Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)

1947 / Verhovay Journal

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By Mrs. Jolán Lucát

“Wild oats will get sown some ('me, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.” — Richard I.e Gallienne.

MID-WINTER RAMBLING!

There is really no special reason for the current quotation above, except that it appeals to a sunny and warm nature, especially in the midst of a long and cold winter. Weather in Detroit has been miserable, what with snow and sleet painting beautiful pictures on the trees outside of my window. It’s beautiful to look at . . . from the inside . . . but it takes the courage of youth to get out and march along with Old Man Winter to collect dues, attend Relief meetings, and even bowling twice a week is a chore, and when a fellow' gets so low that even a favorite sport becomes a chore, it’s time to dig deep into the imaginative world and find something to be pleased about. Hence, the quotation . . . !

ABOUT THE VALENTINE SUPPER! ... The date for the Valentine Supper or Disznótoros or Pork Supper is still Saturday evening, February 15, 1947 in the Verhovay Club Rooms, 8005 AV. Jefferson, Detroit. Come early, come late, we’ll be waiting for you!

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THE RELIEF MOVEMENT IN DETROIT . . . After the January

25th Dance held by the American- Hungarian Relief, Inc. Chapter 12, the goal towards that tractor is a little closer. It won’t be long before sufficient funds will have been accumulated to see our dream of “A Tractor from Detroit for Hungary” come true. Let’s have more Verhovay branches represented . . . what’s the matter with Branch 500? You folks from the East Side were always active in these movements. A Hungarian week will be held beginning March IS and all fraternal and church organizations are co-operating to make Hungarian Week the biggest in the Motor City. Send your delegates to the meetings . . . Call Director Richard Phillips, who is the Secretary of the Relief Chapter at EM. 0781 for dates of meetings.

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BOWLING NEWS . . . These females of mine are sure hitting high these days. Still in first place, taking 50 and losing only 26 out of a total 76 points. There was the week we hit high team single, high team 8 games, Dot Petiot took first place for high single individual etc. etc. Return match-game with Branch 36 women wall be rolled off at Rouge1 Recreation on Sunday, February 9th. How about match-games with you branch 500 women? We had lots of fun last year and we haven’t seen each other since.

Verhovay Journal

Call up anytime,

we’re always

willing for agood

match .

• •

Marge Sara

161

149

164474

Millie Noch

128

105

93326

Jolán Lucas

102

199

122423

Rose Horvath157

149

161467

Dot Petiot

228

135

146509

TOTALS:776’

737

6862199

January 31

1947.

Marge Sara

131

149

137417

Millie Noch

111

103

123337

Jolán Lucas

120

130

129

377

Rose Horvath166

124

177467

Dot Petiot'159

129

172460

TOTALS:703

651

7542106

Team average piledup

from

5J5 the firstweek

to

621 as of

the current week.The

gals

are

all anxiously looking forward to the South Bend National Verhovay Tournament and maybe, if our coaxing hasn’t been in vain, we’ll be taking some of our men with us too.

Now here’s an idea for all Detroit Verhovay teams. How about chartering a bus and all go down together? We’ll all save on transportation costs and have a lot of fun to boot . . . Just before final applications are mailed to Home Office we should all get together and talk this matter over.

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Aw, shucks! What’s -the use? No creative ability these cold days! I feel like crawling in a deep, dark, WARM hole and hibernating until spring. So long, folks! Hope you feel a bit warmer than your Ferret ...

NEWS

From The Field

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5. ) Dedication of the library of the Alliance A’erhovay Home by Mr. Andrew Fay-Fisher, editor of the Hungarian Miners’ Journal and member of the staff of the Szabadság, Hungarian daily newspaper.

6. ) Official presentation of the Fund for the Aiding of Verhovay’s Crippled Juvenile Members to Supreme President John Bencze by the President of the Alliance Home’s Board.

This Fund has been created by the $1,000.- donation of the A’erhovay Home of Alliance, O. Gifts from other branches and members of the Verhovay to be sent before the celebration, or presented on that occasion, will be added to this Fund and the donors included in the list of the Sponsors and Founders of the Verhovay Fund For Crippled Children.

An appeal for donations toward this truly fraternal cause had been sent to the managers of all branches. Those desiring to share honors with the original Founders of this charitable Fund are requested to notify Director John Korosfoy, 647 So. Webb Ave., Alliance, O., to whom all donations are to he mailed.

7. ) Presentation of a gift of $10.- to each of the veteran members of branches 189 and 369.

Miss Ilona Majors, favorite vocalist of Ohio Hungarians is to offer several renditions during the program. District Manager

Michael Simo will act as Master of Ceremonies.

The Supreme Officers, members of the Board of Directors and representatives of many branches plan to attend this great occasion. The spirit of A’erhovay Fratcrnalism will have its fieldday on February 23rd, Sunday!

CHICAGO, ILL.

Branch 342.

In behalf of the Bowling Team and the membership of Branch 342, I wish to express my sincere thanks to the members of Branch 138, Gary, Ind., who represented by one ladies’ and three men’s teams honored us with their visit on January 11, 1947, for a return match engagement. It was a real pleasure to have the bowlers and members of Branch 138 with us. It is my sincere hope that the spirit of brotherliness between our two branches will prevail in the future as it did in the past, to the mutual benefit of both our branches and the Verhovay F. I. Association.

ANTON LACHMAN, Mgr.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.

Branch 518.

All members of Branch 518 are requested to note that our regular meetings are held on the third Sunday of each and every month, at the American Legion, Joyce Kilmer Post No. 25. — Please attend these meetings and take an active part in the affairs of your Branch and your Association.

MICHAEL PUSKAS, Mgr.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

Branch 524.

The annual meeting of Branch

524 was held on January 22nd, in the Galilean Hall of the Hungarian Baptist Church. Stephen Balogh presided and Manager Coloman Matyas read the annual report that made all members attending realize the extent of progress made during the last year.

AVith District Manager Alexander Gyulay as pro-tern chairman, the meeting then proceeded to elect the officers for 1947. The following were elected: Stephen Balogh President, Charles Steinmetz Vice-President, Coloman Matyas Manager, Ilona Garay comptroller, Stephen Szcdlak, Mrs. László Lovas and Charles Molnár, members of the Auditing Committee, Mrs. Charles Steinmetz Recording Secretary and the Rev. Charles Molnár Publicity Manager. Best wishes for a successful year to the officers of Branch 524.

ALEXANDER GYULAY, Distr. Mgr.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

Branch 525.

The attention of all members of Branch 525 is called to our regular monthly meetings which are held on the first Thursday of each month, beginning at 8 P.M., at the Hungarian Home, 1975. Washington Blvd. — It will be sincerely appreciated if the payment of dues and all other official matters arc attended to at our regular monthly meetings.

ALEXANDER GYULAY, Distr. Mgr.

LOS ANGELES, CAL. A’ERHOVAY DANCE MARCH 1 — HERMAN HALL.

A great dance will be held by Branch 525 on March 1st, Saturday evening, at the Herman Hall,

THE376HERALD

Prop. & Ed. John “Dirk” Fulop

FEBRUARY 12, 1947

THE LOST WEEK

I am an expert on colds. I do not mean that I know how to cure them, I just know all about them. If you want to cure a cold do not ask me how. De not ask anyone. Just start asking people how to cure your cold and you are going to wind up like me. On a lost week. t\ot a lost weekend, but a lost week period.

Leave me tell you about colds. There are many ways of catching them. There are many ways of them catching you. My favorite way is to take a hot shower before retiring, go to my room, throw open the window, throw out all the blankets, lie down on top the blanketless bed and drop into a deep slumber with the icy blasts of winter sweeping into the room to cool your favered brow. (Caution: Consult your physician before using this method. It has proven fatal to the less robust.)

There is only one school of thought on catching colds and it is: Don’t. There are many schools of thought on curing them, and there lies the difficulty. There lies the begining of a lost week: There lies me. In bed.

At the first sign of a cold I am certain that it is just a chill and am certain it will pass. All I need is a good night’s sleep. Maybe a little Sal-IIepatica. The next day my nasal passages are stopped up. I head for the office armed with handkerchiefs and a briefcase full of Kleen-nex (sold in handy 1 ton cartons for only $143.97.) I am also armed with the firm belief that I’ll be rid of this^old by sunset. I assume the sun sets. In Pittsburgh during winter there are many things one assumes about the sun. In the winter you do not see the sun in Pittsburgh.

There is always bad ventilation in offices — especially where the weaker sex is prevalent. It is due to the frivolities and frailities of this sex that causes this. The bad (or non-) ventilation is caused by their refusal to allow anything but air that has been fried on both sides to seep into the joint. It is no-exception where I work and consequently by set my cold is considerably and damnably worse.

On my way home from work, I stop in the local drug emporium, to consult the pharmacist, a friend of long standing. One who would not exploit our friendship

120 East 25th Street. This being a gala-affair for which there is great interest apparent among Verhovay’s innumerable friends and the Hungarian colony in Los Angeles, the entire second floor has been rented to assure all our expected guests of plenty of room and comfort. Waltz, csárdás and American tunes will be played by an excellent orchestra and Hungarian style sausages, stuffed cabbage and doughnuts are to be served by the ladies, while the men will provide various refreshments. Keserve the night of March 1st for the Verhovay Ball of Branch 525 and he sure to attend this occasion at the Herman Hall!

ALEXANDER GYULAY, Distr. Mgr.

for a few measly cents profit. One who would not give me a bum steer. He will fix me up, he assures me. After a time he emerges from his pharmaceutical brewery with his fixer-upper, guaranteed to cure me. It comprises, (these medicants) some brown pills and capsules containing that miracle drug. Sulfa, for which I surrender to him the equivalent of a down payment on a new car. But I don’t mind becaus ‘you can’t take it with you’, and if I’m not soon cured, I’m sure to go.

After an extremely light meal, some Milk of Magnesia Tablets, a brown pill and a white capsule (containing that miracle drug, Sulfa) I am off to bed, confident that by sun up I will be coldless. Of course in Pittsburgh you only assume the sun . . . but we won’t go into that again.

The crack of dawn finds me awake, with a headache, a traffic-jam in my nasal passages, my bronchial tubes full of lead weights and oddly enough with a cold. Still. Martyr-like and with a self-pittying attitude I struggle down to the office. The ventilation has not improved. I sneeze thru a day’s work. On the way home I stop in the drug store again. To leer at my pharmacist ‘phriend’. He is sorry I still have my cold, (he says, rubbing his hands together, in anticipation no doubt of future profits direct from my pocket). This time though he guarantees he will exorcise my cold. Aqueous nose drops he says are the latest thing, guaranteed or my money back. Hitherto nose drops had an oily base that allowed the mucuous membrane to go uncontraeted, (Heavens to Betsy), but these new Aqueous drops have an aqueous base (Natch) and contract the mucuous membrane, dry up the nasal passages, purge the olefactory system of germs, in short, expell the cold, he says.

Once more I am a sucker. He dosn’t want much for these drops just seven gallons of my blood, I go home take Sal-Hepatica and Milk of Magnesia tablets. A light meal. A brown pill. A white capsule. Aqueous nose drops. I go proper intervals I take the prescribed medications. I pass the night in restless slumber.

I awaken with the sunken feeling that I am not cured. I am depressed. I call the office and tell them I am prostrated by a cold and will stay home today, but that I will be in, tomorrow. That is what I think!

I now set about to cure this cold once and for all. I take Sal- Hepatica, Milk of Magnesia Tablets and Mineral Oil. I also take a brown pill, a white capsule and I eat a jar of cold cream as an extra. I put in the Aqueous Nose Drops and go back to bed determined that by sunset . . . you know what. I call up a friend, out in the country who can see when the sun sets, and ask him to let me know when. I the meantime I feast on pills, capsules and nose drops.

I doze off in the late afternoon, the phone rings, I get the momentous message that the. Sun in all its splendor and glory is sink(Continued on page 7)

sun- j to bed. At