Verhovayak Lapja, 1950 (33. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1950 / Verhovay Journal
June 21, 1950 NEWS From The Field TO THE CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS The next edition of the Journal will be published on Wednesday, July 19, 1950. News items and brief announcements will be accepted for publication until closing date, July 12. Articles and similar contributions for that issue must reach the editor’s desk not later than July 5. Contributions, if possible, should be typewritten, on one side of the paper only, double spaced, and not exceeding -800 words, or 4,000 spaces. Address contributions to Verhovay Journal, 436 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. CLEVELAND, O. Branch 14 SUMMER MEETINGS Due to the 4th of July holiday, the next monthly meeting will be held as usually, on SUNDAY, July 2, in the afternoon. Dues will be accepted from 1 o’clocli on. All members are requested to attend the meeting. In August and September, however, the monthly meetings will be held on the first Tuesday evening of the month. No dues will be received on the first Sunday of these two months. HENRY F. W. RETTMANN, Mgr. CHICAGO, ILL. Branch 37 PICNIC AT LIBERTY HALL Anton Skolny and his orchestra will furnish the music at the picnic to be held at Liberty Hali, 817 East 92nd St., on Sunday, July 30th. Food and refreshments wll be served at reasonable rates. For a good time — attend the Branch 37 picnic! STEPHEN SZEKELY, President. MARTINS FURRY, O. Branch 40 SUMMER PICNICS The entertainment committee, consisting of Gabor Nagy, Stephen Molnár and Yal Konyha, Jr., announce that two picnics will be held this summer at the Reasbesk farm. The first one will be held on July 2nd with a local orchestra furnishing the music and the next one on September 3rd, with Andrew Demeter’s orchestra from Detroit playing. Everybody is cordially invited. Transportation will be provided for those not having cars, from the Hungarian Political Club on Main Street. At the same time I wish to request all members of Branch 40 to pay their dues no later than the 20th of each month. After 4 p.m., each day I am always at home. For information call 371-J. VALENTINE KONYHA. Mgr. NEW YORK, N. Y. Branch 48 ANNOUNCEMENT Members of Branch 48 are notified herewith that there will be no meeting in July. On August 4th, however. a special meeting will be held for the discussion of the arrangements for our joint picnic. All those planning to go to the picnic by bus are requested to notify the District Office, 205 E. 85th St., Room 204, New York 28, N. Y„ telephone Regent 4-2787. The bus fare must be paid at the time reservation is made. Admission to the picnic will be 75 cents and, including round trip by bus $2.50. JOSEPH TOMA, Dist. Mgr. SCALP LEVEL, PA. Branch 59 NOTICE All monthly meetings will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Daylight Sav-Verhovay Journal jng Time, during the summer months at the regular meeting place, V.F.W. Home, rear, 520 Main St. All members are urged to make payments on their loans as soon as possible. JOSEPH MILLER, Mgr. BETLEHEM, PA. Branch 98 ANNUAL PICNIC The annual picnic of Branch 98 will be held at the Varjas farm in Hellertown on Sunday, July 23, beginning at 3 p.m. Music will be furnished by Alex Vig’s popular orchestra. Admission $1.50 for the gentlemen and $1.00 for the ladies. Everybody is cordially invited and urged to attend the great outing of Branch 98. PETER TOTH. President, MRS. HAROLD GROSS, Chairman. EAST CHICAGO, IND. Branch 130 JULY 4TH PICNIC A grand picnic will be held by Branch 130 on July 4th at the Black Oak Springs Grove, Mineral Water, 3400 Calhoun St., half mile north of Rt. 6, in Black Oak, Ind. Music will be furnished by Gazer Harakab's famous orchestra. Food and refreshments will be available at moderate rates. All members and friends of the Verhovay are cordially invited to attend our picnic. NICK PALLA, Manager. NORTHAMPTON, PA. Branch 216 FROLIC VARIETY SHOW All members and friends of the Verhovay in the Northampton area are cordially invited to our unusual Junetime Frolic Variety Show to be staged in the Northampton Hungarian Hall on Saturday, June 24th, from 7 tor 12 p.m. Director of the show will be the outstanding Hungarian actor and stage director Nicholas Heltay, who will be assisted by the noted vocalist Joseph Teklits. John Toth’s popular orchestra will furnish the music. Highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the Illustrious Degree of Verhovay membership, with the attendant scroll and the gold service medal, to Stephen Toth, Secretary of Branch 216, to whom this citation had been awarded by the Board of Directors in recognition of his 15 years of service in this office. We hope that without exception every member of Branch 216 will attend this grand affair. JOSEPH SUBITS, Dist. Mgr. PITTSBURGH, PA. Branch 262 NORTH SIDERS’ PICNIC All Pittsburghers are invited to a grand picnic given by the North Side Pittsburgh Hungarian Societies (Verhovay Branch 262, Hungarian Ladies’ Society and the Hungarian Independent Singing Society) on Sunday, July 9, 1950 at E. J. Ehler’s Summer Gardens. Admission $1.25 for men and 75 cents for ladies. There will be free beer and a good gypsy orchestra is going to furnish the music. Busses will leave at 1:30 and 3 p.m., from 915 Spring Garden Avenue and return at 7 and 9 p.m. Directions for drivers: take Ohio River Blvd., to Emsworth, take Camp Horne Rdfl keep left to Bellevue Gardens, turn right, about 1* miles to Summer Gardens, or — follow Perry Highway to Rochester Road and turn left. Follow' arrows. HENRY CZERNY. Mgr. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O. Branches 288-432 JULY 4TH DANCE Everybody is cordially invited to the July 4th Dance to be given by branches 288 and 432 at the Verhovay GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. John Juhasz Surrounded by 250 friends, Mr. and Mrs. John Juhasz of Los Angeles, Calif., celebrated their golden wed-Home in Crescent, O. Dancing will be from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., and the music will be furnished by Steve Stidle and his orchestra from Akron, Ohio. FRANK HOLBOK, Mgr. SPRINGDALE, PA. Branch 296 CHICKEN DINNER • A chicken dinner will be served at the Verhovay Home, 220 Colfax St., Springdale, Pa., on Saturday, June 24th, beginning at 8 p.m. Excellent dance music will be provided by Horvath Guszti and his famous Gypsyorchestra. All members are urged to attend and to bring their friends. ELMER CHARLES, Mgr. CLEVELAND, O. Branch 361 MEETINGS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES The July meeting will be held on Monday, July 3rd, at 7:30 p.m., in the Club Room at Verhovay Hall. Throughout the year, Women’s Br. 361 celebrates the birthdays of their members with a birthday party after each meeting, when a corsage is presented to each birthday member. At our May meeting we celebrated the birthdays of twelve members, including Mrs. Henry Rettmann as one of our birthday girls. A lovely party was given in their honor following the meeting on Sunday, May 7th. Each birthday member received a beautiful gardenia corsage which Mrs. Phan pinned on the honored members. A highly entertaining program was presented by Mrs. Paskan’s daughter, Mrs. Julia Yuhasz, a very talented young lady who sang a selection of songs in Sophie Tucker's style. A most pleasant afternoon was spent by all. Mrs. Henry Rettmann was presented also with a huge birthday cake, beautifully decorated with a “Welcome to Cleveland” inscription, a present from Branch ding anniversary on Saturday, February 18th, in the Kossuth Hall of the Hungarian Reformed Church. After church services, at which the Rev. Anthony Szabó officiated, an excellent pinner was served in the beautifully decorated hall, where the Rev. Szabó congratulated the couple on behalf of his congregation. During the dinner the Rev. Albert Hady spoke to the assembled guests paying tribute to the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Juhasz, Dr. Julius Juhasz, who died in 1943, at the age of 38, due to an accident. Zoltán Szabados, editor of the “Claiforniai Magyarság” congratulated the couple. Mr. Julius Szabó wrote a poem for 'this occasion which he read to the audience and Alexander Gyulay extended the best wishes of Branch 525 to Mr. and Mrs. Juhasz. Mr. and Mrs. Juhasz married 50 years ago in Balatonvilagos, Hungary. They came to Los Angeles from Cleveland several years ago. Both are members of many years’ standing of the VerhoVay. They were overwhelmed with good wishes and gifts from their many friends. The golden wedding dinner was prepared by Mrs. Bertram Poi, Mrs. Louis Sovincz, Mrs. George Adam, Mrs. Bencsics and Mrs. George Papp, assisted by a large group of ladies. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Juhasz and our best wishes for many years of continued happiness. 361, while several of the members added personal gifts. THE COMMITTEE. CLEVELAND, O. Branch 366 TWILIGHT PICNIC If you want to have a really good time, come to our Twilight Picnic to be held on Saturday, July 15th, at Kalo’s Farm, off Forbes Rd., in Bedford, beginning at 8 p.m. An excellent orchestra has been engaged to furnish the music during the night. Incidentally, there will be a full moon that night. The Committee wilt prepare plenty of delicious sandwiches, so forget about your baskets, because there will be enough for all. The Branch 366-ers jvill give you a splendid reception and guarantee that you will enjoy our Twilight Picnic. So please, remember the date: it’s Saturday, July 15th. ANTHONY PINTER, President. “Abstinence,” said Dennis, “is a good thing. But it should always be practiced in moderation.” It is a mark of intelligence, no matter what you are doing, to have a good time doing it. —Bess White Cochran esc wxb msm&s LAPSED FROM EXTENDED — APRIL, 1950 SENIOR ORDER: 9 Bene Paul; 14 Balint Joseph; 33 Eskridge Helen; 3'9 Palka Marian; 48 Király Mrs. Gizella; 54 Newman Joseph; 57 Kurucz Edith E.; 71 Barazda Irene V.; 98 Herold Vnce; 132 Vadas Julius; 214 Torok Mary B.; 216 Orbán Matya; 226 Kula George; 248 Olah Andrew; 262 Imely Stephen; 343 Horvath Nicholas; 389 Zackal Albert; 443 Vaczi Anna; 511 Sulak Theresa. 19 SENIOR ORDER MEMBERS. JOHN SABO, National Auditor.
