Verhovayak Lapja, 1954 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1954 / Verhovay Journal
Welcome Members of the Board of Directors toSpring Meeting PAGE 1 Verhovay WELCOME BOARD OF DIRECTORS It’s no secret that the first semiannual meeting' of the Board of Directors in 1954 will convene Monday morning at 10 o’clock, March 22, at the Home office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Neither is it a secret that these honored gentlemen, leaders of our strong and progressive society, shall be welcomed with open arms. The National Officers have a fine record of production and operations to unfold for their examination and analysis. The Board of Directors will see unfolded a bapner year of progress, a year in which we attained many new records. 1953 saw new life insurance totaling nearly ,3i million dollars, placed on the lives of our members. It - was a year in which our assets grew almost 1 million dollars. It was also a year in which our insurance in force grew nearly U million dollars. Our financial standing became even stronger, and many of our members, or their beneficiaries, received benefits close to 1 million dollars, in one form or another and on time without delay, as per the terms of the membership certificates. Total benefits paid to our members and beneficiaries reached 1^e all-time high — over 155 million dollars. Besides the progress that was made financially and membership-wise, the Directors will have an opportunity to review the favorable advances made in the fraternal activities of our Verhovay. Certainly these august leaders will look well into the plans that are crystallizing for the coming 1 lth Annual National Verhovay Bowling Tournament and 19.14 National Verhovay Fellowship Days, to be held May 29—30 in New York. The Board of Directors will, no doubt, add its blessings to the proclaiming of these festivities as * Eastern Verhovay Recognition Days, a special tribute to our Eastern Branches. These and many other matters will be on the agenda of the next Board of Directors meeting. We ask Almighty God to bless with His guidance and wisdom the Board of Directors. WELCOME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE FEEL AT HOME! FAITH IS THE WAY TO FREEDOM John Foster Dulles, U. S. Secretary of State, spoke at the First Presbyterian Church at Watertown, in the State of New York, on October 11, 1953. The occasion was a special service to commemorate the 150tb anniversary of the religious institution’s founding. Mr. Dulles received his early religious training at this church, in which his father served as minister for 16 years. The following are excerpts from the address he made at the commemorative service. A Government Based On Faith “• • • Our American political institutions are what they are because our founders were deeply religious people. As soon as a community was founded, a church was built. This church is an example. “Where a community was founded, its members developed practices and ways of life which reflected their belief that there is a God. “They believed that God is the Author of a moral law which all can know and should obey. They believed that He imparts to each human being a spiritual dignity and worth which all should respect. “The founders of .America sought to reflect these truths in their political institutions, seeking thus that God’s will should be done on earth...” Man Is A Spiritual Being “The terrible things that, are happening in some pttfts of the world are due to the fact that political and social practices have been separated from spiritual content. “That separation is almost total in the Soviet communist world. There, the rulers hold a materialistic creed which denies the. existence of moral law. “It denies that men are spiritual beings. “It denies that there are any such things as eternal verities. “As a result, the Soviet institutions treat human beings as primarily important from the standpoint of how much they can be made to produce for the glorification of the State. “Labor is essentially slave labor, working to build up the military and material might of the State so that those who rule can assert ever greater and more frightening power.” Americans Share Their Ideals “Our forebears .... created here a society of material, intellectual, and spiritual richness . .. “It was not selfishly designed. It was designed for others as well as ourselves. Journal “We sought through conduct, example, and influence to promote everywhere the cause pf human freedom. “Through missionaries, physicians, educators, and merchants the American people carried their ideas and ideals to others. “They availed of every opportunity to spread their gospel of freedom — their good news — throughout the world .. . “There is no despotism in the world which can stand up against the impact of such a gospel. ‘"That needs to be remembered today. “Our best reliance is not more and bigger bombs, but a way of life which reflects religious faith ...” But ... Faith Cannot Be Suppressed “The greatest weakness of our opponents is that they are professed materialists.. ‘ They have forcibly extended their rule over some 800,000,000 people, a third of the world’s population. They are seeking to make these people into a pliant, physical mass which completely conforms to the will of the rulers. “But these people are religious people and they are patriotic people. They have shown that over the centuries. “We believe that the Soviet rulers are attempting the impossible when they attempt to subject such people to their materialistic and repressive rule. “We believe that the subject peoples have faith and hopes which cannot indefinitely be suppressed . . .” Religion Preserves Faith “The way to get faith is to expose oneself to the faith of others. "It is not only diseases that are contagious. “Faith is contagious. “A strong faith, rooted in fact and in reason, inevitably spreads if contacts are provided. “If therefore, we want spiritual strength, we must maintain contact with those who have it. . .” The Great Prophets Inspire “As our churches, synagogues and other places of worship carry an ever greater share of vital responsibility, they should be strongly supported by all our citizens, for they all profit from the institutions which faith inspires . . . “We are tgught here the lessons drawn from the story of the great prophets and disciples of the past. “Let us maintain spiritual communion with them. “Let us draw faith and inspiration from their lives. “Let us aet as we kjiow they would want us to act... “Then we, in our turn, will play worthily our part in keeping alight the flame of freedom . . .” (United States Information Service) March 17, 1954 REPRINT ST. ELISABETH OF HUNGARY — CATHOLIC PARISH DUNDAS and SPADINA, TORONTO WA. 4149 February 13, 1954 COLOMAN REVESZ, NATIONAL SECRETARY VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 436 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PENNSYLVANIA Dear Mr. Revesz: There was great joy in the Hungarian School today when I distributed the new Hungarian readers. You should have seen the gleaming little faces. They each took the new book home to show it to their parents. Thank you once more for the great help in sending us these books. May God repay you a hundredfold and may you continue this noble work. Sincerely yours, (Signed) Sister Xaver ia (Editor’s Note: Your letter is so kind we felt we should reproduce it in our publication. The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association believes it is doing something worth while in distributing these Hungarian primers to interested schools, organizations and individuals.) official’ notice Branch 90, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Branch 98, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, are since March 1, 1954 under the management of Traveling District Manager Tibor D. Jasz, former district manager of Buffalo, New York. Mr. Jasz succeeds former district manager Alexander Waller who is no longer in the employ of Verhovay. * * * Branch 383, Buffalo, New’ York, is since March 1, 1954 under the management of District Manager Kalman J. Erdeky. . Mr. Erdeky succeeds Traveling District Manager Tibor D. Jasz who was transferred to manage Branch 90, Allentown, Pennsylvania and Branch 98, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. * * The members of the branches above mentioned are urged to cooperate with their new leaders. —The HOME OFFICE
