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CIL A lien DISIRIKTU AMYSLETE SE, sestry a branad tim, za jakSim adelent byly zaloteny na ge distrikty nebo prod kaname na ge distriktni schtze. A jestli napadne y am nejaka vhodna po pfeeteni teto avahy, vezmete pero nebo tutku, svelte sve my glenky kousku papiru a po g lete nekolik faclkti redaktoru. Mate to byti dopis soukromY, jen pro dtvernou vYrnenu nahleda s redaktorem, anebo mate to bfli pro v gechny dleny SPJST k uverejneni ve Vestniku.

Prod vlastne byly zaldeny distrikty?

Nebo prod koname distriktni schtize? Ja14 to ma smysl, aby se dleni z-peti at osmi okresa segli eas od dasu?

Nemohu se ubranit my glence, to nynejgi myg lenka distriktu potfebuje hodne ku svemu zlepg eni a zdokonaleni. Kdybychom pied tficeti nebo etyficeti roky zavedli si distrikty, a kdybychom jit pied mnoha lety si zvykli na my glenku, to katdy fad patti do nektereho distriktu, dnes by vg echna, cinnost v katdem distriktu meta daleko lep gi, ureitej gi a praktidtoj gi surer. Ale musime uznati, to katda myglenka musi napfed zapustit koreny, nez zaene opravdove rtsti.

Kdyg pied 178 lety byla utvofena samostatna vlada pro tfinact anglickStch kolonii podel pobreli Atlantiku, byla to rovnet nova my glenka. Jedni si svobodu a nezavislost piedstavovali tak, druzi docela jinak. Jefferson prohlasil, ze nejlepgi vlada je takova., ktera, nejmene vladne. Proto take Prohla geni nezavislosti bylo napsano v torn smyslu, aby toho poroueeni a vladnuti bylo co nejmene, aby lid poroudel sam sobe bez kraIii a kraliekt. A proto take prvni a,mericka asta,va nemela ZadnST tmel, tactile lepidlo, kterStm by se jednotlive staty drtely jako celek. Bylo tfinact state, aby byly jako tfinact fan v dne gnirn distriktu: katc1S, si delal,po svem, a kdy2 se svo-

lala nejaka spoleena schtze, nektefi pfi- se afednici vzdati svYch afada. A pisagli, jini si takovt spoledne schaze ani ne-; tel se tate redaktora, jak to bude dale v onom distriktu pracovat, kdyt se za vgimali. triktni atedniky zvoli jini jen pro jmeKdyt po jedenacti letech klolVtani by- no, jen aby se na oko vyhovelo. la svolana schtize zastupct ze v gech tfiV druhem dopisu je redaktor Zadan, nacti stata, odekavalo se, to pfijede asi sedmdesat pet zastupcil. Schtze meta za-! zdali 111avni atadovna vypracovala dit druhe pondeli v kvetnu. Muselo se de- nejaka pravidla, podle kterSich by dinkat at do 25. kvetna net polovice state nost v distriktu byla vedena, nebo zdama v amyslu distrikty konmeta zastoupeni. I kdyt zasedani bylo v li proudu, nebylo vice net petapadesat de- trolovat. A tent pisatel zaroveri vyslolegata pfitomno. Pouze 39 zastupcil po- vuje nahled, ze distrikty by pracovaly depsalo novou astavu, a tii si postavili nejlepe, kdyZ by se hlavni tfadovna do hlavu, to takovou "slataninu" nepode- einnosti distrikta co nejmene michala, ale aby katdST distrikt pracoval samostatpigi. ne nebo podle zku genosti v jinern disNage distrikty proZivaji neco podobne- triktu, ale nikdy ne "pod pajcem". ho. Od mnoha elent nepfichazi ani toho A tfeti dopis vyslovuje nespokojenost nejmengiho porozumeni pro distrikty.

Pies padesat roka jsme byli bez distrik- s tim, 2e v distriktu se vgechna einnost tu, obejdeme se bez nich i v budoucnosti. ma omezit misto roz gifit. Cituji dve vety Jini piijdou do distriktnich schazi a po- z tohoto tietiho dopisu: "At dosud se chvaluji si je, to jsme meld miti neco po- nag distrikt nijak zvla gt nevyznamenal, ani v na gich distriktnich schazich, ani v dobneho jit davno. naboru novych Mena, ani v zastoupeni Ale jak je cil a adel distrikta? Prod maji bSrti distriktni schaze? Kolikrat do radii na distriktnich schtizich. Aby toho roka by mely loSrti distriktni schtze? Ne- bylo jeSte mend, tak si hrstka Mena od bo dle jak9ch pravidel vedou se scha- nekolika mato radii v posledni schazi dize a cela dinnost v distriktu? Jaka, jsou striktu odhlasovala, to budeme delat jen prava a povinnosti distriktnich atedni- polovieku toho, co jsme detail at dosud, kV A jaka jsou prava a povinnosti jed- ad myslim, to to nebylo rozumne takonotliii*ch radu v distriktu? Ma distrikt vy nechat odhlasovat, kdy't tam svou samospravu, ktera pfichazi od ra- nebylo ani polovice facia z distriktu zadii a elenti, nebo je distrikt pod koman- stouperVch." dem hlavnich afednika? Mame neco, dim Vzalo to jedenact roka po Prohlageni by se vg echny tady v distriktu drZely po- nezavislosti, neZ se formovalo neco, jak hromade nebo ma katcV rad ponecha- by trinact novVch samostatnSich state ano, aby pracoval nebo leno gil v distriktni , merickVch pracovalo jako jedna republieinnosti die sve libovale?

II ka jeden celek. My maitre distrikty dva ' Minuleho tSrdne dostal jsern tii sou- roky. Motna, to Iram to vezme ten jedenact krome dopisy. KaZdS7 z nich klade mne, rokti, net si zvykneme na myglenku, redaktoru, jiste otazky, na ktere sam ne- katc19 fad patfi do nektereho distriktu, :ma, spolupracovati s jinSrmi lady jako mohu a nedovedu odpovedeti.

V prvnim dopisu upozorriuje mne pi- celek a ma pfispivati k ziskavani dle satel, to distrikt ma dobre atedniky, ale ni pro svtij rust a pro rozmach cele Jedto pro nektere soukrome davody chteji noty. MoZna to bude drive.

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Na jinem mists' tohoto eisla najdete v.3", kaz, jak si stoji organisatori koncem bkezna, ktei• i jsou aZ clOsud v popkedi, a take vYkaz p • irnstku v ile.dech, ktere se • mohou pochlubit, Ze stoji mezi prvnirni Sveho e'asu pronesl bratr August Kafir' clesiti. Tento seznam se ovSem meni kaZ •• Emoted as second .. .as& mail matter, Janne?, 3rd, veinal pravdivSr a prilehavSr vSfrok asi v . dY mesic, die snahy organisatorii.

1933 at West, Texas under the Act of Von g ress of tomto smyslu: "NdS ukol je poskytovati Bylo to v lednu 1952, kdy se konala Au g . 24, 192:4 Send Form 3579 to Tem p le, Texas lidem la,cine a dobre Z'ivotni pojiSteni. prvni poi'adni schtlze ve strednim Texa15-iiEnN1 ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPORIMICI JED- NaS hlavni fikol je to, abychom ziskavali su za neelem, aby delegati, kteki meli NOTY STATU TEXAS nove eleny. Investovani na gich penez je jiti do sjezdu v Houstolau, dohodli se me:OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT dillelite; vedeni Jednoty je teZ zi sebou, zda bylo by prospeSne rozdeliti ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Na to maji eleni dohliZet Na to teZ do:- celY stat na nekolik distriktfl. Nebyla to hlili komisak pojiSt'ovani. Ale komisak schitze distriktni, ponevadZ Zadne digRF,DAKTOR — EDITOR nam nebude poroueet, abychom hledeli trikty jests nebyly. Byla, to pouze schilze STEPHEN VALuDS 6402 Prag,ue ziskat nove Cleny. To je naSe zalelitost, poradni. Ptedtim byla jedna schitze•v.

Houston,, Texai jestli ji Mame dobke nebo vSelijak. Zi- Hillje, druha, v Houstonu, tketi v East Vydasateld Publishers skavani novYch seems je na g hlavni Ukol." Bernard, a etvrta. v Taylor. V eervitti tiECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY — WEST, TEXAS Nekolikrat kid upozorneni, ie price v rokti 1952 byly teprve sjezdem utvokenY Pted p latiati $3.00 — Subscri p tion $3.00 Si year naSi ustkecthe je rozdelena zhruba do distrikty.

Co vgeehno se vykonalo ye dvou letech, Zmeny mires zasilaii se do Hlavni iiradovn y vs trech hlavnich oddeleni. I stanovy Tem p le, Texas na to jsem si vzporninal, kdy jsem byt zuji, ie pkedseda podava, v .kaZde Change of address ^nist be sent to su p reme Lodge a p le, Texas Hlavlii ilkadovny zpravu, co se vykona- pkitomen schfizi druheho distriktu v Hollo y oddeleni administrativnim, v oda-- land, v sini kadu TyrA eislo 80, minulort Pfed p latne a oznarnity bud'teZ adresovany leni investienirn a v oddeleni organisae- nedeli, 28. bkezna. Je to 'jakousi nepsa-.

VSstrilk. West, Texas, nim. Je to ye stanovach keeeno ne roz- nou povinnosti, Ze redaktor je na kaZde Zi y otoPis y zemfelkh Menu se u v eieitiuii bezplatn$ vldene, ale struene. Co je oddeleni ad- distriktni schilzi vSech distriktil, pokud Za r y tlnu p odobizny ie nutno zaslati redakci $2 50 The obituaries are p rinted without char g e. For cuts ministrativni, a jakou zpravu piedseda eas nebo jine zavazky dovoluji. Schilze is necessar y to send $2.50 to the Editor. podaVa, to je na jejich vzajemne dohode. druheho distriktu byla vYznamna tint, Ze' Jake jsou investice, kolik prinaSeji, ja- byla podniknuta zkouSka, zda by schtlka je poptavka po piljekach, to teZ je ze distriktni mohly bYti kratSi; ale lep.,,--;1.

EILAVNI OftADOVNA — SUPREME LODCIP ye zprave pkedsedy za oddeleni investie- Zkouka se y ydakila. Bylo by dobre, aby EDWARD L. MARBK, President Tem p le, Texas M. A jaka, je einnost v ohledu agitaenim, podobne zkouSky se opakovaly take v jiJOHN A. KIIBENA, Vice-President jak se provadi nebo jake jsou plany do nYch distriktech. Podam vysvetleni, jak La Grange, Texas. budoucnosti, to Lei je ye zprave pkedse- to bylo provedeno, Ze schitze byla jen J. P. CHUPICK. Secretary Tem p le. Texas • dy. Neco z techto zprav je tot uvefejne- asi d ye a pill hodiny, a Ze se v ni vykoJOS. KOLIHA, Jr., Treasura, no v nagem . organu. MoZna, ie redaktor nalo vice ne2 v predchazejicich petihoTem p le, Texas $1. A. URBANOVSKV, Bookkeeper by mohl toho dati vice, kdy by si ele- dinovYch schtizich.

Tem p le, Tixas nove Jsem jistS,, ie 110VST tajemnik druheho ' ADOLPH PAVLICEK, Attorney 511-13 Shell Bldg.

• distriktu, bratr Belieek, nebo zpravoda -.

Milieme etpine spokojeni, ie vebjiti Houston, Texas deni Jednoty (administrativa) a uklada- jove distriktu podaji podrobnou zpravu MARVIN LESIKAR. Medical Director ni fondia Jednoty (investice) jsou v do- o zabavnim programu. Proto naznaeim P. O. Bbx 410, Taylor. Texas brYch rukou. To kdysi bYvaly na ge bole- onu Cast schuze, ktera, ma vztahna zlep'St-orrry — DiRECI"Fito sti.

Dnes na gim hlavnim ukolem, die slov S.eni veci spolkovYch, nebo jak Loma iiA. C. STEPAN, First District Brenham, Texas kame, "business program". Byl napked. bratra Kacife, je ziskavani novYch NAVRATIL, Second Dirstr1o, oddeleni organisaeni. Q nej meli by- zabavni program, hezky nastudovanY a Tem p le, Texas OBERT CERVENKA, Third District chom se nejvice zajimati. 0 nem take v pkedvedenY, pak ptiSlo jednani'spolkove.

West, Texas posiednich letech se nejvice mluvi. 0 zi- Aby se co nejvice projednalo, bylo Cele FRANK CERVENY, Fourth District Munda y . Texas skavani novS7ch Menu se ye Vestniku nej- shromaZdeni rozdeleno na etyki menSi d. M. SKRABANEK. Fifth -Jistrict vice pige: Na tento odbor nejsou Z'adne skupiny. V jedne skupine byli pkedsedove 4720 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire, Texas zokany, na to mame upotfebit sve vlast- mistnich Mall, mistopkedseclove a vyslouPRANK ROD, Sixth District; Zili pkedsedove. V druhe sekci byli domaci ni pohnutky a nahledy.

El Cam p o. Texas CHAS HOLASEK, Seventh District Od posledniho sjezdu SPJST v Housto tajemnici, iteetni. a pokladnici. V treti 2541 Lexington Blvd., nu, kdy byly deny nove smernice pro or skupine byly keditelky (a reditele) midCorpus Christi. Texas V76KOV VI- B011 PUBLICATIONS cusIMITTEE ganisaeni odbor, zlep gila se hodne sin deZe, totiZ ty osoby, ktere pracuji s detJOS. HORNAK, Chairman /lost: v ziska.vani novYch Clem. Od eery mi v domacich i•adech. A zbytek elenft a P. 0. Box 125. na minuleho roku jsou ka.MY mesic po nayStevnika, a take organisatori, tvorili • College Station. Texas MRS. FRANCES OLEXA devany zpravy a vYkazY, jak pokraenje- etvrtou skupinu.

6402 Taggart Toto rozdeleni inelo svid ilea kteeS, me. Loriskeho roku v lednu, idiom a Houston. Texas MRS. ANTONIE BORAX breznu ziskali jsme 356 nov3ich Menu, vysvetlili predseda . druheho distriMal, 2105 Hensley Drive Dallas la, Texas kteri si yzall za $400,000 poji gteni. Letos bratr Reuben LeSikar, a itaistoPkedseda, ,5'l'ANOVNI V 42130it — BY-LAW COMIJiiil$3 v prvnich trech mesicich na gi organise,- bratr Frank. V. 8" panhel. Misto jedne yeFRAN K OLEXA. Chairman . tori ziskali 475 novYch Clem, ktei'i se like schilize byly eytki male schilzky. MI6402 Ta g gart • Houston. Texas nechali pojistit na $617,000. Na gi orga- sto jednoho •eenika, mluviciho vSeobecJOH. SLAVIK, Secretary nisatori zlepgili svou. naborovou einnost ne, byli etyki pkedsedove na pkedkladaBox 426 Tem p le, Texas do to miry, ie letos ziskali v lednu, Uno- ni rozmanitYch otazek. Bylo to' nee° noBIRDO H1LSHETz Youth Counsehm• ru a breznu o tietinu vice elenil a o do- vela% aby distriktni schilze mela, praktic1215 Hei g hts Blvd.

V kaZde skupine byli aleni a e'enky brou polovinu vice noveho poji8teni. ilauStou. Texas

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Ve gredu dne 7. dubna 1954. ky, kteii dostali pokyny, jak provadet pact doma v mistnim radu. KaZdY, kdo se podilel na rozhovorech v techto menZich schazkach, ptinesl si neco noveho doma.

Kaida skupina driela svou schuzi jen jednu hodinu. Po vyprZeni urdeneho easu salt se vgichni dohromady, aby vyslechli zpravy iftednika, aby se vybral eas a misto priZti sciraze, a aby se zvolili novi iftednici pro priSti rok. Tento novY plan se vgem zamlouval. Bylo to vypracovano planovacirn vYborem druheho distriktu. Doufam, to jmena tech, kteki tento novY zpasob vedeni distriktnich schazich vypracovali, budou znovu oznamena, aby se v gem jednotliveam vYboru dal zaslouZenY kredit.

Tento novk plan ma, dalekosahlSr vS rznarn, zvlaZte jestli bude vyzkongen v jinYch distriktech. A mel by bYti vyzkoukn. Jak se jednotlive skupiny vyjadrily, probralo se v kaZde sekci mnoho ntitedrtYch a praktickYch bode. Kaftla skupina se tegi, to priZte se proberou dal gi daleotazky. Tim se distriktni schtize promeni v jakesi pokradovaci Zkoly, kde ka2dSr domaci Urednik se neeemu priuoi ne1:9 druhYm vysvetli ze svYch zkuZenosti.

Ve schtizi pro domaci piedsedy bylo deset mistnich predseda, asi Zest nebo osm mistoptedseda a nekolik vyslouZilYch. pfedseda. KdyZ uvalime, to druhY distrikt ma 19 mistnich radu, nekteri doMaci pfedsedove sami sebe pkipravili o zdrave pokyny a vhodna, ponaudeni. ToteZ bylo ye schilzce tajemnika, teetnich a pokladnika. Dle poznamky jednoho tajemnika, schazka byla new naprosto nokde pry mel bYt pritomen kaZdY domaci tajemnik. Dojde-li na podobne menZi Zkolni kursy v jinYch distriktech, mate opravdovY davod, aby Urednici domacich radii nevynechali ani jednu distriktni schazi.

0 liknavoSti nekterSrch mistnich byla dosti zajimava debata ye etvrte skupine, kde se probiraly otazky, ktere nespadaly ani do schaze predseda, ani tajemnikii ,ani mezi programy omladiny, ale byly namety v geobecne. V teto etvrte skupine mluvilo se o lepZi reklame Jednoty, o vetZi navgteve dovYch, o liknavosti nekterYch firednika, a take o neporozumeni mezi mladZimi lidmi, co SPJST znamena,_,,, Bylo tam nekolik pozornYch posluchaca a bedlivYch pozorovatelii, mel by se nekdo z nich o techto vaZnYch a vecnYch otazkach rozepsati.

Dostavam Texasky Rolnik, organ RVOS, laskavosti redaktora Stibotika. V poslednim lisle Texaskeho Rolnika byla zprava, ktera, mne ptimela k picemSTAleni.

Organisace RVOS ma asi 13,000 Mena, kteli maji sraj majetek pojiZtenSr na obnos pies 81 miliont. Spolek ma pfevaZnou vetsinou dleny deskdho nebo slovan-

VESTNft —WEST, TEXAS skeho pavodu. oleni veki v ochranu proti ohni a bouri. PrOmerne pojiAteni elena RVOS obnali $6,230. Neni to mnoho na residenci, na stodolu, na kalnu, na kurnik. Ale je to o pet tisic vice net pillmernY glen SPJST ceni svaj vlastni Olovek—vSrdelen9 stroj, nejdokonalejZi aparat na svete na vStrobu penez—stale odklada, aby pojistil sama sebe.

Pkedseda Marek mne iadal, bych upozornil ony organisatory, kteti si vyzvedli prirueku usnadriujici prodavani noveho certifikatu "M-C" a ptirueku nemini pouZivat, aby ji vratili. Bylo vypracovan° pouze sto vYtiskti, toliko pro organisatory, ktefi se prodeji tohoto certifikatu opravdu venuji. Je poptivka po ruece a na sklade nejsou tadne. Jestli nekterY organisator dosud ptirueku nechal nepovZimnutu a nema umyslu ji potrebovat do konce dubna, at' ji laskave vrati. Jsou jini, kteii na prirueltu kaji.

Redaktoru pfi gla stiinost od jednoho staraiho elena nasledujiciho zneni: "Co se mne u SPJST nelibi, ze se nebere ZadnSi ohled na dne'Sni stare oleny, kteri vstoupili do Jednoty v mladern veku. Mne bylo 19 let, kdyZ jsem byl prijat do Jednoty a do radu ... eislo Jsem v Jednote 50 rokil, ale ze nemam jeZte pinYch 70, tak Zadnou idevu nedostanu, az mne bude 70. Maj soused pkistoupil do Jednoty hodne pozdeji, kdyZ mu bylo 35 midi.

Pied pet roky zaeal dostavat dtvrtinu levy na poplatcich a loni dostal polovinu Ja pfistoupil v rode 1903 a nedostavam nic. On pfistoupil v 1912 a u2 Zest rokii dostava alevu. Mohl bys mi, bratie redaktore, vysvetlit, pros na ty, kdo byli dele v Jednote, se nebere ohled?"—Odpovidani, ze nemohu. To bylO na sjezdu v Taylor podano jednim Menem nepromygene, ale to to bylo podano s jakousi okazalosti, pasobive a efektne, tak se to libilo a bylo to pkijato. Od tech dob nikdo na auto nesrovnalost--pokud redaktor se pamatuje—nepoukazal. Podle dnegniho elanku 54 neda se to menit, ale zmena mate bYti provedena pfiZtim sjezdem.

Strana 3 ne. Vybral se idednik, a stanovy se upravily "podle miry". Nebo zase opaene, byl nekterY Ufednik, a stanovy musely miti jista pravidla take, "podle miry", aby to nebo ono nebylo mono provadet, jak se provadelo. Doufejme, ze tyto osobni pomery pomalu -vymizi, aby stanovy byly zaloleny na principu, nikoliv na ptizni nebo nedavele. tvaiujme dale o tomto napadu, aby redaktor byl elenem Hlavni firadovny. Je v tom jiste nebezpeei, hodne moZnosti poZkodit zajmy spolku. Fred dvema mesici kekl mi aktuar Mims, to at budeme miti statniho organisatora, musime si ti dobrY pozor, aby statni organisator neovladnul celou Jednotu. Pry mute si nadelat syYch privrtencti pa celem tu, dostat sve pomocniky za delegaty a docela nenapadn3im zpasobem upravit si celou agitaeni a organisadni einnost dle syYch soukrornSich, dalekosahlYch Mama.

A jestli by to mohl dokazati statni organisator, prod by to nemohl dokazat take redaktor? Udelejte z redaktora firednika hlavni fitadovny, a jestli redaktor bude osoba sebevedoma, nemirne domY8liva, nikomu nepodlehajici, rovna vZem nikam, takovY redaktor bude se citit bohorovri'Y. Kdysi byl 'Vestnik trochu jako hlasna trouba hlavnich iffednikt, ale pozdeji doglo k rozvodu. Redaktor se dostal pod pravomoc Tiskoveho vYboru.

Upfirarte feeeno, nekdy si myslim, redaktor a Vestnik je neco jako bezpeenostni ventil, ochranna zaklopka u parniho kotle. NaZi hlavni idednici maji jist'a prava, jistou mod. NaZi eleni chteji si poddet pravo svobodneho projevu, pravo kritiky. Kdyby redaktor a Vestnik byli v pomer y tak dzkem a davernem se eleny hlavni aradovny, ze pro pratelstvi by se kritika arednika nepripustila do organu, pak by Vestnik nebyl mostem mezi eleny a aredniky, ale opet rozhla govadem a zesilovaeem chvaly. Dokud je redaktor a Vestnik na nentralni pude, je nadeje, to kaZdemu se dostane stejneho prava. A neZehrejte na TiskovS7 vYbor, to ho neni tfeba, ze jenom prekaZi. To mate jedine teleso v naZi Jednote, ktere ma funkci soudcovskou, aby nikomu se nektivdilo, a aby vZichni meli svobodnY projev nahledu. M odstranite TiskovS7 vYbor, midete z redaktora udelat wednika, a vaechno vedeni bude jedna harmonic, jeden soulad, jedna ruka.

Jinjr stargi Glen chytil redaktora a dugoval se: "Jestli se toho doZiji, abych byl na priZtim sjezdu, tak se o to pfieinim, jak se Frank L. . . jmenuji, to redaktor musi bYt elenem Hlavni fitadovny a musi bydlet tam, kde je sidlo Hlavni Ufadovny." Ptal jsem se onoho bratra, zdali to; Je pravda, ze v piitomne dobe—sprivvztahuje se jen na ptitomneho redakto- neji reeeno, pritomnY redaktor—zasahura nebo na kohokoliv, kdo po pkiAtim je dosti einne do planfi a dalZiho postupu sjezdu bude redaktorem. Vysvetlil mi, naborove price v Jednote. Ma zajem na on to dela z lasky ke mne, z osobni pliz- tom, abychom ut jednou meli nejaky ne—"personal favor". Podekoval jsem mu kioudnY organisaeni odbor, abychom meza jeho dobrY amysl a projev ptizne. Ale Ii informovane, pine kvalifikovane od onoho rozhovoru nekolikrat jsem se organisatory, kteti by povalovali svou orzamyslil. V minulosti dostalo se hodne ganisaeni praci za ten nejdalelitejZi yeci do nagich stanov jells osobni priz- rad v Jednote. Kdybych nemel zajmu ria

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organisaenim odboru, rieb3ival bych jel S bra rsk37m pozdravem na sve fitraty dvakrat do kursu, a neVaclav Steinocher, tajemnik, premlouval bych bratra predsedu, to to) 4,3 1'1511 Antonin Cermak eislo 56. ho take potrebuje. Nasa,knul jsem zap® Rid Redlich Smetana eislo 39.

Corpus Christi, Teas. memo organisatorstvi a samozrejme uBryan, Texas. kazuje se to i v mYch elancich, fivallach , Bratri a sestry: Mill bratri a sestry: V posledni sehtizi dne 14. brezna, byla a organisato •skYch prednaAkach. At se Scleluji vam, ze v minule sehazi byla to elenum nada nemistne, at mne zae- I oznameno, ze torah' Jan Sta ga je teZce ujednana spoleena beseda na priSti schitnou napominat a kritisovat, doveclu se nemocen a naleza so v lekarskem dohle- zi v nedeli dne 11. &alma; po schtlzi svastahnout do sve skorapky, a budu psati du v nemocnici. Lelcati to davaji nadeji eina. Sestry jsou zadane, aby donesly jen veci libive, nikomu ne gkodne, jen sa- jen 50-50. UdrZeli jej pri 2ivote jen 10 nejake zakusky, bratri 2e obstaraji vodu. me cukrovinky, a budu se te git na venec dni, ze jeho nadeje le Ieps. PonevadZ rie- I Co ye vode bude, mate pfijit ochutnat.

1, dele uz pre gla, teciy 'Jane, drZ sa ne!" Pfijd'te pobesedovat si se znamymi a 3,.-at • lingo Freund, elen ratio. Ja,romir Prejerne 'lobe vsichin brzke uzdravem. prateli. Bude -h se yam to libiti, mane elslo 13)-z West, poslal mi opet yYstriZek z I Usnesli jsme ze budeme mit po prigti Muysl nee° podohneho opakovat aspen.

Coi,r-essional Record, cot jsou denni ad- schuzi velikonoene pomlazku pro deli a dvakrate, ted' na jaije a pak na podzim. zna,my yischo, co se v kongresu projedna- take sodovku a zrnrzlinu, Sestry, doneste Zase jsme ztratili elena, bratra Lawva. Tentokrat vYstriZek z Congressinal do kuchyne nebo bude i svaeina. ' rence Kirenka, kterSr zemicel dne 3. brezRecord neni ani dost malo libivy. Kon- , Paje, kejky a take ma,site pokrmy. KaZde , na, kratce po automobilove nehode, v gresnik Burdick ze Severn i Dakoty ozna- I dite donese rnalovand vajieka nebo i cu- ktere on byl smrtelne zranen. moval, ze dostal listinu od jisteloo po-1 krova. Deti od 10 let do 16 maji psat o ceBratr Krenek co stavitelskS 7 kontrakslance zemskeho snenou v Mnicho ye v nu, proe se jim SPJST zarnlouva, a jake tor byl vgeobecne znam a obliben. Za Davorsku, jmenem Dr. Walter Becher, jsou v ni vYhody pro eleny. Dal gi je po- rad Bedrich Smetana vyslovuji nisi 11kierY ho Zada, aby listina byla predlole-i psano v poslednim Vestniku i adresa kam ptimnou soustrast pozilstale rodine a zena kongresu a verejnosti ve SpojenYch dopisy posilati, v anglicke easti.

Isnulemu odpoeinuti lehke.

Kd:v ty vetry prestanou, ut se ani neStatech, by "napravena byla krivcla KeZ by nom trz jednou dobre namoklo.

Nemec!, kteiji byli vyl-manj z Ceskosloven- chce eistit obydli, neb jen jsem doeistila VZcly jen male spr gky a zase prach. Lituska." Bratr Hugo Freund kacla, bych od- do rana zase tolik prachu, to sotva jednu ji lid v onech krajinach, odkud ten prach pdvedel na tuto listinu pinou nesprav- mill bylo videt sousedy. Zemi vysuguji tak, prichazi. My jsme nekolik set mil z tam nSich a nepravdivYch fidajti v anglicke ze i ty rostlinky sotva hlaviely vystrei, odtud vzdaleni a je to k ontrzeni; east Vestniku, by on mohl poslati pro- uz je vitr bije a misty ani nevzkliei. Pa- vzduch zneeisten a v ge porad pine pratest syemu kongresnj'-u. Lituji, ze dopis steyniky jsou eervene a zda. se, to tia` ani chu. Zahradlcy a v ge jine oseti ed bratra Freunda pfi gel prove v dobe, prS'et letos nebucle. smutne.

Jefte se zminim o neinocenske podpokdy cdjiZdim s preclsedou Markem na Zdravi vgechny Ctouci. etyrclen-ni cestu na yStivit rady ve etvr- re. Jednou jsem se ptala bratra, Kolihy, Frances Homola, tajemnice. tem clistrjktu. AZ se vratim, uverejnim jak je to a on no, my to u2 jsme staff, to 4, ) ( vynat liy a one listing od Dr. Waltera Be nernilZeme vyggi mit pojigteni. V ten eas Rid Karel Haviieek eislo 4. chose z Ba.vorska, aby i na gi eleni se pri- jsme men poji gteni u jiste spoleenosti a Hallettsville, Texas. u0111 n ,Lecinu novernu, co oven doktor z platili jsme tri, secimiesat dva dolary Nate posledni schtize konala se jak roene. Byli jsme poji gteni my oba a 201etY vtdy druhou nedeli v mesici, ye dye hodirif go..;"za posila do Ameriky, jako " ysechna meosta v 6echach, na Morave a syn. Myslim, ze pan Mims by neco skrze ny odpoledne. Spolkove zalelitosti provc Slersku, s v3ilinikou husitskeho Tabo- nemocenskou pojistku poradil. brany a vyrizeny. Zabavni vYbor bude ra. byla zalolena Neraci", nebo to "Karl' Nezapoinente, sestry a bratri, na mit pomlazku, neb po anglicku Easter 117. cc -ar nemeckY, byl dosazen na kra- zi druhou nedeli v dial= a privezte sve egg hunt pro ty malleke. Co bude pro ty to trim v aechach", anebo ze "nad- deft velke dal a stare, to nevim, tak o tom S pozdra \rem. borne stavby, zainky, chramy, klagtery, nebudu psat.

A. oablova. v.riijej p e budovy a palace neomylne ukaPak bylo navrteno, aby nekteri bratri a ) • (— zasluhu men NCmci na dejiI sestry jell na distriktnl schfizi v East Rad Pokrok Moultonu eislo 27. /0-1 a vYvinu tech east Cech a Moravy, Bernard. Well, tak se jelo. Na g Cad byl kcle p?e yladal es eskSr jazyk." Nic o Ilab- Cteni bratti a sestry: I dobre zastoupen, a bylo by lads je gte vice, V nagi bijeznove schtizi bylo ujednamo, ale nekterYin to nebylo motno, ale i tern sherelch, o Hitleru, nic o Lidicich, jen o krivda,ch spachanYch na ubo- aby tajemnik oznamil pri gti schazi ye VC- milSrm kuchatenkam stejne se to zdalo hSrch Nemcich nelitostiVini Oechy. Vlast- ettniku, ktera, ,bude poradana dne 11. dub- tak dost. Diky jim za jejich namahu a done to nepatri do bratrskeho listu, ale je na o 2 hodinach ecipoledne. V teto schilzi , brou svaeinu. to -Pjasne, jake "evangelium” pravdivo- bude se jednat ohledne nejakeho prograJa jsem si pogmakla, neb jsme rano jell mu a pobaveni, a jest Zadoucno, abyste do kostela na m gi v sedm hodin a tak sir posilaji Nemci do Ameriky.

PozdravrY listek z Chicago., ze sjezdu se do Leto schuze dostavili, jak brath tak jsme pozde Staroug trochu obedHa rilonalistu poslal redaktoru bra.tr 0. 8. sestry, v poetu co nejvet girn. Zvlagte vy; val net jsme jell, ale ja, ne, tak ty koldee Vala, delegat do onoho sjezdu. Diky so sestry, f r,ie uctive zvany do 'Leto schfize, a vge chutnalo a to kafieko! Meli to vge neb'kazda schilze jest zajimavej gi, kdyZ dolor& pozd -ova vzpominku. je vice seater pritomno.

Kdyi] jsme vyjeli z domova, bylo skoro Tot yc loin si pra i, aby to na ge in a pal dvanacte a do East Bernard jsem doiistoto. to jste byl teZce nemo- deZ se dostavila do teto schuze, a snad by razili nn. jednu hodinu odpoledne. se nekdo ujal rizeni cletskSrch programa Prime jsme jell pies Sheridan, pak "71/aac e nemocen? Prithli, co Yam main u nageho Rock Island, Eagle Lake, Lissie a East byl jsem tak nemocen, jsem se Ta nage mlader, jest budoucnosti Jedka Z . cle rano dival do imirtnich oznameni, noty , a meli bychom ji venovati vgecku Bernard. — Po cele ceste nebylo videt ncni-li tam moje jmeno." porornost, aby s nami spolupracovala.

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KdyZ pak reeeneho dne pied Usvitem aecha byl pry u Ctine ysi nedaleko tipn.

Kdy'Z pak slunce na sve draze stanulo vstoupili na temeno Ripu a kol sebe se V 18. stoleti nekteri milovnici starch nejvYSe, zaric na oseni vInici se po SirYch rozhlizeli, spatrili mezi vYchodem a po- pamatek hiedali ten hrob v Ctinevskem lanech a na luka bujne kvetouci, osla- lednem v mlhave dali rudou zaplavu, kostele. Ne2 nenaili ani stopy. Jini pak vovali vSude posvatnY eas slunovratu pronikajici hustYm Serem, po nebi rozli- kopali na vrchu Zelivu nedaleko CtineNoc pied nejdelSim dnem byla jim divo- tou. Jak se rozednilo, videli v tech stra,- vsi (na vYch.) domnivajice se dle jmena plodnou. Kviti jeji rosou zkropene nabY- nach eernave mraky pod zaricim nebem, (Zeleti), ze tu byl praotec ' ech pochovalo earovne moci, veal i hojive, i chra- to Om nesmirneho ohne, jejZ vojvoda s Nan. Ale take toto kopani bylo marne.) -nilo jako eernobYl, mat vSeho koreni, eeledi svou zapalil. V tech mistech take KdyZ se pak od pohibu z temneho haje v pied besy a zlymi duchy, premocnymi Lech zristal a hned podal hrad staveti, eas soumraku navracovali, sebrali kameni zy laSte to tajemne noci, i pied vedmami, i jeja velikYmi valy osypali a od toho kou- i haluzky i listi na zemi a metali nazpatek pies hlavu, a nikdo z nich se pH tom jeZ se rojily na chlumech i v setmelYch 1 renI pry "Kourim" nazvali. — III. neohledl. doupatech. V Sem to noci svitily s navrAi a kopca velike ohne. Jejich tar plala do , Minulo skoro tricet let od toho easu, co Nei potom to misto a mohylu za dloudaleka, a do daleka od nich zalehaly j veSel vojvoda eoch do Ceske zeme. A kdyZ hY eas nayStevovali, tu plakali a klaneli losmdesatY SestY rok nastal starci, naplzpevy oveneenYch panen a jonaka kose, Zehnajice vojvodovi svemu; a jmeno lem nich krepeicich a velebicich mot bo- Mil se jeho dnove, a umbel. Udelali nad jeho Slo od pokoleni do pokoleni. nun tryznu (pohrebru hody) a vsichm ho Ziho slunce, jeho silu, jeZ Zivot dava, a * I oplakavali jako sveho otce a nabikali: * lasku, slunce Zivota.

Po letnim slunovratu nastavaly Zne "Tys byl •na'S vojvoda i na g otec, tys 0 KROKOVI A JEHO DCERACH pak prichazela chladna jeseri, pak zimy i nas uvedl v tyto koneiny, tys byl pravY a Dokud vojvoda Oech vladl, panovaly eas. Rok mijel po roku. Rodu pribYvalo, vernY spravce sve eeledi a v geho plemeinnoZilo se ' echia pleme. Daleka povest ne. Ach beda, prebeda, kdo nas bude vSude bad a kazen. Lide byli poctivi a mezi sebou verni. U chlevil nemeli zavor a vabila za nim love zastupy z prvotni via- spravovati a opatrovati!" sti, tak ze krajiny nejpr y osazene vSem A nebylo Zadneho, kdo by jeho smrti dvebi nezamYkali. ' adneho zlodinu tine jiZ nestaeily. I rozchazely se rody, pleme- I neZelel. Duk jeho odeSla do raje, tak ye- nevaZili neZli kradeZe a loupeZe. Bylt' na postupovala dale, v rilzne strany, na rill, do konein vedneho jam, aby tam da- kaZdY v rodu opatien, a chudYm stal se palnoc i poledne, vYchod i zapad, podel le Zila v to eti, V to torndtistojenstvi, v neinZ jenom ten, jen2 nechteje pracovati, byl rek i hor a zakladala nova sidla. neboZtik bYval mezi svYmi na zemi. Pro- vyobcovan.

I hradce a hrady staveli za sidlo sta- ton oblekli jeho mrtvolu v novY oblek, v NeZ jak lid osirelY po smrti 6echole rosttim a lechilm, na obranu hranic i na fasnY plaSt', v sukni prepasanou SirokYm ochranu vabec, zvlaSte -aby kde meli u- pasem, lesknoucim se od retizkit a kovo- nemel spravce, kazil se, a pla y() iynu o. krYti Zeny, starce a deti i kam zahnati vYch ozdob, v hace pekne zbarvene a v Nastaly svary a spory nejvice od dediny stada, kdyZ by nepritel vtrhl zeme. strevice. Na hlavu bilYch dlouhYch vla- a meze, daly se natisky, a mnozi poeali HradiSte vybirali na ostrohach u bek, ne- sti a bile brady dali mu drahou Cepici so- sami proti sobe bojovati. KdyZ se zlo den ode drie rozmahalo, kali se starSi rodu k bo v rovine mezi lesy, mezi vodami a ma- bolovou. mohyle oechove a vzpominajice na mrtealy, ze test k nim nebylo, leda pies rizke Tak d' 'h '1' pied veCerem veho, pravili mezi sebou: "Vyhledejme hate. (Stezka zrizena z otepi kiesti a ku- vysokou hranici, na, drva, pokryta, svrchu nasypavali vySivanYmi rouchami, v hali tmicim se sobe vojvodu, kterY by nami vladl a soulatYch drev.) Kolem vysoke valy okrouhle, easto trojnasob- od starch koSatYch lip a dulafa pobliZe dil po zakonu." ne, s mohutnYmi obrUbami z tyrdYch trojcesti pro odpoeinuti duk. Pak priI uradili se, ze poSlou k Lechovi, bratru klad roubenych i s vysokynn sruby v nich nesli medovinu, ovoce i vonne byliny a oechovu, aby na se prijal spravu lidu. a u bran. -poloZili je k nemu. Prinesli take pecen Lech vSak, nemaje v umyslu v Kourim-, Take mladi bratr aechav, vojvoda chleba, maso i luk, a poloZili pied nim, a 'Ste zilstati, odeprel, ale poradil jim za Lech, maje velikou eeled', uminil si po- prinesli jeho zbrari, ()Step; met, mlat a spravce a soudce Kroka, starostu mocnestoupiti dale na vYchod slunce. Vojvoda Cerny S • tit a vSe mu poloZili po boku. ho rodu. Ten obYval na hrade, jent po .6ech a vSichni neradi ho propouSteli, KdyZ pak zabili kohouta a slipku a uvrh- nem slul, mezi lesy nad Mzi kekou, opodal kdyZ vrili svou oznamil a odpugteni bral. li je na hranici, ptistoupil riejbliZSi pH.- dediny Zbeena. Zbozi mel hojnost, net i Piatelsky se s nimZehriali a prosili ho, buznY mrtveho vojvody, zapalil kus die- moudrosti a vtipem nad jine vynikal, tak aby daleko od nich neodchazel, kdyby va a drZe je v prave ruce blilil se pozpat- ze nejen z rodu jeho, ale ze vsi krajiny nebezpeeenstvi od nepratel na, ne trhlo, ku k hranici. Dokud ji nezapalil, mel le- kolem k nemu spechali jako veely k oulu, aby jim jako svemu rodu na pomoc pH- vou ruku na zadech. KdyZ pak drva chyt- aby je soudil. I poslechli Lechovy rady a speti hledel. la, prichazeli ostatni s planoucimi louee- zvolili vSichni z yule jednostejne Kroka, mi a hazeli je do hranice. aby on byl soudcem vSeho lidu.

I Promluvil k nim Lech: Jak naval silnY vitr, zapraskaly plame "0 moji mili bratbi a synove intik zePosadivSe ho na stolici nad hrobem me eeske! Nezapomenu nikdy, jsem z ny a Slehaly vysoko, a kolb valil se vzhil- CechovYm, vsta,vili mu Cechovu Cepici na vaSeho plemene. Proto nechci od vas ode- ru, aZ obalil velebnou postavu mrtveho hlavu; take rob, kterou vojvoda 'C'ech jiti tak daleko, abyste nevedeli vy o mne 1:vojvody, jenZ naposled sedel nad shro- nosival, do ruky mu dali a poctivost jemu a ja o vas. Dam varn znameni, abyste ye- maZdenim sveho lidu. A kolem plakali a einili. deli, v kterYch koneinach zarazime. i bedovali, a 1,eny zpivaly Zalozpevy. ((Pokraeovani.) tiho dne po na gem odchodu vystupte na Jak hranice shofela, sebrali kosti a Alp, jeSte neali 'denice vyjde. Ja v to popel a vloZili je do popelnice a postavili ' ena; Ty jsi nerekl ani slovo, pokud sr chvile zapalim v lese velikY oheri, a kde ji, ten ozdoby a zbran neboZtikovy, do tYde meho noveho klobouku. uzfite blesk ohne a dYinu koubeni, tam l hrobu, a na hrob nasypali nahrobek, vyMantel: Jen mi rekni co stoji a ja. bu znejte me osazeni," i sokou, okrouhlou mohylu. (Hrob praotce du fined vedet, co mam

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2adrie urody, sucho vAude. Nekde mezi I PRVNiC11DESET ORGANISATORt Lissie a East Bernard jsme videli kus je- ) Dle zpravy ptedsedy Marka, podavajici Tak bratil od zabavniho vSrboru se dr2te, teliny, ale ja, nkala, nevypada to jak je- v3'rkaz agitaeni einnosti jednotlivYch or- jste mladi. Raimunde, ja zas pfijedu, atelina. Muzi zas fikali, ze je. Well, bylo to Iganisatoril za mesic leden, imor a bkezen bys nefekl. tak nebo tak zelene. AZ' jsme jell zpatky 1954, bylo celkem 110 mistnich organisapkestanu, od spolku nic nevim, to at' videli kousek rajeat vysazenSrch a to je tortii, ktefi se mohou vykazati, 2e ziskali napiS1 ti, co maji lepei zku genost. Sestry v'Se. Ani mezi Sheridan a2 po Lissie neby- nove eleny. Z techto je 28 organisatoril, pane pi2i, to zajima. Vite, piAu a co to lo nic videt, co2 jest vetS'inou rS72ove pole. kterSun se podafilo zapsati jen po jednom klub zaeina klub uteklo, to lide maji jaJest to smutnST' pohled, Yee je zpozdene Menu. Bylo 18 organisatoril, kteti ziskali ItYsi strach, nechti ani do spolku pfistousuchem, mo2na ani vlada nemusi omezo- po dvou elenech, a bylo 15 mistnich or- pit. No ja se jim nedivim, neco si vzit a vat, jestli Se to brzy nezlep gi. Ka'MST den ganisatorfi, ktefi zapsali tfi eleny v tech- potom to neudr2et.

Ten ne.S' zabavni vStor se dobte dr21, se mraei na noc a rano mraky se ztrati a to ttech mesicich. zas nic.

Nasledujici jsou organisatoti, ktefi u- to jsou ale chlapici. Mate pravdu, jenom Co se tYee distriktni schtiize, o tom psat psali nejvyA gi obnos pojiSteni od 1. ledna se dr2te, jde yam to dobte, jste mladi.

Pi":ijedu se zase podivat, ale to a2 nebudu, ponechavam to nekomu, co umi do 31. bfezn 1954' Bratti a sestry, ktefi jste nemocni, olepe psat, ale tolik chci Met, woe vice Jrneno Novi Obnos ' hlaste se, my o vas nevime. Sestro Holaebratril a sester nepromluvi a podaji sviij organisatora * eleni poj igteni kova, u2 jsi zdrava? A bratte Girarde ve nahied o torn neb onom, o eem se jedna.

Waco, u2 se citiS dobie? Pozdray. Byl 15 K tomu mame tyto schilze, lepe si rozu- Skrabanek $60,500 jsem u doktora ye Waco. Co to bude je28,000 met, lepe se poznat, a pak jest to pro do- Valeik 15 Ste nevim. Dobra nadeje, za mesic mam Milanova 23,500 25 bro celku, vS'ech fadil a cele Jednoty. pkijet. No dobra, te gim se.

22,000 Hned jak br. Chupick pfi gel a k nam Mikeska (Guy) 20 Ve Vestniku jedna elenkyne psala, 2e ykin promluvil, jsme se lepe citili, vid'te. Bartek 19,000 19 ma novou SPJST hymnu v eeske a angli18,000 Lido v East Bernard jsou uptimni a mi- Navratil 14 14 18,000 cke fen Proe? Pied etykiceti lety 2adala li Oh a to hezka skuPina hochil a deved- Marek F. J. Hlavni iikadovna bratra doktora Pa,zdra5 17.000 trk z vyssi Akoly pekne hraji, a nekteti Vrla A. M. la, aby pro na gi Jednotu napsal hymnu, 8 16,000 Slovak (lost mall, a Slo jim to dobte. Zahrali co2 tee ucinii. S tuto hymnou jsme 7 14,500 kouskil a vet'Sinou v gechny eeske Kadleekova pine spokojeni. Vezmete prvni nisne, a ten jejich ka,pelnieek! Vzpomela si hned na, to pisnieku Ja mam ra- maid vnueka Jo Ann jako slavieek. Tu Bratrstyi v celek vine ( kapelnika", kdy2 jsem ho videla terra S'testi jeji bylo dokonale. Take byla svea nas spoji v moony kruh, ukama, tak S'ermovat. Diky, mile ditky, a zleheena neStesti tile, mu man2elu vydatnou pomocnici, ktera i r n se toho dr2te. kdy2 pomaha, druhu druh. se sna2ila z eeleho srdce pochopit jeho Talc je'g te jednou diky v gem v East Ber- praci fitedni. Tato sestra byla dobrou Pti Jednote pevne stiljme, n,)rd za, vAe, pak panu Galetkovi za sve- matkou, ma,n2elkou a dobrou sousedkou, nayza,jem se podporujme. , ni, jest on dobrST To S.P.J.S.T. duch. ke vie mv1-dy vlidna.

To S.P.J.S.T. duch.

Tak na shledanou nal sini jsem Touto cestou dekuji v gem sestram, kteM. Fabianova. re mi byly napomocne s ptine genim rtilzDruhV verg je je'Ste lepsi. Napev je pekP. S.; A co vy tam naSi ph Bryan? Do- nSich jidel a peeiva a s v3'7pornoci pfi praci nY a ra,znY. Proe tedy menit? At' si to stall jste u2 de gte? My tu jeSte nic. Po- v dome zarmutku. Te2 uptimne dekuji pfelo2i do anglietiny. To posledni nam zdra,v vS'em.

Mafa. rodine E. L. Marek a pan): Kamile Fojta g ' chteji sebrati. Co fikate, vy starai brat1-i • -koveza,phstniaepukalet- a sestry, ozvete se. Na zdar. l S bratrskSim pozdravem za tad Jaromir West, Texas. to rodiny jednu noc. Dekuji te2 panu faEmil Klaus. rah Albert Michalikovi, 2e jste se zaeastVaZenY bratte redaktore: nil meho rozloueeni se s Temple pfi kaL • d• ) • Odpust'te, 2e 'Vas obte2uji s moji skraP Chi jen podekovat tutou cestou flail a kolaeich. Byly ptitomne tez pa.ni Willie: "Tati, je to pravda, 2e prvni s-stram pi. Ed Marek a pi. John Chupick, Ed. L. Marek, pi. J. F. Chupick, pi. R. A. mluvici stroj udelal Mr. Edison?"

UrbanovskS7 a pi. F. J. Marek. Pak jsem L.Lere mne yypomohly po Cas pohtbu Otec: "Nikoliv, Willie, to je omyl. Prvni dome Chas. Navratila, ktere mi nabidly odjela domil do West. ma,Ainu udelal Buh, kdy2 stvotil ' mluyiei Volam yarn vAern: Zaplat' Panbilh za srdeenou a tips imnou pomoc v kuchyni Evu — ale Edison sestrojil ten prvni, ktepfi obslutiovani tak eetne rodiny pi. Chas. slova uznani a pfatelstvi. rY se dd zastavit."

Znamenam se s hlubokou fictou Navratilove, ktera ptijela doprovodit ku Mrs. Katie Chupik, hrobu svou milou a drahou sestru a dlou oSetrovatelka pani Chas. Navratilove. holetou trpitelku Herminu Navrallovu, )• •( ktera dobojovala ten te2kSi boj pateho bfezna po pulnoci. miia tato sestra trpela Rad Jaromir eitdo 54.

Bratr Brizda na zakethou nemoc cukrovku. Osm let West, Texas. bojovala stateene, neste2ovala si na sviij Helo, bratti a sestry, jak se v gichni mama te2kY osud. Byla rada na torn s yete jako te? Myslim ze dobfe, kdy2 jsme zdravi. Se druh3"7, kterST opl3iva, zdravim a bohat- mnou to jests neni jak by to melo bYt. slovo stvim. Ona byla, dobrou matkou a man- Ono to poeasi je jaksi nijake. U2 se zdalo, 2elkou, milovala sve mile a oni milovali 2e se to zmeni, te2 jsem potahoval za proMnohej Glen bratrskStho spolku nevi, 2e ji. Jako matka snaila se vyeisti ka2cle vazek, ale nic platno, ztratilo se to; mubratrskej kruch nejni z voceli, ale 2e se pani •sveho jedineho syna Ladis Na,vra.- sime mit strpeni. hodne poktivit, kdy2 nekdo v neke tila. Pak kdy2 ji pfivedl do rodiny miloBratIP a sestry, uz zas budou ty tanee vanou zenusku svou a snachu, milovala ni zabavy. VS7bor mi kikad, 2e maji zren- rS/.m mists kruhu zaene tahnout nebo tuto jako vlastni dceru a pak pribyla jim tova,nou sin na &vet svateb. To se pak cit po sv*Ins

Ve stiedu, dne 7. dubna 1954.

JAK POVYROSTLO 10 itAat Jestli nekoho z vas zajimaji v9kazy agitaeni dinnosti u mistnich fade, zprava, p •edseds Marka o naborove praci v lednu, enoru a 13keznu 1954, podava dosti ztetelny obraz. Je 77 mistnich rade, kde letos nebyl ptijat9 .Zadn9 nov9 elan. Je 18 kade, kde prijali po jednom elenu. Je tucet fade, kde pit ali dva nove eleny v tomto etvrtleti, a teZ tucet tade, v nich ptijati byli ti novi eleni. Je devet tade, kde bylo ptijato po 4 nov9ch elenech. Celkern je 80 mistnich iadu, kde letos byli pkijati novi dleni.

Zde je seznam prvnich 10 tade s nejvyggim ptirestkem nov9ch elene: Pokrok Houstonu 88 59 dlene Fort Worth 154 25 Merle Danbury 139 22 Merle Jarornir 54 21 Clem).

Temple 87 20 Mena Zdrebek 112 20 Menu Svaz Cechoslovane 92 19 Menu Stefanik 142 13 elene Praha 29 13 Menu Ennis 25 11 elene Agitadni einnost dle distriktu byla uvetejnena v ptedchazejichn eisle na posledni strance, aby v gechny distrikty si povgimnuly, jake, dinnost je v kaZdem distriktu.

• s • ZE SEDMEHO DISTRIKTU Karnes City, Texas.

Dovoluji si oznamiti, ze scheze 7. distriktu bude konana dne 16. kvetna, v San Antonio Mission County Park. Zveme v gechny nage tady a nav gtevniky, aby se do to schtze dostavili. Po druhe oznarnim eas, kdy ta scheze zaene. V9bor na "Essay Contest" vypracovai pravidla a najdete to NT anglicke easti Vestniku ze 17 btezna, 1954. Ptali bychom si, by ta deZ se co nejvice zireastnila v tom Essay kontestu. V9bor na programy mi oznamil, ze bude konat svoji schezi co nejdtive, a pieje si, aby iady, ktere mohou, aby nejak9 program nacvieily a pak to oznamily na ptedsedkyni v9boru, Mrs. Victor , Veroda, Skidmore, Texas.

Rad San Antonio Oslo 133 SPJST by si p •al kolik asi jich pkijede z dello tadu, aby vedeli, jak moc vgeho ptipravit. Oznamte to na tajemnika toho tadu, Mr. Jaroslav Kleprlik, 1206 Lamar Street, San Antonio, Texas.

KOneim s ,bratrsk9 mpozdravem Jacob Shortner tajemnik7. distriktu S. P. J. S. T. ) • 4 • ( Dallas, Texas.

Minulou nedeli byla sehrana v Sokolovne v Dallas pekne. veselohra "To byla noc", ktera dle potlesku pobavila divaky v hlediSti. Smichu bylo dost, a*Z se °W.sala Sokolovna. Relie byta Anieky Zvolankove kteri paiti do tidy tech mla-

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d9ch Z'en zde rozen9ch. Stala se z ni v9- Dekuji Yam ze srdce. Vage borne. pracovnice spolkov9ch praci, nerdKarla Kraftovit, Sena heredka a reliserka. Je to u2 kolika)• • to divadlo, ktere ona kidi. Rada se poudi, DULEZITE OZNAMENI CLENUM kADU jak se ma to, aneb ono delat, de. si tict; NOVY TABOR eiSLO 17 je to vtibec Zena, s kterou se bajeene pra-1 V na gi ptigti prayidelne schezi, ktera se cuje. Mam rada takove mlade 'Zeny, kte- bude konati due 11. dubna 1954 ye dye re di daji iict, neohrnou nosanek po tech hodiny odpoledne, bude jednano o oprastargich, ze jsou starodayni a ptem9Sleji. ye anebo o ptestaveni na gi tadove sine. o tech radach, co od nich sly gi. Anieka Clenove jsou Zadani, aby se dostavili a zna obe secs, eeskou i anglickou, je hodne brali podil v teto drilelite zale'Zitosti. vetejne einna, i v arnerick9ch spolcich a John W. Vavra, ptedseda hlavne, nemysli o sobe vysoko. Pochazi z Jos. H. Siptak, tajemnik. rodiny Tup9ch v Ennis Jeji tatinek je ; •( ) • Kladenak, jako bratti LaZnovsk9ch a pa,' THET1110 DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. ni Radova, vgichni v Ennis Pak se nediv-1 Grapevine, Texas. me, ze ce19 Ennis je stale tak hodne de- ! iSestry a bratti: sky.

Nyni pani Wilma Nesudova oznamuje! Na g Vestnik z dne 24. t. m, byl. °pet bosve jmeno co kandidatka pro dozorce na hat na elaneeky, ktere nejen staly za paenniske g koly. Opravdu si zaslou'ir pineho some eteni, ale i za trvale zapamatovani. uznani a meli by ji b9ti vgichni krajane Na g distrikt, deviti elaneeky zas byl slugne representovan. Sestra Hem'Zalova, N Ennis hodne napomocni toho dosici.

Nyni zpatky k tomu divadlu. Dik patki dopisovatelka tadu 130, niela pekn9 yeavgem ochotnikum, napovedce a bratru co n9 a v gem nam milt' dopis. Souhlasim s ,nas lieil a vgem, kteii na divadlo pti g li; br. reda,ktorem, zo v Tioga by nemeli poto jsou nage vzpruhy, to na ge obecenstvo. tine zajistiti si dopisovatele do na gi anj glicke casts Vestniku. — Hled'me jen, jak' Kdyby ho nebylo, ani by se nehralo.

Tentokrate hrala po prve pani 8illova, ten nag br. Snapka se pekne "rozepsal" a dceru g ka manZelti Durofrov9ch, to b9vale doufam, ze i naddle se bude "tuMti". Sehereeky dceru gka. Jak jste videli, hrala l stra Kazdova se nam obeas tez ku kratgi znamenite. Vg ichni se cinili, neb dej di- !"besede" v listu dostavi, ale za to sestra vadla byl dosti teZk9. Pani Frances Pibil se nejak odmleela. 8koda ovgem. -SmithoYa a pi. E. Barto g ove, sehrali tez Sestra Juranova z Fort Worth a sestra V. svoje filahy znamenite, aby oklarnaly svo- Nesudova z Ennis nam ()boas pekne od ji tetu. Byly to hezke zjevy na jevi g ti. K sv9ch tade referuji a nekdy i Janda Benim se druZi manZele Zvolankovi. Bob ma Can nam v9stiZne o •pomerech u nich gtihlou postavu, tak maze hrat je gte mia- sdeleni podava. Nyni na pomoc ptispechadika. Mira Jureik se kaalemu libi psi za- la — hled'te jen. -- Maxine Merlick, and miloy an9ch komick9ch scenach. To same I am sere, we an have enjoyed your nice J. 8ebestik a Will 8i1. Frantig ka Rospri- report, but please write something about move, a St. Patak men kratieke elohy, your Lodge activities again. vgak podruhe dostanou deisi. alaneeek "The true meaning of FreePtig ti divadlo bude posledni. Dej diva- dom" v poslednim Vestniku by mel b9ti dla je "Prach a broky". Toto divadlo ude- nej.ednou ale mnohokrate eten, nem lalo ohromn9 espech na severu. Bylo vgem b9ti svetl9m ptikladem do budouchrano v Cedar Rapids, kde bylo pies 300 nosti. Diky zan, bratte reda,ktore! navgtevnikil, a pak . bylo opakovano v KafZcle, einnost tadova by mela b9ti oProtivine, to je 120 mil od Cedar Rapids, kde dostoupil poeet nav g tevnike pkes 400. znamena v obou eastich listu. Zajem To se potom hraje, vid'tel Ja jsem byla elenstva by se timto zpilsobem povzbudil svedkern navgtev vgude, kde sehrali "Li- a distriktni v9bor by mei o pesobeni dice", kde byla sin proste ptepinena obe- sv9ch tadil spolehliv9 zaznam. Vette, ze censtvem, nebo psi ote yteni tadu Pokrok kdyby to nage "finance" dovolovaly, ze na Studewood, pki oteyteni 501etern v9- bych s radosti kaZdou jinou distriktni roei riagi SPJST, kde se hill° divadlo schezi nav gtivil a dozajiste vystihl tak, "Odkaz", kde se v gude mohly vstupenky co kde Witeeneho se mono smele poeitat pies 400 nejmene.

Vekim totiz, ze v budoucnosti by hlavTo je potom nemaha herce. bajeene o- ni zketel mei b9ti obracen k tomu, aby cenena. Ovgem, dnes je televise, tak maji v'Sude, i v tech nejslab gich tadech byla fide zabavu doma. Tteba je to nekdy pod einnost povzbuzena, ptipadne i pomoci vgi kritiku, ale za to se neplati a sedime lednotliv9eh distriktil aneb tim, *ze by ten pohodlne dama, ze ano? nejbliZgi tad, siln9, ochatne si vzal na Inu, jsou to problemy, ja yam ptatele starost nekter9 ten kad slab gi, jako yern9 rozumirn a vekim yam, ale pies to vas "sponsor". (Jak by to bylo asi spravne eeprosim, neopoug tejte ochotnicka divadla. sky?) Tu by se pro na ge organisatory oJe to jedine, co na g desk9 lid drZi pohro- vgem naskytla pkilektost se osvedditi a made, ' yid& bych red, kdyby se o nee° tak dCtIo.

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V2STNfK — T, TEXAS Ve stkedu, dne 7. dubna 1954. ilteho nage Hlay ni tiadovna zajimala. — 'nova. Prejeme Ti, bratfe J. D., brzke u- bou radii Clem, nevyjimaje rodiny, ktel zdraveni a doufame, ze na pri gti schazi etou-li tarn v Temple Vestnik? ri ji na jeji posledni ceste k vednernu od(Zaeatkem anora 1954 rokovali hlavni bude opet na svem miste. poeinku do p rovodili. Zesnula byla HatoDalg iho jednani nebylo mnoho a sena- zena y e Farmersville a zde bydlela asi 40 arednici o tom, ze by bylo dobre, kdyby se pro astrednu objednal Vestnik. — Re- ze brzy ukoneena. Pfi gti racloya schtze let. daktor.) pripada na nedeli 11. dubna a jako vgdy Zanechava Zalem zdrceneho manZela, Ja site nemam gadny patent na rozum, y e 2 hod. odpoledne, tak bratri a sestry, Bunkra; syna, Cmdr. James D. nechte se videt, neb kdy g je nas vice, jsou Mullinse v Delmar, Cal., a nevlastniho avgak kdyg tak o torn nag em snageni zda se mi, ze bychom snadno ty schtize veselej gi, i br. predseda se vice syna, Felixe Bunkra, zde; d ye dcery, pi.

(Joe Hitheriak v Alvarado a pi. Joe La mohli si zajistiti trvalS7 postup, kdyby- usmiva.

Zvlagte mdm pkipomenout elenam, iVate, zde; etyri sestry, pi. Rex Ponder a chorn pozoruhodne snag eni nekolika nasich schopnYch jednotlivea odmenili mi- kteri jsou na vyborech, aby navgtevovali pi. Madge Whitney, zde; pi. Ruth Nelson sto kritiky uznanim a slovem pochval- schtize a nezastavali doma, neb jsou raz- v Bangs a pi. J. A. Jones v Duncan, Okla.; ne zale gitosti, ktere nemohou bYt bez dva bratry, Roy L. Hamar v Abilene a L. nSrm. nich vyrizeny.

1G. Hamar v Baytown; a 11 vnoueat. NoPfiklady tahnou a ti, co stoji neeinne Jelikog svatky velikonoeni se bli gi, bylo siei rakve byli radovi bratri: Steve Matupovzdali, dali by se ziskat k sOueinnosti, 'd t' trochu to ctizadosti neni zadnemu ujednano, pripravit detern pobaveni, hle- sevich, Rob. RaZieka a John Chaloupka; hrichem, ba naopak. V gdyt' i mne to darn rnaloy ar-4ch vajieek, ov gem ani ce- dalgi pani: Joe Polinski, West Hickey a hreje a te gi, kdyg skromne me snageni ny nebudou schazet. Tak bratri a sestry, Theo Yordonoft. privedte vase ditky do sine. Po schazi, Portistalemu manZelu, detem a (Tie uznani nachazi.

Myslim, ge zabehl jsem dale ne g bylo tak asi ye 4 hod., feditelka mlade ge, se- dalgi rodine vyslovujeme hluboce citenou stra Annie Hubefiakova, se ji g o Ile po soustrast a zesnula spolusestra at' odpoamyslem.

-star . 'diva v pokoji a svetlo yeene at' ji sviti.

Chci na to upozorniti, ze prapor disNa velikonoeni nedeli veeer bude taNag rad vyslovuje teZ uprimnou soutriktni nam byl dodan a ze jest \rem krasnY'. Bude odhalen a br. predsedovi neeni zabava pig hudbe Kubalova orche- strast bratru Karlu Navratilovi a cele odevzdan v pri gti .distriktni schilzi ye stru z Fort Worth. Tak si poznaete datum rodine v Temple, Texas, nad Umrtim jeho mile manZelky, a zemrele dej odpoeiWest dne 25. dubna. Tann se, ze tarn a prijd'te vgichni. vgichni budete.

Nagi nemocni: Sestra Malvin Morgan nuti veene, 15 Pane.

Chci na to upozorniti, by do teto scha- se nalezala ye zdej gi nemocnici. Sestra Minule pondeli mne nav gtivila moje ze prineseny byly vYroeni zpravy od na- Ben Stek1ST v Dallas, byla opero yana v gvakrova, pi. Franti gka Nemeekova, z gich sdru genSrch radii. Bude nam radosti dallaske nemocnici, a sestra Kapava by- West..Jeji syn Ray s manZelkou a maposouditi mnoho-li jsme postoupili,co by- la v ogetfovani ye svem domove. (Toto lYm synaekem prijeli sem za obchodem a lo vykonano. Kolik schazi (radOch i mi- mam opozdene). Doufame, ze tyto sestry maminku dovezli ke mne, coz mne velice moradn3'7ch) konanSrch, nav gteva techto, jsou jig na ceste k uzdraveni, co g jim vgi- potegilo. Jsme si pekne popovidaly neZ se 'Wilk Mena ziSka,no, mnoho-li organisa- chni ze srdce pfejeme. Stale 'Wee ne- deti z Mesta vratily a k veeeru zase v gichtorer einiV•ch, kohl>. oslav, divadel, clet- mocna je ses. Terezie Chaloupkova. Teg ni ujizdeli dome. Dekuji za milou naskY. ch a i jinSrch programa, obeda, svaein, ji vgichni pfejeme, by byla brzy zdrava. ygtevu. pfednagek a co jineho- vic bylo u vas poJegte pripominam, nezapomente na U bratra a sestry Dickie Durham doradano. Rad bych ov gem se seznamil s stali chlapeeka, kterST se pkedeasne naro- schtlzi a "Easter egg hunt". vagimi dopisovateli a jmena jejich si pro dil a nachazi se v nemocnici v inkubatoS pozdravem dopisovani zajistil. Inu gkoda, ge ten rua ae se ma k svetu a je stale hladovS 7 , i M. Juratiova, dopisovatolka. den je tak kratkSr a le pak ye chvatu se i maminka pokraeuje clothe. Gratulujeme. ) ria nektere ty dosti dale gite veci easu ne- Teg stariekam Richard HuberidkovYm a kid Fort Worth er. sio 154. zbYva. Fort Worth, Texas. prejeme, by yam synaeek vyrustal ye Proto prosim, planujte v gichni kupkedu zdravi a k radosti. Prvni je deveatko, tak Mili bratil a sestry: a pajde nam to vge bez pratahu.

Nezapomerite na na gi schazi na druted' maji pareeek.

Treti distrikt jest NASI veci a ma NAS V patek rano, 26. bkezna, byla odveze- hou nedeli, dne 11. dubna, ye 3 hodiny VSECIINY pokrok a aspech zajimatii na do nemocnice na ge spolusestra Anna odpoledne v Sokoloyne. Prijd'te vgichni, Na shledanou!

B. Bunker, ze si nafikala na bolesti v nerikejte, ze tarn nemusite bit, ze se to Vag Ludva 0. Hogek, prsou a v sobotu veeer se roznesla smut- bez vas take skonei. Pak at' nikd onet. e. distriktni tajemnik. na ae zemfela. Mnozi jsme tomu rekne, ze nevi, co se na schazi ujedna. ) • 4, • ani yerit nechteli, ba ani nevedeli, ze je To neni nikoho vina, jen vase, ze nit neRad Svaz echoslovanii Oslo 92. v nemocnici. Ona v gdy tak pane a zdra- vite.

Fort Worth, Te,as. ye vypadala a najednou ji neni vice. SkoTak se budeme pomalu pripravovat na nala tise pre pinem vedomi v 6 hodin w- tu nagi oslavu 201eteho zaloleni nagelio MTh bratri a sestry: Tento mesic jsem se s pssnim opozclila, eer ye stare 55 let a 9 mesicil, a yeera v radu Oislo 154. Ano, te gime se tea na tu ale to je vinna to jarni venkovni prate a uteri, 30. brezna, ye 4 hodiny odpoledne distriktni schuzi ye West 25. dubna a eisteni v dome po tech prachovYch bou- byl pohreb z Rosen Height baptistickeho doufaine, ge se vydari jako zde ye Fort kich, take od anavy se jednomu ani do kostela a pochovana byla na hrbitove Mt. Worth. Vgichni bratri a sestry navgtevOlivet. Kazatel (jmeno mi neni znamo) z nici i domaci byli gt'astni a veseli. psani nechce.

Ta nage minuld radova schaze byla za- toho kostela vykonal pohtebni obfady v V nedeli na schazi sokolskou pri gla me-. se slabe nav gtivena, i dva akedniky jsme kostele i na htbitove a br. Rob. Ragieka zi nas ses. 8imkova, z aeho2 jsme men ye schazi postradali. teetni, br. Joe Koei anglicky za fad. radost, Ze se pomalu uzdravuje z tale prigel a omluvil se, ze musi nekam jet za, Sestra Bunker byla mile a spoleeenske nemoci. nutnou zale gitosti a br. Jay Dee Waggo- povahy, kagdY ji mel rad, co g dosveclailo Nahle zde zemfela pani Anna Belle ner ohla gen nemocnY a na jeho misto to ohromne mnog stvi krasneho kviti a Bunker, sestra radu Oslo 92. .Byla, to pro tu schazi zvolena ses. Aloisie Beda- velikY poeet jejich pkatel, kostelnich i o- hodna pain. Bah ji dej radost veenou, at'

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diedu. dne 7. cinbna 1954.

STNI -- WEST, TEXAS

Stra1o, odpoeiva v polroji. Vy, portistala rodino, San Antonio, Texas. Koneim tento dopis a doufam, ze neptijrnete na gi upiimnou soustrast. MTh • Va gena redakce, etenati a etenahry: pujde do koge.

Vas pote g 've Vagem zarmutku.

Jig dlouhY eas se ptipravuji napsat par yam vgem tam na severu clekuji a mam Ted' pteji y gem nemocnym, by se brzy tadki.1 do redakce. Chci se zminit, jak ja nacieji, ze se se polep gim s dopisy. uzdravili. zasilam balieky se gatstvern a pradlem . S krajanskYm pozdravem Jeg te srdeene zdravim bratra redakto- do Oeskoslovenska,. — Nektere gaty dam Barugka Plebe, ra a v gechny ptispivatele do Vestniku, do eistirny, neco vyperu sama. Do vody, -) • de • ( teZ v gechny dtouci. ye ktere pradlo macham, pticlarn lysolu.

Itad Svornost Jihu eisto 15.

Anna Svitak, dopisovatelka. Pak napigi obsah vgeho, co zasilam. KouBuckholts, Texas. ) • 4. • ( pim 2-3 pytle od zrni, yypatim a vypeNa ladost br.

Chupicka a br. Valeika Volna (`echie eislo 135. ru.

Ennis, Texas.

Pak zaenu balit kus po kuse, a g se z podavam struenou zpravu o prat:1611u poBrotri a sestry: toho udela jako vetai valec, a pak dam do radni schilzky faclovYch tajemnikti a iiKdyg jste minulou schUzi kratce odbyli, toho jednoho rozparaneho pytle zava- eetnikti s tajemnikeni Hlavni Utadovny, tak yam aspon zazpivam pisen pti ote- gi na uzel, pak vezmu druhY pytel a zava- J. F. Chupickem. v teni schtrze. gi zas na opadne strane.

Zajiste na jinem miste je uz vysvetleni.

K dilu bratii, pro zdar tadit, Vezmu kus bile latky, napigi inkoustem kdy a kde a pH jake byla tato bratrstvi prace beh! anebo inkoustovou tu gkou moji adresu, a poradni Schrize konana, tak neni tteba Blaho rodin v mysli mejme, jmeno a adresu komu balieek zasilam; abych to opakovala. Mohu vaak Pict, ze to clobro elenu diem nam. dale napigi "Darek obno geneho aatstva" bylo nee° noveho na distriktni schtlzi, Spojme pili, srdce, rozum, v eesicem i - anglickem jazyku, — nutno kdyg nam bylo hlageno, kteti a ye kterem svate veci na prospech! ptipsati "Export License not Required", rohu sine se "name sejiti. 2ertem jsem Lidskost vodig naae snahy, a nyni ten napsanY kus latky piisiji na prohodila sestram, ze jsem vedela, ze to jeg podpo •e stavi chram. aicim stroji na ten tieti, pytel, a hiedim nage irtadovani nebylo v gdy nejlep gi, ale VznegenY nag neel bratii, jej zagit dobte dvakrate i nekdy vice- aby nas za to po koutech posilali, to jsem. nadgenim nam naplri hrud'. krate; na jedne strane piisiji kousek pro- nedekala. Piesto vzala jsem si girth a gla Poj se zdobne k sboru bratii, vazku na zave geni prtvodni adresy. do roku oznaeeneho pro tajemniky a Asester na gich milt' zjev; Na pogte pied pogtovnimi Atedniky za- eetniky, kde na rids deka]: br. Chupick. ye slibu si stajme pevne, giji naposied priikaz z eistirny a zarovek Chvili jsme slygeli kagcleho, jen sami senaaim heslem lidskost bud'! fleet s poznamkami co vypraneho za- be a br. Chupicka ne, neb to glo pinou K praci eile at' nas vede silam. parou ye vaech koutech, i po prostted, jejich laska, eeskY zpev.

Zadneho notare netreba. Jak to zvazi tak my jsme se sedli uzeji, hlavy nakloMinula schtize zahajena bratrem looked- a zaplatim pogtovne, loueim se v duchu s nili, zvYgili hlasy a dali se do jednani Br. balickem s pranrm, aby st a.stne dosel Chupick nas vyzval, abychom podavali osedou ye dye hodiny dvacet pet minut a pal vtetiny odpoledne. Bratr tajemnik mYm ptibuznYm, aneb mSim spolugalcum. tazky, sti gnosti, aneb cokoliv jsme melt Odeslala jsem jig pies 600 baliekt — a na, srdci. Z kagde otazky a odpovedi se pteeet1 protokol z minule schilze. Pak brotii ireetni a pokladnik podali svoji g adnY dosud se neztratil, a main nacieji,' poueil nejenom tazatel, ale i posluchae zpravu. Pak eten dopis sestry Nesudove ze i dalgi co chci zaslat, dojdou v potad- tak jsme se do rozpravy zabrali, ze jsme , od eisla 25 v Ennis ohledne kandidatury ku. i na gramot ostatnich zapomeli. Skoro za aoklniko dozorce. Byly podavany Ted' se chci zminit o tech potravino-1 jsme byli neradi, kdy g piiael br. Reuben nahledy, ze jako pry to nepatii do vYch balidkach, co zasilam prosttedni- I Legikar a ptipominal, ze zbYvalo jen pet spolkoveho jednani, ze je to soukromna, eny Valeikove, 4015 Metro- minut casu schuzku dokoncit a sejit se zalegitost, take se to nebude ye Vestni- ctvim pi. Bog politan Ave., Dallas, Texas. Moji ptibuz- znovu ye stiedu sine. ku oznamovat. Zato ale bratr ptedseda balieky potravinove ye 3 tYNeni ireelu pro popisovani podrobnosti podava svilj nahled, ze bychom ji meli ni obdrgi dnech.

Jak jsou tam. Vitane — a to rado- naai rozpravy, neb pro jine ne gli tajemph volbe podporovat, s bim g vgichni phsti! To se nedo, ani vypsat na papir. Plati niky a neetniky by to nemelo vYznamu. tomni souhlasili, Skoda, sestro Nesudova, ze jsi neposlala take hned jeden do- obyeejne 23-25 korun clo; mnozi lide, co Myslim vaak, ze nejvYznamnejAi vec byla, pis bratru redaktoru k uvetejneni do Ve- jsou na pensi, vtibec clo neplati. Pamatu-, ze kagda otazka anebo sti gnost dostala stniku. Ja mohl svoji zpravu podat o tti ji se dobte — a vim co bylo za prvni val- odpoved a rorte geni. Museli jsme take tYdny dtive a to g by byla vice platna. Po ky bidy a nedostatku. Kdo to nezkusil, ptijiti ku zaveru, ze stejne ptipady maji pfeeteni zpravy ve Vestniku dne 31. biez- tak nikdy nevi, co je to miti hlad a malo rcizne napravy, neb co jest dobrou radou atenatky pro jednoho Utednika, nehodi se pro na "Krajanka kandidatkou", jsem se roz- og aceni. Proto vas, mile am zbyteeneho visi druheho. VYkon prace domaciho trkedniy dam, dejte lidem, co hodl podat zpravu ze zasedani tadu eislo gije. Ovgem, ka zavisi nejen na jeho schopnosti, ale 135, jak shora jest ji g napsana. Bratti a v aatniku, alespori to nekdo u tovne je nyni velmi drahe, ale ty de- na spolupraci toho elenstva. Av gak i ten pog sestry, v pti gtich schtizich ye vgech srdce a to, co nejschopnej gi utednik easem dostane dech byste meli vziti v tivahu elanek kovne dopisy zahieji vasliudo nedostatku pad s kterYm si nevi rady, anebo nechce "Nage moralni zavazky", od bratra Karla jste pro ne ueinili. Ptig Holaska ye Vestniku dne 31. biezna. Je to ne svoji vlastni vinou, trpi uz leta, od to si sam vziti zodpovednost za jeho rozluvelice dobra, my glenka, aby byla provede- doby co Hitlerovy hordy vtrhly r. 1938 gteni. Jest nam tedy vzpruhou a oporou v na, a to zale gi na vas, jak se ye schOzi do- do to nag i krasne milovane vlasti. Vy- nagi praci, ze se mu geme vgdy s dilverou gdili statisice obratit na tajemnika Chupicka o radu hodnete a podate z ka gcleho faciu svoje drancovali co se dal°, zavra ich lidi, — a je gte se na- vYpomoc. Mfi geme fici," (.3 potvrzeni teto nejlepg nagich dobrozdani, aby byla v hlavnim Ustiedi Memel drugi a si je dtivery postaeilo ocluvodnit talca lye sejdes jdou lide, kteii se• zalogena knihovna. Do pti gti schuze chvali!

Nemec zusta.ne Nemcem, at' je ni a musime dodat, ze a tomto ptipade, necht' se dcistavi bratr J. Novotny ku kdekoli. seat v koute neni trest. prohlidce knih.

S bratrskYrn pozdravem Vagme si nagi nove vlasti, zeme svoboSe sesterskYm pozdravem Anton Dymaeek dopisovatel. dy — krasne Amerikvt Hilda BrtguvA.

Strana 10 Rad Hvez a Texasu &slot 47.

Temple, Texas.

Drazi pkatele: ✓ naei distriktni schuzi, ktera, se konala v nedeli 28. bkezna v sini kadu Tyre v Holland, byl jsem paddan, abych Yam podal zpravu z naei pkedsedove schrize.

Schrize byla pod fizenim bratra pkedsedy Edward L. Marka. V beZhem rozhovoru o rriznYch problemech vztahujicich se na piedsedy, prvne upozornil nas, aby v2dy byla naee vlajka (U. S. Flag) na svem miste, a to spravne vystavena mistnosti kde se schtze konaeWdy schrize maji bYti zahajeny yeas a slib vernosti naei vlajce spravne odevzdan.

Bylo piipomenuto,ze nemusi se schfize vesti doslovne dle naeeho ritualu, ale vhly drkt se dle parlamentarnich pravidel. ukoneit, kdy'Z se da, v co nejkrateim Case.

Byl polcden driraz na pkijimani novYch clams, .ze alespori jednou za eas aby se uvadeli dle naeeho ritualu. Bylo by to zajimave a nevzalo by to dlouho, kdy2 by to bylo spravne provedeno.

Te'2 bylo poukazovano, ze maji piedsedove a elenstvo planovat schrize tak, aby mely neco zajimaveho pro mei mladeZ".

2e drirazem nato, ze jsme zanedbali jed. vidime, ze nam ohledne nu generaci, co Z prate spolkove ted' ekodi a chybi.

Rovnet byla probrana lhilta pkedseclii.

Nekteki byli toho nohledu, k kdyt maw) obeas zmeneni p •edsedy, pkinese nove napady, coZ mute bYt k dobru pro celY kad.

4 ✓ teto schfizi byli pkitomni vetein.a pkedsedri z distriktu dislo 2 a veichni bran Z1vST zdjem v nag pkedsedove schfizi, ktera byla skuteene zajimava.

S bratrskYin pozdravem F. E. Hejl ml., pkedseda kadu eislo 47.

irtaTNfic— WEST, TEXAS

Ve stiedu, cdtailia '1954.

jejich pkatelfim; povzbuzovati, aby se eeskY jazyk pestoval a udetoval; a podporovati mravni, kulturni a narodohospodatskY pokrok mezi lidmi deskoslovenskeho pfivodu.

Sympatisuji s timto spolkem, protok vekim, Z"e iieel a cii spolku jsou chvalitebne, nebot' davaji. pkilOitost k blideimu seznameni yeem tern, kdo jsou stejneho narodnostniho privodu; a take proto, inlade2 se mute priudit, aby poznala a vadila si duchovniho ,cleclictvi deskeho naroda.

Zajimam se take o nove myelenky plany, ktere spolek SPJST zadind uplatriovat pro mlacle2. Soudim, ze omladinoye hnuti mezi mladeimi eleny SPJST a v mistnich kadech bude pro dalei rust a rozvoj mistnich a take pro lepei porozumeni deskeho jazyka..

Vadim si spolku SPJST) protcde spolek ma, vyeei zajmy ne2 jen prodej 'tivotniho pojiet'ovani. Dodatkem k temto dobke promyelenYm planfirn mezi mladezi, ktere maji velikou budoucnost, mistni kady poradaji a poskytuji sluene zabavy pro SYLVIA LA2NOVSKti eleny stiedniho veku a pro lidi starei.

Caste pkatelske zabavy a spoleene schriDOSTALA PRVNi CENU ze jsou poZitkem pro mlade i stare.

Asi pied eesti tYclny bylo ve Vestnikir Jsem hrda, na to, Z'e jsem elenkou SPJ oznameno, k Sylvia Lanovska, ktera je ST. Toto elenstvi asi musi bYti v me krelenkou kadu Volna Oechie Oslo 135, byla vi, ponevad2 cela moje rodina patki do Yyzna.menana prvni cenou v SPJST. Pokud se mne samotne tyre, nesouteli tketiho distriktu. Jeji literarni chali mne rodiee zapsat pied patnacti pkispevek byl uvefejnen v anglicke easti. roky, a Odycky jsem mela radost z toho, V minule schuzi kadu Volna, Oechie by- kdy'Z jsem mohla bYti na zabav y nebo v lo vysloveno pkani, aby elanek Sylvie programu sveho domaciho kadu 'disk) 130.

LaZnovske byl uvefejnen take v eeetine, Dle meho risudku je Slovanska Podpo;aby elenove tketiho distriktu, neznajici rujici Jednota Statu Texasu na spravne dobke anglicky, mohli posouctti testa, aby vypinila a uplatnila svilj cil mladeich dealt fraternalismu a amerikanismu, a aby `net distrikt udelil celkem tki ceny, pracovala dale dle sveho hesla: Podpora ktere budou viteziim udeleny v distriktni Lidskost Bratretvi. schtizi ye West, v nedeli 25. dubna. * • Je potesenlm uverejniti znovu obradek K tomuto elaneeku Sylvie Ladnovske mladieke elenky kadu Volna Oechie, Syl- ma, redaktor jen jednu poznamku, vlastvie Ladnovske a eeskY pfeklad jejiho ne otadku. Kolik z nas, starch kozaka, Houston, Texas. elanku, kterY zni jak nasleduje: milk se pochlubit, ze jsme sestavili poTechto par kadkii vam opt vedomost dobnou fivahu, kdy2 nam bylo 16 rokil?

Co se mi libi u S. P. J. S. T. diva, ze schflze naeeho Narozeninoveho A kolik z nas dnes, kdy't jsme byli zmiValim si naeeho spolku Slovanske Pod. kroOku tohoto mesice dubna neboli apria biz celych porujici Jednoty Statu Texasu, protoZ'e la se sejde dne 14. tohoto mesice. padesat let, dovedeme poloLt sve my"Jaro jest to pino kvetri", proto vyjed'- znamenite pini svuj -Creel, pro ktery byl elenky tak soustavne a logicky na arch me si do to jarni pkirody, ale nezapomeri- spolek zalokn, a site: poskytovati poji- bileho papiru, jako. to dovedou dnes ti eteni lidem deskoslovenskeho privodu a me na to naee sejiti. mladei? Jen jim udelejrne pki ilkedniKrasnou navetevu a zajimavou schuzi ckYch stolcich misto, at' se pkiueuji, dojsme mely minulY mesic, nebot' pani A tak na fade narozenin naeich elenek kud tam sami sedime. 2ddrik fad by nepkedsedkyne pc) spolkovem • jednani nam minuleho mesice, za zpevu a zabavy dosti mel vkla.dati dva toady na jednu osobu, pkednesla vzpominkir dvou naeich narod- zahacine, tohoto mesice dubna narozeni- I ale zato kaMSr starei ftkednik mel by mit xrich velikanfl. Jsou to pro nas narod ne- ny oslavime s pani Della Kadleeek, pi. k vYpomoci a k zapracovani dva mladei .zapomenutelni nas prvni president 'de- Frances Tesak, pi. Agnes Svaeina, pi. K. eleny. Co na torn, jestli fad ma dva miskoslovenska, Tomde Masaryk, narozen . Syptak, Halueka, pi. Joyce Baethe. A tak stopredsedy, dva dopisovatele, d ye keditelpfedeeleho stoleti, a Jan Amos Komen- doufam se opet pobaviti. Obyeejne Po ky mladek? Dejme tem mladeim trochu ski, spisovatel a prorok jemu tak drahe- schfizi se osobne s piitelkynemi pobavi- mista v popkedi. Nezakkikujme je, ale raho narozen pied nekolika stole- me a domfi nespechame. Proto na shleda- deji jim dejme povzbuzeni. timi. Narod vdeehe vzpornina. Byl to pek- nou dne 14. dubna dopoledne.

Sylvii Lanovske, a take veem tern, kdo S pozdravem nY a uZiteenY projev naSeho narodniho ceny az dosud dostali, moll bychom u.1 A. Kostomlatska. primne gratulovat veichni, cela Jednota. sebevedomi.

tan,

Cams II

77°OriesdaY, April 7, 1954

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 to: Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston?, Tex.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ShA.V/ONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Please Send Form

Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THERE MAY BE SOME ADVANTAGES of having a publication in two languages, a bilingual paper. It is highly commendable to report to the Czech readers in Czech and to give the Englishspeaking members all the important information in English. But have you ever considered the situation from the angle of the poor editor? He has a job of reporting without repeating himself. He almost has to be a dual personality. Not a split or disintegrated personality which the psychiatrists call a "schizophrenic" and place in an, institution, but a versatile word-juggler who can say the same, trite phrases in two ways. * THIS WEEK I SHOULD LIKE TO REport on the meeting held by District Two. It was held Sunday afternoon, March 28, 1954, at the hall of Tyrs Lodge No. 80 at Holland. If you believe that all the district meeting are cut by the same pattern, you are mistaken. The meeting of District Two was entirely different. It was a novel arrangement. It rr ay serve as a pattern—original and streamlined—for meetings in other districts. Let me explain more fully. * * THERE WAS SOME CRITICISM about the former meetings in District Two that they were old-fashioned, nonproductive, a waste of gas, time, and zest on the part of the members. To silence the criticism, Brother Reuben Lesikar and Brother Frank V. Spanhel named a planning committee to work out something new and better. The names of the committeemen shotild be published once more. I don't have the information handy. But the committee should be loaned out of the other districts, because it prepared an original schedule. * THE MEETING STARTED AT 1:30 p. in. The Youth program, under the capable management of Sister Clara Hejl, with the assistance of Sister Jakubee and others, was very good. I will not go into its detailed description, although I should. But I'll leave the report of the Youth program for someone else. I want to talk at length about the other part of the program, the business part. Brother Frank V. Spanhel was

the chairman of the arrangement. The entire assembly was segregated. Local lodge presidents, ex-presidents and vicepresidents were instructed to meet one corner. Local secretaries and financial secretaries were requested to get into another corner for a conference. Local treasurers were to form another group, but the facilities were not favorable, so this section was combined with the secretaries and financial sec:etaries. Then the Youth Directors were Instructed to meet in another corner of the hall. And balance of the assembly was asked to remain in the center of the hall for general all-round discussion. * * YOU MAY WONDER ABOUT THE purpose of separating 200 ,ar 250 members into four distinct groups. It was explained by Brother Lesikar, president of District Two, and also by Brother Spanhel, vice-president of the District and chairman of the business program that each member comes to a district meeting to get some information which would be beneficial for his own work at his home lodge. The plah was to split up the entire assembly into smaller sections, so that the smaller groups could discuss problems of their own and listen only to the speakers and their remarks dealing with specific questions and with handling of specific situations.

THE MEETING OF DISTRICT TWO was the first attempt to get away from the conventkmal procedure. It did away with listening to a string of speakers who follow one after another in discussing generalities, and which would consume two or three hours of time. It placed the respective speakers before a specific group. Even if the discussion was not in any way regimented or prepared in advance, the speaker before the group of local presidents naturally had to select his remarks to be suited to the listeners—all presidents and vicepresidents. In the same manner, the secretaries and financial secretaries discussed their own specific matter involving difficulties connected with their positions. Likewise, the Youth directors had a discussion of their own problems,

NOW, YOU WISH TO KNOW WHO provided for the speakers, that is four ;peckers talking to four groups at the same time. All cf this was prepared by the planning committee which should get the full credit for working cut the new and unique procedure. District Two •.vas fortunate that it had the supreme officers right on the ground, near at land. But since the officers usually go to various other meetings, there is no season why the other districts could not 0-ant on the help of the supreme officers at any time the districts need the help. * * YOUR EDITOR MADE A REQUEST that every one of the four groups make a complete .report of the success or the failure of the discussion in the sections.

The other districts should know What was done, what could have been done, what benefits were gained by this type of discussion and what was accomplished by having four smaller groups in a more purposeful setting. Naturally, I asked questions after the meetings. I wanted to know what went on in this or that group, what was discussed, and what new instructions or new ideas could be carried back home from the district meetings. Personally, I must say that the meeting in Holland gave me plenty of material for thinking, and enough evidence to declare that the oldstyle meetings are on the way out. The meeting in Holland changed completely and fundamentally the old-style procedure. Now, we are getting somewhere.

Now, the district meeting, its business part of it, makes sense. Now, all of the officers of ev.ery local lodge should be in every district meeting to listen and to learn. Now, the sections of the district meeting will revive, revitalize, revolutionalize the business part of the district meetings.

THERE WILL STILL REMAIN SOME part of the old-style meeting, the pari which is presented to the entire assem bly, such as reading of reports for the entire district, the membership gains at each lodge and by each organizer, elec tion of officers, date and place ,of next (Continued on page 15).

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LETTERS RESERVE APRIL 30th Youth Benefit "April Fool' [Mum

Preparations for this gala event are progressing at a fast pace. At Dodge Pokrok 88, 1140 Robbie in Houston, we wish to make the Youth Benefit Dance a huge success and ask each and every one of you to give it your wholehearted support.

It is the duty of every member to keep this date free and reserved so that he and his friends could attend and support this worthy cause of establishing funds for our Youth Movement Activities at Lodge 88. It is for the benefit of your own children and their friends and relatives that this dance is being held, so that we would be in a better position to develop our YOUTH through interesting activities for the continuous successful growth of cur Lodge.

APRIL FOOL will be the theme of the night on April 30th, and the whole affair is so planned that you will all spend a most entertaining evening. There will not be a dull moment. Laughter and merriment will reign. Throughout the evening and between dances various "events" will take place. April fool jokes, clowns, pranks, trick, etc. will keep you in "stitches"„ Revelry will supplement the appearance of our Youth in a short Surprise program of iptertainment for your enjoyment throughout the night.

Our "April Fool" theme of decoration throughout the lodge hall will capture your imagination, where you can c; me with your friends to enjoy an evening of "foolish" happiness and fun.

A huge "Dunce-Cap" will lead in decoration with each table individually decorated and prepared just for you.

WATCH OUT! Good "April Fool" music of waltzes, polkas, marches, F.x trots, and modern will make your feet dance.

Delicious "home-made" double-decker :andwiches, Ceske kolacky, • pies, and other pastry, and good ole coffee will be served in the kitchen, so you won't have to worry about the eating problem. We'll have plenty to eat.

Be sure when you are asked to sell a book of tickets, you do so, and have the contentment and satisfaction at heart of having done a good deed as a member of your lodge for the children. For it is they who can guarantee our future of our S. P. J. S. T. There are so many of you members that never come out, and some of you hardly ever, so do try to come out at least for the support of our Youth, and our Future. Also, try to come out to as many other of your lodge activities. This is your lodge, and

VESTNf1{— WEST, TEXAS your home—use it for your enjoyment.

We have hopes for so many nice things for ALL our children and only your help and support can make it possible.

Please try 'to do your part by advertising it well among your friends and relatives and attending same with your whole family.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you on April 30th.

Youth Committee

By Birdie Hilsher PS: All members of other lodges and friends are cordially invited to come join in the fun. We would be so happy to have you. ) • 4 • ( EASTER PARTY INVITATION

A Youth Easter Party for all children of Houston Lodge Pokrok 88, and their friends and relatives will be given right after the dancing and singing classes on Wednesday night, April 14th at the lodge hall, 1140 Robbie. Easter Bunny will pay us a visit then, and there will be games, prizes, and refreshments for all. Parents are invited to come out and bring their children and help share in the fun of the party. The Juniors will come forward and help in the entertainment and decorations.

Let's all come out and have a good time.

Youth Director Della Kadlecek

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LODGE PRAHA WILL SELECT QUEEN

The queen, who will be crowned at the annual May Fete of Praha Lodge No. 29 in Taylor, on May 16, will be selected at the meeting of the lodge on Sunday, April 11, at two in the afternoon.

Younger girls of the Praha Lodge membership have formerly been notified through letter of the election date, but this year, the only notice they will receive is through the papers.

The April 11 will be a general membeiship meeting and both juniors and seniors of SPJST Lodge Praha 29 are urged to attend.

• • HVEZDA TEXASU LODGE NO. 47 Temple, Texas Dear Friends, First, I wish to thank all of you who helped on our goulash and chili supper.

I thought we had a very good crowd..

Thanks to all of you who came. Come again next time.

Also I want to thank all of the children who took part in our district meeting program. I think you were very good. All of you looked so pretty just like Easter eggs in your pretty new dresses. Too bad we have such a hard time getting: boys to be in our programs.

Wednesday, April 7, 1954 Next time I assure you we'll have boys too. Besides our lodge, lodges 86, 15, and 24 were represented in our program.

This is the first time so many lodges took part. I hope it's just a beginning. I want to thank these bodges for their cooperation. That's what we need in our S. P. J. S. T. more cooperation in otir lodge work. We should invite 'ourselves for visits, etc.

My sincere thanks to all of you parents for bringing the children to the practices. I always say and I'll say it again that without your cooperation no program could be possible. Thank you everybody.

I think that this district meeting was the best one district Two has had.

Thanks to the Lodge Tyrs'for inviting us to have the meeting there. I think you have a very nice place. The ladies of Lodge Tyr had a good lunch and the best kolaches I have ever eaten. At least, the ones I had was certainly g)3od On April 11 at 4' p. m. we are planning to have an Easter egg' hunt for our youngsters at our Lodge Hall. Also I was thinking that maybe, we could each bring a snack and have a little lunch.

So if you feel like making a cake, pie, kolach, or sandwiches bring them to Star Hall and we will have a good time.

This will be free to all members and their chidren.

The children do not have to be members te. be able to hunt eggs if the the parents are members. So let's remember Sunday, April 11 at Seaton Star Hall and visit.

Looks as if we might have a little rain. I am promising the weatherman a letter from me when he guesses his prediction. Seems to me that my bones can predict weather better than they can. I hope if any weatherman reads this won't take me seriously. I'm only joking. My bones never ache. (ha ha) I • do hope it will rain, so that I could plant something into my garden or I surely have a sorry looking garden so far.

Well; don't forget Sunday, April 11 and bring all your kiddies and guests.

Fraternally, • Mrs. Clara Hejl •

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Dallas, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters, At our last meeting, which was held Sunday, March 21, a good question was• brought up, and I quote, "Just what are fraternal lodges?" After brief explanations from some of the members, there was a better understanding. I would like to suggest that if the members would read the Musings of the Editor

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in the Vestnik dated March 24, they are planning to have an Easter Egg would find a good answer to that ques- hunt at the hall right after the meeting. tion. The Editor has a short article about If the weather permits, the hunt will it which would give one just about the be held outside. Otherwise, it will be inbest answer yet. doors. So all you members with children Also, there was a report from the come out and let the children have fun.

Czech Schosl Committee concerning the There will also be something for the Czech language that is suposed to be adults, which is the dance that night. taught here in Dallas in one fo the lo- What better place to see most of the cal Lodges. So far, there are about 20 . Easter Parade? children that have promised to enroll.

See you at the lodge April 18!

These classes are for anyone from ages Fraternally Yours, 5 to 80, so if there are any of you that Frances Baleja would like to enroll, call Sister Annie ) • 4, • Steiner or Brother Frank Steiner, whose SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT phone number is JU-9119, for informaLODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88 tion. The fee for children is 50 cents a St. P. J. S. T. week, adults, $1.00. When and where Dear Members: this is going to take place will be anTo those of you who have not atnounced later. tended your regular monthly meetings The Fraternal Council held its meeting recently, this is to inform you that I March 17 at Lodge Pokrok No. 84. It Was have resigned from the position as Secwell attended, especially by the Czech cretary of Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, lodges. One of the members of another and at our regular monthly meeting lodge asked how we got so many to at- held Friday Night, March 12th, Brothtend. Our Brother and President, Cyril er F. A. (Amos) Kadlecek was elected to Pokladnik just said, "Leave it to the serve you for the remainder of this Sisters." But, the most important ques- year. You will please contact Brother tion that arose at this meeting was how Kadlecek regarding Lodge matters in we can get more 'of the younger mem- the future. bers to get interested in their -lodge.

•Your next regular monthly meeting Here is another open question, so if any- will be held on the second Friday Night, one has a good idea, come out with it. April 9th, beginning at 8:00 p. m. Please No telling, it might be the solution. try to attend.

It is important for us, as older memBrother Kadlecek has had considerbers, to prompt and urge the younger able experience serving your Lodge as ones to attend and take interest in the Financial Secretary and ; Auditor for meetings. Than when they have any several years, and I wish him success in suggestions, give them a hand and help his new position as Secretary. them carry out their plans. Next, I beI hope to continue to serve as one of lieve if more of our members, both your organizer's and if I can be of servyoung and old, would read Vestnik, ice to you., please don't hesitate to call there would be more interest in the on me. lodge. If anyone happens to know of A. J. Bristik someone that does not read the VestPhone VA-9727 nik, why not point out an interesting article that you read — and in that way, NEEDVIIJ,E LODGE NO. 81 start them off in reading the Vestnik regularly, Dear Sisters and Brothers, District Three will hold its annual This is a reminder that our monthly meeting, Sunday, April 25 in West, SPJST meeting will be held on the Texas. At this meeting, officers will be second Sunday in April, which will be elected for the next year. This meeting April 11, 1954 at 2 o'clock p. m. will be very interesting and is open to I am very proud indeed to have been all members, so do plan to be there. the 3rd place winner in the District Five I'm not going . to write much about "Essay Contest". I wish to thank you'll the Victory Dinner, only that it was a very much for the awards. success and really displayed fine sportsI am very sorry that more of you manship. Sorry that some couldn't at- young members didn't enter. tend, but those that did surely didn't Since I am the Youth Directer of the regret it. Many had offered there opin- Needville Lodge No. 81 at Needville, ions and others promised to work hard- Texas, I would like to urge all the young er in behalf of the Lodge. members who are interested in Volley Our Pokrok No. 84 wishes to extend Bail to please come to the meeting April our sincere sympathy to Brother Navra- 11, because I would like to form a volley til in the recent loss of his behoved wife. ball team for our Lodge. We have a Our next meeting will be held on A- I District meeting in May, in Danbury pill 18, which is also Easter Sunday. We and I would like our Lodge to have a

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Sincerely, Willie Mae Blinka.

I ♦ 4, • TO MEMBERS OF LODGE . ANTON J. CERMAK, NO. 56 Sisters and Brothers: Lodge Anton J. Cermak, No. 56 will hold its regular meeting, April 11. Be there early so the meeting can be called to order and adjourned early. This will be followed by Sokol meeting. After both meetings are adjourned the youth will be entertained by the Lodge 56 and Sokol.

In our last meeting a motion was made and approved that an Easter Egg Hunt be held on the grounds: Eadh child is asked to bring six eggs (your choice), and mothers are asked to bring sweets.

The Lodge will serve the youth ice cream and drinks. Isn't that fine and dandy for everybody? I know that all of you will be wanting to come on out and have lots of fun. I'm sure there will be prizes at the Easter Egg Hunt.

The sick committee reported that Bro. John Stasa is sick. The members of the Lodge all wish him a speedy recovery.

Bro. Stasa is loved by all, both the yoUng and old; never says "no" to anything that concerns the SPJST and the Youth movement.

I'm sure by now you have read about the Essay Contest in the 7th District.

We are hoping that we have many entries. I'm urging all of you youth of the 7th' District to get that pen and paper out and get to work. Just write in your own words "What I Expect in the SPJST and the Youth Movement." Bro. Rolf, Bro. Hranicky and I met and discussed this contest. The rules are very easy.

Let's hear from all the Lodges, I know every Lodge has young members that are interested in the SPJST and they will have good ideas.

'Youth of Lodge 56, be sure and write that essay today. Don't put it off till next day. I know that you can do it.

Let's have a winner from our Lodge and let the parents know that you cid' learn something,every time you attend a meeting.

A little about our Valentine Party, About 30 children attended. There were some that came for the first time, and were we glad to see them. Come again, as we are always happy to see new faces..

A few prizes were given away and gasnes played. Luncheon was served by the mothers. I'm sure everyone had a nice time, as all had smiles on their faces.

Sister Helen Sijansky, daughter of Bro. and Sis. Adolph Sijansky, married

, Bro. Oscar Hrncir, Secretary of Robstown Lodge. Helen, we hate to see you leave our Lodge, but know that you will help your husband in the fine work that he is doing in the Robstown Lodge. Cong,ratulations!

Don't forget the date, April 11. Easter Egg Hunt and luncheon after the meeting. Come all. Everyone is invited—bring a friend and let's have fun.

Betty Jurica Reporter ) LODGE BEDRICH SMETANA NO. 39 Bryan, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: I wish to announce to all of you that we shall have a get-together on the afternoon of our next regular Sunday meeting. April 11. Sisters are asked, to hring a plate of goodies, such as kola ches, cake, pie, whatever you wish.

Lodge will furnish drinks. The meeting will be cut as short as, possible in order that you have time to enjoy a nice visit with your friends and members.

Our brother Lawrence Krenek passed away March 3, shortly after a car accident in which he was injured. Bro. Krenek was well known and a friend to all.

In behalf of our Lodge No. 39, I express our sympathy to his loved ones.

To him, rest in peace.

We would appreciate a good soaking rain for cur garden ad other crops; and certainly could do without the dust that is very annoying at times. We had more dust this year than ever before. I pity the people up and near the dust bowl. I don't see how they can take it.

Fraternally yours, Frances Homola, Secretary ) • 4 • ( CI CHOSLOVAN LODGE NO. 40 Hillje, Texas Dear Members, I was asked to write a letter to the Vestnik and tell where you can spend an enjoYable afternoon.

On Sunday, April 11, SPJST Lodge No. 40 at Hillje will hold its meeting, but that is not all. After the meeting a lunch will be served by the good ladies and the good men will provide the refreshments.

The ladies are asked to bring food for the lunch as they have done before.

So members come to the meeting and learn things about your Lodge and at the same time spend a pleasant fternoon with your fellow members.

Fraternally yours, Mrs. Frances W. Knebel ) • oto • ( Curve: Something which if you hug the wrong way, may wreck you. — Outdoor Indiana.

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Wadnesday, April 1951

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Bartos Jr., Florence Morris, and Alice Valigura.

Sunday night, March 14, we had a Czech play at the SPJST Hall in East Bernard given by the players of Dramatic Club Hlahol of Houston, under the direction of Mr. Rudy Sefcik and Frances Olexa. They put out a very good play, and the singing was really nice.

The audience really did enjoy it. We had a nice crowd and how glad we were to see so many attend. The show started at 7 o'clock.

Sunday, on March 21, 1954, at the SPJST Lodge Karel Jonas No. 28 in East Bernard at 2 p. in. our District Six had a district meeting. We had 14 Lodges present out of 33 Lodges, due to the reason that there were few other- meetings on the same Sunday. The meeting started out with a band playing, Mr. William C. Gohlke, band director, presented a few numbers with the school children, which were wonderful. About one-half of the children are members of Lodge Karel Jonas No. 28. Supreme Lodge attorney, Bro. Adolph Pavlicek, spoke about how our Order grows; also our Supreme Lodge Secretary, Bro. John Chupick, made a talk in Czech about how our Order grows in property, and how it started with common people. How glad we were ta have them among us.

Bro Frank Rod, our director, was with us and he made a talk. All the speeches were very interesting.

After the meeting we served lunch, consisting of cakes, kolaches, sandwiches, pies and strudels and different pastries; also coffee and soft drinks. I wish to thank all our wonderful Sisters who brought the food, and to those who worked. I also want to thank to our Brothers who worked and helped us.

I was very glad to meet with friends who used to be my neighbors, from my hometOwn, Bro. and Sister Jerome Jurina from Schulenburg. It's always nice to meet somebody 'from your hometown.

I hope those Lodges, who were not able to be present will be able to come next time, as it takes not only organizers but everybody to make our SPJST bigger and better. Good luck to everyone.

Fraternally yours, Mrs. Anna Foytik, Reporter ) •Ore • ( STEVE NOVOSAD TO ESCORT MISS SMESNY Steve Novosad, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Novosad of East Bernard, Texas, was elected to escort Miss Molly Smesny, Texas A and M Czech Club Sweetheart, to the annual Cotton Ball, to be held on the A and M College Campus in April.

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You have the right to make your own , conclusion. Here is the situation: President Marek requested to list in the Vestnik ten leading organizers who secured the largest volume of business during the months of January, February, and March, 1954. Here they are: Skrabanek (139) $60,500 28,000 Valcik (88) Milan (154) 23,500 22,000 Mikeska (112) Bartek (92) 19,000 18,000 Navratil (24) Marek (24) 18,000 17,000 Vrla, A. M. (130) 16,000 Slovak '(84) Kadlecek (88) 14,500 That is the business side of the organizational work. But suppose you wish to know h' h one of these ten had secured the most of new members? The picture quite , you look at it from the membership angle.

It would reshuffle the entire list, would leave off some of those named, and would place different organizers on the list. Let us see the new membership list: 25 members Milan (154) 20 members Mikeska (112) 19 members Bartek (92) 15 members Skrabanek (139) 15 members Valcik (88) Marek, F. J. (24) 14 members 14 members Popp (54) 13 members Na.vratil (24) Mikeska, Chas. (6) 12 members 11 members Vaja (142) Make your own conclusion whether you rate the organizers by the amount of new business or the number of new members secured. The editor gives you both sides. ) • 4. • ( EAST BERNARD LODGE NO. 28 Dear Brothers and Sisters, I have been absent writing to the Vestnik for quite some time due to the sickness in the kinfolks, so I didn't find a spare time to write. 'I hope our members will excuse me.

I will start my report with the month of February. We held our regular meeting Sunday, February 14. Being a Valentine Day, after the meeting we had a Valentine party for the children. We had 35 children present. They were playing different kinds of games, and had a Valentine hunt. They had a lot of fun. And , then we had a luncheon and coffee, which was delicious.

Sunday, March 14, our regular meeting was held, starting at 2 p. m. Bro. president Stanley I3artos called the meeting to order. We initiated and welcomed three new members: Stanley

Wednesday, April 7, 1954 member of the Phi Eta Sigma Fraternity; He has participated in the activities of the A and M Czech Club, Ross Volunteers, Petroleum Engineering Club, Geology Club, and Wesley Foundation.

Following the business meeting, pro! fessor M. S. Kavanaugh of the Depart. ment cf Education and . Psychology, ad', dressed the Czech Club members. His • !subject was "Problems in Marriage Ad. j ustments."

After the meeting, a social hour follower during which refreshments were served.

Johnny Bravenec, Jr, Czech Club Reporter ) • .T. • ( LODGE ROZKVET ZAPADU NO. 107 Floresville, TexaS Dear Readers and Fellow Members: The local Lodge held its regular monthly Meeting ' MarCh 14th and was well attended, but could have been • better. ` Lunch Was served after the meeting and a; bingo party for the little ones was held, which I think they all enjoyed.

Next meeting will be held as usual, the Second Sunday of the month, and, as it happensto be Sunday before EaSter, will have an Easter Egg hunt -for the little members or rather for all the youngsters. Also lunch will be served after the meeting.

I wonder if any members have rain to spare? If so, I wish they Would send some Floresville-way. We surely could use it.. It is getting very dry in places.

Some days we have good prospects for rain, but always something happens and it blows over. But we haven't given up hope that we get some rain soon.

Some farmers planted a few crops and some •could not.

S. P. J. S. T. District No. 7 Organizer • held .a meeting at the Floresville Court House Sunday, March 21st. The purpose of the meeting was to ekplain the new policy that was put in force. Organizers present were: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Valcik of Houston; Tom Ventrcek, John Dornak, Mrs. Frank Kr'emenek of Atascosa; . Louis Dressler of San -Arrbenio; Charles Holasek of Nueces Co; F. J. Pu- • stejovsky, W. H. Marcak of Karnes Co; Henry Sralla, :Tom, Novak, Ad. Miculka of Wilson Co; IVir. Ed. L. Marek of Temple, Grand President Of. the Supreme Lodge was MO present.

I won't write more about it, but will let Mr. Tom Novak write more because ' he was there and he is a better reporter.

With 'best wishes to all members, Julia Vaclavik, Reporter ?. • ( "NEW LOOk" IN DISTRICT TWO MEETINGS fl: 'il:11 . : , 11 '26 tiPJST District _2 meetisontecl a "New Look"

v 127'1414 wEsT, plzAs in district meeting procedure which may well be noted and adopted by Other districts. Following a well prepared and fast-moving program of entertainment by the young members, all persons were invited to attend one •of the four different discussion groups according to the special interests of each. The four groups were (1) Local Lodge Presidents, Vice 7: Presidents, and Past Presidents, (2) I• Secretaries, Treasurers, and Bookkeepers, (3) Organizers,, (4) Youth Directors. Each groupwas as led by an appropriate Supreme L o ,d g e representative who first presented a suggested outline of topics to be discussed and his recommendatiOns concerning them. All members of the group were then urged to present their views on any of the subjects being discussed and to bring up any , other current problems with which they maybe concerned. By this informal exchange of viewpoints among the members of each relatively small discussion group, much was accomplished' in a minimum amount of time".

At the presiding officers groups meeting which I attended, President Marek presented a threefold program which emphasized the importance of: 1) Preparing and arranging the lodge meeting place and training the officers and membership in a manner such that all local SPJST lodge meetings would be conducted in accordance with the Ritual and By-Laws. Specific items emphasized were display of a flag of the United States of America, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, and the stations, positions, and duties of the officers, 2.) Conducting meetings in such a manner that they will not only permit transaction of lodge business but will•be interesting, entertaining, educational, and brief as well. To accomplish these aims, a president must instruct his membership in and insist upon their use of the accepted rules of parliamentary procedure in order that business matters can be transacted in an orderly manner and in a minimum amount of time. At the same time he must constantly plan ahead for entertainment such as may be provided by his local youth, other talented members, or interesting speakers. It was suggested that a local organfZer be requested to give a short (provide time limit if desired) explanation of some SPJST insurance plan. This would be a very desirable activity since it is reported that often many members know very little about the varied types of insurance offered by the SPJST. 3) Benevolent, Service, and Social activities which, in addition to fulfilling community needs, also make for good public relations. These items also re-

Btrana 15 work and planning and include) such things as visiting, entertaining, and aiding hospital patients, sponsoring Boy Scouts of America troops, and holding periodic "family" or "community" meetings at which business is held to a minimum and most of the time is devoted to entertainment and other social activities.

In the group discussion which followed, it was apparent that each local lodge was confronted with special probi lems of its own, but it was concluded that the suggestions outlined by President Marek would be beneficial to any lodge, no matter whether its membership be large or small or whether it be located in the city or in a rural area.

A ! thought constantly prevalent throughout the discussion was that we must -exert every effort to obtain and retain the interest of our youth if the SPJST is to continue to grow and progress. ' In the combined business session which followed the group discussion, it quire

Musings of the Edit (Continued from page 11) 'meeting, any unfinished business or new business, and any matter t6 be voted by the entire assembly. But the general discussion and reports can be cut down to the bare minimum. In the meeting of District Two, it was cut down to about thirty minutes to read the reports, to diScuss new business, to elect officers and the date and place of the next meeting.

IF MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD have • ny weight, consideration or influence, I would sincerely ask you to read all of this very carefully. The reports from District Two will be coming in, some of them this week, some of them next week. All of you who are interested in the progress of your district, all of you officers and committeemen, kindly read the reports. They will be in Czech and in English. Study the reports and evaluate them. You may find that it could be adopted in your district. I know it could. .I go as far as saying that it should; It is a healthy, practical Study it. e ONLY TWO DISTRICTS HAVE SO far held their meetings. Five more will be held this spring. Your -business session should be worked out according to this new plan. Get the supreme officers to help you, get the editor to help you, get the Youth counselor to help you.

Let them do the talking, but make their talks be purposeful, practical, useful.

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f--,17,11 According t•l the report of president r:,: place among the orMarck, the 'lid h months of January, ganiz.

February. nd Ai a eh, 1954, is being Skrabanek, prest.:held 1);„7 Brothel J. dent and organizer of Danbury Lodge and director of District Five.

No Brother Skrahanek .secured $60,500.00 kof new innrance in the first quarter of this yea r. Congratulations! but watch out others are right on your heels!

STEPHEN VALCIK

ANNA MILAN Believe it or not, but Sister Milan of Fort Worth Lodge No. 154 should really be pushed into the first position.

She secured the third highest amount of new business, $23,500 in three months, but she has brought in 25 new members. If the respective positions were determined by the amount of new members, she would be ahead of everybody.

Sincere congratulations to your achievements. )• •(

This picture is placed here undet protest. President Marek ordered to publish the pictures of the first three organizers who are leading for the months of January, February, and March. In order to comply with the request ref the president, and to keep the record in was decided unanimously that the group line, this organizer secured $28,000 of new IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF LODGE NOVY TABOR NO 17 discus-ions had been good and should business.

In ,cur next regular meeting which will be used at the next District Two meetbe held on April 11th 1954 at 2:00 p. m. ing. As is the case of most good things, POK1 OK HOUSTON WILL HAVE the repairing or rebuilding of our lodge they do not come about quickly and BARBECUE hall will be discussed. easily but are the result of much planAll members are urged to be present ning end work on the part of those who We don't want you to miss it. That's are in a position and have the ability the reason we give you plenty of time to take part in this important matter.

John W. Vavra, President to lead and take action. Such is the case to mark the date on your calendar -Joe H. Siptak, Secretary of the "New Look" described here. Much the third Sunday in May when Pokrok ) • 4s • t commendation and praise should go to Houston Lodge No 88 will have its RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY the officers and entertainment and bus- first barbecue in 1954. It will start at Lodge Svaz dechoslovanti No 92 Ft. iness plann g committees of District 12:30 p. m. There will be a big free Worth, Texas extends heartfeld sympaTwo dance in the afternoon for the enjoyCalvin C. Chervenka. rnent of everybody. And if you stay for thy to the bereaved husband, and chil( eTit the night, you will enjoy our regular dren in the loss of their wife, mother, and grandmother and our beloved meinbingo and other . games.

YOUTH NIGHT AT LODGE NO 83 ber Anna Belle Bunker Youth nigh_t is held every WednesRemember — third Sunday, May 16, day night at Pokrok Houston Lodge No beginning at twelve-thirty. Everybody who passed away March 27, 1954 at the age of 55 and was laid to rest in the 88 from 7:30 to 9:30. Lessons are being is cordially invited. taught in voice (singing), tap, ballet, (V-14) Entertainment Committee Garden of Memory at Ft. Worth, Texas.

In the name of Lodge Svaz Gechosloand ballroom dancing. These lessons are vanu No. 92 F. Worth, Texas. offered to our youth, their relatives and Rudolph Koci A kid first realizes he has growing friends. Join as soon as possible. Visit' Helen Zich the hall of Pokrok Houston any Wednes- pains when he has to start paying Mary Juran day night and get additional informa- adult prices wherever he goes. — Gowrie Resolution Committee (ds) News, tion,

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I the wire recorder, from my notes and in the Vestnik. In the 5th paragraph, from notes given to me by other officers among other things, she says, "you knoW of the Supreme Lodge, I submitted the that I am not being paid for doing this original copy to the officers, at the Su- work for you (besides the little I am preme Lodge Office ler correction, re- allowed for expenses here and there — vision and criticism, and after discus- which does not even cover it—but I am sing these minutes with the other offi- not ene to complain, etc.)" When we cers of the Supreme Lodge, I re-drafted issue the salary checks, at the Supreme them, after incorporating such correc- Lodge office, every month, we always Temple, Texas Lions and/or additions, as we all agreed issue Sister Hilsher a check for $50.00. upon as correct and proper, I then sub- At first, we marked her check as •being March 24, 1954 mated them to all the members of the in payment of "salary" but later we Dear Brothers and Sisters: It is with great regret that, I am Supreme Lodge, and these minutes, as were instructed that, that might not be writing this letter, in answer to an ar- prepared by me and as same were pub- "lega l " and that the check should be ticle, written by Sister Birdie Hilsher, liehed in the Vestnik, were accepted by marked as having been issued for "exDirector of our Youth Movement, in the all the membe • of the Supreme Lodge, penses": So its "expenses" now. This March 17, 1954, issue ,ef the Vestnik, at- without any comments or criticism. I, $50.00 a month may not be very much, tacking the correctness of the minutes . therefore, take it, that since all the but its something and she cannot say of the Supreme Lodge Meetings held on members of the Supreme Lod ge ok-ed she is donating her services "free".

Jan. 11 and Jan. 30, 1954, which ape these mMutes that these minutes are As far as the payment of expenses intrue and correct, regardless of what reared in the Vestnik. curred in connection with the Youth If I could convince myself that Sis- Sister Hit e her says 'about them. ter Hilsher's article was prompted by As to her complaint that I did not Movement is concerned as far as I knoW Supreme Lodge has always paid them an honest, and sincere desire to correct send her a oepy of the eie minutes, as she the request( e.

I can only say this I don't all If sister Hilsher ever bought and of a wrong, or an error, regardless whether it was real or imaginary, I recall that she ever asked me to mail paid for anything that she used in conwould not even answer it, but since I her a copy of these minutes and it didn't nection with the Youth Movement that believe that this article is the fore- occur to me that I should, since she is the Supreme Lodge did not pay for I don't know about it, but, I do know that runner of a new propaganda against not a member of the Supreme Lodge. me that I am "fighting" our Youth De- I want to ask Sister Hilsher this one we have gotten any number of statepartment and our Organization work, I question. If she did not nominate her ments, from various stationery houses, feel that it is high time, and that it is husband, Alfred Hilsher, for Vice-Pres- for stencils, paper, ink and possibly proper for me to take up for myself. ident of the Supreme Lodge, then who some other supplies, that she purchased Sister Hilsher has attended several did? Hew did his name get on the list and we paid them all. If the Supreme meetings of the. Supreme Lodge and she of candidates for the office? She her- Lodge has ever failed to pay for anyknows how many times I am called out self admits that after President Marek thing that she purchased in connection of these meetings, to answer long dis- read the names of the candidates, that with her work, all she had to do is to tance telephone calls, and to transact he turned to her and asked her if she present a bill for it. So far as I know business 'cf the Order with people, that had anything to say, since the name of all the literature that has ever been have come here from distant places, etc., her husband was mentioned as can- sent out by her was always mimeoand how easy it would be for me to didate. Who mentioned him to Pres- graphed at the Supreme Lodge office by make some, error in taking notes of the ident Marek as a candidate? She, her- our Secretaries, with the exception of meetings, and if she possessed some of self, evidently mentioned her husband one issue, which she mimeographed in the fraternal spirit that she talks about; to President Marek, as candidate for Houston, and then phoned President if, she, wanted to do the right thing the office, because nobody else ever Marek, and demanded in no uncertain she' would come to me first and to the mentioned his name at all. If I am terms that he come after it, at once, instead of shipping it. He did, and brought Supreme Lodge, and would try to get wrong, I stand to be corrected. • it here and it was mailed from here.

As to her statement that she did not the wrong eorrected, but, no she has to Last Thursday evening, March 18, 1954, spread it out in the Vestnik. I have REQUEST the Supreme Lodge to pay been expecting an attack from Sister the $100.00 for the song that she sub-, Sister Hilsher came to the Supreme Hilsher, for about a year: "when the mitted, I want to ask her this: Why did Lodge office (I didn't see her) but was time was right". She evidently forgets she bring it there? Why did she ask told later that she issued an order to that there is no "closed season" on me. whether or not the Supreme Lodge the whole office force that everybody Had Brother Hilsher been elected, wanted to adopt it as a SPJST song? should be on hand next morning at I am sure my minutes would have been Why did she tell the Supreme Lodge seven o'clock ready to go to work mimealright, and this attack on me would that the cost of it would be $100.00? If °graphing her literature for the Youth never have appeared in the Vestnik, but I made any mistake, in the minutes, Department. Next morning our secretaries were on hand at seven o'clock, as since he didn't, some one has to be the relative to this song, that mistake w target of her tantrums and so I am "it". that I should have stated that she ordered. She came in at about 8:20 and Supreme Lodge had to practically DEMANDED that.

Supreme Lodge suspend business that day because beAs far as answering her charge that adopt the son g andthe pay for it: instead it is not true as I stated it in the min- of saying tha t she requested it, I was fore the day was over she commanutes that she nominated her husband, merely trying to be a little polite, for deered everybody for her work, except one of the officers of the Supreme Alfred Hilsher for Vice-President of the her Supreme Lodge, is concerned, I do not Lodge, one of my secretaries and Me. feel it is necessary for me to make any Since Sister Hils'ner is such a By Saturday noon the, work was finexplanations or apologies. The minutes "stickler" for everything being &D pre- ished and mailed. Every piece of thEit speak for themselves. After I drafted cisely correct. I want to offer one su g- mail was mailed out of this office and the first copy of these minutes, from ge6tion for the correction her article' all the postage paid for by the Supreme

Strana 18 Lodge. No wonder we buy paper by the 10,000 sheets and postage stamps by the $100.00 worth at a time and at times carry mail to the pest office in bags full, and we are constantly out of both. I sometimes wonder hoW many people read the material that's sent to them from here.

No one realizes it better then I do that a good active Youth Movement cr Youth .Department would be a' wonderful asset to our Organization. I realized that 26 years ago, when I volunteered to organize our J. T. Insurance Department, at my own 'risk and resources, with the agreement and understanding that as, if and, when, the Juvenile members that enrolled in that J. T. Department, transferred into the Adult Department that I would then receive, as compensation for organizing the J. T. Department, a commission • for such members and if I failed that the Supreme Lodge -would owe me nothing..

Editor Valcik - has a very nice article about this J. T. Department, that I am talking about, in the last issue of the VeStnik of March- 24, 1954. He stated that "we". organized our J. T. Department in 1928, etc. Of course, he very cautiously avoided . even mentioning my name in that article. That's alright, I don't care for that kind of publicity.

This Juvenile Term Department that I organized and that Editor Valcik is writing about in the March 24, 1954, issue of the Vestnik, has been of inestimable value to . the Order. We have enrolled in it, so far about 4376 members of which over 90% transfer into the Adult Department when they attain the age of .16. This Department has about $75,000.00 in its mortuary reserve, and is about ..one thousand percent solvent despite that fact that we pay the transferees from the Juvenile, into the Adult Department, a bonus of 40% of the earnings of this Juvenile Department, which bonus now amounts to about 40% of the actual premiums paid into this Department, by its members. I know something about what it takes to organize, manage and direct a Youth Department in our Order, and how it should be done.

When I organized the J. T. Department in 1928, I did it myself with the .exception of only a few local loyal mem. ber 'helpers, local 'organizers and lodges, but, in most instances I had to do it all myself. I visited personally, almost every lodge. In some instances when I asked some of those members of our Order, who, always talk about how they love the Order, etc., for help; such help was refused for various flimsy reasons. Nobody furnished me any office help, postage stamps, paper, etc. and nobody

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printed the material for me. I had to do it myself at my own expense and as a reward for it, I got absolutely nothing.

Why? Because it was John F. Chupick.

Does my record, in the work of cur Order, in the past indicate that I am against any work among our young people.

We hear that talk every once in a while about somebody "doing something", for the Order, "for nothing", but, it always winds up the same way.

There is, howeVer, one set of our workers that never get paid for their efforts and never complain and they work directly in connection with sister Hilsher's work. The good sisters, members of local lodges, who, in spare time and at night gather the children together, bring them to our lodge halls, work with them and teach them the programs prepared by Sister Hilsher, and present them to the public. They never get paid for their work; not even enough to pay for the shoe soles they wear Out in running around and working in the cause; they seek no acclaim and I take off my. hat to them. It takes a lot more work and effort to bring these children together, several times, rehearse the programs with them and present the programs to the public than it takes to appear on the program charming and enthusiastic, about our Youth Moyement.

I find no criticism of Sister Hilsher's work. I wish her well. The literature she sends cut is good, well composed and nice. .I have no objection to anything I she did or does in line with her 'work, however, I resent her attitude to me and her repeated attempts to ridicule, belittle and be-mean me and. the whole Supreme Lodge before the public and her threats to "smoke me out" of the Supreme Lodge and to "ruin me" only because I am not always ready to accede to everything she wants. If .Sister , -• , and I hope she does, • h as much success with her work in the Youth Movements in the SPJST as I feel that I have accomplished with my work in the SPJST, I think that she will reap . a lot of joy out of it and when she _gets as old as I am (and I am old enought to be her father) that she will realize that she permitted herself to be "used" by her "ring" against people that never harmed her and that her attitude to me was absolutely unwarranted,. uncalled for and very unbecoming.

Fraternally yours, J. F. Chupick, Secretary ) • 4, 4, (.

The world crucifies great men and then erects statues in their honor — Dr. Charles Stelzie.

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ERE TO GO

WEDNESDAY NIGHT- EVERY WEEK: Youth night is held at Pokrak Hthiston Lodge No. 88 every Wednesday night from 7:30 to 9:30. Everybody invited.

SATURDAY MORNING EVERY WEEK: 9:30 to 11:30 Youth Baseball and Volleyball practice games are' being held with adult coaches for our SP jST Lodge 88 ball teams. All youth invited--members or non-members. Come out and"; have a good time. Bogs and girls of other lodges let us know when you are ready to match a game with us.

SUNDAY APRIL 11: Cermak Lodge No. 56 in Corpus Christi will have an Easter-Egg Hunt for the children.

SUNDAY APRIL 11: Rozkvet Zapadu Lodge No. 107 in Floresville will have an Easter-Egg Hunt for all the youngsters.

SATURDAY APRIL 13 Culak Lodge No. 165 at Moulton will have Easter Party for members and their families. Gaines and treats for kiddies; entertainment for grownups; lunch for all. Party begins at 7:30 p. rth WEDNESDAY NIGHT APRIL 14: A Youth Easter Party for all children of Lodge Pokrok 88, 1140 Robbie . in Houston and their friends and relatives will be given right after the dancing and singing classes. Easter Bunny will pay us a visit, and there will be games, prizes, and refreshments for all. Parents are invited to bring out their children and help share in the fun of. the party.

FRIDAY NIGHT APRIL 30: An April Fool Youth Benefit Dance will be given for\ the purpose of raising a Youth Fund for our children at Lodge Pokrok 88, 1140 Robbie in HoustOn" to help sponsor better Youth Entertainment, and ever member is urged to give all the possible support. This is a very worthy and important cause for our future. Everyone is invitedand come and share in the laughter and merriment, and April Fool dancing. Clowns and others will keep you in stitches with April Fool jokes, tricks, ancppranks. Delicious "home-made" snacks in kitchen will be served. Come cut and have an "April foolish" time. See other details in this issue.

SUNDAY MAY 16: Pokrok Houston Lodge No. 88 will have a barbecue starting at 12:30. Big free dance in the afternoon, bingo and other games at night. Everybody welcome.

Woine2day, April

1954

VESTN t.l< WEST, TEXAS

GOOD PUBLICITY IN NO. 107 Oftentimes, we are prone to overlook the good work in some of our local lodges which do not care to bragg about their work.

Oftentimes, we fail to use the favorable publicity which would place some of our lodges into a more favorable light in the eyes of general public.

Oftentimes,' we are indifferent to give ourselves, working as a group in the local lodge, desired publicity.

That is the reason your editor is constantly „hammering home the fact that your local lodge needs publicity, the kind of publicity which would give you credit in your community.

In the last issue we had an article about the city of Taylor. There is plenty more which can be said about Taylor, the same is there is always something • flattering which can be said about your town. Otherwise, you wouldn't live there, you would move -cut.

The city of Floresville is not a big city.

The SPJST Lodge in Floresville, called Rozkvet zapadu (meaning Prosperity of West), is not among the largest lodges.

It is an average SPJST lodge.

But the , lodge has same good workers.

The members are consistently reminding the citizens of the City of Floresville that Lodge No. 107 SPJST is a part of the neighborhood. The Lodge, of course, has two reporters for the Vestnik, brother ' Tom Novak for the Czech section, and Sister Julia Vaclavik for the English section, and both of these reporters are on their toes all the time.

Floresville has been selected as the . place where the' organizers of: District Seven meet. It is centrally located, unless it could be in Karnes City or in Kenedy.

The meeting of organizers in District Seven are not outstanding in any way.

It is. a small group that meets there, much smaller than in other districts.

Naturally, I was very much surprised to receive a clipping from the local paper in Floresville that a meeting of organizers was held there. It proves that you may not be the biggest, the strongest, the most energetic, or the loudest, but you can place a notice before the people of your community telling them that you are living—not just breathing, not just vegetating, but actually living and enjoying it.

Sincere thanks to Brother Miculka for placing the following report in the local paper. It means a competition—or to use a better term, it means an assistance to and co-operation with Sister , Vaclavik and Brother Tom Novak. The report reads as follows.

SPJST LODGE HOLDS MEETING HERE SUNDAY

The organization of the SPJST Lodge of the 7th District of Texas held a meeting in the Wilson County courthouse in Floresville on Sunday, March 21. The purpose of the meeting was to explain the new policy that was put in force.

That policy is Class M-C, MortgageCancellation Plan. Organizers present were Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Valcik of Houston; Louis Dressler of Bexar County; Toni Ventrcek, John Dornak, Mrs. Frances Kremenek of Atascosa County; Chas. Holasek* of Nueces County; F. L. Pustejovsky, W. H. Marcak of Karnes County; Henry Sralla,, Tom Novak Sr. and Ad. Miculka of Wilson County: Eleven organizers were absent. Visitors present were Ed Zidek. Frank Kremenek, Mrs. Tom Ventrcek of Atascosa County; Mrs. W. H. Marcak, Mrs. F. L. Pustejovsky of Karnes County; • Mrs. Chas. Holasek of Nueces County; N. R. Kalich, Frank Bolf and E. Miculka of Wilson County.

Mr. Stephen Valcik presided over the meeting. Mr. Ed. L. Marek of Temple, Grand President of the Supreme Lodge, also was present, but while enroute to this meeting, his brother-in-law of Temple, dropped dead of a heart attack, so he could not remain with us.

This new policy is written from $5,000 up to $10,000, at a very low rate.

Applicant must be between the ages of 21 and 50 years old.

For full information, see either Henry Sralla, Torn Novak Sr. or Ad. Miculka.

Lunch was served at the Busy Bee cafe. Thanks for the courteous service.—Ad. Miculka, Secretary of Poth Lodge No: 61.

Let us have more'reports like the above which Brother Miculka, a fine secretary of No. 107 placed in his home paper.

Any short item which would place you before the public and offer you a place in your community is good publicity.

Many thanks, Brother Miculka, for doing something "beyond the line of duty." )• •( A minister, so the story goes, was calling at the home of a member of his congregation, when Tommy, the youngest of the family, dashed in carrying the lifeless form of a rat by the tail.

"Mommy, look!" he cried, proudly. "I beat him and banged him over the head until—" and then noticing the minister for the first time, he concluded in a subdued voice "--until God called him home,

Strata 19 AUTOMATIC GARAGE FOP NEW YORK

An automatic garage that provides a system of mechanical parking for cars instead of turning them over to strange hands for gear-straining storage will be put up in New York.

A motorist will drive into the garage entrance and, if he prefers, locks his car and walk off with the keys. From then on no human hand will touch the car to park it, and it will be brought back to him mechanically when he wants it.

This apparent feat of magic is performed by a device that is a cross between a sort of traveling crane and a hydraulic lift. It will move down to where the car is parked, pick it up, lift it to an upper floor, and pigeonhole it there in a parking bay till the motorist wants it. Then the procedure will be reversed.

The system, although new to New York, has been in operation in several western states for three years "without a single bumped fender or anyone hurt."

It is said that the new garage will accomodate -four times as many cars as a parking lot and 20 to 30 per cent more cars that the conventional garage.—The New York Times. ) • 4' • ( ONE INCH, PLEASE

Your editor is everlastingly grateful to our faithful reporters for their cooperation. The editor doesn't make the official paper. It is the sum-total of all those reports from your local Lodges which gives a true picture of what goes in the SPJST. It is your personalized report which makes the Vestnik to be more interesting to your neighbors, to your friends in your community of tar away from home, and to the member ship in general.

Your editor is pointing out one (',gin„ mon error. Some of you are V economical with your paper. You write too much on one sheet of paper. A ' threecent stamp will carry four sheets 81/2 by 11. Allow one inch of rriargin on the top, on the sides, and at the bottom.

Remember: you need a hem on your dress, you need a c uff on your sleeve; and you need a margin on your manuscript. Your report /s a manuscript. One inch of margin or your manuscript will give your re p Wting the professional touch. One ind, please. ) je • ( The press is the best instrument for enlighten,ng the mind of man, and inprc. ving him as a rational, moral and social being. -- Thomas Jefferson ) • 4 • Ext'avagance: Buying whatever is of no e ■': Illy value to your wife. — Strar.

Wednesday, April 70954

VESTNIX— WEST. TEXAS

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District Seven Elsa COI.O.teS The Essay Contest Committee of District Seven SPJST set up and approved the following rules to govern the Essay Contest sponsored by District Seven: 1. The Essay Contest is open for member and non-member children (whose mother or father is a member of the SP,T,ST, between the ages of 10 and 16, who reside within the confines of District Seven.

2. The essay contest must not consist of more than 200 words.

3. The essay must be written or typed on one side of the paper and mailed to Roy Branicky, Box 75, Orange Grove, Texas. Send three copies of each letter in order that each judge may have one.

Do not place your name,._ or any other identifying mark on your letter. Write your name, address, and .age on a .separate sheet of paper. This way the judges will not know the identity of any party writing an essay. Please indicate your local lodge name and number on the extra paper.

4. Your entry and identity informattion shall be included in the same envelope. In order that envelope is not opened until after May 1, 1954, please write "Essay Contest" in the lower left hand corner of the envelope.

5. The essay envelope must not be postmarked later than Slay 1, 1954.

6. If we have fewer than ten contestants each contestant will receive an equal prize. If have wore than ten contestants the following prizes will be given: First Prize—One 20-year policy with one year premium paid, plus $20.00, Secon4 Prize—$15.00, Third Prize--$10.00, Fourth Prize—$5.00 and Fifth through Tenth ea;th $1.00.

7.-The win ning essays will be published in the Vestnik. Interesting excerpts from the other essa's will also be published.

8. The essay mi dst confine itself to the folkwing topic: < 4 0,q2at I Expect in the sp j sric and the ye tith Movement."

9. The judges will not participate in the contest other Min to impartially judge all entries. The decision of the judges will be final.

10. No essays will be returned.

11. Winners will be annoinced at our District 7 meetin g in San An onto, May 16, 1954.

We hope that many of you toys a'nd girls will enter this contest. Sh y old you have any additional questions do not hesitate to write to one of the folowing committee members:

THE RACE FOR BOMBS IS OVER There were two H-bombs exploded in the month of March. The third explosion is to occur shortly. But the race for atomic weapons is j ust about over.

Let us see what has been done with the atoms controlled for peace. Let us go to a place called Arco, in the state of Idaho. Let us watch the atomic experiments for peace.

The electric light bulb glowed, and excited exclamations burst from the lips of a cluster of scientists in a stone house in Arco, Idaho. For the first time in history, the atom had been used as a source of controlled electric power.

This story of atoms •for peace began in Arco about four years ago. The glowing bulb marked a new era as surely as did the first practical application of electricity or the invention of the steam engine. A new, primary source of power liad been harnessed, and a vast econo'^ revolution was in prospect.

If a few pounds of uranium could produce power comparable to hundreds of thousands of tons of coal or millions of gallons of oil, man's life might be transformed. Deserts could be made to bloom. - Factories could spring up where only primitive workshops had existed before. The struggle for existence among millions 'of peoples, a struggle that is at the root of much international strife, might be eased beyond the fondest dreams of social visionaries.

The atomic arms race is, in a sense, over. It has ended in a draw. Russia has, or will soon have, enough atomic wcapens to cancel out any numerical superiority that the U. S. may still possess. The new race is beginning, the race to produce industrial power from the atom for peaceful purposes. The nation that gets the jump will exert tremendous influence on all the peoples of the world. For it will appeal to the one thing in man more compelling that fear: hope.

Atomic scientists have long recognized' that beyond a certain point, atomic stockpilling is meaningless. Ten thou-• sand hydrogen bombs would represent no greater real military strength than 1,000 H-bombs, since no nation is ever Mrs. Betty Jurica Route 2, Box 899 Corpus Christi, Texas Mr. Frank Bolf Floresville, Texas Roy Hranicky Orange Grove, Texas

going to drop the 10,000th bomb. Long before that could take place, civilization would be at an end.

This truth was borne home recently in the 'announcement by Soviet Premier Malenkov that Russia has mastered the secret of the hydrogen bomb. The announcement meant that Russia and the U. S. were rapidly approaching a deadly impasse. This deadlock was described by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the leaders in the development of atomic energy, when he compared Russia and the U. S. to "two scorpions in bottle."

The Moment either struck, both were likely to be destroyed.

Within a few week's of Russia's announcement, Thomas E. Murray, a member of the U. S. Atomic Energy commission, announced that the U. S. was about to construct an atomic electric-power plant. He said, "This is America's ansswer— its significant peacetime answer—to recent Soviet atomic tests. It should show the world that, even in this gravest phase of arming for defense, America's eyes are still on the peaceful future."

The device used at Arco to take the power locked in the atom and convert it to electric current is known as an atomic reactor. A reactor is essentially the graphite , honeycomb in which the controlled chain reaction takes place when uranium is introduced..

The chain reaction produces heat.

From there on, the rest is comparatively easy. The heat is used to convert water into steam. The steam drives an ordinary turbine can be harnessed to do anything from producing electric current for a bulb to turning a ship's propeller.

The atomic engine now being installed in the U. S. navy's submarine Nautilus is the same kind of mechanism as the one developed at Arco.

• The nuclear plant announced by Mr. Murray will be a large-scale version of the Arco reactor. It will be capable of producing electric power for industrial use. It will produce a minimum of 60,000 kilowatts of electricity, enough to supply a city of about 75,000 people.

The electricity will be used at the atomic plant itself. It may drive the hundreds of pumps used to refine uranium. Or it may be harnessed to light the homes and run the appliances of the thousands of workers.

The government has not disclosed how much it expects this first nuclear power plant to cost. Educated guesses place it (17) at about $30 million.

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MEMOIRS BY JOE SEFCIK Edit is Note:—Some two years back, tricks while we stayed close to the sided. One family, Paul Reznicek, came in the spring of 1952, Brother Joseph F. bank and watched them. from the same place in Europe my parSefcik, a member of Seaton Lodge No. Once, while we were in the creek, I ents did. My father went to their house 47, ran a series of reminiscenses in the went into deeper water to a little bush to see whether he could get a place to Vestnik. The members enjoyed reading which grew in the creek. I held on to live. Paul Reznicek told him that his Brother Seicik's recollections. They asked the bush and felt safe: but Anna Dukat- neighbors had his farm for sale. My for more and more. Then somebody nik, who was quite stout, jumped on father and Mr. Reznicek went to see suggested that the articles should be my back and I sank, since I was much the man and since the man was willing translated into English for the benefit lighter than she. She put her legs over to sell his farm, my father bought it. ,of younger people who find it difficult me, and, as long as I could, I bit her on Soon after we bought the • farm, we to read Czech. I mentioned it in the her legs but she did not let go. I lost moved to live on our own place for the Vestnik that we should find some brave consciousness but she, not realizing, that first time. This was in the year 1882; soul who would not be afraid of a Czech I may drown, did not get off. Then, John and in 1883, we harvested our first dictionary in doing the translation. Sis- Merka, who began to miss me, saw her crop. ter Clara Hejl volunteered to do it. She on fop of me. He grabbed her by her In the year 1884, the pioneers , built did a marvelous piece of work which will hair and pulled her off of my back. He a school.

The first teacher to teach in be preserved for those who will read it, took me out on the bank and caught study it, use it in some distant future as me by my feet and shook as much this school was Mr. Frank Klofanda. He a possible, inspiration to a story dealing water out of me as he could. Finally, I was a very strict teacher and often with the struggle of the Czech pioneers regained my consciousness. This, too, was punished the students severely. Because of this he was replaced, after two years, in Central Texas. our last time to swim in that creek. Al- by Mrs. Kunt whom the people liked bet• • though it's been 64 years ago, I rememI was born on November 15, 1887, in ber it well and I'll always be grateful ter. She also taught one month of suma one-room log house close to Halletts- to my friend, John Merka, for saving mer school. Since Camp Creek was just vine in Lavaca Caunty. My Godmother, my life. Today we live only about 50 a short distance from the schoolhouse, Mrs. Marie Batla, oftentimes teased me miles apart but we haven't seen each she allowed us to go swimming during how I yelled when I found out that other but one time in all those 64 years. the noon recess. our window was wooden instead of goldOne day, while we were swimming, A few years ago my wife was in en. I cried so much and so loudly that brother John stepped on a log and she had to give me a dose of spiced whis- the hospital here in Temple. Time was slipped into deep Avater. I was standlong for me so I went for a walk.

While key to quieten me.

I was walking up and down the' side- ing close by, and without thinking to • My parents lived in Lavaca County walks in front of the hospital, a car call someone who knew how to swine, I for nine years in various places. Then drove up and an elderly man sat in the jumped into the creek to help him. He we moved to Rice's Crossing in William- back seat smoking a pipe. I thought grabbed me and pulled me in. Then we son County. This was just before Christ- to myself that those people are' either both began to drown. I heard J. C. Bar7 mas in the year 1880. We lived on this Czech or Germans; so I walked up to tek call to Vine Vasek to go help us and he did. He held us up out of water place only one year and since there were them and asked, "Are you Czechs?" and since we were both conscious, we no other places for rent, we moved to The old man answered, "Yes, we're jumped upon the bank; but without his a place about four miles east of Granger. from Taylor." help we would have been drowned. -Vine At that time, Granger was just beginI asked him his name. He told me that Vasek has been dead for many years, lag to be built. I was only six years old, but I remember many things dis- John Merka was his name. I asked him but I often think of him and am thank tinctly. I remember that our neighbors whether he was the one who long ago ful that he saved our lives. were : Merka, Turina, and Krampota was Joe Sefcik's neighbor. He answered, 1 All of those pioneers who came to this families. Martin Dukatnik was our "Yes," and got out of the cat and shook country 70, 30, or more years an had naighbor too, but they lived close to Tay- hands with me. He asked how I knew no money of their own so th:Jt ' i. 'y could ler. All of these families knew each that Joe Sefcik used to be his neighbor. get here. When they finally !:u1-. herC and other in Europe. They helped each other I told him that I was the 'one who owed setlted down, they had to live tin'GtiCa all with their farm work and visited each him_ for saving my life and that finally kinds of difficulties. They :ticl not know the language; there were no plowed up other frequently. We, children, were al- / after 60 years we have met.

Sixty years ago we parted as children, lands; no barb-wire fence so they could ways glad to visit each other and we , always had a good time. As I remember and on this day we met as old grand- fence in their cleared land. There were there were these children: my sister fathers. I must say that besides my : very few buildings and often four or 10 years; brother John 8; I, 6; Anna own parents and close relatives, I have five families lived together in a small Tuiina 10; Anna Krampota 11; Veronica never welcomed anyone as warmly as I one- or two-room house. The worst thing, Dukatnik 11; and three Merka boys. I did this old friend of mine. And this is at many of the places was that there how we should always think of our was not a drop of water. People had to do not remember their names. friends, John Merka, if you read these haul water c. ten many miles away on In the summer time we would go lines, think of all our happy childhood sleds. They LikkJ had to haul their cotswimming in a creek which ran by our days. ton and 1. !.r.0 products long distances place just a short distance from our I Here at Granger, we lived only one to n-1o:, r th.iTe: were no trains and house. Our mother often warned us of year because the owner did not wish to hl . ;: l o (:,lose by. In return, the no going into deep water as none of us knew rent the place to us. Since there were people oraeyiit back their products from how to swim.

1 no other farms for us to rent, my father tewn. Alt o c the railroads were built, The neighbor children knew how to decided to go to Bell County to Camp ma l'y towns or districts were swim ;?',) they performed all kinds of Creek where some Czech families re- f()C `17( 'd : ; Illlags became a little easier

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Even though our parents had so much ject of these numerals. T , ∎,o centuries We didn't have to haul and bring back our products such long distances. ! j hardship and misery and had only the later a Latin translation introduced this When we moved to Bell County, we fewest of necessities, they felt their love book to Europe where they were first lived a short distance from the road, for one another and for their friends. called algorisms, a Latin corruption of but since there was only one bridge They all lived together as blood rela his name.

However, the practical use of Arabic across the Creek, it made it much far- tives and were very well satisfied. If it ther for us to get to the road. There happened that one of them died, they numerals came to the West via a slow were'nt many people to help build more I let each other know and all of them ronte, and it was not until the early bridges, so we were satisfied with that came to pay their respect to their thirteenth century that European matheneighbor. They all went to the funeral. maticians benefitted by them. Although one.

At that time, no natter-where one Those Czech pioneers brought with Al-Khwarizrni's works were known to went, he carried a plow, a spade, a hoe, them these characteristics: temper- scholars, Christian mathematicians of and a hatchet or ax. I guess many of ance, thriftiness, and indastriousness. he eleventh and twelfth centuries and you think, "Why did y ou have to carry Soon after coming here, each one had even during part of the thirteenth conhis own home and farm. Today those fury !, still chose the laborious medium all of those things?"

My dear friends, when we went to who are still living own many acres of of Roman numerals for their work. In town, we never knew whether, by the the test and richest land or they have 1202 an Italian scholar who had traveled in North Africa and who had been time we got home, it didn't start raining their own place of business.: Brained by an Arab teacher, published (To be continued.) and the creek got out of banks or rose • (ee_ ._) .„.!, ___ a mathematical treatise using Arabic higher than the crossing and ruined it. numerals. This publication blazed the Before we could get across, we had to l ARABIC NUMERALS Today when we speak of figures as trail for the universal use in the West Fix the crossing. First we had to plow down the bank and use the spade to "Arabic numerals" we mean the system of these numbers, and sparked the value fill out the holes. We used the ax to by which we are able to identify and of Al-Khwarizmi's, works, particularly chop_clown the stumps which were too designate values to nine different char- his book on algebra which remained the standard textbook in European waiverlarge to go over. acters and the zero, sometimes called the I remeMber well how one spring day cipher, whi ch comes from the Arabic sities until the sixteenth century.

The simplicity of the numerals with my father and Paul Reznicek started word "sifr”, meaning "empty." world would probably better afford their zero or cipher virtually revOluout to Temple. It was cloudy when they The started, but they went on and bought to dispense with the radio or the air- tionized arithmetic in the Western world. all ,oll the things they needed. They plane than with the Arabic numeral Without them, arithmetical progress started on their way home when it be- system. Imagine the student of mathe- would have been badly stymied. The g an to rain. Instead of staying in Tem- matics doing his problems in Roman cipher, from the Arabic word sift, or pie overnight, they started on home. numerals. Or the waiter figuring your empty, is of priceless use. Without it, When they came to the creeks, they bill, the salesclerk your change, the bank we would have to arrange our figures in tables with columns of units were surprised to see that they were a l lcomplicated teller your balance! Try computing your out of their banks. They had no trouble annual rent by multiplying, let us say for tens, hundreds, thousands, et cetera. crossing the mall creeks, but when they $LXXXV a month by 'XII months. The No matter what the specific beginings of these numerals, certainly it was came to Big Elm Creek they learned work !o of accountants would be incredibl y the Arabs who were responsible for their ?hat they could not cross it as it was complicated and space-consuming. A too swift and too wide. They unhitched check book would become a ! Matter of introduction and dissemination into the their horSes and tied them to graze on baffling calculations, and the ladies at West. And certainly in terms of shoe g rass along the road. They themselves the bridge table might not take such sizes, telephone numbers, street addresshid under the wagon to stay until the interest in totaling up their scores, if es, bank balances, license tags, national cr eek went down. The rain kept coming they had to use Roman characters. Life budgets, and a thousand other everydown and there was no hope of the creek is simpler became of Arabic numerals. day things — Arabic numerals have Historians generally concede that the simplified the task 'of "figuring out" life. goinp: down before night, so they spend •( ) the night under the wagon. Morning origins of the numerals are to , be found FRIENDSHIP came and it was Still raining. Here the not only among the Arabs, but among men had to stay for two days and three the Persians, Egyptians, and Hindus as To laugh a bit, and joke a bit, nights_ All they had to eat . was a bucket well, because the traders of these counAnd grasp a friendly hand; of apples that my father had bought. tries carried symbols across one border To love a bit, and scold a bit, After the apples were eaten, they were to another. It is probable that our presAnd know they'll understand; forced to only smoke their pipes and ent system is a conglomeration of numTo tell one's secret hopes and fears, hope for the best. On the third day the erals used in the Middle East.

And share a friendly smile; creek finally went down enough to let To have a friend, and be a friend, Although we refer to them as Arabic them get across and go home.

Is what makes life worth while. numerals, the term Hindu-Arabic is more • 44 • Those pioneers had to live through accurate for it was in early India that much distress, but after many years some of these symbols were first dePROCRASTINATIQN everything changed and better times veloped. came. They built many beautiful and By the close of the eighth century asA fact which is dramatized is long good roads, but often times I think and tronomical tables from India had been remembered, such as the one found on wonder whether these roads are use- translated into Arabic at Baghdad and a recent bulletin from Kansas City, Mo. ful for our benefit or for the distruction the numerals were studied and used "The greatest stumbling block in any of human lives and property. I am often by the Arab scholars of the time. man's path is not laziness or fear, but terrified when I read in the papers The first great figure in Arab Mathe- a low-necked, short-skirted, enamelabout the mutilated and lost lives upon =tics, Al-Khwarizmi (780-850 A. D.), faced, rose - scented, diamond - decked our highways of our present day, wrote a small book about 825 on the sub- vamp called Tcmmorow."

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ZesnulY byl elenem Jednoty 48 rola zanechal zde velkou iadu pkibuzenstva, kteki ho budou dlouho postradati a vzpominati. Budi2 yam vgak vgem pozilstalYm aspori easteenou ntechou ye Vagem zarinutku, 2e i my elenove kadu a v gichni jen2 ho znali, tuto ztratu a bolest s Vami neseme.

Tobe bratie, budf2 zeme lehkou a oci VYSLOVEN! SOUSTRASTI. Jmenem kadu Mord/tyska Orlice Cis. 145 pooivej v pokoji!

Anna Marek, Annie Steiner, Frank VoMy, nine podepsaiV desolueni vflaor v Penelope, Texas, vyslovujeme upkimdieka; resolueni vYbOr. kadu CeskY Prapor eislo 24 v Cyclone,1 nou soustrast pozUstalYm po sestie Marie Brichta, • •( Texas, timto projevujerne jmenem kadu hluboce citenou soustrast pozustale rodi- ktera, zemiela 13. biezna 1954 ve veku 84 Jiki Washington a bratr Jonathan. nad ztratou man2ela a na geho spolu- let.

Kdy2 general Washington ustanoven Sestra Brichtova, dokud bYvala zde v byl vrchnim velitelem armady ye valce bratra Penelope, vypomahala pki rtiznYch pro- revolueni, plibyl take do Massachusetts, Ladis Pagash, kterY nahle zemiel 26. btezna 1954 ve gramech, at' * pro red, ci Narodni Sdru- by zorganisoval vojsko a podniknul nutstall. 48 rokii. Zesnulemu bud.i2 zeme leh- 2eni a s jejim bratrem Dp. Vilemem ne pkipravy ku obrane -zeme, nee zahy Brichtou v2dy nee() pekneho a vlastene-i pfesvedeil se, 2e stieliva se tam nedostakou.

Resolueni vYbor: F. J. Marek, R. J. Ma- ckeho napvioili s na gi mladai ve prom va a bez neho nebylo moZno mocnernu spech Sdraeni. Te2 ueivala eeskou letni nepiiteli deliti. V dobe to guvernerem sta rek, Ben tabeik. gkolu. I jejich, tehdy male adoptovana tu Connecticut byl Jonathan Trumbull s • 46 • ( dcera Ida, nyni Mrs. Ida Moore ye West, stagi, na jaho2 pkispeni a nsudek WashRESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI v2dy v programech vystupovala, ktere2 ington znadne spolehal. Kdy2 pfesVedeilti My, ni2epsanY resolueni vjibor jmenem plati nage soustrast nad ztratou dobre se o tom, co vojsku se nedostava, prohlakadu Svornost Jihu Oslo 15 SPJST. v matky a vychovatelky. sil jednoho dne: "Musime se o teto feel Cest budi2 pamatce zesnule sestie poraditi s bratrem Jonathanem." Udinil Buckholts, Texas, vyslovujeme uptimnou soustrast portistale rodine nad ztratou Brichtove! tak a s dobrou se potazal, nebot' guverV Mt. Calm, Texas, dne 31. bkezna ner Trumbull dodal mu zahy vgechny jejich milovaneho madiela, otce, syna, 1954. bratra a na geho mileho spolubratra potteby pro vojsko. Ta.k nekolik tech sloe Ed. 8napka, Chas. Barton, Lud. Van- WashingtonovYch "Musime se poraditi s Jana Sefeika, kterY po kratke nemoci neoeekavane duch, resolueni vYbor. bratrem Jonathanem" stalo se oblibenou —1 • A • ( skonal dne 15. bkezna t. r. ye stall 61 let. frasi a konedne i. Spojene staty v lidove RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI Dne 17. bkezna byl pohkben na Oak Hill mluve pkezvany byly na "Brothel-Jonahititove v Cameron, Texas, za hojne ujalo se dodnes obliMy, nine psanji resolueni vYbor kadu than". Pozdeji v gak pkibuzenstva, pkatel a tadoveho Oen- KomenskY eislo 20 SPJST v Granger, Te- bene aslovi "Uncle Sam". stva.

• ( )• eho kadu 42 xas, projevujeme jmenem kadu upkimBr. S efeik byl elene rn na g nou soustrast pozilstale rodine nad KALENDMI let a v2dy spravne konal sve elenske po- tim jejich manzela, bratr, syna a nageho vinnosti. Zil tine a pracoval pro dobro je- spolubratra ✓ sobotu tohoto tYdne a ka2dou ho mile manielky a syna, kteii ho budou , Rudolph Cervenka, te2cc postradat. Neni nahradou, ale ute- ktery od nas nahle ode gel dne 13. bkczna sledujici sobotu lad Pokrok Houstoriu Oslo 88 pokada pkatelskou zabavu. Kava chou nage upkimna soustrast s Vami.

1954 ye staki 57 let. eaj a zakusky jsou vitly zdarma. Vedete Zesnulemu bratru pkejeme zemi lehBr. Cervenka byl elenem kadu 38 let a dle pkani. Nav gtevnici jsou ,Y2dy kou a pokoj veenY! byl v2dy dobrY pracovnik. pozvete sve zname.

Dano v Buckholts, Texas, dne 31. biezVime, pozdstala rodino, 2e te2ce nesete na 1954. ✓ nedeli 11. dubna kad Antonin 6ey-jeho ztratu, ale buda Vam irtechou, ae i Hilda'Brti gova, W. E. Ku gel a Valentin my soucitime s Vami ye Vagem zarmut- mak Oslo 56 v Corpus Christi pokada Nemec, resolueni vYbor. po schtizi velikonoeni pomlazku pro deti, ku.

• a. • ( ZesnulY bratr necht' odpoeiva, v pokoji a pro vgechny eleny svadinu.

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI a east budi2 jeho pamace.

V nedeli 11 .dubna lad Rozkvet Zapadu...

Za lad KomenskY eislo 20 v Granger, eislo 107 ye Floresville bude miti velikoMy, ni2epsanY resolueni vYbor kadu Svaz CechoslovanY eislo 92 ve Fort Texas. nodni pomlazku pro 'deti a svaeinu 'pro John P. Trlica, Henry E. Vitck, J. H. 'deny.

Worth, Texas, vyslovujeme jmenem facia 4.11AASIM upkimnou soustrast portlstalernu mange- ; Huser, resolueni vYbor.

• 4„•( • Oslo 165 sobotu 13. dubna lad 6ulak ✓ lu, detem a cele dal gi rodine nad pokada, pro sve deny a jejich picatele yePROJEV SOUSTRASTI jejich mile man2elky, matky, babielty a likonoeni zabavu. Hry a .darky pro deti, nagi spolusestry ) Ni2e psanST resolueni vYbor timto zabava pro dospele, zakusky pro vgechny.

Anna Belle Bunker, 1 ptimne jmenem kadu Pokrok Dallas 'Oslo Za,eatek v 7:30 yeeer. ktera tine skonala dne 27. bfezna 1954 ye 84 v Dallas, Texas, projevuje citenou soustati 55 let a 9 mesicii.

1strast v gem pozustalYm nad ztratou jeV nedeli 16. kvetna lad Pokrok HoustoZesnula byla dlouholetou a dobrou jich man2e1a, otce, dedeeka a nageho nu pokada svilj piknik 'barbecue' phi sini. elenkou nageho kadu.

1spolubratra Obed zadne ye 12:30 v poledne.

Vime, pozustala rodino, 2e Va g 2a1 je !

Henry Vita, neeni zabava odpoledne a ruzne hry velikY, ale vekte, 2e ho s vami soucitime. kterY nahle opustil tento svet dne 26. ter. Podrobnosti budou oznameny v TOU 6' , draba spolusestro, budiZ zeme brezna ye veku 66 let. scch.. lehka, a odpodivej v pokoji, Cast buda Tvoji pamatce.

Dan° ye Fort Worth, Texas, dne 1. dubna 1954.

Marie Juran, Helen Zich a Rud. Koei, resolueni vybor. ) • o RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI

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-------ShromadenY da y vzkrikl zdetenim, nikdo vtak nechtel se odvaZiti k jeho zachhine, nebezpedi bylo velike.

Netrastnik zatim visel nad zavratnou hloubkou a more pod nim tumelo. Bylo patrno, ze jiZ se dlouho neudrZi, nebot' vtecky jeho -tidy patrne ochabovaly a sily jej opcuttely. Vtichni citili, ze kaZdy okamZik spadne do zd yratne propasti a be z,deky odvraceli hlavy, aby toho hrozneho okamLiku nevideli. Prave v to chvili pracovali galejni otroci na palube.

Jeden z nich, jakmile spatril, co se deje, be2"el lined k dozorci, jen mel dohlidku a prosil jej o do ycleni, aby smel oliroleneho naniornilza za,chraniti.

KdyZ dozorce pokynem hla yy k tomu rozbil jeclinYrn fiderem kladiva sve okovy. Nikda nezpozoroval, ze mu to velmi lehce, a chopiv se lana, tplhal se nahoru. Vtichni pritomni tajili deck a hledeli s napetim, co se stane. Galejnik lezl s obratnosti kodky a v okamZiku byl na , vrcholku stane. KdyZ se yytplhal • aZ do kote na steZmi, strhl mu vitr cepici, i spattili imlne bijou hlavu. sekund se tu zastavil, zmeril odima vzdalenost od yisiciho eloveka, pak piipevnil lano, ktere s sebou byl vz,11, takle druhY konec lana visel ye vzduclau. Na to spustil se pa lane dolit.

Byl to hroznr pohled. 1\41s:to jednoho, viseli Ova lide nad propasti.

Galejnikovi zatim se poclarilo, dostati se aZ k ohrolenemu namornikovi. 13y1 jiZ take nej yytti eas, nebot' vysileny a zotifalY narnornik jiz ji =2 se pouttel spasneho lana. Galejni trestanec jej peyne cmotal provazem, o nejt se jednou rukou zacirbaval, ciruhou pak pracoval. Konedne videli, jak zase na rahno vstoupil a minl ornika vytahuje. Tam se na chvilku zastavil, aby si trochu mohl oddechnouV, a vzav namornika do narnee, snesl jej po rahne aZ ke koti steZne, kcleZ jej zustavil rukam jeho druhti.

V tom okamZiku zadal vtecek, da y ja sat?, tleskati a volal: "Milcst, milost tomu mu‘Zi!" Trestanec vtak musel ihned vratiti se ku sve praci: BeZel rychle po jednom z dolejtich rahen, zraky, vtech jej sledovaly.

V tent, snad Unavou, snad take dostal zavrat', zavravoral a spadl do more.

VeAkerY lid vzkrikl zdetenim, nebot' pad byl velice nebezpeenY. Fregata Algesiras byla totiZ zakotvena vedle Orionu, a u-

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bolar karanec padl me gi ob lodi. Byly abavy,, ze proud jej strhne pod jednu nebe, druhou loci' a pak by byl ztracen.

Ctyri namornici rychle vskoeili do Munn Lid na ne pokrikoval, aby si pospitiStrach a ncpbkoj zmocnil se v'Sech.

Galejnik vtak se jiZ neobjevil na povrchu, zmizel y hlubinach jako kamen.

Spustili olovnici, potopila se do more.

Marne. Hledali aZ do vedera, ale nenalezli ani jeho mrtycly.

DrubCho clue Wines' "Toulonsky dennik" zpravu: "Dne 16. listopadu spadl galejni trestanec, jenZ zachranil Zi yot namornikovi na lodi "Orion" do mote a utopil se. .Jeho mrtvola nebyla nalezena, patrne se dostal mezi 11oly pod yystupkem zrojnice. MO ten mel Cislo 9431) a nazVval se Jean Valjean."

XIX. vlaaazele Thenardierovi.

Montlermeille, nyni dosti velike a lidnate mesteeko, bylo r. 1823 jette malou ve.snici v lesich, krasnou a tichou. Me7 lo jen jedinY velky nedostatek, totiZ vody ye vsi, nasledkem yysoke polohy krajiny. Bylo pro ni dosti daleko, cot ptisobilo v hospodarstvi velike nesnaze.

JistY elo y ek se take zabYval yyhradne dodavanim vody obyy atelinn mesteeka, a oni mu platili za kaZdY sud vody K yeeeru vtak svou praci skoneil, komu se vody nedostavalo, byl nucen, dojiti si pro ni,sam, nebo tee bez ni se abejiti.

Bylo to postrachem pre . ubohou Cosetku, jetto ji v takovem pripade obyCejne posilali pro vodu k prameni do lesa, a Bite balo jiti veeer tak daleko samo.

0 Vanocich roku 1823 bylo v Montfermeillu zvlaMe Zlvo. Prodavaei z PariZe dcstall d pana pl.edstaveneho povoleni, voze,, taviti sve handy v hlavni ulici a lido se vsech stran se sbihali, aby se krasnym, na prodej v boudach vystaven:Vra vyribkfun obdivovali. VSude byl Cily such. 0 f- tedrein vederu sedelo tee- v hospod6 Thenardierove nekolik kteri, pill a vesele se bavili. Pan Thenardier pil zaroveri s hosty a bavil je vypravo yanim rfiznYch povidaeek, parn Thenardierov y varila veeeri.

Cosetka -jak obyeejne sedela u kuchyfiskeho stole a pietla vinene puneochy pro Thenardierovy deem S: ky. Pod dil hralo si male kot'atko, a z vedleikho pokoje bylo slykti svai hiasy dvou tek, Zvatlajicich a smejicich se, Eponiny a Anselmy, jakot I krlk ho:Sika asi Matka, Bah vi prof, hoAika nernilovala. On take ea.sto plakaval, ale nikdo si ha ani Thenardierovi bylo nyni jiz padesat let, jeho Zene etyricet. Byla stale stejne energicka, pit zvuku jejiho hlasu vtichni se trash, ba i tabulky v oknech.

A , one 7. dubna. peKlela jako dragoim a chlubra se, sti rozdrti orech.

Thenarclier byl malt', vychtly, kosnatY, a adkoli y Upine zdrav, chorobne bledY. Z opatrnosti stale se usini yal, ekeval se YU& kaZdemu privetive a vypadal jako lerina litak. Pil s kaZdYm, ale nikdo ho nemohl nikdy ,cpiti. Hral si na fa, Ude ye vsi rikali, ze e studoval na kneze, on sam pak tikal, ze byl vojakem, ze slouZil ye vojtte, ale my dobie Yime, co tarn Mal. Z lupu, ktery si primes' z vojny, a jen2 nebyl prave print velikY, si zaiadil hospodu.

Byl to elpvek obratnY, PoclnikavY, ale nieema a lots v route svatouSka. TakovY nruh lidi je vZdycky nejhar g. Casem Sc nekdy tee rozzlobil. V takoyYch chvilich bYval hrozny, a vychrlil vetkerou nendvist, kterou v hloubi dute sve chovat na-celY svet. To vtak se stavalo yetmi zridka.

Na prvni pohled by se kahlemu zylo zdalo, ze vlastne pant Thenardierov y je panem domu, ale nebylo tomu tak. Podrobovala se ye v‘Sem svemu rnu2i, a kcnala jen to, co urea on. On sam y'Secko idil, ale nepozorovane. Pokladala sveho mute za jakousi vytti a neobydejnou bytost. V jejim zboZno yan.i vlastrilho mute bylo nee° velkelepeho, nebot' ten malt' hubeny despota vodil tu hatterivou a zlou obryni na. s yem malieku. Deti sve ta, milovala, ale vice dcerutky, pro hocha ji2 srdce nemela. Thenardier zase nemiloval nikoho, jedinou jeho tonhou bylo, rychle zbolmtnouti. Ale v Mcntfermeillu se mu to piece neda,rilo, jetto nemel pole k rozvinuti svYch schopnosti. Jeho pomery byly nyni mi nepfiznive, mel mnoho dluhil, a byl blizek imadku. MuZ a 'g em, byli sloudeninou lit a zurivosti, Mezi takovYmi dy ema, lidmi byla Cosetka. Je tako predstaviti si Utrapy, jake chudinka s -obo nstran 'zakoutela.

MuZ a Zena, meli sve zy lattni zpilsoby tryzneni decka, Zeno., 'je bila, mu2 je odiral ze vteha. UbohY drobeeek byl vysilen, stale rnusela behati nahoru i doh mYti, eistiti, mesti, nositi bremena.

Tak male- a Ulla., a musela zastati praci dospele sluZky. Nikdy se nikdo nad ni neslitoval.

Zy latte nyni, kdy ir.atka za ni neplatila, protole zemrela, myslili si manZele Thenardieroyi, ze maji pra y° ji vyiaZitkoy all a proto ji jette drZei, je/to z ni mobil mai Oitek.

Nyni, dire sedic y e svem koutku a pieta-id pundochy, pohriLlo se v trudne mytlenky. Adkoliv mela tepr y osm let, vytrpela jiZ tolik, ze jeji tvalVaka mela vYraz utrapene starSi PSemYSlela o torn, conesti vodu do pokoin ytech naveb cestujicich a ze jiZ neni ani trocny :dy v kadi domu. Tetila se, . ze haste piji racleji yi-

Ve- sttedU, dne 7. dubria 1954. no ne2 vodu, ale mela strach, aby ji pro vodu neposlali. Kdy2.• Thenardierova vzala sklenici a ga ke kadi, dite strachem ani nedYchalo.

"Vociy tu jiz neni! — "tekla, "ale koneene na tom nezale2i, je tu jette sklenice, to mi sta g," dodala.

Cosetka si oddechla, ale srdce ji jette ticuklo jako kladivo.

Najednou vetel jede z hosti do pokoje a zvolal zhurta: "Proe nedostal mizj kiln jette pit?"

"Jak to, nedostal?" tekla. hostinska.

"Povidam yam, z.e nedostal," zvolal kupee. Cosetka, vylezla v podstoli.

"0, ano,. pane, nil je napojen," tekla vtecka se chvejic, "sama jsem mu davala, vypil cely okcv." Nebylo to Pravda, Cosetka lhala strachem.

"Ach, 2abec jako pest, a 12e jako stard," zvolal kupec. "Povidam ti 2abo, nepil, ja, se v torn dobte vyznarn."

Cosetka trvala na svem a odporovala hlasern tichjim a chvejicim se.

"J12 dosti toho!" vzktikl kupec zlostne, "dejte memu koni vody a dost!"

Ccsetka utekla pod still.

"To je docela v potadku," odpovedela Thenardierova, "jestlik kiln nepil, nutno jej napojiti."

Po to se ohledla.

"Kam pak se to vy ge pocielo?" zvolala.

Spattila Cosetku schoulenou pod sto lem a vzkiikla: "Vylezet mi hned!"

Cosetka vylezla z fikrytu.

"Dozes ihned koriovi vody!"

"Ale, pani, vody tu neni," vykoktala tiThenardierova otevtela dvete.

"Tak jdi hned a pines!"

Cosetka svesila hlavu a Ala pro prazdnY okov, kterY byl tem& vetti ne2 ona sauna.

"A2 piljdet zpet, koupit u pekate velkSr bochnik chleba," dodala hostinska, "tu mat penize Cosetka vzala inlay penize a streila je do male kapsieky ye sve zasterce.

81a nekolik krokii a zastavila se na prahu, jakoby eekala, 2e ji nekdo ptispeje ku pcmoci.

"ThIjdet-li pak u2!" yzktikla Thenardierova.

Cosetka odeAla. Dvete se zavtely.

Ikada,6 bud tahla se od kostela, ae k hospode tnanzelu Thenardierovych. Nyni byly skvele osvetleny rilznobarevnYmi larnpiony, je2to ride chodili na jittni a na hlavni ulici byl velkY ruch. Noc vaak byla tmava.

Naproti ho.spocle byla bouda s hraokami a lesklYmi cetkami, na ptedu postavil hraekat na biljrch ubrouscich chromnou loutku, tamer d ye stopy vysokou, obleeenou v rilk yYch kre•• Satlekach, se zlatYrni viasy a se oCimU, Veceky deti z ce-

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leho Montfermeillu byly u vytrkni, hle- dobte, protok 'east° tamtudy ehodila -a dice na to zazraene dilo, ale v celem adkoliv nehledela ani na pravo ani na Montfermeillu nebylo matky, je2 by tu- levo, nezabloudila. Pud ji vedl. Tak se to loutku svemu diteti koupiti mohla. dostala k studance. Byla to azka proEponina a Anselma stravily te2 dlouhe hluben, jiz voda v pude jilovite sobe chvile pied bouct,m, prohlikjice si kras- vymlela, obrostla vakol Mechem a vodnou loutku. ni travou. Vytekal z ni jen malt' pota‘Cosetka Ala v.navend a smutna, ale eek a ti ge bublal pa kameni. jakmile spattila earokrasnou "sleeinku", Cosetka pri ged gi na misto, ani se ne jak ji nazjivala, nemohla piece odolati, zastavila, aby si oddechla. Nahmatala aby se na ni aspori na chvilku nepodi- pa tme mladY stromek nad studankou, vala, je go pied tint nemela easu, dobte jehoZ se obyeejne chytavala, chopila se si ji prohlednouti, valve a ponotila okov do vody. Nezpozo Celt' kremek zdal se ji jakYmsi earov- rovala, ze ji pri tom pohybu peniz vynYm zjevem, nebot' s bystrosti trYzne- khiizl z kapsy a padl do vody. Vytahla neho ditete poznala, jaka, propast ji od okov tame): pink a postavila jej do traonech hraeek deli. vy.

"Musela bycil bYti kralovnou, nebo asNyni tepry citila,, ze je hrozne zerndlepofa princeznou," myslila si, "abych si na. Byla by se rada hned vratila, ale mohla tak krasne veci koupiti!" nemohla. Byla nucena usednouti. Klesla Nemohla se od toho pohledu ani od- do travy a zavtela oei, ale jakasi neptetrhrrauti. V tomto vytrkni zapomnela moZitelna, sila ji donutila, zase hned je na otevriti. Rozhledla se vakol. Vedle ni Najednou ji drsnY hlas Thenardiero bublala voda, nad ni viselo zachmuteye vyburcova,1 ze sneni. ne a Upine aerne nebe. Tajemnk zavoj "Co2 jsi jette netla, ty strako vtetee- tmy yznagel se nad tou rnalou byttistkou, nd?" vzkiikla zlostne, "teknete mi v lese bylo apine tma, ticho a ponura, dicky, co tam tropi? Podkej, alaueim to vetve rortahovaly stra gne sve ruse, tra.hned, tak zde oeirmovati!" vy ovivane lehkym vetrem svijely se jaCosetka utikala co nejrychleji mohla, ko hadi, student' vitr foukal od hot.. tahnouc prezdnY oka y za sebou.

Cosetka citila se uchvacena tou 'derNehleclela ji2 na hraeky, myslila jen nou ohromnosti prirody, nevedouc vla,stse strachem, 2e musi jiti do takove tmy. ne ani, Jake city dual jeji naphiuji; To, Jette pckud Ala, hlavni ulici a videla o- co citlla,,nebyl jiz pouze obyeejnY strach, svetlene kramky a domy, nebala se. Za bylo Uo neco vice. Zmocriovala se ji jachvilku ptitla do ripine osamele easti kasi nemoc, byla jako ochromena, vyme ta. Jette tarn piece se citila, na bliz- ttegtila odi desem a chvela se na celem ku lidi, videla domy, tu a tam zatilo sve- tele ja,ko ,asykovk list. Aby se podobnYm telko, Ala tedy jette dosti smele. Kdy2 pocitam ubranila, poeitala hlasite do mela posledni dilm za sebou, zastavila jedne do desiti a pak zrovna od jedne se. Zdalo se ji, ze je vubec nemo2no, do desiti. To ji trochu vzpamatovalo, aby Ala dale. Postavila oka y na zem pocitila zimu, jeato pti nabirani vody a tkrabala se v hlave, jak to delavaji Ise polka, vodou. Vstala a mela jen jediustratene deli v rozpacich. Pied ni le- nou myglenku. beZeti sea sily staei 2ela Sin:t pole, zdalo se ji, ae slyti jake- dome. Jeji zrak padl na pine veciro. si tajemne hlasy a Amu. Pomyslila .si , ze Strach pied Thenardierovou byl tak vetam pcbihaji stratidla. likk, ze se bala bez okovu se vratiti, Chopila se okovu a uminila si, 2e se vzala tedy drZ'adlo nadoby do obou rudo Montfermeillu vrati. kou, ale okov sotva pozvedla. Popogla "lkeknu, 2e tam nebylo vody," pomy- nekolik kroka, ale okov byl pink a vetslila si. mi teZky, posta,vila jej tedy na zem, a ,Popotla nekolik krokil a zase se ne- chvilku odpoeivala,. Pot= pozvedla oodhodlane zastavila. Pied jejim zra- kov znova a g la zase kousek, tentokrat kern se vynotila Thenarclierova s odima trochu dale. vztekcm planoucima. Dite se zouiale oZa chvili v gak byla °pet nucena se hledlo do predu i do zadu. Co poeiti, zastaviti a odpoaivati. Sla ku ptcdu kam jiti? ohnuta, s hlavou sklopenou jako statePied ni pkiSera hostinska, za ni noc a na, telke biime ji tame? vytrha,valo huMra pole i lesy. Strach peed Thenardie- bane ruaky, 2elezne drZadlo olocvu ji sturovou piece zvitezil, i dala se do behu dui() do rukou a zastavila-li se, polila si smerem k studance. B gela stale, no, nic studenou vodou bose nohy. nehledic, ani se neohWejic. Uvolnila Vte, to delo se v zime, v hloubi lesa, krok teprv, az jidochazel dech, ale ela daleko od zraku lidskeho. Muka toho apiece dale. Obestrela ji noc, neviclela smileteho ditete videl jedine Bah a snad biz nideho a na nic nemyslila, jen slzy tee jeji matka. BohuZel deji se veci, kteji tekly po tvaiich. re i mrtvYm oei otviraji.

Od kraje lesa k studance bylo sechn Deveatko djrchalo s bolestnjrm chrapoa'2, osin minut. Cosetka znala tu cestu tem, vzlykot ji dusk v hrdle, ale plaka-

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ti piece nemohla. Sla velice pomalu, ad- • KdyZ phjeli za branu, snaZil se vozka Hubei* slaboueke, tvaileka Coseteina koliv spechala, co nejvice moha a my- zapristi rozmluvu, ale cestujici odpovidal nejasne se rYsovala na tmavem poZadi slila strachem na ze snad tepry jen jeclnoslablane. Umlkl telly a zabalil foci. za hodinu dojde do Montfermeillu, a ze se v p!iitt', jeato bylo zima. K testa ho"Jak se jmenujet?" tazal se.

Thenardierova ji zbije. Byla jiZ,lne vy- dine prijeli do Chelles. Omnibus se za7 "Cosetka." silena, a jette ani nevytla z lest. To u- stavil u zajezclnillo hostince, aby si koNeznamy se zachvel a uskodil, jakoby bohe maid stvoreni nemohlo jiZ ne trochu oddechli. jinn projel elektrickY proud. sveho zoufalstvi a zvolalo: "Zcle slezu," vela cestujici, vzal svilj Vzal mleky okov a tli dale.

"Bole! Miii Bole!" balidek a za- chvilku , zmizel na ceste.

"A kde bydlit, drobeeku?" tazal se za✓ tcm okamZiku. ucitila, ze ckov neni Kodi obratil se k cestujicirn do vozu a se. jiZ ani trochu te. .kY a jakasi ruka, kte- rekl: "V Montfermeillu, snad to misto zthra se ji zdalo obrovskou, chopila se dr"Ten elovek neni zdejti, nikdy jsem ha te?"

Zadla okovu. zde nevidel, vypada, jakoby newel grote, "A jdeme tam?"

Pozvedla hlavu, jakasi velka &ma po- zaplatil cestu as do Lagny, a vystoupil "Ano, pane." stava dia vedle ni. jiz zde.

"Kdo pak to poslal v 'Leto robe pro voU kaaleho eloveka ozve se jistY pud NeznamY tel rychle cestou a pak za- •clu do lesa?"

-- dite se ani trochu ncpolekalo. bodil na stezku do Montfermeillu vedou"Pain Thernardierova."

XX. ci. Zeal patine ,ty kondiny dob•e.

"Kdo je ta pan! Thernadierova?" taSpinelli slam, daneho nehcice. rychle, ale jakmile uslytel liclske kroky, zal se neznamY na pohled lhostejne, ale Odpoleclne tehoZ due, y e svatek BoZi- ukryl se v prikopu. Ostatne, byla to zby- hlas se mu pill torn chvel. ho Narozeni, chodil jakYsi ellovek po nej- teema opatrnost, protole vtikol byla dirt 1 "Mt pani je na hospode." ixameiejti easti ulice v Pa- tma. Netel primo do Montfermeillu, nY"Na hospode?" odpovedel neznamSi, a zdalo se, ze hleda byt. MuZ ten brZ dal se na pravo pre y pole k lesu.

1"to je clobre, to tarn hudu dnes prenocota tem -i celYm s yYm zevnej:Tikem podo- ■ V lese uvolnil krok a prohliZel si by- vati. Doved' mne tam." bal se Zebrakovi, ale Zebrakovi z lepti st •e vtecky stromy, jakoby hledal ne"Prave tam jdeme," . odpovedelo dite. . spoleenosti. Jeho ;c•tumelY a vybledly o- . jakou tajnou, jedine jemu zntmou stez81i dosti rychle, Cosetka ji2 necitila blek byl velmi •disty. Spojeni billy s di- ku. Pritel na paseku, zamirli rychle k navy, jen chvilemi povznesla zrak a postotou se velmi zridka prihaziva a a hromade kameni, ktera se tam ye tine •hliZela na toho eloveka s neyYslovnYm vzbuzuje bezdekou Uctu. belala, a pozorne si je prohledl. TlustY, klidem a bezpedina, citila jakousi diynou Mdl star kulatY, eiste vykartadovanY divne zkroucenY strom rostl na blizku. nadeji a radost v srdci. klobouk,. oaimoly kabat ze Zlutohnede- Cizinec te • k onomu stromu a prejel ru- I Nekolik minut uplynulo. ho sukna, ktera barva za one doby ne- kou po kfire, jakoby jej chtel poznati a "Cot nema pan! Thernardierova byla nic neobyeejneho, dlouhou stara- Ytecky jeho suky spoditati. Naproti byl kyr tazal se neznamY. davneu vestu s kapsami, kratke eerne kaftan s odrenou korou, kterY byl obva"Ne, nema." kalhoty, na kolenou jiZ tedive, eerne zan zinkovYm plechem, jenZ' mel strom "Jsi tam?" pundochy a teZke strevice s mede- pied uschnutim ochraniti. PocestnY si "Ano, pane." nymi praskami. Vypadal jako bYvalY stoupl na tpieky a dotknul se one obruZase nastala pomlka, nade'Z Cosetka do, uditel z dolardho domu. Podle bilYch de. KdyZ to vte vykonal, pretel nekolikrat dala: vraseiteho dela, bledYch rtu, tvare po zemi mezi stromem a hromadou ka- • "TotiZ jsou tam_ jeSte d ye malt deV.7, sveddici o utrpeni a Unave tivota, byl menu, jakoby se chtel presVedeiti, ze ea.tka." by mu kaZdy hadal pros tedesat let. A- da na torn miste nebyla derstve rozhra"Jaka malt deveatka?!!" le !podle pevne, ad zdlouhave chtize a }Jana. Potom tel zase dale lesem. Tu ce"Tonina a Selma." pAle sily y e vtech jeho ridech se jevi- stou potkal ubohou malou Cosetkia.

Dite tak zkracovalo jejich jmena. ci bylo lze souditi, ze mu neni jette ani Deveatko, jak jsme jiZ rekli, se nezna-1, "Kdo jsou Tonina a Selma?"

1 "DceruSky.pani Thenardierover padesat. trochu nepolekalo. meho zjevu ✓ leve rude nesl malt', v kapesmku Z podatku tlo mleky.

"A co delaji?" svazanY balidek a opiral se o hal. V o"Mild dite, to je prilis take pro tebe, "Ach," odpovedela Cosetka, "ty maji ne bYvd malo chodcii, zvlatte v ti- rekl koneene neznamY vaZne a neZne. pekne loutky, mnoho treed a stale se bame. NeznamY td jich nehledal, spite se "Ano, pane," odpovedela Cosetka, zved- vi." jinn vyhYbal.

"Jak to? Celt' den?" nuyti hlavu.

Kdy2 se zadinalo smrilkati, tel nezna"Dej to sem, ja • ti to ponesu."

"Ano, pane." mY v '21-atem kabatte rychle na pottu, "Kolik je ti let, malioka?" tazal se po "A ty?" odkud odjiZdel pottovni vdz v pul pate chvili.

"Ja musim pracovati." veder do Lagny. Kona byli jiz zapraZe"A take celY den?"

"Osm, pane." cestujici kvapne sedali do vozu.

"Ano, pane," odpoveclelo dite tine, a v "A odkud jdet tak sama?"

"Mate juste misto?" tazal se neznahlase bylo slyteti zadrMvane slzy., "Od studanky v lese." my.

"Nekdy, kdyZ je vtecko hotovo, a kdy2 "Mat daleko domti?"

"Ano," cdpovedel vozka, "ale jedine nib dovoli, take si hraju," dodala po chvi"Jette dobrou etvrt hodiny." valle nine na kozliku."

NeznamY chvilku mleel a potom se li. `Mobre, vezmu si je."

"A jak sihrajet?" tazal: "Tedy si odpovedel vozka, "Jak to jde, maw malo hradek. Toni"Newts asi matky?" pri tom vtak si ostre prohledl noveho "Nevim, myslim, • ze nemam. Ostatni na a Selma mne nen.echaji hrati si s cestujiciho, z.pozoroval jeho ehudY oblek maji matku," odpovedelo dite vOne, "ale jejich hraekarai. Mam jedine malou oloa dal si zaplatiti predem. ja jsem patrne nikdy matky nemela," venou tavlieku, asi takhle dlouhou." Dite "Jdete aZ do Lagny, pane?" tazal se dodala za chvilku. ukazalo svilj malieek. neznameho.

"Ale ta nereZe?" NeznamY se zastavil, postavil okov na "An:.•," odpovedel cestujici a zaplatil zem, poloZil obe rude na ramena deveete "Rene, pane, salat."

Zadane, a snaAil se jell() tvak po tine rozeznati.

(Pokraeovani.)

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KLOPYTNUTI MEZKOVA DALO PODNET K' USPECHU MLADEHO CLOVEKA Nekolik let po torn, co Erifiv kanal byl Proti kaNi a zapalu pruclugek otevken pro dopravu, uitraSenS7 mladSr — bronchitis -- nasledkem nainu2 objevil se v itfadovne spravce a zachiazeni, vy mfdete nyni dostati dal nejakou Creomulsion zvIdAte r pil,praveny "Co dovedete?" ptal se inspektor, doupro DITKY, v nodch rf.dovjich faje, ze Zadatel by mohl bjit zamestnan a modOch baliekach, a bud'te pH. udrZovani kanalu. "Nic", odpovedel jisti, ze: 1. — Vak ditko to pitjinoch. "Doposud jsem mel valy jen neme rado. 2. — Neobsahuje Zadrui fispech. Jako chlapec snil jsem o vlastni narkotiky ku pfekaleni ptirozefarme, ale kdy jsern ji pak skuteene mel, nemu procesu. 3. — Obsahuje jen poznal jsem, jak pochybrie pfani to bylo. bezpeene a osvedeeno soueastky, Ztratil jsem pH tom penize a muses 4. — Pomide ptirode ku zmirnejsern si hledat praci!" ni a zahojeni podradeneho, ciSpravce se ho snaZil povzbudit: "Netliveho a zaniceneho hrdla a prtimyslete na to' s tak derneho hlediska. dualodch blan, a tim ulevuje KaZdST z nas ma pravo mit nekdy neod kale a naponlatha ku odpotspech." einku a spanku. Zadejte CreoMladik se trpce usmal a pravil: "Vim mulsion pro DITKY v ruZovem to, pane. Ale zda se mi, ze nemohu mit v a modtem balieku. nieem Uspech. KdyZ jsem farmu opustil, pokoidel jsem se vyueit se tesa•skemu relieves Coughs, Chest Colds.. Acute Bronchitis meslu. Pfatele a plibuzni najali si mne k nahodilSim pracim, ale vykonal jsem tak PRO DITKY malo, ze ted' si mne uZ nikdo nevyZada.." ulevuje od kaSle, nachladu v pr"K Cemu bychom vas pak mohli pousou, a pti akutnim zapaiu iatZit", chtel vedet spravce. "K nieemu", didek odpovedel jinoch, smutne ve geje hlavu.

"Ale doufal jsem, ze byste snad nee() pro mne meli. Domnivam se ale nyni, ze jsem Vila pani Jandove zije ve znameni se Otoeil se a pomalu odchazel z Svatby (leery Lucie, v§ichni oeekavaji adovn y. piiched Zenieha ve filmu novem "KaSpravce byl dojat a zavolal jej zpet. rel a Ja".

MoZna vas piece Zamestname. Jak se jmenujete?"

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"Jimmy", odpovedel jinoch, nahle se usrnivaje.

"Dobra, Jimmy, jste prijat. Nemyslim, ze budete mit nefispech v zamestnani, jen yam stanovim." A tak se stab, ze Jimmy vodil mezka, kted tahal Cluny po i proti proudu kanalem.

Pfeael sotva mesic, a kaZdS7 den jeho zamestnavatel povzbuzoval chlapce. Ale Jimmy dobfe citil, ze dfive nebo pozdeji zklame take. A mel pravdu. Jednoho dne mezek odmitnul pohnout se z mista, a kdy ho Jimmy .k tomu nutil, steed ubohello chlapce do ledove vody.

Dva tSrdny leZel Jimmy a zapasil se zapalem plic. KdyZ se vratil do afadovny, shledal, ze jeho misto je uz zadano.

"Je mi lito", odpovedel spravee, "ale domnivam se, ze se budete muset poohlednout po neeem jinem."

"To je spravne, pane", odpovedel Jimmy daleko pevne,dim hlasem, ne2 spra y -ceokavldynjse."Stuoval jsem sam sebe. PfemS7Alel jsem mnoho o sobe a musim mit Uspech, i kdybych mel zahynout."

Spravce se zasmal a pravil: "Pfeji vain Atesti, Jimmy, ale obavam se, ze budete mit velmi obtanou dobu."

Kdy'Z mladik odegel, spravce se obratil ke svemu tajemniku, kted Nthe pozoroval: "Vymalte jeho jmeno ze seznamu zamestnancfi. Najdete ho pod pismenem G. Jeho jmeno je James A. Garfield." — (Jeden z presidents SpbjeiVch Statii A— Jaroslav F. Chmelieek. meriekS7chl)

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Dekujeme za tak velke mrteistvi kviti a talc velkY doproved nag i milovane na jeji posledni mist() odpoeinku.

Obcum bratriim, Fa raiiim za jejich krasna a uprimna shiva fqechy a povzbuzeni. Zpvevakiina za krasnY zpev a br. Ed. Pace; Funeral Home; za tak krasne vypraveni pohrbu. Zaplat' Vam vgem Pan - Huh, CHAS NAVRATIL,maniel LADIS a GEORGIA NAVRATIL VNUtKA JO ANN BRATEJ A SESTRY- ZESNC truchlici pozastali.

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EDUARD MICEK:

MAL)? t TENAR. U6te me &sky Cistil BAST TEE T I , DOPENENA.

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si vytah z uzlu yen a sedl sobe na mez a plakal, plakaljen.

CTRNACTE MUNI.

Co isou mu panske etyri bohatyri. dvory, 2. a ei eled', zlata lesk, Ni p, Honza, Hon- kdyi utrhne mu srdce za ten p3 domovu stesk! g el h ovnou slunci vstile A Honza, 6eski Honza tam dye m i rodnSTch len stale d brati° A dom!i g el, -a zbude VED klCdali mu nic. tam d F seudneho dne. v sever, I a zipad Jos. V. Slidek. re el krok, Pieeti s tatinkem nebo maminkou kolikrat a popres je, aby Ti poet vysvetam byli by ho ctili tlili nejen neznami slova, nybr i ohna vic

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salt eele brine! Potom spravne opi g do se'Situ!

S pozaravem STRi(CEK MiCEK Z AUSTINU.

BabiCka (Napsala Boiena Nemcova)

hamku. vory tupu, zapernene o za tvrdou kiirku

(Pokradovani..)

Po skcneene modlitbe zaiidil si vildce u sakristiana, co mel k parizeni, a pak vedl svoje oveeky na nocleh. °Objednavat jim jej nemusel; jako vla§tovice, kdy z jara pfflitnou a do svYch starYch hnizd zaseduji, tak s1i i poutnici tam, kcle naSli rok co rok byt' i ne gtedre uhosteni, ale piece vlidnou tvar, a sill a eiste 162ko. Panimarna a babieka bYvavaly u spravee uhelnVch dolti; byli to stari lide, babieka rikala-"ze starehs. sveta", a proto citila se u nich jako doma. Pani spraveova zaslechnouc, prisli 2ernovUi poutnici, obyeejne uZ--k ve6erti na laviace prd stavenim na ne eekala, aby si je dorms zavedla. NeZ spats ukazala hospodyne panimame svoje poklady, eele vrhy pldtna, kanafasu

Ve stredu, dne 7. dubna 1954. a prize, co nejvice sama napredla a rok co rok rozoinoZovala.

"Pro kcho, vzilend pani, to v geeko chystate, kdy2 uz deem jste vdala?" divivala se panimema.

"Ale main tri vnueky, a to vite, platno a vinuti ,je zeklad vybytii."

S tim byly panimamy ovsem zcela srozinreny; kdy se k tomu ale trail pan spravee, fikal: "No, maminko, vykladate u zase; maul det vybubnovat na trh?"

"0, pantato, to je jak plech, z, toho nebude Aria ani za padesat let."

To bylo ale pani .spraveove lito, nemohla babieku nioim lepSim uctit neZ chlebem, nebot' babieka kdy± putcyala, zila jen od ehleba a vody. TakovY slib ale byl svatY, a nedalo se proti nemu nioeho namitati. Panimilma si teZ wilco u spraven libovala v noclehu, a kdyZ lehala do prachovYch poduSek, valy si rikala s velkou rozkoSi: "Mile poleZenieko, jako by Hovel do snehu zapacil."

Kristla s Ane,:u byly u jedne vdovy, domkarky; spavaly na pude na sene, kam jim hospodynC,, ustlala. Ony by byly na, kamene take dobre spaly. Tu noe ani nezustaly na pude, 'nVbr2 slezly po Zebriku dolti do sadu.

"Neni-li pak tu tisickrat lope neZ nabore; zahrada je na§e komora, hvezdieky naSe svice, a trava zelena nave pertna," notovala si Kristinka, zabalujic se dv sukne a lehajic pod strom.

"Tarn budeme spavat, holka rozmila," odpovidala ji Anea, lehajie p:dle ni. "Ale jen poslouchej, stare Fouskova chrape, jako kdyZ kameni sype," smala se.

"Ba to je rortomile pospani vedle ni.

Ty Fratino„co myslis, prijdou zejtra?" ptalo se device, obracejic se ke sve dru2ce.

"Bodejt' by ' tvrdila s jistotou Anea; `Tomes je tu jabo na koni, a Mila aby nepriSel, je vire nepodobno, vZdyt' to ma rad:" "Kdo vi, nebyla-li jeAte fee o torn mezi e",emu potreba reel, to se pozna; ani nevim, jestli mi Tome'S kdy rekl, .2e mne ma rad, a mime se piece radi dost, a je uz pied svatbou."

"A kdy bude piece na jisto svatba?"

"Tatik na mchce predat Zivnost a jit do chalupy; a2 ji bude mit dostavenou, bude svatba, nekdy ke Katerine. Hezke by to bylo, abychom mely svatba jeden den."

"I dizis, ty mluvi g , jako by uZ" byla ruka v rukave, a ono je to je gte za horami."

"Co nevi, mute byt. Milovic budou redi, kdyZ se Jakub k yam priZeni, a tvdj tatik by dostal gikovneho syna; lepAi by se nikdo k vaSi Zivnosti ani nehodil, a k tobe take ne. Co je pravda, to je pravda, Jakub je nejhezei hoch z cele vsi, a Lucina rychtdrovic by tuSim narikala pro neho." .

Ve sti'edu, dne 7. dubna, 1954.

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Chas. J. Hollub

Dr. Ceskt Lekat a Operate!'

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Ernest J. Flanka PRAVNIK 408 Houston Title Bldg.

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Kacii - Le g ikar a Kacir PRAVNiCI TEMPLE, TEXAS Ciradovna 2nd Floor Temple Nationa) Bank Building AxassmwaMlot.

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'Waif/ Oznarnovatel MALA KURATKA U. S. Approved, Pullorum vyzkougene AAA. NejlepZi jakosti, velkeho druhuLeghornky, Buff Leghornky, Anconas,Hempshire, eervene neb bile Rocks. Slepielty neb kohouti za nejlevnejZi ceny. PiAte o nag cenik_ VON MINDEN'S HATCHERY Fayetteville, Texas. (dz) ) • 4 •( 1.111F- NA PRODEJ: radova a etyr radova Heligonka harmonika (accordion). PiSte na: *L. Hrdlieka, 932 W. 19th St., Chicago 8, Ill. ((11-13c) ) • aTo • rfkr- Prijme Se eeska Zena, ktera domov na farme, aby vypornahala v domaxi praci. PiSte na: Mrs. Elizabeth Orr, Rt. 1, Granger, Texas. (ltp) ) • eTt, • ( if)gr' Iirejeovsk3-7 obchod a eistirna na prodej. Prieina: Nejsem vice price schopen nasledkem onemocneni z prepracovini. Dobra pkileiitost pro snaiiveho na- Jan Mikulik, West, Texas. (dzc) ) • 4 ° ( Prijme se Cobra, Zena neb device ku konami domaci price a vareni, ks bydleni v dome s dospelY. mi osobami. Privetni koupelna a svetnice. Plat dle schopnosti. PiZte na: Mrs. C. N. Brinkley, (14-15) Box 4, Galena Park, Texas.

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PRAVNIK Vykizuje veg kere soudni Zaleiltosti iikadovna 936 Bankers Mortgage Building, pies uliei naproti Kress budove.

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Lavaca Co. Abstract COMPANY Jerome I. Kocian Vyh4tovi abstrakty, vlastnicki pravo, vytizuje majetkove pojiiteni Utadovna nad Peoples State Bank Telefon do fitadoviny &do F HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS SPRAVNE VYKONANA POIIREBNi SLIT211A V hedine zalu zarmouceni naleznete Edward Pace pohtebni tistav pohotovSr k sympatickemu vytizeni nezbytnSrch jednotlivosti a k vypraveni dojemneho pohtbu.

Levne ceny jsou !mei zisadOu

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Ve siteclu, dne 7. dubna 1954.

Rekordv Teske Velky vyber Heights Record Shop S.

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Naslechijici je distriktnich schaktere jsou na, prograrnu c r pffStich me- I 25. dubna, distrikt prvni Nelsonville 25. ,dubna, distrikt treti, West 16. kvetna, distrikt sednV, San Antonio 30. kvetna, distrikt NAY, Danbury 27. eer y na, distrikt etvrtY, Rowena Sestry a bratH, hled'te se zfreastnit techto distriktnich schfizi, aby v kaZde schnzi byly vSechny rady onoho distriktu zastoupeny: Vezmete s sebou sve deti, aby se ni.ohly podilet, na programu, nebo aby uvidel3r jak ,v jia3").ch ta.dech omladina pracuje. Pamatujte, ze distrikty jsou nejen, pro lepSi praci v Jednote, ale pro lepsi mezi eleny-a. domacimi (dz) t • • P. '• Vysvetlenc.

Ty, Franc,kir, co je to zubni kamen?

ViS, to bude riejspiS kamen kterym ti nekdo Vyrazil Zubyl

OKRES BELL za statniho zastupce (State Representative Place 1) JOHN COX * * REUBEN (RIP) TALASEK za statinho zastupce (State Representative) 0 znovuzvoleni * * OKRES MCLENNAN a okresniho soudce W. V. DUNNAN, Jr. ) • 40 • ( Pozoruj — pou.euj se!

vSeho takOveho zla a zaroven naueil se =ern, jak znieiti vSechnu to otravnou plevel, kdyby v tve dui zaeala se ujimati.

Pravil slavnY einsky mudrc Konfucius: "VidiS . 1i dobreho mute, bled' ho napodobiti; Spatneho eloveka, zkomnej sve vlastni srdce."

Co je elovek.

"Olovek jest Irene neZ nula."

"Jak to mysligr "Clovek zajde, lidstvo zajde, ale nula zilstane na veky nulou."

Netrpte dele 13ez bolenim Idavy bolenim ialudku ipatnfrm travenim nervosou nedostatkem'

Pozoruj nedostatky, nepravosti, chyby a slabosti, zavist a zlomyslnost, pYchu a pfedsudek lidi kolem sebe, ne proto, abys je kritisoval a ukazal, jak vysoko nad nimi stojiS, nYbrZ proto, abys o nich pfenVaby poznal zkalene zdroje, z nichZ" • prYSti, aby viciel tu otravu, kterou siri ko LJest Spatne, Ze neni mono ani se lem sebe a take v sobe, abys pak z takozeiami,ani bez-nich.

Lord Byron., Mad a laska jsou Zivotni funkce, ktere udtZuji svet v pohybil: -'Schiller.

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