Verhovayak Lapja, 1952 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1952 / Verhovay Journal
j PAGE 12 Verhovay POWER CITY NEWS SPRINGDALE, PA. AND VICINITY by Edward A. Mattie Branch 296 Women Members of Omaha Keep Alive Verhovay Fraternalism Journal_______ November 19, 1952 With the national elections over, the membership should now give some consideration to the branch elections. Of prime interest will be the election of a steward for the home. Due to the illness'of the present steward's mother, who assisted at the home, it was necessary for the steward, William C. Kay, to resign his position as of December 1st. Although Mr. Kay will not complete serving the year, a special election for this position will not be held. Instead, a new steward will be elected with other branch officers at the meeting on December 14th. If there are any members who may be interested in being candidates for steward, there is still time to submit your notices. Notice must be given in writing to the secretary before December 1st. Information as to the qualifications, duties and responsibilities may be obtained by contacting the branch president, Stephen Üveges. There will be other branch offices to be filled. You as a member should REALIZE the importance of ATTENDING the branch meetings. It is EQUALLY important that you be willing to accept a small part of the responsibility of a branch, office when asked to do so. Branch 296 is here for your service and pleasure. It is what YOU, the members, make it. So, take an interest and attend the election meeting on December 14th at 2:00 P.M. SUPPER The annual free supper for beneficial and social members will be held Saturday, November 29, for those members who are in good standing and who can present their membership cards. It is hoped that an orchestra can be engaged for this event, but great difficulty is beingencountered in getting one. However, orchestra or no orchestra, the supper will be held! THE BILL GÓLYA FUND At the October branch meeting, a total of $71 was donated to the Bill Gólya Fund. Of this amount, Branch 296 donated $50 and the remaining $21 was collected from the members at the meeting. Bill Gólya, a resident of Harwick, is a victim of a dreaded disease. The fund has been set up to accept public contributions to help defray the cost of the expensive hospitalization and treatments for combating Bill’s disease. Persons desiring to contribute to the Bill Gólya Fund should send their contributions to Justice of the Peace Joseph Fucci, Cheswick, Pa. Mr. Fucci is the treasurer of the fund. LADIES’ AUXILIARY The Ladies Auxiliary of Branch 296 held their regular monthly meeting on October 15. They had an excellent turnout. Their president, Mrs. Walter Wesoloski, expressed the hope that such an attendance will continue to be had at future meetings. After the meeting, a light lunch was served. The meetings are he’d the Wednesday following the regular branch meetings gach month at 8:00 P.M. BIRTHDAYS Best wishes to the following members who are observing their birthdays this month: Mrs. James Beganyi, John Blizman, Gabor Gorombei, Mrs. John Kolesar, Mrs. Anna Lengyel, Mrs. Anthony Sinicki Jr., Mrs. Miller Pish, Mrs. Rose Pomogacs, Mrs. John Radvansky, Mrs. Esther Sarkady, Mrs. Julius Telegdy, Regina Toaso. MISCELLANEOUS Birthday greetings to Mrs. Louis Wislie and to Paul Wislie, Jr. Both celebrated their birthdays in October. Paul celebrated his second with a party held at his home in Normantown on Sunday, October 19. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wislie and daughter Barbara, Mary Wesoloski and son Butch, John Andrejick, and Francis and Henry Dudzinski spent the week end of October 9 at their cottage in Erie. The fishing was great; they caught 29 fish. Now that the. fishing is over, they are looking forward to the hunting season. Their plans have been foiled, however, due to the postponement of the hunting season. Thomas McPherson celebrated his birthday October 30. A party was held in his honor and a number of his friends attended. He received many beautiful gifts. Congratulations! Two new births have blessed members during the past month. Both were in Normantown, Rd., Glassmere. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ba’ash, Jr. announced the birth of a boy, their first, on October 15. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wislie, Jr. announced the^ birth of a son. They also have a two year old daughter, Angela Rose. Louis A. Antal, Jr. attended the United Mine Workers’ Convention which was held at Cincinnati, Ohio. Several of our members are hospitalized: Joseph Bodnar, Jr. is still a patient in a Pittsburgh hospital . . . John Palmer, Sr. is a patient in the Allegheny Valley Hospital, Tarentum . . . William Wargo has been a patient for several weeks at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Aspinwali.----------a,.----------------CONTRIBUTORS TO WILLIAM GÓLYA FUND Branch 296 — Springdale, Pa. Branch 293 at its October meeting donated $50 to the WILLIAM GÓLYA FUND. William Gólya is suffering from a very serious disease. The fund will make it possible for him to be admitted to a hospital for special treatments. The October contributors were: Mrs. August Veres, Mrs. Esther Payer, Mrs. Thomas Nagy, Mrs. John Lodi, Elmer Charles, Joseph Wislie, Mrs. John Balia, Mrs. George Bauman, Sr., Edward Mattie, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Solomon, Mrs. Joseph Szalai, Mrs. James Beganyi, Mrs. Daniel Barbely, Mrs. Helen Dudzinski, Andrew Ross, Sr., William C. Kay. The total contribution was $21.00. Members who desire to contribute to this humanitarian cause should send their donations to: The WILLIAM GÓLYA FUND, c.o. Justice of the Peace Joseph Fucci, Cheswick, Pa. Fraternally EDWARD A. MATTIE Secretary^... The manager of Branch 278, Gaspar Kuti, is very much pleased and enthusiastic over the dynamic part •the feminine element of this Omaha, Nebraska branch is taking in Verhovay affairs, both within and without the branch. The women of Branch 278 have their own formal circle to satisfy their particular social needs and to render better service for the general activities of their branch. This setup of Branch 278—a division within the branch—is neither new nor strange. Some other sizable branches too have women’s clubs or groups apart from the whole. It indicates simply very close ties among the women members, and Verhovay experience has proved that branches with separate women’s groups always function successfully in general branch activities and programs. The apparent disunity is REALLY united effort by way of several channels. Just recently, on September 21st, the ladies of Branch 278 sponsored a banquet so well attended and so successful as to inspire more such events in the future. The ladies’ earnest endeavors were fully repaid — the reward of sincere interest and hard work. It is known that some of those who were absent have regretted it. Mrs. Joseph Bazar, president of Each of the four principal islands that make up Japan are used as stepping stones into Korea by the allied UN forces. Scattered throughout are military bases of every nation. With the brushing of elbows with Turks, Australians, Greeks and practically all the other represented nations, this Oriental Far East has turned into quite a place. There is one particular Australian who, I’m sure, has left an everlasting impression with both the American MPs and a Japanese restaurantkeeper. One day a pal and 1 were sitting in this restaurant idly sipping our tea (with green tea leaves), being just plain bored with the Army and hoping some excitement would occur to snap us out of our doldrums. While gazing out at the passing people and listening to the noisy clanging street cars, I noticed an Aussie soldier enter the establishment, bearing about a hundred feet of heavy rope across his shoulders. His wide brimned military hat was set over his head at a jaunty angle. From the looks of his stagger I guessed he was about three or four sheets to the wind, the result of perhaps trying to consume too many pints of the powerful Japanese brew, sake, which they refer to as beer. He very calmly walked to the rear of the place, slipped one end of the rope around the leg of the chef’s heavy food table and pulled the knot tight. The place was crowded with customers at the time and hardly anybody seemed to pay much attention to the Aussie as he politely excused and pardoned himself up the center aisle, letting out his length of rope. When I saw that rope tied to the heavy wooden table loaded down with pots, pans, kitchen utensils and the Branch 278 ladies’ group, and Gaspar Kuti, manager of Branch 278, are urging more women to join Branch 278 and the women’s club. In this invitation they are strongly supported by their fellow branch officers. The women of Branch 278 have a lot of fun together in pleasantl conversational topics, games, etc. They also share adversity together. When one of their group is ill visits are made. Their services are freely offered to bereaved families. The ladies of Branch 278 hold their meetings the second Sunday of every month. Very considerately they have timed their meetings to give the branch manager an opportunity to collect the branch dues. This is done an hour before opening of the meeting. Branch 278 of Omaha, Nebraska has a fine active group of women wisely banded together for the promotion of Verhovay fraternalism — as do the other branches with women’s clubs. Where the women are actively interested there can be no waning of Verhovay fraternalism and Verhovay social life. Let this the facts of this article be a cue to any branch wondering how to revive branch social activities. food, I sat up and sensed, with a twinkle in my eye, that something was going to happen here -that I wouldn’t miss for anything in the world. Sure enough things were about to pop when with slow deliberation the Aussie tied the other end of the rope to a halted, street car picking up passengers. The street car operator closed the doors, clanged his bell and started to motor on down the road. Inside the slack of the rope tightened and — then it happened! That huge table started coming down the middle aisle as if by magic. The place became a bed'am. The owner was screaming at the top of his lungs while the table mowed down in its path everything between it and the door. Pots and pans flew every way while customers scrambled for safety as their tables, loaded down with food, suffered mangling by the monstrous block-buster. . The force of the street car’s pull was so great that the table cama right thru the door, bringing with it also the door, door frame and the plate glass front window. In the meantime the Aussie was outside sitting on the curb — just laughing his head off. After the smoke had lifted and the Military Police arrived to straighten up the mess, I last saw the Aussie being rudely carried away under the guidance of two burly MPs. COMMUNfTY CHEST THE ARMY AND I X By PFC. STEVE MISLAY Branch 21 Youngstown, Ohio
