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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS

itiJNOVA SCHtZE DE JE POUZE sumaini preklad, Tajemnik Chupick navrhnul, coZ bylo potizenY redaktorem, anglic- , podporovano teditelem Kubenou a jednoZ kYch zapiskti ze schtize hlavni- myslne ptijato, aby Temple National ho telesa na,Ai Jednoty. Hlavni tajemnik Bank byla uznana jako jedna z vice bank, poslal anglicke zapisky, ktere jsou iipl- kam SPJST mtiZe davati sve vklady. nefSi a ktere jsou uvetejneny v anglicke easti.

Redaktor Valeik predloZil Za.clost, aby Schitze konala se 12. rijna 1953 v novem mu bylo dovoleno vzktisiti nektere nadomove v Temple. Ptitomno bylo vAech prosto neeinne • ady v patem distriktu.

13 -elent Hlavni tiradovny. Rovne2 Pronesl nahlecl, ze snad bylo by moZno temni byli sestra Birdie Hilsherova, jmenovati ho distriktnim organisa.torem ditelka mladeZe, bratr Frank Matush, pro patY distrikt. Mistopiedseda vadleptedseda stavebniho vYboru a redaktor flak navrhnul, coZ podporovano tediteValeik. lem OervenYm, aby redaktor Valeik byl Ptedseda Marek mel krat§i uvitaci tee, ustanoven distriktnim organisatorem se ztetelem, ze to byla prvni schtize na tato distriktu. Tajemnik Chupick uponovem mists, pod vlastni sttechou. zornil, ze by se nemela delati yYjimka Bratr Matush prones1 jmenem staveb- jednomu distriktu, a podal nahrad-ni naniho vYboru yhodnY proslov, vysvetleni vrh; aby redaktor Vareik byl jmenovan oprav a take pozvani k ptatelskemu obe- jako z ylaStni statni zastupce Hlavni du od ittednikti First National Bank v radovny v organisaeni einnosti, a jako taklubovni mistnosti banky. kovY aby byl poveten upon-loci v organiTajemnik Chupick preeet1 zaznamy ze saeni praci, na jakou pomYS'11, v kaZdem schhze konane 13. eervence 1953. Pro- distriktu a ne pouze v distriktu patern. tokol. byl prijat jednomyslne.

Mistopiedseda Svadlenak a teditel CerProbirana pisemni zprava pkedsedy o venY odvolali svuj navrh ve prospech ag,itadni einnosti Jednoty. Upozornuje, vrhu tajemnika Chupicka, kterYZto naze chce vziti etyti organisatory do zylaS"t vrh byl jednomyslne ptijat. niho bratrskeho organisaeniho kursu na Sestra Hilsherova, teditelka omladinoPurdue universite, a ze do tohoto vela° hnuti, pi ednesla svou zpravu. Preversitniho kursu se prihlasili bratti dloZila podrobnosti sve einnosti, kolik diMikeska, Skrabanek a Vrla. Dodal, striktnich schtizi na ystivila, kolik progravypracovala, kolik radii ziskala pro ze jeho ptanim by bylo, kdyby vice orgadetske programy. Bylo usneseno, aby senisatorti niohlo jeti do kursu.

Mistoptedseda Svadlenak navrhnul, co2 stra Hilsherova pokraeovala ve strYch bylo podporovano pravnim radcem Pa- planech pro priSti rok stejnym zpusoviiekern, aby Hlavni idadovna hradila bern a za stejnVch podminek. Zaroven a-vYlohy organisatortim, kteti pojedou do by hledela navazati styky s mistnimi pracovniky men; mladezl, na ittraty Hlavni tohoto kursu. Navrh pkijat.

Predseda Marek oznamoval, ze dosud idadovny, aby Cinnost mladeZe byla lepe dostai pouze jednu prihloSku o praci rozvinuta.

Sestra Hilsherova oznamovala, ze nestatniho organisatora. Po yysvetleni, jake polacla y ky bude klasti Hlavni ittadov- ; ktere distrikty vypsaly souta inladeZe, a na a jake kvalifikace musi Z'adatel miti, take v budoucnosti snad bude zahodno dati detem nejake yhodne odmeny, kdy'z; otazka statniho organisatora byla

tRADOVN by se vypracovaly neja.ke zavgdy. Tajemnik Chupick navrhnul, coZ oc)11poroval teditel Kubena, aby sestra Hilsherova mela v zavode.ch a cena.ch pro mla,de volnou ruku. Navrh jednomysIne na ptetres zale'Zitost clustojne representace SPJST pri Texaskem bratrskein kongresu, kterY rna miti zasedani v Houstonu tteti tYden v listopadu. Sestra Hilsherova sclelila svdj nahled na skupinu taneenie, co2 bylo jednomyslne schvaleno.

Do schtize dostavil se aktuar Mims, aby vysvetlil, zda SPJST mute vyplaceti odkazane pojiftni v mesienieh nebo roenich splatkach, kdyZ by si tak Men nebo dedici ptali. Po deMim rokovani, na doporueeni aktuara Mimse, byla pkijata dva a ptil procetni hrokova zajiStend tabulka jednomyslne.

Za delegaty do Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu v Houstonu byli spinomocneni firednici a reditele, rovne. sestra Hilsherova a redaktor Valcik. f.editel Kubena predloZil tento navrh, poi;ladnik Koliha podporoval, a jednomyslne navrh byl pkij at.

Ivlistoptedseda Svadlenak oznamoval, ze rozeslal svou zpravu na vSecbny ny Hlavni Aradovny, a ze nema Zkineho dodatku ku sve pisemni zprave.

Tajemnik Chupick oznamoval, ze Hlayni hradovna dostala pozvani, aby se ptihlasila za Mena obehodni komory mesta Temple. Jednomyslne schvaleno.

Tajemnik Chupick pripomnel, ze SPJ ST ma dosud na sklade nekolik CeskYch Oebnic na sklade v Dallas, a ze s opattovanim techto uoebnic jsou jista vydani, ktera by odpadla, kdyZ by se Ceske ueebniee nechaly prevesti a uloZiti v kancelatich Plavni itraclo yny v .Temple. Dopernoeni tajemnika Chupicka bylo prij at° jednomyslne.

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VISTEIN 0-a WEST, TEXAS

Naar' elendina od redaktora

effedil, dire :16: proRinee-1955. t mu 131etemu vnuku zaklad k majetku.

Pry abych jim poradil, co by 801 certifikat na pet tisic.

elovek se musi v2it do ,1!,a,ce tohoto Dle zpravy prave dog le z Hlavril tifa- dedeeka a bableky. Chteji dati vriuk,ovi dovny, distrikt AestY se v mesici listopadu zaklad na uspory, a tabs' zt .ti,lad na, pojir° second, iass mail matter, January 3rd, as west Texas under the Act of Con g ress of postavil do popredi. Slyseli jste jiz, 2e di- SteM. MoZna jsou dosti zalroZni; moZna Au g . 24, 1922. Send Form 3579 to Tem p le, Texas strikt treti a distrikt patY zapoli mezi se- museji pocitati s kahlYm (mJtrem. Proto bou o prvenstvi. Nenapadne a bez bub- odepsal jsem jim, ze bych doporucoval OREL/Si ORGAN SLOVANSKt PODPORUSICI JEDnovani AestY distrikt pfedskoeil oba za- takovY druh certifikatu, terY by nebyl NOTY STATU TEXAS rodiee OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT polici distrikty. Jak to dokdzal? Prieine- bremenem nekdy pozdeji ORDER OF THE STATE OP TEXAS nim asi etyr nebo peti dobrYch pracovni- bo pro samotneho chlapu. Doporueil kdy obnos v Sestern distriktu. Pochvalu si zaslou- jsem jim certifikat tridy REDAKTOR — EDITOR Z den do21. bratr H1o2ek od radu Elmaton eislo ; certifikatu je yyplacen, STEPHEN ITALuliK 6402 Prague .:zke poplat148, bratr Senkyrik od radu Markham , saline 65 let stair, ale pia Houston,, Texas eislo 163 a bratr Krause od radu Primo- ) ky aZ do 65 let, Vkladno te o lo certifikat :;58.70 roene.

Vydavateld — Publishers eislo 143 v Inez. Ov gem, byli take jini, obnaM $6.00 pu6siene oECHOS MAK PUB. COMPANY — WEST. TEXAS ale tito tri bratri napsali sami vice ne2 Vysvetlil jsem, ze chla!)ci v tointo veku Prsdplatna $3.00 — Subscri p tion $3.00 a year polovici novella pojiAteni v distriktu se- jiz obyeejne zaeinaji roz • a..etf noviny, n i' atadovn y ye stem. Chcete znat, kolik S'estY distrikt posluhovat v obchodech m.bo%bledeji Zmen y adzes zas4l ealg p fee, d,f,exHalr upsal v listopadu? RovnYch padesat ti- privydelat. IVisto ukladani malYch obnoChange of address must be sent to Su p reme Lodge sic. Je v S'estem distriktu dvacet osm or- su do hanky nebo na nejake uspory, ma Tem p le, Texas ganisatorn, ale pouze jedenact vykazalo IV mesieni yYdelek moZno ukladati u Pfed p latna a oznamky bud'ta adresoYany na SPJST. EiclyZ chlapec vyro: , ::e, bud' pre-, se v listopadu prirtstkem.

Vestnik, West, Texas. stare Setrit, nebo udril si s‘..6 poji:§teni, V distriktu tretim maji celkelridvacet S i voto p is y zemfelYch Mena se uveie j nuii bezplatn6 sedm pracovnikU, z nich te2 pouze jede- nebo zemre..jestli nastradano a r y tinu podobmny is nutno zaslati redakci $2.50 $5,000, ktere, si muze vyzvednout bud' naThe obituaries are p rinted without charge. Nor cuts nact pracovalo v listopadu. Mo2na, 2e pmis necessary to send $2.50 to the Editor. covali Vaichni, ale jedenact organisato- jednou nebo v libovolnYch eastkach, Co ril ziskalo za 49,000 noveho pojiaeni. si nevyzvedne, prinaSi rnm dt'oky. Jestli NLAVNI URADOVNA — SUPREME LODGE Kdyby byl zavod mezi gestYm a tretim chce prestati a potrebuje penize, certifi-, EDWARD L. IVIAREK, President distriktem, bratri ze ksteho distriktu byli kat mu ukazuje, kolik si do melte . do Temple, Texas by vitezi. Jsou vlastne v 'aestem distriktu by nastradal Jestli dice p:•e:iati a nepoVRANIC G. SVADLENAK, Vice-preSident Thrall, Texas sestry Bohaeikova, Havlikova a Hradec- trebuje penize, SPJST mu vysLavi. pojiSte,J. P. CHUPICK, Secretary Tem p le. Texas ka, ktere prY se neboji sester Hejne, Ko- / ni zvane "paid-up". Jestli rehire, rodina JOB. KOLIHA, Jr.. Treasurai ei, Kofnovcove a Milanove z tretiho di- dostane pinY obnos poji'Stepi.

Temple, Texas striktu. Jsrne zvedavi, jak to dopadne v I Take jsem onem dedeekiim vysvetlil, URBANOVSKY, Bookkeeper.

Temple, Texas ISPJST lna jine druhy certifikatU, kde mesici prosinci.

ADOLPH PAVLICEK, Attorney Co vgak vyhliii hodne blede, je situa,ce uspory rostou rychleji, kdyZ je moZno vi-, 511-13 Shell Bldg.

Houston. Texas v distriktu patem. To u2 ka2dY vi, 2e or- ce ukladati. Vysvetlil jsem jim certifiARVIN LESIKAR, Medical g;anisatori patella distriktu si troufali vy- kat tridy "I", kde vklady ;ism' vySSI, ale P. 0. Box 410, Ta y lor, Texas zvati treti distrikt k teto bratrske sou- jen po dvacet midi. A l.dyd. g len .closahne ArDITET,t — DIRECTORS te2i. Dle zpravy za inesic listopad, neni 60 let, ma na hotovcsti :i;0000. Vklady na eohri A. KUBENA, First District Mesiisfale• neto v distriktu patem velice rii2ove. Ziska- tento certilikat obriPA La Grange, Texas AS. NAVRATIL, Second Distriu* li jen za $44,000 noveho poji gteni. Mo2na bo $113.90 roene, ale jen pt 30 rokU. KdyZ Temple. Texas to bylo take proto, 2e tri z nich, napred hoch dospeje 33 let, neinu , i vice platit, ERT CERVENKA, Third District at ad do 60 West, Texas Briadk a Skrabanek, pozdeji Valeik, zaje- ale na svYch $5,000 CERVENY. Fourth District Celt'' ten eas je na $5,000. li si do Purdue nabrousit sve nastroje.

Munday. Texas KRABANEK, Fifth -JIstria Mo2na, 2e to bylo prilis mnoho sebedn- A zase jsem vysvetlil, ze lu yth muze se 4720 Bellaire Blvd., very, nebo trochu pohodlnosti, 2e jsou doZit '60 roku, nebo muze prestat platit Bellaire, Texas NK ROD. Sixth District poza.du. Neni to tak slibne pro distrikt ne2 mu bude 33 rokU, nebo muze zenstit.

El Cam p o, Texas patY, 2e to vyhraji, lee by v prosinci do- V kaatem piipadu je za.jisteny a nemft, CHAS HOLASEK, Seventh District 2541 Lexin g ton Blvd., hnali a predbehli, co v listopadu promd- ze' ztratit, co si u SPJST uMddal.

Cor p us Christi, Texas pvnto, Vysvethiji tento kali. Zapas bude ukoneen ye dvou tYOVY VYBOR -- PUBLICATIONS ummiTTEE dnech. Na obou stranach zaeina bYti me vice takovYch dedeekil a b'tbieek, kte.-: .OS. HORNAK, Chairman hodne napeti. A co2 kdy S'estY distrikt o- ii chteji vykonati p ee° pro sva vnoueaP. 0. Box 125 Colle g e Station, Texas Ulna zapasicim strandm ukaZe svou pri- ta, nee° trvaleho, nejakou pamatku trMRS. FRANCES OLEXA einlivost? A co2 kdy to vitezici strana vale hodnoty. Je prave vanocl, kdy 6402 Taggart Houston, Texas bude pozadu za distriktem SestYm? Za- do nitra eloveka se vl:radaji jernnejSi ANTONIE HORAR zachvevy, kdy jednotlivee rad dopi.eje jimave, opravdu zajimave.

2505 Housle y Drive Dallas 111, Texas Dogla take pote gujici zprava. Dva star drulan. Jsou nisi dede(j<0,,:', a babiAy, BY-LAW COMM/FEES VYBOR aby v;;. ktere redaktor ani osobne-si kteri jen potiebuji TX OLEXA, Chairman samotnezna., psali, 2e eetli elanek o mladiku, pochopili, aby se zamyslPi. 6402 Taggart Houston. Texas kterY ma za $21,000 pojifteni. Psali, 2e ni rodiee by mohli na veci . SLAVIK, Secretarl je prave doba vanoeni, kdy Clo y& premY- hodnotne. Jsou veci chvilkove a jsou ye• Box 426 Tem p le, Texas jak by sve rodine, hlavne svYm vnou- , ci trvale, Rodiee radi yydaji posledni HILSHE ri. Youth Counsel ✓ eatinn, mohl dati vhodnY vanoeni darek. cent, aby roZzarila ocka deti. Ale jsou 1215 Hei g hts Blvd.

Napadlo jim, 2e by snaci mohli dati sve- ty nakladn hraeky nezbytne? Nebylo ROUttOil, TeXaS

Ve sttedu, dne 16. prosince 1953.

by mono jednati a kupovati s rozvahou?

Neni nagi povinnosti vgtepovati detem pomalu zaklady dobrYch navyka, zaklady soustavneho getkeni? '

VESTNiK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; WEST, TEXAS stit do zlepgeni tech facia, jak jsem je poznal z vlastni zku genosti. Proto v posledni schazi Hlavni titadovny jsem tadal, aby mne ptidali trochu vice povinnosti, . aby nine dovolila Hlavni titadovna pokus probuditi ospale nebo vzktisiti mrtve, jestli takovY zazrak je molnY. Mame vg echno pekne zatizene. Jsme na svaj novY domov hrdi. Musime vgak si vgimnouti tech kotent1, z nicht ptichazi ve g -,keramizdotchvnkerYi jasame. Musime udelati nee° pro ony male Pad y, kt ' " tivoii.

Zalozeny byly nadsenymi pracovniky, kteti dnes di. imou pod drnem. Na jejich misto piig li nahradnici nezapracovani, kteii brzy upadli, a kterYm nebyla podana, tacina, pomocna ruka. Musime nav gtiviti katclY ten malt' tad, katdY Pad, kde 'lent ubYva, abychom zjistili, co se de. napravite Mame pravidla, mame vseobecno navody pro katdY tad: Zjednati si mistnost pro schuze. Ustanoviti si Presny dne a hodinu katcleho mesice ku kona,ni schazi. Zaopatkiti si spolkovou mistnost ptislugnYm nabytkem. Zaopattiti si dva prapory. Sestaviti si pravalla mistniho kadu, a po katcle zmene nechati je otisknouti v organu.

Je mina, ie tito dva staii dedougkove, kteti chteji koupiti svemu 131etemu vnuku aspornY certifikat od ' SPJST, jsou vzacnou vYjimkou. Je motne, to mezi naSimi dvaceti pet tisici eleny jsou oni jeclinYm parkern. Ale necla mne to, abych tutu episodku nepovedel take zbYvajichit tisicam 'dente A jestli natai jini decleakove chteli provesti neco podobneho, a nevite podrobnosti, nebo neznate, co vgechno na ge SPJST mute pro vase vnoudata vykonat, dopi gte mi. Bude mYm poteg enim, kdyt vain budu mod. poradit.

Kdyi prohlitime oznameni umrti, totit onu mesieni zpravu hlavniho tajemnika, malokdy ptijdeme na oznameni, to by nekdo dostal vice net tisic dolara timrtni podpory. Umiraji nam ponejvice stark alenove; kteii si vzali takove tivotni pojigteni, jake Jednota tenkrat pied 30, 40, 50 lety mela. Mnoho na gich stargich elena se spokojilo s pojigtenim na pouhYch pet set. Neda yno mluvil jsem s krajanem. Nabizel jsem mu pojigteni. Ptal jsem se ho, zda sly gel nee° o SPJST. 6, ttenati VestrUku si jiste povSimii, ie v ano, vozival sveho otce do schazi. Otec zeintel pied nekolika lety. Zanechal syYm posledni dobe je vice obrazka v nagem organu. Snatirne se, aby na g Vestnik byl detem $500, kattlemu $125. Za.dnY z nejsou deny. Die slov onoho krajana, o- vice zajimavYm, abychom se pomoci neho lepe seznamovali, abychom z nej utec byl tadovYm atednikem, ale deli nevkroaily do sine, jen ho dovezly k dean lepgi list pro vgechny 'deny. Na sini, a zase pro nej ptijely. Spolek byl jednu okolnost je tteba upozorniti. Kdyt nedim, co pattilo vYhradne otci. Ani mat- posilate obrazek do Vestniku, tvat katka nebyla dlenkyni SPJST. TakOve jsme de osoby na obrazku musi bYti ztetelna, mivali nektere atedniky. A mame jests asi velikosti jako je po gtovni znamka. Je dnes fitedniky, ze tadnY ze sedmi deti lepgi, kdy v zavodu, kde se rytiny zhotikednika neni elenem Jednoty. Pama- tovuji, obrazek musi zmen git net ho tuji se, to tent atednik byl etytikrat zvetkvat. Male kodakove snimky, fotodelegatem. Neni to nic zavadneho, jsme grafovane ze vzdalenosti 20 a vice stkevic, demokratickeho smY gleni ale neltdy tro- naprosto nevyhovuji. A kdy posilate neelm vice kazne by v na g'ich domacich td- jakY vYstkitek z mistnich novin, pteptejte se zaroven zda mohli byste dostati rydech nebylo na gkodu. Nak hlavni nici mohou mluviti do ochrapteni o pod- tinu (fikaji tomu "cut" nebo "mat") opote, lidskosti a bratrstvi, o vYhociach brazku, kterY je 13'11 elanku v novinach. tivotniho pojigteni, o vgeobecnem po- Stalo se minuleho tYdne, to z Temple byvzneseni spolurodaka, kdyt v nekterem ly mi poslany tii stejne vYsttitky od tti 'lent. 2acinSi z onech Mena, nepamatoval, kadu tivoti se gesti eleny.

Byly vYroeni schfize, konaly se volby. aby zjistil, zda obrazek z novin v TemMara na mysli jeden tad, kde pted- ple bych dostal. Psal jsem onem brattim. seda je pokladnikem, tajemnik je take Nic neptiglo. Koneene jsem telefonoval neetnim, a schfize se konaji pokatcle, bratru Chupickovi, co chci mit. Za gel k kdy se pkedseda-pokladnik a tajemnik- novinam, ale jit bylo pozde. Rytina byla iidetni potkaji. Ptal jsem se ptedsedy, jit zahozena. A pfece katdY takovY obrazda dostava Vestnik. Ne, on ho nedosta- zek, zajigtenY prb Vestnik, dela z na geva jit nekolik let. Co je tteba, to mu ho listu organ zajimavejgi.

Nekteri kadovi tajemnici dosud nevedi, oznami tajemnik. Nu, a jak dasto konate schuze? Na' schtize? Po g leme jednou za ze redaktor bydli v Houstonu. Posilaji tti mesice poplatky na Hlavni atadov- dosud sve zpravy na "ctenou redakci" jenu a mame to odbyto. Chcete abych o- g te do Fayetteville, do West, nebo ted' do Temple. Asi to nekteti elenove povanen tad jmenoval? Marne jich vice.

Po dnech slavy a jasotu nad moderns tuji "redakci" a tiskarnu za jedno a tozatizenou tkadovnou meli bychom se pu- tet. V poslednich dvou tYdnech, kdy ta-

Btrana 3 jemnici oznamovali sve vYroeni schuze, bylo at pkekvapujici, kolik tajemnika poslalo sve zpravy ptimo do tiskarny misto na redaktora do Houstonu. A ponevadt tiskarna nevysazi nic, co neni ovekeno redaktorem, musi takove zpravy byti poslany tiskarnou do Houstonu redaktorovi, kterY je pfeete, upravi, opravi, udela pro sazek poznamky a poke nazpet do tiskarny.

Prichazeji dosti easto iadosti, aby to nebo onu spolkovou , zpravu redaktor pieball do anglietiny. Dosud jsem ochotne vyhovel. Citil jsem, to je to trochu jako povinnost, abych vypomohl. Ale pomalu ptichazim k poznani, to svou ochotou ptipravuji---ba ptimo okradam---mladgi eleny u tadu o spolupraci. Otec nekterY je jit po mnoho roka ntednikem. Ted' mu keknou, dej to tam v obou teeith, aby si to take ti mlad gi mohli ptedist. Jemu, staremu atedniku, se zda, ae jeho angliUlna neni bezvadria. Nema jistoty. 0brati se na redaktora, "Udelej to za mne". Ptehledne pri psanf sve zpravy sveho syna nebo svou dceru, kteti prase dodela.li sve slohove akoly. Proto je apine mistne, kdy ptipomenu: Nespolehejte se na redaktora. Hled'te do spolkove dinnosti zapracovati sve deti. Redaktor rid yypomfite, ale Skodi tim vag emu tadu, va gim detem, va gemu spolkovernu rustu, kdyt takovou praci dela za vas. Najdete si vice lidi, a tivot spolkovY Bude prospivat.

Dosud take tadrionu nenapadlo, aby distrikty mely sve eeske a anglicke zpravodaje. Necha se to na tajemniku. At' deli, vgak byl na to zvolenY. Lep gi by se tajemniku pracovalo, kdy by katclY distrikt si zvolil eeskeho a anglickeho zpravodaje. Prace by byla vice rozdelena. Bylo by vice zajemca. Bylo by vice zajmu.

A k takove praci anglickeho zpravodaje mohly by se najit schopne mlade sily, ktere pomalu by zvykaly na dark dinnost a vet gi zodpovednost. Stale mime mnoho veci, ktere bychom mohli zlep giti.

A kdy piSi o mlade generaci, je pro mne vtdy velikYm pote genim, kdy dostanu dopis eeskY, psanY neltYm, o nemt nebo o nit vim, to je jit z druhe nebo tteti se obdivuji, ba jsem tire' generace. Casto davY, kdo byl jejich deskYm ueitelem.

Vtdyt' mnohy z tech mlad gich pile daleko lepgi eesky net nektera star gi osoba, ktera nezna vtibec anglicky a mela ve stare vlasti jen eeske gkoly. Spravneji pisi ti mladi, net' my stall.. A hledi se Jak prozradila sestra Hilsherova, katcleho dne chce se naueit aspoki deseti novYm eeskYm slovum. A takovYch mladYch snativca mime mezi sebou vice. Jen jim dejme pomocnou ruku. Kdysi jim musime udelati misto nadobro.

Ve stredu, doe H. prosince 1953.

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jiste vyznamna reklama pro nan Jednote.

Druha zprava, kterou jsme s velkou pozornosti vyslechli, byla pronesena sestrou Hilsherovou, a aekoliv trvala jen asi etrnact minut, kaZda minuta byla vypinena poutavYmi slovy. Zprava sestry Hilsherove byla ta nejlepS'i a pro posluchaee nejpouenejSi. Jest to Sloda, se anglickou Cast jeji reel jsme nezachytili aspori tesnopisem. DobrYch tesnopiscu jsme tam nieli nekolik.

Po ukoneeni zpravy jsme $1i k obedu, kterY byl, jako valy, velice hojnY a chutnY. Po obedu, asi tak Indio minut pc) jedi ne hodine volala sestra Hilsherova zaI stupce, kten se zajimaji o omladinove hnuti u svYch radii, ku Zvlaani schtizi, kterd trvala do dvou hodin. Sedelo I«) • I lam sestry Hilsherove asi dvaellt sester a bylo na nich ,zrejme, ze se o srova jeji y elice zajimary. Tak rnimodek jsem si my siel, — a take to rekl, a hoed, ku nekolika bratrin: "Podivejte se, tamhle se odbYva ta riejclalelitejAi Cast dneAni schuze a odtamtud (lam ptijcie ten lidlepai Uspech pro Jednotu."

Po odpoledni east -Leto okrskove schilFrank Mack, stark ze byl proveden sestrami od enniskYch V listopadove naborove einnosti umi radii detskY p ogram, velice zajimavY, I sill se v popredi bratr Prank Hlolek z kdyZ jim nekteia eisla schazela. To jest jedna potiZ s takovYmi programy. PaaBlessing, e'en tadu Elmaton cislo 148, datelky se snazi upraviti pekny a sloZit ST kterS7 v jednom rnesici zajistil novym Menton za $17,000 Avotniho pojiSteni. Je program, daji si s opisovanim Uloh mnoho grace, — a pak nektere deck° oneto dosud nej y ySSi prirtistek pro ktereho-rn°c111' nebo se pro jinou pricmu nedokoliv jednatele leto gniho roku v jednoro l mesick Bratr Hiolek nejlepS'i nadejil . dosahnouti do konce roku sve dobrovolne kvoty. Gratulujeme!

Piece vierni jinyrrn

TA NAT, REKLAIV1A Dallas 4, Texas, 9. prosince 1953.

Sestry a bratri: UZ jest to vic jak dva tYdny, co se odloYvala posledni schfize radii tretiho okrsku nasi Slovanske Podporujici Jednoty, -- ale jeSte stale nine se viducuji nektere podrobnosti 'Leto schuze na mysl. Snad nine to nebude predhazovano jako nemistne, dovolim-li si udelati nekolik znamek o -Leto schtizi. Nebude toho moojen asi dve neb tri vYznaenefSi east programu, a prvni se musim zminiti o easti na teto schazi. Ptal jsem se nekolika 'Menu, kteri jezdi do vSech jinYch okrskovYch schrizi, jak se navS"teva teto sehrize rovna navAtevam schtizi jinYch okrskl, a odpoved' byla: Nadprtimerna.

A to jest vzdor tome, ze deset radii tohoto okrsku se navAtevy teto schOze nezUCastnilo, aokoliv nektere rady se omluvily.

Co se nine na teto schrizi libilo a povaZoval ,jsem za velmi dulezite, byly dye zpravy. Prvni byla zprava bratra predsedy Jednoty Marka, ye ktere hlavni body byly jeho zprava o na,v§teve jednatelskeho kursu na unlversite Purdue ye spoleenosti bratra reditele 8krabanka a tti bratra jednatelU, BtiAtika, Mikesky a Vrly. Jiste jest, ze tito bratti nejeli jen na vYlet, jak by si nekdo mohl mysleti, — ale museli se drZeti velmi presne vytknu-Lebo programu, kterY na nejake zabavy nebo lelkovani jim mnoho easu nenechal. Doufejme, ze z toho podniku Jednote vzejde dobrY uZitek.

Druha zajimava zprava bratra Marka (Pokraeovani se strany 1.) bylo jeho popisovani programu, kterY byl nacvicene a provedene. UZ kdyZ tento poradan pri prilelitosti houstonskeho scup popisoval bratr Marek na to okrskoPro dobroeinne itoely, The United sjezdu bratrskYch jednot rieinkujicich ye schfizi dvacateho druheho listopadu v Fund, bylo povoleno $150.00. statu Texasu, ktereho2 programu nej- Ennis, pomyslel jsem si, proc by si Jedno- Pokladnik Koliha predlozil elenrim lepg east byl vystup patnacti (neb lest- ta nemohla delati timto vystupem dobrou Hlavni uradovny 17 pripadin kde je treba nacti?) taneenic, elenti nasi Jednoty, reklamu i mezi nasim lidem, eleny i ne s. ' zakroeiti ye vYmahani lepAich a pravidelterY sklidil nellep§i a nejvetsi potlesk a 'deny, a nestalo by to mnoho. Proo by nejsich splatek na pozemkove pujeky. 0 uznani od kaZdeho kdo by], pritomen, ja- jsme nemohli dati tento vystup jako ko- kaZdern pripadu bylo rokovano samoko neco velmi neobyeejneho. Tento vy- runni cislo na aspori jedne okrskove stat-ne, aby pokladnik Koliha mel direkstup byl nacvieen sestrou Hilsherovou od schnzi kaaleho okrsku v roku 1954, -- a! tivu a souhlas v'Sech. radu Pokrok Houstonu cislo 88. Od teto osmelim si zamluviti tento vystup pro Reditel 'Oerveny navrhoul, a teditel schUze jsem mel ptilelitost mluviti s dve• schtizi nakho ttetiho okrsku, ktera, j est l Kubena podporoval, aby Hlavni fitadovna ma navatevniky sjezdu tohoto Texaskeho na programu na etvrtou nedeli, dne 25. prispela jednou cenou pro kaZdY distrikt Kongresu, a dostalo se nine mnohem po- dubna 1954. Jsem jist, ze aspon troche v literarni souteli mlaleZe. Cena ma bYt drobnejkho popisu tohoto vYstupu. KaZ-- pilnym oznamovanim takoveho pohostin- iprvni roeni poplatek na certifikat ttidy clY ale dokoneil svuj popis terra samYrni neho vystoupeni se navkeva takove 43-; "C", jeden certifikat pro kaZdY distrikt. slovy jako dokoncil bratr Marek: to se krskove schnze ztrojnasobi, a dostanou do Prijato_ eda slovy popsat, to se musi videtl" By- ni i t y tady, ktere se dosud okrskovYm Oznameno bylo, ze slavnostni vetejne lo mne sdeleno, se se velice pochvalne o schUzim vyhYbaly. otevteni domova SPJST bude v sobotu tomb() YYstupu zminilo patnact teenikt, mluvim zde o tanci, i kdy2 to bylo /le- 14. a v neclell 15. listopadu. Bylo usnesekteri, jak jest pH takovYch banketech co neobyeejneho; ale zapominam rici, ze PO, by vSichni elenove Hlavni riradovny obvykle, oslovili shrornaZdene. Mnozi pry hlavni podstatou toho tance byla ta my- pokusili se o dustojnou oslavu, pokud ptichazeli za sestrou Hilsherovou a ptali Alenka, kterou ten tanec predstavoval, a moZno o nejlep'Si reklamu a o vAestranse ji, ze ktere $koly baletu tyto taneenice to jest to, co se musi yidet a neda se slo- nY Uspech teto yYznamne uddlosti.

Na navrh teditele Oervenky, cos bylo ptiSli, a kdyZ jim sestra Hnsherova odpo- vy popsat. To jest, co tech patnact fainkit primelo ku pochvalnYin zrninkam a podporovano teditelem Kubenou, schtze vedela, se to nejsou taneenice ze kaZdY se velice divil, jak dobte to bylo co vkchny pkitomne zaujalo. Byla to za- byla ukoncena v pul seste veeer.

z Hlavni ijnov a schfie tiiadovny

Ve stledu, dne 16. prosince 1951. stavi, a necha poradnou mezeru v programu, ktera se nenecha vypinit na posledni okam2ik. Vezme to trpelivost a sebezapreni potom v takove praci pokradovati, — a takoveho povzbuzeni, jako jim mil2e dati sestra Hilsherova, jako reditelka detskeho hnuti u na gi Jednoty, jest pak velice tkeba.

A zde jest nee° pro zasmani, nebo pro trochu hlub gi pkemYgleni, die toho, jak jest dlovek myglenkove zalo2en. Mame ye Vestniku Oslo etyricet osm, ze dne pet-a-dvacateho listopadu t. r. jednu zvlagtni poznamku od bratra redaktora.

Jestli jste puntidkati, mate to ye tretim sloupci stranky tfeti, posledni tri a pill slova a pokraeovani na strance etvrte, a zni to: "Mii2eme znovu bYti vdeeni, 2e na g tajemnik, bratr Chupick, mel Toni tolik odvahy a duchapritomnosti, 2e sestru Birdie Hilsherovou pro takovou einnost navrhnul. Dries nam druhe spolky schopnost sestry Hilsherove zavideji.

PH nejmen gim jeji schopnosti uznava-ji, zvolily ji bez oposice za pfedsedkyne Ycuth Section, tedy za vedouci firednici pro omladinove hnuti vgech bratrskYch a sesterskYch spolka v Texasu" To, 2e nam sestru Hilsherovou jine spolky sloudene v Bratrskem Kongresu statu Texasu zavtdeji, vi kaklY trochu lep gi informovanY Glen ji2 dosti dlouho, a ja jsem se to dozvedel ji2 skoro pked rokem z rozmluvy se dleny jine vYhradne Texaske jednoty, a jeden z nich bydli hned vedle mne. Jenom ze u nas to vezme v2dy moc dlouhY das, ne21i se o schopnosti druheho presvedeime. My, toti2 nagi spige o schopnosti toho druheho pochybuji, a sly gel jsem to kici nekolikrate, v pkipadu sestry Hilsherove a take v pripadu vrchniho jednatele Jednoty.

Skoro pokahle, kdy2 se nektereho nageho einovnika zeptate, "prod jste dosud neumi stanovili toho jednatele?", dostanete odpoved', 2e nemame mezi na.mi dosti schopnYch do takoveho idadu. To mne zase znovu pripomind slova Johna Harri se, predsedy Praetorians, pronesene ye sjezdu .Texaskeho Bratrskeho Kongresu v Corpus Christi v 1951, kde tento pri osloveni Kongresu stran naborove prate kekl: "We train our agents ourselves. We pick a young man out of good family, take him into the main office and there he gets his training". Asi ze v Oradovne maji dosti dinovnika, kteki o bratrskem pojigteni nee° vice vi, ne2li povidani v gelikV• ch prilpovidek.

Co ale mire v torn shora citovanem riryvku bratra redaktora vezi v hlave je, 2e mame bYti vdeeni, 2e na g tajemnik sestru Hilsherovou za reditelku detskYch programu a celeho hnuti navrhnul. Ted' bych rad veal, z koho si pH tomto vYroku nas gpasovnY bratr redaktor utahuje:

V/STIff/C v WEST, T/Mia z tech Mena, ktefi vi o tom zapasu jistYch sester a bratra od radu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88, aby se sestra Hilsheromohla teto prace ujmouti, anebo z bratra Chupicka. Tato cela zale2itost zdarne a chvalne einnosti sestry Hilsher°ye jest jako kaklY jinY dobrY pokrok v nagi Jednote; musi se ti obydejni eleni hou2evnate probijeti oposici kakieho pokroku, a ustanoveni sestry Hilsherove za reditelku detskeho hnuti u na gi Jednoty jest jednim takovYm prikladem. Toto pigi nejen proto, 2e vim, jak se \red skutedne mely a maji, -- take z dlouholete zku genosti. Kolik rokil nam to vzalo, ne21i jsme dokazali zavedeni lhiltovYch pojistek, — a jine, — jako kolik fismegka jsem sklidil, kdy2 jsem v kvetnove neb eervnove schuzi Hlavni iikadovny roku 1937 (nechci presnY den hledat v myth zapiskach) propagoval, aby jsme s ka2dym novYm certifikatem darovali odznak nagi Jednoty, asi tkiceti centovY. Nag bratr redaktor stale hlasa ty dobre zasady zpravodajstvi, totiz podati svYm etenartim vkly distou pravdu, — ale ✓ tomto pkipadu se hodne od pravdy Co2 aby to napravil? A s tim stat• nim organisatorem to asi dopadne jako s reditelkou na geho detskeho programu.

Bude ustanoven asi o2 se do toho obuji zase jen ti obyeejni eleni a vyberou nam Mena na tuto praci, o kterem ONI vedi, 2e ma schopnosti, i kdyby dosud neprokazane, tuto dale2itou east na gi propagandy fispegne vesti. Jestli se to nestane do sjezdu, a statni jednatel nebude ani na natlak diems najat, — NAJME JEJ PRISTI SJEZD JISTE, Al' SE TO KOMU LiBi NEBO NE. Sestre Hilsherove upkimne preji dalgich fispechil. Dokazala nam, ze schopnosti k tomu ma.

Bratrsky a vkly po pravde vas" Frank B. Steiner. )• ° kid Fort Worth eislo 154.

Cteni broth a sestry: Jest tomu uz davno, co jsem nepsala.

Oast() jsem psa.vala do Vestniku, jak 2i1 jegte ten dobrY'a trpelivY redaktor bratr Moudka. Byl to dobrY dlovek. Kdo ho znal, kaklY ho mel rad. Odegel, ale jeho duch je stale s nami. Vzpominame na neho, budi2 mu zeme lehka a svetlo \Wire at' mu sviti, at' odpodiva v pokoji.

Dostali jsme za neho dobrou nahradu, br. redaktora Valdika, vezme si ho, a mejme ho radi. Va2me si v gech akedni• neb to neni nic lehkeho nejakY ten Orad zastavat.

Mill bratri a sestry na geho kadu, riezapomente prijet na Sokolovnu 19. prosince v 8 hodin weer. Add na g a Sokol dohromady pripravi stromeeek a Mikulag bude rozdavat koledu detem i velkYm. Sestra Makenka Renefro se nam postara

Strang $ o nejakY ten program. Tak pfljd'te, jste uprimne zvani, a pkived'te sve pratele.

Volby mame za sebou, ale o torn se nebudu rozepisovat, to patki bratru tajemniku Janu Bedanovi, ten sam bude psat.

Nechci mu lezt do jeho kemesla. Byla jsem zvolena dopisovatelkou a paddana, bych tento dopis napsala. Dekujeme nmohokrat pkede gle dopisovatelce a prejeme ji hodne zdravi, neb sestra Jedmenkova byla hodne nemocna. Te2 jeji dcerugce, sestre 8imkove pkejeme, by se uzdravila. Te2 rodine Prochazkove prejeme, aby jejich maminka pani Prochazkovd, se te2 po to te2ke operaci brzo uzdravila. Te2 sestra Kalova je tace nemocna. Prejeme i ji, aby se uzdravila.

Tak ted' prosim TiskovY bybor, bratra trpelivost redaktora a v gechny bratry s mojim dopisem. Jestli mi •lovolite, napigi podrujie, jak se to schazime a jak se bavime. Je gte srdeenY pozdrav vgem bratram a sestram i v gem etoucim.

Anna Svitak, dopisovatelka.

(Poznamka redaktora: Vitam novou dopisovatelku od kadu Fort Worth. Nerad se loueim se sestrou Jeemenkovou, ale vidim, 2e rad si vybral dobrou na, hradu. Tak to ma byt,T„t' nekdo jinY zas okusi to dobroty s brireonem redaktorem a stalYm dopisovanim. Je gte abyste si zvolili nekoho z mlad gich, aby psal ne• bo psala pro ty, co etou jen anglicky.

KahlY rad potfebuje vice pracovnikfr vice reklamy.) ) • 4,1, iftad Velehrad eislo 19.

Schulenburg, Texas.

Mame mesic prosinec s dlouhYmi veeery, kratkYmi dny, se svatYm Mikulagem, s vYrodnimi spolkovYmi sehazem, se svYmi severaky (ale letos je gte jich bylo malo), zabijaeky, jitrnicemi, jelitami, ldobasy, ani nerad vzpominam, neb letos nebylo jegte ani na ochutnani, ten dim11S7 advent no a koneene vrchol vgeho Christmas, svatky vanoeni, pine kouzla, poesie a raziVeh tajnosti. Hoj ty 8tecir vee'ere, ty tajemnY svatku, palnodni v kostele, krasne koledy, hojnY vanoeni °bed s krocanem a nakonec posledni den sta.reho roku, Sylvestr. Co v gechno v tomto mesici shrnuto dohromady.

My u na geho radii Velehrad &is. 19 jsme aspori nee° z toho pro2ili a sice vYrodni schiAzi a paneeku, bylo nas hodne, celkem dvanact. To u2 je co kid, jindy gest, sedm a dost, a ted' celY tucet, a udelali jsme zas dosti dobrY pokrok.

A ted' dlenove na geho radii Velehrad pozor!

Usnesli jme se, ze budeme konat nage tadove selMze , zas ka2d3i mesic druhou nedeli. Tedy pamatujte, schilze budou kahlY mesic druhou nedeli a ne co till mesice, jak jsme mivali minule dva roky. Vy elenove, kteil zasilate sve poplat-

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ky poetou, vezmete to na vedomi a die toTak bratfe redaktore, jiz Te vie nebudu trapit. ho se zakidle.

Volby dopadly jak obyeejne po staru, Zustavam s bratrskYm pozdravem as na mistopredsedu, a sice: predseda, Jaro Rektorik, Roy Bueek; mistoptedseda, Aifons Kriireetni radu Robstown Oslo 117. stinik; tajemnik, Ferd. Mieulka; freetnik, 3 • 4 • A— Joe Patalik a pokladnik Jerome Jurena.

Corpus Christi, Texas.

Tak broth a sestry u radu neb Jednoty nee° k vyrizeni, s duverou se na Ctena redakce a etenaki: Jsme na sklonku tohoto roku, kde si nine obrat'te a ja, jako vkly vam milerad poslou2im. Tak se mi zda, 2e na rad tro- mt2eme uernit prehled naseho pusobem, chu o2ivnul, vYroeni 2iva schtze tomu kdy jsme byli zapojeni v nas' praci, ktenasvedeovala a kdyby ne vic, to2 aspori ra — jak jsme byli ueeni, elechti kaklemena schrizi na kaklY mesic je dobrYm ho pracujiciho eloveka. Delame noel bizaeatkem. Leccos by mohlo jit lepe a lanci jak jsme hospodaitili, jak si stoji doufam, ae pajde, o2 na ty programy nas finaneni sta y, zdali jsme co priholade2e, to je u venkovnich radii dosti spodarili, aneb zirstali stati na mrtvem bodu, po pripade i hodnotne klesli. te2ka vec. Ne2 zas nekdy jindy o tom.

Neni to v2dy, co kakleho dela St'astKu konci chci vSem elenrim nakho du a yeem etoucim Vestnik vyjadrit sve nYm, berstarostnYm oplYvati pouze pouptimne blahoprani k vanocUm a nasta- zemskYmi statky. Ku St'astnemu a snesitelnemu 'Zit take jest zapotrebi mimo fivajicimu novemu roku. nanci — dolarri — na prvnim mists zdraPokoj lidem dobre vale!

Vag Ferd. Mieulka, tvi a mnoho jinYch cinitelu, jako na taj emnik. klad: mir v domacnosti, sna genlivost v rodinnem pribuzenstvu, mirumilovnost ( ) • 4, I sousedstvi, opravdove nefaleovane spoikad Robstown eislo 117.

1 kove bratrstvi a uprimne pratelstvi naRobstown, Texas. eich spolubli2nich i pratel.

Neco z Robstown, neb to vypada, 2e I Casto se stane, 2e dlouholete prate', jsme se utopili, kdy byla ta povoden 9. Jtvi jest prerukno, kdyZ studenY posel listopadu. Ale neni tomu tak. Ono to vy- zavold — pomalu, ale jiste jednoho po I smutne, jak vse bylo pod vodou, druhem na geho blizkeho mileho ctitele. ale od toho easu narostlo hodne zeleni- Jindy jest to po pripade nepatrne nedony a futra a pane zrno, a2 radost se na rozumeni, ktere povstalo z rtiznYch ndhledu v zdlelitostech spolkovy'ch, to divot. Tak nemil2eme narikat. i nabo2enskYch. Stava se, 2e takMarra mnohemu bude divno, co ten tam se hrabe. Prioina jest, 2e v minulem to ztracene pratelske styky bYvaji naeisle Vestniku byly oznameny roky a dny, hrazeny novYmi znamostmi. Nove tvare kdy kterY rad zaeal existovat. Stalo, 2e pied nas predstupuji a vznikle mezery se raid Robstown 'Oslo 117 zaeal 9. listopadu pomalu vypinuji.

Ale piece se te2ce nese a v nitru se co1918, ale to melo bYt 9. listopadu 1913.

(Pozn. red. — Byla to tiskova chyba, kte- si ozY yd, kdy2 ride utu2enY, mnohaletY ruu jsem prehlednul.) Nekolik radku o porn& pohasind mezi temi, co s nami kdysi 2ertovali, spoleeensky se bavili a ye it,t dove historii: Had eislo 117 v Robstown zaeal se 'gest va2nYch chvilich rozumovali a uvaaovali, novYmi eleny a sedm prestoupli z jinYch jak zatidit a prekonat povstale preka,2ky Meli vklijake trampoty i potegeni zavinene novYmi pomery, ktere se vymya rtzne. trednici menili mista. Jen jeden kaly z moci jednotlivce. Tak jak bohac bvl firednikem Veecky roky; to jest bratr nikdy necitil s osudem chud'ase, zrovna John Rektorik, kterY jest predsedou 37 podobne jest se zdravYm elovekem, kteroku. Tak myslim, 2e by met dostat neja- remu neni dana utlocitnost, ab y pochokY odznak, jak bylo ye Vestniku, 2e bu- pil postaveni lidi zati2enYch nemocemi. dou davat odznaky elenihn a elenkynim,' Do toho vaeho se musi nejdrive ka2dY kteri ji2 jsou jiste roky eleny SPJST. I y2it, prodelat to a pak se zamyslet nad Dale marne starenku Annu Berkov- tim.

Byl jsem jednou poucovan zkuSeraYm skou ye stari 91 rokii; a troufa to yydr2et do sta roku. Tak ji pre% at' se ji to vy- a Zivota zbehlYm pritelem, kde mi pravil: Ze kaklemu s tvetaobeanu nale2i na pini.

Bratr John Pavelka,' 'Men na geho radu, teto zemi neb "planets" tolik prostoru, jest te2 jeden Glen, kterY mil& se dat do kolik ho maze obsahnout. Obeas jsem si ticidy eislo 1; stoprocentni Glen, neb ne- na ta slova vzpomel, a pfemYSlel o to jej en jeho rodina, ale i jeho syni s rodina- ho filosofii, aZ jsem dospel k tomu, Ze mi jsou stoprocentne eleny — 18 elerni v tim asi minil, Ze obyeejnY elovek, jestli jest nadanST, milZe v torn volnem podnirod ne. kani se vyginout nad jine a s pomoci meV pritomne dobe rhame 88 Menu u tak jeete dvanact do sta. Myslim, 2c ne nadanYch pracovnich sil domoci se rozsahleho majetku. Musi bit podnikanag organisator brzy jich upik.

Ve stfedu, dne 16. prosince 1953.

veho ducha, narozen na tak zvane et'astne planets, co prinaeeji a rozdavaji etestenu v mire neomezene. Take z tech slov jsem mohl si vybrat a prijit k zaveru, 2e jeho nahled mohl bit, 2e nekterYm et'astlivcum jest doptano, dle povahy obsahnout velkY da y stejne smYelejiciho lidu. (V torn maji ekoleni politikati z mesla prednosti, neb temto se tak lehko 2adnY nevYrovna.) V u2eim kruhu spoleene smYelejicich pratel mohou to bYti nase slova, flak chovani, skutky, nekdo jako by mel vetei kus toho magnetu pH sobe, lope 'Teen° v sobe, a dovede si veude rychle ziskat pozornost a priznivce. Proto snad i ternto path neb nale2i ten eirSi prostor.

Wady si ten osud i jinak s nami zabrava, kdy toho bychom se nejment nadali, a nas prekvapi neoeekavan6 Jako na priklad se nam stalo, kdy2 24. zati tohoto roku nas volala telefonem z Austinu naee nejstarei dcera Lilka, 2e jeji mu2 jest ye epitale tace nemocen; a lekati, kteri na nem pracuji za pornoci zyldete zjednanYch o getrovatelek, pochybuji, 2e ho budou moci udr2et- na2ivu. Pravili ji, aby se pripravila na veechno, a ma-li pribuzne, aby je uvedomila, neb pry bude muset mit nekoho pri'sobe, by se mela o co optit.

Tuto zpravu jsme v 7 hodin rano vyslechli a rekli ji, 2e jak se vypravime hued pojedeme.

V poledne jsme byli na mists. Nageho zete Johna. Hubra jsme nalezli v nemocnici Brackenridge v oddeleni, ktere jest ureeno pro pacienty poliem stiknYch. V chodbe u jeho svetnieky staly pripravene ty 2elezne umele plies. Veynitr 2elezne nadr2e s kyslikem, a na posteli tel.° od pasu dolii nehybne, ochromene; od pasu vzhilru pra.covalo normalne. Poznal nas a mel v oeich slzy radosti, jsme dojeli. Na etesti nemusel ty umele plies pottebovat.

Jemu zaskoeila v zile kre y v paterove kosti, ktera nasledkem toho se zaeala kazit. Lekari eekali smrt kaMou pakli nakaza vystoupi vYSe. Ctyri lekati se radili, aby rozpoznali, co to za nemoc, neb pry polio to neni, a proto mu zastrikovali do krve yeechny davky toho zraeneho penicillinu, joke mohl VY2ivu dostaval take prostrednictvim 211 na rukou. Mel zvlaet' zjednane tri oectrovatelky, ktere se menily ka2dYch osm hodin.

Tyto mely narizene praeovat na jeho nevladne easti tela. Trenim a masa2ovanim mely uvesti do °beau ochrnute svaly a krevni soustavu a fee, co vilbec spadalo do oboru zkueenYch ogetrovatelek.

Mezi ternito o getrovatelkami byla take sleena Kopecka, sestra to doktora Jos. Kopeckeho, kterY jest v San Antonio.

Sleena Kopecka, jest znama z jeji Chino-

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\rtRTNiK WEST TE Strum sti v Klubu 6echie Statni universite struene a to, Ze jest zatizeni -Leto vyboxev Austinu, a byla zvana co texasky slavino terni nejmodernejaimi stroji a pomficeek pro jeji oblibenY hlas zpe yu, kde se kami, jake dumysl lidskY dosud vynalezl. sama-pti programech vetejnYch doprovaObsluha oaettovatelek jest vlidna, zela na kytaru. Jest potad sveli a ye chni rozumi svernu povoldni a pacientfun. svem za,milovanem zpevu s yYm hlasem hledi vaemoZne zptijemnit ten pobyt meobveseluje svoje pacienty, ktere oaettuje. zi nimi.

Myslime, Ze hodne ptispela k uzdraveni 2acinST by nemel mit strach, kdyZ jde naaeho zete, neb za 14 dni jej dovezli dona operaeni stril, neb strach easto jest mu, kde jeho Zena -za pomoci dalaich ptieinou nezdatene operace. zjednanYch oaetto yatelek se starala, by Dopis se prodlouZil a proto neZ jej se pozdravoval. Nyni jr2 opet mute chokoneim, chci touto cestou jeate ptatelsky dit i karu ridit. Mel v tu dobu dva domky podekovat vaem tem, ktefi mne po Cas: rozestavene, ktere pottebovaly uz jen ye nemoci navativili jak v nemocnici, tak i vnitt nee° dodelat. Tak jsem jim to tarn doma. pornohl dodelat, co ,bylo od mojeho teTake vaem tern, kteti si na nine vzposa •skeho odboru. ' ena zatim zase pomameli uptimnymi projevy, jen mi poata, hala jejich domacnost udrZovat, by dceptinesla. ra mohla co nejvice easu veno yat svemu Neize vSechny zde vyjmenovat, neb se rnuZi. Jejich eetni pfatele jim take vaeobavam, Ze redaktor by mi my...1cl pro nemoZne vypornahali a sna,Zili se jim ty dostatek mista moji akrabanici zkratit. trapne chvile zptijemnit.

Koneim s'ptanim vaem etenattim veseHugo. --Schefak Kdy2 bylo slavnostni otvirani noveho lYch vanoc a gt'astneho Noveho roku. domova Hlavni fitadovny SPJST v TemJohn Stoga.

Ttetj distrikt ziskal v bratru Hugo Vag ple, v torn Case jsem se nachazel zde v Scheleakovi znameniteho pracovnika v 4. • "Meinorial Hospital", kde jsem se nechal naborove einnosti. V listopadove schfiDallas, Texas. operovat na prutrZ, kterou jsem utrpel, zi tadu Jaro Oslo 130 v Dallas se pH.Prosincovd, schilze KrouZku aeskSrch aniZ bych si byl vedom kdy a kde. hlasil, a za prvni me.sic ziskal nove Me- Zen byla prvni etvrtek v prosinci. Hodne Moje myalenky zaletaly k yam do Tem- rry, kteri si vzali za $13,500 Zivotniho po- elenek bylo ptitomno a pani Olexova, z ple a Seaton; 'Pti torn mei ptedstavy, jak jiateni. To znamena, ze pat' distrikt bu- Houstonu nas poctila navatevou a rady ty gt'astne a vesele tvat se na yzajem vi- de nucen furimouti vaech-ny sve sily, aby jsme ji mezi nas vitaly. taly. A jiste meli opravdovou radost po- ptemohl takou kombinaci jako jsou Jedna nova, elenkyne nam znat tu naai b_udovu i s fdedniky a yYpo- Bartek, Schefeak, Vrla, Hanus a Milano- sleena Annie Steiner, a take jsme ji s a. Jen se drZ, bratte Hugo, a nic ne- radosti mezi nas pkijaly. moci v ni.

Take mne talc), kdyZ jsem byl podaro- dej na lidskou zdvist. Mnoho zdaru a Pak schtize zapoeala a zaeoly jsme van krasnYmi kvetinami, ktere na mne dobre chutnani na banketu v Temple. rozmlouvat, kde bude zapottebi poslat Mikuldae s koaem darku, abychom ueinily ptisobily, ze jsem se tak rychle pozdravo- Teti distrikt to ma jiste. val. Darefim techto kvetin jsem zavazan radostne vanoce tam, kde se Mikulda sari vtelYm dikem a prozatim zfistavam dluZ- nevim jeho adresu. Pro bliZSI poznani o- nema, jak dostavit. nikem. Kdy2 spolkovi bratti Karel Hold- eekavam, Ze da o sobe zase brzo slyget, Ano! a budeme na vaechny yzpominat sek a Jos. KruSinskY mne spoleene na bude-li tyto tadky dist. Dnes i jemu`chci u stromeeku 19. prosince v Sokolovne, a vdtivili v nemocnici 17. listopadu, tak podekovat, Ze mel dost sily a zajmu pove- nade ptani bude kaZdou chvili zaletat • k nine jejich navateva poteaila. Take mi det ye sloupcich nageho bratrskeho orga- nim. Darky jim budou zaslany s pfarnin torn dali zpravu z to templovske oslavy. nu, co se jernu libi, a zaroveri pfeji, aby celeho Krotaku OeskYch Zen. Take byl darovan peneZni darek na T: Poda.si tarn bylo pry pfimo idealni, jake zase nabyl to bYvale sily zdravotni i du/lady by se nedalo ani za penize objed- Sevni; a nekdy napsal i to, co se mu ne-1 B. Institute. Nu, a nak nemocne sestry nat. Take mi vytidili, ze moji znami se libi. take nebudou zapoMenute. tam po mne doptavali, jak jsem a prof Nak yeeete, ktera byla odlolena m Potegujici nav gtevu nam take udelal nule, je ureena. Jsme se usnesly, Ze tu yejsem neptijel.

Toto vaem, co jste se o nas zajimali, 27. listopadu Chas. Sosolik z Bryan, kterlr Ceti budeme mit aZ na Valentina, 14. frvam vysvetli ptieinu, proe jsme nemeli to jest y e stiednim Texasu znamou osobno-i nora v nedeli \Teen To jest, jestli se neeo potekni tam bYt a se vaemi se zase, sejit sti, neb ma zasluhy o Ceske hodiny na neptedvidaneho nedostavi. Nebo obyeela vtele ptivitat. Vaem uptimne diky za radiu vysilane z Bryan. Jest s on star' So- ne miyame velkou zimu v ten Cas. kol, jeden z tech prvnich, co zakladali, A ted' vam uZ mohu povedet, prof jsrrie vzpominky.

Nakmu rnnoholetemu ptiteli a spolu- Telocvienou Jednotu Sokol v Ennis, Tex. tu naai yeeeti odloZily minule.

Do Corpus Christi ptijeli ku svoji pro-J Na ten Cas deti pani Linkove (na:Se bratru J. V. 8efeikovi oznamuji, Ze nevim ureite, zdali osobne znam br. A. J. vdane dceti pi. Jack Swnsonove, kteti elenka) Maly na ptekvapeni veeefi k Mikesku v Dallas. Take mi napadlo, jestli bYvaji na naai ulici jen pet domfr od nas ' narozenindm jejich maminky, pani Linto neni Adolf, syn Franty Mikesky, bY- a kteti vdavali dceru. Statieek se stafen- kove. A na tu byl celY KrouZek Ceskych valeho hudebnika-basisty, co bYval s je- kou se zfreastnili svatebnich okazalosti, " en pozvan. Nu a take jsme se vaechriy ho rodinou na Vaal farme a jest nyni na ktere se konaly v sobotu dopoledne 28. dostavily.

Seaton domovem. Pak jsem znal osobne listopadu.

A yeeefe byla velmi dobra a viieho dost, Chci jeate vzpomenout a ptipsat, ani piVo nechybelo. br. Antona Mikesku, kterY pied tficeti leLednova, schfize bude 7. ledna. ty bYva1 pfi Seaton a farmoval pies cestu Dr. James L. Barnard jest vYbornY opePfeji vaem vesele vanoce a at'ast0. od sine tadu Hvezda Texasu a pozdeji se rator, za pomoci vlidneho fismevu uzdraodstehoval se svoji rodinou do Houstonu. vuje rychie svoje pacienty. 0 nemocnici Nov' rok.

Mary Declek, dopisoyatolka.Byl bych br. A. J. Mikeskovi dopsal, ale "Memorial Hospital" Sc chci vyslovit jen

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itad Hvezda Texasu Sokolovne, 3221 N. W. 28th St. Bude volo eislo 130.

Seaton, Texas Dallas, Texas. i ba iitedniku pro rok 1954. V gichni eleno; ye by se meli dostavit, aby si mohli zvolit Bratte redaktore, bratti a sestry: Zapis ze schtize tadove.

Schtize byla dosti eetne zastoupena, jen Ufedniky, ktere si pteji, a byli s nimi spoPodavam vYsledek vYroeni sehtlze, ktebohutel, te to byli zase jen ti sami stati kojeni.

Take chci opravit chybu, kterou jsem rd se pottdala 1. listopadu za ptitomnoelenove. Schtze vYroeni, volba fitedniv poslednim dopisu udelala. Ja jsem psa- sti 60 elenU. Nasledujici 4tednici zvoleni kit, Uvadeli jsme 6 novYcla Menu, kteti byli la, te odboeka darovala beeku piva, ale ji pro rok 1954: F. E. Hejl, ml. ptedseda; schtize ptitonani, mantele William Balu- darovali -a platili odhadei vYbor, John Emilie Mikeskova, mistop;vciseda; Marie HruSkova, tajemnice; Anton Motl il ek a etyti jejich ditky, tedy cela rodina. Chaloupka a Carl Zichdeek. Diky. skal je bratr Hugo Schefcak, Arnold Take vanoeni svatky se nam bliti a So- eetni; Jan Junek, pokladni; a Jerry A154 ptipra,vuji cletskY pro- damek pravodei. 1Jeetni vYbor: Jerry TaI Vrla, tet ziskal nektere, tedy dohromady I kol a tad asi° laSek, novY. Organisatoti: Emil Hejl, jsme meli 14 novYch Clemv jednom me- ; gram a stromeeek, ani Santa Claus new Ibude schazet, na ktereho se deti nejvice Walter Jakubec, Albert Mikeska. Lekasici.

Vitame nove eleny do nakho tadu a teti, z y laSte na darky, kterYmi je vtcly ti W. A. CernoskY, A. H Alsup, F. W. Howell.Dopisovatelka du anglicke stati teSime se, te budou chodit i do schtizi a podeluje.

Clara Hejlova, ktera, je -Let reditelka midpo Case, at se obeznami, zaujmou i nas v I Program bude v sobotu veeer 19. propraci spolkove. since. Tak bratti a sestry a pratele Bete. VYpornocnice jeji Anna Jakubec. te svoje deti. Zpravodaj pro 'tad do distriktni schttze Na listku nentocnYch byl bitten brijclete se pobavit a ptived l John Machae stadi. Ale ut se pozdravuje, I Kdo by si pH" ptinest darky pro svoje Fr. V. Spanhel. Resolueni vYborlf Agnes co mu vSichni ze srdce ptejeme, by brzy mile, mute je dat pod stromeeek a Santa Motl, Albert Mikeska, Frank Kli‘hkovskY. NemocenskY wYbor: Claus se o ne postard. zdravel a tet mezi nas do schtize Red Ranger Jeste pfeij vsem vesele Vamoce a St'aVolba atednikti. Schuze vYroeni.

Vlasta HruSka, Marta Dubeak, Jan stali nam vSichni stati latednici, pry s stn NovY rok, hodne zdravi a vSechno, HruSka, Arnold Dubeak. tou podminkou, budou-li Padova. schtize co Si katclY pfeje. S pozdravein Thompson—Airville Anna Milan. rozdelene tak, v tas zimni budou schtiAnnie Olejnik, Frank Olejnik, Evelyn ) e ze v nedeli, ale 6 letnich schtlzi by bylo MILS', Will BrtiS. potadanYch ye vSedni den a to yeeer.

Ratibor Rad Stefinik eislo 142.

Ostatni se vypracuje v piltti schuzi.

Houston, Texas. Ella Haisler, Walter li.aisler, • Mary Do afacIti znovu zvoleni: Miro Jureik Reznieek, Edd. Seznieek. ptedseda, Stanley Hfflovec mistoptedse- Ctene sestry a bratti: 8tefanik 'dish? 142 Seaton shtize tadu da, Joe Maca, tajemnik, Arnold Vrla fleet- seVYroeni konala 6. prosince. Piedseda bratr Wilma Motl, C. F. Motl, Albina Dana, ni, Helen Vrla pokladni. Ostatni vYbory Alois Vaja zahajil schtizi za ptitomnosti Joe F. Dana, Henrietta MatouS, William budou voleny neb ustanoveny v ptitti schtzi. Bratti organisatoki tadali deny, vgech iitednikti a 30 elenti. Prilbela jeclna-' MatouS. Temple by ,jinxbyltrochuapizskno- ni, pozornost celeho elenstva byla pa- -- Dorothy Novosad Clara Junek, Frank vzbuzujici, te je zajem ku spoleenemu se ye deny. teetni vYbor hla,si, te pfehlidNovosad, A. Junek. i'ti"snolkove einnosti. ka knih tadovYch je v potadku, elenove 1 aOscar zvoleni na rok 1954 nasleduspravne plan..

Ella Ella Pechal, Adela Coufal, Joe Coufal, jici: Ptedseda—Alois Vaja, mistoptedseTedy vela schtlze byla hezky odbyta a da—Fred Vojtek, tajemnik--Mary Chu- Ed. Pechal. za vesele nalady jsme zasedli ku kafieku Kum enskY Amelia Sturm, pokladni--pik, neetni— a dobrYrn kobliham.

Francis Hejl, A. Jakubec, E. liejl, WalBlatena Beean„ MajetkovY vYbor: Jos. PtiSti schtize bude ease v nedeli dne 3.

Alvin Melnar,aAugust -ledna 1954 o 3 hod. v Koval', Sokolovne po Walla. ter VaHaisler. °slava otevtern domova Jednoty SPJST Marie schtizi bude case male pohosteni, ktere ueetni vYbor: Ann McIntyre, ptipravi nove zvolenifitednici tadu, tedy la, Ann Ward. Resolueni vYbor: Bohumi- byla zdatild, at jsme obavy, jake tek a Vera Vaja. bude poeasi v tak pozdni roeni dobu. at' se katdY Glen dostavi do schtize k je- la Shulcia' Amanda Vo j Zabavni vYbor se bude volit v pti gti schti- LepSi. ani nemohlo byt. Hlavni utadovna jich uvedeni do fitadti a ku pohosteni. se skvela krasou kvetti, ktere v Uprave Dnebude 19. prosince, jest v sobotu ve Ptijmuli jsme tti nove eleny do det- a nadhernosti barev byly velikou okraCon vanoeni to program pro ditky dove a ostatnich spolkU v Sokolovne. Ro- skeho odboru v lednu bude asi osm no- sou mistnosti a ty 4 stenografky s tismevein vitaly, vysvetlovaly provadely vSudice ditek jsou taciani, by je ptivezli do vych clenu uvadeno. ya sla- de navStevniky. Jsou to na pe hezka devSokola a pozvete i ditky vaSich ptatel, Nate tadqya sestra Marie Valo vila jeji 70. vYroai narozenin, tak na u- oatka, jen jedna je tepr y kratkou dopro vSechny bude dosti nadilky, neb ten koneeni schtize elenove ji zazpivali bu plo y dana. Vence mile jsem byla dotnAS spolkovY Santa ma toho vtdy at mu "Happy Birthday" a darovali kytici s eena, te kytice techlo vmcnYeli a kraszbYva. Tedy nezapomente a ptijd'te i s nYch kvetu byly rozvezetly i teskym blaltoptanim. Sestry donesly zakusky, -kami na vanoeni program do Sokolovka,vii a katclY ptitomnY se pobavil. zdejSim nemocnYm v nemocnicich aby ny. Na zdar. slaynosti Antonie Horak, dopisovatelka. V nedeli 20 prosince bude vanoeni oni, kdyt jim nebylo motile program u HAIL Odpoledne y e 3 hodiny zucastnit, aspon se kvety poteSili, ale ) budou ruzne hry a v 6 hodin bude vanoe- vie tim, te nebyli zapomenuti kdysi doni nadilka spojena s peknYm prog,ra- bii pracovnici Jednoty. Ale jak velice uOdboeka S.V.P.S. eislo 9 proti ohni a bona mem, Mikula g em pro omladinu. Wichni titednejSi by to bylo, kdyby penize, tak sluAnY to obnos za kvetiny, byl darovaFort Worth, Texas. jste srdeene zvani.

Preji vkm bratrim sestrarn vesele nY na Mot-OM:iv Fond, na ten pomnik trMils bratti a sestry: valY, neb MdnY nevime, co kdy budem V nedeli 20. prosince ye 2 hodiny od- vanoce a a'astnY NovS7 rok. potrebovat a stavili bychom pro pottebS pozdravem poledne lona se vYroeni schtize naSi odMary Chupik, tajemniee. ne. KatclY vime, co jsme ut motili, ale boeky SVPS eislo 9 proti ohni a bouti v

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nevime, co nam chysta. budoucnost. Co hounky tanec, ale ustavienY boj s clravY.- triktni porady stavaji se cite dale tim vim, Jednota dosud ani jedneho sirotka mi tivly, dravou zvefi a hodne i zake • lope ptipravo yane, driletite zaroveri a die nepodporuje.

-nYmildmi. syYch nejlepSich nos vYbor snati se udrVelice nerada jsem videla, te nam opet teti zajem sdrutenYch . • acitt, by tito p•i V sini kadove eislo 47. na Seaton v nede1i byl p pzweclen program, kterY, ac tento rok ubyla, dobra zpravodajka z einnosti neustalYm povzbutovanim se ukratky, vypadalo, to se vS'em West, a to sestra Marie Klausova. I se- drtely. innolte zmeny jsme meli. VS'ecko klapalo stra Rosie 8patihelova zmlkia. Rada Prosim, uvatujte o torn, jak asi by ten jsem eetla jejich dopisy a yttly je hle- I na§ III. distrikt mohl pokraeovati, ketydobfe, od toho poeasi obsluhy jidlem, po krasnou hudbu a zpev. Nebudu dala. Proto piste, kdo dosud psat by vkch 21 radii naSich se ye svYch osapopisovat poiad program, ani neinkuji- te. My jsme minulY rok meli jen d ye -a- 1 dach k nejake spoleeenske, zabavne, di7 ci ditky, ale vkzky s pa Ulohy zdafile mrti v fa.du a i to jsme ztratou tech ele vaelelni, vfibec pfatelske einnoSti jakebyli smutne doteeni. koliv vzchopily. 0 tomto snateni nos provedly a opravdu diky zaslouti fediMinulY rok jsme prozili mnoho oslav sblitili v tete) radostne spoleene praci telky, ktere obetovaly svrij eas a nervy cvikni ditek. Rovnet rodiee ditek si spolkovYch, a . pfetili i radosti, nebo pfec hovo •ili temef vSichni ti •eel-11cl, o kteopravdu zaslouti diky, ze venuji eas i jen se hybeme vpied, jak dosvedeuje ce7 rYch jsem se v poslednim mem dopisu dovatku ditek a mail smysl a zajem, by lorneni zprava; kdy2 neprSi, aspori kape ditky ve sluAne spoleenosti se pohybova- ye spolkovYch yecech. A v celem okoli Nemeli bychom toho vseho jen tak ly. nam to dobi-e zaprSelo tak mime °pet rychle zapomenouti‘. A ja timto ykra Radovi rifednici dekuji vkm •aclovytn na.deji v piisti ftrodu. A ku konci po- tern, ktefi se na gi schfize zucanili, klaelentim, ze valy jsou ochotni k vypomo- dam celorooni kratkY vYkaz •aclovY. du srdce itkol, u s yYch doVacich áci, nebot' opravdu " ye spojeni je sila", Schtize na yStivilo 453 elenii, tak prri- du tlumooiti. 'nee° o teto na gi snaze, cot tit i Svatopluk syntim s yYm dokazo- rner v kaaie schtizi by byl ne celYch 38 tak pokusiti se po yznesti nos spoleeenskY val. jednotlivY prut se lehce zlomil, ale elentt. NovYch dospelYch Clem 14 a v clet- a kulturni tivot v osadach. Proto, te piavicero prutt) spletenYch v celek se tak skein odboru 11. Fojistku si p •ibralo 8 telstvi vSech, pomoci vaA ochoty pfispelehce nezlomila. Rovne.t dekujeme vkm, elenri. Dividendy byly vyplaceny osmi ti, kde jen ponekud motno, jest nam k kdo nos zde na ystivili, sve nedelni po- elenftm. Distriktni obe schrize byly faclem d.osateni spoleeneho cite zapot •ebi, toto hodli obetovali a s nami se 'Alien sejit dobke zastoupeny. Navaevou nos poctil v'Se znovu p •ipominam. V osadach, kde se bratr redaktor s' jeho milou man2elkou jevi jen nejaka spolkova einnost, price a pobavit. Opravdu vas to teSilo.

Ve veerejM schfizi jsme se usnesli na a to 1. biezna a 21. eervna a 15. lito- otganisatorn se znaone ulehei a tato dftpotadani y anoeniho programu a pro dit- padu. Zemfeli nam 2 eleni, 6 delalo zme- letita pro nos otazka mela by pinou podky vanneni nadilky. Toto bude pofadane ny na certifikaty. poru nakho elenstva miti zajiStenou.• Ten to dopis pisi posledni co dopis pro eleny Padove a jejich ditky, a pro• Nezapominejme toho, te risilovna einto tadame alenky, by pro ten riael piive- dovY; pfiSte to bude jen &dove ozna- nost distriktni naSi Jeclnote li g ude jen ku zly peeivo, nejake ty •ladkosti, abychom meni, aneb osobni mrij dopis. ' prospecriu bude. Netesi vas' vedomi, to v Vesele Vanoce cola Jednote, zdar a rispechu mate tet jistY podil? V nakm ose vSichni pobavili. Vsak kafieka si navalime neb kavovY samovar budeme jit vzrriSt i dobrou vuli a spokojenost, necht' krsku od 1. eerverice do 30. listopadu zimit, ktery na minulou oslavu nedoSel roste ke cti a slave naroda nakho. skali jsme 141 novYch Clenft; pfi vice sponos yeas. F •dela se v nedeii veeer 20.

Se srdeenYm pozdravem luprace, pomoci nos vkch mohli bychom Marie HruSkova., tajemnice poeet "dotahnouti" na 250 do 31. prosinprosince. Take jsme se usnesli poti • bno rodine ye Vanoce udelat radost.

(Poznamka redakce: Muslin doz- ce. Poinfitete nam v tornto snateni?

Bratr Albert Mikeska zajimavYm zpri- nati, a sazeei v tiskarne to potvrdi, te Bylo vzpomenuto, te ochodem nageho sobem /tam podal zpravu z jeho zajezdu sestra Marie HruSkova, tajemnice fadu br. 0. Hanuk utrpi na'S distrikt citelnou na Purdue university. ZastoupenYch by- Hvezda Texasu, path' mezi ty nejlepSi ztratu; a jest na nos vkch ovkm mezelo 13 jednot a 49 organisatorri. Vzdale- dopisovatelky do Vestniku. Psat rukopis rti povstalott zdarne vypiniti. nost z Temple 1107 mil. Dekujeme jemu pro tisk se muSime ueit jako katde jine • 3.77pomenuto, te lhrita nakho "Essay praci. Kde se to sestra HruSkova nau- Contestu" se rychle ku konci bliti a naza vysvetleni rriznYch bodri. je mi opravdu zahadou. Jeji znalost se mladet by si ziskani vypsanYch cen Stavebni vYbor na rozWeni fadove budovy Nude mit plan v pfi gti lednove vSech tech haokft a icarek, tech rozdiln nemela jen tak lehko nechati ujiti, obschfrzi yypracovanY. Na hlasovani Merril mezi tvrdYm "y" a mekkYm "i", je per-, zy laS'te kdyt motno podati elaneeek v anbude zaletet, zda si to pieji aneb ne. fektni, opravdu yzacnost mezi zde vy-, glicke fedi. Pov'Simnete si znovu pravidla Proto pfijedle vSichni a dejte svilj hlas chovanou generaci.)—(Jest radost sazet kontestu v anglicke easti Vestniku. nvod s patYm distriktem timto mesiMame radost, to naS1 nemocni se po- rukopisy dle vzoru sestry HruSkove.—Pocem bude ukoneen. Budeme-li v stavu malu z nemoci uzdravuji a mohli bYt znamka sazek.) jit i schfizi fadove pfitomni. Vtdycky si udrteti zajem nag ich zastupcfi, meli byvatim tech starYch S'edivYch hlav a pie- Z TitETI1-10 DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. S. chom si radostne pochutnavati na hostiGrapevine, Texas. ne v Temple: MA' •editel br. Cervenka ji si, by to eeska fee 4e u nos jeSte ozYjest nam velice napomocen a p•ipomel vala, dokud s ni tiji a pieji jim dlouheho Sestry a bratti: yeku neb to je potehnani Doti, - jak je v V poslednim svem dopisu obmezil jsem distriktni schfizi vSem, abychom neocha7 piikazani. At ony ty mile bile postavy se vyznaeiti jen ty nejdfiletitejAi body, bovali a tak udrteli si prvenstvi v ziskazmizi, nebude je to jit tak bolet, to zmi- ktere jsem si z na gi posledni distriktni ni noveho pfirtistku ye vSech faciech nazela jejich matefaina. Mnoho dobra vy- schrize v Ennis poznamenal. Dnes dovol- Seho distriktu.

Sestra B. Hilsherova tet die vkho konali, syYm potem pficlu z ylaOvali; A- te, abych vzpomel nektere dojmy z toho meriku zvelebili, pracovitost a eestnost dne, ktere opomenouti znamenalo by 41a itspokojivY ohlas svoji tadosti k pflbyla v jejich tele usazena a vrostena. nev§imavost z me strany. Nelze ovkm tomnYm sestram, a dle pfitilakk doMYch Week° to delali pro sve potomky a proto motno zminiti se o katdem tam pfedne- do dnes, vanoeni detske programy budou je eteme, jejich 'Sedin si vatime, praco- senem proslovu, ale vS'em tern, ktefi pro potadane v Ennis u obou fadri, ye Fort vite ruce obdivujme a klopotne nohy jakoukoliv pfieinu tuto schrizi prome g- Worth, v Dallas, u fadu Cis. 84 dne 20. podpirejme. Jejich tivot nebyl jen le-i kali, dlutno pfipomenouti, te naSe dis- prosince odpoledne i veeer, u radu cis.

Strana 10 130 peknY detskY vanoeni porad V 3obotu dne 19. prosince o 7:30 hod. veder. 8koda, yeas neslygel jsem od jinYch vice, ale i ty zde jmeno yane znaei, to ma,me slu g -nouCinostae girne se, ze bude i tak pokradovati. y ezapominejme, mile sestry, na Birthday clubs, Valentine-parties, pozdeji na Easter-egg-hunts, atd. Neustalou einnosti s tou na gi mladeti tuto k sobe trvale pripoutame.

Pral bych si, kdyby tak ty na ge mile sestry Sokolky, kterl. se svYn-i peknYm eiSlem pri enniske schtizi se katdemu vgtevniku zavdeeily, mohly tak Pospolu setrvati a obohatily stejnYm vystoupe111111 nagi prigti distriktni schtizi ye West, Texas, due 25. dubna'1954. Budeme se *Sit! Ku konci dekuji timto katdemu, kdo nine jakYmkoliv zpilsobem byl v me prael pro ten na g III. distrikt v tomto roce a.apomocen; i preji v gern sy Ym prateltim znamYrn, cele Hlavni firadovne, mYm polupracovnikin, vubec v gem lidem dobre yule, St'astne a vesele svatky i spokojenY novY rok.

V -Clete trvana vas Ludva 0. Hogek, t. c. tajemnik III. distriktu.

Houston, Texas.

Ctend redakce a naili etenati: „lit co nevidet budeme slavit narozeniny Jetigka, nejkrasnej gi svatky 'v roce. A tak east° prichazeji, ze tomu ani elovek nema chuti verit, ze je to pravda. Snad nebudou tyto svatky vanoeni takove ja ke bychom si prali. Snad mnoheho budou tisniti starosti, nedostatek nebo o'pu gtenost. Lee i tam necht' vzpoininky na lepdi easy ptinesou radost a nadeji, mute prijit radostnej gi doba.

Kdyby bylo v moji moci privolati samu radost do ygech rodin dobre vole v tyto svatky vanoeni, ueinila bych tak ze srdce rada. Lee me prani je nespinitelne. Zivot je boj a zapas!

KatelY z te rnlad gi generace chce prekonat toho druheho, jestli ne svojim diplomem, tak svojim obchodern. NepremYgli, "Co eini g , ein. s rozumem". Tak to etu katdY den v na gich houstonskYch novinach, neb je taka mnoho a dohledu milo. Ve tire footballu se naladet uei jen stu oyosti a, yyvyg uje se silnej gi nad slabAiho, cot je praYY opak.

Me dcery synek je velikY footbalista a celY tapas footbalu hledi jenom na neho, ponevadt on vi, jak je ma podratet. Jeho hbitosti byl povYgen nad fgecky ostatni.

Jak byl na zaeatku mesice tijna poranenY, tak nemohi hrat, a tak jejich spartovni drutstvo pokatde propadlo. Jeho rodiee byli oba uditeli, oni v to Yeti, to je to eistY sport, kdetto ja na to hledim naeisto jinak.

Nyin v meste je velicc mnoho kradete

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Allacet J. BiriAlk Nedivte se bratr Brigtikovi, stopadu zustal na tretim rriiste. Jako katdY dobry pracovnik, muse' bratr BriStik zastavit, aby si nabrousil sve rueni nastroje. Odejel do Purdue university ztratil s deset drid easu, ziskal v listopadu jenom $11,000 noveho pojigteni, ale dolene v prosinci, co v listopadu zame gkal. Vi, to patY distrikt ho potrebu-1 je. a surovosti. Policejni ndeelnik nakdzal zatknout v gecky nezamestnane mute, kteri se povaluji po hostincich. Minute noci jich zatknuli jedno sto osm osob, podeztelYch z kradete.

Poeasi to mame timto easem roku yelice prijemne. Dnes rano jsme men pr y -nimraz,kteYlcspi.Ujou v meste preplane lidmi. Je to bred vanocemi, talc kahly chce sve mile darkem pote,git. Take jsem byla v meste se sousecikou, a pra ye jsme si vybraly ten nej- , horgi den jit na nakup. Pr g elo a prigel severak, tak my jsme sly do obchodu a ob hledame paraple. Obchodnik byl pan Zid. Tak nas obskakoval a je gte nabizel mala na,raplatka pro male deti. Povidam, ze ja uz Zadne male deti nemana. Sousedka. radila, "Kup tento pro tvoje vnueky".

Pan se na nas diva a povidd: "Tato lady nemide mit grandchildren." Sousedka se dala do smichu a prozradila: "Om, ty vrasky dovede zamYdlit, to jich ari nepoznate". Paraplar nas obskakoval a chYalil, to jsme koneene ka.tda koupila jedno velike paraple a ja tri male pro tri vnuCky. Muj syn ma hodinarskY obchod. Ma, tam nave gti, ze. zavird obclaod o gest ho-

ye stredu, due 16. prosince 1453. dinach. 2ide zaviraji jejich obchod ye 5:30, tak potona prijdou k synovi do jeho obchodu a drti ho tam d ye nebo tri hbdiny dele a premlouvaji ho, aby upustil na eerie, cot se obyeejne stane, aby se jich zbavil.

Distriktni schUze se nam krasne vydatila. Poeasi bylo take nadherne, takte jsme se vgichni vespolek pobavili.. Program byl velice krasnY, takte si na ge sestry od radu Studewood zaslouti pochvaly. Sestra Biride Hilsher, sestra Estelle Kelly a sestra Frances Olexo ya, se tolik zajimaly, aby to bylo co nejkrasnej gi, a take se jim to povedlo. Srdeene dektijeme radu Stefanik, radu Needville a radu Rosenberg za VYponaoc.

V nedeli 20. prosince na g rad Studewood ma eeskY program pro v gecky, pro male i pro yelike. Zaeatek ye till ,h diny.

Po programu je vgeobecna svaeina a weer Bingo. V riedeli 6. prosince tri sta dolarit dostal od radu mladY student Frank Bravenec.

Jegte marn to brace bred tad svatky mnoho, ale chtela jsem vain , jegte tento rok k vanocum blahoprat. Tak se mivejte dobre a hodne zdravi. To yam preje Anna Vrlova.

A ( Hot Springs, Ark. Bra.tre redaktore: Ponatite to, kdyt se pridam k bojovnikfim, za uddeni Ceske fedi v kadach SPJST, na cot sestra Mikeskova a sestra Ruble Holly, bratr Barina a bratr Vytopill ukazuji?

Jak by se libila na ge vlatnost a nev gimavost tern, kteri budovali, a kteri' jig neliji? Jak mUteme bYt hrdi na inteligenci, kterd se pak jen strani?

Pane se to etc y eanku "0 lidskoSti" v druhem s:oupci uprostred: "Nejslu g gi, nejcitistojnej gi Tide jsou ti mali",-nej ale kolik z lidu by se takto snatilo tit?

"0 lidskosti" by melo bYt ptedkladano a parekladano easteji.

Pozdravem v gem etenaTUrn. Hamusek. ( • PATEHO DISTRIKTU! Jelikot 31. tento mesic konci "Essay Contest" patella distriktu SPJST, chtel bych potadat rodiee, kteri maji ditky od 10 do 18 rokil stdK, aby jim tento kontest priporneli.

Kontest je oznamovan v anglicke easti v katdern Lisle Vestniku, kde jsou vSeeky podininky a podrobnosti kontestu vysvetleny.

Vim, to dne gni dobou gkola zabere vetginu Casu mladete, ale jsem jist, to jestli je o to potadate, tak yam to udelaji pro vagi radost a zifeastni se tohoto kontestu.

Ditky nemusi bYti:eleny SPJST pastadi, kdyt jeden z rodicu je Clenem.

Zdar Essay kontestu.

V. StratnickY

V t S TNIK

Wedne rday, December 16, 1953 iCIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

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Strana Reports from Lodges, biographies, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters tu: Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston7, Tex.

Postmaster: Please Send Form 35'79 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LOAIGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS

The M eeting of the Supreme Lodge The fourth regular quarterly meeting that it would probably be another six by the Supreme Lodge and paid to the of the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, was held months before it could be done. beneficiaries of our deceased members at the office of the Supreme Lodge at At the c:ose of his remarks br. Matush in month;y installment payment. It was Temple, Texas, on October 12, 1953.

I invited all the members of the Supreme agreed that the question be deferred unThe meeting was called to order by Lodge to a complimentary dinner to be til our actuary, Mr. Mims, who was exPresident Marek at 9:30 a. in. All mem- given to them by the First National pected to come to this meeting, arrives. bers of the Supreme Lodge were present: Bank of Temple, Texas, which invitaUpon motion by secretaly Chupick, Edward L. Marek tion was unanimously accepted, with seconded by Director Kubeila and unanthanks.

Frank G. Svadlenak J. F. Chupick President Morel( requested that all imously carried, the Temple National.

Jos. Koliha Jr. members of the Supreme Lodge to use Bank of Temple, Texas was selected and R. A. Urbanovsky their best efforts towards hastening_ the designated as one of our depositories.'

Robert Cervenka Editor Valcik reported that District progress of the meeting and the disFrank Cerveny patch of all the business coming before I No. 5 is composed of 20 lodges but that Chas Holasek it, so that all business could be dis- in only about nine of these lodges any Ado:ph D. Pavlicek members were secured during the past posed without unnecessary delay.

John A. Kubena Secretary Chupick read the minutes nine months; and that several of the Chas Navratil of the Supreme Lodge meeting held on lodges in that distria are absolutely Frank Rod July 13, 1953. After a slight minor addi- inactive a n d requested the Supreme J. M. Skrabanek tion or correction, upon the motion by Lodge for the permission to visit some Editor of the Vestnik, br. Stephen Director Navratil, seconded by Vice- of these inactive :odges in District No. Valcik, Youth Director, sister Birdie Hil- Presiden SVadlenak, the minutes were 5 in an endeavor to stir up and/or cresher and br. Frank Matush, President of then adopted, by unanimous vote. ate interest, in the SPJST, in them.. He the Building Committee, were also prePresiden Marek reviewed in detail the added that in order to be able to do sent. written report he submitted to all mem- such work effectively, in these inactive lodges, that it would be very helpful to President Marek in a few remarks bers of the Supreme Lodge.

President Marek reported that he, him in his work and give him added relative to the new office of the Supreme Lodge and its new office building in brother Bristik of Houston, brother Vr- prestige and authority if he was given Temple, welcomed the members of the la of Dallas, brother Albert J. Mikeska official designation as District Organizer.

Vice-President Svadlenak made a moSupreme Lodge to the new home and of Temple and Brother Skrabanek of introduced br. Matush, President of the Houston contemplate taking the special tion that Editor Valcik be appointed Building Committee,, who in an informal Fraternal Sales Training Course at the District Organizer in District No. 5, manner, welcomed all the members of Purdue University during the first week which motion was seconded by Director the Supreme Lodge to Temple and to its of November and added that if any Cerveny.

Secretary Chupick made a motion new home in Temple, and assured them other member of the order was interestthat if there is anything that he can ed in taking the course that he or she that Editor Valcik be appointed special do to make things more pleasant and should go with them to the Purdue Uni- representative of the Supreme Lodge, in its organizational work, and that he agreeable for any member of the Su- versity and take the course.

Upon motion by Vice-President Svad- be permitted and authorized to carry preme Lodge, that he shall be glad to be so informed and that he would do lenak, seconded by Attorney Pavlicek, on such organizational work as he outeverything he could to make everybody and (tarried, it was agreed that the Su- lined in any District of the state and not feel welcome in the new home of the Su- preme Lodge should pay the expenses of only in District No. 5.

Vice-President Svadlenak, thereupon, preme Lodge in Temple, Texas. He said any of our members taking said Fraterthat he attaches a great deal of sig-. nal Sales Training Course at the Purdue withdrew his motion, Secretary Chupick's motion was voted on and adopted nificance to this meeting of the Supreme University.

President Marek 0.'eported that so far by unanimous vote.

Lodge because it is the first meeting Sister Birdie Hilsher of Houston, Texof the Supreme Lodge ever held in a he had only one applicant for the posibuilding owned by the Supreme Lodge. tion of State Organizer. He stated that as, Director of our Youth Activities reBr. Matush stated that the Building the selection of the State Organizer ported on her work as Youth Director Committee has endeavored to have the should be done with great care and due of our Order. She reported in detail on building and all the equipment and consideration of the qualifications and the several District meetings she attendeverything connected with the building, abilities of the appointee. The matter, ed; on the programs that she prepared in first class condition by this time but after President Marek's explanation, was and sent to the Youth Directors of the local lodges, and on her activities in that due to the scarcity of certain ma- postponed.

President Marek presented the quest- general, etc. It was agreed that Sist2r terials needed in the over-hauling of the elevators in the building the remodeling tion what rate of interest the Order Birdie Hilsher should continue as our of the elevators has not been done and should pay on death benefits retained Youth Activities Director, henceforth, in

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the same manner and under the conditions as heretofore; and that she should endeavor to meet with the local lodge Youth Directors, occasionally, at the expense, of the Supreme Lodge, in order to get better ecquainted with them so as to be in a position to carry on the Youth Activities work more effectively.

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be sent as one of our delegates to the Texas Fraternal Congress. Vice-President Svadlenak offered an amendment to that motion to the effect that all the officers and Directors of the Supreme Lodge, as well as Editor Valcik, be sent to the Texas Fraternal Congress as delegates'. Br. Kubena accepted the amendment. This motion was seconded by Sister Hilsher requested all members Treasurer Koliha and carried. of the Supreme Lodge to encourage Vice-President Svadlenak reported he Children to enter the essay writing contest on the merits of the SPJST spon- didn't have anything to report in adsored by the several districts. She stat- dition to his written report which he ed that it would be very helpful to the submitted to all members of the Sucause if she were authorized to pur- preme Lodge. chase, from time to time, various items, Secretary Chupick reported that the to be awarded as prizes, in various conSupreme Lodge, SPJST, has been solicited tests' or games conducted or played by our youth in an endeavor to arouse to become a member of the Temple Chamber of Commerce. By unanimous their interest in our youth activities. consent it was agreed that the Supreme Secretary Chupick made a motion that Lodge, SPJST, should join the Temple the purchase of such prizes as Sister Chamber of commerce.

Hilsher mentioned should be left to her Secretary Chupick reported that we discretion; this motion was seconded by Director Kubena and unanimously car- have a few Texas School Books remaining in the Texas School Book Depository ried. in Dallas, on which we are called upon Sister Hilsher presented "a request to to pay various charges, from time to the Supreme Lodge for the purchase of time,such as storage, taxes, insurance, twenty costume dresses, in various sizes etc., and recommended that these books to be used by the sisters of our Order be withdrawn from the State School on various appropriate occasions, in the Book Depository and stored at the Supresentation of a certain "Star Waltz preme Lodge Office. The recommendaDrill" which drill the sisters of Lodge tion of Secretary was adopted.

No. 88 and 143 in Houston propose to When Secretary Chupick reported that present at the Texas Fraternal Congress we have been requested for a donation Convention to be held at the Rice Hotel to the United Fund of Temple, upon moin Houston, Texas, Nov. 19, 20, 21, 1953. tion by Vice-President' Svadlenak, secShe explained the drill in detail and onded by Director Navratil and unanistated that these dresses if purchased mously carried, it was agreed that the would be purchased and after being used Supreme Lodge donate $150.00 to said Would always be stored for future use, charity cause. by the sisters of any lodge, wishing to Treasurer Koliha presented his written use them, in any drill performance, any,- report on Ills activities for the last where. quarter , and called attention to the UpOn motion by Director Cerveny, sec- seventeen individual cases relative to onded by Vice-President Svadlenak and the SPJST property and loans. Each one curried it was agreed that the Supreme of the cases was discussed on its own Lodge should authorize sister Hilsher merits with instructions to Treasurer to buy these dresses or gowns.

Koliha as to the procedure to follow.

Mr. J. L. Mims, our actuary, appeared When it was' reported to the meeting before the Supreme Lodge and when that the formal opening of our' new the question was propounded to him office and the new home of the Supreme what rate of interest he thought the Lodge at Temple, Texas, would be held Supreme Lodge should pay, on death on the 14th and 15th of November, 1953,' benefits retained by it, and paid in namely, at the home office on Saturday,' monthly payments, he recommended 21/2 November 14th and A the hall of Lodge No. 47, on Sunday, Nov. 15th, it was! per cent.

Upon motion by Vice-President Svad- agreed that all the members of the Sulenak, seconded by Director Cehvenka, preme Lodge should do everything they and unanimously carried, it was agreed can to make the formal dedication or that the recommendation of Mr. Mims opening of our new home and office as be adopted and that the interest allowed successful and outstanding affair as poson such deferred death benefit pay- sible.

Upon motion by Director Cervenka,' ments be set at 2 1/9 per cent.

Director Kubena made a motion that seconded by Director Kubena the meet\ Sister Hilsher, as our Youth Counselor, ing was adjourned .at 5:30 p. in.

Essay Contest of District Three S.P.J.S.T. To all Members, Officers of Lodges, to all Organizers and all others interested.

A subcommittee meeting of the III. District of the S. P. J. S. T. was held on Sunday, August 16, 1953, in the hall of Pokrok Dallas Lodge No. 84, at •vhich meeting the following rules for the "Essay Contest" were formulated and adopted: 1. The Essay Contest is open for members and nonmember children.

2. The contestants must be between 10 years and 18 years of age.

3. The contestants must be living in one of the eight counties comprising District Three SPJST, namely,cgoke, Dallas, Ellis, Grayson, Hill, DrIcLerman, Kaufman, Tarrant.

4. The essay is limited to not more than 300 words.

5. The essay must be written or typed on one side of paper. The signature, age, and address must be on a separate sheet of paper. It must be sent to L. 0. Hosek, Secretary, Grape ythe Rt. 1, Texas.

6. The envelope with the essay must be postmarked not later than December 31, 1953.

7. Three prize awards are: First, One 20 year policy with one year premium paid, plus $25 in cash; Second, $20 in cash; Third, $15 in cash.

8. Three disinterested judges will select the winners in the Essay Contest.

9. All the essays will gradually be published in the Vestnik.

10. The essay must answer One question "Why I like S. P. J. S. T.?"

All essays become the property of District Tnree.

L. 0. Hosek, secretary District Di Grapevine, Rt. 1, Texas •( ) • BROTHERS •and SISTERS, we want you to have your Vestnik. When you have a change in address, please send your change of address to the Supreme Lodge SPJST, Temple, Texas. Don't forget to fill it out like this: I have a new address!

NAME OLD ADDRESS LODGE NEW ADDRESS Mail to: SUPREME LODGE riPJST TEMPLE, TE

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VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a ,....=...,... HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

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The Spirit of Christmas is here again, and with it the bustle of shoppers, a carol in the air, a child wide-eyed and a breathless before a real, live Santa Claus. The flurry of gift-wrapping, home decorations, tree lighting, reunions and yule fun that brings families closer together. Holiday cheer and remembrance for the needy, the lonely or less fortunate ones. Christmas' meaning is more than merry. . . deeper than gaiety. It is also a I day of reverence. . . of prayer and hope for the long-ago promises of peace and good-will. It's all the Spirit of Christmas!

And with this Christmas Spirit, I am hoping you too are having fun in bringing families and children dosser together in our lodges by having a Christmas Program and a party for everyone with dear ole Santa Claus, too. It is so wonderful to have a get-together at Christmas, and the warm cheerful greeting, and the wishes of a merry Christmas exchanged between you, is very heart-warming and fine. Let us all try to spread a little cheer this year, and make this the best Christmas ever.

May I suggest a little caroling too. It is one of the prime joys of groups of our Youth, and it is not unusual in many neighborhoods to hear the eager young voices of boys and girls sing at this Christmastime. This is very nice for our Youth and many times the parents assist , them, and all have a lot of pleasure.

It is my aim to develop this YOUTH ACTIVITY with the assistance of the Youth Directors in a new and original approach and I hope that the beginning, the musical play "Vanoeni Scena" will be succesful and gain for me in my work as your Youth Counselor the approval and cooperation of everyone of you, every member of our S. P. J. S. T. — just as the "Star Waltz Drill" has, which was also my original and which I will also relate to you in one of my future programs.

I would like to ask you, on behalf of our children, to support their activities and encourage them with your understanding and praise.

I sincerely hope that all of our lodges

will have some Christmas program for the children and I only wish that I could visit each and every one of your programs We must devote more work to our future, and as our future lies in the hands of our children, we must capture their interest and get them to join in the activities and assure tzar way the future of S. P. J. S. T. If you do not receive any programs, kindly write to me personally and I will be glad to send you the last issue and enter your name on our mailing list. Also kindly write to me personally if you have any questions in regards to the programs or if you have any suggestions based on your own experience working with the children of your lodge, so that I could refers your success to other lodges.

It takes a great deal of titan, research and woik to prepare individual program-3, and as each issue contains a great deal of material, I shall often refer you to the back numbers of my programs. Therefore, kindly save all the issues as you will need them in the future and duplicates will not be issued.

I already have ready and prepared many interesting novelties and a very comprehensive activity for my programs for the coming year: musical plays, pantomines, dances, original musical arrangements ,songs and plays, games of all kinds with and without music, etc. and all of this I selected and arranged with the childrens idea of a good time as my guide and also to present to you, the adults, good entertainment and an enjoyable afternoon or an evening.

It is my sincere wish that this work for our' children and Youth will rejuvenate and enrich the friendly social life and activities in our lodges, gain us new membership, and bring to everybody very pleasant and joyful entertainment. This is a job for all of us, brothers and sisters and it will all depend upon you and your cooperation in this task of our YOUTH, so let us get busy now with the coming year and build up a beautiful and prosperous future for our S.P.J.S.T. with our YOUTH Here's wishing you — one and all — A

There is o n e hundred twenty doltars to be given away to six boys or girls.

District Three, which is the part of the state around Waco, Ennis, Dallas, and Fort Worth, will give away $25, $20, and $15.

District Five, which is around Houston, Posenburg, Anngleton, Galveston and Crosby, will give away $30, $20, 4rid $10.

How do you get it? It is very simple.

You may ask,your parents. Or you can read about it in this issue of the Vestnik.

Find the article which says "Essey Contest."

Start asking questions.

You have until December 31, to write your piece.

Get busy right now.

You will get a part of this one hundred twenty dollars, if you really try. (dz) •, CHRISTMAS PARTY AND PROGRAM AT LODGE POKROK NO. 88 There will be a Christmas Program and a Party for everyone this Sunday, December 20th at 3 p. in. Any child wishing to be on the 'program. that we were not able to get in touch with, please let us know, or just come up that Sunday and we shall be happy to let you partici-pate in a song or poem or playing your instrument or a dance—whatever it may be. We do have a nice program for all of you and Santa will be down to see all the children too. Afterwards, we will have coffee and cake for everyone. Ladies are asked to bring some pastry. Come out and see the children perform and have a good time. We will be looking for you.

The Committee )•est,•( NEW COLONY LODGE NO. 69 Regc,is, Tex;;:, Dear Brothers and Sisters: Nova Osada (New (elony) SPJST Lodge No. 69 will have it next regular meeting on Sunday, Decele oer 20, at the New Colony Community i.lenter. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p. m. Since this will be annual meeting, all members are urged to be present for the election of officers and other business.

Fraternally, Adolph e Shiner, Secretary

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Ex-President of Lodge 47 Honored It is always a pleasure to receive a newspaper clipping about some SPJST member.

Brother August Kacir of Temple; and also Brother Frank Matush sent me a copy of the Temple Daily Telegram, dated Monday, November 30, 1953.

After looking carefully through the issue, I found on page 11 an eight-column streamer, the full width of the page, announcing that J. J. Mikeska was named outstanding conservation farmer of the Central Texas Soil Conservation district for 1953.

Brother Joseph J. Mikeska, a member of Hvezda. Texasu Lodge No. 47, does not need to be introduced to the readers of the Vestnik. He used to contribute quite a number of articles to the official paper of the SPJST. Ills latest contribution was an account of his trip to Czechoslovakia when he and his wife went to visit his birthplace in Zadverlee, Moravia, some three or four years ago.

He is also well remembered from the many SPJST conventions as one of the delegates of his local lodge, where he served as president for many years.

The editor takes the liberty to reprint the article about Brother Mikeska, thanking the Temple Daily Telegram for the courtesy of furnishing the pictures.

J. J. Mikeska Named Outstanding Con- district which contains some 6,600 farmservation Farmer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; To be Honored By ing units.

Kiwanis at Noon Luncheon Tuesday He will be honored at the Kiwanis A man who says his farm is producing club noon luncheon Tuseday at which better today that it was when he set- he will receive a check for $50 in recogtled on it 43 years ago has been named nition of his work. as outstanding soil conservation farmer John B. Cole will serve as master of of the Central Texas Soil Conservation ceremonies, and Hal Harrick, one of district of 1953.

I the district supervisors, will explain how J. J. Mikeska has been chosen by the the outstanding farmer was selected. district supervisors for doing the most Paul Walser, state conservationist, will outstanding job of conservation in the discuss some of the phases of soil and water conservation work in Central Texas.

Mr. Mikeska will be interviewed and explain some of the practices. / carried out on his farm.

Mr. Mikeska, farms 104 acres near the Seaton Community, and his long-time practice of conserving the soil has been responsible for the place to become more and more productive during the years unlike other farms, where land. has become worn-out from misuse.

Born in Czechoslovakia, Mr. Mikeska came to the United States in 1901 and settled in the Cyclone Contnunity. When he and Mrs. Mikeska were married in 1910, they moved to the Seaton farm and have made their home there ever since.

From that day to this, he says he has been striving to improve the place.

The results of his labor have been gratifying too, because his conservation practices have enabled him to double his corn yield, produce three quarters J. J. Mikeska

CORDOVA BARLEY is being utilized by J. J. Mikeska to supplement Bermuda grass pasture for his beef cattle. Brother Mikeska, outstanding conservation farmer of the year in the year in the Central Texas area, was honored by the Kiwanis club of Temple, Texas, recently.

Wednesday,- December 16,-1953 of a bale of cotton to the acre, and harvest 1,000 bales.of hubam clover from a 12-acre field.

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I we do each year, but it is going to be divided by a 30 minute-3 act playlet by six teenagers. The title is "Clara Comes STEFANIK LODGE NO. 142 Across at Xmas." It is a cunning little Mr. Mikeska is a pioneer in an area Houston, Texas playlet and has a good lesson in it. The that is conservation-minded. Long be- Hello, Friends: girls are making a first appearance in fore. Soil Conservation districts existed— It's me again, two weeks in a row! a stage play and we hope you give them back in 1928 — he terraced his land, Boy! that's a record. I certainly do hope and they are still serving him well. He all of you are up to par today. It's been a helping hand by your presence and planted his first alfalfa in 1925, and raining cats and dogs here all night and applause, Sister Ann Ward is teaching since that time has had either alfalfa looks very dreary outdoors this morn- 1 the Tiny Tots a drill where they will , be dressed as Christmas Candles! Last , ing. or clover on his land each year.

I year they were Christmas trees! This Mr.- Mikeska has one of the first bufBefore I tell you about our December f el grass fields in Bell County and has Lodge meeting, I must apologize to Da- year the Candles will sing as well as found it good to supplement his per- vid Triska who helped us sell in our I drill. They're really cute. m:anent Bermuda gdass paAures for country store at District Meeting and to "Frosty, the Snow-Man" will be at grazing. He also has a one-acre plot Bros. Rudy Cernuch, Ed Sklar and Frank I Stefanik. The certain attraction to ,a of King Ranch bluestem which he had Zapalac for building our store and Bro. dancing team of six charming girls to watched before deciding that the buil Sklar for donating the plywood. Many music by the same name. Thislis all I'm -felgrasuitdhnesbtr. thanks from Stefanik to all of you. Your going to tell you, so you cad* come and With Mr: Mikeska's ideas toward con- work was well done and very much ap- find out the, rest of the program. Oh yes, serving , his land, it was not unusual preciated. I am very, very sorry I Santa will be there with lots of goodies. that one of his sons — Leo G. Mikeska- neglected, to thank you in my last reAfter several other discussions of imdecided to make it a life-time profes- 1 port! Forgive me, please. portance and almost at the end of the sion. He is an agronomist with the Soil I Now the first Sunday in this month meeting Sister Anna Vaja asked permisConservation service and is now living was December 6th, on which date was sion to make a short speech and wish -a in Rosenburg. Mr. Mikeska's youngest held the last meeting of 1953 This was happy birthday to one of our worthy son;• Reuben, is a student at Temple our election meeting, too. The following members, which was given her as folHigh School Where he is a reporter and officers are to preside for the year of loWs: 1,. 'former vice president of the Future 1954. President — Bro. Alois Vaja; Vice The Sisters of Stefanik Lodge No. 142 Farmers of America chapter. Mr. and President -- Bro. Fred Voytek; Secretary extend to this very kind and charming -Mrs. Mikeska have nine other children, — Mary C'hupick; Financial Secretary — Sister a very happy birthday with many all living in the Temple vicinity. .

Amelia Sturm; Treasurer — Blazena Be- happy returns." (No one knew who she Mr Nikeska's program is diversified, can. All officers were elected unanim- was talking about! Everyone looked at and 'includes 32 head of cattle, hogs, ously. each other. So I slipped on the stage 150 laying hens, and pecans in addition I Committees were elected as follows: while she was still talking and returned to hiS pastures, small grains, and row Board of Directors: Bros. Alois Melnar, 1 with a beautiful flower center-piece Crops. While he did not , plant any cot- August Walla, Joe Kovar. made especially for our guest. Sister ton this year, he will include it in his Committee for Convalescents: Sisters Anna Vaja presented it Sister Marie K. 1954 program. He now has 15 acres of Amanda Voytek, Vera Vaja and Ann Mc- Vala for her 70th birthday which falls Cordova Barley which is being grazed Intyre. on the 12th of December. I wish all of and clover is now coming up.

Reporters: Czech Bro. Alois Vaja — you could have seen the astonished beA higher corn yield has followed his English Amelia Sturm. wilderment of surprise on Sister Vala's practice of planting two rows of corn Youth Director : Sister Ann. Ward face, which brought happy tears to all alternately with two rows of clover, and — ages 6 to 13; and Amelia Sturm -- of us: The center- piece was a beautiful rotating the two crops each year. teen-age group; and Youth Assisstants bouquet of pink - carnations set in a Mr. Mikeska says that one of his big- to both groups Sisters Ann McIntyre and wheel of large white chrysanthemums gest thrills came three years ago when Vera Vaja. The Entertaining Committee. on a base of large leaves and sprigs of he and his wife returned to Czechoslo- And the Stefanik District Five Repre- orange blossoms which had been dipped vakia for a -visit. Upon his return, he sentatives elections were postponed in silver and the .entire bouquet was prepared a lengthy report on the farm- until January. sprinkled with beautiful sequins. ing and . conservation practices being; Our meeting was attended by fortyThen we all sang "Happy Birthday" used there. The old country, and others five members. After all reports were giv- to Sister Vala and president Alois Vaja in Europe, appear to be far ahead of the en, we discussed our Christmas program gave .a short speech to Sister Marie Vala United States in saving the soil, Mr. in more detail. The proceeds from this on behalf of the Stefanik Lodge. We Mikeska believes, because land that has activity will be divided among our sang "Hej Slovane", 'adjourned our been producing for hundreds of years is charter convalescing fellow-members. meeting and went to take part in the still fertile. But now that we are run- This is Stefanik's way of remembering delicious buffet supper the Lodge furnning out of "virgin soil" American farm-, our Brothers and Sisters who are ill and ished for the birthday occasion. Thanks ers are becoMing more conscious of con- - can't be with us each Christmas Day! to all the ladies who contributed "kolaservation practices.

The program will be held December 20th ' e" cakes, etc. to the occasion.. We spent Central Texas' outstanding conserva- beginning with a delicious dinner pre- a delightful evening! tion farmer was a charter member of pared and served by our capable Sisters The Committee that gets reports on the Bell County Farm Bureau, and for- at 1 p. m. At 2:30 we shall have a bingo the ill or convalescing members of our merly was a supervisor for the SPJST.; party. The Christmas program shall be- Lodge reported that the first part of He owns two other farms which are be- gin about 6 p. m. and we certainly hope November Bro. Charlie Cykala was very ing rented, but he insists that conserva- all you who can attend. We are going ill and is doing all right now Sister Jution practices be followed on them. to have a regular Christmas program as ha Wyatt had a serious eye operation

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41116MIMMG The camera dal not catch G,he symmetly of the five-pointed star. As tin, ls S. P. J. S. T. are placed within the em. iocure of the fl y:• ". star., so are the dancers in red, carrying the letters, placed within the circle made by the points 61 the via:. hwimitioa. They are: "S", Dorothy Becan; "P'", Boots Pool; "3", Marilyn Earl; "S", Barbara Kunetka; "T' Mona Baca. In the ceilter of the star formation is Della Kadlecek. Between S and P are three dancers, in the order from the center to t' z,? point: Estelle Kelly (captain of the team), Banelle Sturm, :Margaret Triska. Between P and J, from the center outward: Mildred Zimerrnan, Peggy Gostick, Kay Sturm. Between J and S, outward: Maxine Sefcik, Dorothy Dixon, Angeline Ileinrick. Between S and T, fromthe center: Lois Zimerman, Marie Kahanek, Patsy Miller.

And between T and the first S, front the center: Mary Kalonsek, Judy Shade', Evelyn Roeder, Blue girl, Helen Fusig, the Lure. singer for tho group, is no, in U o and till under the doctor's care.. Sister Blaxena Becan \vas under the weather but recuperak ,cl enough to attend the I ,.O.‘;e meeting. Sister Anna Shilk is ,;oing out to Sister and Brother Simmon's home to help the two convalescing members who are critically ill.

Bro. John Sulda is about the same. We sincerely hope that everyone of you get lots better and feel like enjoying Christmas this year. To each and everyone of you who know -these people please send a Ch • isimas card to them or :visit them.

It's ,j11.4 small thing, but to a convalescent it meetly everything! Lodge Stefanik is .grog to try to add to . their Christmas happiness, too.

Fraternalis:n means_to be kind to each other and love each other as a family.

So we can do nice things for each other now while, we are here to appreciate them; not after we're gone; for then

it doesnt matter whether the rose is alive or wilted, for we can't see it anyhow.

Again best wishes for a Merry Christmas to all of you from Stefanik No. 142.

BeSt of everything to you!

Amelia Vaja Sturm )o FAN'

ODGE NO. 25 CHRISTMAS PROGRAM What a heart warming; experience it 's to watch the preparation at Christmas program by a group at lively young .sters. Such preparations are being made a t the National Hall under the direction e; Miss Dorothy Kudrna and the pro {,r:nn will be presented December 20th at 7:00 p. m.

It is interesting indeed to watch what I would call a second generation Sbor Mlade2e come into existance through the

efforts of preparing a program. Many of the children's parents were about the age at this group when Lodge 25 sponsored the Sbor. What a lively time they had! Now their children are embarking on the same pathway. Along with them are many others who are enjoying them selves too. At the Christmas program we hope to see many other little children and if they think they would like to join in the fun then I imagine we could easily have fifty youngsters who could take part in program activities, parties and any events they might decide upon.

I am certainly speaking for the membership of our lodge in wishing sister Kudrna much success in directing the youngsters in their future actvities.

The Christmas program will be complete since Santa Claus will be there in a pre-Christmas Eve visit to give fruits

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S. P. J. S. T. LODGE NO. 154 and candies to all the little ones who come. So remember, rain or shine, San-1 Fort Worth Texas ' Also remember our New Year's Eve dance on December 31 at the Sokol Gym to will be at the National -Hall Sunday Dear Readers: night December 20th at 7 o'clock.

Our Lodge held its meeting Sunday Club. Rejcek's orchestra from Abbott, Wilma Nesuda, reporter. December 6 We had a very good attend- Texas will furnish the music, SO don't ) * 4 ^ t ance so let's keep it up. We also elected forget and be sure to come.

Fraternally yours, 1 our new officers for the coming year.

I-1164ZDA TEXSU WOG! NO 47' Mary Jane Svacek Temple, Texas Our next meeting will be on the second • " • t .

Sunday in January at 3 o'clock p • m at Dear Friends, "IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK" Sokol Hall.

I suppose it is about time for me to theEvery year the Sokol Gymnastic Club Take a look at the calendar. Not many write. I had a letter for the week of our and SPJST Lodge No. 154 sponsor a days left before December 31, 1953, rolls special issue but since no reports were put into that issue. I notified Bro. Val- Christmas Program. This year our pro- around. I am referring to the Essay gram will be on Saturday evening, De-- Contest sponsored by S.P.J.S.T. District cik to feed the wastebasket with it. cember 19 at the Sokol Hall. All members No. 5.

Well, Christmas is just at our doors.

I hope it will be a merry one for all of and their families are invited to be You school children, please take adyou. I want to remind all of our members of Lodge 47 that we'll have another I Christmas party as we had last year.; The Sisters are asked to bring cookies or whatever each of you like to make. The Lodge will furnish coffee and dough-? nuts. We'll have —package for all the' children. All members and their chil- I dren are cordially invited. Santa Claus Will be there, too, and a program. Now all of this will be held at our hall at Seaton, on Sunday, December 20 Let's emember the date and come out , for a good time.

At our November meeting we elected, Presented by Sbor Mladeie the following officers for the year 1954.

President -- F. E. Hejl, Jr. Vice President — Emily Mikeska Welcome Everybody -— Miles Strunc Christmas Reading -Secretary — Marie Hruska — Milton Gurecky Financial Secretary — J. T. Junek Lawrence Kucera White Christmas — piano ®— Bookkeeper — Anton llotl Silver Bells — accordion David Nesuda Guide — Jerry Adamek We Spell Santa Claus — group —Patsy Trojacek, Charles Auditing Committee -- Jerry Talasek Holubar, Edward Mach, Cathy Toupal, George Reporter (Eng.) — Clara Hejl Gurecky, David Nesuda, Murray George Strunc, Youth Leaders -- Annie Jakubec and Carol Ann Nesuda, Kenneth Haskovec, Betty • Martinek Clara Hejl Solicitors — Emil Hejl, Albert Mikeska, Silent Night — Dolores Toupal, Betty Martinek, Lorraine Walter Jakubec Jaresh, Ella Jane Skrivanek, Kathy Toupal, Judy Doctors — Chernosky, Howell , Alsup Hrabina, Carol Ann Nesuda Acc. Hall Manger — Walter Heisler Linda Haskovec.

I wish to take this means of thanking all who helped in any way to make It Came Upon a Midnight Clear -- piano — Sandra Akers our open house celebration a success.

Rudolf the Red Nosed Raindeer, — piano —Ella Jane I am sorry if all of you were not satisSkrivanek fied in any way. I can say that we did Christmas Gift — reading — — — Lorraine Jaresh the best we could to satisfy the larger Ella Jane Skrivanek 0 Holy Night — reading — per cent of our members and friends.

Joy to the World — accordion — — Lawrence Kucera Next time may be we'll do better as we Hark the Angels Sing -- trumpet — — Charles Haskovee alWays learn from our mistakes.

Jeanette Nesuda piano ace.

I was asked to report to you that all of our members should try to come to Jingle Bells — group — piano ace. — Jeanette Nesuda our next Meeting which will be held on Santa Claus is Coming to town — Piano, Jeanette Nesuda Sunday, January 3, 1954. We have an Roger Nesuda Announcing Santa Claus important decision to vote on; so all of Directed by Dorothy Kudrna you who are interested try to come to the meeting. Our meetings start at 1:30 And of course, SANTA CLAUS — with gifts for all p. fn. We will also initiate our officers. the little ones who come!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

A CHRISTMAS WELCOME AWAITS ALL. Fraternally yours, Mrs. Clara Hejl.

CHIIISTMAS PROGRAM ENNIS LODGE NO, 25

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vantage of the two weeks holiday vacation and jot down your thoughts regarding our S. P. J. S. T. and win yourSelf one of the three attractive prizes being offered.

Please - consult the rules of this mntest : appearing elsewhere in the Vestnikl and' "shoot"- for that fine first prize.i Too, l'et's put the ESsey Judges to work After January I,' 1954: As it now stands, dile to the small response to date, your jUdges would have an easy task to 'elect three winners.'

You parents; please endeavor to interest 'your child or children to participate in this; Worthvvhile 'contest.

Hoping to see lots of Essay letters postmarked- on or before December 31, Fraternaly yours, 1953, I reinaiii, John Kahanek, Jr. )• 11,066E VYTRLALOST NO. 138 Garrado, Texas • `Our meeting for December will be held SundaY the 13th at -1 p. M. We will also laavat election of offiCers for 1954. After the' Meeting all members are invited to ptir 'annual social.

Fraternally yours, Ed. A. Dybala, Sec'y. eL •

WHERE TO GO SUNDAY DECEMBER 20: Christmas program will be given at the hall of Hvezda Texasu No. 47 at Seaton. Plenty of gifts' for the children of members.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 20: Sail Antonio Czech Youth Club will have AS: Christmas program at the Internatio•al InStittge, 515 North Pecos Street, at 7:30 -p. r1T. This is a correction of the previous announcement.

-. SUNDAY DECEMBER 20: joint Christmas party will be given

by Cermak Lodge' No 56, Sokol and SVPS of Corpus- Christi. Eevrybody is Welconie in the Sokol Hall.

SUNDAY 'DECEMBER 20: Karel Jonas Lodge No. 28 at East Bernard Will have' the annual Christmas tree party. Gifts for all children present, whether members or not. Everybody is invited.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 20: The Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have its Christmas Program starting at 5 p. m. • SUNDAY DECEMBER 20: Pokeok.Dallas Lodge No. 84 will have -anbusy day. At 3:00 p. m. annual meeting, initiation of new members, and refreshments. At 7:00 p. m. Juvenile Department will give, its Christmas program with some 36 children taking part. After the program a distribution of gifts.

Watch for details.

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Hi hlights of Presidents Eisenhower's Address Before the United Nations Assembly The-Eisenhower Plan: "Atomic Power out of the hands of Soldiers. Instead, the President stated, it must be put into for Peace" the hands of those-who will know how In an historic address to the United to strip its military casing and adapt it Nations: on December 8, 1953, President to the arts of peace.

Dwight D. Eisenhower made this unThe clanger is shared by all.' precendented offer: The hope should be shared by all..

To devote the atomic resources of the Steps toward- a lasting peace must -be United States to peaceful purposes. taken now.

He called for an Atomic Energy Au Steps toward a lasting peace must be thority, operating under the United Na taken now. tions, which would: As President Eisenhower. stated, "The 1—Pool the know-how of world scien- cavity of the time is such that every tists in order to apply atomic energy to new avenue of peace, no matteil how industrial, agricultural, medical, and' dimly discernible, shou!d be eXplored." other peaceful endeavors; THE. U. S. PLAN 2—Provide abundant electrical energy This is what- the U. S. wants: to the power-starved areas of the world.

1—World-wide investigation into the 3—Control and store atomic materials. most effective peacetime uSes of atomic Pointing out that today's atomic energy; boriabs are 25 times more powerful than 2—Diminish the destructive poWey of those used in World War II, he said: atomic Stockpiles; "The United States stockpile of atomic 3—Emphasis by all nations on'human weapons, which . . increases daily, ex- aapirations rather than building up arceeds by many times the total equivalent maments; of the total of all bombs, and all shells 4—Pasitive progress toward peace that came from every plane and every through peaceful discussion. gun in every theatre of war in all of the "The United States would seek more y ears of World War II." than the mere reduction or eliminatien The United States, however, prefers of atomic materials available for Milito devote this strength to serve the tary purposes. . . This greatest of deneedS, rather than the fears, of man- structive forces can be developed into a kind. He said: "My country wants to be great boon for the benefit of all Manconstructive, not destructive. It wants kind." agreements, not wars, among nations.. .

THE U. S.' PLEDGE My country's purpose is to help us move Calling on the peoples of other naout of the dark chamber. . . into the tions to coo perate in this 'great venture, light, to find a way by which the minds President Eisenhower emphasized -the of men, the hopes of men, the souls of willingne•s of the American 'people--to men everywhere, can move forward to- support the plan in good faith. He said: ward peace and happiness and well be-.

"The United States pledges, . . its ing." to help solve the 'fearful There are today several nations which atomic dilemma. . . to devote its entire possess the secret of atomic might—in- heart and mind to find the way by which eluding the United States, Great Britain, the miraculous inventiveness of man Canada, and the Soviet Union. shall not be. dedicated to his death, but The United States has an advantage consecrated to his life."

-in numbers of atomic weapons. But this superiority cannot prevent the awful destruction of surpise atomic aggression.

One Sunday morning I watched a man It is not the "true expression of the standing beside a car, directing his wife purpose and hope of the U. S. A." to in parking it. She finally succeeded, aflimit its plans to retaliation in kind ter giving adjacent cars a thorough against atomic attack. Such retaliation banging, whereupon the man got into would lay waste an aggressor's land the- car and they drove away.

Such a curse would also mean the anniA little later they were back and. the hilation of the irreplaceable heritage of whole thing began over again. This time nearikind handed down to us. generation1 the man noticed my interest. to generation -- and the condemna"Teaching my wife to park," he extion of mankind to begin all over again - plained. "We come down by the church the age-old struggle upward from slave - on Sundays because the owners of these ry toward decency, right and justice." cars are sure to be inside 4or at least Nor is it enough to take this weapon an hour."

V,ThineSday, December 16, In3

VAS TN.i.

WEST, TEXAS

Eitrana

Joseph Dobrovsky The Blue Abbe When we speak of Joseph Dobrovsky, we speak of one of the greatest scholars which the Czech nation, located in the heart of Europe, ever produced. Dobrovsky, properly Doubra y sky, was born 200 years ago, in 1753 at Dermoty in Hungary where his father, a native Czech, was serving in the dragoons. Dobrovsky spent his youth in Bohemia, but he was brought up in German schools which prevailed at that time. His earliest years coincide with the time when the decadence of the Bohemian language was most marked.

Mastery of the Czech language came to him in the high school at Nemecky Brod in eastern Bohemia. He spent one year as a novice in the Jesuit Order at Brno, but when the Order was abolished in 1773, he gained admittance to the University of Prague to study theology. It did not take Dobrovsky„ "the patriarch of Slavic philology", as he was called in later years, very long, before his insatiable hunger was drawn to philological and historical questions than the multi• tudious dogmas and problems of the Roman Catholic Church. He studied Oriental and especially Semitic languages, but later turned his attention also to Old Slavonic languages and literatures, upon the encouragement of an older friend named Vaclav Fortunat Durych.

For several years he was a private tutor in noble families where he was most welcome and continued to study. He was afterwards ordained and became a rector of one of the General Seminaries where Joseph II had the future priests educated according to his ideas. With the death of this Emperor, the institutions were discontinued leaving Dobrovsky to return to Prague with a small pension. Perhaps this was meant to be

by Fate, because he devoted himself with great industry to the task of research in the great libraries in Praha and Strahov and diligently studied Czech history and the history of the Czech language and literature. His ex• tensive ' knowledge of the history of humanity confirmed Dobrovsky in the view that the Sla ys, according the oldest historical researches, are, next to the ancient Greeks, and Germans, the oldest inhabitants of Europe.

Dobrovsky's greatest desire was that the people of his native Bohemia learn to speak and write their language correctly. To accomplish this task he decided to establish correct rules for the Czech language and went about his task in great detail in order to be fully 'equipped for such a monumental job. Of his numerous works we mention the "De-

1753-1829 A man who endeared himself to his country, through his philological and patriotic work and left the world a rich heritage of his knowledge.

By Jaroslav F. Chmelicek tailed Grammar of the Bohemian Language", which became the model of all the Bohemian grammars that were published eventually, as well as those of other Slav nationalities. The work was published in 1809, and appeared in an enlarged form in 1818. His "History of the Bohemian Language and its Older Literature" first appeared in 1792 but was subsequently so completely rewritten, that upon -re-appearing in 1818 it was almost a new work, so thoroughly did he go over its preparation.

It is interesting to note that Dobrovsky also contributed several Bohemian essays to a publication of the "Journal of the Museum of the Kingdom of Bohemia." With his books and keen mind he demonstrated that he had one of the best critical minds not only in Bohemia but also in Europe at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was due to his efforts that the younger generapon of Czech writers and patriots how to properly use their mother tongue in a proper manner, without the incorrect definitions.

In the course of his work in order to gather more material, he travelled and visited such places as Moravia, Austria, Sweden and Russia and later even went to Italy. He became very well known through—out the world, and outstanding European educated men and cultural representatives turned to him as an authority. It was due to Dobrovsky's untiring efforts that Praha became a center of Slavonic philosophy. He was a great critic in the department of Czech and Slavonic philology and his outstanding works drew much attention to his country. One of the interesting things about this great man is that altho he himself wrote almost all his works in German or Latin, he instructed the younger generation that was asserting itself, to write in Czech better than their fathers did. He was the master, and his fine work was an inspiration for them to follow and build upon.

Dobrovsky, or the "Blue abbe" as he was often called, died in 1829. Overwork, which has claimed so many brilliant minds in the past as it does in the present, developed into madness. History tells us that in his final days he instructed his guests to jump out of the

window and was also known to wash floors with valuable manuscripts.

He died at a time when the question of whether the Bohemian language should live or not was decided in the affirmative. But scholars all agree, that the revival of the language which went on during his life was due to the vital and inspiring efforts of this man and another Czech scholar named Joseph Jungman who died in 1847.

Reviewing his life we find ourselves studying, a man, who ,was versatile in scholarship and a keen observer and tireless student. Among his 19.an characteristics was an unswerviik love for truth which led him to seek it in all phases of his work.

As we relive the fond reminiscences and with fond devotion sift the past and times of this patriot, we find the greatness which will always compose our undying gratitude. His work has built a monument of glory above his grave. We can repeat here a tribute paid to Brutus in Shakespeare's iminfirtal play, which also applies to Joseph Dobrovsky: "His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the the world: "This was a man."

INSURING LIFE VALUE The average American male weighs about 155 pounds. In gold, this is wortrh approximately $86,000. Let us assume this man earns $3,000 a year, which over the span of his earning power will be $120,000. Now, if this man owned a building with a potential income of $120,000 over a period of years, he certainly would safeguard it with fire insurance.

Yet, only one building out of 200 is ever destroyed by fire, while a great many men die during their earning years!

Life insurance is the only medium which can replace potential income lost to dependents. It is the only guaranteed method of accumulating an estate with income continuing during lifetime.

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Shocked by the language used by two construction workmen, a spinster reported the matter to their company. The foreman, in making his report on the incident, wrote: "Me and Bill Smith was on the job. I was up the ladder and let a hot rivet fall and it went down Bill's neck. He said 'You must really be more careful, Harry,' and I said 'Indeed I must, Bill I will see that it doesn't happen again.' "

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VI T NiK

WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday, December 16, 1953

DEATH ON SUPERAGHWAYS It doesn't make sense. The safer we make a highway, the more curves we straighten out, the more • intersections we eliminate, the more motorists kill themselves and others.

Originally roads were built to proVide access to farms and to link neighboring communities. They were designed for the horse and buggy, and we simply adapted them as best we could for automobile travel. By the mid-30's nothing more could be done, and they were still inadequate. It was essential to make a clean start, and provide main travel routes.

The U. S. started work on its Pennsylvania turnpike and Merritte parkway.

Two requirements had developed simultaneously. The automobile had become a means of long-distance travel, but the motorist with 200 miles to go was still shifting into second gear every mile to get around a farmer driving his horses and mower over to the next field.

The local straggler and the long-distance traveler were menaces to each other.

They had to be separated.

The second requirement was a new positive approach to the problem of the highway deaths. The toll was soaring alarmingly on congested routes.

To separate long-distance and local travelers, highway engineers developed the limited access principle and the Cloverleaf. Access to the 100 per cent superhighway is limited to cloverleaf intersections, where the incoming traffic merges with the main traffic Cow by means of right-hand turns.

For highway accident prevention, en gineers studied their statistics. They discovered that more than 75 per cent 01 highway fatalities occured in two types of accidents: intersection and head on Collisions. Cloverlealts would end the intersection crashes. To prevent headOn smashes, all they had to do was build a divided highway, with the opposing lanes of travel separated by a boulevard.

Other safety features were tossed in.

Hills were graded down. Carves were Straightened to provide clear visibiii4 far ahead. Most of the speedways! were barred to pedestrians and bicycles, and fenced against wandering animals. And headlight glare was reduced or eliminated by boulevard shrubbery.

In eliminating the causes of most fatai a.cidents on older highways, engineers created new and deadlier hazards. Su. perhighway drivers immediately started tangling up in rear-end and sideswipe accidents that produced more corpses than the 'old highways ever could.

So your chances of having an accident on a superhighway are slightly

fewer. Your chances of getting killed are more.

The superhighway planning did not go wrong. The villain is the unpredictable man behind the wheel. Many drivers bring to the superhighways the same driving habits which served well only as long as they remained on the old roads.

What a r e superhighway hazards?

They .boil.. down fundamentally to two previously .'itinkinown highway dangers which safety experts have dubbed speed blindness and high speed hypnosis.

On the normal highway, where approaching traffic and curves don't permit the maintenance of high speeds Mr long stretches, speed has to be varied. The driver is constantly accelerating and slowing down. When he does t the chance to open up on a straight cuobstructed stretch he is conscious of ;:he greater speed. she faster hum of his rotor, the louder rush of air, the bump, ride — all contribute to make him :eel the speed. Before he has time to :e get his speed, he has to slow down ain.for another curve or another apaloaching car.

On the superhighway, there are no interruptions. The speedometer creeps up to 70, and frequently it can stay ,:hare for an hour. There are no curves :Or, tires to squeal on, no bumps to jolt the driver back to a realization that the miles are rolling by a lot faster than he is accustomed to. The speed grows on him. After a while 70 seems like 40. He may even disbelieve his own speedometer. He has become so speed blind.

Linked with speed blindness is the other superhighway hazard of high speed hypnosis. Superhighways make our driving seem too easy. • A fingertip controls the car mile after mile. The pavement.rolls away like an endless flying carpet of concrete, she driver gets a false sense of security, and the monotony numbs the senses.

After a long stretch he is driving along mechanically in a trancelike state. The danger of dozing at the wheel becomes much greater, but the scientists who have studied this superhighway phe• nomenon say the greatest danger is not falling asleep. Rather, it is allowing oneself to lapse into an actual condilion of hypnosis in which you can stare c7iide awake at a danger speeding toward you and never see it. nics have dubbed the superhighway she speedway to death, but they needn't oe. They can and should have a lower sitality rate. They will when the present generation of drivers, trained to drive on horse-and-buggy roads, learn the new

ten commandments of s uperhighway driving.

1. Don't drive more than ten miles an hour faster than your normal maximum. At 70 miles per hour all the maneuvers of passing, taking curves, and stopping are radically different from what they are at 50. You don't need to burn up the pavement to make time.

It's constancy of speed, not high speed that saves time.

2. Beware of speed-blindness. R e member that everyone's speed sense becomes dulled. On superhighways you have to drive by your speedometer, not by the speed you feel.

3. Don't be bumper chaser. The 1ild highway rule of staying one car lehth behind for every ten miles of speed is fine up to 30 or 40 miles an hour, but it can be suicide on a high-speed superhighway. When you double speed it takes four times as far to stop. At 70 mph you need 300 feet, the length of a football field to come to a stop.

4. Watch for slow-moving vehicles, especially trucks. As speed increases, it becomes more difficult to estimate the speed of other cars ahead. Yet it becomes more vital that you detect slower moving vehicles while you are still a safe distance behind.

Don't be a slowpoke yourself. If you're just out sightseeing, stay off the superhighways.

5. As your speed increases, increase the distance ahead on which your vision is concentrated. Adjust your sights to your speed. At 50 mph, the flaSh of a taillight on a braking car a quarter mile ahead is nothing to worry about. At 70, it's danger signal. Slow down immediately. If you have to stop quickly at high speed, the secret is to press the brake pedal firmly; don't jab it.

6. Perfect your high - speed passing technique. The superhighway passing rule is: "Take your time." The big hazard is not traffic approaching you in front; there isn't any. It is trafic that might be overtaking you from behind, so check your rear vision mirror. Then turn our well back and allow plenty of space before swinging into your own lane again ahead. If another driver is hogging the passing lane, don't pass him on his right.

7. 'Watch out for high-speed hypno-, sis. Three factors increase the hypnosis danger: fatigue, night driving, and driving alone. Recognize this danger wherever long straightaways, light traffic, and effortless driving tend to produce boredoini. Be well rested before starting a long trip; stop for coffee or a nap at

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the first sign of drowsiness; on a long (9) The judges will not participate in trip eat often and lightly; don't play the contest other than to impartially soft, dreamy music on the radio; keep judge all entries. The decision of the your car well ventilated. Sing, talk, start judges will be final. the windshield wipers, vary your speed.

(10) All entries shall become the propIn the last meeting of District 5, held 8. If you stop, pull entirely off the erty of District 5. in Angleton, Texas, cn August 30, 1953, pavement. At superhighway speeds another driver can be too close to prevent It was decided to conduct an Essay ConThis gives you youngste's between the a rear-end collision before he realizes test somewhat similar to that being ages of 10 and 18 in District 5 a wonyou are standing stil. If you get a flat sp onSored by District 3. derful opportunity to give vent to your tire, ride it flat until you can get your The Essay Contest Committee, corn- feelings, both complimentary and othercar entirely onto 'ithe shoulder with posed • of Lis. Birdie Hilsher and Bros. wise, and to also win one of the three four or five feet to spare between the John Kahanek, Jr., and Vladimir Straz- prizes offered, so let's get hold of that nicky,. formulated the following rules pen or typewriter and mail in your enside of the car and the pavement.

At night, there is another vital rule: and regulations for the Essay Contest of tries. It is anticipated that a great deal as soon as you are of the road turn District 5:. of good and constructive criticism will out your lights. Taillights are a lure, and, (1) The Essay Contest is open for flow from the pen of anyone who desires if you park on the shoulder with lights member and non-member children to touch upon topic (b) above... on, another driver can easily swing off (whose father or mother is a member of Please re-read the rules and° be cerand crash into you, the S.P.J.S.T.) between the ages of 10 9. Make driving your full-time job. If and 18, who reside within the confines tain that yottr actions conform thereyou wish to light a cigarette, fiddle with of the Counties comprising District 5 to. The judges would not want to disthe radio, or each into the glove corn- such counties being Brazoria, Fort Bend qualify any entries that do not conform to the above rules. partment, pull off onto the shoulder, or Galveston, Harris. Liberty and Waller.

To repeat, the deadline is December at least slow down to 35 mph, a speed at (2) Tne Essay must not consist of mom 31, 1953, and all entries are to be mailed which your car will be more easily con- than 300 words. trolled. To light a cigarette, your eye (3) The Essay must be written or to: leaves the road for about two seconds. typed on one side of paper and mailed to John Kahanek, At 35 this means that you are driving John Kahanek, Jr., 5421 Long St., Hous5421 Long St. blind for 100 feet. A gamble - with death; ton 7, TexaS. Do not place your name or Houston 7, Texas but at 70 it becomes 200 feet, and you're Other idetifying marks on your Essay. no longer gambling.

Write your name, address and age on a and the envelope must be plainly 10. Be sure your car is in good mechan- separate sheet of paper. This way the marked "Essay Contest." ical shape. The high speeds of super- judges (to be selected by the Essay ConThe Essay Contest Committee highway travel put a greater mechanical test Comthittee) will not know the iden- (dz) • ( strain on tires, brakes, and steering tity of any party writing an Essay and ) • mechanism than ordinary driving. And will judge each Essay strictly upon its Father was deep in in his easy chair, a mechanical breakdown or blowout at merits. elaxing after a hard day at the office. superhighWay speed is far deadlier be(4) _ Your entry and identity informaMot', aged 5, was bedeviling him an cause of the speed itself. On a super- tion shall be included in the same enhighway, where the traffic is zooming velope. In order that the envelope is not endless succession of unanswerable quesalong at 60 or 70 behind you, your tail-, opened until after January 1, 1954, please tions. "Daddy, whatta ya do down at office?" he finally asked. light is your lifesaver. Be sure it is I write "Essay Contest" in the lower left "Nothing!" shouted Da dd,y. working, and also be sure the glass is hand corner of the envelope.

Junior pondered this extraordinary clean, for taillights dimmed by dust, (5) The Essay envelope must be postmud or snow appear misleadingly far imaked not later than December 31, statement for a moment, then: "How d'ya know when you're through.?" away and invite rear-end collisions.

1953. ) • 4„, (6) The contestants will be divided ini to three separate groups so that a 10Why Today is Important. .

If I miss my practice one day, I noyear-old will have as much Opp-Ortunity The long span of the bridge of your to win the 1st prize as an 18-year old. tice it; if I miss two days, my manager life is supported by countless cables Originality will count. notieCS it and if I miss three days, my ca led habits, attitudes, and desires.

(6) Three prizes will be awarded to the audience notices it. — Ignace PaderewWhat you do in life depends upon how lucky alc,y ones. One 20-year policy with one ski, • much you want it----how much you are year premium paid, plus $30.00, for tile willing to work and plan and cooperate first prize; $20.00 for the second prize Conductor: "Can't you see the sign Ind use your resources. The long span . and $10.00 for the third prize. of the bridge of your life is supported (7) The winning Essays will be pub- that . .ays No Smoking'?" b;,7 countless cables that you are spin- lisl'aed in the Vestnik, IntereAing ex- . .Passe--.11ger: "Sure . But therc's another dizz-v sign that says 'Wear N o n:10 Cor. now, and that at is why today is sch cerpts from the other Essays will also --__. . ,. . stes' so 1 arra paying at. en! ,:.), to 0..hy and important day. be published. of them," Make the cables stron g ! —Pennsylva(8) The Essay must confine itself to nia Mutual. * * one or both of the following topics: Eight hours' work a day will not hurt (a) What I like about the S.P.J.S T. Taxi Driver: "Your son tips me more , (b) What I dislike about the S.P.J.S.T. any man; it's the eight hours' burn that generously than you do, sir."

Passenger. "That's quite possible. He and what I would do to improve the follows at night that hurts, --E, W. Howe. has a wealthy father. I haven't." matters of dislike.

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Jaromir Oslo 54

West, Texas Sestry a bratri: Pekna poklona. Jak se v gechni mate?

Jak jste, se meli v Temple? A jak se yam libi ten domov Jednoty? Myslim, ze jste vgichni spokojeni. Tak to ma, bYt. Spokojenost je nejlep gi lek.

Ja jsem nebyl nikde. kikavaji, ze vgude dobre, ale doma nejlepe. Ja tak jegte s bratrem predsedou, Robertem Oervenkou, jedu treba na radiovou stanici. On jede opatrne, zna kaZdou cestu, a zas v poradku prijedeme domii. To mne te gi. A na radio zase uvidim, jak to pracuje. Dal zahrat i priteli Ernilu Holaekovi. A to mne prekvapilo, to jsem nevedel. Picatele Holaekovi oslavovali dne 15. listopadu 501ete vYroei manZelstvi. Preji yam zdravi a spokojenosti na zbYvalici Zivot, abyste men to nejlep gi, lepgi nez ja. Bah Vas pozdray.

Tak, bratri a sestry, uz mame vYroeni schttzi odbytou, a volbu tirednikil tea.

Dopadlo to nad neekavani. Predsedou je bratr Robert Cervenka, mistopredsedou Emil Klaus, tajemnikem Emil Popp, Ueetnim Emmett Barton, pokladnikem Rudolf Barton, pravodei Raymund Voleik.

Na zabavnim vYboru jsou Raymund Volelk, Joe Tobola a Ed Mikeska. Ostatni vYbory budou jmenovany pozdeji.

Raymund dostal korunu, protae u neho vylezl Mikulag kominem. Musel bYt hodnY, protae byl veselY. Vgichni po schtlzi jsme hrali domino, ja s predsedou, ale predseda prohral, Ze, Raymun- ' de?

Slygel jsem, ae schtize v Ennis byla dobre navgtivena, ze tam bylo zastoupeno 16 radt1 tretiho distriktu. Byli tam take rirednici Hlavni ritadovny. Schaze trvala aZ do etyr hodin odpoledne. Pak byl program, na kterem byla na ge drobotina a ktera, se dobre zhostila sveho ukolu. EMU byly dobre nacvieene a vedely sve hy. Veer byla taneeni zabava, pri ktere neinkovala kapela, kterou fidi Eric Honza z Ennis. Pri gti schrize tretiho distriktu bude ve West, dne 25. dubna 1954. Te gim se na shledanou s mnohYmi bratry.

Posledne jsem psal, ze nevim, jestli prijdu na svatbu. Ale byl jsem a bylo poeasi pekne. Nu a co je gte? Tata B. J. Podsednik si vedl nevestu k oltaki a tam ji predal Zenichovi. Bylo to pane. Za svedky byli Bill J. Klaus a Robert Podsednik. Od oltare jsme jeli na farmu. Tam bylo lidu, myslim, asi tisic. Jidla tolik, ze se kaki* mohl najist dost, a Zizni take ZadnY netrpel.

Mali tam i starodavni "vergi", toti2 fla-, ginet. Ten jsem nevidel ji g mnoho roku.

To dovezli pfatele Bartkovi z Temple.

itSTNIkr's WIEP,T, clue 16, prorince 1953.

Seznamil jsem se s nimi, ze etou me do- vire nezalaelo. To je kaZdeho jeho vac. pisy. Pry at' jen pi gi, ze oni eitavali jegte Ale easy se meni. Zaeali se prijimat i dopisy me manZelky, dokud zila. Chteji druzi—Nemci i Amerieane. Tak to mepry vedet, co se tady deje, a co je nove- nilo nagi Jednotu, vlastne na jmene, kteho. (Poznamka redaktora:—Nekteri ele- ktere se melo zamenit na Slovenska Amenove zase namitaji, ze takove zpravy ze ricka Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, sousedstvi a novinky z okoli nepatii do ponevad2 nail zakladatele byli Slovane spolkoveho organu. Pry se tim odebiraji a nagi potomci jsou Amerieane. etenari a latka pro "opravdove" noviny.

Proto je nutne a spravne, kdyZ nag Vestnik pry nejsou noviny, ale spolkovy Vestnik bude ti gten pal slovensky a pal zpravodaj, kde ma bYt jen eteni pro eleny a o spolku.) Ono je to v gechno zde, anglicky. Nezalai na torn, zdali na prvjak se rika "po starem". Tesilo mne se nich strankach ci na jinem. miste. Kdo chce Gist, tak to najde. s vami seznamit.

Take jsem se privital s bratrem piedJe mnoho psano a vytYkano na g im zasedou od radu Oislo 92 z Fort Worth, s kladajicim elentim, ze tenkrat neovladabratrem Bartkem a s jeho pani. Pratel- li slovanskY spis, ale tenfcrat to gti a veseli lide. Dekuji yam, piatele. A- postaeilo, abychom se domluvili. Ale ted' le ye spolkove sini jsem Vas jiZ nevidel. uZ ne. Ted' ani nevinte, co vlastnk za naVgak tam bylo tolik lidu, ze elovek ne- red jsme. Je to smutne, tolik Ngkol a v mohl se ani protlaeit. Ja jsem tam dlou- hlave nic. ho nebyl. Stejne men mai.° mista na taTo se vi, nag e Jednota bode potrebonec, co tolik tam bylo lidu. Ale men jsme vat nova aredniky.

Ti museji bYt vyikolese dobre. ni. Ted' to pomery poladuji. My ,jim muRodine B. J. Podsednikove dekujeme. sime bYt napomocni, ponevadz skola stoPreji y am mnoho zdravi, a novomanze- ji penize. Je zapotrebi, aby iffednici oco si lum i zdravi a to nejlep gi, vladali reel. KdyZ a to chceme tak sami prejete. Mejte se radi. ridit, by nage Jednota rostla, tak nesmiVam, sestry a bratti, preji vesele svatme zapomenout, ze bude kelysi treba noky vanoeni a gt'astnY novY rok, aby varn y e sily. 13Z to ted' dokazuje, ponevad2 Bah paelmal nastavajicim novem ro- stari se pomalu trati. ce, abyste byli v gichni zdravi, meli se doAle tolik by melo bYt zachovano, pobre, lep gi nez ja, aby vas nepotkalo, co kud na ge Jednota bude samostatna, ze potkalo mne. to byl slovensky lid, kterY to Jednotu Redakci preji trpelivost s mYmi dopisy.

Proto by se ji melo dat prave Panu sazeei aby byl zdravY v nastavajicim novern roce, aby nam to mohl sazet. Bra- jmeno--Slovenska Americka Podporujitru redaktoru slibuji, ze mu do Noveho ci Jednota Statu Texas. 2ijeme v Ameroku dam pokoj, ze nebude muset moje rice a za nedlouho nail Jednotu povedou chyby opravovat, aby zas nabral trpeli- Americana. Tak by bylo dobre ji dat pravosti. ( (Dekuji uprimne. KdyZ eas dovolu- ye jrneno, kteremu se nevyhneme, i kdyje, prepisuji dopisy na stroji aby se to lep- bychom chteli.

To je pouze mYj nahled. S pozdravem gi sazeei sazelo: kdyZ se toho nahroma- I Matej Broi di vice najednou, dostane to strojovY sazee, bratr Jan Hornak, nepiepsane. I (Poznamka redaktora:--Nechavam vytisknout dopis bratra Mateje Brae zrovyam prejeme ta to nejlep gi.) Vam ostat- , na tak, jak ho napsal. Ma zretelnY runim etenartm preji v gechno dobre, a pies svatky dobre chutnani. AZ se budete mit kopis. Ale pochybuji, ze napsal, co myslel. mooc dobre, vzpomerite si, bratii a ses- Take pochybuji, ze vystihnul smysl redakeni avahy "OeskY, slovanskY, ei amerty, ze y am to peal pritel a spolubratr rickr" Josip Bra, kteremu rikaji Tito, od radu Jaromir eislo 54, Emil 1 • , tedy jmenovec bratra dopisovatele, je I take Slovanem. Maljenkov je ta Slova) • 4 • ( nem. Mezi Slovany poeitame Rusy, UkraGonzales, Texas jince, Polaky, Cechy, Bulhary, Srby, SloMil' bratre redaktore: i vince, Charvaty, Dalmatince. Slovaky a Bud' tak dobrY a uverejni mi tento do- take LuZioany, jejichZ potoinci dosud iipis. ji v okoli Giddings, severne od La V poslednim &isle Vestniku jsem Grange. Onen redakeni elanek chtel pojak asi ma bVt nazvan na g Vestnik. r ukazat na to, ze neni jedna slovanska Na gi zakladateie byli pouze slovanskY tee, jak to nespravne zpivame v "Hej lid. To mini, ze se mohli nazYvat Slovani. Slovane," ale ze tech slovanskYch reel adnY American ani Rus pH torn tenkrat je asi tucet. Jestli na ge Jednota nese nebyl. Nail zakladatele tenkrat meli na nazev "Slovanska". mitZeme pripustiti, zreteli zalait spolek, kterY nazvali Slo- byla zalaena pro v geclany Slovany. Bratr , ienska Podporujici Jednota Statu Te- Muniza (Bosnak), bratr Makarenko (U1krajinee), bratr Mrosko (LuZiean), bratr xas.

Tenkrat to bylo spravne, ponevadca se Beean (Bjaiorus) a bratr Wisnoski (Poi lak) mne daji za pravdu.) prijiinali elenove slovenskeho pilvodu.

Ve stkedu, dne 16. -prosince 1953.

, VESTNiX WEST, TEXAS

,13t.rp.laa 23 Rad eskjf Praper eislo 24. vitati ty nove tredniky. Zarovet je gte u Cyclone, Texas. pozorriuji eleny, kteri si chteji zase Cteni bratri. a sestry: platiti jejich poplatky na celS, roky 1954, Timto y am scleluji, kteri trednici byli by tak ucinili v lednu. u nag eho radu zvoleni pro rok 1954. jsou P&asi, co toto pi gi mame degtive a poto nasledujici: Piedseda Franklin W. doba se, k to trochu dele potrva. Zimu Martinet, mistopredseda H. M. 'Jakubik, jsme jeg te dosposud velkou nemeli. tajemnik R. J. Marek, teetni Ben 2abJegte ku konci podot,S7 ka,m, Ze moje 4 elk, pokladnik Jerry Zavodnji. Ostatni manklka jest doposud nemocna. Neni RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI potrebne vS7bory budou ustanovene ane- doposud schopna sama choditi, avgak Add Danbury cislo 139. bo zvolene v prig ti schnzi v lednu. Po doufame, k snad se to easem polepgi.

Dne 19. listOpadu" 1953 se s nami rozvolbe bratr mistopredseda navrhnul, Tak se mejte v gichni dobre. navZdy nag spolubratr odstupujicim trednikkan by mely bSrti S bratrskj'im pozdravem Va,elav Lauda. dem darovane neja,ke pametni vyznameChas. Navratil.

Na posledni odpoainek byl dep•aven nani za jejich verne, dlouholete shiny ( do Houstonu 21. listopadu. pro nag rid. Na:vrh tento byl jednohlasBr. Lando., se stal clenem SPJST roku Houston, Texas. ne prijat a byl ustanoven trielennSi vSrbor SlovariskST Vzajemne Ponst unci Spo- 1920 a dtZil s veku 74 let. na obstarani techto vyznamenani. Br. F. Za sebou zanechava, ma,n2elku, sestru 'J. Marek za jeho elenstvi byl trednikem lek proti Ohni a Bouri, odboeka eislo 1..

Josefinu Landa, d y e dcery, Amite v Houv Houstonu porada svoji vSTroeni schtzi 42 let. Br. Chas. Navratil byl tajemnikem od roku 1922 do nynej gi doby, co'g jest 31 den 30. prosince v 8 hod. veoer v sini rd- storm a Vlasta ye statu Pennsylvania; syWilliama-v Angleton, Texas, a bratra rokii. Br. M. J. 8tepan byl zvolen poldad- du Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88, do ktere na ve stare vlasti. nikem od roku 1929 a sloOil do teto doby, jsou vgichni elenove zvani.

Vam, portstala rodino vyslovujeme co2 jest 24 let. Av gak pied tim nezii byl Anton BilST, tajemnik.

John. Kahanek, Jr.,piedseda. hiubokou soustrast nad Va girn manklem zvolen zastkval Mad pokladnika za jeho a otcem a Tobe, bratre Landd prejeme nemocneho otce br. Martina 8tepana,. klidnjr odpoeinek. t Tedy, bratri a sestry, timto vas uvedoResolueni vSibor: M. F. Svoboda, V. J. muji, abyste od 1. ledna 1954 posilali vge,- PitISTANi POUTNitlit U PLYMOUTHU Kulhanek, E. J. Svoboda. chny vase poplatky na na geho br. fleet(20 .prosince 1620) nika Ben 2abeik, Rt. 3, Temple, Texas, a Pripluti Mayflower, ktera, privezla rovgechny ostatni radove dopisy na noveho ku 1620 Poutniky z Anglie k . brehilm NoRESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI tajemnika br. R. J. Marek, Rt. 2, Rogers, veil° sveta, je jednim z meznikil ameriTexas.

Navkly z rady na geho radu Pokrok ckSTch dejin. MO1 a Z • eny, pripluvgi po Srdeene yam dekuji, bratri a sestry, za zminene lodi, byli v Anglii prondsledova- Sweet Home eislo 63 ye Sweet Home, Tetrpelivost, kterou jste se mnou rneli za ni proto, ze popirali cirkevni svrcnova- xas, odegel milt' nag spolubratr yiktor Bienek, ten eas 31 let mojeho tradovani. Hledel nost krale a zridili cirkev vlastni. Byli to jsem vhly konati sve povinnosti co nejle- tak zvani "Separatists", kteri teprve poz- kterji zemrel dne 1. prosince 1953 ve, vodeji byli prezvani na Poutniky. Pochazeli jenske nemocnici v Houstonu ye stall., 32 pe jsem mohl, aby to bylo pro dobro du a Jednoty. VZdy jsem hledel vypomo- z anglickeho okresu Nottinghamshire,' let. K Jednote pristoupil dne 15. ledna, ci kakiemu elenu dle nejlep gi ino2nosti. odkud prchli, do Holandska, Totottoeigte 1946. ZesnulSi spolubratr zastaval Mad A proto, bratri a sestry, i nyni kdy ne- rozhodli se opustiti teprve po nekolika co reditel na geho radu. Byl on jednim z budu tajemnikem, jestli vain budu moci letech, kdy jim byla udelena zamorska, tech, kteri neznaji finavy v jejich povolani, necht' to bylo v jeho zamestnani, v nedem poraditi, tedy rad tak Minim. pfida v dnegni Virginii.

Odpluli z Plymouth, v Anglii, v zari nebo u nageho radii ve spolkoye praci.

Zaroveri Yam v gem vespolek i s moji manklkou piejeme vesele vanoce a gt'a- 1620. Jejich lod' byla bouri zahnana na Zesnulji bratr byl dobOm elenem, v‘Zdy stnji a po'g ehnanST Novy. rok 1954, zvlagte sever, a tak prvni pevnina, kterou spatri- zapravoval sve spolkove zalelitosti spra y -ne. byste v nem byli vgichni zdravi. Na gi Jed- li, byl mys Cod v dne gnim state MassaVime, poznstala rodino, tace nesete note preji mnoho novS7ch mlacISTch Menu chusetts. Prvni mesic po pristani hledali a zaroven by se v eels Jednote vzbudil Poutnici a koloniste, kteri se k nim v An- zarmutek nad ztratou Va geho syna a brazajem o jeji pokrok. Totiz abychom ji o- glii pridruzili, dobre misto, kde by se u- tra, a proto jmenem radu projevujeme zna,movali mezi na gimi prateli a znamST sadili. Koneene 21. prosince vylodila se vgem pozfistalm uprimnou soustrast gte nage dal by jsme men hle--rni,azvla skupina osadnikii z malS,sh loci& na mi- Tobe, spolubratte, prejeme veeriSr spa,deti dati do na gi Jednoty, neb lep gi po- sts, ktere se jim zdalo vhodne a ktere nek. jistky za takovSr poplatek nedostane ni- pozdeji nazvali podle pristavu sveho od- I C. M. Honk Emil Kutae, Joe N. Morris, kde jinde, jako mame u nagi Jednoty. pluti Plymouthem. Kdyz se vratili se resolueni vS7bor.

Proto hled'me pracovati po celem nagem zpravou o svem fispechu na lod' May• 4,, • ( velkem Texasu pro dobro a vzitst nagi flower, vydala se tato lod' na jih pies Jednoty. Jestli vime o nekterem kdo poji- MassachusettskS7 zan y a 4. ledna pristala Rad' Dubina eislo 12. gteni by chtel, anebo potrebuje, sane to u Plymouthu.

Weimar, Texas. nagim organisatornm a oni tam za nim Skutedne pristani Poutnikil neodehralo Bratri a sestry, jste laskave azajedou a vysvetli jemu nage pojistky. se tedy 21. prosince, ac toto je datum, byste se dostavili do vSrroeni schak 20.

Buderne-li tak pracovati a mluviti dobre ktere se oslavuje jako vjiroei one dfil0i- tento mesie. Druhou nedeli jsme nemohveei o nagi Jednote, pak se nemusime o- te udalosti. Plymouth Rock, na nemZ' pry li schtzi odb*vat, ponevadZ RVOS odbj-7bavati, k to na ge mlade2 mezi nas ne- Poutnici pristali, je proste jedinSlin veil- vali schilzi, tak nekteri eleni se chteli ji bude pristupovati. kym v blizkosti Plymouthu, a zteastnit. Tak nezapomente na treti neP'figti schfize na geho radu bude prvni je dnes chromen jako jedno z americkSfch deli u bratra F. J. Kocurka. nedeli v mesici lednu vc 2 hod. odpoled- pamatek, upominajicich nas na zaeatky S bratrskSim pozclravem ne. Tak se dostavte v hojnem poetu ph- teto zeme (Common Council) Albert Midan, tajemnik.

Ve stl'a. dvi, tine 1U. province 1933.

SVOBODA MYSLI

skeho z Wed, spiny a neresti, ktere na /las nazvu "svobodomyslnost". Prvni nazev smrtelniky hrnedoeasne site jenom, ale kryje a yyZaduje naprostou mravni V nedeli dne 15. listopadu, v 9 hod. ra- o tolik zarputilej gi zlo. zen, kdato druhY znamenat mule neobno,,v sini R. M. Stefanik SPJST konana mezenou volnost v mySleru. Prot pied byla konference Svazu Oeskoslovenskych Pri rozniluve o techto vecech pravi je- lety, kdy2 nazev menili, nepouZili slova Racionadisti1 V Texasu. den z pritornnYch: "Nevim, pros nemo- oeskeho, neni mne znamo. Snad proto, Kdyl statni vYbor S.O.R. se v jeho pra- l hu toho spolkareni nechat. — Za ten vas, ze kdo chce v dneSni dobe vYznam slova videlne mesieni schnzi dne 16. srpna roz- s mojimi schopnostmi a mezi lidem, jako hledati, najde jej ye slovniku anglickem hodl na datum 15. listopadu a jej za den vidime, byl bych nadelal ul penez! Z pod sloven/ "rational". naSi schtize stanovil, nenaddli jsme se, le tech, kteri chodili na radu, mimo dvou, IN Noah Webster v 18. stoleti vysvetlonahodou na, ono same datum vYbory SP stoji si vSichni znamenite. Nemohu si val yYznam a mineni toho prastareho zasluhou me Zeny, rname vie nel slova. Ueenci, kteri pozdeji Webstrovy JST zasvecuji otevreni budovy naSi Jednoty. Mrzelo no.s to; byli bychom take se potrebujeme, jenln nemame dost velikou pisemne price zdokonalili, obsah slova (nekteri) radi zfteastnili, ale odvolat liromadu, abych prevYSit mohl ty druhe. dopinili. jsme ul konferenci nemohli, ponevadl Ale co platne, "spolkareni" se vzdat neProto dnes vime, ze "rarionalem" nebylo by to znamenalo mnoho psani. Po- mohu a nemohu. Vklyt' by mne sam Pan ni a nemiNe bYti lachT5 lidska bytost, nechali jsme to osudu a bylo tak dobre. 13-611 trestal za to, abych e ted' valel a ktera, se neeim zlYm, hloupm, SkodliUz mnoho let nebylo tak pekneho shro- sedal u pine oeatky, jako to nerna tvIi". vym, ne'SetrnYm nebo nieicim projevuje maldeni jak letos. Tech, kteri se omluvil-i, Do Uradu se tehdy 112 nedal zvolit, ale oproti svYm bliZnim anebo celemu narobylo letos take vie nel" obyeejne. Douta- do schilzi chodi a pozoruje. Vedou pry to ' du. Zrovna jako nemae, a proto ,Azhodme, le men ze zabavy v Temple take spolkovou administrativu ti mladi dobre, Ine neni krest'anem zly, zavistivY, lakomY pekny pozitek a radost„ jako my ze ale dobre uz nerozumi, co znamena bra- a loupelivY 616vek, i kdyby denne flan/ schtize nail zde. trska spoluprace nebo obeanska koope- to stokrate rekl. Neni jim, protae syYmi Br. a ses. M. z P., cha.peme, ze bylo race. Veri vSak, le v podvedomi kdesi svi- skutky provadi opak toho, co JeliS z NakYm rozhodnouti se, kam vlastne jeti ti uz svetYlko, ktere pokrok sveta . nedo- zaretu, ueitel lidstva, kazal stoupenctim no, zasveceni sine, nebo do konference. voli uz shasiti. Takova vira u2 nezklarrle, syYm Ale, SPJST mela takovY svatek poprve za protole je mocnej gi nel vSechny atorniSvoboda mysle, je v gak prirozenY dej 54 roky. eke bornby. lidskeho mozku, jako prirozenYm je pro Na g Svaz SvobodomyslnYch za tech 57 V takovem hloupem poeinani lehko- plice zayadet do krve kyslik ze vzduchu, let mel tech sell-Uzi vice a je gte bode.' muselo dojiti, kdyl‘ by nebyly opornijeny anebo pro laludek melnit inu podanou Hlavni je, le obe shromaldeni setkala se zasluhy tech kdo je svYmi skutky 111111 potravu a tak zpracovanou, die toho jak se zdarem. a k nim jive myglenkove podnecoYali ji telo potrebuje nebo uz nepotrebuje, Prave pri g el Vestnik cis. 48 (z 25. listo- jako se delo v minuloSti. Za meho dlou- rozdelovati ji ve stavu tekutem do ledvin padu), kde doeitam stat' od na geho re- hello livota ve spolcich poznala jsem, jak a jater a soustredenou v odpadcich oddaktora, popis oslavy a posudek. byli mnozi zklamani a rortrpeeni jedna- stranovati Upine. Av gak, treba mozek zaV duchu jsem se zarnyslela: Kde by inm lehkovalnYch, zavistivYch nebo ne- visel svou jsoucnosti na trvani Vela jeddues na ge narodnost byla, kdyby takovou uvedomelYch osob nebo celYch skupin, notlivce jakehokoliv druhu livoeigstva, einnost byli zavedli u Jednoty, kdyl k ni kterYm spolek byl jen pro osobni, east° piece sam v sobe je prapilvodni Upine nabadany byly ty hlaVy peed lety? Jak hodrie sprostou zabavu. TakovYch osob volnou eastiekou (atornem) vAeho yemy mladi byehom bYvali se prieinili! Ale je mai°, aby je nebolelo, kdy'l vidi jak zdejSiho livota. Jako takovY zUstava, neproto nemusi bYt nic zme gkano. Zklama- zneva'Zovana je a znehodnocovana snaha znieitelnY svou jsoucnosti sily a hmoty. ni'jsou jen ti, kteri se nedoekali napinern tech, kteri zamYSli a preji si, pro celek Ohromna je sila slona, Iva i ruky lididei za sveho livota. dobfe a pro ty pomoci potrebne yYpo- ske, ale odtallte zmocneni my glenky byAby opravdu bylo dosa rleno l'adouciho moo bratrskou. tosti eloveel je mohoucnosti, jejichl hrazdaru dnes einovniky predse yzateho,'muV takovern hloupe mpoeinani lehko- nic nedostihl jegte 2adnY ueenee. Nikdo si bYti dbano toho, aby ti, kdo dali pods valnYch anebo i zlych osob mfiZeme dnes vlastne nevi, jsou-li zde jake hranice anet poutavosti Trogramtl, byli vZidy pa- hledati prekalku ku zbudovani domova nebo nejsou. Ale rozumnemu eloveku, triene oceneni a nezapominani. Ti prvni Spokojenosti pro naSre stare eleny. Pro pro tech nekolik tisic dnu jeho osobniho glapali cestu k utvoreni okrskii. Okrasnd vgechny, kteri by chteli sva posledni leta bYti, stall a to, co dnes moudri lide znacislo statmho bratrskeho kongresu r o- ztraviti s Ulan, s kterYmi by si rozumeli, ji jako neoblomnou skuteenost, aby zde krskovYch schtizi u nail Jednotyjsou za- 'Casio lepSi ne'Z s vlastnimi detmi.

Cloy& /nohl liti jak se slu g/ na stvoreni sluhou sester od radu tefanik: ses. Ann Nuk: Ode gli takovi spolkovi pracovni- die obrazu Boziho. — Wardove, Amelie Sturmove a matky deti,i ci do Ustrani a nevratili se O. Na spolkoAc tedy svoboda mysle byla dana eloktera je cvieila. Peed zasedani Bratrske- vein bojigti zustali jen ti, jiml se "slava veku, piece bylo to na ujmu a gkodu blaho kongresu uvedla je do vereniosti ses. polni trava" a "zlato Usine y zla". Poeet ha jeho, ze lidem zaroveia nebyly daily Marie Chupikova, ktera zaroven se svou jejich nic neznamenal, nebot' rozhoduji Zadne vzorky ani navody neb predpisy, praci zaslouZila o ustaleni tato einnosti.. zde hlasy a tech, kteri nechapaji, je vldy jak by si meli co zavesti, zariditi, delati Ona pochopila dillaitost a porozumela vie. VYsledek je lhostejnost, zahnivani a neb poeinati, aby 1.1Z pled 10-6 nebo 4 tiVenovala svtij vas a nelitovala vy- nekdy rozvrat. sici roky meli vSechno jako marne my dani. Takova prate se nekona pro oboPosledni dobou dostala jsern nekolik dnes. haeeni nebo slavu. To snad dnes vi u ls 1 dotazu se vztahem ku Svazu Osk. Racio-) 'Kdyby znal Mojlig ty v'edomosti jako ten rn yglenkove nejtupej g i Glen spolku' , nalistu. Protae nemohu kahlemu odpo- I-name dnes my, tenkrate, kdyz z Egypta bratrske jednoty. zylaSte, nebot' nejde to ueiniti ne-' idy vyvadel, nebyl by IVval nucen s niNeda Se takova u g lechtila snaha pro-1 kolika slovy, dovoliali redaktor, mi bloudit pouStemi dlouliY. ch 40 let. Byl davati, jako nerane si ji nikdo koupiti. tak zde, jak jsem slibila.uz drive nekte- by je usadil na Vzducholodi a jel hned do Snad proto, le slouzi vldy jen odyekemu rYin. Ameriky. Zde piece jen dari se Ziciiim Dobru a zdari-li se dilo, znamena to take Domnivam se, ze mnohe zajima slovo nejlepe, ze ano? vticly o jeden dark krok vykoupeni lid- "rationalist", lep gi ale rozumell by hned. AvAak uz v praveku lily narody z nicht

Ve stiedu, dne 16. prosince 1953.

VtSTNIK WEST, 1:EXAB

jednotlivci mnoho vedeli. Uz za vlady na tento dil sveta.

Hammurabiho znali pohyb zeme a plaZa temi pti gli take jini a vyznani rilznet jinYch. Zda se, ge i elektfinu znali u- neho. S nirni ptichazeli take ale ti a ta'Cenci jejich. ObecnY lid mel zakazano kovi, kteki umeli si teto svobody a volnostudovat ptirodni vedy. Ani se pokouget sti vagiti a pkilegitost k ni oceniti podle o nejake objevy, ttebas sila ptirozeneho pkikagani danYch prvnim ktest'antim. davtipu ho mocne k tomu nutila. Byli to Protoge jim zde neniohl nikdo sobci, nadvlady chtivi zloduchove, kteti porueiti, aby nemysleli na to, co zkougeli chteli poroueet a poni govat lid. Aby do- a pak zakazat posuzovani toho, co se nejsou sami vice do prate, kde se srovnavalo s citem a rozumem jejich. telo potilo a gpinilo — nasilim nutili u- Nasledkem toho poeala se mysl vicero obohY nevedomY lid. Co vypestoval a vy- byvatel tribiti, nahledy se prohlubovaly, robil, nasilim si vzali. UbohY lid nic ne- veda rostla a na zku genostech ptibYvalo. vedel ani neznal, ge by se pantim mohl Objevilo se ten, ge jakmile nabyli na postavit, nebylo ani pomy gleni. Lee mezi moci vladni ti, kteti byli pied tim pronasilniky eas od easu zjevili se dobti jednasledovani, sami stavaji se prondsledonotlivci, kteii citem a silou odvekeho ducha bratrstvi byli nutkani utrapenemu vately jinYch. Tato smutna, pravda nalidstvu napovedet o rovnopravi Clove- pomohla potvrditi obhajcilm svobody a Oenstya. Tim vgak znepiatelili sve spo- volnosti, pray() hlasati a tvrditi, ze zdravi, zdaru a miru Clo y& dosahnouti ledniky. jen tehdy, kdy druhYm bude ptati, co Od techto chvil datuje se boj Dobra se sam od nich gadd. Ne g ale se elovek doZlem o lidskou mysl. Odveke dobro na stane k takovemu nazoru a vedomostem, jedne strane, doeasne zlo na strane dru- musi bYti prostYm v geho, co z nej dela he a lidska, bytost vyzvana, aby se roz- otroka. hodla pod ei korouhvi si pieje bojovat, Proto nejsou to jen kralove a pal* ani ph torn chapala, co je pravdou gi- kteti poroueeli otroeeni, ale take stare vota, proto ge strach pied skufeenosti zvyky a domnenky, ktere dr gi eloveka v promenil eloveka v robota, kterY vragdil takovem stavu ubohosti, jaky ureen nena pokyn prase ony, kteti mu, ubohemu byl gadne bytosti, jejimi g cevami proudi pomoci ehteli. Av gak, ze dobro je vedne ruda krev organickeho astroji, tedy nej(a zlo jen doeasne) vidime, 'le krok za merle ug eloveei. krokem nabire„ na hmotne sile i krase a K takovemn ptesvedeeni do gel elovek, jeho je viterstvi nad zlem. Dobro je ne- jemug nahoda dala ptile gitost pozorovat smrtelne. Jakmile elovedenstvo porozumi a — ptemYglet. Hledal a na gel — pravdu. a pochopi jeho dokonalost ve ktere kotvi Nedozralo ptesvedeeni ono hned. Ale, jablaho veg kerenstva, razem posttehne pod ko klenot, 'Oda ptechazela z hlavy na kterou to korouhev nutnYm jest se po- hlavu. Zajimavym je, nekdy dedil ono staviti. V to chvili zlo zemie jako umiralo teprve vnuk, nekdy elovek cizi. A nekdy vg dy kdy zmiral nidemnY, zbiljnY vy- to nebyla ani osobni ptima zku geriost — vrhel elovedi. jenom podand vedomost verohodneho Dnegni racionaliste jsou dedici bojov- svedka, aby obdatenY rozumove vycitil niku za rovnost a ptirozeua prava Clove- skuteenost, kterou zubo gene lidstvo za ka a jeho volnost svobodne mysleti. Pro- givati muselo. tone vime, ze svoboda a volnost mygleni Tehdy ptichazela pravda k eloveku jamusi podlehati mravni lazni; aby jeden ko kdyby on byl nil ag dosud v prostote, kagdY, od prveho poeinu sveho, sam sobe kde vge, nac pohledl, pokrYvala temnobyl soudcem tak ptisnYm jak rad byl by ta. k jeho blignim. To vgak vyladuje vic neg JakYch barev, tvaru a vzhledu co bylo, rozum; — silu yule a mnoho, mnoho ye- spattil teprve az eisi prst ptitjaeil na deni. — Vgechna vedeni jsou na dosah knoflik vedeni elektrickeho proudu. Svetruky —nejsou vgak vgdy nejlepgi ta, kte- lo garovkou vydane osvetluje skuteenost, rd nam lichoti — aneb ktere radi mame.1 jakou tato v pravde jest. Lida tomu tikaji Kdo byli a za co bojovali takovi svobo-; "vnuknuti". Nekteti yeti jinak, pravi, dati a racionaliste, eloveku nejlepe vy- 'le zablesk poznani je v pravde dotek odsvetli dejiny z osazovani ptivodnich 13 0-! veke lasky. Podnecuje (v dobre jen) lidsad (colonies) v Severni Americe, t. j. po- ske bytosti ptirozenou schopnost k doeatky zalo geni republiky U.S.A., jinak na- bremu. Tim 'Clo y& naphiuje v lidske rogi nova viasti. dine iikol hodnY sveho stvoteni i spasy Prvni vystehovalci odji gdell z Evropy, jeho. protoge byli doma pronasledovani pro viNeptichazeli do Noveho sveta ru. Tito ug negli sem hledat zlato nebo tak osviceni. Nesli s sebou vgechny kazy zbogi (jako dobrodruzi pted tim), oni povahojevnosti lidske. ehteli zde lit, pracovat a rodiny v klidu Ovgem, byli teletlknou otrolinou pod nmogit. Dne 20. tohoto mesice prosince jatmern kralil a panstva duchem znave-1 (n^ yrylim-li se), bude tomu 333 rokti, ni. Prvni myglenkou jejich bylo, napiniti kdy prvni doma prondsledovani galudky. Nemeli pied tim k tomu nikdy

Waft al

ptilegitosti, ani kdy v klidu se — vyspati.

NovY Svet jim to dal. A vie o to, ge rnohli take te giti se — Mirem. Vgdyt' obyvatele Noveho sveta vitali a hostili phstehovalce jako bratry Zel — mimo kazil myglenkovYch (ktere lze vymYtiti) ptinesli si s sebou ptiroze, nost a krev germanskou. Pkrizenost ojovati si, co east° rozhodne jim nebylo laden°.

Hadky, rvaeky, krade ge, prondsledovani tech jinak vekicich a na konec boje, kdo ma bYti panem Noveho sveta v neml zili ani ne 140 let, za gehlo onu "26,rovku" osviceni. Toto pak podnitilo v ro. 1776 dobre osobnosti, aby prohlasili svou neodvislost od vlady Stareho s ta, kterY nikdy nedbal o blaho poddecarch a jejich dugevni.' osviceni a tim odstraneni vgeho, co eloveka sniguje.

V dejinach lidstva sice vladcove nekolikrat zaslechli "hlas lidu" (hlas Bog°, ale gadnY blesk nikdy neosvitil temnotu sveta jako prohlageni neodvislosti ozakilo mysl anglosaskYch vladcu v r. 1776.

Jenge, na rozdil pocitu v srdci lidi dobrYch ten pocit, kterY zachvatil panstvo na trunech Stareho sveta, podoben byl rane palici do nekoho hlavy. Kdy g se postigeni skuteonosti vzpamatovali, vzboutila se jim — glue. Srdce zustalo tvrde jaI Al ko vgdy.

VYsledek prohla geni neodvislosti osad od zlovule panovnicke — znamenal rnnoho utrpeni, obeti, krve i zivotu. Tak draho vykoupena byla svoboda a volnost eloveka. Nage obeanstvi, nage "ptilegitost".

Proto po gitky prohlageni teto samostatnosti vydobytYch rozumovou odvahou vlastencti ptesvedeenYch o rovnopravnosti a svobode svedomi, spodivaji dnes v na gi obeanske volnosti a to ktera nam skyta ochranu zemskeho (statniho) prava hledati stavajici (ptirozene) pravdy glvota s pomoci vedy. Veda, jako rozumem ovetena skuteenost, jiste pak uvede lidstvo k miru a z toho pak samoeinne prY gtici spasu elovedenstva.

Dnegni obyvatelstvo republiky U.S.A. si nedovede u g oceniti svou obeanskou volnost a svobodu v planovani sve individuelni budoucnosti.

Ba, nedovedou si teto svobody doceniti ani ti vgichni, kteti pti gli sem pied 40— 30 a melte lety. Pti gh sem vgichni, kdy se "sklizelo do stodol, co jini zaseli a telce obdelavali".

Brali si z toho ka gdY dle svYch mognosti. Paklige museli se pH torn take potkkati se vgelikYm ziem "osudem" nebo "s malo gtestim"), nedelo se z viny zakladatetil republiky, anebo odva gnYch tech bojovnikti.

Takove kazy, ktere roze giraji pfilegitost jedincil pki pospolite praci v narodMin hospodakeni, jsou stale je gte poza-

TNIK ,, WEST, TEXAS

ve stl'ectu, due 16. prosince 1953. zdsluhou a prieinenim myslitelti to doby 'Vgem) plynou ,z jejich pfieineni, jsou nam Lee zlo, ktere ,nevi od van., ale trva, dtikazem, de spravnou je cesta po niz Zipouze v krvi, povaze a domenkach sobe- votem kraeime. ckYch, dorny glivVch, vladychtivYch jeZa hrube poru g eni vdCCnosti bychom: dincil a spolku, slodenYch ze zlYch lidi — povadovali to, kdyd zf,p()minali bychom, je jegte stale zde a nezmizi ad teprve po- co dobreho pro mis udelali, anid sami co sledni prechovavae zia toto vypudi z je- ciobreho uZili. Nejmene ud klidu a miru. ho mysle z m enou nazoru na bytost lid-Za pravdu mne, musi kaddY dati, .2"e , ustavovatelti republiky vgak j ., anebo — o kterou se na ge republika opira, sp. (II dnegni "social security", zarucem, skou a eji pomer k prirode ad sand koneene zeinfel. a z plynou obeanstvu vYhody, jake be iii,ovnich vkladti, nepozbYvateine vYpied, tim jegte Tide nikde neokusili;zdebody pojiSt'ovani na divot, obecne gkoly Ze takovou je skuteenost vedeh vsichpied 177 roky, je vzorem moudrosti s bezplatnYm vyueovanim a j. v. ni velikani z lidske rodiny. Lidumilove land a y.

Zdokonaleni techto a jinYch hospodar- svou praci a skutky to potvrdili. Jiste neNebyly tehdy znamy vynalezy jake skYch pozitku, na ktere delnY lid ma ni to uoineni eloveei, kdyd kadd3'T lidskY dnes pouZivame, ale po strance mravni pray°, zasiuhou kterou ma o bohatstvi, jedinec snadi se dosici jen toho, co pova- (dugevni) jak vyspelymi byli ud tito musilu a moc republiky zaleli na ukazne- Zuje pro sebe (ted sve mile) za to nejlep- dove! A hie, odkaz toho vAeho bychom Si a nejprijemidejgi. e yidi a rozumu obyvatel. snad neminili odhazovat, zaalapavat? jak kaddY muse si osvojiti tuto kazeii Ze nekdy ta jeho prani a chtiee se vy13ylo by to jako nedbalY syn, kdyd pohledajici najde v desateru MojZigovYch mykaji rozurnu? Ze jsou nezrizene, sobe- dethl pa rodieich krasilY majetekj &sta., prikazani, ktera nejztetelnej gi a nej cke a drave? Jsou to jeho prirozene sklo- irrodna pole, pekne pastviny, vzroalY les spravnej gi jsou prelolena v na gi Ceske re- ny poeeti diveneho krvi mateinou, maid za pet let vlastnictvi? Krasna pole neotec nebo rnatka, uvadili svou zodpoved- chal se vyditi, pastviny pfebytkem dobytNuZe, co to tedy je, ta svoboda my gle- nost, svou povinnost v povolani noveho ka zdupati a les vykaceti. - Penize, peni, vypravuji dejiny na gich U.S.A. elena k stavajiciinu rid poetu Blend nagi nize a zas penize byly jeho chtiCem. -ZajiMO, Ze na svete neni mod., aby lidske spoleenosti. Navzdor tomu, de ud Vytloukl je, ale take ztratil a dnes z krasmold zloduch zabraniti eloveku nemy- tolik tisic pokoleni zplozeno a arozeno neho majetku je zpusto gend Vida. (Ve slet. Je to v ga,k modnost uschopneni sil bylo a maloktere proZivalo svdj divot ye SpojenVeld statech je teto vymrskane myslicich za,vadeti. Asi tak jako zavadi zdravi a miru, prece je gte ned jen nekdy piddy ud mnoho.) kapral jemu prirknuteho vojaCka Ida hli- a nekde probleskla svedomim nekoho ta dani pry nepritele. A zatim tento ne- velikost didelitosti o spravnem vychovaKdyZ' v r. 1799 dile 14. prosince umiral pritel je zrovna takovY Ivor jako voja vdni ditek a mladede, poeinaje nemluvne- Jai Washington, pripominal si kde kdo eek. Vgichni jsou lidmi a vgichni by radi tem v loktech mateimich. Velikost jeho sloVa, s kterSmi se tehdejS1 presise te gili ze Zivota, jen kdyby zli tohoto ditosti? Jake dtidektosti? 're prajednodu- dent v r. 1796 lotted s narodem jako jeho sveta jim to dovolili. che skuteenosti, de v tech poeateenich sluha, a vykonavatel yule lidu v narodAd vojaeek a s nim jeho "nepi-itel" bu- dnech lidske (eloveei vlastne) jsoticnosti nim hospodarstvi a stycich se sousedy v don vedet tolik, co vi ten, kterSr postavil a nasledujicich letech projevovati se po- zahraniei. Napominal narod, aby stall nad nej kapraia, nad kaprala serdanta, Bind samostatnost stvoteni a jeho priro- pevne v jednote vgech state a si zachoatd. a vYg e zmizi rozdily a pak budeme zene sklony ku einnosti (skutkum) bu- vali zasady obsaZene v Ustave. Aby nikdy si rovni jako rovni si bYti mame bratr-1 doucich drat jeho Zivota. nebudovali pfilignou arrnArdu, protole ta tvim i spravedlriosti.

Nude, nage republika poeata byla i zro- byla vddy republikanskenni zirizeni neV rose 1776 snadili se bojovnici a pra- zena ye znameni dobrem. S lidmi sobe- bezpeenou a duck stranictvi je vddy na covnici za svobodu a volnost dokazati ckYmi prichazeli take lide neobyeejne in mu zajmu dobrYch. prustvu, de se neslu gi mezi sebou se rvat, dtivtipni (inteligentni), glechetni, jimd VgeobecnY lisudek o zeinfelem tehdy dud druheho okradat a nutit ty, kteri dohro bylo vrozeno nebo moudrYnai lidmi byl, de republika kratila ve Washingtomysli a veil jinak, k neeemu co BoZi vgtipeno. Z tech v dejinach SpojerVch kdzdni zakazuje. V gechny takove nepra- state prvnim je Roger Williams, druhy novi eloveka rozumneho a rozvaIneho, v vosti vedly ku rvae dm mezi pa,novniky William Penn, treti Benjamin Franklin jehod duchu pokraeovati by mei narod — a delnY lid musel vddy za hlouposti chy- a pled prohia genind neodvislosti ud byli pokracovat, nikoliv jej zapominat. trYch sobikti se biti s nimi a pri torn da- znamYmi termer naprostou bezuhonnosti Nude, nyni tazajici vedet budou, kdo vat svou krev, 'divot a nechat si znioit vge, Oechomoravane, z nichd vynikl hned na racionaliste jsou a kolem ci korouhve se co svou praci a zapovidanYm dilivtipern 1 zaeatku Augustin Herman. Pak ud lady sdruduji. Mel-li by nekdo je gte otazku, zbudoval. vynikajicich houstly. Pribyl k nim Tho- rada, ji zodpovim.

Jende tehdy, kdyd koloniste fisty svch mas Jefferson, Adams, Madison a veleZdravi Cloud zastupctil prohlasili svou neodvislost a duch slovem i pismem, T. Paine, vynalez M. F. K. ValovL tim k boji dodo, nebyli to pani, aby se ci R. Fulton, Eli Whitney a statnik Mon- j -) • 4„ • mezi sebou rvali jako psi o kost'. Tento roe, atd. boj byl boj delneho lidu o svobodu a vol-1 Tito vzacni lide dali podnet k nagemu Sloni chobot. nost s terni, kteri lidu ji, vddy zakazovali. gkolstvi a Jefferson ideu zpracoval a i ye Tentokrate lid veal ud, co chce, chtel zit skutek uvedl. To byli prvni uvedomeli boDospelY slon v chobotu svem ma mnotak jak die sve prase si zaslouZi. Chtel se jovnici za prava trpiciho lidu, za hem vice svalt ned kterYkoliv jinY Zivosvobodne unit, aby poznal proe lide ne- jeho va gni a odstrariovatele piTkadek, eich v celem tele. — Cuvier napodital ve ndohou zit v hojnosti, zdravi a miru. Po- ktere zioba nastavela mezi vedu a Clove- slonim chobotu nemene ned, 40,000 svalA, zna-li to, proe die toho neueiti sve po- ka. Za tyto lidi a jim podobne lidstvo se kdedto telo lidske ma jich pouze 527. Tim tonastvo? Vddyt' je neco draZ giho nad lid- stydeti nemusi a my, svobodari jsme na vysvetliti sobe mtiZeme, pro es sloni chobot ske zdravi, libeznej giho ned pokoj a kras- ne hrdi a radi hlasime se pod jejich ko- jest tak obdivuhodne ohebnY, pH torn itnej giho ned mir? rouhev. Dobra, ponevadd na g rozum a dasne citlivY a schopnY kaddeho libovol0 to byli donuceni se biti a zvitezili, spokojenost obeanti a poZitky, ktere (nand neho pohybu.

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torch zvykii a presvedeeni dueh- ge •— enskeho divlu. V na gi reel oznacujeme to jadrnou vetou: "Kdo s koho, ten toho". A v torn prave vezi ta smutna Pravda, de "Kristus 'name sarna sebe o betoval, kdyd za spasu lidstva na, kridi umiral". (?)

Ve sticedu, dna 16. prosInce 1953.

Behumil Mita:

Zeme dokoian Obraz eeskSich lidi ye vyklizenem tizemi MuZtim dalo dost prate, neZ vytahli cikany v Kounicich z jejich posteli. S cikanskYmi chlapy se dohovotili jak tald, zy laSte cikan jmenem Kozel brzy uznal opravnenost zakroku, ale s Zenami byl velkY ktik. a deti yteStely ze vSech nejvie. Komisat se vSak uktieet nedal. Jeho obe tvate, poktivena i hladka, zrudly zlosti a jeho ktiva Usta nutila ke spechu.

Jeden hubenY a ptitom zamraeenY cikan se chtel komisati optit: Komisat na neho div neskoeil. Mel itZ cikanft nadosmrti dost. Nebylo jedineho opuSteneho staveni, ktere by byli v Sirokem okoli nenavStivili, a spouSt,', kterou po sobe zanechavali, byla velika.

"Dy.2. vas vidim," ktidel komisat a zdal se pti svem vzteku vetSi, ne2 skuteene byl, "tak se neznam! Na hranice patteji jen nejlepSi lidi! A co ste vy? Zlodejska chamrad'!" Nebyl si ani ve svem vzteku vedom, k nekterYin cikaniim ktivdi. Tak tteba tlustemu Kozlovi.

Cikani koneene naepali do vozil, co tarn chteli mit. Nebylo toho malo. Nabytek, petiny, vklike Saty, (Teti, kozy i cikanske babky v SirokYch suknich. S touhle zmeti y e vozech sjeli dolft na silnici a zavejemi se pomalu prodirali ke Stare Huti. Trvalo celY den, ne2 se dostali na hranice okresu. Dvakrat se jim jeden vas ptevratil, z aehoS byl hroznY ktik v osazenstvu, kone bezpoetukrat odmitli jit dal a lido byli od syYch lopat, ktere drZeli v rukou, jak se patti umdleni.

Nahazeli se snehu dost a dost. Ale komisat neu.stoupil, a tak se stalo, 2e se cikanske yozy piece jen na hranice okresu dostaly a tam byly i s iivYm ptisluSenstvim odevzdany straktim dalSim. "Sem umdlenej jako laStovka, dy2 ptelett mote," tekl komisat, "ale sem tet'ky spokojenej. A vy budete taky spokojenY, dy2 tydle lidi budou pryer "To jo," podotkl Frankota, "vyznali se v tlaCenici. I kamna urneli rozbirat!"

Frankota si soueasne vzpomnel na Matejusa, kterY se pti tomhle stehovani take ochomYtal. Oba mu'Zove se vAak sobe spiLe vyhYbali, a jestliZe nektery z nich promluvil slovo, bylo to na nekoho jineho. Matejus zkratka tehle ptileSitosti -nevyuZil a dobte ueinil. DoSlo totil k dalostem dalSim, pti nichZ' Vojta Matejus ukdzal, jaky vlastne je.

"UZ to na me de," tekla v jednom z

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WEST, TEXAS Strang techto tuhYch lednovYch dni Karolina v mocnYch narazech. JisktivY povrch ztua lehla i na postel. Babiece pti torn u- hleho snehu se trhal a vysoko nad korukazala na svfij vzdutY Zivot. ny stromfi se zdvihal oblak ostre snthove tfiSte. "Lidiaky zlatY," tekl Frankota a ruce Barbora spechala navativit Karolinu v mu poklesly, "co si poeneme?" jeji te S - ke hodince. Na moste pies poZato babieka se spiSe naptimila. Potok ji vitr zahnal do olSovYch kkovin a divala se na Karolinu, rozhodnYma ma a jeji usta rozkazovala: "To Sactvo na plamince pod Frankotovou chalupou ji smyk1 0.2 k mezi pole s vybranYm kamusi hnedky dolu!"

"Budeme mit pernej den!" mini! be- menim. Barbora zfistala chvili u kamenne hradby, ale pak ptece jen zdvihla zradne Frankota.

"Achich, achich!" natikala Karolina a hlavu a po ni i cele telt). Polekala se jen docela malo, nebot' se ji nic nestalo a obracela oei vzhfiru.

Frankotova chalupa se rysovala nedale"Vobliknu Vendulku a vSechny deti poko.

Barbora ala znovu eelem proti vetru Slu do kalcouny," tekla babieka.

"Mam dat vodu na kamna?" ptal se a2 se dostala k dvetim chalupy. Na zaFrankota, kterY uz piece jen ptisel k bouchani ji otevtela Polda. • "Pojte dal," pobidla ji Polda. Obratisobe.

"Dej vodu! Moc vody!" stenala Karoli- la se a jeji ruce hmataly po yeeeeh, ktere tam nebyly. Tak byla nesva a rozeina.

Deti byly v m'Siku ptipraveny odejit. lena.

Karolina lekla na posteli v teto chviStaly tu tike a z kabatti a eepic ziraly li docela tile. Bolesti ustaly a jeji oei jen jejich udivene odi. i veci temet obyeejne.

"Lojzko, vodved' je a zustan tarn s ni- ziraly na "V takovYm vetru sem dote," tekla ma!" rozkazala babieka.

Barbote, "dyt' je to Nvot. Tary si my"Babi," vyktikla Lojzka.

"Mle a di," tekla babieka a strkala slim na Vincka. ESte se nevratil. Neni deti ze nebot' vedela, ze Se Kaio- divu v takovYm vetru!"

"Deli sou u nas," odvetila Barbora, lina .Fe svYmi no yorozeriatky pkilfS ne"Vendulka Si hraje a kluci, to vite! Berozpakuje. k turbince!"

Deti vySly do mrazive fujavice. Opi"Vincek se vrati," tekl Frankota, "a't rala se do nich a prfilinkami v odevu se snaZila vniknout a.2 k jejich kuzi. Deti se bude moct, tak se vrati. Pteci tam nestdrZely v houfu kolem Lojzky a tomu, stane! Co by tam Mal?" "Ja vim, Ie se vrati," odpovidala jak s nimi cloumal vitr se spik smaly.

V"&lyt' jejich testa byla kratka a silne lina, "kobyla mu asi nechtela jit! Neni poryvy vetru jim pfisobily kratochvili. divu v takovYm vetru! Ale u2 by tady Jen Vendulka se uchYlila do naruei Lojz- mel bejt!"

"Sundejte si kabat," tekla babieka eina. Citila se tarn jistejSi flea na vratBarbote, "to vite, dnesky tit bude ke semi.

Kd:0 Lojzka zabouchala na dvete tkal- ba Sencky ruce! S muskejma v takorYfile covny, ptiSel jim otevtit sam Pultar. Byl hodince nic neni!"

Barbora odloaila Sack a sundala si prave temto dvetim nejbliZe. "Copak?" zeptal se, kdy2 uvidel hejno Frankoto- kabat. Vespod se na ni objevila bila z4vych deti. "Pojte nahoru! Filipkovi se s-tera, ktera se hodila k uddlostem, jet mely nastat. uz stejska!"

Karolina zaeala °pet vzdychat. Pod."U nas —" tekla Lojzka a pod hnedou kuzi se zapyrila do nachova. Chtela ne- tila ye svem kline novY naraz bolesti. w tici, ale dalS1 slova. se ji uZ" nedostala Det'atko, jemua se chtelo na svet, se ahlagovalo stale urputneji. na jazyk.

Na svet vaak ptiSlo az teprve ke trett "K nam ptileti Cap!" vyhrkla ze sebe hodine odpoledni. Za slabeho ktiku matpo chvilce.

"Oap?" rozesmal se Pultar. "To je do- dina a nastavajiciho Sera se vylouplo Yen a tined dalo vaem \Teat, ze uz je tu. bte!"

Filipek byl u deti jako na koni. Stahl Jeho prvni ktik se podobal meeeni kitzlejim kabaty a hued vedl Standu a Lid- te. "Ale, ale," , tekla Karolina chlacholtku k turbince. Malou Vendulku nesla yym hlasem, potlaeujic bolest a zaponliAnaka nahoru. Vendulka ktieela a na- najic na vlastni slzy.

"Tak pod'," pobidlo novorozene batahovala ruce po Lojzce. Lojzka tedy Sla bieka a prohledla je na mistech, kde 4e za nimi.

Puitar se chvili radii se svou knou. lide obvykle od sebe liSi. "Bude to muMluvil spolu polohlasem. Barbora si skej na celej pivot!"

"Je to chlapec," tekla Barbora do sine, oblekla kabat a hlavu si zahalila teaYm kde stal Frankota jako solnY sloup. Byl aatkem.

Vitr venku stale sill'. Fiael nejenom v by rad nee() tekl, ale nei pozdvihl ruproudech, ce a oteviel asta, Barbora ua zase dyedlouhSr ch, stejnomernSrch zy laSte kolem whit staveni, ale boutil i to zavtela.

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" odpoyedela komtesa.

"Milostslecna pochazi z Italie? To je I tam, co naSi yojaci leli?" ptala se babie(Natsala Boens, Mnicov6.) ka.

(Pokraeo y anl.)

I "Ano, jenZe v torn meSte, odkud ja pochazim — ye Fiorencii — neleli.-Ale tarn `A cos ta ne ,i v mesteektp lekaxnv " ..m. se ty 'krasne klobouky, co mate, ' Plet C ST DRUIIA, DOPLNENA. zeptala se komtesa. z re.j2ove slanTy. Tam roste na polich ti,TVIUCAT.t. o' ""s; CVICENI "V meste.eku ne, ale hodirm cestv od- rejZe a kukutice, na pahorcich Sladke tad. Ale cod je to vSecko ptatno, kdyby kakany a olivy;; jam tam cypri'Sove a i na krasne V mesteeku byla; lAtinska vaVrinove haje, krasnYeh kvetin, bezokuchyue je dram kochyne ----- a prod blame modre nebe."

"AL, ja u2 vim!" vskodila ji do reel. Bahychom draze kupovali, co sami variti runka: "to je to rnesto, co mad namalosi dovederee."

"A to y am nal:0e reeept lekar- a f:eks vane y e svem pokoji, vid', sleeno? V proe, jab to mate avant?" tied Jr kroka teka a nad tekou je do 'I to to, milostsleeno, earn pak by elo- yrcha yysta yene mesto. i Ach, babiao, vek pBel, • aby lined ph kaalem malem tam vdm jsou krasne dorny a kostely! stonku mei doktora. On je odtud hodinu Na druhe strand jsou same z rady a cesty, trva to pni dne, net se ho Cloy& domecky. U jednoho domeeku. 4 hraje si doeka; zatim by motel nekdy umfi•i, kdy- devedtko a eiv,edle ni sedi stara pani -by nebylo domaci pomocL A kciy1;, pi, ij,„ ' to je sleona Flortensie se svou pestounde, to je tono: 'tined lay na kolikero,' kou: Vid', sleeno, tys nam to povidala, flastry a pijaviee a toto ono, Ze nevi 1 kdY6 jsme byly v zamku?" elovek, kde mu have stoji, a nemocnY, Sieona hued neodpovedela. Byla se se z folio tepr y poijadue roznemtiZe.. JO., ! zamystila; ruce jeji ledely nepohnute v milostsleeno, pie na ne nevefini., a kclyZ klinu. Po chvili tepr y vzdyehla zhluboka: 01 neco je anebo tem Mem, dostadi mo-' "Oh Bella patria! Oh care amica!" a . je kol'eni Proto ale, kdy' se lide rozstil- krasne oei zvithly ji. non, -Pik am: Pokete si pro doktora'. Al "Cos to povidala, sled o Hortensie?" le co: kdy? vzpomene Panbith s teZkou ptala se ji z y edave Adelka, lichothre k nemeci, jsou doktoti s rozumem v kon- in se tulle. rich a pienechaji to nature, aby si pa- Hortensie podeprela hlavu o hlavinmohla„ . . Panbilla zustane tedy piece i kr, deVeete a nebranila Slzam, ktere ji nefes pMin lekai'en-B ma-li dlovek zit, ii splynuly po tvari na kiln. "Milostsleena her doktora se uzdravi, masli umrit, 'ne_; YZpinonela si na svuj doinov a na svoje I pratele," pravila babieka. "To vy deti pomade ant cela apatyka."

"A to si nesete v kline same kol'eni?"1 jeste nevite, jak to je, kdyZ musi eloI vek opustit misto, kde vyrostl. Kdyby ptala se komtesa.

"I ne, sleeno Hortensie," rychle odpo- I se mu i dost dobre vedlo napotom, preyedeld Barunka; "v blind neseme kviti' ce na ne nemude zapOmenout. V ga.k to 9 na vence. Zitra je Boe'dho Tela, a ja a ' jednou take pocitite. Milostsleena zajiI{ ate tam ma ptibuzner Mandinka budeme za dru'Aeky." t "A ja taky, ja piijdu s Helou," dolodila I "Nemam na svete ZadnYch p•ibuznYch, I o niche bych vedela," odpovedela komAdelka.

"A ray budeme sedlaekove!" vyki"-ibli, tesa smutne. "Moje dObra pestounka, chlapci. . .1 moje pritelkyne Giovanna, Zije ye F10"Kilo je to Bela?" ptala se komtesa. i renen; po to se nil mnohdy zasteskne a "To je Bela pani kmotry z mesta, z po mem domovu. Ale kne.2na, moje doteho velikeho domu, co je na nem lev, ,, , bra matka, slibila mi, Ze se tarn brzy „.,, I zas.,, podiyam." odpovedela Adelka.

"Mush fici z hostince," potteovala ba- I "A kde pant knUna ad tarn daleko vas, milostsleeno, naMa?" ptala se babieka det'atko.

"P ij 'es take na procesi?" ptala se Ba- .bieka.

I "Pain brieZna znala dobre moji matnka komtesy.

"Oy dem Ze pujde!" pl'isvedeila tato, a ha, byly si pritelkyne. Otec miij byl v se.dnouc do travy, pornohla rovnat ha- bitve u Lipska teke poranen, a kdyZ se biec,T. a Barunce bvetiny. . na svoji villu do Florencie navratil, la"Ty, sleeno, nebyla's jeke nikdy za mi'el za nekolik let nasledkem to rally. u2le,ku oBo21.rn Tele?" ptala se Baron- . Clovan n a mi to :nnlohdy povidavala..

Ma'am se nad tim trapila a umfela teZ. -r ; al,. jeke byla y e dne sirotka maiinkeho to zanechali.

(Pokraeovani.) jednou e ziavnosti Ficrencii, by]a ) 0 e?. . ( Macionny za drukieku; flesh jsem Ma-Moderni doba. t ov'i venec." donne rt. v Tv3Hn rodiefirn!

"Kdo Jr to Madonna?" ptala se zase "Date se brzy rozvest?" i "AZ naptesrok. JeSte jsme dlani za Bar unka.

S pozciravern SWUM( alitEli Z AUSTINU. "Madonna rika se v Italii Panne Ma- oddayky."

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Z parneti prvnich C'eskfTch osacln: (Pokraeovani.)

(Pik F. J. Fojtik z Flatonie)

.Narodil jsem se u Prahy, ale texaske, a to dne 12. srpna 1878, a ze jsem se narodil, proto jsem na svete. Mladi moje jsem ztravil jako kterYkoliv jinY farmarskY kiuk, doma na farms. KdyZ mi doSlo 8 let, tak nine poslali do Skoly.

Skola Greive byla asi od nas a vyoeoval tam pan Frantikk J. PeSek, tentYZ uoitel ku kteremu teZ chcdila moje matka v Praze do Skoly.

Kdy2 jsem priSel poriejpr y do S'koly, tak tr2 jsem umel dosti dobre slabikovat, neb nekolik tydnfi pied tim nee jsem met jit ponejpry do gkoly, otec mi koupil s:abiktir neb prvni eitanku a veeery nine abych pry nepri'Sel do Skoly, jak se rika, Upine zelenY. ITheni mi Slo dosti dobre. Hned prvnim rokem jsem to dotahl do druhe eitanky. DruhYm rokern uZ jsem dostal i anglickou prvni ditanktk.

Chodil jsem k panu PeSkovi dva roky, ale pak byl pan Peek zvolen zapisnikem dani okresu Lavaca a zastaval ten itrad po mnoho rokti; valy byl zvolen velkou vetSinou a byl v torn Urade kdyZ zemrel. Pak. prikl do S. koly Greive start' ueitel Josef Holec z Ellinger. Ten lien po dva roky a pak byla Skola Greive bez ueitele, tedy jsem chodil do Skely Velehrad, ale to bylo pies d ye mile vzdalene. Hail tarn tenkrate pan Vavfin a byl to dobrY ueitel. Pak ueil ye S.kole Greive pan Alois MorkovskSf . K tomu jsem chodil jeden rok a pak jsem chodil jednu zimu ' do Skoly zde ye Flatonii a st •avoval jsem se u Ziegelbauera. Pani Zieg;elbaurova byla teta metro otce. To byl posledni rok moji Skoly a tr2 jsem graduoval a met jsem diplom, jenZe jsem si jej musel napsat sam a Zadnemu jsem se s nine nechvalil.

Hudba mne vZcly zajimala a kdy2, ye Skole Greive vyaeoval uditel pan Karel Nesrsta, byl teZ dobrY hudebnik, tedy jsem k neinu dochazel nekdy veeet a on nine Lion hudbe, totft znat noty, hrat jsem uz umel, neb asi r'ok 'pred tim mi strYc daroval fletnu, tedy jsem se staral, aby ji vosy nezanesly bla,tem. Pan Nesrsta mne brzo vycyieil, Ze jsem se naueil dosti dobre znat noty. Na druhY rok to uz Slo s hudbou lope. Pan Alois Pavlieek se oienil s moji sestrenici IVIarii Zapalaeovou a hraval dobre kornet, a meho bratrance Jana Zapalaee teZ chytala muzikantSka horeeka. A u PavlhckU jests byli dva svobodni chlapci doma, Adolf a Josef. TedY jednou, jak jsme tak byli u PavliektI sejdeni, umluvili jsme se, •Ze zaloZime kapelu a Ze pan Alois Paylieek rozumel z nas muzice nejlepe, tedy jsrne si jej zvolili za kapelnika.

Zakladajici elenove a nastroje jsme

hrali jak nasleduje: Alois Pavlieek, kapelnik, kornet; F. J. Fojtik, klarinet; Anton Mika, k arinet; Adolf Pavlieek, bariton; Jan Zapalao, alto; Jan KuboS, alto; a Josef Pavlieek, bas. Ja jsem klarinet nemel, jenom to fletnu kterou nine strYc daroval, a to to neSio tak lehko predelat na klarinet, tedy Adolf Paviieek mi opatril klarinet od svYch bra trancti Pargaeti. Byla to takova potvtirka z eerveneho di• va a melo to pet kla pek a 8 direk, ale to nic, jenom ktlyZ se to . klarinet.

'• vSechny nastroje pohromaele, ovsemze nektere vypadaly jako by byly prodelaly obeanskou valku, tak jsrne se schazeh u pane, Aloise Pavlieka a ueili se co jsme mohli a me.lo to naCe koncertovani dobre nasledky, neb pan! Payliekova si hned zaeala pochvalovat, Ze od co jsme se zaeali uoit, ma v domacnosti UpinY pokoj od myCi. Nejaky eas jsme se tak ucili neb vlastne monli, ale pak jsme se ujednaa, ze aspon na nejakY eas bychom melt dobreho ueitele. PkebYval tarn tenkrate pobliZe Payliekti nyni jiZ zesnuly pan Felix Pavlas, otec to Adolfa, kapelnilca od Gold Chain Bohemians. Byl to hudebnik telem i duSi a zkuSenY sueitel hudby jests z aech. Zda se mi ze rikaval, Ze pochazel z Hermanic. Toho jsme si mezi lads a do-nest s pozvali, tedy sebou, sviij bariton, jeho oblibeny tadstroj, a nyni zaealo to doopravdy. KdyZ nom naladil nak inStrumenty, tak jsme se chystali, Ze spustime vSichni dohro mady, jak jsme to obyeejne delavali, ale on povida: "Ne, hoSi, takhle to neptijde, kaZdY nejdriv mush p •ehrat syrij dil sam, abych mu mohl poradit„ jak ma napravit chybu, jestli nee() nezahraje spravne."

To byla ale rana pro nas, neb my jsme byli zvykli vZdycky hrtit v'Sichni najednou a jestli neco p •iSlo, co nestacil zahrat, tak to jednoduCe vS'ak tam uz nekterY clruhY nen zapisknul a jelo se dal. To nom ale -led: ahnalo strachu, kaZdY sam hrat solo pro takoveho vyhla.eneho hudebnika, ale Z'e byl pan Pavlas mime a sbovivave povahy, tak to dopadlo dobre. Od to doby ti2: jsme se zaeali ueit brat i pultany, pied tim se nam to zdalo zbyte.ene. Pak prehliZel flak kniOky, melt jsTe Beginners Band Book, a povicla: "NoM, to m to pletku, je to vkchno no jedno kopy to. Ja vain napi g u pekne kusy cio tance, po'-?:y a valency." TO, to i udelal a vypsal nam kra.sne lehke kusy, ktere sebm y Oovez1 z oech a dnes, aekoliv je to uZ tak davno a on u2 spi veenY Spanek na PraZskein hi-b/tove, jeho hudebni skladby

exas jsou porad oblibeny, kds'e zahraji. Ano, i kcly2 Gold Chain •ahernians hravali do radio, byly to nejoblibenelg kusy. pamatce Felixe Pavlase.

Ocat Pak uC nom to Slo s hudbou elm dal lep:731 a tz si kaZdy sehoal 1 lepCl nastroj a odvaill jsrne se nabizet se na hrani na kdiech pro tanec. Prvni nabidku jsme dail pony Aloisu Kahankovi, kterY tenkrate vlastnII taneirnu v St. John. On nas vezme, ale s podminkoo., rids neje/I-Ivo musi slySet, jak to jde. To dues v dobe moderniho jazzu, to se Zacink nepta, jestli muzikan,1 u-mi hut neb jestli snail noty, jen kdy2 to vPi:sk.a. aZ te3i zalehaji, to je "hot". Ude.ali jsme sobs zkou&n na nedCli odpoiedne a pozvali pana Kahanka, aby pijel nas poslechnout. Vybrali jsme na to lousy, o kterYch se nom zdale,ze uz je dobre zahrajeme.

Kdy2 pan Kahanek piijei, tak jsme je prehravali a k rado.sti zkouCka dopadla dobre. Poelivalil nas, ze neoeekaval Ze tak zahrajeme, abychom prijeli Ze /Min old "job". Pak jsme pro neho jeSte nE.:koiikrate hrali. Jak jsrne meli zaeatek udelanY, potom jsme uZ dostavali mist y na hrani dosti easto.

(Pokraeovani priSte) )• •

KAY. ENDAII ✓ sobotu tohoto t7,: rAne a kaMou nasledujici sobotu fad POkrok Houstonu eislo 88 poracla pratelskou zabaVu. Kava eaj a zakusky jsou v2dy zdarma. Vetere die prani. Navatevnici jsou Italy vitani. pozvete sve -zriame.

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RAD PO:MOK DALLAS Zislo 84 S. P. J. S. T. poiacia V NEWELL DNE 20. PROS. vAretNi PROGRAM ye kterern tieinkuji nasledujici deti: Baser) Praticia Proza Basen — Ann Marie Fridrich a Margaret Nemec Piano Solo — Bobbie Anna Staglik Baser' — Linda Zastopil, Katherine Ann Parma, Nodia Rejeek, Carole Annette Nemec Baser — Jerry Ann Urban (eesky) Accordion Solo — Mary Jane Barta Baser — Ronnie David Risen — Jery Parma Piano solo — Mary Ann Nemec Basch — James Janougek Basen — Mary Jane Barta (eesky) Accordion solo — Carolan Zastoupil Zpe y — Patricia Wells, Carolan Zastoupil, doprovod na harmoniku Risen -- Rudy Malik, Larry Petr, Rickey Kovec10, Johnny Nemec VYstup, Vanoeni pohadka: (eesky) — Bobbie Anne Staglik, Betty Staglik, Billy Sill, Robert Sill, Johnny gill

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`To byl eeskymuzikant' Dva krasne filmy za jedno vstupne DA 1,I,AS — 16. prosince Pouze pro Dallas WALLIS 3L prosince Venni peknjr vesnickk roman je Rormin katralickeho kneze a jeho osadnikterY se yam bride libit.

"Cestou kiiiovou" WEST -- 16. prosince ENNIS --17. prosince — 29. Prosince FAYETTJ

Basen — Stephen Steiner Piano duet -- Katherine Ann Parma, Jerry Parma Basen — Charlie Nemec Basen -- Johnny Pokladnik (eesky) Accordion solo and song — Patricia Proza Risen .--Larry Kalmus Baseri Sherre Pokladnik, Johnny Pokladnik, Justine Marie Pokladnik Znev — Patricia Walker Basen — Geo. Nemec, Jr., (Cesky) Basen — Gloria Kalich Piano solo — Jerry Ann Urban Baseri — Carole Annette Nemec (Cesky) Basefi — Gwendolin Wells, Yvonne Malik, Barbara Ondrugek Accordion solo — Tommy Parma.

Basel\ -- Mary Barbara Varga Basch — Nana Varga.

Balet — Joe Lynam: Kartous Basel\ — Patricia Walker Skupina vgech tieinkujicich.

Zpevy VaTmeni Basen—"Announcing Santa Claus — Johnny Sill Obradnik — Jerry IIcupjr, ml.

Zaeatek v swim tiacet veeer Vstupne volne — po programu nadilka pamlska (p)