Verhovayak Lapja, 1946 (29. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1946 / Verhovay Journal
Page 2 August 14, 1946 The Vertaay Album of Brauch Managers ANDREW BÖLLER — BRANCH 39 — BEAVER FALLS, PA. Andrew Boiler was born on November 11, 1902* at Ratka, Zemplen county, Hungary. There he spent his childhood and met the girl who was destined to become his wife. She was Margaret Gintner, American born daughter of Hungarian parents who ' returned with her to Ratka, their native town. Mr. Boiler eft Hungary arriving in America on May 24, 1921, but three years later he sent for her and they married in May, 1924. They have three children, Betty, 21, William, 18, and Margaret, 17. Mr. Bob ler joined the Verhovay at Branch 39 in 1934 and was elected secretary in 1935, serving until 1937. Two years later, in 1939, he was elected manager of the Juvenile Order of the branch and the following year manager of both the Senior and the Juvenile Order in which office he was retained ever since. Up to October, 1845, he secured 83 new members for his branch adding 31 more during the 60th Anniversary Membership Contest, an achievement that made him one of the grand-prize winning guests of honor of the Association at the anniversary celebrations. ( As a public spirited citizen he takes active part in the religious and social life of his community. He is financial officer of St. Ladislaus’ congregation and the treasurer of Chapter 100 of the American Hungarian Relief, Inc., which contributed more than $600 in cash and 2,100 lbs. of clothing to the relief movement during the first year of its operations. Mr. Boiler, residing .at 4516—4th Ave., Beaver Falls, Pa., works since 1942 on the furnace rolling billets at the B. and W. Tube Company. Branch 39, with a membership of 450 at the middle of 1946, should go a long way under the efficient leadership of its enthusiastic manager. THE LIFE AND ART OF PAUL SZAB ADY , (Continued from Page 1) Fine Arts in Budapest, continuing his studies there until. 1938 under the world famous Magyar artist, Julius Rudnay. Reminiscing on his school years at that time, Paul likes to think of Sándor Gerocs, Jenő Bagi, Tibor Polonay and Louis Pandur, his classmates, all of whom attained great success, like, for instance, Pandur who is now professor of graphic arts. Pleasant memories, however, are mixed with bitter ones. Those years at Budapest, in fact all the years 'during which he continued his studies, were marked by hunger and need. Most of the students lived from hand to mouth, went around in tatters, worn out shoes, and there was many a day when they had nothing to eat. Painting is a most exacting and demanding art that cannot be learned in evening school while the days are spent in earning one’s living. And Europe always appreciated its artists only after they had attained success and fame, but until then . . . they could go hungry and neglected. Not even the summer season could be spent in some remunerative employment that would have made it possible for Paul to lay aside something for the coming semesters. During the summer months he continued his studies at Szabadka, taking up liturgical art. Under Carl Guttman he studied Catholic ecclesiastical art and Under Nicolai Maleskin, descendant of a noble Russian family, he studied Orthodox liturgical art. Paul says, however, that in school you learn only “the mechanical side of art . . . the ABC or the tools” and that only in life can one learn real art, by himself and by applying himself to the great task. This he did in towns like Újvidék and Kalocsa, important centers of ecclesiastical art in southern Hungary. In the meantime, the sky grew darker over the European Scene. There -was no room in the “new order” for free creative art and the exodus of the great men and women of the arts, sciences and letters from Europe began. Paul, too, yearned for a country where the artist’s just claim for fredom and understanding Was met with appreciation and encouragement. As much as he wanted to add the treasure of his great talent and devotion to the ancient culture of Hungary, unsurpassed by any other country of its size, he realized that he would not be permitted to do so. At that time, when Hungary began to take the first steps toward Ultimate tragedy, there was little interest for the lasting values that he and his fellow?artists had to offer. And so, Paul, like so many others, turned toward the United States, his native country, the land where freedom and opportunity awaited the creative artist. And he was not to be disappointed, just as America was not to be disappointed in him . . . Studying the reproduction of his mural “Peace and Prosperity, Verhovay Journal y.v.vv.vav.v/.vav0v.v.v.v.vBv«v.VyV.v.v.v.v.v.v.,v i THE 376 HERALD , í — Prop. S Ed. John “Dirk” FuSap — £ \ Jh J,W.V.V.VAVA^V.\V.V.V.".V.".C.V.V.V.W.V,,,V.V.V.;. We wei;e at the home office the other day searching the editorial files in an effort to find out when the last “376 Herald” was published. Of course we should have re membered that it was around the time Pearl Harbor was bombed be cause that’s when we got the letter from the President and shortly thereafter found ourselves in j GI boots, kicking up dust in a southern military reservation. It I will be five years in October, a very long time and I don’t suppose anyone remembers, but Tempus will fugit and I suppose our “lap-# sus memoriae” can be excused. Much has transpired since then; we have vague memories of strugj gling up a gangplank, weighed down by two barracks bags, a rifle and a lot of regret for not having led a better life. As we remember it we were also swept with a wave of patriotism and vowed that if we must, we were ready to give our all for our country. A day at sea, the boat was swept with waves and we went to the nearest rail and gave our all. It was then we learned why people going on ocean voyages are presented with oranges and flowers. The oranges are for seasickness and the flowers in case you don’t recover. Well after an extended tour of two and a half years in which we crossed two oceans, visited three countries, and a few incidental islands and in which we learned to eat spaghetti, swear in Italian, cheat Arabs before they cheated you, and beat women, children and officers to air raid shelters, we find ourselves back with little to show but a few souvenirs, and the Good Conduct Medal. The latter we got for not swearing at the Top Kick, not shooting Crap on Sunday, and never getting caught going over the hill. In this post war era we find ourselves with -occasional periods of frustration and inarticulateness. Our reaction to this is startling, it is reactionary and uninhibited. Recently we ran across a whiskey ad in a national magazine. It showed a picture of a man with this caption underneath; “Photographer of ‘Men of Distinction’.” Immediately we were filled with a strange desire. A desire to interview the man who took that picture—in other words, the photographer of the Photographer of Men of Distinction. Unfortunately we remáined frustrated. But on another and happier occasion all went well. Leave us narrate; We attended this year some of the more public activities connected with the 60th Anniversary of our Association and j among all the nice people we ! met, there was one who immedi- I ately aroused us and whose inpublished in the October 10, 1945, issue of the Journal, we find much of its conception explained by the story of his struggles and the disappointments that resulted in his emigration from the land of his fathers for which he developed a deep love and respect which is quite understandable considering that while Paul, the man, was born in this country Szabady the artist was born in Hungary Arriving in America, he entered the Art Institute in Chicago in 1939 and then, in 1941, joined the army, spending there almost five years until 1945 when he was honorably discharged. \yhile in the army, he did murals, portraits and illustration painting at Camp Lee, Virginia, and in Washington, D. C. Many high ranking generals, returning from the wars in Africa and Europe, were portrayed by him. Some of Paul’s portraits are displayed in the lobby of the State Legislature at Houston, Texas, in the “Famous Texas Citizens’ ” Lobby, while the majority of them are at the Pentagon Building, Arlington, Virginia. Upon his release from the army, Paul Szabady directed his energies to ecclesiastical decorative art. His first huge task was at St. Mel’s Church, one of the largest in the country, it is said. A section of the interior, decorated by him, is shown above. Ecclesiastical and liturgical arts entail painstaking research, from murals done with a reverent appreciation of age-old religious symbols to incidental decoration applied with a special regard for eccesjastical architecture. Paul Szabady with an extensive European background, Magyar predominating, directs the entire liturgical art and art panels, giving it his own personal attention, so that each decorative program is done to meet the individual requirements of the church. When ordinary church decoration is involved, then Michael Zavatkay, a Hungarian born painter from Jaszo, Abauj county, who came here in 1920 and is in the decorating business since that time, teams up with Paul Szabady, the latter doing the fine murals, the former the other ordinary painting. In adition to having a natural interest in the careers of our outstanding fellow-members, the story of the life and art of Paul Szabady assumes a special significance to Verhovay ans at this time. At the regular semi-annual meeting of the Board of Directors, held in March, 1946, it was resolved that “a painting, symbolizing thirteen miners, be placed in the Board of Directors room, in memory of the founders of the Association.” Obviously, this is a highly complex theme the painting of which requires not only un■ual artistic talent but also a special knowledge and understand~tg of Hungarians in America and their particular mentality. Thus, ■”aul Szabady seemed to be the logical choice and the áupreme Offers contacted him hoping that he would be interested in this task. He was, and a few months later we had the pleasure of welcoming him at our Home Office and conversing with him about the intriguing aspects of this artistic problem. We understand hat he is now preparing sketches and plans to be presented at he next Board meeting to be held in September. It is our sincere -ipe that an agreement will be arrived at and that, as a result, a ainting by Paul Szabady, commemorating the 13 miners of Hazelton, will adorn the Verhovay Building. troduction was an invitation to a frustration. It was Albert Steinmetz, who several weeks before the Anniversary party had published an interview he had with Illona Massey. And here we were with our perverse desire to interview the interviewer. We found him interviewable, so we interviewed. lYe won’t bore you with a lot of detail, readers of the Journal know all about this man with the habits of a migratory bird. An account of his wanderings have been duly recorded in the journal. We recall a few years back an old time Journalwriter visited him out in California and delved into his private life. It leaves little for us to tell, but here it is. We found that when he is gay he slaps men on the back with a lusty wallop and makes women blush with his compliments. When he is serious he gives out with such bits of philosophy as; “It’s not what goes into a man’s mouth that counts, but what comes out.” Getting his views on current events we asked what he thought of Operation Crossroads and the Atomic Bomb and he came up with; “It did’nt Bikini difference Atoll.” In California he has a wile, cottage and a little girl, acquired in that order. We found him to be a solid citizen with a hearty wanderlust, a hearty hand clasp, a hearty laugh, and quite a hearty guy.-------------v------------Children’s Page to be Featured én Journal The Board of Directors, at their spring meeting, upon recommendation by the Organizing Committee, resolved that a “Children’s Page” be featured in the Journal, once a month and, if possible, on a full page. No particular time having been set for the initiation of this new feature, we took advantage of the chance for delay in carrying out the resolution of the Board as we did not feel sufficiently equipped for this new editorial assignment. Trying to make the most of the little free time at our disposal we conducted some extensive research in the field of juvenile magazine editing in order to better acquaint ourselves with this subject. Our aim was to conclude our preparations before the end of the summer so as to be able to introduce our new feature at the commencing of the new school year. Now that we have concluded our studies we feel that we know less about the subject than before. This being, according to a well known humorist, the first indication of one’s becoming a specialist we consider ourselves prepared, if not equipped, to start our juvenile column in the September 11th issue of the Journal. Following that the “Children’s Page” will he a regular feature in the issues appear(Continued on Page 3)
