Verhovayak Lapja, 1943. január-június (26. évfolyam, 1-25. szám)

1943-04-08 / 14. szám

VOL. XXVI.

APRIL 8, 1943

NO. 14

Sergeants

t five o’clock when the world’s asleep, id there’s not a sound, not even a peep;

'r’ne whole creation’s sleeping in rest,

'Cause at five o’clock sleeping’s best!

I just turn over and give a sigh;

T 'íren all at once right out of the sky whistle blows with a hellish ring —

“Rise up and shine,” the Sergeant sings.

~ slowly open my sleepy eyes;

'’he stars still shine in darker skies;

I grumble and mumble and hide my head; And wish the heck the sergeant was dead!

I pull out one leg and touch the floor,

P/ght then and there I freeze to the core,

I jerk it right back under the cover;

And wonder why in the world I have to suffer?

■ '“owly I slip into slumber once more;

7 just get warm and begin to snore;

hen I hear a voice I know so well — t sounds like old Satan raising hell!

jump out of bed and grab a shirt;

Cursing the day of my unfortunate birth;

7 grab my shoes, my pants and hat, —

And rush around like a light-crazed bat.

fall in line and freeze my form, reamin’ of places nice and warm;

' :y teeth they chatter, my knees do shake —

7 feel like a fish in a frozen lake.

I picture fried eggs, so nice and brown;

My lips they make a hungry sound;

At last the time comes for me to eat;

7 feel my heart sink in defeat —

EASTER

For centuries Easter has been a commemoration of the resurrection of Christ. It is a time when the desire of the soul becomes tangible through the union of the Christ-in-Man with the Supreme Being. It is a time of rejoicing and gladness, for the spirit has been freed from the earthly body.

Today, the world is torn with hate and war. Despite the cries of millions of human beings for peace, there is no Peace, for ruthless rulers listen not to their pleas.

But with the coming of the Easter season has come the promise of dreams that will be fulfilled. And when the glorious sun rises in the Dawn, we shall realize the symbol of Easter — the resurrection of the Christ — and then we shall have the Peace and Love which shall come to us through the coming of the Holy Ghost.

HEAVEN

Song ol* America

Sgt. BERT A. NAGY, Branch 430 Homestead, Penna.

(Note: Sgt. Nagy formerly wrote under the pen name, “Treb Hagan”.)

Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association -----------------v—---------------Postwar Medical Service

By JIMMIE CSONTOS

Oh God Almighty, I lift my eyes In a silent prayer to thee;

And hope you can forgive

A sinner, a sinner such as me.

Instead of eggs, I find cornmeal urnt bad enough my fate to seal;

I walk away in sick disgust;

I’m mad enough my head to bust!

Ecme day I’ll choke the Sergeant to death; nd spend the rest of my life in bed;

I'll stuff myself with chicken and steak;

And tell the Captain to go where he’ll bake.

(Note: The above poem was submitted by Miss Betty Utasi, Branch 292, Manville, N. J. Miss Utasi received the poem from her boy friend, Joseph (“Kilmer”) Stepka, Camp Breckinridge, Ky., who received it from his buddy, Johnny, in Africa.)

INSURANCE is a crop

which will not fail when the time comes for the harvest to be garnered.

The National Conference on Planning for War and Postwar Medical Service, under the auspices of the Carlos Finlay Institute of the Americas, met in New York City recently to mobilize medical resources. This is the most pretentious and potentially important effort made by medicine and supporting industries toward that end.

Our young men are scattered in every country on earth. Our ships and airplanes reach every part of the globe. As they will all be potential carriers to this country of various diseases, the importance of such a meeting as this is self evident.

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Among the topics discussed by authorities at the meeting, were “War and the

I never saw a house

So bright as heaven above;

It’s so full of joy

And so full of love.

(Note: This little bit of writing was done by Jimmie, member of Chicago Branch 503, in 1939, when he was 12 years old. He is now taking Mechanical Drawing at Harrison Tech. High, and is a sophomore.)

Migration of Tropical Diseases,” “Epidemiology of Influenza,” “M a 1 a r i a—a World Menace,” “Nutritional Diseases as a Postwar Problem,” “Postwar Need for Medical and other Trained Personnel,” “Postwar Channeling of Drugs and other Medical Supplies,” “Trends in Scientific Research,” “The Health Problems of the Americas,” “Health—a World Problem,” “The Place of the American Red Cross in Medical Rehabilitation,” and “American Medicine’s

Contribution to the Post« war World.”

Leaders in our medical profession, our universities, our armed services, and our drug and medical supply industries took part in this meeting.

As a people, we can be thankful that such resources for the alleviation of human suffering, now center in this nation, and that our country can be a leader in planning for postwar medical services.