Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)

1944 / Verhovay Journal

Page 4 Verhovay Journal August 31, 1944 Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 8502 West Jefferson Ave Detroit, Michigan PUBLISHED SEMY MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: COLOMAN REVESZ Editor’s Offic* 345 FOURTH AVENUE ROOM 805 PITTSBURGH, PA. All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 345 FOURTH AVENUE • PITTSBURGH, PA. United States and Canada $1.00 a yea1 Foreign Countries • $1.50 a yea, ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: P. O. BOX 7. WOOLSEY STATION — LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. Entered as ßecond Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan, under the Act of March 3. 1879. The John Bencze Anniversary Contest Soon the membership contest, launched in honor of our Supreme President in recognition of 15 years of service as a Supreme Officer, will end. The challenge was accepted by the branch­­managers, local organizers and Convention-delegates. Every day we receive a large volume of applications and usually there is a letter accompanying them in which the writer expresses his good wishes to the Supreme President and submits his appli­cation as a token of his esteem and confidence. Naturally, there always were and always will be men and women who cannot understand how much such expressions of good will mean in fraternal life. They cannot understand that service enriches not only the one who is served but also the one who renders service. There is a reciprocity in expressing good­will that makes the one who expresses it just as happy as the one who receives the expres­sion. Such drives are aimed not only at an increase in the mem­bership, they also serve to draw us closer together. Nevertheless, such people are the minority in our organization. We also admit that in some in­stances it is physically impossible for the managers and delegates to participate in the drive. But we have no reason at all to be gloomy about such symptoms, because up to day, the 26th of August, we have received exactly 592 applications dated for the month of August and marked for the John Bencze anniversary contest. The contest ends on the 10th of September, and we are sure that by that time we will be able to report more than 700 new members for the month of August. Indeed, a marvellous in­crease for a summer month, but also a gratifying expression of appreciation for our Supreme President. And this is not the only reason for rejoicing. Studying these 592 applications we find that 60% OF THEM ARE FOR JUVEN­ILE MEMBERS! Furthermore, we find that by far the greater number of these Juvenile Order applications are for the Ordinary Department so that even number of the Juvenile “Ordinary” appli­cations surpasses that of the Senior Order applications. Obvi­ously our organizers and man­agers realize the importance of securing new members from among the children and younger people. * * * The Home Office also observed the 15th anniversary of our Supreme President. The Supreme Officers, the Home Office em­ployees and the District man­agers together bought a nice gift for the President and a little surprise party was held at which the gift was given to him with the best wishes of the entire Office force. Thus the Home Office force and the men and women on the field joined in the celebration of the 15th an­niversary of John Bencze, now Supreme President, as a Supreme Officer. 'fflWiinniiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiii'Hn^iiiii'Hiiiiiiiiitiiiii'HiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiui Buy War Bonds VERHOVAY RECEIVES CITATION FROM U. S. TREASURY DEPT. 7/{*' VERHOVAY FUtKWkL IUSC8AMCE AS3ÖCIATI0H,miWSmtt, P*. !.n ttfifirwtaittn lor- fii! t . x,000,000.00 fimiW ....on* HoajUfciO. train. ■•V- •:::/• Í Z// 1110 ; u • ,-:ur<ukD'X >,< E S fi K AI., > ■ " ' V- ' ► The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association has received the above citation in recognition of the fact that the membership of this organization has been credited by the U. S. Treasury Dept., with the purchase of ONE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF “E”-BONDS. Branches that have made an extraordinary effort helping to attain this result, are receiving citations from the U. S. Treasury Dept., also. Truthfully, at the very beginning of this drive, we hoped that the membership of our organization would bring up the total of War Bond purchases during the 5th War Bond drive to a million dollars. We have not been disappointed. The Verhovayans responded marvelously to the challenge. THE VERHOVAY HOSPITAL TRAIN will consist of at least 15 cars. It will carry through the country the testimony of Verhovay patriotism and fraternalism. Thanks to all who have helped us to achieve this glorious result! They Gave Their Lives ... Unparalleled heroism marks the march of our gloriously fighting armies on every battlefield. Day by day the radio and the press bring us the news ©f great victories and we rejoice in this news for it means that the end of the war is approaching. However, our joy is tempered by the cloud of sorrow that descends over an ever increasing number of families who are members of our organization. The present issue of our Journal will bring their sor­row to the entire membership who, upon reading the long list of our losses, will realize that the price of victory is great. It is our sad duty to report today the heroic death of 13 Verhovay soldiers. 13 more names had to he added to the long list of our heroic dead. 13 more families have joined those many families who already have given their sons for our country. With them, up to this date, the Verhovay F. I. Asso­ciation has lost 72 of its best members on the field of battle. We publish the pictures of those heroes that have been sent in to the Home Office. We write their story as it can be told on the basis of the data we receive. That is the least we can do in their honor. That we owe to them who have paid the Supreme Sacrifice. No memorial can be erected over their grave in the cemeteries of their home-towns. Our Journal shall serve as their memorial. These pages shall assure their sorrowing families of the deep sympathy of the entire membership of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. * * * 60. ST. SGT. JOHN V. EGRESITS Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Egresits of 343 Crescent St., Harrisburg, Pa., received notice from the War Department that their son, Staff Sergeant John V. Egresits was killed in action in France on July 4th, 1944. He was a member of Branch 336, of Harris­burg, Pa. He was drafted in June, 1942 and received his training in the army camps of Virginia, Kansas and Maryland. After that he received special training for desert-warfare in California. He was sent into the front-lines on the same day that he was killed. His first battle was also his last. He was the sixth Ver­­hovayan to lose his life in France. He left behind three brothers, Pvt. Matthias, Jr., S. 1/C Michael, and Pvt. Frank in the armed forces and a fourth brother, who has been honorably discharged, a sister, Catherine, and his parents. * * * 61. PVT. ANTHONY GARGER Anthony Garger was horn in Passaic, N. J. on March 19th, 1925 and was a member of Branch 87. He was stationed in North Africa and was killed in action on the 14th of June, 1944. Details of the cir­cumstances of his heroic death are not available. * * * 62. WILLIAM NÉMETH William Németh was a member of Branch 8, of Johnstown, Pa., and is the second member of this Branch to lose his life in the service of his country. He was born in Johnstown, Pa., on September 21, 1922, graduated from the Garfield High School and received his training at the Naval Station at Great Lakes, 111. His mother, Mrs. Louis Nemeth, 408 Mc- Conaugh St., Johnstown, Pa., just received notice that her son was killed in action somewhere in the Pacific. He has a brother in the Navy, a sister in the WAC, and five other sisters. He is the 18th Verhovay soldier to lose his life on the Japanese front. (Continued on Page 5)

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