Verhovayak Lapja, 1952 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1952 / Verhovay Journal
VOL. XXXV. 51 AUGUST 20, 1952 NO. 8 NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR BOWLING PROGRAM STARTED Year after year bowling becomes the favorite sports pastime for more and more people. The entertainment and relaxation that this form of pleasant exercise offers has proved beneficial from a physical and mental standpoint not only to the young but to the old as well. The increasing popularity of the sport is sufficient evidence that it is being accepted by men and women young- and old. Nine years ago the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association started its program of tenpin bowling for the benefit of a few member's who clamored for fraternal activity along thi$ line. The originators of the program did not realize, we are certain, that it would be accepted so widely and so wholeheartedly by the members of our association. Today tenpin bowling is our national sport, adopted by our National Convention of 1947; its hold upon the membership is becoming firmer, in fact we can be sure that it is with us to stay. The history of the bowling tournaments is testimony of the love for the program. With each year more members are added to the swelling number of bowling enthusiasts, and what is more, each tournament brings with it more and more spectators many of whom in turn in the ensuing year become bowlers themselves. It is somewhat of a welcome cycle — expose yourself to bowling as a spectator this year and more than likely you will be a Verhovay bowler the following year. Each year, after the conclusion of the bowling tournament, inquiries are received at the home office from members seekinginformation pertaining to getting a bowling team or league started. Every request is seriously considered and every effort is made to admit newcomers into the ranks of the Verhovay bowler's. The National Executive Committee has helped many branches in organizing teams or leagues, and the cooperation extended to all seeking this assistance has benefited us in the manner of increased numbers of bowling enthusiasts. This year the National Executive Committee caused the printing of this article in advance of the opening of the regular bowling sports season so that early notice would be extended to all the branches, thereby giving them ample time to organize their teams and leagues. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR BOWLING TEAM ORGANIZED! If your branch does not have a tenpin bowling team but would like to form one this year, the proper place to turn for assistance is your City Bowling Association. The City Bowling Association is a branch of the American Bowling Congress, similar in respect to what your own branch is to the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. City Bowling Associations are located in almost every city, town, or village whrere bowling alley establishments exist. Each association has a regular body of officers, president, secretary, treasurer, .etc. These men regulate the tenpin bowling activity1 of their locality in the interests of the American Bowling Congress. They are in these positions to help all male bowlers in the organization of bowling teams and bowling leagues. Their officers, principally the secretary, will give whatever aid is necessary to help your branch properly organize its team or teams. They will also help you organize your own bowling league if you have four or more teams in your branch. If you have only one team and you want to find an A.B.C. sanctioned league which will admit your team to league membership, these officials will render this service too. No problem is too small or too large for them; they are serving to help all tenpin bowlers to organize and play under the sanction of the American Bowling Congress. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO CONTACT THE OFFICIALS .OF YOUR LOCALITY’S CITY BOWLING ASSOCIATION, VISIT ANY ONE OF YOUR BOWLING ALLEYS. THE PROPRIETOR OR MANAGER WILL BE QUITE WILLING TO GIVE YOU THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OFFICIAL TO CONTACT. Just for the sake of example, in the Pittsburgh district any branch wishing to organize a team or league should contact R. R. Diliinger, 1729 Chartiers (Continued on page 2) YOUR BRANCH MANAGERS ARE VERHOVAY’S MINUTEMEN They Want 100% Verhovay Families “The manager shall conduct all official correspondence of the branch, shall keep all branch records, shall administer all properties of the Association in the possession of the branch according to the provisions of the by-laws and rules issued under their power. He shall keep a regular set of books of all receipts and disbursements. His principal duty shall be the collection of membership dues, the acquisition of new members and the maintenance of membership.” The excerpt above is taken from our Constitution and By-Laws of the Association, and, in effect, reveals in condensed form the duties and obligations of the Verhovay branch managers. But such abridgment can not give a true picture. Only! a knowledge of the details of the branch managership can illuminate the scope of its tasks and lend proper acknowledgment thereto. Who are the Verhovay branch managers? They are the men — and there are some women among them too — who have voluntarily accepted the big responsibility of fulfilling in their best way the most active, the most time-demanding and the most taken-for-granted branch office, the position of branch manager. They are largely middle-aged, a few elderly, but an increasing number of young men and women are showing Ver-, hovay interest by taking over the reins of this key branch office. As private members of their branches, the branch managers were rightfully numbered among the more active and more enthusiastic of the members. They wanted to do more than just pay their dues and attend branch meetings out of .sheer necessity. They sought vigorous participation in branch life, both business and social, and in the activities of the Association as a whole. They desired to help their fellow branch members and to sponsor any movement that would promote the growth and prosperity of Verhovay. They were truly VERHOV AY-CONSCIOUS. These extra acts of Verhovay love and loyalty, over and above the requirements of membership, were soon noted by their fellow branch members and cognizance thereof was taken by the ever-observing Home Office. Thus was and thus are made Verhovay Branch managers, CORE OF VERHOVAY FRATERNALISM. Their very title bespeaks their leadership qualities. The branch managers are ALL leaders, in varying degrees of course, but nevertheless' LEADERS. The branch managers are beset with many problems. Consider some of them. Together with the branch presidents! they seek meeting sites centrally or conveniently located for the majority of the members, and, heedless of any possible disadvantages to their own time, they choose meeting hours most popular with their members. Often the branch mana-i gers experience the keen disappointment of seeing only a few members show up for the meetings. When they go to collect dues they are sometimes put off until the next month, or they make repeat calls before finding members at home. It is known that branch managers at times have paid dues out of their own pockets to save worthy members from lapsing because of financial difficulties, forgetfulness, etc. And too it happens not infrequently that in the midst of dinner with their families the branch managers hear the ringing, buzzing or chiming of the door bell. It’s no surprise. They’re used) to it. Some late payer has come, or perhaps a member with a myriad of questions concerning, let us say, sick benefit. But this is accepted philosophically by the branch managers. They well know there is a negative side to being branch mana-i ger. As the diplomats they must be, the branch managers must keep peace within their own branches, must convince! dissenting members that quitting Verhovay is unwise and solves nothing, must maintain cordial relations and friendly (Continued on page 2)
