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PROC MAME TISKOVi MOR jakoukoliv nelibolt mezi eleny Jednoty.

SOU ROZMANITE nahledy v oProto, i kdyby byly rozmanite nahleJ tazce prod memo v na g' Jed- dy o torn, jake. prava by TiskovSt vkbor note TiskovS7 VSrbor. mel nebo nemel miti, faktem zfistava, Nektefi dleni jsou toho nahledu, se Ti- dokud v nagich stanovach je to zketelskovSr vybor je zbytednosti. Tento nahled ne vytiSteno, jakou funkci ma TiskovS, byl vysvetlovanST a obhajovanST tot od vSibor, meli bychom to zachovati a2 do nekterSrch bSr vaikch i pfitomnSrch doby, kdy pristi sjezd nebo nekterSr naHlavni fdadovny. Byla agitace pied sledujicl uzna potfebu to zmeniti. sjezdem v Houstonu, aby TiskovSr vS7bor A jak je to ye stanovach? byl zrugen.

Stoji tam, se Tiskovk vStor je volenk Druzi aleni maji nahled eastedne pozmenenSr, a sice v torn Emyslu, Ze byla by sjezdem. Te2 tam stoji, to TiskovSr v-Sr r pfimo sjezdovS7m de--borjezdpovenS lepgi harmonie a spoluprace, kdy by Tiskov3) vSr bor byl podfizenSr Hlavni frfadovnO, pracoval dle pokynfi od hlavniho A cos kdyby se stalo—coZ je -pine v teresa a dbal cn t.fno, say nebvli mezich mokrosti—se by se redaktor nenezdvofili nebo aby redaktor nepsal pri- jak prefekl a napsal neco nesluOneho, otevkene, =Ole. nemistneho nebo nepravdiveho? Mfde Tfeti eleni si zase mysli, se Tiskovk vSi- Hlavni fdadovna klepnout redaktora Ares bor ma byti samostatne tees°, ktere se prsty? Nebo mute od Hlavni faadovny nernieha do ZadnSrch jinSTch zaleZdtosti IDSrti redaktoru udelena za,slordena net hledi si jen toho, aby Vestnik slou- ka? Poroudi Hlavni Ufadovna redaktoZil k dobru Jednoty, aby cliental ozna- ru? rnatiral slu S * nYni, srozumitelnYm a uhlazeNa tyto otazky je ye stanovach odponYm zpilsobem, co se kde v Jednote /1STved' na dvou mistech: "Vestnik je iizen be, ceho by si "oleni moll povtimnout, at' redaktorem, jehoZ voli sjezd (ne Hlavni je to vec chvalitebne. nebo pokarani zasluhujici. fltadovna), a 'dell podleha stale konXdyt bychom se ptali, kterSt z techto trole Tiskoveho vStoru." A v jinem élantfech nahledft je nejlepi, musime na- ku je to opakovano: "Redaktor je volen pfed si vziti nejakS, ptiklad z minulosti sjezdem a podleha pod pravomoc Tiskonebo si pfedstaviti, co by se mohlo sta.- veho vkboru, kterk ma povinnost ti" v budoucnosti. A take to bude zale4t aby redaktor presne pinil povinhodne na tom, jakS7 obsah chceme my o- nosti sjezdem na neho vlolene." Kdy2 by sobne miti ye Vestniku nebo jak si pfed- ale Tiskovkr vkbor nebyl s redaktorem stavujeme utiitednost spolkoveho organu. spokojen, sestavi Tiskovk vkbor doklady A konec koncii si musime fici, to dele- sveho nespokojeni a poZ1da, Hlavni gati na poslednim sjezdu, kterSi se konal radovnu, aby redaktor byl zbaven sveho pied dvema roky v Houstonu, idadu. se TiskovSr vfloor ma bSrti samoHlavni Uradovna muse redaktora pokastatne teleso, ktere si nevSima, co si jednotlivec, fad nebo samotna Hlavni fda- rat nebo kritisovat. TotO pra y° ma kb.dovna pieje, ale se se stare, jen o to, aby kdy Olen. A redaktor ma bVti vdeenSr za do spolkoveho organu se nedostaly veci, kaZdSi uptimne podanSr pokyn. Redaktor ktere by delaly zmatek, stranictvi nebo neni ale zodpovednS7 Hlavni idadovne.

A co kdyby Hlavni fdadovna si steZovala Tiskovemu vS7boru? To id je neco jineho. To Tiskol4 vStor musi vziti v fivahu a rozhodnouti, zdali stiZnost na redaktora je opravnena. A v tora pade dfitka od Tiskoveho vSrboru ma blahodarnSr fleinek, proto'Ze redaktor podleha vS7boru.

A prod to vlastne bylo tak zavedeno, Tiskovk vSrbor je zodpovedn jenom delegatam a redaktor je zodpovecinSt jen Tiskovemu vSrboru?

Stalo se (Hive nekolikrat, ze dva hlavni fifednici si nerozumeli a chteli sve nedorozumeni vyrovnati mezi sebou ve Vestniku. Nedelalo to na vefejnosti pane oko. Redaktor tancoval mezi dverria ohni—a popalil se od obou. Aby se to neopakovalo, bylo Tiskovemu vkboru dano pravo, aby samostatne rozhodoval, i kdy by se jednalo o rozepri mezi dvema nejvyASimi Aredniky. Bylo to upraveno trochu jako to rnaji ye Washingtonu. McCarthy chce to miti po svem a Pentagon po svem. Pak to musi nekdo jinkr rozhodovat.

Tiskovk vkbor je dnes--podle stanov schvalenSrch ye Port Worth a take v Houstonu—jedinS/m a samostatnStm lesem, ktere rozhoduje, co mfa. e nebo co nesmi bkti ye Vestniku. Jestli nekterk den poke neco do Vestniku, a redaktor mu to zamitne, lien musi svou stanost podati Tiskovemu vkboru, ne Hlavni Ufadovne. A kdyby se snad nahodou stalo, by nekterk firednik chtel zneukt tisku, Tiskovk v'bor ma pray ° fici "ne." Pak uredniku zbkva, jen jedna cesta--pookati as do sjezdu, kde delegati rozhodnou, zda Tiskovk vkbor byl v pravu.

Budoucnost ukase, zda, nynejk zafizeni by se nechalo zlepkti. Do to doby jen Tiskovk vkbor rozhoduje, co milZ'e a co nernilIe bkti uvefejneno.

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Pfedne opilinnY pozdrav fgent nag i SPJST a take v gem etenaffim Vestniku od redaktora, kterY pile tyto radky dva tisice mil od doincva, Jsent prae na sjezdu Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu v Atlantic City, ye statu New Jersey. Sitoda, ze nernarn vice easu, abych mohl rozeslat aspoft sto pozdravnYch listktii nekterym na gim elentim SPJST. Potegilo by je to, Z'e jsem si na ne vzpomnel. Jen& na sjezdu Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu, kam Clo y& jde, aby se co nejvice od druitYch priueil, neni no, aby se jednotlivec zavrel do svetnice, vylaYbal se clruhYm delegatfun od jinYch bratrskYch a sesterskych spolkt a opomenul yytilitkovati v geho, co by prineslo dalai bohate zkugcnosti.

Kaideho rolto na etvrte pondeli v pripada zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu. Leto gni zaseclani je geclesate ()sine na poradi. Narodni bratrskY kongres je dobro yolna organisace, ke ktere mute se pfilalasiti Itterakoliv bratrska nebo sesterskd podpurna jednota. Musi vSak takova jednota poskytovati syYm olenfun Zivotni poji gteni na aktuarskYch YYpoetech, s dostateenou reservou. ones existuje ve Spojenycla statech a tea V Kanacre pfes 275 bratr,kYch a sesterskYch spolkti. Witten:, z nich pact sve jmeni kolem sta nebo pies dolarti.

Asi 160 orgarlisaci se poeita, mezi milionove strYm majetkem. Na ge SPJST je dle velikosti na padesatem clevatem mists, ac pred rokem byli jsme na gedesatem tietim. Nejsrne tedy mezi temi velikYmi, a take nejsme mezi malYmi. KdyZ bychom bratrske spolky v Americe rozdelil na, deset skupin, aby v kaZde skupine bylo d yacet pet organisaci die zamoZnosti, nage SPJST, byla by na zaeatku tteti skupiny.

Pak bychom men fe gte sedm dalgich skupin, a ItaZda skupina by mela dvacet pet spolku.

Toto dobrovolne teleso, ktere nazYvame Narodni bratrskY kongres, ma zapoeitano ke spoleene praci 109 spolkil. Nektere spolky jsou narodnostni, jine jsou nabolenske, jine dle po yolani a pak jsou spolky vgeobecne. Dokud na ge SPJST mela omezeno clenstvi jen pro lidi slovan' Sloyaky, Poskeho pfivodu, totft Cechy, laky, Ukrajince, Dalmatince, Slovince, Rusy a Charvaty, byli jsme poeitani mezi narodnostni bratrsitY spolek. Jsou jine spolky, ktere mail sve elenstvi omezeno jen pro evangeliky nebo jen pro katoliky. TakovYch spolkti je v Narodnim bratrskem kongresu zastoupeno mnoho.

Na priklad Polaci maji katolicke organisace a maji tea narodnostni bratrske spolk y. Tote2 je inezi Slovaky, ktefi maji

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v Narodnim bratrskem kongresu zastoupeni od pet! katolickYch spolku, od eyangelickYch a teZ od Slo yenskeho Sokola. Z eeskYch spolkft jsou v Narodnim bratrsitem kongresu zastoupeny dva katolicke spolky ze severe, jeden s yobodomyslnY nebo bezkonfesni, jeden narodnostni a jeden v geobecnY. Tim poslednim je nage SPJST, ne,bot' my nemame ani nabolenske ani narodnostni omezeni pro sve eleny.

Nitrodni brairskY kongres byl utvoien 'Diced sedmnacti lety, aby UPednici nebo vedouci bratrsitYch a sesterskYch spolku motel mezi sebou yymeniti sve nazory, informace, spoleene zajmy a poraditi jeden druhemu o manem zlep geni nebo vYhodach; a take proto, aby bylo nejake fistredni teleso, ktere by pracovalo v souladu a loyalne pro v gechny organisace, by zabranilo se nekterYm, vlastne vgem vecem ,jimiZ byly by pogkozoyany bratrske jednoty a jejich zajmy. Tak na pHklad as letos byl spoleenYm usilim ptijat v jednom statu zakon, aby osoby mohly si vziti Ziyotni pojigteni bez lekarske prohlidky; a v druhem statu zakon, aby odstraneny byly ureite nevYhody.pfi pojig t'ovani deti. Ve statu Arizone byl pro ., bratrske spolky upraven docela novY zakonik regulujici bratrske jednoty, mnohem priznivej gi neZ byly zakony piedchazejici. V legislaturach jednotliyYch states bylo loni podano 59 pfedloh nepfiznivYch bratrskemu poji gt'ovani, • ale zakrokem pravniho oddeleni Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu nebyla ani jedina predloha prijata. V torn ohledu pracuje Narodni bratrsity kongres velmi tizce s jednotlivYmi statnimi bra.trskYmi kongresy, kteraZto statni telesa jsou podradnYrni tidy narodni organisace. Neptiznive zakony jsou v gak jen malou ukazkou, co jedno oddeleneni Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu mute doltazati spolee7 nYm Celkova price Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu je rozdelena na mnoho odvetvi.

Pro kaZdeho tfednika nebo vedouciho od kterekoliv organisace jsou poskytnuty predna gky, rozhovory a dotazy, ktere se vztahuji na jeho povinnosti doma. Lee i kdyby se firednik nezeptal ani jednu otazku, kdyby jen sedel a poslouchal rozhovor jinYch nebo prednagku nektereho dobreho i'eenika o vecech tYkajicich se jiste price v rozlienYch organisacich, je takove posezeni a vyslechnuti velmi, u2iteene. O ygem zaleli na tom, aby nazor rada nebo my glenka byly uvedeny v skutek. Ani ten nejlep gi plan se neuskuteeni sam sebou.

Letos bylo v zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu zastoupeno 88 spollth ze 109. Jako v tech na gich distriktnich schazich, nikdy neprijdou v gichni pro nejakou pfleinu. V Texasu jsou jen tri jednoty, jejichZ hlavni fdadovny se nale-

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8trana 3 zaji v Texasu, ktere path do Narodniho A zrovna znazornil, jak se to ma prova- moderni obchod, chceme-li dociliti toho, bratrskeho kongresu. Druhe texaske jed- dot. abychom mohli pokradovati a aspori Canoty byly zastoupeny svYmi fitedniky, Tent teenik vysvetloval dale, Ze na- steene konkurovati obchodnim spolednonagi SPJST zastupoval jen redaktor. sledkem nedostateene reklamy—nazYval stem. fteenika poslouchali ptedsedove, Kdy2 se v posledni schtzi Hlavni titadov- to "svellem pod poklidkou"—vetejnost mistoptedsedove, tajemnici, pokladnici, ny uvaZovalo o tom, zda nekdo pojede, dosud ma ptedstavu, ze bratrske Zivotni teditele omladiny, teditele organisatora, byl vysloven nahled, Ce celkovY zisk z pojigt'ovani neni nic jineho ne2 chozeni pravnici, lekati a jini vedouci pod riiznYtakoveho zajezdu nikdy se nevyrovna vy- s kloboukem mezi dleny po kaalem po- mi tituly. Reenik upozortioval, ae jednoty dani, ktere je s tim spojeno. Koneene t hitu. A dodal k tomu, ae je ye Spoje- museji stale miti na zteteli vYchovu povolen byl zajezd redaktora, ponevadt nYch statech 165,000 prodavadt obchod- svYch budoucich fitedniku a nahradniku. minulY sjezd to odhlasoval a take proto, nich pojitt'ujicich spoleenosti, kteti ta- Pravil, ze v minulosti mohl bYti vedouae hned lonskeho roku byla vlolena na kove informace jegte potvrzuji a poma- cim iftednikem kterYkoliv popularni dlomne zodpovednost, abych upravil vYstav- haji gitit. Pak nagi snaaivi spolkovi pra- vek, aniZ by mel nejakou zvlagtni znaku publikaci a agitadnich pomficek pro covnici—zdilraznoval tednik—trpi nejvi- lost. Pro mu2ske spolky stadllo, kdyZ znal vgechny spolky, ktere si toho budou pta- ce. Pak na gi organisatoti prodavaji po- zaklady futetnictvi. Pro Zenske spolky byti a tadanY material k vYstavce dodaji. jistky jen na pet set nebo tisic, nabizeji ' la znalost tesnopisu a psani na stroji vrA ad takovY zajezd je fticly spojenY s ji- sluZbu bratrskYch , spolkii jen v malYch cholem toho, co se povaiovalo za piedstYmi osobnimi vYclaji, soudim, Ze zku ge- obnosech, a prodaji bud' malt) nebo doce- belne odborne kvalifikace. S temito nenosti naderpane v leto gnim zasedani u- la nic. patrnYmi obchodnimi znalostmi zadinala snadni me, abych cestovni ztraty mohl Sekce redaktorii byla oviem pro mne vetgina hlavnich fitednikt taktka ye poznenahlu vraceti eleniim a Jednote nejzajimavej gi, ponevad2 tam bylo dis- vaech bratrskSich a sesterskYch spolcich. mirou pinou, vrchovatou, moZna, dvaj- kutovano o otazkach mne riejblitgich.

Thiegni poiadavky—pokraeoval reenik nasobnou. ttyki dny staleho styku s ii- Kdybych byl tajemnikem, gel bych do —jsou tak sloZite, tak konkurendni a chltedniky jinYch velikYch bratrskYch jed- sekce tajemnikii; kdybych mel na staro- kladne, ae take obchod bratrskeho poji g not neastane bez blahodarneho Udinku sti investice, spechal bych do sekce, kde -VovanimuspoadvtisYchvena, mysl, ktera se stale chce ptiudovati. se projednavaly problemy investieni; a doucich jiste ptedbeZne znalosti, ptedJako zastupce SPJST—a jmeno nagi kdybych mel povinnosti ptedsedy nebo chazejici gkoleni a odborne schopnosti. Ku Jednoty zadind bYti hodne zname—vy- mistoptedsedy, jiste bych mel poZitek a ptikladu, dnes Zadna bratrska, jednota 'tonal jsem sve zastoupeni dosti slugne. ponaudeni z ptedna gek v sekci ptedse- by neustanovila vrchnim manaaerem nad Upravil jsem vYstavku pro gestnact bra- dii. KaZdY fitednik nebo vedouci mel k organisatory nekoho, kdo nepro gel patrskYch a sesterskYch jednot—lituji, ponaudeni svou sekci, dokonce i leka- ttionYmi kursy pro organisatory a kterY nedostal jsem material z Temple—a dle ti, redaktoti, organisatoti, pravnici a ak- by se nemohl vykazat, ae upsal sam za Usudku jinYch byla to dosud nejlepgi a tuati. V sekci redaktoril probirano bylo, sto tisic nebo za etvrt milionu pojitteni nejpodatenejSi vYstavka. Snad jako od- co redaktor nema, do spolkoveho organu svou vlastni snahou. Dale pravil tednik, menu za mou praci byl jsem zvolen mi- davat, i kdyby si to dleni ptali; anebo co Ze dnes kaZdY mladY mua nebo Zeno., ktestoptedsedou "Press Section of the Na- by nemel vynechavat, i kdyby s tim ne- ti chteji prospeti sobe a svemu spolku, tional Fraternal Congress" pro pti gti rok. souhlasili vedouci. Byla diskuse o tisku, maji-li aspirate na vy ggi postaveni v Tuto poctu povaZuji v gak vice jako vetej- o jakosti papiru, o obrazcich v organu, bratrskem pojigt'ujicim obchode, museji ne uznani nati Jednoty nali vyzname- o zpravach utedniku, o stalYch a pravi- znati nejen Udetnictvi, ale zaklady naronani osobni. Nage Jednota zapsala se ye- delnYch sloupcich techto vedoucich, o dohospodatstvi (ekonomii), obchodni adlice dobte v pamet delegattim loriskeho tom, aby osobnost redaktora zustala po- ministrativu, hospodatskou a socialni zasedani, nebot' znovu a znovu bylo mi kud motno v pozadi. Nektere tyto body psychologii, zaklady oznamovani, kursy ptipominano, ae je gte nikdy a nikde ne- jsem si poznadil, 'abych je ptednesl k v prodavani bratrskeho poji gteni, vedobylo tak mnoho pohostinstvi prokazano posouzeni na gemu Tiskovemu vYboru v most o provadeni souteai, znalosti o zrydelegatilm Narodniho bratrskeho kongre- ptigti rodni schtizi. chleni prate v kancelatich, zaklady teesu jako loni v Dallas. Nekteti delegati JinY reenik kladl opet diiraz na to, nickeho umeni, zaklady o ziskani girgi yeslovanskYch spolku znovu si vzpominali jak je to dalelite, aby kaZdY vedouci, tejnosti a tucty jinYch ptedmetil, ktere na vedirek v Sokole a na klobasy jimiZ kterY ma na starosti planovani pro bu- jsou dnes poskytovany ye vedernich gkobyli hosteni. docnost, kterY ureuje smernice spolku, lach nebo ye zvlattnich kursech, trvajiKdyi se zminuji o reklame, jakou jsme vzal si das a moZnost, aby mohl sledova- cich tYden nebo dva. fteenik dokonce cisi loriskeho roku mezi bratrskYmi orga- ti cele jednani statnich bratrskYch kon- toval Bibli (Knihu Ptislovi, k. b, v 7) nisacemi udelali, muslin se zminiti gresti a ten zasedani Narodniho bratr- aby vg ichni ntednici bratrskYch organisaproslovu jednoho teenika v plenarni skeho kongresu. Napted musi Utednik ci ridili se slovy: "Ptedne moudrosti, schuzi kongresu. Pravil, Ze my, bratrske dostati nad geni pak inspiraai, pak air- moudrosti nabYvej, a za vaechno jmeni sve zjednej si napted rozumnost." Proerganisace, Settime na, nepravem miste. si rozhled, pak chut' k provedeni Drtiime "svieku pod kbelikem", take o pak vYkonnost. Reenik zdfirazzioval, Ze slov onoho teenika zanechal v posluchaspolku malokdo vi. A jestli svet nas to by melo bYti potadavkem pro kaZdeho eich dosti hlubokY dojem. zna die jrnena, nevi nic o na gi einnosti. zodpovedneho iftednika kaZde bratrske Jsem velice vdeeny tomu, ze delegati Nevedomost vetejnosti o fraternalismu je jednoty. Bratrske spolky pry nesmi si do- posledniho sjezdu v Houstonu rozhodli, ptimo zaraaejici. Mimodek vzpomnel volit, aby jejich dinnost se vykonavala aby redaktor zneastnil se zasedani Najsem si fedi bratra L. 0. Ho gka, jak vy- jen ode dne ke dni, jak to proud piina- rodniho bratrskeho kongresu. Je to nadklo.dal v Caldwell v distriktni schuzi, ja- gi, ale kaZdy spolek ae musi deliti novym miru cenna. gkola. Delal jsem si stale ko men nesnaze nalezti sin tadu Nov po2athsktim a stale hiedati nove testy k poznamky ze vgeho, co jsem mel ptileliTabor. Neni to tteba opakovat pted ye- dalgirnu uZitednemu vzrilstu. tost vyslechnouti, jenie nebylo mo'Zno, fiejnosti. ZminenY tednik upozortioval, Opel jinY reenik vykladal posluehaarn abych byl ve trech nebo etytech mistnoae kahlY bratrskY spolek by mel miti ne- --a byli tam Utednici od 88 bratrskYch a, stech najednou. Kdyi pted dvema lety koho, kdo by se staral ustaviene o rekla- sesterskYch spolkil—Ze v gechny na ge pod-1 byl se mnou bratr Marek v Bostonu, rozmu organisace v gemoZnYrni prostkedky. Mime jednoty museji bYti vedeny jako (Pokrabovani na strand 10.)

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Fayetteville, Texas.

Zclatila schilze byla konana na gim distriktem u radii NovS/. Tabor eislo 17 Ni Caldwell, v nedeli 19. zati. Nektere tady, Mere byly yg dy zastoupene„ tenkrate neprijely, ale byly tarn zase tady, ktere nebyly zastoupene v pfede giSch schfizich, taliZe se to dosti vyrovnalo. Celkem bylo patnact Mal zastoupeno, jak zjistil "roll call". Vag tajemnik si to proveril z listiny pri registraci elenu u d ye& Eddy, ktere byly tenkrate zastoupene, nasleduji: Cisla: 33, 68, 38, 39, 129, 7, 9, 17, 100, 116, 1, 67, 13, 105 a 14. Od pfespolnich radu bylo zjieteno, g e tarn byli eleni od nasledujicich Mal: 13, 16, 24, 25, 40, 45, 88, 84, 87, 130 a 116, co g nasyecteuje zdjem o tyto schtize. Nekteti elenove z teclato pfespolnich kadd promluvili k nam a podali informace, jak oni vedou jejich schtize a jak by se melo pracovati pro yzajerrinSi vzrtist Jednoty. Mezi Celan co k nam promluvili byli nasledujici: Cyril Pokladnik, ptedseda, tretiho distriktu z Dallas; br.

Hrabina z Ennis; Karel Navratil, teditel druheho distriktu; br. Ho gek, tajemnik ttetiho distriktu. Jejich feei byly velmi poYzbuzujici sklidili za ne potlesk. Diky jim, ge nevahali raziti tak dalekou cestu k nam. Ten br. Jerry Valchar, predseda hlavni diadovny RVOS z Temple promluvil k nand. Schtze byla, zaladjena v jednu hodinu odpoledne a po pfipra,vnich fivodech, br. John W. Vavra, ptedseda tammho faclu, pi.nnes1 uvitaci tee a pak nasd dovala odpoved' br. Edw. L. Marka, predsedy Hlavni dtadovny. Pak nasledovali oznameni distriktnich Atednikfi. Po tomto nasledoval zaba yni program, kterV byl mistrovsky proveden a v gem se 11bil, za cog path dik programnimu vSiboru.

Po tomto zase zaealo ntedni zasedani sehtize. Brat 'i Marek a Valeik promluvili ke v gem organisatornm a povzbuzovali je dalgi VYsledek ttimesieni soute ge nemohl bVti oznamen, jelikog Hlavni titadovna nemela, vgechny eislice a v gechny pojistkj legte nebyly vystavene.

Darky byly udilene tadem 'Oslo 17 nej,storgimu Menu, n.ejnilacleimu elenu a Menu, kte0 ptijel z nejvet gi vzdalenosti, jak nasleduje: Frank Mikola gtik od fadu eislo 17, nejstar gi, 88 let. Sl. Jan Houclek, nejmladgi, jen 6 t34intl, od sameho radii, ale bydlici v Bryan, Texas, a br.

Cyril Pokladnik, predseda, ttetiho distrikto v Dallas, kterY jeho darek dobrotive oclevzdal na ge= distriktu, aby byl prothin ye dragbe a vSrte gek aby ptipadl na gemu distriktu. Jak jsem vyrozumel, tento pozilstaval z bednieky Gulf oleje do kary a prines1 nam 9 dolarn. Diky bratru Pokladnikovi. Zaroveri on daroval deset

do-

lard tornu nejnilktamu Menu a sice sl.

Jan Houdek, aby ji mohl bYti otevten bankovni Beet jujimi Pro nedostatek easu iozne veci, ktere mely byti probrane v -Leto schiazi, musely bYti no do prisii sehfize. Mezi temito bylo no lo, kde sc bude konati nage ptieti schnze. Toto ma bYti Yyte geno distriktnimi firedniky a eleny jisteho kterV se snad o to i jima. M to bude vytegeno, bode vain to °madmen° yeas v nagem Tato ,cliar,r-!,bude asi -lady v dubnu neb v kvetnu. jina vec, ktera musel y Vrti odlogena, byla volba dredniku pro nastavajici rok.

Neclaceme miti ten saniSr po •ad, jak jest to olayejein u mistnich racial aby jedni a ti sami r.rrdnici slou gili yeone. Dva roky jest pova govdno za dosti dlouhou dobu neb lhiltu pro fiteclniky, tak v nastavajici schuzi bud'te plipraveni zvoliti si nove.

Jmenern na. geho distriktu pfeji si podekovati tadu eislo 17 za jejich pohosteni, a na shledanot piiste, zustavam s bratrskVin pozdravem P. P. Baron, ta,jemnik.

• /4 • ( ZFRAVY Z TkETiII0 DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. Grapevine, Texas.

Sestry a bra.tri: Ca.-3to nad tim pfeinfglim, ze vyvin a ‘ zdokonaleni nas vSeen jest vetginou nesnadnY, milouhavY a pornalV proces givotni. Jest east° piny zklamani, bolneho pokoteni nevcieku a nelaVti nadeje, ge ptec jest mo gnost zYiteziti, tu veru bychom sloZili ruce v kiln.

Je to smutne, 2e ve svem sna geni tak rychle starneme a pri torn jen zvolna, ba pozde clostdvame ten rozum, kterY by nam byl v mladeich letech mohl byti tak prospenSral.

Po pfeeteni dopisu na geho bratra J. Stag e v minulem Vestniku uva guji o torn, ge dosud hledame dobrou my glenku, ten plan kterST by nas, na ge distrikty zapojil do spoleene, fispeene prace demokratickSrm zpilsobern, nebot' diktou a pravidly se tento idealni stay vnutiti nada.

Pravidla a sneer odhlasovane v distriktnich schfizich vet ginou zastoupenYch toho distriktu, mely by bVti feditelem toho ktereho distriktu v Usttedne fedrovane. Je na nas, na, elenstvu sdrugenych vypracovati navrhy a zmeny, ktere by nam zarueily v budoucnosti Toto jest neel nazdarnejei postup.

Sich distriktu, dle meho nazirani.

Zkusrne pracovati na tomto planu.

KagdSt zaeatek jest tegliST a co zkuslme, to neni nadarmo, bude nam to jen k dobru. Kdy g Inc nezkusime, tak za nic ne-

stojime, to tugim chtel na g bratr Staga do sveho rozjimani narn vlo giti. Tu nine napada, zdali pak si na gi reditele tento dopis Sta gily pozoind preetou?

Je-,t v nem obsazeno tolik stesku, tolik boclu, o kterSich nutno va gne a dlouho p •emVeleti, ge by met byti &ten v kagile faclove schnzi a o nem pojednano.

Pravdou jest, ge to bolne pokoreni, neuznani tech star gich, odhani nam ty eleny od einnosti nam tak pottebne.

Vgechno, co je naSim silam pfirnetene, melt bychom kooperaci tadd a na geho feditele yykonati do pfi gtiho sjezdu. K tomu je tfeba, abyclaorn planovali ygichni, doma, v kadech, v distriktnich poradach, svedomite a vytrvale. Vycvieime tim svoji van k dobru, k zakla,du givotniho dalgiho ilspechu SPJST. Dosud pracovali jsrne dobte v ziskava, ni novSrch Clem. Tato agenda se nam zdatila, av gak nam jest tfeba obratiti zretel k tomu pokra govat v bodech, ktere jsme si ustanovili, hlasovanim co nas pracovni program.

Budeme nuceni ptemSrgleti o torn, co nutno projednavati v na gi pfigti distriktni schtzi ye Fort Worth a na ge sdrugene lady i jednotlivci jsou timto snagne done, aby sve namely k zlepgeni, zmenam a novot zaslali na ptedsedu aneb tajemnika distriktu co nejdfive mogno.

Zdar, tispech a vase uspokojeni nad zdafilou distriktni schtizi spoeiva tedy , m ale i na nejen na vyboru chstriktm, kagclem elenti aneb fadu toho na geho disstriktu a tu tedy: "Chime se!"

Vzpornente si techto 1.Zbyteene utraceni draheho easu na , m, nasich sjezdech slavnostmmi recky.

2. Zpravy fltednikfi mail laSti vydane tiskem ptedem, zaslane tadfirn i delegatfun.

3. Zrychleni pfijimacich pravidel.

4. Ustanoveni statniho organi.satora.

5. tHeva, star gim elenum po jiste 'hate let.

6. Zfizeni organisaoniho odboru.

7. Planovani o zfizeni Utulny a letni botig te pro na g dorost.

8. Za.vedeni novSich vSrhodnSr ch pojistek tak, aby nam bylo mogno rovnati se jinm spoleenostem pojigt'ovacim.

9. Hledeti k tomu, aby majetky radove nejakou dohodou byli zajigtene pro nagi Jednotu v padu skoneeni einnosti techto.

10. Ja,kYrn procentem finanene by se melo vypomahat distriktnni v jejich snageni to prace organisaeni.

Zde jest nee° k Premy.gleni pro nas pro veechny. Co pfipojite vy? — 6et1 jsem kdys toto: -- "We can brethren divide success and failure into two classes. Those who thought and never

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did and those who did but never thought."

S pozdravem Ludva 0. Hogek, t. 6. distriktni tajemnik.

• 4 PO PIKNIKTJ P ATOCI DISTRIKTU Tak jiZ je 13o nagem pikniku a mtiZeme si zase na nejakY eas oddechnouti. Nejvice to vkly odnese na g pkedseda distriktu, bratr 8krabanek. Ma s tim hromadu sta.rosti, i pies to ze ma k ruce dobre pracovniky, kteri vkly ochotne pfiloZi ruce k dilu. Ovgem jsou to zase jenom nekolik kadtt, ktere pki tech distriktnich schuzich vypomohou. Vgak nebylo by to tak zle, kdyby ty ostatni lady byly aspon zastoupene pfi schilzi. To jest prave smutne, kdy2 tajemnik vola lady po fade a ani Ziva dune se nehlasi, ze pkinaleli k tomu neb onomu kadu. I pies to, ze mnoho nemelo zastoupeni, byla nav gteva pekna.

V sobotu pied piknikem byli na miste broth a sestry od tacit( z Needville, Danbury a z Houstonu. Pfipravovali v ge co se dalo jiZ v sobotu k polaodli v gech navgtevnikft. Pak v nedeli zastavali ruzne funkce, aby v ge glo hladce. Jsem jista, ze jste byli vgichni dobfe oblouZeni.

Chyba je, ze .si elovek take nemtiZe objednat poeasi podle libosti. V nedeli, kdyZ jsme pkijiZdeli k Danbury, zaeala se obloha kaboniti a mraky jako hory a 'erne aZ strach. V dali jiZ se take spustil de gt' a jen jsme eekali, ze kadou chvili nas to take zaZene. Chudak bratr '8krabanek shanel nekoho, aby nam vypudil komary, kteii se nam pies noc nastehovali na nage oblibene vYleti gte. Bylo jich hrozne mnoho , kaklY se ohanel a vraZdil ty nekady napokad. Vgak za chvili pkijeli s trokemkem a velkou stfikaekou a vystkikali stromy a cele okoli, a meli jsme pokoj celY den od te 6eladky. A ten de gt' nas take tak pekne obe gel, obloha se vyjasnila a s ni ty starostlive oblideje. Nevim opravdu, co by si byli paean, kdyby bylo spustilo.

Vgak vge dobfe dopadlo, kaklY si oddechl a nastalo veseli.

Velmi nas pote gila naySteva bratril a sester z jinYch distriktil. Take bratki fednici z Hlavni idadovny byli easne na rniste. Vime, ze jest to velka obetayost, pkijeti z takove dalky, Jak my, tak i vy navgteva piespolnich hovgichni vite, stir vkly kaZdeho dobreho spolkoveho bratra pracovnika pote gi. Jest to vzpruha k dal gi praci, kdyZ vidime, ze na gi bratki a sestry nevahaji a vaZi vzdalenost nekolika set mil, aby se zUeastnili podniku v jinem distriktu.

I pfesto ze distriktni schtize jsou, neco noveho a jest v ge v zaeatku, udelalo se nmoho dobra, ye prospech nagi Jednoty, tYkajici se pfirustku elenstva, KdyZ pozoruji prilbeh schtlzi, nejenom nageho distriktu, v:j ak vtech, tu se mi 7da,

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Strum triktu, jak si to zakidit Hlavni veci by bylo pfitahnouti co nejvice ditek a pia,novati, aby take ony se bavily podle jejich zajmu. Mohlo by se to nazvati DISTRIKTNI BARBECUE, DISTRIKTNI PIKNIK, mohl by bYti krat gi program.

Picivitani hostu pfespolnich. Pak podani zpravy ze schilze, v gak Zadne debatovani.

Pak nekolik eisel pfedvedenYch na gi middeli. To by tak trvalo asi hodinu nebo dy e a pak by mohla nastat volna zaba.va podle libosti.

Pkipominam si na g prvni piknik z jara.

HWY se velmi dobfe pobavil, ovgem na nektere male vyjimky. Kdyby se 136kadal jenom jeden takovY vekejnSr piknik v kaZdem distriktu, nebylo by to tak namahave na na ge bratry Uredniky Hlavni Afadovny. Chceme je miti vZdy pfitomni a kdyZ nepfijedou, tak se jim to zazliva. Ale oni take nejsou ze Zeleza, zrovna jako na g bratr redaktor, ten jest oeekavan vkly, kdyZ se nekde neco potadd. A nekdy to neni rozhodne moZne. Zvlagte kdyZ nekdo ma dortistajici deti.

DETI, tech jsme meli na na. gem pikniku jako maku. Bylo jich hodne, pfes jedno sto (100). Mely sve zavody a bavily Se velmi dobfe.

Co se tYka schtize, prabeh byl jako ka,Zde jine, protahla se. A tak dalece se neprojednalo nic. Tahla se do nekoneena a musela bYti ukoneena, proto ze jich bylo eim dal mono, kteki poslouchali jednani, Co nage Jednota ziskala z pfedeWch distriktnich schuzi, jest ohromnY pfiritstek noveho elenstva za tak kratkoa dobu. Zasluhu na tom nesou pkedseda detiho distriktu, bratr Cyril Pokladnik a pkedseda pateho distriktu, bratr Jos. 8krabanek, a vgichni organisatoki, ktefi tak neimayne pracovali. Jest to eisliee, nad kterou se pozastavime a kekneme si: "Kdyi chceme, tak jde v gechno udefar, jenom trochu dobre vfile a spoluprace: 0 prtichodu schtize se zmiriovati nebudu, nebot' nag tajemnik ma protokol dopodrobna sepsanY. Jenom to prozradIm, ze nag pfedseda bratr Jos. Skrabanek opet apeloval na v gechny organisatory a eleny, aby jim byli napomocni a hledeli ziskati co nejvice 'Menu, jako darek nagemu pkedsedovi Hlavni itfadovny, bratru Ed. L. Markovi, kterY bude slavit sve, narozeniny v mesici listopadu. A proto, s chuti do prate.

Se sesterskYm pozdravem Frances Olexova.

• 4, • Jest zpilsob jakYsi vde'enosti Zive, ktera nevyrovnava pouze dobrodini obdrZenYch, ale ktera, dokonce pUsobi, ze pfatele nagi znova nam diuhuji, co jim cime.

nam neco schazi. Jde to vZdy stejne dokola a nakonec jsme tam, kde jsme zaCali. Bratr redaktor nam dela ArYeitky, ze mame by" ti do schtize pfipraveni a miti vkly neco noveho. V gak jak to zakiditi, to nam je gte nefekl.

Nechci, aby si nekdo myslel, ze si tady vetram sve rozumy, chci jenom podat svtij nahled, jak ja bych myslela, ze by se dalo vice vykonat. Vet gina distriktil trpi na finaneni souchote. A pfi tech distriktnich schAzich vkly se hledi nejakY ten gro g vydelati, aby bylo na vydani, ktere kaZdY distrikt ma, a musi se nejakYm zpilsobem hradit. Tak si myslim, dve veci neni mono delat najednou a aby vYsledek byl i dobrY. Bud'to schtizovat nebo bavit. Rozfe git nyni, jak to rozdelit.

Pak-li spojime zabavu se schtizi, tedy nee() bude trpet, obyeejne je to schtize a jednani. Proto, ze rnalokterY venuje svoji celou mysl na jednani.. Pkijde znamY, nevicleli se dlouho, tak se par slov promluvi a myg lenky jsou pfetrZene. Pak-li oznamujeme program, dobrY obed schtizi, tak si pfejeme, abychom meli co nejvetgi navgtevu. Vgak za,pominame, ze mnohdy pkijde jenom, aby se se gel se svYmi znamYmi a pobavil se. On se nezajima o to, co se jedna, ye schazi. Nejsme vgichni stejne zaloleni, abychom se zajimali o spolkovY Zivot. A proto nemame pravo jinYm zazlivati jejich zajmy. A nag hlavni cil jest NAS'E MLADEZ, tu nelze zapfahnouti ihned do na gich myglenek.

Tu musime zvolna pfibliZovat k vecern, o ktere my mame zajem. Ztratili jsme celou jednu generaci, zajem o nagi vet maji jenom ti staki a star gi, my se nemtiZeme obratit a 'kid, tady jsou ty nage mladgi, my mame jenom deti a ty my si nyni nenniZeme vychovat podle nageho vzoru, ale my se budeme muset pfizpftsobit jim. At' se k tomu pfizname nebo ne, zvratit se to neda.

Myslim si toto: Jak by to pracovalo, kdyby kaW distrikt mel dva podniky za rok. Prvni by se skladal na projednavani bodti, ktere vime ze jiste vyVstanou na nagem pfigtim sjezde. Pfedseda, kaZdeho distriktu by svolal schtzi na vhodnY eas a poladal by eleny do schtize, o kterSrch by vedel, ze se o dobro na gi Jednoty zajimaji a jiste by se do shromakleni dostavili. Mimo techto pozvani Menu mel by kakly jinY Glen do schtize pfistup a pravo jednaci. Tady by se jednalo o to, aby jistY poeet Mena byl jednani pfitornen v kaZdern pfipada Pak by meli pkilelitost probrati a prodebatovati jiste body bez vyrugovani. Miti jednoduge schilzi a Zddne ceremonie. Jak to mame nyni, tak nezli vgechny obrady se odbudou, tak to vezme 2-3 hodiny a neZli pfijde k jednani hlavnich veci, tak se shromaZdeni roztrousi a je jich tam hrstka.

Pfau bychom si toukbne jen malo veDruhY podnik by byl pro zabavu a pro ci, kdybychom vZdy dokonale znali, 6eho vYteZek. To by zaleielo na kahlem dis- si pfej

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Z C1NNOSTI DOMACICH !IAN itad tulak eisla 165.

Moulton, Texas.

Mill etenati Vestniku: Dnes pfichazim jen s kratkYm dopisem.

Neni skoro co psat, sucho stale, horko zinirnene. Jak nastal podzim, nekolik severakfi se ptihnalo suchYch, jen s prachern. Spi se lepe, k ranu sahame po pokrYvce, na sebe ji ptitahnout.

V minule schrizi bylo debatovano, abychorn zase nejakou zabavu neb piknik potadali tento podzim. Bylo to odlogeno do ptigti schrize, ktera se bude konat druhou nedeli v kijnu, toti g 10. ye dye hodiny odpoledne. Dostavte se ye velkem poetu, abychom se dohodli Deco dobreho potadat, totig to oslavu.

Teg byl zakden narozeninovY klub (Birthday Club); nekolik se piidalo jako zakladdalici elenove. Br. Havlik ustanoven byl tajemnikem a pokladnikem klubu na tento rok. Poplatky vybira, kdy a kdekoliv, jeden cent na jeden rok veku osoby roone. I neeleni Jednoty se ptijimaji. Tak se hlaste, abyste byli zakladajichni eleny. Bude s tim hodne legrace a zabavy po schrizich pii dobre svaeine a obeerstveni.

Strojime se na vYlet ku ptateltim a znarnYm na ten ubohY such zapad do okresil Runnels, Concho a Tom Green, pH konci tohoto tYdne, toti g nag syn s rodinou ad Freeport, moje man gelka a pisatel. Jak se vratime tak to trochu jak to tarn vypada a jak jsme se tam Koneim a zvu vas do pti gti schrize, aby bratti ritednici a ptedseda Jaro gek meli radost z velikeho ridastenstvi vageho.

Na zdar.

J. V. Havlik, dopisovatel. ) • ••,. • ( kid Redlich Smetana es slo 39.

Mill bratti a sesty: V rninule na gi schrizi bylo ujednano, na hody dne 17. tijna budeme potadat na g barbecue abed a pti tom uvadeni novYch elenri.

Had se o v ge postara, az na nejake to pedivo, o to gadame sestry tadu, aby ka g -cia,nemptslbud'oar,ken zemakovY salat.

Oleni zdarma, neeleni dospeli $1.00 a deti 50 centri talii.

Pravidelna schrize bude jak obvykle druhou nedeli dne 10. tijna. Ptijd'te v gichni zase se jednou vespolek pobavit.

Kdyg tak pigi, abyste donesly zemakovY salat, neda. mne to pokoj, abych vas nepogadala, abyste byly velice opatrne, kdy je delan a elm nabiran. Magna ze jste eetly, co se stalo pied dvema tYdny New Ulm, Texas na pikniku, kde na 500 Udu onemoenelo otravou "ptomaine poi-

son". Lekati davaji vinu zema,kovemu salatu. Vim ge zde v Bryan byly letos nektere ptipady. Ja byla jedna z posti genYch, tak vim o eem pi gi. Neodsuzuji gadneho, vim ge gadnY to neudelal schvalne, byla to jen zle„ nahoda, ale da se tomu ptedejit opatrnosti. Je znamo, ge vetginou pakYkoliv salat je delanY den ptedtrin negli je piknik neb hostina, co g je velice riskantni. TakovY salat musi bYt dam do lednice na noc, a pak je vzat a kdy g zteptak zrovna se kazi. Nekdy se velice zhorgi, jake Aloe je upottebovano k nabirani salatu, nejlistej gi je dtevena Lekat, kterY mne pti mem onemocneni ogettoval, v geho toho co jsem shora uvedla, mne varoval. Nepteji to gadnemu, zda se, ge uvnitt vge hoii. Nelda dlouhou dobu citi zle nasledky toho, obzvlagt' starg'i lids.

Postigenemu, aZ' se vnittnosti uklidni a mugs vzit potravu, teple mleko, homogenized z plechovek a syrova glehana valieka delaji nejlepgi.

S pozdravem Frances Homola. ) • 4 • ilád Karel Havlieek eislo 4.

Hallettsville, Texas.

Mili bratti a sestry: Vgichni eleni tohoto tadu jste uptimne zvani, abyste se dostavili a pti gli na chutnY abed, kterY vas nebude nic stat, a zaraven ukazali, ge si vagite, kdy g nas ptibude u nageho tadu.

Maine nekolik novYch Menu, kteti budou pitimani v na g tad 10. kijna, totig druhou nedeli v tijnu, tak nezapomerite tento den. ()bed bude podavan (cafeteria style). Budeme mit "stew" neb dugene hovezi. A co k tomu? To musite pitit a sami vynajit, co to bude. Ovgem obeerstveni taky bude k tomu, te g kafieko, kdo bude chtit. 2e nebudete zklamani, za to yam rueim. Kde jest na g "papa" Bueek, tam neni smutno.

Odpoledne volna zabava a mo gna, neco k tomu.

Doufame, ge sestry se daji videt a donesou dost tech dobrot.

Chceme, at' tento den jest YYznainnY pro vgechny ptitomne, neb je to trochu tak jak rodinna, slavnost. Chceme se lope poznat a videt, kolik nas v gech jest. Tak kagdY kdo jen trochu muse, eleni tohoto tadu dejte se videt. Mame te g nektere tedniky od Hlavni ritadovny mit zde na ten den.

Nu a co nas senator Straus? Jste zvlagt' pozvan, a k tomu, jestli se nemylim, jste u flagella tadu elenem a k tomu na g zdejgi elovek, tak se dejte videt. Tak co, pane senator? Nelze ka gcleho elena zvlagt' zvat, tak timto zpilsobem zveme v'Seenny

eleny tohoto tadu, at' neni vYmluvy, ze nebyl pozvan ten neb ten.

Veeer pak bude taneeni zahava. Kagc1ST se mule vytaneit . Vyhravat bude Charlie and his Polka dance band, tak vg ichni pftedte a pobavte se mezi nami.

Tak na shledanou 10. tijna v na gi Recreation Hall.

Vage dopisovatelka Ma ta F. ) • slra • itad Rozkvet Zapadu eislo 107.

Floresville, Texas.

Sestry a bratti tadu Rozkvet Zapadu eislo 107: Nage pravidelna, schrize se bude konati 10. tijna ve dve hodiny odpoledne. Jest to posledni schrize pied distriktni, ktera se bude konati 30. tijna v Corpus Christi.

Jest proto gadoucno, abyste se v hojnem poetu schtze rzeastnili. Kteli mate dobrY nahled, co by se dalo v na gem distriktu zlepgit, tak jej ptedneste, aby va gi za,stupci vedeli, jak se maji tidit.

Muj soukromnY nahled by byl, aby ka g -dYtapolzrvudposlenichrz, tak by byl snadnY ptehled, jak kterY tad pokraduj e.

Nag spoleenY obed se nam vydafil nad oeekavani. Nav gteva byla -velka, ale v gichni byli nasyceni, neb na ge sestfiely nanesly v gelijakYch tech dobrot, ge by bylo stall° je gte pro mnoho vice. Diky yam, sestry, neb jste je gte nikdy nezklamaly. Po schrizi nastala volna zabava. nekteti se bavili hranim rriznYch her, nekteti hovorem. Bylo sly get hlasy, ge by to melo bYt kagdeho etvrt roku. Diet byly poeastovani sodou a sestry nas mely chut', sodovkou neb pivem, dle pkani.

Teg jsme uvedli pet ditek do Detskeho odboru a jednu sestru do elenstva. Na to velke sucho piece sem tam new kapne, dela se co za takovYch pomerfi jest moino. Doufam ze jste v gichrti spokojeni, bylo yam to videt na tvatich.

S bratrskym pozdravem Tom. Novak, dopisovatel.

• 4 •( Itad Slovanska, Lipa eislo 66.

Waco, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratti: Seglo se 55 elenri a ptatel na, to nage eytticeteosme vYroei tadu Slovanska, Lipa. Byl peknY den a schilze se konala v nagem Linden Park.

PeknY program nam ptipravily sestra Emma Oegka s a jeji pomocnice, sestra Libbie Parma a mlade deveata. Napted zahajil schrizi nag ptedseda John S' imeik a po vzdani lady nagi vlajee, pfednesene vgemi eleny, sleena Imogene Hanugova nam pfeeetia, jeji tee anglicky o prvni schfizi tadu Slovanska Lipa,, zalogeneho 16. zati 1906. Po tom jsem pkedetla krat-

Ve stPedu, dne 6. •ijna. 1954. kou ee,skou tee a p •edstavila na gi jedinou zakladajici elenku, sestru Filipinu Barton.

Bratr M. J. Mazanec z West se nemohl dostavit. Bratr Emil ZahumenskY. z Van-couver, Wash. ta nemolri bYt ptitomen.

Vzpominali jsme ,na oba. Skoda.& se s nami nemohli -Legit z toho, jak pokrok nag tad udelal od tech. prvnich zakladajicich Clem. Mame jen ty tti .zbYwajici Cleny. Ti, co 1.12 jsou na veanem odpoeinku, jsou bratti Roman Parma, Joseph Toler, Leopold Maeel, Joseph Dugek, John \Tata a sestra Anaka Mazanec.

Mame dva, aleny, co jsou 50 let v SPJST a jsou to: bratr A. M. Slovaeek a sestra.

Ly.die Daneak z Bonning, Calif.

Otyticet let nebo vice jsou bratti John Logak, Vaclav Zebro, Frank Chamrada, Anton Navratil; sestry Julie Navratil, Frances Parma, Marie Chamrad a Marie Loga.k.

Vgem gratulujeme doufame, 2e s naml jegte dlouho budou.

Meli jsme 9 'Mena ptitomnSich, co byli v SPJST 30 let nebo vice.

Vgichni dent zazpivali "The Eyes of Texas." Sleena Rose Ann Narovec ptednesla za zem •ele baseri•a sleena Barbara Jean Parma zazpivala "The Lord's Prayer", co bratr Roman Parma Jr. ji doprovazel na housle.

Byl to velice peknST program a dekujeme vgem, co se ileastnili; tea sestram 6eg-. ka a Parmove. Doufame, 'Ze zas brzy co pekneho nam ptednesou. Zapomnela jsem napsat, Z''er12 deveat a mladikft zazpivali "America" hned po ficty vzda.ni viajce.

• Velice krasne zdobenSr dort upekla a ptinesla sestra Marie 8s imoikova., pro tento-vYzna.mnS7 den. Dort mei bilou polevu a aervene rtdiely kolem neho a na vrchu byly dve vlajky, jedna eeska a druha americka, udelane z polevy barvami e'ervene, bile a modre a eislice 48 a 66, prvni znamenala, kolik rokti na g tad uz trva a druha je 'Oslo nageho tadu.

Olura.zky byly*yzate s dortem a deviti elenft, kteti byli v fade 30 let nebo vice.

Mame jich vice, ale nemohli v gichni Wit ptitomni. Te'Z obrazky cele spoleenosti byly vzate a jestli budou pane, tak bychom poslali jeden do Vestniku k otisknuti.

Bratr Ed. Mazanec uz naffZe trochu chodit o berli a tak jsme ho .radi zas uvideli. Jegte• ho mnoho boll, ale doufame, 'e,brzo se docela zahoji.

TeZ' sestra Luenatova je-churava. Pte jeme jim Upineho uzdraveni.

Sestra Annie Harin g a bratr Daniel Hanug slavili narozeniny tento mesic, tak jsme jim zazpivali "Happy Birthday".

Bratr a sestra Otto Hanu g a dcera Lucille ta k nam.ptijeli ze Sari Antonio..Je to od nich hezke,-& tez si vezmou eas navgtivit nag tad, kdyZ' maji tak daleko Velice radi mame navgtevu od ele-

VESTNflt — WEST, Trx.As nu a p•atel.

Jini ptatele ptitomni byli: Pan a pani Frank Cegka, pan a pani V. W. PochobradskY a syn, pan a pani Ed. Mazanec ml. a dceru gka Kathy.

Tolik clobreho jidla bylo, skoro nebylo misto pro vgechno na stolech, piveeko a soclovka tee, tak si kahlY mohl vzit, co mu chutnalo. Ten dort se teZ rozkrajel a byl te2 sneden. Sestte Simeikove dekujeme srdeene.

Ptigti schilze bude zas v Linden Park, jestli bude ptiznive poeasi. Mame schtize tketi nedeli v mesici.

Tetieko Svitakova, jak se mate? Doufame, ze LIZ jste zase zdrava. Posilain Vain srdeenY pwlrav od nas vgech.

Pozdrav na v gechny etouci posila RaZena Parma, dopisovatelka.

• 4, • ( kid Praha, eislo 29.

Taylor, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Nage schrize dne 12. zati byla brzy odbyta, neb po schiAzi eekalo hodne jineho Tti dekatele byli plijati. Na g tad povolil $25 na Matici Vy ggiho Vzdelani.

Po schtizi byla narozeninova svaeina.

Sestry ptitomne, ktere Indy narozeniny v tomto mesiei, byly sestry Cornelie Hejl a Maxine Skelton.

Po svaeine byla vYborova ';schtize a skoneila pro na gi slavnost 19. zati, 55. vsrrod zaloleni tadu Praha Cislo 29 a 20. vYroei postaveni sine; Velmi pote gujici je skuteenost, Z'e se nam oslava vYborne vydatila. Navgteva byla rekordni.

Potegilo nas vgechny, ze vazili k nam nekteti dalekou cestu a my jsme vas radi u nas uvideli. Je to dilkaz ptatelstvi k nam, eeho'Z si velice va'Zime a ptejerne si, aby . bratrsko, spoluprace byla nam vgern radostna a iditeena.Deveata, ktere se podilely na dedikaci otevteni sine v roku 1934, se vetginou vgechny ziieastnily programu, zaujaly sva mista a ptedstayily repliku oslavy r.

1934. 2e to byla podobna oslava prvni tak dojemna a pamatne. v na gi sini, tak uvadim program.

Program jsme museli ptednest v anglicke tell k vuli mnoha nav gtevnikil neznalYch 'Ceske keel.

Uvitaci tee pronesl mayor R. E. Kollman. Odpoved' na uvitaci tee ptednesi pan Reuben Le gikar, predseda tadu Praha Oslo 29. Obtadnikem byl pan Lee Pa-. v/ik.

Deveata v gechny byly nadherne ustrojene, tteba jsou uz v gechny maminky, vypadaly jegte mlade a hezke.

Sleena Helen BoudnY byla jedind dana, na oslavu, ptedstavovala "Miss Liberty". • "Mrs. SPJST" byla pani Max Skelton z Temple, citivejAi Eileen 8vadleflak. Nesla vlajku SpojeiVch state a vzdala vernost teto vlajce. Jeji straZkyne

Sirana. 7 byly pani J. E. Kutcher z Leander, Texas a pani Nolan Zipp z New Braunfels, cltiveIg i Martha Kotrla a Irene Stiba. Zpev — "Star Spangled Banner" --- SPJST skupina za doprovodu na piano. Sleena Joyce Kind "Mrs, Texas". Paid J. D. Con-lee, dtivej gi Minnie Naiva,r, nesla skou vlajku. Jeji straz byiy paM Arnold Cuba a pani Louis A. Kinel, drivejSi Anae-,a lia Kind a Leona Naiyar.

Zpev "The Eys of Texas, SPJST pina. "Mrs. Praha" pani Lee dtivel gi Wilhemina Kind nesla radu Praha a plednesla proslov. jeji straZ byly pani Bennie Hurta a pani ter Wendland, dtivejSi Florence Helen janota. Zpev — Nova SPJST SPJST skupinou. Pani Hurta ode -vzdala "boutonniers" predsedovi Reuben,.

Leg ikarovi Pada Praha a tajemniku . br. , J. F. Chupickovi z Hlavni ritadovny yet Temple, a dvoum Zijicim.eleirtn ptitomnYm stavitelskeho vyboru z roku 1.93,4n Joe a Frank Kinclovi. Na coz br. Frapik Kind se chopil rozhla govaee a povedel,, Cesky, jake meli tale zapasy sehnat„dosti penez postavit sit), kterou za etyti.KQ-. ky vyplatili, proto ze v gichni heal a elen-n kyne pracovali verne a bexplatne. dobrirt-; mady, atd. Pani Arnold tuba prednez1a,:* baseri a dala bily veriec okolo obrazu Toni Drozdy. Pani Louis A. Kincl pfe, nesla basen , a dala bily vence na obyaz br. Frank '..vadletiaka.

Velka hvezda z bUch karafiatti zdelaila jevigte na poeest v gemu elenstvu od du na „odpoeinku, okolo ktere br. J, Chupick s nekolika deny tadu vyko,na1,bratrske obtady. Pan August Hranic141;, xzdal poctu a vzpominky 2ijicim a zeinte.7„ lym Predsedrim tadu.

Pani . Reuben ' Legikardva zazpivala , "The Lord's Prayer" za doprovodtt piano sleeny Joyce Kind.

Sleena Mary Rose Mikolajova zazPr vala "Among My Souveniers" za doprovodu na piano sleeny Jeannie Kubala.

Br. J. F. Chupick oslovil shrornaWni velmi dojemne na ukoneeni 4,ohotoSte . pamatneho programu.

Mnozi pti gli se vyslovit, ze program byl, peknSr a se jim Dekujeme v g em za "least a jakoukoliy,, vSrpomoc na na gi ()slave.

S pozdravem Marie ‘Svadletiak, ifo had Tioga eisla 5.

Tioga, Te, Bratti a sestry: Veda yam davam, ge nage tadova schrize bude konana druhou ned6.1i v nu, to jest 10. • ijna o dvou hodinacb oc17 poledne. Ze to ptivada zrovna, co r.61; tad byl zalriZen pled jedenadvaceti roky, tak se elenkyne usnesly,- 'ae pri. top pfichystaji dobrou sva6inu: Tak jsou Eidane, aby kazda dle maLlosti Cim ptispela do kuchyne, a bratti zas n,

Strana neco lepgiho. Kdyby nam na tu nedeli zrovna prgelo, tak to odloZime na treti, aekoliv de gte potkebujeme, neb mame velke sucho.

Dne dvacateho se nam zde prehnala od Oklahorny bowie, ale bez de gte. v nagem okoli spadlo asi pul coule de gte, za to vita a kroupy, ktere zabraly jisty pas a nadelaly mnoho gkody na oteviene bavine, kterou to shodilo na zem. Mezi ne pathme i my. V nag em okoli jsou dosti dobre baviny, asi ze dvou az tiech okra bal. Je zde Mexikanti jako mraveneft.

Tak bratil a sestry, dostavte se v hojnem poetu. TeZ bratii od spolku RVOS jsou zvani, aby nas svou nav gtevou poctili. Tak nezapomorite na /lean 10. iijna.

S bratrskSlin pozdravem Steve Novak, tajernnik. ) 4.1 Rad Svaz Oechoslovanfi Cislo 92.

Fort Worth, Texas.

Mill broth a sestry: :Ma nedeli, dne 10. iijna piipada nage iftdova, schUze, o 2 hodinach odpoledne.

JiZ drive jsem se zminila, ze ten bude clavnestni uvadeni novYch elerift. Proto, bratii a sestry, jste Zadani, byste se v hojnem poetu do teto schtIze dostavili.

Frivedte i vagi rodinu, vgichni jsou nam vitani, i kdyZ nejsou eleny. Po schtizi spoleenou svaeinu. — Sestfieky jsou Zadane, by plispely rtiznS7m peeivem ke kafleku. Maso a ostatni k tomu daruje Pak veeer ina p. Houdek z Dallas ukazovat Ceske pohyblive obrazky, ale* dopostal melte nevime. Jak nain jeho zastupce p. Houdek nekde cestuje a ze ho oeekava kaZdou chvili, v gak co toto pigi, Zadne uvedorneni jsme nedostali a je eas dopis odeslat. Jestli se nem dozvime ye dvou-tiech dnech, tak myslim, ze bratr redaktor nebude proti tomu, kdy2 za gleme oznameni piimo do West, neb do Houstonu by jiZ bylo pozde. Proto, mill p •atele a krajane, bratii a sestry, vyhledejte si oznamku v tomto eisle. Jestli tam nebude a p. Houdek na tuto nedeli pi:node, budete uvedomeni telefonem, jak jen bude moZno. JeSta ptipominam, nezaponitlite na schazi a piatelske pobaveni a ptijd'te vSichni, Take k nam upkinine zveme bratry redniky tretiho distriktu. Elude nas twit, kdyZ aspon nekterY k nam zavita.

S pozdravem M. Juranova, dopisovatelka.

07:earner:I' Clex tirn radu Novjr Tabor Cis. 17 Nage pravidelna =haze v mesici Njnu byla odlolena z dru pe nedele na tieti nedeli, dne 17. iijna ye dye hodiny odpoledne.

John Vavra, predseda.

J. IL SipLak, t‘ jeumik.

VESTNt — WEST, TEXAS

Ve sti.edu, dne 6 iijna 1954

DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLEM NEVAINOST A NEUCTA K MATERSKEMU JAZYKU San Antonio, Texas.

Sestry a bratii: enuli ste v sandylajtu o na gem tripu?

To byl 'Stir najs trip, v gichni jsme to endZojovali. Nag saninlo Cali se vratil tak tYden zpatky v Nevjorku do. Sugerland a mufoval se bliZ k hajvej, kde bude mit filinkstej gn a StOru s groceriama. Nag dedy mei na lepbrdej of a tak ze pojedem na rajdynk v novej kale k Oalimu. Vgechno by bylo okej, jenom ja sem mela trubl. V 8" sem si koupila na sejlu fuze, nemeli ale mfn sajs, byly trochu tajt a ted' man( velkej korn....

Ano, piatele, to je skuteenost, nic neni piehnano. Tak a podobne sly gite mluvit denne v soukromi i na ulici. Co to je za lee? KdyZ jsem pied 6 roky pine]. do USA a hned prvni den slySel podobnY rozhovor, pkirozene nevedel jsem o eem miuvi, ponevad2 eesky to nebylo a anglicky jsem tolik je gte neumel. Pokud jsem mohl, poznarnenal jsem si nekolik vet pro zajimavost a piipadnou pozdej gi potrebu. Dnes toho pouZivam jako dfikazu o neuveritelnem komoleni a hanobeni nagi krasne Cegtiny. Neuvadim vge, ponevadZ jsem toho nazoru, ze techto nekolik vet pine postai.

Na omluvu tech, kteki tak a podobne mluvi, chci rici, ze nejenom zde, ale i jinde miuvi Tide podobnou jazykovou taninou (jinak to teZko nazvat), jako na priklad v Cechach nemecko-eeskou a pod. Uznate za,jiste, ze je to nevaZnost a naprosta neficta k na gemu jazyku, v kteremZto smeru by mela bYti udinena rava Pfieiny hanobeni nu]. krasne matergtiny jsou ruzne. Jako hlavni uva,dim nevedomost, nedbalost, lhostejnost, vliv jednotliva., mluvicich zkomolenou non, jak na jednotlivce, tak i skupiny girgi vetejnost a koneene nedostatek dobre y ule k naprave. Samozrejme mluva prostiedi, ye kterem se pohYbujeme, je hIavnim zdrojem, z nehoZ Tide se uCi mluvit Casto zkomolenYm jazykem, vyznaeujicim se olayeejne chudYm. slovnikem.

Mimo potravy, oclevu a, ptibytku, nevi jiste nic podstatnej giho v dennim Zivote kaZdeho normalniho lidskeho tvora, ne2 jeho mluva. Jest proto dle meho nazoru povinnosti a melo by bYti snahou a ctiZadosti vsech, udrzeti si tu nejlep gi, nejpraktietel gi a nejlibozvuenej gi tee, kterou manic.

Mluviti znamena my glenky sve vyjaclfrovati slovy a fleelem reel, Ciii rnluveni neni nic jineho, ne2 dorozumeti se, aby totiz jinY Clo y& seznal, co vlastne myslime, citnne, Zaclame, chccme, kratce

eeno, co v nas uvniti se deje. At' je to elovek studovanY, pravnik, lekar, nik, Inez, ueitel, remesinik, farmar, nebo delnik, kaZdy ma do jiste miry i moralni povinnost vitci tomu s kym miuvi, aby se vyjadleval jasne, srozumitelne v tom kterem jazyku, aby kaZdY \Wel co chce. KaZdY bez rozdilu mute si osvojiti svoji matergtinu tak, aby ji naslouchal s fictou a obdivem kde kdo na svete. Neal to nic teZkeho, jenom trochu dobre a pevne yule, tot' vie. A za tu cenu to jiste stoji, piatele! Oviem, se spravnou mluyou ma se zaeit hned jiZ v detstvi, con ma bYti provadeno a prohlubovano ye gkole.

A tu stojime u otazky pro nas zde v Texasu velmi olehave, aviak velrni dfilelite a ne prave neproveditelne.

Peee o vYvoj reci ditete, o jeji zdokonaleni a jeji ochrana jsou z nejkrasnejgich ukolu rodiefl, a piece jsou easto zanedbavany. ITYvojem keel se elovek povznesl na nejvyiiiho tvora piirody. flee jest prostiedkem a zdrojem v geho pokroku a kultury lidstva. Matei gtinou se veleriuje dite do sveho naroda, jazykem jima, mravni a kulturni bednoty svYch piedkfl.

Jak jiz keeeno, dite ma 1)iti vyueovano mateigtine, v nagem picipade eegtine, hned od ntleho mladi. JestliZe dostane dobreho ueitele, dite bude mluviti a psati spravnou ee'gtinou a viechny ty nespravnosti co do pouZivani neeeskYch slov, jakoZ i chybne vYslovnosti zmizi ve svetle girgich poznatkfl a vYsledkem bude vetii ehut' k vyjadrovani se Cesky.

Kdyg bude toto uskuteeneno, pak je sarnozlejme, ze pri piipadnem daliim studiu na gkole vyggi nebo na universite, kde spisovne ee gtine vyueuji nail osvedeeni profesoki, na slovo vzati odbornici, vie jim pujde brave a dokonalYm osvojenim si znalosti eatiny zajisti si dobrou budoucnost. Jest Zadoucno, aby zajem o studium eatiny byl co nejvet gi, nebot' jen snaZivYm pokrokovYm a proziravYm jednotlivcfim path dik a na ge pine uznani, ponevadZ jedine v nich spoeiva nage nadeje na zachranu na geho narodniho jazyka.

Jest si proti, aby snaha, po zvelebeni a zachranu na geho eeskeho jazyka doila vgestranneho oceneni a aby uznani tohoto fidelu melo za nasledek co nejdfive take skutky. Bylo by jiste vdecnym fikolem firednikt Hlavni idadovny snaZiti se o dohodu na zpilsobu provedeni potiebneho s vhodnymi institucemi, skolami sehopnYmi jednotlivce. Zdarne vYsledky pusobeni tohoto druhu budou se jim jiste pokladati za zvlagtni zasluhy. A neni to, konec koncil, nic noveho a zvlagtnillo,

;Inc 6. tijna 1954. elanek 2 platmjch stanov Jednoty to jasne rika.

VzdelanY elovek je ten, kdo zna svoji matergtinu dokonale. ZUstava si naprosto stejne jakeho je kdo povolani, kagdY ma mognost zdokonaliti se bud' soukrome, nebo v kursech a pod. Program CMnosti mute bYti runny, musi se ovaem ticliti mistnimi pornery, kulturni vyspelosti obeanstva a pottebami hlavne Zdar einnosti zale gi pak nejen na jejim programu, pilnosti zajemcti, ale hlavne na osobnich vlastnostech ueitele a samoztejme na jeho vzdelani. Nutno miti prakticke zku genosti ze givota a umet je dobre podat. Jenom kni gni vedomosti k tomu nestaei. Suche poudovani nejenom unavuje, ale ptimo odpuzuje. Ptisobi vgak mocne rozhovor zalo genY na pravem pratelstvi a. hlavne na lasce k detem.

Pkedevgim ovgem, hodne mluvit a dist dobre Ceske knihy. ZivY jazyk podleha stalYm zmenam, doplriuje se novYmi razy s rostoucimi schopnostmi elo yeka a rozmachem vgech oborti. vedy. Musi to vgak bYti vYrazy (slova) v geobecne ptijate a zakazene do naueneho slovniku.

CistY jazyk musi bYti prost ve gkerYch cizich, neb umele volne utvotenYch lidovYch vYrazti.

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Houston, Texas.

Podekovani v gem, kteti se ireastnili pohtbri nakho mileho man gela, otce a dedeeka Vilema Haislera, kterY po delaim upoutani na Iti gku ode gel od nas, aby se vice nevratil, dne 22. zati 1954 v 7:20 hodin rano. Pohtben byl na htbitove v Alief, Texas dne 25. zati 1954 za velkeho iidastenstvi pfatel a znamYch. Star byl 76 let.

Dekujeme vgem tern, kteti jakStmkoliv zpilsobem snatili jste se zminiti na g bol a zarmutek na g a vyslovili svoji soustrast nad ztratou na geho naam nenahraditelneho mileho.

Zvlagte vtelS, dik na gpatki pfiteli rodiny nagi, br., Ed. Markovi, pfedsedovi naSi mile Jednoty SPJST, ku ktere zesnulY muj mantel vice net 50 let pattil, i spolu jsme byli deny.

Dekujeme Vam, bratke Marku za to hkejiva slova irtechy, ktera jste k nam fgem portistalYm pronesl. Jsou nam a stanou velkou posilou. FteC Va ge pronesena laskou od srdce, take rozchod s naaim nejdraggim byl opravdu snazSi, pinY nadeje na shledani s nim. Je gte jednou diky Vam, br. Marek.

Teg velkym dikem jsme zavazani nagim dustojnYm pantim farattim za vykonani pohkebnich obtadil a za kre.sna slova u rakve nad hrobem. Pan Btrh Vam zaplat'.

Teg dekujeme vgem zpevakilm, kteti tak yzacnYmi zpevy v feeich Ceske i anglicke se s na gim milSrm rozloueili.

Dekuji yam vaem a Pan Ruh zaplat', gehnej vam vgern.

Za vgechny truchlici poZtistale Frantigka Haisler, vdova. ) •i • (

Aby mi snad nebylo gpatne rozumeno, chcirici je gte toto: Jsem si pine vedom, k nutno divati se na v ge jinak v Ceskoslovensku, kde ka gdY je povinne gkolen ye gkole s vyndovacim jazykem eeskYm, a jinak zde, kde eeske gkoly nejsou. je vgak jiste velmi zajimave, ze mnoho narozenYch zde, ktefi do Ceske gkoly nechodili, umeji nadherne eesky, zatim co druzi, mnohdy i s oeskYm gkolnim vzdelanim, miuvi Cesky velmi bidne .a radeji pougivaji anglietiny. Nejgalostnejgi IN MEMORIAM vgak je, ze deli eeskYch rodicu, az na urKdyg jsem byl zase ye gpitalu, a gena I Cite vSjjimky, vtibec Cesky neumi a neroz- dcera Olga MokrY se pfljely za mnou poumi. Tam je rozhodne tfeba napravy, v divat ye Ctvrtek 16. zati, ml pkivezly Vetorn ohledu je to Vim° katastrofalni. stnik ze dne 15. zati 1954, kde pfi prohlijsem shledl v anglicke dasti Resogeni Moje dnegni iivaha je adresovana pfedevgim tern mladYm. Tech starYch nagich luci soustrasti od fadu Nova Osada Oslo poctivYch prukopnikti, z nich g mnozi ne- 69 SPJST. Tato byla venovana ctene podovedou ani anglicky, si nesmirne vagim gistale rodiny po br. Frank J. Petruj, a jejich dopisy a elanky ye Vestniku Ctu kterY zemtel 28. srpna 1954 ye veku 63 let. Pochovan byl v Bellwood Memorial s neobyeejnYm zajmem.

Park v Temple, Texas.

A tak koneim s tou gebnYm pfanim, aby Byl jsem tim nemile dotknut a velice alespofi nekdo se nad veci zamyslil, po- zarmoucen, ze zase ztracim jednoho z vzbudil svoje okoli a tim ptispel k gadou- tech, ktere jsem mel rad. Koho jsem si ci naprave. V nedeli 31. tijna t. r. budeme velice vagil, neb Frank J. Petruj delal namiti schtlzi sedmeho distriktu v Corpus gim ptistehovalYrn krajantm Cest a jim Christi. Cog kdybychom tuto otazku uei- vypomahal, zastaval, jak jen vysoce nili predmetem jednani a bli ge se o vgem schopnY, nadanY mu g milk dovesti. rozhovotili? Bude to velmi vhodna ptilePoznali jsme se roku 1907, kdy ja s mogitost, Utednici Hlavni Ufadovny budou jimi rodiei se pfistehoval dve mile zapadpfitomni. Uvaguite o torn, prosim, ne od Buckholts na farmu. Rodina Petrupravte si vhodne navrhy a ptedneste Svo- j0Va bydlela asi 5 mil jihozapadne od je nahledy, abychom pkipadne mohli uei- Buckholts, Texas.

Cim dasteji jsme se vidivali a bli geji se niti ureita rozhodnuti.

Jaroslav Kleprlik. poznali, tim vice jsme sobe jeden druhe-

Strana 9 ho vazili. Byli jsme blizkeho si staid, on jen o kterSrsi //Azle byl drive narozen.

Kdyg jsme loriskeho roku dean nage navgtevy v okresech Milani a Bell, tak jsme s Frankem a jeho milou rodinou se videli, ovg ern ze ale ne celou, neb nyniuz jest take hodne rozvetvend.

Bylo to na Bryant Station u Male keky (Little River) v pastke p. Sam Hendersona. Frank a Vinca, bratti PetrujoYi men tam postavenou letni kabinu a zafizenou k obYvani a vateni. V ten ptedveoer Frank prave v tece pripravoval rybarske vnadidla, za pomoci jeho pfibuznYch. i3ylo tarn sjetYch nekolik rodin my mezi ne vtrhli jako bychom je chteli ptepadnout. Ono to bylo v tech blizkYch mistech zname pod jmenem Yellow Bluff ( glutY sraznS7 bteh), kde major Bryant rnel sve doby svoji posadku a odragel' toky Indiana (pted sto lety).

Nage karavana portistavala z moji maliekosti co gofer, moje man gelka a mangele Vine Petrujovi z Buckholts. Ono tAboffgte jest opatteno elektrickYm (metlenim a jest to bajeene misto pro milovniky ptirodnich kras za svitu mesice kdyi je v UpInku. Mestg ti obyvatele radi mivaji krasne po gitky a vzpominky a proto vyhleddvaji ten klid na vyhledbich mistech, kde jen vani stromovi a ketti chate v saina sebe, a to zati gi jest zptijemfrovano neb ru geno jen zvukem vodniho na proudu zpilsobeneho gblukotu..

Nebylo pozorovat na Frankovi, ze by trpel nejakou nemoci a ze jeho pobyt jest tak kratee vymeren si zde pobyt mezi mi. Byl on velkY milovnik sportu, rad rybatil a take si rad vyjel na hony v otevtenYch sezonach. VyrostenST byl na farme v Bryant Station, asi jednu mili od teky. Jeho rodidove tuto farmu vlastnili.

My pak pozdeji s jeho rodidi a rodinou sousedili po dvacet raft.

Jeho rodiee, kdy videli jak se dobte ye gkole uei a ze je nadanji, tak jemu nebranili v dal gich studiich pokraeovat.

Frank si vybral, zdali se je gte dobte pamatuji, obchodni kolej — "Business College" — v Tyler, Texas.

Po graduaci obdr gel zamestnani co knihvedouci v Aatnim obchode v Rogers, Texas. Tam brzy splynul ma,ngelskou paskou do rodiny starousedlikti, kteti byli znami co jedna take va gena rodina. V roce 1912 sleena Roxie Copeland z Rogers se stala jeho vyvolenou drugkou zdarneho jejich giyota. V tu dobu mesto Rogers bylo na peknem vzrtistu.

Nagich krajant tam bylo v tu dobu jeSte /nal°, ale v okoli Rogers na farmach se ug soustred'oval v gechen priliv nagich pfistehovalcd. Tito se usazovali vetginou severovYchodne od mesta Rogers v NovC Osade (New Colony), kde jest SPJST rad Cisco 69 'y osade Meeks, Red Ranger, V Oscar, Seaton, kde jest rad Hvezda' Te-

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Strana .10 Xasir Lisle.) 47; v- Cyclone OeskSi Prapor els. lo 24. lid jel a set obchodovat tam, kde sc v obchode mohi pri nakupu domluvit.

Petruj a br. Pavel Boll a sleena FiIornena, Sasin byli po nmoho rokti naSimi krajany. Rada techto `asab byla svedomita a stiolehliva. Pozdeji 1, Tank byl zvolen v Rogers v mestske sprave za mestskeho tajemnika a v tomto Urade sloutil -svedomite a poctive, pc) annono Take tam vlastnil a vedi po nekolik ro;sytij obchod, gasolinovoustanici, ruz-the potreby na auta a spravky aut.

V. race 1947 byl ustanoven hla,vnim v,ciberelho dani v Belton v okresu Sytij domov si udelali v nieste Tem.ake patrival k radu Svornost Jihu Cis. 15, v Buckholts at do roku 1932, kdy prek radu eislo 69 Nova Osada. Kdyt j)-em v race 1911 pristupoval, k Jednote v Buckholts, tak, jeho otec Josef Petruj byl v to dobu raelovSmi predsedou ?)islo 15. ,;oho dobri rodiee jej pied rnnoha lety j)i, edeki na ten zastou peny veenS7 odpoeibek. je mantelka prejeme Tobe i Tvoif ,, 11 rodie-Cun veenY spanek, klidnou 110;• no tom tetkem boji tivotnitn. hvI jsi VZOI•ST , uprimny mantel i otec, rabavnY spoleenik a vernY zastupce a zastance nakho lidu mezi jinop ()eodovci, a temito krastiVnii vlastnostjk. se vryl tarn, kde jsis vydobyl lasktt a rtetu mezi vSenii vrstlidu. Tvoje okoli bylo Snake a SW 1 v ttr. nice okres-C1 Milani a Bell. s celou Tvoji ctenou rodinou jste hodne" priejnili tuto rem, :Lento novY Co:Po y tanechat lep'Si net kdyt jste sami do nej budit Tvoji pa,matce.

'Vkarr portistalSun timto projevujetne thak city ucty v jejich zarmutku. r:).7 1,o radky, byt' jen skrovne, nedosta' "?.; ale pri torn v gak 11131;1m-tie minene, Vant vtern venuji VaSi mnoholeti bYvali Rodina John Stakva, sulisedi nyni v Corpus Christi, Texas, 4f,

to. byl obtalovan, te verepre tupil )Mist. Souclee se ho pta: jste o nein, te je lump?" to aIn, to je Thar?" o Dem, ze je ziOdej?" to jsem zapomnel." rozlieiVch obdobi svehb veku vstupude/lie stale jako pouzi novaekoVe a ea;,to ne dostava, se mint rkuknosti pies znaeny poect let.

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Nagai clenithi od redaktora (Dokoneeni se strany 3.)

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanY resolueni vYbor radu Hvezda Miru eislo 33 v Bleiblerviile Texas, timto projevujeme jmenem radii uptimnau soustrast nad ztratou otce, dedeeka a pradedeeka, a nakho spolubratra John Siptaka, kterY zemrel 12. rah: ye stall 77 let, 6 mesicu a 27 dni.

Tento bratr poslednim od nakho du eislo 33, kterY byl zakladajicim Slenem nakho ro,du.

Vime, portistale ditky, te Va.S zarmutek je velikY, ale budit Varn ttechou, te i my s Vami sdilime Vas ?Zak Resolueni vYbor: Tillie Zettel Nettie Bell 8tepan yincenc Chaloupka. ) e RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanY resolueni vYbor du Vla.stenec Oslo 45 SPJST v Shiner, Texas, timto projevujeme jmenem radu uprimnou soustrast pozustale mantelce a ditkarn nad ztratou jejich milovaneha mantela, otce, a nakho spolubratra Chas. Doleigi, st., kterY ad nas odekl navkly k yeenemu odpoeinku dne 21. zaki 1954 ye veku 74 let, 8 mesicti a 4 dni.

Vime, portistala mantelko a ditky, te Vat zarmutek nad ztratou Vakho manCola, otce a dedeeka jest velikY, avSak budit Vain fitechou, te i my s Vami sdilime VaS tad.

Tobe, bratte, prejeme klidny odpoeinek a budit Ti mine lelikou.

Za rad Vlastenec eislo 45 SPJST: Resolueni vYbo)r: Frank M. Mikeska John H. ElSik Frank Mikeska. _)

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Jsme presvedeeni castor ze jsme pevni neStesti, ac nejslne lee zdrceni; a snaSime je, neadvatujice se mu postaviti na odpor, jako zba,belci, kteri proto se daji usmrtiti, te mail strach branit se. * Mlade teny, ktere nechti zdati Se koketninii, a mutove pokroeileho veku, ri nechti byt smesni, nesmeji nikdy mluviti o. lasce jako o yea na ktere mohou miti (least. a • , Zdravi jest jako baton; kdyt klesa, je radno odhocliti 'Vita nejakY zlozvyk.

jsme si poslottchani prednakk.

Kdyt lonskeho roku bylo zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu v Dallas, bratr predseda set poslouchati jeho odaleni, bratr tajemnik jeho, bratr pravni thrice jeho. Letos jsem byl v zasedani sam, eimt mnoho veci mne u glo. Lee co jsem zachytil a s sebou damn privezl, pokusim se predati nakm hlavnim atedniktim, take naSim distrikttim a elenam.

Dopisuji nekolik fadek az po piijezdu domrt. Cestu jsme meli—manzelka a ja —velmi prijemnou. Jeli jsme vlakem, jednak aby to nebylo unavujici, jednak abych dohnal mnoho zarne'Skane eetby.

Costa trvala d ye noci a den tam, a °pet dve noel a den nazpet. Doma eekaly stohy potty, dopisy anglicke, dopisy Ceske a tiskopisy, mesieniky a d6Sle knihy.

Sestre Olexove, ktera bydli v sousedstvi a ochotne odebirala a tridila mou poStu, muslin podekovati, to prohledla vAechny dopisy pro Vestnik a co nevyZadovalo prepisovani nebo redaktorskeho upravovain, odeslala yeas do tiskarny. Ostatni latku musIm yyriditi dle motnosti. Po sedmidennim presunutim myAlenek citim se sveti a pinY nadkni k dalSi spolkove praci.

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Nasledujici je porad distriktnich ktere jsou na, programu v pilAtich medcich: 17. rijna, distrikt druh3"), Cyclone 24. rijna, distrikt kstY, Elmaton 31. rijna, distrikt sedmY, Corpus 28. listopadu, distrikt tfeti, Ft. Worth.

Sestry a bratri, hled'te se zueastnit techto distriktnich schuz, aby v ka2d6 chuzi byly vSechny lady onoho distrikt zastoupeny. Vezmete s sebou sve deti, aby se molly podilet na programu, nebo• aby uvidely, jak v jinSich ildech omladina pracuje. Pamatujte, ze distrikty jsou nelen pro lepSi praci v Jednote, ale pro pratelstvi mezi eleny a dornacimi ta,dy. (dz) e MtiZeine jeviti se velikYmi v hodnosti, ktera jest pod na gi zasluhou, ale easto jevime se malYmi v hodnosti, ktera jest nad na'ge sily. a • olovek nema, temer ani chyb, jet nebyly by spfte odpustitelny net prostfedky, kterYch uZva, aby je ukryl.

Malo lidi dovede bYtl starytni.

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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.

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MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR WHILE IT IS A DUTY OF THE EDitor to report to the SPJST members what goes on in the local ledges, at the district meetings, or at headquarters, it is equally a joyous task to cover a wider field, if opportunity permits it. I write these lines while attending the National Fraternal Congress of America. I do it in spare moments, either late at night or early in the morning. In addition, the material must go tc the printer by air mail and reach him before I get back home.

• • THIS YEAR THE CONVENTION OF the National Fraternal Congress is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is the 68th convention of the fraternal leaders. You may not know it but there are over 275 fraternal societies in America, including a few in Canada. One hundred and nine of these societies belong to an organization which works for the common interest of all of them. Every year in the fourth week of September the leaders of the fraternal societies meet for four days to discuss topics pertaining to fraternal life insurance in all of its phases. It is always the outstanding event in the fraternal year.

• • FOR A WHILE, IT WAS DOUBTFUL whether or not the editor of the Vest-. nik would be able to attend the 1954 convention. But since he was in charge of the Press Section exhibit, and since the last SPJST convention in Houston directed and authorized the editor to attend the conventions, there remained no alternative. And again I must say that it is a good investment which will bring results in the future. I only regret that our own leaders could not make it this year.

• • NO ONE INDIVIDUAL CAN COVER the entire convention in the National Fraternal Congress. There are so many sections and subdivisions going on at the same time that it would take •the presence of all the officers from the headquarters to catch all the discussions. For instance, there was a whole day session on Monday for the field managers, or let us say, for the state managers. At the same time, the men who are interested in the investment

problems, the directors or the treasurers, held an all-day session.

• • ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, IT was a busy day for many other sections and groups. The day started with the breakfast for editors. After the breakfast, the editors had their session, the presidents went into another room, the secretaries into another huddle to discuss their problems, and there also was the "Law Section", the "Acturial Section," the "Medical Section," and every fraternal officer went to hear the profitable discussions pertaining to his line of duties. Also there was plenty of information of general interest, some lectures which would benefit everybody, any leader or officer. As an example, a charming lady from the telephone company lectured to us about the quality of voice over the telephone. Since everybody in business is using a telephone these days, it was a highly informative talk. Many a listener to this lecture recognized his own faults and mistakes.

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THE PRESS SECTION AFFAIRS KEPT me pretty busy for two days. As soon as I arrived in Atlantic City, I had to start assembling the material for the Press Section exhibit. This year, we had sixteen societies that wanted to show what they do in the line of the youth activities, the types of pamphlets, Official papers and other literature they send to their members, and also what kind of material is being prepared for their organizers. It was a combination exhibit for editors, publicity directors and field workers. Our SPJST organizers would get a tremendous amount of information as to what other fraternal societies are planning and doing. Unfortunately, the SPJST • had no exhibit this year, although I tried hard to have one.

• • BUT THE SPJST HAS NOT BEEN slighted and overlooked this year. The editor of the Vestnik, the official paper of the SPJST, not only received praise for arranging the exhibit but he also was honored by being elected vice-president of the Press Section of the National Fraternal Congress for the next year.

Personally, I consider it a recognition

of the good name of the SPJST. Our society is forging ahead and is being considered a progressive organization. There were a number of editors from . other fraternal societies who volunteered the statement that they read the Vestnikstarting in page 11. Such information alone makes your editor feel more responsible. Such a statement alone points out to all of us that we must not be airing all our differences in the columns of the Vestnik, but that we must be more careful about our own self-criticism. "The eyes of Texas are upon you" is not enough now; the name of the SPJST has a good ring even outside of Texas.

• • IT WAS NOT ONLY THE PRESS SECtion which I found enjoyable and profitable. The all-day session of field managers was immensely informative. Some of the information I must pass on to our officers, directors, and organizers when I return home.

• • ANY MAN SEEKING IMPROVEMENT, both for himself and for his society, derived plenty— of benefit by listening to the many splendid lectures in the various sections and also in the plenary session .of the National Fraternal Congress. Only I wished I had the opportunity to get all of the mature business advice relative to the fraternal society twenty years ago. But the advice was not available then. As one of the speakers remarked, specific preparation for the fraternal life insurance business was formerly absent. Most of the officers in almost all the fraternal societies started with only a smattering of bookkeeping, and gradually advanced to a more responsible position through the experience of trials and errors. Many women officers started with a knowledge of shorthand and typing. Many beginners at the headquarters had only a sketchiest picture of business as a whole.

• • SUCH A SITUATION WAS CONSIDered good enough a generation ago. But in this day and age — the speaker pointed out — the modern business of fraternal life insurance has become so • (Continued on page 21,)

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REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS Fayetteville, Texas A. successful meeting was held by District No. 1, at the Novy Tabor Hall, near Caldwell, Sunday, September 19th. Some lodges were represented that did not send delegations before and some that. used . to be always represented failed us this time. A total of fifteen lodges were pr cent when the Roll Call was made and after a check-up by the secretary of the register that was being kept at the door, this same number was disclosed froin within our district. Lodges of district one, being represented are as loWs: Nos. 33, 68, 38, 39, 129, 7, 9, 17, 100, 116, .t, 67, 13, 105, and 14. Members from lodges from without the district that registered at the door, came from the following lodges: 13, 16, 24, 25, 40, 88, 84, 87, 130, and 116. All this shows that an interest is being shown in the district meetings. Members from other districts come to see how we conduct our meeting's and bring us information as to what htey do in their meetings. In that way we get to know each other better and what is best for us. Among the distinguished visitors from other lodges that spoke to us in our meeting were as follows: Cyril Pokladnik, president from dihtrict No. 3 from Dallas; bro. Hrabina from. Ennis; Karel Navratil, director from district No. 2; ! Brother Hosek, secretary from district No. 3 from Grapevine. , Texas. A great deal of instructive information was derived from their addresses. Brother Jerry Valchar, treasurer of the Grand Lodge RVOS from Temple, also addressed us. The meeting opened at 1:00 p.m. and after the usual preliminaries, bro. John W. Vavra, president of Lodge No. 17 made the address of welcome, response was by bro. Edw. L. Marek, president of the supreme /odge, after which statements by the district officers were made, including Roll-Call by the secretary. After this, the entertainment committee presented their interesting program which was well presented and executed by the various participants and enjoyed by all, for which our thank go to them. After this, the business part of our meeting resumed.

Brothers IVIarek and Valcik made a talk to the organizers of the district and in-. spired them to further activities. Results of the recent contest among the organizers could not be revealed at this time, as all the figures were not in and complete. Gifts by Lodge 17, host to the meeting were awarded as follows: To the oldest member present, who was ascertained to be bro. Frank Mikolastik, from lodge number 17, who is 38 years

of age, To Jan Houdek, the youtagest, only six weeks old, from Bryan, Texas, and to the one that came the fartherest distance, who was, bro. Cyril Pokladnik, president of District No. 3, from Dallas, who so graciously donated his gift to the district to be auctioned to the highest bidder. This I understand was a case of Gulf oil which was auctioned off for nine dollars and as a result, our treasury is that much richer. Thanks to bro.

Pokladnik. I understand he also donated ten dollars to the youngest member.

Due to the lack of time, all the matters we had on the agenda could not be disposed of, inclUding the tentative meeting place for cur next distrct meeting.

This is to be worked out by the district officers with the members of a lodge under consideration. After it is definitely established, it will be announced in due time through the medium of our Vestnik.

This will be held either in April or May of next year. Among other matters that had to be left off, was the election of officers for the coining year. The present set has served for two years and a change is in order. In our local lodges, it is customary to retain the same ofacersl year after year, • ad-infinitum, which practice we do not want to establish in our district. Come prepared to• elect new officers in our next meeting.

I wish to thank the members of lodge number 17 for the wonderful way of handling our meeting and their hospitality.

Fraternally yours, P. P. Baron, Secretary / • st• • ( BEWIS It's nice to be happy and healthy And have all your fingers and toes.

It doesn't help much to be wealthy If burdened with physical woes, It's all right to hustle and hurry, But don't try to flutter and fly.

Far better be slow than be sorry— It's nicer to live than to die.

Good eyes are a blessing, so use them.

To avail all the dangers in sight.

It's going to be dark if you lose them But caution will spare such a plight.

Be careful, be cool and be jolly— Good health is a sensible wage.

But death is a partner of folly— Be wise and just die of old age.

—Author Unknown ) • 4,1%, • ( The only people who claim this is the best of all possible worlds are those who don't know any better.

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2. Print all proper names to avoid embarrasment.

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7. Mail your reports as soon as you can. ) Nothing is easier than fault-finding; no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character are required to set up in the grumbling business.

—Robert West. ) • 4 • Some women take the plunging necl:line to heart.

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THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH A national magazine, published for the students of high schools and junior colleges, named Senior Scholastic, published a thought-provoking article.

The article also points out that our younger generation are aware of Some very important problems facing this nation. We proclaim the freedom of speech, yet we should be aware that no one has the right to cry "Fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire.

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, a typical American couple, were discussing the trial of the 11 top U. S. communist leader. The Reds had just been convicted of conspiracy toward violent overthrow of our government.

Mr. Jenkins put down the evening paper and shook his head. "I don't see how they could be found guilty. The Constitution gives us the right of free speech. Why should that right be denied even to communists?"

"It strikes me," Mrs. Jenkins replied, "that we're carrying free speech a little too far when we let communists go around trying to convert people."

"But a communist has a righ to free speech, like the rest of us," Mr. Jenkins insisted. "Or doesn't he?" "How can a communist speak his thoughts freely?"

Mrs. Jenkins retorted. "He doesn't have any thoughts of his own. He says what he's told to say. He's a member of a conspiracy."

"Okay," Mr. Jenkins agreed. "Let's say he is a member of a conspiracy. But isn't denying a communist the right of free speech a violation of his Constitutional rights?"

Mrs. Jenkins shook her head. "I don't think you get the point. Look at it this way. Suppose some soapbox orator in the park shouts his head of f and says that the people have no rights any more—" "Well," Mr. Jenkins interrupted, "he's just airing his opinions. Is that wrong?"

"No, it isn't," Mrs. Jenkins continued.

"But hold on. Suppose this soapbox orator gets people so worked up that they run off in a mob and break into a bank or smash the windows of the corner jewelry store and help themselves. What then?"

"That's the time to call a halt. The orator ought to be stopped. Nobody has the right to use free speech to stir up riots and break our laws."

Mrs. Jenkins smiled. "You've answered your own question. As long, as that orabox is only blowing off steam—airing his opinions, you called it — that's all right Free speech helps us exchange , ideas.

It enables you and me to discuss corn-

znunism, as we're doing now. But the communists who argue that they are being deprived of free speech wish to use that right to overthrow our government by force. That's what makes them a danger to us."

The right of free speech is as precious as the gift of speech itself. We often tend to take both for granted, much as we do the air we breathe. Yet, just as it is the gift of speech Which most obviously distinguishes us from the lower animals, so it is the right of free speech which allows each of Us to realize the fullness of his dignity as a man.

Without the give and take of freedom of speech a person cannot grow in wisdom and understanding. He cannot develop his intellect by expressing his thoughts and testing them honestly against the thoughts and opinions of others. He cannot choose between two points of view.

And it is precisely because freedom of speech is so precious that we must be on constant guard to shield it from abuse. Former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes gave one illustration of the misuse of free speech. He said that a man should be held responsible and punished for shouting "Fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire or any sign of one. The question, Justice Holmes said, is "whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger."

We need to remember, too, that freedom of speech carries with it the resposibility of "fairness of speech." We do have the right to say what we think, but only as long as it is fair and does not injure innocent people. When we say unfair things that hurt innocent people we can be found guilty of slander.

When we write such things we can be found guilty of libel.

Each generation has had to fight its own battles to keep speech as free as possible. This generation faces special problems. It must defend its rights without strengthening the totalitarian enemies of freedom who claim the same rights.

Dictatorships are noted for suppression of free speech. The iron curtail around the Soviet empire is designed to keep ideas out. Slave-labor camps inside await those who express themselves contrary to communist doctrine.

The communists do even more to restrict free speech by "directing" lectures and study than by gagging opponents, by conducting meetings rather than by breaking them up. At every fac-

tory, club, youth center, or collective farm the Communist party runs endless meetings. This is the Soviet version of "free speech " Discussion leaders and lecturers trained in communist propaganda schools direct the meetings.

Recently, a young man named Stach who escaped from Poland about a year ago made a broadcast over Radio Free Europe. In it, he reminded his former friends back in Poland of a certain evening at an instructors' course for the Polish Youth organization (ZMP). The Communist party instructor, a man named Wojcik, had gone into town that night, leaving the students alone.

"One episode of the evening still remains in my memory," Stach recalled in the broadcast. "Heniek, one of the students, went on stage and began, as only he could do it, to mimic a party lecture. His eyes blank and staring, he began roaring, exactly like Wojcik, shouting gibberish and ending each sentence with, 'And for all this we are grateful to the great Stalin and for the Soviet Union's help.' We almost died laughing.

"In the midst of this horseplay," Stach went on, "Wojcik appeared suddenly in the doorway. Heniek immediately grasped the situation. In the same tone of voice, but without facial contortions, he finished his sentence as if nothing had happened. Wojcik thought we were having a serious discussion, and immediately carried on the lecture."

Stach, commenting on this episode, said, "If what is considered sacred in the presence of the party functionary becomes parody when he is away, then we are all insane or else we are just kidding each other."

Louis Fischer, an author who has had long experience in Russia, makes this observation. 'Millions of Soviet citizens live lies every day to save their lives and their jobs. They write lies, they speak lies. They lie to one another, and know it. They lie to themselves, and get accustomed to it."

After a year in the free world, Stach told his former friends that even if the West were as bad as it was pictured by Soviet discussion leaders, "Here, in the West, I have the right to fight for the improvement of life, and everyone else has the same right. And: that is why I see progress in the West, why I see people living better and better every day, every year. They learn by their own errors."

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES WACO SPJST SLOVANSKA LIPA GG Dear Brotners an Sisters: Members of Waco Lodge 66 met Sunday afternoon, September 19th, at Linden Park at which time we celebrated our 48th anniversary. We were indeed happy to have over two-thirds of our members present, and to have as guests Mrs. Carol Simcik, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mazanec Jr., and Kathy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ceska, all of Waco, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor W. Pochobradsky, and Vicky from Ennis.

Following the "Pledge of Allegiance" led by LaNell Ceska, all the youth sang "America". A reading in English giving the history of our Lodge was presented

by Emogene s Hanus. Sister Rose Parma spoke in Czech, honoring all the charter members and those of thirty and forty years membership. A poem, "They Are Just Away", in memory of all the deceased members, was read by Rose Ann Narovec. To conclude the program, Barbara. Parma, accompanied by Brother Roman Parma on the violin, sang 'The Lord's Prayer."

As youth director, wish to congratulate you who so willingly participated in the program. You did a wonderful job.

Special honors were extended to Sister Frank Bartos, the only Charter member present — to Sister Mary Chamrad, Sister Frances Parma, and to Brother Vacla y Zebro for their forty years membership. There were also nine members present who had been a member for thirty years or more.

A beautiful birthday cake, appropriately decorated in red, white, and blue, with "48" and "66" centered around the American and Czech flags, added so much to our special occasion. For this our thanks to Sister John Simcik who is always so generous and thoughtful.

Two "Birthday Club" members celebrated birthday during September—Mrs. Annie Hanus and Daniel Hanus. Everyone joined in singing the "Happy Birthday" song for them.

We were all happy to have Brother Ed Mazanec present after several months ebsence due to an injury. His leg is still in a cast but with the aid of crutches he is able to be about. Our Sick Committee reported Sister Chas. Guenat had not been feeling well recently. We all hope she will soon be able to be back with us.

The Building Committee is working on plans for the new hall but reported they had not obtained bids for the project.

They will have a called meeting and hope to present something definite at the next regular lodge meeting.

After the close of the meeting everyone enjoyed the abundance of delicious food, games of volleyball and horseshoes and picture taking.

Our next meeting will be held at Linden Park October 17th. Members make your plans now to come out. Let's keep up the wonderful attendance.

Fraternally, Emma Ceska ) • 4.

LODGE SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU NO. 92 Fort Worth, Texas Dear Readers: Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanit No. 92 will have its regular monthly meeting Sunday, October 10th.

Everyone come early so the meeting can be called to order early.

There will be an initiation of all new members who have joined since last May. The lodge will furnish the lunch, but we are asking the ladies to bring the pastries, such as cake, kclace„ pie and others.

We want to extend our good wishes and speedy recovery to the following members who have been in the hospital recently. Sister Melvin Morgan, sister Clara Cohen, Dr. Frank McKee and Brother Tatarevich. Also to sister Joe R. Bartek, who has been sick at her home.

Congratulations to brother and sister Albert Silhavy, who are the parents of a new daughter, Cindy Loot" Brother Silhavy is the son of sister Agnes Silhavy.

Also congratulations to brother and sister Caso Spindor, who are the parents of a daughter.

Fraternally Jay Dee Waggoner • Js • LODGE ROZKVET ZAPADU NO. 107, Floresville, Texas Dear Brothers, Sisters and Readers: Well, here I am again with a few lines to let you know our SPJST `get-together' and picnic turned out. This was on September 12th.

It was a gratifying day in many respects. There was a large number of members present and a good time was enjoyed by all.

At twelve o'clock noon, lunch, or dinner, was served. There was plenty of good sisters.

After dinner, a meeting was held with president Henry Sralla presiding. The minutes were read and business attended to in short order.

I believe we hand five new members, all in the children's division. Thanks to

our President, who was responsible for getting these new members.

After the meeting adjourned, all kinds of games- were played, Dominoe„ Cards and Bunko were some of the games played.

I think every one had a wonderful time. I know I did. Anyhow, it was rather late when it all ended.

We also had a good attendance at our last dance on September 18th.

Our next monthly meeting will be, as usual, the second Sunday of the month, October 10th.

At our last meeting we had out of town visitors. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pavelka, and son Bennie and his wife, all from Robstown. We were glad. to have had them among us. Hope they enjoyed themselves at our get-together.

Well I think I had better stop and leave room for other reporters to let us know what they are doing.

Best luck to all.

Mrs. Julia Vaclavik, reporter ) 4, LODGE POKROK DALLAS NO. 84 Dear Members and Friends, At our last meeting, which was held Sunday, September 19, the Entertainment Committee announced that there are to be two special dances coming up in the near future. Of course, our regular dance will be the third Sunday, October 17. A special Halloween dance will be on Saturday night, October 30, so all you fun lovers dress up in costumes. We would like for all the children to come also, dressed in Halloween costumes as the Committee is giving them a surprise treat. To find out what it is, be sure and come on out.

A Barn Dance is next on our schedule.

It will be Sunday night, November 7.

For this night, ladies, come dressed in ginghams or print dresses; men, in overalls.

Today I'm not writing much. I'm afraid I've been letting m.y job down as reporter. However, with this hot weather, when I come home from work, I just can't seem to think, much less to write.

I'd like to write something about the "Rest Home" for us when we are ready to retire. I really like that idea. That's where I'd like to go, when my work is done. I do admire you, Heddy, for expressing your views on this. Do write more often; you have very good ideas.

Signing off now until next time. Don't forget the dances I mentioned.

Fraternally yours, Frances Baleja

Wednesday, October 6, 1954 LODGE SAN ANTONIO NO. 133 Sisters and brothers of Lodge San Antonio: In my last letter I wrote that we would have something new in our next meeting and that was, the election of officers among our youth to take over the following meeting.

Alas, the man who cooked up this thing, the president himself, did not show up, and neither most of the candidates. Papas and mamas had clean forgot to come .to the meeting, and naturally.the children did too. As for the president, he, as all good patients with the flu and bronchitis do, stayed in bed.

He couldn't talk. Who would want to watch, a talkless'chairman going through all sorts of contortions? It was something like the man who came on the stage and told his partner, "I'm hoarse because I have a little colt." It happened that I had a big colt!

Barring any more disappointments, and the willingness of our members, we will carry out the plan to let our youthful members run our next meeting. Let's lend a helping hand by being present, young and not so young alike.

Fraternally, Sylvester Bundil ) • 4 • (.

LODGE BEDRICH SMETANA NO. 39 Dear Brothers and Sisters: This is to inform you that our annual barbecue dinner and initiation of new members will take place on the third Sunday. of October the 18th. Dinner will be free to members — non-members, adults $1.00, children fifty cents per plate.

I, am asking all of you sisters to bring something, either a cake, kolaces or a potato salad. The lodge will furnish the rest of the food.

In preparing a potato salad, be very careful to assure that it is fresh. You have probably read about what happened at New Ulm, Texas, two weeks ago. Hundred of people became ill with food poisioning. The Doctors attributed the .poisioning to potato salad.

I -know of a few such cases that happened here in Bryan this last summer.

•I *happened to `be one of the victims: I know, from experience, what it does to a person, and believe me, it is no fun.

•A person, especially an elderly person, feels the bad effects of it for a long. time afterwards.

Prepare the salad of freshly cooked potatoes the morning of the day it is to be served: Use a wooden spoon to dish it out with.

Da not forget our regular meeting will be held, as usual, on the second Sunday, October 10th, and the barbecue dinner

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will take place on the third Sunday, October 17th. Everybody come, let us all enjoy the day together.

Fraternally yours, Frances Homola, secretary ) • 4. • ( NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF LODGE NOVY TABOR NO. n Our regular meeting for the month of October has been postponed from the second Sunday to the third Sunday, October 17, 1954 at 2:00 p. m.

John Vavra, president J. H. Siptak, Seeretary ) • 4. • ( NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF LODGE NO. 4 HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS Lodge No. 4 of Hallettsville will have a free stew dinner on Sunday, October the 10th at 12:00 o'clock noon.

The lodge will furnish the meat. The brothers will furnish the refreshments, and we are asking that the sisters furnish the pastries.

After dinner, a mass initiation will take place followed by games, and a dance at night.

Everything is going to take place in the Recreation Hall.

Admission tickets: gents seventy-five cents ($.75) and ladies twenty-five cents ($.25).

Everybody is welcome to the dance.

F. Bucek ) • 4. • JUNIOR CLUB NO. 88 The Junior Club 01 Lodge No. 88 held its regular meeting on Thursday, September 29.

We planned a party for Friday, October 8. It will be held at the lodge and everyone is invited.

Fraternally, Billie Jean Rezek, Reporter • et, • (

INSURANCE POLICYHOLDERS HAD HEALTHY YEAR IN 1953 Last year was a healthy one for the millions of Americans who own life insurance policies. An Institute of Life Insurance report this spring reveals that during 1953 there were fewer than .65 deaths per • 10,000 policyholders, compared to 75 ten years ago and 85 twenty years ago.

Tuberculosis, 'which once was one of America's greatest scourges, continued downward during 1953 and reached the lowest death-rate in all history. Accidental deaths were down, too, during the year.

The leading cause of death for life insurance policyholders during 1953 was heart disease of all types, which accounted for more than half of all fatalities.

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WHERE TO GO SUNDAY TWICE A MONTH: Sunday—Every first and third Sunday of each month Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 sponsors a dance. Every one is invited and members are admitted REE. MONDAY EACH WEEK: Monday—Every Monday of each week, at 8 P AIL 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.

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, kolaches 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.

• )• Just before final exams, I was surprised of find my college son laboriously printing tiny notes on an ordinary sheet of notepaper: "Has the university aboloshied the honor system!" I asked.

"Oh, no he said "Dr. Brown said we could bring one page of notes to the exam."

Later I chanced to find the sheet on his desk at the time I knew he was having examinations. I was heartsick for him.

"You forgot your notes!" I exclaimed when he came home. Ile shook his head.

"No I didn't," he reassured me. "I bad them all in my' head. I worried so much about getting the right things down that I learned nearly the whole book without realizing it Dr. Brown's a pretty swell guy." ) • 4 • A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

The proper business of Friendship is to inspire life and courage; and a soul thus supported outdoes itself.

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HOW TO DRIVE AND STAY ALIVE A problem which confronts every motorist: to drive and yet stay alive. This is a life-or-death challenge that exists throughout the world wherever automobiles are numerous. It is a particularly acute problem in Britain and in the United States. In 1953 United States' roads alone became a mammoth battle-ground littered with horrible causualties: 2,140,000 persons were injured, the highest in history, and 28,500 lost their Every day about a hundred persons drive to the graveyard in an auto. Death and disablement on the roads have become so commonplace that they seem to stir no more than a ripple of public disquiet. But those who wish to drive and yet stay alive must now awake to the two vital requirements: safe driving and defensive driving.

Why do so many people lose the battle to stay alive? Is it the mechanical condition of the automobiles? No. According to the 1953 report of The Travelers Insurance Companies more than 95 per cent of vehicles involved in highway accidents were in good condition.

Is it bad weather and wet roads? No. Three out of four accidents last year involved cars traveling in clear weather on dry roads. Is it dangerous curves?

No. Last year 80 per cent of the cars involved in fatal accidents were traveling straight ahead.

Where, then, lies the big accidentbreeding factor? The constant, unchanging factor is the man or woman who sits behind the wheel of an auto and transforms it from a useful servant to a projectile of destruction. Yet, the evidence is overwhelming that in most accidents the guilty party is man and not machine, mind and not motor, reflex and not roadway!

Human failures in driving are almost countless in number. Yet certain ones are ever-recurring, An awareness of these, combined with a diligent effort to avoid them, is an excellent way to win the battle to drive and stay alive. One of these habitual failures is excessive speed. Last year 40 per cent of the accidents that resulted in injuries and 46 per cent of the fatal accidents happened because the drivers drove faster than they should. So speed, that is, speed in excess, of road conditions, is now the principal cause of accidents.

Another ever-recurring human failure is driving under the influence of alcohol. The National Safety Council's annual review placed one quarter of the 38,500 deaths on highways as due to drinking on the part of the driver.

Judges and police believe the percentage is even greater. It is not insignificant that one of the lowest fatality marks )31 for 10,000 registered vehicles) is found in Detroit, where the alcoholized driver is jailed. Alcohol and driving never mix. It has been proved that a moderate amount of beer containing only 2.75 per cent of alcohol makes the hand less steady.

Many are the drivers, heavy with sleep, that force themselves to keep going — at the expense of their lives.

Thus driving when fatigued has become a very common human failure. Drowsy driving is downright dangerous. One may close his eyes for just a quick wink, but that is all the time needed for a fatal accident. Take no chances with this human failure; it is a risk of human life to drive under such conditions.

If the time element precludes rest stops, then arrange for a competent relief driver.

A human failure that has become a treacherous enemy of safe driving is driving to impress oneself or others. This is not limited to- teen-agers; adults also surrender to its alluring temptation. It is the show-off driver who passes "blind" over hillcrests because his egoism cannot stand the humiliation of tailing a slow car until he is sure that passing is safe. The show-off's theme song is a squeal of tires around a curve; his trademark is a jackrabbit start as the light turns green. Is the show-off driver a deadly menace? The American Automobile Association maintains that the show-off is one of the major hazards on the highway, primarily because he ignores danger and knowingly takes risks to attract attention.

Describing this dangerous driver the Association says that he usually brags that he can drive just as well after having taken a drink or two as he could before, and he always boasts about the record time he makes going from one place to another. It is the show-off driver, too, that lets another car that is trying to pass get alongside him, then he steps on the gas and races it. Riding with a show-off is grimly harrowing.

But the show-off never cares about the mental comfort of his passengers.

The distracted driver is one who becomes distracted from his driving by the most trivial thing. This is a serious human failure. In October, 1953, a 43-yearold New Jersey woman, while driving, attempted to kill a moth in her car. She lost control of the auto and crashed into two others, causing the death of her mother, a passenger in her auto. Some

drivers are distracted by even a strand of windblown hair. Thus there are men who use the rearview mirror to check on the pat in their hair or the knot in their ties. And there are women who, at fifty miles an hour, use the rearview mirror to adjust their makeup. One who becomes easily distracted from driving is not learning how to• stay alive.

It is curiously tragic that today's super-smooth superhighways with their multiple lanes have such an appalling number of accidents. One of the big reasons for this was reported in the New York Times: "'Agreement that daydreaming is the major factor in accidents on superhighways was voiced today by the country'sr leading traffic experts." A false sense of security is developed by a drive on a "dream highway," so the driver daydreams: Remember this peril of superhighways. Keep alert.

That vision defects are a constant human failure of drivers today May seem strange, inasmuch as glasses are readily obtained. Yet at a recent test it was found that of 8,000 mobcrists, one-fifth of them had such serious vision defects that they were counted as road hazards. But why is the vision-defect human failure so common? Because many people think their vision is good when they wear glasses; they fail to realize that the glasses may, need correction to compensate for eyesight change. Also many motorists whose vision is poor in eye manage to get along by straining the better eye; they* are not aware that this throws depth perception askew with a resultant bad distance judgment. Driving with an uncorrected vision defect is flirting with hazards.

Now the human failure that is responsible for one of the four leading manifestations of crime in the United States and that leads to the death of thousands is violations of traffic laws. Traffic law violators are in a unique class. They are not gangsters; they are normally lawabiding citizens. It is only when their feet push on the accelerator pedal that they turn into lawbreakers. What makes this human e failure so habitual is that friends and relatives of the traffic law violator do not view him as a wrongdoer, even though the evidence of his wrongdoing is all too obvious. Indeed, the traffic law violator bitterly resents being corrected by his friends. He reasons that traffic laws can be broken with impunity. He is wrong.

To drive and stay alive, safe driving is not enough; the art of defensive driving must also be, mastered. What is de-

We-d1 eFth , 70efOlier s, 195 fensive driving? We Might compare it to the defensive tactics of a hexer; he learns not only how to punch but how to feint, dodge or duck. So likewise the driver must learn not only how to drive but what to do when danger looms, if a crash is only seconds away. For though a. driver may be a safe one and never cause accidents, yet there is always the other driver to consider; and the other driver is often the one in the wrong. So the need for defensive becomes apparent.

What are the requirements for de. fensive driving? For one thing, never go tense or "freeze up" at the wheel. The key to being an antiaccident driver is being prepared for whatever might come your way. Do not limit defensive tactics to just applying the brake. But, like a nimble boxer, be ready at a second's notice to duck, dodge or swerve. If a crash looms up and you still have a second or two, do not clese your eyes and wait for the crash. If boxers closed their eyes and waited for a punch on the jaw, they would wind up could on the canvas. Use those remaining seconds to swerve to the right or left. Better to hit the en-coming car a glancing blow than to hit it head-on! Better to run into a ditch or a cornfield than to hit another 'ear head-en! Yes, and it will even be less bonejarring to hit a tree than to add the other car's velocity to yours for one grand smashup.

4 • ( ) SOCIAL SECURITY By the end of 1953, nearly 6 million persons .were receiving monthly benefits under .:the. Social Security Act, more than. 69 Million were fully insured under the Act, and 93 million had acme . wage credits. Of the total members of fully insured workers, 62 per cent were male, and 38 per cent were females.

The '1953 payments of monthly income benefits and lump-sum death benefits were $3.1 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion in five years. The Old Age and SurVivors Insurance Trust Fund had risen nearly $19 billion at the end of 1953: al • t SUPERSTITIONS. AND EATING Ignorance about diet, as well as the lack of needed foods, is the reason the PeOple of the world are badly nourished, says Dr. C. D. Williams in the British medical journal, the Lancet. For instance, although meat and milk are widely available in East Africa, women do not , get them. "The women are told that if they eat eggs they will become sterile, if they eat fowls they will crow, if they eat goat they will grow beards."

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THE RETURN OF MY FATHER (By T. S. Harding) Mother was a patient, long-suffering woman. But that night we had steak for dinner.

Mother always said she had married for better or for Worse, but that it had turned out much worse than she had ever expected. Pop had his own views about. the matter, which he usually expressed at length in an aromatic, pale.: blue secular language he reserved for such occasions, or an alcoholic extract t thereof.

P&p was a restless soul who lived life as an artist. He could never be a humdrum worker, but his great opportunity was always just around the corner long before Hoover saw' prosperity there. Actually, he was a high-class drone. Handsome, plausible, and a fascinating teller of tales, he was always ingratiating.

His life was filled with bustle and activity. But he just never seemed to get paid. It was apparently beneath his dignity to ask for money.

He would always look surprised, shocked, and aggrieved by turns whenever Mother asked about his income. He would say contemptuously:. "Woman, all you want is a good provider. Good providers are a dime a dozen, and all very dull, too. But you have a handsome, talented husband you can't appreciate.

When I get what I'm after, you'll be proud of me and we'll have plenty of money. Can't you wait?"

Mother took boarders, and that brought in a little cash. On rare occasions, she was compelled to ask Pop to run some small errand. He would do this condescendingly, if he felt like it. If it involved buying some groceries, she always tried to give him the exact amount, because he was.quite likely to spend anything left over.

On one memorable occasion, Mother had to trust Pop with a five-dollar bill because she couldn't leave the house and I wasn't home. She timorously asked him to bring her two pounds of round steak, which then sold at fifteen cents a pound or two pounds for quarter— you guess when that was if you're old enough or have read history. Worse still, Pop was already in a mild state of , active fermentation — "just a little sour wine" he always called it, regardless of the potency of his source of inner happiness.

Mother gave him the bill reluctantly, saying: "Now this is the last cent I have. You know I wouldn't trust you with a bill this big if I had anything Smaller. Please bring the 'steak right

back, and bring all my change, too."

"That I shall do, Madame," he replied with a courtly but sarcastic bow.

Then he walked mincingly out of the yard that summer afternoon, attired in a collarless shirt, wash trousers, low shoes, fancy socks -- no coat and no hat.

Pop returned, as he had promised, but he was a little delayed. He came back in the middle of the next winter —almost six months to the day •— attired in a new winter suit and overcoat.

He also had two suitcases full of good clothing, outer and under. He even had new nightshirts.

He pranced in, set the suitcases down in the hall, and tiptoed to the dining room where Mother and I sat in conference on ways and means.

Mother expected him. She always..knew about when he would return — Which humiliated him no end. However, he always knew where a roof and hospitality of some sort awaited him, and when he ran out of other places, he invariably came home.

He was shedding his overcoat as lie entered the room. His breath preceded him, well anointed with some mediumquality blend. He stood before MOther, his hands behind him, bowed from the waist, and said: "Madame, I have returned." He then slowly drew his right hand front in back of him, and in it was a package.

With his left hand he extracted' four one-dollar bills and three quarterS from his pants pocket. All this he presented. to Mother.

"Verily, I have returned. Behold, the lost sheep is found. I have brought your steak, and your change — all of it I am sorry that I had to wait for this steer to grow up, but I hurried the process as much as I could. I have not spent one cent that is yours for any evil purpose."

He again bowed deeply, then left the room, his head held high. Next he ran upstairs with both suitcases to prove that he was not the slightest bit intoxicated.

It was a good thing he came just then, for Mother and I were trying to figure out how to feed the boarders with a barren larder But that night Pop's appetite was just fine, thank you.

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You Are Younger Than You Think (By Ray Giles) behind you. That may be why older people often tell you they don't feel much older at 70 than they did ten or 15 years How young is "young?" How old is earlier in life. "old?" In your 30's you probably considThat is not to say that at 50 or 70 er yourself still youthful. Actually, a lot of aging has already taken place in you will have the zip you enjoyed at 30 and 40. You won't. But do not make the your body. mistake of believing that as your physiEven before you were born, senile Changes had occurred in certain blood cal energy lessens, your mind must slow vessels. You "aged" rapidly when you down also. It shouldn't, unless you let were a child. Your metabolism slowed it. Surveys show older people giving up substantially during the period between too many of tlieir hobbies, interests, and infancy and your 20th birthday. Chances other mentally stimulating pastimes. arc, at 20 your hearing was less acute This only speeds the aging process. It than it formerly was, and your knees ends up with "doing too many things less supple. By the time you were 30, for the last time and too few things for your arteries may already have begun the first time," to quote the definition of old age supplied by Dr. Martin Gumto harden.

At 50 you may feel that it is now too pert. late to be changed for the better. Wrong The modern program for better living tdi If At afmost any age, simple re- after 50 begins with realizing how gard for the rules of good living will be much better off we are than our parents to your advantage. Even at 65 you can were. We have not only more years to increase your personal life span by re- live, but better health than they had ducing. But if being overweight is your after 50. Even more exciting are the opproblem, why postpone reduction? Why portunities all around us to make far not, at 35 or 40, begin to enjoy the bet- more 'of our unused capacities for lifeter health and greater energy that ac- long enjoyment and progress than any company normal weight? previous generation has known.

Between the ages of 40 and 60, the Too many of us believe that we will most critical period of aging occurs, warns Dr. Edward I. Stieglitz, a leader die at about the same age as our parin the science of geriatrics. "It is in this ents did. It still is an asset to have longperiod," he observes, "that the changes lived ancestors, but now almost anyone which will ultimately disable begin and can look forward to• a long life. If your that we can hope to accomplish some- parents died before they were 60, you thing by preventive measures." So, the should ask yourself, "Died of what?" worst of all mistakes can be neglecting Suppose your father died of tuberculoyour periodic health examinations, sis or pneumonia and your mother of which . may disclose trouble while it can diabetes or influenza. These and many other diseases are no longer as fatal as will be nipped in the bud.

Beteen the ages of 30 and 40, a tho- they were. rough health examination every two After 50, we need to strike out for years may be often enough; but after 50, mental adventure, and with confidence. such a audit should be had every year. An interest in the stars, and itch to Its importance may be gauged by the paint, or the desire to acquire a brandfact that out of 10,000 businessmen who new skill for full or part-time employwere examined, it was possible to tell ment after retirement should be indul8;870 of them how they might enjoy ged to the full. We can disprove the anbetter health, Many degenerative dis- cient saying, "You can't teach an old C,CIS give no early warning, like pain dog new tricks."

Or changed health, at all. As you grow Listen to some of those who are older, your sense of pain diminishes.

This is, at best, only a mixed blessing, studying the mental capacity of older because it can make you feel all right peop le. In his book The Years After when something, is entirely wrong. Only Fifty, Dr. Wingate M. Johnson declares, a - competent medical examination can "The mind should be at its very best when one is 40 and should continue to tell the state of your health.

In his book The Second Forty Years, be a first-class thinking machine until Doctor Stieglitz reports, "Aging slows the proverbial threescore years and down as you grow older. This is one of ten." Dr. Howard W. Haggard says, "The the compensations for later years." At faculties of the mind may stay young, 50, most of your worst aging is already even into the 90's."

Condensed from Better Homes and Gardens

Wednesday, October 6, 1954 HAVE YOUR CHOICE Thirteen SPJST certificates for adults: CLASS B: where a member pays premiums during his lifetime.

CLASS C: where a member pays premiums for 20 years, but in case of death, the full benefit is paid as provided by the by-laws.

CLASS D: where a member pays for )5 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. CLASS E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death beneft paid as provided in Class C and CLASS F: Full amount of certificate is paid after 15 years.

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

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

CLASS K: member pays premiums to age 65, and the proper amount of his certificate is paid upon his death CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance which is issued up to the sum of $2,500.00, and is not included in the amounts of the other classe.

CLASS M: Annuity Policies.

CLASS M-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 after the child reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age c'f 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 /ace value at age one year. .(clz)

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HOW TO CONTROL YOUR WEIGHT When it comes to dieting and weight reduction, most people are looking for the easy way out. They want no messing around with calories and food tables.

They are looking for the short, smooth highway that , lets them eat everything they like including puddings, cakes, and pies and yet enables them to lose weight and keep a young figure.

Almost every day, it seems, there comes an announcement of a new pill — suggestively named "Weight-Off," "SlimDown" or "No-Fat"— that will allegedly curb your appetite so that the desire to eat is gone or, better still, allow you to eat all the steaks and french fries you want without gaining one ounce. Every day a new bait is placed on the hook for the sucker who is looking for a delightful way of reducing.

Let's face it. There is no such way.

Nobody has yet discovered a pill that will successfully curb appetite in every case or let you eat everything you wish without gaining weight.

At the present time, there are basically two types of medicine on the market that are alleged to be helpful. The first belongs to the benzedrine group of drugs.

These medicines can curb a person's appetite to a limited degree. Even they, however, are not successful in every case nor are they a reliable substitute for will power.

The second type of medication is derived from wood pulp — cellulose. It's much like feeding a fellow a dish of sawdust. It is claimed that one can fool the stomach by filling it with cellulose like so many soppy wads of paper. The stomach thinks it is being filled with food and the hunger is gons. It is a good theory, but in practice does not always work out too well. The stomach isn't easily fooled and won't be cheated.

Somehow, it knows the difference between wood pulp and a nice, medium steak.

There is a sure road to weight reduction, but you have to travel it on foot, and the road at times may get rough. The road is clearly marked if you will only take the time to heed the signposts.

Take the case of Bill Tully, age 38.

He's 5' 11" and weighs 218 pounds. Bill is an auto mechanic and he has read about weight reduction so that he knows his weight should not be more than 190 pounds. Roughly, he is 25 pounds overweight, and he's worried.

"I can't understand it, Doc," he said.

"I don't know why I am so heavy. I've tried to lose. I've even cut out breakfast. I only have one real good meal

(By Joseph D. Wassersung, M. D.) when I get home from work at night.

All I have for lunch is a couple of sandwiches and fruit. You'd think that without breakfast, with only two meals a day, that my weight would be down."

Bill is just kidding himself. As a matter of fact, tne first sign en the right road to weight reduction is this: eat a good breakfast.

A good breakfast is like the kick-off in a football game. Please notice that I have said a good breakfast. That does not necessarily mean a big breakfast.

The fellow ?Rho has only a glass of orange juice is actually cheating himself.

Breakfast should include either cereal or an egg, bread and milk. If you like oranges, that's fine. One medium orange or three quarters of a cup of unsweetened orange juice is a good start.

If you prefer tomato juice, better take 1 1/2 cups. Other fruits that might be substituted for orange juice are one medium apple or banana, one half cup of grape juice, three-quarters of a cup of unsweetened pineapple juice or three prunes.

The fruit 'or juice should be followed by a bowl of cereal with skimmed milk or an egg. A half cup of cooked cereal is a good way to start. If you do not like cooked cereal you might have threequarters of a cup of dry cereal. Skim milk is the safest beverage either to drink or with the cereal. Cream is definitely too fattening and even whole milk may put on more weight than you need.

The meal should conclude with a slice of toast or bread. Whole-grain or highprotein breads are preferred to those containing larger amounts of starches or carbohydrates. The morning beverage can be either skimmed milk or black coffee with skimmed milk or black coffee with skimmed milk, or if rapid reduction is not desired, whole milk can be added to the coffee.

Such a breakfast sets the keynote for the day. The fellow who skimps is likely to. be hungry at ten o'clock. Doughnuts and coffee at mid-morning have been the ruination of more than one man's determination to lose weight.

Thtis with a good breakfast it's easier to last till noon and, besides, when noon comes you will find that you are not so starved that lunch proves to be too heavy.

The problems of controlling your weight are somewhat similar to the problems of controlling your finances.

If you put more money into the bank

than you take out, you will soon acquire a savings account measured in 'dollars. If you eat more in food than your body expends in energy and growth, you will accumulate a savings in your body measured in fat and overweight.

In weight reduction, the unit by which the energy value of food is measured is called a calorie. If the body is supplied with just the right number of calories that it needs, then the person's weight will remain steady. If more calories are eaten than the body needs, weight gain will inevitably follow. Conversely, to lose weight you have to eat fewer calories than the body consumes. It's as sim ple as that.

—Science Digest, ) &•( REPORT ON DDT

The use of DDT and its chemical relatives as sprays and insecticides in agriculture now totals well over 250 million pounds a year and is increasing.

DDT is poisonous to man as well as to insects; food sprayed with it absorbs varying amounts, which in turn are ab sorbed into the human body.

People store DDT in their fat, as do animals. One locality in Texas examined milk and meat bought at the regular outlets and found from 3 parts per million (p.p.m.) of DDT contamination in lean meat to 68 p.p.m. in fat meat. Milk ranged from 0.5 p.p.m. to 13.83 'p.p.m.

The Food and Drug Administration considers 5 p.p.m. of DDT to be toxic and dangerous. Yet samples of fat 'from humans taken at random showed tfrOm 1 p.p.m. to 11 p.p.m., with definite increase from year to year.

Experimental studies with animals and humans show that DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbons, as well as organic phosphorous, seriously damage every organ of the body, but the most disturbing injury is to the liver and-the nervous system.

The best treatment so far is a high protein diet with large amounts of B vitamins. Eating rare or raw livet is an important part of this program.

The only correction is to develop a system of farming that eliminates the need for chemical insecticides. It has been done on individual farms - why not everywhere?

• •( Da Vinci, the artist, was first to mention the presence of two different gases in the atmosphere. * * More coffe is consumed in New York and New Orleans than anywhere in the U.S.

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DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF? General William F. Dean, who was (By Ralph Bass) captured by the Chinese Reds in Korea, says that during his long captivity by mute is dreaming by watching his finthe Reds he found that counting to gers. himself kept him from beating his head You're likely to talk to yourself when against the wall. you're under stress, either pleasant or This worked fine until a guard saw unpleasant. When you're happy you'll his lips moving and made him stop. Gen- be "shouting from the rooftops." But eral Dean did a lot of talking aloud, even if you talk to yourself with little provocation you're in good company. Acusually addressing himself as Dean. cording to an observer who spent many Psychiatrists have long known that years in Washington, three justices of talking to yourself can provide a safety the Supreme Court commonly carry on valve for emotions that might otherwise animated corn er: ations with themselves. wreck , you. This doesn't mean that evLike the Kgrea prisoner in solitary eryone` who talks to himself is in good confinement, very many people talk to shape mentally. A recent study of 84 themselves when. they're lonely. One mental patients made by psychiatrist successful woman executive who has Louis N. Gould found that 59 per cent lived alone for many years says she en"talked out loud, whispered at43iblY, courages her own tendency to talk to muttered or mumbled to themselves." herself. "I find it's good for me," she Most of these imagined they were hear- says. "Keeps me from being silent too ingvoices. As a matter of fact ,they long and it maintains a balance in my were their own. thinking."

Snnie talk more than others. At New Many lone automobile drivers carry York's Flower-5th Ave. hospital, o n e on a constant stream of conversation, lcariied patient spoke to himself in six usually critical of other drivers or trafdifferent languages. fic conditions. This type of talking to M6iiiy perfectly normal persons talk to oneself is likely to be of an unprintable thernselves, doctors say. But that doesn't variety. But it is a way of blowing off meiiii that everyone who talks to him- steam, and thus may even keep one out self normal. Here are the danger sig- of accidents. nals' Some men talk to themselves while 1.' If you're not aware you're doing it until' someone tells you, it may be out shaving. They express impatience, cuss at a faulty blade or encourage themof COntrol. 'when others tell you you're doing selves with little pep talks. Mark Twain once realized that be had been cussing it YOU' still can't stop, you need help.

3.'tilost serious, if you talk aloud and a blue streak with the bathroom door can't distinguish whether the person open and that his wife, a very proper you're talking to is there or not, you woman must have overheard him. When he slunk back into the bedroom she badly need help.

How often you talk to yourself is also scathingly repeated some iof his choicest imp,oi:tp.nt. If you're a habitual solilo- epithets. "You've got the words right, quiger, one who talks to himself all the Livy," he said, "but you don't know the y,ou may be a compulsive, or neu- tune."

Children talk to themselves a lot, usuroticl personality. But if you have a little con4ab with yourself just once in a while, ally pretending there are others present. pr9mpted by an exceptional situation, This trait indicates lack of emotional think nothing of it. The border line be- control ,normal in childhood. The fact tween what is normal and what isn't that many people do it when they get vague that no one can point the very old shows a regression to childis hood relaxation of control. fin[2,eri at you. no you concentrate hard when you'r A person may talk to himself as a thinking? If you do, don't be surprised to preparation for a forthcoming converfindlourself talking aloud. Doctors know satkn with others. a kind of rehearsal. that your vocal chords frequently move Also, he may be planning to take some slightly when you think. When you think action; he tries it out with words first.

Many persons who talk to themselves hard, the movement increases, and this may pioduce audible whispering. The a- do so to expres.s agreement or disagreemount of audible whispering that ac- ment with books or newspapers while companies the filling out of income-tax reading. Women frequently do it while returns is not recorded, but it is un- preparing meals.

Marty people have developed the habit doubtedly large. The fingers of deaf inutet, often move while they're think- of talking to their favorite household ing. Moreover, one can tell when a deaf possessions. Dogs, cats, pets of all kinds stY •

are the targets of billions of words annually with never an answer back — except for an occasional parrot. )• • BIG BUSINESS Thomas Edison was 23 years old in 1871 when he brought his new invention, a stock ticker, to the office of Marshall Lefferts, a Western Union executive in New York. Lefferts had asked Edison to go to work on .a new machine because the old ones were causing continual crises on the Stock. Exchange by breaking down or going out of synchronization when millions of dollars' worth of trading hung in the balanc e.

The young Edison had never sold an invention before and he had no idea what to ask for this one. Made of simple steel parts, his ticker would run for long periods without adjustments or need of repair; it could be automatically synchronized with hundreds of others by one operator in a central office.

While Edison was hesitating whether to ask $3,000 or $5,000 for the device, Lefferts sair, "Would $40,000 be all right?"

The young inventor nearly fainted.

But events proved that Lefferts had made a good bargain. The simple Edison Universal Stock Ticker dominated the field of financial reporting for the --Steel-ways next 60 years. ) • FLUORINE PERIL CITED TO GOVERNMENT The "dangers inherent in the fluorine program," were recently called to the attention of Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, the new cabinet officer in charge of Health, Education and Welfare.

Miss Florence Birmingham, president of the Massachusetts Women's Political Club, sent Mrs. Hobby an article on the chemical by A. E. Hotchner. It said, in part: "Fluorine by itself is a vicious gas that poisons the air, makes water burst into flame, chews through glass or asbestos."

Miss Birmingham said the message went to Mrs. Hobby because the cabinet secretary's home city of Houston, Tex., is about to study the question of fluoridating its water. The study will be made by the Houston District Dental Society. )• 4•( The man whose ship comes in usually finds most of his relatives at the dock) • OS • ( Those who feel it is all right to tell white lies soon go color blind.

WedneSdayrIktotter:flo190TOO LITTLE WOODEN SHOES Let us follow the Mayflower as it sails back home. All the white children who came to America had to cross the Atlantic ocean. We won't stop when the ship come to England. We will go farther over the sea.

Why, what is this? Tress growing on the edge of the ocean, and no land at all! Yes, here it is. The land lies behind the trees and lower than the water.

Wouldn't you think the sea would roll in and drown the •pretty red and yellow tulips in their beds? It would if the people had not built high banks of earth.

Those banks were called dykes. There were wide roads, bordered by trees, on top of the dykes.

Crossing the low country were other wide, high dykes. Long troughs were scooped out of the tops of them and sea, water let in to make canals. Isn't it funny to see ships sailing on these canals, away above the church steeples?

The towns and farms lay in deep; green bowls of land. On the banks of the canals were windmills. The wind whirled the long, ladder-like arms. This turned big whee ls in the wooden towers. Windmills ground flour and sawed wood and pumped water. The Dutch people built them in Holland where they lived. They made the wind do their hardest work.

Weren't the Dutch people clever?

The people worked hard too. Very early in the morning the men opened the shutters of the shop windows. The women scrubbed the, doorsteps and swept the streets. Then they scrubbed the rosy faces of the children, put clean clothes on them and sent them to school. Their children, their houses, their neat bbrick towns, and even their farms, were so clean and bright that all Holla,nd looked as if it was washed and ironed every day.

Clump,, clump, clatter! Here comes blue-eyed Gretel in her wooden shoes, with little towhead brother Hans after her. Wooden shoes were good for many things. Hans sailed his on the canal like boats. Gretel used hers for dolly cradles.

At Christmas, Santa Claus filled their shoes with sugar plums. Every Saturday Dutch children scrubbed their shoes with soap and water, until they were as white as little mother's kitchen table.

Hans wore wide knickerbockers, a tight jacket and a little round cap. Gretel wore six bright wool petticoats, all at once. Her close, gold-braided cap had big rosettes over the ears. They skated on the canals in the winter. They went, to a big city canes Amsterdam, in an ice, boat with a sail. The wind sent the boat flying over the ice.

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The Freedom of Speech (Continued from page 13.)

public policy and conspiracy against free institutions is sometimes difficult , , to'Wednesday, October 6 draw. Our courts, in dealing with tile Majek orchestra —. wedding dance — Soviet conspiracy, have taken care.

Moravian- Hall in Corpus Christi convict only on the basis of proved acts aturday, October 9 of conspiracy.

Sil Krenek orchestra — New Bielau For we know that it is worth the Very Hall. near Weimar Rudy Kurtz orchestra — K. T. Hall in life and strength of the nation to keen' our citizens free in speaking their mina.'

San Antonio Joe Patek orchestra — SPJST Hall in That 'is What keeps democracy strOzie )• 4. • ( Taylor Sunday, October 10 Konvicka's Wovthington Band—Church picnic and dance — St. Mary's Hall near Hallettsville (Continued from page 11.)

Sil Krenek orchestra — picnic and complex, so competitive and so vital :to:dance — Frenstat Hall Rudy Kurtz orchestra wedding the members that the officers of Any, dance --- American Legion Hall in Need- fraternal society must constantly study,;.f, specialized subjects and courses not only, ,t11 yin e in' fraternal life insurance, but alsty,inv.ri Majek orchestra -- Wedding dance business administration, sales managenT,4KC Hall in Schulenburg ment, sales promotion, advertising, gen-7; Joe Patek orchestra — American eral economics, public relations, pubile, gion Hall in Shiner Sokol orchestra—afternoon Sokol pro- speaking, and many other allied s1.11,47,, gram and dance at night — Sokol Hall jects. As the speaker remarked, many,-. of the subjects are available to the , rt in Dallas ficers of almost any fraternal organs Monday, October 11 Rudy Kurtz orchestra—wedding dance tion in night schools, in short courses at colleges, and where schools are not --St. John's Hall in Schulenburg available or handy, books on these spe7 Tuesday, October 12 Sil Krenek orchestra — New Taiton cific subjects dealing with every phase! of fraternal benevolent societies can, Hall All the above dares are at night un• bought and studied. The broader ,1 qic less otherwise specified This is a free officer's knowledge and understanding,. service but applies only to those dance. of modern business methods, the Inge at which mainly polka and waltz music is valuable will the officer become played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik 01 organization. writer will assume no responsibility re• ) • 4. • suiting from any dance announcements GUIDANCE which are listed in this column. Listings from orchestras and dance halls should A mother took her little girl to sciloarL( be received at least one week before pub- for the first time. Near their home, ai-itt lication. Send all listing, w Calvin Cher- visible from the school, was a chilrefil'ir venka, Route 2, Rogers. Texas. with a tall steeple. "When you comeotit'' ) • a•I of school," the mother said, "just Iiiok")5 FRATERNAL LIFE INSURANCE for the white steeple and walk toward;" Fraternal Insurance societies of the it; you will get home safely."

United States and Canada had $9.9 All went well until the third day, when billion of life insurance in force at the the teacher dismissed the class through; ; end of 1953—the largest aggregate since a side door. The child could not see. the) the 1920's. It was $0.3 billion more than steeple and began to cry. An understancb.1 the year before, according to the 1954 ing teacher led her to the front of: Life Insurance Fact Book. The 1953 purbuilding where the stee ple could be rea4-,:,,) chases of fraternal life insurance were ily seen. $1.1 billion, compared with $1.0 billion in 1952 and $0.9 billion in 1951.

We all need something to guide Us in 'Benefit payments made by the fra- this life. If we do not have it there ternal societies in 1953 were $152 million. danger of our becoming lost. We love out This was $1 million more than the year church because it provides the "steeple':': before. Assets of the fraternal societies which prevents us from becoming 1Ost i totaled $2.4 billion at the end of 1953. Wilbur La Roe, Jr. (Calvin C. Chervenma)

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Pekus se pribeh o kohoutkovi vypravovati, ate. esky! Str3",e'ek by rad slysel jak Ti to jde. NapiS mu!

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Kohoutek.

Bohug dostal darem kohoutka Tatrmanka.

Chodil za nim jako psi6ek, take do kuchyde, a zobal. ohug mu pial, !Ike marnaika. Se,,stra. nedala bet ne ' ho do s d Tak jej mela rick.

Po ranu k houtek zaAvilal. To bylo radoBohus 1, Ihuslivku! Sestra zaFe Bi,tulinko!

Tatinek ha rozsOudil.

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Babieka (Napsala, Bn2ena Nemeova.)

(Pokraoovani.)

Jan ale poloZil proutek na koleno a povidaje Adelce: "Ted' poslouchej a divej se, jak to budu delat!" a zadinaje otloukat, rikal: "Otloukej se, pigt'alieko, nebude g -li se otloukati, budu na to Zalovati kniZeti panu, a on ti da ranu, aZ odletig ke zlaternu dZbanu. Hu g, hug, hut, vrazim do to ntiZ, vrazim do to kudlieku, vyrazim ti du gieku, vrazim do to zaviradek, budeg zpivat jako ptdeek."

Pigt'alka byla otludena, udelana a pekne se piskala. Vilem ale minil, ze dalece tak pekne nepiska jako Vaclavova pasacka; omrzelo ho delat pi gt'alky, udelal si z proutku vozik, priprahl se k nemu a zadal rejdit po louce, a psi za nim.

• Barunka, davajic sestre udelanou panenku povidala: "Na, ale tie se to cleat sama, kdo s tebou bude hrat, aZ zadneme my chodit do gkoly, budeg tu sama."

"Bude tu babidka," odpovedelo devee s tvari, vniz bylo videt, ze ji ta samota byla nemila sice, ale kdyZ ji babieka zustane, ze ji zUstane vgecko., V torn gel kolem pan mlynaf a podaVaje Barunce list, pravil: "Bette s nim k mamince, reknete, ze byl pra gek v meste a ze mu ho na po gte dali!"

"To je od tatinka!" zajasaly deti, beliee do staveni.. Pani Pro gkova etla s radostnou tvati list, doetouc zvestovala vSem, ze prijede tatinek v polovici maje, i pani kneZna. "Kolikrat se to je gte vyspime?" ptala se Adelka.

"Asi etyricetkrat," rekla Barunka.

"6 je, to nebude je gte dlouho," mraoilo se devee.

"Vig co," radii Vilem, "j4 si udelam etyMeet earek na dvefe a vZdycky kdyZ rano vstanu, jednu smaZ-u."

"To udelej, ubehne ti eas," smala se atka.

Pan mlynar gel od splavu a stavil se.

Tvat jeho byla Starostliva„ neu gklibl se, ani nemZoural, pikslu drael v ruce, ale netoeil ji, jen nekdy dyema prsty uho-

cine 6 ft;ra .O54. till na- vieko. `I/Re-1i, co noveho, ky?" pravil, ycladzeje do svetnice.

"Co se stalo?" ptala se babieka b pani jednahlasne, vidouce, ze neni pan otec jako bYva. "Mame tu horskou vodu."

"Bole, rae nas chranit, aby nebyla nahla a zla!" pravila babieka uleknuta.

"Bojim se toho," rekl mlynak; "men jsme po kolik dni uz poledni vary, na to priSly deSle y horach, jak mleei tarn odtud piisli povidaji, jsou pry vSecky potoky rozvodneny, a snih frprkem. taje.

Bude tc letos, myslim, nekale. Ja jdu nyni rychle dome, a uklidime hned v gecko zlemu hostu z testy. Radil bych, abyste se take prichystali, opatrnosti nikdy nezbYva. Odpoledne prijdu se podivat.

Davejte pozor na prlbYvani vody vy ale, mala de'detko, nechod'te k Yodel" doloZil pan otec, gtipna Adelku do tvaii; po to ode gel ze staveni.

Babieka gla se podivat k splavu, postranach splavu byly hraze stavene z dubovYch dreven, mezi nimiZ vyrtistalo kapradi. Na stenach hraze videla babieka, ze vody pribylo, nejniZ gi sazenieky kapradin byly jia ve yode. Kusy drev, drnu a ratolesti stromn una gel SpinavY proud reky pies spla y. Starostlive vrati, la se babieka dornti. KdyZ sly kry, stalo se mnohdy, ze se nastavely u splavu, a proud reky struhou se Zena, staveni zatopil: valy bYval strach, kdyZ zadal led pukat, mlynar gti chodivali ustaviene na strati, aby se kde moZna nebezpeeenstvi prede glo rortrhovanim ker stavicich se v hory. Ale proti pohorske povodni ne.bylo iibrany. Jako na di yem koni prihnala se voda z hor, vzala na ceste v ge s sebou, co se ji v cestu stavilo, rortrhala hraz a brehy, vyvratila stromy i staveni, a to v ge v takevem kvapu, de se bide ani vzpamatovat nemohli. Proto take babieka zku'Sena toho, jak domt hned radila, aby se dely pripravy k odklizeni yeti ze svetnic na huru, coa se take hned del°.

Mezi tim pri g el pan myslivec, kterY jda z lesa okol pily, byl jiZ sly gel, ze ptichazi velka voda, a stoupani 'reky pozoroval.

"Ty edeti by y arn jen prekaZely, a kdyZ by prig lo zle, co s nimi, ja, je vezmu s sebou nahoru," a hospodyne byly jeho nabidnuti rady. Odna gelo se, uklizelo, drtlbeZ se odstehovala na stran. Straeka se odvedla k myslivcovtim.

"A vy jdete nyni za detmi, aby ta pani nemela. vge na starosti," pravila babi'dka dceri a Bette, kdyZ bylo v ge usporadano, "ja tu s Vor gou zustanu. Prijdeh voda do staveni, vylezeme na hfiru, a tak ale snad, da Panbt-th, nebude, aby nas vzala i se stavenim; neni sem tak spadno jako ke mlyrni, ti .chudaci jsou huge na torn." ((PokraaovD.ni.)

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(Pokraeovani.)

Poklepaval Slabinovi po ramenou a bo• dke se smal. To pry je co fiat, naponejpry miti hned dedice jmena. Podal ruku stare Prachatove i Dote a naposled Slabinovi.

Ten, jak jeho ruku ucitil ye sve, dostal nejakY diva' pocit. Nemohl se ubra• nit, aby se na tu ruku nepodival. A jak ji uvidel, byl jako omraden — nemohl ani promluyit. Oei mu div nevylezly z Jakou to ma ten Kolat ruku.

Ta,kovou; prave takovou — jako ja ko — jeho dite.

13y-lo mu tak, jako by nekclo vzal ostr3i niiZ a vrazil mu ho do srdce. To neni jeho dite. To neni Slabinovo dite — to je ---dite Kolatovo.

Byl to nejakY Zert, nebo BoZi zkouSka ei trest za to, Ze Dora se jednou ottasla, kdyZ uvidela Kolatovu ruku, za ni2 nemohl, ei to bylo potvrzeni stare povery o zhlidnuti? MoZna, Ze to byla docela nevinna, htieka pfirody, ale jako z ni povstalo u Slabina souZeni.

Kdy2 Kolat odeSel, Jan jiZ na Zenu nepromluvil to noci nemel sluZlou zastupoval ho tu Kerbolec a on mohl jiti chtel. Netekl nieeho Dote, ani tchyni -vzal depici a plaAt' a odegel.

Narnitil si to rovnou cestou do vsi do hoSpody. Sedelo tam par mai, kteti men Zizeri, ale schazely jim penize. Slabina mezi ne a hned prohlaSil, ze dneS budou pit na jeho fleet, protole ma syna — haha — a musi to oslavit. $klebil se pti torn jako papirovSr oert a vyhodil na stul nejake papirky.

"Hej, hospodo platim vAecko. Naval pi• vo a slivovici! Pite co vain hrdlo radi, ja to zaplatim."

Ty stare zkuS'ene matky, ty inueednice a trpitelky, ktere mely tak east° co einiti s opilyln muZem, spravne od opileho mute je lepe jiti dal, ale co2 mohla Dora udelat, kdyZ leZela v posteli a /ilea dite u prsou.

Stara to hned zpozorovala, sotva Jan veSel do clveti, Ze je v podrou genem stavu a nemalo se zalekla.

Nemela ani tu geni, Ze tohle Slabina dela a bylo ji v srdci vgelijak.

Sama mela s timhle rilzne zkuSenosti a ptala, dceram, Ze snad budou miti v

tom ohledu lepe.

KdyZ se tatik Prachatil napil, umel b'ti velice protivnSr. Pravidelne vedl svou a hiedal ptieinu, aby se mohl hadat.

Prachatova, si na to nekdy steZovala, ale pti torn si ptece pochvalovala: "E g -te,Zsnpreatiskndob.T tainhle strejc z Dubu —" Ted' byla VAecka polekana — pohledla na dceru i na zete a myslila, jakou pak . ma asi Jenda vopici?"

Nu, Upine neztratila hlavu, to je pravda, byla Zivoteni otrkana, a vedela, Ze to nic neni, mala, opice a to zvlaAte pH takove ptilehtosti, kdyZ se ndm narodi prvni deck° a je'Ste k tomu kluk.

VSak aZ jich bude via, ono se to slavit nebude. Tak ted' jen ptijde o to, dostat Jendu zaveas do postele a vystihnout praYou chytrosti, jak s nim zachazet. S ta.tou donia to umela znamenite. Mnoho nemluvila, jen ho nutila, aby se svlekal, zouvala mu honem boty a kalhoty a taha la ho z kabatu. — pti tom zhasinala a tvrdila, Ze je moc pozde a nutno se vy• spat do poklidu a jak ho mela pod petinou, uZ to bylo v suchu.

Pak mu ptistavila k posteli puUnku, kdyby snad poZitY netad chtel yen a bylo dobte. Ale jak' bude tenhle?

Dora se zdesila, kdyZ uslykla Jenclay teak' krok a jak se hrabal do dveti take ji2 vedela, co se stalo, ale neodvaZovala se eni ozvat.

Jenda v§ak nebyl potichu, postavil se doprostted svetnice a ktikl velitelsky: "Rozsvit'! Himl sakra — ptikl sem domu, nebo k cizejm. Takhle dyby pffiel pan inspektor, to bys rozsvitila a vyskoeila, co? To bys byla vzhilru a to bys posluhovala, Pro Honzu je vS'ecko dobrS7 — lezig jak jalovice a eves!"

Co dovede opil "3.7 muZ? naaavat a roztahovat tu nejvetAi sprostotu.

"No — no — Jendo — no no," zaeinala staid, chytte ho chlacholit, "helet' ja, ti pomfdu a pojd" spat — rano musg k vlaku — hnedle bude den. Ja ti uvatim tro§ku dernYho kafe na spraveni —" Ale Jenda, se nedal uchlacholit. Rozhodil rukama, div tchyni nesmetl a zaeal nadavat i ji.

Dora nebyla v tech zale gtostech honena a pustila se do plade, "Jendo -- pro Boha -- co tohle — Lae to main. To sem si nemyslela."

Tim ovkm, Slabinu jen popudila. "Co me to maS, ty cle yko? ESte se pt6.0 To za ciziho parchanta. Jo., vas nekdy voba zabiji — vy —" a na vratlirch nohou se blilil k posteli.

Dora fipine zmatend neeekala, aZ se ptiblili — popadla deck° a jak byla, vyskoeila z postele.

"Jeligi Kriste, mamitnko," a utikala pies kuchyni na dvorek a do ranniho :Sera.

Ze svetnice se ozYval rachot natadi —

Strana 23 t •esk a finkot nadobi V prve chvili mela Dora chut' utikat vskoeit tam, aby se zachranila a mega pokoj. A piece chtela Zit a uchovat i chlapeeka, ktereho mela jiz ted' zoufale rada.

Poznala hned, co si Jenda mysli — podezira ji, Ze to Me neni jeho.

Stragna ktivda se ji zakousla do srdce.

Bole jak mohla mit /Ida toho zleho eloyeka? Kdo mu dal pra y°, aby ji tak tupil a ura,Zel? Sedela na dvorku na dtivi a zMene poslouchala, co se Ole ye svetnici.

Maminka se za ni vykradla.

"ChceA z toho mit smrt? Dyt' se nastydneg a decko taky."

"Co Jenda?" chraptive septala Dorotka.

"Sedi u stolu, ma hlavu na rukou, asi ted' bude spat. Pojd' do kuchyne, ti dam 'Aaty a vemu to dom. Tady neinfiZe bejt — dokad' se to neurovna."'

A kdy2 dceru strojila, povidala septern.

"Rekni mile to, jako svej mame — elas nem s tim, jak ho to jmenoval? Co mu to napadlo?"

"Maminko, ja," pla,eem se dusila azvolala Dora. "JO. ti piisaham pH Pan g} 40hu, Ze ani jednu mySlenku. To von — Jenda — je takovej blazen — souZi„xne s tim ustaviene."

"Jd si taky myslim. Dyt' sme to v bdzni BoZi vychovali. Ja sem se taky.alohla met v mladi lepe neZ se main, dybych byla takova, ale ja sem si clayala cycky na sobe zaleZet a taky semrVA.in to vgtepovala. Tak pojd' dom! Tady nemitZeZ vostat — poSleme sem tatu."

Vzala, dite do pliny a dceru pod yaZi. "At' si tu dela, co chce, takovej troiba," povidala ve dvetich.

"Co bude s viakem —"S'eptala- Dora, "za chvilku pojede ja, nevim, je-li tu eSte Kerbolec."

"E — at' je co je! Jak si udeld, , tak bude met!"

Sly v rannim svitani smutnou cestou k ciomovu. Takhle si to Dorotka neptedstovala.

• * V zamku a v pivo yate tekly vkm, ze je Dora po malem jakasi darebna, takZe si ji matka ptivedla.

"Na par drill," tlkala stard, "neZ si'vodpoeine. Doma je doma, ja, i zastanu."

Zenske se sbihaly podivat na dite a ygecky radily. Jedna, Ze je tteba to drZet v teple, aby yydrZelo a druhd, 4-se to ma, nakutovat.

Dora byla malomluvna a kdy2 byla sama, tu si zaplakala. Uralka, kterou ji s3 enda vmetl do tvaie, j iprilis bolela a nevedela, jak ho vlastne piesvedei, Ze to je ktivda.

PtiSla take sleena, Olga se podivat a byla pro robatko vi'ecka iiadS'ena. Sale

3T se vypttivala na jeho vlastnosti a mnoho se mu podivovala.

Nemela ye sve blizkosti nikdy male dite, tak ji ptipadalo, jako zazrak.

Donesla nejake kousielcy latek, aby mu z nich Dora nalila pradelko a Sateeky.

KdyZ" start Prachai' uslylel co od n'„a1 chteji, 2e ma jit a Slabinovi vlecko vymlouvat, tu se poclrbal mrzute za uchern.

"Jo ja," zavreel. "Co ja tam svedu? .8ak me mate, ze nejsem zrovna mot vejteenej a nedokaku-li to Z'enskY, tak ja to nesvedu. Vostatne, ja u vas nebyl, tak ja nevim, co ste meli s tim nanem Kolatern nebo jak se mu tika."

Dab to mnoho prate, ne2 si dal Mel, ale v nedeli si vzal svateeni kabat a 'lel.

Cestou se zastavil ye dvou hospodach, ably si dodal kuraZe, ale veal, jak mnoho mute vypit, aby se mu nematl rozum.

Jan. Slabina 211 ty dny jako pavouk vo sve pa.vueine. Zase jidal studenou vede17i a k snidani mel kavu od yeereflka. prve chvili, lcdyZ se vyspal na stole a musel, jenom na polovic strizlivY k vla)u.1, popadl, kdo mu byl nejbliZe aby se

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ale brouk mu sedel na mozku stejne neodbytne.

Byl na zasta yoe sam a podzimni vitr mu zacinal fleet v konrine.

Tech pdr dnu bylo deltivo a vitr foukal od zapadu. StudenY deSt' sekal do oken a kdyZ lel na pochdzku po trati, stekal mu po tvatich a s eepice za, mac.

KclyZ si to uvedomil, jak dobte mu bylo pa celou zimu a ph jarnich pliskanicieli a jak mu bade leto,s, padala na nej tiha a Cal, Ze to nemohl ani A jak tu bylo smutno po Dote, po jejim veselem hlasu, po jejim eilem pobihani, po jejich pilnYch rukou.

Kdy2 uvid4l jejiho otce, byl skarn rad, ae se zalekl. Co vlastne bude?

Sal otci vstiic, rozpaeite se usmival a neochotne mu podal ruku.

Prachai- take ne yedel co a jak ma Mei, lel tedy se zetem do bytu a povidal nej apne : "To je poeasi, co? Jako vo dulieka,ch jdtku. Leze to do tela a nevypada to, Ze by bylo zejtra, lepsi. Esli se to nezme-ni, tak to tak vostane dovi jak dlouByl to Kerbolec kterY vida, v jakem je ho."

Slabina stavu a Ze mu Zenske i s diteSlabina pokyvoval. tem za ranniho fisvitu najednou "Je to troSku brzy. Ja myslim, ze ptizilstal jegte na zastavce. dou vacla yskY easy a ‘Ze se to polepli."

Pravil si, i jemu, ze pozna yame v nehoTo byla tee jako rozpravka. de nejlepe sve ptatele Z'e ho nemdZe oSedli si proti sobe a Jan Slabin gt ptistrpustit. ell tchanovi cigarety, "Kuite, tati! A co Jan Slabina byl v takove nalacte, delaji doma?" potteboval dfivernika. Mel hlavu jeSte o"Hir. — co delaji. Proto prave du. Chci mamenou a rozumu uZival jen zpola. Sese to jako ptat co tento. Mas u nas del pak s Kerbolcem v kancelatiku a nu a mne stara povidala, aby ch sem dovlecko mu to 2aloval.

- p ti tom se hloupe uskliboval, plakal s le'. Dyt' to taklec nejde. Nebude nic do knrnickS7rni posuriky a Aeptal s hlasitYrn ni ani do tebe — a co lidi. Ja si myslim je to flaky, aby tak tek, nedorozusykotern o nevete sve 2eny s Kolatem. rneni.

NaSe Dorotka nejni takova — to Ural* se mu s tim hriupem zahodila -tetl' toho ma hmatatelnY ddkaz deck° zas mama i deveata, zkratka, ja je mu docela podobno a co hla yne, ma main deti vytrestanY." Chudak Prachai aZ se zapotil. Vytahl po nem zrddriou ruku. irodry kapesnik a utiral si jim eel°.

KalnYma Galina hledel pti torn na Jan Slabina koutil cigaretu a hledel Kerbolce, jako by ho prosil, aby mu to na jeji modravy kout, svijejici se v vyyracel. krouZky nad stolem.

Ale Kerbolec?

"Ja to vSecko vim a uznavam, ale cly2 To mu ani nenapadlo. Nevetil von ten Koldt ja nevim prod se tak ant tem nejleplim, nedrZel ani na sveti- upnul. Potade sem jezdi a neda i pokoj. ce, byl jejich neptitelem a proto Zive A to deck° — no — ja nevim ma ruplikyvoval a rikal, Z'e to mute bYt a Z"e ku jako von a tak—" tako ye deck° Bohem tak poznamena"To se mohla taky na ricm zhlidnout. no, aby se dokazala nevera Z'enina.

A Dora povidala, 2e spadla s naspu, "Nejlepli udelal, dyt' i vy'Zenel a na si ruku vocitela—to mute met taky z toKolate si posvitiA, aby platil! Sak je ho. No, ja ti povidam — Dora nejni tatak at' tedy plati, no ne? A Ze- kova ja sem jeji tata a ja se i chci nu at' si tedy venaz 1 s fakanem. Ty s eistYm svedomim zastat." bud' sam a budeA met pokoj!"

A stary se trochu naptimil.

"Nevopoultej me," hekal Slabina, "bud' "Dyt' je mi i lito. Furt jen place tu u me. Budem spolu, jako dva sirot- stara, s ni dyt' je to moje decko," doci,!' a plakal plaeern dal skom plaetive.

NeZ poses start' Prachat, mel Jan SlaJan Slabina ptirnhoutil prudee 001.• bina jiz hlavu ovetaalou. Parkrat se vy- Sal mu do nich kalif a jelte neco. "Ja spas a vlecko bylo jine nez v prve chvili, si zejtra na yeeir pro Dorotku ptijdu. Dy-

17,7, rtf-111, OnP C. film 1954 byste mohli dat koedr, abych si 1 vodyes — pfeci nepude pelky. A na deck° dejte pozor, je to talcovY chucla( plc. — at' to neurnte."

Prachat byl poteen a :lel klicineji domd — -Tim se Jan Slabina nikomu nepochlubil, ze si zajel veera vlakem do inesta a tam vyhledal lekate. Byl to jistY doktor Sedmikrasa, velmi oblibenY chirurg, porodnik a psycholog v jedne osobe.

Na venkove je to tak zpravidla,, doktor musi delat vlechno a vlernu musi rozurnet.

Slabina se s nim trochu znal doktor Sedmikrasa jezdil Oast& vlakem a nejednou vystupoval, nebo eekal na zastavce.

Byl k lidem a znal kaZdeho v celem girolcem okoli. Jan Slabina si k nemu zajel a se sv'm souIenim se mu svetil. Stalo se mi to a to — je-li to innZny, aby dite zdedilo takovou vec.

Doktor Sedmikrasa byl 1:1Z" stary a znal dobte lidi. Vedel, Ze east° je chile2itejSi leeeni dule neZ' tela. Vlecko to pozorne vyslechl a pak se dal Slabinovi do smichu.

"Povidate, ze ten dotyenY si zrnrzaeil ruku v tezaece? Jak by bylo mcZno, aby to dite po nem zdedilo? A k tomu jelte vale dite. Nepovidejte mi takovy nesmysl. Olovek ptijede na dresine, je u vas chvileeku uZ by tam plodil clecko? A zae byste stab vy, kdyby vale mlada nemela prvni dite s vami? Jclete domil a netrapte sebe i ,11. Radeji se starejte, aby deck° dostalo tadne oletteni a je-li malno, aby mu byla rueka, spravena."

Jan Slabina se vracel mnohem klidnejli a zase td se daval na pokani.

Jak jen ma jit pro Dorotku a co ji tekne? Nelel zitra, neSel ani pozitiku, ale bylo mu stale smutneji a nemohl to jit vydrZet. Poeasi se neleplilo a v clemku bylo tak stralne nefitulno, vlecko studilo a hla,s — -Dorotctinn mu tolik schazel Kdy2 zase ptilel Kerbolec, aby tu drel tekl mu, Z"e musi odejit a hned se take piiznal: "Pudu si pro 2enu. Je to tu bez ni darebnY." Kerbolec na nej vykulil 001.

"I ptes to, .Ze vil ---" "E houbec vim. Neco mi vlezlo do hlavy, ale ted'ko se mi tv rozleZelo. Dora je hodna a deck° je my. Pudu si pro ni, je tu vlecko nohama vzhdru —" a aby jaksi zahladil ten vnittni smysl svych slov, dodal drsne: "Abych sam dojil kozu a vohledaval slepice ne? To se pro me neslull." nejsel holt sobestaenej," minil "Hm Kerbolec, "to ja si vlecko udelam, jen clyZ mfiZu bejt sam. Zena je ode mne uZ

Ve stfedu, dne 6. fijna 1954. davno prye."

Jan Slabina jit neodpovidal. Nejak mu bylo trapno pied Kerbolcem, radeji mrdel a chystal se jit na cestu.

U Prachafft till v napeti. Tatik ptigel s vykizenim, to si Jenda ptijde pro Dorotku zitra a zatim jit uplynuly trf dni a Jenda nikde.

Dora piestala plakat a vedela, te mu zase odpusti. Co ji zbkva? Jen kdyby h dal, aby do nej vstoupil Duch Svatk a aby se urnoudtil... Det'atko se melo k svetu. Sice stale spalo, ale pilo a jevilo znamky tivota.

Pokttili je v tichosti na linen° Jan Toma.S. Jan po tatovi, jak radila stars Prachatova, at' pry je to jak chce, Slabina bude rad a TomaS po declovi, kterk ho drtel na rukou.

Toho tketiho dne pozde odpoledne najednou pfiSel Slabina.

Bel pomalu, jako kdyt ho stria — 'SW se mu asi tak, jako kdyt byl malt a mel si jit ye S'kole ke stupinku pro vkpra.sk.

Tchkne ho ptivitala v sini a povidala trochu jizlive a trochu bodte: "A pekne vitaml To sou k narn hosti.

2es k nam trefil, eloveee, ut's tu nebyl naxamne dlouho."

"Mam potade slutbu tak — je Dora v sednici?" odpo yedel rozpaeite.

"I je nekde na zahrade s plinkama.

VeSi to tam. Di do sednice, ja i zavolam."

Jan Slabina. vegel. Bylo tam ptijemne teplo a dite spalo na posteli, zarovnane petinkami. Bylo stale jests ubohe. Mileejieek melo promodralk a rueinky schovane v rukavcich. Stanul nad nim a zamySlene se na ne dival.

Mel pki tom zarnraeene ;oboe'.

Po drahne chvili pkiSla Prachafove, a Dorotka s ni.

Tchyne ho ptivitala, ale Dora se jen podivala 'takovkm nejakkm smutnkin a vyeitavkm pohledem a netekla, nideho.

"Je to pokade student, jak vo vSech svatejch. To bude darebnk kopani brainborti," zaeinala Prachatova, "a na votavy to taky za nic nestoji. Ut aby se svaZely a prSi do kupek PanskY tam maji eSte len — Safe: nadava, jako dyby zato nedo moh."

"Jednu slepku ti zajel vlak," povidal Jan Dote, neveda nic chytkejAiho. "Bylo po ni hned. VoAkubal sem i a je ve sklePe.."

"Kerou?" Dora se zeptala. "A jak se to spalo? Nikda neAly na koleje?"

Mluvili chvili o slepici a byli radi, maji pfieinu k rozpraire.

"Koza taky ut malo doji. Musts se na to podivat. A kde je tatinek? Muslin s nim mluvit."

"No, sedni, dyt' je eas," pobizela zase Pracharova.

"Sleji ti troAku eaje pro zahriti. Tata

V tS TN f K — WEST, TEXAS koupil rum, tak bude silnej.

Slabina se nemohl zbaviti rozpakti.

Sedl si za stuff ate na nem leZel kalendar, jai se y nem listovat.

Dora vzala dite a pfebalila j e, pak je chvilku budila a kdyt se ozvalo, dala mu pit.

Jako by se mute stydela, sedla k nemu zady a pkikryla si ramena Satkem.

"Pije?" Jan se na ni dival. "Pak snad pfeci poroste. Je to slabouekk, musime nekarn k doktorovi."

Dora nekikala nidehe. Citila stale jests proti Jendovi odpor. Mela pine nitro talu a strachu. Zaene-li zase vyeitat a uratet?

Ale on vypadar neobyeejne krotce a mime. Kdyt Prachakova vySla na okamkik do sine, ptistoupil blite a krotce se zeptal: "PojedeS se mnou dom? Prosim te, DoritSk•, pojed' — ja ut ti nebudu nic vyeitat."

Dora neodpovedela. Sklopila hlavu a zat'ala zuby, Vtom veSla Prachakova a Jan si Sel sednout.

S veterem ptiSel tatik a piivital tete.

"Jo —to bys chcel, abych vas vet — ale nesky ut to nejni k tadani. .8afal by brudel, kone zkusili, byli sme pro dtivi.

Leda zejtra po fajrunku. fteknu to panu spravci."

Tak nezbkvalo Jendovi, net klusat pied ptilnoci zpatky sam a eekat, pkivese-li tchan jeho rodinu, ci bude-li nucent jiti tam jeSte jednou.

Nazitti pkijeli. Dora s ditetem v naruei. Prachat je slotil a povidal: "Tak ua si tu riak porad'te, ja musim hnedky zas dom!" Dal s Bohem a gvihl do koni."

Dora nesla klouaka. a Ala nejak teice.

•Jen letmo se podivala na mute, kterk prave spougtel zavory.

Tocil klikou a vital ji rukou i oehna.

Nakladni vlak jit koutil v zatoei, proto nemohl se :tenou promluvit. Ale jakk mu spadl kamen se srdce.

Dora je doma, ach, ut nikdy nenecha, na to dojiti aby zase odeala.

Vlak supal a rachotil a Dora jit byla v kuchyni. Pane Bole, tam to vypadalo! Nadobi nemyte po vkcky ty dny a nezameteno, nevyvetrano — lole v po-kojf bylo jako cikanskY pelech.

S povzdechem polotila chlapeeka na svou postel a odkladala Salu, kabat a zouvala si boty. Byla unavena, jako by byla tu cestu konala peAky.— Dite spalo, mohla se tedy dat hned do Uklidu.

Rachet vlaku j1Z doznival a muZ phAel do kancelare prim° eekarnou. Slykla jeho kroky, ba, slysela, kdyl vsteupil do kuchyne, ale ani se neohledla. Uvazovala si zasteru, a hledala klice, aby 'Sla pro drivi do killny.

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"Vitam te, Dorug ko," povidal krotce, "to sea hodna, te ses vratila. Co dela Jenfeek, nestune?" Stoupi u postele a hledel na nemluvne, ktere eels zaobalene v pline a petince, tie spalo.

Dora na nej chladne pohledla a mist° ,cdpovedi se zeptala: "Je jakk dtivi nagtipank? Musime zatopit, je tu jak v morne."

"Jo, o, ja ti ho ptinesu," byl hned ochoten a betel yen, nabral nartio pOlinek a ut s nim byl v kuchyni.

"Jo. ti zatopim, poakej, postav si vOcht„ budeSli koupat. A potkebujeg brambory na veeeki? Ja ti je pkinesu."'Ut se te-, Sil na polevku, nebot' po v‘SeckY ty dny nem& v Ustech teplou ltici.

Dua se dala hned do price, ale mluvila, jen co musela. Zadnou rozpravu s nun nezavadela.

Rikala sama sobs v duchu te se ne/Mite na Jendu ani podivat.

Ve skuteenosti ji to Maio dobte, jak j e schliplk a krotkk a piece jen ho mela rada, co je vSecko platno.

Net byl veder mela vSecko ponektkl spokadano, nadobi na mists a utien prach, zality kvetiny za oknem i zametenu dekarnu. Dite bylo velmi hodne, nebu vlastne velmi mdle, takte stale spalo.

Dala mu pit v torn spanku, ptebalila je a dite spalo dale.

Net odjela z domova, povidala ji mal. minka: "No, tkebas to unite. Pambieek si to vezme a ty budeS met pokoj. Jenda ne-! bude videt tu rudieku a zapomene, jak to tej ral.'

Dora by byla pki torn vyktikla bOlesti a jests ted se chvela, kdyt ptebalova la hubene noaieky, kladouc mezi ne cipy pleny a tajne polibila znetvokenou '1.47* eieku.

Ne, Pane Bote, ty bo nemilteS stit, aby Dote unatelo. Za jedno je ana strag ne rada, je to piece krev z jeji.kr7 y e a pak — to elite musi lakt Jendovi podobno, aby poznal, jak ji umfelo, nikdo by ji neuvekil.

Potom Skrabala brambory a praZila na omastku mouku a dala varit hoUby a krupici na polevku.

Jan priSel z venSi a kdyZ ucitil hub, marjanky a pra,Zeni, mel us, taKe."y ou shut', a2 se za ni stydel.

Polevka byla znamenita. Jen co je pravda, Dora umela dobke vatit, on jale-; tiv nejedl tak dobre polevky, jako la ona.

Jedli.a Jan si dvakrat pkilil a stale tie-. co zatinal. Dora vSak odpovidala jenom kuse a chladne, mnoho nejedla, ale koll= krat od jidla odeSla, aby se podivala'na. chlapeeka.

Kdyt sedela naproti, tu se Jenda na ni dival a zaleval ho litost. Dora vypadala hrozne Spatne, mela oei ye tmaykeli obloudkach a v tvatiftia uAla propadlifly.

Strana "MusiS hodne ist a nee° lepdiho," napomenal ji, "ten porod te sebral a nejeky, jak dite pije, musid mit taky dobrou travu."

"Ani mi moc nechutna," tekla zase chladne," a Jenieek moe nepije. Mliko mi az zbejva."

Jan musel jedte pied ptijezdem vlaku po trati. StalYmi dedti se zesul nasep a vtcly ho spadio kus na koleje.

Slabina byl upozornen ze stanice, aby byl obezilelY, musel se tam podivat pled ptijezdem katcleho vlaku.

Znovu zacinalo prdet a student' vitr mu prolezal at do kosti..

Sel s postavenYm limcem kabatu a klatil pomalu lucernou. Myslil na Doru, jak je prepadla a smutna a nitro se mu zalevalo laskou i litosti.

Kdyby to jen pochopila, jak ji ma rad, tak by mu snaze odpustila. Vedel, te ji prosit a hledal slova, ktera by na ni nejlepe pasobila..

Na trati nebylo nic, mohl se lined zase viatis. Odbyl si pilijezd i odjezd osobniy laku a mluvil chvilku se sedlakem Lhoty, ktery s nim byl znamY a mei pied sebou cestu do vzdalene vsi.

Potorn se vratil do bytu a byl rad, te bude mit pokoj at do tti hodin s noel.

Dora jit letela.

Dite mela vedle sebe a trail byla zabo •ena do paldtate, ale nespala. Melea otevtene oei, kdy ho ale spatula, pomalu, jako. unavene je zaviela.

Trochu se odstrojil a del k ni — prised' si na postarnici postele a sahl ji na ammo.

"Ty se ate zlobis, DoruSko? Pane te prosim, vodpust' mi to at ja ti sliviiju, te to bylo naposled. Vii, ja sem se tenkrat ptenahlil — v hospode mi deli vypit takovY svinstvo, mne to vieFlo clo hlavy a udelalo to ze me nemou var."

Dora ho 'easteene odstreila a odvratila hlavu.

"Co je to platnY, te toho litujed, dyt's mi Udelal takovou hanbu a vostudu.

Kerbolec vs torn iste vi a ten to wady roznese a nade maminka — maminka myslela, dovi jak dobie sem se vdala.

Je s tim cela rozeilena a tatinek taky.

Jo. se za to tolika stydim, dyt za nic nemiltu."

A Dora se dala tide do place. Jak leteslzy ji stekaly az po spancich.

"Dorudko, prosim te, pro nadi lasku rid jak sine byli st'astny a jak sine se meli radi. To je vdecko z ldsky. Main vo tebe takovej strach, nevim jak bych iii bez tve lasky. Jen profs sem to udelal.

Prosim CO, vodpust' mi to, at nikd y, jak sem tu pied Bohem, te nebudu podeztivat.A Jan se svezl u postele a tak dojemse ji srdce piece jen za.ne ji proSil,

VEST Ni K — WEST, TEXAM

raclovalo.

Tim ovSem neptestala plakat, naopak, jak se ji ulevovalo; Urn vice ji slzy lily a tim vice Jenda litoval a prosil.

Nu, koneene, co zbyla' Dote jineho, nez mu odpustit. Vzala ho kolein krku a plakala jedte dlouho a mnoho, ale jemu bylo pulls dobte, libal ji a sliboval a ujiSt'oval, te ji yeti a te je o jeji nevirmosti a eistote pilesvedeen, jako, we jmenuje Jan Slabina.

Nechal toho teprve, kdyt se maliekY probudil a zaeal slabounce plakat. Pak ho cystic vial na ruce, trochu ho hYekal a choral, net. si Dora ptipro.vila pietaky a vzala ho k prsu.

Pak se na ni dloulao dival a byl do ni vice zamilovan, ne2, kdy pied tim.

Dora kojila a byla zase spokojena, protote srdce teny uzje takove, te se spokoji, jakmile uslydi trochu netnYch slov a vyznani lasky.

Zase veiila, te bude dobie, te se Jenda polepSi a jit ji nebude tYrat. Ten vYlet doma trochu ∎odstanala a chudak, sama to odnesla.

Dostala kadel a rYrau a do jednoho prsu se ji slozila. ta natka. Bradavka ji praskla az do krve a to byla bolest. Trpela tim nekolik nedal. Bylo to hordi, net kdyby ji bolel zub.

Jenda s ni mel mnoho fitrpriosti vdecko clelal, aby ji zastal, aby ji pomold a ulevil a byl po tu dobu neobyeejne hodny. Malem by byla Dora na vsecko zapomnela.

Zase ji tedila prace i pri te telesne bolesti pracovala pilne v domacnosti, vde si tiklizela a potadala a protote ji kcupil ze same lasky na pane, nove Saty, take ye volne chvili dila.

Umela to ku podivu pekne, jako by se neueila jen tri mesice, nYbrt tti leta.

Jako by byla vytteend. V nedeli vkly Josefka se sifyin mutem, aby ji daty osludila a vydpendlila a pochovala ji kloueka.

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decko.

Toho roku byl kratkY masopust a Jan Slabina si vzpomnel, te by se sludelo, aby hezkou, mladou tenu vyvecil take do plesu.

Dora se tonal branila. Byla rada, te se ji bolest zahcjila a te ma doma pokoj.

Povidala, ze ji to stool, ale on stal na SV6111, jako aminene decko. Pry sem pozve svou maminku, aby pobyla rI Jenieha a oni pujclou.

Honem koupil ten es levne hedvabioko na daty a poroueel, aby si je udila. Dora by si byla racia zataneila, to je pravda, ale raela nejaky strach. Kclyt nedal jinak, telly se doptavala, do kterelae plesu by chtel jit a kdy by to bylo.

On si vybral pies teleznieatu, je pry to na sousedni stanici a lehko dostanou vlakem tam i zpet a bade tam jiste dopry jsou vesela ‘ bra zabava. Zeleznieati chaska.

Jab to Dora uslydela, fined se lekla at zbledla, ba vsi silou se postavila proti tome.

"Na ten ne, na ten ne!" volala cela podedena, "pane te prosim, Jendo, radeji nikam, net na ples Zeleznioain."

"Prot-?" nechapal. Matti jsou v naterych vecech east° alp ine nechapavi a zatemneni. Kdyt stale nerozumel, tu se dopalila a tekla mu ptimo: "Prot? Tak ti to ileknu uptimne. Tot' te tam bude Kolat. Motne, te by se mnou chtel tancova,t a ty bys delal zno vu pozdviteni. Chci met jit jednou svatej pokoj a raei, tisickrat rail, budu doma."

Chudak Dora. To si dala. Vklycky bYvala chytra, ale tentokrat prohloupila, te nemleela. Oerv, kterY nejakou dobu spal, najednou se opet probudil.

"A to je zyladtni," zvolal Jenda a zase tak Skarede se odklibl, "te ty dycky lined lea myslid na Kolate. Nejni-li ti nic do neho, pros se ho bcjIt? Ja myslim, te by ti moll bejt ukradenej, ne?

A jit nernel pokoje. Postavil si hlavu a te pajdou a pajdou a te ho anus" poDite se podivuhodne sebralo. slechnout, nechce-li aby si nee° myPilo pravidelne a dobie a vetAincu slil. spalo, eim2, sililo a bralo na sebe.

Dora mela velikou raclost a kikala: Napted plakala a prosila a valorovala "Potom at' nekdo tvrdi, te se osmime- a delala vdecko, jen by od toho upustil, sieni dite nevyc,hova. Jen, je-li k tiro- ale Jenda byl jako dub. Mavla tedy rutu!" A mela Jenieka tolik rada„ kou a silo si daty a kikala: "At' to doVelkY Jenda se do toho take until. padne jak chce!"

Vdemotne se snatil, aby t dokazal Dote, Pies telezniedini na stanici v Tovli byl te ma deck° rad, ale Slo mu to tetko. vtdycky peknY, veselY a skoro elitni.

Jakmile se poclival na jeho rueieku, seni sjela spoleeZdaleka a diroka vtcly videl Kolate a neco bolestneho se nost. v nem zdvihlo.

Dora mela daty tak pekne udite a tab Vetdinou si kloueka ne ySimal a tajne, ji sludely, te se na ni Jenda dival s velmi tajne si plat, co ani slovy ye svem nesmirnou zalibou a stale ji obchazel a srdci nikdy neptiodel, ani si to neuvedo- Chvalil. mil, kdyby tak tohle deck° umlelo — Jeho maminka, ktera Veera ptijela„ se Valne si ho nevdimal. Dela], radeji take divila a povidala, jab je ta Dovtecku motnou domaci praci, kterou i:aka Sikovna, te to udije jako dvadlena mohi 'team zastat, jen, aby -nemusel vzit (Pokraeovani.)

1 Ve stkedU, dne 6. kijna 1954.

KALENDAR ✓ nedeli kaklou prvni a tketi v mesici •dd Pokrok Houstonu potada taneeni zabavu, ktera je pro eleny kadu zdarma.

KaZdSr je uctive zvan. ✓ pondeli veeer kakUr tYden eviel se sborove zpevy dospelYch v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou Zadatek v osm veeer.

Ve stiedu veeer kaklY tYden jsou davany taneeni•a zpevni hodiny pro midde2 v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu, 1140 Robbie. Kati je uctive zvan. ✓ nedeli 10. kijna, tad Texasska Orlicedislo 13 bude miti spoleenou svaeinu hned po pravidelne schtizi. ✓leni a jejich rodiny jsou zvany k &Asti. 61enkyne jsou Zddany aby pkinesli kolade, caky aneb sanviche. ✓ nedeli 10. fijna pravidelna schfize Sokola Houston. Zadatek piesne ye 3:30.

Po schilzi ptatelska zabava a hry. ✓ nedeli 17. kijna potada, Sokol Houston posledni piknik tohoto roku v Sokolovne. Po obede hudba, hry, zabava. Sokol uctive zve krajanskou vekejnost.

V nedeli 31. fijna konference Svazu eeskoslovenskSrch Racionalistii v sini tadu 8tefanik v Houstonu. Blizai zpravy pozdeji. ✓ nedeli 7. listopadu tad Pokrok Houstonu els. 88 ptedvede de,ske divadlo odpoledne ye 3:30 hod. a veeer taneeni zabavu; pro eleny vstup zdarma na tanec.

Uctive zve vYbor.

V nedeli 19. prosince tad Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 potada vanoeni program odpoledne ye 3:30 hod. Vstup zdarma.

Uctive zve vYbor. )

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Jak lide poznavaji minulost zone Jak pozna lovec, kde ma hledat ptaka nebo zvet? Prozradi mu to stopy, ktere tato zvitata zanechala na Zemi. ZkuSenY lovec mute totiZ podle stop ureit dokonce i velikost a stari zvere.

Nekdy jsou tyto stopy sotva znatelne, jako zlornena vetev nebo sealapana. traVa. NezkuSenernu eloveku nereknou nic, nekdy je dokonce ani nezpozoruje. Zajeei stopy povaZuje za stopy psa a stopy losa za stopy kravy.

A:'2. do na'Sich dnir zachovaly se ye vrstvach pirdy nejen stopy zvirat, chodicich po mekkem, hlinitem btehu jezera, more nebo reky, ale nekdy i jejich kosti, ba i cele kostry.

Zbytky vym •elSIch Zivoaietra a rostlin, ktere nalezame v zemi, nazSrvaji se vykopavkami; vedei, kteri je zkoumaji a hledaji, jsou rovne2 lovci, ovgem "lovci vykopavek."

Jake poutave a fichvatne obrazy vylieit zku'Senjr lovec vykopavek! Ve srovnani s jeho . vypravenim i ty nejfan-

NittSTNf K WEST, TEXAS tastietejSi pohadky budou se zdat nudnYmi! Avb.k nejen Z1 ivi tvorove, ale i reky, jezera, more, vitr, OW, snih vAe, co se deje nebo kdykoliv se del° na Zemi, zanechava stopy sve einnosti, i kdy se vSechny tyto stopy samortejme nedochovary az do naSich dnil; tak inti2eme Gist historii Zeme jako v knize podle zbytkti, ktere se zachovaly v rilzriVch zemskSrch vrstvaeh, zkoumaine-li jednu vrstvu 'za druhou.

Aby bylo mono prodist velikou knihu historic Zeme, je nutne rozebrat a prokoumat stopy teto historic, ktere se ye vrstvach Zeme uchovaly. Wechny "stranky" teto "knihy" se ovSem nezachovaly. Wady se naSly pouze "stran" nebo dokonce jen jednotliva "pismena". K celkovemu shrnuti drahocenSrch Uryvktil z letopisu Zeme a k jejich proeteni je treba mnoho prate, znalosti, sil i easu, lasky i vytrvalosti.

Veda, za,bj/vajici se historii Zeme, naveda o Zemi. zkva se geologie Zaeatkem XIX. stoleti odkitteila se od geologic zvlaStni Veda — Paleontologie„ zkoumajici zbytky zivoei gneho a rostlinneho sveta. Paleontologie se dale deli na paleozoologii, zkoumajici zbytky ZivoCichil, a paleobotaniku. zkoumajici zbytky rostlin.

'Ink° se etc v histodii Zeme. JeAte ani dnes nevinie o Zemi v§echno, ale ka'ZdT rok nam prinaSi stale nove a nove objevy.

Velika je historic naSi planety! Kdybychem chteli napsat knihu o Zemi od okamLku, kdy se na ni objevil Zivot a yenovali katdemu stoleti pouze jednu stranku, byla by to kniha tlusta asi dve a pill mile. K pouhemu prolistovani teto knihy by nestaeil lidskSr 11vot. ) • 4 • VYBERTE SI DLE POTREBY Tiinact druhil certifilatA SPJST pro dospele: Ttida B: Ddivotni, poplatky se plati do smrti.

Tkida C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokii. PlnY1 obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v ptipadu Vida D: Poplatky se plati 15 rokti. PlnS7 obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Umrti.

Tkida E: Poplatky se plati 10 rokt. PlnSI obnos pojigteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu funrti Tfida F: Pln3"r obnos certifikatu je vyplacon po 15 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v pkipadu Tfida G: PlnY1 obnos certifikatu je vyplacen ve 20 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v pkipadu (Mud.

Btrana 27 Vida H PlnSr obnos certifikatu je v y

-placenodsaZeni65ltsa nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v pkipadu Vida I: Pornatky se plati 20 raft. Plnj obnost certifikatu je vyplacen po dosaZeni 60 let stati nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu

Ttida K: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. PlriST obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Vida M: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. Po dosaZeni 65 roku Glen dostava mesieni pkijem dokud Ziv. Zemte-li pted 80 lety stari, dedici dostanou mesieni pkijem do 80. v3iroei narozenin elena.

Ttida M-C: 17pisova, ochrana na 20 let, ktera se zmenkije, az zfistane vyplacene poji'Steni na $1,000.

Poji'Steni se vyplati kdykoliv v pripadu iimrti dle klesajici stupnice.

Vida N: tpisova, ochrana jen tern, kdo maji od SPJST vyptljeene penize.

Pet druhfi certifikatu SPJST pro deil: Tkida J-T: Doeasne pojigteni do veku 16 let, ktere se mute zmeniti na kterekoliv jine poj gteni po dosaIeni veku 10 let, nebo pozdej i.

Ttida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 roku, PlnY obnos pojiStoni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu iimrti ye veku od 16 let vYS1e.

Umrtni pojistka pod 16 let stall je dle stupnice.

Tkida L: Dvojnasobne Arazove pojiAteni (double indemnity). Certifikat se vystavuje pouze do obnosu $2,500, dodateene k jinemu certifikatu.

Tkida J-S: Popiatky se plati 20 rokii.

P10 obnos pojfAteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicit, $250, pod 12 mesicii, $500.

Tkida 1-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let stab. PlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 18 letech sta.ti nebo kdykoliv v pkipadu Umrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicii, $250, pod 12 mesicii, $500.

Ttida J G: Poplatky se plati 20 roku.

PlnSr obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 20 letech nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu (xmrti od yeku 1 roku. Do 6 mesica, $250, pod 12 mesica $500. (dz)

Ve Stkedu, dne 6. tijna 1954.

VtSTNiK

SOKOL, HOUSTON poiadi

WEST, TEXAS

Strana 29

ACADEMIC DRILLS AT THE

PODZIIVIN1 PIKNIK

DALLAS SOKOL GYMNASTIC

V NEDELI, 17. fliJNA

HALL 3700 Carl St.,

v sokolovne, 4514 Edsee St

Dallas, Texas

Houston, Texas

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1954

K obedu chutne Barbecue, zakusky a domaci peeiv.o

Po ob6de hudba a spole4e,'enski. zabava.

Doufame, ie nage vefejnost nas v hojnem poetu navgtivi a nage dobre snaky posiliv Uctive zve zabavni vYbor

TEL. JED. SOKOL Ft. WORTH Poiadi

PROGRAM AT 4:00 P. M DINNER AT 6:00 P. M. 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" 7. 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. "Ballet Dance" by Andrea Vodeltnal of Houston Sokol 12. Ft. Worth "Special Number" 13. Dallas "Special Number on Ladders"

DINNER Menu: Roast Pork — Dumplings — Sour Kraut

TANEtNi ZABAVU

Price: $1.00 per plate; includes drink and cake Children half price

v sokolovni 3221 N. W. 28th Street ve Ft. Worth, Texas

Addmisions: to program and Dance 75c per person

V SOBOTU DNE 9. IIIJNA

To Dance Only 50c per person

pre hudbe

CHILDREN TO BOTH UNDER 16 YEARS FREE

Releek Orchestru z Abbott, Tex.

Music for Dance by Sokol Band Net proceeds for building fund

Na hojnou iteast ztagich milStch krajanfi a pfatel se tegi

Come one, Come All and enjoy a full afternoon and sokolskf 7abavni vjtOr (c)

evening of Fine Entertainment.

Strana, 30

VESTNIK -- WEST- TEXAS

Kouzlo novoty a dloutCY zvyk, jakkoli sobe odporuji, zabrariuji nom rovnou merou postkehnouti chyby pkatel. * * Pkemnozi pkatele jsou znechuceni pkatelstyim a pkemnozi zbani znechuceni jsou poboZnosti.

Ve ettedu, dne 6. tijna 1054.

Ve starobe lasky jako ye starobe Z"iyota 2ijerne jeaie strastem, ale nelijeme radostem. * * Jest nejneklamnejSi znameni, 2e jsme se zrodili se stkvelYmi vlastnostmi, jsmeIi zayisti prosti.

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Jsme nekterou merou rieastni krasnStch einri, chvalime , li je un•imne.

OPTOMETRIST OPTICIANS

sinee 1938 Precision eye exarninations and a full y staffed optical !Lib furnishing fast and a georate service.

DR. THOS. N. DELAIIIY

5th Fiver--511ST Bi Ph. 3-3248

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SPRAVNE VYKONANA POEIREBNi SLU2BA V hodine 2alu zarmouceni naleznete Edward. Pace polite/3,M ustaV ponotovY k sympatickemu vytizeni nezbytnYch jednotlivosti a k vy' praveni dojemneho pohrhu.

Levne ceny jeou naAi zasadoU

CALDWELL 7. REINA ELCAMPO 20. RIJNA WALLIS 28. itiJNA Duporui;uji Vara ho.

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FILM

"HARIvioNIKAik,"

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COMPANY Jerome T. Kocian Fyhatovi abstrakty, viastnicke wave, vytizuje majetkove pojFeteni Uladovna nad Peoples State Bank Telefon do titadovny gislo b HALEETTSVILLE, TEXAS

Predvadi krasny film

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John W. Legikar

Lavaca Co. Abstract

Pohtebni teditel ben S.P.J.S.T.--TeL Prospect 3-3606 118 N. 5th St.. TEMPLE. TEXAS

SHINER 7. kiJNA ENNIS 28. itiJNA

BAY CITY, TEXAS

IDr. Chas. J. Hollub

Darkove Adolph D. Pavliseek PRAvNiK

do Ceskoslovenska vytizuji.

Jsem zastupce pro firma Gift Parcel New Yorku.

PoteSte sire &MI6 zaslanina balieku ze SvYearska a Danska

511-13 Shell Bldg

Mrs. B. Valcik

HOUSTON, TEXAS

8631 Dieeman Drive Dallas 18, Texas

Ernest J. Hanka PRAVNIK 408 Houston Title Bldg, Dallas and Caroline Sts. HOUSTON 2, TEXAS TELEPHONE: Preston 0883 ,IMMNI■511.1■INIFIMM.GISMIN

Kacii LA.,,,:ar a Kacii PRAVNICI TEMPLE, TEXAS fitadovna 2nd Floor Temple National Bank Building

Victory Court_ Charlie Cerny, Owner & Operator AIR CONDITIONED 0 SWIMMING POOL O PRIVATE BATHS PLAY GROUNDS O TELEVISION O RADIO O AAA APPROVED

1125 Austin Hwy. U. S. 81 N. San Antonia, Texas Phone TA 6-9146

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Ceskjr Eeltat a Operater HOUSTON, TEXAS Telefon res.: Twinoaks 1222 Telefon iliadovny: Pres 2553 711 Medical Arts Building

Hilsher's Home Supply Co. 2020 Washington Alt AT-8424 5824 N. Main TW-1441 5225 Washinton TW-3387 9219 Jensen Dr. OX-2-5031 HOUSTON, TEXAS For All Your FURNITURE APPLIANCES and EVERYTHING ELSE FOR YOUR HOME Be Sure to See

HILSHER'S and get wrITE BEST FOR LESS" CASH OR EASY TERMS Your Satisfaction Guarantied And Free Delivery Service VASE CESKE OBCHODY

Ve stfedn, brie 8. fliTia 1954.

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'Waif Oznamovatel I ar

Ptijme se: — Mechanik k spra y

-kambicyftmocyklfi.Dbraptlektost pro vas zde. Telefon Riverside 3377, Dallas, Collect.

(40-41p) • wl Zena sttednich let hledd praci jako vedeni domacnosti pro star giho pana, neb manZele. 'adosti za glete na znaeku 4-5 Vestnik, West, Texas (40-41p) • &•

Podekovani My jsme velmi vdeeni Dr. Broden za vge, co pro nas ucinil, pravi pan a pant Frank J. Pilaik st., z East Bernard, Texas, testa 2, Box 204.

Sest nas a mole marAeirca, na g syn a jeho 'tena, a na ge dye dcery, byli vgichni nemocni, nekteii z nas zkusili jsme mnohe leky, ale nic nam nepomahalo. Kdy2 jsme se &Odell od jinYch, co Dr. Broden vykonal pro ne, rozhodli jsme se dati mu ptilditost co nas posledni pokus. Nekteti z nas trpeli jsme na nemoc Ater, dalgi neduh srdeeni a dalg i vodnatelnost; moje manZelka byla ochromena na nohy.

Nektera deveata trpela na sinus, jedna trpela nasledkem 'ZenskYch organft. Mezi gesti nami, melt jsme snad vgechny nemoce zname lidstvu, ale jsme nyni, kdy pigeme 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., fitaduje v pondeli, v itterY a ye sttedu v Hallettsville, ye etvrtek, v patek a v sobotu nad Hallettsville Hardware Store. (dzc)

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esky kiest'anskS7' R diovy Program Kaidou nedeli odpoledne z techto stanic: Brenham, Texas — KWHI

wrSP.r. titlAs

LIRE PESTUJi NEMOC UMELE (Napsal Prentice Mulford) Cim vyggi jest vase organisace a elm jest otevtenej gi Zivctu vy ggimu, tim snaze podleha rozhoteeni nad tim, co se deje nad tim pternnohYm, pachanym zlem. MUZete sotva vyjiti na venek, abyste netrpeli du gevne i telesne. Vage domy, vozy a lodi jsou v zime pietopeny a jsou napineny jedovatYmi yYpary z pouZiteho paliva, jako2 i ySipary, vystupujicimi z lidskYch tel, ktera jsou nacpana. Jste nuceni spati v pckojich, v nicM toto nezdrave horko bYva easteene snaaeno, ponevad2 vas ve spanku ohtiva. Vdechujete je, kdyZ jste v bezvedomem stavu odpoeinku a probouzite se s nim, vtelujice je do sve bytosti. Pii nejlep'Sich syS,ch hostinach soukromYch i vei.ejnS/ch, musite jisti veci zahnivajici a plisni pronikie. Jste mueeni pohledem na vSdevy krutcsti, surovosti a nespravedlnosti. V tom jest pievladajici mySlenka, jea jest einna v ovzduSi za.stupu a ktera pitsobi na vaai dual. kaZde hmotne veci kolem vas jest mySlenka nebo, je-li 'y am libo, jmenovati to tak, vtelena du'Sevni einnost a svetlost nebo temnota kaZde takove nahnile myglenky zaleli na stavu • ne veci.

SPOLEHLIVVA POHRORNICKA. SLI4BA ..sme pohotovi Va.m poslonZiti bez rozdilu jak daleko bydlite bez ja-,.. kehokoliv zvlagtniho poplatku...

S ne.mi mil2ete mluviti eesky. My nabizime Pohrebni PojfAteni pro kaZdeho elena rodiny.

Pete E. Ettlinger BUD'TE BEZPECNI Z NONAT Nikdy nezanedbejte ranyriz nuti, ttisku, pokhornkleni, zaro, stlY nebet, ttipnuti hmyzem vied, atd. Z techto mute nastati vazna infekce. Pourtjte NONAT se zru gne nadoby — a bud'te bezpeeni. Bud'te pohotovi pro nutnou ptihodu s NONAT —dokazane spolehlivY pies 5(

y 1:30 hod odp.

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

Rev. Karel Bohatoc (38-40c)

Btrana 11 Pojidate-li nezrale ovoce, mitZe yam to zptisobiti stievni chorobu, ale ovoce eerst ye a zrale vain dd naopak Zivot. Rozklad jest poru geni hmotne organisace, Proto se mate aiviti vecnti, jeZ jsou v dokc nale rovnovaze organisaeni -- nemaji bYti ani nezrale ani pfezrale. A take, jeI li varn to mo2no, ptejte si techto veci; kdy'Z jsou v nejpInej girn Zivote, abyste jej bezcleene ptijai.

Nevedome se protivite mnohYm zakontim telesneho i du gevniho zdravi a sice i v &Ate nedostatku. Pokud se tYee stravy, vzduchu a tepla, musite bYti easto'odvislYmi od umelYch nahraZek. A tak odvislYmi jste se ji2 namdili. Pti gli jste na svet s telem, jeZ se z oasti vyvinulo :v1ivem umele a nevhodne stravy a urnelY Zivot byl na vas ptenesen krvi nmohYch pokoleni. Tento umelY Zivot musi yam nejakYm zpilsobem dati bolest. Vale alkoholicke povzbuzujici prostkedky vas na okamZik rozjatuji, ale zanechavaji -potorn mnohem deli dcbu bolesti, aeltp1iv zlo alkoholu jest velmi male u porovna m se spoustami jinYch ptiein, jeZ kazi lidske zdravi dennim vlivem v gude kn.lem vas a zvla gte na mistech, kde jest mnoho lidi pohromade — jsou to veci tim nebezpeenej§i, ponevadZ jsou zeela nezname.

PRAVIDELN2 ITELIKOST 55c VELICA ilSPORN.6. VELIKOS1 $1.05 R. C. MILLER AND CO. Box 285

FUNERAL HOME Elsie PraMk-Ettinger damska pomocnice Telefonujte "collect" Tel 38, BELLVILLE, TEXAS

Marek Burns POIlitEBNi DOMOV V hodine zannutku najdete u nas n.ejlepil pohiebni obsluhu a cent'.,,,, leyne.

Tel prodavame pobfebni pojigteni od 1 mesice do 30 rokti sta.& Ambulance ve dne i v noci MAREK BURNS FUNERAL HOME Bill Marek a Bill Burns Telefon 546 TEXAS CAMERON,

jna 1954.

Ve sttedu, dne 6. fl

VESTNIK -- WEST, TEXAS

Strana 32

He Left His Family a Deed Not a Debt .

He had the SPJST plan Called Mortgage Cancellation

MORTGAGE INSURANCE can be arranged to take care of your debt

and your dear ones Ask any local SPJST representative or write to:

SUPREME BODGE E EMT' Temple, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . A.V-om-raaVm . . . . . tewso

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