Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)

1940-11-28 / 48. szám

December tlie Contest's Last Month

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A few days after this issue appears we shall be entering into the month of December.

“But what of it?” you may ask. “What more significance is there to December than to the other eleven months preceding, with the exception of Christmas in December?”

Well, the answer is that to the majority of people the yuletide' is the only dividing line between December and the other months.

But to the 1940 Verhovay Membership contestant there is another thought, the realization that December is the last month before the close of the present contest for him to work extra hard, to do his utmost to assure the securing of those few extra points that spell the difference between victory and defeat.

However, it is one thing to dream how to become a winner and another thing to know how to become a winner.

Besides earnest and continued work, which is of course the feature, it is vitally important to employ the right methods in order to make the best of your campaign.

Ask yourself the questions following, then answer them carefully and honestly:

ARE YOU

. . . seeing the right kind of prospects?

. . . wasting time on non-essentials?

. . . routing yourself economically?

. . . making a skillful approach?

. , . thorough and forceful in your presentation?

. . . injecting warmth and enthusiasm into your interviews?

. . . handling objections skillfully?

. . . building good will, prestige, and centers of influence for yourself, your branch, your society?

. , . thinking in terms of plenty and presenting adequate amounts?

. . . servicing old members properly and promptly? . . . getting new prospects from old members?

. . . making a good get-away if you fail to sell?

. . . analyzing your interviews and guarding against ineffective sales methods?

. . . following a plan for self-improvement with the expectation of becoming more resourceful as a life underwriter?

Now, if you have answered the questions above affirmatively, then you are bound to be one of the forty-nine lucky ones; if you have answered them negatively, then take stock of yourself now before it is too late.

Are you going to do your best in December to become a winner?

Qrey Dawn

How exposingly cruel is the greyness of dawn,

With the sun not yet wakened, the moonlight all gone, When the earth of its color and all beauty is shorn,

In the starkness and grey of a November mom.

No reds, golds or browns on the trees bare and gaunt, Nor myriad of diamonds for grasses to flaunt,

Just the grey shocks of com against grey leaden sky, And tortured boughs twisting to the wind’s lullaby.

In a weird dance of death whirl the leaves to their doom, Fluttering finally to lie still in the gloom Beside last Summer’s daisies and asters of Fall,

Or pile against gate post, or the storm fence and wall.

Once a sentinel bold, a lone scarecrow now sways,

A caricature captioned, “I’ve seen better days,”

Not a vestige of hues in the patchwork of fields,

As grey dawn exposes what the kind darkness shields.

For at least Winter drops a soft blanket of white On the trees, fields and flowers in their sorry plight, So the world can not see that their beauty is gone,

But never November in the greyness of dawn.

—BETTY CAROL BALEGA

COINS

PRECISION BUILT

Life insurance would be worthwhile if for only one thing—it makes a man save. Money in the bank is easily withdrawn when temptation appears. A stock or a bond can be quickly sold. But any man thinks a long time before impairing the value of a li'e policy, or letting it lapse. And he’ll usually exhaust every other

resource first.

At the same time, life insurance is writtei to help in case of emergencies, ihrough loan, cash value piovisior.s, etc. It is, so to speak, “precision built” to it. as bi-i a job a; possible ir meeting human needs. It isn’t the only sound form of saving, of course. But it offers a kind and degree of security available nowhere else.

YOU CANT BE

TOO CAREFUL

It would seem that every industry and every individual would thoroughly realize the dangers inherent in improper storage of flammable liquids. But, going by the records of serious fires which result from this cause, it looks as if a good deal of public education is needed.

The National Board of Fire Underwriters recently issued a very valuable leaflet concerning the storage of flammable liquids. It points cut that these liquids are safe so long as they are confined in a closed container. Their inherent hazard comes into play when leaks or spills occur. Leaks may follow a mechanical injury to the container, such as a fall; its deterioration due to corrosion, and excessive interior pressures brought about by high temperatures. All containers should be periodically examined, and at once replaced if found faulty in any way. The containers should also be of first-class construction—a flimsy container may be seriously damaged in a very slight and quickly-forgotten mishap.

The leaflet goes into some detail concerning the kind of building in which the containers should be stored, and the various methods of discharging their contents. Any industry making wide use of flammable liquids should obtain expert advice on these matters.

So far as individuals are concerned, flammables present similar problems. A very small quantity of some solvent could lead to a fire which would swiftly destroy s home. The utmost care should be employed in handling these liquids, and the more volatile solvents should not be used for home cleaning purposes under any circumstance. And, even if you only keep a quart or two on hand, the rule concerning substantial, closed containers should be rigorously followed. Remember that it is impossible to exercise too much care in preventing fire

In 1861, when Salmon P. Chase was Secretary of the Treasury, a farmer living in M. ryland expressed the opinion that our coins should indicate in some way the Christian character of our Nation, and suggested the motto, “In God We Trust.” Chase referred the matter to Mint Director Pollock who discussed the question in his report of 1862. A twocent bronze coin was authorized by Congress, to be coined the following year, and on April 22, 1864, the first United States coin was stamped with the legend, “In God We Trust.”

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