Verhovayak Lapja, 1953 (36. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1953 / Verhovay Journal
START YOUR BOWLING PROGRAM NOW Verhovay Journal--------------------------------------------------------------PAGE~August 19, 1953 n*-----------------------— NEWS From The Field TO THE CONTRIBUTOR^ AND CORRESPONDENTS: The next edition of the Journal will be published on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1953. News items and brief announcements will be accepted for publication in that issue until closing ctete Sept. 9. Articles and similar contributions for that issue must reach the editor’s desk no later than Sept. 2. Contributions, if possible, should be typewritten, on one side of the paper only, double spaced and not exceeding 800 words. Contributions must be signed by the author. Address all contributions to Yerhovay Journal, 436 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. CHICAGO, ILL. Branch 15 BOWLING Bowling in September will be on Wednesday and Friday nights, Wednesday at 9:30 P. M. at Gateway Recreation, 6132 W. North Avenue; Friday at 8:00 P. M. at Lakeview Recreation, 3239 N. Clark Street. Register as soon as possible with Mr. George Reedy, 4446 W. Monroe Street, Columbus 1-1123 and let him know which night you wish to bowl. Wednesday — 16 to 18 teams; Friday — 8 teams. NEW YORK, N. Y. Branch 48 MEETING TIME Branch 48 will not hold its regular meeting in August. The next regular meeting will be held September 4, 1953 at Arpad Hall, 323 East 82d St., New York City, beginning at 8:00 P. M. sharp. Fraternally, ALBERT IBOS, President. JOSEPH TOMA, manager. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Branch 68 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Ladislaus Csenger, Manager Branch 68, 248 Castle Ave., Fairfield, Conn. AKRON, OHIO Branch 91 DUAL ANNIVERSARY The 45th anniversary of the founding of Branch 91 and the 30th year since Bela Takacs took office as president of Branch 91 will be jointly celebrated Sunday, October 11, 1953 at the Hungarian Home, 112 Thorton St. Akron, beginning at 12 noon. Banquet tickets will be $1.75 if bought in advance; $2.00 at the door. President Takacs has been awarded (the Illustrious Citation and the Gold Emblem by the Board of Directors, and the presentation thereof will be be made at this event. Ail the members of Branch 91, both young and elderly, are expected to be present at this joyful branch affair. Area branches and their members ade cordially invited to join in the festivities. F raternally, THE COMMITTEE. BETHLEHEM, PA. Branch 98 THANKS Our annual picnic was highly successful in spite of the heavy thunder storm which threatened the festivities. We express our gratitude to the women who worked in the kitchen, namely, Women’s Auxiliary President Mrs. Harold Gross, chairman, Mrs. Julius Demko, Mrs. Louis Sule, Mrs. Eugenie Kish, Mrs. Simon Freund, Mrs. John Gerni, Mrs. Louis Domotor, Mrs. John Mate, Mrs. Helen Petresky, Janice Petresky, who also sold tickets and ice cream. Thanks also to the bar workers, Bela Richter, chairman, Harold Gross, Simon Freund, Julius Demko, Mr. Chiz, and ticket sellers Frank Wallner and John Vörös Marton. We are indebted to Warren Yeager for his donation of a beautiful fruit basket, also to Mrs. Irma Yoo. Finally, our branch appreciation to all others who helped make our picnic successful. Fraternally, MICHAEL YAMBOR, President, MRS. HAROLD GROSS, President Women’s Auxiliary PHILLIPSBURGH, N. J. Branch 133 VERHOVAY DAY The Verhovay Day which Branch 133 held for this district on July 12th met with the most optimistic expectations. The success of this day is attributable largely to the hard efforts of District Manager Louis Vincze and Stephen Molnár, vice president of Branch 133, Guests came from Alpha, Easton, Nazareth, etc. Verhovay out of town notables who came were Director Stephen Lang of Bethlehem, Pa., Field Supervisor Frank J. Cher of Trenton, N. J., and Northampton Branch 216 officers Stephen Toth and Joseph Marton. Mrs. Nemeth, Mrs. Vayda, Mrs. Balogh, Mrs. Vanya, Mrs. Nagy and Mrs. Kosa prepared the delicious! food, while Mrs. Sule made the famous Hungarian “fánk”. Ticket sellers were Joseph Nagy, John Liptak, Emery Nemeth and Paul Ferenczy; at the bar werq Stephen Molnár, Emery Horvath, Andrew Balogh and Louis Szaszi.... Branch 133 is very grateful to all who worked for the success of its Verhovay Day. SCRANTON, PA. Branch 174 ELECTION A meeting will be held Sunday, September 6, 1953 at St. Stephen’s Hall, 1710 Clearview St., Scranton, beginning at 2.00 P. M. The express purpose of the meeting will be the election of a successor to the late John Nemeth, president. Fraternally, ANTHONY RACZ, Manager. MCKEESPORT, PA. Branch 226 SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR The joint picnic held by Branch 226 and the bowlers of the McKeesport Hungarian Social Club at Kossuth Park on June 21st was a very gratifying event. Leaders of the social were Frank Debreczeni, president of Branch 226, aind Ernest Fazekas, McKeesport district manager. Honoring the affair with their presence were National President John Bencze and National Auditor John Sabo, the latter officer a native McKeesporter who still fondly cherishes the city of his birth. Verhovay guests from the East Pittsburgh, Homestead, Duquesne The echoes of the last bowling tournament, still ringing in our ears, remind us once again that immediate action should be taken to organize the branch bowling teams. Every year the National Executive Tournament Committee, carrying out the decisions of the Board of Directors, tries to fulfill its obligations well, and year after year we have seen many improvements as new angles are tried and old kinks are ironed out. While it has been a difficult task to satisfy all concerned, the Committee has tried its best to make our tournaments satisfactory to the great majority of the bowlers. It is our desire to do a good job to please as many members as we can, and, with this in mind, we call attention of all the bowlers to the necessity of begining now the program of bowling for the coming season. At the present time no one knows where the next bowling tournament will be staged. This matter will be given consideration by the Board of Directors at its September, 1953 ■meeting. The Board will review the Toledo tournament, then decide what iaction should be taken for the future. The findings of the Board of Directors will be known to us after /the September meeting. Every year we receive letters from members seeking information on how to get a team or league started. To help our branches organize teams or leagues we publish the following, which we feel will be of invaluable aid: If your branch does not have a tenpin bowling team but would like to form one this year, the proper place to turn for assistance is your City Bowling Association. The City Bowling Association is a branch of the American Bowling Clongress, similar in respect to what your own branch is to the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. City Bowling and Pittsburgh branches joined to swell the merry-making Verhovayans and their friends. Out of town guests included a Los Angeles, California, representation. Special thanks are tendered to the following for their part in the Branch 226 event: Frank Debreczeni, president, Stephen Breda, vice president, George Viszokay, treasurer, Ernest Fazekas, district manager and controller, Alexander Szabó and Frank Wagner, controllers; the women, Mrs. Frank Debreczeni, Mrs. Alexander Nagy, Mrs. Frank Jeremias, who served in the kitchen, Mrs. Frank Debreczeni, Mrs. Ernest Fazekas, Mrs. Stephen Breda, Mrs. Charles Gerzsenyi, Mrs. John Kalman and Mrs. John Balint, who sold tickets. Branch 226 is grateful to all. BUFFALO, N. Y. Branch 383 CHANGE OF ADDRESS The Buffalo District Office is now located at 152 ONTARIO ST., telephone RI-1888. New office hours are twice a week — Thursday 1:00 to 6:00 P. M., Saturday from 10:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. The regular monthly meetings are held at 1035 Grant St., on the second Tuesday of the month, at 7:00 P. M. PITTSBURGH, PA. Branch 575 NEW BRANCH MANAGER Frank Gyapjas, 1511 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Telephone CO-1-0692. Associations are located in almost every city, town or village where bowling alley establishments exist. Each association has a regular body of officers - president, secretary, treasurer, etc. These bowling leaders regulate the tenpin bowling activity of their locality in the interests of the American Bowling Congress. They are in these functions to help all male bowlers in the organization of bowling teams and bowling leagues. These officers, principally the secretary, will give whatever aid is necessary to help your branch properly organize its team or teams. They will also assist you in organizing your own bowling league if you have four or more teams in your branch. If you have only one team and you wish to find an A. B. C. sanctioned league which will admit your team to league membership, these officials will render this service also. No problem is too small or too great for them; they are serving to help all tenpin bowlers, to organize and to play under the sanction of the American Bowling Congress. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO CONTACT THE OFFICIALS OF YOUR LOCALITY’S CITY BOWLING ASSOCIATION, VISIT ANY ONE OF YOUR BOWLING ALLEYS. THE PROPRIETOR OR THE MANAGER WILL BE QUITE WILLING TO GIVE YOU THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OFFICIAL TO CONTACT. Now just for the sake of example, in the Pittsburgh district any branch wishing to organize a team or league need simply to contact R. R. Dillinger, 1729 Chartiers Avenue, McKees Rocks, Pa. Mr. Diliinger, who is Verhovay’s tournament secretary, is also secretary of the City Bowling Association of Pittsburgh. Years ago, when we began our bowling tournaments, it was the aforesaid bowling association, and chiefly Mr. Diliinger, who gave us the technical advice essential to the organization and promotion of our tournaments. The above has been about American Bowling Congress sanction for male bowlers. The same information, however, holds true for women bowlers except that their sanction is under the auspices of the Women’s International Bowling Congress. The W. I. B. C. maintains City Bowling Associations for women bowlers throughout the country, just as the A. B. C. does for men bowlers. It is our sincere advice that you contact the officials of the City Bowling Associations as early as possible for the services. Their expert guidance will make easy the fulfillment of your bowling plans. --------------------------ONE MORE ROUND Life is queer with its twdsts and turns As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about When he might have won if he’d stuck it out. Stick to your task and thothe pace seems slow — You may succed with one more blow: Success is failure inside out— The silver tint of the clouds of doubt — And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar; So stick to fight when you’re hardest hit — It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit. —Author unknown.
