Verhovayak Lapja, 1953 (36. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1953 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 12 Verhov ay Journal February 18, 1953 Commodore Perry Hotel — Crystal Room The above photograph, depicts the Crystal Room ot the Commodore Perry Hotel, Toledo, Ohio, site of our Tenth Annual National Bowling Tournament to be held May 30-31, 1953. This is one of the smaller meeting and dinner rooms and will be used by our Association only if we have a capacity attendance in the large ballroom. The beautifully arranged dinner tables shown above will give Verhovay members an idea of the extra attention and care extended to all hotel guests. BRANCH 164 — CHICAGO, ILL. — . SENTINEL By: ANDREW JANOVICS, Manager Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! To the news I have to tell, Mr. Ernest C. Taylor (most of you know him quite well) Is our New District Manager. Congratu ations and the best of iuck to Mr. Taylor in his new position as District Manager with our Association. I hope each and every one of you will do your best to assist him in any way you can (MOSTLY BY BRINGING IN A NEW MEMBER), so that our Association will continue to progress. Yes, it was with joy and pleasure that we received the news that Ernie or to be more formal, Mr. Taylor, is the new District Manager. We have seen the results of previous efforts on branch affairs and we are convinced that he shall make his new undertaking a huge success. Therefore, dear members,—as of March 1, you can start making payments to Mr. Taylor. You may pávát the monthly meeting or by mail or at the NEW OFFICE which is located in the PIONEER BANK BUILDING, 4000 West North Avenue. (3rd f.oor). The office hours will be Wednesday and Saturday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Monday and Thursday evenings from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. On February 7, 1953, a joint meeting of the officers of the three branches, name y 164, 342 and 503, was held. The meeting opened at P15 P.M. The meeting was attended by the following: Bela Horvath, Joseph Hódíts, Frank Balogh, John Weseku, Alex Nagy, Felix Horvath, Louis Fodor, George Sabik, Charles Korponya, Anthony Lachman, Wi - liam Feifar, Steve Ehas, James Radi, Andrew Janovics, Ernest C. Taylor nd Field Supervisor Elmer Charles who represented the Home Office. Mr. Ernest C. Taylor was introduced as the new District Manager, ft was also reported that an office had been rented in the Pioneer Bank Building, which is centrally located. A committee was appointed to furnish the office with appropriate furniture. Mr. Feifar, Mr. Radi and Mr. Lachman are members of this committee. The hours agreed upon for the office are Wednesday and Saturday during the day from 9:00 AM to 1 PM and Monday and Thursday evenings from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. A thorough discussion was held regarding the selection of a new branch number after it was decided ! hat none of the old branch numbers was to be used. Acting on the suggestion of Mr. Charles that number - ‘15” was not now assigned to any of the branches the meeting formally approved the Branch 15 designation. Mr. Taylor suggested that future meetings for the new branch be he’d at the present quarters of, the Branch 503 as this is the most centrally located hall. There will be U combined meeting February 22, for the purpose of election of officers for the new branch at 3:00 PM. Ail members are requested to attend this important meeting. The above is a brief resume of fte highlights of the meeting held February 7. By the time you read this article you probably will have received your notice of the meeting .to be he d on February 22 and I wisli you won d all attend. As you have read above, the number for the combined branches will be Branch 15 and that means that you will then be a member of Branch. 15, so do come to the meeting and make new friends from the members of the other branches so that we can all be one friend y happy family. The Hungarian Flag- which Branch 104 has wi.l not be chang-ed. At first it was discussed that perhaps the number in it would be changed; but it was decided to leave the flag- as it is and keep it as a remembrance of Branch 164. Branch 503 also has a flag and they also wi 1 keep samei as a remembrance of their branch. On the sick list we have Abraham Zaric, Mrs. Joseph Hunter, Mrs. A. G.oeckner and Joseph Kiss. Our sympathies are extended to member Mr. Rimán on the recent loss of his dear wife. This concludes our column for this month and I wish to take this opportunity to thank all of you for I the kind cooperation you have given j to me during my stay as Branch Manager. With kindest regards, I remain Fraternal ív yours, Andre« JanovicSt * I THE ARMY AND By PFC. STEVE MISLAY Branch 21 Youngstown, Ohio WITH THE U.S. ARMY IN KOREA . . . These Koreans are a terrific hunch. One of their favorite and most fascinating pastimes is the stone throwing fight. The rules are simple and almost anyone is eligible to participate. Any time of the day, preferably /after working hours, two Koreans I may be walking on opposite sides of I fhe street when, for no apparent reason at all they pick up stones [ and start throwing them at each other. By and by more men coming along join in the game. Before long i Ithe game becomes a battle royal ! with about fifty people.- on each side of the street joyfully hurling sticks and stones like mad at one another. It seems strange that they would enjoy such a contest, but after an hour of fierce bombardment and an exhausted supply of stones they merrily go about their business, many of them pressing hankies Against bleeding open cuts and bruises. A picturesque sport of Korean girls is the one called “See-Saw.” Using a wood plank resting on a rolled rice-straw mat as a fulcrum, the little girls stand on the ends of ehe plank and jump one another high into the air, ‘teeijer-totter” fashion. It’s distinctly a sport for little girls, keen-ag-e and younger. They develop great skill and grace fn balancing themselves as they fly up and down in standing position with each jump from the board. During the summer months of vacation from school many of the enterprising young school boys take it upon themselves to earn a bit of spending- money by sneaking up north Above the 38th parallel and working ;as house boys for the GIs. They come up still wearing their traditional black school clothes. Many hire out rs water carriers, wash boys and any o^d sort of job that will earn them a bit of cash. According to Korean standards some of them become fabulously rich. I’d venture to / ay that our boy makes more money than some of the statesmen in the Korean Assembly down at Seoul. Whiie earning their money they rlso g-ain a wealth of education in the studies of history, geography and the English language. In trying to converti? with your Korean house boy the number system is employed to a great extent. If whatever task the boy has completed agrees with your wish you te 1 him the job is '“number one.” By the same token if you dis ike his work you merely refer to it as being “number ten.” Once the two of you have mastered this simple understanding, you’ll get along fine. Since the Army has deemed it j that I spend better than a year in Korea, I believe I’ve gone native. At this writing- I have completed i twelve months this very day as a resident of this ten acre rice paddy, upper north east pasture, that is. Somewhere on this rice paddy section of land our eight-man tent rests. During the rainy season lying down 'to sleep is always adventuresome because you never know where thei morning will find you. One night the water and mud carried me down the far end of the tent, and if it hadn’t been for the tent guide ropes I would most likely have found myself down on the MSR (Main Supply Route). Youngstown. Ohio was never like this, or was it? Rumor has it that after a year’» stay in Korea, you’re entitled to: three acres of rice paddy with a half acre added for each ensuing six months as all your own! If the Army doesn’t send me home soon I’ll be forced to put on my Korean slippers with the turned up toes, get out my long-stemmed reed pipe and go out and plow up the ground in preparation for the coming .year’s rice crop. If ever this present conflict comes ito an end, I’m sure the Bill of Rights, Article Three, will get me out of here. I believe it states something- about quartering troops or land without consent of owners is forbidden. And I know the owner of this patch of land doesn’t want any GI outfit cluttering- and ruining his rice paddies, especially in this high rent district of Yanggu 9, North Korea.--------------------------BRANCH 76 — PHILADELPHIA, PA. It has been a while since any news from Branch 76 appeared in the Journal. We never realized our members were looking forward so eagerly for news of our activities until we were reminded of it by quite a few. From the wav our meetings are being attended usually by the same ones, and very few at that, it seems the ones who can’t Attend want to be informed through our paper. The year 1952 was quite successful at our branch, thanks mainly to the wonderful cooperation given by our district manager, Mr. Frank Cher, and our local branch president, Mr. Anthony Noel to name just a Tew. Deserving praise too are the other officers of the branch who were a'l reelected for the coming year, which shows that the members are well pleased with their work. It has been a pleasure to work with them and we can truthfully say y. is like one happy family. We would like to ca 1 the attention of the sport-minded members to our bowling matches at the “Dalarda” (Singing Society) every Friday night. Come out and join us for some good hilarious fun and fellowship. Our sympathies to the families j of Louis Hegedűs and John Papdy, both we 1 known members of long standing, who passed away suddenly I recently. Looking forward to an even better I year in 1953. STEPHEN SZEMES. Jr., Sec.
