Verhovayak Lapja, 1952 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1952 / Verhovay Journal

June 18, 1952

Verhovay Journal

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1952 VERHOVAY BEAUTY QUEENS

Three impartial judges, none of them members of Verh°vayi selected the young ladies shown above to reign over the 1952 Verhovay tournament. The Verhovay beauty queen is Miss Dorothy Nagy, center, while her attendants are Miss Hehs of Cleveland, Ohio and Miss Irene \igosky of Reaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The beauty contest created so much interest that it was one of the highspots of the three-day affair. Congrat.uiitions .(to the three beautiful queens. Frankly we would like to add that the judges had a very difficult time selecting the winners because there were so many beautiful Verhovay ladies present.

NINTH ANNUAL NATIONAL BOWLING

TOURNAMENT

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ments. Miss Porkoláb sang “Indian Love Call” in Hungarian, and after a lusty encore Jerome Kern’s “Make Believe”.

Then came the climax of the evening, the address by Governor Frank J. Lausche of Ohio, who, we are happy to say, is one of us for he is a member of Branch 14, Cleveland, Ohio. The Governor first of all thanked the Toastmaster for his kind introduction and compliments. Then he recited humorous episodes in his political career. Governor Lausche gradually became serious and assumed a gravity in his words and expression when he denounced Communism and accused it of spreading political! cancer. He contrasted the unfortunate lot of the slave nations with the wonderful freedom that is ours in this country. Governor Lausche, in ringing voice begged the audience not to take their liberties for granted, hut to be ever on guard, to be appreciative, to strive toward freeing the) peoples of the world who thirst and hunger for peace and freedom. He specifically called attention to the vast difference in the national, political end cultural life of the Hungarians in America in sharp contrast to their subjugated brethren in Hungary. “But,” said the Governor, “Dictatorships can not kill the desire for freedom and its ultimate fulfillment.” He continued, “Dictators come to a tragic end.” The deep sincerity of the Governor’s address kept the listeners spellbound. Governor Lausche ended his speech by thanking all the Verhovay members for their kind reception and attention. The Governor's words were so deeply felt that the applause ihat followed lasted for minutes.

In lighter vein again, Cleveland singer Frank Szappanos vocalized “Play Gypsy, Dance Gypsy.”

After the singing Toastmaster Sabo read of the names of the officers of Branch 129 and the Verhovay Home, who are Louis Miller, President; Lcuis Peterfy, Honorary president; Andrew Guyer, Vice-president; David George, Branch Manager; Michael Peterfy, Branch, Recording Secretary;

Andrew Dobos, Comptroller; Mike Deri, Sr., Auditor; Charles Boso, Treasurer of the Home; Louis Tokár, Home Recording Secretary; Charles Stimpfle, Fred Neff, John Binder, John Posa, Steve Deri, Directors; George Tokár, Home Manager; Joseph Fodor, Attorney. Applause greeted each name.

Introduction of Columbus’ Mayor James A. Rhodes, who the previous day proved himself to be an expert bowler, was made. He had arrived a few minutes earlier. ^ I 4*1!'

Continuing the musical interludes for the listening pleasure of the assembled Verhovay members and the guests, the Toastmaster introduced Joseph Erdélyi, “tárogató” player of Pocahontas, Va., member of Branch 23 of that city. Mr. Erdeyi’s plaintive Magyar airs on that difficult Hungarian musical instrument were highly appreciated, judging from the hearty applause he received. The “tárogató” is as Magyar as our good members down Pocahontas way.

This was followed by a long series of introductions as follows:

The Officialdom of Verhovay and Their Wives.

National President John Bencze and Mrs. Bencze, National Secretary Colomar. Revesz and Mrs. Revesz, also their daughter Maria, National

TWO OF THE BEAUTY QUEEN JUDGES

MISS FERN SHARPE, left and MISS COLEEN O’GRADY are photographed together. They were two of the judges who selected the three Verhovay Beauty Queens. Miss Sharpe is one of Columbus’ finest and most popular newspaper, television and radio personalities. A daily feature of the Ohio State Journal is her column “Sharp” Comments. She also has a daily telecast “Sharp Comments” over WBNS-TV. Miss O’Grady is Miss Ireland of 1950-51, having played in such places as the Waldorf Astoria, Astor Hotel, Latin Quarter, Chappies, Skiollas and Loews theaters. She was with the Scala Opera Company and had the lead role in Vagabond King and Merry Widow. The third member of the judges’ crew was Mr. Robert L. Pfeiffer, Manager of the Deshler-Wallick Hotel who unfortunately was so busy that he could not be photographed with ■'the other two judges. We certainly owe a lot of thanks to the judges for a fine job performed under difficult circumstances because there were so many lovely Verhovay ladies present at the tournament.

Treasurer John Szalanczy, Mrs. Sabo, wife of National Auditor John Sabo; Vice-President Julius Macker, Vice-President Dr. Andrew J. Kovács, Director- Gay B. Banes and Mrs. Banes, also daughter Sandra, Director Aloysius C. Falussy, Director Henry Gross, Director Alexander Gyulay, Director Albert Ibos, Director Coloman Kolozsvary and Mrs. Kolozsvary, Director Stephen Lang, Director Richard J. Phillips and Mrs. Phillips, Director Joseph Turner and Mrs. Turner, Director Louis Vizi, Director John Vizzi and Mrs. Vizzi; Chairman of the Auditing Committee Gaspai Papp, Secretary of the Auditing Committee William C. Kohut and Mrs. Kohut, Member of the Auditing Committee Andrew Bandy and Mrs. Bandy; Legal Counsel Stephen Matasy and Mrs. Matasy.

Pull Time Field Workers, Their Wives. Elmer Charles, Leslie Dus, Gabriel Nameth and Mrs. Nameth, Joseph Toma, Field Supervisors; Colonian Bertalan and Mrs. Bertalan, John Fulop and Mrs. Fulop, Tibor Jász, Joseph Szabó, District Managers.

The Press. Several of the Hungarian publications sent representatives to the Verhovay Ninth Annual National Bowling Tournament and the National Verhovay Fellowship Days. There certainly was a wealth of journalistic material for them to gather. Reporting our great event were: Andrew Fay Fisher, publisher and editor of the “Magyar Bányászlap” also Pittsburgh representative of the “Szabadság”; Eugene Szebedinszky, Pittsburgh publisher and editor of the “Magyarság,” also representative of the “Népszava”; John Kelemen, former Verhovay director, publisher and editor of the Dayton, Ohio “Magyar Híradó; Alex Gondos, dean of the Hungarian, newspaper writers, reporter for thle “Szabadság”; Frank Fo-ldi of the “Wisconsin! Magyarság”, also representing the national headquarters of the Rákóczi Aid Association of Bridgeport, Conn. The Zurlinden, Inc., public relations and publicity firm, represented the English newspapers on a local,state and nationwide basis. On hand were C. Peter Zurlinden, President, and Köbért Husted, Vice-President. The National Executive Tournament Committee wishes to thank all those mentioned here and all others who helped publicize our affair. Never before have we had such publicity — the entire country knew of our affair and followed ev^jry news item pertaining thereto. Truly this created a Hungarian consciousness. The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association is deeply grateful to all the newspapers and otherpublications for their good will and cooperation. Thank you sincerely, Members of the press!

Columbus Churches and Societies. Rev. Joseph Marsaik©, Pastor, Mrs. Marsalko, Alex Szabó, Chief Elder, Hungarian Evangelical and Reformed Church; Steve Pirik, Representative, St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church; John Chidder, President, The American Hungarian Grand Committee, The Hungarian Dramatic Club; John Pataki, President, Branch 130, Rákóczi Ai£ Association; Joseph Fodor, President, Columbus Branch, American Hungarian Reformed Federation; Martin Locsos, President, Reformed Aid Society of Columbus; Mrs. Steve Pirik, President, Branch 129, Verhovay Ladies Club; Mrs. Sophie Olah, President, Lorantffy Zsuzsanna Society.

Our music-il benefactor, Miss Mathilda Patrick, owner of the famous Detroit Hungarian Village, who was resoundingly cheered for her kindness in loaning to us her very excellent musicians, the Ziggy Bela orchestra.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sabo of Chicago, proprietors of Sabo’s Sporting- Goods. The beautiful trophies and medals were secured from them, and they'

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