Verhovayak Lapja, 1950 (33. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1950 / Verhovay Journal
Verhovay Journal VOL, XXXIII, NOVEMBER 15, 1950 51 NO. 11 MINUTES taken at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Verhovay • Fraternal Insurance Association, held on Monday, September 11th. 1950, and the following days, in the Verhovay Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Present are: Julius Macker, Vice-President, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Andrew Kovács, M.D., Vice-President, Aloysius C. Falussy, Henry | Gross, John A. Hornyak, Coloman Ko'lozsvary, Michael Korossy, Stephen Lang, j Stephen Nyers, Richard Phillips, Joseph S. Taylor, Joseph Turner and Louis I Vizi, directors; John Bencze, Coloman Revesz, John Szalanczy, John Sabo, National Officers; also Gaspar Papp, Alexander Nyirati and William C, Kohut, members of the Auditing Committee. 1. ) National President John Bencze calls the meeting to order at 10 a.m., extending a cordial welcome to the members of the Board of Directors. He calls the attention of the Board members to the fact that this meeting is of particular importance because the amendments to the By-Laws, to be presented for action to the December meetings of the Branchest must be completed at this occasion. Stressing the significance of this meeting, he urges the members of the Board of Directors to wholeheartedly apply themselves to the discussions of the business before them. 2. ) Vice-President Julius Macker, Chairman of the Board, similarly ex- i tends cordial greetings to the Board members requesting them to evaluate j with proper care the results of the past six months. In view of the large volume o; business before the Board, he urges the directors to ac'eelerate their delibei-alions, but to give careful consideration to the discussion of all problems on hand. 3. ) Gaspar Papp, member of the Auditing Committee, on the occasion of the semi-annual audit of the Home Office, extends warm greetings to the Board and requests that his committee be granted half an hour for eonsulta• ion which request is gladly granted by the Board. 4. ) National President John Bencze announces that he had instructed the four Field Supervisors to appear before the Board in the afternoon to report on their promotional activities in the field during the last six months, in order that the Board be enabled to properly evaluate the results of their work during tins period of time. 5. ) The Board of Directors adopt the schedule of business as prepared by the National Officers and agree to complement same jf necessary. 6. ) The reports.of the National Officers, detailing the their n spective departments during the past six months, are accepted by the Board subject to further deliberations. 7. ) The report of the National Executive Bowling Tournament Committee, dealing with the 7th Annual Verhovay National Tournament held in Youngstown, O., is acknowledged and adopted by the Board. The Board further weighs the recommendations of the National Executive Tournament Committee with regard to the future conduct of the tournament and adopts the proposed changes developed after consultative meetings between various bowling groups I and members of the tournament committee. The Board acknowledges with great appreciation the excellent work performed by the National Executive I Committee as well as the Youngstown Committee in the successful conclusion of the 7th Annual Tournament. Upon request made by Director Mike Korossy, the minutes of a bowling committee meeting held in Cleveland, is read into the record. The request of this committee for the formation of an independent Verhovay Bowling Congress is acknowledged, but cannot be complied with by the Board. By a vote of 7 to 5 the Board assents to the continuation of the Verhovay Bowling Tournaments in 1951. 8. ) The Board adopts the recommendation of the National Executive Tournament Committee and sets the date for the 1951 Tournament for May 5th and 0th. However, since the members of the Board could not reach a satisfactory agreement as to the site of the 1951 tournament, it directs the National Executive Tournament Committee to obtain the offers of the two cities under consideration, namely Chicago, III., and Trenton, N. J., upon proper evaluation of which decision will be rendered by mail by the members of the Board. 9. ) Field Supervisors Frank J. Cher, Elmer Charles, Henry Rettmann, and I- rank Wukovits appear before the Board and render a very comprehensive and ((‘•tailed report concerning their promotional efforts and activities in the field j luring the past six months. Their reports were listened to with avid interest ! by the Board, Their suggestions and recommendations, wherever feasible, shall j be incorporated in our future plans. 10. ) The Board separates into committees for the customary examination of the Home Office. The committees are comprised of the following directors: Organizing and Planning Committee: Directors Nyers, Korossy, Lang • lid Turner. Committee of Requests and Complaints: Directors Falussy, Vizi. Kolozsvary and Hornyak. Committee of Finance, Investments and Rea! Estate: Vice-Presidents Julius blacker and Dr. Andrew Kovács, Directors, Phillips, Gross, and Taylor. 11.) The various examining committees having completed their tasks, Chairman Julius Macker calls the meeting to order and requests the Committee of Complaints and Requests to render their report concerning their findings. 12. ) Adopting the Committee recommendation, the Board rejects the request of Branch 132, South Bend, Ind., for permission to incorporate their Branch under the laws of the State of Indiana. The rejection is based on the fact that in accordance with our by-laws all properties belonging to a branch become integral parts of our Association and, as a result, no differentiation bin be made between the properties of a branch and the parent organization. 13. ) The Board gratefully acknowledges the suggestions made by John Szász, Manager of Branch 47, Canton, 0., relative to the forthcoming National ('onvention. M 14. ) The Board regrets, but it cannot comply with the request of Zoltán Nemeth. 15. ) Concerning the request of Branch 429, Dearborn, Mich., in the case of aged member, Michael Kuritar, the Board directors suggest that the matter be turned over to the two Detroit directors for investigation. 16. ) Stephen Matasy, Legal Counsel of the Association, -appears before the Board. 17. ) The Board adopts the committee recommendation in the case of the appeal of member Frank C. Klucsik of Branch 98, Betlehem, Pa. The Home Office rejected this member’s claim for maiming benefits. In view of the circumstances, the action of the Home Office in this regard is upheld by the Committee, since no proof of total and permanent loss of sight was furnished by this member. 18. ) The Board* regrets butit cannot comply with the request of Dr. Joseph Lang of Perth Amboy, N. J., that the customary medical examination fee be increased. 19. ) The Board acknowledges the remarks of Frank Balogh, Manager of Branch 503, in regards to Director John Hornyak. 20. ) The Board regrets but it cannot comply with the request of member Michael Litafik of Cleveland, O. 21. ) The Board cannot grant the request of Gyula Zilahy of Gyoma, Hungary. 22. ) The Board regrets but it cannot comply with the request of Lilly Kovács in regards to a proposed “Békefi” tour in the United States. 23. ) The Board authorizes the issuance of a scholarship loan to Emőke de Papp, member of Branch 121, Buffalo, N. Y., in view of the fact that petitioner has met with all requirements pertaining to the granting of scholarship loans. 24. ) The Board acknowledges the petition of the President of Branch 429, in accordance with which it orders the conferring of the Illustrious Degree of Member upon Jolán Lucas, Manager of Branch 429, Dearborn, Mich., in recognition of her untiring and zealous work on behalf of the Association over a period of 15 years. 25. ) The Board further orders that the Degree of Illustrious Member be conferred upon Joseph Domonkos, Manager of Branch 389, Perryopolis, Pa., who by his untiring service to the Branch since 1918 has contributed in large measure to its development. • 26. ) Similarly, the Board orders that the Degree of Illustrious Member be conferred upon the following branch officers: 2.) Kulpmont, Pa. Anton Katona, President, Vendel Petrovicz, Manager. 111.) Steelton, Pa. John Csonka, President. 135.) Nesquehoning, Pa. Michael Hadnagy, Manager. 234.) Alpha, N. J., Martin Voros, President, Eugene Nagy, Manager. 273.) Edgewater, N. J. John Dudás, Manager. 295.) Stowe, Pa. John Soltész, Manager. 336.) Harrisburg, Pa. Gazer James Nagy, President. 442.) Easton, Pa. Stephen Horvath, Manager. The Board further orders that the Illustrious Degree of Member be conferred upon Field Supervisor Frank J. Cher who during the past 15 years had made considerable contributions to the development of our Association by his zealous and untiring work. The Board orders that, if possible, the above citations in the first Organizing Field be presented with suitable ceremonies in order that our Association may gain wide and favorable publicity from that occasion. 27. ) The Board authorizes our Association’s membership in the Insurance Accounting and Statistical' Association, and delegates National Auditor John Sabo to represent our Association in that organization. 28. ) At the request of the Common Council for American Unity, the Board adopts the following resolution: resolution Whereas the President of the United States had appealed to all Americans to participate in the “Crusade For Freedom” campaign, so that the truth about America might be known to other nations’ peoples, and Whereas, alien propagandists throughout the world attempt to deliberately falsify the aims and purposes of the United States, and Whereas, the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association’s members, and its members’ families, are in a position to further the cause of freedom, truth and peace among the peoples of the United States and the world, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association do participate in the “Crusade For Freedom” campaign and further resolve to call the attention of our members to the “Common Council foi American Unity — Letters from America” programs, so that by use of letters or other methods we will attempt to further the cause of freedom so as to win the cold war and thus help attain a common basis of understanding and goodwill between the peoples of the United States and the rest " of the world.” 29. ) The Board regrets, but it cannot comply with the request of the American Research Association. 30. ) Similarly, the Board cannot comply with the request of the .Franklin Benjamin Bibliophil Society. However, because the Board believes the request to be of merit, one of our representatives delegated to the Convention of the (Continued on page 7) Minutes of the Board of Directors’ Meeting
