Verhovayak Lapja, 1951 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1951 / Verhovay Journal

PAGE 2 Verhovay Journal MINUTES OF THE DISTRICT MEETINGS (Continued from page 1) 1.) Moses Bokor, 2.) Anton Borsody and 3.) Stephen Borovich. Thanking the delegates for their cooperation and expressing his hope to see them again at the next meeting, President Bekor adjourns the meeting at 3 p.m. MOSES BOKOR, President, STE­PHEN BOROVICH, Secretary. DISTRICT 8-1) Br. 296, Springdale, Pa. Minutes of the meeting of District 8-D held on Sunday, June 17, 1951, at the Verhovay Home, 220 Colfax St., Springdale, Pa. President Louis Antal, Jr., called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m., and upon motions duly made and seconded the following reso­lutions were adopted: 1. ) RESOLVED that the four new proposed amendments to the By-Laws as sent from the Home Office under April 2, 1951, date, be unanimously approved by the members present. 2. ) RESOLVED that the delegate present to the National Convention that in view of the fact that divi­dends have not been and are not be­ing paid to the present elderly mem­bers who have paid their Whole Life Certificate premiums for at least the past 30 years, that the maturity date of these old type Whole Life Certi­ficates be set or reduced to at least 80 years of age. ■ 3. ) RESOLVED that in behalf of Branch 296 the name to be submitted (name omitted and will be forwarded to the Home Office in conjunction with the New Name Contest) be en­tered in the contest and if a prize is awarded, it shall revert to the branch treasury. 4. ) RESOLVED that the delegate recommend to the National Conven­tion the establishment of a Hospitali­zation Department in the Association. 5. ) RESOLVED, that since all re­commendations originating from the Home Office have shown a complete disregard toward the fraternal side of the organization and that there is1 a great need for completely revising the By-Laws so as to encourage the practicing of fraternalism, especially through those branches having Ver­hovay Homes, it is recommended “that the Convention thoroughly re­vise the By-Laws, particularly that part concerning the branched? A com­mittee was then appointed to work out detailed recommendations.” Some of these recommendations are stated in general below: 6. ) RESOLVED that to further continue constructive promotional work in the interest of the Associa­tion, the National Convention adopt a resolution approving the action of the National Board of Directors in creating the office of Field Manager and the appointment of Mr. Rettmann to this position, that the office of Field Manager become permanently established and provided for in the By-Laws. 7. ) RESOLVED that the Convention set up a Fund for the purpose of creating a Verhovay Home Associa­tion through which branches may have the opportunity to establish Verhovay Homes throughout the country and that a certain percentage of the profits from these Homes be paid into this fund under the control of the Verhovay Home Association, the accumulated assets of this estab­lished Association to he used towards establishing such charitable institu­tions as Home for the Aged, Con­valescent Home, Boys and Girls Camps, Orphans and Crippled Child­ren's Home. 8. ) RESOLED that the basis for the honorary awards of Illustrious Member and Acknowledged Member be defined in the By-Laws and that' the name of Acknowledged Member is too common for this honor and that it be changed to a more approp­riate name such as Worthy Member or other suitable name. 9.) The meeting elected Julius Te­­legdy as delegate and Alex Kozma as alternate delegate. The meeting was adjourned at 7 p.m. LOUIS A. AN­TAL, JR., President, ELMER CHAR­LES, Secretary. DISTRICT 12 Homestead, Pa. Minutes of the meeting of District 12, held on June 24, 1951, in the Hun­garian Club of Homestead, Pa. Dis­trict President Louis Novak wel­comes the delegates present, also Na­tional Secretary Coloman Revesz who» came to the meeting upon invitation, for the purpose of giving any inform­ation that may be necessary. The inerting is called to order. It is found that there are 11 delegates, repre­senting 9 branches. These branches are: 30, 89, 152, 177, 201, 226, 257, 542 and 569. The minutes of the last district session were read and ap­proved. Letters from the Home Office, the decisions and recommendations of the Beard of Directors were read and dis­cussed. The recommendations of the Board of Directors were adopted, without exception, by the delegates present. The meeting also approved of the request of the Home Office and the Board of Directors that the Convention shall last no longer than a week. The delegates to the National Convention were instructed to vote and to fight for the acceptance of the above recommendations. The meeting is adjourned for lunch j and after an hour is again called to order. District 12 recommends that in those cities and localities where there are several branches, they should be merged for reasons of economy. On behalf of Branch 226 Frank Debre­­czeni announces that Branch 226 did not approve of the Home Office re­commendation according to which the National President shall be the per­manent chairman of the Convention r.nd that the branch recommends that the National President shall assist the Convention chairman in advisory capacity. This motion, duly seconded by John Oszko of Branch 152, is carried. The meeting then elected the dele­gates to the National Convention: Charles Kuhn of Branch 89, John Uszko of Branch 152, Frank Debre­­czeni of Branch 226, who thanking the delegates for placing their con­fidence in them, promise to represent the recommendations and decisions of District 12 to the best of their abi­lity. It was agreed that the next meeting be held in McKeesport. Louis Novak announces that the term of the officers has expired and he thanks the delegates for so care­fully and soberly weighing the mat­ters before them, and expressing his hope that they will serve the best in­terests of the Association in the fu­ture as they did in the past, he sub­mits his resignation on behalf of the District President and Secretary. Frank Debreczeni was elected Presi­dent and George Viszokay Secretary. Then, Louis Novak presented a re­solution, according to which be it re­ceived by this meeting that we pro­test against the irresponsible actions of the present Hungarian govern­ment, by which every individual who for some reason does not meet with the pleasure of the authorities, and regardless of age, or sex, is sub­jected to the most brutal persecution and that entire families, whose only crime is that they refuse to bow their heads before the little and big chiefs directed by Moscow, are imprisoned NEWS From The Field ________________________ TO THE CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS The next edition of the Journal will be published on Wednesday, August 15th. News items and brief announcements will be accepted for publication in that issue until closing date, August 8th. Articles and simi­lar contributions for that issue must; reach the editor’s desk no later than August 1st. Contributions, if possible should be typewritten, on one side of the paper only, double spaced and not exceed­ing 800 words. Contributions must be signed by the author. Address all con­tributions to Verhovay Journal, 436 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. TOLEDO, O. Branch 27 BECOMES ORGANIZING DISTRICT ELECTS DISTRICT MANAGER At a meeting held on Sunday, July 8, 1951, Branch 27 in Toledo, O., took determined and courageous action to insure the accelerated progress of the branch. At this meeting, attended I by Field Manager Menr^ Rettmann, ! District Manager Leslie J. Dus, and | in the hours of night, then taken to concentration camps and finally to Russia for slave labor. He recom­mends that this Resolution be sent to two Senators of the State of Penn­sylvania with the request that they be forwarded to the State Depart­ment. The resolution is adopted by*, the meeting and National Secretary Coleman Revesz is requested to com­pose the text of the Resolution in English, which he graciously con­sented to do. Chairman then thanks Branch 89 of Homestead, Pa., for their kind hospitality, and the family of John Elek for serving such an excellent dinner. Thanking the delegates for their cooperative participation, he adjourns the meeting at 4 p.m., after the expenditures of the meeting had been determined. LOUIS NOVAK, President. GEORGE VISZOKAY, Secretary. DISTRICT 12-B Br. 71, Duquesne, Pa. The meeting of District 12-B, com­prised of Branch 71, w as held in the 1 school room of the St. Mary’s Greek Catholic Church in Duquesne, Pa., on June 9, 1951. Present were 16 mem­bers. Due to the absence of the Dis­trict President, the meeting was called by Vice-President Stephen Sabo. Af­ter a short meeting. Chairman an­nounces that nominations are in order' for the office of delegate to the Na­tional Convention. John Kucik and Stephen Hies are nominated. After a secret ballot, Stephen Illés, having received the majority of votes, is de­clared the elected delegate to the Na­tional Convention. Stephen Illés thanks the members for their confid­ence and promises to work for the benefit of the Brandi. ERNEST B. FAZEKAS, district secretary. DISTRICT 15 Logan, W. Va. Minutes taken at (he meeting of District 15, held on June 17, 1951, in Logan, W. Va. District President Vag­ner calls the meeting to order. Cor­dially welcoming the representatives iattending the meeting, he voices his regret that of the 9 branches as­signed to the district only three have July 18, 1951 Coloman Bertalan, candidate for the position of local District Manager, Julius Kerekes, Manager of Branch 27, announced to the officers and members present that due to his wrorking conditions, he is unable to secure enough new members to in­sure the satisfactory growth of thel branch. Rather than to be one to prevent the progress of the Associa­tion, he submitted his resignation to the Home Office requesting that a full-time Manager be apointed by the Home Officg in his place. Beth Field Manager Rettmann and District Manager Dus assured the members that Mr. Kerekes always was held in the highest esteem of the Home Office for the conscientious manner in which he conducted the management of the Branch, so much so, that he was offered the full-time position in the first place. Due to thd fact that he could not accept, the Home Office recommended Mr. Ber­talan for this position. The officers and members present unanimously expressed their sincere appreciation of the Association’s and the Home Office’s fraternal generos­ity in providing a full-time District Manager to serve the Toledo branch. As the President of the Branch, who had read a great deal about the con­troversy on this matter, pointed out: “We’ll never progress, unless we learn and how can we learn how this pro­gram will work out, unless we give it a fair trial?” (Continued on page 3) sent delegates to the district meet­ing. In his opinion, he states, it is the membership that deprives itself of its rights guaranteed in the By- Laws and not the Home Office dic­tators (as some have thundered for months in a certain Hungarian pa­per.) The credentials are examined. Present are the following branch­­representatives: 350, Alexander Tar­­poly, 509, Moses Domokos and 248, Andrew Vagner and John Vizi, a total of 4 delegates. Chairman calls on the district sec­retary to read the minutes of the last district session. The minutes are unanimously adopted and approved. Letters of the Home Office pertain­ing to the district meeting and from Branch 213 stating it cannot attend the meeting, are read. The meeting then discusses the re­commendations of the branches. A hospitalization insurance plan shall be set up and introduced by the Ver­hovay. The branch-manager who is appointed by the Home Office shall not be eligible to serve as delegate to either the district meeting or to the National Convention. The district opposes the reduction of the members of the Board of Directors from thir­teen to nine. No onq who ever be­longed to a subversive, extremist so­ciety, club or organization, shall be eligible to any office whatsoever. The National Convention shall rule that in the future its decisions, as those of the highest forum of the Associa­tion, shall be respected by the Board. The District does not approve of the appointment of branch managers by* the Home Office. The district does not approve of the establishment of an assistance fund. The following district officers are elected: District President Andrew Vagner from Branch 248, district sec­retary John Vizi, from Branch 248, delegate to the National Convention, John Vizi of Branch 248 and alter­nate Moses Domokos from Branch 509. There being no further matters to discuss, President thanks the re­presentatives for their understanding cooperation and expressing his hope to meet them again in four years, he adjourns the meeting. ANDREW (Continued on page 4)

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