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VYNATKY Z PROTOKOLU :Iff.TZE byla zahajena ptedsedou S Markem v 9:15 rano. Veichni .0.tednici a teditele Hlavni fdadovny byli ptitomni. Redaktor Valeik a teditelka Odboru Mlade2e, ses. Hilsher, take byli pritomni.

Po zahajeni schfrze, ptedseda Marek pronesl kratiok3'r proslov ke veem elendm Hlavni diadovny, v kterem je Zadal o jejich spolupraci a nejlepel snahu, aby novSt rok 1955 byl tim nejlep gim rokem jakS7 nag e Hlavni fdadovna kdy progila.

Protokol schtize Hlavni fdadovny, konane 12. iijna 1954, byl pak pteeten tajemnikem Chupickem. Tento protokol, po °prase nekolika meneich typografickS,ch chyb, byl jednohlasne schvalen. rt editelka Odboru mladde, ses. Hilsher, ktera, byla ptitomna ve schilzi, podala jeji zpravy za tre y a etvrte etvrtletj 1954. S jejImi zpravami ses. Hilsherova ptedloZila. Hlavni fdadovne a Zadala o zaplaceni (lath v obnosu $576.87, kterSr obnos, ona pravila, Se ji byl dluZnV za rfane vydani, ktere ona zaplatila, ve spo7 jeni s jeji praci co teditelka Odboru mladeZe Hlavni fdadovny. Po ptedloleni techto zprav Hlavni fdadovne, ona ptedetla jiste easti jejich spra y a take pteeetla east' dopist, ktere ona poslala registrovanou pogtou veem elentim Hlavni dadovny s jejIm psanhn co resignace, co teditelka Odboru mlade2e, od 31. prosince 1954. PonevadZ psani ses. Hilsherove, co teditelky Odboru mladeZe, datovane v prosinci 1954, ktere ona rozeslala na li gecky eleny Hlavni fdadovny registrovanou poetou, neneslo jeji podpis, pokladnik Koliha se tazal ses. Hilsherove, jestli to psani bylo jejIm psanim, na co2 ona odpovedela, ze ano.

Ptedseda Marek potom Zadal ses. Hilsherovou, aby se vzdalila ze schilze, tak aby Hlavni fdadovna mohla vziti v fivahu, soukromne, jeji zpravy„ jeji dopis, jeji fleet a take jeji ,resignaci.

Kdy2 zpravy a psani resignace ptedloZene teditelkou Odboru mladeZe, ses. Hilsherovou, byly eteny a rozebirany, tajemnik Chupick pteeet1 nekolik “italdt z protokolu rihnSich schfizi Hlavni fdadovny, vztahujicich se neb tS7kajicich se jeji Oast a einnosti ses. Hilsherove s naeim Odborem mladde.

Schfize byla odroeena k obedu od 11:40 dopoledne do 1:00 odpoledne.

Kdy2 bylo zahajeno jednani Hlavni tadovny odpoledne, ty dve etvrtletni zpravy sestry Hilsherove, jeji dopis, kterV ona poslala veem elenfun Hlavni fdadovrfy registrovanou po gtou, jeji resignace a take jeji ircet, byly zase vzaty v (Ivahu. Del gi rozmluva o teto zalditosti nasledovala. Koneene na navrh, kterV byl podan, podporovan a •pkijat 7 proti 5 hlasy, bylo usneseno, aby ten fleet $576.87 byl ses. Hilsherove zaplacen.

Ptedseda Marek potorn ptednes1 resignaci ses. Hilsherove co ieditelky Odboru mladde, a take pfeeet1 dopis poslanST Hlavni idadovne TiskovS7m v3thorem, ye kterem dopisu TiskovST vVbor podal nekoilk odporueeni pro uvaZeni , Hlavni fdadovnou a zvla gte o podrZeni ses. Hilsherove co teditelky Odboru mladeZe. 0 odporueenich ptedlolenStch TiskovSTm vSrborem nebylo jednano aniZ udelano.

Na navrh, kterS7 byl podan, podporovan a jednohlasne ptijat, resignace ses. Hilsherove co teditelky Odboru mladde, od 31. prosince. 1954, byla ptijata s .dikem a uznanirn snah ses. Hilsherove, ktere ona venovala Jednote v jeji praci co teditelka Odboru mladeZe SPJST. Ptedseda Marek ptedloZil zpravu jeho Utedni einnosti co ptedseda Hlavni &adovny SPJST za posledni etvrtleti 1954, opis ktere zpravy podal pisemne veer elenfim Hlavni fdadovny. V jeho Ustni zprave Hlavni fdadovne ptedseda Marek se zminil o itspechu organisaeni prace Valera roku 1954, o clench, kteii z Jed-

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noty odstoupili, a ruznSrch jinSish vecech tkitjicich se organisadni price; take ptedloZil vVkaz, kolik obna gely prvoroerd fmartni poplatky na certifikaty prodane behem roku 1954, kolik se vyplatilo komiSneho na ty nove certifikaty, mistnim organisatorfn, statnimu organisatoru, atd.

KdyZ piedseda Marek pkedlon pro uvaleni zvSreeni neb urychleni zvSreeni obnosu funrtni podpory v na gi J. T. neb doeasne tilde, do 16 let, kterou zaleIitost Pojiet'ujici vSrbor projednal s na gim aktuarem, Mr. Mims, a kterou Pojiet'ujici vSbor'odporueil nasledovne: $250.00 nejbliZe 1 roku stall.; $500.00 nejbliZe 2. roky star'; $750.00 nejbliZe 3 roky a piny obnos po uplynutI 3 roku a 6 mesicil (tyto cislice jsou zalolene na $1000.00 certifikatu). Odporueeni VSrboru na pojigteni bylo jednohlasne ptijato.

Bylo jednohlasne usneseno, aby se pla,tilo 3% firoku na funrtni podpory a nadaeni vS7platy, ktere budou vyplaceny ye splatkach s dorozumenim, ke vSrplata po eastkach neb ye splatkach bude poskytnuta pouze na certifikaty v obnosu $3000.

00 neb Vice. latedseda Marek oznamil, ke ma pet Zadatel0 o misto statniho neb distriktnich organisatorfl Jednoty; ke dva z techto Zadatelu se vyslovili, ze by bylo nemoZno pro kterehokoliv organisatora provadeti fispEene nazi organisaeni praci v celostatnim rozmeru; ke pro tu ptieinu oni. by radeji tu praci konali v distriktnim neb okrskovern rozmeru, a ke organisaeni prace nazi Jednoty by byla fispeenejei v rukou distriktnich neb okrskovS7ch organisator0 neZli kdyby byla v rukou statniho organisatora.

Po delelm, rozebirani otazky zdali by se mel najmouti statni organisator, anebo distriktni neb okrskovl organisatoil, ko-

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Neddyno byl jsem svedkem debaty spoleeenskYch elenech. Vlastne to byla polemika, kaZda, strana hajila sve stanovisko, jako dye valeici armady. Debata je pouze rokovani nebo pPetelska, roznaluva, kdeZto polemika je hajeni vlastnich nahlechi a potirani cizich nazort. Spornou otazkou bylo, kdo je spoleeenskYm elenem SPJST. Jedna strana tvrdila, Ze spoleeenskin elenem je kaZda, takova. 0soba, kterd neplati na poji gteni, ale plati nejaikY poplatek domacimu iadu. DruZia strana obhajovala stanovisko, Ze spoleeeriskYrn elenem infiZe brti jenom ta, osoba, ktere zdravotni sta y nebo staff nedovoluje miti pojigteni SPJST, ale ktera plati raclove poplatky.

Polemika sta,vala se elm dale tun 0strej gi, az kdosi gel do sveho auta pro stanovy, aby sve chivody ukazal "Cernei na bilem", jak se vyslovil. KdyZ se vretil s fisrnevern Yiteze, v gichni se plistili do hledani patrieneho eldnku, a2 ho nagli. Tarn stoji. 616,nek 134. Spoleeenskyrn elenein mfiZe se stati jen osoba radove poplatky platici, jejiZ zdravotni sta y neb stari nedovoluje miti pojigteni, nebo kterY dlen mel certifikat na pravidelnou pojistku a vyzvednul si "paid-up" (zaplacenY) certifikat a preje si bYti spoleeenskYm elenem; a take eleni Detskeho odboru, kteri dosahli veku gestnacti let a preji si bYti spoleeensk3"Tmi eleny; a ten, kteri ma, jiZ doplacen3i doeasnY certifikat, jako 151etou, 201etou, atd. SpoleeenskY elen v teto posledne jmenovane tride'rrifiZe bYti zvolen delegdtem, firednikern 4adu, neb i firednikem Ellavni dovny.

Vysvetleni. Milo se doeela zi.etelne. PoraZend strana nevzdala se v gak bez dalpokusu vachr,Initi je.gte nelak ,<T sbytek. Paella otazka, Mere zneni stanov platnost pal south' nebo pied zakoiAni, Ceske `zneni nebo anglickS7 preklad. Byla spoleene, dohoda, Ze stanovy byly formav Cegthie, prijaty v eeskem zneni, ale pri jakekoliv soudni rozepiii nebo rozhodovani pouZivaly by se stanovy anglicke. A coZ kdyZ stanovy anglicke maji trochu jinY vS7znam nez stanovy Ceske? Zase byla spoleend dohoda,, ze pri soudnim rozhodovani bude kladen dhraz na stanovy anglicke.

Vg eehno nasvedeovalo tomu, Ze nedorozumeni se vysvetlilo a Ze kaZdY bude spokojen. Ale poraZend strana znovu se vzchopila k dalgi potyece. PoraZenSi Men oravil: "lento rok na podzim budu miti doplacen s yfij 151ety certifikat na tri tisice. Neniusim vice platit. Ale dle anglick.Ych stanov nemusim platit ani radove poplatky a budu spoleeenskYm elenem.

Ve stk"edu, dne 16. 'Mora 1655, Dam se zvelit za delegata a na sjezdu dam se zvolit za, firednika firadoy., nY,Neclain ani dornacinnijadu, ani Jednote, uZ ani centa poplatkil, all into bude nine Jednota platit pet set dolaru mesiene, protole budu zvolen fireariikein Jedboty. Mani till tisice vyplacenelio pojigteni, nejsem vice elenem pojigtenYm podle eldnku 134, ale iSern elenem spoleeenskYm. A podle toho . elanku 134 V anglickYch stanovaCh, , nemusim vice platit." A poraZenY zaeal se uswivat, nebude platit, ale bude brati.

Nezasahoval jsem Flo polcmiky, ale pezcieji jsem o cele otazce premY glel. Ma tv nagi SPJST eleny, kteri nechteli dale platit mesicin nebo rocrn poplai:bya yypozvednuli si certifikat Zaplacenc+ jigteni. Odevzdali a vymenili si ,ij vadni'ceitlfik4tt za tak zvanY "pahl-uP", TakovY efen mfiZe nadale zustati spoleeenskYrn elenem, kdyZ plati miste inn icedu na celY rok kuptedu fadove poplatky. Ale kclyZ nic vice neplati, jakYni je Poj faten*tri? )1e Censll m ? el; nel II? filiadovna stale Za,cii-n;111? vede takoveho Mena, na, knihach, a icciy vyplaii. se poziistalYrn finirtni podpora.

Abychem melt pevnou pildo pod nohama, vezmerne si skuteonSi pripad. NejrnladS'i bratr me manZelky bydlel s ponevadZ matka jim zenirela v ntlern mladi, a otec pozdeji. Jako elena vlastni rodiny pojistili jsme ho v Jednote a byl prijati do'redu Btefanik eislo 142. Platili jsme na nej jako na sebe a sve deti. A4 se osarnostatnil a vybidIi jsme ho, aby si pojig teni sam platil, byl.prekvapen, Ze" jsme pojigteni za nej stale platici. Pr , at si vytalmeme,.kolik v hotovosti dosta,neme, a,byclaom aspen nee° dostali naznet, on Ze rad sveho pojigteni u ()lei ove spolee nosit mnohem vice a z velkeno elfin spoleenosti placene. NeZ odejel do Arabic, dostal certifikat zaplaceneho PojEgteni Pochybuji, Ze UPednici, Huh) 0,;10 142 taint° elenu vilbec-1 ■./feZ1e hue...no je dosud na linirbecb po mnoho let ocbneho centa nedostall.

Kdyby zemrel, je povinnosti tajeninika k nemuZ zesnulY naleZel, podati o torn , ilined pisemnou zpravu Hlavniai caclovne. Nejsem prdvnikem, ale soudim, Glen je dosud zdkonite po yaZoven za pojig teneho, .trebas od nej Jednota niedostala nekolik roku ani cenla. Take jeho pojigteni je neseno na kialhach v jako zdvazek a pohleclevka,, at' uZ je glen riazYven poiratenkin, spoleeenskVm nebo bez jakehokoliv oznaeeni.

Napade mi prave, Ce nemarne spravnii vyreeenu otazku tech elenen kteri vstoupill do Jednoty neZ jim bylo Beset let a dosud maji certifikat. Detskeho odboru, ku prikladu za.lohovY certifikat "J-S", coZ je clva.cetileta. doZivotni. fzekneme, Ze mladik ma 25 let, ZenatY, otcem dvou

Ve sttedu, dne 16. unora 1955. deti, 16 let v Jednote, a dosud v Detskem oddeleni. Podobne jeho mantelka a jeho dye ditky. Jakou klasifikaci dame onomu 251etemu mladiku? Je on e'en spoledenskY nebo Glen poji gtenY? Llanek 134 pravi, ze elm/ Detskeho odboru, kteti dasahli veku 16 let a pfeji si bYti spoleeenskYmi dleny, mohou se jimi stati.

Led elanek 108 pravi, to e'en/ Detskeho odboru, po dosateni 16 let, mohou se stall eleny se vgim pravem dospelYch kdyt se podrobi potada ykum dospelYch elenti. Jake jsou ony potadavky? Jestli plati tadove poplatky, stava, se die elanku 134 spoleeenskYm elenem.

A jakYm elenem bude ten, kdo po dosateni 16 let nebude platit tadove poplatky?

Totit kdyt odepfe bYti nazYvan spoleeenskYm elenem?

Cele toto pojednani je pouze za tim ueelem, aby elenove vzali si do rukou stanovy, eetli je, porovnavali jednotlive odstavce, a ptemYgleli, jak by se zneni nekterYch paragrafil mohlo pozmeniti, aby vety iikaly to, co chceme jimi ilci. Dle dnegniho zneni stanov mame dva druhy (1) ty, ktefi dosud plati na sve pojigteni pravidelne funrtni poplatky, ale jen v tficle dospelYch ; a (2) v gechny ostatni, ktefi jsou v tilde elenti spoleeenskYch. V teto tilde Menu spoledenskYch mame pet druh9 lidi: kdo jsou piilis stab stati se dleny poji gtenYmi; kdo nejsou zdravYrni; kdo ptedeasne Si vymenili pravidelnY certifikat za jiny zaplacenY; kdo plati si na certifikat v Detskem oddeleni a dosabli 16 let stab; kdo maji doplacenk certifikat. Led i mezi pravidelnYmi 'deny oddeleni dospelYch mame dve skupiny. Jedna skupina jsou idea od deviti rokit a gesti mesica do gestnacti mkt, druha skupina jsou eleni star gi ne2 gestnact let, kteti mohou volit, mohou bYti voleni a mohou bYti na sjezdu zastupovan/. Pouze eleni v odboru dospelYch, ktefi jsou nad 16 let stall., jsou na sjezdu syYm delegatem zastoupeni. Tu gim, '2e statni zakon, kterY kontroluje bratrske podpurne spolky, zeltrazfurje, te tadnY glen pod gestnact let stall, nerna, slovo nebo hias v fizeni nebo vedeni spolku.

Jestli jste nee° vyhrali nebo prohrali na minulem sjezdu, a rozdil nebyl velikY, je motnost, te jste to vyhrali nebo prohrali tim, ..,•=.e se u katdeho tadu poeitaly hlasy na, vgechny eleny v odboru dospelYch, misto pouze pro eleny nad 16 let stafi, kteti plati funrtni i faclove poplatky. Je moinost, to vyhraly nebo prohra.1Y to detske hlasy v tfide dospelYch. Prave prohlitim statistiku bratrskYch spolku, totit knitku, kterou mi asi pied rokem poslal bratr Chupick kvuli lepgim informacim. Nektere spolky vedou na, svemu seznamu tea eleny spoleeenske. Ve statistice o naai SPJST nejsou jmenovani tadni eleni spoleeen gti. Bud' nag elknek 134 nevyhovuje pH sestavo yani vY-

V2STN1K WEST, TE rani zpravy nebo spoleeenske eleny ignorujeme. Mame eleny, ktefi maji certifikaty vYplatne (paid-up) a certifikaty doplacene. Die naaich stanov (616.nek 134) jsou to Cleni spoledengti. Soudim vgak, te ve vYroenich zpravach na gi vedouci je museji zaznamenati jako aleny pojigtene. Proto cela tato iwaha o Clenech spoleeenskYch zastane nadale ye stadiu polemickem, dokud ji nevytegime praktickYm zpirsobem v rozumne debate, v mirnern rozhovoru, a dokud neopravime sve stanovy v torn smyslu, aby katdY Clen, kterY ma u Jednoty poji gteni nebo certifikat jakehokoliv druhu, byl povatovan za elena poji gteneho. A kdy2 budeme pH torn, mai bychom vgechny deti do 16 let poditati mezi deli a pa dosateni 16 let pfevesti je automaticky do oddeleni dospelych, jako tomu u jinYch bratrskYch spolkii. Pak bychom take 'Odell zda nekterY tad je opravnen k deseti nebo jen k deveti delegatilm, ponevadt by se pfesne vedelo, kolik je v tadu elenti nad 16 let stab, aby se vyhovelo statnimu zakonu a tea elanku 12 v naaich stanovach.

Snad slygeli jste o jednom z nejvetgich anglickych basnike jmenem Shakespeare.

Zil pied vice net tfemi sty lety, je gte o nee° dHve net Jan Amos KomenskY. Jako dnes mame radio a televisi pro poueeni i zabavu, v dobach Shakespeara byli a jeviate vYchovnYm i zabavnYm prostiedkem. V jedne divadelni hie od Shakespeara pta se nekdo prince Hamleta: "Co ete g, muj lorde?" A na 'to Hamlet: "Slova, slova, slova." Nekdy se citim podobne jako Hamlet, kdy2 Ctu sve vlastni redakdni iivaby—nic net prazdna, slova. Vety samy o sobe nemaji moci ani yYznamu. Slova jsou podobna bankovnim &kern: dokud za nimi nestoji bankovni vklad a hodnota, dokud je &ova neupot •ebi ke syYm iteelum, jsou to jen proutky papiru.

Take me redakeni dvahy jsou jen prazdnYmi odstavci, dokud nikdo o nich nepfemYgli. Slova, slova, slova. At se slova promeni v myglenku, at se srny81 uchyti a zaene se o vYznamtt uvatovati, teprve vets_ a odstavec zaeinaji miti hodnotu. Ale bude hodnota myth odstavcii vymezena. Neni to mou vinou. Burcoval jsem, hartusil, nabadal, daval jsem rady a pokyny pro agitaeni praci. Od prvniho ledna pievzal agitaeni einnost bratr Marek. V anglicke easti byly intahy a elanky o hnuti mladete od sestry Hilsherove. Nyni to povede pfedseda Jednoty.

Vysvetleni o rilznYch tfida,ch certifikavydavanYch nagi Jednotu bude povinnosti statniho orgamisatora. Vyplanoval jsem klub "50-M". Bylo to schvaleno. Navrhnul jsem pro naae organisatory klub "12-M". Napied to zustalo bez povgimnuti, ale po nekolika, mesicich take mesieni klub pro naae organisatory byl schvalenY. To vaechno mi ted' odpadlo a

Strana 3 nemusim o tom psati. 0 Cinnosti agitaeni, o hnuti mladete, o praci statniho organisatora, o zajmech klubu "50-M" nebo "12-M" budou podavany informace z jinYch pramenil, ne redaktorem. Jak to bude pracovat, jak neinek to bude miti, to se teprve musi vyzkouget.

Lee kdyi ma Cloy& v krvi to zalibu, aby vysedel u nektereho problemu cele hodiny, venoval nejake myglence cele dny a tYclny, aby nee° dilkladne prostudoval, pak je vnittni tlak takovY, te musi miti prachod. Stale mel jsem dojem, to redakeni prate, organisaeni Cinnost, povzbuzovani k lep gimu spolkovemu tivotu, a stalY zajem o ziskavani novych elentr se neda od sebe oddelit, to to vaechno spadd do jedne pkihradky. Redakeni fivahy, agitate, reklama, poylauzovani, vysvetlovani ruznYch certifikatil—to vaechno path k sobe. Mluvil jsem o tom s Tiskovym vYborem jit pied ttemi lety.

Hovotil jsem o tom s tediteli a s hlavnimi iitedniky Nechtel jsem nikomu pfebirati praci, ani uznani, etni slavu. Bylo rozhodnuto, abych se staral jen o libivou Cetbu ve Vestniku, abych pochvalil, a misto upozorneni na chyby a nedostatky, abych radeji mleel. A to vette, broth, nedovedu. Jestli je Vestnik vydavanY jen k tomu, abychom jeden druhemu lichotili, delali poklony, pak nechapeme skuteenY free' bratrskeho spolkoveho organu.

Vestnik ma sloutiti teehim agitaenim, propagaenim, reklamnim a vYchovnYm. Nezaleti na tom, jestli to dela redaktor, aeditel mladete, ptedseda nebo statni organisator, nebo vaichni dohrom'ady. VCstnik je pro spolkovou praci, ne pro lichoceni a pochlebovani.

Pokusim se podati nekolik tivah o nag nemocenske podpoie. Nebude to najednou. Lek se nepodava, ye velikem d2banu, ale po kavavYch ltiekach. A na g NemocenskY odbor je skuteene nemocnY. se vgak vyleeiti, znovu postavitl na nohy.

Dokateme to, jako jsme dokazali r room 1954 zdvojnasobiti, ba skoro ztrojnasobiti ,pkirestek v poji gteni a v elenech. Bude to vytadovati trochu vice porozumeni, hodne vysvetlovani a take lep gi zajem.

Neda, se to vaechno povedit najednou, jako se nedaji v gechny vkhody naaich pojigt'ujicich certifikatil vysvetliti v jednom eisle Vestniku.

Pied sto lety zaealy jezditi ielezniee.

Byla to nevyzkon gend novinka. Nebude to zdrave, lido z takove jizdy budou do, stavati zavrat', mnoho jich _onemocni, ba stanou se hrozna neatesti. Zelezniee byla v Anglii vybudovana, doprava zavedena, ale od strachu nikdo nechtel nestviiru sednout. Koneene anglickY parlament pfigel na pomoc. Ptijal zakon, aby se utvotila spoleenost, ktera by pojistila bezpeenou dopravu cestujicich anebo hra(Pokradovani na strane 23)

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Vyna.tky z protokolu (Dokoneeni se strany 1) neone bylo usne geno, aby tato zaleditost byla dana do rukou VYboru pojisteni a aby Vybor na poji gteni ji rozhodnul a P ,'lial takovY plan neb zptisob provadeni nazi organisneni prace, kterST on uzna za neilepgi a nejl6pe vyhovuje na gim potrebant, pomertim a okolnostem.

Bylo usneg eno, aby se poradal kontest neb Icampari na ziskavani nov3"Tch 'Mena, 1Ktera ma bYti zahajena 1. dubna a ma skoneiti 31. eervna 1955.

Bylo usnedeno, aby v torn kontestu neb kampani bylo udeleno 42 cen, ktere mail b rti udeleny, jedny na zaklade poetu noVY'ch certifikatft, a ty druhe na zaklade obnosu prodaneho novella poji gteni; ze dadm`7 zavodnik nebude opravnen obdrdeti vice ned jednu cenu v tomto zavodu, a de predseda Marek ma stanoviti obnosy techto cen. Dale bylo usne geno, aby mimo cen organisatortm byly dany tri ceny distrikttim, ktere ziskaji procentne nejvice novYch elenu oproti elenstvi toho distriktu dne 31. prosince 1954. Prvni ta cena ma bYti $75.00, druha $50.00 a treti $25.00 v hotovosti.

Predseda. Marek oznamil, de n.asledujici organisatori na gi Jednoty jsou opravneni k elenstvi v nagem 50-M klubu, a sice: bratri J. R. Bartek, Alfred Hilsher, Charlie Hob'', Emil KvasniOca, Charles N: vratil, Ig. Senkyrik, A. M. Vrla, Jim Wagner, J. H. Siptak, J. M. Skrabanek, sestry Louise Kadleeek a Anna Mlian.

Bylo usne geno, aby organisatori, kteri ziskaji bud'to 50 novSrch elenri, anebo proda.ji $50,000.00 pojigteni roene, byli opravneni stati se deny toho 50-M kiubu.

Predseda Marek oznamil, de on a tajemnik Chupick byli v Dallas ve schrizi, ktera se konala za fieelem, aby byl poraddn "Fraternal Insurance Sales Training Course" na Southern Methodist universite, a de Southern Methodist universita nabizI poskytnouti tento kurs v t,STdnu poeinaje 28. brezna 1955, za obnos $50.00, v eemd je zahrnut poplatek za svetnici, jidlo, atd.

Bylo usnegeno, aby Hlavni riradovna podporila tento Fraternal Insurrance Sales Training Course na Southern Methodist universite v Dallas, tim de by zaplatila za tento kurs deseti na gim organisatortim, kteri budou tento kurs brat.

Bylo usne geno, aby rizeni Odboru Cc ;"e bylo dano do rukou predsedy Marka.

VESTNIK — WEST, TEXAS niku, odporueeni bylo jednohlasne poloZeno na still.

Mistoptedseda Kubena predlodil pisemni zpravu jeho einnosti co mistopkedseda Hlavni tradovny za posledni etvrtleti 1954, ktera zprava byla vzata v frvahu vSemi eleny Hlavni idadovny.

Bylo usnegeno, aby predseda, tajemnik a pokladnik Hlavni idadovny byl spinomocneni, opravneni a bylo jim narizeno Prenadeti patriene obnosy paned z trinrtniho fondu do Fondu na vyclani behem roku, v soulalase s elankem 45 nagich sta nov.

Bylo usnegeno, aby v roku 1955 slava na poplatcich starch clenu byla ta sama jako v prededlYeh letech. Olenove 70 let start, kteri jsou v Jednote 35 let, aby dostall 25% slevy na jejich pnvodnich poplatcich.

Tajemnik Chupick preeet1 dopis od br.

Ed. 8napky z Mt. Calm, Texas, obsah kterehod dopisu byl patriene uvagen tajemniku Chupickovi bylo nakizeno, aby napsal br. 8napko-vi, Illavni fdadovna s jeho nahledy souhlasi a de se bude snaziti ndsledovat to odporueeni, ktere br.

Snapka naznaeil v jeho dopisu.

Kdyd fieetni UrbanovskY byl podadan o jeho zpravu, co neetni. Hlavni fdadovny, on podal vysvetleni rriznSrch polodek v jeho pisemni zprave, kterou predlodil vg em clenum Hlavni fdadovny. Dodal, on nema dale nic k oznameni mimo toho, de odporuouje vsem elenfun Hlavni firadovny, aby se informovali jakou cenu by mei pro nag fieetnicky odbor jistY stroj, zvanS7 Burroughs Posting Machine.

Pokladnik Koliha pkedlodil pro uvadeni Hlavni Uradovne rtizne zaleditosti tSTIcajiei se na. gich majetkoveh piljeek, rfiznS7ch majetkri patricich Jednoty a rfizn3"ich zaleditosti, ktere spadaji pod jeho dohled co pokladnika Hlavni fira.dovny.

Vgechny zaleditosti predlodene br. Kolihou byly patriene uvadeny a projednany.

Pravni radce Pavlieek oznamil, de mimo jeho pisemni zpravy, kterou predlodil vgem elentim Hlavni Uradovny, a mimo rftznVelt veci o kterSich on podal fistne jeho zpravu a dobrozdani behem ze, ze nema zi.clnou dal gi zpravu k predlodeni.

Br. Valeik podal jeho zpravu co statni organisator pro rok 1954 preetenim podrobne zpravy o jeho einnosti co statni organisator a dal v gem elenum Hlavni ftradovny opis jeho zpravy.

Na navrh, kter'Y byl podan, podporovan a prijat, bylo usne geno, aby br. Valeik byl odloden z organisaeni prace nail Jednoty co statni organisator.

Predseda Marek ustanovil mistopredKdyd bylo predlodeno odporueeni Tis- sedu. Kubenu a reditele 8krabanka a Nakoveho vSlooru, aby Hlavni ftradovna na- 'walla co eleny a sebe co predsedu novehradila redaktorovi Valeikovi ty ceny, ho VYboru na, pojigteni. ktere on vyplatil dopisovatelfim do VestBylo usne geno, aby zprava br. Valeika

Ve stredu, dne 16. finora 1955. co statniho organisatora, zpravy ses. Hilsherove, co reditelky Odboru byly ulodeny v Supreme Lodge,Report File or Record se zpravami reditelft a U.redniktk Hlavni Uradovny.

Schttze byla ukoneena v 9:55 veeer. ) ° cga * (

Temple, Texas, 10. Onorft 1955.

COM bratri a sestry: Doufam, de rune to prominete, de -Undo podavam kratieke vysvetleni a odpoved' na dopis br. Gajevskho v poslednim sle Vestniku ze dne 9. Unora 1955. Omezuji se s moji odpovedi a vysvetlenim pouze na to east dopisu br. GajevskS7ho, ktera se dotYka mne, co tajemnika Hlavni ftradovny.

Prave v tuto dobu mama 14„..na gi Hlavni fikadovne statni prehlidku, ktera zapoeala asi, pied tremi neb etyrmi tSrdny.

Mame zde tri statni pkehliditele, statniho aktuara, a veera zde take prijel vrchni prehliditel ze Stdtniho odboru pojigteni, kterY nia dohled na, neb ma pod jeho zenim vgechny prehlilitele, kteri konaji prehlidky pojigt'ujicich spoleenosti a bratrs1c3'rch jednot v Texasu.

Je to moji snah6u a bylo to vddy moji snahou, od te doby co jsem se stal tajemnikem vast Hlavni fdadovny, aby v gechno co se v Hlavni rikadovne udela (tak dalece ja,k ja, to mohu udelat a tak dalece jak je to v mojich rukou a moci), bylo vddy udelano spravne a presne tak jak to stanovy a zakon predpisuji, abychom nemuseli mitt obavu pied jakoukoliv prehliclkou, ant se strany na gich reditelft, alai se strany Statniho odboru pojigteni.

KaddS7 Clo y& se ale nekdy mYli a udeld, chybu, a tajemnik vast Hlavni fdadovny neni v to veci vyjimkou. Prot° je dobre, kdyd se Cloy& obeas sam o sobe pre.svedei, jestli je v tech vecech, kter3ich se zastava a ktere hail, v pravu.

KdyZ jsem preeet1 dopis hr. GajevskSrho ye Vestniku, abych se presvedeil zdali. moje vysvetleni a odpoved' hr. Kadleekovi, de je to spravne a dle zakona, kdyd na'Se Hlavni firadovna sama sobe plati rent z nail fdadovny, predlodil jsem tuto zateditost tem statnim prehliditelUm; preeet1 jsem jim mtij dopis ye Vestniku ze dne 26. ledna 1955, prelodil jsem do anglietiny a preeet1 jim pak dopis br.

Gajevsk3iho a 'dada' jsem je o jejich nahied a dobrozdani, zdali moje vysvetleni to zaleditosti bylo pravdive a spravne oni se vyslovili, de tak jak Hlavni fdad011-

Ve stkedu, dne 16. finora 1955.

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na sama sobe podita rent, tak jak jsem to ye Vestniku vysvetlil, bylo do litery spravne a pravdive a *Ze tak to zakon vyZaduj e.

Vedouci techto statnich jeho2 jmeno a adresa nyni je: Mr. Lee Pfefferkorn, State Insurance Examiner in Charge, c/o. Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas. K tomu dodal, Ze se mam na nej v to veci odvolat a Ze jestli nekteti nagi elenove se o tom chteji osobne ptesveddit, Ze on jim rad to vec vysvetii, aneb kdyZ mu dopi gi, Ze jim poda, jeho dobrozdani a vysvetleni pisemne. Proto, bratti a sestry, jestli myslite ze moje vysvetleni to zalelitosti nehylo pravdive neb spravne, ptijedte do Hlavni fitadovny a ptesvedete se o torn osobne, anebo dopigte si o vysvetleni Mr.Pfefferkornovi.

Ze Hlavni fitadovna RVOS nepoeita sama sobe rent z utadovny je proto, Z"e Jednota RVOS obchoduje na• zcela jinem zakladu ne'Zli nage SPJST a podleha jinYm zakonfn. KdyZ RVOS utrpi nejake ztraty ohnem neb bouti, tak ona rozegle asessment a k tomu asessmentu se ptipodita taky poplatek, jak Hlavni Akadovna RVOS uzna, ze pottebuje na vSrlohy. Hlavni Utadovna SPJST ale nema Zadne pravo asessment udelat a musi se omezit ye svYch vSrlohach na jiste procento z Umrtnich poplatkil, ktere skolektuje, tak jak to zakon ptedpisuje, a tak jak jsem to ye Vestniku vysvetlil.

Banka podleha zase jinym zakonum a ten banket kteremu, jak br. GajevskSt pige, moje vysvetleni bylo k smichu, by to mel vedet. Banka pat?i podilnikum. Kdyt fitednici banky vyplati penize na neco, co oni uznaji za pottebne, tak dlouho jak vklady to banky nejsou tim ohro2eny a podilnici to banky jsou s tim spokojeni, tak 'Zadnemu jinemu do toho nic neni. Banka nemusi pamatovat na ZadriSr Umrtni fond, ponevaa ho nema, jako nage Hlavni dtadovna, kterY ja se snaMm chranit, ponevadt to uznavam za moji svatou povinnost, neb vim, ee vy elenove nazi Jednoty to ode mne odekavate.

S bratrslqrm pozdra,vem, J. F. Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni Utadovny SPJST. ) Povidd divadelni keditel k mu gi, kter3i ho Zada o praci: "Tak vy jste tedy komik, kikate?"

"To jiste."

"Tak dobra., mladSr mug. UZ tSrden prgi, obchody jsou stale slab gi, moje stara mne dnes v poledne vynadala. Tak mne tedy rozesmejte."

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Kdo znidi i jen jeden ptedsudek, je dobrodincem lidstva. — Chamfort.

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MANY A OHLASY Z DIST? 4wBTU ZPRAVY Z TRETIII0 DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. grapevine, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Napadlo mi, ze bychom snad mohli se ptigte pokusiti nage distriktni schtze uciniti pro vgechny nage sdruZene tady tim,ze bychom east piijmu procentne zastoupenS7m taVim, 'Ze nag potadajici vSrbor eini se jak nejlepe muse, ale neptijde-li dosti znaend navgteva, na ge schilze, tteba*Ze dobte ptipravene, minou se y3isledku a to moralniho i finandniho. Dosud si mnozi neuvedomili, ze ifoty se zaplatiti musi a ze tamer vge jest draZgi v cane jak b3"7valo. eilej g i agenda distriktni tez vyZaduje naklad a neb'Yti vydatne pomoci z enniske distriktni schilze a teZ od bratra ptedsedy distriktu, mnohe zastoje vykonane dekaly by rozkegeni.

Distriktni schilze by mely bYti pova'Zovane vgude za spoleCO podnik vgech 11Ti nazi "stall", o jejich'Z einnosti se nespravne vyjadtil na g br. Stehlik, nam 'Zel den po dni odchazeji a jen skromna mengina tech mladSich se o nagi dinnost dosud zajima. Chceme ty mlade v gak omluviti. Oni zakladaji si sve rodiny, bSrva malSrch deti, vyjedou si autem ven, pozoruji doma televisi a maji jine pobaveni, neZ" poslouchati na ge "mudrova,ni".

Proto se ani nedivirn, ze dnes nazi eleni neradi pkijimaji nebot' chcemeli aby nage vec, nage einnost zdarne prospivala, jest s tim spojena nejen starost, ale i znaene osobni vydani, nehlede k ztrate easu. Kdybychom jen byli v stavu uskuteeniti, aby ten na g dorost, to nage mlada generace si mohia prozkoumati nektere ty dopisy tech "star gich" jako jsou GajevskS7, Vytopil, Staga, sestry Horakove a jinS7ch. O jak snadneji by se ram pak, bratte Stehliku, pracovalo.

Mnoho-li pak z nas se pokou gi ditky sve upozorniti na snahu prof. Mieka?

Pokougith se obeas doma hovotiti s rodinou ye sve matetske thei? — Kolik to snahy jSme vyvinuli v na gich osadach postarati se o prazdninove akoly v nag'i tedi? Zazpivate-li si nekdy se svSrm hochem aneb s deveetem svS/m pisne svSrch ruladSrch let? — To v ge by pomohlo sb112iti je v na g kruh a lepe by porozumeli nagirn snaham.

Reknete, ze jsem "out of date". Ovgem, jen gkoda Ze tak malo Mend na gich — ja se domnivam — ten na g list etou, jak by si toho zasluhoval.

Vracim se tedy k svemu nametu, Z"e vzdor tomu, 2. e dosud nektere fatly sdruZene nam ten 5 centovS7 ptispevek roan na olena dluhuji, men bychom se poku-

siti, z vS7teZku na gich distriktnich podniIca venovati iadum, ktere se v budoucnosti podili, procentuelni ptispevek. Docilili bychom, ze pokladna tadu, kterSt ale nejsilnej gi delegaci, by byla obohacena, a ja doufam, k by zajern se zvSrgil.

Bylo by mono snad prodavati vstupenky v ptedprodeji na gim sdruZenS7in tadam. Jsou rfizne oslavy, ktere by mohly bfti potadane na gim okrskem v osadach, kde by 6 takovou feta oslavu se chteli pokusiti a eel* vkusnY program by mohl 1:13'rti potad.an fisttednim vStorem. — Byla to myglenka, kterou jsem se zaapSrval pti zakladani distriktu a ktera, by Opech slibovala. — Ovgem, ze bez prosttedkil a bez pomoci to ktere osady se nic provadeti neda. — Nerneli bychom zapominati, Ze silny (finanene) distrikt by mnoho mohl pro tady vykonati, agitaene. A jest to sobecke, mime kedeno, kdyZ silne rally zdrahaji se pomoci tadtim slabgim.

Znovu tvrdim, ze jen spoleene snaZeni, dobra, spoda, ficta k star gim, trochu vdeku kaZdemn. za dobrou Otaci vykonanor a vernost k na gi Jednote i ty na ge mladgi nam zisk 'a a tomu pfeji zdar!

Na shledanou v pti gti distriktni schazi v Dallas dne 27. btezna.

S pozdravem vas Ludva 0. Hokk, ,t. c. tajemnik distriktu. )• •( BANKET V HOUSTONU Organisatoti pateho distriktu da.vaji banket pro vgechny organisatory ttetiho distriktu v nedeli 22. kvetna v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88. Pozvanky budon rozeslany co nejdfive.

J. M. S' krabanek, ptedseda.

Rudy J. Sefeik, tajemnik.

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Distriktni schilze Schfize v jinch distriktech budou uvetejneny jakmile distriktni fitednici ustanovi datum schdze ye svem distriktu.

Distrikt tteti, 27. btezna, Dallas, Texas.

Distrikt patY, 6. bkezna, Houston, Texas (dz) 4, 4, Mekke srdce.

Na. rohu ulite. se postavili gumati a hrali. Koukal na ne jeden pan, chvili poslouchal a pak se zeptal: — "Co pak jste to hrali, pani?"

— "To byla Oldfichova smrt."

Ten pan se rozplakal a nic ho nemohlo Vzlykal a hotekoval: — "To se mu nedivim."

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DOMACICH ilADU

Jaromir eislo 54 slovensku povedeti.

Texasu.

West, 'Texas.

Donis se moo prodlou2i1, muslin ukonPo ukoneeni krasneho a zajimaveho Bratti a sestry: proslovu profesora Taborskeho se phi- eit. Mnoho zdaru pro celou na gi Jednotu Schtlzi jsme odbyli a byla dosti dobre stoupilo k veeeri, kterou uz mely sestry pheje Sestra Steve R,usfiakova, navg tivena. Jeliko2 bratr tajemnik Emil no, stole ptichystariou. Ano, krasne jsme dopisovatelka pro rad eislo 47.

V. Popp nebyl ptitomen, na jeho misto se pobavili, skuteene podle hesla Bratr) • 4o( po dobu sclatize byl ustanoven Frank 6o- stvi. kad Jaro Cislo 130. eek.

Dallas, Texas.

Manic ujednano, Se ka2dou tadovou Man2elka na g eho tajemnika Frantigka Nag e imorova, schtize byla dosti hojne schuzi budeme miti v2dy neco, abychom Poppa byla operovana v nemocnici v navg tivena. Pozoruji, 2e na gi eleni berou Temple. Doufam, 2e to neni va,2ne. Take se eleni vice schazeli a se pobavili spo- vice zajmu z na gich bratrskYch schnzi. leene.

Prot bychom se nemohli pekne posestra Julie Holaekova byla operovana ye Za to milSeme dekovati na gim dobrYin baviti jednoho naldne v mesici, vgichni Waco v Hillcrest nemocnici. Pieji yam sestrana, ktere se prieiriuji, aby po schtizi brzko.uzdraveni, abyste pri gly mezi nas. brathi a sestry pohromade v na gi radove byla ta horka kava a nekterY ten.sladkY sin! cislo 47 v Seaton, Texas?

Reknete Take br. Joe Barton byl v nemocnici, ale zakusek.

112 se pozdravuje. 0 tom jsem dtive ne- nine, proe by ne? Nemyslite, 2e to bude Nag e sestra Horakova, elenkyn.‘e Tiskovice uSiteenej gi jak kdy2 nekdo z nas veal. Ani ja nejsem zdray. y ell° vYboru, 'ztravila nejakY eas v neptijde tam, kde nemame jiti.

Take IA ode gel Valentin KopeckST, odA zase nam pribyli dva novi elenove, mocnici, ale ji2 je dorna, kde okriva. Tekud se nevrati. sestra Voila Doskoeil a bratr Berry Alt- g ime se, sestro Horakova na Va gi pritomBratti a sestry, zaeina, to divne, jenom nost v pti gti soh-Uzi. Take sestra Ella man. nemoc a hned do nemocnice.

Barto g ova je teSce nemocna v Baylor neNa listku nemocnYch se nalezaji sestra Br. Vaclav Bezdek u2 se pozdravuje, mocnici.

Sestry, jdete ji nav videi jsem ho ye schtizi, a br. Jan Sulak Kabelova, bratr Joe Bartek a sestra He- mate kdy, neb ani nevite jak gtivit, ktere se to leheeji len MatouS, ktera je stiSena poliem a je je take doma, ale br. Frank Janek je jeoktiva, kdy2 si na vas nada . vzpomene. stale v nemocnici ye Waco, Texas.. Ale nemocen.

Sestra Marie Filipec, elehka fleetniho jak mne bylo sdeleno, vAichni tito elenoBratte redaktora, posledne jsem psal, vYboru v na gem tade, nam podala zdravS7 aby br. 8napka prijel, Se moSna ptiveze ye jsou na dobre ceste k uzdraveni. finaneni sta y nageho tadu za rok 1954 a V poslednim dopise jsem yam psala, Se de 4. Ale opravdu, br. 8napka, jenom ten sloe: dopis byl otisknut a zaealo. Dostali jsme nas had si hodla zariditi kuchyn. Tak uS dva a pill coule a to u2 pointi2e, ale vody ji mame hotovou. Neni vse tak, jak jsme T.I0ETNi ZPRAVA ZA ROK 1954 to nepridalo, ta gla do zeme. TeS jsem se planovali, ale brathi a sestry rozhodli, Se Ptijem: nyni nam postael mala, kuchyrika. Mohu Prispevky tomu zasmal, mil& to Nit, ale je to. $8,405.34 vgak Se za tak male pen& brat?! a Rtizne S pozdravem za tad Jaromir .

39.57 Emil Klaus. sestry udelali z male kuchynky velikou kuchyn, a Se sestry jsou s ni spokojene. ) • 4 4, ( $8,444.91 Bylo na nick v nedeli videti, jak se vesele Vydani: kad Hvezda Texasu eislo 47. tally okolo plynovYch kamen, ktere tam Hlavni Uradovna $7,873.04 Temple, Texas. -La maji pridane. Ne2 jsme se naddli, Refunds 555.15 mely vge na stole nachystane, ani to nary Milibratri a sestry: 70.00 Nage schtize v nedeli dne 6. Unora byla chutne a drahe kafieko nechybelo a v gi- Ceska gkola 26.84 dosti zastoupena na to Skarede pneasi, chni jsme se vesele pobavili.

Ruzne: jake jsme v ten eas zneli. Kdy2 byla Tak mill bratri a sestry, prijdete v hojPlaty $472.00 schtme ukoneena, bratr Aug. Kacit k nam neco poetu do na gi tadove schtize. VScly Operating 63.40 promluvil kratkY proslov a pak nam po schtzi budeme miti nee° pro zabavu.

Entertain32.10 567.50 predstavil bratry a sestrami tu2ebne oee- TeS na g had dekuje bra,trum a sestra.m, ment ka.vaneho na g eho eeskeho reenika, Dra. kteri vykonali mnoho prate okolo tadove Guardian Savings 500.00 Eduarda Taborskeho, profesora sociologic budovy. Nemohu dnes jejich jmena uvena statni universite v Austinu. Profesor tejnit, neb jsem si nevzala sezham tech, $9,592.53 k nam promluvil krasnou nagi eeskou ke- kte?i tam pracovali. Oznamim je v pri- Prenos od roku 1953 $ 2,252.18 en a v ge nam vysvetlil, jake nyni panuji gtim dopise, budon-li si to ptati.

Phijem za 1954 8,444.91 poinery v 6eskoslovensku. Ze nas to v geDne 14. ledna jsem byla volana na pachny zajimalo, mohi pozorovati, neb ka2- hteb meho Svakra a vaeho spolubratra, $10,697.09 dY poslouchal s velikou horlivosti a v gi- Joe Matejky. Zemhel v Cameron, Texas v Vydani 9,592.53 chni jsme velice litovali, Se eas se krati a nemocnici na zapal plic. Milt' Svakke a --bilk se k veeeru a Se profesor Ta,borskY spolubratre, odpoeivej v pokoji.

ZbYva, k.oncem 1954 $ 1,104.56 musi svoji tee ukoneiti.

Spolubratr a spolusesra F. Vitkovi si Dinh u elenti na prispevky -Tak rad oislo 47 v Seaton, Texas, vzda- vyjeli minulou sobotu dne . 5. imora do aleni $740.51 va, mnoho a mnoho vreVrch ditch prole- Rosenberg, Texas na svatbu. Jejich synoDeti 962.33 221.82 sorovi Taborskemu za jeho krasnY a zaji- vec se Scull. Ton dobou jsme zde dostali mavY proslov pro nag rad Oslo 47. Dou- plies 2 coule vitaneho de g te a jak radio Bondy 30 $ 100 fame a piejeme si, aby to nebylo poprve hlasilo, v Houstonu a Rosenberg misty 1 $1,000 4,000 dostali 6 palcit de g te. Tak, mill ptatele, Guardian Savings ani naposled, co mezi nas profesor $500.00 borskY zavital, 2e prijde doba, kdy bude doufam, 2e se yam po vagi ceste na svattrok 10.59 510.59' nio2no zase profesora mezi rids zavoiati bu nepra gilo a 2e jste se men na svatbe a on nam vice o nasena krasnem Oesko- clobre. De gt' byl velice vitanY po eelem Celt' ma etek $6,577.43

Ve sttedu, dne 16. imora 1955.

Nagi 'dent se rozhovotili ye schuzi o tech nespravnkch kritikach nekterkch clenu Ve Vestniku proti hlavnim lam a natidili mi, abych o torn nem do Vestniku napsal: prod mime pies ptil milionu penez v bance.

(1) Kagdk glen by mel vedet, ze v tornto case koiem Noveho roku dostava Hlavni fitadovna nejvice splatek na jejich ptijeky.

(2) Nage stanovy nam nedovoluji za tyto penize hned nem koupit a must se dekat, a g se sejde dela. Hlavni iltadovna s teditell do Ctvrtletni schilze.

(3) A pak jegte nemohou koupit vie neg za $15,000.00 akcii od jedne spoleenosti.

(4) Nemilgelne odekavat od br. Pa ylidka, nag eho pravniho radce, v jeho kratke praksi, aby nam odbyl na ge plifeky tak rychle, jak nam delai po 24 rokil zkugenk bkvalk pravni radce br. August Kacit a kterk pracoval na nich ye dne, v noel.

Nag fad je vdednk na gim fitednikam, ae maji tyto penize dobte uschovane v bance a ge za ne nekoupili nejake gpatne bondy, jak se to delavalo pied roky, kdy jsme tolik penez na nich pozbyli. Za toto, bratke Gajevskk, nedavejte vinu hlavnim fitednikilm, ale sarni sobe, neb jste byl delegat do houstonskeho sjezdu. Co jsme si tam zvolili, to mime.

Sestry a bratti, nemyslite ge by nam nagi hlavni atednici lep gi a svedomiteji pro nas pracovali, kdybychom jim obeas nejakou to rti govou kytieku poptali, a nekdy je obeas pochvalili, dokud je mame mezi sebou? Prod eekat, az nam nekdy odtud odejdou, a pak na jejich hrob nahrnuli dva sttevice vysoko venal, a pak teprve natikali a ste govali si, jakeho° dobreho fitednika jsme pozbyli? Tak jak jsem to pozoroval v minulosti. Uvaitljte: Ono se to lehko a lacino kritisuje, ale nem dobreho udelat, to je zase neco jineho.

Udelejrne si v tomto 1955 roku tuto resoluci: Kdy g nemohu o mojim bratru nebo sestte nee° dobreho iici, tak radeji budu drget hubu.

S bratrsickm pozdravem vas Hugo Schefeak. )♦• (

Projednaval se u soudu takovk spletitk ptipad. Pan soudce povida svecikovi: "Podle eeho soudite, ze oba obgalovani byli tak opili, ze \Tubed nevedeli co dint?"

"Prosim, to je jednoduche", povida svedek. "Jeden obgalovank je Skot, druhk je zid. Kdyg jsem vstoupil do vinarny, Skot kutalel po podlaze sttibrne dolary, gid za nimi utikal, sbiral je a zase mu je vracel • Nekteti lido ztravi mnoho easu tim, e lituji veci, ktere se nikdy nestaly.

VESTNIK

WEST, TEXAS

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i)OPISY A NALILEDY (1) U NA DIVADLE V HOUSTONU

Wheelock, Texas Mile sestry a bratki: Kdyg jsem minul6ho tkdne odesilal dopis do na geho Vestniku, nemyslel jsem Si, si,ze budu tak brzy zase psat. Ale v tek minuleho tkdne obdr geli jsme dopis od bratra a sestry. John Ka gparovkch z Temple, Texas, ge ptigti nedeli pojedou do Houstonu na Ceske divadlo, ktere budon houstongti ochotnici hrati v sini Pokrok Houstonu. Psali, ge by si ptali, bychom s man gelkou te g jell, ae by se soudasne popro rids jedou teg pani Fojtagicova, pant P geneikova., pana pani Po givalovi z Buckholts, Texas. Jestli pry pojedeme, ae se vgichni sjedeme v Hempstead kolem desate hodiny rano.

V sobotu rano bratr a sestra Ka gparovi obdrgeli od techto ptatel zpravu, jim nebude rno gno jeti, ae maji dostat v nedeli nedekanou nav gtevu. Tak bratr a sestra Ka gparovi v sobotu odpoledne k nam piijeli. Opravdu nas ptek.vapili a zaroven ra,cli jsme je uvideli.

Veder v sobotu jsme jeli do Bryan, Texas, k nagemu synovi, aby bratr a sestra Kagparovi vedeli, kde bydli nektere na ge deti. Hlavne jsme se jim chteli mame u syna nove devdatko.

Pak jsme se vratili domu. Oni zastali u nas na not.

V nedeli po ranu trochu se vydasilo a genugky rozhodly, ze pojedeme do Houstonu. Dali jsme se honern "do parady" a jell. Kdyg jsme ptijeli na &Inlet dist° 6, asi 17 mil od na geho domova, zapjali jsme karu na, 60 Mil ga, hodinu. Iteet bylo dosti 6, sem tam jsme si zazpivali deskou pisnieku.

Ani jsme Se nenaddli, blizili jsme se k Houstonu. Na zapad od Hailstorm jsme uvideli po tech velkkch de gtich hodne zerne pod vodou. Ubohk clabytek misty stal i le gel ye vocle, aby si trochu ftikal jsem mkm spolucestujicim, ""testi, ge nemrzne."

Napfed jsme se stavili upani Anny Vrlove, 1048 Alexander; prave na, rohu Jedenacte ulice. Pani Vrlova, nas pohostila dobrou kavou a jejim dobrkm pedivem.

Zylagte ty makove kolade byly az mot dobre. Snedl jsem jich nekolik, a kdyby mne nebylo hanba, bkval bych si vzal je gte. Ja, totia makovkm davam pfednost. Nevim, pani Vrlova, jestli v torn spechu jsme Vam za svaoinu podekovali.

Jestli se tak nestalo, timto Vam za v gechny srdeene dekuji.

Po svadine se pani Vrlova honem vypravila, nebot' byl jig das jeti k sini. Kdyg jsme tarn dojeli, iikal jsem mkm spolucestujicim, budou-li zde kteii na gi znami?

Ale netrvalo jen nekolik minut a segli jsme se s Cleny nam znamkmi a seznamtli se s mnoha neznamkmi, take jsme se, mill bratti a sestry, citili mezi vami jako doma. Nebudu gadneho jmenovat, nepamatuji si vgecilna jmena, neb jak pani Fojtagkova pige, jak to hlava startle, stave se dim dale tim vice derava.

Divadlo bran ochotnici star gi a nekteki jegte mladi. Divadlo velice pekne ag to dlovelca, kterk citi je gte trochu desky, ptimo tichvati, kclyC sly gi ty miade tak pekne mhivit Cesky. Ochotniky, kteti hrali, jsem neznal gadneho z‘ nich, jen bratra redaktora. A toho j;e1-11 poznal jen po blase. Te'g jsem jej litoval Ce mel tak tegkou ulohu. Vgichni se na jevigti stolu hostili, jed on seal sam u stolu.

Porudil si oivo, ale ani to n-.0 hospodskk nedonesl. Inu, jak je tatik trochu riachmelenk a on toho opileho zahral znamenite, kagdk se jej hledi zbavit.

Ta g jsme zde y nagi osade melt zalogerik divadelni krou gek, a sam jsem v -neco nekolikrat teinkoval. itk.dy pozdeji. tom nee° napigi.

Po divadle v Houstonu vyhravala jim veder tizna kapela, tak jsme se hezkY vytancovali. Dornil jsme piijeli hodne ph palnoci, unaveni i ospali, ale nelitujeme testy, ani ittraty, neb jsme se, mile sestry a bratti, opravdu mezi vami obveselilt a potegili.

Jednou veci byl jsem piekvapen, a site kdyg mne bratr u pokladny, kterk prodaval vstupenky, sdelil, ge listek stoji pouze 80 centil na osobu na divadlo i veder na tanec.

Tak, bratte redaktore, bud' tak laskav a ptivti tro gku oko nad timto dopisem.

Slibuji Ti, Ce dam na chvili pokoj. zesnulk otec mne fikaval, "Chce g-li dobre ptatele udr get, tak je easto nenavgtevuj."

Prave kdy g jsem dopsal tento dopis, pfigel Vestnik z tohoto tkdne. V mein dopisu v Ceske easti je male chyba. Mogna, 'g e jsem chybu sam ueinit Do nagi Jednoty jsem vstoupil 4. ledna 1914. Ono vlastne by na torn tolik nezale gelo, ale aby si nekteti 'client nemysleli, ge jiz jserri tim psanim do Vestniku tak zbalamuce-= ge nevim, kolik let jsem dienem Tak noty. Omyl byl o celkch deset to opravuji. (Poznamka redaktora:--Na divadle v Houstonu ten opilk se vymlouval, "Vig, Eula,lie, kobyla ma &Lyn nohy a jegte nekdy klesne." Take redaktor klesnul. V rukopisu stab, Ce tahne g "to elen stvi dvaaetyticatk rok." Pii eteni korek tury, totig vysazeneho dopisu hotoveho pro tisk, nevgimnul jsem si, ge v Melee stab° "dvaatticatk" misto "dvaaetyticatk.)"

Bratke redaktore, za Tvou namahu,

Strana 8 kterou se mnou ma g, Ti predem dekuji.

Ale dam Ti malou radu. Az bude zase nucen tauten mezi vejci, jak se v posledMtn Vestniku zminuje g, tak si je napred nechej na tvrdo uvarit. Kdyby se ne.hodou nektere rozbilo, piece Clo y& tolik neuklouzne.

Pozdrav na celou Jednotu.

Frank Vytopil a mangelka ) • .T. • ( PODEKVANI PonevadZ mi neni mono v gem jednotlivcin zvlag t' podekovat, einim tak tim to dopisem.

Vy vgichni moji pfatele, ktefi jste v me nehode se mnou soucitili, mnoho vreljrch Za yak eetne navgtevy, jak v nemocnici tak dorna, za ty krasne kvetiny a tech krasnjrch darn, pediva, ovoce, a spoustu tech listku, kde skoro ka gdji pripgal par pote gujicich sloe. Velice mne to potegilo.

Byla jsem 26 dint v nernocnici a ji2 6. tYden main celou ruku v sadte, je to jako poleno dreva 'Cake. Pri gti pondeli ptiljdu prohlidku. Doufam, ze mite ten kru nYr j12 sundaji.

To nebylo je gte dost. Zaeal me bolet zub a dostala jsem otravu do dasni, takjen dobremu zubnimu lekari mam co dekovat, jinak bych tu uz nebyla mezi vami. Asi je gte neprigel mitj eas.

Nyni musim jegte zylagt' podekovat rodine Nesudove, kteri jsou v2dy ke mne tak hodni. Nejenom ze mne nekolikrate i s dcerugkou Ellou v nemocnici i doma navgtivily, toho peeiva, tech dobrjrch koi darek na vanoce i na muj svatek nee° silnej giho donesly. Mnoho A nyni pani Valoikova, to dobra duk, tat me east° nav gtivila a toho peeiva, kolade, makovou babovku a na mitj svatek Miley vina, abych pry se posilnila. A na vanoce kdyZ videla, Ze nemohu peci, nabidia se, k moji rodine upeee jablkoYST zavin a vent:161u, a take upekia a bylo to velice dobre.

Moje deli se te2 o mne dolate postaraly. Ja, letos nemohla vanoeni listky posilat, tedy odpustte.

Jegte jedenkrate mnoho dikin vge dobre vam preje i mnoho zdaru v tomto rode vase Hedvika Hogkova. ) • 4, • ( ,roLEC'Nt OBED A CESKE DIVADLO V CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Divadelni Kroukk Ochotniktit evidne Jednoty Sokol v Corpus Christi ptipravuje pekne pobaveni na nedeli 27. imora 1955 v Sokolovni.

Nag nmoholetY zkugenY kuchar Karlik Regmund, za pomoci dal gich ostreddenYch pomocnikti a pomocnic upravi zase ty masove peeinky na ro gti (barbecue) v novYch pecich.

Material na tyto d ye nove pece daroval br. V. Hada, starosta Jednoty. Praci udelat tyto pece darovali bratti: Jerry

v g STNtiC — WEST, =AS

Lukagtik, Chas. Reg=Ind a Frank yeselka.

Karlik Regmund o kterSr rnnohokrate svoje dobrodini =Aim spolkfun projevil, chce tentokrate pkekonat nejen svoje umeni, ale ukazat i. svoji gtedrost. Deigi, dobu vykrinuje rodka hovezaka, ktereho daruje pro ten spoleenY obed, aby eisty finaneni vSmos byl co nejvetgl. aist3"7 prijem, kted zbucle z onoho nedelniho podniku, bude pou2ii, na cestovni vjrlohy nagich evieicich, kteri spoleene se budou podilet na, sletu v St. Louis, Mo. u prile2itosti oslavy 901eteho trvani a zalokni prvni sokolske jednoty v Americe.

Nage jednota temito zajezdy nejen pOsiluje a udr2uje sokolskou idea, ale pomaha i razit cestu, ktera ,obeznamuje jinonarodo yee s n.agi kulturni vyspelosti.

Ka2djr vzdelanjr a pokrokovjr narod ma nee° nad dim jest hrdY. A na g narod CeskoslovenskY byl, jest a mute bYti hrdY na nag telocvidnY spolek.

Po splynuti dvou telocvienYch teles v jedno teleso, a jmeno pkijato Arnericke Obce Sokolske, anglicky zvand American Sokol Organization s hlavnim sidlem v Chicagu.

Americka Obec Sokolska ma vSrsadu (charter), take kaZdY elen jest chranen, jako jsou podobne chraneny zakony SpojenYch statu arnerickjrch nage podpurne bratrske spolky.

My se sna2irne•ten zbytek toho.rodneho jazyka CO, nejdele udrkt. My se nedelime na to neb ono, neb na ge prace se nese Y. duchu uvedomelYch americkch obdanit, vernYch to syntit a deer svYch drahYch rodidd. Tyto rodiee nas sytij narod etit a milovat a novou prija tou (adoptovanou) zem zvelebovat, Ziti a pri torn v mini nechat zit vgechny spoluobdany jejich zp0sobem Zivota.

Spoleen* obed v Sokolovne zaene ye 12:30 v polecine a potr ykdve hodiny, tedy do 2:30.

Talit samSich kuchatskYch dobrot se bude prodavat pro dospele jeden dolar a deti padesat centtl.

Divadelni pkecistaveni zapoene ye tit hodiny. Vstupne jedna osoba 75 centu a deti pod 16 let maji v.stup zdarma.

Tato divadelai hra se jmenuje "Houklivaci nagi vesnice", aneb "Marjanka z podiesi", Scpsand p. V. Bartou. Jest to fraela o trech jedminich, v niZ ildinkuje devet osob, 5 mail a 4 2eny. Tento yesnickY dej byl scpsan a vydan pied 18 lety v Praze.

Ulohy jsou v dobrYch rukou, kteri se pilne nacviduji a budou se zase snatit, aby pkitornne Zildastnene obeeenstvo, milovnici a podporovatele eeskYch ochotnickYch divadel dostali pobaveni, ktereho se jim v piitornne doloe tak malo dostava rychleho ubkvani nahradnich deskYch sil. Neopomente si ptedist oznaniku v pki8tim eisle Vestniku.

Ve stiedu, dne 16. Cmora 1955.

Kralanskd a bratrskd pozvani eini vsem John Staga, oznamovatel.

• 4♦ Guy, Texas.

Mili bratti a sesttiely: Bratr Jos. F. 8efeik z Temple, Texas mne vzpomina ve Vestniku, woe jsem ustala psati v novinach? Odpovidam. Ti, milt' bratte, ze je to vinna nemoc 2lueoye kainertky a arthritis; a je to velka bolest, tak neni naiady do psani; u2 to nejde, delam pri psani chyby. Co jsem psala dopis do Vestniku v lednu, te2 byla chyba. `Psala jsem, k jsem prijela do Ameriky do okresu Fort Bend, ale ja phjela do okresu Waller, a tak tu chybu opravuji. Dekuji Ti za vzpominkuf bratte '8efeiku, a pig zase, dokud Ti zdravi dovoluje, nett pigeg pane. Na nahledy jednotlivice nedbej.

Take dekuji bratru Hamuskovi za vzporninku ve Vestriiku, pote gila mne.

Dnes, 8. finora na ystivili Mikesky bratki Louis Kocurek a Martin Kovar z Damon. Rada jsern je uvidela. Jsou to nagi bYvali dobki sousedi, znarn je co mladiky, ale i ted' vyhlili oba hezky, jen Ze jsou beelaky„ musi si kaaljr sem varit a kucharit., Onehdy se u nas, jako minim u Mikeszastavila sestra Franti gka Palatova a pani Libojacka s dcerou, vkchny z Rosenberg. Take jsem je rada uvidela, neb sestru P. Palatovu znam je gte co svobodnomslednu, a rodadky z jedne vesnice z Hogt'alkove z Moravy.

Rada, bych vedela, jestli bratr Frak 1VIoravek v Robstovvn ma uz dosti degte.

Zde v Guy moo napr gelo 4.-5. iinora, prklo ye rine a v noci zase, take rano byly pine Mdky vody.

Na Guy jsme nedostali 2a.drtY elen tieti eislo Vestniku. Musel tajemnik dopsat na Hlavni Uradovnu, by ho zaslali, a tak druhjr tjrclen pti gly dye eisla i etvrte eislo.

To bylo pekneho &ten', same hezke dopisy.

Zasilarn 'dein etenattinn a eteriakkam srdeenY pozdray.

Rozi Mikeska-Truksova. )• .•( Dallas, Texas.

Divadlo, 'dere bylo sehrano atvrtou nedeli v lednu po Zupni schtizi, "Vypitjdemi panimama", bylo znamenite. Herci sehrali sve idohy velice dobte. Obecen.stvo prijalo je s povdeltem, sledovalo dej kusu v tichosti, co2 se malokdy pritreri, aby obecenstvo nebylo pri hre rugeno vgelijakjun hlomozem. Te2 obecenstvo negetrilo potleskem; bylo to ditkazem, Ze se jim dej a souhra velice libily. Je to nejlepgi uznani prokazane ochotnikilm a reZiserti, kteri se ku zdaru kusu prieinili, pochopenim za jejich innomou prazi a povzbuzeni k dalgi jejich nove praci.

Vatgina udinkujicich je zde rozena a tint

Ve stiedu, tine 16. l'inore 1955.

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pro ne je nacvleeni tersi, obzvla gte kdy2 tech Kirschner, Lovdice, p. 2danice, Momeli jen kratkY eas k nacVieeni te2gich rava; Cechoslovakia.

Jejich vYslovnost byla tentokrate Diky! velice pekna. Rozebirat Ulohu, jak kdo Chas. Holasek, Kral nebudu, neb v gichni se einili a hrali 2541:LeXington Blyd., dobre. Jen tak dale.

CorPus Christi, Texas.

Jmenem dram.atickeho kroulku dekuji vgem za navgtevu, zvlagte tern VzdaleriejLoveice, 18. ledna 1955. g im. Co hosto v nedeli byli zde: Pani Pratele, Merlikova z Chicago, ktera, je zde jiste mi laskave prominete, 2e se na Vas vg tevou; mantele mladi a stargi Milano na,jednou a tak neeekane obracim timto vi, Tirkovi, Houdkovi, L. 0. Hogkovi, ivYm dopisem. Deufarn v gak a tegim se, Jureikovi, LaInoVskY, 'W. Petr2ilka, V,ynebudete mi proto zazlivat smelost, s topil, pani Rendleva., pani Castro, pani jakou se na Vas svou prosbou obracim.

Smrekova, pan Albert Regmund, mari2ele Neznate nine, vim, nevideli jsme se, Trot-311ov', pani. Ku2elova z El Carnpo se snad' Jste nekcly doeetli se v dopise od synem, ktery graduoyal z Denton College, yag ich z Loyale, jet poladal jsem o Vag man2ele Ladislav a Mafenka, Polanek a adresu. Jako zidej gi faraf (budu zde pan P. Kaderabek, oba zmineni panove letos pinkch 20 let) - bYval jsern v pisembyli zde na divadle po prve; oba Ueinkuji nem spojeni s p. 8tepanera Kudrem, jeco housliste v Dallas Symphony orate ho znate a pamatujete. 13Yva1 farstru. Divadlo se jim libilo. Te2 )33 71 Pfito mafem v Malin, Oregon, U.S.A. Posledni . to vetgi -menp.ZvolaekzTmpl.Jsou dopis od neho obdrIel jsem pied vice jak navgtevnici z jinYchfinest, est, a jsme ye- tiremi roky, od to doby nedochazi od nelice radi, kdyt nas nekdo vzdaleriej gi na- ho pro trine ani nejmen gi zprava. Posledvg tivi. Valime si jich, jako na.gich zdej- ni dopis ode nine nedo gel odpovedi (take g ich °beam). Retie na to divadlo byla pled 3 roky posilanY), a tak jsem se rozMiro Jureika. hodl, ze budu se snatit dovedeti se od Kni2ky na divadio byly vypiljeene od Vas nekterYch krajant, zda zminertY pana M. L. Hromadky, tajemnika Stepan Kudr vithec je gte 2lje, v2dyt' iiJednoty, proto odpust'te, kdo jste o ne nak by mi ureite psal a vicekrate za rok. jsem yam je nepujila, neb — Psal jsem do Ameriky nekterYm, ale jsem je musila poslat do statu New York, mime, Zadne odpOvedi jsem nedostal. kde to budou brat. Ale poslala jsem va- Prod', nevim a nemohu si vysvetliti. Uge Zadosti panu Hromadkovi. znavam, je to dosti obtitne vyhoveti Te2 jsme to chteli opakovat v Ennis, mi, ale pfece jsem poeital a te gil se, Ze ale neglo to. Bazar, kterY byl poradan mi to udelaji. KdY *2 tedy dosud bezvYpatou nedeli, se take yydatil znamenite. sIedne jsem se obracel na nektere, usmyPfigti divadlo bude etvrtou nedeli, pod slil jsem si, jegte clovolim si Varn nanazvem "Myslivecka, krev", zpevohra, v ' Psat, vim toti2, 2e Jste se svou rodinou u nagi Sokolovne. Hraji spoleene ochotnici nas stale ye, spojeni. Prosim Vas tedy, nez Ennis a Dallas. Objevi se na nagem je- zazlivejte mi, 2etotto .veci Vas zateZuji, viSti tri novo hvezdieky a jeden rina; budte itak.laskavi, zjistite nejak, co je s abych ho pojrnenovala hvezdieltau? To p. 8teii.lcudrern, zda dosud tije a pripadnejde, neb ,to neni ona, je to on! Slun- ne kde t'e by nii , nepsal nebo dokonce cem? ja jsem ho jegte hrat nevidela. ani dopisy neodpovedeI, to je nemo2Ale co, pojrnenuji jej meteorem, jsou ne a pro mne naprosto n.evysvetlitelne. zrovna, v mode, east() ted' padaji. Snacl Prosim Vas tedy je gte jednou, odpud'br. redaktor vi primefenej gi jmeno pro te mi,- a pokud a -jak yarn bude snad nej. On se neurazi, rozumi 2ertu, 2e ano? mo2ne, sdelte mi neco o nem. Pfedem Je to ale opravdu'pekne divadlo. Retie Vara ia Vagi laskavost dekuji tim nagim je J. Kebrle. liptimnYm P. Rah zaplat' a uji gt'uji Vas, Zatim na shledanou.

Ze y am toho nezapomenu. Pripadne vYKarla Kraftova. lohy s timto spojene, rate jen bezevgeho mi" sdeliti, yyplatil bych obnos milerad )• •( Corpus Christi, Texas TrnkovYm v Loveicich. Znamenam se Milt' bratfe redaktore: Vam se srdeenYm a uctivYm pozdravem, upfimnou vzpominktm a dikem Zasilam Ti dopis, jej jsem obdriel z 'Vojtech. Kirschner, meho rodigte, Loveice na Moray& Dopis faraf v Loveicich. mluvi sam za sebe. Zadam Te, ) • 4 sloupec k disposici, bys jej uvefejnil.

KROU2EK tESKYCII ftEN se, v Malin, Oregon, jest usazen br. Fr. Eizner, rodak z Vetefova na Dallas, Texas.

Morave, a mo2na i jini krajane tam doV imorove schfizi jsme udelali zmenu, stavaji Vestnik. Nekdo z nich man& by totiZ pi-1W schfizi v bfeznu zaeneme ye motel zaslati informace o p. 8tepabu Ku- 12:30. Prvne budeme mit kavu a pedivo a drovi•bud' rune anebo p. fararovi:. Voj- potom schuzi. Delame to proto, ze nekte-

Strana, 9 re sestry bydli trochu dale a spechaji domu net jsou buse prepinene.

Sestra Merlikova, ktera bydli v Chicagu, dostala z price tYdenni dovolenou, tedy pfijela do Dallas. Ale bylo nom lito, 2e se nemohla zneastnit na gi schtize.

Pfesto nezapomela na nas a poslala nano etyri pane dareeky, za ktere ji mnohokrat dekujeme.

Dale jsme zde mely sestru Rendlovou z Corpus Christi. Pri gla; do na gi schilze a my ji rady uvidely. Tea iit2enka Parmova-Vrlova, s detmi nas ye schuzi navgtivila. Dekujeme °beim, za navgtevu.

S pozdravem A. Hem2alova.

•4 NAROZENINOVY KLUB DAVA vEEtti Tuto sobotu, toti2 19. imoraitudou sestry Narozeninoveho klubu v Houstonu davati jitfnicovou yeeeti, ktera zaene bYti prodavana v pet hodin odpoledne.

Jako vYmenou pro ty, kdo by si prali k vedefi nee() jineho, bildou podavana smaZena, kurata po zpilsobu "Southern Fry".

Krome toho budou jine prikrmy, peelvo, koblihy, kava, take o pohostinstvi bude pinou merou postarano.

Dostavte se v gichni, k.tto budete moci a privedte nebo pozvete take sve zname k -Leto spoleene verefi.

Na hojnou navgtevu se tegi vgechny elenky od Narozeninoveho klubu.

Poradajici vYbor. ) 4

KALENDAik ✓ nedeli kadou prvni a treti y mesici fad Pokrok Houstonu porada taneeni sabavu, ktera, je pro eleny fadu zdarnia.

Kandy je uctive zvan.

Ve stiedu veder kahlY tYden jsou vany taneeni a zpevni hodiny pro deg v sini fadu Pokrok Houstonu, 1140 Robbie. Ka2dY je uctive zvan. ✓ titerjr weer kaidY tyden cvlei se sborove zpevy dospelYch v sini radii Pokrok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou Zaeatek v osm weer.

V sobotu 19. unora porada Sokol Houston jaternicove hody. V gichni pratele a pfiznivci jsou uprimne zvan Jaternieky budou hotove v 5 hodin. Veeere bude 6 hodin.

V nedeli 20. tinora bude promitan deskY, film "ModrY zavoj" v Sokolovne v Houstonu. 'Zaeatek v 7:30 weer. Jaternicova, yeeere v 6 hodin. Pfijd'te vgichni. ✓ pondeli 21. iinora bude prednagka, Dra. Ivana Taborskeho, generalniho to-, jemnika pro AmerickY fond eeskYch u-' prchlikt v sini radu Hvezda Texasu eislo 47 v Seaton. Zaeatek v 7:30 veeer. V gichni jsou srdeene zvani.

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Ve, stfedu, dne 16. -aqua 1955.

WEST, TEXAS

NE2 ZHASNE SViCE 2IVOTA Me deti si ptaly vedeti nydj divotopis z mladi, proto jsem se rozhodl jej napsati pro vetejnost, aby i jini vedeli moji votni drahu. Udalosti z meho divota nebuclou vSechny npine, neb si je nepamalazji; tak piSi jen to, co si pamatuji.

Na tu pozemskou pout' jsem se vydal 25. btezna roku 1879 v Byla ysknu Bysttiee pod HostYnem na Morave z rodieff Antonina a Marie AdamkovYch. Otec byl dvakret denat. Z prvniho mandelstvi yzeSlo 7 'deti, 4 dcery a 3 syni, nejstargi dcera Antonie, Frank, Vincek, Cecilie, Antonin, Vincka a FrantiSka. Z druheho nandelstvi yzeglo 8 deli; 5 synft: Josef, mnmalidkost, Rudolf, Irmo a Karel; a 3 cleery: Marie, Amalie a Kristina. Z tech vSech nes patnacti zusteva na divu jen ja., Karel a Marie. NejmladSi sestra Kristina, stare, 60 rokft, zemfela pied dvema rnesici, 8. prosince 1954. Tak ud to nebude dlouho trvati a naSe pokoleni zapadne do rninulosti.

Otec byl vyznani evangelickeho a pr yjeho man'delka katolickeho. Meli doailuvu, 'de narozene deti budou vychovaveny synove na evangelickou viru a dcery na katolickou. Druha jeho mandelka byla take katolieka, ale deli vSechny byly vyehovavany po katolicku. Otec s matla.1 byli rildneho naboienskeho vyznani, ja jsem nikdy neslySel od s yYch souruzenctt, de by k vuli tomu nfeli mezi seboa neshodu. Dobra Ole a rozumnost oboustranna dadnou neshodu nepfipusti.

A take prod nejake nesvary nabodenske?

Vddyt' vSechna ruzna vyznani, co jest jieh ye svete, smetuji k tomu samemu cili - - k Bohu. Jen rilznYmi cestami se ubnaji.

Kdyd mi bylo asi etyti roky, si pamatuji, de jsem byl volat k obedu delniky, ktefi staveli na8 novY doino y. Otec pfepustil grunt nejstarSirnu synu Frankovi a koupil na jinem miste pozemek pro staveni. Jid tehdy jsme meli primitivni mlatieku na obili. Kone ji pohaneli, chodice clokola vedle stodoly, a mlatieka pohanena dentourem ve stodole. Slama a pievy se zrnim Sly pohromade. To muselo bYti pak rezd.elovane rukama. Take se inlativalo cepy, aby zfistala slama rovna n. priSti rok na povtisla, jak tomu to jest na slamene vazadlo obili, jako se vane provazky. Otec vddy vybiral zrno na pfisti seti tim, de kdyd foukal ptiznivY lopatou rezhodil zrni proti vetru a ktere zrni doletelo nejdale, to bylo nejtodSi, tedy na seti nejlepSi. Pamatuji, ze jsem jednou Wadi busy- na strniSti, ale se strachem, neb jsem husi bal.

(Zivotopis C. W. Adamka)

starostovi vesnice dovedli. Tam shledali, de ten Cloy & byl pomaten na rozumu.

Dali mu velkou buchtu a nelcam ho odvedli. Kdyd mi bylo asi lest let, moje nevlastni sestra Cecilie naela nejakk nosni neduh, kterY ji tam lekafi nemohli yyleeiti. Domnivam se, de nekdo znamY z Ameriky ji psal, de by ji tu ten neduh lekari vyleeili, proto se rozhodla sem jeti.

Tenkrat se take vypravoval do Ameriky nejakY znamY, tikali jsme mu kovar Mika. Rodiee ho dobte znali, ale jestli byl z nail vesnice, to nevim. Tak se dohodli, ze pojedou spoleene. Po nedlouhem Case sestra oznamila z Ameriky, de me neduh yyleeen. Odjela v roku 1885 a po dvou letech se sestra provdala za Frank4 Zamazala, kterY sem take ptijel z VYtorlic. Bylo to v texaske Praze, Fayette okresu, kde se usadili.

Ja jsem v Evrope chodil do Skoly ne cele dva roky. Rodiee si se sestrou dopisovali, ktera, si pochvalovala divot zde a de maji najate misto pro rolnieeni a take je asi vybizela, aby sem take ptijeli. Talc se rodiee rozhodli sem take jeti.

Tedy asi v bfeziau roku J887 jsme se vydali na cestu: jedna nejrAlad8i sestra z prvniho mandelstvi, a my, zbYvajicich sedm deti z druheho mandelstvi. NejmladS1 sestra Kristina se narodila kdyd rodiee odjeli zpatky do Evropy. Tu sestru jsem nevidel leda na obrazku. V Bremach jsme sedali na nerneckou lod' jmenem Elbe, ktera se v pozdejSich letech nekde v mori potopila.

Pamatuji, jak jsme byli jednou ve yellIce boufi, de viny byly jako hory a hazely vodu na palubu. V podpalubi nadobi, ktere nebylo pripe ynene, se koulelo z jedne strany na, druhou, de to jeSte zvetSovalo hritzu bourky. Cestujici zvraceli s Posteli, jsouce nemocni, i na ty v dolej81ch ladkach. Byl to hroznY pohled, na mote, z ylaSte kdyd bylo te'dce zamradeno.

Jedenkrat byla na mori Cala mlha, tak naSe lod' neustale troubila. Otec nem naabychom se modlili, de jsme v nebezpeei sradky s druhou lodi. Vide]. jsem, jak jednou pochovavali male dite do more, zabalene v pytlovine.

Asi po tdech tydnech jsme St'astne dojell do New Yorku a odsud po alnericke lodi do Galvestonu. To ud se radostneji jelo na eiste lodi, a dedne boufky. Nekolikrat jsme se starSim bratrem mleli kavu pro kapitana, za cod jsme dostali pomeranee, new vzacneho pro nes.

pesni tomu valaSske kudla.

Me se to kudla zalibila a ponevadd ye svetnici dadnY nebyl, tak jsem streil kudlu do kapsy a Sel domt. Bylo to odpoledne. Kdyd se jid, hodne setmelo, otec me zavolal do svetnice, tam me chytil za ruku a zaeali jsme taneit po svetnici.

Vypadalo to jako etverylka (square dance), jende na misto taktovky v ruce mei semen. Po tanci mi otec nakezal, at' zanesu kudlu zpatky a se odprosim. Ale se mi zdd, de to udelali star gi sourozenci za nine. Od to cloby jsem si pamatoval, aby se mi neco neptilepilo na prsty, co mi nepatti.

V Sesti letech, kdyd jsem zaeal chodit do Skoly, v time napadlo hodne snafu, de se nakupily vysoke zaveje. Kdyd mrazein ztvrdly, tu nastala shaffka po kach. Ja jsem si take nejake stloukl a del se Skoldly vozit se dolff ze zaveji. Kdyd jsnie sjeli dold, tak jsme zas museli ky nesti nahoru. Tak se mi prihodilo, de jak jsem del nahoru, jedna holka â&#x20AC;&#x201D; asi tak stare, jako ja â&#x20AC;&#x201D; jela dad. Ja jsem ji na potkani chtel zakYvat na pozdrav, ale zapomnel jsem, de mdm v ruce stinky.

Ona do nich vrazila a vyrazila si jeden neb dva pfedni zuby. Bylo hued po vozeni. Je del &nail oeekavat trest, ale nepamatuji jestli jsem zas s otcem taneil etverylku. Modna, ze mne matiela vyplatila mokrYrn hadrem pies hlavu, neb ona mein ten zvyk nes tak trestat. Pamatuji, de ji jednou otec napornenul, aby nds tak netrestala, de je jine misto na tele na trestani, kde to na zdravi neuSkodi. Natal rodiee maji zvyk, trestat sve &et bouchancem do dad' neb pohla y -eit,codmleitznasledkyvpozjSich letech. Tenkrat nausel jsem jiti rodiee holky i devee odprosit. Vim, de jsem tam byl, ale jak jsem to odproSeni vykidil, to nepamatuji.

Otec mel jeden rok najmutY dlouhY fad SvestkovYch stromil podle cesty yedouci do poli (bYvaly tam ovocne stromy podle vetejne cesty, ale kdo z nich bral ovoce, to nevim). Jedenkrat v nedeli, kdyd jsme se chystali k obedu, jsem shledl, de nejakY mud zutive lame vetve na prvnim strome od vesnice y to fade hestek. Kdyd jsem to oznarnil otci, talc nastal hon za onim =dem, ktery utikal do poli. Tu nedeli muj nevlastni bratr byl v evangelickem kostele v jine vesnici, se mi zeta de v Btezove, kde men svfil (Pokraeovani) kostel, nebot'.v na g' vesnici evangelickY ) ( kostel nebyl. V tu dobu se bratr Antonin Co si elovek dela z divota, zavisi od toprave vracel z kostela polni cestou a tak se s prchajicim potkal. Vida, de utikajici- ho, co divot z dello udelal.

Kdyd mi bylo 5-6 roku, tak jsem byl ho chytaji, tak ho chtel zastavit, ale on Talent se yypestuje nejlepe v klidu; na, besede u vYmenkaity, stakenky neb se nodal. Tak se chytili a valeli se v pSetetielfy, to nevim. Mela tam na stole ka- nici, ad je pronasledujiei rozvedli a jej k charakter se vyt yoti v boukich sveta.

Wednesday, *ebruary 16, 1955

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Reports from Lodges, biographies, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a BENEVOLENT ORDER week before the date of issue. Address editorial matters to: OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7, Tex, Postmaste.r: Please Send ;Corm 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THERE ARE TWO IDEAS WHICH I wish to discuss with the SPJST members in my MUSINGS this week. One idea is how to contribute something of value to our lodge meetings. It has been done here and there, but not enough to cause even a ripple on the surface of the stream of our SPJST activities.

• • EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, IN FEBRUary 1954 Karel Havlicek Lodge No. 4 invited a speaker to its regular monthly meeting. The report was that everybody appreciated the + lecture of Dr. Eduard Micek, of Austin. In this issue of the Vestnik we have a report that Star of Texas Lodge No. 47 had another speaker in the February meeting, Dr. Eduard Taborsky, professor of Sociology and Political Science, also of Austin.

• • THESE ARE BUT TWO INSTANCES that the local SPJST lodges invited men to speak before the members assembled in a regular meeting. Of course, we have our officers from the headquarters who drop in here and there. They themselves admit they are no accomplished speakers. Their talk is running the same from year to year. The members like to hear new voices and new ideas. There are many good speakers who are not connected with the headquarters who might deliver to the members very Onlightening addresses on some highly interesting' problem facing the entire world today. With all the respect to our leaders from the headquarters, they are limited to the affairs of the SPJST. But we need from time to time to broaden our scope and listen to men who are in the field of education, not only in the field of fraternal insurance.

• • STAR HALL AT SEATON WILL HAVE another prominent speaker on Monday, February 21. Will he talk about the SPJST? Definitely not. And we need occasionally an address which would make us crawl out of the shell of selfcomplacency. We should invite speakers to our meetings who would figuratively open the windows of our mind and let some outside breeze to drift in. It would give some of us a great deal of mental exercise so badly needed.

WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE OUTside speakers? We have some of them here in Texas. If you need Czech speakers, you have Dr. Eduard M'icek, Dr. Jarosla y Zivney, Dr. John M. Skrivanek, Dr. Eduard Taborsky, Mr. (or probably Dr. by now) Joseph Malik, Dr. Frank E.. Luksa, Dr. Robert L. Skrabanek, all of whom are educators. As thoughtful citizens, we want to know more than just the stereotyped talk about the fraternal insurance. We want to become as wellinformed as possible. We need more educators to be talking in our SPJST halls.

• • THE OTHER IDEA IS TO GET OUR SPJST members interested in the type of insurance which we do not have at the present time — and which we should have. Let us consider what happens when one of us is disabled by accident or sickness and there is no insurance. This always seems to happen at just the wrong time. As a matter of fact, there is no right time for sickness or accident. Just answer this: Would today be a good time to get sick or have an accident without insurance to keep an income coming?

room, Far the X-rays, for the drugs, for the nurses, The nurses are so much a Week. The room in the hospital is so much a day. It is lucky that you have someone like your wife to look out for you. Don't worry.

• • YOUR WIFE GOES HOME THAT night, makes out a check on your joint bank account for the hospital. Then she has to make another check for the gas and electricity, because those bills should have been paid yesterday. Then she counts the change in her purse. Only a few pennies over six dollars. The children will need some money in the morning, and there are unpaid bills for milk and groceries. But you will be out of the hospital in about five weeks. Some consolation with only $118.59 in the bank balance. There will be telephone, gas, electricity, water and groceries to be paid. Luckily the taxes were paid last month.

• • WHEN YOU ARE DOWN FLAT ON your back, and the bills are crushing your family. you can't do anything else except to suggest to your wife to go and borrow money. From the bank? No, because you never borrowed money from a bank. You may try Uncle John or Aunt Mary. But you hate to send your wife to see them. No, no, let's think it over, the whole situation over and over, time and again. Your tortured brain makes the things worse. The night nurse gives you some drug to make you rest.

The next morning, the doctor finds you are suffering with fever and takes precaution against pneumonia. All that does not add to your wife's comfort. Your own brain cannot carry the load of nancial agOhy. •

• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON is injured? First a crowd gathers. Then someone sends for an ambulance. When the siren sounds, more spectators gather.

Then you are taken to a haoSpital. YOur family is notified. Your wife, or father Or mother, reaches the hospital and receives all consideration. Then someone calls your family doctor. He comes at once. He is all sympathy, and he recommends another doctor, the best surgeon in town, and also a special nurse. Then you are taken to the X-ray room. You are told not to worry, that the hospital is full of people, men, women, and children, who are as bad off as you are. So don't worry, take it easy, you will get Out of the cast and you will go home YOU ARE A MONEY-MAKING MApretty soon. chine which you failed to have insured.

• Oh, yes, you have life insurance, $10,SUPPOSE YOUR WIFE IS AT YOUR 000 with the SPJST, but you don't have side. Your family doctor is sympathy the kind of insurance you now need. A personified. He discusses your case with sick man needs friends who would say: yoUr wife and advises her to go to the "Don't worry. We will pay your doctor office of the hospital and arrange for and your hospital and your other bills." accomodations. She has to sign for the There ars such friends — in the SPJST.

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OFFICE OF PRESIDENT To All Members of 50-M Club: Sisters and Brothers: You 50M members will be awarded rings. In order that we may be able to order the several rings we must have your finger measurements.

Will each of you have your local jeweler take your finger measurement and send us the size. When awarding the rings, we want every ring to be a perfect fit.

Thanking you in advance for your kind attention in this matter, I am Fraternally yours, Edward L. Marek ) a 4, â&#x20AC;˘ (

Excerpts from the Minutes (Excerpts from the minutes of the first regular 1955 quarterly meeting of the Supreme Lodge SPJST held at the Supreme Lodge Office at, Temple, Texas,' on January 10, 1955.)

The meeting was called to order by President Marek, at 9:20 a.m. All members of the Supreme Lodge were present. Editor Valcik and Youth Director, Sister Hilsher, were also present.

After calling the meeting to order, President Marek addressed a few remarks to all the members of the Supreme Lodge, asking their co-operation and best efforts, to the end, that the New Year, 1955, might be one of the most prosperous years that our Order has ever enjoyed.

The minutes of the meeting of the Supreme Lodge, held on Oct. 12, 1954, were then read by Secretary Chupick.

These minutes, after corrections of some minor typographical errors, were then unanimously approved.

Youth Director, Sister Hilsher, who was present in the meeting, made her report fur the third and fourth quarters of 1954. In connection with her reports Sister Hasher presented to the Supreme Lodge, for payment, a statement for $576.87, which amount she alleged was due her for various expenses incurred by her, in connection with her work as Youth Counselor of the Supreme Lodge.

After presenting these reports to the Supreme Lodge, she read parts of these reports and also read parts of a letter

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she sent, by registered mail, to all members, of the Supreme Lodge, with her letter of resignation as Director of our Youth Department, as of Dec. 31, 1954.

Since Youth Director, Sister Hilsker's letter dated December, 1954, and mailed to all members of the Supreme Lodge, by registered mail, did not bear her signature, Treasurer Koliha, asked Sister Hilsher whether such letter was her letter and she replied that it was.

President then asked Sister Hilsher to retire from the meeting so that the Supreme Lodge could take her reports, her circular letter, her statement. and her letter of resignation under advisement. privately, and in her absence.

While the reports and letter of resignation, presented by Youth Director, Sister Hilsher, were being read and discussed, Secretary Chupick read several excerpts from the minutes of the various meetings of the Supreme Lodge dealing with various phases of Sister Hilsher's connection or activity as the Director of our Youth Department.

Upon. motion by Director Rod, seconded by Financial-Secretary Urbanovsky, and unanimously carried, the meeting was recessed, for lunch, from 11:40 to 1:00 p.m.

When the meeting of the Supreme Lodge was resumed in the afternoon, the two quarterly reports, the circular letter, sent to all members of the Su preme Lodge, by registered mail, by Sister Hilsher, as well as her letter of resignation, and her statement were taken up. Considerable discussion followed.

Finally upon motion duly made, seconded, and carried by a vote of 7 to 5, it was agreed that the statement of $576.87, presented by Sister Hilsher, be paid.

President Marek then presented the resignation of Sister Iiilsher, as Youth Director, and also read a letter addressed to the Supreme Lodge, by the Press Committee, in which letter the Press Committee presented several recommendations for the consideration of the Supreme Lodge, especially, the retention of Sister Hilsher, as Youth Director. No action was taken and no comment was made on the recommendations presented by the Press Committee.

Upon motion duly made, seconded, and carried, unanimously, the resignation of Sister }lusher, as Youth Director of the Supreme Lodge, SPJST. effective as of Dec. 31, 1954, be accented with a vote of thanks and appreciation to Sister Hilsher for whatever services she had rendered to the Order, as Director of the Youth Department of the Supreme Lodge SPJST.

Wednesday, February 16, 1955

President Marek presented a report of, his official activities as President of the Supreime Dodge SPJST for the last quarter of 1954, a copy of which report he presented, in writing, to all members of the Supreme Lodge. In his oral report to the Supreme Lodge, President Marek commented on the membership secured during 1954, as well as the terminations and other matters, pertaining to the Organizational work. In addition to this report he presented all members of the Suprema Lodge a report showing the amount of the first year premiums collected on certificates sold during 1954, the commissions paid on such certificates, to local organizers, state organizers, etc.

When President IVIarek presented the discussion of increasing or accerating the death benefits in our JT Clats certificates, which"the Insurance Committee discussed with our actuary, Mr. Mims, and which the Insurance Committee recommended as follows: $250.00 nearest age 1; $500.00 nearest age 2; $750.00 nearest age 3; and full benefits after the age of 3 years and 6 months, (these figures based on a $1,000.00 certificate). the recommendation of tite Insurance Committee was adopted unanimously.

By unanimous vote the Supreme Lodge agreed that the interest rate to be paid on death benefit funds or on endowment certificates paid in installments, should be 3 per cent with the understanding that such installment payments shall be offered only on certificates of $3,000.00 or more.

President Marek reported that he had five applicants for the position of State or District Oissianizets of the Order, and that two of these applican ts expressed the opinion that it would be impossible for an organizer to do justice to our organization w Irk on a State-wide basis and for that reason they would prefer to engage in the work in a District or Area Organizer's capacity basis, contending that the organization work of our Order could be better served by District or Area organizers, than by a State Organ izer.

After considerable discussion of the question of hiring, either a State Organizer or a District or Area Organizer, it was finally decided that this matter should be placed in the hands of the Insurance Committee, and that the Insurance Committee should decide upon and adopt such plan or method Of our organizational work as it, in its opinion, may find most feasible and best adapted to our needs, conditions and circumstances.

It was agreed that a membership campaign and contest should be conducted.

Wednesday, February 16, 1955 to start on April 1, 1955, and end on June 30. 1955.

It was agreed that 42 prizes should be awarded to the organizers in this contest, some on the basis of certificates sold, and the others on the basis of the amount of insurance sold; that no contestant would be eligible to receive more than one prize in these contests, and that President Marek should set the amounts of these prizes. It was further agreed that in addition to the prizes to the organizers, three prizes should be awarded to the districts securing the highest percent of increase of new members, based on the membership of the Districts as of Dec. 31, 1954. The first prize to be $75.00, the second prize $50.00, and the third prize $25.00 cash.

President Marek reported that the following organizers of the Order were eligible for membership in our 50-M Club as follows: Brothers J. R. Bartek, Alfred Hilsher, Charlie Holy, Emil Kvasnicka, Chas Navratil, Ig Senkyrik, A. M. Vrla, Jim Wagner, J. H. Siptak, J. M. Skrabanek, and Sisters Louise Kadlecek and Anna Milan.

Upon motion by Secretary Chupick, seconded by Treasurer Koliha, and carried, it was agreed that organizers writing either 50 members or $50,000.00 worth of insurance annually should be eligible for membership in the 50-M Club.

President Marek reported on the trip he and Secretary Chupick made to Dallas to the meeting held relative to the Fraternal Insurance Sales Course, to be offered at the Southern Methodist University. He stated that the Southern Methodist University offers to give such course for a week beginning on March 28, 1955, at a cost of $50.00, for the whole course; which includes room, $10.00 and meals $10.00.

Upon motion by Director Rod, seconded by Treasurer Koliha and carried, it was agreed that the Supreme Lodge should support the Fraternal Insurance Sales training course to be given by the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, by offering to pay for scholarships for ten of our organizers who may wish to take the course.

Upon -motion by Secretary Chupick, seconded by Director Stepan, and unanimously carried, it was agreed that the management of the Youth Department should be placed in the hands of President Marek.

When President Marek presented the recommendation of the Press Committee that the Supreme Lodge should reimburse Editor Valcik for the prizes he paid to the letter writers to the Vestnik,

V EST N I K WEST, TEXAS by unanimous consent this recommendation was tabled.

Vice-President Kubena presented a written report of his activities as VicePresident of the Supreme Lodge SPJST during the last quarter of 1954, which report was duly considered by all members of the Supreme Lodge.

Upon motion by Secretary Chupick, seconded by Treasurer Koliha and unanimously carried, the President, Secretary and Treasurer, were authorized, directed and instructed to make appropriate transfer of funds from the Mortuary Fund into the Expense Fund, from time to time, in accordance with Article 45 of our by-laws.

Secretary Chupick made a motion, which was seconded by Financial-Secretary Urbanovsky, and unanimously carried, it was agreed that we follow the same scale of refund of premiums to old members, as we followed in previous years; namely, the members of '70 years of age, that have been members 35 years or over be given 25 per cent discount of their original premiums and members 75 years of age, that have been members 35 years or over be given 50 discount of their original rates.

Secretary Chupick read a letter from Brother Ed Snapka from Mount Calm, Texas, the contents of which letter were given due consideration and Secretary Chupick was instructed to write to Bro. Snapka and inform him that the Supreme Lodge is very much in accord with his ideas and would endeavor to follow the suggestions that Bro. Snapka outlined in his letter.

Strana 13 preme Lodge and in addition to the various matters on which he reported, orally, during the course of the meeting.

Brother Valcik made his reports as State Organizer, for the year 1954, reading a detailed report of his activities, as such, and presented all members of the Supreme Lodge, with a copy of such report. Upon motion duly made, seconded, and carried, it was agreed that Brother Valcik should be relieved of the organization work of the Order, as State Organizer.

President Marek appointed Vice-President Kubena and Directors Skrabanek and Navratil, as members, and himself, as Chairman of the new Insurance Committee.

It was agreed that Brother Valcik's report as State Organizer, wlister Hilsher's 'reports as Youth Director, her circular later to all members of the Supreme Lodge and her letter of resignation as Youth Director, should be filed in the Supreme Lodge Record File or Record with the reports of the Directors and Officers of the Supreme Lodge.

President Marek asked every member of the Supreme Lodge, individually, if he had any criticism 10 make of any transaction of the Supreme Lodge or any question to ask regarding our bond holdings, loans or any investments or any transaction of the Supreme Lodge office or any transaction, resolution, edict, enactment or agreement the Supreme Lodge made, passed, adopted and/ or enacted at any time and if so, that he requests such member to present it to the attention of the Supreme Lodge at that time so that proper disposition and explariation of it could be made and the matter then recorded in the minutes. There was no response to this rerequest or invitation.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 p.

When Financial-Secretary Urbanovsky was called upon for his report, he made an explanation of the various items in his written report, which he presented to all members of the Supreme Lodge.

He stated that he had nothing, further m. to report, except, that he suggested that ) â&#x20AC;˘ 43 â&#x20AC;˘ ( all members of he Supreme Lodge, TWENTY YEARS AGO should study and get acquainted with Feb. 10, 1935 value that a certain type of Burroughs A milestone in the progress of Pokrok Posting Machine would have in our Houston Lodge No. 88 of the Slavonic bookkeeping department.

Benevolent Association is marked with Treasurer Koliha presented for the a celebration dedicating a new home at consideration of the Supreme Lodge var- North Main and 20th. The new brick ious matters pertaining to the real es- building replaces the old structure known tate loans of the Order, the various to Houstonians as the "Bohemian Hall." properties belonging to the Order, and This brief news item which appeared other matters, that come under his at- in the Houston Chronicle on Thursday, tention, as Treasurer of the Supreme February 10, 1955, was read by Brother Lodge SPJST. All of the matters sub- Alfred Hilsher. president of Pokrok mitted by Treasurer Koliha were given Houston Lodge No. 88 at the regular due consideration. monthly meeting held the following Attorney Pavlicek stated that he had night, Friday, February 11. His remark no additional report to make, in addi- that there is no more "Bohemian Hall" tion to the written report, which he but SPJST Hall instead was warmly appresented to all members of the Su- plauded.

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES JAROM R LODGE NO. 54

SPJST LODGE NO. 73 Seymour, Texas Abbott, Texas The Seymour SPJST youth presented the following program, February 6, 1955.

Dear Editor Brothers and Sisters: The New Year has come dancing over Having been elected as a reporter for the English section of Vestnik from our the snow, his soft feet all bare and Lodge, I must say, caught me by sur- rosy, open the door, though the winds prise. blow, take the child in, and make him So this being my first attempt I hope cozy; take him in and hold him dear— He is the wonderful glad New Year. Cait will be satisfactory to all.

The regular monthly meeting of Lodge rol and Arlene Hajek acted as narators.

A Brand New Year Has Come by Jaromir was held Stmday, February 6.

The president, Robert Cervenka presid- twelve of the smaller children concludng ing by singing "America".

Grandmother's Old Autograph Book.

After bringing the meeting to order he announced with regret that Mrs. The grandmother was played by Bettye Frances Popp, wife of our Secretary Coufal, "Memories" were Johnnie, Geunderwent minor Surgery on Saturday raldin, Carol and Arlene Hajek, Robert, morning February 5 in Scott and White Evelyn, Emily and Joan Hejl. Frank and Hospital in Temple, Texas and so for Peggy Simaichl, Wesley Ermis, Helen that reason, Bro. Popp would not be Macha, Edward and James Haisler. present for this meeting. But he would Czech songs by Mrs. Frank Peterek, Mrs. have some one to take his place, to read Frank Storek, Mrs. Ed. Hajek, Piano solo by Helen Macha. the minutes of the last meeting and to Mrs. Frank Peterek was the lucky pertake notes of this meeting. This was son for the door prize, which was a pair done by Bro. Frank Cocek.

The financial report was given by our of hand-made pillow cases, donated by newly elected officer, George Mikeska, Mrs. John Laushman. Mrs. Petrek asked :'he sick committee report however„ them to be auctioned off, so Mr. Hejl was saddened us by having to report these highest bidder. Mrs. Peterek, we thank sick members: Mrs. E. W. Popp, under- you very much as it helped our youth sugery; also, Brother Joe Barton fund grow larger. undergoing major operation in January We are planning a Valentine Party but is doing very well for February 12. So hope weather is nice Mrs. Frank Holacka is also on the sick so even our older members can come list, but I don't know the nature of her and enjoy themselves. sickness, or whether she underwent an After the business meeting a delicious operation or not. lunch and coffee was served to all presI hope that Sister Vrana and Brother ent. Our next meeting will be March Frank Janek are feeling better. All mem- 6. We will serve lunch, and let's see what bers of Lodge Jaromir wish them a the door prize will be next time. speedy recovery.

Mrs. Mary Haisler, Youth Director After these reports were given a short ) e 4, business was held and then an announcement from our president stated HVEZDA TEXASU LODGE NO. 47 that in our March meeting 3 of our out Temple, Texas going officers will be honored, They are Dear Sisters and Brothers: Brother Rudolph Barton, who if I am We held our regular meeting Sunday, not mistaken served our Lodge in the February 6th at the regular time. The capacity of Treasurer for 21 years; Bro. meeting was called to order by our presEmmett Barton and Brother Emil Klaus. ident Brother Frank E. Hejl Jr. at 1:30 After the meeting was adjourned we p. m. Members, I want to remind you all were asked to go into our newly that all of our meetings begin at 1:30 added nice and warm kitchen and en- p.m. joyed a lunch of sandwiches and drinks.

Solemn moment was held for Brother I failed to mention that Bro. Rudolph August C. Dusek who passed away on Barton is displaying a nice 50 year Thursday, February 3. I wish to extend membership pin he had recently re- my deepest sympathy to his family, ceived. sisters, and brothers.

This will end my report for this time I also want to express my sympathy to and I will try to do better each time I the fanilly of Johnnie Lee Hejl, who died will send one in. as a result of an automobile accident Reporter for Lodge Jaromir Sunday, January 30. He was recently Mrs. Sidonie Popp discharged from the Army. He was 22

years of age. He was buried at the National Cemetery at Seaton with a large group of his relatives and friends attending.

I also want to extend my, sympathy to the relatives of Emil Lesikar, a life long resident of our community, who passed away Wednesday, January 26.

Mr. Hejl and Mr. Lesikar were not members of our lodge but they were well known in the Seaton community.

Our secretary, Brother Frank V. Spanhel, read the names of all members who volunteered to help clean up the yard and the hall * Names of all who*, worked are too numerous for me to mention, however, they were put down into the minutes for future reference.

Also the names of all who work at the dances, meetings, and parties or at anytime will be recorded in our minutes. As you by now know, that the hall is being run by the members of our lodge, and you should feel free to come and donate your time. So far, our nrembers have been very co-operative and seems like we are progressing wonderfully; and we are looking forward to a successful year.

Our kitchen is finished already with the exception of a floor covering. I must say that our brothers really deserve a compliment for fixing us that modern kitchen. We have waited for this a long time and we are 'really proud of it. Now everybody who wishes to have a wedding reception, a party or a reunion is welcome to use the utilities; however, you will be responsible for any loss.

We have added thirty-two new chairs and before long we might need more tables. So let's all keep supporting our hall and we will succeed. Star Hall is a place where the whole family can have a good time.

New member admitted into our lodge was Berry Altman and Sister Viola Doskocil took an additional policy.

On our sick list we have Sister Lydia Kabela who underwent surgery and is recuperating at her home now. Sister Helen Matous is still a patient at the Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, Texas. She has been in the hospital since October 19, 1954. She is improving and is able to have visitors. Brother Frank V. Spanhel accidentally fractured his arm in a fall. I am glad to know that his arm is almost well. Also, Brother Joe Bartek underwent surgery but is at home now.

I am hoping that you will all be able to be with us soon.

If at any time any of you are sick or know of a member who is sick, please notify me so that I can mention it in

Wednesday, February 16, 1955 my report. I do not want to omit anyone of you. If I do, it is only because I do not know of your illness.

We were glad to see that some members from other lodges were at our last meeting to hear Prof. Taborsky of Austin speak on conditions now existing in Czechoslovakia.

I wish to thank, on behalf of the lodge, all of you sisters who donated so much good food. I know that we can always depend on you for your generosity, and kindness.

I must announce that on Monday, February 21,, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Ivan Taborsky, , serving as Secretary General for American FUnd- for Czech Refugees, will speak at Star Hall. All of you are cordially invited to attend.

Fraternally, Mrs. AdolphShenkir ets, 9 ( LODGE .POKROK NO. 84 Dallas. Texas Dear Members and FriendS, .

During the past few months, our lodge meetings have , been very well attended, especially the oone held January 16. There were 45 members present and the officers were pleased to see this turnout.

We want to urge everyone to attend, not only the meetings, but also the dances and programs, as all this is for you.

Someone asked if the lodge wasn't rolling in cash as ,it's about time to pay dividends. Well, if each function is not well attended, dividends can't be ex-. pected. Only by supporting these various entertainments can we reach the goal.

So, far, the admission is only 50c per person and has been for many years. Meanwhile, the price for furnishing the music has doubled. And, some of the profit is paid to those who keep the hall clean, and assist in the kitchen and bart NeXt time you are , at the lodge, remember to notice the large frame hanging over tile bar that has this slogan panted on it "Fraternal Life Insurance.

This Is our home --- Make it yours.' Join us' today." Tins fine work was done by Brother . John Kebrle. Lodge Pokrok No. 84 certainly appreciated this donation by Brother Cyril Pokladnik.

In January, Brother Frank Slovak, our bookkeeper, sent out notices to remind each policyowner, who likes to pay for a full year, that the premium is due.

Other notices were sent as reminders of premiums past due. Brother Slovak is doing this only as a duty to the Lodge.

On his part, it's just more work. However, we are sure that you do not mind these; as. they will help keep our policies in force. Everyone knows that dues do have to be paid.

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are suspended, this is to remind you that you still have three months time to, pay your premium.

The representatives to the Fraternal Congress were elected as follows: Sister Annie Marek and Brothers Cyril Pokladnik and Emil Petra The representatives for the District 3 meeting are Brothers Robert Duron Sr., Ben David, Ben Jarma, Cyril Pokladnik and John Kubacak.

March 27 is the date set for the District 3 meeting at Lodge Pokrok Dallas No. 84. We want everybody to come and attend this wonderful project. Sometime the President does have to use the gavel at these meetings for order. This only proves, however, that there is plenty of interest being shown as everytime is at least one piece of new business worked out.

As usual, the meeting will start in the morning and last all day. We will serve dinner at a price that everybody can afford. So try and make it, if you can.

Our next and last dance before Lent will be held on the 3rd Sunday, February 20th. Music will be provided by the Star Lighters Band, so all you dance lovers come out. Remember, there won't be another dance at the lodge until sometime in April.

The Entertainment Committee is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner after our regular meeting on, March 20th. The price will be only 60c and this includes your choice of drink. Both members and nonmembers are invited.

Fraternally yours, Frances Baleja ) • 4, THE HLAHOL DRAMATIC CLUB The regular meeting of the Hlahol Dramatic Club was held Tuesday evening, February 8th, following the presentation of STRYCEK on February 6..

Aside from the usual views, discourses and criticisms made after each play, Mr. Straznicky and Mr. Sefcik presented tentative plans for the near future.

Of course, these plans always include Czech plays, however, as we all know, it has become quite a problem to buy suitable plays since material of this nature is no longer imported, therefore, new publications are not available. Very often we find it necessary to repeat plays but we try not to do this unless we are unsuccessful in obtaining new material. And you may be sure that with the enthusiasm our audience showed during the last play, the club is making every effort to obtain plays for your pleasure and amusement so that we may continue.

The club wishes to 'express appreciation to everyone that attended. We want you to know that it was most encouraging to look out into the audience and

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We were all a little uneasy because of the bad weather we had for a few days, but apparently no one seemed to have paid any attention to it. We want to thank you for your affectionate support.

We also learned later that our secretary, Mrs. Rosa Halms, was unable to attend the meeting because of illness.

There was considerable concern shown over her absence as she is always present whenever possible. We wish her a speedy recovery and hope to have her with us soon.

Please watch this column for further announcements. .

Reporting for the Hlahol Dramatic Club, I am Sincerely, Naomi Kostom • • INVITATION TO A SUPPER This is an invitation to our wellknoWn family-style supper which the, Birthday Club is sponsoring this coming, Saturday, February 19, starting at five o'clock.

You remember the previous suppers at the Hall of Pokrok Holton Lodge, 1140 Robbie. This one will be just as good as those we had before, if not better.

Have you ever heard the Czech word "jitrniee"? It means, in, a very poor translation, "liver sausage." But it is better than that. Come to the supper this Saturday, and find out the taste of it.

Should you desire something different, but equally good, we will have the oldstyle "Southern Fried" fryers.

Be sure to come. And don't forget to invite your friends to our family supper.

They wil be delighted, too. Everybody is welcome.

Birthday Club of Lodge 88. ) 0 4. • ( People still believe that -insurance costs money," and it is up to us in the field to convince them that "insurance does not cost money; in the long run it, actually saves money." ) • 40 • The driver is safe when the roads are dry; -the roads are safer when the driver is dry—Sunshine Magazine.

DO YOU MAKE SALES AT YOUR LODGE HALL? People should come to our lodge halls to buy insurance the same as they go to the store to buy food, or clothing, or go to a builder to, buy a home, because insurance is just as necessary as food, raiment, and shelter.

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IS YOGURT BENEFICIAL TO HEALTH? There has been controversy over the health aspects of this food since its introduction to this country. In many countries it is a staple part of every meal.

We ofte.n see in question and answer columns conduclted by physicians in magazines or daily papers the question "Of what value is yogurt in the diet?"

Generally the answer goes something like ,this: "Yogurt is an expensive fraud perpetrated by food faddists to make money. It is much more expensive than milk and has no more food value than milk. Pint for pint, it contains exactly the same amount of calcium, B vitamins and other food elements that milk contains. But beca'use its sale happens to be profitable, food faddists continue to promise relief from almost anything, including old age, if you will only eat yogurt."

Recently we have been doing some investigating on the subject of yogurt and we feel quite strongly that we ought to give our readers some further informa tion on this subject. If yogurt eaters are food faddists, then it appears that just about all the folks in certain countries of Europe have been faddists for generations, back and indeed present-day gour, mets in European Countries can count themselves as faddists.

The use of soured milk goes far back in time. In early days there was no way of 'refrigerating milk and, especially in hot countries, souring milk became a necessity. In Egypt, Algiers, Russia, Atlica, the Balkan countries and many other parts of the world soured milk is a staple food, eaten at every meal. As people. grew more skillful in preparing it, and long before anyone knew anything about the bacteria that are responsible for souring milk, people in these coun tries were making and serving such concoctions under the name of yogurt, maja, mazun, leben, leben raib, dahi, tarbo, sos,tej, oxygala, herbstmilch, gioddi, mezzoradn, kephir, koumiss and so forth. Every country has its own name for the soured milk with the rather unusual and provocative taste which has recently become the subject of so much controversy in this country.

Granted that older civilizations had to use soured milk for practical reasons, is there any reason why we should use it today? Considerable research has been done on soured milk and its effect in the body, although not as much as we believe should have been done, considering the controversial and quite important subject under discussion. Metchnikoff began the investigation, at

least so far as modern research goes.

Elie Metchnikoff was a sub-director of the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During the early years of this century he became interested in the subject of longevity and wrote Several books on the subject considering all kinds of hitherto unexplored angles of biology that might have bearing on health and length of life. In his book, The Prolongation of Life (published by Putman in 1908) he considers various animals and the length of time they commonly live. Then in pursuit of his theory, he discusses the length of the intestinal tract in each of these animals to see whether this may be related to its length of life.

He is advancing the theory that unfriendly microbes in the intestine may be responsible for premature deaths and disease. Food putrefies in the intestines, he says. Now whether or not this is caused by the diet we eat or by some other aspect of our life, it seems to be true that those animals in whose intestines putrefaction does not occur appear to live longer than man, relatively speaking.

A newborn child has a sterile intestinal tract. Bacteria appear in it soon after birth. Under the influence of mother's milk, Many of these bacteria disappear, only certain kinds remaining.

So we know definitely that the bacterial content of the intestines (which we also call the intestinal flora) is regulated by the food we eat. Therefore, says Metchnikoff, it appears that we might learn to eat foods that will encourage the growth of friendly bacteria and discourage the unfriendlly ones. Putrefaction is caused by unfriendly bacteria.

Aid foods prevent putrefaction, for many of the unfriendly bacteria cannot live in an acid medium. Long before science discovered such things as bacteria, says Metchinkoff, people were trying to regulate their intestinal flora.

They ate strongly acid foods, such as pickled meat, pickled cucumbers and so forth. In all these pickled foods, lactic acid is formed and it is this acid that is powerful against putrefaction.

He quotes Dr. M. Cohendy, whose experiments were reported in Comptes Rendu de la Societe de Biologie, 1906, March 17. Dr. Cohendy lived on an average mixed diet, then took pure cultures of lactic bacilli, that is, the bacteria that form lactic acid. Testing every day, he found that he had cut down considerably on the amount of putrefactive bacteria in the intestine. He also found that the results persisted several weeks after he stopped taking the cultures.

Says Metchnikoff, "A reader who has little knowledge of such matters may be surprised by my recommendation to absorb large quantities of microbes, as the general belief is that microbes are all harmful. This belief, however, is erroneous. There are many useful microbes among which the lactic bacilli have an honorable place.'

Then Metchnikoff began experimenting with difficult kinds of bacteria and found that those which he named Bulgarian bacillus are the best for they "are active in preventing intestinal putrefaction . . control the actio4 of the intestines and stimulate the %kidneys favorably." Hp tells us further that in preparing the culture of bacteria in milk, the phosphate of lime. (calcium phosphate) in the milk is rendered soluble and hence more digestible. He goes on to say that he himself took a preparation made from Bulgarian bacillus for eight years and was well pleased with they results. Friends of his who suffered from intestinal and kidney complaints also found it beneficial.

What is this substance Metchnikoff took and how can it possibly have any such beneficial effects on human health?

When milk is left standing at room temperature, it sours, as we all know. Bacteria in the air and in the milk bring about this change. During the process of souring, lactic acid is formed. As this souring .process takes place the bacteria increase in number. If you sour milk just by setting it in a warm spot of course you have no control over the bacteria that will be in it. But, by plac- , ing certain bacteria in the milk, you can produce certain results and even get certain flavors in the resulting product.

In general yogurt today is made as follows: the milk is heated until it is reduced to one-third its volume. It is then cooled and seeded with a pure culture of L. Bulgaricus or some of the previous day's yogurt, which of course contains some of these same bacteria. True yogurt always contains this particular bacteria â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bulgaricus, which is what Metchnikoff named thein. As the bacteria begins to work on the milk, the milk thickens and curdles until it is eventually the consistency of custard.

Before eating it, you can mix it up, if you wish, and get a thick, smooth creamy substance. The bacteria are still present in the yogurt and after you have eaten them they begin their work in the intestine, helping to .dispose of unfriendly bacteria that might be harmful.

J. G. Davis, Ph.D. Sc., F.B.I.C., San, I., writing in the British publica-

VrelTrie s d ay; ll'abrit gry.- 16," 1955 tion Food, for July 1952, - has—this to say about the value of yogurt: 'The therapeutic value of soured milks appear to he chiefly in their effect in reducing putrefaction in the bowel and also possibly in other effects of their metabolism. The subject is obviously a complicated one and, as with all biological problems, no two individuals react in quite the same way to any treatment or investigation. It is, however, reasonable to suppose that soured drinks can exert beneficial effects in the following ways: 1. Internally by the fact that virtually the entire food value of milk is present in the soured milk; 2. By inhibiting the putrefactive micro organisms in the bowel by the introduction of lactic acid bacteria; and 3. By producing changes in the physical condition of the contents of the bowel, that is, increased acidity, which can be beneficial. Experimental evedince is available in support of these effects."

An article in The American Practitioner and Digest of Treatment, volume I, No. 12, December, 1950, is 'entitled "Bactericidal Properties of Yogurt" by Harry Seneca, M.D., Edward Henderson, M.D., and Alice Collins, B.S. These researchers undertook this study to determine exactly what are the properties of yogurt, so far as destroying harmful bacteria is concerned.

They used the yogurt test tubes right along with the bacteria in the laboratory. They found that the whey from yogurt made from cow's milk killed a total of 18 harmful bacteria, including S. dysenteriae, E. coli, S. typhi, K. pneumoniae, and so forth. Their very careful charts show exactly how long it took to dispoSe of • these bacteria in the presence of yogurt. They conclude that the potency of yogurt is due to its acid content, perhaps the lactic acid itself.

In 'addition they tell us that vitamins are synthetized or manufactured by the bacteria of fermented milks—riboflavin (a B -vitamin) having been found in dried cultures of the micro-organisms.

It seems to us that this is an especially important point. As readers know, we modern human beings suffer from deficiency in many important vitamins.

We know, too, that some of these vitamins are apparently manufactured in the intestine. But if, through some misadventure, we lose the ability to manufacture these vitamins for ourselves, then we need ever more of them in our food, if we would be healthy.

Today we have access to very powerful antibiotics. In fact most of us find it imposSible to escape eating antibiotics along with our food, regardless of how successfully we avoid them in medi-

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tines. These antibioties kill off bacteria at a rapid rate --- beneficial bacteria as well as the harmful kind. So we can assume that our present-day digestive tracts lack the helpful bacteria which a normal digestive tract should have, for they have all been killed off.

What happens then to the supply of vitamins these bacteria are supposedly manufacturing in our intestines? Obviously it is missing.

So it seems to us that we twentieth century folks need soured milk produced perhaps more than the ancients did. Although, because of our modern sanitation methods, we are not likely to be infested with 'so many harmful bacteria which have to be killed, we are quite likely to lack helpful bacteria which are so necessary for the proper digestion of food and for synthetizing vitamins. Medical literature is full of references to the harmful after-effects of the antibiotics —digestive troubles especially are rife among patients who have been given massive doses of penicillin or one of the other antibiotics. We have found several articles in medical literature in which soured milks have been prescribed for relief. We can only suppose this is because they can restore once again a natural intestinal flora, in which the beneficial bacteria are doing their work.

One further comment about the benefits of yogurt in the digestive tract. We know the stomach juices are acid and that protein can be digested only in an acid medium. For one reason or another, many of us lack stomach acid to do this work. It has been found, for example, tha a large number of elderly people suffer from lack of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. This adds greatly to their digestive problems. If yogurt. supplies the additional acid necessary to aid in the breakdown of protein foqds, would not this fact alone be enough to warrant our eating yogurt? Furthermore, yogurt is rapidly digested in the stomach, for the enzymes produced by the bacteria it contains go to work at once on the job of digesting the milk proteins. So it is not surpriSing to find that sweet milk is only 44 per cent digested after three hours in the stomach whereas yogurt is 95 per cent digested in this same period of time. For those who have trouble digesting milk, yogurt would seem to be the ideal solution.

Dr. Metchinkoff won the Nobel prize for his work on intestinal flora. Since then very little has been done in this country apparently to carry on these investigations along the same line. In Europe however soured milks are consumed at a matter of course. In fact yogurt is considered a great delicacy,

Strana a food for gourmets, and is served frequently (alone or with fruits) as a much prized dessert after a heavy meal, especially one high in protein. So it appears to us that American cooks and American medical men are somewhat behind the times and would do well to follow the example of our European cousins.

Dr. Metchnikoff brought fame to the many people of great age living healthfully and actively in the Bulgarian countries. We can see that his studies would' lead him to believe that the yogurt in their diets was largely responsible. In fact many of them practically lived on soured milks. Modern methods of census-taking might disprove MetIthnikoff's ideas on the number of ver , old and healthful people in these countries. Present-day mortality figures do not seem to show any especially significant facts in regard to longevity there. However, wars and famines may have had a lot to do with this. Then too, other factors have been involved in producing the longevity Metchnikoff talked about. Undoubtedly Bulgarian peasant and mountain folk of fifty or a hundred years ago were subject to all the various poisons and chemicals to which old folks in our days are exposed. So it is hard to know just how much we should rely on the longevity facts (or perhaps fancies) of Metchnikoff's time.

However, it does seem to us that yogu,rt may have a definite place in the American diet and perhaps many of us are unaware of its possible beneficial effects in the diet. These are our conclusions and recommendations about yogurt: 1. It appears to be an excellent sub-, stitute for • milk, for those who cannot take milk. It is more easily digested.

2. For those who have been excessively exposed to antibiotics, it appears wise certainly to substitute yogurt for milk because of its ability to restore the normal intestinal flora and hence regulate production of B vitamins with all their many important functions in digestion.

3. Fot those who are suffering from one or another of the many symptoms of digestive difficulty — gas, colitis, diarrhea, constipation, even ulcers — yogurt has been used in Europe and this country for correcting these conditions.

We do not give a blanket assurance that a few days of yogurt eating will immediately correct anything that happens to be wrong with your digestive tract, just as we will not guarantee that it will bring you healthfUl longevity—too many other things are involved. We do believe, however, that including yogurt in your (Continued on page 21),

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Wednesday, February 16, 1955

Have YZ-M. Choice

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Helps For Your

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

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

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

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

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

CLASS I: member pays premiums for 20 years and proper amount of the certificate is paid when he attains tile 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 in, of $2,500.00, and is not included the amounts of the other classes.

CLASS M: Annuity Policies, CLASS M-C: Mortgage cancellation in61,1J. ance 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 irom this organization.

SUNDAY TWICE A MONTH: Sunday—Every first and third Sunday of each month Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88' sponsors a dance. Everyone is invited and members are admitted FREE. TUESDAY EACH WEEK: Every Tuesday, until further notice, at 8 p.m. chorus singing practice will be held. Any one interested is welcome at Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, 1140 Robbie.

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

MONDAY FEBRUARY 21: Dr. Ivan TabOrsky, Secretary-General for American Fund for Czech Refugees, will speak at the Star Hall, SPJST Lodge No. 47, near Temple. The lecture starts at 7:30 p.m. Everybody is cordially invited.

Memory

FIAT SPJST certificates for children: CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into Coy other insurance after the child reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age of 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 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, mortuary face value at age one year. (dz)

Most of us' think that trouble with .memory is a sure sign of old age, something we cannot change. We greatly exaggerate the importance in our busin-: ess and social success. It is kind of favorite fault. Having a good forgettery is as important as having a g•Jod mein; ory. Some of the worst bores I know have wonderful memories. A wise man once said that having too good'a meinory was a handicap to-becoming a good thinker.

With the years, our ability to rernefne her recent events does decline/. But it starts declining quite early. A man' of 35 was telling me the other day: "My memory is excellent. There are only three things that I can't remember. I can't remember faces; and I can't remember names, and . • . and . . . I can't remember what the third thing is that I can't remember."

The art of memory is the art of at-) • •T• o ( tention. With most of us,;,it is not that FORT WAYNE WOMAN CLAIMS TO BE we forget, it's that we don't "get." We OLDEST BUYER OF HOBOKO simply don't see or hear in the first place. That's because we are busy with Mrs. Loiuse Ulmer, of Fort Wayne, Inthoughts of how we are doing, or dwell-' diana, writes: ing on the past, on our failures and re"I would like to know if I am the old- grets. est agent both in age and service? I'm As we get older, we need to spend in my ninetieth year and have bought more time on strategy and on developyour medicine for over 59 years. It was in May 1895 when I received our first ing aids and props to take care of menshipment of Dr. Peter's Hoboko. Would tal and physical changes. We need to practice mental exercises for remember-; be pleased to hear from yoU." ing. For example, do you ever try to Old timers will recall that back a- recall what you've just seen in a store round the turn of the century and for window you have passed? Do you. ever. many years after that time Dr. Peter's write down what you have read in a, Hoboko, a laxative carminative and sto- paper or book, or heard on a radio promachic tonic. Lecivy OM Liniment, gram?

All of us, as we reach 40 or so, Magolo Antacid and Fahrney's Cough Syrup were sold-by agents in small towns adopt tbe notebook and nieme. and where other means of distribution and write down the things we wish. to was not available. These individual a- remember: names, with descriptions of gents carried the Fahrney line in many faces that belong to names; appointcases for twenty, thirty or forty years. ments, telephone numbers, and so on.

Often the agency was passed from Just tell yourself that faulty memory is grandfather to father to son and is still a , sign not so much of age as of faulty active today. In addition, a large and attention, and we can have it when we constantly expanding drug store busi- are relatively young.

But the best way to improve memory ness is introducing new people every day to the merits of these time proven is to stop re-living the past, and start getting interested in the world around Fahrney preparationS. us, by learning a new subject or new A check of past Dr. Peter Fahrney and skill. If we "get" things in the first Sons Company records .revealed that to place, we won't "forget" so readily. — the best of the company's knowledge journal of Living.

Mr. Louise Ulmer is the oldest buyer of 4 Hcboko. Executives of the company have Life is a fatal complaint, and an emiaccordingly written her and also have sent their best wishes and greetings for nently contagious one.—Oliver Wendell Hoirnes.

1955.

Wedne8dfty, February 16, 1955

House Of Representatives (By Herman Yezak) Jan. 23-Feb.4 — The House created a five-member committee to investigate charges of profiteering and irregularities in the Veterans' Land Program. The Senate committee investigating the program is scheduled to expire on February 15. The investigation of the Veterans' Land program is getting constant statewide publicity and attention.

A bill by the Houston delegation to move the First Court of Civil Appeals from Galveston to Houston was returned from the floor of the House back to the Committee. Such action by the House generally means that the measure has no chance for passage during this session of the Legislature.

TWo bills have been introduced to exempt women from jury service that are following specific profession 'and with small children. It is very likely that one of these bills will be enacted into law.

Three Texas gasoline marketing groups have gone on record opposing the twocent tax increase on' gasoline. These groups recommend that the State issue bonds to be retired by dedicating one cent Of the present four-cent tax on gasoline. The group also recommended a twenty-cent tax levy on trade stamps and premiums, which they claim would provide an annual revenue of ten million dollars. The three gasoline marketing groups are the Texas Service Station Associated, The Texas Oil Jobbers Association, and the Petroleum Marketers Association.

On Thursday the House argued briefly over a bill dealing with Naturapaths befure adjourning.

The members' of the House have introduced 339 House Bills and 25 Constitutional Amendments. The Senate count stands at 158 Senate Bills and 5 Constitutional Amendments introduced.

Bills of significance that have been introduced are as follows: 1. Prevent the sale Land offering of sale of fireworks.

2. To place filling stations under the chain-store tax.

3. Increase drivers' license fees by fifty Scents.

4. To provide a confiscation of vehicle when used for transportation of narcotics.

5. Increase the membership on the Livestock Sanitary Commission.

6. To increase the milk-fat content in milk when sold to consumers.

7. Allow poll-tax payers the opportun-

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STRICTLY A MATTER OF INTEREST (By Connie Sherley) When is a. science teacher not a science teacher? When he's teaching French, of course. This riddle may not seem to make much sense to you, but it best describes William Black, the science teacher at Taylor High School who's doubling as French teacher with no increase in pay.

Blacks' acquisition of this extracurricular job came about when he started answering his science pupils' unimportant or impertinent question in French.

The natural curiosity of the pupils, plus that element that just makes most of us want to be able to know something about the French language led to Black's translating the phrases to them and giving the science pupils a few tips on pronunciation.

This only made some of the pupils become like Alice in Wonderland and they wer "more curiouser and more curiouser." Word soon spread around the school that Mr. Black was able to teach French and a group of students asked the chemistry prof if he'd tutor them during off hours. Latin and Spanish are offered in the regular curriculum of the high school, and most students plan to take French when they go to college.

Mr. Black thought it over, and gave the delighted students his answer, "oui."

However there were certain stipulations to the course before it started. Since it is strictly volunteer and the students gain no credit, Mr. Black insists that each member of his French class be making good grades in his regular school courses, and the class is not meeting this week during mid year exams, so that no student is neglecting his tests for his new course.

One of the students got a French text book that is used for the first year college courses in the language and the class was all set. They meet each morning Tuesday through Friday from 8 to 8:30; furthermore in the short time they've been studying, the class has ity to declare party affiliation.

8. Exempt persons over the age of 65 from paying individual fishing license.

9. To abolish the office of County School Superintendents.

10. Make it optional for banks to close on Saturdays.

11. Three bills provide for Congressional redistricting.

12. Make it unlawful to write, handle, or distribute lewd or corruptive literature.

progressed markedly well. Last week they took their first dictation test and Mon, seiur Black as he is now called, was very pleased with the results. The students do all they can to help with learning the language too. Wesley Hackbarth came to class with an International Phonetic Dictionary one morning and it's the most used book in the class right now.

Mr. Black studied French first at East Texas State College in Commerce and he is blessed with what is known as a linguistic ear. Some people study 14„nguages for years and can never adapCthem to the dialect pf different parts of that country, but Black can be in Mexico City for two hours and convert his "book Spanish" into a medium of understand ing and speaking to the natives of that Mexican city.

Since he took his graduate work at Columbia University, he has made trips to Haiti, and it was in this former French slave colony that he used his knowledge of French. He is also trying to give his pupils the practical side of learning the language by encouraging them to think in the language. Harriet Cromwell is one of the budding Parisians and since Mr. Black lives in the Cromwell home, Harriet has cried for help with her translations and Black's constant advice to her is to "think French."

The speed with which the class is learning only proves the idiom that we learn best what we want to learn. Right now the roll of students who are learn ing to parlez vous includes: Martha McAlpine, Deanna Johnson, Mary Camp, Garland Fontaine,. Anne Booth, Sue Arledge, Wesley Hackbarth, Barbara Jo Hays, Fred Vasquez, Charles Carlow, Herman Luedtke, Betty Jo Miles, Doris Talasek, and Harriet, so if you hear any of these teen alters speaking in a language you don't understand, it might be French; but don't bet on it, because some of us have a hard time underr standing them when they're speaking English.

—Contributed by Marie Svadlenak Reprinted from Taylor Daily Press. ) Sometimes the meals at home are not as good as they might be, but when son gets out into the world he never finds as good board at the same price. ) The man who makes not mistakes does not usually make anything.—Edward J. Phelps.

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Wednesday, k'ebruary 16, 1955

vEs T K WEST, TEXAS

TO USE DETERGENTS In the days before detergents, we used to speak of the curse of "dishpan hands." Now, with the onslaught of the "miracle" cleaners, the curse has become a menace. Not only do our hands have that tell-tale roughness, but cases of real skin disease are cropping up which can definitely be traced to constant contact with the new "grease cutters."

Though the advertisers can rightly claim that the new soapless detergents are the joy of the housewife — time savers that eliminate unnecessary scrubbing, labor-savers that eliminate rinsing, beautifiers that make clothes dazzle, that make dishes fairly sparkle, there is of course no mention of the possible loss of time, beauty, and even health that results from the band effects on the poor old human hands.

After the day's chores are done, how much' time do we spend rubbing and softening our hands with lotions—often to no avail. More important, how much discomfort do we undergo from the chips and cracks in our skin; how much concern do we feel when we want to look our best and have to display ugly, crinkled, dry hands alongside our best biband-tucker; and, perhaps, how much more time (and money) do we lose by our visit to the skin doctbr to cure our condition?

One wonders, in this day of high gloss, wheilteinwe are more concerned with the e one,' ranee of our things than of ourseh es. Of course, as one ad so cleverly pail it: "the ' choice, dear lady, is up to you."

Why all this harsh talk about detergents? Do they really have such a had effect on our hands? Perhaps you are the lucky one who has had no reaction — p erhaps the certain detergent you use lieppily doesn't cause the same irrita tion that others do, in your particular case, or you have skin with the resistance , of iron. If so, you are one in a million. But there" is no question about it, detergents do dry up the skin and cause irritation.

We think the standard tests of two w eil-kn own detergent-makers to demons:trate the effectiveness of their products prove the point. The manufacturers fix up a solution of detergents and put a d eck on the surface of it. A duck has a small gland in the top part of his back that secretes.oil, which keeps has feather:, oily enough so , that he can stay alloet in water. When placed on the detergent solution, the natural oil of the leathers is reduced so greatly by the detergent that much of the duck's buoy-

ancy is lost and he must struggle to keep afloat. Not very nice for the duck.

But it shows what happens to the natural oils. So how about your hands?

If we are concerned with our appearance, we are concerned with our hands.

When we meet someone for the first time, we shake hands—an impression starts then, almost before we have had a chance to take a good look at our acquaintance's face. Are we offering a harsh piece of sandpaper or the smoothas-silk hand that we would like to have represent us?

Fortune tellers are said to be able to determine a great deal from hands.

And it's not a lot of hocuspocus. They can look at the condition of the skin, the dryness of the nails, the cuts and bruises, calluses and what, not, and know a great deal about the way of life, occupation, fin 1 status and health, and from there lizard a good guess about character. You yourself can do the same with people you meet for the first time. Your hands betray you.

What Are Detergents?

We should not commit such slander, without first knowing a little about del tergents. What are they? Why do they do harm? Detergents are a substance like soap, but their molecules are arranged differently. This is what gives them their -miraculous cleansing power.

So far, no obvious harm, But detergents are made from petroleum or coal. They are coal tar products which are, one by one, being proved to be highly toxic to living organism. In some of the earlier brands of detergents you could smell a strong odor of petroleum.

"adhere to the skin and resist rinsing."

The anti-bacterial effect is prolonged and absorbed by the skin, and provides protection from germs in its deeper layers. The more often you use it, the deeper it goes.

One of the most frequent advertising claims of all detergents is their ability to penetrate and cling to the surface of whatever they are used on. After they have dissolved the dirt and grease, they needn't be rinsed off. "Glasses sparkle without rinsing or drying." Just so. The detergent stays on—and you drink or eat a bit of it with every meal—to say nothing of the quantities yofr hands absorb washing dishes three' times a day, every day, plus laundry, plus perhaps washing the windows, plus any number of other detergent-and-water activities.

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Typewriter as Dangerous'' Weapon To own a typewriter or duplicating machine in Rumania one must have a special license from the police, according to the U. S. Information Agency.

Under a new decree by the Rumanian Ministerial Council, the Information Agency reported, citizens are liable to fines from 50 to 150 lei if such a machine is moved from the home of its possessor without previous consent from the police. persons who use a typewriter or duplicator belonging to someone else, even with the consent of the ,owner but without police approval, also are subject' In October 1951, the Chicago Tribune to fines and the machine may be concarried the story of a man who was suing fiscated a detergent manufacturer for the death Observers believe, said the Information of his baby. Three other infants had died and many more had'come seriously Agency, that this strict surveillance of ill in a Chicago hospital. The Board of typewriters and duplicators may be inHealth said that a detergent used to stituted to prevent the typing and copyclean formula bottles was believed re- ing off anti-government leaflets and sponsible. The detergent was kept in a tracts. room near the nursery and it had not Similar regulatory measure providing been determined whether some of the de- for the police registration of duplicating tergent got into the formulas by mistake machines have been in force more than or whether the babies were poisoned by five months in Czechoslovakia where, the what remnants of it clung to the in- Agency pointed out, anti-Communist side of the bottle after they were tracts are reported to have been circuwashed. lating.

You will say, "But we do not eat deIn Hungary all typewriters must be tergents, so what harm is there?" One answer to this is the illustration of a registered with the police, and typewritfirm manufacturing an antiseptic deter- ten samples from each machine are al gent for the use of surgeons and operat- legedly kept on file so that any typed ing room personnel. Its advertising says Messages can be traced, the Information that the substances in the detergent Agency said,

Wednesday, February 16, 1955

Senator Strauss' Cnlurnn February 10, 1955 TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 15th SENATORIAL DISTRICT Through this week we have had 185 bills introduced in the Senate.

Our people have been showing a great deal of interest in S. B. 142, which is the bill to outlaw indecent literature in Texas. We have had many messages in favor of this legislation. Two years ago a similar bill was passed by unanimous vote in the Senate, but it bogged down in a House committee. We feel confident that this legislation will be passed at this session.

V2STNIX WEST, TEXAS

The Price of Peace President Eisenhower recently illustrated the cost of war to society., He asserted that every weapon made was a "theft" to those "who are hungry and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." He said, "the cost of one modern heavy bomber is equivalent to the cost of: "A modern brick school in more than 30 cities.

"Two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.

"Two fine, fully-equipped hospitals.

"Fifty miles of concrete highway.

"We pay for a single fighter plane with 500,000 bushels of wheat.

"We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people."

When we realize the fabulous cost of modern war, we better appreciate the value of peace. The thought of the billions of dollars that could be devoted to feeding and clothing the people all over the world should urge us to increase our efforts for bringing peace to all.

First, we should pray for peace. Then we should urge those devoted to the cause of peace to get into government, atomic research, education, writing, labor relations and every other vital field that affects the destiny of most men.

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On Wednesday night of this week our Committee on Education held a hearing on a bill which would. have permitted the 30 counties of Texas, who still own their public school lands, to keep the revenues from those lands and to use them for local school purposes. At the present time these revenues are considered as income and are charged against the schools when funds are distributed under the Gihner-Aikin plan. There was much opposition to this legislation as it would mean an added one-half million dollars expense to the State each year. The bill was sent to a subcommittee.

Our Committee on Civil Jurisprudence aproved a bill this week which would Yogurt provide for a 90-day waiting period in divorce cases. A person filing a suit for divorce would have to wait 90 days before he could have a hearing granting (Continued from 17) the divorce. At present the waiting peridiet will gradually tend to correct disod is 30 days. orders arising from improper digestion.

Our Committee on Highways and Mo4. Yogurt is actually not expensive tor Traffice approved a bill, this week, when one considers the many ways it which would outlaw "travel bureaus" in can be used in preparing meals and the Texas. This legislation has the support fact that you can make it at home with of the Department of Public Safety and one of the yogurt culture products that the Interstate Commerce Commission. are for sale. Making yogurt, using a Much evidence was presented to the culture, is no more trouble than making Committee proving many law violations a cup of ' tea. And once you have acthat have occured as result o fthe opera- quired a liking for the very delicate and tion of the so-called travel bureaus. unusual taste, you will begin to enjoy The Senate passed a bill this week immensely a bowl of fresh fruit with which completely re-writes the Probate yogurt topping, a vegetable or fruit salCode of Texas. This bill makes very few ad with yoeurt dressing, or a bowl of changes in the present law but brings yogurt mixed with chopped chives, onithe Probate laws up to date. ons, parsley or other herbs.—Prevention, We have had a favorable committee July 1954.

• ) • report on a bill which would strengthen the law on the pollution of streams or Every tomorrow has two handles. We water courses by persons drilling oil or can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. gas wells. ) • 4 • Our mail has been fairly heavy from Not one student in a thousand breaks our people on various matters of legislation. We always , appreciate hearing down from overwork.—William A'. Neilson. from you.

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POLKA DANCE CAI ENDAR (Calvin C, Chervenia) Wednesday, February 16 Sil Krenek orchestra — Wedding Dance — East Bernard Thursday, February 17 Henry Brosch orchestra -- Gonzales Club Friday, February 18 Majek orchestra — Our Lady of Perpetual Help -Parish Dance Corpus Christi' Saturday, February 19 Henry Brosch orchestra — Wedding Dance — Hostyn Hall Sil Krenek orchestra — Raund Top Hall Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Echo Hall in New Braunfels Majek orchestra — Recreation Hall in Tyman Joe Patek orchestra — SPJST Hall in Taylor Pavelka orchestra — litfle Club Hall in Orange Grove Sunday, February 20 Henry Brosch orchestra — Wedding Dance — K. C. Home in Schulenburg Sil Krenek orchestra — SPJST Pokrok Hall in Houston Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Masquaracle Dance — Apple Hill Hall near HallettSville Majek orchestra — Moravian Hall in ,Corpus Christi Bill Mraz orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo •• Joe Patek orchestra K. C. Dance Recreation Hall in Hallettsville Starlighters orchestra — SPJST P krok Hall in Dallas Tuesday, February 22 Meth, and the Music Master — Masuerade Dance — Sefcik Hall at Seaton near Temple Majek orchestra — Wedding Dance Moravian Hall in Corpus Christi • Joe Patch orchestra — Plainview Com munity Center near El Campo All the above dances are . at night unless otherwise specified.' This is a , tree service but applies only to those danees at which mainly polka and waltz music Is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility resulting from any dance announcement which is listed in this colunin.

Listings from orchestras and dance halls should be received at least one week before publication. Send all listingS to Calvin Chervenka, Route 2, Rogers, Tex•

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(Pokraeovani.)

"AZ ty bodes u nas, pak mne da tati.

"Ty jsi §t'astnY hoch," zaeal pan Be- nek: na vYmenu It Riesenburskemu myyer, divaje se do knihy, a villa pave slivel, abych i leheiho myslivectvi okusil."

"To je Akoda, Ze nebudeS" doma," mrzel u• ma.1 se: "Jako 2.iva; poekej, ktV.e, lobe muslin posvitit!" Vilini mysle, Ze to se Jan. "Nebude se ti stYskat, mime je§te dva vymalovarie, divne se na neho podival, aZ pan Beyer s usmanim rekl: "Neboj mlatience, bratr eenek je tak velkY jako' se, teto 15f3ce nic neudelem, ale jedne v ty, a sestra Marenka bude to mit rada," horech, kterd ji je podobna, to mu- pravil Orel. sime skripnout, dela nem mnoho Skody."

Co zatim deti sedice na clVorku, poslou"Sued ji Petr chytne, jC s nim byl chaly OrJovo yypravovani a skrze krypat.1 kL,st, neZ ionic odeSti," O- staly, ktere jim byl prinesl, do svetia rel. poslouchal pan Beyer babieku, "I hoehn, liska je desetkret chytreji vypravujici o povodni a o vS'elikYch none2 Petr, to ma spady, Ze by si to elovek vinkach, ktere se byly za celY rok priboani nepomyslii, a dokorice byla-li uZ jed- dily.

"A rodina meho pana bratra na Rienon v pasti, jako ta, co na, ni eiham. Mrcha, nalekli jsme na ni pe'eeni, minili Senburgu zftrava?" ptal se mysliVec,.

(Pokraeovani) jsme, Ze ji musim dostat; mela hlad, i co neudeld kfiZe, ukousla si preraZenou nohu a utekla.Ted' jj sotva dostanem, Skodon. elevek zmoudri, a liSka me vent tolik Kcly obedvati? rozumu jako eloVek," vypravoval mysliVelkST bohde se ptal nekolika lekartit, o vec, ustavEme listy obraceje. kte,re hodine je nejlepe obedvati. Jeden "V2dyt' se nadarmo nerika `chytrY ja- lekar "0 desete, pane!" DruhY, ko 11S. ka', pravila babieka. o jedenacte. Treti, Ze ye dvanact.

"TU je orel, tu!" volali chlapci, divajice NejstarAi lekar pravil: Se na krasneho ptaka s rortaZenYma "Pane, nejvhodnej g1 doba k jidlu u bokridloma, jak se vrha, na lup. hlad, a u chudeho, kdy2 -hdee je, kdy2 L„,L„.d.,) "Prave takoveho jsem zastrelil; byl to xna co jist„"

Ve stredu, dne 16. imora 1955.

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AmerickSi narod osla,vi letos T3'7clen bratrstvi ye dnech od. 20. do 27. rinora. Podnet k nemu zavdal katolickSt knez, mon(Dokoneeni se strany 3) signore Hugh McMenamin z Denveru, v cilia soudu zpdsobenou nahodilYm ne'5te- Coloradu, na jehot popud byl roku 1934 stirn pri cestovani po draze. Tak povstalo slaven ne sloe TYden, ale aspori Den brarirazove pojiSteni. Jedna novota zavedla trstvi. Na TYden byla oslava rozgirena druhou. Kdyt lide zaeali poutivati aero- teprve roku 1940. Nametem letrigniho plan, takrka vSechny pojiSt'ujici obehocl- Tydne, zdtraztiujiciho nabotenskou a ni spoleenosti mely omezujici klausuli, te kulturni jednotu, je laeslo "Jeden narod v pripadu snarti letounem poji gteni ne- pod ochranou bude vyplaceno. Dnes je zjiSteno, te je President Eisenhower, eestnY predseda tricetkrat jistejSi cestovati letounem net TYcine bratrstvi, spatruje v duchu katdodomnivati se, te Clo y& do roka neont',- roonich oslav jednu z nejstarSich tad) rnocni nebo nebude poranen. lidstva, datujicich se tit od prvniho muKdyi jsem byl v posiedni, schitti nvol- te, kterY na otazku odpovedel easteene nenY od povirmosti prozatirnniho statni- tet otazkou: "Zdalit jsem ja stratcena ho organisatora—je na to praci pet kan- bratra sveho?" Na tuto otazku, opakovanou po tisicileti, odpovidala katcla geneclidatil—venuji sve rivalay Nemocenskemu oclboru. Predem uji g t'uji, te nechci pre- race znovu a znovu. Podle slov presidenhliteti snahy bratra pokladnika, pod je- ta Eisenhowera einila tak prohlakvanim, hot rizenim byl nos NemocenskY odbor. te "lide vSech vyznani, vkch barev,vSech Loni pomahal jsern bratru Markovi v na- jazykri — jsou ye skuteenosti brat'', a te borove eirmosti, letos pomohu bratru Ko- nikdo nemilte ziti pouze sam pro sebe. lihovi, zda bychom mohli zlepSiti nos Ne- Katda generace musi vSak nachazeti tumocenskY odbor nebo pretvoriti ho na to sama." nemocenske a firazove poji gteni. Marne "Z' ijeme v dobe, v. nit je tato otazka ve SpojenYch statech Sedesat di vice bra- zvlaSte mueiva a naleha,vd, nebot' svetrskYch a sesterskYch podptirnYch spolkri, tern otrasaji nove sily, jet deli a ohrotuji ktere nemocenske pojiSleni maji zavede- lidstvo, jet se pokouSi uveznit katcleho ne. jednotlivce v talari vlastni mysle, jet prisobi, te pkitel nedriveruje priteli, flared Snad nekdo namitne, te je toho place- narodu," praVil president Eisenhower. ' at nad hlavu, te musi platit irmrtni, "Ve svetle techto sil je nezbytne, abyradove, do spolku R.V.O.S. nebo do S.V. chom neohrotene slovem i skutkem vyP. S. na pojigteni proti ohni a bouri, dale jadrovali svou viru, te katdY Clo y& je to musi miti pojiSleni na auto v pripadu stratnYm sveho bratra, te nikdo na svete sratky, takte na nemocenske nezbYva. nemtite uniknouti duchovni odpovednoTo je vSechno pravda, ony poplatky se sti za to, co se stane druhemu, te nikdo samy sebou nezaplati. Ale jak je zaplati- nemilte bYti ostrovem v neklidnem mori te, kdyt se dostavi nemoc a budete upou- lidstva." tan na lritko? Kdyby bylo treba odrekTYden bratrstvi odbYva se pod zagtitou nout se radia, televise, telefonu, a bylo treba Setrit i na elektrickem proudu, na celonarodni organisace "National ConvYletech autem, ba dokonce na dvou ji- ference of Christians and Jews", zalotedlech denne, nebylo by lepe miti takove ne roku 1928 nekdejAim predsedou Nejnemocenske poji gteni, ktere by platilo vy'Sgiho soudu SpojenYch statt, Charles nejen leky, doktora, ale take] nee° na ji- Evans Hughesem, sekretarem valky z dlo, na odev, na clane, na rozmanita vy- Wilsonova kabinetu, Newton D. Bakerem, dani dokud jste upoutani na lritko? Je a bYvalYin presidentem organisace "Feto jako se starosvetskou petrolejovou deral Council of Churches of Christ in larnpou nebo se sviekou. Dokud ide elek- America", S. Parker Cadmanem. K tenato trickY proud, nemame pro ne potteby. vynikajicim muttirn pridrutil se Roger 0, Jakmile proud vypovi, vzacna je i svieka Straus, kterY byl zvolen prvnim tidovnebo starosvetska lampa. To jsou drivody, skYm spolupredsedou a kterY toto misto na ktere upozornime v budoucich redak- zastaval nepretrtite po petadvacet let, a dr. Everett R. Clinchy, president organienich rivahach. sace jit od jejiho zaloteni. Aekoli "NA * fga rodni konference" vyvinuje vetnnu sve Take doby jsou zkuS'ebnim kamenem einnosti prostrednictvim n5,bc2ens1::?eh skupin, neni sama o sobe c.ganisaci napro charaktery lidi. boenskou. Muti a teny, vytvarejici jeji ) • 46 • elenstvo, usiluji o vymYceni predsudkri a Nalada, ,, nak ureuje cenu vknau eim bigoterie z americkeho tivota programy, hiasajicirni snaSenlivost a dobrou da,ri rids Stestena.

VYznaenou slotkou jeji celorodni einnosti je prave TYden bratrstvi.

Tento TYden bude letos oslavovan ye vice nail v 10,000 °belch po celYch Spojenych statech. Jeho poselstvi jednoty bude Sireno g kolami a vySSimi kostely a synagogami, delnickYmi a jinYmi organisacemi. Denni tisk, easopisy, radio a televise maji, vSechny Sint mySlenku, te stare predsudky, zrozene z rriznosti vyznani, ras a narodnostnich privodia, mohou znaizeti z nakho stredu jedine tehdy, kdyt se navzajem pozname.

Ti, kdot sleduji pochod bratrstvi, vzpomenou jiste loriskeho kvetna, kdy amen_ickY zaslib rovnosti byl potvrzenpred oeima celeho sveta. NejvyMi sot kFT jednohlasne zavrhl rasovou segregaci ye verejnem A s kolstvi 'SpojenYch static, a dal tim v poslednim prilstoleti jednu z nejpad.,, nejSich odpovedi na odvekou otazku: "Zdalit jsem ja stratnYm bratra sveho?"

Kdyt nekdo napada Spojene staty pro stale v rich jeSte existujici nesnd§enli'vost a diskriminaci, miateale muedpovedet poukazem na pokrok, ktery jsme.v torn srneru jit ueinili, a na Usili—znazornene TYdnem bratrstvi — ktere vynakladame na jejich zdolani. TYden bratrstvi je dobrou Priletitosti ke zdtirazneni mericke wiry v rovnost lidi v dopiSecli pratelfun a pribuznYm do zahraniei.

— Common COuncit. ) Pan Babka Sel k lekari.

"Pane doktore, boll me mandle."

"Tak je vyriznerne, pkiteli!"

Stalo se.

Po nOjak6 dobe priSel pan Babka taSP, "Pane doktore boli me hrozne slePe strevo."

"Lehka pomoc. Jednodde je vyritneme."

Stalo se.

Po Case pkikl pan Babka zase. Spustil nejiste: "Pane doktore . . .

"Nu copak?"

"J5, si netroufana "Nu co vain seha.zi?"

"Pane doktore boll me stra'Sliv va!"

Pal 82 pan rotmistr: "Vojine, eeho musite predev'Sim dbat pri eisteni puSky?" "aisla, pane rotmistre."

"Cisla? Proe eisla? Netvarite mi smysly I" "Abych nedepatrenim neeistil cizi p14ku."

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((Pokraeovant) (DejovS7 celek:—Matej Boryna, prvni sedlak v Lipcich, bezmala gedesatnik, chce se 2enit po teeth. Boryna ma etyki OH, Zenateho Antonina, provdanou Magdu, vojaka Grelu, a desetiletou Josku.

Antonim, kteremu rikaji Antek, se svou 2enoti Hankou a s detml, bydli v jedne polovici selskeho staveni. Stark Boryna s nejrnlad gi dcerou 'Joskou bydli v drupe polovici. Pacholek Kuba a pasak Vitek spavaji ve staji. Ve vsi se Septa, ae Antek, ac 2enatS7 , chodi za nejhezeim svobodnYm cleveetem v Lipcich, Jagnou Dominikcvou. Nejvet gi klepna ve vsi, stara Jap,ustYnka, byla toho tajneho milovani ocit4m svedkem. Boryna mel soudni procos se svou bYvalou deveekou. Cestou od soucla dome, Boryna svezl starou Domi1 matku krasavice Jagny. Snad

by Dominikove mohl tIci, ae se mu Jagrieq:a libi. Do Tymova na jarmark hrnuly se lidi. Boryna gel pegky, ale cesiou se svezl s varhanikovYmi, jejicM syn Jenik studoval na kneze.)

Nastalo ticho, jenom °hell praskal a smrei za kominem chvilemi zachrastilo; s drupe strany domu dolehalo dovnitr gplouchani vody a kinkot mytYch hrnkt.

"Kubo, zilstane g u nas slou'Zit dal, co?"

Kuba spustil poriz, kterYrn pracoval, a zahledel se do ohne tak dlouze, ze , mu Boryna mush znova pkipomenout: "Slygels, co povidam?"

"Slygel, co bych neslyg el, jenom tak si to v hlave rovnam; pravda, kfivda se mi a vas aadna nestala. .. to se neda Nei, ale pkece jen. . ." Kuba nemohl dal, octl se v . rozpacich. "rOzo, podej nam kokalku a nejakY 1:usek. co budeme vyjednavat na such( jako nejaci handliti," poruoil stark a pHstreql stal ke kamnin; Joska na nej postavila.lahvieku, venec uzenic a chleb.

"Napij se, Kubo, a kekni, co ma g na srdci."

moZna jit pl'ed oltak v takovY'ch gatech,' "Ale v nedeli jsi na to nedbal — to ses dial mezi prvni," keki Boryna, pkisne.

"Mate pravdu. . ale . . . ja. -. nu, ano ." koktal Kuba ye velikern studu; temnV rnmenec se mu rozlil po oblieeji.

"Vgak i velebnS7 pan kika, ae naa bY't Acta ke stargim. No, Kubo, napij, se na dobrou vidi a poslouchej, co keknu, sam potom pochopig , ae chasnik neni hospoKaZdY ma sve misto a kaZdemu neco jineho Pan Bah prisoudil. Tobe Pan Bah pkikkl tvoje — hled' si toho a nevytahuj se vYS, na pfeclni misto se netlao a nad druhe se nevyna gej neb0 face zhkegig . I sam velebnS, pan ti kekne, to tak must bYt, aby byl poradek ye svete. Rozumig, Kubo?"

"Piece nejsem zvike, mam rozum."

"Hied' tedy, aby ses nad druhe nevy-, nagel."

"Wdyt' ja jsem chtel jen bSit k oltaki."

"Neboj se, Pan Je2i g to slygi odevgad.

Mae se drat mezi prvni, kdy2 kdekdo vi, kdo jsi."

"To je pravda, svata pravda . . . Kdybych byl hospodakem, to bych tkeba baldachin nosil a velebneho pana pod pahli vedl, v lavici sedal a z knaky nahlas zpival. . . ale ae jsem jenorn chasnik, tkeba i selskY syn, musim staxat pod kruchtou nebo prede dvekmi jako pes. . ." rekl Kuba smutne. '"Tak tr‘ to na svete chodi... tva hlava to nepfedela,."

"Napij se, Kubo, a povez, kolik ti ma.m je gte doplatit shiny."

Kuba se napil, ale protde mu kokalka stoupla do hlavy, zda,lo se mu najednou, ae sedi v krerne s Michalem od varhanika nebo 's nejakYrn jinSim karnaradem, ze se navzajem svobodne a vesele, jako rovn3i s rovnSn, dopaluji. . . i rozepj al kabat, natahl nohy, udekil pesti do stolu a vykkikl: "etyri papirky a jeden rubl polo sa y -davkempazstnu," "Jsi, myslhm, opilY... nebo ti pkeskoeilo v hlave zvolal Boryna, ale Kuba gel za svou myglenkou a daynS7m snem; neslygel hlas hospodaktiv, jeho pkikreend due se narovnavala a rostla v takovou ctiladost a sebedilveru, to se citil sam hospodarem.

Ve Stkedu, cne ifi. (nora, 11) "Hied'rrie ho, g majdu jednoho... blazna blazniveho! Kubo!" vykkikl start Dor3.na ostke.

Kuba zmlkl, vystkizlivel ze svSrch snit, ale pS.7 chu neztratil, zaeal bS7t nefistupnY; Boryna rad nerad pkidaval po pulrublu 1 po zlatce, as do gli tak daleko,"ae mu na pfigti rok nabizel pkidavek tki ruble a dve kogile misto zavda,vku.

"Ho ho, tys mi peknV ptdeek!" volal Boryna ptipijeje Kubovi na dojednanou. ae. se zlobil, ae mush platit tolik penez; ale nebylo tkeba rozmyglet, protoae Kuba stal za vic, byl to chasnik pracovitS7', drel za dva, doma bylo pied nirn vgecko liste a o dobytek dbal vie nez o sebe; nospodakstvi se vyznal bylo man( tkebas byl kulhavY a sily mnoho nemel, na neho spolehnout, ze sam udfla vsechno jak se' patch a je gte dohledne na najateho delnika.

Mluvili o torn i onom a kdyZ se rozchazeli, Kuba se ode dveki ozval celkem nesmele: "Zastanu za tki ruble a d ye kogile, jenom. . . jenom neprodavejte kobylku. . prrsla na svet, kdyz uz jsem byl u vas. .. svYrn kaichem jsem ji pkikrYval, aby ji nebylo zirn.a... to bych nevydrZel, kdyby ji mel bit nejakY- trhan z mesta. . . Neprodavejte ji, zlato je to, ne kobylka, postand jako deck° je to lath, ae lecktery elovek mi vedle ni pkipada, jako pes.

Neprodavejte ji!"

"To me a.ni. nenapadlo!"

"V kreme o torn povidali. . a tak jsern se bal. . ."

"Staraji se, lumpi, o cizi, a vhlycky vgechno nejlip vecli!"

Kuba by byl Borynovi radostI nohy objal, jenomZe si netroufal; narazil si eepici a rychle vy gel. 13y1 uZ eas jit spat, zitra jedou na jarmark.

A druheho dne je gte pied svitanim, nedlouho po druhern kuropeni, po vgech ce-' stach i pe ginach se do Tymova hrnuly houfy lidi.

Kdo jen chodit mohl, z celeho okoli spechal na jarmark. Rano huste prgelo, ale po vYchodu slunce de gt' ustal, nebe vgak bylo pokryto mraeny tmavYrni jako hrady, a nad nine polo&nS7m krajem visely eerne mlhy jako plachty skrz naskrz pravlhle, po cestach se leskly kalu& a v dolinich mlaskalo pod krneeji bidto.

I z Lipcu vychazeli uz za easneho rana.

Na topolove aleji za kostelern a dal 0 k lestim se vinul ketez voza jedoucich volne krok za krokem, takovY byl naval, a po obou stranach se to jen Cernalo a belalo vinenYmi 2enskYmi gatky a m0skYmi kabaty. tolik lidstva, jako by se stehovala

"Ctyki papirky a je gte jeden zavdavkem — kdy‘ zaplati, zastanu, kdyz ne, tak at' me eert vezme, pajdu na trh a "Zaplat' Pan Bah, pantato. . . ja bych sluZbu si najdu, tkeba za koeiho ke koeijenom..." rovYm konim ve dvoke pajdu. vedi, ae Ni co pkidam." jsem pracovitY a ae se vyznam v k0cle "Pridat, to by bylo dobre. . . koNch u2 praci v poli i v dome a 2e by leckterY sc owe pada a boty zrovna tak, a taky hospodak mohl u mne dobytek past a ukabat bych si rad koupil.. . jsem ua ja- eit se. . . A kdyZ ne, ptaelcy budu stkilet cela ves. ko ten Zebrak. . . kdy2 jdu do kostelieka, a nosit je velebnemu panovi nebo tfeba Sli chudgi hospodaki, sly Zeny, gli chasabych zustal pod kruchtou... jakpak je Janklovi. nici cleveeky, taky podruzi gli, ba i nej-

Ve stkedu, dne 16. rinora 1955.

V2STNIK --® WEST, TEXAS • vetgi chudaci z barakri a podnajmu s e s pgenici. a genske 2anou svini." hrnuli do mesta, proto2e jarmark by 1 "To toho chcete hodne prodat!" mistem, kde se dal vyjednat nastup a kla varhanikova. "Jenidku, vezmi si gal zmena slu2by. na krk, je chladno!" 1.d-1:dela na syna.

Ten mel co kupovat, oven co pro"Je ml teplo, docela teplo," ubezpedodavat. a mnoho jich glo jen tak, aby u2i - val mladik, ale matka mu ptesto zabalila li podivane. krk do derveneho galu.

Jeden vedl na postranku kravku nebo "Copak neni dost vyclani potad? Kde tele, jiny heal pied sebou prasnici se se - na to brat!" latky, je2 neptestavala kvidet a vrat se "Nenatikejte, Mateji, dekujte Panu take bylo nutno je bez ustani sh.ane t Bohm, mate dost.'" a hlidat, aby ne ybehla pod vozy; nekdo "Zeme si neukousnu a hotove groge jel i na koni; jedni hnali ostfihane be- nejsou." rang, misty se belalo hejno hus s podva Boryna nevedl rad takove fedi 'Diced zanYmi ktidly, tam zas zpod 2eskS7ch ri pacholkem, proto se nakionil a ti ge se ze zaster vykukovaly kohouti hiavy s ye ptal: likYmi htebeny. Vozy taky jely slugn e "A Jenik bude je gte dlouho na gkonalo2ene, co chvile z nektere kogatiny lach?" zpod slamy vystreil rypak veptik a kvi"Jen do svatkil." eel, a2 se husy ustra gene rozhejkaly a psi , "Vrati se doma anebo pajde nekam do jdouci s lidmi, zadali dord2et na vozy . atadur Cesta jim nestaeila, a tteba,2e byla giro"Bo2ioku milj, capak mama jegte male ka, ste21 by se na ni byli v gichni. vegli , tech mengich? Casy jsou take jako balproto natal kradeli podel po orani- vany," vzdychla varhanikova.

Stich. .

"Svata pravda, svata pravda! Kau je bileho u2 dne, kdy se na obloze za- dost, ale co z toho?" ealy trhat mraky raky a slunce jen jen vy"A pohtbil taky dost," dolo2i1 ironicjit, vygel z chalupy i Boryna; o neco ky Boryna. dtiv, hned o svitani, Hanka s Joskou "Ale jdete, jakepak pohtby! Umird sahnaly prasnici a vypaseneho veprika a ma a sotva jednou dvakrat do Antek jel s vozem, nalo2enYrn deseti pytli roka ptijde selskY pohkeb, z ktereho nepgenice a pill korcern derveneho jetele. co kapne."

Doma zustal jen Kuba s Vitkem a Ja"A taky na modleni davaji potan gustYnka, kterou za,volali, aby uvatila a a smlouvaji jaka handliti," ptipojila varpodojila kravy. hanikova Zen& Vitek u chleva hla,site plakal, proto"To vgechno to bida a zle easy," vy2e se mu zachtelo taky na jarmark. svetloval Boryna.

"Co ten hlupak za choutky. . ."

"Ale taky proto, 2e se Tide nestaraji abrudel Boryna, pokti2oval se a vyrazil ni o spasu svou ani o spasu du gidek v pegky, nebot' spolehal na to, 2e cestou odistci. Farm o tom nejednou s rim2em k nekomu ptisedne; to se taky zakratko mluvil." stale; hned za kremou ho dohonil var"A dvora je taky potad min. Kdy2 se hanik, jedouci v bryace, ktere mel driv jezdivalo pa ub2inkach nebo pied zaptaIen par silnYch koni, vanocemi s oplatkami, pa kolede nebo "Copak, Mateji, pegoure?" s rejstkikem. to jako by byla pri gla vel"A tak, zdravi. . . Pochvalen yoda do dvora nelitovali ani obili, bud'. . . ." ani penez, ani zeleniny. Ale ted', Pan "Na veky! Pojd'te si k narn sednout, Rah chrari, kaki* hospodat zaleze, a vgak se vejdeme!" navrhovala varhani- kdy2 uz ti da nekdy ten snopeeek 2ita, kova 2ena. je jiste sarane od mygi, a kdy2 dosta"Zaplat' Pan Rah! Do gel bych pegky, neg mirku ovsa, je v nem jiste vic plev ale, jak se tika, lep gi se spathe vezt ne2 ne2 zrna. At' varn 2ena povi, jaka mi dadobte jit," odpovedel Boryna a uvelebil vali letos vajieka pri velikonoenim zapiso na ptednirn sedadle zady ke konirn. sovani•vie ne2 polovinu pukavell. KdyPotta,s1 si ptatelsky rukarna s varha- bych nemel kousek toho pole, muscl nikovYmi a kone vykroeili. bych jako 2ebral chodit aim od damn," "Kdepak se to vzal Jenik, copak nejsi kondil varhanik, nastrkuje Borynovi tamladika, kterY baterku. uz na stadiich?" optal seal vedle pacholka kodiroval.

"13a prave, ba prave," ptitakal Boryna, "Ptijel jsem jenom na jarmark!" zvo- ale nedal si nic namluvit, proto2e dobte lal vesele varhanikriv syn. yodel, ze varhanik ma penize rozpiljee"Vezmete Si Anupeeek, to je francou- ne u podruhil na procenta i na odpracozskY," nabizel varhanik a klepl na ta- vani; proto se tem natktinn jenom usmal baterku. a znova se ptal na Jenika.

8riupli si a velebne se rozkYchali.

"Tak co, do atadu piljde?"

"Co potad delate? Jedete taky proda"Co? Maj Jenieek do ittadu, za gkrabavat?" ka? Proto jsem si od huby neutrhovala, Jak jinak .. precl svitanim vyjeli aby nechal ekol, to no. • . do seminal-c

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pajde, na, kneze.

"Na kneze!"

"Bude mu snad zle? Copak se pater& mu knezi vede spathe?"

"To jiste ne. . a test je to taky, nadarmo se nerika,ze kdo kneze v rodine ma, 'toho bida netYra. . ." mluvil volne Boryna a s rictou hledel pies rameno mladiku, ktery pohvizdoval, proto2e kone zastavili a vykonavali svou potlebu. "ftikalo se, 2e i mlynakil y Stagek bude knezem, ale ted' pry je ye velkYch Skolach a udi se na doktora..."

"Kdepak by ten mohl bYt knezem, takovY lajdak, na ge Magda je s nim gestem mesici. ."

"Povidali, 2e s mlynatskYm..."

"Ale to jen mlynalka rortrubuje, aby od sveho kluka tedi. odvratila. Jeto komyslnik az Bah brand, ten se na doktora bude hotlit."

"Tot' se vi, 2e je lip bYt knezem; knez je pro poctu Panu Bohu a pro potechu lidem," zalichotil chytte Boryna, nechteje se ptit se 2enskou a pozorne naslouchaje jejim vYkladam; varhanik co chyile smekal eepici a s hlasitYm Na veky! odpovidal na pozdravy lidi, ktere pledhaneli. Jell klusem a JenikiobraAne piedji2del vozy, lidi i dobytek, a2 vjel do lesa, kde bylo ,n2 yolneji a testa sirsi.

Hned na kraji dohonili DominikovOir, jela s Jagnou a Simkem; krava uvazana za rohy gla za vozem, z neho2 vykukovaly bile krky housera, sy6icien bez ustani jako zmij e.

Dali ktest'anske pozdraveni; kdy2 mijell, Boryna se vyklonil z vozu a zvolal: "Zpozdila ses, mala "Dojedu yeas!" ktikla se smichem Jagna.

Jell dal-, ale shuck varhanikav se za Jagnou nekolikrat oliledl, a2 se konedne optal: "To je Dorninikova, Jagna?"

"Ano," tekl Boryna, a dival se z dAlky na Jagnu.

"Nemohl jsem ji poznat, 112 dobi.e dye beta jsem ji nevidel."

"Je to mlade. .. pled dvema lety jegte pasla dobytek. Nakynula jako jalovice na jeteli!" prohodil Boryna a vyklonil se z vozu, aby se je gte jednou na Jagrmpodival.

"Vehni hezka," pozna,menal "Jako v gecky ostatni," tekla varha0kova pohrdlive.

"Je opravdu pekna,, vyvedla se;vgak taky nemine tYclen, aby k nim nekdo neneposlal s vodkou."

"Ale ona vybird! Stara mysli, ze si pro ni ptijde p11 nejmen gim nejaky pan ra,da, a proto chasniky odhani," zagepta,la zlomyslne varhanikova.

"VSak by si ji mohl vzit i celolanik stoji za to. . ."

"KdyZ ji tak chvalite, Mateji, staei 'Acne poslat staro•svata dala se do

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Ve stredu, dne 16. unora 1955. smichu varhanikova a Boryna PRAVIDELNA SCHUZE STATNIHO krok a potreby mnoaiciho se lidstva toho "Hled'me ji, takova, mestska, cimfrlina, VtRORU. CESKOSLOVENSKtCH pro vgeobecne blaho addaly. Wall, ae jiktera, nedovede nic nea se divat selskYrn RACIONALISTU V TEXASU stou east je tteba venovat na opravy a slepicim pod ocas, zda ji nesnesou vajie Schitze se bude konati jak obyeejne, na obaivu tech, kteti opravami se zab r ka, a lidern do hrsti . . . a bude si delat tdeti nedeli, dne 20. anora y e 2 hod. od-vali,nebprot mhlideatnpolich dobrY den ze selskeho radii! Jagnieky se poledne v sini "u Stefanikft". tak si sami ze zeme potravu vypestovat. nedotykej !" poinyslil si naramne rozeJak obyeejne, kaadY je vitan, kdo se Ale byla to pra.ve ta raznost v lidskem zlene Boryna, neustale se ohliaejici na zajima o udraeni naSi zemske fistavy zamestriani kaadeho Oloveka v pracich (a vtiz Dominik.ove, na kterem se dervenaly (Constitution of United States), jak je povolani) tak od sebe rozdilnYch, ktera Satky. Wiz zastaval stale vice pozadu, sepsana. A kdo opravdu je vdeenYm, po- ptinesla vYsledky pro_ lidstvo neuvetitelprotoae Slehal ostie do koni, od ctivYrn a dar (svobodu a volnost), kterY ne blahodarne. Pokrok hmotnY, osviceni jejicha kopyt blato na v gechny strany skrze tuto TiTstavu obdrael pro svou osob- duSevni. jen litalo. ni potiebu a radost, pteje si v nezkraceAt' pracujicirn elovekem byl roinik aNadarmo varhanikova zaeinala o torn ne forme odevzdati svYm vnukarn a lid- nebo remesInik tim jejich ptieinenim o onom; Boryna jen kYval hlavou a stvu dalSimu — nemaae nea praci a din- naplriovali se navzajem jejich obapolne cosi pobrukoval do vousti, protoae si u- nosti AmerickYch Racionalistil p •ati a aivotni potteby. Z toho vyrftstala spoko nril i1, se ua neozve ani sloyem. snahy jejich podporovati. Proto tea my jenost, bohatla krev, ktera: syt4a, silila a jakmile piijeli na vymlacenou draabu Oechomoravane ve .SpojenYch statech, po'Vzbuzovala lidskY mozek V- einnosti inestoCka, slezi s bryeky a podekoval za kteti skuteenost zname, je pocIporovat myslici. 'Cloy& se (ania toho tteba si yes y cz, lU. chceme. domY nebyf) zuSlecht'oval snahou, aby z `^ ....tonne se k vedcru, jestli chcete, maV odboji kolonii novoanglickSrch pied toho jeho ptidineni rostlo stale nee° leps nami zase svezt," zvala varha- 178 roky proti Anglii, shledavame se v Siho nea dosud anal. V torn naplrioval size nikova. dejinach take s dfikazy (sk.uteenosti), lidske poslani, stavaje se pomocnikem "Z:Iplat' Pan Di:1h, mam piece vlastni mezi revolucionati a bojovniky voju odveke tvarei shy pti dodelavkach jejiho kora). Lidi by jeSte rekli, ae se chci do- ho Washingtona byliCechove,Moravane a nikdy (snad) skoneitelneho dila ye yestat za kalkanta na vYpomOc varhani- Polaci a na ProhlaSeni neodvislosti jsou smiru, kde neni (?) poodtku ani konce. kovi. . . a ja zatim nevyta.hnu jedinou ' tea deska jmena, Jak je videt, na..s. lid o — Nu, to ua se netSf ee toho, co "z prachu note a ani svieky zha get jsem se nena- silu a moc na gich SpojenYch state se ne- povstalo a v prach se zase'prOmeni". — uOil." zaslouail jen praci, ale take rozumove. Na Svobodomyslni lido jsou vdeeni, co phZajeli do postranni ulieky a Boryna strand lidskosti, rovnopravnosti a volno- dinilo k tenni, aby takova ruznost byla a se pak zvolna prodiral hlavni ulici na sti hmotne a svobody duSevni di mySlen- se uplatnila. Ale ptali by si, aby to bylo namesti, protoae jarmark byl Imjne na- kove. vady jen pro Dobro rozumove a moudte. vkiven a ad bylo jeSte dost easne. lidNag mlady lid nepovaauje volnost, kte- Aby se tak delo, je povinnosti kaadeho mi se to ua jen heniailo; vSecky ulice, rou ma dnes, za moanost, ktera je vetSi poctiveho Dracoviteho eloyeka. namesti, za.kouti i nadvai byly zaphie- neali je aivot jednoho kaadeho z nas..

Jak mnoho lidstvo ziskalo opravami ny lidmi, vozy a rozmanitYm zboaim — Tak je nas mladY lid nevedomY vzdor ptioinenim prapfivodriich racionalista, bylo to jako velka voda, do nia bez usta,- v'Semu, co se kde ye Akole a "na gkolach" meli by vedet na gi mladi vy,§kolenci. Oni ni f-. sLe" ptitekaly se v'Sech stran move ua naueil. Je moan& ae je jich dost, kteti by mohli znat jak lidstvo zllo, myslelo, proudy lid!, kteti se tlaeili, kolebali, to vi (z nageho narocla), ae nasi dedeekove pracovalo a vetilo cited 8,000 nebo 6.000 'dill no tesnYch uliekach, as se zdalo, a babidky opustili Eyropu (naSi lido Mo- roky a jak aijeme, pracujeme a vetime se dimly ttesou, a rozlevali se po velkem ravu a Cechy neb Slovensko) proto, dnes my. A — myslime — ? kla.M.ornirn namesti. 131ato, ktereho se jim tam "bylo zle". Ale prod jim tam byCo vSe mame? Mame moc, mame boce, tou nezdalo tolik, zde rozSlapovaly a lo zle a prod v Americe jim bylo lepS1, to hatstvi a my zde mame take i dost co, rozmelriovaly lidske nohy, bylo ho as ua nevi. A nevi toto MAO, kdo lhostejne jist. Led to, co meli zakladatele nag repa kotniky a sttikalo zpoa kol na, vSech- bore z toho, co mu je ptano zasluhou publiky SpojenSch state americkSrch, to ny strany. jednotlivYch lidi takoveho smYSIeni jako nemame., Hovoru a hluku bylo Ora a co chvile byl za Jitiho Washingtona v anglickem Ale vzdor tomu chceme, aby se na'Aim jer.,:te rostl; temna vtava hudela jako les, parlaimente colonel Barre, kterai neupiral &tem, vnukcm a pravnukfun datilo jako vlinia se jako more, bila o stony domti kolonistilm v Novoanglii pra y° na aivot nam dati se nyni. pievalovala se s jednoho konce na jak si kaacIST z nas za praci svou zaslouai.

2acInST z nas dnes nemaae za to, co Ede 0.fuhY. . chvlli bylo sly get jen' budeni Vadyt' koloniste byli ochotni platit dari Mali plied nami. Zrovna jako nemohou 1: iv, pak zase hru kolovratku n u kolotode Anglii, ale neminili aby jim panska vlada &OM za to, z jakYch rodiea se zrodili a k riebo , plaetive narikani aebravYch sta- sbirala vSe, jak vlady zvykle delat byli v demu je, jeS'te bezmocne a nevedome, ye'itch a ostre, pronikave piSt'alky koSi- Evrope rodieum kolonista pied tim. dou. Ale vime, ae vkchno dobro, ktere Co Barre tekl nebylo nic nea ptesved- mame, dali nam lido jenom dobti. Za to kata.

Jarmark se vyvedl, Iidstva se seSlo to- den! kolonista. Paine tekl, ae "Bth stvo- vSechno utrpeni, ktere lidstvo bylo (jeho til mute a aenu a ne pana a otroka". nevddomosti a neznalosti skuteenosti) lik, ae i projit bylo teako; hned na mesti pod klaSterem se musil Boryna Vezmeme-li to doslovne, elovek je stvo- nuceno proalti, pti glo od lid! zlYch. A take vime, se kdyby nebylo bSiyalo nasillm prodirat, takovY naval nastal ten die podoby Stvotitele, kterST od nej (dloveka) neaadal nea mravni kazeri. takovSich rozumnYch a moudilich osobmezi kramy.

WIe,ho bylo, ae by to nikd y nespodital, Proto prvni desk president Masaryk si nosti, volnomyslitelti jako byl biblickY ptal, aby narod byl zastupern eestnSTch MojaiS", einskY• racionalista Konfucius, neptebledl. ba lidi, kde "nebudou pan!" a proto tea "ne dovskV Kristus, desk Hus nebo naSi a(Pokraem ani.) aebraci". merieti vlastenci, co bychom dnes byli Jednotlivi lido, davno pied Washing- my? tonem uz vedeli, ae zlomyslni sobci nedaji Pacholky a devkami na polich, kde by — Celou cestu se teSime na cil, a u cile pracujicirnu eloyeku ptileaitost, aby sine' aadnemu z nich nepattil , ani naprstek jen ta cesta. nas easto a mohi sve hospodatstvi si kidit, jak po- hliny. Ale Mat bychom museli od easne-

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ureil, co ma delat. Dokud neru'gil nekterY z elankil nail zemske fistavy, t. j. vza.jemne obeanske imaluvy — zilstaval volNebylo by bratrskYch jednot, vzajem- nY jako ptak. Price mohl udelat na rnnone pojia'ujicich spolku v pripade hrnot- ho-li sily jeho staeily. Mimo matYch ponYch Skod. Nebylo by pa.ry, elektriny, platkil do spoleeneho fondu ((lane) na chemicke vedy, znalosti pohybu planet, opravy a y ydrZovani osob, ktere svitj eas tiskaren, novin, telefonu, radia, automo- venovaly "na opravy" potkeb obeanti, bilt, vzducholodi. — A take by nebylo vs(.; co udelal, bylo jeho. poznani, ze krvi nakho bliZniho mute zachranen bYti na'S vlastni Zivot, kdy'2 Zkratka, byla nam otevrcna testa do je treba.

--- rale. Jestli do dnes nejsme dale neZ byli pied 150 neb 160 roky zakladateie To vk vynalezli jednotlivci, kteri vy'Sli nisi republiky, je neuvedornelosti ze vkch lidskYch stave, i kneZskeho. tech, ktere nahoda nebo hloupost dohoLee temer v§ichni (mimo vynalezcti a- dila nam za ueitele, aniZ melt vlastne pamerickYch za poslednich asi 150 let) byli trienYch vYchovnYch vedomosti. VYsledpro ty jejich objevy, vynalezy, yYzkumy ky toho dnes vidime na do pina osazea idee karani, piondsledovani, trestani a nYch trestnic, prepinenych soudnic, neu.smrcovani. AvSak zastuptim jsou zna- mccnic, kde namaekano je k _neuvereni my jenom nektere pripady takoveho Z111- aZ nemocnYch a mrzakil.'Dukvne zadeni Zivota myslitelova. ZvlaSte jsou vY- krnele a poliem zatiZene mladeZe manse znamne jako obetovani Krista, Husa, ale dodatkem. je na sta jinYch mene znamYch. Vzdor tomu, ze yk, co dries pouZivame bylo neProto, ze aZ dosud, jinak jeSte se lidkYm vymySleno, sestaveno, serizeno, ale stvu nedarilo a volnomyslicim dostala se snad neni jedineho sestrojeni, aby ne- prvni prilelitost ukazat, jak by asi se to bylo bYvalo slzami skropeno, nevi krvi dalo zatidit, aby delnY lid nabYti mohl posveceno nebo Zivotem vynalezce za- (zaslouZenYch svou praci) poZitkft a uplaceno. lehoeni v jeho teZke praci — amerieti Kdo byli ti, kteri nenalvideli lidi mysli- dumilove pied 178 roky se rozhodli, Se ci, kteri je trestali, prondsledovali, nieili? jsou dosti silni, vy'Skoleni a mravne eiSarni takovi domYSlivci, kteri sami byli sti, aby z toho kusu zeine pokusili se udeprilis lenivi pracovat, ospali, aby mohli lat hned raj, tedy domov lid! svopremYelet, rozumove nedostateeni, aby bodnYch. Zdarilo se to aZ na to, ze nestachapat mohli prirozene zakony °di/eke- eilo jim dost easu ku zrizeni obecneho ho dobra a die nich jiti a jinYm nezbra- 'Skolstvi, jak elite Thomas Jefferson je riovati v tom, k eemu se k.ahlemu uz po- miti, aby z deti mohli se vychovavat rodetim jeho, dostalo nadani ku spravne- zumove yyspeli a svYch obeanskYch pomu pouZiti jeho osobniho bYti, nebo-Ii vinnosti znali ()Wane. Amerika ma sva jsoucnosti lidske na semi. Takovi domYA- vysoka uciliste, znameniti Tide tarn vylivci byli eloveku a tim narodu Skftdci. ueovali. CoZ vSak to ponaohlo, kdyZ deaim s mocnejSi, tim nebezpeenejSi. Pano- tem delnikii se nedostalo prilaitosti ueiti viti, hloupi a zavistivi prohla govali za si- se tarn, neC sem tam nekomu? in, jako takova rriela prilelitost se A mimo toho, lined na zaeatku objevili mstiti, prondsledovati a zabijeti vSechny, se Zivlove, kterym nak svoboda a volnost kteri mysleli, verili a einili jinak neZ oni, v premYSieni, pravdy hledani a vynaletak mocni od lidu Za e ale nemohli znieit Wasningtona, zani byla a je prekaZk.ou k nakmu zotroFranklina, Adamse, Jeffersona, Henryho, eeni. Takovi, kteri byli zajedno s tehdejz Virginie, Berkleyem, Knoxa nebo Leea, Washingtonova spolu- sim bojoynika, melo zcela prirozenou prieinu. proto kde mohli, do veci SkolskYch zasa— Mezi starYmi pronasiedovateli a mu- hovali a predlohy ueebni komolili. Neznilidstva, tudiz zde kolo- elli sloe nak obecne gkolstvi, ale poruSili citeli nisty obyvateli Novoanglicka, vzdouvalo j ej dost, aby mohli do sveta krieet, ze obse hluboke a Siroke more. Mimo toho, re- Canske vyueovani nenia hodnoty; Jaka to belanti, uZ ze skuknosti predku syYch pretvarka a le2. vedoli, ze nesmi se spolehati v takovem NuZe, jak se dnes veci maji, neni vinou zapase dobra se zlem na nikoho neZ na sebe samotnYch. Proto si vyrobili kano- zakladatelil republiky. Rozhodne ne viny a prach drZeli v suchu. Kdy2 poznali, nou obeanske volnosti a svobody mysle ze jinak to neptijde neZ vykiepat panske pozorujicich a varujicich, kteki se orgamsuji do price oeistne. 0.,eskomora y 'Sti svofraky, dilkladne je teZ vyklepalt Proto tato krasna zem stala se domo- bodomyslni, nechti-li zrazovat americke velikany a poctivce, jako o nee() pozdeji vem volnosti a svobotly.

KaZdY, kdo se zde narodil nebo priste- byl Abraham Lincoln, city se povinni nehoval darem do kolebky nebo vstupem na jen uctivati jejich •pamatku, ale take jepevninu americkou, obdrZel prilditost jich zasluhu nam projevenou a dobrYrn byti panein sebe sarneho. Nikdo mu ne- overenou skuteenost, hajiti tim ze prejeho rana dopozdni noel. "za hrnec stuchle rfZe"!

RESOLUCE SOUS72UASTI My, nine podepsanY resolueni vYbor Hvezda 1VIiru eislo 33 v Texas, vyslovujeme timto pozristale rodine uprimne citenou soustrast nad ztratou jejich manZela, otce, dedeeka a nakho spolubratra Ben K. Wiecker,. kterY nahle zemre,1 5. imora 1955. Ranila ho srdeeni mrtvice ve stari 57 roe. Byl pochovan 6. iTmora na Welcome trbitove za doprovodu §polkovYch bratril a sester.

Zanechava. manZelku Milady Wiecker, tii decry a jednoho vnuka.

Cest budi2 jeho pamatce. Hecht' odpoeiva v pokoji.

Dam) v Bleiblerville, Texas dne 8. fino-!, ra 1955.

Resoluoni vYbor: Tillie Zettel Nettie Bell''Stepan Vincent Chaloupka. ) e4,„ # RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, niZepodepsanY resolueni vYbor' du Pokrok Moultonu Cis. 27, SPJST, v Moulton, Texas, timto projevujeme nail hluboce citenou soustrast pozilstale mari Zelce a ditkani nad odchodem jejich dra= heho manZela, otce a nakho mileho valeneho spolubratra Jana V. Pespigila, kterY zerarel 8. ledna 1955 v Lacklarid A. F.B. nemocnici v San Antonio, Texas, a pohrben byl 10. ledna 1955 na San Fernando hrbitdve v San Antonio, Texas: NaS zesnulY spolubratr piistoupil do Jednoty 13. sari 1914, a byl radnYm elenem a,Z do konce sveho Zivota.

Pozitstale manZeice a ditkarn zemkeleho projevujeme na gi uprimnou soustrast a zernrclemu spolubratru prejeme lehke odpoeinuti.

Dario v Moulton, Texas, dne 29. ledna 1955 za rad Pokrok Moultonu Cis. 27, SPJ ST, v Moulton, Texas.

Resolueni v9bor: Frank Jilek Jr. A. J. Darilek Jakub ToliSek. me si nauky jejich slovem i skutky Tim stavame se racionalisty, abychom olenstvim posilili nak spolubratry a sestry organisaci cizojazyenYch. Dobru vykonali svou lidskou povinnost.

M. F. K. Valova, taj. St. V3"rboru Svazi C. racionalisty.

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NEDOSTAVATE VIESTNiK? Nekdy v budoucnosti se /Mi & . stati, pravidelna, dodavka Vestniku bude nekomu z vas najednou zastavena a organ pi'estane dochazet. Stane-li se to jen jednou, vino pravdepodobne nese poaa.

Opakuje-li se to dva, 'ai a vice tYclna za sebou, dopiSte na Supreme Lodge SPJST, Temple, Texas, at' pripad je vySetfen.

NepMe ani na vydavatele, ani na re, claktora, ale na Hlavni Uradovnu. Stanovy nafizuji, ze kdo si pl'eje Vestnik, musi dopsati fieetnimu Hlavni itfadovny, kterST vede seznam adresare elentl dostavajicich Vestnik.

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Podekovini Pfejeme si zde vzdati ndS" dik Bohu, za to, Ze nas privedl na cestu k pravemu lekari,.

V:Sichni tri jsme byli nemocni a byla natal odporueena operace. Dozvedeli 3,5ire se o Doktoru Broden, N. D., od ritzje ho'P a cic L1171 a jak mno1.1 An pro

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Trinnerovo vino piisobi jemne, ureite a hladce k ocIstraneni bolesti nasledkem zacpy. Opatite si lahev Trinerova Hoikeho vina ihned a piesvedOite se o jeho piekvapujici tioinnosti.

Nebucl L.e mrzuty% netrpete bolenim hlavy, ialudku, net v., e ou nabubielosti, nedostatkem spilnkn echo neehuti k jidlu, zpilsobeng vylu."....tyrAntm nebo zacpou.

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MUZeme zde dati Dr. Broden naSe nejlepgi odporuCeni co schopnY a poctivi Doktor, kterY jest veins! dobrY a jeho poplatky za jeho shiny jsou vehni levne.

Drive Za.dnY Dam nebyl napomocen ani ) • 40 a C nepi'inesl Ulevy. l iv s raclosti odpovime jakonkoliv Zado,t neb otazku , in Vainadresovanou obalku se Wakou.

Frank Pavlecek .1\Ars. G. L. Pavlecek Steve Zaruba Aclresa — Sealy, Texas Adresa Dr. Braden jest Hallettsville, Texas kde firaduje ye etvrtek a v patek a v sobotu do 12ti. Ve Victoria, Texas jest v pondeli, v fiterY a patek — 908 N. (dzc) Navaro, St. 4. ) • t Nad slabostmi sv'Ych bliZ"hich larnentuje ten, kdo jich neumi vyuZitkovat.

Ctnost nosi zavoj, nepravost 'Akrabaku.

SPOLEHLIVVA POHROBNICKA SLU2BA ,sme pohotovi Vain poslotditi bez rozdilu jak cialeko bycllite bez jakehokoliv zyleu:§tniho poplatku. eesky. My S nami nabizinie Pohi'ebni PojfAteni pro kaZdelao elena rodiny.

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Marek - Burns POIliftEBNI DOMOV V hodine zarmutku najdete u aejlep§i pol •ebni obsluhu a cent' levne.

Tei prodavame pohkebni peigteni od 1 mesice do 80 rokii sta.& Ambulance ye dne i v nod MAREK BURNS FUNERAL HOME Bill Marek a Bill Burns Telefon 546 CAMERON TEXAS

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Perly ze gkolnieh Na stenach akvaria se usazuji zelene uzeniny.

Kdy2 Slovany potkalo neResti, radeji se mu vyhnuli.

DeWovka se 2ivi zdechlYmi listy.

Zname vodu tvrdou, mokkou a obojetnou.

Ve stkedu, dne 16. imora 1955.

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PRAVNICI TEMPLE, TEXAS Utadovna 2nd Floor Temple National Bank Buildinz

Naueme deti, jak maji it a ptiprayme aby molly tit tak, jak jsme je ueili.

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ouston v Sokolovne dne 20. Unora

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"NASI FURIANTI" West, ye etvrtek 24. tinora Schulenburg, titery dne 1. biezna Shiner, ye etvrtek, dne 3. biezna Uctive iidame na pe ct. krajany aby podpofili nagi snahu udriet Ceske filmy v Texas tim ie podpofi divadla svou navgtevou a pfivedou i sve zname s. sebou.

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Uvidi na scenu jen prvotfidni div. hry a to v nisledujicich osaditch

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WINTER CARETAKER At Ocker C.M.B. Church on Highway 53 10 miles East of Temple, Texas, House furnished and for salary write, W. L. Zabcik, Rt. 3, Box 224, Temple, Texas, or Rev. Albert Michalik, 305 E. Central Ave., "Temple, Texas.

(5-8c) ° ) S ktikem vpadl malY chlapeeek do hospocly: "Pane \neck, prave jsem vidol zlocleje, jak ,po schodech nahoru k vakrnu bytu!"

Pplitoval pan Vleek: "q-,Thuclak! Stara bude jiste myslit, ze jsern to ja!" ) + 4, • ( Povida Zak "A jestll me necha profa pti zkougce propadnout, budu ho Zalovat!"

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Pkojeme si limo vysloviti nag uptimny dik vgern nagint ptatelfim za v ge, co. pro nas vykonali, kdyi col nits ode gel navidy ninj mantel, nas °tee a dedeeck

kterY zesnul doma v nasi residenci v Houstonu ye etvrtek veeer 27. ledna 1355 ye sta •i '73 let pa kralgi ne.moci..

Vyslovujeme na g srdeeny dik bratru Stepanu Valeikovi Za jeho dustejioY a p •ilehavY proslev v reei ees'ke i anglicke v pahrel3nickem donut Earthman Funerals, a take na hibiteve. kujenre bratru Rudy J. Sefeikovi za jeho slova, nad rakvi u hrobu, jakoi i znevakiim za jejich krasnY zpev. Dale srdeene dekujerne vgcm darciim kvetin a nosietim rakve, jakoi i vgem, kteri doprovodili na geho draheho na jeho posledni misto odpoeinku v Ceske sekci Brookside Memorial.

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ROCN1K (VOLUME) XLIII

BUDOVATELE POKROKU TIeti distrikt, pat3, distrikt, to yam byla mela; tfeti prohral, patY vyhra,/, uz podruhe na nas vyzral.

Vy, sestry a bratfi, po zapasu tuhem, pfigli jste z blizka i zdali, by jste svou odinenu vzali.

My vas za to pohostime, po bratrsku a upfimne; radi vas zas vidime a mezi nas vitame.

Temito nekolika prostiekYmi, ale ze srdce minenYrni ver giky uvital deputaci dlenti z pateho distriktu na gi Jednoty malt' Jenik (kaZdY mu like, "Johnny") Pokladnikti v nedeli, dne 13. t. m., do sine a k obedu, kterY jim uchystaly nage kUchatly v sini tadu Pokrok Dallas eislo 84. A lined se take musim zminit o torn, ze nekolik feenikti p11 odpolednim bratrskein "besedovani" vyslovilo na gim kuchafkam jejich uznani.

Sift pro tuto pfilaitost byla vkusne a nahodne velice pfilehave vykra glena, — srdeely. (V pondeli byl den sv. Valentina, ochrance milencti). Na delnem stole byla velice krasna, kytice gladiolus ( myslim ze se desky jmenuji meeik), — a trofej, kterou si asi houston gti vzali Myslivec krasne ale komicky vystrojenY u jeho .nohou lehla zastfelena vrana.

Vedle tohoto symbolu viterstvi stal peknY pamatni pohar, venovanY tketim distriktern patemu distriktu v upominku na to bratrskou souteZ, ktera, byla mezi temit° dvema distrikty provedena v 1953 a 1954. Okragleni sine a to pamatne sousogi hOnce a vrany provedla sestra Justine Pokladnikova. Pfipravu pokrmti a obsluhu u stole 'mely na starosti sestry. Ellie Fridrich a Mildred David, ktere se od prosince staraji o fadovou kuchyni, a jim na pomOc byly sestry Lilli Jarma, Lidia Pavelka, Mary Helen KolenovskY,

(Frank B. Steiner) Annie Marek a Annie Steiner. Tekute obeerstveni podavali bratfi Ben Jarma, Edward KolenovskY a Ben David; — ktery musel ale za smutnou povinnosti do Ennis zahy po ukoneeni obedu. A tined take mobil ptipornenouti, ze pro tuto smutnou povinnost se nedostavilo mnoho elenti oeekavanych z Ennis.

PM tom feeriovani jsem s e d e 1 vedle bratra StraZnickeho z Rosenberg, a za jeho pomoci jsem si pofidil seznam vgech navgtevnikti z Houstonu. Bylo to snadne, protole bratr 8efe'ik mel ye yestniku ze dne 12. ledna seznam vgech jednateln z pateho distriktu, kterY jsem si vzal sebou. Bratr StraZnickY, na, nitij dotaz neZli jsme to spisovali, kolik jich pfijelo z Houstonu na torn dostavniku, fekl ze dva-a-tficet. Jsou to bratti a sestry: John Blinka a manZelka z Needville, kterY s 'bratrem a sestrou A. V. Franek museli hodne pfivstati, aby se dostali do Houstonu k tomu dostavniku, kterY vyjadel v pet rano), Albert Bfigtik, A. V. Franek a man2elka z Needville, A. L. Hilsher manZelka, Louise Kadleeek, mantel, syn a dcera; Frances Olexa a mantel, Helen V. Schnell, mantel a synaeek, Rudy J. 8efeik a manZ'elka, J. M. 8krabanek a mantelka, Joe Zaludek, manZelka a dcera. — To jest deset jednatelft z devet-a-dvaceti jednatelii pateho distriktu, — a jejich rodiny.

Nasledujici navgtevnici pfijeli s nimi: Bratr a sestra Stra,ZnickY z Rosenberg, kteti to nemeli o mnoho bliZe net jednatele z Needvilie; 8tepan Valeik, redaktor Vestniku, sestra Kostomlatska, a syn Tim a dcera Naomi, Vilemina Simeeek a bratr Jerry Ermis. To jest jich jeden-a-tficet, tak nine schazi jen jeden, a tomu se omlouvam, asi jej nebo ji neznam. (Pozn. red.: — Sestra Amalie Ruby 6ernogek.)

Z jinYch pfespolnich nav gtevnikti main zaznamenano: Bratr a sestra Ed Snapka,

jednatel, z Mt. Calm, Robert Cervenka z West, sestra Milanova a Joe, let gofer a bratr BlaZek s rodinou z Ft. Worth. Z Ennis pfijeltratr Hrabina s rodinou, kterY musel ale brzy odjeti take nasledkem to smutne zalelitosti, dale z Ennis bratr 8trunc. To jest asi v gechno z pfespolnich.

Omluvili se bratr Bartek z Fort Worth, bratr Otto Hanug ze San Antonio a bratr Popp z Abbott, v gichni jednatele.

Nebudu se zmiriovati o torn "remove,ni", bylo jich mnoho, West' nikdo nas nenatahoval na skfipec dlouhYm vYkladem. Bratfi Marek, pfedseda Jednoty a Chupick, tajemnik Jednoty, — promluvili prvni, a potom nasledovala kada fedniku z pateho distriktu, — a nakonec jich nekolik promluvilo za tfeti distrikt.

Celou tuto pkatelskou schnzku vedl pfedseda tfetiho okrsku a pfedseda nageho fadu Pokrok Dallas eislo 84, bratr Cyril Pokladnik, — a zadr'Zel se velmi statne. To nebylo jako vitezi proti pora'ZenYm, — bylo to sk.uteene bratrske a upfimne od zaeatku a'Z do "odjezdu houstonskYch v gest hodiri veeer.

Po dokondeni toho keeriovani ale zaeala prava, nalada, a Ze to byli na ginci se linedle ukazalo. MladY E. J. Kadleeek Jr. se chopil jeho krasne harmoniky, kdosi rozdal tfiarchove opisy eeskYch pisnieek, a u't to glo, — a zpivali i tad, ktere jsem neslygel zpivat cele roky.

Byla to jedna z tech dne gnim easem maio vidanYch pfatelskYch zabav, a nálada byla velice krasna od poeatku az. do konce. Ptal jsem se bratra Strolnickeho a take.Franka Olexy, kolik je stal ten do-. stavnik do Dallas. Bylo mne feeeno, muZi platili osm a Z'eny sedm dolarti za okridni cestu. Tak si povidam: to jiste je sem do Dallas tahlo pfatelstvi a pfani bYti ye spolednosti svYch zna,mYch. Jinak se to neda vysvetlit. Ten obed, kterY zde dostali, — aekoliv si jej chvalili, nebyl asi (Pokradovani na strane 8)

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