Verhovayak Lapja, 1937. július-december (20. évfolyam, 27-53. szám)

1937-09-30 / 40. szám

PAGE 6 September 30, 1937 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURISTIC by Joseph J. Horvath Branch 366 The annual wiener roast of Branch 366 was well at­tended and the Committee in charge deserves the^ thanks of all for the success of the outing. Everyone enjoyed themselves, “I know that I did.” Paul Bolesic was there with his lady friend Irene, also John Kantor with a prize beauty. Margaret San­ders came with “Johnny Cake”. You should have seen these two dance to the music from the radio in his car. * They were good. Jo­seph Mak almost became stuck in the mud, during a short light rain. Joseph R. Simko carried water and hauled fire wood and O yes! two girls were indisposed and it wasn’t from the wie­ners, either, “Sh! don t ask names”. Just heard that a certain baker-boy is about to offer his all to one of our lady members. O, you know — a proposal. To “Al” and “Mary”, — hoping that they will be a couple of “love birds” soon again. Helen Veres and Mary Fredrick were Hungarian Maids at a recent “Grape Festival”, and incidentally Helen resigned as Treasur­er, at our last meeting. The doctor ordered her to drop all activities. So she tells us??? Mr. Cseh and Mr. Paul held a debate on the value of a Public Adressing Sys­tem in a large hall. The re­ferees were Joseph Barry, Sr., and Frank Pinter. No decision bout. Mr. Joseph Szalai, Secre­tary of Branch 14, was made Chairman of the “Aggmen­­ház”. Most consistent members of Branch 361 are Mrs. Mi­sek, Mrs. Kamenar and Airs. Kadar. Treasurer, Joseph Varga, of Branch 14, is the busiest man. Glad to hear from the ‘'Tattler” — you have an excellent column. Keep it up. Congrats to South Bend, Indiana, for their wonderful record in baseball. Wonder if Julia Mak has a “Ghost” writer? Don’t give up the ship “Ferret”! When are we going to get that bingo set, Mr. Chair­man ? Mr. Thomas introduced visiting Organizers at our last meeting. Pleased to meet them all. The Verhovay Home was given a new' coat of paint, and Oh, yes, the curtains were laundered, too. Just heard that the Pr A. System is working again. What? A miracle! Some of our talented members: Professor Bognár plays with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and teaches music in his est­ablishment on Buckeye Rd. Ed. Sepessy, Attorney. Wil­liam Pecsok, Attorney. Al Okros, sign artist. Dr. Dzu­­rik, Dentist. William J. Gall, Printer. Stephen Jakab, Jr., Mortician. Stephen Gobozy, Police Prosecutor, and Irene Kovács, Specialty Dancer. At our last meeting a new member w a s introduced, Miss Takacs. The President and the Vice-President volunteered to go to a banquet. Very nice of them. Irene Kovács suggested that we buy a fil­ing cabinet. My! Oh! My! "We are getting up in the world. It seems that certain people’s wdshes seem to be law with most of the mem­bers present night. I 'think the Chairman favored this motion. After it was de­feated once. Let’s see, where did I hear this, “even in the face of defeat^ we shall emerge victorious”. Mr. Ko­vach will get a price on a new' filing cabinet. Betty Toth came early and left early. She had a date with a, “What did she call him”? Gizella Merk made an ex­cellent report on the results of the w'iener roast. The report to “Smokey Town” won’t be till next month. The women can’t make up their minds. Well, that’s not new'. Margaret Haller came to pay her dues and she was very gracious. The propinquity of Betty Paul proved a sedative to me. Branch 14 is having a “Grape Festival” Sunday, October 10, 1937, at the Verhovay Home, 8637 Buck­eye Road. Louis Csanyi and Michael Valand are both laid up in a hospital. Our sincere best wishes that they both re­cover as soon as possible and come to the meetings. We most certainly miss them. Thanks to Stephen Huzi­­any for his letter, at least I know someone likes my co­lumn. Sorry, Steve, but I don’t have any photographs, but will have some made. Joseph Evans alw'ays takes the girls home after the meeting. Lucky boy. Mrs. Mary Szarka and Betty Diboczy at a recent dance recital. They go in, fqr this highbrow stuff??? Let’s hear from the other Branches in various States. It doesn’t take a college pro­fessor to write news items. Look at me, they had to burn the school down to get me out of the first grade. The Buckeye Road dis­trict was one joyous confu­sion when -more than 2,000 Clevelanders of Hungarian descent living there, parad­ed through the streets, sang folk songs and w'hirled away into csárdás in celabration of the traditional Hungarian grape festivals. The congregation of St. Elizabeth’s Hungarian Catholic Church had four horsemen, dressed as nobles in brown and red robes, lead 300 costumed paraders in green and red-decked auto­mobiles in winding proces­sion through two miles of streets. More than 1,000 finally crowded the hall and grounds of the Church, where several hundreds had awaited the the singing, shouting pro­cession. Eleanor Buchla di­rected several scores of children in folk dances. The other festivals, or “Szüreti” balls w'ere held by the Cleveland Hungarian Young People’s Society and by St. John’s Greek Catho- 1 i c Hungariaan Young Men’s and Women’s Benefit Society. One of the more preten­tious was that of the Cleve­land Hungarian Young People’s Society, w'here nearly six hundred frolicked. The hall was decorated wdth vine leaves, and apples, pears and bunches of green and purple grapes were hung on strings. Everyone then tried to steal grapes while the costumed boys and girls acted as gendarmes. Now all kidding aside, let’s hear from everyone. Any­one can reach me at 8637 Buckeye Road, Verhovay Home. If I am not there, Mr. or Mrs. Czir will take care of all correspondence for me. Verhovay Journal= NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF BRANCH 366 CLEVELAND, O. Mr. Michael Bokenyi, 12017 Griffing Avenue, Cle­veland, Ohio has been elected as treasurer of Branch 366. WHAT’S WRONG VERHOVAY BR. 356 DETROIT, MICHIGAN? For the last tw'o summers the Verhovay Branch 356 had no baseball team to re­present them, altho attempts were made each time to have a team. All of the neces­sary equipment was on hand being practically new. Sev­eral persons volunteered to organize and run the club, but no response was given and the ball club idea w'as given up. When this present admin­istration w'ent into office a banquet was held in honor of the past and incoming of­ficers, and other members of Branch 356 were invited to attend. Not only did the other members fail to attend but those officers in whose honor the banquet was held also failed to attend. The banquet for the officers were to be paid by the branch, and still the number of those present could have been counted on one hand with­out using the thumb. This past summer, two at­tempts were made to have an outing of Branch 356 at Elizabeth Park in Trenton. Most of the refreshments were served each time by the branch and again as usual the members failed to show up. A few weeks ago a Verho­vay BoVling League in and around Detroit was attempt­ed, but there was no re­sponse from the other Branches. Then - a team from Branch 356 alone at­tempted. Part of the equip­ment, the shirts, were to be furnished by the branch. As usual, -no response and no team resulted. Now these were the ac­tivities planned. In all cases most of the expenses were to be carried by Branch 356, and in each case they were met with failure. The main reason for this situation is due to the fact that the members lack in­terest to attend the regular monthly meetings. Now, the members may be justi­fied in doing so. It is true Branch 356 has no modern facilities, or facilties of any kind, to offer to insure a real Fraternal life, or to attract the members. Maybe the meetings are too dull, maybe they are not conducted pro­perly. Or maybe the offi­cers are not efficient, or maybe there is too much talk of insurance. These may be the reasons, or there may be others. But how can one tell? The members Certainly don’t make known what is really wrong. As for the above reasons, they all can be corrected fairly easy, and that is, for the members to attend the meet­ings. They then can voice their opinions and demand things. Then the branch will get the facilities; the meetings won’t be so dull for there will be something to talk about. As for the of­ficers being inefficient, that is questionabje. They can’t get any work done unless the members attend to act on business matters. They cannot act on matters by themselves which concern all. Branch 356 has over 250 members, and it is about the largest English Branch of the Verhovay Association in the United States. It should be the most active and pro­gressive. Instead, it is the most stagnant. It has the membership; it has the will­ingness of co-operation from the officers, but no advan­tage is taken of it. All the officers seem to do is col­lect the dues for the insur­ance and that is about all. If this state of affairs keeps up there won’t be a Verho­vay Fraternal Insurance As­­ciation of Branch 356. It will become just plain Ver­hovay Insurance Company, unless the members renew their interest to make this Branch really an organiza­tion worth while to belong to for real fraternal life to­gether with their investment in insurance. * It is the hope of Branch 356 that this article will reach the members, and that they will realize that some­thing must be done to cor­rect the present 'situation if they» want to have some­thing else besides an insur­ance organization. A little response, whether favorable or not, will show how the branch stands, and will show whether there is any hope for the future. IT IS ALWAYS VERY MUCH EASIER to CHANGE FROM LOWER TO HIGHER DUES the« from HIGHER TO LOWER THE DEPRESSION IS ABOU1 OVER INSURE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY WE ISSUE LEGAL RESERVE INSURANCE

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