Verhovayak Lapja, 1955 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1955 / Verhovay Journal
VOL. XXXVIII. OCTOBER 19, 1955 51 NUMBER 10, TOLEDO BOWLING CHAMPION If it’s your guess that this ball, hurtling out of the sure hand of expert bowler Bob Nickel, is heading for a strike, your guess is probably right. Bob is literally the pride and joy of Branch 27, Toledo, Ohio. But if you really want to get an idea of how accomplished a kegler Bob Nickel is, read these exact words of District Manager Stephen J. Ivancso, manager of Branch 27: ‘Bob Nickel, member of Branch 27, fired an even 800 on opening night at Swayne Field Classic League. His games were 279, 276 and 245 — in all — Bob blasted the pins for 30 strikes out of a possible 36! Missed the perfect 300 game when he left the 10 pins standing in the 3d frame. He got the spare and 11 other strikes. In the second game, he started with a spare, after leaving the 5 pins standing. Then he got 9 strikes in a row before he left the 2 4-5-8 in the 11 frame. "‘Congratulations! Bob' Nickel!” Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, held on Tuesday, September 6, 1955, and the following days in the Board Room of the Home Office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Present are: John Bencze, National President; Vice Presidents Julius Macker and Dr. Andrew Kovács, National Secretary Coloman Revesz, National Treasurer John Szalanczy, National Auditor John Sabo, Directors Aloysius C. Falussy, Henry Gross, Alexander Gyulay, Albert Ibos, Mike Korosy, Coloman Kolozsvary, Stephen Lang, Richard J. Phillips, Louis Vassy, Louis Vizi. In addition, Elmer Charles, Field Assistant to the National President; Gay B. Banes, Verhovay General Counsel; and the members of the Auditing Committee, Gaspar Papp, Chairman, William C. Kohut, Secretary, and Andrew Bandy. , Director Louis Vizi reports to the Board that Director John Vizzi will not be able to participate in the deliberations until Wednesday morning. The Board acknowledges this information. 1. The meeting is convened at 10. A.M. by National President and Board Chairman John Bencze. He extends a cordial welcome to the assembled Directors who have come together for their last session before the beginning of the 23d Verhovay Convention. He speaks of the many problems and decisions to be brought before this meeting, all to be disposed of before the convening of the National Convention, and he expresses the wish that the long-sought dream of effectuating the Rakoczi-Verhovay merger come to its successful finality, thus laying the groundwork for a great united organization. He is happy to say that the Board of Directors meetings have always been characterized by a spirit of complete understanding of the Association’s many problems, that its deliberations likewise have been carried out in £ wholehearted cooperative manner, that personal desires and ambi-Verhovay XXIII National Convention Leads Way to Threshold Of Fraternal Life MERGER OF VERHOV AY-UAKOCZI APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY The most significant accomplishment of the XXIII National Convention, and which was the last one under the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, -was the unanimous approval of the Verhovay and Rákóczi merger proceedings. The delegates of the last Verhovay Convention emphatically ratified the previous approval of the Merger Agreement, which was by mail balloting on May 14, 1955 by the delegates of the 1951 National Convention. Certainly there can be no doubt in the mind of anyone that the members and the officers of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association wished to see the merger of the two societies culminated in success, and this they did! Before the final vote was taken for approval of the merger there were anxious moments, the pendulum swinging from optimism to pessimism, and back again. There was no one at the Convention who opposed accomplishing a successful merger. However, there were differences of opinion in what additional negotiations were necessary. There were, as it developed, two schools of thought, consequently two sides with the majority of the delegates lining up with the one or the other side, everyone with the firm conviction that his intentions were for the best interests of the society. One can truly say that what happened at the Convention was no more than a continuation of the merger negotiation proceedings so well carried out by the members of the Verhovay Merger Committee. Indeed the end result was one which assured the realization of the successful merger, one which guaranteed the members of both the Verhovay and the Rákóczi that the growth and safety factors of the new organization would be kept, even improved, on a sound basis. Really, the members of both societies were the ones who benefitted from the spirited, keen, wholesome debating that took place the first four days of the Convention. The important events of the first day saw the opening of the Convention by National President John Bencze, the election of the Convention officers wherein Frank Radvany, Trenton, New Jersey, defeated National President Bencze for the chairmanship, wherein Joseph Miller, Jr., Scalp Level, Pennsylvania, and John Kostyo, Youngstown, Ohio, were elected the vice-chairmen, in a contest which also involved Michael Simo, Alliance, Ohio, and wherein Julius J. Lenart, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, became the Convention Secretary, defeating Anthony Knefely, Mansfield, Ohio. The major part of the first day was spent in reading and approving the reports of the Board of Directors, the Auditing Committee and the Certified Public Accountant. Every delegate had an opportunity to question, to seek information about any matter whether it pertained to the reports or outside the reports. Many matters were discussed and future actions charted for the good of the organization. The Convention discussed in detail the National Bowling Tournaments and the National Fellowship Days, and after lengthy debate approved continuation of these events. Also, it took action which will limit attendance of the officialdom at future tournaments, as well as directed that separate accountings be made of the actual Tournament expenses and the Fellowship Days expenses. In addition, on the first day there were two resolutions turned over to the Secretary of the Conventioni, one signed by Stephen Danko, Detroit, Michigan, which resolved that an additional office be set up for the promotion of new membership under a new officer with the title of “Field Manager,” the other signed by John Bokor, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, resolving that a new office be set up for the investment of the funds of the society and under a new officer titled “Investment Manager.” These above mentioned two resolutions were the actions which, as previously mentioned, provoked much debate and which caused a division among the delegates. Every delegate seemed to be for the creation of these two positions. Some, howevr, had doubts as to the propriety of the action at this time, especially because these points would substantially change the already completed Merger Agreement. But there were others who thought that for the best interest of the society there should be provision made for these offices, so as to assure the future welfare and growth of the new organization. After long debate, the Convention voted to approve the resolutions as they were presented, setting up two new departments each with an officer. The approval of this resolution meant that in the future there would be six departments at the Home Office with six officers. After indication was given by the officers and delegates of the Rákóczi Aid Association, whose convention assembled at the same hotel, on Wednesday, September 14, that it was doubtful that the Rákóczi delegates would approve the Merger Agreement with the creation of these two new departments with national heads, a new course of action was taken in the latter days of the Convention. In order not to create a situation that might jeopardize the merger, the delegates voted by a vote of 119 to 3 not to include the new offices in the Merger Agreement, and then followed up this action, also at the request of a Rákóczi Convention delegation, by rescinding the two previously approved resolutions. This meant, in effect, that the Verhovay Convention would not seek the establishment of two new national departments with two new officers of national rank. There would be only four departments with four national department heads. (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on page 12)
