Verhovayak Lapja, 1955 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1955 / Verhovay Journal

PAGE 4 .. Verhovay Journal_________________________September 21, 1955 Verkovay 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: 436—142 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. Telephone: COnrt 1-3454 er 1-3455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 486—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 8, 1879. Andrew Dobos, Ex-Director, Dies A veteran member and former director of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, Andrew Dobos, died September 2, 1955 in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Dobos was born April 20, 1896 in Abara, Zemplén Coun­ty, Hungary. He leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Tóth, two sons and a daughter. He joined the Association back in 1914 and became a member of Branch 71, Duquesne. Later he moved South to Pocahontas, Virginia, joining that town’s Branch 23, and while living there was elected director at the 1935 Verhovay CQnvention. He re­mained a director for three terms. In 1945 he moved from Po­cahontas to Columbus, Ohio, transferring his membership to Branch 129 there, where Re lived until his death. As a director Mr. Dobos proved a worthy representative from the coal mining region. His popularity spread throughout the Verhovay membership. His splendid work for the society was recognized by the Board of Directors who honored him with the recognition granted for meritorious Verhovay work: the Il­lustrious Citation and Gold Medal. We express our deep sympathies to the survivors. Church and State in Czechoslovakia — (Book by Fr. LudviK Nemec) This literary work just published by the Rev. Ludvik Nemec* reveals the religious life — persecution — behind the Iron Curtain, Czechoslo­vakia in this case. The book affords us in America a glimpse behind the Iron Curtain to' see the horrendous happenings there. In America Czechoslovakia is con­sidered — at least was considered — a model democracy. According to Father Nemec, the matter is not that simple. In the first place, two nationali­ties make up in the main the peo­ple of that land. Of these the Czechs or Bohemians, who created that nation, are very much different from the Slovaks, the other group. The Czechs through the centuries resisted the Germans, while the Slo­vaks for a thousand years lived peacefully under the benign Hun­garian government. Another point of view, the reli-' gious angle, is essential to under­stand the birth of Czechoslovakia. Most of the Czechs and a greater number of the Slovaks are Catholic. Among the Bohemians reformer John Huss started a reformation even be­fore the rise of Martin Luther, and for centuries battles ensued between the Catholics’' and the followers of Huss (Hus), known as Hussites. When at the end of World War I the victorious Allies gave permission for the new state of Czechoslovakia, the masters of the new nation, Tho­mas Masaryk and Edward Benes, were followers of Huss and not friendly toward the Catholic Church. The years passed and founders Masaryk and Benes tried to find success with Russian Bolshevism. After the betrayal at Yalta, Benes’s friends, the Russian “liberators,” at the end of World War II occupied Czechoslovakia. Now the respect for Huss changed to a worship of the demigod Lenin. The Catholics clung all the more fervently to their faith, but the un­organized Hussites were readily soft­ened by their new masters from Rus­sia. The Catholic were rebellious, their strength coming from their or­ganization led by the bishops. The Communists, therefore, forbade the people communication with their episcopal leadership, the bishops in turn were forbidden communication with Rome, and the program for breaking down individual isolated priests began. The climax was the arrest of Archbishop Joseph Beran of Prague, after the pattern of the persecution of Hungary’s Cardinal Mindszenty. " Father Nemec’s books details the religious persecution in Czechoslova­kia, much of which he himself wit­nessed. The author suffered through both the Nazi and Communist per­secutions in various concentration camps, until he finally arrived in America and became assistant pastor at the Annunciation Church in Pitts­burgh, Pennsylvania. We in America can especially be interested in the picture of the peaceful past existence of the Slo­vaks under the benevolent Magyar rule, before they were emotionally stirred with false promises, deceived and sold for a “mess of pottage” by ‘ the Communistic Czech “democrats,.” whose cunning and vile propaganda led the West to regard the govern­ment of that artificial nation as “model democratic government.” GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY of Director and Mrs. Henry Gross The 50th wedding anniversary of a member of the Verhovay Board of Directors and his faithful partner for life was celebrated amidst dig­nified surroundings Saturday, Aug. 20, 1955. Second in place to their nuptials itself was. perhaps this beautiful oc­casion for the commemoration of fifty years of wedlock by the Gross­es, who were joined in the sentiment­al festivities by their children, grandchildren, other relatives, friends and representatives of the official Verhovay family. The event took place at the beauti­ful home and .spacious grounds of Mr. and Mrs. Myer Cohen, son-in-law and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gross, at 2661 Beechwood Boulevard, Pitts­burgh, Pennsylvania. Appealing foods and refreshing drinks were served to the happy guests, some of whom traveled from Indiana and the faraway states of Florida and California. Presents, ex­pressions of esteem and friendship, added to the many thrills of this grand day for the Grosses. Attending this golden wedding ce­lebration given by the devoted child­ren of the Grosses were the officers of the Home Office and other Ver­hovay officials. Present were Nati­onal President John Bencze and Mrs. Bencze, National Secretary Coloman Revesz and Mrs. Revesz, National Auditor John Sabo and Mrs. Sabo, Field Assistant to the National Pres­ident Elmer Charles and Mrs. Char­les, General Counsel Gay B. Banes and Mrs. Banes, Auditing Committee Secretary William C. Kohut and Mrs. Kohut, Field Supervisor Gus G. Nagy and Mrs. Nagy, and Home Of­fice Manager Frank J. Cher and Mrs. Cher. The Henry Grosses were married August 20, 1905 in Willens Town­ship, Pennsylvania, she the former Diana Rosenberg. Mr. Gross was from Gyoma, Békés County, Mrs. Gross from Mezőcsát, Borsod County, in Hungary. In the course of their married life the Grosses were blessed with four sons and two daughters. Now they are the grandparents of ten grand­children. Director Gross has been a frater­­nalist for many years. He was pres­ident of the Workingmen’s Sick Be­nefit Federation of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when that organization merged with the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association in 1947. He has since been a member of our Board of Directors. We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Gross on reaching their 50th wed­ding anniversary. AIR CONDITIONED CITY T/O EASE THE PASSASE OF THE COOLINS OCEAN BREEZES INTO THE CITY OF IRIO DE JANEIRO. THE OTV FATHERS AUTHORIZED THE REMOVAL OF AN ENTIRE HILL BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE OCEAN. THIS “Bl6 MOVE* LOWERED THE MEAN TEMPERATURE BY several welcome decrees! THE INDIAnT^--^. HAD A WORD FOR IT Í?we \vorc?"totem"comes f kom the ALGONGUIN INDIANS. CONVINCED THEY W£Rg PESCENDE0 FROM ANIMALS OR PLANTS Ol? •TOTEMS" MANY TRIBES ERECTE P THESE MONUMENTS TO TUEÍR ANCESTOR, ANP WORSHIPPED THERE REGULARLY. ^Sf5ffl Buy U.S. Savings Bonds

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