Verhovayak Lapja, 1946 (29. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1946 / Verhovay Journal
Page 8 Verhovay Journal August 12, 1946 [Mice To The EVIembership In Detroit Official Announcement The members of all Detroit branches are informed that a permanent District Office has been established and is being maintained by the Home Office of the Vcrhovay F. I. Association, at the former Verhovay Home, 8005 West Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich. Payments will be accepted from all fellow-members during office hours by any of the officers authorized to issue receipts and to conduct the business of the Association at the District Office. Office hours are as follows: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 3 and 4:30 P. M.; Tuesday and Saturday between 12 and 4:30 P. M.; and Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 6 and 8 P. M. The District Office is being maintained for the convenience of our fellow-members who will be gladly served by the officers authorized to act in behalf of all Detroit branches. JOHN BENCZE, Supreme President. How to Get Quick Service On Application for Membership A great many complaints had been received lately from our branch-managers and contestants because of the allegedly slow processing of membership applications of our chief medical exis true that the absence on vacation of our chief medical examiner necessitated the forwarding of applications by mail involving a delay of a few days and that due to vacations our Home Office force was not always able to cope with the volume of business on hand, but these were not the chief causes of the retarded servicing of applications. Applications are delayed mainly for the following reasons: 1. Many times we receive applications on which neither the class of insurance nor the rate had been marked by the branchmanager. In such cases, of course, the manager will soon be aware of the cause of delay as the applications must be returned to him for completion. 2. Applications and medical certificates both must be signed by the applicant, yet, in many instances managers fail to comply with this requirement and, as a result, the application must be returned for Signature by the applicant. 3. Much delay and misunderstanding results from the failure of medical examiners to answer each and every question appearing on the medical questionary. 15 to 20% of all applications must be returned fer completion to medical examiners. Naturally, the branch-managers are unaware of what is happening and cannot understand why the issuing of the certificates is delayed. It would be impractical, however, and involve further loss of requirement and check the questionary before mailing it avoiding, thereby, the annoyance of having to handle the matter for a second and even, as it often happens, a third time. 4. When writing applications for $1,000 non-medical insurance for juvenile applicants not yet having attained their 5th birthday,be sure to use Form 113. No other form must be used when applying' for non-medical insurance in excess of $500. Yet a great many applications for $1,- 000 ncn-medical insurance are received on forms used for other types of juvenile insurance. Whenever this occurs, the Home Office must write a letter to the manager requesting that he complete another application using Form 113 (printed on yellow paper), and have the same signed by the beneficiaries applying for the insurance. Naturally, this causes great annoyance to both the manager and the applicant and should be avoided at all costs. 5. Veterans applying for membership must sign the special form furnished to our branchmanagers. The questions on this mimeographed forms pertain to the military service of the applicant. In many instances the organizer, manager or contestant fails to complete and secure the signature of the applicant for this form assuming that because the applicant had not served overseas, it is unnecessary to attach the form to the application. Regardless of the duration cr place of service of the applicant, the form must be completed in every instance. Avoid delay by complying with the rules! 6. Though not a great number of delays are caused by the time and delay in processing, if the Home Office were to inform the branch-manager in each and every instance. Doctors, as a rule, will immediately return the medical certificate, but there are too many exceptions and they necessitate further correspondence. Ii would be difficult to find a remedy for this situation, however, we suggest that every applicant be requested by the organizer or manager to call .the attention of the medical examiner to the importance of fully answering each and every question appearing on the medical questionary. Because an incomplete return will involve extra Work for the doctor, he will appreciate being reminded of this manager failing to ascertain the beneficiaries’ insurable interest in the applicant, it is just as well to mention this point here. The relationship of the applicant to the beneficiary should be clearly defined. This is especially important in cases when the last names of the parties involved do not agree, like in the relationship of brother to married sister or son of a first marriage to remarried mother, etc. 7. Much correspondence results from errors in giving the applicant’s date of birth. Members of the Verhovay when applying for a second certificate often find that a wrong date has been given at the time when the first application was written. A birth certificate is required in j U. S. Army Calls For Specialists Congress, realizing the importance of keeping a Regular Army at the highest peak of intelligence and efficiency, passed the Armed Forces Act of 1945, authorizing sweeping provisions for attracting the finest man-power. Volunteers for the new Army have the best pay, the brightest outlook for promotion, the finest opportunities for education and training, a chance for wide travel and the most generous retirement benefits ever offered to a soldier in this or any other country. Thg Act of 1945 extends the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights to all who enlist in the! Regular Army before October 5, 1946, providing for free college, trade or technical school education after the soldier has been honor-? ably discharged from his enlistment. such cases in order to avoid embarrassment later when the certificate becomes a claim. Rates being graded according to age it is important that the correct age of the applicant be ascertained. Braneh-managers, local organizers and contestants will get quick service on applications if they will keep these points on their mind. This is not a difficult matter’ at all, because all these suggestions boil down to one rule: be sure to give the correct answer to each and every question appearing on the application. No question can be considered unimportant and, therefore, not a single question must be neglected. Even if some of the questions may seem superfluous to the impatient applicant or organizer, please, keep in mind that they have legal and medical significance and that, therefore, the omission of a single “yes” or “no” will unavoidably result in delay. Check the application twice before mailing it and you won’t have to mail it twice. Be careful to the last detail and full care will be given to your case. Don’t hurry when completing the application and you will get the certificate in a hurry. That this is a fact and not just talk, is proven by the following example: Today, on August 7th, the Home Office is mailing certificates for which applications had been received day before yesterday, on the 5th day of August. No complaint is justified if the Home Office gives 48 hour service. But even if there is a much greater volume of business, 4-5 days are sufficient time for processing the applications, excepting when delay is caused by highly unusual circumstances for which some allowance must be made, because, after all, even the Heme Office employees are human. Regardless of what happens, however, we assure our branch-managers and prospective fellow-members that we are ready and able to give service to 5,000 applications during the next five months... JUST TRY TO SEND THEM IN AND SEE YOUR HOME OFFICE WORKING FOR THE INCREASING OF OUR MEMBERSHIP TO 60,000!-------------v------------“The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat or takes in its milk, on the principal that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it ' is, but the milk is more likely to be watered.” —SAMUEL BUTLER Army Commendation Ribbon Awarded to Lt. 0. V. Matte The name of Lt. Daniel V. Matto, Jr., appeared more than once in the miliiary news of the Association. He joined the army four years ago and entered active service after his graduation from Penn State College. He was taken to Europe at the end of 1944 and was captured by the Germans on December 19 during the ill-fated counter-offensive in Belgium. When released frbm a German war-prisoners’ camp, he returned to the United States last summer and spent his 90-day furlough at the home of his father, Daniel Matto,. Sr., manager of Branch 16, Star Junction, Pa. After the expiration of his furlough, Daniel Matto, Jr., who -remains with the permanent U. S. Army as a Lieutenant, was transferred to Bridgeport, Conn., where he serves with the Army Information Bureau and was recently awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon. He also holds the European Theatre of War Ribbon with three bronze stars, the infantry badge and the Victory Ribbon. Lt. Matto is married and his wife, the former Elizabeth Marshall, hails from Richmond, Va. His younger brother, Elmer, served with the U. S. Navy and has recently returned to continue his studies at the university. Manager Daniel Matto, Sr., is justly proud of his two sons whose military record is matched by the civic record of their father. Mr. Matto, a member of the Brownsville Hungarian Reformed Church, and manager of Branch 16, is the treasurer of the local chapter of the American Hungarian Relief, Inc., which has made the headline more than once with the substantial contributions made to this cause by the generous people in that area. Manager Matto proved himself an able leader and his sons are worthy heirs of their father’s qualities. FRUSTRATION No matter when I chance xo go To see a moving picture show, I find, with much dissatisfaction, It’s next week’s coming attraction That has the public raving so! Louise Duke * “Poor Mrs. Jones.Although her husband is dead,he still leaves his ashes aroundthe house.” “Really?” “Yes, he had himself cremated.” * “When the judge ruled thai you had to pay alimony, how did you feel about it?” “Chagrined.” “How did your wife feel about it?” “She grinned.” * “This is my car,” protested the irate motors to the garage man, “and what I say goes—see?” “Say, ‘Engine,’ then, mister,” suggested the disgusted repair man. * He was telling her about the new football team. “Now, there’s Wilson,” said he; “in a few weeks he will be our best man.” “Oh, Harry,” she cried, “this is so sudden!” * “See here, Jones,” complained the boss, “how is it that you never get to work on time any more?” “Well, boss,” replied Jones“it’s like this: You’ve drilled me so darn well never to watch the clock here at the office that I’ve lost the habit of watching it at home.” “Pop,” queried Junior, “how do they catch crazy men?” “It’s easy,” said Pop sourly, “a little rouge and lipstick, a hairdo and a pretty dress.” * “You’ve been a pretty sick man,” said the doctor. “In fact, I may say that it was only your strong constitution that pulled you through.” * “I declare,” complained Mrs. Smith, “you’re kinder to dumo animals than you are to me.” “Then why not try being dumb,” rejoined Mr. Smith. * THINK THIS OVER A dog is loved By old and young; He wags his tail, And not his tongue. * ADMITTED HE WASN’T PERFECT “Sorry, Soldier, but I never go out with perfect strangers.” “That’s ckay, Babe. 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