Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
Page 8 Verhov ay Journal June 27, 1945 "PLEASE DON T TALK i SOCIETY TO ME Naturally, this is not a correct expression. There is a great difference between a Society and an Association. But the meaning is clear, anyhow. One of our organizers tells us that a pros pect refused to yield to his approaches by saying' “Please don’t talk Society to me.” We can well understand what made the prospect speak in that manner. He just could not see himself as a member of a “Society” who would attend meetings, making his appearance meekly every month, paying his dues and listening to the endless business of the Branch, Yes, it must have been one of those rugged individualists who feel that life insurance is a business and nothing else. And here is where we take up the challenge. We are not trying to convince that particular prospect, for we are sure that he wilt certainly not read the Journal since that, too, would be one of the pursuant duties of our members. When we take up the challange, we do so for the benefit of others, chiefly of members, who are holders of membership certificates of the Association but who just can’t see why they should attend any meeting or any affair of their respective Branch. What is a “Society” in reality? It is a group of people interested not only in their own welfare but in that of others, too. A few months ago, an old member of our Association was the victim of a serious accident. He had no family of his own but, led by his social consciousness, he took it upon himself to bring up the children of his friend when be died. He founded several branches, he secured a great number of members for the Verhovay. The children of his friend whom he brought up are scattered all over the country. When the tragedy hit him, there was no one he could rely upon. But he was not for nothing a member of the Verhovay. The Branch, of which he was a member (Branch 14 in Cleveland, Ohio) took up the matter of his accident while he was in the hospital. They raised a substantial amount and sent out calls for aid to the other Branches. Some of his adopted children came around with some help, too. Be it sufficient to say that seventy five per cent of the expenses of his hospitalization were covered by the members of the “Society” to which some rugged individualists refer in such belittling manner. Such things happen 'every month in our Association. A Verhovay member is not a forgotten man. He has a Branch which stands behind him and an Association which stands behind the Branch. He may not have a family, he may not have friends but he haS fellow-members who have social consciousness. Now let us look at things on a greater scale. There is a war on, you know? There are War Bond rallies, Red Cross drives. United War Fund drives and last but not least, THE AMERICAN-HUNGARIAN RELIEF movement. What can an individual achieve when' confronted with such a task? He may buy a bond, he may give a pint of blood and he may give five dollars to the starving people of Hungary. And what, pray, does the “Society” do? It has a meeting. The members attending the meeting accept the challange facing them. Committtees are formed and tasks are assigned to the various members. They then go out and 'work for the cause. They, too, may not be able to give more than five dollars for the Hungarian relief movement, they, too, may not be able to give more than a pint of blood, they, too, may not be able to buy more than a war bond as far as their own abilities are concerned. But they go out and call on others and in an organized effort, they multiply what they do themselves, selling war bonds by the hundreds, getting others to give blood by scores of pints and securing donations for Hungarian War Relief to the tune of several thousands of dollars. Of course, all this can be done only if there is a meeting. All this can be done only if there is leadership and members who follow their leaders. Do you really think that a “Society” is a thing to be belittled? Truthfully, we don’t regret that the organizer did not secure that particular prospect as a member. After all, if he needs insurance protection he can buy it at any insurance company and no other obligations will be involved. He can tell his agent; “Come back tomorrow”, then next day he can forget that the agent will come back and go to a movie forgetting all about him because he will be sure that the agent will call again until he finds him in the mood to pay his premium. He is welcome to be a policy holder. What we want is a person of a different calibre—a person who has social consciousness. A person who feels responsible for his neighbor, for his country and his native land. What we need is people who believe that we should do to others as we expect others to do to us. It may be awkward at times, we may waste some time with meetings when not much is accomplished and we may have to listen to minutes and reports which don’t interest anyone but which have to be read for the sake of orderliness. But I ask you, if something should happen to you, something tragic that upsets all the expectations you ever cherished in your life, would you prefer to be alone? Would you prefer to be without the sympathy and assistance a fraternal organization is only too willing to offer to you? Do you prefer not to care for your neighbors, for your nation, for all the noble causes that move the hearts of humanity? If so, please stay away. For we and the Verhovay believe that we owe one another comfort, sympathy, understanding and assistance when anyone in our great family needs it. You see. it may sound funny but we believe in “Society”. We believe in fraternalism!----------------v---------------“If you refuse me,” he swore, “I shall die.” She refused him. Fifty years later he died. WHILE TWO MATES HELP FLASHLIGHTS, , - - ---------------U. MRWlN PAY WITH ONLY FIRST-AIP TRAINING AS MEDICAL EXPERIENCE, REMOVED A JAP BULLET FROM A FILIPIND'5 SPINE. USING A CIGARET LIGHTER, LT. DAY STERILIZED HIS INSTRUMENTS-A SCOUT KNIFE AND PLIERS. THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION, THE JAPS RAINED BoMBS — YET DAY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IT. 1 *• * x jHtLL-/tHtU..miu NAZI 88's HIT His AREA, PFC. MERRILL SHELTON DIVED BEHIND SOME big wooden Boxes, as the barrage lifted, SHELTON GOT UP AND CASUALLV INSPECTED HIS BARRICADE. ON THE BOXES IN BIG, BLACK LETTERING WAS: ’TNT"/.' — iiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiii “My plate is damp.” complained a traveler who was dining in a hotel. “Hush,” whispered his wife, “that’s your soup.” “I invited you to dinner last night. Why didn’t you come?” “I wasn’t hungry.” Wife (reading paper): Think of it! Here’s a couple who got married after a fifty-year courtship. He: I suppose the old fellow was too weak to hold out any longer. —Did you ever know an angler to tell the truth? — Yes, once I heard one tell another that he was a liar. — I have a pain in my abdomen. — the recruit told the Army doctor. — Young man, — the doctor replied, —. officers have abdomens. Sergeants have stomachs, You have a bellyache. “How kind of you,” said the irl. “to bring these lovely flowers. They are so beautiful and fresh. I believe there is some dew on them.” “Yes,” stammered the young man in great embarrassment “but I’m going to pay it off tomorrow.” “I said the composition on milk were to be two pages long. Yours is only half a page, Betty” “ But I wrote about condensed milk.” » * * “Here’s a Swiss named Egg I who lives in New York, petitioning to have his name changed.” “Sort of an egg-shake, eh! What’s the troube?” “He and his wife have four children, and his family is constantly referred to as the halfdozen Eggs. He claims his yoke is to heavy to be borne.” “Why doesn’t he lay for his tormentors?” “It appeares that he did once and got beaten—whipped to a froth. Poor Egg could hardly scramble home.” * * * Professor: “If molecules can be split into atoms, and atoms broken up into electrons, can iniiiiiiiiiii electrons be split up further?” Stude: “Well, Professor, they might try mailing them to somebody in a package marked ‘Fragile’.” * * * He: “I hope you will pardon my dancing on your feet—I’m a little out of practice.” She: “I don’t mind your dancing on them. It’s the continual jumping on and off that aggravates me.” * * * A lawyer was questioning a farmer about the truthfulness ,of a neighbor. “Wal,” said the farmer, “I wouldn’t exactly say he was a liar, but I tell ye, when it comes time to feed his hogs he has to get somebody else to call ’em fer him.” * * * Severely jostled in the thundering herd of New York’s rush hour, a fragile young woman finally found herself in a solid block. Her. sense of humor was not impaired, however. She poked her face close to the ear of an adjoining male. “Look,” she demanded, tartly, “my rib—is it crushing your elbow?” * * * Visitor: “Well, Billy, what arc you going to be when you grow up?” Billly: “Well, after I’ve been a lawyer a while to please Daddy, and President for a while to please Mamma, I’m gong to be an aviator to please myself.” It happened at a major-league baseball club’s training camp. “The umpire for today’s game is at the gate with two friends. Shall I pass them in?” inquired the gatekeeper of the manager. “An umpire with two friends?” ■gasped the manager when he could get his breath. “Sure!” ❖ * * Judge—“Now, tell me about your martial relations. Were they pleasant?” W i t n e s s—“Pleasant enough, your honor, but they wanted to live on me all the time.” 5'fi * * Are you sure your husband really goes hunting on those hunting trips he’s always taking? her catty friend asked. . Oh yes; absolutely, she replied. But he so rarely brings any game home. My dear, that’s what makes me certain that he really goes. * * * Parent, on meeting the new first grade teacher for the first time, said: “I’m happy to know you, miss. I’m the father of the triplets you are going to have next September.” =? . * ❖ Mrs. H: “How’s George doing in the Marines?” Mrs. J.: “Oh, fine. He has reached the grade of AWOL and next they’re going to make him a court marshal.” * * * Two sailors, marooned on a sandy South Pacific island, were making a careful search for anything edible. “With all this sand,” muttered one, “I’m sure there must be some spinach around here!” * * * Boss: “Say! Who told you that you could neglect your office duties just because I give you a kiss now and then.” Secretary: “My lawyer.” Suitor: “Willie, it may be cruel to tell you, but at the party last night your sister promised to become my wife. Will you ever forgive me for taking her away?” Willie' “Forgive you? Why, that’s what the party was for!” FAMOUS CLOSE SHAVES By Barber Sol TO THE CONTRIBUTORS The next issue of the Journal will be published on Wednesday, July 11. Contributions for that issue should be in not later than July 3, Tuesday. .Contributions should be typewritten, on one side of the caper only, double-spaced, and not exceed 1200 words, or 9,000 letters. Address contributions to VERHOVAY JOURNAL. ENGLISH SECTION, 345 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. MOLD PROFESSOR ALEXANDER FLEMING NOT To THROW AWAY A GREY-GREEN MOLD HE FOUND ON ONE OF HIS EXPERIMENTAL PLATES. * LUCKY FOR HUMANITY, HE DIDN'T/' THE . MOLD, AFTER FURTHER PROBING, BECAME MEDICINE'S NEWEST UFE-SAVER— j PENICILLIN.". ’ . WBERS0L SAYS; IT'S NOT OVER YET— t Buy more bonds// ^.
