Verhovayak Lapja, 1951 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1951 / Verhovay Journal
January 17, 1951 NEWS From The Field (Continued from page 2) the branch are held on the first Sunday of each month, beginning at 1 p.m., at the Verhovay Hall. The members are requested to attend the meetings and to pay their dues on these occasions whenever possible. The election of the officers was held at the December meeting with Joseph Heck acting as pro tern chairman and Zoltán Dicső as recorder. The following were elected: John Bartus, Jr., President, Frank Perlaki vice-president, Joseph Marczis comptroller, Joseph Heck recording secretary, Mrs. John Bartus, Jr., John Dennis and Louis Vasas, auditors and Stephen Jozsa sick visitor. STEPHEN LUKACS, Dist. Mgr. NEW YORK, N. Y. Branch 48 AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS The meeting of Branch 48 fully approved the amendments to the By- Laws as proposed by the Board of Directors. In addition the Branch unanimously desires the inclusion in the By-Laws of a provision according to which no member of any un- American organization shall be eligible to be officer, director or organizer of the Association. JOSEPH TOMA, Dist. Mgr. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. Branch 52 BY-LAW AMENDMENTS PROPOSED The following amendments to the By-Laws are proposed by Branch 52 of New Brunswick, N. J., to the National Convention: I.) Sick benefits shall be payable beginning with the first day of illness. • 2.) Members who have served at least for one year as branch-officer and hold at least $1,000 membership certificate in the life-insurance department shall be eligible as delegates to the district sessions and the National Convention. 3. ) A branch must have at least fifty (50) members to be entitled to send a delegate to the district session. 4. ) National Officers shall receive only one-half of the usual per diem fees when attending affairs of branches. 5. ) The Verhovay F. I. Association shall grant mortgages to members in good standing up to $10,000 at Four per cent (4%) interest. 0.) Representation at the National Convention shall be limited to one delegate per 500 members. 7.) After the opening of the 1951 National Convention, there should be no election of chairman and vicechairman but the President of the Association shall preside as chairman and the two vice-presidents as vice-chairmen. Our reasons for this proposal are as follows: a.) the Board of Directors at their March, 1949, meeting resolved that the future national conventions must not last longer than one week, b.) In a letter sent to all branches, dated November 24, 1950, the Home Office stated that our National Convention must not cost $80,000 as did the last Convention, c.) The National Convention will not be completed within one week unless the National President is the Chairman of the Convention. Many problems arise at the: Convention with which the chairman elected by the delegates is not familiar, and after hours of debating the National President is called upon to ______________________________________ Verhovay clarify the issue which then is settled within a few minutes. We hereby certify as true and correct these excerpts taken from the Minutes of our Meeting held on December 21, 1950, in the City' of New Brunswick, State of New Jersey. ALEXANDER PUSKAS, Pres. ADAM SIMON, JR., Mgr. SCALP LEVEL, PA. Branch 59 ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES taken at the annual meeting of Branch 59, Scalp Level, Pa., held at the VFW Home on Sunday, December 17, 1950. 1. ) President Louis Vizi called the meeting to order with the reading of the roll call and welcoming all members present. 2. ) Branch Manager Joseph Miller, Jr., and President Louis Vizi read the amendments to the JJy-Laws as proposed by the Board of Directors which was adopted unanimously except paragraph 8 on page 6, paragraph 4 on page 33 and paragraph 11 on page 38, which were unanimously voted to remain unchanged. 3. ) The meeting went on record in favor of saving money. However, wei will not adopt that the Convention be over in one week. We do not believe in tying the delegates’ hands. But we agree that the Convention should be concluded as soon as possible, while we also believe in giving the delegates sufficient time to complete their business. 4. ) President Louis Vizi handed in his and all the other officers’ resignation and thanked the members for the fine cooperation shown in 1950. 5. ) It was unanimously resolved that all the officers be reelected to the same positions they occupied in 1950. Accordingly Louis Vizi was reelected President, Joseph Miller, Sr., Vice-President, Auditor, Joseph Toth Treasurer, Stephen Chontas, Sr., Sick Visitor for Mine 37 and Joseph Miller, Jr., Branch Manager for both the Senior and Junior Order and Secretary. 6. ) The delegates elected to the District Session are Joseph Miller, Jr., and Joseph Toth. Alternate delegates are Stephen Gall and John Orris. 7. ) There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned and free lunch and refreshments were served to the members present. The branch manager wishes to ask all members who are in arrears either with dues or loans, to settle their accounts as soon as possible. All dues must be paid at his office no later than the 25th of each month. Illnesses are to be reported immediately either by post card or by calling Windber 285-J. LOUIS VIZI, President. JOSEPH MILLER, JR., Mgr. UNIONTOWN, PA. Branch 101 NEW MANAGEMENT This is to inform all members of Branch 101 that the vacancy created by the resignation of Bela Gara, Manager, has been filled by the appointment of Mr. William Varney, Box 844, Oliver and Bute Rd., R.D. 1, Uniontown, Pa., telephone 6310. All members are requested to pay their dues to Mr. Varney and to contact1 him in all matters pertaining to the business of the Association. THE HOME OFFICE. EAST PITTSBURGH, PA. Branch 152 IMPORTANT MEETING An important meeting is called for March 9 at 7 p.m., in the East Pittsburgh Hungarian Self Culture and Music Society Hall on Electric Avenue. All members are urged to attend (Continue on page 6) Journal PAGE 3 DISTRICT MANAGER GABRIEL NAMETH TAKES OVER YOUNGSTOWN OFFICE — Veteran of World War II starts career at Branches 108, 364 and 514 in Youngstown. Ohio. — GABRIEL NAMETH, DISTRICT MANAGER It is a great pleasure to introduce to the members of branches 108, 364 and 514, their new District Manager, Mr. Gabriel Nameth, who has assumed the duties of the Youngstown district office as of January 1, 1951. Since he is not a native of Youngstown, it is only proper that we acquaint him with our large Youngstown membership which, undoubtedly, will extend to him a friendly welcome. Bom in Springdale, Pa., on May- 17, 1920, he attended his elementary schools in Springdale and, then, in Ligonier, Pa. He graduated from Ligonier High School in 1940 and then attended Mission House College in Plymouth, Wise., from 1940 to 1942. In that year he entered service with the U. S. Army, spending 42 months in military service. He served overseas for a year, in France, Austria, Poland and Germany and received his honorable discharge upon his return to the United States in 1946. He went back to Mission House College in Plymouth, Wise., where, while furthering his studies, he also participated in social and sports activities. He still attended college, when, on November 27, 1946, he married the former Emma Patricia Gólya of Springdale, Pa. After concluding the year at Mission House College, he took a business course at the Sheboygan Business College in Sheboygan, Wise. It was in Wisconsin, that their son, Jeffrey George Nameth, was born on September 11, 1947. After completing the business course, he returned to Pennsylvania and became a Life Underwriter for the Colonial Life Insurance Company. In the evenings he attended classes at the Robert Morris Business School and the University of Pittsburgh. At the end of last year he resigned from Colonial and was appointed District Manager for the Verhovay. Thoroughly acquainted in Verhovay proceedings by Field Supervisor Elmer Charles, he assumed his duties as District Manager at branches 108, 364 and 514, under the guidance of Field Supervisor Charles. Upon assuming his new position, Mr. Nameth said: “It is with great pleasure that I accept this position, and I am looking forward to becoming a worthy member of the Verhovay and I take great pride in helping build the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association.” Bowlers of the three Youngstown branches will be particularly happy because they will gain an excellent bowler in Mr. Nameth. His hobbies include photography, fishing, hunting and other sports. Among these hunting for new members will now take the first place. Happy hunting, Mr. Nameth, and good luck in Youngstown to you and your family! You Can Further Verhovay’s Progress By Cooperating With Your Manager! — AN APPEAL TO EVERY MEMBER. — While some members of the Association still adhere to the laudable custom of paying their dues at the branch-meetings, there are many who expect the branch-manager to make house-calls. In cases where the members find it impossible to attend the meetings, there can be no objection to that, but it should be clearly understood that the least a Manager making house-calls for the collection of dues deserves is cooperation on the part of the members. Every member who expects the Manager to call for his dues should agree with him on a definite date and BE READY' FOR HIM on the date agreed upon. And if for some reason the member is unable to keep the pre-arranged appointment, the least he can do is to call his Manager in order to save him a useless trip. Some members seem to think it is perfectly in order to expect the Manager to make as many as 10-12 calls each month for the dues. Such lack of consideration not only works great hardship on the Manager but also is a disservice to the Association. The Manager’s job consists not only in collecting the dues, he also has a great deal of book-keeping and correspondence to i ttend to and, in addition, he must have sufficient time to secure new members. If all of his time is taken up by the collection of dues, then he is unable to spare time to go after new members and, as a result, the advancement of the Association will suffer. Y'ou can further Verhovay’s progress by cooperating with your branchmanager. If you are not at home when he arrive* for his regular call, and if you have failed to notify him in advance, at least help him by mailing your dues to him. Many members feel that the Manager is obliged to call innumerable times because “he is paid” for making the collections. The truth is that the Manager receives a modest remuneration for the collecting of dues, but he receives the same modest amount on collections effected after ten calls as on collections made at the monthly meeting. In other words: those extra calls cost him time, effort and money for which he cannot receive additional remuneration. So please, cooperate with your Manager: arrange for a regular date for the payment of your dues and then stick to those arrangements!
