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

1949 / Verhovay Journal

GRACE ON THANKSGIVING

Lord, for Thy gifts — this more-than-daily bread. Wherewith our needs are fed;

For all these bounties, deep and dear and living,

We give thanksgiving,

4s, even so,

Delivered both from famine and the foe Our fathers did three hundred years ago.

Bless us, oh Lord:

This house, these children and this laden board;

But bless besides, O, shelter in Thy hand!

This land, this reaching land.

That all these are fruits of, Lord, we pray

Wake in our hearts today

Not gratitude alone, but stubborn will

To guard our dream, to watch our ramparts still

And darker perils, yes, and falser gods

Against more difficult odds

Than Pilgrim minds could measure. Let us, then,

Become a lamp to light the loorld again,

4s once we were. We thank Thee, Lord . . . Amen.

—PHYLLIS HAYDEN.

Will Your Child Have A College Education?

— Verhovay Offers An Excellent Opportunity To Parents For Giving Their Children The Best Equipment For A Successful Life.

Though your child may have only one chance in a ten million to become President of the United States, you still don’t give up. You want him to become, if not the President of the U.S.. at least a successful person, happy in the realization of his ambitions, free of the insecurity besetting the small wage earner, enjoying a higher standard of living and rising above the average in personality, achievements and material advancement. In other words, you want your child to have the breaks you didn’t have, and you want him to attain what you had been unable to attain because circumstances, mostly of financial nature, had fenced you in. surrounding you with an insurmountable wall of obligations and obstacles at every turn of your life.

You want your child to have a better chance, but you realize also that merely wanting him to have it is not enough. You realize that it is you, the parent of the child, who has to do something about it, because neither life nor society will give him a break merely because that is what you want for your child.

It is up to you to equip your child for life’s long battle and "the better you equip him, the better chances he has to succeed. To be sure, a great deal will depend on the kind of adult your child will grow up into. If he is neither willing nor able to make the most of his equipment, then, of course, your efforts and sacrifices on his behalf will have been made in vain. On the other hand, you can’t in good conscience leave it all up to him on the assumption that if he is worth his salt, he will succeed anyhow. The most courageous and best trained soldier in the world is helpless in the battle without proper equipment. Your child may have inherited from you all the makings of success and you may have trained him according to the best traditions, but if you withhold the equipment from him, what will his courage and training avail him in the face of the keen competition which he will have to meet? Indeed, some acquire the equipment and attain success by their own efforts, but they are exceptional people and, even so, no one can say how much exceptional circumstances had contributed to their ultimate success. After all, how far did you get? And how much further could you be today if you had had the proper equipment giving you the right start at the beginning? Isn’t that what you’d want to assure to your child? A right start? Most fathers and mothers feel they owe it to their child. It was they that brought him into the .world, it’s up to them to equip him for the world.

THE BEST EQUIPMENT

It is the consensus of people in all classes, trades and professions that education is the best possible equipment for life. The more the better. On this rich and poor, educated and uneducated, laborers, farmers, businessmen and professionals agree. Statistics confirm their opinions.

TRENTON BRANCH 417 TO CELEBRATE 15th ANNIVERSARY ON NOVEMBER 20

— Buffet — Banquet and Dance to be held in Trenton Hungarian Home. —

TRENTON BRANCH 417 — ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE

That the gala event marking the 15th anniversary of Branch 417 will be n great success, is assured by the enthusiastic committee members who are shown above relaxing after a meeting at which the final plans have been made for this affair. Seated left to right are Mrs. Amelia K. fiasco, chairman, Mrs. Ann Gerenday, Mrs. Frank J. Cher, wife of Verhovay’s eastern Field Supervisor and Manager of. the Trenton District, and Miss Elsie Ari: standing Miss Anne Lucas, Mrs. Mary Ann Ari, Miss Florence Lassan and Mrs. William Kropac Jr.

15 YEARS OF SERVICE AND SUCCESS

Plans are under way for a celebration that will mark 15 years of organization and service for Verhovay Branch 417 of Trenton, New Jersey.

Branch 417 was organized by the late Albert B. Ari, beloved Vice- President of the Association and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Under his capable leadership it became one of the largest American branches in the country. In achieving this Iresult, Branch 417 was fortunate in having among its members such enthusiastic and willing helpers as Frank Molnár, Sr., Joseph Miszur, John Janosky, Edward Lukacs, Jr., and Julius Kovács. Through their combined efforts and cooperation, not forgetting the help given to them by many other members, all of the plans undertaken by Branch 417 were successfully realized. This has instilled in their successors the ambition to continue this fine work.

EVERYBODY INVITED TO GALA EVENT

The 15th anniversary celebration has given the branch an opportunity to acquaint the many new members with Verhovay activities. All Verhovay members and their friends in Trenton, and the surrounding areas are cordially invited to attend the gala event to be held on Sunday, November 20th, 1949, at 8:00 p.m., at the Magyar Home, Genesee and Hudson Streets. A buffet supper, of an unusual and delicious variety, will be served between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Eddie Hatrak and his orchestra, one of the finest in Trenton, has been engaged to furnish the music for the dance. In a brief address, Dr. Joseph Kondor, well-known Trenton surgeon and charter-member of Branch 417, will welcome the guests.

The committee planning the event is headed by Mrs. Amelia K. Gasco, chairman, and John Baky, co-chairman. Assisting them in hard work to ensure an enjoyable and unforgettable evening for all guests are Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Ari, Jr., Miss Elsie Ari, Mr. Michael Batar, Field Supervisor. District Manager and Mrs. Frank J. Cher. Mr. and Mrs. William Freund, Mr. George Gerenday, Mrs. Ann Gerenday, Miss Elizabeth Kondor, Mrs. Mary Kropac, Miss Florence Lassan, Miss Anne Lucas, Mr. Edward Lukacs and Mr. John Wolliard.

Reservations must be made in advance at the Verhovay District Office, 1041 S. Broad Street, Trenton, New Jersey, telephone Trenton 6-1050.

FLORENCE LASSAN and ANN LUCAS, Publicity.

That college training helps one to gain distinction, is proved

by the fact that out of 100 persons whose names are listed in “Who’s Who,” 75 are college graduates, 86 attended college, while public school'graduates represent only 7% of the total. In other words, a college graduate has 11 times more of a chance to gain distinction than one who has attended only public school.

That college training is good unemployment insurance has been proved during the depression and has been proved over and

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