Verhovayak Lapja, 1954 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1954 / Verhovay Journal

2,000 Victory Dinner and Dance Tickets Now on Sale at Branch 48, New York FAGE 12___________________________Verhovay Journal------------------------------------March l7> 1954_ Motor CLTX News BRANCH 36 — DETROIT, MICHIGAN m------------ By Jolán Lucas VERHOVAY YOUNGSTOWN BRANCHES 21, 108, 364, 514 What a beautiful story I had plan­ned for you faithful readers of this new column! How carefully I kept ■adding to my treasure-trove of infor­mation! Yet what a pitiful little tale will find its way into print this month. Listen, and IM tell you a short story, full detailed information of which will come to you in the April issue in ‘The Ferret Sez” column .. . Luke and Larry and I were sitting around after supper on Saturday eve­ning, Feb. 27th, waiting for our food to digest before beginning to dress jfor the dinner-dance given by Branch 36. The next thing we knew, we were burned out of house and home. Naturally, we didn’t go to the dance. I had no idea whether it was a suc­cess or not, and what’s more, it was p good thing we hadn’t left the house yet. We are still grubbing our way through the ruins, but I’ll try to give you a very comprehensive, and if possible, interesting tale in the next issue. In the meantime, there is still plenty of stuff which must get out to the membership of Branch 36. THIS IS IMPORTANT! You have all read about the current membership drive to honor Director Julius Macker and Louis Vizi at the llthi Annual National Verhovay Bowl­ing Tournament and 1954 National Verhovay Fellowship Days in New York City. Well, since Vice-President Julius Macker is one of our own members at Branch 36, the officers will have a “SPECIAL MACKER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE” in Detroit to honor our popular brother. Mr. Macker was the president of Branch 36 for eight years, and under his leadership there were held many suc­cessful and profitable social func­tions, such as picnics, children’s days, dances, banquets and many other varied and interesting activities. He is now serving his fourth term as a member of the Board of Directors. At the 1947 and 1951 National Ver­hovay Conventions he was elected Vice-President of the Verhovay Fra­ternal Insurance Association. To honor this capable and popular officer, we in the Motor City feel that we should go all out in securing ps many new members as possible between now and May 29-30. To in­duce this the officers decided to offer you the opportunity to finance a trip to New York and to act as delegates from Branch 36. Read the Following carefully .. . Between February 1 and May 29- 30, 1954, the bránch treasury will re­imburse you, all of you Branch 36 members, with $5.00 in cash for each new $1,000 certificate, IF THE DUES ARE PAID IN FOR SIX MONTHS. These members who can secure $5,000 worth of new business wi 1 receive $25,00 cash, PLUS, listen carefully, PLUS the trip’s transportation, which will be taken care of by D's­­trict Manager Stephen Lukacs, who will see to it that those members who fulfill these qualifications will be transported WITHOUT EXPENSE to the lucky winners. This wonderful offer applies to each and every branch 36 member, regardless of age, and it seems to me a very generous offer for a few minutes work. At the same time, if each member can bring in AT LEAS T ONE NEM MEMBER between now and May 29-30, it will help boost the honor of our favorite son in Detroit. LET’S ALL PITCH IN TO HELP! Call Mr. Lukacs if you have a pros­pect. help yourself to earn expense money for this wonderful trip to the greatest city in the world; and rep­resent one of the largest individual branches in the Association. To start the ball rolling, Mr. Lu­kacs pointed out at the meeting on Stinday, February 7th, that Branch 36 has exactly 1,999 adult members as of that date and 665 Junior Order members. Mr. Caspar Papp, who is a member of the Auditing Committee, suggested that since Mr. Macker and Mr. Vizi will be honored, the logical thing to do was for Mr. Macker to sign up the 2,000th member, which Mr. Macker immediately did, offering himself for the 2,000th certificate. It will be interesting to see how much more we can grow between now and May 29-30. COME ON, FOLKS, LET’S MAKE THIS AN ALL-OUT MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN AND BUILD BRANCH 36 into the great­est branch of them all! * * * If you will remember, tn VUe last issue of the “The Ferret Sez” I called for suggestions for a name for the Branch 36 column. Mr. Macker sug­gested this name .. . MOTOR CITY NEWS — Branch 36, Detroit, Mich­igan. Those of us who attended the meeting were all for it, and it will remain the name of your column until a better one can be offered — which I think will be hard to beat! Hoxv do you like it? ¥ * ¥ Just in case you didn’t get to read the column called “News in the Field,” in the last issue, a short item was inserted at the deadline of the deadline, to the effect that the CHILDREN’S DAY celebration will be held on Sunday, March 28th, be­­gining at 3 p. m. at the former Verhovay Home, 8005 West Jeffer­son Avenue. To refresh your memory, a call went out to all parents of talented chi dren, w ho w ish to see their youngsters perform on this day. to contact Mr. Stephen Lukacs at Warwick 8-2317, or leave word at the above address. Youngsters are being invited from all Detroit and Dearborn area branches. Admission is free to ALL MEMBERS, FRIENDS and Gl’ESTS, and refreshments will be served the children after the pro­gram. From what I hear on the grape­vine, there were several of these talented youngsters on the program at the: dinner-dance on February 27th. Therefore a cordial invitation is here­by given these children for a return engagement. I hear one of the little ladies was so talented that she will have a try-out on a future Ted Mack Amsteur Hour. I’d have more infor­mation for you on this in the April issue, along with complete details of the dinner-dance. Since I wasn’t there and had a catastropt^ happen to my typewriter. After a somewhat short and ab­breviated leave of absence, we of Verhovay Youngstown will once again try to regain our niche in the Verhovay limelight, a position of recognition and fraternalism which we believe never hurt anybody. Youngstown itself just recently ac­quired the slogan of “The site of the Industrial might,” while we of Ver­hovay hope to change it to read “The site of the Verhovay might.” We feel rather confident that if nil the four branches here in town wi.l pitch in and band together toward a common goal, we can accomplish anything we »set our minds to. As . the saying goes, “Man we’ve got it, let’s put it to use.” We wish to announce that this sec­tion of this popular news sheet will be exclusively reserved for all and any bits of information and small chitchat concerning and pertaining to ALL the four Verhovay branches in Youngstown, 21, 108, 364, 514. So all you local branch officials, take heed and get on the ball; talk and push Verhovay to one and all. We sin­cerely urge all th? membership to take an active part in Verhovay afr fairs, so as not only to gain a feel­ing of accomplishment but also to show the rest of the country that we’re one of the tops. Let's attend all the branch meetings and make p ans to advance the cause of frater­­nalism. While we’re in the process of making plans, let’s also include burrowing through the ruins and smoke for the last three days, this •article is haphazardly being written on a borrowed and broken-down an­cient machine. Because this stuff must reach Pittsburgh in about 14 hours, I can not tell you more than from reports given to me by both Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lukacs, Direc­tor Richard Phillips and about a dozen or so guests who attended the affair last Saturday evening', that it was a howling success, in fact, the GREATEST SUCCESS of any social event in many a Verhovay year. That’s the most wonderful news I’ve heard on the telephone these last few days (calls being transferred to Mom’s line in Dearborn, and back »o those angels of mercy, the Smear­­man s next door, where we found real Southern and fraternal hospi­tality — details next month!) I’m anxious to get settled in a new home, plus the addition of a new typewriter, and timeHo breathe with­out coughing up smoke, which seems to hamper my thinking processes at this time. So all of you, please do forgive me now. Just do me a favor by keep­ing Mr. Lukacs’s telephone so busy with the names of prospective mem­bers for the Macker Special Member­ship Campaign, that I can really give you a great report on members who are ne ring the trip to New York City by securing $3.000 new business. Of course, don’t forget, if you can sell MORE than $5,000 worth of new insurance, you earn more money, and mere money means a better time. So long now, see you in April! (Editor’s Note: We express our sorrow at the misfortune to Jolán Lucas and her family. We are very happy the Lucas’s escaped safely from the fire in their home. Only jjjae of Jolán Lucas’ intestinal fortitude could go ahead to make her contri­bution to the Verhovay Journal. Bravo to the Lucas’s!) socials and gatherings with all the four branches, to sort of make things like a joint affair. We haven’t had anything like that in years, or since the days of our beloved Frank Brog­­ley. The first and foremost project we should make plans for. and soon, is this year’s bowling tournament in New York City Memorial Day week end of May 29-30. You tell me what better way is there to get together than by having all the local folks making the trip like one big happy family, say either by reserving a train or bus to and fro. A Youngs­town crowd could really have a great time on a trip like this. Gabriel Nameth, Field Supervisor for the Youngstown area, has more or less taken the bull by the horns. He is organizing the entire shindig by setting the plans and preparations for the journey into the tournament city. Gabe has contacted the various railroads in regards to ways and^ njeans and the best and most eco­nomical trip to be had. The New York Central System came up with the best plan of all. So, what Gabe is offering you folks is a “package plan.” This will include, for $35.00. a round trip fare and a ticket to the fabulous Victory Dinner and Night of Budapest Dance on Saturday nite. This plan can be had only if 25 or more people will make the trip. As for the hotel reservations, we strong­ly advise you to contact your branch manager for further details. If he can’t help you out, call Gabe Nameth at his downtown office in the Wick building any Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. He’ll be more than glad to give you all the scoop. The train schedule from the New York Central depot, on Wilson Ave., is: LEAVE YOUGSTOWN 6:23 P. M. or 11:30 P. M. ARRIVE NEW YORK CITY 6:50 A. M. or 11:59 A. M. LEAVE NEW YORK CITY 9:00 A. M. or 4:42 P. M. ARRIVE YOUNGSTOWN 9:10 P.M. of 6:13 A. M. Last month we took our first trip to the Home Office in Pittsburgh, and believe me, we were highly im­pressed with the what and how of the functioning of this great organi­zation of ours. We met and talked with the National Officers: President John« Bencze, Secretary Coloman Re­vesz, Treasurer John Szalanczy and Auditor John Sabo. Of course we met Field Assistant to the President, El­mer Charles. These men are truly gentlemen of the first water. Thru A1 Jozik. back with the office staff we met a few of the charming and lovely gals who adorn the second and third floors of the Verhovay Building. Verhovay has more pretty girls per square inch of offiee space than any other organization in town. Congratulations are in order to a couple of Verhovayans wh? have joyously received new additions to their respective fami ies: the Mike Tomcha! s and the George Nemeths. That’s it for now, so once ag-ain we remind you Youngstown folks to get ca the Verhovay band wagon by crcat'ng renewed interest in your branches! Fraternally, STEVE MISLAY 528 Dorothy Avenue Youngstown, Ohio RL. 6-1496

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