Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)
1940-12-26 / 52. szám
Page 10 December 26, 1940 Verhovayak Lapja Juvenile Order—Monthly Report NOVEMBER 1940 New members -------------------------------------—...- 242 Reinstated ___________________..____-_______- 47 Total...................................................-...- 289 Lapsed __________________________ 202 Transferred to Senior Order______....... 63 265 Increase....................................................- 24 Forwarded from last month —..........................- 12,519 Total......................................................... 12,543 Total extended members......................................- 5 Total membership .................................. 12,549 The following branches have taken up 45 or more new members from Jan. 1 to Nov. 30 Branch 420 at Nazareth, Pa....... 89 new members Branch 296 at Springdale, Pa.... 83 new members Branch 132 at South Bend, Ind.. 82 new members Branch 164 at Chicago, 111.......... 68 new members Branch 216 at Northampton, Pa. ... 67 new members Branch 36 at Detroit, Mich....... 64 new members Branch 412 at Flint, Mich. .......... . 57 new members Branch 431 at Hemphill, W. Va. ... 54 new members Branch 399 at Richeyville, Pa... 45 new members The following members were transferred to the Senior Order in November, 1940: NEWS FACTS GEORGE CHARLOTTE, N.C. PETE REILLY, A MAILMAN REFUSED TO QUIT HIS JOB AFTER HE RECEIVED A LETTER THAT HE WAS HEIR TO A FORTUNE LEFT BY AN UNCLE- HE SAID HlS JOB KEEPS HIM FIT, AND HE HAS MADE HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS/« ROME, ITALY. ACCORDING TO HISTORIANS, THE WORLD WAS SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. IN 193 B.C. DIDIUS JULIANUS BOUGHT THE ENTIRE ROMAN WORLD FROM THE PRAETORIAN GUARD FOR £ S,000,000f Balogh Emma Barta Ethel Bartók Bernard Bely Veronica Bertalan Elizabeth Besenyei Elizabeth V. Both Paul Jr. Burnath Bela Chimich Helen Cseh Margaret Csanyi Viola Cziraki Stephen De Rosa Louis , Dospoy Bernard Dudash Julia Eberhardt Hilda Elteto Irene Helen Emady Anna B. Érsek John Garger Helen Gatesy Ernest J. Hazi Wilma Hegyi Helen Horvath John Karikas Mathilda Kecskés Hermina Kepics Helen Keresztely Magdalene Kirilla Helen Kocsis Albert Jr. Kostoff Michael Kovács Stephen Kozak Mathilda Kraska Louis Kukta Elizabeth Lucza Mary Madras Stephen Mayoros Julius Jr. Molnár Anna Molnár Emery Nenadovich Frank Papp Joseph Jr. Peterfy Rose Pinter Stephen Pokornyi Stephen John Pongracz Kalman Rego Julius Simcso Louis Sokol David Sosko Frank S. Spaits Gaesa Szabados Paul Szabados Stephen Andrew Szabó Frank Szajkó Mathilda Ethel Szeli Sarolta Szluk Julia L. Takacs Ernest Takacs John William Jr. Tornai Margaret Varga Elizabeth Zubor Helen K.--------------O--------------WANT TO FORGET If you would increase your happiness and prolong your life, forget your neighbor’s faults. Forget all the slander you have heard. Forget the temptation. Forget the fault-finding and give a little thought to the cause which provoked it. Forget the peculiarities of your friends and remember the good points which make you fond of them. Forget all personal quarrels or histories you may have heard by accident, and which, if repeated, would seem a thousand times worse than they are. Blot out as far as possible all the disagreeables of life. They will come, but will only grow larger when you remember them, and the constant thought of the acts of meanness, or, worse still, malice, will only tend to make you more familiar with them. Obliterate everything disagreeable from yesterday, start out with a clean sheet today, and write upon it for sweet memory’s sake only those things which are lovely and lovable.—Selected.--------------O-------------HUNGARY issued special stamps showing four football players racing for the ball. THE FIVE LEADING FIRE HAZARDS According to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, if people would inform themselves about the five leading fire hazards, which are responsible for the majority of our fires, the number of fires in this country could be reduced by a tremendous percentage. First and foremost of the hazards is carelessness with matches and smoking materials. And this is also one of the easiest hazards to eliminate. Be absolutely certain that all such materials are extinguished before discarding—and even then don’t throw them into waste paper baskets. Keep plenty of ashtrays handy. Store your matches where they are beyond the teach of children. And never smoke in bed. Heating plants are another prolific source of fire—and they constitute a hazard which is at its worst this time of year. Chimneys and flues should be checked and cleaned each year. Flue linings of fire clay are essential for maximum safety. Sagging or rusted stovepipes should be repaired, and smokepipes should be a safe distance from combustibles. Over-heating of stoves and furnaces is always a danger. Never force the fire—if your heating plant is not working satisfactorily, call in an expert. Misuse of electricity is still another main cause of fire. Use standard fuses of the correct size only, and never use a coin as a substitute. Disconnect all heatproducing appliances when leaving home. Have exposed wiring inspected and if necessary repaired by a qualified electrician—not by an amateur. Spontaneous ignition is one more of fire’s many allies. It isn’t as mysterious as it sounds. Oily and paintstained rags or mops are among the worst offenders, and should always be kept in tightly closed metal containers. And even papers and similar rubbish have been known to burst into fiamé spontaneously. Keep all rooms free of disorderly debris—and don’t forget the attic, basement and closets. A cause of many deaths and serious injuries is home cleaning with benzine, naphtha, gasoline and similar explosive liquids. Send your cleaning out—that’s both the cheapest and safest way in the long run. Here are rules that will prevent most fires. Preserve them and observe them— and the chances will be long against fire paying a disastrous visit to your home. PUBLIC MAKES OWN FIRE RATES Fire insurance is one of the very few services or commodities whose cost has gone down during the past few decades. The average rate per hundred dollars of insurance was $1.07 in 1914 —and it was but 67 cents in 1939. Furthermore, the cost of fire insurance is something over which the “consumer” has control. A community which consistently experiences heavy losses, and refuses to improve its fire control methods, must necessarily pay more—and a community which successfully controls fire, holding losses to moderate levels, pays less. At the present time, the fire insurance industry has a scientifically proven system of establishing fire rates. Known as the Standard Gradirig Schedule, it was adopted in 1916 and has been successfully used ever since with only minor changes. It is designed to measure the relative standing of municipalities in respect to their fire protection facilities and physical conditions. Fire loss is not the sole arbiter. It is obvious that by pure chance a community could experience a few years in which loss was low, even though protection facilities were poor—and contrariwise, through bad luck another town could experience a period of high loss even though its protection facilities were A-l. The grading schedule provides that credit is given for any worthwhile improvement, such as a new reservoir or pump for the water supply, new apparatus and equipment, better drills and training for the fire department, an improved alarm system, a better building code, etc. Proof of the schedule’s efficacy is found in the long list of communities which have earned higher ratings in late years. Worthwhile advances are swiftly recognized. So, over a period of time, we make our own fire insurance rate. That means that adequate fire control and prevention are good for the pocketbook—even as they make for a safer, happier, more progressive community.--------------O-------------DEPENDABLE FORTUNE TELLER Theodore Roosevelt once said, “The only dependable fortune teller is the life insurance salesman. He tells you what is going to happen—and it does!” That may not be pleasant to think about, but it’s certainly true. Death comes to all, and old age to many. Death brings with it the obligation to leave behind economic security for dependents. Old age brings an equally vital responsibility—economic security for one’s self. Life insurance is designed to meet both of those exigencies. You don’t have to guess which one is going to be yours. Life insurance offers security as nearly free from human guesswork, as any plan the mind of man has yet devised.
