Verhovayak Lapja, 1954 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1954 / Verhovay Journal
mm®MERRY CHRISTMAS r-Vs-Vf-ví:-vií-VOL. XXXVII. DECEMBER 15, 1954 51 NUMBER 12. The Spirit of Christmas Christmas, the greatest holiday in the calendar of Christianity, will soon hallow with its enveloping spirit the many millions of its followers who take their name from Christ Who gave His name to the designation of the holiest of holy days. Some 1954 years ago in a stable at Bethlehem was born the world’s most influential leader, Christ, accepted by the majority of His followers as the God-Man but regarded by others as a mere man magnificently endowed with qualities of perfection. The divinity of Jesus Christ, proclaim His disciples, is proved by the numerous miracles He wrought during His three years of public life teaching the people how to live in this world in preparation for the next life. Religious and profane history attest to this. It has never been known that any other religious leader, associating or identifying himself with the Godship, could back his claim by the irrevocable evidence of miracles. But the Spirit of Christmas, which every year seemingly miraculously turns the hearts, minds and very being of men toward thoughts and actions ideal, must be the perpetual way that Christ wonderfullly indicates that HE IS God. The Spirit of Christmas is divided into PEACE and GOOD WILL, these words first heralded by the angels come to announce the birth of Christ. Study the countenances, hear the expressions and observe the action of people at Christmastide and you will note PEACE and GOOD WILL. The PEACE of Christmas brings a calmness and acceptance of facts so awfully pervading that a spiritual metamorphosis takes place. The GOOD WILL of Christmas expresses itself in the shedding of selfishness, the spreading of friendliness and the giving of gifts symbolic of charity and love. PEACE and GOOD WILL are the attributes of God, Who through His Son, Jesus Christ, came to the earth 1954 years ago to deliver the message of His Father, diffuses His grace in the Spirit of Christmas. In the Spirit of Christmas, with its PEACE and GOOD WILL, the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association wishes you a Holy Christmas and a Blessed New Year!------JOHN BENCZE, National President; COLOMAN RÉVÉSZ, National Secretary; JOHN SABO, National Auditor; JOHN SZALANCZY, National Treasurer; JULIUS MACKER, Vice President; DR. ANDREW KOVÁCS, Vice President; ALOYSIUS C. FALUSSY, HENRY GROSS, ALEXANDER GYULAY, ALBERT IBOS, COLOMAN KOLOZSVARY, MIKE KOROSY, STEPHEN LANG, RICHARD J. PHILLIPS, JOSEPH TURNER, LOUIS VIZI, JOHN VIZZI, Directors; DR. SAMUEL C. GOMORY, Chief Medical Adviser; GAY B. BANES, General Counsel; GASPAR PAPP, WILLIAM C. KOHUT, ANDREW BANDY, Auditing Committee Members; ELMER CHARLES, Fieid Assistant to the National President; FRANK J. CHER, LESLIE J. DUS, TIBOR D. JASZ, GUS G. NAGY, GABRIEL NAMETH, JOSEPH TOMA, FRANK WUKOVITS, Field Supervisors; COLOMAN BERTALAN, JOHN FULOP, STEPHEN LUKACS, Traveling District Managers; KALMAN ERDEKY, STEPHEN J. IVANCSO, FRANK T. KAJDI, FRANK G. KOZAN, STEPHEN MISLAY, GEORGE SOPRONYI, JR., FRED J. STIPKOVITS, JOSEPH SZABÓ, ERNEST TAYLOR, ELMER V/. TOTH, District Managers; and the Home Office Personnel. IT’S CHICAGO - FOR 1955 Verhovay Tournament and Fellowship Days May 28-29 (Saturday and Sunday) It’s definite now, so every Verhovay sports enthusiast sit back and relax! Chicago will host next year’s annual Verhovay National Bowling Tournament and Fellowship Days, May 28-29, 1955. The Board of Directors has unanimously approved the Windy City as the site of our next big fraternal and sports gathering. The selection of this great midwestern city is unique in that it is the first Verhovay center to be awarded the tourney for the second time. Members will recall that the 8th Annual Verhovay National Ten Pin Tournament was held on May 5-6, 1951 in Chicago. The 1951 event was such a successful one. attended by a record number of teams, that our Board of Directors probably saw visions of another smash hit when it again named Chicago the tournament site. The National Executive Tournament Committee gave serious consideration to Chicago and to Milwaukee, Wisconsin: in fact Vice President Dr. Andrew Kovács and National Auditor John Sabo went to both cities, met with Verhovay officials, hotel and convention bureau authorities and bowling establishment managers, then passed on their findings to the Board of Directors. Director Richard J. Phillips, Detroit, Michigan, has been renamed to the National Executive Tournament Committee, after an absence of a year. It is the hope of the Committee members that this tournament shall set a record in the number of participating teams. The tournament will again be based on a handicap. The rules and regulations will, with some minor exceptions, be similar in most respects to those which were in effect in 1954 at New York. At the writing of this article the Committee was dickering with a very fine bowling center and several hotels, all in the “loop” area. It seems that the next great yearly Verhovay sports festival will be housed and staged right in the heart of the loop, which will be just what the bowlers, and non-bowlers too, want, for this will mean no transportation between hostelrv and bowling alleys. Two possible hotel sites are just a half block away from each other. The selections will be announced in the January, 1955 issue of the Verhovay Journal. A huge tournament membership campaign will be staged in the Chicago and East Chicago areas in connection with the big annual event. Field Assistant to the National President Elmer Charles and Field Supervisor Frank J. Wukovits will have this new membership drive begun on January 1st. It is expected to be the best campaign thus far because there are three full time men serving as District Managers in the Chicago area under the direction of Mr. Wukovits. The campaign in 1955 will be in honor of three members of the Board of Directors, Joseph Turner, Aloysius C. Falussv and Richard J. Phillips.
