Verhovayak Lapja, 1955 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1955 / Verhovay Journal
0 PAGE 6 VerhovayJournal October 19, 1955 MEMBERS WITH POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS LENUS H. HILEMAN Mr. Hileman, also a member of Branch 296, Springdale, Pennsylvania, is Democratic nominee for city council in New Kensington, at the November 8, 1955 elections. JOHN W. PECK Mr. Peck, a member of Branch 296, Springdale, Pennsylvania, is Democratic mominee for county treasurer in Westmoreland County, at the November 8, 1955 elections. Verhovay Watchtower I By JOSEPH J. HORVATH — Cleveland, Ohio Another of our Verhovayans, August Bessenyey, member of Branch 45, is a candidate for judge here in Cleveland. He is well qualified, is a lawyer of good, reputation for more than twenty-five years, and has been a prosecutor for twelve years or more. The office of prosecutor is the training ground for the judgeship, so Gus is well fitted by experience, environment and a well balanced sense of justice for his fellow man. We think he is a credit to his profession as a lawyer. Congratulations to the new Yerhovay officers. May the next four years be progressive ones for our association. Joseph Krupansky, Cleveland, Workhouse Superintendent, is thinking of going to Florida this winter. Sigismund Kadar intends to go to Europe either at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Touring... or bride hunting ? Frank Oravis was in the hospital for about a week. Nose operation. We have heard that four or five candidates are in the field for the presidency of Branch 14. The Sports Club had a free “shindig“ for members and friends September 4th, with plenty of refreshments, wiener sandwiches and maize. President Steve (Burma Shorts) Piscalko alleges that a bee “put the bite on him”. Oh yes, we have heard that a chicken dinner will be offered by the Sports Club. Are the women serious or are they just expending words? Please, we relish your superb chicken dinners! The Sports Club will have its yearly Christmas party as usual, at the Verhovay hall about the 17th of December, w'e hope. The committee may make it a hot meal with all the trimmings. Louis Varga, manager of Settlers Tavern, put on a successful rally at the Regent Theatre for one of the mayoralty candidates. About one thousand five hundred attended. The Branch 14 delegates to the Verhovay Convention came home empty-handed. Ah, remember: United we stand, divided we fall. So . . . let us organize the next time. Gene Toth and his family have moved to upper Buckeye near East 114 Street. .. and ... Al Ganim is having a building put up by Al Stofcho. which structure will be at 12808 Buckeye Road. The Traditional Moreland rally will be held Friday, October 28th, at East 11814 Buckeye Road. People behind this rally are mostly Verhovay members. A Hungarian musical program and Hungarian talking pictures are on the agendum. A splendid speaking schedule will be made more splendid because it will be short. Guests of honor will be Governor Frank J. Lausche of Ohio; Mayor Anthony Celebrezze of Cleveland, running for reelection'* Attorney August Bessenyey, candidate fog judge; Councilwoman Mary K. Sotak of the 79th ward of Cleveland; Frank J. Pokorny, Chief Liquor Stores of Ohio; Sigismund Kadar president emeritus of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Hungarian Club; Zoltán Gombos, editor of the “Szabadság”; Joseph Krupansky, who was the first to declare for Celebrezze two years ago in the primary. Admission will be FREE. The manager of the Thomas-Oates Ford Company is a good friend of ours. Mr. Lou Koscso makes excellend deals for Verhovay members. Joseph Barry enjoyed every minute of the Verhovay Convention and, altho not a delegate, he was very much interested in the doings. AVe did hear that the most effective work done by the Cleveland delegation was by Joseph Drotos, Branch 45; Edward Torda, Branch 366; Joseph Semetko, Branch 14. Congratulations to you three. I was informed that the carpetbaggers tried to take over the Verhovay Convention but were stopt cold by sons and relatives of the Verhovay, pioneers and workers who had made Verhovay the outstanding Magyar fraternal society in America. As I close this article, let me quote from the Bible: A good name is better than riches. Ex animo, JOSEPH J. HORVATH c. o. Verhovay Home, 8637 Buckeye Road, Cleveland 4, Ohio. The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Assn's Auditing Committee’s Report to the XXIII Nat. Convention Beginning on Sept 12,1955 In the name of the Auditing Committee, it is my pleasure to greet the delegates on the occasion of this XXIII quadrennial Convention. We ask the delegates to hear our report at length and to approve it if found to be in order. Dear Verhovay Brothers: On this second occasion, the first being in 1951, it is once more my pleasure to read the report of the Auditing Committee, and I again wish to state in the name of my Committee that we have, in very respect, justified the faith and confidence placed in us. During the past four years, neither with the Board of Directors as a body nor any individual member, nor any of the National Officers did any matter arise which it could not resolve with mutual goodwill. With deep respect towards each other and loyal affection for our Association, we have always striven along with the Board of Directors /and National Officers, to advance the progress of our Association in our every activity. That the Auditing Committee resolved every problem entrusted to it was attained by it only because of the fine cooperation and ready information obtained from the National Officers on every occasion. The Auditing Committee in every instance made a report of the Association’s financial condition, its assets, liabilities, in the official journal of the Association, and the highly honored delegates will find a copy of these reports attached to the Convention Statement. We felt that it was necessary to report not only the mere statistical data, but also that we examined the brokerage transfer letters for the purchase of bonds and the information and documents to substantiate the sale of the bonds; account books of income and warrants supporting expenditures were also all carefully examined by us and we thus determined whether these transactions and entries were in conformity with the by-laws of our Association. Unusual expenditures which occur periodically at the Home Office are examined with exacting thoroughness. Such items would be donations to the Red Cross and other miscellaneous charitable organizations; contributions to worthy American and Hungarian movements; monies paid to our daily and weekly Hungarian newspapers; the expenses incurred in promoting goodwill at the Home Office with its employees; the travels of the National Officers in the fulfillment of their official duties, and their accounting of the expenses incurred in such duties. The Auditing Committee always established the fact that all of the expenses incurred in the previously listed group were within the boundaries of the appropriation set up to take care of such items by the Board of Directors, and that sanction by the Board of Directors had been obtained previously to the disbursement of the funds involved. According to the directive of our by-laws, we have again prepared our Statement for three and one-half years, i.e.: from July 1, 1951 to December 31, 1954. This work was entrusted to an Accountant, C.P.A., who after examining all of our records, compiled his report in book form. This report is already in the hands of our fellow-member delegates. In accordance with our By-Laws, it is .the duty of the Auditing Committee to prepare the report for the final six months of the four year period, or from January 1, 1955 to June 30, 1955. This report has been prepared and can be found attached to this accounting. Competitive bids were obtained from several C. P. A.’s in the Pittsburgh area on the preparation of the four year statement, and we employed the C.P.A. who agreed to complete the desired work at the lowest consideration. The Auditing Committee is not making a separate report about the securities contained in the portfolio of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance* Association because these can be checked in detail in the Board of Directors’ report as well as in the Convention report of the National Treasurer. As regards our National Bowling Tournaments, we can only state that these rapidly growing tournaments do not bring in the desired financial results. Therefore our Association during the past four years contributed $25,437.70 towards the expenses of these tournaments. However, we must not neglect mentioning that the financial success of these tournaments is greatly offset by the tremendous goodwill created through them. Our Association has become known in more extensive circles and the securing of new members is oftentimes made much easier. Furthermore, additional success on this membership plane can be looked for in the near future. The Auditing Committee cannot recommend the discontinuance of the bowling tournaments even in the face of large outlays of monies because we are certain that such action would bring about a substantial loss in current membership. However, we do advocate the preparation and furtherance of a plan by which we would reach a more satisfactory financial settlement. Further recommendations will be made by the Auditing Committee during the Convention. Our fellow-member delegates assembled at the 1951 National Convention failed to take into account the heavy financial burden which would befall the treasury of our Association when they elected a member of the Board of Directors from the State of California. The Auditing Committee feels that it is performing its sworn-to duty when it submits the following figures to the Convention: The costs involved in taking part in one Board of Directors Meeting $715.12 Total costs from March 1952 to June 30. 1955 were $7,101.18 Total membership State of California at close of business December 1954; 1,034.
