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6islo 15.

DNESNi MAJETKOVE POTREBY EJVROUCNEJ8iM PAANIM nalich pfistehovalcu bylo, aby vlastnili kus dobre pudy, ktera by jim zajistila samostatnost, dostatek obZivy a trochu oddechu na stara leta.

Nejeden otec koupil farmu na dluh, jen aby se domohl nejakeho majetku 1imornou praci svych rukou a aby jeho detern neco zOstalo po jeho odchodu.

Kdy2 pisatel techto tadku ptistehoval se pied vice ne2 tticeti lety do Houstonu, aby pro sebe a svou rodinit naS'el Zivobyti, jiz tenkrate bylo v Houstonu nekolik' milionatti. A kdy pozdeji pisatel mohl si dopi4ati auto, easto jel se svou rodinou kolem nadhernYch residenci tehdefSich bohadO. Byla to hlavne jista ulice, s esplanadou a vysokYmi palmami uprostied, s nakladnYmi residencemi po obou stranach, ktera, budila ftdiv a snad i zavist obyeejneho delnika.

Dries, tficet pet let pozdeji, ulice houstonskYch milionaffr se zmenila. Palmy byly vykaceny, esplanade, zrukna, boulevard roz gifen a residence milionahi promeneny v kancelake, obchodni dory a Ostavy. Nejnakladnel gi budova kdysi mihonaiske ulice stoji dosud majestatne na prostranstvi celeho etverce, ale nepatti vice olejovemu magneto. Dnes je to adrninistrativni budova katolicke university. Jine, prostranna budova jineho bYvaMho milionake slouzi dnes dobroeinnemu fteelo, prave opak toho, co kdysi jeji bYvalY majitel piedstavoval. Mel ohromne bohastvi, ale nezanechal po sobe FadnYch mu2skYch potomkii. Dnes, jako 1ronie novYch narodohospodaiskYch pomelt, residenci byvaleho bohade rozlehaji se same pokiiky chlapcii — domov dobroeinneho chlapeckeho ustavu.

H. Po cele zemi riastala OZasna zmena v nazorech, co znamene, samostatnost a socialni bezpeerrost .Nedavno feenil hostile bankeiti jeden znamY prOmyslnik, jehoZ majetek se rovna majetku na‘Si SPJST. Zaeal svflj podnik pied 40 lety, kdy mu bylo sotva 19 let.

Po etyficeti letech' chtel si vziti prazdniny, celY rok prazdnin. Cestoval po SpojenYch statech a zajel si az na Hawajske ostrovy. V 59 letech sveho veku chtel si odpoeinouti, chtel ochutnati 2ivot z pfijmu, ktere mu plynuly z majetku odhadovaneho na osm rniliond dolara.

Ve sve keel na, hostine bankeid vypravel, jak ptigel k poznani, Fe jeho miliony nejsou jiste v rukou jinYch, ba Fe jeho miliony, nasttadane etyticetiletou namahou, mohou se rozplynout, kdy2 na ne nebude sam dohliZet. Dva tYdny odpoeinku na Hawajskych ostrovech steello, Ze se vratil nazpet, aby bud' se znovu ujal vedeni sveho podniku anebo ho zpeneFil a ziskanY obnos ulozil na zaruOenY irrok. Ale kdyF se radii se svS,mi pravniky o nejbezpeenefgim uloFeni penez, nemohl nikde najiti Fadny finaneni irstav, kterY by mu .vyhovoval—krome duchodoveho pojiSteni bez prirkazu pojietenosti. Jedine obchod Fivotniho pojiSleni mu zarudoval bezpeene uloFeni penez a oraitou stupnici frrokil dokud ziv bude.

podniku je zrovna tak dulezitr, ne-li lelitejSi, ne2 majitel kapitatu.

Pro dne4ni majetkove potieby je zivotni nutnosti. Asi pied rokem mluvil jsem s jistYm krajanem, kterY si objednal eistokrevneho/bYeka az nekde Pennsylvanie. Platil za nej taim patnact tisic a byl dopraven al do San Antonia aeroplanem. Onen krajan ma u naSi SPJST za tisic pojigteni, a pro nej registrovane dobytee pamene, kapital, pomoci ktereho bude miti dal g pirjrny.

KaZdY vidime svilj majetek jinYmi lemi.

A take kalclY planujeme sve pkijmy jinYm zgasobem. Zajimave ale je, Fe a'd prodej Zivotniho pojilteni v minulYch dvou letech se z yYS'il o 80%, prodej nemocenskeho a Arazoveho pojiAteni vyrostI o celYch '750%. Lide vkobecne uznavaji potiebu, aby men nejakou ochranu v padu, kdy by byli nernoci a trazem upoutani na lilZko a kdy jejich ptijmy jsou zastaveny.

KalclY z nes se snaZime, abychom dosahli oreite hospoda •ske samostatnosti, abychom nabyli nejakeho majetku. Jed-, nak proto, abychom zaopatkili svou rodinu, jednak take abychom zaopattili sebe, az dospeleme star giho veku a bude tfeba sahnouti do zaloh. .AF dosud mefitkem nakho Ospechu byl pohodlnY domov, auto, nekdy dve auta, Ospory, a pak rozmanite osobni vYhody. A jestli -Spoleeenske postaveni jednotlivce se elovek mel trochu s ySich Ospor uloFenYch dnes nemeii die toho, kolik kdo ma na- v nejakYch akciich citil se o tolik jishromadeneho kapitalu. Residence mi- stelS1 a podnikavelgi. lionata se promenily v kancelate obchodu nebo v mistnosti pro nejake irstaDoba se meni. Milionail se staraji, kde vy. Dirchody, celkovY pramen piijmu, je by ziskali schopne manaFery, kteii by rnirou irspechu. V novinach nejsou tak jim vedli jejich milionove podniky. Licaste zpravy o rnilionatich, jako ate- de z vetalm mnastvim Fivotniho poji§teme o torn, Fe ten nebo onen vydelal To- ni po2aduji, aby jejich pojistky byly vyni dvacet pet, padesat nebo sto tisic. placeny dedicirm v mesienich splatka.ch.

Tyto zmeny nejsou jen v Houstonu, ale Mesieni a rani pfijmy ureuji, na jake A delnik zajiAt'uje si nemoeenske pojiv kaldem americkem meste, ktere kdysi Fivotni irrovni se ten nebo onen elovek Ueni, aby chranil sve vSrdelky. KaIdST si se chlubilo bohaei nebo dokonce nachazi. Dnes dobrS7 feditel obchodu upravuje svaj Fivot die syS7ch

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Ve sti'edn, clne 13. dubna 1955. zim z konference v pevne vibe, ze jsme nastoupili na cestu trValeho svetoveho miru," pravil ye svem pa-elstvi ke kongresu. "Podrabnosti planu nemohou byti ted' uverejneny, ponevadZ nevime, kdy se valka ukonei. Ale main dtiverti, kongres a americkY narod prijmou vYsledky 'Leto konference." Roosevelt yeZe dohoda se Stalinem a Churchillem byla uprimna a trvala. Od. 1. brezno do 12. dubna neuplynulo pinYch lest tifdnfi, a Roosevelta nebylo vice.

Tohoto tYdne ameriekk nand vzpomind na vYrool dvou tragedii, ktere se ttdaly v dubnu. Jedno vYroei pripada, na 12. dubna. Je to den, kdy prave pied deseti lety cely narod byl ohromen zprayou, ze zemtel president Roosevelt. JeSte dries vzpomind si innohY docela presne a jasne vSechny detaily, kde byl a Tc•prve pied nekolika 1;:r ilny byly una eem pracoval, kdy zaslechl zpravu vei-ejneny zasnomy one konference mea nahlem skonu Franklina D. Roosevelzi Rooseveltem, Churchillem a Stalenem. ta.

Teprve po deseti letech vySlo na jevo, Jina dubnova tragedie udala se prave joke politicks pradlo bylo promitehan$ na VelikY patek pied devadesati lety. v one laistoricke konferenci. Zatim co Neni vice parnetnikti, kteri by mohli vy- jedna strana krioi "Spina," clruha strakladati o podrobnostech one udalosti, ale na pripomina, ze kaZda valka je spina vzdor tomu jsou zaznamy o torn, jaka vym remeslem. Nestranni pozorovatele zdrcujici rano, zasahia cely americkY pripominaji, ze kdyby nebylo dohody narod, kdy2 rozietela se zprava, ze pre- mezi Ainerikou, Anglii a Ruskem, mnohe sident Abraham Lincoln byl zavraZden. veci byly by pro zapadni mocnosti daByla to jen to nebo etyri slova: "Lin- leko horSi. VetS'inu Ustupkil prislibil coln byl zastrelen." "President Lincoln Stalin. Dohoda byla dobra, dodr.teni doje mrtev." Jen tri ci ctyri slova, ktera hody se neosvedeilo. Zdaliismrt Rooseuvriala cely narod do zalu a litosti, do velta meta vliv na nevypineni slibfi a dohody, o tom budou vecne spory a desmutku k nepopsani. baty. Neuskuteenilo se, co se v Jake uOdboCuji od sveho pravidla, abyeh kaj oe vd an.alo. Schazela pevna ruka RoosevelZdeho tydne podaval v techto sloup- t cich jen uvahy o cinnosti spolkove. Jsmeli dobrYmi eleny bratrskeho spolku, jsme Podobnou tragedli proZil americkY teZ dobrYmi obeany. A jako amerieti rod po zavraZdeni presidchta Lincolna. obeane moll bychom obeas pripomenou- Povaleena rekonstrukce cele zeme, a ti si dfflelite okam .iiky z dejin americ- hlavne jiZnich .state, dostata se do nerkeho naroda. Proto venuji drieSni sloup- vosnich rukou mistopresidenta Andrew ce vzpominkom na tyto dva americke Johnsona, kterY byl profesionalni polipresidenty a st atniky. Franklin D. Roo- tikar bez patere, kterY chtel se zavdeeisevelt zemrel pied cteseti roky, Abraham ti kaZdemu, ale pro strach, aby nem Lincoln pred devadesati lety, a oba v Spatne neprovedl, radeji nechal v'Sechrvni poloviei mesice dubna. Roosevelt no beZet od Spatneho k horSimu. Kde zeintel pied iikoneenim druhe svetove Lincoln clo y ed' nekolika slovy vystihvalky, Lincoln byl zastrelen prave v pr y nouti celou situaci a rozhodnouti o je-nimtYdupokneibratov&dne, jim raeni, Andrew Johnson mluvil, etyrlete, vysilujici valky mezi Severem a bolii, aniZ vedel co bike. Andy Johnson byl teZ muZein bez SirSiho vzdelani jaJihem. k.o Abraham Lincoln, jenZe na rozdil od Na 1. biezna bylo tomu Beset let, kdy Lincolna nikdy se nieenau nepriueil. To president Roosevelt oznamoval kongre- uZ Truman, kterY nahradil Roosevelta, vysledku su SpojenYch static ac prokl jen devatou tridu obecne §koniezi nim, Churchillem a Stalinem v ly, mel daleko sirsi rozhied pro sloZite ruskem ineste Jalta na brezich Oerne- verejne otazky. ho more. Jak znamo, Roosevelt stale nosil ocelove vzpery, ponevadZ jeho nohy Lincoln byl velikhn statnikem jako byly bezvladne od doby, kdy byl posti- Roosevelt. Pro 'sve otevrene nahledy Zen obrnou. Tenkrate, po ukoneeni ce- svou jistotu hajiti to, co povaZoval za sty 14,000 mil, citil se Roosevelt tak vy- spravne, Lincoln mei mnoho nepratel. eerpan a nemocny, ze svuj proslov ke Tot' osudem kaZdeho, kdo jedna dle svekongresu pronesl neobvyklYm pro nej ho p'resvedecni. Slink chnrakter ma zpitsobem. Nestal vzprimen, jak bylo je- dosti tech, kdo s nim 'ochlasi; a ma ho zvykem, aby silou sy Ych paZi a po- tea dosti nepfatel, kteri Pau nemohou rnoci oceloveho kovani udrZel sve bez- prijit na jmeno. Celk svet zna dnes Linvladne nohy v nenapadnem a primem colna jako zaehrance Unie, jako osvopostoji. Tenkrat poprve zminil se verej- boditele otrokti, jako reenika, kterY ye ne o sve telesne wade a omluvil se, ze dvou minutach na hrbitove v Gettyssvilj proslov eini sede v Zidli. "Pricha- burgu rekl vice neZ vyhla geny reenik

Ve stredu, dne 13. dubna 1955.

Edward Everett tekl pied proslovem Lincolnovym ye dvou hodinach. Celt' svet dnes vi, ze Lincoln byl zastancem demokracie. Ale Indio lidi dnes vi, kolik Spinavych, nizkych a potupnYch ptezdivek bylo na Lincolna hazeno. Ph sve druhe nastolovaci teal, pronesene za deStiveho 4. btezna 1865, - po slozeni sve ptisahy, pronesl Lincoln tato pamatna slova: "Bet nenavisti k nikomu, ale s laskOu ke kaalemu; s jistotou, ze jsme v pravu dle toho, jak nem vlastni mi diktuje, pokusme se ukoneiti Ukol, kterY iezi pted,nami; aetteme zakritaMI6 rally naroda; opatrujme toho, kdo proZil bitvu; pamatujme na jeho vdovu a jeho siroty; a pokusme se, abychom zajistili a udrZeli spravedlivY a tryalY Mir nejen mezi nami, ale se vSemi narody."

A jakcy Roosevelt byl nemoenym elovekem, kdy nastupoval svou etvrtou Ihirtu, take Lincoln byl pH Zaeatku druhe lhtity 35 liber pod vahu. VyhliZel start' a nemocny, kdy ,skladal svou phSest tYdnii pied s yYna zavraZdenim.

Obeanska valka se zdala bliliti ku konci. Vice net nest set tisic muZtt v modrYch uniformach Severu a v SedYch uniformach Jihu bylo jiZ pochovano leckde pod Setiky, pod jalovci, ye vysoke trave, na svahu rokli a pod hromadami kameni. Bylo pied velikonpenimi svatky, kdy ptiSla zprava, to hlavni mesto Ji g ye Virginii, padnul-nichsta ,Richnod a president Konfederace, Jefferson Davis, prchnul se svYm kabinetem. Byla to radostna zptava o ukoneeni obeanske, bratrovraZedne valky.

Mezi neprateli Lincolna, kteil v nem. nem videli Sktidce naroda, byl 261etY mladik John Wilkes Booth, zaniest/lanim herec. Kdy 2s byl Lincoln zvolen za presidenta na druhou lhutu, inladik Boar' bkiSel k napadu, .Ze on provede nee° velikeho co bude zaznamendno v ciejinach zeme — unese presidenta Lincolna z Washingtonu do Richrnondu.

Tim nastane vyjednavani mezi stranami. Booth zasvetil do sveho planu sedm osob. Dva tYdny po nastoleni Lincolna dekalo Best lidi na konich • ye skupine stromti, aby ptepadli presidenta Lincolna ph jizcle v koedru. Unos se tenkrat nezdatil. Program presidenttl y byl v posledni clivili zmenen. tInosci ptepadli generala, kterY byl vyslan zastupovati Lincolna pH jiste funkci.

Zklamin Ye. sveml plivodnim, planu, John Wilkes Booth byl postiZen dalSim slavomanem. On Lincolna sprovodi se sveta ,sttij co stirj. On zniei modlu Seve •anti, on ziska si neskonalou vdeenost vSeho trpiciho lidu v JiZnich . ,statech. A ttebaZe yalka uZ je u konce, on potresta toho, kdo zavinil pordZku Ji-

V ESTIOK WEST.. TEXAS hu. A kdy zvedel, to president Lincoln a general Grant pajdou spoilt do divadla, mel plan hotovY: revolverem odpravi Lincolna a dYkou probodne Granta.

Misto jedne modly padnou d ye, president i general. On, slavnY herec, stane se nesmrtelnYm svYm od.vaZnYm skutkern. Ptitom pomstena bude pordZka vojska, a lidu v JiZnich statech.

Manielka Lincolnova p •emluvila sveho manZela, ze navSteva divadla a trochu idevy bude pro presidenta uvolnenim 'a zotavenim, zylaSte ye spoleenosti generala Granta. Byl Velick patek, kdy ye Fordove divadle byla davana hra "Ma, americka, seSttenka." V posledni chvili general Grant musel odejeti do Filadelfie, take do divadla set jen Lincoln se svou manZelkou a s jednim majorem a jeho spoleenici. Byl unaven a pial si oddechu. A zatim co odpoeival a obeas se usmal Zertint hercii, John Wilkes Booth nenapadne otevtel dvete do divadelniho 16Ze vyhrazene pro presidentovu skupinu, ptikradl se za Lincolna, ptistreil revolver mezi leve echo a Sij presidentovy hlavy -a stisknul kohoute.k.

Prave y to dobu ozval se divadlem \TYbuch smichu, taki .se slabd rana z revolveru sotva. byla slySitelna Lincoln se nepohnul, jen hlava mu klesla na prsa, jakoby upadl do hlubokeho' spanku. Lee rana byla piece dosti hluend, znelo to jakoby nekdo uhodil do nafouknuteho pa,piroyeho sacku nebo detskeho balonku. Presidentova spoleenost se obratila.

Obideek clYinu‘ visel ve vzduchu. Mladik sluSneho zevnejSku stal za presidentem. Nezdal se divokY, ani rozeilenY. Jen tekl "Sic semper tyrannis," cot je heslem statu Virginia a znamena "Tak vZdycky tyrantun," a seskoeil s presidentske 162e prima na jeviSte a do zakttlisi.

Strana 3 ktera, byla ptipravena pro ndsledujict den, velikonoeni nedeli, jako pripominka o ukoneeni valky a jako svaky miru, muselo bYti zahozeno. Nova kazdni rniisela bYti sestavena, kdzani, ktera sdelovala smutnou zvest o smrti velikeho muZe. Velikonoeni kazani pied devadesati roky, at' pronesena v katedralach, nebo v malYch venkovskych kaplie"kdch, at' v mestech nebo na venkovskYch ktiZovatkach, at' v nemocnienich kaplich nebo pod vojenskYrni stany v otevrenem poli, vSechna to velikonoeni kazani mela jedindane tema—o presidentu Lincolnovi.

Pak byl poh •eb. 13y1 to divny- pohieb, kterY trial celYch dvanact dna. Bylo to pied devadesati roky, kdy Washington mel jeSte blative ulice a drsvene cluacI7 inky. Napted vynesli rakev ‘ft Bileho domu, aby vykonana byla cesta sedmnact set mil pfes Baltimore, phis Harrisburg, Filadelfii, NovY York, Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago, aZ''. do Springfield ye statu Illinois. Pomalu jel . vlak, pohtebni vlak, dnem i noci, a cela, dlouha cesta byla v noci osvetlovana pochodnerni, ye due vojenskou strati, zakrytYmi bubny, zvonenim v kostelech, rafiami z kanona, plaeern lidi pozorujicich pomale plouZeni pohtebniho vlaku. Noviny odhadovaly tenkrat, ze sedm milionu lidu video pohteb Lincolna.

F •edposledni zastivka byla ye Ratnim kapitolu ve Springfield, Illinois, kde.

Abe Lincoln slouZil kdysi jako zastupce statni legislatury. Tam pfiSli se na jeho tuhou tvat podivati znami, kteti ho znali jako advokata, jako sveho ob hajce, jako chlapce, kclyZ jeSte dojil krayu a hfebelcoval sveho kone, jako yypraveen rtiznYch ZertovnYch ptibehil v obNikdo nevedel, ie president byl stre- chodu, kde byl proclavaeem. Celt' den a len ptimo do tylu. Obecenstvo videlo claleko do foci pocluxIovali jeho bYvali skoeit eernovlaseho mute no, jeviSte a sousede kolem jeho rakve. zdalo se, jakoby si ph skoku poranil Ai rakev s .portistatky velikeho mute nohu, ale v okamZiku byl onen muz v putovala posledni zbytek cesty, ze statzakulisi. Az vYkrik y presidentove upozornil . obece.nstvo, ze se muselo ph- niho kapitolu na Oak Ridge htbitov., hoditi nee° neobyeejneho. Vstavali 'a Tam na mirnem svahu eekala nova. ptali se jeden druheho, zdali to, co vi- hrobka. A eekaly dalsi tisice, aby poln'ebni hymny, aby vyslechli Lindeli, bylo oasti divadelniho deje nebo ne. Ale jiZ major Rathbone, spoleenik colnovu druhou inauguraeni tee etenou Lincolntiv, volal, aby zastavili prchaji- nahlas: "With malice toward none, with cillo mute. A kdo si prohodil: "On za- charity to all. . . bez zaSte k Zadnemu, a stfelil presidenta!" Jako velika vina s laskou ke kaZdeniti pokusime se ukortozvalo se celYin obecenstvem, "Ne, to did svrtj fikol. . ." A zapadlo slunko, ticha noc, a nastal veenk sen. neni 'InoZne! To neni Pravda!"

Ale byla to pravila. Vrah ntekl, nc.byl chycen. President, smrtelne ranenY, byl ptenesen do stravniho domu ptes ulici, kde druheho rana o sedme hodine sko., naL Jinni staty ztratily sveho nejlepSiho zastance. AmerickY narod ztratil sveho velikeho vildce a ztatnika. Tiside kazani,

Pc.afara, ie etonaki nil prominou tuto odchylku od spolkoVYch veci.' Mnoldr z naS!cla starSich clenu obeas ueini zmin-' ku o sla yn;;Tch dejinach eeskeho naroda.

Toto je prilditostny itryvek o dvou tragediich americkehd lidu, kterY zasluhuje vzpominky.

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kadu Pokrok Dallas 'disk) 84 v Dallas, byly odkazany z ylagtnimu vYboru ku proTSr den organisaenilto kursu na SMU jednani dva navrhy tYkajici se okrskoEnnis Texas vYch zalelitosti.

VReni: bratfi a sestry: Tento vSrbor pkikroeil ku projednani Mel jsem vzacnou pkilditost zueastniti teehta dvou bodti hned po ukoneeni ose or g anisaeniho kursu, ktei47 byl vyplakrskove .schtize a prvni v tivahu vzat novanSr nekterSTmi vedoucimi bratrsky'ini navrh, aby okrsky mely pra y° zvoliti si erganisacemi ye statu na Southern Methsveho delegata, kterY by zastupoval zajodist universite v Dallas od 28. brezna my okrsku jenom.

0 do 1. dubna. Byl to tStden venovanY ueeni a pPedna gkaan o zivotnI n poji gt'oPo delgim jednani o tomto navrhu uvani. Neviin pf:esne, kolik brairskStch or- znali jsme, Ze by bylo nesnadne ureiti ganisaci bylo zastoupeno na tomto kur- 'Drava a povinnosti takoveho delegata su, ale bylo nas tam pies padesat. Jedna tak, aby se nepkieily pra yfun a povinno bratrska organisace tam niela etrnast stem pravidelnSrch rado yYch delegatft. organisatorti. a organisatorek.

Odporueujeme polOdti tento navrh na Prednagky zaeinaly o osrne rano a tr- stul trvale. valy do druhe hodiny odpoledne. Tki proDruhSi navrh byl, aby okrsky volily fesoil se vymenovali mezi sebou, a my jsme meli co delat, abychorn si z kahle sveho keditele v okrskove schtizi. K tomuPfedna:gky co nejvice poznaeili. Sam to navrhu si dovolujeme podati dodatek: "aby zvolen byl zaroveri take keditelty jsem popsal kahlY den asi dvacet papirtl, ale kdybycht,„znal "shorthand", nahradnik; volba aby byla provedena v jiste bych popsal etykicet arclaft Jenne. posledni okrskove schtizi pked sjezdem jenom delegaty, zvolenrni sqini kady Bylo by zbyteene uji gt'ovat a opakovat, ye posledni vSrroeni schtlzi kadu, die poze cely kurs byl velice zajimavy a pouenS7. etu hlasu, na jak jest kakiST tad dle Po cely ttzlen nebyl tam nikdo, kdo by sveho elenstvi v ten eas opravnen. Dale podHrnoval nebo, dlouho chvili zival. A- si dovolujeme podati pokyn aby pi sjezbych to v gechno vysvetloval v Ceske dovem zaseda,ni byli delegati usazeni u ei, na to nemam dostateenou zasobu stolu dle eisel okrsku se zketelnSrmi naspraynY'ch eeskY'cla slov. V anglietine je vegtimi ktere stoly jsou pro kahlY okrsek to mnohem snadnej gi. Ale dostali jsme' vyhrakny." tolik dobrrch pokynti, jak mame si zakiPak kdy" pkijde na pokad volba okrdid a vesti svou orga.nisaeni einnost, kurs je skuteene k nezaplaceni pro ty, skovSrch keditelt a jejich nahradnikti, delegati kaLleho okrsku jednodu ge ozkdo chteji se takove praci venovati.

Lituji jenora jedne veci, ze nebylo .v nami svoji volbu a nebude tfeba zvla gtkursu vice nagich SPJST organisatorl nich pokoutnich schfizi ku provedeni Vim, 2e pro nektere, kdo maji sve pravi- volby. Toto mute bSti provedeno jiz pied delne zamestnani a pracuji pro nekoho nadchazejicim sjezdem a nebude se to jineho, nemohu si dovoliti, aby si vzali pilCiti na gim stanova.m. Ale, v pkipadu, tSiden prazdnin a jeli do kursu ale take by nekdo se proti tomu ohr0oval, mute vim, ze jsou jini, kdo by si to mohli za- tato volba by. ti vsunuta do stanov a proficiti kdy2 by o tom vedeli zaveas. Mo- hlakn ten odstavec stanov za platnS7 n(. take, 2e nekteri potkebovali trochu ihned. Delegati kahleho• okrsku budou pc vzbuzeni, aby si dodali odvahy a pkihial- na to pkipraveni a v ge se provede bez masill se. 73y1 by to yelik9. Oltek jak pro teni easu. ne samotne, tak take pro na gi Jednotu.

Take poya‘Zujeme ustanoveni tohoto Doufam, az bude pfi gti kurs nebo po- zpilsobu voleni keditelii a jejich nahradkraeovani jeho, pie bude nine dopkano za- nika jako dtile‘ZitS7 krok v tizeni Cinnosti se do kursu zajeti, a 'Z'e pki gte nos tam na gich okrskti. bude hodne vice od na gi SPJST. S bratrskY'm pozdravem S bratrskYm pozdravem, Joe B. Hejny , • 4, e Joe B. HejiV., Ben Jarma, 7. TRETill0 DISTRIKTU Joe Kutil, Dallas 19, Texas Will A. Nesuda, 9. dubna 1955 Frank B. Steiner, Sestry a Bratil: George Strune, Ve schtzi tketiho okrsku na gi S. P. J. S. T.. konane dne 27. bi'ezna 1955 v sini Arnold M. Vrla.

schfize Schfize v jinSlch distriktech budou uvefejneny jakmile distriktni idednici ustanovi datum schtze ve svem distriktu.

Distrikt prvni, 1. kvetna, Snook Distrikt druhST, 17. dubna, Granger Distrikt etvrtY', 14. srpna, Lubbock Distrikt gestY, 15. kvetna, Hillje.

Distrikt sedmST, 29. kvetna, Floresville )•o

KALENDAR. ✓ fiterSi veeer kaidir tSrden eviiCi se sborove zpevy dospel3ich v sini taciu Pokrok Houstonu.'Ochotnici a hoste jsou Zaeatek v osro veeei.

Kaidou sttedu je vyueovano prakticke ho:vorove gpanelgtine v sini Pkrok Houston od 8:30 do 10:00 weer. NavAtevnici jsou vitani. Zavolejte na redaktora o informace.

Kaidou sobotu taneeni zabava v sini kadu Pokrok Houston, poeinaje v sobotu 16. dubna. Prvni sobota v mesici je pro eleny zdarma. y sobotu 16. dubna taneeni zabava u kadu Pokrok Houston. eleni maji vstup zdarma. ✓ sobotu 23. dubna pkatelska veeeke v Sokolovne v Houstonn. ✓ nedeli 24. dubnp bude piknik u fadu Pokrok Houstonu. Nove zatizeni na opekani roStene (barbecue) je zavedeno primo v kuchyni. ✓ sobotu 30. dubna padda, Sokol v Houstonu pravou eeskou yeeeri. poeinaje v Sest hodin weer. ✓ nedeli 1. kvetna, Ceske divadlo "TM rnuSket3ifi" v sini fadu Pokrok Houstonu. ✓ nedeli 1. kvetna schtze SdrOeni desk)%ch ex-studentti Texasu v 10:00 rano V 'aisle 315 Texas Union budovy Texaske statni university, Austin, Texas. ✓ nedeli 1. kvetna eeska, oslava MAJALES ve 2:30 odpoledne v hlavni sini Texas Union budovy Texaske statni university, Austin, Texas. Zakusky po programu. ✓ nedeli 8. kvetna tad Osveta eislo 38 v Koval-, Texas, bude mai po schilzi program k ()slave svatku Den Matek a spolee'nou svaeinu. ✓ nedeli 22. kvetne: Oslava 361eteho zalokni kadu Stefanik eislo 142 V IIQUStonu. Zaeatek v 10 hodin rano. Odpoledne spoleenY °bed. Odpoledne bazar s programem ditek. ✓ nedeli 29. kvetna Sokol v Houstonu diva jarni piknik.

Ve stfedu, dne 13. dubna, 1955.

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JOSEF LIDUMIL LE811(AR Asi pied dvaceti lety, kdy konal jsem sbirku mezi krajany v Houstonu za delem zakoupeni aeskYch knih do mestske knihovny, dochazely mne dosti easto zasilky knih z Oeskoslovenska. Mezi nimi naael jsem jednou malt' svazeeek nesouci nazev "Texasky vlastenec". Samortejme, pteeet1 jsem malou kniaku v jednom tahu. Po pfeeteni poslal jsem ji redaktoru Mouekovi s poznamkou, by povidku mohl uvetejniti v organu.

Take se tak stalo.

Pamatuji si, ze pavidku "TexaskY vlastenec" napsal jisty pan Btezadek. Kdo byl timto spisovatelem, kde bydlel, nebo jak nasbiral material o texaskem vlastenci, to vae bylo mi zahadou. Povidka byla o Josefu Lidumilu Leaikarovi, jednom z nejpry nejaich deskYch ptistehovalca do Texasu. Zakladala se na pravde.

V letoanim . kalendati Amerikanu (1954), naael jsem °pet povidku "Texasky a °pet od Bkezaeka. Tentokrat bylo udano, Ze pan J. Btezdeek bydli v Omaze, Nebraska. Jedna, se asi 9 pana Jos. Brezaeka, kterY byl (nebo snad dosud je) teditelem National Seed and Importing Company, a ktery byl teZ pravidelnym spolupracovnikem sopisu "Hospodate".

Nevim, zda povidka uvetejnena pied 20 lety ve Vestniku a povidka v letoanim kalendati Amerikanu jsou doslova stejn,a. ale otiskuji povidku znovu, hlavne proto, ae mame v Texastt mnoho potomLeSikarovYch, a snad na.jde se mezi nimi nekdo, kterY by sestavil Zivotopis "Texaskeho vlastence" v anglietine.

Panu BtezOekovi se timto omlouvan, ae jiZ po druhe otiskuji jeho povidku.— Redaktor.

TEXASKY VLASTENEC J. Btezakek Ode etyt dna praelo. Celt' kraj byl zahalen v mracich, po preriich se valely Sedive mrane chuchvalce, jeZ, aim byly bliZe ieky, tim houstly. K tomu oaidnY vitr co chvile zaapel, zatezava,1 se do oblideje a lepil se na telo, jako bys je poleval mrazivou vodou. '8ed' nebe s aedi mlhy splYvala a drobnY husty deat' zabrafroval, ze nebylo violet ani na dvacet kroka kolem.

KaZdott chvili se ottas1 nektery z cestujicich, jako by se pokoutel setkasti se sebe to chladno prosincoveho dne.

Deti zkorraely nejvice nepohodou. Choulily se do houni, do dlouhYch teZkYch kabata a tlaeily se mezi zavazadla take jiZ promoeena, ale piece jen do zOvetti Ale marne byly vaechny pokusy.

Hned easne rano, kdyZ v Houstonu pkekladali s voza sva eetna zavazadla na nekrytou pramici, zmokli, a kdy t. i usedli

na pram, praelo jeate hu.ste a ehladno neklidnych yin jimi teprve ottaslo. Cestujici, zahaleni v razne picikrYvky, Sean na zavazadlech a z jejich ztrhanYch tvati bylo lze vYaisti cele tYdny jeate horaich dna, neZli byl dneani.

Bylo to 28. prosince roku 1858, kdy prvni vetai qprava eeskYch vystehoval• a ptistala na druhem biehu teky Brazos v jianim Texasu za nejhorai nepohody. Byla to vYpkava asi sedmdesati rodin z okoli lanakrounskeho i jinYch mist, kterou vedl Josef Lidumil Leaikar, rodak herbotickY. Vedel sice, ae to je jia posledni "kaluV, kterou prOve pfekraeovali, ale zklamani bylo velike, kdy se v Galvestonu dovedeli, ae jeate ce= lYch aedesat mil budou musit vozem do Catspringsu a. k New Ulmu — svemu nedovedly jiZ dele zadrZet slz a nechaly je volne stekati po ualehanYch a zktehlYch tvatich. Nebylo jich moZno utajiti ani jejich matkam pri vZpomince na teplY domov, jejZ opustily, ptitulnou chaloupku, tieba jen chudiekou, na, tepre jidlo a piatele. A kdo by toho vaude nevzpornnel po tolika dnech arap, bidy, .a hrtrz na mai a dark beznadeje?

Cesta pies mote si vyZadala u vetainy vaechen majetek, nebot' se poeitalo sedmdesat dolarn na osobu. AC Leaikar varoval vystehovalce hned doma, aby poeitali nejmene sto dolara na oSobu, vetaine nebylo mo ts ine tak veikou Castku vypujcit, myslili, ae uskrovnenim se na jidle a jinYch pottebach uaetti, ale zmYlili se. Peniz sedmdesati dolara musill sloZit hned v ptistavu, strava na lodi byla nedostateena, apatna, pouze ten, kdo si ptiplatil, dostal lepAi a dostateenou. A pa pristani byla nova vyclani a dalai potieby. Neni divu, ae se i mezi muZ1 jevila velka nevole, a aekoli na Leaika.ra, sveho vadce, s poeatktt hledeli s obdivem a s ptatelskou ptichylnosti, dnes se mu jia spiae vyhYbali a s trpkosti se mluvilo o neaVastne my Renee vystehovani.

Lealkar se narodil rokir 1806 na morayskoeeskem pornezi ye vsi Hekborticich.

Jeho otec byl silnYm protestantem, matka mirnou katoliekou a rozdil nabolenskk bS/val ptioinou eastYch raznic mezi rodiei, cos pusobilo tisnive na jemnou duai hochovu. Sam tihl vice k protestantismu a za to musil mnoho zkou get od ueitele Jos. Diblika. Neopovelil se doma si steaovat na nelidske jednani uCitelovo, nebot' nechtel pusobiti nove ruznice mezi rodiei. KdyZ bylo Josefovi jedenact let, rodiee se odstehovali do Napajedel u Uh. HradiAte na Morave, kde se bystremu hochovi ji.lepe dafilo.

S fictou vzpominal na uCitele i dekana Papeie, jak s nim byli snaSenlivi. Bo-

huZel otec neziistal tam diouho, nebot' se mu stYskalo po ru gnejSim 2ivote. Odsteho yali se do Oermne u LanSkrouna, kde hock vykl obecnou Skolu a byl clan do ueeni na krejeovinu. ,Kdy2 Josefovi bylo 17 let, zernrel mu otec, a jeato byl ji2" vyueen, vyclal se na zkuAenou do Uher. Tam, jak vzpominal, zaail nejkrasnejSi beta mladi a poznal trochu politick& svobody, po od to doby nepiestal touait. Po dvou letech pobytu v Uhrdch musil se vratit, aby se prihlasil k yojenske sluZbe, a aby nedostal bilY kabatec, radeji se oaenil a zaeal samostatnou aivnost krejeovskou ve vsi Nepomuku. Je2to by/ velkym etendrem a dobrYm pisarem, Obstaraval za starostu tfakkka ySechna rizeni a..tim si tea finanene vypomahal.

V to dobe obdr2e1 od studujicich v Uhrach knihu "Slrivy dcera", kterou se nemdlo poteSil, neb byl silne vlastenccky zalo2en.. Kdy2i ji2 ve vysokem stari vzpominal na sve mladi, psal ve syYch pametech dosloyne: "Nemohu yypovedet, jakou posilou byla mi kniha to v mem 2ivote.po tom dosavadnim tapani ve tmach. Cele state jsem z knihy to opisoval, ueil se jim zpamen a roddkfun precIndkl v tajnych schUzich u mne odbYvanYch a knize to rnam mnoho dekovat. Kdy2 totia prikl pamatnY rok 1848, netajil jsem se ji2 tak itzkostlive se svYmi ndhledy a pracoval jsem usiloyne ye sYem okoli pro volbu dobrYch CeskYch lidi do zemskeho vYboru. Svoldval jsem schilze, reenil a horliveagitoval a vYsledek toho byl, ae mimo navr2ene kandiddty byl jsem zvolen i ja, ae jsem vlastne ani nekanclidoval.

V to dobe seznamil jsem se s nekte-, rYmi yyteenymi lidmi, jako na priklad s Bo2enou Nemcovou, Klacelem, fare.rem Bedrichem Ko gutem, s Arnoldem a mnohymi jinyrin 'eleny bYvale Svornosti.

Proto v§ak jsem byl neustale pod pollcejnim dozorem, pani eetnici byli mYmi stdlymi hostmi a neobteloyali se mne i noeni dobou navatevovati, z y laiSte jejich doteravY desdtnik Brenk prichazel velmi canto se mne yyptayat, co dela. vldda.

Jako by nevedel, ae nic jineho neali dluhy! Kdy2 byl zveday na knihy, ktere nejradeji etu, ukazal jsem mu Brunclika, Meluzinu. Jiiikovo videni, Snat a Selskou pranostiku, je2 jsem mel 312 za tim itaelem od jedne babieky yypitjeene. Nejradeji jsem vaak eitaval Ndrodni noviny, 8otka, redi{,Yoyane Karlem Havliekem, Selske noviny a - Veeerni list od Arnolda a Mora yske noviny, ktere nil, alechetnY Klacel na aadost Boleny Neincove bezplatne posilal.

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Ve stfedu, dne 13 dubna 1955.

Z aNNOSTI DOMACICH Rad RozkVet Zapadu Cislo 107.

Floiesville, Texas.

Tioga, Texas. Mill etenati: S potegenim vain oznarnuji, ae se buMli bratti a sestry: dou u nas v sini ukazovat Ceske obrazky, Timto yam davain \Teat, ae na ge schti- a to ye stfedu 20. dubna. Uctive zveme ze bude konana tfeti nedeli v dubnu, vSechny okolni fady a vfibec v gechny napadu gpatneho poeasi o tSrden. pozdeji.

Since, ktefi miluji toto zvla gtni pobaveni.

V posledni schfizi se sestry usnesly, Pan Frank Vavtik nam slibuje peknou v pfisti schrizi budou pokadat svadinu. veselohru "Ulienice" nebo "Mod0 zaTak sestry nezapomerite a ptispejte kaa- vor. Na shledanou! dle moanosti. 0 poeasi? Hrfizo, to nam Mary McCloskey. dalo; ovocne stromy pryd, zahradky prye ) • 4 • ( a , co byli vetgi ovse a aita, ty budou asi PODEKOVANi pplovice prya, vge zmrzlo, ani nine ua Vern milSrm pfatelfim, sestram a bramoc neschazelo ae jsem nezmrzl. A ted' kteti po eas meho pobytu v nemocmame takove vetry a prachove boute, to chce jednoho udusit. No, snad se to nici mne nav gtivili, za jejich hkejiva slova, kvetiny a ptani brzkeho uzdraveni, do to na gi schtize vyboufi.

Nage sestra Mary HejnSr tia jest po to srdeene dekuji. Jak jsou ty nav gtevy mioperaci doma a. citi se hodne lepsi, coa ji le, dovede posoudit jenom ten, kdo sam vgichni pfejeme. Tak nezapomerite tketi to ovzdugi v nemocnici zakusil.

Veda lekafska za poslednich rokti finedeli v dubnu. aasne pokrodila, ale take nay za pobyt v S bratrskSrm pozdravem nemocnici a lekatske o getteni "pokroeily" Steve Novak, tajemnik. a brzy nebude moan° dloveku s mengim ) • 4• • (______— pfijmem, aby v3flohy s nemoci spojene mohl zaplatit. PriimernST pobyt v nemoc NAROZENINOVi KROUZEK Houston, Texas. nici stoji $200 tSrdne i vice, dle toho, maA tak opet nejakou zpravu z toho na ge- ll nemocnST nejakou operaci.

Je to velka gkoda, ae nernocensk odho Narozeninoveho spolku zde v Houstobor u nagi Jednoty nebyl propracovan na nu, aekoliv jsme mely pane shromaadeni v kaade mesieni schfizce odbYvane tolik, aby se uddel a bude to jiste ye prokaadeho mesice druhe stfedy, tenkrat spech elenstva, bude-li obnoven.

Jegte jednon. Vain dekuji a Miru zdar. dne 13. dubna. Jaro ptichazi v pine kraAlois Vaja, Vag se a tak to ranni vychazka nam bude jen pfedseda. ku prospechu.

-) • 4 • Schfize se kona, dopoledne, proto mile clenky ptijd'te drive, nebot' se mfdete Rad Columbus Cislo 58. pobavit rtiznou hrou, a ov gem o rozhovor Bratii a sestry: neni aadna nouze.

Ozna.muji, ae schtize nebude druhou nedeli v dubnu. Ptieina je velikonodni Jak si asi pamatujete, v posledni schil- svatek. Schtize bude konana tteti nedeli zi jsme byly pozvany dallaskSrm darn- 17. dubna, ale dale budou schnze potadaskSrm spolkem spolu oslavit jejich 20. vST ny kaadou druhou nedeli v mesici ve dye -roeizaslunpokverac. hodiny odpoledne v K.J.T. sini v HunJaka, krasna ptileaitost, ze1 2e neni gerford, Texas. nam moan° v ten den se zileastniti, ale S pozdravem oceimjeme vagi nezigtnou vlasteneckou Adolf 8abr gula, tajemnik. praci. Videla jsem, jak v dobe valeene • 4 • jste pracovaly, s jakSani qsledky a po to kadu let se stale schazite a v to dobroitad f eskS' Prapor eislo 24. dinne praci pokraeujete. Pkejeme vam Rogers, Texas. cialgich fispechn a dekujeme za vase pta- Bratii a sestry: telske pozvani. Nevzdavaine se nadeje, Zase neco od na geho tadu z minule Ze se nekdy s vami sejdeme; budeme schnze. Mani yarn pfipomenout, ze dne vzpominat jak krasnY den jsme molly 17. dubna je okrskova, schfize v Granger. ztravit ye vagi mile spoleenosti.

Abyste se one schfize co nejvice Tea vzpominam na pani Hanugovou, Sbor Mladeae na geho tadu bude vernou nagi elenku a doufame, a e se jia mit kratkSi program v one schrizi. Bylo zotavuje po -Cake nemoci a °pet se pH- usneseno, ae budeme mit spoleenou svavitame v nagem krouaku. einu a program k pocte matek a pitcu ye Srdeene pozdravy, z Houstonu do Dal- schrizi prvni nedeli v eervnu. Dani zpralas od Narozeninoveho Kronaku v Hous- vu o tom podam pozdeji. tonu.

A. Kostomlatska« 0 erode neni moc co psat, asi je to Rid Tioga Cislo 105.

vgude stejne. Rolnici pilne pfesivaji vie, jen to zristalo, co je gte nebylo venku.

Jak jsein odjiadela z domu, vae vyhlitelo dobie, drobne zrni a kukutice se pek-no fadkovaly, ovocne stromy piny kvetu.

Jak jsem ptijela domti za 14 dni, *de bylo prye. V Bomarton ukazoval teplomer 10. fzikala jsem bratru, ae asi je pokaien, 2e to neni =Lae. On pravil, 2e to co ukazoval i jeho.

S pozdravem Lydia ZavodnSr. ) • 4 • (Od radu Elmaton eislo 148.

Bratii a sestry: Jak je vain mnohSrm znamy, nag distrikt gestt bude pokadat distriktni schtizi dne 15. kvetna 1955 v Hillje, Texas.

Pfi teto schnzi se taky bude potadat piknik, coz bude portistavat z barbecue a jinYch dobrot.

Nage sestry jsou eadany, by ptinesly kolak, paje, kejky a jine zakusky. A vy bratti jste aadani, byste se dostavili v co nejvetgim poetu a pomohri. kde bude tfeba pomoci. Tak na shledanou v Hillje 15. kvetna.

Dale, bratfi a sestry v pti gti nagi kadoye schtizi mame volbu teditel0 pro Narodni siiz, tak se dostavte v hojnem poetu do teto schtize, coa bude prvni nedeli v kvetnu, totia prvniho kvetna.

Vat s bratrskSrm. pozdravem Frank Hloaek Jr., tajemnik. ) • 4 • ( itad Fort Worth eislo 154.

Mill bratti a sestry: Tak ua jsem z to Kalifornie doma.

Vgechny vas srdeene pozdravuji a tegi me, ae jsem zase mezi vami. StYskalo se mi po vas vgech.

V Kalifornii bylo krasne, ale pro me smutne. "Beautiful, beautiful Texas!"

Kde elovek aije pies 40 let, tam se mu nejlepe libi. Detem se bude po me stYskat, ale zde mam tea deti a v gude laS7t nemohu. Chtela jsem tam Wit jen 4 tYdny a zatim jsem tam byla 3 mesice.

Skoda, ae jsem se nemohla zneastnit to distriktni schtze v Dallas a tea divadla.

Tak kra.sne ti ochotnici hraji, je radost je pozorovat. Diky vain, snad podruhe, jestli budu zdrava.

Tak mill bratti a sestry tadu Cis. 154; oznamuji yam, ae nage pfigti schtize bude prvni nedeli v kvetnu, ye 2 hodiny odpoledne v Sokolovne. Pkijedle yeas, budeme hrat bingo. Kdo z vas, bratki a sestry by si pfal nee° na bingo darovat, my to radi ptijmeme.

Pfedeglou schuzi zahajil bratr pfedseda Hale ye 3 hodiny odpoledne. Bratr tajemnik Jan 13e6an pfacti protokol z

Ve stPedu, dne 13. dubna 1955.

- WEST, TEXAS nule schtize. Sestra Hejlova podala zpro.1. KVETNA DO AUSTINU Vu prijrnu a, vyclani. Clenske Poplatky "Dekuji,priteli, '2a, pozvani. Lituji yevybirala sestra RtiZenka Steininan za lice, ale niy Vgichni jedeme v ten den do rnaminku, ses. Milan, kterd odjela do Austinu."

Austinu, Texas. Bratr predseda Hale nam "Opravdu? A co tam, pritolieku?" oznamil, byl v distriktrri schuzi zvolen "Nelygel jsi? Oegti student budou druhYni mistopred gedou. Gratulujenie konati schuzi v nedeli rano a odpoledne bude Cesky MAJALES." Tato schtize, co jsme Meli, bratri a se"A co vlastne na to schtizi delaji? Vi g, stry, byla vice zajimava, mluvilo se vice od doby, co jsem graduoval, je gte jsem v Ceske reef i v anglicke. ani jednou nebyl na to jejich schtizi, aC Tak uZ musim ukoneit. ae gte slygim mi posilaji oznameni." hukot vlaku. Srdeene zdravim bratra re"Ze se nestydii, priteli! Tady doma se daktora, poradatele Vestniku a vgechny olaanig svS,n) CeskYm ptivodem, bu gig do etouci.

Anna Svitakova, rids, abychom nevyhazovali Oe gtinu z nadopisovatelka. Bich schtizi, a potom rekne g, Ze jsi nebyl )• ani jednou na schuzi eeskch ex-studen• tRid Needville eislo 81.

Vig, to je jedno misto, kde by ses mohl Needville, Texas. skuieeno uplatnit."

Mili bratri a sestry: "A jak to, 'pritelieku?"

Stanovnl vSrbor radu 6. 11 se se gel a vy "Jak?! Povzbuzo ydnim vgech ostatnich vpracoval domaci pravidla. bkvab'rch studentit svSTrni slovy a priklaPrvni: Pocta vlajcepri zahajeni schrt- dem."

Ze. "Ale nae bych to mel delati? Vklyt' je Druhe: Zaeinaje v listopadu se schtze ani neznam. Tak co je mi do nich?" bade zahajovati v jednu hodinu odpo"Ale zajima g se o mlacleZ, ledne. V lete zase jako obyeejne, ve dye pravda." hodiny, pain* v dubnu.

"Tot' se vi."

TITO: Jak majetkovSr vStor prehledne "A racl bys ovlivnil mlacleZ pro eeskou knihy radove, tak udela nekolik vtisku vec, nejen to zdej gi v naem meste, ale a rozda je elendm. po celem Texasu, ze?"

Otvrte: Jak iteetni vS7bor jde pies kni"Tak, tak! Ale prosim te, jak to dokaAi hy a najde elena, kterSr dluki za tii mesi- jen tim povzbuzovanim druhSrch ex-stuce, ma Mena anebo elenku uvedomit po- denta." gtou: a jestli nezaplati anebo se neomlu"Pomysli! Ci rady si vgimaji mladi stuyi, elen je suspenclovan. denti ye vecech gkolnich? JinYch studenPate: KaZcIST Men, kdy'2 prijde do schtl- tu! A po nich? BS/valYch studentil! To si ze, se zapi ge U..dveii. Po schfizi se vytah- pamatuj! Student si da rici, kdyZ ta rada ne jeden listek a e'en, jehoZ jmeno bude prijde od nekoho, kdo sam pro gel univerna listku, dostane dolar. Jestli Clen se situ. Tady to ma g : jdi do schfize ex•stumezitim vzdalil ze sehtize, tak na, druhou dent-a; rozniti je svS7m nad genim pro schtizi budou tam dva dolary., studio., Ce gkeho jazyka, 'Ceske historic!

S bratrskS7m pozdravem Potom jejich prostrednictvim to tve John Blinka,, taj. C. '81. nadgeni se dotkne mladeZe po celem sta) ( te."

DIVADLO V HOUSTONU Vidig! Na tu my glenku jsem jeOchotnici dramatickeho krouZku "Ma- Ate neprigel. Hmm. Vl co? Pojedu take hal" pilne nacvieuji zpevy pro pri gti ope- na tu schilzi. Ale kde to vlastne bude?" retu, kterou sehraji v sini radu Pokrok.

"Slava! To jsem rad! Bude to v Texas Houstonu na prvni nedeli v kvetnu. Ope- Union bucloVe, eislo 315; pH Texaske statreta nese nazev "Tri mugketri.", a je, to ni v 10:00 rano. A pak odpoopravdu velice pekn3% divadelni kus. ledne se vratime na tota misto, abyUlohy jsou obsazeny dobrSrmi silami, chom se pote gili Majalesem a spoleeendej je poutavST a lehkY, zpevy jsou libive, skou zabavou. Myslim, Ze "strSeek Mitake navgtevnici maji se na co tail. Po- Cek" nam neco a torn napi ge do novin." znaete si nedeli prvniho kvetna a planujS krajanskm pozdravem te na to, Ze se na tento divadelni kus p • J. E. Zivn(r', tajemnik.

-jedtpoiva.Budetozasmilvpo) • 4 minka na veeer prijemne ztramen)i. K toDoha. muto dostavenieku zve vgechny "To je opravdu stra gno, jak ta dnegni Zabavni vSibor radu 88 a krouZek Hiahol. deveata vypadaji! Podivejte se tamhle na tu, prosim vas; je ostrihana jako kiuk ( - ) — rriu;ske ka.lhoty, kravata, cigareba."

Lekar otevrel dveke eekarny: "To je ma dcera!"

"Kdo eekal nejelele, at' vstoupi.

"Ach, promifite , mi laskave, nevedel "VYborne!" rekl krejei a vytahl z kap- jsem, ke jste jeji otec." sy fleet.

"Nikoliv, jsem jeji matka!"

Strana 7 VELIKA SLAVNOST SE PRIMAVUJE Na eetne dotazy sclelujeme, Ze letos a to prvni nedeli v kvetnu, dne 1. kvetna, bude poradana na Texaske statni universite v Austinu jiZ treti jarni slavnost Majales. Konana bade v budove Union presne v pal treti odpoledne a krajanky i krajane z celeho Texasu jsou na sla y -nostrde zvani.Slostbudejg peknejAi neZli prede gle, protole vlasteneeti ochotnici a ochotnice ze San Antonia piedvedou prekrasnou Morayskou besedu. Taneiti budou d ye kola, a to a) clamy: Bessie E. Beckerova, Henrieta Kalmusova, Marcella M. Kleprlikova, Agnes Poppova, panove: Oscar Bicker, Alfred Kalmus, Frank Pannc; Adolph Popp, b) cleti:'Carolyn Bartoshova, Judy Beckerova, Lana Rae Burginova, Diana Hughesova, Matt Hughes, Stanley Kalmus, Eddie Popp, Charlie Popp.

Nasledovati budou 2.) Taneeky pro nejmengi. Na napev lidovY'ch pisni "Veverieka" a "Malieka su" predveciou divenky: June El. Kalmusova a Sharon Poppova, obe etyrlete.

3.) JarnI zvyky na vsi. Vypravuje divenka M. Krestovd. Vhodna, rikadla s ukazkou o nich predvede skupina, deveatek a chlapcti: Tara Lee Burginova, Beverly Krestova, Patricia Mareshova, Michael Becker, Lawrence Becker a Michael Hughes.

4.) Narodni tance okolo "Maje": Pro.= vede taZ skupina deveatek a chlapcil za doprovodu piana na napev lidov3ich ni: Holka modrooka, Ceska, Jede Kudrna, morayska, Lava noZka, slerska; Tynoni; tanom, tanom, slovenska, Sokolieek, znarodnela.

Solo na chromatickou harmoniku. Nage mala umelkyne Marilyn Carol Strobe-. lova jedenactileta, vitezka nekolika souteli, zahraje oblibene pisne: Svestkova, alej" — "Prune Song", "Skoda lasky" — "Beer Barrel Polka".

Jecinotlive tance prostudovala, upravila' a nacvieila pani Marcella M. Kleprlikova, predni odbornice, pri eemZ ji byli napomocni: clamy Mary Poppova, Betty Hughesova a pan Albin Popp.

Vynikajici umelkyne si. Mary Clayton, zahraje na piano d ye ukazky Smetana-, vSr ch skladeb a slavnost bude ukoneena, pisnemi universitnich studentt a spoleeriSrm zpevem v gech fteaStnika slavnosti.

Ed. Mieek.

S pozdravem ) • el. • ( Nahrobni napis.

Na newyorskem hrbitove je na jednorn peknem pomniku tento napis: "Zde bude v miru a pokoji odpoeivati James Smith. Zatim bydli v Edison Street, No. 613, a zhotovuje nejpeknejei panske obleky za nejle ynejM ceny."

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Ve stredu, dne 13. dubna 1955.

DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENti Nagemu redaktorovi od Redaktor Vestniku v ureitem dugevnim rozpololeni v pozdnich hodinach nodnich zasedl ke svemu psacimu stroji a odhalil nam svoje dugevni "ja", ktere pak uverejnil dne 23. brezna t. r. v eisle 12. PM tom dotknul se mnohYch citlibych bodri hlubokeho vYznamu, ktere, die meho nazoru, zasluhuji pov gimnuti a odpovedi. Jiste nebudu sam, dim vice rids bude, tim lepe.

Nebudu se znovu rozepisovati o tom,. e treba vykonat vice pro oZiveni dinnosti ninohYch Zivoricich radii, ze potrebujeme nutne neco udiniti, abychoin uclelali vice a vynikli lepe po strance propagadni a informadni, prave tak nechci se ze bylo by idealni, kdyby redakee Vestniku sousedila v Ustredi s oddelenim studijne propagadnim a t. d. 0 tom bylo jiz psalm dost a muse byti receno vice na mistech vhodnejach. Me jenom velmi tea, ze nejsem sam, ze podobne na-deft sdili i jini a ze to je nekdo, kdo ma bohate zkugenosti a girokY rozhled, tea me to tim vice. Je to nejlep gi dukaz stavajici nutnosti re geni techto otazek pro budoucnost.

teene situace, aby kaddY Glen o v gem co se nagi SPJST tYee, byl nalelite informovan. 2e snad po teto strance ye Vestniku vgeehno nenajdeme„ ze tam mnohe postradame, to neni vina redaktora, am prima vina nekoho z arednikt, spi ge je to vina nage, aniz si toho snad jsme pine vedomi. Jiste bychom vgichni velmi vitali pravidelne neb aspori dosti Caste informadni a rady povzbuzujici clanky od firednikri Hlavni riradovny, a to jak vgeobecneho razu, tak i specielne odborneho s ohledem na potrebu radu i distriktri. Mohla by to byt treba zvlagtni rubrika nazvand "Odborna hlidka", nebo "Zpravy a pokyny Hlavni firadovny" a podobne. PH tom nemusely by se tisknout nmohe obedniky, ugetrilo by se na papiru, po gtovnem a vYhoda by byla v tom, ze ye stejnou dobu byli by informovani nejen rikednici radii, ale i v gichni Olenove, eim2 by se ziskalo opet neco na jednani ye sehrizich radovYch a t. d. Na to ale riredniktrin nail Hlavni ritadovny eas nezbYva. Jak jsem jiz drive uvedl, ti jsou praci pretizeni a je nemyslitelne poladovati od nich vice. Slo by to na ukor jejich hlavni aondy a to nelze.

Co main dnes v rimyslu, je navazat na slova nag eho redaktora pokud jde o riroveri Vestniku, vlastni redaktorskou praci a pak o torn, co redaktor dela na vic. Ne2 vgak zadnu, snadne prosim laskayo dtenare, aby si uvedomili, ze je treba udiniti zasadni rozdil mezi redaktorem Vestniku a osobou bratra Valeika, aby nesludovali oboje v jedno. Lepe nam to vynikne a jsem jist, ze mnohY z vas lepe porozumi tomu, co cid zdrirazniti.

0 rirovni Vestniku nernusi bYti diouho debatovano. Pokud vim, v gichni si Vestnik chvali a kdo byl na schrizi sedmeho distriktu, kona,nem v kijnu in, r. v Corpus Christi, byl svedkem spontanniho projevu vgech pritomnYch, ze jsou s obsahem Vestniku a jeho vedenirn pine spokojeni. Jestli snad v nekterem jinem distriktu se nekomu neco nelibi, nevim ale velice pochybuji, ponevad2 by se byl jiste jiz dam) ozval. Je to kaZdeho pravo i povinnost, v'Zclyt' na g k tomu redaktor vyzval nekolikrate.

A tu prichazrin k jadru veci, k povinnostem a skuteene praci redaktora. Prace a prace je rozdil, prave tak jako povaha, svedornitost a risudek jednoho kat:16110 z nas nejsou jednotne. Kdybychom melt redaktora, kterY by jenom prepisoval a upravoval zasilane dopisy pro vypineni vytisku, obeas snad neco sam napsal a o vice se nestaral, Vestnik by vypadal zarudene' jinak a diouho by se nam to asi nelibilo. Na g redaktor je ale jeden z tech, kterYrn na na gi Jednoty Pint Jednota phrostia k srdci, kdo spravne chapou fidel a yYznam spolkoveho organu, jeho pomoci chteji anti lepg i rozhled mezi eleny, jak redaktor sam ve Vestniku priznava. A proto z vlastnich pohnutek, jako redaktor a jako bratr Valeik, na akor sveho volneho dasu (dd-h se o neni vribec mluvit) a na fikor vlastni jeho rodiny venuje se vice sve einnosti nez je jeho povinnosti. Jeho informace, at' u2 se tYkaji pojiit'ovani Zivotniho a veci organisadnich vYchovy mlacide i vg ech ostatnich spoleenYch zajmu, jsou v gemi s patrienYm zajmem slcdovany a slouZi ku prospechu Jednoty a nas vSech. Nekdy objevi se tu i tam nejakY elaneeek, kterY die obsahu nepsal redaktor, ale bratr Vaicik. Jiste jste to poznali a vice co myslim. V tom pripade vystupuje jako ka'Zcly Glen a ma pray() psat i proti Vestniku a jeho redaktoru, kdYZ s necim nesouhlasi.

Neni sporu o torn, k prace redaktora jc pro Jednotu vice ne g drildita. Redakei nageho Vestniku si pred gtavuji jako nejakou moderni kontrolni pokladnu (cash register), kde se soustred'uji jednotlive vYsledky celeho podniku presne die stanoveneho systemu a pak jen stisknutim knofliku dostaneme celkovY koneenY vYsledek. V na gem pripade je to Deco podolaneho. Vestnik, jakono organ nasi Jecinoty, ma, poskytovati obraz sku-

Jegto vgak nom vice. Bratr Vaicik, ja-

ko dlouholetSi Glen SPJST ma za sebou hezkY kousek plodne prace a ponevaa zastaval i rrizne firady (v Hlavni firadovnevyjimaje), zna Zivotopis a vgechny bolesti nagi SPJST jiste velmi dobre.

Hues (snad mi to bratr Valeik promine) nevi to jiz mladik, Leta pribYvaji a sil ubYva. Proto tim vice obdivujeme jeho neobyeejnou agilnost, nerinavnou snahu po zdokonalovani, po v gern lep gim. Redaktor Vestniku je vyuZit stoprocentne, kond svoje povinnosti bezvadne ke v geobecne spokojenosti a proto mluvim jiste ze srdce ygech r/claktora Valeika, ze jsme s jeho redaktotskou dinnosti velmi spokojeni, ze si vaZime jeho pordeumeni pro potrebu a viechny otazky Jednoty i elenii a ze si prejeme, aby pri dobrem zdravi v praci vytrval.

Ke koncf na neho je gte neco prozradim, snad se pro to na nine hnevat nebude. Redaktor — bratr Valeik je elovek, kterY ma, jak se rika, srdce na pravem miste. Sestry a bratri, oclibtnejaho olovela, jehcd snahou je pomoci kaZdemu co nejvice, sotva naleznete. Jen-1u naprosto nezaleli na torn ma-li vykonati cestu nekolika desitek, pripadrie i nekolika stovek mil, jestliZe se domniva,ze by tim nekomu mohl pomoci. Zejmena rriam na mysli poudovani jak ziskati stk.ni obeanstvi, praci tiumodnickou a podobne. Nebo: Zde v San Antoniu melt jsme spoleenou schrizi sdnaenYch deskYch spolkri, verejnY apel na deskou yerejnost, postaviti spoleenou sin pro kulturn! ridely. Jen se to redaktor a bratr Valeik dovedel, projevil ZliTY zajem o vee a prislibil, ze prijede, jen aby pomohl pri podateenim budovani. Ke sve litosti v posledni chvili se v gak omluvil, ze z nalehavYch spolkov3ich drivodil nemide tak udiniti a peal =oho zdaru. Pratele, ruku na srdce: Kdo jinY by toto viechno Mal? Vesmes je to prace, za kterou neni honorovan a kterou musi vykona.vati ve sirem "zbyvajicim volnem ease", a to v noci, cimz okracia sebe a svoje zdravi.

Tolik jsem chtel poneva.dg redaktora i bratra Valeika tak dalece znam a timto verejnYm konstatova.nim faktii chci oba, jak redaktora Vestniku, tak i bratra Valeika, pote giti a uspokojiti a zaroven povzbuditi k dal gi praci. Jak jsem jiz predeslal, doufamze nebudu sam. Cinirn tak rad, ponevad2 si to zaslouZi- a jestli snad nekdo je nazoru a mineni opaeneho, pak bude jen v zajmu veci, aby se ozval. Jeho vice-prace jest vgemi vrele vitana, petfebujeme ji jako sui a co hlavni, nejde na Ukor VCstniku. Jinak, kdyby veSkera to vedlej-

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si einnost redaktora, to v gechno co dela Rdyg se objevila v lednu v nevinach ptedplatila, co g vgdy a pro kaZdeho rada na vic, melo neptiznivY vliv na na g Ve- zpra ya, ze Maru gka Jandatkova je za- vyridim. Je to velmi dobrY detskY easostnik, pak bych byl asi jeden z prVnich snoubena, vyvolalo to u tech loriskYch pis a ptimlouvala jsem se za to, aby kahkdo by volali "Hied' si Vestniku". Dnes gkolakft zklamani a ptali se me:-"A to ug dY tad aspon jeden ptedplatil; a kde jsou ale k tomu neni nejmengiho diwodu, to k nam neptijede ueit?" Ubezpeeila jsem silnej gi tidy dva nebo tfi vYtisky. Vgdyt' je nad slunce jasne. Ov gem jednu velikou je, ze jeji zasnoubeni neme, s jejim • pti- je to jen jeden dolar rand a daji se z nevYhodu to rozhodne ma, to nutno pti- chodem do Texasu co Mat. Byli uspoko- toho pougit rtizne hry, basne, zpevy i s znat. Toti g, ge se to ve gkera jeho nama.- jeni. notami pro detske programy. ha a starostlivost poklada za samortejUeitelku zajigtenou mime. Vgak gkolni Tak, prosim, vezmete Y gichni inoji vkzmost a tim se zakrYva nalehava potte- vYbor chce vedet, kolik deti se ptihlasi, vu na vedomi a piihlaste vase Ceti do eeba. te geni nedostatkil o nich g jsem psal a kolik pro yeeerni gkolu. Je nutne to do ske prazdninove gkoly, ktera by zadala jihde. Kdyby na g redaktor omezil se vY- ptedu vedet. Prosime y gechny rodide, aby 13. nebo 20. eervna. Ureite datum yam hradne na svoji povinnost jak ji vymezu- sve deti pfihlasili u zastupcti spolku, je- yeas oznamim. ji nage stanovy, razem bychom videli ye- jichg jmena naleznete ku konci meho Se gkolou jsem hotova. Piipisuji dary, likou mezeru a pak by se jednani o nut- dopisu. Znate je, nevahejte si najit jejich jeng jsem obdrgela a u g i odevzdala na nou napravu jen urychlilo. telefonni eislo a zavolejte je . a deti phi- mista ureena. Nejmenovana, krajanka I kdyg mnozi elenove z rtiznYch obav a hlaste. Chceme to vedet co nejdfive. , $5.00 na Katolickou Utulnu, ktera kona i osobniho strachu svoje nahledY neuveKrou gek 6eskSich Zen ma 24. dubna o- od jejihe otevteni velezaslu gnou praci; tejni, pak, bratte redaktore, bud' ujigten, slavu 201eteho trvani sveho krougku. ptihlaSky do ni vYboru stale dochazi a ze vedi o vgem, ge si Te vagi a obdivuji jsme tam same geny s nejmengim mesie- mista neni dokud nebude • hotove druhe Tvoji vg estrannou einnost ne ygedni 0- nim plispevkem 10c, vykonal krou gek z k jehog stavbe se ptipravuji a: chotu, bohate zku genosti a jsou Ti vdee- tech sktomnYch ptispevkft ohromnY kus snad i ug zaeali.

1 ni za Tvoji nejlepgi snahu a za vge co a price v osade, jak finanene tak moralProsim vg echny eleny pamatujte na to, jak konag. ne, co g se doetete z Ora pani Hem galo- aby jste sy Som delegattim dali do jejich' Dalg i Tvoji praci pfeji uplimne mnoho ye. A i ja vas vgechny zvu, z blizka i navrhu Am/by faulny na gi Jednoty. Zazdaru! abyste pti gly mezi nas a s nami se poba jistite si tim nesmrtelnou pamatku pro Jaroslav Kleprlik. vily. Sestry ptipravuji krocani obed a vgechny easy.

(Poznamka redaktora:—Uveteriuji, jak vge, co k tomu patti. A znate na ge geny Na Mouekav fond mne zaslal k ucteni jsi psal, ac v nekterYch mistech uhodil jako vYborne kuchatky. Odpoledne bude pamatky sve geny br. F. Matu g $20.00. jsi na strunu chvaly silneji nee tteba. pekny program, ktery fidi sestra Kraf- Sestra Fitzova me dodateene odevzdala Ted' jen kdyby jiny napsal yecnY a kri- tova; veeer taneeni zabava phi dobre $15; na stavebni fond na gi pfigti SokotickY elanek o v gech tech bodech, ktere hudbe "Starlighters". Odpust'te, he jsem lovny $10 na misto kvetin k ucteni pamam vykonavat a z nevedomosti, z vrto- toto pozvani ptipsala ke gkolnim matky br. Fitze ji zaslala rodina Voti g chu nebo z nejake jine ptieiny nekonam. tostem. Vgak me znafe, ze co se tYka po-kova,zCnectiu.A$5protensarS. Pottebujeme kritiku prate spi ge nee po- ctive prate v gendrodni, jsem vgude.

•fteel rodina Krejci z Nebra,sky. Ja vgera chvalu elena.)

Tak se vracim k tem gkolnim vYborilm. clarctim pro tyto tti neely srdeene ) • 4, Kdo ptijdete na tuto oslavu Krougku, kuji.

Dallas, Texas. najdete u stolku seat jednu elenku Nag state gina br. V. Kraft je nemocen, gkolniho vyboru, u ktere se ptihlaste a VS7zva Skolniho vSrboru k ak pod dobrou peel sveho lekate, stavg Jak jsem vam, mili etenati v mem po- nechte zapsat vase deli a i vy dospeli pro slednim dopisu ye Vestniku oznamila, veeerni 8kolu. Ze zkugenost z roku ion- rostlive jeho geny a dcery. Jeho sta y se budeme mit u nas i poku leto gniho ee- skeho, ptihlagujte jen ty deti, ktere cho- lepgi a my yg ichni mu pfejeme brzke udi do gkoly, dejme tomu od 7 do 14 let. zdraveni. Take br. Linka postonava a pi. skou prazdninovou gkolu.

Jak si pamatujete roku lonskeho, ge Ty deti, ktere je gte do gkoly nechodi, z M. Pokladnikova. Vg em ptejeme, aby se. jsme hledali pomoci oznamky ye Vestni- toho ueeni nic neb jen malo pochyti a u- brzo uzdravili a pti gli mezi nas.

Film "Bogi soud", kus ze givota, kter& ku a Oechoslo yak ueitele neb ueitelku eitelku to zdr guje. Poplatek za deti.bude jako g pendlik v kupe sena. Vgak jsme tY22 jako v loni, $3.00 za 6 Writ, eas od nam zde F. Vaviik ukazoval, byl peknY a jich nena gli. Po ygech tech marnYch po- 9-12 hodin .Veeerni $6.00 za 6 tYdnil, 2 budeme se Wit na dal gi a take ge bude ukazovan bez pfeka gek, ktere na divaky kusech pisatelka •dopsala do Chicaga yeeery v tYdnu od 8-10 veeer. mang eltlm Janda.ekovYm, zdali by nam Letogni denni gkola bude v Sokolovni, nedobie Divadlo "Vesela vojna" bylo sehrano sem poslali jejich dceru gku Marugku. Od- vederni v sini tadu Pokrok. V loni nom ochotne vy gla vstfic lilavni ittadovna u- za velke nav g tevy v sini Pokrok Dallas poi/6d' dog la ptizniva, kterou jsem eetla ye schtizi gkolniho vYboru a zaro- eebnicemi "Progressive Czech". Rozpro- znamenite a take finaneni vYte gek byl y en odporueeni jeji tkidni profesorky, si. dali jsme jich asi 25 kusfl a pro denni velmi dobrY. Jen hougt' a vetgi kapky.Po7 Jahelkove. Byla Skolnim vYborem pkijata. gkoli jsme pouhivali eitanek Svobodomy- ttebujeme to.

Ptijela a zvitezila svymi neygednimi slnYch gkol a kterYch jsme rozprodali Ku konci, kdo byste si pkal Kuchatskou schopnostmi. Ziskala si lasku deti i do- 30, tak by je gaci mohli letos zase pou- knihu, vydanou pani Jandadkovou, spelYch z veeerni gkoly a od rodied itctu, givat. hlaste se o ni u me. Jsou velice pekne vy-' kterou ji dosvedeili hojnYmi darky pti Dale u nas mam 10-12 roenikif, syaza- pravene. Tj g barevna, obalka v narodnich programu ukoneeni gkoly, kde se pozdeji ne bratrem W. Nesudou, kterY mnoho ta- barvach upouta va gi pozornost; 4 obsah dosta.vili i jeji rodiee, bratr a male., se- kove prate pro nas dela, upine zdarma, 426 stran vYbornych ptedpisfl na eeska stfieka Verugka. detskeho easopisu Svobodna S ' kola, kde jidla. Je to hodnotna kniha.

Marugka byla zvedava na na g slunnY je velmi mnoho materidIu pro detske Tak jsem si s vami etenati zase pobe-, Texas. Zalibil se ji a rada — jak ye svem programy. Opet malieko se odchylim. sedovala. Zde je gte udavam jmena dopise pile — se bude k nam letos vra- Kdyh zde byla sestra Rendlova z Corpus, stupcil spolku gkolniho vYboru. cet. A take Enniska blizka osada si ji za- jak ji znate, ge deti nema; nechala me Sokolski Jednota — Br. Ben Pkevratil, rueuje, co g je dilkazem, ze jsme s ni byli zde $6 a 6 rtIznYch objednavek pro Ott v M. Jureik; za bad Jaro Cis. 130 — br. Joe. spokoj eni.

Corpus, abych jim Svobodnou 8kolu Maca, ses. Valeikova; za tad Pokrok dis..

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74 ses. Annie Staglik, B. Petrova; za Zapadni"Jednotu cis. 401 — br. Joe JurZavolejte na sve zastupce aneb prihlaste v Sokolovni 24. dubna na °slave Zenskeho Kroutku.

S pozdravem v g em etendielm se znamena Botena Valeikova.

STREDISKO PRO UDRZEN1 A ZACHOVANI eEgSTVi avy pro vybudovani spoleoenskeho donut v San Antonio.

(Podave, Barbara Riebe) V cele krajanska America bude jiste, radostne ptijata zprava, te v San Anto nia hodlaji vybudovati vlastni spoleeen skY dtim, ye kterem by byla soustredena narodni a spolkove einnost. Na gi Tide si stale vice uvedomuji, jak je treba soustrediti po reiznu rortrou genYch tki a pal tisice krajane eeskoslovenskeho ptivodu.

San Antonio je nejen krasne mesto, ale ma i vgechny podminky pro CilY spole eenskY tivot. Je to dostatek eilYch pracovniktI ye spolcich, jsou zde obetavi de a nad geni vlastenci pro vSechno narodni a starokrajske, ale chybi budova, ham. bychom tento tivot spolkovY a naroclni soustrediX. A proto den 22. brezna 1955, kdy dodo prvenm, opra,vdu krasnemu einu ye prospech budouciho strediska, bude pro vgechny prigti easy dole itYm datem.

Kraja,ne, kteti byli pied tim pozvani ye vgech. nagineckYch rodinach zvlagtnimi pozvankand se se gli a pojednali o celem duletitem predmetu. Rozhlas a denni tusk byl napomocen, v sezvani na gincti a proto je vYsledek prvni porady a schtize ()primly pote gujici. Byla jsern potadana, abych o cold velke uddlosti v nagem me' e San Antonio podala zpravu i do jinYch krajanskYch listu a abych trochu podrobneji objasnila dilvody nageho snaten'.

Kdyi nagi stati pristehovalci a pionY ri prichazeli do tete) tame, mall zaeatky velmi take. Nejen te neznali krajinu, nevedeli nieeho o promenach podnebi, iic /mai fee teto tame, ale mall je gte fadu jinYcla tivotnich problemie. Jegte dries na in nohYch, rortrou genYch farmach :, tarenky a stateekove, kteri vypravuji o ;,-vc":111 o torn jak kdesi ye stare via\ a vesnici, kde byly chalupy s do gko■.;,111i kde bublaly stribropenmid pottieky, kde rostly mohutne topoly nebo lipy a tam' v takovYch krajich pro-, tivali mnozi sve radovanky a berstarostJur; mladi. Verna laska a uprinne, oddanost ku stare vlasti je videt ye vgech je jich vypravenich. Tuto lasku k tradicim stare vlasti si prinesli mnozi jako jedim1 inajetek do -Leto tome. Dodnes v gak vgemi avYmi einy, poctivou praci a slutbou od-

VESTNIK ---- WEST, TEXAS danou a vernou semi americke, konaji velke dila sezrialijO yani d praPagaci nagi stare domoviny. Mnozi meii v jednou se vralit zase do stare vlasti, ale jejich vylautane sny se in kdy lw ,pinily a 27 11,:(7 112.hodou, pro innolie 0, spirit Avtek z velke lasky ku stare 1, Lasti se tito krajane se gli v nasein Saii Antonio na zminene schuzi a promluviii k nim na gi precini pracovnici krajanskelio tivota. Jako prvni ucinili projev pan D. Netek, precliseda mistnl Jednoty , kaiolickYch mutu teXa gkYch. Zdtiraznil i,i';. jo nutne, aby dosud Ziva krajanska vdtev v San Antonio predala jednou pro buclouci generace trvalY pomnik v budove, ktera se stala strediskem narodnillo tivota. prave na ge krasna americka se ine potrebuje skvele priklady mravnitio a vlasteneekeho tivota v rodinach a pattebuje mnohdy pracovitYch prikladil a prioineni nageho lidu. Ze stare vlasti jsme si prinesli do -Leto seine lasku k tradichn a krasam, lasku ku zpevu, rodne. reei a ku v gemu tomu co jsme mall a neprestali jsme miti radi. Ted' je zapotrebi, aby take ti, co prijdou po nes mohli byti hrdi na na gi narodni praci. Tak • -vYbylasiohprjeunD.Ntk Avgak i proslov predsedy SPJST pana S. C. Bundila byl povzbudivY. Pekl, stavba takoveho spoleeenskeho domu pro vgechny krajany bez rozdilu politickeho nebo nabotenskeho prislu g enstvi, bude znamenat prodlouteni tivota na gi krasne matergtiny.

Pani Anna Smithova, mistopredsedkyne mistniho spolku Ratak en TaxaskYch v San Antonio neinila zajimavY projev pre,ve proto, te jde o tenu jit v America rozenou. Prosila zvla gte nage krajanske teny, aby pomahaly zachra,nit thistojnou pamatku na vSechny pionYry, kteri svou pactivou praci a houtevna.tosti vybudovali tak dobre buena eeskemu narodu. Povinnosti nynej gi generace je tote v gechno zachovat a odkazat generacim pri gtim, aby i nage mlada tila nejen americky, ale duchess ztistala verna tem peknYm tradicim.

ZnamY krajanskY pravnik pan B. L. Matocha, ueinil sviij projev anglicky. Velmi procitene nabadal, aby v gechny ruce byly deny ku spoleenemu dilu. Doporuenval vYmenti nazora. na celou zaletitost, dabre promy gleni celeho planar. Vyslovil nacieji to zarnY glene dilo me mnoho vyhlidok na brzke uskuteeneni. Laska, oddanost i poeetnost krajanti, to jsou ony dobre vyhlidky pro buclouci stavbu vlastniho spoledenskeha sttediska.

Radostne byl prijat peknY dopis od vlastenecky saniceneho kneze, monsignora Jana Morkovskeha, kterY tehna„ zamYglenemu dilu, vybizi vgechny ku svorne spolupraci, aby pro budouci easy bylo odevzdano dilo, ktere bude chloubou gtim. generacim. V dopise dale nejdp.

lie stiedu, dne 13. dubna 1955. monsignore vylieil krasy americke tame a nagi lasku r -tete) .vlasti; ask :ixveidl vzpominky nagich nejstar gich pionYrti na starou vlast. Prave z lasky ku starYni nagim lidem, je na gi povinnosti vybudovat alespofi takove stredisko, kde by byly ucirtovany ony priklady vzorneho tivota, jak jak je znala stare, vlast.

V nagich prednich pracovnicich panu D. Netekovi, p. Bundilovi, pani A. Smithove, B. L. Matochovi, monsignoru Janu Morkovskemu a ptedsedovi Katolickeho panu F. Barto govi, mama velikou oporu a verism, te se jim podari ye spolupraci s poeetnou krajinskou vetvi v San Antonio a za prispem krajanil i z jinYch sttedisek na geho (.( Aeo-americkeho tivota, uskuteeniti dilo, ktere by bylei chloubou a trvalYm odkazem na gi generace, tern pri gtim, ktere nikdy nesmi zapenienout, ze v srdci Evropy j krasne z,eme, tame milovana a tame Viareho du, krasnYch tradic, kterou i tally v America proslavili krajane eeskoslovenskeho pttvodu. Takove. vac staji opravdu za to, aby pro ni bylo pracovano a aby byla bizy uskuteenena.

S krajanskYrn pozdra,vena na vgecimy etenate B. Riebe, 323 Quentin Drive, San Antonio, Texas.

Z DVACETILETE eINNOSTI KROUZKU , CESKYCH ZEN V DALLAS, TEXAS Na g kroutek byl zaloten v dubnu v race 1935. V zaeatku jsme mely 13 elenek neboll sester. Zaeinaly jsrne s prispevkem 10 centti mesiene, ale jak se kika,, nemusi teei jen kdyt kape. Pomalu se nam ten nag kapitelek hromadil, zvetgoval, tak jsme si vzaly za tkol, ze podporime, kde toho bude treba,.

Prvni roky z toho mala jsme nemohly dat mnoho, ale daly jsme jak nam to stadia. FatdYrn when) jsme potadaly nejakbu zabavu, nekdy i d y e do roka a vSdy jsme mely nejakY sbytY prijem, tet dary od jednotlivcil.

Prvni roky jsrne se schazely katc1S7 etvrtek v mesici, pozcleji jsme to zmenily Petite na jeden etvrtek v mesici a to valy ti nab etyri sestry donesly peeivo. Predno in,nno schtizi a potom si• vypijeme katieko. Nektere sestry k to schuzi donesou nejake darky a z toho mama take prijem katdY mesic, takte na ge pokladna za ty roky nikdy nevyschla.

Po dobu nageho trvani jsme pro gily 14 kvilttl, pet jich bylo pro na gi drivej gi sestru Zdzvorkovou v Ennis, admenila se nam peknYrn penetitYm darkem.

Zde uvklime pouze nekolik mist, co jsme podporily; vg echny uvadet nerrititeme, zabralo by to mnoho mista — Hluchoneine deti, Cancer Fund, Morayske sirotky, Rodinam co byli postiteny nemocemi, Vanoeni nadilky pro deti, Pe(Pokraeovani na strane 23.)

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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.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

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

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THERE IS ONE IMPORTANT TOPIC which deserves repeated mention. It is the subject of keeping new members in the SPJST and the part the organizer can play in having new members satisfied. There are many rules and points worth to be mentioned, but we shall dis-• cus, ,- only the most common errors which lead to the loss of some of the new members.

WE HAVE A CLAUSE IN OUR BYlaws that we select our members. Our organizers must not overlook the fact that a member must be selected not only with regard to good character, good health, but also to the ability to pay premiums and also to the capacity to understand the value of insurance. We have too many people insured who are in the adult department, who are adults regarding the age, but juveniles regarding their understanding of insurance values. Many organizers spend many hours calling on and talking to these people. Why? Because they don't have insurance. Why don't they? Because they don't understand insurance values.

So our organizers spend valuable time talking and talking, and finally securing such a member, only to get one who becomes a member who still doesn't understand why he let the organizer talk him into joining as a member.

• • OUR ORGANIZERS SHOULD NEVER oversell. It is true that for every person who has too much insurance, we find ten thousand who do not have enough. But no organizer should place more insurance in force than the new member can keep up. Some people never will have the ability to budget their money, some people are poor managers, and the net result is a disgruntled exmember who in turn may become the reason that other members become dissatisfied. ♦ • EACH ORGANIZER SHOULD CULTIvate his new prospects and members into friends. He should take care of his new members before the initiation, at the initiation, and after the initiation.

He is responsible for bringing them in tlao local lodge, and he should feel that

his responsibility does not stop with sending off the application to the headquarters. Other fraternal organizations have arrangements where the headquarters mail birthday cards, anniversary greetings, and other tokens of remembrance direct from the headquarters with the name of the organizers written on the cards. All that is pre-arranged and helps the new member feel a closer contact with his organizer and his lodge. When a new member feels this tie of friendship to the organizer, his certificate seldom lapses. In some fraternal organizations, the organizer is always notified, either by the local lodge or by the headquarters that the lapse is contemplated.

WE OFTEN DELIVER OUR CERTIFIcates in the meeting. Certificates should be delivered in person by the organizer, not by another party. At this time, the organizer should make a thorough examination of the value of the certificate. Take out your rate book and check with the new member the values on the third page. They are Correct. But it makes the new member feel the importance of the contract. He feels that he is buying a piece of property which will grow as his hair turns gray. When he understands fully what he is buying, the chances are that he will hesitate twice before allowing his certificate to lapse. If he is reminded of what he was told before, the value of the certificate is being re-emphasized.

• • IT IS NOT HARD AT ALL FOR SOME new members to drop their insurance, if there is no warm feeling between the member and the organizer. If the certificate had been delivered in person, and the new member has a complete understanding of what it will do for his loved ones in case he dies, and what it will do for him in case he lives to retire, he will not allow such a certificate to lapse. Each organizer must show his sincerity by making delivery of a valuable piece of paper, a real property uable piece of paper, the certificate.

• • WE KNOW THE FACT THAT THE greatest percentage , of lapses occurs du-

ring the first two or three years. For this reason it is very, very important that the organizer makes it his business to see his year-old new members before the premiums are due during the twoyear period. Naturally, the new members should not have the feeling that the organizer is seeing them fonly for the reason of keeping the membership.

The contact s should be friendly. It may be a reminder that the new member did not come to the meeting and that his presence would be appreciated. It may be an invitation to a picnic which the local lodge is giving. It may be a reminder that some important matter is to be settled in the meeting. The contact should be friendly, should not take much time, and should be a congratulation to the decision made a while back to become a member.

• • EVERY ORGANIZER SHOULD HAVE a list of his members who joined the lodge through his effort. This list should have the premium dates due. The organizer can get this information from the recording secretary. It may look as if this is too much work. It is another chance for an organizer to keep in contact with friends to get additional leads.

• • AS MEMBERS OF THE SPJST, WE usually take great pride in our organization. But we should also take great pride in helping the other member, even to the extent of reminding him that if he drops his membership and his protection in the SPJST, he is not remembering his promise that he would be a better husband and a better father. Remind him that, instead of dropping his protection, he should be thinking of getting additional insurance. There is no purchase so urgent and so important as the purchase of more protection for his • • dear ones.

OUR HOME OFFICE HAS BEEN TRYing to train the local organizers in the art of maintaining better persistency.

Sometimes I wonder whether we realize that while persistency puts money in the pockets of our organizers, it also does far more than that. It restores our members' confidence in our society. Every satisfied member is a booster of the SPJST.

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REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS THIRD DISTRICT SPJST A Week at Southern Methodist University Ennis, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: Attending a special course in Life Insurance Marketing sponsored by some of the leading fraternal organizations was a week of learning. Our lectures would start at 8 o'clock in the morning and end at 2 o'clock in the evening. We had three instructors, Professor A. R. Jaqua and his two associates, Chuck Gaines and Rusty Darling. Believe me that between the three of them they kept us biloy. All during the lectures we were taking notes, approximately twenty sheets of paper a day. I wish I knew shorthand. I could have probably made forty sheets of notes a day because I know there was lots of information that I just could not take down as fast as they were dishing it out.

The course was very interesting and educational. There wasn't a dull moment during the whole week's course.

I will not try at this time to go into detail of all the things we learned but will just briefly outline what the course consisted of.

First we had the History of Life Insurance. It is fascinating to know that the first Life Insurance Company was originated in 1759. It was known as the Aid for the Poor Presbyterian Children and later as the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund. This company is still in ,operation today. In 1835 the first commercial en upany was originated. The first Lodge of Fraternal Society was founded in 1868. The first Fraternal Congress was held in 1913.

At the beginning of this letter I mentioned that I wouldn't go into details of the course but I thought that this LOU would be something of interest to all members.

Then we had the selling of Life Insurfice which consisted of, knowledge, skill, art and science of persuasion, what Life Insurance is, how to use it, and he reasons for buying Life Insurance.

They told us how to find out the needs of people and then how to plan ,their isurance needs; how to obtain prospects; bow to plan our work at least 30 days in 0 1.Ar ance. The reason some salesmen fail to succeed is on account of poor plan- g and managing. We received a good explanation of different kinds of activity records to keep, the different kind of policies and their best uses for certain needs of the prospect.

I could write on and on about this course, but I know that some of the others who attended this course will write too, so I won't take up any More space in the Vestnik.

I will say though that the course was very beneficial to me and all those attending. A lot of new ideas were brought to light and. I wish that the next time there is a course like this that more of us will attend. I know that some may be unable to attend because of not being able to arrange being away from their work for a week, but there must be some who could make the arrangement. They would never regret it. Maybe a little more encouragement would help.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny Route 1, Ennis, Texas ) • 4 SPEAKING OF TAXES

Wednesday, April 13, 1955

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

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

CLASS D: where a member pays ft.

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

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

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

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

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

CLASS M: Annuity Policies.

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

CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be issued to members up to the age of 50 years, who have real estate loans from this organization. • 0

With the new April 15 deadline moving unhappily into focus, America's taxpayers (and we are all taxpayers) have some cause for reflection. Sad as it may seem the net result of our inflationary years from 1939 onward has been felt in every home.

A married man with two children who earned $2,000 before taxes in 1939 must earn $4,182 today to be in the same shape he was at that time. The chap who took in $3,000 under the same circumstances in 1939 must produce $6,577 now to match his former condition.

Just as bad, if not worse, is the price index. Folks living in large metropolitan areas have seen their index jump from 99.4 to 197.1 in December of 1954.

Our dollar today will buy somewhere in the neighborhood of half what it did 16 years ago .

When you add up the total of Federal, State, and local taxes, the $3,500 wage earner pays out about $1,040. Our $4,500 income is hit with $1,425 in taxes. The Five SPJST certificates for children: $7,500 income is subject to $2,630 in CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years taxes. And the folks whose incomes reach of age, which may be converted into $15,000 pay out more than $6,150 yearly any other insurance after the child in taxes. Maybe it is time we did somereaches the age of 10 years and bething to stop this climb. fore attaining the age of 16 years.

CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at We say: Insurance is, without quesage 16, payable at death. tion, the greatest blessing to mankind. CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value Eighty-seven percent of all money left at age ono year, payable at death, to widows and orphans come from Life Insurance. But since its great value CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with mortuary face value at age one year. consists solely in the protection it gives, good business common sense tells us to CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, morbuy Life Insurance where we can get tuary face value at age one year. (dz) protection at low cost.

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Wednezday, April 13, 1955

PORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO, 88 ments free to members on meeting nights in the hopes that this would encourage Dear Members: greater attendance, which has been carBeginning April 16th and on the first ried out. Unless more members take Saturday night of each month your more interest by attending' the meetings Lodge will sponsor a free dance for all it has been suggested that the free remembers, and all of you are urged to freshments will be discontinued. Your talce advantage of this entertainment. attendance and co-operation at meetHeretofore, we have been sponsoring ings is necessary and your sugg'estions dances on Sunday nights but many ye- for improvements are requested. Please quests were made to have the date try to set aside the second Friday night changed to Saturday night. Your of- at each month for your Lodge meeting. ficers and Entertainment Committee Please remember the free done on Satare striving to please the majority of urday night, April 16th, big barbecue on the entire membership and your co- Sunday, April 24th, and your regular operation is requested in attending your monthly meetings on the second Friday Lodge entertainment functions. Our night of each month.

Lodge dues are very low and it is necesIncidentally, have you checked your sary that we raise funds through enter- family insurance protection requirements tainment mediumS in order that your recently? Perhaps, you may now be in Lodge Home or Building can be self-sus- position to increase the value of your estaining from a financial standpoint. It tate, which you can easily do on monthis the duty of every member to work ly payment plan with SPJST. for the best interest of his Lodge and Fraternally yours, all we ask is that you please invite your A. J. Bristik friends and neighbors to attend our ) Saturday night dances. There will be LODGE POKROK DALLAS NO. 84 a dance held each Saturday night, and, of course, the first Saturday ni ght will Dear Members and Friends, be free to members. It is hoped that District 3 wishes to extend a big members will invite their friends who "Thank You" to the ones that helped will' pay admission to help defray ex- out so graciously at our successful meetpenses for orchestra, etc. Inasmuch as ing held Sunday, March 27. This inour April 16th dance will be the first cludes those that brought food, assisted following Lent, let's all get together and in the kitchen and bar, and helped with try out the capacity of our dance floor. the reception book.

On Sunday, April 24th, good old fashThe music for this occasion provided ioned delicious barbecue will be served by the Rejcek Band was also most certo member and our friends. A new bar- tainly appreciated. becue pit is being built in connection Brother Jody Rejcek deserves a round with our present kitchen and you will be of applause by our members, young and invited to inspect it later in the after- Old alike, for repairing the water founncon. Several of our loyal members have tain. Brother Rejcek, this job couldn't worked hard in revamping space for have been done at a better time, with the barbecue pit and deserve our sincere the approach of warmer weather. We thanks for their efforts and a job well know there will be many dancers indone. The barbecue will be prepared debated to You. under the expert supervision of BrothWe welcomed ten members to our er Joe Zaludek. It has been a long time lodge at the March meeting. These were since we enjoyed barbecue prepared in new members as well as transfers' from our own pit and this will be it. The other lodges. We extend our warmest prices will be $1.00 per plate for adults welcome to each of you, and hope you and 50c for children. The dinner will will enjoy the brotherhood of Lodge 84. consist of barbecued beef and sausage Our next dance and meeting date is and all the usual trimmings. Bring your Sunday, April 17. family, yourself, and friends to Lodge As you all may know, those that are Pokrok Houston No. 88 on Sunday, A- members of Lodge Pokrok Dallas No. 84 pril 24th, sure. Serving will begin at and are presently making payments on 12:30 p.m. and there will be plenty of their insurance with the lodge are adentertainment in the afternoon for all. mitted free to dances held on the third Attendance of members at our regu- Sunday of each month. However, those lar monthly meetings, which are held on that have paid-up policies must pay the Second Friday night of each month, their lodge dues of fifteen cents monthis disappointing. Some time ago the ly to entitle them to free admission membership voted to furnish refresh- each third Sunday. This is simply a due

necessary, as all lodges have to show membership and is small in return for the benefit received.

With the start of bz.eball leagues just around the corner, I'd like to remind everyone of the games to be played by our own team. The games will be played on Diamond 2 at Samuell Park.

So please, if possible, attend these games and give our team the support it deserves.

Fraternally, Frances Baleja ) • 4., SEYMOUR LODGE NO. '7 The youth of SPJST Lodge 73 Seymour presented the following Easter Program.

Welcome, people, Welcome, I surely hope that you'll enjoy this Easter Program.

By our youngest tot little David Hajek.

Frank Simaichl Jr. acted as narrator.

"Wabbits" by Edward Marek Easter Gladness by Dennis and Patricia Marek, Joey Kocurek, Eddie Joe Pa y -liska,FrnceStok,JaRHejlnd Peggy Simaichl.

First Easter by Arlene and Carol Hajek Getting Ready for Easter by Emily Hejl and Geraldine Hajek Long, Long Ago on Calvary by Arlene and Carol Hajek, Peggy Simiaichl accompanied on piano by Helen Macha Two Piano Solos by Helen Macha.

The nice crocheted chair set donated

by Mrs. Frank Storek Sr. was won by Ed Hajek. I'm sure his wife was very well pleased. Our next prize will be a wishing well donated by Mrs. Raymond Pavliska. The men folks seem to be the luckiest to receive the prizes.

Ernest Orsak came out with his accordion and most of the I dks enjoyed singing the old Czech songs. The Easter egg hunt was enjoyed by the children.

The ladies brought the best of eats and everybody went home after a enjoyable evening chatting together.

Our next meeting will,be May 2 which will be an all-day affair with a basket lunch. So everybody try be at the hall by 11:30, so we can have our dinner at 12:00. Please don't forget your plates, forks and glasses as we will serve tea.

We have planned a nice Mother Day Program. Our lucky lady will receive a beautiful corsage.

Our square dance club is getting , better all the time. We will dance April 17 at Lodge Hall.

Our SPJST No. 73 youth square dance club will sponsor a Czech dance at Seymour Hall April 17. We invite everyone

Wednesday, April 13, 1955 to come and enjoy dancing to the Czech music of Orsak and boys.

Mrs. Edward Haisler ) • 4 • SOKOL FORT WORTH Hello Everyone, The first dance after Easter is scheduled for April 16, Saturday, beginning at 8 p.m. at Sokol Hall.

Music will be furnished by the popular Rejcek Orchestra. Everyone is cordially invited.

Chances are being sold on a welding rig to be given away in the near future. It was donated to Sokol Gym Club.

The chances sell for 25c each or five for $1.00. The proceeds will be used for new drilling equipment.

The rig consists of: 1 cutting torch 4 welding tips 2 sets gauges 3 wrenches 1 welding rig truck 1 bottle oxygen 1 pair goggles 1 bottle acetylene See you all at the dance!

Sincerely, Maxine Merlick ) 4, CESKY PRAPOR CYCLONE NO. 24 Rogers, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers: Our regular meeting met on Sunday, April 3. We had a nice warm Sunday. I think this was the first warm Sunday since last fall. I really did enjoy getting out.

Our meeting was called to order by President F. J. Marek and the minutes were read; there was very little business.

As most of you know, the district meeting will be held in Granger April 17 this year and all the lodges in thiS district are invited. I hope there will be a good number from Lodge No. 24.

Our Youth Club will have a part in. the program.

Mrs. Robert Hoelscher, youth leader read a nice letter from McCloskey Hospital thanking our Youth Club and leader for bringing to the patients an hour and half of square dancing. I know they enjoyed dancing for the patients. The patients look forward for outside recreation.

Sisters and Brothers, I think we have something to lcok forward to. It seems early to talk about a lunch that our Lodge will have. We are planning this lunch for the first Sunday in June.

As all of you know time does fly fast, so we got an early start. Anyway, our Youth Club and their leaders are planning on a Mother's Day and Father's Day program combined, which I think will be good.

I will tell you more about the lunch after our May meeting. Come out to the meeting and tell us what you would like:

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113 Again I must remind you not to for- of beer for all. Be sure to mark the day get the District Two meeting in Granger on your calendar May 22. on April 17. Attend if you can, Hope to see you all at our meeting on Your Lodge Reporter, Sunday.

Mollie Zavodny Sincerely, ) • 4 Stanley Kalmus PAGE 14 Reporter ) ANNOUNCING! OPERETTA — BARBECUE Rehearsals on a very snappy operetta CZECH GROUP PLANS CLUBHOUSE have taken precedence over a number Dear Editor: A news item appeared in the San An of activities at Lodge Pokrok lately.

I am not at all incorrect in naming tonio papers about our plan to build a this three-act comedy THE THREE clubhouse. Sister Barbara Riebe has been MUSKETEERS. The Czech arrangement appointed a Czech correspondent. I am

by Richard Branald, will be presented. sending her article to be published in This presentation is set for Sunday, May the Czech section of the Vestnik.

I am also sending you the clipping 1, at 3:30 p.m., and from all I know about it I promise you an afternoon of which reads as follows: • • very fine entertainment.

I have also been asked to invite you to the BARBECUE which is set for Sunday, CZECH GROUP PLANS CLUBHOUSE A group,of Czech-American nationals April 24. Serving will start at 12:30 Noon. has voted aproval of a plan to erect a As you know, the new barbecue pit which has been under construction for community club in the central area of about six weeks is just about completed. the city at a meeting thiS week at WitIt is being built on the interior within te museum, The new clubhouse will be the enclosed area of the kitchen, and if named the Czech-American Community you have not seen it we invite your in- club. The group is composed of the four Czech organizations as well as others of spection shortly after serving hours.

I understand Mr. Joe Zaludek has the same nationality.,„, Frank Barton, charge of all arrangements this time, president of the Czech Catholic Workers,' and as you know, years of experience presided at the meeting.

The following organizational commithave made him a recognized connoisseur tee was elected: S. G. Bundil, president, in this line and we feel we can promise Slavonic Benevolent Order of Texas; you the best so far as barbecue and minic Netek, president, Union of Czech' trimmings are concerned.

The committee has been completely Catholic Men, and Mrs. Ann Smith, presand most satisfactorily organized and ident of the Union of Czech Catholic` has asked me to extend invitations to Women. Others elected include Mesall members and friends to join us on dames Marie Blanar, Gordon Riebe, zabeth Hughes, Theresa Walker. And that date.

August Dornak, S. J. Holecek, Frank BARBECUE — APRIL '24th.

Parma, and James Kostelnik, B. P. Ma,..

OPERETTA — MAY 1st. tocha, a local attorney, will assist the We shall be looking for you! group as legal adviser.

Sincerely, I also wish to announce that Games/ Naomi Kostom Party will be given Sunday, April 24, at Mission County Park for the benefit of ) • 4 • ( Czech Clubhouse. Hot doge, "kolace" aid' SAN ANTONIO LODGE NO. 133 coffee will be served at 6:00 p. m. EveryDear Readers, body is invited.

Well, a month has gone by before I Sincerely, realized that it is time to write and reMarie Blamm. mind the members to come to the meet) • 4 • ( ing Sunday.

I hope the Easter Rabbit will be good Men buy life insurance because it is to everyone and fill your Easter nests full dependable. It has proved to be the on-.. of Easter eggs. I believe the Easter ly asset that functions 100 per cent,: Rabbit will come to the meeting and during periods of great stress . . . Men bring some Easter eggs for the little buy life insurance to fulfill their sacred. ones. So be sure that you all come. obligation. They buy it for specific pus-.

Also, the SPJST Lodge will hold their poses . . . a life income for the wife,;; picnic on May 22nd at the Mission Coun- funds for the education of children;, ty Park. So I hope everyone will plan cash to pay off the mortgages on the:` to come out and enjoy a good barbecue home; an income for their own sunset, dinner. Bring all your friends and spend days.— "Droppin" a policy is something the day chatting with your friends. We to ponder over. Think -- before you will also haye some bingo and plenty "drop" it. eta

Str..atn,

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Temple, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: Please, be advised that during the month of March, 1955, the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, has paid death benefits due by virtue eof certificates issued to the following deceased, brothers and sieters, to-wit: Death Claim No. 5781. Sister Mary Stropek Melnar, housewife, member of Lodge Karel Havlieek, No. 4 died Feb. 22, 1955, age 76. Admitted May 14, 1911.

Certificate A-4401, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5782. Brother August Hosek, farmer, member of Lodge Vesmir, No. 61,died Feb. 26, 1955, at age 68. Admitted Aug. 8, 1913. Certificate Pd-up 579, for $65.00.

Death Claim No. 5783. Brother Josef Danek, carpenter, member of Lodge Volna 6echie, No. 135, died Feb. 22, 1955, at age 73. Admitted Sept. 7, 1902. Certificate A-1599, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5784. Brother Anton Havranek, 'employed at Roosevelt Hotel, member of Lodge Novy Raj, No. 71, died Feb. 15, 1955, at age 67. Admitted Jan. 7. 1917. Certificate Pd-up No. 776, for $152.00.

Death Claim No. 5785. Brother Joseph Pouzar, retired farmer, member of Lodge Ennis, No. 25, died Feb. 24. 1955, at age 72. Admitted Feb. 10, 1907. Certificate A-1705 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. '5786. Sister Frances Mikeska, housewife, member of Lodge Praha, No. 29, died Feb. 25, 1955, at age 7 . Admitted July 8, 1902. Certificate A1093, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5787. Sister Mary Louise Novak, nurse, member of Lodge Novy Tabor, No, 17. died Feb. 17, 1955, at age 51. Admitted Jan. 2. 1940. Certificate C-5343, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5788. Sister Elsie Kolar, housewife, member of Lodge Jaromir, No. 54. died Feb. 24, 1955, at age 48.

Admitted May 16, 1925. Certificate C-114, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5789. Sister Janie Matush, housewife, member of Lodge Hirezda Svobody, No. 87, died Feb. 28, 1955, at age 61. Admitted March 8, 1914. Certificate A-6470 for $1000.00 and Cert. E690, for $3000.00,

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Death Claim No. 5790. Sister Ludmila.

Lubojacky, housewife, member of Lodge Vesmernost, No. 6,8, died March 5, 1955, at age 64. Admitted March 10, 1912. Certificate A-4759, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. '5791. Brother Willie Milberger, farmer, member of Lodge Dennice, No. 94, died Feb. 28, 1955, at age 39. Admitted July 18, 1938. Certificate C-4523, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5792. Sister Willie May Foss, housewife, member of Lodge F. B. Zdrubek, No. 112, died March 9, 1955, at age 53. Admitted Oct. 14. 1917, Certificate A-4171, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5793. Sister Frances Maresh, housewife, member of Lodge Pokrok Deanville, No. 120, died Feb. 25, 1955, at age 85. Admitted July 1, 1897.

Certificate A-19'765, for $250.00.

Death Claim No. 5794. Brother Joe Schiller, retired, member of Lodge Oesky Prapor, No. 24, died March 12. 1955, at age 74. Admitted July 5, 1914. Certificate A-3829 for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5795. Brother Frank Blahuta, retired, member of Lodge Nova Morava, No. 23, died March 8, 1955, at age 67. Admitted March 12, 1911. Certificate A-1309, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5796. Sister Theresa Martinets, housewife, member of Lodge Oechoslevan, No. 40, died March 12, 1955, at age 67. Admitted July 9, 1911.

Certificate A-2587 for $1000.00 and Certificate B-564 for $500.00.

Death Claim No. 5797. Brother August Hosek, farmer, member of Lodge Rozkvet Zapadu, No. 107, died Feb. 26, 1955, at age 67. Admitted Sept. 24, 1947. Certificate C-9444, for $500.00.

Death Claim No. 5798. Brother Leopold Krause;, farmer, member of Lodge PMmori, No. 143, died March 6, 1955, at age 80. Admitted Feb. 10, 1907. Cert. A-7580, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No. 5799. Brother Joseph Trojcak, retired, member of Lodge Jarosla y Vrchlicky, No. 111, died March 1, 1954, at age 73. Admitted Feb. 13, 1916.

Certificate A-6723, for $1000.00.

Death Claim No, 5800. Brother Otto Mueler, machinist, member of Lodge Stefanik, No. 142, died March 19, 1955, at age 54. Admitted Feb. 12, 1945. Certificate C-7850, for $500.00.

lImrti Cislo 5787. Ses. Mary Louise Nowak, oยงetrovatelka, od radu NovS7 Tabor Oslo 17, zemrela 17. imora 1955 ye stati.

51 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 2. ledna 1940. Cert: C-5343, na $1000.00.

TJmrti eislo 5788. Ses. Elsie Kolaf, hospodyne, od radu Jaromir Oslo 54, zemiela 24. imora 1955, y e stars 48 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 16. kvetna 1925. Cert. C114, na $1000.00.

Death Claim No.5801. Brother John Strnadel, retired, member of Lodge aechosiovan, No. 40, died March 17,1955, at age 33. Admitted Oct. 6, 1905. Certificate A-2591, for $1000.00.

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

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

thnrti Oslo 5789. Ses. Janie Matush, hospodyne, od radu Hvezda Svobody Oslo 87, zemkela 28. imora 1955 ye statri 61 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 8. brezna 1914.

Cert. A-6470, na $1000.00 a Cert. E-690, na $3000.00.

Umrti Oslo 5790. Ses. Ludmila Lubojacky, hospodyne, od radu Vesmernost 68, zemtela 5. brezna 1955 ye stall. 64 let.

Do Jednoty pristoupila 10. brezna 1912.

Cert. A-4759, na $1000.00.

Temple, Texas, 2. dubna 1955.

Cteni bratici a sestry: Timto se y am oznamuje, 2e behem mesice brezna 1955 Hlavni tradovna SPJST vyplatila pojiSleni po nidich zemtelSrvh bratfich a sestrach, jak nasleduje: Umrti eislo 5781. Ses. Mary Stropek Melnaf, hospodyne, od i'adu Karel Havlioek eislo 4, zernrela 22. ithora 1955 ye Stan 76 let. Do Jednoty pfistoupila 14. kvetna 1911. Cert. A-4401, na $100100.

Umrti Cislo 5782. Br. August Hoek, rolnik, od fadu Vesmir eislo 61, zemrel 26. imora 1955 ye stafi. 68 let. Do Jednoty piistoupil 8. srpna 1913. Cert. Pd-up 579 na $65.00. thurti eislo 5753. Br. Josef Danek, tesaf', od radu Volna eechie 'Oslo 135, zemfel 22. anora 1955 ye staii 73 let. Do Jednoty piistoupil 7. zafi 1902. Cert. A-1599 na $1000.00.

Umrti eislo 5784. Br. Anton Havranek, zamestnan v Roosevelt Hotel, od tadu Novy Raj eislo 71, zemfel 15. unora 1955 ye stall. 67 let. Do Jednoty piistoupil 7. ledna 1917. Cert. Pd-up 776 na $152.00.

Umrti Oslo 5785. Br. Joseph Pouzar, rolnik na odpoeinku, od i'adu Ennis 'dish) 25, zemiel 24. Unora 1955 ye stafi 72 let.

Do Jednoty piistoupil 10. imora 1907.

Cert. A-1705, na $1000.00.

Umrti Cislo 5786. Ses. Frances Mikeska, hospodyne, od radu Praha 'Oslo 29, zemrela 25. imora 1955 ye stars 76 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila 8. eervence 1902.

Cert. A-1093, na $1000.00.

Wednesday, April 13, 1955

172STI‘lilt WEST, TEI,1( ;7,1 tmrti dislo 5791. Br. Willie Milberger, rolnik, od fadu Dennice dislo 94, zemiel 28. finora 1955 ve staff. 39 let. Do Jednoty When President Eisenhower in his piistoupil 18. dervence 1938. Cert. C-4523, campaing for office visited Denison, na $1000.00.

Texas, it was discovered that his birth tirmrti eislo 5792. Ses. Willie May Foss, in Denison sixty-two years earlier had hospodyne, od kadu F. B. Zdrabek 6islo not been recorded. Neither his father, 112, zemfela 9. biezna 1955 ye stall 53 let. a railroad, worker, nor the attending Do Jednoty pfistoupila 14. kijna 1917. doctor had registered the future president's arrival on earth.

Cert. A-4171, na $1000.00.

As soon as this omission was discovtmrti eislo 5793. Ses. Frances Maresh, ered, proud residents of Denison obhospodyne, od kadu Pokrok Deanville tained the facts and had the president's 120, zemfela 25. Unora 1955 ye staff 85 let. older brother, Arthur Eisenhower, of Do Jednoty plistoupila 1. eervence 1897. Kansas City, attest their accuracy. These Cert. A-19765, na $250.00. were then filed and Texas officials preiimrti eislo 5794. Br. Joe Schiller, na pared and sent President Eisenhower a ocipodinku, od kadu CeskY Prapor eislo "delayed" birth certificate.

Like the president until this incident, 24, zemiel 12, biezna 1955 ye staki 74 let.

Do Jednoty piistoupil 5. dervence 1914. almost half of the 88,000,000 native-born American adults have no birth certifiCert. A-3829, na $1000.00 cate. In most cases they simply have , tmrti *eislo 5795. Br. Frank Blahuta, neglected to apply for it. In thousands na odpodinku, od fadu Nova Morava eislo of cases like that of the president, how23, zemiel 8. biezna 1955 ye stall 67 let. ever, no record was made at the time Do Jednoty pfistoupil 12. biezna 1911. and obtaining a certificate, if one should Cert. A-1309, na $1000.00. ever be required, may involve both diftmrti eislo 5796. Ses. Theresa Marti- ficulty and delay. nets, hospodyne, od kadu Cechoslovan What is a birth certificate? It is a eislo 40, zemfela 12. biezna 1955 ve stafi simple official copy of the government 67 let. Do Jednoty piistoupila 9. eervence record of when, where and -t,3 whom the 1911. Cert. A-2587, na $1000.00 a Cert. B- person named was born. One is issued 504, na $500.00. at a cost of 50 cents to $2 (free in IndiIJmrti eislo 5797. Br. August Hogek, ana and in Louisiana outside of New rolnik od kadu Rozkvet Zapadu eislo 107, Orleans) to the parents of virtually evzemiel 26. Unora 1955 ye stall. 67 let. Do ery child born in America these days, Jednoty pfistoupil 24. zdfd 1957. Cert. C- usually within a few days of his birth.

9444, na $500.00.

For convenience in carrying, and also tmrti dislo 5798. Br. Leopold Krause, to protect you if your parents were not rolnik, od kadu PiimoN eislo 143, zemiel married to each other, many states also 6. biezna 1955 ye stall 80 let. Do Jednoty issue a short form card certificate that piistoupil 10. finora 1907. Cert. A-7580, omits details of certificate holder's parna $1000.00. entage.

1-.Tmrti Usk) 5799. Br. Josef Trojeak, na Your birth certificate is important beodpodinku, od faclu Jaroslav Vrchlicky eislo 111, zemiel 7. biezna 1954 ve staki 73 cause it' is one of the acceptable and let. Do Jednoty pfistoupil 13. imora 1916. convenient ways of establishing proof often vital matter, especially to older Cert. A-6723, na $1000.00. persons, in the complex world of 1953. tnuli Oslo 5800. Br. Otto C. Muelperson's birth certificate is his ler, strojnik, od fadu 8tefanik dislo 142, deed to citizenship," explain a Federal zemiel 19. biezna 1955 ye stati 54 let. Do Security Agency official. "He often needs, Jednoty pfistoupil 12. Unora 1945. Cert. it to- collect life insurance and old age C-7850, na $500.00. benefits, to prove his right to enter tmrti 6islo 5801. Br. John Strnadel, na schoOl, inherit property, obtain a passodpodinku, od fadu aechoslovan eislo 40, port, a driver's or pilot's license, and for zemiel 18. biezna 1955 ye stair 86 let. Do many other purposes.

Jednoty pfistoupil 16. fijna 1905. Cert. A"To protect the security of our coun2591, na $1000.00. , Hlavni afadovna SPJST timto vyslovu- try defense plants must insist on proof je pozustalYm po techto zemfelSrch bra- of citizenship before hiring. At the pretiich a sestrach jeji nejhluhAi soustrast. sent time, as in World War II, a good American can be turned down for a J. F. Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni Ufadovny SPJST. job here and overseas because he can't prove when and where he was born." )° • A tragic but by no means unusual exJmenuj mi, Omadko, opekence, ample of this was a third-generation kterY nemide letati!

Omadka: Chcip1ST brabec, pane uditeli. American born in Broklyn 63 years ago

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GET YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE but whose birth went unrecorded. "Father was refused employment on defense work because he could not provide a birth certificate," his daughter recounted in a letter to the New York Times: "Day after day he made the trip to Brooklyn and was shuttled back and forth from one office to another. The nervous strain of these trips, the sight of good jobs dangling just out of reach because he could not prove his birth gradually undermined his health . .

As time went on the hope grew dimmer and dimmer. He died in December literally a man without a„ country."

Then there was the story of Joe Harper, a faithful worker for yea •s in the general offices of a great oil, ompany, One day somebody had to go to Europe.

Harper was given the assignmenti and told that he could take along his family.

To make the trip, he needed a passport. To obtain a passport, he had to produce proof of citizenship. He had no birth certificate and officials of his place of birth told him that his birth had never been registered: The company couldn't wait for Harper to dig . up other evidence. Somebody else went to Europe while he and his family remained at home and mourned their lack of foresight.

Old age pensions and Social Security benefits, considerably extended in recent years in both the United States and Canada, have been delayed or held up for many persons because they are unable to prove their ages. This is especially true of wives who at sixty-five are entitled to benefits in conjunction with their husbands' Social Security pensions. Many have no birth ceritificates. Widows of war veterans are required by the Veterans' Administration to produce birth certificates for each minor or dependent child before granting extra sompensation allowed for them by law Your birth certificate is usually more important to you than anybody else but it also may mean a great deal to your heirs. The $400,000 life insurance of the late Al Jolson, the singer, was subject of a court action because Jolson was born in Russia and had no birth certificate. Asserting that he was really six years older than believed when the policies were issued, the insurance coinpanics argued that the payment should be cut to $278,000. because premiums would have been larger if based on his actual age.

Prevention of disputes about inheri(Continued on page 20.)

VISTNIK WEST, InMAS

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Wednesday, April 13, 1955

ALIENS ARE -AMERICANS- IN' HEART

ccording to the statistics furnished from Washington, there are slightly over three million persons classified as aliens who live in the United States and who, as the law requires, must go every year to the Post Office and register as aliens.

Some of these people have been here for only a few months; others have been here for more than 50 years.

Ala ost all of them want to become American citizens.

Some of them have been trying for years, but are still unable to achieve United States citizenship.

The alien population can be split up into two main groups—the oldtimers and the newcomers.

The oldtimers make up nearly onehalf' of the alien population. Many of them have been here since before World War I. They have children who axe citizens and they have lived here so long that they think of themselves as Americans.

Aiost of this group are women who le we had to work hard all their lives eta] have had little opportunity to learn We. language and study the formal requirements for citizenship.

Lack of time and timidity have been the chief obstacles to their becoming citizens.

Recent legislation has made their goal easier to reach.

Aliens who are over 50 years of age and have been here for more than 20 years can obtain citizenship by merely itiwering a few simple questions once they can prove their date of entry into the 'United States.

The, entry problem is the toughest nut to crack.

Altiny of these aliens came here when tics, wore children and don't remember the name of the boat they came on , or the exact date of their arrival.

Evian when they do remember, the steamship company records which they would need as evidence are no longer in existence.

The alternative to proving date of entry is to prove legal residence in the United States for a period of 20 years. flu., means poring through battered city directories, or trying to find old bills and receipts. Or getting specific affidavits from former neighbors.

It takes time and energy and enormolt>, patience, and usually yields as much satisfaction as pounding one's heed against a stone wall. li's surprising, not that some of these people give up in discouragement, but that so many pepist in their search.

For the second group of aliens, who have arrived since the close of World War II, the prospects for citizenship are brighter.

Most of these people have had their lives disrupted by war. They shifted from one country to another, and spent time in concentration camps and displaced person camps.

Because they have had to learn how to take care of themselves in order to survive, they can better cope with the problem of achieving citizenship.

The alien goes almost shamefully to sign up at the post office, but most are loyal Americans in everything but for mal citizenship. He contributes and acts as a good citizen.

Whether barred from citizenship by technicalities or by simple negligence on his own part, the chances are that

your alien neighbor is a real American in heart and spirit. ) •( Save your tolerance for other people, but show no tolerance for yourself when you fall short. Find excuses for the weaknesses you discover in your friend and neighbor, but tell your own soul that no excuse, will be accepted. To those who stumble, be a kindly .helper. With yourself be an enexorable judge. There Ls no surer way to make a muddle of your life than to be tolerant toward your own weaknesses and • ( wrongdoings. o Nothing so educates us as a shook.— Will Durant. ) • olo • ( Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.—Emerson.

Czech Sweetheart of A ef

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Miss Wilma Prachyl, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Prachyl, of Ennis, Texas, was elected the Czech Sweetheart of A & M College for the Year of 1955.

Wc'dnesclay, April 13, 1955

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WEST, TEXAS

SENATOR STRAUSS' COLUMN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 15th SENATORIAL DISTRICT As this is being written we are having the second filibuster of this session.

Last week Sen. Jimmy Phillips spoke 23 hours and 35 minutes in favor of an amendment to the appropriation bill to grant an additional one million dollars to the charity hospital at Galveston.

This week. Sent Wayne Wagonseller of Bowie spoke 28 hours and 6 minutes against a bill which would reduce the amount of registration fees paid by bus companies in Texas. According to the provisions of the proposed bill, the bus registration fees would be reduced by 50 per cent. This would mean a loss of about $400,000 per year to the State of Texas in fees. The supporters of this legislation argue that many bus companies have gone out of business in recent years, that many of them have been forced to reduce their services, and that many of them are actually losing money. They claim that it is in the public interest for buses to continue operating and that the companies need this relief in the form of reduced registration fee The Senate passed a bill this week providing that bequests to churches and charitable institutions would be exempt from taxation.

The bill was also passed by the Senate which would strengthen the present laws governing the sale of insurance stocks in Texas. At the present time there is no state regulation on insurance stocks.

local game bills and those that apply to only one county or city in Texas.

Our Committee on Constitutional Amendments approved three amendments this week. One of these would permit the State Department of Health to spend money for local and county health projects. One would permit the Commissioners Court to re-allocate county funds without holding an election. At the present time an election must be held for this purpose every six years. The committee killed an amendment to pay welfare benefits to all physically handicapped people in Texas. Another Amendment was approved which would provide for payments for time lost by people who are sent to the penitentiary and later found to be innocent of the crime they were charged with. If these proposed amendments receive a two-thirds vote of both House and Senate they will then be submitted to a vote of the people at the General Election in 1956.

Th Senate considered a bill this week which would provide that in labor dispute cases a suit could be brought in the county where the defendant resides, in an adjacent county, or in Travis County. Thig bill is a result of the "Port Arthur Situation" where it was claimed that it was almost impossible to get the local courts to take action in cases which arose as a result of the strikes there.

This bill did not receive enough votes to suspend the rules, so will be delayed another week.

The Senate this week passed SJR 5, which is the Constitutional Amendment making changes in the Teachers ReThe Senate also passed a bill this tirement Act. week which would increase the memThe Senate also passed a bill this bership of the Joint Livestock Sanitary Commission from three to six members. week which would exempt from taxation The bill also provides for moving the of- property belonging to the American Lefices of the Commission from Fort Worth gion, the VFW, and other recognized to Austin. All other state offices have Veterans organizations. their headquarters in Austin.

"We also passed the bill to prohibit the Another bill passed would rewrite the display and sale of indecent, immoral Corporation laws of Texas and pro- or lewd literature in Texas. vides that a corporation can be created Several bills which strengthen the infor any lawful purpose. At the present surance laws, as well as the sale of setime corporations can be created only curities, have been passed by the Senfor certain specified purposes. ate.

Another bill passed will set up a State At the request of the citizens involved, Building Commission as provided for in I introduced Senate Bill 391 this week, the Constitutional Amendment adopted which would create a Water Control and by the people last year. This Building Improvement Dstrict in Colorado CounCommission will supervise the construc- ty, adjacent to the City of Eagle Lake. tion of the State office buildings in Sincerely, Austin to be financed by the surplus Gus J. Strauss funds in the Confederate Pension Fund.

The Senate had their first local bill The reward of a thing well done is calendar this week. There were 55 bills Emerson. passed, all of a local nature. These were to have done it,

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TO AUSTIN ON MAY 1 "Thanks, pal, for the invitation but I am sorry we can't come since we're going to Austin on May 1."

"Oh? And what are you going to do there?"

"Haven't you heard? The Czech ExStudents are going to hold their meeting Sunday morning and in the afternoon there will be the Czech festival MAJALES." "Tell me — Just what do they do at, their meetings? You know that since my graduation I haven't been to a single one of their meetings, even though , I've been getting the announcements."

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Here you're boasting about your Czech ancestry, pounding at us not, o throw the Czech language out of our meetings, and then you say you've never even once, been to the Czech Ex-Students meeting.

You know, that's one spot where you could be of real service."

"How's that?"

"How?! By your enthusiastic encourage ment of the other ex-students with. your words and example."

"But why should I dethat? I don't even know them. What are they to me?"

"But you are interested in the youngsters, aren't -you?"

"Of course."

"And you'd like to influence the young folks to be more interested in Czech language, culture, and so on, and net only those here in town but all over Texas, wouldn't you?"

"Why, sure! But how could I do that, just by encouragement of the other exstudents?"

"Just think! Whose advice do young students take in school matters. That of other students! And besides them?

Why, of ex-students! Just remember! A student will give in if the advice comes from someone who went through the university himself. So here it is: go to the meeting; stir them up with your own enthusiasm for Czech language, history, and so on! Then through them your enthusiasm will reach out, to, youngsters all over the state."• "Hmmm. You know, I hadn't thought of that. Hmmm. Know what? I'll go to that meeting. But just where is it goi g to be?"

"Hooray! Am I glad! It's going to be in the Texas Union, room. 315, on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin at 10:00 in the morning. Then' in the afternoon we'll come back to the same place for the. Czech festival MAJ -ALES and a social get-together. Maybe "StrYeek Mikek" will write something about it in the newspapers."

Be seeing you, J. E. Zivney, secretary

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VtSTNIK WEST, TEXAS

Get Your Birth Certificate

The Value of Your

(Continued from page 17.)

While preparing an article for the front-page of the Czech section of this issue, your editor recalled a lecture he had heard at Southern Methodist University about the value of human life, the value of one's home and other values.

Call it a coincidence, telepathy, or thought generating, but it really did happen. My wife handed me a nlipping which was related to the same subject.

She must have cut it out of some magazine or a daily paper. It was written

by Hubbard Cobb. Here it is.

We have just invented a new game.

It's called "Guess the Value of, Your Home" and it -works something like this: Shut your eyes and guess the value of your home and contents. Now take out your fire insurance policy and compare the amount of coverage you have on your house and contents with what you guessed the amount should be Now sit down with all the members of your family and make a detailed list Of every single item of clothing, furniture, toys, sporting equipment, appliances, books and so forth. After you have this list made up and found out what it totals up to, call your local real estate broker and ask him what's the pres ent value of your home—what it would cost to replace it today.

Now comes the fun. Compare your guess and the amount of your fire insurance policy with the real value of your home and its contents. Chances are that the actual value of the house and its contents are way more than you guessed them to be or what you have them 1mm d for. pretty common for most peo:i3 don't have any idea of what their homes are actually worth and even when they do start out with adequate insurance, they forget to increase their coverage as they add either to the hotige or to the contents.

One thing about fire insurance that we've found is that it costs just a few dollars more for adequate coverage than for inadequate coverage. Another thing we've found is that if you should have a fire, inadequate coverage won't do you much good. It's like having only half a pair of shoes. )• •( The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best work, even though no one is looking.

tan ces was the original purpose of birth registration, which in one form or another dates from Biblical times, and birth certificates today often .figure in litigation over estates both large and small. A minister recently claimed a" share of his mother's tiny estate in Virginia only to find a brother accusing him of being no relative at all. His birth certificate won the property for the minister. Similarly, birth records figured in the long court battles over the $20,000,000 Garrett snuff fortune.

If your parents didnt' obtain a birth certificate for you when you were born, how do you go about obtaining one?

The first step is to make application, by letter or in person, to the registrar of vital statistics at your birthplace or at the capital of the state in which you were born.

In any case, you should furnish the full . name of the person who was born; the date of birth, especially the year; the place of birth;. sex and race of the person born; and the full names of the parents. If your information is correct and_ the birth was recorded properly, a certificate can be isued usually in a matter of days.

You may find that your birth was improperly or only partially registered.

Where parents haven't a name picked out; it is common for a bay to be listed • only as -baby Smith" or "unamed male 'infant." Sometimes the names have never"been supplied. Current birth records, incidentally, reveal that Robert, limn' and John are the most favored names for boys and Mary and Ruth most popular for girls.

Home

Wednesday, April 13, 1955

WHERE 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.

WEDNESDAY EVERY WEEK: A course in "Conversational Spanish" is being taught at the nail of Pokrok Houston from 8:30 to 10:00 in the evening. Visitors are welcome. Call editor for information.

SATURDAY EVERY WEEK: Dancing at Pokrok Houston Hall, beginning April 16. First Saturday of each month free for members.

SATURDAY APRIL 16: First after-Easter dance at Pokrok Houston Lodge. Free for members.

SUNDAY APRIL 17: District Two meeting will be held in Komensky Lodge No. 20 in Granger at 1:30 p.m.

SUNDAY APRIL 24: Barbecue picnic at the hall of Pokrok Houston.

SUNDAY MAY 8: Lodge Osveta No. 38 at Kovar will have a Mother's. Day program and luncheon after the regular meeting.

SUNDAY MAY 1: The meeting of the Czech Ex-Students Association of Texas, at 10:00 a. m. in Room 315, Texas Union Bldg, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.

SUNDAY MAY 1: The Czech festival MAJALES at 2:30 p. ln. in the Main Lounge of the Texas Union Bldg., University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Refreshments after the pro grain.

If your birth was not recorded at the time, or if the record has been destroyed by fire, you will be given instructions ' . for obtaining a "delayed" birth certifiThat's a Woman, for You! cate. In brief, this consists of presenting , to the authorities involved satisfacA real-estate agent was showing an tory proof of where and when you were old farmhouse to a woman prospect, born. This may involve locating relawho made a few . sketches on a pad and tives or neighbors with whom you have admitted, "I could do a lot with that not been in touch for years and rehouse." But then she added wistfully: quires time and trouble.

"On the other hand, I believe I said the Certified copies of church baptismal time same thing the first time I looked at records, old family Bible entries, school my husband." inrollment records, newspaper clippings • ''properly identified as to date, organiza0 • No one has ever yet climbed the lad, ton • membership records marriage and Life is not so short but that there is der of success with his hands in his court documents including birth inforalways room for courtesy.—Emerson. pockets. mation may be acceptable.

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Wednesday, April 13, 1955

WEST, TEXAS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

By Herman Yezak IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (By Herman. Yezak) March 28-April 1—The House passed a new Texas Securities law Wednesday after bitter opposition by opponents who claimed it will give too much athority to one man, the Secretary of State.

The House accepted the Senate amendments to a new Texas Corporation Code. The bill will go next to the Governor. The measure was written and studied by the State Bar. The main change in the bill will permit the formation of a corporation with more than one purpose, Another objective of the legislation is to encourage Texans to incorporate under Texas laws rather than organize in other states, favorable to organization, to do business here.

Members of the House and Senate haye started using tactics to delay legislaition. Senator Wayne Wagonseller of Bowie broke the record in filibustering set last week by Senator Jimmy Phillips of Angleton. The filibuster was on a bill to reduce license taxes on buses which prevented the law to go into effect by April 1, the deadline to pay the taxes for this year. In the House an extended debate was held on a resolution asking Congress to get the government out of business. The resolution was postponed.

The House set a calendar for local and uncontested bills for the afternoon of April 5. Results to place bills on the calendar are considered by the Local and Uncontested Bills Committee.

The Automobile Dealers Licensing Act was amended on the floor of the House.

The bill was amended' severely that any other bill thus far this session.

Passed was a Senate Bill strengthening the penalty for breaking into a vehicle.

Reached for consideration on the calendar by the House was a bill prohibiting manufacturers from requiring that their products be handled exclusively.

This bill applied to any contract between the manufacturer and its exclusive retail outlet.

The House printed on minority report a bill making Tarleton State. College a four year college.

The House took up for consideration a bill making it a felony offense for the theft of a geological or geophysical map.

Fifty House bills were approved by the various standing committees of the House. House members received permission to introduce eleven bills during the week,

April 4-8—The House refused to take up for consideration the economic gas waste bill by a vote of 82 to 53. The bill was printed on a minority report two weeks ago.

Rules were suspended in the House to consider the Trinity River Authority bill.

The navigation feature in the original bill was deleted. The bill permits an ad valorem tax of ten cents in a nineteencounty area along the Trinity River watershed.

The House refused to suspend the rules to bring up a House Bill to remove public officials who refuse to testify before courts or legal agencies.

The House passed a Senate bill making certain adjustments in the incorporation, organization, regulation, operation, control, and taxation of all organizations handling contracts of insurance other than life insurance. The measure had the endorsement of the Casualty Insurance Commission.

Conference committees have been appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House and by the Lieutenant Gov, ernor on the part of the Senate, to adjust the differences between the houses on the General Appropriations bill.

The Revenue and Taxation committee of the House is conducting hearings on tax bills that have been requested by authors of tax proposals.

The committee has made no indication as to the type of a tax program it might finally approve.

A House bill providing for the scratch method of voting was passed and sent to the Senate. The measure eliminates squares before the names on the ballot which have been printed on ballots for the past four years.

The House passed 101 House and Senate bills on the Local and Uncontested calendar Tuesday afternoon. The House gave permission for the introduction of six House Bills during the week and also twenty bills were approved by standing committees in the House.

The Motor Vehicle Division of the Texas Highway Department is requesting an affidavit from farm truck owners before they purchase a farm truck license. Such action by the Motor Vehicle Division is based on a law passed in 1941.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C., Cberveika) Wednesday, April 13 Lee Ilse orchestra — Ellinger Hall Saturday, April 16 Emil Bartos orchestra American Legion Hall in Crosby Henry Brosch orchestra mmansville Ha Hall Lee Ilse orchestra — WArrenton.11%.

8 hil- l Konvicka's Worthing Band — Fairchild Hall near Rosenberg Sil Krenek orchestra — Iowa, "Colony Hall Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wedding Dance — American Legion Shiner Majek orchestra — Herman .1Sons Dance — Moravian Hall in CorpuS) sti Joe Nesvadba orchestra — SPJST:Pokrok Hall in Houston Sunday, April 17 Emil Bartos orchestra — SPJS• , Star Hall at Seaton near Temple Lee use orchestra. —4,Wedding Dance — Fayetteville Sill Krenek orchestra — American 'region Hall at Burton Rudy Kurtz orchestra Decostailiall Wednesday, April 20 Rudy Kurtz orchestra — PlainVlew Community Center Hall near El Campo Majek orchestra — Wedding 13.tide''— Moravian Hall in Corpus Christi)` All the above dance's are at night 0 4mless otherwise specified. This is„ac4ree service but applies only to those dances at which mainly polka and waltz music, is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responAbility resulting from any dance aring(meement which is listed in this confirm.

Listings from orchestras and dancp,,halls should be received at least one week, before publication. Send all listings to Calvin Chervenka, Route 2, Rogers, 'Tex. "Shorty's" father was a little Aisappointed in the nickname that his young son had picked up from his companions.

He wondered whether it also embarrassed his son.

"Shucks, no, dad," he was assured.

"I always figure a dime don't feel small in a bunch of nickels."

The remaining four weeks of the session will be busy for legislators. Many legislators will be ,unable to pass their Any dead fish can swim down stream, legislative program before the session but it takes a live fish to swim .up is over which is something that is usual stream.. every session.

1,RXA3 EDUARD MitEK:

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Nejpeknejii kr asl ice jsou na Morayskem PATNACTE CVICENI 9ovicku, kde Zeny prveed velikonocemi pilVelikonoce. ne na rich pracuji_ Loni Hody, hody, na na g' universite byla do Provody, vystaven dejte vajieko malokrasOch kraslie z tesvane, koslov nska, jei se y enernite-li malovane, lice libila. aspon dejte bile, slepiela vim snese fine I u nis v Texasu se ho vs tea', sn lost non na v komoie v koutku, velikonoce pane' malo na zelenem proutku! vane vaucko. Kdo v TeKraslice. xasu um' clltiKrasli:e?

Vernym druhem velikonoenich jsou malovani vajieka, zv kraslice, hou makvani podle ,naroclnich vzond v pestrfrch barvich. Na podklad vaiiaa se nan6.,iieji vzo rky, neepusobi lahodusilnm doimerna hou e'ervene rnodre i jinSich ha-

Prceti nekolikrat a spravne ()pi g do seS pozaravem STRIVIITIC Mt EK Z AUSTIN U. Adresa stryckova je: Dr. Ed. MiAck, University Station, Austin, Texas. ) • 4.

Babieka (Dia sala Bolena Nerncov( ) (Pokraeovani.)

KdyZ sli okolo hrachu, neopomenul natrhat Adelce do klina mladYch lusek, a -v'dy upokojil si svedomi tim, Ze by ani kn'ana proti tomu nic nemela, "protole ma bablOku i detielky rada." Barunka nenosila jis sesti'e kousky sladkeho dreva neb sladke smtily, co si bud' za krejcar koupila anebo od deveat dostala za

e stredu, dne

dubna 1955.

Mani nemecky- ch uloh. Jakmile se prodavaeka nedaleko skoly rozloZila s treZnemi, pravideln6 kaZde poledne krejcar za Tie utratily. KdyZ sly domd dubinou, sbiraly jahody; Barunka udelajic z kory brezove kabelku, v2dy sestie pinou nasbirala, a kdyZ jahod nebylo, paderkovala travnice a pozdeji bortl y ky a oriilky liskove prinaSela.

Babieka pak prinaZela z lesa houby, jeC deti dobre rozenavat &Ha, Zkratka, bylo konec eervence, a' na za'eatku srpna meg a prijeti pani kneZna i otec, a mimo to telily se deti, Ze bude konec Zkol. Pani ProZkova dohliZela jii zase cele dni v zamku, aby ani k.outeeku nezustalo nevysmejeeneho, a pan zahradnik nohy si mohl ubehat po zahrqpie, davaje pozor na kaZdY zahimek, vitali mu kvitka rostou, jak on chce, prehliZeje travniky, jestli by piece nektero, travieka bujneji nebyla vyhnala, aby ji mohl hued zaroven s druhYmi sestrihnout, prolizaje ker od kere, zdali tam podelkyne nezapomnely koprivu, aby ji vytrhl a pies plot hodil. NTZude bylo chystani k piijezdu velitelky. Mnozi, jimZ prijezd pani uZitek prina gel, te'Sill se pa ni; mnozi se mrzeli, a spravcoliic kaZdY den o pid' hlavy poniZovali, a kdy2 sego dvote mluvilo: "Zitra jsou tu," pan spravce tak se snail, Ze i na poniZene pozdraveni poklasneho podekoval, CehoZ nikdy v zin g neeinil, kdyZ byl prvni osobou v zamku.

Babieka prala pani kneZne v gecko dobre, modlila se za ni kaZdodenne; kdyby ale s jejim piijezdem nebyl spojen bYval i prijezd zet'fiv, bylo by ji to jednostejne bYvalo, videt ji nebo nevidet. Tenkrate ale i babieka pani knany sotva doek.at se mohla; mela cosi za hthem, o Cern se ale nikomu nezminila.

Na zaeatku srpna zaeinaly pomalu Zne, a pani kneZna vskutku take hned prvni dni piijela s celym komonstvem. Sleeinka spravcovic eekala Italiana, av gak se ji hned doneslo, ze ho nechala pani kneZna v hlavnim meste. Pani Prokova Zaiila radosti, deti mely zase sveho mileho tatinka; bablece se ovCem tvat trochu zasmutila, kdyZ nevidela pkiji2det s Janem dceru Johanku. Ptines1 ji ale list, ✓ nem2 ji dcera vzkazovala tisicere pozdraveni od tety Dorotky i od strYce, a vedomost davala, Ze pro churavost ponevaa piijeti nemtiZe, strYce, tete hospodarstvi i hlidani choreho nechat, nelaskave by bylo. Psala, Ze je nich jeji hodnY alovek, Ze je teta srozumena, aby si ho vzala, a Ze jim chce o Katerine svatbu vystrojit, Ze eekaji jen na babieeino svoleni.

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DOPEY A NAHLEDY CLEM (Dokoneeni se, strany 10) netile dary na g im vojakum, Tuberkulosni deti, Polio nemoc, Pro nemocne vojaky do Lisbon Hospital, NemocnYm osobarn, Zdej g imu 6ervenemu Krite, drive Oeskemu Cery enemu Ktiti, Zasilani gatstva do vlasti, Care balieky, War Chest, PovalednY fond, Postitene hurikanem, Pro chude deti do vlasti, drive Narodni Sdruteni, Mouektiv fond, Oznamky do pamatniku.

Na zdej g iho Sokola nezapominame, neb poutivame jejich sine pro na ge schuze a zabavy. Tedy ()Was co je potreba zakotii• pime, aneb penetitou odmenu dame. Je tech mist mnoho a mnoho vice. Nektera mista podporujeme pravidelne katelYm rokem. Davarne to z Lasky a /name z toho radost, ze to milteme udelat. Jako kdyt pogleme nagim nemocnYm sestram kvetiny nebo nejakY darek do nemocnice, s tim je pote gime a motna ze jim to prinese filevu v jejich utrpeni.

Jak shore uvedeno, bylo toho mnohb za tech 20 roku, prijrnu, vydani a i prace s tim spojene, a i nektly se mezi nami zamraeilo a padla nejake, kapka, ale zase slunieko zasvitilo a my ..se stale drtime sokolskeho hesla "Jen dal" a tak to ma bYt. Neni to snad chlouba, co Mame, ale vice ta vytrvalost po celYch 20 rok0. Posledni leta Mame na gim 651etym sestram spoleenY °bed a podelime je malYm darkem; 701etYm a ores jsme daly nlevu, jsou spro gteny rnesienich Do teto doby je nas 60 elenek rilzneho stab. , nejmladgi pores 20 rokil a nejstargi 87. To je nage sestra Kubinova, eiperna prababieka. Jen je ji lito, .ze nemate mezi nas easteji prijit, bydli trochu vzdalene, ale stejne kdyt dostane priletitost rada mezi nas Prijde.

Dye sestry bydli v jinYch statech, ale nezapominaji na jejich povinnosti. Ve dvaceti letech jsme ztratily imirtim Lest sester. prejeme jim klidnY spanek.

Nage pram' je, at my star gi jednou zde nebudeme, aby ty mladgi si to udrtely jako pamatku po rids a pracovaly svorne dale.

Celkem a.t doposud je mezi nami soulad a snagenlivost. Nektere sestry kroutku pracujeme pro zdejAl CerveriST Kris od roku 1939 at dotud. Je to zdarma, ale Mame to rady. Drive jsme mely gici stroje v Sokolovne a praci nam tam vozili. Ted' posledni dobou chodime do hlavni budovy Oerveneho ktite jednou za mesic, nekdy i dvakrat od 10 hoclin rano do 3 hodin odpoledne; ye 12 hod.lb. mame derstvY obed za mirnou cenu,

Prijem Y kroutku za. tech 20 rok0 jsme mely $3,750.90 Vyclani 3,533.00 V tom je zahrnuto 12 bondfi po $18.50 Neco aistava v pokladne, aby nevyschla. tvrtou nedeli v tomto mesici, t. ji. 24. poradame oslavu. Oznamka bude ye VCstniku. DobrY ()bed pro v gechny nav gtevniky a veder taneeni zabava. Bude nas teait, kdyi nas poctitr hojnou nav gteyou z mista i z Reclakci dekujeme mnohokrat za uverejnovani nagich dopisu ye Vestniku po celYch 20 rokil.

S praniin mnoho, zdaru k dal gi praci naaeho kroutIti. A. Hemtalova. ) 4„ ( Schine Statniho Vyboru SCR. Prigti schfize elena sthtniho vyboru naaeho S. C. R. tohoto mesice pripacla na den 17. dubna jako treti nedeli v mesici. Schate konana bude ye 2 hodiny v odpoledne v sini radii; "Pokrok Houstonu" eislo 88 na Studewood.

Opetne zvani jsou vaichni alenove a pratele pokroku k fidasti na Posledni schaze byla zajimava. Jsou nagi elenove yedorni si sve obeanske povinnosti a znaji sve nejen obeanska ale lidska prava zaroveri. Jake jsou to prava objasnil nam na g bratr redaktor, kdyt v aisle Vestniku ze dne 30. brezna Casio 13,), daval poznamku k Ovate spolusestry Marie Fabianove, z Hallettsville, Texas, od radu Karel Haylieek.

Pamattljte se? Jedna,lo se o pravo smili neb nesrni-li, °bean verejne po,suzovati jednani (v tomto pripade) treba to byl president SpojenYch stavu. Na tento dilleitY bod se pri glo k rozlugteni, kdyt vyslYchajici Utednik se budouciho obaana otatal pak dovoleno mimo jine obeanske vYsady, tea posuzovat presidenta SpojenYch statu, kdyt by se mu, jako obeanu, presidentovo jednani nelibilo?

Milk nag budouci (kterYin ut asi je?) spoluobean dotekem takove otazky, yete divne se citil. Zazlivat mu takovY pocit nebylo by spravne. Avgak motnYm jest poukazat na onu nevedomost, ze nevedel, ze jeho pravem jako dobreho obeana to jest; svedomiteho, poctiveho a svYch lidsk'ych pfirozenYch pray znaleho eloveka, jest aby po sloteni sve phsa,hy, nejen hinotne tet myglenkove, teto sve prisaze zadost einiL ' Nage obeanstvi (elenst yi) ktcrYra jsme vespolek vazani k zacl ,,va.ni spolkove Ustavy SpojenYch stela severoamerickYch, je nee% cot dosud nic jineho zasazeneho a vypestovaneho lidskYm pHeinenim neptevs, 410 aby elovek kici moll

ae by mu poskytnouti mohlo tolik priletitorti k uplatneni s yYch lidskYch schopnosti, snah a priaineni k jako dava, intellektualni eloveai bytosti, tato vYsada rovnopravi.

Jako day no uz racionaliste vedi, neznalost skuteenosti je ptekatkou eloveku u poznavaiii pravdy, ktera kaide mu z nas (za usporadanYch pospolitYch pomeru) byla by zridlem blaha hmotneho a atesti dugevniho. Neznalost skuteenosti je take prekatkou k jeho myglenkovemu selbe-osamostatneni. Proto take osudovou prekatkou ku poznani toho co bylo by anebo, mohlo by bYti„, lidskemu zastupu na k 0441041r a tim sloutilo by to katdemu jedinci jemu vlastnim zpilsobem k blateno4 zdej gi zaioveri anit by pro t91nekcle pieti muses. Vedecke ofbsat•ni 4.kove (tisicum 1161 dnes) nezname skuteeriat zjevilo by novedenstvu take co to jest co priainuje- k tomu aby nas vice merle, vaelijake zlo neustale v nejake podobe trapilo a nam ublitovalo. Za takoyeho. stavu mysle a vedomosti stale jittar dolt UpinYch k tomu aby z eloveka (poctiveho a jiste dobreho) mohl ()bean vedomY s y tch lidskYch -povinnosti svedornite citem, rozumfm. m utno.:ti, obdarene elovedi bytb814: Z popsaneho vYslechu, zda, se, ze na mistech obeanstvu zodpovednYcl1i0 glo se koneane k poznani, ze vlastne obdanske pravo nemel by dostati kdek(Aly (jaildelo pry eas od easu( kdo-pOilL' hjim slovern nebo soucitneho svedectvi jinYch, se o ne uchazi pro osobni dobro let ne utitek vaech.

Proto tak myslim, te onen vy getrovatel veConlosti onoho eekance °beanstvi, nebyl nijak Utlocitnym v jcho AA'ce, nemilosrdne sine ale naprostel*I ne.

Vtelyt' bylo to jako gtouchnut1eko4p1 do vykotlaneho tela stromu kde skrYva, se rOzna, takto bazliva hayet; verky, a d. Zajeti dnes eloveku zaz giho koutku jeho s yedomi, je snaha opravneneho .soudee odhaliti ktera by osvetliti mohla, skuteenost v cele jeji jsoucnosti. Za dneg ni doby, lihnuti se mnoha, podlYch udavae z docela stateenych mutil a a ten, nadelabo mnoho bathyal. Ph vgechnC*11ift sr.".ze ziistati poctivYrni lidmi, boji se prizna,ti ku svemu presvedeeni, kt jim cliktuje zkugenost, vedomosti " a vira v odveke dobro.

Ono udavaeFke podle hnuti jednot vYch slutebniku zla vyvolano bylo zlomysIniky toho druhu, kterYm zalez 116.d. spolkovou T:Jstavu a tak tom znieit sbotiti lite co zaidacia,tele rep4.09,

1 trana 24 Spojemich state zatidili pro naS'e dobro. Tim "dobrem" je naSe obeanska volnost a svoboda svedomi. Oni tehdy se dohodli, ze tuto east sveta nesmi do drapit dostat Zadna banda sobeckYch, panovaenYch surova.. Takovi nikdy jak.se delnemu obyvatelstvu datilo jen kdy2 oni men Co chteli. Tato fakta (Skuteenost) jsou dnes znama i hodne neuvedomelYm jednotlivcam ne tak prilmerne rnyslicimu, poctiyenau eloveku.

Nasledkem Wane vzklieene vinou udavaestvi, vidime dnes hodne lidi neSt'astnYch protole musi se kreiti pied takovYmi osoba,mi, kteti s jejich vedomostmi a mravnimi zasaciami, stoji na tom nejni2Sim stupni ptirozene mravnosti. To boll zvlaSte kdyZ fedi jak se eini ubohYmi v ueich lidi osvojenYch. Na gm racionalistUm ovSem takovY do1.3evni stay lidi, kteti si z cele due pteji aby na, svete kondene byl rnoZnYm pokoj a mir — neni k gnichu.

Rozhodne nechceme se s nikYm ti protole nevetime, ze elovek na svet povolan byl proto, aby za prOmerneho klidu. 1 to jest: kdyZ se pra ys& nestkili z kanonti nebo narn na hlavy naSe, nePadaji pumy', z jeho Zivota udelal "komedic'. Jak umel sve doby zkresliti poeinani• lidi znamenitY mad'arskY spisova.tel Moric Jokai. Anebo Stetcem matoje melee dne'Sni doby, jmenem Dab.. U nej soud nad spoleenosti lidskou nema patrne ZadnYch mezi. Ono koneene, na obch nag Zeme, nernelo by to stejne addneho freinku jak si bele v jejich duSemi, ei mygenkove dutine proZivani sveho Avota ptedstavuji a dle toho tech par let jeho trvani, uZivaji. Nesmime vSak zapominat (a s cele vroucnosti sidce Verim, ze nezapominaji!) ze je ado na milliony takovYch jednotek jako Ty nebo ja, kterYm to obdoba od naS'eho na,rozeni aZ k smrtelnemu je nekdy hodne dlouhou a nekdy tteba i kratkou, dobou dni za jejihoZ prnbehu je u •eena aby onen eloveku ptidelenY eas, 'potZit byl y e sluZbach Dobra. Jak kaZdY trochu jen myslici elovek pozorovat mute, toto ureeni jest neUprosne poladovano co podminka pro uchovani naSeho osobniho zdravi telesne i mySlenkove, hmotnou paskou bratrstvi, pPecllohou ku vybudovani jednotlivcova charakteru. Aby kaZdy z rids, ne jen slovy, ale, skutky hmotnYmi projevovati naohl rad to co je v nem dobreho jako bylo ve. YSech ueitelich lidsvta jako KonBudha nebo Jai§ a po nem na'S this, za temi pak ylastenci z doby

Iiidny z techto mitt eloveka nehral komedii neb hnami silou tvtreiho Dobra -dny jejich Zivota venovali lidstvu aby ztaechtiti MOhli eo va403 lid-

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skon je vloleno. Pio radost oclveke jsoucnosti (?).

I ten nejSpatnejSi elovek ma v jeho bytosti, umisteny vSechny prvky nutne k projeveni soneinnosti ve vYvoji ruznych tvarti a druhu Zivota a hlavne Oloyeka samotneho proto, ze je ureen za korunu vSeho co vidime, slySime a nervy vycit'ojerne.

AvSak veene eihajici zlo, ztelesnene V jednotlivcich, olenccla lidske rodiny na zemi, sna g se aby tyto prvky nemohly vykvesti v kvet uslechtilosti a v jadru pak poskytovati onu silo k praci z ktere vyvinulY by se okolnosti, pomery a phlefltost k odstraneni vSeho co nas trapi, strZuje a deli aby z jednech stall se .nabubtelci, komedianti, zloeinci, povrchni tvorove anebo otroci ci Zebravi chuddci jak az dosud jsme videli a co racionaliste neveri, ze tak musi bYti. V naSem ptcsvedeeni o eistote, spra y -nostiapeburonildskYchbytoi na zemi, schvalujeme ueeni vS'ech lidumilu, kteti Zili s ynj poeet dni .na zemi pro zuSlcchteni lidskeho stvoteni. Nezaleli eloveku rozumnernu na torn kdo byli ti pot •ebni neeni, kde Zili anebo deje se tak do dnes. Chceme pro vSechny to, co nahoda darovala nam pro nag spokojenost, zdravi a mir. Je to dar nesmirne ceny a mocna pomacka vlastnim ptieinenim dojiti cile dle ptani sily aby z prachu eloveka zvolna naplnil se jeji ftkol na 'Leto na g planete.

Av'Sak, vzdor tomuto ptesvedeeni, racionaliste ponechavaji na vnli kahleho I mimo jejich tady postaveneho, rozhodovati o jeho lidskem ureeni.

Ani za nejkrutergho poniZeni 'eloveka jednotlivi lidumilni myslitele, negi meal ubohY lid hlasat aby povstal a gel sve utiskovatele vraZdit. Naopak, snad kaZdY z nich ochoten byl, za t yrzeni o rovnosti Zivotni vSem dilem stejnYm — dati. svirj Zivot. A take jej — dal. Tak tehdy a jindy, mocnou byla zloba — Jak asi lehce citi se onen naS" nay* °bean kdyZ na ptiSte nebude se muset u2 ye syem asudku o nejvySgm sluZebniku naroda skrYvat po koutech pivnice nebo domovni svetnice, jejiZ; nedotknutelnost pled spary lidske zloby jako za d(aby feudalismu, je u na,s, v U. S. A. chranena naSi Ustavou, ktere ochranou jsou naSe verejne Skoly a za.stup lidi znalYch svYch povinnosti vOei syYm bliZnim a vlastnich pra y na yytvoteni zdrceneho spokojeneho zivota Aspen tak daleko jak dnes ttZ je to moZno v tomto chaosu zrnatchYch pojmii o Zivote a nalem pospolitem hospodatskem Zafizeni diky pfedchtdcUrn naMm z fad rozumujicich Marie F. K. Valova taj. S. O. R. v Texasu

dne 13. clubzi

WLA9ISLAW STANISLAW REYMONT

SEDLACI unsuanatcrapansummixonz. gf

((Pokraeovani.)

(DejovSr celek:=IVIatej Boryna, prvni sectlak v Lipcich, bezmala gedesatnik, clace se Zenit po tketi. Boryna ma etyki deti, Zenateho Antonina, provdanou Magdu, vojaka Gkelu, a desetiletou Josku.

Antonin, kteremu kikaji Antek, se svou Zenon Hankou a s detmi, bydli v jedne polovici selskeho staveni. StarY Boryna s nejmla,dgi dcerou Joskou bydli v druhe polovici. Pacholek Kuba a pasait. Vitek spavaji ye staji. Ve vsi se septa, Pe Antek, ac ZenatY, chodi za nejhezeim svobodnY'rn deveetem v Lipcich, Jagnou Dominikovou. Nejva gi klepna ve vsi, stard JagustYnka, byla toho tajneho milovani oeitYm svedkem. Boryna mel soudni proces se svou bYvalou deveekou. Cestou od soudu dome, Boryna svezl starou Dominikovou, matku krasavice Jagny. Snad

by Dominikove mohl kici, za se mu Jagnieka libi. Do Tymova na jarmark hrnuly se zastupy lidi. Boryna gel pegky, ale cestou se svezl s varhanikovSuni, jejich syn Jenik studoval na kneze. Na jarmarku segel se Boryna se s ySTin zetem, lipeckYm kovakem, kterST pkipOmnel Borynovi, ze by mel dceil Ma.gde, kovatove Zene, nechat pkipsat kousek dedictvi. KdyZ se chystalo k svathe Boryny s Jagnou, Antek byl celSr bez sebe. Nemohl se smitit s myglenkou, ze jeho milenka se ma stati Zenou jeho otce.) * * "Nedame a basta! Otec chce jit k soudu, ale Klomb a ti, co deli s nim, kikaji, ze ZadnY soud nechtejt ,ze vSak kacet nedovoli; a ze pajdou, kdyby na to prig°, cela yes, se sekerami a s vidlemi, jak se komu hodi, ale ze sve nedaji."

"Pro JeZIS'e Krista! To by se neobego bez pranice a bez neResti!"

"To je jiste! Al tem nekolika otrokinn ze dvora hlavy sekerou rozbijeme, bude lined spra,vedlnost!"

"Antku! Zblaznil ses z toho vzteku nebo co? Brebta g hlouposti, mtij milt'!"

Ale Antek ,11Z neposlouchal, uskoeil stranou a zmizel ye tme; knez kraeel speSne k fate, protole zaslechl drkotani kol a tiche, Zalostne rZani kobylky..

Antek sel na dolni konec vsi, ke m1Ynu a pak druhou stranou rybnika, aby nemusel kolem Jagniny chalupy.

Jagna mu vezelar V srdci jako osten, kterY nemohl vytahnout ani se ho jinak zbavit.

Ve stfedu, dne 13. dubna 1955.

Z jejich chalupy se lilo ostre svetlo, jasne a jaksi vesele. . . zastavil se, aby se podival, jen jednou, jedinkrat, jen aby mohl vztekle zaklit. . . ale vzapeti ho ut cosi 'Stvalo s mista , a Antek vyrazil jako vitr, ani se neohleclnuv.

"ITZ je otcova, 112 je otcova!"

Betel ke 'Svagrovi, ke kovaki i kdyt od neho nedostane radu, posedi aspon mezi lidmi, ne ,jako tam, v otcove chalupe. • . A ten knez je taky takovY! Do price ho bude honit! Podivejme se na neho, sam nic nedeld, trapeni Zadne ani starost nema, proto se mu snadno poueuje, 2enu mu vyeet1 a deti. v gak on dobie vi, Ze ji ma, oh, venni dobie! UZ ho omrzely ty jeji narky, to jeji pokora i ty psi on . . Kdyby nebyla, kdyby tak byl sam! "Jeti'Si Kriste!" zastenal tetce Antek, ktereho zachvatil vztek; mei tisic chuti popadnout nekoho za hrdlo, dusit ho, trhat a bit!

Ale koho? To Antek nevedel a zlost ustoupila tak nahie, jak pkiSla; hledel vytreStenYma odima do nod a naslouchal, jak se vichr zmita a pkevaluje po sadech, jak ohyba stromy aZ na ploty a 'Aimra ho haluzemi po tvari. Vlekl se pomalu, ztetka, sotva nohama pohybuje, a jak se mu, zadaly na du gi hrnout miry smutku, trapeni a bezmoci, zapomnel, kam jde a s dim..

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"Pifjdu dovnitk," fekl po chvill.

"Dostal jsem jako ty!"

"Jdi, zastavi se u nine fojt, pkijdeme "Podivejme se, ty tolik jako ja. taky. . . Machorka je na almarce, nacpi co nakadi, gatstvo, krava, a co ja co jsi jekte z otce vymanil? Pamatuji se Antek ho ut neposlouchal a veSel do dobie na vSecky ty husy i prasatka. staveni na druhe strane cesty. kdopak to vgecko spoeita! A bulik, co Sestra rozdelavala oheri a nejstarS1 ti ho dal nedavno, ten neni nic?" chlapec se neil u stolu kikaje si ye slit"Mohl jsi ho dostat taky!"

Sourozenci se pozdravili jen mle"Nejsem zlodej ani eikan." ky.

"A ja, snad jsem zludej, ja?"

"Udi. se?" zeptal se Antek, protote hoSvagri skodili k sobe, hotovi popadSik nahlas a jezdil okezanym nout se do kfitku, ale vzo.peti se =11'4.drivkem po kadcich.

"Zadal s ueenim lined, jak jsme brain- nili, protote Antek kekl uz mnohem bory vykopali, sleeinka ze mlYna• mu "To nerikam. , Ale sve. nedam, kdy* ukazuje, mid na to nema kdy!" bych mei pojit...1" "Roch ut od yeerejSka udi se v oteOve "ViS. . . mne se zda, te ti a 1i tek ne7, svetnici." jde o grunt. prohodil t ochu pb!".., "Taky jsem tam chtela na geho Jenika poslat, ale mut nedovoli, te je to u ta- smane kovar.

"0 co tedy?" tinka, a sleeinka pry je ueenejSi, byla na "Lital jsi za Jagnou a ted' te to "ere."

Skolach ve VarSave."

"Vials mne?" vykkikl Antek zasaepl "To je jiste. . ." pkitakal Antek, jen rovnou do srdce. aby neco kekl.

"Leckdo ve vsi te vial a ne jednou," "A Jenik je na ueeni tiystrSr, al se "Aby jim odi vypadly!" kekl. ,iA•tek sledinka divi." jegte tiseji, protote fojt pra.ve vstupo-vat "Jak by nebyl kovarovo seminko — do svetnice, zdrave na ,fiechny strany; syn takoveho mucirce!"

"Ty se mu smejeS, ale on ma pravdu pravdepodobne veal, oc se hada% profdokud otec Zije, vhlycky jeSte mil- tole se rovnet zaeal zastavat stavehalv ospravedlriovat jej. k ten ptipis zru‘Sit. . ."

"Napil jste se u neho, najedl.

"No, ano, vyrvi neeo vlkovi z hrdla, kdyt to dokaId! Sest korai poli! My u tedy div, te ho branite!"

"Nepovidej hlouposti, kdyt se ,tebott neho s knou sloutime div ne jako eefojt!" napominal poySiSene!pied*' ledini a on to da pripsat cizi osobe, tastavenSr obce. kove, .

"Ja, na to yak fojstvi.

"Rvi se s nim, delcj mu naschvaly, "Cos to fekl, cote?" rad' se s cizimi lidmi, chod' treba k sou"Vaak jste slysel, ne? Jestli chcete, du. . . a on te nakonec vytene z chalu- feknu yam neco, te vas to bude mrzet." py," mluvila tine Magda, ohlltejic se po "Jen to fekni, fekni!" . dvekich.

"A prod ne? Jste pijan, Jida g a:zapro-k"Kdo kikal? vybuchi Antek a vysko- dance, za obecni penize hodujete a•,6d dvora jste si dal zaplatit, aby hrabe;mer,, oil se Zidle.

"Tik, tie, to viS, lidi to rikaji. . . hi prodat nat les... Jestli chcete,ita'k mluv potichu!" Septala ustraSene kova- vam jeSte neco pkidam, ale tadyhle,itou holi!" kfidel valnive Antek a salil ,po kOva Lena.

• "Neustoupim, at' me treba z chalupy hon.

"Ja jsem Ukednik, mirni se vy2ene; ptijdu k soudu, budu se s nim soudit a neustoupim!" Antek skoro kki- abys toho nelitoval. . ."

"V me chalupe se s nik5im rvat,nebum eel. zde neni kremal" kkieel "Hlavou zed' neprorazit, i kdybys trveje se pied fojta, aby ho branil, kal jako beran!" kekl kovak, vchazeje do Antek na nic nedbal, Nynadal obems; ja-• svetnice.

"Tak co ma cleat? Mat moudrou radu ko psum, bouchl dvermi a odekl; .

Ulelfeilo se mu, vratil se domii iltlid pro kaldehO, porad' ted' "Se zlou se starYm neporidiM" Koval nejSi. mrzelo ho jenom, te se zbyteen6 si zapalil fajfku a zaeal 'Svagrovi vec pohadal se 'Svagrem: "Ted' ut budou vSichni proti nine!" rormiouvat, vysvetlovat, pkikra,Slovat a uva,Zoval clruhY den rano pH snidani' a tod,it, at to Antek prohledl a zvolal: Zasl, kdyt vial kovake vchazet do svet"Ty drtit s nim!" nice.

"Jsem pro spravedinost!"

Pozdravili se, jako by se mezi "Dobre ti za ni zaplatil!" nic nebylo stalo.

"Jestli zaplatil, nedaval to z tve kapsy!"

A kdyt Antek kl du stodoly nakezat "Prave te z me, hrome, z me kapsy! rezanku,sel kovak za nim, usedl na snop Lehko se rozdava, z ciziho' Sam jsi ut a tiSe zadal: dostal dust, na druhem ti nezaleli,!"

"Cent vem vkcky hadky. .. prod jsme •

At'

"Jagna je otcova, ui je otcova!" opakoval si znova a znova a stale tikji, jako Oteena,S. V kovarne hotel malt' oheri, tovarysS'Iapal mech jako zbesilY a rozpalene uhliky syeely a glehaly krvavYm plamenem; kovat stal u kova.dliny, eapku v tYle, ruce flak*. koknou zasteru, tvak ukoptenou, jenom Oa mu z ni svitily jako terave uhliky; kul eervene telezo, jen to hudelo; dat' jisker se co chvile rozprskl pod narazem kladiva a se sykotem zhasinal v blative zemi.

"Tak co?" zeptal se • po chvili.

"A • .. co by!" odpovedel tie Antek, opkel se o koSatinu, jicht to nekolik dekalo na okuti, a zadival se do ohne.

Koval' pracoval, see byl; co chvile teleso nahfival a kul, zvonil do taktu kladivem nebo, bylo-li treba pruaiho ohne, pomahal tovarykvi glapat mech; pritom iikradkem pohliZel na Antka a zlomyslnY Usiney se mu mihal pod nazrzlYmi vousy kolem rtt.

"Byl jsi, myslim, u velebnoho papa. co ti kikal?"

"Co by kikal, nic. V kostcle bych to byl slykl taky."

"Cekals neco jineho?" zasmal se posmetne kovak.

"Je to prece jen knez a ueenSr elovek," uradel na svou omluvu Antek.

"UeenY, ale kdyt ma neco nekomu dat, je s ueenosti amen. . ."

Antka vSak uz pkeSla chut' odporovat.

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se vlastne pohaclali? Pro hloupe slovo! ky. . Povidam ti jeAte' jednou, staremu Prof n priAel k tobe prvni a prvni se v nieern neprotiv, naopak, spiA chval ti 11,11)1/1111 ruku k snau!" a prisvedouj, jdi na svatbu, dobrYin sloAntek mu ruku podal, podezirave se vem nektri a uvidiA, Ze ho dostaneme no nelan zadival a zabrueel: tam, kde ho ehceme mit. . Jestli nebu`Tot' se vi, Ze jenom pro slovo, na vas de chtit po dobrem, ponaohou mu soudy nezlobil. Fojt me dopalil. . . co . . S Jagnou se dobre znas.. ona by tLa koho zastavat; nic mu do M- ti taky mohla bYt napomocna. . . jenorn ho tak at' da, pokoj." ji o tom rekni.. . mohla by nejlip stare"fzekl jsem mu to taky a on chtel be- ho zpracovat pro -nas... No tak, udelaS, Zet /a tebou.. ." jak ti radial? Ja uZ zas muslin jit. . ." . a zmlatit me. Zatoell bych s "Udelam, ale ty uZ utikej, abych ti Mtn r.tko s tim jeho bratrancem, co je- nedal po hube a nevyhodil to pied vrai;te od zni nema Zebra v poradku!" vy- ta!" procedil Antek mezi zuby. krikl Antek a zaeal nakladat slarnu do "Co chceS delat, Antku, co chceS?" zareztteky. „ koktal kovai ustrakne, protole Antek " I to ise rn mu pripornnel!" dodal ho- pustil kosu a blizil se k nemu, bledY, s nem r kovar a chytre se usmal. vYhruZnYma °Mina.

"Via'.: ja, se s nim jeAte vyrovnam, "Jsi bidny JidaA zlodej!" chrlil ze na ia,he bude parnatovat. . . panak je sebe slova zperiena, nenavisti; kovar vyden, arednik!.. skoeil a utikal, co mu nohy staeily.

"Je to t'ulpas, nech ho bYt. Ale neco "Pomatl se nebo co?" uvaZoval cestou. me napadlo a proto k tobe jdu. . . Mo- "Kdo to jakiiv videl darn mu dobrou hti bychom to Udelat takhle. . . Po po- radu a on vyvacli, jako by mu v hlave 1( did scm prijde Zena, zajdi s ni ke sta- preskoeilo! At' si teda jde na vYdelek, 'tam a o vSem se jak se patri domluvte at' ho start' vyZene, ja mu k toxi' jeAte . zlobit se a narikat po strane k ni- dopomohu. . . ale dej se co dej, grunt Conn' nevi, musiA jit rovnou k nemu a nepustim. . . Tak ty takhle? Po hube p'nvedet mu do oei, co a jak. . . MoZna, jsi mi chtel dat. pied vrata vyhodit za Ze to vAechno dopadne dobre, moZna to, Ze jsem se chtel s tebou rozdelit. . . taky. ne. .. ale rid se to musi."

Ze jsem k tobe jako k bratrovi s dobrYm "Jakeoak mluveni, kdyZ uZ ji pole dal slovem priAel! Tak -ty takhle? Ano, sam pripsat!" bys chtel vAecko seZrat! Ale toho se ne"Po zlem s nim nic nespraviA. Nu ano, doeltaA! Vytahls ze mne me plany, za to pole ji dal pripsat, ale dokud Zije, te, previte, zridim, i.e s tebou zimnice buparna- de trepat!" Koval' se vztekal a rozohrioclKy jeAte maze smlouvu zrusit tuj, Ze v tomhle se mu nesmiA protivit. val vic a vic nad Um, Ze Antek prohledl At' se oleni, at' ma svou radost. .." jeho amysly a Ze by je mohl odhalit pied Antek pri teto poznamce zbledl poeal starYm. Toho se obaval nejvic. clivet a preAtal rezat.

"K tomu nesmi dojit!" rozhodl jeAte "Proti jeho svatbe pied nim nemluv, v tom okamZiku a pies vkchen Strach z naopak rekni mu, Ze to schvalujeA, Ze Antka se obratil a zamiiil zpatky k Bodela dobre a Ze i ten pripis je v porad- rynovam. ku, k(tyZ je to jeho vale. . . jenom to "Je doma hospodar?" ptal se Vitka, at' slibi nam--tobe a me Zene, kterY pied domem hazel kamenim po OStai samozrejme pied svedky!" dodal kayak husach plovoucich na rybnice.

Chytte, "Kdepak doma! 8' el k mlynaram. .

"A co Joska a Grela?" ptal se Antek s zvat na svatbu!"

"Pajdu mu naproti, treba se potkaocIporem.

-Ty vyplatime. Copak Grela dostal me!" rozhodl kovar a zamiril ke mlYnu; n, al p? A co se toho kaZdY mesic posila cestou se vAak jeAte zastavil doma naan nun na vojnu! Poslechni a udelej, kazal Zene, aby se pekne oblekla, sebrala jak ti radim, nebudeA litovat. Ja tomu deti a hned, jak odzvoni poledne, Ala k Preee rozumim a dovedu uz veci zari- Antkovam.

"VAak on uZ ti povi, co delat! Sadid tak, aby vAecko bylo nak."

"Beran jeAte Zije, ale koZich se ul z ma nic nepodnikej a niu si nevymYAlej, nerozumiA tomu; ale kdyZ bude potrelaa, nebo •Aije."

"1\41e. a poslechni me. Jakmile jednou dej, se do pldee, chyt' otce kolern krku pied avedky slibi, budeme ho mit 'v hrsti a plan;. . . a poslouchej dobre, co otec od Cehopak jsou holenku, na svete bude povidat Antkovi a co Antek bude smaly .1 spravedlnost? A k tomu je tady rikat °tel. . ." Hodnou chvili ji tak pottjeho jeden haeek. . . grunt po tve mat- Coval, vyhliZeje z okna, zda tchana neni uZ videt na moste. te. . ."

"Podivam se do mlYna, jestli 'name "To toho bylo, etyri korce. . . na mne hotove ty jade." 6ekani doma mu bylo i na sestru!"

"A piece ho nedal ani tobe ani me dlouhe.

Zeno! A kolik mica uZ na nem seje a kli8" el pomalu, zastavoval se a premSrAlel. di! — Za to vim dobte zaplati, i s th.0- To je ono. .. kdepak se v Antkovi vy-

e sti.edu , dne 13. dubna 1955. zna!

"Vynadal mi, ale je schopen udelat, jak jsem mu , poradil. . proto bude lip, kdyZ u vAeho bude Zena, . . . kdyby to snad nechtel udelat, pohadaji se a star3i ho yyZene."

"At' to dopadne tak nebo tak, prvni kousek z toho vklycky chytneme..." zasmal se spokojene kova.r, zamnul si ruce, stahl eepici hloubeji do vela a zapjal svrchnik, protole bylo vetrno a od rybnika Uhl pronikavy chlad, "Piijde mrazik anebo nova slota," Aeptal, zastavuje se na moste a rozhliZeje se po nebi. . . Temne, take mrak , jako vyvalene v blate, se honily nioTto nad zenn, podobny stadu nemytYch"berana.

Rybnik Mirk' pobrukoval, voda Aplouchave naraZela • na brehy, na kterYch to a tam uprostred eernYch, sklonenYch of si a shrbenYch vrb bylo videt Aeny perouci pradlo, . zurive bouchani plataeek zaznivalo od obou breha. Na cestach bylo pusto, jenom husy v celYch hejnech se brouzdaly 1,e ztuhlem blate, v prikopech zahazenYch spdlYm listim a smetim a deti krieely pied domy. Kohouti zaeali kokrhat po plotech ohlaAujice zmenu poeasi.

"Ve mlYne se jich doekam spiA," zaSeptal kovai a dal se po ceste Antek vAak se po odchodu kovafove pustil do rezani rezanky tak zurive, pri praci zaponmel na sebe i na celY svet; do oloeda narezal tolik, Ze Kuba, kterY prijel z lesa, vykiikl: "Udelals toho na celY tYden, na mou duAi!" Divil se tak hluene, Ze se Antek vzpamatoval, nechal reza,eky, protahl se a Ael do chalupy.

"Co se stane to se stane, ale dnes musim s otcem promluvit!" rozhodoval se.

"Je to podvodnik a JidaS, ale moZna, mi radi dobre. . . tot' se vi, chce nee° trhnout pro sebe. . ." Antek premYAlel o kovari a kl nakouknotit na druhou, otcovu stranu, hned vgak couvl, protole tam sedelo neja.14ch dvacet OM, ktere vSecky najednou nahlas slabikovaly. . .

Roch je ueil a daval pozor aby neprovadely neplechy. . . Chodil kolem nich s rtiZencem v rukou, naslouchal, obeas nektere opravil, ()boas nektere zatahal za ucho nebo pohladil p0 hlave a co chvile usedal, aby jim trpelive vykladal, jak to v slabikafi stoji; ptal se a deti fSechny najedno, pies druhe, chtely odpovidat, jako krocani, kdyZ uvidi eervenou barvu. . . a hlueely, i.e to bylo slyS'et as na druhe strane staveni.

Hanka vaHla obed a rozmlouvala se syST. in otcern, starSim Bylicou, kterST k nim zfidka chodival, proto2e byl nemocen a jen tak tak, Ze nohama pletl.

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Z WCH VZPOMINEK DOMA I ZDE (Pokra6ovani) Leta me pribS7vala a ja ua bych byl rad take zaeal cleat pro sebe. Doposud co jsem vydelal, tak jsem daval Byl bych se rad o2enil neb kamaradi 2enati. Rodide mi v torn nebranili. "Ptived' si holku, ktera, bude mit dva tisice a my ti to pustime.

Holek bylo dost, ale ktera, mela ty penize, koukala neco lepgiho, a ne se (nit na chalupe. 2iikaly, "me si vezmu havike a budu seat na dike." Koneene me to vgechno omrzelo, i to honeni tech vladnich fikad0, a tu jsem si tekl: "Franto, tady pro to pgenice nekvete, pojede g do Ameriky. Tarn si koupig IWO ty hrabieky na ty dolarky a bude v torn lep gi ne2 zde". Rozhodnuto a tak jsem hned dopsal na firmu Kare g Stocky do Bremen pro informace, ktere mi byly obratem zaslany. A tak jsem se pkipravoval na cestu. a.dnemu jsem nic nekekl, jen rocli: e to vedeli. V ten eas jsme potadali d akademii s peknSim pkogramem a ja, pkednagel baser "Exulant". A tak, co me jegte zbylo v hlave, tak yam pkednesu.

Jen jedno jegte polibeni, matko, me na cestu dalnou dejte; a na srdce, na nem2 mi tak sladko, me ptivinte a dobke se tu mejte.

Naposled tisknu drahou va gi ruku, a bolnou slzou smadim svoje lice, a srdce me se svira, v krutem tluku, o matko draha, snad neuzkim vas vice.

Opougtim domov, kde jsem se zrodil, kde druhdy matka kolebku mi stlala, kde chudoba mi byla dana v podil, kde touha v srdci po svobode prahla.

Jsem exulant, vgak mysl ma. jest dista, ten cit pro pravo nemil2e hkichem se zvati, svobodu 2e chci, tot' ov gem pravda svata, vg ak neni trestnSim k svobode se znati.

To yedomi dnes doclava me sily, pfes hranice 'Ceske pujdu mu2ne, a nenecha mne klesnout v slabe chvili, kdyi chleb si budu hiedat v zemi dru2ne.

Vain ()tee drabST, tisknu vase ruce, a libam vase vraSky„ yam diky s matkou vyslovuji spolu za lasku ke mne po mid ty 'easy.

A ty, lide prate, ptijmi slib miij svatSr, ae sily me i 2ivat path tobe, a tkeba jsi byl ye okovy spjatSr, my sejdeme se zas v rozhodne dobe.

'Neco snad jsem z toho zapomnel, vgak u2 to bude hnedle 49 rokii a me ji g hnedle bude 77, 16. dubna. To u2 ta pamet' neni takova jaka byla tenkrat.

Rad jsem hraval divadla, a tea dle molnosti navgtevoval Prahu a Narodni divadlo a Museum. Vial jsem hrati "Prodanou nevestu, Psohlavce, Jana W.-

(Frank Volf, Britt, Iowa) ravu, Mlynate a jeho cite, Kki2 u potoka, Fidlovadku" a mnoho jinSrch.

Talc a ted' nade gla ta doba loneeni.

Neni to tak lehke jak si mnoliSr mysli. V nedeli 27. maje 1906 jsme se vydali na cestu. Se mnou jel tea Frank Pavelka, byl to soused. Sve veci mel jsem u2 poslane ptedem, tak ku Praze, a pak sbohem Oechy. Jedeme na Bremy. Tam jsme se zdr2eli nekolik , dni, 2.2 dne 31. maje jsme vyjeli na more na lodi Cassel.

Cesta po vocle nebyla zla, ne pro me.

Takto mnozi krmili ryby a byli i jinak nemocni. Tarn jsem se seznamil s natery: mi take hudebniky, tak jsme srazili bandu. Jeden keznik od Plzne hral tousle, ja. fletnu, Bohuslav Maizner z Ril2o(jolu od Liberce hral harmoniku a bubny na glapadlo a jeden cikan ptiznaval. My hudebnici jsme si ptiplatili 2 zlate a dostali jsme od namoknikii kabinu v druhe kam nam pkinageli i jidlo. Jidlo bylo dobre. Odpoledne jsme hravali pro prvni a druhe kabiny a veeer v mezipalubi, kde se taneilo. Dostali jsme dosti piti i penize, take ze sv.eho jsme nic neutratili.

Cesta vesele ubihala. Dne 23. eervna jsme byli v Galvestonu, kde jsme byli v hotelu pana Kki2ana. P11 prohlidce mnozi nemeli dost penez, tak jsem nekolika vypomohl, ale nekteki me dlu21 dodnes.

Snad as se sejdeme tam nahote, se se mnou vyrovnaji.

Hned druhY den jseni hledal praci u Prace byla, ale . chteli 100 dolaril do unie a 14 dni delat na zkou gku za polovieni plat. Z toho nebylo nic, ponevad2 jsem u2 tolik penez nemel. Tak jsme Sli do pkistavu, kde se vyklacla a naklada zbai. Tam jsme praci dostali, ale druhY den v 8 hodin byla vyvolana stavka, zas bylo po praci. Pan Kti2an me nabizel dolar denne a stravu, bavit hosty; pani hrala piano a meli tam chlapce, ten hral housle. Me se to zdalo malo, ale mel jsem to vzit, byl bych se uchranil dalgiho zklamani.

V tom pkijel agent. Byl to Oech, jmenem Stehlik.. Hledal lidi na drahu, ktera se stavela od San Antonia na Galveston.

Sliboval 3.00 dolary denne, dobrou stravu, dopravu a'Z na misto. Tak jsme se dali nachytati a jeli jsme: ja, Maizner, Hodboda, Mazae, Pavelka, a druhe us nepamatuji. Byli mezi nami nejaci Slovaci, Polak a jeden Charvat, ten ua tady byl delgi dobu.

Jeli jsme drahou do Souer Lake, tam odtud povozem 18 mil. Na misto jsme pkijell veeer. Honem stavet stan, neb tam bylo vge tabokeni venku. Matieko skalcava, v noci tech komara, jeLterky po nas

lezly a v gelikej previt. Tak rano po snidani jsme vyfasovali natadi, katdS7 lopatu, motyky, sekeru, pilu, k tomu d ye kole&a, Vymekil nam figuru, kekl co od ni, talc jsme si tekli, 2e budeme dopoledne pilne pracovat a pak to spoeitame a dle toho se zachovame. Po obede jsem vzal miru a papir, zmekili v ge, a kdy2 jsme to spatak nam z toho vypadlo tak 50 centti na den. Tak jsme si objednali farmate, ktery tam nahodou byl s vozem a kotimi, ten 2e nas odveze za $5.00 zpet na nadra,21. Dozorci mu to ale zakazali, jinak ae ho zastfeli, jak se hne z xnista.

Tak co ted'? Ka2dk mel kufr a nejak, balik, a ja, velikY kufr a malt' vojenskk.

Nebylo vyhnuti nee se toho neje zbavit.

Za vend' kufr mi dal farmak llolar a to ostatni, vSe, co v nem bylo, se dalo, na hromadu a zapalilo se to. Tak jsrne zaainali v Americe. Ja jsem neco naepal dO pytle, jeja mi farmaf dal a k tomu provazy na popruhy na zada. Charvat se nabidl, ae me to donese na stanici, daMli mu dolar. Ja byl spokojen. On nic jen to, co mel na sob6.

Tak jsme vyrazili. By2o nas asi 15, pesky 18 mil, to vedro v torn lese. Tarn byly stromy vydoutnale, 2e nas 5 pohad1:ne do neho vlezlo. Tam jsme te2 divoka prasata. Po ceste nikde 2adna voda, a na kterou jsme pfes priali, tak loyla bila a samy olej. Tak jsme koneerie" dorazili k jedne fume. Tam jsme stall za plotem a prosili o vodu. Ze staveni vygla zenska s flintou v ruce, ze jestli nePuldeme dale, ze do nas stkeli. Museli'jsine jit dale o 21zni, 0,2 jsme do gli na Stanid.

Tam ua byl muj pytel, ale ten Charvat ua byl prye. Byl hodnSi, 2e to neodnes/ se, bou.

Co ted'? Nejdfive do salonu, kter3'r byl blizko nadraai, zahnat tu aizeri. Pak Jsme pfinesli nastroje a zahrali par kbuskui zaeea jsme byli obeerstveni a tam' isme se tea najedli. Jelikoa byl veeer, tak jsme aadali o nocleh, ale addnY nas ne'chtel vzit do staveni talc jsme zas museli spat venku na stanici na rampe. Do rana jsme byli pog tipani od komard a celi Zatekli, Jak pkijel vlak, talc jsme nage veci a jeli zpet a site do Houstonu.

Ti hogi z R02odolii tarn men adresu na jednoho znameho od nich, jmenem Najman, on byl v Americe u2 del gi eas a doma v kraji mel aenu a deli. Podle adresy jsme domek nagli, ale jestli videl sve kraja:ny rad, nemohu fici. Hodboda a Mazda' naali praci jeate ten den, a veeer ta" sli delat k nemeckemu aidu do pekar., ny. My ostatni jsme spali zas venku na verande. Rano nam dal hrneeek kafe zakusek za 15 centu, pak nas od vedl na jedno nadra2i, kde drahy vlastnily svou stravovnu.

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Ve stredu, due

13. dubna 1955.

CO MA ZNATI AMERICKY OBCAN (Pokraeovani geste) Odpovedi na otazky minuleho tYdne jsou nasleclovne: 21. Nejvyggim firednikem po presidentu ,je mistopresident, ktery teZ je predsedolt senatu. Pritomne mistopresidentem je Richard Nixon z Kalifornie.

22. Kongres SpojenYch state je rozdelenY na senat, kde je 96 senatorri (kaZdY zvolenY na lhritu 6 let) a na snem posh-wen (anglicky House of Representatives ), kde je 435 poslancri, z nich je dy olenY na dva roky.

23. Nejvyggi soud SpojenYch state ma. (levet soudcti, ktere jmenuje president.

Soudcove podrE sve Mady, dokud se dobin chovaji (coZ' znamena, na doZivoti.)

21. tstava Spojenych state muz'o bYti zmonena dodatky a opravami, kterato dodatky a opravy museji bYti schvaleny tteini etvrtinami vsech state (tedy 36 ze 40.)

25. Vlada Spojenych state je rozdelena na iri oddily (odbory, branches): Odbor zakonodarnY, ktery dela zakony; odbor vYkonnY, ktery narizuje vykonavani zakonti; a odbor pravni, kterY vysvetluje 2.2.kony a rozhoduje, co je zakonite a ftstavni.

Kdyby pisatel techto elanku byl ritednikem, jiste•by se ptal otazKu 25. Je to jedna z nejdrilelitej gich otazek, proto si o ni pohovorime trochu vice.

Kdyl eterne ristavu Spojenych state, pr y -nivyklad,ze onydlakgres (435 poslancti a 96 senatorri). Drulid kapitola vyklada, ze vYkonnou moo, toti2 natizovani ohledne zakont ma president a jeho kabinet. Kdysi mel presiden.,jen pet kabitnetnich poraderi. V jinych zamich rikaji tend° poradcrim N.e` Eisenhower byl zvolenY, bylo techto poradcri devet. V roce 1953 kongres udelal zakon, aby byl take tajemzdravotnictvi, gkolstvi a socialni de. Presidentriv kabinet ma nyni deset poraderi. Vgechny si vybird president se schvd.ltnim senatu. Tteti kapitola ristavy popisuje treti odbor vlady, nejvyggi scud a podrizene viadni soudy. Va g, obCanskY list dostanete od vladniho soudce, nikoliv od statniho soudce. Stavate se obdanem SpojenYch state a sloZifte prisahu pted soudcem SpojenYch state.

Dobre si zapamatujte 25. otazku, ze zakony dela kongres; vladu provadi president a jeho sbor poradcri; a zakony vysvetluje a o nich rozhoduje vrchni soud.

To jsou tri hlavni odbory vlady. Preetete si znovu pokraeovani pâté, abyste 25. otame lope porozumeli.

A ted' si je gte vysvetlime hlavni body o tom, jak Cistava, Spojenych stater byla menena a doplriovana. To bude posled-

ni vec, kterou men byste znati. Proto kdy g budete znati spravne odpovedi na tticet otazek, projdete zkou gku s pochvalou. MoZna stadi deset spravnYch odpovedi, deset z tficeti, jenZe nevime, kterYch deset.

Prvnim deseti doplrikfun k ristave rikame "Listina lidskYch pra y", Bill of Rights.

KdyZ ustava byla vypracovana, a nielo bYti o ni hlasovano v tehdej gich 13 sta.tech, lide se hlasili, ze v ristave neni jegte vgechno to, co tam melo bYti. Nebylo v ftstave nic o svobode naboZ"enstvi; nic o omezovani slova a tisku; nic o tom, ze lide se mohou svobodne schazet; nebyly tam , vyjmenovany jine veci, kterYm lide v Ameriee si navykli. Proto byla sestavena "Listina lidskYch pra y", prvnich deset dodatkri k fistave. Vyjmenujeme jednotliye dodatky s kratkYm vysvetlenim ku kaZdemu dodatku. Techto dodatkri je 22.

Jsou to doplriky a opravy ristavy. Neni tteba si je pamatovati, ale nektere yam zristanou v pameti: Dodatek prvni vztahuje se na, svobodu nabo2enstvi, slova a tisku, a konani schrizi.

Dodatek druhY dava obeanu pravo miti zbrari pro vlastni ochranu.

Dodatek tteti zapovida ubytovani vojakti v privatnich domovech.

Dodatek etvrtY zapovicia prohlidku domova, bez soudniho povoleni.

Dodatek patY zapovida vziti soukromY majetek k verejnemu uZiti, nebo obvineni eloveka bez olAaloby od velke poroty.

Tento patY dodatek chrani kalcieho, nemusi svedeit sam proti sobe. . alovanernu tadDodatek gestY dava ob Z rok na rychlY a verejnY soud nestra,nnou okresni porotou.

Dodatek sednay dava obblovanernu Pray ° v obeanskYch soudech na rozhodnuti porotou, kde cena sporneho ptedmetu je vyssi nez dvacet dolarri.

Dodatek osmy zapovida ptili gne zaru kY, priligne pokuty a ukrutne tresty.

Dodatek devaty vysvetluje, ze ustava nepopird a neomezuje jina prava, ktera si lid podr*Zel. Dodatek desa.tY nedovoluje vlade pHvlsatgovati si prava, ktera si kaZdY stat podrZuje pro sebe.

Techto prvnich deset dodatkri (Bill of Rights) nebylo v pfivodni ristave, ale byly k fistave pkidany na Zadost lidu za dva a pril roku po schvaleni ristavy. Pak v nasledujicim stoleti a pill byly podany mnohe navrhy na doplfiky a opravy, ale dosud bylo prijato pouze dva a dvacet dodatkri. Z nich jmenujeme ty nejdrilaitej gi, ne vgechny.

Dodatek 12. Jak se voli president a rnistopresident.

Dodatek 13. Zru geni otroetvi.

Dodatek 15. Hlasovaci pra y° dernochin Dodatek 16. Ureovani dani z Dodatek 18. Zakazani lihovin ( prohibice).

Dodatek 19. Volebni pra y° hn.

Dodatek 2Q. President se nastoluje 20. ledna v poledne.

Dodatek 21. Odvolani prohibice.

Dodatek 22. President slouZi jen dye lhrity.

Tento tYclen nejsou predlohny otazky. Je v ga,k Mdouci, abyste si clank o ustave (pokraCovani dtvrte, pate a geste) pozorne znovu preeetli. Mno115, vec se zapornene, proto vrat'te se If temto Clank-rim vicektat.

Chtel bych 4v,§ak dodati drivery nagim dtenattim, kteri jeate obeanstvi nemaji, aby se vYslechu nebali. Byl jsem pfitomen nekolika vYslechrirn, abych zadateltim otazky jim kladene, a muslin priznati, Z"e vygetrujici firednici jsou vetginou velmi vlidni a snaZi se celY vYslech usnadniti. Otazky jsou jednoduche, ktere trochu bystrY etenat uovin by mohl zodpovedeti jen z toho, co si predte z rriznYch easopisil.

Byl jsem nedavno pri vSTslechu jednoho krajana. Ptal se ho firednik, kdo je nyni presidentem SpojenYch state; kdo byl prvnim presidentem; ktere je sidelni mesto americke vlady; kolik state je v Unii; kolik senatoru z Texasu je v kongresu; co znamena trinact pruhu na praporn; a posledni otazka byla, prod se chce stati obeanem. A kdyZ" zadatel odpovedel, ze uz dtylicet rokri uzival americke svobody a ptal by si zemrit jako obean Spojenych state, utednik se ()bratil ke nine s poznamkou: "To stadi. Ty teZgi technicke otazky nechame stranou."

To N,7"ak neznamena, ze jiny ritednik bude podobne shovivavY. Proto si preetete tyto vYklady vicekrat za sebou. ) ♦ 40 ° Prijimal pan gef noveho sluhu.

"Vite, ptiteli", povidal uchazedi, "hledam opravdu pottebneho a uZiteeneho muZe, ktery umi goferovat, kterY umi vatit, ogetrit auto, vydistit okna, boty, ptibory, ktery rozumi nateraestvi, ealounietvi, trochu zednieine, kterY umi eastedne psat° na stroji a tesnopis, ktery —" "Pardon," preru gil ho uchazed, "nemate na zahradce hlinu?"

"Mint", jak to, co to s tim ma delat?"

"No, myslim si, jestli zde mate hlinu, ze bych ye volnYch chvilich mohl cleat cihly".

Kroje stale se meni, ale zavoj pokrytectvi jest vidy v mOde.

Ve strodu dne la. dubna 1955.

VESTNiK

TANEtNi ZABAVU Doratia

itad Pokrok Dallas cis. 84 SPJST

2625 Floyd St., Dallas, Texas VEIALI, ►NE 17. DUBNA pri hudbe

K. Patika z Ennis V PIOPRAVE: 1. kvetna "STARLIGHTERS" 15. kvetna "JOHN DLABAJ" 28. kv,etna "JOHN REICEK"

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Ptal se eechoslovak Anglieana: "To se opravdu divim, proe vy, AngliCane, pijete tolik eaje?"

"Hm", povida Anglican, "ochutnal jste nekdy na gi kavu?"

Prijimal banker. Krkovieka noveho ofera: "Nu dobra — a mate nejake doprueeni od sveho posledniho zamestnavatele?"

"BohuZel, pane, oba moji posledni zamestnavatele zemreli v myth slunach.'

Potkal pana Mydlika stars, kamarad: "No a jak se y arn (laid v man2elstvi, pana Mydlik?"

"Velmi dobre. Moje Z'ena je perla, Ona mi pomaha pii vareni, pri uklizeni a fiekdy i pri prani pradla."

Prijd'te na pekne vesele

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tESKE DIVADLO v Narodni Sini, Ennis, Texas "VESELA VOJNA"

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zpevni hru o 3 jedninich Upravili—R. a A. Brandlovi Sehraji Dalla gti ochotnici od Sokola

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April 30 9 to

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Aprit 16th and the. first Saturday each month thereafter free to the members of Lodge No. 88, bring your Friends as guests.

We have tables avail-1)1e for you!

LODGE NO 88 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE.

V NEDELI, 17. DUBNA. Za6atek: 7:00 hodin, veer Vstupne: 50c osoba OSOBY: General Zaborski ze Mora — Miro Jurilik.

Halka, je.ho dcera Alice Janieek' Pani vincencie Jo yanovieova, vdova pc, majoru, sestra geueralova — Annie Staglik Katowlez, sprivce statku generalova — — Bill gill.

Katu gka, jeho dcera Rosie HejnY Beleslay z Daszynskich, porueik husarsky Johhnie gebetka.

Tobiag Bimbo, dilstojnicky sluha — Vincent Ondriliek, Katzenrad, reservni kadet, chistojnicky . zastupce pechoty Albert Vaniura Rytmistr Petrie z Novalova Joe Jureak, Maryna, Viasta Lainovsky Re.iie: V. Ondri gek Napoveda: Karla Kraft Piano: Haddy :.‹.;ebetka; Housle: Julius Podhradsky, Jr Accordion: Frankie Fitz Lieerti a tiprava hercii: Walter Hoek tprava jevigk:i .. Ann Zvolamek, Joe Maca 0 jidlo a Gbeerstveni bude postarano radem od Narodni .Sine CISTi VYTEZEK BUDE DAROVAN SOKOLU DALLAS NA "BUILDING FUND"

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Jsou lide na svete, kteil nam zpilsobi radost jiz svou nepritomnosti.

Zakony, s nimi2 lid nesouhlasi, nemohou b34 zaehovavany.

`Ceske Filrnove Divadla v Texas PRAGA FILM SPOLEeNOST F. J. VESKRNA CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK VAVIIIK zastupee pro stat Texas piedvadi jen prvotkidni filmy v nasledujicieh osadaeh.

"SOUD BOZI" Shiner, ve etvrtok, 14. dubna v 7 hodin veeer Rogers, v nedeli, 17. dubna ye 2 hodiny odpoledne Caldwell, e stiedu, 20. dubna v 7 hodin veeer Ennis, ve etvrtek, 28. dubna 7 hodin vector

Kacii Leiikar a Kacii PRAVNICI TEMPLE, TEXAS utadovna and Floor Temple National Bank Building

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"NASI FURIANTI" Fayetteville., v pondelii dne 18. dubna v 7 hodin veeer Wharton, e stredu, dne 27. dubna, odpoledne i yeeer

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"LUCERNA" West, ve stiedu 27. dubna, odpoledne i yeeer "MODRi ZAVOJ" Dallas, v Sokolovne v sobotu, dne 16. dubna Fort Worth v Sokolovne v nedeli 17. dubna Seaton, T. T. Seveik Hall v pondeli 19. dubna Cameron v nterY 19. dubna v National Hall Floresville, e otvrtek 21. dubna v SPJST sini Corpus Christi v Sokolovne, v patek 22. dubna La Salle, K. J. T. sini v sobotu 23. dubna East Bernard v SPJST sini v nedeli 24. dubna Ve vech techto osadach bude zaeatek divadla v 8 hodin veeer

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Prijd'te a privedlo i VaSe zname aby s varni uzili krasnY a pfijemnY veeer.

Lavaca Co. Abstract COMPANY Jerome I. Koclan Vyhotovi abstraktr, vlastnickd pravo, vyfizuje majetkove pogSteni Ufadovna nad Peoples State Bank Telefon do tifadovny fish) b HALLFTTSVILLE. TEXAS

Ernest J. Hanka PRAVNIK

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"BABICKA" Flatonia, v titerY, dne 19. dubna v 7 hodin veeer El Campo, ve stiedu, dne 20. dubna odpol i xeeer Wallis, e etvrtek, dne 28. dubna v 7 hodin yeeer

Ve stkedu, dne 13. dubna 1955.

Adolph D. PavliCek PRAVNIK

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SPRAVNE VYKONANA POHREBNi

SLU2BA V hodine talu zarmouceni naleznete Edward Pace pohtelri Ustav pohotovY k sympatickerriu vytize.. n1 nezkytnYch jednotlivosti a k Yr praveni dojemneho pohtbu.

Levne ceny jsou nati zasadou

Edward Pace Pohiebni iseditel ben S.P.J.S.T.—Tel. Prospect 3-3606 118 N. 5th St.. TEMPLE. TEXAS

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Dr. Chas. J. Hollub

John W. Leiikar PRAVNIK

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Ve stiedu, dne 13. dubna 1955.

albOznamovatel Hlavni Itiadovna SPJST dela piijeky na fanny, ranee, a vybudovan • mestskY majetek, kdekoliv v Texasu. Pitjeuje svoje vlastni pertize na nizke- firoky, dlouhe splatky a s velice priznivYmi podminka mi pro piedeasne vyplaceni. Pigte: Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas. ) • •( We make loans on farms, ranches and improved city property anywhere in Texas. We lend our own funds at low interest rate on long terms and with very favorable prepayment privileges.

Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas. )• •( 120–' Prijme se spolehliva aena k opatroveni diiek, 5 dnu v tYdnu. Pi gte neb telefonujte na Mrs. Raymond Rejeck, 7824 Norvell Dr., Dallas, Texas, E-V 1703.

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Darkove balfacv

do eeskoslovenska vyfizuji.

Jsem zastupee pro firmu Gift Parcel New Yorku.

Pote gte sve dra pe zaslanim balieku ze Svyearska a Danska

Mrs. B. Valcik 8631 Diceman Drive Dallas 18, Texas

Obhajoba MladY advokat obhajoval zlocleje VynaloZil vkchno sve umeni, aby uvedl vkchny poleheujici okolnosti. Posleze rekl: "Raete tivelit, sla,vn r soude, Ze oWalovanY jest silne nahluchlY . a tak jen neztetelne slyk i bias svedomi."

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"Vysloveni Podekovani" TEM KTERtM TOTO PATlki Mej nejuprimnergi dik Dr. Albert H. Braden z Victoria a Hallettsville, Texas.

V mesici enoru 1953 byl jsem pacientern v nemocnici v Galvestonu ye stavu v bezvedomi nasledkern srdeeniho Moje sestra obdrZela telefonickou zprevu z nemocnice, aby bez prodloni ptika, zdali si pieje uvideti mne na zivu.

Te noci byl jsem odvezen ambuland na nositkach do etadovny IDr. Brodena.

Za dva dny pozdeji nabyl jsem vedomi.

Vyna§el jsem ale, ze jsem ztratigmoc mluveni. Nalezal jsem se v jehb Wen! preve jeden fnesic. Posledni dva roky' jsem nemel fipine ZednYen bolesti, jsem vice nebyl na leeeni od doby c0 jsem odjel od Dr. Brodena. Moje moc mluveni se pozvolua vretila a nyni jsenl zamestnen a jsem v prvotrieinim zdra votnim stavu. 35, se citim, ze Dr. Broder). zachranil V ecte vas

George E. Hartley, 1910 Ave H., Galveston, Texas,.

Prklo nekolik dni a cesty se pruriently Dr. Brodena eradovna jest ye Victoria, v jezera. Za vsi stoji auto a S'ofer pta se Texas, v pondeli, v UterY a ye stredu, 90$ kolemjdouciho sedlaka: N. Navarro St. "Kudy vlastne tady vede cilnice?"

Ve etyrtek, v patek celST den a v sobotp like& muZ na hladinu a povida: "Raete tudyhle, jak vidite ty bubliny, do 12:00 v poledne v Hallettsville, Texa' tudy prase projelo jedno auto." (dzc aftasoisftwaelosammsesamoves..en,

TEL. JED. SOKOL Ft. WORTH Pokada

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Historicka doba Pan tovernik se chlubil ye spoleenosti: — "Mem doma dva drahocenne, stare obrazy .. .

— "z ktere doby, pane toverniku?"

— "Z doby, kdy jsem met je gte penize."

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Nem-Ue bYti mylnefkho nazoru, neZli je nazor, ze na ge schopnosti jsou nezmenitelnou kvantitou ureenou dedienosti nebo jinYin nezmenitelnYm zekonem, na ktery my nememe vlivu. Nic nemilZe bYti vzdelenejSim pravde, nebot' ve skuteenosti jsou lidske vlohy kvantitou nadmiru pruZnou a pozrnenitelnou. Lze je rianYm znimobent, ba temer do nekoneena jak zinenc,,ovati tak zvetSnvati. Jsou jako harmonika, kterou hudebnik mute vytehnouti a zase zavriti. Tak mtiZete i vy zaviiti harrnoniku sveho mygleni na nepatrnou skulinu. encbo mtiZete ji spreviiYm myslenirii rortehnouti zepina a tak vyriliti do polt.duilio tbriu k vyt yatern sveho .Stesti Zivota, i espechu.

• • Je/:,lerei jazYeek Sleena T-2,111: -vecn a jste vyslykla Zeruku." clost Petra Dobreho o Sleena Piny:"To jest zrovna, co jsem oeckavala."

Sleena TYny: A proc 1,3?"

Sleena Piny: Protole kdyZ ja jsem ho posledne odmitla, tak tekl, ze piste si de pozor a udini nabidku nektere dosti stare divce, o ktere bude vedet, ze mu nede kokekem."

TANEtNi ZABAVU v sokolovni 3221 N. W. 28th Street

ve Ft. Worth, Texas V SOBOTU, DNE 16. DUBNA

Dr. Thos. N. DeLaney OtNi LEhAtt, BrYle spravne pripravene eas dle imaluvy 513-17 SPJST Bldg.

Tel. itradovna PR 3-3248 Res. PR 3-2687 TEMPLE, TEXAS

pri hudbi3"

ReifEek orchestra z Abbott, Texas Kai'dY je uctive. zvan Zabavnim vYborem (c)

Ve st edu, dna 13. dubna 1955,

Ask Any Local SPJST Representative About the "Savings and Protection" SUPREME LOD LI 3 P. J. S. T.

Temple, Texas