Verhovayak Lapja, 1954 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1954 / Verhovay Journal
PITTSBURGH, PA. CHARTERS TWO BUSES to NEW YORK PAGE 4 . Verhovay Journal February 17, 1954 Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 7907 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: JOHN SABO Editor’« Office: 456—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. Telephone: COnrt 1*5454 or 1-5455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada .................................... $1.00 a year Foreign Countries ... ......................................... $1.50 a year Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 5, 1879. Attention All Pittsburgh and Surrounding Area Verhovay Members The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association will charter two modern buses for travel to New York City Memorial Day week end when this society will hold its 11th Annual National Verhovay Bowling Tournament and National Verhovay Fellowship Days May 29-30, 1954. Special reduced rates have been offered to Verhovay and the Association now is requesting those in the Pittsburgh area who intend to go to New York to make IMMEDIATE reservations. The cost per person of the round trip bus fare and a ticket to the Victory Dinner and Night of Budapest Dance will be only $23.00. This is such a bargain that no one intending to participate in the grand Verhovay event should pass up this opportunity. The buses that will be furnished will possibly have lavatories and coolers for your convenience. Their passenger capacity is 32 persons each. They will leave from the Home Office Friday morning, May 28, and will make the return trip leaving New York City Monday morning, May 31. RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. Reservations ,may be made by sending check or money order, PAYABLE TO VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, and addressed to John Sabo, Tournament Administrator, Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, 436 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Homestead, Duquesne, East Pittsburgh, McKees Rocks and the other towns in the Pittsburgh district have sizable Verhovay populations who are here given a grand opportunity to participate in the giant New York Verhovay celebrations for only a minimum cost. NOTE: Memorial Day falls on Sunday May 30, but will be celebrated officially on Monday May 31, giving a full extra day. SEND FOR YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! THE “AVERAGE” AMERICAN Who is the average American? Statistically he is a man — or woman — about 47 years old, with a spouse and two children. He lives in a house which he owns somewhere in 'the mid-West. He is a high-school graduate. His income is somewhere between $3,500 and $4,000. He has a television set, 1-2/10 cars, 2-8/10 radios, a 1947 refrigerator. He has about $1,150, in the bank or in some kind of savings. He goes to the movies twice a week and takes a two-week vacation every year with his family. Either his mother or father is still alive and one member of that generation, either his or his wife’s parent lives with them. Yet, even if the man who fitted all these specifications were to be found, the chances are that he would not admit to being the average American, or in reality be the average American. For of all the traits Americans have exhibited in the course of our history, the desire and ability to be |“unaverage” are conspicuous. Those who do not know ’ the United States well, often believe that we are a nation of uniform habits, customs and attitudes. This uniformity, they maintain, is a result of mass advertising and mass entertainment, such as the moving picture and television. However, impartial observers of American life such as visitors from other countries, quickly come to another conclusion. A member of the British Parliament who made a sixweek tour of the United States recently said: “The most remarkable thing about the United States is the diversity one finds here. There is a real diversity in customs, in climates, and in personalities. This is an important quality which people abroad often overlook in evaluating the United States.” Another visitor from France recently remarked: “Do not think that because all Americans drive the sam,e cars they all think alike.” American diversity probably stems in the main from two factors. First, this country is a land of immigrants. The culture of many lands came to these shores with the men and women who traveled from abroad to make their homes here. This con-MERGER The above happy scene was taken January 10, 1954, the occasion being the official merger of the Association of Hungarian Societies of New Jersey with the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, as approved by the Insurance Department of Pennsylvania. Pictured with the officers of the merging society are a Verhovay officer and a Verhovay Field official. Seated, left 'to right, are Coloman Revesz, National Secretary of Verhovay; Stephen Freund, President. Nicholas Papp, Secretary. Standing, tinuous flow of immigration, which is a singular distinction of American civilization, brought continuous diversification. Also, the vast distances which once separated small bands of settlers made for individuality. Immigrants made their homes in desolate spots on the prairies and on the great plains, in the valleys and on the rocky coasts, far from their nearest neighbor. As the continent began to fill up, respect and regard for another’s way of doing things and thinking remained. This respect and regard for the “unaverage” is one of the most attractive features of American life. It is a feature which we, as Americans, often take too much for granted. The American desire to be “unaverage” is rooted also in the very opportunity that America offers. Being average implies that one is no better, no worse, no different than his neighbor. Averageness denies individuality and most Americans retain a strong urge to achieve and maintain individuality. The diversity of American life and the “unaverageness” of the American people should be made known more clearly to those abroad. It is a difficult task, for when describing America we are inclined to strike some numerical average as a representation of the whole. Our letters abroad are one of the best ways to show that America is made up of a great mass of individuals. Letters themselves are an expression of individuality. They express our lives and our thoughts as one person and as one family. Our letters to kinfolk overseas can show that America is still a country in which people think for themselves left to right, are Frank J. Cher, Verhovay Field Supervisor; Ignatius Kremper, Treasurer: John Nemeth, Auditor; Stephen Toth, Controller. The Association of Hungarian Societies of New Jersey had branches in Trenton, Carteret, Roebling, Perth Amboy, South River, Clifton, Newark, Wharton and Woodbridge. The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association heartily welcomes the membership of the Association of Hungarian Societies of New Jersey into her fold! and act on their own best judgment. Certainly this right to think as one chooses is one right which the whole free world cherishes. Those abroad should know that we in America stand ready to defend that right. Common Council For American Unity.----------f-fej---------------Touring Europe * Irene Orosz, member of Branch 443, Detroit, Michigan, left via Pan American Air Lines for Europe January 21. Miss Orosz will visit her grandparents in Jugoslavia. "Her trip will also take her to Paris, France, Switzerland, Copenhagen, Denmark, Germany and a dozen other European countries. * After her two and a half months in Europe, the advfeifturesome Miss Orosz will return home, again by Pan American. Miss Orosz operates a beauty shop at 20063 Ecorse Road. Happy flying and traveling, Irene Orosz!
