Verhovayak Lapja, 1952 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1952 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 8 VerhovayJournal December 17, 1952 ,r THE ARMY AND I By PFC. STEVE MISLAY Branch 21 Youngstown, Ohio A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to each and every Verhovay member, their friends and relatives. May your aches and pains be gone with the old year, and in its stead Health, Wealth and Happiness . . . A million thanks to our members for the grand job they did in my behalf aa candidate for state representative. I didn’t win because of the trend, but I did, receive 219,000 votes, just a few thousands short of election. Tranks again. The 45th year anniversary dinner of Branch 45 was a tremendous success. Many Verhovay dignitaries were there, and the dinner itself was a ■feast fit for the gods. Louis Bodnar was the master of ceremonies. He did an excellent job. Emery Keszie, was everywhere, making guests feel at home. We saw and talked with Dr. Andrew Kovács, Verhovay director and veep, John Nagy, recreation commissioner of the City of Cleveland, Joseph Drotog, president of Branch 14, Joseph Szabó, district manager of Detroit, National President "John Bencze, and many others. Did you miss the Verhovay Sport Club’s fish dinner? Because, if you did, you must try to come to our February fish dinner next year. Our girls really hit the ball'on the dinner. Chief cooks were Mrs. Mary Bodnar, Mrs. Betty Knapp, Mrs. Ann Pinter, Mrs. Helen Oravis, Mrs. Melvina Hegedűs, and Miss Virginia Oravis was our chief dish washer with her sister Patty helping too, just three years eld. Marge Cowan, Ann Munko, John Knapp, Tony Pinter and Ted Beres were the waitresses and waiters. President Joseph Semetko sold 'tickets, Frank Oravis and Yours Truly were at refreshments. Florence Marson and Terry Gutka helped wash dishes. A nice crowd of about 150 attended. Our entertainment chairman, Frank Oravis, brought a record player and excellent records. It was music by the masters and pleasing to the sense of hearing. Frank really piaster-minded that one. We are wondering when Sigismund Kadar is going to take that fourth step? Good luck to Mr. and Mrs. Steve (Susie) Piscalko in their new home on Nelson Avenue, off East 93d Street, Cleveland. We heard that B. F. G. Television aims to back a Verhovay team to the Toledo Verhovay tournament. Stephen Szabó, formerly of Grand Dairy, is the manager. Also thru the grape vine, Gene Totb of St. John’s will send ■a team. It looks like abopt twenty or more teams from Cleveland for ,the tournament. Carl and Lillian Pertz have moved to our baliwick, the 29th ward of Cleveland, near 125 and Buckeye Road. Welcome. Oscar Ffederau bought himself a jalopy. Paul Bolesic became a hermit. Bert and Marge Luscik promised me a plum tree. Now all I need is a pear tree, a hickory tree, etc. Zolié Szabó recently terminated his employment with the city and is now earning his living in private industry. Thru the grape vine we heard that our esteemed manager of the Verhovay bought himself a butcher shop on East 82 and Woodland, and has his own employees there under his personal supervision whenever he can get away from Verhovay. Good luck, Nick Yuhas, in your pew venture. We met at our place of employment another Verhovay member, Joseph Semock, electrician in Department 802, General Motors. We heard that Mike Kontur, brother of George, bought himself a $1,000 Verhovay certificate. Welcome into the great Verhovay family, Mike. How about two or three bowlingteams to the Toledo tournament, Dr. Kovács? From the West side? Frank Szappanos, Cleveland’s leading Hungarian radio announcer on WDOK, has remodeled his home to include a radio and music shop in front of his house, also a soundproof room to make recordings. We wish him all the success in the world. Frank has always donated his services to any and all Hungarian doings. Our condolence to the Turek family on the loss of their daughter and granddaughter. The Bodnar family, Joseph, Mary and son Jimmy, can hardly wait for the Verhovay tournament. Jimmy feels that he is going to average at least 200 and his mother at least 150. Nice going. The Verhovay Sports Club meeting was somewhat hectic. The members almost voted down the Christmas party. Why? Because about one fourth of the members never do any thing, but they come to the free shindigs anyway. The fish dinner held November 7th shewed a profit of about $70.00. On behalf of the club, we wish to thank Steven Flowers for the beautifully arranged flowers they sent. We thank Frank Szappanos for having given us a nice send-off on his radio program. We thank John Hricho for having sponsored our tickets. Frank Oravis, entertainment chairman, has promised a nice program which includes showing of movies, accordian playing by his daughter Virginia, vocal numbers, Christmas carols by the audience, pifts will be exchanged and there will be prizes for the children, plus much in the way of food and drinks. We promise a good time. And last but not least, a mistletoe. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20th IS THE DATE, AT THE VERHOVAY HOME. Before we close, we should like to compliment the ’ bowling committee on the setup as we read it in the Journal. Ex Animo, JOSEPH J. HORVATH c. o. Verhovay Home 8637 Buckeye Road Cleveland 4, Ohio----------•-*$$*»---------O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary, And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wond’ring love. O morning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth! And praises sing to God the King, And peace to men on earth. “Korea, the most God-forsaken garden spot in a remote corner of the earth . ..” One of the mildest expressions ever uttered by a UN trooper in his sum-up of Korea. To the average GI sitting in a bunker on the front line, Korea is nothing, 'absolutely nothing. No matter what manner psychological Gung-Ho or explanations of what or why we’re fighting the Reds, Korea to him is still nothing. Whenever á trooper wishes to rib a pal he will immediately start comparing his home state with Korea, saying, “Your state and Korea sáme-o same-o” (meaning same same). Any dig or joke concerning' Korea is sure to receive a laugh. Out here the two main topics of conversation are R&R and rotation. R&R is Rest and Recuperation of seven glorious days in Japan, seven days of just taking it easy and getting away from it all. Then upon everyones, lips we hear of rotation, rotation, rotation. I’ll Bet there isn’t a trooper in Korea who, if evei; asked how many rotation points he has, would without a moments hesitation blurt out his accumulated total. To belong to the select four pointers club you must either be in /the Infantry or some other fighting unit that is under . constant eneiv^y shelling. These people receive four points and forty-five dollars a month combat pay. I myself, being assigned to a supporting searchlight field illumination outfit, receive only three points a month. Believe me the one point difference is greater then the mere thousands of yards separating the Infantry from our searchlights. Although we’re under intense artillery barrages, those lads in front! of us in the trenches annd bunkers j are the ones who actually face thej cold reality of life and death. They earn everyone of those four points and forty-five dollars combat pay. If ever you pass a GI wearing a blue Combat Infantryman’s badge on his tunic, you are gazing upon a hero. Those blue badges of courage designate many sacrifices, untold sufferings and hardships. In my estimation, a true combat tale can only be spun by the wearer of a blue badge of courage. We of the searchlights are sometimes referred to as the moonbeams by beth the Infantry and the Artillery. With a 800,000,000 candle power beam illuminating- from each mammoth searchlight beacon, you sometimes have the feeling that you’re playing a somehat small but important role in providing the spotlight upon the stage of the “greatest show on earth,” where unfolded before you the forces of good' and evil áje enacting perhaps the greatest drama of all man kind, the struggle of humanity over communism. Excuse me, Dear Reader, if I sound as if I’m beating the drum and waving the flag. But with this winter siege setting in and the . CHRISTMAS season upon us, I ask you to remember in your hearts and prayers the many troopers who this '-Christmas won’t be home enjoying the wonderful holiday spirit. A cold wet foxhole is a far cry from the warmth of a blazing fireplace. The faces he sees and the sounds he hears won’t be of his loved ones whose radiant glow from the gayly decorated Christmas tree reflect the holiday joy, and the merriment of their voices ring out the glad tidings of “Merry Christmas,” From the mountain front in North Korea 1 bid all you kind readers a very Merry Christmas. God bless you all! MeW jobs and old for Santas Seals * tböí no. « cally, as more patients ar bospital beds ate problems are crMed!Wt*J* needed ... more rai ^ Christmas Seal dollars help in rehabihiiati ilQ Y - kms thr0ugh popi> S^ÄSSSl education, cate «*. « "Ä*.—» rm “”'*ra "*'• the fight against TB a winning one. Bun Christmas Seals!
