Verhovayak Lapja, 1946 (29. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1946 / Verhovay Journal
June 12, 1946 Magnificent — Superb — Unforgettable! (Continued from Page 6) successful banquet we ever had those in distress and practicing | the privilege to attend, came to true brotherly love over a period an end. Verhovay Journal Page 7 of sixty years is indeed an outstanding achievement. I am certain that if you keep these ideals your association will long continue to be among the first and most respected.1’ HUGH S. JENKINS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIO “May I, on behalf of the National Fraternal Congress of America, take this opportunity to extend greetings and best wishes to the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, on the occasion of your 60th anniversary. Your fine society has con tributed much to making the National Fraternal Congress of America what it is today. Your officers have given liberally of their time and talent to the various committees on which they have served. The National Fraternal Congress of America is privileged to list your fine society as one of its members and points with pride to the splendid progress and achievements which are yours. May I take this opportunity of wishing you the future success to which your past history so richly entitles you.” FOSTER F. FARRELL, Secretary, Treasurer, Manager National Fraternal Congress of America THE AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FEDERATION Dr. Tibor Kerekes, Executive Secretary of the American Hungarian Federation was called upon by the Master of Ceremonies. “With great pride I greet you today — said Dr. Kerekes — at the sixtieth Anniversary of your organization. Gratefully we remember the thirteen miners who founded the Verhovay and the thousands of men and women who had developed it into a great organization. — Today we must also remember our kin in Hungary who look to us for help. This is our first duty: to give them renewed confidence in the future, and to encourage them to rebuild Hungary which was dragged into this war by no fault of the Hungarian nation. Furthermore, it is our duty, to prevent the recurrence of what happened a quarter of a century ago. Let us all attend the massmeeting to be held on June 16th in New York, at the Central Opera house. Let’s there voice the demand for a just peace in behalf of the Hungarian nation which must be protected against being forced again'st their own will, into a position which would make it impossible for them to restore their country. CONCLUSION. Alexander Svéd appeared for the second time ... He was wildly applauded and Mr. Rudnyanszky who accompanied both Miss Kiszely and Mr. Svéd was acclaimed by the grateful audience. Their invaluable contributions to the success of the Anniversary Banqut are deeply thank you, Miss Kiszely . . . membered. Thank you, Mr. Svéd, appreciated and for ever re- Thank you, Mr. Rudnyanszky! Vice-President Joseph Szalay delivered the closing address, the Hungarian National Anthem was sung by Mr. Svéd, Miss Kiszely and the audience and the most Happy hours of dancing, talk ing with newly found friends followed until closing hour. We won’t write about the sweet sorrow of parting . . . The curtain is down, the magnificant pageant of Verhovay’s sixtieth anniversary has ended.... But fraternalism has not ended. Our friendship with those whom we met for the first time on this occasion, has only begun. And the fires of enthusiasm that had been kindled during these days, will burn for many-many years to come . . . Remember May 31st and June 1st . . . the days on which the Verhovay was born again . . . the days of fraternal revival . . . the days that had given us the memory of an anniversary celebration which cannot be described by lesser terms but these: MAGNIFICENT . . . SUPERB . . . UNFORGETABLE! SUNKIST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECHOES By Albert B. Steinmetz Member of Branch 525 EDITOR’S REQUEST! We have still not received sufficient copies of the February 27th issue of the Journal. If any of our readers has a copy of this issue, would they oblige the editor by mailing it to the Home Office? Thank you!-------------v------------INITIATIVE The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and honors, for but one thing, and that is initiative. What is initiative? I’ll tell you. It is doing the right thing without being told. But nekt to doing the thing without being told is to do it when you are told once. a Life is so short and death so long. Brace up. Keep smiling and bum the bridges behind you! In all my travels since I left St. Louis on April 28th, rain has followed me through Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. There was only one day that I could call sunny and clear up to May 28th, that was the day I drove on the beautiful Dream Highway—the Pennsylvania Turnpike, from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. From Pittsburgh, I drove down to visit old- friends in Morgantown, W. Va., lots of whom are real old-time Verhovay members and their descendants. Albert Jozik, of the Verhovay main office and his wife, the former Margaret Vargo, were my passengers and from Morgantown we drove to Idamay, W. Va., for Mother’s Day, to visit the Vargo family. It poured day and night so we had to stay at home. The Vargo hospitality was genuine and yours truly felt very much at home down there. I was unable to meet certain friends in Morgantown so 2 weeks later, I made a return trip, just before the 60th Anniversary Celebration in Pittsburgh. The Dream Highway—on a lovely clear day is a pretty sight with its closed-off private rightof-way. Once you enter through its gates you are given a timecloced ticket, your ticket to “happy traveling”, 168 miles of highway from Irwin, Pa., east of Pittsburgh, to Middlesex, Pa., west of Harrisburg, Pa. This cuts out ail the narrow winding roads MEWS from the FIELD MAYNARD, OHIO BRANCH 5. The next regular meeting of Branch 5, will be held on June 23rd, Sunday, at 10:30 A. M., at the Csajka store. All fellow — members are urged to attend. John Kovach, president Julius- Shadi, manager. May I ask our members to offer a prayer the God Almighty in behalf of our fellow-member Mrs. Frank Köteles. She is seriously ill and little hope is held for her recovery by her physicians. God, however, may answer our prayer if He should .see fit to restore her health. Mr. Frank Köteles served our branch for many years as president and sercetary and has well earned our intervention in behalf of his dear wife by his efficient and loyal services. I pray that God may restore his wife’s health once more so that she may live and enjoy life for many years to come. Julius Shadi, manager. CLEVELAND, OHIO BRANCH 366. Here we go again . . . Back to a fresh start with the news from Cleveland. For yours’ truly, it is more than a pleasure to be back home and to write once again for the branch, after an absence of nearly four years. The first news-item of real interest is the coming Branch- Picnic. We are all aware of this being the first post-war annual picnic of Branch 366. It will be held on June 16th, Sunday, at the Kalo farm, Bedford, Ohio. Music will be furnished by the popular Szabadkai orchestra. There will be a number of awards to surprise our guests. Transportation will be furnished to and from the picnic grounds. Due to the shortages in many of the necesssary goods, the committee encounters quite some difficulties in preparing for the affair. Regardless of the shortages, however, the committee is getting along pretty well, in fact, they are doing a swell job of it right along. They are very sincere in their determination to make this event as successful as our pre-war affairs were. They do hope, therefore, that the fellowmembers will show their appreciation by attending with their families and friends. We would like to invite, also, to the picnic all our friends from the nearby cities, like Akron, Lorain, Youngstown, Paines ville, just to mention a few. In years past, during the winter seasons, we have held bowling matches with the teams of these branches and had some real- good times. We are looking forward to the coming season hoping that we shall again have the pleasure of their fellowship. The next bit of news concerns the plans of a Weiner Roast to be held possibly in September or even sooner. It is mentioned now so that you may keep it in mind of the old Lincoln and Wm. Penn Highways. It may not be as scenic as the older highways but if you are in a hurry and want to get there fast or want to cut out the mountains, by all means take the Turnpike. It is a toll highway, costing $1.50 each way or $2.25 for a round trip. Speed limit is 70 miles per hour but, brother, the present-day tires aren’t built for that speed on a long trip, I found out that you’ll get further by driving at an average speed of 40—45 miles. The highways all over the States are littered<*with blown out, disintegrated tires and tubes. I shall also remember forever the Painted Desert in Arizona where, on my 2nd day of" driving at a steady clip of 50—55 miles, I blew a tire. From there on I .slowed down to a below 50 m.p.h. average. The synthetic tires at steady, high-speed driving build up air pressure very fast, which, in turn, is the cause of many “blow-outs”. So, at my own expense, I have learned to stop every 2 hours or so and release the extra built-up air from the tires. A pocket size tire gauge costs less than a dollar—carry it with you on long trif>s. You’ll thank me for the tip! Highligthing my trip to the East coast, was a boat ride up the Hudson River out of New York City and the evening spent at the very famous “Gypsy Camp” in Carteret, N. J., where a company of 12 more than enjoyed the superb music of the best Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra in the U.S.A. I have yet to hear an orchestra that plays better than these six men, Kalman Kedves, Steve Csubak, Louis Kedves, Emery Hock, Paul Belső and Alex Balog, 3 violins, 1 bass, 1 piano and 1 cimbalom. I don’t have to wish success to these men—they already have it—they’re tops!! making out very well and known all over the East. The friendly visits to many homes on several occasions, the greetings of new friends in cheery atmospheres in and ai-ound Pittsburgh • and elsewhere, filled in the gap that otherwise may havé been dull. Small gatherings with friends or surprise parties—such as the last one I attended given to Miss Ethel Halasz, an active Verhovayan in McKeesport, given her by another gracious friend, Mrs. Barbara Sipos Stephens— prove to me beyond any doubt that friendship is a priceless possession. I am sure that the report on the 60th Anniversary program will be handled capably by my good friend, editor Rettmann, in this Journal, so I shan’t write about it in this issue. However, I must say that the spontanious speech of our Supreme Auditor John Sabo was “tops” in my estimation. Coming from a second generation member, I know the Verhovay will prosper if we have more and more “young active blood” in the organization. My vacation trip continues but the ' memory of the Pittsburgh celebration remains. To the hundreds of lovely people that greeted me so very warmly and all of you who said you so very much enjoy my columns, to those of you who wish to have my photograph replaced by a new one (‘cause it doesn’t do me justice!) to all you lovely ladies and gentlemen, I promise to try to do the best I can and your warm handshakes or your embraces are a token of esteem long to be remembered and cherished. “Bless you!” for the future. It is understood that everyone had a good time at last year’s affair, but this year the branch is out to make it an even bigger and better event. More information will be forthcoming soon. I was requested to mention our regular monthly meetings. Attendance during war-times, undoubtedly, was poor due to most of our people being engaged in war-production and, also, to the absence of our boys who had been called to the colors. Now that conditions are slowly getting back to normal, our fellowmembers are requested to try to attend the monthly meetings. They only happen once a month and so, it isn’n too much to ask for your participation. The meetings are conducted after the dues are collected, the FIRST FRIDAY of each month. Our fellow-members are assured that their presence will be greatlyappreciated and their views and suggestions on all matters under discussion are valued highly being for the benefit of the branch as a whole. The success of future events solely depend on your support! So, please, let’s see you at our next meeting. Yours truly, Bill Torda, Br. 366. McKeesport, pa. BRANCH 395 Verhovay Veterans Honored Approximately sixty people attended a recent celebration held by the members of 395 in tribute to the members of the branch, who had served with the armed forces. The banquet, followed by a dance was held on May 25th, Saturday, in the main ball-room of Hotel Penn McKee, McKeesport, Pa. During the dinner appropriate music was played by “Eddie Chico” and his popular Gypsy Ensemble. Beautiful Hungarian ’’hallgato’s” as well as classical numbers were featured. A short musical program followed. Helen Stipkovits, former manager of Branch 395, sang a few Hungarian songs and ballades, accompanied on the piano by Ethel Halas, her faithful fellow-officer. Brief talks by Albert Joczik, president, and Alexander Goydan, manager of Branch 395, were given during the evening. “Doc” Vislay welcomed the veterans back into the folds of the branch and wished them lots of success and good luck in civilian life. Supreme Auditor John Sabo Jr., just recently discharged from military service, ' addressed the (Continued on Page 8) T
