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Kdyby snad devadesat pro-cent Cleat tvrdilo, te neni zajmu pro schuze a pro veci spolkove, nesouhlasil bych s takovYmi nazory a byl bych mezi temi, kdo by men opaene nahledy. Zajem, pro rtizne otazky, ktere hYbou nak Jednotou, se objevuje stale a na mnoha mistech. Neni to zajem, kterY by snad byl umele vyvolanY, ale zajem opravdovY, uptimn' a spontanni (sam od sebe). Je stale zajem o zlepkni prace v distriktech. 0tazka utulny pro stare eleny probirana je vice a vice mezi eleny. e Vestniku se o tom mnoho nepi.cse. Jsou mezi 'deny stale delany poznamky o zlepSeni a znovuzavedeni nemocenske podpory. Mame mezi naSimi organisatory uptimny zajem o ziskavani novYch elena a o paddani 'soutete mezi nekterymi distrikty.

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ktera se konala 14. srpna v Lubbock.

Nasi cleni, kteri nikdy .nebyli ye etvrterm distriktu, neuveti tomu, co zde budii popisovati. Ale nekonal bych svou povinnost, kdybych neprinesl opravdovY obraz spolkoveho tivota Ye etvrtern distriktu. '8koda, te zrninenY distrikt je tak cialeko, a neni motno, aby do schuzi etvrteho distriktu priki navStevnici odjinud. Lubbock je od Houstonu asi 550 mil, od Dallas asi 325 mil, od San Antonia asi 400 mil. Ve etvrtem distriktu mame deset mistnich radii a vzdalen.ost mezi jednotlivYmi •ady je atasna. Z Wichita Falls, kde je ltd Neodvislost Oslo 76, at do Littlefield, kde je tad Rozkvet na Plains Cislo 157, je takkka. 250 mil. Ze San Angelo, od tadu Masaryk eislo 160, at do Wichita Falls, je 235 mil. PR takovYch ohromnYch vzdalenostech oeekavalo by se, ,i.e schUte etvrteho distriktu nemohou bit 'eetné navStiveny.

V nedeli 14. srpna byla schfize etvrtedistriktu yzacnYin akazem, te pro 'deny na severozapade vzdalenost neni tadnou prekatkou. To nisi Cleni v jinYch distriktech by melt vziti na vedomi. Zde jsou priklady. Rad, Sam Houston eislo 73, :;idlen • v Seymour, je od LubLock vzcialenY 165 mil. Kdyt byly vyvolavany je(lnotlive rady a jejich zastoupeni, zjistil jsem, te od ic adu ze Seymour prijelo do Lubbock 56 Clem). Ptal jsem se jednoho z nick, kolik mail iTech ClenU v radu. Nemohl mi podati presnou eislici, ale odhadoval, te je jich asi 65. At jsem pijel dome, zjistil jsem, ze tad mei na ho

Vt, Str o (! a, dne 24. srpn,i 1955. poslednina sjezdu v Houstonu poznamenan poeet zastoupenYch Clenu 67. Die toho motno rich ze na ka.tdYch 12 Clem). tadu Sam Houston jelo do distriktni schuze v Lubbock deset Mena. Ktery tad v jinem distriktu mohl by se vykazat, te poke pet kstin s yYch "Olenu do distriktni schuze?

A nebyi to je,n l'ad Sam Houston Seymour, kterY mel nadpramerne zastoupeni nebo kde Cleni konali cestu 165 mil do schuze. Ze San Angelo do albbock je asi 185 mil, z Rowena do Lubbock asi podobne, a price muselo jich do schuze prijet aspon na peti automobilech. Z Wichita Falls byla jich rovnet 'ana skupina, kdyt ye schuzi byli vyvolani. A sarni se prihiasili, ze ptiki distriktni schtizi chteji mit ye tffichita Falls, trebas je jich polite nePakYch 30 elenti v celthan radu. To tit je skuteend obetavost, jakou v jinych distriktech nenalezneme.

Kdyt mtuvim o obetavosti, mane na mysli pohostinstvi, joke prebira na sebe ten tad:, kterY chce L4Vti hostitelem v.,;ech nav ti vliiltu. Jo totit ye eivrtem cliAriktu pravicilem, ze o vS'echny na y -ftevnikyjdpostar'ibezpltn.

KdyC byla ve etvrtem distriktu prvni schrize v roku 1953, sneseno bylo do sine tolik masa, kolaati, dortti, prikrinti a vklio jidla, te staeilo na obed i na ye- • Ceti. Podobrie tonnu bylo v Rowene v roku 1954. Net jsme tenkrat z Roweny odjitcleli, sestra Holubcova nalotila me mantelce pinou krabici potravin, aby pry "to staello do Houstorm," vzclalenost 375 mil. Kdyt v nedeli, 14. srpna, jsern se shanel bred obectem po vstupenkach, rekla mi sestra Kristinikova, tajemnice distriktu, ze ve etvrtem distriktu se za pohosteni neplati. A byla, tarn navAeva, jakou jsem na tadne jine distriktni schuzi nevidel, aC byl jsem na rnnoha schazich v rriznych mistech.

Jak moino, te nekde je takova ()betaYost? Vzpominam si .na jednu schuzi zde v Houstonu, te pro prespolni hosty nebylo uchystano nic. Proe tak ohromnY rozdil? Neda se to vysvetlit jinak, net te eleni v severozapadni easti statu jsou od sebe tak daleko a maji priletitost spoleeneho pobaveni tak poskrovnu, te dosud citi orm pribuznost jednoho k druhemu, jakou pocit'ovali -maxi stari osadnici, kdy museli konati cesty konmi a povozem, neschtidnYrni cestami. Tenkrat katcla, schtize byla svatkem. A takovY svatek byl y e schazi v Lubbock. Seth se Cleni po delSi dobe, poznali se yzajeame nebo privitali se ()pet po delkm Case, a radi se sesedli do kruhu, vymenovali sve nahledy, bavili se pratelsky a po starodavnu. Ani drobotina, neschazela. Snad v tadne jine distriktni schuzi nebylo pritomno tolik deti a dorostu jako v Lub-

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bock. A sly'Sel jsem je mluvit eesky. jive vzpominam a victim jednoho hoSika, jak prigel k otci a iikal ntiu spravnou eeStinou, "Tatinku, is bych chtel . . ."

To ut mezi mestskYmi detmi neni sly'Set. Jen venkov udrZuje znalost keel ee skYch predkil as do tretiho a etvrteho pokoleni. Z venkova prichazi nejvice eeskYch studentfi na naSe vyASi Skoly a university, kteri se zajimaji o beStinu nebo ruSlinu.

Milymi hosty schiizi v Lubbock byli ' bratri Skrabanek z Houstonu a Sid Pokladnik z Dallas, kteri prileteli do schilze v nedeli rano aeropldnem. Z fistredi dostavili se bratri Marek, Navratil a Chupick se svou choti. Bratr Chupick musel bYti pritomen v sobotu 13. srpna ye vYborove schfizi Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu v Mineral Wells, jako mistopredseda reditelstva, kde take redaktor byl volan jako tajemnik novinarske a propagaeni sekce. Z Mineral Wells do Lubbock bylo to na polovieni ceste.

Ae stale si opakujeme a pripominame, abychom nemarili distriktni schfize prazdnYm mluvenim, nezlepSuje se to.

Krome bratra Chupicka a bratra Pokladnika, mluvili jsme Nr ichni "od plic," co nom slina prinesla na jazyk, od "a" do "zet" a zase pozpatku od "zet do "a", do koleeka, do kola. Proto tee proslovy trvaly hodinu a. pill. Jeden z reeMkt) opakoval atyrikrat, "nea ukoneim, jate malou poznamku," a pokaZde se rozbehnul jako rytir Don Quichote proti vetrnYin mlYniim. JinY reenik pronesl vYrok, ae "na torn nezaleli, jestli se nag pfiSti sjezd protahne o dva nebo o dny (tele, jen kdya se neukvapime."

Snad to byl ukvapenY vYrok, kterY nebyl miner' tak jak byl vysloven.

Bratr Pokladnik vysvetlil ye sve soustavne podane reel, ae treti dsitrikt planide zavesti v cele Jednote soutel o kralovnu SPJST, ktera by byla korunovana o priStim slezdu. Navrh ten byl vlastne vysloven v Houstonu pri banketu, proinySlen, a prednesen ve schilzi tretiho distriktu a presne navody, na doporuCeni samotneho predsedy SPJST, bratra Marka, byly jia predldeny Hlavni Ufadovne, ktera, je ma schvalit nebo je vratit k dalSimu opraveni. 0 mySlenku kralovny SPJST je zdjent take v jinYch distriktech, take je nadeje na brzke rozhodnuti z fistredi.

Ye etvrtem distriktu jsou pouze dye sPolkove mistnosti SPJST. Jedna je nedaleko Seymour, kterd je vlastnena spoleene nekolika, -deskYrni spolky dohromady. Druha je v Rowena, majetek radu Pokrok Rowena eislo 49, coz je jedna z nejprostornejSich SPJST sini v Texasu.

Schfize v Lubbock konala se ye velke zclene budov y, Community Hall, ye statnim parku Mackenzie, na severovYchod-

vEsT NI K. wEsT, TEXAS ni strane meSta, velmi fitulnem miste s dostateenYm, prostorem na parkovani aut, s nadhernym zelenYm travnikemskuteen1 paZit--okolo budovy a s idealnim letnim podnebim asi 75 stupfni Fahrenheit. Lubbock a. cele tamnejSi okoli le.st ye vYSce asi 3,250 strevic, tedy asi tri petiny mile nad hladinou more, takZe podnebi je docela jine nea v jianim nebo sticednim Texasu. Pro toho, kdo v okoli Lubbock nikdy nebyl, krajina poskytuje velmi prijemne prekvapeni, ponevad2 je to tak zvana nahorni rovina s neprehlednYmi lany baviny a krmiva, bez jakYchkoliv pastevnikU, bez mezi s vysokou travou, na jake jsme zvykli jinde, bez stromii, ale vaechno zorane a eiste.

Byla provedena volba novych firednikt etvrteho distriktu Bratr A. J. Fojtik, ze Seymour, nep •ijal vice predsednictvi.

Na jeho misto byl zvolen bratr Emil Kvasnieka z Roweny, kte •Y drive zastaval triad mistopredsedy. Za miStoptedsedu byl zvolen bratr R. E. BroZ od du T. G. Masaryk Oslo 160 ze San Angelo. Bratr BroZ byl na sjezdu v Houstonu zvolen nahra.dnikem reditele ye etvrtem distriktu. Urad tajemnika byl ponechan rukou schopne spolkove pracovnice, sestry Ernest Kristinikove, kterd je tea tajemnici radii Pokrok na Plains Cislo 157. PriAti schfize distriktu bude ye Wichita Falls. zabaVnimi eisty na, programu etvrteho distriktu byly ponej y ice deti.

Maly hoch Carlos DuS'ek z Rowena, asi 101etY, prednes1 velmi zretelne pisen Davy Crockett. Od radu ze Seymour zahrala, na piano d ye Ceske pisne (Cikanto, ty krasna a Kde potok lueinou) hol'deka Helen Macha. Od radu Pokrok na Plains zazpivala Jasquelyn Cuba anglickou pisen za doprovodu piana. A vrcholnYin eislem byly etverylko ye tance (square dance) deti a. omladiny od fadu Sam Houston ze Seymour, nacvieenych . reclitelkou mlaciek, sestrou Mary Haislerovou. Ve etverylkovem tanci bylo 16 deti, coo znamenalo, ae do schfize ze Seymour prijelo 40 dospelYch a 16 ' piadYch taneenikfi, ze vzdalenosti 165 mil.

Dolly nine dva dopisy minuleho tYdne, v nichZ nine pisatele oznAmuji, ae maji doma nejake zachovale knihy, ktere by radi darovali do knihovny, jako to ueinili manacle Slapansk • ch z Kalifornie. Jeden star'Si Glen, tuaim pies 75 let stati, pine a posila seznam asi 100 knih, ae by rad taky prispel nejakYmi svYmi knihami do naai knihovny, ale ae nevi, ja-ke knihy byly by Z'adouci. Kdy.Z si pomyslim, jak oluomnY rozdil mezi duSevnim obzorem. chudeho 'eloveka, ktery obetuje ze sy Ych skromnYch zasob penize na zakoupeni knih, a jak mnohY hodne majetnY elovek se vymlouva, ae

Stiana 3 nema easu na eteni, musim dati prednost tomu chudobnemu liked ,bohatYm. Clovek, kterY nema easu na eteni knih, vraadi sam sebe duAevne. Kdo nema easu na eteni, jakoby mluvil: "Dej mi pokoj, nernam kdy sednout ke stolu a na.jist se."

Pritve do§el delSi dopis, prispevek do Vestniku, od bratra J. F. Chupicka, jemnika Hlavni firadovny. Jsou v nem nazory, ktere podava jako jednotlivec zasveceny do prate v fistredi. Snad jeho dopis vyvola nejakou odezvu mezi Cleny.

Snad primal mnohe z nas k dalSimu premYSleni. Masaryk rikaval, ae demokracie je diskuse. Tedy nikoliv polemika, kde elovek haji sve vlastni mineni, ale diskuse, kde se nahledy navzajem. vymenuji. Umist'uji prispevek bratra tajemnika na nasledujici stranu, *ych na nej spik upozornil, a aby si jvflo fivahy mohli Clerli uvaait drive nea dojdou k jinYin dopistirn. Doufejme, ae take druzi hla.vni firednici podaji v rozrnanitYch otazkach sve nahledy.

Bylo upozorneno a poultazino jii nekolikrat, ae jsou to naai hlavni ftrednici, oct kterYch bychom men brati pokyny, jaka zlepkni a jake opravy byly by potrebne nebo aadouci v ipaSi SPJST. Oloyek, kterY je zapraZen do jiste prate sent rind v tYdnu, a kterY premYSli svYch povinnostech vSude, kudy chodi, jiste vi o vYhoclach a nevYhodach, o dob •Ych a stinnYch stra..nkach sveho poVolani a sveho obchodu daleko vice nea nekdy jiny, kterY se na praci a vYkonnost diva jen z povzda.11. Radom a pokynun od na§ich vedoucich melt bychom venovati vice pozornosti. A proto take elanky a pokyny od hlavnich firedniku jsou v nagem organu vZdy vitany.

Nekdy se mne zda, ze nasi vr4tlouci, .jak urednici, tak reditele, stoji jaksi mimo Vestnik, mai° se o potrebach naSeho spolku rozepisuji. Snad se jim zda, ae by to redaktor nemel rad, kdy.'t.: by se rozepsali, co by nernelo stejnY saner smYfleni jako redaktor. Naopak, Vestnik neni majetkem redaktora, ale organem pro vSechny Cleny, tedy i pro diedniky a reditele. Redaktor rad by pkenechal slovo tern druhYm, tern prednejSlin. Sam je pouze najatYm pomocnikem, ne diednikem. Rad by nekdy pienechal niisto na predni strance, •ekneme bratru predseclovi, bratru tajemniku nebo bratru pravnimu radci, aby pronesli sve mySlenky, podali sva. clobrozdani. Tak by Cleni meli prilelitost nahlednout do mySlenkove dilny tech druhYch, kteri na yedeni SPJST daleko vetai podil nea redaktor se svYmi tYdennimi • yYplody.

Sam redaktor by byl merle smelt' a vyzYvavY, kdyZ by priSly do Vestniku tea rny'Slenky tech, kdo stoji v popredi. Kdy(Pokraeovani na strane 10.)

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Cteni broth a sestry: Ve Vestniku ze dne 10. srpna 1955, ku konci posledniho sloupce na jedenacte strance je odstavec, jehoZ volnY pteklad jr asi nasledujici: "Ptilelitost vzbuditi zajem mezi mi C'leny je zde; SPJST "Soft Ball" eety, SPJST ku2elkove eety. SPJST "horseshoe pitching" eety, SPJST letni vYleti gte, kde nektere podfizene tady by mely jejich vlastni letohradky fizene v9borem pod, tizeneho tadu. Nechame to ujit, abychom to pozcleji litovali? Mame to vziti na ptettes v na gich distriktnich schtizich? ma, me se tazati na geho hlavniho ptedsedy, nageho hlavniho tajemnika, na geho hlavniho pokladnika o jejich dobrozdani? Oni jsou pro znovuzvoleni na rok. snad oni nam daji nejakY dobrSr pokyn."

13ratti a sestry, vy vite, 2e to neni mojin se rozepisovati ye Vestniku mojich nahledech, neb davati nejake na,vody, ponevad2 mnoho na gich elenti si takove poeinani fitednin Hlavni Utadovnk v2dy vyklada, bez ohledu jestli jsou pit) nebo proti, ze U •ednici Hlavni ittaddvny to delaji z osobniho zajmu, pro svtij zisk a pro sve pohodli a ne to posledni vety "Oni jsou pro znovuzvoleni na rok, snad 2e oni narn daji nejakji dobrY pokyn". Ani na tento elanek bych neodpdvidal, ale ponevad2 ta posledni veta se da vykladati, ae ja snad moje nahledy neb odporueeni menim dle toho, jestli je to pied sjezdem, na sjezdu neb po sjezproto na vysvetleni teto vety chci podotknouti jenom toto: Jestli doslou2im moji nynej gi llultu co Vag tajemnik Hlavni Utadovny, budu tajemnikem va gi Hlav-. ni fif4adovny 16 rokti. Za celou tu dobu jsem nikdy nemenil moje nahledy neb jednani dle toho, jestli to bylo pied sjezdem, na sjezdu nebo po sjezdu, a take jsem nikdy nernenil, neodmenoval neb nejednal v 2adne zale2itosti s nekterym Oenem neb eleny na gi Jednoty, dle toho jestli on neb oni byli od maleho neb od velikeho tadu, a take ne dle toho, jestli rnne to na sjezdu ziska, neb ztrati hlasy.

JO mum svoje jiste zasady, ktere nikdy nebyly a ktere nejsou na prodej ani na vS7menu (handl), nikdy.

Utadovny, a kdy byl jsem k tomu vyzvan, chci se o nekterYch tech dtile2itSrch vecech zminiti a podati yam o nich v tomto elanku moje nahledy. Co zde pisi sam za sebe co tajemnik va gi Hlavni U •adovny a za 2adneho jineho fitednika.

Jedna z tech veci, o kterYch se ve Vestniku pile, jest rozdeleni toho nageho "milionu" pfebytku (surplus), postaveni titulny pro nage 'stare eleny a zatizeni nejakeho letniho vSrletigte pro na gi mid• de2. Ponevad2 tyto tii veci pova2uji za ty nejdfilditej gi, omezim se pouze na tyto tti veci v tomto pojednani.

Budeme Mai mezi na ge eleny ten nag milfon pfebytku, anebo nebudeme. To zale2i na vas,.brat •i a sestry, jak vy to rozhodnete a take do velike miry na torn, jestli by nam bylo dovoleno ten milion rozdella mezi eleny a jestli ano. jak a na kterY zpiisob, na jakem zaklade a na jakern razpoetti ho rozdelime.

Z nekterSlch tech dopisti ye Vestniku scudirn, 2e nekteti elenove jsou toho hledu, ze bychom ten milion men roz(16lit mezi eleny, ka2demu vyplatiti tolik dolarti a tolik centft, kolik by no, neho ptipadlo. Jini zase. 2e na misto vyplaceni jejich podilu v hotovosti ae bychom jim men ptipsati ten obnos k dobru na jejich certifikatech a vyplatiti jejich beneficientilm po jejich smrti o tolik vice pojigteni, kolik by jim rozpoetem padlo. Jini zase, '2e by se ty penize mely upottebiti na postaveni irtulny pro stare eleny, letniho vSTletigte neb letohradku pro nage mlade eleny, atd.

Mtij nahled je.ze je to velice dule2ite, eltive ne2li nagi Jednotu do neeeho vyvedeme,,aby si to jeji elenove dilkladne rozmysleli, co budeme Mat. jak to budeme Mat a take jestli to miiieme tak Mat, neb jesti by nam to bylo dovoleno to tak delat, jak bychom chteli.

Ten milion dolarti pfebytku. kterS7 my mime, se nahospodaFil na Hlavni Ufaelovne v poslednich snad tticeti letech.

Painatujte, broth a sestry, ae pied lety, v doge kdy nage Jednota upravila svoje poplatky na zakonem po2adovanou vSrgi, nage Jednota byla pouze nee° ptes solventni; pied toil dobou se nekolektovaly postaeitelne poplatky. Kcly2 ale nage Jednota upravila svoje tabulky dle za.konem vy2adovane stupnice, za par rokti nage Jednota dostoupila 100% solvence a potom jeji solyentnost zaeala ka20m rokem stoupati. KaalY rok nam na nagi solventnosti nee° ptibylo a ja se yam pHznam ae ka2dS7 rok, kdy2 jsme delali nagi celoroeni zpravu Sta.tnimu Odboru Pojigteni v Austinu, ja jsem vkly s dychtivosti eekal, kolik nam na na gi solventnost V posledni dobe se pile ye Vestniku o za, ptede glSr rok ptibylo. Skladali jsme tu nekterSrch vecech, jejich spravne po- reservu a ten pfebytek, jak Ceske pFislovi Chopeni a vytizeni je pro Jednotu velice povid 'a, "pro strSreka ptihodu", as jsme to dulaite. Proto co tajemnik va gi Hlavni &Olin na ten million.

Ve sttedu, dne 24, srpna 1955, Nyni, Hive ne21i se rozeilime nad rozdelenim toho milionu, rozmysleme se nad tim, jestli by to bylo aneb nebylo dobre z obchodniho stanoviska, kdybychom ten milion rozdelili neb dali nagim elentim, neb upottebili ho na nejakY jinY Nekteti na gi elenove se dr21 toho nahlcdu, 2e nage Jednota patti nam, jejim elentim; ae na gi elenove jsou jeji podilnici a 2e podilnici si rnohou udelati to, co chteji. Do jiste miry maji pravdu. Nage Jednota patti na gim elentrm, oni jsou jeji podilnici, ale na ge Jednota je take do jiste miry vetejnYm podnikem; korporace, ktera ma od na geho stotu neb od nagi statni vlady vYsadu (charter) a ta vS7sada neb ten charter ji dava, jiste vYhody, ale take ji va2e k jistS7m zavazkUm a pavinnostem. Vezmeme si ku ptikladu banku ye vag em okoli; ta take pa411 jejim podilnikiirn, ale ti podilnici si mohou z dividendy vyt`ohnouti jenom tehdy, kdy2 jim to zakon a bankovni odbor dovoli. Ja vim z moji vlastni zku genosti z doby, kdy jsem byl ptehli2itelem bank po nekolik rokft, 2e eastokrat se stab°, ae nektery'm bankam nebylo dovoleno vyplatiti dividendy, ponevad2 any mely v dohledu r0juke mo2ne ztraty. Proto jim nebylo dovoleno ten dividend yyplatiti, o2 kdy2 se koneene rozhodlo neb uka.zalo, jestli tim yyplacenim toho dividendu se neohrozi finaneni stay to banky.

Nekdo mute Eel, ae nagi Jednote nehrozi 2adne ztra.ty v dohledu. To je pravda. aspon na tak dalece jak ja do toho rnohu videt. A ja nevidim, prod by nage Jednota neinohla pokraeovat nadale time sarnSim tempem neb postupem jako -dosud, kdy bude dobte tizena, ale 2e vStrios Urokftna na ge investice imirtniho fondu budou cim dal tim ni2gi. to je skoro jiste.

Kdy2 nage Jednota ptijala jeji nynejgi platebni tabulku, tak v tu dobu Jednota Maio majetkove piljely a dostavala na ty piljeky nejdfive 8% arokft, potom 7%, potom 6%, a nyni dostava pouze 5%, a v nekterSrch ptipadech pouze 4 1/2 %. Proto 2e nage poplatky jsou poeitany. na 31/2% stupnici a proto, ae 9.2 dosud vSmos na vgechny investice nageho ha fondu ptinesly nam MAI arok 31/2%, z toho hospodateni vzrostl na Cirocich nam ten na g p •ebytek, ten milion dolara. My vgichni vime. ae v poslednich letech v gude se tlaei na to a zvla gte ze strany nagi vlady, aby firoky se sni2ovaly, jak na vladnich bondech, tak na pfijekach a na v gech jir4ch investicich.

Jake zaji gteni my mame,ze nasledkern toho firoky nebudou elm dal tim ni2 gi. Za nekolik malo let nam na ge investice mana neptinesou tech po2adovanSTch eistS7ch 3?4% Uroku, na kterem aroku na ge platebni tabulka je zalo2ena. V takovem padu bychom museli zasahnout do nageho pfebytku, aby se to udr2elo v rovnovaze.

Ve sttedu, dne 24. srpna 1955.

Vgechny velike pojigeujici spoleenosti a taktka vgechny bratrske jednoty to odekavaji, 2e v budoucnosti jim jejich mrtni fond, jejich investice nebudou ptinageti tak vysoke firoky jak dosed, a ze tim jejich ptijern bude o tolik mengi.

Aby se na ten ni2 gi ptijem ptipravily, ninohe pojigt'ujici spoleanosti a mnohe bratrske jednoty upravily svoje platebni tabulky na 21/2% neb 3% brokove stupni, ee neb sazbe. Ja jsem o tom vgeobecnem sni2ent brokti nikdy mod nepravil, ale pozoruji to po nekolik let, jak se pomery pojigteni meni, tak jako ye vgem jinem.

Upozornil jsem na to mnoho elenti nazi Jednoty a vyzYval je k tomu, aby o torn ptemYgleli, jestli dtive nebo pozdeji nage Jednota nebude muset take zmenit neb upraviti svoje platebni stupnice, (to by se tftalo jenom novYch certifikatti po to dobe vystaveiVch), a upraviti reservy, ptijdovni hodnoty, odstupni hodnoty jejich certifikatu e atd., die nektere to nove neb vice moderni tabulky, j ak o ku ptikladu CSO 3% neb 2 1/2 % tabulky. (Qpakuji, 2e kdyby se takova zmena stala, 2e to by se netSrkalo poplatkil tech certifikatii, ktere nyni mame v platnosti. Ta zmena v poplatcich by byla pouze na tech certifikatech, ktere by byly od to doby vystaveny.) Mnozi nazi elenove s tim souhlasi, ze bychom se mell na to ptipraviti, aby, kdy2 ptijde ta doba, a bylo by to v zajmu Jednoty, upraviti na ge poplatky reservni neb ptijeovni hodnoty, paid-up hodnoty nagich certifikatii, ad., abychom byli ve stavu takovou menu udelat, bez starosti a bez pteka2ek.

Kdybychom takovou zmenu udeiali a pfijmuli nekterou tu moderni tabulku, tak v takovem piipadu takova, zmena by nam velikou east toho milionu piebytku pohltila. Kdy2 ten milion nyni rozdame neb rozdelime a nebudeme toho pfebytku miti, tak jak pak mil2eme potom takovou zmenu v nazi Jednote provest?

Bez pfebytku by se takova zmena uclelati nedala. Co potom? Rozmysleme si to dobte, dtive ne2li v tom ohledu uclelarne krok bud'to na tu neb onu stranu. To je velice va2na vec.

Je to v na gem zajmu neb v nezajmu, abychom si ten milion pfebytku nechali tak jak ho mame, neb ho rozdelili neb rozdali elenfn, neb zakoupili za nej neco jineho, jako ku ptikladu fitulnu pro stargi eleny, anebo to letni taboti gte pro nazi mlade2, nebo oboje? Zdali bychom to mohli zakonite udelati, totr2 jestli Statni Department Poji gteni v Austinu by nam to dovolil, na to ja nemam ureite odpovedi. Ja nemyslim a br. Valdik mite v nedeli na distriktni schfizi v Lubbock povidal. 2e on take nemysli, 2e Statni Department Poji gteni by to dovolil. To bychom melt ptedem vynajit.

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Neclavno nine jeden naz Glen povidal, ze kdy2 sjezd v Taylor, v roku 1940, damval asi $17,000.00 pro Federation of Texas Czechoslovaks, 2e prod by nyni Odbor Pojigteni namital proti upottebeni east nageho pkebytku (Surplus) pro takovY bdel.

Na ten dar $17.000,000 pro Ceskoslovenskou akci v Texasu v roku 1940, Department v Austinu nepohli2e1 mod ptiznive, ale ponevad2 v tu dobu jsme to vyplatili z fondu na be2ne vydani toho roku, tak to proglo. Prvni roky ja jsem se stal tajemnikem vagi Hlavni btadovny, poplatky prvniho roku a 20% z poplatkil nasledujietch rokb nam na bane vydani Hlavni fitadovny tipine postadilo, ale ja osobne jsem z toho mel \Tidy raclost, Iccly2 u konce kaaleho roku jsme mobil ntenest z fondu na bane vyclani do bnartniho fondu nekolik tisic dolarb. Pomery se ale zmenily. My nyni, mimo tech poplatkit za prvni rok a 20% z poplatku za nasledujici roky, vygkrabujeme ka2d3-7 kout, abychom sehnali dost penez, abychom mohli vgechno be2ne yydanl vyplatiti.

Vgechno se hodne zdra2i1o. • Co se mne osobne 47de, nine by to velice tegilo, kdyby nage Jednota mela pro svoje stare 'deny nejakou krasnou atulnu a pro nazi mlade2 nejake vYletni jestli si toho pfeje, nee° co by ji k nazi Jednote vabilo. To jsou d ye tidy neb dva druhy lidi, pro ktere ja bych rad nee() udelal a to je, pro na ge deli a pro nase stare a zvla gte pro nage stare a nemajetne a nemocne eleny.

To povidani neb podeztivani, ze ja nechci podporovat nazi akci v zajmu mlade2e. je nadolate bezpodstatne. Byl jsem to ja., ktery v roku 1929 rozhodl se zalo2iti u nazi Jednoty na g DetskSr Odbor, na svoje utraty a sam na svoji zodpovednost, s dorozumenim, ze kdy2 se mne ten pokus nepodati, 2e to Jednotu nebude stat ani centu. Byli nekteti, kteti tu praci chteli vykonat a pokusiti se ten DetskY Odbor zalait, ale ti chteli za to rnesieni plat, vsechny vylohy zaplacene a nebyli ochotni zartieit, ze to skuteene dokaou.

Ja jsem ten Detsk3', Odbor zalo2i1, kted nam do Jednoty ptivedl nekolik elenfi, a nedostal jsem za to nikdy nic.

Zde skutky mluvi hlasiteji ne2li vgechno to povidani, kdo se zajima o nazi mlacle2.

To ale neznamend, ze ja jsem ochotn3i Odboru Mlade2e otevtit dvete nazi pokladny dokotan.

Se starSimi, nemajetnSimi a nemociVini eleny je to take tak. Ja kazdy rok venuji takovy'm dobroeinnSrm beelitm a tistavtim dosti slugnou sumu penez. Je jealna vec, ktera mne moji praci na Hlavni titadovne zptijenniuje a to je to, 2e zde mam ptile2itost dastokrat takovYrn . sta,rgim nemocri rm a nemajetnY'm eleribm vypomoct. 11/1no2i z nith dastokrat zde ptijgou

Strana 5 s jejich bolestmi a se sizami v oeich a kdy2 ja jim mohu v jejich starostech vypomoct, ja z toho main radost.

Kdy2 se ptesveddime a vypoeitame ,si to, 2e si to mil2eme dovoliti, ze k tOMU mame prosttedky, tak ja postaveni budu podporovat, neb vim 2e by se na glo dosti na gich diems, kteti by radi ztravili jejich posledni leta v takove Dale, jestli sezname ze zatizeni taboti, gte nebo letohradku pro nazi mlade2 2eme uskutednit a 2e by to bylo neco, co by prospelo nazi Jednote a 2e si to mil, 2eme dovolit, tak takovY podnik budu take podporovat, ale eemu ja chci ptedejiti, bratti a sestry, je to, abychom se nenchvatili a do nedeho se nerozvaane nepustili a potom pozdeji nevyna gli, 4e to nenni2eme prosadit, aneb 2e nemme k tomu zdrojb nob prosttedkb, neb nechcerne to vydr2ovat. Oastokrat Tide se do neeeho nerozva2ne pusti a potom pozdeji vynajdou, 2e to vgechno stoji mod vice penez ne2 odekavali, nemohou to dodelat a utrpi s tim ztraty. Neudelejme tu chybu.

Nage Jednota, je podnik demokratick.

V gichni elenove maji stejita prava a zastoupeni prosttednictvim jejich delegattl neb zastupcil nba sjezdu. Mezi sjezdy ale, kdy2 Hlavni btadovna jest povetena povinnosti a praxem vesti obchodni fizeni Hlavni fitadovny a rozhodovati, jak a kterak se maji ritzne zale2itosti vytizovati, tak ja se citim, 2e co tajemnik vagi Hlavni atadovny, 2e ja, se musim fidit mojim vlastnim ptesveddenim a nahledy a2 do to doby ne2 sjezd to jinak rozhocl, ne. Olenove Hlavni btadovny jsou potize gafail majetku Jednoty, a vas tajemnik Hlavni btadovny by byl velice bidnYm ga, fatem, kdyby dovolil bez protestu, aby penize z pokladny Hlavni Utadovny peu2ivaly na jakYkoliv Teel, kterY ja nepova2uji za spravn3'7. Vy jste mne nezvolili tajemnikem Hlavni btadovny, abych ja vase penize rozdaval, jenom abych se v mem facade udr2el.

Ve Vestniku ze dne 10. srpna, na 8. a 9. strance jest dopis od br. F. J. Elznera z Malin, Oregon, kterST stoji za pfeeteni. }lad bych jej citoval celY, ale omezim se pouze na Cast jednoho paragrafu, kter3-7 zni takto: "Na ge Jednota je vicemilionoyou korporaci, ale jest mnoho toho, co nam schazi v jejim A d: eli-16m vedeni. Tak se mi nikdy zda, 2e je vedena jen tak "nazdatbbh" toti2 elenstvem Jednoty, ne vgak jejimi btedniky. Mame tam dobre lidi a obetave; a divim se tomu, nebot' nemajt vbbec 2adnou zaruku, 2e tteha zitra nebudou nuceni se ohli2et po jinem zamestnani. Zatracend politika. Zde je naprava absolutne nutna." Ano, ta po(Pokradovarit na ,strane 10.)

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Z CINNOSTI DOMACICH RAN] RobstoWn, Texas.

Sestry a bratri radu Robstown eis. 117: Dne 4. zari o jedne hodine budeme mit Schtizi radu Robstown Oslo 117 a si prejeme, at' se viichni dostavite, a vezmete celou rodinu, at' jest jen jeden elen v rodine elenem naieho radii, to minim at' priledou na tento den viichni eleni v rodine. Jestli jsou deti eleny, tak jejich rodiee at' tea prijedou. Budeme mit barbecue pro viechny. Sestry at' donesou ne fake pedivo, co si ktera preje, kola:6e, pa.je, dorty, cookies, co ktera rada peeete.

Dale, jestli nekteki bratri aneb sestry nekdy patrili do radu Robstown a jsou eleni Jednoty jinde, tak vas tea zveme, at' prijedete se poclivat na ten Robstown.

Moe se chvalit nemtiaerne, neb priet nechce a Uroda je slaba, penez nebude, tak bez pen& neni moc slavy a muziky.

Pied dverna roky jsme tea tento den chteli nejakou oslavu poradat, ale pak jsine dostali ev torn tYdnu 20 coulti date.

Tak zas bude /MS rad cleat malou spoleenou veeeri, tak moana dostanerne ktereho opravciu je treba, i 20 coultp jen at' to trva. aspon 14 dni, ne jen par dni.

Tak. bratki a sestry a jejich rodiny, do uvideni 4. zari v Moravian Hall v RobsJaro Rektorik. town.

• 4, o ikad Slovanska Lipa eislo 66.

Waco, Texas.

CLeni bratri a sestry: Zase jsem si udelal nekolik minut Casa. abych yam oznamil, ae nas rad Slovanska Lipa, eislo 66 koneene dodelal novou sin a budeme mit naie slavnostni otc yreni v nedeli 28. srpna. Prosim. poanaCte si tento den a prijedte se podivat a pobavit s nami; uvidite, co se da, vykonat, kdya je dobra vole a kaadY tahrie za jeden a tentY2 provaz.

Naie sin je velikosti 68 iiroka, a 80 stievicu dlouha; stavena je z cementovy. ch cihel; podlaha je take z cementu, kde se bude tancovat, jsme ji take nokryli dubovYm drevem, takae se y am bude dobre tancovat. Naleza se ptil mile na v;Vchod od mesteeka Elm Mott, ktere je 9 mil na sever od mosteeka Waco, totia na dallaske highway nebo jak se rekne eesky na ciallaske dalnici. Vy, kteri pojedete ze severu, kdya prijedete do mesteeka Elm Mott, zaboete na cestu eislo 308 na levo a vy, kteri pojedete od jihu, vezmete tu samou cestu na pravo. Sin pak yarn bude na, pravo na kopeeku, kde ji lehko najdete.

Sin byla postavena, totia jen steny, strecha a podlaha kontraktorem; viechno ,fine bylo udelano eleny radu Slovanska Lipa. Viechen nabytek, barveni bylo udolano iaiimi bratry a sestrami, pc) ye-

eerach, nedelemi, kdy a jak se to dalo, a kdy komu eas dovoloval.

Prijedle, podivejte se, co se udelalo radem, kterY se nebal zavest nektere novoty, ktere •jsou dnes tak nutne jako je nas denni chleb, abychom se udraeli s konkurenci dneini doby. Cetli jste navrh bratra Calvina Chervenky, a ja jsem tea jeden z tech, kteri ui leta ph i, abychorn neco delali k pokroku nail Jednoty. Nee kolikrat jsem byl kritisovan, ae se asi za nail eeskou ree stydim, ale to neni pra y -da.Jjenomvid buocnstidale nea vidi nekteki jini. Jsem zamestnan ye velkem obchode, vidim, co delaji aby se udraeli v popredi pH konkurenci, tak nabYvarn zkuienosti, ktere mne davaji lepil rozhled, co je v nail Jednot y nutne, aby se udraela v popkedi a eelila konkurenci.

Poslednich 25 let jsem vynechal malo schtizi naieho radu. Vady se nas seilo 6, 7 a nekdy as 10 cleat, mesic po mesici vady to same. Kdya jsme udelali nejakY piknik, tak nas byla hezk y hromadka.

Kdya jsme skoro umfeli, tak jsme dostali radu od naiich vedoucich i od jinYch, zaCali jsme se schazet a po schtizi jsme melt spoleene svaeiny. Pomalu jsme byli nuceni uaivat anglietintn aby meli mladii eleni prile,aitost se pritieit neco o nasi Jednote. Dnes mame mnoho a mnoho kteri se k nam pridali proto, ae mohou brat podil na naiem spolkovem jecinani a mohou se vyslovit v anglietine.

Vim dobre, ae mne zase nexteri odsoudite, ae pond jenom jsem pro tu tinu, ale vekte nine, bratri a sestry, ja bych byl velice rad, kdyby to nemuselo bYt, ale jinak ua to asi nebude. Prot dnes neobdelava.me naie pozemky voly a konmi? Protoat jsme vynaili, ae traktory to pro rids udelali lepil a leheeji. Kolik by se z vas vratilo k tomu farmovani s konmi a motykou? Mnoho asi ne. Prato i naie Jednot y musi zavadet novoty jak se naskytnou, jinak neporosteme.

ITa toho pro dneiek dost. Jeite jednou vas viechny zveme na naie slavnostni otevreni nail nove sine v Linden Parku, ptil mile na vYchod od mesteeka Elm Mott. Prijed'te a pobavte se s nami 28. srpna 1955.

S bra.trskYm pozdravem Otto Hanus.

• 4, ♦ ( Rad Vesmernost Oslo 68.

Nelsonville, Texas.

Pravidelna schilze radu, konana v nedeli 14. srpna ye 2 hodiny odpoledne, byla zdarild, ale malo Menu priilo.

Nekolik elenn, kteri byli suspendovani, zase prink si dat vie do poradku.

Novi eleni: Ditko Carolin Maresh, na $500.00; clospelY Alvin Flentge, kterY ma pojistku na $500.00, pribral si dalSich

$500.00.

Maine novinku. OJAI schilze bude v sobotu 10. zaki ye 2 hodiny odpoledne, tak prijd'te -co nejvice se podivat, co bude noveho. Zaleai na vas, poteiit nas.

Dostali jsme velmi dobrY deit', vie krasne roste a farmari se raduji.

Teiime se na distriktni schrizi naieho distriktu ye Smithville, treti nedeli v Na zdar viem &tend:rum, Jos. W. Jeaek, zpravodaj.

4:70 ( itdd Karel Havlieek Oslo 4.

Hallettsville, Texas.

Jest patek blyskani a ozvena hromu nas dnes vzbudila a pri tom nam trochu skraplo. Pak se prihnal vitr od seitru jak kdyby jia byl podzim, pak se trochu vyjasnilo, ale ocipoledne jest velmi zamraeeno a co toto phsi, pril o viechno prye.

Neale 14. jia jest prye, ale vzpominky jcite jsou zde. Nas spolkovY obed Gili beseda se nana hezky vydatila a bylo nas hodne.

Teii to videt ty mile tvare zblizka i zdali a doufame, ae jste se v'Sichni pobavili a si pobesedovali s 'Irately a ztravili debrY den.

A ted' slovieko, co se tYee toho obeda.

V loin jsme to rneli zdarma, ale men jsme velke vydani a ztratu; nejde to jen sahat do pokladny. Tak letos jsme poeitali jen 50 centn, con neni mnoho. A verte, ae z toho nezbohatneme, budeme radi, jestli s tim vyjdeme rovne. Prosim vas, kde byste dostali obed jen za 50 centU, a tak obed jak my davame, kaZdY si vybere co chce a naloZi na talir kolik chce. Jak vite, vie jest velmi drahe, maso. Kdu Pki torn nedeli, si nerniiae predstavit, cu vie se mush koupit, a co to stoji, pak k tomu to pr ace. Proto cloufame, ae jestli ne.kterViu se to zdalo =oho, nee() donest a oat tech par centt za obed, to vie uznaji.

Boainku, kdya jest to jen jednou za rok. ale jsme hrdi, ae jste se tak dali videt, bratri a sestry, aukazali jste, ae si toho vaaite a sveho radu.

Dekujeme Vldp. Alois MorkovskYmu za proneseni modlitby a tea Vip Hilscherovi za jejich pritomnost. Pak Cs -iedkyvm,at'jiypomhlijakYoliv apt-Isobel-11; viem co neco donesli do kuchyne a prink, pak tern obetavYm bratram a sestram co pracovali a jinak vypornohli. A oviem i tern naiim hochilm muzikanttim.

Rika se, v lasce a svornosti jest sila, tak viichni ruce k dhlu spoleene a dilo se vydari, a kdya se zase sejdeme chci, abyste se citili u nas jak doma. Tak na shledanon zas v blizke dobe.

Jsem vase dopisovatelka Marie Fabian.

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Mile sestry a bratti: Tak vida, piece jsem svYm poslednim clopisem v nadem Vestniku nektere nade deny ptinutil. de se ozvali, aby pronesli sve nahledy. Jen litnji, de jsem bratru redaktoru tim ptidal prate, de mel hodne vice dopish k opravovani nebo ptepisovani na stroji.

Chci vdak poznarnenat, de nikdy jsem bratra redaktora. nedadal, aby onen roman zastavil. Napsal jsem jenom sviij sudek, na kterV snad mam prdvo. Jende my, dopisovatele do Vestniku, jsme hodne stra,nickYmi soudci. Vybirame jeden druhemu ze svYch dopisti poznamky, jako male deli hrozinky z kolaen.

Od meho posledniho dopisu obdrdel jsem od elenti nekolik psani. Vyzvaji mne, bych psal zase. Oni de by tea psali, ale de maji obavu z kritiky nekterSrch Clem.

Onehdy mel jsem velike pfekvapeni.

Obdrdel jsem listek od zdejdi podtmistroye, ae marn na podte registrovanY dopis.

Byl od meho bratrance ze stare vlasti, Aritona Snejdara z vesnice Vetetov u Kyjova. Od one rodiny jsem neslydel jid nekolik let. Pie mriC ze jeho soused mu ptijeil americkS7 Casopis "Hospociat", v nemd Ceti mnj dopis. Tak vynadel mou adresu. Pide, de prate i penes maji dosti.

Dale scieluje, de se na rids dobte pamattije, kdyd jsme tarn u nich byli koncem roku 1911 a na zadatku roku 1912. Ja tenkrat byl ud velkSi klacek, on jedte nechodii do dkoly. Pie rime, ze bydli v tom domku, co se moje matka a jeho otec no,todili. Ma matka se narodila v roce 1862, takde ten domek musi bYt kolem sta rokii stark.

Onen domek si date pamatuji. Kdyd jsme tarn byli, pled tim domkein na ulici byla postavena socha svate rodiny. Tetieka nam tikala, de u to svate rodiny se easto pornodli, takde v jejim trapeni se ji ulevi. Melo, chudera teakY divot. StrYeek zemtel jedte v mladem vat', Zanechal ji trochu majetku a sedm cleti:nejstardi 15 let. Bratranec pile, jestli by nas to zajimalo, de /lam zadle fotografie z onoho domku, z vesnice a ted z mesta Kyjova.

Hned jsem mu odepsal, by tak &inn, de nas to bude velice fait. Jestli od neho uslydim, zase napidi do nadeho Vestniku.

Doufam, de to bude zajimat aspori ty etenate, kteti z toho kraje pochazi jak moji rodiee.

Ke konci jedte venuji niSim zesnulSrm rodidtim a sestte milou vzporninku. Matka zemtela v rode 1937 ye staff 75 let. Otee zemtel v rode 1950 ye stati 86 let. Sestra zemtela v roce 1945 ye stati 46 let,

takde z nadi rodiny jsem zustal sam jako dcera Olga z La Marque, de jeclou k ta ztracena ovce na poudti. ham. Jeji mud Frank Pokladnik svoji,rp,Nu, co nevidet budeme s mandelkou 35 clinkit k riam doveSI. NavAtivil zde Svoje let. Vychovali jsme sedm deti. Jeden syn roclide, bratty a jejich rodiny, nechal,;je, byl zabitY na Pacifiku. Nekolik let jsme zde a sam jel zpet. Jako obchodnik se ne= jid sami. Vnoudat mime 16, takde udije- intide dloitho zdrdet. PoteSili jsme se s nin me radosti a casein trochu zlosti. ini i c vriCitteaty; oba, ud ptijdou po praact-, hildach do dkoly.

Bratte redaktore, ptedem 'robe srdednS, dik za Tvoji namahu. Opravclu se Ti Jak je vam vdem znamo, de v mesici divim, kde to vdechno tiered; musid mit Cervenci zavitala mezi nas, texaske since; vaacnd, chvalne znama cele deske &bre nervy. ve •ejnosti rodina Jandaeloava z Chicaga.

Pozdrav na celou Jednotu.

Frank Vytopil, tajemnik. Byli zde i v loni. Texas se jiin zalibil, ) di se meal has vraci a my je radgmezi se bou vitame.

Guy, Texas.

Vloni zde rneli svoji dcerudku MarudIctl, Mini bratti a sestry: jend udila u nas a v Ennis deskou Mitj syn mi natidil jako tajemnik Mein F. B. Zdrtibek Oslo 112 v Guy, bych za a proto ptijeli na sve prazdniny. Zde jeZneho napsala do Vestinku, de v riedeli 28. dili po osaddch a pan Jandadek ukazoval srpna v 8 hodin veder bude hrati v tadb- obrazky, ktere se tedily velke pozbrnoSti. ye sini zratr Frank Vavtik z Houstonu Mnoho nadeho lidu radi poznali tuto nepeknou deskou veselohru "Ted' nas my". unavnou dvojici pilnYch pracovnikii na Vdichni krajane z okoli jste uctive zva- poll literarinm a unieleckem. Protd letos, ttebas jejich MaruSka zd&neudila, dkohl; ni na toto divadlo.

Toto pozvani pIdi proto za tajemnika, vratili se mezi nas jako domn a byli de on nerna das na psani skrze pilne pi- de srdedne ptijati. Ptekvapili nas v dem domove 17. dervna k vederu. Oeeka-Y. kovani bavliiy. vali jsme je It nam ad ku konci jejich Tak nezapomente 28. srpna navdtivit jezdu. Toho dne meli bYti v Houstonu, I to pane divadlo. vdak z nejakYch ptioin tam obrazky neMusim se varn pochvalit milou nd- ukazovali, tak prijeli ptimo k nam. Radi vdtevou. Vdera, dne 16. srpna, mne a Mi- jsme je po roce zase uvideli. Verudka, je,kesky navdtivily pani Rosalie Slavidek a jich 3leta Ameridanka za ten rok vyrOst:jeji snacha Frantidka Ktibalova na jeji la. Ponechala si svoji baculatou postakale, obe a Rosenberg, a s nimi ptijela vieku. Pekne ztetelne, moucite mluvi, a ta ses. Mary 1Vtareshova. z Fort Worth. Ona daleka cesta v kale ji neunavila.

Po obeerstveni se do pozdnich hodin je s mandelem na besede v ROsenberg u povidalo. Pozorovali jsme pH torn televiSi, Slavidkit.

Velice jsem se potedila, s niilymi ptitel- pak se Mb Spat. neb rodinu JandadkoVti kynemi. S pani SlavidkoVou a jeji rodihou dekala v pondeli dlouha cesta od nad se znarrie ud dlouho. Pani Maredovou Dallas cici El Campo, kde toho dne veder jsem nezriala, jen co dopisovatelku v no- pan Jancladek ukazoval obrazky. Ned PO' vinach a tak mile to poteSilo; de nas take snidani se vydali na cestu. Podadala jsem navdtivila a de jsme se poarialy take s mi- parii Matenku, aby mne ukazala ty rttene ' lou pani Jaroslav Kubalovou. Srdeerie de- maloviine v pestrYch barvach 8 yardtt . dloirhe zaclony, jend pro pani 13arudku kuji za milou navdtevn.

RiebeoVou zhotovila. Ohrornna, nadherT„ Nazdar vdem etoticim Vestnik.

Rozi Mikeska Truksa. na prate, na ktere pani Matenka, iniino jii-drch praci, kterYch nia az nad hlaVU, rinisite se ji vskutku obdivovat, jak to Dallas, Texas. vde zastane. Pra,covala pO chvilkach, nejMili etenati Vestniku: vice v noci, po celS7 rok. Jak my tki denUsedam ku psani, abych si s yam! Cte- ske, pani Jandadkova„ Marudka a ja,'tin: nati zase trochu pobeseclovala. Ptipra- praci na ptednim jarde prohlidime, pan vuji se k tomu psani ud nekolik tjrcinn, Jandadek nas zachytil na film. Nasedali ale vddy nekdo nebo nem nine vyrudI, a vdech pet do kary, loudime se a za deset kdyd °pet k psani usednu, tedko se roz- dni °pet u nas na Shledanou. prehle mydlenky davaji, dohromady, a VypisoVat vde ode mite bylo by zbyteekdyd nine to nejde, teknu si: je horko, ne. Neni lideri nad mistra, neb pan Jari-, necladm to na zittek. Ptijde aittek a °pet dadek syYm. spisovatelskYin talentent horko, ohlasi se navdteva a je po psani. nam zase tak jako vlbrii vde vypide. Kdo Tak se i stab po otljezdu rodiny Jan- by si ce etenatil pfal jeho cestopis z lott dadkove od nas. Kdyd jsem uklidila arm skeho roku, kterS7 vydal knidne u Nadin2. a se ke psani ptipravo yala, zazvonila na- ce v Texasu, "Zaznamy o dobrYch lidecli

Litrana 8 v zemi baylny a oleje", at' nine dopige.

Cena je jen 40c bez po gtovneho, a ja mu ji poglu.

Vratili se k nam spet z West ye etvrtek odpoledne 28. eervna a veeer zajeli do blizkeho Ennis promitat obrazky. A Se pain Makenka rozprodala po osadach v gechny svoje malovane souveniers, pustila, se v patek rano u nas do malovani nekolika veci, aby meta pro na ge krajany na veeer v Sokolovne neco na prodej. Zhotovila toho dne 6 menSich kouskii, ktere weer ye chvilce prodala a .na dalSi vzala objednavky. Pozorovala jsem ji, jak to ty jeji dovedne ruce dovedou tvokit na dteve krasne mora yske ornamenty, ktere pod jejimi prsty vyrtiistaji jako pestre kvetinky na lukach v semi milovane.

Obrazky byly velice zajimave. (Jen navg teva mohla bYt vet gi). Ta krasa• pravYch krojt jak Sen tak muSt jedoucich na konich ozdobenymi fabory, tak jako u nds na Morave a Slovensku, (v eechach jsc in nebyla), i staveni maje, starokrajske zvyky, co2 uz jsem nevidela aspon 50 let. Tyto nadherne kroje jsou po vetgine majetkem Mora yskYch Spolkti v Chianti, ktere je piljeuji pro tyto pkileSitosti a ucirSuji je v naprostem pokadku. Maji k tomu zjednane dve osoby, ktere je po slavnostech vyperou, vySehli, uloSi pro dalgi pottebu a stoji to Mora yske Spolky roene 15 set dolaril.

Morayska omladina velmi Casto uje lidovYmi tanci a zpevy v techto krojich na rilznYch mistech nejen v Chicagu, ale pokadaji zajezdy i do vzdalenejSich mist, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, i do Kanady zajedou. Maru gka Jandaekovd nath k temto taneenikam, neb jak ji znate, moc rada tancuje. UCeni — tanec jsou jeji osou Sivota.

Chtela jsem v gem inYin dosavadnim zakaznikam pfedne podekovat za jejich eusavadni ptizeri, kterou mne no uplynule 2 roky prokazovali a Sadam je, aby kdo ma v fimyslu syYmi milYm rodinam radost na vanoce zpilsobit, neodkladli dlouho svoje objednavky a poslali je co nejdtive. Ted' tam d.ochazi v dobe 3-4 tYdna a pozdeji se to protahuje na vice tydrift US v . fijrai saeinaji lide posilat sire vanoeni darky a bYva po celem svete velkY naval na pogtach, kde je zmatek nad zmatek a velka east balikil bYva odsunutit aS po vanocich.

Psalo jich nekolik &Om darcilm zde, e tolik tesili na ty potravinove baliky, jcuS jim ptibuzni odtud poslali a jim to u y namili, Se sli na poStu poSadat fitedni, aby jim to vydali, Se tam maji yzacne dary pro ne uSitedne, eehoS si tam koupit nemohou, kavu, Caj, sadlo, slanirYSi a jine. Byly tam zastupy lidu s prosbou o vydani balikil. Uiednici jim sure odpovedeli, Se pfes eas nepracuji a LIS clojde na ne tada, ze jim balik dodaji

V S T K WEST, TEXAS a vgem ze aS po vanocich. Mnozi plakali a zklamani odchazeli do s yYch domovil.

Proto, kdo ma:A v fimyslu co poslat, poSiete mne vase objednavky co nejdfive ja jako v minulosti pro vas vie poctive vyticlim.

Dekuji panu Vavkikovi touto cestou za jeho laskavou nabidku, Se mne svezl po divadle domu. KdyS jsem v Sokolovne bezradne eekala, jak se v noci dostanu domfa kdyS busy k nam nejezdi a v Sokolovne telefon neni, abych si mohla zavolat taxi. Srdeene diky a pcidruhe obteSovat nebudu, kclyS nebudu jista, ze se s nekYm svezu' bUdti sedet doma.

Tegi mile, ze se pan Vytopil natolik posdravil a vratil se k jeho zpravodajske praci. StYska.lo se nam po jeho enniskYch zpravach. Tak uS nestonejte. Zasilam posdray.

Ptitomne mame mezi nami pani Fojtagkovou, kterou stihla nehoda. ze si zlamala ruku a nemiiSe zase ona psat jeji zpravy z okresu Bell.

TeSime se z kapitolek psanYch dobrYm pismakem panem Zvolankem.

Vgem pozdray.

Bo Sena Valeikova. ) • 40 • ( POMAHEJTE VLASTNIM DETEM! Je skuteene zajimave, ze dnes jednou z nejhledanej gich feel ye SpojenYch statech je na ge fee eeska. Uei se ji na nekolika universitach, ale nejvice kursii Ceske feel a literatury je na nail Texaske statni universite v Austinu. Zajimave je, Ceske Peel uei se nejen studenti oeskeho pfivodu, nYbrS i jinonarodovci a vedi dolate prof. Dr. Mieek, ptedseda odboru slovanskYch jazykU, vypravoval, Se vladni fitady SpojenYch state se na nei °braceji se Sadosti, aby doporueoval studium Ceske feel a aby ociporueoval potom studenty pro vladni sluSbu. Studenti z Texaske statni university jsou s oblibou do vladni sluSby ptijimani a hodne se jich pc absolvovani kurstt ee gtiny a ruitiny uplatnilo v diplomaticke a jine vladni Za druhe svetove valky mnoho naSich studenta z oboru slovanskYch jazyka ob&Selo tak zvanou commission a poslano do zvlagtnich vojenskYch Skol a pa nastoupeni vojenske sluSby. Pied etytmi roky dva studenti eeskeho pilvodu ze stejneho mista nedaleko Austinu byli povolani k vojenske sluSbe. Jeden, jenS, na universite ueil se Ceske i ruske teei, ziskal commission, poslan do vojenske ikoly a brzy se stal dfistojnikem. Ten druhY, jenS o studium Ceske keel nedbal, zfistal obyeejnYm vojinem.

Nyni docha.zeji odboru slovanskYch jazykil na universite dopisy vojintl z Texasu, aby jim byly doporueeny ueebnice Ceske teei, aby znalost Ceitiny mohli ye vojsku uplatniti. Rodiee, pomahejte va-

Ve stkedu, dne 24. srpna 1955.

Sim synfun a dceram a upozornete je vYhody, jen plynou ze studia Ceske keel na universite. Potiebujete-li poradu, napigte na adresu Dr. Ed. Mieek, University Station, Austin 12, Texas a on Vam ochotne a obratem poradi.

S pozdravem Ed. Mieek.

4 •( Selaize S. V. S. e. IL Buda tentokrate konaa o tYden pos.deji neSli je pravidlo.

Bude v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu na Studewood dne 28. srpna y e 2 hodiny odpoledne. Navgtevnici vitani.

Ptieina pteloSeni udana v me fivaze "Sedlaci".

Marie F..K. Valova, tajemnice S. V. ) • 4 • ( Z Krouiku eeskSTch Zoe Temito kadky ptipominam vSem sestram, by nezapomely, ze prvniho zati poeinaji naie schtize i naciale sense budou v'Sdy prvni atvrtek v mesici, jako valy pied tim. V naiem KronSku je vitanY kaSdY, i kdy'S k nam nepatti, bez rozdilu, ktera mtiSete, piijd'te mezi ads. Vime, Se nektera ma dobrou myilenku pro dobro KrouSku a tak nam to piineste prvniho saki.

Anna Machaeova. " e RODINNA VECTRE I RADU POKROK HOUSTONU Zabavni vYbor tadu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 znovu zve viechny deny, ptatele a znarne, aby prisli na naii rodinnou yeoefi tuto sobotu, 27.srpna 1955, kterou budemo mit v tadove sini 1140 Robbie ulice.

Tentokrat naii kuchaki a kuchatky pravi opekana kutata (barbecued chichen) a vie ostatni, co udeld vybornou veeeti. Obsluha zaene v pul Seste yeeer.

Po veeeti budeme mit opet taneeni zabavu pki hudte Lee use orchestru. Pia nedavne vadat se jeho hudba vSem bila.

Pravidelne sobotni hry a pobaveni jsou pro tentokrat odsunuty stranou, ale jen pro tuto sobotu.

Budeme v nich pokraeovat kaSclou nasledujici sobotu. Na vaSi navStevu se vSdy tegirne.

Zabavni vfloor tadu Pokrok Holustonu C. 88.

• .1. • kSOKOL HOUSTON V NEDELI. 4. ZAIZi uspotada, Sokol Houston svoje vYroeni vetejne cvieeni Sokolovne za spolufieasti jednot Supy JiSni. Zaeatek y e 3 hod. odpoledne.

Vstupne na vetejne i na yeeerni tanec $1.00. Chutne barbecue, domaei peeivo a ramie obeerstveni. 8irokon na gl veiejnost zveme k hojne Adasti.

VYbor.

(32-35)

Ve stkedu, dne 24. srpria 1955.

UCHOVEJME Nedavno 6.et1 jsem elanek o jednom velmi starem narode v Evrope, bydlicim AT jeji severhIch konernach u Baltickeho mote, mezi Svedskem a Ruskem. Jsou to Finove, malS7 narod, jich pravlast die dejepiscti se nachazela v krajinach kol Kaspickeho more. Finove patti jako Mad'ati k Mongoltim a jich tee ku skupine teal ungro altajskSrch, ale finStina je od mad'arStiny • velmi odliSnou a pti porovnani tiStenYch veci neni patrnSr nejakS, ptibuzenskSf svazek mezi nimi, s jakou se shledavame u indoevropskYch jazykti, jak je tomu zvlaSte u slovanskSrch.

A piece ten lid tak vzdalenST a po tak dlouho od sve pravlasti uchoval si svou tee, ptivodni, ttebas byl dlouho v podruZi Svedska a Ruska a dr2i se ji. Jak jiZ bylo podoteeno, mezi slovanskS7rni teemi je mnohem vetSi ptibuznost, jak mezi romanskSr mi neb germansk3imi. Slovane jsou velmi poeetnou jednotkou a snad nyni se miuvi v Evrope vice slovanskSTmi reemi jak teemi jinYch jazykovSlch skitpin. Hovotime ji my aechoslovane, Poldci, Rusove. Jihoslovane a Bulhati. V minulosti byli Slovane rozptS7leni v Nemecku, kol severnich a severovYchodnich hranic Cech a pak podel Labe na vSrchod.

Byli ponemeeni, zbyla po nich Nemci zkomolend slovanska jmena. Poktne nejvetSim slovanskSrm narodern jsou Rusoye a rusky se hovoti od Baltickeho mote aZ k Tichemu ocednu a od oerneho more Ledovemu molt OeStina zaujima &hie misto mezi slovanskS7ini teemi svStm jednoduchSrm a• praktickS7m pravopisem.

OeskY Jenik druhe tfidy obecne Skoly dovede .preaisti vSe, co je vyti'Steno, zatim co americkY Johnny je na rozpacich pied slovem, jehoZ vStsloynost mu nebyla vysvetlena.

Z dejin vime, ze svati verozvestove ptiSli ze Solune, starotecke Thesalonike.

Cyril a Methodej byli vyslani na Moravu, ponevadZ ptiSli z kraje, kdezilo kde hodne Slovanti jiz v tehdejSi dobe. Jich znalost slovanske keel dokazovalo vynalezeni znaeek pismen pro slovanske zvuky, ktere v feetine nebyly. Dosti z naSich stuclentit vychodivSich vySSi S • kolu. (High School), deskoslovanskeho privodu, budou pokraeovati ye studiich na universite neb na nektere koleji, coZ je velmi odporueitelno. Cim vySSi vzdelani, tim je lepSiptilelitost k postupu v Zivote v kaZdem povolani, ac prate rukama je take diistojnou a pottebnou. Kandy z nas vSak 'nemilZe studovati z rtiznSlch ptidin a ku vyS:Simu studio je zapottebi zajmu, nadani a pile.

V Texasu mame dve yysoko, The University of Texas a A&M College, kde mimo jine ptedmety vyuenje se velmi schopr4mi ueitelskSrmi silami kaine

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NASICH PikEDKO (S. P. Studnien3))

a rugtine. V The Texas University vyuenje ji Dr. Eduard Mieek, dobte anainSr v krajanskSrch kruzich a na. A&M College Dr. A. M. Sktivanek, rovneZ dobte znamS7 naSemu eeskoslovenskemu lidu v Texasu. Naei eeskoslovenSti studenti, deti eeskYch rodietr, nieli by to ptilelitosti osvojiti si znalost techto dvou vS ,znaninejSich slovanskSich fedi, jeZ mohou jednoit tteba potkebovati. Slovane nyni vstupuji na svetove kolbiSte a ji g dnes maji znaenS7 vS7znam. Ueenim se &Stine projevite poctu svSrm rodietlin a tern prvotnim deskoslovenskSim vYStehovalcrim, kteti se tu v Texasu usadili a pomahali jej mozolnou praci zvelebiti, aby se jich potornktim lepe vedlo. Na ne tu upominaji jmena nekterS7ch osad a eetne kostely, zboZnYmi veticimi vybudovane. Dejte se. zapsati do kursil CeSliny aneb ruStiny. UMate tim radost syS7m rodietim a eechoslovannm v Texasu Zijicim.

• • CZECH EX-STUDENTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS August Kacir, President Calvin Chervenka, Vice-president J. E. Zivney, Secretary R. J. Bartosh, Treasurer Reuben B. Lesikar, Solicitor NdS milk graduante: CeSti Vystudovav gi Studenti Statu Texas blahopieji Vam ku VaSi rispeSne graduaci navStevo yane Skoly. Jsme na Vas hrdi a doufame, ze budete pokraeovati ye VaSem vzdelavani na nektere universite nebo koleji, ji2 si vyvolite.

Hlavnim neelern SdruZeni 6eskSrch Vystudovavgich Studentti Statu Texas, (Czech Ex-Students Association of Texas), je pomoci naSim zaslouZiljim a nadanSrm studentilm k dosakni kolejniho neb universitniho vzdelani v tom sm6ru, aby se mohl, neb (mohla) ptipraviti pro onen profesionelni odbor neb povolani, jake si mini zvoliti.

KaZdS, nadanS) a zaslou2iIS7 student, jemuZ finaneni pomery nedovoluji aby mohl nayStevovati kolej, miae obdr.Zeti pajeku of Texas Council of Higher Education pro neel vzdelavani. VSechny Mdosti o ptijeky studentiim zaSlete na Mr. R. J. Bartosh, Attorney at Law, Taylor, Texas.

Zajimate-li se o studovani na A&M College, navrhuji yam, abyste se obratil na Dr. A. M. Sktivanek, v A&M College, College Station, Texas.

Zajimate-li se o studie na. University Of Texas, odporueuji yam obratiti se na nasledujici parry: Dr. J. E. Zivney, 4104 Rosedale Avenue, Austin, Texas; Dr. Joe

Malik, 4300 Caswell, Austin, Texas, /lel) Dr. Eduard Mieek, University Station.

Austin, Texas. elenove Ceskeho Klubu v A&M College a v University of Texas mileradi Vain pomohou a poskytnou yam jakekoliv pdtrebne informace, neb oclkaZi. Vas ptisluS-nS7m osobnostem.

Doufaje, ze budete nav gtevovati kolej Vami vyvolenou a ze nak sdruZeni mirk yam poskytnouti pottebnou pomoc, znamenam 'se jmenem Ex - Students of Texas, srdeene oddanSi August Kacir.

THE UNIVERSITY CZECH PLUS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN Milk graduante VySSi Skoly: The University Czech Club touZebne oeekava. Vakho ptijmuti na University of Texas. V naSem kiubu budete miti ptileMost se setkati se studenty sledujicimi stejne cile a stejne zajmy a podileti se nimi v jejich einnosti. Sp2lu s mnoha ji nSrmi einnostmi, naSim cilem je rozSititi a prohloubiti oceneni a prohloubeni 'Ceske fedi a kultury.

The University of Texas je zylaSte St'astnou, ze intik poskytnouti SirokS t rozbor berth v eeStine a ruStine studentrun ptejicim si nabSrti vetSi a podrobnejAi znalosti techto slovanskSrch teei. Dnes narodove se navzajem sblizuji modernimi prosttedky a tu znalost reci jineho naroda je pomocnou a pteklenuti jazykovS,ch i jinSrch pfekakk.

Dovolujeme si Vas zvati ku zneastneni na naSem seznamovacim ka.vovem veCirku, ye sttedu, 21. zati v 7 P.M., v sini 315 Union Building.

TeSime se na shledani s Vami.

Se srdeenSr m pozdravem Joe Cerny, president.

•( )• MATICE VYSSill0 VZDELANI Ve Skolnim roce 1954-55 bylo podporovano 32 studentii, 2 divky a 30 hochti. 3 hoSi byli slovenskeho ptivodu. Co se We oboru, 9 studovalo inZenS7rstvi, 9 filosofii, 7 lekatstvi, 4 obchodni vedy, 2 hudbu a 1 policejni administrativu. 11 studentti je kandidaty doktorske hodnosti. Do V3ikonneho vSrboru Matice byli znovuzvoleni, Dr. Jan Mieka a soudce Jaroslav J. Brousil.

Nova zvoleni elenove vSrboru jsou paniSoria Baevatova. a Robert J. Dvotak. beziiroenSTh piijaek je 250 dolarti na semestr nebo 500 dolarti na rok. Zadosti o pujeky vytizuje kdykoliv tajemnik, Dr. Jan Mieka . 2408 Oak Park Ave., Berwyn, Illinois.

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Nasim eleraim -od redaktora (Donkoneeni se strany 3.) byste se mne ptali, jako kvalifikace •bych od na gich bucloucich fitectnikit oaekaval, tell" bych bez obalu, ze kaZdY lilavni fikednik a kaZdY zvolenY keditel mei by jednou za tki rnesice pkinesti do Vestniku nejakou radu, mySlenku nebo pokyn. Cim vetSi plat, tim vice je tteba soustavneho mySleni, spravneho vyjadi•ovani malt) slovy. 2adnSr Cloy& nema bYt jako na ostrove, skoupY na sve mySlenky, lakomy na rady a pokyny.

Distrikt pity se hromadne vypravuje k zajezdu do Elm Mott, aby se zilea.stnil otevteni noire sine tadu Slovanska Lipa ,Cislo 66. Dle vSech znamek pojedou brascstry z Houstonu, Danbury, Reedville, Rosenberg, a odjinud z jizniho Texau pc) velikem autobusu, pronajatYm k takib c ,,poleene vyprave. Kdo z 'dent' odjinud not eas a MOLIOSt, rimel by si nechat ujit tuto vzacnou pkilaitost. Nova radu Slovanska Lipa budi2 naSim dostavenickem tuto nedeli. Nezabomente je uvecionnt, ze ptijedete. Sestry taclu .eislo 66 budou vam za toto upozorneni pcvdecny.

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(Dokoneeni se strany 5.) t 11:a ; to je to nejhork zlo, co v nak Jednote 'name, a je to 'dim dale tim horSi. Ja doufam, Ze do pkiStiho sjezdu vSeclany nase rady si zvoli zkuSene a rozumne .delegaty, kteki .pak na sjezdu zvoli zkuSena, schopne, spolehlive, dbale a pracovite 'ilkedniky a teditele Hlavni tatedovny, zapomenou na politiku a budou Hlavni akadoviatt ilditi a vesti dle osvedeenYch pravidel a zkuSenosti. Potom nebude potieba, aby elenove Jednoty, rortrouSeni po cel6m Texasu, museli Hlavni Ukadovne pledkikavat, co ona ma delat y e yeceen o kterYch oni nejsou dostateene informovani.

Minulou HP deli byla schaze etvrteho distriktu v Lubbock. Byla to skuteene krasna schfize, ye ktele jsme ztravili nekolik velice pkijernnYch noclin a z ktere vsiclrni ocichazeli s pocitcin vdaenosti v mild) srdcich, Ze manic v Texasu takove licit jako tam byli sejiti. Takove distriktni sehitze nejsou "k bitovani", co se tyre pobaveni a seznameni se vespolek. Co se ale tYee organisaeni prace, dokud se opravdu nepustime do prate mezi nagim osobnim stykern, tak, tak dlouho organisaeni prace nebude prospivati.

S bratrskYin pozdravem tajenmik.

J. F. Claupick,

NAS ZAL011 4aimannewasigaitsw n'ESOEUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nize podepsanY resolueni vYbor du San Jacinto Cislo 91, timto projevujeme naSi -nejhlubSi soustrast poziastale rodine nad odchodem naSi spolusestry a Vak matky, babieky a prababiCky Army Nedbalek, titer( pc cllouhe nemoci zemiela ye staii 82 roku doe 7. eervence a pointena byla due 8. eervence na Narodnim hitito ye v Crosby za velke flOasti pkatel.

Portistala rodino, budi g Varn Utechou, Ze i my citime vas bol. Zesnula necht' cdpoeiva v pokoji a Cest jeji pamatce.

Zs fad San Jacinto C. 91 v Crosby: .Re.sol ueni vYbor: George Holy Frank Kulak Alois Doskoeil. ) • 4 RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI ResoluCni vS7bor radu Praha eislo 29 v Taylor, Texas timto vyslovuje uptinme citenou soustrast portlstale rodine nad Umrtim jejich manZela, bratra a nakho spolubratra Adoipha J. Cervenky, kterY zemkel 23. Cervence 1955 ye start 59 let.

Vime, Ze Zelite odchod Vakho mileno velice, ale budi2 Vam Utechou, ze i any a celY fad souciti s Vami ye Vakm zarmutku. test budiz jeho pamatce.

Resolueni vYbor: Mary Svadlenak Vera PolanskY A. L. BoudnY. (

Distriktni schfue

Ve stkedu, due 24. srpna 1955.

Ceska. Vzdelitvaci Nadace v Texasu Pkejeme-li si skuteene, aby se vyueovalo CeStine na vySSich ueiliStich; dale, piejeme-li si, aby znalost o eeskoslovenskein narode byla co imAno nejvice rozSitena a navZdy zachovana; a chceme-li dosahnouti ureeneho cile co nejdkive, kaZdV eechoamerfoan by mel obetovati aspori JEDEN DOLAR dosakni naSeho tile.

- echoameStale se elalubime, je nas C i leant v Texasu 350,000 aZ 500,0000. Jetalk, proe bychom nemohli seIi brati aspori $350,000 na tento tak (Teel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu zde u lads v• Texasu, tak kdy zapoCneme? Jean pravdou ,Ze uved.o4i. o eeskein narode, jeho kultufe, dejinach a vzdelanosti, ja,kou se CeskY narod v minulosti honosil, upada, jest na nas aby se ueinila pronikava naprava, a to hned!

Pfejete-li si podpofiti nee' a cil Ceske Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnch pHspeykem nebo jako elen, Vak pomoc bude ycleene pfijata.

The Czech Education) Foundation of Texas, Box 446, College Station, Texas (dz) Ustkihnete a zaAlete na tajemnikapokladnika!

(ESKA VZDELAVACt NADACE TEXASU (The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas) PkidruZuji se k tern, kteri podavaji pomocuou ruku k udrZeni a rozkreni Ceske roCi a literatury v Texasu. Taecl jest sebrati clostateCnou sumu penez, aby z tirokti z ni moldy bYti vydrZovany stolice sloyanskYch jazyktl na vyASich ueiliStich v Texasu.

Pfikladam sin:1j 61enskSr plispevek v Schtze v jinY.ch distriktech budou uve- obnosu $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $10.00; $100.00; kejneny jakmile distriktni urednici usta- anebo i $1,000.00. novi datum schtze ye svem distriktu.

Distrikt prvni, 18. zati, Smithville.

I)istrikt sedm3), 16 . kijna, San Antonio SvO dary laskave zakcte co nejdiive u c__— j veclotni, ze KDO RYCHLE DAVA, DVAOtcovske vysvetleni.

KIIAT DAVA, na tajeninika-pokladnika, Dr. Jan M. Sekivanek, Box 446, College Ptal se synator otce sveho: Station, Texas.

"Tatinku, jakY je rozdil mezi puSkou a kulornetem?"

I zamyslil se rodie a po dlouhe dime Jmeno darce• pravil: Adresa: "To ruas asi tak, jako kdyZ mluvim a maminka. Lauf je vlastne stejnej, ale Stat: munice jde rychleji yen."

Mato:

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Wednesday, August 24, 1955

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

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

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

Vision, Ambition, end Hard Work Built It

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It took several months to build this guide them. But back in 1953 when the dimensions of the SPJST hall should be, embers of Slovanska Lipa Lodge No. 66 and how a group of 25-35 members No. 66, whose picture appears on the started to dream about their lodge hall, could do it themselves. hall, but the members of Waco Lodge front page of this issue, did it practically themselves.

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they had to "learn it themselves" the

Read the following pages about this

hard way. There are no books and remarkable group of members and their

Nowadays the "Do It Yourself" fans manuals to guide the SPJST members new home ready for dedication on Sunhave plenty of manuals and books to how to select the right site, what the day, August 28, 1955.

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Wednesday, August 24, 1955

WEST, TEXAS

THEY DID I THEMSELVES When I met with the members of Lodge No. 66 on Monday night, August 87 .1055, and asked the members for information how they built the hall and what members did, I was told that every member, physically able, helped in every possible way.

Let us turn to the group picture on the front page. Let us take them, individually, and compare with my notes as I gathered them from the members themselves who told me what this or that member had contributed. My notes may not be as complete •as they should be; probably it depended on the individuals who gave me the information piecemeal, some more fully, some reluctantly, some talking about other members and not enough about themselves.

(By the Editor) At one time, while the building was rearing completion, I stopped there and talked to the plasterer. He informed me that Brother Anton• G. Mazanec just left, but that he would be back shortly, because he was on the job every day. He was the architect that drew up the plans and blueprints for the building. He supervised the construction. He donated the use of his tractor; he hired and supervised the work with bulldozers, bridge building, road grading, and ground levelling. He rounded up material for painting, cement work, varnishing, wiring. From what I could gather, he donated more than half of his time to the supervision of the jobs with the construction which took about four months to complete. Of course, the contract called for an unpainted, untrimmed, incomplete building by the contractor with the assistance of members, to be later finished by members themselves. There was plenty of work for everybody.

We will start with the third row, from left to right. The first man is Brother Frank Parma. He donated all labor on kitchen cabinets, kitchen table, kitchen counter, serving windows, bar, bar cabinet, ladies' lounge dresser, fixtures in tidket room, fixtures in hat-check room, and many other jobs which I failed to Next to Brother Anton Mazanec write down. stands Brother Roman Parma, the seventh man in the top row. Brother Parma The second person in the third row, told me quite a bit about other members, from left to right, is Brother Odis Ces- but he never said a word about his ka. My notebook has only a short no- share of work. When I asked him directtation about him: "Regular, faithful ly, he replied: "Oh, I helped, too, with worker helping throughout in every- the work in general." As vice-president thing in general." of Lodge No. 66, he naturally was a Brother Edwin Narovec is the third faithful worker. person in the same row. He was reported All the electrical work was done by to me as a carpenter foreman, doing and under the supervision of Brother carpenter finishing in general.

Chris Spence, the youngest member of the Building Committee. He is the eighth The fourth person in the top row is person in the top row.

Brother Frank Miller. He joined the Brother L. B. Dungan, in the ninth working group later, but stayed on the job as if he were an old and seasoned place of the top row, was the paint foreman who supervised all the paint work member. in the hall.

The fifth person, in the light suit, is Brother Alvin Reznicek, the smiling secretary of Lodge, Brother Ed. G. Mazanec. He handled all legal matters, all young man in the tenth place, installed pUrchasing, all soliciting among the all the cooling appliances in the hall merchants of Waco, and helped with and shared with Brother Chris Spence ti mming in the hall. He and his broth- the job of making all other electrical etAnton located a 5-acre site near Elm installations.

Mat, and negotiated the purchase of In the eleventh place in the top row thei tract of land. He also obtained the is Brother John Simcik who, with two approval from the Supreme Lodge about other members of his business firm, dosome finances. nated all the plumbing work throughThe sixth person is Brother Anton G. out the building. He even employed a Mazanec, president of the Lodge. It crew who were not Dodge members, and seems as if the members who volun- donated their time. teered with the information about reThe last man at the extreme right of spective members, told me more about the top row is Brother Emil Hams. My their president than about themselVes. notebook says of hiin: "Most consistent

worker, always on the job, tackling anything that was to be done." I don't remember who gave me all these points of information, but that is what those workers and members think about one another.

The second row consists of eight ladies. Reading from left to right, they are: Sister Frank Parma (always there, always working, says my notebook); Sister Edwin Narovec (painting, varnishing, etc.); Sister Ed. G. Mazanec (was hospitalized, but after regaining her health helped finish hall); Sister Anton G. Mazanec (took care of work a round home while President husband, Brother Mazanec, was busy with work on lodge hall); Sister Roman Parma (financial secretary, Czech reporter, good worker, always on job); Sister L. B. Dungan (always there, always work ing and helping); Sister John Sirncik (very faithful worker); Sister Emil Hanus (regular, faithful, dependable worker).

The front row has six ladies, and my notes read these comments about them, furnished by others: Sister Frank Miller (joined recently and helped wonderfully); Sister Odis Ceska (English reporter, conscientious worker, willing to help in whatever is needed); Sister Chris Spence (always helping in general, always willing); Sister Alvin Reznicek (painting and varnishing like a good professional); Miss Barbara Parma (regular on the job, faithful young worker); Miss Emmogene Hanus (another willing young worker).

There may be some other workers who did not get in the picture, and I sincerely regret any omission which in this case is unintentional. I even overlooked one good lady, right in the center of the picture, failing to get her name and her part she had contributed. If any of you, members of Lodge 66, find disappointment in my report, kindly let me know without hesitation and I shall try to make necessary corrections.

In conclusion, let me congratulate every one of your willingnes, your kind co-operation in furnishing me this information about one another, and on your splendid demonstration and positive prove what can be done when you work toward a definite goal. You wrote a history of the small Lodge that was on the verge of disbanding. You performed a miracle. This account does not do you justice. But you do not need it.

Your new hall speaks for you and your enthusiasm..We salUte you!

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Wednesday, August 24, 1955

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FIVE YEARS AGO. AND TODAY Should we refer to the minutes of the Supreme Lodge meeting, held on July 10, 1950, we would read the following two paragraphs: "Brother John Simcik of Waco, member of Lodge No. 66, at Waco, came before the Supreme Lodge for consultation, advice, and direction as to what to do regarding the Lodge No. 66 He reported that Lodge No. 66 is and has been totally inactive for quite a long time.; that no one is interested in it since the former secretary has moved away; that none of the members are willing, able, or have time to serve as officers; and that in view of the situa tion there appears no alternative but to disband Lodge No. 66 and let the members transfer and attach themselves to some other Lodge in that section of the state.

"Upon a thorough discussion, vicepresident Svadlenak made a motion that president Marek together with director Navratil should visit Waco and Lodge No. 66 in the immediate future and try to revive an interest in and the activity of Lodge No. 66, and to use their best efforts to secure some new members for z - n;,-5.$4:;15

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(By the Editor) it in order that Lodge No. 66 would not only continue to exist but that it may groW and prosper. The motion unanimously carried."

In compliance with this decision of the Suri:eme Lodge, Brothers Marek and Navratil went to Waco in the later part of August, 1950. They reviewed and reapraised the situation. Some of the members of Lodge No. 66 were very much in favor of joining other lodges.

There was no interest in ho ding meetings. Sometimes only the officers attended and held quarterly meetings.

When it was found out that some of the members of the Lodge were two or three years in arrears with their payments, and that some of the funds of the Lodge were loaned to members, it was decided to try to keep the Lodge together a little longer and straighten out the business of the Lodge before the members would disband and join other lodges.

The meeting with the members of the Supreme Lodge and the few members of Lodge No. 66 was held at night at the home of Brother Roman Parma, Sr. No one wanted to assume the job of collecting the premiums in arrears, and no one cared to handle the books. Finally Brother Ed'. G. Mazanec volunteered to be a temporary secretary. Brother V. A. Zebro was president at that time, and Brother Will Kudelka was treasurer.

It was decided to hold the next meeting at the home of the secretary, Brother Ed. G. Mazanec, on the third Sunday next month, September 17, 1950.

Twelve members came to this meeting

John Losak

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Living Charter Members of Lodge 66

which proved to be the turning point in the history of Lodge No. 66. With the members came their wives and children.

It turned out to be a pleasant social gathering Czech "koldee" were served, sandwiches and coffee, and all those present enjoyed the meeting and refreshments.

The next meeting was held three months later, on December 10, 1950, at the. home of Brother Frank Parma. teen Members were present. New offieers were elected for the year of 1951..

Brother John Simcik was elected pres ident; Brother Anton G. Mazvc, vicepresident; Brother E. G. Maz ec, sec= retary; BrOther Will Kudelka, treasurer: To the surprise of everybody, the members that were in arrears with their premiums paid up after one or two reminders. The members that borrowed the funds of the Lodge also paid their notes and interest. With the bank ac7 count of the Lodge growing, there began to appear new hope for reviving the Lodge .

When the new officers were elected in the meeting of December 10, 1950, their first task was to go over the list of members to find out how many of them lived in WacO and how many moved away.

There were only 40 members in all. Out of these forty, 16 lived elsewhere: 2 in Dallas, 2 in West, 4 in Oklahoma, 1 in San Antonio, 3, in California, 1 in Corpus Christi, 1 in Washington, 1 in Pene-: HER BEQUEST HELPED LODGE 66

The late Katherine Wolf left a gift of some $4,000 to aid in the construction of the new hall at Elm Mott.

Strana 14 VLSTNbK----W1ST,Tr1XAS lope, and 1 in Czechoslovakia. Out of the horn in Czechoslovakia March 11, 1871.

24 members residing in Waco, 14 ruem- Her maiden name was Katherine Stahers were over 60 yearS of age, and not ne;:ek and she married Louis Wolf in active as far as the Lodge work was 1903 in Czechoslovakia. Both of them concerned. Since December 1950, when came to the United States in 1912 and the list of members was acquired, ten of setled near Rosebud, Texas. They moved the original -forty members died. to Waco some years later and lived there Thus the Lodge had, in December rest of their lives. Sister Wolf became 1950, only ten members, men and wo- a member of Lodge 66 in the year of men, that pledged themselves to carry 1916 at the age of 44. Her husband pason. They were the following couples: sed away six months before her death, John Simcik and wife, Edwin, Narovec leaving her alone in this world almost and wife, Frank Parma and wife, Ed. G. totally blind and disabled. Some of the Mazanec and wife, and Anton G. Ma- members of Lodge No. 66 were her nee and wife. Those five couples are closest friends. Her fondest wish, before responsible for Waco having a lodge to- passing, was that Lodge No. 66 was to have everything what would be left of clay, in June 1953, members voted that the her property. She wanted this legacy to Lodge would hold regular monthly be put to good use for the benefit of all meetings as prescribed by the By-laws, thet members of Lodge No. 66. She picked Brother John Simcik asked the men to one of the above mentioned five couples get their wives to join the Ledge. Tints as her executor. They carried out her each member had his wife and some wishes as she requested. Thus, Lodge No. children to become members. In the 66 received around $4,000 to apply on the meeting of September 1953, fourteen construction of the lodge hall. new members were initiated, and four This bequest of the late Sister Wolf additional applications were announced stimulated the interest of the members and voted on. and quickened the plans for a new lodge Just about that time, in August 1953, home. A site was found by Brother Anone of the old members died. She was ton Mazanec and E. G. Mazanec. After Sister Katherine Wolf, age 82. She was inspection by the members, a five-acre

Wednesday, August 24, 19:,; tract was bought near Elm Mott, Texas nine miles north of Waco. The land was standing idle for a few months. The members were cautious, reluctant to plunge into a major project which would require quite a bit of sacrifice, financial and otherwise. But in the annual meeting in December, 1954, the newly-elected president, Brother Anton G. Mazanec, obtained a "go ahead" signal to start with the building. In February 1955, a special meeting was called to pass on resolution to make a loan from the Supreme Lodge. It took several weeks to complete all of the legal procedings and arrangements. In the meantime, a temporary loan from fa local bank was obtained to start construction.

The contract called for only the bare walls, roof, and unpainted, untrimmed, bare structure which was to be completed by members themselves in their spare time.

The members of Lodge No. 66, old, young, and recently admitted, all had a part in the finishing of the new hall.

The Lodge now has abou4 95 members and several additional applications are pending. By next Sunday, August 28, 1955, the opening date of the hall, Lodge

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Present officers of Lodge No 06, II um left to right: Rose Parma, financial secretary; Roman Parma, Vice-president; Anton G. Mazanec, president; Edward 0. Mazanec, secretary; Edvin Narovec, treaurer.

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Wednesday, August 24, 1955 No. 66 will surely have one hundred members.

A most remarkable achievement in a short span of five years. May it serve as a magnificent example and a fresh inspiration elsewhere in the SPJST. • •( •LODGE SLOVANSKA LIPA NO. 66

Kindly place a red circle around the date, August 28, 1955, make it an excursion Sunday for you and your family, come to Elm Mott, and enjoy with us this memorable Sunday. It will make you feel happy to see what a small group of members can do, if there is enough cooperation and mutual understanding.

Waco, Texas Sisters and Brothers: Again I wish to write a few paragraphs and report some news from Lodge Slovanska Lipa No. 66.

First, let me announce that the members of Lodge No. 66 have completed the new lodge home and that we will have a grand opening, Sunday, August 28, as already made public in the last issue of the Vestnik. I intended for my letter to get in the preceding issue but I didn't make it. (Editor's Note:—Your letter arrived on Saturday while I was away from home on official tour to West, Mineral Wells, and Lubbock.)

Our new hall. is 80 feet long and 68 feet wide. It is built of concrete blocks.

Even the floor is concrete, except the space reserved ford dancing, which is Polished hardwood. The ball 48 one-half mile east of Elm Mott, a community 9 miles north. of Waco, anal 9 miles south of West, Texas. Those of you who will travel south on Highway 77-81, watch for junction of Farm 'Market Road 308, marked Leroy and pointing east (to the left traveling south). Those of you coming through Waco and heading north, watch, for the same junction FMR 308 Leroy and turn to right. You will travel only ane•half mile eastward on FMR

Strana 15 308 and you will be at the new hall.

The hall is the work of the memperS of Lodge No. C6. Only the walls, the roof, and the fleci' were put up by a contractor. Everything else was done by the members tlierm,:elves. All the furniture, the interior finishing, painting, plumbing, electrical wiring, partitioning, shelving, framework and furniture was done by the members. They worked every night, every Sunday, every holiday, for almost three months until the hall was finished.

You are invited to come. We want you to come. We want you to see what can be done even in a hopeless case uch as was the case of Lodge Slovan a Li-pa No. 66 some four five year back. For nearly 25 ye .a'rs our Lodge drifted and grew smaller year after year. Our meetings never had more than 6 or 7 meMbers present. Only when we had a picnic, we had somewhat better showing.

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• From left to right: Edvin Narovec, Edward G. Mazanec, Anton G. Mazanec, Frank Parma, John Simcik, Chris Spence.

Mrena 15 Pive years ago, we were dead—almost dead. But we petitioned the Supreme Lodge to disband and we were turned down. We were told to collect the dues in arrears, We were forced to meet and straighten out our books. Then came the suggestion to hold social meetings with luncheons and refreshments. When we had a larger gathering, we conducted our meetings in English. We elected officers who were better qualified to handle the English language than the Czech expressions and idioms, It, was a concession which some of you, may disapprove very strongly, but it 'saved our Lodge, Today, we have many members who take surprisingly active part in the work and deliberation, because it is being conducted in English. Our English reporter, a very capable one, Sister Emma Ceska, does a splendid reporting in English, but she could not do it in Czech.

These concessions and innovations are needed everywhere. We were forced to accept the new conditions, and we do not regret it. From a handful of 30 members in 1952, who were mostly indifferent, inactive, almost lifeless, we now have, 85 energetic members whose enthusiasm can be grasped only by seeing the new Lodge hall built on a five-acre tract near Elm Mott.

If for no other reason, we want you

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to come and see this handful of energetic members. We want you to share with us the joy of living again, working as a unit, planning as a group, helping in the growth of the entire SPJST Order.

May we count on you to accept our sincere invitation? Please do come. Make the next Sunday, August 28, 1955, a joyous occasion for us, a memorable day for Lodge No. 66, and a holiday for the entire membership of our fraternal Order.

Sincerely and fraternally, Otto Hanus ) BETTER ROAST

A roast will cook more quickly and better if you will let it thaw oitt thorougly after removing it from the freezer or refrigerator.

Top chefs recommend keeping a roast at room temperature for at least twenty-four hours before roasting, for taste, easier cooking and less shrinkage. A six- or seven-pound roast may shrink as much as 40 per cent if you put it in the oven right after removing from the refrigerator.

Your rare, medium and well - done problem will be solved only by using a meat thermometer. The device is well worth the price. It will help to make you a better meat cook.

--1'11010 By Anton G. Nthzttne0

Left to right Barbara . Parma, Birthday Club Chairman; Roman Parma, Recording Secretary and Czech:Reporter; Roman Parma., Vice-President, Lodge, 66; Anton G. .Ahizanec, P resident, Lodge 66; Ed. G. Mazanec, Secretary; Edvin NarOVec, Treasurer; Mrs. Otis Ceska, English Reporter and Program Chairman, Otis ceska, Organizer,

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WEST, TEXAS

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES LODGE MORAVSTI BRATRI NO. 6 Hillsboro, Tekas Dear Brothers and Sisters: . At • otir last meeting which was held on August '7 it was decided that we will not have the customary afternoon luncheOn as we always have in the quarterly meetings.

The next quarterly meeting is to be held on September 4, but the luncheon will be postponed until the annual meeting in December.

Let this postponement not keep you away from, the meeting in September.

There are always some important matters to discuss and settle.

Sincerely, Marie Janecka, sec'y.

• " • LODGE OSVETA NO. 38 Smithville (Kovar), Texas The Vestnik of August 10 in its Reports From Districts makes formal announcement of the District One meeting to be held at Kovar Lodge Osveta No. 38 on September 18. To this I can only add that we will be expecting some members from every Lodge in the district. In the past we have had the keen disapointment of many lodges not sending a representative. We are trying to make the SPJST an- organization of which we can all be proud. In these district meetings we can formulate plans for our future growth and doing things that need to be done.

To our dear members of Lodge Osveta we again appeal to lending their support to make this meeting a grand success. Our president is working hard toward this and I know we will not let him down. The date is September 18 at Koval., near Smithville.

Your reporter, E. E. Hollub LODGE VESMERNOST NO. 68 Nelsonville, Texas Our regular meeting of the Lodge Sunday 14th of August at 2 p.m. was progressive, but only few members present.

Some members that were on suspension list came in to be re-instated.

New members, Juvenile, Caroline Maresh on $500.00; Adult, Alvin Flentge who has $500.00 took out another $500.00.

Here is something new. Our next meeting will be Saturday 2 o'clock p. m., September 10. Come all to see what will the news be; we depend on you to make us happy.

We are all happy over the good rain last week.

We are preparing for our district meeting at Smithville next month.

Fraternally yours, Jos, W. Jezek, correspondent ) • " •• SPJST LODGE POKROK NO. 88 Dear Members and Friends: We wsih to again invite you to the hall on 1140 Robbie Street on August 27, 1.955, to an evening at good eats and good dancing.

This time our barbecue expert, and our Sisters are preparing barbecued chicken with the proper trimmings and Promise to serve you a most delicious dish. Let's all be there. Serving begins at 5:30.

For the dance, which begins at 8 p. m., we have, by popular demand, again been able to secure Lee use and. his orchestra to furnish the music and entertainment. As you remember from his last appearance with us, Lee use did that superbly.

The committee has interrupted the schedule at the regular Saturday. Recreation EVenings for this occasion, but will again resume them the following Saturday. Come and bring your friends.

The Committee • )• DEDICATION OE A WORTHY PROJECT Ennis, Texas Dear Readers, Perhaps many of you have heard of the goal and project which the Waco Lodge No. €6 had set for itself. It was the financing, construction and completion of a new lodge building. This was the first such attempt for the members of the Slovanska Lipa, of which there is a limited number, but steadily growing. They bad never had a permanent place for their meetings and met only once every three months at the home of one or the other of the members.

It makes a person feel good to know that there are lodges in the SPJST that have such an active membership, who made up their minds that they could build this structure by themselves all except the foundation and walls. Their labor and I am sure much of the material was donated. There certainly wasn't any question, "Will I get paid for my effort?" It was all gratis.

It was indeed a wonderful opportunity to see this newly-finished project on the 7th of August. It is completely modern inside and out, finished in two yery pretty, harmonizing colors on the

inside. They didn't miss a thing in making the place convenient for every oecasion. It's inspirational to know that they are determined to grow.

And yet there are many members in other lodges who are just that and no more. They take no active part in the lodge work and have no desire to better themselves, their lodge or the SPJST. Many wish there was something new and different done, but wouldn't do it if asked: Others feel ad if they have done their share; and then some are too tired or something, so that usttlly leaves just a small handful to carr on for all of those that just don't want to. The desire' for the continued growth of the SPJST must come from each indiVidual member. Each member must be proud of his membership in this Order and most of all must be willing to work with his mind as well as manually.

In attending the meeting in Waco, we found that they still rettin the old custom of initiating new members, not only with a. pledge but by having all members join hands and joining in a chorus of "Podpora", Lidskost", and "Bratrstvi". It makes the new member feel that he is really wanted and has actually become one of the members. I know that this small ceremony certainly gave me a lift and a proud feeling although I have been a member for many years. These ceremonies used to be a regular pro cedure even for our lodge meetings but in the years past somehow this small but impressive ritual was drop p ed, probably because no one wanted to take the time to welcome the new members.

It seems to me that this initiation should be a MUST in every meeting whenever there are new members. Just as the reading of minutes is accepted, as correct parliamentary procedure, .S0 this should be too. Perhaps if this old custom was reactivated, there would be greater attendance at the meetingS and the new member would certainly bring members of his family.

This is merely a suggestion or maybe food for thought for there have been many ideas and plans brought forth in the past two years. There are some that could be worked out immediately; others, which will have to be shelved because of the high cost of financing. Others, such as the Youth camp for our young members, could possibly be a reality within a few years, for this venture could be financed partly by the tuition of the child entering the camp for his week's stay of "roughing it out." The housing for

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this type of summer camp wouldn't have to be anything elaborate, And then, too, it would probably be open just three months a year. There are many angles to a new idea or project and they have t,(0 be discussed, well thought out, before they can become a blueprint for reality.

(Editor's Note:—It is my intention to put all the force at my control to sponsor three worthy projects: membership cam pigns, youth camp, and home for the aged.) 'just another reminder, and that is, the brand Opening and dedication cereMonies for the new building of the Waco Lodge No. 66 are planned for the 28th of August. Beginning in the morning at ten o'clock, with, a very good dinner being planned for noon, a program in the afternoon and a dance in the evening: So why not plan to attend? Why miss this opportunity to see for yourself, just what determined membership y en do? I sincerely urge each and • every .uile to attend this occasion. You won't regret it one bit, and you will be well entertained all day long. Plan on it and be .there August 28th.

• Respectfully yours, Dolfie lirabina ---) •

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SPJST SOFTBALL TEAM Dallas, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters, • On Friday night, August 12, our SPJST Softball Team played and defeated a very strong Dallas Cigarettes team by a score •of 3 to 2. By virtue of this victory, Our team advanced to the semi-final • rbunci- of the Dallas Softball Municipal Playoffs. This means that out of about ixty-eight men's teams that competed in organized softball leagues in the city of „ Oellas, we were fortunate to wind up iintinig the four top teams still in the run ining for the city championship. We :play again on Saturday night, August 15, and our opponent will be State Farm In'surance, the favorites to win the c) ampionship. Our game will start at 7:3• ) p.m. at Union Terminal Diamond No. 1.

Jim Scoggins hurled another great game as he allowed Dallas Cigarettes 'only 3 hits and wilted 5 batters. He was (really chunking that ball and he deieee. ed. a victory. Wilbur Munger, our nehot, had another good night behind the plate. The whole team played brilliantly or we never would have won this hard 'close game. After all, Dallas Cigarettes was rated about the 3rd best team in We city, so we had to be at our best to win—and win we did. This was another team victory and we are all proud .trf The fellows for winning this Mama-

ant game. This assures our team of winning another trophy, as the top four teams all win, a trophy. Leading hitter for this game was Joe Jarolik, With 2 hits. Also getting single hits were Raymond Smith, Albin Vrana, Daryl Griser, Raymond Vrana, Hal Maher and Jim Scoggins, Our fellows got the hits when they were needed the most and made them count. I will continue my letter after our. Saturday night's game with State Farm Insurance.

Here I am with the results of our Saturday night game and they are not favorable as the score didn't come out in our favor. We were defeated by a team that undoubtedly will win the playoffs, by a score of 14 to 4, and though we did lose, we battled them all the way. Our team didn't play as good as they did in the first two games, but by this time they were getting pretty tired, Also, the breaks seemed, to go against us along with a lot of other thing s . Still it was no disgrace to lose to such a good team.

Jim Scoggins pitched the first three innings and seven runs were scored against him, only two of which could be counted as earned runs. Jim retired from the game to get some rest for our Sunday night game with Texa ,, Inetrurnents and Tad Marlow finished up the game.

Wilbur Munger again caught the whole game. Getting single safeties in this game were Raymond Smith, Raymond Vrana, Hal Maher, Joe Jarolila and Bill Robbins. There isn't much more to be said except that we lost. Sunday night, August 14th we meet Texas instruments for third place and the loser will win the fourth place trophy. Incidentally, the fourth place trophy is larger and prettier than the League Champion trophy we won for winning our league. So, win or lose, we will still be a happy team.

We had another large turn-out of rooters and we were glad to see so many come out to the gante.

Wednesday, August 24, 1955 the lineup which improved our team in our fielding and also in our hitting.

As I mentioned earlier in this article, we were playing for the third place trophy and by our losing, we still won the fourth place trophy and we are very proud to have finished as, high as we did in the city playoffs. We will proudly display this trophy along with our two League Trophies in our (new) trophy case at our Lodge Pokrok 84 Hall.

We had another large crowd of loyal supporters who all yelled themselves hoarse trying to help us win this last game. It was really something to have had so many supporters at all . our games this year and, we, the team' really did appreciate your presence and loya4 support.

Leading hitt& of the game was Raymond Vrana with a double and triple.

Also, getting single safeties were Raymond Smith, Hal Maher, Jody Rejcek, Wilbur Munger and Jim Scoggins.

Thus our season was concluded with this game and it has been a most successful one which we will never forget.

Enough for this time, as I \vent to write one more letter at a later date to thank our Lodge and our sponsors for making this all possible. Thanks, fellows, for playing so hard all season, especially in the playoffs.

Fraternally yours, Ben Jarma Manager, Softball Team Lodge Pokrok No. 84 Dallas. Texas ) • 4 • ( SOKOL FORT WORTH Hello Everyone:

The next Sokol meeting will be August twenty-eigth, Sunday afternoon, starting at three p. m. The attendance has been pretty slim the last few meetings, due to vacations, etc, so let's all Here I am with the final results of our try hard to be present at this next one.

Sunday night game. We were nosed out Sincerely in a thrilling game by Texas Instruments in a 5 to 4 battle. Cur whole team played Maxine Merlick • another fine game as the score should ♦(indicate. Jim Scoggins hurled his usual "I believe that nothing in life is ungreat game, allowing seven hits and important. Every moment can be a bestriking out seven batters. This was ginning and is a time for decision taken quite an accomplishment, as Jim pitched against the constant background of one's nearly four games for us with only one faith. Each word and gesture, whether night's rest and that being Thursday it comes from our strength or our weaknight, and he hurled Friday, Saturday, ness, may change the subsequent course and Sunday nights. He did a great job of our life ad the life of those around for us and it was a great day when he us. I think it is better if in time of crisjoined cur team, beginning the last four is we are not thrown back on dogmatic games of our regular league play. His beliefs but can achieve a positive depitching made our team into a great cision hard won from the conflict of unteam, instead of only a fair team, and certainty.” — Roger Bannister, Britain's ;ilea this enabled me to make changes in champion mile runner.

Wednesday, August 1, 1955

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A COUPLE TRAINS HOPELESS CHILDREN Could we, the members of the SPJST fraternity, take care of 120 children all the year around? Are we talking about a summer camp for children would be too expensive?

A few weeks ago there was an article in the Dallas Morning News which clear. ly shows what can be done by a dedicated man. and. his wife if they give attention to otherwise hopeless children who have no home. The story was written

by Eric G. Schroeder.

Let's suppose you're a dog, say a .puppy. You have no pride of ancestry.

Nobody wants you because nobody ever really owned you. Neighborhood kids shy rocks when they see you and the iceman gives you the toe of his boot.

You live on table scraps and, pretty much sleep in the weeds.

Then one day a kind, gentle-eyed woman kneels in the dusty road and begins stroking your head and patting your gaunt, hungry ribs. At first you're a. little afraid. Then you're palpitating from the first genuine show of affection that anyone ever showed you. A big, solid man standing beside her picks you up in his giant palm and asks, "How'd you like to come and live with us?" Now say, wouldn't heaven be pressing its warm ear pretty close to you?

Transpose this allegory into human terms and you have this substance of what's going on constantly at a little Negro institution near Malakoff, Texas, known as St. Paul Industrial Training School. The 120 children ranging in ages from 4 to 18 are in the main waifs picked up by probation courts and welfare agencies from all over the State and sent to Prof. and Mrs. J. W. Smothers for raising and schooling. The Smothers' hands are outstretched as long as there are inches of space in which to pack just one more little wanderer.

J. W. and Alice came to this school from Alabama as bride and groom in 1926. J. W. is a Hampton graduate with a B. S. in agriculture. Alice attended Tuskegee and Prairie View. The present site had a little two teacher public school with one tiny building. The newcomers, with the aid of Rosenwald funds, built a campus home the next year and set up grades 1 to 6. Attendance was free to any colored child; in the fall of 1927 they took five little girl boarders.

Canning demonstrations furnished both money and publicity for the struggling school. J. W. and Alice cut wood, carried water 2 miles, bathed the chil, dren in the creek, and went to Payne Springs in an old wagon three times -a

week to wash clothes. That,-in fact, was standard procedure up to .8 years ago when Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Fair, of Tyler, gave them a water system.

Word about the school spread. The Smothers have always believed in teaching the boys and girls how to use their hands. That meant constructing a vocational building, and the newlyweds put half their combined salaries into the project.

A curious thing happened the day after Christmas 1942. After a hot and humid afternoon the wind suddenly rose to cyclone force, picked up the four little campus buildings and rolled. them around like tumbleweeds. The work of some 16 years was represented in dis, consolate piles of tattered boards and bricks.

That cyclone blew St. Paul off the map but its shrieking winds ushered in a new era„ too. J. W. and Alice surveyed the wreckage. Something drummed its way into both their minds. It has become the school watchword: "A quitter never wins; a winner never quits."

Alice could ring doorbells and get help --and she did. J. W. could make this land produce a complete living for the school — and he started in to do it.

Within another year he thinks it will.

Their greatest tragedy became their greatest triumph. "The Lord made the way," says Alice and she devoutly means it.

There are 1,000 acres in the school plant, 250 belonging to the institution, the rest rented. Every foot that can be spared is rasing something. Professor Smothers' green thumb is making deep whorls on the countryside.

With 400 pounds of fertilizer and a normal year he can make this dry land produce 80 bushels of corn to an acre.

With rouble this additive, he gets 100 bushels. When corn is waist high it receives a side dressing of from 100 to 150 aounds of amonium nitrate and again just before it silks.

This year J. W. rented 4 acres of land for $150.00 and put it in cucumbers.

Of course, J. W. has a built-in labor supply. Everyone works, from the tiniest up to the -oldest boy or girl. Even the tots learn to wash their clothing, do mending, and give themselves proper care. Buildings are bare of all except the direst necessities, but there is a shine and a polish to each that bespeaks cleanliness and discipline.

Boys and girls work in the fields, in the kitchen, build the brooders, milk the cows. In turn they receive money in -proportion to- the service they render.

One 15-year-old girl can pick 800 pounds of cotton in 1 day and she profits : accordingly. All earnings go into private savings accounts or trickle into the school commissary for sweets and goOdies.

When produce is high J. W. sends as much as he can to market; when it is low the school's bill of fare expands accordingly. With 11 teachers and accredited grades runing through high school the Smothers face a constant responsir bility of making slender income cover expanding needs. Rooms are idly overCrowded with 6 children, an4'3 double, decker beds in many—no chairs, ,tables or any of the fanciful deckings of youth, ful whimsy.

J. W. and Alice can handle most Ettldents with "love and understanding."

There is little illness, the school has never had a. communicable disease.

"Everyone keeps busy." says .1: W. "Sleeping during the dad leads to ram= Wing around at night. This way when bedtime comes we are all ready for it.

We make a game of our work, one group tries to outdo the other."

Thoughts about desegregration have no place on the St. Paul campus, Asked whether she would welcome integration of the student body with white aboys and girls, Alice answers simply, "we , lam happy with the way we have it here!"

The Smothers are content to see the-Negro earn his place in society. "We may be 50 to 75 years too soon in trying, to force the issue, says J. W. They believe they'owe most of their progress thus far to the pockets of :Whie benefactors. These are in Dallas,Houston, Tyler, Malakoff and other scattered points in the State. Once when 'Alice 1-na p ht chairs for the schoolrooM and didn't know where the money_ 'Was coming nom, she prayed to the tord and wrote a Dallas benefactor. TheneXt mail brought a cheek. There is an . everpresent, almost desperate need 'for funds.

The only reward the Smothers' want is to perpetuate the fruits of .their labors. "We cannot live forever," says J. W., "but we would hate for the school -to die when we go. If these children , -can make names for themselves and ,we never do, it has all been worthwhile!".

The Smothers have 5 children of their own, 3 boys, and 2 girls .Two are in school at Prairie View, 2 in military service and 1 is a teacher of music at Pittsburg, Texas. Their own? Well,: those

a 20 are the ones they brought Into the world.

There are hundreds more—farmers, teachers, cooks, seamstresses and housewives. They have scattered but always with the thought of home as a humble, almost stark little school set the midst of an East Texas clearing. There is One boy, not of their own flesh and blood, in the infantry in California. He wrote a long letter to Alice last Thanksgiving.

"Dear Mom," it started out, "I thank God for many things but first of all it is for a mother like you."

'It ended, "I love you. May God bless you. I hope to be home for Christmas.'

That, in J. W. and Alice Smothers' way of thinking, is pretty near reward enought in itself.

---) • 4. • ( JUST A HABIT There's nothing easier to acquire or harder to get rid of than a habit. And we can make a habit of anything—for instance, sickness and even dying. . . .

Voltaire, as an example, was forever getin?, ready to expire, and Zelda Popkin tells the story of a modern mother who developed the same habit. For 15 years, at regular intervals, she would summon the children to her bedside and announce her impending departure. After a while, of course, the children got used to it. So there was no alarm when Papa, frantically phoned one day: "Ellen, come home at once! Mother's dying!" . . . Ellen replied that she had a date and couldn't make it. "Then come tomorrow," he suggested hopefully. But it was the inald's day off, and Ellen couldn't make it then either. "Well," said Papa.

"Come when you can. But not on Sunday—because Mother's going to a wedding. ) Parents have tried to make the school I d:e over most of the functions of the home.. They have abdicated too many of their own responsibilities, and they blame the schools for what is really their own failure. No school can offset the evil influence, not merely of a bad home, but of a home with low moral, disciplinary and intellectual standards. If our fathers and mothers offer their chil dien no more intellectual fare than corn ie books, a television set and picture ni,, gamines, if they make of the home merely a place to sleep, drink and eat., and not a center of life,--they have no right to complain of their schools."--Dr. Grayson Kirk, President, Columbia University.

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Districts NOTICE TO ALL OF THE 3rd DISTRICT ORGANIZERS We are about 'to enter upon another Contest with our fellow member organizers of the 5th district. We have been trying to get together with the officers of the 5th district for the past month to Work out the time which would be best suited for both sides. In both districts we have about 50% of the membership, and possible prospective members, on the farm who depend wholly on their farm income. So this is Why the contest is being sponsored this fall, the date of which will be anounted next week.

I know most of the organizers will say "What another contest!" Yes, we have challenged each other into another contest. But I know that you will agree that the past contests have been very successful, whether they were between two districts or among all of the districts.

There certainly was a greater amount of insurance Written their) ) (there would have been otherwise. So why not put all of our efforts together again, and see how much better we can do. It has been announced that the 3rd district has won the state contest so that should be an inspiration for us to keep going.

This contest will be judged on the amount of insurance written and on the number of members. This way it will be fai r to all. Also this contest will be one in Which neither side will know just how the contest is progressing, and won't know until it is announced by the Supreme Lodge.

The 3rd District has some of the best organizer in the state. We, the 3rd District. ol'i p ers are honored to have such .11d backing, and as President I S11; ,...ant all of you to know that we are behind you 100 . We know that you can do it again.

Johnnie Hrabina, President District 3

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If a man does only What is required of him, He is a slave.

If a man• does more Than is required of him He is a free man. ) • 4 • ( Here's to the hand of friendship, Sincere, twice-tried and true, That smiles in the hour of triumph And laughs at its joy:, with you, Yet stands in the night of sorrow Close by when the shadows fall, And never turns the picture 01 an - old itiend to the Wall

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Program DEDICATION CEREMONY

Linden Hall Waco S.P.J.S.T. No. 66 Slovanska Lipa August 28, 1955 ELM MOTT, TEXAS OFFICERS President Anton G. gariec Vice-President Roman Parma Jr. Secretary Ed G. 1Vlazanec Treasurer Edwin Narovec Recording Secretary Mrs. Rose Parma Dedication Ceremony 10:00 a.m.

Group Singing—Czech 11:30 a.m.

Lunch Served 12:30 Noon Musical Program 2:00 p.m.

Games and Other Attractions 3:00 p.m.

Supper - 5:00 p.m.

Dancing 8:00 p.m.

Music Furnished by Erich Honza's Orchestra, Ennis, Texas ) • 4 • (

WHERE TO GO T'UESDAY EACH WEEK: Every Tuesday, until further notice, at 8 p.m. chorus singing practice will oe held. Any one interested is welcome at Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 1140 Robbie.

EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT: Pokrok Houston Lodge will arrange recreation evenings with plenty of fun, good meals, entertainment for everybody.

SATURDAY AUGUST 27: Supper at Sokol Houston, 4514 Edsee.

Serving begins at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

SATURDAY AUGUST 27: Pokrok Houston Lodge will have barbecue, chicken supper, starting at 5:30 p.m. Dance after supper with Lce use Orchestra.

SUNDAY AUGUST 28: Slovanska Lipa Lodge No. 66, of Waco, will have a grand opening of its new lodge hall located in Linden Park, Elm Mott, nine miles north of Waco, east of the railroad on Farm Road 308. Watch for the program.

WedneSday, August 24, 1955

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Family Picnics And Reunions

POLKA DANCE, CALENDAR

At present time one of the most sought-after languages in the United States is our language — Czech. It is taught at several universities, but the greatest number of courses in Czech language are taught at the University of Texas in Austin. It is interesting that not only students of Czech descent but also students of other origin are enrolled in Czech courses. They know perfectly well -why.

Dr. Micek, Chairman of the Department of Slavonic Languages, related that various bureaus and departments of the United States government turn to hint with requests that he recommend to students the study of Czech and then recommend them, both men and women, for government service. Students of the University of Texas are gladly accepted into government service. There are many who have completed courses in Czech and Russian and are now in diplomatic and other service.

During the war many students in the Department of Slavonic Languages received commissions and were sent to military schools. Four years ago two students were called into military service.

The one who had studied Czech and Russian was sent to a military school and was soon commissioned an officer, while the other one remained an enlisted man.

At present time the Department of Slavonic Languages receives frequent letters from soldiers in Texas with request that it recommend suitable textbooks for Czech so that they may take advantage of opportunities in the military service where a knowledge of Czech is needed.

Parents, help your sons and daughters and remind them of the advantages which are . derived from university study of Czech! If you need advice, write to Dr. Ed. Micek, University Station, Austin, 12, Texas, and he will gladly advise you!

• MY MOTHER If I were asked to give a thought Which in one word would speak A unity of brotherhood, A sympathy complete, A hundred happy cheery ways, A mind that knows its own, Contented midst a throng of folk, Yet peaceful when alone, A heart that sheds its silent glow, To brighten many another, Without a moment of delay, I'd say, "You mean my mother."

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As a part of the service rendered to the SPJST, the editor Wale Vestnik will gladly publish, both in Czech and English, short announcements about various family reunions held throughout the State. We know that many SPJST members will welcome this friendly service from the Vestnik. As'long as you are interested in your family and your' relatives, you are demonstra.ting some of the fraternalism practiced by the JST members, and the columns of the Vestnik are open to you.

SUNDAY SEPT., 4, 1955 Ondrasek family reunion will be held at the SPJST Hall in New Tabor, Texas.

Everyone that is in any way connected with, or related to, the Ondrasek family is urged to attend this reunion. Bath) family attending is asked to bring a' basket lunch for noon meal.

Mrs. Henry Gafke, chairman.

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(Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, August 24 Lee use orchestra — Plainview • Community Center near El Campo '; Friday, August 26 Joe Patek orchestra — Voge's Places. at Bonnie View

WHAT MONEY CAN'T BUY

Saturday, August 27 Baca's' Original orchestra — Swiss Alp 'Hall between La Grange and Schulew. burg Adolph Falke orchestra — SPJST Hall in Taylor' ,' Lee Ilse 'orchestra — Supper 1.nd Dana —SPJST. Pokrok Hall in HoustOri' Sill Krenek orchestra — Carmine trait' Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Bill Mraz in Houston Joe Patek orchestra — Echo Hall in New Braunfels Pa.velka's orchestra — American Legion Hall in Kingsville Shiner Polka Boys orchestra — spjs, Hall in Floresville

Sunday, August 28 The late George Horace Lorimer, for many years editor of the Saturday Eve- Baca's Original orchestra — All' 'DO' Picnic and Dance — KJT Hail 'in' ning Post, once wrote these words: "It is Fayeteville a good thing to have money and the things that money can buy, but it is Henry Brosch orchestra — Hillje SPJST'' Hall gcod, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the Eric Monza orchestra — SPJST Dedication, All Day Celebration;'And,'„' things that money can't buy."

Dance -- SPJST Slovanska Money can't buy real friendship — Hall at Elm Mott near Waco friendship must be earned.

Sil Kreaek orchestra -- Talton Cointrti=1 nity Center at New Taiton Money can't buy a clear conscience — Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Riverside' 'Hall square dealing is the price tag. at East Bernard Money can't buy the glow of good Joe Patek orchestra — Day and Night health — right living is the secret.

Picnic and Dance — Rosenberg Piteirld Walter Schoenvegel orchestra Money can't buy hoppiness — hapand Dance -- Komensky pines is a mental attitude and one may Wednesday, August 31 be as happy in a cottage as in a manSil Krenek orchestra — New Tabor Hall sion.

SPJST Money can't buy sunsets, songs of wild Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wedding Darice birds, and. the music of the .wind in the —Moravian Hall in Corpus ChriSti"', trees — these. are as free as the air we I_ee use orchestra — All-day picnic breathe. dance -- KC Hall in Cameron ") aflo;,1 Money can't buy inward peace —. peace All the above dances are at night; un7:, ix the result of a constructive philosophy !ess otherwise specified. This is airtree of life.

Money can't buy character — char- service but applies only to those d'ancesi acter is what we are when we are alone at which mainly polka and waltz mubiaat played by a live orchestra. The Vestntte with ourselves in the dark.

Continue the list yourself. You'll a- or writer will assume no responsibility• gree that among the things money can't resulting from any dance announce-i buy are some of the most valuable treas- merit which is listed In this column, ures life has to offer. It is a good thing Listings from orchestras and dancelialls, to check up now and then to be sure we should be received at least one week 11.e. fore publication. Serd all listingsOto are not missing these things.

--Exchange. Calvin Chervenka,, Route 2, Rog(!rs, : TeLl

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Kristle neda,lo to pokoje; zoolehounka, kdyZ ji nikdo nepozoroval, odkryla rtiZek bileho gatku, jimZ misa pHkryta byla, a — fir — vrabec tam ukrytY vyletel do stropu. mild panno nevesto," pravila bableka, klepnouc ji na ra.meno, "tak to je s ton zvedavosti. elovek by radeji • neZ aby nezkoumal, co pied num, ukryto, a kdyt pod rou gku nahlidne, nechytl piece nic."

Pozde do noci byla mlade g pohromade, nebot' se po jidle tancovalo je gte. Zenich s druZbou vyprovazeli starosvatu pPipomina j ice pH rozchodu, Ze se easne z rana zase dostavi.

Rano byli obyvatele iadolieka i erno' gla clo.) kostela, Va zahy na nohou. east' Cast' j en ke stolu a k tanci, a kteri nemohli piece zvedavosti odolag aby se tolik nepodivali na svatbu, o niZ hluend bude, a Ze pOjeT Preg ti bison s marninkou nekoliki at! de nevesta na panskem koeare s panskYJe lehka. P • tom spravne opis do s6'itu! mi korimi do kostela, Ze bude mit drahe To znamena bez chyb. Hlasite ftent se granaty na krku, vy givanY bily fertoch. doportiCuje. StrYeek se te g i na dopisy z riiZove dykyty kabatek a barvy oblakoy e sukni, to- v gecko vedeli jiz na ernomalych i velikYch 6tenarek a etena•ii. y e drive snad jeg te, neZ nevesta na to S pozdravem pomyslila. Oni Yeah v gecko dopodrobna, STWit.E.1( Z AUSTINU kolik a jaka jidla pri svatlIe budou, v jakern poradku na still prijdou, kolik kusti Adresa strYekova je: kolik kusti perin, jake naradi ne• Dr. Ed. 111Feek, vesta vinem dostala, v gecko vedeli, jako University Station, by jim to byla psala. Na takovou hluenou Austin, Texas. svatbu nejit se podivat, nepodivat se, --) • vto • ( jak neveste veneeek slusi, kolik slz je, jak hoste jsou ustrojeni,, nebylo by nikomu ani odpugteno bYvalo. ,Tot' bylo axe kus eleje v historii jejich, to zavdaiNapz:ala Ilozena NemcovA lo latky k reeem na pill leta nejmene ---jak Who pominout?— tPokraitovtini.)

KdyZ Pro g kovic a myslivcovic, kteii se A v tom se jiZ take do dveri panimabyli na Starem belidle stavili, k hospode ma prihnala, nesouc s ostatni Zenskou museli se na dvorku tlaeit nastaoeladkou pine ruce jidel. Pan otec a • venYm lidstvem. V hospode byli jiZ hoste druna picinag eli piti. Sedlo se zase ke stolu, ktery pokryt byl na miste rozma- s nevestiny strany shromaZdeni; pan oriny varenim a peeivem. 'Mladenci se- tec byl vylinten, botky se mu leskly javedle druZic, Zenich uprostred star- ko zrcadlo, a v ruce drZel stribrnou piksi a starosvatky, nevesta upro- • Byl nevegtinYm svedkem. Panimarna stred druZby a mlad gi druZieky, ktera ji byla v hedvabi, pod lalou gkem belely se take jidlo sama krajela a predkladala, ji drobne perlieky. na hlave tipytil se ji jako star g i druZice Zenichovi. Tlampae ziatY eepee. Bobieka meta teZ . svatebni ustaviene stud obskakoval, nechal se od svcje gaty, na hlave svateeni holubieku. druZic krmit, nechal se od nich i yylat, DruZieky. mladenci, tlampae nebyli v hoony ale mu pros inout musely kaZdY spode, ti gli pro Zenicha na Zernov, a Zert, byt' i hruby trochu bYval. Koneene nevesty take nebylo v sednici, byla schokdyz se vsechny misy odklidily se stolu, vana v konlore.

Najednou se rozlehl na dvorku krik: prines1 tlampae tri misy na still, co dar "UZ jdou, uZ jdou!" a ode mlYna zaznineveste od hello podanY. V prvni byla pgenice, kterou ji podaval s pranim a- valy tony klarinetn, fleten a housli. PHby "iarodna byla, v druhe bylo trochu vedeli zenicha. Mezi divaky nastal gepot. popelit s porem, smichaneho, kterY "Divejte se, divejte!" strkal jeden druhesela nevesta vybirat, aby se cvieila v ho,"Milova Tera je mlad gi druZiekon, Inu ov gem, kdyby "trpelivosti", a treti byla mista "tajna", Tichankovic star gi.

Torri gova byla svobodna, jinn by nebycela zakryta. Nevesta ov gem nemela byt la stall druZiekou." z-Vedava, mela prijmout .misu a nedivat se dO ni, ale ktera pak by to byla vydr(Pokraeovani)

Pomodlim se krike, dam sve mile make pate a k tornu jegte bubiektr.

Potom snidankko Kdyi ji rano vstivitn, piji, svoje z rnalovaneh si vidycky pozor &Nam, koflieku. je-li snidankko na. stole.

Slunieko uz sviti na stromy a kviti, tatieek g el divrio na pole.

Maminka to epi dobre oei, fined se podivaji, bciim-li "Bch, ty lemigku, -t-te isi jet v haku?

Cc pak ntiel ky zpivat poslygig?" si pram viekovidim sniclaniZko v svem tady pekne stk.

Ve sti"cedu, dim 24, , rpria 1955,

Babkka

Jtrectu, Line 24. srpna 1955

Rodinne schlize SPJST Zaeatkern leta a az do podzirnu konaji se razne, rodinna shromahleni, besedy a schaze, kde se dasto sejde nekolik set lidi, vzdalenSrch ptibuznSich, aby se poznali, pobavili a slibili si, ze za rok se °pet sejdou.

Redaktor Vestniku rozhodl se, 2e elenam naafi velike SPJST rodiny poskytne a nabidne sloupce tohoto listu k oznameni takollich rodinnkch schazi. Toto oznameni sam upravi v Teti Ceske i anglicke. Samortejme, 2e rodiny, ktere Vestnik neodebiraji a neetou, nebudou bu tohoto druhu pottebovati, zato eleni SPJST radi informace redaktoru poskytnou.

OndraSkova rodina bude miti svou ro•dinnOu schazi a slavnost v nedeli dne 4. zati v sini facto No y k Tabor eislo 17 pii Caldwell. Kandy, kdo je jakkinkoliv zpiisobem sptiznenk nebo man2elskS7m svazkern p • ipojenji do OndraSkove rodiny, je zvan, aby e dosta.vili do tohoto rodinneho shromaldeni. Kahla rodina at' ptiveze s sebou koAik potra y in k spoleenemu obeclu. — Mrs. Henry Gafke, p•edsedkyne.

V nedeli 4. zati 1955 Urbishova rodina kond svou tteti rodinnou schazi a to v Dubine, Texas, v mistech kde na g decleeek a babieka p • ijeli do Texasu v race 1869. Ka2d3"7, kdo je potomkem UrbiS.ovy rodiny nebo je sriatkem sptiznenk, je uctive zvan, aby se dostavil y eas k registraci v nedeli 4. zati o desate hotline re.no v sini K.J.T. V rodine UrbiAovYch jsou etyti brat • i a d y e sestry, kteti jsou 'deny EPJST. Kolik vzdalenejSich Mena, to neiii znamo. Chceme p • iSti na g i rodinne schazi vynajit, kolik 'delta U•biSove pati'i do riiznfth texask3ich eeskYch Rodina UrbiSova je rortrouSena Po eelern svete, takenekter3im neni mo2no ani poslat pozvanky. Nejvice Mena je ve statu Texasu, nekteti jsou v Louisiane, Oklahorne a Kalifornii. Kahlk, kdo se mini zueastnit rodinne schaze, at' p•iveze koSik s jidlem, con bode y Yborem rozlo2eno na spoleenY stal y e dvanact hodin.

Ceny budou odeleny nejmladaim 'dent= narozenSun ocl posledni roclinne schtize, a take nejstarSim elenam; rovne2 bude munatoveno na ty, kdo ptijcdou z ncjvetRegistrace bude $2 na roai dinu, aby mohly b3iti hrazeny bezne vj i -lohy.Cesromahlenibudfotgra%rano, aby kahlk rues na tuto schazi peknou pametku.

Otto 0. Kocian, pkedseda P. V. Urbish, vyslon2iIST piedseda Justine Keprta, tajeinnice

VEST X -- WEST, TEXAS

KALENDAA ✓ ater$, veCer kaid, tfden cvidi se sborove zpevy dospelych v sin! tadu Pokrok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou Zacatek v osin veeer. ✓ sobotu veeer kaidebp tYdne je v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu ptatelskS, veeirek, kde jsou hry a zaba y a pro vaechny. Kuchyne 17'24 poskytuje dobre, jidla. ✓ sobotu 27. srpna. Vetere u Sokola v Houstonu, 4514 Edsee. Obsluha zadne v Best hodin. KahlSr je uctive zvan.

V sobotu 27. srpna rodinna y eeete v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu„roStena a sma 2end kutata,. Zaeatek v 'eeste. Po veeeki taneeni zaba y a pti hudbe orchestru Lee Ilse.

V nedeli 28. srpna slavnostni otevieni novo sine iadu Slovanska Lipa disla 66 y e Waco. Sin je postavena 9 mil severne od Waco v mesteeku Elm Mott, pill mile vYchodne od ktiZovatky 77-81 a Farm Road 308. Dostavenidko pro vaechny eleny SPJST z celeho Texasu. ✓ nedeli 4. zati potada, Sokol Houston ve • ejne cvieeni. Podrobnosti na jinem miste tohoto )

Vyberte si die potieby Tiinaet drubfi certifixatit SPJST pro dospele: Tkida B: DoZivotn1, poplatky se platl a2 do matt.

Ttida C: Poplatky se plati 20 rob). PlnY obnos poji g teni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v ptipadu Ttida D: Poplatky se plati 15 rola Piny obnos pnjiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu fnrti.

Vida E: Poplatky se plati 10 rota. PlnY obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu dmrti.

Ttida F: Piny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po 15 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu nmrti.

Ulna G: Piny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen y e 20 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v oti p adu innrti Ttida H: Piny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po closateni 65 let stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtim padu Ttida I: roma:my se plati 20 rola Pint obnost certifikatu je vyplaccn pa dosateni 60 let stati nebc kdykoliv ptedtim v firrirti.

Ttida Poplatky so p lati do Ilan 65 let. Pint obnos pojiSteni se vyplat kdykoliv v ptipadu fimrti Vida E.: Dvojnasobne trazove pojieteni (deuble indemnity). Certifikat

Strana 23 se vystavuje pouze do obnosu $2,500, dodatedne k jinemu certifikatu.

Ttida M: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. Po dosaieni 65 rokil g len dostava mesidni ptijerf. dokud 2iv. Zemte-li pi ed 80 lety stars, dediei dostanou mesidni ptijem do 80. vYrodi narozenin diensitida M-C: Opisova ochrana na 20 let, ktera se zmenSuJe, az znstane vyplacene pojiAteni na $1,000.

Pojitteni se vyplati kdykoliv V ptipadu Umrti dle klesajici stupniee.

Ttida ,,Upisova ochrana jen tern, kdo tnaji ocl SPJST vypiljderie Penize Pet drub(' certitikatii S PJST 'Pro Ttift J-T: Dodasne pojiSteaclo veku 16 ktere se mtde zmenittsia kterekoliv jive pojiSteneho dosaeni veku 10 let, nebo pozdeji.

Ttida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 rola Pins obnos pojitteni se plati kdykoliv v ptipag mrti ye veku od 16 let vyee.

Umrtni pojigtka pod 16,, Ipt stati iP ale stupnice. rkidit J-S: Poplatky s t piati 20 roka Pint obnos pojiSteni seii• plati kdykoliv v ptipadu tivvrti od veku 1 roku. 6 mesicii, $250, pod 12 mtgfc $500.

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Zemkely francouzskY statnik Pain, byl Cristo oznaeoven za nejrortr c Siho elo y eka Francie: "Ach ne" — tikay al y elno 6asto "Ptecenujete elovekera ve Francii byl ctec, nikoliv je.. Ten jednou v nod rozSk • tl sirku, aby se ptesveddil z a: sha ll 11.-.rapu."

• • Nezdaiend cbrana. "Jak vekit, slechio, ze bych vas byl nekde kekl, ze jsie bloo,„at Naopak, vsud? „ye spoleenosti, kde se o vas mluviloktery to netikal."

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"A co je varn po nas! Hled'te si toho, nac jste ustanoven!" zajedela, Kozlova tak silne, ze rychtar se na ni jenOm odplivl a odeSel na dvur; nikdo Se nehYbal s mista,, jenom baby zaealy zas d •evaly kopat, do Satku, prohlitejice•j.ej a Cost potichu s hruzou yypravujice.

-Takovou osobu by bylo dobre hreblem ze vsi vyprovodit, jako earodejnici!" rekla nahlas Kobusova.

"Jen si povatte! VSecko je kvuli ni, jenom kviili ni!" prisolovala SVkorova.

"Sam Pan Bah nas chranil, ze cela yes nelehla popelem!" Septala Sochova, "Svata pravda. . . zazrak, opravdovY zazrak!"

"Nebyl vitr a yeas oheri zpozorovali."

"A nekdo uderil na poplach, protole Ares byla v prvnim spanku."

"To asi medvedari Sli z kromy. . . ti uvideli."

"Lithely, sam Boryna je chytil ve stohu, a jen je rozehnal, vy glehl °hen. Hned lidera a Klombir jsem si myslila, ze se Deco, stane, protote odeSli zaroveri."

"Nejapia ut daNno po nich pasl."

"To je jasne! NO.'S chlapec povidal, ze Boryna veera, celY yeeer chodil na ceste pr•d, Klombovou chalupou a daval na ne •ozor," hlas la polohlasem Kobuska..

• je, ze Antek podpalil ze vzteku."

Copak tim nevyhrotoval?" .,celd yes o torn vedela."

"Nemohlo to jinak skoneit, nemohlo!" uvatovala Kozlova.

V druhe kupe starSich hospodyri se rovnel Septaly rfizine veci, jenomte tiSeji a vatneji.

"Stary pry Jagnu tak zbil, ze je nemoctra a leti u matky . vite to?"

• jak by ne? JeSte prede dnem ji vyhiial, truhlu za ni vyhodil a vSecko i;aktvo," ptidala, Balcarkova, ktera doUCI •.. Nepovidejte hlouposti, byla jsem zrovna v chalupy, truhla stoji na svem nristZ.," vyidadala Plo§kov6..

"Ja jsem hned po svatberikala, ze to takhle dopadne," zaeala znova, a hlasiteji Balcarkova.

"To jsou veci, Jesisi Kriste, to jsou jeeela Dehova, chytajic se za hla.va.

"Jakepak veci, zavtou ho do krimina-

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lu, a bude!"

"To by mu taky pa pravu patrilo: eel& vesnice mohla vyhoret!"

"Byla jsem zrovna y nejlepaim spani, kelyt Luka; co chodil a medvedari, za,bubnoval na okno a vykiikl: JetiS Maria! V oknech eerveno, jako by nekdo reravym uhlim tabulky posypal, a mne ze strachu vSecka sila opustila. A vtom uz zvoni na poplach. . . tide krier, vypravovala Ploakova.

"Jak jsem uslySela, ze hori u Borynti, hned me napadlo, ze v torn ma prsty Antek!" preruSila je dalSi klepna,.

"Mlete, mluvite, jako kdybyste v gecho na vlastni oei byly videly."

"Nic jsem nevidela, ale kdyt to kdekdo povida. . ."

"Jagustynka o torn auSkala ua o masapuste. . ."

"To je hate, ze ho vezmou do telez a ze bude sedet v lapaku. . ."

"A co mu mohou udelat? Videl ho nekdo? Jsou na to svedci, co?" poznamenala Balcarkova, ktera byla velka, sudiaka a vyznala se v pravech.

"A copak ho nechytil star'?. . ."

"Chytil, ale pri n'eaern jinern! I kdyby ho videl, jak zapaluje, nemilZe svedeit, protae je otec a zili spolu v nesvaru."

"To rozhodne soud a ne my. Ale kdo je vinen, pied Bohem a pied lidmi, kdyt ne Jagna?" zaeala znova prisnYm, povyaenYm hlasem Balcarkova.

"To je pravda! Tot' se vi! Takova z yrhlost, takovY larich!" Septaly baby tiSeji, srazily se do kupy a zaealy jedna pies druhou vypoeitavat Jagniny hiichy.

Hovorily stale hia.siteji a stale vaaniveit ji zatracovaly, roznakjice ted' vSechno, cc bylo i nebylo, co ktera zde zaslechla nebo i sama si vymyslila: ifecky stare uralky a zavisti zasyeely v dujako kamenne krupobiti sypaly se na Jagnu prezdivky, naclavky, vyhrilZky, nenavistna slova a vSecka vzbourend zloba; kdyby se tarn byla Jagna v to chvili objavila, jiste by an byly na ni vrhly pestmi.

MuZi v druhe skupine rozpra_vell sice klidneji, ale stejne rozhorlene posuzova-li Antka; hnev pomalu zachvacoval srdce v-§ech, hluboke, zle rozhoreeni hYbalo zastupem, ITorelo v oeich jako blesky, zasviStelo jako kamen, takte i MatouS, titer' Antka z poeatku hajil, toho nechal a nakonec rekl: "Zblaznil se asi, jestli se odvatil na nevi takoveho!"

Toho an chytil rozezlenY kovar a meal vykladat, ze Antek ut davno vyhrotoyal a start' ze uz davno o tom vedel a cele noci hlidal.

'Prisahal bych, ze to udelal on! 0statne, jsou svedkove, budou vypovidat; 21a. takovou yea musi prijit trest, must!

Ve stredu, dna !7.

urmo 1b7-6.

Copa,k se Antek porad nesmlouval an svobodniky, copak je neburcoval proti starSim, nepopichoval je k zloeintim?

Vim, s kterymi jednal, znam je, divam se na ne a ant me -Led' poslouchaji a jeate se opovatuji zastavat takoveho zloeince!" krie,e1 hrozive. nernu pitjde na celou ves zkaza; do kriminalu, ria Sibii s nim, zbit ho klackein jako vztekleho psa, protote je to hitch do nebe volajici, takhle s vlastni macechota, A jeate bude podpalovat! Tak tak, ze neshorela cela, ves!" vyratel ze sebe kovat va:Snive, asi s nejakYm fnyslem.

To zpozoroval Roch, ktery stal s Klom-; bens stranou, a rekl: "Ted' proti nemu brojite, ale jeSte veera jste s nim popijeli v kreme."

"Nepritelem je pro mne katdY, kdo mohl celou yes privest na mizinif!"

"Ale hrabe pan vas nepriteleritneni," namitl va.tne Klomb.

Koval' se vrhl mezi lidi, podnecoval a vyzYval je k pamste, vymYSleje si na Antka takove veci, to lido, beztak uz dost poboureni, zaeali hlasite volat, aby tho.re ptivedli, aby ho spoutali retezem a odvedli k irradu, a jini, prudei, se ut 0hliteli pa klacku, chteli ho jit vytahnout z chalupy a zbit, aby si to pamatoval rely tivot... Nejvic nalehali ti, kterYm Antek to a tam narovnal zebra.

Rozlehal se povyk, kletby, vykriky, vyhrittky a takovY zmatek hlas y , to se lide shlukli a propletali jako houSti, ohYbane vichrici; zaeali sebou zmitat, jako vina narateli na ploty, tlaeili se k vrattlm a rozlevali se at na. silnici — nadarmo je fejt uklidrioval, na,darmo jim, ryclitar a starai obeane domlouvali a vyavetlovali, jejich hlasy se ztracely v pekelne Wave a oni sami undaeni proudem 'all zaroven s ostatnimi, nikdo neposlouchal a nedbal jejich reci, kdekdo se dral, tlaeil, krieel, co mu lily staeily, jako by vSechny posedla vichrice pomsty a. zuriyosti.

Nathle an Kozlova zacala prodirat kupredu, krieic ze vSech sit: "Oba jsou vinni, oba privlecte sem a potrestejte je na spaleniSti. . ."

Baby, zvlaSte podruhyne a vaechny chudSi teny, se k ni pridaly a s skYin krikem, rozvaanene a cele bez be se skrze da y draly za ni dopredu jako vzteklY, hueici proud; na rtzke peSince mezi ploty an rozlehlo vreateni a jerent, protote vSichni se tlaeili najednou, Vaichni krieeli, vaichni mavali pestmi, cpali an dopredu, Wei jim hrozive blYskaly a zmatend, divoka viava vyratela davu jako hukot vzdutYch vod, jako hlas vkobecneho hnevu, ktery zachvatil plamenern srdce vsech. . hrnuli se stale mocneji a prudeeji. Najednou ti, kteri iii vpredu, zaeali volat: "Knez jde s TelemPne, knez, knezr

Ve stiedu, dne 24. srpna 1955.

Vt STNiX— WEST, TEXAS

Strome, 25

Da y sebou akubl jako na •eteze, zakolisal, hrnul se na cestu, zastavoval, rozpadal se na drobnejai skupiny, utichal, ati nahle umikl docela. .. vaichni padli na kolena a schYlili obnatiene hlavy.

Fairar p •ichazel od kostela, s Telem Pane; Jambroe ael s rozsvlcenou svitilnou pied nim a zvonil.

Pieali tak rychle, tie lidem, kdye zaCali po ystavat s kolenou p •ipadalo, jako by knez v torn hustern snehovem oblaku krdeel za zamrzlYm okennim sklem.

"Jde k Filipce, prornrzla pry veera lese tak, ze ue od svitani sotva dYchd, ye'C'era se nedoeka."

"Volali ho taky k Bartkovi z pily."

"A co se mu stalo?"

"Vy to nevite? Ptimaekla, ho klada, nadosmrti ue nebude za nic stat," aeptali lide, hledice za knezem.

Yokolik hospodyri pospiailo v prrivodu za nim a celY zastup vYrostkit horempadem utikal pies rybnik Ice mlYnu; ostatni stali bezradne jako stado ovci, kdye je nahle pes seeene dohromady; hnev se kamsi vytratil, vaane povolily, hovor zmlkl, bide se rozhlieeli, • jako by se byli probudili z hlubokeho snu, Ptealapovas nohy na nohu, akrabali se v tYle a sem tam neco prohodili; ten onen se zastyclel, odplivl, ptitiskl eepici do vela a opustil shromaedent. ktere se jako voda rozle yalo po ceste a pomalu se ztracelo, rortekajic se mezi zahradkami a chalupami. Jenom Kozlova 'ores to ptese vaecko nahlas vedla svou a vyhroeovala Jagne i Antkovi; ale vidouc, ze ji vaichni opustili, zaklela, aby si ulevila, pohaaterila se s Rochem, ktery ji tekl nekolik pravdi yYch slov, a odeala do vsi; nakonec zitstala jenom, hromadka lidi a ti, kteFi davali pozor u spaleniate, aby zasdhli, kdyby se °heti znova ukazal.

Na dvofe stal ko yar, rozzlobenY tim vaim, co se stalo; mleel ue, jen se neklidne kroutil, rozhlieel se a co chvile odhanel Lapu, ktery na neho atekal doradel. .

moktejai, sotvale se dotkl zeme, tai a ptikrYval vaecko niazlavou vrstvou; zato chalupach to vtelo jako v Mach, protoee toho dne v Lipcich si udelali mimo nadani svatek, malokdo delal a o neco se staral, leckde i kravy budely pii prazdnYch elabech; vaude se jen povidalo, co chvile piebehl nekdo z chalupy do chalupy, baby litaly roznaaejice novinky kroueily jako vrany z komina do komina a z oken, ze &eft a mezi chalupami vykukovaly tvate, zveciave na to, zda t• etnici odvezou a sebou Antka.

Zyedavost a netrpelivost rostla od hodiny k hodine, ale nikdo nic jisteho neyedel,; co chvile nekdo vrazil udYchane do domu, aby oznamil, ee ue all pro Antka, zatim co druzi prisahal, tie naopak Antek pobil eetniky, ee se vytrhl z pout a nekam utekl, a dalai pletli vaechno dohromady.

Pravda bylo jenom tolik, ze Vitek behal do kremy pro kotalku a ze se u Borynti silne koutilo z komina; z toho se dalo soudit, ze chystaji pro detniky nejake pohoateni.

Az naveeer pfejela fojtova bryeka s pisaiem a eetniky, ale bez Antka!

Podiv a zklamani napinilo celou yes, prototie vaichni byli jisti, ee ho povezou do kriminalu spoutaneho v okovech; darmo si lair.ali hlavu a ptemyaaleli, co stark napovidal do protokolu --- veal to jenom fojt a rychtar, ale ti necitteli nic Het, a tak zvedavost nesmirne rostla a kolovaly domnenky nove a nove a zcela nepodobne pravde.

Pomalu nastala noc, temna a celkem tichd, snih prestal pa.dat, chystalo se na mraz; aekoliv temne, velike mraky prebihaly po nebi, piece se tu a. tam ye vysokYch prinvach zaleskla jiskriva hvezdieka, pod ostrYm vankem zmrzal rozmeklY snih a chrupal pod nohaina; po chalupach zazarila svetla a lide, kupici se v tesnych svetnicich peed krby, se po celodennim vzruaeni uklidnovali, i kdye nep•estavali probirat vaechny domnenky a dohady.

parady eenske a podavaly si ji mezi_sebou jakoby pies ostre trni, kouska zebraye kuee na ni nezbylo t. I DominikovA pit torn dostala svrij dil.. . na ni se °bracela jejich zlost hlavne proto, tie n141.0 nevedel, co se s Jagnou deje; stars hanela zvedavce od prahu jako doterrie psy.

Co vaak svorne a stejnYm zprisob citili vaichni, byla, hluboka soustriai': Hankou, kterou uptimne litovali a jig srdeene Klombova a SYkorova k ni za yeeera zaaly s dobrYm slovem a vzaly S' sebdit i neco do uzliku.

Tak tedy Minul den nadlouhe parnit, nY; druhY'clen se zas vaecko vratilia do starch kdieji, zvedavost pohasla, hnevy vychlactly, pobouteni se utiailo a opadlo, kaeclY znova nastoupil na svoutrycllozenou cestu, sklonil hlavu pod )'atmem nest osud,' kterY mu Pan Brih seslal,Itez reptant a trpelive.

Tot' se vi, ze se potad jeate tu a:tarn mluvilo o tech udalostech, ale kideeji a povrchneji, protoee kaddemu byly ai a drileettejai vlastni starosti a strasti, ktere den ze dne dolehaly znova aizrao;-, va.

Ptiael b •ezen, nastaly easy zcela:niesnesitelne; dny se Wily, temne, smut* pine nepohody, deate a mokreho snehu, bylo teeko vystreit z chalupy ca jako by se nekde ztratilo v tech 'hiskYch, zelenavYch prohlubnich rnrakfa ani na okameik se neukazalo, snih,pomalu tal, zelenal a vypadal jako zples-it voda stala v brazdach a zatAp6,, la nitiiny a stezky; ale za noci proriteel znova mraz a chodec se teeko udrzel na nohou na cestach a ptechOdech:pokrytYch naledim.

Za takoveho psiho poeasi se zaporiri44 lo na poear rychleji, protoee ani Bbryna ani Antek ani Jagna nedraedili svou pfi' tomnosti lidske oei. . . upadli v zaii6Inenuti jako kamen do vody hozenY;Yriad nime se jenom obea,s voda vzduje,' ;iazeeti a zvini, rozviti, zaaumi a 'Alava klidne plyne

Boryna se vaak za celou tu dobu neukdzal •ikalo se, tie se zahrabal do peiin a tie apt.; jenom Joska a alma od place opuchlyrna vybehla obeas: pied chalupu, podivala, se na lidi a. hned se ease schovala. JagustYnka obstardvala hospoclatstvi sama, ale 1 to byla dnes pichlava jako vosa a neptistupnejai nee kdykoli jindy, takee se bali na neat se ji zeptat. . . odpovidala, jako by kopti!Airs! vami alehala.

Teprve k polednimu pisai s eetniky. . . zadali popisovat spaleniate a zkoumat ptieiny poearu; tehdy se i posledni za zveclaven rozprchli na vaechny strany, aby snad nemusili za sveclky.

Cesty se pomalu vyprazdnily, snih se vaak sypal bez ustani a byl dokonce jeato

Latky k nim bylo dost a dost! JestliZe neodvezli Antka, pak Antek . . jak to tedy bylo? Ptec nezapalila Jagna, tornu by stejne nikdo nevetil, a Boryna taky ne; tako ya myalenka ani ye snu nikoho nenapadla!

Proto jenom bloudili a tapali, nemohouce nikterak najit vYchodisko z to trapne hadanky. . . Ve vaech chalupach o torn miuvili, ale nikdo se pravdu nedovedel; vYstedkem vaeho uvaeovani bylo jen to, ze hriev na Antka se vytratil, umlkli i jeho neptatele. .. ptatele pak, jako Matoua, pozvedli znova hlasy na jeho obranu; zato vaak vznikl prikrY odpor k Jagne, kterY se stuprioval ae do hruzy pied straanYm, smrtelnym Rozumi se, ze Jagnu si vzaly do

Tak minulo nekolik dni, az ptiaelopOt sledni masopustni riterek.

Protoee masopustni ostatky bylraoolovienim svatkem, panoval v chalupaai hned od rana nemalY ruch, trochu svetnice a skoro z katic14.110 domu nekdo spechal do mesteeka zar.criz7 nYmi drobnostmi, hlavne pro maso net bo aspori pro kus klobasy ei tlaeorrky; jenom chuclaci se musili spokojit-tortet dent, koupenYm na dluh, a brambotyse ; "1.! soli.

U bohaeil uz od sarn6ho poledne Viazili koblihy, takee se pies vaechnu nepohodu po cele vsi siril zap-ach ptipaleneho masla, smaieneho masa a Axle! vv ne, pti kterYch se v Ustech sbihaly not:

Strana 26 Medveclari se znova od chalupY do chalupy se svYmi kejklemi a neu•Stale, katclou chvili jinde, se rozlehaly7jejich hulakajici hlasy.

A za tmy, po vede •i, spustila v kreme nnizika, na kterou pospichal katclY, kclo bY1 tv a yladl noharna, nedbaje deate se stiehem, kterY se spustil za soumraku.

Bavili se z celeho srdce, vtclyt,' to bylo naposled pied velIckm, postern. Matotia•bra" na housle,. Pettik, Borynd y pacholek, ho doprovazel na fletnu, a Jenik Pcipleta jim k tomu bubnoval Veselili se up •imne jako malokdy at do pozdni noci, net zvon nalcostele udefilana znameni, ze je uz pillnoc a konec Magopustu; hudba na •az uralkla, lide zaneehali, dopili speane lahve a • aliaky a tine se rozchazeli; distal pouze Poradne napitY Jambrat, kterY se podle •sveho zvyku zadal prochazet pied kremou a progpevovat Jenom v chalupe Dominikove do pozdni" hoci zarilo svetlo, tikalo se, te at" do druheho kuropeni, protote tarn sedel fojt s rychtafem a vyjednavali smir inezi Jagnou a. Borynou.

Vesnice ut davno spala, ticho objimalo dent' nekdy k prilnoci ustal a oni jeatejednali.

Zato v Antkove dome nebylo ticho, tam ,nebylo klidneho spa.nku ani veselYch ostatku.

Co se dela v Haneine dual za tech dlauhYch noci od okamtiku, kdy ji ye chvili, potaru potkal Antek pied chalupou a nasilim pignut', aby se vratila., vi jen]Bilh.. . lidske slovo toho Tot' se vi, ze se vkchno dovedela jeate ,tete noci od Verunky.

Tehdy v ni duke um •ela bolesti, letela .jako naha mrtvola, hrozna svou smrprvni dva dny se skoro ani nehnula od pfeslice. . . nepredla site, jenom talc mimodek hYbala rukama jako elovek ve smrtelnem ztrnuti, zahlectena PrazdnYma•, vyhaslYma, odirn•a do sebe, do lite smesi smutkil, do talostneho rmutupaleivYch slz, krivd a nespravedlnost. ztrelk ten das nespala, nejedla, nevedella ani, co se kolem ni deje, ani plat deti neslyaela, ani na, sebe nepamatova16; nakonec se nad ni smilovala. Verunka';,dPostarala se a deti i o stareho By1i tr, se ke vaemu po one ceste do leSa rozstonal a letel za peel, tine ste--so,s naj.e.

Antek taky jako by nebyl na svete, vYcha.‘Zel se svitanim a vracel se pozde v noci, nedbaje ani o deti; a Hanka se nedovedla zmoci na jedine slovo, ktere by mu rekla, nedokazala to, talc mela duai•talern vyprahlou a jakoby na 'Omen ztuhlou.

Teprve t •etiho dne se probrala z toho straSneho snu, nesmirrie zmenena, jako by zcela jina, bytost vstala z to mr-

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tvice. . tvar mega zaedlou, alpine popelavou, zrytou vraskami; zestarala o kolik let a byla talc ztrriula., jako by ji nekdo ze dreva yyrezal. . jenom °di tive a sue hoiely a rista se svirala. . . zhubla, byla kost a kri ge, aaty na ni virely jako na. holi.

Vstala znova k tivotu, uvnitt podivne ztvrdla. . . duk mela jakoby na prach zetle ou, v srdci zato citila jakousi mot, drive nepoznanou, neUstupnou silu k tivotu a k boji, h •dou jistotu, ze vaechno premilte a nad yaird zvitezi.

Zadala se znova venovat detem, ktere talostne plakaly, objimala je a div nezadusila polibky a za •overi se s nimi dala do cllouheho, sladkeho place; teprve potom se ji ulevilo a ona priala pine k sobe.

• Rychie uklidila svetnici ala k Verunce podekovat za laskavou pomoc a odprosit za to, eim ji cit y ublizila. Doalo ke smiru — sestra nemohla pochopit jenom to, ze si Hanka nestetuje na Antka, to ho neproklina a rienarika na osud, jako by ty \reei byl dam() rortve padly y nepainet'; nakonec Hanka tyrde rekla: "Citiin se jako vdova; tot' se vi, ze se ted' muslin starat o deti a o vaecko sama."

Zanedlouho, jeate tehot dne v podveeer, se vypravila do vsi ke Klombovilm a jinYrn znamym, aby zvedela, co je s Borynou. . . protote si &bre zapamatovala slava, jet ji fell, kdyt se rozchazeli.

Ale neala k nemu hned, pookala nekohl dni, rozpalco yala se totit prijit mu na odi talc brzo po vaech tech udalostech.

Teprve na Popeleoni stfedu, neuvarivai ani sindani, se oblekla, jak mohla nejlepe, deti sverila Verunce a chystala se k odchodu.

"Kam se vypravujear talc dame?" zeptal se Antek.

"Do kostela, je Popelec," odpovedela s nechuti a vyhYbave.

"Copak neudelaa snidani?"

"Jdi si do kremy, jankl ti da jeate na dluh," vyd •alo se ji prat viii z hrdla.

Antek poskoell, jako by ho nekdo holi udefil, ale Hanka, nedbajic na to, vyala z domu.

Nebala se -Mt jeho kriku a jeho zlosti, zdal se . ji cizi a talc vzdalenk, to se tomu sama divila, a. ac se v ni 'easem cosi zachvelo, snad posledrii plaminek davne lasky, thavY uhlik zakrytY vkini smutky a pokapanY, hasila jej v sobe irmyslne silou vzpominek na kfivdy, jet nemohly nikdy prebolet.

Kdyt zabodila na topolovou alej, lide prave vychazeli z domd do kostela.

Udelal se jasnY a krasny den, slunce svitilo, lined jak vyalo, noeni tuhY mragek v oteplenern vzduchu jeate ne-

Ve stredu, clne 24. srpna 1955. rortal, se strech kapaly ariury trpytnYch perel a zatnrzle kalute na cestach a V* prikopech se leskly jako zrcatka, ojinene stromy jiskrily v slunci, spouatejice na zem st •ibrnou p •izi; diste, modrocreke nebe pine inlednych obladkri hralo v slunci jako rozkvetle pole g nu, kdyt do neho vpadne stado ovci, ktere se v nem schovaji talc, to je jim videt jen bile hi•bety; vanul eistY, mrazivY a. sveti vzduch, bylo rozkoa jej dychat.

Zato v kostele ovanul Hanku pronikavy chlad a hluboke, nabotne mleeni. hlavniho oltare sloutil knet tichou mai, • v nabotnem rozjimani pohriteni ✓ modlitbu, hirste pinili stredni lod' zalitou proudy svotla... a porsid jeate pi'ichazeli ti, kteri se opozdili.

1 Ale Hanka se nevmisila mezi lid", sly do pobodni lodi docela prazdne a talc terrine, ze jenom to a tam protlutavalo zlaceni v ledovych, skoupYch pruzich svetla, chtejic zastat a samote s vlastni duN a s Bohm; poklekla pied altar Nanebevzeti, polibila semi, rozprahla rime a zahledena do sladke tvare Matky milosrdenstvi pohritila• se do modlitby.

Teprve zde propukl v of - 1.7"echen •sal, u syatYch nohou Utektelky zarmoucenych slotila v nejhlubk pokore a v bezmezne dnvere dual zkrvacenou ranami a uCinila srdeenou zpovecl'. Pied Matkou i Pani vaeho pokoleni lids,keho se kala ze vaech svYch yin, pratote, tot' se vi, byla, velikou hrisnici, kdyt ji Pan Jetia talc teke potrestal!

"Byla jsem neochotna k druhYm a nad jine jsem se vynaaela, hadala jsem se, nedistotna jsem byla, rada jsem neco dobreho snedla, nada jsem si polenoaila a slutby Boti jsem zanedbavala. . hreaila ism!" krieela v robe paldivYm, krvavYm talern zkrouaenosti a pokory, div se v ni srdce nerozskoeilo, a Upenlive prosila a smilovani; tebrala a milosrdenstvi za Antkovy tetke hrichy a smrtelne viny a zmitala sebou v dpenlivYch prosbach jako ptadek, kterY prcha pied stmti a kildelky bije do oken, trepota se a talostne pipa, aby ho zachranili.

Rortrasi ji plat, pa.leivojk net tar proseb a primluv, plynul ji z duke otevrenou • anou proud modliteb a slz, ktere se jako k •vaVe perly rozsypavaly po studene podlaze.

• Mae skoneila a verici zkroukne a easto i s pladern pristupovali k altar', schylujice pokorne hlavy pod panel, ktery knez s hlasitou kajicnou modlitbou sypal na dela kleeicich.

Hanka neeelcajic na konec to popelcove slavnosti vyala yen, velmi posilena a s pevnou nacleji v pomoc Boa t(PokraZovani.)

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ZTRACENC7 DOPIS (Pokra'dovani) "Jen jdi spat, ja hned —" Ve tii hodiny rano si eel pan ministr lehnout, taco vzdychaje. To neni mo g -ne,ikals;vpethodinm'Meola poata, ten dopis v glute °Wee; Ceti jsem jej u psaciho stolu, kde jsem pracoval ag do osmi; v osm jsem Sol k veeeki, a asi za pet minut jsem Wel do pracovny hledat. Za tech pet minut piece nikdo nemohl prijit — Tu vyskoeil pan ministr rovnkma nohama s postele a Pita se do pracovny. To se rozumi, okna byla otevrena; ale bylo to v prvnim poschodi a jeate k tomu do ulice — To snad neni mogne, minil pan ministr, ge by sem nekdo vlezl oknem!

Ale rano, umitioval si, to •musim zjistit i po tehle strance.

Znovu ulogil pan ministr sve mohutne telo do postele. POdkejme, vzpomnel si, jednou jsem eet1 v nejake knigce, takovk dopis nejspia ujcte pozornosti, kdyg legi rovnou na odich! Hrom do toho, se me to nenapadlo hned' Znovu beget do pracovny, aby se podival, co lezi rovnou na oeich; i vide hromady papirti, vytahane zasuvky, nesmirny a bezna.ciejnk neporadek sveho hleclani — Klna, a vzdychaje, vracel se ministr na sve loge beze spanku.

Vydrgel to jen do aesti hodin; v jest ug krieel do telefonu nalehaje, aby vzbudili ministra vnitra "v dulezite yea slyaite, eloveee?" Kdy g koneend dostal spojeni, spustil horedne: "Halo, pane kolego, prosim vas, poalete ke :lune hned, ale hned, asi tii nebo dtyrit sve nejschopnejai lidi. . . nu ano, detektivy . . to se rozumi, ty nejspolehlivejai.

Ztratil se mi jeden dulezity spis... pane kolego, to je takov9 nepochopitelnk pad. . . Ano, ja na ne budu eekat. — Nechat vaecko v tom stavu, v jakem to je? Myslite, .'2e to musi byl? — Dobra.

K •adeg ? To nevim. — Ovaem, diste verne; nikomu o tom nerikejte. — Tak yam clekuju; a odpust'te, ze . . Poklona, pane kolego!"

(Napsal Karel 6apek) "Ten zlodej," minil detektiv, pohligeje kriticky na bogi dopuateni v pracovne.

Pan ministr se slabe zardel. "Totig," rekl honem, "to jsem to to tak trochu rozhdzel ja, , kdy2 jsem to hiedal; to je tak, pdnove, . . eh, ja naprosto nemohu vylondit, ge ten dopis je nekde tady . . . zaloIenY nebo zapadlY. . Abych se vyjadril pkesne, nemtde b9t jinde neg v teto mistnosti. Myslim, ze . ano tvrdil prim°, ge by se mela tahle mistnost systematicky prohledat. Ale to u2 je, panove, vase vec, abyste podnikli. . . co je v lidske moot" V lidske moot je ledacos; proto tr ). . z nejschopnejaich mu gii se zavreli v pracovne, aby ji systematicky prohledali; dva vyslkchali slugku, kucharku, domovnika a gofera; a posledni dva se odebrali nezna.mo kam do mesta, aby, jak pravili, zahajili patrani.

Veeer toho dne prohldsili prvni tii z nejschopnegich, Ze je naprosto vylothdeno, aby ztracenk dopis byl v pracovne pana ministra, n.ebot' vynali i obrazy z ramu, rozdelali nabytek a oeislovali kaZdY list papiru. Druzi dva zjistili, do ministrovy pracovny vkroeila jenom slug ka, kdy2 na rozkaz pani Boleny tam donesla Vedeti, zatim co •ministr sedel na zemi mezi svymi papiry; jelikoZ neni vyloueeno, Ze pri torn mohla nejaky dopis 9dnest, bylo zahajeno patrani, kdo je jeji milenec — byl to zrizenec od telefonni site, ktereho nyni nendpadne stkelil jeden muz. Posledni dva patrali nekde v neznamu.

Asi k jedne hodine — byla jasne mesiena noc — siyaela pani Ho gena kroky v knihovne. I ozbrojila se veakerou statednosti vynikajici Mny a ala po apiekach ke knihovne. Dveie byly dokoran, jedna skim knihovny otevtena a pied ni stal pan ministr v neni koaili a We broukaje listoval vaane v nejakem svazku.

"Proboha, muai," vydechla pani Bo'Zeno, "co to tu Mae?" "Ale chci se jen tady podivat," tekl ministr neureite.

"Potme?" divila se pani Baena.

"Ja vidim," tvrdil ministr a zastrdil svazek na sve misto. "Dobrou noc," fekl polohlasem a gel pomalu do sverlognice.

Pani Buiena zavrtela hla,vouu0hudak, tekla si, nenlide spat pro ten neat'astn9 dopis.

Rano nato vypadal pan ministr ridove a temer spokojene.

"Prosim te," povida pani, cos to v noci hledal v knihovne?"

Ministr pologil lgidku a vykulil "Ja? Co te napada, ja jsem v knihovne nebyl. Ja jsem ti spal jak9,,.,cludek."

"Ale Vlad'o,vg dyt' jsem tam s tebou mluvila! Listoval jsi v nejake knize, a rekl jsi, ge se chcea na new podivat!"

"Nolmysl," rekl ministr neclOverive.

"Srad se ti new zdalo. JO jsem se pc) celou noc ani neprobudil."

"Stal jsi u te prostredni skiine," tvrdila pani, "a jeate k tomu sis ani nerozOvitil. Listoval jsi v te knize potme a •jeate jsi rikal: Ja vidim."

Ministr se chytil za hlavu. "Zeno„” vkhrkl sevrend, "copak jsem names•enk?

Ale jdi," uklidnoval se, "to se ti muaelO zdat. Ja piece nejsem somnambul!"

"Bylo to v jednu hodinu," stela Pani.

Bogena na svem a dodala trochu pocira g -den:"Chceasnd ge ja jsem zen?"

Ministr zamyalene michal eaj. "Prosim te," •ekl najednou, "ukaZ mi, kde to bylo."

Pani Bolena ho dovedla do knihminv; "Stal jsi tadyhle u te skiine a davar jOi nejakY svazek Lady do te prihradky."

Ministr kroutil rozpadite hlavoU; v te prihradce byla kompletni a actyhodna rada, "Sbirky zakonil a narizeni". To jsem blazon," brueel, akrabaje se na zahlavi a vytahl tomer mechanicky jeden svazek, kterk byl zasunut hlarou OW: Svazek se mu v rukou otevrel; byja: v nem vlogena 'gluta obalka s fialove ncu adresou.

Tu noc ministr no a nemohl usnout; ustaviene si opakoval: v pet hodin ten dopis ye glute oba.lce doael, Ceti jsem jej u psaciho stolu a neocleSel jsem neZli veeeri;. ergb ten dopis tam muse' ztistat — a neni tarn. Bylo mu smutno a nevolno z teprotivne a celkem nemoZne zahady; i vzal si pra gek pro spani a spal jako dkevo as do rana.

Rano shledal, Ze kolem jeho domu se (nozna.rno prod) potlouka, jeden z nejsehapnejSich; ostatni nejspi g zahajili K osme 'Iodine se ukazalo, ge tech patrani po cele republice. nejschopnejaich a nejspolehlivejaich "Vec je v. beim," telefonoval mu midi je dokonce sedm; nebot' sedrn v burinkach se dostavilo do bytu pana nistr vnitra, "doularn, ae brzo dostanu hlaSeni; podle toho, pane kolego, co jste ministra.

"Tak se podivejte, panove," vykladal mi rekl o obsahu toho dopisu, mideme kdo by mel o nej zajem. . . Kdyministr, uvatleje sedm nejspolehlivejaich muiti do sve pracovny, "tady v te bychom mohli udelat domov.n.i prohlidku mistnosti jsem vdera nechal le get jakysi v jednom sekretariate nebo v jectne re. . . eh, velmi dulegitk dopis. . . ye elute dakci, vedeli bychom nee° vic; ale obalce. . . adresa fialovkm inkoustem." kam vain, vec je v behu."

Ministr chabe delcoval: byl velmi rozJeden nejschopnejaich mu gil znalec"Vidia Bogenko," divil se pan rekl s od- mrzen a chtelo se mu spat. Skuteene ta- s r, "ja bych byl prisahal, ze jsem.Z ky hvizdl: "Ten to tu ke veeer jen tak new zabrudel na pul born9m obdivem, "zatracenk prasak."

(Pokradovani na strane 29.) huby a Lel chi postele.

"Kdo totig ?" del ministr zara2en.

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VESTNtK WEST, TEXAS

Ve sttedu, clne 24. srpna 1955.

SHLEDANf NA PUDE TEXASKE ,r.,okraeovant..)

(Napsal Josef Buriata r. 1897)

Teprve na dru pe ieky se pruyea zastavil, aby se licle i dobytek na cestu posilnil. Tu teprve pledstaven.hyl Mika. viicici karavany, staremu Texasanovi. Ten mu platelsky rukou potfasl, a blahopial mu k svobocle nabyte, dolo2iv ale na konec, ted' inti2e bYti dobrYm vojinem konfederace, ktera2 statnych pa2i pot •ebuje. Jan se naueil site ji2 trochu Spanelsky, ale anglickeho nezna.l ani slova, tak 2e mu Variove tlumalt museli. Zarazila slova Texanova Oba 'liochy a s jakousi obaVOtt vypraveli Janovi, co priniodce pravil. Jan vgak, rozr'adostnen na,d zdarem svelia • Utekti ocive`til:

Texasu se oeekavalo ka2cle chvile vojsko francouzske nebo mexicke, je2 se ve znaene sile. piekroei pohranieni ieku, aby na bojiate spechalo a tam viterstvi, ku strane severni se klonici, rychle na stranu jiZni strhlo. Prot° byli Texasane velice dychtivi zvecleti neco od uprchlika mexickeho, co by nadeje jejich posilnilo.

Co se vaak od Miky dovedeli, nebylo valJak dalece on vedel, eitave la armada Maxmilianova, asi 10.000 muktere2to vojsko po cele zemi bylo rozptYleno. aby na vSech stranach mohlo potlaeiti vzpouru, ktera2 kahle pine2itosti mezi lidem proptikala. Z vojska toho nemohl cisai postradati ani jedineho mute, nebot' citil, 2e jest samo dosti slabe, aby novou vladu v zemi udr2elo.

Kdyby pak vojsko francouzske ze zeme vytahlo, tu bylo jisto, ze po celem. Mexiku vzplane povstani naproti vlade cisaiske, k jehoZ potlaeeni armada Maxinilianova dostateena nevi. V prilvodu karavany nalezali se nejvice staii Texasane a nekolik chlapcu, k vojenske,slu2-.dosud neschopnYch. To co zvedeli od Miky, nepotailo je valne. Kdy2 pak se prilvod na daNi cestu vypravil, jell v gichni v trudnem zamySleni na svYch nicich. piemYSIejice o tom, jakYch obeti jiz valka od nich vy2adala a 2e ve:§kere ty obeli byl.y marne. Plan sobe vAichni, aby tento boj bratrovra2ednY byl ji2 ukonden, ale aby jih byl povalen, s tou mySlenkou se piece sp •ateliti nemohli.

AC o2ebradeni, zbeclovani a vysileni, nechteli ani v mysli piipustiti, 2e by se podrobiti meli severni vlade, jimi tak nenavidene.. Oni vyrostli a sestarli v p •e• svedeeni, 2e narod teto zeme ma pravo sebeureeni, 2e me pravo ustanoviti si vladb., jaka se vetAine cbyvatelstva libi a nyni meli bYti pornodi zbrani vehruini pod pravomoc vlady, jiz nenavidi. proti ni2 -se zbrani v rukou ji2 po etyry roky bojuji. Zdalo se jim to b rti netho2nosti. pollapanim posvatneho prava, za ne2 p • edkove jejich 2ivoty sve na.sadili. Lide ti nenahli2ell, 2e uch2ovanim eerneho otroctvi Slapou v prach tata2 p•irozena prava lidu jineho; nechteli ani 20 paSi san-•i take nasili na s yYch spoluobeanech. kteii s nimi nesouhlasi, nutice je k boji naproti severu, s nim2 tito souhlasi.

"Mam to vojaneiny jiz po krk,anechei vice o ni ani slySeti. Jsem nyni svobodnYrn mu2e,m v zemi svobodne a nikdo ml nerna prava poroueeti, abych zase na se-. be.•oblekl to dvoji sukno a nechal se opet otroeiti. ZvlaSte pak v teto zemi jsein dosud cizincem, kdo by mi mohl rozkazovati, aby pro ni svtij 2ivot nasazoval?

HoSi Variovi byli vSak jineho mineni.

Vypravovali Janovi, kterak se tu lid k. vojsku shani a Antonin vyslovil obavu, 2i on. sam asi ku slune vojenske letos bude, an ji2 dvacatY rok stail dostoppil. Mladi Ede ti se vSak diouho vzpominkami na vojaneinu, nYbr'2 Vencivali se cele radosti ze shleclani se s Janem Mikou. ZaopatfivSe sve sp•e2eni. uedli ku spolecne hostine pod skinny strsOM a tam se bavili hovorem nevyru4oyani od ostatniho mu2stva prtivodu.

Tern* po chvili, kde2 telesne potieby jak;pritvodeich tak dobytka uspokojeny Pyly,,shrnulo se veSkere mu2stvo kol na4idla niadiku, ka2cIY podaval ruku Janovi,, b,ldhopial mu k ilteku a vyptaval se no NS'elike zale2itosti mexicke a hlavne To,noveho tisane. Mika musel vypravovati, vedel a chlapci Variovi tlumoeili Texasantim jeho yypravovani. V Iviexiko skladana byla velka nadeje. nebot' Jihaoeekavali, 2e jim odtud p •ispecha brzy eetne vojsko na pomoc. Na sklonku roku 4.88,4 staly zale2itosti jihu ji2 na slabYch nohou. Vojska eetnYmi pora2kami sesla.bena, lid h-motne vyeerpan, zeme spusto,;eria a nikde, 2adno, nadeje na zlepSeni. ji2 i ti nejnaaenejSi zastancove KontpciVace nahli2eli, 2e pad jeji jest neodvratrY, pakli ji neplijde pomoc odjinud. kale pomoci to se mohli naditi, neli .od . souseciniho statu mexickeho? Aby lid jinni byl k dalSimu odporu proti severu povzbuzen, bylo mezi nej roz'Siieno rtiznYch povidadek o sile vojska, jake s Maxmilianem do Mexika vtrhlo a jake tam vlada Napoleonova z Francie vyslala. V

Kcly'z se karavana k noenimu odpodin ku utaborila, sesedli si staii ti Texasapohromade a rozmlouvali o udalostech na poll vClky se sbellich. Nahli2eli, 2e z ciziny pomoci 2adne oeekavati nemohou a tune nezbYva celemu jihu nic jineho, ne2 aby se bud' vzdal severu na milost a nemilost, anebo napnul jeSte po-

sledni sily k boji zoufalemu. Na vzclani se nechteli hrdi ti mu2ove ani pomysliti. VSichni souhlasili v tom, ze je tteba nap-• nouti sily a vesti boj dale a'2 do krajnosti. jestliZe armada jihu jest selabena, vklyt' jeSte 'name dati mufti mladYch a stattVch, abychom ji dopinili — tak rozpramezi sebou. Vklyt' zde, v tomto boru povoznickem naleza se kolik muU statnYch, kteii by mohli bYti dobrYrni bojovniky za svobodu a samostatnost jihu. A tu ti staid Texasane ihned piiali k nahledu, 2e oni tii deSti hnSi by se vSichni dobie hodili do vojska jiZniho, aby tarn pro svobodu bojovali.

V. V polovici mesice prosince roku 1864 nalezame rodinu Valiovou pilne vN'Ipolich pracujici. Vain. s jedinkm spre2enim voln„je2 tu jette zbylo, sva2i kde.i:to Variova se vSerni ditkami se zabYva sbiranim baviny. Slunce se pomalu sklani k zapadu, ji2 se dotYka skvouci jeho plocha vrcholkil stromft nedalekeho lesa, ale vSichni dosud pilne si hledi prace sve, jako by byli teprve pied chvili za.poeali. Pojednou se vAichni jako na povel zastavi, vzprimi *la kid praci sehnuta a upiraji zraky sve i sluch v tu stranu, kudy vede testa od Catspringu na farmu hospodaie jejich Taylora.

Tam s to strany zavznel praskot bite a sktek, jakYm se pobada spte'Zeni volt% k rychlejSimu pochodu. V male chvili se opakuje zaprasknuti a poktik ztetelneji, patrne se povoz blizi. Vanova rychle odhazuje pytel bavinou napineny a volajic: "chlapci jedou!" chvata VSichni ostatni ji nasleduji a celou ostatni rodinu na Uteku k domovu, takte'Z spteZend sve k domu obrati, aby seznal ptieinu poplachu tam nastaleho. NeZ so cela rodina na ceste pied domovem shromaZdila, vyjelo jiZ dlouhe sp •eZeni volti ze stinu lesa na mYtinu pied ohradou domu Taylorova se nalezajici po strane jeho bylo videti jezdce, dlouhYm biseem mavajiciho. Nyni se ohlednul k domu Variovu a spatiiv tam celou rodinu shromaalenou, zamaval svYm SirokYm kloboukem jako na pozdrav radostne za.vyskntiv.

"To je Josef," zvold Vanova, ale jede sam. Kde pak je Antonin? Snad jej nestihlo nejake neStesti?"

(Pokraeovani.)

•( )• Jsme rozhodne proti iteenik v pinem proudu sveho vYkladu: "My musime vypudit vSechny ty moderni ismy. Nechceme bolSevism, socialism, radikalism, a prye s anarchismem!"

"A copak, nemohl byste take odstranit mirj revmatism?" ozval se hias z lidu..

Ve stfedu, dne 24. srpna 1955.

VESTNt - WEST, TEXAS

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ZMENY V SOCIALNiM ZABEZPECENI V techto dnech do glo redaktoru Vestniku uvedomeni z vladniho odboru zdravotnictvi, SkoLstvi a socialni pede nekolik pokynii o zmenach zakona, ktere se vztahuji na tak zvanou "social sevurity."

Pro informaci 'Menu SPJST jsou tyto zmeny vysvetleny v eeskem jazyku.

Ve shode s nedaynou zmenou v zakone o socialnim zabezpedeni mail dnes pracujici lide novou ochranu pro pfipad, ze by nejakou dobu nebyli prate schopni. Tato ochrana spoeiva v torn. ze si zachovavaii pine pravo na starobni potitky a na pojigteni pozilstalYch i za takovYch okolnosti, kdy zdlouhava nemoc nebo vatnY raz znemotnuje jim konati jakoukoliv vYdeleenou praci.

Wive, net byl zakon pozmenen, mohlo se docela dobte stati, ze elovek, kterY se musel vYdeleone ainnosti vzdati pro nemoc nebo nraz, zjistil po dosateni sveho petagedesateho roku, jeho mesieni potitky ze socialniho zabezpeeeni klesly na minimaini zakonem dovolenou eastku. V mnohYch pfipadech do glo dokonce i k tomu, ze pfilig dlouha doba takoveto nucene zahalky mela za nasledek, ze nekdefgi pojigtenec ztratil narok na potitky viibec,

Ztraceny. dopis (Dokoneeni se strany 27.)

protote nemel-zakonem pfedepsanY podet pojigtenYch etvrtleti. Toto znamenalo ztratu jak potitkU ospbnich, tak pojigteni pozirsfalcla.

Nove °pat •ern zakona zavedlo nasledujici zinew,Y : Jste-li zeela prate neschopnY Best nebo vice mesicu, a je-li vas lekat pfesvedi:en, ze tato neschopnost k praci bude miti ciloulte trvani, miltete ii•adovnu social/lino zabezpedeni pofadati, aby tak zvane "zatorzla" Va g fleet, to jest zastavila propoeitavani vaSich budoucich socialnich potitku po dobu vagi neschopnost k praci, Vyhovite-li v gem potada yzOkona, ktere v tomto elanku uvedeme, pak vase pravo na starobni potitky a na potitky pro vase pozfistale zilstavd nedoteeno tak ciloollo, jak cliouho jste prate neschopnY. AZ closahnete veku 65 let a tim doby, kdy bode t •eba zjistiti, na Ake potitky mate pravo, nebudou do zapoeitavaneho pracovniho obdobi zahrnuty roky, v nich t, jste pro nemoc nebo nejake zraneni nepracoval, roky, ktere bby vas prilrnernY prijem snitily. Tutet vYhodu melt by i y ogi pozilstali v ptipade vagi smrti. Pit zjiWovOni, zda,li jste dostal pracovnim potactavkilm, a pfi vypoeitavani potitkO bude se usuzovati tak, jakobyste byl ciosahl veku 65 let v den, kdy jste schopnost k prOci ztratil.

To tedy znamena, to pfipade 'Opine neschopnosti k proti zachovava nove opatteni zakona narok na starobni zabezpeeeni a na pojisteni pozilstalYch v lardne platnosti, tak, jak to cirri mrioilo soukromS7ch pojigt'oven, jejicht pojistky pojigtenci zaruCuji, ze neztraci sveho prava v dobe neschopnosti k wad.

Program starobniho zabezpeeeni a pajigteni. pozustalYch je financovan &elm procenty, sraZeriVoli z pla.tu zamestnanci, a druhYmi dvema procenty, ktera pfipiaci zamestnovotel. Jste-li samozamestnanY, platite si na vS :thociy, plynouci ze zakona o soda/Lim zabezpeoeni, procenta tfi. Jaktnile p'restanete yYdeleene pracovati, p •estancte i platiti do fondu socialniho zabezpeeeni. Vyutitim noveho 0pattern zakona, povolujiciho t. zv. "Disability freeze" (zastaveni netovani v dobe neschopnosti k praci), chranite sva prava na potitky v ptipade; nemoc nebo zraneni yam praci znernotriuji.

Abyste mel narok na takovouto vYhodu. jest ovgem t •eba, Abyste clostal jistYm potadavkinn, ktere Zde tivadime:

nich tiech letech, netli schopnost k praci ztratil.

Jeho neschopnost k praci musi bYti dokazatelna lekafsky. Za duvody neschop nosti k yYdeleane praci jsou povatovany vatne nemoci fysicke nebo du gevni, nebo oslepnuti.

Pojigtenec musi potadati fitadovnu socialniho zabezpeeni, aby zaznam a jeho vYdelku "zamrzla", a musi tak ueiniti' v dobe, kdy je stale je gte k praci neschbpnY, a kdy takovym byl jit Best nebo (tele.

Clovok,, kterY oslepi, nebo ztratil schopnost k prO,ei pro jinoiLvatnou pricinu, ma, se dukladne iniormovati o K3biranern zde °pattern zakona v nejblitsi utadovne socia/niho zabezpeeeni. "Zamrznuti" nabYva platnosti teprve po podOni tadosti.

Chcete-li proto jakekoliv podrobnej gi inforrnace o vYhodach, plynoucich z noveho opatteni zakona o tomto "zamrznuti'', potadejte o ne nejblit gi iftadovnu socialniho zabezpeeeni. ) • 46 • (

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Xdy2 mne bylo isestrulet let, utrpela jsem vane poraneai 'eve kyele a kosti leve nohy. Dnes jsem 56 let stara. Po 37 let jsem doktorovala, sna gela bolesti a nedostalo se mi ulevy. Melo, jsem mnoho niznYch lekaiu. Dozvedela jsem se doktorovi Albertu H, Brodenovi a rozhodla jsern se, te ho zkusim. Nemela jsem tddne nadeje, ze kdy budu zdrava. Belhala jsem o holi a bolesti v kyeli a v note byly nesnesitelne. WO mantel mne nabadal, abych zkusila tohoto lekafe. Abych mu ryhovela, jela jsem do Hallettsville a nechala se With Kdy2 jsem mivala 11°4 lesti, trpela jsem tet prudkYrni bolestmi hiavy. Po dvou tSr dennim ledeni, bolesti mne opustily. Mohu spat celou noc a Za chvili pak ut pan ministr hlaholne nemusim vstavati. Nemam bolesti, jen telefonoval ministrovi vnitra: "Halo, malokdy, kdy jest zmena poeasi. Delarn pane kolego, tak ten ztracenk dopis — vSechnu domaci praci a zdravi se nine Ale kdepak, nejste na stope; ja ut jej vratilo. mam y rukou! . . . Cote, jak se nagel?

Jsem jista, 2e to byla odpoved' na Pane kolego, to yam neieknu. Vite, jsou modlitby, a denne se modlime aby B0h metody , ktere vy v ministerstvu vnitra mu tehnal. jegte neznate. — Ale ja, vim, va gi Tide Adresa doktora 13rodena jest: Victoria, Mali, co dovedou; za to oni nemohou, ze ZamestnanY net* samozamestnanY Texas, 908 N. Navarro St. ttadujici dni, nejsou na . Ne, nebudeme radeji o pojigtenec musi miti za sebou del gi ne- pondeli, irterY, stfeda. V Hallettsville, tom mluvit. — Prosim, prosim. Servus, pfetrtitou praci pod ochranou zakona o Texas, jest ye etvrtek, v patek a v sobopane kolego!" socialnim zabezpeeeni: to znamena as- tu rano a2 do poledne.

—Vynato z knihy Tovidky z j edne pori pet let prace v desiti letech, ktere Vag uptimni, pfedchazely jeho neschopnost k praci, a kapsy."

P. Pi. Pete Starnustka Sehulenburg, Texas nejmene pUldruheho roku prace v posled(Konec) pracovny neudelal an.i krok; ale teprve ted' si tak nejasne vzpominam, ze kdy jsein si p •eeet1 ten dopis, kekl jsem si: To se musim podivat na jeden zakon z roku tiiadvacet. Pak jsem si asi donesl na p.saci still to knihu a chtel jsem si napsat poznamku; ale protote se mne ten svazek potad zaviral, polozil jsem tam podle v geho ten dopis — a pak jsem nejspig knihu sklapl a mechanicky ji odnesl na misto — Ale ze jsem se do to knihy gel podvedorne, ze sna podivat, to je, hm; vig, nefikej o torn nikomu. Lide by si tieba mysleli — Ono to nedela slugnY dojem, tyhlety zahadne psychologicke akazy."

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Nekdy v budcucnosti se maze stab, ze pravidelna dodavka Vestniku bude nekomu z VAS najednou zastavena a organ ptestane dochazet Stane-li se to jen jednou, vir.0 pravdepodobne nese poSta Opakuje-11 se to dva, tit a vice tSrdnii za sebou, dopt§te na Supreme Lodge SPJST, Temple. Texas, at' ptipad je vyktken.

NepiAte ani na vydavatele, ant na redaktora, ale na Hlavni t •adovnu. Stanovy narizuji, ze kdo si pteje Vestnik, must dopsati neetnimu Hlavni trad2vny, kterY vede seznam adresate den). dostavajietch Vestnik.

Miikte dopsati na Hlavni ttadovnu satin, nebo poladejte vakho tajemnikk;, aby to pro vas vykonal. KazdY Men, kterY si plati na pojfatent v dospelSrch, je opravnen na Vestnik, jestli si ho pfeje. (dz) ) • 4 • ( Mat"! bratkieek: "Via, co si myslim, Ello?"

Velka sestra: "No, copak, Pepieku?"

Mali bratkidek: "Ze kdybych zde ted' nebyl s tebou, tak by to pan Konvieka Venuji tuto knihu sve drahe 'g ene a sve jiste polibil." mile dceki, bez jejich2 nefinavne pomoci Velka. sestra: "Ze se nestydiS, ty jeden a ochotnSrch rad bych ji byl napsal dva- ulidniku! Hied' mi ihried zmizet s odi!" krat dkiv. — P. G. Wodehouse.

Na prodej: 80-akrova farma, Bernice, v La Salle, Texas. 56 akrit vzdelane, 5 akrn louky, zbytek pastvina. estsvetnicovSi dam a jine stavby. Naleza se na "farm-to-market" ceste. Obrat'te se na John Barta, Real Estate, 403 West Palm, Victoria, Texas. Dial H1-3-6129.

(34-35) ) Pane doktore, pane doktore, tune vas prosim, abyste mne vyleeil: jsem namesidnikem.

Hned yam napisi recept — odpovedel doktor. Sedne si, naakrabe nem a popkedpis pa.cientu. — To je mod dobrST lek. Jclete s receptem do obchodu se 'Zelezem.

— Do obchodu se 'Zelezem? Snad do lekarny — Ale kdepak; s tim nema lekarna co delat. Pkedepsal jsem vain libru cvoekti.

— Cvoeky?

— OvSem. Nasypete je na nod ye svem pokoji kolem postele — a pak. uvidite

Barbecue Chicken Supper SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1955 5:30 P. m.

Lodge Pokrok No. 88 On 1140 Robbie St., Houston, Tex

Dance at Night MUSIC BY

Lee use Orchestra Everybody Welcome.

Strana 31 V nemocnici.

Lekaf: "Tak se mne zda., ze -Lennie- pacient je na torn od vaerejaka lepe." • Sestra: "To je pravda, pane doktore, ale jenome ten, co tu le2e1 veera, v . n ooi umfel, a ted' tu • • StrSTeek z Vitochova pozoruje novSr,alt4 tomobil a tae se aofera: "Prod mate na svem autu nad koly ty plechove oblouky?"

"Nu piece aby mi nezmokly pneupta;-, tiky!" ) Nepiijemny clUkaz. "AneNco, je u2, Je;-; nik doma ze Skoly?" — "Ano." "Videla jsi ho?" — "Ne, milostpani." — "Nu a jak to via, ze je doma?" — "Protole kodka zalezla pod kamna."

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Darkove blakv do t eskoslovenska vyiizuji. em zastupce pro firmu Gift Parcel New Yorku.

PotiSte sve drahe zaslanim ze SySTarska a Danska

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

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Rad Jaromir Oslo 54. S. P. J. S. T. ye West, finite' gratuluje sousednimu iadu Slovanske Lipe eislo 40; S. P. J. S. T. ve Waco a vSem elenitm k vzrustu a fispiichu, a ie prase dostavili jejich krasnou kadovou budovu, nad kterou kaidY Glen mule bYti hrdym, nejen 'Oen iddu 66, Hlavni uiadovna SPJST, ale vgichni dlenove v celem state Texas. Nova vetev vidy vzpruiuje dalg Jednoty. Piejeme Vam, aby den 28. srpna 1955, byl tispeSnkm v kaidem ohledu, a den pama.tnSr. ROBERT eERVENKA, piedseda FRANK MIKESKA, mistop•edseda EMIL W. POPP, tajemnik JOHN KOSTOHRYZ, rieetnik GEORGE MIKESKA, pokladnik EDMUND MAREK, prilvodce ZABAVNI ViBOR EDDY MIKESKA, JOSEF TOBOLA, RAYMOND VOL(JK teETNI

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JOE R. MAZANEC, ALBIN R. gULAK, EDWARD KLAITS:

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Lodge Slovanska Lipa No. 66, SPJST The Supreme Lodge of Slavonic Be.nevolent Order of the State of Texas, (SPJST), extends its congratulations to Lodge Slovanska Lipa No. 66, SPJST, and its members and offers its very best wishes and felicitations for continued growth and prosperity, upon the the completion of their beautiful new lodge hill.

The Suprome Lodge of Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, (SPJST), knows that the erection of your new lodgo hall is another step forward in t he growth of your local lodge and in the growth of our Order. We know that as Lodge. Slovanska Lipa No. 66, SPJST grows, the Order ,grows.

Accept our sincere congratulations.

Supreme Lodge Slavonic Benevolent O -der Of The State Of Texas

SPJST) OFFICERS EDWARD L. MAREK, President J. A. KUBENA, Vice-President J. F. CHUPICK, Secretary JOS. J. KOLIHA, Jr., Treasurer R. A. URBANOVSKY, Financial-Se'y ADOLPH D. PAVLICEK, Attorney

DIRECTORS ROBERT CERVENKA FRANK CERVENY CHAS. HOLASEK NAVRATIL FRANK ROD A. C. STEPAN J. M. SKRABANEK

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