Verhovayak Lapja, 1946 (29. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1946 / Verhovay Journal
October 30, 1946 ____________________________________________________________________ Verhovay Journal ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________Page 7 OF TRENDS AND FRIENDS IN CHICAGO — Branch 164 — By Midge Rettmann BOWLING NEWS Our Editor reminds me that pace in this issue of the ournal will be limited because f so many other worthy conributions, so I hope that our lembers and friends will undertand if I omit some details of vents. Starting, with the CRADLE CLUB Rumor has it that Mrs. John Clara) Csonka, Jr, and Mrs. hester Kowalski, the former blanda Kaszas, are aspirants for iture motherhood. BEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS Imre (or is it James?) Kantor •alked up the aisle with Helen ajzatt in East Chicago’s Reirmed Church: The Rev. László gry officiated at the beautiful jremony. The bride wore white ce and carried a heart-shaped iquet of red roses. Bridesmaids id ushers numbered 16 friends : the young couple. Afterwards, iproximately 300 guests dined ; Tenkely Hall, then danced un- I the wee hours. Wedding bells rang out on iptember 28th for John Kosi, '. and Isobel Vaskó at the Hun-' irian Catholic Church in Welnd, Ont. The young people will ake Chicago their home. Here’s ishing every connubial hapness to these friends and may 1 their troubles be little ones! ANNIVERSARIES We had both birthday and wedng anniversaries reported this onth. Mrs. Mary Ferency, rmerly of Chi, celebrated for th birthday at the home of her n in Hammond, Ind. Mrs. irenczy’s family group consists 4 children, 9 grandchildren id 1 great grandchild, of whom t but two are Br. 164 members, e hope Mrs. Ferenczy reaches e centennial mark and that her ys will be peaceful and happy long her loved ones. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fabis, formly chairman of Br. 342, celeated their 15th wedding annirsary a few weeks ago. Mrs. bis, the former Mary Szabó, is i daughter of the late Paul abo, founder of Branch 164. 3ur former bowling champs, uis and Mary Molnár of the uth Side, quietly celebrated nr 10th wedding anniversary, is great day was made more ignant and happy with the re•n of their only son, Cookie, to ; family circle after a long less. \ndy Vash, whom Marge Stanit dubbed the ‘dry land Sailor”, t who did manage to wet his t in the blue Pacific, and his fe, the former Irene Chudek, ebrated their 10 th wedding liversary this month, also. MISCELLANEOUS The following telegram was eived by Frank and Emma vack from son Ken, suddenly ted in Winnemucca, Nev. by fortune: “MOM. NEED $60 R 3 BROKEN PISTONS. SH IT.” As Ken was en route school in L.A., the required uce was dispatched in haste. hope. But was it pistons or ually Nevada’s well-known les, Ken? Dorothy Phillips, member from Crown Point, Ind., accompanied by sister Violet, “operating” her 1934 Chevrolet at top speed of 16 m.p.h., hit a hole “or something” and now Vi is nursing a sore head. No claim for compensation has arrived at the H.O. as yet, so we assume the bruises were minor. Give up racing, girls, it’s not safe! All is quiet in the 3900 block of N. Ashland Avenue these days with Ronald Fodor sojourning in Phoenix, Arizona. “Peanuts” is the favorite of the neighborhood and the mascot of the Modem Beauty Salon. Riddle of the month: Irene (Chudek) Vash is the sister of Olga Kunstadt. Marge Stangret is the sister of Andy Vash’s sister-in-law. What’s the relationship of Marge to Ollie? Lt. Rosalia Kish, R.N., recently received her' discharge from the Army and is visitings her parents in Sharon, Pa., before resuming work in Chicago. Preparations are being made to welcome Steve Ban, a Purdue U. grad, into the folds of the Verhovay, Altho’ his youngsters, Patsy and Steve, Jr., have long been members, Steve’s brotherin-law, our Senior Secretary, has just succeeded in the conversion. CHRISTMAS IN BUDAPEST Reports show that our Christmas in Budapest party was a huge success. Both halls were filled to capacity and every one had a good time, with games and a gypsy orchestra to add to festivities. Mrs. Csonka and Juvenile Mgr. Barna presented Mesdames Kolozy, Irocky, Janik and Kunstadt with beautiful corsages and as these ladies recently celebrated wedding anniversaries to total 125 years, the flowers were a significant token of their labors in behalf of their homes and our Branch. i On October 7th, $60 was forwarded to Budapest via the Weiss Travel Agency to defray expenses of the party. Mrs. Ethel Földi, better remembered by her friends as Toots Petrovits, was a welcome visitor at our Social. The Foldi’s spent the summer in the wilderness where hubby is acquiring knowledge of forestry. The Christmass Party for the youngsters of Branch 164 is to be held December 8th at 333 W. North Avenue. * We expect a record crowd to participate so keep this date in mind. Chapter 43 of American Hungarian Relief, Inc., of which Branch 164 is a member, held a meeting recently. Our Senior Secretary had performed the duties of chairman for nearly •2 years and the election at this time resulted in additional representation from our Branch. Mr. Eugene Petrovits, the hardware merchant, was elected chairman and the secretary, treasurer and auditor are also our members. Branch 164 was represented by 15 of our members, including Chairman Irocky, at the Gary, Indiana, Memorial Ceremonies for their hero dead. Detailed report will appear in, the next issue of the Journal. DUES AND DIVIDENDS You probably noted from the Board of Directors’ Minutes published recently that dividends will be paid in December to those members whose monthly dues are not in arrears at the close of Business November 30th. Our Senior Secretary clears his records by the 18th of each month, therefore, if you are in arrears, we suggest your payments be brought up-to-date. Remember, this is the first payment of dividends to be made since the outbreak of the war. “POP” HITS HEADLINES! The screaming headlines in Chicago papers reading “TOT VANISHES ON NORTH SIDE” is of special interest to us. Three years old Arthur Spohr disappeared from a school playground and policemen searched in all conceivable places for him, urged on by the memory of recent kidnappings, but the only place they forgot to look was in “Pop” Kunstadt’s jalopy. Imagine, that’s where Pop found Arthur - the following morning, peacefully sleeping! The papers next morning told the story: “At 8 AM today Ernest Kunstadt, 3049 Clybourn Ave., stepped out of his parked car to go to work. He is publisher of Otthon, a Hungarian language newspaper, at 4450 N. Kedzie Ave. He found Arthur in the rear seat of the locked car — 12 blocks from his home. Kunstadt recalled that he parked near the playground until 9 PM., with the doors unlocked, then drove home and locked the car doors for the night. So Arthur had a good long sleep.” (Wonder when little Arthur Spohr’s application for membership will reach the Home Office? After all, “Pop” just proved to the anxious parents that there is no safer place for a kid than the Verhovay ... or even the car of a Verhovay manager...!) PERSONAL No reports having been received to the contrary, it seems I was the lone mother at our Branch in September. Gary Allen is five weeks old at this writing, measures 23 inches in length and weighs in at 10 lbs. He was christened October 13th accompanied by Godparents Director and Mrs. John Korosfoy of Alliance, O., and Margaret Kunstadt who acted also for her absentee husband who was unable to make the trip. But Marge braved the elements and flew to Pittsburgh. For us it is a day that will be for ever etched in our memory . . . sunshine . . . a happily sleeping son, and’tried and true friends around our modest board. Being a new mother keeps me on the run and this column was practically snatched out of the air, but our big son compensates fór everything. Don’t you agree, you mothers? Fraternally yours, Midge. TO THE CONTRIBUTORS The next Issue of the Journal will be published on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Contributions for that issue should be in not later than Nov. 6, Wednesnesday. Contributions should be typewritten, on one side of the paper only, double-spaced, and not exceed 1200 words, or 6,000 letters. Address contributions to VERHOVAY JOURNAL, ENGLISH SECTION, 436 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh 19, Pa. New Brunswick, N. J. Branch 52 By Adam Simon, Jr. New Brunswick Branch No. 52 opened its 1946-47 Bowling Season by winning two out of three games from the Hungarian American Athletic Club, in the City Club League, oldest club bowling league in the City of New Brunswick. The games were rolled off at the Broadway Bowling center Tuesday night, October 1, 1946. Branch 52 was paced by Alex Toth’s 242, Joe Helondivith’s 220 and Joe Pastors 203. Scores: Verhovay Branch No. 52 Louis Kish ____182 186 196 J. Helondivitch _183 161 220 Joe Pastor ___ 185 203 Adw. Harczyk___162 S. Sulligan _169 154 Frank King ____ 171 Alex. Toth _____184 242 193 Totals 880 945 966 Total 3 Games 2791 H. A.A. C. James Smith ____ 226 168 154 W. Varga_____169 180 184 Doktroich ________ 190 165 184 Komives 170 147 168 John Smith _203 195 222 Totals 958 825 912 Total 3 Games ____________ 2695 Verhovay Bowling Tournament—Look Out . . . Attention Bowlers The Verhovay Twin State Bowling League will start its 1946-47 season on the first Sunday in November. If there are any other branches in New Jersey or New York within a radius of (50) miles who want to be included in the league please contact Adam Simon, Jr., 281 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, before November 1, 1946. New Brunswick, N. J., is the local point of the Twin-State Bowling League. Fraternally yours, Adam Simon, Jr. League Sec’y. DETROIT, MICH. Branch 500. Four men’s teams of Branch 500 opened the bowling season on October 15th and it is our hope that we will be more successful than during the last season. In addition to the four men’s teams, we also have one Women’s team who bowl at the Terry Recreation alleys. Officers of the Women’s team are: Helen Lazar, secretary, Olga Boldiszar, treasurer and Joseph Boldiszar, Manager. JOSEPH BOLDIZSÁR, Manager. DETROIT, MICHIGAN BRANCH 500 October 7, 1946 Elizabeth Vinic 153 155 145 453 Helen Lazar 142 141 181 464 Sally Markus 90 148 144 382 Olga Boldiszar 167 145 156 468 Mary Sally 150 114 154 418 Total Pins 702 703 780 2185 Captain, E. Vinic. BRANCH 395 BOWLS AGAIN Bowling has been revived at Branch 395, McKeesport, Pennsylvania after a war time lull of four years. It will be recalled that several years before the war Branch 395 inaugurated a bowling program that received vigorous support until/ the war called away the male members to the service and the women and the girls of the branch took war jobs and engaged in other patriotic activities which made bowling no longer feasible. Happily, the war is over and, thanks to Divine Providence, our servicemen are back without any war fatalities in the branch. Now we again are planning various branch affairs and activities. Our bowling is proving even more successful than we at first visualized. The season began September 19th and will end next April 10. At this writing five games have been played. As proof of the in terest and progress of our bowling the following attendance figures are given: 24 attended the first week, 26 the second week, 31 the third week. The bowlers have pledged themselves to attend bowling regularly and have kept their pledges well. There has been little absenteeism and this only for serious reasons. There are four teams of mixed sexes. All the teams have been equalized, that is, no team has an overproportion of either outstanding or unskilled bowlers. The teams are named by numbers, one, two, three, four, captains of which are Alex Mezsar, Albert Sabo, Stephen Poliak and James Benedek, respectively. The captains were chosen for their knowledge of bowling and skill at the game. They form a bowling committee with Alex Meszar as their chairman. Other bowling officers are Miss Ethel Halas who is doing a splendid job as bowling treasurer and Albert Jozik, publicity agent. More about this enthusiastic program will appear in the next article. Fraternally, Albert Jozik, President and Publicity Agent.--------------•--------------South Bend, Ind. Branch 132. M.Freshley 118 79105 302 T.Toth 132147 171 450 M.Hesler 129165 151 445 B.Steinhoffer 120171 133 424 M.Vaghy 153157 140 450 Totals 652719 700 2071 M.Mezzei 191159 171 521 M.Pilarski 93151 127 371 I.Nagy 171178 215 564 G.Smith 168159 153 480 B.Barany 148158 180 486 Totals 771805 846 2422 BETTEBARANY Capt. September 27. M.Freshley 125104 158 387 T.Toth 168138 134 440 M.Hesler 110150 150 410 ?•Steinhoffer 156122 159 437 M.Vaghy 167139 153 459 Handicap 7 7 7 21 Totals 733 660 761 2154 (Continued on Page 8)
