Verhovayak Lapja, 1943. január-június (26. évfolyam, 1-25. szám)
1943-04-08 / 14. szám
Page 4 Verhovay ah Lapja. April, 8, 1943 L LET TRUTH BE UNCONFINED CHICAGO BRANCH 503 Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. —Disraeli Some weeks ago Pvt. Joseph Hodits (625 N. Oakley), serving in Kentucky with an armored tank division, broke a leg. His sister paid him a visit at the hospital there and now reports that Joe is up and around. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Louis Puskarits’ (2030 W. Huron) daughter, Mary, entered the bonds of matrimony on February 20th. The lucky man is Thos. W. Vaughan. Our best wishes for good health and happiness to the couple! Incidentally, Mary, until recently, was a member of the Verhovay Branch in Muskegon Heights, but now, since she resides in Chicago, was transferred to Branch 164. * * * Pvt. Joseph Hodits (1656 W. Huron), whose picture appeared In a very recent issue of the Journal, and is stationed with a mechanized cavalry division, is on sick leave at home. He suffered a severe spine injury. We hope to report more favorably in the next issue. * * * Mrs. Matthias Hubert’s husband is critically ill in the Alexian Brothers Hospital. Responding to an emergency call, many Hungarians reported to donate their blood, among them Secretary Frank Balogh. Friends and members sincerely hope that Mr. Hubert will recover from his serious illness. We all recall that both Mr. and Mrs. Hubert were well known in Hungarian circles, Mrs. Hubert always taking the leading part in drama plays sponsored by the Ifjúsági Kör — our present Branch 503. * * * Anne Grebenar wrote recently that Pvt. Frank Markos, in service with the infantry down in Florida, requested the Verhovay Journal be sent him at camp. We’re glad to comply with your wishes, Frank, and your name was sent to the Home Office to be put on the mailing list. And don’t forget that we would like to hear from you soon! * * * Pvt. Anton Kovács wrote last week from Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. He is gradually getting used to his new atmosphere, in an Engineer Training Battalion. Tony thinks it is one of the toughest outfits in the whole army... and the engineers usually are pretty tough, if we will only remember what they did in the last fracas. Tony says he hasn’t got much time to even think for himself, this being the reason for his brief note; but we can understand that the first few weeks are the hardest. * * * Frank Huziany was now heard from Dowling, Michigan. He wrote last week that he is “having a wonderful time.” Also, that he doesn’t know what to do in his spare time, altho he is learning the mechanisms of a Colt automatic and a machine gun. He expects to remain there for another 6 weeks and will then get a 5 day furlough. - He also wrote: “Every morning from 6:30 to 7:00 A. M. we exercise. We do them along at all times during the day until we flop all over the shore. Every afternoon we run one mile, then we have to jump a pool of water 5 ft. wide. I had to learn the code in blinkers and flags. I got a 100 in all. ... It‘s swell out here but I am tired now because I just finished writing 13 letters. Say ‘Hello’ to all. FRANKIE (VAL)” * * * John Oltyan recently left his job at the Buick plant in Melrose Park, Illinois. He is now a foreman at the Chrysler plant on Chicago’s south side. Johnny, only 24 years old, certainly seemed to get a good break----------but he deserved it. We admire a young fellow who can do so well. More power to you, John! STABILITY PROGRESS Careful, conservative and sound Investments assure the STABILITY of Verhovay’s furds and securities, thereby giving full confidence to members and prospective members. Verhovay’s encouragement and promotion ol social movements within and among its branches is in keeping with the spirit of true FRATERNALIS M. With its assets making sizable gains yeat after year and its membership increasing by leaps and bounds Verhovay sees before itself a definite future which spells PROGRESS SOCIABILITY rather than frowned upon U regarded as essential to the well-being ot Ver hovay life and activities. SOCIABILITY FRATERNALISM VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 345 FOURTH AVE. PITTSBURGH, PA. George Fury, Sr., about whom we mentioned in the last issue, suddenly passed to the Great Beyond. It was on March 15th, and on the same day that he was born 75 years ago. Mr. Fury, Sr., well-liked among Chicagoans of Magyar descent, was a very active member in the Ifjúsági Kör; he was always asked to participate as Göre Gábor biró — — — a judge at the wine festival dances. Venerable Mr. Fury sported proudly a real Magyar moustache and be resembled much the typical csikós on the plains of Debrecen. He was always a jolly fellow. May God rest his soul in Peace! * * * Agnes Csontos promised to come across with some contributions in the way of poetry, but it seems that she doesn’t find the time now that she is employed at the First National Bank after her school hours. Anyway, Agnes, we’re still going to wait for a poem from you!_ * * * Last but not least we come to Pvt. Charles S. Vargo. At present he is in training with a Military Police Battalion in Camp Skokie Valley, Glenview, Illinois. Charlie was in on a week-end pass on March 28th and visited, besides his friends, Secretary Balogh. It isn’t every week-end that he can come to Chicago, despite the fact that his camp is not so far away, and so Charles makes the best of it when he does come in. His dad is the proprietor of the Huron Tavern, corner Damen Avenue and Huron Street. When Charles was at the previous camp, his dad came out to visit him with a trailer full of eats, chickens, and meat (that’s way before rationing!) and Charlie says that he and the boys feasted for one whole week, because his mother prepared the eats in the Hungarian way. But he never has reason to complain about the eats they serve in the army, furthermore, because they also give the soldiers nothing but the best------------and rightfully so! We hope you’ll visit us more often, Charles, and let us hear from you by letter so we can publish it in our Journal. (Editor’s Note: The picture of Pvt. Vargo appears elsewhere in this issue.) THE SCRIBE OF KŐSZEG. Monday, March 29, 1943. __________________!_______ Echoes from Lorain—Branches 372 and 17 “Where Coal and Iron Meet” Once again, we are very fortunate to hear from our former capable president, John Palagyi. John, this time, is writing to us from a different and more remote source. He tells us that he is in constant touch with Joseph Darago, Jr. And by the way, Joe only recently became a proud papa. Here is John’s letter in part: “I do not remember if I ever wrote you about my bowling date here in Staten Island. But 1 probably wrote you about the pretty “Blondie” who works in the music store a couple doors away from our “Cold Storage Plant.” “I was bragging to her about how good a bowler I was and asked her to go bowling with me sometime. In the meantime, however, I tried desperately to give her a few outstanding fundamental “pointers” in bowling. The results were embarrassing and almost devastating. She beat me 3 games out of four. She averaged 178 for the 4 games, while I trailed with an average of 172. Was my face red?” John has given us his consent to print his story. He closes his letter with best regards to all his fraternal brothers and friends. 4 * * * * Our secretary-treasurer, Julius Chaszar, is again dashing around with a swelled chest. This time he is the proud uncle to a “tot” named Mary Ann Stumphauser. Mary Ann is the recently bom daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stumphauser. Mrs. Stumphauser is a sister to Julius. Incidentally, Mr. and Mrs. Chaszar are going to be the proud ‘godparents’. Recently, the noted press correspondent, Mort Luby, payed tribute to a well-known Lorain Verhovayan, “Hank” Andorka. Andorka now is a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army’s Tank Destroyer division, stopped off at the Peterson Classic in Chicago, enroute home on leave some time ago, and while there, met Luby, an old acquaintance. “Meeting the big, jovial, goodhumored, bowling-minded “Hank” sent a few tingles down a guy’s spine. It made you feel like you should be in there pitching with him,” Luby wrote. As we all know, “Hank” an expert bowler, is well recognized far and near. The Verhovayans are certainly proud of “Hank” and his wonderful ac complishments. * * * From a far off destination, we hear from another fraternal brother, Joseph V. Petro. His letter in part is as follows: “I’m a third class petty officer, which is an equivalent to a Sergeant in the Army. I am operating a crane manufactured at the Thew Shovel Co., in Lorain, where I worked before joining the Navy. This makes my ninth month for overseas duty. We are on a small island and just aching to get back to the States again, where one can meet with some civilized people. We can purchase two bottles of bear a night, but that is all, There are no such things as liquor or cafe’s. We have movies twice week. The natives are very nice to us, but otherwise, are very ignorant. They live in huts made of cocoanut leaves woven to gether. No furniture. They sleep on mats on the ground Very simple people. The men wear skirts and everyone walks around barefooted. They eat almost anything from raw fish head tail and all, to bats Devil fish is a rare dish. Their main dish is “Yams” which tastes and is similar to our potatoes, but which are about twenty times as large. They make a complete meal on yams most of the time and also have it for every meal. I can speak the native language well enough to carry on a fair conversation. There are plenty of cocoanuts, bananas, and all other kinds of fruit. I have water melon or pineapple nearly every day. By the way, I received a nice ATTENTION, VERHOVAY BOWLERS! No doubt, all sports-minded Verhovay members, as well as others who have been interested in bowling, know that the National Verhovay Tournament has been cancelled, due to the war. We must make sacrifices every now and then, and it was with much regret that the Board of Directors approved the action of our president, Mr. Darago, in i calling off the Tournament. The Board of Directors knew this was hard to take, as preparations for the Tournament were well under way in many cities, where we have Verhovay activities. Having this in mind, the Board of Directors passed a motion to compensate each bowling team with ten dollars. This money to be used as the Sports Committee, or bowlers, see fit. However, proof must be sent in that each team had been preparing for the Tournament, and has howled at least 25 games together as a team. The Board also stamps its approval in districts where a District Tournament is possible, persons in that district may arrange said Tournament. In view of this, I hereby call to the attention of the Verhovay teams within the radius of Youngstown, Ohio, to contact me, if they are interested in participating in a District Tournament, in Youngstown, in the very near future. This applies to both the men and women teams. I will not approve of the Tournament, unless we have at least five teams participating. In this case, if we have the Tournament, the ten dollars, which is to be given each team, teams in the proposed Tournament will be asked to turn their share over to be put in one pot, to be used for prize money. Teams that are interested, are asked to contact me no later than April 26th. Fraternally, FRANK BROGLEY, Director, 32 Manchester Ave. Youngstown, Ohio gift package from St. Ladislaus Parish for Xmas; a prayer book, rosary, and also a portfolio of writing paper. I was so happy to be remembered by the parishoners. Hoping to see you all again sometime, when this war is over. Then we can spin some tall yarns about our mystic adventures. Faithfully yours, JOE PETRO. * * * Pvt. Wm. John Kretovics, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kretovics, 20317 E. 31st St., has been stationed with a combat unit somewhere down South. He left Lorain on March 10th. * * * E. W. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis, proprietors of a local dairy, and incidentally, one of the outstanding Verhovay families here, has been promoted to Corporal Technician, Fifth Grade. He has been given special recognition for his fine work, on certain motors. He is stationed somewhere off the coast of California. Fraternally, ALEXANDER C. PETHO, |
