaken, unfortunate, unhappy the Hungarian nation is today.”

Faced with the misery of those children she recalled her own happy childhood. “Good living and gifts I took for granted,” she wrote, “but over there I learned that one can take nothing for gx-anted. It is a divine gift and privilege that we enjoy well-being, plenty and liberty in our country. How did we deserve our standard of living and freedom? Surely, we * American Hungarian young people are not superior to those over there ? And how did those innocent children deserve their horrible fat9 ? Don’t you agree that nothing can be taken for granted ? Every day we should give thanks to God for the privilege of living in this country, but, at the same time, we should not forget those who are not as fortunate as we are . . .”

We are reminded of this letter of three years ago, which, though in a different sense, is just -as true today as it was then, by the news of the recent marriage of the writer, the former Miss Jacqueline Jane Smor, the lovely daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Adalbert M. Smor, of 830 N. 21st St., Allentown, Pa., to Blackburn Huger Hazlehurst, son of Mrs. Thomas H. Hazlehurst and her late husband, Dr. Hazlehurst of 729 Sixth Ave., Bethlehem, Pa., on June 25th, 1949, at St. Peter and Paul’s Church in Bethlehem, Pa., the Rev. M. Staurovslry of Binghampton, N. Y., officiating. Vocal music was rendered by the church choir at the ceremonies attended by a great host of friends and well-wishers. The bride, a graduate of the Sacré Coeur institute in Budapest and a senior at the Moravian College for Women, was given away by her father. The exquisite wedding gown of the bride was well matched by those of her attendants. The Maid of Honor, Miss Clara Yelenies, a classmate, wore white flower frosted organdy over nile green satin with off-the-shoulder neckline,

(Photo by R. A. Metzger)

Mrs. Jacqueline Jane Hazlehurst

a white horsehair picture hat dipped in front, and a yellow colonial bouquet of roses. The Bridesmaids, Ann Harris, Emily Bittner, Catherine Cärbiere and Mary Ann Babos wore gowns styled like that of the Maid of Honor in white flower frosted organdy over lemon yellow satin slip. They wore white matching picture hats and carried red roses of colonial bouquets.

Richard Dorsey of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was the best man and Paul Smor, brother of the bride, Ken Hank'r.son, Wilbert Knipe and Roland Dorman served as ushers.

Mrs. Smor, mother of the bride, wore a pearl gray lace gown with matching pink lace hat and a pink baby-rose corsage. Mrs. Hazlehurst, mother of the groom, wore a navy blue lace gown and a pink geranium belt corsage. She wore a veil hat1 with matching geraniums.

Following the ceremonies, a reception was held in the Jade ballroom of the Hotel Traylor in Allentown, Pa., after which the couple left for a honeymoon in the cool Adirondacks in New York. Their home is at Hartford, Conn., where Mr. Hazlehurst a graduate of Lehigh University, class ’48, is employed in the actuarial department of the Connecticut General Insurance Co.

Our congratulations and best wishes to the happy bride and groom. May all their hopes and dreams come true in a long life of love, understanding, prosperity and happiness!

All the De Papps Are Honor Students

— Three out of Four Have Won Scholarships. —•

Here is a record that can be envied by every father and mother.1 It is set by the :four children of our Buffalo Branch 121 Manager and his wife, of whose scholastic accomplishments the July 9th edition of the Buffalo Evening News carried the following story:

“When it comes1 to scholastic achievements, the dePapp family has set a record for others to shoot at.

“The Rev. John L. E. dePapp, pastor of Our Saviour Magyar Lutheran Church, and Mrs. dePapp, have fouh children. All have been honor stu-Frank Wukovits Appointed Field Supervisor

Pursuant to the actions of the recent special meeting of the Board of Directors, announcement is made of the appointment of Frank Wukovits, District Manager of Branch 132, South Bend, Ind., to the position of Field Supervisor in the western organizing field which includes all branches of the Association from the middle of the states Michigan and Indiana to the west to, and including, Omaha, Nebr.

The appointment was made in recognition of the outstanding record of Frank Wukovits as the leading producer of the Association for a number of years.

.Field Supervisor Frank Wukovits, who will continue as District Manager of South Bend Branch 132, has assumed the duties of his new office on August 1st, 1949. We are confident that he will be given the utmost cooperation of all managers and officers of the branches assigned to his field.

We congratulate and extend our best wishes to Field Supervisor Frank Wukovits upon entering his new assignment that encourages every hope for the institution of a highly effective promotional program in the western organizing field.

HOME OFFICE WEDDING BELLS

— National President’s Secretary Bride of Noted Inventor. —

Under the caption “Atomic Age Courting Takes Only 2 Months” the Pittsburgh Press reports the wedding of Adelbert Alexay, engineer, a scientist for the General Electric Corp., Schenectady, N. Y., and Miss Mary Krizsan, secretary to the National President Of the Verhovay,

dents during their entire scholastic careers and the three oldest are scholarship winners. Their home is at 1035 Grant St.

“Miss Ildikó dePapp, 20, is a junior at Wellesley College. She has gob straight A’s ever since she entered college. After winning three Jesse Ketchum medals at School 42 and Riverside High School and topping her high school class four years, she entered Wellesley on a scholarship from the Buffalo Wellesley Club.

“Miss Emőke dePapp, 18, was graduated from the Buffalo Seminary in June and was one of the four highest in her class. The Graduates Association of the Seminary granted her a $350 scholarship. Smith College offered her an $850 scholarship and Goueher College, Baltimore, offered her one of $400. She chose the former. She was an honor student at School 42 and Riverside.

“Zsolt dePapp, 16, is a junior at the Nichols School, where he has been on a tuition scholarship for two years. He was president of his class at School 42 and has been honor student there, at Riverside, which he attended for two years, and at Nichols. He has been certified as ministerial student by the United Lutheran Church in America.

“Eve dePapp, 7, is following in the others’ footsteps. Her report card at the end of second grade in School 42 was running true to form — a string of unbroken A’s.”

Lucky, brains aren’t taxed, for the dePapps would go broke fast. This way, their four children are an apparently inexhaustible source of pride for them. And for the Verhovay, too, for as it behooves a manager of the Association, all of them are members of the Verhovay. Congratulations!

Tourney Administrators Transact Business In Stairway

August 17, 1949

H. Rettmann and J. Sabo

Henry F. Rettmann, editor of the Verhovay Journal, and John Sabo, National Auditor, co-administrators of the 6th Verhovay Tournament, found a quiet spot in the stairway of the Recreation Building to transact some business. But there was more business than quiet spots. And the transactions did not always elicit satisfied smiles on their faces. But they found plenty of comfort in the enthusiastic spirit of the tournament’s friendly participants.

formerly a secretary at the Hungarian Consulate of Pittsburgh, at! St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, on Wednesday, July 20th, 1949.

“A noted scientist and a Pittsburgh secretary proved today,” writes the Pittsburgh Press, “that whirlwind courtship isn’t the private property of teen-agers.”

“It only took a month,” the story runs, “for Mr. Alexay to propose. The rest of the time has been spent finding a home near his laboratory in Schenectady, N. Y., and in making church arrangements.

“We are in the ^omie age,” the bride explained, “everything moves fast.” Her husband added: “We are young in spirit.”

“Both the bride and the groom are natives of Hungary. Mr. Alexay was educated in Budapest and Bremen and came to this country with General Electric in 1914.

“He has won the company’s Coffin Award three times, — for improving a refrigeration unit, for a garbage disposal unit, and for developing Formex wire, one of the few types that stood up in Pacific jungles.”

Another of his notable inventions is described in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It is an X-ray device for checking the absolute safety of hand grenade fuses. It was first used at( Anzio beach in Italy and the method was said by Army men to have prevented at least 100,000 accidents.

The former Miss Krizsan also was educated in Budapest. She entered Hungarian diplomatic service and came to Pittsburgh 22 years ago. After the closing of the Hungarian consulate at the beginning of World War II., she went to business school and after a year’s work with a large payroll billing firm, she came to the Verhovay.

The couple met last May at a meeting of the Hungarian Professional Society in Pittsburgh.

The Home Office gave Mary a warm send-off and the good wishes of the officers and employees, of the Association accompanied the Alexays on their honeymoon at the Finger Lakes in New York.