Verhovayak Lapja, 1955 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1955 / Verhovay Journal
YES, IT’S ALSO VERHOVAY FELLOWSHIP DAYS PAGE 4 Verhovay Journal April 20, 1955. Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal insurance Ass n. OFFICI OF PUBLICATION 7907 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: JOHN SABO Editor’« Office: 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 18, FA. Telephone: COurt 1-8454 or 1-3455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 486—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 18, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada __________________ $1.00 a year Foreign Countries _________________________$1.50 a year Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 8, 1879. OFFICIAL NOTICE The Board of Directors of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association held a special meeting on Saturday, February 19, 1955 to decide certain matters pertaining to this year’s convention. The merger negotiations with the Rákóczi Aid Association brought forth a previous decision from the Boards of Directors of each society that each organization would convene its National Convention on the same date, July 11, 1955, to act upon the Merger Agreement which was agreed upon by the Joint Merger Committee and approved unanimously by the Boaids of Directors of each association. The Rákóczi’Aid Association presented to the Insurance Department of the State of Connecticut its ren.iest that the change of dete of its convention from June 6 to July 11 "he approved. The Insurance Department did not approve the request, pointing out that the insurance laws required the Rákóczi Aid Association to hold its convention every fourth year and that the Rákóczi Bylaws did rot give the Board of Directors the right to amend +he Bylaws. As a result, the Rákóczi Aid Association’s National Convention shall convene on Monday, June 6, 1955, at Bridgeport, Connecticut. In view of the afc-restated developments, the Verhovay Board of Directors convened at a special session on February 19, 1955. After due deliberation, the Board of Directory of our Association decided it could not call the Verhovay Convention together on June 6. However, with three dissenting votes, it approved having the Merger Agreement submitted to the 1951 National Convention Delegates for a referendum vote, and it also instructed the National President and the National Secre-. tary to carry out its wishes without delay. The Board of Directors further decided that the regular quadrennial convention cf the society be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, beginning September 12, as per our Bylaws. It is our belief and our hope that the delegates who were members of the 1951 National Convention shall approve the merger and that such approval then would leave the matter up to the Rákóczi Convention for final disposition. Should both organizations approve the merger, all that shall re main to effect officially the merger is the approval and signing of the Merger Agreement by the Insurance Commissioners of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. In such event we naturally believe that the Verhovay Convention which shall convene on September 12 will dispose of its business within one or two days, and that on the third dav the delegates of the recessed Rákóczi National Convention shall be on hand to proceed jointly with the Verhovay delegates under the new banner of the William Penn Fraternal Association. The joint convention shall have to approve the new Bylaws, shall elect the National Officers, Directors and National Auditing Committee Members who were nominated at the convention of each society. It shall also be the duty of the joint convention to lay down the fundamental and guiding principles and rules for the ensuing four years. THE HOME OFFICE TENSIONS WITHIN THE SOVIET CAPTIVE COUNTRIES — HUNGARY — to be continued in our next issue. Notice to Our Milwaukee Members Milwaukee, Wisconsin Branches 275 and 475 united on April 1, 1955 under the name “Branch 275”. Managing the new Branch 275 is District Manager Peter Petruska, 525 North 63 Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; telephone Greenfield 6-605S. Scenes at John Bencze Testimonial Dinner (Story :n Th’s issue' National President John Bencze, Mrs. Paul Köteles Hudacek (also honored 1, Paul Hudacek. Miss Yolanda Bencze, National President John Bencze, Mrs. John Bencze First row (seated): Director Coloman Kolozsváry, Vice President Julius Macker, National President John Bencze, Vice President Dr. Andrew Kovács, Director Henry Gross. Second row: Directors Louis Vassy, Alexander Gyulay, Stephen Lang, John Vizzi. Third row: Directors Louis Vizi, Albert Ibos, Mike Korosy, Richard .1. Phillips, Aloysius C. Falussy. It’s time to rollup vour sleeve... CALL YOUR RED CROSS TODAY!
