Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
Page 4 Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 8502 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich. PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: COLOM AN RE VESZ Editor’s Office: 345 FOURTH AVENUE ROOM 805 PITTSBURGH 22, PA. All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 345 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH 22, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada _________-___________$1.00 a year Foreign Countries _______________:____________$1.50 a year ' ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: P. O. BOX 7, WOOLSEY STATION — LONG ISLAND CITY 5, N. Y. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 3, 1879. JULY-AUGUST CONTEST BRANCH MANAGERS’ AND LOCAL ORGANIZERS’ TWO-MONTH MEMBERSHIP CONTEST----- OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ----In years past membership contests were conducted during August, which was know as the “Month of the Secretaries.” However, due to wartime conditions, this year’s contest will last for two months instead of one. The aim of this contest is net only the increasing of the membership of the Association but also to call the attention of the membership of the Verhovay and that of the general public to our Branch Managers and Local Organizers. These fellow-workers deserve to be remembered at least once a year. They deserve to be recognized as the pillars of our Association but also as its promoters, for without their persistent unselfish labor the membership of the Association could not be retained, much less increased. It is the Brandi Managers who are always ready to serve the members of their Branche«. It is the Branch Managers who collect the monthly dues, enter them in their books, send them to the Home Office, handle sick benefit and death benefit claims, solicit new members. All that and even more they do unselfishly because their heart belongs to iheir fraternal organization; that is, to its members, for the benefit of which they labor. It is in their honor that we arrange for the contest of the Branch Managers just as it was done in the past during the Secretaries’ Month. Before going further, I request every Branch Manager to participate in the contest. If every Branch Manager and Local Organizer will do his best during these two months, then they will prove to the membership of the Association that they are the organization’s frontiersmen, who deserve to be honored, recognized and appreciated. Nothing will serve more the strengthening of the esteem in which the membership holds their Branch Managers and Local Organizers than the attaining of such a result during this contest which would bring the number of the Association’s membership a great step nearer to that of 55,000. The retaining of members is a task which receives little publicity and therefore its great value seldom receives the appreciation it deser\es on the part of the general public. However, the work done in the course of a membership drive is appreciated by the public because of its very apparent results and the Branch Managers and Local Organizers are evaluated according to the results attained in such work. . Q Q Q At the same time, I request all families to be visited by our Branch Managers and Local Organizers during this contest, to receive them kindly for these, our fellow-members, are not out to “do business” but they visit their acquaintances with the aim to offer them the brotherhood of the Verhovay with all the benefits it involves. The contestants are not out to sell some cheap wares for good money—on the contrary—Verhovay insurance is as good, as dependable, as the very best that is available in our country. But a membership certificate ' of the Verhovay means much more than mere insurance; it means friendly associations, protection, assistance for the young, the mothers and the aged and on top of all this, the members of this Verhovay Journal July 11, 1945 organization participate in the great patriotic and humanitarian program realized by the Verhovay in ever-increasing measure and of which not only Hungarian but Amer- 1 ican circles speak in highest terms. You are invited to become a member of the Verhovay. You are requested to join our Association as a token of appreciation of the great work done by the Branch Managers or Local Organizers who visit you. O G O Conditions of the two-month contest to be held in honor of our Branch Managers and Local Organizers will be published later. Until then, it is sufficient to state that all membership certificates issued for the month of July and August participate in the contest provided that application for membership is received at the Home Office not later than August 31, 1945. Applications received after August 31st cannot be counted into the results of the contest regardless of whether or not they have been written for membership certificates to be dated for either July or August. On the other hand, all approved applications for membership certificates to be dated for the month of July shall figure in the contest even if they have been forwarded to the Home Office before the official opening of the contest, that is, before the first of July. O G G The prizes of the contest are certainly worth working for. There will be a sufficient number of prizes to reward every contestant who attains outstanding results. At the same time, the prizes of this contest are so valuable that they certainly justify the Association in expecting that their Branch Managers and Local Organizers will do their utmost to achieve excellent results. For the time being, we name only 4 of the prizes. The others will be published as soon as they have been decided upon. FIRST PRIZE: An adding machine, the dream of every busy Branch Manager whose work will be facilitated by this machine which Will also help him to avoid errors. SECOND, THIRD and FOURTH PRIZES: A typewriter each, which, too, will benefit our co-workers in their work for the Association. There will be other prizes but they will be published later. GOO THE TWO-MONTH CONTEST OF THE BRANCH MANAGERS AND LOCAL ORGANIZERS IS HEREWITH OFFICIALLY OPENED. At this time let me request all Branch Managers and Local Organizers to consider this contest as a means for the increasing of the esteem in which they are held by their membership. This contest will show not only who cares for the Association but also WHAT EACH MAN IS WORTH TO THE ASSOCIATION. I assure the Branch Managers and Local Organizers that the Association will not forget those who will do their best for the success of this contest. Their reward will consist not only of the prizes to be awarded them but also of the growing appreciation and esteem in which they and their work will be held by the membership. I shall conscientiously observe all applications to be received by the Home Office during the contest. I am quite sure that I will often see the names of our old-timers who have been the winners of many a contest. At the same lime, I believe, also, (hat we shall have many new contestants for every Branch Manager and Local Organizer can easily understand that his work will be fully appreciated by the public only if he gives cause to such recognition by the attaining of unusual results. Hoping that this contest will be an outstanding success and wishing good luck to every contestant. I am Fraternally yours, A WELCOME TO A NEW MEMBER, MAJOR SUTCH M D. OF CALIFORNIA MAJOR VINCENT J. SUTCH M. D. Organizing work progresses at increasing pace in California. District Manager Alexander Gyulay sent in 33 new applications during the last month and one of the most interesting persons secured by him for the Verhovay is Major Vincent J. Sutch, M. D., physician-surgeon at the New Orleans, Louisiana, Army base hospital. Major Sutch is married and has two daughters. He received his M. D. diploma at the University of Illinois and practiced for some time at Champaign, III. He joined the armed forces in 1942 in the rank of a captain and was promoted last year to Major. Major Vincent J. Sutch M. D., was born in Arad, Hungary, on October 11, 1898. His parents emigrated at the time he was three years old and so he spent practically all his life in the United States. Nevertheless, he remained loyal to his heritage which is proved by the fact that he joined the recently organized Branch 525, Los Angeles, Cal. After the conclusion of the war Major Sutch intends to settle in California. His father, the late John Szuch died in Los Angeles in 1939. His mother, the 70 year old Mrs. Szuch, nee Rose Muller, is justly proud of her son who recently returned on a furlough when his mother took sick. However, the joy over seeing her son again, helped her recovery. Mrs. Szuch is one of the wellknown and respected ladies of the Hungarian colony in Los Angeles. As an active member of the society of “Old Americans,” she lends her support to all movements started among the American Hungarians. For the recently held and highly successful banquet of Branch 525, she baked a beautiful cake. Sharing her pride, we bid to Major Vincent J. Sutch, M. D., a hearty welcome on the occasion of his joining the ranks of the JOHN BENCZE, Supreme President. Verhovay. Welcome, Captain Qyovail (Continued from Page 1) wants to be present at that time to express to Captain Gyovai the appreciation of the people of West Virginia... However, everything is in readiness for the celebration at which the portrait of his brother, the late James Gyovay shall be presented to Mr. and Mrs, Stephen Gyovai by one of the Supreme officers of the Association. We don’t know the date of the celebration yet, but until then... we send to Captain Gyovai our respectful greetings. .. the assurances of our gratitude and admiration... and we say to the hero of Lfizcn... the pride of the Verhovay F. I. Association... our esteemed and beloved fellowmember: “WELCOME HOME, CAPTAIN GYOVAI!”
