Verhovayak Lapja, 1952 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1952 / Verhovay Journal
' PAGE 2-------------------------------------Verhovay Journal December 17, 1952 Szaianczy-Szabo New Membership Campaign (Continued from Page 1) ship campaign by sending out- circulars to all the branch managers and the part time and full time field men. Hundreds of new membership applications, both Senior and Juvenile, and Stamped SZALANCZY-SZABO NEW MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN, were mailed out. and hundreds of the same have been already sent back to the Home Office. Yes, the membership drive has made a splendid beginning, and a good beginning usually means a good ending, so we have much reason to be optimistic about the outcome next, year of the SZALANCZY-SZABO NEW MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN. Naturally the seat of next year’s tournament. Toledo Ohio, is making every endeavor in their own special drive, under the leadership and direction of Field Supervisor Leslie Dus and Toledo District Manager Julius Vallay, to enroll at least 200 new members in the host branch, Toledo Branch 27. before the end of the campaign next May 31. This same special effort wasi made in 1952 by the then host city, Columbus, Ohio. We feel, as confident as Branch 27 that their particular push will merit, their high hopes. But there is ample evidence that Verhovay branches over the entire nation are stepping up their securing’of new members. They just would not feel right if only the bowling tournament, was successful and the membership campaign ended with but lukewarm results The NATIONAL VERHOVAY FELLOWSHIP DAYS this year, as last year, consist of two essential phases — the SZALANCZY-SZABO NEW MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN and the 1953 TENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL BOWLING TOURNAMENT. The one COMPLEMENTS the other. BOTH ARE NEEDED FOR THE COMPLETE SUCCESS OF THE NATIONAL VERHOVAY FELLOWSHIP DAYS. Nov/ let us briefly look into the Verhovay background of National Treasurer John Szalanczy and National Auditor John Sabo, not to inflate them — they would not want that — but to show how by their work and example they too deserve honors for their Verhovay endeavors, and to show to the branch managers and to the others who will strike out for new members that in using the SZALANCZY-SZABO name as their banner they will not be laboring in vain. The facts behind these two men are the INSPIRATION that will light the way as the new member getters return with the fruits of success. NATIONAL TREASURER JOHN SZALANCZY has held the ireasurership since October 1, 1941 when he came here to succeed the late Michael Varga. He was -Director Szalanczy of Chicago when the Board of Directors appointed him Supreme Treasurer, now National Treasurer. It is well-known how by his capable and diligent business talents Mr. Szalanczy has increased the Verhovay assets by millions. At the 1939 Verhovay convention Mr. Szalanczy was elected to the Board of Directors, which position, as you already know, he held until his election to the Home Office treasurership. As Director Mr. Szalanczy enjoyed a real popularity among his fellow directors because of his mildness and unobtrusiveness. When he addressed the Board members he knew whereof he spoke, what he wanted and why he thought his proposal wasi /sound and beneficial. He took sides only when he firmly believed that his actions were for the welfare of Verhovay. While Chicago Director, and even for many years before that, Mr. Szalanczy was President of Branch 96 Chicago.- He guided the activities of Branch 96 zealously. He was especially interested in Verhovay youth movements — and to this day still is. Mr. Szalanczy has faith in youth and believes that youth should not suffer being ignored by the elders but should be treated as partners and future successors. But Mr. Szalanczy did not restrict his activities to Branch 96. He spread his endeavors throughout Chicago and the near area where Verhovay and Hungarian matters were concerned. NATIONAL AUDITOR JOHN SABO was a very young manj when he began attracting the attention of Verhovay officialdom. In April, 1934 when Branch 395, McKeesport, Pennsylvania was created out of a meeting of Branch 226 of the same city, John Sabo was still in his teens when he became a charter member of the new Branch 395. Immediately this young man began a program of branch work that, largely by his untiring efforts, was to see Branch 395 emerge in a few years as one of the most active and talked about branches in Verhovay, again thanks largely to the ceaseless activities of John Sabo. Branch recognition poured on John Sabo. He held, perhaps, every office in Branch 395. But he is best known for his work as president, as secretary (the precursor of branch manager) and as publicity agent of Branch 395. As president he sponsored and headed the social program of his branch, as secretary he enrolled many new members over a period of years, as publicity agent he kept the Verhovay world informed of Branch 39 5’s lively social life with his human interest Verhovay Journal contributions. His versatility inspired others of the branch to greater interest and participation. In 1943 Mr. Sabo was still not much more than a boy when the convention elected him the first American born member to hold a Supreme (now National) office. He was elected Supreme Auditor but was inducted into the Marine Corps before taking office. He was gone for several years before returning to Verhovay in May, 1946. The 1947 convention reaffirmed its faith in Mr. Sabo by reelecting him to office, then again in 1951. As we stated a while back, we have written in brief the Verhovay histories of National Treasurer John Szalanczy and National Auditor John Sabo not for their sake so much as for the sake of the Association. Knowing their splendid Verhovay background is all the more reason to work hard to put over the SZALANCZY-SZABO NEW MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN for the increase of our membership, for the success of the 1953 NATIONAL VERHOVAY FELLOWSHIP DAYS. and finally to pay honor to these worthy and distinguished National Officers. Go out. Bring in more and more new members under the SZALANCZY-SZABO NEW MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN banner! MAY SUCCESS BE YOURS!! THROUGH FOREIGN EYES A -wttiiie ago 14 Austrian coal miners visited this country under the Mutual Security Program. A Pennsylvania newspaper devoted a, page of pictures and text ter describing their amazement at the unbelievable living standards enjoyed by the American miners. The Austrians couldn’t believe at first that all the cars they saw parked near the pits beiohged to the miners. They were astounded at the comforts and luxuries, ranging from refrigerators to TV sets, they saw in miners’ homes. They were amazed to find that all you had to do to get hot water in one of these homes was to turn a faucet. When an interpreter told them that j the average American miner earned over §18 a day the Austrians assumed he had made a mistake — that the §18 was for a full week’s work. They were dazzled by the welfare and retirement benefits our miners receive. And when the president of the coal company they were visiting passed by and said hello to a group of miners they thought they’d seen a miracle of democracy. It seemed ieyen more miraculous when the president said, “Of course I speak to them. They’re my friends. I play cards with them.” It’s still pretty much the rule in Europe that bosses a*.' bosses and workers are workers and never the twain shall meat. The Austrians saw something that; too many Americans overlook. Under free enterprise — the much reviled capitalist system — labor has made the greatest gains in all history.
