Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-10-02
AMERIKA CYASZ0LJA NEMENYIT

Mr.. Nemenyi's memory for fig
ures was phenomenal. During the
Sheet & Tube merger case. Frank
Purnell, then president of Sheet &
Tube, amazed attorneys and re- j
porters by having all kinds of sta
tistics at his fingertips. Mr.. Ne
menyi, remarking about it later that
day, said:
"And you know, he had them
right"
AS statistician and one of the most
active members of the Chamber Of
| Commerce special tax committee for
many years, Mr.. Nemenyi sat in on
innumerable conferences and hear
ings to help solve the fiscal prob
lens of the county, city, school dis
| trict and other subdivisions. He was
as familiar with public finances as
the office-holders themselves, and
often more so.
Covering the national conven-
tions of both the Republican and
Democratic parties, he became well
known to many important figures
in the newspaper profession as well
as in politics.
He took considerable satisfaction
in postcard one of the nationally
known writers sent him, after a
convention several years ago. Ad-
dressed merely to Memo, Youngs-
town, u. S. A." it was delivered
promptly
Handled Elections
Figures and politics were two of
his passions, and the natural re-
suit was a keen interest in tabu-
lating election results. Mr.. Nemenyi
generally was credited with setting
up the system which Mahoning
County used for many years in
tabulating its returns, ard which
resulted frequently in this county,s
having its figures complete long
ahead of nearly all other counties
in the state. He assumed actual
charge of the tabulating staff every
election night for many years.
After becoming a. citizen, Aug. 6,
1919, Mr.. Nemenyi affiliated him
self actively with the Republican
party. He devised the system The
Vindicator employed in making pre-
election polls, and supervised these
polls for many years. His thorough
familiarity with the political COM
plexion of each district here enabled
him to analyze trends and predict
results with high degree of ac-
curacy.
In 1881, Mr.. Nemenyi was Eonored
at civic dinner celebrating the 18th
anniversary of his arrival i'm
Youngstown. In 1886, he again was
the guest of honor when several
hundred attended a dinner for his
50th birthday. Last December, Con-
gresham Michael J. Kirwan, a close
friend of Memo" made him share
the honor given to Kirwan at
dinner for Kirwan's birthday, which
was the same date as Mr.. Nemenyi's.
Bore Duel Scars.
An outspoken men who made
bitter enemies as well as warm
friends, Mr.. Nemenyi had the cour-
age of his convictions He carried
at least two scars from duels, which
were legal in the Hungarian army.
In March, 1888, Mr.. Nemenyi was
presented the officers cross of the
Hungarian Order of Merit by Dr.
Louis Alexy, Royal Hungarian con-
sui general of Cleveland, in behalf
of the Hungarian government in
recognition of his work arnons
Americans of Hungarian origin. Al
a banquet in his honor at which
the cross was presented, many pro-
minent Youngstown political, in
dustrial and religious figures paid
tribute to Mr. Nemenyi and his
work in Youngstown.
Among those who spoke in tri-
butte to him at the dinner were
William r. Mag, Jr., general man
ager of The Vindicator, Dr. Alexy
Lionel Evans, then mayor, and At
torney r. Lamar jackson, then pre-
sident OF the Chamber of Commerce..
He was honored again last Feb
ruary during the 25th annual ban
quet of the Grand Committee OF
the Magyar Churches and Societies
Of Youngstown and vicinity, when
tribute was paid to his Is years as
editor OF the American Hungarian
Newspaper
Toured Europe
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Nemenyi made an
extensive tour of Europe that same
year, visiting Hungary, Germany and
many other countries for his first
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