Verhovayak Lapja, 1950 (33. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1950 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 6 Verhovay Journal March 15, 1950 THE FERRET SEZ """...... By Mrs. Jolán Lucas Branch 429, Dearborn, Mich. ‘‘The heart makes a record of every shining; thing and plays it back like music through the years.” —Felix Noland. NOW HE IS A MAN! Just for a change, your Ferret would like to deviate from the usual fraternal problems irt a general way, and concentrate, in retrospect, on a personal fraternal problem which can, and probably does, apply to a great many of you. (Bear with me!) have you ever stopped to wonder what kind of man or woman that cuddly pink baby which you held in your arms so lovingly would develop into? You remember making' plans for the future President of the United States, or the greatest newspaper woman who ever lived, or possibly that tiny mite would become a famous movie star, or a great scientist. I Many years passed into limbo, experiences ranging from deep sorrow to ecstatic heights of glory. There were the many nights of staying up with a sick youngster, counting ehe minutes until the doctor arrived. Then the thrilling experience of the First haircut, or the barest semblance to that wobbly baby step. Remember the day you took that young' one to his first day at school, wondering whether Teacher would understand his funny little habits, his own peculiar fears ? And the thrill you felt when he graduated from grade school and entered the wide and secret world of the teen-agers in high school? Believe it' or not, that’s when you felt that changing soiled clothing or urging hated food down a rebellious throat, and that ever constant eye out for street crossings and fighting bullies was not as ted-BRANCH 21 SPORTS CLUB SPEAKS (Continued from page 5) ly pay obeisance before you, O Great and Almighty Aces! There is a possibility 1 may end up with a sore back after all this kowtowing about, so the aces better come through for us! PERSONALITIES Johnnie Mislay of the aces, after discarding his old ball, has acquired a new conventional grip type. At first I thought the lad was going into business or that he was acquiring a ball for everyone of the five leagues he bowls in. Toting that ball around so much, Iv wouldn’t be surprised if he will develop a tilt in his walking. John’s , a good kid. I like him, he is my cousin. It’s surprising Mike Mikula hasn’t been chosen for one of those ‘men of discrimination’ ads. He would look distinguished holding a highball in his hand, with a caption under his profile saying “I drink such and such liquor because it’s better than turpentine.” Some people will say that was corny, in fact that I am full of corn. 1 don’t know why I should be full of corn when I planted celery (Yukyuk.) Other people have stated I am as happy as if I were in my right mind. Although I attempt to sprinkle these columns with a bit of satire and loose chit-chat, I in no way intend to bring embarrassment upon anyone. The one reason I try to liven up things is because I don’t relish the thought of you people falling into the arms of Morpheus while reading the paper. DANCE AND SOCIAL The Sports Club will sponsor its next dance on April 30th, with the Rendes Bros., orchestra offering its fine selections of popular Hungarian and American dance music. The dance will be held at the St. Stephen’s Auditorium on Wilson Avenue. Dancing will be from 8:00 p.m., to midnight. The committee urges one and all to attend and help make the dance a fine success. Mrs. Gabor Cene wilt serve her usual wonderful pastries and sandwiches. By the time this issue will appear, we will have had our sports social for March. We are going to show baseball movies of the 1949 World , Series and other movies and baseball, football and bowling. We are acutely aware of the need for larger attendances at our meetings. We believe with the showing of these sports movies, the trend for greater attendance will come about. The running time for the movies varies from 20 to 30 minutes. The films are with sound and are in the 16 MM category. KEG-UTES Perhaps most of you women bowlers l:now that the 25th Ohio Women’s Bowling Association Tournament is being held here in Youngstown, at the Southway alleys. Our girls’ teams also are entered in this State elimination tournament. During their runoffs last Sunday, the girls posted a 2649, for the .team events. There is more glamour and charm concentrated at that tournament than I will ever . witness for some time to come. Many of the girls are pretty fair bowlers, while the rest are just pretty, — which is alright in itself. The girls from Branch 21 participating in the tournament are: Margaret Barkó, Freda Benish, Wilma Miller, Mary Padery, Dolores and Mary Ann I Brogiey. ! VARIATIONS The Seventh Annual Verhovay National Ten Pin Tournament is summed up in the following prose: V is for Victory: may the best team have it. E is for Efficiency, Excellence, and ; Eagerness which the tourney town I wishes to present. \ R stands for the Ride which the I local teams hope to take the visitors j for (we hope). H is for the Hungarians entered in the Tournament, the blue-bloods, red-bloods, or otherwise. O echoes the Oooohs! and Ohs! ‘ which will be heard when some of the die-hards miss a 7 or 10 spare. V stands for (what again?) Vine, Vomen, and a Vinner, Veil Vat elge? A stands for Albert B. Ari, a great' j man, to whose memory we shall dedicate this affair and V is for Youngstown, the Tournament City which we so proudly hail. Your Roving Reporter of Branch 21, STEVE MISLAY. ious a job, or as thankless, as trying to mold character which would become adaptable to the furious changes from daily routine. With the constant change of everyday life in our great country, didn’t you find it difficult to allow privileges which are common-place to youngsters today, but which were strictly taboo in our youth ? What made all these decisions so tough to make was that we remembered how important some of these high-school dates were to us, but from which a great many of us were excluded because Mom and Dad didn’t do kuch things when they were kids. Yet how agonizingly we wished them, and how much easier it was to allow Junior to get away with special dates just because we couldn’t do it in our day. All of a sudden, much too soon, Junior grows up. He acquires man’s stature and man’s emotions. Yet don’t we all wonder if he has also acquired a man’s awareness of the problems ahead of him? Does he realize that iust because he has graduated from high school and entered college, and falls in love so deeply that nqthing can touch him but “her” letters and “her” phone calls; does he realize that he is capable of judging what is right or wrong 'for him ? Is Junior aware that growing up entails more than the immediate satisfying of his emotional life? Does he recognize the fact that preparing for a well-padded future with the proper education, or the solid foundation of “experience” in world affairs is more important than his immediate fun? That’s when Mom’s and Dad’s head grows that additional gray hair, when parents wonder where they have gone off the track of proper upbringing of that sweet mite who was so dependent upon them. Much too soon, he is eighteen years of age. In today’s world that doesn’t only mean that he is of legal age. It also means that he must register for the draft (another horror for mothers to face), that he is now on his ovin and must make his own decisions, kt’s excruciatingagony for parents to watch that young man insisting upon living his own life, knowing with all that he is quite unprepared to meet a demanding world’s exactness and fitness. At this time of life, the eighteen year old thinks he knows all the answers, and insists upon doing things for which he is quite unprepared. He doesn’t seem to realize that he is hurting his parents by not consulting them, or if he goes so .far as to state his intentions, he still isn’t sufficiently diplomatic to at least listen to the more experienced mind and be patient enough to hear both sides of his peculiar problem. Growing pains, and believe me, there is no cure for it but letting him grow! Much too soon, Junior leaves the parental nest in his quest for his own “life and fortune. Here is where extreme understanding írom parents will do more to set him straight rhan the strict dominace of his elders. We come up against the problem of “shall we let him seek his heart’s desire, which we ai'e so set against, and hope that a few tough knocks from the knuckles of wordly experience will bring him down to a normal level?” — or — “shall we enforce our dominance and wonder the rest of our lives whether we did the wrong thing?” TOUGH! It seams that the best thing to do when a young man or woman feels he or she is old enough to try his wiiygs is to let him go ahead with his plans. However, and this is important, let him feel that if his ideas are not going to bring his heart’s desire, , he is always welcome back into the bosom of his loving family, where he can always feel a sense of security. No matter where he goes, what He does or what becomes of him, let him feel that Dad and Mom will always be there to kiss away the hurts which the cruel world is bound to bestöw upon him. Yes, that's the problem your Ferret is up against, with the Skipper becoming- eighteen years of age on March 7th. I can think back to the times when it was so much easier to change dozens' of wet “three-corners,” or force cereal down a rebellious throat. When it wasn’t so difficult a task to make him pick up toys or, wash his hands. Now the problem is a hundred-fold heavier — shall I let him have his heart’s desire and worry daily until I know that he can stand on his own two feet, or shall I listen to “Mom, this is JT! Whether you like it or not, I’ve just got to g-et it out of my system.” Tough ? Yes, and heartbreaking, too! Yet, sort of satisfying to know the kid’s got a mind of h;s own, and knows w hat he has to do to Set himself straig'ht with his conscience and his own peculiar problem. Anyway, Skipper Lad, may this be the happiest birthday of your eighteen years. May you find what you are seeking, which as you grow older you will recognize by the simple little quotation I’ve tried to teach you -— “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” May God Bless You! Your Mother. REINSTATEMENTS — JANUARY, 1950 FROM LAPSED. SENIOR ORDER. 14 Górta John, Szabó John S.; 37 Clark Elvina R., Kovach Julia, Kovach George, Nagy William J., Takacs Elizabeth, Takacs Peter; 141 Daniels Mrs. Harry; 361 Hriczo Mary; 366 Costaney Mrs. Geo.; 490 Balyeat Mrs. Daniel. JUNIOR ORDER: 17 Dobos Joseph, Lukovics Margaret, Lukovics Rosemary, Obran Carol F.; 37 Kovach Patricia D.; 52 Hanusosky Henry E.; 88 Caresani Robert; 96 Hajden Patricia L.; 129 Binder Isabella A., Binder John David, Binder Sandra J.; 141 Mózes Barbara Ann, Mózes Dennis G., Mózes Kathleen H.; 164 Igyarto Barbara L.; 186 Bucko John David; 226 Marton Dennis, Marton Sandra; 361 Tihansky Dorothy; 364 Zelina Georgeann; 403 Kish George Joseph; 490 Balyeat Diana Rae, Gormeley Michelle FROM EXTENDED. SENIOR ORDER: 6 Toth Carl, Toth Elizabeth, Toth Helen E., Toth Michael, Jr.; 12 Monos Imre, Jr.; 14 Mozer Paul; 17 Donat Albert J., Kulics Mrs. John, Pondy Louis; 23 Nemes William; 25 Llamas Anthony, Jr., Vég András; 34 Toth Marcella; 37 Bnkovitz Andrew, Farkas Priscilla, Farkas Rozi, Kosa Mrs. Miklós, Kosa Nicholas, Kosa Mrs. Nicholas, Kovach Arlene, Kovács György, Kovács Gyorgyne, Leonard Mrs. Bened, Macek Frank J., Toth Michael; 40 Fodor Louis S.; 48 Reichman Zoltán; 52 Hanusosky Mrs. H.; 88 Caresani Elmo, Caresani Esther, Caresani Louis B.; 120 Myers Frank; 164 Chvojicek Joseph (6); Chvojcsek Mrs. Jos. (2), Nyitray William; 278 Paroczai Walter; 345 Liptak Michael; 348 Bodea Alexander; 361 Szanvi Albert D., Szanyi Mrs. Dezső; 429 Downham Mrs. Dwight; 443 Mazeika Mrs. Anth., Noch Vilmos, Piotrasch Mrs. James; 482 Butcher Alexander, Butcher Susan; 511 Pastor Anna P. JUNIOR ORDER: 14 Lucas Edmund, Jr.; 37 Kovach John Thomas, Kovach Robert, Toth Arlene; 52 Hanusosky Frank C.; 66 Dout Darlene Rose, Koch John William; 120 Myers Dolores; 361 Barry James John; 511 Nagy James F. 65 Senior, 33 Junior members, total 98 members. JOHN SABO, National Auditor.
