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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUP11-:,.1E LODGE SP.IST, P.O. BOX 400, TEiMPLE, TEXAS 6islo 13. ve steedu (Wednesday) 30. BREZNA (MARCH) 1955 R06NiK (VOLUME) XLIII

NOVE E SLAVNOSTNIM eisle Vestniku, yydanem 18. eervna 1952 (venovanem na pamatku XVI. sjezdu SPJST), uvedl jsem nekolik bodti tYkajicich se nakho spolkoveho Zivota • a vniteniho uspoeadani se zeetelem na budouci prosperitu Jednoty.

1. PeedefSim jsem zduraznil, ze vycladzim ze stanoviska, ze povaha a teel nag Jednoty jsou eiste humenni, jak hlasa. heslo "Podpora -- Lidskost — Bratrstvi."

2. Doporueil jsem vyvolani peirozeneIto souteZeni v nejSirgin slova smyslu mezi eddy i jednotlivci (uskuteerieni doSlo v dneSnich distriktech).

3. Naznaeil jsem trochu odi gnY zpilsob keSeni otazky organisatorft.

4. Vyzvedl jsem didditoSt usmerneni einnosti y eadech s ohledem na naSi midde2.

5: Pro zvladnuti ve gkere agendy v Hlavni idadovne zminil jsem se o zeizeni studijniho vYchovne-propagaene-organisaeniho oddeleni.

Asi peed 2 roky pti jiste peilditosti ye schtlzi vlastniho eadu Pekl jsem, ze bylo by ku prospechu na g Jednoty, kdyby vSichni elenove, zejmena vSak i yeeejnost dovedeli se o ySem tom, co koname pro svoje peislOniky, kolik eddy bezUroene mesiene piljeuji jednotlivYm dienum tim, ze die domacich pravidel jeden a2 tei mesice Hlavni iteadovne za ne, plati poplatky, jake eastky venujeme na 'lime dobroeinne iteely, jakou jinak vyvijeme einnost a t. d. tivodni elanek ye Vestniku z 9. beezna t. r. rozebira, tuto otazku dokonale.

Ano, chybi narn jakekoliv zaznamy o nail bratrske dobroeinnosti, o finanenich darech zasilanYch na peeeetne uSlechtile fieely a podobne. Sdilim pine nazor pisatele onoho elanku, ze je to merle eastka velmi sluSna, byli bychom asi saint velmi peekvapeni. 0 tom na g dlenove neve- di, ye yekejnosti se o torn

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(Podava jaroslav Kleprlik) mluvi a to je yelika chyba. To je pra.ve to krasne peel, ktere nas odliSuje zasacine od tech ostatnich, najme obchodnich pojiSt'ovacich spoleenosti. Nemame to proste proto, ponevade nemante nikoho kdo by se o neco podobneho staral.

Nebyla by to nadberna, agenda pro takcve informaeni oddeleni studijne-propagaeni, kde by veSkerY material byl ndlelite zpracovan k dalilmu yhodnemu propagaenimu pouZiti? TarnteZ by take UspeSne monk) bYti zachyceno a prostudovano pro dalSi jednani vie co ma vztah k zalokni Utulny, musea, sepsani dejln na g Jednoty a k povi'sechne einnosti osvetove a informaeni vtibee, nevyjimaje ani vyeizovani poteeb a usmernovani einnosti distriktn, kde by mohly bYti zodpovidany veSkere dotazy eachtl jecinotlivea v zalelitostech, ktere s pojiStenim a Ueetnimi ,respektiye organisaene obchodnimi pracenti nemaji neprosto nic spoleeneho.

Ale nejen to. Dle rnelao nazoru moll bychom venovati vice pozornosti take pomerne vysokemu pootu Clem, ktere rano ztracime pro neplaceni, pelpadne i pro jine duvody. To jsou znaene ztraty, nehlede k tomu, ze narn Okodi i z jinYch peiein. To vie by mohlo bYti soust •edeoo v ternZe oddeleni, prave task deb •e, ;jako cola eada jinYch zalelitosti kulturne vYchovnYch k oZiveni innohYch Zivoeicieh eddfi, jichZ, bohuZel, 'name stale dostatek. Takove oddeleni bylo by ovSem idealni, kdyby sousedilo peimo s kanceldii redaktora riaSeho Vestniku.

Pak byl by vYslectek stoprocentni.

Jsou to vesmes vaZne problemy, ktere delve neb pozcleji bude nutno vyke gti a v zajmu vkch nemeli bychom diouho °Olen. Pro povahu jednotlivYch itkolu a s ohledem na sloZite jejich keSeni nelze o(...ekavati, Ze by nekterY Glen, i kciyby se snad dobrovolne

mohi samostatne postupovati. Prace musela by bYti planovana a vedena z usteedi. Od Utedniku nail Hlavni 4adovny neco podobneho sarnozre.jme paadovati nemuZeme,,ti maji vkho jiz nad hlavu, ze nemohou vie nalelite obsahnouti.

A kdyZ uZ o torn naluvime, fekneme si nee() vice. Zamyslirne-li se trochu nad celYm na grn administrativnim aparatern, nezcla se y am, sestry a bratei, nand Utedniky nefimerne zateZujeme peidavanim novYch a nlavYch Akolti?

Mam na mysli hlavne chudaka piedsedu, kterY se v praci mush piimo topit, a aby si nemohl 'flaeikat, tedy jsrne mu peidali jeSte nevyeerpatelnou agendu keditele Odboru miadek, deiv UspeSne vedenou sestrou Birdie Hilsherovou, kterd z vaZnYch dtivodit nemohla 'se praci dale yenovati a funk,ce se vzdala. Co toto vy2aduje easu a namahy, mute dobee posouditi ten, kdo v neeem podobnem pracoval. Myslim, ze to nevi bratrske jednani, ale vpravde rnaceSske, a to nejen vtiei naSemu peedsedovi, ktcrY pod tihcu povinnosti klesa, ale i vuci viem el .:_ntim nail SPJST, predevAim vSak vuci mlacie2i, jelikoZ dal g rozmach a prosperiba, jednoty takovYmto na g n nostupem jsou va,Zno ohrokny. Dttlelitost spravneho eeeeni teto otazky neteeba zylaSt' zcitirazriovati a rozvadeti.

Nyni stojime peed novYm vaZnYm problemen, prebudovanim nemocenskeho odboru ,zaleknim noveho nernocenskeho a firozoveho poji geni, pied neeim, co kaZdY z rids potiebujc, co pc) vzoru ostatnich bratrskYch jednot uZ davoo ;lane men mit. Sestra Pmdela .6ablova ze eadu Anton Cermak v Corpus Christi ve Vestniku z 9. beezna t. r. k veci pi-Se: "KdyZ by nak Jednota neco takoveho mela ,tu by muselo bYti vice neednikU, protole pritomni by vice neado yani ne( Pokrabovani na strand 5)

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Naiim eleniun od redaktora...

Zuovu pilpominarne na gim dopisovateHun, to dopisy dale na redaktora v sobotu nemaji nadeje, aby byly zarazeny do banal° cisia. Je treba, aby redaktor mel latku pro pri gti eislo ye svYch rukou v patek. Vgechna latka se tridi dle delky, dle nutnosti, a take dle tpravy. Zretelne napsana zprava, ktera. prijde v posledni chvili, ma vice nadeje, se se do betneho eisla dostane net dloubt dopis, kter3-7 vytaduje prepisovani. V americkych tiskarnach nic se nesazi z rukopisu, kterY neni psan na, stroji. Nate Ceske tiskarny, hlavne zde v Texasu, nejsou tak neskromne a nedelaji tak velike, pota.davky. Vzdor tomu maji i oily pravidlo, ze rukopis, v kterem je hodne oprav od redaktora nebo od samotneho pisatele, musi bkti prepsan na stroji, aby sazee se pri sve praci zbyteene nezdrtoval. Nerad se ''o techto bodech stale zrnilauji, ale jegte pied tSidnem zlobil se na mne jeden elen, se neotisknul jsem jeho dopis, ktert on napsal a odeslal v nedeli a byl nine dodan v pondeli. Proto piste sve zpravy radeji zaeatkern tYdne a nezapomente dopis odeslat co nejdrive. einnost u domacicla fidik by mela bYti ocenena v ko.tdem distriktu, snad take samotnou fistrednou. Jsou rady, kde je stale nejakd einnost. Bratr Ho gek, tajemnik t •etiho distriktu, jit asi dva roky shani a spisuje, jaka je einnost u jednotlivYch radii v tretim distriktu. Totet by se molalo provadeti i v jinYch distrik• tech, kdyt ne jinak, tedy aspon pH distriktni schfizi by meli zastupci s yYch dornacicla tadri oznamiti, kolik spolkove prace se vykonalo od doby, kdy byla posledni distriktni schrIze. Dela, to velmi peknY dojem, kdyt v distriktni schuzi jsou vyvolavany jednotlive mistni rady, a kdyt zastupce od radu vstane, ma na listku krat gi poznaniky, ktere preete nebo podle kterYch vysvetli domaci einnost, a kde cele shromatdeni dostane spravnou preastavu o praci v distriktu.

Jsou orate body, ktere by moldy sloutiti zeklad ke spolkove einnosti. Napeed je zde pravidlo, to schtze se konaji pravidelne, die na gich stanov nejmene jednou rnesiene. Nesouhlasim s vYrokem jednoho z naMeh keditelfi, to na tech schtzich tolik nezaleti. Naopak, kde se eleni nesnati miti schtize, tak se take nepremYgli, jak ueiniti schilze utiteenYmi pro rad a pro celou Jednotu. Co byste rekli o kostelu, kde by verici si odhlasovali, to navgteva je slaba tak se budou schdzeti jen jednou za mesic? Dlouho by to netrvalo, net by pri gel dalgi navrh, jsou ty mesieni bohoslutby malo na ygte-

Ve streclu, clue 30. breZ , vo yane, a proto staei jednou za tri raTc je t •eba dati jist cliivaz tern schiizim, kdy jsou uyacieni novi eleni. Neni tteba proyadeti tyto obi'ady kahlY sic. Mnohdy da: se twadeni clenti provesti hromadne a sla ynostnejl. Fqed rokem ye schfizi hlavniho telesa kdosi piiici s navrhem, aby se toto slavnostni uvadeni Clem pro y aclelo yei'ejne, ale zastalo jen pri na yrhu, dale se v myflence nepokraeovalo. A zase nejaky doLte promySiemi postup, podrobrie yysvetlenY a iaapsanY na archu papiru nebo na dvou, mimeografem rozmnotenY a na racly rozeslanY, snad by zde a onde udelal tolenu k lep gimu. Takova nova yea neni ko prerijni polar, aby se to razem rozg irilo, ale je to spite jails yzacne seminko, ktereho neni mnoho, tet,k o scbazi yytaduje piplani, aby se roAanotilo.

Jsme v trol SPJST !twine pozadu, co se t9Ce paadani rtiznYeh slaynosti uvaciecich obradn, nastolovani novYch nrednin. Vzpominam si prave, jak malo bylo referatti o tom, ,kde a jaVm zprisobem byli nastoleni novi idednici v nag ich domacich radech zaeatkem tarot° roku. Tak jsme zvykli na ty vyjete InnbOke koleje, te ani nepozorujeme„jak jsou hluboke. Co je toht prieinou? Je to snad proto, to sve uredriiky ne*,7ymenujeme? Je to proto, Cc ten start idednik, kter3'7 jit sloutil desitky let, nechce echo nedovede premY glet? Je to snad take proto, te ani v nakm nstredi se s nejakYmi novotami nepocita? A tato posledni veta nevztahuje se jen na p•itoMne Uredniky, ale na v gechny ty, kteri stall v Cele nail Jednoty V uplynulYch triceti letech.

B •at • Robert Cervenka, a pfitorr4 redaktor jsou mezi nynejAimi vedaucimi ti jedini, kteri byli spojeni s nstredim nail Jednoty dele net etvrt stored.. Vzpominana si na onu sclanzi hlavniho telesa, kdy bratr Dukk, odStupujici predseda Hlavni Ctadovny, navrhnul ye schrizi, aby se cola skupina starYch 1 noyycla Prednikit nechala vyfotografovat, to by to byla nekcly pekna: pamatka tern, kdo budou u vesla pozdeji. V duchu jsem si predstavOval, te kdysi za paialact, za dvacet let bude zdobiti nekterou svetniei V budouci Pradovne zvet gend, fotografie skupiny bYvalYch vedoucicb. Navrh bratra Du gka nena gel porozumerai, nedoSlo k fOtografovani, ba ani it nejakemu slaYnostneiniu akt11—ani tank :rate, alai nasledujicich alcett letCen. Jaka. pals slavnost a parada: za6iname na 1. ledrta jeg te by nes pro paradu pomlouvall.

A tak to jde od tech vedouciett at kl tem dOmacira radam; Priklady tarmort, A tarn, kde neni priklaclu, je to ne.jlebCej gi. Neni hrenvosti, neni uznani, neni nieeho, aby se natahlo pero it chodu spolkovYch koleeek.

Ve stkedu, dne 30. Vezna 1955.

Pati• m tei k jinS,m bratrskSrm nekterYm eeskYm, jinYrn americkYm. Pied tYdnem bylo u jednoho spolku nastolovani novYch idednikti. Nebyl jsem ye schfizi onoho spolku ji g asi pies etvrt roku. Ale dostal jsem listek, kterYm byl jsem zvan, abych nezapomnel bYti phtomen nastolovani novYch firedniku. 8e1 jsem, uz proto, abych poznal rozdil mezi nynej ghn nastolovanim a onim kdy pied deseti roky byl na mne vlolen tirad predsedy onoho bratrskeho spolku. KaalY predseda slouli pouze rok. Po roce musi bYti vystridan aby se zapracovali dalgi pracovnici. A vysloulili predsedove pak tvori zvla gtni poradni kruh, aby kruh planoval dalsi einnost spolku a aby vypoma.hal pritomnYm ittedniktm. Tidy jako predseda. vysloulilYch predsedft chtel jsem bYti pritomen nastolovani novYch einovnika. Ze to byly opravdu slavnostni okamliky, s ptilehavYmi proslovy za doprovodu jenme rekordovane hudby to se neda, zapomenout. Nova hitjiva sila se v takove chvilce vleva do vgech pritomnYch. Nee° podobneho v na gich domacich radech SPJST dosud nemame.

Mnohy start' Glen si vzpomene ze kdysi bYvalo vice zajmu a zapalu pro veci spolkove. Prot nevi. neco podobneho dnes? AnglickY historik Arnold Toynbee pronesl jednou vYrok, 2e vYvoj lidstva pokraeuje n.ejlepe, kdy narod nema ani nadbytek prijemnosti ani nedostatek livotnich potreb, tedy ani prilis dobreho, ani prilis mnoho zieho. Kdy2 se zakladaly rady SPJST, a va gina jich byla zalo2ena v prvnich dvaceti letech, na gi pristehovalci nemeli na ruaich ustlano, ale take netrpeli hladem, ad bylo dosti stradani. Byla to prave doba zapasu, prate, planovani a nadeje. Vidal v bratrskYch radech rovnopravnost, na jakou nebyli zvykli v Evrope. Nebylo rozdilft, se die kabatti. Citili, ze se stall eleny velike rodiny. Pocit menecenosti se pomalu ztracel. I pocit nedtivery byl odstranen Zaeali planovat spoleene, stavelo se pro dobro vgech. Ale jak pribYvalo spokojenosti a blahobytu, ubYvalo soudruktosti.

MnohY citil, ze stadi sam sobe. Byl dosud kamaradskY,. ale necitil potrebu, aby mu druzi rozumeli. jakYsi •ovrchni blahobyt nastoupil tam, kde drive bylo treba spoleeenskeho aivota, sdilne slovo, pocit bratrstvi. A v torn povrchnim blahobytu zapomneli jsme planovati, opravovati, v gimati si na gich sini, ktere se stavaly eim dale tim vice o gumelYmi. A tenkrate zaponmeli jsme ka/cia dobra my glenka parebuje dal giho gtepovani a opatrovani. U jinYch bratrskYch spolkti, kde meli rozumne a planujici vitdce, vzchopili se a zaoali organisadni einnost.

My sami jsme na to trochu prizapomneli. A take jsou spolky, kde se dosud. ne-

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Kdyby flak e'leni men pillefitost studovati postup mnoha jinSrch bratrs10.ch jednot, byli by prekvapeni, jake velike rozdily jsou jen v torn, kde a jak se pracuje. Mohli by videti, ze jsou nektere jednoty o deset az dvacet pet rokil stark nel naSe SPJST, a maji sotva polovici toho, co ma na ge Jednota. A zase by mohli si vgimnout jinYch jednot, ktere byly zaloleny deset aZ dvacet rokil pozdeji neZ naSe SPJST, a jsou petkrat, desetkrat silnejSi neZ jsme my. Mohl bych jmenovati jednu bratrskou organisaci, ktera pled dvanacti lety nebyla nic silnejSi ne2 naSe SPJST. Lee ona jednota zavedla si jine rizeni, prijala novoty, a dnes je majetkove o 30% silnejk, a na elenech o celS7ch 50%.

Bratr Raymond UrbanovskY, hlavni neetni v nak Ustredne, prave poslal k uverejneni v na gem bratrskem organu svou vSTroeni. zpravu. Mnozi naSi eleni neradi se zabSivaji eislicemi. Ale v kaMem obchodu jsou cislice nezbytne.

Statni zakony, podle nich2 operuji bratrske spolky, dokonce narizuji, le kahlY pojigtenY Glen spolku must dostati valuadni zpravu sve organisace ne pozdeji neZ do 1. eervna kahleho roku. Proto je zahodno, aby kahlY 'Olen si pov gimnul vYroeni zpravy bratra Urbanovskeho, ktera je uverejnena v anglicke east tohoto eisla. Pro eleny, kteri by nerozumeh anglickemu zneni jednotlivYch pololek, podan je zde souhrn na geho obchodovani v uplynulem roce.

Strana 3 bo jak zde vkobecne Pikame "komi g se ubird z prvniho roeniho poplat--ne", ku, a to as kdy se tyto poplatky p •ijmon. Pak mame vDohy spojene s fizenim cele Jednoty, totia platy iffednikti, nahrada easu keditehlrn za schilze, cestovne, v gechny kancelaiske potreby, tea plat redaktoru a za tisknuti Vestniku, (lane a povinne poplatky za statni prohlidku, aktuaru, statni povoleni obchodu. A koneene se do yydani poeita ona soma penez, ktera se odklada do reservy, aby byly zakonite zalohy na budouci pohledayky. Loni se vratilo elenfim a dedicum blizko etvrt milionu, za ziskani novYch Menu se vypiatilo naaim mlstnim organisatorum pres etyficet tisic, a na vYlohy s rizenim SPJST bylo loni vyplaceno neco pres osmdesatttisic. 'Do reservy se odlailo $370,000.06. Celkova reserva na g! SPJST je get a OH etvrti milionu ,celkovY majetek takrka osm

Majetek SPJST je rozdelen v mnoha skupinach. Nejvice penez mame uloleno v majetkovYch piljekach, v nichz je pres pet milionu. Ve vladnich, mestskSTh jimich cennYch papirech, mame uloleno neco pres milion a etvrt. V budove SPJST v Temple a v jinYch nemovitostech je uloleno avrt milionu. Podrobnosti najdete v anglicke zprave bratra Urbanovskeho. Pres put milionu je rozpajdeno elenfun proti jejich certifikattim, a pill milionu bylo na 1. ledna 1965 na hotovosti. Kdy2 tyto v gech:ny pololky spoeitame, inti2eine lid, ze eistY prirastek minuleho roku, po odpoeitani reservy obnosu $370,00, byl neco pres sto tisic Milieme rici, ze mame dva hlavni dolarii. zdroje prijmtit. Jeden zdroj jsou poplatZe obchod nak SPJST se stale vzmili, ky od Menu na livotni poji gteni. Na pomoZno posouditi z cislic, ktere ukazuplatcich bylo loni prijato pres pill milionu dolarti (presne $538,588.96). DruhY ji, kolik pen& se ptijeilo lonskeho roku hlavni zdroj prijmu je z investovanYch na farmy a jine majetky, takrka jeden penez, totia fuoky z bondit, splatky a it- milion a dye ste tisic. Toto investovani roky z pujeek na majetky, splatky a ti- pen& je v rukou na gich sedmi fediteroky z pfijeek na certifikaty, najemne M, ale vyrizovani pujeek provadi bratr z majetku, kterY Jednota vlastni. tistY Chupick, hlavni tajemnik. A2 jsou v gechprijem ze vaech druhir investici v roku ny listiny stran piljeky vyhotoveny a 1954 byl blizko till set tisic dolarti (pre- pravnim radcem prozkoumany, listiny sne $296,438.02). Pak byly je gte poplatky jsou odevzdany bratru pokladniku. Je za odhady na majetkove pitjeky v obnosu osobni nahled pisatele, le odbor inves$5,483.00, a tea jine mimoradne prijmy. tiOni bude muset bYti nekdy brzy uveCelkovY prijem loiaskoho roku byl takkka den do trochu rnodernej gich koleji, aby 850 tisic dolarti (presne $841,507.83) po ve gkere vyrizovani pitjeek mohlo jiti rychlejSim tempern, Mezi temi, kteri si kdy odeitani vYloh s investicemi. od SPJST vypfljeili penize, mame ai dosud velmi dobrou povest, protole piijeky Vydani mute ter bYti rozdeleno zhru- byly vyrizovany dosti rychie. Pri vetba na etyri skupiny. Vyplaci se umrtni Sim mnolstvi aadosti o ptijeky dle stapodpory, nashromahlene itspory nadae- vajiciho postupu nebude molno Vijay nich certifikatti, • nebo yYplata certifika.tit, kdy'2 Men prestava platit a vystupuje vypravovati s tutea rychlosti. 0 tom by ze spolku. Pak jsou vSrlohy na praci or- meli podati sve dobrozdani samotni levzrtstajicim ganisatorti, kterelto vYlohy stoupaji ne- ditele a bratr Chupick. bo klesaji die toho, kolik novSrch elenfi obchodu bude nutno pozrneniti nektere se pribira do spolku. Tato proviso—ne- telkopadne zpitsoby.

4trana 4

VESTNIK — WEST

Ve s

i:eclu, clno 30. bi'czna 1955

ovy Stare!

(Pokra6ovani) Doma pak, o samote, ptechazel caste a dloulho konniatou, patrne neklidnY a my y en, I spani ho opoufl.elo, a kdy mil, steno.' a ktleival, mueen hroznymi Kozinova slova m u neSla z mysli, a T.T2 minul skoro rok, a Mc nesta.ta. JiL' se pocal uteSovat, Ze ten nKllak jen tak hrozil. Nee ptichazely zase chvile, kdy na nej myslil, musil mykdy se mu Kozina zjevoval ve mach, tedY, planoucich oCi, an ho vyzYva. na nZi scud!

Aby se povyra.zil, zval Lamminger eetne hosty na Trhanovsk' zamek, strojil velike hony a hluene po nich hostiny.

Chodton v§ak neuvolnil. Musili robotocat, a kdy s hostmi honil, musili mu l'adha.net zvet v tech lesich, kde2 otco•ve jejich sami, jako pant lovivali. uZ minul, nastaval listopad.

V ten eas jednou po hone veeer sedel s hostmi u tabule; venku se chystalo na bout:. Lamminger byl dobre miry, nebot' se posledni dobu zvlaSte teSil, Ze Kozina ptese jen rnluvil naplano; Ze kdyZ do to doby se Mc nestalo, Ze se jiZ nestane, pteeka t listopad, jako jiZ pfeekal vSechhy mesice. Take byl vInem rozjaten. JiZ" zaeal rahlas o tem, o eem pted lidmi nikdy nemluvil: o lhtite Kozinou mu dane.

Pak se i to Inte smal, aZ posleze zpupne zvolal: "6, Kozino, S'patnST proroku!'Rok uZ" tu, •y tarn a ja dosud ti !"

Ale vtom kles1 razem zpet do ktesla.

V ten okamCtk se venku rozboutil vichr, az stromy pied okny se rozhneely, v panshe komnate se otevtely dvete samy od sebe, okna tineela, a jidelnou se brala zvolna, bleda postava.

Trhanovskk pan 11'Z mleel. Byl bez set a a oei mel v sloop. Odekl tam, kam Ito Kozina, vyzval. Pant a damy kolem trnuli a chvelj se hrilzou, — Zprava o Lammingerove smrti rozletela se Chodskem; vSude velebili boZi spravedlnost, yzpominali vroucne na Kozinu a cpakovaii.

"BoZi soud! Bo2.1 soud!" — Tam v Kleneeskem kosteliku uloZili do hrobky pana Lammingera z Albenreuthu, a kletby ChodU Sly za nim. Hned po pohtbu odjela vdova po nem s dcerami a vicekrate se na Trhanov nevratila.

Do roka jej prodala i Kout a Ryzmberk, ostatni panstvi. -StateenY Jan Kozina zustal v khnane pameti v.Sech svych krajanil, kteri od jeho smrti zaeali nositi Murky eerne barvy na s yYch bilYch krkach, na znamepi smutku. ChodskY lid si podnes vypravuje., jak Kozina "bul nevinne hutracenej, ha ze je svatkm."--®

0 JANOIKOVI I. Kral Hole (Hole, hola, na Slovensku vrch holy, kde se stada pasou), nad SirYmi lesy nad krasnou dolinou horniho }front', vysoka horn, pamatna, hora. MocnY htbet jeji bez l,su, volnY; proud yetru sotva kdy ztiSi se na to sloneene vs'si. A v slunci a vetru, v mlhaeh i za hroinnYch bouti sam na Kralove, Holt stoji saAmennY stul, onaSenY, stars'; opuSlen trei z travy a vtccu i kosodteviny.

Kdys, itZ tornu da yno, mival a ye hasty, a zira kol Hone zvueela pokilky, hlukem; to kdyZ sew ptichazel sam panovnik herske zeme, veselY Matej kral.

PokaZde, kdyZ honil v °kelt po PiptovskYch horach, po ZvolenskYch lesieh medvedy a kance diviaky, stavil se to se svou eetnou druZinou; kral v lovecke cukni, se ziatYm rohem, pani magnati ✓ bohatYch dolmanech, v lesklYch pasech, v eapkach z Tribe koleSiny peti z,dobenYch, s oStepy v rnkou, s tesaky pti boku, osmahli, hladkYch tvCti ale mohutnYch kiiiru. Medi, usedli kol kamenneho stolu a jim u noh ulehly smeeky loveckYch psti, eernoburn, y lkodavil, kalapajicich kratkymi oddechy chladici vzduch. Slithove a lido z doliny snakli z na stul jidla a lahve, a kral stoloval vysoko, vysoko, se syYmi piny. Pin rozkok rozhlikl se kolem pc horach, po rozlehlYch svazich, nine po temnYcli hvozdech pa zelenYch dolinach ✓ zatope zlateho s.vetla. Jim svitily bile kaaely, (Tvrze, zameeky), rdely se sttechy hradti nad chatami dedin a civoran, po S'iru daleku Slovensku, spanilou zemi.

Tak bYvalo za krale Mateje.

Po jeho smrti vsa.k utichla Kralova Hole, a kamennY stul opuSten dlouho a dloulio. Zatim pod horami, v Udolich, ✓ rovinach mnono se zmenilo. V zaincich a v kaStelich bujela panska a v dedinach poroba, nevole. Lidu se do.ly velike ktivdy; pan', zernane tiskli ho robotu, "pankinon", a "lapaeky" ("Pan- platy a desatky. "Lapaeky" • odvadeni na vojnul, nedaly poklidne snat urostlym jonakilm.

Zle bylo, zc nemohlo by hute. MladY lid ze ,sveho utikal pied trCzni prye z tiche dediny, do hor. Tarn se stall • nevolnych "horni chlapci", tam byly lesy jejich komory, a karpatske "hotE,‘" jejich voiral pole.

a bitch pasech, ale "kamaratstvo", jedenacte "dolarYch chlapcil" ye "vybije'Vela" ,§irakach, v zelenYch koSilkach, v bilYch soukennYch nohavicich, se SirokYmi apasky, V krpcich. a ne s meCi, ne s drahou zbrani, ale s nort v nonach u opasku a a dvema bambitkami za opaskem, s valaSkou, (Htll se sekyrkou, Cakan), v rucea s pu:Skou sarnopalkou na plecich: Surovec, Adameik, Ilrajnoha, Pottieik, Ciaraj, Uhorelk, Tarko, Mucha, Duriea, Michaleik a gajdoS, (Dudak), chytrY Nestavovali se tu na Kralove Hall a kol kamenneho solu jenom v eas; hony a lovy me* od boHho jam do nuste zimy. Vodil lt je JaneSik "po zb9ji", aby krivdy napravoval, bidnYch a neWastnYch ochranoval. Bylo teZko poddaneho lidu slovenskeho, 0 nehoZ pochazel. KdyZ inn nemold ponioci, instil se alespon.

A sebe take! Zkusilt' ad parnA take protivenstvi a krvaveho nasili, on i jeho otec, jen.z nevedel, co je dobte se mit, a jenZ jenom to ptani mel, aby cyn met lepSi Zivobyti ne:ai on. Proto ha dal, synka bystreho a vtipneho, do Skol, jak mu poradil, jakYsi . ptibuznY, farad' a yeho povoldni. Tak se JanoSik ueil — v KeZmarku prY — latine a vSertm, aby se stal jednou duchovnim. Otec na nej nakvtdai, al od fist utrhuje.

NeZ a toho se pohor'Sil -magna,t, jeho vrchnost; popudil se proto, ze stark sedlak chtel synka panem, ho chtel vytrhr.out z poddanstvi. I stihal gazdu, ja t mob'. A vrchnost mohla tenkrate nmoho, v'Secko; 1 nepravosti a krivdy, a nikdo ji proto nepohnal, nikdo ji za to netrestal.

Kdy2. Jai-many otec v pine praci na seem poll bYval, mush Caste pojednou, narAz vkho nechat, a to pokaZde, kdyZ to price bylo nejvice potfeba, kdyZ" louku kosil, nebo je vazal. Tu pokaZde pan vzkazal, a sedlak musil na panske. Tarn ho nechali Ink dlouho na robote, aZ" mu seno zmoklo a se zapatilo, nebo az mu obili zrostlo. A ktiZ Mel take s desatkem. Nic nebylo pantiun vhod, nic nedovedl po Yid": pokaZde ho se ,slepici nebo husou, kdy'Z je odvadel, z kaStelu jam hubene, male, at' sekne lepSi, dobte krmene.

Tak a ji.n.ak sou iii a prondsledovali stareho gazdu. NeZ on pro syna vkcko ye ;1..‘,Se.".,kdyZ mu casein mysi tr V ten samtny eas bYvalo zase wive na si noddy nevedel Zive raKralove Holt, a kolem kamermeho stolu se ute,Sil Janiokem: ten M sedala zase druZina se s yYm ndeeinikem. buti, pa a e rn, na toho Ze nebudou mord, Nebyl to vAak kral, ale "horni chlapec" a ten Ze snad se i jemu odsloo21, aby se JanoSik z Tarchove v Hornotreneinsku, mel tank alespon pied smrti lip. -(Vlastne Jura JanoStak.) a s nim ne magnati, velkomoZni pant v dolmanech (Pokraeovani)

Ve stredu, dne 30. bkezna 1955.

Nove

otkev

VSTNK — WEST, TEXAS

Vybeee si dk3 pel-:aeby

Iffinact druhil certifikatu SPJST pro dospele: mohli zastavat." Ano, sestro oablova, zcela spra,vne. tento problem u- Vida B: DoZivotnf, poplatky se plati a2 do s'nrti. skuteenen a cliceme-li mit nernocenske a Urazove pojiSteni takove jake skutee.7 Vida ° Poplatky se plati 20 rokfl. PM* ne potkebujeme, chceme-li dobit obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdyti syYna ClenUm a dati jim na co maji kdykoliv v ptipadu Umrti. dle stanov pine pravo, chceme-li dobie konkurovati s ostatnirni bratrskYmi jed- Vida D: Poplatky se plati 15 midi. PlnY notanni i obchodnimi spolee,nostmi, jsrneobnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdyii proziravi, dobrY rozhled, koliv v ptipadu dostatek obchodniho ducha a chceme, aby nak Jednota rostla, pak bezesporne Vida E: Poplatky Se plati 10 mkt. Pin' obnos poji gteni se vyplati kdynano ve vyke giti tak, aby nova, obsakoliv v ptipadu lila, veinal chilelita agenda mohla byti Uspane zpracovana a zdarne vedena. Vida F: P1n obnos certifikatu j e vyJinak, kdybychom se teto veci nalelite placen po 15 letech nebo kdynevenovali, at' u z dtivodii jakVchkokoliv pi-edtim v pfipadu liv mohli bychom byti kritisovani z ne"Ida G: PInS7 obuos certifikatu je vydostatku porozumeni pro pravo a zaroplacen ye 20 letech nebo kdyyen pro nalehajici potkebu ClenU, zc koliv pfedtim v ptipadu lhostejnosti a neeinneho pkihliZeni k tomu, jak jine jednoty a obchodni spoleenosti na ná A fikor kvetou, mohlo by Vida H: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosaZeni 65 let stall nam bYti vytYkano, Z"e jstrie fizkonebo kdykoliv ptedtim V ptiprsi a podobne. Nelze si piece naprosto padu fnrti. pkedstaviti, Z"e by vkchno bylo nalo&no na bedra bratra Kolihy, nebo pkida- Vida I: Poplatky se plati 20 rokh. no dokonce pkedsedovi. To by znamenaobnost certifikatu j e vyplacen lo velkY krok zpet, zatim co v:Sichni po dosaZeni CO let stall nebo chceme vpked. kdykoliv piedtim v ptipadu Psanim neda se tato vec dobre vykeSifnrti. ti, ale naSe distriktni schtize jsou pro to jako stvokeny. Ne bude pkiSti sjezd, Vida K: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. PlnY obnos pojiS"teni se vykaZdY distrikt bude mit k nalaiternu plati kdykoliv v ptipadu objasneni celého problemu nejmene dye neb ti schtiize. Po dilkladne rozprave a Tfida M: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 uvaZ'eni jak pojiSteni nemocenskeho, let. Po doseeni 65 rokt stah tak i nrazoveho, bude jeSte Oas projedelen dostova, mesieni pfijen). nati celou otazku mezi ykrni distrikty dokud Zemfe-li pfed 80 a vypracovati koneenY spoleenY navrh lety staff, dedici dostanou mepro jednani na sjezdu. Sledujte proto sidni pfijem do 80. vYroei. naVestnik, studujte dobke prisluSne fivahy rozenin elena. bratra Valeika, jednejte o nich ye schtitZich vakho kadu, nap gte svoje vlastni Crida M-C: ripisovd ochrana na 20 let ktera se zmen:4iiie., aZ ziistane -nahledy, na distriktni schnzi prednevypiacene poji'Steni na $1,000. ste svoje pi-ání a s yYm vlivem prispelte Poj gteni se vyplati kdykoliv k uskuteeneni pkipravo yaneho planu v ptipadu Umrti dle klesajici velke budoucnosti. stupnice.

Jsou jeSte jine dille'Zite a dosud nevyTfida N: tpisova ochrana jen tern, kdo kekne otazky, o tech zase piTSte. • • „y3 ( maji od SPJST yypiljeene penize.

ZillS/lena neplati.

Pet drubil eerOAIkatil SPJST pro deli: "Veera weer jsem el na yStivit Mabel Tkida J-T: Dodasne pojiWni do veku 16 — a co by jsi tornu kekl? Sotva ‘Ze jsem se let, ktere se Trth' e, zmeniti usadil, pffila jeji matka a dolehala na kterekoliv ;line pojiZteni po mne otazkou, jake Zo main s dcerou jeji do:3aZeni veku 10 let, nebo Umysly, zdali jest moje zna-most y aZna, a pozdeli. marn-li v irmyslu si ji vzit."

Trida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokh "To bylo ovkm mrzute. A nebyl jsi tim Plr.V obnos pojiSteni se vypiiveden do rozpakfi?" plati kdykoliv v pripadu il"Malem — ale na Stesti Mabel v torn mrti ye veku od 16 let vYS'e. vela do parloru a kdy2 se na mne poditimrtni pojistka pod 16 let vala, zvolala: "0 mama, to neni ten!" stati je dle stupnice.

(Dokoneeni se strany 1.)

Strana 5 'Vida L: Dvojnasobne arazove pojigteni (double indemnity). Certifikat se vystavuje pouze do obnosu $2,500, dodateene k jineina certifikatu.

'Vida J-S: Poplatky se plati 20 mica PlnY obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv V ptipadu od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicti, $250, pod 12 rnesicil, $500.

Vida T-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let staff. PlnS7 obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 18 letech nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesich, $250, pod 12 mesich, $500.

Vida J-G: Poplatky se plati 20 roka.

PlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 20 letech nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu umrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesica, $250, pod 12 mesicfl $500. (dz) ) * eTe ( VelkY psycholog William James pravi: "Prfimerne individuum uplatni sotva desetinu svYch bun& mozkovYch a sotva ttetinu sve moZne fysicke vYkonnosti. My vSichni Zijeme pod maxirnem sve dokonalosti."

Dejme tomu, Ze by lidskY tvor pro nedostatek nalaite vYZivy nebo nasledkena riejake nehody v detstvi vyrostl jen v desetinu normalni vYSky, Ze by vaZil jenom ttetinu toho, co by normadne vaZiti mei.

JakY by to byl flan ZalostnY pohled. Jalta by to byla bidna protiva k one Umerne a dobke vyvinute bytosti, kterou mel byti podle planu tviirce.

Ale co se tyre tohoto planu boZskeho, jsme vla,stne v'Sichni dobrovolnYmi trpasliky, ziistavajice ne o 10, 20 nebo 30%, ale o 100% za svYm mo2nYm vYvinem.

Ale oni mu'Zove, kteki dospeli k nej yyg 7 konnosti, jako Mi--imnota lidskevS chael Angelo, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Beethoven, ani oni neclosahli maxima sve vYkonnosti.

— 0. S. Marden.

Ne v torn, co jste vykonal nebo nevykonal, ale v torn, co mu-etc je'Ste nyni vykonati; ne v tom, eim jste, ale v torn, can se mfiZete jeSte stati — v torn vezi tajemstvi Zivota. Neza.le21 tolik na torn, co vy sam o sobe myslite a co sam od sebe oCekavate. To jest ohromne pro vas, ponevad2 nikdy nedospejete v dosah yYch moZnosti, pokud nestoupite te v chivernY styk se s yYrn skuteenYm ja. ( ) 44, To inflie "Potrebuje-li jedna posluhovaeka k klidu pokoje hodinu, kolik casts pottebuji dye?" hodiny."

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Ve stPedu, dne 30. Nana 1955.

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leene pracuji, aby se dostalo potrebneho flail Anton J. eermak C- Islo 56.

Corpus Christi, Texas. prostoru "pozemku" k uvolneni a roz girein test a ulic, by tyto ilzke nevyhovuili etenari: jici testy a ulice ustoupily novYm moAby mi to moje pero nezrezavelo, tak d.ernirn, tak zvanYm dalnicim "ExpressZ"e ho mum zase pouZit a povedet tem, co ways" a "Freeways". do tech nasich schuzi nechodi, co jsme Stat a federalni vlada se uvolila pornov nagich schtizich planovali a na eem se usnesli. V radove schuzi Anton eermak ci padesati miliony a prate ma zaeit v 'Oslo 56 bylo ujednano, aby na velkonoe- eervenci tohoto roku a most Ze ma bYt v ai nedeli odpoledne pro deli byl vypra- gesti mesicich hotov a sam ma stat 'osm miliontt . CelY stavebni cestovni program covan program, pod vedenim sestry dove tajemnice Betty Juricove, ktera ma Ze jest rozvrZen na 10 let.

Konvence ueitelti z jinni Cacti Texasu na starosti rozeslat irlohy &tern, ktere vystoupi v onom programu. Bode pri torn zde byla poradana 11. a 12. brezna tohovgem take hledani vajieek na venku, a to roku, kde mezi probiranYmi predmety est pamatovano i na ty male, ktere by byl jeden, kterY mi asi taky utkvi v pasnad nic nena gly, by se take na ne do- mai a stoji za zminku.

Jedna se o nerovnY pourer v platech, stalo. Veeer jest taneeni zaba,va pri Majkde ueitele, vychovatele pri gtich to obkovem orchestru.

Po teto schuzi nasledovala schtize Te- Cann, se musi spokojit s roenirn platem locviene Jednoty Sokol, a i v one schuzi od dvou do trech tisic, zatim co kome byl povolen penNni obnos rovnajici se dianti, kteti bavi lid v geobecne, obdrZi radovemu. Timto ty na ge sloZky spolko- aZ jeden milion roeniho platu.

Nedivme se proto, ze hodne graduanta ye se dopinuji s porozumenim, 'Ze ye spojeni jest sila a dobra, vale, k eemu2 ty Skolnich jest s malYm vedomim, ale co nag e spolky bratrske a podpurne byly or- hrciina ye sportu, obzvla gt' kdyZ vynikganisovany. Doufarn, ze tadova sestra ta- ne tak v torn mieovem zavodu, pak nejemnice se o tomto rozepi ge sama, aneb ma poti2 se dostat i. zadarmo na vyggi nektera, sestra dopisovatelka (I-name uelligte, jako statni kolej a universitu.

Ve dnech 18. a 19. brezna, take tohoto dye).

Do nejbliCtiho budoucna a to na den roku, zde rneli konvenci obchodni 24 .dubna se planuje opet pekne poba- nazi z celeho statu, tak zvand "Texas Cotton Association", kde probirali saleveni.

V poledne ma bYti spoleenY °bed, kde Zitosti nepestovani baviny, ale nakup a vagi prodej a odbyt, naleznout nova pohlavni specialita jest: na rogti kuCata, kde talir bode ciopinen samYmi treby a trhy.

2e by rnohli pomoct malYm pestiteltim pochoutkami.

Po obecle odpoledne bude predvedena baviny, aby jejich akry omezovaci nedivadelni bra na gimi ochotniky, kteti uZ trpely nemistnYm omezovanim, to jim v nyni nacvieuji velmo peknou veselohru jejich poraclach ani nenapadlo.

Pozdrav vgem. o trech jednamich. Po divadle yeeer bude John Staga, dopisovatel. taneeni zabava, pii ktere budou zase vyhravat Pavelci. jsem mel toto vgechno napsane a KdyZ jsem s vami sdeli.l ty na g e plany spolkove, tak TIOSITliril take pominout ty hotove odeslat, tak nas v pondeli rano v plany toho na geho uz velkomesta Corpus 9 hodin 21. btezna 1955 do gla smutna zprava telefonem z Temple pies Austin, Christi a jeho okresnNuece.s.

Dne 17. brezna 1955 jsme zde men vol- v ktere nam dcera Lillie Huber oznamoby v kterSich bylo odhlasovano povoleni vala, Ze jeji strYc Jos. Poboril st. z Tembondfi v obnosu $15,600,000, patnact mi- ple ji telefonoval pied chvilkou, Ze jeho sestra a sestra moji. 2eny, Anna DukatIlona lest set tisic dolarti. _ Bondy byly odhlasovane velkou a pte- nik, v ono rano v 5 hodin. Zekvapujici va ginal', a east techto penez snuld mela svnj domov poslednich 20 let ma bVti pouiito k zbudovani novella mo- v osade Seaton, co vdova po Janu Dustu, kterY ma nahradit nynej gi zvedaci katnikovi ml., kterY asi pied 24 lety co most, neb tento jiz vice nevyhovuje, neb mladY nillZ, postiZen rakovinou, svoji inanZelku prede gel na veenost, a jeho tezdrZuje prujezd.

KelyZ asi pred 30 lety byl postaven, tak lesne portistatky jsou uloleny na Naiadbyl velmi obliben, ale pri dne gnim stale nim htbitcve v Seaton.

Take jeji sestra Rosie Machalek odpostoupajicim pouZivani aut a truckti se stal nepraktickYm a bude nahraZen zdvi- eiva na onorn hititove nejakYch 20 let.

Vzpornindni, Ze i jeji nejmlad gi syn ZenYm gestikolejnim (pro lest povorti), kd.e lode propluji bez zdvihani mostu. Robert Dubatnik, kterY slouZil co vojin v Okres a most° a plavebni agentury spo- U. svetave valcc, pri gcl o jell() inladY

vot, kde co zajatec v Japonsku byl Japonci utrapen hladem k smrti, a to jeho rnatku trapilo a ubiralo sily v techto poslednich letech. Jejiho odchodu zeli etyri synove: Edward ye Fort Worth, Rudolf v Dallas, John a Josef v Temple; jedna dcera, Annie Underwood v Dallas. . Dva bratry: Jos. Poboril star gi v Temple a Frank Poboril v Seaton. D ye sestry, Agnes (Jos.) BlaZek v Temple, a Albina (John) Staga, Corpus Christi, Texas. Radi bychom se byli onoho pohrlau zileastnili, ale maj zdravotni sta y mi jegte nedovoluje podniknout dlouha a narahave rizeni auta. P6tadali jsme dcera Lillie v Austin, aby opa se svSim manklem nas zastupovali a jmenem nagim odevzdali k rakvi kvetiny.

Zesnule Anne Dukatnikove po torn jejirn tezkem Zivotnim boji prejerne vecneho klidu a eest budi2 jeji pamatce.

Tato prani a posmrtnou vzpominku Tobe venuje Rodina‘„Stagova, 1346 Daytona Drive, Corpus Christi, Tex. fad Slovanska Lipa eislo 66.

Waco, Texas.

Mili bratri a sestry: Nage schaze se konala v nedeli odpoledne o pal treti hodine, 10. bfezna, Shady Rest a predseda Anton Mazanee ji zahajil. Vzdana test americke vlajce vgemi eleny a predrikana Barbara Jean Parma.

Poeasi bylo zachmutene a neZ se schtlze ukoneila dostali jsme peknY degt', kterY jsme uz tak nutne potrebovali. Jegte kdyZ jsme jeli dolma, tak prudce prgelo a dnes z toho mame nas zimu a to ma bYt prvni jarni den.

Sestra Barbara Jean Parma ozna.mila jmena tech sester a bratti co slavili narozeniny v breznu a jsou to: Matilda Hanug, Rose Narovec, Mary Nell Na,roYec a bratr Albert Casper. Zazpivali jsme jim "Happy Birthday" pisen.

Jedna dcera bratra a sestry Chris Spence ma spalu, tak nemohli bYt pritomni. Prejeme jim, aby deveatko bylo brzo zdravo.

Nag predseda Anton Mazancc aby co nejvice elenfi dostavilo se do distriktni schaze v /mall 27. brezna v Dal las.

Sestra Pauline Du gek z Bonning, Calif. zaslala svoje penize za poji gteni a pozdrav na vgechny eleny, kteri si ji pamatuji. TeZ i my vas tam srdeene pozdravujeme.

Po schuzi nekolik eleml s kontraktorem panem Bartz jeli se podivat na stavebni misto, aby mu mohli ukazat, kde chteji mit sin postavenou. 'UZ se brzo

Ye sti:edu, dne 30. brezna 1955.

zaen.e stavet a While se, Ze do podzimu budeme' hait svOji sin koneene hotovou..

Vezme to hocine pertiez a prate, ale bude to k dobru a pobaveni vgem.

Schaze zakoneila ye 3:45 a velice chatna veeete se pojedla a ten bylo dobre kafe, pivo a sodovka, a v gem chutnalo.

Tetieko Svitakova, jestli pa.k uZ jste z Kalifornii a jestli ano, tak je Varn jiste smutno po decree a jeji rodine. SrdeenST pozdrav Vam a cele Va gi mile rodine.

MAI schtize bude zas tfeti nedeli v dubnu a to bude 17., tak se v gichni dostayte.

Preji v gem denting gt'astne a vesele ve' likenoce.

S 'pozdravem FliZena Parma, dopisovatelka. ° 4. • (

Pad Irlyezda Texasu Oslo 47.

Temple, Texas.

Mill bratfi a, sestry: Co techt,o - par kadku pigi, mame zde texaske blaznive poeasi, neb radio stale ohlagtije degte, tornado a. zimu. A kdy' to vezmerne kolem do kola, neni z toho Mc. ,Zaprget bychom si prali, aby dobie zaprgelo neb farmaii je gte nejsou s vodou zaopatteni. Ale to tornada by mohl d'as .nekde zanest, co by jich v zadne osade nepocitili.

Nage "chili" a gula g veeere dobi'e dopadly, a ten na ge omladina se dobfe za-' drela v zavodech pro mlade2.

Prvni cenu vyhrala Lannette Mikulag, $5.00,-hrala na tahaci harmoniku..

Druhou cenu vyhraly Norma SenkY1', Sandra Mikula g a Barbara Zabeik. Tato tii deveata zpivala trojhlasne a vyhraly $3.00.

Treti cenu vyhraly Linda Martinet a Carol Mikulag. Zpivaly dvojhlasne a vyhraly $2.00.

Ctvrtou cenu vyhrala Laverne Mikes ka, solo .na piano; vyhrala $1.00.

Jerry Goldman hrala solo na piano; Dorothy Pl gek zpivala solo; Gladys Du- katnik zpivala solo; Janet Oabla hrala solo no, tahaci harmoniku; kahla, z nick dostala $1.00.

Musime vgechna tato deveata se drela stateene v souteM, ze bylo ko rozhodnouti, ktere. ma dostati cenu.

Jenne nagi miadi hogi kdesi zUstali ztraTerri, ani jeden hoch nebyl v souten Ale doufame, ze p'figte to vynahradi.

Dne 3. dubna bude na ge schtze jak obyCejne. Po schuzi budeme miti veliko-nciCni program a pak pro ditky bude dani velikonoenich vajidek. Pak budeme miti spoleenou veeefi. Tak, mile sestry, jste tiadane byste kaftla, neeim pkispela do kuchyne, kolo.ee, pies neb sladke peeiVo, co ktera, budete moci, to doneste; a pkijd'te v hojnem poetu. Ze se tam bu-

ESTNtK -- WEST, TEXAS deme miti dobre, to vain slibuje spolusestra Mrs. Steve Rustlkova, dopisovatelka, ) glad NovS, Tabor Cislo D. Caldwell, Texas.

Mili brati:i a sestry: Timto yam davam vedet, abyste se v hojnent podu dWavili do nad pro.videlne sehttze dne 10. dubna. Chcetine miti "chilli" veeeki nekdy brzy po schtijzi v na gi spolkove tak bychom ra.di, abyste pri gli do schtize,. abychom in ujednali, jak by to bylo nejlep gi dOlat a kdy, a co v gechno byste mohly sestry prichystat. Nespolehejte se na zabavni vStor, ae to maze udelat. Pro nos zabavni 1,73ibor 'je to nemodie neco takoveho udelat bez yes sestry. Vy, ktere nz jste pig tom byly, tak tonne rozumite, tak nom v torn mitiZete vypomoct. Tak nezapomente na to schtizi a ptijdle vgichni.

Te2 oznamuji, ze letos budeme &Rat barbecue v nedeli dne 19. Cervna. Sousedni lady a ti, kteri delavaji barbecue v lete, si to pieji :add. Dalgi oznameni naleznete pozdeji.

S bra.trskYm pozdravem Frank J. Surovik. ) e 4„, o fo; taal Osveta eislo 38.

Ctene sestry a bratti: Ve schttzi na geho iadu, ktera se konala 13. biezna, jsme ujednali, ze uspol'adame zas program na svatek Den Matek a spoleenou svaeinu, to jest 8. kvetna. A dalgi se in vyjednati v pti gti schtizi 10. dubna, protcA sestry a bratri jste aby jste se v hojnern pnetu dostavili a ujednali, jak vet gina si bude prat. V /laden schtizich skaZtilS7 den ma pra y() prednesti svaj nahled, na to mang e schttze; tak nezapomente se dostavit. ✓ minule schttzi jsme noveho elena s prestupni listinou a sice bratra Edwin Marege, od radu Vesmernost Cislo 68 v Nelsonville, Texas. A tak vitame bratra Mare ge. Mame z toho radost, nebot' on jest clobrSr spolkovSr pracovnik a tegime se, Ze bude s nami spolupracovat, n.eb ma ge.stnactiletou zku genost co tzcetVesmernost. nik S bratrskSim pozdravem Jerry Stepan, tajemnik. ) ( P.nd Ant. eermak Cislo 56.

Mill bratri a sestry: Dne 13. brezna jsme zahajili schtzi a bylo has vice pffionmo nedi min.ule. Take dostala poji gt'ujici papiry nejmladgi elenka a site 3 mesice, na ge vnueka Pataia Marie 6ab1a.

Bylo ujednano, ze bude velikonceni hledani vajieek pro deti Menu i neClerM, piljedte s nimi. Take dostane ka'ale ditko aok.oladove vajieko, na co rad povolil eastku periez.

Mrana 7 Po stil, otti 1 svaeina. e co to znalusf.a. kucla debro-. tami. Sestk a dra ys a a tel.l:', 1me se, Uzi nami. Take zdrarolnlei1TC;Iji Mame zcle silty e v skoro use t', tier to chybi vlA•a • . lanes 23. bkezna no asz'z clo iedena(ll hoclln pa, • cletl, c,h,, ZatO .• bc'l cel i den soil _ill ou budou oekne vs hintoi -Jade ba prop, ave vysakon pro jsau ec1 hi_sovane bondy so jeden a pia milionu dolarn. TE.Il:e se stastrany vl nave donaky,.tak me, v cletech dovnovech ale i paji. Zda se, '2,e, jj.%, neni poctivS,ch v -Leto semi, ka i2,f. slileje pPea, volboil, ale potom se nocha. nalle jec-lota je dotud. v .dovniolio brych rukol1. ; dokud OWL Moje vet gi polovice pral dolt napsala, telly koTkelin.

S pozdravem Anclela 6ablova, o (. eislo 97o-;v)..;3,

Oznanauji vam, ze nails bkeznova Schtlze byla dosti dobke vT:lizena, nallgt6Va vypadall spokOjeni dosti &bra, &bre a pa selibzi doble, havi syaeine.

PrMl schuz., v dubnu Vara oznamuji, ;l, N pro jeclenknA zrn6nili na pl- yrd 110011 v dubnu, to'iz clubna. 19 55 odpoledne, protOe na drulilou nedeli. pkipaclaji ustanokonoeni sy atky, tak prvni nedeli v dubnu. Nad61e schiaso se nose buclou pokadat drulaou neci o (Pau hodinaela ocipoleddeli V ne.

Upozorneni vsenm nveattim, Mere • by chtely se podilot yolbe "May Fete" kraloyny, aby se zUeastnily clubnove schUze, kdy se bade volit krfloyna, bychom si, aby hodne deves se dostavilo.

Po schuzi bude svaeina. upi.imnym por/,cb:avem 0

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doisovatelka.

Cislo 92., Fort Worth, Texas, SchUze u Path,. Svaz aechosloyanti:015.

92 ye Fort Worth, Texas, pkipada na vezanoene v i hodinu likonoeni nedeli misto Ye d ye hOdiriT. ho E,C111701A, aS1 .. Ve 1 hodiny je bledani vajieek pro deft .:Pak sestry, co samy pkinesou„ (lcel

Strana 8 svaelnu pro vkechny piitomne. Veeer je tanecm zabava. Hraje Snapkova orchestra ze Seymour. Zaeatek v 7 hodin. veeer.

Jeden kakdY je uctive zvan.

M. Juranova.

Omluva od kadu Pokrok Flatonie 'Oslo 103 Flatonia, Texas.

Temito nekolika l'adky laskave prosime za odpukteni, ke rad Pokrok Flatonie eislo 103 neudelil resolueni soustrasti zesnulYin bratrnm a sestram, kteri jsou jrnenovani nasledovne: Sestra Marie Dostalik Bratr F. W. Dukek Sestra Anna Fojtik Bratr Innocenc Kocian Bratr Vaclav Petragek •Bratr John 8imdek Sestra Rosalie Valanta Bratr John 2deek.

Tak doufame, ke nam prominou ti, kterY-ch se to tYka, portistali po zemkelYch, bud' mankel, otec, mankelka aneb inatka. ZesnulYm bratram a sestram at' je zeme lehka, a odpoeivaji v pokoji.

Hlavni prieinou toho opomenuti bylo, ke rad Pokrok Flatonia Oslo 103 kona, selnize jednou za tri mesiee, a tak to bylo zapomenute. Teprve v minule schtizi bylo na to poukazane, ke rad Pokrok Flatonia neeini. tak, jak je to delane u jifly ch 'ran, ke nedavame kadne resolute soustrasti do Vestniku. Velice litujeme, ke jsme tuto dillekitou spolkovou poctu na,kim zesnulYm prehledli. Doufame, se to vicekrat opakovat nebude.

Podepsano ye schazi dne 20. brezna 1955.

Albin Syrinek, pl'edseda Alois Dostalik, tajemnik Leopold 8andera, fieetni a pokladnik. ) o „!„ * Rad Karel Havlieek Oslo 4.

Hallettsville, Texas.

Nage pravidelna schtize bude jako vkly, druhou nedeli v mesici, totik 10. dubna odpoledne. Pak po schuzi okolo pfil druhe hodiny zaene "Eastern party" pro ty mlade lidieky, v gechny ditky do 12 let se mohounodileti pri hledani vajleek.

Jude jich dosti. Tak mill rodiee prijed'te a vezmete sve ditky sebou. elm vas bude vic, tim lope, a udelejte svYm detem tu radost.

Budou i MI6 hry a zabava, ale co to bude, musite se dostavit a sami videt co to jest, neb ja, to sama nevim, neb jsem na zabavni schuzi nebyla. Ale jsem jista, ke se zasmejete a vase ditky taky.

Tak bratri a sestry, doufame, ke se nas zas hodne sejde v to na gi N. Y. A. budove a vgichni se jednou zas pobavime jako valy. ,T)ro zde, slavieek zpiva o dui a vola svoji drukku tak jasave. Vrabci gtebetaji k nevystani, vke tak vesele, ale, boke,

VESTNIX - WEST, TEXAS smutne pohlikim na tu flak zahradku.

Vge v ni bylo tak pane ale ta zima vystreila nos v pondeli veeer 21. a eloveku se dela nanic. Skoro v ge prye, oklehane ostrYin zirnnim vetrem a pomrzle.

Fazole uz vyhanely na kvet, ted' vke znieerie.

Ani se mi uk do nieeho nechce. Oh ty me nohy, zvlakt' ta prava, opuchaji a boli nelze v nod ani spat pro pichani a bolest, starou g jest v torn taky tak. Nu, a my se tahali s vodou, zalevali, sadili a zas zalevali, at' to vzeklo - a tu mak: jednu dye noel a skoro vke znidene a nake prate byla na nic.

Ale tak to na torn svete chodi. Ja jsem ani prstem uk nehnu, co se tYee to hloupe zahradky. Stark se mi smal, to pry by rad vide'. - No ale dnes jsem zas sadila a zalevame dal.

Vestnik marn pied sebou, a prvni vkly etu, "Nagim elen-am od redaktora". Veru gkoda tech dobrYch rad a fivah, co nam nas redaktor podava. Jsou dobre a stoji, aby si jich nagi eleni vkimali a vic preMnou to nekdy hYbe, hned bych Deco napsala, ale mam strach nee° zaMt a dostat po kabate veru kkoda, ke sestra Hilsherova se vzdala sve prate.

Toto jsrne melt zaeit dvacet let drive a snad by bylo vice einnosti a porozumeni mezi nami a nakim mladYm lidem, neb v nem mame svou budoucnost.

Nage distriktni schtze se bliki a ja doutam, ke z ni neco dobreho vzejde. aleni by men Met, kde by se to dab zlep git, opravit, a tak by i byli lope pripraveni na pilaf sjezd.

Ano, to jest hezke ty prograrny a k tomu dobra svaeina, ale nam jest tkeba promluvit vice o einnosti. Na to jsou neb by mely bYti nage schilze, at' domaci, distriktni a vithec vgechny.

Ale ted' jik dust. Tak na shledanou desateho dubna.

Vase dopisovatelka Marie Fabianova.

(Poznamka redaktora: - Proe by mel Glen miti strach pronesti svuj nahled?

Byl jsem nedavno pritomen vYslechu jednoho krajana, kterY kadal o obeanskY list. VyslYchajici firednik polokil mu tuto otazku: "A kdyk budete obeanem, mate dovoleno kritisovat presidenta SpojenYch state?" Byla to choulostiva, otazka,. Krajan se nechtel postaviti do nepfizniveho svetla, proto zavrtel hlavou. trednik mu udelal pekne kazani: "Ak budete obeanem, mate pravo kid., co si myslite i o tom nejvyk gim firedniku sem& Mate pravo ho kritisovat. Mate pray() presvedeovati sve sousedy, ke on neni dust dobry, ke je treba podruhe zvolit lepgiho." Krajan si oddechnul a pak se priznal, 'ke on by to stejne alai, ale jen daverne mezi temi nejznamejgimi. ho napomenut ke to ma delat verejno jako svobodnY obean.)

Ve stkedn, dne 30: brezna 1955.

Rad Neeclville a go 81,

Needville, Texas.

Cteni bratri a sestry radu Oslo 81 v Needville, jak je vain dale povedomo, nakho radu Oslo 81 sehUze se poiltdaji kaZdou druliou nedeli v mesh:1. PriAti sehrize se bude poradat prvni nedeli v dubnu, totiZ 3. dubna, ponevac12 na druhou nedeli pripada nedele velikonoeni.

Prosim, pamatujte a prijd'te do sehUze ye vetSim poctu.

S bratrskSim. pazdravern John Blinka, tajemnik radu eislo 81. ) •( VS, roCult zprava flidu Needville Piijem za rok 1954 Kispevky na Umrti a Padove Nahrada na svat'inu

$8,215.43 5.85

Celkem $8,221.28 Vydani. $8,365.27 Na Hlavni fad 295.00 SluZne firedniktim Poeitaci stroj 50.00 Vraceno elentun a vraeene exky 46.45 Darovano na park 25.00 Komin a petrolej 20.70 Obeerstveni na svaeinu 19.78 Dane 18.75 l'Jeetni vYbor 10.00 Elektrina 9.35 5.00 Na Matici Vykkiho Vzdelani 4.78 Poktovne Knihy pro iteetniho a pokladnika 2.47 s. $8,872.55 Celkem Prijem $8,221.28 Vydani 8,872.55 Schodek Na hotovosti 1-1-54 Schodek

$ 651.27 $689.20 -651.27

Zb3"Tva 12-31-54 $ 37.93 $$ 37.93 Na hotovosti -261.42 Dluh elentun Dluh obnL'i. eleni dluZi. radu Nak dluh

$223.49 $1,066.98 223.49

ZbYva, 12-31-54 $843.49 • Prehled majetku 12-31-54 $ 843.49 Na hotovosti a za eleny 740.00 Bondy Ve sporitelne 110.15 Uroky 50.00 Poeitaci stroj Celkem 12-31-54 12-31-53 Prirnstek

$2,543.64 $2,543.64 2,499.08 $ 44.56

Ve stkedu, dne 30. bfezna. 1955.

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✓ tite0 vee'er kaidSr tjr den cviei se sborove zpevy dospelYch v sini kadu Popratele a dle jeho vysve upozortuje Fort Worth, Texas.

Pravovani skoro gijete v to dobe, neb on krok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou 0ten:9 brake redaktore: vitani. Zaeatek v osm veeer. komandoval tu praci sam.

Bud'te tak laskav a ten roman "SedlaKaidou stredu je vyueovano prakticke Sestra Anna (Mikeska) Baro g za svoci" y e Vestniku nezastavujte. Je to paIndustry, hovorove gpanel gtine v sini kadu Pkrok ge body dlela na fume pobli ne popsane, jak lidi na vesnicich aili.

Vgdyt' Se to pekne ete, neni tam nic Texas. Byla pato, z rodiny gesti ditek. Je- Houston od 3:30 do 10:00 veeer. Nax gtevnici jsou vitani. Zavolejte na redaktora spatneho! Pani Kraftova., jestli se Vam ji otec slouZil v obeanske valce. o informace. ten roman nelibi, nemusite ho gist, druMangele Ferd. a Anna Baro g maji 7 hYm se libi. JO, nemohu ani Vestnik do- ditek, vkechny na givu, 19 vnukt a 15 Kaidou sobotu taneeni zabava v ekat, co chci vedet jak dopadl ten vdo- pravnukt. radu Pokrok Houston, poeinaje v sobotu vec Boryna, vzal-li si tu krasavici Jagnu.

16. dubna. Prvni sobota v mesici je pro S jejich ditky a kadou pfatel pisatele Cleny zdarma.

S uptimnYin pozdravem techto tadkti preji jim mnoho zdravi ✓ nedeli 3. dubna po schtzi tadu Frantigka Skragek. mnoho let pobytu mezi nami. zda Texasu eislo 47 bude velikonooni proMary a Emil Mieulka. gram a hledani vajieek. ) (Poznamka redaktora: — Ano, gedesaDIAMANTOVA SVATBA V nedeli 10. dubna schtze fadu Svaz te vYroei, a tea sedmdesate-pate vYroei, Cechoslovant zaene o hodinu dfive. Po Floresville, Texas. jsou obe nazYvana v Americe "diamanschtizi hledani vajieek pro deli. Veeer tagratuluDne 21. ledna 1895 Ferd. Baro g a Anna tovYmi". 8t'astnSrm mangeltm neeni zabava psi hudbe 8napkova orMikeska slavili svatbu v dome rodiet P. jeme k teto velmi vzacne oslave a pfeje- chestru ze Seymour. Ka gdY uctive zvan.

MikeskovYch v Nelsonville, Texas, po- me mnoho zdravi a radosti na sklonku sledniho ledna slavili 601ete vYrodi one jejich spoleene) pout.) ✓ sobotu 16. dubna taneeni zabava u • A, pamatne doby v jejich givote. Bratr a fadu Pokrok Houston. Cleni maji vstup sestra Baro g jsou pies 50 let v Jednote, NAR CESKt KLUB NA TEXASKE zdarma. byli zakladajicimi eleny tadu Vesmir UNIVERSITE eislo 61 a od zaloleni iadu Rozkvet ZdAustin, Texas. ✓ nedeli 24. dubna bude piknik u tadu padu eislo 107 jsou elenove tohoto facia. Vagena redakce: Pokrok Houstonu. Nove za,fizeni na opeBratr Baro g ma zajimavY givotopis„ Je v Texasu mnoho eeskYch lidi, ktefi kani rogtene (barbecue) je zavedeno kterY jen z easti vain popi gi. Narodil se se jegte zajimaji o nagi Ceskou fee a kte- mo v kuchyni. na parniku plujicim mezi Bremen. a Gal- fi radi sly gi o rtiznYch deskYch organisavestonem (jeho g jmeno a vlastnictvi ne- cich. ✓ nedeli 8. kvetna tad Osveta eislo 33 painatuje, dle toho jeho ptivodni °beanJedna takova, organisace je na g teskr v Koval', Texas, bude miti po schtzi prostvi je neznamo). Ve stall 3 rola" na jate klub na Texaske universite. Do tohoto gram k oslave sy dtku Den Matek a spomu zemfel otec a v tom roce na podzim klub path Ceti studenti a druzi, kteti se mu zemfela matka. Zanechali 9 ditek. zajimaji i tento 6eskS7 klub. Nagimi po- leenou svaeinu.

Nejstarg i bratr Josef pfevzal vedeni ro) • 4. radci jsou nag i profesofi, dr. Eduard Midiny. V kratke dobe ta se roze gla a po- Cek. dr. J. E. 2ivnSr a pan Josef Malik. mahali si jak se dalo. Pomery nebyly NEDOSTAVATE VESTNiK? rtgove a tak zkusili .V gelicos. Bratra BaKlub kond svou pravidelnou schtzi rog e najdeme v New Ulm co holiee 7 let, kaZdou prvni a treti stiedu v mesici.

Wady v budoucnosti se nine stati, ze pak na to vyprodal a ptevzal nakladni, Pied kag dou schtzi celY klub zazpiva pravidelna dodavka Vestniku bude nerani Ceskou narodni hymnu, "Kdo dodopravu s tremi pary (jochy) volt; jekomu z vas najednou zastavena a organ den rok na farme v Shiner, a pak 54 let mov mtj", v ktere nas vede pan doktor pkestane dochazet.

Stane-li se to jen na hezky zatizene fume 5 mil ji gne od Mieek. Po to pisni pkedseda zahaji schilFloresville. V dobe kdy provozoval na- zi a pak se pokraeuje v jednani. Te g oby- jednou, vinu pravdepodobne nese pogta. to dva, tfi a vice tYdnfi za kladni dopravu, jezdil mezi Nelsonville a eejne mame deco zajimaveho a pouene- Opakuje-li se Brenham tam a zpet, vzalo mu to asi 6 ho na programu. Pki minule schtzi, na sebou, dopig te na Supreme Lodge SPJST, dnt. easu. V noci cestoval a ye dne odpo- ptiklad, jsme men zajithaveho teenika, Temple, Texas, at' ptipad je vygetten. eival a seal neb chodil paky podle vozu. pana doktora Taborskeho. Mluvil k nam Nepig te ani na vydavatele, ani na reDo Brenham vozil bavinu a zpet zbogi o Skola.ch v aeskoslovensku. Na ukoneeni daktora, ale na Hlavni tra,dovnu. Stanozpivame "The gichni pro obchod. S tim se ZabYval asi rok a nagi schtze my v vy natizuji, g e kdo si pfeje Vestnik, ptl, pak nejakk eas vozil klady pro ji- Eyes of Texas".

Mimo schtze obeas mame nejake za- dopsati teetnimu Hlavni ttadovny, kterY stou angackou spoleenost v fidoli ieky Colorado a nakladal je do geleznienich bavy, pii kterYch je v gdycky dost jidla — vede seznam adresate Vent. dostavajikar. Vuz mel etyri kola, osky a rozvora zajiste se mnozi etenati pamatuji na po- cich Vestnik. (coupling pole). aasto se stalo, ge jedna dobne dkivej gi zahavy, aby ka gti Clen klada byl naklad, vgechno co voli byli inel pille gitost se pobaviti tak jak se mu MilZete dopsati na Hlavni tfadovnu stavu tahnout. Nejprve se klada nalogila, libi. To je tedy ta na ge eeska, organisace sami, nebo pogadejte va geho tajemnika, volami ovgem, pak se na misto dovezla a oesky klub' na Texaske universite. aby to pro vas vykonal. Ka gc12 Clen, kterS/ volami se nakladala na drahu. Bratr BaS pratelskYm pozdravem si plati na pojig teni v tilde dospelYch, je rog ma na stene fotografii povozu s voFrank "iineik, ml., opravnen na Vestnik, jestli si ho pfeje. tajemnik - pokladnik. lami vzatou v to dobe a vgdy na ni rad (dz)

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Iowa) schnze pied zahajenim se dostavil stacosta Cerny se dvema eetniky, a zaeali Svoboda, v Praze Pra y° Lidu, v Plzni Inas vyslYchat, kdo je svolavatelem, toz jsem dale ervanky, RaSple, Kovodelnik, so prihlasil ja.

Znal jsem ty ptedaky Tehcly, die zakona kal0 svolavatel na Kladne Austa a skorem z Plane, dale Neinc,.-, 1 musel 'mat v§echny lidi ye schtzi priScarce, Souka Krapku, Tusa- ' tomne. Ptal se, znam-li vS'echny B ye, lel( a vice ji.nych. Kdya v pozPekl jsem, 9e myslim le znam. Talc e„la jsern bYval delegatem na k: ad jednohk druhemu, oral jim listyen konferencich, talc jsem s nimi ky z ruky a ptal se me, jak se jrnenuje.

To se opakovalo asi desetkrat, al pliSal ' caste do styku, v Kladne 13= y k jednomu, vial mu listek z ruky, Ceti a oee.hlavech u PracnYch, i v Pekle PPM Ink uz se pekla nebojim. povida: "A to jste vy, co vas hledarne Kdya se Y11.".,.d delnicka Akademie since vojenskou kniaku." Ale'ja ho hned az e VC v Typograficke Be- chytil za slovo a povidam: "To sem ne6€2,-(q e, t a? pr yne manaelku patri, pane straamistr, to si Yyridtte nefesor yka. Telidy byl Karel kcle jinde." Podival se na sNrali se 1710k ZVO.! '‘',vcem, to bylo v:.3e je - a ell. Doutilvk-tleskot je vyproyazel.

Sehnze se v poradku odbyla. Byla zalostarcRio Hakonska. Jecina vec se neliblia, a sice, jak napaciala jed- aena organisace a nastala zas nova loranhou. Ty nadavky a hrube ce. Paadaly se Caste schnze a predna§ky. Lid chapal, jak je mizerne za svou jsem nemival rad.

Ja, cell vCe, co ptiSla do ruky. Cam praci odmenovan a pripravoval se ke stavce. Ten eas jsem zase pracoval Sean bylo dobrc=.,. pojednani i v katolickYch listech; die toho jsem si delal asuclek a c. k. dvote co zednik. a toho jsem ci vybral co se me libilo. Byl Bylo to na zaeatku ani, zita byla jia jsem obvodnim dtivernIkem, zakladali poseeend, talc v sobotu byla posledni jme organisace politicks a pozdeji tea schtize. Z kaldeho statku mell yypsany odborove, byl jsem organisatorem pro sve poaadayky, jel meli rano podat sestra.rut. Nahore jsem ovSem nebyl moc v dia.ci, coa se ySe stale jak meal natizeno. lasce a kladenskY pan hejtman stale me V nedell rano jsem ptisel do mistnosti, sliboy al, ae mci da zavrit aa zeernam. No kde ua na me eekali delegati zvoleni pro flaky ten castle jseni taky brueel a to v c. k. dvur, jeden mua, jedna aena a ja okresnim meste v UntioUi. Tarn ua, me byl tteti. Pii91i jsme do kancelare a tam dedek znal a ja jeho i jeho deem, ktera eetnici. Hned se ptali, CO me prinaSela z hostince jidlo i pivo. Vady pry si prejerne. Odpovedel jsem, "Od vas ale jsem dostal eistou svetnieku, a aby nic, panove." del jsern se poptat pa parm me nebylo smutno, ta lk me dal Vady ne-N spravci, se pry snida, ale ae ptijde hned. ktereho eisteho kamarada, aby nam bylo Jakmile piisel, tak povida, co pry si preveseleji. Jinak me zamestnani jsem ne- jeine. Ja jsena mu tekl, ge jsine jako dezanedbkval; a veeer po praci jsem zas legati zvoleni jeho lidem, kterY pracuje P omahal redietim na poll. v zime ye sto- p11 dvoie, ze jmenem toha lidu pkedkladole. dame mu jejich =dove poaadayky.

V ten eas se provdala sestra a sice za se na me podival a povida: "PoslechneBedricha Rejtoru, truhiare. Rodiee jim te, Volt, vy nejste ladnS7 zemedelsk Mmisto na stavbu, t,o bylo v Nuei- ink, ad vas ja addne poaadavky neptiji. A koukejte, at' jste venku a vie vas cich. Tam jsme jim postavili domek o etyrech svetnicich a dilnu, kde byly etyri nechci ye dvote videt." Tak jsem nisei tabule pro etyti delniky. Mel al. delniky lined jineho, ad nehoa poladayky a ueednika. Price nil dost, i prO Sachtu jmul, ale taky lined naznaeil, le pro ne vie praci nema. delal. Ale jak se rika, dobre bydlo zaeal pit a brat v karty a bray pkikl o vSechno. Pak se odstehoval ke Kladnu do Duloi, delal v Hutich. Za. prVni valky'musel taky rukovat a po valce ptiSel domii a v kratkem Case zemtel.

V voce 1903 nob 1904 se zaealo organisovat zemedelske delnietvo, tak i u nas Schultze v jinych distriktech budou uvebyla svolana vetejna, schilze, ktera, alp Pejneny jakmile distriktni firednici ustabyla zakazand. My jsme ale hned na- novi datum schtze ve svem distriktu. psali listky na schfizi dtiverou. Reenikem Distrikt prvni, 1. kvetna, Snook byla jedna soudruaka z Plane, jeji jmeno Distrikt druhY, 17. dubna, Granger jsem jil zapomnel. Ski byl prepthen jak Distrikt SestY, 15. kvetna, Hilije. domacinal tak i prespolnimi hosty. Do Distrikt sedraY, 29. kvetna, Floresville

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Reports from Lodges, biographies, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters to: Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7, Tex.

OFFICIAti ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BE VOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

Postmaste.i: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR AGAIN I WISH TO REMIND 0 SPJST members that there are problems which life insurance cannot solve. Have you ever seen a bankrupt home caused by a prolonged sickness? It is not a pretty sight. The financial problems arising from sickness or accident can destroy the most carefully planned life insurance. program. Life insurance can do many wonderful things, but there are some problems that need a different solution and careful consideration.

• • WE DO NOT MAKE LIVING, AS WE used to do a few decades ago. We earn living, and we buy the things we need.

In the days when families lived on farms, grew their own food, cut their own fuel, pumped their own water, made their own clothes, built their own homes, any accident or sickness did •not cause so much hardship. Families were much larger, and everybody had his assignment. Even the children, when they walked back from school, had to perform certain chores. Somebody had to take care of the chickens, of the cows, of the corn in the crib. Soap was made in a kettle outside, wood was chopped when it was cold to keep man warm twice, and there was always something to do

THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN CITIES either pay rent for a place to live or we buy a home with all modern conveniencies including a mortgage. A car is a necessity. A radio is a standard equipment. In some towns there are more television sets than there are telephones.

Heat is supplied to us by the gas company, either natural or butane. The milk is left on the back porch either every morning or every other day. We drive to the filling station and don't even get out of the car to sign the courtesy card. We work five days a week, including wife and the oldest son. Someone is always waiting on us. We constantly pay for the services of dozens of different people. We don't make living.

We earn money and we pay for the services of other people.

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FROM INCOME WE EARN THIS week, or next week, or next month, we pay for our day-to-day living this way.

We like this way. We like to be waited on. We manage somehow to pay for even temporary emergencies. We manage to pay the cost of raising children. Sometimes we even spend money ahead to be used when we reach the years of retirement. And all of this we do in the span of life which starts somewhere between twenty-five and thirty years of our age, IF IT HAPPENED THAT THE FATH- and stops somewhere between sixty and er got sick, it was a shock to the family, sixty-five. We do all of this in about and it caused a great deal of emotional thirty or forty years of our life. upset. But the work continued to be done. Someone had assumed to replace BUT SUPPOSE THERE IS A GAP OF the father. Financially, it did not upset living conditions of the family. The a month or two in earned income. Supcorn would still be cultivated, the cot- pose there is some unexpected expense ton would still be hoed, the water would on account of sickness or accident. So still be pumped, the cows would still be long as man can work and earn his income, everything can be adjusted. But milked. every man dreads the day when he may • • TODAY WE DON'T MAKE LIVING, suddenly, for reasons beyond his conbut we earn money to buy living. We trol, lose his regular income. The dolhave changed so much that we say that lars which he misses on account of his living is much easier. We have electric illness or accident are the most imporlights, electric pumps, and deep freezes. tant dollars because everything in the We eat fresh strawberries any time of future depends on them. All his future the year. People up in the North eat planning, his future happiness depends cucumbers around Christmas raised in upon the certainty of income continuing the Valley. We in the South eat ocean next week, next month, next year. And perch caught somewhere near Norway. the only solution to that problem is the Even the wood stove on the farms have right kind of sickness and accident income protection. been replaced by electric Hotpoint.

IT IS SURPRISING HOW MUCH WE need this type of protection, and yet how little we discuss it. I would like to awaken enough interest among our SPJST members so that we could agree on some practical, workable plan. We may carry all kind of insurance. Personally, we may have life insurance, auto insurance, fire insurance, casualty insurance, but we do not have any sickness insurance even for one week. After ll, we in the fraternal insurance have an obligation to our members. We talk to our friends, neighbors, and acquaintances about the value of life insurance.

We tell them that there are three great hazards to the human life cycle—death, disability, and old age, but somehow we don't dwell long enough on the disability feature. The commercial insurance companies have entered the sickness and accident field fifteen, twenty years ago.

It is now only a question of time when we, too, will offer our members adequate and liberal coverage against any of those three hazards.

NORMAN VINCENT PEALE, A WELLknown writer and lecturer, in his recent great book, "The Power of Positive Thinking," expressed the idea of our now hesitation very aptly. He cites the story of a famous trapeze artist who was trying to teach a 14-year-old boy the secrets of the profession at which he himself had become famous. He went to great lengths to explain to the boy I exactly what muscles should be used and when to use them in order to get over the bars. The boy looked at the trapeze and, realizing that if he should make a mistake he would fall from a dizzying height, said, "I can't do it, it's too risky." The older man put his arm round the boy's shoulder and said simply and earnestly, "Just throw your heart over the bar—and the rest of it , will be easy."

COULDN'T WE, TOO, THROW OUR hearts into this plan of developing for our members adequate coverage against the hazard of disability caused either by sickness or accident?

V2STNIS— WEST,

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Your daughter may be the girl selected as the American Homemaker of Tomorrow at a banquet in Philadelphia on April 21. Whoever she is, she will be one of 189,760 graduating high-school seniors all over the U.S. now awaiting the :eesults of a test they took on Jan. 12.

The national winner's reward will be substantial. Her title will be far more satisfying than that bestowed upon any beauty-contest winner, for her name will be proclaimed as that of a girl supremely equipped for marriage and homemaking. But apart from that, she will receive a $5,000 college scholarship, a diamondstudded gold homemaker's pin, and the opportunity to make an educational, expense-paid tour of the nation.

The project, labeled the Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow, is sponsored by General Mills of Minneapolis. It is but one of many public-service projects in which the world's largest milling corporation engages. The projects involve local, state, and national awards; they include a total of $75,500 in scholarships, 48 ex• pense-paid trips, and personal recognition. Company officials do not reveal the exact amount being spent, but payments for other items, including research, promotion expense, and the hiring of experts will boost the $75,500 considerably.

The basic policy on which the corporation operates could have been 'taken out of the bylaws of any progressive fraternal organization. The chairman of the board of directors of the General Mills explains the policies of the company in these words: "All of our plans must be on the basis of what will be good for the country, not alone on what will be good for business.

We must keep in mind always the good of the whole people. If we did not, any gains would be transistory. The goal toward which each man and woman is working is a simple one: a better standard of living. The goal of industry is identical with that of the average man.

This approach alo'ne can bring lasting internal peace, understanding, and cooperation."

The Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow is a direct result of that conviction. Now, General Mills has a Betty Crocker, a composite of all the home economists working for the company. Actually, there are 22 women who work for the company as Betty Crocker.

A department of public service was created. The entire department received the appearance of a lovable, understand

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ing lady. The department, named Betty Crocker, was always ready to give good advice on cooking and home arts. Since it was not advertised as department of public service or department of public relations, the mail received by the department contained many more subjects than cooking. It even included questions ordinarily addressed to Dorothy Dix or to the editors of the "broken-heart" column.

The department became a living personality. Betty Crocker began to feel that she might make a social welfare contribution. It was thrown in the lap of the editor who put out the house publication of the General Mills, and to several others. The editor and his associates came up with some surprising facts.

They learned that although there are plenty of textbooks on various problems of homemaking, not one vocational-guidance book on homemaking was in existence. Although 80 per cent of all highschool girls marry within five years after graduation, and only 20 per cent go on to college or into business, there was no course which would teach the art of homemaking as a whole.

So a booklet was prepared by the General Mills. It has the title "Homemaking" with a subtitle "Betty Crocker's Guide to to the Greatest Carrier in the World."

It was checked and rechecked by scientists. It was revised twenty-one times.

Originally,' it was planned to print 100,000 copies, a copy to go to every girl in 2,000 high schools who would like to take her test in homemaking. But there Were so many applicants that the print order had to be raised to a quarter million of copies.

By December 1, 1954, entries had been received for 190,000 girls who wanted to take the test on January 12, 1955.

Besides the $5,000 scholarship and diamond pin going to the national winner, awards will be made at the school and state levels. In each high school, the girl scoring highest on the test will receive the local golden award. pin, as well as a cookbook for herself and one that will be sent to her school library.

From among the local winners will be selected a State Homemaker of Tomorrow. She will receive a $1,500 college scholarship and the golden rubyjeweled state-award pin; and she and one teacher from her school will get an expense-paid five-day trip to Washington, D.C., colonial Williamsburg, Va., and the banquet in Philadelphia, where the national winner will be announced on April 21. A set of the latest Encyclo-

paedia Britannica will be given to the high-sdhool libraries of state winners.

Whoever the girl soon to be known as the American Homemaker of Tomorrow may be, she will be chosen on the basis of her written examination and personal observation by the National Advisory council of educators and other leading citizens.

Thus has a mighty corporation chosen to spotlight the work being done by schools in preparing young people for their places in the world.

Thus has it striven to increase the prestige of homemaking in the eyes of your girl and my girl and of all highschool girls and the public in general. )• •( WIEN WIRING IS INADEQUATE

Frequent tripping of circuit breakers or blowing of fuses. Cause: Overloaded circuits. Remedy: Subdivide circuits, providing individual circuits for important equipment.

Dimming or blinking of lights when motors start on refrigerators, food freezers, washing machines, water systems and other motor-operated household and farm equipment. Cause: Motors on same circuits with lights. Remedy: Provide separate circuits of adequate size for motors.

Farm equipment motors uneven in operation for no apparent reason.

Cause: May be due to low voltage. Look for ling circuit runs of small wire and several devices on same circuit. Remedy: Separate circuits for each motor-driven device, each of proper size wire.

Heating appliances, including range, water heaters, brooding equipment, etc., slow to reach temperature. Cause: Circuit wires too small. Remedy: Replace with proper size wires.

Excessive use of extension cords and cube taps or multiple receptacles. Came: Not enough outlets. Remedy: Install outlets on planned basis.

Tripping of main circuit breakers or blowing of main fuses at service location, without apparent reason. Cause: Service too small. Remedy: Install larger service.

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Considering that we take nothing into the world, and take nothing out of it, and observing the kind of world it is, aren't we lucky to know we can break even.

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The Annual Statements of fraternal (of new business. Some people claim Thirteen SPJST certificates for adults: benefit societies for the year 1954 are that 1954 was a good business year, but CLASS B: where a member pays prenow on file -in the state and provincial there were bad spots. Some societies miums during his lifetime. insurance departments. The societies operating in the anthracite and biturniare required to make such reports on nous coal regions had a large volume CLASS C: where a member pays pretheir insurance operations just as corn- of lapses and surrenders, and those in miums for 20 years, but in case of mercial life insurance companies, and the steel mill sections had the same death, the full benefit is paid. as they are subject to additional interroga- experience. provided by the by-laws. tories, The societies writing only accidental CLASS D: where a member pays lc, The figures show it was a fairly good death benefits had a splendid year, and 15 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. year for the fraternal system, As a year they are entitled to praise. In totaling of progress it might be one that shows the life insurance in force of fraternal CLASS E: where a member pays prethe societies could do better. The frat- societies, their totals are included. miums for 10 years with death beneernal system has been through depres- Double indemnity in life contracts is fit paid as provided in Class C and sions, wars and other retarding influen- not included.

D. The fraternal system is not going ces during its 36 years. It continues to be a factor in American life, socially backward. In some respects it looks bet- CL ASS F: full amount of certificate is paid after 15 years. and financially. In registering gains, the ter, and stronger than at any other time increase in finances are the outstand- in its history. There are leaders of so- CLASS G: amount of certificate is paid ing ones. Operating on the legal re- cieties who with great ability and enafter 20 years of payment. serve basis, with funds invested carefully thusiasm are promoting their societies. CLASS H: proper amount of certificate and the reserves growing with the mem- Not only are they promoting protection is paid when member attains the hers' advancing ages, the assets increase. plans; they are making their societies age of 65 years, member pays prebetter in service to members and coinThat is feature number one miums until he attains the age of Some societies wrote and paid for munities. The public looks upon fra65. large amounts of new business in 1954, vernal life insurance with more favor CLASS I: member pays premiums for and they made gains- in insurance in than at any time since the beginning 20 years and proper Amount of the force and certificates. The interesting of this century. In that situation the certificate is paid when he attains feature about these societies is that they societies can and should make greater the age of 60 years. have well organized, trained and super- gains.

—The Fraternal Age CLASS K: member pays premiums t( vised field departments. Their methods age 65, and the proper amount of 46 9 ) are worth study. his certificate is paid upon his death, A little girl marched into a Memphis There is a peculiar situation in other CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance societies that wrote much new business. bank and handed the teller a $1 bill, which is issued up to the sum of ould you change that to nicksaying, " W They made good increases of insurance els? $2,500.00, and is not included in the " in force, yet the number of certificates amounts of the other classes.

Taking her nickels to a table, she in force decreased. How did that happen? Just for illustration, a society counted them carefully. Five minutes CLASS M: Annuity Policies. which increased t he insurance i n force later, she returned. "Would you change CLASS M-C: Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced benover $15,000,000 had a net loss of certifi- there into climes?" she asked.

A few minutes later she came to get efits and $1,000 paid-up insurance cates of more than 3,000. The Society after 20 years. wrote a handsome amount of new bus_ the dimes changed into quarters. When mess during the y ear, and the average she returned with the quarters, the CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be application or certificate paid for was teller was finally moved to ask, "What issued to members up to the age of $2,200. Well, turn over to the death in the world are you doing?"

50 years, who have real estate loans "Learning to count money," she said claims paid and we find that after age from this organization.

60, which ages list the most deaths, the briskly, and retired with her half dolAssociated Press average certificate terminated was less la gs. ( • 4 than $1,000, and those lapsed were not Five SPJST certificates for children: much larger. In 'other words, $2,200 apTommy was running errands for bis plications replace the insurance termi - sister, and made a trip to the drug store. CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years „ I woul d like a box. of powder for my of age, which may be converted into natecl with a handsome surp lus of an y other insurance after the child growth, yet at many ages two deaths sister," lie said. reaches the age of 10 years and bedid not equal each new contract. Hence "Certainly," said the clerk, who had fore attaining the age of 16 years. the loss of certificates in force. How- decided to have his little joke, "some ever, the new business today is qualityg oc.s off with a bang?"

CLASS 3-C: 20-pay life, face value at business, sold to supply needs, while age 15, payable at death.

PM Tommy was equal to the occasion. much of the old business was written 'No," he answered brightly, "the kind CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value in small amounts by member getters. that goes on with a puff."—Wall Street at age ono Sear, payable at death.

This situation is progress and a gain Journal.

CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with for the fraternal system.

•( ) mortuary face value at age one year.

One feature in the reports is the big There is no fun in having nothing to CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, morlapsation in fraternal benefit societies. tuary face value at a ge one year.

It would seem that conservation needs do. The fun comes in having plenty to (dz) and not doing it. to be pi:emoted as much as solicitation do

VPSTNIK — WEST, TEXAS

WeclnealaV, March 1976

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES SLOVANSKA LIPA 66 — WACO Dear Brothers and Sisters: Waco Lodge 66 met at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20, 1955, at the Shady Rest.

Attondance was good. The meeting was opened with "The Pledge of Allegiance" led by Sister Barbara Jean Purina.

Brother Anton Mazanec, President of the Waco Lodge, announced that all plans had been completed and that construction would start immediately on our new hall.

Our Sick Committee reported that apparently all our older members are getting along nicely. They found that Matilda Jean Spence, daughter of Brother and Sister Chris Spence, had the measles and had to stay shut in.

At the close of the business meeting we all enjoyed the delicious food, coffee and other refreshments.

Our next regular meeting will be held on April 17th.

Fraternally yours, Emma Ceska ) • 4 • ( LODGE PRAHA NO. 29 Our March meeting was well attended, although we would like to see more of you members attend our regular meets. We want every member to feel assured that he is welcome to attend all the meetings. Your co-operation in the Lodge activities is greatly appreciated.

Our next meeting on account of Easter holidays was changed to 1st Sunday, April 3, 1955.

Reminder to all the young ladies that wish to participate in the "May Fete" queen election to come to the April 3 meeting. Nomination and election of queen will be held in that meeting.

Sincerely, Marie Svadlenak, reporter • 4 • (

ing was brought to order by our president Henry Sralla with the pledge of allegiance to the flags, minutes were read and approved and plans were made for our district meet which will be here in Floresville May 29th.

I think this will be about all for this time since it is nothing new to write about.

I remain fraternally yours, Mrs. Julia Vaclavik, reporter ) • 4•( SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU NO. 92 Fort Worth, Texas Dear Readers: The Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 had its regular meeting Sunday, March 13. The Lodge is going over the By- Laws and are adding some new ones and changing several old ones. All members should come to the meeting& so they will know what's going on in our Lodge.

These By-Laws will be read in the next two meetings before they are adapted.

We want to wish a speedy recovery to Bro. Steve Matusevich who is in Pennsylvania Avenue Hospital after undergoing surgery last week. Sis. Luksa who fell last week and broke her shoulder. She is at the home of her daughter, Sis. nie Ruzicka.

The next meeting Sunday, April 10, will start at 1 p.m. There will be an Easter egg hunt for the children starting at 4 p.m. The next Czech dance will be Sunday, April 10, music by Snapka Orchestra from Seymour, Texas. Starting at 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Everyone try to bring someone to the dance.

Fraternally, Jay Dee Waggoner Reporter Lodge No. 92 4

POKROK MOULTON NO. 27 Lodge Pokrok Moulton No. 27 will hold LODGE KOZKVET ZAPADU NO. 107 their regular meeting on the first SunFloresville, Texas day in April instead of the second SunDear Members: day being Easter Sunday.

Frank C'. Wagner, secretary Just a few lines to let you all know our next monthly meeting will be one ) • 4 • ( week earlier, instead the second SunPLACEBO LODGE NO. 97 day in April it will be the 1st Sunday, April 3rd on account of it being Easter Victoria, Texas the second Sunday, and lots of members Dear Editor: want to go visit kinfolks or have somePlease put this announcement both in body coming over.

English and Czech in the Vestnik. PlaAlso in our next meeting we will have cedo Lodge No. 97 will have its next two an Easter egg hunt for the little ones regular meetings the first Sunday of Aso bring them all and let them enjoy pril and May at 2 p.m. instead of second themselves, also dear sisters be so kind Sunday. This change is due to Easter and and bring some goodies for we will have Mother's Day falling on Sunday. lunch and refreshments.

Thank you.

Sincerely, Our last regular meeting was held John M. Schovalsa, Sec. Lodge 97 March 13 and was well attended. Meet-

NEEDVILLE LODGE NO. 81 Needville, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers, Here I am once again to remind you Sisters and Brothers that our SPJST monthly meeting for April which is usually held on the second Sunday of the month, will be held on the first Sunday in April because Easter comes on the second Sunday. So please keep this in in mind.

Sincerely yours, Willie Mae Blinka ) • 44, •• Louise, Texas Dear Members, In the last meeting there were a quite of few,,people present which was held on March 13, 1955. They also voted to have the meeting on April 3 on the first Sunday. Instead on the second Sunday, because of Easter, Sunday. So be sure and everyone come to the meeting On April 3, 1955 Thank you!

Yours Truly, Margaret Sablatura, Reporter (What lodge?—Editor) ° 4 • -( CI SKY PRAPOR CYCLONE LODGE NO 24 Rogers, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers: My, how the days and months do fly by. Here it is time for me to remind our lodge members that our regular meeting will be held the first Sunday, April 3.

So please keep this in mind.

The rain we had 'fecently was wonderful, but the frost surely did the farmers a bad deal. Everything does look sick. All the work the farmers did seems as though will be wasted. Our gardens surely did catch the worst of it.

I think all I had left was beets and turnips, so I'm going to start all over.

Mrs. Lydia Zavodny, our Czech reporter, is visiting in Seymour, Texas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bartos. I am sure she is enjoying her visit.

I will see you in my next report; and I hop e the editor will get this in time to print.

Your reporter, Mollie Zavodny 4• ) Dear Members, We hold our monthly meeting on'April 3 and on this date will have the annual Easter egg hunt for the children. A lunch will be served by the ladies of the lodge.

Bring the children! Games will be

Wednesday, March 30, 1955 played but the egg hunt is always the highlite of the day.

We hope to see a large attendance and now we have warm weather let's attend every month as this is the only way to keep a lodge active.

Your reporter, Mrs. Lumie Shiller (What lodge? — Editor.) ) s ci,Te 0 ( A SEASON FOR EVERYTHING

We of the United States live in the most changeable climate on earth. Scientists say that is one reason for the world-famous zip, ginger and resourcefulness. That is not theory. It is a proven fact.

It is also proven that, due to bodily changes, you are a different kind of person at different seasons.

Physical vigor is at its lowest ebb in summer, it builds up again during the fail and winter months, reaching its peak at the spring of the year.

You do your best thinking in the fall and winter. If you have any major problems to work out, don't try to solve them in the summer months.

Weather experts have statictics proving that a rise of as little as four or five degrees above normal temperature has an immediate and adverse effect on human relations.

Police records and hospital files grow lean during the cooler months when tempers are lower. More accidents happen and more crimes are committed dur ing the sweltering dog days. Better watch yourself, you are more apt to quit your job, fire the maid and quarrel with your associates when the mercury tops 80 degrees. nose children of yours, too, respond noticeably to seasonable changes. They gain weight four times as fast in fall and winter. When the barometer drops, though, Avatch out for trouble in the Lu se ry The ye maps ters have more restless energy to work off just before a change in the weather.

Incidentally so say the experts—your children are more likely to be famous, wealthy and support you in your old a92e, if they are born during fall and winter. They will also be healthier, more vigorous and live longer. The experts May well be right about it, too. A high percentage of the men and women listed in Who's Who were born between September and February!

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T N K — WEST, TEXAS

BROKEN MARRIAGES When the writer of these lines was working toward getting his master's degree in psychology, he had to take almost every psychology course listed in the university catalogue. But he dodged one of them, Psychology of Marriage and Family Life. After thirty-odd years of marital bliss and marital adjustments, he felt that he did not need the theory.

His professor-consultant concurred. He even volunteered that the course is for those who are still growing emotionally.

Later, the writer came across the remark that marriage is for adults and 'divorce is the weapon of children. There is more truth than poetry in that remarkn Most of us who come in contact with divorce cases mistakenly associate these broken marriages with movie stars, with people of wealth, with prominent public figures. Seldom we consider divorce in terms of average people, yet the largest percentage of a huge, yearly divorce bill —and a very costly one it is—is made up and met by average couples who live in average homes on average incomes and who begin married life with average hopes and dreams.

Something happened somewhere to spoil their averages. The average love nest became a prison where love withered.

The average dream and hope became apples beyond reach; symbols of frustration and discontent. They found marriage solved no problems — it created them — and they learned ruefully they lacked the knowledge and common sense to solve those problems. Just as children unable to think their way out of trouble run to their mothers for help, these adults who are still basically children, run from troubles — to the lawyer and a divorce action. All their adult lives they have thought in terms of taking; they never learned to think in terms of giving.

Common sense can save any marriage, but a selfish couple, a thoughtless and emotionally unstable couple, a willful and thoughtful couple, can't use common sense — even if they have it.

ment buying — a vicious system which survives and fattens itself by catering to. the foggy and lopsided thinking of the immature; a system aimed generally at those who have no ready cash and rarely have even a small cash reserve. The tragic lack of will power, the inability to resist the blandishments of easy payments which are never easy spells the beginning of the end of many marriages —and on any family financial level.

Where are the answers? How can we lower a scandalously high divorce rate?

Where do we go from here?

Instruction is still the answ,p . Education must extend from childhood to the wedding day — not after a honeymoon. It is a large order, but the burden of responsibility lies with all of us who have made marriage a workable partnership.

An overlooked source for pre-marital education and instruction in domestic relations is the currently 4.popular adult education programs most States now Operate with night classes of two or three hours a few evenings a week. This program, at present a purely cultural project wherein the energies of mature students are chaneled into a wide range of studies, including painting', ceramics, typing, wood working, could function as a truly worthwhile program by carrying in the curriculum courses in domestic relations for those couples contemplating marriage and as a refresher for those who feel the need for it.

No source of education can be overlooked and no means to educate disparaged. Many married couples need the reminder and engaged couples the sobering truth that marriages will always be for adults and that too i;en divorce is kid stuff.

A panhandler approached a prosperous-looking man and asked for a dime to get a cup of coffee. "Is this all you have to do?" replied the prospect. "Look at you sleep on park benches, your you clothes are in tatters, and you're hungry.

Why don't you get a grip on yourself and go to work?"

"Go to work?" growled the loafer in disgust. "What for — to support a bum like me?" ) 4,„ + (-

The one single factor contributing more than any other to maladjustment in family money matters is debt financing; the ease with which couples can incur those overwhelming debts which founder the marital ship. While incomes Condensed from Service, Cities Service in many cases barely cover the neces"I can whip any man working for me," Co. sities of life, these couples manage with boasted the foreman. )e amazing ease and gullibility almost "You can't whip me!" said one husky Once upon a time when a grown son juvenile, to mortgage an already pre- lad. asked for keys to the garage he came carious future by the deficit financing The foreman looked him over careof that widespread practice of install- fully. "You're fired." out with the lawnmower.

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c. LAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER (S.P,J.S.T.) December 31, 1954 SPECIAL DATA

Reserved for to

Valuation ratio: 119,37% on CSO 3 and 31/2%, AE 31.4% and 4% and NEC 4% Table.

Ratio actual to expected mortality: 50.59% Interest rate realized: 3.95% ASSETS and LIABILITIES

514,531.02 507,943.01 46,700.53 113,024.03 7,931,642.26

LIABILITIES Certificate reserves Certificate and contract claims - - - - - Premiums paid in advance - General expenses due and accrued Unearned investment income - - Accrued interest on unpaid claims -

Total liabilities -Special reserve - --- --Unassigned funds -

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.- 6,893.330.70 48,000,00 990,311.56 1,038,311.56

TOTAL -

ASSETS Bonds, Government and municipal -- $1,261,824.80 _ Stocks - 101,580.00 Mortgage loans - - 5,126,463.01 Real Estate: Home Office Building 221,314.56 Farms and other 38,275.25 259,589.81 Certificate loans - Cash Premiums collected by subordinate lodges not yet remitted to Supreme Lodge - - Interest and other investment in come due and accrued -

144.10

6,769,0'22.00 23,100.03 90,386.57 3,892.99 2,619.56 4,165.45

7,931,642.26 SUMMARY OF OPERATION Premiums Life - - - 538,588.96 Premiums - Sick benefit - 217.06 Net investment income 296,438.02 Appraisal fees 5,483.00 Sale of lodge supplies 278.79 Contributions to Moucka's Fund 502.00 Total income Deduct: Death benefits - - - Mattired endowments Surrender benefits Sick benefit claims Increase in reserve Commissions General expenses - - Taxes, licenses and fees Refunds to members - Total deductions - - Net gain from operations -

841,507.83 211,277.75 14,000.00 12,878.11 828.00 370,427.00 43,234.97 82,189.81 686.49 2,792.51 738;314.64 - 103,193.19

REAL E TATE, Home Office Building Farms and other

Book Value Gross Income EXpenSe 18,729.51 30,400.61 221,314.56 1,005.39 5,001.594' 38,575.25

259,589.81 *Includes $1,620.59 royalties.,

35,402.20

19,734.90

Nen Income Yield 11,671.10 .0527% .1044% 3,996.20 15,667.30

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MORTGAGE LOANS Total Other Farm Value of mortgages 1-1--54 1,315,255.67 3,479,186.17 4,794,441.84 879,088.93 1,183,693.51 304,604.58 Loaned during year Payments received 851,672.35 713,122.35 138,559.99 during yeat 1,481,30(1.25 3,645,162.75 5,126,403.01 LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO MOUCKA'S FUND DURING THE YEAR 1954

Mr. and 1VIrs. Frank Orsag rs. Anna Toman Mr. Orsag •s. Josephine Merlik Mrs. Mary Maresh Mr. and Mrs. Joe Milan Mrs. Antonio Sebetka Mrs. Katie Chupik rs. Anna Jez F. R. Cervenka Mr. John Peter Mr. V. J. Svoboda Mrs. Anna Toman

$ 5.00 2.00 5.00 25.00 3.00 2,00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.00

SPJST Lodge No. 130 Mr. John Navratil Mr. and Mrs. John T. Sebetka Mr. and Mrs. J. E. 111arek Mr. H. J. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Valcik Mr, and Mrs. A. L. :Usher Ma, and -2...

Stephen Valcik Ivir. an irs, Chas, Holasek Mr. and Mrs. A. Jez, SPJST Lodge No. 28 Mrs. Barbora. Reibe Mrs. Marie Linka Mrs. Katherine Mikulik Supreme Lodge SPJST Mrs, Frances Olexa

5.00 5.00 3.00 2.25 2.25 10.00 5.00 10,00 5.00 5.00 25.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 250.00 5,00

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Podhradsky Mr. and Mrs. H. Sparks Mr. Jos, Vytopil Mr. Albert 1Vlarek SPJST LODGE No. 92 SPJST Lodge No. 154 SYPS Lodge No. 9 Mr, and Mrs. Ed Jaresh Mrs. Linka Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Valcik Mr. F. V. Dusek

5.00 5.00 29.00 2.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 25.00

$502.00 ) Shallow men believe in luck.-Emerson,

Wednesday, IVrar 30, 1955

V tSTN

— WEST, TEXAS

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HON' 3IY IN PUP, It is hard to believe, but he once (By D. A. Webster) Johnson also 'organized the Sciots broke 600,000 milk bottles, Mr. Charles Foundation for crippled children. He Throughout his long life, Charles G. G. Johnson, treasurer of the State of has handled more than !:;100,000 in adJohnson has believed and practiced the California, told about it himself. vancing it. ''We have never taken on a familiar maxim, "Honesty is the best It all started with his standardizing case without effec l ing a cure," he said. of milk bottles and requiring by law policy." He is a first-generation AmeriHe then told of our case. He made can.

Born in Sweden in 1880, he came that the amount of content be stamped arrangements for a crippled girl from on every bottle. As head of the De- to America at the age of nine and was Marysville to enter a hospital. She had educated in the public schools of San partment of Weights and Measures it already been confined to her bed for was necessary for him to make periodic Francisco more than a year with tuberculosis of In 1901, at the age of twenty-one, he inspections. This he did, only to discover the hips. In fact, her hips had been that the quart bottles, while bearing the followed the Klondike Trail to Alaska. eaten away almost completely. Johnson inscription "One quart," held nowhere As territorial manager, he opened trad- took an outstanding bone specialist to ing posts from Nome to the Golofuin near a quart. see her.

The head of the Milk Dealers' Associ- Bay country.

As they left the hospital, the speciaOn his return to California in 1903 ation was a good friend of Johnson's, list 'said, "I'm sorry, but I cant take this so he called the man in. "How long do he engaged in the wholesale produce case." business.

"It was hard to be honest and you need to change bottles?" he asked "I'm sorry to hear that, doctor," he stay in business," he told me. "So many "About a month," was the reply. replied. "Do you feel that you have businessmen we7.c, using false weights."

"I'll give you three months," said Every week a certain gentleman used reached the height of your profession?"

Johnson.

"No," said the doctor. "Why do you to buy thirty-one bags of beans from When the probationary period was up, ask?" he made anothei; inspection. The cor- Johnson, One day he met him on the You say that you ca n guarantee this rection had not been made. Again he street. "I won't be buying any more girl death without pain, but you are called his friend and allowed him three more beans from you. Mr. Johnson," he not willing at least 1,0 try to effect a more months to correct the error; but said, cure. Why?" "Why not?" still no effort was made to remedy the "Mr. Johnson, I know my work and "You've been cheating me," he resituation. what I am capable of doing," he replied indignantly.

Finally Johnson called in the men of "How do you explain that?" asked plied. "I cannot take this case, because his department. "This is the last inspecthere is no hope for it."

Charles Johnson. tion we're going to make," he said. "If "I feel that that is rattier a cruel at"Another firm. is selling beans for the bottles do not hold a full quart this titude, doctor," answered Charles Johnhalf a cent less per pound than you are," time, giving the people the amount of son "especially when you have dedimilk for which they are paying, I want he asnwered, "and they deliver, too," "We've been friends a long time," re- cated your life to helping the sick." you to break every bottle." By the time When they parted company the docplied Johnson calmly. "When the beans the inspection was completed, 600,000 arrive, allow me one favor—let me weigh tor did not even say good-by. Johnson's bottles had been broken.

This caused a great furor among milk them in your presence." His friend words had angered him. dealers. They scheduled a meeting to agreed. On weighing the beans, it was But tim following day Johnson reprotest the breaking of their property. discovered that the other ecriipany was ceived a telephone call. It was from the When Johnson heard of the meeting he using false weights. one surgeon. "I am going to look at called his milk-dealer friend on the teiris experience inspired Johnson to that girl again," he said. "I've changlephone and asked for an invitation. write and cause to be enacted the state ed may mind: I'll take the case, but it "Invite you?" replied his friend. "Never!" weights and measures laws which were will cost a lot of money."

"Seeing I couldn't get an invitation I adopted in California in 1913. These en.se does not concern me," was decided to go anyway," he related. "I laws also became the standard for such Joip quick reply, I'll supply the took my own chair and placed it beside laws throu ghout. the United States. mcin - if. you'll supply the cure." that of the chairman." Johnson then In 1914 Charles Johnson . was apAnd it did cost a lot—$20,000, but it asked for the privilege to speak. When pointed State Superintendent of Weights was worth it. Today that girl is comthe chairman told him that he could and Measures, hoiding this office for not do so, Johnson said he would speak almost eight years. SoMe years later, in pletely cured. She walks without the without an invitation. When the chair- honor of his contribution to California aid of crutches or braces. She has been man saw how determined he was, he and America, he was presented with a restored to health. granted permission. certificate of honorary life memberJohnson has not done all this to receive. pr nice. Rather, he has gone about There was an uneasy silence as he ship in the department. his work quietly, gaining his reward rose to speak. No doubt many a milk In 1972 he was elected state tres- ri-an the deep satisfa.ction which comes dealer felt an inner urge to silence him urer of California, and wa.s subsequent' oni a elliess dedication to the servforever with the deft blow of a care- reelected in 1926, 1930, 1934, 1933, . fully aimed milk bottle. "nor twenty- 1946, 1950, and 1254, serving in all for ice of one's fellow men.

Signs of the Times five minutes I spoke on the subject of more than thirty-two consecutive years, commercial honesty," said Johnson. His long experience as a financial auWhen he ended his speech, the silence thority, extending through the terms Prospective buyer: "This house doesn't was broken by prolonged applause, and of six governors, has gained for him look too strong." he was made an honorary member of national recognition on governmental, Contractor: "I know, but remember, the Milk Dealers' Association. financial, and tax problems. we haven't put on the wallpaper yet."

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V g S TN/I< — WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday, arch 30, 1955

THE DEMON OF FEAR Have you ever thought of fear as being part of a successful sales program?

Perhaps this seems too cruel and vicious to be an acteel fact. Yet, sales promoters must be keen psychologists.

Mankind is dominated by two primary forces, one of which is self-preservation.

Savage man had a multitude of fears and superstitions, but even he was spared the mass hysteria that today is carried around the world in less than seconds by the magic of radio. We begin with our children and in order to mobilize our entire population in any fund-raising drive, we begin with the demon, fear.

School children are terrorized by the stark, stalking specter of the great crippler, polio. Only Dr. Dime can save us from this dreadful demon. The result is disastrous, for it helps to build a frightened, fearful psychology in the minds of our growing children, or those same children with the keen intuitive knowledge, see through the sham and learn to ignore scare headlines of all descriptions.

We, as a nation, are constantly being alerted to the fear of war, the fear of an unknown enemy. The Eible says: "He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword" and despite this honest warning, American is proud to be the world's arsenal. Fear is our constant companion. The wage earner fears losing his job. The housewife fears the loss of her husband and her home. The investor fears the loss of his capital. The young person fears the loss of his youth; while the older folks fear losing that most precious of all possessions, the feeling of importance which comes when they know they have a job to do and are needed.

CaMpaigns are constantly being waged to conquer disease. No doubt, the pin50.5t: behind these drives is honest and sincere. The effect of a constant fear campaign eventually produces either a complete population of neurotics or so numbs the senses that the public beCOille., immune and ignores all rational warninL;s.

We have built the world's greatest sysHni of public advertising. Our newspopee :nid periodicals flourish under what is eialled freedom of the press. All publici,.-„ons must strive to achieve the wide q possible circulation. The mass Anr,:rican mind delights in the emotionhe glare headline. We have creat.ae an excitement-hungry people.

Some of our moving pictures have educaed the American public to believe in and, expect a magic utopian existence which becomes fantastically like a fairy

story from the "Arabian Nights" flavored ulcers are the product of worry. If this with "cheese-cake." Our advertising ex- one disease can be produced by abnorports pollute the , airways with simple real nervous function, then it follows "sob story" romances of a continuous that abnormal nervous functions can serial nature until today the "Soap Op- influence every disease of mankind. Let era" becomes the only form of intellec- us conquer fear by resolving novr to retual exercise of the average housewife. turn to the wonderful habit of sane Completely intoxicated by this emotion- thinking. al nonsense, it is little wonder that our Common sense will tell you that health American people are losing the ability can be yours if you will but simply obey to think clearly for themselves. natural laws. We can stop this campaign We are rapidly becoming a hysterical, of fear when we stop supporting fear panicky, emotional people, constantly campaigns; when we resolve not to be frightened out of our collective wits by panicked into mob action, and w4en we seine savage fear of some unknown de- begin to think clearly for ourselVes. mon, until we are actually nearily superYou have within your own body everystitious as were the Indians who in- thing needed to conquer disease if you habited. this country before the white will maintain a calm, intelligent, civilman came. ized imoind and face the problems of Our radio programs could become the health in a rational manner. medium of educating all America until We must do all within our power to we were privileged to be the most en- persuade our fellow man to return to a lightened people that ever lived. We must sane belief in human brothernOod so awake to the danger that lies on every that the demon of fear of the diabolic hand. We have learned to believe so hydrogen bomb may not frithten us all implicitly in the existence of the unseen. completely out of our senses. We cerdemon called disease germs that a single tainly need a department of peace and case of .smallpox in New York City can we can have peace in the world when plunge the entire nation into hysterical we destroy the demon of fear and live panic. Aiding in creat i ng mass hysteria, by the golden rule. we find nationally known news commentators lending their ,queer crackling LAST WILL voices to create this mob psychology. We boast of our great wealth. We create When go from here I want to leave research hospitals in which to conquer behind me a world that will be a little disease. richer for the experience of me.

We find that very learned scientist I want the animals and the birds' to in one of the state universities is acbe a little less afraid of human beings Vaally ousted because he believed that because they have known me—because there is some merit in a DCW research that he has conducted. Are we truly I have loved them and blessed them. I want to leave trees rustling with my honest? Do we want to find a Mire for thoughts — trees that have heard me cancer or is big publicity afraid that if to them when we were alone we do; someone will kill the goas'e that o. • c day, ' lays these golden eggs?

1.1.ve gone., siall Civilized man has come a long way in ous Way cherish in their very beings, the scientific development of a better their secret knowledge of me — So that way of life. The word "doctor" literally others who seek shelter shall feel the means "a teacher." When one has earned peace we Shared. this title, he should be willing to serve mankind in such a manner that life I want to leave the whole of Nature would become richer and fuller because nearer to the whole of Man. I want to Of his knowledge. Your body was cre- store up riches in the wind and to leave aced perfect and has within itself a very blessing's travelling upwards to the stars. wonderful automatic defense system .. I want to leave my peace in the grass.

When you live completely in. tune with I want the tears that I have shed for nature, in a normal environment, with the mice of high love to come again in ample food, sufficient clothing and prop- the dew. I want Lo leave my fellow man er shelter, your body can remain healthy rfierQ lue that there is a Divinity that shapes his: ends. I want to leave him unless attacked by an outside force.

Your body, however, is but the tool of with a wider vision and a greater sense yoUr mind and if that mind is warped of purpose. by a multitude of superstitions and base- I want to leave him with the knowliess fears, you cannot expect to live nor- edge that death is nothing and life is mally. Every physician today agrees that everything.

dnesclay, March 20, 1955

V1 RSTNYK — WEST", TEXAS

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taro your washing machine is grounded , (By (1(' I 'ald Nelson) Electricity is a harnessed gi at.

Locked in the wiring system of your --and hence safe---by running a numhome, it brings light, warmth and pow- appliances get wet---keep them far, far ber 14 wire from the machine frame to er. Simple maintenance and common from sinks and tubs — and never touch a water pipe or any grounded part of them with wet hands. An exception sense will keep it working for you. your electrical system. electric razor-. which have been deThe electrical circuit of most houses by the manufacturer has three points of potential danger: signed and t Above all else, pay careful attention for safety in the bathroom. fuse box, wire . cords, home appliances. to the manufacturer's instructions. He The basemen ; , if it is the home launThe fuse is a safety device._ When it area, is another potential trouble made the appliance and best knows its blows, it is signaling that somewhere spot.

Because the floor may be damp, capacities, unite and potential danalong the line your electrical circuit has ers. been shorted by overlOaded or defective anyone who is ironing in the basement --Reprinted from Coronet, Nov. '53 issue should stand on a dry board.

Be eerwires, or by bare wires touching metal or each other. Never try makeshift fuse repairs! Replacing a blown fuse with a SM. AND SIRS. 1711.ED 3A -11 CELEBRATE coin may restore power, but in doing so, 60th AVEDDING ANNIVERSARY JANUARY 21, 19-15 you are inviting a serious fire hazard.

Instead, first try to find the source ;vcil 60 Years Ago at N'elso Texas of trouble. If it is an overloaded outlet, unplug all the appliances in it. Then replace the fuse that shows burn marks.

Before yen touch the blown fuse, however, throw the master switch. Use a fuse of amperage equal to the one that blew. Now, if it blows again after you have pushed the master switch back, the job is too complex for you. Call an electrician.

A little forethought will keep exposed wiring from giving trouble. Never run it under a rug or in front of a doorway where it will fray from excessive wear, or close to a radiator where it will scorch or crack. Be sure the wire you select is adequate for the use to which you put it — it takes asbestos insulation for heating appliances and heavy-duty cord for power tools. Never ,,E T . :INIJOY HAPPY FA.thLY use an extension cord as a permanent substitute for standard wiring; to do On January 21, 1955, Itlr. and Mrs. Fred has a photograph on his wall at home so is to ask for trouble.

Frayed wire can usually be repaired Barosh celebrated their 60th wedding and takes great pride in showing it.

Later on he was logging for an English by winding friction tape several times anniversary. around each of the two strands inside They enjoyed the day with their ehil- firm. At times one log would make a the frayed coveri ng , then around the di n, grandchildren, and great-grand- load, for this equipment was four wheels, entire -sire. If you do happen to find at the il?-arosh h she south of an axle, and a coupling pole, the log v✓as loaded on the wagon and their loadthe wire broken, however, get rid of it Floiee,, immediately.

They were. married at Nelsonville., Tex- ed on a railroad car with the ox power.

The third potential problem, electri- as, Austin County, on January 21, 1895. Mr. Barosh, the driver, often observed Mr. Barosh has a colorful past, the the precision of the oxen as well as their cal appliances, needn't cause concern if you take a few simple precautions. All youngest of a family of nine and SUP- ability to follow the command amazingappliances have been designed and rig posedly born on a German liner while ly, as the process of loading and unloadorously tested to give long service. But en route to this country. After arriving ing was very slow and required the 6 remember; each has an amperage rat- here at the age of three, he lost Ins oxen to work in unison. This logging ing. Before you load a single outlet with father in the spring of the year and in and freighting was an interesting. part an iron, a toaster, an electric mixer and the fall of the same year, his nother el his life as he lived it.

Ste. and Mrs. Barosh have 7 children, a clock, for example, make certain that nas.sed on.

Barosh there en. lived it, For 19 grandchildren and 15 great-grandthe total amperage of these appliances met a period of children, and in joining with them and doesn't exceed the load capacity of your nqnie • • • sot 'mgi- lug between tiler host of Mends, the writer of this home. two , a trip which article wishes this venerable couple many 1e aid Water and electricity don't mix-both ways, haul- hap py returns of this memorable day.

Ay required 3 usia ever. For that reason, the kitchen and bathroom hold the greatest possibili- hag cotton to Brenhtni and freight on —Clipping from the Chronicle-journal ties for injury. Use non-metallic light the return trip, travelling at nights only. of Floresville, Texas. Contributed by fixtures in the bathroom. Never let your He had three yoke of oxen to which he Emil 1VIiculka,

Wednesday, March 30, 1955

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THE GIANT

ET., CODS

When I was living in California, we Svoboda Sr., visited the giant sequoia took a trip to Sequoia National Park. once more.

Lillian Ann Bayer This is a wonderful place to go, with its Lodge 107 towering trees, majestic rocks, and rippling streams. )o o (â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As we were traveling up a narrow road, I saw a dome-shaped rock. Soon the road took us winding below it.

We had our supper out in the woods that evening. When we had finished, my brothers and I went to explore. My brother saw a hollow tree; I went over and looked inside. It was like a huge chamber.

We spent the night in the "little village". Toward evening we played games.

There was a tree with enormous roots nearby. There was a small passage way through the tree, so I decided to go through. Inside it was dark, and as I rounded a bend it was light again.

My brothers and I went to a cafe and the waitress told us about a lady that had left a canteloupe in the back of her car. That night a bear came and, smelling the fruit, smashed the glass, took the canteloupe and vanished. That frightened us a bit.

That night the sound of toppling garbage cans woke me. The noise was caused by bears or deer. I peered out of the window and was startled when a deer family went quietly by. The next morning we started on a tour of the park;' We went to where a log had been split and was big enough for a car. It was called the "Auto Log." Then we went to Moro Rock. It was the same dome-shaped rock I had seen the day before. This huge dome of solid granite vises: to a height of 7,200 feet above sea level. From the top (reached by a modern safe stone stairway) a magnificent panoronia, of the High Sierra may be viewed.

Afterwards, we went to the "Black Chambers." , It was a spot where hardly any sunshine can reach through the giant trees. A little way from there was Crescent Meadow. It had all sorts of flowers and aquatic plants. This unusual eadov; is a mile long and not ver y wide in the midst of the forest.

Near noon we came to a tree with a group of people around it. When I saw it wa. ,: the General Sherman Tree, I knew it was the tallest tree of all. This sequoia is over 4,000 year old, 36.5 feet wide, and 272.4 feet hi gh. It is acknowledged as the largest and oldest living thing 'on earth.

In the summer of 1954 the whole Joe Bayer family, accompanied by John

FRATERNAL WEEK

TO GO 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.

The proclamation of Agnes E. Koob, President of the National Fraternal WEDNESDAY EVERY WEEK: A course in "Conversational Spanish" Congress of America, calls to mind that fraternalists have an opportunity to get is being taught at the hall of Pokrok together during Fraternal Week. The Houston from 8:30 to 10:00 in the eveWeek is from June 12th to 18th. ning. Visitors are welcome. Call editor Observance of Fraternal Week results for information. in meetings, and these are of various hinds. In some communities the local SATURDAY EVERY WEEK:Dancing at Pokrok Houston all, beleaders 'af fraternal benefit societies arrange joint affairs, and these have ginning April 16. First Saturday of each demonstrated that co-operation is a good month free for members. thing for the fraternal system. In many cases there are dinners. A local lodge SUNDAY APRIL 3.

Easter program followed by an Easter may have its own special meeting. The state fraternal c- -.egresses generally ar- egg hunt after the meeting of Lodge No 47 at Seaton. range something.

The programs are varied. There may be SATURDAY APRIL 16: musical and other entertainment, and First after-Easter dance at Pokrok rill teams are enlisted to put on their finest work. There is usually a speaker Houston Lodge. Free for thembers. of the day or evening, and he or she SUNDAY APRIL 17: says something to extol fraternalism and District Two meeting will be held in the service of fraternal benefit societies in the field of home and family pro- Komensky Lodge No. 20 in Granger at 1:30 p.m. tection.

As for publicity, the newspapers are SUNDAY APRIL 24: not interested in the facts of eating and Barbecue picnic at the hall of Pokrok being entertained. But if the speaker Houston, says something interesting, the paper may use a few paragraphs or a few SUNDAY MAY 8: Lodge Osveta No. 38 at Kovar will have sentences. The way to get these quotations printed is to submit parts of a a Mother's Day program and luncheon speech to the editors before the meet- after the regular meeting. + ings are held.

Since the fraternal societies support This was told by a Texan editor about National Flag Day, special observance of an easterner who was visiting a west that day may be a feature.

Texas rancher and was being shown the ) a z m( country. (Editor's note: It could have After intermission, a man and his been anywhere, dear Texans!) wife were returning to their seats. The The loyal Texan began stretching the man asked a lady sitting at the end of truth a bit, as natives do. It was hot, the row, "Did I step on your font as I and they were in a particularly unlovely went out?"

Expecting an apology, the lady sternly strtech of mesquite-covered wasteland. replied, "Yes, you did."

Suddenly a long-legged road-runner bird The man turned to his wife. "Okay, broke cover and ran along the trail. The Mabel," he said, "this is our row." visitor gazed at the strange thing in amazement and asked, "What on earth A customer complained that the new is that?" barber was driving him' crazy with his "That," replied the Texan impressiveincessant chatter. The proprietor pro- ly, "is a Bird of Paradise." tested mildly, "But according to the ConThe easterner looked about him and stitution. of the United States, he has saw rocks and scraggly bushes and dust a right to talk, "That may be," admitted the custom- and shimmering heat and then said, er, but the United States has a consti- "My friend, I've never seen anybody that was farther from bjrne." tution that can take it. I haven't.."

Wednesday, March 30, 1955

Senator Strauss' Column TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 15th SENATORIAL DISTRICT This week the Senate passed a Constitutional Amendment which is the basis for all of the water legislation of this session. Under this amendment a 6member Water Development Commission would be formed. One of these members would have to be a licensed professional engineer. There would be a 3-cent per 100 dollar valuation ad valorem tax levied for the purpose of raising funds for the development of water projects in Texas. The tax would not be levied on the first $3000.00 valuation of a homestead.

On Tuesday night of this week our Committee on Constitutional Amendments held a public hearing and ap= proved S.J.R. 5, which makes certain changes in the Teachers' Retirement Act. This Constitutional Amendment would require teachers to pay in more of their salary into their retirement fund and would result in larger benefits to teachers when they retire.

On Wednesday of this week our first filibuster of the session began. Sen. Jimmy Phillips spoke for 5 hours Wednesday afternoon.

Then he resumed his speaking when the session convened on Thursday morning, and just now relinquished the floor, after talking continuously for more than 23 hours. He is speaking against the appropriations bill because he wanted an increase of one million dollars in the appropriation for the medical school and John Sealy Hospital at Galveston.

This is a very worthy project, as this hospital takes care of many charity patients. The opponents of this expenditure argue that this additional burden should not be placed on the taxpayers of Texas.

Our Committee on Civil Jurisprudence approved a bill this week which would exempt bequests to religious organizations from inheritance taxes. Representatives of many churches and church groups appeared and spoke in favor of the bill.

With the Senate remaining in session until 6 p.m. each day this week it has become necessary to hold committee hearings early in the morning and at night.

We have 372 bills introduced in the Senate, along with 10 proposed Constitutional Amendments. All of these matters have to receive hearings in a proper committee before they can be considered by the Senate as a body.

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VESTNtK — WEST, TEXAS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV

By Herman Yezak March 14-18 — Another bill was defeated on the floor of the House this week. The bill would allow the State Highway Department to build loading ramps for boats at launching sites near highways. The measure was attacked on the basis that it would benefit sport fishermen.

Mayor Roy Hofheinz of Houston was a speaker during a luncheon attended by a majority of House members. He made an excellent talk.

The bill creating the Trinity River Authority is ready for consideration. The measure proposes to make Trinity River navigable to barges and to benefit industrial areas along its watershed.

The major tax -proposals pending before the Revenue and Taxation committee include a green stamp tax, cigar tax, one cent tax increase on a package of cigarettes, place filling stations under the chain store tax, increase gasoline tax by two cents per gallon, tax every telephone pole fifty cents annually, increase tax on beer, add more tax on natural gas, and a processing tax on a gallon of gasoline.

The new probate code was approved by the House Wednesday. The bill had the support of lawyers and others throughout the State. The measure codifies into one code laws from seven scattered places in the statutes.

A bill to provide a new corporation code received favorable consideration by the House and the measure is up for final passage.

The general appropriation bill was taken up by the House on Thursday. The bill provides funds for the operation of the state government for the next two years. The House worked all day on the bill.

On Tuesday afternoon, the House passed seventy-one local and uncontested House and Senate bills.

Hubert C. Petry Jr. of Carrizo Springs is a new member on the Highway Commission. He replaces Robert C. Potts of Harlingen and formerly from Waco.

The bill abolishing the dual method of voting was approved by a House committee. The measure would abolish the squares before the names on the ballot and reinstate the scratch method of voting.

The House Special Investigating Committee that is investigating the irregularities of the Veteran's Land program made its first report to the House. The committee recommended to the House to

consider the liquidation of the program.

A bill was introduced for the State Auditor to audit all records in the Land Commissioner's office since January 1, 1939, to date. Such audit would include all transactions regarding the leasing and sale of lands by the land commissioner.

4 ( SOMETHING ABOUT JUNIOR BUSINESS It is well known that many societies write more juvenile appliaations than adult. it is demonstrated daily that the leaders of the fraternal system hat wisdom when they included junior business in their plans for home and family protection. In some of the societies the junior membership runs into large figures. Youth is coming in and the societies have become different.

It may be 'asked why juvenile membership does not exceed the adult membership in some societies. There is a reason for that; the children become adults. Although some of the certificates on children are written on permanent forms and these are considered juvenile business, the age of the membership tells the story. In the new annual statement forms there ,is not division of the two classes. Adding up the membership from birth to age 16 gives a fairly good picture.

We find in one society that one-fifth of the membership is below age 16. In another the juveniles are almost onefourth. When we consider the long span of years from age 16 to 85 and over, having one-fourth or one-fifth of the membership at attained juvenile ages under 19 means a profound effect on fraternal operation. And the applications are larger than in the past. In one society the average amount of all juvenile certificates in force is over $840. That means there are many well over $1,000.

The societies publishing 'fi g ures of 'large junior memberships 11 aye moted juvenile business. They Have several opportunities for future v, r oi k among their child members. They ifl;1 ,\ T emphasize the lessons of fraternalism. They may organize them in effective bodies for service to their fellow members. They may write additional protection when the youngsters reach mature age. Meanwhile, in wholesome environment the boys and girls ought to become good citizens. — The Fraternal Age. ) • eTe • ( We do not quite forgive a giver.—Emerson.

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nableka velado hospildky, nc 8. 1a ale do sednice; ne proto, ze tarn byl vzduch ciusn,-;-, ale Cake mraeno bolesti, ktere dusilo srdce vAech a jako povlak na tva.fich se jevilo, to ji zaleklo. Ona citila, jak tem zarmoucenYm matkarn je, z nich tu jedna rukama lomila v neme bolesti, tu jina, tine plakala neb hlasite si narikala. Jak je tem deveatrim, kterase ostychaji zarmutek svilj na, jevo dati, a piece bez pldee se podivat nemohou na ty blede hochy, kteti pitim smutnejSimi se stavaji a kdy'Z zpivat chteji, hlasu vynutit nemohou. Ona citila, jak je tem tatikfun zasmalle za, sedicim, kteri o niCern nemluvi, na rife nepfemYSlejice, nekli kde budoucne vzit nahrady za pracovite hochy, kte •i jim byli co prava mica, jak bez nich si nestYskat, jak jich etrnacte let poh •eSit. — Babieka sedla s Mini do sadu.

Za chvili tarn priSla. Kristla, usoukena, uplakand, bleda jako steno,. Chtela mluvit, ale na prsou leZel ji kamen a hrdlo mela tak staaene, e nemohla slova, promluvit. PodepieIa se o kmen kvetou:!i jablone. To byla ta sama jablori, pies iiz o Janu veneeek hazela. PFelitl, a ny, kdy se ji mela vypinit nadeje, ze s (nitaekem spojena bude, musela se Wu° sit. Prikryla tvar bilou za.sterkou, pa;tic se do lalasiteho plaCe. Babieka ji nebranila Prisel Mila. Kam se podela ta kvetouci ta Zivost oei! Jakby ho z mramoru vytesal. Mleky podal babiece ruku, p mleky objal milene del/6e a vytahna ze zaprsi vyS"ivanY S: atek, ktery kaZdy hoch co ddkaz lasky od sveho deveete dostava., utiral ji jim oei. Nepovidali si, jak hluboky jich zarmutek, ale kdy zaznela z hospody sloka pisne: Pak aZ my se rozloueime, vcigky d ye ,srdeeka zarmoutime, due srdeeka, etyri °el budou plakat ye dne v noci. — p ly objala Kristla prudce sveho hocha a ,ktkajic, ukryla tvai. na jeho prsou.

Piseri ta byla ozvenou melodic, ktera v jich sraciciA neustale znela.

Feecti s tatinkem nebo maminkott a (Pokraeovani,) spravue opi g clo se.';'itu! Moaner, ie se od rodikti nebo stariCka a staienky vice do) • els • ( e skiivankovi, na kte •ebo strY6ek lijednano. .kasto vzpo stin<. enuka: "Bude-li mit pani B. letos na S pozdrave.m pedzim novesaty, pravim ti, ere musim mit take jedny."

MKEK Z AUSTINU MuZieek: "0 to se, drahouSku, nestarej! Pritel B. a ja, jsme uzavieli ochranAdresa strYekova je: nou alianci a rozhodli jsme se, ke Zadna Dr. Ed. Mikek, z vas nebude mai pridinu poukazovati na University Station, druhou.," Austin, Texas.

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e to matka, ma nejsvetel gi pravo, aby se postarala o decko," prohodil Klomb.

"V kostele vysedava a na grog je jako Cert."

StarY zustal dome, Ale od dasneho rana byl podivne ptikrY, divne rozzloberiST a hledal ptieinu, aby si na nekom vylil vztek a ziost, je2 jim lomcovala; Vitkovi napraskal, protole kravam, ktere leZely v hnoji, nepodestlal, s Antkem se poha gtetil, Hance vyhuboval pro chlapeeka, kterY se vybatolil, pied dam a urnazal se v blate, i Josce vynadal, ze se nimra, kdy2 na ni kone eekaji.

A kdyZ koneene s JagustYnkou, ktera u Boryna zustala od veerej gka, osamel, nevedel uz vabec, co si poeit. Opakoval si stale, co mu Jambro2 vypravel o tom, jak ho Dominikova ptivitala a co tikala Jagna, ale pies to pkece v gecko namel dost sebeveclonai a dedka, podeziral, ze ho snad za ten kali gek jenom obelhal.

Pldil se po svetnici, vyhliZel oknern na prazdnou silnici nebo se proste ze zapraZi neklidne dival na Jagninu chalupu . . . a eekal jako na smilovani, a2 se zeseri.

Stokrat se mu zachtelo dobehnout k fojtovi a popohnat ho, aby si pospigili, ale zustal doma, protole ho zdrZovaly ad. JagustYneiny, ktere za nim chodily bez ustani, oci ptirnhoutene a svitici drzosti a vYsmechem.

"Baba earodejnicka, oci ma jako myslil si.

A JagustYnka se motala po chalupe a po celem staveni s pteslici pod pa:MI, vgude nakukovala, ptedla, vteteno vreel°, navijela nit, nato zas za gla k husam ei k prasatam do chleva a Lapa se ospale a teke plouZil za ni. Nepromluvila, ac dobke vedela, co Borynu tak trapi a sotdi, co jim tak lomcuje a pros se dal do zatloukani kolika u zdi, ktere chtel obloZit na zimu.

Chvilemi u neho postavala a koneene tekla: "Dries vain prace nejak nejde ad ruky."

"Nepomlouvej, at' ti jazyk neupadne."

A tak vela' odpoledne se vesnice zabYvala BorynovYmi namluvami. Nebylo divu, Borynove byli usedli, staki sedlaci, a Mate], ac nespravoval ZadnY Mad, ptedsedal ye valne hromade. Jak by taky jinak! Sadal na odvekYch kmetskYch rolich, jejich rod byl od pradecia ye vsi, sam mel rozum i jmeni — volky nevolky ho vgichni poslouchali a vaZili si ho.

Jenom nikdo z deti, ani kovat, o namluvach nevedeli; Aide se k nirn bali s tou novinou ptijit, aby snad sami pkitom nepti gli k nejake rana'.

V chalupe Borynove bylo je gte ticho, tigeji neZ oloyeejne. . . de gt' uz ptestal a od rana se vyjasfiovalo; hned po snidani Antek s Kubou a s ZenskYmi vyjeli do lesa sbirat suche the y° na topeni a zkusit, zda by se nedal odvezt i nejakY kolik.

"Nejde, potvora jedna, nejde."

"Sodom y tady bude, maj Bole, Sodoma!" myslila si JagustYnka odchazejic.

"Ale start' dela dobte, ze se Zeni, dacela dobre! Deti by mu pripravily asi takovY vYmenek, jako ho pripravily nine!

Dala jsem jim celYch deset korct poll vjako zlato, a co za to main?" JagustYnka si zlostne odplivla. "Podelkovat chodim, dotahla jsem to na podruhyni."

Boryna, kterY to uZ nernohl yydrZet, praStil sekyrou o zem a vykrikl: "Cert vezmi takovou praci!"

"Neco vas hryk."

"Hryk, hryZe. . ." ;itahla TagustYnka usedla n2 Zr vi steno a podlouhou nit, navinula ji tichu, se strachem, tekla: "Vy se prece nepottebujete nieim tra,pit, ani si delat starosti."

"Copak vy vite!"

WLADISLAW STANISLAW REYMONT

SEDLACI .,aznanAnarmasmwictwitruarnaffirmiummummuummit

(Wokraeovani Wejoy ST. celek:—Matej Boryna, prvni sectlak v Lipcich, bezmala gedesatnik, chce se Zenit po tketi. Boryna ma etyti deti, Zenateho Antonina, provdanou Magdu, vojaka Gtelu, a desetiletou Josku.

Antonin, kteremu tikaji Antek, se svou Zenou Hankou a s detmi, bydli v jedne polovici selskeho staveni. Start' Boryna s nejmladg i dcerou Joskou bydli v druhe polovici. Pa,cholek Kuba a pasak Vitek spavaji ye staji. Ve vsi se septa, ze Antek, ac Zenat3-7, chodi za nejhezeim svobodnym deveetem v Lipcich, Jagnou Dominikovou. Nejvet gi klepna ye vsi, stard JagustYnka, byla toho tajneho milovani oeitYni svedkem. Boryna mel soudni proces se svou bYvalou deveekou. Cestou od soudu domft, Boryna svezl starou Dominikovou, rnatku krasavice Jagny. Snad

by Dominikove mohl rici, ze se mu Jagnieka libi. Do Tymova na jarmark hrnuly se zdstupy lidi. Boryna gel pesky, ale cestou se svezl s varhanikovYmi, jejich syn Jenik studoval na kneze. Na jarmarku segel se Boryna se s yYm zetem, lipeckYm kovatem, kterY ptipomnel Borynovi, ze by mei deal Magda', kovarove Zane, nechat ptipsati kousek

Strana 23 "Nebojte se, Dominikova je rozumna a Jagna taky vi, co a jak."

"To mate pravdu!" zvolal Boryna vesale a prisedl k JagustYnce.

"To by bylo, imam prece oei."

Miceli dlouho, eekajice vzajemne, kdo merle.

"Na svatbu me pozvete, zazpivam yam takovou svatebni, ze docela jiste za devet mesicti budete mit krtiny," zaeala JagustYnka ironicky; kdy2, vSa.k videla, ze se Boryna zachmuril, dodala uZ jinYm tonem: "Dobfe Mate, 1VIateji, Jobe. Kdy. bych si byla, kdyZ muj unatel, n.a gla k some muZskeho, nebyla bych ted' podrujiste bych nebyla! Byla jsem hioupa, jsem detem, Sla jsem na vyrr,enek., grunt jsem jim dale priptt, co ted'?"

"To ja zas nedam pripsat ani zahon!" tekl Boryna tvrde.

"Mate rozum, kdyZ takhle rnluvite, to se vain musi nechat. Po soudech jsem se vlateela a ptitom glo k vertu i tech par zlatYch, co jsem mela na gettino, a nic z toho ze vseho, spravedlnost jsem si nekoupila. .. na staid kolena jsem tady Jen na posmech. . chodim a vYclelek!

Abyste, netadi, za piotem po gli za to, jak jste all ukrivdili! Kdy2 jsem k nim v nedeli zaskoeila, jenom tak, podivat se trochu na chalupu, na zahradu, kterou jsem _ me sazela, vyjela na mne nevesta, ';;E,, tarn jdu na vYzvedy! Maj ty Kriste . Prijdu na zvedy na svitj rodnY grunt! Myslila jsem, ze Ziva neodejdu, tak me bolest jsem k volcbnemu panovi a ten me te gil, Ze mi vkeky ty kn ydy Pan Jeli g vynahradi. — A eh ano, tak to bYva. . kdyZ ehno rziratiS, pak je ti dobra i Kristova laska. . . ale ja, bych prece jen chtela racieji tady na grunte delat panimamu, v teple svetnici pod perinou se vyspat, dosyta se najist a radosti uZit." A zaeala si tak uptimne na v gecko natikat, 2‘.7 Boryna vstal a gel do vsi k fojtovi; vSak Id se taky smrakalo.

"U2 pujdete, co?" lined, jen co Simon ptijde."

Jakmile Simon pti gel, vydali se vgichni do krOmy, aby vypili nejakY kaligek a nakoupili araku na poeastovani. Jam bra-2, tiZ Cela1 a plidal se k nirn; nepili vgak dlouho, protole je Matej pohanel., "Pookarn na vas tady; jak se napiji, vezni?' zenske a ptijd'te so nejdtive sorl," vstal za nimi.

Svti vykia:Covali prostkedkem silnice, az blAto stkikalo! soumrak houstl a hail vi--;eck p temnYin, smutnYrn ptedivem, ye herein se ztracela vela y es; jenom to a tarn poala z Sera probleskovat svetla chalup a psi Stekali za ploty zahradek jako obyeejne pied veeeri.

"Sousede!" ozval se po ehvili lojt.

;.--Itrana 24

V filS T N I K — WEST, TEXAS

Ve stfedu, dne. 30. hfezna 1955.

Jagna vahala, e,ervenala se, odvracela tvak ke zdi, ale nakonec si zastrelo oblieej zasterou, malaunko upila a zbytek vylila na podlahu.

A pak kalig ek obeSel vSecky po rade.

Stara, podala chleb, sal a nakonec i uzene such& klobasy na zakonsi-mti.

KdyZ si nekolikrat pripili, y.;ca se ai rozzarily a jazyky rozvazaly, Jenom Jagna utekla do komory, a.niZ vedela prde, bylo ji do pldee... i 'ores steno bylo slySet, jak vzlyka.

Stara chtela za ni, ale fojt ji zaddel.

"I tele beef, kdyZ je od matky odstavuji. . to je docela vSedni vec. Nejde piece nikam do sveta ani do cizi vsi, valyt' se s ni jeSte poteSite... Nebude ji v Meem ubliZeno, to van ja, fojt, povidam, to mi ."

"To je vSeclano hezke jenomIe jsem se valycky myslivala, ze se pro radost jeSte doekarn vnoueat. . .7 "Nedelejte si starosti, neZ zaenou Zne, bude tu prvni!"

"Predem to vi jenom sam Pan ECM, ne my hkiSni lide! Piipili jsme si, pravda... ale nine je jaksi smutno u srdce, jako a pohIbu. . ."

"Neni divu, ze tesknite, kdyZ davate jedinou dceru z domu..JeSte kapieku, na zarmutek! A vite co? PojcVme vSichni do kremy, beztoho uZ nemam Zadnou vodka! A pak .. . zenith tarn uZ oeka jako na trni."

"Copak v kreme budeme slavit zasnuby?"

"Po staru, jak to naSl otcoVe delavali, ja fojt, y am to povidam, talc tomu te." ' enslce se troSieku svate'oneji pibstrojily a vzapeti vSichni spoleene "A hoSi zfistanou Boma? Sestriny zasnuby by men piece oslavit i ani!" poznamenal fojt, protole bratki Jagnini se Zalostne Sklebill a pohliZeli neklidne no matku.

"TeZko je dUm nechat, aby ho jen Pan 13th "Pozvete Agatu od Klomlau, ona jej chvili ohlida."

"Agata uz ode gla na Zebrotu. Reknit nekomu cestou. Talc pojd'te, Jindlichu, i ty, Simko, vemte si kabaty. - . nemilZete jit jako vandraci, .. A ne abyste se mi nekterY opil. . . data bych vain co proto! Kravy jeSte nejsott Opatrene, prasattlin se muss bramboty naSt'ouchat, ne abyste na ne zapomneli!"

"Jiste Ze mliZe, ale my peknejSi. nenajderne, ani z lepSi matky." " rfo mate pravda. .."

"Ja, fo,jt, y am to povidam, tak mi vek. ." Vytahl, kaliSek, vyttel jej Sosem ciloulieho kabatu, nail araku a tekl vaZne: "Poslouchejte, Dominikova, dobre, co vain povidam: jsem Utednik a me slovo nevi nejakY ptSeek, ktery pickne, frnkne a .chytej si ho! Kdo je Simon, vite taky — ZadnY svetobeZnik, je to sedlak, otec nekolika deti a rychtak. . . Jen si rozv&Zte, joke osoby k van ptiSly a s aim . . . uvaZujte!"

"VSak vim, Petre, do.vedu si toho vaZit!" ■,y jste moudra. Zenska, =oho vii to, 2,e drive nebo pozdeji Jagnieka tak jako tak muss z domu, na svoje. . . tak uZ je to od Pana Boha ureeno, ae rodice cho y aji deli pro cizi a ne pro sebe."

"O, to je svata pravda, ty, matko, ehovej, chovej, vycnovei, a jeSte doplat' tomu, kdo odvede ji z domu. . ."

"Talc tr2 to chodi na svete a my to nepredelame. Nu Co.?, abychom kapku vypili, matko?"

"Copak ja vim? Nutit ji nebudu. Co ty, Jagnieko, napijeS se?"

"A jd to man vedet?. .." vypiskla Jagna, odvracejic k oknu zardelou tvak.

"PosluSna dcera! Pokorne tele i od druhe matky ssaje," dodal Simon vazne.

"Vezmete si, matko, vyr"Pljte s Panem Bohm. JenZe jste jeSte nerekli, o koho jde!" kekla matka, protok. se riesluSi znat jmeno Zenicha driv nez •od svatu.

"Kdo? — Sam Boryna!" vykrikl fojt obraceje do sebe kaliSek. "Stary! Vdovec!" zvolala Dominikova jakoby zklamane. story! NehreSte proti Panu Bohu!

Statoc, kterY jeSte nedd yno met soud o deckor "Pravda, pravda, jenomZe nebylo jeho."

"To by talc jeSte schazelo, aby se seb!lak jako on zahazOval s takovou nejakou. . . Pijte, matko!" `Vypila bych, ale je to stark vdovec, ,,ery maze odejit co nevidet k Abrahamovi. . co potom? Deti macechu yyZe0.011 a. ."

Matej, ze by, t o se rozumi, dal s c. ." zarcrueel Simon.

"Nezapomeneme, maminko, nezapo"Leda jeae p ied svatbour meneme," Sebtali synkove bazlve, ae to pa chvili fojt Svatc y 6 zmikli; byli chlapi jako hory a rostli jako 110'4 kalikk a obratil se s nim k hruSky v polich; matku vSalc poslouchaJagne. li jako Skolaci, drZela je Zeleznou rukou, •Jklera, se i u matky snadno pasta"Napij se, tagnieko, napij se! MuZske- a bylo-li zapotfebi, tu tfeba i na Zidli o prichovek," zaSeptal Simon.

Fojt se 1,:aslte rozesmal, stara blYs- h0 ti namlauvame jako dub, staneS se vylezla, do paeesa jim vjela a pa tvalich pani a prvni selkou ve vsi, no talc, Jag- je zbila, ale posluSnost a va2nost musekla alma a prudce kekla: la bit.

"Illedejte si jinou, moje maze po.okat!" nieko, vezmi a neupejpej se!"

"No r "1tlyslim, ze Boryna vvm. - avi veselku jak se patri."

"Vypravi, ale taky se mute stat, ?e nevypravi," odpovedel jizlive Simon; byl to brueoun.

"Vypravi! Jako ze jsem fojt, talc toverte. Kdy2 ja v tom mom prsty. . udelame z nich narainnY par, tJvidite."

"Jenom kobyla potaline, htebec, jak so zdd, trZ ma na ocase konopi." deti nas budou "Jakpak, jakpak proklinat!"

"To nevi naSe Ark:" "Bude to paSacke, ja, fojt, vain to povida.m!"

La chvili zmizeli v chalupe Dominikoye.

V jizbe bylo svetio, zameteno, eisto eekali je.

Svatove dali krest'anske pozdraveni, privitali se po lade se vSemi. . . Ones i oba hoSi sedeli ve svetnici. . . usedli na pristreenYch ke kamnum a zaCali rozpravet o tom i onom.

"Je tam zima, jako by u2 chtelo mrznout," zaeal fojt, ohrivaje si race.

"VSak nejsme prod jarem, nevi se eemu divit!"

"Svezli jste uZ zeli?"

"No, troika ho zustala na p oll, ale ted' uz je neprivezou," odpovidala sta • a klidne a sledovala °Mina Jagnu, kterd pod oknem svijela na motovidle prizi do praden a byla dnes tak krasna, z e fojt, nniZ jeSte mladY, se no in chtive zadival.

Nakonec vSak piece jen "Protole je neeas, blato a tma, zastavili jsme se se 8imonem cestou u vas; prijali jste nas pekne, poeastovali dobrYin slovens — a tak od vas, matko, moana nee° koupime."

"I leckde jinde se ,da, koupit, jenom:e se musi hledat..."'

"To. co rikate, matko, je vSecko pra y do., ale my nechceme hledat, u vas se Dam to libi nejlip."

A co byste chtel koupit?" zvolala yeDominikova. "jalovici, tekneme, bych koupil."

"Oho, to je draha: to se neda vest na iodajakem postranku."

•"Manse provazek ze sveceneho stribra, ae by se ani drak z neho neutrhl... No, kolik, matko?" a zaeal ' vytahovat lahz kapsy.

"Kolik? To sc da teZko hci! Je mlada, na devatenacte jaro ji jde, je dobra a pracovita, ze by mohla jeSte nekolik rokn u malky ztistat..." bez "Ale jen tak naplano kn. Jiaplano. . ."

Ve stPedu, dne 30; 'oezna 1955.

Pria do kremY. Bylo tma jako v ranci, jaka b3iva, V podzimnich neeasech. Vitr nad -strechami flee' a bil do vrcholil stromil, kterc,"se kolebaly a ohYbaly a2 na platy; rybink rueel a vinil se a strikance 'Deny padaly az doprostred silnice, pleskajice nejednou i do oblieeju chocIcti.

V kreme taky nebYlo- jasno; vitr foukal rozbitou tabulko-u a lampieka visici na provazku za ArYeepnim stolem se kolebala jako zlatY kvet.

Boryna se k prichozim hnal a vital je, liba,1 a vrele objimal, protole y eti", Ze Jagna uz je jelao. ".A Pan Jeli g rekl: vezmi si, eerve, nevestu, aby se ti, chudaku, samotnemu nestYskalo. Amen!" brebtal JambroZ, kterY uz nekolik hodin popijel a nemel Led' silu ani v jazyku ani v nohou.

Jankl postavil na vY'een arak, sladkou a je g te cistou, navic pak slecle, placku se Sall:a:nem a jakesi podivne bochanky s makem.

"Jezte, pijte; lido zlati, bratri nejmilej gi, krest'ane verni!" zval Ja,mbroZ. "JO, jsem taky melzenskou, jenomZe si does nevzpemenu, kdy to bylo. . . tak se mi zda., ze y e Francii . . . ne, v Italii to bylo. . ne . . . ale ted' jsem uZ docelo. sirotek. . . Poviclarn y arn, ze. . ."

"Pijte piece, lidiekyl Petre, naenete to!" preru gil ho Boryna, kterY pfinesl za celou zlatku bonbonti a ,strkal je Jagniece do hrsti. "Tu ma g , Jagnieko, jsou slaclke, vezmi si!"

"Ale .. nad si delate Ckodu." zdrahala se Jagna.

"Neboj se. . . main na to, v gak uvidiC sama. . to ma g . .. pro tebe bych i von vodu ;gel hledat.. . u mne ti nit nebude chybet. . ." Bral ji kolem pasu a until ji do piti i jidla. Jagnieka vgeek° prijimala klidne, chladne a lhostejne, jako by to to ani nebyly jeji zasnuby. Jenom- na, jednu vec porad myslila, zda ji start' ty korale, o kterYch se zminil na jarmarce, da je gte pied svatbou.

Zaeali pit, jeden po druhem michali arak se sladkou a v gichni mluvili najednou: i Dominikova si radne zavdala a Bala se do vykladani a yypravovani, Ze se l'ojt nestacil divit, jak,a, je to mcuclra Zenska.

Sync' Deminikove taky pill, protole jay' JambroZ a iojt pripljeli a dodavali &butt.

"Pijte, ho g i, jsou to piece ,Jagniny zasnaby, pijte, pijte. .."

"Virne, odpovidali oba najednou a chteli JambroZovi libat ruse; nakonec si Dominikova, odvedla i3orynu pod okno a hued, bez obalu, na neno spostila: "Jagnieka je vase, Matejl, je vage."

"BUh y am to zaplat'." Boryna vzal Bominikuvou kolem krku a zaCa.1 ji ii-

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bat. . jeden, uslyCev vesele hlasy, se prigel "Slibil jste, Za e ji date pripsat. podivat, druhY zase vyuZil prilelitosti, "A jakepak pripisovani, co je moje, to aby se zadarmo napil; i slept' Zebrak, je 1 jeji•" ktereho vodil pes, se z nieeho nie ohje"Jde jenom o to, aby meta jistotu vil; sedel na napadnem mute, nasloupied pastorky, aby ji nezloreelli!" chal a co chvile odrikaval Oteena g, aZ "To by se mobil opovaZit! V gecko je ho uslygell, a sama Dominikova mu damoje ta pit a jist a navic nejakY gro g do ruvSecko je Jagnloky."

"Bilh y am to zaplat', ale uvaZte cam, icy.

Ze uz nejste nejmlacli_rii, a v,.,ichni jsme Fill jen coZ, xnluvili jeden pies druhesmrtelni. . vak vite: ho, Mall se kolem krkft, libali se a jeSmrt nevybira. den druhemu se stal bratrem a pritelem, jab uZ bYva, kdyZ se lido vie napiji. Dues elovek, zitra jehne, Jenom krthylar se tine do sebe choulil, kaZdY ji stejne podlehne."

"Jsem dosed pri silo, yydrZim jegte stave' na pult nove pulciky a lahvieky. s pivern a psal kridou La dvere, co kdo dvacet let. . . nebojte se!" poroued.

"Nebojsu snedli Boryna byl jako zmarnenY, ph, easto"Jsem rad, ze rikate, co si myslite. Tak vy chcete, aby dal pripsat ty tri korce vat, zval a hovoril, jak be h-Olr*,,4,f, !-JIN vedle LukaSeveho?" slySel; Weil se kolem ni roluvil a hladil ji po tvail; a proto2e "Kdy2 ma pes,hlad, i mouchy lapa. . ale my tak hladovi nejsme. Po otei se neslu gelo prede vSemi ji ehytit kopadne na Jagnu pot korch pole a koree lem krku a libat, ackoli mei do toha lesa. . . vy dejte, pi‘ipsat taky sect. Tech tjsjc chuti, a protole se uZ nemohl udrlest korcn u testy, kdo jste letos mCi! Zet, bral ji Jenom v pace a tahal do tma yeho kouta, brarnbory."

Dominikova se najednou upamatova"NejlepSi moje pole!"

"A copak Jagnieka je g patna? Copak ea, Ze je u-C Con jit damn, a zaeala, volat na syny, aby so zvedali. neni nejlepsi ye vsi?"

"To je svata pravda, proto jsem taky Ale Simek byl uz podnapilV, a pak si poslal za ni svaty. .. ale ze se Boha no- na ivateino venom jenom poopravil pas, bojite, korch, to je nejakY kus po- a< it pesti do stolu c. vykrikl: "Hrom do lobo! C O. to porouelm. . le, tole hospodarstvi! Co by rekly deti?" zaeal se .Boryna ,§krabat po hiave, pro- hde chce, at' si jde. . Chei pit a buds . Jankle, koralku!" tote mu smutek zaleh1 srdce; jak by ta- pit!

"Ticho, Simku, [Acne, nebo to zbiju!" ky ne, takovY kus nejlepSli zeme!"

"WO milk, i vy jste moudrY, %,e by pa- -tonal plaCtive Jindrich, taky .14 podhledal, a jiste scam uzmIte. Ze ehci je- :a pity, a tahal bratra za kabat "Domh, hoM., donna!" zasykla Domininom to, co nCni path a co je v zajmu mehe cleveete. Dokucl budete vy sam Ziv, kova vYnruZne. nikdo vain ten kus and neupre ani ne"Ja, to porottelm! Chci Lady zustat vezme. -- ale on je Jagnino, co ji pa spratab tidy zustanu a budu . dost vedlnosti rlalezi po otci, to se lined na n.amina rozkazovani. , a kdyZ ne. . jare pripravi a je to vase, mOZete si to ukaZu ti. . . Curt aby to spral!" osit, • . Vidite piece, Ze se vam Zadria Ale staeilo, aby ho matka udetila do krivda nedeje, kdyZ ji date tech lest kci- prsou. . Simek zavravoral, vzpamato cu val s, Jindnch mu dal na hlavu eepict "Tot' se vi, kv-C:J1 Jagniece udel a &veal ho na cestu; tam Simko, patrto... ne eerstvY vzduch dorazil. . . sotva ttel nekcaik kroka, eto6i1 se, chytil se plotu "Kdy?" "Ti'eba lined zitra! Ne, pro ohlaSky a zaC.01 krieet a brebtat: "Jsem hospodar, aby do toho... grunt ptijderne v sobotu a potom pojedeme do je muj : . . inohu delat, co chci... budu mesta. Jakepak prtitahy!"

Jankle, nalij mi araku.., "JagniCke, pojd' sem, dceruSko, pojcl'!" pit koralku .." zavolala Dominikova, divku, ktere fojt a kdyZ ne "Simkil, pro Pella, Simko, pojd' &Mai cosi vy».'avel, tiskna ji k vyeepninnt inoociuka jde!" stenal Jindkich, kterji se a2 se nablas smala.

"A tak ti, Jagnieko, Matej da pripsat uprimne rozsizel Zanedlcallo vySla i stara, s Jagnou a tech Cost korch u silnice," povidala.

"Sub vain zaplat'," zaseptala Jagna a bostarala se o syny, kteri si zatim vjeli tvochn do vlasti a valeli se v blate. vztahla k nemu ruse.

Krema, po odchodu ' enskYch easteene "Pripljte tedy Jagne. . ."

Napili M.atej ji uchopil v pace a uticbla, hde se pomalu rozchazeli; navedl za ostatnimi, ale Jagna se mu vym- konec scistal jenom Boryna se svVini kla a gla k bratrim, s kterymi vyvadel a svaty, JarnbroZ a Zebrak, kterST ted' trt" ph s ostatnimi jako roviV s rovnVmd; popijel jambroZ. JambroZ, u2 nebyl sebe mocen, stal uHluk v kr'eme vzrastal, lidi pribYvalo

Strana 26 prostred kremy, prozpevoval a chvilemi vypravoval.

"Cerny byl — eernY jako uhel. .. zamiril rune... ale kdepak by me trefil. . vrazil jsem mu bajonet do lollcha. . °toed jsem ho v nem, jen to chruplo. . bac. Stojime. . . stojime. . a prichazi velitel. . JeliSi Kriste! Sam velitel! Hogi povida vojaci — povida. . .

Vpred, vpred!" vykrikl JambroZ, nase jako strun g a pomalu coeval, drevena noha nu pritorn t'ukala o zern.

"Plipijte mi na zdravi, Petre, sem sirotek. . ." brebtal nesrozurnitelne u zdi, ale nedockal se: z eista jasna se vySel z kremy a je gte s cesty dolehal jeho chraptivY, zpivajici hlas. . .

Do kremy veSel nilynal, vysokY gedivY chlapik, ustrojeny po mestsku, eervenYch tvari, s rnalYma,, bystrYma ookarna.

"Ale, tady piji hospodari. . . fojt a rychtal a Boryna! Copak je veselka nebo co?"

"No, skoro, skoro! Napijte se s nami, pane mlynali, napijte se," pobizel Boryna.

PripiIi si jednou, dvakrat a znova.

"Kdy2 jste tady, povim yam novinu, ze vystrizlivite!"

Vgichni na neho tape vytre gtili oei.

"Tak poslouchejte: je gte to neni ani hodina, co hrabe prodal lesy na kaceni ye Vicich dolech!"

"Ras jeden, mizera, prodal na ge lesy, nag e lesy prodal!" vykrikl Boryna a v rozeileni triskl lahviekou o zem.

"Prodal! Pra y ° plati i pro hrabete. . . pro kaZdeho plati pravo!" blekotal opilY Simon.

"To neni pravda! Ja fojt yam to likam, ze to neni pravda, tak mi verte!"

"Prodal, ale my : si je nedame vzit, jak je Bah nad nami, nedame!" zvolal Boryna a bil pesti do stolu.

Mlynal odekl, ale oni je gte dlouho do noci se radii! a ohrazovali se proti panskYrn. 9 Od zasnub JagninYch ubehlo nekolik dni.

Degte ustaly, cesty trochu oschly a utuhly, vody odtekly, jenom v brazdach tu a tam v apadech a dolicich pros\ italy Spinave kaluZe. . . jako uplakane oei. . . )..\Tade gel den Du gieek, temnY, mrtvY den bez dunce; ani vitr se nehonil u•schlou travou a nati a nepohnul stromy, jeZ se Cake sklanely nad zemi.

Bolestne, hluboke ticho dolehlo na vet.

V Lipcich hned od rana bily zvony poumlu, bez presta yky a Zalostne a rortesknene zvuky stenaly pa zamlZenYch, holYch polich; ponurYm hlasem narku vo, laly y ten smutnY den, v den, kterY pH-

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gel bled a zahalenY v mlhu, aZ do nejvzdalenej gich dalek, do nekoneena, aZ tam, kde se stYka nebe a zeme, v den sing, podobajici se bezedne propasti.

Zpod eervanka, jeZ na vYchode jegte blade plaly jako stydnouci med', zpod modravYch chmur vyletovala hejna vran a kayak. .

Lately vysoko, vysoko, sotva je bylo moZno okem rozeznat a sotva uchem zachytit jejich divokou, Zalostnou, krakayou vravu, podobajici se stenani podzimnich noel. . .

A zvony bily a bily.

Ponury hyrnnus se teZce rozleval v maven), ohluchlem vzduchu, dopada.1 stenave na pole, hueel po vsich a po lesich jako narek, yznaSel se nad celym .svetem a lide a pole a vesnice se zdaly jedinYm velkYm srdcem, jeZ zvubelo truchlivYm Zalovanim.

Ptaci bez ustani tahli po ablaze. . . . bylo to zada gtni a stra gne zaroveri, protole se snakli niZ a niZ a priletovali ye stale vet gich hajnech, jako by nebe bylo pokryto rozvanYmi sazemi, a hluchy gum kr1del a krakorani se vzmahalo, mohutnelo a hueelo jako bottle. . .

Zakrorilili nade vsi a jako kupa listi, uchvacena divokYm vichrem, poletovali nad poll, zapadali do lest, zavegovali se na nahYch topolech, obsadill lipy u kostela, stromy na hlbitove, kalenice chalup, ba i platy. . . vylekani neustalYm bitirn zvon y se pak zvedli a jako mraeno odleteli k lesam a ostry, pronikavY gum se nesl za nimi.

"Buda tuha zima," Tikali lide.

"Tahnou do lest. . rriaZeme se -Legit, ze prijdou brzy snelay."

A lide vychazeli pled chalupy stale easteji, protole je gte nikdy nebylo videt tolik ptactva pohromade . . .divali se dlouho a s podivnYm smutkem, dokud ptaci nezmizeli v lesich. Divali se, tace vzdychali, ten nebo onen udelal Zak na oelo na obranu proti v gemu zlemu, a pak se zaeali oblekat do kostela a vychazeli na ulici, protole zvony bez ustani hluge stenaly a z druhYch vsi uZ prichazeli lide, slabe prosvitavajici mlhou po stezkaeh a peSinach.

PronikavY smutek padl na fg echny dug e; jakesi dime bolesne mleeni obeStrelo srdce — mleeni truchlivYch vzpominek, vzpominek na ty, kteri. ItZ ode gli tam pod ty briny smuteeni, pod ty eerne, nachylene krize.. .

"Jeligi nejmilej gi, muj Jeli.H!" vzdychali Ede, zvedali tvare zachmurene jako to zeme, hrouZili nebojacne oci v tajemstvi a Sli klidne skladat ofery a modlitby za zemrele.

Ve.$) byla utopena v teZkom, smuteenim tichu, jen tu a tam se ozvaly nesmele, prosebne zpevy Zebrakt od kostela.

I u Borynti bylo tikji neZ obyeejne, ac

Ve stredu, dne 30. brezna 1955. tam uvnitl eitaalo utajene peklo, pripravené vybuchnout pri nejrnen gi zamince.

Jak by ne, dad uz o v gcm vedely.

Veera, v nedeli, byly Otany prvni ohhl'Sky starelao Boryny s Jagnou.

T sobotu pled nimi Boryna jep do mesta, kde na trade dal pripsat Best korctl Jagnieee.

Vratil se pozde, s podrapanou; byl drobatko podnapily a chtel uZ na voze Jagnu pomilovat, ale dostal jen to, co mu mohly u gteclrit riesti a nehty.

Doma s nikYm nepromluvil, aekoliv se mu Antek neustale plat' do cesty; lehl si do postale tak, jak p ijel, v bota.ch a v koZichu. . rano zaeala Joska hubovat, ze umazal "MC, Jozinko, mic! To se stane i eloveku, ktery nepije koralkti. . ." yysvetloval vesele Boryna a hued po ranu k Jagne, u niZ zustal aZ do . . mama' na neho &kali s obedem i s wadi.

I dnes vstaval pozde, dlouho po virchodu slunce; oblekl nejlepS1 Aosak, Vitek mu musil svateeni laity natrit sadiem a pririznout vechytt:v nove Kuba ho oholil. Nato si -utahl pas, naradii klobouk a netrpelive vyhliZei oknem na zapraZi, kde Hanka, s kterou se nechtel setkat, viskala chlapce; koneene se doekal, Hanka ode gla na chvili do svetnice a on rychle vyklouzl ze dvirek, pled dam — a ten den ho uz ne. spatr iii.

Joska celY den proplakala, motajic se po svetnici jako ptaee Antek vS"ak vrel zlosti stale bolestnejM a krutej'Si. . . nejedl, nespal, nebyl schopen Zadne prate; byl je gte jako omarnenY, apine beze smysla, nevedel, co se s nim deje. Tval mu potemnela, oei se rozMHly a planuly skelne, jako by v nick zkamenely slzy. Zatinal zuby, aby neklidel nahlas a neproklinal, prechazel sem tam svetnici nebo po dome, vychazel pied staveni nebo na cestu, vracel se, klesal na zaspi na lavieku a vysedaval tarn cele hodiny, hlede pled sebe a pohrouZen v bolest, ktera v nem stale rostla a mohutnela. num onemel, jenom pla:e se v nem rozlehal, nalek a vzdechy, jako pa nejakern pohrbu. Dvele byly dokoran u chleva i u stane, dobytek se toulal pa zahrade a nahlhel do oken, ale nikdo ho nezahanel, jenom stars/ Lapa na gtekal a doraZel, nit v gak nedokazal.

Ve staji na palande Kuba cistil pu g oken--kusnaboZYmdivern kern, vykukuje co chvile, aby je nikdo nepristihl.

"Bauchi° to, paneeku! Myslil jsem, ze to strili pan hrabe nebo hajnY. . .

"To vig . . . t o zrovna . . . uz jsem davno nestrilel, mot jsem ji nabil, ra.na vygla jako z dela."

(Pokradovani.)

Ve sttedu, dne 30. 13 .fezna 1955.

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POSLitEK LASKY V tuhle dobu bSrval park docela prazdIV a opuaten. Divka, ktera usedla na jednu z lavieek serazenYch podel hlavni testy, pocit'ovala patrne nejakou z ylagtni touhu nalokat se derstveho vzduchu.

Byla to docela hezka divka, jenom se nemela tak smutne divat do sveta. Jeji poklidna siesta netrvala dlouho. Po caste prichazel raznYmi kroky , mladY muZ, za niing klusal vYrostek s kuffikem. Kdyg mladenec spatril divku, kterou tu zrejme neeekal, zarazil se a zrudl, pak zbledl, zase zrudl a zbledl. Tak to Mal nejakou chvili, as ho to omrzelo. Pak proael mimo a sedl si °padal na lavieku. V jeho levem oku se zraeila nadeje, kdeZto v pravem azkost. V oeich dotyene damy se nezradila nic; patrne pana nevzala, nebo nechtela vzit na vedomi.

Kluk postavil kufr a poeital si v duchu do dvaceti, aby si to mohl srovnat v hlaye; behem teto doby udivene ziral. MladY pan vytahl kapesnik a ptejel si jim okasale Belo, adkoli nebylo horko. Byl to dilkladnY kapesnik, dukladne, eel° a dakladr4T kus mute. Pote se obratil k chlapel. "Jdi tarnhle k to dame na protejai lavide a rekni ji, 'Ze odjiklim na Aljaaku, kde budu lovit tuerialy. 2e mi sice zakazala, abych ji jeate psal nebo se ji osobne priblilil, ze vaak muj vyvinutY smysl pro spravedlnost nedopusti, aby byl bez einy zavrZ"en elovek, kterY ji miluje. To je irk."

Nelze Hai ge by kluk byl touto funkci nejak nadaen. Uaklibl se, a odplivl si s pozoruhodnou obratnosti prave na kolem beliciho ratlika k nemale zlosti damy, ktera byla v ratlikove vleku. Teprve kdy2 ucitil, ge do dlane, temer ji g pill minuty nataZene, dopadl pilldolar, oZivl, a piesvedeiv se kousnutim, ze neni faleanY, pustil se loudave k laviece, kde sedela divka. Pristoupil k ni trochu nejiste, ale nelze rici rozpaeite. Nedbale se dotkl atitku &pica, ktera mu sedela az kdesi v tYle. 2ena ho pozorovala chladne a bez zajmu.

"Milostpani," zaeal kluk, "tamlileten pan, co sedi na tY laviece, yam posila polibek na Yak krasnY voko. Vite, ja nevim, co je to za muskYho, ale jestli vas chce yobteZovat, tak skodim pro policajta. Jestli ho ale znate, tak dovolte, abych tu piednes dalgi nesouvislou fee a rek va.m, jakY nesmysly yam vzkazuje."

Dame zasvitlo v odich neco jako zajem.

"Polibek na oko," rekla jerrine kultivovanYm hlasem, kterY jako by halil slova do plaatiku ironic, "myslim, ge je to no14' a originelni napad troubadorti dvacatell° stoleti. Bude vaak lepe, kdy g tuto east sveho poselstvi zatim nevyridite a venujete ji pri vhodne priletitosti sve

0. Henry matinee. Obavam se tail, ge je toto misto ponekud frekventovane, take by tento vfle y nutria' demoralisoval ditky akolou dosud nepovinne, jako g i stareeky v patnaete mite."

"TotiZ, milostpani, tady jde vo to, to ten pan za vama nechce nejak dolizat, prave vopaone, von chce zahnout. Tam v torn kufru ma sbalenS7 veakerY nadabieko a jede na Aljaaku lovit Reid mi, ae jste mu rekla., 'Ze vas nema votravovat milostnejma dopisama a klepat vain v noci na vokno, a proto me tek, abych yam rek, ge to tak nemyslil, a ge mu mate vodpustit. Takhle prej ho mate za vodbytou ka,pitolu s yYho Zivota a von vas ani nemilZe poladat — no jak si myslim. Prej jste do neho kopla jako do shnilYho bramboru a nerekla ste pritom ani papal."

Naznak v divdich odich se pomalu, ale jiste menil v opravdovY zajem. Snad piece jen zapilsobil originalni a smelt' plan nastavajicilao lovce tuenakii, kterY tat obratne obe gel vaechny jeji 'Aisne zakazy. Zabodla svilj pohled do Faunovy sochy, stojici na rozcesti a pravila zamyMerle: "Reknete tomu panovi, ge mu nebudu opakovat, jak si predstavuji idealniho muZe, protole to velmi dobre vi. Pokud jde o jeho pripad, chci mu rici absolutni a neskreslenou pravdu. Znam dobre svoje srdce, jeho slabilstky i dobre vlastnosti. Prato jsem ochotna vyslechnout, co mi chce, at' je to cokoli. Nesoudila jsem ho na zaklade pomluv nebo pochybnYch dttkazil a proto mu nemohu odpustit. Ale kdyZ dice, abych mu opakovala, prod uz ho nechci ani videt, aniZete mu to klidne vyridit. Reknete, ge jsem onehdy no, jednom yeeirku veala do zimni zahrady, abych narezala par link do vazy.

Reknete mu, ge jsem ho videla se sleenou Ashburtonovou pod tim rtiZovYm oleandrem. Mohla to bYt hezka fotografie — ale peza i juxtaposice byly natolik vYmluvne, ge nebylo treba dargich komentaril. Odeala jsem ze zimni zahrady s velkYin zklamanim a bolesti v srdci. Jdete, a vrat'te panovi jeho polibek na oko .!

"Jeri jedno slovieko, milostpani, ta juxjux jak je to vlastne?" zeptal se kluk. udYchane.

"Juxtaposice milZete taky Mei — no proste, kdyZ jsou u sebe bi g, net se slual a patri na, radneho n.astavajiciho."

Za klukem se jen zapra,Silo. Pan na laviece u_Z netrpelive dekal. Klukovy °di svitily horlivosti.

"Tak ta sleena rekla, ge mac dobre vi, ge holka mot nepotilebuje, kdy g ten jeji pasek nee° vyvede a pak si to prijde Zehlit. Ze vona vaak neni takova a proto ze takovY reel nechce poslouchat. Z prej ie

vas chytila in flagranti jak jste nekde ye skleniku vobjimal fiakou jux — juxtapolovici. Jde tam prej pro kytky a tunlaFii, Von se tam s ani muchiuje vo stoaet. Rikala, ge to mot hezky vypadalo, ale ji ge se zvedal Zaludek. A mate prej rad gi utikat, aby vain neujel vlak!"

Mug si tichounce hvizdl a v ouch mu najednou zablesklo. Ruka zajela do kapsy a vytahla hrst dopisu. Jeden z nich vybral a podal jej klukovi soueasne se stribrnYm dolarem.

"Dej sleene ten dopis, at' si jej preete, ke ji vaechno vysvetli. f?, ekni ji, mohla cele to trapeni uspotit kdyWr nine byla trochu dilyerovala. R,Okni ji, ke jsem ji vhlycky byl vernY a ze ji miluji a budu milovat a g do smrti."

Kluk se vydal na dalai pout' k laviece.

"Ten pan rek, ze celej ten maler byl vlastne pro nic a za nic. Von ge prej neni Zadnej Don S' ajn, co svadel nevinnY panny, a tady si mate preeist ten dopis.

— Ja vain to tikal hned, to #e takova solidni povaha, takovej, s vodpugtenim, trouba " Divka pfijala dopis trochu nedfiverive a data se do eteni.

"Milk pane doktore, dovolte, abych Vam podekoval, jak jste se ujal decry, kdy2 byla na vedirku u pi. Waldronove v zimni zahrade stitena srdeenim zachvatern. NebYt Va geho pohotoveho zakroku, mohla jeji choroba skoneit smrti. 13ud'te tak laskav a ujinete se ji, nebot' jste jedinVin lokatena, kterY ji mute vyl tit.

Vat Robert Ashburton."

Divka ope,t sloZila dopis a po rdavala jej chlapci.

"Ten pan chce vodpoved'," prohlasil Kupidtiv posel kategoricky. "Tak co?"

Divce vlaze zajiskrilo v odich a tvar se yozairila v iismevu.

"Reknete tomu panovi, ge dnes veder mute prijit k mini a dat mi ten polibek na oko sam."

(Poznarnka redaktora: — Texaskr spisovatel 0. Henry, vlastnim jmenem Wilham Sidney Porter, kterY se narodii v 1862 a zemrel v race 1910, psal svo povidky ye vezeni v Huntsville, Texas. AZ pojedete do Austinu, navativte "Home of O. Henry".

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Meat'ak: "A nebojite se, ze vam vrany to semeno vyhrabou? koukejte se, jak obletuji — za chvilku se na to pole vrhnou. Prot sem nepostavite nejakeho straaaka?

Farmer: Stralaka? to neni tieba, ja anebo moje stara jsme zde na torn poli kagdou chvilku.

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CO MA ZNATI ANIERICKI" 013tAN (Pokraeovani etvrte) Ve svem zapisniku nebo seSitu preeislujte si odpovedi aby se eislice, neopa\c aly. Bude tedy porad otazek z minuleno tVdne jak nasleduje: -11. Vyroei narozenin americkeho nasoda slavime na et yrteho eervence, ponevadZ listin g "Prohlakni Nezavislosti" byla uverejnena 4. eervence 1776.

12. Valka pro nezavislcst nazYva se RevoMetal valka a trvala sedm let.

13. Ustava SpojenYeh state byla jata 4, btezna 1789.

14. Predmluva fistavy zaeina slovy 'My, lid SpojenYch 8-140." (We, the people of the United States.)

15. Ustava ma, dvacet dva cloda.tky.

Mame pied .sebou jeden z nejdtilelitejSich ukolu. TYka se Ustavy SpojenYch state. Bude tteba tento elanek si pozvolna a pozorne preeist nekolikrat. Led Mektere veci j.sou zname, pouze je tteba upozorniti na ne novYm, lehkYm ZptisObem. Na priklad, poslednich sedm dodatkti k dstave bylo prijato v uplynulych etyrieeti letech, tedy se na ykehny dobre pan:atujete, jenZe bude treba vyvolati zapomenute veci. Pamatujte si, byla zavedena prohibice ye SpojenYeh statech. A take si pamatujete, ze byla prohibice odvolana. Vita, ze dnes musi kaalY 째bean, ktery ma nejakY rani ptijem, platit dun z ptijmu (income tax).

Snad si vzpomenete, ze peed nekolika roky Zeny nemohly jiti k volbam. Take se vzpomente, ze president SpojenYch state nastolen yZdy , na 4. brezna kaZde etyri roky ( ye vyroei- narozenin. SpojenYch state), ale predloni byl president Eisenhower nastolen 20. ledna, jak jste videli na televisi. A koneene si pamatujete, Ze- jste -kdysi eetli v novinach, ze president nenhiZe slouZiti vice neZ dye lhaty. To vsechno se vztahuje na dodatky, ktere byly prijaty za poslednich etyricet rokin Abychom vedeli nee째 vice o astave musime se vratiti do doby, kdy pied 168 lety prijel do Filadelfie general George Washington a Sel na yStiviti sveho tele, Benjamina Franklina, kterY byl rovneZ, zvoleny za jednoho ze 77 delegatti na vypraeovani fistavy. Tenkrate nemohl nikdo ici, zdali v America bude , kral nebo president, zdall vkchna vlada bude soustredena nebo rozdelena, zdali zakony budou tvoreny malou hrstkou iidi nebo velikYm shromaIdenim. A kdyZ po dvoutYdennim eekani dostavil se dostateenY poeet delegatti, byli to vetSinou majetni lide. Nelda' meli obchody, jini meli pozemky, a jini do-

konce meli otroky. ' adnY nebyl zastupecm maleho farmare, maloobchodnika nebo delnika. Nekteri chteli, aby nova vlada byla v rukou aristokracie (rodove Slechty). Jini ehteli, aby to byla vlada pro vsechny, krome otrokft. Patnact devlastnilo otroky. KdyZ eteme, jak cele jednani v onech etytech mesicich letniho vedra pokraeovalo, milZeme si uciniti ptedstavu, ze nak spolkove sjezdy jsou hraekou.

Delegati ze statu Virginie prinesli svuj plan, aby se zvolil Urad, kterY by vladnul nad vSemi 13 staty; a aby se -astanovil yrchni2 soud; a take aby se upravilo nejake za.konodarne teleso, kde by z kaZdeho statu byl nejakY zastupce nebo nekolik zastupcin Proti tomu se opreli delegati z malYch ze oni budou zkraceni. Cele shromaZdeni bylo rozdeleno na dve strany. Jedna strana zastupovala silne a velike staty, druha strana mluvila za male a slabe staty. nest tYdnti rokovali o tom a onom, dosahli kompromisu. Washington byl predsedou fistavniho shromafdeni. KaZdy stat mei pouze jeden hlas. Konane bylo usneseno, ae to, co se vypracuje, bude nej yySSim zakonem zeme, bude vymahano vSeral soudy a ze vkchny podrizene statni zakony museji bYti v souhlasu s tim, co bude vypracovano a deveti staty schvaleno. Koneene po etytmesienim debatovani, upravovani a ptepisovani byla fistava ptepsana na velike archy papiru a podepsana, 39 delegaty.

si bYti nejmene 30 rokil stars', poslanec nejmene 25 roku 6tari. Pamatujte si, ze kapitola prvni v fistave pojednava o kongresu, z echo je slolen, jakou lhutu slouposlanec a senator, a jake zastoupeni ma kaZdY stat v kongresu.

Druha kapitola fistavy vztahuje se na presidenta SpojenYch state, kterY je zvoleny na etyri roky, jakYm zpilsobem je volenY, a jakou moc ma. Posledni (22). dodatek ustavy pravi, ze president nebYti vulen jen ve dvou nasledujicich DvacatY dodatek urcuje, ze president je nastolen po volbe 20. ledna v poledne. President neni volen lidem primo. Lid kakieho statu voli pravidelnYch volbach elektory, kteri se sejdou a voli presidenta a nustopresidenta. Musi bYt obeanem zde rozenYm a nejmene 35 let star, a musi bydleti ye SpojenYch statech 14 let. Mistopresident musi mit stejne kvalifikace jako president. V pripade, ze president i mistopresident zemte nebo 'odstoupi, mluvei snemovny (Speaker of the House) se stava presidentem.

Ve SpojenYch statech nemame ministry, jako tomu v jinYch zemich. President ma sbor poradcti, kteremuZto sboru se rika presidentil y kabinet. Tito poradci, kterYch je celkem deset, jsou jmenovani presidentern, ale museji bYti schvaleni senatem. Glenove kabinetu jsou: 1. Sekretar zerne 2. Sekretat pokiadu 3. Sekretat obrany 4. Vrchni statni navladni 5. Vrchni poStmistr 6. Sekretar -vnitra 7. Sekretat zemedelstvi 8. Sekretat obchodu 9. Sekretat price 10. Sekretar zdravotnictyl, Skolstvi socialni pace.

fIstay a ma sedm kapitol, ptedmluvu a dodatky. Prvni kapitola je o kongresu.

Hued na zaeatku kapitoly stoji, ze ykchna moc delati nova zakony, fistavou povolena, je vlolena na kongres SpojenYch stall Kongres je rozdelenY na dy e easti, na senatory a na poslance.

KaZdY stat ma dva senatory. Pritoinne senatori z Texasu jsou Lyndon Johnson a Price Daniel. KaalY senator slouZi test Tento elanek a dva priSti budou vyrokft. Mame v Unii 48 statu, proto je Zadovati dosti pozornosti a studia. Toto devadesat test senatorii. budou hlayni body, na ktere se imigraePoslaned je 435. Na kaZdYch tri sta ni firednik bude ptati.lVloZna, ze se zepta tisic lidi y e state je zvolen jeden posla- jen tti nebo etyri otazky; moZna, ze jich nec. KaZdYch deset rokti, po seitani lidu, ptedle%-i vice. MUZe se zeptati, kolik potire' se, kolik poslandi bcde vyslano do radcu ma president ye svem kabinetu.

A nyni zodpovidejte nasledujici: Washingtonu. Statni zakonodarna vkly 16. Kdo tvori zakony ye SpojenYch nozdeli stat na tolik distriktu, kolik ma byti poslancti Texas ma y e Washingtonu stateeh?

17. Kdo zastava nejvyni inrad ye Spo22 poslanca. Ponevad2 nektera mista ye statu jsou husteji zalidnena, a nektera jenYch statech?

18. Kolik senatoru je v kongresu? mail malt' pooet obyvatelii, kongresni clistrikty nejsou stejne velikosti. Distrikt Jmenujte vase senatory.

19. Kolik poslancil ma Texas v kon21., v okoli San Angelo, zahrnuje 27 ogresu? Jmenujte poslance z vaSeho dikresti. Distrikt 5. zahrnuje pouze okres striktu.

Dallas. V distriktu 8. je okres Harris, v 20. Jak nazYvame takovou vladu, kde distriktu 20, je okres Bexar. Senator mu- lid si voli zastupce do vlo,dy?

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1..),_sova Louisa le2:: na taZku jcZ sdili se svou serstou Annou a place aZ do Upineho vyschnuti slzi. Za oknem jejiho pokoje pmpurove skeriky pGhybuji se lehce ye vanku a nad nimi celY zastup luenich skrivantit zpiva hoto you symfonli. Ale Lentokralt byla tinavooka Louise priliS smutria, aby so z cele to krasy radovala.

CO bylo prieinou jejiho zarmutku?

NucenY odchod jejiho otce ze Skoly V Bostoru, protole tamejM rodiee byli fizkopni a nechteli nieeho slytet o pokrokovYch metodach vyucovacich jejiho otce. Isola byla zavrena, protoL;e jeji otec zavedl hovory o athletice a stolnim tennise.

Louisa zat'a:a sve drobne pesti a hlasite zvolala: -1VInj tatinek je nejlepAim ucitelem v celem Massachusetts. Jsem na nej pySna, naucil me vSemu co znam.

Jednoho due mu chci jeho peel oplatiti."

Jednoho odpoledne zavolala otcova dobreho p itele Ralpha Waldo Emersona, spisovatele. Ukazala mu nekolik povidek, ktere sama napsala, a ktere. pied tim jeSte nikomu neukazala.

"Dorrinivarn se, Ze je nemohu prodat, protole nejsou nejak z ylaSte' dobte napsany", pravila mu. "A tolik bych si prala pomoci svemu otci."

Pan Emerson se na ni sympaticky padival, a povidky si pozorne preeetl. Pak poloZil pratelsky mkt' na Lauisino rameno.

"Je ti nyni 12 let, Ze? Timm, neni to S'patne. Povidky maji v sobe pibslib. Neustan v pokusech a jiste" je prodaS vYhodne drive ne2 ti bude 20 let. 1VIezitim se netrap zalelitosti sveho otce. VLdyt' je dobrYrn spisovatelem a myslitelem.

Okolnosti budou jiste nro vas vSechny priznive."

Louisa si Cubic pamatovala pokyn slay neho mute a n.eustala v pokusech.

V Sestnacti letech prodala prvni povidku. Brzy na to jeji napady se objevily pravidelne v "Atiantickem mesieniku".

Ale jeji rodina stale Zila v nouzi, a Louisa psala s horeenym chvatem. Psala stylern kterY se libil.

Pak vypukla hrozna Obeanska Valka, ktera rozptilila zern na dva tabory a postavila pratra prati bratrovi. Louisa se zapojila jak() dobro yolnd o:4etrovatelka a konala sluftti v nemocnici v Georgetown, kde byla k'astria ye svem poyolani, D.2 horeenata nemcc ji pkinutila m sta se vzdat. Dopisy, jeZ psala domit sySrch zkuknostech v nemocnini byly pak uverejneny v rnistnich novinach.

Po svem uzdravcni Louisa vydala vSechny size dopisy v kniZni forme a nazvala je "Nemocnieni skizy." Vynesly ji $2,000,00.

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Podnicena tin to U.spechem zaeala mlada Sena na nove knike nazvane "Male Zeny", nametem z jejiho viastniho mdinnelio Zivota a jejich tri sestet. V race 1868 dilo uvetejnila. Pasleze z vYteZku sve spisovatelske einnosti zaplaLila Louisa vscchny diuhy sve rodiny a uSetrila si dokonce penize na cestu po Evrope, ktei'ou provedla spoleene se svou estry May. Po navratu pomahala Louisa zridit filosorickou skolu v Concord, einAZ se vypinil jeji son z detstvi. Mela aktivni 'east no Zenskem prtikopnim hnuti jeji dopy.

Pro svou, oddanost k rodine se Louisa. nikdy.ne ydala. PO horeenate nemoci byla v2dy chatrneho zdravi, ale presto pilne psala. Florouci jeji listy byly lavou jejiho doutnajiciho srdce. OplYvala nejvySSi obrazovotnosti a dovedla vSe do padrobnosti popsat. 'Cast° se neeekane roz-

plakala a ovladla ji sklieenost.

V r. 1883, roku jeji smrti, zemPela ye yen 56 let, Louisa adoptovala sveho synovee, John Sewalla Pratta, syna sve sestry Army. Mela v umyslu 1.);‘,.t mu opravdovou matkou, ale zerarela teha roku, due 6. ledna, dva dny po smrti sveho milovaneho otce Amos Bronson Alcotta. v milem starem meste Concord, ye statu Massachusetts, se dosud naleza.

Orchard Dun, kde jeji rodina Gila po 25 let, a kde nyni najdete Painatnik Louisy May Alcottove. Na hrbitove znemCm jako Sleepy Hollow, pobli ,L, najdete hroby jejiho otce a rovne2 jejiholskvOleho pritele Ralpha Waldo FrnersOna. Peed nekolika lety Hollywood zfilmoval jeji prvni knihu, a pak nasledovalo filmovani i jinYch cleju ktere vytvorila.

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Texas. vedomi nasledkem srde6niho neduhu.

Supreme Lodge, SPjST, Moja sestr y obd.r2ela telefonickou zprec.vu z nemocnice, aby bez prodleni 'We make loans on farms, ranches and zdali si preje uvideti rune na Slim TS noel byl jsem odvezen ambulanci improved city property anywhere in TcxaS. We lend our 0 7.',71 FT :ads at low interest na nositkach do Uradovny Dr. Brodena. rate on long ten=-:..e nth very favor- Za dva day pozdeji nabyl jsern vedomi.

Vynar.3e1 jsem ale, Se jsem ztratil thoc k abte prepayment raluveni, Nalezal jsem se v jeho leeeni Supreme Lodge, if-JST Temple, Te° prove jeden mesic. Posledni dva roky ( ® jsem nemel Upine SadnYch bolesti, ani jsem vice nabyl na leceni od doby co jsern odjel od Dr. Brodena. Moje moc k mluveni se pozvolna vratila a nyni jsem zamestnan a jsem v prvotridnim zdravotnim stavu. Ja se citim, Se Dr. Broden zachranil muj Sivot.

V Ucte vas George E. Hartley, 1910:, Ave H., Galveston, Texas.

Dr. Brodena ittadovna jest ye Victoria, Dallas Texas, v pondeli, v UterY a ve stredu, 908 4, • •) N. Navarro St. VYvin sil v eloveku skrytY postupoval v Ve etvrtek, v patek ce1.3.7 den a v sobotu poslednich dvaceti peti letech rYchleji 12:00 v poledne v Hallettsville, Texas. neZli kdykoli jindy v historil lidstva. Ale (dzc) tento pokrok lidskeho individua nein ( * vita v porovnani s pokrokokem, kteremu hledirne vstric v tomto stoleti. Neni jmeSVALY A DOLARY na zaznameriano v svatyni slavy, neni Bud' pracuji svaly nebo pracuji vudci osobeesti v jakemkoliv edboru lidskeho snaZeni, aby jell° misto v tomto Dekud jsem naladY, svaly rime uSivi. e astoleti nebyio zaujato i eloyekem jinYm, sto pill dne puce poskytne mi Sivobyti, jehok jmeno jest slave posavad neznamo. kolik potrebuji. Jenne dostavi se dny, kdy Snad ji2 nyni v tomto ekamSiku mladik, svaly nestaei. elovek mel by se ueit od kterY jest predureen, aby zastinil vSech• vcverky, . ktera nejen Se se postard o v dneSni potravu, ale schova si zasoby na ny desavadni vYkony zimu, kdy potravy neni nazbyt. Pravimein, Snad prave nyni pracuje kdesi zavede neznama sila, ktera kdysi peeko- delne uspory museji jednou nahraditi na svou karierou vs chi y nae, krale ob- pr aci sva.l a. Nadaeni a Usporne Sivotni chain. Vi tSi basnik r..elJ1 byl Shakes- pojistky ve star' 60 nebo 65 jsou nejjiziku v plea- stegil cestou k spokojenemu stark, kdy peare jest snail v toni dolary museji nastoupiti kdyS svaly sluSkach. bu vypovedi.

Bert Jaqua, Southern Methodist University. ( ) 670 Flok: Ty — vysvetli mi, k eemu je table velka porota? con neeteS noviny? Velka C yck: No nercta je k tomu, aby Cetne darebaky davala v obSalobu. VZdyt' lson toho noviny stale piny. a Is Scum jsou tedy lok: Al,'. right male poroty?

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ESOLUC-, SOUSTRASTI My, niSepsan9' resolueni vS fbor kadu aeciaoslovan eislo 40 v Hillje, Texas, vyslcvujeme timto pozastale iodine upPinine citonou soustrast nad ztratou jejich otce, dedeeka, pradedeeka a naAeho spolubratra Jana Strnadla, jen2 po deMi nemoci zeratel dne 18. Wezna 1955 a polirben byl z velke Ueasti tel a znamYch. v Hillje, Texas, dne 19. bSezna 1955.

Odchodt-,,m jeho ztraci rodina dobreho a starostlivtho otce a i'ad nos obetaveho a vzorneho spolubratra.

Best budiS jeho parnatce! Necht' odpoeiva v pokoji.

Virne, poziistala rodino, Se Sal vd'a nad jeho odchodem jest velkr, ale budiS vain Utechou, Se i my Selime jeho odchodu.

Dano v Hillje, Texas, dne 21. bi•ezna 1955.

Resolueni vStor: Leo. TI:iska E. K. Ilajoyskr 2ofie HradeckST. ) RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI

My, niSepsanY resolueni vSrbor kadu eechoslovan eislo 40 v Hillje Texas, vy• slovujeme timto pozitstale rodino hluboce eitenou soustrast nad ztratou jejich manSelky, matky a babieky a na g spolusestry Teresie Martinets, jenS zemtela dne 12. brezna 1955 a polifbena byla dne 15. brezna 1955 na katolickem hibitove v El Campo, Texas, za velke fleasti pratel a znamSrch.

OdeSla nom zase jedna z tech dobrSich a obetavYch matek a spolkovSrch piacovnic, ktera byla vkly ochotna podati pomocnou ruku, kde bylo potteba.

Best budiS jeji pamatce! Necht' odpoeiva v pokoji.

Vime, pozfistala rodino, Se Sal vas nad jejim odchodern jest veIkY, ale budiS vain ittechou, ze i my &lime jejiho odchodu.

Dano v Hillje, Texas, dne 21. brezna 1{55.

Leo, Triska F. K. HajovskST Zofie Hradecicii Resolu6ni vYbort ( ) Z' enske slzy jsou zbrali, pil ed kterou 0svedeenY hrdina se vzdava.

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