Verhovayak Lapja, 1949 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1949 / Verhovay Journal
February 16, 1949------------------------------------------- VerhoVay Journal Ernest Alexander Dies In New York — NATIONAL TREASURER OF AMERICAN HUNGARIAN RELIEF, INC., SUCCUMBS TO HEART AILMENT. — Ernest Alexander, one of the most outstanding personalities of New York’s great American Hungarian colony, the head of the wellknown Alexander Advertising Agency, died unexpectedly, at the age of 62, due to a heart ailment, on Monday morning, January 31st, at half past seven, in his apartment at the Hotel Taft in New York. He was ill for four days. Ordered to bed by his physician following an apparently mild heart attack, he seemed to recover satisfactorily and his condition was viewed hopefully by his many friends who called him or visited with him during these four days. Monday early morning, however, he suffered a second attack. He called for the hotel physician and the manager who immediately notified his friends and Arthur Dobezy, national secretary of the American Hungarian Relief, Inc., who was at his bedside as he died. Mr. Alexander joined the ‘Amerikai Magyar Népszava’ a? its advertising manager shortly before the first World War. Later he'established his own agency which deve— Kulpmont, Pa. — Members of Branch 2 and a delegation of the American Legion attended on January 8th the last rites for Alexander A. Nemeth who lost his life in a military accident on September 30, 1945, in Yokohama, Japan. A bouquet of carnations was placed on the bier by Branch-Manager Vendel Petrovitz. Requiem Holy Mass was offered in the Hungarian Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Father Serafin Viseica officiating, and interment was in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. Alexander A. Nemeth was born in Kulpmont, Pa,, on February 25th, 1925. Upon attaining military age, he joined the armed forces and was assigned to duty in the medical corps. A corporal, he followed the occupational forces and served in Japan rendering medical aid to the liberated American prisoners of war. On September 30th, 1945, the truck on which Cpl. Nemeth rode was hit by an electric train, instantly killing him. He was buried with military honors in the American mili-» tary cemetery of Yokohama, near Tokio. Paying tribute to the hero who gave his life, at the age of 20, in the service of the ill and wounded war-prisoners of our country, we offer our heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family. — Central City, Pa. — Pfc. John Bedois, a former member of Branch 415, Central City, Pa., was\pne of those unforgettable heroes who died in the historic battle of Iwo Jima, on March 16th, 1945. His body was returned to his native land in January and reburied in the Arlington U.S. military cemetery, Washington, D.C., on January 17th. The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Central City, Pa., each sent four representatives to attend the final rites. A wreath from Branch 415 of Central City was placed upon his grave. John Bedois was born in Central City on Christmas Day, December 25, 1922. He was 22 when making the supreme sacrifice in one of the most decisive actions of the Japanese theatre of Avar that was folloped rapidly, dealing mostly with the foreign language press in the United States. During the first World War he gave substantial support to the Hungarian Relief organization and, as its treasurer, rendered important service to the Hungarian victims of that conflict. He was the logical choice for the position of national treasurer' for the American Hungarian Relief, Inc., organized toward the end of the second World War with the approval of the U.S. Government.. Much of the success of this second Hungarian war relief movement is ascribed to Ernest Alexander. He was a founder of the Hungarian Self-Culture Club, a member of the Ehlers Lodge and of many other American and Hungarian organizations. He is survived by his brothers. He was buried on Thursday, February 3rd, from the Riverside Memorial Chapel, 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, in New York City. His death is a great loss to Americans of Hungarian descent who honored him as an outstanding leader, respected for the nobility of his principles and loved for his devotion and sincerity. May he rest in peace. lowed shortly by the surrender of Japan’s armed forces. He is survived by his widowed mother, Mrs. John Bedöcs-Bedois, nee. Elizabeth Kalany, his brothers John and Frank, and by relatives, John Kalany, Michael Kalany, Michael Farkas, and their families. To his mother and the bereaved family we extend our deepest sympathy. May they find some measure of comfort in the assurance that the heroes of Iwo Jima will be remembered for ever by a grateful nation. — Niles, Ohio — The body of John J. Kasky, former member of Branch 477, who died from wounds received in action on Parry Island of the Marshall group in the South Pacific on the 22nd of February, 1944, was returned to Niles, O., on the 20th of January and reburied with military honors on Saturday, January 22nd, after Requiem High Mass at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church, with members of branches 477 and 106 attending>the last rites for the fallen hero. The body of Sgt. Joseph Tenke, former member of Branch 477, who was killed in action on February 20th, 1945, at the invasion of Iwo Jima, while serving with the Marines, arrived in Niles on the 27th of January and was reburied with full military honors on Saturday, January 29th, the Rev. Pastor Nicholas Varkonyi of the Hungarian Presbyterian Church officiating, and with members of branches 477 and 106 attending the final rites for the fallen hero. Verhovayans all over the country join the members of Branch 477 in extending most sincere condolences to the bereaved families of these two heroes. Leslie R. Monos, Sr., Manager, Branch 477. Our business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance; but to do what lies clearly at hand. —Thomas Carlyle. Your Health From the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania and the Allegheny County Medical Society More children die annually from whooping cough than from measles and scarlet fever combined. * * * Whooping cough is one of the most prevalent of the acute communicable diseases and the newborn seem to lack the immunity they have to other diseases such as measles, diphteria, scarlet fever, and mumps. * * * For this reason, •whoopingcough occurs frequently in the first six months of life. * ^ * The seriousness of this disease in shown by the fact that in infants under one year of age, whooping cough is fatal in one-fourth of the cases, death resulting usually from secondary pneumonia. * * * Whooping cough is transmitted by droplets and by articles freshly soiled with discharges from the sick person. * * * The disease, like many otlier infections, begins with the symptoms of a cold, which — When Baby Arrives Dad »tarts Planning — Grapevine had it that Joe Miller became a father overnight and Jack Taylor, the manager of the local Ver’novay Branch, who was smart enough to have a constantly attentive ear tuned in to every stirring in the grapevine system, heard about it almost before it had happened. So he wrote some figures on a piece of paper and late in the evening, after the visiting hour in the hospital, he called on the happy dad who, enchanted over his stork-make promotion, received him in a cheerful mood As he opened the door, he met Jack’s outstretched hand and his beaming greeting: “Congratulations, Joe, to your son!” “Thanks Jack, come right in.” “Thanks, I will,” said Joe, “and how is the Missis?” “Fine! Everything went splendidly,” replied Joe and they settled down in the living room. “Have a cigar, Jack!” spoke Joe offering Jack the traditional tribute. “Thanks,” said Jack, “and if you don’t mind, I’ll smoke it now.” “Go ahead,” replied Joe and flicked his lighter and, then, they settled down to talk. “Well, Joe, what do you want your son to become?” “Guess that depends on him more than on me.” “No doubt,” replied Jack, “but it doesn’t always work out like that. There are quite a lot of young men of your age around who would have liked to become something else than what they did become, don’t you think?” “Guess you are right at that,” Verhovay Military Funerals PAGE 11 lasts as long as ten days before coughing starts. * * * After one or two weeks the cough becomes paroxysmal or whooping. * * # The child will cough hard five or ten times during one expiration of breath followed by a sudden deep inspiration of breath which produces the characteristic crowing or whooping sound. * * * The next out-going breath is accompained by coughing, followed by the in-breathing whoop. * * * These coughs and whoops may continue for only a short time, but repeated attaks occur and there may be ten to fifteen similar attacks in a tWenty-four our period. * * * Many young infants are vaccinated against whooping cough in the second half of their first year, which either gives them immunity or lightens the attack if the disease is acquired. i ____________________ DO YOU KNOW? The amount of money spent on medical research to benefit the living is less than onehalf of the amount spent on monuments and tombstones to honor the dead. said Joe slowly, “I, too, had njy dreams.” “What did you want to be?” “Well, in highschool I used to dream about becoming a doctor, but you know how it is . . “Exactly, there was no money, isn’t that it.” “Yep, you hit the nail right on the head. Sure, my dad would have liked to make it possible for me, but he worked in the mill and in those days, well, you know how things were . . “Don’t I know it,” said Jack fervently, “I was in the same boat.” “Well, so I figured that the best thing is to let the future decide. Maybe I’ll be able to do more for my kid than my father could do for me. I sure would like him to get ahead . . “And he will get ahead, Joe, if you don’t let the future decide. If you take the right step now, there will be no maybe about what you can do for your kid.” “What do you mean, Jack?” “Look Joe, I know how you feel, for I, too, have children. And you know what I did when my son was born?” “What did you do?” “I bought him an educational policy . . .” “Oh, insurance .• . said Joe depreeatingly. “Insurance, yes, but what I took for our Bill is more than just life insurance. It insures his college education.” “How?” “This is how it work's, Joe. You see, I figured that College will cost quite a lot of money and no matter how well off I may be, it still would (Continued on page 12) “HAVE A CIGAR!,”
