Verhovayak Lapja, 1946 (29. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1946 / Verhovay Journal
Children’s Page to be Featured in Journal (Continued from Page 2) ing at the beginning of each month. This announcement is made in order to arouse some interest in the new feature of the Journal among our boys and girls and their parents who will appreciate, we hope, cur intention to serve their children to the best of our ability. Of course, the “best of our ability” will not be sufficient to make this column a satisfactory feature. It is rather difficult to conduct a column without the help of comicstrips and illustrations which have the greatest appeal for our young folks. But the almost continually rising costs of printing prohibit the incurring of further expenses and, therefore, we must make the most of the limited facilities at our disposal. Perhaps later on conditions will improve and until then, we must ask our readers to hear with our limitations. The “best of our ability”, however, is limited not only as far as the technical and financial aspects of the matter are concerned. We are frankly admitting a lack of ideas and an uncertainty in regards to procedure that has not been helped by the diligent study of more than half a dozen of juvenile magazines considered the best in this field. Fearful of boring our little folks and, thereby, failing in this assignment, we are calling upon all of our good friends, fellow-members and readers to come to our aid with their ideas, literary products. and suggestions. This urgent call for help includes the would-he readers of the Children’s Page, too . . . We find that Juvenile magazines regularly feature the writings of their little readers and we are amazed to see how highly entertaining the writings of some of the early teen-agers are. So, please, parents, if your 10-14-year-old boys or girls have literary inclinations, how about encouraging them to send their poems, short-stories and similar writings to this editor for publication in the Journal? Our request for contributions includes also those who are specialists in dealing with children: the teachers. We have many of them among our members and we hope that they will graciously lend their talents to the great class of Verhovay children. Surely, every teacher will appreciate the chance to giv£ the benefit of his experiences to the nearly six thousand juvenile members of the Verhovay who are between the ages of 9 and 14! August 14, 1946------------------— Verhovay Journal MEW$ from the FIELD Page 3 Tenth Anniversary of Women’s Branch 361. Cleveland, Ohio MRS. GAER1EL SONKOLY President of the Anniversary Committee. The lOtH anniversary of the founding of Women’s Branch 361, Cleveland ,0., will be observed on September 22, 1946, Sunday. A banquet will be held at 1 P. M. and a dance in the evening, at the Verhovay Home, 8637 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, O. There is great interest for the 10th anniversary of Branch 361, among the Hungarians of Cleveland, and that is as it should be, because the members of the celebrating branch were always ready to cooperate with the sister branches and other Cleveland societies in all fraternal, social and patriotic activities. When help was needed, the members of Branch 361 were always among the first to offer their services. Of course, the sister branches of the Verhovay in Cleveland and vicinity will be well represented at this important event in recognition o,f the fine cooperation rendered by the officers and members of this branch in Verhovay’s fraternal program. The Anniversary Committee of Branch 361 is headed by Mrs. Gabriel Sonkoly, chairman, who is assisted by the following loyal officers and members: Mrs. Bela Mate, branch-president; Mrs. Joseph Treib, vice-president; Mrs. Emery Gal, manager; Mrs. Peter Demchak, recording secretary; Mrs- John Istók, Mrs. Anne Oro,sz, Mrs. Frank Verovicz, Mrs. Mary Szitás, Mrs. Andrew Kocsis, former president of Branch 361; Mrs. Mary Knoll, Mrs. Stephen Laczko, Mrs. John Phan, Mrs. Rose Merk, Mrs. Mary Gibhens, Miss Anne Frenchak, Mrs. Peter A short contribution once in a month or two will be a great help in making the “Children’s Page” what it should be. > September 4 will be the deadline for the first issue of the “Children’s Page.” The response to this request for contributions will indicate how much interest there is among our members and readers in the new feature of our Journal. Your cooperation with our efforts to serve our youngest generation will he sincerely appreciated by the children of the Verhovay, their parents, and your EDITOR. Detky, Mrs. Joseph Taty, Mrs. Emery Kovach, Mrs. Paul Paszkan, Mrs. Chester Boza, Mrs. John Gazsonyi and Mrs. George Oczverak. Admission is $2.00 per person for both the banquet and the dance* Music will be furnished by the famous Szabadkai orchestra. Branches planning to send their representatives to this affair are requested to notify Mrs. Peter Demchak, S917 Mt. Auburn Ave., Cleveland, O., telephone CEdar 0761. In behalf of the membership of the Verhovay F. I. Association we extend our congratulations and best wishes to the officers and members of Branch 361, on the c.ccasion of their 10th anniversary. Throughout these ten years Branch 361 has stood for fraternalism, advancement and cooperation. Its record in social and promotional activities is a shining example to all Verhovayans who rejoice over the fine development and success of this young, highly active branch. It is for these reasons that the 10th anniversary of Branch 361 is considered an event of great importance to the entire membership of the Verhovay as I will be emphasized by Supreme President John Bencze ,who will attend the celebration representing the Home Office of the Verhcjvay. Be sure to make your reservations in time! FAMILY PICNIC ON AUGUST 18th. A family picnic will be held by Women’s Branch 361 on August 18th, Sunday, at the James Kovach Farm. Directions: follow Route 422, Kinsman Road to Brown Road. Mrs. Margaret Sonkoly, chairman of the Publicity and Pro gram Committees announces that excellent entertainment will be provided for the guests attending this affair. There will be races, games, lots of fun and a real good time* Be sure to come and to bring your friends! Bus transportation will be provided from the Verhovay Home, 8637 Buckeye Road, the last bus to leave at 12 o’clo.ck noon. Lunches and refreshments will be served. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME! The hospitality of Branch 361 is well known among the Cleveland members of the Verhovay. So spend a happy day at the James Kovach Farm on August 18th! YOUNGSTOWN, O. Victory Banquet. A Victory Banquet and Dance will be held by Branch 108, in honor of the veteran members of that Branch, o.n September 29, Sunday, at 5 P. M. Music will be furnished by the Szikora and Medve orchestra and gifts will be presented to the veterans of Branch 108. Admission to both the banquet and dance is $2.50, and 75 cents to the dance only. JOSEPH TURNER, Mgr. COLUMBUS, O. New Verhovay Home. It is with great pleasure that I inform the members of Branch 129, that our new Verhovay Home» purchased in May, 1946, is now ready for occupancy. From now on the monthly meetings of Branch 129 will be held at the Verhovay Home, 1501 Parsons Avenue, on the second Sunday of every month at 2 o’clock in the The Verhovay Album of Branch Managers JOHN BANDI — BRANCH 64 — CANTON, O. Verhovayans of Canton and vicinity still remember the former “Bandi Hall” and its gracious owner John Bandi who played the host to many a district convention in bygone days and, though Bandi Hall is a thing of the past, its former owner has retained his popularity as is evidenced by the various offices held by him. He is secretary of the local chapter of the American Hungarian Relief, Inc., president of the First Hungarian Sick Benefit Association of Canton, O., secretary of the Independent“' Civic Club, member of the Post War Planning Committee and, since 1943, manager of Branch 64 which he served as recording secretary during the preceeding three years. He joined the Verhovay at Branch 64 in 1932 and has 25 new members to his credit. Manager John Bandi, 1231 Harrisburg Rd., Canton, O., was born at Magyar-Saros, Kiskukullo county, Hungary, on July 17, 1887. Emigrating at the age of 17 he arrived in the United States on September 20, 1904. He worked for 15 years as a machinist and supervisor at the machine shop of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for three years as foreman at the American Steel Foundry and is on the payroll of the City of Canton since 1939 as a truck-driver. Mr. Bandi married the former Susanna Szanto in 1907. They have five children: Joseph 21, William 19, Sarah 17. Anna 37 and John 33. Anna and John are married and their four children complete the Bandi family. William enlisted in January, 1945, was wounded in action at Okinawa and is stationed in China. Great plans are in the making for the 40th anniversary of the founding of Branch 64, to be held next fall. Mr. Bandi should succeed in making this an occasion for adding many new members to his branch. afternoon. Those who cannot attend the meetings, may pay their dues .the following hours: every Monday and Friday between 7 and 9 P. JW. and every Wednesday between 1 and 3 P* M. The members of Branch 129 are requested to observe these office hours when attending to official matters. My dear fellow-members: at last we have our own home! It was secured at great sacrifice involving much work and anxiety. Now that we are going to move into our own building, let us remember that our work has not been finished yet. The greater part of the task is still ahead of us and we shall be able to call our Home ireally our own only if we give it our wholehearted support and cooperation. Bring your family and your friends to the new Verhovay Home of Columbus. Let us prove that our desire for a Home was not a passing whim but a strong determination in which we shal! persist even in the face of obstacles and difficulties. I have a strong faith in you, my fellowmembers, knowing that you love this as yet little home of ours and that you will do your best to make it a great center of Verhovay fraternalis m. MRS. STEPHEN PAUL, Mgr. MARTINS FERRY, O. Portrait Presentation Ceremonies. All members o.f Branch 40, Martins Ferry, O., planning to attend the memorial and portrait presentation ceremonies to be held jointly by branches 40, 10, 153 and 288, at Crescent, O., on Sunday, September 1st, 1946, are requested to immediately notify any of the following branch-officers: George Bartza, President, 611 Center Street, Phone: 437-R; Val-Burlington Rc.ad, 717-J, or Gabriel Nagy, comptroller, 509 Washington Street, 782-R. An auto-bus has been chartered for this occasion and reservations are necessary in order to secure transportation for all members desiring to be present on that occasion. Yc.ur cooperation will be appreciated by the COMMITTEE. MASSILON, O. New Manager Appointed-Notice is served to the members of Branch 360, Massilon, O., of the resignation of former manager Dennis Mateffy and the appointment of Mr. Paul Juhasz, 1108 Johnson Street, S. E., as his successor. Members of this branch are requested to make their payments to Mr. Juhasz, who is to be contacted in all official matters. THE HOME OFFICE. YOUNGSTOWN, O. Branch 364. This notice is written in an effort to clear up a misunderstanding which some of our members seem to have in regards the places where dues may be paid. Please, note that payments are received just as before the District Office was opened. You may pay your dues at our regular monthly meetings which are held c.n the second Tuesday of every month at the St. Stephen’s Home on Wilson Avenue, or to our branch-treasurer Julia Danko (Miglets), who is teller at window No. 3, at the City Trust Bank, (bus stop next to Strouss’ on Federal Street.) Our branch-treasurer will accept dues-payments at any time during banking hours only, we request that as a courtesy to the bank which permits this service and in
