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ZAIIRADY POSLEDNiHO ODPOCINKU OSTAL JSEM OD JEDNOHO D elena tadost, abych uvekejnil znovu elanek, kterY psal jsem pied osmnacti mesici. V ZadoSti mezi jinYm stalo: "Clitel jsem do na gi schrize vzit elanek, co jsi psal kdysi pied easem; abychom drZeli na g e hibitovy v potadku. Myslel jsem, Ze to pfeetu ye scinizi, a Ze snad to pohne temi, kteki maji hroby a mista na nag em `narodnim'. A vi g, Ze ja. ten Vestnik nemohu najit? Tak jestli mriZe g a najdeg to 'Oslo o hibitovech, dej to do Vestniku znovu. Nekteti to stejne piehledli. A pro nektere je treba, aby si to zopakovali. Takove spolkove kazanieko neuskodi jednou za rok. Myslim, 'Ze i druhYrn potadku dbalYm se tim zavdeeig'.'

Otiskuji tedy znovu onu irvahu. * * Chci se rozepsati o jednom druhu spolkoveho majetku, kteremu neni v gude venovana dostateena, peee. Jsou to ty nage spolkove a osadni hibitovy, ktere by niely bYti, cile zname lidove pisne, "zahrada zelena, do ktere s-:kzeji riltedraha semena". Chci ptipomenouti Ze mnoho tech na gich hibitovri nepodoba, se ani zdaleka zelenYm zahradam.

Mohu iici, te nav gtivil jsem asi pa. v mydesat hrbitovii v Texasu. Kdy 1 glenkach letim ptes v gechny ty hibitovy, od Ennis, Penelope a West, pies Seaton aZ dolir do Robstown a Corpus Christi, kdyz vzpomenu si na v gechny ty htbitovy, ma.lo z nich podoba se zahrade ze'elle, kde nisi mili spi svYm veenYm spankein.

• Dva obrazy pionYrskYch hibitovii zristanou mi snad navZdy v mysli. Prvni obraz je v me mysli jiZ pies etyticet let. Byl to milj prvni pohieb v Americe, jeho/ jsem se zneastnil. Musel jsem konati funkci hrobafe, pohrobnika i kazatele. Zemkelo novorozene dite mladym •

manZelrim, kteiPprave prijeli z Evropy.

Byl jsem poladan, abych dojel do mesteeka pro truhlieku a abych vyjednal misto na hibitove. Truhlieku jsme kou-. pili a jeli jsme za ptedsedou tadu, abychom zajistili hrobeeek na nove zaloZenem hibitove. Pied etyficeti lety se jezdivalo v koedru pies pastevniky a dratend brany. Piedseda Frank Janik nam oznamil, ze nove zalolenY hibitov neni majetkem fadu, ale podilnikt, abychom zajeli za jinYm krajanem, bydlicim jinYrn smerem, kterY nam poda informace. Dostali jsme potiebne vysvetleni ii keditel zajel s nami na hibitov. Bylo to jen kus pozemku pfi zahybu polni cesty, kde jeAte nebyl nikdo pochovan, ale co melo pozdeji bYti upraveno jako hibitov. Nebylo to jegte ani rozparcelovano, a trava byla po pas. Dohlilitel hibitova, nyni jiZ davno zesnulY bratr Jan OvesnY, oznaeil nam misto, zapiijeil rye, motyku a lopatu, a otec zesnuleho ditete, phstehovalec, vykopal s mou pomoci hrob.

Majove slunce pekne hfalo. K veeeru ulozili jsme telesnou schranku novorozenete do hrobeeku schovanern ye vysoke trave. Dnes, po etykiceti letech, narodni hibitov pH East Bernard je jednim z nejlepe udrZovanYch hibitova, ktere jsem kde v deskYch osadach DruhY obraZek htbitova na gel jsem asi pied osmi lety v luZicke osade Serbin nedaleko -Giddings. Patral jsem po potomcich LuZieanii, kteii pfijeli do Texasu pied sto lety v poetu gesti set rodin najednou. KdyZ jseen vyjel z lesika na rnYtinu, kde mela bYti osada Serbin, prvni, co jsem spatkil, byl hibitov. Pfa.1 bych si ,abych mohl poda!ti zde vernY obraz toho, co jsem zahlednul. Na peknem rovnem prostranstvi jakoby by byly rozestaveny velike stojate lampy se zelenYmi stinitky. Byly to cedrove stromky, vgechny stejne pkistiihnute od spodu i pfi vrchu, v gechno soumerne, ladne, ptekvapujici piesnou ripravou. Pod te-

mito zelenYmi stojany Maly se pomniky. Pozdeji zjistil jsem, ae take serbinskY hibitov zaeal pied sto lety jako hibitov pit East Bernard. Kazateli Janu novi zemielo hned po piijezdu do Arne:riky novorozene a bylo tieba zaloZiti osadni hibitov.

Nedavno rozeslal jsem na mistni lady Zadost a dotaznik, aby mi bylo oznameno, jak majetek kaZdY fad vlastni. To melo zahrnovati i hrbitovy. Na muj do Las strap spolkovYch majetkri pri gla tea jedna odpoved', ktera mne dasteene pHmela ku sestaveni teto rivahy. Psal fadovY tajemnik: "Hibitov site to mame, ale mel v tom podil tea Onen fad se rozpadnul, a ted' 2aden se k tomu nehlasi. My sami nevime, jak si ye veci hibitova stojirne. Ua davno tam nebyl nikdo pohiben."

Je ptirozene, kdyZ zanikne 'rad, ae spolu zanikne i faclovY hibitov. Vzponrinain si na jeden kad, kterY mel svou sin, nedaleko od sine svirj hibitov, ale dues sine neni, a po hibitrivkir take nebude pamatky.

Mame vgak lady, ktere jsou poeetna dosii silne, ktere maji svoje hibitovy, nebo maji alespori podil a zajem na osadnich htbitovech, a tyto fady by mely dohlednouti k tomu, by dnegni hibitovy dokazovaly trochu lep gi peel o tato mista, ktera, maji bYt zahradami posledniho odpoeinku. Psal o torn nedavno bra tr Jos. Seferk, take bratr Julius OvesnY, zminila se o tom sestra Rosa MikeskovaTruksova a bratr Ed. Snapka. Pripojuji svou poznamku k hlasu tech, kdo upozorriuji, abychom venovali vice ire& naaim hibitovirm.

Mohli bychom rozdeliti ty, kteii se zajimaji o ripravu hibitovii, do tri skupin.

Jsou to jednak lido, kteti nasledkem sousedske piislugnosti a smyslu pro pofadek radi by videli, aby osadni hibitov mel lepgi vzhled. Pak jsou to ti, kteii (Pokraeovani na strane 23.)

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Dle vYkazu bratra Marko., kterY vede v g echny vYkazy a zaznamy o dinnosti naAich organisatoru a o pfirfistku novYch nasledujici • ady umistily se v pofad): mezi prvnimi desiti kady, ktere ziskaly nejlep g i p • irtistek elenfi v mesici eervenci: (1) i'ad NovY Tabor eislo 17 ziskal v eervenci 20 novYch dlenti; (2) tad Fort Worth eislo 154 ziskal 13 novYcla &lentil: (3) jedenact Menu ziskal rad Danbury dislo 139; (4) tad El Campo Oslo 50 pfibral deset dlenii; (5) Karel Havlieek v Hallettsville ziskal sedm elenti; (6) sedm novYch elentil dostal 1-ad Svaz Oechoslovana dislo 92 y e Fort Worth; a (7) rovne g sedm Menu ziskal 1-ad San Antonio dislo 133; po g est novYch elenech pribyTh do faclu na pokadi (8) Hvezda Texas‘.; 'Oslo 47 v Seaton; (9) do i'adu Pokrok Rowena eislo 49; a (10) do Mai oeskST Prapor eislo 24 v Cyclone.

IViezi nejlep girni pracovniky v mesici eervenci jsou nasledujici organisatofi: na prvnim miste, bratr 8enkyi. 11‹, kterY zapsal za $26,000 noveho poji g teni; na druhem 4 miste, sestra Milanova, $14,000; fret' v po • acii je bratr Navratil, $13,000; etvrt3'r je bratr Wagner od tadu Danbury, kterSr zapsal $12,500; na patem miste je bratr Emil Hejl v Seaton, $11,000; gestS7 je bratr Siptak z Caldwell, $11,000; sedmS7 je bratr Kvasnidka z Rowena, $8,000; osing je bratr Bartek z Fort Worth, $7,000; devate misto ziskal bratr Chas. Holy z Hallettsville, $7,000; a na desatem mist& le bratr Dressler ze San Antonia, kterST ziskal. pro svfij tad a sve nove eleny za $6,500 noveho poji g teni. Celkem pracovalo 60 mistnich organisatorti v mesici eervenci.

Naborova soutei organisatoru zaeala na 1. eer y nd a simnel. na 31. srpna. Organisatorfn v Ica2clem distriktu bude tideleno g est hodnotnYch cen. Aby soute2 byla pokud mono nejspravedlivej g i a nejp • iznivej g i, organisatofi v ka2clem distriktu zavodi mezi sebou. V prvnim distriktu je 40 mistnich organisatorti, kteii zavodi mezi sebou o d y e prvni, o d y e druhe a o d y e tfeti ceny. V druhem distriktu je 28 organisatorti, z nich lest dostane zaslong ene ceny. Teti distrikt ma, 36 organisatora, pro ktere je te g.' pkichystano g est cen. ye etvrtem distriktu je jen 10 organisatoril, kde distrikt je velik3'r, ale ma pouze deset kaclu. PatY distrikt ma 30 organisatorii, g est3") 35, a sedm 21.

Piejete-li si uclelati porovnani, jak tito vY g e uvedeni organisaton pracuji ye svych distriktech, zde •je souhrnnS T vflcaz agitadni einnosti v jednotlillr ch distriktech v mesici eervnu a dervenci: v prvnim distriktu 40 organisatoril—ovg em Draco-

ye stieciu, dne 11. srpna 1054. vali jen nekteig , d y e ffetiny jich odpooivalo----ziskalo 57 novS)c,h Menu, kteli si vyzvedli za $52,500 poji g teni. Na drnhY distrikt, kde je 28 organisatoril, pl • padd na derven a Cervenee 45 novYch elerin aza $66,000 noveho poji g teni. Tieti distrikt, kterY ma 36 organisatort), upsal v eervnu a eervenci 87 nevYch Olen() a za $97,000 poji g teni. Distrikt etvrtY, ac ma jen 10 organisatorti, ziskal 13 novYch elentit a za $25,000 dal g iho poji g teni. Distrikt pity, kterY loni na podzim se tak znainenit6 zadrZel, a ma 30 organisatorii, ziskal jen 36 novYch elenft v techto dvou cich a za $57,000 poji g teni. V g estein distriktu 35 organisatorri upsalo 72 hove eleny a za $91,000 poji g teni. V sedmem distriktu 21 organisatoru ziskalo 16 novYch elenn a za $16,500 noveho pojigteni.

Ve schfizi dIlavlti Ufadovny, ktera se konala 12. dervence, bylo vzpomenuto, 2e bude y ypoditano, ktery distrikt kona nejlep gi praci v porovnani k ppetti sych den() v distriktu. Brats Marek slibil, ze koncem dervence pods toto porovnani procentech, ale jeho zprava dosud nepri g la. Bude treba zjistiti ,kolik elenil bylo v kterem distriktu zaeatkem eervna, a porovnati prirristek. Jak predem bylo oznameno, ka g dY distrikt bude poeitati svilj vlastni pfirristek. Ku prikladu distrik g estY, kterY je neivet g i v poetu mel v eervnu a eervenci velmi pfirtistek. Bude v g ak treba poeitoti nejen eleny dospele, ale take vgechny eleny v Detskem odboru, aby bylo spravedlive porovnani.

Milzeme si gratulovati, ze naborova, prate pokraduje dosti uspokojive, ad MOhla by bYti znaene lep g i, kdy2 by ony dye t • etiny organisatorii, kteri v eervnii a eervenci nepracovali, pobicIli sami sebe.

Organisator je s y Ym vlastnim jaanern, kterY' mute a nernusi pracovat nebo zahalet, die toho, jak se mu to prave zamlouva. Dosud na na g e mistni organisatory nebyl delan ZadnY natlak z fisaedi.

Jedine, co bylo vzpomenuto pri roZdavani organisnonich pointicek, aby tyto pornticky byly vraceny od ' 'tech, kdo je nebudu pou2ivat. Bylo upraveno jen sto vYtiskil pomticek pro tilciu "M-C", protonemame ne g nejakSr ch sednidesat opravdovYch organisatorti. Poinficky byly zaptijeeny i takovYm, ktei i je dosud pou2ili. Jen jedna petina tech, kdo si pomucky vypujcili, je upotfebilo. Ji g pfed nekolika mesici byla zahajena p•prava dvou dal g ich pomUcek, ale redaktor, kterY na nich pracoval, nechce pokradovati, a2 se uka g e, jak pounickY "M-C" jsou pau 2ivany.

V bovorove feel' pouilvaine Casto anglickeho slova "bumper", prota ge Ceske slovo naraznik neni mezi nami v Americe dosti znamo. Naraznik (bumper) je zpruha, ktera ma zrnirniti prudIcY naraz nebo sra2ku. Kdykoliv pPijeciu nekam

Ve stkedu, dne 11. srpna, 1954. na slavnost nebo do distriktni schtze, zda, se mne, ze jsem jaldmsi naraznikem.

Ptijde ten ei onen • elen, ma stanost na to nebo ono ye spolkovem Zivote, a redaktor je dobrYm naraznikem, nekdy hromosvodem. V Ennis pkistoupil ke mne jeden bratr se siovy: "..Tste vy ale v gichni vv to hlavni iikadovne fe gaci. To. co jsme v Jednote meli, zanedbate, a radeji obratite pozornost na neco jineho, abyste dokazovali, ze neco delete." Opravil jsem ho, ze nejsem ani v tstfedi, ani Menem Hlavni tfadovny. A ptal jsem se, kam mii, ponevadZ jsem nechapal, co mel na mysli. Vysvetlil mi, ze se nemt'Ze spokojiti s myglenkou, prod cela Hlavni fitadovna, tfednici, teditele a pry take redaktor, nepracovali o udrZeni Nernocenskeho odboru. A clemu pry se divi, ze v distriktnich schilzich se zadinaji cidvat navrhy na v gelijake novot3i, ale ZadnY glen se nepostavi, a nedupne, abychom si hledeli udrZeti to, co mame ye stanovach. Kted tfednik pd to zavinil, ze se nemocenska podpora nadobro zrugila? Zase citil jsem se jako naraznik.

On vgak vedl svou a nechtel jsem se s nim hadat. Byl jsem rad, ze nekdo jiny pilgel a nage debata byla pfetrZena.

V jedne veci souhlasim s onim elenem, ze ani oleni Jednoty, ani hlavni fitednici nepracovali na zlep geni Nemocenskeho odboru. A v na gich diStriktnich schtzich jsem nesly gel, ze by nekdo o tuto otazku zavadil. Marne vYhodne Zivotni pojigteni. Jsme lepe poji gteni v piipadu smrti neZ v pfipadu nemoci. Pamatuje me na pohrobniky, ale nepamatujeme na lekafe a o getfovatelky. A piece nemoi pfivede kaZdeho roku vice lidi do finane nich ztrat neZ kdyZ praskaly banky v do be deprese. dele uvaiuji o slovech onoho elena v Ennis stran na gi nemocenske podpory, ktera je v na gich stanovach popsana na 26 strankach, tim vice souhlasim s nektedmi jeho sloyy. Takfica polovina americkYch rodin venuje pet procent sve ho rooniho ptijmu na nemoci, leky a dok tory. Osm milionu americkYch rodin je kaZdeho roku pfivedeno do dluht nasledkem nemoci nektereho Mena rodiny.

Jestli nekdo ma vleklou srdeeni nemoc a musi bYt stale v lekakskem ogettovani vydani takoveho pacienta stoji rodne od $3,000 nahoru. Kdesi jsem Ceti, ze elovek postiZenY detskou obrnou (polio). kted musi bYti vlolen do aparatu zvaneho "iron •lungs", potfebuje kapital $10,000 roene. A jestli tyto &slice zdaji se ptemrgtene, vZijte se do postaveni obyeejne rodiny, ktera byla obdatena patYm ditetem, ktere pti glo na svet easteene zmrza.clene. Rodiee obetovali vgechno, co bylo moZno, aby dite jednoho dne bylo normalni. Ale ve.domosti nejlepgich lekartl byly beztdelne. Ae dite zilo jen rok, vet ginou v nemocnici, ne-

V,i1S TNiK --- WEST, TEXAS bylo zachranenn. Nyni otec, kted vyclelava $90 tYclne, splaci dluh, do neho2 cerodina byla uvrZena. ttyti star gi deti jsou og izeny o to, co bylo vynalcieno na ditko ,ktere je dnes mrtvo.

Nebo vezmeme si piipad matky ktera, dostala rakovinu, nemoc, ktera je jednou z nejvice vralednYch nemoci, na kterou lidstvo trpi. Pacientka byla v nemocnici. Leeeni stalo nekolik tisic. Pacientka byla vzata doma. Musela nazpet do nemocnice. Nove Nove vydani.

Pak ji pfevezli do jine nemocnice, kde milosrdna smrt ukoneila jeji bolesti. Jedenact mesicu staleho o gettovani matky pripravilo jeji rodinu o vgechen majetek. Mela pacientka nernocnieni pojigteni, ale to v kratkosti vyprgelo a nemohlo bYti vide obnoveno..

Nekdo namitne, hae rozebirati takove pfipady, kdyZ. v na gi Jednote bychom -tejne nemohli dati vice nee jen hluboke Je to pravda, ze nemame Zadne nemocenske poji gteni pro tragicke ptipady. Ale my nemame dnes Zacinou nemocenskou podporu, tfebas ji mame ye stanovach. MoZna, ze na gi eleni patii mezi onech 65 miliont americkYch rodin, kde neni Zacineho nemocenskeho pojigteni. Pojigteni pro pohrobnika ano, pojigteni pro lekafe ne. MoZna, ze nektere nage rodiny path mezi onech 15 milioml rodin, ktere si nernohou dovolit ani to nejlacinej gi nemocenske poji gteni, ktere obchodni spoleenosti nabizeji. A pak mame nektere stare a neduZive eleny, kteil by si nemohli koupiti nemocenske pojigteni od obchodnich spoleenosti ani za pul kralovstvi—ponevad2 jsou uZ' staki nemocni.

A prase v takovYch tragickYch dech mela by na g e Jednota uplatniti sva hesla—podporu, lidskost, bratrstvi. My dnes nemame ZadnY fond podpory, ani 'ond lidskosti, ani fond bratrstvi. My dries nemohli bychom odpustiti Menu Amrtni poplatky, tiebas by v ne gtesti ph`el o obe nohy nebo obe ruce. My mame olejove studne, ale o torn redaktor by nemei mluvit. protole nekted ubolak by mohl podati Zadost na hlavni iffedniky.

Tegte dobie, ze Hlavni fikadovna, je' slo;_ena ze tfinacti Menu, a Ze ZadnY z inch neni tim osobne doteenY. Ale nebyla by tohle zajimava, debata pro nekterou distriktni schilzi? A musi jen redaktor ti naraznikem nebo hromosvodem, a.by se vymlouval, prod' nemame nemocenskou podporu? Nekdy si myslim, e bych mel seat pohodlne doma a nejezdit do tech listriktnich schtzi, probaie pfijdou za mnou eleni a oteffou mi sve srdce. Pak musim iptemYgleti, proe jsem vlastne pla3enY jako redaktor, a uvaZovati, zda bych mel elenttm poukazati na nektere feel, ktere nemame a ktere zasiuhuji na g pazornosti. BlahoslavenY je ten, kted nemusi pkemSraet, ny'br't jell vykona to, co

Strana 3 mu pfijde k ruce.

Ale redaktor je stale vystavenY nejakSrm' novYn) myg lenkam a bombardovanY i kdyby sedel doma u sveho stolku.

Vezmete si, ku pkikladu, *dopis od sestry Horakove, kted najdete v dne gnim &isle v rubrice "Nahledy elent". Jeji dopis mo vole, aby elovek pfemY glel. Nebo je v teZ rubrice tvaha od bratra Baiiny, jehoz pfispeyky vkly pfinesou dosti latky k pfemYgleni. A kdo se zajima, o spolkove veci, musi si takotrY dopis ptedist posome, ttebas dva,krat po sobe .A jestli redaktor chce vycititi, jak bije tepna dient, musi se sam zamysliti a vZiti do citeni jinYch. Take otazka o uleve starYm elenion mohla by bYti prodiskutovana ve Vestniku trochu lepe, abychom filevu vytegili praktickYm a spravedlivej gim zptisobem.

Jine spolky davaji Martin idevu ve forme dodateeneho pojigteni. Na g aktuar vysvetloval bratru Markovi tento zptsob dosti obgirne, ba pkimo ho doporueoval, ale bratr Marek dosud nepodal svou zprevu.

Byl by to velmi vdeenY namet. tient by men bYti informo yani o nahledech aktuAra. Jakekoliv dobrozdani nebo iadost, lucre hid nebo distrikt chce doporuditi Hlavni irfadovne k posouzeni nebo k vyfizeni, ma vZdy byti odeslano na Hlavni iikadovne pisemne. Nekdy se stane, to eleni v distriktni schtzi se usnesou, aby uiadovne byla poiadana o to nebo ono.

Jindy se neco v distriktni schfizi cdhla.snje, ze eleni distriktu si to pteji. A kdyZ" je schtze Hlavni tka.dovny, zapomene se na takovou vec, ktera, byla projednavana pied dverna mesici v nektere distriktni schuzi. Domaci nebo clistriktni tajemnici opomenou podati Zadost nebo doporueeni pisemne, neni ve schtzi Ma y -niUtadovynepism koineu. ti, a cela zaletitost se snadna ne.

• )• TAKOVE MAPY NEJSOU Mame ruzne zbarvene a da,rkovane mapy, ktere nam prozrazuji velmi nazorne, co se kde rodi nebo vyskytuje v matiece zemi, v jake mife a jakYm zpusobem se jejiho bohatstvi zmocfmje prumysl, jakou fedi se lide dorozumivaji nebo ke kte remu bohu se modli a jak tesne vedle sebe pti torn kiedi. Jine mapy rias poueuji o torn, kolik do roka kde napr gi, do jak6 vYge vystoupi' sloupec rtuti, nikde vgak nenajdete graficky zaznamenano, kde je nejvic ,spokojenosti nebo radosti na svclte, to se ponechave, romantim a basnim.

Tak jako cela lidskost! ) • 4 • ( PYcha, ktera vnuka nam tolik zavisti, easto pomaha nam take krotiti ji. )• OdpouUime tolik, kolik milujeme.

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ZPRAVY A OHLASY Z DISTRIKTU ZPRAVY Z TREThio DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. Grapevine, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Nasledkem toho, to vypracovani zapisu z nagi posledni distriktni schtize si vy2aduje vice ease, net jsem to praci mohl venovati, chci se dnes obmeziti na nektere poznamky zatiitYch dojmti.

Vzpominka plati nagim EnniskYru a jak si vatiime i ocenujeme jejich snahy.

Nemeli bychom zapomenouti, tie vypravili hezvadne tak zdafilY potad celeho dne a zabavni easti obzvla gte. Nage distriktni schtize v Ennis vdeei v gem tern mlad gim i stargim vgech facia za ochotu, pohotovost, ptioineni zptijernniti navgtevniktim nagim ty mile chvile v Enniske Sokolovne protiite.

Sestry a bratti potadatele vette, to rids vgechny vas Uspech pote gil a i to, ze matiete na to vagi chasu Witt pravem hrdi.

Pekne jste se ho gi i devea.ta zadrien a vette, -2e na vas budeme dloulio vzporninatl.

Aby i jinde se dozvedeli, totiti vgichni ti, kteti se ban slunieka toho dne, kao z vas ochotne na zaba,vnim programu pomahal, uvedu jmena, ktere jsem mohl zj istiti.

Byli to: Sylvia Latinovska, Gladys Houdek, Willie HejnY, Larry LatinovskY, Rosie HejnY, Vlasta ,LatinovskY,` Billy Sktivanek, Marvin Mou6ka, Geo. GureckY, Jeanette Jureik, Jim Houdek, Libbie Blatiek, Betty Houdek, David Nesuda, Pat Trojdeek, Betty Vrla, Larry Houdek, Pat. IVIoueka, Alan Houdek, Irene HejnY, Doris Moueka, Donnie IlejnY, Agnes 8onka, Mary Koubek, Geo. Janieek, Virginia Likai, Alene Sktivanek, Charlie Jureik, Frankie Likai, Jeanette Nesuda, Dot. Kudrna, Chas. Ha gkovec, Louis Kudrna, Geo. 6trune, Carol Zich, Betty Houdek, Emily, Willie Mae a Betty Vrla, a koneene ty hezouke Sokolice: Georgie Rose Vrla, Sylvia Latinovska,, Adela Parma, Rosie HejnY, Libbie Vrla, Gladys Houdek.

Ati po letech, vy mile v gechny si tento Vestnik opet pfehlednete, tak uvidite a lepe porozumite na ge potegeni, to jste nam tak pekne v praci na gi vypomohli.-Diky tram.

S pozdravem Ludva 0. Hogek, t. 6. tajemnik distriktu. ) a 4, PODEKOVANi ZA SPOLUPRACI Rad Volna Cechie eislo 135.

Ennis, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratti: SchilZe nageho tfetiho distriktu se nam velice dobfe yydatila, tfebatie bylo velike horko a mnohYm se nechtelo do schtize

jet. Bylo nas ye schtizi asi kolem 500 eleSchtize byla zajimava a pouena.

MnohY z nas se neeemu novernu 0111611.

Co se ve schtlzi udelalo, nebudu psat, neb jsein list, to na g dobrY tajemnik bratr Hoek nam to napi ge do Vestniku Chtel bych podekovat v gem, co narn pomohli nag program vypracovat a pfednest. Mayne sestie Marii Latinovske, sestfe Wilme Nesudove a bratrfun Johnny Hrabinovi, George '8truncovi, George Trojaekovi a v gem„ co pfispeli do kuchyne peeivem a jinYm. Take dekuji vgern kucharkam, deveatiun co obsluhovaly u stont a u dveti; ihochin, co pracovali nalevny, u dveti, u bingo, a cake walk; inu vgem, co pomohli jakYmkoliv zpilsobem. Rad bych vas v gechny jmenoval a bojim se, 'tie bych nekoho vynechal a to bych nerad.

Sestry a brat% kdyti jsem tak pozoroval ty nage kuchafky, jak pekne pracovaly ruku v ruce od v gech enniskYch •adi' a to od tacit' Cis. 82, 25 a 135, a to deveata jak posluhovala kolem stolti, a ty sestry a bratry u bingo a cake walk, tak jsem z toho mei velikou radost. Vim, tie tolik narn pornohly ty na ge distriktni schtize, tie jsme si jeden druhemu to si lepgi rozumime. Bylo to od vas pekne a dekuji yam vgem.

Jak asi vgichni vite, polovice z eisteho vYtetiku bude clam do distriktni pokladny. Byl bych rad, kdybych mohl dnes podat vYtetiek ze dne 25. 6ervence, ale dosud nag programni vYbor nemel schazi, tak nevim, kolik penez jsme vydelali.

Tet nagemu Sokolu v Ennis chci podekovat za propfijeeni jejich sine pro nagi schtizi, a v gem pfespolnim, co piijeli na nagi schen'.

Dekuji za pfitomnost a doufam, to jste se men u nas tak dobie jak my jsme byli radi, to jste mezi nami.

Ted' se budeme te git na distriktni schtai ye Fort Worth v listopadu. Snad u2 nebude takove horko a bude se nas moci vice zueastnit.

S bratrskYrn pozdravem Joe B. HejnY. ) • * 4 My nerthitieme zatim vyvratit ditkaz, tie mezi veIkYm ueencein a zarnetaeem zeje velka, propast rozdilu v inteligenci, v povaze vgak maze zametae mit i pfevapu.

Jisto je, to by nikdo nemel bYt domYglivY na to, to se narodil s nekolika miliony ganglii vie net jeho soused. Nejhor gi je, tie elovek eloveku v davu zev gedni, ponevadti prave ma s nim mnoho spoledneho, nezajimaveho.

• 4. • rCiny lidske jsou jako rimy, ktere kati dY si ptizptisobi, jak mu libo.

Ve sttedu, due 11. srprta 1954,

Viem organisatoriim S. P. J. S. T. Sestry a bratti: Po distriktni schuzi ye West dne 25 dubna, a y spoleene porade zastupcit ttetiho a pateho distriktu, bylo usneseno, aby organisatoti ye vgech sedmi distriktech SPJST byli pozvani do bratrskeho zavedu v ziskani noveho elenstva do nagi SPJST, Tento zavod Tfetiho a Pateho distriktu proti vSem ostatnim distrikttim by nas mei najiti vgechny pohotove quo/noel naSim organisatoriun kde se jen ptiletiitost naskytne.

Podminky zavodu byly by docela jednoduche. Organisatoki v katidern distriktu snatiili by se, aby pfirtistek nevych elenit a novych certifikatu byl , metenY v procentech podle stavu elentt v distriktu.

KaticlY distrikt by se snaZil zvY giti eislici svYch elenti a prirustek by se yypoeital v procentech.

Dtilletiitost a prospe gnost takove nove naborove kampane jiste mad katidy organisator. souhlas od nadpolovieni vetginy \ygech organisatorti, zavod by =Neal na 1. 6er/ra a ukoneil by na 31. srpna 1954.

Jestli schvalujete takovou bratrskou souteti, coti jiste pote gi celou Jednotu nagi, poglete sviij souhlas co nejdfive na tajemnika tietiho distriktu: L. 0. Hogek, Grapevine, Route 1, Texas.

S bratrskym pozdravem Cyril Pokladnik, pfedseda L. 0. Hogek, tajemnik Tretiho distriktu 3. M. .8krabanek, ptedseda, Rudy J. 8efeik, tajemnik Pateho distriktu ) 4 ,

Distriktni schuz°e Nasledujici je pofad distriktnich send, ktere jsou na programu v pfi gtich me19. zati, distrikt prvni. Caldwell 26. zati, distrikt pity, Danbury 17. fijna, distrikt druhY, Cyclone 24. tijna, distrikt gestY, Elmaton 31. Mina, distrikt sedmY, Corpus Sestry a bratti, hled'tep se ziteastnit techto distriktnich schilzi, aby v kaide Schuzi byly vgechny fatly onoho distriktu zastoupeny. Vezmete s sebou sve deti, aby se mohly podilet na programu, nebo aby uvideIy, jak v jinYch tadech omladina pracuje. Pamatujte, to distrikty jsou nelen pro lep gi praci v Jednote, ale pro lepgi ptateistvi mezi eleny a domacimi fady. (dz)

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TIXAS

Strom

Z (DAM DOMACICH RAN SVAZ ESKOSLOVENSKiCH RACIONALISTU Statni vYbor Svazu Ceskoslovenskych Racionalistil v Texasu kona svou pravidelriou schtizi opet v nedell, dne 15. srpna v eeske sini na Studewood. Zadatek ye 2 hodiny odpoledne.

Jak obydejne, zvani jsou k jednani elenove a vitani ti, kdo se zajimaji o nagi einnost.

Ve schuzi &ten bude dopis od tajemnika Friendship Liberal League, ktefi maji radost, ze v pokrokoyY obeanskY, spolkoye Ostave U.S.A. vernY element mohou dnes poeitati take Cechornoravo,ny. Kdo zna dejiny lidstva v Evrope z dvou poslednich tisic rokil a snahy zakladatela tfinacti osad (colonies), z nichl zrodily se na ge Spojene Staty s tak nadhernou konstituci, ochranou bratrskeho spolupochopi, proe u League mail z rlagl Cinnosti radost.

Posledni schilze byla podetne nadtivena nad na ge oeekavani. Dle nazoru hosti program byl nad obyeej zajimavY. M. F. K. Valoyf ta.jemnice Statniho VYboru • 4, • t Iad Svornost Jihu eislo 15.

Buckholts, Texas.

Cteni bratti a sestry: Jest uz varn deobecne znamo, ze letos budeme opet potadat spolednY °bed zdejgiho spolku RVOS a radu SPJST. Adak aby piece nekdo nezustal neuveclornenY, oznamuji zde ze se onen °bed bude potadat tfeti nedeli tento mesic, coZ pfipadne na 15. srpria,. Sestry maji ptinest jidlo jako jine roky, i napoje, jestli libo. Po obede bude nasleclovat Beseda a volna zabava pri hudbe, kterou zjedna. br . Harris a kterd bude hrat i na zabave veder, Aaclova schtlze bude potaciana pied obedern ja,ko jine roky, neb chcem miti odpoledne volne. jmenem UtednikU vas vgechny uctive zvu a vyslovuji nadeji, vgichni pfijdete, kdy2 sucho a horko trochu povolilo.

Zustavam jako ddy, se sesterskYm pozdravem Hilda Brtigova, tajemnice.

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POZVANt KU SPOLEtENSKEMU POBAVENI Corpus Christi, Texas.

Dne 15. srpna Telocviena Jednota Sokol v Corpus Christi hodla uspotadat onu spoleenou zabavu v nedeli odpoledne ye 3:30 hodin v Sokoloyne.

MA to bYti takove domaci pfatelske sejiti se v gech rodin sokolskYch i rodin vgech nagich eeskYch spolku v teto krajanske metropoll Mirno snolkovSrch seta-

zi potfebujeme eastej giho se sejiti ku bliZgimu poznani se.

Zde v meste i na venkove jest mnoho nagich krajanskYch rodin usazeno, ale z nejake mi nezname pfieiny nemaji zajem podileti se a brati freast na na gich schitzich spolkovYch a spoledenskYch zabavach.

Jak dude jinde ve vetgich mestech, tak i zde jest mnoho tech rriznYch atrakci, ktere hodne tahnou, a no, na ge 'desire zapominaji.

Heinen bychom se tolik delit mezi nami, neb ono to nage krajanske eegstvi se tak jiz samo sebou hodne sesycha.

Vy vgichni, kterYm jest to nedelni odpoledne dlouhe a nevite, kde volnY eas ukratit a ty nekdy trudne chvile zapudit, jste vgichni zvani uctid k narn do Sokolovny, kde uvidite svbje znarne a piatelske tvate, kteti si va gi ptitorrmosti budou vadit. Je to misto, kde ptilelitostne lze na.vazat nove znamosti a udrZet si stare pfatelstvi.

Na programu buderne mit zabavne hry pro dospele i pro Mi. Veeer v 7 hodin, bude spoleena veeefe.

Sestry Sokoiky zase Zadarne, aby nejake to cturtne jidlo doma ptipravily a sebou pfiveziy ku spoleene yeeefl.

Do vYhry budou davane 'lane pottebne veci, aby gt'astni hraCi men se eim pochlubit a potegit, proto•i zde bude Zadoucno neco donest, darovat a zprisobit tim radost tem, co se'na to budou Wait.

Chlaclide studenYch rriznkch napojri budou dle potteby zasobovat ziznive, tak ze i po strance toho obeerstveni jest pamatovano na vgechny.

Vgechny uptimne zveme, eleny 1 neeleny, na tuto pfatelskou zabavu a te girne se na hojnou navgtevu.

OistY vYtetek ptipadne do Oestovniho fondu, by easteene se hradilb vydani tern cvidicim, kteti hodlaji se zuda,stnit sletoyell° podniku ye vzdalenej gich telocvienYch jednotach.

Za po • adatelskSr vYbor jsem Vag John Staga, oznamovatel. ) • 4 • (

Rad Jaromir eislo 54.

vgichni spokojeni, jen kdy .', to klape, tak to piijde.

Ta horka jiz trochu povolila, ale degte jsme Zadne nedostali, jen mistni pfehariky, take se nepragi. NeZ co nadelo.me?

Zaeina bYt zas teplo, v gechno such& a bavina se puka.

Broth a sestry, ode gel nam, odkud ne ni navratu, na g spolubratr Gusta Bartog, dobrY a tichY elovek, kterY vychoval eetnou rodinu. Vgichni jsott v nagem rade.

On sam hledel si syYch spolkovYch povinnosti a schrize pravidelne nav gtevoval. Rodin°, pote g vas Bnh, a Tobe, bratie, budiZ zeme lehkou a odpodivej v pokoji. Nag tad Ta,romir vyslovuje cele rodine zesnuleho bratra Bartok uptimnou soustrast.

Muslin se zminit je gte o jine veci. "(Metni vYbor podal svou zpravu, ze ptehliZel knihy a de se na glo v potadku 9.2 na nektere pohleda yky za Cleny. Jsou nekteti hodne pozadu s jolacenirn s yYch povinnosti. Bratti, prosim vas, nenechavejte to tak dlouho beiet. Uz jsem varn nekolikrat pfipomenul, ze to je poji gteni vase a pro bezpeenost va gi rodiny. Nikdo jinY to za vas platit nebude. teetni vYbor vas jen upozorriuje, ze jste pozadu a to je pro vase" vlastni dobro. Jestli byste nekterY ztratil svoje prava a vYhody elenske, tak to bude k va gi-gkode nejvice. Ov gem, ani pro fad by to nebylo pfijemne. Ta,k, prosim vas, vyrovnejte se, aspori po eastkach, kdyZ by to jinak ne glo. I pro idedniky je to nevcieeria prate.

Tak toho necharn. Je gte pozdrav do Corpus Christi 8napkove rodine.

Za tad Jaromir Emil Klaus. ) • AD • ( Vyskytne-li se vetgi duch mezi nami, kterY se poctive snail vystoupit nad ded nost, vyjit pies' prah za,staralYch pled postavime se mu jako na povel vgichni do cesty, povesime se mu na gosy, ab'ychom mu stain vYstup, hazime mu dernoZne pfekaZIR do cesty, aby nedogel.

KahlY z nas, kdo Zivotnirnu boji jen si mysli, ze denut leper rozumi neZ ten, kterY je prase u dila. Ten, co se na praci diva, tmou chce lepe rozurnet, ruku vga,k k dilu nepfilcdi. Kdybyste byl sebe lepgim odbornikem, dcly se vedie vas postavi divak, kterY ram da zadarmo svou radu.

1 • 4•( Je ternet stejne nesnadno upokojiti nas, rnilujeme-li pfili g, jako nemilujerneli jiZ yfrbec. (

West, Texas.

Broth a sestry: Nagi pravidelnou schrizi dne Lsrpna zahajil bratr pfedseda, Robert 6ervenka.

Byl eten protokol z minule schrize v eeske feel a byl pfijat jak eten. Pak byla podana zprava, kolik se udelalo v kuchyni, a dechno bylo ptijate s pochvalou.

Potom bratr pfedseda 'dell pfijern a v3rdani ze slavnosti no, 4. eervence, a take Velkou east tipiimnosti na gi tvati touvgechno bylo v potadku, itety zaplacene a ha mluviti o sobe a ukazovati chyby sve eleni spOkojeni. Tak to mi. bSr t, aby byli to stranky, ze ktere naih lib°.

Strana

Ve stfedu, dne 11. srpna 1954.

VESTNIK WEST, TEXAS

DOPISY A NAIILEDY CLEO' Dallas, Texas.

Cteni bratti a sestry: Jest mnoho veci, o kterYch by se mohlo pteinYglet a psati. V-Zdy, kdy etu Vestnik, najdu tam neco, o dem musim ptemYglet; jen lituji, ze nemam ve svem sousedstvi nikoho, s kYrn by se mohlo o tom mluvit. Ti, kteti me rozumi a s kterYmi si mohu pane popovidat, jsou ode me daleko.

KdyZ jsem se v Corpus Christi ptimlouvala za koupeni neb postaveni budovy pro nag i Hlavni fitadovnu, dostalo se me od nekterYch bratril a sester takovYch pohrdavYch pohledu, se je dodnes citim.

A hle, mame tu budovu, jest pekna, pohodlna a jest v Temple, v meste, za ktere jsem se tea ptimlouvala. Prod? Nic jsem od nich za to nedostala a vim jiste, tam ani nikdy bydlet nebudu.

Kdy2 jsem ye sjezdu v Houstonu promluviIa, a vette me, ze jsem k tomu pHgla bez meho pkani, neb jsem si umiriovala celou dobu, se nebudu mluvit pro ani proti fitulku pro stare lidi, piece jsem sama sebe zradila —a tekla jen par slov, za ktera se me dostalo zase pohrdani i vYeitky, ktera pti gla i z Waco.

Dnes, kdy br. Hanu g a mnoho z jejich tadu dlenu jdou do distriktnich schazi, vidi sami, se Vida pro fitulek na gich starYch dleml neni dosud ptipravovand. Zase v Ennis se me dostalo tech boenich pohledti, vyhovela jsem ptani promluvit pro Utulek, ale to bylo naposled. Nebudu se o to vice zajimat.

Tteba yarn tikam, ze moZna, i ja ho budu nekdy pottebovat, nepoeitain na to.

Vette me, ze i kdyby, tedy bych se snaZila, si to zaplatit. neb mluvim-li, main k tomu sve vlastni zku genosti. Mole maminka mela sve penize a2 do posledni chvile sveho Zivota. My deti jsme nedaly nagim rodidfun ani cent, neb oni ho nepotiebovali. To, co oni pottebovali, dodavala jsem ja. KdyZ jsem se vdala, tedy to by/ na g dum, kde matka /dela nemocna, nekolikrat otec i sestra. Nag lekak vkly fekl, "Ptivezte je k Toni, ona ma v,2e, co ja potkebuji a jest to pro me blizko". My bydleli v nieste neb v okoli.

Pak dik mateinYm pkateliim, ona se na ri g s velice nazlobila, take kdy jsme odchazeli z farmy, povidala jsem me= ot"Tati, ja, ua na farmu nikdy vice nepkijdu". Odstenovali jsme se z Parker o1,:resu prye a ja ne gla domii pet let. Otec yemtel a matka jednou ptijela, do Dallas k nam s plaeem, "Deti drahe, vy me musite pomoct". Od to doby jsem udinila pro matku a sestru, neb ona byla s matkou emocna, vge co si ptala. Mnohokrat isem byla voland v nod telefonem, "Phj cd' hneck:" Bud' matka neb sestra, byly

nemocne.

Pak mfij mu2 zemtel, sestra zemtela a matka ze piljde ke me do Dallas. Byla jsem tomu velice rada, neb nak kara u2 potkebovala , spravky, nebyl gasolin a ja mnohdy jsem jela za matkou busem, 2 mile testy na farmu, zase d ye mile na cestu, kde jsem mnohdy v fipalu slunednim neb v zime dekala na bus. Tedy, kdy se matka rozhodla, se pfijde ke me, opravdu me potekla. Povidala jsem ji, "Mami, vyberte si, kterou loZnici chcete"; mela jsem tki. Vzala si pkedni. Ale za par tYdnfi chtela jit zpet na farmu. Dobie, odstehovali jstne ji zase zpet, neZ zase to tam nemohla vydrZet, tedy zpet ke me.

Podruhe si vzala druhou loZnici, ze tam nebude tako0 hluk od kar Zase se ji to nelibilo, tedy znovu stehovani na farmu a zase za par mesica ke me do tieti loznice. Moje deti, ktere me musely za ni neb pro ni jeti, se na me ua zlobily, kikaly me, "Mami, ty sama stakenku kazik ty ji v'Se udelaS" jak ona chce." Odpovidala jsem, "Deti, jest to moje matka a ja, ji mam rada i kdy tu nechce bY't a steauje si na me."

Moje maminka mela penize do posledni chtp. A zase jsem to byla ja, ktera jsem ji prijern zajistila. KdyZ se rozhodla prodat farmu, povidala jsem memu mu2i, "Tati, porad' jak to udelat, aby matka mela sve ptijmy pokud bude Ziva, neb kdyby to moje maminka, jsouc zvykla svSrm penezfim, je na konec nemela, byla by tou nejne gt'astnegi aenou na slide; a bylo by to nespravne, neb ona se velice nadelala a byla to jeji starostlivost, ze jsme men vZdy irk, co jsme potkebovali."

Mitj odpovedel, "Ty' nejsi hloupa, ty si poradig."

Tedy kdy pravnik kupujici strany nesl papiry do obchodu k podpisu a pfeCeti me je napted, pak jsem je vzala ja a sama jsem si je detla, neb ja vice tomu rozumim, pfeetu-li to sama. Povidam muZovi, "Toto ja nepodepili". A pravnikovi jsem kekla, ae v torn kupu must bjit napsane, ae matka milae loSivat v jednom z domku na farme pokud bude aiva, si v lese nechat nasekat d •eva, kolik bude potrebovat a muae si vzit ze studne vody, =oho-1i spotrebuje.

U jednoho domu nebyla studne. Matka chtela jeji polovic hotove a sestra otcilv dil tea'. Tedy jsem aadala, at' jest dane do kupu tea ae ninj podil a dvou myth bramusi kupujici nrokovat po celou dobu mateina aivota a v den jejiho fnrti, se teprve bude nam teem vyplaceno.

Pravnik na to nechtel pkistoupit, ze jejich firma takovSr kup jate nepsala a se me soudne donut!. Pkgel za mnou nekolikrat, i do jejich utadovny jsem byla, vo-

land i matka psala a velice me hubovala, at' podep gu papiry, tak jak si kupujici strana pteje. Ale ja, u2 jsem mela zku genosti, ze sliby jsou chyby a nepodepsala jsem, aZ to tarn bylo napsane, jak ja jsem chtela.

2e se farma neproda, nemela jsem strach, mela jsem druheho kupce, kterY daval vice za akr a vice na nrokach, ale matka chtela prodat svemu kupci a lacinejSi, tedy to bylo se mnou O.K. Za mesice jsem papiry podepsala, sama poslala ku podepsani mSrm bratrfun s phpsanim, prod jsem to tak chtela. Odpoved' od nich, "Dobfe jsi udinila". A na konec me pravnik pochvalil, 2e kdyby bylo vice takovYch deti, nemusel by stat budovat nove budovy pro stare lidi.

Moje sestra, ne2 zemkela, leZela na posteli 5 let, sama se neobratila, nesedla.

Matka ji peelive opatrovala, v zime stale 'mela na kamnech teple cihly, ktere kladla k noham sestke v posteli. V 160 donesla studene vody ze studne a namdeela eiste hadirky, ktere kladla nemocne na eelo, neb kde si pfala. Mateini ptatele•ji za celYch 5 let nenav2tivili.

Moji matte bylo u me teskno. Chtela abych byla, s ni • doma a neAla do prace, ale ja jsem musela jiti do prace, neb nemoc, Umrti, po2ax ve Stoke a pak i moje operate me drZely doln, tedy ptimlouvam-li se kdy za fitulek pro stare nage eleny, main v torn sve vlastni zkugenosti, neb i v torn ptipade, dame-li starYm rodiefan vge moZne pohodli, oni piece nejsou spokojeni a uznaji to a2 na smrtelne posteli, kdy je na kousidek jen vdelcu ua tak pozde.

V tech distriktnich schnzich se to tak pekne posloucha, kdy2 nam bratki fikednici Hlavni fikadovny feknciu, mnoho-li jsme ziskali na novem elenstvu a na penezich. Ale ihned zaboli slova od hlavniho pfedsedy, kekne-li: "Od nos teako co dostanete". To se mini sem'tam z hlavniho fist •edi /*aka penelita pomoc distriktfn, neb na odmeny, neb nove veci, ktere by pomohly organisatoram v jejich praci a co by mohlo bYti zane geno co obnos vydanY na agita,eni praci. Vklyt' to vge ptichazi zpet do hlavni pokladny.

Nagel by se delegat ye sjezdu, kterY by jsou naS"e stanovy tak toto odsoudil? pkisne, ae na2i hlavni fikednici nesmi podpokit podobne finaneni aadosti?

Byla jsem p •ekvapena, 2e sestra Hilsherova jest pro letni taboki gte a tea jsou elenove pro to, by byly anglicke pohadky, ktere deti zadaly posilat do Vestniku upravene co maid. kni2ka. Jaka by to byla pekna oznamka tomu malemu dorostu, kdy by ph nejake pkilditosti dostale kniZku povidek co dar od spolku, ku

Ve stiedu, clue 11. srpna 1954. kteremu patri neb prave ptistoupilo.

'Minna nee° Hlavni Utado-vna pro nage male eleny? M doposud v ge glo starou cestou od nas nic. Chcete-li neco noveho, rnusite si vy sami Lady -to vykonat a ze sVSYch kapes- zaplatit, my jen chceme noye &any a hodne velke pojistrie.

Taky 0. K., ale v dne g ni dobe neprakticke.

Na zdar.

Horakova.

Koval', Texas Cteria redakce, mile sestry a bratti: Prave jsem dodet1 posledni restnik, v nerng je vzpomenuto nekolik dUlegitYch bodu tykajicich se na gi mile Jednoty neAcolika retznYmi dopisovateli.

Musim vetejne doznat, ze na g organ se stava opravdu zajimavYm, a to zylagte , tim, ze prinasi aspori ptitornnou dobou mnoho peknych dopisti od na. gich jak starYch tak i mladYch elena. Mo gna ze jest to tim, ze bratr redaktor polevil trochu s tim jelid hartusenim o pravopisu, o ja.kosti papiru a podobne. Mnoho na geho lidu, zvlaste z tech starsich, se ostychap. jiti do vetejnosti se svYrni my glenka,mi a nahledy, a kdy pak je gte jest jim ptiporninano ze to nedelaji dobte pak se k tomu nemohou odhodlat. Ale prave takove dopisy delaji to nejzajimavej gi eteni, neb pravdou jest, ze tiznost nahlechi od dopisovatelii rilzrieho povolani nam da poznati celkove smYg leni a pravY sta y veci JakYkoliv ea.sopi•s bez ptispevkii od jednotlivcii jest jenom suchou latkou.

Bratr redaktor v jeho fivanach se zrniriuje o nekolika bodech, ktere opra.vdu stoji za povg irnnuti. Strachuje se, jestli yykonaia spravne svoje redaktorske poy innosti; a co by bylo lep gi, kdyby byl zjednan iitadniky neb volenY sjezdem ja.ko nyni je; neb mel-li by bYti zaroveri elenem Hiavni fitadovny. Podavam svoje osobni nahledy, s nirni g nemusi gasin'y souhlasit, ant se za, to na nine zlobit; a jestli mne bratr redaktor za to trochu vetejne pocucha, tak to take snesu.

Myslrin, ze on jest v jeho redaktorstvi az ptiliS horlivYrn, take kdo ete jeho burcovani a nezna pravY sta y naei JednotY, tak by si rn.ohl myslet, ze uz nam zvoni (jak kikame) umiraekem, se ut jsrne na poslednich.

Nagi eleni vgeobecne vi, ze nage Jednota utegene pokraduje. Miaim v,ga.k v pkipade, kdy ptijde na g Vestnik do rukou • . tfeba neelena, ktery na ge pomery dobte nezna.

Take main za to,,ze, voleni redaktora sjezdem jest ripine spravne, neb tak jest godpovednY vgemu elenstvu a jest volnY konat syoje povinnosti jak za nejlepe uzna. A ze jemu g 'adnY ani sta.novy --nenatizuje, jak a co ma "akorat delat, jest spravne demokraticke. Nevyhovi-li vet.sine elenstva, tak to pozno, na ptigtim

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sjezdu. elenem Hlavni ritadovny myslim, ze by bYt nemel, neb pak by ji g nemel to volnosti ye svem oboru, jakou ma nyni.

Ano, marn za to, ze nynej gi pomer ustanoveni redaktora k Jednote jest vyhovujici. Tak, bratte redaktore, odpust', jestli jsem ti neptigel akorat do noty.

Pochvalu a uznani nalezne g myslim tom, jak jsem na zaeatku napsal, ze nag Vestnik jest opravdu nynej gi dobou zajimayy a tim zajimavYrn minim dobrY — totig dobte vedenY. A ted' o tech jinYch bodech od dopisovatelit. Bratr Baron, tajemnik prvniho clistriktu, ptipomina schuzi prvniho distriktu, ktera se rychle blizi. Zadd, aby nahledy a dobiozdani byly poslane, aby mohly bYti na schuzi probrane. Myslim, ze co jest dobre pro distrikt, jest take dobre pro celou Jednotu a to nejhla y gi jest zajem elenst ya. Jsou zminky-nej ye Vestniku o Atulne pro stare aleny, o tabotigti neb "camp" pro na gi mladeg, o museu na gi Jednoty pri Hlavni atadovne.

Toto jsou nejen dobre, ale i velice to body, ktere by mely bYti v distriktnich schtizich probrane, aby se poznalo smYgleni o nich a vzbudil zajem, a g ptijde ptig ti sjezd, aby se vedelo, jestli to bude proyeditelne neb ne.

Tu knihovnu neb museum by bylo dosti lehko provest a melo by se to udelat ka g -dop6.neSam peknouzasbtrych knih a kalendati darovanYch bratram John a synern Henry MatogkovYmi, pamatce to po sestie Matogkove, Many naSeho tadu, odevzdanYch mne, abych s nimi nalogil jak za nejlepe uznarn. Slibil jsem, ge to odevalam do to knihovny, jakmile se tato sta.ne skuteenosti. Nejsem znalcem cennYch marn. v gak za to, ze sestra Mato gkova, ktera byla velice inteligentni a seetela, by jenebyla tak peelive opatrovala, kdyby je nepokladala za, vYjimeone cenne.

A kdyg jsern pti tom, co jest dobre pro nag i jednotu, neda nine to, abych nepoukazal na nen, co u natl. Jednoty postradame. Je to reklama neb jak tomu obyeejne tikame "publicity", MU obezname\Tani nagi Jednoty v girgi yetejnosti.

Ovgem xname nag organ, ale, co krome toho? Vestnik neatou ani v gichni eleni, a kdy nikde jinde neni o nas ani zminka, tak jak ma o nas vetejnost co vedet?

Mam na mysli ten peknY elanek s podobiznou bratra ptedsedy Marta a bratra. Chupika, kterY byl v Dallas Morning News nekdy brzy na jate tohoto roku.

Shodli jsme se u nageho tadu ye schil zi, ze to byla posavad to nejlep gi reklama kdy o nas uvetejnena. A ja, jsem se o torn zminil i v nagi distriktni schuzi v Nelsonville. Mam za to, ze vice podobneho by nam mnoho prospelo.

Co myslite, kdybychom si pozvall do nagich distriktnich schuzi mravodaje tis-

Strana I ku co nageho hosta, od easopisu vychazejiciho v miste neb poblig mista, kde se nage digtriktni schilze potada.ji, kde by nas pozoroval a pak o nas napsal do novin. Nag bratr redaktor by mu mohl torn 'dodati podrobnej gi vysvetleni.

Mnohdy takove elanky se pak dostanou i do denial/10 tisku. Myslim, ze trochu vice obeznamovani na gi Jednoty by se nam vyplatilo.

Pro dnegek toho jig necham. Koneim s bratrskYm pozdravem na v gecliny etouci a zustavam vas Vaclav • {Malin, Oregon.

Broth a sestry: K tomuto clopisti me ptimelo bratra redaktora pojednani "Pohlad do minulosti". Trochu jsem si to spetl s rokem 1914 a 1917. JrnenovanY Frank Elmer v Bryan byl otec; nepamatuji se ureite, jak dlouho on byl tajemnikeni tadu 13. Smetana. Tak se me zda, ge ten fitad jeden rok zastaval otec, a druhY rok ho zastaval zesnulY ji g take Jan Homola. Ja si ureite neparnatuji, kterYm rokem jsern se ja stal Menem SIIST, ale bylo to myslim prvniho ria podzim v 1913. Virn ureite, srpna, jsem je gte deal u Jana &besty v obchode, take v Bryan, ale jeliko g me nitlj bYvalY "boss" za,ptel, ge slibil platit $.30,00 mesicne, protoze asi mel strach, jelikog yypukla prvni svetova. valka, tak jsem ptestal na minutu; a jeliko g jsem mel "Life Scholarship" u Draug,hon's Business College v Houstonu, Texas, tak jsem odejel do Houstonu. KdybY me byl bYvalY "boss" to objasnil, ge ma 113 j strach z valky, ge me ten ptidavek $10.00 mesiene nerafige dat, tak bych asi gtstal pracovati, ale on ug mel tu naturu jen nekoho stfihnout, a ja jsem- si to nochtel nechat Wait. Bratr J. M. Skrabanek se pamatuje, kdy g jsem meal v Houstochodit do Business College, a od te doby se na.m s =oho, krajany v Houstone, Pamatuje g , Joe, kclyg jsme hravali ye stare budove na Studewood? Kdo byli eleni te kapely? Ja si jen. pamatuji Tebe, H. Hajovskeho, Shwartze, Tveho bratra ma, a nebyl v torn taky starY Moravek Crosby? A take moje maliekost na trombone. uteklo od tech easii.

Hodne vody Mnoho se zmenilo. J6, jsern mei zilstayal u bratra 13, 6tvrtnika, ale nikdo mne jsem to ne oeekaval na nadra gi, tak chal na starosti Mr. Parishovi, jeng manager, a, mogna take majitel gkoly.

Tak on me usadil v "boarding house" jei, lakes ulici eislo si jegte pamatuji 5091/2 San Jacinto, na ttetirn poschodi bylo nas v "roome" 8, ka gdY platil $16.5f1 za byt a stravu. Podle byl Fire Station a tak kdyg byl "alarm", tak jsme moc nespali. Byli jsme navgtevou v Houstonu r 1945, a ve sknteenosti jsem se podivil jak

VESTN itc TEXAS Ve stkedu, dne 11. srpna 1954.

Se mesto zmenilo. Kde bYvaly za myth Meli jsme na lodi etykelennou namokni- vy'm bodakem, zaktivenYm na, puke.

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ease. "hording a rooming housy", tak ted' ckou posadku, tak ti zaeall strilet z 3-pal- Tam zas jiny A koneene jsem pti gel na to, jest to pino mrakodrapti. Do Studewood coveho dela; netrvalo to dlouho, a my by- to ti umazani Nenici byli zajatci. jsme jezdili pies les, nevim kolik mil. Po- li obkliaeni anglickYmi "destroyers" a g do To bylo v Amiens. Dal gi testa (v noci) sledni kara byla v 11:30, tak my jsme to Liverpoolu, kde jsme pti gti den rano na do Patige ug byla pokojnej gi, tim jak jsme obycejne g lapali na Houston Heights, a- iece Ren (?) ptistali. Tam nits nechall se vzdalovali dale a dale od fronty. Do bychom se dostali dome. dosti dlouho eumet na lodi, ag pro nag Patig e jsme ptijeli rano asi k 9. hodine.

Tak ten cas kvapi — uz take jsem ele- na gli misto. Tak jsme nasedali do tech Na nadragi zase opakovani toho, co jsme nem vice jak 40 let. Jak br. redaktor pra- htiekovYch vagonti geleznienich .a jell: prozili v Liverpoolu a Boulogne. Koneene plativalo se 60 cente mesiene, nejni g - Manchester, Winchester, Rugby, LondYn ptijely francouzske "carillons", my nasesi stupnice. Za tech east' bYval vice me- a koneone Folkstone. Tani- jsme to do- dali na ty trucky a jelo se. Pamatuji si re ellej gi spoleeenskY tiivot. Socialni po- glapli do kanadskYch kasaren; a par dni "Place de la Republic", "Place de la Namery se zmenily, givotni tiroven jest vy g - cekali. Ta podlaha, co jsme na spali con", "Place de la Bastille", a "Rue de si, tak neni divu, 'tie tadove scheze jsou "sure" byla tvrda: obzvla gt' ty suky. Stra- Rivolli", tam jsme byli v kasarnach slonepatrne na ystevovany. To neni jen u va byla ye skuteenosti spartanska, kousek geni, vybrali si na druhem poschodi penagi Jednoty, na to trpi vice merle v g ech- chleba, kousek SYra, daj; kousek chleba, lech a gli jsme jit. ny bratrske spolky — zkratka jest to nub kousek eaj. Radi, velice radi Ug byl kagdy gpinavY jako rasuv pytel easu. Jest to k politovami, ale u mnoha jsme opou gteli Folkstone, kdyti jsme po- -- a ta aroma. Od Francouze jsme byli elene se neda, nic skrz to delat. chodovali do ptistavu, tak jsme si zpivali. krmeni moc, moc lepgi, vice a lepgi straChtel jsem br. redaktorovi vytknouti, Byli jsme nalodeni, a test pees La Man- va, vet gi vYber. Po jidle jsme vyna gli, 'tie ge udelal chybu stran toho tajemnika v the aneboli AnglickY kanal nam trvala se friffteme v jedne budove pod studenou Bryan v 1914. Ja si to na okam g ik spletl peldruhe hodiny. Ale tak je gte jsem ni- sprchou umYti, tak jsme to v gichni uoiNa druhem poschodi byly pryeny se s rokem 1917, kdy ja jsem zastaval tuto kdy nic nevidel napineno — sardinky v funkci, ale mush jsem se vzdati etadu, krabiece, to nic neni. Vojaci v gech rnog- slamniky a tegke, jako konriske, vinene deky. Nage zavazadla nas koneene doproto ge jsem to pova goval za svoji povin- nych anglickych dr gav a dominii: nost, jit bojovat za viast. Prvniho srpna, neme v Boulogne ve Francii, a vgichni hnaly a tak jsme se navlekli do vIneneho jestli se nemYlim, ji g jsem byl blizko spolucestovatele ode gli, jen my Amerida- pradla — v ge, co jsme men'. Jednak narn fronty ve Francii, v male vesniece y e Vosr ne jsme tam zilstali eumet — as do ttech bylo z Texasu dosti chladno, tkeba bylo leto — obzvla gt' v Angiii. gas horach, je g se jmenovala Montiers- hodin. Ted' piijde na g jedinY kapitan Pied kasarnami byl zastup Francouze sur-Saulx. Bylo to bil ge Godrecourt, je g nejakymi francouzslcYmi destojniky a bylo hlavnim stanem prvni divise, kte- vyvolal si prvniho ser ganta, stareho vo- zevlujicich na nas a tak my zevlovali na rou jsem take pomahal skladat dohro- jaka, pro ktereho jsem mnohe psani na- ne. Strati u vrat (tieleznYch) byla franmady — eili organisovat. Mej prvni plat psal, a jenz byl v armada jiz od roku 1890, couzsice a ta nas nechtela pustit yen.

• Gadne osvetleni nikde, tak my se konee$15 mesiene; doba slu gby 7 let. Kongres a ktery mne met v oblibe a ja jeho. to potom vge zmenil, a kdo se dal na voj- B y li jsem serazeni a "Forward March" ne odebrali do postele.

Usnuli jsme tak na chvili. Ja se probunu po 5. dubnu 1917, tak byl ye slugbe jen to vzali do Boulogne do mesta, kde .nas vzali do velkeho restaurantu a tam jsme dil a jen jsera hotel na bodejt' ne — po dobu valky.

Nevim, kolik u g nas z Bryan jelo do se vystfidali s jicllem, prOto ge pro nas vinene pradlo. Ale pahlo to dal a toho Houstonu; Pamatuji si Fred Wehrman, vsechny nebylo dost mista; jen v Mills kleni. M koneene si nekterY start' vojak zesnulY John Seasta z Wheelock a ja. hotelu v New Yorku. Pak zpet, k ptistavu. vzal tu odvahu a Skrtl sirkou a miij ty Scasta zkou gky lekatske neprog el, tak ho Byla to trpka zku genoSt. My pristali v tu Boge, takove Stenice je gte jsem nevidel. poslali spa dome. Wehrman, ja a jini dobu, kdy Nemci 61114 druhY utok na, Tak my hnedle vgichni dole do chodby, jsme prog li; Wehrinan se dostal k 19. M- Ypres. V ptistave se, nevim kolik loch net kde nage "Go-away Bags" byly sloieny, vytabli jsme kagdY dva blankety, a vgdy fanterii a ja, jakotito stenograf a knih- pinilo ranenYrni, kteti nemohli chodit veda, jsem byl pildelen k Dept. Q. M., kde vsichni ptine geni na nositkach. Krajina dira a dva jsme si ulehli na "cobblestone" kolem ptistavu Boulogne jest dosti strme nadvoki kasaren. A co jsem byl v Patigi, jsem tu moji vojnu zaeal, Byli jsme vgeho vg udy pet dni v Casual nornata, a to bylo videt ainbulance z o- tak jsem jinde nespal. Take jsme vyna gjestli ptelezeme zed', ji g kasarny Camp; take tam byl toho casu br. "demo- bou stran inesta Ptijigdet. Jeden skYho bratr, tu gim Ernest, ten g el do cni doktor Mel jen jednu ruku a jednu byly obehnany, tak nas strati francouiska pustila dovnitt tak Ameridane hned po Kelly Field. Za tri tYdny ja jel do Fran- nohu, atd. cie, nebo nekde na vYchod. My byli z tech Kratce peed zapadem slunce jsme byli snidani vymizeli. Ale ge jsme byli 'broke', nejorynej gich, kteti jell za mote. Pres zits setazeni a pochodovali jsme na na-7 tak jsme se vgdy vratili zaveas jisti. Strati mote z New Yorku jsme to udelali do Li- dra g . Zadna, svetla, do "coupe 4. tridy, nits vgdy pustila dovnitf, jen jar jsem toj verpoolu v Anglii za sedm dni. Pamatujienti ma miti mista pro 8 osob, nas dali ho moc neu gil, jako stenograf mel jsem si jen tolik, ze jsme byli v New York'', 16, a jelo se. Ho gi byli na lavicich, pod potad co delat pro na gi "company". Hogi Iikali, pantie zbloudili, tak gli za gendarkdyti se obearie musili registrovat. Vypsat laVicmi, "baggage rack'; a ja seal u na.

Ptes vgechna, Mesta, vesnice atd. jsme mcm a on je drgel kolem sebe, az ptigla by bylo genosti ty vojenske zku fgechny snacine, ale mile by to vzalo trochu pra- jell veskrz potme.. Ka gdYch pet mina se pemoc. Pak je sebrali na stanici a a jich jede, nemocnien i vlak; ale melt na feru, tak je zkratka do kasaren ce. Mog na nekdy se o to pokusim, ted' jen mi zdalo, ptece jsme spali -a ja dtimal. Ty fran4 odkud p •igli ptivezli. Pakli ge moje zkugetrochu ten nastin vezmeme, couzske viaky mail etverhranna kola; nosti bratry a sestry budou zajimat, tak V Angle byla pro nas pfekvapenka; take ten spanek a to klimani bylo trha to dokondim. Ale bratr redaktor musi mlAngliCan" totig a ani na gi destojnici ne- ye. ti se mnou trpelivost; ja do tech •deskYch vedeli, co s narni. Nits bylo jen hrstka, Ted' se probudim, viak stoji. Vge spi. Ja gkol chodil Indio vet ginou husy past, a sotva 300; pi ijeli jsme na Tourist Class epa.trne zvednu na okne zaelonu a gmar- tak jsem asi o desiti letech "graduoval" a lodi, etyki hogi v kabine. Blizko Irska na ja Josef, u g nas Wind meli kouknu gel s rodidi do to zaslibene Ameriky. — /ids nemecka ponorka sttelila torpedo, podruhe a trochu pozorneji, a tu vidirn Jak ten eas Teti — I 50 let.

A ted'? ktere chvala Bolin na gi led' nezasahlo. stati francouzskeho "poilu" s dvouyardo- jsme s mamou aria a baba, zdravi mame

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dobre, chut' k praci take. Kdyby v torn Texasu nebyla takova horka, tak bych nedbal tam zase bydleti. Moji bratfi a sestry jsou vetginou v Texasu. VUbec cela vzdalena rodina, jako Vytopilovi, Rejpalovi, Matougovi, ceie stado Elsneru a Ezneatd. A jak se ta mlad gi generace jn-ienuje, ani 'sam nevim — Smiths, Baileys, Taylor, atd., atd. Myslim, ze bude nejlepkdyg zustaneme zde. Mame sve deti zde, vnoudata, a ta domovina, co jsem zabral v 1922, nam pfirostla hodne k srdci.

Mohu smele rice, ze nemit tu pomocnici, jakou jest ma man gelka, ge by milk to prosperity take moc neztistalo. Mnohdykrat fikam, ge kdybych se tak znovu zrodil, tak bych mnohe jinak zaonadil, ale spolednici bych chtel mit tu samou — ale, holt, to nerikejte mame.

Vestnik ug take jest pies 40 let star.

Pied tim to bYval, nernYlim-li se, "Obzor".

Nikdy jsem moc Vestnik neeetl. Nebylo na to easu mnohdy, a take musim tici, ge se mne obsah Vestniku moc nezamlouval.

Od doby, kdy bratr Valeik se stal redaktorem, mohu uptimne rici, ge se me jeho iivahy a "Musings" Vence libi — jsou vecne; v mnohem mu musim dati za pravdu, a srdeene mu pfeji mnogaja ljeta.

Se srdednYm pozdravem F. J. Elzner.

(Poznamka redaktora: — Pta g se, kdy se uskuteeni nage testa do statu Idaho, abychom take odbodili do Oregonu. Mel jsem vgechno vyplanovano koncem dervna, ale nena gel jsern nikoho, ani v hlavni itradovne, kdo by na dobil dvou tYdnii pfijimal a upravoval done pfispevky pro Vestnik. Az najdu nahradnika, snad take na cestu do Idaho a Oregonu dojde. Diky za peknY popis TvYch zkug enosti. M dostane g naladu. pi g zase. Nic na to nedbej, ze pou givag anglickY psaci stroj. TalcovY rukopis je hraelcou upraviti.)

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ZA SPOLUBRATREM THEODOREM HRUSKOU

Cteni bratfi a sestry.

Dnes pfichazim rnezi vas, abych varn oznamil smutnou zpravu a to jest, ge nag spolkovY spolubratr Theodor Hru gka, kterY byl dlenem faclu Antonin eermak diSlo 56 a Menem Telocviene Jednoty Sokol v Corpus Christi, byl odvolan z na geho kruhu 28. Cervence 1954. Zemfel v 11:30 v noci ye svem domove v eisle 1341 Miami ulice v- Corpus Christi, Texas.

Jako snag ivY mantel .a otec nechal si vystavit tento domov die sveho vIcnsu, jen pied nejakYmi 2-3 lety; nachazi se v nagem okoli, blizko nageho domova.

Bratr Theodor Hru gka byl narozen 29.

Cervna roku 1903 ve Frenetate v oesloslovensku. Co vyudenY feznik pfijel do Texasu v imoru 1921 ku svemu strYci do Penelope, Texas. Na to pak pozdeji se pfestehoval do Hillsboro a 2. ledna 1929 se rozhodl vstoupit v sta y mantelskY se

Strana 0 sledwatr Lillie Marie Strrniskovou, dcera to mantelti Anastazie a Frank StrmiskovYch:Poslednich 17 let bydlel se svoji rodinou zde v Corpus Christi.

Zanechave. zde svoji zarmoucenou mantelku, jednoho syna, Theodor Frank Hrugka, 'd ye" dcery, pani R. L. Lovelace v Houstonu a slednu Doris Marie Hrugka doma, a jednu vnudku. V 6eikoslovensku zanechava jednoho bratra a etyri sestry.

Pohfeb byl vypraven z pohrobnickeho zavodu Cage-Mills a pozustatky jeho ulogeny k vetnemu odpodinku v Seaside Memorial Parku.

Smuteeni fedi, proslov na rozloudenou v anglickem jazyku promhivil br. Jim Kudera, a desky br. Oldfich Vala z Houstonu.

My vgichni*, ktefi jsme Theodora ' F. Hruaku znali, litujeme jeho odchodu, neb nam bude v tech na gich spolkovYch schilzich chybe't. Bude nom chybet i v tom ochotnickem krougku. Divadla, v kterYch tieinkoval jako talentovanY herec, se hiuboko vryla v pamet' tech, kteti se onech divadel zudastnovali.

Jsme hluboce doteeni jeho odchodem. on givot dobrY, unteenY. Jeho givotni slugby svYm spolublignim byly easteene uznariy a odmeneny temi, kteri se jeho posledniho rozlouCeni zadastnili a jej na misto vedneho odpoeinku doprovodili.

Mimo br. 0. Vale z Houstonu pohilm se take zileastnila spolkova sestra Elsie.

Kadera co zpevaCka 1)11 smutednich obkadech. Jest ona dcera mantel(' Frank DvotakovYch a ina, zdedene nadani jak jen mai° se nam dostava podedit po nagich pfedcich.

Pohitu se take zileastnila spolkova sestra Anna Vrlova z Houstonu, hodne znama etenaillm z dopisti ye Vestalku. Radi jsme se s ni uvideli, neb jsme ji tak dlouho nevicleli. Bylo to nekdy v roce 1917 neb 19.18 v Ciosby, kdy jsme brali do nageho Ford'ala pfitele Antona Hamuska a jeho gvakra Jos. Zajialca. Vyjeli jsrne si tehdy z Buckholts k Anton Kulhankimi, kteti bYvali na farme Hempstead,- a pfes Houston k Moravktun do Crosby.

Na ucteni pamatky na miste kvetin darujeme $5.00 do fondu cestovniho pro nage evidence, k*mti se budou podilet na vefejnem cvidern vystoupeni telocvienYch jednot sokolskYch. Ctene portistale rodine Hru gkove timto vyslovujeme nagi uptirnne citenou soustrast a zesnulernu vednY klid a milou vzpominku.

John Staga a rodina.

4•( Caldwell, Texas.

CtenY redaktore: Pfeji si, aby v mem dopisu, kterY byl uvefejhen ye Vestniku dislo 30, patY odstavec bylo znovu uvefejnen. Byl tak zkomolen, , ge nekteri dtenafi pravili,

patY odstavece zadal tak krasne, ale nekde uprostied byl tak zkomolen, ge nevedeli, co vlastne jsem chtela rici. Kdyby to bylo poprve, co v mem dopisu byly faclky pfehazeny, nic bych nerikala, neb kagclY nekdy udele. chybu. Ale toto je ji g pc) ti, ge jig to vypada jako by nekdo chtei mtlj dopis zamysIne zesme gniti. Nechci, aby si etenafi mysleli, ge to ja, se nekdy tak trog ku pomatu a pak pi gi pâté pteF. devate. Ja nikdy dopis neode glu, abych ho dod616,m si ho znovu nepfedetla, tat_ vim, ge. ja ty chyby nedelam. Proto ptejl, aby ten patST odstavec byl znovu uvefejnen jak nasleduje.

Nerada slygim neb vidim v novinach eeskou mlade g omlouvati, kdyg svoji fed zavrhuje. Eikati, ge nynejn inlade't gije v jinem ovzdu gi, ge maji arnericke Skoleni. takee nememe diviti, kdy g desky mluviti nechteji, jest pitome. I kdy g mail americke Skoleni, to je nijak neomlouva, jestli chteji v gecko Ceske z na gi Jeclnoty 1,pdstraniti. I ta oeska jrnena na gich radii nahraguji jmeny anglickYmi, cog by nemelo bYti dovoleno. Tim, 'g e zavrhuji vgecko Ceske, nedojdou tadne slavy ani chvaly u rozumnYch Oechtl, ani u rozurnnYch jinonarodval. Daleko vice by si jinonarodovci o nes mysleli, vice si nas kdy by videli, ge si vagime sveho ptivodu a sve fedi. Neni mo gne, aby si rozumnY elovek vagil toho, kdo opovrhuje svoji fedi, neb jestli zavrhujeme svilj na rod neb svoji fee, tak zaroven zavrhujeme svoje rodide. A rritt e b3ni nee() gpatnejSiho, jak kdyg sve rodide za.vrhnerne?

A ted' jig dam dopisovani pokoj. da, to hodne pfemy gleni a prate dopis napsati, a kdy pak je zkomolen, odpadne ku psani.

S pozdravem Pi. P. P. Mikeskov(t.

(Poznamka redaktora: Chapu skinmini sestry dopisovatelky. Zda se, ge redaktor Ci sazeC di ten, kdo chybu mei bYti opatrnej g'i. Podam vysvetleni vgem tem, kdo bud' jig meli nebo bud.ou miti tiskovou chybu ye svem pkispevkii.

Ku pfikladu, vezmeme si dopis sestry P. P. Mikeskove. Ma rukopis dobry a pile spravne Cesky. Rukopis je poslany do tiskarny, kde dilovedouci odevzda, ho sazedi.

Je to spolehlivY sazeC, kterY dovede sazeti latku v destine, v nemeine i v anglietine.

Sazeci stroj ma asi 150 Ci 200 klaves nebo pomoci kterYch se pismena do rozpugteneho ghaveho kovu vytiskuji, je cela faclka hotova. Piispevek sestry IVIikeskove mel 204 fadky. V celem Vestniku je asi gest tisic fa.clek. Pfi sazeni pft spevku od sestry dopisovatelky chyby, totig, ne sazee stroj pismena byla nespravna.. SazeC hraje na klavesnici sazeciho stroje, udelat asi pet , tisic uderu — a stroj se zmYlii tfikrat.

Redaktor to korigoval — to znamene., Ceti pismenku za pismenkou — a nag0

Strana 10 tri chyby. Opravil je, a sazee muses tri •adky znovu vysazet. A kdy'2 se chybne • adky odstranovaly, aby byly nahrazeny spravnou • dkou, jedna spravna fadka dostala se na neprave mist°. Tim se smysl odstavce na dvou mistech poruSil, toti2 tam, kde Mclka meth. bit a take tam, kde radka nemela bit. TakovSim chybam se v tiskai• ue fikA, e to zavinil "tiskatskjf tek". Kdo noni obeznamen s praci v tiska.rne, beu yell, jak snadno se takova ehyba pi:1110dt. Nekdy sazed klepne na vesmei jen o poznani lehdeji — a pistneno ne y ypadne a neotiskne se. Pak cte ve Vestmku, ,2t inednici byl "nasoleni" miStO Jednou jeden tiska • , kterY" si Vence claval zalekt na sve praci, dostal 0Cluavkli, aby vytisknul na drahem papii-o nekolik tisic vSitiskti Bibli.

SamozPejme, ze nechtel miti 2adne chyby. Desetkrat za sebou preetena byla cola Bible. aby tam nebyla ani jedna chyba.

A lolyZ pra.ce byla hotova, kclosi objevil, ze hned v prvni radce stab°, "Na poeatku sVaHlih nebe a semi."

Doufarn, a2 tato kiivda prestane bolet, ze sestra domsovatelka znovu se chopi sveho schopneno pera, aby redaktoru sdelila, ze nehneva.)

ItZ )• Odbaka S. V. P. S. 'Oslo 9.

Fort Worth, Texas.

Mill broth a sestry: V nedeli 15. srpna v 1 hodinu odpoledne kona, se rozpoetova, schtize na,S1 odbodky SVPS eislo 9 proti ohni a bouii v Sokoloynd, 3221 N. W. 28.

Rozpoety jsou rozeslany naSim bratrem ta nnikem.

Tak a sestry, prijd'te vsichni do sebum, neb /name dttlelite jednani a pri tom -:i nyakte zaplatit vase poplatky.

NAS tajemnik je rad, kdy2 mu ka gdY yeas zaplati a on to mute odeslat na hlavni Uradovnu. Tak na shledanou v Sokolovni.

Anna Milan. ) • 4 • ( Neni kteli by tak casto nemeli pravdy, jzIko prAve ti, jiin nesnesitelno jest, '2e pravdy nemaji. ( ° Paetilec nenna dosti schopnosti, aby byl dobrY.

Bratr Brzda ma sill vo si my•11, Esi ndkerej spolkovej mob° reed rozmota nakej spolkovej uzel, Rt' nejpr yejc skusi rozmotat inikou kou mak.tanici aut troubennn na druhST.

VESTNiK — WEST. TEXAS

Ve stkedu, dne 11. srpna 1954.

VYBERTE Sh DLEPOTEEBY

stall je dle stliphicre.

Tkida J-S: Poplatky se plati 20 rokil.

PlnSr obnos pojiiteni se vyplati kdykoliv v pripadu od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesica, $250, pod 12 mesicu, $500.

Tiida J-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let stati. PlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 18 letech stall nebo kdykoliv v pripadu 11mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 xnesicii, $250, pod 12 mesicil, $500.

Trida Poplatky se plati 20 rokii.

PlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 20 letech nebo kdykoliv v pripadu umrti od yeku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicii, $250, pod 12 mesicii $500. (dz)

Tiinaut drubra certifikatfi SPJST pro dospele: Tiida B: DoZivotni, poplatky se plati do smrti.

Tiida C': Poplatky se plati 20 rokii. Pln3i obnos poji§teni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v pripadu Tiida D: Poplatky se plati 15 rokit PlnY obnos pojifteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu umrti.

Tiida E: Poplatky se plati 10 rokii. PlnY' obnos poliSteni sc vyplati lcdy koliv v piapadu Vida F: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po 15 letech nebo kdykoliir piedtim v ptipadu fnrti.

Tkida G: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen ye 20 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtiin v ptipadu Tiida H: PhiST obnos certifikatu je vy placen po dosaZeni 65 let staid nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v pkipadu nmrti.

Ttida I: Poplatky se plati 20 rokil. PInj obnost certifikatu je vyplacen po dosaZeni 60 let stab nebo kdykoliv pkedtim v ptipadu

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KALENDAR V nedeli 15. srpna diva rad Cechoslovan eislo 40 v Hillje veeeki s programem. Veeeke v pet, program zaene v sedm. Po progra,mu grand march a cony za nejlepSi ilbory.

V sobotu, dne 28, srpna poi-ada rad Pokrok Dallas Oislo 84 SPJST velkou zabavu Tiida K: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 ye prospech naSi micove dety. eleni let. PlnY obnos pojfateni se vy- eety. Hudba John Rejeek. plati kdykoliv v ptipadu frrrti.

V nedeli 4. zari tad Hvezda Texasu eislo Vida L: Dvojnasobne Urazove pojigteni (double indemnity). Certifikat 47 pokada oslavu ku poete bratra Jos. se vystavuje pouze do obnosu Motla, kterY bude slavit stolete vYrobi $2,500. dodateene k jinemu svYch narozenin. certifikatu.

V 1p-deli 3. tibia. tad Pokrok Houstonu Vida M: Poplatky sc plati do veku 65 ci510 88 pods anglicke divadlo odpolcdnc, let. Po dosaicni 65 rokii stati, 3:30 hod. a veaer taneeni zabavu; pro Glen dostava mesieni pkijem cleny vstup zdarma na tance. Uctive zve dokud ziv. Zernke-li pied 80 vYbor. lety staki, dedici dostanou me V nedeli '7. listopadu kad Pokrok Houssieni ptijem do 80. vSrroei na tonu cis. 88 piedvede Ceske divadlo odporozenin elena.

Tiida M-C: tpisova ochrana na 20 let, ledne ye 3:30 hod. a veeer taneeni zabaktera, se zmenAuje, az zustane vu; pro eleny vstup zdarma na tanee. vyplacene pojiSteni na $1,000. Uctive zve vSibor.

PojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv V nedeli 19. prosince tad Pokrok Hous V ptipadu umrti dle klcsajici toriu cisbo 88 porada, vanoeni program stupnice. odpoledne ve 3:30 hod. Vstup zdarma.

Tkida N: tpisova ocluana jen tam, kdo Uctive zve vYbor. maji od SPJST vypujeene pc ) • 4 • nize.

Zeny vetSinou neoplakavaji smrt syYch Pet drubn certifikatii SPJST pro cleti: nzilonci proto, rc je milovaly, jako proto, Tiida J-T: Dodasne pojiSteni do veku 16 by zdaly se hodnejtimi bSlti zase milovalet, ktere se maze zmeniti na ny.

• • kterekoliv jine PojiSteni pa, dosa2eni veku 10 let, nebo Nasili, ktera na /las jsou pachana, pozdeji. sobi. nam 'east:a mengi bolest, ne2 nasill, Ttida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 roku. ktera Cinime sami sobe.

Piny obnos pojiAteni se vy* plati kdykoliv v piipadu Vime s dostatek, ze nein treba mluvit o ve veku ml 16 let vti:k. svc Zeno"; ale ncvime celkem, ze jeSte nieUnirtni pojistka pod 16 let uc jest mluviti u sobe 6ainein.

Wednesday, August I., 1954

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Stran,... 11 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 7, Tex.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC

BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

• Cotiies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS

Form

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR WHEN I WAS IN THE DISTRICT ery American could hang his hat. That camp gbes, there are no blueprints, and meeting at Ennis, a lady came to me, introduced herself by name and informed me that we were related by marriage.

Then she said: "I have to compliment you on your editorials in the English section of the Vestnik. You talk the language of the younger members."

• I HAVE NO DELUSION THAT ANY OF you, dear readers, will alter your summer plans because of any flash of illumination you will get from reading my MUSINGS. I don't expect you to cancel your vacation, your temporary summer job, or even your next Saturday night's date — but I do hope I can be a little helpful to you in seeing that life . is not composed of stereotyped certainties, that the man with original ideas is the man with the real contribution in our fraternal Order, and that your mind should never be put in cold storage but to be kept in open and active. *

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is a creed which I would like very tra;Ah for you, young members, to bring into our SPJST and for you to cultivate it.

We still have too many members, mostly of the old class to which your editor belongs, wh: viev, with acute hostility any younger member that may have the temerity to challenge the established pa tterns of our Order. Some of our older members believe that there is something dangerously wrong about young members using their minds, especially if they use them in original ways. *

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A CERTAIN WISE MAN ONCE OBserved that we can go successfully through our life without ever having one original thought. We find we can get along nicely by taking ideas that other people have had and adapting them in the infinite variety of ways that lend' spice to the task of earning a living and bringing up a family. It is a perfectly acceptable way Of getting through life.

But from the point of progress, either national, domestic, or in the SPJST, this stand-pat attitude is stifling and harmful. Our democracy, whether it is on a national scale or in a small circle of our fraternal Order, is no hothouse plant. It flourishes only through exposure to new ideas. * * LET ME GIVE YOU TWO ILLUSTRA tions from the district meeting at Ennis. A talk was made by one of the members that the District Three and its members should advocate the idea of "Resthaven for the Aged." Instead of picking up the idea and discussing it more fully, the idea was ridiculed as impractical. Then another new idea was mentioned, a summer camp for the boys and girls of th SPJST. But again, instead of discussing it at least a bit, the supreme officers announced that the matter has pready been discussed and that something more tangible will be presented to the members pretty soon.

INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU A LOT OF vaporous and useless advice, let me take as my jumping-off point a suggestion made by President Eisenhower in one of his speeches- about a year ago. The President tried to get across in his speech the concept that the United States, for all its proud institutions, had not reached the point, and never would reach the point, , where we could sit back and say: This is the best • of all possible countries.

There is nothing we can do to improve it. Nor could we say that we have all the ideas that are worth having, and that we should outlaw any independent or novel thinking. I do not quote President Eisenhower exactly, but this is the sense of what he said: We still have a big job to do in this country. We cannot do it simply by Paying, "I love America," or by whipping ourselves into a frenzy every time the flag goes marching by. We have to prove our devotion by working hard at making this country better, and we need as .many new ideas as we can get to help us do it. We must not hide our faults under the rug, and .we must not THE PROGRESS OF THE SPJST WILL deny anyone the right to honest thought be accelerated when the younger memjust because we do not like what he is bers get to be more curious, when they thinking. start to ask questions, when they begin to discuss what kind of blueprints we have THAT IS THE CREED ON WHICH EV- for this or that. As far as the summer

there was no intelligent discussion of the subject. To mention a subject and to drop it immediately -- that does not constitute a discussion. Any of you may read twice or half-a-dozen times the splendid article of Sister Sebetka, of Dallas, relative to the summer camp, but if you don't say something yourself, that doesn't advance any new ideas.

THE IDEA OF A SUMMER CAMP FOR the young members of the SPJST started, with a. talk between Brother Marek and Sister Hilsher when we were coming back from the Chicago convention early in May, 1953. All three of us had been exposed to some new ideas at the Youth Ccunselors' convention, and all three of us were asking the same question: If other organizations are so successful With the summer camps, and if everybody is doing something worthwhile, why couldn't we utilize the land which we have to build a summer camp? The only other time this question has been discussed was the statement by Brother Marek fifteen months later that "the wooded tract of acme thousand acres would not be suitable for the SPJST summer camp." I asked no further questions. So the matter did not even reach the stage of discussion.

BUT I HAVE ON MY DESK ANOTHER fraternal paper where I read the following: Jednota Camp Opens 1954 Summer Season. Then there is the information that the summer camp of the fraternal society -- I shall not mention the name— will open for six weeks. A very nominal fee of $7.00 will be charged for one full week, for which the child will receive lodging, board, and all privileges of the camp. Each camping period will start Sunday and end on Sunday Each accepted applicant to the camp must bring necessary clothing, towels, soap, tooth brush, tooth paste, toilet articles, and stationery. Applications must be mailed at least two weeks before selected time of camping. It is a full week of fun, amusements, swimming, boating, pony rides, and movies, bigger and better va cation than any of the previous summer camps. This year is the 9th consecutive (Continued on page 21.),

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• Wednesday, August 1J., 1954

wEarr, TEXAS

REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS DISTRICT THREE MEETING Fort Worth, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers, I had been present at two of our district meetings lately: Lodge 54 of West, Texas, and Lodge 135, Ennis, Texas, and will say that I had the most wonderful time. After I attended the first one which was held at Lodge 54, West, Texas, I decided I would try to attend as many as I can.

The meetings were very interesting and progranis at both places wore grand.

The food also was delicious. I don't believe there was anything left out in any respect. All everyone could do was to enjoy himself I know -I did. I hope November 28 will be also something to remember by those that will be present here in Fort Worth at our Lodge 92. All of you come. I know you will be most welcome in the name of our Lodge 92.

It started raining this afternoon which is very unusual. I hope it will continue for at least a week. Everything is burned up so maybe we will have nice fall of the year, to make up for all this dry spell we had so far this year.

Cotton crops were badly in need of rain. As far as I can judge the cotton crops isn't going to be very good between here and Ennis, Texas. Rain now might help.

There are four lakes close by. Lately I heard they will build another one which will take in a part of my father's farm. All those nice trees down that valley will be destroyed. I love beautiful forests so much. I have two pecan trees in my back yard that produce enough pecans for our whole family I surely wouldn't take anything for them.

I have not too much time to have pretty 'yard, which I also dearly love, as we used to have before I went to work. Now I am making nice things for other people such as draperies, bedspreads, slip covers for furniture and upholstry. Very interesting work, never two pieces alike.

Some of the homes we decorate are out of this world. Judging by what is going in them, Fort Worth like most other citties has spread out so much I hardly know it. Buildings seem to spring up over night.

I used to like Fort Worth better then I do now. I like smaller towns. You get to know more people at present time you hardly know your next door 'neighbor. I always liked good neighbor and some of the best friends I ever had were my Aeighbors at 011e time. There is

one whom I always give credit in helping me raising my boy who wasn't quite 12 years old when his father was called away. At that time, he was my biggest problem. I could see him running the street. But by having understanding with my neighbor, everything worked fine. Now he is grown and married and seem to be very happy.

I thank you Sisters and Brothe s of both Lodges for the Hospitality.

Fraternally yours, Vlasta Dclkos )• 4 • t

To Every Organizer A conference was held by the representatives of District Three and District Five, after the meeting in West, Sunday, April 25, for the purpose to invite every SPJST organizer in all the seven districts to a friendly contest to see what district would secure the highest percentage of new members.

This contest of third and fifth districts against all other districts should find all of us ready to assist and help our organizers wherever opportunity arises.

The rules of the contest would be simple. The organizers in each district would try to increase the number of new members and new certificates on the basis of the present number of members in their respective districts. The increase would be stated in percentages.

Each districts would be raising its OWD number and figure its own percentage.

Every- organizer should feel the importance and advantage of this, type of contest. If a majority of organizers approves this plan, the contest will start on June 1 and will end on August 31, 1954.

HAVE YOUR CHOICE Thirteen SPJST certificates for adults: CLASS B: where a member pays premiums during his lifetime.

CLASS C: where a member pays premiums for 20 years, but in case of death, the full benefit is paid as provided by the by-laws, CLASS D: where a member pays for 15 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. CLASS E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death benefit paid as provided in Class C and D. CLASS F: Full amount of certificate is Paid after 15 years.

CLASS G: Amount of certificate is paid after 20 years of payment.

CLASS H: proper amount of certificate is paid when member attains the age of 65 years, member pays premiums until he attains the age of 65, CLASS I: member pays premiums for 20 years and proper amount of the certificate is paid when he attains the age of 60 years.

CLASS K: member pays premiums to age 65, and the proper amount of his certificate is paid upon his death.

CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance which is issued up to the sum of $2,500.00, and is not included in the amounts of the other classe.

CLASS M: Annuity Policies.

CLASS M AI: Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced benefits and $1,000 paid-up insurance after 20 years.

CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be issued to members up to the age of 50 years, who have real estate loans from this organization.

Kindly Send your approval- -to the delight of the entire membership of the SPJST — to the Secretary of District Five SPJST certificates for children: Three: L: 0: Elosek, Route 1, Grapevine, CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years Texas. of age, which may be converted into ineerely and fraternally, any other insurance .ater the child reaches the age of 10 years and beCyrill Pokladnik, president fore attaining the age of 16 years.

L. 0. Hosek, secretary District Three CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at age 16, payable at death.

J. M. Skrabanek, president CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value Rudy J. Sefcik, secretary at age one year, payable at death.

District. Five CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with • 4, mortuary face value at age one year, In our civilization man comes first, CLASS J-G: 20-year endowment, mor[lien the ic. Neat, the ambulance. tuary lace value at age one year. (dz) --Banking.

V tsTNIK — WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday, August 11, 1054

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES BIRTHDAY CLUB -- POKROK CLUB For our, picnic July 14, 1954, we met at the home of sister Frances Walla, at 1017 Gulf Bank Road. We gathered aruond a long table under the shade of a magnificent sycamore tree. The "small fry" were busy exploring the wonders cf the wide open spaces, marveling at the prospect of getting milk that came out of a cow instead of a bottle. We had about 30 present. Among them were seven visitors.

W e cut the meeting to the hone because we knew a good dinner was in the making and a cloud was banking up against the southern horizon. Naturally, we were anxious to eat before the rain drove .us in. Fortunately, it didn't. So, after greeting our birthday ladies, and singing to them, and measuring them and giving each a five dollar bill, we proceeded with our luncheon, which was delicious. Beside the ample plate lunch there were mountains of kolaces made with home made cottage cheese. And were they good!I believe sister Winkler was the artist responsible for these although she was not supposed to be the hostess. There were also gallons of lemonade especially appreciated by the boys, Sisters Frances Olexa, Frances Dvorak, Janie Dvorak and Anna Svestka were the hostesses for the day and deserve a lot of credit for a well-planned menu.

Sister Svacina was supposed to be one cf the hostesses but the day before the picnic, she was awakened by an obstreperous SOS call of the mocking mother who had raised a family of young birds in the shrub in her back yard. Looking out of the window, sister Svacina saw an alley cat crouching, ready to spring on one of the baby birds that got out of the nest. She could not let that go on! She had too much interest in that mocking bird family! Why, at one time she had "deloused" the nest when the birds were full of mites. And now—well, she rushed out to keep the fledgling from becoming the cat's breakfast. She saved the bird.

But in her haste, she caught her toe in the leg of her pajamas and fell headlong striking the rough edge of the concrete steps with the lower part of her face.

She cut • a deep gash clear across her chin. Her last seven teeth that supported the bridgework of her lower jaw were knocked out and the bridge as well as the upper denture were completely ruined. A young lady boarding with sister Svacina came to her rescue. She called Mrs. Svacina's nephew, Charley Becan. By the time he got there, she had collapsed and had to be taken to

the hospital where the gash two and a half inches long had to be sutured with stitches on the inside of her mouth as well as on the outside. She stayed at the hospital nearly a week. I am glad to report that today, three weeks since the accident, the wound is completely healed and sister Svacina is ready to have her teeth properly taken out and new ones constructed. Sister Svestka obligingly took her pine as hostess at the picnic party.

After the dinner, Helen Schnell announced the Bpby Shower for Della Kadlecek. This shower came from a pink cloud hanging up in the heavens not the black one that was me, nting up in the south. rFrom the looks of the mountain of baby clothes, it app ears as if Della might have twins. There certainly were enough "do dads" for two babies.

We wish to express our sincerest thanks to sister Walla for inviting us to have our picnic at her home.

We have missed our secretary, Mae Belle Schutte very much. Just found out that she is running her sister's business in Woodville. Her sister is visiting a son who is stationed as a doctor somewhere in Europe.

Sister Rucky's face is beaming viith happiness these days. Again she had become a grandmother! When one waits 18 years for such a blessed event, you can't blame them. Congratulations!

FrancesChalupruk • )• HVEZDA TEXASU LODGE NO. 47 Temple, Texas Dear Friends, I think it's about time for inc to write.

Last month passed away so fast that before I realized it was gone and I had no report in the Vestnik; so this month I'll have to doube up.

Our last month's meeting, which was held on Saturday, July 3 at night, was well attended. Brother Chupick from headquarters and Ed. Yarborough were visitors and each spoke for a few minutes. Thank you for visiting; come again.

In behalf of the lodge I wish to thank all of you, brothers and sisters, who worked and helped in any way at our picnic. Our picnic was a success and without your help and cooperation it surely would not be. -Thank you for all the food you donated.

I must tell you that our lodge with the headquarters and the Joe Motl family is planning a big celebration on September 4, beginning with our fegular meeting 1:30 , p. in. Brother Motl will be 100

years old so you can imagine why the headquarters is assisting us. This is a celebration which occurs very seldom.

Brother Motl is the oldest member in the SPJST and the only one who has received his policy paid at the age of 96.

This is our plan for the occasion.

Everybody is invited to come and bring a dish of food; then we'll all spread it and have a jolly good time. Lodge No. 47 mill furnish the sausages and the ladies will bring kolaCe, cakes, .pies, sandwiches or whatever you wish. The most important thing is for you to come. We will have a program beginning at 2 p. m. Our program will last about 45 minutes; then the officers from headquarters will have about 20 minutes. We hope Brother Valcik will bring his camera and take pictures. Adela and her Music Masters will furnish the music. Brother Motl is Adela's and her sisters' grandfather, so I think that will make the party that much livelier.

So all of you who read these lines come to the big birthday party at Seaton Star Hall, Sunday, September 4, beginning at 1:30 p.

I almost forgot to mention that this will be free to all who come.

Again I wish to, thank you for the good cooperation at our picnic.

Fraternally, (Mrs.) Clara Hejl ) • 4, WACO SPJST LODGE SLOVANSIA LIPA NO. 66 Dear Brothers and Sisters: At our. July meeting birthday wishes were extended to three members — Mrs, Glenn bungan, Shirley Hanus, and Mrs. Flora Zebro. Everyone joined in singing the "Happy Birthday" Song. . The District Meeting in Ennis was very interesting and we especially enjoyed the programs presented by the youth of the various lodges. Those members attending from Waco Lodge were Brother and Sister Otto Hanus, Brother Daniel Harms, Sister Lucille Hanus, Brother and Sister Roman Parma, Brother and Sister Barbara Parma, Brother and Sister Emil Hanus, Sister Shirley Hanus, Sister Emogene Hanus, Brother and Sister Otis Ceska and Sister LaNell Ceska.

Our next meeting will be held at Linden Park on August 15th. We are all looking forward to another nice social and big ball game and we urge all meinbers to come dressed ready to particiEmma 'Ceska, Reporter pate.

Fraternally yours,

rkl.renri

Activities of Junio Members S:111,

IOUSTON LODGE YOUTH PROGRAM The youth of SPJST Lodge No. 73 presented the following program Aug. 1, which was every one's own choice what to say or do. The narrator was Wesley Ermis and he first read the SPJST Fraternity Song, which we hope to team to sing in the future.

Ah, Ha by Edward Marek.

Czech poem by Joey Kocurek.

Ach, synku, synku, by Eddie Joe Pavliska.

Louka zelena sung by Peggy Simaichl, accompanied by Helen Macha on piano.

I Get So Lonely sung by Geraldine, Arlene, Carol Hajek, Emily Hejl.

Horse Sense by Frank Simaichl, Friendship by James Haisler.

Piano Solos by Helen Macha Horn Solo by Wesley Ennis.

Accordion Solo by Edward Haisler.

Immediately after the program the business meeting was held. It was voted to buy a loud speaker so our programs could be heard more plainly. We had five new members. Patsy Prikryl, Jim Hrncirik, Carol Hajek, and two of the Morris children, I failed to get their names.

Al 5 o'clock pot barbecue was served with red beans, potato salad, sour kraut, pickles, apricots, "kolaee" and plenty of iced tea.

At night most everybody returned to the hall to dance to Ernest Orsag Accordion music. Our young children had their first thrill of trying to dance. Our next meeting will be Sept. 5; everybody come and we will bring lunch and iced tea. f',() don't forget your drinking glas ses.

Mary Haisler, Youth director • 4T •

Augui.:- 11, 19-4

Another Distinguished Student F5,7,

HERBERT F. CABLA

WHERE TO GO THURSDAY AUGUST 12: Beginning; at 7:30 p. m. a Bingo Party given by Charter Sister's Club of Stefanik No. 142. Everyone most welcome!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 15: Sokol Union Corpus Christi invites the public to an entertainment and refreshment at the Sokol Hall. The sponsored program will begin at 3:30 P. M. and supper , will be served at 7:00 P. M. Everybody welcome.

SUNDAY AUGUST 15: Cechoslovan Lodge No. 40, at Hilije, will sponsor a supper and dance. Supper starts at 5:00 p. in., the dance at 7:00 p.m. Old-time dresses for the grand march, and three prizes will be given.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25: Beginning at 10 a. in. to 3 p. in Charter Sister's Club of Stefanik Lodge No. 142 is giving a Bingo Party and a gettogether luncheon at 12 noon. Everyone is welcome!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28: Lodge Pokrok Dallas, No. 84 of SPJST entertains for the benefit of our Baseball Team. Management; members of the team. Music by John Rejcek, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4: Seaton Lodge No. 47 is planning a big celebration. Brother Joe 1VIict1 will be 100 years old. The headquarters will assist with this birthday party. )• • TO OUR REPORTERS When you write the report about your meeting, observe some of the rules used by all good reporters: 1. If you don't have a typewriter, use pen and ink.

2. Print all proper names to avoid ernbarrasment.

3. Use white paper, and all your sheets should be of the same size.

4. Write on one side only. Sometimes the editor may wish to paste up your report on copy paper.

5. Don't crowd your writing. Leave plenty of margin at the top, to the left, to the right, at the bottom.

6. Keep sentences short. Your report will be easy to read. The Reader's Digest averages 15 words per sentence.

7. Mail your reports as soon as you can. )•

It is a real pleasure to report that we have another SPJST member at the A and M College who has received a "distinguished student" award. He is Brother Herbert F. Cabla, of Sinton, a member of Cerrnak Lodge No. 56 in Corpus Christi. Only those students who make outstanding grade average during the semester are awarded this distinction.

This past spring semester was the fifth time that Herbert received the honor.

Brother Herbert Cabla is senior student. His parents live in Saint Paul, a community near Sinton, but the entire Cabla family are members of Cermak Lodge in Corpus Christi. Herbert's mother is a Czech reporter of Lodge Cermak No. 56.

Herbert attended the University of Corpus Christi for a short time following his graduation from Sinton High School in 1949. He expects to graduate with a degree as Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in June, 1955.

During the summer, Herbert is employed by the U. S. Government near' Chama, New Mexico. Due to his high grade averages in the previous four semesters, he has been exempted from Army services until after his graduation next year.

We sincerely congratulate Brother Herbert Cabla on his high • scholastic achievement which is an ample reward to his parents for their efforts, patience, A husband's better judgement is what and self-denials. They justly ought to tells him not to insist on it.—Franklin be proud of Herbert.

P. Jones.

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Keep your troubles to yourself This is an old, old guide. It goes back at least to Aristophanes, around 425 B. C.. Yet, we daresay it is one of the most frequently violated rules.

It may lighten our own peck of troubles to bore into the conversation with them, but troubles• stifle the at mosphere for others. When we feel we just have to talk about our woes, it is better to confide in one close friend -or a lawyer, physician, or pastor, all of whom are paid to lend an ear to troubles.

The person who is ill, or has had an operation, usually has these pains and Sometimes a driver with a pretty Youth is the wonderful time of life discomforts uppermost in his mind. So he will talk about them unless he which only the young are strong dimple in her cheek can put an ugly one in your fender. --0. A. Battista, enough to endure.—Boston Globe. watches out,

Wednesday, August 11, 1954

V t TNi1C WEST, TEXAS

COURTESY? WHAT FOR? The editor of the Vestnik very seldom' reprints anything from the "Reader's Digest." Not that he doesn't like the articles — he reads therri regularlybut because he thinks that every person who enjoys reading good articles reads the "Reader's Digest."

In the August 1954 issue 'of the "Reader's Digest" there was a short article which should be reprinted and forced upon the American public again and again. It originally appeared in a somewhat larger form in the "Saturday Evening Post," September 19, 1953, under the title "Swinus Americanus," which is a Latin term. However, I could give you the term in Old Anglo-Saxon language, Danish, or Old Slavonic, and you would not have any trouble to translate it into everyday English.

The article was written by Wayne Kilbourne, and in its condensed form from the "Reader's Digest" reads as follows: Swinus americanus is his full scientific name. Swinus is an unpleasant zoological species found in most of the habitable areas of the globe. Swinus Americanus is a local variety with certain repulsive characteristics all h i s own. Although he is active year round, summertime is his season of peak re•• pulsiveness.

He leaves our public parks knee deep with newspapers and miscellaneous trash by eventide of any warm sunny Sunday.

He and his piggy family leave any picnic spot a revolting litter of cans and melon rinds, for the next family to clean up.

He flips empty liquor bottles from his car window to shatter on the pavement and lacerate tires.

He lets his blinding headlights blaze into the other drivers' eyes rather than shift a porky leg to press the dimmer button; He guns his car through rain puddles, slush or mud, and sends curbwaiting pedestrians to the dry cleaners.

He and droyes of his fellow. Swini americani rush to form a dense traffic jam around a highway accident, afire or any disaster area, and goggle in greedy curiosity while ambulance, fire engines, Red : Cross workers and others struggle to get through with aid for the victims.

Rather than walk 30 feet to the luxurious; al-DOking lounges at the end of a railroad coach, he sits and billows dense blue clouds about his seat in the non smoking section, while children and little old ladies cough and wheeze.

When you see a child hoisted out of the water with his foot gashed and spurting blood after contact with a Iroken bottle- or rusty can, you know that

Swinus americanus has previously enjoyed the beach.

When bellows of laughter and raucous good-nights -under your hOtel-room transom jerk you awake at 2 a,m., and the door to the next room shuts with an atomic wham that blasts you six inches off the mattress, it is merely S ys/n-111S as he separates from a small drove of his fellows after a pleasant evening out..

H i s perennial question. "Courtesy?

What For?" His permanent slogan: "Get the hell outa my way!"

A few million Swini amaricani make the whole United States uncomfortable, unsanitary and unsafe for more than 150 million decent human beings.

If all our Swint americani were laid side by side, they would elbow one another to death in 20 minutes. This would be a mighty fine thing. ) • A. • A number of years ago a missionary left opulent America and went over to the Indian part of the universal table, and there sat where they sat with meager menus. She afterwards told, on her return frOm India to her native land, that she and her family, together with the native population, for many months had had no bread or potatoes or any other starchy fbod. One night a motion picture was shown in the village. Included in the program were some American shorts. One of them showed •-. a bulldozer riding over fields of potatoes, turning up the ground and destroying food which could have given life to thousands. She said that an involuntary outburst of horror and indignation from hungry people filled the room. And even now there are multitudes, in certain parts of the world, through absolutely no fault of their own—fathers and mothers—who see their children and older loved ones perishing, knowing that our problem is to find places to store our bursting surpluses of grain and butter.

Na wonder, with one part of that universal table laden high with good things while another part is absolutely bare, a Christlike leader of our= own day says, he would wish, in the present situation, to add another petition to the Lord's Prayer, tor us to offer every day: "Give us this day the brains and the conscience so to organize our economic life that the bread which Thou hast already given us may not rot or be taken out of circulation, but may be distributed to • meet the needs of all people." )• •( Egg-rolling on the White House lawn was introduced during Madison's term of office.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenaa) POLKA DANCE CALENDAR Wednesday, August 11 Henry Brosch orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Friday, August 13 Sil Krenek orchestra — Marek's Place in Dilate Box Saturday, August 14 Emil Bartos orchestra — Wedding Dance — American Legion Hall in Shiner Falke's orchestra — New Bielau Hall near Weimar Sil Krenek orchestra — Peters Hall Rudy -Kurtz 'orchestra — K. T. Hall in San Antonio Majek's orchestra — Eagles Place in Corpus Christi Joe Patek orchestra, -- Boedeker's Place in Shiner Pavelka orchestra — Sons of Herman Hall in Poth Sunday; August 15 Sil Krenek orchestra — Inez Hall near Victoria Rudy Kurtz orchestra' — Parish Hall in Runge Joe Patek orchestra — K. C. Dance — Recreation Hall in Hallettsville Tuesday, August 17 Emil Bartos orchestra — Wedding Dance — American Legion Hall in Shiner Wednesday, August 18 Ray Krenek orchestra -- Plainview Community Center near El Campo All the above dances are at night unless otherwise specified. This is a free service but applies only to those dances at which mainly polka and waltz music is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility resulting from any dance announcements which are listed in this covimn. Listings from orchestras arid dance halls should be received at least one week before pubtication. Send all listing,, co Calvin Chervenka, Route 2, Rogers, Texas.

• 4. • ( Civilization, insofar as it has aUvanced, represents a continuous struggle against inertia, ignorance, greed, and fear. If civilization is to endure, if civilization is to advance, this struggle must go on and on and on without interruption. There must be no stopping of the struggle against human inertia, no truce with ignorance, no peace with ignorance, no peace with greed, no capitulation to fear progress will never take place without human effort, human devotion, hu man discipline, and human sacrifice.

W:41neqrlay, Augult 11, 1954

Temple Texa Dear Brothers and Sisters: Please be advised that during the month of July, 1954, the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, has paid death benefits due by virtue of certificates issued to the following deceased, brothers and sistehs, to-wit: Death Claim No. J/V 43. Sister Pamela Hill, member of Lodge San Antenio, No. 133, died June 18, 1954, at age 9 mo. Ado if ted Feb. 5, 1954. Cert. JS-2474 for $500.00.

Death Claim No. 5653. Brother William R. Behrens, retired ginner, member of Lodge Karel Jonas, No. 28, died June 22, 1954, at age 69. Admitted June 22, 1936. Cert. B-5186 for $500.00.

Death Claim No. 5654. Brother Alois R. Schneider, farmer, member of Lodge Cesky Prapor, No. 24, died June 28, 1954, at age 43. Admitted Sept. 3, 1952. Cert.

0-11507 for $1,000.00.

Death Claim No. 5655. Brother William C. Kunetka, retired, member of Lodge Cechoslovan, No. 40, died June 28, 1954, at age 76. Admitted Oct 11, 1903. Cert.

A-5800 for $1000.00, Death Claim No. 5656. Sister. Carmen Sylvia Simek, hoWewife, member of Lodge Ft. Worth, No. 154, died June 29, 1954, at age 46. Admitted Sept. 9, 1946.

Certificate C-8810 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No, 5657. Brother Earl D. Casey, retired, member of Lodge llvezcla Svobody, No. 87, died May 6, 1954, at age 57. Admitted July 1, 1948. Cert. B3898 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5628. Sister Anna Jurcik, housewife, member of Lodge Ennis, No. 25, died July 11, 1954, at age 75.

Admitted Feb. 11, 1908. Cert. A-1687 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5659. Broth,a- Aleis Jurcik, retired farmer, member of Lodge Ennis, No. 25, died July 12, 1954, at age 87. Admitted Feb. 11, 1908. Cert. A-1688 for 21000.00.

Death Claim No. 5660•. Brother Henry Rippl fatmer, member of Lodge La Parda, Ni . 161, died July 13, 1954, at age 61. Admitted Nov. 24, 1943. Cert. B-33336 for 2500.00.

Death t taint. No. 56661. Brother Frank krametbauer, Sr. retired, member of Lodge Pokrok Moulton, No. 27, died July 13, 1954, at age 87. Admitted Oct. 17, 1897. Cert. A-337 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No, 5662„ Sist er marie pa-

tril, housewife, metnebr, of lodge Volna Ceelaie, No. 135, died July 14, 1954, at age 74. Admitted Dec. 10, 1905. Cert. A1619 for $1000.00.

Death Claim. No. 5663. Brcther. Joe A. Schovajsa, auto body worker, member of Lodge Dennice, No. 94, died July 3, 1954, at age 55. Admitted July 4, 1921.

Cert. A-15384 for $1500.00.

Death Claim No. 5664. Brother John Barta, farmer, member of Lodge Novoluad, No. 3, died July 5, 1954, at age 59. Admitted Nov. 3, 1912. Cert. A-1268 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5665. Brother Edwin Joe Novacek, farmer, member of Lodge Novy Tabor, No. 17, died July 25, 1954, at age 31. Admitted Dec. 9, 1939. Cert.

C-5307 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5666. Brother Eustis Frank 13artosh, -laborer, member of Lodge Jaromir, No. 54, died July 27, 1954, at ago 59. Admitted April 9, 1917. Cert.

A-605 for 1000.00.

To the bereaved relatives of cur deceased brothers and sisters, the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, expresses its heartfelt sympathy.

J. F. Chupick Secretary Supreme Lodge, SPJST • orf.

Temple, Texas, 2. srpna 1954.

Cteni brath a sestry: Timto se vam oznamuje, Ze behem mesice eervence 1954 Hlavni fitado y na SPJ ST vyplatila pojiSteni pa na gich zemrelSich bratrich a sestrach, jak najsleduje: Umrti eislo J/V 43. Ses. Pamela G. Hill, od radu San Antonio eislo 133, zemfela 18. eer yna 1954 ye stall 9 mesict. Do Jednoty pristoupila 5. fmora 1954. Cert. JS2474 na $500.00.

Ihrtrti eislo 5653. Br. William R. Behrens, dZinar na odpoeinku, od radu Karel Jonas oislo 28, zemrel 22 eervna 1954 ye stall 69 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 22. eeryna 1936. Cert. B-5186 na $500.00. treirti eislo 5654, Br. Alois R. Schneider, rolnik, od radu Cesky Prapor eislo 24, zemrel 28. eer yna 1954 ye stall 43 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 3. zari 1952. Cert. C11507 na $1000.00.

Umrti eislo 5655. Br. William , C. Kunetk a, na odpoeinku, ad radu eehoslovan C eislo 40, zemrel 28. eervna 1954 ye stall 76 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 11. lijna 1903.

Cert. A-5806 na $1000.00. fTmrti eislo 5656, Ses Carmen Sylvia

hospodynr., od radu Ft. Worth Ms. 154, zemtela 29. eervna 1954 ve stall 46 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 9. lijna 1946.

Cert. C-8810 na $1000.00. tmrti eislo 5657. Br. Earl D. Casey, na odpoeinku, od radu Hvezda Svobody eislo 87, zemrel 6. kvetna 1954 ye stall 57 let.

Do Jednoty pristoupil 1. eervence 1948.

Cert. B-3898 na $1000.00. iTmrti eislo 5658. Ses. Anna Jureik, hospodyne, ad radu Ennis, 'Oslo 25, zerntela 11. eervenee 1954 ye stall 75 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 11. fmora 1908. Cert. A1687 na $1000.00. tmrti Cislo 5659. Br. Alois Jureik, rolnik na odpoeinku, od radu Ennis eislo 25, zemrel 12. eer yence 1954 ve stall 87 let. DO Jednoty pristoupil 11. Anora 1908. Cert.

A-1688 na $1000.00. trnrti eislo 5660. Br. Henry Ripple, rolnik od radu La Parita eislo 161, zemrel 13. eervence 1954 ye stall 61 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 24. listopa,du. 1943. Cert.

B-3336 na $500.00.

Umrti eislo 5661. Br. Frank Kramet'Dauer st., na ociPoeinku, od radu Pokrok Moultonu eislo 27, zemrel 13. eervence 1954 ye stall 87 let. Do Jednoty plistoupil 17. fijna 1897. Cert. A-337 na $1000.00.

Umrti eislo 5662. Ses. Marie Pattil, hospodyne, od radu Volna, echie eislo 135, zemrela 14. eervence 1954 ye stall 74 let.

Do Jednoty pristoupila 10. prosince 1905.

Cert. A-1619 na $1000.00.

Umrti eislo 5663. Br. Joe A. Schovajsa, delnik v autodilne, od radu Dennice eislo 94, zemrel 13. eer yence 1954 ye stall 55 let.

Do Jednoty pristoupil 4. e'ervellee 1921.

Cert. A-15384 na $1500.00. trnrti eislo 5664. Br. John Barta, rolnik, od radu Novohrad eislo 3, zemrel 5. eervence 1954 ye stall 59 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 3. listopadu 1912. Cert. A-1268 na $1000.00. tmrti eislo 5665. Br. Edwin Joe Nova,eek, rolnik, od radii Nov, Tabor eislo 17, zemrel 25. eervence 1954 ye stall 31 let.

Do Jednoty plistoupil 9. prosince 1939.

Cert. C-5307 na $1000.00.

Umrti eislo 5666. Br. Eustis Frank Bartosh, delnik, od radu Jaromir 'Oslo 54, zemrel 27. 6ervence 1954 ye staid 59 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 9. dubna 1917. Cert.

A-605 na $1000.00.

Illa.vni fdadovna SPJST timto vyslovuje pozlistalY. ra po techto zemfelSTh bra-.

Bich a sestrach jeji nejhlub gi soustrast.

J. F. Chupick, tajemnik Hla,vni nradovny SPJST. •

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Governor Johnson, cf Tennessee, used to say that he owed all his success to having made a close study of a belligerent little Bantam rooster. He could shuffle fast, fly high, and cut deep. But he couldn't keep his mind on his business.

Right in the middle of a fight, he'd stop and crow,

rv'ednedaY;"-August 11, 1954

STNIK WECT, TZ1Ar.

StTana

YOU ARE THE WTNESS You may never have cause to appear in a. courtroom other than as a curious spectator, but there is a pretty good chance that you will. In the next 24 hours an automobile accident may take place before your very eyes. Yo_u may well be the only disinterested witness present.

If you are one of those very bad citizens. who walk rapidly in the opposite direction from. an auto accident, you will avoid, appearing a courtroom as a witness. But failing to step forward may cost .someone serious financial hardship.

You, of course, are not such a selfish person. You are a good citizen, and presently you will receive a subpoena to appear in court.

What are ycu going to do when you get there?

• Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, you will say, but that isn't enough. Your deportment in court may have a material effect on the credibility given your testimony, and it may have an even more important effect on your self-esteem.

Theoretically, the attorney for the party who subpoenaed ye•u will instruct you in the rudiments of courtroom deportment. But practically he may forget such instruction. The trouble with lawyers it that they assume that you know the trivial details of the courtroom that are routine to them. They may throw you to the legal lions and later shake their heads sadly over your egregious errors.

So, a court is in session and a jury is selected. If you think, as a witness, that 'you are going to watch the trial, you are. mistaken. One party or the other will call for separation of the witnesses. The motion is always granted, and you will .be escorted outside where you may neither hear nor see the trial.

The purpose of this is to keep you from consciously or. unconsciously patterning your. testimony to fit someone else's.

Finally, you are called into the courtroom. If you have not been sworn in 'before the trial, you will now be sworn in. You will then proceed to the witness stand. i■toW, always before, as a spectator only,- you have smiled at the self-consciousness of people on the stand.

- Just wait! When you get there, you may have the worst case of stage fright anyone has ever had. The whole room looks different—it seems that everyone is staring at you, ready to burst into peals of laughter at the first sound of your voice. You may stand there like a ninny waiting for someone to tell. you

(By Julius Long) to sit down. Don't wait. Sit down. And when the lawyer who called you as a witness asks you what your name is, don't jump to your feet like a gradeschool pupil asked to give the population of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Just sit there and answer the question, If it -is a jury trial, face the jury. If it is a trial to the court, face the judge.

And talk loud enough for the judge to hear you.

Sure, it's silly to write anything so obvious as all ,this, but I have seen dozens of witnesses who want to pop to their feet every time a question is asked them, and many become so frightened that they cannot speak above a whisper.

The effect of such a hushed voice is that the jury may assume you have a guilty conscience about what you , are saying. They may conclude that you are afraid for them to hear you because you know that your testimony is a pack of lies. The worst kind of whisperer is the one who fixes his gaze on a spot on the floor and can't look anywhere else during the whole course of his testimony.

But assuming that you look frankly at the jury when You answer, you may also remember to wait a. split second before you answer each question. This is especially true if you are being examined on cross-examination--that is, by the attorney adverse to the attorney who called you as a witness.

By waiting a moment before answering a questi,m, you give the other lawyer a chance to object to your answering. If he starts to object as you start to answer, 'stop talking. The nonexamining lawyer has a right to object. to your answering any question.

It may well be that a question is asked of you which, for one reason or another, you do not wish to answer. You may look helplessly at the lawyer who called you and try to indicate that you do not want to answer the question. If it was he who asked you the question, you are out of luck 'unless the adverse counsel comes to your rescue with an objection, all you have to do is turn to the judge and ask him of you must answer the question. He will aks you to state your reason; if it is sound, you will be excused from answering.

The greatest failing of all witnesses is a tendency to,answer everything but the question asked. Each answer must be re"sponsive to the question. For example, if the examining counsel asks, "Have you means of knowing the defendant's reputation for truth and veracity?"

don't answer, "Yes, it's good."

The "Yes" is responsive, but you were not asked whether the defendant's renutation was good or bad. A foundation for such testimony must be laid before you are permitted to give it. It must be shown that you actually have means for knowing about the defendant's reputation.

Ordinarily leading questions are not permitted in direct examination. A leading question is one that suggests the answer desired. For example, a lawyer on direct examination cannot ask: "Did my client have the green light when he entered the intersection?"

But he may ask simply: "What color was the traffic light facing southbound traffic when the car driven by Mr. Jones entered the intersection?"

Tim latter question does not suggest an answer; you are simply asked for• information.

But let us assume that the ordeal of direct examination is over. Don't pop out of your chair and rush for the exit.

The lawyer on the other side will probably want to eras-examine you, and -of course, he has a right to. His questions may be leading, and most of the technical shackles are off. Any lawyer can look good on cross-examination—you only make him look better by showing anger and resentment that he should have a right to question your accuracy.

When both the lawyers are through torturing you, it is best to give a glance to the judge for dismissal as he may want to quiz you concerning some phase of your testimony.

As a witness to the facts, you may accept compensation for your loss of time from your regular employment. Admit his if asked — there is nothing wrong about it. Also don't be so feolisn as to deny that you have discussed the case with the lawyer who called you or with his client or both.

Any lawyer who would put you on the stand without knowing what you were going to say would be on idiot. Many a witness, sworn to tell the truth, has suddenly felt the necessity to lie when the adverse counsel glowers at him and asks if he hasn't discussed the case with the lawyer who- called him.

Obviously, he must have discussed the case, and the damage of his lie that he has not discussed,it may be very great, for in, has demonstrated to the jury that he capable of lying when he thinks his side needs protection.

Of course all witnesses are not timid.

Some are the cocky type who want to prove to the judge, jury, and lawyers

Strain 1$ that theyeknow the ropes. Such a witness is the worst kind of all. The jury, being composed of normal citizens, resents him, and the judge feels inclined to tromp on him.

Another great evil of the snow-oft witne!c is that he may delude a lawyer into thinking he has valuable testimony when all he has is a hair, actor's yen to appear in the center of the stage.

Notwithstanding the existence of show -off witnesses, the bulk of the people called to testify in courts are but lambs led to the slaughter. They change 'their personalities — yes, even their souls — when they sit in the witness chair. In all good faith they will tell a story entirely different from the one they have told before.

There is no witness who must be liked by everybody. As soon as the adverse counsel cross-examines him, he has to modify his story in order to ingratiate himself with the adverse counsel.

So far little has been said about the simple matter of telling the truth when you get on that witness stand. It takes a lot of native intelligence and a perfect memory to lie in a courtroom. Most people are fools to try it. However, the cleverest liar is often concealed behind a stupid face.

Take two witnesses — one a smartly dressed chap, the other a fellow in baggy coveralls. Which is the more apt to be believed? The latter, of course. He blinks his eyes, scratches his head carefully before each answer, and you just know he's telling the truth. But that nattily dressed chap, you want to look out for his glib replies — he's clever.

I recall a trial in which a simple farm laborer kept addressing the lawyers as well as the court as "Your Honor."

It was both flattering and touching, but a subtler her never lived.

You have one consolation as an amatuer in the courtroom and it is this: in the courtroom and it is this: the worst of all possible witnesses is a lawyer any lawyer.

In the first place, he is considering all the angles of the admissibility of evidence. The delay convinces the jurors he is dreaming up a clever answer. Moreover he is inclined to stare into space and this indicates he is afraid to look the jurors in the eye.

Of course, 100 per cent truth from any witness is unattainable, for there is nothing more fallible than human memory.

But it adds up to this: if you are called as a witness, behave, be yourself, and Condensed from Rotarian. be careful! )•4, • ( What the world needs is a nice way to be rude to people. —Sandie Stevens.

VESTNi

WEST, TEXAS

Wednescia, August 11, 1954

THE STRANGE STORY OF ASPIRIN About a hundred years ago, an Alsatian scientist developed a white powder —the first "wonder drug." It has helped alleviate pain among millions of people, found application in dozens of diseases, and the end is not in sight. The drug is aspirin and its history is indeed a strange one.

There arc sortie places in the world where—if someone hasn't beat you to it —you can trade aspirin tablets for pearls. The Central American Indian, for example, will give his all for what he calls "asperina," and this includes pearls or golci nuggets. He uses it for every ill. And this is not wholly without scientific foundation. Doctors today prescribe it for a large variety of ailmenN– rheumatism, pneumonia, typhoid fercvr eye infections, neuritis, asthma, and many others.

Aspirin's evolving usages are such that it is constantly being studied for its possible value in cronic -ailments, like rheumatic fever, as well as acute illnesses.

This most useful medicine, the most common remedy for the relief of pain, and an effective and swift antipyretic (fever-reducer), is almost a necessity to arthritics. Aspirin is indeed a miracle drug" wherever pain is present—from the so-called "simple" headache to postoperative pain reactions.

Aspirin's chemical name is acetylsalicylic acid. It belongs to a family of compounds known as sa,licylates, which were used as remedies by the ancient Greek, and Romans. Aspirin itself was discovered 100 years ago by an Alsatian scientist, Charles Gerhardt, who, though producing it, knew very little about its properties. Finding no application for it, he put it on his laboratorry shelf, where it remained for many years.

A half-century later, in 1899, the chief chemist for the Bayer Company, Arthur Eicherigrun, recalled Gerhardt's discovery when he was asked to recommend a drug to ease the pain of a man suffering from arthritis. He subjected the white powder to all kinds of tests. He even tried it on himself, to determine its safety and then prescribed it for the patient. It produced the pain relief which the sufferer was seeking.

Additional tests followed and then a startling discovery was made—whenever the c hemical was given to someone ill, who had a headache at the same time, the headache disappeared. Today, there is no ailment for which aspirin is more widely used than. the relief of that common condition—the ordinary hioidache.

Originally prescribed in powder farm, mass production got under way early in the Twentieth Century. And • in 1915, the now-familiar aspirin tablet was introduced. Americans currently consume some 24 million every 24 hours. Today, aspirin is used effectively in pill, paste, liquid, as well as powder form.

The world is now living in an era of wonder drugs," a golden age characterized by the development of the brilliant sulfa and antibiotic drugs. Hewever, much has appeared lately in medical journals urging more caution in prescribing these drugs. In the case of antibiotics, for example, severe side reactions may be caused in some, people and, secondly, the body is suspected of building up immunities so that the drugs may eventually lose their ability to com bat bacteria.

The significance of these warnings was pointed up by a team of Air Force doctors studying a number of influenzalike infections, including the common cold. The Air Force doctors found that aspirin was not only just as effective as, terramycin and erythromycin in curing the infections, believed to be caused by a virus rather than bacteria, but also brought temperatures down to normal much quicker. They recommended that these diseases be treated routinely with, aspirin, as being safer and less expensive.

The different medical uses for aspirin are growing as continued study of this beneficial medicine goes on. It kills gain and reduces fever in bacterial as well as virus infections, and is recommended today to treat such ailments as gout, tonsilitis, catarrh, bronchities, chorea, sinu- , sitis, fibrositis, and literally hundreds of other ailments. It is used as a gargle, to relieve local irritations, as well as swallowed for more deep-seated conditions.

Aspirin is truly a "wonder drug" in more than one sense, because many researchers are pondering just how far the beneficial effects of this strange medicine may lead them in the future, in the eternal fight against pain. )* *( Don't worry about dying. You'll be ready for it when it comes— and, in the meantime, it's lots of fun to live!

Get rid of that secret fear, whatever it is. Don't let it twist and warp your living.

And don't ever forget what Benjamin Franklin said: "My life has been full of many worries-- picot of which never happened."

dnelday, August 11 1954

VPSTNi K — WEST, TRXM3

THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE Mr. Toastmaster, distinguished guests, representatives of the fraternal organizations of the great State of Texas, ladies and gentlemen: It is a rare privilege and a high honor to have the opportunity of visiting with you in these sessions of your Fraternal Congress and to have the honor of addressing you on this occasion. One could very well use the allotted time, not only of this evening session, but the entire convention, in recounting the service which has been rendered to the fraternal system as a whole by those who are represented here as members of the Texas Fraternal Congress. I would like to speak to you out of my own heart. There are many who do me the courtesy of listening who have had more experience in fraternalism than the speaker. I have been led to yield to the temptation of saying what I think rather than of thinking of what I should say.

The chief concerns of fraternalism are its practical aspects, its value as a working faith, the part it can and should play in our busy, myriad-sided life. The fundamental implication of fraternity is 'brotherhood. What do we mean by brotherhood — a sentiment, a sweet illusion, a beautiful dream, a vague emotion, a text for expounding in after-dinner speeches, or a few glittering moral generalities that are sweet to the tongue? Definitely not! Brotherhood is the deepest of all factors and a fundamental law of nature, imbedded in the very fabric of the universe, and because it is a law of nature it cannot be broken. Cain, in the incident of the first crime listed as murder, was heard to cry out, "Am I my brother's keeper?" and the antswer came down through all the ages in the affirmative.

The greatest of a nation is in its manhood, and wheire manhood fails nations perish, Here lies the value of institutions like those we represent. The operations of fraternal societies bring together men of different climes and creed, differing in modes ci thOught," in habits of life, around a common center, sharing a common fellowship; seeking a common gal. The mission of a group like ours, represented here today is not uniformity, but union; not fusion, but fellowship; not federation, but fraternity.

Fraternal organization in their origin were generally practical builders, architects, artificiers, who left behind them immortal tokens of beauty and service.

People are lonely when they build walls insteads of bridges. Institutions like these which have representation here today have reco gnized this fact

Delivered at the Texas Fraternal Congress in Houston,, 1953, by Mr. Max Hurst, Executive Vice-President, -Woodmen of the World Life Insurance and have been dedicated to the ideal of building bridges from hand to hand from mind to mind and from heart to heart.

I have up to this point briefly attempted to 'refresh our minds with a recall of the ideals of fraternalism.

High ideals which are eternal in their nature must be indisputably the groundsills of any individual, institution or nation that lives. The ships of Venice sailed every sea, but commerce could not save a race from extinction in which the moral and spiritual elements were lacking. No nation ever had such prodigal wealth as Greece, yet even genius was of little use to a nation whose public life became corrupt and whose private lives as individuals became polluted. The fascinating history of the Jews tells us that they were faithful to high ideals they prospered and grew; when faithless they became the prey of innumerable tyrants.

THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE con fronts on every hand the individual or the institution of today. The fraternals are face to face with the necessity be accept the practice of new and changing ideas without the destruction or impairment of proven ideals. Ideals are of the heart and ideas are gadgets of the mind which do our bidding.

For an example of the interdependence of ideas and. ideals we probably could not do better than to take a quick look at the history of our own country. Columbus had an idea that the world was round. He had an idea that a shorter route could be found to India in procurement of the food-for the tables of Europe.

In the face of discouragement he surmounted all obstacles and "sailed on" to find a new land. Driven by the idea of cheaper commerce and impelled by the intrigue of new geographic discovery, this humble citizen of Genoa made for himself a place in history. However, the story of this intrepid and daring sailor will be listed perhaps, as another commercial or scientific adventure, nothing more, had it not been for the pilgrims and the early settlers who were driven and motivated by the ideals of personal liberty and religious freedom.

The ideal which accentuates the personal dignity of man as a free moral agent in the presence of his God was the cause for implementing the nautical ideas of Columbus and spinning the foundation

threads of American civilization, Ere long a handful of men in uncomfortable clothing with few of the coin torts of life met in local assembly rooms and under trees to formulate the expression in words of the ideals ∎of our democracy. The tenets of freedom of the hand, the mind and the heart were interwoven indelibly in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

The inscription, "In God We Trust," on the coin is still with us -- a solemn and sacred reminder of the overtone of religious influences reaching even into our secular economy. In those days they were forced to defend their ideals with guns and weapons that , were awkward and cumbersome — the best weapons that ideas of science ` and invention had been able to provide.

In the panorama of events that are outlined in the pages of American history one can see the ideals of America as ever the dominating factor in every worthwhile military, economic or 'social development. However, on these same Pag es one finds the story of industrial and social revolution -- the change of ideals and methods. The machine age has had its impact of making tools of war and peace. The task of the conscientious politician has been to accept new ideas and new and different ways off doing things without impairing the ideals of democracy. The soldier of today may fly a jet plane, the result of an idea in order to defend the same ideal that was champpned by the sharpshooter of the War of 1812, with his cap and muzzle-loading musket and blunt bayonet.

Lindbergh introduced and proved the idea of transportation between two cone tinents •in the air and today the DC-6 takes one up from breakfast in America and sits himdown for dinner across . the sea. The ideals of "one world," for which Wendel Wilkie gave much voice and support, have followed closely and have over-shadowed the development of commerce by pointing up what is probably the paramount problem of all the world --that of learning to live together in a cosmopolitan, universal neighborhood which has become exceedingly small.

THE•CHALLENGE OFCHANGE has confronted not only government, but every business, every school, every church, every ledge and every individual.

Fraternal insurance societies must meet the challenge of change by con- . stantly recognizing that we sell not only insurance on life, but insurance on a Way of life. Plans of protection may be altered and contracts and settlements

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may be varied in accordance with the most progressive and practical ideas in underwriting. But the fraternal society is solemnly charged with the obligation to go the second mile and to exemplify more vividly the ideals of mutual assistance that are ingrained in all insurance.

The thoughtful fraternalist will take courage in the knowledge that there is a distinct place in the world for our kind of merchandise which features the extra service we are geared to render to our certificate holders as well as to the communities in which they live.

Every generation lives in an era of some human adjustment. The present time is no exception. The days of the frontiersman are over, but the days of the fraternal pioneer ars just begun. We have a message that ever awaits to be pi ()claimed. We have a program that deserves efficient and conscientious execution. The challenge of change sug(ais that we are approaching a newer and fuller life with 'fraternal principles to be perpetuated. Yesterday's experience can be tomorrow's guidance. Our heritage from the past provides fraternal societies with much to offer to the man or woman of today and the world tomorrow.

When we begin to think constructively of the future we come abruptly face to face with basic and fundamental truth which may be stated thus: THE IMAGINATION OF YOUTH TODAY DETERMINES OUR CIVILIZATION OF TOIVIOUB0 \A! . It fraternal societies are goina to , i,et t the challenge of change in inakia?, II c kind civilizatiou we want for tuamil(r,o, we in,ust capture the imgillath-11 of boy and girls today.

Would on write your name among the stars?

Then write it large upon the hearts of children, They will remember.

Have you a vision of a nobler, happier world?

'Filen give it not to stupid, blundering men, Give it to children.

In their clear untroubled reflect Itself a thousand fold And a_aneday paint itself upon the ma nta in tops. .Somewhore a Lincoln plays and learns and watches With bewildered gaze This 61.1'1.111;2,e procession of iniamannosed souls.

ViSTNIX— WEST, TEXAS

Have you a ray of light to offer?

Then give it and some day he will use it To light the torch to bring the world to Freedom and to joy.

The thoughtful and logical historian will tell you that the civilization of America for which We have been the contemporary model in the family of nations has not had its secret in favorable clime nor in natural resources not in its Nordic ancestry, but rather will he tell you that men have hewn forests, bridged riverS, built cities and moved ever westward over desert and plain, chiefly because cf the iimaaination in the bosoms of youth -- an imagination that pictured the new world as a land of opportunity where dreams come true.

If this be true then it would follow that whatever we wish the hands and heads of youth to achieve in the tomorrow we must put into their dreams today. If we can cc for the imagination of our boys and girls with the ideals of freedom that have become so precious and which have hcon purchased at such great price, we C,a11 hive no fear of what the challenge of change in ideas may do to them. The hands and feet of any generation will ever be the servants of its hearts.

Let- us look for an example. A careful study of the history of the German people reveals that they are really famoas for the imponderables. They were the leaders in music. Their philosophy profoundly affected the entire field in education. Their religious fervor and devotion furnished leadership that startled the whole world and left its magic on all theology. These were the real glories of the German empire, rather its military achievements. How then, we may ask did our generation come to know them as a militaristic people? Here is the answer. Kaiser William began to look with distrust and uneasiness at the growing strength of France. He called in his educational experts and announced that he intended to provide colleges for soldiers, but to his surprise the experts said, "No, Emperor, you must, begin in the libidergarten if you wish to establish military prowess." What happened? Tin soldiers were furnished for toys. Children marched to marshal music and chanted the familiar phrase, "Deutschland uber alle y " Germany over all. On the streets and in the home was to be heard the never•ending tune, "The Germans are superior.' On every hand was the effort to make the people what they were not.

The Berlin convention made official fun of the ea g les of the German people.

World War I was not sufficient in vieWry to put out the flame that had been

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falsely kindled. Adolph Hitler continued the program of appealing tro youth and "Der Tag" was a watchword that signified to the boy of Germany a time when every knee of Europe should bow to the lords and Heil Hitler. As a result, a second war was necessary, and Germany will long repent its Venture in military exploitation of its youth while its glories in music, art, and religicn will often be minimized or forgotten.

We cannot depend upon the schools or the churches or the homes separately, or even collectively, to capture the imagination of youth. Ideals must dominate the entire atmosphere in which people live.

The reading matter, the association of friends, the music, the family life, the sports and recreation, the concepts of justice and fah play and the import of religion are all definitely among the considerations that are affected by the challenge of change. It is from such intangibles as these just named that the boy creates the image of the man he would be tomorrow. Intimations of these opportunities for capturing the imagination are suggested by the long infancy of childhood which an all-wise Creator saw lit to make as a distinct feature of human existence. The lower orders of life afford a contrast that shocks us into realization of the singular and intriguing fact of the dignity of man.

Consider the germ that may be born in the morning, might be married at noon and be a decrepit grandparent at evening, Or even the pig, which is able to exercise within hours, to mature in weeks and to reach longevity in a matter of months. When a child is separated from his mother's bod y we speak of his being born, and we call that day his birthday. Eat perhaps it is more correct to assume that, every day is a birthday of new ideas and new abilities, so that one may be a lifetime in the process of being born.

It is so easy for community leadership t,3 abuse the long period of infancy for the child. Even parents may use the child as a %all of defense for his own particular superstitions or peculiar tastes. For an example -- I heard a man say that when he was a boy his mother told him cucumbers were a g ood food.

You see, his mother liked the taste of cucumbers. Later, when he became a man, he said he discovered on good authority that cucumbers had little toed value. This man had been nurtured in the ignorance of his mother's taste. But the fact remains, he says he still likes cucumbers, at the risk of indigestion.

In pausing to indulge in these observations which may on first thought seem aside from the subject in hand, there is immediately revealed to an alert lead-

Wednesday, August 11, 1954 ership of fraternal societies the challenges of opportunity to serve. It is in this area we can really help! The wellordered and active fraternal unit in a good community can effectively supplement the training of the home. can serve as handmaiden to the school and as foothills to the mountain of the church. Throughout the nation fraternal organizations are taking a leading part in local communities in training boys and girls in conservation of natural resources. Through the junior lodge young Americans are being taught respect for law and order. They are being encouraged by the drama of beautiful and impressive rituals to practice the golden rule and to exercise neighborliness and good will to others. They are given training in true sportsmanship and are encouraged in love for wildlife and the great outdoors. They are being given training in the use of firearms and the preparation of fishing and hunting equipment. These are general notations concerning the programs of many fraternal societies.

The detailed story from many of the societies in attendance here would fill up our entire time with an intriguing and inspiring story of how fraternal societies are trying to capture the imagination of youth. But we have not even scratched the surface of opportunity that is ours! Let us meet the challenge of changing ideas by pressing forward to establish the ideals which are our peculiar heritage. Let us prove to the critical or the friendly eye alike the fact that fraternals can provide and will provide the dual-purpose program of protection and fraternal service to young and old throughout our land. Let us adults charged with leadership and membership of fraternal societies hold fast to that which is good, forsaking not the old landmarks. And yet, let us ever be possessed of an open mind for new ideas which will better serve our ideals. Thus, can we meet the challenge of change.

Thus can we, as fraternalists, make this era the enduring record of our own faith in ourselves and the institutions to which we belong. )• ( Animals with long legs also have long necks in order to reach their food without bending their knees. „) • 4, Another thing a modern child learns at his mother's knee is to watch out for hot cigarette ash.—Cincinnati Enquirer. ) • 4. • ( 'The difference between in-laws and out-laws is that inpiaws promise to pay it back. Lak‘t: City raphie:

V itS TNiK-- WEST, TEXAS

The Popularity of Life Insurance Brother Otto Stehlik, of Wichita Falls, forwarded a clipping from his home town paper, Wichita Falls Daily Times.

The clipping reviews the trends of life insurance in the last ten years, and reads as follows: Unanimity in the highly competitive insurance business is rare. But on one subject all industry leaders agree — the growing popularity of life insurance protection since World War II has been phenomenal. * Life insurance in force climbed froth 122 billion dollars in 1941 to 304 billion at the start of this year, an increase of 194 per cent.

The number of life insurance companies increased by more than 300 in those years to total 800. And more than 24 million new policy holders were added to the lists.

Payments to policy holders and beneficiaries amounted to $4,540,929,000 in 1953, nearly twice the annual payments in 1941.

The Institute of Life Insurance claims that '79 per cent of all US families own some type of life insurance. Seven per cent of, these families put 10 per cent or more of their disposable income into insurance premiums. And in the $5,000 to $7,499 income group, 93 per cent are life insurance owners.

Every state reported gains in life insurance ownership since 1941. But in three states — Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida — the increases were well over 300 per cent. Smallest percentages were in Massachusetts and New York, where insurance in force doubled.

Delaware is the state with the most life insurance in force per family—$9,100.

Connecticut families average $8,200 and New Jersey residents rank third with $8,000. Families in Mississippi have the least amount of life insurance — $2,400 on the average. Arkansas families are second from the bottom, holding $2,110 worth.

"While these varying state gains reflect such things as vast movements in populations, industrial development, they also demonstrate that families in all sections of the country endeavor to keep their financial protetion in line with changing needs and improved living standards," the institute commented.

Women and children bought a record $10,300,000,000 of new life insurance last

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year, but men were still the "chief buyers and owners. Men accounted for 71 per cent of last year's purchases and 76 per cent of insurance in force when 1954 began. This is exclusive of credit life insurance.

Credit life insurance, which guarantees repayment of outstanding loans in case the insured borrower dies, was barely noticeable before World War II. Now it totals $8,706,000,000.

Group life insurance has increased fourfold since 1941. It now totals $79,768,000,000 under 40 million certificates in 93,000 different contact groups. ) • 4, Don't be afraid, young Members Don't be afraid to think. If your thinking apparatus is the standard equipment given to most men, your thinkking will lead you along the right path.

Don't be afraid to act on the results of your thinking. There's the real danger you face, young women and young men. That, perhaps, has been the overwhelming weakness of our generation; take care that it is not that of yours.

Prize your right of dissent but do not mistake dissension for dissent. The two can be guite different, and usually are.

Don't be afraid to speak out for your conscience and your principles but also don't be afraid, if the need arises, to compromise, so long as the compromise is honorable.

Don't be afraid to see the gray in the world; those who see our planet as all white or all black are very unhappy people.

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Musings of the Editor (Continued from page 11 ) season of the summer camp by the unnamed fraternal society. * * IN THE SAME ISSUE OF THE ERAternal paper, there are aeveral letters by the young members who wrote to the official paper directly from the camp where they were enjoying their vacation.

Some of the campers were at the .camp for the first time, and there were other children who had been at the camp before. From the letters I found that thins particular camp accomcdates around 60 children each week. The method of operation gives enjoyment to every camper, and the management is praised by, and earns respect, of every adult member. * TO PARAPHRASE THE PRESIDENT Eisenhower, we still have a big job to do in the the SPJST. And don't think that the old "spolkati" will take the lead. It's up to you, young members..

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Ve stfeclu, dne 11. irpna 1954.

"Pak ov§em dobre delis, Se nejclek" prisvedeila babieka.

"Co to Lucku napadlo, be zrovna jen ' tebe chce, jakoby nebylo dost jinYch ho-chrt u yes, hnevala se Kristla.

"Pan otec tell by: proti gustu SacInV diSputat," usmala se babieka.

(AST TitETi, DOVIMINA Fred vanoenimi svatky stridalo se povidani pohadek a spivani s rozpravkami TikICATE PRYNI CVIa:Nt. o peeeni vanoeek, jak ma ktera bilou mouku, mnoho-li da masla,, deveata povidala o "slivani" (olova), deti pak tally se na vanodky, spouSteni svieidek, na Je-• zulatko a na koledu.

XII. Byl to zvyk jak ye mlYne tak v myslivne i net Starem belidle, be kcIckoli pH:gel na StedrY den a BoSi hod, jist a pit dostal do sytosti, a kdyby nikdo byl nePriSel, babieka byla by Ma hledat hosta na . rczcesti. Jakou radost mela . ale tenkrate, kdyb z nenadani prisel pied giedrStm dnem syn KaSpar a bratrtiv syn z Oleknice! Celeho pnl dne radosti plakala, a pies chvili od pedeni vanoeek odbehova-. la do sednice, kde prichozi mezi cletmi sedeli, aby se na syna podivala, aby se bratrovce zeptala, co, dela ten neb to v OleSnici„ a detem opakoVala ne jed, a nou: "Jak tuhle vidite strejeka, tak byl v tvari take vas dedeeek, jen be z•tilst po nem nema." Deti pronlibely strejeky se vSech stran, a Vence se- jim libili, zyld'Ate to, Se mile na kabdou jejich otazku odPiecti s tatinkem nebo maminkeu a povidali. popros je, aby Ti vysvetlili neznama sloKandy rok chtely se deti postit, aby va! Potom clanek sprivne opiS do seSig to! Ano, strYeek je dosud v Austinu a videly slate prasatko, ale nikdy k toTe, Joiko, uvidi a take Tvoje rediee. mu nedoSlo, vtile byla dobra; ale telo Na. universite jej snadno najde§, zvlaSte be. Na StedrV den Stedre podelen byl kde kdc, i drubeS a dobytek dostaly vanoepo de ate hotline dopoledne. ky, a po vederi vzala babieka ode vS'eho, co k vederi bylo, po kousku, hodila S pozdravem polovieku do potoka, polovic zahrabala sadu pod strom, aby voda vista a Sdra • STRitEK Z AUSTIN[?. do ve Stitstala a zeme itrodna byla, vSecky C7.ph, pak docbty sesbirajic hodila."ohni", aby ) • 4, "neSkodil."

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Babiela

Za chlivem trasla Betka bezem, volajic "Tresu, tresu bez, povez ty mi pes, kde muj milt' dnes"; a v svetnici sliva.la dev((Pokraeovani.1 'data olovo a vosk, a &Ai .spou gely svid-, Kristla si ovSem oci ut •ela, ale piece dicky v orechovYch skorepinach na vojen byla smutna. du.

"Nernysli na to, vSak on to tatik snad Jan tajne postrkoval misu, v nib voda nejak spravi," pravil Mila, prisedna k ni. byla, aby se hnula, a skorapky, precIsta"A cos bys nemohl piece tim kraleni bVt vujice lod'ky Sivota, od kraje ku stredu bez vAelikYch zavazki1?" ptala se babieka. se houpaly; pak vclal radostne: "Divej"Inu ovSem, babieko ,oni chodi nekte- te se, jak se daleko, daleko clOstanu ri chlapci u nets ke dvema, ke teem clev- sveta!" eatum, neb si nadobro jednu vezmou, a ((Pokraeovani.)

•( )• devdata, delaji to take talc. Nebyl bych jet Luciin prvni Svihak, a nemusel bych Bychom i meli sebe vetSi nedirveru v poslednim bYt, ale u nets nebylo slVehano, uprimnost tech, kteti s nami rozmlouaby hoch svadel d ye deveata najednou, a vaji, piece vbdy jsme presvedeeni, be k kdy2 jde za krale; j e tolik, jakoby sel na nam jsou pravdomluvejai, neS ke svatbu.. ...I apsala BoSena Nemcova..)

Vc strcdu, One 21. srpria 1951.

Viktor Hugo:

UB02ACI (Les Miserables)

"Dobie, tedy dnes. ftekl jsi mi tkikrat "otee", zasloutil jsi toho sobe, postara.rn se o to hned. Jest to konec elegie "MladY nemocnY" od Andrea Sheniera, ktereho zavraldili ti lot . ti hrdinove z roku 1793."

Panu Gilelnormandovi se zdalo, ze Marius svragtil del°, ale ten nideho ani neslyg el, jeZto mysl jeho dlela u Cosetky.

Statec vgak stale pokradoval v rozpacich, jeZto tak nepiihodne ptipomenul Andrea Cheniera: "Zavradili neni prave slovo. Ti veli kani revoluce byli zajiste lide hodni, ale myslili si, ze Andre Charier jest jim trochu v ceste a st'ali jej.... t ojest, poprosili ho, aby se k yuli blahu obecnemu odstranil ..."

Gillenormand, nemoha nijak vybiednouti z rozpakii, vybehl z pokoje s rychlosti, kterou mu jeho staki dovolovalo.

CelY uzardelY, udYchan vrazil v ptedsini do sveho poctiveho sluhy Baska, kterY tam distil boty, chytl ho za limec a vztekie vzkiikl: "U sta ti loth ho zavradili."

"Koho, pane?" tazal se ulaslY sluha.

"Cot to nevi g ? Andrea Cheniera!"

"Ano, pane," pfisvedeil sluha, nechapajc oe se jedna.

XLVI. Snottbenci.

Cosetka a Marius koneene se spattili. S poeatku byli velice nesmeli a na pohled trochu obtadni, ale pomalu se rozehiali a povidali si ruzne veci, jich meli tolik no, srdci!

S Cosetkou pti gel jeji otec, va.ZnY a smutnY, adkoliv s tsrnevern na rtech.

Byl velrni pedlive ()den, cely eerny s bilYm nakrenikem, pod paZi pak mel jakousi zabalenou kniZku. V gichni se trochu divili, ze pfichazi hned po prve s kniikou na navgtevu.

Kdyg vegli do pokoje Mariova, zustal Fauchelevent stranou u dveri stati.

Gillenormand kvapiI k nemu, uklonil se hluboce a hlasite piedstavoval "Pan Tranchelevent."

1.TbohY stafeeek bezdeky prekroutil to jmeno, pak se zase uklOnil a sla,vnostne tekl: "Pane Tranchelevente, mam Cest, prositi vas o ruku va gi dcerugky jmenem sveho vnuka, pana ba,rona Pontmercy."

"Pan Tranchelevent" se uklonil.

"Tedy ujcdnano!" zvolal (led. "Nyni je

VE:.;TNIK WEST. TEXAS vain dovoleno se milovati," kekl, obracej e se ke Cosetce i Mariovi, kteki spolu srdeene rozmlouvali. . Teta. Gillenormandova byla po celou tu dobu jako zmamena. VSe to ji nijak do hlavy. Mimo to si myslila, ze odporuje vein ptedpisfun slu§nosti, ptijde-li nevesta navativit sveho Zenicha do jeho domu. Stai ji vysvetlili, ze nemoc podobIV nedostatek etikety omlouva.

Ded ptigel k mlademu paru a bera do svSich starSrch, vraseitSrch rukQu jejich etyki ruce, hledel na mlade device celY u vytiteni.

"Jsi spanild, me drahe dite. To je hotove arcidilo ,ta naSe Cosetka. Jake oei, jako iasy! Dobte jsi vedel, co si vybirdS, Marie! A nyni se mejte radi, zboZilujte se. Jen jedine trine rmouti, se main toliko doZivotni dUchod. Pokud Ziju, jate to nejak ujde, ale po me smrti nedostanete nieeho, me ubohe deti.

"Sleena Eufrosina, Faucheleventova Best set tisic frankii," iekl klidne a vane pan Fauchelevent.

Az posud nepromluvil ani slova, a temet vgichni na jeho piitonmost zaPomneli.

"Jaka Eufrosina?" tazal se ded.

"To jsem ja," odpovedela Cosetka.

"Sest set tisic frankil?!" opakoval Gillenormand.

"BeZ etrnacti a patnacti tisic," iekl Valjean, a poloZiv segitek na sttl, rozbalil jej. Byl tam svazek bankovek.

Spoeitali je. Bylo jich pet set po tisici frankt a sto gedesat osm po peti stech frankt.

"To je docela pekna sumieka," rekl pan Gillenormand.

"M prespiilig !" zabrfteela teta a podala dalkeo pkizniveji pohliZeti na toho divneho liana s kniZkou pod pai.

"To je new jineho, to je skvelY obchod," pokradoval ded, "kde pak ten derWit Marius vyslidil shone deveatko a k tomu jegte milionaku?"

Marius a Cosetka pohlizeli zatim jen na sebe a to malielosti si ani nepov gim6tenaf zajiste bez dlouheho riCexIi sobe vzpomene, ze Jean Valjean po ptelleeni s Champmatieuem, za sveho prvelio fiteku, dorazil Rate do PatiZe a vyzvedl si tarn u bankete Laffita penize, jet byly uloleny na jmeno Madeleine. Mel strach, ze bride uveznen, coZ take brzy se stale, a zakopal penize v lese u Montfermeuillu.

VeSlere penize, : .estskrat sto t •icet tisic frankfi, vesme g v bankovkach, zaujaly jen Indio mista. Ulan je do krabiely a zabezpeeil takto pted vlhkosti, krabieku pak vloZil do skiinky, kde byly te2 biskupovy svicny uschovany. Potom tam chodil pokade, kdykoliv penez potieboval a vybral si potiebnou sumu.

Nyni, inysle si, 2';e by tech pcnez

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bSrti ti:eba, doSel sobe pro ne, vzal Je a odevzdal jako yen° pro Cosetku. Sobe nechal jen pet set frankt, svicny pak si postavil doma na krb.

Konaly se vgelike pkipravy ke svatlie, lekat pak prohlasil, ze lze slaviti svatbu jiz v finoru, protole Marius do to doby bude tpine zdray.

Snoubenci ani nechteli vefiti svemu Stesti, !dere tak lianle po nejvet gim zoufalstvi se dostamo.

"Chapel ty neco ze v geho toho?" kekl Marius Cosetce.

"Nikoli, ale je mi, jako by milk B h na nas odpovedela Cosetka.

Ded zboaioval svou nastavajici vnuCku a nemohl se na ni ani dosti nadivati.

Valjean zase kidil a obstaraval v ge, aby jen Stesti sve Cosetce zajistil. .

Byla ptijata za vlastni nebonikem starYm Faucheleventem, nosila tedy °pra y -nejhomn.Opak,jonebaikily brats, byl jejim strYcem a poruenikePinanu Gillenormandovi i Mariovi tekl, ze ony penize odkazala Cosetce jista zein7 tela osoba, ktera nechtela tVti jmenovana. Tote dedictvi mel spravovati jeji otec aZ do jeji pinoletosti, nebo do jejiho shatku.

Zahrady posledniho odpoeinku maji zakoupene hroby nebo dilce a chteli by miti tento hibitovni majetek v dobrem poradku. A koneene jsou to ti, kteii neradi vidi, kdy g portistatky milovaneho Mena rodiny jsou uloleny do vysoke travy, do mista zanedbaneho.

Tato treti skupina pocit'uje nenhlednest a zanedbanost hibitova nejcitliveji. Vzpominarn, ze byl jsem jednou poZadan, abych vykonal pohiebni obio.dy nad hrobem matky. Pohieb se konal praye na Den matek. Mantel i deti chteli miti dfistojnY pohteb. Nepamatuji se, jaka slova jsem tenkrate volil, ale dosud vidim tu vysokou bujnou travu v gubujnY plede mezi hroby. Misto kviti divoka vel. Misto peginek mezi hroby prerie. tkáct Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 investoval pied nekolika lety dvanact tisic dolart na zakoupeni hibitovniho majetku. Pro pamatku zesnulYch Menu hititoy je udrZovan v prvottidnim poildku.

Nejsou tarn Zadne pomniky, ale ka&dy hrob jest oznaden mosaznou tabulkou, ktera nepfeeniva pies zelenY tra y -nik.Orasouj zdbnektavtiny, vysazene podel pe ginek a prtjezdt.

Travnik se seka pravidelne, takle nikde neni ani steblo vysoke travy. ft'icly by mely pama,tovati na zahrady posledinho ocipoeinku.

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Cosetka tepr y nyni se dovedela, 2e ten, jeho v2dycky nazYvala otcem, jim vlastne neni. Zamrzelo ji to, ale citila se praye prilis At'astnou, nez aby ji mohlo neco hiuboce zarmoutiti. Ostatne ho prave tak milovala jako chive a nazSrvala i dale otcem. Mla.de device vSak bylo te2 velmi vdeeno Gillenormandovi, protde stale jen myslil, eirn by se ji zavdeeil. Vyp •azdnoval vSecky skrine i pkihradky, kde byly nahromadeny veci od nekolika pokoleni a daroval Cosetce krasne stare krajky i drahocenne hedvabi.

Teta jako obyeejne byla chladna a mleela ke vSemu, co se kolem ni dal°.

Bylo ureeno, ze mladi man gele budon bydliti u Oda. Gillenormand jim odevzdal nejkrasnejSi pokoje a sam je take zatidil.

Snoubenci vidali se ka2dodenne. Je2to pak Marius byl posud churav, chodila Cosetka kald Y. den k nemu v prilvodu pans, Faucheleventa.

Marius a Fauchelevent, aekoliv se vidali denne, tamer nikdy spolu nemluvili.

Marius se nemohl smiriti s tou tajupinou osobnosti, a sna g el ho jen jako nezbytneho priwodce Coseteina. Fauchelevent zase choval se vilei nemu sluSne a chladne.

Marius vzpominal sobe, 2e ho videl na barikadach, ale vSe, co se tehdy utkvelo v jeho mysli pouze jako nejasnj.7 sen. Myslil, 2e se mSr li, je2to nyni si nemohl piedstaviti, 2e by se tene va20 a klidnV elovek mohl zueastniti boje na barikadach. Nechtel se vSak na to ptati, jen jednou zavedl kee na, ulici Chanvrerie a tazal se pana Faucheleventa: "Vy zajiste to ulici znate?"

"Jakou ulici?"

"Ulici Chanvrerie?"

"Nikoli, nernam o ni ani poneti," dpovedel klidne pan Fauchelevent.

Pies vytdeni, v nem2 Marius nyni 2i1, nezapominal na povinnost vdeenosti, a hledal te2 stale Thenardiera i onoho neznarneho, kterlr jej zachranil a pfines1 k pa.nu Gillenormandovi. Ale ani policejni agenti nemohli 2adneho z tech dvou lidi nalezti. Thenardier po fiteku z zmizel a nikdo nevedel, kam se obratil.

0 jeho Zene bylo znamo,ze zemiela ye vezeni. Na stopu neznameho eloveka,, kterS7 jej zachranil, uvedl Maria jistST jemu2 kazal policejni inspektor dne 6: eervence eekati u b •ehu Sequany, blizko vchodu do velike stoky. Asi k deIrate hodine se mi • le stoky oteviela a z ni vySel jakSisi md, jen nesl nekoho na zadech jako mrtveho. Policista onoho eloveka zatkl, zavolal drdkate a pak odvezli nemocneho nebo mrtveho do ulice Fillesdu-Calvaire. Pak zase vsedli do .dro2ky, ale nedaleko budovy archivu kazal mu policista zastaviti, a odvedl zateeneho Kahl s1i, vilbee nevedel.

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upna lOn-1 Jedna z %ciro gek zastavila se proti koTam mizela, kaZda stops,. Marius se 0bratil i na policii, aekoliv to pro neho earu, v nem2 jela Cosetka s otcem, pan bylo dosti odvaIne. Tarn vgak nevedeli Gillenormand a teta. Marius jel za nikeho, nemeli o torn Zadne zpravy a nejaka svatba," zvolala jedna z toho dne nebyl u vchodu do velike stoky vObec nikdo zateen. Marius si lamal hla- mattar, spatfivSi nevestin zavoj. v tem& voze, vu domnenkarni, kdo by mohl bYti onen Jine dye rnasky,, elovek, jen ho s tak ohromnou °Ma yo- panel s ohromnnYm nosem a mlacla rysti ptenesi stokami z ulice Chanvrerie aZ bakka, taktk zpozoroVali svatebni vod. na bteh Sequany.

"Podivej se, dceru gko," tekl start tpaMimo to cela ta, udalost se mu zdala hrozne divnou. Co se stalo s onim poli- nel, "vidig tam toho stareho?" cistou? Prod nieeho neohlasil? A proe "Ktereho stareho? Jsou tam piece dva", se ten glechetnY 'Clo y& tak pedlive ukrY- odpovedela rybatka. val? Nikdo nemohl iici, jak vypadal. Do"Toho, kterY ma ruku v obvaze." movnik jen rikal, 'Ze to byl jakYsi hroznY "Vidim, a prod se na to ptate, tatinku?"

Clovek.

Marius roikazal, aby byly uschovany "Jsem jist, Ze ho znam. Nahni se trogaty, ktere mel tehdy na sobe a zpozoro- chu a hled', abys zahledla nevestu."

"Ale do tvate ji nemohu val, Ze kousek z toho obleku byl nejak zvlaStne vytrZen. "A vidig Zenicha?"

Jednou to povidal Cosetce za ptitom"Ne, zda se nil, ze v tom kaate nejenosti Jeana Vaijeana. Chladna a lho- de." stejna tvat otce Coseteina je j popudila.

"Na, torn koneene nezale2i, ale jsem "Ten Clove byl yznegenY," zvolal mladik jist, Ze znam toho pana s pochrournanou , temef s hnevem, "budi2 to jit kdokoliv, rukou." ale podobny skutek svedei o neobydejne "A co ti porrraZe, ze ho znag?" obetavosti. Vite, co ueinil? Vrhl se do nej"olovek nikdy nevi. Kdo vi, co se nelitejSiho boje, uchvatil mne ternef ji2 ne- ptihodi."

2iveho a nest pul druhe hodiny stokami.

"Mne na torn pranic nezaleli, tekla Vydal se tisiceremu nebezpeei v Sane, dSr dcera, kreic rameny, ttesouc se zimou -chalroznevSpayjnrot,abyz- easto pokaglavajic. chranil eloveka, v nem2 sotva doutnala "Na ci svatbe asi je ten stared?" jisidieka 2ivota, a piece nemohl miti na "Co pak vim?". torn 2adneho zajmu. Ach, ke2by tech "Slyg!"

Best set tisic Cosetoina vena patfilo nine."

"Co?" "V2dyt' yam piece patri," pteru gil ho "Slez s nageho voze a sleduj, to svatValj e an. bu."

"Dal bych je s radosti za to, abych mu"Prod?"

2e toho vypatral."

"Abys zvedela,, ei to svatba a karn Snatek byl ureen na 16. imora, byl to de." masopustni fiterek.

"Vite ptece, tatinkn, Ze nemohu Veeer pied tim Odevzdal nevlastni o- stiti vCtz." tee Cosetein za, pritomnosti pana Gille"Prod?" normanda Mariovi petkrat sto etytiaosrn`‘Jsern najata pOlicii, jiZ muslin celSr desat tisic frankil. den jako, prodavaeka ryb slouZiti."

Nekolik dni pied svatbou potkala Val"Ovgem, ale ten start velmi mne zajijeana nehoda, rozinaekal sobe toti2 palec ma." u prave ruky. Nebylo to nic va2neho, pro"Nechapu, co ti no nem tolik zaleli?" to take nechtel palec nikornu ani uka"Hied % sedi . . s nevesfou' v koCate, souzati a obvazal si jej sam. Nosil ruku V dim tedy, Ze jest, to jejintec." obvazu a nemohl nieeho podepsati. Pan "A co na torn?"

Gillenormand jako spoluporuenik Coset"Slyg, co ti teknu. Mohu vyjiti toliko jej piisvatbe zastupoval. v magkate, ale to je dobre jen pro dnePro Valjeana uchystan v dome Gille- Sek. Zitra masek jiz nebude, hied' tedy, normandove krasnV pokoj s natadim, a abys, zvedela, jaki to svatba."

Cosetka tak ho prosila, 2e malem by byl "2adag dosti tale veci. Jak bych bepfislibil, 2e se v nem ubytuje. Stara Tous- hem nekolika dni mohla, vypatrati svatsaint rovnea se piestehovala do ulice Fil- bu, ktero, jede V masopustni iaterek pales du Calvaire a stala se komornou u sve faskSrmi ulicemi? To je asi jako gpendbYvale sleeinky. lik v kupe sena."

Patdske uliee v den silatku, jeZto byl "A piece, to musi g dokazati, sly g, Aselmasopustni Uterek, byly piepineny mo!" fekl Apanel rozhocine.

Kneary zase se hnuly a zmizely jim z karami. Kdy2 jeli do kostela, koeary dostaly se do dlouheho ketezu drdek pl- 4161. nVch maSkar, talde v gichni byli nudeCosetka byla pH sva tebnic,h obiadech ni se zastaviti, protde testa byla velkk- site dojata, ale okouzlujici. Sukni mela rxii zastupy lidu zatarasena. z bileho hedvabi a celou pokrytou starY-

Ve stredu, dne 11. srpna 1954. mi krajkarni, zavoj tet krajkovY, nahrdelnik perlovY a venedee na hlave z oranZovYch. Vypadala v to beli jako zatici kvet.

Marius tet byl krisnSi a dojat.

Ded s hlavou vzptimenou a hrde vedi Cosetku, jetto zastupoval v torn ptipade otce, kterY maje ruku v obvazu, nemohl ji neveste podati, Valjean sel za nimi v eernem obleku a usmival se.

Kdyz odchazeli od °hate, vedi zenith jit sam svou tenuLku, a vaichni v kostele ten krasnY parek obdivovali. cosetka ptitiskla sve raffle k ruce Mariov'e a s citem zaaeptala: "Jsem tedy jiz opravdu pani Mario you?"

Na svatbu ptialo mnoho plibuznSych rodiny Gillenormandovy, a vaichni obklopovali Cosetku a byli jeji kritsou . 11beznosti nadaeni.

Cosetka instinktivn.e citila,ze jeji nevlastni otec trpi zmenou, ktera nyni nastane ve vzajemnem jejich pomeru, a proto se chovala k nemu velmi srdedne a mluvila lichotive jako za sveho detstvi.

Zpozorovala, Ze Valjean si sedl sam v koute za dveiani salonu a zamyslila se.

Najednou ptibehla jako vitr k nemu, uklonila se mu hluboee, podkasala obema rukama svuj svatebni aat a laska.ve 1 Aelmovsky se ho otazala: "NuZe, tatinku, jste spokojen?"

"Ano, me dite, jsem velmi at'asten, odpovedel Valjean.

"NuZe tedy, usmejte se na mne."

Valjcan se usmal, ale byl to smutny Usmev.

V tom okamtiku oznamil sluha, ze jc prostieno.

Pan Gillenormand podal Cosetce ruku, vaichni pak Ili za nimi a zasedli k hosting.

Dye velike lenoaky staly v pravo a v levo vedle idle nevestiny, jedna pro Gillenormanda, druha pro Valjeana. Gillenormand ai sedl, ale druha, lenoaka astala prazdna. Hiedali vaude pana Faucheleyenta, ale nikde ho nebylo.

Gillenormand zavolal sluhu.

"Via, kde je pan Faarchelevent?"

"Pan Fauchelevent odeael pied chvili a pilkazal mi, abych tekl, te*ruka, ho zaGina boleti, ze tedy nernUe s panern baronem as . pani baronkou . obedvati. Prosi za odpuateni a iekl, ie pkijde zitra ra-

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odeLel. Zustal chvili stati na ulici pod osvetlenYmi okny jidelny a hledel na ne bolne, potom gel volnym krokem do ulice Hornme-Arme VeLel do bytu a rozsvii til svici. Pokoje byly prazdny, jeho lucky dunely. VLecky sktine byly zotvirany, ptedmety ktere Cosetka mela rada, vybrany, postel neustlana. Jen jeho lote bylo ustlano a dekalo nan.

Valjean se podival na zdi, zaviel sktin.e a chodil z pokoje do pokoje.

Kon,eane prisel ke sve posteli a vyndal ruku z obvazu. Vladl ji tak, jako by ho viibec nebolela. Vzal svou nerozluenou sktinku, ktera stala na stolku a otevtel ji s dychtivosti. Vyndal z ni pomalu Laty, v nicht deset let pied tim odvedl Cosetku z Mont Vermeuillu, polotil vaecko na postel a vzpominla. Byla tehdy tak malieka, mrzlo. Shodila sve hadry se sebe a oblekla si tyto Latieky.

81i spolu, detice se za ruce. Ona se smala a mazlila se svou loutkou. mela tehdy jen jeho jedineho na svete.n. Riedel na ty rozlolene veci, kYvaje smutne you.

Pri to vzpomince klesla ctihodna, Lediva hlava Valjeanova na poatel, a srdce mu tamer pukalo.

Zaryl takkka tvat svou do Latstva Coseteina, a kdyby v tu chvili byl nekdo del po schodech, byl by zaslechl srdcervouci lkani.

Jii tolikrat bojoval sam s sebou, ji2 tolik pohmoZdenin utrpel bidnY jeho vot, ale piece z-vitezil pokaZde celY zdrcen, zniden, se zoufalstvim v srdci, ale s jasem v duai. Nyni vaak piece citil, ae je to boj posledni.

VznaLela se pied nim otazka, jak' ma bYti jeho pomer ke Cosetce i Mariovi?

Chtel jejich atesti a za,loZil je, vac, ba i jejich bohatstvi bylo jeho dilem!

Co ma poeiti sobe nyni? Ma, s jejich blahem spojiti svaj neblahY osud a zaujati mist() vateneho a milovaneho otce, dochazeti do bytu Coseteina? Ma tarn vnesti svou rninulost, zasednouti u toho domaciho krbu ,jako by mel k tomu pray°, se znamenim hanby na cede a dale mleeti?

Valjean zvyklSr osudu i vLem krutYm ranam, ktere ho v tivote jit postihly, i nyni predlozil sobe jasne tu otazku.

Cosetka, byla pro toho ztroskotaneho poslednim ochrannym elunem. Ma se ho zaehytit, ei utonuoti v hlubine,ch?

Zachyti-li se ho, snad jeate zachrani Prazdna lenoaka na chvilku zarazila divot a spatii slunce, bez neho eeka jej vaeobecne veseli, ale pan Gillenormand hrozna opuatenost. Hrozna, bouie zutila hiedel svYm dobrYm rozrnarem zaplaaiti v jeho dual, nikdy jeate se tak netrapil, nep•ijemnS, dojem. ba ani tehdy, kdyZ mel jeti do Arrasu.

XLVII. Posledni kapka Probdel tak celou noc, seal aZ do rd.Kdy2 pied pozvanim k obedu nikdo si na skreen na posteli, zdrcen ohromnou ho nevairnal, Valjean nepozorovane zmi- zi osudu. * 7 1 do p •edsine. Tam potial sluhu, kazal mu, aby ho u panstva omluvil a Jitro pc) svatlic v dome v ulici l"iiles du

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Asi ke dvanacte hodine poledni zaslechl sluha, zamestnanY uklizenim, tithe klepani na dvete, oteviel a spattil pana Faucheleventa. "livedl ho do jeate neuklizeneho salonu.

"Odpust'te, pane," iekl trochu v rozpacich, "dnes jsme vstavali velmi pozde."

"Vstal jit pan?" tazal se Valjean.

"KterY, prosim, stars' nebo mladY?" "Pan Potnrnercy."

"Pan baron," op •avil 611173, "hned se podivarn a oznamim, ae jste pkiLel." "Ne, neni tteba. fteknete mu, se by s nim nekdo rad mluvi] o sarnote, chci ho piekvapiti.", Za, nekolik minut veLel Marius s tvati Stestim "Ach, to jste vy, °tee," zvolal, Ten hloupY Bask se tvatil nejak tajupine. Ale posud je zahy, Cosetka spi," dodal s usinevem. "Jsem velmi rad, otce, ze jste prisel. Mluvili jsme mnoho o vas, ja i ma aena, ona vas tak miluje. Parmatujte si, °tee, ze mate u nas svilj pokoj, nechceme, abyste bydlil v ulici HommeArme. Odstehujte se k narn jeLte dnes."

"Pane," tekl Valjean, "musim vam otnamiti, ze jsem bYvalY galejni trestanec."

Marius hned nepochopil, co mluvi, tepry nyni zpozoroval straanou bledost toho eloveka.

• Valjean obvaz s ruky a ukazai svilj palec Mariovi.

"Hled'te, mam zdravou ruku, ale nechtel jsem bYti na svatbe svedkem. Proto take jsem si vymyslil tu ranu, abych nemusel svatebni smlouvu padepsati."

"Co to znamena?" vykoktal ze scbe Marius.

"To znamena, ae jsem konal take prace na galejich."

Marius celY ohrornen ucouvl.

"Pane Pontmercy," pokraeoval neat'astnik "byl. jsem devatenact let na galejich pro kradet, potom podruhe jsem byl odsouzen dotivotne, rovnea pro kradet, nyni jsem uprchlikem z galeji."

Marius nevetil vlastnim uLim, byl vaak nucen smititi se s hotovou ndalosti, zaUlna' chapati a jak to vady v podobn'ch ptipadech bYva, ptedstavoval sobe vaecko hnte. Toto ptiznani v nem budilo hnus i zvolal: "fieknete mi vaecko hued, dopovezte !" zvolal. "Jste Cosetein otec?"

Valjean se vzptimil s takovou dilstojnosh, 2e se zdal vzrustati at do stropu.

"Je nutno, abyste mi vetil na slovo," tekl "aekoliv ptisaha takovYch lidi jako ja pl'ed soudem pranic neplati. Nejsem Cosetein otec, jsem sedlak z Faverolles," mluvil pomalu a s durazem, "civil jsem se drvoLtepstvim, jmenuji se Jean Valjean. Upokojte se, nejsem vabec s tenon sptiznen."

"Kdo mi to dokater zaaeptal Marius.

"Ja, protole jsem to rekl."

Straka 20 Marius na neho pohledl.

Valjean byl zasmu gilV, ale kliden. Zdalo se, ze z tech list leZ ani vyjiti nemilZe. "Vetirn y am," lekl koneene.

Valjean svesil hlavu a pokradoval: "aim jsem tomu diteti? Cizincem. Pied desiti lety jsem ani nevedel, Ze je na svete. Nyni ji miluji, ovSem, ale to neni nic divneho, vychoval jsem ji. Kdy2 jsem ji vzal k sobe, byla jeSte rnalSim ditetem.

Snad pripustite, ze main v sobe neco jako srdce. Byla sirotkem bez otce i matksy, potrebovala mne, proto jsem si ji zamiloval.

Deti jsou tak slaboueke, ze kaZdSr mute bSrti jejich ochrancem. Spinil jsem tu povinnost k vuli Cosetce. Je -11 mono nazvati vec tak nepatrnou dobrSon skutkem, budiZ tornu tak, milZete to poeitati za polehdujici okolnost. Dnes je jeji osud zabezpeeen, na ge cesty se rozchazeji, jiZ mne neni tteba. Jest pani z Pontmercy a ma jineho opatrovnika. Co se penez tyde, moh uvas ujistiti, Ze byly pro ni uloleny. jalcSon zpfisobem se dostaly do mSich rukou, na torn nezaleli — odevzdayarn je a vice nikdo, ode mne Zadati nemtiZe. Dopinil jsem svou povinnost, rekl jsem y am sire jmeno, protole chci, abyste vedel, kdo jsem."

PM tom se podival primo do oei inlachkovS7ch.

Marius byl jako omraden tim, co slygel n nemohl se v torn neobvyklem postaveni ani vyznati.

"Prod pa.k mi to v S s ecko povidate?" zvolal koneene, "mohl jste to tajemstvi zachovati pro sebe. Valyt' vas nikdo nestiha a nehleda ,prod se mi tedy ze vaeho vyznavate?"

"Prod?" odpovedel Valjean tak tile, jako by mluvil sam s sebou. "Zajiste se zda divnSrm, ze galejni trestanec pricha,zi a povida.: "Jsem galejni trestanec. NuZe tedy, einim to z poctivosti. Hledte, v mem nitru je jista nit, ktere nelze pfetrhnouti. Mohl bych plece odjeti a nikdy ji2 se tu neobjeviti, ale to nit, aelcoliv jsem ji chtel pletrhnouti, piece se nepletrhla. Byl bych zaroveri s ni utrhl sobe srdce. Nernohl bych nikde jinde musim zilstati zde. Snad mate pravdu, ae je to ode mne blahove, prod jsem tu neztistal a nemldel? Nabidli jste mi pokoj, pani Pontmercy mne miluje, vaichni si mne vaZi, byl bych tu s vami At'asten, zl bych v rodine."

PM tomto slove se Valjean tvaril divoce, skfilil rude. hledel k zemi jako by se dival do propasti, a rekl: "V rodine! Nikoliv, ja nemohu rodiny, nepatrim k lidske rodine. Kdy2 jsern videl, to je to dite St'astno, rekl jsem sobe: Nechod' tarn. . . Mohi jsem lhati ,klamati vas, zustati na vZdycky panem Faucheleventem, ale nemohl jsem.

KdyI toho bylo tteba, k yeti ni, Thal

VESTNfK — WEST, TEXAS jsem, nyni vgak by to bylo jen k vul, mne a toho udiniti nesmim.

Ptate se, co mne nuti k yyznani? Snad je to v mVch Ustech smeane — svedomi!

Mloeti bylo by mnohem lehei, stravil jsem *celou noc, abych sebe k tomu premluvil. Nepodalilo se mi to vSak, nebot' jsou dve veci, jicheto jsem nemohl premoci, abych donut.' sve srdce i sve svedomi k mleeni. Prato jsern pliael a vyznal vain vge, nebo aspon temer vae. Jsou veci, jet se tVkaji jedine mne a k nimZto se pliznati nemusim.

Priznavam se, nebylo to snadne. Bojoval jsem celou noc sam s sebou, ale Zit tak se 1Z1 na rtech, plesahovalo me sily.

Nemam prarva ke Stesti, jsem vyvrhelem lidske spoleenosti!"

Valjean se zamleel, Marius ho nepferuSil. "TaZete se. prod to povidam," pokradoval po chvili, "jeZto nejsem udan, ani pronasledovan? Jsem stihan, prondsledovan sebou sanini. Pane Pontmercy," doclal presvedeive, "snad je to nesmysl, ale jsem poctivec. SniZuje se v odich va,Sich, poyznaSim se ye sySich. Plihodito se mi to jiZ jednou, ale tenkrat je:Ste to bylo merle bolestno, byla to pouha maliekost. Ano jsem poctivec, a nebyl bych jim, kdybyste mou vinou i dale si nine Jsem galejni trestanec, kterV je poslaen sveho sveclorni.

Hled'te, pane •Pontmercy, mile se v vote jiZ vAelicos prihodilo. Kdysi jsem ukradl kousek chieba, abych zil. Nyni nechci ukrasti jmeno, abych "Abyste ail?" preruM1 ho Marius, "valyt' vy prece toho jmena k Zivotu nepotrebujete."

"0, ja sobe rozumim," odpovedel Valjean, IcSivaje hlavou.

Nastalo mleeni, oba dva se pohlilili v mySlenky. Valjean chodil po pokoji, potom se zastavil pled zrcadlem a odpoviclal jakesi otazce sveho nitra: "Velka tine mi spadla s prsou."

Zadal zase choditi po salone, a iccly'N se obratil, zpozoroval, ze Marius si prohlili jeho nohy.

"Vleku nohu trochu za sebou, nyni pochopite prod," rekl se sinutnSon fismevem.

"Nyni sobe pomyslete, ae jsem nefekl nieeho, znstal jsem panem Faucheleventem, a ze jsem se u vas ubytoval. Nahle policie vztahne po me ruku a strhne mi nasilim ZkraboSku, co pak byste tomu kal?"

Marius mleel.

"Vidite, udinil jsem lepe, ze jsem yam vSecko rekl."

Marius pleSel zvolna pokoj a octnuv se u Valjeana, poda.val mu ruku, on v:e5ak mu nepodal sve. Marius vSak pies to se chopil jeho ruky a zdalo se mu, Ze jest to ruka z mramoru.

"WO ded ma platele," teki vfele, vy mtiZe yam milost."

Ye Sttedu, dne 11. srpna 1954.

--"To je zbyteeno," odpovedel Valjean, "pokladaji mne za mrtveho a to stadi.

Po mrtvych nepatraji, smrt je totes jako milost."

Vyprostil ruku z ruky Mariovy a dodal dtistojne: "Ostatne nepottebuji Aadne milosti, stadi mi klidne svedomi."

V torn okamZiku se zlehoueka pootev kely clveke na druhern konci salonu a V nich objevila se hlava Coseteina. Utvatila se jako ptade, ktere se prave probudilo, a zvolala se smichem: "Vsadim se, ze mluvite o politice. Ale to neni hezke, pojd'te radeji ke mne."

Valjean se zachvel.

"Cosetko.. ." zateptal Marius.

Vypadali oba jako vinnici. Cosetka s itsmevem hledela na ne a tekla: "Pkistihla jsem vas pki einu, vid'te. Sly Bela jsem, jak tatinek rekl "svedomi" a jine podobne hrde vYrazy. Je to zajiste politika, a, toho nestrpirn " "MYliS se, Cosetko," odpoveclpl Marius, "mluvili jsme o penezich zale-gitostech.

Radili jsme se, jak bychom tvYch testkrat sto tisic frankfi co nejlepe "Co je mi do penegnich zalegitosti,", pferutila jej Cosetka, "tu mne mafe, strpite mne zde?" dokoneila ji g v salone.

• `upan, pohleByla obleeena v fasnatY Z dla na sebe do zrcadla a zvolala s VS1b1.1chem radosti: "Byl jednou jeden kral a kralovna! Oh, jak jsem blaZena!"

Uklonila se hluboce pled Mariem a Valj eanem.

"Vite co, sednu si sem k y am na lenotku, za pitl hodiny bude snidand, zatim si tedy mluvte co chcete, ja budu hodna."'

Marius ji vzal za ruku a kekl laskyplne: "Mluvime o peneZnich zalegitostech."

"Vit," odpovedela Cosetka, "otevrela jsem okno, dnes priletelo mnoho vrabeikii do zahrady."

"Povidam ti, drahoutku, ze musime projednati nutne zo.le gitosti. Jdi, Cosetko, nech nas o samote. 1Viluvime o eislicich, to by to nudilo."

"6 nikoli, \Tubed mne to nenudi. Ale ty mat dnes peknY nakrdnik, Marie, vidim, ge jste fintilek, mtij pane.

Dovolte mi zde zfistati. Nebudu yam sice rozumeti, aie budu vas poslouchati.

Slyti-li elovek milovand hlasy„nemusi jim prave rozumeti.. Chci toliko, abychom tu zustali pospolu vtichni."

"Tys ma made vse milovana Cosetka, ale to je nemoZno." "NemoZno?" "Ano, ptisaharn ti, ze musime chvili byti sami."

Valjean nepromluvil ani slova, Cosetka se obratila k nemu: "Napked mne mush tatinek polibit, protote se posed se mnou nentivital.

(Pokradovani

Ve stredu, dne 11. srpna 1954.

CO UCENCI MOHOU PftEDPOViDAT Povereivi Brie si myslivaji, ze je nejaka souvislost mezi polohou srpku pribYvajiciho Mesice a poaasim v prietim mesici.

Ve skuteenosti jsou zmeny poeasi zavisle na torn, co se deje v atmosphere nad zemskYm povrchem: jsou zavisle na teploty vzduchu, na jeho vlhkosti, na vetru atp.

Mesic obiha kolem Zeme ye vzdalenosti 240,000 mil, daleko za hranicemi atmosfery (vzduchu), a na priainy podasi nema 'ZadnY vliv. Tim spite nema vYznain podoba mesieniho srpku, protole to je zavisla jen na torn, jak se Zeme vidime Sluncem osvetlenou east Mesice. Souvislost s poeasim je zde vymyelena.

Prvni poeatky pozorovani prirody vznikly jia v davne minulosti. Jit" pied mnoha tisici lety prvotni pastevci a rolnici poeali si veimat prirody kolem sebe a pozorovat jeji vlastnosti. Stall Egypt'ani ji2 pied nekolika tisici lety zavlaZovali avodriovali sva pole z mohutne reky Nilu a byli nuceni naueiti se predem predpovidat roeni zaplavy a provadet zaveaS opatteni pro vyuZiti drahocenne vody.

Minula tisicileti a poznatky se stale hromadily. Veda se poeala rozvijet Ste v poslednich etyrech stech letech, kdy bourlivY vzrast prtunyslu a obchodu vyadoval zvYSeneho prilzkumu prirody.

Prave za tato etyri stoleti vytvorilo lidstvo dneeni vedu a techniku. Za to dobu vyrostla cela soustava raznYch prirodnich ved; jeden druh Orly zkouma jevy probihajici na zemi, jine vedy stavbu vesmiru, 2ivou prirodu, svet rostlinstva a 'Zivoeiestva atd. Dnes jiZ existuje mno2stvi ramnYch prirodnich ved.

Tou merou, jak se vyvijely tyto prirodni vedy, stavalo se stale jasnejeim, ae zjevy, jea ye svete pozorujeme, neprobihaji nahodile, ae v prirode existuji presne zakony, ureitY prirozenY rad, zakonitost jevu, a'Ze kaZda uddlost, kahlk jev je projevem techto obecOch zakonii. Veda dokazala, 2e tyto prirodni zakony jsou podminony prirozenStmi, prirodniini vlastnostml veci sainSrch. Meni se poeasi, stria daji se den a noc, zima a leto, rodi se a umird &ova -- to vae se deje podle p •irozenYch zakonti prirody.

Meteorologie (nauka o povetrnosti) na priklad zjistila, ae deet' vznika tim, 2e se vodni platy ye yzduchu dostanou na chladnejei mista a meni se v kapenky vody. Tyto vodni pary jsou samy prindeenv vetry z dalekYch teplYch mori, kde vystoupily z more, zahrateho sluneenimi paprsky. Meteorologie zkouma zakony, podle nich'Z probilla tvoreni vetru, deete, snehu, krupobiti, zmeny teploty a jine jevy've vzduchu.

Fysika zkourna jeete obecnejei zakony, jea tvori podstatu jak zmen poeasi, tak i nanoha jinych jcvii v pfiro-

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Zkouma na priklad obecne vlastnosti vzduchu, vody, pary, obecne zakony zahrivani a ochlazovani, premeny vody v loam a pary ye vodu. Objasneni obecne zakonitosti jevil v prirode vede k lepeimu porozumeni tomu, co probilia v kaZdem jednotlivem pripade. Tak, zname-li obecne vlastnosti pary a zakony jeji premeny ye vodu, porozumime lepe a hlouvlastnostem oblakil a mraeon, prieinam date, krupobiti nebo sucha. TyteZ obecne vlastnosti a zakony jsou podstatou prace parnich strojil. Znalost techto vlastnosti a zakonti pomaha ovladnout lepe prirodu.

Yarborough dekuje vit6zstvi

Astronomic objevila zakony pohybu nebeskYch teles a vyvratila vYmysly, spjate se starYmi nespravnYmi predstavami o stavbe vesmiru. Tak zjistila astronomie, Ze se zemekole za 24 hodiny otoei kolem sve osy tproto se u nas stridaji den a noel a Ze za rok obehne kolein Slunce, ae jine planety, podobne Zemi, obihaji tea kolem Slunce, ae Mesic obehne jednou za mesic kolem Zeme atd. VaechTustin, Texas. — DemokratickY kandiny tyto jevy jsou piisne zakonite a opadat o Arad guvernera statu Texas, Ralph kuji se s pPekvapujisi pfesnosti.

Yarborough pravil, Ze 28. srpna v druhe Nauka o Give pfirode — biologie — ob- primarni volbe vyhraje velkou vetinou. jevila zakony, jea jsou zakladem toho, co Yarborough pravi osobne: probiha v organismu od parozeni do smrti. Onemocni-li elovek nebo zvire, stane 678,000 Texasana — vet gina Texanit, se to na zaklade presnYch priein, je to na nemnZe bYti nespravna. priklad nasledek einnosti velmi malYch mikrobu a celY prilbeh nemoci se neroz"678,000 Texanti trva na tom, '2e spra yviji nahodne, ale prisne zakonite. Na nest ye vlado mii2e bYti docilena jen. znalosti techto zakonfi je take zalaena zmenou. medicina vedecke poznavani a leeeni "678,000 Texanit vyslovili se v nedfivere nemoci. a proti tteti ]hate pro jejich guVernera. ) • d • "678,000 Texanu, demokrath dali na jeBrambory, dovezene koncem osnanactevo, ac si pr:eji vudce, ktereho loyalita jest ho stoleti do Evropy, byly dlouho pova- dok.azana a kterY je nikdy nezklame."

Zovany za zdravi nebezpeene. Teprve Yarborough dekuje "kaZdemu jednotfrancouzskY kral Ludvik XVI., kterY na- nemu, hrdemu Texanu, kterY voli s nim stoupil v cid* kdy byla Francie zatiae- v primarni volbe. On dale pravi, '2e jest na dluhy a postradala dostatek potra- zvidete srdecny volietim eeskoslovenskeho piivodu ye statu Texas, kteri s tak velyin (1754 1793), uvedl brambory na 'veech vrstev lidu. Po dtiverne dohode s kou veteinou veude jej voliti ye spojeni narodohospodarem Parmentierem usku- pro rozumnou a destonu vladu ye statu teenil myelenku upoutati zajem lidu k Texas."

Yarborough pravi, Ze body kampane nove portavine: Dal nasazeti brambory v zahradach, ktere obklopovaly kralov- jsou nyni ostre zahroceny. On pravi: skY palac a tato pole dal hlidati plukern "Texane.maji prilelitost voliti proti teadieni treti llnite, pro neb proti spra y/le-vojakil. Soueasne uvedl ve znamost tresty tem, kdo by se opovaZili brambory mu — demokratickemu vedeni a pro neb krasti. A vSisledek se zahy dostavil: kra- uroti spra vile= vedeni vlady ve statnim dlo se. Za nedlouho.k radosti kralove i kapitolu."

"DemokratickY kandidat opakuje jeho jeho radce objevovala se nova a nova bramboriete na blizkYch i vzdalenYch po- dik vkm rodieam eeskoslovenskeho pfilich. Kdya pied tim kral nabizel bram- vodu v celem statu Texas za velkou pribory zdarma, setkal se s nepochopenim, zed mu udelenou zaroven dekuje za nebot' kaZAY odmital jedovatou hlizu. A pomoc a prizen, ktere oeekavil pri druhe nyni netrvalo to dlouho a brambor stal primarni volbe 23. srpna.

(Pol, adv. ci se "pritelem lidu."

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Ve sticedtr, drfe 11. srpha 1954

ivotni zkusenosti a vzpominky krajana Jos efa Vaiika (Pokraeovani.)

Oil mne piedstavoval a pravil:" To je on, co jsem ti o nem povidal. PottaSla mi rukou a lehce mne obejmula. Kuchatka, take! Byl jsem pozvan, abych po °be16 ptig el do gkoly. To byla budova, kde oni zastavali a kde v hornim poschodi se vyueovalo. Bylo tam jen ma,lo ditek. Po menag i jsem jim sel srovnat nabytek a nee° pospravit a zase zpatky do kasaren.

Mel jsem jen dva pacienty, ale proto ge v Bosne nerneli tehda, civilni lekate, tak chodili i civilni pacienti k n.a gemu vojenskemu lekati a pak mel prate vice neg (lost. V temge tYdnu ptigel take jeden Turek. Chlapik rovnY jako jedle, ale kulnal. Ptal se po panu doktorovi a ja mu delil, Se ptijde brzy. Ptal jsem se ho, co mu schazi. Vysoukal nohavici a ukazal mi hrozne bolavou noha. Rikal, ge nechtel bYti batu g kovi sluhou za gest krejcara denne a ge mu poradili na.sledujici: Vzal sal a rozedtel si kolenni kost tak dakladne, ag do krve. Pak vzal na drobno rostrouhanY desnek a pottel rozjizvenou ranu. Udelal praci opravdu dobrou, ale mne nikterak nepote gil, protoge mi dal prace na tti mesice. Hued jsem mu vyeistil ranu sublimatem. Ten chudak natikal. Na.pominal jsem ho k trpelivosti.

Pak jsem mu na to dal zinkovou mast a polog il na postel. Nohu jsem obvazal a on usnul za chvili, proto ge pted tim pry nespal tti noci. Za nedlouho pti gel doktor a ptal se, kdo je to. Povidal jsem mu cely ptipad mladeho Turka a on chtel piece jen ranu videt. Pak mi poklepal na rameno a povida: "Josefe, kdyby byIi ogettovatele taci, jako ty, bylo by dobte jak pro vojaky tak pro Micale!" A na to take nikdy nezapornenu!

Kdyg se Turein probudil, leka.t se ho ptal, kdo to bude platit. Odpovedel, dinary nema, ale 'Se ma slipky a ge je ptinese. Doktor mu take tekl, ze musi zaplatit i mne. Slibil, ale vice jsme mileho Turka. nevideli. Budeme ho hledat?

Ale kdepak, kdo vi, kde je mu u g konec!

A doktor mi znovu domlouval, abych po vojenske slughe domu nejezdil, abych sta.stal zde, ge mi v Sara.jeve dopoma ge do velke nemocnice a ge to bude lep gi, neg sekat Sulu. Ja ov gem nechtel svolit, protoge jsem tougil po domove. Ptal se mne take zdali mam divku a kdy jsern mu sdelil, 'Se dosud ne—v gdycky rikal, Se jegte dornu nejedu. Oas rychle utikal.

Kdyg jsem nemel nemocne, sekal jsem dtivi a dela' zasoby na zimu ze dteva bukoveho, ktere se dobte gtipalo.

Pozdeji jsem mel zase hodne nemocneho Polaka. Ktivdiak se jmenoval. Byli u nageho pluku tti Polaci a ani nevim, jak se k nam dostali. Ale tenhle Polak mel tyfus. Posbiral nejaka nezrala, pa-

dayeata, zavtel je do kufru a pak si na nich, kdy zmekla, potajmu pochutnaval.

Ono to ov gem bylo spatene, nevyzrale a nahnile ovoce a z toho ten tyfus dostal.

Nespal jsem s timhle Polakem d ye noel a pak si ho odvezli do Sarajevo. do nemonice. To jsem si oddechl.

Z kasaren jsem dona gel vodu. Byla tam dobra. Kagdeho eine jsem pospravil co bylo zapottebi. Dostal jsem easto dobre jidIo a tabak, ba v ge co jsem potteboval a tti slate na mesic.

Jednou po ()bode mne pani Chybova volala, abych gel k nim prisednout, ge by se mnou chteli ∎promluvit. A byla to zase ta ta stard pisnieka abych zastal, ze si pan doktor otevte ordinaci pro civilni pacienty a abych mu pomahal. 2e prY se mohu ogenit s kuchatkou Ane gkou a podobne nadbihaeky a lakadla. Ale mne se to vabec nezamlouvalo a ja chtel doma.

Vykladali mi znovu, jaka ta kamenieina musi bYt te gka, prate, ale ja jina,k nedal a tvrdil jsem,ze tuto praci mam rad.

Ten Polak se vratil spet a mot dekoval za pomoc. V Sarajevu mu yydistili galudek a bylo po v gern. Kdy g jsem se tedy rozhodl, ze nezastanu a pojedu piece jenom doma, dostal jsem za akol vychovat sveho nastupce. Jmenoval se HrubY a byl to hodnY chlapec. Dal si ov gem se vim mnoho Casu a snad mel pravdu, nae se mot za 6 krejcara dirt. Ane gce to bylo celkem jedno, ze jsem o ni nedbal, pro tote mezi tern]. 130 vojaky si nejakeho s tou hvezdielou mohla, vyhledat. Ja ty hvezdiely nemel, ale rime' jsem take gadne boleni hlavy.

Ptigla chvile, kdy jsem mel vgechno v potadku pkedat. A v gechno v potadku bylo. Piisli vojaci z Kalinoviku, kterYm jsme' meli odevzdat lep gi odev a vrazili na.in misto toho takove hadry, ze jsrne v torn vyhli geli jako trhani, nebo hadraByla to hi-Asa se na nas podivat. Pomyslil jsem vgak na to, ze za Marie Terezie to bylo je gte horgi. To tenkrat natj otec byl v Mad'arsku u 'kyrysara a slougil celYch 12 let. Byli ubytovani po rilznu a meli se dobte i zle. Bagouni•tam prY tenkratzili je gte v lesich a tak kdy vojaci potiebovali, jell na konich do lena loy. Zabijeli prasata a Mali jitrnice, tlaeenku a razne dobroty. Kdy g tito voja.ci ptigli do Vidne, rnela prY Marie Terezie radost. Poka gcle pH parade da stojnika, o kterem se zjistilo, 'Se byl u Marie Terezie hostem, Musel okam gite prye, nebo mnozi z nich zmizeli beze stopy Mnozi pry byli .popraveni abylo i mnohe tech, ktere prY kulka nezasahla. V rote: 1903 jsem o tom dokonce Ceti v Dolnich Rakousich knihu.

Ale troSku jsem odboeil, proto ge yam chci iici, ze jsem se skuteene dostal do-

mu. Pkijeli jsme do Pisku, kde jsme v geehno odevzdali a spechali ku svYm milYm. Nebylo to u g tak daleko, proto ge Pisek byl od 11 pluku doplriovacim (Aresem Kagdy uhariel, aby ea nejeltive byl doma a tak i ja se s yYm kamaradem Frantou jsme jell k domovam. On vystoupil v Hora gd'ovicich a ja jen o jednu stanici dale. Byl jsem ptivitan mYm bratrem a asi 20 kameniky. To u g byla hne dle tma. Ka.gclY jsme vypili sklenku a ug h'Dnem doma. Snad no, deset minut jsme byli doma. Ptigli moji ptatele, popovidali. Prvni noc, kdy jsem spar &ma, pi-igla k posteli nejinladgi moje sestra a prozradila mi, ze moje vdala, protoge myslela ze v Bosne stistamu. Vedel jsem o torn a poptal jsem ji innoho gtesti.

Nejbliggi sobotu jsem se vypravil do Horagd'ovic, proto'ie vaechny moje gaty byly male a bylo nutno, koupit nejake nove. Cestou jsem za gel na gula g a skienku piva a pak jsem razoval pesky ptes Sttedamyslice,. Dohonil jsem divku, kterou jsem neznal, ale ona uz vedela, jsem Vanek z Paeiva a Se jsem ptijel z vojny. Vedela o mne, Se jsem dobrY tanednik a zvala na veneeek do Stiedomyslic. Kdyg jsem ptigel z Horagd'ovic domu, eekali na mne chlapci .s napadem, ge pry uspotadaji veneeek. Pfekazil jsem jim to radost sdelernm, Se kdy je veneeek ve Stiedomyslicich, ge pa):len-Le tam a nebudeme potadat veneeek u nas Chlapci se ptizpasobili podle meho navrhu a glo se do Stkdomyslic. Meli jsme tam peknou zabavu a take s onou divkou, kterou jsem pied tim potkal, jsem tanCil. Tanait umela a dokonce mne vyz.vala, abychom neco zazpivali. Upozornil jsem ji, ze pri veneeku se nezpiva a ze jen huclbe maze dat Veda, ktere pisne mail hrat. Hned se ptala, kterY kotrsek mam rad. Udelal jsem ti tenkrat malt' Bert a poradil ji, aby nam dala zahrat tu, jak ti chudi o to jmeni Nic o to pisni nevedela a proto jsem za§el ke kapelnikovi a po'zAdal ho, aby nam zahral etverylku. Kdy g jsme etve-ylku spolu taneili, ptala se zda je to ta piseri kterou jsem chtel. A ja °pet tvrdil ze je to ta, kterou jsem na ni gtidal. Teprve potom se dovedela, gtverylka je narodni tanec. Jeji chlapec byl na mne dopMen, ze jsem s ni tclik tanCil a nroto jsem zaSel ke kamaradilm vyzval jsem je, abychom sii domtl. Dev:ie to v gak zpozorovalo a dala zahrat oeknY valcik jako volenku. 'haled pro mne ptibehla a vyzvala k tanci.

(Pokraeovani.) ) 4 • Trade winds always blow from an easterly direction toward the equator.

Ve stredu;.due 11. srpna 1954.

S T N 1 — WEST, TEXAS

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Jiriskovy Stare povesti 6eske (Pokraeovani.)

Vgude opakovali, vgude vytYkali, 2e 0ta, sam pfirozenY Oech, je hrube neveren svemu jazyku, ze dvoii cisaii, Se ho prosi o pomoc, jeho i nerneckYch kni2at, ze jim slibuje vge, cello by jen 25.dali, jen aby ti cizozemci vytrhli na Sobeslava a Cechy. Vgude eekali, k se tak stone, nebot' vedeli, 2e se nedaji Nernci dlouho zvati, 2e se poknou do 6ech za penize a za poddanskY Otiktiv slib a. te2 aby se kofisti obohatili. Vgem se pak pohnula 2lue, kdy2 sly geli, Se cisai Lotar zpupnou fee" pohnal Sobeslava na soud, aby se zodpovedel, jakYm pravem pfijal knikci dttstojnost v eechach, to jenom on, cisaf, ma pra y° udileti; at' tedy ptijde a zodpovi se pied nemeckym soudem, site Se uciti mot a met cisaie svate timske fige.— Ale vgem se v odich zajiskfilo, a v radostnem souhlase pokfikovali, kdy2 zaslechli, co jejich kni2e, co Sobesla y vzkasal do Nemec; k doufa v milosrdi 13o2i v pomoc sv. Vaclava i Vojtecha, ge Oeska zeme nebude dana v moo "Nebude! Bohda nebude!" v gude vola li hlasem, rozhodne, a chystali se na vojnu. Pomfgleli, k vypukne aS k jaru, a sejdou snehy a povyschnou cesty.

Znameni bleski" nesvitila nadarmo. Ale vtom, za jasne mrazive noci ukazala se pojednou na nebi zlo yestna, hvezda vla,satice. Ti ge, hrozive svitila mezi drobnYmi hvezdami, v neklidnem, tfptivem jejich svitu. Zraky vgech se k ni obra cely, vgude se starostne tazali, co to jeSte pfinagi, co znamena. A nazejtfi pfiletela zprava od Kru gnYch hor a udefila jako hrom z eista jasna: 2e Nemci pole sbiraji, ge cisai nebude do jara es ekati, 2e ted' u2 se chysta do 6ech.

Od KrugnYch hor k Sumave, od jihu zerne, dolt ai k Vitorazi, na v'chod a g k polskYm hranicim, jich2 stfe2i1 hrad Kladsk', na ptilnoc k lesnernu valu hor Krkonogi a dal a2 do Litayska, ag po Kamen nad Labem, po vsi Ceske semi i po Morave nastalo horeene pohnuti, valednY ruch, nahle a kvapne piipravy.

Nikdo nedlaal mrazil i toho, ze chumelice zaviraji cesty. Nepiitel se chystal na vpad do zeme, bylo tfeba, ji hajiti. A knik volal do boje, mil' knik Sobeslav!

Ji2 tahl z Moravy, kde se ujal Otikova podilu a -dude volal do zbrane.

Slygeli, jak u zemske brany v Litomysli pod lesent„ jak o neco v Chrudimi, pak v Sadske a jinde, cestou i mimo cestu, v kostelich se modlil, pak s lidem se pomodliv k nemu mluvil, aby se nebali, aby se chystali mu2sky, ze Bilh neda potlaeiti dobreho prava,, 2e on, knicisafi povoliti nemohl a nemtifte to pro Cest" zeme a svoix, a 'dude nadAene

opakovali, co iekl 2upanin a zemantim na Pra2skem hrade: "Radeji bych videl zhoubli ygeho sveho rodu, nein potupu a hanbu sveho jazyka."

A tak vgude a radi snimali se sten zbran a zbroj, meee, kopi mlaty, luky a touly i Stay, bohat gi p •ilbice s nanoskem, krouSkove brne i kokne sukne lesklYmi platky pogite, a chvatali kahlY ke svemu Supnimu hradu pod korouheY Supy. I piibyly houfy ze vgech Sup, z dalekYch, blizkYch, piibyly ku Praze, na konich, pegky, v brni a v pfilbach i v koSichach, krznech, v Cepicich berancich, yleich, rysich a jinYch, nestejni v stejne vSak muZneho srdce a bitvy Sadostivi. Kdy2 se tak shroma2dilo vojsko eeskeho lidu, porueil knile Sobeslav knelirn, aby pfichystali kopi sv. Vaclava, je2 chovano bylo v kostele svatovitskem, aby jej nazejtii, jak vojsko vytrhne, vzali s sebou do pole jako zagtitu a ochranu proti nepfateltn. Ale kdy2 rano zasvitlo, kdy2 kne21 a 2upane, zenaane, lid hrnuli se dokostela na hrade, kde mela bYti sloukna m ge sv., prve ne21i by vojsko se dalo na pochod, jedinY kniZe sam prodleval.

Megkal\ to chvile v komnate se svYm kaplanem Vitein, jej si dal nahle zavolati. Byl knez Vit mu2 celY, mu2 pro svaj jazyk horlivY, zbo2nY a stateenY, 'kni2eti milY. Ted', po rant', oznamoval mu knik, vzrugen a pohnut, podivnou vec.

"Slyg", pravil, "jakY jsem mel teto noci sen. Zdalo se mi, ze pfistoupil k memu lo2i sv. Vojtech a porueil mne, abych vzal do valky praporec jeho otce, ten praporec Se je uschovan ve Vrbeanskem kostele. Divne to bylo videni, a chci ho poslugen bYti. Ale ji2 nevi prodleni, vgichni na mne eekaji, a je eas, abychom vytrhli. Vypravime se hned po mgi. Ale ty, knek milk, ucin mi po vsedni na Uri a pospeg do Vrbean pfesvedeit se.

Vezmi zbrojne s sebou, at' nejede g sam.

Najdeg -li ten SIa.vnikttv praporec, vezmi jej ye jmeno me a rychle jed' za nami, abys nas stihl jegte yeas."

StateenY kaplan, pote gen divnSrm videnim, rozjaten nadeji v pomoc vy ggi, ochotne, s radosti a bez me gkani vypinil vuli sveho knikte. Ne21i bylo po m gi, ne21i knik za zpevu v geho vojska vytrhl do pole, byl jig z Prakkeho hradu. Dva dvorSti zemane a nekolik zbrojnYch jelo s nim; na rychlYch konich uhaneli k 6eskemu Brodu, odtud pak dale, mimo Chotouii, rodnou yes Prokopa svateho, jea ztistala vlevo, a jell dale k Vrbeanum vsi.

Ta kdysi patfila k velkemu panstvi mocneho Slavnika. Netli pohas1 zimni den, vjiiSdeli do belle, v snehu zapa.dle diny.

Nad ni, na mirnem navr'Si, pnul se k zardelYm nebesfun okrouhlY kostel, hra-

gen.' vysokStm taspem i zdi. Ve2 v popf edi enela, hajic jedine brany v ochranne zdi. Tam pleban tivedl •kni2eci posly hiedat skrlige s korouhvi sv. Vojtecha a jeho rodu. Den zhasinal, a Aero se kladio tichou svatyni veskou.

Knez Vit, druSina i pleban klqice pied oltafern tine se modlili, aby nadarmo nebyla cesta.

Pak rogehli voskove svice a hleda,li, ag za oltatem ye zdi uhodili na skrytY vYklenek a v torn vYklenku na starou rouchu, na hedvabnY pruh ne girokY, od polovice rozdelenY ye dva uzsi pruhy, s vygitYm znamenim hvezdy.

I zaplesali v gichni a poklekli za knezem Vitem, jen padnuv pfed olta•em na kolena ,hlasem velebil Boha ,Se jim popfdl toho znameni a nadeje viterstvi do teSkeho boje. — Sotvak sobe a konim popfali oddechu, jig opet vsedli do seal a chvatali zpet.

Nic nedbali noci. Chvatalit' s pokladem, aby Yeas dojeli vojska. Padili tichou, mraziyou noci, bez hiuku v sypkem snehu jako videni, padili pod jasnYm nebem, s neho2 dosud ti ge a hrozive svitilo zlovestne znameni v mihavem, tfpytivem svitn neseetnYch hvezd. -IL Tak cvatali v noci i za dne, bez fulavy, hnali se stopou deskeho vojska. A byl stopa patrna, z daleka znatelna, giroka to cesta ye snehu, zdupana, pina, • neseetnYch 'Slepeji, znameni podkov i lesklYch na slunci pruhti po te2kYch sanich.

Tou cestou uji2deli bez rozpakti" stale na sever. Pied nimi se vzna gel mrak belave pary, jak ji vyraZell padici kone z rozgifenYch chfipi. Mraz byl, tvate se rdely, a stfibrnYm jinim stkvely se kniry brady vyzbroj enYch jezdca, a jinim shelely vnitt u gi vytrvalYch klusakit, i srst' jejich, i hfiva.

Jig se pied jezdci obzorem zvedl pas KrugnYch hor v belostnem havu, jiz minuli Teplice; za nimi dojeli sveho vojska.

Kaplan Vit s kone skoeil a rovnou se bral do knikciho stanu. I zaradoval se knik Sobeslav, Bohu dekoval, kdy2 v ge uslygel, a hned dal hlasiti po v gem vojsku, co se jest sbehlo.

Radostna novina se vetrem rozletla po lekni, a kde kdo byl a mohl, chvatal na prostor ke knikcimu stanu, aby tam spattil ten div. Tam stal sam knik, stateenY pan, v gube yzacnou ko2e ginou lemovane, stal na hrubYch sanich, aby byl ode vgech viden, a s nim kri & s Vit. Knik bez pfilby, bez eapky, prosto ylasY, jako .jeho kaplan, arzna gel do vY ge praporec, volaje nadgene, hlasem daleko zvuenYm: "Tot' znameni milosti Bo21! Tu kopi sv.

Vaclava a na kopi, hie, ten praporec, ktenam sv. Vojtech zjevil."

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