Verhovayak Lapja, 1952 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1952 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 2 Verhovay Journal August 20, 1952 Your branch managers are Verhovay’s minui emen (Continued from page 1) competition with other branches. In, economic situations the branch managers should be able to point out at a minute’s •notice that Verhovay loans are far better than cash surrenders! in alleviating or solving financial problems. The branch managers are continually studying changes in certificates, etc., made by the Board of Directors and the National Officer's who are ever striving to give the Verhovay membership the best in insurance and other benefits. But the business,' end of the branch managers’ duties are not all. They are .fully aware of their Verhovay social obligations as well. These facts just mentioned cover only the surface of the many actuals and incidentals facing those who would accept the) mantle of the branch managership. • Time is the high price which must be paid by the branch managers. The pursuit of their office means the giving ol valuable time. Branch managers with large branches have to fspend hours—after work because most of them are working men—getting ready the monthly report. Favorite radio and television programs are ignored by these good branch managers for the sake of Verhovay, or a drive with the family to enjoy the country in the early evening, for the evening is when meetings are held, when prospects are looked up, etc. 'Then there are more hours for the collection of dues, delivery of claim payments, etc. As just stated, the good branch managers want their branches to grow in membership, so out they go to talk Verhovay and investigate leads. TIME. Time is divided according to personal interests. The branch managers; have a VERY IMPORTANT division of time. It is VERHOVAY TIME. Perhaps the most convincing way to measure the love which the branch manager's hold for Verhovay is to realize that they are doing their jobs in the best interests of the members. This fact is further realized in knowing that these men and women are INDEPENDENT agents whose Verhovay mission is based on LOVE OF FRATERNALISM. They are FREE in this case of the exigencies of livelihood, therefore their efforts are VOLUNTARY. We have attempted to show briefly what the Verhovay branch managers are made of and how much the members may expect of them. Since they ARE individuals with their ■own particular personal traits, it is simply impossible to attempt to name the manifold “extras” dispensed by the branch managers. Suffice it to say that LOVE FOR VERHOVAY and NOT ulterior motives prompts the branch managers to work WILLINGLY and LOYALLY. The members should — how could anyone be indifferent toward a benefactor — appreciate all the good works of the branch managers and respect them for their faithful services. But they should do MORE than just appreciate these effortsi and respect the persons for them. THEY SHOULD COOPERATE WITH THE BRANCH MANAGERS This can be done by paying dues regularly and on time, by attending the branch meetings, by presenting Verhovay inquiries and problems clearly and awaiting the solutions thereof patiently, by not making mountains out of mole hills, such as making big issues out of the occasional errors that slip into the detailed reports .submitted by the branch managers, by exercising consideration when calling at the homes of the branch managers, by •offering service on committees when branch socials are contemplated. And finally, cooperation can be given the branch managers in another, a very concrete way. HELP THE BRANCH MANAGERS SECURE MORE NEW MEMBERS. Among the desires nearest the hearts of the branch managers! is their strong wish to increase the ranks of their own branches, and, it follows, the membership of the Association. Don’t just remain members yourselves and turn your children over, as it were, to other insurance organizations. Let your branch managers write them up for one or more of the many very beneficial classes of insurance Verhovay has to offer’. BE CONSISTENT IN THIS MATTER. DON'T BE A HALF VERHOVAY FAMILY; BE A 100% VERHOVAY FAMILY. Let your branch managers sell you and yours additional or new insurance. And if you know of any prospects, contact your branch managers not today, not tomorrow, BUT IM-. MEDIATELY. It is true the Verhovay branch managers of today want to do a good job for all of us. HELP THEM! So if you want more insurance, or new insurance for your children, or you know of prospects, let your VERHOVAY FRIENDS, the BRANCH MANAGERS, know your insurance needs. The branch managers will appreciate your interest. The boost you give them is a boost for you and a boost for Verhovay— a chain reaction in the Verhovay network. The importance of the branch managers is fully recognized by the Convention, the Board of Directors and the National Officers. The branch managers occupy, perhaps, first) place in the considerations and deliberations of the Convention. Never does the Board of Director's convene at their regular, semiannual meetings without giving the branch managers a high place in their discussions. And the National Officers always treat visiting branch managers, be they of large or small branches, with courtesy and kindness in deference to their key function in Verhovay branch life. The Field Supervisors and District Managers, who are the immediate overseers! of the branch managers, know too that their own success depends in no small measure on the caliber of their branch managers. The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association is divided into units called branches. The life of these same branches is centered around the branch managers. Respect your branch managers and COOPERATE with them. * Remember they are the heart beat of the Association. Now is the time to get vour Bowling Program started r (Continued from page 1) Avenue, McKees Rocks, Pa. Mr. Diliinger, who is Verhovay’s tournament secretary, is secretary of the City Bowling Association of Pittsburgh. Years ago, when we began our bowling tournaments, it was the aforesaid bowling association, and chiefly Mr. Diliinger, who gave us the technical advise essential to the organization and promotion of our tournaments. We have written above about American Bowling Congress sanction — for male bowlers. However, the same information holds true for women bowlers except that their sanction is’ under the auspices of the Women’s International Bowling Congress. The W.I.B.C. maintains City Bowling Associations! for the women bowlers over all the country, just as the A.B.C. does for the male bowlers. Contact with any of the officials of any of the City Bowling Associations may be made very easily, as suggested above. The National Executive Committee, consisting of Vice- President Dr. Andrew Kovács, Chairman, Directors Richard J. Phillips and Gay B. Banes, and National Auditor John Sabo, Tournament Administrator, has a meeting scheduled for August, in Pittsburgh, at which time the new rules and regulations will be adopted and the tournament site for 1953 will be considered. The meeting will be held at this time so that the 1953 National Verhovay Fellowship Days program may be presented to the Board of Directors at its September semiannual meeting. The members are requested to follow the Verhovay Journal and the Verhovayak Lapja for developments concerning; the site of next year’s tournament and for the rules and regulations thereof. At present about six cities are being considered, any one of which has a fair chance of getting the tournament. Of course there will be some disappointments! for those who do not get the bid. However, we must be content and bear in mind that there is always another year when fortune may smile our way. Every member may feel sure that the site selected by the National Executive Committee and approved by the Board of Directors will be chosen in the best interests of the Association’s hundreds of bowlers. Every branch is requested to survey the possibilities of organizing tenpin bowling teams or leagues as soon as possible so as to be represented at the 1953 National Verhovay Fellowship Days 10th Annual National Tenpin Bowling Tournament. Jump on the band wagon that slowly is becoming the largest turnout of sports loving fraternal-minded members in the country. Organize your teams today so that they may produce winners at the 1953 Verhovay bowling tournament. DO YOU KNOW? Largely due to purification of water, the typhoid fever death rate in the United States has been reduced from 35 per 100,000 of population as of fifty years ago, to 1 per 100,000 today. LAUGH! “Won’t you have something more, Tommy?*’ “No, thank you, I’m full.’’ “Well, then, put some fruit and cakes in your pockets to eat on the way home.’’ “No, thank you, they’re full, too.”
