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BENEVOLENCE VOLUME 58 — NO. 50

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DECEMBER 16. 19'70

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—Editor, Publisher, and Personnel.

Your editor reminds: The Yule season has come around again, and all over the nation families are gathering for the Christmas holidays.

Across the land, Christmas trees will .low. Presents are being assembled for the traditional. Christmas giving. And in the nation's homes; good things to eat, like turkey and trimmings, are being prepared for. the Christmas dinner•

FRIENDS The happiest moments of my life have been in the flow of affection —Thomas Jefferson among friends.

• I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good friends.

—William Shakespeare • We may build more splendid habitations, fill our rooms with paintings and with sculptures. But we cannot buy with gold the old associations.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • • The ornaments of our house are the friends that frequent it.

—R,alph Waldo Emerson For young and old, this is the most joyous season, and Christmas is, the most magical day of all the year. In many a home, and school, and church, the old Christmas carols will ring out.

Once again, as the Christmas season rolls around, the National Board of Fire Underwriters reminds people from coast to cast to use care with fire this Christmas season. When the Christmas tree is selected, let it be a small tree, if possible. Small trees are just as Christmasy as large trees, and they are safer, for there is less of them

to burn should a fire occur. When morn and the children are choosing Christmas tree ornaments, let them choose fire-safe ones. When the family sets up the Christmas tree, have father look around and put the tree in place where it will not block, an exit. In decorating, check all strings Of electric lights to make sure that the cords are not frayed.

If possible, stand the tree in water, for this will retard drying. And if junior's electric train is to be set up as a part of the Christmas display, the train should be put in some place other than under the tree.

When Christmas arrives and presents are opened, mom and the girls should carefully fold away gift wrappings to be saved for future use, and discard the other wrappings promptly.

Remember to turn out the Christmas tree lights when away from home. From time to time during the holiday season inspect the tree to see whether any of the needles near the lights have started to turn brown. If so change the position of the lights.

Remember, a fire-safe Christmas is a merry Christmas. Keep your Christmas merry.

One more tip to Mom: If you want

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Wednesday, 'December 16, 1970 your holiday dinner to be a success, with the turkey done to a turn, clean out your oven, if you have not done so, to avoid the accumulation of grease.

This will protect you from a possible grease fire. In addition, keep grease containers away from the stove. if a grease, fire does start while you are cooking, cover the burning pan with a large cover, using a long-handled fork to put it in place.

And throughout the Christmas season, if there are smokers in your house, see that they are provided with plenty of ashtrays and empty the trays often. Incidentally, when emptying them be sure there are no smoldering cigarette butts in the trays.

One additional hint, with regard to lire safety, especially if you are having house guests: Many persons, when fire occurs, have managed to save their lives because they knew what to do and what not to do.

Here's what you should do to be prepared if fire strikes your home: —Decide now how you would be able to save your family members' and guests' lives were you to awaken and smell smoke.

—Figure out two piossible escape routes to the ground from any upstairs bedroom. It isn't likely that both escape routes would be cut off by flames during the early stage, of the fire.

—If a fire starts, arouse everyone in the house. First, before all else, get everyone out of the house. Count noses to see that all are outside.

--Then, after everyone is out of the house, call the fire department.

You should have the fire department number posted at your telephone.

But, as an added precaution, learn the location of the fire alarm box nearest your home.

Follow these rules and you will have an old-fashioned merry Christmas.

The beneficiaries of life insurance policyholders received nearly $3.6 billion in death payments during the first half of 1970, according to they Insititute of Life Insurance. The total was $140 million more or 4 per cent higher than for the first half of last year.

The largest increase was under group plan insurance, reflecting the rapidly rising level of life in iiirimce protection provided through employers, unions and professiion al oi gan 17, ations.

Payments to beneficiaries in this category Me by $78.1 million or 5 per out

Wednesday, December 10, 1970 to a total of $1.5 billion.

Death payments on individual life insurance under "ordinary" policies rose by $57.8 million, or 3.3 per cent to a total of $1.8 billion. Industrial life insurance payments amounted to $229.9 million, an increase of $4.5 million over the same period last year.

Many life insurance policies combine permanent and term (or temporary) protection in a single plan at lower cast than if each type of insurance Were bought separately.

These combination plans now account for about 35 per cent of all "ordinary" life insurance purchased in the United States, according to the Inettitute of Life Insurance. ("Ordinary" policies are purchased on an individual basis, generally through life insurance agents, in amounts of $1,000 or more).

Most families have basic, life-long insurance needs that are met by permanent life insurance, which can be kept in force asi long as the policyholder lives, with no increase in premiums as he grows older.

But many families - particularly younger parents, With limited incomes and heavy financial responsibilities also have special needs that can be covered by term insurance.

Some combination plans provide both the permanent and term coverage as integral parts of a single policy. Or the term insurance can merely be added to a permanent policy as a "rider" or extra agreement.

For example, many life companies offer mortgage redemption insurance for paying off the balance due on a mortgage if the policyholder should die. The amount of insurance decreasies each year at about the same rate that a typical home mortgage is amortized.

Rider CoSts Less. With one life company, a separate $10,000 policy to cover a 20-year mortgage would cost a 30-year-old man about $48 a year. But the same protection added to a permanent policy would cost him only about $33 a year.

Another popular combination policy is the "family income plan." If the policyholder should die within a certain number of years, his family would receive a monthly income for the remainder of that period (in addition to the basic amount of permanent insurance).

A "family plan" is a similar-sounding but quite different policy. It typically provides a base• of permanent in-

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Glenwood Cemetery, Beeville. lie was a member of Lodge Slovan Jihu No. 26, Skidmore, Texas.

• 4 Bro, John J. Franta, age 62, sue-. cumber November 17, 1970 in Baytown, Texas. Burial was in White Cemetery, Crosby, Texas and he was a member of Lodge San Jacinto No. 91, Crosby.

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Newsbriefs State Rep. Brother Dan Kubiak of Rockdale will be guest speaker for the Bell County Historical Survey Committee at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 16, at Frank's Lakeside Inn on Belton Lake, according to Andy Anderson, cochairman. Rep. Kubiak will speak on Historical Preservation Programs for the State of Texas. Brother Kubiak will begin serving his second term with the Texas Legislature in January, 1971, He is the author of a book on Texas History, "Ten Tall Texans." During the 61st Legislature he worked to preserve historical sites and parks in Texas.

• • Bro. Edward D. Marek, age 16, of Rt. 2, West, Texas, passed away December 11, 1970 at his residence. Me was interred in• St. Mary's Cemetery, West, and was a member of Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood, Texas.

• • Brother Frank Patril, age 88, passed away December 3, 1970 in Ennis, Texas.

He was placed to eternal rest in St. Joseph Cemetery, Ennis and was a member of Lodge Volna Cechie No. 135, Ennis. ♦ • Sister Emily Cykala, age 63, succumbed November 17, 1970 in Houston, Tex. Interment was in National Cemetery, East Bernard, Texas and she was a member of Lodge Stefanik No. 142 Houston.

• Bro. Adolph J. Ilejl, age 77, passed away November 19, 1970 in Taylor, Texas, Burial was in Lawnhaven Memorial Garden, Tom Green County, Texas and he was a member of Lodge Vysehrad No. 48, Beyersville.

• • Sister Beatrice F. Foytik, age 57, succumbed November 24, 1970 in Port Lavaca, Texas. She was interred in St. Michael's' Cemetery, Weimar, Texas and was a member of Lodge Cechoslovan No. 40, Hillje, Texas. o • Bro. Vine. Doubrava, 83, passed away in Memorial Hospital, Beeville, on NoVember 28, 1970. Interment was in

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Bro. Jos. Pesak, age 85, died November 28, 1970 in El Campo, Texas. He was a member of Lodge Elmaton No. 148, Blessing, Texas.

• • Sis. Alma Ivicic, age 55, passed away after a serious illness, November 25, 1970 in Temple, Tex. She was laid to eternal rest in Holland Cemetery, Holland, Texas and was a member of Lodge Tyrs No. 80, Holland.

Features MR. AND MRS. FRANK FETRUSEK OBSERVE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY In observance of the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petrusek of Wallis, !heir children, sons-in-law and daughters-inlaw, and grandchildren hosted relatives and friends with a special occasion at the Sealy American Legion Hall, following regular worship services at the Sealy Presbyterian Church, where family members received holy communion on Sunday, November 8. The couple was married November 2, 1920, In Wallis. Mrs. Petrusek is the former Miss Jane .Stabrsula of Wallis.

Ben J. Petrusek of Mataric, Louisiana, the older of two sons of the honored couple, presided over a tribute paid to his parents at the banquet meal of barbecue and trimmings served to immediate family members and relatives and a few close .friends.

An "E" table arrangement was set up in the dining room where the meal was served. Tables were laid with white with ivy runners and the "50" theme used in decor. The head table at which were seated the honorees and their immediate family was centered with a wide-spread arrangement of large White mums intermingled with bronze colored chrysanthemums and. centered with the numerals "50" in gold. Yellow candles in tri-tapered gold candelabra flanked the floral piece.

In paying honor to his narents, Ben Petrusek extended a welcome followed by a prayer of gratitude. Ho led the banquet assembly in several toasts to his parents. Erwin Petrusek of Hialeah,

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Wednesday. December lel, 1.970 wedding photo in an oval wall frame, wedding photographs of family members and a grandchildren's collage graced one table.

Mr. and Mrs. Petrusek are parents of two sons and two daughters, Ben of Louisiana, Erwin of Florida, Mrs. Irene (Steve) Neshyba of Corvalis, Oregon, and Mrs. Ruth (Johnnie) Jurik of Beaumont. They have 14 grandchildren. Mrs. NeShyba and her family and another granddaughiter, the former Cynthia Petrusek of Louisiana, who is with her husband in Germany, were • unable to be present.

Mr. and Mrs. Petrusek are each 75 year of age, and semi-retired from farming.

(Brother and Sister Petrusek are members of the SPJST. The write-up is from The Sealy News and photo by Wilma Petrusek of Sealy. —Editor).

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.1-NO MRS. FRANK PETRUSEE Florida, joined his brother in a brief expression of love and appreciation.

Martin Petrusek of Louisiana presented a real gem in his offer of "The Golden Years," which he had compiled into a booklet and which contained reminiscences from the lives of the couple and interesting and amusing treasures from the recollections of the grandchildren.

Rueben Petrusek of Orchard, nephew of the Petruseks, lauded the couple for their giving themselves to others and for their creditable 1;eadership and guidance over the years.

The Rev. Frank Cate of St. Paul Presbyterian Church of Rosenberg, who pestered the Wallis church while the Petruseks attended there, mentioned their devotion to the church and repeated their marriage vows, followed by a prayer.

Others in the assembly made briefand impromptu remarks of praise and affection for the couple.

Gold watches were given as gifts to the couple by their children and grandchildren, for which the recipients offered their thanks.

An open house followed in the hall from 2 to 5 p.m., where a host of relatives and friends came to be with the couple and to extend their best wishes. Tables laid with white contained punch, coffee, assorted cakes and sandwiches, cheese balls, mints and the wedding cake. The anniversary cake was one of Mrs. G. P. Michaelis' masterpieces — a three tiered diamond shaped creation frosted in white and enhanced with lavish confection trimmings. The numerals "50" in gold rested on the top layer.

Tri-tapered candelabra with yellow candles adorned the punch table. Two matching yellow mum pot plants stood at either end on the food table.

At the right side of the hall were three tables, the center one graced by a multi-colored mum arrangement,' and by vari-color ribbons and gold crepe paper streamers and bows. These carried out the colors Of the rainbow painted in the background, with a yellow cookie jar at the base of it, to the "pot at the end of the rainbow." A display of an album of family photos and snapshots, the couple's

BRO. CHARLES IlOLASEK FIRST YEARS WERE LONELY FOR CZECH IMMIGRANTS

By Gretchen Ray Corpus Christi Caller-Times Unlike the unwilling immigrants to this country who fled terrorism and government changes, those who came willingly to the United States seldom regret the loss of their old lives.

Instead, they look at the changes forced en them by a new country and a new life as perhaps the best things that ever happened to them. Except for visits most have no desire to return to their fatherlands.

Two such gentlemen, among the last survivous of the many immigrants from what is now Czechoslovakia who came to Texas and the Corpus Christi area, are Charles Holasek, 78, and Leo Netek, 85. Both came to this country in the first decade of the century and

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bers, and what little crop he had was wiped out by the great hurricane.

The land Netek worked was in the LODGE NO. 138, GANADO Oso Creek area. Netek still remembers Dear Members, with gratitude the help he received Our annual meeting with the elecduring the bad years before he finally tion of officers and a goad lunch will began making a real living from farmbe held on the third Sunday of Deing.

Both Netek •and Holasek, became, cember — the 20th. Our meetings are always held on the second Sunday, leaders in Czech organizations in but we could not get the hall this year, Corpus Christi. Netek belonged to Morso please, everyone come — Sunday, avian Hall, which was built by the settlers as a place for church and social December 20, at 2:30 p.m. at the KJT functions, and was among those who Hall.

I have checks for the f allowing built the building. He was president of members: Woodrow Brandes, Mollie the organization many years and still Dybala, Elsie Dusek, Ed 'label, Amalia attends meetings sand socials.

Simicek, Josephine Srubar, Marie ZetHolasek joined Sokol, a Czech fra ternal, physical and educational socie- ka and Allen A. Zetka.

See you all then. ty, in Hallettsville only a month after Mrs. Sophie Dybala, arriving in this country and has been Secretary a member ever since. He was a state --SPJSTdirector of the Supreme Lodge, Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of LODGE NO. 47, SEATON Texas for 20 years and also served as Dear Members, state president of the Slavonic Mutual This is your secretary reporting a Fire Insurance Association. new stack of cheeks, Two years ago he went to WashingFrances Batla ton, D.C. for the national observance Lessie L. Callan of Czech Day and to protest the Soviet Jerry Chlapek 1988 intervention in Czechoslovakia.

Jos. Chlapek Although the easy money they Marvin J. Chlapek dreamed of was not forthcoming, the Marlene H. Fowler American offer of freedom of thought Wilma L. Fultz and action proved much more valuable Jerry W. Haisler to both men. They have visited CzeFrances Heil choslovakia since the communist takeAlfred Hejl over, and felt the oppressive rule unElla A. Hejl der which their former countrymen now Jos. F. Hell live.

Jos. W. Hejl As Netek said, "We all liked it when Roy Hewett we came here. There is so much more Josephine Hoelscher opportunity and so much more freeKatherine J Hubnik dom."

Monica R. Hubnik Still they are pleased that their chilMary K. Jez dren and grandchildren and those of Ernest Junek other immigrants are keeping many Henry L. Kabella of the old traditions aliVe, that the Lorene E. Kotrla country of national origin is still reWm. J. Kotrla, Jr. membered.

Daniel R. Kuban.

Michael D. Kuban "Customs and groups such as Sokol should be kept going," Holasek said.

Willia Mae Kuban John W. Lagow "All traditions brought something good Clarence L. Lastovica to American life and made it what it is today."

Clarence Lastovica Hattie R. Lines It was a bad time, for farmers in this (The above clipping from the Dec. 7 Will E. Macek area. The first year Netek was here he issue Of The Corpus Christi CallerGladys M. Marek lost his cotton crop to a hurricane. Times was sent in by Brother Roy E. Woodrow E. Marek The next year, 1917, was so dry nothing Hranicky. We are grateful to him for Edward D. Matous ,grew, and the youth family man had it. Brother Holasek's photo was taken Albert J. Mikeska to go to San Antonio to find work. several years previously and is from Bennie J. Mikeska His 1918 crop was pretty good, but our files. —Editor).

Rose M. Mikeska 1019 was a year of disaster for farmThere's at least one thing wrong Russel Mikeska ers as well as •city residents. The enLorraine IVinorg _ tire year was too wet, Netek remora- With the person who IS aiways right,

neither has any regrets. They didn't find the golden land they had been led to expect, and the first years for both were hard and lonely.

When Holasek arrived in Fort Worth in 1909 at the age of 17 he had just completed a fine European education with emphasis on the classics for he had intended to enter a university.

The grade cards from those years, showing the excellent marks he made, are still among his treasures.

But at age 17, the lure of the money "it seemed like such a lot of money, from Texas was too great to be ignored his father was sending back to Moravia so I thought I would come for a few years and add to the amount being sent back," he said. Although his father warned him against coming, and left Texas for California before the youth arrived. Holasek came anyway.

Through a sister living in Texas, he was introduced to the Czech community here. At first he tried to find a way to put his education to full use, but soon discovered that there just was no way in this new land. So he became a printer, working for Czech printing shops in Central Texas, for seven years.

Eventually he turned to farming, an occupation he followed for 17 years in Hill County and 16 more in Corpus Christi.

Netek also turned to farming as the best way to make a: living in the United States, although he had worked as a baker in Zabreh, Moravia. The first three years after his arrival in Williamson County, he "did any kind of work" to make money.

Those were lonely years, for the 18-year-old had no family or friends in this country except an uncle. Fortunately he spoke fluent German and this led to his acceptance by the German community near Corn Hill.

In 1906 Netek took two important steps — he married one of the girls in the community and he y began farming. Nine years later the couple and their six children moved to Corpus Christi.

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Calvin J. Helen L. Mott Olga A. Mott Bennie Orsag Ella M. Pechal Albert J. Reznicek Ed Reznicek Edward J. Reznicek Mary J. Reznicek Dorothy M. Richter Eleanor L. Rusnak Clara Salac Amalie Schneider Fr. Sefcik Anna S. Skrabanek Jerrie A. Skrabanek Miro C. Spanhet Clarence A. Stastny Linda M. Streeter Ed Talasek Jerry J. Talasek Dorothea, Vanicek Win. J. Vanieek Beatrice E. Vasek Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Ruby L. Bolton, 1017 South 23rd Street, Temple, Texas 76501.

Merry Christmas and a• Happy New' Year.

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LODGE NO. 133, SAN ANTONIO,

Dear Members and Friends, Our next regular meeting will be held the third Sunday, December 20, at 2 p.m.

After the meeting there will be a Christmas party, and a social lunch and refreshments will be served. The ladies are asked to bring some pastries: kolache, cookies or something of your choice.

Parents, bring your children; there will be a Christmas tree and a gift for each child.

In behalf of our lodge, its president and officers, I want to wish each and everyone of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally yours, James Kostelnik, President SPJST-

NOTICE TO LODGE NO. 66, WACO:

Dear Members, The December meeting will be held on Sunday, December 20, at 2:30 p.m.

All officers and committees elected in November will be initiated at this time, so please be present.

Ladies are asked to bring food for their family and guests for the social, following the meeting.

The annual Lodge 66 Christmas Party, will be on Saturday, December 19, at 6:30 p.m. We hope we did not miss anyone when we sent out the Christmas letters and cards, which were to be returned. Those of you, who have moved or have changed addresses, please send your address to Sister Darlene Engelke, financial secretary, so that we will have your correct address.

Remember, the youth club is asking the members to please bring non-perishable or canned food to the De.cember 20 meeting to be used to fill baskets for the needy. They will share this food with the Welfare Committee, who will also prepare baskets, so, members, please, since we do not exchange gifts for Christmas, let's bring these foods and help the youth club on their project. This small gift will help someone who needs a friend, and help spread a little love and sunshine in their life.

See you at the Christmas party Saturday night, December 19, at 6:30 p.m. and at the meeting, Sunday, December 20, beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Brother Sercik, we extend a very special invitation to you and your family to attend our Christmas party.

Hope to see you there.

Fraternally, Annie Hanus, English Reporter -SPJST-

LODGE NO. 8, VVEIMAR

Dear Members, This is to advise all of you that our annual meeting will take place on December 20, beginning a 1 p.m. It Will be held as usual in the Brandt Motor Co., on Highway 90 east of Weimar, so as many as possible please attend.

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LODGE NO. 54, WEST

Dear Members, Our meeting last Sunday was called to order by our president, Brother August Pustejovsky, followed by saying the pledge of allegiance.

The minutes of the previous meeting Was read and approved as read.

A moment of silence was, held in respect to our brother, Jim Marek, who passed away recently.

Brother Mazanec gave the report on the financial fund and the hail fund; both are in good shape.

There was a discussion about an ad-

Wednesday, December 16, tuitional space to be added on to our ball, a committee of five was appointed to get an estimate of the cost and that report will be given to the membership at our next meeting.

Election of officers was held and all officers were voted on by acclamation, the following are our officers for the coming year; Bro. August Pustejoysky, president; Bro. Frank H. Soukup, vicepresident; Bro. Joe Mazanee, Sr., financial secretary a n d treasurer; Bro. Frank Cocek, recorder; Bros. Ernest Zahirniak and Adolph Volcik, hail committee. The property committee is made up of Bros. Frank H. Soukup, August Zapalac, and Joe Mynar; auditing committee: Sister Rosie Coeek, Sister Albina Kacir, and Brother Ernest Zahirniak. Sister Bennie Soukup was re-elected as reporter.

Brother Ernest Zahirniak was the lucky winner of the attendance prize.

Our next meeting wit be on January 3, at 3 p.m.

After the meeting was adjourned, lunch was served and was enjoyed by all present.

Herewith, I want to wish our Editor, Brother R. J. Sefaik and his family, and all our Vestnik readers, a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy NeW Year.

Fraternally, Mrs. Bennie Soukup, Reporter LODGE NO. 24, CYCLONE

Dear Members, I am a little early, but first of all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members for their confidence in electing me as their reporter for 1971. I will do the very best I can.

Our last meeting was held on December 6, at 2 p.m. We had a nice attendance, but would like to see more Of our members come out for these, meetings. They are important to keep our lodge active and growing. You will also enjoy the fellowship afterwardt as well as the lunch that the 'ladies prepare, so please make a special effort to be with us if possible at every meeting.

We would like to welcome our new member, Shirley Hoelcher, and let her know it is nice having her as a part of our growing lodge.

We would also like . to mention that Mr. Paul Zucha, was a visitor at the meeting and hope he will come again soon. Visitors are always welcome!

Wednesday, December 16, 1970 We.'are planning , our Christmas social coming up on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. and are hoping many of you Will come and have a good time. The adults will not have a gift-exchange this year, but the youth club members will have one. The youth are planning a program for us, which I'm sure we Will all enjoy. There will also be installation of new officers during the program. Then we shall all enjoy a covered-dish supper that the ladies of the lodge will prepare and bring. Mark this date on your calendar and be with us.

Those on our sick list are Bill Zabcik, Lee Zabcik, Mrs. Emil Pomykal, and Mrs. Marvin Wilde. We certainly do hope these members are feeling fine now and we wish them the best of health: Our next meeting will be held on Sunday, January 10, at 2 p.m. We will be diseussing inportant plans for the lodge, so please attend.

On December 31, we will have the Zabcik-Hall wedding dance, with music by the Gentres, so sonic en out and dance , in our newly enlarged hall. We are proud Of it and we are sure you will enjoy dancing out the old year and dancing in the new year at Flag Hall.'

Fraterriallyg LaRita Macek —sr LODGE

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This Saturday, all Lodge 84 members will enjoy a get-together. Prepare a dessert and side dish and head for 2625 Floyd Street.

Ham, potato salad, bread. and beverages will be furnished by the lodge.

Bring your family and a big appetite and be ready to enjoy the wonderful food, around 6:30 p.m. Afterward, stay for the program to be presented by our youth and, of course, Santa Claus!

What a fun night is being planned — so don't miss a minute of it on December 19.

By the way, are you planning to enjoy New Year's Eve at our lodge, with music by the Peppermints? Bet all of Your friends will be here!

Fraternally, Rose Scott, Ent. Secy. asTLODGE DGE NO. 9, SNOOK

Dear Members, Our monthly meeting was held.

Sunday, December 6, at which time Brother Frank Jakubik was kind ,enou gh to bring a very old American

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Flag — the type used for funerals. He offered to donate the flag and members talked of framing it in a glass case for display purposes.

A motion was passed to close the kitchen during dances, only, and potato chips be sold at the beer stand.

This is a reminder of our December 19 Christmas social. Members may invite guests and you are kindly asked to bring light refreshments: sandwiches, chips. cookies, etc. There will also be a surprise for the kiddies.

Upcoming dances are, as follows: December 26, music by the Rhythm 'Tones, and January 2, music by the Moonshiners. I might add that anyone who missed the dance on December 6, featuring the Moonshiners, really missed a treat. We hope everyone will be on hand January 2 to give this great band the audience they deserve.

The monthly meeting for January will be on the tenth becatie of the New Year holiday weekend.

On behalf of the officers and members, I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas.

Fraternally, Marcia Vajdak Reporter ----SPJ ST— LODGE NO. 24, CYCLONE Dear Members, Our regular meeting was he l d . Sunday, December 6, at which time our Christmas social was discussed. The members decided to have a covereddish supper at the December 18 Christmas social. The youth will have a short Christmas program, and then they will exchange gifts, so if you mothers have small children who you plan to bring, be sure you bring a small gift for them, so they won't feel left out. There will be no gift exchange between adults.

Just bring a covered dish and bring a friend if you wish; come enjoy yourself. The time has been set for 7 p.m.

Remember that's Friday, December 18.

Installation of officers will also take place at this time.

Fraternally, Vallie. Haisler ST— -SPJ

DISTRICT VII FALL MEETING

District VII held its regular Fall Meeting on Oct. 18, 1970 at Lodge No. 107, Rezkvet Zapadu at Floresville.

The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p. m. by Bro. Robert Beyer, pres. of Lodge No. 107. He welcomed all and wished a successful meeting. Bro. Fr. Sacky pres, of Dist. VII, then opened the meeting and called upon Bro. David

Hrncir, flag bearer, to post the colors and lead the membership in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag, Bro. Sacky then asked the membership present to stand in silent respect for the members of Dist. VII. who had departed since the last meeting.

W e had the roll call of Dist. VII officers and all were present. The nunutes were read and were approved as read.

At this time, a letter was read from SL Pres. Bro. Morris in which it stated that he was unable to attend the Dist.

VII meeting as he had accepted an invitation to speak at the Czech Day at No. 88 in Houston Oct. 18th.

Also a letter from Bro. Roy Hranicky expressing his regret for not attending the Fall meeting and also enclosed a check for $10 donated to the District VII youth fund.

Treasurer's report by Bro. Alvin.

Hula as follows: General Fund — $227.69 Youth Fund -- $60.17 The Dist. Organizer, Bro. Jerry Elsner, Lodge No. 56 was called upon to give a report. His report follows: 1970. quota — $425,000.00; 1st. 9 months, end of Sept. $213,000 ins. sold. (1969, this time, it was $309,000). There are 29 organizers in the district; 2 added since Spring. Nineteen orannkers have sold insurance this year, 10 have not...

Bro. Elsner congratulated the following: Bro. Frank Sacky (79) — 105 months..

Sis. Helen Pavelka (117) 53 Months.

Top ten organizers in Dist, VII are.; Bro. Roy Hranicky -- $41,000 Sis. Maxine Pavliska 35,500 Sis, Helen Pavelka 22,500 — Sis. L. Rechrim — 15,000, Bro. Fr. Sacky — 15.000 Bro. Jerry Elzner — -- 12,000..

Bro Peal — — — — — 12,000 Sis. Tillie Valchar — 11,500 Bro. Jonn Stasa — — 11.000 Sis. Thelma Hrncir — — -- 10,000 .

Bro. Eugene Hrncir, rest home director of Dist, VII reported that the S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home II, at Needville, Texas is completed but does need more guests.

Sister Maxine Pavliska, youth direr-•-• toe stated in her report that money, is needed in the youth fund. Money was used to pay for transportation to• Camp. This year the youth club members were divided into two age gioups. and beth were mixed with the youth of Dist. III and again will be in 1971.

Sis. Pavliska commended the line group

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rSL President Bro. 1— arris and Bro. Otto Ilanus look over some of the artifacts in the temporary museum quarters in the present SPJST Building. This is only a fraction of what is on hand. The "Easy" sue ant-type washer in the fore -groundactlyworks!

Wednesday, DeceMber 1G, IMO a message from. Bro. Koliha, Director of Dist. VII, that he was unable to attend the meeting ;also that Vestnik Editor, Bro. Sefcik is in Dallas at the Czech Day, by previous arrangement.

He stated that the SPJST is looking forward for a record breaking year and that the new home office will be finished by the first of the year. Dedication ,possibly in early spring. Dist. VII is doing good with the youth. Youth Leader, Sis. Thelma Hrncir, of Lodge No. 117 was a state winner and a very active worker.

Mikeska at this time presented checks to youth club members who were winners at SYAD. Dist. VII had several state winners.

The roll call of lodges revealed Lodges Nu, 56, 79, 107, 117. 133, and 161 present.

Lodge No, 107, will host the next meeting on April 25, 1971.

A program was presented by Lodges 107 and No. 117.

Fraternally, Betty Jurica, Secretary Dist. VII. SPJST

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rere we see some of the S il .'JST General Convention pictures from years gone by, plus a picture of the late I'ccsident Masaryk, plus a picture of the ahol Dramatic Club, Lodge 88, ltouston. These are items to be found in the SPJST Archives Room. (All photos by Supreme Lodge, SI'JST). of leaders and youth of Dist. III, and to go camping will be 6 years thru Dist. VII was asked again to b p, with 16 years. At the YAD competitions — them next summer, Next year money age includes 17 years. for camp will be allotted by the numAuditing Committee for camp funds. ber of club members attending club meetings and not by juvenile members audit includes Bros. Jerry Elzner, Pete Valchar, and Eugene Hrncir. in the district, Also the age of youth Bro. Mikeska, SL treasurer conveyed

LODGE NO 03, SWEET HOME Dear Members, Lodge No. 63, Sweet Home, will hold its meeting and social on the third Sunday of the month, December 20. It will be at Slova,cek,'s Ballroom at 1:30 p.m. A Christmas party will be held after the meeting. Gifts will be exchanged. The ladies are asked to bring a ladies' gift and the men to bring one for the men. Children's gifts will also be exchanged. The price limit is 50 to 75 cents. Santa. Claus will be present to bring the children some packages.

Drinks will be furnished and food will be brought by the ladies. There will be door prizes and a birthday cake for someone with a birthday in October, November, or December.

Everyone be sure to bring the chilsdren to see Santa Claus and attend yourself. He may even bring you something if you have been good. For some, he has come by early and dropped off premium refund checks at the secretary's house. Those receiving extra spending money are: Berkovsky, Laddie Berkovsky, Dennis Berkovsky, Cecelia, Berkovsky, John Berkovsky, Anna Bordovsky, Frances Brenek, Janelle Chaloupka, Johnnie J. Chaloupka, Philip E.

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Here is another view of some museum items. No i the large cabbage shredder in the corner, butter churn in the center, and hand-made wooden church in foreground, by Frank Olexa, Sr., of Houston.

Chovanetz, Charles Chumchal, Richard Chumchal, Ervin Chumchal, Freddie Hahn, Alfred E. Hanslik, Patricia Harbus, Mitchel Havlik, Julia Havlik, Charles Hermas, Eugene M. Janak, Annie J. Jurena, Leon Kasparek, William Kutach, Paul F. Kutac. Millie Mladen,ka, Della Mladenka, Julia.

Morris, Bozena.

Morris, Joe N. Moseley, Ann Marie Pal/Reek, Simon Raska, J. F.

Ressler, J. E. Sandulovic, Adolph Slovacek, Ernest Valenta, James Wayland, Howard Wayland, Howard, Jr, Wendt, Joseph Paul Wendt, Nicholas Wendt, Wayne Wisely, Alice Wohlfort, Rosemary Zabransky, Earline Zissa, Angeline Zissa, Leon Zissa, Henry Come to the meeting and social and visit with your friends and relatives, and Santa Claus.

Fraternally yours, Elaine Berkaysky, Reporter

LODGE NO. 30, HOLLAND Dear Lodge Members: Again we are appreaching the glorious season of Christmas. it is a time, when we think of our loved ones, and cur'1VtienCiS. We give them I' ii LS, Mld send tillein, our well wislles, for a Merry Christmas, and a Pro.,:perous .Ncw Year. IL is the time Hutt we do this with a s inc ere 'wadi.

I think the time has come., \Olen We should realize, that, lid' c;ri't exist alone that we must live for One another and this is very true of our WOI:k ill our lodges: where a lodge has the cooperation of its membelA, [here is progress. Think about; tins.

On Sunday, Dec. 20 beginuMg at 3 p. rn. We Will have our Cltristmas party for the youth, and adults as well. There will be a Christmas tree.

The youth are asked to brin.?,g a present not to exceed One Dollar 1:31.1 and the adults not to exceed $1_50 to ex' change among each other. There will be gift bags for all of the youngsters.

The ladies of the lodge are asked to bring some form of snacks her lunch.

Mrs. Jerlene Ralusek, or district Youth director, will bi with us to help reorganize our youth club. You probably know, our lodge Youth Leader Mrs, Rudy Ivicic, passed away on Nov. 25 of this year. During her illness, and since she succumbed our youth club, has been dwindling. I am hoping that we can get it started again.

Oh yes, again to our Christmas party, I will ask the men folks to bring their dominos and we will have a domino tournament; prizes will be given to the winners, I am wishing the entire membership of the SP,TS'F a very Me,ry Season.

Fraternally, The Harabas, Jr., President, Lodge 30 DISTRICT NO. VII

Dear Members and FriendS: I'm always asked by members and friends to write to the Vestnik but never seem find time to do it.

This year has brought us many difficult times. To . begin with. we had a had year in farming. Oh, everything ,did start off good, but thou the rains came in June and July and the crops suffered. The milo crop was average, but for the first time of our farming, no cotton was made. The stalk 's grew man-high, but no squares were kept on the stalk on account of the hea7ey

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Organ . • rs' class held in Fort Worth, December 4. L to R: District Yotith Director Wilma Nesuda, Anna Milan, Eiden Kubala, District Organizer Alvin Nesuda, Albert Kubala, Mary Hubenak, James Mason, Richard Hubertak, Joe Paptskar, and Joe Krivanek.

All-day organizers' seminar in Granger, December 5. front Bow: John Trlica, Martha Bartek, Sidonia Svoboda, Charlsie Svetlik, Dorothy Chervenka, Paul Pasemann. Middle row: Wallace Bartek, W. V. Glover, Jean butler, Jerry Mikulas, Jr., Frances Bartek, Alice Banning, Willie Dunk. Rear: District Organizer Lad Zatopek, Willie Kohutek, Dan Balusek, Laths Navratil, Norma Cavanaugh. (Photos by Joe B. Diejny). insect infestations. Poisoning didn't ;help any as everytime the farmers would go into the fields to dust or spray it would rain again. The ground stayed wet much of the time and the farmers had to hire airplanes.

The farmers just did finish harvesting the maize when the Corpus Christi Area was mauled by a lady "Celia".

Hardest hit was the metropolitan region of Corpus Christi. The devastation was complete; utilities wiped out and business stood still, Mobile parks corn:pletely demolished, thousands of homes —not only small shacks—were leveled to, the ground. Everybody had damage; no one was spared.

- . My family and I never left home.

The morning of August 3, we boarded up, nailed down doors on our imple-

ment shed, put up everything that we knew would be blown away by the 90 miles per hour wind predicted by the Weather Bureau and cautiously watched TV for further reports. At 2 p. m. the wind came up but not much. It is a horrible feeling to wait for the approach of a hurricane. The wind from the northwest was calm compared to the backlash from the S.W. There were six adults in our house and all were kept busy through this fury. Three of us held a glass sliding door for three hours, meanwhile watching the outdoor buildings being torn apart. Chicken coups flying around, large trees being uprooted and trees being blown and twisted. We just knew that if the glass door got blown out, the house would be heavily

Wednesday, December 1, 19r70 damaged.

I just couldn't wait for this storm to end. One good blessing is that it came in the afternoon; at least we could see what was happening. When the wind quieted down, we took a look around the place; Our chicken house with the hens was upside down, Another hen house was nearly roofless, our barn demolished, the tool shed partially blown away, trees uprooted, some twisted off; only tree trunks remained. No electricity, no water, no phone. That night and many more the whole metropolitan area of Corpus Christi was in° darkness. The biggest problem was ice and the days were very sultry. We were then days without electricity; freezers thawing out, meat and vegetables spoiling. Power plants were restricted, but I finally bought one on the fifth day. Our telephone was out for forty days. Our daughter Dorothy and her husband lost everything they had, including their mobil home. Their home completely vanished, as did all their belongings. They are now living near Akron, Ohio.

Yet today, the area needs much rebuilding and repairing. It will take a long time to rebuild the business, especially the small ones.

The SVPS Chapter No. 30 here in Corpus Christi had many members with heavy damage. So far it has paid out over $300,000 and so has the RVOS. The officers of Chapter 30, and the appraisers were kept busy for several weeks.

Now to top that off my dad, Mr. Chas. Holasek took sick. At first he was going to his physician and then to a urologist, who placed him in the hospital. He was admitted on Oct. 21st and had surgery on Oct. 30. fie remained in the hospital to Nov. 11th.

Dad was with me for two weeks and now he is again in his home. Those twenty-one days that he spent in the hospital were long days for him as this is his first such. experience. Oh, he has good days, but also bad ones as does every one who had surgery such as his.

Finally, the farmers cleared up the fields. In part, we could use a rain for the garden.

Here's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Very 'Prosperous Nevi year.

Fraternally, Betty Jurica (Sister Jurica, you sent an apology

Wednesday, December 10, 1970 for the delay of the District VII minutes and this letter, however knowing the seriousness of Bro. Chas. Holasek's (your father) illness and the results of "Celia", we admit that you certainly had your hands full. Thanks, and our best wishes to all. —Editor).

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GREETINGS FROM TILE AMERICAN CZECH FESTIVAL SOCIETY Dear Czech Day Participants: Our Czech Day, October 18, 1970 was another day demonstrating. our culture, training and the ability to work together as an unselfish team for the benefit of all concerned. Without your and others' interest and assistance, the Czech Day could not have been a success.

The society and the Czetch public appreciate your sincerity and thoughtfulness in the Czech Day Programs at the State Fair of Texas. Let us work together, and have larger and better Czech Days in the years to come.

Thank you very, very much.

Sincerely yours, John G. Bubak, chum.

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Albuquerque, N.M. Dear Vestnik Readers, I have received several cards from Vestnik readers asking me to write again. Among them was a card from Mrs. Bozena Valcik. I used to read her letters with interest, and am always looking to see if there is not another one. Thanks for the cards; they are interesting. I have them among my collection. It is like visiting the different places that are on the picture postcards.

With Christmastime drawing near, 'we observe all kinds of preparations for the holidays. Among the most interesting are the "larninarias" — the brown paper bag lights which have made the state famous.

It gladdens a person's heart op Christmas eve, as you take a drive through Albuquerque to see thousands and thousands of the luminarias lighted everywhere along the walks, driveways; on adobe walls, atop flat-roof houses, church buildings, and surrounding it. The Hebenstrait home alone displays six thousand luminarias on Walks, porches and roofs. When a person gazes at all the beauty, it makes you feel so wonderful and thankful for being able to see all these things.

For instance, the Nativity scene in the 264-year-old church of San Felipe de Neri, in Albuquerque's Old Town

VPST/Iilt that is visited by thousands every year during the Christmas holidays.

On this Sunday evening, December 20, the plaza in Old Town waits for Las Posades, a time-honored folk drama of Joseph and Mary in search for an inn. Following them is a long candlelight procession. At last Joseph and Mary find welcome in the San Felipe de Neri Church. The procession stops outside the church while the mariaches musicians play a gay Spanish march.

How one of America's most unique cities celebrates Christmas can be observed as you drive up the "Hill" to Los Alamos; that is where the atom bomb was born. Christmas meant much to the people there. A deeply religious town of 16,000 residents who support the twenty churches there.

When Los Alamos was a closed city the people were practically cut off from the outside world, isolated on its mesa top. Because of this restricted way of life they were on their own for 'entertainment. Families shared activities together, and still do. There was a feeling of kindship with the many foreigners who came there. The hastily thrown-together camp has grown into one of the most beautiful small towns in America. The Christmas season is filled with music. While Los Alamos is no, longer a closed city, the closeness is still there, Christmas decorations are still made by few people who remembered the days when residents couldn't go to other cities for Christmas shopping.

To see Los Alamos at Christmas is a thrilling experience. Attractive homes are decorated with lights, luminarias and nativity scenes, in a setting of pinons and pine trees.

Another place of interest to me is the San Miguel chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is the oldest church in the United States. Many do question just how old it is. The earliest date 'that can be substantiated by documentary evidence, is 1628. That the San Miguel church was built even earlier, from 8 to 80 years, is probable.

The work was done by Mexican Indians of Tlaxcala under the direction of Franciscan Padres. There are wood carved statues of saints and paintings and their age cannot be definitely determined. Some of the picture frames, now quita deteriorated, have been estimated to be three centuries old.

Nothing in the oldest church in the U.S. can equal the historic value of the San Jose Bell which every tourist

may see, touch and ring.

There is history and legend, poetry, music and song in this 600-year-old bell. The musical qualities of the bell came to the attention of the director of radio programs. On December 19, 1951, The Voice of America program took a tone recording and the details of the bell's history. On February 4, 1952, "La Voix de L Ameriqua" voiced it in French. A religious confrere of Brother Anect reported receiving it in Paris. Doubtlessly, the San Jose have been received behind the iron curtain.

The oldest bell in North America, in the oldest church in the U.S. came from Spain to Vera Cruz, Mexico, then to Santa Fe, around 1812.

If any of you readers ever visit Santa Fe and the San Miguel Chapel, ring the bell so you can hear the silvery tone of the San Jose Bell.

Santa Fe has lots of historic places, — the Governor's Plaza is another one. At fiesta times the Indians of every tribe spread their jewelry,pottery, 'food, and other wares down on the sidewalk, for sale. They will sit there in their native costumes quietly while the public observes their displays.

Bozena Valcik, congratulations on receiving the trophy for "Queen for the Day".

I always wonder when I see a letter :in the Vestnik. from Johnny L. Vanicek if he is the son of Otto and Frances Vanicek who I knew years ago.

Wonderful people, also, Joe and Ann Vanicek.

Since Christmas is so near, I will end by wishing each and everyone a Merry Christmas.

Elizabeth (Kvapil) Dorotik Albuquerque, N.M. —SPJ

SPE" Bulletin Board DISTRICT SPRING MEETINGS The spring meeting of District II will be held April 18 in Holland, Texas at Lodge Tyrs No. 80.

• • The spring meeting of District VI will be held April 4, in the American Legion Hall in Moulton.

—Frank C. Wagner • • The spring meeting of District VII will be held April 25 in Floresville at Lodge Rozkvet Zapadu No. 107.

Pauline S. Pavliska, Secy.

—SPJSTS.P.J.S.T. REST HOME ADDRESSES: S.P.J.S.T. REST HOME NO: I

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Week Club are: eeks Organizer 299 Helen Hegwood 298 Della Kadlecek S.P.J.S.T. REST HOME NO. II 296 Agnes Miculka P. 0. Box 347 146 Needville, Texas 77461 Willie Dusek -SPJST12 Bessie Franek Organizers in the Application-aMonth Club are: Months Organizer 107 Frank C. SackY 107 J. M. Skrabanek 95 Edwin Holub 95 A. J. Lostak 90 Bessie Franek FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 89 Anna Milan Dear Members: 87 Johnnie Krajca In our recent special Supreme Lodge 83 Willie Heil meeting, the official date of the for83 James Pavlicek , mal opening and dedication of our 76 Ruth Krizan new Supreme Lodge office building 75 Helen Hegwood was set for 71 Emil Horelica Sunday, January 31, 1971.

69, Della Kadlecek The dedication will take place, rain 68 Sidon Turnis or shine. A detailed program will be 67 Johnnie Gaidusek published in the Vestnik very shortly, 61 A. J. Bristik but for now, suffice it to say that the 59.

Alvin Melnar formal ceremonies will commence at 59 Agnes 1Vliculka 1 p.m., and the dance and social at 58 Herman Baethe Star Hall will start at approximately 58 Johnnie Krisan 3:30 p.m. Star Hall will open at 10 a.m.

Willie Dusek 57 A great day is being planned and we Amelia. Pokorny 57 want all of you to be with us. InvitaHelen Pavelka 54 tion to individuals and lodges will not Jerry Mikulas, Jr. 53 be mailed out. The official notice and 48 John Bara.bas invitation will appear in the Vestnik Chas. Holy 47 several times prior to the event.

Agnes Lesak 47 Fraternally, Joe Krivanek 44 FOR THE SUPREME LODGE', SPJST: 36 Lad Shiller 35 Mollie Ewell Frank Klinkovsky 26 Emil Petr 26 Clifton Martinets 25 Nick A. Morris, President 24 Norma Cavanau,gh ,-SPJSTFrank Dolesal 23 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mildred Holeman 23 AND Edward Masanec 23 A HAPPY NEW YEAR Lillia Mae. Peter 17 Dear Fellow Workers: Silas Smith 13 During November we received 195 Patsy Baca 10 applications for $593,000 of life insuraBottle Krutilek 5 ance, for a total of 2,957 applications Roy Hranicky 5 for $7,889,285 of life insurance written Rudolph Junek 4 this year.

Rudolph Matejka, 4 Top organisers of the month are: Eugene Haisler 4 District 1 - Rudolph Matejka Alice Banning 3 District 2 - Willie Duse,k Viola Cabla 3 District 3 - Silas Smith Joe Hadash 3 District 4 - Laddie Socha Willie Rohutek 3 Distr i ct 5 - Bessie Franek Lillian Kruse 3 Helen Hegwood Diana Pelzel 3 Betty Slovak District 6 - Vlasta Sabrsula 3 Lillie Mikeska District 7 - Roy Hranicky 2 Joe Kohut Organizers in the Application-a2 500 East Lake Drive P. 0. Box 850 Taylor, Texas 76574

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2 Ladis Navratil 2 Paul Pasemann, Jr., 2 John P. Trliea 2 Mary Hubenak 2 Ray Moore 2 Earl E. Cameron 2 Wilma Ha,vran 2 Charles Janke 2 Vlasta Sabrsula 2 Martha. Sembera, 2 Matt anek 2 Marie Blanar Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny, Vice-Pres., Supreme Lodge, SPJST -SPJST----

INSURANCE WRITTEN November 1 through 30, 1970 Organizer

Lodge

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Patsy Baca Herman Baethe Alice Banning John Barabas Frances Bartek Marie Blanar Albert Bristik R. E. Bros Rita Bros Viola Cabla Earl Cameron Norma Cavanaugh Lee Roy Cervenka Lad Cmajdalka Jean Crover Frank Dolesal Method Dornak Willie Dusek Bessie Franek Johnnie Gaidusek E. J. Geistman 'W. H. Glover Eugene Haisler Ernest Hanka Wilma Havran Helen Hegwood 'Willie Hejl Tillie Helmcamp J. A. Thither Mildred Holeman Edwin Holub Chas. Holy E. H. Harelica hoy Hranicky Mary Hubenak Charles Janke Ben Jarma Rudolph Junek D. A. Juren Della Kadlecek Ja •o. Kleprlik Frank Klinkovsky Joe Kohut Willie Kohutek Johnnie Krajca

88 88 47 80 87 133

1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 8 1 2 1 1 1 7 6 1 3 2 1 1 3 7 3 14 1 1 1 1 2 6 3 1 1 2 3 8 1 1 1 1 1

160 88 137 170 20 170 1 174 88 148 80 81 66 24 29 24 88 142, 88 48 88 88 88 35 4 88 137 92 175 84 9 51 88 133 47 47 47 25

20,000 7,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 5,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 5,000 8,000 10,000 6,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 18,000 35,000 5,000 9,000 6,000 10,000 1,000 3,000 35,000 3,000 15,000 10,000 2,000 3,000 1,000 1,500 24,000 3,000 1,000 15,000 3,000 12,000 9,000 3,000 2,500 1,000 10,000 1,000

Wednesday, D ember 16, 1970 Joe Krivanek Johnnie Krizan Ruth Krizan Lillian Kruse Lottie Krutilek Albert Kubala James Locke A. J. Lostak John Mach Edmund Marek Clifton Martinets Rudolph Matejka Edw. G. Mazanec Joe Mazanec Alvin Melnar Agnes Miculka Evelyn Mikeska Lillie Mikeska Jerry Mikulas, Jr. Anna Milan Ray Moore Ladis Navratil Diana Pelzel Paul Pasemann, Jr. Helen Pavelka Ruby Pavelka James Pavlicek Lillia Mae Peter Emil Pete Vlasta Sabrsula Frank C. Sacky Martha Sembera Lad J. Shiller J. M. Skrabanek Irene Slovacek Betty Slovak Silas Smith J. C. Spacek, Jr. Laddie Socha Henry Sralla Clifton Trilea John Trlica Sidon Tumis Matt Vanek Andrew Vavra Henry Vitek Frank Vytopil

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6 6 111 30 92 66 91 35 66 80 39 66 54 142 88 88 33 47 154 66 24 160 29 117 35 66 172 84 58 79 153 15 139 63 66 66 106 160 107 26 20 142 32 17 20 39

2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 3

VESTNfK 2,000 1,000 1,000 20,000 1,500 6,000 1,000 15,000 3,000 6,000 1,000 20,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,500 40,000 1,000 10,000 2,000 4,000 13,000 1,000 1,000 10,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 16,000 4,000 3,000 1,000 1,000 3,000 2,000 2,000 25,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 4,000 19,000 3,000 1,000 14,000 3,000

195/$593,000 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny, Vice-Pres., Supreme Lodge, SPJST -SPJST-

To All Organizers and Members of District 6: Since Brother Leo Krause, Jr., has resigned from the position of District Organizer of District 6, we are now accepting applications to fill this vacancy.

Anyone interested in the District Organizer's position, mail your application to my office PO Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501.

If you are willing to devote your time, we will give you the proper training for the job.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny, Vice-Pres., Supreme Lodge, SPJST -SPJST

OUR EDITOR GOOFED! ! !

Dear Organizers of District 5: On December 4th, I mailed each of you a letter, including Brother Rudy Sefcik, who we still carry as an organzer on our mailing roster; asking for your help in writing insurance, to enable us to reach our 1970 quota.

I had no intention for this letter to be published in the Vestnik, where the entire state membership would read it. My intentions were for this letter to be a personal message which only the organizers of District 5 would read and know about, but unfortunately, it appeared in this week's Vestnik.

So, in behalf of myself and our editor, I apologize, and assure you it won't happen again as I have already pulled Brother Rudy's name plate out of the mailing roster.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny, Vice President Supreme Lodge, SPJST (Dear Members: Brother Hejny is correct; however, most of the reports, for publication were sent to your editor via the addressograph plate from the SL, and without giving it a second thought, it was turned in for publication, also.

We are glad that Brother Hejny has corrected the roster and mistake, and also apologize for the error. It certainly was not intentionally done Fraternally, your editor.)

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YOUTH ACTIVITY CALENDAR Youth Achievement Days, 1971: District 1 - August 1, (entry deadline: July 12) District • - July 18, (entry deadline: June 7) District 3 - June 27, (entry deadline: June 7) District 4 - June 13, (entry deadline: May 24) District 5 - July 11, (entry dead line: June 21) District 6 - July 18, (entry deadline: June 28) District 7 - July 25, (entry deadline: July 5)

13 State YAD (Craft, Talent & Reseda) - August 22 State YAD Royalty Pageant - September 12 Youth Camps, 1971: District 1 - August 9-12 at Camp Val Verde (application deadline: July 20) 6-8 at Camp Val District 2 Verde (application deadline: July 17) District 3 - August 1-5 at Camp Val Verde (application deadline: July 12) District 4 - August 9-12 at Camp Val Verde (application deadlirual July 20) District 5 - Camp Manison at Friendswood (date pending) District 6 -- Dates and place pending District 7 - August 1-5 at Camp Val Verde (application deadline: July 12) YAD entry blanks and Camp applications (campers and chaperones) will be available from the local lodge youth leaders in late April and May. The deadline is the date it must be received by 3 our district youth director.

If you are interested in participating in the YAD or attending camp and there is no youth club in your lodge, contact your district's youth director (name and address inside front page of the Vestnik) as soon as possible.

SP J STFROM THE LODGE YOUTH LEADERS LODGE NO. 117, ROBSTOWN Dear Readers, Our members presented a Christmas program for the guests at the Cartwheel Nursing Home Saturday, December 5. The program, under the direction of our club president, David Hrncir, included a play, entitled "Santa Goes on Strike." Leading parts were played

by Kyle Wright, Santa; Cindy Washburn - Mrs. Santa; also, Scott Elliff, Wayne Wright, Timmy Lemon, and Carolyn Griffin. A junior choir consisted of Brent Hrncir, Ronald Ray, and Dena Rychetsky, Steve and Susan 'Termenny, Pam and Joey Steiger, Leanne and Bob Chapman, Amy Harper, with Connie Hrncir, accompanist.

Piano solos were played by Scott Elliff, Carolyn Griffin, and Connie Hrncir.

Following the program, the members clistributed bags of fruit, candy and nuts to each guest at the home, courtesy of our lodge.

On Sunday, Dec ember 13, the Club had its regular monthly meeting at the Robstown Community Hall, followed by a Christmas program for the

VPSTNfIC adult members of Lodge 117. A supper followed.

On Saturday, December 19, the club will have a hayride and caroling session. Everyone is reminded to come; we will leave the Presbyterian Fellowship Ball at '1 and returned for reileshruents. Parents are invited to go, a long.

'The club made a cash donation to 0: poor family at Thanksgiving to supplement a food basket a local group was collecting. A few made donations Of food, also. Also the Club brought small gifts to the December meeting to take to the residents at the SPJST Rest Home No. II to hel p with their celebration of the Christmas season.

Our bus, the SPee-Je-ST, has four new "shoes." Our next project will be painting the inside of the bus and laying new floor covering. Everyone is looking forward to many happy miles on our bus next summer!

Fraternally, Mrs. Thelma Flinch., Youth Leader —SPJST-

LODGE NO. 47, SEATON Dear Members and Readers, The Christmas Season is upon us and everyone is busy, working late, going to parties, shopping, baking for the holidays, etc., getting ready for a joyous Christmas.

Our regular December meeting was well attended. There were 20 teens, 34 juniors and 1 visitor, a total of 55 present. We had two new' members join, who are both six years old, and they are Sherry Malovets, and Eldon Zavodny. I would like to thank all of you for attending this meeting.

At our meeting, we had a special guest speaker, who was Bro. Lad Zatopek, our District II Organizer. Thank you very much Lad, for taking time. from your busy schedule to come to speak to us. We certainly did. appreciate it. After an aggie joke, Brother Zatopek spoke on how groups are. formed and how we became a part of a central group; especially our SPJST 'group.

- The. Christmas float that was sponsored by our lodge-, and our youth club, nas a big success. There were 46 children on the float singing "Joy to the World." We also had a big world on the trailer that was about four feet in diameter and had a white dove of peace sitting on top of this world. We certainly do want to thank Debbie Sodek for decorating and painting the

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world and making the dove. Debbie is used to drape the Christmas tree, as an artist and did a marvelous job. 'well as to beautify the windows in the Thanks again Debbie. We also would specified area. The afternoon, after like to thank the following people who school, was much too short and it was time to go home long before we were furnished the rest of the items that made this float possible. Brother and ready to quit.

Thank you, boys and girls, for your Sister Jerry Pechal for the, use of their trailer; Brother and Sister Johnie fine cooperation and hard work in this Vanicek for furnishing all the lumber decorating project. and the use of their warehouse in Best wishes for a Joyful Holiday Seapreparing this float; Brother and Sisson. ter Walter Jakubec for furnishing the Martha Sentbara, hitch for the car that pulled the trailYouth Leader ----SPJST---er; Brother and Sister Clarence Sodek LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD for the use of their car to pull the float; the Harper-Talasek Funeral Dear Members and Friends, The youth club held their meeting Home for the use of their carpet mats.

Also, the men and boys who walked, 'on December 6. We had good attendance. We did real well on our candy beside the float and all of you memsale. Thanks to all the youth who helpbers who helped in any way.

I wish all of you a Very Merry ed with the sale of the candy. I will Christmas, and a Happ y and Prosper- have more about it later.

Everyone had a big time on the ous New Year. hayride and wiener roast; we had aFraternally, bout 40 youth. I want to thank all of Frank Klinkovsky, you who brought food and those who Youth Leader helped. The, youth from Lodge 35, Elk --SPJSTcame over and had fun with us. Come back again.

LODGE NO. 153, LA SALLE Our Christmas supper and program Dear Readers, On December 1, when the youth were Will be December 20, starting at 5 pm. all together, we warked in groups so and program after supper. Practice for that more could be accomplished to- 'the program will be held on Friday, ward our goal Of making decorations 'December 18, at .7:30 p.m. I want all the youth to be in the program. If you and decorating the hall for the annual don't want to recite a poem, you can lodge Christmas party. While the teenagers arranged the tables and then help us sing, so the lodge and I will be looking for you. The members will cleaned them and decorated them with be decorating the hall so the youth holiday greenery and candles, the junclub can help, too. We can use our iors were busy stenciling ornaments Christmas decorations that 'we made. and cutting them out, and then decorMerry Christmas and the best of ating them with sequins or colorful wishes for the New Year. yarn.

Fraternally, To make the ornaments, the youth Willie, Mae Schuetz, first selected the color of art paper Youth Leader preferred for the ornament and then cut burlap of the matching color and LODGE NO. 66, WACO size as the paper, and glued the two together. The youth then used the de- Dear Members, Just to remind you not to forget to sired stencil or ornament and with a pencil outlined it on the paper. With bring some canned 'goods or nonperishable food, so 'we can make up scissors, the youth then cut out the same Chris'tanais baWets for necedy ornament and with their fingers reinforced the dampened cut edges of families. If you wish, you may donate the ornament. Next sequins and/or cash, anything will be appreciated.

The youth and Welfare Committee yarn of preferred colors were used to will take care of the ba gkets. You may make attractive designs on the ornament. These ornaments were used to bring your donation to the Christmas decorate our tree that was used for party, December 19 or the meeting Sunday, December 20. the lodge party as well as for the parMay I thank you in advance, and ish party.

There were no dull moments as MI's. May all or you have a Merry ChristRaybon kept the idle ones busy making Inas and a Happy New Year.

Libbie Parma, red paper chains. Everyone had his Youth Leader chance at making the chain that was

Wednesday, December 19, 1970 LODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH Dear Readers: Once again it is time to think about Christmas, and that calls for a progran.

This is a special invitation to all of you, members and non-members alike, to come and be on our Christmas program. We want to emphasize that we want everyone who would like to be on the program to join us on thiS day; the fellowship is what we are interested in, and who knows, you may have so much fun, you will come back and be an active member of our youth club a nd l o dg e . You may have a poem, song, instrumental number, or whatever you like, so long as it is in keeping with the Christmas season.

We extend a cordial invitation to all present, families, members, and guests to come to the Christmas program and see. Santa Claus. Remember the date: Sunday, D .,.c,ember 20, at 6 p.m. at the National Hall. We want all the children who plan to be on the program to be there at 4:30 so the program can be made, up. The program will start promptly at 6 p.m., and is nearly always over by 8:30 p.m., so, come on out, join the fan and make this a part Of your Christmas traditions.

Merry Christmas and the best of wishes for the New Year.

Fraternally, _ Mary Hubenak, Youth Leader, Lodge 92 —SPJST-

NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Friends, The youth met Sunday, December 6 in regular monthly session. A report was made on the gifts to the veterans' project. Christmas was a popular topic.

Plans were made to go to the S.P.J.S.T. Rest Horne on Friday night, December 18 for a program and to distribute some goodies. On Saturday night, Decemt e,r 20, beginning at 6 p.m., the mother lodge will have a covered dish supper and, in conjunction, the youth club will have their Christmas Happening. In addition to doing a progTam and singing carols, the members will exchange gifts. The cost of the gift is not to exceed $1.50. Everyone try to remember all these events and be sure to attend.

Fraternally, • Leona Stalmach Youth Leader LODGE

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V2STIgt8 LODGE NO. 47, TEMPLE Dear Members, On December 6, the Seaton Junior Youth Club had election of officers.

They are as follows: President — Royce Marek Vice-Pres. — David Wilson Secretary — Johnny Dokupil Treasurer — Gary Pa,vlica Parliamentarian — Dewayne Mesecke Repeorter Debbie Baca.

We also have a social committee; Karen Kohutek, Janice Mesecke, Beth Vanicek, Janet Sodek, Mark Hanush, Royce Marek, and David Wilson.

Telephone committee: Karen Sodek, Barbara Mihatach, and Katherine ;Morris. We have a refreshment committee: Patty Wilson, Elaine Zavodny.

Fcr our Sunshine and Birthday committee: Joyce Pechal.

The ones who have birthdays in December are: David Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Eldon Zavodny.

The door prize was won by Karen Sodek.

The youth club had practices on December 8 and 10.

Our Christmas program was on December 13, and enjoyed ,by all.

For our social in December we will be going caroling on December 17. We are to meet at Fergeson Park, across from Parkview Grocery at 0:30 p.m.

Oh, yes, don't forget our Santa's Pals.

We have one new member, by niece, Sherry Malovets.

I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and Santa brings everything you were wishing for. I'll be seeing you at our next meeting, whic is January 3, at 2 p.m.

Fraternally yours, Debra Baca, Reporter LODGE NO. 66, WACO Dear Readers, December is coming to a close and so is the year, 1970. I have enjoyed all the youth activities of this year in the SPJST and I'm looking forward to a new year. I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Lodge No. 66's annual Christmas party will be held December 19. I hope to see, all our old members and new members at the party. Our youth club is also sponsoring a dance on Decemhere 27.

Fraternally, Patricia Stanislav (12)

15 LODGE NO. 24, CYCLONE Dear Readers, We had our last meeting on December 13, at 2 p.m. The youth c:ub drew names at the last meeting for our Christmas party. It will be hell on the night of our Christmas social, December 18, at 7 p.m. After the program, we will have a covered dish supper. Everyone is asked to bring enough food for his family and friends.

If your children don't belong to the youth club, you may bring them a gift if you wish. The youth club will exchange gifts in the amount of 75 cents.

Well, I have to say good-by, so Merry Christmas to one and all.

Fraternally, Arleen Cabla (10) Reporter —SPJST

LODGE NO. 13 DIME BON,.

Dear Vestnik Readers, On November 27 our Dime Box Youth Club had a surprise party. There were four door prizes. They were won by Marlene Horak, Rita Kubena, Judy Marek and Sherry Marek. We had a lot of different games to play.

Later, the refreshments were served.

I hope everyone had a fine time.

I hope to see you at our next meeting.

Fraternally, Albin Horak, --SPJST-----

LODGE NO. 13 DIME BOX Dear Vestnik Readers, We had our last monthly meeting on November 15. The meeting was called to order by our president, Don Bayer.

The pledge of allegiance was said by all the members present. Then came the reading of the minutes. The minutes stood approved as read. The roll was called and the treasurer's report was given.

There was no old business to be discussed. Under new business, we planned to go skating. We plan to go on December 28, from 6 to 8. We invited the New Tabor Youth Club.

We also gave to the Thanksgiving Clothing Drive.

Then the meeting was adjourned. I would like to thank Mrs. Shorty Iselt for furnishing the refreshments after the meeting.

I hope to see all the members at our next meeting.

Fraternally, Kay Horak (12)

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EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of Lodge Stefanik 142, Houston, in behalf of our entire membership, wish to express our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed lodge sister, EMILIE CYKALA , who passed away on November 17, 1970 in the Heights Hospital in Houston at the age of 63 years.

Sister Cykala was a devoted lodge member of Lodge 142, where she was a local lodge treasurer for many years.

She always was willing to give a helping hand.

Survivors are her daughters, Mrs. Ann McIntyre of Houston, Mrs. Alice Reid of Victoria; three grand-daughters, Mrs. Dodie Halderman of Houston, Miss Andrea Reid of Houston, and Mrs. Ruby Weitzel of El Campo; one grandson, Allen Simmons of Houston, and a number of nieces and nephews survive also.

Funeral services were held Friday at 9 a.m. at the Heights Funeral Home Chapel with Father McCarthy officiating. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. at the National Cemetery at East Bernard, Texas.

Honorary pallbeai)ers Were: Alvin Melnar, Eugene Dornak, Herbert Kieschnick, Joe Cieslewitz, Emil Kubin, and Frank Mynar, all from. Lodge No. 142.

We join the family of our departed sister in their sorrow.

May their loved one rest in peace.

Dorothy Beyer Annie Lueckemeyer Ibmiley L. Hearn —Resolution Committee —SPJSTEXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY In behalf of the entire membership of SPJST Velma Cechie No. 135, Ennis, we the Resolution Committee, wish to extend our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed brother, FRANK PATRIL,

VPSTNrIZ 'who passed away Deceniber 3, 1970 at the age of sa.

Brother Patril was born January 2, 1882 in Czechoslovakia and came to the Ennis community at the' age of three.

He was a member of the SPJST for 68 years.

Surviving are three sons, Frank C. of Houston, Jerry of Corsicana and Joe Ben of Ennis; four daughters, Mrs. Leslie Vrla of Bardwell; Mrs. John J. Dlabaj of Ennis; Mrs. Bill Boaska, and Mrs. Louis Slovak, both of Dallas; 13 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Annie. N'ekuza of Ennis and Mrs. Carrie Kubelka, of Bardwell.

May our departed brother rest, in eternal peace and his memory live among us forever.

SPJST Lodge 135 Resolution Committee: Frank A. Laznovsky Eric Moucka Jerry Ghudej EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee, in behalf of the entire membership of Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth, offer our sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed brother, CLAUDE WESLEY ANDREWS, who passed away November 9, 1970 at the age of 62.

Burial was in Myrtle Cemetery on November 11, 1970, at Ennis, Texas.

He is survived by his wife, Alice Andrews of Ennis.

Resolution Committee: Annie Langer Lillie McMillen Victor Murphy —SPJSTEXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth, offer our sincerest sympathy, in behalf of our entire membership, to the bereaved family of our departed lodge brother, JOHN WILLIAM CHALOUPKA, SR. of 3137 Ramona DriVei, Ennis, who passed away December 6, 1970 at the age of 70 years. Burial was in Moore Memorial Gardens, December 8, 1970 with chapel services' at 2 p.m. with Rev. Herbert Price officiating. Funeral arrangements by Shannon's North 111 W. Northside Drive.

Surviving are his wife, Anna; sons, 1st Lt. John Chaloupka, Jr., Fort Hood, Texas, and Speck. Franklin J. Chaloup-

iffecinerrlay, December

'MO ka, of Germany; a sister, Mrs. Theresa.

Miller; and Brothers Joe and Rudolph, all of Fort Worth.

May our departed brother rest; in everlasting peace.

Annie Langer, Lillie McMillen Victoria Murphy —Resolution Committee

Items of Interest KUBIAK'S LEGISLATIVE REPORT I will be appearing before the Insurance Board's Houston hearings on Thursday, December 17, in opposition to the proposed 23 per cent rate hike on automobile insurance rates in Texas. The State Board of Insurance has guaranteed the automobile insurance companies 11.56 per cent of net worth after taxes, but in checking with the national average, we find that all companies in the nation during the past 10 years have averaged 6.1 per cent. Texans do not drive any worse than citizens of other states, yet we have higher rates than most. Car insurance companies cannot persist in rationalizing increased rates because of supposed lack of profit.

At the Houston meeting we will advocate the following: 1. Abolish present board and establish an executive secretary to be appointed by the Governor for a fouryear term.

2. Appoint a five-meMber board, one member from each of five regions in the state on four year staggered terms.

These would have to be confirmed by the Senate.

3. Abolish the rate-setting now done by the State Insurance Board and place all auto insurance companies on a competitive basis on auto insurance rates.

(It was interesting to find that two of the largest insurance companies writing automobile insurance in Texas have not requested an increase in rates, but are rebating part of the premiums' paid).

4, The executive' secretary would -set standards for insurance companies 14,riting auto insitritinie and would check solvency each quarter.

5. EstabliSh a five-member group rate plan -Which would encourage safe driving by providing an incentive rebate to all safe drivers in TeXas. 6. Require any person, SeCuring automobile registration tags to show proof

SV'Arieaday, Deeeniber ifi 1070 of insurance or, pay $50 to be placed in the uninsured motorist escrow fund which in turn will lower liability rates throughout the state.

I am not quarreling with the fact that insurance companies should make some profit on their investments-, but 11.5 per cent guarantee is too far out of line for any company.

TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS Christmas toys are always the easiest and most fun to shop for because they don't require careful consideration.

Right? Wrong!

Selecting play materials for children requires the same selectivity as any other Christmas item, reminds Jane Fleischer, Extension family life education specialist at Texas A&M University.

Toys, of course, should be safe. Safety requires toy construction so that no items can be pulled off and swallowed, or that none can be broken off, leaving sharp edges.

Toys should have no-conducting cord material, such as cotton. However, any string will carry electricity when wet.

Toy hammers and mallets should have securely fastened handles, and wheels on wooden toys should be fastened well, preferably with screws.

Toys with keys should not revolve when the toy is working.

Since toys are for children, select ones that the child can manage himself. A toy for any age should give the child a feeling of adequacy and should set the appropriate standard for physical and mental developmet. For example, most mechanical toys may be too intricate for children under four years old.

But toys should not be too restrictive.

Choose one that offers variety for the child's needs .It should stimulate imagination and make-believe; encourage quiet play or vigorous body activity, apply both to playing alone and group activity. Pets or toy gardening equipment fit this category.

Toys should suit the child's stage of devielopment. Usually, the toys are marked with an age range, but these ages vary with the individual child's development.

Pre-schoolers need activity for developing large muscles. Their toys should require use of hands.

Young elementary children need toys that develop large muscles and that encourage social development, as do

VPSTFIf stories. Arts and crafts help the child to coordinate fine muscles.

Older elementary children require group development through team -sports. And, they may acquire skills through hobby, paint or musical toys.

Toys, of course, must be suitable for the play space and storage facilities available in your home. A big play house wouldn't fit into small apartment living-. Or, would you have room to store a hundred piece farm set?

Children of all ages are espeically fond of puppets, dolls, dress-up clothes and housekeeping kits which enable them to practice role playing. Learning roles is very important for the child because he must learn to identify with his parents, the policeman on the corner as well as the shop keeper. Role playing is paiticularly important for boys, who need to indentify with men and men's occupations.

When Dad leaves the house and goes to an office, the son is often unaware of just that his father's job is. So it is more difficult for him to identify with his father, except, perhaps, through role-playing toys.

ACCENT ON HEALTH Today much attention is being focused on water supply as an aspect of man's environment that can be either a natural resource of great benefit to him or a vehicle by which disease organisms or toxic chemicals can be distributed widely.

The public has no way of directly protecting its own water supply. Constant vigilance by health and waterworks officials is necessary for continued safe water production and distribution. These professionals exercise this vigilance by regular evaluation of existing public water supplies and thorough study of proposed installations.

The Texas State Department of Health inspects the water systems in all communities throughout the State.

Employees of the Water Supply Program of the Division of Sanitary Engineering review- and approve plans and specifications for new water systems and additions to existing systems, and field representatives make regular surveys of facilities to secure corrections needed too assure safe drinking water for public use, Travelers may have noticed that some communities have a sign posted at their city limits announcing that their municipal water supply has been approved by the State Health Depart l -ment,Thisgdca te

17 water supply does more than meet the minimum requirements of the U. S. Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards and State Health Department regulations.

Today there are some 450 public water supplies across the state that have been approved by the State Health Department and certified as safe and sanitary.

The evaluation of a public drinking water supply appraises the Origin, treatment, distribution, and storage of water, and the bacteriological, physical, chemical, and radiochemical qualities of the water as it flows from the tap.

The owner or manager of every water supply system furnishing drinking water to 2-5,000 or more persons is required by state law to have the water tested at least once daily for the determination of its sanitary quality, and to furnish to the State Health Department. Public water sup plies serving lesS than 25,000 persons must be monitored at least four times a month.

In enforcing its regulations, the State Health Department has so thoroughly blanketed the field of water sanitation with State Health Dept. engineers that water-borne diseases from public drinking water supplies have virtually disappeared in Texas. —SPJST---'FOOD FACTORIES' INSTEAD OF CONVENTIONAL FARMS? Development of • a new concept of combining sea water, nu-clear energy, and agriculture with ele,ctricity as the by-product will make possible an industrial view of crop production in the form of "food factories" in the future.

Napier is the designated name for a combined project of Texas A&M University's College of Agriculture-, Science and Engineering that is exploring the usefulness of nuclear power as an energy source for desalting .water and for electric power production. The- desalted salted water has many implications for agriculture.

The Nuplex program is "a university `wide research project that has been specially organized at the request of the Texas A&M University Board of Directors," according to Dr. C. H. M. Van Bevel, vice, chairman of the project and professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Institute of Life Science. Chairman of the project is Dr. R. E. Wainerdi, associate dean of engine,ering and head of the Activation Analysis research Laboratory at A&M.

18 Since agriculture is probably the only consumer that is large enough on an economic scale to make use of the estimated one billion gallons of water that Would be produced each day, an effort is being made in research to come up with methods for using the water for crop production that will result in much higher value-in-use.

"Crop plants are generally capable of much higher yields than assumed," Dr. Van Havel noted. He also said that an industrial view will be taken of crop production in the future.

"By doing this, yield figures could be realized that now seem theoretical," he added. "This research will be the basis of food factories that will be closely integrated with operation of the energy and water plant."

"Using the Nuplex concept there will be more produced on the good acres we have and retirement of less productive land will be possible."

The Nuplex program at A&M has already received attention from other organizations such as the Atomic Energy Commission, Office; of Saline Water, the Bureau of Reclamation of the U. S. Department of the Interior, and the National Science Foundation.

Support for the program presently comes from "the university's own resources," Dr. Van Havel said.

SPJSTACCENT ON HEALTH Cancer patients in Texas are being aided by information collected by the Texas State Department of Health in its Cancer Registry.

While previous research into cancer is of great benefit to those with the disease today, the future holds more promise because of information being collected on cancer, its treatment and follow-through examinations.

"One of the primary purposes of the Cancer Registry," said Dr. W. S. Brumage, Chief of Sp ecial Health Services of the Texas State Department of Health, "is to follow-up 'cancer patients thieugh their family physicians and hospitals to determine the quality and length of care and survival. Continuation of care to the cancer patient is of primary importance." He said this necessitates a lifetime follow-up and periodic examinations.

The Registry hopefully can provide us with information as to what is the best type of care, he said. This includes surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a combination of these. "This can be of vital concern to cancer patients- of the

VESTNfK future," said Dr. Brumage.

The Registry had its start in 1949 and was housed at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. It operated under sponsorship of the Texas Cancer Coordination Council and was composed of volunteer hospital which provided records of cancer cases and follow-up exams. On the council were the State Health Department, M. D. Anderson Hospital, Texas Medical Association, Texas Dental Association and Texas Division, American Cancer Society.

In 1959 the State Health Department took over sponsorship and designed a local hospital cancer registry booklet.

A manual, "Your Hospital Cancer Registry booklet. A manual, "Your Hospital Cancer Registry Guide" provides each participating hospital with suggestions to use in collecting uniform data about the patient, the disease, treatment and followup. One aspect of the disease of major importance is its location in the body and the stage of the disease when the patient reported for treatment — whether localized, with regional involvement or remote metastasis.

Dr. Brumage said the local hospital or clinic is the base on which the Registry is built. This operational procedure is approved by the American College of Suregons. He noted that many hospitals use the services of the Cancer and Heart Division. Some use the reporting forms and although they may not be a part of the Cancer Regastry program, we consult with them also, said Dr. Brumage.

Information from the participating hospital or clinic is put on the Texas State Department of Health computer.

More than 100,000 persons are on the Register now. Some 30,000 new cancer cases were reported in Texas in 1969.

SPJST

SACCHARIN USE DETERMINED SAFE Saccharin poses no hazards in the quantities it is likely to be used, reports Minnie Bell, Extension specialist in family life education at Texas A& M University. The information is the result of study on saccharin usage by a committee of the National Academy of Science and the National Research Council.

According to the committee reports, Miss Bell says, a safe level of about 12 to 18 quarter grain tablets per day may be used by adults. Actual usage is likely to fall far below the safety standard.

The use of saccharin covers an 80 year period. During World. I. heavy

Wednesday, December 10, 1070 use of the sweetner in England and Germany has produced no adverse effects.

A recent, cancer mortality study involving over 21,000 diabetics using saccharin showed no increased risk of cancer over the period of 28 years, the report showed.

Miss Bell added that the committee did recommend further inveStigation of specifiic items related to saccharin's long-term effects.

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Sleep Because of Pain Couldn't

My whole body had been crippled by arthritis, all my joints and muscles were inflamed. I suffered such great pain that I couldn't sit or lie down and for almost a whole year I slept only about 2 hours every night. My doctor was afraid that I would commit suicide because of the pain. Then a countrynian from Wisconsin recommended a comb nation of BOHVEN tablets and ZDRAVI-TAMIN capsules to me. I take both every day and already I have better circulation in my fingers and toes. I can now dress myself, I Eileen all rant and can even drive a car again.

That's why I too now recommend both of these miraculous drugs to all my friends. —Frank Kohout, Petersburg, N.Y. Don't put it off until tomorrow; order today. Small combination for 5 weeks is $6.88, or larger size,only $9.88.

Also highly concentrated MORAVIA liniment for 1 pint liniment $3.50; for 1 quart $6.00. DANUBE laxative tablet0 made from medicinal herbs, one month's supply $1.50, 3 months, only $2.98, postpaid with vuarantee. Enclose cash, m. order, check; no COD. EUROPEAN DRUGS, B. Jelinek, European pharmacist, P.O. Box 927, Laguna Beach, Calif. 92652.

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PROSIM PRECTETE POZORNE

Zadali byehorn naSe dopisovatele abyste prosim Medal initi vase prispevky do Vestniku v naSi firadovne v 22. prosinee anebo &iv do eisla Vestniku datovaneho 30. prosinee a v fitery 29. anebo drive do eisla datovaneho 6. ledna. 1971. Je samoziejme ie prAta bude innoho opoidena a to k viili Vanoenich a Novoroenich svatkii. Prosime vas abychom vim mohli uveiejnit dopise a nemuseli je (bawl stranou pro opoideni, vyhovte sobe i nam!

Diky predem.

Redakee i vydavatele.

S pribivajicimi lety snad kaitlY jeden podstupuje ureitort zmenu v nazirani na Zivot, jeho noel a poslani. Dostavuji se mySlenky, na ktere v mladSich letech nebylo bud' easu, nebo zralosti.

Mezitim, co u nekterYch se to projevuje sebelitovanim a vzdychanim Po torn, co bylo a u2 neni. . u jinYch je to va2na filosofie, k nis musi kaalY dospet svYm vlastnim 2ivotem. Nikdo rnu nemii2e pomoci, take v torn nevi nic tragickeho.

Rozhledneme-li se kolem, tu mNeme videt neprehlednou radu Zen a mukteri v pokroeilem veku dosahli vrcholu plodne tvorivosti. Staei se podivat na seznam svetovYch statnikii, diplomattit, spisovatelil, -treenail nebo prfrmyslnikfi a bylo by z mista rici, 2e snad vachni pouze "ohfivali na kterYch sedi.

Hodne zale21 na torn, kdy si elovek fekne, 2e jest star a z plodne prace vyfazen. Jeden je hotov v 60 — drulay je piny energie a tvorivosti v 80 letech.

OD REDAKCNIHO STOLKU

POZDNi RUZE Smutno v sade za podleti! .

Vihky vetrik polem duje iena hustou mlhovinu pies iivaly ye krajinu, slunko ehmury protrhuje.

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iVialo kviti v teto dobe!

Pozdni ruzi bolest' svira, teskne kolem na svet hiedi, pestry motyl na ni sedi snad ji s oka sizu stira?

Samozrejme, jsou vYjimky a okolnosti. Pravdou zfistava, 2e nikdo nema odchazet na — predeasny odpoeinek jenom proto, 2e je opravnen na pensi, i kdyby z finaneni zajiatenosti byl na tarn sebe lepe. Ten, kdo se zamestnava u2iteenou praci, nema zbiteeneho easu premYSlet 0 sobe, nebo dokonce zavidet mlad gim. Zbavuje se pocitu vykazenosti a menecermosti. — Stare p‘rislovi "zemilt s botami na noheu — to die with the boots on. . ." — ma mnohern hlubsi vYznam, ne2 si myslime.

Jsou lide, kterl maji hroznY strach pied smrti a jsou celi neSt'astni, kdyZ se o torn nekdo slovem zmini. I kdyZ to nejsou prave nejprijemnelAi my glenky, jsou nerozluenou easti 2ivotni filosofie.

Ten, kdo '*zije pinYm 2ivotem den Po dnu, nebude se bat konce, k nenar2 spejeme vNalmi od prvniho okam2iku zrozeni. tikolem starnoueiho eloveka nerd pouze Unlit sam sebe spokojenYm a

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St'astnYm, ale praspet 'k spokojenosti a.stesti tern, jea ma kolein sebe. ZadnY nechce poslouchat nekoneene stYskani vlastni a vzdychani, mladi ma sve vklyt' jsme le meli i my, jenaroky nom, Ze jsme uZ zapomneli.

Na sprayne 2ivotni filosofii, kterou prilmeme, bude zale2et„, do jake miry budeme v rodinnem kruhu opravdu miJe velky rozdil bYt milovan, nebo trpen, znamena ustaviene pretvarky. V nejedne rodine je stark otec nebo matka zahrnovan pozornostmi a laskavosti, jee, nevychazeji z uprimneho srdee, — coa nejednou vede k tomu, ze se deti nemohou doekat, as se rodieil zbavi.

Zni to krute, nespravedlive, ale nejsou to I/My deti, jea na takove neblahe situaci nesou vinu.

Aikame-li, 2e 2ivot jest Akolou, pak musime bYt na prvem miste dobrymi 2aky a pracovat k maturite, je2 rids lepSimi lidmi, jinak se stavate yeenYmi studenty, kteii chodi ze ftoly, ani2 by nekam dospeli.

Deti, jim2 dali 2ivot, nebyli stvoteni pro nas, nYbr4Z pro svet, a elm drive se s tirnto faktem rodiee sprateli, tim lepe pro vSechny. "Jedna mama u2ivi 12 0 .4, ale 12 deti nem:0e u2ivit jednu mama. . .", jest apakovano na vkch stranach a ma v ate hoeine tragicke pravdy. Jsou vSak pripady, kde deti jsou ochotny se postarat o rodiee, ne vSak za cenu rozbiti vlastni rodiny. Zhusta padaji v &afar ne vlastni syn nebo dcera, --- ale spiSe snacha a zet'.

Zde, si muohokrat vzpomina na roz-

20 hodnuti naei vlastni maminky, vas red aktor.

Ve stati se nutno spratelit s mnolia vecmi, i kdyt to neni snadne. Nekdy je treba kompromisu, jindy sebezapreni, v katclem pripade rozumu. — Jenom tak elovek dospeje k spravne filosohi v zime sveho tivota.

-SPJST-

Oddil dopisovatelii Had San Antonio eislo 133 Mile sestry a broth.

VYroeni schfize naSeho radu, ktera, se konala v nedeli 15. listopadu, se vyclatila velmi pekne. Veichni firednici byli piitomni a naySteva elenit poteeitelne dobra. Predseda radu, bratr James I. Kostelnik, zahajil schtlzi, privitanim pritomnYch s pripomenutim, te je to schfize vyroeni a Nadal o pozorne sledovani jednani. Tajemnik, bratr J. Kleprlik, preeet1 zapis z naei posledni schitze, ktery byl schvalen jak byl Cten. Nato finaneni tajemnice Mau, sestra Viola Mazadova podala svoji oheirnou zpravu za uplynolY mesic.

Po projednani yeech zaletitosti bylo prikroeerio k volbe firednikil pro prieti rok. Veechny firedniky jsme znovu zvolili, jsou to: James I. Kostelnik, predseda, sestra Marie Blanarova, mistopredsedkyne, Jaroslav Kleprlik, tajemnik, sestra Viola Mazaeova, fieetni tajemnice a bratr Alfred Kalmus, praporeenik.

ZvolenYm nredniktim bla,hopreleme a prejeme mnoho zdaru v dalei praci pro tide rad a celou Jednoto. Nyni, kdyt jsme si je zvolili je na nas sestry a broth, abychom je v praci pine podporovali. NavStevujme pilne naee schttze, sledujme pozorne jednani a kde toho bude treba, bud'rne vtdv naPomocni radou, pokyny a snatme se veemotne o dal gi vzritst nageho Po okoneeni zdarile schfize a zapeni pisne Happy Birthday pritomnym oslavencilm, byla, jako obvykle, podavana Ghana svaeina, pri ktere se veichni pratelsky pobavili.

PriSti scinize naeeho radu bode se konati treti nedeli v tomto mesici, t. j. 20. prosince, jak obvykie ye 2 hodiny oclpoledne v sini American Legion Hall, South San Antonio. Chci pripomenout, 17",e to bude posledni schilze v tomto roce. Bode miti slavnostni raz, Genova zabavniho vYboru pripravuji bohate pohostinstvi, proto oeekavante, te se dostavite ve veteim pootu, Sarnozrejme bode i nadilka pro deti; ved'te je a doprejte jim te" radosti.

Nak sestry Zadame, aby die moZno

VESTNfIC sti prispely nejakYm peeivem, jak bYva zvykem o vanocich, koltteky, dotty (cakes) a jinYmi zakusky. Za yak 'Stedrost a pomoc predem srdeene clekujeme.

Poutivam -Leto priletitosti a vSem, mile sestry a broth, proji radostne svatky vanoeni a hojne zdravi, etesti a spokojenosti v roce 1971.

Na shledanou v nedeli 20. prosince 1970.

Rubie Holly —scJsT, Krouiek CeskYch Zen v Dallasu Letoeni rok 1970 se rychle blili ku konci a tak myslim, te jest moo povinnosti podekovati veem-na gim milYm prateltim a priznivciiim za jejich podporu no S: ch.° Kroutku — nejen dory ale i slovy uznani — ktere opravdu Bez vaei pomoci bychom nemohly kraeet stale ku predu jako nyni koname a jsme vam yeem neskonale vdeany. V dubnu 1971 bode tomu jit 36 let naSeho tryani (a snad jeete jednou 36. let) bode nde Kroulek jeete trvat — 'aspoti si tak prejeme. Take musim podekovati Hlavni firadovne SPJST v Temple, to nam dovoluje uverejnovani naeich kroutkovYch zprav a udalostech v jejich organit a p. redatkoru R. 8efeikovi za uverejriovani a trpelivost s elanky a dopisy — i jemu jsme ze srdce vdeeny. JeSte jednou diky veem lcrajanfim a mejte se o svatcich dobie a bud'te zdravi. Vesele Vatnoce a St'astny Novy Rok katdemu preje Anetka Houdkova, prectsedkyne a dopisovatelka Kroutek CeskYch Zen v Dallasu Ctenariim a priznivciim Vlasty Javoricke Jak Ceske americke noviny sveho easu Ceska lidova spisovatelka a basnitka Vla.sta Javoricka, se dov tomto roce svYch osmdesati let.

K tcmoto vzacnerno vYroei vydala Jillna Rihova tiskem jeji vere'ovane_ dilo ii Aate vlasy dada Vgeveda, pohadku K. J. Erbena, kterou Vlasta Javoricka zbasnila a podle sveho upravila.

Jirina Rihova je vnuelcou Vlasty Javoricke a toto dilo j i bylo venovaino v roce 1950 kdyt byla v uprchlickem tabore v Rakousku. Tato rortomila, pohadka pro mlaciet a pro dospele bude Jana na. vanoeni trh v prosinci. Mateo tuto krasnou poltadku zajem, ohjednejte si ji primo u Jiriny Aihove, 5310 Colebrook Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78226, nebo prostrednictvim techto novin. Cena je $2.75 veetne p o-

Ve sUedu 16. prosince 1970 ttovneho, ye Statech i v Kanade. lotite-li eek nebo penezni poukazku, vase objednavka bude vyrizena obratern potty.

Mate-1i pribuzne nebo pratele v Ceskoslovensku, uclelejte jim radost a poSiete jim tuto pohadku k Vanoctim. Letecke poetovne je asi $1.00. Je tam stale volani po starych eeskYch 130hadkach i po dilech Vlasty Javoricke, jet ziistava nevyslyeeno. Touto rortomilou knitkou, cenove dostupno, jim jiste zptisobite velkou radost. Pohadka Tii zlate vlasy dada Veeveda je vydana Standou Skalou a ilustrovana malirem Milanem ekticem.

Jirina kihova --SPJSTTAK VSELICOS

Aneika Houdkova Nate sestra Hamuskova mela floc:lax/no nehodu a oparila se. Nyni sotva se trochu pozdravila tak zas se velice potezala o sklo, takte nekolik stehtl bylo treba na ruce seeit. Velice litujeme sestru Hanniskovou a doufame, te noPriSte y eechny nehody se ji zdaleka vyhnou. Pani Hamuskova jest maminkou naSeho sbormistra od radii 84, ktery ridi ty pane zpevy na natem es'.

Gnu katcleho roku.

Nedayno jsem byla v Ennis pritomna, schazi tamniho siciho kroutku psi jejich posvicenskem obede a psi te philetitosti jsem se ela podivati na sta y -butenovasklnyvEisamusim rici, ‘',e to bude krasna budova — prostorna a fleelna. Pan Moueka me laskave provedl a rtitne me vysvetlil, takle jsem si mohia udelati asudek.

Sin jit je pod strechou a nyni se pracuje na vnitrku; meli opravdu etesti, to letos v listopadu nebylo tolik tech oeklivYch deetit a mohlo se fee venku dati do pokadku netli prijde zima.

Uvnitr se vtdy da, neco delat kdyt je to v suchu, ov'Sem jeSte to vezme dosti dlouho netli fee bode dokoneeno, ale piece jiste do Polka Festivaiu sin bode sloutiti svernu okoli. SlySela jsem, te take od radu 25 jit zakoupili misto blite mesta, ale nevim, zda zaenou brzy staviti a budou-li hotovi na eas te slavnosti v kvetnu. Doufejrne, jiste bychom jim toho prali Ce ano z celeho srdce!

Prave nine byl dorueen Vestnik tohoto tYdne a vidim v anglicke easti obrazek inla,dika Roberta Peshlakai zde z Dallasu. Tento mladik jest Menem SPJST 130 a jest pinokreynYm nem kmene Navajo (etc se Na.-va-ho).

To jest ten obdivuhodnY mladik, jent tak pekne sokoloval o letoSnim dnu. Nekdo nespravne informova1 na-

`Ve stfedu 10. pro.since 1970

Vt8TNfK

PelleSite dary $56 dol., pottebne vecl Se prespolni hosty, to je to "koreanec" od ses. Bunker. a to byl adoptovan eeskou rodinou Kroutek deskY Zen to ale neni pravdou. Spravne je, _ Josef Vytopil tento chlapec (zaroveri se svou sestrou A. HemZal J. 8ebetka Robertou) priSli do Dallasu do Trinity L. Novak, st.

H. Vrla, st.

Mission jako sirotci ze Shiprock, New J. Kankrlik A. Steiner Mexico. Ujala se jich rodina H. B. M. Riscky M. Dugek Smith (pan Smith jest take z velke CaA. Omalina L. Pavelka sti Indianem kmene Navajo) a vychoA. Cechan A. Bunker vali obe deti 130 sokolsku, protoSe roA. Janeeka A. Haudek dina path. k Sokolu jiz davno a pilne F. Hou2vieka B. Tupy pro nej pracuje. Robert jest yYznaeM. Nesuda J. Maliik nYm studentem ve zdejSi Skole a vyniA. Kopecky A Pokladnik ka obsylaSte ve sportovnich uddlostech B. Valeik A. Horak tolikrat jiz vyhral slate, stribrrie R. Kopeeek A. Koza a bronsove medailie. Je mu jen 17 let F. KoriakovskY M. StranskY ale jest vyboinym plavcem, tennisoF. Spurn D. StranskY vYm hrdeem a viibec ye vSech sportech, JeSte nam laska nezeinkela, jeSte nejen venku ale i uvnitk na bradle.

ObdrSel jiS tolik stipendii od rtiznych jsou na svete srdce 'dela necht' yyjakolejich ale dosud neni rozhodnut kam dri to tyto tadky Vesele Vanoce a Jedna vec je jista a to je, Se At'astny Nov' Rok redakci a vSem po ukoneeni studii v koleji ptijde sou- pratelitm preje Marie TobernY tan ve brach olympickYch a pak se navrati ke svYm lidem na jihozapade -SPJ STa tam, jim bude k disposici, aby mohli i oni ziskati vzdelani jake dostalo se jeinu a pomohl zvelebit jeho kmen.

Jeho sestra take sokoluje a j sou 'MST 1971 JARNI OKRSKOVE SCHUZE to dobre deti, a jejich vychovatele si Jarni schilze II. okrsku bude se kojiste saslouSi velke diky za jejich °be:- nati 18. dubna v Holland, Texas u tavost a lasku kterou dali temto sirotdu 'Oslo 80. kam Indantim. Pisi toto Cesky aby ti, (jenit anglicky umi jen malo nebo Jarni schtze VI. okrsku bude se kovilbec ne) si to mohli take preoisti, je nati 4. dubna v sini AmerickYch Legioto zajimave. Take pry mel nekdo nail (American Legion) v Moulton.

Se ony deveata, ktera taneila ten inFrank C. Wagner diansky tanec o Csl. dnu zde v fijnu, Jarni schilze VII. okrsku bude se kopry jsou z El Campo, co2 neni pravdou.

Deveata jsou z Dallasu a d ye z nich nati 25. dubna, v sini tadu Oslo 107 ye jsou vnuekarni naSi sestry Skotakove Floresville.

Pauline S. Pavliska, taj. a jak jste to videli umi to velice pekne.

-SPJST---Tanec je to heskY a trebaSe jsem to yidela jiS trikrate je to porad tak zajimave.

Velice rada jsem videla dopis pi. BeQanove z Ft. Worth, to uS je znamkou, Se se citi lepe. Opravdu jsme jeji obliC'ej postradali o 6s1. dnu, vSdyt' oba manSele jezdi na naSe slavnosti tak dlouho a kdyl tam nektery neni tak moc schazi. Take pi. Zichova pry stonala ale snad je ji jiz lope. Ob6 tyto OD IIL. PftEDSEDY dusieky main ji2 leta a ze srdce jim Bratti a sestry! preji hodne zdravi a sveZesti. Tak jilS V posledni naSi schtizi Hlavniho totoho asi necham. Bud'te vSichni zdra- lesa bylo iiredne schvaleno venovati a vi a mejte se dobre. A. H. odevzdati na,S4 novou Usttedni budovu -SPJSTDNE 31. LEDNA 1971 Dallas, Texas Tato slavnost se bude konati, vzdor °ten* pane reclaktore: jakemukoliv poeasi. Podrobnosti proChet podekovat vSem co prispeli na gramu budou tiverejneny brzy ye Vestdarky pro Veterany ye vojenske ne- niku; mriZeme ale udat, Se obrady sae"mocnici v Dallas, seStre Houdko ye za nou v jednu hodinu odp., tanefeni zazminku v jeji KrouSkove . zprave, ySent bava a veselice v sini radu 6, 47 Seaton prateliim a sestram za dary. kolem pil &Luta, hodbay odp. Sit). bu-

Oznameni fah, scheme

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de otevrena v 10 hodin rano (Star Hall).

TeSime se vSichni na veliky a pro vSechny sla ynk den. Posvanky nebudou yysilany mistnim radtun ani jednotlivctim, vSechno bude ritedne uverejneno ye Vestniku nekolik tydna dopredu. Udelejte si plany na cestu do Temple 31. ledna 1971!

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Nick A. Morris pted. Hi. tadu -SPJ STCECHOSLOVAK V ECUADORU

Se stejnYm nazvem easapisu jsem se seel minuly rok v Quitu, hlavnim meste Republiky Ecuador. Ji2 v Lime, odkud jsem ptijiZdel, mi doporueili navAivit pana doktora Lederera, byvaleho S'efredaktora tohoto krajanskeho easopisu.

Quito leSi v kra,snem horskem na npati historicke hory Pichincha, na ktere se odehrala vitezna bitva osvoboditele Ecuadoru generala Sucre, Na jiZnim konci se rozklacia stard Cast mesta s fizkYmi uliekami, namestieky a kostely. La Compania, La Catedral, San Francisco, La Merced, Santo Domingo a jine kraSli svYmi kolonialne baroknimi portaly a oltati jdno z nejkouzelnej gch hlavnich mest JiZni Ameriky. Lidove trhy, pine barevneho a sve2iho ovoce, zeleniny, ale i Zive" barevnYch latek, dek a ponch, yytvari spolu s divoce vykrikujicimi prodavaei a smlouvajicimi kupci typicky obraz lidoveho koloritu jihoamerickeho kontinentu. Na severe je mesto naopak velmi moderni, se sirokymi ayenidami, velkYmi parky, novYmi budovami, hotely, nemocnicemi a universitou. Na jedne z hlavnich tfid — 10. Augusta — bydli i dr. Lederer.

Sedim v jeho pracovne, vyzdobene obrazky z pra,Zskch ulic, lidovYmi clZbanky z Moravy a s knirievnou pouze s eeskYmi tituly. Zajimarn se o kralanskY spolek. Ve valeenych letech a nekolik let potom byl zde ivot krajanil velmi aktivni. Clasopis OechoslovAk v Ecuadoru vychazel v obdobi II. svetove valky napill v Cathie, naptil ye ‘SpaneStine. Pan doktor mi venoval nekoilk jeho vytisku, ktere jsern pozdejl, Po navratu do Prally daroval krajanske knihovne Naprstkova muzea. MCI jsem vSak dojem, ze i kdyd °Helaine krajanskY spolek jiZ neexistuje, ze se zde u dr. Lederera mnozi ae gi schazeji dosud. Pi. Ledererova je totiS velmi dobra zubni lekatka! Behem hovoru mi dr. Lederer vykladal take jednu zajimavou historku, ktera se stala v dobe navaevy dvou cesto yatelat z CSSR.

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UNE SE (MY Lekce (Iva:xi:Heald — Lesson 32 Dates — Seasons — Months Abbreviations Days of the week: pondeli — Monday iitery — Tuesday streda — Wednesday etvrtek — Thursday patek — Friday sobota — Saturday nedeli — Sunday Note that days of the 'week are NOT capitalized unless, of course, they are at the beginning of a sentence. They always are in English.

• • Months of the year: leden — January Iinor -® February brezen — March duben — April kveten — May eerven — June eervenee — July srpen — August — September iijen — October listopad — November prosinee ®- December (Same rule on capitalization applies as above.)

• The 4 Seasons: zima — winter jaro — spring leto — summer podzim — fall Commonly used abbreviations aj .— a ;line (and others) aped. — a podobne (and similar) atd. — a tak dale (etc. and so on) c. eislo — (number) es. eeskoslovenskY (Czechoslovak) dopoledne (forenoon — a. in.) dop.

— diive (before) bYvaly (former) bYv. hod. — hodin (o'clock) na priklad (for example) nak. odp. odpoledne (afternoon — p. m.) n. 1. — NaSeho letopoettt (A. D.) — after Christ) pr. n. 1. — ked naSim letopoetem (B. C. — before Christ) p. pan (Mister) pi. pani (Mrs.) re. rok (year) tohoto roku (this year) t. r. sl. sleena (Miss) str. strana (page) svatY (Saint — St.) sv. t. in. — tohoto mesice( this month) tj. — to jest (that is — namely) tak zvanY (so-called) tzv. st. — stark (Joe Brawn, Sr.) nil. — junior (Joe Brawn, Jr.) nejml. nejmladSi (the youngest) Res. koruna eeskoslovenska (Czech crown -- unit of currency) CSR — Ceskoslovenska republika (Czechoslovak Republic) (The present regime uses the abbe.

C • ' SSR, having added another S for Socialist).

TK — Nskoslovenska tiskova kancelai — (Czechoslovak News, or Bureau); Government News Agency. eedok — eeskoslayensky dopravni karicelar — (Czechoslovak Transportation Bureau).

Measures of Lengths — Miry delkove 1 inch — coul, paler -- 2.54 cm.

12 inches — stopa — 30,479 cm.

1 yard — 91.439 c. m.

2 yards sah — 1,828 m.

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Miry dute — measures of capacity 1 pint — 0.568 litru 1 quart — 1.138 litru 1 gallon — 4.546 litru 1 bushel — 36.368 litru Holidays Vanoce — Christmas Velikonoce — Easter den Dikiivzdani — Thanksgiving Den piimeii — Armistice Day Zdobeni hrobii — Decoration Day Den Matek — Mother's Day Den Wei — Father's Day Na Svlvestra — New Year's Eve gtedrY Yee'er — Christmas Eve Sy. Mikuliii'e — St. Nicholas (Dec. 6th) gtedrS, Den — Christmas Day Den Veteranu — Veteran's Day —End of Series —

rcje .sttedp. 10. pros1me.1974 InChteli se dostat k love-am lebek Jebaros, ale nepodatilo se jim to. Teprve kdy jim dr. Lederer WOjako pravodni list pravou "tzantza" (vystig enou lebku Indiana), navAteva, se jim podatila. Tuto lebku mi dr. Le. derer ukazal zabalenou jako relikvit ye sklenene vnitrine. Ziskal ji 'lady • roce 1943, kdy pracoval v pralese nedaleko Uzemi jebaros.

Male mesto, 'jako je Quito, napOrna,ha k temer dennimu stretavani; a navie musim podotknout, ze naSi krajane zaujimaji nektere zcela, vYznannie po7.

• ktere je tea jako ureitou socialni skupinou spojuji dohromady.

Jeden z rich, •snad nejvlivnejAi z krajanii. v EcuadOru, ktery si nepfeje bYt jmenovan, stavi nedaleko Quita rozsahly komplex ubytoven, gkol, zdravothich a sportovnich stredisek pro d&t bez rodiea nebo pro dal, jejient ro(Hee nemaji dostateene prostredky pro jejich vYchovu. Ma se jim zde zdarrna dostat nejen Akolniho vzdelani, ale i urnoanit irspeSne zapojeni v jejich budoucim aivote. Je to jedna z ojedinelYch akci v Latinske Americe, a miUeme bYt hrdi, 0,e je to praye zasluhou naAeho krajana.

Behem nekolika tydna se nuAaate poznat i s jinYmi pozoruhodnkrai obyvateli Quita: Na zastupitelsk'ch fitadech trech state pracuji kraja,O. Nijak mne jiz neprekvapilo, ze zastupcem Organizace spojanYeb. narodu Ecuadoru je pan Lang, pochazejici z Jihlavy. A uvidite-li v Quitu firtriu 2ak, pochopite hned, ze je 6eska, rozdil od firmy AKIOS, kde zjistitepUvod exotickeho nazvu a2 pc) preeteni odzadu SOJKA. DobrY pozorovatel posti.ehne i maim parnetni desku s oznaeenim jmena narnesti: LIDICE. A nesmime zapornenout ani na, astronomickou observatot nedaleko pomniku S. Bolivara,, na ktere venorma 41.r„ M. R. $tefalo',?,ll be . hem- svCho pobytu v iL Arnerice.

Krajane vktk neaiji jen v hlavnim me-7 ste Quitu. Nehodne jsem se s nimi setkal! pri sve ceste i v Ambato, Salinas a Guayaquilu.

Tfinedelni zastavka v hlavnim meste mi -sire nestaeila k navAtiveni v§ee,,h krajana, ale hlahol nefaLs'ovane , eeainy, prijemne chladne podnebi a nevelkomelstsky charakter Quita mi na chvili vytvotily sympatickou vzporninku na domov. . .

Ing, Mnislav Zelenk

Ve stredu 16. prosince 1970 CESKk KOSTELIK V JAPONSKU . .

2ivotni vYstava dila 821eteha architekta, znalire, sochare a keramika Antonina Raymanda, rodaka z Kladna, je otevrena v jednom z nejvetSich tokijskYch obchodnich damn Macaza,kaja.

Antonin Raymond tije a pracuje ut pies pill stoleti v Japonsku — bylo mu 30 let, kdyit byl v Tokiu asistentem sla.vneho americkeho architekta Wrighta pri stavb y tokijskeho hotelu Impe- vial, ktery dnes path ke klasickYm ar- claitektonickym manumentirm nejvetna svete. Od te doby — siho s vYjimkou let druhe svetove valky, kdy pusobil v TJSA — Raymond tvoii v Japonsku. Stale vzpomina, na svou vlast a rodne Kiadno, odkud ode jel v rote 1910 a mluvi dosud vYborne Cesky, bez sebemenSiho ciziho prizyuku.

Vedle mengich del, obrazu, sock, umeleckYch svitidel, nabytkoveho a textilniho riavrhatstvi je architekt Raymond autorem vice net tisice staveb katedral a chramil, budov vel yyslaneckYch iiradil a misi v Tokiu (SSSR, USA, Francie, Belgie, Kanady), kulturinch don't, divadel, koncertnicb sini, nemocnic, obchodnich damn — slavna, Macuzakaja na tokijske Ginze je rovnet jeho dilem.

• Sam osobne si pry velmi ceni stavby maleho dteveneho kostelika Pavia .v horske oblasti Karuizavy ve strednirn Japonsku. "Je to jakasi japonska republika typickeho eeskeho venkovskeho kostela. Moe jsem se snatil, aby to bylo opravdu Ceske, a snad se mi to podatilo," tika 821etY architekt, ktery den co den pkijitdi v invalidnim vozieku na svou vVstavu aby byl v osobnim kontaktu s navStevniky "zejmena s ornladinou".

Ra,ymanclovy stavby patti k "moderni architektonicke klasice" i na Fillpinach, na HavajskYch ostrovech a v Indii, kde byl v tricatYcla letech prirkon nickYm autorem vubec prvni betonove stavby u Madrasu. Je tviireem universitniho arealu v tretim japonskem nejvethin meste Nagoji, tokijske nemocnice sv. Luka ge a mnoha dalSich staveb a komplexii; jeho poslednim dilem je kulturni areal pro mesto Takasaki. V New Yorku byl spoluautorem jednoho z nejvetSich mrakodrapil, Woolworth Building.

JaponskY tick venuje Antoninu Ra y• andovi. a vubec 'prvni pfehledne vYstave, jeho dila mimataciriou pozornost, ocerinje jeho ptinos japonske i svetoye architektute a zatazuje ho mezi nejvAestrannej'Ai a nejplodnejS'i melee nail doby. (ye)

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V ESTNAK LASKA KARLA KALASE KalaS, KalaS. Tohle jrneno dobte zrrai krajane ze XVI. videfiskeho akresu. Mantels KalaSovi, kteri tu pred lety till, byli dvojici, s nit- se spojovalo ochotnicke divadlo. Predstavoyali • postavy her TylovYch, Klieperovych, KalaSovy deti mushy bYt samastatne. Po vecerech bYvaly samy doma, rediee zkonkli, hrali. Oba chlapci meli pro jejich konieka pochopeni a jen rozum lorali, uz krCCeli ✓ jejich glepejich. Karel Kala'S zpival peveckem spolku Lumir, na krajanskYch shromatclenich, olca bratri hrali ✓ kvartetu. Karel KalaS se vyueil knihtiskatem, ale hudba a zpev mu zabirala VSechen volnY Cas. Zdokonaloval se ye zpevu a jeho mekkY, vYraznY, hluboky hlas ut znala krajanska verejnost.

V race 1934 odejel se s yYm ptitelem, pozdeji znamYm krajanskYm harcovnikem, Antaninem Machatern do Bratislavy. liTeinkovat. Z zanedlouho mu telldejSi reditel bratisla yskeho divadla DuaSar poslal do Vidne smlouvu na stale angenna. A tak zaeala umelecka, draha Karla Kaiak, o ktere dnes, pa vice net tficeti letech milteme tici Uspe;Ana,.

Sedeli jsma spolu a povidali, vzpandnali. Zaslautily umelec Karel KalaS ma nad vzpominat. Na slovenska leta, na tivotne dulezity krok pro neho, kdy v race 1933 pfekl z Bratislavy do Zlate kaplioky nad Vltavou — Narodniho divadla, jehot je dlouha leta solistou. ()nen stanek name vSem drahY, se mu stal pracovnim, ale stale posvatnYm prastredim. Tady se seznarnil a spolupracoval s nejznamejSimi postavami nail kultury, dirigenty i salisty, tady setmelemu hledisti pfeclaval pies tticet let sve umeni zpevaka, j emut se stab° povolani poslanim a laskou.

Sedirne a povidCme a kolem nas prochazeji znami umelci Narodniho diva0.1a, zdcavi se s InYm besednikern, utrousi pratelska sltivka. Karat je tiva kronika Narodniho divadla. Je svemu °kali kolegou, ptitelem, dobrYin Clovekern. Jeho mekkY has dava vzponainkam ptichut' tajemnosti 1 sentimentality. Ale tu nespojujme se jmenem Karla Kaiak. Prace, tvrcla, pilna pra.ce jej ututuje a city obohacoje jeho denni korani, i kdyt 9. rijna zaklepa kclesatka na jeho dvete.

Vzpomeinne roll, ktere Karel Kala', jemut byl v race 1965 udelen vladou titul zasloutileho umelce "za, yYznamnou dlouholetou einnost i umelecke vVsledky v opete Narodniho divadla v Prate".

Nachazime jej v opete Dalibor jako

Bene:ie, v Evtenu Oneginovi jako Grenina, v Hanzave kralo ystVi (na tuto operu rad chodil, aby si paSlechl tatu, jeho dries 1:51etST syn), v opel:e Dan. Carlos, Figarove svatbe jalw Figara, v Prodane neveste jako Michu, v J2ji pastarkyni jako Starka, v Jakobinovi jako hrabe, raracha v Certove sten& a dalSich a clalSich. V poSlednich /etech zpival Zuniga v Carmen,' Colina Boherne, Gemala v Bairn.

SkramnY umelec nechce loYt oslavovan; neehce, aby se o nem mnoho hoyarn°. Zije umenim a s yYria zpevern chce vyzpivat vie. k zemi v nit tije, vztah k dobrym lidem, vrouci ku syna ke sve 861ete manaince, ktera v race 1946 pitela s mantelem natrvaio z Vidne do Ceskoslovenska. Ptijela pomaci vlasti, prijela i k brat achotnicke divadlo.

Ale ja navzdor prvni Karla KalUSe gratultlli k jeho dloaholeteniu umeni tivotnirnu jubileu. A vy, mill pratele, asi se mnou. A ani nemusite bYt V. idne, kde jmeno KalaS izne neznaHana Vondraekova SPJ ST--

IIUDEBNi POKLADY V PRAZSKEIVI PALACI Cela dye rtplynula leta chodili vAevnici Prahy kolem Velkoptevorskeho palace na Male Strane v Prole a tuS'ili, te se tarn nee° neobvykleho deje. Canna, barokni stavb y, jig} vtiskl roku 1726 koneenou podobu slavny italsky stavitel Bartholomea Scatti, proehazela ye vnittnich prostorach vYznamnou rekonstrukci. MnollY divak si jiste pamatuje, ze tu bYvala instalovana rozsahla sbirka starYch hudebnich nastrojin ktera byla prvni expozici sveho druhu v Ceskoslovensku vubec.

Kdybychom v pameti sahli dal do minulosti, zjistili bychom, te pitvodni zaklady k tete vYznaene kulturni instituci polotil jit Frantikk PalackY. Na nej navazali dal gi pl'edstavitele Ceskeho narodniho a kulturniho obrozeni.

Se jmenem skladatele Ernila Axmanna zUstane navtdy spojena sbirka rukopisnych hudebnich pamatek a hudebnin, ktera dues Cita vice net padesat tisic svazkii, VelkoptevorskY palac na Male Strane poskytl idealni prosttedi pro historicke sbirky tohoto druhu. PriblitnC od padesatYch let stoleti jsou jeho prostory systematicky pfizpOsobovany ft e: el-am hudebniho muzea, jet pracuje ye svazku nag% vrcholne institute NCrodniho muzea. Po prvni trvale vYstaye hudebnich nastrojri V reprezentaCnich salech Velkoptevorskello palace clo g° nyni — Po rozsahlYch rekonstruk-

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VESTNIK

cich k oteviceni zcela no ye expozice pozice yzacnYch hudebnich nastroja.

Jejich poeet byl proti drivejSku redulcovan a v9stavni plocha sale daleko moderned a pasobiveji instalovana. Uplatnila se to p •ecle ySim prosluld v9"-stavni technika, jak ji navStevnici znaji ze svetovYch v9stav v Bruselu, Montrealu a Osace.

Od Cer y novYch dine je nove, expozice hudebnich nastroja na Male Strane pristupna vetejnosti. Obohati yYznamne soubor pra g skYch muzei o skuteenou noviuku tim, ze vynaSi na svetlo takove vYtvory, ktere lze jinde spatrit jen v chrane.nYch trezorech. Aekoliv tato v9stava ukazuje jen nepatrny dil z celkoyell° majetku Narodniho muzea 263 exponata z asi 2500 kusa ulogenYch depozitarich — vynika predev8im svou historicko-umeleckou hocinotou a zpasobem instalace.

Nedilnou soueast 'Leto expozice bude tvorit staid. vYstava klavesovYch nastrojti na zamku Krines u Nymburka, ktera je rovneZ majetkem NarocInalo muzea. Nove otevfene oddeleni Narodniho muzea ye Velkoprevorskem paidci v Praze se bude dole rozSirovat, Stavebni a rekonstrukeni prate umcc.%,ni easem roz'Sitit areal deviti v9stavnich kde budou umisteny dahi dva oddily starch nastroja a technickYch hracich stroja, take expozice bude tvorit jedno z nejvet8ich homogennich muzei sveho druhu v F,vrope.

Dr. J. Vitula.

-SPJST

teinne leeeni rakoviny zavisi na nekolika einitelich. Predev'Sim no tom, o jak drub rakoviny jde. Uva gime-li ge fines u g zname asi 150 typo teto choroby, uzname, g e vYber spravneho leeeni neni prate snadnY. Na druhem mists musi lekaf zjistiti, jak daleko nemoc pokroeila. Na tretim mists prichazi v fivohtt celkov9 sta y pacienta.

Ph veasnem rozpoznani choroby, negli se mela rakovina eas roz§ititi na jinn ristroji, ne gli kde zaeala, rude chirurg odstraniti celou postigenou tkdri. Zaeala-li se rakovina jig ale je stale jests pomerne lokalizovana, portistava leeba z operate a ozarovani roentgenovYmi paprsky.

RozWila-li se v8ak rakovina na jine orgriny, pak jedina nadeje skr9va se v drogach. V pfitomnosti je v pou giti asi petadvacet raznYch prostredka tohoto druhu. Jaka je jejich freinnost?

Aekoliv o skuteenem vyleeeni drogami ma geme mluviti toliko v pripade jednoho, pomerne ridkeho druhu rakoviny, osvedeuji se razne drogy blahodarne 1 v leeeni asi 30 jinSr ch forem

Ve stFeclu 10. prosinee 1070

nemoci. Zmirriuji bolest, prodlu guji diPredev8im se pfistoupilo ke sloueeni vot a zlepSuji byt' i jen doeasne sbirek stareho umeni, tedy bkvale 0celkovk sta y n.emocpeho.. Vzhledem brazarny a moderniho umeni, nove byk velkemu poetu . rakovinnYch dru- la vybudovana sbirka fraficka a sbirka hu vyslovuji lekari pochybnost, ge se mimoevropskeho umeni. DruhYm v.Ykdy dopatrame jedineho "zazradneho" raznYm rysem byl vast fonda, oboholeku. proti rakovine..Ueenci ye vYzkurn- covani sbirek at' ji g jednordzovYm nkch laboratofich musi pokrueovati ve zpasobem odkazil, z nich ureite iiejvyhleclavani novYch leeiv, kterd se a- ptinosnelk byl odkaz dr. V. Kramare, svedei aspon proti nekteremu druhu dare, dotaci, prevzeti nebo dlouhocionemoci. bYch zapajeeni od rady obrazaren i cirLekafska .vecla shoduje se v tvrzeni, kevnich instituci ei zakupovanim noge nejdale gitejAi veci je veasne, rozpo- yYch znani choroby. Jsou razne naznaky, Zveteni sbirek a jejich soustfedeoi kterkm ma kagdY jedinec yenovati pa- si vynutilo feSeni problemu jejich zazornost a na ktere ma bez prodleni u- bezpeeeni. V roce 1949 se podarilo NG pozorniti sveho lekare na klinice nebo ziskat Sternbernski palac pro stare uv nemocnici. metal a instalaci j'eho exponatu. PoMezi snadno rozpoznatelnymi 01- stupne jsme zlskali take palac Kinsnaky — ktere ovSein nejsou v gdy ra- skYch pro grafiku, prostory zbrasla yskekovinou jsou na priklad jakekoliv ho zamku pro plastiku a koneene take nevysvetlitelne otoky nebo nadory'kde- Vald8tejnskou jizdarnu,. kterou rezerkoliy no tele; jakekoli krveceni; • nevujeme pro pfilegitostne vet81 vystavodavocInend ztrata na vase; zmena ye iii Stale nedostaeujici jsou stolici; vytrval9 kasel, z ylaSte objevu- v8ak bohug el prostory pro umeni 19. je-li se pfi nem kreV; bolak, ktery se stoleti v Mestske knihovne a citelna nechce zahojiti; nejaka bradavka ne- je naprosta absence ykstavnich moanobo vYrustek, ktere se zdaji zyet8ovati, sti pro evropske umeni 20. stoleti vumeni barvu, krvaceji nebo pasobi bo- bee. lest.

Vratime-li se jeSte k tomu radostnejKdyby kagdY elovek mel tyto pfizna- g imu, co pfinesla posledni leta, pak rnaky na mysli a poradil se s lekarem jak- 2eme povtrdit i celkovy rust aktivity mile nekterY z nich na sobs najde, by-. NG a kolektivu jejich pracovnika. Rela by veasna diagnosa rakoviny eastej- trospektivni pohled na vysokou nay-Ai, leeeni aeinnej,81 a eaka na ripine Atevnost vYstav nape. Slavieka, Preiuzdra.veni slera, Brandla, cyklu "Ma vlast" nebo spisTeeskeho baroka dokazuje snad aspeSNAD BILANC1 NARODNi GALERIE non organizaci a zajem o zvet geni oNarodni galerii v Praze, auto repro- kruhu nay Stevnika, kterk opravdu nezentativni instituci umeleck9ch sbirek, ustale stottpa. utvarely od jejiho zalo geni v roce 1796 Jake kontakty ureuji spoluprdci NO nejraznejsi organizaeni tendence, aby s narodni a celosvetovou kulturou? ji ag posdledni etvrtstoleti umo gnilo koPostupne byla v fade vetSich most neene provest zabezpeeeni sbirek, 0- vybudovana sit' regionalnich galerii. tevfelo mognosti dalAiho nista a pa- Pli prag ske NG existuje specialni odtvrdilo jeji vkjimeene postaveni jako deleni pro spolupraci s nimi a objektivjedne z nejbohatSich evropskYch gale- ne Izerici, ge se do znaene miry parii. Otazky tYrkajici se jeji vnitfn1 pro- dilime na jejich vekejne i interni prablematiky podrobneji, jsme fe- ci. V jinem smeru doplriujeme svou ditoli NG prof. dr. Jirimu Kotalikovi. einnost organizovanim cykla nav"Stev Jak vypadala situate bezprostfedne 8ko1, y ydavanim katalog:, pohlednic a po valce? cliapozitiva a v neposledni fade proJe treba FIci, ge chic pohotove a °be- hlubujeme vlastni interni vedeckou tave praci skupin i jednotlivca bylo cc- praci. Co se tYka mefitka svetoveho, le bohatstvi NG yeas uchraneno tak, pak lze konstatovat rispeAne vybudova,ge ztraty nebyly prilis velike a ge ko- ni styka se fgemi evropskkmi neene nedo8lo ani k evakuaci sbirek. ktere pfedstavuji pfedev8im v9Rued po osvobozeni byly uspofaclany vYstavy s muzei umeni v polske tfi v9znamne vkstav3r rybranYch maJug,oslavii nebo s Muzeem Puslifsk9ch del stareho i moderniho tune- kina v Moskve. ak aii a take odlitka, aekoliv NG disnono---SP.IST_. za vsechny fispechy, jich2 se na vala nouze malkmi prostory v Mestske knihovne.

• narod domohl, ma dekovati temer jeJake pozitivni vYsledkv bvly dosage-- dine pfsernnictvi. Oeska kniha nas vgdy ny v posleclnim etvrtstoleti? povzbuzovala. (Svatopluk Oech).

Ve stfedu 16. prosinee 1970

Sanssouci Karlovy Vary Ministr zdravotnictvi Ceske socialistickd republiky dr. V. Vleek otevtel slavnostne v KarlovYch Varech novY lazensky chim Sanssouci. Moderni sanatorium se 101 jednolatkovymi, 30 dvoulatkovYmi pokoji a 12 apartma, jidelnou, zimni zahradou, spoleaenskYmi mistnostmi, telocvienou a zdravotnickou easti, ktere postavila jugoslavska stavebni firma za 18 mesica, znamne rozSitilo kapacitu nakch svetoznamYch lazni.

-SPJST--

V nove upravene svatebni sini Starornestske radnice v Praze uspotadal Obvodni narodni vYbor v Praze 1 poprve diamantovou svatbu. Manteld Vaclay a Karla Katovi oslavili yzacne jubileum — 60 let spoleeneho tivota,.

Vaclavu KaSovi je 60 let, jeho mantelce 86 let.

Nedelni vylet za ehmelem Nedayno jsem prohlitel turistickaho pruvodce no Rakovnicku. Nabizel rodni krasy kraje i historicke zajimavosti, gotickou klenbu rakovnickeho chramu sv. Bartolomeje Ci nayStevu mista, kde kdysi pobYval mistr Jan Hus. Bohaty vYber pro nedelni rjlet, ale tentokrate nevyttitY. Vyjel jsem jako jini mnozi ridiei — z hlavniho mesta, Kladenska ei odjinud — smerem na Rakovnik. Silnice hned po ranu pina., vozy poveteine pine obsazeny. Stopati mavali dnes zfejme marrie. Stovky aut smetovaly tuto sobotu a nedeli na vYlet trochu jiny — za detmi a chmelem. Konvoj slotenY z rodicii, bratti a sestet, na cestu se vypravili dedeeek a babidka, kteti jinak protiji nedeli nejradeji v klidu doma.

Invaze svateenich eesaeil mii ila snad do vtech chmelatskYch oblasti. Zvlattni autobusy privately z Prahy dalei varky smerem do Kozojed, Irotesedel, Peilep, Knese ysi, Vrbide a dalSich obci. Jen na chmelnicich Rakovnicka pracuje na 16,000 sludentu a OM, z toho polovina z Prathy. Dalk desadi jeSto chybeji, a tak ptiS.13r vhod veechny pomocne ruce, jejichz poeet byl ptimo fimernSr poetu detskYch eesaea a 130detnosti rodiny. Tti, etyri elenoVe rodinneho kruhu tu nebyly tvlattnosti.

Sedim v hloueku eeS6,60, mladYch starkch, na chmelnici v obci JanoV. V sobotu nekolikrat prti, na nohy se lepi Mato, tim vice ocetruji rodidovskou pilnost. V nedeli se svatY Petr umoudtil, to jinak niizi chmelove k gtieky v

VtSTN 11C cich, vydavajicich svedectvi o naeesanych vertelech. V Janove miadi z pratskeho Dopravniho podniku a dalSich Skol si jiZ zvykli na ureite tempo.

Nejpilnejk a nejdovednejk podle nine byly asi babieky.

A zase uhaneji auta a autobusy se svateenimi &sad, domU, obyeejne chmelova vetevka ci veneeek svedei o vYlete do kraje chmelnic. Potom take dohovory, kolik vlastne vertela kdo natrhal, a dohady, zda pojedou za tYden za &Arai a chmelem znovu, nebude-li prave v jejich obci jit doeesna. lh-Umeni baroka v Cechaell Cechy byly odeda yna fkfiZovatkou kulturnich cent. Poprve v gotice 14. yeku v dobd Karlove a podruhe prave v obdobi baroka, kdy se Cechy staly jednou z cilektYch, osobitym projevem vYznadnYch oblasti tohoto slohu. VYznamnY odkaz pamatek, kterY u nas barok zanechal, se ostatne dodnes uplatnuje v Utvaru krajiny, v architektute a dominantach 'nest, v napini kostelt a zamkt. Zejrnena pro sve umelecke kvality byl desky barok obdivovan odevna. Uz pied valkou si vynutil nadSene vYroky znalca, velebici Cechy jako mote barokove nadhery. Proto vedle doeasnYch vYstav u rids i v zahraniei byla stale aktualnejeim fikolem trvale, expozice eeskeho baroka, ktera by naeemu i zahranienimu na yStevniku poskytla co nejnaroonejk informace a co nejkonkretnejAi ptedstavu o tom jak se barok v 6echach vyvijel. Jako na zavolanou nabidl takove expozici sve sine zamek Karlova Koruna v Chlumci nad Cidlinou. Svetle prostory zamku, vzajemne dokonale propojene bez chodeb, davaji vYbornou pkiletitost k rozvinutl pfehlidky baroka v 6echach, od jeho poeatku v prve polovine 17. veku at do vyzneni v lidove tvorbe na sklonku 18. stoleti. Expozice v chlumeckem zamku naznaeuje i doklacia tento dej nekolika sty exponata.

Tak zaujima Karlova Koruna se svou dneeni tematickou napini mezi statnimi zthnky zylattni misto.

--SPJST-

HRADBY A ZAMKY PKAZSKEHO

KRAJE Oblast tohoto kraje Patti k nejstarUzemim, osidlenYm eeskYmi kmeny; proto take lmed na, poeatku natich dejin utvoilla se zde dve velka, politicks sttediska, ptemyslovske kolem bradu Prahy, Leveho Hradec a slavnikovsite s Asttectirn hradem na Libici. Z techto hradiSt' byl kamennYmi bradbami opatten pay pra;ZASI brad, a to

25 za knitete Sobeslava v I. poi. 12. stoleleti; tehdy zapinovaly se i pra2ske mesto v okoli Ungeltu pryytni kamennYmi domov.

Z feucialnich sidel rand gotiky jich le& v pratskem kraji pornerne malo, nebot' pro plochost terenu byly hledany spiS'e polohy v hornatem na obvodu zeme. Z kralovskYch hrada 13. stoleti je tu jedinY Ktivoldat, start' loveckY brad eeskYch krala; ostatni hrady tete" doby pattily k soukromYm zbotim 'Ceske Slechty. Mezi nimi vynikaly MiChalovice rodu Markvartica, Valdek, Zebrak a Selmberk rodu CeskY 8ternberk, rodove sidlo 8ternberkii, z menhch Ridany u Prahy a Kokin nedaleko Melnika. Take doba lucemburska zanechala v kraji vYznamne pamatky; z jejiho poeatku jsou to ptedevSim Dratice, stavba posledniho pratskeho biskupa Jana W. (130143), a S- ternberske KonopiSte, obe vystavene snad francouzskYmi mistry, Okok, Rataje nad Saza,vou a Dubd z doby kolem 1350, se zbytky mesteeka, v doby Karlovy predev gim KarlRejn (zalolen 1348), brad, ktery zakladatel urcil k potrebam statnim ne2li ke sve osobni ochrane. K hradam, ktere znamenaji v architektonickem vSitvoji nastup pozdni gotiky, path Jengtejn, Krakovec a kralovsky Tan& (kolem n 1400), ktere vznikly jako priznaenST projev domaciho vYtvarneho usiiI doby Vaclava IV. Temito jmeny je take rada vYznamnejSich ,hraclu vyeerpana, protole to, co k ni ptidala gotika novSr palac a opevneni Krivoklatu . (pied 1500) opevneni Oka() (dokoneeno 1499) a stavba hradku Tucharoza (kolem 1477) je celkem Winos nepatrnY. Ze za'chovanYch tvrzi eeskeho zemanstva ze 14. a 15. stoleti stoji za zminku vele v Hradenine, Kralovicich u Uhfinecsi, v HanSove u Horek nad Jizerou a obytnd stavebni tvrze v Litovicich.

Renesaneni zamek vznika v Pralskein kraji v souvislosti s einnosti kralovske huti, pracujici na praMkem hrade, a to na pudorysech velmi praviclelnYch a formou italsky eistou. Je to Kostelec nad OernStrni Lesy (po ohni 1549), jemu2 dala koneenou podobu do4tavha P.;)ardinandova, a zamek v Nelahozevsi v hlavni easti z let 155272. Ostatni stavby 119, Melnice (naklaelem Zdisl. Berky z Dube v letech 1546 54), na cisarskern zboii BrandYse nad Labem a Pferove, Voticich, N. Dvorech nebo Smeene jsou veteinon adaptacemi stargich disposic a nemaji v dejinach naSi renesaeni architektury toho jedinceneho vznamu, i kdy jejich ital-

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ske tvary doplriuji sgrafita nebo volutoye stity. Typ venkovske renesaerd tvrze zastupuje nejlepe stavba ro2mberskeho regenta Kreina z Jelean v Krepenicich na Sedleansku (1548): v skromnejSi podobe najdeme ji ye VySehorovicich.

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dle olanil Jos. Schulze v letech 189094 a stare tvrze v Priihonicich (188992) proslule hlavne botanickYm parkern.

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MOTTO: V trojhrannern eervenem pravou stranou naklonenem, je eeskY dvouocasY stribrny le y se zlatou korunou. Na, leve strane etitu je postay en kolei helm, pokrYvajici eervenY feflik se sttibrnYin rubem. Nad helmem je klenot d ye slo2ena holubei zdobena jedenacti zlatYmi listy...

V dot* kdy heraldika je 112 jenom predmetem sberatelske vaSne, je lepSi rovnou prozradit, 2e vYSe popisovanY erbovni znak udelili mestu kral Jan LucernburskY uz roku 1336 a mestSti konSele si pak erb vylepSili obrazem hocha, kterY "kleee na, erbovnim opira se o kolei helm".

Renesaneni reminiscence do2ivaji i zde dlouho do 17. stoleti, jak je videt na zamku v Mni;ku, kterY Si Po 1. 1650 stave' pobelohorskY spekulant Servac Engel z Englesfussu. Mnohem vetSi vYznam maji ovSem v kraji zarnky vrcholneho baroka, spojene easto s rozsahlYmi itpravami celeho okoli, ktere poda yZaji taktka Upinou vYvojnou 4adu, na ni2 lze ukazat pilsobeni osobe sournerne zamecke disposice francouzske. Sta.-03y tohoto typu, vetSinou pro vYznarnne predstavitele tehdejSi Slechty, zahajuji take predni architekti taco doby: G. Alliprandi v Liblicich (pc) 1699)) a Kosmonosich (1703-09) a G. Zajimava je i historie pojmenovani Santini a F. M. Karika na Zbraslavi inesta,. Pry je odvozeno od slaneho pra(1716-39). Jde tu vesmes o dila. vysok.-6 mene ( v Cechach jiste kteevropske firovne, ktera ovlivnila podry vyveral na itpati vrchu dodnes zvastane cialAi eeskou tvorbu 18. stoleti. neho Slansko, bora. PCi vsi ficte k hisZ dalSi generate baroknich urnelcil torii, ktera jako ten davny pramen univ kraji deli Cada, east° jeSte neka pOry zvetraleho zdiva, se nam souznamych mistrit, Veltrusy, -Jemni'Ste z easniktim nabizi snad trochu neuctir. 1724, notovice (pied 1709) a Lysa y e, ale daleko bezprostrednejSi vylepSenad Labem, z dila pra2skeho architek- ni stareho mestskeho erbu ttemi ta F. M. Kariky pak stavby eerninske znaekou, ktera na OKD Vinote. Kolein poloviny stoleti se pak vYrobcich strojait ze Slaneho je stretenth vYvoj zpomaluje, zamecka budem zajmu mnoha tuzemskYch 1 zadova ztraci take na sve elenitosti i bohranienich firem. hatstvi pildorysnem. Z techto pezdnich Nadvori SvermovYch zavodit ye Slaprikladd lze uvest zejmena Btezn (z nem je eas od easu svedkem udalosti, r. 1770), Bezna (z r. 1750), Mesice (z ktere je ino2ne prirovnat k slavnostlet 1767-75) s pozdejSi rozsahlou regu- nim prehlidkam. Serazene samohybne laci obce, N. Mitrovice (po 1736). VranY jetaby SD 080, Elan, SD 125, Avant, vyna Slamsku (po 1785), prestavbu Bee- proWovaci automobily a dalSi vYrobky vdr J. Palliadium podle J. Wircha zavodu v rfiznych pastelovYch barvach.

(1776). Nave yzepeti na samem konci V 2ebrieku popularity vY •obkii strobaroka znamenala pak stavbu zamku jatri SvermovYch zavodti ye Slanem se Dobtia ( z let 1745-65) s rozlehlou za112 Cadu let na pied nim miste dr2i hradou, pro kterou si jeji stavebnik J. znamY autojetab Av 8, : .t'astne konP. Mansfeld opatril projekt od predstrukeni skloubeni vynikajiciho tatroniho architekta Jul. Rob. de Cotte. yackeho podvozku spolu s vYkonnou jetaboveu nasta ybou — to byly d ye suKlasickYin representantem erripiroOieky, ktere finalnimu vYrobku uptevela° projeti zamecke disposice je Ka dly zavidenihodnou nit prodejnifich Gina u K. Rory. Byla postavena v letech spechti doma i v zahraniei.

1802-22 ifprostred anglickeho parka, V rozlehle hale provozu 4. slanskeho zalo2eneho ji2 1789, a path k neivetSirn zavodu se oei jen te2ko orientuji poloeeskYrn disposicim z dub romantickeho klasicismu. Co se v to lobe sta yelo v pritmim kourove clony, vytrvale zhng , oblouky elektrickYch svareeek.-t'ovane parcich ve VlaMmi a Veltrusich, jejichk park se budoval jiz. od r. 1785, jsou jen Vedie ,sebe se tisnici podvozky mohutnYch "stoosumatricitek" tu za jeden dophiky, i kdy2 nazorne ilutsruji romanticke laden' doby, Z 19. stoleti z a pill due prodelavaji kouzelnou pieobdobi historicicSich slohit je treba se menu. Zaeina itpravou nekterYch deptimo na podvozku, pozdeji usajefte rozWeni Horovic (po 1852), prestavbe zamku Stranova (po- zenirn jeraboveho ramu a svrtanim

Ve stteclu 16. prosince 1970 opernou pateti vozu. Z hromad venVeh (-hied ubYva, kus po kuse a vSe-: chny se stehuji v naueenam rytrau svoje misto.

Poatame stojici podvozky. S bidou se jich sem vejde lest. Vedouci monta2ni skupiny, Vaclav LukdS" ochotne sdeluje, 2e to itpine staei, nebot' delaji hlavne nahote a dole pod vozem. Dovniti si vriz pritahnou jetabein aby lid neetichali srnrad z vyfttku a 11:,, se jede normalne. . .

Jejich praci dobre plati v SYrii, NIg,erii, Irdku; Rakousku a eert vi, kde jei.46, AV 8 si dokazala vyslou2it ostruby.

PastelovY niter vozu vhodne rozliStije ji2 namontovane dilce. Mechanismus otoee, oplechovani ranu, pripevnene podpery, splet' hydraulickeho potrubi a jine. Monta2ni knee utahuji zavity matek a svornikit. Obeas zasviti plaminek svareciho hotaku a ye YYsledne fazi pak vklouznou do yyztu2er,Ych otvorit zavesit masivni cepy spoju jici trubkovou konstrukci kompletne sestaveneho yylo2niku s jetabovou zakladnou. Stroj je dopinen onezbytnou vYzbroj; pak projde rukama elektrikatii napojujicich spletitou sit' kabelCt a IA po vlastni ose se ptesune na zkuSebnu. Od odbornikil se doviddme nate rd technicka data o "aveosmiece". Vypro§t'ovaci jetab AV 8 je specialni automobiloyY otoenY jetab, vybavenY navijakem a z ylaStnim zatizenim pro vyproet'ovani automobilti. Jet,abem lze zvedat bremena do 7,5 tun. Maximalni transportni vYSka je 3,08 in a delka 3.20 in. Maximalni ta2na sila navijaku je 8000 kp, pracovni delka jetaboveho lana je 9,6 m a navija.koveho lana 100 m. NejvetSi pojialeci rychlost pri vaze bremena 4700 kg je 40 km/hod., pri vaze biemena 5500 kg ji2 poultYch 6 km/hod.

Ve sku gebne dolniho zavodu maji pine ruce prate. Dovidame se, 2e v letoSnim rode se tu ma takhle "obratit" 230 AV 8. PlnYch petadevadesat procent odejde prosttednictvirn podniku zahranieniho obchodu Pragoinvest do nektere ze zemi sveta.

Krome "aveosmieek", ktere jsou vYrobne ptedany do jednoho ze slovenskYch zavodii, delaji ye Slanem hydrau liku pro rfizne neely, Elany. Avanty daBi typy jerabft. SlanskYin nechybi ani sclaopnost obehodovat. Svedei o torn nejen testa s vYrobky 3333 km za zakazniky, ale hlavne ucast na veletrzich a take predvacleni na nadvoPi zdvodu. Potvrzuje to i utvol'eni -atvarrt

Ve SttedU

proSince. 1970

Servis jetabil 61CD, ktery ke zlepAeni sluieb jak pro tuzemske, tak i zahranidni odberatele ustavili strojati 8vermovich zavodu ye Slanem od 1. 1. ip69. Poslanim tohoto Abram je i pc, uskuteenenem prodeji dale peeovat rno u zakaznika a vSechny typy mobilnich jetabt, ktere zavod v soueasne dobe dela.

0 oblibe vYroblth ze zavodu ye Slanem svedei i to skuteenost, ae kolekci jetabil maji slanati strojaal "rozebranoti." na dva roky dopaedu, a take to, ae ve 42 zoinicia znaji a poi:a:sap jerAby, ktere zavod pod Slamskou horou expeduje do sveta.

Z vyrovnanYch strojti ptipravenYch k odeslani nelze vydist, kolik potu, namahy a trpeliveho obskakova,ni, v kteroukoliv roeni dobu si jejich zkuSebni testy dennodenne vytadaji.

Ladislav Chmel ZANE GREY: TAJEMSTVI ARIZONSKE DIVOCINY

(111E RAINBOW TRAIL.: Arizonskk roman Z anglietiny pi eloiil BOHUMIL Z. NEKOWLMH Pokraeovanf Nedaval na jevo tolik strach jako nelibost, ze dogo k tomuto setkani. zdal se o demsi upiate ptemy gleti, a piece nebylo videti, de by valne uvaZoval o situaci. Shefford byl pfekvapen. Snad z toho 'mite nebylo monovyktesati then. Pustina ho jiste nerozohnila. Nelopotil se, ani netrpel, ani nezapasil.

— Ale ja se vas mohu dotknouti, zahrimal Shefford nenaddle. Hled'te! Podivejte se na tohoto Indiana!

Znate ho? Bratr Glen Naspy. Podivejte zatim co vas budu viniti. . . Nadbihal se nan. Budeme pozorovati vaei tvaa, jste. Glen Naspe — vylakal jste ji z domova!

— Prokleqr pohane! octpov;del Willets chraptive. —Tak vy tedy talc.

Nude, Glen Naspa odeSla do me Skoly z vlastniho popudu a take yam to dosvedei.

— A prod? PonevadZ jste omamil proste indianske devee. • . Willettsi, tee.' si spolu promluvime trochu vice!

A Shefford se vrhl na misionafe r y -chlea jkopardlbejmuv ho silnYma paaema kolem kruku, sra.211 ho na kolena a pfeklonil mu hlavu nazpet pies zabradlf. Nastal ktedovitS, zapas, krouceni a odtrhavani rukou, se Willetts ocitl ve straSlivem postave-

vEsTrif K ni. Shefford ho drZel v Zeleznem objeti.

— Vy proklety, protopi`OnY pokrytee — main chut' vas zabit! '<Heel Shefford. — Pozoroval jsem vas jednou s Glen Naspou na hofe. Videl jsem vas, jak jste ji objal. Vide], jsem, ae vas miluje. Ptiznejte se k tomu, vy than To nine postaei.

— Missionafova tvar zrudla, jak Shef ford mu tlaeil hlavu nazad pies zdbradli.

— Zabiji vas, opakoval Shefford rozhoreene. Chcete odejiti ke Svemu Bo hu nepaipraven? kekriete, ae jste si namlouval Glen Naspu feknote, ae jste ji ptemlouval, aby opustila domov. Rychle!

Willetts zdvihl clavejici se ruku a tu Shefford uvolnil drtive se yteni a pustil mu hlavu vpted. Polomrtvy mua vydechl nekolik nesouyislYch slov, ktera jeho aiva, vinna tvaa einila naprosto zbyteenYmi. Shefford jej streil, az upadl do pmchu k NavajovYm noheim.

- Pamove, odevzdavam ho Nas Ta, Benovi pravil Shefford, a j eho hnev se podivuhodne uklidnil.

Pozde one noci, kdyd hlueici nayStevnici byli odejeli, nebo spali fipine zpiti, Stonebridgem se ubiral podivnY, melancholickY prilvod. Joe Lake se syYmi ozbrojenYmi druhy doprovazel mormonske aeny nazpet do skryteho Sealy na mezcich a mustanzich, a v celem torn temnem a chmurnem vocle pouze jedina, postava svitila bile v bledem svitu mesice.

Kdya vyjiadeli, tu Shefford citil, nea spatail bile odenou postavu, jakoby mel srdce v hrdle; a pak jeho ztlumene iidery ho bolely v prsou. Piece vaak byla jakasi smutna radost ye vedoml, ae ji ohl videti, bYti v jeji blizkosti, staici ji.

Rozptylene mraky ponenahlu zmizely a mesic jasne zatil. Byla ticha, noc; velika hora se rysovala na hvezdnatem nebi; neseetne viny oblYch skal, ktere musili paekroeiti a obejiti, byly ponokeny v lalubokY stin. Bylo slySeti jen ustaviene dusotani lehkYch kopyt.

Shef ford jel temea na konci prilvodu, a drael se hodne pozadu, jeda chvili pal te, a chvili pal one aerie. Nikdo nepromluvil jedineho slova. Tyto znamenane aeny jely tam, kam byli jejich kone vedeni nebo hnani, sle-pe ye syYch eepcich, jako zahalene Arabky v nositkach. 'navy mely znavene sveeny a ramena ohnuta, jakoby pod nejakYm btemenern. Musili hodinu vytrvale jeti, neZ dojeli k vSistupu na plo-

27 Sinu, a zde, kde zaeinala nechildna, hladka a temna stezka, nastala price provazejicim muabbm. Printod se protahl a kaady mud si vzal na starost nekolik ten. Sheffordovi ptipadly tri, a jednou z nich byla divka, kterou miloval. Jela, jakoby svet, du a aiYot ji nebyly nieim. Jakmile nabyl cluvery ye sviij hlas a svoji silu, chtel ji dati na vedomi, Ze je s ni mua, pritel, na neja snad nezapomnela. 8est mesicit! Byly mu lidskym vekem. A ji jiste yeenosti!

Zapomnela? Oita se jako zbabelec, kterY ji byl hanebne opustil. 0 — kdyby byl jen \TOM! Jela, na pomalem mezku, kterY ustaviene trasil cestu ostatnim, jedoucim za nim, a zibejme poeinal kulhati. A tak ostatni aeny je ptedejely. Shefford slezl s kone a zarazil jejiho rnezka. Uplynulo nekolik okamaiku nea si uvedomila, ae stoji, a Shefford se v to dobe dvakrate snaail, aby ji oslovil. Ale pokadde mu selhal hlas. Jake. paleiva, bolest, aal a laska byly toho paidinou!

Vsednete na meho kone, iekl koneene hlasem, ktery jakoby nebyl j4ho.

PosluSne a znavene slezla s mezka a vyhoupla se na Nack-yala. Taemeny byly pro ni pailfS dlouhe a musil je vymeniti. Byl neobratnY a musil zapasiti s paeskami.

Nahle poznal, ae se s ni stala nepatine, zmena. Veal to, ania by byl na ni vzhledl, a zdalo se mu, ae nemfde jiti dale za s yYm irkolem. Nemela vice sveaene hlavy. Celni krajka temneho eepce byla obracena k nemu. Vedel, ae se nan diva, Nebyl by nikdv v celem svem aivote zapomnel na ten okarnaik! Byli Ostatni je tak pkedejeli, ze nebylo slyeti zvuku. Ticho bylo tak hluboke, de je bylo moano cititi. Mesic vysilal bile, chladne svetlo, a svitici svahy hladkYch skal ubihaly do deli, jsouce aihany temnYmi stiny pinii.

Tu , se k nemu lehce naklonila. Posunula rychlYm pohybem ruky eepec nazad, aby mohla videti. Objevila se jeji bild tvaa. A oei byly podobny noci.

Vy! zaaeptala.

Krev se mu nahrnula do Sije, tvati a spank-CI. Co mohl vytuSiti z toho jedineho slova? Mohlo nejake :tine slovo tolik znamenati?

Nikoliv — nekdo — jiny, odpovedel nejistYm hlasem.

Podala mu svoji bilou ruku a on ji stiskl ye sve. Citil, j ak stoji chladnY a bez pohnuti v zaai mesice. Videl ji, tichvatnou s hlubokYma stinnYma odima a staibrnYm odleskem na. vaisech.

A kdyd se na ni dival, uvolnila nahle

28 ruku a zdvihla ji spoltv s druhou k eepci. Videl, jak jeji svitici vlasy se temni a mizi i s rozkoSnou tvari, jejinta, srautnYma oeima a tragickYmi rty.

Zatahl .hack-yala za uzdu a vedl jej vzhtiru po stezce ozarene mesicem.

Odhalena Odpoledne druheho dne poeinali jacleti do ticheho fido11, kart se byly mormonske 2eny navratily, coWboyoye koriari, kteri dovedli jiti po stopach jako rozeni Indian!.

Pod kaklou skupinou cedru byli privazani kone a le2ely vaky a prikrY y -kysbalenvdhtoelpnc.Sheford a Joe Lake rozbili tabor na starem miste u pramene. Ostatni mu2i Joeova ohronmeho prtivodu se odebrali do dojednotlivych Zen, a odpoledne, kdyZ poeinali prijddeti zvedayi navAtevnici, tyto domy byly zahra2eny, temny a tichy, jakoby bYvaly byly zavreny a o° puSteny pied bldici se zimou. Ani jeclina 2ena se neukazala.

Shefford a Joe si schvalne vybrali stare tabor dte, aby videli ka2delto noveho prichoziho. Jizda ze Stone bridge a2 sem byla dlouha a nesnadna, tYypoetend na to, aby zmirnila fteinky 'whisky, kterou ve Stonebridge vypili mu2i tihnoucj za dobrodru2stviln. Jen tato okolnost zachranila situaci. Pres to prese vSecko Joe oeekaval, 20 vznikne nejaka nesnaz. VetSina navSlevnikii byli siusni, dobromyslni moil, kteri byli pouze jati 2vedavosti a byli tak prostoduS1, 2e verili, de tato vesnice je tim, zae ji Mormon! prohlakYali — Vesniel svobodnYch Zen. AvSak bylo mezi niml nekolik hrubctl, kteri byl nebetpeeni.

K yeeeru taborilo v udolI pri zapadni jeho stene asi tricet techto muff!.

Byly rozdelany ohne, dYm se valil vzhilru skrze cedry a vesele pisne rosily ticho mista. Kdy2 se poealo stmivati, zvedavi nayStevnici obchazeli po dvou po trech vesnici, nakukujice do temnych chSTS'i a vtipkujice mezi sebou. Joe Sheffordovi, ze YSechny i2eny byly umisteny pouze v nekolika domcich, aby je bylo ino2no snaze chraniti. Pokud Shefford videl a slykl, neprihodilo se ye vesnici nieeho neprijemnelto; kdy2 se vSak zevlujici na yStevnici vraceli z vesnice, zastavili se u pramene, a to hrozilo nebezpeei, ze k neeemu dojde.

Pres to, 2e vet'Sina techto cowboyu a jejich karnaradit byli siusni lido a poeinali chapati skuteenou situaci, nejevili mnoho sltdriosti vtlei Sheffordovi.

Nebyli jiste Mormony. A podrobo yali ote,yrene kritice jeho postaveni, jako neVerieihe mezi temito IVIormonkami. By-

VESTNIK 1! na neho snad i Zarlivi; slykl rozliene poznamky, ktere mu byly ureeny a kterYch nechtef mleky snakti. A k tomu pristoupila Joe Lakeova netrpelivost, znesnadraujic situaci jeSte vice.

Shefford s radosti uvital prichod Nas Ta Begtiv. Indian naslouchal hlasitemu rozhovoru nekolika muzu rozlidenYch kolem taboroveho ohne; i zachmuril se stejne jako Shefford a mleky daval bedlivY pozor.

Kriticka situate v,§ak byla brzy rozrekna. Slova se ujal konar jmenem Hurley, mu2 Spatne povesti, vylo2enY zloeinec.

— Poslotichejte, Shefforde, co u vkch hromit mate tady co delat? otazal se, a hodil do ohne cedrovou vetev. Vy§lehnuySi plamen ozakil jeho oSklivou, S'irokou neholenou tvar.

— Pracoval jsem trochu pro Wittherse, odpovedel Shefford. — Myslim, ze ted' sem budu nejakY eas cloji&leti s nakladem. — Pak arc! asi dobre stojite u techto Mormontl. Ci snad jste sam Mormon?

— Nikoliv, odpovedel kratce Shefford.

— Nu, ja bych se zajimal o vas!

Potrebujete povoznika? Dovedu hazeti lasem jako nikdo jinY v teto zemi.

Nepotrebuji pomoci.

— Snad rime vezmete sebou, abych se podival na ty damy, pokraeoval s hrubYm smichem.

Shefford se tvaril, jako kdy2 neslySel. Hurley eekal, divaje se pa oeku na Shefforda a na ostatni nude.

— Co je chcete . miti vAecky sant, he? uftlibl se.

Shefford jej udefil az padl na zem jako klada. Hurley temn y zaklev, zdvihl se na loktech a vytahl ruenici.

Nas Ta Bega, rychlY jako svetlo mu vyrazil priSku z ruky. A Joe Lake ji zdvihl.

Mormon opatrne natahl kohoutek a postavil se nad Hurleye.

— Vstan, velel, a Shefford V nem slykl hlas nemilosrdneho Mormona.

Hurley pomalu vstal. Tu jej Joe rtderil nataknou ruenici pies zadek.

Shefford se ulekl, oeekavaje, 2e pidka spusti. Stejne toho oeekavali i ostatni, zylaSte Hurley, kterY bazlive ustupoval pied Mormonem.

- BM! rekl Joe, a uderil mute je§te silneji. Pucka jistotne nernela napinaku.

Joe, je snad nabita! odporoval jeden cowboy.

Hurley ustupoval a obratil se na fitek, nasledovan v patach Joem. Zmizeli ve time. Kolern taboroYeho ohne zavladlo na chylli napiate ticho. Nahle nekteri

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odchazeli a jini paali hovoriti.

Kandy slykl dusot kopyt a vzdalujlcich se po stezce. Dusot ustai a Lake se za nekolik okamZikti vratil. Nest Hurleyovu puS'ku.

Tu se da y inuO,ti rozptylil. Nebylo znamek, ae by mohla vzniknouti nova. liesnaz. AvAak Shefford, Joe a Nas Ta Bega se sti4 idali po celou floe na strati, aby stale nekdo bdel.

Druhelto dne easne z rana P oeali z vesnice hromadne odjikleti lepSi love z navStevnikft. — 2adna legrace z toho nekouka, rekl jeden, a odji2deli prave tak dobre naladeni, jako byli jeli. Sest nebo sedm nieemu vSak ztistalo, aby osnovali nejakou nieemnost, byli posileni novYmi prichozimi ze Stonebridge. Zmocnili se tabora u pramene, a kdy2 se Shefford s Joem chteli k nim pribllziti, vyhnuli se jim. To presvedeilo Joeho, Ze maji za lubem nee() S'patneho. Cele rano se potulovali mezi cedry, dr2ice se z dohledu, a patrite yyprava ze Stonebridge prinesla s sebou alkohol. Kdy2 se shromaIdili tabore, zpola zpiti a tropice pekelnY hluk, nekteri chteli uderiti na vesnici a jini je od toho zrazovali. Joe Lake rekl zamraeene, 2e nekdo chce bYti zastrelen. A Shefford skuteene vide', 2e se vse chYli ke krveprolitl.

— Myslim, 2e bychom se meli uchYlit! do nektereho domku, pravil Joe. I odebrali se VSichni tri do nejbliNi chY'Se a rozestavili se u oken na stra2.

Po nekolika hodin YSak neslyS'ell ani nespatrili 2acineho z darebk. Tu se ozval z vesnice yYstrel, bolestnY- vYkrik a pak salva ran po ritznu yypalenYch. Nasta ySi ticho a napeti bylo koneene preruSeno dusotem koriskYch kopit. Nas Ta Bega privolal Shefforda a Joeho k oknu, u neho2 stal. Odtud spatrili nevitane navgtevniky jak jedou stezkou a mizeji Inezi cedry smerem k vYchodu z Shefford je poeital pravil, Ze jeden chybi.

— Myslim, 2e ji dostal, dodal Joe. A skuteene tomu tak bylo; jeden z mid& dobre znamY nasilnik jmenem Harker byl zabit a nikdo, jak se zdalo, o torn ani nevedel. Ueinil silent' pokus vniknouti do jednoho domu, a stab° ho to 2ivot. Prirozene, ae Shefford, jen2 se nemohl zbYti svYch civilisovanYch mySlenek, poznamenal starostlive, ae doufa, 2e tato pikhoda nebude miti v zapeti °pane uvezneni ubohYch Joe se uskiibl. — Zde neni 2adneho zakona. NejbliNi sheriff je v Durangu.

To je v Coloradu. A ten by mne udelil vyznamenani za zabiti Harkera. Byla to clobra rana a naueila tyto lotry sluinem u chovani. muzi

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Mormoni pies to, Ze byli lhostejni k Ruth .nebyla prilii nahoZna a nekcly zabiti lupiee, vystrojili mu sluing po- byla nevrld a nepiistupna. Chtela it hreb a pomodlili se za jeho duSi. a zde byla uveznena v opuStenem ddePriStiho dne zavladl ye vesnici pravi- Ii. Byla rada SheffordovYm navStedelnY chod denniho Zivota. A prichod vam. Domnival se, Ze se trochu zmeni-lace nalolene ndkladni karavany pod la a nemohl iici, bylo-li to vlivem Sesti Withersorum vedenim byl diikazem, Ze uprchlYch mesice, napinenych utrpeMormoni nejen chteji dale Ziti ye ves- nim a bolem, nebo vzrUstajiciho odbonici, ale chteji staveti a rozSiriti ji. To je. Po nejake dobe dospel k nezvratnebyla dobra novina pro Shefforda. Ale- inu Ustidku: nemela dosti viry, aby unespoil bude vesnice mene opuStend. A. sla bremeno, ktere byla na sebe nyni mel spoustu prate, na kterou se la, aniZ - mela odvahy, je odvrhnouti. mohl vymluviti, aby mohl ztistati ve Byla hotova jej milovati. Shefford se vesnici. A co vice, Withers prinesl od toho neobaval, a milovala-li ho, pak biskupa Kaneho vzkaz, kterYm Shef- kdoZ vi, nebylo-li to peviiou oporou pro fordovi nabizel misto ueitele ve Skele, ni. Videl jeji nebezpeei, a to se stal aby pracoval spolu s mormonskou uei- tim, elm nikdy nebyl jako kazatel -=telkou. Shefford nezakusil nejmenSlho skuteenym pomocnikem v nesnazi. Nezachvevu svedomi, kdy tuto nabidku sobecky, pro jeji dobro nalezl dosti sily, aby ji ovladl syYm vlivem a sobec ky, pro Fay Larkynovou, poeal si ji poBylo z veeera etvrteho dne od one malu zisk6,vati, kdyby ji snad nekdy nezapornenutelne noeni jizdy ve svi- potreboval. tu mesice, kdyZ Shefford se ubiral pod Dny rychle ubihaly. Mormoni prichatemnymi piniemi k chafe Fay Larkinoye. Zastavil se v Sem a vzpominal. U- zeli a odchazeli, aviak pouze ye due behlo Jest mesice od doby, kdy v noci jako clelnici; nove domky byly budovaod ni prchal. AvSak nyni vSude vladlo ny, jakoZ i skladiSte a ostatni pottebne ticho. Zdalo se mu, de se snaZi odraditi budovy. SheffOrd stravil east kaZdeho sama sebe od noeni navStevi. Musil veeera s Fayi a jeho na yStevy nelilstanejak zaeiti. Ale jak se s ni sejiti — ly vesnieanUm skryty. Zeny si povidaly pratelsky o Sheffordovi, aviak co ji rici — co zamleeti! ye mluvily o deveeti. Joe Lake rekl Zat'ukal na dvere a ona vyAla. A Sheffordovi, co se po vesnici povida. konec konctl jejich setkani bylo docela Tento Mormon si bral prilis k srdci viejive, ne2 jak si je byl predstavoval. eko, Co , se tflcale Horske Lilie. Byl do Byla rozechveld, postraSena, jako vie- ni zamilovan a priznaval se k tomu. cky ostatni Zeny pri takove prileMto- Nekdy ji .navSlevoval se Sheffordem, sti. Byla v chate sama. Ujistil j / sPe§- aviak malo mluvil a nikdy se diouho ne, Ze se ji.Z sotva kdy prihodi neco po- nezdrZel. Shefford tusil, de Joe mu zadobneho, jako minulY Wen. Mluvil vidi, aviak nedal toho nikdy na sobe rychle, jako pri viech s ySTch navAte- znati. vach, vytdivaje vii sve rozumove by(Pokraeovani) strosti, a pohnuti mu dodavalo v,N,./---SPJST-mluvnosti; vyhYbal se reel o osobach, A dalil a dafgi. . . mauve o sve praci ye vesnici a stale se Kde je tvrzeni zl/ch jazyn, ktera snail odvadeti jeji myilenky od prepredpovidala, ze letos do aeskoslovenmitani o sobe a svem stavu. NeZ Se s ska zahuanieni Wrist& na dovolenou ni rozloueil, mel blahST pocit, Ze se mu nepojedou. Rada bych je pozvala na to podarilo. naSe nadraZi, letiSte, na prijezdni tepKdy'Z ji daval dobrou noc, pocitil po- ny kterehokoli mem. Nestaeili by spoeitat, kolik aut denne k nam divnou nespravnost sveho postaveni.

Neoeekaval, Ze se bude moci tak dlou- kolik autobusti. A pino je i krajanti, ho premahati. To jej rozruiilo tak, Ze o kteri priji2deji kaZd3im dnem.

----SPJST-pul noci procitl a premYSlel PrEtiho dne byl stredem divota, prate, ueeni a zabavy, vesnice. Laskavost a dobra vtle nevy'Zadovaly podnetu, ale byl nutkan pronikavou, hluboko zakorenenou touhou ziskati si vlivu a pratelstvi.

Byla ye vesnici ktere by mohl cluvercvati, kdyby ji potreboval? A jeho instinkt ho vedl k te, kterou mei velmi rad — k Ruth. Nazvala se Ruth Jonesova pH prelieeni, a kdy ji Shefford tak eslovil, zasmala se Ote'paene%

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SPJST Entertainment Calendar As a matter of policy, only those activities and functions promoted by or sponsored by the SPJST, or any of its lodges, will be published in the SPJST Entertainment Calendar. Such notices for publication should be submitted by a bonafitle lodge officer, or in some cases, by lodge hall managers.

-SPJSTLodge No. 6, Cottonwood Sunday, Dec. 20 — Lodge No. 6 members' party; 5 p.m.

Friday, Dee. 25 — Soukup Christmas party Thursday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve dance; music by Victor and Music Makers (polkas, waltzes, and popular music) (Social and work night every Friday from 7 to 10:30 p.m.

---SPJST--Lodge No. 9, Snook Dec. 19 — Christmas Party for SPJST members and their guests at 7.

Bring chips, dips, or sandwiches.

Dec. 26 — Dance; music by the Rhythm Tones Jan. 30 — Dance; music by the Rhythm Tones Lodge No. 15, Buckholts Friday, Dec. 25 — Vrazel's Polka Band Thursday, Dec. 31 — Vrazel's Polka Band -SPJST--Lodge No. 24, Cyclone (Flag Hall) Friday, Dec. 18 — Christmas Social Saturday, Dec. 26 — Dance; mute by Otis Beck and his Melody Five Thursday, Dec. 31 — Zabcik-Hall wedding dance; music by The Centres -SPJSTNational Hall, Lodge No. 25, Ennis Activities will be held at the RC Hall. Every Wednesday night: Family night, 8 p.m..

Reservation: 875-3681, or at KC Hall.

--RPJST. --Lodge No. 29, Taylor Saturday, Jan. 16 -- Hub City Dutchmen from Yoakum Saturday, Jan. 30 — Fritz H,odde and the Fabulous Six Sunday, Feb. 7 — Battle Dance — Vrazels and Lee Roy Matocha — 4 to 10 pm.

SPJSWLodge No. 35, Elk Saturday, Dec. 19 — Dance; Otis Beck Saturday, Dec. 26 — Dance; Countrymen Thursday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eva

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Lodge No. 39, Bryan Saturday, Dec. 19 — Edwin Gaas and His Top Five Saturday, Dec. 26 — Lone Star Playboys.

Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; music by the Rhythm Tones — 8:30 to 12:30 — $2.50 per person -SPJST--Lodge No. 47, Seaton (Star Hall) Saturday, Dec. 19 — Dance; Jerry, Butch and the Centres Tuesday, Dec. 22 — Choral Club rehearsal Saturday, Dec. 26 — Battle dance — Slim Haisler and Tommy Chudej Thursday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve dance — Temple Rhythm Masters.

Reservations sold at every Sat. dance. $3 per chair. Limited number sold. Call AC 817 '778-1171 Saturday, Jan. 2 — Dance; Jodie Dubec and the Silvertones Sunday, Jan. 3 -- Reg. lodge meeting and installation of officers Saturday, Jan. 9 — Dance; Gilbert Ka,utz Tuesday, Jan. 12 — Choral Club rehearsal Saturday, Jan. 16 — Dance; Hi-Toppers Tuesday, Jan. 191— Trustees' meeting Saturday, Jan. 23 — Dance; Lee Roy Matocha Tuesday, Jan. 26 — Choral Club rehearsal SPJSTLodge No. 54, West Friday, Dec. 18 — Private Christmas party Lodge No. 66 Waco (Linden Hall) Saturday, Dec. 19 — Christmas party for members Sunday, Dec. 20 — Regular 16dge meeting Saturday, Dec. 26 --- Owens Illinois Co. Christmas party Thursday, Dec. 31.— New Year's Eve Dance — Slim Haisler's Playboys Saturday, Jan. 2 — The Hi-Toppers of New Braunfels Monday, Jan. 4 — Trustees' and Entertainment Comm. meetings Saturday, Jan. 9 — Fritz Hodde's Fabulous Six Saturday, Jan. 16 — Vrazel's Polka Band Sunday, Jan. 17 — Regular lodge meeting Saturday, Jan, 23 — Leo Majek ()rich.

Saturday, Jan. 30 — Tommy Chudej's Rhythm Tones Of Waco

Wednesday, December 16, 11.910 Lodge No. 80, Holland Fritay, Dee. 25, Centres, 7 to 11 p.m.

-SPJSTLodge No. 84, Dallas Thursday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance — Peppermint Orchestra SPJST-Lodge No. 88, Houston Saturday, Dee. 19 — Dance; Hi-Toppers of New Braunfels Wednesday, Dec. 23 — Social Night; turkeys, ham , given away, comic movies and Santa, for children.

8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 26 — Dance; CountryWestern; music by Julius Tupa and the Suniland Cowboys Wednesday, Dec. 30 — Social Night, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31 — Dance; New Year's Eve; music by Lee Roy Matocha. $7.50 per perSon. Advance ticket sales at office.

Social every Thursday at 8 p.m., except Dec. 24, and Dec. 31. Supper served at 6 p.m.

Choral Club rehearsal9 every Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth Sunday, Dee. 20 — Christmas party Thursday, Dec. 31. — New Year's Eve Dance; music by the Hi-Liters -SPJST Lodge No. 130, Dallas Saturday, Dec. 26 — Polka Peppermints Thursday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Ball — Eric Honza -SPJST-Lodge No. 142, Houston Saturday, Dec. 19 — Lodge's Christmas Program and Party Thursday, Dec. 31 -- New Year's Eve Dance; The City Polka Band. Reservations: 862-0079.

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