William Penn, 1957 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1957-10-02 / 10. szám
NEW DETROIT AREA DISTRICT OFFICE Victor J. Rácz, photographer Pictured above from left to right, are the field force staff in the Detroit area. They are: Joseph Szabó, Stephen Lukacs and John J. Vass, District Managers, Gabriel Nameth, Field Supervisor, Steve Úsztok and Wayne Toth, District Managers and Mrs. Elizabeth Foldvary, Office Clerk. Our new modern office located at 3920 Fort Street, Lincoln Park 25, Michigan, is open 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. daily and 9:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. on Saturdays. The membership in Detroit are assured of capable and efficient service from our well-informed field men working from the office. With such a fine group working for our Association, we are sure that the volume of new business will increase considerably in the Detroit area. Brief Resume of Board of Directors Meeting EPIDEMIC Human inventiveness won its most brilliant victories in the industrial revolution of the last century. Industrial techniques and transportation rose to heights never seen before. The harnessing of the forces of nature in an unprecedented degree made our life more comfortable. Hence the laggard pace of the progress in medical science was the more remarkable compared with the advance of technology. If we review the centuries, we are surprised with the utter impotence of medical science to grapple with its problems. To mention only some of its defeats, we have to point out the recurring devastations of the plague, black death, yellow fever, tuberculosis and a whole group of contagious diseases which decimated the population of whole cities and countries. We refer only ■ to the fearsome plague in wake of the Rákóczi revolution, the main factor in the defeat of the great Hungarian patriot. A similar disease struck ancient Greece, when the entire population of the Athenian mainland was compelled to seek shelter within the precincts of the city due to the invasion of the Spartan hosts. The great Athenian historian, Thucydides, throws the limelight upon deep material and moral decay provoked by the plague. All values were upset, a mad scramble for the pleasures of life ensued, while the unburied corpses of the fallen lay on the streets. Much latter, in the Middle Ages, the fastidious rich of Florence fled the disease infested city to enjoy life in the villas and gardens of the suburbs, where they could disregard the plague and divert themselves with spicy love stories by Boccaccio relished even by the present generation. Two hundred odd years ago another great Italian writer, Manzoni, gave lurid accounts of the ‘‘black death” of Milan. The writer reports silly stories about wicked criminals, about the smearing of all doorknobs with a sticky, purulent substance to spread the disease, which were readily accepted by gullible people. Our forefathers were entirely helpless against such diseases up to the end of the last century. The first step in curbing the epidemics was taken by the famous French chemist, Pasteur, who discovered the germ causing rabies in dogs, transferable to humans by the bite of mad dogs. Aided by the microscope, he identified the virus and proved that all epidemics were caused by small organisms, the so-called “germs”. These germs devastate the tissues of the living organism and cause its death by increasing their number with lightning-like rapidity. His theory found early acceptance, when he was able to save the lives of persons infected with the germ of rabies. He succeeded in developing cultures of these lower organisms, and in preventing its spread by means of those cultures. Encouraged by the success of Pas(Ccntinued on page 8) Our Board of Directors held its regular semi- annual meeting during the week of September 9, 1957. The following Directors were present: Coloman Revesz, National President, Julius Macker and Louis Varga Vice-Presidents, John P. Balia, Stephen Bencze, Gabriel Czernai, Michael Faczan, Aloysius C. Falussy, Andrew Fejes, László Fishbein, Alexander Gyulay, Albert Ibos, Joseph Kormondy, Michael Korosy, Dr. Andrew Kovács, Stephen Lang, Sr., Julius J. Lenart, Frank Magyary, Alexander Moldovany, Frank Radvany, Louis Vassy, Louis Vizi and Albert J. Stelkovics, National Secretary, John Sabo, National Auditor, Julius E. Somogyi, National Treasurer, Elmer Charles, Field Manager, Richard J. Phillips, Investment Manager, Gay B. Banes, Legal Advisor and Dr. S. C. Gomory, Medical Advisor. Louis L. Varga. Vice President presided as Chairman of the Board, Director Julius J. j Lenart was the recording Sec| retary. Until such times as we are able to publish the Minutes of the Board Meeting in our Official Publication we feel that we present to the membership a synopsis of the events at the Board meeting. At the convening of the meeting the members of the Auditing Committee appeared to extend greetings to the Board: Gasper Papp, Chairman, William C. Kohut, Secretary, Andrew Bandy, Frank Földi and Dr. Albert B. Mark. The Board by unanimous resolution moved that telegrams be sent to the members of the United Nations, who in the past have been chief supporters and outspoken proponents for the Hungarian cause. The Board then listened to the reports of the National Officers which were then referred to the various committees of the Board for deliberation. After the Committees had completed their work the full Board again met in plenary session. The Board was pleased to note that the progress shown for the first six months of 1957 was very promising for the best year in the history of the Association. During the course of its meeting the Board warmly congratulated National President Coloman Revesz for having given unstintingly of his time and energies to the promotion of the welfare of the Association for a quarter of a century. The Board also recognized the more than 15 years of service to the Association by Directors Stephen Bencze, Julius Macker, Frank Magyary, Alexander Moldovany, Dr. S .C. Gomory and National Secretary Albert J. Stelkovics. Also during the meeting Director Andrew Fejes was awarded the Illustrious Citation by the Board together with the commemorative lapel button for his more than 12 years of faithful service to the Association as a National Director. The Board also wished to recognize the untiring, faithful service of many Branch Officers, who in their local communities have done much to (Continued on page 2)
