Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897. HUMANITY
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VOLUME 58 — NO. 44
0.G-T-0.14444. 4, 1970
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Due to the large amount of corresipondence, both English and Czech, this week we win limit our comments in this section. The lack of time sometimes has the commanding decision, especially in the meeting of deadlines. We will publish some editorial that had been previously set. it
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We suggest that our readers read the minutes of the District III meeting pertaining to the shortening of the duration of district meetings and also the first article in the Youth Section by SL President Morris and SYD Janousek. Note that lodges where the younger generation has become active in lodge affairs, there iJ more progress and interest. Lodge secret-m iles, read SL Secretary Urbanovsky's letter under Supreme Lodge. It has =SWcotest word 2. utage. Home is ;-Th and happinea3. :that are engravcd. t there mother:.:7 the wife's tenderness and devotion. Even when all this is found, something in many homes is lacking. There is constant fear that some shadow will darken the treshold and the cup of bitterness will be drained. There
AN AUTUMN, PRAYER Give me the hurried ease Of wild geese flying; Give me the golden glory Of maples dying; Give me the autumn hope. Reposing in the sod, To see a sunlit meadow Where April flowers nod. Give to me the faith to see My cold and barren heart A little place of loveliness Where song and beauty start: —Mitchell S. Epperson is the fear of illness and death with no provision made to meet it. Life is so insecure that the vigorous of today may be the stilled of tomorrow. What if this happens-4? What will ease the burden of the griet stricken? While the --tt,e will not altoinsuranci it will allegether and prevent virint, .rty. Slop and think. ,;:lrance to those' living the way 'Think of 1'cir support. There are many hardships that can be avoided if you but look around and heed the many, many warnings you see in your daily walks) of life, and bring your insurance program up to date.
Annuity payments to American families have risen by more than 13 per cent during the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 1969, reports the Institute of Life Insurance. More than $456 million was paid out employees•by the companies for which nation under annuity contracts. This was an increase of $53 million. Most annuities are made available to employees by the company for which they work to provide a pension after retirement. However, many people also purchase annuities on an individual basis to guarantee themselves a regular lifetime income after retirement. Payments for retired employees under group annuity plans accounted for $316 million of the first-quarter benefits in 1970, up 19 per cent over the same period in 1969. Individual annuity payments also climbed, totaling $140 million within the first three months of this year, cc-a-Marc(' to $136 million for the same period in 1;369. 4
1p,:tara.0 companirf g paid $8.8 billion to living policyholders in the United States in 1969. This was an increase of nearly $600 million, or 7 per cent over the previous year, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. The 1969 total included $3.3 billion