Verhovayak Lapja, 1950 (33. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1950 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 4 Verhovay Journal June 21, 1950 Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovav Fraternal Insurance Ass’n. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 7907 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE Yrerhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: JOHN SABO Editor’s Office: 43$—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. Telephone: COurt 1-3454 or 1-3455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 435—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada ................................r 31.00 a year Foreign Countries ...................................................... $1.50 a year Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 3, 1879. LET’S LOOK FORWARD TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Julius Fodor, Publisher Of Journal Died Suddenly In Detroit On May 12 — Heart failure ends career of outstanding Hungarian publicist at age 65, a few months before 40th anniversary of Detroit Hungarian News. — * The Verhovay Journal announces with profound sorrow the sudden death of Mr. Julius Fodor, head of the Rapid Printing Company of Detroit, publisher of the Verhovay Journal, editor and publisher of"the Detroit Hungarian News, at the age of 65, on Friday morning, May 12. Mr. Fodor was born in Hungary, Abauj County, Szepsi, on July 4, 1884. He came to this country in 1901, at the .gge of 17. After 8 years in Cleveland, he settled in Detroit, in 1909, and shortly afterwards opened a printing establishment on West Jefferson Avenue and launched in the following year the “Hungarian News” which later became the Detroit Hungarian News. Burial services were held at the First Hungarian Evangelical and Reformed Church in Detroit, on Monday, May 15th, the Rev. Zoltán S. Vajda and the Rev. Charles Papp officiating. The bells of the Hungarian churches of all faiths tolled in his honor during the procession to the cemetery. Here final tributes were paid by the Rev. Michael Toth who spoke for the friends of the family, Coloman Kaldor, President of the Hungarian Press Association, Joseph Veres who spoke on behalf of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, Stephen Lukacs, District Manager, who spoke on behalf of the membership of the Verhovay F.I. Association, Thomas Buchtgr representing the Woodmen of the World, and Frank Prattinger, former associate of the deceased. Mr. Fodor is survived by his widow, the former Amalia Kertesz, whom he married 34 years ago; their daughter Amalia, Mrs. Dr. F. E. Eads, her husband and daughter Nancy, their son, Robert Fodor and his wife, the former Gloria Brozo; his father-in-law, John Kertesz; four sisters, their families and many relatives. ; , On behalf of the officers, directors and the entire membership of the .Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association we extend our deepest sympathies to the bereaved family. * It’s not too early to turn our attention to 1951. Next year the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association will hold its Distvict Sessions and the National Convention. Under our representative form of government the members decide every four years who shall represent them at these meetings. Each branch, with at least twenty-five members has the right to send a duly elected delegate to the District Session. Those branches with less than twenty-five members have the right to communicate in writing any suggestions or recommendations to the district meeting. The delegates to the National Convention are, in turn, elected by the delegates of the District Sessions. Importance of District Delegates Elections The By-Laws of the Association provide for the election of District delegates at the December meeting of the Branches of the year preceding the year of the regular Convention. The elections to the District Sessions will therefore be held by the branches this year, in December, 1950. Each branch should take the matter of electing District delegates very seriously. This part of our representative form of government is probably the most important. For what kind of action is taken at the District Sessions and what kind of legislation is legislated at the National Convention depends upon the type of men elected by the members at the branch meetings. The members should elect honest and capable men or women who can serve not themselves, not any group, not any section of the country, but the entire Association in the best interests of the entire membership. Representatives should be faen or women who cannot be swayed by baseless emotional appeals, they should be men or women who will fairly hear all sides of any question, acting thereafter without bias and fear, according to the dictates of their own conscience. District Sessions and Conventions Cost Much Money In the past the National Convention has usually lasted for two weeks. Due to the fact that the usual mode of compensation is on a per diem fee basis, the Conventions of the past, because of the extended period of meetings, have become very expensive to the Association. The National Convention expenses and the District Sessions expenses are enormous. In 1947, for instance, the National Convention and the District Sessions cost us approximately $80,000.00. That is a big drain on the Expense Fund. It takes a lot of money to operate an organization as large as ours. The money for operational expenses is derived from the small expense loading which is part of the life insurance monthly dues paid by each member. There is no provision in our By-Laws for such enormous expenses as $80,000.00 for the National Convention and the District Sessions alone. Therefore, the branch members, when electing their district delegates at their meetings this December, should look this matter squarely in the eyes and inform their representatives what they would like to see done to provide a remedy for this situation. They should ask themselves whether they should permit such meetings to be so expensive, or whether they should suggest ways and means for changes. The Officers and Directors of the DR. ANDREW KOVÁCS ' MOURNS DEATH OF MOTHER — Mrs. Julia Kovács, mother of Vice-President of Verhovay F.I.A., died on May 20, at age of 82, in Cleveland. — On behalf of the officers, directors and all members of the Verhovay F.I. Association we extend our deepest sympathies to Vice-President Andrew Kovács, M.D., in the loss of his beloved mother, Mrs. Julia Kovács, who passed away on Saturday morning:, May 20th, after a prolonged illness, at the age of 82. Burial services were held at Louis A. Bodnar’s Funeral Chapel and the Rocky River Greek Catholic Church. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery. In ceremonies held the evening before. National President John Bencze, speaking after the Rev. Matthias Daroczy, pastor of the W.S. Hung. Presb. church, conveyed the condolences of the national officers, directors and members of the Association to Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Kovács in their bereavement. National Auditor John Sabo and Mrs. Sabo paid final respects on Sunday, May 22. Present were at the funeral services on behalf of the Verhovay F.I. Association, National President John Bencze, Director Coloman Kolozsvary, and the officers of all Cleveland branches. Association do not necessarily suggest that the Convention time be cut to one week, but they do feel that it is their duty to inform every member that the Convention expenses must be reduced by at least 50%. The Board of Directors at its March, 1948 meeting instituted a program of ecomony whieh has benefited the entire membership, and this policy should be followed by the delegates to the Bistrict Sessions and to the National Convention. If the members are unwilling to have their representatives economize there is only one other solution, that is, a special Convention Assessment. Many fraternal societies have such special Convention Assessment provisions in their By-Laws and the members in most cases pay such extra charges without question. We, however, the National Officers and the Directors of the Association, hesitate advancing such a program. Only as a means of last resort would we advocate such special assessments. We would prefer seeing the expenses of the National Convention and the Disti’ict Sessions voluntarily cut to a minimum by the delegates themselves. This would be the better approach to this question and it would be very beneficial for every member of the Association. We have brought these two matters to light at this early date bcause we feel that every member, whether he attends his branch meetings or not, should know of the importance of these two matters and have plenty of time to think about these important matters. He should know that the election of the men or women who will represent him at the District Sessions and the National Convention will be the determining factor as to what kind of a program will be adopted and what type of a policy will be pursued in the four years after the National Convention. From time to time we shall bring other equally important matters to the attention of the membership and we do hope that these informative and enlightening articles will help every member so that each member in turn will help the Association, which is parallel to helping himself.
