Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1944 / Verhovay Journal
Page 2 VERHOVAY SPORTSMEN of Branch 164 - Chicago, Illinois After reading the last issue of the English Edition, I’m certainly glad that I live in Chicago and not in Detroit. -My good pal, The Ferret, started 1944, our Victory year, ice fishing and ice skating. That’s not for me. Branch 164 started the year out with a bang. I’m glad and proud to say that we had one of the nicest, cleanest and bitest social affairs in Branch 164 history, which is 34 years old. It was a gala affair. Everybody was there. Everybody that has an interest in. Branch 164 was there from far and near. It may not be proper for me to mention as the first celebrity amongst those present, Pvt. Tony Stangret. Bie happtens to be my husband, but I just can’t help it, for among all my friends and relatives, I saw him first. I saw Pvt. Arthur Irocky, home on furlough from California, and Pvt. John Kocsi, who has spent several months in a hospital in California. Sailor Andy Vash, Glenview Commuter, was at the dance with friend wife, and last but not least, I saw Mrs. Liner, the former Blondie Balogh, from Greenbelt, Md. It was a pleasure shaking hands with member Mrs. Betty Nichols, who makes her home in Cadillac, Michigan; and a delegation of friends from one of the nearby Indiana cities which included the Walsh’s and the Kovack’s. The New Year’s Eve party, as I am informed, was a great financial success with over $300 net profit going to the treasury. Credit for this affair should be given to M. Zavatkay, our chairman of entertainment; Mrs. Csonka, our ltidy vice-president, and 30 others who gave their best to that evening’s entertainment. FOURTH WAR LOAN DRIVE It has been my habit to close my articles With a few phrases urging the buying of War Savings Stamps and Bonds. Today, at the beginning of the Fourth Drive, which I believe is the biggest in our country’s history, it is my duty to call this drive to the attention of all my readers. We must buy Bonds and Stamps for the safety of our boys and husbands and also for the safety of our elders and all our loved ones. / It is a pleasure to announce that for the current drive the following members helped to gain Chicago’s quota: Branch 164, the Frank Kantor family, the Kolozy family, Mrs. Baczurik, Ernest Kunstadt, 3rd, the Irocky family, the Soo family, Mrs. G. Bessemer, Mr. and Mrs. Zavatkay, the Kunstadt family, Mrs. Irene Vash and Mrs. Chudek. I hope, in our next issue, I can use a whole column writing the names of Bond buyers. The Fourth War Loan Drive is on. Let’s put every penny we have into War Stamps and Bonds. ARMY NEWS Recently two of our boys have received Honorable Medical Discharges from the Armed Service. One of them, Steve Tarnoczy, has decided to work in one of the shipyards in California for the duration; while the other, Joseph Kolozy, has returned to his wife and baby here in Chicago. We are glad to see both the boys at home, as we know they are willing to give their best for our cause. The recovery of Ervin Tury is slow and all our hopes are that Erv will leave his hospital cot in Norfolk, Va., soon. January 17th brought sad news to “sis” Exner, wife of Joe Exner, Jr. A telegram from the War Department informed her that Joe was injured in action, serving on one of our ships in the Pacific Ocean. We all hope that young Joe will recover from his injuries and will fight again until Victory is achieved. I’m sure happy to mention that Christmas week brought good news from John Nagy, Jr., our Marine hero, who had us worried for several weeks, almost two months. Johnny’s letter made the Christmas holiday a merry one, not only for his parents, but to many 164 members who have known him since his childhood. Ernie Kunstadt dropped in early in January from De Ritto Army Air Base in La., to say good-bye to his family. He is home on the night of our January slated for overseas duty. Mrs. Risko left her smiles at meeting, as her two soldier boys, Andy, Jr., and Little Stevie (Sergeant Steve in G. I. language), are now somewhere overseas. It was indeed a pleasure noticing an envelope whose sender is Joe So6, Duke’s kid brother, who now proudly possesses the title of Sergeant. It certainly was a nice surprise for Mrs. Soo’s birthday, which is in January. Incidentally, Joe thanks Branch 164 for the Christmas present which he received with much enjoyment. Noticed a V-mail letter from the Pacific War Theatre mailed to Branch 164, marked “Aloha” and signed Marvin and Lester. After doing a little detective work, I found out that Lester is the son of our ex-president, Frank Luga, a sailor stationed in Honolulu. As for Marvin, everyone knows who he is. He’s the one who sent a special delivery letter to his girl, saying; “Yes” to her proposal. This is Leap Year, you know. I had the opportunity to read an interesting letter from Frankie Feifar. Frankie has spent quite some time in Sydney, Australia, and has started to study the French language. I wonder what convinced Frankie to learn French, and think that the French girls of Sydney may have induced this move. Julius Jones, one of the boys longest in Service, has a brother in the Service, too. The kid is at Miami Beach with* the Army Air Force. “Miami Beach,” writes Joe, “has a lot of things, but it hasn’t got that certain ‘something’ the old home town has.” I also received a greeting from Pfc. Wm. J. Kodobocz, who is with the Infantry in Camp McCain. If this article is slightly confusing, and mixed up, it’s only because it was written in a great hurry. The day after writing this I’ll be on my way to Camp Mt. Vernon, to visit my soldier husband. This article had to be squeezed in between my work in a Defense Plant and packing for my trip. I’ve so much to do and so little time to do it, but I know my readers will understand. Before I close, let me remind you again, to buy, to the limit, War Savings Stamps and Bonds-Verhovay Journal HOME... SWEET HOME February 10, 1944 • We hear a lot about the sort of letters families and sweethearts should write to give our fighting men and women confidence and a feeling of closeness to home wherever they may be. We don’t hear enough about the news they should get from American industry to assure them that some of the things they are fighting for, freedom of opportunity and jobs, will be reality after the war. This is one of the prime responsibilities of American business today. An example of what can be done by a company to let its men and women in the service known that they not only have something to fight for, but'something to come back to, can be found in the Curtiss Candy Co. of Chicago. Simply assuring the 750 employes of this firm that they will have jobs to come back to has not been enough to satisfy its founder and president, Otto Schnering. He has also made provision that certain employe benefits they have enjoyed, such as pensions, profit-sharing and insurance plans, will still be available for their protection when they return. He also writes letters to them every month, and sends them boxes of the candy such as they used to help make, as well as samples of new food products developed by the company. They also get »the news of the company's activities and the activities of their fellow workers who are now in the service, through a monthly news letter, and the firm’s 4,500 employes at home have formed “7 for 7” clubs which divide employes into groups of seven and provide that each member of these groups write regularly to seven fellow employes now on the fighting frcnt. Here is a pattern that Can be followed to a greater or lesser degree by every firm that has one or more men or women in the armed services. Such interest shown from homes and business makes good soldiers better fighters, because they fight that much harder to preserve and come back to the things they left and that they know are awaiting their return. miiimiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiimimiiiimi O FCOURSE if YOUR LIFE has NO VALUE then YOUSHOULD NEVER try to INCREASE YOUR INSURANCE llllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll The Fourth War Loan Drive is on, so let us do our part. Just me, Margaret Stangret, Pub. Agent 1427 So. Sawyer Avenue, Chicago 23, Illinois. Says JOE CSIKÓS -Remember the Lonesome Stranger in Dixie? Here’s how he got out of the river: HE SWAM OUT! GREMLIN GOSSIP Here is how Adwarf Shickelgremlin became Dictator. 1940: Army men cut down some trees for an air-field. These trees were the home of peaceful gvemlins in the woods. A meek little mad grem spread popaganda and asked to be the leader of them. (Read the next installment of Gremlin Gossip for further details.) BRIGADIER? 1st Soldier: Why did you salute that truck driver? 2nd Soldier; Didn’t you see it said on the truck: “General Hauling”? A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL VERHOVAYANS As a New Year comes, so do ice bags — or a bromo-cyanide. Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. FLU EPIDEMIC I am writing this in bed as I have a fluwave. At the present time I can have only oranges and apples and I drink plenty of orange juice. I hope to be over the flu by the time you read this in print. What is the most unlucky letter in the alphabet? The answer is: B-13. AKRON, OHIO CHAPTER 1. Akron, Ohio, (place where I live), is the rubber center of the world. All the famous names of rubber companies are banded together here. Of course, Akron hasn’t any famous sights, except the “blimp garage” without arch supports”. Oh, yes, there’s Main St., running north and south; and the Armory, where are seen boxing matches, shows and orchestras play. I could go on, but Akron has some poor spots, too. (Continued in next column) Words Spelled backwards stun nuts stop pots eel Lee spot tops doom moed mad dam lead dael dog god Akron norka don nod slap pals tim mit tip pit saw was rat tar gum mug sit ’tis mar ram tap pat ho oh gob bog lap pal ta (music) at I know hundreds of others, but (tub) whygo on? JOE CSIKÓS, Br. 91. Akron, 7, Ohio S O N Q Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent; The poor estate scorns fortune’s angry frown: Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. —Robert Greene He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i’ th’ centre and enjoy bright day. —Milton— "Comus*
