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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS Cislo 39. ye stfedu (Wednesday) 29. ZA.R,I r(SEPTEMBER) 1954 RO6NIK (VOL.) XLII

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JOE MOTL

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Brother Joe Motl, Centenarian, Honored Ste NTSTroei narozenin bratra Motla VYjimeena oslava byla uspoiadana adem Hvezda Texasu 5. zaii 1954, kdy bratr Josef Motl slavil sve narozeniny ve vzicnem veku sta let. Na obrazku zachyceni nekteii eleni Hlavni aradovny s b r a t r o Mottem uprostied.

A hundred-year milestone was reached by Brother Joe Motl, a member of Star of Texas Lodge No. 47. It was indeed an exceptionally rare birthday party on September 5, 1954, held at the Star Hall.

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Prive si uvedomuji, ze kdy budete sti tyto slot/pee, bode: ukoneeno zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu a budu s rnanZelkott bezpochyby na zpateeni ceste domu. Kolik novYch zku genosti loftvezu s sebou, nebo jakou zasobu novYch pokynti a vedomosti v bratrskem poji g -t'ovanisbr mezia.stupcjnyh bratrskych a sesterskYch podpUrnYch spoikti, to se ukale az nekdy v budoucnosti, jestli rnne osud dopteje, abych v dalM redaktorske praci hledal radost a gtesti. Kdy jsem nasbiral, muslin take rozdavat, An y, bych se staval chudobnej:Sim. K temto vecem dojde az nekdy pozdeji, al se vratim

Dnes vzpominkich muslin zaskaeiti na onu necleli 19. zaut, kdy v sini tadu NovY Tabor po •adala se schthe prvniho dist rik*u Pro rtizne ptieiny nebyl v Caldwell z p(iteho distriktu nikdo vice ne" ilvoto p isy semfelYch Slend se uvel'e j 5uil bezPlatn5 Es r y tinu p odobizny he nutno zaslati redaltcl $2 50 brat]: John MrnUgik s jetio manZelkou The obituaries are Printed without charge. For cuts a redakter se svou choti, Bratr 1VIrnugtik le necessar y to send $2.50 to the Editor. ptedejel nas se svym novYm Cadillac v pui testy mezi Houstonem a Caldwell.

LAVNf titAnovNA — SUPREME LODGP Byla to ma druho naySteva u onoho taEDWARD L. MAREK, President Tem p le, Texas du, Novy Tabor eislo 17 nebyla JOHN A. KUBENA, Vice-President dohotoyena, lalyz konala se tam stcleta La Grange, Texas oslava SSA, no, ktere provedla umeleckY J. P. CHDPICK, Secretary Tem ple, Texas tanec devc.al a z Houstonu. Tenkrate byJOB. KOLIHA, Jr.. TreaSurek la tam velikd vsteva, lea bylo mi teeeTem p le, Texas no, ze na distriktni schtzi byla nav§teP. A. URBANOVSKY, Bookkeeper Tem p le, Texas Va je_Ste ve“-i. A jak by ne, kdYZ ADOLPH PAVLICEK, Attorner take Atecinici ttetiho distriktu, bratr 511-13 Shell Bldg.

Houston. Texas ptetheda Pokladnik se svou choti z DalSW MARVIN LESIKAR. Medical las, bratr mistoptedsecia Hrabina se svou P. 0, Box 410, manZelkou z Ennis, a bratr tajemnik Ta y lor. Texas Hoek z Grapevine a organisator HaAfttrDITELE DIRECTOthe A. C. STEPAN, First District kovec se svou man2elkou z Ennis.

Brenham, Texas CHAS. NAVRATIL, Second District Nebudu popisovati etlY pritbeh seinize.

Temple, Texas ROBERT CERVENKA, Third District Doufam, dojciou jine zpravy, z nich'Z West, Texas eleni do ,,tanou dosti dobrou ptedstavu o PRANK CERVENY, Fourth District Munday, Texas torn, co se projednavalc. Chci se zminiti 4. M SKRABANEK. Fifth ...markt trochu obisirneji o programu miadde, 4720 Bellaire Blvd..

Bellaire. Texas kterY byl pod vedenim mladeho elena PRANK ROD, Sixth District Stanley I\anuStika s vYpomoci zabavniEl Campo, Texas CHA.3 P101,ASEK, Seventh District' ho vyboru, jeho eleny byli Ben Maresh, 2541 Lexin g ton Blvd., Edwin Janosky a John T. Skrabanek. S Cor p us Christi. Texas rirltrOVI TfTIOR — PUBLICATIONS tki MITTEN bratrem MrnuStikem setkal jsem se na JOS. HORNAK. Chairman nadvoti hned po ptijezdu k sini. Sam se P. 0. Box 125 Colle g e Station, Texas pted.stavil, a pouze jmeno mne bylo poMRS. FRANCES. OL.EXt vedome, Nevedel jsem, ze je ueitelem, 6402 Taggart Houston, Texas ze` pokraeuje ye studiich a snad jiZ ma MRS. ANTONIE HORAN akadernickou hodnost zvanou "master's 2305 Housle y Drive Dallas 18, Texas degree", a ze jemu byl sveten celY prosT OVA V/130R -- BY-LAW COMM-a= gram zabavni. A prave takove eleny poFRANK OLEXA. Chairman ttebujenie vSude, u domacich v di6 4 02 Taggart Houston. Texas striktech a take u lilavni Utadovn-y—a JOB. BLAVIIC, Seeret617 tam snad vice rieZ" kde jinde, aby ti Box 426 Tem p le, Texas miadSi byli dobte zapracovani a /lady BIRDIE ITILSHEIr- Youth Counselor pteyzali misto tech starYch, i me vlast1215 Heights Blvd_ ni mist°.

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(inn 29, rnin 1914.

Program SITITatliny byl prvoaidni, kvapujici svou umeleckou Urovni. Videl jsem programy na mnoha mistech, v distriktech, na konvencich, pti banketech.

S nekterYmi eisly, ktere byly ptedvedeny v Caldwell, nebal bych se vystoupitt ani na programu pies televisi, kde se oeekava ureita profesionalni vyspelost. Stal jsem vedle bratra 1VIrnu gtika a hleclel jsem dostati informace o jednom eisle umeleckeho tance a zpevu pod nazvem "Amapola, Alexander's Ragtime Band."

Bylo v nem, tfinact tandenic, a aZ" na male vYjimky byly v'Sechny zpevaeky eeskeho ptivoclu. A kdy ptiSla dal gi eisla, vyptaval jsem se bratra John T. 8krabanka, kdo byly neinkujici. Odpovidal mi, Ze to js'ou jeho vnueky. PtiSlo dalgi eislo—a zase dal g vnueky. Zda se mi, ze tad Slovan eislo 9 ze Snook prispel yeti eislY, a v kaZdem aisle snad byly " krabanka ze nektere vnueky bratra Snook. Je to zjev opvavdu poteAujici, ze dedeeek ma tolik vlivu na svou rodinu, sve vnotreata, aby vystoupily a ukazaly svilj talent. 0 jejich schopnostech nebylo nejmeng pochyby. Jak tikam, S nekterYmi eisly bych si smele troufal na program Uses televisi.

Je niasne, kolik reklamy mohli bychom miti pies radio a televisi, jen kdybychom to dovedli chytit za pravy konec. Nekdy si vzpominam na historku c domorodeich v pralesu Brazilie, ktell meli zde onde okolo sidch slamenYch chi jakesi male, leskle kaminky, nevybrouSene, naturalni diamanty. Takov*ch drahokamti naSli bychom mezi naSi deli dost a dost. Lee kde manse mezi nasiiizi vedoucimi nejake umelce a znalce?

Kdy to bode—doide-li k tomu yribecabychom meli nejakou umeleckou soutea na2Sich nadanYch deti? Kde jsrne li pia cele desitky let, Ze jsme neotevteli naSe tadove sine pro cvieeni hudby, zpevu, umeleckYch tanctl, zdokonaleni vrozeneho' talentu? Ptece /name ye stanovach dosud vytknutY cis o "povzneseni spolurodakt." Nemeli bychom si dati do stanov, ze budeme mezi na'Si mladeli bledati drahokamy? Nerneli 13ychom pouZit talentu deti pro svou reklamu a tea pro "povzneseni" jejich vrozenYch schopnosti? A kdyZ uZ mame ye stanovach, na,k fitednici museji psati a mluviti sky i anglicky, nebo ze museji miti v eemsi nejmenovanem "ptedbeZne obchodni znalosti," snad bychom tam mobil p?idati, abychom povznesli a ocenili talent na gich mladYch elenn.

Mame mezi sebott drahakamy, a bylo to pfekvapenim pro nine, a snad i pro jine,ze jsme je meli ptilditost videti v distriktni schtzi v Caldwell. Zabavni vYbor distriktu je nasal a navStevnikum ukazal. Ptedseda zabavniho vYboru, bratr John J. 8rubat, a jeho ponwenici,

Ve stledu, dne 29. zati 1954. bratti. Mrnu gtik, Maresn, JanoskY a 8krabanek, zaslouti si pineho oceneni za jejich namahu. Pfedvedeno bylo nee°, na co se tak lehko nezapomina.

Mohu fici, ie schilze prvniho distriktu jscit dim dal tim lep gi. Toto byla pata schtize v prvnim distriktu, a etvrta pod vedenim distriktniho piedsedy bratra A. C. Stepana. Je pravda, to bratr 8tepan stal se take teditelern prvniho diStriktu kratce zadatkem tohoto roku, ale stalo se to jen shodou okolnosti, 'te zastava obe funkce. Chtel se pfedsednickeho Utadu vzdati hned kdyt byl ustanoven keditelem, ale bylo mu keeeno, aby jen svou lhiitu dosloutil. Ani v nedelni schtzi nebylo jemu a druhYm distriktnim fifednikum vyhoveno. Byli potadani, aby sloutili at do jara pfietiho roku. tteditelem prvniho distriktu byI na sjezdu v Houstonu zvolen bratr Jan A. Kubena, ,syn dlouholeteho tajemnika Jednoty, zesnuleho J. R. Kubeny. NO,hradnikem byl zvolen bratr A. C. Stepan z Brenham. Kdy2 Hlavni idadovna ztratila zaeatkein ledna tohoto roku sveho dobrehe mistoptedsedu 8vadleriaka, zvolen byl na uprazdnene misto bratr Kubena, okresni klerk z okresu Fayette, a na uprazdnene misto ieditele Kubeny byl dosazen nahradnik 8tepan. Kratce nato men j.sme schUzi organisatoril prvniho a' eesteho distriktu, kterou vypRanoval novY mistopfedseda Kuberfa do La Grange. Postaral se o velmi vhodnou mistnost, o vYbornY obed pro veechny pfitomne, a take se pied redaktorem soukrome vyslovil, to je opravdu piekvapen, jak organisatofi prvniho a eestell° distriktu v one schilzi pkitomni brali sve povinnosti a akoly. Ptiznal se, ze slygel o schazich organisatora, ale i.e nemel ani toho nejmengiho poneti o zajmu a nadgeni, s jakjim organisatoti vgechny pokyny a rady ptijimaji. Hned tenkrat, a to bylo zaeatkem roku, prorokoval, ze na gi organisatoti nas letics ptekvapi. ekali jsme vgichni, ie piedseda Marek ye schazi v Caldwell oznarni, jak si jednotlive distrikty stoji v organisatorske souteti. Proto take broth z tretiho distriktu konali cestu pies 200 mil, aby se to koneene dozvedeli. Marne se tesia marne &kali druzi na zpravu li pfedsedy Marka. Nekde neco Ustredi nepracuje dosti rychlc. Bratr Marek se vymlouval—ale co veichni chteli vedeti, to nepfinesl. Pry to vezme jeete nejakYch deset dni. Nebude to oznameno ani ye schtizi pateho distriktu v Danbury, ktera se kona 26. zafi. Takove prodlutovani je neptijemne pro mistni snative pracovniky. Museji se omlouvati, prod certifikaty novYm alen-am nejdou, a museji nove 'eleny ujiet'ovati, i.e veechno je v poradku, i.e se vystaveni certifikatu opozdilo pro neznarnou pkidinu.

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TEXAS

Jente kdy2 je techto pkipadt‘ hodne, gkodi to celemu postupu naborove prace.

Dobiral si mne bratr Pokladnik z Dallas v nedelni schuzi I/ Caldwell, to jsem pry bratra Marka ptemluvil, aby s oznamenim vSisledku souteZe hodne dlouho. odkladal, pr3tote distrikt pat' to stejne na cele Cafe tentokrat projel. Musim prohlasit, te jsem stejne zvedavY jako velchni druzi, a te bych rad vide', aby vYsledek naborove einnosti byl oznamen co nejd •ive. Pomalou a zdlouhavou vYkonnost v Ustfedne nedovedu si vysvetilt. Kdy2 organisatoki v Houstonu patebovali novou zasobu listin "pkihlagek o elenstvi, trvalo to ten deset dni net listiny z Temple do Houstonu byly poslany.

Vestnik je posilan na vSemenu jinym organisacim. Take dostavam ruzne jine bratrske publikace, ktere rad prohlibm a sleduji, jak jinde se pracuje. Leti praye pfede mnou mesienik jednoho americMho bratrskehe spolku, kde je uvefejnen obrazek, z neho2 posuzuji, jak jinde planuji naborovou praci. Na obraiku je skupina lidi, jakYsi organisaeni vYbor, slotenY z peti Mend. Soudil bych, i.e hlavou organisadniho vYboru je osoba, kterd je vlastne mistopiedsedou v one bratrske organisaci. Vedle neho sedi pkedseda "teditelskeho sboru'„ .manater organisatorti, keditel mladete, a tak zvank "publicity director", totit osoba, ktera se stara o reklamu one organisace.

Na stole pted touto skupinou le2i vysokY stoh prihldeek o elenstvi. Nad obrazkem je ohlaveni "Tfi miliony v dohledu." Pod obrazkem je dal gi vysvetleni, z nehoZ vyrozumivam, ona organisace ureila si kvotu tfi milianu novelle poji gteni v jeji pkitomne kampani, a i.e schazi jen nem Indio k dosateni kvoty. Mne zajima obrazek jen proto, i.e ukazuje, kolik rtiznYch zajemcil pomand, v takove naboroye einnosti: mistopiedseda, hlava feditela, hlava organisatora, hlava detskeho oddeleni a jegte osoba, ktera vede reklamu celeho spolku. Je vSak ona organisace asi dva a pidkrat vetti net nage SPJST, proto ten naborova prace je vedena vice osobami ve veteim metitku.

Naborovi einnost je. v kaidem bratrskem spolku tak dilletitYm Ukolem jako je ukladani elenskYch penez do jistin a cennYch poplar. Z jineho bratrskeho stu pfekladam nekolik kadek zpravy jednoho organisabniho vyboru, kde stoji: Budouei orgonisaeni prace je jedna z tech nejdnletitejeich otazek, kterym musime stale &Mi. Na g spolek—mineno tim onen spolek, jeho2 organisaani \TYbor podal tuto zpravu—ma velice prakticke organisaani zakizeni, ma samostatny odbor, marn.e dobre pracovniky, kteki tomuto povolani venuji piny svuj eas, a manic rilzne agitaeni pomilcky. Ale to yeechno neni dostateC-

Strana 3 ne pri vzrustu, jakemu se na ge organisace teei. My potiebujeme na g organisaeni aparat zlep giti a zesiliti. Tfebate nyni mame jednoho hlavniho fifednika, kterY vede nag organisaeni odbor a je zodpovednk za vedeni cele agitate, my musime miti vice schopnYch pracovnikii, ktefi by byli z,iskani k budoucimu rozmachu spolku. My musime temto lidem, kteii se venuji obchodu prodavani na gich Zivot nich pojistek, stale poskytovati vegkere motile informace a vysvetleni o yeech nagich pojistkach. My take musime veem nagim "part-time" pracovniktm poskytnouti vYklady nejlepgiho zpilsobu, jak pfedletiti na ge pojistky novemu prospektu. My musime miti pro na ge pracovniky vgechno to, co poskytuji iddeledne pojigt'ujici spoleenosti, aby na gi zastupci nebyli v nevSrhode. Tyto tadky ukazuji, 4,e i jinde maji organisaCni problemy.

Jii nekolik tSrdnit rozdelena je ve Vestniku latka a dopisy od na gich dopisovatern do ttech cddilu. V jednom oddilu jsou zpravy z distriktu. V dal gim oddilu jsou oznameny einnosti iadove. A tie ti oddil jsou nahledy a frvahy jednetlivSrch elent o rozmanitjich vecech, ktere nespadaji pod zpravy z distriktu nebo do referata o einnosti domacich radu. Stane-li se nekdy, to dopisovatel pi ge o vg ech ttech bodech, distriktech, domacich tadu a vlastni nahledy, a dopis je delgi, takovy ptispevek je umisten die toho, o ktere veci je nejdel gi pojednani.

Nekdy dopis je rozdelen, kdy'Z sklatba dopisu to dovoli.

•( • Pani Novakova, a pani Svonodova se nekolik mesica nevidely. Nerd divu, ze si mely co povidat, kdyZ se koneene zase segly. "Slygela jsem," tekla pan! Novakova, vag syn se olenil a vage dcera se vdala.. Blahopteji!"

"Dekuji pekne," odpovedela pani Svobodova. "Dcera se vdala opravdu bajeene.

Me. hodneho, pozorneho manZela. KaZdeho rana ji nosi snidani at do postele, dcera nemusi hnout ani prstem. Dopoledne jde nakupovat a odpoledne se sejde s ptitelkynemi a hraji v karty. Je z ni opravdu dama!"

"A jak se ma vae syn?" zeptala sc jeete pani Novakova.

"Ten, chudal, nepochodil tak debte.

Jeho Zena je hrozne line.. Ptedstavte si, leli do deseti hodin, snida v posteli a na nic v byte ani nesdhne. A cela odpolednne promarni hranim karet s pfitelkynemi! Ne, to neni potadna tem!"

— Coronet gra

Zfidka toho litujeme, mluvime-li malo, velmi easto vg ak, mluvime-li mnoho. Je to opottebovane, oeumele Zivotni pravidlo, ktere ko2dY zna a nikdo ho nceetfi.

Atrana 4

V2STN — WEST. TEXAS

ZPR DISTRIKT EST S. P. J. S. T. eas se rychlc blizi, kdy budeme potadat nagi distriktni schrizi v Elmaton, Texas.

Doufam, ze zastupce kaZdeho tadu v nag em distriktu se dostavi a zaroveri nese need, jak se tika, "do mlSrna,", co by se to mohlo p •ednest a prodebatovat.

Pamatujte, brat •i a sestry, ze nit na svete neni tak dokonale, ze by to nezasluliovalo nejake opravy nebo zlepgeni.

Vim, ze v kaZdem tadu mate eas od easu nejakou debatu ohledne toho neb onoho, co by se melo zavest, zlep git nebo opravit v na gi Jednote, tak aby to prospelo celku, aby Jednota na ge stale kraaela s duchem dasu.

Proto necht' ZadnSr nenamita, ze na distriktnich schrizich neni o 'dem jednat.

Vglinneme si, co jine distrikty delaji, zvlagte distrikt tketi a pi•esvedeite se, ze latky k jednani jest vkly Bost, jen se nebat vystoupit a mluvit.

Doba neni daleka, kdy Jednota nage bude konat sjezd a zajiste jest na ease vyslovit vase ptani, podat navihy k debate o y eecech a navrzich, jeZ byste si ptali podat na sjezdu.

Jest mnoho otazek, jeZ hStbou mysli kaZdeho elena na gi Jednoty. Na pflklad: Utulna pro stare eleny na g'i Jednoty — neb museum a vetejna knihovna v budove Hlavni atadovny v Temple.

Jen tyto d ye vYge uvedene otazky daji yam mnoho latky k ptemY gleni a debatovani.

Oeekavam, ze kaZdST z vas, kdo se zaeastni na gi schtize, ze ptinesete sebou nejakou dobrou myglenku neb navrh a ze se ptieinite, aby priibeh schtize byl jiste zajimaySr, poudnY a bude smetoYat jen k dobru na gi Jednoty a vaeho elerutva.

Na shledanou v Elmaton 24. kijna,.

S bratrskYm pozdravem James HradeckSr, tajemnik gesteho distriktu: ) •4 • ( ZE SEDISIEII0 DISTRIKTU SPJST. Karnes City, Texas.

Mam oznamit do Vestniku a v gem nagim tadtim, ze Utednici sedmeho distriktu meli schtai s programovSm vSrborem dohromady dne 19. zati. 1954 u naaeho ptedsedy Emil Mieulka v jejich domove ye Floresville. Bylo debatovano, jak bythorn ty na ge schtze co nejlepe ridili, aby se to vgem libilo. Schfue sedmeho distriktu bude konana dne 31. iijna 1954 pit tadu Anton Oermak 'Oslo 56.a pti tadu Corpus Christi 'Oslo 79 v Corpus Christi.

2adame a zveme v gechny nage tady a navatevniky, aby se do tato schtme dostavili nebo svoje zastupce poslali. Schtize bude zahajena v 10 hdin rano a asi ye

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sttedtt, dnt 29, za.P.1.- 1954.

MILASY Z DISTRIKTU 12:30 hodin bude chutnjr obed ptipra,ven a pak jak bude schilze ukoneena, ma programovY vYbor velice krasnY Program ptipraven a teZ Sokoli budou neinkovat s mengim programem. 2adame na ge tady, kterSrm by bylo mono a nejakST program nacvidit mohly, tak to co nejdfive oznamte na ptedsedkyni vS7boru na adresu: Mrs. Mary Veroda, Skidmore, Texas.

Pak musim oznamit, ze na g sedmY distrikt si koupil novou vlajku SpojenYch State, velice peknou, a tak bude v ptigti schtlzi postavena, a tak by bylo velice krasne, kdyl y ta na ge mladd a my v gichni si pri to vlajce pospolu zazpivali nagi americkou hymnu a potom dle ptani t1-eba i na gi deskou Sestra Hranicka ptednesla, ze bychom melt nee° noveho zatidit a dala navrh, kterY byl podporovan a odhlasovan, aby se zatidila tak, jak bych to eesky napsal, tak cosi jak boxidka ptani. A tak Zadame, jestli by kaZdY na g tad byl tak laskav a do to boxielry nejakY darek ptinesl, anebo kdokoliv by si ptal nee° ptinesti, nemusi to bYti nic velkeho, jen tak nejakou vec co se nejvice pottebuje v domacnosti. Podrobnosti o torn yam podaji sestra Rranicka a druhe sestry, jak se budete registroVat a jestli jakS, vSiteZek z toho bude, tak to Piljde do pokladny sedmeho distriktu, neb to Pokladna je trochu derava, chuda, a tak doufame, Ze to bude dosti zabavne. Mohla ze bude toho jegte vice, aie to jestli yam mozno pkijeti do to schtize, tak se sami ptesvedeite.

Koridim s bratrskYrn pozdravern na, vas ygeohny: Jacob Shortner, tajemnik sedmeho distriktu SPJST. ) ZPIIAVY Z TikETIHO DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. Grapevine, Texas.

Sestry bratti: Laska.vosti br. ptedsedy C. Pokladnika bylo nine umoZneno zireastniti se schilze prvniho distriktu na gi Jednoty, ktera se konala, minulou nedeli v Caldwell. — teast byla velika a mistnost tadove sine, i pti torn panujicim vedru do posledniho misteeka zapinena. T1-eba ze i kol sine, ve stinu mohutnSrch dubii jegte jsem shiedi zastupy bratril i sester, pfec jen representace die tadil tohoto distriktu byla slaba. Ani ne polovina tadil tohoto okrsku uznala za, vhodne poi Ziti tak vzacne ptilditosti seznamiti se a poueiti se s bratry v tomto na gem novem snaZeni. Z 35 sdruten rch iadu, dle hlageni snaZiveho bratra tajemnika Barone, pouze 14 tad-0. prvniho distriktu hlasilo se pti volani jmen. — Co jsem poznal, tak potadatelstvo s br. teditelem okrsku (ba

i jeho ptedsedou zaroveri) nenese Zadne viny, nebot' nejens ze tato jejich schaze byla, tadne a yeas oznamovana., ale byla i zdarne provedena a mohu tvrditi, ze ty tady prvniho distriktu, ktere yyzvani k acasti ignorovaly, dopustily se, mime teeeno, porugeni slugne spoluprace nageho bratrskeho kruhu. fad Novr Tabor Cis. 17 a jeho elenstvo vynasnaZilo se o pohodli a uspokojeni vgech v hojne mite a jak jen to pti panujicim vedru bylo moZno. Nalada vgech ptitomnYch byla veru ptatelska, vesela a rugna.

Byly v prtibehu schtze udilene ruzne ceny navgtevniktim, zpe y a hudba, zySigila znaene teZ naladu v gech, kteti pod stromy se portizno seznamovali.

I mne veruze poteailo sejiti po letech s davnYmi ptateli a bratry a nava.zati nove styky.

Schfue byla vedena dobte,. jen 2e jak obyeejne toho easu chybelo a teZ pozde se zaealo. Vzdor tomu, proslovy byly jen kratke v gechny, ptec jen doba kvapi a trpelivost posluchaeil je napinana. Byly probrane nektere ditlelite body, ale jak jsem jiz nekolikrate poznamenal, nage prate v distriktech je nam nova a v.ezme nam to vgude delgi eas neZ se tadne zapracujeme. Nutno hovotiti jen o cilech, ktere se snalime dostihnouti v distriktech a ku kterStm dle meho nazirani byly zfizene a site: umaniti vaude toho, abychom na ge navrhy k zlep geni postupu nag Jednoty projednavali jsme pied sjezdem a tim zpilsobem abychom po dohode s jinSrmi zkratili nakladne trvani sjezdu.

Schtize od nas se iteastnili teZ br. mistoptedseda J. F. Hrabina a rodina z Ennis, dale te2 br. organisator Frank Ha g -kovecijhmlapndtueiso25, Ovgem ze sestra Pokladnikova z Dallas. — Z Hlavni Utadovny bratr ptedseda Marek a 1-editel Navratil, br. V. Batina ze Smithville, Kagpar z Temple, Ed. Vavra a jeho celS7ch 6 sttevicii a 6 coulft z Wesley, Texas, a mnoho je gte jinSrch "ptespolnich", kterYch jmena jsem si v torn ruchu a pti velke Zizni opomel poznamenati.

Tot' se vi, ze tam byla na ge "redakce" i s jeho lep gi polovici a drZel tarn ptednagku organisatortim, ktera, ja jsem si p1-al, mela "jiti" pies radio.

Rad bych zde poznamenal, ze kdy i nine byla dana ptilelitost pronesti nekolik slov, snail jsem se vyzvednouti nutnost, abychom na gi Jednotu a pojistky nage, na gi solvenci oznamovali v girgich kruzich a vgemi moZnYmi prosttedky.

Dale, abychom se snaZili dociliti toho, by v ptigtim nagem sjezdu to zbyteene slaynostni. teeneni nebylo dovoleno. Kdo

Ve sttedti, tine 29. ZIT! 1954. chce teenit, at' si to rehieni necha na veeer pki nekterem torn banketu.

Bylo by veru zajimave, vhodne a uaiteene nam vgem zaroveri, kdybychom mohli nektere ty proslovy "zachytiti" na pamatku.

Zdatile byly ptedvedeny eisla zabavni easti na girn milYm dorostem a potlesk svedell, se nad gene pkijaty.

Nage maid vYprava odjiadela ov gem k vederu zas doma a bez nehody byli jsme o palnoci zas ye svem, doma.

V sobotu v College Station, Texas, segel jsem se s nagim bodrYm bratrem Jos. Horriakem i jeho milou pani v jejich kde pilne jejich ruce divy zruenosti tvo?i. Hovotili jsme opet o to na gi Jednote a jak jen by se dala to lhostejnost a ten nezajem pozmeniti. — Krat'ounke setkani nas ovgern potegilo.

Na ge sestry H. J. Langerova, 3322 N. W. 25th, Fo • t Worth, rada by se zaveas dozVedela, kde v na gem distriktn se chystate vypraviti vYstup aneb ptednes ditek svYch pti nagi listopadove schazi distriktni u tadu cis. 92. Dejte ji, prosim, laskaye na uvedenou adresu vedeti.

Nag hostici tad eis. 92 by ov gem rad se tea dozvedel, mnoho-li od vas se chysta nagi pristi distriktni schtze se zneastniti, coa byste mohli projednati v tadove schazi sve, tak aby vSeho dostatek mohId bYti pro vas ptichystano. Nezapomente, prosim..

Ve sve zprave o schfizi prvniho distriktu v Novern Tabote opomel jsem se zminiti, ae nejstar gi ptitomnY 'den a nejmladgi nage ratolest ptitomna, byli obdaeni cenou a tea i na g ptedseda br. Pokladnik se mnou za nejvet gi vzdalenost ujetou. Vratili jsme na gi cenu ye prospech distriktu s dikem.

Pf-al bych si, kdyby ten dobrY tad Cislo 17 ze sveho eisteho vYdelku toho dne nejakou eaStku venoval tomu svemu distriktu, aby se ji'm tak zas naddle lepe pro vas pracovalo.

Zdali pak to udelate? Rad od vas budu zpravu oeekavat.

Na shledanou a pozdray.

Ludva 0. Hogek, t. C. tajemnik. ) ••( Nigel otrhanY chlapik k dobte obleeenemu panovi a addal-pet centa na kavu.

"2e se nestydite, aivit se aebrotou!" povida oslovenY. "Spite v parka na laviokach, vase g aty jsou rortrhany a celY den mate hlad. ProC si neseaenete zamestnani?"

"Zamestnani!" zavreel uraaenY otrha. nec. "Nae zamestnani? Mam snad pracovat proto, abych podporoval takoveho lumpa, jako jsem jd."

— Hollywood Reporter.

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DOMOV PRO PkESTARLE LENY Redaktor byl poaddan jednou znamou elenkou SPJST, aby otisknul ve Vestniku vYsttiaek z easopisu "Hlasatel" ze dne 17. srpna 1954.

Vyhovuji addosti zminene sestry, ania bych k vYst • iaku Cinil jakou poznam u.

SlavnS, piedseda CSA br. W. J. Muiik o Do ►ove pro piestarle eleny CSA Chicago, Ill., 13. srpna.

Ve sve pondelni zprave podavane na jubilejnim 25. sjezdu CSA v hotelu Congress se vedle zpravy o leto gnich jubilejnich oslavach zabYval pkedseda VYkonneho vyboru CSA br. W. J. Muaik tea myg ienkou postaveni Domova CSA pro ptestarle Cleny. Uvadime zde jeho projev, kterY se tYka tohoto podnetu v doslovnem zneni. Br. Muaik tekl: Po cllouha leta bylo pkanim mnoha nag ich Mena, aby naSe jednoty se spojily a tim utvotily peynou a silnou organisaci, ktera, by si zaslouaila a ziskala respektu nagich mladYch lidi. Tim by bylo umoanen° ziskati a v nagem spolkovem aivote udraeti na gi mladea, ktera, se nam z velike easti ztraci v mori amerikanismu k velike gkode vgech nagich instituci.

Pro mlade lldi by takova spojend Yed7nota rnela velikY vYznam v ohledu hospodatskem i ve vetejnern aivote , a byla by jim i jbjich rodinam ochranou v pra\Tem slova smyslu. Pro stare sve Cleny by byla atoeigte v padu potkeby a site tim, ae by jim poskytovala spokojenY aivot a domov ke sklonku jejich aivota.

My, kteti jsme doufali, 2e najde se vgnde pochopeni pro krasnou a uaiteenou myglenku spojeni na gich rozdelenYch sil a zdrojfi, vady jsme meli take na mysli, co by takova, spojend jednota mohia vykonat nejen pro nas narodni aivot, ale i pro sve vlastni Cleny hlavne stare eleny, kteii ye stati mnohdy nemaji kam by hlavu sloaili. Zeleli jsme toho, se aa: dosud nebylo za dardrch okolnosti moano pomYgleti na to, abychom podnikli samostatnou akci ke zatizeni domova pro na§.e stare sestry a bratry.

V ptitomne dobe vSak je situate jina.

Nage CSA jednota je dosti sand, aby takovY domov mohla zatiditi s finaneni podporou vg ech svYch elent. A je k tonna glechetnemu kroku nejen nejvy ggi aas, ale je ktomu doba ze v gech nejpkihodWOS' — Jubileum 100. vYrnei zaloaeni nagi jednoty.

Nerd a nemaae bYt lep giho zpasobit pslaviti toto jedineene, vYznarrine a v pravde slavne jubileum neali kdya tento 25. Jubilejni sjezd CSA jednoty poloai zdklad k zatizeni vlastniho domova pro sve vlastni Cleny.

A proto s upiimnou radosti vitam do-

porueeni VYkonneho VYboru, aby tento Jubilejni- sjezd povolil dostateenY obnos penez k za •izeni takoveho domova s podminkou, ae kaadY den pro tento fieel bude ptispivat 10 centa mesione od 1. ledna 1955.

S radosti jsem Ceti v Organu doporuee-L ni v torn ohledu od kadu Vaclav Snajdr C. 251 — s radosti vitam stejne doporueeni ohiojske delegate a vtele doporueuji ctenYm sestram a bratrum zastupctim tohoto slavneho jubilejniho sjezdu k laskavertu uvaaeni a schvaleni.

•( j• Ptigel American z New Yorku na divdkY zapad a zjistil, se v indianskYch ves niekach sedi vet gina muaa na prahu svYch chatrei, nic nedela, jen kouti sire dYinky. Zastavil se u ndeelnika kmene a zeptal se ho: "Ndeelnku, prof vlastne nepracujete?"

"A prof?" znela struena odpoved'.

"No, mohl byste vydelavat penize."

"A prof?" odpovedel °pet naeelnik.

"Kdybyste t yrde pracoval, u gettil biste si penize a mohl byste si zaloait bankovl ni fleet. To by se varn nelibilo?"

"A pros?" pravil naeelnik stroze.

"Ach Boae!" vykkikl nav gtevnik, spinaje ruce nad hlavou. "Kdybyste mel velkY bankovni fleet, koupil byste si dam a ne: musel byste ua vie pracovat."

Nacelnik odpovedel s bohorovnf rm klidem: "No, a copak ja pracuji?"

— Gleanings.

• 4 • ( Ti, kteti nam jdou na vejieku, nezdaji se nam bYti daleko tak sme gnYmi, jako my sobe samYm, jdeme-li na vejieku jiM. ) •( Vrha v nejnebezpeenej gi smegnost stare osoby, kterea bYvaly pomilovani hodny, zapomenou-li, se co bylo, jia neni. ) • A, • (

Distriktni schfize NasIedujici je porad distriktnich scht31, ktere jsou na programu v pti gtich me17. fijna, distrikt druhY, Cyclone 24. Nina, distrikt gestY, Elmaton 31. Mina, distrikt sedmy, Corpus 28. listopadu, distrikt tfeti, Ft. Worth.

Sestry a bratri, hled'te se zileastnit techto distriktnich schuzi, aby v kald4. byly vgechny fady onoho distriktu zastoupeny. Vennete s sebou sve deti, aby se mohly podilet na programu, nebo aby uvidely, jak v jinSrch ildech omladina pracuje. Pamatujte, se distrikty jsou neien pro lep'Si praci v Jednote, ale pro lepmezi Many a domacimi tady.

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Ve s fedu, dne 29. zaki 1954.

Z CINNOSTI DOMACICH fait Z DRAMATICKEHO KROUZKU Dallas, Texas.

Prominte, ze jsem jiz deli dobu nepsala, ani nebylo pro jedno co, a hlavne se nechtelo. Ta nmorna horka a prace se stehovanim sebraly v gechnu chut' ku psani a energii, kterou elovek v myth letech rychle pozbYva. Nerada pigi to, co uz bylo prede mnou psano, ale jako dopisovatelka do dramatickeho kroaku musela jsem podkat, zprava dojde schvaleni ye schtizi sokolske.

Jelikc4 schfize dramatickeho krou2ku byla slaba, neb Zeny hraly v sale bingo, piece tech par lidi, co se zneastnilo jedsnakli se dat dohromady 5 divadel za sezonu. KaAde divadlo bude mit sveho reksera. Pkala bych jim ze srdce, aby jim to prace Ala hladce, neb v gichni jsou yelice snakvi pracovnici, kteri hledi udr'Zet nage divadla co mana nejdele. Pres to ze nas staraich, kteri ta divadla milujeme, ubYva, piece kdo maze jde, aby trochu okral mezi syYmi a ph torn vial divadlo. Sokolovna, to byl mnohYch rodin takovY kostelieek. Se gli se znami, pobavili se vespolek, zasmali se a meli na celY mesic na co vzpominat. Vim to podle sebe, kdyg jsem pri gla do salu, kaklemu plaly v oeich svetYlka radosti, maminky se usmivaly na sebe, tatinkove zase u nolevny povidali si o praci a co je ve svete noveho. Radost sr gela z ka gde tvare.

Pak zaealo divadlo, ktere se napjate poslouchalo. Po divadle se glo do kuchyne na gulag aneb na paredky, kaklY vyhladovelY, ale paneeku to se hovokilo, jabylo divadlo, a zas podruhe prijdeme, neb to bylo divadlo jedno z nejlepgich. Byly opravdu vdeeny ty matiely za tu krasnou nedeli ztravenou v to na gi Sokolovne.

Pak se nedivte, ze ti na gi snakvi bratri a sestry s br. starostou Jureikem v eele hledi udrAet ty krasne divadelni nedele.

Je to Perna prace, verte me, proto vas, pratele drazi, pekne prosim, neochabujte a prijd'te na kakie divadlo. Dokud budeme mit vdeene obecenstvo, guide vgecko.

Vim, 2e ornladina .0 pro to neni, je jingi svet, kterY chce neco jineho, na co my uZ uavyknout nemfiZeme, ale pies to je rids dost star gich a v prostkednim veku, ze bychom pokakle zapinili nagi Sokolovnu.

Drkne dokud to jde. Pri gti divadlo druhou nedeli v listopadu.

S pozdravem Karla Kraftova. ) •4 kid Slovan eisio 9.

Snook, Texas.

Vgein elentim radu Slovan: My, Cdedniei tada Slovan eislo 9, toti2

predseda, mistopkedseda, tajemnik, pokladnik, fidetni a dva eleni majetkoyeho vYboru, jsme se usnesli, ze v pri gti schtizi, ktera pripada na prvni nedeli V rijnu, budeme miti spoleenY obed u sine. Klobasky a chleb obstaraji bratri, coZ ma bYti zaplacenoo z domaci pokladny. Sestry jsou(Mdane, aby prinesly nejake kolaee a okurky.

0 druhe hodine odpoledne zaene v ktere budou pritomni distriktni frrednici, totiZ predseda A. C. etepan, mistopi'edseda Blakk a tajemnik Baron.

Distriktni fir'ednici prijdou, aby s nand promluvili, zdali by na g rad Slovan vzal Si na starost prigti distriktni schuzi, ktera bude nekdy na jare. Proto je treba, aby pri glo do schtize co nejvice elenti a abychom se vgichni dohromady poradili.

Pak ye schtizi budeme mit je gte jinou clfilelitou vec k projednavani. Musime se dohodnout, zdali rad si podrk sin nebo ji pronajme pro priSti rok 1955.

Nekteri bratri mi rikaji, ze my zde u nageho radu nic nedelarne. Ale kdyZ nechodi do schtize tak nevedi, jak pokraeujeme. V kakie schtzi je ohla gene, kteri novi eleni byli prijati.

Letogniho roku jsem upsal nasledujici: John E. Mikeska, Frank John Orsak, Ervin O. See, Leland Grisward-Kozar, Connie Gail Shelfer, James Witham Prihoda, Richard Allen Jakubik, Bennie N. Hejl, Frankie Fojt, Allen Roy Fojt, Bonny Lynn Fojt, Bonnie Jane Hejl, Bobby Roy Faust, Bettie Marie Cummings, Susan Claire Cummings, William Joseph Hejl, Edward Joseph Popek, Rita Jane Jakubik, Clara Adrienne Fojt, Edward Andrew Fojt, Oscar Slovacek, Linda Lee LednickY, Dianne Rennee Schoppe, Lewis L. Willard Jr., Lyndon James Jakubik, Elaine Ruth Jakubik, Bernice Gayle Jakubik. Dva eleni prestoupili k nagemu radu: Emily Jane Orsak (Hejl) od els.

17 a Raymond C Schoppe od Cis. 7.

S bratrskYm pozdravem J. T. Skrabanek, tajemnik radu Slovan Cis. 9. ) A, • (

i zde vAdy tvori j adro sveho naroda.

Nage mlada' si to kidi zde die sveho zptisobu a nynel gi doby.

Letos jsme meli zvla gt' velka horka, ktera ubiraji energii kaklernu .givoeichu; ale nag e mladeZ chodila pravidelne kaAdello tYdne dvakrat do cvideni; ueila se pilne sva cvieeni nejen u nas v Dallas, ale i v jinYcla einnYch jednotach, aby na verejnYch cvieenich nam ukazala silu svYch schopnosti.

Ve dnech 12.-13 eervna byl konan Aupni slet v Corpus Christi, kde se sletli Sokolici z Dallas, Ennis, Fort Worth a Houstonu. Jsou to cesty 500 mil unavujici v tech vedrech. Ale byt' by byla cesta' daleka, ta Sokolika neleka, — a jelo se!

Tak si cile sokolske jednoty nav gtevy opiaci. Meli verejne v Ennis, Fort Worth, Houston, a ted' se chystaji k nam.

Jak je yam vaem znamo, zde u rids v Dallas mivame kakleho roku v maici rijnu statni vYstavu, ktera zadina letos 9.

Mina a potrva a2 do 24. My zde ty nedele mame rozdelene, Prvni a treti nedele path. radu Pokrok Cis. 84; druha a etvrta Sokolu; o ty pate nedele v mesici se deli rad Jaro cis. 130 a Zapadni Jednota, a dobre to pracuje.

K podzimu zabavni vybor si vypracuje svilj program az do konce kvetna. Mnoho vas zde z venkova pijizdi shlednout yYstavu. Leto gni yYstava slibuje mnoho novYch veci k spatreni. Je tam postavena nova velka budova, zrovna naproti jezirku a "Art — History museum"; v ni ma byt urnistneno mnoho no yYch vynalezn.

Zvu vas jmenem na gi omladiny sokolske, ktera pro domaci i cizi navgtevniky pripravuje v Sokolovni akademii 10. Mina. Kdo mate v fimyslu nav gtivit vYstavu, zakid'te si ten zajezd k nam do Sokolovny shlednout peknou praci a snahu nagi sokolske mladek. Pripravuji velmi peknY program na ten den. Oznameni rfiznYch gisel najdete yeas v oznamce ye Vestniku.. Nage sestry pripravi dostatek chutnYch jidel.

Prosim nage sestry, aby kuchynskernu vYboru vygly vstric a pomohly, kde toho Z HNiZDA SOKOL ZIZKA bude potreba a Joe budete poMdany.

Dallas, Texas. Znam ochotu naaich sester, ze vkly poSokolska, schtize, konand 12. zari v So- mohly -- a pomohou zas. kolovna, byla dobre nav gtivena, hlavne Zaeatek programu stanoven na 4 hodimladym elenstvem, ktere bralo MyY ny odpoledne a v 6 hodin bude spoleena jem na jednani. Te gi nas stare 'deny, ze week. Te githe se na velkou navAtevu. nage mladez projevuje zajem o tu praci Nage Sokolovna se stale naleza, v blizsokolskou, kterou my stari elenove zde kosti Fair Park, kde je vYstava kakleho pied 42 lety roku poradana. VYbor, kterY pilne praV srdci vlast, v mysli smelost, v pak si- cuje na vyhlednuti mista pro pri gti nagi lu tot' heslo, ktere zakladatel Sokola Sokolovnu, dosud nic vhodneho nenaael.

Miroslav Tyra nam zanechal. Na tech Je to teZkY problem. Mesto roste jal r ye stare vlasti stavili vsude jinde. V blizkosti mest stavebm-princpehjsme svoji praci sokolskou. Sokolstvo v Evrope mista jsou velice draha. Daleko Sokolov-

sttedu, dne 29. zati 1954. nu stavet nemtiZeme, neb rodiee tam vozi sve deti do cvieeni. Jsme rortrougeni, kaZdY v jine east mesta. A ti, co nemaji kary, (ku ptikladu my), tako bychom se tam dostali. No doufejme, ze se piece vYboru pro hledani mista podaii v brzlce (lobe najit neco vhodneho. Pamatujte na, stavebni fond svYrni finandnimi P H -speyk .

Dodateene k ucteni pamaticy — misto kvetin manZeld JureikovYch z Ennis bylo darovano $15 pan a pani Jan Kebrle; pan .a pani Stanley lifilec $5. Sbirka pro ten freel sestie Zvolankove, elence sberaciho vYboru, pan a pani Vaclav Kraftovi $15, manZele Frank StranskYch $10, manZ'ele Sebestikovi $5, manZele Zvolankovi $5. Moje sbirka, oznamend pieddle, $22.00; celkem $77.00. V gern claret= srdeene diky.

Se zajrnem etu cestopis 17 staty, kterY velmi zajimavYm zptisobem popisuje sestra Frances Homolova z Bryan se svoji Avakrovou pi. Hed. Casse ze San Franciska. Pani Casse, prod jste jste se u nas nezastavila neb nezvonila, kdyZ jste zde byla?

Statielca sestra Truksova z Guy nam prozradila, se` 18. zati dovrguje 85 let sveho plodneho Zivota, k nim g i my ptipojujerne nagi gratulaci. Kdyby nebylo tech telesnYch bolesti, jenZ" sestru Truksovou uti dlouhon tadu let stauji, pi•ali bychom ji &AM se 100 let. I pies v gechny bolesti je stale dila a nam s yYrn schopnYm perem easem neco napi ge. Take sttiolca. pani Palatova z Idaho nam pane popsala svuj vYlet se synem do Yellowstone parku. (Tam jsem jegte nebyla, ptala bych si ho shlednouti, mnoho jsem o nem eetla a slygela.) Tak vse pekne popsala, dobte se nam s ni pti eteni cestovalo.

Vy, jenZ' mate v umyslu poslat s yYm rodinftm ye vlasti potravinove baliky, kterYtni je velmi potegite, ueirite tak brzo.

Pted vanaci je vgak velkY naval na pogtach a vezme to del gi eas riez nyni. V posledni dobe tam dochati, dle doglych stvrzenek v dobe 3-4 tYdnfr. V gichni pi'ae zboZi je prvotticlni, jake tam ani za drahe penize nedostanou.

Vgem na gim milYm piatelfam oznamujeme, tie i letos (tak jako v loni) jsme se s tatou, rozhodli darovat $5 na Moueldiv fond, namisto posilani vanoenich pozdravfl. Mame vas vgechny radi a vaZime si vageho piatelstvi. Jsou ruzne dobre kde motino penize darovat. To at' si ka2dy vybere dle sveho zdani. Tam to udela nekomu dobro a mne u getti praci, ponevadi ja to muslm v2cly vge napsat a ja mam toho psani stale dost. Davam to vgem zaveas 'Octet.

Tak prosim jegte jednou, piijd'te — ptijed'te v hojnem poetu k nam na vYstavu a akaclemii do Sokolovny. Podpot,

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to to snahu naSi mladae.

S pozdravem vgem 6-tette:Him Bolena Valeikova. ) • 4, • DIVADLO U EADU POKROK HOUSTQN(J CISLO 88.

Tuto nedeli dne 3. iijna 1954 ye 3:30 odpoledne Krouiek Illahol yam piedvede anglicke divadlo pod nazvem "HULLABALOO" o tiech jednanich. Jest to veselohra, pii ktere se od srdce zasrnejete. V znamce uvidite, tie iteinkuji sami mladi lidi a dobti herci. jsem jista, ze yam ptedvedou divadlo, na ktere budete dlouho vzpominati.

Nenechte si ujiti takovou prilaitost.

Ztravite vesele odpoledne v kruhu svych ptatel a znarnYdh. Po divadle bude k dostani chutna, veeete a take koldee a dobra, ka yo- Veoer k tanci bude vyhrava,ti hudba Bill Mraze. Vgichni freastnici divadla maji vstup na, tanec veeer ZDARMA. A eleni tadu Pokrok Houstonu maji . se vstup na tanec veeer ZDARMA, i kdy Z divadla nemleastni.

Ptivedle vase rodiny a zname, jste v gichni uctive zvani k hojne freasti. Pro (3chotniky jest to velka. °dinette, za jejich namahu, kdy2 vidi hledig te pine navStevnikfi. Prato ptijd'te mezi nas 3. tijna, to jest v nedeli odpoledne ye 3:30 na Studewood, 1140 Robbie.

Laskave vas Zadame o nejake peeivo, cokoliv ptinesete, v ge bude s vdeenosti pkijato. Diky.

Se sesterskYm pozdravem Frances Olexova. ) • 4,11, • Rad teskY Prapor Oslo 24.

Rogers, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Uveclomuji vas, ze pravidelna schuze nageho tadu bude 3. 'Mina. o druhe hodine odpoledne. Jste 2adani, 4byae se dostavili v poetu co nejvet gim, protde je to posledni schtze pied distriktni schuzi, ktera bude 17. tijna.

S pozdravem Lydia ZvodnY. ) • ata • OSLAVA EADU PRAHA, aSLO 29, V TAYLORU V nedeli 19. zali t. r. tad Praha els. 29 v Tayloru uspotadal oslavu dvacetileteho trvani krasne vlastni sine. Byla to opet velmi lakava ptilelitost podivat se mezi na ge mile krajany a proto kdy2 nas sestra Ruble }Jolla pozvala, nemohi jsem odteknouti a s radosti jseni ptikYvnul.

Moje manZelka v gak tentokrate jeti nemohia, pro rtizne jine povinnosti byla nucena zilstati doma, ac, samoziejme, velmi nerada. A tak v nedeli rano vydali jsme se na cestu. Kratce pied 01 devaton pkijel pro mne bratr Obey Amburn se syYm peknYm autem, ye kterem seclela teZ sestra Emilie Amburnova a bratr

Strana Ed. Holly. Sestra R. Rolla odjela napied ye druhern aute se svoji Svagrovou, pani Rud. '8vadleriakovou z Austinu.

Obloha Revestila prave nejlep gi poeasi, ale to nas nezradilo, VZdyt' do auta neprgi a slavnost konala se v sini za kaaloho poeasi. Nekolik mil za obvodem San Antonia severovYchodni vitr zalmal na nad San Antonio, kde, jak jsme' se veeer dovedell, 'Aka zapr gelo. Celan' ce. stu meli jsme pane, poeasi, musim ze velmi ptijemne, nebylo horko ant, chla,dno. Pozorovali jsme krajinu a obdivovali krasnou tmavou arodnou ornott, ktera se tahne po obou stranach dadnice v pane ravine. Nasledky eejneho sucha byly patrny v gude, mna-, hem vice ne2 zde ye meste. Traviny Mute, spalene od staleho slunce, stromy,,,/,nektere velikany, usychajici, pro nedosta-,f tek vlohy odumirajici. Dobytek smutne. pobihal a velmi pracne se snail trochu, se napast na poloodumielem pastvigti.

Jeli jsme krasnou rovinou a hned zase, jsme stoupali, abychom za kratko byli, odmeneni krasnYm pohledem na nave, panorama nageho krasneho Texasu a ne: ' jsme se naddli, blitiili jsme se k Austinu., V clan vystupovaly obrysy statniho kapit.. tolu a po leve strane veZ Usttedni budovy, university, oblclopene nespodetnYntl bur., dovami. Jell jsme mestem, projildeli May-. ni tfidou a -u kapitolu zaboeili jsm.e do, 11. ulice (11th Street), kde na nas eekala sestra Holla. Piisedla do nagehO auta a po kratkem rozloueeni se se svo-,: ji gvagrovou pokraeovali jsme v nagi ste. Projeli jsme pane a vzorne eiste na-, se hlavni mesto a za nekolik minut 130. jsme opet na pekne dalnici, kde bratri Amburn rnohl ptidati plynu. Jeli jsme, jako panstvo, ve velkem girokem voz0,. vgichni jsme sedeli velmi pohodlne a brra,tr Amburn s yYm mistrnYm fizonim vozu, dopial nam vychutnati vgechny slasti nageho cestovani a2 na dna, Po pineni benzinu nekolik mil pied cilen).-,; nagi cesty brzy jsme •odboolli 'vlevo ph.= k mistu slavnosti. Mimo Mena', peeujicich aby uvniti i venku by4., lo vge nalelite piipraveno, byli jsme tam prvni. Nebylo je gte pal dvanacte. Kolent, gitila se vYborna, vfme ptipraveneho Ma sa a klobasit. PonevadZ se blail (as k o bedu (na ge Z'aludky s piesnosti hodin tak. ptipominaly), koupili jsme si nejake ty. dobroty a spokojene v klidu se najedll., Zapomnel jsem jmeno onoho bratra, rY ptipravil maso a klobasy; oboji bylo: piimo delikatesni, chut' jedineena. zase neco budete potadat, rozhodne ptijedu (ovgem, jestli me nada sveze, ponevadA ja auto nemam a pak hlavne budou-li opet klobasy.)

Zaeatek programu byl -stanoven na tieti odpoledne. Abychom si trochu ukratili eas, sehrali jsme nekolik partii "pool". Dosud jsem to nikdy nehral, byl

Strana I jsem zvykiy jen na eYropskfr kuleenik, tago nemel jsern v ruce nejakYch 20 mkt.

Die toho to ovkm take dopadlo. Jak bratr Amburn, tak I bratr Holy mi doslava uka.zali jak se to hraje, nestaeil jsem se ohliget za koulemi mizejicimi v sift Pane yam dekuji, bratii, ptige me no to asi jiz nedostanete.

Kdyg zaela vyliravat kapela. Rudy Kurtre . ze Shineru, dokoneili jsme partii a Ali do salu. Tam se jig pornalu zapinovalo hlediSle a v zakulisi bylo velmi rua'no.

VSe se ptipravovalo na slavnost velkeho vYznamu. Nebyla to jen slavnost dvacetileteho jubilea trvani sine, ale za.royen i 55 leteho jubilea zalogeni taciu. A to je jiste veimi krasne, o torn neni sporu.

Kratee po stanovenem zaeatku bratr Reuben Le gkar zahajil slavnost peknYmi slovy a kratkYm proslovem, ye kterem vytyeil hiavni body historic kadu budovy. Ptedstavil )(lam majora mesta Tayloru, kterY promluvil velmi pekne jak o tak i o jednotlivYch eleneeh a ocenil vSeobecne jejich zasluhy. DaISI tizeni slavnosti odevzdal pak bratr Leg.kar bratru Lee Pavlikovi, kterY navazal na slava bratra Le gikara, dopinil daninil zajimavYmi fakty ze givota tadu, naeeg bylo ptikrooeno k vlastnimu slavnostnirnu programu. Byla vzdana, Cest vlajkam, a to vlajce SpojenYch Statil SeveroarneriekYch. vlajce Texasu a koneene i vlajce SPJST S' o.clu Praha eislo 29, Taylor.

Sestra Eileen Skeltonova„ rozend Svadleriakovit, jako "Mrs. SPJST" nesla vlajku SpojenY'ch Statti od gatny pada salu a sttedem salt' na jeviSte, doprova,zena Cestnou strati, sestrami Marthou Kutcherovou, rozenou Kotrlovou a Irenou Zippovou, rozenou Stibovou. Vlajku Texasu nesla "Mrs. Texas", sestra Minnie Conloeova, rozend Naivarova, za doprovodu Cestne straae sestre Amalie Cubove, razeno Kinclove a Leony Kinclove, rozene Naivarove. Posledni vlajku nesla "Mrs. Praha" sestra Wilhehnina Pavlikova, rozend Kinclova, doprovagena sestrou Eleonorou Hurtovou, rozenou Kinclovou co eestnou strati. Po slavnostnim provedeni s]1bu vernosti vlajce SpojenYch Statil sbor na jeviSti zazpival statni hyrnnu Star Spangled Banner, dale krasnou a th.nou pisen The Eyes of Texas a koneene 1 The SPJST Fraternity Song. Provedeni bylo velmi pekne, phsobive a pro danou ilf ';itost n.ej yYSI vhodne. Zapfisobilo citove na ve". echny. Bylo by clobke, kdyby ritadovna se postarala o rozmrAeni slov napevu to krasne metedi eke nisne SPJST a rozeslala na jednotilve lady, abychom ygehni mohli se to pisni nauditi, Vzporninka na zesnule eleny kadu (byvale ptedsedy), bratra Tama Drozda a bratra Franka G. Svadlenaka, byla veimi

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dojemna, a mnohe oko se zalesklo pki o- semi, kde nine vynledalo a oslovilo mnoho ven6eni jejich vystavenSr ch podobizen. milYch krajant, ktere jsem osobne delve Proslov bratra. Augusta Hranickeho byl neznal. Velice me to poteglo, dekuji yam, veimi peelive ptipraven, sdelil nam mno- pfatele, bud'te ujiSteni, ze se k vam ()pet ho zajimavYch dat. Nebudu v gak zabiha- rad podivam. Veder byla taneeni zabava ti do podrobnosti, o to se jiste postara pki hudbe kapelnika Kurtze. My jsme se nekdo z mistnich dopisovatelri. vgak zdrget nemohli a ad neradi, nekolik zvuenST hlas bratra Hranickeho byl v do- Minut pied sedmou hodinou jsme nastoubrern souladu s piednesenou stati. pili zpateeni cestu.

Bratr J. F. Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni Vse bylo opravdu veimi hezke, oslava figadovny, prvni east sve pkednaSly ye- se vydatila znamenite. Navkeva byla naval vzpomince, veimi pietne a obkad- zavidenihodna, pki gi ptatele z blizka i dotknul se vSeho co se tYka, nakho givo- daleka. Jak bylo bratrem R. Legikarem ta, bylo veimi pusobive. Druha Cast by- oznameno, z tfednin fadu byl ptitomen la vice razu vSeobecneho, zamefena na bratr J110. P. Trlica z Granger a ja, ze dneSni neute genou situaci, pri dem g zdtl- San Antonia. Jestlige se nikdo z ritedniraznil vSe to 'krasne co /name, zejmena kil nepiihlasil, pak nutno dodati, ze tarn ptipomenul ithem to krasnou svobodu byli elenove z mnoha jinYcla tacit, co g je ktere zde gijeme a ktere si mnozi neu jiste potegtelne. ani dost vagit. Ano, jest nejvYA tteba Kdyg tak o v'Sem uva guji, imam jistY se nad tim zamyslet, ponevad g, jak tee- dojem, ze oslava mohla bYti jeate o nenik spravne tekl, pro to vSe co mame ne- e() lepg, uptimnej g, dojernnej g a sla y ni zaruky a proto neznamend, ze bychom g, kdyby byla bYvala na progra--nostnej to eventuelne nemohli ztratit. mu aspori jedna eeska pisnieka, nebo V zaveru byly je gte dva krasne solo- kratka basnieka, pkipadne kratkY eeskY ye zpevy. Sestra Jeanette Le gkarova, do- proslov a nebo aspori nekolik deskYch slov provazend na plane sestrou Joyce Ann pti zahajeni a uvitani. Opravdu to tarn Kinclovou, zazpivala bezvadne anglicky chybelo. Vim, ze se to stain jistYm nemi."Oteena g" (The Lord's Prayer). Jeji el- 1S7m nedopattenim, a jsem tez fist, ze nesty, silnY a jistY hias znel velmi pekne a budete mi tuto moji pripomniku miti za potlesk ptitomnSrch byl ji nejlep gim uz- zle, ponevad g vite, ze je to mineno unanim umelecke zdatnosti. Take sestra ptimne, od srdce, v duchu praveho ptaMary Rose Mikolajova ptekvapila syYm telstvi a ye spoleenem zajmu na g cele peveckYm umenim, znama krasna, melo- Jednoty. Va g, dalgi einnosti pfeji mnoho die nesla se ptimo do srdcI vaech vdee- zdaru a opravdu se 'Cairn as mezi vas onYch posluchaeir. Na plane ji s citem do- pet zavitam. provazela sestra Mary St'astna.

Mangelfim AmburnovYm dekuji za to, Slug. pripomenouti, ze ze zakladaji- ze mi umoZnili zajezd do Tayloru, jakoZ cich elenti sine byli pfitomni bratti Joe za bezpeenost v jiztle, pri ktere se v tia Frank Kinclove, kteti v uznani proka- zeni auta vzajemne vystfidall. Stejne uzanYch vernYch slu geb byli, podobne jako ptimnY dik path i sestte F. S. Le gkarobratr J. F. Chupick a bratr Reuben Le- ye za vYborne prave Ceske kolaee a dorty, kterYmi nas Castovala. Mac hezke od Sikar, eestne dekorovani.

Had bych jate pkipomenul, ae v ram- Vas, tegm se na revan g v San Antonio.

Jaroslav Kleprlik. ci oslav dvacetileteho jubilea podileli se ) i jine sestry a bratki, kteki nesporne se zaslouzili o dobro iadu. Tak bratr Joe KuOslavenee. bala byl prvnI, kterY pked 20 lety dostal Do redakce venkovskeho listu pkibehl na starost ykeep a i dnes s veselou tvafi obsluhuje giznive hosty. Jeho man- reporter a zvolal: "Sensace!"

Po uklidneni vypravel kfredatorovi: gelka opet celYch 20 rola' se peelive stara, "Ve meste g ije velmi stars' elovek, ktese sestrami F. S. Le gkarovou, Frank BarY byl vgdy vzorern praveho mute. Nikdy luskovou i jinYmi o znamenitou eeskou kuchyfi. A jak mi bylo keeeno, sestra Ku- nemel pletky se genarni, nekouti, nepije, balova je ji g 15 rokiI spravkyni (vedouci) nehraje karty. Nikdy za celY svuj dioulaY kuchyne. Sestra Ruble Holla, ktera v givot nezakiel a nefekl sproste slovo. NiTayloru deli dobu gila a u tadu Praha kdy jeSte nebyl v biografu ani v divadie.

'Oslo 29 byla velmi einna, mohla by nam Ten Moira jednoduk nema gadne chyby jiste kid celou historii i o jednotlivcich. ani va.Ane. A zitra oslavi sve osmdesate Ja se omezuji jen na fistni podani kratka narozeniny!"

Zamyslil se kfredaktor a po ehvili a nahodild, ziskand za jedine necele odpoledne. Jisto je, ze takovStch dobrYch kekl: "Prosim vas, eloveee, ted' mi jate -- Weekly Telegraph. a poetivkch praeovnikii musime si vAi- keknete, jak."

•( ) • chni vaZit a je nal svatou povinnosti kaddniu i za sebemenN pomoc bkti vdeaVrcholem pkatelstvi neni, odhailme-li ni. ptiteli chyby sve, nYbr2 odhalinae-ii mu Po progranni byla dru gna zabava v chyby jeho.

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DOPISY A NAITLEDY CLENC KAMi.' MA SVOIT DEMOKRACII Corpus Christi, Texas.

CtenY bratte redaktore: Cekal jsem opravu anebo dopinek tech, kteti obdr2eli odznaky nebo knofliky od Hlavni iltadovny 501eteho elenstvi.

Nikde nic. Co2 jsi mne nevidel u nas v Corpus, jak jsem se jim chiubil? Nu, negkodi, ono je jich vice, jejich2 jmena neptijdou do veiejnosti.

Jejdanedky, honem tlae na Hlavni ritadovnu, at' potidi nejakY hodne velikY medal pro toho Clena, kterY ve Vestniku psal, 2e mime fidit schrize v anglicke teei a M slabe tady 'name rozhazet. A on take nema2e vystat na stone obraz svobodate Havlieka. Kdyby to nebyl elovidek Havlieek, ale elovek Havel, tak by to proglo.

Posilam do Vestniku, jake nobledy mel Jan Masaryk na demokracii, a jak si ji ka2dY z nas vysvetlujeme po svem. zaeneme s tim vyhazovanim °brazil, rozdelovanim malYch tada a nucene angliCtine, bude zdrave, kdy2 si tu irvahu pteeteme, a tteba dvakrat. Vzal jsem to z knihy "Hovory s Janem Masarykem."

"Nagi lidi si neuvedomuji, jakou hroznou krisi demokracie prochazi. Lidi, kteti si tikaji demokrati, lidi, kteki jsou uptimne proti kalde forme diktatury, u2ivaji sami nedemokratickYch metod. Mne nage demokraticke nekdy moc ptipominaji toho kaprala od kanonYril, co si chtel koupit kanon a udelat se pro sebe.

Misto co by se vzali za ruce a hrali pekne kolo mlYnskY, zapaseji ye volnem stylu kaala pro sebe. V naaich demokratickYch Partajich neni dost smyslu pro kompromis. Jejich filosofie je: Bud' udelag, co ja kikarn, nebo mi polib ... a ja, si budu delat co chci bez tebe. A tomu kikaji demokracie. To ratite jiste uznat, to neni zrovna projev pfehnane tidy It nazoru druhe strany. A hlavne je to hloupd politika. Jako by nikdo nevidel, o co opravdu u nas i ye svete jde. Znate tu bajku o vrabci a krave? Ne? Tak teda krava stoji na silnici pled hospodou a eekana sedlaka, kterY si skoeil na pivo.

PFileti vrabeak a sedne si krave mezi za,dni nohy tak, M mu osas vizi ptimo nad hlavou. Zaene zobat, co na gel pod kravou a spokojene si cvrlika. Tak krava, p •ida jeate jeden kola.e a zaplacne vrabce, M mu kouka, jenom hlava. Ale vrabec jakoby nic si prozpevuje dal. Tak krava ptida. jeate jeden livanec a milt' vrabec ma po cvrlikani. Jako kaIda, bajka I tahle ma svou moralku: Kdy2 jsi po krk v hnoji, tak si nepiskej. Jen2e na tohle demokrati east() zapominaji. Oni ze a2 sedlak dopije pivo, odvede tu

kravu na jatky. Jo, jenom, ze tomu vrabci to tiZ moc neponni2e."

"Ono, bYt demokrat neni lehka vec. Ono to, holeeku, znamena, ze 'Clo y& musi myslet sam za sebe. A jak tikal maj tato,: Myslet, to boll. Tajemstvi iispechu vgech diktatorit je v torn, 2e je na svete moc lidi, kte •i jsou lini myslet za seb a radii ptijimaji pekne hotove promy glene rozkazy shora. A kdy2 zadnou koneene piece jenom myslet, tak je obyeejne uz moc pozde. Pak jim obyeejne zbyde eas nejvYS na to, aby si uvedomili, M hrobaki promysleli vgechno za ne."

Tak, bratke redaktore, polep gi se, poslochej ka2cleho, kdo co ma Fitt, a pak nam povez, co si mysli g sam. Musi g davat pozor, aby se nam to na ge demokracie nevystehovala ze sins.

Hodne svate trpelivosti Ti pfeje Franta. ) • 4 • ( DIK A VYSVETLENi RED. A. J. JANDACKA Vgem nagincrim v Texasu bych rad z uptimneho srdce podekoval za pekne jeti, ktereho se nam dostalo, kdy2 jsme projadeli na gimi krajanskYmi stFedisky.

V mistech, kde jsem mel Fadu znamych, daly se dobFe ptipravit filmova ptedstax veni, pFi kterYch jsem ukazoval pekne barevne zabery ze slavnosti krajana Chicagu a razne velke udalosti, vdetne Sokolskeho sletu. V nekterych mistech vgak byly sjednany tyto filmove vedery na posledni chvili a tam se nedala oeeko.vat velika rieast. Velmi zdatile filmove yeeery byly v Dallas, Ennis, West, Granger, St. Mary a jine. Slabgi Oast byla v San Antonio a Temple.

Vide]. jsem de "Vestniku" men gi polemiku ohledne yeeera v San Antonio mezi pani B Riebe a panem J. Kleprlikem. 0ba mail pravdu, pokud sleduji udalosti tak jak se staly. Nikdo z nich vaak neni vinen, 'least byla slab gi, ne2 jak by bylo mono oeekavat pri deli ptiprave.

Nejvetgi vinu na pomerne male ridasti main ja sam, proto2e jsem pavodne nepodital s tim, 2e v San Antonio budeme filmy promitat a vribec s nikym jsem ptipravu tohoto veeera ptedem nedohodl.

Je pravdou, ze. pani B. Riebe mela jen 4 dny Casu na ptipravu a 2e v teto kratke dobe vykonala agitaene to, co se vabec dalo vykonat y e snaze, abychom na yeCerni ptedstaveni nekoho ziskali. Nemel jsem tugeni, na stejnY weer je uz kolik mesica ptipravo yan weer SPJST a kdybych to bYval vedel, radeji bych proinitani bud' vribec odkekl anebo odlo2i1 0

jeden den pozdeji. V miste, kde katolici druha strana nekatolicka dobte spolupracuji a nemaji 26.dnYch sports, je jenom spravne, aby takove veci byly delany spoleene. Pani B. Riebe mela dobrou snahu udelat veeer za kaalou cenu a donmivala se, 2e 'least bude i kdy2 byl pHpraven na tent weer podnik jinY. Pan Kleprlik ma pravdu v torn, M pro moji nahodilou navatevu nemohli odlo2it da yno pkipravoy anY podnik a M melo bYt s nimi vaechno yeas sjednano.

Az ptig te budu chtit zajet s peknYini filmy do San Antonio, napi gi aspori mesic kuptedu panu Kleprlikovi I pani Riebe, aby dali oba svo dobre snahy dohromady a pak budou pohromade v gichni naainci, si nedaji ujiti pekny filmoYY veeer. Prozatim prosim, aby mir a pokoj spoeinul mezi °Ulna a aby vina za donmelY nefispech byla svedena na rnne.

I pies to, 2e ileast na filmovem veeeru nebyla velka, myslim, 2e pro ty, kteti pkigli byl veeer zdakilY a proto vaem diky, voetno pi. B. Riebe i p. Kleprlikovi.

A. J. Jandaeek.

Vag )• ( Mlada iakyne Ceske aoly.

Ennis, Texas.

Mill etenati: Je mi dvanact roka a chodila jsem do Ceske akoly. Hodne jsme se tarn nauelli.

Meli jsme hodnou uCitelku, slednu Janclaekovu. Taky jsme meli party a pan Marugak nam vyhraval na harmoniku, za co2 mu pane dekujeme. Dobte jsme se vytandili.

Na konec gkoly jsme mell program, kterY se vaem libil.

Ja doufam, ze na rok zas budeme miti Ceskou akolu.

Vy chlapci a deveata, co jste chodili do Ceske akoly, napi gte take neco do Vestniku.

Ella Jane Skfivanek. ) ° 4, ° ( Temple, Texas.

Sestry, broth a etenati Vestniku: Myslil jsern, 2e to dopisovani ponecham tern mlad gim, ale pkichazi Vestnik jeden za druhYm, ale v 2,adnem nic a tak aby jste se nedomnivali, 2e jsme j12 v gichni uschli tim suchem a hicem, ton to zas ne, nekteti jeate mame v sobe nejakou tu mizu. To seznate z toho: pled nejakou dobou se zde o2enil sta.tieek, kterY pochazel z Oklahomy. Asi za mesic jsern se s nim seg el, ptam se ho, "ton jak, statioku? Andele zpivaji?" Ori odveti, "jeate ne, ale dcerka mne ji2 roste". Tedy jeate na to sucho se dr2lme uspokojive. Co se tYee rirody, je to jakou kdo ma pi:Au. Na tech leheich zemich je to epatne, nekde to jde az osm akrti do baliku, nekde

Strand 10 3 neb 4 akry. Korna je dosti dobra. the pi l mesice zat a Urody jsou ji g sk11.zone.

Ze dne 18. srpna 1954 se zajmem a s pote genim jsem si pfeeetl, "na gi pteddei guvernera Shiverse." Tito se tam dostavili v zajrnu malYch rolnilcd. Zajiste ..v gichni vane vystoupeni neschvali. Co mne se tYee, volam z pinYch plic, jen pokraoujte v dile tak glechetnem.

Psal jsem nekolikrat, by bylo neco &halo pro ty male rolniky, ale nikdy se ani prstem nehnulo; a mnohdy rime bylo vytykano, ze pra,ve jsou to ti mall rolnici, co delaji ty piebytky.

PoclAvem zase sve dobrozdani, jak by to mei° zavesti. Ka gdY jednotlivec by ma 10 akril volnYch. K lep gimu pochopeni: Kde jsou v rodine dva, dostali by 20 akrti na osev baviny. Kde jsou Ctyfl, •pliglo by jim 40 akrti volnYch. A kdyby easel 50 akru, tedy by omezili jen z tech cleSiti. A kdyby oseli sto akrd, omezili ze 60 akru. To by platilo. Ti etyti, i kdyby to byly ditky, na ka gcle by se detoval ten dil co na dospeleho.

Leo tarn, co se zavodriuje, musela by bYt zvlagtni kvota. Mame rodinu v Kalifornii, a ti nam v gdy rikaji, ze oni kdyg nenasbiraji dva baly po aide, poeitaji to za prostiedni drodu, neb nekdy Ze maji a g pies tti baliky na akte. Jak v takYch misted by se to nechalo zavesti, to musi nekdo jinY naznaeit. Bude-li se omezovat tim zpirsobem jak dosud, bude zle, neb vgichni si ptibrat pole nemohou. Tak nyni faunal pust1 nekolik najemnikti zdelava to•sam, a g adnY mu zazlivat nenude, ponevad g je to jeho.

Druha chyba je, ge my zemedelci nedOstavame Social Security Card, tak jak to maji zavedeno pro delniky. Zajiste kagdY by rad zaplatil tech par dolarii ze size rirody, jen kdyg by mel zajigtene na stati giti. Znam na gem okoli nekolik rodin, bYvaVrch rentYtti, ze jen neb vZdy neco pri gio, ze &oda valna nebyla; a byla-li &oda dobra, zase cena byla nizka. Koneene synove byli povolani do valky a dcery mnohe na vladni prad a tim se stalo, ze misto nerneli. Tedy ot cc to rodiny gel delat pro spoleenost a kclyg mel 65 let, byl z prate propugterrY. Ale natikat si nemohl, neb jak nine hal, ze mu viada vyplaci roene pies dvanact set clolaril. Ja se dornnival, ze to budc jen dotud, ne g vybere to, co tam uloZil. On mne rkal, ze to ma ka gdY do smrti zajigteno. Tak co mne se tYde, kdybych byl mladY a byl vlastnikem stoakrove h: my, tak ji pronajmu a prijdu Mat pro spoleenost, ponevad g budu mit tu irtechu, ze na stall bude o mne postarano.

Tak stoleta oslava narozenim dedeeka Jos. Motla, ktera se konala 5. zat 1954, se skvele vydatila. Lidu bylo mnoho tomno. Geld Hlavni iriadovna SPJST byla

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zastoupena a v gichni diednici prornluvili, take to i srdce citilo, zaee g nag tad yam vzdava vtelou poctu. I ti vnukove a vnueky pod fizenim spolusestry K.Lary Hejloy e to krasne pfeclvecill jak v keel anglicke, tak ten v feel eeske. Byla to skuteene krasna oslava.

Itad bych vedel, co mute bYt kragnejgi neg oslava 501eta, necht' je to oslava jakakoli, ale oslava stoleteho eloveka je jedna z tech nejkrasnej gich. Kdybychom gli vAemi dily sveta a hiedali to drahocennou korunu, nikde vzacnej gi nenajdete neg kdyZ se poclivate na ty hlavy tech decleckd a babiaek a urtite ty gediny. To jest to neyyzacnejsi koruna, co lidske oko mute spotlit.

Na, tuto oslavu pisli Tide z Houstonu, z Fort Worth jich byla hezka, tada,, take manaele Vytopilovi z Wheelock, s nimi ptijeli bratil Mikulcovi. A jak mne Vytopilovi, ze v jejich osade je ten spoleeenskY givot ochablY, a ze si v gdy do Seaton radi zajedou. My je v gdy radi uvidime a se piltelsky s nimi pobavime, neb jsou to mill bide. Musim Met, Ze jsou oni take jedni z tech ne gt'astnych rodiet, co museli poslat sveho synaeka, by se gel bit za zlobu lidskou a polo gil givot, nemYlim11 se, v zemi nemeeke. V gichrii ti rodiee, kteti ztratili sve synaeky, dostali telegram, "padl co hrdina na poli valeenern".

Ti by melt bYt odmeneni neeirn jinYm. Jak mire tikali, ze po celou tadu let to na ne pusobilo zdrcujici, take pa.ni Vytopilova byla tak nervosni, '2e na radu lekate, by gli co nejvice mezi lidi, tedy clojigdeli nejdfive do Ennis, az nyni ptiji gdi do Seaton a kikaji, ge se u nas v gdy dobte pobavi, cog jim vg ichni pfejeme. A jak je vam mogno, ptijedte, vg dy vas radi 'uvidime. Ustaviene slygime stesk na slabe navgtevy schtzi. Dosti mo gne, ze to maji mot daleko a neni jim mono east() bYt ve schtizi ptitomni. My v Seaton se vgdy schazime v dosti hojnem prietu, zvlagt' spolusestry jsou v gdy hezky pfitomne.

Ceti jsme, ze u nekterYch Mal to zavini eeske jednani pii schtrzi. Do na gi schrize kdyg ptijde Glen, co je neznalY feel eeske, mluvime k "'emu tu reci, kterou on mluvi a shodneme se v gdy. A snad je neslug gpatnosti oeske-nepsatdovejnsto teei a eeskern jednani pri na gich schtzich. A prave v teto valeene dobe zajiste aim ti mladi lide vice feel dovedou mluvit, tim leper Zajiste gadnY nevi, v ktere east sveta se ocitne. Zajiste mnozi mohli by si vzit pliklad z toho na geho stoleteho dedeeka Josefa Motla, neb on rnluvi keel anglickou spravne, a za mladYch let mittvil nemecky tak dobte jak eesky. A pfec za tu dlouhou tadu let jednoho sta, ptece nezapOrnel na tu tee, co ho matinka naueila -- tee eeskou.

Tak nage spolusestra pi. Mikeskova, z Caldwell nand sdClila, ze plestava dopi-

We sqedu, due 29. zit/ 1954.

sovat. Ja mel na mysli, ze pogadam, kdyby Vain bylo mane, a sepsala dejiny Ceskeho lidu, totig eeskYch pionYrii v okresu Vag em, kteli v tamnim okoli se usadill prvni; v kterern roce si postavili print gkolu; kterY z na gich ueitelt prvni vyueoval; v kterem race byl postaven kostel; kterY farat tam doji gclel; v kterem roce byl zbudovan eeskY htbitvo; a je-11 misto oznaeeno, kdo tam byl prvni uloZen; v kterern roce byla zbudovana soudni budova a na kterem miste; kterY byl lekai; byl-li z na gi eeske rodiny kterY tednik. A tak jsem si myslel, ze Vam je to asi dosti znamo, aneb ze by Va g pan mantel taky je-li zrozen v okresu Burleson neco mel v pameti. A tak nejak se hled'te smifit s okolnostmi a dopisujte dale.

Zasilarn vzpominku a pfeji hojne zdravi mangeltim Henry a Sidonie 8efeikovSnn. Pfljedle se taky nekdy na nas podivat.

Taky Vy, rnangele John a Vlasta Muchovi, ptijrnete pozdra y. Doufam, ze se varn vede dobte. Taky neco napi g do Vestniku.

A take Ty, nage spolusestro Marie Hrugkova, pokus se neco stlouct dohromady a za gli to do Vestniku neb zname Te, ze to dovede g , jak zkugenY redaktor.

Tak koneim s pranim, by jste byli v gichni zclravi, neb to zpropadene polio zase zadina se objevovat.

Zustavam s pozdravern Sefcrk.

J. • 4, Z einnosti sokolske ✓ nedeli 10. kijna, bude konana pravidein& rnesieni schtrze Sokola Houston v Sokolovne, 4514 Edsee St. Zaeatek pkesne ve 3:30. Bratil a sestry dostavte se NI p1nern poetu. Po sch0zi pfatelska, zabava a name hry. Haste jsou vitani. ✓ nedeli 17. kijna pokada Sokol Houston posledni piknik v tornto roce s Sokolovne, 4514 Edsee St. K obedu chutne barbecue, zakusky a dornaci peeivo.- Po °Ude ptatelska zabava, hudba a rtzne hry. Uctive zveme celou nail krajanskou vefejnost.

S bratrskYrn Na, zdar!

Jednatel.

(38-40) • •( ZnamY lekat se ztreastnil tanceniho ye6era. Jedna, z rnladYch divek se k norm' pritoeila a zeptala se ho: "Myslite, doktore, ie je mines, aby se dal clo y& oCkovat tak, aby to nebYlo videt?"

Lekat si zkotunave prohledl labor rnlade geny a odpovedel: "Stroj1-11 se Novel jako vy, je jedina mognost: spolknout Coronet. serum!" ) • a • Platele mute bohateho maji sto ruk, jet k nernu vztahuji; ptitel chud'asilv ncnia, ani jedine ruky, ji2 by mu podal.

Wednesday, September 29, 1954

Warta 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 Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable

Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THE OFFICERS, THE PLANNING AND the program committees of District One deserve plenty of cheers and compliments for the entire program prepared in connection with the District One meeting. Novy Tabor Ledge No. 17 proved to the membership of the SPJST that it is the leading lodge in District One. Brother John J. Srubar, chairman of the entire program, must have worked hard, but he should be satisfied. The program director, Brother Stanley F. Mrnustik, with the support of Ben Maresh, Edwin Janosky and John T. Skrabanek, had managed to secure talented singers and tap dancers who could favorably compete with professionals. It was THE BEST district program that I had the pleasure to witness so far.

Some of the numbers would look good . even on a television. * * ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE YOU may read the address of Brother A. C. Stepan, of Brenham, president of District One, and also director of the District since Brother John A. Kubena was elevated to the position of vice-president of the Supreme Lodge last January.

Read Brother Stepan's address. There are plenty of suggestions for your own thinking. And don't forget to read Brother Baron's report which will be published next week. I regret that I failed to take notes when vice-president Kubena was speaking; neither did I get the remarks of Brother Blazek, who is vice-president of District One. But there were also good stump speeches, or I should more aptly call them pearls or words, from Brother Pokladnik of Dallas, Brother Hrabina of Ennis, and Brother Hosek of Grapevine, all officers of District Three. Nothing boring in speeches except—well, except the old ones we have heard dozen times before.

I was sitting in the back with the audience, observing the reaction to every speech. * * THE TIME WAS SOMEWHAT SHORT for the discussion of any new business, such as ideas for Old Age Home, Youth Camp, and museum at the headquarters.

The question of how to raise money for district expenses was fully discussed. The officers of District Three brought forth

some good points which suggestions were well received, • • THE ORGANIZERS OF DISTRICT one expected the announcement of the winners and possibly the presentation of the awards. It would have been a very appropriate occasion. It would have been a gesture of public recognition. But whoever is in charge of these things at the headquarters, must not have realized the importance and the prominence of placing the real workers in the SPJST, the hard struggling organizers of the Order, in the center of the stage. It should have been done in Caldwell, it should be done in Danbury —this is written before the other district meetings—and it should be done in every district meeting. Let us correct this ommis.sion, and let us do it quickly. The editor was ready, willing', eager to help in whipping this report in shape before the Caldwell meeting. Let us release the brakes and step on the gas.

The organizers .deserve it.

• • AT THE TIME THESE LINES ARE written, there are five more district meetings to be held shortly. The meeting of District Five will be over by the time you get to read this issue. In the month of October there will be three district meetings: one at Cyclone, one at Elmaton, and one in Corpus Christi. The last district meeting of the year will be in Fort Worth. The last meeting, to be held the last Sunday in November, is receiving the biggest preparations and best plans with the widest publicity.

Those of you who can read Czech, read the article in the September 22, 1954, issue by Brother John Stasa. He points out the present shortcomings of the district meetings.

VE YOU EVER REALLY STOPPED to think as to how mucsh good our Slavonic Benevolent Order has done for the people in TeXas? In the past 9 ' The very present? And what we could do in future years if we just do some sensible planning? Now, the editor may have his own particular viewpoints on some of these questions. He has been active in the Order ever since he joined the organization in July, 1914. That makes it

about forty years. And twenty of those forty years he was a part of the governning body, the officer of the Supreme Lodge. I should give you a complete set of figures as to how much our SPJST has paid out in benefits of all sorts.

Thousands upon thousands to the pool', to the widows, to the children, to the needy orphans, have been paid, over seven and a half million, or as much as we now figure the assets of the SPJST to be. And how many more of our needy and sick members have received aid from the numerous local lodges, where the more fortunate members exhibited their keen sense of responsibility and loyalty. The local lodges have been supporting their less fortunate members, have erected local halls, have contributed to all worthy causes, have even supported young men and women in their ambition for higher education.

• • LET US TURN THE SPOTLIGHT ON some of the proposed projects that have been mentioned in some of the district meetings. Let us take a brief look at what is being proposed in way of Old Folks Home, Summer Camp for Youth, National Museum at the headquarters.

Let us discuss these topics at the next district meetings. And if you should run out of material for debate and discussion, there are about dozen other interesting and highly important topics.

• * OUR SPJST IN ITS COURSE, SINCE IT was founded in 1897, had met with some "ups" and downs". This is to be expected. No one is absolutely perfect, not even the past supreme officers—your editor being one of them—or even the present offiCers. It might have fared much better by taking a dif ferent course. But in spite of some of the • adverse happenings, the banner of the SPJST still flys high as a testimony of its victorious achievements, and in readiness to pursue its humunitarian aims and purposes. But as we grow stronger in membership and in assets, we should also stress the additional benefits to all of its members. The best time and place those discussions are at district meetings. Will you plan them accordingly?

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Wednesday, September 29, 1954

REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICTS (An address by Director A. C. Stepan at the. District Meeting in Caldwell.) ..Brothers and Sisters of our fraternal organizations and friends.

This is the fifth district meeting in District One, and as an officer of this (listriet, I welcome you and hope that you enjoy your stay.

In a business sense, I wish to ask, What purpose were these district meetings originated for?" That question will naturally bring up the subject "What purpose were the districts originated I am no authority on this subject, but my interpretation of the convention purposes is: .1 So that each district is better represented at supreme headquarters by electing its director from its district.

2. To have a district organizer to know more about the residents of the district.

3. To have a district youth counselor, 4)r a youth counselor in each lodge so that we can broaden our field in the youth activities.

These are some of the reasons for organizing districts and dividing the state so that each director and district officer has a certain territory to be responsible for It is a proven fact that as human beings, equipped with brains, almost all of us will take the course of least resistance. In any club or fraternal organization that covers the whole state of Texas, as it did before the districts were organized, any undertaking such as our district meeting was out of question.

Now, the purpose of our district meetings is, to get the various activities together and co-ordinate them into a body in that district so that there will be full co-operation among all of them for the benefit of the order.

Up to now, our district meetings were on a test basis, similar to the system the bureau of standards at Washington, D. C., uses in testing about everything manufactured. For instance, they put an automobile tire on a wheel and kept spinning it day and night over a simulated road consisting of all the hazards encountered in actual driving, to find its durability and merits. Likewise, we can now look back at the meetings we have had in District One and realize them for their durability and merits. They have been on the test block of time for almost three years.

In this district we have had five meetings. A brief summary is as follows:

(11 Nelsoaville (2) Kovar (3) Bleibervi l le (4) Nelsonville, and now (5) Caldwell.

At the first meeting in Nelsonville, Lodge No. 68 pioneered the field so far as district meetings are concerned, As there are no rules or by-laws to follow, each meeting recommends to its officers the activities, or program to follow.

We have, in District One, catered principally Ito. the entertainment program, and lave been very successful in getting wonderful support from the members and from the participants in all of the entertainment programs.

The president and the vice-president have the authority to select the members of the entertainment committee -and it has been our rule — as officers, once we appoint a chairman of the entertainment committee, we help him select the others of the five person committee so as to get the kind of assistance the chairrnan may need.

Since we have had several organizer's meetings in our district, we do not try to interfere in their business, but we leave it to brother Valcik to discuss matters' of interest with them.

So far as youth activities are concerned, we have not had much support from youth counselors in the local lodges and we leave the matter to Mrs. Birdie Hilsher as to what activities to participate in and the entertainment committee uses what material it sees fit.

We try to stress, at each meeting, the advantages of a fraternal 'organization such as the SPJST. We, the officers of District One, and all members of the supreme lodge are vitally interested in the welfare of each and every member, not only financially when they need money, but also in sickness and death. There is a human fellowship among all its members just as in a big family. Through these principles of brotherhood, we try to impress the fact on all the visitors and other people, that we come in contact with at these meetings, that the SPJST represents more than just insurance.

To all the members and friends at this meeting, we bring you this message from the officers of District One, and I, as president of this district personally take the pleasure to thank each and every one of you. ) • ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM AT CALDWELL While watching and being thrilled by the peituiincince of the singers and tap oTe

dancers on the program at the District meeting at Caldwell, the editor asked Brother Stanley F. Mrnu'stik,. program director, to furnish the names of the performers.

He complied and mailed the names of the participants.

1. "America", sang by the audience, 2 and 3. "Amapola" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band", sang by Mrs. Kate Douglas's Chorus composed of the following members: Ina Fay Watson, Glenda Brinkmann, Veta Ann Fall, Mary McIver, Laurae Harvey, Lillie Bell Stefka, Bettye Siptak, Lillie Ann Matejka, Ilene Cordray, Jo and Joy Schoppe, Mary, Sue Addison, and Benita Novosad.

4. "Ja Mam Tragac Navy", sang by Daniel IlyvL 5. "Koho Rad Mam.' sang by Gladys and Bettie H'alik.

6. Dutch Dance, by Bonnie Lynn Fojt and Glory Jean Sebesta.

7. "Wait a Little Longer", sang and tapped by Annette Orsak.

8. Instrumental Duet, by Milady Fojt and Mary Slovacek.

9. "Heart of My Heart", sang and tapped by Mary Kay Brewton, Mary Lynn IVIikeska., Yvonne Orsak, and Lillie Ann Matejka, 10. Duet by Ben Maresh and Edwin Janosky.

11. Piano selection "Jesus Shall Reign", by Linda Sebesta.

The entertainment program was under the chairmanship of John J. Srubar, program director Stanley F. Mrnustik, and the entertainment committee composed of Ben Maresh, Edwin Janosky and John T. Skrabanek.

Dirstrict One Officers PRESIDENT A. C. Stepan, Brenham, Texas VICE PRESIDENT Ladgie Blazek, Bellville, Texas SECRETARY-TREASURER P. P. Baron, Fayettville, Texas ) • 11. • 1953 a Good Health Year According to the Institute of Life Insurance, the New York times reports that there were only 6.4 deaths for every 1,000 life-insurance policyholders in 1953. The Institute estimates the death rate in 1943 was 7.5 per 1,000, while forty years ago it was about 10 for every 1,000 policyholders. One of the encouraging developments last year was the sharp decline in mortality resulting from tuberculosis. The death rate from tuberculosis has declined 50 per cent in the last five years.

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Our Youth Movemen

y birdie Wilsher PRUDENS FUTURI (Thoughtful of the Future) In my editorials establishing and reviving the Youth Movement in our S. P. J. S. T., I have been addressing to our progressive understanding and astute members of the Hoard of Director*, our Supreme Lodge Officers, Officials of Local Lodges, the Organizers, and my core of the all important Youth Directors, and Supervisors.

I have discussed the fundamental psycholegical pattern of Our Youth Movement, the programming, the operational designs, the financial approach to the independence of Our Youth Movement of the funds of the lodge, the involved technical organizational pattern, the children's attitude, the scienti/it approach to emotional problems of Youth, and •many other related topics.

Now I would like to review together with other subject matter, the important influence of the parents in Our Youth Movement and the parents' responsibilitiei, as members of our S. P. J. S. T., to their children.

As we have come again to the time of the year known to all as "back to school days", with all the hum of activities and excitement and work involved, we also have simultaneously arrived at "back to Our Youth Movement days".

Science knows that everyone needs a relaxing moment. Unconsciously or not, everyone gets tired of doing the same thing, no matter how happy one is in the accomplishment. It is wise to remember that sameness can produce staleness and that the routine of classes and study have a palling effect on the children. The axiom "a change or diversion is as good as a rest" is a fact, and it is particularly true of the children.

Therefore, a Wholesome outlet for the youth's recreational activities is definitely a part of the school curriculum; and there is no better place for the children to find diversion, and to meet and to play after their school work is done, than in our S. P. J. S. T. Youth Movement, sponsored by the parents' own fraternal lodges. Here, under proper

guidance, the children are taught: love of brotherhood, understanding of other childrens' problems, cooperation, team work, and the desire for the security of our fraternal society and the community.

Through the interesting activities of various lessons in singing, dramatics, theatricals, dancing, ballgames, and other sports, excursions, lectures, educational movies, various arts, etc., a desire is cultured in children for distinctive accomplishment and proper environment.

The parents do not have to worry about the company their children are in or the friends they are acquiring, because Our Youth Movement is the meeting place of only nice children of nice people—members of our S. P. J. S. T. and their friends.

One of the responsibilities of the parents to this end is that they should explain to their children the history and importance of our fraternal society and the advantages there are to be found in the lodges' life. They must encourage the children to go to their local lodges and take part in the Youth Movement and other functions, and in this way prepare the children to follow in their footsteps. The parents must give good examsweetness of conversation, affability, mutual help, and understanding. pies in the face of their children in all those instances which are inherent in our society of fraternal life: that is It is also the responsibility of the parents and the whole membership to give a steady support to all the activities of their lodge, for the S. P. J. S. T. is only what we, you and you — EVERY member, make of it.

Referring to the lodges activities, I would like to recommend for consideration to the officers and the membership of every lodge the advisability of buying various playground equipment for their childrens' recreation and to help increase attendance, activities and membership. As it is now, children bronght to the lodges while their parents are attending the adult membership meetings, are bored because of the enforced inactivity, become restless, and

—we can hardly blame them—disgusted.

Through combined orders, standard playground equipment could be ordered by the Supreme Lodge at great savings to the individual lodges. You will see the smiles in the childrens' faces, and their appreciation of your thoughtfulness. You will make them feel welcome in the lodge and stimulate their desire for a steady attendance In this way, you will also increase the adult membership's participation at your meetings.

As every lodge operating a hall already carries a public liability insurance, I wish only to recommend that a clause be inserted in the policy covering the use of the playground equipment when it is installed.

About OUR FUTURE—our children who will conduct the affairs of our S. P. J. S. T. in time to come—from my observations I can sincerely say to the parents and the entire membership that we have in our organization a very res posible, serious, and confident generation of yOung people — so alert, so eager to learn, that they are often misunderstood. With all that children have to put up with in the momentum of our present half century, so vastly different and complicated from the days gone by, the children are mighty good. Some people are critical of them because if children. have something to say, they come right, out with it. It is true the children are spirited, but that should be our biggest help and asset when their interests influenced by their parents, are captured through our YOuth Movement for the Fraternal life. I hear so much about lack of responsibility, but give them a job to do and they are marvelous. It is a palpable fact that our children are taking responsibility whenever given an opportunity, and are looking hard for the truth; in this rests the strength of today's young people.

If we help but a little to make the fraternal life and activities enjoyable to our children, and secure their interest in the liking for our lodge life, I have no fear for the future of our S. P. J. S. T. I shall always be glad and happy to have worked to the best of my ability for our children and through them for the future security of cur fraternal society.

No, I am not afraid, because I have confidence in our young people, but if YOU—the membership and the parents —fail to give our children . this help, love, understanding, and encouragement in the participation in your lodge work, the children will drift away from you they will go elsewhere—perhaps to other fraternal societies—where more under(Continued on page 21.)

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VASTNf — WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday, September 29, 1954

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES SPJST LODGE NO. 38 Ko y ar, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters, Most of you already know our annual supper consisting of genuine country sausage, fried chicken, with all trimmings served family style is scheduled •for the 3rd of October. Wonderfully lowpriced too — $1.00 for adults, 50c for children.

We are again asking your kind assistance in bringing prepared food.

If a small, but unimportant job is done by each member, the strain will not fall on the same, few aged brothers and sisters who have been carrying the burden for so many years. We must realize they cannot continue alone. If we want continued success then we must earn it.

Why not find out yourself what this organization is really capable of doing with all of us taking interest? I have no doubts that when it's over we can proudly say well done. A called meeting will be held September 27th at the Hall, 8 o'clock.

Any members living some distance, or for some reason unable to bring food, your cash contribution will be most happily accepted. It may be sent , to Jerry Stepan, Route 3, Flatonia, Texas, Fraternally yours, Mrs. Stan Vydrzal Manager TAYLOR LODGE CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARIES • It is only through the thoughtfulness of the local members that the editor can report various activities in the local SPJST lodges.

Sister Marie Svadlenak, a member of Praha Lodge No. 29 of Taylor was very thoughtful when she mailed the editor a clipping from the. Taylor Daily News, the issue of Monday, September 20, 1954, which gives a complete account of the celebration held by Praha Lodge. She also included other material pertaining to the occasion, which follows the reprint of the clipping.

SPJST Lodge Celebrates Anniversaries In All-Day Program at Hall Here Sunday Members of Lodge Praha 29 of the SPJST of Texas gathered in Taylor Sunday to celebrate fifty-five years of fellowship since the Lodge was organized locally in 1899; and 20 years for the large hall east of Taylor, that has served as a gathering place for people of the Lodge and other organizations since it was built in 1934.

Mayor R. E. Kollman in addressing

the m ambers and guests in the afternoon, said that harmony had been the outstanding quality of the SPJST and its members throughout the years, and that fellowship and friendship were in evidence in all of the gatherings.

Reuben Leshikar of Temple, president of the Lodge, introduced Mayor Kollman, and then Frank Kind., one of the original building committee, spoke in Czech to tell of the hardships of paying for the hall, during, those days of depre.ssio'n. He told his fellow members of today, what the members of 20 years ago went through to raise money for the building.

The pageant to open the formal program of the afternoon featured the major part of the personnel, who appeared in the dedication ceremonies in 1934. Miss Helen Boudny, new in the pageant, carried, the torch to portray Miss Liberty.

Mrs. SPJST who was Mrs. Max Skelton of Temple, the former Eileen Svadlenak, carried the flag of the United States. Her guards were Mrs. J. E. Kutscher of Leander and Mrs. Nolan Zipp of New Braunfels, the former Martha Kotrla and Irene Stiba. Mrs. Reuben Leshikar of Temple and Miss Mary Rose Mikolaj led in singing the National Anthem, accompanied by Miss Joyce Kind.

Mrs. J. D. Conlee, the former Minnie Naivar, carried the Texas flag. Her guards were Mrs. Arnold Cuba and Mrs. Louis A. Kind., the former Amelia Kincl and Leona Naivar.

Mrs. Lee Pavlik, the former Wilhelmina Kind., was Mrs. Praha, carrying the lodge flag. Her guards were Mrs. Bennie Hurta, who was Florence Kincl and Mrs. Walter Wendland.

Mrs. Hurta presented bout•nniers to Mr. Leshikar, the president of the Lodge, and J. F: Chupick of Temple, secretary of the Grand Lodge SPJST. Mrs. Arnold Cuba led the memorial to the late Tom Drozda and Mrs. Louis A. Kind. led the memorial for the late Frank G. Svadlenak, both former presidents of the lodge. Mr Chupick officiated at the memorial for all deceased of the Lodge.

August Hranicky paid tribute to the living and the deceased of the Lodge, and for special music, Mrs. Reuben Leshikar sang "The Lord's Prayer," accompanied by Miss Joyce Kincl; Miss Mary Rose Mikolaj sang "Among My Souveniers," accompanied by Miss Jeannie Kubala.

To close the program, Mr. Chupick of Temple, spoke briefly, listing our

freedoms in comparison to the lack of freedoms for the peoples 'of other countries, Mr. Chupick made a plea to cease taxing these freedoms for granted, and to guard them more carefully.

The celebration had opened at 11:30 a.m, with dinner and games, and continued through the evening with supper served in the hall, and dancing later to the music of Rudy Kurtz of Shiner.

Tribute of Brother Aug. liranicky As we gathered here celebrating the 20th anniversary of our present home, we will also pay tribute to the outstanding members who have served as president for the past 20 years; brother Tom Drozda, who served from 1934 through 1936, brother Frank S. Leshikar who served from 1937 through 1938, and brother Frank G. Svadlenak who served from 1939 until his death, January 9, 1954.

These pres!idents, with the wholehearted support and co-operation from the members together built and maintained this magnificent and spacious home and together they built a better and grander Lodge Praha, which today ranks second largest in the state of Texas.

In memory of our departed brother, Tom Drozda, let me say that he was the first president serving in our present home. He was also a member of the building committee, and in connection with the building activity, was confronted with many problems and responsibilities with which he labored untiringly, until in July 1934, he formally opened our present home, Brother Drozda, will always be remembered for his outstanding service, his ready smil e and his wholesome sense of humor.

In recognition 'of the diligent service of our brother Frank S. Leshikar, who is highly skilled in fraternal activities, and who was the second member to serve as president in our present home, brother Leshikar gave freely of his time and talent for the betterment of his beloved Lodge. He served well, not only as president, or vice-president, but was ever-willing to lend a helping hand to any just and honorable cause. Brother Frank S. Leshikar is still a very active member of this lodge.

In memory of our departed brother Frank G. Svadlenak, who died January 9, 1954, as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident, kindly let me say that brother Svadlenak was a most distinguished and honored citizen as well as a brother member fortified with

*ednesday, September 25, 1954 a fine education, a clean character. He served his first term as president in 1939 and from that time he served with dignity, honesty and talent unapproached, and from that time the members honored him with that high office until his chair became abandoned and his brotherly greeting silenced.

Brother Svadlenak also served the SPJST Supreme Lodge, as a Director from 1940 to 1944, and as vice-president from 1948 to the time of his passing.

In 1942 he was elected a State Representative from Williamson Ccunty, representing the 64th District of the Texas Legislature, where he served faithfully to the time of his passing. Brother Svadlenak's untimely death is a severe loss to the entire membership of Lodge Praha, to the Supreme Lodge members, to the constituents in his district, to the members of the Legislature, and to the

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entire state of Texa,S. In Lodge Praha, under his long and faithful guidance, our lodge enjoyed a long period of steadily increasing nunibers of new members and growth of our lodge, and in summing up let me say that Brother Svadlenak's long and faithful service was a large contribution toward promoting the welfare and growth of Lodge Praha.

Our presiding officer Reuben Leshikar of Temple, Texas, a son :of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Leshikar of Taylor, Texas, is still a young man, but well-qualified with a fine education, who is at present engaged in the yfractice of law at Temple, Texas.

Let me say that in his leadership, our organization has a promising future of continued progress toward better service for the members and citizens from far and near, who will come and be our fellow members.

IN MEMORIAM TO MR. FRANK G. SVADLENAK Led By Mrs. Louis A. Kincl I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead — he is just away!

With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there.

So think of him faring on, as dear In the lover of There as the love of Here; Think of him still as the same, I say; He is not dead — he is just away!

IN MEMORIAM TO MR. TOM DROZDA Led By Mrs. Amelia Kincl Cuba Though death may part us for a while, It never can erase, The memory of our loved one's smile, Or our dear one's face, For memories will always stay, As year's go passing by, And there is comfort in the thought That love can never die. _ ENGLISH PLAY AT LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88 This coming Sunday the 3rd of Octo. ber 1954 at 3:30 p. m. the Dramatic .Club of Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 will present a comedy you will enjoy tremendously. A 1 1 charactors in "HULLABALOO" are all young people and very good actors. You will enjoy this play and remember it for a long time.

Don't miss this opportunity, bring your family and your friends and spend a pleasant afternoon in fun and laughter. A delicious supper will be served and also plenty of good kolaches and eof-

fee will be on hand. At night the orchestra of Bill Mraz will play for the dance. Every one attending the play in the afternoon will be admitted FREE to the dance. Also every member cornming only to the dance at night, will be admitted FREE Come out and have a wonderful time among your fellow members and friends.

Nothing pleases actors more than an auditorium filled with , an appreciative audience. I know they will perform for you with joy and give all they have.

This invitation is extended to cld and young. Come all and have fun. The

Itrans, 15 place; Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, 1140 Robbie. Time 3:30 p. m. Sunday the 3rd of October 1954.

Fraternally, Frances Olexa.

P. S.—Any pastry willingly given by any one will be very much appreciated.

Thank you. ) • 4.

HVEZDA TEXASU LODGE NO 47 Temple, Texas Dear Friends: We had a little shower last night and things- really do look fresh and clean this morning. I wonder when we will have a good old-fashioned rain instead of just showers.

I wish to thank everybody for helping out with our party we had for Brother Motl. Everybody enjoyed it very mudh. You, children, were wonderful and I thank you for taking part in the program. I am not going to write too much about it for those who came, saw and wouldn't care to read about it and those who did not come were not interested in seeing so I'm sure you wouldn't be interested in reading about it. I do not like to brag about my own programs, so next time come and see for yourself. It was too bad that. our own editor was not present. All of the surrounding towns had reporters and photographers to take pictures for their paper an no Vestnik editor or photographer.

(Editor's Note:—For the last couple years, I have been trying to free myself from editorial work on Sunday.

What the members read on Wednesday or Thursday, I have to read the preceding Sunday, every Sunday. It is my duty to correct typographical errors, to measure paragraphs and articles, to arrange the pages. Sunday, September 5, the special delivery shipment was mishandled. That happens, on the aver-age, once in ten weeks. I intended to pick up the big brown envelope, leave Houston about 8:00 a. m., be in Temple at noon (with my camera, too), work on the "proofs" either before or after the program, and mail the material from Temple to West. But the brown envelope was missent. All my foaming, and-boiling madder by the hour did not stop the clock. Finally, with assistance of everybody in the Special DeliVery Department, the brown envelope was found. But it was too late to drive to Seaton: This is just a sample of my editorial pleasures.)

I wish to thank Sisters Fojtasek and Maresh for their nice comments in another Czech weekly paper.

At our next meeting, which will be (Continued on page 21.)

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por Svobody. No. 8, died Aug. 8, 1954, at age '75. Admitted Oct, 12, 1913. Cert. A10966 for $500.00.

Death Claim No,. 5678. Sister Augusta Marie Caletka, housewife, member ,cf Lodge, Jul Washington, No. 22, died Aug. 15, 1954, at age 82. Admitted Oct. 11, 1903, Cert. A-10028 for $500.00.

Death Claim No. .5679. Brother John Temple, Texas, Sept. 7 1954 Joe Vasek, farmer, member of Lodge Dear Brothers and Sisters: Oesky Prapor, No. 24; died Aug. 14, 1954, Please be advised that during the at age 49. Admitted Oct. 21, 1929. Cert. month of August; 1954, the Supreme Pd-Up No. 27, for $46.50.

Lodge, SPJST, has paid death benefits Death Claim No. 5680. Sister Rosalie due by virtue of certificates issued to Dubcak, retired, member of Lodge Navy the following deceased, brothers and sis- Tabor, No, ,17' died Aug. 20, 1954, at age ters, to-wit: 83. Admitted Oct. 12, 1902. Cert. ADeath Claim No. 5667. Brother John 10172 for $500.00.

Bucek, business man, member of Lodge Death Claim No. 5681. Brother John Pokrok Moulton, No. 27, died June 18, T. Mikulencak, farmer, member of Lodge 1954, at age 72. Admitted Feb. 3, 1901. Praha, No. 29. died Aug. 13, 1954, at age Cert. A-325 for $1000.00.

61. Admitted Oct. 5; 1936. Cert. B-1661 Death Claim No. 5668. Brother Joe for $1000.00.

Krejci, retired, member of Lodge Prapor Death Claim No. 5682. Brother Frank Svobody, No 8, died July 23, 1954, at age Coufal, retired farmer, member of Lodge 87. Admitted Oct. 12, 1913. Cert. A-10965 Novy Tabor, No. 17, died August 12, 1954, for $500.00. at age 80. Admitted Dec. 2, 1900. Cert.

Death Claim No. 5669. Peter J. Kazmir, Pd-up 701, for $256.00. retired farmer, member of Lodge VytrDeath Claim No. '5684. Brother Theovalost, No. 138, died Aug. 6, 1954, at age dor Hruska, butcher, member of Lodge 81. Admitted Oct. 10, 1900. Cert. Pd.-Up Anton aermak, No. 56, died July 28, No-. 877 for $904.00.

1954, at age 50. Admitted Oct. 1, 1922.

Death Claim No. 5870. Brother Lud- Cert. A-15449 for $1500.00. vik Kahanek, retired, member of Lodge To the bereaved relatives of our deBratki Svobody, No. 67, died Aug. 6, 1954, ceased brothers and sisters, the Supreme at age 81. Admitted June 3, 1917. Cert. Lodge, SPJST, expresses its heartfelt A-10031 for -$500.00. sympathy.

Death Claim No. 5671. Brother Eric C. J. F. Chupick, Rosenthal, farmer, member of Lodge Secretary Supreme Lodge, SPJST 4, • I, Praha, No. 29, died July 25, 1954, at age 45. Admitted Dec. 22, 1949. Cert. C-10442 INSURANCE FOR HOLIDAYS ONLY for $1000.00..

You're doubtles familiar with insurDeath Claim No. 5672. Sister Marie Strnad, member of Lodge Praha, No. 29, ance policies which can be taken out to died July 25, 1954, at age 83. Admitted cover a single flight, train trip, and so March 18, 1900. Cert A-10260 for $500.00. on. Now comes a new type of insurNo 5673. Sister Frances ance designed to cover holiday junkets.

Death Claim At first, this will be sold in Illinois only Spacek, housewife, member of Lodge (though it will cover trips to points outKornensky, No. 20, died Aug. 5, 1954, at side the state), but if successful it will age 78. Admitted Aug. 14, 1904. Cert. A- soon be available thruout the country.

10088 for $500.00.

The policy, which is sold by ContinenDeath Claim No. 5674. Sister Anna i\latusek, housewife, member of Lodge tal Casualty Co, offers $10,000 coverage Columbus, No. 58, died Aug. 9, 1954, at for death occurring as a result of a holiday accident. Expenses resulting from 4517 forAdmitted $1000.00. Oct. 2, 1904. Cert. Aage 83. injuries will be covered up to $250. All this for an annual $5 premium.

Death Claim No 5675. Brother John Nine holidays are covered by the polSpanihel, clerk, member of Lodge Rad- icy. They are New Year's, Lincoln's host, No 99, died Aug 7, 1954, at age 63. Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Admitted May 21, 1911. Cert. A-5397 for Easter, Memorial Day, Independence $1000.00.

Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Death Claim No. 5676. Sister Terezie Christmas. The length of coverage perChaloupka, ' housewife, member of Lodge iods will vary, depending on length of Svaz Oechoslovanu, No. 92, died Aug. 16, each holiday period, but will range from 1954, at age 85. Admitted March 13, 48 to 96 hours. For example, since Labor 1910. Cert. A-1433 for $1000.00.

Day come on Monday, coverage for that Death Claim No 5677. Sister Anna holiday will begin at noon Friday -and , Krejci, housewife, member of Lodge Pra- extend to noon Tuesday.

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Temple, Texas 7. zari 1954.

COM bratil. a sestry: Tinto se yam oznarnuje, ze behem mesice srpna 1954 Illa yni inadovna SPJST yyplatila pojiSteni po nasich zemtelYch bratrich a sestrach, jak nasleduje: Umrti cislo 5667. Br. John Bueek, obchodnik, od radu Pokrok Moultonu cislo 27, zemrel 18. eer yna 1954 ye staff. 72 let.

Do Jednoty pristoupil 3. unora. 1901. Cert.

A-325 na $1,000.00.

Umrti cislo 5668. Br. Joe Krejei, na odpoeinku, od rad uPrapor Svobody eislo 8, zemrel 23. eer yence 1954 ye staff 87 let.

Do Jednoty pfistoupil 12. rijna 1913. Cert.

A-10965 na $500.00.

Umrti eislo 5669. Br. Peter J. Hazmir, rolnik na odpoeinku, od radu Vytrvalost cislo 138, zemrel 6. srpna 1954 ye staff 81 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 10. iijna 1900.

Cert. Pd up cis. 877 na $904.00.

Umrti cislo 5670. Br. Ludvik Kahanek, na odpoeinku, od radu Bratri Si/obody cislo 67, zemrel srpna 1954 ye staff 81 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 3. eervna 1917.

Cert. A-10031 na $500.00.

LJnirti oisto 5671. Br. Eric C. Rosenthal, rolnik, od radu Praha eislo 29, zemrel 25. eervence 1954 ye star( 45 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 22. prosince 1949. Cert. C-10442 na $1,000.00.

Umrti eislo 5672. Ses. Marie Strnad, od radu Praha Oslo 29, zemfela 25. eervence 1954 y e star( 83 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 18. brezna 1900. Cert. A-10260. na $500.00. cislo :5673. Ses. Frances Spacek, hospodyne, od radu Komenskk eislo 20, zemkela 5. srpna 1954 ye stall. 78 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 14. srpna 1904. Cert.

A-10088 na $500.00.

Umrti eislo 5674. Ses. Anna MatuZek, hospodyne, od radu Columbus eislo 58, zemkela 9. srpna 1954 ye stall 83 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 2. kijna 1904. Cert. A4517 na $1,000.00.

Untrti Oslo 5675. Br. John Spanihel, prodavae v obchode, od radu RadhoAt' Oslo 99, zemkel 7. srpna 1954 ye stars 63 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil 21. kvetna 1911 Cert. A-5397 na $1.000.00.

Umrti eislo 5676. Ses. Terezie Chaloupka, hospodyne, od radu Svaz aechoslovantt, cislo 92, zemkela 16. srpna 1954 ye staff 85 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 13. brezna 1910. Cert. A-1433 na $1,000.00.

Umrti cislo 5677. Ses. Anna Krejci, hospodyne, od radtt Prapor Svobody, 'Oslo g,

WedfientraY, S'eptem'ber 23, 1954 zemtela 8._srpna. 1954 y e stati 75 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupila 12. tijna 1913. Cert.

A-10966 na $500.00. tmrti eislo 5678. Ses. Augusta Marie Caletka, hospodyne, od •adu Jiti Washington 'Oslo 22, zemtela 15. srpna 1954 ye stab 82 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupila 11. kijna 1903. Cert. A-10028 na $500.00. iTmrti 'Oslo 5679. Br. John Joe Vakk, rolnik, od tadu OeskSr Prapor Oslo 24, zemtel 14. srpna 1954 ye stall 49 let. Do Jednoty pfistoupil 21. fijna 1929. Cert.

Pd-up els. 27, na $46.50. iTmrti eislo 5680 Sestra Rosalie Dubna odpoeinku, odradu NovY Tabor cislo 17, zemfela 20. srpna 1954 ye stall 83 let. Do Jednoty pfistoupila 12. tijna 1902.

Cert. A-10172 na $500.00. ilnirti eislo 5681. Br. John T. Mikulenrolnik, od tadu Praha eislo 29, zemfel 13. srpna 1954 ye stall 61 let. Do Jednoty pfistoupil 5. fijna 1936. Cert. B-1661 na $1,000.00. llmrti eislo 5682. Br. Frank Coufal, rolnik na odpoeinku, od fadu NovY Tabor eislo 17, zemfel 12 srpna 1954 ye stall 80 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupil 2. prosince 1900. Cert. Pd-up 701 na $256.00. timrti 'Oslo 5684. Br. Theodor Hrugka, feznik, od kadu Anton termak dislo 56, zemtel 28. dervence 1954 ye stall 50 let.

Do Jednoty pfistoupil 1. fijna 1922. Cert.

A-15449 na $1,500.00.

Hlavni nfadovna SPJST timto vyslovuje pozustalYm po techto zemfelSrch bratfich a sestrach jeji nejhlubSi soustrast.

J. F. Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni fifadovny SPJST. 41, •

One Dollar Fairy Tales SELFISH DOG (By George Nemec, Jr., Age 11) One day a dog got a piece of meat.

While on the bridge crossing a stream, he looked into the water. There he saw a dog holding a piece of meat in his mouth.

He became jealous and said to himself. "I must have that piece of meat, too."

He jumped into the water and grabbed at the meat. To his dismay, he found there was no meat, and no dog..

What he saw was only his reflection in the water.

He lost his own meat when he opened his mouth to grab the other dog's meat. ) • aL • ( A good hottsekeeper does not spent time wondering where the dirt came from, but showing it where to go."

—Sunshine Magazine.

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FREEDOM TO EAT The late Franklin D. Roosevelt coined on the smooth bark their slogans for the a phrase about "four freedoms." One day. It was the beginning for the "camof them was "freedom from want." pensino" to feel as equal human being, Recently, when the newspapers were to understand his own needs., full of reports about the revolution in Roosevelt talked about the freedom Guatemala, the "freedom from want" from want. Let's call it freedom to eat, had a special significance to me. What But can we live happily in the great happened in Guatemala, must be hap- house of our riches, surrounded by the pening in other parts of the world. The slums of the world's underdeveloped aonly difference is that the other parts reas? What will the new slogans be now are too remote from the United States, in Guatemala on the trunks of the Ceiba too hungry, and too many of them.. trees? When will the "campensinos" Guatemala, even during a revolution, quit stepping off the sidewalks for a is an incredible beautiful land of eternal white-skinned person? spring where the volcanos are cloudThe real issue today is whether we capped, where the bougaivilleas bloom understand other people, whether we can profusely, and where the hedges are of help make the freedom a democracy of flaming hibiscu. meaningful realities in various parts' of More than 80 per cent of Guatema- the world. lans are "campesinos"---rural people of Last fall, Supreme Court Justice Wm. Mayan Indian stock, short and rugged, 0. Douglas made a speech in Philadelwho have the very old habit of stepping phia on the subject of "Understanding off the sidewalk when a white-skinned Asia." When I read the speech, I thought Spaniard, or American tourist, such as I it very enlightening. I saved it. Let .me was in the summer of 1947, approached. give it to you in order to sharpen your A "campesino" feeds his family a diet own thinking. of corn and beans, grown from a very These are the words of Supreme Court small patch of very rich volcanic soil on the side of a mountain. If he works for Justice Douglas: coffee growers who are either rich To understand the poltical climate of Spaniards, Germans or Italians, he gets Asia, four influences or factors must be 15 cents a day. The little cash he gets kept in mind. may buy him a pair of sandals soled with First. The peoples of Asia have long pieces of automobile tires.

The Moscow agenda had flooded this suffered from an inequality of status. lovely land with its propaganda. The For centuries they were governed by people of Guatemala, some 70 per cent white men who did not give them equal of whom are Indians, are gentle and rights. Discrimination on account of patient children of nature. In the sum- race or color was long practiced. "Namer of 19.47, while I spent there five or tives Not Allowed" was the sign seen at six weeks, the Communists were distrib- clubs, golf courses, and the like. The uting leaflets and pamphlets about the peoples of Asia are proud and sensitive. poor economic conditions of the poten- These indignities cut deep and left scars tially rich land. The literature called for that will be manifest a long time. a lot of things: medical care, so that Second. The peoples of Asia look on the children of the "campensino" would- capitalism as an instrument for the n't die so young; for better food, bet- exploitation of the multitudes for the ter clothing, bettter shelter; for more benefit of a few. They have never known manufactured good. The entire republic free enterprise as we know it. Here we of Guatemala, although about the size look with pride on a capitalistic system of the state of Louisiana, does not have which has unleashed the inventive geenough everyday articles like ready- nius of men, brought prosperity to whole made dresses, shoes, dishes, cooking u- communities, given labor as well as mantensils, paper boxes, pails, mops and agement and investors a fair participabrooms to supply the people living in tion, and raised the standard of living any American city of the size of Tem- of the entire nation. Asia knows only an ple, Texas. exploitive capitalism that returned . 26 The Kremlin program hadn't quite per cent, 50 per cent, or even 100 per worked in Guatemala even though the cent a year to the investors. Little was "campensino" Communists were organ- returned to the community where the ized. In the villages of Guatemala are money was made. Labor standards were great, smooth-barked Ceiba trees, plan- kept low. Unions were outlawed. Profits ted by the Spaniards some hundred were not used to build schools or hosyears ago, The Communists used the pitals nor to raise the standard of living Ceiba trees as bulletin boards, chalking of the people. Asia's experience with cap-

Siam 11 italism is one reason why Asia is predominantly socialistic today.

Third. Asia -- a continent exploiter and looked down on by the West—for centuries suffered from poverty, misery, misgovernment, and denial of civil rights.

The injustices Asia has suffered are greater than any we have ever known.

In the last few decades a complex of forces produced powerful revolutions.

These were in part revolutions for independence; in part, revolutions against landlords and other powerful interests; in part revolutions against political controls that kept generation after genera.tion in poverty and subjugation. The ideas of Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt supplied some impetus to these revolutions.

But their main inspiration came from the success of the Russian Revolution and from the growing power of the Communists in Red China, Moreover, these Asian countries lay close to Russio and Red China. Communist propagti Lists were ready wtih revolutionary ature. W'e of the West had one of the most glorious of all revolutiQns. But we had no Thomas Paines in Asia during the twentieth century.

Fourth. Many of the intellectuals of Asia became steeped in the Marxist creed as they searched for ways and means of conducting their own revolutions. But though many turned to Marxism for study, few actually embraced it 'as a. political creed. Most of them indeed developed an aversion for the techniques and tactics which Communism employs. Violence, terror, gun play, the big lie, and other similar political tactic's run against the grain of most people. '.1he Asians are no exception. As a result there are not many Communists in the free countries of Asia. In India there are probably not over 40,000 out of nearly 400 million people. Yet even Asians who reject the political tactics of Communism have a tolerance for Marxist theory not known in the West. While they fear Russian imperialism, they believe that all Communist governments will eventually go the way of Yugoslavia and develop indigenous socialist regimes that are more respectful of the rights - el man than Russia has ever been un. der either the Czars or the Kremlin.

These four factors have produced in Asia attitudes that the Communist reabnes of that continent—oppressive as they are—are not wholly evil. Let me it tustrate.

An Indian (a man from India) who visits a Russian city in Central Asia sees it through different eyes than we probably would. His starting point is not the towns or cities of Europe or America,

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but the typical Indian village of mud huts, poverty, and disease—a place that has no hospitals, doctors, or clinics, no sanitary water supply, no schools, no playgrounds or parks. The Indian sees the Russian city as something that is a great advance over what Central Asia has ever known.

He rejects the political tactics of the Communists and their godless creed.

Yet he gives Russia credit for raising the standard of living of the men and women at the bottom of Asian society.

He points out that the infant-mortality rate in Central Asia has dropped markedly. He „knows Communism is cruel. Yet he points out that the poverty ci Asia's villages also exacts a heavy toll in human lifer through the babies that die of dysentery and malnutrition.

He concedes that we Americans would not get a fair exchange if we surrendered our freedom for Communism. But the villagers of Asia, he says, do not yet have the freedom to eat. Those who do not have that freedom may not be so discriminating.

We fail to realize that beneath the unorthodox talk there are democratic ideals as vital and enduring as those we know in America. The parliamentary traditions which Burma, India, Pakistan, and the Phillipines have developed in the few years of their independence should be evidence enough.

4 • ( ) 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 embarrasment.

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.

• a1i • WIDOWS INCREASE There are about 7,500,000 widows in the United States, and the total has been increasing by 100,000 a year, according to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. It is reported that by 1960 there may be as many as 8,500,000 widows in the nation. More than one half of the widows are sixty-five or older, two-fifths are forty-five to sixtyfour, and one tenth arc under forty-live

Wednesday, September 29, 1951 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 gum of $2,500.00, and is not included in the amounts of the other classe.

CLASS M: Annuity Policies.

CLASS M-C: 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.

Five SPJST certificates for children: CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may'be converted into any other insurance utter the child reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age oX 16 years.

CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at age 16, payable at death.

CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value at age one year, payable at death.

CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with mortuary face value at age one year.

CLASS J-G: 20-year endowment, more tuary face value at age one year. ttiz)

Wednesday, September 20, 1.954

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TERMITES FRIENDLY ENEMIES stark white in contrast to their darkskinned parents.

As soon as the first group of termite children are big enough to stagger along with a burden, they organize a construction gang. Each blind worker knows where to take his load and how to fasten it in position.

No sooner do the children start digging and building than their mother and father quit work, permanently. The mother devotes her entire time and talents to laying eggs. The father loafs.

The children feed the parents. Newly hatched termites are also fed by workers.

The young termites acquire special traits as they grow. Some develop weapons, and become soldiers. Others sprout wings and have eyes. Some warm day, these will fly away to establish colonies of their own.

Meanwhile, the soldiers protect the group from invasion by ants. The soldier's head is greatly enlarged, and has a comparatively thick skull. His jaws hold heavy teeth. Some soldiers have swordlike jaws to pierce the body of an ant. Other soldiers are defensive troops —with their huge heads they plug small holes .or fractured runways of the termite nest.

Public interest was aroused by discovery that termites are responsible for extensive damage to wooden structures. A congenial climate, large use of wood, and central heating of houses made 20thcentury North America a haven for termites.

Both actual damage and discovery of it mounted rapidly, SO that by 1936 experts estimated that the tiny wood-eaters cost the U. S. economy a million dollars a week. Termites, in rare instances, have eaten soap, macaroni, cotton goods, and even ham. But their staple diet is celluloSe, a major product of vegetable growth. Cellulose is a remarkably stable chemical compound. Neither animals nor insects—other than termites—can digest it. Most creatures leave fallen logs strictly alone. If affected only by rain and sun, a big log would lie for Unlike other insects, the baby termites generations without rotting. are fully formed and active when they Early in the study of termites, naturaare hatched. As they grow, they break lists noticed that the strange insects out of their skins several times until perform a unique service. Alone among they reach maturity.

Earth's creatures, they attack cellulose, Meanwhile, weird influences have been break it down, and reduce it to forms at work upon the young termites. They which can be used in plant nutrition. look and act less like their parents when Without the termite, the vegetative cyfirst hatched. Some loose their eyes and cle of growth and decay would be thrown fail to develop wings. Reproductive or- badly out of gear, especially in the trogans shrink to uselessness. They are pics.

Termites nave a bad name. Most people think they only wreck things, actually they a r e the Earth's most amazing builders.

Imagine, if you please, a construction job for a "Reusing project to accomodate four million under one roof and all air conditioned."

Termite colonies have been doing just that for fifty million years. Toiling 24 hours a day, they dig grains of sand from warm damp soil. Each particle is carefully cleaned, then carried to the construction point, and cemented in its place. Grain by grain, these little insects build mounds forty feet high, which contain as much as twenty-three million pounds of earth.

The termites avoid sunlight, but almost any spring day, for some mysterious reason, they dig an opening in their mound and come out. Fluttering nervously, a part of the colony prepares to fly from its home.

Some flutter only a few feet, while others are scattered over an area of about half a mile. Only the fortunate survive. Nighthawks, flycatchers, frogs, snakes, lizards, and other insects snatch up the major portion of the colony.

Occasionally, a pair lands safely. On landing, each insect sheds his wings which he carried for two years in preparation for a twenty second flight.

A lucky pair of "newlyweds" scurries into a crack of rotten log or push into damp earth, and begin frantic excavation. They clear a little cell and seal themselves against the outside world.

The cell is dark and humid, a proper place in which to rear termite young.

Eventually the bride will reign as queen capable of producing four thousand eggs a day for ten years. To begin with, she lays only four eggs for about six days.

The eggs need no 'special care; the damp warmth of the cell will cause them to hatch in two to four weeks time.

During the hatching period, the young mother continues to help in enlarging the cell by simply eating outward, riping off the substance around her with her sawlike jaws.

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WHERE TO GO SUNDAY TWICE A MONTH: Sunday—Every first and third Sunday cf each month Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 83 sponsors a dance. Every one is invited and members are admitted FREE. MONDAY EACH WEEK• Monday—Every Monday of each week, at 8 p.m. chorus singing practice will be held. Any one interested is welcome at Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, 1140 Robbie.

WEDNESDAY EACH WEEK: Wednesday—Every Wednesday of each week dancing and singing lessons are sponsored for the youth of Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, 1140 Robbie.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29: Charter Sisters' Club of Stefanik Ledge is sponsoring a bingo party and luncheon beginning at 1:00 p. m. Everyone most welcome.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 10: Lodge Texasska Orlice No. 13 will have lunch immediately after regular meeting, members and their families are asked to attend and bring cakes, kola ches or sandwiches.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 3: Placedo Lodge No. 97 will hold its regular meeting first Sunday in October instead of October 10 due to conflicting schedules.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 3: Osveta Lodge No. 38 at Kovar, Texas will have it annual supper and a dance.

Everybody invited. ► • 4,• PriSel pan Kaiiirek k lekafi a stNoval si: "Pane doktore, cele 'Lek> mne boli, na prsou picha, oci mne pdli a leva, noha mi dfeveni."

Prohledl lekai pana Kaeirka, hrudni koS proklepal, teplotu zmeril, pak se tajemne usmdl, vytahl se skrine lahvieku, odzatkoval ji a povidd: "Cichnete si, pane Kaeirek."

"Jste uzdraven," pravil leka •, kcly" pa, cient poslechl jeho narizeni.

"Pet dolara."

Pan Kaeirek vytahl z penaenky petidolarovou bankovku, dal ji lekafi pod nos a pravil: "Cichnete si, pane doktore." Lekat prieichl, pan Ka.eirek se vitezoslavne usmal a povida: "Jste zaplacen."

4.„ • ( ) Stesti prichdzi a odchazi ale zdsluhy trvaji na • • MnohY Novel je pouze proto povolnui, ze je linYt

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Wednesday, September 29, 1954

Czech Youth Club Of San Antonio

The Czech YoUth Club, which was organized some time ago in San Antonio, is constantly growing. The Beseda dancesi'tomposed of some of the. members of the Czech Youth have been dancing all summer. They were invited to many 'parties, dances, conventions and various civic and fpiternal programs. The children as a club, are very popular.

In.thepicture, from left to right, the boys are: Michael Becker,Gene Kiel, Charles Popp, Matt Hughes, Eddie Popp, Stan-

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KINDNESS CAN BE A NUISANCE '-!Aaeordin g to all homely proverbs about simple, virtues, the kindly persons should

be. sexy popular and well liked. But are they? Take for an example, the type who is ever bubbling over with the milk of, human kindness. They are found in almost every circle of friends or relatiyes pr fellow workers. These persons are generally very cheery and active and always going out of the way to be helpful ,or,, to give a bit of advice. Most of them, are "bright and well meaning" and not too well liked.

They offer advice that is not sought, make suggestions that are not wanted, insist on taking charge of affairs that ddnot concern them—and all under the guise 'of benevolence.

These people are the kind who are never quite satisfied with our • furniture arrangement or choice of clothes or hair

by Kahnus, Frank Parma. The girls: Mary Ann Czarnecki, Judy Becker, Carol KieL Diana Hughes, Irene Kalmus, Marian Blanar, Irene Po pp, Carolyn Bartos and Marilyn Strobel.

Other children of the Czech Youth Club not pictured are: Dennis Kiel, Bernadc.tte and Beverly Kresta, Patricia and Frankie Mae Maresh. The picture was supplied by Mrs. T. M. Hughes, 340 Tennessee, San Antonio, Texas, who will gladly furnish additional information about the Czech Youth Club in San Antonio.

style, who urge us to try their remedies, can be reined by an overdose of unand visit their beauticians and milli- called-for solicitude. ners and tradesfolk. And if we are not —Beth Hibbard careful, they sometimes finish our sen) • st. • ( tences for us and put words into our mouths that are not even in our HISTORY'S GREATEST EXPLOSION thought.s.

The volcanic explosion of the JavaThe tragedy of it is that they are nice nese island, Krakatoa, in 1883, is reported people who could be enjoyable company, to be the greatest explosion in history. but they are overkindly and officious According to Michael Bakalar "the blast nuisance. sent six to ten cubic miles of earth 20;Officiousness is one of the most pro- 000 feet into the air. The roar was heard voking ,of human failings. It is a brash distinctly 3,000 miles away, and the quality that implies that the "other fel- waves started by the blast were recorded low" does not know enough to take care at London, 8,000 miles away. For two of his own affairs. It bears no relation- years, the dust-laden atmosphere proship to real kindliness, which is sensi- duced brilliant dawns and sunsets all tive to the feelings of others and opera- over the world."

• 4. • ( tes quietly and unostentatiously in the business of being helpful.

The straight and narrow path wouldFriendships are built on mutual un- n't be so narrow if more people walked derstanding and consideration—and they in it.

Wednesday; September 29,:.1954

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Our Youth Movement Resolution of Sympath (Continued from page 13.) standing and appreciation is shown the young generation, and you will lose all hopes for a prosperous future of S. P. J. S. T. the organization you helped to build.

"OUR FUTURE LIES IN Y 0 U R HANDS." HVEZDA TEXASU LODGE NO. 47 (Continued from page 15.) held on October 3, we will have nomination Of officers. All of you who are interested come and nominate the candidates of your choice. Some of you do not come to the meetings, and then you complain that the same bunch is elected every year. Remeber that a member can not be nominated to any office unless he comes to at least six meetings a year, and your dues must be paid before you can vote or be a candidate for any office. That is the reason it is so hard to elect new officers. Either the candidate does not want to accept the nomination or he is not eligible. Let's remember to come to the meeting and nominate the officers of your choice.

Beginning next month Mr. Houdek from Dallas will start having his Czech pictures in our hall so all of you watch the announcement in the Vestnik for the opening date and all of you come.

Fraternally, MR$ CLARA HEJL ) • 4 • ( LODGE CESKY PRAPOR NO. 24 Cyclone, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers: Lodge No. 24 will have its regular meeting the first Sunday, October 3, and would like to see some of you lodge members attend as you know the district meeting will be at our lodge Oct. 17 and there still are things to be talked about.

Hope to see you on Sunday, Oct. 3.

Your Lodge Reporter, Mollie Zavodny ) • a,.

GOOD OLD DAYS According to figures supplied by the Aircraft Industries Association of America, Incorporated, the time and money required of a passenger who traveled from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in various years are as follows. 1812, stagecoach, six days, $27; 1834, rail, canal, stage, four days, $15; 1953, train-parlor car, six hours, $18.25; 1953, airplane, 11/2 hours, $16,75.

We the Resolution Committee of Lodge Praha No. 29 wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of our member, Joe M. Pulkrabek who died Sept. 18, 1954 in Taylor hospital at the age of 54 years.

Whereas our beloved brother leaves behind to mourn his wife, Mrs. Lydia Pulkrabek, one daughter, Miss Lois Pulkrabek and one son Franklin Pulkrabek all of Taylor, one sister, Mrs. Lucille Micek of Yoakum, Texas, three brothers, Frank and John Pulkrabek of Taylor and Rudolf 'Pulkrabek of Bartlett, Texas.

Therefore be it resolved that the members of this lodge, extend to the bereaved family and relatives our sincere sympathy, Vera Polansky, A. L. Boudny Marie Svadlenak Resolution Committee Lodge Praha No. 29. Taylor, Texas. ) • 4, • RETIREMENT For many people the goal in life is retirement: quitting work and taking life easy. This idea has been glamorized in recent years by talk that it is smart to "retire young and enjoy life." But, really, is retirement a blight or a blessing?

To find the answer to this provocative question we must know the prime reasons why retirement appears alluring. There are five: (1) A widespread belief that all people want to retire as soon as they are financially able; (2) a general belief that older people are unproductive in their work and that they cannot learn new things; (3) the popular belief that better health and longer life are the natural consequences of eliminating work; (4) the belief that a "life of ease" will bring that muchsought-af ter happiness, and (5) the belief that retirement is desirable because it means doing all the things that a person has wanted to do, such as traveling, developing hobbies and enjoying entertainments.

Do most people really want to retire?

Surprisingly enough, very few do. The vast majority retire only because the policies of most companies compel one to retire at a certain age. The most careful studies reveal that people actually fight against being "put on the shelf."

Investigators discovered three basic reasons why the great majority of people do not want to retire: (1) Man naturally seeks a sense of worth, a feeling of

Btralla productivity—a drive that United States' statistics disclose linfluences at least 80 percent of middle-class people who continue to work 'after age of sixtyfive; (2) work provides an opportunity for group participaticn, thus removing the blights Of old' age: isolation and loneliness, and (3) for healthy-minded individuals work is a matter of intrinsic enjoyment.

On the whole, then, people really do not want to retire. When Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, the United States Secreary of Health, Educaticn and Welfare, was asked the question, "Do you think people want to work after 65?" she answered: "Recent studies made among beneficiaries of old age and survivors' insurance indicate that less thanr five per cent of the workers in good health who had retired did so because -they wanted to!"

So is retirement a blight or a blessing? It depends on what is meant by the word "retirement." If it means making quitting, taking it easy, loafing, withdrawing, the rocking chair, an end, then retirement certainly will be a blight. On the other hand, if retirement means the stopping of one kind of work and the beginning of spending more time at some other useful work, especially helping others and doing it wholly withcut monetary return, then retirement can be a blessing.

• 40 • ( There is an urgent need to instill •aP4, develop in our people today some .hoif, the selfsame confidence which led cur forefather to perform such heroic tea of endurance when they conquered` ihel wilderness and laid the foundatikinsl here for the strongest and most ,prp.T., gressive nation on the earth.

'There were doubters and the • .f Arqhearted in those days, but there were also giants in the earth in that era.'They counted trials, tribulations, and retur-z rent crises as payments on the future they were building for themselves and their prosperity.

They were down-to-earth, practiCat individuals, too. They were not bbth.ered with certain things that trouble' US today, such as self-analysis, motic'S,, complexes, and neuroses. They were inch and women of simple faith and action: They were willing to work hard and cheerfully for what they wanted and '11necessary, to fight hard and long for what they had.

It is a revival of this simple but effect!lve faith which is needed today. From this type of simple faith will spring na,t7:, urally and honestly a new sense of moral integrity.

t ST N 117. WFST, TEXAS EDUARD MittEK:

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Nedivime se mu.

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Pi ee'ti • s tatinkem nebo maminkou, dedeekem nebo babiekou nekolikrat a potom spravne, to je, bez chyb, opiCS do sclAtui elanek nosy se °pet hodi k rozhovoru. Tak naueiS se eesky eisti i mitts chuti do toho!

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Husy.

STRteEK MiCEK Z AUSTINU.

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Husy redly na vodu a plovaly. Bylo videti, tai: rady iinI. Na node &Maly se kruhy 'ark' a Tak se voda vinila.

Veda byla 6ista. VInky re potom uti g ily. Bylo talk huoy no'rikama se odstrkuji. Ne 1i vy g ly z vody, divoce so potapely a kikely. Na potom p y otira-

Stliiek Karel a rad husi masa 4.i ;vf-e je !ep gi. sae llkrocani To je proc to O

vim' kovi je zridn-io ire ma husy nejradef l d y

(Napsala IloZ"ena Nemcova.)

(Pokraebvani.)

Na Bilou sobotu bylo ale na Starern belidle od dasneho jitra jako na Pra1skein 'mcste: v sednici, v kuchyni, ye dvore, u pece, v gude se potkavaly delne nice, a ku kterekoli z 1enskYch se dal se svYrni zalelitostmi obracely, kakla si narikala, 1- e nevi, kde ji hiava stoji, i Barunka mela tolik prate, 1e zapomnela jedno pro druhe. Za to bylo ale k yeeeru v .staveni v geeko v gude v poradku, a babieka s Barunkou i matkou sly na vzkrigeni. Kdy1, pak v o?drenem, naboinYmi napinenem chramu zavznelo ze Vgech fist slavne: "Vstalte 'Leto chvile ctny vykupitel! Hallelujah!" tu se cidevee uneseno mocnYm citem, prsa se ji dmula, pudilo ji to yen, yen do Sire prostory, kde by mohla dat pruchod nevyslovnemu jasotu, kterY ji v dui hlaholil. Celt' veder bylo ji neobyeejne milo, a kdy ji davala babieka "dobrou noc", vzala ji okolo krku a pustila se do place.

"Cri. je ti, proe plaee g ?" ptala se ji babieka.

"Nic mi neni, babieko, v sobe rnam radost, 1e muslin plakat," odpovedelo devde. A statenka sehnula se, polibila vnueku na delo a pohladila ji lice, nerikajic ani slova. Znalat' svoji Barunku!

Na Boll Hod vzala babieka k sveceni s sebou do kostela mazanec, vino a vejce. Kdy1 to pak dolma ptinesla, rozkrajela'se syeeene, kaklY z domacich dostal od obeho po kousku a trochu vina. Drilbe1 a dobytek dostaly zase od obojiho jako na vanoce, aby pry byly domu 'brie-I-gine a hojnY u1"itek davaly, povidala babieka.

V pondeli byl ale na 1. 4riske zlY den, byla dynovadka a koleda. Sotva byli Fro g -kovicranstleuji,1`ozYvaly se za difetmi hlasy: "Ja, jsem malt kolednieek" atd. a tu najednou zaklepal kdosi na dvete;,, Betka gla otevtit, ale opatrne

Ve sifedu dn.e otvirala, mohli to bYt i chlapci, nebot! jisto bylo, ze ZadnY ze znainYc vyglehani nedaroval. Byl to pan otec, nejrannejS1 ze vgech. Ptigel jako svatougek, pral gt'astile a vesele hody, pod kabatem mel ale schovanou vrbovou dynovadku; tu najednou s ugklibnutim vytahl a zatal 1enske glehat. Dostaly vSechily, i hospodyne, Adelka, i ba,bieku glehl pies faldy, "aby blechy negtipaly," dodal se smichem. A jako kahlY jinY kolednik, dostal take pan otec po vajieku, po jablieku. "Co, hogi, jak jste koledovali?" ptal se pan otec chlapcu, ' "To jsou pekni, jindy se jim nechce s 141e, dnes ale sotva jsem vstala, u2 byli v sednici, aby nme vyglehali," 1,alovala Barunka, a pan otec i chlapci se ji yysmali.

Ptigel i pan myslivec (Iola dyriovat, i Mila, i Tomeg, zkratka, nebyl pokoj cel' den, a deveata, jak zahledla chlapce, schovavala hola, ramena pod zastery.

XIII. Jara skokem ptibYvalo; lide pracovail ji‘1 v polich, nahote na strain vyhtivali se jegterky a hadi, 1'e se jich deti, jdouce na podzameckY vrch fialky a konvalinky hledat, vkly lekly; babidka jim ale tikala, ze se nemaji co bat, 1e do svateho Jill Hidne zvite neni jedovate, '1e se mute vzit do ruky, "ale pak, kdy1 slunceu1 vysoko, pak je v nich jed," dokladala. Na louce za splavem rozkvetalo bull& ciao, pryskyrnik, na strani modraly se podlesky a zlatove leskly se petakliee. pal sbiraly mlade lupenky do polivky,.koptivy prina gely housatkilm, a kdykoli gla babieka do chleva, slibovala Straece, 1e uz co nejdriv pfijde na pastvu. Stromy fiprkem obalovaly se listim, komati vesele hrali ye vzduchu, skrivanek vzna gel se vysoko v poetti, deti ho sly gely, ale malo kdy maleho zpevaka videly; take 1"e1ulku poslouchavaly a krieely do lesa: "2e1u1ko, povez nam, jak dlouho budeme 11vy?" Nekdy zakukala, nekdy se ale na ni Adelka zlobila, 1'e nechce schvalrie zakukat. Chlapci ueili Adelku otloukat vrbove pigt'alky; kdy1 pak ji nechtlela pigt'alka piskat, davali vinu, ze nedoble pri otloukani tikala: "Vy, holky, neumite ani pigt'alku udelat," vysmival se Jan. "To neni nag e vec, ty ale zase neudelas takovYto kloboueek!" pravila Barunka, ukazujic bratrtm kloboneek z olgovYch listft, okra glenY chudobkami, kterY byla celY jehlinami segpendlila.

"Hm, to je kun g t!" pohodil 1 lavou chlapec.

"Pro mne ne, ale pro tebe," srnala se Barunka, jdouc delat je gte- gaty ke kloboueku a telo panenky z bezove duge. ((Pokr2.6ovarii.) ) • 4 • ( Nekteti lide. ztraceji mnoho easu tim ze si neustale preji, aby uz bylo zitra.

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fife stiedu,.

VLASTA JAVORICKA:

PRI ZAPADU SLUNCE ROMAN "To g enskY plemeno, je na svete jenom na potvoru," tikal, "a maj dedeeek Mel recht, dy g tikal, ge kag dou haiku patti utopit, sotva g e se narodi. Po celej givot nesmej g leji 'ZenskY na nic plechY;. ho. Jen jak by nas vo gidily a vokradly."

Slabinovi to pasobilo s poeatku gvandu. Zkougel to g enske plemeno bramit a se ho za,stavat.

Poukazoval mu na svou genu, povidal, jak je prieinliva, dobra a uptimna a jak dekuje Bohu za to, ge mu ji dal.

Mrzout Kerbolec ale se mu dal do smichu a povidal: "Ty blazne blaznivej, a ty i vetig ? Ty rnyslig, g e to ma navopravdu rada age to mysli s tebou dobte? Ty se domejglig, g e ma rada jenom tebe? Takova, hezka g enska, jako vobrazek? No, to si to notne pieta Ta to ma rada jenom na, voko a jen proto, ges i sem pekne posadil, ge seS pod pensi a je s tebou nadosmrti zaMena. Ing e by se na tebe ani nepodivala. — Iste se kouka, &Ste taky po inejch a bude met po Case kaklyho rada, kerej ptide."

PlesnivY Kerbolec se posupne zasmal, vida jak t'al kamarada do giveho.

Slabina ag zbledl a nedovedi se dobie opanovat, zhurta se pustil do Kerbolce.

"Takovi teei si nech! Je-li tvoje stara takova, moje takova nejni a nezasluhuje si vod tebe takoveho utrhani. Egte slovo a nebudu s tebou jaldiv uz ani pal slova, mluvit. Moje Derotka je hodha a podestna."

A co men spolu tuto debatu, pkijel na dresine inspektor Kolat.

Dorotka Sla prave od potoka s pradiem a setkala se s nim u plotu. Dali se do teal.

Kolat se ji ptal, zdali by se nechtela zase svezt a ona se smala, 2e ji to postaeilo jednou, 2e po vicekrate ani netouge ostatne nema kdy, chce, aby ji to dues je gte uschlo.

Vedle zahradky, no, geleznienim /laspu mela tyeky a gfrary na pradlo. Jala se tam veget a je gte na Kolate volala a stale se smala.

"No, tak to vidig," stal Kerbolec na svena, ukazuje na Doru, "tady man nejlepS1 dakaz. Ten ptilel a ua se s nim smeje. Dybys na par dnil vodtah, bude ti za ni jezdit. Toho ja, znam dobte.

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"E —" maxi Jan Slabina rukou, "di si pc) svejch, nebo e gte semele g 2ivY s mrtvejma. Kdopak by to poslouchal!"

Mel zlost a byl rad, kdy zase Kerbolee slu2ebne vystkidal. Dale byl rad, kdy mu sem pfigel na yYpomoc Hru gita. To byl piece kamarad, ale tento stark pavouk. — Toho dne byl vgak ve velmi gpatne nalade a povidal veeer Dorotce: "Nesmej se .tak na toho Kolake. Jezdi sem kaMou chvilku — &Ate by lidi kekli, 'Ze se ti libi."

"Pan inspektor nine?" Dora se dala do hlasiteho smitha. "To by se mi melo co libit? A vim sis, jakou ma ruku?

Jejda, ja sem si v gimla teprve dneska.

Egte sem to tlevidela, ina dycky rukavice. Dyt' nema prsty — jen takovej pahejl mu trei misto ukazovaku a palce ma jen "To prej si udelal v mladi na rezaece, ale to mu nevadi. Pki torn ma vyridilku gikovnOu." "Br! Ja, sem se tak ty jeho ruky lekla — a2 sem se vottasla," Dora ulpela pki jednom ptedmetu a neposlotichala ani to dal gi, co Slabina povidal.

"Ty se' s kagdYm smejeS a nevi g, 'ge magou vo tobe vgelijak povidat," stalt ji vyt9kal.

Tolio dne dopoledne mluvila tu Dora take se sleenou Olgou, ktera jela do Prahy a myslila si take stale na ni. Smutne povidala, ponevad g ug, nemluvi s Andelem. "Na gim se podatilo na gi lasku p.tekazit. Chudak Andel! Vratil mi dopisy i suche kvetinky, ktere jsem mu pc) tobe posilala a tak smutne se se mnou rozloueil. —" Dora byla nad tim rozeilena a nev gimla si ani JenclovYch slov.

Hledel na ni patrave a vyzvidal z jejiho v9razu, hlasu i oei, je-li to mogno, ge by byla takova, jak geny nal Kerbolec.

Od to doby mu to nedalo pokoje. Kdyg ji Slygel se smati a vesele gvitotit s pkichozimi k vlaku, v gdy se zaposlouchal, ani nemrkaje.

Dorotka nemela tu geni, ge v Jendovi se zrodil eer y , kterY ho zadina, ugirat.

Moth, pino peace, chodila na travu koze a gala si ji take na su geni, aby mela, na zimu pro kozieku krmeni pedovala o aklid a pradlo a venovala svou pra.ci vateni, aby mel Jenda dobre jidlo, kdyg ma takovou te gkou slugbu.

Jednou sem pti gla Josefka a povidala, g e se budou s Tonikem brat, pajdouli jim oni, Slabinovi, na svatbu.

Take si postegovala, ge nema eas, ne:co si unit, ae ji pani dachodni nechce pustit ze sluZby, as po dovolene pana dachodniho.

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Dora se nabidla, ze ji nee° u gije, -jen at' si to sem ptinese. A tak pilne 'Silo, a zpivala si pri tom a zpivala je gte nekomu. Od nejake doby citila, ge tu bude jeSte veseleji, a2 sem pribude malt' svetoobeanek. A to mela radosti.

Jogte to nikomil netekla, ani doma marnince, ani Josefce, ani Jendovi.

NejakY eas si to nechavala pro sebe, ale id se starala, co si bude Sit a Z eeho a gettila, aby si mohla koupit platYnko a batist a ptizi, nebo bavinu na pleteni.

Teprve za nejakY eas si vsimla, ge je Jenda jinY ne2 byl — nejakY mrzutY a easto nevlidnY, ba jednou ji docela zhurta povidal, aby mu nemluvila s tim protivnym Kolarem, kterY sem stale leze, jako by jinde nebylo tteba dbati o trat', jen tu.

"Nedelej mi to!" povidal s darazem, "nebo me dopali g ! Dy2 to nechci, tok to nechci!"

"A proe?" s podivem se ptala Dora. "Co ti udelal? Von je takovej mluvka,.., ale my.slim, 2e by ti ne gkodil. Ma to rad?'

"Rad? Me? A to je znamenitY. A ,ja nepottebuju, aby mne byl na ruku. Viecko si claim spravne, tak se ho vo nic neprosim."

Dora tomu je gte neporozumela, ale byla chytra, a prozirava a proto ji ba brzy napadlo. Aha! Jenda garli. A Maio ji -to dobte, proto ge citila jak ji ma stale rad a jak se mu libi., Sama byla do Jendy stale je gte zamilovana a proto se v gecka rozzatila. arlivost je piece diakazem lasky, talc' jen at' trochu zarli, tirn se jeho laska jen vyttibi.

KagdY elovek je trochu sobeckY a tak byla i Dora ye svern Ani si to neuvedomila, z.e vlastne zarlivec trpi a sebe sougi. Pod kagi i na povrchu se Jendovi smala a skoeila mu ltalem krku.

"Ty blazinku," volala, Kolat by byl ten pravej, kerej by se mi libil. Jen pro tu jeho gkaredou ruku bych ho nechtela," dodala trochu gkodolibe.

"Za to on nemide," povidal Slabina mrzute, "ale inae je fe gak a ma sikovnou hubu."

"To ma, to ma," se srnichem souhlasila, "to ty nedovede g , jak von. Dela. Toklony a lichoti a taky umi povidatvge licos pro zasmani a pro zabavu."

"Ja to arcit' nedovedu," hnevivo takoval Slabina, "ja tu fale g citit nernag u, jo. miuvim jen tak, jak ml zobak narost."

Tim se to ukoneilo a Dora na tu celou zaleg itost zaponmela. Snad zapomnel i Jan. Bylo, krasne jaro, maj a .eerven. Mesic piny krasy a kouzla, touhy a lanky. Slabinovi se -men radi a uzivali sveho

0;72.171Z sti. Ted' tu byla lehka slutba a Jenda nic nezkusil.

Noel byly jasne a mesiene, teplo byla, te se nemusel ani obou y at. Vzal svaj slu tabni Watt' a pantofle naboso a stal na trati, kdyt projitclel vlak jette spola ye snu a zase hned mohl jit a pokraeovat ye spani.

Na trati nebylo poruch ani nebezpeei : a-1i boutka, nebo (lett', to nebylo a PH M tak zle!

Vie pte glo klidne a zase bylo hezky.

Ez to vedel, ze je Dorotka v nadeji a byl tomu rad. Ztratila tim trochu krasy a to bylo prave dobte.

Jemu se libila i tak, i kdyby ut takoyou ziistala, by se mu libila a mel alepokoj. kteti sem priehateli blavne teleznieati se s ni ov gem dale bavili, ale ut to mei° nejakY jinY raz.

Bylo spit ptatelske a takove to dvo•eni jaksi pte glo. I Kolat ptijel-11 na dresine, ut se choval jinak.

Dora pak se tak neukazovala. Trochu se ostYchala, vedela, te ji tento sta y zohyzdil a kdyt tu bylo vice lidi, zdrtovala se v za.hradce, nebo doma.

Mela 'pino radosti a gila pilne a plesi kabatky a eepieky a shdnela jette vice net chive.

V torn Case se vdala sleena Edita ze zamku. Kdyt ptitia Dora doma, vtdy bylo o torn pino povidani.

Josefka byla pina zajmu a v gecko vypravovala, jakou si sidi sleena vYbavu a po svatbe miuvila jen o te hostine a o vg em co s ni souviselo.

A mezi tech se take zminila, te to mac krasne slutelo Olze, ktera byla za drtitieku a te mela hezkeho mladence.

Pevidaji pry, te to byl nejakY doktor, ktery si ma sleenu Olgu vzit.

"A vona ho chce?" Dora se zeptala s napetina.

"Prot by ho nechtela," podivila se Josefka, "je hezkej — no a doktor —" Dora vzdychla.

"Chuclak, mela pteci rada pan adjunkta Andela."

V puli leta mela Josefka svatbu.

Dora doma pomahala vatit a strojit hestinu a byla nerada, to to nebylo Jejh stay ml byl na ni trochu patrnY a taty ji Apatrie padly. K tomu mela ye tvaii hnecie sky rny, ktere jh docela hyzclily.

Videla to na v g ech ptitomnSrch, te se na ni divaji a bud' lituji jeji krasy, nebo ji to pfeji. Stark tetky ikaly, t.e to bude melte holka, protote ta bere matte krasu, aby ji mela soma.

Dora by byla chvilemi plakala, ale pak si rozumne rozkladala, te to nejde jinak a to jeji krasa ji dobte posloutila, pro ji oblibil Jenda a Janda je hodny a ji rad i takovou, jaka je ted'.

Mela dobrou povahu, te se dovedla se

radostna.

Se svatby glh dosti bray, protote Jenda mel slutbu zase od pillnoci, jako sve vlastni svatb y, tak, aby byli doma yeas.

Maminka ji dekovala, ze ji pomohla a povidala: "Tak jen bud' na sebe vopatrna, aby se ti nic nestalo."

Jenda byl zamiklY a kdyt gli ye tine k domovu, povidal jh nespokojene: "Ty se wady klichtdt a s mutskejma se smejet jako by se ti vtici libili. Seg ut vdand, tak se to pro tebe nehodi.

Zy latte v tomhle stavu by ses mohla drtet trosku pozadu," "S kYin sem se klichtala?" uratene se ozvala Dora. Byla unavena a ospala a tahle Jendova vVeitka ji neptitla praye vhod.

"Ty ses taky bavil s tenskejma. Ja sem te dobte slytela cos im vypravoval."

"Ja nejsem y inYm stavu, ale pro tebe se to nesluti," zavreel zlostne a gel, te mu jedva "Co to zaeina g ?" vybrukla.

"Takovy keel si ponechej! Ja vim co mohu a co nel 2e jsem morons, tomu sem rada a ty taky. Prato sis me vzal, le sem na tebe pane provluvila. Ja na nic gpatnyho nemyslim, esli ty jo -- to je tva vec."

Toho veeera se trochu pohnevali.

Doll domu mleky a kdyt ulehali, Dora plakala.

Kdyt to Jenda zpozoroval, byl jako na trni, nemohl videt tensky plat, a bylo mu to lac, te ji rortesknil. Litoval v geho a tel, aby ji odprosil. Vzal ji do naruce a byl by rnalem plakal take.

Tot' se vi, te mu odpustila, protote Lena odpusti vteeko, kdyt mut naliei kajici t ydr. Mela ho ostatrie pints rada, ale jit vedela, jakeho si vzala morouse.

Jan Slabina take poznal, to ho ta tarlivost bude stat mnohou trpkou chvileeku.

Pak dostaYal takove zachvaty oasteji takte se jinn Dora ptestavala smat.

Sli spat weer v nejiepti shode, ale rano se Jenda mraeil. Nemluvil a vtim hazel, co mu pti glo do testy. A kdyt se ptala, co je mu a proe" se zlobi, budTo neodpovidal, nebo se utrhl nevlidne, at' si toho nevtimd. te ji take neni vidycky do zpevu.

A kdyt si toho tedy nev g'imala, tekl ji zase trpce, te on je tu poslednim v kalendaM, kdyt, je ji jedno, mrzi.-11 ho new nebo ne.

A kdyt, to pak jit nemohl snesti, zasypal ji vYeitkarni, te schvalne hledi oknem, kdyt jede kolem "osobak", aby Si ji v gimal ten hubatY strop/Mee a nee° nestoudneho na ni zavolal, nebo to dobte vedela, kdy sem ptijede povoz mlyvim smikit a tak byla, zase vedela a nate z Drahonie a 2e schvalne vysla ke

studni, aby se mohla Davit s'jeho eeledifern.

Dote to ptestalo lichoti. Vedela, to ji tento stay sluti pints mak), a te by to bylo opravdu nestoudnosti, kdyby stala o Wizen mutti a te by to byli take 1)11.11:g ni hrubci, kdyby si ji vgimali.

Proto ted' easto plakala a na mute` se hnevala.

Jednou k tomu pkijel tatinek a byl palekan, kdyz ji videl uplakanou, Nevedela, co mu ma tici. Za tu mutovou vlastnost se styclela a proto povidala: `Ale, tak mi napadlo, dybych mela kloueka a dyby mi umtel, nebo dyby spad do nati studne a dyby se utopil talc sem si poplakala."

Tatinek spraskl ruce a dal se ji do smichu.

"Ty ses ale hlup5.6ek hloupej, to sem jaktiv ne yidel. Este tadnYho kloueka nema a tit plaee, dyby se i utopil. No, at tolec povim doma nname, to se nasmeje."

Tak to pro glo jette dobte, ale doma se to stejne dovedeli a maminka si povidala.

"Tak vono je v gady nem Ja rnivala souteni s tatou, dyt sem tam se nachmelil a potorn mluyil jednu do kola- a Dora ma zas tolec."

Bylo to ut ke konci seta. Jedno zase ptijel pan inspektor na dresine a te by!.

Slabina prase na obchfizce, nechal stat sve vozidlo na trati a zatel ke Slabintim do byte.

Dora nee° tila, tak si sod a stroje a povidal, te pocky: Hledel na ni, jak sedela sklonena nad pra.ci a byla takova nejaka strakata a pihovatd, a ptepadla a myslil si v nitru, jak je to tkoda, te tento sta y east° tenu ptipravi o celou krasu.

Bylo mu ji tak nejak lito, vtdyt' byla smutna a rozpaeita, jak0 by se ho stydela.

To nevedel, te se boil na, nej podivat a te strach co tekne Jenda, at midi, to si ho tu nechava seat.

Chuclak Dora, opravdu, by se ho byla nejradeji zbavila, ale nevedela jak.

Piece mu nemtite rici, te.Jenda na nej tarli? Za to se hlulxice styclela nejakou dobrou zaminku, jak ho vystrnadit, take nemela.

Kolat mel rad hezke tenske, jen co je pravda, a svou minulost mel obtitenu nejednim htichem, kterY spada pod geste, nebo devate ptikazarn. Na tato krasnou tenu vechtrovu si take myslil -- to je pravda, ale jenom s pooatku.

Brty poznal, to by s ni nebyla lehka price, to by se musel mnoho namahat, net by ji svedl.

Zadny mut si neptizna,, to by se mu to vfibec nepovedlo.

Kolat si tedy tvrdil, te nernd na ta-

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Tenkrat, kdy ji svezl na dresine, myslil, :te je to zaeatek jeho aspechu, ale kdy ji poznal, jak je nevinna, samoztejrna, a nevedoma a pti tom tensky : chytre., ani si k ni nieeho nedovolil.

Ted' se mu ptirozene nelibila, jenom litoval, ae neco neutil, pokud byla k tomu.

Seal u jejih stroje a nevedel, co mluvit. — 0 jejim stavu — to nebylo sluAne a nic moudreho nevedel.

Nebyl takovYm inteligentem, za jakeho, se vydaval a v okoli Dokine nebylo, o dem by se zajimave povidalo.

Dora nevazla nikdy s tedi, pokud ji mut netrapil tarlivosti. Rada se smala a umela vtdy popadnout spravnY konec, po nemt by se nekam doSplhala.

Ted' byla mutem otravena mela strach, at' zadala o torn, et onom, aby si nekdo neco nemyslil. — A nejvetSi strach mela z Kerbolce. Ten se na ni vtdy dival takovYma divnYma, podeziravYma ()alma, te ji pripadaro, jako by ji propichaval skrz na skrz.

Kdyt uslySela mutovy kroky, byla v/ec ka poddena — zbledla a zeervenala a kdy Jan vdel, vypadala, jako zosobnenY htich.

Poznala mu hned na oeich, ze si neco mysli a te mu neco neni vhod. Nu, ur`eite to, 'te je tu pan Kolai.

Honem mu Sla vstkic a koktala, 'te pan Kolar pkiSel•a kdy nebyl on doma, ze tu eeka — a Kolat se smal a povidal, te se tu zatim bavil s jeho pani, /e mu chvilka prijemne u/la a te tarn mohl je/te bYt. To melo znit jako dobrY vtip, ale Slabina se k tomu zaSklebil jako mefisto a Dora vypadala jako zle svedomi.

Pohledla bojacne na Jendu a chtela se alespori trochu zachranit, tak povidala: "Venku by bylo lepSi — ale pan inje spektor povidal — te aksi v sednici a tak —" Jenda na to neco zavreel a pohledl na Doru tak zle a vYhratne, ze zrudla a umlkla. Kolar se podival pfekvapene a v ()etch mu zasvitila vesela Skodolibost: "Ja sem dycky rad tam, kde je hezka tienske," se smichem povidal, "a v tornhie pripade to bylo ye yak kuchyni.

Kdo by rad nebyl vedle pani Slabinoye? Vy ste jiste taky nejradSI doma, Slabino?"

"Myslim, te mi chcete neco slutiebniho, ne?" povidal Slabina, zinnyslne nevSimnuv si tertu. Vztek a tal mu hYbaly nitrem. 21ue se mu hrnula a/ do ust byl piny ho •kosti, jako by se byl napil pelyriku. viKolar to poznal a nechal luta del, te by Slabina vybuchi.

Smal se jen pod kith a povidal si v duchu, 'te ted' Slabinu poSkadli 'Caste.%

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kdy/ zna jeho slabou stranku.

Dora byla cela ustraSend. Tak zbledleho a rozelleneho Jenclu jeSte nevidela. A jak hrozne na ni pohledl. — — — Oba muti byli venku a mluvili o sluZebnich zalelitostech.

Kolat potom usedl na dresinu a odejel, dtive vAak se podival k ni do okna a ptatelsky, vesele, ba, nejak dvorne ji zasalutoval.

Bylo jiz k yeeeru a srpnove slunce vrhalo tam soudasrie ohnive Aipy.

-Week° zatilo v jeho jasu a nejaka, tesknota, jaka napadava kraj pied zapadem slunce se polotila na tickle prostranstvi pied domkem.

Vladl tu mir a l klid, jen slepieky si sktehotaly, hledajice kolem koleji nejaka. zrnieka.

Dora si podepiela hlavu a krotila svflj strach. Nu, snad nebude Mat ramus — v2dyt' ona — pro Pana Boha, opravdu za nic nernnZe. Jeji svedomi je Upine eiste a jeji duSe bez h •ichu. Ma Jendu tolik rada, proe ji chce podeztivat a inueit?

Slabina sei zatim po trati a mel hlavu jako zapalenou.

Ani kdyby ptikl andel s nebe, by mu to nevymluvil, byl pevne ptesvedeen, k Kolat mu chodi za Zenou.

Z toho byl tak hrozne pobouten, ze v nem vkcko vatilo a kynulo a pottebovalo to yen, vybuchnout Upine na povrch.

Byl ptesvedeen, Ze Dora o tom vi a ze ji to dela dobie a dokonce k tomu chce.

Zal a hney div ho nezabil.

Domn pkiSel az k vedernimu vlaku. Ani nestal o veeeti. At' ka yo, sebe lepe vonela, newel na ni chut'.

ProSel kuchyni, ani by na 'term promluvil a v kancelati vydal nekolik listka, rozsvitil lucernu a sta.l u vlaku.

ProSel kuchyni, ani by na term promluvil a v kancelati vydal nekolik listka, rozsvitil lucernu a stal u vlaku.

Lomozil hrozive z daleka a tak se ptihnal, jako nejakY stra gny kolos, nebo mstitel.

Dora veeetela sama, protok pki svem telesnem stavu nemohla aekati tak dlouho. Kdy2 mela hlad, delalo se ji zle.

Jan ptikl az kdy vlak odejel a venku se mohla shasit lucerna no, stolaru.

S Cervenou svitilnou vdel dovnitt a thas1 .ji u dveti, postaviv ji na obvykle misto na zidku.

Stoupl si k oknu a mraene bubnoval na sklo nejakY pochod.

Dora se na nej bojacne divala a neodvalovala se na nej promluvit. On to jiZ nemohl vydrtet a poobrativ se, ucedil skrze zat'ate zuby: "No, da/ mi taky nakou veeeti? ei vSecko snedl tvfij galan?"

"Jakej galan?" zvolala Dora najednou

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tak popuzena, te se nernohla ovladnout.

A stanula vzdorne proti Jendovi.

"Nemam MdnYho galana a tadnej nesned tvou veeeti. Nikomu sem nepodala ani jedine sousto. Znam te, ae netekla jsem Kolakovi ani, aby si u nas: chleba." A zle se divala na muZe a jeji srnei odi byly skoro eerne.

"Helemese! Jak hned vis koho myslim. Kolak — Kolat! 8ak te to mrzelo, zes ho nemohla pchostit, co?"

Jak bYval Jan Slabina hezkY a milt s tim svYm fizkYm pravidelnYm oblieejem a neZnYm fismevem, tak byl ted' Or hyzny a protivnt Jak se um& nepekne gklebit a kolikere jizlivosti byl schopen.

Dora se a otkasla a podpalena holestnYm hnevem, tekla mu bez rozpakil: "Lituju-li neeeho, teda jen toho,::Ze sem si te brala, takovYho ZarlivYho blazr na. Mela sem teZ lepe poznat a v/ecko:Si to rozmyslet." A paleive slzy se ji pti tech slovech vytitily na lice.

"Ze sis raei nevzala pana inspektora, co?" houkl Slabina a obratil se proti ne znetvotenou tvati. "Jen to kekni rovnou! Ja, to vim, ze se ti Kolar libi a tie s nim tahne§ za mejma zady."

Dora se kreaovite zasmala.

"Co ti main na to Nei," zvolala a rozhodila rukama. "UjiSt'ovat te a prisa.;. hat? Takova blbost za to nestoji. chce tejrat a to je to — tak je pkisvedeit ti." vidiS ze se ptiznavag je to pravda."

"DyZ chceS, tak je," odsekla mu, sinejic se zoufale. 81a ke kamnfim a opkela si hlavu o krilvek. Tak se ji zdalo, ze by ho tloukla na mlatila, jen kdyby mela k tomu dosti telesne sily.

On k ni ptiskoeil a chytil ji za rimeno. "Ty devko jedna!" vykkikl jako ,blazen," "tys me vosalila. Ja si zoufarn a skoeim pod vlakk" A zalornil rukama a vybehl ze svetnice.

Bouchl dvetmi a byl ten tarn.

Dora padla u kamen na kolena a plakala hlasite a zoufale, jako by nemela ani piestat.

Potom si tutela oei a trochu se snatizi• la uklidnit. Vidycky slYchala, ze se nerna plakat, jsme-li v jinern stavu a takervoto nalady a prudke rozeileni, ze mivaji na teny i na plod neblaht vliv: Ale kam set Jenda? Za chvili pOjede nakladni viak, nevzal si ani lucernu : — coZ kdyby opravdu neco provedl?

Piechazela po kuchyni a hledala, pn dem by se zastavila, aby na gla samu Sebe.

Odhodit to vSe od sebe a za.zp1Vat : s1, jak to mivala rada? 0 ne — t o Byla pkiliS pobouiena a uratena.kde je to jell° Dote Ten Jenda

Vt S T l i — WE 8T, TEXAS vena laska a to Stesti, ktere ji sliboyel?

MUZe-li mut takto zenu potupit, tom at' povida komu dice, ze ji ma stra g ne rad. Dora mu to nikdy nerikala, ho tolikerou laskou neujiSt'ova,11. ale takhle by ho nemohla rozbolnit urazit.

Jit padlo naveSti a pa chvili se zeme zachvela. T\Takladni vlak vyjiZdi ze sousedni stanice a Jencia neni nikde.

Te gouci se ruku rozsvitila lucernu a vybehla yen. JiZ bylo skoro tma. Slunce opine zapadlo a nejake mraky, ktere y eSlily nocni bouid, spolykaly raove eervanky. Nebe bylo hrozive temne a na v .\:chodni strane se slat* zdaleka za1) I ysklo.

Dara se rozhledla a vybelala bez cile po t rati. Jiste beZel k lesu — ptjde mu nape-qi. Wrlyt' musi slat u vlaku.

Panenko Maria, aby se pod nej vrhl. lose, v jednom miste, nedaleko odtudu nechraneny prejezd — tarn pry se kdysi pred lety vrhla nejaka holka. Je to takove misto, kde ji strojvudce byla pred maSinou.

Na Doru padl smrtelnY strach.

131"ela co mohla, sotva, dechu popadajic. ".Yetis Maria. Jeli g Maria—" a pri tom se modlila, "ustrii se nade mnou!" Net dobehla na to ne gt'astne misto, jiz sly gela vlak.

Vkly v tech mistech piskal. Nekdy, s poeatku se ji zdavalo, ze vesele, ale dnes ii pripadalo to plskani takove hrozne a zkostlive.

Jak ji vlak prejiZclel, nejak ji oslepil.

KlopYtla a upadla, — skulila se s naspu vlhke a studene travy.

Nasep byl kamenitY — nejak si poranila ruku. Mela odrene prsty stala dole a tiskla ii mezi koleny.

Nasep byl kamenitY nejak si poranila ruku. Mela odrene prsty — stala doe a tiskla ji mezi koleny.

1 Tekla ji krev.

Stkala rozeilenim a bolesti. Teprve po chvili se vydrapala, zpet na nasep a gla volne a lhostejne k domovu.

"At' si dela co chce," rikala si sklesle.

Jan se prave vra.cel do kuchyne. ("erven; lucerna, kterou prve postavia na lavici pred okay byla v jell() rukou jako by nic.

13y1 tedy vlaku yeas. Pohledla na nej tamer nanavistne a gla kolem neho beze slova vzala misku a dala si na ni vlaZnou vodu. ZhmoZdeninu na race mela od pisku palila ji jako °hen.

On se podival — je gte jednou a phstoupil k ni. Nedivala se na neho, ale vnima.ni vedela, to se ji diva na rukr i na oblieej.

"Co se ti stab?" zeptal se, nemoha to dale vydrtet. "Pro Boha, ty mat zkrva,eenou ruku."

Neodpovidala, jen zatinala zuby.

"Ty ses uderila? UkaZ kde? Tys pa dla, ne?"

Zavadila o nej pouze letmo, ale jeho oblicej, zryty bolesti a strachem ji tak dojal, to to jit nevydrZela a zaeala plakat.

Sedla si na lavieku u plotny a drtic ruku ye yode, druhou •ukou si zastrela oei a vzlykala.

On ji vzal do naruce, tiskna ji k sobe a plakal take.

"Vodpust' rime, du gieko, pro Boha to prosim, ja to mama tak stra gne rad a tak hrozne se vo tebe bojim. NemitZu tady videt toho Kolare, von nine pije krev."

Dora plakala bezategne, "Co mutes Mat? Je to tvilj predstavenej. Ja nebud'u met nikd y pokoj — ty nemas rozum."

Ale kdyZ ji znovu prosil a ujigt'oval, to vge je z velike lasky, dale se prase zase potegit. Jak jinak? KaZda Zena slygi rade o lasce. Proto zapomene i na nejhorgi krivdu. * * Za nekolik dna se Dora rortonala k porodu, aeto tekali teprve za mesic, nebo jegte pozdeji.

Jenda byl v gecek ustra gen. Vzkazal honem pro maminku do zamku a sam vskoeil na, kolo a jel do Dablic pro babu, byla nejblik.

Dora byla take postra gena, ac nevedela je gte apine jak le nebezpeenY takovY predeasnY porod..

Babieka tu byla hnedle a maminka pribehla odpoledne, sotva dechu popadajic.

"Tak to je, dy2_ ma knska panskYho koeiho. KaZdej se s ram veze, ale ja pegky. Tata jel pro drnd a vrati se at nekdy veoir. No a co je? Nepadlas nebo nezdvihalas nee° teZkYho?" Starostlive stala u Doriny postele.

Jan Slabina byl iako zarezanY'.

CoZ mohl tch'Yni rici, to Dorotka spadla s naspu jeho vinou? Jiste, jiste je tento easnY porod toho nesledkem.

Sedel u Donny postele jako hromada nestesti. Ztrapene klonil hlavu a hladil jeji ruku, ktera byla je gte odrend a jen spola zaschla.

Maminka si toho v gimla a hned se ptala co to Dora ma a kcie si to udelala.

Zaprela. Povidala, ze nesla travu s kokin do magtalky a " gtrejehla" se o zed.'

Maminka se trochu vadila.

"Jiste byl kolik hodne pinej a to ses asi strhla. Jarku, nema g Hdnej rozum.

Jan sklanel hla yu je gte niZ a r.adaval si zbabe'cU, to sesam neprizna..

Ale kdy2-: se tak za tu svou slabost stydel. Dora se mezi bolestmi na nej usmivala. Dnes na v gecko zapominala a mela ho znovu zase rada, jiste radeji net kdy drive.

Cele odpoledne ji bylo velmi zle — ja kZdva si to nepornyslila, jak jsou ty bole-

Ve dne 29. z61.1 1954. sti hrozne, me-n naroclit.

Babieka tiskla, to to jde ztuha, jako kdyZ se trha nezrale ovoce. Je-li jablidko dozree. upodne, jako by nic. `riprve v noel se dite narodilo.

Bylo malinke, eervene, povleeene bilou bizinou a melo neobyeejne slabouekk hiasek. osinimesieni, nebo jegte Kdovi, zdali vycir"Zi. Claud'atko — jak se bezmocne chytalo tekajicima rueinkama.

Kdyt je koupaly, teprve si vsimla babiCka a upozornila na to Prachafovou, zatim jen potichu: "Kouknete, jakou ma ruCieku! Prstie ky v hromade srostle k soh* eadnSF nehtieky a povrchu to ma jako kiiru na rucicce.

Pracharova se aZ zalekia. Pfedeasne narozenY a e gte mrzdeek. Dyby si to mei Panbieek vzal."

Dorotce to zatim nepovedely, jen si to septaly mezi sebou, ale kdyZ pf gel rozellen* Jenda do kuchyne, lake mu to pokptaly.

"Jako by se byla /lade zhlidla,!" minila babieka. "To se tak stava.. Ja uZ sem mela kolik takovejch pripadti."

"Sak to to ma vod toho, jak si Dora potriskala tu ruku. Esli to riak stiskla, nebo se za ni chytla," minila Prachafovd.

Jan byl tichST jako 'Dena, jen tace djr chal. Zadne z tech dvou ZenskYch se nemohl podivat do oei.

— Ureite si to udelala, jak se skutalela s toho naspu, rikal si a je_ sam jsem toho vinen.

Nejradeji by se byl mlatil do hlavy.

Sedel u Dory jako provinily a kekl ji to teprve zitra, kdy'Z byli sami.

Kdyt se dival na, dite, jak spi, ani jevi valne znamky avota, povidal litostive: "Je to slabouekY chudinka — a ma jakousi rueieku to asi tim, jak ses ahodila. Doru gko — me to tak mrzi, raei bych se nevidel. Sem toho vinen."'

Dora se polekala.

Hned si kloueka rozbalila a plakala nad nim (ale pak povidala, ze je to lepneZ' kdyby mel nejakou vadu. "Dame ho Studovat," povidala s ilsmevem, "aby nemusel delat praci rukama."

Kolik dni to tak vypadalo, ze dite ani netije bylo malounke — neumelo ani ssat a jen spalo. Ve dne v noci, 2e se zdalo, ze z neho nic nebude. Ze bude spat, aZ usne navZdy. Teprve za tYden se mein lope k Zivotu.

Zaeala pit a trochu se vrtelo a take mu hla.sek zesilil. Maminka se chystala donrO_ a babicka povidala, to mute pani Slabinova chodit.

Toho dne pkijel zase pan inspektor na na dresine a zakl k Slabiniim do kuchyne. Pry musi gratulovat narozeni syna. ((Pokraeovani,).

ye stfedu, dne 29. za.ri 1954.

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanSi resoludni vSibor fadu Jaromir Oslo 54 SPJST ye West, Texas, vyslovujeme timto pozustale rodine uptimne citenou soustrast nad ztratou jejich matky, manZelky, babiaky a nak spolusestry Marie Melnar, ktera po dlouho trvajici nemoci zemiela 12. zail 1954 v nemocnici a pochovana byla na katolickem hititove pti West.

Portistala rodino, vime ze Cade nesete ztratu VaM man&lky, maminky a babieky a my soucitime s Vami ye Vaem zarmutku.

Spolusestro, odpodivej v pokoji.

Dan° 16. zati za tad Jaromir cis. 54 ye West, Texas.

Resolueni vSrbor: Emil Klaus Emil W. Popp Robert ervenka. ) • .16 • RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI Add Praha dislo 29 v Taylor, Texas, timto chce vysloviti svoji hluboce citenou soustrast portistale manZelce, ditkam a cele rodine Joe M. Pulkrabka, kterV zemi'el 18. zafi 1954 v Taylor, Texas, v nemocnici po dlouhe nemoci ye veku 54 rokti.

Vime pozustali,ze Wee nesete ztratu jeho odchodu, ale budiz Vain fitechou, i my soucitime s Vami v zarmutku.

ZesnulSr bratr at' klidne odpoCiva a test budi2 jeho pamatce.

Resoludni vSrbor: Vera PolanskS,' A. L. BoudriSt Marie .Svadlefia.k.

• ) • RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine psaiV resolueni vSibor tadu KomenskST Oslo 20 SPJST v Granger, Texas, projevujeme jmenem fadu uptimnou soustrast pozustale rodine nad tim jejich mankla, otce a nakho spolubratra Lad Stavinoha, kterST od nas odekl nav&ly dne 1954 ve stab 74 let.

Br. Stavinoha byl elenem Jednoty 46 let a byl valy pracovnikem.

Vime, portistala rodino, ze Cace nesete jeho ztratu, ale buda Vam ittechou, ze i my soucitime s Vann ye VaSem zarmutku.

ZesnulSr bratr necht' odpoeiva, v pokoji a test budiz jeho pamatce.

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Dano za iad KomenskS7 Cis. 20 SPJST v sieni pkijem do 80. vSrroei naGranger, Texas. rozenin elena.

ResoluCni vSrbor: Tiida M-C: Tapisova ochrana na 20 let, Henry E. Vitek ktera, se zmenkije, az zustane John P. Trlica vyplacene poji gteni na $1,000.

J. H. Huser.

Pojigteni se vyplati kdykoliv ,s, • v piipadu funrti dle klesajici RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI stupnice. °deka nam zase spolkova sestra ku Tiida N: tpisova ochrana jen tern, kdo vednemu odpodinku dne 4. zati 1954 ye maji od SPJST vypUjeene pestaki 70 let. . elime odchodu sestry nize.

Antonie Vopaillove, ktera uloZ'ena byla k veenemu odpoeinku Pet druid' eertifikatii SPJST pro deli: dne 7. zati v Baytown, kde Zila jiZ delk Vida J-T: Doi..'asne poj gteni do veku 16 dobu. let, ktere se mute zmeniti na Zonechava, manZela, a dva syny a iadu kterekoliv jine poji§teni po spolkovVch bratril a sester u fadu Pokrok dosaZeni veku 10 let, nebo Houstonu Oslo 88, kde byla elenkyni 35 let. pozdeji.

Timto projevujeme nak uptimnou sou - Tiida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokil. strast za tad Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88.

PlnY obnos poji'Steni se vyResoludni vVbor: plati kdykoliv v piipadu Zeno. Hanusova ve veku od 16 let vYge. Anna Vrlova tmrtni pojistka pod 16 let Anna Svestkova. stall je dle stupnice. ) • et. • C Tiida L: Dvojnasobne firazove pojiReni VYBERTE SI DLE POTREBY (double indemnity). Certifikat se vystavuje pouze do obnosu Tkinact druhil eertifikatii SPJST $2,500, dodateene k jinemu pro dospele: certifikatu.

Vida B: Dokvotni, poplatky se plati Vida J-S: Poplatky se plati 20 mica do smrti.

Pin* obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdykoliv v piipadu UTiida C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokii. mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 obnos poj gteni se vyplati kdymesict, $250, pod 12 mesicii, kdykoliv v piipadu $500.

Tiida D: Poplatky se plati 15 rokti. PlnY Tiida T-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let PlnY obnos certifikatu obnos pojigteni se vyplati kdyse vyplati po 18 letech koliv v piipadu Umrti. nebo kdykoliv v piipadu ATiida E: Poplatky se plati 10 rokil. PlnY mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdymesict, $250, pod 12 mesict, koliv v piipadu $500.

Tiida J G Poplatky se plati 20 rota.

Vida F: PlnS7 obnos certifikatu je vyPiny obnos certifikatu se vyplacen po 15 letech nebo kdyplati po 20 letech nebo kdykoliv pfedtim v piipadu koliv v piipadu itmrti od yeVida G Play obnos certifikatu je vyku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicii, $250, placen ye 20 letech nebo kdypod 12 mesicii $500. koliv pfedtim v piipadu fnrti. (dz) Tfida H PlnST obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosaleni 65 let stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v padu Bratr Drazda Vida I: Popiatky se plati 20 roku. Pins obnost certifikatu je vyplacen ma po dosaIeni 60 let stati nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v piipadu slim) fnrti.

Tiida K Poplatky se plati do veku 65 Taky sem det1 v angiickV easti minti1Vlet. PlnY obnos poji gteni se vy- ho Vestniku, ze mnohej z nas prej sme plati kdykoliv v piipadu Urnrti. jako trakak, kerej se mush tladit, aby se Tiida M Poplatky se plati do veku 65 nekam dostal, a taky ktomu vgeckSun let. Po dosaieni 65 mkt) stafi, lehko Akobrtne. Nu, takovSrto pfirovnani Glen dostava, mesieni pifjem si redaktor mohl vodpustit. Mnohej z dokud kv. Zemfe-li pied 80 je spiS jako spalek, kerejm se neda polety staki, dedici dostanou me- hnout.

Citrons

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JOHN SHA Kdysi na podzim poslal nine' bratr Jan NeniY vyst •iZek z easopisu Hospodar, na kterY2to vystriZek jsem priza.ponmel. AZ pri pohrbu mistoptedsedy Franka 8vadleriaka jsem si na onen elanek vzponmet Byl na pohrbu gu yerner Shivers.

Videl jsem vedle gu yernera malou pani.

Napadlo nine, ze to je jeho chot', pu yodem eegka, dcera zesnuleho Johna Sharyho, e'eskeho pionYra. Vzponmel jsem si na vYstriZek od bratra Nemeho. Byl uverejnen pied 25 lety. Od one doby se hodne zmenlio, ale stoji za preeteni. Byl pod nazvem "tspech krajana na dalekem Mcza nagimi krajany-pristeho y alci by10 mai() lid! zamoZnych. PrijiZdeli sem z vlasti hlavne proto, ze chteli si polepgit.

Mnozi prijeli s velmi malYin obnosem; jinn byli v torn ohledu gt'astnej gimi, ale bohatYch bylo poridku. Pi ge se o Janu Herianpvi, le nejbohatgim pristehovalgem, nebot privez1 si 80,000 zlatYch, ktere bohuZel ztratil ye Wisconsinu v nelahYch spekulacich. Asi tou dobou prijel eho pritel Robert J. 8axy, Glen zname roj liny pralske, ktera tam, v Praze, vlastniia pivovar a 8aryho zahradu. Tuto zaradu zveenil znamY CeskY spisovatel fgnat Hermann v romanu "U snedeneho kramu." Oba pratele, Herman a 8ary, usadili se roku 1853 ye Wisconsinu, roku 1864 v Arago, Nebraska, a pozdeji v Saline okresu, kde pa leta pak Zili. Herman zemrel roku 1888 na sve domovine u Wilber. Sary se v star' uchYlil ku synovi usazenemu v Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, kde zeinkel roku 1903. Mival ye Wilber pi yovar.

6eSi jsou pracovati a getrni. Zpravidla spokojuji se s mirnYm ale stalYm finandnim Uspechem za svoji praci, tak aby byli pro star! zaopatteni. To plati hlavne o pristehovalcich. Zde rozeni jejich potoinci maji jiZ vice americkeho ducha, ale vzdor tomu jest mezi Oechoarnerieany jegte velmi Indio milionakii. Do to tridy v gak se radi pan John H. Shary, syn zmineneho Roberta J. 8' aryho a po nanorokti obyvatel Nebrasky, dnes majitel obrovskYch sad a lent pozemku v yexasu.

Johri H. Shary narodil se na farme Arello rotce u Wilber, v Saline okresu, Nebraska, dne 2. brezna 1872. V detstvi naygtevoval venkovskou gkolu na Turkey Creeku, tri mile vzdalenou, kainZ chodil pe ,kv KdyZ mu bylo asi etrnact let, bydlel v domove sve sestry pan! May Chin( licove v Crete tmanZelky znameha rtanthiho kra,jana pana Alberta Chrneli5:se), aby mohl nav gtevovati vy ggi gkolu.

3ellem to doby pomahal si yydelavat na s\e ' Potteby tim, ze v sobotu a po yederach y 16karne pana Whitleseye vymkval

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lahve, pri nlatu $1.50 tsrane. Po vice mesicich teto einnosti dovoleno mu obsluhovati kupce a tak se priueoval lekarnictvi. Ve stall. 18 let slaZil' zkou gky a je'Ste stale, kaZdordenim obnovo yanim sve license, povaZuje se za lekarnika. Pozdeji navgtevoval Doane kolej v Crete po dva roky, nakeZ v meste torn zahajil lekarnickou karieru. S poeatku jako spoleenik finny Clayton and Shary, pozdeji Nedela and Shary. Zaroveri yykoupil polovieni dil lekarny v Rockport, Missouri.

AC oba obchody prospivaly, pan Shary hledal girgi pole. Zvolil si drahu cestujiciho jednaWe a site u sve doby zname finny Korbel Bratti, vyrabitele vina. S poeatku, dle i pluyy, mel lniti platu $75.00 a vydani, ale kdy po nekolika letech ze slu2eb firmy vystoupil, jeho obnagela jiZ nekolik tisic merle. Tou dobou byl jednim z nejvYge placenYch cestujicich jednateln v teto zemi.

Sarnosebou se rozumi, podobne schopnosti a energie pudi elo yeka k vy ggim metam. Na svYch cestach po Texasu poznal pan Shary, ze je tarn dosud lakavYch prilelitosti ku nabyti velkeho Asi rokem 1909 naskytla se mu prileZitost zakoupiti 30,000 akril jiZne od San Antonio, ktera se s nekolika, znamYmi uchopil. Ve trech letech rozprodal 23,000 akril s tak znaenyin yYdelkern, ze pan Shary mohl pomYgleti na dal gi dalekosahle plany. ZaloZil spoleenbst International Land & Investment ().nripany v 0maze, ale vzdor v gernu prva leta byla leta prtikopnicka, kdy podilnici ztraceli nadeji a pan Shary sam ledinS7 mush za vgechny stateene doufat v lep gi budoucnost. Dnes ona spoleem.st me ptil milionu kapitalu.

Asi rokem 1904 poeal pan Shary prodavati pozemky v okoli Corpus Christi, Texas. Vybudoval orgamsoxi, ktera jednou dobou zamestnavala 1300 prodavaet po celYch SpojenYch statech a Kanade a pomod ktereZ et yrt milicnu akrti pokrytych meskytem promeneno v itrodne farmy. Tvrdi se, Ze ona krajina, nyni jest jednou z nejlep gich ku pestovani bavlny. Tato organisace pomohla zaloZiti a vybudovati patnact mest a mesteeek. Ku prikladu, postavila prvni budovu v miste, kde dnes se rozklada mesto Robstown s 10,000 obyvateli. Pia pceatku ein nosti pana Sharyho v (mom okoli nalezala se v meste Corpus Christi jen jedna zdena, budo ya. Dnes je didelitYm pristavem a y nekolika letech dosahne pootu 100,000 obyvatel.

Asi roku 1911 pocit'ovan nedostatek pozenika, tolik jich bylo rozprodanych a pan Shary se rozhodl zvelebiti Lower Rio Grande Udoli, tou dobou bezmala pustinou. V eelent okoli y e Sitee 65 mil bylo

jen asi g est malYch sadtt akr neb dva.

VelkYch. Pan Shary chapal, ze bohatSt nanos pUdy a podnebi tamni jsou idealni pro pestovani pornela (grape trut) a cpakoval to same, eehoZ se byl podjal v okoli Corpus Christi, ac v je gte vetgim a dalekosahlej g hn rneritku. Z pdotu stromit nalezajicich se v ptivodnich gesti ma lych sadech vzrostl poeet na 5,118,981, z nich2 je 3,722,749 stromu pomelo y Ych jeden ,aZ pet neb vice rokti stare.

Pted nekolika lety bylo zrejmo, ze musi se pracovati kooperativne a usilitn pana Sharyho zalokno sdruZeni Texas Citrus Fruit Growers' Exchange, jehoZ je predsedou. V podatku postaveno jednb skladig te, dnes sdruZeni vlastni gest \TelkYch modernich budov. Vzriist prtunyslu spojeneho s pestovanim a odesilanim citrusoveho ovoce v Texasu je primo fenomenalni. V race 1921 bylo odeslano 21 Zeleznienich yort, v roce 1929 vice neZli 4,000, z eehoZ 2,000 bylo odeslano Texas Citrus Fruit Growers' Exchange, coZ znamena, Ze jest nejva gim takovYm sdruZenim ye statu. OM, 1,300 Menu, pestitelt ovoce, con predstavuje 4,000 akrit sadti nove yysazenYch. Skladi gte nalezaji se ye mestech Mission, San Benito, Sharyland, Harlingen, Mercedes, Edinburg a Donna, Pomela texasska jsou prirozene sladkosti, take na obalu ovoce odesilane sdruZenim jeho2 pan Shary je predsedou, je naznaeeno "Texasweet—eat without sugar."

ManZele Sharyovi vlastni nadhernou residenci velkYch rozmern, kde maji mnoho hosti. Mimo eastYch navgtev rnengim rozmeru, Tycradaii velke recepce v dobach sjezdn a podobne. Ceske prislovi: "Smelemu patti svet" opet se owedail°. Z mladika,, kterY si privydelaval $1.50 tYdne, aby mohl choditi do gkely, stal se milionar a to pouze tim, ae mel odvahu a vYtrvalost. Je znam daleko giroktc mezi nagimi kraj any a proto se nam zdalo, ze bude etenare zajimati, kdyZ podame popis jeho uspechu.

• * Poznamka redaktora:—Tento elanek byy ptivodne oti gten v eisle ze idne 27. ledna 1954. 61eni Path'. v El Campo Zadaaby elanek byl znovu uverejnen. Pry Vestnik gel z ruky do ruky i mezi neeleny, at se ztratil, a dnes si nikdo nemide vzpomenout, kdy a v kterem elanek vygel.

—) • a • Nekdy uZiva. Stestena chyb nasich, aby nas povYg ila, a jsou lide nepohodlni, kterYch zasluhy g patne by byly odmeneny, kdybychom nebyli radi ochotni odkoupiti sloe.

Ve stfedu, dne

1954.

VESTN 1

U pani Hamdekove Mdna sluZko nevydrMla — jen mesie. Jednou dostala pani Harnailicoy a hodnou slaku BaruAku; ale sekYrovala ji, talde neboha holka za mesic odena.

Kdy'Z' se 13aruRa loueila s pani Hamadkovou, blahopfala ji: "Ja jim pieju, pani Hamo.ekova, (ktera byla v polehnanem stavu), aby ten chlapeeek, co se jim narodi, byl hodne zdrav, a aby z nej men radost."

"A proe myslite BaruSko, :'6e "to" bud( kluk?"

"Inu, pani Hamdekova, ja. si, myslim, by to s jednou holkou devet mesicu nevydr&li."

WEST, TEXAS

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ACADEMIC DRILLS AT THE

DALLAS SOKOL GYMNASTIC HALL 3700 Carl St., Dallas, Texas SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1954

ENGLISH PLAY AND DANCE AT LODGE NO. 88 The. Dramatic Club

IlLAHOL

of Lodge No. 88

1140 Robbie Street Houston, Texas will present a play in the Eenglish language

"Hullabaloo!"

ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, at 3:30 p. m.

It is a comedy in three acts and you will enjoy it.

CAST: Noreen Stavinoha Letty Hooper, a country girl, — Helen Fusig Cara Morton, a young School teacher — Nolly Tolliver, himself, a country boy Truman (Nicky) Williford Steve Kelly Eric Boardman, the local banker — Eugene Hruska Albert Boardman, his son Estelle. Kelly Mrs. Morton, Cara's mother Johnnie Sula Benito, a young gypsy Directed by Rudy J. Sefcik Stage manager Jerry J. Ermis If you want to enjoy an evening of fun, come out and have a good time with us! Music between acts and at night for the dance will be furnished by the BILL MRAZ of Houston. Dance Free at night for all who attend the play and also for members of Lodge No. 88 who do not come to the play. BUT PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE THIS. "Put This On Your Must List". Good eats for all.

FOR A GOOD TIME FOR ALL, YOU ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED BY The Committee and the DRAMATIC CLUB. Naturally the proceeds all go to the Lodge fund for charitable purposes.

PROGRAM AT 4:00 P. M DINNER AT 6:00 P. DANCE AT 8:00

P. M. TILL 12 O'CLOCK

PROGRAM 1. Opening Ceremonies.

2. Children Dance "Beseda" 3 Little Girls Dance "Petite. Ballerina" 4. Little Boys, "Marching Drill" 5 Ennis Girls,' "Modernistic Dance" 6. Mothers , 'Special Number with Brooms" 'Y. Song and Dance by Carol Ondrusek and Bobby Staglik 8 Women's Apparatus 9. Boy's and Girl's Apparatus • 10. Men's Apparatus 11. "Banat Dance" . by Andrea Vodehnal Houston Sokol 12. Ft. Worth "Special , Number" 13. Dallas "Special Number on Ladders"

DINNER Menu: Roast Pork — Dumplings — Sour Kraut Price: $1.00 per plate, includes drink and cake Children half price

Addmisions: to program an Dance 75c per person To Dance Only 50c per perso4;, CHILDREN TO BOTH UNDER 16 YEARS FREE ,)

Music for Dance by Sokol Band Como one, Come All and enjoy a full afternoon and evening of Fine Entertainment.

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VESTNIK — WEST- TEXAS

Dva vVroky.

Mabel (kdyz ji bylo 16 let): "Nevdean se nikdy!"; (kdy2 ji bylo 30 let): "Co se nevdam nikdy?" a ■ elovek, kter3"7 ustavione nedela nic, za prvni cenu pro vytrvalost. _ .

Skupina ueencil vynalezla novou atomovou pumu, tak mocnou, ze mohla znidit svet. Ze pry ji museji vyzkoukt. A vy zkoukli. KdyZ se usadil prach a rozekl zbyli na svete jen dva zlvi tvorove — dye opice nekde na rovniku. Tu se opieak podival na svou druZku a povida: drahouku, ze to mime vkchno zadt znova?"

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Levne ceny jsou na g, zasadou

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Jsem zastupce pro firmu Gift Parcel New Yorku.

PoteAte sve drape zaslanim balieku ze SvYcarska a Danska

Dr. Chas. J. Hollub CeskY Mai' a Operater HOUSTON, TEXAS Telefon res.: Twinoaks 1222 Telefon tifadovny: Pres 2553 711 Medical Arts Building

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Ve sti‘erin, dne 29. zaii 1954.

VASTNIK— WEST. TEXAS

Malf Oznamovatel 1,1Ir Pitme se (levee, pfednost desk& k bydleni v dome k opatrovani dvou ditek a k domaci praci. Mame da gi vS7pomoc. Dobr3i plat. 5638 Stonegate, Dallas, Texas. -- Phone Dixon 5493.

(37-39c) •

Podekoviini My jsme velmi vdedni Dr. Broden za vge, co pro nas udinil, pravi pan a pani Frank J. Pileik st., z East Bernard, Texas, cesta. 2, Box 204.

Sest nas a moje man geixa, na g" syn a jeho Zeno. a nak dye dcery, byli vgichni nemocni, nekteri z nas zkusili jsme mnohe leky, ale nic nam nepornahalo. Kdy2 jsme se dovedeli od jinYch, co Dr. Broden vykonal pro ne, rozhodli jsme se dati mu prilelitost co nas posledni pokus. Nekteri z nas trpeli jsme na nemoc jater, dalAi neduh srdeeni a dalS'i vodnatelnost; moje manZelka byla ochromena na nohy.

Nektera deveata trpela na sinus, jedna trpela nasledkem ZenskSlch organfi. Mezi §esti nami, melt jsme snad vsechny nemoce zname lidstvu, ale jsme nyni, kdy piseme toto, vgichni zdravi.

Byli bychom vgichni nuceni se podrobiti operacim, kdyby nebylo Dr. Broden, kteremu jsme vdeeni. Jeho adresa jest ye Victoria, Texas, 908 N. Navaro St., fifaduje v pondeli, v irterSr a ye sttedu v Hallettsville, ye etvrtek, v patek a v sobotu nad Hallettsvi/le Hardware Store. (dzc) Kladerne si za nest chyby, jez jsou pravSm opakern . chyb nagich; jsme-li chabi, holebdame se neastupnosti.

es14 kiest'anskSr R diovir Program

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Proziravost ma podobu proroctvi, ktereZ marnivosti nazi lichoti nad ve'Skere ✓ nedeli kaIdou prvni a treti v mesici ostatni vlastnosti duS'evni.

Hanbili bychom se east° za sve rad Pokrok Houstonu porada taneeni zakrasneji einy, kdyby svet videl vgecky'; bavu, ktera je pro eleny radu zdarma. prvotni jejich pohnutky.

KaZcIY je uctive zvan. ✓ pondeli weer kaZdV tYden cvidi se sborove zpevy dospelYch v sini radii Pokrok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou SPOLEHLIVVA POHROBNICKA vitani. Zadatek v osm veeer.

SLU2BA Ve sttedu veeer kaalY tYden jsou daSine pohotovi Vam posloOiti bez vany taneani a zpevni hodiny pro mlarozdilu jak daleko bydlite bez jade2 v sini fadu Pokrok Houstonu, 1140 kehokoliv zvlaStniho poplatku.

Robbie. KaZdY je uctive zvan, S nami m0Zete mluviti eesky. My Ve stiedu 29. zati Klub zakladajicich nabizime Pohtebni Poji gteni pro elenek fadu gtefanik diva spoleenY °bed ka..Zcleho elena rodiny. a "bingo" zabavu ,podinaje v jednu hodinu odpoledne. KaZO je srdeene vitan. ✓ nedeli 3. tijna kona, rad Placedo eislo 97 svou pravidelnou schtizi. Pteloleni FUNERAL HOME schtize z druhe nedele na prvni je nutne.

Elsie Praaak-Etlinger ✓ nedeli 3. 'Mita tad Osveta eislo 38 v damska pomocnice vedeki a taneeni Koval. pofada, N/Trodni Telefonujte "collect" Tel 38 zabavu. KaZdST je srdeene zvan.

BELLVILLE, TEXAS ✓ nedeli 3. tijna tad Pokrok Houstonu dislo 88 pada anglicke divadlo odpoledne, 3:30 hod. a veeer taneeni zabavu; pro dleny vstup zdarma na tance. Uctive zve vSrbor.

V nedeli 10. tijna, rad Texasska, OrlicePOHREBN1 DOPvIOV Oslo 13 bude miti spoleanou svaidinu hned po pravidelne schnzi. Oleni a jejich rodiV hodin y zarmutku najdete u nas nejlepg pohiebni obsluhu a ceny ny jsou zvany k treasti. 61enkyne jsou 'Zdlevne. dany aby pkinesli kolaee, caky aneb sanviche.

Ten prodavame pobiebni pojrgteni od 1 mesice do 80 rokiz stilt ✓ nedeli 10. iijna pravidelna schfize Sokola Houston. Zadatek piesne ye 3:30.

Ambulance ve dne i v noel Po schuzi pkatelska zabava a hry.

MAREK BURNS FUNERAL HOME ✓ nedeli 17. tijna poPada Sokol HousBill Marek a Bill Burns ton posledni piknik tohoto roku v SokoTelefon 546 lovne. Po obede hudba, hry, zabava. SoTEXAS CAMERON, kol uctive zve krajanskou verejnost.

KALENDAII

Pete E. Ettlinger-

Marek Burns

Rad Pokrok Dallas cis. 84 SPJST 2625 Floyd St., Dallas, Texas

Kaidou nedeli odpoledne z techte stanic: Brenham, Texas — KWHI y 1:30 hod. odp.

V NEWELL DNE 3. iliJNA VINOBRANI ZABAVU pH hudbe kapely

El Campo, Tex. — KULP v 2:30 hod. odp.

Eric Honza z Ennis

Rev. Karel Bohatefc

KaitlY je fictive zvan zabavnim vYborem

(38-40c)

V nedeli, dne 17. Mita

Kubala z Ft. Worth (P)

Ve stfedu, dile 29. 2ati 1954

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