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ye stkedu (Wednesday) 1. OERVNA (JUNE) 1955.

MEN FRATERNALISMU

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YLO BY ZAHODNO, ABY tats, Avaha byla pozorne pfeetena od vSech eadovYch tifednikii, hlavne od peedseda a tajemnikti, a aby o \Ted bylo porokovano v peiSti kadove schilzi, ktera ptipada zaeatkem eervna.

Peed nekolika tYdny byla v anglicke easti na.S"eho organu uvetejnena proklamace tYdne bratrstvi. MnohY z nagich starSich tifednikil jiste eet1 tuto proklaMaci. Jsou vg ak nekteei, kdo si proklamace nepovg imnuli nebo ji peehledli.

Proto je zde podana v peek1adu:

stojnYm zpfisobem oslaven a ucten jako Narodni den praporu.

(4) Aby tato proklamace byla uvekejdella v tifednim organu kakle bratrske a sesterske podpfune organisace.

Ve vsi ticte peedklade, Agnes E. Koob, peedsedkyne.

KdyZ uvaaime, ze v Americe mame bezmala d ye ste bratrskYch a sesterskYch podpfunYch organisaci, nebo pies deset milionu elenti seskupenYch do 83,326 mistnich eadti, to vYSe podana proklamace nabyva vetSlho vYznamu To znamena, PROKLA1VIACE TYDNE FRATERNALIMU deset milionu elena chce na sebe upozorniti zbYvajicich sto padesat Agnes E. Koob, pkedsedkyne a poukazati na vYznam Sve podpfune a dobrotinne prate.

Narochnho bratrskeho kongresu Jeliko2 bylo zvykem jit po mnoho roBratei Utednici mistnich fade, laskaMI, te Naroodrii bratrskY kongres v Ameye vezmete na vedomi tuto proklamaci. rice ureil jeden tYden v roce jako "Tyden fraternalisrnu", proto ja, Agnes E. TYden od 12. do 18. eervna ma postaviti Koob, pfedsedkyne Narodniho bratrske- nas pied oei veiejnosti nejakYm dfistojho kongresu v Americe, timto prohlasu- nYm programem. Zapominame sami na ji tYden od 12. do 18. eervna 1955 jako ohromnou praci, kterou bratrske podpurne spolky konaji, a proto je tim dit"TYden bratrstvi", a Zadam: lelitej81, abychom vzali si vYte uvekej(1) Aby hlavni iikednici kaZdeho bra- nene prohlageni k srdci a upozornili na trskeho a sesterskeho podpfuneho spol- sebe a na nagi spolkovou einnost vhodku, kterY je zapojen do Narodniho bratr- nYm zptisobem. skeho kongresu v Americe, oznamili Jak se to da provesti? Jsou rozmanite svYm podeizenYm domacim spolktim a vAem svYm zastupctim nebo organisato- cesty a proSteedky. Jeden z nejsnadnejSich zpfisobil je poeadani bratrskeho yertim datum, kdy se "TYden bratrstvi" eirku za iteasti ve'ech mistnich bratrbude zachovavati. skYch a sesterskYch spolku. PodobnY ye(2) Aby statni bratrske kongresy, jakoZ i mistni tifednici a organisatoei pine eirek maze zahrnovati proslovy naterYch prominentnich lidi, nekolik zabavsi uvedomili vYznam "TYdne bratrstvi" a aby spoleenYm Usilim a spolupraci vy- inch cisel od mladete, ti'eba i sborove zpevy, pfipadn6 tez vystoupeni uvadepracovali vhodne programy, pomoci ktecich eet, jestli ne'kterY mistni spolek se rYch mela by vekejnost peilelitost poznatakovou detou mute pochlubiti. ti nadmiru dtilelitou einnost, kterou bratrske a sesterske spolky stale provadeji.

Vzpominam, Z. e pii poslednim zaseda(3) Aby v souhiase s idealy a zasadami ni Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu bratrskeho podpfuneho systemu, kde skeho roku v Galvestonu byly podany kladen je diiraz na Attu k praporu a las- dve zpravy o podobnYch veeircich, Jedna ku k viasti, byl den 14. eervna 1955 dft- z nich byla etena, druha byla ustni.

Bratr Arnold M. Vrla z Dallas poslal pisemnou zpravu o einnosti bratrskYch spolku v Dallasu, kde oznamoval te2 program ph oslave "TYdne bratrstvi" of Jestli se nemYlim, na °slave se tenkrkte podilelo dvanact,rfiznYch bratrskYch organisaci. To je peknou ukazkou, Z'e se seznamujeme a poznavame pracovniky inch spolkii a skupin. tstni zprava byla podana od einovnika jednoho nemeckeho spolku, kterY oznamoval zdaeilY program pH °slave "TYdne bratrstvi" v Houstonu. Na programu bylo v Houstonu zastoupeno4si osm nebo deset houstonskYch spolku, mezi nimi te2 fad 8tefanik eislo 142 SPJST a fad Pokrok Houstonu 'Oslo 88 SPJST. V Texasu marne pees pal milionu osob, ktere jsou eleny nektereho bratrskeho nebo sesterskeho podptirneho spolku. Pokud znamo, jen na dvou mistech byla vefejnost upozornena prostkednictvim veeernich programti na prati a vYznam bratrstvi. Jen etyki SPJST eddy byly za• Pojeni do oslavy "TYdne bratrstvi", dva v Dallas a dva v Houstonu. A piece mobil bychom miti zastoupeni teZ v jinYch mistech, kde jsou na'Se eady a take mistni spolky jinYch organisaci. Jak by se to mile poslouchalo v pelAtim zasedani Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu, ze byly programy v Temple, Taylor, Ennis, San Antonio, Schulenburgu, Hallettsville, Corpus Christi, a Ze nae SPJST eady daly k tomu podnet.

Zde nekolika slovy nastinim spoleen* postup. At' mistni pfedseda a mistni tajemnik SPJST vejdou ye spojeni s Uredniky jinYch bratrskYch a sesterskYch spolku v meste. Je eas, abyste se posnail. Kdo hleda, najde. DalSi informace pfijdou. Zaanete znamosti.

Tato vec stoji za uvalenou. Bratrska, prate neni omezena jen na hrstku naAich lidi. KaMe /nest° ma nekolik mistnich bratrskYch spolkii. Podejme si ruce.

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Kaidy tyden v palatial neba v titerY pis tyto fivahy, Musi to bYti hotovo ne2 zaenou dochazeti dopisy od etenakii, od naeich elenti a od mistnich dopisovatelii. Poznatnky k terra° fivaham sbiram stale a veucle. Bleskne mi hlavou my elenka pii jidle, pri holeni, cestou nekam nebo eteni eehokoliv. Poznaenn si ka2dY myelenkovk zablesk. Jinak bych nana.ci ztratil, zapomenul, a pak bych sam sebe tYral, o eem psati.

Proto nine v kaale schtizi a pri ka2clem shromaZcleni vidite s malym zapisniekem a s perem v ruce.

Tentokrate m am tech poznamek ta kovou spoustu, 2,, ani etyri eisla Vestniku na rozebirarii veech boar nestaei.

Hotovy kaleidoskop. Snad znate to (Jetskou hraeku, malSr pi istroj, ye kterem se pestra, sklielca sklaclaji pomoci zrcatek ye hvezdovite olir,Azce, a ka2dV pohyb nebo slabe drcnuti zmeni predche.zejici °braze(' v nove seskupeni. Takoye kaleidoskopicke zmeny byly minuleho tYdne.

Prvni obrazec by la distriktni schlize v Hillje a pritom na ysteva a prohlidka atulny pro stare licii nedaleko sine tadu 6echoslovan eisl,.) 40. Milk dojem zanechala eisla ocl omladiny z East Bernard a z Hall ptisville. Zvlaete libive bylo slo, kde predveden byl taneeek mlade2e z Hallettsville pi i zpevu , pine SPJST. Kdy2 nepoeitam sborovk zpev--tueim rids bylo eestim et, kterY byl predveden pri zasedani Texaskeho bratrskeho kongre-VT,IDupeni sboru z su v G Hallettsville bylo teprve po tied, kdy piseri SPJST byla, predvedena naeirn eleninn. Nemohu se zdr2eti, abych neuCinil 2e je to velika ekoda, 2e nage vetei rally, kde je inlade2 einna, dosud nedostaly hraci rekordy s pisni SPJST, jak je sveho easu sestra, Hilsherova, upravila. Nekdy dobrou, vec zaeneme, pak dostaneme vrtochy nebo jinou naladu—a dobrou vec nedokonenne. Jako v 2ivote se east° stava: troclau lasky, nejakY Cas libanky, pak jeden druhemu zeveedni a zaenou na sebe vreet.

DruhY dojem tehoi dno bylo divadlo v sini taclu Karel Jonas v East Bernard.

Byl jsem jednim z herca, proto nemohu davati posudek jink ne2 co jsem slyeel od tech, kdo prislr na divadlo.

2adnk nelitoval a kahlk se naramne dobre pobavil. Za zminku stoji, 2e pouze dva z hercti men eeskou ekolu vie stare vlasti, ostatni iteinkujici se vyjadruji mnohem sna.dneji V anglietine. Ale kdo je videl na jevieti a slyeel jejich ree a zpev, musi jim clati pink kredit, 2e o-

ye r^,177 :, clue 1. tiervnrt vlaciaji eeetinu uspokojive, taki• a perfektne. To u2 nee() znamena, kdy2 rnladik nebo clevee bez Ceske ekoly dovede sehrati Ceskou elohu—a nekdy lepei net ten, kdo mel 'Ceske vychovani ye stare vlasti. Tim se mil:2mm pochlubiti cele Americe, 2e my v Texasu hrajeme ecska divadla s mladeli zde narozenou, zde vychovanou americkymi ekolami. To u2 si zasluhuje pripomenuti a pochvaly. To potvrzuje vyrok Dra. Ivana Taborskeho z New Yorku, kterk pied dveina mesici napsal pro Vestnik: "Na americkem vkchode bychom si v nanohem meli vzit vizor od krajanti v Texa.su."

A jako na kolotoki, ocl schlize esteho distriktu v Hillje elo to rychieji a rychleji. V pondeli weer byla poradni schtize Mend pateho distriktu, aby vee bylo promyeleno a vyplanovanotro spoleenou hostinu s bratry a sestrami z tretiho distpiktu. Jeete poslano pripomenuti bratru predseelovi Jednoty, aby nezapomnel se dostaviti a odevzdati odmeny elentim kiubu "50-M", kterYch V tretim a v patern distriktu je deset. V Uterk pozde v noci sedl jsem na letoun, abych s vYchodem slunce byl v Chicagu, a mohl bYti pritomen triclennimu zasedani a rokovani o probLemech v bratrskYch podpinnkch spolcich. Musim poznamenati, 2e cestovani aeroplanem bylo lacinejei a vYhodnejei net bylo by vlakem. Obe testy konal jsem v noci, kde2to cesta drahou vzala by celk den a celou noc. Na letounu dostane cestejici jidlo zdarma, kde2to na vlaku obyeejna snidane dvou vajieek, ka.vy •a nekolik kouskti chleba stoji $1.80 a k tomu jeete nejmene 15% spropitneho moureninu za obsluhu. Pro ty, kdo nikdy necestovali letounem, rnohl bych napsati zajimavk popis, ale to by se vymykalo z ramce redakenich iivah, ktere maji bkti zamereny na body a problemy spolkoveho 2ivota.

V zasedani v Chicagal ziskal jsem vemno2stvi pokynti a potrebnkch infornaaci. Prave jsem poeital, kolik arena p(apirui velikosti Vestniku, jsern popsal svYmi poznamkami. Je toho dvacet sedm listu, cot necla se namaekati do jeclnoho Cisla organu. Jak poznamenal jsem ji2 minule, vie schtizich v Chicagu projednavaly se tri dtile2ite ky v bratrskem pojiet'ovani: (1) price s detmi a ondadinou; (2) vYber, vkchova a pottebne kvalifikace statnich a Wstriktnich organisatorfi; (3) a co veechno by se melo oeekavati od domacich zastupcti, einnovnikti nebo zpinornocnenYch jednatelii, kteri jsou zapojeni do naborove einnosti. 0 techto trech bodech se rozepiei postupem Casu. Vra.tim se ke sy Ym 27 listam poznamek.

Dies chtel bych se fAak pochlubiti dvema vecmi. Jedna je troche osobni,

Ve stredu, dne 1. e'ervna 1955. ale ma vata.h na celou na gi SPJST. Druha vec mute bYti chloubou vgech Prvni vec ma sve pozadi tri roku. Kdya jsem byl poprve pritomen v zasedani Noviriarske sekce Ndrodniho bratrskeho kongresu v Bostonu—bylo to v zati 1952—nejakou nahoclou nebo snad samotnou vzacnosti, Fe byl jsem redaktorem as z TexaSu, vedouci bratrsky organ y e dvou reeich, byl jsem proti sta.vajicim pravidhim jmenovan do reditelstva Novinarske a redaktorske sekce. A zase nejakou nahodou byl jsem loni v Atlantic Clity—snad nespravne a nezaslouaene,—zvolen mistoprecisedou sekce redaktorti. Byl jsem volan do Chicaga, abychorn se poradili o postupu jednani ph vyroeni schazi redaktorti 26. zari tohoto podzimu. 1Vluseli jsme vybrati schopne reeniky a projednati jiste pripravy. Od reditelstva bylo clan° na srozumenou, ae ve schUzi v zati bUdu nucen prevziti predsednictvi. Bade to velika zodpovednost osobni, ale bode to zaroven nezvyklou a natimiru vYznammut reklamou pro naSi SPJST, Fe obyeejnY redaktfirek z Texasu, snad. ten posledni a nejrnen g i ze 164 bratrskYch redaktorti, bude predsedat novinarskemu oddeleni. Budu to povaFovati nikoliv za osobni yyznamenani, ale za velmi cennou reklamu na, gi SPJST. Druha vec, kterou se chci pochlubiti, pri gla neoeekavane od jednoho stareho a zkmgeneho redaktora. stareho, minim tim vlastne dlouholeteho a zkukneho redaktora mesieniku The Fraternal Monitor, Arthura Hamiltona.

Vekem jsme si asi stejni, jenae on vedl r pzSiten1 mesionik The Fraternal Monitor jia eele desitky rokti. Pri gel za mnou, pedal mi ruku a gratuloval k tontu, jak znamenite na ge SPJST v roku 1954 poh-roeila, On totia sestavuje a vyclava kaadeho roku statistiku v gech bratrskYch spolkii a porovnava jejich rust a postup.

Redaktor Hamilton rnluvil na zaklade eislic, ktere dostal od statniho odboru pojiSt'ovani z Austinu. Od nej jsem zvedel, ze na ge SPJST je na 59. miste mezi vgerni bratrskYrni a sesterskYmi jednotami ve SpojenYch statech, kterYch je blizko dvou Set, A od Arthura Hamiltona jsem tea zjistil, ze na ge SPJST je na dvacatem prvnim miste, pokud se tyre novYch elenti aiskanYch v roku 1954. Mimochodem jsem se .dozvociol, Fe nemeckY spolek v Texasu mol lepSi naborovou einnost neF na ge SPJST, v kampani novYch elenti se dostal na secimnacte misto; KJZT na 45. misto; a USA na 52. misto. Z informaci od Hamiltona jsem se v Chicagu dozvedel, Fe po odeitani v g eho umrti lonskeho roku, vg ech odstouplYch, vyloueenYch a vyplacenYch nelenft pribylo nam bezmala patnact set novYch elentt v 1954.

VESTNi-K WEST, TEXAS Ze statistiky Arthura Hamiltona jsem zjistil, Ze lonskeho roku dostali jsme eisteho prirtistku, po odeitani vgech dvou milionu. Pouze jedna eislice mne ztrat, $1,811,409 nOveho poji gteni, blizko zarazila, a to byl malt' prirtistek deti.

Musime vgak uvaZiti, Ze my poeitame na ge deti jen do staki deviti let a gesti mesici, kdeato jine bratrske spolky maji hranici detskeho odboru hodne vyge, vetginou v gestnacti nebo v osmnacti letech. Tim je na g DetskY odbor zdanlive v nevYhode, kdya ho porovnavame s ilnymi DetskYmi odbory, kde jsou zapoeitavany . d.eti do gestnaCti let. Moaria, Fe v tom ohledu bychom mohli provesti nejakou opravu na pri gtim sjezdu, abychom men na g DetskY odbor ye stejnem ramei nebo stari jako u jinych velikYch bratrskYch jednot. mi slovy; my jsme ziskali jen asi Best set novYch elenti do Detskeho odboru ve start 'ad jednoho dne do deviti rokti g est mesict, kdeFto nemecky spolek ziskal tisic Clem, protoae poeita deti hodne stargi.

Kdyby se nekdo ptal, kolik dobra vykonala na ge SPJST od sveho zaloaeni, mohli bychom citovati pana, Arthura Hamiltona, kterY vypoeital, se my jsme aZ dosud rozdelili mezi dedice po zemrelych 'elenech SPJST pies pet milionti.

Ovgem to je pouze jedna Cast dobra, na kterou mtiaeme bYti hrdi. Jsou take jine podpory, ktere jsme svYna elentim poskytli, ktere nejsou uvedeny ve statistice upravene redaktorem Hamiltonem. To bychom si meli upraviti nebo vypoeitati sami. Jen& neni mezi naginat domacimi Uredniky dosti porozumeni, aby poskytnuli Zadane informace, kdyZ je jim dopsano. A kdybychom k podobne praci si treba zjednali nekterelao z na gich schopnych studentil z vyggich ueiligt', nagi clomaci arednici nemaji pro takove veci porozumeni.

Strana 3 leko budonenOStii bode moZno podati vg em elentun radostnou ZprOvu, ze jsme na dalgim poStupu.

0 tom, ie nesnime, ale ie mime yellkY zajem o dinnOst organisaeni, mohi se kaadY Olen presvedeiti, kdo zavital minule nedele, 22. kvetna, do sine •adu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88. Byla tarn yelika hostina. A bylo tarn neco (Mealte,j g iho nea jen hostina. Budovalo se tarn nadkni pro dal gi praci. Prijeli bratri a sestry z celeho tretiho distriktu, aby byli bratrsky uvitani a pohosteni od sester a bratrit pateho distriktu. Nechci a nesmim prebirati slovo tem jinYin zpravodajtim. Mam 27 lista jinYch poznamek, ktere jsou rovnea dilleaite. 0 hostine v Houstonu budou psati druzi.

Na jedna yzacriou akolnost•bych chtel poukazati, protok sotva nekdo jinY si na ni vzpomene. Jsou v'trettn distriktu nadkni a obetavi kteri jsou pomerne dosti dobre znami. Ale je v tretim distriktu manaelskY pdrek jiZ star gich Menu SPJST, kteri neschazeji nikde no, aadnem vYznamnem. spolkovein podniku. Tento manaelskY parek prijel z tretiho distriktu do sehtize pateho distriktu pokalde. TentO manaelskY parek vykonal cestu nejakYch 300 mil tam a 300 mil nazpet, aby t yI ve etvrteho distriktu v -Rowena lonskeho roku. Tento manaelskY parek kond zajezdy vgude, kde oeekava neeo povzbuzujiciho a pro na gi SPJST prospegneho.

Bratr Ed Snapka a jeho chot' nejsou jiZ miadYmi, nerozvaanymi niilenc.i, hleclajicimi v cestovani v gelijaka clobrodruastvi. Manaele Snapkovi z Penelope jsou vgak nad genYmi a oddanYini deny SPJST, kteri neschazeji nikde pri aaclne slavnosti, pri aadneur vYznaninern spolkovem. podniku, Manaele Snapkovi a Penelope vstali nekcly pied heti hodinou rano, aby vykonali cestu do Ennis, kde chytili autobus s Venn, kdo jeli do Houtonu. A zase pa pulnoci dorazili z Housstonu do Ennis a konali v noel cestu ke svernu domovu nejakYch dalSich gedesat mil. Potrebovali bychom vice podobnYch vernYch a nad genYch spolkoy Ych bratrti a sester. Bratru Snapkovi a jeho mile druace v gechna Cost!

podane nine v Chicagu panern Oislice ‘f Hamiltonem jsou zajimave. Jeho pochvalna, poznamka o na gem pokroku minuleho roku musi pote giti kaacieho elena SPJST. Neni to pochlebovani, nemusel pan Hamilton nic rikat, protole je tech bratrskYch spolka skoro dve MladY e'en SPJST, bratr Jerry J. Dosta, ale prece je to mile, kdya nekdo jiny a naprosto nestrannY si povgimne, kk, syn.. manaelit HoSkovYch a GrapeFe jsme se ponnuli, A musime so hybati vine, poslal reclaktoru pozvatil:u k jeho i dale. Od zaeatku roku jsme jaksi zma- ukcmecni petileteho kursu na A M koochabli, a die posledni zpravy loll a dosaaeni akademicke hods. osti. Diz Ustredi jsme hodne pozadu proti ro- ky za pozvani, a srdeene Beilestne dotkla sc zprava o skonu pani ku lonskemu. Ale jako po aplfiku bYva Kfenkove v Taylor, z rodiny Sva,dleriakomesic men gi a mengi, aa zda se bYti pine ztracenY, piece zase zaene r9sti, vVela. Nejeden start' Olen si vzpomene na pribYva, ho a prichazi opet nook Upinek; bazar z prvni svetove valky, kdy Anna Svadleirakova, pozdeji pani Krenkova, tak rovne.a je to s naborovou einnosti, nekdy ochabne, jakoby stala na mrt- byla zvolena kralovnbu tayl.orskeho bazay am bodu, ale zase se vzchopi a videt zu. POztistale rodine na ge hluboka soujeji postup. Proto jsem jistY, Fe v neda- strast.

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VESTNIK — WEST, TEXAS

ye stimdu, dne 1. eervna 1055.

AN OT ASY Z DISTP"" POZDRAV eLENtINI ATEHO DISTRIKTLT Sestry a bratei: 1.1 hostine, kterd byla pro Merry tretiho distriktu, opomenuli jsme cisti pozdravnY dopis, kterY byl zaslanY bratrem L. 0. HoSkem, bYvalYin tajemnikem tretiho distriktu. Prot° peedavam tento dopis nakmu radaktoru se Zadosti, aby pozdrav od bratra HoSka byl uverejnen aby vAichni naSi dleni vedeli, se bratr Hoek byl v duchu s nami pH na$1 bratrske hostine.

Zaroveri gratulujeme bratru L. 0. Ho g -koviajehmnZlc,AM.Ho$kve k fispechu jejich syna Jerry J . Hdka, kterY v patek X 27. kvetna dokonei svilj petiletY kurs na A&IVI College, v College Station, Texas, a bude graduovati s fispechem a k radosti svYch rodien.

Rudy J. S'efelk, tajemnik 5. distriktu.

Grapevine, Texas.

I3ratie peedsedo, tajenmiku, a mile sestry a bratei pateho clistriktu!

Velice lituji, ze okolnosti nedovoluji Aleastniti se s vami vkmi vYznarrineho dne. Dobre vim, ze bych ye va$1 mne mile spoleenosti pookral a noveho nadkni byl naiderpal.

Peal bych yam i sobs, abychom dale vgichni pracovali o dal$1 nutne zlepkni v to na$1 Jednote. Bud'me v gichni pripraveni a pohotove v pravY a pelhodnY. '(as; na tom bude mnoho zaleZeti, to yarn vkm kladu na srdce jak vas oddanY pritel.

Dnes Vgak mejte se dobre a utuZujte dobre nak vztahy! alar tietimu a patemu distriktu!

L. 0. Hdek.

Va g 4. • ( NOVINKY Z TEETI110 DISTRIKTU Ennis, Texas Sestry a bratri: Tak to vypada,ze pity distrikt lads valy pretrumfne. Napeed jsme byli vyzvani k soutai, abychom zavodili, zdali distrikt treti nebo distrikt pity upi$e vet$1 obnos pojfAteni. KdyZ to distrikt treti prohral, a my se odvolavali na to, jsme ziskali vice novYch Menu, treba men$1 obnos poji$teni, pat' distrikt nas vyzval, abychorn to zkusili znovu na dleny. Treti distrikt to zase prohral. Nak povinnost byla, abychom organiratory pateho distriktu dvakrat pohostili. Ale pity clistrikt jests nebyl spokojenY. Pozval nas na jejich hostinu, ktera byla v sini radu Pokrok Houstonu v nedeli 22. kvetna.

Jell jsme do Houstonu autobusem. Bylo rids dvaaetyricet. Sotva jsme vyjeli z nis, sestra Annie Steinerova, rozdala ar-

chy pisnieek, ktere sama na psacim stro ji rozmnoZila, deske i anglicke, Frankie Fitz spustil na jeho tahaci harmoniku a my zpivali celou cestu aZ do Houstonu.

Bylo kolem jedenacte pied, polednem, kdy'Z jsme dorazili k sini Pokrok Houstonu, kde na, nas uz dekali. Byl mezi nimi dokonce i "Davy Crockett" s jeho staremodui ruenici a zaiesackYm kabatem.

NeZ jsma., se v:ichni privitali, peedstavili seznamill, byl eas zasednouti k dlouhYm stoltim v prostranne sini mistniho radu.

Byla to hostina. na jakou se nezapomina. Podrohnosti snad popi$e nekdo jinY. Jests noZ, ()bed byl ukonden, peedseda Hlavni nradovny, bratr Marek, oznamoval, musi odejeti na eadovou slavnost do Taylor, ale neZ odjede, ze dice odevzdati odineny tern organisatornm, kteri upsali ze $50,000 noveho poji$teni roce 1954. Vyvolal je, kdo byli pritomni.

Z tretiho dist riktu byli etyri organisato,ze Sesteho bylo jich rest, ale jeden z nick (bull y Wagner z radu Danbury dislo 139) M'i);c 7 1 pritomen. VAichni dostall zla le prsteny. velice pekne, s inicialkami SPJST Z tretiho distriktu dostali zlate prsteny organisatori Bartek, Milanova, Popp a Vrla. Z pateho distriktu to byli organisatoei Hilsher, Kadleekova, Olexova, Skrabanek, Valeik a Wagner.

Bylo OZMImeno, Ze je dafaich pet organisatorO z jinYch distriktu, kteri dostanou podobne odmeny. Jsou to: bratr Siptak z distriktu prvniho, bratr Navratil z distriktu druheho, bratr Kvasnieka z distriktu etvrteho, a bratri. HolY a Senkyrik z dis riktu ksteho. Jak peedseda Marek byla to my$1enka redaktora Valeika, aby byl zalo gen klub "50-M" a aby elentim byly daily odmeny. VSichni my, kteei jsme byli pritomni na hostile a byli svedky, kdy g se odmeny odevzdavaly, jsme radost z toho, ze deset organisatorti z tretiho a pateho distriktu bylo talsovYm peknYm zpilsobem yyznamenano. elenove klubu "50-M" mohou bYti na svou praci a svou odmenu pravern Po udeleni techto zasluZnYch prstenti byly proslovy od tifedniktl z obou distriktti a od jednotlivYch organisatort.

Predseda pateho distriktu odevzdal piedsedovi tretiho distriktu zaramovanV di• plorn ja,ko - dtkaz pratelstvi mezi teetim a patYm distriktem. Pak bratr Skrabanek, peedse,da pateho distriktu, ZertovnYmi slovy oznamoval, ze dvakrat musel prijmouti trofej od predsedy tretiho distriktu, bratra Pokladnika; napred to byl "possum", po druhe to byly d ye vrany, ale Ze • pomsta je sladka, Co on sam

odevala bratin Pokladnikovi osobni darek„ kterY zfistane upOminkou "na dobre easy , ' Olonhou dobvt, Bratr Pokladnik a jeho manZelka do$tali od bratra Skrabanka hodiny, ktere se natahuji jednou za tri roky, pry aby s tim nebylo tolik price jako s peeenim tech vran, ktere bratr Skrabanek dostal pied neko77 lika mesici.

Bratr Hdek dostal od redaktora Vestniku darek, ale Ze bratr Hokk nebyl, penomen, darek byl predan bratru Hrabinovi, predsedovi tretiho distriktu, aby ho odevzdal. Nevim, jak darek dostal bratr Elokk, ale jsem jistY, ze vyslou'LlY tajernnik tretiho dsitriktu bude miti radost.

Bratr Pokladnik byl pielo/apenY jests jinni zpftsobem. Pilbelhala se do sine jakasi stark ZenStina a pry bleda, sveho bratrance Sid Pokladnika, ktereho pry nevidela od doby, kdy mu bylo pet rokti.

POvidala, ze je jeho sestrenice Lucy, ale bratr Pokladnik nemohl si vzpomenout, ze by mel jakou sestreoici. Ona vgak znala celou Pokladnikovit rodinu, v§ech sedm bratru, jejich Zeny•i (IOU. Na diaka.z, ze je dobre zna, vypravovala, ze kdySi v mladi spala v to same postYlce co petiletY jeji bratranec a ze od neho dostala jakousi detskOu koZni nemoc, ktere se pry dosed nemilZe zbavit. Bratranec Sid ji dokonce musel teikrat napominat, aby se poead po celem tele ndkrabala. Bylo to prekvapujici vystoupeni jedne ze sester z Houstonu, ktera vyslougilemu predsedovi tretiho distriktu pripominala jeho detske easy, a on Mc nemohl zapirat. Hereekou byla neter bratra Skrabanka. Byl to v3-7stup, ktOrY trval asi pul hodiny, kdy divaci se smichem KdyZ pozdeji byla bratru Pokladnikovi misto jednozube stare zeny piedstavena rortomila, dama, on byl ochoten peijmouti ji za svou sestrenici.

Hostin g • trvala pies d ye hodiny. Pak byly odklizeny stoly, hudebnici zaeali brat a kaZdY se pustil do tance. Chvili se tandilo, pak se zpivalo, a zase tandilo, a- nd jsme se naddli, bylo Best hodin.

Poyeeereli jsme, dva bratii z Houstonu zahrali nam na rOzloueenou, nasedali jsme do autobusu a jell jsme nazpet k domovum v severnim Texasu. Na vkchno to, co jsme v Houstonu praili, se nezapomina. Tisic vrelYch dike vkm yam, sestry a bratri v natern diStriktu, z avaSe pratelstvi a vase prielneni, aby bratrske styky mezi nami byly pevnej$i. Snad dojde k tomu, ze se i v jinYch distriktech probudi podobna spolkova prate.

Do Ennis jsme dorazili prave o pul noel. Nikdo nebyl unaven, ale vSichni by11 nadkni. Mohl bych popsati hodne vi-

Ve stredit, Line 1. 6crviia 1f);i5. ce o ceste tam a nazpet, ale myslIm, budou tee jini, kdo dopini nektere jine drobnosti, na ktere si prave nevzpominam.

Chtel bych pripornenouti jednu vec, kterou prednes1 bratr Rudy Sefoik. On navrhoval abychom vypracovali nejakY program, kde by kaZdY distrikt mel souteZ o kralovnu SPJST pri sjezdu pri gtiho roku. Myslim, Ze je to velmi dobrY napad, ktery by mad rozviril hladinu stojate vody na mnohYch mistech. Navrh bratra 8efelka mei by bYt podporovanY a uskuteenenY. Muslin take pripomenout schrizi tretiho distriktu, ktera, bude 19. eervna. Nezapomerite, Ze potrebujeme pokyny a na.hledy Merin, aby na ge schfize mela rispech. Pi gte bud' do Vestniku nebo po-, alete vase nahledy prim° na firedniky' dAstriktu, abychorn mohli predem sestaviti program a postup jednani. KaZdY pokyn nebo pripomenuti bude vitare. asu nezbYva, 19. eervna bude co nevidet, proto nezapomerite planovati, budete v nagi schcfizi tijetiho distriktu a pomtiZete v spolkove praci. Dosud vgechny na ge distriktni schrize prinesly nam nejake dobro a nova my glenky, pre• mYglejte o nagi prigti schfizi 19. eervna v Ennis.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Joe B. HeiriV, tajemnik 3. distriktu ) • {ge • (

vLsTNia WEST, T4yaks

Vida H: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosateni 65 let stab. nebo kdykoliv pkedtim v piipadu Tkida I: ropiaTky se plati 20 rokil. Plni obnost certifikatu j e vyPlacen po dosateni 60 let stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v pkipadu

Vida Poplatky se plati do veku 6l let. Plny obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Tkida Dvojnasobne firazove pojiaeni (double indemnity). Certifikat • se vystavuje polite do obnosu $2,500, dodateene k jinemu certifikatu.

Vida M: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. Po dosateni 65 rokil stab., elen dostava mesioni pkijen% pied 80 dokud lety dedici dostanou mepkijem do 80. vYroei narozenin dlena.

Vida M-C: 17pisova ochrana na 20 let ktera se zmenSuje, at zustane vyplacene pojtsleni na $1,000.

PojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v pkipadu umrti dle klesajici stupnice.

Tilda N: flpisova, ochrana Jen tem, kdo mail od SPJST vypiljeene penize Pet druhfi certRikatfi SPJST pro deli: Tkida J-T: Doeasne poj gteni do veku 16 let, ktere se mate zmeniti na kterekoliv jine poj gteni pa Ze dosateni veku 10 let, nebo Schrize v jinVch distriktech budou uvepozdeji. tejneny jakmile distriktni firednici usta- Tkida, J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokfi novi datum schrize ye svem distriktu.

PlnY obnos pojineni Se vyDistrikt treti, 19. eervna, Ennis plati kdykoliv v ptipadu ADistrikt etvrtY, 14. srpna, Lubbock mrti ye veku ad 16 let vYk Umrtni pojistka pod 16 let y • 4„, • stall je dle stupnice.

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Vida J-S: Poplatky se plati 20 roku PlnY obnos pojikteni se vyTtinact druhu eertifikatfi SPJST plati kdykoliv v ptipadu Apro dospele: mrti od van 1 roku. Do 6 mesicu, $250, pod 12 mesicu, Tkida B: Dotivotnt, poplatky se plati at $500. do sTrati.

Tkida C: POplatky se plati 20 rokii. PlnY Vida 1-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let obnos poj gteni se vyplati kdyPlnY obnos certifikatu kdykoliv v ptipadu se vyplati po 18 letech stall Tilda D: Poplatky se plat 15 rokli. PlnY nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu Uobnos pojigteni se vyplati kdymrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 koliv v pripadu mesicu, $250, pod 12 mesicu, Tkida E: Poplatky se plat' 10 roku. PlnY $500. obnos pojifteni se vyplati kdykoliv v pkipadu Vida J•-G Poplatky se plati 20 rokil Ttida F: PlnY obnos certifikatu je 'tryPlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplacen po 15 letech nebo kdyplati po 20 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu fimrti. koliv v pkipadu umrti od veVida G: Piny obnos certifikatu je vyku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicu, $250, placen ye 20 letech nebo kdypod 12 mesicu $500. koliv ptedtim v ptipadu (dz)

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KALENDAi V Utery veeer kaidY tyden cvidi se sborove znevy dospelYch v sini kadu Pokrok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou vitani. Zadatek v orm weer.

Kaidou stkedu je vy y.dovano prakticke hovorove Spaneikine v sini tadu Pkrok Houston od 8:30 do 10:00 veder. Navaevjsou vitani. Zavolejte na redaktora o informace.

Kaidou sobotu tanedni zabava v sini ra.du Pokrok Houston, podinaje v sobotu 16. dubna. Prvni sobuta v mesici je pro Cleny zdarma.

V nedeli 5. kvetria piknik u sine radu Pokrok Hcustonu. "barbecue obed v poledne, po °bode program ke Dni matek Dni otcti spoleene. Taneeni zabava a jibe pobaveni po programu. KaZdY 'e vitan. e 4. • (

S'kola prOdavadii automobilfi Otazk,a: "Jak nazVvate pied zakaznikern ojetY vtiz, prodavanY konkurenci?"

Odpoved': "Stara kraksna, plecharna, zclrat9vany pekaa, krabieka od sardinek, pojiZdny fla ginet, archa Noemova,obluda z Loch Nessu, fantom minuleho stoleti a prehlidka hrrizy."

"Dobre. A co soudite ekonkurenci vribec?"

"Jsou to zlodeji, lupiei, kon gti handliti, nesolidni bandra, nesvedomiti ci a vyderaei driverivYch lidi. A maji na sklade brak, ktery se nehodi ani do stareho Zeleza."

"Ovgem. A elovek, ktery u rich kupu'je je —?"

"Kavka, hejl, t'ulpas, ktery nalitl a idiot, ktery nerozezna karburator od gula gove konservy."

"Spravne. A ted' bych je gte jen rad vedel za'e byste prodal tu starou rachotu, co stoji venku pied domem?"

"Ta luxusni limusina model div ne 1939? Pane to je vtiz jakV je gte nevidel!

Podivejte se na linii! A cot teprve ty vnitrnosti! To je, paneeku, zachovalost!

Ten vilz mel prosim, jeden pouze na jizdu do kancelare a protole mel kancelar jen pies dviir, nevidel tachometr jakZiv vie net patnactku. Bratru bych tu ma ginu nedal za deset Ursic, ale Ze jste to vy, tak ji za osm mate arit. A honem mi podepi gte objednavku!"

"Dolare, miady muzi, jste prijat!"

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Ze spoleenosti Milostiva pan', znate Einsteinovu theorii?

Jo, poekejte, nejakou Einsteinovou znam. Ale to se jmenuje Rezi, ne Theorie.

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VESTNIK — WEST, TEXAS

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Ve sUedu, dlac 1 eervna 1955.

Z MINOR" DOMACICH RADC itaxl Vlastenec eislo 45.

Shiner, Texas.

Ctene sestry a bratri: Mam varn zase oznamit, co jsme v minule schazi ujednali: ze v priSti schazi, ktera pripadne na druhou nedeli v eer ynu a to 12. eervna ye dye hodiny odpoledne, po schazi budeme mit spoleenou svaeinu a dalSi pobaveni. Sestry jsou Zadany, abyste zase prinesly nejake peelvo, jak ka2cIV rok &elate. Co mate prinest, neni yarn treba psat, neb toho pHnesete, ze jeSte zbyva. Bratil zas se postaraji, aby ZacinSt newel Zizeri.

Doufam, Ze prijdete v hojnem poetu, neb to ted' vypada mnohem veselej g ; a take doufa.m, ze jste dostali vaichni dobrY deSt'. Ale opravdu to bylo jiZ smutno.

Tak nezapomeate na dvanacteho eer y ye dye hodiny, ze mane schazi a-na prijd'te i vy vzdaleni, stall a mladi, mista name dost, a prijde•li yam treba navSteva, vezmete ji sebou. Tak na shledanou se teSime.

Jan PodanST, tajemnik. ) • 4, • 'tad Anton eermak eislo 56.

Corpus Christi, Texas.

Sestry a brathi: Jak bratr StaSa popsal schaazi a pri tom oslavu Dne Matek, tedy neni k tomu co priclati. On ma k tomu vice easu a scha,zi se s vicero 'deny, tedy ma lepS4 zpravy.

Bylo mSr rn amyslem podati veselejSi zpravy o zderSim poeasi, ale my tu v okoli Sinton, West Sinton, St. Paul, Edroy, Mathis a na zapad v Nueces okresu, jsme na torn stejne. Sucho, nebo misty maize sekaji a za.oravaji. Je to nestejne, jako severovYchodne na Taft dostali aZ lO palca deSte, co my zde jeden a misty jen Ze skropilo prach. Podle toho jsou i trody slabe. Baviny, ktere byly zasete na sucho, vzchazeji, ale jaksi slabe, a ne• bude-li prSet, za 14 dni uschnou.

Podle toho i nalada neni, nebo se musi hledet dopredu, ash Ze musime zase kupovat krmeni.

NaS sedniSr okrsek bude mit schfizi ye Floresville, ale nevim jak mnoho tam bude pritomno. Preji zdar schnizi. My budeme asi na ceste donna z A&M koleje, po e,Taduaci v ten eas. NaS syn je take mezi gracluanty , Jinak bychom byli ye Floresville. S pozdravem Andela 0ablova. ) 0 ° I-tad Karel JondS eislo 28.

East Bernard, Texas.

VaZene sestry a brathi: Na vedomost davam vaem Mentn, 2e nak radova, sclailze bude konana jako oeervnu 0 byeejna druhou ricdeli v

dvou hodinach odpoledne, tak prosim vas, prijd'te v co nejvaim poetu jak maZete.

Taky vam sdelime jak bylo na nagi distriktni schaze v Hillje 15. kvetna. Nebudu se mnoho rozepisovat o one cele schazi, ponevadZ nemam dostatek easu, jsem zamestnan rolnieenim a take barvirstvim v Houstonu, a tak nemam dost easu to vSechno sepsat, ale sdelime vam to v radove scipizi. Ale tolik dodat mohu, Ze v distriktni schilzi 15. kvetna na Hillje to mlacleZ se znamenite vyznala na onech programeeh, taky naSi z East Bernard se pekne zadrZeli. Dekujeme yam mnohokrat za tu praci, co jste vykonali.

Taky dekujeme radu v Hallettsville, tern detem i vSem tem, kteri se podileli na onom programu. Tak zvanV "SPJST Dance (tanec)" to bylo velice pane a mne to velice zajimalo. Sestry a bratil, my potrebujeme takoveho nee vice, ziskat nagi mlade2 do tak zvanSTch distriktnich a rado“rch schazi, kdy2 my starai jim k tomu trochu pointiZeme, tak oni sami se taky budou vice zajirnat o vice takovSich pokynech.

Taky jeSte chci pridat k teto zprave, a to je tern houstonskYrn ochotnikiim za to krasne divadlo, ktere sehrali u nas v East Bernard 15. kvetna, "Veseli tri muSketS iVam od srdce rnn.ohokrate dekujeme za tu yak namahu, a velice se nam to vae libilo. Doufame, Ze nas brzy zas nal/SUvite. Tak jeate jednou mnoho dike. To vam preji vaichni arednici a elenove du Karel JonaS eislo 28.

Tak nezapomente na priati radovou schazi 12. eervna 1955. Na shledanou a s bratrskVin pozdravem se na vas teal vas faclovY predseda.

Stanley Barton, vas dopisovatel. ) • 4,

ry Fusig, Frances Kadleeek, Billie Jean Rezek a Mary Louise Kadleeek. Jestli jsem nekterou sestru vynechal, tak prosim za prominuti. Obsluhu mokreho men na starosti nasledujici bratil: E. J. a J. E. Kadleeek a Vilem Rezek.

Byl take pritomen bratr Edward L. Marek, predseda Hlavni aradovny, ktedi daroyal kaalemu organisatoru prsten za ziskani pies padesat tisic poj gteni. Prsten je velmi krasnSi a vim, '2e jsou organisatori na ne hrdi. Jsou to na.sledujici: Bratr J. R, Bartek, Bratr A. L. Hilsher, sestra Louise Kadleeek, sestra Anna Milan, sestra Frances Olexa, bratr Emil Popp, bratr J. M. 8krabanek, bratr 'Stepan Valeik, bratr Arnold Vrlala bratr Jim Wagner.

Po darovani prstena bratr Marek oznamil, e ma pozvanku, aby byl u radu v Taylor. Texas kolem etvrte hodiny. Tedy se s nami rozloueil a jel do Taylor.

Predseda 8krabanek odevzdal dalSi dart' od pateho distriktu predsedovi tretiho distriktu a to byl zaramovany certifikat kamaradstvi. Bratr Jan Hrabina.prijmul tento certifikat za treti distrikt, na ktery asi hrdi. Pak bratr Valeik, co uznani minulemu tajemniku L. 0. HoSkovi daroval pinici pero (fountain pen).

Litujeme, ze bratr Hokk nebyl plitomen.

DalSi bratr 8krabinek daroval minulemu phedsedovi tretiho distriktu, Sid Pokladnikovl, krasne hodiny co osolani da,r.

Po ukoneeni dalSich keenikil schAse ukoneila.

Za bad eislo 88 a rovne'S za fifedniky pateho distriktu srdeone diky a znovu vas vaichni zveme nazpet phi pri gti philelitosti.

Amos Kadleock, tajemnik radu eislo 88. )• •(

Rad Fokrok lloustonu eislo 88.

Houston, Texas.

VaZeni pratele: Prichazim mezi vas, abych mohl aspon podotknout o schazi, ktera byla konana, 22. kvetna v radove budove Cis. 88. Byla to distriktni schaze tretiho a patella distriktu. Delegati a hosti tretiho distriktu se zaeastnili v hojnam poetu. Prijeli na busu z Dallas. Kolem dvanacte hodiny bratr J. M. Skrabanek, predseda pateho distriktu oznamil, at' si hoste zasednou ku stolam, ktere byly krasne pripravene, pak se jedlo.

Nevin jak ty sestry pripravily tolik a tak dobra, jidla, ale vSem chutnalo. Sestry radu els. 88, ktere mely to na starosti a co obsluhovaly, jsou ndsledujici: Anna S'vestka, AneSka Svaeina, Agnes BroZ, Anna Vrla, Sophie Cole, Frances Lurokak, Janie Dvokak, Anna Elsner, Ma-

ZAS NEC() OD itADU tiSLO 92.

Grapevine, Texas.

Sestry a bratri: V poslednim Vestniku mela na§e mild sestra Juranova zas jak vdy pelmY dopis naSi radove oslavy Dne Matek, ba, celeho programu. kterY -provedly ditky pod yedenim sestry F. Kai. Tak to ma byti a verim, ze jedina testa k povzneseni einnosti radove, kdekoliv jest: — pravidelne dopisovani do nakbo Vestniku, nebot' zpravy jak v tom kterem rade jest vyvijena einnost, jest vzpruhou i pobidkou tern nejpohodlnej gim, aby te2 i oni nekdy prilozili ruce k dilu.

KaSda dobra snaha prospeti na gi veci, ma bSiti ov'S'em phi nejmenSlm odmenena uznanIm a ac jsem si te2 toho vedom, Sc nelze se vkly kaklemu zachovati, vSdy prindouval jsem se. aby ocenena byla dobra, snaha nakch ochotnika vkide a

Ve stredu, due denim. 1955. ease kdy je je gte pochvala potegiti mute.

Ty chvalozpevy pri pohrbech jsou jak plane, zpozdene, vadnouci kvety.

Kdybych byl elenem takoveho "almajieibo" radu, obeas sedi bych a psal bych do Vestniku asi toto: My tu u Nas, zas jak to bejva obyeejne jsme "odbYvali" sclarizi a byla nas hrstka. Vybirali .se poplatky od tech kteri pri gli (a hned zas odegli) a kdy, nic nebylo o 'dim by se jednalo tak jsme zassli po s ySrch. Tak tu to mate, to je na ge cela einnost. podpis.

Sestry a bratri, kdyby zpravu takovou odvaLlY dopisovatel nekolikrate do Vestniku zaslal, tak pevne ja. verim, 2e by u pominka pohnula svedomim i tern nejlenivejgim.

Vgimnete si, kolik z kterYch radii nagich nejakou oinnost oznarnuji. Mnoho-li a kted se o pokrok na gi veci zajima?

Jake procento z radii na gich planuje a rozmYgli o nejakem zlep geni? Ktere uva2uji o torn, 2e , blili se nas valnY sjezd i '2e zahodno vyslati, zastupce obeznamene s po'Zada,.vky pokroeile doby?

Je yam Upine lhostejne, kdy2 jen maid skupina za vas planuje a jedna?

Jegte zbYva nam mnoho se zdokonaliti.

Kdy2 nebudeme se sna2iti v gichni prospeti novYmi my glenkami to na gi Jednote, 'nag pokrok pozvolna ustane, Druzi, ti kteri neleni, nas predstihnou novotami, o kterYch se u 'nos jen nekoneene "debatuj e."

A co; bylo to tak.dobre pro rids pies 50 let,.tak nad nejake ty "novoty" zavadet, slyg ite od tech "zaostalYeh" portznu. -Arlo, ano, jen hled'te te"2 jak nam mlade2 unika tam, kde nas predstihuji a ne21i se rozpomenerne, dornluvime, zustavame pozadu.

Budete se nadale vymlouvati, ae u vas se neda nic delat? — Prijd'te se podivati nekdy k nam do nagich sch-Cizi radu Cis. 92 ye Fort Worth a budete prijernne prekvapeni. VeenT ruch, staid einnost, vzornY poradek a rosteme!

S pozdravem Ludva O. Hogek. ( • 4.

Rid Bratii Svobody eislo 67. , Schulenburg, Texas.

Sestry a bratri radu Bratri. Svobody C. 67: Tak zase yam musim pripomet, lie nase ptilletni schtize bude v nedeli pateho eeryna. Hled'te se dostavit v gichni, kteri budete moot, at' je nas pina sin. Mame nejake eleny k prijimani a take jine leNte zale2ltosti k vyrizeni. Pak po schtitzi budeme mit spoleenou svadinu a take neco zapit. Tak nezapomerite a prijd'te vgichni a vezmete sebou i vaSi rodinu.

Mista mame dost. Tak na shledanou ye schnzi. S bratrskYm pozdravem Frank Holub, tajemnik.

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS O e/NNOSTI SOKOLA HOUSTON Predne v tomto dopisu chci podekovati vgem navg tevnikiim nageho divadla, ktere bylo sehrano na Den Matek 8. kvetna.

Navgteva byla velice dobra, a tim nam dodala vice odvahy a sily k dalgimu podTaktel dekuji vgem freinkujicim, i nagi kucharce Andule Valove, hlavne vgak bratru Ka gparovi, kterY venoval vgechnu svoji energii, aby na ge jevigte bylo yeas dohotoveno.

A tea' neco o na gi einnosti. Nejvice jsme zamestnani s nacvikem prostYch na slet, kterY je jia prede dvermi, a k tomu jeg te specielni eislo na zavody o putovni pohar 2upy JiZni. Dalgi podnik, kterS7 mama pled sebou, je majovy piknik, ktery se kona v nedeli 29. kvetna. Mista mame dost pro kaldekdo si chce pochutnat na lahodnem barbecue a poslechnout eeskou hudbu.

Obed zapoene ve 12 hodin, po nemg budou nasledovati rtizne hry a dragba dortri. Veder taneeni zabava, vstup To je vaechno pro mesic kveten. Prvni sobotu v eervnu bude promitan velice krasnY a vVpravi4 deskY film pod nazvem "Lucerna".

Musim podotknout, lie nav gtevy jsou velice slabe na houstonskou menSinu eeskeho ptivodu, kterd je asi 35,000. Tak doufam, ae se polepgite, jinak si asi Ceske filmove divadlo te2ko ude2ime.

Na konec chci po2adat v gechny nage sestrieky, jestli budou mit dorna nejakY obnogenY dort nebo kolde, by ho lask.ave prinesly, co2 bude , velice vitano pri kaA.dam podniku.

Jegte abych neopomenul podekovat bratru redaktorovi Vestniku za jeho laskavost, ae vhly ochotne na ge elanky uverejni.

Za Sokol Houston Karel Matejka.

(Poznamka redaktora: Lituji, lie dopis byl clodan pozde pro minule cislo. V gechna, latka pro pri gti eislo musi bYt v rukou redaktora v patek rano, ne v patek yeeer, a ne v sobotu.) j • Vzpoininky na 24. dubna 1955 Dallas, Texas Ug uplynul celY mesic, a proto myslim, 2e je nejvyggi eas, abychom verejne podekovali sestre Kraftove za velice peknSr program, kterY nam ona vypracovala pro nagi 201etou oslavu. Treba24 jsme ji hued ye schtizi dekovaly, neslySela nas, protoge nebyla pritomna, a nemyslirne, ae bude v prigti schilzi, proto dekujeme verejne, at' se to doote aspori v novinach.

Vime, lie to nebylo tak lehke, kdy s . nahle ji onemocnel man2e1; meta hodne starosti o neho, ale o na gi slavnost jegte Vice.

Sestra Kraftova nepatri jeke do nageho Krou'Zku 20 let, ale prate vykonala uz mnoho, nejen psanim divadel, v kuchyni a jako tajemnice. Je toho mnohem

Strana 7 vice, za jeji Krou2ek lien vdeen3'7. Ten kdo zna sestru Kraftovou vi, kdy si neco vezme na starost; tak toted chce spravne vykonat a musi to bYt tak dobie, jak si to predem yyplanovala. Ale kdy2 sama nemohla, na gla nahradu v man2elu sestry Kebrlove, kterY dal gi program provedl die jejiho pra.ni, a vge dobre dopadlo.

Nejvetgi radost a itlevu ma sestra Ko riakovska, ktera sve kladivko a sve starosti predala sestre Prevratilove.

Na ukoneeni sveho dopisu preji bratru.

Kraftovi, aby pri ripinem zdravi a radosti oslavil sve narozeniny dne 11. eeryna.

Myslim, 2e to bude 75 let.

Marie Toberna • st. • Rid Pokrok Houstonu 'eislo 88 Houston, /Texas , Sestry a bratri: Oznamujeme„cele verejnosti, lie budeme min opet piknik v sini radu Pokrok Houstonu a tu vYbornou ro gtonou (barbecue), jak jsme si pripravili minule na torn nagem novem opekacim zarizeni v sini. Bude to prvni nedeli, 5. eervna, zaeatek v poledne.

Odpoledne bude v sini program na poctu matidek i otcti,spoleend.,,oslava obou dni. Po programu bude taneeni zabava a jive veci pro obveseleni naliStevnikti.

Nezapomerite se clOstaviti. Ka gdY je vitan.

Za rad Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 Zabavni vSrbor. ) • 4

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Rad KomenskY eislo 20 Granger, Texas Bratri a sestry; Vas tajemnik byl gadan aby oznamil, "lie rad KomenskY bude konat svou etvrt letni schnzi druhou nedeli v eervnu — totig 12. eervna. Jak v gdy po schrizi budem mit spoleenou svaeinu. Sestry jsou Zadane aby prinesly neco na zub. Tak nezapomenrite na ten den a dostavte se v poetu.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Henry Vitek, taj.

(22-23) Malajska Prel. G. F. Babler RYge ma sve misto v omdece. — Kdy2 vitr nevane, stromy se nehybou.Maki mina znstane malou mirou.

Refave uhlieko mazes vziti do rukyi ale nemii2e g je v ni podreti.

Pod shnilYm drevem hem'Zi se dervi. — Tygra se boj, dokud ma, zuby. plana slova vitr odna gi. — Z osla kone neudelag. -Pluh rezavi jenom, kdy'2 se s nim nepracuj e. — Kdo se honi za preludy, pozbude syYch statkil.

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Ye stiledu, duo 1. e'ervna 1955.

DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENC ZAPIS ZE SCHUZE SPOLKU TEXASKir CH CESIckCH EX-STUDENTU Schtize Spolku TexaskYch eeskYch exstudentu se konala 1. kvetna 1955 v Texas Union budove pri Texaske statni universite v Austinu. Preciseda p. August Kacir privital eleny a hosty a ye svem proslovu upozornil na praci minuleho roku. Jmena, deskYch graduantft vyggich g kol se vyhledala a tomto gracivanturn byly poslany dopisy, jimit se upozornilo na pfijeky od Matice vy ggiho vzdelani a na deske kursy, kterYm by se mohli ti na. universite. Dale na ge jednoty a jednotlivci byli potaciani o prispe yky na Matici. Hlavni otazka je v gak studium Ceske real. V deskYch kursech by melo bYti mnohokrat vice studentit net je nyni.

KatdY na g inec by mel povzbuzovati sve vlastni deti, aby se zapisovaly do eegtiny.

Jsme Americana, ale nemame zapominati sveho deskeho pftvodu. Tyto poznamky p, predsedy byly vrele prijaty deny.

Zapis z minule schtize byl preeten a pHjot, a zaplaceni vYloh bylo schvaleno.

Pan Calvin Chervenka upozornil, te minule navrhl, aby se ustanovil vYbor, kterY prostrednictvim dotaznikft, osobinch stykii, a pod., by sbiral latku, na zaklacie ktere by se pak mohla probrati a rozre g iti vatna otazka Ceske kultury v Texasu. Je toho nazoru, te by se v tomto melo pokraeovati Usilovne. Na takove uvatovani je nutno vecleti o rozpoloteni Cechu v Texasu, do jake miry se zajimaji a Ceske spolky, za.bavy, knihy, noviny, atd., co jsou jejich nahledy, kladne i odporujici, vtidi studiu Ceske reel, jakYmi zpilsoby rodide vychovavaji sve cleti v lasce k reel s yYch predkft.

Pokladnik p. Roman Bartosh oznamil y e sve zprave, te Texaska matice vyggiho vzclelani me nyni pees patnact tisic larti penetiteho majetku. Z tohoto obnosu tisic pet set dolara je v betnYch piljekach. Na otazku, prod vice studentft se neuchazi o ptijeky, nahled byl podan, Uroky jsou motna trochu vysoke. Po obsable debate p. Bartosh podal navrh, aby se stanovy znienily napravou Hlavy VII., elanka 5., Odstavce 5., kterou by se zraenSit ftrok na jednoducho tri procenta a inel plattiost act 1. kvetna 1955.

Prolesar dr. Ed, Midek sdelil, ze podet studenti v ocibora slovanskYch jazykii so zvY gil (celkem 149), ale to jen v rugtine, riebot' podet deskYch studentfi se nezmenil. Vice nedeskYch studentft se zapisuje do destiny, na priklad, ze sedmi studenth v zadatedni ee gtine jen jeden je deskeho ptivodu. Oznamil, te vlada nabizi vice mist pro na g e studenty Ce gtiny. a rugtiny nail name taslatelti. Tet scielil, te vYbor

AATSEEL (spolek slovanskYch ueitelft) pfijde za presidentem Eisenhowerem. Jestli president SpojenYch state by vydal proklamaci tYkajici se dtiletitosti jazykil, nastal by obrat a podet studenti by se Nate schfize velice zajimala p. Joe Oerneho, predsedu Universitniho deskeho klubu. Myslil, ze Ex-studenti by mohli velice pomoci novYm studentfim, kdyby Je obeznamili pomoci dopisti a osobnich stykft s temi profesory, na ktere se mohou obratiti, a s CeskYin klubem. Nov' student na universite je v prvni chvili jaksi ztracen.

Pan Calvin Chervenka souhlasil s tim to nahledem a dodal, te by dopis poslan CeskYm klubem mel velikY yYznam pro noveho studenta. Navrhl, aby studenti z Ceskeho klubu sestavili takavY dopis, ale aby vYlohy s tim byly hrateny Ex-studentskYm spolkem. Patio se tedy takovY dopis soudasne s dopisem od Ex-studentskeho spolku.

Prig ti schtize si ustanovi firedniky po pomade s profesory na universite. Mineni bylo, te by snad bylo dobre miti hostinu a tanec spoleenY se schtizi.

Nasledujici firednici byli znovuzveleni: August Kacit predsedou, Calvin Chervenka mistopredsedou. J. E. 2ivriS7 tajemnikem, Roman Bartosh pokladnikem Matice, Reuben Le gikar reditelem agitaani prace.

Jaroslav E. 2ivn3"r, tajemnik. ) • 4„, Houston, Texas.

CtenY bratre redaktore, bratri a sestry: oast ° slySime, ze jsme jednu generaci ztratili pro naS1 SPJST, ze jsme dosti nepracovali, a te jsme si nev gimali nagi omladiny. Ono to je vatna. vec. Tu a tam se mne tazali, co it o tom myslim, prof tak mnoho na gich mladYch lidi si bere jine pojigteni? Prieiny jsou rozdilne. Nemyslim, te by to byla chyba na gich yedoucich nebo nekterYch na gich starYch Deti jak odrostou, tak maji svoje osebni nahlecly, die kterYch se midi a jednaji. Oni maji sve pratele. Tito pratcle si nekdy vezmou to nebo ono poji g teni od americke spolednosti jenom, proto ze jcjich pritel sobe vzal sve poji gteni ad one spolednosti. Snad by bylo se tomu prede glo, kdyby rodiee byli nechali deti pojistiti v na'Ai SPJST, dokud deti jate nevydelayaly sve penize a nemely sve pra."tele, kteri jim byli blizsi neZli rodiee.

V mladosti, kde jate deti nemaji bohate tivotni zku genosti, na gi mladi lido se tak domnivaji, ze tito pratele vedi lepgi ne21i jejich rocliec, co Jo pro no lepgi.

Wady se to stane, ze cizi take dobre paradi, take poslouti. Nag tivot je sloten nekdy z hodne podivnYch veci a zku genosti, ktere se nam nekdy do Zivotni cesty stavi.

Tak, bratri a sestry, dejte vase deti do nagi SPJST, dokud jsou male. Bude to dobre pro vase deti a budou poji gtene lacineji a v dobre jednote. Ja jsem taky chtela pojistit sve pravnuky. Dosud jsena nedostala odpoved', jestli jejich rodide si to preji. No podkam, at prijde odpoved'. potom budu videt, co se da udelati, Dnes, kdy motno pojistit male Ott u na gi Jednoty, rodide mail lep gi priletitost sve deti udrteti v na gi SPJST. Tim $e tak mohou zachovat pro na gi narodnost Ceskou a Pee take., Ono to vlastne neni chyba tadneho jednotlivce, ani rodietj, ani naiSich yedoucich. KdyZ pri gla prvni svetova valka,, stargi dorostli hogi museli jiti do slutby StrYdka Sama, deveata dostala dobre placenou lehei praci v meste, tak rodide zfistali na farmach sami. Jestli meli mengi ditky, meli nejakau pomoc; a jestli nemeli, tak museli sami. Zjednati na praci byla teZka vec. Tenkrat jeSte ta na'Se Jednota portistavala ponejvice z 1!du rolnickeho, tak ta prace padla VSechna na ta.tu a mamu. Oni museli sami udelat kolik a jak nejlepS1 mohli. Tak nekdy byli tak tou praci unaveni, ze se jim ani do schtze necbtelo jiti, 2e toho Casu ani sami nevedeli, co drive delati. V ty povaleene easy bylo teZko nekoho dostat k yYpomoci na fume. My jsme to taky ten Cas na fame proZili.

To byla jedna prieina, prof tak mnoho lidi prestalo do schtlzi choditi. Pozdeji si Tide jaksi zvykli zUstat doma, a tak ty schilze byly slabe na yktevoyane. A nekde podnes navAteva schazi je slaba. Dnes je take vice penez, takte lide si najdou vice mist, kaan chteji jiti nebo jet!. Na kale se dues dojede za nekolik minut, kde to drive vzalo korimi dojeti pul dne, Tak to je take nekdy prieina, ze se jede nekde jinam a ne do schtze spolkove. Je vice rozdilnYch priletitosti, kam je motno jeti se podivati na nem pekneho, nebo jeti na navUevu nekde dale, kde by za starYch Cast se nemohlo jeti proto, s potahem to bylo moo daleko. Kara tam clojede mychle.

My stari, kteri jsme do schtizi rani ciaodill, u2 take nam to neni v2dy moZno. To stare telo, nekdy jak se hodne praci unavi, vypovida, takle neni moZno jeti do schnze, ani kde jinde. Toto jsou prieiny, prod nekdy neize do schnze jeti. Tak se to zda, ze to neni Zadneho jednotlivce chyba, ze nekteli naM. mladi Ede se nechavaji pojistit jinde. 13yly to take tvrde

Ve stftclu, tine 1. oervna 1955. okolnosti, zavinene valeenmi easy, byly to valky.

Ted' mame cvieene organisatory, aby nam ty deny do na gi Jednoty dostali.

Prosim, bratti, pozor dejte, jake ty karaktery ptijimate do to na gi bratrske Jednoty. Ona je to bratrska Jednota, proto to neni jenom pojistit nekoho, ale je take tfeba ptihlednout, by tito lide dovedli take po bratrsku jednat a Ziti, kdyZ" je toto bratrska Jednota, ne jenom pojiAtujici spoleenost. Hled'me sobe zachovat to bratrske a ptatelske jednani v nagi Jednote. Kdysi jsme skuteene po bratrsku jeden druhemu ruku podali a v tech rfiznYch Zivotnich takostech vypomobil pii praci ku na gi obZive.

Tak svatek na gich ma.tieek uz je tento rok minulosti. Moje deti mne letos pHpravily mile piekvapeni. Brzo rano na den svatku Matted< dcera ldepe na &eke Ja jsem nikoho neeekala. Tak to bylo mile ptekvapeni. Pak dcera pravi: "Mami, Bill pi-ijede ye etvrtek." Take ptijel.

Tak jsme se radi videli a se spoleone potegili. Kdy2 oni bydli az v Crowell, Texas, Route 2, tak se east° nevidime. Je to 475 mil z Houstonu do Crowell, Texas.

Je gte jine mile ptekvapeni mne ptipravila Annla, moje mil ptitelkyjne.

Pfijela a vzala nas na laftitov navgtivit hrob jeji maminky, me mile ptitelkyne, bYvale pani Klary Lacinove, ktera jiz odpoeiva nekolik let. Take moje dcera mela pfilaitost se podivati, ze ani ye velkomeste lide nezapomeli na ty sve mile, kteti odegli na veenost.

Mela jsem nejakou praci ye Victoria, Texas. Cesta mne vedla pies El Campo, tak jsem si vzpomela, ze pfekvapim moji milou piitelku, pani Idu Peterkovou, a tak jsme se rady uvidely, jedna druhou pote gily. Tak jsem s ni zfistala, al na druhY den jsem jela domft U mne doma jsme nemeli tolik dejte jako 'lade meli, ale co napr gelo, vge vsaklo do zeme, nic neuteklo do ptikop, tak se dalo pekne vge vysazeti. Dovezla jsem si pane sazenieky, ktere mne pani Peterkova, darovala.

Dnes jsou pane zelene a rostou.

S pozdravem Mrs. R. H. Kampen.

4•( Guy, Texas Mill bratti a sestfieky spolkove: Pigete mi, prod nepi gu do novin, ze rady etete moje dopise. Je tomu vina nemoc. Tak yam zdeluji, le na g dobr' ptitel, Josef Davidek z Boling, Texas, zemtel v nemocnici v Galvestone. 21. kvetna byl pohiben y e Wharton na tamnelgim htbitove vedle jeho dcery sleeny Marie, ktera, pfi gla o livot v auto ne gtesti ktere se stab liked easem. Pohtben byl z tamniho pohtebnickeho domfi za velke easti lidu, rodiny pfatel a znamYch. ZeinfelY Davidek zanechal zarmouce

VESTNIK — WEST, TEXAS nou manelku, Albinu, dva syny Davidky, dye dcery, pani Albinu Taylor a Agnes Felder, vnuky a vnueky, v gichni v Boling Texas a vice jine rodiny take v Ceskoslovensku. Ptitel Davidek byl narozen v Ceskoslovensku, byl star 76 let, do Ameriky pitel svobodn' do Fort Bend okresu. Za kratkY das se olenil ze sleenou Albinou, dcerou Josefa a Agnes FojtikovYch bydlicich p •i Needville. NovomanZele byli usazeni na farme v Boling, kde hospodatili s dobrYin vYsledkem, zemtelY Davidek zanechal jeho rodinu v dobrYch pomerech. Mil' na g ptiteli J. Davidku, spi sladce ten posledni lib' spanek a Ty Mild •sesttieko Albinko a deti, ptijmete mou uptimnou soustrast nad timrtim Tvojeho manZela a Va geho tatinka, Dne 21. kvetna se narodila dcerugka manZeltim H. W. WilhitovYm v Austine v nemocnici, ktera ale k zarmutku rodieti a prastatenky jim za nekolik hodin zeintela. V pondeli 23. kvetna rano 0 10 hodinach byla pohtbena z pohtebniho domu na tamni hititov za nav gtevy rodiny tamni, sousedti a znamYch. Pani Leona Wilhite je dcera manZelft J. H. a Paulina Mikeska z Guy, Texas a moje vnucka.

Rano 23. kvetna jela snacha Paulina Mikeska a jeji dcera Vlasta Surovcova z Danion a jeji syn Josef E. Mikeska z Guy jeli do nemocnice nav gtivit dceru sestru a zete a 21/2 letou vnueku Ruby Annette. Pfijeli k Wilhitte Po poledni.

Tam byli navgtevnici pohibu hosteni.

Sousedky nanesly mot dobrYch jidel neZ Paulinka s pfitomnYmi seznamila, ptivezli Leonu z nemocnice domu, ktera se citila dost dobte. Tak si tam spoleane pomluvili pote gili a Mikeskovi po rozlodeni vyjeli o 5 hoclinach k domovu a na pul devate byli doma. Syn musel b'ti doma se mnou a poklizet vaecku havet na venku, totiZ slepice kooky a pse. Sestra Vlasta Surovcova zfistala na nekolik dni obslouZit jeji sestfieku v Austin& V sobotu 21. kvetna mne a Mikesky navgtivila sestra Rozi Gritzmanova z Damon a d ye jeji dcery, pani Anna Poneikova dceru gkou z Columbia a. sleena Livgecky dobre a mile piitelky. Deltuji za milou navgtevou.

Minuljr tYden 20. kvetna nas navgtivil bratr Jan J. Zemanek se synem Alvinem, kterY tatinkovi fidi karu. To si vkly popovidame o starch i mladYch easech. Bratr J. J. Zemanek oslavil v dubnu 83 let. Se gli se k nemu vaecky jeho deti, teda na besedu a oslavit narozeniny.

Dnes 26. kvetna nas nav gtivila moje dcera Lyda Otto z Houstonu, a moje vnuelta, pani Vlasta Howe z Guy se syndekem Tony. Diky za nav gtevu. Nazdar Vestnik. vgeckYm etoucim Rozi Mikeska-Truksova

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Tak se stab 16. kvetna 1955, o jedne hodine ranni, kdy2 Btih k sobe povolal naSi. milovanou &nu, maticu a sestru, Annu .Ktenkovou. Te2ke a bolne bYvaji s•dee naae, kdy2 nas opoukeji pkatele, sestry a brati'i, ale nikdy neni talc bolestne, jak kdy2 nas opouSti talc milovane bytost jako Lena a matka, maminka, kterd vyplanovala talc rad.ostnY .dtim svYm milYm. Kdykoliv jsme k tomuto domu pfijeli, hued jsme ji uvideli na dvore a v zahrade. Tarn .ztravila peknou Cast sveho vektt mezi tak krasnYmi ri;v2emi a kvetinami vgeho druhu, kterYm venovalo svoji pra.ei a pozornost. Ano, mezi kvetina.rni jsi proZila krasne tiny sveho 2ivota a zase Tvoje tel.() bylo rti2emi pokryto a 4eblo2eno a do Nina zeme uloleno. S eek se clu ge vznesla tam k nebes vyS'ina.m.

• KdyZ jsem s Tebou, mild sestro, nekolik poslednich chvil zttavila u Tveho laka, a phi tom i nekdy slzela, tekla jsi mi, "Ruble, ja miluji svoje mile, svtij domov i Zivot na teto pozemske pouti, ale jsem vldy ptipravena jej opustiti, kdyZ na mne bias Pane zavold. Tele jest jako nadoba ktehke, kteraZ kaZdetio dne rozbita bYti. Jenom du ge vecne Ziti ma."

Krasna, uteSItelna a poteSujici slova, tirn potvrzovala, le ma pevnY oil pled sebou, ze nespou gtela z oci zativY vzor Jelige Krista.

S temito paru slovy na jeji zasadu ji potvrdila, ze my ptichazime jen na kratiekou dobu na tento svet, jako kratkA je noc, abychom se probudili a vstali na ten veenY den.

LidskY livot jest jako hra stinova., phi nil jeden stin za druhYm mizi, al konee-. ne ztistane jevi gte prazdne. Princip nageho zivota tkvi v dull, ta jiskra bastvi vlolend v nas, ta prasila, jel diva livot, pfebYva v nas i mimo nas. Ukonei-li nag livot telesnY, zUstava neukopeen livot duSevni. Za mocnYmi, za nuzaky, za kaZje nekoneena du ge, kter6, kaZdeho vgechny obdatuje. KdyZ jsme se sestry posledne ptali, "Vi g -li, kdo je s Tebou?" tckla: "Vim, Btih je se mnou, ten mne posiluje vede."

Jak jsem sly gela mnohe, kdo Tebe dobte znali, se vysloviti, byla to jen krasna slova Utechy, le jsi byla mild, uptimna ku kaZdemu a ku v gem. Ten mohutnY stun lidstva, kter' po celY eas ptichazel se s Tebou rozloueiti, to dokazoval. aby naposled popattili na Tvoji tvat, by Tvojim milYm pozfistalYm dali posilu, aby leheeji mobil nesti sviij teZkY kill. Ale kaZda lidska sila je slaba, jedine Bah mule uleheiti a silit tihu osudu, kterY si elovek utvotil. Proto i j a se obracim k Bohn s dtiverou, -jako dite ke sve mat ce. Tu ucitim hned, jak naleje na me ra, ny balsam, svou laskavou rukou sette sl-

Strana 10 zy i nolesti. Jenom ten, kterSi pro2i1 sam, co to je, kdy2 mu odchazi bytost, kterou unloval tak velkou laskou, dovede pochopit. aistavame, ale teeime se na nova radostne shledani. Prato volame jen "na shledanou." Techto par slov venuje Tye pamatce Tva sestra Ruble Holly.

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Nit iA1.011 RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI Clonove radu Stefanik eislo 142 v Houstonu vyslovuji timto pozilstale iodine uptimnou soustrast nad ztratou matky a naei spolusestry Army M. Sirrionove, ktera zeintela 27. brezna 1955 ye stare 70 Jet, a pohtbena byla dne 28. biezna 1955.

Vime, pozfistala rodino, Ze Vas zarmuLek je velikY, ale vette, 2e i my a celY rad soucitime s Vami.

Zesnula sestra necht' odpoeiva v pokoii, a east bucli2 jeji pamatce.

Resolueni vYbor: Anna Ward Pauline Walla Bohumila Schulda. # RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI Za na.Sim milSrm spolubratrem Martinelli KaSparem, kterY zemtel 10. kvetna 1955 a 12. kvetna ulo2en k veenernu odpodinku na katolickdin htbitove v Hillje za obradfi Dp. Jerome Stryka.

ZcsnulY bratr zanechava, 5 deer a jednob.° syna. DruhY. syn, John, zemtel v roce 1945. Dale zanechava, 25 vnoudat 19 pravnukil, kteri veichni budou mileho tiededka postradat, zrovna tak jako my jej budeme postraclat v naeich schfizich.

V2dy bral 2iyou 'least na tadovem jed-

VESTNIK WEST, TEXAS

Ve stkedu, dile 1. C,..eilina

Patentni system SpojenSrch sta.tiit Kdykoll u2ijeme zapinaciho Apendliku, odpovidame na telefonu, nebo otadime elektrickYm yypinadem, • mohli bychom v2dy s vdeenosti vzpomenouti patentniho zakona SpojenYcla stair, kterY pavzbuzuje amerlekou vynalezavost. Ji2 165 let ma ka2AY americkY vynalezce pray° chraniti svuj vyna,lez zyldetni smlouvou s vladou SpojenYch statti, tak zvanYm patentem, kterY mu zarueuje ochranu vynalezu na dobu 17 let. Po yypreeni tett) lhfity stava se patent yetejnYin vlastnictvim.

Druha sekce, prvni elanek americke fistavy (lava, kongresu moc "claraniti pokrok vedy a u2iteenYch umeni zajistenim prava autorfim na jejich spisy a vynalezctun na jejich objevy na omezenou dobu". Patentni listiny byly veak vydavany vladami ji2 davno pied tins. Tak na, ptiklad ji2 roku 1646 2adal jakYsi Joseph Jenks soud v Massachusetts o patentovani stroje "zta pohanen1 mlYna vodou".

Kongres schvalll prvni patentni zakon 10. dubna 1790. Podia neho mely byti veechny patenty nejprve schvaleny ra dou, skladajici se z presidenta, sekretatu a valky a vrchniho federalniho navladniho. "Nejlepeim" elenem rady byl tou dobou Tomde Jefferson, sekretat statu a sam vynalezce; ani on se na tomto poll sve dinnosti praci nestrhal, proto2e v prvnim roce platnosti patentniho zdkona byly vydany patenty toliko tii.

Prvni z nich, podepsanY Jitim Washingtonem dostal Samuel Hopkins z Vermontu na vypracavanY jim zpilsob "jak vyrabeti potae a draslo perlove".

Seznani vyndlezcii, kteti od to doby ziskali patent, oplYva jmeny genialnlch lidi. Stare' miesti jen techto par: Eli Whitney — desadlo na bavinu; Cyrus McCormick — 2aci stroj; Samuel F. B. Morse — telegraf; Alexander Graham Bell — telefon; Charles Goodyear — vulkanisace kaudukti; Tomde A . Edison — elektricka, '2itrovka, fonograf, fotograficky filmovY ptistroj; bratil Wrightove letadlo.

ZemtelY spolubratr se do2il 81 let a tesil se oblibe veech znalnYch. V poetu ziskanYch patentil stoji na Portistala. rodino, my jen Vain noti2erne ptednim miste Edison, kterY patentoval vyslovit hluboce citenou soustrast. asi 1,100 vynalezti. Mane znantY je vynaVirile, 2e veichni jako valid ktest'and lezce zapinaciho Spendliku, Walter Hunt; rciloadame tento 21vot jen za ptipravu k kterY sestavil v America 1 prvni skutcend ivotu vednemu, tak mate fitechu na fungujici sici stroj, pluh, na ticiSteni leshledani v 2ivote lepeim. du a boty, ktere umo2novaly akrobatilm A milt' Stith Ti dej, bratte, odpoeinuti choditi po steno. Svfij ependlik dal patentovati roku 1849.

Dana za 1-ad 6echoslovan cis. 40 v Abraham Lincoln vyzvedl si patent na Hillje, Texas, dne 19. kvetna 1955. zatizeni, urno2fiujici iicnim lodim seResolueni vSibor: Emil K. HajovskY. smeknuti se s piediny na vodu. Kdy2 se Lincolna kdosi tazal, co pova2uje za Leo Tkiska prvni lidskY vynalez, odpovedel pry, 2e 2ofie IIradecko..

"'Cloy& nejprve objevil fakt, ze neni °den — naee2 vynalezl zasteru". Jina, ovelend slova. Lincolna "topivo zajmu pro °hen genia" jsou vyryta nad vstupem do patentniho fitadu ye Washingtone, D. C. Patentni fitad, kterY spade pod department obchodu, dava dnes vetejnosti k disposici kopie narystii a specifikace na skoro ilk miliony patent-Li, vydanYch od roku 1790. Od vydani prvniho patentu uplynulo 121 let, ne21i byl roku 1911 vydan celY jeden milion patentfi. DvousetmtliontY patent byl vyclan roku 1935, patent dislo 2,500.000 roku 1950. Kahleho roku vydava vlada SpojenYch statti asi 40,000 patentnich listin.

Commdon Council • 4, • G._ To je padnY diivod!

Zamestnatiec velkeho obchodniho domu byl vyzvan soudent, aby zastaval slu2bu porotce, soudce z lidu. Vyzvan, dostavil se k ptednostovi soudu a Zadal, aby byl lunkce porotce zproeten, proto2e v obchodnim dome,.:kde je zaniestnan, ie grave miaoho prace.

"Tak vy si tedy myslite. re se tam bez vas par nada"' neobejdur uoznamenal soudce.

"Dustojno.sti, to si vubee nemyslim," na to poctive prodavad, "obeeli by se jiste docela dobre, ale bych nerad; kdyby na to za me nentitomnosti • 4, 4, Za svetove valky dostal jeden irskY vojak ye Francii ad sve 2eny dopis, sdelujici mu, 2e ye ve.snici neni ani jedinlorandouirm2e, kterY by ji inuhl zorat zaVojak ji poslal okam2ite odpoved', zaernajici temito dvojite podekrtnutymi slovy: Draha 'Zeno, pro Boha Te, prosim, neorej v to zahrade. Jsou tam zakopany zbrane!

Dopis se samortejme dos; al do rukott censury a druheho dne rano u2 byla zahrada pind vojakti, kteti v ni zaeali kopat. Kopali a kopall, a2Z rozkopali ka2,d7 kousieek zeme do hloubky metal, ale Mc nenaeli, Zena, pina starosti, napsala a torn evemu man2elu na frontu: "Nenagi tarn ani listek travy! Co main cleat?"

Nade2 man .el odpovedel: "Nyni nasazej bramborti!" )#4 Povzdechla si jedfia matka: "To je hrozne, jak se ty uma2ou. Musela jam jich nejdiiv Best umyt, ne2 jsem nasla naSeho Pepieka."

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Reports from Lodges, blographleS, 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 Omaha, not of Denver), Aid Association for Lutherans, Modern Woodmen of America, Royal Neighbors, and Maccabees. Each one of these has more than one hundred million in assets. I always like to talk to the officers of these giants among the fraternals, I always wish to learn from the successful men.

• • THE YEAR OF 1954 WAS THE BEST in the history of the SPJST in every respect. We are no match for the giants which are named here, yet we beat two of them in the net increase in total certificates. We are in the 59th place 'when it comes to the property, but we put ourselves in the twenty-first place in the net increase of new members.

We are in the third position among the Czech fraternals in the United States, but we put ourselves ahead of them in new members gained in 1954.

• • IT WOULD BE A REAL PLEASURE to compare our growth with other fraternals which we know, but I don't want to be too boastful. Besides, we are falling behind our aim and quota this year. We better get busy and try to keep up with the record we achieved last year. If you wish to have a copy of the Fraternal Monitor, write to Brother J. F. Chupick, and he will send you itt copy. Don't wait too long. He does not have but a limited supply of copies.

But every conscientious field worker should have a copy of the May issue of the Fraternal Monitor.

• • THERE IS ONE DEPARTMENT IN the SPJST which should have our unwavering and persistent attention—our force of field workers, or as we call them our organizers. Personally, I don't like the term "organizers," but I am at a loss to find better name for those who help in the membership drive. None of them are organizers. Some of them are net even representatives of the local lodge or of the SPJST. Some of them are only filling out applications, and THE SPJST IS HOLDING THE nothing else. fifty-ninth place among the millionaire societies. You may wish to know some of the largest fraternal organizaWE NEED TO IMPROVE THE SERVtions. The first five, according to the ice of our salesmen, or organizers, if size, are: Woodmen of the World (of you please. We need to train them, to THE MAY ISSUE OF THE PRATERnal Monitor, a monthly magazine which reports all the important happenings in all the fraternal benefit societies, brings every year very interesting and valuable statistical information and comparison about the entire fraternal system in the United States and Canada. I venture to say that there is not a single officer and director of the SPJST who would not reach for the May issue of the Fraternal Monitor as soon as he can get it so that he could glance at the many figures pertaining to our society.

• • WHEN I WAS IN CHICAGO TWO weeks ago, I had the pleasure to talk to Mr. Arthur S. Hamilton, manager and editor of the Fraternal Monitor. I have known him ever since I started to attend the conventions of the National Fraternal Congress. Since he compiles the figures about every fraternal society, he knows the standing and the progress of nearly every individual association.

When we again met in Chicago, he made highly complimentary and flattering remarks regarding the growth of the SPJST in 1954. I could not resist to get the May issue of the Fraternal Monitor. I wanted to see what we did and how we stand in comparison with other societies operating in Texas, and also in comparison with other Czech organizations.

• NO DOUBT OUR MEMBERS ARE just as curious to learn about our showing last year as I was. For that reason, let me give you some of the information I found in the Fraternal Monitor.

There are 158 fraternal benefit societies that are figured in the "millionaire" class. As you well know, the SPJST has now eight million of assets. We did not have quite eight millions as of December 31, 1954, but we have already passed that mark this month.

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instruct them, to develop our field representatives to be more profession4 a low of them full-time men: When -.the public, especially our friends who aare not as yet members of the SPJST, can be served •imly by trained representatives, our sales will be increased and our local lodges will command greater prestigo.

• • MANY OUR ORGANIZERS ARE talking .too much about life insurance.

It would sound foolish, downright absurd or improper, if I came home and asked my wife, after kissing her, "How is my beneficiary?" In selling the service of the SPJST we should not talk about certificates and their values, but rather about what they 4eare used for.

Last year, over a million one-inch bits for drilling and boring were sold. Does anyone buy a bit just to have it? A man buys a bit not because he needs a tool. but because he needs a hole. Don't talk about life insurance, but rather about the family living, about the food and clothing, about the everyday needs.

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IF SOME SPJST MEMBER LOST HIS pocket-book and you found it, you would not hesitate to call him up on the phone or to drive to his residence and ask him about his lost article. But the return of a lost item is really a small potato in comparison with the service which our field men, or organizers, can render. We arc offering a much bigger value than a pocketbook bulging with one-dollar bills. We are offering service under rather foolish names, such as "Ordinary", "Twenty-Pay", or "Endowment at 65".

• HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO THINK how much we paid to the widows, children, or relatives? It is true that.. the SPJST members are required to make regular deposits. We can honestly say that we did not collect what we have already paid to the ..hairs. How much did we pay so far? The figures in, the Fraternal Monitor reveal that the SPJST paid out $5,013,116. More than five million. We helped in distributing five million of property to the needy.

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Wednesday, June 1, 1955

VESTN IK — WEST, TEXAS

REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS DIRECTOR SIB

' N]. > PRESENTED Al VA In the gathering of some two hundred SPJST members for the banquet ri DiArict Three and District Five held in II:ouston, on Sunday, May 22, djrrctcr Skrab:Anek, who is also president of District Five, gave out three awards. Cne was a certificate of corn1H &shin from District Five to District nree. The second award was a founpen from 'editor of the Vestnik to Brother L. 0. Hose.k, forMer secretary uI District Three. The third award was a gift from the president of District Five to the ex-president of District Three.

The awards were given with the followin„ explanation by Brother Skrabanek: Sisters, Brothers, and officers of the districts: If we could turn back the clock of Lime to a certain Sunday in August, 1953, we would see three couples driving through rain all the way from Dallas, Grapevine, and Ennis to Angleton.

Those three couples were Brother Pokladnik and his wife; Brother Hrabina and his wife; and Brother Hosek and his wife. They were three brave couples to the meeting of District Five. They did not know if the meeting would be held on account of the rain. But they came, just the same.

They were brave in more than one way. They accepted the challenge of District Five. Not only that—they accepted the challenge the second time.

And to show their good sportsmqnship, they accepted even our third challenge to come to Houston and compete with.us to eat the food. and to drink the refreshments here today.

That kind of sportsmanship deserves an award. It is my pleasure to present in the name of District Five this certificate of comradeship to the president of District Three, Brother John Hrabina. He was one of the three officers of District Three who accepted the challenges. The certificate of comradeship is from the members of District Five to all the members of District Three.

And there is another award. This goes to the member of District Three who served as an advertising agent or publicity member in District Three. This award is given by our editor, Brother Valcik, to the past secretary of District Three, Brother L. 0. Hosek. We are sorry that he is not present to receive the award in person.

And there is one more award. This

from me, personally. Twice I had to carr y my trophy from Dallas to Houston. The first time, it was a possum.

The second time, I had to carry home a crow. So this time comes my time to present to Brother Pokladnik and his charming wife my personal revenge. I am not giving them a possum or a crow.

I am giving them something they will not be able to get away from,—I am giving them Father Time to remind them of all the good time we enjoyed.

May they have more time to spend for District Three and for the entire SPJST. NEWS FROM DISTRICT THREE Dear Brothers and Sisters: District Five did it again, after challenging and accepting the challenge of District Three to a contest to see who could sell more insurance and get most new members in a certain period of time, District Five won over District Three both times, and as a reward to District Five, the Third District had to be host to the Fifth District with a banquet.

The Fifth District, however, wasn't satisfied; they wanted to do more, so they invited the Third District to a banquet given by the Fifth District in Lodge 88 in Houston, Sunday, May 22.

Forty-two of us made the trip to Houston by bus. It was a very pleasant trip.

As soon as we got on the bus, Sister Annie Steiner handed each of us a list of songs, both in English and in Czech, which she had prepared for us (thanks, Sister Steiner); and as soon as we left Ennis, Frank Fitz started playing his accordion and the whole group started singing. This lasted all the way to Houston.

We arrived in, Houston at about 11 o'clock and there was a whole gang waitin g for us, even "Davy Crockett" was there, rifle and all. Then came the greetings and the making of new acquaintances and before we knew it, it was 12 o'clock and dinner was served.

What a wonderful dinner it was. I never saw so much good food and refreshments in one place at one time as they had there. Boy, oh boy, what a treat.

After the dinner, Brother Marek, president of the Supreme Lodge, announced that he would have to leave on business to Taylor; but before he left he presented beautiful rings to organizers who sold $50,000 or more of life insurance in 1954. Among those present who received the rings were Brother Bartek, Brother Vrla, Brother Hilsher, Sister Olexa, Sister Kadlecek, Sister Milan, Bro. Valcik, Bro. P,Jpp. There were five organizers

who sold $50,000 that were not present: from District One, Bro. Siptak; District Two, Bro. Navratil; District Four, Bro. Kvasnicka; and District Six, Bro. Holy and Bro. Senkyrik. The rings were very beautiful, with SPJST insignia engraved on them. Brothel's and Sisters, you surely can be proud of these rings and of the wonderful work that you have done.

Then there were speeches by district officers and organizers, which were all very interesting. Then Bro. Skrabanek, president of District Five, presented a certificate of comradeship t qf Johnnie Hrabina, president of District Three. It is a beautiful certificate enclosed in a frame. It was given by District Five to District Three in appreciation of good comradeship that was given by our district organizers in the two contests we held together. It is a splendid way of working together. Thanks to you, District Five organizers, we appreciate this certificate very much an we will treasure it always.

Bro. Skrabanek presented Bro. Pokladnik, our District Three ex-president, with a beautiful clock. Bro. Valcik, our editor, presented Bro. Hosek, our past district secretary, with a gift. What it was is unknown to me as Bro. Hosek was not present, so it was given to Bronlirabina to be. delivered. (A fountain pen.-Editor.) it was all very nice and everybody enjoyed it, I'm sure.

Even cousin Lucy came to the banquet. It was good comedy put on by a Sister from. Houston. Everybody was just bending over with laughter when she and Bro. Pokladnik were talking over their relationship and childhood days.

It was very good but again I failed to get this Sister's name. All I know is that she is a niece of Bro. Skrabanek.

Then the tables were cleared off the floor, the music started and everybody went to dancing, and when they got tired of dancing they started singing and before we realized it, it was 6 o'clock. Supper was served and then time to say goodbye, which was hard to do. Two Brothers of Houston played a farewell song on an accordion and a violin, which was very beautiful but very sad.

After the farewell came the trip home.

Everybody was happy and in a good mood over the wonderful time given us

by District Five. Thanks a million, brothers and Sisters, this will be one day that will never be forgotten by us.

We arrived in Ennis exactly at 12 o'clock I wish I could write in detail exactly (continued on Page 15)

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Veteran City Attorney Busy On 30th Anniversary Dallas' cigar-smoking, slow-talking city attorney, Henry Peyton Kucera, Thursday began, his 31st year of service for the city.

Like all the other 30 years, this one promises to be busy.

The 58-year-oid city official was in Washington, D. C., helping present Dallas' case for apropriations to finance further work on the Dallas Floodway Project.

He was far removed from the big desk in a roomy office on the northwest corner of City Hall's fourth floor, where he quietly reigns as one of the real powers in the city's government.

But the Washington scene is nothing new fdr the $17,500-a-year city attorney.

He goes there two to four times a year to argue Dallas' cases, and is an even more frequent visitor to the state capitol at Austin.

His words and opinions carry a lot of weight wherever he goes, and more than one opposing attorney has been known to quail under the fire of his court arguments.

One look at Henry Kucera tells you why. He's a big man, broad-shouldered and big-framed. He carries himself the way he should as a colonel in the US Army Reserve.

Up until last July he weighed from 225 to 230 pounds. Then he was involved in an auto accident near Round Rock on his way from Fort Hood to Austin, and during the 128-day convalescent period he reduced to his present 185.

He still walks with the aid of a cane as the result of an injury to his left hip and knee in the mishap. But already the cane seems just as much a part of him as the cigar. And when he's telling a good fish story, or about his boyhood days at La Grange southeast of Austin, he uses both cane and cigar to emphasize his points.

Two things make him, a secretary's nightmare. One, he often dictates with the cigar clutched between his teeth.

Two, he speaks with an accent that comes from having learned to speak the prevailing languages of his Czech- German hometown community.

He is second-generation American, his parents having come to Texas while they were young. A World War I veteran, young Kucera, got his law training at the University of Texas and started to work for the City of Dallas in 1925 as an assistant city attorney.

Ten years later, in 1935, he was appointed city attorney. He has held that vital post ever since with the exception of a two-year tour of duty doing military

By Bob Stanley (Dallas Times-Herald Staff Writer) government work during World War II. He served as ly ilitary head of troubled Trieste foam July to November, 1945.

first zoning law.

This is only one of hundreds of cases be has handled in his service under 12 different mayors and administrations.

In September, 1953, Mayor R. L. Thornton and all six other living ex-mayors turned out for a City Club function paying tribute to him, and he was presented with a gold watch for "notable service."

Today the city manager and his department heads consult him more often than ever before in their general administrative work, and the City Council ofAlthough nearing the age of 60 when ficially recognizes the impi)rtance of he could retire and draw a good part his job by paying him the soc ,,)nd higho t salary at City Hailâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;only $2,500 below of his salary, Mr. Kucera isn't saying just yet when he plans to retire. the city manager's $20,000.

With the City Council's approval he "I had no earthly_ idea back in 1923 could stay on until he's 70. .41 that I'd ever be in public service for 33 But he admits with a chuc kle that years," he said this week. "I guess I just he'd like to take off a little sooner than stayed with it. There's a lot of variety that to enjoy a little fishin'." to this jobbâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;something new all the time."

New, challenging problems have (Editor's Note: The above clipping was in which the city's new zoning,ordinance sent to the editor of the Ve.stnik by was challenged back in 1930. Mr. Kacera Mrs. Dolfi Stransky who remembered sprouted up as the city has grown. But that such news is always appreciated by he remembers as his No. 1 case the one the SPJST members. Yes, Mrs. Stransky, personally carried the case to victory in I know Henry, we were ,classmates at the Texas Supreme Court, and in doing the Sam Houston Teachers Institute in so established the validity of the state's Huntsville two generations back.)

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES SPJST 30FTBALT, TEAM Dallas, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: On Wednesday night, May 25, our SPJST softball team was defeated by Southland Life by a close score of 13 to 12. This game opened play for the second half of the season. About all there is to say about the game is that we were beaten in a loosely played game despite our pitchers Ray Vrana, who pitched the first five and two twothirds innings, and Wilbur Munger, who relieved him; both pitched good ball.

Hal Maher, our catcher also played a good game and was the leading slugger with four hits. Our biggest handicap seemed to be the lack of practice, primarily by all the rain we have been having lately and our not being able to play two practice games we had scheduled.

Leading hitters for the game were Hal Maher with four hits Ray Vrana with two hits. Also chipping in with one hit apiece were Albin Vrana, Wilbur Munger, Jody Rejcek, Joe Jarolik and Ben Jarma.

Next week we will have a busy week as we will play Sons of Herman on Wednesday, June 1, at Samuel's Diamond No. 2, game time 7:30 p. m. Then on Thursday night, June 2, we will again play Sons of Herman at Samuel's Diamond No. 4 and game time 7:30 p. m.

This is a rained out game which we have to make-up and its outcome may determine the first half winner. I know our boys will be trying hard to win both of these games, so come out and give them your support, whether we win or lose.

Following is a schedule of games for the second half of the season Men's Insurance League Diamond Samuels No. 2 Day Wed. 7:30 p. m. SPJST vs. Southland Life, May 25, 7:30 Sons of Herman vs. SPJST, June 1 7:30 Republic National Life vs. SPJST, June 15 8:30 SPJST vs. Southland Life, June 22 8:30 p. in. Sons of Herman vs. SPJST, June 29 8:30 p. m. SPJSTvs. Republic National Life, July 6 7:30 p. m. SPJST vs. Southland Life, July 13 7:30 p. m. Sons of Herman vs. SPJST, July 20 7:30 p. m. Republic National Life vs.

SPJST, July 27 There will be no game Wednesday, June 3, due to the Dallas City Open Tournament being played during this

week. - We may enter the tournament, Krivanek "Water Sprites" 17, ea Koch but more about this in my next letter. --Father: We again had a very large turnout of 1. Sylvia, Koch F friends and members and their pres2. Evelyn Dana A ence was appreciated.

3. Marilyn Sue Spacek T We are making plans for our Softball 4. Johanna, Moll H Team benefit dance which will be held 5. Nancy Stoval E at our lodge hall, Lodge Pokrok 84, 2625 6. Michael Greer R, Floyd St., on Saturday Night, July 30th. We want to wish a speedy recovery Mr. John Rejcek's orchestra will play for to the following members who have our dance. We are hoping we can make been in the hospital and underwent stirit a success. gory but are back at their homes now, Fraternally yours, Sis, Pete Polinsky, Sis. Bennie Hurdle, 11 Ben Jarma. and Sis. Henry Luksa, Mgr. Softball Team, We want to thank all the officers of [ Lodge Pokrok 84 District Five, officers and Members of , ) • 4 • ( Lodge Pokrok No. 88 in 14ouston who 1, POKROK HOUSTON LODGE NO. 88 'prepared -The good dinner, the refreshHouston, Texas ments, the, program and their warm Dear Readers, Sisters and Brothers: hospitality in making Sunday, May 22, We wish to invite you, your family and a day everyone will remember for a long your friends to another great barbecue. time, and also especially Brother Sid at the hall on 1140 Robbie Street, on Pokladnik of Dallas Lodge No. 84 who June 5, at noon. arranged and made this trip possible.

We will also on that day celebrate Those who went from our lodge were jointly Father's Day and Mother's Day Bro. and Sis. Joe Baiek and Jay Dee with a fine program in the afternoon. Waggoner. We want to congratulate the There will be dancing and Other en- organizers of District Three and Five tertainment which we hope you will en- who were presented the beautiful SPjoy.

JST rings in Houston, by Bro. Pres. EdEveryone is cordially invited. ward L. Marek for selling $50,000 worth -Entertainment Committee of insurance the past year.

Pokrok Houston No. 88 The next regular meeting will be Sun) • A, day,. June 12, starting at 2 p.m. There LODGE SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU NO. 92 will be initiation of all new members Fort Worth, Texas from last October to this meeting. VV:Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 had are expecting Bro Robert Cervenka, Diits regular meeting, Sunday, May 8, al- rector from the Supreme Lodge. so program honoring Mother and FathFor the lunch the ladies are asked to er Days. The oldest mother present was bring a pie, cake, or kolache. Everyone Sis. Frances Koppa and the youngest make plans to come especially all new mother was Sis. Gladys Burkhalter. The members. Starting at 2 p.m.

Fraternally, oldest father present was Brother RudJay Dee Waggoner olph Koci Sr., and the youngest was Bro. ) • 4, • Lonnie Burkhalter.

Those who put on the fins program FATHER'S DAY—MOTHER'S DAY under the direction of Sis. Flora Hoc! BARBECUE were Mary Ann Juren, pianist for the Recently the Hlahol Dramatic Club, program; Calvin Ruzicka, master of cer- Houston, made an announcement of the emonies; 1. Nancy Greer, piano "Mother" forthcoming barbecue which is to be 2. Gordon Lee Hubenak, poem, "Flowers held at Studewcod and 20th, at Lodge for Mother" 3. Pamela Durham, song 4. Pokrok.

Cynthia Watson and Peggy Wright "Let The date is June 5th at which time we the Sunshine In" 5. Evelyn Dana, poem 6. Pricilla Watson, Rock-a-Locka 7. Bar- will celebrate Father's Day and Mother's bara Dana, Poem to Mother and Dad 8. Day and make a combined holiday of it.

Beginning at 1 p.m. barbecue will be Brenda Krivanek and Barbara Dana, "Sincerely" 9. Cynthia Watson, poem 10. served together with all the trimmings Melinda LeBate, Bimbo 11. Mary Kay including drinks and pastry. The reguLocke, piano "Swingcopation" 12. Pri- lar charge is being made.

For your entertainment the commitcilla Watson, Melody of Love 13. Billy Rod, Mary Kay Locke and Jimmy Locke, tee has arranged a program which will song "Mother" 14. Michele LaBate Deli-- start about 3:30 p.m.

We hope to see you with us at that cato (Spanish dance) 15. Kathryne Faye Hubenak "This Ole House" 16. Brenda time. Bring your friends and be prepared

Wednesday, June 1, 1955 to spend the afternoon with us.

Your generous donations of pastry would also be appreciated.

Reporting for the Illahol Dramatic Club, I am Sincerely, Kostom ) 4 LODGE SLOVAN HIM NO. 26 Skidmore, Texas At our last meeting we voted to have a barbecued chicked dinner at our next meeting which will be June 5. This is for the SPJS'1 and RVOS Lodges and any ocher family that wishes to participate.

The rules of the committee are:1. The chicken must be fully prepared and at the pit not later than 10 o'clock Every family :s requested to bring the trimmings that go with the barbecue, such as salads, kolaches and so on. Din ner is to be served at noon promptly.

The lodges v,ill hold their meetings sight after the dinner.

Let's see if we can have a good attendance and everybody enjoy the gettogether event.

Wish to also mention the meeting of District No. '7 of the SPJST which is being held at Floresville on May 29 being on Sunday. Se let's have a good renresentation from Sloven Jihu No. 23 and other lodges in District 7.

Hope to see you all at these meetings.

Mrs. Victor Veroda Secretary ) • 4 LODGE KOMENSKY NO. 20 Granger, Texas Brothers and Sisters: The quarterly meeting is here again.

There are several things that will come up before the meeting, sip be sure and be there to take part in the delibration. After the meeting a. lunch will be served.

The sisters are asked to bring something for this lunch. The date of this meeting is the second Sunday in June—June 12th. Let's not forget that date.

Fraternally, Henry Vitek, Secretary (22-23)

VgSTNiK — WEST, TEXAS See you Sunday, June 5.

Your lodge reporter, Mrs. Jerry Zavodny

Reports From Districts (Continued From Page 12) who all made this trip and all that was accomplished on this day, but it would take toe much space and I'm sure some other members will write, too, so maybe they will cover what I'm leaving out.

One other thing I must mention: an idea introduced by Bro. Rudy Sefcik that I believed is good material for us to think about. It is that we should have a beauty queen contest at our next SPJST convention. I believe it would give us, the SPJST, a lot of good publicity and maybe stir up a lot of interest among the members. Each district could select a girl from the territory and then at the convention, a queen could be chosen from among these girls. I think it's a good idea, Bro. Sefcik.

Now something about our Third District meeting. As you all know, time is getting close and June 19, the day of our district meeting, will be here before we realize it. So Brothers and Sisters, get busy and write your ideas to Vestnik or to us so we would have a good and interesting meeting. We haven't got much more time left to do it in.

The program committee is working and just as soon as they will have the program line up we will have it published in the Vestnik. So all of you, Brothers and Sisters, make plans now to come to Ennis for District Three meeting on June 19.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny Secretary, District Three ) 4 The little woman had spent the whole afternoon, and made a real effort to balance up her checkbook. When her husband came home, she handed him four neatly typed sheets, with items and costs in their respective columns.

He read them over carefully: "Milkman, $11.25, cleaners, $4.67, etc." Everything was clear except one item reading ESP, $24.49.

Warily he asked, "What does ESP mean?"

She explained, "Error some place." )• •

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

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

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

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

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

65.

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

CLASS K: member pays premiums tt 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.

Five SPJST certificates for children: CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into any other insurance after the child reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age of 16 years.

CESKY PRAPOR LODGE NO. 24 CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at Rogers, Texas age 16, payable at death.

Dear Sisters and Brothers, CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value Just a few lines about our meetat age ono 'rear, payable at death, ing and lodge lunch which will be this coming Sunday, June 5. I am sure most CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with of you saw the first report, but this will mortuary face value at age one year. help to keep the date in mind. Come out CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, morwith your dish of goodies such as cake, tuary face value at age one year.

All life is an experiment.—Oliver Wenpie, potato salad and kolaches. Let's en(dz) joy ourselves with other fellow members. dell Holmes.-

,T me 1 -19445

WHY DO WOMEN SMOKE? "Why do women smoke?" I repeated, turning my eyes from a delicate-looking girl at the café table across from me, who was lighting her third cigarette in twenty minutes.

There was no response from my companions—in words, that is. But silently their eyes met mine in a decided "Isn'tth at-her-affair?" ottitude.

Though. I knew that the young man and young woman with me were nonsmokers, their attitude toward my question made me understand that they were at least tolerant. Possibly my fear of becoming tolerant toward smoking prompted me to do a little probing.

I decided to talk with Dr. Mickler. I had no idea what he thought about smoking; but whatever 'he might say, pro or con, would be valuable, for he is an eminent eye, ear, nose; and throat specialist. He has done graduate work in the great medical university of Vienna, Austria.

My opportunity came the next day when the doctor came into my home to make a professional call on a member of the family. As he was leaving, I asked, "Dr. Mickler, will you give me, please, your opinion on smoking by girls?"

He replied readily: "I am so much opposed to it that if I knew my daughter, who is in college, were smoking, I would go all the four hundred miles there to give her a spanking. But when she was home last," he continued, "she said that she is considered pretty much a prude on the campus because she refuses to smoke. You know," he added, it is hard to be called a prude in one's own social circle. But I'd rather my daughter be handicapped a little now than a great deal later on."

(By Justa Lee Allen)

and investigation, they are strangely suspicious that the great increase in tuberculosis is dae, to the increase in smoking among girls.

"Tuberculosis is increasing in America, too," he added, thoughtfully, "and so is smoking among American women and girls. Many new tuberculosis hospitals are being !etillt—two new ones have been built in Florida alone during the past year."

"What is the relationship, Dr. Mickler, between tuberculosis and smoking?" I asked.

"Everything we breathe," he explained, "affects the air passages. The lung capacity of a woman is only a little more than one half that of a man of the same weight."

The vision of a small, delicate girl in a café came to mind. Within twenty minutes she had smoked three cigarettes. "That—that means, doctor, that a woman weighing one hundred pounds would have the lung capacity of a nineor ten-year-old boy?"

"Exactly."

"But, of course, women don't smoke as much as men do."

"To the contrary," he replied, "a moderate woman smoker is rare. There is a reason for that. A woman is more delicately constructed than a man. The effect of nicotine on her highly organized nervous system. makes her go to extremes. She can't help it. She is not made to take it. Oh, women don't notice it so much at first, but it finally gets them all. Cigarettes," he added, "constantly take out of the system that which is not replaced. It can be compared to the farmer who constantly takes the food trom the soil in crops, "Please continue, doctor," I encour- but does not rebuild the soil. Eventually aged, feeling that he was leading to that farmer will have to move to ansomething of vital importance. other farm. But we can't get another "I am going to give you more than body. my opinion," he said. "I'm going to 'We are beginning to get the 'lowquote Dr. Ed. Rutin, head of the medical school in Vienna. What he says is, down' on cigarettes," added Dr. Mickler. "In May, 1953, Dr. Norman Topof course, really important."

I was listening intently, for I realized ping, vice-president of the University that statements through Dr. Mickler of Pennsylvania for medical affairs, told from Dr. Rutin of the Vienna Medical a House subcommittee, `There is a defUniversity could be considered author- inite correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer." ity of, the first class.

"According to Dr. Rutin," Dr. Mickler began, "tuberculosis has increased in Europe more than 60 per cent since the close of World War I, the greatest increase being found among young women between the ages of fifteen , and thirty.

For a long time European doctors were baffled. But, now after years of study

haled ci garette smoke, is a main cause of bronchitis. Smoking is a four-to-seven more common cause of bronchitis than anything else, including infections,.

Bronchitis can lead to numerous complications during or after taking anesthetics, even those given by vein and not breathed irn Sometimes it causes death, due to phlegm blocking the breathing tubes. That applies to men, too, of course."

"Still more recently, in October, 1953, Family Doctor, published by the British Medical Association, came out with the announcement that, after mum. experimentation, they find that `orraung cancer, figures, pile up fast.' They prove a real association between smoking and cancer of the lung. The most important work on this subject has been directed

by Professor A. Bradford Hill and Dr. Richard Doll. Their study now covers nearly 5,000 hospital patients in London, Bristol, Leeds, Cambridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, and parts of Dorset and Wiltshire.

"Their findings leave no doubt— smoking is an important cause of lung cancer. Nonsmokers do get lung cancer, but Drs. Hill and Doll chose their words carefully when they said that 'smoking does increase significantly the risk of dying of cancer of the lung' " "Why, then, will women—or anyone, for that matter—smoke, Dr. Mickler?

Why—" If the doctor heard, he did not an swer; and now he was gone. My question, the one that had driven me to interview the specialist, remained unanswered.

—Signs of the Tirnes TO OUR ORGANIZERS

Are you a real salesmen? Or are you an order snatcher? Anyone can kiss a girl once. The art is in being invited again! It is the same thing with selling life insurance. You may sell one small certificate. But can you sell more insurance to the same member later on?

Just think how many more old members need more life insurance. Are you through with them? Do you have the art of approach to be invited again?

"And in June, 1953," continued the 4, 4, ( doctor, "at a convention of the Amer"Were you good children' today?" ican Medical Association a safety test was proposed for cigarette smokers who asked Daddy as he took the little tots are about to take anesthetics for an. on his lap before dinner.

"Yes," said little Bobby. "Janie operation. Drs. B. A. Greene and S. B. Berkowitz of Brooklyn gave this reason washed dishes and I picked up the fur the test: "Smoking, especially in- pieces."

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THE OWL AND THE CAT

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WHERE TO GO

(By Josie Kolar) TUESDAY EACH WEEK: Every Tuesday, until further notice, It was a lovely night. The sky was astonishment. "Your house has a very at 8 p.m. chorus singing practice will dotted with stars and a lovely orange queer chimney. It's bent over like De held. Any one interested is welcome moon shone down from above. But it hood." at Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, 1140 was cold.

"Oh, yes," Tabby said," that top was Huddled against the tree trunk, the put on when I was knee high to a duck. Robbie. owl was cold, too—yes, even despite his We had an old fashioned fire then. 1 WEDNESDAY EVERY WEEK: feathers. He hunched up his shoulders heard master talking about it. We had A course in "Conversational Spanish" as the wind whistled about him. that bent do-dad put on the chimney ,s being taught at the hall of Pokrok "Whoo-o-o," he cried, "Whoo-o-o, I — it's called a cowl — so that the Houston from 8:30 to 10:00 in the evedo feel so cold. Ooh, heck! I wish I could smoke wouldn't blow back into the ning. Visitors are welcome. Call editor find a hollow tree to roost in before room." for information.

• morning," he thought, as he heard the "I perched on a chimney once," the SATURDAY EVERY WEEK: church clock strike midnight. "I would owl recalled, dreamily. "It was so warm Dancing at Pokrok Houston }pm, belike to feel snug and cozy."

— so comfy warm — but I had to fly Flying from one tree to another he away quickly because of all the smoke ginning April 16. First Saturda.yi bf each was unable to find a hollow tree. Sud- that came puffing out and —" Suddenly month free for members. denly he saw a bat fluttering toward the owl stopped. He stared down at Tab- SUNDAY JUNE 5: "Whoo-d-o! Who-aloo bat!" he by.

Hvezda Mini No. 33 SPJST will hold hooted. "Doo-oo you know of any hol"Does your chimney never have its next meeting first Sunday, June 5th. low trees around here?"

SUNDAY JUNE 19: smoke?" he asked.

"No," answered the bat in his squeaky Father's Day Program and lunch on "Never," the cat said. voice, "I never saw one."

Sunday, June 19, at Seaton Star Hall.

"Thank you," said the owl sadly. The "Oh! I've got an idea," hooted the Dance at night. Music by Adela and Her bat fluttered away and the owl searched owl. "I'll be back in a minute", his eyes Music Masters. on. By now, the light of morning was opened wider than natural. Spreading slowly but surely showing in the East. his wings he flew over, the road and SUNDAY JUNE 5: The owl flew near the railings. On the upon the roof of Tabby's house. AlightAnother great barbecue given by Poother side of the road he could see the ing on the shingles he stared a moment krok Houston Lodge at 1140 Robbie church, and on the stone ledge, rows and up at the chimney. "If I perch in there, Street. Dinner served at noon. Father's rows of pigeons were sleeping.

I'd have a little roof over my head. I'd and Mother's Day program in the af"There are so many of them," thought be sheltered from the rain, sheltered ternoon. Everybody welcome. the owl, "that it's easy for the pigeons from the snow" — and the next moment to keep warm." he flew inside the queer bent do-dad.

Cruising around he reached a pond. Blowing up almost at once was the ELEVEN RULES FOR TEXAS "Oo-ooh, heck!" he sighted, "the water warm air from below. "Who-oof how NEWCOMERS is covered with ice." Who-oo-who-oo, comfy this is. It is much better than in its going to snow and I have nowhere a hollow tree?" Again he flew down to John Randolph of Tomball, the "Texto go, what shall I do?"' Meaou", called the park. "Tabby," he whoo-who-ed, as Brags author and otherwise a braga familiar voice from below. It was the "your chimney is the perfect place to gart about things Texan, has gotten toowl's friend Tabby the pussycat, squeez- roost in. It's got a little roof, and it's gether what he calls the official "Texas ing himself through the park railings. so comfy and warm."

Brags Passport," which is supposed to "You do sound so miserable. Is anything "Meaou!" cried Tabby, "I'm very hap- allow "unrestricted roaming into and wrong? Don't you like this fine frosty py. When I'm lying hr. front of the fire around the empire of Texas." morning?" he cried. "Aso long as I'm toasting my paws, I shall think of you Its 11 commandments: flying I like it, answered the owl. "but up there enjoying the heat, too."

1.

Catch the Texas fever. now that the oak tree lost all its leaves The day was beginning and the stars 2. Start drawlin'.

Who-oo! It's so cold." in the heavens dimmed their lights, so 3. Wear a 10-gallon hat.

"Did you ever think of living in a the owl said good-bye and flew up to 4. Buy a cow and wear your britches in your boots. house?" asked Tabby. It's so jolly to the chimney again. There again he felt go inside and stretch in front of a glow- the warm air coming up and with con- 5. Put your savings in a wildcat oil well. ing fire. The heat warms your toes and tentment he murmured: "Who-oo, who- 6. Call things Texan the biggest, boldof I didn't know what to do, but the est, baddest or best. goes right through your fur." fate declared, I should have warm feet, 7. Call yourself "Tex" after 24 hours.

Staring at the row of houses where Whoo whoo-oo."

8. Smile out loud when you cuss Texas.

Tabby lived, the owl saw the wisps of smoke already curling up from the The next few days it grew colder and 9. Study the "basic truths of "TeXas Brags'." chimneys. "You live in that house with colder. Soon the snowflakes came the yellow door, don't you?" he asked whirling by. But now the owl didn't 10. Spread the gospel—thick.

"Yes, said Tabby. mind. Let it whiz, he thought. No a- 11. Don't go away mad.

"B-but have you got a fire? I never mount of wind would bother him now, ) • 4 • ( saw smoke coming out of your chimney." for no matter what direction the wind There is one thing to be said for "Our fire doesn't have smoke," said blew, his home always swung away Tabby proudly. "It's a kind of magic from it. "That's the cat's meow," he norance—it sure causes a lot of interestfire." The owl stared up at the roof in thought contentedly. ing arguments.

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Wednesday, June 1, 1955

- WEST, TEXAS

NO ONE WALKS ALONE I don't care what people think," said a temperamental young friend of mine the other day, -rye got my own life to live."

He was talking nonsense, of course.

We can't live our own lives in the selfish sense he meant, for the simple reason that they aren't ours to live.

My life belongs to my wife, to my children Bud and Janet, to my friends.

Yours belongs to another group of persons. Our slightest act affects those who love us and believe in us. There isn't a life on earth that doesn't touch some other life. Indeed, there are few individuals who aren't the most important persons in the world to somebody.

Years ago, when I was a police reporter on the Detroit Free Press, I saw a crowd gathering near a street corner. I stepped across the street to see what was happening. I found a very much in' 'tmxicated and belligerent young man in the custody of a policeman.

"Just a common drunk," said one of the bystanders as I elbowed my way into the throng.

The boy was putting up a fight against arrest. His clothing was torn and his face was scratched and streaked with dirt. Suddenly the fight went out of him and he began to cry.

"Please let me go home, officer," he pleaded. "I don't want to disgrace my fainily. This will kill my mother."

"Yeah," growled the cop, "but the trouble with you guys is you don't think about your folks soon enough."

Somebody in the crowd laughed. At this point, a patrol wagon arrived and the boy was taken to the lockup..

It was only a trivial incident in the life of a big city, but I have never forgotten it. Probably I never shall. I have heard that cry, "This will kill my mother," countless times since. It is often the first- thing to occur to young lawbreakers who have been caught.

But young people aren't the only ones who . do their thinking too late. "I could stancl the punishment myself," said a once prominent Midwest banker who had defaulted and been brought to justice, if I didn't have to think of What my wife and children must suffer while I am in prison. I wish I had died before i stole that money."

He had remembered too late that his life belonged to others; but he was right when he suggested that his death would have been easier for his loved ones to bear than the disgrace he brought upon them.

2unietimes we may feel that we do not

(By Edgar Guest)

father. And his success has made me happy, too. count for much. In this thought lies It is not often that we smile or weep tragedy. The older I grow, the more con- alone. vinced I become of the tremendous im)• ( portance of the individual, Nature's interest is not in the individual but in the species, say the scienMembers of Lodge Cesky Prapor No. tists. And in the natural world, that may be true. Certainly, nature seems to 24 of Cyclone extend deepest symkill off the weaklings that the sturdy pathy to the W. J. Luksa family in the loss of their daughter, may thrive.

Billy Louise Luksa With human beings it is different.

Every baby that comes into the world who passed away after an. extended illis far more precious than silver or gold. ness at John Seely Hospital at Galves7 In its tiny, helpless fingers lie the hopes ton, Texas Wednesday, May 14, at the and dreams and happiness of many age of 14 years, and was laid to rest others. Its birth makes father and Friday, May,20, at the Seaton Cemetery mother of husband and wile. The par- with a large attendance of relatives and ents of husband and wife become grand- friends. May her soul rest in peace.

R. J. Marek father and grandmother. Down the line F. J. Marek are uncles and aunts and cousins and Ben Zabcik old-time friends.

Resolution Committee It is important f to all those people ) • di,•( that the baby shall make of its life RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY something in which they can all take We the undersigned resolutions compride. The infant does not know this, of course, nor does the child at first. mittee for Lodge Rozkvet Zapadu No. Often the adult does not realize it un- 107 of Floresville wish to express our sin til too late. But the truth remains that sere heartfelt sympathy in the name of each of us is an instrument of joy or our ledge to the bereaved children for the loss of their beloved mother, grandsorrow to others.

The other day, a friend I was lunch- mother and our lodge Sister, Bertha Louise Berchenhoff ing with called across the room to another friend, "Your son dropped in to who passed away at her home in Floressee me this morning. What a fine boy ville where she lived with her nephew, Otto E3erchenhoff. At the time of her he is!" death she was 58 years, 3 months, and 15 It's too bad that youth could not days old. She leaves to grieve her 2 have been there to see his father's daughters, 4 grandchildren, host of relface light up with pride and satisfac- atives and friends. tion. In that one glance, the boy would Her husband preceded her in death have realized how much hinges upon about a year ago. him. Pride in his son is the greatest May she rest in peace. happiness that can come to a man, and Resolution Committee the lad who determines to give his Tom Novak Sr. father that joy will achieve much for Vlasta Flowers himself.

Julia Vaclavik "Did you hear about young Jack?"

•,( )° said a friend to me the other day.

Someone Told Us "No. What's happened to him?"

Of the many collective nouns in the "They've prompted him and given English language used to designate him his second raise in salary, and groups of animals, about half have behe's been with the firm only about a come obsolete. While we still speak of year. His dad's tickled to death." a flock of sheep, a herd of cattle, and You seem to be pleased about it a school of fish, we seldom refer to a too," I said. mute of hounds, a skulk of foxes, a nye a cete of badgers.

"I am," said my friend. His folks of pheasants, or ) were neighbors of ours a few years ago, She: "How about giving me a diamond and I took quite an interest in Jack. bracelet?"

Fact is, I got him his first job. Now he's He: "My dear, extenuating circummaking good." stances perforce me to preclude you I didn't get Jack his first job, and from such a bauble of extravagance."

I don't know him as well as my friend She: "I don't get it." does, but I do know his mother and e; "That's what I just said."

Resolution of Sympathy

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Whom God Loves, He Calls To Himself

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A Prominent SPJST Member Died

It was on the 16th of May 1955, in the friends who came to pay you their last • early morning, when God called to Him- respects proved this. In their way they self our beloved wife, mother, and sis- tried to help lessen the sorrow of our A news clipping was mailed to the edter, Mrs. Anna Krenek. It is truly heart- loss, and their sincere sympathy is felt itor of the Vestnik announcing the death breaking and sad when our beloved sis- by all of us. Nevertheless, the human ter, brother, and friends leave us, but strength is weak, and in our weakness of Mrs. E. M. Krenek, of Taylor, Texas. never is the loss felt so strongly in the we must turn to God for comfort and She was the wife of Dr. Krenek, and home as when it is the wife or mother understanding as a child turns to his sister of the late Frank G. Svadlenak. who has departed. It is she who devoted mother. Here we can feel immediately She belonged to Praha Lodge No. 29: From the clipping we learn that' Mrs. most of her life toward making a happy the flow of his love healing our wounds Krenek was born near Taylor, Texas, like the soothing application of balsam. home for her family.

November 27, 1898. She attended the His hands can wine away the tears and Whenever we visited my sister's home, pain that come with the loss of a beloved Barker School until she was fifteen years we always found her in. the yard and one. Only those who experienced such old. Instead of attending high school, garden. It was in these surroundings sorrow can realize the depth of it. We she went to SWT Prep School for a 'Year where she spent her happiest hours and are looking forward to joyful reunion, after which she studied at SWT TeaChgreatest part of her time. It was her dear sister, so this is not farewell, buts, ers College in San Marcosfoor-titree years and received a permanqrlt teachgreatest pleasure to plan, plant and per- only "till we meet again." ing certificate. She taught school for sonally care for the many kinds of beauThese few words are dedicated to you six years. tiful flowers, shrubs, and trees which delighted everyone who came there. in your memory by your sister, She was married to Dr. E. M. Krenek February 25, 1926.

Once again, dear sister, your body was Ruble Holly covered with roses and returned to the Mrs. Krenek was a member. of , The ) • 4 • ( earth to rest. With these flowers your First Presbyterian Church, a member soul has soared heavenward.

THE PATIENT WHO DOES NOT WANT and past matron of the Order -of.-the Having spent the last few days at your Eastern Star and a member of the TayTO BE HEALTHY bedside, dear sister, I remember your words of faith as you told to me. "Ruble, A physician of the University of Virgin- lor Garden Club.

I love my dear home and this earthly ia School of Medicine has found that Survivors include her husband,' Dr1. E. life, but I am prepared to abandon all M. Krenek, and one son, Dr. Ernest'iReed sometimes the worst thing a doctor can these things at any moment when I do is to' tell a patient he's perfectly Krenek and one daughter, Joyce.,Ann am called. This body is like a fragile ves- well. Patients with so called "cardiac Krenek, both of Taylor, two brothers, sel which any time, any day, can be neurosis," according to the doctor's ex- Joe M. Svadlenak of Dallas ancU.John broken, therefore, devote more time to Svadlenak of Taylor; three sisters; Airs. the spiritual development which is the periences, don't really want to be reas- Frank Leshikar of Taylor, Mrs.,'Hugo sured. They have real symptoms of heart eternal life." With these awakening and Schefcak of Dallas and Mrs. Ed;;Rolly enlightening words she pre yed to have a disease though these are only a substi- of San Antonio. She was preceded- in tute for greater problems—tension or steady aim ahead, never losing sight of fear. Reassurance often cannot con- death by four brothers, Frank Svadlenthe brilliant figure of Jesus Christ. vince these patients that their hearts ak, Charles Svadlenak, Rudolph SvadlenWith these few words of hers, I conare healthy; they just go to another doc- ak, and also two sisters, Betty Jo -SWfirm her beliefs that we enter this world tor. Their behavior suggests that the an- lenak and Mary Svadlenak. only for a brief period of time, just as Funeral services were held from the xiety about their hearts is necessary to it is after a short night when we athem and that a real organic heart dis- Condra Memorial Chapel with Dr. Da,Vid waken and arise to meet the eternal day. ease would serve as a lesser-evil defense Sheperson officiating. Burial was" in : the Taylor Cemetery. Pallbearers • We r e The human life is like a play, having against greater, undisclosed fears.

Dr. Marvin Leshikar, Leon Lefler, ,•Josmany scenes. One scene following an"Most of these persons have been. in- eph Svadlenak, Frank Valka, Stanfield other and disappearing until finally the stage is left empty. The maxim of our wardly tense and high strung as far back Svadlenak and Hugo Schefcak as they can remember. Nearly all ad)• •( life is fixed in the spirit, that spark of mit to excessive nervousness and worry.

God which is embedded in us. It is this Unrest, undermining of self-confidence, quiet, Please particle of strength which gives us life, feelings of unreality, and dread of mentsustains us and upon our completion of When a large orchestra is playing the physical phase of life, it leaves on. al disease often results in a person's composition that does not require . ;the In the mighty, in the weak, in everyone conviction that he has heart disease, use of the snare drum, this instrument is that eternal spirit which gives and he becomes pre-occupied with this is usually covered in order to keep; it strength. When during her last moments, notion." Rather than an outright state- silent. If it is left uncovered, the „sound ment of good condition in such cases my dear sister was asked, "Do you know waves of the other instruments ,vibrate who is. with you?" she replied, "Yes, I it would be wiser for the physician to the snares, or the strings drawn,:t'aut know, God is with me strengthening and avoid a firm diagnOsis and work for a against the underside, and cause,,,,the closer relationship with the patient to leading me." find out what his deeper problem is. drum to "growl." )• 4•( Your many friends and acquaintances Some patients then will respond to a remember you for your many kind works treatment aimed at turning their energy Promptness is the courtesy of kings. and loving nature. Their words of praise and talents away from their concern aand kind regards are a great comfort to bout disease and toward outside inerests Blame is safer than praise.—EMetson. us who are left behind. The host of and activities.

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House Of Representatives Austin

By Herman Yezak May 16-20 — Two more insurance form. bills were finally approved by the Legislature. One of these bills directs the Insurance Commissioners to supervise the sale of insurance stocks and to see that stock issued is fair, just and equitable. The other bill would speed up liquidation procedures when an insurance company fails.

A motion was made and failed to move from the Appropriation Committee to the Penitentiary Committee a bill directing the State Auditor to make a coMplete examination of all books and records of the General Land Office. Besic-le g Veteran Lands, the Land Office handles all State mineral leases and tidelands leases.

Senator Kilmer Corbin of Lubbock set a new record on filibustering when he talked against the constitutional amendment providing for a statewide ad valorem. tax on water conservation. This is the third Senator that has broken the national record in filibustering this session: A Senate bill passed the House providing for more liberal retirement benefits for teachers subject to the constitutional amendment that will be voted on at the next general election.

A Senate bill to permit issuance of more . bonds for school buildings and improvements survived a series of attacks urn the floor of the House but it failed to reach a direct vote before the House adjourned for the week end.

The Governor signed several bills making permanent certain District Conet that were created on a temporary basis by past Legislatures.

Wednesday, June 1, 1955

THE DANGER OF OVERWEIGHT Our readers may have seen the following advertisement by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.noany. It appeared in many national maeazines recently. The ad was directed to the general public and referred to the problems of health.

Incidentally, it was an excellent publicity for the company.

The question of health deserved everybody's attention. Thus, the contents of the full-page advertisement is given here for the benefit of our readers.

The ad started with the saying of Benjamin Frankilin made 220 years ago: "I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand." Then the ad read as follows: Benjamin Franklin', observation that he saw more people die from eating than from starvation is certainly pertinent today. For, if you weigh more than you should, the chances are better than 9 out of 10 that your extra pounds have accumulated because 'of over-eating.

When you store, up weight, you are also likely to store up future troubles.

These could include diabetes, gall bladder and kidney disorders, heart disease or high blood pressure . . . to mention a few.

In fact, studies show the death rate from all causes is 22 percent higher for people who are from 5 to 15 percent overweight than for people of normal weight. Among people who are 25 percent overweight, mortality is about 75 percent hi,aher.

If you are overweight, why delay the obvious a clve atages 'of reducing? Before you start to seduce, however, there are some pitla'is you will want to know about and avoid. e the drastic dietary fads which limit you to a few foods, and .,t Bond is the indiscriminate use of socalled "reducing pills." Only when overweight is- accompanied by a serious disease may quick reducing be desirable.

The Senate State Affairs Committee The safe and sane diet is the one is still working on the House passed tax bill: The Senate is likely to consider the tax bill at an early date.

Governor has indicated that he would The Governor signed into law a House call a special session in the event that btll making it unlawful to bring intoxi- legislators voted to go home before the cating beverages into any public school appropriations and tax bills were finally .stadium or field. passed.

The House finally approved a conferSix semester hours of American History will be required for graduation from ence committee report on a bill provida state college by the terms of a Sen- ing additional funds for the Public Welate bill that passed the House. Three fare program which includes old age hours of Texas history could be substi- assistance. This fund would be available tuted for three of the six hours of A- September 1, at which time all persons meriean history required under terms of on the old age assistance rolls would be considered for a raise in their monthly this act.

In a message to the Legislature the grants.

that reduces you slowly . . . two to three pounds per week . . . and that permanently keeps you at your best weight. In fact, throughout adult life it is a good rule to keep you weight slightly below the level that is normal for your age and body build, or bone structure.

It is always wise to let your doctor decide what you should weigh and, equally important, let him plan your reducing diet. He will see, to it that your meals are properly balanced, especially in protein, vitamin and and mineral content.

Do not expect too much too soon when you start dieting. It took a long time to acquire those surplus pounds ., and it will take time to lose them. If 'IlOu want to keep check on your progress, weigh yourself weekly, rather than day to day.

If you stick to your diet, your weekly weighings will eventually show how much you are losing in weight.

Once your weight is down, try to avoid any return to your old ways of overeating . . and gaining. For permanent weight control usually brings a rich reward--better health and added years in which to enjoy it. )• •( A HAND ON THE SHOULDERS When a man ain't got a cent, And he's feeling kind of blue.

And the clouds hang dark and heavy, An' won't let the sunshine through, It's a great thing, 0 my brethren, Fer a feller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder In a friendly sort o' way.

It makes a man feel curious , It makes the tear-drops start, An' you sort o' feel a flutter In the region of the heart; You can look up and meet his eyes; You don't know what to say When his hand is on your shoulder In a friendly sort o' way.

Oh, the world's a curious compound, With its honey and its gall, With its cares and bitter crosses— But a good world after all.

An' a good God must have made itLcastways, that is what I say When a hand is on my shoulder In a friendly sort o' way.

—James Whitcomb Riley ) • see e (-You can be sure that if you laugh at your troubles, you will never run out of things to laugh at. ) • 4 • ( You may give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.

Wednesday, June 1, 1955

VES TNIK — WEST, TEXAS

Senator Strauss' Column

The Early Czech Immigrants

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 15th SENATORIAL DISTRICT The big issue in the Legislature this week continued to be appropriations and taxes. The subcommittee working on the tax bill made their report to the State Affairs Committee on Wednesday afternoon of this week. The sucommittee recommended a 1-cent per gallon inerase on gasoline; a 1-cent per package increase on cigarettes; an increase in beer licenses; a gross receipts tax on department stores doing more than $200,000 . 'Worth of business per duarter; a gross receipts tax on chemical companies, hotels and air lines. The House proposals for a tax on snuff, trading stamps and packaged tobacco were eliminated.

The state affairs committee promptly killed the proposals for gross receipts taxes on department stores, hotels, chemicals and airlines. The taxes on gasoline, cigarettes and beer licenses were left in the bill.

(By Joseph Martinek)

The Committee will meet again on Friday afternoon to give further consideration to taxes. Senators Jimmy Phillios, Searcy Bracewell, Jep Fuller and William Shireman have served notice on the committee members, in writing, that they will propose a $1.30 per barrel increase in the tax on beer; an additional 1-cent per gallon tax on gasoline, thereby making the total State tax on gasoline 16 cents per gallon; and an increase in the corporation franchise tax from $1.75 to $2.00 per $1,000 of capital stock.

These new proposals will, no doubt, bring about additional public hearings.

Since the Legislature is not receiving any pay now, some members have complained about being required to work without compensation. Gov . Shivers sent a special message to both Houses on Thursday of this week in which he stated that he would call a special session if the members wanted it that way.

If a special session would be called, the members would again receive pay for their services. It certainly seems that the business of the State should be of greater importance to the members of the Legislature than their personal affairs and all should be willing to work the required time to finish the job rather than forcing a special session to be called. A special session always proves to be a costly proposition to the taxpayers of Texas.

Sincerely, Gus J. Strauss

The first Czech immigrants to this country were known here under the name of Bohemians and Moravians; Bohemia and Moravia are provinces of Czechoslovakia.

Augustine Herman, the first Czech settler, landed in America in 1633, only 13 years later than the Pilgrim Fathers.

He founded the tobacco industry in Virginia and, being a surveyor by profession, had drawn the first accurate map of Maryland. Frederick Philipse, another Czech is known as builder of a church edifice in Tarrytown, one of the oldest church buildings in the State of New York. These pioneers are best known of the group of Czech political and religious exiles who fled to this country when Bohemia lost its independence in 1620.

The Moravian Brethren, another Protestant group exiled from Bohemia and Moravia, began arriving here since 1735.

They were accompanied by many Germans whom they converted to their religious beliefs in Saxony, their first stepping stone on the way to the New World.

In 1749 these Moravians have founded the city of Bethlehem in Pennsylvania and established the first interdenominational college for women in this country. They were the first Protestant group to send missionaries among the Indians and were well known for their original church music. Last but not least, they strongly influenced the religious doctrines of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church. His brother, Charles, became a member of the Moravian church which was founded in 1457 in Bohemia, and which will soon be celebrating its 500th anniversary as the oldest duly organized and fully documented Protestant denomination in the world.

The third and by far the largest wave of Czech immigration began during the first decades of the last century. Until 1848 it remained sporadic. The first newcomer of this group was Antonin Filip Heinrich who settled here in 1810 and became known as one of the first American composers of note. This early precursor of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (who lived in Spillville, Iowa, in the nineties) presided at the first meeting of the New York Philharmonic •.Society. Heinrich was followed to Atherica by several compatriots, teachers, adventurers, exiles, and Czech deserters from the Austrian Army.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, June 1 Adela and Her Music Masters—Country Bar at Marak Lee use orchestra — Free Dance — 0'Quinn Joe Patek orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Saturday, June 4 Baca's Original orchestra — SPJST Hall at West Henry Broach orchestra K.T. Hail in San Antonio Lee Ilse orchestra — Barn Ance Warrenton Hall Konvicka's Worthing Band — Fairchild Hall near Rosenberg Sil Krenek orchestra — Kenney Hall Adolph Migl orchestra — SPJST in Taylor , Joe Patek orchestra — Bill Mraz go.). in Houston Pavelka orchestra — American Legion Hall in Kingsville .

Emil Bartos orchestra—Lindanaii Hall near Cuero Rudy Kurtz orchestra—Cotton GroVe Hall at Moulton Sunday, June 5 Henry Brosch orchestra — K. C. Home in Sehulenburg Eric Honza orchestra -- SPJST krok Hall in Dallas Lee use orchestra — Feast and Dance — Shelby Hall Sil Krenek orchestra — Inez Hall Joe Patek orchestra — American Le.; eion Hall in Shiner Pavelka orchestra — K. C. Hall in Robstown Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Picnic and Dance KJT Hall at Plum Tuesday, June 7 Lee Ilse orchestra — Nada Hall.

Wednesday, June 8 Baca's Original orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Camp° Lee use orchestra — Ellinger Halt Emil Bartos orchestra—Wedding ,dance - American Legion Hall in Shiner,-"s All the above dances are at night tri=. less otherwise specified. This is a 'tree 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 responsibility resulting from any dance announcement which is listed in this column.

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

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(DOkon6.erti.) prive k tomes naboPiTai nekelikrat s tatinkem nebo a potom 6pravrE ooiS' do 1 Tenth vzav konev s marninkou s,r.§itu! Pepros, je, aby Ti o j0.1tovi vypravovati! pot al telo j,, S pozdravem.

STRtUEK 110C'EK Z AUSTINTT v okamz1.Adresa strY'ekova je; ,rortoeila se mall hlava Dr. Ed. University Station, Austin, Texas. se gpieatirrn ) • 4. • ( Pemalu krae'el tento Babieka vous, ukazuie sve (Napsala Bolena Nemco,A.) (Polzra.&evarti.) coi se detem velice KneZna po chvilkovem pomleeni vstala, poloZila ruku na babieeino rameno a pravila svYin prijemnYm hlasem: "0 milibilo.

knee se postarame. Ty ale, stafenko, zejtra v to dobu k mne!" doloNla poiohlasne.

"Mild kneZno," pravila korntesa,, beroue knihu pod paZi, ‘`babieka svolila, abych ji malovala, ale chce, by to zustalo tajne, dokud je Ziva. Jak to udelat?"

"Prijd' ty jen do zainku, staienko.

Hortensie to vymaluje, a obraz zustane u mne, dokud budeA Ziva. Vymaluje ti take vnoucata, a ten obraz si necha'S ty, babieko, aZ ti odrostou, abys mela pamatku."

Tak rozhodla kneZna, poklonila se pH.vetive a vstoupiia s Hortensii do koedru..

Babieka v.§ecka polar= Ma do staveni. e;V Rano bylo parnX e kthiStaii mladi pracovali y polich, aby se odvezlo alespan to, co bylo sZato. Hospoda •i noci nastavit museli, aby staeili svemu hospociarstvi i robot& Slunce jen praZilo, div Pe pod jeho amucimi polary zem nepukala. Lidem bylo duSno, kviti vadlo, ptaeLvo litalo pri same semi, zvhata hiedala stin, Od rana jiz vystupovaly na obloze mraCky, s poeq,ku malieke jen, Cede, Weave, sem tam rortrouS'ene, elm dale na den, tim vice jich pribYvalo, hromadily se, vY ge postupovaly, sra2ely se, tvoriee diouhe Amahy, barva jejich byla tma ySi -- a k poledni hodine byla ceobloha na Zapade pota.hnuta eernYm teZkYm mrakem, kterY se k slunci Se strachem divali se Zenci na oblohu; aekoliv sotva dechu meli, piece se kaZdY do brace hnal, byt' i nebyl pisa • ustaviene krieel a nadaval. Byl to jiZ" tak jeho zvyk hulakat, aby neza.pomneli fide, ze jim ma co poroueet a meli pied nine respekt.

Babieka sedela na zapraZi; ouzkostne divala se na mraena, ktera stala ji.2 nad stavenim. Chlapci s Adelkou brali za stavenim, ale tak horko jim bylo, Ze by byli se sebe vS'eeko shazeli a do struhy sko61i, kdyby je byla babieka nechala. Adelka vzdy Svitorna, skakava jak eeeetka, zivala, nechtelo se ji do hrani a koneene se ji oeka zavtela. Take babiaka citila na oeich tili. Vlakovieky nizce litaly, ba sehovavaly se do hnizd; pavouk, na ktereho se babieka rano divala, jak mouthy opiada a davi, zalezl do pavueiny; drilbeZ stavela se po dvoie ye hromadky, psi leZeli u nohou babieeinYch, a jako by po divem honu bYvali, rychle oddychovali, plazice jazyky ven. Stromy staly nepohnute, ani liste6ek se nehStal.

(Pokraeovant.)

On: Vzala byste si hodne hloupeho elovbka, kdyby mei velkou hromadu penez?

Gila: To by pii§lo na to, jak velka je to hromacia. Mnoho-li mate?

Ve stkedu, dne 1 Zervna 1955.

WLADISLAW STANISLAW REYMONT

SEDLACI ((Pokradovanil (DejovS7 celek:—IvIatej Boryna, prvni sealak v Lipcich, bezmala S'edesatnik, chce se 2enit po tteti. Boryna ma etyki deti, Zenateho Antonina, provdanou Magdu, vojaka Citelu, a desetiletou Josku.

Antonin, kteremu kikaji Antek, se svou tenou Hankou a s detmi, bydli v jedne polovici selskeho staveni. StarY Boryna s nejmlaclAi dcerou Joskou bydli v druhe polovici. Pacholek Kuba a pasak Vitek spavaji ve staji. Ve vsi se septa, Ze Antek, ad t enatY, chodi za nejhezeim svobodnYm deveetem v Lipcich, Jagnou Dominikovou. NejvetSi klepni ve vsi, stars, JagustYnka, byla toho tajneho milovani oaitYna svedkem. Boryna mel soudni proces se svou bYvalou deveekou. Cestou od soudu domd, Boryna svezl starou Dominikovou, matku krasavice Jagny. Snad

by Dominikove mohl rici, Ze se mu Jagnieka libi. Do Tymova na jarmark hrnuly se zastupy lidi. Boryna gel peSky, ale cestou se svezl s varhanikovYmi, jejich syn Jenik studoval na kneze. Na jarmarku segel se Boryna se s yYm zetem, lipeckYm kovafem, kterY ptipomnel Borynovi, Ze by mel dceti Magde, kovatove Zen& nechat ptipsat kousek dedictvi. Kdy2 se chystalo k svatbe Boryny s Jagnou, Antek byl celY bez sebe. Nemohl se smikit s mySlenkou, ke jeho milenka se ma stati Zenou jeho otce. Pri prudke hadce mezi otcem a synem, start Boryna vyhnal Antka z domu. Bal se snad, Ze by se Antek toeil kolem sve milenky, ktera, se stane hospdoyni v Borynove domacnosti?)

• "To tak! Otrapa jeden, bulik takovSi jenom na 'arm bi•eei a sedlaktim do kapes kouka. . . kije z Who, co na nich vyprosi nebo podvodem vylaka. K fornii na ykdelek nepiljdu."

"VYinlryva je lepS1 neZli ha" "Nemluv!" vyktikl Antek zlostne.

"VSak ja toho namluvim, ja tak nekdy new teknu! Dola.S si valycky, co chce sam!"

"Prijdu na panske," pokraeoval Antek uk zase klidne "a poptam se po nejake slukbe; mokna, ke po svatcich nejakou dostanu, dam se trebas za volaka, jenom abych tady necivel a nemel potad na oeich tu ktivdu. . . musil bych se zblaznit. IJ2 toho main dost! Nesnesu, aby me vSichni litovali a divali se na nine

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jako na prativehd psa! Do sveta kam me odi ponesou, jenom hodne daleko — a co nejdf• v!" Antek zaeal ktieet a rozollovat se..

Hanka ztrnula hrazou, nemohla se ani pohnout; takhle Antka jete nevidela.

"Zustavej tu s Bohem, za nekolik dni se vratim!"

"Antku!" vykiikla Hanka zoufale.

"Co chcea?" vracel se uk ze sine.

"A to je ti lito i dobreho slova. . . to mi ani. . ."

"To tak, jeate mazlit se s tebou budu a miliskovat! Na to ted' nemam ani pornyaleni," zavreel Antek, bouchl za seLou dvermi a odeael.

Pohvizdoval si skrze zuby a opiraje se o htd vykrodil tak razne, aZ mu snih pod botama zaskfipal. Hanka stales u steny a zajikala se pladern. .. Verunka vyhlikela oknem.

"Mrcha jedna — •budet, to ona dovede! Do sveta, piljdu! Pryer geptat si Antek, rozhlikeje se a snake se odima proniknout snehovou •bel. Jakasi tesknota ho hnala, bodala a strkala kuptedu, na jinY kivot! Pri g° to na neho nenadale, samo od sebe to na neho padlo a takke se uk tosil na cizi vsi, na nave lidi, zchvatilo ho to, jako kdyk vystoupla voda slab ker strhne a -nelze se optit. 0sud ho hnal do sveta.

Jest& pied hodinou ' ho ani nenapadlo, Ze by nekam ael. Tak nejak samo to ph.zvenei, s vetrem asi priletela to touha a zakehla mu srdce nezadrkitelnou chuti uteci. At' uk pro vkdelek nebo ne, jenom pry'd odtud. . . Hej! Uletel by jako ptak, do gireho sveta by se snesl, nad lesy nekoneenYmi zememi. . . Tot' se vi, nad tu ma hynout, nad dekat? Ta krivda ho prokrala skrz naskrz, duk mu vyschla jako troud — co z toho vkho kouka? Knez ma pravdu, dobre mu vylokil, Ze soul s otcem by nevyhral a jeate hromadu penez by zaplatil. S pomstou podka na prihodneji das, jeate na svete neodpustil nikomu, kdo mti Ted' jenom prye, kam ho nohy ponesou a OM povedou, jen dal od "Kam nejdtiv?"

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ry je navic pohanel bieem a C'JA1se smichem vykladal. Jagna, ktera taky hlasite mluvila, nahle ustala. . . spatfila Antka,; vpili se do sebe balm, na ehvilieku, na jeclinY okanaik, a rozletell se na rn'zne strany, sane se mihly a utonuly v snehove pratenici; Antek se nehYbal s mista, zkamenel nadobro, jenom se za nimi dival. .. tam se vynotily ze snehoveho obalu, tu se zaoervenaly Jagniediny vlriaky, tu zas zvonky silneji zaznely, ztracely se, zapadaly, jako by uhanely po to bell, pod stfechou ojinenYch haluzi, ktere ye sve spleti tvafily klenbu nad jakousi Stolou proraZenou ye snehu a vzeptenou eernavYmi kmney topol y, ktere staly po obou stranach cesty, jakoby schYlene teZkou, namithavou chuzi do kopce. . . Potad jeSte hledel do jejich °di, staly pired„ jiskiily ve snehu jako kvety staly vSude rfa tests, divaly se ustrafiene a Zalostne, udivene a radostne4atoveri. . • a plaly ki yYm ohnem.

V Antkovi pohasla duge, propacila, se do mlhy, jako by ho to jini zasYpalo, proniklo a jenom ty modre odi , v nevi svitily. Svesil hlavu a vlekl se daW-tu a tarn se obracel, ale pod topoly uk nebylo nic videt, jenom obats v dalc0acinkal zvonek a neufeite se zvedl obiak snehu.

Zapoinnel na v gecko,jako by nahle dui ztratil, pamet' ho opustila, ohliZel se bezradne, neveda, co . kam jit. . . co se stalo. .. jako by snil a bdel zaroveri a nemohl se ztoho snu probrat.

Skoro nevedomky se vratil ke -kreme, uhYbaje nekolikerYm sanim, pine obsazenYm lidmi. Ad se dival dobre, nilOho nerozeznal.

-Kampak se tak valchni hrnou?" ptal se Jan kla stojiciho na prahu.

"K soudu. Bude se jednat s panskYrai o kravu a zbiti pasakit, vite? Jdow,:za svedky, Boryna uk jel napted."

"Vyhraji?"

"A prod by prohrali? Pana hrabetel z Vole kaluji a soud rozhodne pan hrabe z }tufty... prod by teda mel hrabe -twohrat? Ale lids se projedou, cestou si tiochu protahnou, pobavi se -- r.19,4 v meste taky potrebuji nee° vydelat. chni trocbu vyhraji, vSichni."

Antek uk neposlouchal posmearie fedi; dal si nalit koralku, optel se o vYdepni SI 01 a staff tak, zahleden ..pfed nevtda skoro o sobs, dobrou hodislaenky se ani netknuv.

Stanul v zakrutu cesty pied topolovou aleji a ponekud vahave se rozhledi po polich ztraccnych v mize, projel jim mraz, zuby mu zajektaly, Wsl se az v same hloabi duSe. "Pujau pkes yes a cestou za mlYnem," rozhodl se rychle a zaboeil do vsi; sotva uSel par krokil, musil ustoupit stranou, pod topoly, proLole prostPeclkem "Wu) vein schazi?"

"I — copak by schazelo... pust'te,,_secesty rovnou na neho se hnaly 0.7 ne v kotou'dich prachoveLi . , nehu; hna- dnu si do ptistenku."

"Nejde to, sedi tam kupci, vaZeni ly se prudee, zvonky jen jen cinkaly. od iirabete druhY dil na kaByl to Boryna s Jagniekou, sam ji vezl, kone leteli tryskem, vlekouce za ceni, ten na Vlaich jamach, pottebuji klid, nwina, ze podtimuli." sebou korbu jako najake 'pirko. . .

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"Tak ty praSivce za bro.dy popadnu se bude rozktikovat! Blato ji, paniece a clo snehu vyhodim!" vykrikl Antek a vadi, trebaSe sama bydli jako ye yell se Vztekle k piistenku; ale ode . ." civeti se vratil, vzal Whe y kotalky a vtes"Co je ti do toho, kde bydlim! A nech nal se za still do nejtemnejkiho kouta. mou kravu na pokoji!"

V kreme bylo prazdno a ticho, jen tu "Tak ty zas nech na pokoji ma prasaa tarn hancili •i z ptistenku zavolali svou ta, paniatuj si to!" hantyrkou a Jankl k nim lined beSel; Hanka ttiskla dvetmi, protoSe — co °boas se nekdo zastavil na kaliSek a zas odpovidat takove megete. Clovek ji tekodeAel. ne slovo a ona mu jich vrati pal kopy, Den se uS chYlil ke konci a venku asi cliv Se se nezadne bit. Zavtela dvete na ptituhovalo, protoSe sanice na snehu ladeek a vyndala penize, aby je pteposktipely a chladno tahlo kremou. Antek eitala. Dale ji to praci, stale se pletla; y ak sedel, zvolna popijel, jako by rozva- jednak byla jeSte rozhnevana na VerunSoval, ale vubec nevedel, co se deje v ku a neklidna kvuli Antkovi, jednak se nem a kolem neho. ji nekolikrat zdalo, Se Jelena buei a ne`Pi' 'etvrt'ak za etvrt'akem, ale Jagni- co chce; konec konctit se ji hrnuly do ny oei se modraly pied nim, tak blizko lilavy i vzpominky na Boryntl y dun. byly. Se se jich skoro s yYrni tasami do. . . ano, tady bydlime jako v chleve, tYkal; vypil tteti. . . porad byly tak ano," Septala, rozhliSejic se po svetnici; jasne, jenomSe zaealy krouSiti mihat se "tam byla i podlaha i okna jak se paa poletovaly po kreme jako svetYlka, , tti, obilene stony, teplo, eisto, Vgechno, mu trach mrazive prebehl po zadech eeho se zachtelo. . Copak tarn asi de.. Antek vyskoeil, bouchl o stul lahvi, laji?. . Joska umYva po °Ude nadobi, kterd se rozprskla na kousieky, a zamiiil Jagna piede a eistYmi, nezamrzlymi okke dvetim. ny se diva yen.. copak ji schazi! .. .

"Zaplat'te!" kneel Jankl zastupuje mu Vgecky korale dostala po neboSce a tolik cestu: "Zaplat'te, ja yam eekat nebudu." sukni, tolik ,§atstva, tolik Satku!. . NeZ testy, pse, nebo bude po babe!" vy- dte se, netrapi se, potadne se nail, . kriki Antek tak hrozive, ze kremat zbledl Stakk tikal, ze JagustYnka pracuje za ni, ona Se se do bileho dne vali v petina honem ustoupil. kach a pije eaj.. . brambory ji nejedou Antek vyrazil d viete a vybehl yen. start' se s ni jenom mash a jako det'at2 AS= /lady k polednimu se den trochu ko ji opatruje. ."

Z nieeho nic se ji zmocnila zlost, vyrozjasnil, ale jen natolik, jako by louei skoeila od truhly a zahrozila pest!. nad svetem zamaval. . . vzapeti se set"Zlodejka, potvora zlodejska, pludra snih zaeal padat znova.

I ye svetnici AntkovYch bylo podivne jedna, pobehlice!" vyktikovala nahlas, 7;amra6eno, chladno a smutno; deti se aS start', kterY spal za pet!, poleka,ne vybaVily na posteli a ti ge, jako poplagena skoeil.

"Tatinku, pkikryjte brambory otYpkou ktitdtka, mezi sebou sv totily. , Hanka slimy a jamu zasypejte, zaeina mrznout," byla sachvacena nepokojem a nevedela, zakptala uS klidneji a dala, se znova do co poeit. Chodila z kouta do kouta, vyhliSela oknem nebo si stoupla pied dum poeitani. a' hoteenYma alma bloudila po snehu.

Staremu prate nejak neAla od ruky, Nikde nic, Sive dune nebylo na cestach snehu bylo po kolena a sily male; nadto ani -V polich, jenom nekolikery sane se mu ani ty dva slate ocasneho neSly z milly od kremy a zmizely pod topoly, ja- hlavy. . . leskly se na stole ty d ye ziatko by se v to snehove zatope propadly... ky, skoro nove, dobie si jich neztistalo po nich ani stony. Nic, jenom "Snad mi je daji...." myslil si. "Komuto 1nrtve tithe a neptehledna pougt'.

"Kdyby aspori nejakY ten Sebrak se ta- pak path? Vklyt' ho aS ruse palily od dy zastavil, aby bylo s kYm promluvit," postrariku, jak se Jelena trhala. .. ale on ji udrSel... A co se ji kupctim navyvzdychla. chvaloval. . . saini to sly geli.. . snad mu pipinky, pip!, pipi!" zaeala ho- je daji. . Star'Simu, Pet?Ikovi, by hned . rilt„po dvote slepice, ktere se rozbehly na prvni pouti koupil harmonikt. . . a a posedavaly na tteSnich. Odnesla jednu mlad'Simu taky nee°.

VeruneinYm depo druhe na htadu a vracejic se zahu- tem rovneS. jsou sice naramni zbujbovala na Verunku, protoSe postavila do nick ale co se da Mat. . . a sobe kousine ciSber s pornyjemi pro drfibeS a to pi tabak. hodne silny tabak, kter3.7 divoka prasiska rozlila vkcko po zemi... by vnittnostmi zattasl, Stachriv je slabY pied dvehni stala . . . ani po nem nekYchneS . . . Statec "NclyS ze sebe MA'S hospodyni, ohli• pooital, a kdyS asi za hodinu Hanka vydej si aspori prasata, nebo porue &tem hledla z okna, slama byla snehem sotva . ja se kvuli tobe nebudu brodit bla- zakryta. tem. , .." ktieela pies dvete.

"Jite jako chlap, ale prate neudeldte ".... podivejrne se, prodala kravu, tak ant jako dite." y 1 .■

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tine 1. oervrirt 19:i5

"Ale v2dyt' ja clelarn, Hanieko; troAieku jsem se zad3°Tchal ,rnusel jsem nabrat dechu... hned to bude. , fined..." vyraZel se - sebe us:traSene staPec. "Veeer je na spadnuti, piituhuje cola jama je odkryta, jako by ji prasata. rozryla. Jdete do chalupy a dejte poser na deti."

A Hanka se sama dala do snehu takelle, Se co by se dvakrat pomodlil OteenaS, jama byla, zasypana a Uhledne aplacana.

KdyZ skoneila, zaealo se u2 smrakat; svetnice nahle vychladla., hlinend mokra podlaha utuhla a dunela, pod dtevaky jako mlat, mraz byl stale osttejS1 a =ova svYmi obrazy pomalovaval okna; potichu vrnely, snad uZ mely hlad, ale Hanka je netiaila, nemela kdy. Musela, pro jalovici naiezat kezanku,, e nakrmit prasatko, ktere pokvikavalo % strkalo hlavu do dvdek, dat husam pit a pfitorn si jeSte jednou zopakovat, kolik ma komu zaplatit; kdyS vSteko obstarala, chystala se odejit.

"Tatinku, rozdelejte oheri a dejte poser na deti, za chvilieku jsem zpatky; kdyby se vratil Antek, zeli je v rendliku."

"Dobl'e, Hanieko, udelam °hen, dam pozor.. sell je v rendlikti, dobie, Hanleko, vSecko vim. . . ."

"A to ocasne jsem si vzala, vy je nepoaebujete, jist dostanete, Satstvo mate, tak co?"

"Tot' se vi. . . vSecko mem, Hanieko, vSecko. . ." S'eptal tie statec a obratil se rychle k detem, protoSe mu z oci vyhrkly slzy.

Venku mrzlo jen pra gtelo a Hanka si chtej nechtej musila pevneji ptitahnout 'Satek na hlavu; snih sktipal pod nohama, na zem se sna-Sel modravY soumrak, suchY a divne prilthlednSi, nebe bylo jasne jako sklenene, v dalce mlhou nezaclunene a tu a tarn se ye vYSinach uS trasla hvezdioka, jedna, druha, tied.

Hanka si co chvile sahala za riadra, zda neztratila penize, uminovala si, Se se tu nob onde popta a moSna najde, moZna vyprosi nejakou praci pro Antka .. nenecha ho odejit! Teprve ted' se ji v hlave srovnalo, co vAecko mluvil. . . aZ se ji zatmelo pied alma pii to vzpomince. Ne, jaktRiva se nebude stehovat do pile vsi, nepiljde mezi cizi lidi, uschia by tarn steskem.

PPeletela oeima cestu, zasypane domy, sady, jeZ bylo stai rozeznat pod snehy, i zekfele, nekoneend pole. Veeer, tichSt a mrazivY, padal stale rychleji, hvezd ptibYvalo, jako by je nekdo pinYma rukama rozseval, na pohasle semi, ye sneZne belosti, vyskakovala svetelka chalup, v povetii bylo citit dYm, lido se vlekli pa ceste, jakesi hlasy letely nizko nad sitehem.

Ve stkedu, dne 1: derYna 1955.

"Tady jsem, vyroStla a nebudu se tlouci po svete jako ten vitr, nebudu!" Septala Hanka odhodlane a zvolnila krok, protole misty zapadala az po kolena do chrupajiciho snehu, z nehot musel lovit drevaky.

"Tady me poslal Pan Efih na svet a tady ztistanu aZ do srnrti. Jenom kdyt to y ydrZim do jara, pak to u2 bude lepS1, pak to ptijde. A kdy2 Aritek nebud.e chtit Mat, ani pak neptljdu po Zebrote, dam se do pfedeni, do tkani, neeeho se chytim a bide se nepoddam. . . Verunka tkanim vydela tolik, ze jim jate zbude nejakk groS pro strYeka Prihodu. ." premYSlela Hanka zabYhajic do kremy.

Dala ktest'anske pozdraveni a Jankl ji odpovedel: Az na veky, schYlen podle sveho zvyku nad knitkou; teprve, kdyZ poloZila pled nth° na pult penize, phivetive se usmal, povytahl ye visaci lampe svetlo a pomohl ji poditat, ba i vodkou ji podastoval. Ale o Antkove dluhu ani o Antkovi samem riefekl, chytrak, ani slova. . . copak potkebuje Zenska yedet, co mail chlapci mezi sebou, nerozumi tornu, nepochopi jak se pathi, jenom hubu si dovede otevkit. Az kdyZ se mela k odchodu, kaki: "A co dela mug?"

"Antek?.

8e1 si hledat praci!"

"Copak neni dost prace ye vsi? Ve mlYne delaji na pile, ja taky potkebuji pokadneho chlapika, na svaZeni clkeva."

"Kdepak, v kreme Antek delat nebude!" vykkikla Hanka.

"At' si tedy leli, at' si pohovi, kdy2 je takovY pan! Mate husy, vykrrnte je trochu ,koupim je na svatky."

"KdeZpak bych prodavala, nechala jsem si jich jenom tolik, co potkebuji na chov!"

"Koupite si z jara mlade, ja potkebuji vykrmene. Kdy2 budete chtit, mfdete vSecko brat na dluh a zaplatite pak husami, vSak to spoeitame ..'"

"Ne, husy ja neprodam."

"Prodate, jak snite Jelenu, prodate, lacino prodate."

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ho videt, jenom tu a tam z potmnele bell svetYlko anebo potekaval pes.

Hanka pohledla k Bo •ynove chalupe, vzdychla a pfed kostelem zahnula na dlouhou peSinu vedouci mezi ploty Klombova sadu a faratovy zahrady k varhanikovrim. Peg ina byla zasypana, sotva prog lapand, rizka, a tak zaclonena kbovim, sklanejicirn se pod tihou snehu, Ze se co chvile na ni sypal s haluzi, o ne2 zavadila.

Ram stal vzadu, za farskY'm dvorem, jenom vYjezd mel samostatnSr; ze dvora se ozSr val jakS7si klik a plat; pled sini se dernala truhla, po snehu byly rozhazeny gaty, perina a v gelijake drobnosti. . .

Magda, sluZka od varhanikil, letela u zdi, zalykala se pldeem a krieela, se to giroko daleko rozlehalo: "Vyhnali me! Vyhodili! Jako psa na mraz — jdi si, kam chceg ! Kam se rnam ted' obratit, ja, negt'astna!"

"Nektia mi tady, svine jedna!" zajeeel hias z otevrene sine. "Jestli vezmu bude hned zticha! A hled' zmizet, jdi si za Franckem, tuladko jedna!"

"Ale, Borynova! Lidioky dobti, u g od podzimka to kdekdo vedel.. .kikala jsem ji, prosila, zaklinala, varovala. . . ale copak takovou tuladku nekdo uhlida! My jdeme spat, ale ona se toula bilhvikde.

Ted' ma, z toho ponocovani parchanta!

Kdybych ji to byla tekla jednou... Magdo, rozmysli si to, bud' opatrna, on si to nevezme. . ale ona mi do odi vgecko zaplela. Nu ano, v gimla jsem si, ze holka. zaeina bYt Siroka, a kyne jako kvasnicich, a tak ji v dobrem "Jdi, schovej se nekde v druhe vesnici, dokud to lido jegte nevidi.... Ale copak ona poslechne? Az dnes ji chytly bolesti ve chlevO phi dojeni — pinST kopek mleka vylila. . . a na ge Frantina prileti vela a Mei, ze se Magda neco stab. Jeligi Kriste, v mem dome, takova hanba. .. co by tomu lekl velebnk pan! Tahni nil uz z domu, nebo ti ty kramy vyhazim na silnici!" vykfikla varhanikove, a vybehla pled diim.

"Toho se nedoeka g, pra,givde jeden!"

Magda vstala a s pla.oern a narkem zazakptala Hanka, vychazejic ze dveki.

Cala sbirat sve hadfiky a vazat je do Mrzlo, jen to do nosu Stipalo ,nebe ii- rancil. skrilo a od lesfl tahl mrazivY, bodavY vitr. Hanka vSak sla pomalu, pro"Pojd'te dovnitr, venku je zima. At' stredkem cesty a zvedave se rozhliZela nil tu po tobe neztistane ani pamatky!"

Po chalupach; Vachnikovi, posledni vyklikla•varhanikova odehazejic. vsi ,aZ pod kostelem, u g svitili; ze staveVedla Hanku dlouhou sini do staveni. ni PloSkovYch zaznivala vhava blasu a Prostornou nizkou svetnici osvelloval kvideni prasat; na fake bylo svetlo ye oheri, planouci v krbu. Varhanik, jenom vkch oknech, cisi kone netrpelive hra- tak v kosili, s vykasanSrmi rukavy, derveball kopyty pled sini; u Klombir, kteki nY jako rak, sedel pled ohnem a pek men dum vedle fary, bylo taky jasne oplatky. .. co chvile nabiral mechaekou svetlo. . . kdosi tam chodil kolem chle- z misy lidke testo, rozleval je na Zelezprotole bylo slykt, jak snih chrupe nou formu, kterou kladl na oheri, opirapod dkevaky; dal pked kostelem, kde se je ji o cihlu postavenou na stojato, a vesnice rozdelovala ve d ye ramena obji- pfevracel; nato vadycky oplatku vyndal majici rybnik, nebylo v temne noci mno- a poloZil na nizkou zidli, u niZ seddl

Straw, 25 ' mai* chlapec, nitZkami zarovnaNajici o-

platky do kulata.

Hanka pozdravila a polibila varha,nikove ruku.

"Sednete si, pojd'te se °Mit. . . co je u vas noveho?"

Hanka se nedovedla jen tak z vista ji14 sna zmoci na nejake to slovo, neodvalovala se. . . rozhliZela se po svetnici a nakukovala Ukradkem do druheho pokoje, kde zrovna proti dvekim na dlouhern stole u zdi se belaly kupy oplatek zatiZene prkenkem; d ye deveata je skladala do balieka a omotavala papirovYmi pasky; z kouta, kam u g nebylo vial, se ozYvala jednotvarne brnkani na piano... hudba se vznagela jako pavueina, chvilemi . se nesla vs, stoupala jako stinanice . to mi a pak zas utichala, takle bylo slyget,jent drneive pfebihani po klavesall; natal jako by neco nahle vzletlo, zaznelo to tak pronikave, ae Hance po zadech pre,. bihal mraz. A varhanik Mee': "Ty troubo, to fis jsi spolkl jako nu! JeSte jednou od Laudamus, pueri. ."

"To je uZ na svatky?" zeptala se Hanka, protole se nesluSelo, aby sedela ko pavouk.

"Ano, ano, farnost je velka, rortahana. .. a na svatky je tfeba rothest op,latky vSem. . . . musime proto zadit yeas."

"To jsou pgeniene?"

Varhanik podal Hance oplatku ,Jegte horkou.

"Jak bych se mohla opovaZit. Vzala ji zasterou a uctive, s jako-, si bazni ji prohliZela u svetla.

"A tady, jemindoku, jsou 7 ra ni yytiSr. telly rfane pkibehy!"

"Napravo, v prvnim koledku, je Mat4a Bo2i, svatY Jan a JeliS, v druhem ku, vidite. . . Nab, jesle, osel s . . . a JeliSek na sane, svatY Josef, Mat7; ka BoZi, a tady kledi tki kralove. . " kladala varhanikova.

"Na mou du gi„ skuteene... fgecko,jako, opravdu!" divila se Hanka.

Zavinula oplatku do SItku a schoval4, ji za fiadra, protole do svetnice vstoupil jakYsi mu2 a cosi povidal. Varhanil(YY7. kfikl: "Michale, prijeli ke kktu, vezmiAli'de a jdi do kostela. JambroZ je na fare a pan farak ua o tom vi. . ."

Hudba umlkla a svetnici pleSel vysokY bledY vYrostek.

"Sirotek po bratru, uei se na, vartiiinika; muZ ho uci jen tak, z lasky. . :hada, se nic delat, elovek si musi utrhribut; t.K; aby pkibuznemu pomohl."

Hanka se rozhlitela a pomalu, trhail6 davala prilchod svYm steskrim a Zalrini: Za tri nedele ponejpr y se mohla dosYta vypovidat.

Naslouchali ji, kaZdy neco prohodil, a tfebaZe se vyhStali tomu, aby o Bolyriti=d vi padlo nejake zle slovo, litovali Hanku tak uplimno, ze so rozplakala; varhaiii-•

Strana 26 kova. . . byla to claytra 'Zenska. vAecko pochopila a sama kekla: "Mate eas?... Nemohla byste mi upkist trochu viny? Chtela jsem ji dat Pakulove, ale byla bych radii, kdybyste si ji vzala vy. Musite ji piist na kolovratku, na pfeslici nevyjde rovna."

"Zaplat' Pan Bull, pottebuji nejakou praci, ale neodvalovala, jsem se prosit."

"No, no, nedelcujte, musime pomahat jeden druhemu. Vlna je uz vyeesand, bude tak sto Tiber." tip •edu ji, umim to dobke; doma jsem sama pro vS'ecky pkedla, tkala i barvila, 11,16i satstvo nikdy nekupovali, to ne."

"Podivejte se, je sucha a mekka."

"To ,je jiste z panskSrch ovci, krasna vIna ."

"A kclybyste potkebovala mouku krupici nebo hi ach, tak jen keknete, dam vain, vyrovname se pak za praci."

Zavedla Hanku do komory, kde bylo pino pytht a beeek a s o1311im; Aratky slaniny visely na zdi; pkize v celSich pkacienech splSrvala s tramil a platno ve velikSrch stftelcach leZelo na hromade; a co stfaenSTch hub, sera a rfanSrch zavakenin! Na polici cela kacla bochnika velikSrch jako kola a jinSich dobrSich veci!

"Upiedu ji rovne, na kolovratku. Bah varn zaplat' za pomoc; ale sama to asi neunesu."

"Poglu yam vinu po oraeovi."

"To jsem rada, musim jeRe zajit do vsi' Hanka znova podekovala, Cale 0 trochu tiS. eji a chladneji v srdci se ji ozvala, zavist, "Lida jim vAecko daji, nanosi, nachystaji. . pak nemaji mit pine komory!

A jegte lichvaki! Kdo ma ovce ten ma. cochce! Jen kdyby meli sami vydelavat, pak by videli. . .!" uvaZovala vychazejic na cestu mezi ploty. Po Magda uz nebylo ani sledu, jenom nejalcS7 start stye vie se Bernal na snehu. Hanka pkidala do kroku, protoZ'e uz bylo pozde trochu se u varhanikil omegkala.

"U kohopak bych se poptala po praci pro Antka?"

Dokud byla hospodyni, vaichni s ni udrZovali pkatelstvi, co chvili se nekdo v chalupe zastavil, neco chtel a do oei pkatelstvi pkedstiral, ale ted' tu stoji uprostfed cesty v nouzi a nevi, kam jit, ke komu. .. Ne, dopro govat se nebude nikoho, jenom se ZensIcSimi by si rada jako dfiv pohovotila.

Postala pied KlombovSimi, postala pied 8imonovou chalupou, ale neve'ala ani k jednem ani k druthSrm, neodvaila se. . . vzpomnela si take, ze ji Antek pkikazoval, aby si pied lidmi nezadavala. "Neporadi, nepomohou, jenorn to budou litovat jako zclechleho psa," "6, pravda, svata pravda!" Aeptala IIanka, vzpominajic na varhanikovy.

Oh, kdyby ona byla mu't, dala by se

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do price a v gem by bylo pornoeno. Ne- od to doby, co ji posh. viii, maji tak pilffiukala by a pied oeima lidi by se svou no, Ze delaji i yeeer." bidou neblYskala.

Sly vedle sebe, Hanka prohodila jen Ucitila v sobe takovY vTei hlad po pra- sem tam nejake slovo, ale Nastka, mleci, takovou premiru. sil, .Ze se naprimila la porad, davajic pritom pozor, aby ji a vykroeila stateeneji, rychleji. Tahlo ji neuklouzlo ani sliwko o Borynovi; Hanto, primo talalo, aby ala kolem Boryno- ka se taky na nic neptala, a6 by se vy chalupy, aby k nim nahledla tieba byla racla neco dovedela, ale ted' se to jenom pies plot, aby aspon oei nasyti- nehodilo. la, ale vratila se pied kostelem na pa"Jak plati mlynar?" ainku vychozenou prostredkem zamr"Matoug belie po peti zlatYch a patzleho rybnika a vedouci ke inlYnu; ala nacti groMch." rychle, nerozhliZejic se arii vpravo ani "Tolik! Pet zlatYch a. . . vlevo, davajic jenom pozor, aby se na "Ma, za vaecko odpovednost, tak to kluzkem ledu nesmekla, aby co nejry- neni nic divneho." chleji preala, nic nevidela, a nerozdiraHanka inleela, ale kdyZ sly kolem kola si dual vzpominkami; ale nevydrZela \rainy, z jejich.2 vyraZenYch tabuli aleto, zrovna ,proti BorynovYm nahle sta- halo eervene svetlo, krvave osvetlujici nula, nemela sil oclirlmout oci od svetel snih, zaaeptala: 1 mihotajicich se v oknech.

"Ten Jidaa ma Dorad dust pykce."

"V.Zdyt' je to piece na ge, na ge. . jak "Vzal .si t9vary ge a sam jezdi. . je by bylo moZne jit do sveta. . kovat by nejak ye spolku s tem'. handliri, co keitsi hned vaechno privlastnil. . • ne, ne- pill les. . . sidi lidi zrovna jako oni." hnu se odtud. . jako pes budu hlidat, "To 1f1 kaceji?" at' Antek chce nebo nechce. .Stark . tu "Spadla jste s niesice, ae to nevite?" yeene nebude, ledacos se maze zmenit "S Zadneho mesice, ale neshanim kle• . . deti nevydam na hanbu svetskou a py po vsi." sama taky nepfijdu. . . co je jejich, je "Tak abyste vedela, u.2 kaceji, ale na naae . . tak snila, zahledena do za- torn, co prikoupili." sneZeneho sadu, ' a neho2 vystupovaly o"No, tot' se vi. . . piece jim nedovoli, brysy staveni, bile postribrene strechy, aby sahli na nage!. . ." eerne steny a yzAu za kulnou ostrY "A kdo by jim v tom. zabranil? Fojt hrot stohu. Jako by ji nohy , prirostly k drZi s panskYmi, rychtar taky a vaichni ledu, nemohla se hnoul, nemohla odtr- ti bohatai jak by sonet'." hnout oei ani rozbourene srdce.

"To je pravda; kdopak co zmnZe proti Noc byla ticha, mraziva,. namodrala, bohaeilm, kdo je zdold. . . A pkijd' neobsypand hvezdami jako stribrnYm pis- kdy, Nastieko, k nam." kern ., stromy staly bez hnuti, schYlene "S Panem Bohem, pribehnu k yam nepod tili snehu, spiel, tajemne v to tiai- kterST den s koudeli." ne, jen se rozlevala nad vairn jako bile Pied mlynarovYin domem se rozealy. stiny prizrakil, jako tuhnouci pasy. .

Nastka ala do mlyna, po cest y dolit, a snehy sotva viditelne jiskrily, nebylo Hanka pies dvur do kuchyne; tak tak, slyaet ani hlaska, jenom cosi jako ae- Ze se tarn dostala, protole psi na ni zalest chvejicich se hvezd, jako buaeni Cali doraZet a tiskli ji ke zdi tak dlouho, tepny zmrzle zenie, jako zasneny dech dokud je Evka neodehnala a nezavedla odurnrelYch stromil se traslo v mrazivem ji dovnitr; ale neZ" se mohly dat do ievzduchu. Hanka stala, zapominajic, Ci, piiala mlynakka a rovnou, bez okolkft eas ubiha a Ze pall bodavY, ostrY mraz. rekla: Pritiskla se oCima k domu, vpijela se "Chcete mluvit s nuZem? e ye mlYdo neho zrakem, objimala jej srdcem, ne." zrnocnovala se ho celou silou sveho hlaHanka neeekala a ala yen; mlynak, du a sneni. ktereho potkala na polovieni cest y , ji Probudilo ji teprve vrzani snehu; kdosi seael s cesty na rybnik a zamiril dovedl do pokoje, kde mu zaplatila, co k ni; po chvili stanula tvari v tvar Nast- byla dluZna za krupici a za mouku.

"Tak projidate kravu," poznamenal ce Golombove. mlynar, shrnuje penize do zasuvky.

"Hanka!" vykrikla Nastka udivene.

"Divig se, jako bych uZ byla na onom "JakaZ pomoc, kameni se nenajime," svete a stragila!" odpovedela Hanka popuzene.

"Co vas napada! JenZe jsem vas uZ "VA'S muZ je lint' jako yea, jinak se davno nevidela, proto jsem se podivi- to neda. la. Kterym smerem jdete?"

"A treba ani neco. Copak ma delat, "Do inlYna." kde, u koho?"

"Mame stejnou cestu, nesu Matou go"Jako by nebylo ye vsi dost mlaceni." vi veeeki."

"Nedelal nikdy pacholka, ani nevy"On ted' dela ye rn1STne? Chce bSit pornahal za plat, tak proe se divit, Ze tlyna,kern?" se za takovou praci nehoni."

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SHLEDANi NA PUDE TEXASKE (Pokradovani.)

(Napsal Josef Buriata r. 1897)

Syn ztistal stati jako ohromen. Na tvaki jeho se st •idaly bol a hnev, °di mu z podatku rozdilenim zaplaly, fined se vgak slzami zakalily, ruce mu sklesly jako ochromene, hlava se naklonila k prsoum mocne se dmoucim a z hrdla jako klegtemi sevfeneho nemohl vypraviti ani slova. Tak stal nepohnute chvili, kdya otec jia svetnici opustil a teprve pkichod matdin vytrhl jej z one strnulosti. Proud horkYch slzi schlazoval jeho rozpalene lice, eima se srdci jeho ulehdovalo, tak ae koneene ovladl Earn sebe. Matka jej podala hladiti po tvdkich, stirajic slay jeho a chlacholive ho-

lesem y myglenky zabran, omit by b>11 clospel k riejakernu ur'eitemu rozliednuti.

Pojednou zavadi o jeho sluch vzdalenSr zvuk hudby. Jako kouzelnYm proutkem dotknut nahle stare a zvuk hudby rdzern pkeru gi chod jeho myglenek. Hudba jest dui hake co lihovina telu. Tak jako 'Cloy& po potiti napojd lihovYch sve chovani Upine zmeni, tak take duse pri dojmu hudby beke jinou podobu na se. Jenik pkemY glejici, hloubajici, stal se razem zase mladikem bujnYm, po zabave prahnoucim. Ta hudba jej tahla k sobe mod kouzelnou.

Vadyt' si dali siovo s 1■./laru gkou, ae muzice spolu a ona zajiste tam jia jest. Ta my glenka jej rychle uchvatila a v nejbliagim okamaiku jia se pustil s rnerem, odkud hudb y zavznivala a po kratke chvili octnul se v hospode sousedni vesnice, kdea se jia middea v kole bujne otadela. Zrak jeho tekal s jedne postavy divei na druhou, pa Marii, ale marne. Nebylo ji tu.

Asi v tutea chvili, kdy otec Jantity smelou rukou sahnul po jenme kvetince prvni lasky synovy, aby ji znieil, za-

"No mld, Janeeku, tatik to mysli s tebou dobke. Vadyt' Maruia Vanovic nevi jedinou divkou v na gem okoli, jest jich tu vice a lep gich i bohatgich. Zapomen na ni a vyhledej si nakou jinou, ktera, by se k tone lepe hodila. Jdi si k muzice do sousedni vesnice a tam si vyber jinou, proti kterel by tata nemel nioeho k namitani. Tak, tak, holeeku, je to k tvemu prospechu, nebo co jest do hezke misy, kdya jest prazdnd. Lasky se dlovek nenaji a jest piece lepe bYti admoanYm sedlakern, net bidnYm chalupnikem. .

Tak a podobne" chlacholila matka rozboukeneho synka, kterY koneene pkestal plakati, av gak vYraz jeho ohlideje prozrazoval velkY du gevni boj. &pastla v nem laska synovska s laskou junackou. Byl to prvni tapas, kterY se na hladine jeho aivotni drahy rozpoutal. opustiti tu, jia od fitleho mladi miloval; rua ji zapuditi ze srdce sveho a umistiti v • te svatyni prvni lasky jinou, jemu dosud neznamou divku? Nebo ma se postaviti na odpor rodidam a zustati pr y -nisvelacrYm?Tkzdpsilvne tito dva aivlove dosud mu neznarni, dve rtizne my glenky aa posed jim nepoznane. Razem stal se muaem, kdeato as posud byl jen ditetem. Poprve podal vatne pkemYgleti, ale svetnice domu otcovskeho byla mu pkilig tesnou; musel yen, do to Aire pkirody, aby tarn duCha sveho rozpoutati a duSevni boj v chramu piirody dobojovati mohl. Vybehl se statku, nepromluviv ani slova na laskave chlacholeni mateino a spechal zahradou do poll a dale aa tarn do lesir, kdea se teprve citil jako v bezpedi pied temi gerednYmi netvory, ji2 v srdci a mysli jeho tak zurive spolu zapasili. Nevera k milence a nevdek k rodiertm, boj divky milene a aal matky, chudoba a bohatstvi — to v ge se misilo v dui jeho jako chaos, z neja nemohl nalezti cestu k uroitemu cili. Dlouho tak se plou-

atraje

sadila i matka Ma •iina maici ranu zamilovanemu srdci dcekinu. .StarY Varia sveiil Ukol ten sve mantelcc, aby la ty idedly prvni lasky v mysli cleat= ne, coa ona ov gem, byt' i s bolesti srdce • vlastniho, tea provedla. Slovy getrnYini upozornila deeru, ae pourer jeji k Ja-nevi vzbudil pohor geni u jeho kteii nedovoli, aby syn bohateho sedla ka pojal za manaelku dceru chudeho chalupnika. Dowlouvala ji, aby se Jan'a si'ekia, aby se mu vyhYbala a aa se k ni opet pribii I, aby mu lasku rozhodne oclepfela. I tu byl vYstup onen doprova.; zen hojnYmi slzami jak dcery tak mat- • ky, ale skoneil klidne, bez hnevu, bez vagni. Mlade srdce tu ov gem take krva, celo, mlada, mysl diveina byla rketnene• zachmurena, trudnYmi mytlenkami ko Janova, av g5k divka se upokojilal',v' brzku myglenka, ze to jinak ani bYti ne•(!:•• Slova rnateina ji pkesvedeila Fpchic, ae jest nezbytno mladou zarnotnennt synku selskemu ze srdce •vy;trhnouti a ona neodporovala. Rychle by-• la odhodlana nejiti k muzice, odeptitli:Jenikovi preavod do sousedni vesnice jiti mu a testy, kde by to by-To jen ItOt•no.

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VZPOMNEK DOMA I ZDE (Pokradovani)

(Frank Volf... Britt, Iowa)

Bylo to v srpnu 1945, musel jsem zas k prohlidce a doktor iekl, 2e mam revma, zakazal me kourit, pit alkoholicke napoje a jidlo 2acine veprove maso, ani omastek, nic sma2eneho a 2adne peeivo co bylo s dro2cliin. Kdy2 me to opravdu chytlo, nemohl jsem chodit, nemohl tenet a am hrnek v ruce jsem neunesl..Tak me odvezli do nenmcnice ye Fort Dodge, kde jsem le2e1 pies 14 din. Brali obrazky, elektrikou lecili, pilulky, injekce, ale nemohli nic s tim delat, tak mne poslaii clomii. To IA jsme byli prestehovani Britt na farme u dcery a zeta Korsy. Na Otho jsme domek prodali.

NejakY eas jsem se leeil, kdo co radii.

Byl jsem u zdejiiho doktora, stariiho liana a on nine teki, "Ja u2 ho mans 20 rokit a nemohu se ho zbavit". Nekclo mne poradil jet' do Minnesoty do Mudcura Sanitarium, Shakopee, Minn. To bylo v roce 1945. Tak jsern tarn jel. Po prohlidce jsem dostal svou svetnici a direktivu, die eeho se ridit . Platil jsem denne $8.00, a v torn bylo za.hrnuto vie, strava i Rano pied snidani vypit d ye sklenice horke vody, pak v 8:30 hodin jit dolt jen v kosili do halu, kde se kaZdY svlekl.

Ted' vam napisi, jak to tarn yypa.dalo.

Teplota tam byla 90 stuprit. Po jedne strane byly vany, na druhe strane takoya dievena, koryta a do tech daji horke blato. Tak abych si do toho lehl. Ja neveal, co mam delat, ale kdy2 jsem vide', ze druzi v torn si hovi, tak jsem se tomu take podrobil. Do toho horkeho 'plata vas polo21 a na yes zas daji blato, jen na srdce ne a hlava je chranena. K tomu vas jeite prikryji plachtou. V torn musi ka.2dY leZet dvacet minut a pH torn do vas lijou stale studenou vodu k piti. Po civaceti minutach blato splachnou a jde se do vany, ktera je napinend, horkou vodou. Tam yam pomohou, jen hlava kouId, yen. Tam zas 20 minut a zas zpet. Po 20 minutach dva vas vyzvednou — sam by elovek nevylezi — a polo2i na postYlku pekne zabaleneho do dek zas 20 minut. Tam se Nov& tak zpoti, 2e pod nim stoji voda. Z postYlky po 20 minutach vas osuii a jde se na masa. To trva 20 minut . To je cela procedura. Mu2i maji svilj hal a 2eny ten. Co se tYee stravy, byla dobra a dost.

pied tim. Devet mesicit jsem mel pokoj, ale pak mne to zaealo zas zlobit, tak roce 1946 jsem tam jel zas.

To bylo v eervenci; ale to u2 mne tak dlouho netrvalo a ja musel zas hiedat pornoc kde se dalo. I ten kanadskY bodlak jsem uiIval, a mohu Mc!, 2e to neni ipatne, je z toho clobry eaj; pakli neporm).2e, tak neubli g. Viechno rno2ne jsem jezdil po doktorech a za tu dobu jsem jich vystridal sedm a vratil se zas k tomu prvnimu. Ve "Svobodnem 6eskoslovensku" ze dne 1. zari jsem eal od ' jednoho dopisovatele z ` Oech, 2e mu Ceske narodni sdru2eni poslalo tabletky pro revmatismus prostrednictvim Ceskeho eerveneho kriZe a ty 2e mu pomohly.

Bylo to tam ten anglicky. Tak jsem to vzal sebou k doktorovi a 2adal ho, by me podobne tabletky opatril. On me je predepsal na zkouiku a ony se skuteene osvedeily. Brai jsem je trikrat denne. Ted' je beru dvakrat denne a kdy2 da revma pokoj, tak je vubec neberu, a2 kdy2 zaCne. Zde uvadim jeho jmeno Buta,zolidin, jedna tabletk y 10 centil, za $10.00 100.

Schvalne to vypisuji, aby to zkusili i jinn, kteri podobne trpi. V2dyt' ja, se nemohl ani oblect a obout, ani se pora.dne najist.

Ale ted', doufam, 2e to main drobet pod kontrolou. Nejhfire nine dela vlhke poeasi, mlhy. Bacilli mnozi teple kraje, ale penizky se2raly ipitale a doktori, tak je pc; vYletech.

V roce 1943 — zas neco jineho —dostal jsem na levou stranu hlavy a ten v iistech "shingles", jakYsi opar, a lekari na to medeciny nemaji. Nemohl jsem jist, jen pomoci sklenene trubieky, a vie jen eiste polevky; zuby jsem musel z fist vyndat, holit jsem se nemohl, dostavalo se to a2 k Oku a do ucha. Ale oko jest dobre, ien me stale pied nim neco beha, a to pr. ,7. prejde a2 za 3 roky, Jazyk main jak by mi jej posypal peprern. To trvalo tri mesice ne2 jsem se mohl zase oholit, 2adne pilulky, jen trikrat v tSrdnu injekce. To snad staei, aby se mel elovek z eeho radovat.

Ale to neni dost. V roce 1951 mela man2elka druhou operaci a aby se to nePletlo, tak v roce 1954 v srpnu operaci treti. A, paneeku, ta nas vycucala, ta stala pies tisic dolarti. Tak ted' snad by mohlo W.Tt dost. Penizky jsou prye, Pan Bidi dal, Pan Bdh vzal, a Pan Bah zas da, neb bez jeho vide ani vlas s hlavy nesleze, amen.

Kdy2 jsem se drobatko okoukal, tak jsem se iel podivat, odkud tu hlinu berou. Je to naplav, asi 4 sttevice tlustY kdy2 jdete, tak se vam to pohybuje pod nohama. Musi mit polo2ene desky, aby k tomu mohli jezdit. Je to samY korinek; Ted' u2 bych to mel nejak dokoneit. to se pak male a v pare micha, aby to Deti jsou zaopatieny, viichni maji sve bylo jemne jak manta. Kdy2 jsem Ael domtt, mne bylo tak krasne jako nikdy majetky, Miloslav je dilovedoucim ti Car-

gill Company, ktera ma tovarny ye viech statech. Byl tam zamestnan jako elektrotechnik. Bydli na Otho, kde ma dva domy. A my mama devet vnoueatek, nejmladii 3 roky a nejstarii 19 rokit. Ted' bereme pense $85.00 dolarit mesiene. V meste by to bylo Indio, ale nam na fame to stael. Maine maso, mleko, vejce a drtitbe2, nejaka zelenina se vypestuje, tak nam to staei. nett 'name hodne, nepiji, nekouri a net' je na nas ten hodriS7, ten nepije a nekouri; name ho radi.

Timto koneim a neco jeite pozdeji naplC! z toho muzikantskeho 2ivota. Tuto piseri na konec.

Vimt' ja„ vim to dobre, kde jsem zrozen3.7. [:A to sam Pan Billa vi, :1'9 kde ja budu pohrbenS.7.

Narodil ja jsem se v male vesniece C: a pohtbenSr budu :1 v ilzke svetniece.

Na tichem hibitove, na svatem poll, C: kde me srdce v tele :1 vic nezaboll.

Tam ty kosti moje budou le2eti.

A ty oel moje :1 nebudou vice slzeti.

Nebude-li 2acInST pro mne plakati, bude prec na hrob muj :1 rosa padati.

Jeite musim pripsat, 2e moje sestra Ane2ka Rajtorova zemiela 23. brezna 1935 ve staid 54 rokti a pohrbena je na Kla,dne. Otec Jan Volf zemiel 12. dubna 1937 ye start 82 rokii a odpoeiva na hibitove v Tachlovicich. 1VIaminka Anna Vollova zemiela 24. dubna 1949 ye stall 92 pohreb 2ehem v krematoriu PrahaStrainice; zemiela v Praze. Rodiee man2elky zemreli, kdy2 byla kite doma; jedna sestra, pro ydane v Pnze, take jest ji2 mrtva., d ye sentry v Chicagu, ten ji2 odpoeivaji na Ceskem Na.rodnim Hititove.

Ted' pomalu bude rada na Timto koneim a preji viem prateliim a znamY'm vie to nejlepii v tomto roce a bratrim a sestram radovYna hodne zdravi, itesti a brzkY mir pro nas viechny.

Bratru redaktoru drobet trpelivosti s moji ikrabaninou, neb u2 to nejde tak jak chodilo. Ruka u2 se drobet trese a ty mekke a t yrde souhlasky 112 se nine v pameti motaji; ale doufam, 2e jeite Deja' kou chvili tady pobudeme. Mne je teprve 77 a man2elce 70, no to jsou nejlepii leta.

S pozdravem, nazdar!

Frank -- Frances Volf, Britt, Rt. 2, Iowa.

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Ciganska Sli dva cigani za hromobitia popri domku, ktory shUil za sklad pugneho prachu. Prvy cigan se strachom prereeie: "Jej, panic bole, keby len teraz neudrel hrom od toho domku — to by nas to oboch zabilo."

Vravja mu druhST cigan: "Nieboj sa, Ilie11:11'0, ved' vidg, ty somar, Ze tam stoji vojak vartu!" )• • Diplomaticky maniilek 2enuSka: Pani Tabulkova u2 ma zase novY klobouk! itlu'Zieek: Well, kdyby byla tak hezka jako ty mildeku, nebyla by tak zavislou na umeni modistek a Svadlen.

4, Ze dvou sla jedno. editel diktuje: A je treba, aby tato budova vyhovovala, potrebam dobytecka'.

Stenotypistka pik: "A je tkeba, aby budova vyhovovala pottebam clobytedka." )• •( Podeziele PO, se lekai- pacienta: "Nevyskytly se ye Yak rodine pripady pomatenosti?"

"Ano," pravi patient, "moje sestkenice dala jednomu milionaii ko§em."

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Miami I •adovna SPJST dela piijeky na farmy, ranee, a vybuclovanf mestsky majetek, kdekoliv v Texasu. Piijeuje svoJa jsem trpel misledkem tumor 2alud- je vlastni penize na nizke firoky, diouhe ku, po dobu pies jeden rok bral jsem in- splatky a s velice priznivYmi podminkajekce do ramen, ale moje bolesti stale mi pro piedeasne vyplaceni. Pigte: stoupaly. Nemohl jsem soat v noci, ani Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas.

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V mojim veku mel jsem strach z operace. Ja. jsem 72 let. Lekar mne nic netekl o mo2nosti meho uzdraveni. Tedy jsem se rozhodl radeji zemtiti neZli se nechat rezat. Dozvedel jsem se o Dr. Broden, N. D., 7, Hallettsville a rozhodl jsem se jej navgtivit neb jsem slysel, 2e uzdravi lidi bez operaci.

Dostal jsem pouze pet leeeb a tumor jest asi 2/3 pry& Nyni spim celou noc, nemam 2adnYch bolesti, dadne plyny, moje chut' k jidlu se vratila a citim se mnohem silnefgim. Pridelte obalku se znamkou pro odpoved'.

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Will Turner, Weimar, Texas. tqadovna Dr. Broden v Hallettsville jest otevrena ye dtvrtek, patek a v sobotu rano do 12:00 v poledne pouze.

Ve Victoria v pondeli, v irterY a ye stfedu, cele dny. (dzc)

Strana 31 My, kulturni lido, marne tri velke skutky, za ne Z : neinUeme bohu ani dost dekovati: svobodu red, svobodu svedomi a chytrost Zadne z obou svobod nepouZivati. ♦ • Podivejte se na ty svaly na ruce! temi dovedu zastaviti jedouci vlak." — "No, tak That jsein jeke nikoho neslySel." "Take nelZu. — Jsem strojvcdouci."

We make loans on farms, ranches and Draha improved city property anywhere in TexProfesor: Vite co je to zkuknost? as. We lend our own funds at low interest Student: Ano. Zku§enost je to, co nain rate on long terms and with very favorSupreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas. zbude, kdyZ jsme vkcko ostatni ztratili: )• able prepayment privileges.

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PoteSte sve drahe zaslanim "Mel jsem nakreslit kone a ona nepoze Svfcarska a Danska znala, co to bylo."

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AT LODGE NO' 88 1140 Robbie St. - Houston, Texas beginning with un., June 5, 4 p. m. Mother sFather's Day Program We have tables available for you!

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He Left His Family a Deed Not a Debt....

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SUPREME LODGE SPJST Temple, Texas

1955.