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IITULNA A IVIOUCKUV FOND AtDEHO MEStCE MAME VE Ve.stniku uvefejnenu zpravu pkijmu a vyclani za betnY mesic. Ve zprive jsou etyti sloupce, ktere ukazuji, jak je majetek Jednoty rozOlen a joke transakce byly udineny.

Kdokoliv z vas se podiva na zpravu, ktera byla, uvetejnena 14. zati 1955, uvidi, to mime etyki samostatne fondyfunrtni, na vydarri. Hlavni ukadovny, detske oddeleni a tak zvanY Moudkfiv fond. BYral tet nemocenskY- fond, ale byl zrugenY. Ve zprave za mesic srpen je oznameno ze do firrirtniho fondu na, poplatcich od kad0 bylo pkijato $13,636.86, na vyclani od fac10 $22,999.42, do detskeho oddeleni od tadt. $6.991.17. Bylo tedy od tan pfijato na vyclini vice net do funrtniho a detskeho fondu. Kroll* toho je tam oznamenp, ze Jecinota si vypfrjeila dye ste tisie a ze do Mouelcova fondu bylo darovano $3.00. 0 techto darech do Mouokova fondu chci pojednati ohSirneji.

Kdyt v lednu 1951 zenv'el redaktor Frank Moudka, vy ysta.la u Nadu Jaro 'Oslo 130 velmi vzacna mySlenka, aby se jeho zaslutna, spolkova a narodni prace ocenilo, nejakYm vhodnSon zpusobem.

Sestra Botena Valeikova, Clenka kadu Jaro v Dallas, pfi gla s navrhem na vytvoteni fondu pro stavbu fitulny. My genka se ujala ptitla take na pfettes ye sjezdu v Houstonu, kde delegati satin hluboko do kapsy--na gi tam diru a vyjenom d ye ste padesat dola.r0.

Zkratka 'Teem), iebraci se odbudou iebracky.

Led tkebate delegati nem Ali pro fitulnu tadne porozwneni, ptichazeji stale do Mouekova lona. nove a darsi dary Dle posledni mesieni zpravy je uloteno v akciich, v nejalcYch cennYch. $2,000.00, a na hotovosti je $30.76. Bylo

by tech milodariI jiste hodne vice, kdyhy redaktor mohl tuto mytlenku vice a easteji pkipomenouti. Ale s ()Wedeln na to, ze ani hlavni fikednici, ani keditele, ani delegati neukazuji tadr.S; za.jem o postaveni fitulny, nechce ani redaktor miehat stojatou vodou.

Kdyt by ale fikednici a keditele se vyslovili pro fitulnu, kdyi by eleni v distriktnich schrizich doll sve ptani na jevo, pak by mel redaktor volnej g ruku. Piece on musi tlumodit pouze pkani elenft, nikoliv propago vat sve libustky nebo provetravat sve rozumy. At "nude mezi Medniky, kediteli a 1"..,leny souhlas, pak se o celem planu mute hodne vice uvato,lati.

Jedina rozumna cesta pro kekni otazek tohoto druhu, at' je to frtulna, nemocenska a firazova, podpora nebo cokoliv jineho, je pomoci utislho vYboru. Ta,kovY vYbor musi bYti slotenY z Clenu, kteti nemaji ptedsudky nebo utkvele rnySlenky, kteti maji otevtenou hlavu, kteti byli by ochotni prostudovati celou vec ze vSech stran, a kteki by se umeli vmysJit a zahloubat do spletitYch otazek, ttebas z poeatku nic o nich neyeah.

urelte informace. Nevim, jakeho drubu ony informace byly, Ale kdyi vYlior pozdeji podal svou zpravu na zakede dodanYch informaci, pfiznal se, ze dle toho co vYbor dostal, nemohl vypracovat tadnY plan. Cela vec byla vracena sjezdu—a tin byla otazka fitulny prozatiniine vykeSena. Ale aby my glenka nebyla nadobro pohitena, sjezdovY vYbor na platy a dary pfisel s doporueenim, aby se ve sbirkach do Moudkova fondu a na stavbu fitulny pokradovalo a Jednota, aby ptispiva1a na tuto altei obnosem $250.00 roene. Nebyl to tadnY kralovskY dar, nebylo to nic podobneho, jako kdyt jiny eesky spolek no, severu odhlasoval pro podebnou mySlenku sto tisie dolarfi do zaddtku, ale bylo to jenom uznani dobre yule a ptani, aby fitulna nebyla Upine zamitnuta.

Nerhame mezi sebou nikoho, kdo by kterekoliv distriktni schuzi mohl nam podati ureite informace. Mame jen mahave a nejasne ptedstavy, jak by fitulna mohla bYti postavena nebo co by jeji vedein vytadovalo. OvSem mame v okoli El Campo nekolik Clenu, kteti pomohli vyvybudovati podobnY Ustav, jente my je nevyslechneme, my je nepozveme, aby name tadane informace podali. My bychom radii druhe ptesvedeili, ze jsme celYm srdcem pro ntulnu, ale my celou vee ohchazime jako by to byl zahon,ek pkiv—opatrne a v bezpeene vzdalenosti.

Ale abychom sami podali svedectvi, to myslime upkimne, abychom sami sahli do kapsy, jen to ne. To radeji budeme stale posunovat otazku fitulny do bildoucnosti.

Kdyt je takovii vec ptedlatena vYboru, kekl bych otazka fitulny, to ani ten nejchyttejM Glen na vYboru motna nebude mit . a.dnou ureitou pkedstavu, co takova. Utulna vy'Zaduje. Vzpominam si, ze ye schUzi druheho distriktu, ktera bude v sini kadu Hvezda Texasu eislo 47 v Seaton, ma bYti rozvinuta debata o iitulne a maji bYti podany ureite informace. Neslibujte nic pkedeasne. Take neeekejte nic ureiteho. Nedostanete o nic vice net dostali delegati v poslednim Jedina rozumad cesta je dobrovolnY sjezdu, kde se o torn mluvilo—a nic se vYbor, kterY by na sve vlastni Utraty, na nefeklo. svuj vlastni. a ze sveho vlastniho poV houstonskern sjezdu projednavala se pudu se chopil veci opravdove, ani by zalehtost tykajici se fitulny. Byl na to dekal na jine. Do takoveho vyboru se ustanoven vYbor, kteremu byly ptedany redaktor prihlaeuje dobmvolne.

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Jak niasne pestrY a obdivuhoduk je nag vlastni Zivot v porovnani se Zivotem naSich rodien a dedeeka, nedovedeme mnohdy ani nalelite oceniti. Pri psani techto radkil mam na mysli, ze eeka na nine cesta do Kanady. Ale nez naA. Mein budou eisti toto eislo Vestniku, redaktor bude mit cestu za sebou, zileastni se zasedam Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu v Toronto, v kanar l, ke provincii Ontatio, vrati se nazp-t do Texasu, bude na sjezdovem bank to Zapadni aeskoBratrske Jednoty v Dallasu, a prijede dornn je gte drive ne bude mu ye etvrtek dodano toto aislo Vestniku.

Pied ety •iceti lety, kdyi jsme pianovali navkivit svou rodinu usazenou v jine "ea.sti okresu Fort Bend—my bydleli pit East Bernard a rodina pri Needville —vzalo nam to takrka celY den ujeti vzdalenost nejakych etyricet Emil. Konik beZel v koearku poklusem, ale cesty neubYva,lo. Dnes Olovek sedne na letoun v 'Texasu pri Mexickem zalivu, mocifi ranniho nebe dostane presnida yku, v pa ledne predlolen mu °bed, a neZ je hotov k veeeri, letoun klesa, k pristani daleko na severu za VelikYmi jezery. Tyto dojmy popiSi pro ptiAi Gish Vestniku.

PavocIne meli jsme vyplanovano, bratr Marek a redaktor, ze pojedeme autem, jejZ pou gvaji Urednici k svemu cestovani. Cesta by nam trvala tri dny tam, moZna. etyri, tri dny naznet, a etyri dny bychom museli venovat teasti na konferenci Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu, abychom se co nejvice obohatili pouenymi proslovy a pokyny o bratrskem Zivotaim pojiAt'ovani, ktere je rovna tak kornplikcvane jako pojigt'ovani u obchodni spoleenosti. Lee redaktor se nemohl zdalit od syYch povinnosti na celYch deset nebo dvanact dnu. NezbYvalo, ne2 pou2it letounu a zkratit cestovani etyr dint na dobu nekolika hodin. Bratr Frank Matush z Temple, kterY neclavno konal cestu do Toronto v Kanade, poneoval nas, ze cesta letounem je nejvYhodnerSi a pomerne nejlacinejSi. V poslednim sjezdu SPJST v Houstonu dal bratr Stehlik z Wichita Falls navrh, aby redaktor Vestniku byl poslan do zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho, kongresu tea do statniho bratrskeho kongresu. Vaaim si toho a jsem tomuto povaleni od sjezdu velmi vdeenY. Nevynechal jsem dosud ani jedno zasedani. Take dokud budu redaktorem. nechtel bych nic vynechati. Je to skola k nezaplaceni pro toho, kdo ma zalibu nebo vlohy se neeemu prineit. Co byste si pomysleli o kterY by nikdy nejel do ueitelskYch, konvenci, nebo o lekari, kterY by se vy-

Ve sUedu., tine 28. 7.fifi 1955. hYbal statni schuzi lekarit. VMyt' rolnici museji se schazet, vyslechnout proslcvy o prollemech farmarn.

Pro prfunerneho elena SPJST je teiko si predstavit velikY a didelitY vYznarn telesa, jake je Narodni bratrsky kongres.

Manic v naSlch stanovach elanek, ze sve poplatky pooitame die arartni tabulky vypracovane Narodram bratrskym kongresem, ale vetSina z nas nezna vYznam techto slov. Znamend to. Ze vsechny bratrske a sesterske podpinne spolky, ktcre jsou ye SpojenYch statech a te22, v Karade, maji spoleenou federaci, ktera neustale pozoruje vSechno, co bylo by k prospechu techto jednot. Koncem zari kaZdteho roku sejdou se zastupci techto rtiznYch jednot, aby rokovali o tom, co se prihodilo a tea a torn, co se .,,v bratrskein Zivotnim pojiat'ovani int\A deekayat. Do teto velike federace path pies sto rozmanitYch jednot a spolkit. Neni ani jedne velike organisace s majetkem Tres pet milionu, aby nebyla zastoupena• te'to narodni federaci. Jsou tam rozmanite spolky, at' na narodnostni, jako Polaci,. eechoslovaci, Italove, Portugalci, jinci; nebo nabolenske, jako lutheranj, katolici, pravoslavni, aide; nebo organisace odborove, jako Zeleziteari. inZenYki, mechanikove; ba dokonce i bratrska podpuma jednota hluchonemYch.' Aby federace mela, svou einnost spray. ne rozdelenott, je zvolen devitielennY vYkonnY vYbor, kterY ma hlavni kancelai v Chicagu. Do vYkonneho vYboru j'sou voleni vynikajici einovnici a ti nejlepS1 rednici od rtiznYch jednot. MoZno rici, ze kahlY takovY vybrank Glen do vYkonneho vYboru Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu je chloubou sveho spolku, musi bYt opravdovYm vudcem ye sve organisaci nez se dostane za Arednika fecierace. Krome toho ma federace deset sekci nebo oddeleni. KaZda. z techto desiti sekci ma sytij iicel. Sekce predsedit je slolena ze samYch spolkovYch vrchnich predsedn, kdyZ je ye federaci pies sto organisaci, do sclnize hlavnich predseda mohlo by pfijit pies sto nejvyMich itiednikft, kteii vedou sve organisace. Ovkm take mistopredsedove se mohou ve schuzi predsedtt neeemu priucit. KdyZ bratr Marek byl v Bostonu pri zasedami Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu, SO on a bratr Jan Rompotl, od Zapadnni Cesko-I3ratrske Jednoty do schtize predsedn, zatim co redaktor Vestniku see do schttze redaktorti. V Dallasu v roku 1953, see bratr Chupick, bratr Hromadka od ZaBJ a bratr Krakora, od CeskoslovenskYch Spolkft, schnze tajemniku, a jini uednici sli °pet do svYch schttzi. Z hiediska narodni federace jean redaktoii povaZovani za, velmi vYznamne pracovniky ye spolkovem Zivote, jednak proto, ae u maohYch bratrskYch a sesterskYch spolk y redakeni povinnosti vykondv6, nekterSr iaednik, nekde sam

Ve sttedu, dne 28. zati 1955. piedseda, nekde prvni nebo druhST mistopredseda, nekde hlavni organisator. Z hlediska Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu kdyby nebylo ve spolku dobreho reredaktora, nemel by spoiek ani dobrou reklarnu, ani hnaci silu mezi eleny, ani pottebne informace.

Tim se stalo, ke kdysi pied mnoha lety, kdy se jednalo o lep gi a fieinnejk rozdeleni prace Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu, piTgel nekdo na myglenku, aby redaktoti v gech bratrskSich publikaci konali sve zvlagtni schilze, v nicli2 by projednali rilzne otazky spadajici na bedra redaktoril. Novinatska sekce je nejstargirn oddelenim v Narodnim bratrskern kongresu, kdato Youth Counselors' Section (sekce ieditelu mladek) je oddelenim nejmlad gim. To ukazuje, jak redaktoil a easopisy byly zapojeny do spolkoveho Zivota mnohem chive nez si nekdo vzponmel, k by ta ptedsedove nebo tajemnici men miti sve skupiny. A otazka, jak dostat mlada do spolkfi a spolkove prace, ptigla v fivahu teprve pied nekolika lety. Vetgina bratrslOch spolku zacala myslet na mlada asi ye stejnou dobu, kdy my u nagi SPJST jsme zavedli detskY odbor.

Kdyi jsme my dva eleni od SPJST—tctiZ" bratr Marek a redaktor—pkijeli do Bostonu, byli jsme cizinci mezi bratry.

Nikdo nas neznal, nikdo nic nevedel o Slovanske Podporujici Jednote Statu Texasu. Prvni, s kterYm jsem se seznamil, byl hlavni tajemnik Slovenskeho Sokola, bratr Frank Oslislo. Znal jsem jel dle jmena, ponevaa jsme kdysi pied mnoha lety mai mezi sebou korespondenci.

Shanel jsem tenkrat informace a stanovy jinych eeskoslovenskYch spolkii. Oslovil jsern ho cesky "bratte Oslislo."

Kouknul se na mne s otazkou "Cech nebo Slovak?" Napted zacal slovengtinou, ale pomalu pte gel do aegtiny. Ba zjistil jsem, ze je rodakem nekde od Zlina, tugim Malenovice nebo tak nejak se jeho rodig te jmenuje. Samortejme se vyptaval na Texas a kolik nas Cechoslovaku tam dole v sousedstvi Mexika. Kdy2 jsem mu s prisloveenou texaskou yychloubaencsti sdeloval, ze je nas tti sta tisic, mozna sta tisic, ze mame v Texasu pet oeskYch tYdenikft, 2e vyueuje se Destine na dvou texaskych vysokych gkolach, ze vlastne jsme se v Texasu je gte tadne neprobudili k spolkovemu Lvotu do takove miry, aby si nas mimo hranice Texasu povg imnuli, kroutil nad tim nediiy etive hlavou. Prot pry neptijedou nasi pkedaci do zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu. Nahnul se ke mne a dfiverne sdeloval. "To bratii Slovaci jsou mnohem lep gi, aby si vybudovali jrneno a reklamu. Vgak to pozna g. A te2 uvidig, 2'e jestli budou dva Ceske spolky zastoupeny, to bude vgechno."

VES T Nt K — WEST, TEXAS V Bostonu jsem poznal, 'ie musime prolomit led, ze bude na nas samotnYch, abychom se obeznamili, abychom se sami starali o dilstojnou reklamu na gi SPJST. Segel jsem se s mnohYmi bratry Polaky, s Rusiny, Ukrajinci, Slovaky, a take jsem u registraeniho stolku narazil na bratra Cecha, kterY si piipichoval registraeni cedulku na s ydj kabat. Cedulka mela jmeno "John V. Rompotl, President, Western Bohemian Fraternal Association". Videli jsme se naposled pied ttinacti lety na pohibu redaktora Stanislava Serpana v Omaze. Nepoznal mne.

Sam bych ho take snad nepoznal nebYt registraeni cedulky. Oslovil mne ktestnim jmenem, "Stepane." Znelo to htejiye, bratrsky, dva tisice mil od domova, mezi naprosto cizimi delegaty.

NemYlim-li se, bylo nas tenkrat v Bostonu asi deset nebo jedenact z Texasu.

Ovgem byli jsme pouze dva od SPJST. Podatilo se nam, ze jsme dostali ptigti zasedani kongresu do Dallas. Ti z vYchodnich state a z Kanady natikali, 2e je to piing daleko. Ale poukazali jsme na to, ze pro nas vzdalenost neni pteka1kou, Ze jsme piijeli a do Bostonu, a ze nrijedeme tteba aZ do Kanady, kdy by zasedani bylo v Kanade. Ov gem, Toronto v Kanade je mnohem bliZ gi ne2 Boston, Philadelphia, New York, nebo Atlantic City.

Pri prohliieni programu pripraveneho pro 69. zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu vidim pouze d ye eeska, jmena.

Bratr JameS V. Krakora, vrchni tajemnik aSA z Chicaga, je Menem vSrkonneho vYboru; a redaktor Vestniku, pisatel techto tadkft, je mistoptedsedou Novinatske sekce. JinYch eeskYch jmen na progrunt' nevidim. AC iftednici nejvet gi Ceske bratrske organisace od Zapadni Jednoty, vZdy brali podil na zasedani bratrskeho kongresu, letos neni to pro ne mane. Jednota kona prave, v tyta dny svfij ttinactY sjezd v Dallasu. Sotva kdo od nich pojede do Kanady, kdyZ otazky natizuji bYti na sjezdu. eleni a etenaii museji mi prominout, ze tentokrat cele d ye strany redakenich ilvah a pokynfi venuji diskusi o Narod• nim bratrskem kongresu, velike federaci vgendrodni. Ale je to jakYsi celkovY piehled spolkove prace. Je znatelnY rozdil mezi bratrskYmi jednotami a obchodnimi spoleenostmi. Kdo jednou rna ptilaitost navgtivit zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu, pozna ten ohromnY rozdil. Pokud si pamatuji, je devet bratrskYch a sesterskYch jednot, ktere vydr2uji domovy pro stare eleny. Je sedm jednot, ktere mail sve vlastni nemocnice.

Jsou dve jednoty, ktere mail leeebne stavy pro eleny trpici souchotinami, a jeden z techto Ustavii. je v San Antoniu.

Pet jednot ma letovike, nebo jak zde rikame summer camps. Pies dvacet bratr-

Sti ana 3 sld•ch a sesterskYch jednot poskytuje svYm elentm bezplatne lekarske prohlidky, nebot' se poznalo, ze lepSi a vYhodnejAi je miti zdraveho Mena nebo zakrok pied nemoci neZ yyplaceti Umrtni pojistky. Proto nektere jednoty maji Umrtnost daleko niZAi ne2 mame u na.Si SPJST. Sta,- ' rail se o zdravi s yYch elenn bezplatne. • Nekritisuji svou vlastni Jednotu, protok v mnohem ohledu jsme v popiedi, mame moderni pojistky, mame Usporne vedeni Jednoty, zahospodatili jsme si sluSnY piebytek, a mtiZeme dnes ptemY glet o dalg ich vYhodach, ktere bychom mohli dosti brzy s yYm elerrhm poskytnouti. Nejsme pozadu, ale take nechceme zustat stati, aby nas jine jednoty nenechaly pozadu.

A kdyi ui pochvaluji naSi SPJkT, jsme v poptedi, musim upozornitja neco, v eemZ' jsme na prvnirn mist& Jsme tretim nejvetSifil ceskym spolkem ve SpajenYch statech. Oznamil jsem nedavno, ze v ziskavani Clem byli jsme loriskeho roku na miste prvnim. Ale je gte v neeem jinem jsme na prvnim mist& Asi ze sotva byste uhodli, i kdybyste hadali ttikrat. Ve sjezdovem vydani. Sjezd v Houstonu v roce 1952 nas star asi $32,000. Ptisjezd bude nas stati a itejakYch pet nebo osm tisic vice — jestli se totiZ do to doby neumoudiime. Prave etu v Bratrskem Vestniku ZOBT, ze fitednici one Jednoty pracovali na, yydani delegatii do sjezdu v Dallasu nekolik mesicii pied sjezdem a na.poeitali toho $25,383.33. Ona bratrska organisace je asi dva a pfilkrat Yak na nage, ale ptedchazejici sjezdoye yYlohy byly u nich pouze d ye ttetiny toho, co sta.l nas sjezd v Houstonu. VY10hy na letani sjezd maji vypoeitany ptedem. My to mame zatizeno jinak. Byl dan na poslednim sjezde navrh, aby delegati v ptikim sejzdu byli vyplaceni Hlavni fitadovnou pa poste az po ukoneeni sjezdu. Podporovano a pkijato.

Nekdo pronesl nedavno poznamku, ie nag sjezd by nas nestal takove penize, kdybychom nemenili stale nak stanovy.

Pry jsme jako politikari, kteti stale ne• jake nove zakony vymY gleji a k nim ptidavaji, a ty stare, prelile a nepotrebne nikdy nevyhodi. Pry mohli bychom mit stanovy docela jednoduche, kterYm by kaZd3"r rozumel, ne2 je stale doplriovat, opravovat, k nim piilepovat, a pak se die tech ptilepkt stejne nikdo neiidi. Necb je na, torn pravdy, ale ze by jednoduche stanovy byly lope dodr2ovane, to•asi pravda nebude. Na ptiklad elanek 137 pravi: "Pravidelne schae konaji se nennene jednou za mesic." Dejme tonau, ze misto osmi slov meli bychom pouze etyti, aby to bylo kratg i: "Schtize konaji se mesiene."

Kdo z vas chce tvrdit, ze by se tato etyti slova lope dodrkvala na onech win?

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VtSTNtK— WEST, TEXAS

Ve stiedu, rine 28. zari 1955.

ZA BRATREM J. F. JANtiKEM Ve etvrtek rano volan jsem byl mezi-Gajcvs1;y Ths. Jandik. Bratr Janeik byl mestskym telefonem z Corpus Christi. polobon rind-riot-Jim a vyhlidkami do buZemrel dobry spolko yY bratr Josef F. doucnosti nejvice nad geny. Finaneni Jandik. Rodina si prala, abych se prigel problem—prociej jeho majetku pri Wharrozloullit v pohrobnicke mistnosti a tea ton—mu neclovolil prestehovani do Valna hrbitove. Pohreb byl v patek, 16. zari. ley.

Poznal jsem bratra Jandika kratce po Asi prod deseti ei dvanacti lety, kdyZ jeho prijezdu do teto zeme. Pachazel z vgechn y Janeikovy deti dorostly a se oRokytnice od Vsetina. Bylo to nekolik samo,,r iinily—sedin deer a etyri synikilometru od ineho vlastniho rodigte. bratr Jankik se svou manZelkou presteNebylo nesnadne navazat znamost s kra ho yali se do Corpus Christi, aby tam byjanem, t •ebaZe byl o dvacet rokfl star- dieli s nejmlacl g i provdanou deerou, pasi. in Ha , rkovoit. FfI tom stehovani rozdal Asi v tent d. os prijal do East Bernard brats Lneik Lai:11.a v gechny sve knihy, jinY krajan, s kte•Ym nine ptitel Jan- kalcriclare a n„) easopisy. Vyelk soznamil, Jan Gajevsky od 'Mora y pravel mi: -Kdyz jsein vyprodaval sve -skeOtravy.Adjmshnelioct- farmaiske naradi, kdyz lide videli stoniky k divadlu, byl Josef JaM,•ik relise- ny novin, knih a kalendara v pristenku rem a Jan Gajevsky dostal obyeejne a v komore, tak to chteli na Oteni; a ja, hlavni roli. V eem byl bratr Gajevsk377, dokud jsern mel, tak jsern rozdaval. Ale tam y ypoinahal bratr Jandik. Co Janeik i tak jsem toho privez1 je gte dosti hodne navrhoval, to GajevskY pociporoval. Oba at do Corpus Christi." Za nejakY mesic pracovali pro rad Karel Jonas eislo 28, po nagem rozlaovoru, poslal mi do Houoba bcrovall pro C ' eske Narodni Sdr0e- storm celou bednu starch knih a easoni V prvni svetove valce, oba zpivali ku- pis& piety a men Zertovne vYstupy; kde byl Dokud byl bratr Janeik pobliZ" East jeden, tam byl tea druhY. NejakY eas roBernard, mel kolem sebe dosti velikou diny oily v sousedstvi. skupinu spolkovYch pracovnikti a divaKdyz vyhorela prvni budova radu Ka- delnich ochotnikfi. Tepkrat fad Karel rel Jona g, GajevskY i Janeik byli na sta- Jonag byl jednim z neTeilej gich. Krome velmirn vY13orti. A kdyZ pri glo zarizovani Jana Gajevskeho poinahali Janeikovi jevigte, oba na nem pracovali.Kdyk se po- zesnulY bratr Jan Slama, Pavel Vagieek, rizovala nova knihovna, aby byla nahra- Jan Majer, rodina BrodeekYch, rodina zena stara, kterou znieil poZar, oba po- Davidova, rodina Dominika Nezvala, romahali vybirati nove svazky. Bratr Ga- dina Oy esnYch, sestra Lydia KubenojevskY byl tajemnikem, bratr Jantik kni- va, sestra Carrie Hohadikova, Novosadovi, UrbiSoyi, Kleekovi, a vela rada jihovnikem. nYch. Po Case oba se stehovali z najrnu na Snad vinnu okolnosti se stalo, ae niaye vlastn ti domoviny. Bratr GajevskY patnact mil smerem severovYchodnim kdo z techto hVvalYch spolupracovniku od sine Karel Jona g, bratr Janeik asi nebyl nvedo.0 n, is skonal dobry, poctidvacet pet mil smerern jihozapadnim. 0 vY a men rc,c , y clen radu radu Karel nekolik let drive odejel jsem tea sam s Jona g. . jeho bYvalYch soudruhu nentijel do Corpus Christi, aby bratra rnanZelkou a chlapcem do Houstonu.

Bratr Janeik vypadl z prime rieasti na Janeika vyprovodil na posledni ceste.

Vzdor svemu vysokemu veku—byl star praci spolkove svYm presidlenim, Bylo to piece trochu daleko, a pak bylo tak 83 let—te gil se bratr Janeik vYbornenru mnoho povinnosti doma, v zahrade, v o- zdravi. A't asi pied- dvema, lety dostal vocnern sadu, s chovern clrfibee. Byl bra- slunecni uzeh, kdy2 pracoval ye sve zatr Janeik trochu jako Luther Burbank hracle za mestem Corpus Christi. Jen na—stale nem sazel, stale gtepoval, krilil, hoduti zastavil iseint se v jeho residenci vynalezal, podnikal nove zkou gky a ex- pri site ceste pies Corpus. Odpoeival, nic perimenty. A nebylo snad eeskeho listu, ho nebolelo, ale vzalo to chvilku net vydavaneho v Americe, aby nebyl jeho pozrial. Pak se rozhovoril, a zdalo se, Ze etenarem a pravidelnYm odberatelem. krome telesne slabosti nic jineho mu KdyZ rja ge SPJST prebrala v Rio Gran- neschavi. Kriy/ ale druheho rana pied de Valley etyri tisice akril pozemkri, a odjezdem jsodi navgtivil znovu, nekdyZ jako mistopiedseda Jednoty byl painatoval sa ila mou nav gtevu pi'edchajsem poveren obeznamit na ge eleny s zejiciho v ecera timto pozemkem, prvni tri oleni, s kteOd to dcby oomalu chradl. Nejviec trrYmi jsemt navazal pisemne spojeni za pel tim, ve on. naruZivY etenar, nemohl ifeelem prozkoumani moanosti osaditi 0- disti. Zadne brejle mu nevyhovovaly od ny pozemky na gimi eleny, byli bratr J. chvile, kdy klesl nasledkem irt'ehu. A taH. Hurta, nynejk predseda. RVOS, Jan ke jeho az do vysokeho veku havrani

vlasy pozbyly svou ptivodni barvu a promenily se ve stribro.

Odegel dobry Men, starostlivy otec, mild piltel, best budiZ jeho parnatee.

—Redaktor )• •(

KALENDAR ✓ irterY veeer kaidfr tYden evidi se sborove zpevy dospelYch v sini radu Pokrok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou vitani. Zaeatek v cam veder. ✓ sobotn vee,er kaideho tYdne je v sini radu Pokrok Houstonu pratelskY yeeirek, kde jsou hry a zabava pro v gechny. Kuchyne vkly poskytuje dobra ,iI4la.

V sobotu 1. Nina bude predv'tden deskY film v Sokolovne v Houstonu pod nazvem "Prtilom". Upozorriujeme verejnost na tento film a odekavame vcikou navgtevu.

Zatatek v 8 hodin. ✓ sobotti 8. iijna cvieienci Sokola Houston budou mitt spoleenou vederi v Sokolovne. Ostatni clenstvo a hoste jsou vitaut.

V neclell 9. iijna bude lcunna pravidelna mesieni schuze SoKola Houston. Bratri a sestry, dostavte se vgichni.

V nedeli 16. ,iijna poradd Sokol Houston pcsledni oiknik v -Leto sezone. K obeciu chutne barbecue, rrizne obt'erstveni a domad pedivo. Pro zabavu ruzne hry a Yoder tanec. Sokol dada nasi verejnost, aby piknik v hojnem poctu navgtivila. ✓ sobotu 21. iijna v Sokolovne v Houstonu bude predveden deskY film "Poeestne Pani Pardubicke". j • 4,•

Distnktni schfize Schrize v jinYch distriktech budou uvefejneny jakmile distriktnl rirednici ustanovi datum schrize ye svem distriktu.

Distrikt prvni, .18. zari, Smithville.

Distrikt druhY, 16. iijna, Seaton Distrikt sedmY, 16 . Mina, San Antonio ) 44„•( Kosa na kamen.

Pied soudem jednalo se o Zalobe, vanesene na automobilistu, jehoZ stroj zasahl jednoho eloveka a odhodil stranou. Obhajce autornobilisty ptal se svedka, kterY nehodu videl, jak daleko onen elovek byl odhozen."

"Patna.ct strevicri, Best a tri etvrtiny palce," odpovedel svedek ben rozmYgleni.

"Vy jste nejak presnY ve sve vYpove-di!" poznamenal sarkasticky advokat.

"Oim to prijde, Ze to vite tak na vlas?"

"Tugil jsem, Ze se mne na to nejakY pitomY advokat bude pta.t a proto jsem to vzdalenost lined vymeril," pravil svedek.

Ve stredu, tine 28. zail 195,

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VESTNiK WEST, TEXAS

SHLEDANi NA PUDE TEXASKE (Napsal Josef 13uriata r. 1897) usadili ku starci, kterY jim ritzna nauteJan Mika byl otutilYm vojinem a ni proto se hotovil k fiteku s chladnou roz"Nyni jste jit mimo nebezpeei," pravil, vahou. Sedel klidne mezi vojaky, s nekterpm., kteri miuvili Spanelsky, take roz- "ale priblitenim se ku Galvestonu zase nebezpeei vzroste. Kdyby ti psia krev mlouval, jak datece znalost jeho reel te, otrokari spat •ili vas na me barce, budou sahala a koneene se hotovil asi v pill de- miti ihned podez •eni, ponevae jsou zvysate k ulehnuti. S ylekl vrchni odev a u- kli vidati mne zde samotneho. Proto se lotil se na .slarnnik, delaje se ospalym. musite uchYliti do me skrY ge. V meziPa-: Brzy se v gecko muts,tvo ku spanku uloti- lubi, kde main site rybarske a kde ukla= lo, v jizbe bylo -Una a jen dYchani a dam sve potreby, naleza se tajne, skrYS: chrapani spicich bylo sly geti. Jan letel Jest jen tak velka,, co byste tarn mohli v rade Da, kraji. Kdyt pozoroval, ze nej- oba podle sebe leteti, avaak yarn postablitSi soused jeho tyrcle spi, zlehka vstal, ei pro nejakou hodinu. Potrva-li vitr uchopil boty podle stojici a tine vygel tEnto stale, dostaneme se easne z rana za,dnimi clvermi ven v noonim obleku. Tu do pristavu galvestonskeho. Tam vas tese obul a kraeel po dvore k rohu, kde dy ukryji a jakmile se vzdalime na do• se zachody nalkaly. Kdyby byl i viden strel od naesta, mittete zase z fikrytu vyod strate, bylo by to nevzbudilo tadne lezti. Pak budeme jit pod ochranou podezreni. Prijda do kouta nadvori, zavlady severni a nemame se vice chytil se za okraj ohrady a vytahl telo, co tech rebehl obavati. 'Vas v gak musim, at hlavou dosahl vrchole, patraje po mill hogi, dopraviti na lod' spolkovou tajstatnem ochranci. Ten jit stal na terni ne, aby to nikdo z ; tech slidicu galvemiste za ohradou a mleky jen pokynul stonskYch nepozoroval. Kdyby melt jen Janovi. V okamtiku se vojin prehoupnul tugeni, ze jsem naklonen severu a te dopies ohradu, v druhem okamtiku vjel pomaliam vojakilm konfederaenirn k nohama do podanYch mu spodkii, v mi- teku, nesmel bych se nikdy vice ani v nute mel jit kabrit na sobe a klobouk na Galvestonu, ani v Houstonu ukazati. Ti hlave, nada se oba muti ubirali ulici do- chlapi by byli s to moji barku zabaviti id k zalivu, aby druhY dil sveholu a mne do vezeni uvrhnouti. Lode priprovedli. Dosli mleky az k vocie, kde se stay hlidajici nechaji nag rybare na podali po piseitem brehu v pravo a brzy koji, ba jegte casein nam midstvO odkoudostihli Chinu zde uvazaneho. Antonina pi neco. Jsou mezi nand nekteri atrivi tu je gte nebylo. Se zatajenYm dechem konfederate, kteFI za tacinou cenu nenaslouchali, zdat se koneene kroky jeho chteji nieeho miti se sevetany a ti by ozvou. Vgude bylo ticho, jen tam s dru- mne ihned zradili, kdyby vedeli, ze jsem re strany domu dolehaly k sluhu jejich uprchliky na lod' valeenou dopravil. Vine obeasne kroky pozdniho chodce, nebo i sice na torn mnoho nezaleti, pakli seznarachot vozu. S vac radnice zavznel dvo- ji moje prave smYgleni, ale myslim si, ji itcler zvonu, znameni to, ze jest ji't pill ze mohu jegte mnohYm podobnou sliftbu jedendete, ale Antonina tu pokud nebylo. prokazati, jako yam dnes."

Jit se poeali o nej strachovati, kdy poLod' plula rychle pri svitu mesice, ktejednou zadni dvere domu se otevrely rY sve spore svetlo po Nadine rozleval. z nich vystoupila jakasi belava postava. Piuli tak asi do pulnoci, kdy se poeala V male chvili postava prebehla prostran- hladina vodni roz girovati, DA koneene nestvi mezi domem a vodou a jit do elunu bylo jiz brehu ani znati. vskoeil Antonin take jen v noenim ode"Nyni jsme ji2t v zalivu galvestonskem, vu. Stars, Polak rychle ponoril vesla do vody, elun jako gipka uhanel po hladine na jeho Usti do more st naleza teprve a net Antonin pripravenY tu odev na se- mesto," vykladal starec. "Po techto Ar0 — be navleknul, prirazili jiA k boku rybar- ci ach a dale na jih az k fisti Rio Grande, bez mala po dvacet ske lode. Mai vystoupili na palubu a se prohanim Vystehoval jsem se do teto zeme s mezi tim, co Jan a Antonin vytahovali elun z vody, upevriujice jej na zadi, od- nekolika rodinami polskYmi a zalaili vazal start' rybak svoji barku, napnul jsme osadu tam dole pod San Antoniem plachtu a v male chvili jit se kolebala Mize k mori, jit jsme nazvali Panria Malod' na hladine zalivu. Val chladnY se- ria. Krajina v gak je east() suchem stiverozapadni vitr, ten v gak se opiral moo- tena a proto jsme zhusta nemeli ani z ne do nadmute plachty; einit lod' rychle ceho 'tivu bYti. Pracovali jsme kde se nain ku pi edu pohanena byla. Start' Polak u- jakY vVdelek naskytnul, jen abychom to sednul na lavieku u kormidla, zkugenou bidne tivobyti uhajili. Ja si zhotovil nejrukou ridil barku svoji po proudu a za prve elun na fee° Guadalupe a dal se do pill hodiny jit zmizela svetla Houstonu rybareni. Podnikal jsern vtcly del gi a delplavby, at jsem se dostal k mori. RyTi se nyni zrakilin prchadicich (Pnkrahovani.)

bareni se mi darn° a ja si koneene tuto barku, s nit se tak svetem ticukam. Nemam rodiny, nemdm Mei jsem mantelku i ditky, ale synove:. dva odegli na more a vice jsem o nich neslygel, mantelku pak a ostatni etyry.i 'ditky schvatila tluta zimnice. Kdyt ism se jednou zase asi po'etyrnedelnim ryba, reni vratil, nalezl jsem sve mile jik vi chladnem hrobe. Nakaza je zachvatila,a,a ja tu zilstal sam, osikelY, opu gtenY." Dve slzi pH torn skanulo po tvati starcove,i, kterY tu seal co socha, nepohnutY, s ru-. kama o vratidlo kormidla oprenYma „ tupe ziralpred sebe. bba mladici son-,; strastne pohlitejice na neho, ne4dvaAili' se posvatne ticho ru giti. Tak dale ' k jihu; lod' jako gipka. hnana byla ;y, pied, az koneene na,vychodnum obzotu, poealy se objevovati slab& eervanky: kteret vtcly vic a vice rudnouce, pbealY' hladinu vodni do znaene dalky osvetloL, vati. Ttt se starec . ze sveho zadumani probudil a rozhiednu y se kolem, praviL "Ted' hog i do fikrytu. Jest videti jit 10'de do znaene dalky, motel by vas tu rte.: kdo zpozorovati."

Uvazav pak kormidlo, vedl mladiky do, mezipalubi. Kde odstranil provazy a site na zemi lezici, otevtel mala dvikka, eimt se objevilo jakesi sklepeni, uprave-L, ne jako lote. Pokynuv jim pak, aby tarn' vstoupili pravil: "Tam si pane' ulehnete a spete. Otev-' riti infitete snadno, kdyt se do pokloPit's optete. Bud'te tam vSak tisi, pokud VaS' nezavolam."

(Pokraeovani) ) e Cestoval jeden pan v cizine. Jednott prigel do restaurace a rekl vrchnimu: "Pane vrchni, dejte mi tvrdou kotletti' s nedovatenYmi bramborami . a pripale2, nou omaekou . . . pak mi dejte zalatat nekolik puneoch a pust'te radio ... vite, mne se tolik stYska po domovu!"

• • Povedemi host.

Host k vrchnimu: "Pane vrchni, davate na dluh?"

"Ne, prosim."

"Hm, tak mi dejte je gte jedno pivo, dew set cigaret a veprovou a po glete pro strat/ nika."

• ZajimavS7. piipad.

Na kliniku prof. Kukuly byl kdysi praven pozoruhodnY pripad.

"Vy obohatite vedu", pravil pan pro,f07, sor tovialne k pacientovi.

"Stai, pane profesore," znela odpovetr, jsem tady na nemocenskou pokladnu..";

vEsTNIK_...,TExAs

Strang 6

Ve stiedu, dne 28. zaki 1955.

DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENU Rad Culak eislo 165 Mill etenati a etendity: Tak jsem tu zas, abych napsala par tadkti. To noun tu dnes dobte zaprgelo, baviny v poll jest main a to se nejtide sbirat nemtiZe se kleknout a ulevit na ten stark hi-bet. Kdyby nezapr gelo, tak ani by rolnik nemel eas si odpoeinout.

V nedeli byla nage pravidelna schtize a bylo nas ptitomno 18 elenfr. 8t'astne eislo dostala pani Moczygemba.

Tak spolubratti a spolusestry nageho kadu, chci yam dat na vedomost, abyste nezapomeli, Ze na ge pravidelna schtze rnesici fijnu bude konana zase tieti nedeli v iijnu, dne 16., a to proto, ae druhou nedeli, 9. tijna, jest piknik v Moultonu v sini V.F.W. Ten piknik potado. Americka Legie a mnozi si pteji bYti tam ptitomni.

Tak nezapomerite na na gi schuzi, neb bude dfile'Zite jednani k vuli na gi vyrodni ()slave, kterou budeme potadati 6. listopadu a my si vas tam pfejeme co nejvice.

Nage spolusestra sleena Rose Marie Melnar, dcera manZelfi August MelnarovYch z Moulton, India svatbu v nedeli 18. zati. Za manZela si brala Marvin Mika.

Hostina se odbYvala v sini V.F.W. a yeeer byla taneeni zabava, pii ktere vyhravala orchestra Emila Barto ge. Novomanelflm ptejeme to nejlep gi, co jim jen mute Rah nebeskY polehnat. Kde budou ptebYvat, dosud nevim.

Plan, aby Jednota postavila fitulnu pro stare Cleny, podporuji stoprocentn.e. Nevime zaden, co nas deka, v budoucnosti.

Ty nage tvrdohlave nahledy zmenime v kratkosti, zrovna jak to poeasi se meni.

Vice jest potieba Utulnu pro stare eleny nea park pro deti, neb farmatske matky si nemohou dovolit vilet s detmi a do parku tak lehko. AZ bude za co, to bude dobra vec pro ty mlade.

UZ toho musim zanechat a jit do pro.ce. Tak je gte jednou, mile spolusestry a spolubratti, nezapomefite ptijet do to nadatum 16. iijna. si S pozdravern na vgechny zustavam Baena Fojtova.

4, eislo 142.

Rad gtefanik ) Houston, Texas.

Zprava ze schilze tadu 8tefanik Oslo 142 v Houstonu.

Schfizi zahajil piedseda za ptitomnosti 23 Menu a Zadal ptitomne, aby povstanim uctili pamatku sestry Katetiny Dlouhe, ktera, zemiela 28. srpna ye stati 72 roka a pochovana byla na htbitove v Crosby Za velke fleasti krajanfr.

Po vytizeni beZnYch zalditosti byli pHjati do Jednoty etyki novi elenove.

Lanni elenove jsou Zadani bratrem

pied-

sedou Hlavni fdadovny, aby pomohli v naboru novYch Clem, zvla gte to nave detske, na kterou se plati 20 rokii, ale je vyplacena hotove v 60 letech. Doba ptistoupeni 6 mesica aZ 9 rokil. Poplatek: $1.75 as $1.86 mesiene na $1,000. Toto je velice vYhodna pojistka pro deti.

Zpravu ze schfize 5. distriktu podala sestra Amalie Sturmova a mezi jinym hlasi, ze ua mame u tadu Klub mladeZe v einnosti, take u jinYch tadil 5. distriktu maji Kluby mladeZe, jako na Studewood, v Danbury, v Needville, snad i v Crosby.

Zaleli tedy na Planovacim vYboru, aby, se co nejdfive segel, spojil se s jinYmi distrikty a spoleene poladal Hlavni fitadovnu, aby pozemek v Bastrop okresu bud' celY, nebo jeho east byl zachovan pro Letni taboti gte deti. Jeji zprava byla odmenena potleskem.

Vgechny na.vrhy Planovaciho vYboru byly ptijaty, zalezi tedy na Stanovnim vYboru, aby je ptedloZil sjezdu ku schvaleni, nebo zamitnuti.

'Zit ku vzdelani mla.dae elenfi Jednoty; piece to mladed na to take plati z pHspevn, ktere jdou od kaleleho dlena v Detskem odboru na vYlohy, mimo funrtni fond.

Takted ptipravne prace s fitulnou mely by bYt hotovy pied sjezdem. Distrikty ustanovi vYbor na postaveni Utulny, aby vygettil a odporueil polohu krajiny, velikost stavby a ptibliZnou cenu, vydilovani jisteho poetu chovancii, poplatky na klade mesienich ptispevkfi, nebo na zaklade pestovani hospodatskkch plodin.

TakovY, nebo podobny rozpoeet by pHnesl vYbor do sjezdu Ku schvaleni, nebo dopineni.

Kolik by to stalo? PtibliMe 'Wilk: Jednota ma 119 bodil solvence, to jest 19 bodil vice na poladuje Statni odbor pojigteni. Kdy2 by sjezd povolil na prvni rok 3 body solvence, (jeden bod — asi $20,000) Jednota nic neztrati, ponevan tulna bude pattit Jednote, jako ji path Hlavni fitadovna a po 2 letech se bude aulna yydrZovat sama, ovgem bude záByly dotazy, prod Hlavni fitadovna za- leZet na sprave a vedeni. ujima tak opatrnY postoj k navrhum o Ku konci schfize bylo rokovano, aby letnim tabotigti a fitulne? Cela, zalelitost, bavni vYbor se se gel a vyplanoval nejadle nahledfi nekterYch elent ma se takto: kou zabavu ye prospech Moudkova fondu Vgechen majetek path Jednote, ktera po- na utulnu, nebo aby se venovalo nejake zastava ze Clem, kteti tento majetek be- procento z kadde zabavy na tento fond. hem lady let svYmi poplatky nashroma.2Schfize ukoneena zpovem "Hej Slovadili, tito elenove potadaji sjezd kaZde 4 ne!" do ptigtiho mesice. roky a jsou zastoupeni delegaty, ktere Zdar n.agemu podnikani, vas sami ze syYch demi vybrali, aby je na Alois Vaja, dopisovatel. sjezdu zastupovali, ponevadt ani vgichni ) • 4 elenove, ani vgichni delegati zaleiitosti Jednoty nemohou vesti, zvoli k tomu fleeitad Vesmernost eislo 68. lu Utedniky, ktere jmenujeme Hlavni aBellville, Texas. tadovnou, ktera v gechen majetek Jedno- Mile sestry a bratti: ty ma v opatrovani, nasledovne, kdy2 Neda, mi to a ne, abych nenapsal aspofi jsou vybirany poplatky Hlavni fitadovnou par tadkfi do Vestniku a je gte timto zpilna fimrtni fond elerra, nemohou bYt pou- sebem vzdat dik sestram a brattim na Zity na nic jineho, pokud sjezd Cast pte- Koval za jejich tak laskave nas ptijeti a byteenYch fondfi neuvolni k nejakemu ji- pohosteni na schfizi prvniho distriktu, nem(' Ueelu ye prospech vgech elenft, na ktera se konala minulou nedeli dne 18. t. ptiklad: pro vydavani spolkoveho orga- m. tam na Koval. nu, na sluZne frtednikam, na dary a na Vyjeli jsme zde z Nelsonville v nedeli bane vydani Hlavni utadovny. Na rano s bratrem T. M. Kamasem na jeho Kdyi Jednota chtela mit budovu pro automobile, na g tajemnik bratr Edwin Hlavni fitadovnu, museli podkat do sjez- Sbupak, bratr Ladgie Zettel a ptedseda du, kde byl povolen jistY obnos na stavbu John Mravenec. a ustanoven Stavebni vYbor, kterY o dalgi Toto byla moje prvni nav gteva na Kose postaral. val, ale byl bych tomu veru velice nerad, TakovYm zpirsobem mfiZeme postupo- kdyby to mela bYt moje posledni; zvlagte vat pH zavedeni letniho tabora a stavbou kdybych tteba ode gel tam nekam, co se fitulny. tika, ze u2 z tam odtud neni navratu, to Co distrikty by mohly udelat pied sjez- veru bych toho velice litoval. dem, je toto: ttednici distriktil vyberou Ale opravdu jsou tam velice uptimni a jednoho nebo dva Cleny, kteri vypracuji ptatelgti lide. Doufam, Ze se tam kaZdY plan, jakYm zpusobem zaloleni tabora citil jako mezi temi nejlep gimi ptately, dalo by se uskuteeniti a ptedlai jej ye za cod path ty nej ytelej gi diky tamejgim sjezdu ku schvaleni.

Statni odbor poji gteni snad nebude MilZete 'treat, ze jsme se tam men veliproti pouZivani pozemku, kterY bude slou- ce dobke, ani se nam nechtelo jet z tam

Ve strectu, chic 28. za I. 1955, odtud domu. Ano, prijeli jsme aZ v pondeli. No ale nemyslete, Se treba uZ byl bilY den_— to ne, byla jen kterasi minuto po pithaoci.

TeZ bratr Edwin Stalmach s inanZelkou a ciceroSkou tarn byli zde od nas z Nelsonville, ale vice jsem tarn od naSeho du nevidel, byl-li tam kdo, tak prosim za odpu gteni, Ze jsem vas nevidel. Vim, Se nekteti hodiali jet, ale nasledkem nernoci ✓ rodine nebylo jim to moZne. Byl to brz;11. JeZek, kterY -tec hodlal jet, tak teZ bratr a sestra B. W. Schillerovi. Nasledkern vaZne operace pana Alfreda JeZka, tak jeli za nim do Houstonu.

Vy, kteri jste mohli jet, ale nejeli, tot jste velice chybili. Doufain, Se to vynahradime pri gte v Scholenburgu, ale doopravdy. JO. to minim, neb tak velkY fad jako je na g a bYt tak male zastoupen, to nam asi nedela moc dobrou reklamu. Co O f viii in s Mite?

Jed n schtize popisovat nebodu, neb nekdo jinY lepSi popiSe a po'Sle do Ve,i ink)!

Tiik j&Ste,jecinott vzdavant co nejsrdee• ciiky jak za sebe tak i za druhe, za tak pratelske nas ucteni a pohosteni.

Zkuste to, vy Ko yarSti, a prijed'te pH prilelitosti sem k nom, co bychom se yam mohli aspon easteene odmenit.

S bratrskYm pozdravem zustavam vas John Bravenec, predseda radu eislo 68.

• •. • Rack Karel Jona'A eislo 28.

East Bernard, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratri: Timto vain oznantuji, Ze schfize naAeho radu bode poradana v nedeli due 16. rijna ye 2 hodiny odpoledne.

Dostavte se v gichni, mare =oho k projednani. TeZ neetni vybor pada. svou Ptilr oeni zpravu. Wichni bychom radi videli ye schtizi eleny z Wallis, Wharton a El Campo, itZ nebyli mezi nami davno.

Prijd'te vSlchni, budete radi videni.

S pozdravem (39-40-41) Carrie Bohaeik. )• ( Rad Rovnost eislo 7.

Caldwell, Texas.

Oznameni zmeny schtize v rijno. Schtlze se bode konat prvni. nedeli, namisto druhe S bratrskYin pozdravem J. J. Krupa, tajemnik ) • •( Clenum iadu Needville C- islo 81.

Needville, Texas Bratri a sestry: Tirnto se yam oznamuje, Ze mama prilaitost prodat nas majetek, kde naS'e sin stop, za dobrou cenu.

Rad' bychom melt vase dobrozdani, jestli mime prodat a koupit nekde lacinej, misto a prestehovat budovu.

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Take nam pripacia volba incednikft.

Prijd'te VSichni a zvolte si Utedniky dig chuti. My bychom radi se toho S bratrskYm pozdravem A. V. Franek, predseda..

John 13Iinka tajemnik.

(37,-39-41-43) ) • 44 • ( Rad Fort Worth eislo 154 Fort Worth, Texa Mill bratri a sestry!

Zase yam pripominam, Ze naS'e schoze obYvati se bode prvni nedeli v mesici rij nu. 2. ve 2 hodiny odpoleclne v Sokolovne. Mame dulelite jednani ohledne toho jak by se udelalo neco ve prospech naS P -horadu.Btisey,kjnavYboru prijdte jiste at' se domluvite ohledne toho co se bode Mat. Tak to pekne zaealo, jak to mela sestra Albrechtova, hned bylo na bingo za rnalou clavili tidelano pies 20 dolarti vidite bratri a sestry kdyZ se chce new dokazat, tak se to dokaZe jen chtit. Sestro Martincova vy jste ten na vYborti prordna vas napiSte ta dopis do Vestniku anglickY vy umite psat a svolejte ten vybor co to ma na starosti, Ja na vYboru nejsein ale s radosti yam ten yyponattZu kdyf budete potrebovat. piSi. maj CeskY dopis pm ty, kteri etou ee.sky, a pro ty, kteri eesky netneji, napiSte dopis anglickY aby o torn tea vede ply. Doom se jim po yalujou treba jate vS'elijake pekne veci, ktere je uZ omrzely, mohly by /tam je darovat na 'fishing pan', nebo na bingo, potom sestry neco do kuchyne, no vsak to je'Ste oznamim.

Kdyby sine to mohly udelat tak jak to udelaly v nedeli 18. zati na Sokolovne cd spolku katolickeho u ktereho, jsem jsem ten prispi yajici olenkoo. Muslin je pochvalit jak vSichni oprimne pracovaly a s chuti, a co lidi tam bylo, sestry darovaly neco do kuchyne, a pak se tam yesele s tisinevem toeili, a proclavaly, lacino yeeeri. VSecho bylo dost i toho kafieka, sodovky a ytibec vSeho, potom doscaly, hodne darkil do bingo a hraly sine bingo aS do yeeere.

Po veeeri to bylo jeSte veselejS1, prijel bratr Langr s jeho ntilou manZclkou, do nestjeho peknou harmoniku a kde on s ni prijde, o je, ten to umi rozveselit.

TeZ Intel do sokolovny inladY vojaeek nejakY pan Kozel, pribuznY pana a pani Joe F. Kuban, Jr. ten si prines1 ten harmoniku, hraly same Ceske kousky, a mely ste slyS'et ty starSi party krajany jak zpivaly, Ze to bylo jako ve stare vlasti o zabave. Napsala bych i jmena tech hodnYch zpevakti. ale nevim jesli by se na me nezlobily. My jsme se tam dobre bavily s pani Skra gkovou, a pant F3artokvou,

Strana 7 Pani Vystavylovou, pani Jeemenkovou a jeSte s nekterYmi jinYaii, a ani se Dam domu nechtelo, deveatka se daly do tan. cc , kdo to yydrZi seclet pri to krasne ees,, ke muzice. musi aspon pod stolem p noty podupavat. Take sestra Aloisie 1 Can a sestra Marie Tesar prodavaly ty na rtiZenec moc peknY, kterY vyhrala. sestra Milanova mela z nej opravdu dost. Tak vydite bratti a sestry naS'eho. kteti jste tam byly, kdyby se udelalo neco takovehb, valyt' ten nas rad,joi chudY. JeSte pazdrav, v'Sem eto.'it7 chat zasil Anna SyitakOva, radoVa dopisovatelka. oTi • IoWa, Milt' oratre-redaktore: Scleluji Ti, zasilam zas par krii Zek a sloe: Dejiny narocia eeskelto ad Palackeho, 4 dily y e 2 svazcich; dale, Jincirove, Capek-Cliod; Pani Komisarka od 'Baara: ' 2ofinka kanovnik. Haar, Knez, Sena a zpoved'; Povidky z jedne: kapsy, Povidky z druhe kapsy, od bratri. jeden kalendar AmerikanY HumoristickY kalendat 1921.

Kde byly jake knihy na prodej a ja inohl dostat, tak jsem je koupil a koukal jsem, zdali uS nekterou Tak main nektere clvakrat. Jeae mant nejake. ale ty aS pozdeji a moZna Ze 16= ste nejake pribudou.

Ono by se riaSlo na tech eeskYch far-. mach dosti starch knih po naSich pred,cich, ale je treba, aby se tomu nekdo ye"noyal a v prve rade samotne rady. Oho' by se dalo o tom hodne psat, ale Zadri, zajem o to neni, pi•ei;te se to, pokYva. hlavou a zustane pri starem. Ta stojata voda se nezvedne.

Zatim dost a preji vAe to nejlepgi.

Frank Volt.' r., 014 • ( NEDOSTAVATE VESTNIK? Nekdy v budcucnosti se milk stati, pravidelna dodavka Vestniku bude nekomu z vas najednou zastavena a organ ptestane dochazet. Stane-li se to jet). jednou, virtu pravdepodobne nese poUa. Opakuje-li se to dva, tisi a vice tYdnii za sebou, dopiate na Supreme Lodge SP.TST, Temple. Texas, at' pfipad je vyaetten.

Nepgte ani na vydavatele, ani na redaktora, ale na Hlavni itfadovnu. Starip, vy nafizuji, Ze kdo si pi'eje Vestnik, dopsati neetnimu Hlavni iffadovny, kterS% vede seznam adresafe Clem dosta,vajicich Vestnik.

MtiZete dopsati na Hlavni ticadovriu sami, nebo poladejte va§eho tajemnik«; aby to pro vas vykonal. KaZdY 61en, kterS■ si plati na poji§teni v tilde dospelYch, j0.. °pill/nen na Vestnik, jestli si ho pfeje. „ (dz)

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DOPISY A NAHUM CI ENU Vista, California Milt' bratre redaktore: Orivind . jsi pekne me vzpornnky Tvou zpravou o snare spolkovYch Clem ve Waco, a jak se tarn postavili na nohy.

Jednou za myth mladYch let, tuSim v race 1908, nas tam bylo pine rivota, z y laSte Sokol, kde nad MarancovYm salonem jsme se sehazeli k evieeni. Bylo nekolik, kteih pracovali u Meilanclra a bydial' jsme a (telka vzpominam, on byl Nemec, a jeho rena oeSka, a jejich dorostend dcer y mluvila pekne Cesky, ne)—u Teitze, ted' jsem si vzpomnal na jeho jmeno. Take nekolik Cechrt hrayalo v Alexandrove kapele, Kousal (woe dobr1 Cech y , a take dobry houslista Ben Kasai, kterY se nekarn odstehoval (aid se nine re do Omahy; a rad bych, kdyby nekdo dosud y e Waco se na nej pamatujiei mne opra yil), a bratr 8imeik, Take byl tam bratr Barton, ter dobrY Sokol, ale jir u pambieka; bratr Kousal, mot dobrY Oech, ktery hraval kridlovku; a bratr Celman, take v panu, tenkrat rovner, Sokol piny rivota.

Jak se to pekne eta, bratrieku redaktore, kdyr tak hezky to umiS napsat, po-, vzbudit, orivit, a snad i druhe nadchnout k nejake einnosti. PredloriS to a ukare'S, co nadSeni mitre dokarati. Takova povzbuzujici slova jsou k nezaplaceni. Jenom co bych Ti peal, trochu vice pohybu mezi 'deny. Nemel bys seat stale jen u sve maSinky, ale mel by ses vice Sourat mezi eleny, mel bys piebrat vedeni reklamy pro Jednotu, povzbuzovat a poukazovat, co vSechno by se mohlo s nadSenim vykonat, kdyr k tomu roan ta1<ave schopnosti. Je pravda, re eleni u F.-.3Iovanske Lipy se sami dali do prate, ale Ty jsi je k dalSi oinnosti jeSte po y zbudil, polaidnul, a snad i jine. Jak je to pekne, jak to jednoho poteSi, kdy.Z o torn 'eta nebo kdyr slysi, .2.e v radosti a souladu se bucluje, a re z toho spolkoyeho rivota nee() vSiehni budeme mit.

Takova redaktorska prate ur neco znamend.

Bratte Simeiku, byl jsi ye Waco v tom Case, o ktcrem se zminuji? Ano-li, pamatuje:S se na Kasala?

7 - Jsou to pekne vzpominky n . a proritY rivot. Nebyli ,jsme s rukama, v kapsach, ale kdekoliv jsme bYvali, ptilozili jsme ruce k praci. A ted' °pet test, kdyr re jinde se dali dohromady a vybudovali neco, o Cern se mezi ostatnimi YSnde tolik mluvi. Neeo podolmeho bylo s yeha 'easat v Buckholts, take v Granger, take ye West, kdyr tam pri'Sel Franta, Moueka. Valy nekdo novY prindSi oriveni. I bratr Otto 'Janus ma v cube ne-

co, co pobizi, treba nekvapi. 'ZadnY by newel rikat, "A po mile at' prijde treba potopa." Ne potopa, ale pamatka„ Snarme se, pokud je'Ste nas kolik-tolik, abychom se udrreli pohromade.

A take poniahejme eeskemu tisku, abychom, jak se deje u Cechoslovaka, 'Leon clopisy delali easopis ,ItledanVm. Diky tem, kdo does ieSte do naSich CeskYch listri dopisuji. Ja sam jsem vyrYvan k da101mu psani. Rad bych, ale jsem korespandenci v jina mista tak zamestnan, re easu nezbY yd. Dost ravam ku eteni "Svornot" a. "Amerikan," a tam vidim, e nebYti tech dopisn, nebylo by ani ehteni, rekl bych touhy, obeas se' ter ozvat. A tak je to i v dneSnim Occhoslovaku.

Nas bratr redaktor vSemorne se sia7 ra o poclobne, aby nas` spolkovY list byl rodinnY, pro vSechny neco. Vidim, re ho Otani za to maji radi. A brat'ko redaktore, ar TO zde nebude, aspon ta yrpominka, jako p a bratra Moueku, a dokud budeme dYchat, vzpominka bude stale arivo yat. Jen abys mel, 8tepane, hodne Prileritosti ze spolkoveho rivOta eerpat, aby ses stale motel mezi deny pohybovat, vycitit jejich prani a nadeje, a hlavne abych neprebiral. Uvar, re Ti od lon7 ska jde ur na triaSeclesatY, re vlastne jsi ur no odpdeinku. To piece well Ti dat nejakeho pomocnika, ktereho bys poinalu rapra:covaval, a sam jen daval Vestalku pater,- aby list mel ureitY smer.

Jir jsem to mel jen zalepit a odeslat, a priSel Vestnik. Dopis eekal neralepenY a Cell jsem redakeni nvahy naprecl. Je tam zminka a zpevu. To se mne prate zamlouva., protarie y rdy vSude se u Sokola zaeinalo ykelano rpevem. Jak je tomu asi ted' u Sokola v Houstarm? Prestalo se zpivat, kdyr jsem tam byl v poslednich lateen. Kde toho prieina, take vim. Sestra Valo y a by k tonal mohla do("at nee() vice, zde se o torn nebudu runnovat, clonfam ale, re se toho iljniou a zpe y obnovi. Byly zde mezi nami na'Se decry, Zderika, Veelka a ter Andula, ktera posild deli do Sokola. Orly deti si rady mezi sebou zpivaji. "Mela jsem mileho Sokolika,," a jsou to deti. Tak kdo by mei \full a trpelivost, mob]. by to se cvieenim spoilt.

Kdyr jsme byli na. Xi. sletu v Prase ve etyricatem osmem, 'Driverl jsem si "So,kolskY zpOvnik." Bratre redaktore, 001-1i bys, re by Ti to poslouMo, to bych jej Bratru 81apanskeinu odpovim, jak jen se k tomu dostanu.

Tak, brat'ko redaktore, dej ty me pisinenka dohromady, jestli je najdeS pie-

hazene. A preii Ti, abys mel pevne zdravi a ,do dalSiho silu. Schopnosti mac, to vime vSichni, neunahli se, sneseS toho ci halm, nejsi nervosni, 00100 dobrou prdei a intireme bYt na Tebe hrdi. Pazdra y a nazdar!

Hamusek, 1165 Phillips St., Vista, Calif. ) • ote • ( Guy, Texas Mill bratri a sestrieky, Musim se Vim poehvalit u Mikesku dobrYm obedem spaleenYm, bylo to na paeast Calvina Mikesky mojeho vnuka, kterY je doma a rodien na 20 denni dovolcne. 25, zari odjede rase na yojtku do Baltimore, Md. take ten abed spolvenY, re byl na poctu mojich 86 narozenin od syna J. H. Mikeska. a jeho manZelky Pavliny a jejich deti a dali mi cela rodina Mikeskova zahrat pies radio v Rosenberg hezkou pisen. Take me dali zahrat pies to radio mill manrele Sefcikovi ze Sheldon a manrele StaSovi z Corpus Christi, a sesIra Rozi Gritzman a dcery s Damon, pi, Rozalie Slavieek z Rosenberg.

Na raeatku jsem zaponl'ela ten den radio poslouchat. Obdrrela jsem k tem 86 letem mot peknYch karetek s pranim a hezkYch darkti v rich. Nemohu Vas mile pritelky a sestry jmenovat, nechci zahrat mod mista y e Vestniku.

Srdeene Vam za vS"€,, eko dekuji, a budeli mi morne (vSak pochybuji) tak y am to oplatim na VaSe narozeniny.

Dries 21. rail rano obdrreli Mikesci smutnY telefon re zemrel stark Roman Pollak mnj Svagr v Rosenberg a zitra 22. re bode mit pohreb o trech hodinach s Triskova polarebniho domu, v Rosenberg na hrbitove. Roman Pollak byl narozen y e stare vlasti r. 1864 29. Unora. Tedy mel 91 let. zanechava zde 7 synn a dye dcery a zarmoucenou manrelku, a tri deli nevlastni jsou to sestra Olga Honk v Rosenberg, Ottlia Haverland v Sugarland, Lieut-Col. Frank Kanak, v San'Antonio. (4ty zemrel) Jan Kanak.

Vlastni Pollakovy deli jsou Robert Pollak v Texas City, Jan, Vinca, Roman, Emil v Rosenberg; Anton Pollak nezve- sttaY; Frank Pollak je ye Veterans nemocnici v Californii; (jeden syn Josef zemrel) decry; pani John (Anna) Blasdel v Richmond a pani Dick (Agnes) Daley v Houston. Pak zaneehal vnuky a vnueky a vice jine rodiny a prate'. Cele iodine Polakove yenuji uprimnou soustrast nad odchodern vaS'eho dobreho otce Romana Pollaka, st. Tobe mila sestro pi. Pollakoya venuji srdeenou soustrast nad odehadem iu tvojeho dobreho manrela, (mojeho Svagra.)

Roman Pollak, st. se pidstenoval na Guy

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roku 1913 s okresu Fayette, kcle se hued po druhe °Senn s pi. Johannu Kanekovu, on byl vclovcem a ona vdovou. Roman Pollak mel 10 deli s prvniho manSelstvi a moje sestra J. Konakove mela 4. KdyS se Zenili, stargi syni s tatinkem na Guy se nestehovali, jen mlad gi pomehali ro-dietim na forme pracovat, kterou koupili pri Richmond; kde se jim pozdeji dobre datilo; Svagr byl dobrY a praeovitY s detmi nevlastnimi se dobre snagel, ho milovali. Jak se v geei deti z cloniu rozegli, poSenili, poy devaly jak rodide farnm prodali staveni prestehovali do Rosenberg, tam koupili peknY pine, ye-die Polakoveho syna Vince Pollaka. Roman Pollak i s manSelkou NUM take do Jednoty SPJST k redu eislo 112 v Guy, ale skrze peneSni tisne, skrze nemoce vystoupili. Roman Pollak, st. pristoupil raft. 'Oslo 112 v rijnu 1914 a odstoupil z vycerpanou hodnotou 14. imora 1943 tedy patril k Jednote 29 let. Vystoupili skrze peneSni tiseri, kterou tedy pocitili. Svagr Pollak bude pohrben na rodinnem lote na hrbitove v Rosenberg MO. 'Se nemohla jsem se ani jeho pohrbu zneastnit.

Tak mill Avagre R. Pollaku tirnto ti yenuji uprimne minenou vzpominku.

Rozi Mikeska Truksova ) • op, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Ctend reciakce a mill etenari: Nevim, kdy tem mistnim zpravem bude konec.

ObdrSeli jsme zpravy z Buckholts, psa-no nagim nmoholetYm pritelem a spolkovYm bratrem W. E. KuSelem, kde nein oznamuje nahle iimrti Josefa Petruje z Cameron, kterY mel polifeb 12. zari 1955.

Jest to treti Umrti v Petrujove rodine., kde v roce 1954 nahle zemrel Frank Petruj v Temple. Letos na jare zemrela jeho mladsi sestra Karolina, ktera byla provdand za Otto Mayera a bYvali v Cameron, a nyni Josef, take zde zUsteva na Sivu jiS jen nejstaxgi jejich sestra Franti g -kaZtlouveTmpabrtVinv Buckholts, na gi mnohaleti bYvali sousede psi Buckholts.

Vine Petruj ktery Po mnoho rokfi, asi 23 let, jest zamestnan v kooperativni v Buckholts, utrpel poraneni na race, ale Se se z toho pozdravuje. Ruku jemu semen vtahl mezi kolo a semen. Vim, co jest to bYt ranenY, i ja jsem dostal sviij dil, kdy jsem byl v torn dtinarskem nebi a obchodu 14 let. Opatrnosti Se pry nikdy nezbYva, a jest to beh nob osud Sivota, kde se dobre se zlYm vymenuje.

Prejeme Tobe, Vine, aby jsi se zase trzdravil a vyzrel nad temi kolami a ferneny, aby Tebe vicekrate nezranily.

Take v tom samem psani jest oznameni iimrti pi. Rudolf Provezkove, ktera za svobodna se jmenovala sledna. Anna Orsag a bYvala pobliS Cameron se svcii redinou.

ttana Zde byl take pohreb vypraven z pohrobnickeho zavodu Dunne Funeral Home 16. zari 1955 ve 3 hodiny odpoledne.

Telesne pozustatky spolkoveho bratra SPJST, Josefa Jandika,.byly uloSeny v Inno matky zeme v Seaside Memorial Parka. Pohrebni reei pronesii Rev. Lowell Ryan z Corpus Christi br. Stepan Valdik z Houstonu a br. 3,. F. Chupick z Temple.

Froslovy byly v obou redich.

Na pohreb bratra Jandika prijel z Honstcnu take dainskY peveckY sbor, sestavajici ze sester Olexove, Svadinove, Svestkove a Valeikove. V pohrobnim dome zazpivaly dve pisne, z nichZ jedna byla Devorekova, skladba se symfonie "New World" s eeskYmi slovy "Jdu donth." Tugim stove one nisi* jako ji prilehave slova na melodii "Kde domov mtij", byla sloSena bratrem redaktorem Vestniku.

Na hrbitove demskY sbor rovneS zapel dye pisne.

Br. Jandik byl na ledeni v nemocnici v Kerrville, kde zemrel 14. zeri ve veku 82 let.

Zanechava zarmoucenou manSelku Annu, sedm deer, pi. Jerry Hajdu gek v East Bernard, pi. Geo. Hejl a pi. A. C. Harris, °be v Corpus Christi, pi. R. B. Bose v Conroe, pi. J. C. John Sklar ye Wallis, a pi. W. M. Shenkyr v San Antonio.

Ctyri syny, Jerry ye Wichita Falls, Jos. v Albany, Oregon, John v Pharr a Henry v Corpus Christi; 25 vnukil a vnueek a 21 pravnulth a pravnucek.

Pred nekolika mesici, neS byl prevezen do Kerrville nemocnice, tak jsem jej navgtivil v jeho nemoci. Utrpel asi pied d y ema lety sluneenim Upalem a to jeho Sivot zkratilo.

Byl to uvedome1y a seetenY dobr3i obCan, dobrY narodovec, spolkar, manSel, otec a dedeeek. Byl elenern radu Karel Jonag v East Bernard. V gem zde vyjmenovanYm portistalYm rodinam v jejich zarmutku vyslovujeme na gi uprimne citenou soustrast a zesnulemu prejeme vednY pokoj a klid.

Bratru J. J. Mikeskovi, kterY bydli na farme pH. Temple, ale jestli jeSte farmuje, to nevim, vzkazujerne na g srdeenY dik za pozdrav, kterY nem vyridil be. Rud. Troubil v Corpus Christi, jak jste se segli etvrteho zari psi sletu sokolskem v Houstone. Z nisi Telocviene Jednoty Sokol v Corpus Christi se na torn sletu podiloll manSele V. Halovi, manSele Rud. Troubilovi a jejich Verka, ktera cvidi v druSstvu Son, br. Troubil v druSstvu mu-SU. ManZele Albert Regmundovi a dye vgichni evidici. Sestra Anieka StranskY•Castro a d ye deli, take cvieici, a br.

Oldrich Maly, bYvalY kodujici spolednY eviCitel Americke Obce Sokolske.

Bratr Olfich Maly se usadil mezi nami a ma obchod na South Port, v sousedstvi obchodu br. Ed Kudery. Red vas vge.chny uvidi a jeg te radeji obslouSi. Bude yam

vdee0, kdT%, jej v obchodu obeas navgtivite.

Br. Emil Voldanovi v torn Granger dekuji. za vzpominku, ale z toho navrhu nosmi prget. Nechej se dasteji sly g et v tom na gem Vestniku.

Br. Hamusku: Tebe lituji, Se misto leheeni na starost, jsi sobe toho je gte phdal. Ono takova vila se pane vyjime, kdy2 nekolik pracovitych a silnYch ruk se tomu muse venovat.

Pripisuji jegte, Se postredeme zpravy okresu Bell v Oechoslovaku od ses. Karoily Fojte gkove, a Se ji prejeme od srdce, aby zase to per° brzo ovladala.

Dne.s rano, v nterY 26. zeri, uS od sedmi hodin prgi, obloha jest zataSena. Vlahy uS zde mime dosti na nejakY eas. Ono si to chce nyni na podzim. vynahradit, co se nedostalo v mnoha predchazejich mesicich. Bode to aspoh dobra zasilba pro prigti rok.

Sestre Rozi, Mikeska-Truksove blahoprani k tern 861etYm narozeninam.

S pranim hodne zdravi a zdaru ziistave vas dopisovatel John Staga.

• a OPRAVUJI

NAZOR

Houston, TexaS. Cte.nY bratre redaktore: Main velikou radost z nvahy ses. R. H. Kampenove. Tato na ge sestra je takove male stvoreni ale v to male hlave rodi se velike myglenky. Zase dtikaz, Se nezaleSi na torn, jak me kclo velikou hlavu (anebo srdce), hlavni jest, je-li ten myslici aparat v ni z dobreho materialu a to kale:eke maji dobre rozpoeitane a vypilovaire vroubky.

Sestro Sturmova, vidiS uz mane pomoc v torn na gem predse yzeti, ideu o Utulne a detskem tabore jaksi verejnosti rozumoye predstaviti. Potom na ge vira v uglech,tilost elenstva na gi Jednoty nebude skin-mane. Byl ten na g lid II'S tolikrat ogizen, ze dnes uS nechce sly get o nidem; i kdyby to sebe lep gi bylo. Ale tohle, d ye tak dt-JH leSite veci; o nichS, vime. ze jsou potrebne pro stare, vice moSne. pro ty prostredniho veku a je gte vice pro rostence. Ta lidska poupata, aby z nich se vyvinuly zdrave kvety a ne ledajakY zakrslec. starat se o tyto potreby je jednou z lidskYch povinnosti Jednoty.

Doularn, ze tedy ses. Kampenove na svuj slib nezapomene. K uskuteeneni teto idey Jednota ma v ge: pozemek, material zrovna na nem, take per set pracovitYch deskomora yskYch rukou, urn i schopnost. Ov gem, to hlavni co se musi, teprve projevit, aby idea stale se skutednosti. MC to Jednota ter? Onen milion? S tim nehYbejte.

K uskutedneni snu zakladatelir bratrske Jednoty Utulny a tabori gte k tcmu neni potreba SadnYch innono penes. A kclyS ----- at' slouSi jako zaruka a

Strana 10 pri torn necht' se mnoSi dal, kdy i my takove slate telatko, miti.— Tim "my" myslim nag i bratrsko-sesterskou .JecInotu Ano, bratrsko-sesterskou Jednotu! Vim, hr. redaktore, Se se zaeinaS obava.t, Se z Who "upozorneni" vyroste zase asi dva-' ect pit archti rukopisti. Nebude to vgak ta.k zle!

A take mire nezazli g kdy pozna g, pros poznamku tuto o bratrsko-sesterstvi einim.

Podnet k tomu diva mne anglicky psana voila br. F. V. Stepana, Mena radu HvezAihru eis. 33 SPJST v Bellville, Texas. tTvaha br. Stepana je pek'ne, a srozu 'mitelne psaria (Vestnik, dne 14. t. m.)• Avgak obsahuje odstavec. kde je bratrem Stepanem podivan omyliiy nazor na za.konnou (?) vykonnost Hlavni Uradovny (i-Tome office) SPJST. Takovy nazor, phjatY elenstvem za vlastni a Urednictvem rilavni idadovny za. pravoplatnY,,mohl by kratke Jobe promeniti nisi Jednotu v zistup bezpravnYch poji g tenctl. Toho sobe jiste nepfeje hr. Stepan ani kterYkoliv z nail mladgi generace. Lee takovY omyl je vitanYm dUkazem pro tvrzeni tech, kteri z Lasky ku budOuchnu pokoleni a je110 dobru snail se mlad gi nasi generaci uPozorniti na neco , nesmirne dffleSiteho: Ze nagi mladi lido neva2i si toho, co nail •noudri, minulosti dobre znali dedove a ,oteove s napjetim sil a podavanim obetin ,pPipravili lep giho ne2 sami kdy men, pro i.to mladeS doby dne gni a budoucnost obyvatel nail republiky U.S.A. A dnes, vy z mladgiho pokoleni mite vie dobre vide, chuti a prileSitosti, ktera pozdeji prom& nila by se vim v poielinani, jakeho se Indio kdy komu (a nekomu vnbec nikdy) .dostalo. AniS vy, mladi lido, byste museli se nejak namahat, cokoliv vim k zivobyti obetovat, aby Jednota araT,e dostati mohla s yYm lidskYm povinnostem vuci kaSclemu jednomu z jejich spolubliSnich. A piece tak ueiniti je jeji vYsadou (privilege) kohle lidske bytosti odyekou tyttrei silou pridanou ke cnostem eioveka, zy li,Ste eloveka dobreho.

Br. Stepane, neni v me povaze nekoho r. opravovat" a neomalene nekomu vytYot, co ihned (pro jeho vlastni dobro tie: has) nepochopil a teprve jinak dobreho Cloveka pro jeho od mato ruznici se nazor tepati. tivahy br. Stepan jest, (anebo by ti chce) spravedlivY a rozumnY spolu'bratr. Neodepre me tedy toto pra y° na omyl ukazati. Vgak se mute pfesvedeit o ve(!i sam.

Aby nepovstal omyl, opisuji jeho vYrok, jak jej uverejnil sam, anglicky: — "No large corporation or organization of any importance, which operates by the division of its territory into districts allows the districts to formulate or prescibe any part of the official operation of such or anization. The home office tells the

VESTN I WEST, TEXAS district office, what its duties and equirements are and not vice versa."

NuSe, kdy jsent cetla. fivahu. hr . C. eervenky ye Vestniku (ze dne 22. eervna), uvedomila jsein si, Se byla by vecnYm a vdeenYm predinetem debaty, ponevad2 dnegek nebude zittkem. Za dne gniho vYveje a rozvoje lidskeho premY gleni paniery se tak pronikave promeni, Se IrmohYm zitstane nod tim, jak pravi Ceske "rozum star. To v gak je needvratitelnYm uz. Ne2 za pravdu prijatY vyse uveclenY vYrok (nebo ndhled?) br. Stepana mohl by v nail Jednote zptisobit zniateni (chaos) pojma. Z ylagte za doby dneSni, kdy 112 je v nail Jednote mnoho kteri nechapou onoho velikeho a Sivotni.ho ducha bratrske vzajemnosti nevidi proto, jak pronikavY rozdil je mezi jednotou bratrskou a obyeejnou obchodni pojigt'ovnou na Sivot Takova bratrska jednota je piece Utvar demokratickY,-zrovna jako na ge republika U.S.A. Vgechny dne gni rozpaky a piisnani nageho tajemnika Hlavni Uradovny, br.

Chupicka, (jemu2 dlu2no prieisti ten milionek za zasluhu opatrneho hospodareni) obzvla gte, Se nevi co s tim milionem dries udelat, tryskaji z neznalosti, co to nage bratrske sjednoceth znamend. Jaki sila a moc je v nem, kdy2 se °brat pro vzijemne hmotne dobro. Blaho celku a nikoliv nekolika jen.

A tyto rozpaky- priznani diva elenstvu vYstrahu, aby neupadli v imlnou tutu vlastni bytosti neznale pravdy. AC dnes vgechny poji gt'ovny spadaji pod dohled zakonil spolkove vlady — jednoty bratrske a sesterske spadaji pod hlavu docela jiDOU neSli obyeejne obchodni poji gt'ovny.

Prato je omylem, domniVa-li se nekdo (nebo mysli-li jini), Se tirednici Hlavni Uradovny. (at' je to kterakolv jednota bratrska neb sesterska), maji pram piedpisovat, co musi anebo nesmi hen (v tomto pripad distrikt) einiti. Oni povinni jsou emit, jak stanovy organisace narizuji. Tot' se vi, mobil by clelat leccos, co by bylo na gkodu jednoty to neb Avgak k tomu se neodva2i ani ten, kterY se nejak gikovne do Uradu vetrel pro osobni zisk.

1 Zakon poeind ITS lapat i ty velike piestupniky, jak by potom neskripl ty menii? U bratrskYch jednot je too tolik (pro ten zakon) lehei, Se kdyS by nail ci nas neminili za sobe rovne povaSovat chteli s naMm majetkem nejak negetrne nakladat, tak jim dime na, pri gtim sjezdu ze sluieb propou gtejici listinu. Jinaktornu je u kornpanie (Company) obchodni. Ta je utvofena pro zisk teditelstva a jejim pravidlUm podleha v gechen z nehoS delaji-oni jejich miliony.

Milionek SPJST je milionek jednoho kahleho is ale z noSich

Ve stfedu, dne 28. sail 1955. ku Hlavni'firadOvny nesmi Si z nej vziti ani rozbitY "penny", protoCe je na g. Ale take ne 'hen.

Ale, u obchodni poji gt'ovny pojistenec musi platit na den a cent, ale tam nikdo z pojig tenYch nesmi "Say, how about those millions? Do I have any chance to get bach one penny only?" Pan predstavenY kompanie bud' by na vas zavolal policajta, nebo by se blahosklonne usinal, poklepal na rameno potem propocene a pomyslel si: Ty hlupdeku, cos nevig , Se bych nemel je to milion, kdyby me ten "penny" na nej chybil? — Nag e Hlavni idadovna by rekla: IVIusig poakat, a.2 co rekne sjezd.

Nevim jak daleko by smely se distrikty rozbehnout a neco porotieet Hlavni dradovne. Nail firednici (nesmite zapominat) mail vYkonnou moc, ale oni musi zachovavat stanovy jako jedr,!tlivielenoYe. Proto, kdyS 112 distrikty mime , a tarn se elenov& usnesou na nejakem ,planu, maji tento pra y° odporueit elenstvu Jednoty k uviieni a idednici (jak dalece je me znamo), nemohou nic vice ueinit neSli pookati jak sjezd sam rozhodne.:pak teprve by mohli udelat, na Cem vet gina se usnesla.

Idea soudruSenske swiuptisobnosti a pineni rovnopravnosti; jak vy2aduji to pravidla od yekeho organickeho Sly*, jest jenom jednoduche zachovivani rnravni kazne s obdivuhoclnYmi vYsledky.

Avgak pra y& ty vYsledky jsou ono. co ka2dY jeden by si liboval. To bylo by to nebe za Siva u2 na zemi a tehdy, kdy ten prach (kterY byl pied nimi a zbude zde zas po kterY dnes tvori eloveka moSneho zaSiva.ni a price, niel by prileSitost v ka2dem stvoreni zaSivati, jak mu tvtirei mod a silou ureeno. Lee prave table miliontun lidi bylo odpirano. KYin? Odpovez si kaSclY sam.

Br. S ' tepan dile mraSuje 0 zrizeni tibofig te pro cleti. Na to asi nebo bude miti namitku ses. M. Sturmova, ktera je spinomocnena (spolu s br. Melnarem a mou maliekosti) tlunineiti nahledy naSeho elehstva u radu M. Stefinik eislo 142 SPJST. Nage zasedani vzalo si za sve predloSiti sve nahledy a nazory tYkajici se Utulny a detskeho tabori gte, elenstvu na gi Jednoty.

To jest, jednomu kaSclemu kdo viii, ze co Cirri dobre cirri. Av gak ne pouze pro jeho kapsu, ale rzajemne dobro a hlavne jeho osobni blaho, ne2 promeni se v onen prach. Nerozumite-li, jclete za nekYrn o neniS je vim znamo, Se prohral vlastni sytij Sivot a ne-li je gte, tedy o zdravi phg el. "Moudremu napovez, on se dovtipi."

Aby take br. redaktor se nevytasil s pl'imerenYm: "Pomalu, sect.ro! Odtud aC potud!"

Srdeene zdravim v gechny gtouci Marie F. Kulhankova-Valova.

Wednesday, September 28, 1frl'i OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

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

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

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR WE ARE REALLY LIVING IN THE era of jet propulsion. These lines are written shortly before my departure for Toronto, Canada, to attend the 69th annual convention of the National Fraternal Congress of America. But I shall be back at my desk before the postman brings the Vestnik in which these lines appear. It takes seven hours actual flying time to get from Houston, Texas to Toronto, Ontario, but it takes two days from West, Texas, to Houston, Texas, by the modern way of handling the mail.

• • WHILE PREPARING FOR A FRATernal convention, I cannot help but think as a fraternalist. Some of our members, even though they had been in the SPJST for quite a number of years, still have the wrong impression that fraternals are life insurance companies, only called by another name. We even had some discussion of this topic in the columns of the Vestnik recently.

Let us go deeper into the subject. Let us analyze our business and our philosophy so that we may understand that life insurance is only one facet of fraternalism.

• • SEVERAL YEARS AGO SOME OF THE leaders in the more progressive fraternal societies got together and prepared a book. It was to serve as a textbook for those who are engaged in selling fraternal life insurance. Our headquarters had ordered about forty or fifty of those books. Right at the beginning of the book is a. chapter dealing with the structure of a fraternal society. Since there is a great deal of misunderstanding as to just what constitutes any fraternal society, like our own SPJST, the book gives a definition what a fraternal beneficiary society is in the eyes of the law.

• THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF A fraternal society is very much the same in every state of the Union. Our Texas law says that a fraternal benefit society must be a corporation, society, order of voluntary association (1) without a capital stock; (2) organized and carried on solely for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, but not for profit; (3) having a lodge system; (4) representative form of government;

and (5) which shall make provision for the payment of benefits in accordance with Article 10.05 of the Texas Insurance Code.

• • NOW LET ME GIVE YOU ARTICLE 10.05, which tells what kind of benefits may be granted to the members of a fraternal society. This may answer some of the questions whether or not the State Department of Insurance would permit us to use our surplus for this or that purpose. Of course, I am not a lawyer, and my interpretation may be wrong.

This is my understanding of what I read. I give it verbatim. Section. 1. Every society transacting business under this chapter shall provide for the payment of benefits upon the death of its members either within a term of years or at any time, and may provide for benefits payable upon its members reaching seventy (70) years of age; and may also provide, for the payment of benefits in case of total and permanent disability, and may provide also for the payment of benefits in the event of temporary disability and for monuments and tombstones to the memory of its deceased members, and for the payment of funeral benefits. • • SECTION 2, ARTICLE 10.05 READS: Any society may also enter into contracts in such other forms and granting such benefits as its laws may authorize when it shall provide for the accumulation and maintenance of assets required for the payment of such benefits when valued upon an, interest basis not exceeding (4%) per cent per annum and mortality standards adopted by it within the limitations provided in the statutes relating to fraternal benefit societies, or at the option of the society in the statutes relating to life insurance societies.

• • THIS PRECEDING Paragraph gives any fraternal benefit society the right to grant such benefits as its bylaws may authorize. It means that our SPJST may publish a weekly paper for the benefits of its members. It means that our SPJST may have sickness and accidental injury benefits. It means that our SPJST may purchase, erect, own, maintain, and operate a building to con-

duct its business; or home for the aged; or a sanatorium; a recreational, educational, community center which may be for the benefit of the SPJST members, their beneficiaries, or their dependents.

But it must first prOvide for the accumulation and maintenance of assets required for the payment of such benefits.

1 • • WHEN SOMEONE THINK THAT fraternal society, like our SPJST, is just another life insurance company under another name, he sees only the smaller part of the iceberg above the surface.

There is very much more to the fraternal movement than just the insurance side of it. Many fraternal organizations support rest homes, trade schools, summer recreational centers:' and youth groups. Many young folks go to college through the help of the societies of their parents. There is one society that maintains a regular university at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. Freedom, brotherhood, equality, democracy, and Americanism all rolled into one is the keynote of fraternalism.

• ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE IS AN article written by Sister Marie F. K. Vala, a member of Stefanik Lodge No. 142.

She points out that a fraternal society cannot be placed in the same category as some other profit-making establishment. You may not agree with her explanation, but it is worth reading. She drives home the argument that it is the lodge system, the subordinate body and its members, which compose the representative form of government. In other words, she believes that the governing body is in the executive capacity only by the will and the wish of the members.

• • AS MUCH AS YOUR EDITOR WISHES to remain strictly neutral in any controversial question, it does seem to him that Sister Vala is right. I am your editor only from one convention to another, or until somebody find out that I am no good and should be kicked out before the next convention. I may be a college graduate, and those who kick me out may not have very much schooling, but they can vote me out. I am a servant.

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TO ALL ORGANIZERS we can sell, you've done it before, so you Dear BrotherS And Sisters: it r"', in. First you should check • 'First to those of you that I had the c,' ttrore to meet with in our organizer's prospect list and bring it up to , probably add a few names and meetings, I must say that I really enstn rt working them at every chance you joyed my visits with you, and I am look= ihg forward to working with those of get.

There is always a way of securing new you that I haven't been able to work with up till new, as all of you know, that names, in your every day walk of life, I W • t put cut of circulation for a while, you meet new people, make new friends, Otte to my recent opperation, but now, so why not investigate and find out who bat I ant, cn rny way to recovery, I will anio hg, these would make good prospects.

1 in sure if you will check with your be making more visits with. you soon.

I would like to remind all $'3u organ:- local loke financial secretary, he can izers to continue with your work, as now furniTh you with member's names who have their certificates paid-up, or others is harvest time and your chances of sellwho have only a small amount of insurleg insurance are much better now, than ance, and still others who may have reat any other time of the year. latives that do not have insurance with The 5th and, 3re district-organizers our order. So make a date with your have again challenged each other in- local lodge financial secretary and he to it contest, as to winch district will se- will be glad to give you this information. cure more members 'and-Seal the most In about a week I will start working insurance, the contest started on the in my held again only short trips to 1st of September and will last through start with, but my doctor assures me the 31st of November, so I have been that in a short time I'll be as good as I thinking why we couldn't make this a ever was:so in the meantime, if any of state wide contest, of course it would be you should need any help with work, sort of unofficial contest, but I think always feel free to call on me, and I'll that we could have a lot of fun, and at be glad to work with you and to help the same three, we would all benefit by it, could happen that one of our other you in every way.

Fraternally yours, districts will outsell the 5th and 3rd Joe B. Hejny districts. Wouldn't that be fun? WouldEnnis, Rt. 1, Texas n't you have something to crow about?

Phone: TR5-3915 So let us all pitch in and see how much

LASTING IMPRESSIONS (These lines are written in loving memory of a beloved friend, Mrs. Marie A. Zivney of Austin, Texas, who just re cently was called to The Great Beyond.)

Many years ago a beautiful. fern grew in a deep vale, nodding in the breeze.

One day it fell, believing as it sank away that no one would remember its Brace and beauty. Years later a geologiA went out with his hammer in the interest of his science. He struck a rock; and there in the seam lay the form of a fern—every leaf, every fiber, the must delicate traceries of the leaves imprinted in the sides of the cleft. It was the fern which ages before grew and Cropped into the indistinguishable mass of vegetation. It perished; but its memorial was preserved and today is made retnnifest.

So it is with the stories of all beautiful lives which have wrought for God and man and have vanished from the earth. Only a few names of the good and the useful in every age are preserved.

The great multitude are forgotten. Earth keeps scant record of her benefactors.

ednesda.y, September 28, 1955

Havl Your Choice Thirteen SPJST cerMicates for adults: CLASS B: where a member 'pays premiums during his lifetime.

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

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

CLASS G: amount of certificate is paid after 2Q years of payment.

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

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

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

CLASS M: Annuity Pclicies,

But there is a place where. every kindness, be it ever so small, done in the CLASS M-0: Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced benname of Christ, is recorded and rememefits and $1,000 paid-up insurance bered. Nothing is lost; nothing is forafter 20 years. gotten. The memorials are in other lives, and someday every touch and trace and CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be influence an impression will be revealed. issued to members up to the age of The acts of worthy lives are cut deep in 50 years, who have real, estate loans the eternal rock, where all eyes shall see from this organization, them forever. c.

Your every act will in some shape or form) affect the life and manner of Five SPJST certificates for children: others. Be it ever so insignificant, it CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years nevertheless -made lasting impressions. of age, which may be converted into (By Rose Helweg, Moulton, Tex,) any other insurance after the child 4, • ( reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age of 16 years.

IN MEMORIAM The largest candle in history, a me- CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at morial to Enrico Caruso, was made in, age 16, payable at death.

New York and set up in Naples in 1924. CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value Requiting the work of five men for four at age ono 'fear, payable at death. months, it is eighteen feet in height, seven feet in circumference, weighs three CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with mortuary face value at age one year. tons, and cost nearly five thousand dollars. As it is lighted for only twenty-four CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, mortuary face value at aae one year. hours a year, on All Souls' Day, the can(dz) dle is expected to last eighteen centuries.

Wednesday, September 28, 195a

VEGTNTK WEST, TEXAS

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WHY? WHY? WHY? This is a rapidly changing world— why? In less than 350 years the United States has come from a small shipload of men to 165 million free American citizens—the greatest nation on earth. We have enough automobiles for everyone to be on the highways at one time.

We have more labor-saving devices and a higher standard of living than any other people in the world. Why? We have free enterprise, free speech, freedoth of religion, press, radio and television. Why? Freedom of franchise places the political power in the hands of the common people.

All of these inalienable rights exercised by the votes of the liberty-loving people have made it possible for free thinking public education, invention, and scientific research. But all of these factors are not the real reason.

In the begin!ning of our Nation, and all down the 3 1/2 centuries, our Presidents, the Congress, our governors, and our legislatures have always invoked Divine guidance. "If God be with us, who can be against us." and as long as our people put God first in their affairs, we shall always win!.

We believe in all the mentioned freedoms and one more—freedom from fear.

We do not believe in aggression or oppression; but we will keep our Nation prepared to oppose them. We believe in progress and happiness of our people -,-' all other peoples.

We were all farmers in the beginning —Adam, Eve, and their sons; likewise, as a. human race, we were all farmers in this great country in our beginning as a nation. Necessity, the mother of invention, has caused many changes. Production of food, fiber, and shelter is and always will be primary. Every one depends upon the farmer first. Our Nation has gradually changed from an agricultural nation to a highly industrial nation!. As progress has. been made in the fields of agriculture, so has progress been made in the different lines of .industry.

Agriculture depends upon industry, improved machinery and better means of transportation of farm commodities to the markets of the world. All nonfarm workers depend upon the farmer for food, fiber, and shelter.

In 1787, the year when the 13 Original Colionies or States net in Philadelphia in a convention to organize the United States and draw up our Constitution, how many farmers were there? Practically all of them were farmers. At that time 19 farmers made a living for themselves and one nonfarm person.

In 1920 each farm worker produced enough for himself and seven other people. Now, each farm worker, according to figures given out by Mr. Benson, Secretary of Agriculture„ produces enough food for himself and 18 other people.

In 1920, 34 years ago, there were 13.4 million farm workers; noW, there are only 8.5 million farm workers. These 8.5 million farm workers feed themselves and in addition feed 156,500,000 nonfarm people. After all of these are fed, there still has accumulated a huge surplus of food and fiber in this country.

Our horse and mule population has dwindled from 25.7 million to only 5 million. Four million nine hundred thousand farm workers have left the farms.

There are 20.7 million less horses and mules to feed than in 1920. This means that there are more than 60 million, More acres of land to divert to production of human food. Much of this land has been used for grain production; much of it to pasture. Now; 8 1/2 million farmers are making 30 percent more food than 13.4 million did 35 years ago.

Why all the above changes? As already stated, education has- played a great part. When people are educated, their desires for a higher standard of living are increased. People read more, travel more, see more, make more money per hour of labor; therefore, want more and actually buy more of what industry has for them.

Research has discovered new drugs, new insesticides, new disease preventives, as well as antibiotics for both man and animals; better balanced foods and feed for man and farm animals. Many new inventions have reduced drudgery and increased production per man-hour of labor.

Some other reasons for increased production of food and fiber per man-hour of labor; knowing proper kind and amount of fertilizer requirements; use of hybrid seed corn; better varieties of other field crops, fruits, and vegetables; soil conservation ana soil improvement.

Farmers are making twice as much food as they did 35 years ago; and why?

Some more reasons given in numbers of different kinds of implements used in production and transportation. Thirtyfour years ago, there were only 246,000 farm tractors, now there are 4.6 million farm tractors; then 139,000 trucks, now, 2,650,000 trucks; then, 10,000 corn pickers, ',low, 640,000 corn pickers; then, 55,000 milking machines, now, 730,000 milking machines.

Today, the average farmer in the United States is making 2.4 times as much

food per hour of time as he did 35 years ago. Electricity—yes, electric power has been one of the greatest factors both in the home and on the farm. Cheaper power for all, farm, factories, and office buildings; results—better health and more happines.

Well, the above is not all of the story Why? Why? Why? Suppose you take .up from here and carry on. This story was started many years ago—it will continue as long as man lives. Inquiring minds spell progress. Why? ) • c, • (

WHERE TO GO TUESDAY EACH WEEK• Every Tuesday, until further, totiee, at 8 p.m. chorus singing practice will oe held. Any dne 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. ) • 4, THEY WANT TO BE ALONE

No country leads a more isolated existence than Athos, which is situated on a mountainous peninsula thirty miles long by four miles wide extending from the coast of Greece. For over nine hundred years it has been owned and governed by monastic orders of the Greek Orthodox Church. Thus this small commonwealth has always barred women and restricted its inhabitants to monks and lay brothers. Today there arc five thousand of these men who live in twenty monastaries and twelve communities, raise their own food, and make their own clothes. Athos is seldom visited and heats little about world affairs, as it is still without telegraph service ; a telephone system, radio receiver, newspaper, and/ or wheeled vehicle, its only means of transportation being mules.

• 4, • ( Donald Laird, well know research psychologist, has found that 90 per cent of all learning is forgotten, in 24 hours. ) • 4, • For complete defeat all you have to do is admit that you prefer security above all else. ) • 4 • ( Enjoying the beauties of life, and living and helping others brings genuine happiness. ) • d. • (-Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?

Triumph is just upmp added to try.

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Wednesday, September 28, 1955

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES , CULAK LODGE NO. 165 Moulton, Texas.

Dear Fellow-Members: Our September meeting was held on the 18th, with president Lee Jarosek presiding. It had been postponed a week because of the annual Catholic festival on the 11th of September, but even on the 18th many found other functions to go to for very few presented themselves. at the meeting.

SPJST Lodge No. 161 will be held at the home of Mrs. Stazie Hon, and Family, of Jourdanton, on Sunday, October 2nd 1955.

We had a large attendance at the last meeting and we hope for even more at the next meeting. Mrs. Hon would be delighted to have every one come.

At a previous meeting the following three members were appointed to serve on the entertainment committee: Mr. Jim Zezula, Mr. Pete Valchar, and Mr. Because plans will have to be made for Frank Krajca. our aniy ersary celebration in November, all members are urged to attend the OcI wish to express my sincere appreciatober meeting which will, please note, tion to our president, Mrs. Rosie Ermis, be held on October 16. Again it has to for the lovely birthday gift she prebe postponed a week since the American sented to me in appreciation as reporter, Legion,is having its annual- picnics on your thoughtfulness will always be reOctober 9. membered — thanks.

Watch for future announcements Congratulations are being extended coming soon, a good tamale supper and to one of our young members, namely, bingo. the former Miss Rose Marie 1VIelnar, who Sincerely, became the wife of Mr. Edward Mikes, Bettie Lou Valchar, Reporter Sunday afternoon, September 18. May ) • •T• • t their wedded life be a happy one, is the STEFANIK LODGE NO. 142 wish of all Culak Lodge members.

Houston, Texas Respectfully, Good morning everyone, Rose Helweg, Reporter I suppose most of you are busy these ) • 40 • ( morningS getting the children off to CESKY PRAPOR LODGE NO. 24 school. September and the ninth month Dear Sisters and Brothers: of the year is here. It almost seems imI was quite bit busy to write last possible as only a while back we were Month so I will write at this time. We still talking about the New Year's dances. just now had a little shower that put How true that time waits for no one. the stop to work for a, while. I hope most Before beginning this report, I wish to of the farmers are about finished with thank Brother Valcik, our Vestnik Edpicking.

I attended the last lodge meeting and itor, for giving my Czech report recogniit was announced that the district two tion on the title page of the Vestnik. I meeting will be held here close to home, was very surprised and quite pleased that is at Seaton Star Lodge No. 47. that my prepared speech won such apThis will be on October 16. I hope lots proval because of the Stefanik Lodge No. of You members will take the opportu- 142 members desires. If one is really sinnity to attend this meeting and see how cere in an objective, goes about truthour district meeting is carried on. I am fully and works with the majority sure, there also will be a good program. toward it, the goal can be accomplished I wish to say at this time that our but it's lots of hard work and undernext lodge meeting will be held on the standing:. first Sunday October 2nd I hope to see We, the members of the SPJST, have some of our members attend the meet- before us many new ideas and re-aring. rangement of old ones to present in our Your Reporter 1956 convention. They probably won't Mrs. Jerry Zavodny all be accepted; but neither can they all )• •( be rejected because no organization can exist on the sane basis forever. We must JOURDANTON LODGE NO..161 repair the feundat , on of buildings or Jourdanton, Texas build new ones some time or other, don't we? Thus, the by-laws and governing Dear Members and Friends: bodies must also be remedied. Not for Hello everyone!

I hope this letter reaches the editor the disunity of the members and officers in time to be published; sorry, my prev- or because of friction between them but for It e progressive advancement that is ious one failed.

The next meeting of the Jourdanton best for all concerned.

It is human nature not to agree on everything, but let's use our brains to the best of our ability in gathering facts and analyzing t hem with our own ideas, not what some rnie else suggests; and if enough of us have the same ideas, through our convention delegates, we can piesent them at the convention!

In the Vestnik issue Of We..InesdaY, September 7, a report given by Brother Calvin C. Chervenka of District Two, was indeed very interesting and enlightening. The subjects which District Two have uppermost in their minds to be brought out in the convention are indeed well worth noticing, and also forth supporting, which I am sure ws411 be done by other distric..s with the same opinion.

But Brother Chervenka has misinterpreted the work of the Steering Committee of District 11 ic e . This committee was formed at a mee l lag of District Five, composed of the reTresentatives of eleven SI-4ST lodges. They had brought to the meeting suggestions from their respective lodges to be brtiught before the convention through delegates elected for such purpose. This committee was to work out each suggestion in such a simple way to be understood by everyone and not to take up valuable time at the District Five meeting in details that all amount to the same thing usually. This committee is to work for the district in behalf of all lodge members of District Five until the cmivention where the facts that have been agreed upon by majority of the lodges in District Five will be presented not by the steering committee but by each delegate that represents his lodge.

This committee is definitely not composed of self-appointed members'. Each is a member of different lodges sent to give the viewpoints of his own lodge, but working in a body where things can be accomplished in unity; for no truer words were spoken than "United we stand, divided we fall."

The Vestnik issue of September 14 contains a very interesting and notable letter from Brother Vaclav Barina, president of District One On behalf of District Five, I thank him for such a nice pat on; the back concerning the Danbury meeting. He makes the members who have faith in district meetings feel like the work they are doing is worthwhile. I for one, think that the district meetings are almost the best thing that happened to our organization. For one thing, it is bringing the members and officers in closer relationship, and the members are voicing publicly the

Wednesday, September 28, 1955 subjects nearest their hearts. For quite a number of years, I've been listening to different angles concerning our Order, but just between a group of mem'bers. Now they are in the open and can be used for what they're worth.

Another very interesting letter in the Nestnik, September 14 issue, was written by Brother Frank V Stepan of Bellville, Texas: Congratulations to you on your enthusiasm on the Home for the Aged. In this you will have the support of quite a few districts, probably all of them; for don't we all respect our elders and would do the best possible for them?

With proper planning and working side by side we can accomplish this fact.

But please Brother Stepan don't push our children out to sea. We need them, too! We want them to be more interested in the work of SPJST, not only as workers but to enjoy the organization in pleastire, also!

NQ, our organization won't fall if we don't encourage children now as long as the- lodge members live, and you and I live, you're right. But these children are going to be adults someday; and if not encouraged to follow in our footsteps, they'll go to greener pastures or other clubs, if you wish, so will their children.

And we'll be gone, then what? It is quite an issue, isn't? But we have to look at • everything in the best way we can. A Youth Camp , as well as a Home for the Aged can be accomplished if we work through proper channels and everyone is willing to share his ideas logically. We know that our organization has a charter that • reqnries, certain obligations; that we have to have a certain amount of money in reserve; that there must be a continued tomorrow in active form; so we can uphold the Texas Insurance Laws. Brother Chupick, Secretary of the Supreme Lodge explains quite thoroughly obligations toward Te4as Laws on Insurance. We Should have more explicit letters from our headquarters often and from each officer, not viewpoints as such, but as just an ordinary member and his ideas. This was a 'suggestion made by Bro. August Walla at our Stefanik Lodge meeting of September 4.

But we can get approval of the law for both of these things that are causing debate. If seven thousand youth camps have obtained permission to operate in. the United States and many Homes for the Aged. been erected, there is only one obstacle in your way and that is work and not 'want to" attitudes. Sure, it's a problem, a big one, but if we get lots of affirmative ideas from Supreme Lodge as well as members, we can make it! ;oltinibus too'l• a - 1-1 —s ce 011 borrowed

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jewels from the queen to look for a strange land. Why can't we take a chance on land that is owned by SPJST? If we can't use the 1106 acres at Bastrop, what else has the Supreme Lodge to offer? Why? I think Brother Koliha could enlighten us by giving a report on this land as Brother Chupick did about the "million dollars.' And please, use the pronoun "we" instead of "I". Make everyone feel as if they belong and are not just bystanders.

In Brothers Chervenka's and Stepan's reports concerning the districts' rights at convention is rather confusing. At the beginning of the paragraph he says the districts have no right to send proposals to the convention and at the end he states that home offices should tell the district officers what to do. Here you have answered your own question. The local lodges bring before the district their suggestions and problems where they are worked out to the best of the ability of district group, all lodges concerned. They have worked together and are ready to send their material by delegates elected from each lodge, not the district, to the convention for appraisal.

The districts do not tell Supreme Lodge what to do and Supreme Lodge advises through Charter Laws and authority given her by the members and delegates representing them, at each convention where by-laws are made and amended by everyone concerned whether officers or members.

Our Supreme Lodge is a governing body made by you and you to to uphold investments to the highest of standards.

We are proud to have her and the officers that we elected because of their competence, but if we can add to the progiess, why not?

We need not dictate to each other!

We must work and plan together and from the acorn a tree will grow.

Dearest fraternalists, these above lines are really the way I have learned to understand the SPJST. They are not just thoughts on the spur of the moment.

They have been studied and restudied until some of them should be right.

Best of everything to all of you.

Amelia. Vaja Sturm ( ) • 4 LODGE SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU NO. 92

Fort Worth, Texas Dear Readers: We want to wish a speedy recovery to ister Mary Danek, who is in Saint Joseph's Hospital, and Brother Thomas Hollis who is in the Hospital. We hope both of these members will be home soon and able to be up and around soon.

We want to congratulate t.1. -ia following

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couples who have announced the arrival of babies, Brother and Sister Arnold Boynor have a daughter, Penny Lou. Brother and Sister Charles Motl have a daughter, Joan Elizabeth Motl. Bro. and Sis. Morris Bumgardner have a son, Sister Bumgardner is the former Mary Miller. Brother and Sister Richard F. fitit3r ak Jr., have a daughter, Deborah Lynn, Brother Hubenak is the son'Of Brother and Sister Richard F. Hubenak Sr. Brother and Sister Robert Becan, have a. son Micheal Gerald, Brother Be can, this makes Brother and Sister Becan nine grandchildren,.

A picture of , Chief Warrant Officer, and Mrs. James S. Philpot and family came out. in the Star-Telegram their children are James Edward, Mary Delores and Marie Josephine, Sisifer Philpot is the former, Ludmih Becan, daughter of --Brother and Sister Joseph Becan, Brother Philpot was stationed in Japan but has returned with his family to the United States and is stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso; Texas.

Fraternally, Jay Dee Waggoner ) • T• • ( Beeville, Tekas Dear Sisters and Brothers: As can be seen from the reading of the Vestnik, especially the last several issues, the 'interest is being mostly in the Million Dollar Surplus•, the Home for the Aged, and the Youth Camp This is as it should be.

I do not know much about the summer Youth Camps, but I do know that the Boy Scouts do enjoy them very much; and so, if the cost • of the land needed, and the maintenance of the Camp is not too high, then I would -say let's try it.

The Horne for the Aged is a crying need; for we have many members who are in poor financial circumstances, although they get some help from. the State, in old age insurance, yet many will need a home.

I like the style of the article by sister R. H. Kampen, on page 10 of the Ciech section of the Vestnik, in the September issue dated on the 14, 1955.

Now as to the Million Dollar surpltis, I agree 100 percent with Brother Chupick to hold on to it. If we can use a part of it to build a home for the aged members, well and good. I believe it can be arranged and worked out in our coining convention.

The explanation that Brother Chupick gives in his lengthy letter in the English section of the Vestnik of September 14, 1955, is sound and to the point. We do not know when we may be compelled to re-arzazge our premium

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rates, it may be sooner than we think.

Then again, we do not know when a calamity might strike in this atomic age. If it was our misfortune to lose many members at some future date, without a surplus we would be in a worse dilemma than the Praetorians were in about 10 or 12 years ago.

I had a two thousand dollar policy with them that was paid up for several years. All of a sudden I received a letter from them stating that the Commissioner of Insurance found them short, and that in order to keep my policy in full force, that it will be necessary ,for me to send them, over four hundred dollars in cash, or that I could pay 5% interest on the amount until,I could pay up.

Well, I did not have the money, so I paid them the 5 ,/, interest for two or hree years, and I finely got disgusted and I surrendered the policy for cash, which soon melted away, and my wife was left without a two thousand dollar protection.

■ We certainly do not want to have this to happen to our members, so I again say, Hold on to the surplus.

Fraternally yours, J. P. Nedbalek

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SPJST DOES NOT OPERATE FOR • PROFIT Houston, Texas Dear Brother Editor: This time I ame sending you a regular parcel instead of an ordinary letter. Have patience. Two of my articles are in Czech, and the shortest one is in English.

After I finished a rather long article on the SPJST Youth Camp, I reached for the current issue of the Vestnik. To my great joy, I found there an article by Sister Rose H. Kampen. She is such a little lady, but what a courage. You wouldn't suspect that her head entertains grand ideas. It proves that it is not the statue, but the head and the heart which mark a noble soul. I was counting on Sister Amelia Vaja Sturm to assist me in discussing the Summer Youth Camp, and here comes Sister Kampen who promises that she would use her pen to support the same idea. I like the fraternal spirit, real fraternity in action.

Brother Editor, permit me to disagree —in a: friendly and fraternal way—with the statement of Brother Frank V. Stepan, president of Lodge No. 33 of F3leiblerville. He writes convincingly. My explanation may not be so convincing. But before I go further, I must quote a part of his splendid and thought-provoking article. Here I quote: ". . no large corporation or organization of any importance, which operates by the division of

its territory into districts allows the districts to formulate or prescribe any part of the official operation of such organization. The home office tells the district office what its duties and requirements are and NOT vice versa."

Brother Stepan refers to an article written by Brother Calvin C. Chervenka, which article was published in the issue of June 22, 1955. What Brother Chervenka stated by implications, Brother Stepan elaborated by further arguments.

Although Brother Stepan's argument is very reasonable and almost conclusive, it is built on shaky premises. It places our SPJST on the same footing as any big profit-making corporation. But we are not operating for profit as anybody may learn if he reaches for the Texas Insurance Code of 1951. There, in Chapter Ten, it is plainly stated that we are a voluntary association„ without capital stock, organized and carried solely for the mutual benefit of our members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit.

It further states that we must have a lodge system and representative form of government. We must have regular meetings in which we discuss the needs of our society.

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county, or state is in the hands of citizens. The flow of power is from the grass-roots upward, not from the courthouse or from the capitol downward..

Our local lodges could be compared to the voting precincts in a county or a city. Woe to a political boss who would tell from his office what the duties and requirement of the citizens are.

Let me quote another article. This was published in the Vestnik on November 28, 1951 and was written by Brother August Kacir, who served for 28 years as legal advisor of the Supreme Lodge SPJST. I quote: ". .. as a general rule, a fraternal organization operating on a national basis holds or conducts state conventions before the national convention. The local lodges elect their delegates to the state conventionAhen select or elect representatives to represent the entire State of Texas in the national convention, but all the local lodge delegates do not attend national convention.

Several fraternals hold district conventions for the purpose of electing delegates to the state convention. In some instances five or six local lodges hold a pre-convention meeting in their vicinity.

But in every instance, the delegates to a district, state, or national meeting are We are not profit-making financial elected and not appointed. The statute institution. We must have a representa- says that the representatives must be tive form of government. It means that elected by the members of the local our officers at the headquarters are not lodge." That much for the explanation our masters, but our servants, the same by Brother August Kacir. as Senator Lyndon Johnson, Senator In my humble way of reasoning, it Price Daniel, or Representative Homer Thornberry of Austin, are our servants would be wrong to assume that the ofin Washington. If we don't like them, ficers of the governing body (in this inwe vote them out and place somebody stance the officers in Temple) have the else in their positions. If we have any right to prescribe to the members, or grievance, or any suggestion, we are even give us directives, what we should free to write them and give them a piece and should not do. Suggestion--yes, we gladly accept them; duties and requireof our mind.

In a profit-making organization, "the ments—no, absolutely no. For that, we home office tells the district office what have our by-laws. And if we meet in our its duties: and requirements are, and not districts meetings, we have every right vice versa." But the SPJST is a non- to plan this and that when we think it profit organization with a representa- is for the good of our SPJST. We accept tive form of government in which the suggestions from those who are the cus-members provide, according to the con- todians of our property. But we restitution and by-laws, for a supreme or sent when they jump up, lose their head governing body, So the affairs of our and start to preach to us what we should SPJST are in the hands of the members, and should not do. and with the approval of the members Since we have districts, and since the placed in the hands of the supreme of- districts are to promote the progress in ficers for the period of four years. Every our SPJST, it is only reasonable that we four years the delegates, elected directly can discuss various methods how this or indirectly by the members, meet a- progress could be accelerated. We have gain and elect another group of officers the right to talk, we have right to vote, for another four years. because that is the only democratic way The home office of the SPJST does to find out what the members think. not, cannot, and DARE NOT, tell the Our votes in the district are not binding, members what its duties and require- they are for guidance of those who do ments are. The power of control is' in future planning. And if somebody objects the hands of the members, the same as to our voting in the districts' on the the power of running a precinct. city, ground that it is not mentioned in Our

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Stran a 17 SPJST members met together and against any of the supreme officers, agreed that we would work to the goal directors, the Publication Committee, or of putting an active president in charge the editor, but I would like to see the of the SPJST. In those days, we had a wheels of our SPJST be turning in unipresident: living in Houston, and the. son, in perfect harmony—for progress. headquarters in Fayetteville. We had The members of every local Lodge failed to get active president in, the convention at Corpus Christi, but we suc- have their own jobs to do. Each memceeded in Fort-Worth. Everybody knows ber must be a good member. And nothing that it was the turning point in the would please me more than to see each supreme officer to work in perfect harprogress of the SPJST. We still have a few' things which need mony, like a well constructed auto improving. First, there is some confu- where everything, from tail lights to sion and dissention among the members front buniPer, 'each and every part of the Supreme Lodge and the Publica- makes one good automObile. You cannot tion Committee. The minutes of the Su- have each Cylinder 'firing as ,it pleases. preme Lodge show that some of the dis- If I could see the supreme Officers workcussion is secret and private, and that ing in perfect unison, I would be the the officers of District Three, Brother best and the most'sincere adtertising Pokladnik and Brother Hosek, were and campaign manager for A-election of everybody: asked to step out.

Another painful observation is that One more, thing I want to mention.

THE NEED FOR PERFECT HARMONY the supreme officers do not have the We expect our supreme officers to be Dallas, Texas same purpose. Everybody seems to do our leaders and advisors. We need their pear Sisters and Brothers: as he pleases. Everybody has his own lit- opinion what is 'good for the SPJST. -My telephone has been ringing every tle stage and does not let the others Brother Chupick had two long letters day and some SPJST member called me know what goes on. There is no team- in the Vestnik, one in Czech, the other about my Czech article which was pub- work. If one goes out of the office, the in English. I expected that his letters lished last week. Some of my callers did others don't seem to , know where he would give us advice, information or explanation. I was much disappointed. not agree with certain statements, but went or for what purpose.

There was nothing constructive. There most of them asked me to write about In the latter part of July, I was a de- was nothing about plans for the Old the same points for the English section.

Fifty years ago, the first Model "T" legate to the convention of the Slavonic Folks Home. There was nothing about a Ford was frightening horses, little chil- Mutual Fire Insurance Association held suitable parcel of land for it out of dren and old ladies as it came sputtering in El Campo. One day we had visitors those seven parcels which the SPJST rattling and backfiring down dirt roads. from the SPJST headquarters, president owns, nothing about the two thousand Today, the shining, streamlined new au- Marek and director Navratil. They acres we have. There was no suggeStion tomobiles give pride to every owner. The brought the good wishes from all the of- about financing the SPJST Summer advancement that has 'been made on ficers. But an hour or so earlier, secre- Youth Camp one way or another. There each and every auto is an example of tary Chupick sent a telegram and good was nothing about sick and accident inconstant designing, planning, labor and wishes from all the officers and direc- surance. There was nothing about placthought; and could be covered by one tors. On the preceding day, director Cer- ing our attorney under the same roof venka expressed the same greetings. This with the other supreme officers. There word,' "progress." repetition showed that there is the need We diseussed the progress of the of better harmony and understanding. was nothing about planning for the next convention to make it shorter, alSPJST in several meetings of our Lodge I . could give you many other cases. though we all know that another fraterJaro, No. 130. We agreed that we would Let me point out only one more glar- nal society, to which many of us belong, support 100% the following ideas of ing sample where the supreme officers has right now its convention here in. progress: the Old Folks Home; the Sum- showed everybody that they are not har- Dallas from Monday till Thursday and mer Youth Camp; the management of -nessed together. It was at the dedicahas everything figured out in advance. .our seven districts; and the necessary tion of new hall at. Elm Mott. Brother There is nothing about reducing the improvements at the headquarters. This Chupick made an apology that he did number of delegates in the future. And last item we consider to be placed at not know he would be required to make there is nothing suggested about the the top of the list. a. speech. Brother Koliha followed him work in the districts or the election 'of . Lately, I have been criticised for tak- with about six sheets of speech. Why the directors by the members of the ing up and approving what the supreme was it that the one was not prepared district.

6fficers. had done. I respect everybody's and the other had his speech written We should get at least a dozen of sugideas and opinions. I go with the major- out? And what everybody noticed was ity. I support the supreme officers even that the editor of the Vestnik was not gestions or opinions from our supreme if I didn't vote for all of them at the even called on to take a bow, yet he did officers now, before the convention, last convention. I support them as long more for the publicity than all of the througn the Vestnik, so that we would as I see them working in harmony for supreme officers put together. He com- be informed what we need. If we want the progress of the SPJST.- But when I posed the Lodge song, he furnished the the wheels of our organization keep on find them that they are not working in melody, but he was ignored; and some- turning more firmly, in perfect harmo harmony, I voice my disagreement and body; who did not know the melody, took ny, we must have guidance of those who I say openly that I am not satisfied. it upon, himself to lead the singing. are designing, planning and running Before I go on1, let me take you back Again it showed the need of harmony this SPJST toward progess. We can do to the time when a group of incere,c and understanding. I ha ;ie nothing page 18), `,„Vontinued by-laWs, then we would have to eliminate voting on every issue coming before the local Ridge . meeting. We should have as much freedom and independence in our district meetings as we have in cur lodge Meetings. If we wish to petition the governing body; we have the right to do it either in the district or the local lodge meetingS. Stefanik Lodge No. 142 has Brother Alvin Ivleln.ar, Sister Amelia Vaja-Sturm, and myself to repOrt the wishes of the members of our Lodge to other members, other lodgeS, and other districts. We -pledged ourselves to work for the Home of the Aged; for SPJST Summer Youth Camp, for Sick and Accident insurance, and for other progressive ideas. You will be hearing from us again.

Fraternally, Marie F. Kulhanek-Vala )•

Strang 1

VESTNIK—WEST,

HOW

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: Even such a small fry like the editor of a fraternal paper must read reams and reams of Vrinted matter, and volumes.upon volumes of books.

One of the sources from which I get my reading requirements is an organization which mails me once a month a hook suitable for any executive. Every one of the volumes has a charming title, such as ::"How to Talk,Plainly," "How to be a Leader," "HoW to Get Ahead," "How. to . Read and ;Understand," -Bow to Sell:Your Way to Sticcess."

The last one me• how to get in a lifty-thousand-dollar job. But since I am a retired government servant, I'll pass the information to some younger chap who is a college graduate,:has a 'smooth road ahead of. him, :needs the money worse than 'I do, and,is,iall steamed up to go. So, here is your future: In three years you should double your pres exit income.

In five years you should a,‘ earning In ten years you should really hit the bi g monej, $50,000 and up.

The man who says so is a man who 1 Lt - done so, Vincent F. Sullivan, a top ;-ales: executive of the New York Daily •e\Vs and author of How To Sell Your Way :-Into the Big Money (Citadel Press, The technique that Mr. Sullivan des:.Tibe•c pointedly and with unmisakable clarity, is simple indeed. There only one drawback. "It requires hard wOrk to apply it. It means abandoning philosophy of getting things the em4y way. It means joining in the great crusade to put us all back on the path, tii' , gOod bard work."

If hard work doesn't alarm you, you Iv.:11 find the author's shrewd, down-toearth, payoff4ested advice to be nualens. ely valuable in staking out a path for people who are going places. Mr. (Continued from page 17.) our'' part, but we must have guidanceof our leaders. ,But if we don't get this guidance, if the; rupreme officers keep on pulling apart, if they don't work for one cornmen: aim now, or pretty soon, then the jlance committee" will again have to be formed. It will again be a volunteer committee of members for the pro- tection of the interest and the growth (Ji• the SPJST. However, we lost one out standing member of the former "vigilance committee," when the SPJST had lost its former vice-president, Brother 'Frank G. Svadlenak.

Fraternally yours, Hugo Schefeak

Wednesday, September 28, 1955 THE MAGIC WORD IN MARRIAGE

By F. Magoun I had just come noisily down the back Sullivan pulls no punches -- as, for instance, in speaking of new college stairs, but the little wrinkles twitching across her forehead said with both deligraduates seeking a job.

"Two-thirds of 'business leadership is cacy and force that she was tired. UnCollege,' " he points out, "and business necesary noise was one of life's minor is realizing more and more the value of irritations, especially at the end of maka college education. Yet there is tremen- ing the place tidy and taut following a dous reluctance on tile hiring level to big party given the evening before.

"Let me wash, the dishes for you," take a chance on a college man." So he said. my words deep in contrition, takes a goOd look at some of the short"That's not your job;" she said. "I comings of the spanking new college araduate. References to "contacts," ad- can still clean -up the kitchen." It wastrative ability," and "executive n't only what she said, it was the way caliber" pop up like pock marks in job- she said it. The words could have been application letters. "Most significant is genial on the surface but tempered with the 'secure career' routine which seems well-bred venom all the same. My loved to be cropping up more and more often and lovely lady isn't like that "You're tired, too," she added. in interviews and letters.

"Let's think a minute," I said, trying • "The more I think about' this situation clumsily to jockey for position. aYou the angrier I get. Too many college men promised to love, honor, and cherish me. today are insulted by the thought of What did I promise to do for you?"' hard work, and they will get up and "Well, what did you promise?" walk out if you tell then point-blank "I don't remember."

-; salary increases are on the basis of "I don't remember, either, and that merit, or that the job is theirs only on bothers me." Then with a lovely twinkle a temporary level until they prove them- in her eye, "All these years I could have selves. The quaint old charm for a posi- been collecting! eertainrY it was nothtion that offers a JOB for a good, aggres- ing about doing the dishes on Saturday sive man with a future rather than a night. Say, where would we find what it `career' seems to have vanished. was you promised?"

"Once you hire a college graduate you "Somewhere at the end of the front often, find that he is tragically lacking stairs and the weeding march maybe," in practical knowledge. FrOtil the young I thought, thus bringing ire almost fullmen and women who pass before my circle. desk every day on their way toward "You know," she sal d, "sometimes I seeking a spbt in life, I am reluctantly think a vacation for a woman is prinforced to the conclusion that it's per- cipally a change of sink.-1. you'll wash, haps time for our institutions to take a I'l wipe and we'll do 'em together." look at their programs and see if they There it was. Together! is there any couldn't- add some of the practical more wonderful word in marriage? It's points of business life." so much more fun doing things together.

What should the professors teach?

Ever try waltzing alone? Every wry and A course in resiliency — if a graduate rueful moment of an unhappy marriage wants to lead men who are experts in begs for a togetherness that isn't there. their kinds of work and disciplines inEvery shared moment in -a happy one volved. is doubly joyIU1 because, in addition to teach their men the your own enjoyment, there's the added Professors .

English la;rguage. Too many graduates joy of enjoying the other person's entoday do not know how to speak or write joyment, too. Like taking a. youngster to the circus, for instance. Half the fun is English or how to read. well.

Professors should teach more about watching his delight. Or like a swim in getting along with people in a competi- the river together after a sweaty afternoon in the corn rows. Going alone is tive business environment.

"If professors could gently insinuate little more than a bath in a big,long tub the unfortunate fact that graduates you don't have to rinse out after you're must work at. two or three months through. Or like worshipping together. before they earn the same as the boss, or bearing the black, mysterious tragedy it night help. Could you arrange a small of bereavement together. Or for that course of study- about the proper dress matter, while night is gathering beyond for business? Teach them some good the windows, just doing the dishes tomanners and consideration of others?" gether on a hot Saturday night when you And if. the school can afford a gift, Mr. are both tired.

Yep. She's right. The most wonderful Sullivan suggests a good watchalarm clock to help graduates get to work on word in marriage is together.--Contributed. time.

Wednesday, September 2?, 1995

V STNt K — WEST, TEXAS

Wan 19

DEATH ON OUR HIGHWAYS This is not strictly about fraternalism or about the subject of gaining new members for your local lodge. It is a subject dealing with you and your safety.

We are interested in your well-being and in the safety of your family. You are members of our lodge and our organization. So we want you to read about death on our highways. You have not experienced it — yet, so please read what follows.

On a. busy Iowa highway not long ago, a driver made a quick stop at a crossroad. Then, for a full minute the countryside rang with the sound of brakes, steel and brokeh glass. Before the uproar died, 11 cars had collided in line.

Two turned over.

At Oakland, California, smoke from a dump fire blew suddenly across a busy road. Several drivers sharply applied their brakes. In the next few seconds, 27 cars smashed bumper in the newest hazard of crowded U.S. highways: the chain-collision.

The sad truth is that thousands of rear-bumper collisions are being caused by careful motorists — careful drivers who, like yourself, are often forced by traffic to become unwilling bumperchasers.

The too-slow driver, police say, is a very dangerous man on fast roads. California police gave hundreds of tickets last year to slow motorists. On some roads a minimum speed limit is helping avoid accidents.

"On fast arteries," says California's driver research chief Edwin Fletcher, "cars simply must . `keep up' to avoid rear-end collisions."

Perhaps this has happened to you: You're driving in a double line. You can't see beyond the car you're following. You can't tell that a driver 10 cars ahead has put on his brakes—because you can't see his hand-signal or his brakelights. They're hidden by the car ahead of you.

But suddenly—before you know what's happening—the line ahead of you stops.

You hear skidding. You jam your brakes.

The man behind you comes skidding up to you.

On a New York City bridge the other day, eight cars slid together. The sight would have made you laugh—had not the possibilities for injury been so great. One by one, the hood of each colliding car sprang up in, the air—each in turn.

And in one all-time classic on a Los Angeles freeway, 50 cars collided bumperto-bumper!

It's happe r, g all over Amer±aa and

In proportions that are suddenly deadly serious.

As if today's traffic squeeze were not enough, police say they are troubled by two kinds of "screwball" drivers: (1) the speeder on busy highways who tries to rush you by "riding" your rear bumper, and (2) the too-slow driver behind whom lines of cars form.

Both of these drivers cause chaincollisions.

And both of them are becoming the target of stricter police enforcement.

In Los Angeles alone, police have reported that 2,300 serious accidents last year were caused by "following too closely:, And also in traffic-crowded Bergen County, New Jersey, police recently made a survey which showed that rearend collisions caused more than half (60 percent) of all of last year's accidents.

These figures are supported by reports from other states, especially Illinois and Connecticut. Chicago now is arresting and fining "bumper-chasers."

And in Bergen County, police have begun a doubled-barreled campaign: (1) the fellow who shows up suddenly in your mirror, driving inches behind your car is arrested; (2) other drivers are being politely cautioned against following each other too closely.

Already this year in Bergen County, this police campaign has cut rear-end collisions by 50 per cent.

Surprisingly, the finger of blame points partly at an old safety rule you have heard for years. You remember how it goes:

car coming toward him, or stops dead, in a shower of glass—in a chain-collision. You slam on your brakes.

Actually, at 50 mph, it will take you 55 feet (nearly four carlengths) even to get your foot on the pedal. After that, another 187 feet to stop. Total: 242 feet.

Result: you're going to plow through that fellow ahead at perhaps 40 mph.

And tha•'s sheer suicide.

All this explains why one of America's top traffic experts, Dr. A. R. Lauer of Iowa State College, warns: "Our road law is inadequate—even in Iowa where the law requires two carlengths for every 10 miles of speed."

A rule of thumb the expert use for stopping on dry pavement, under perfect, level conditions, says Dr. Lauer, is this: square the speed you're driving, and divide it by 10."

In other words, at 50 mph, the square of your speed is 2,500. Divided by 10, you get 250 feet safe stopping distance. Compare that figure with the 76 feet the law says is safe.

Here are other safe stopping distances, compared with those prescribed in the old rule. Paste this table on cardboard and keep it in your car.

YOUR DISTANCE FROM SPEED CAR AHEAD 20 mph 40 ft. ( 3 carlengths) 30 mph 90 ft. ( 6 carlengths) 40 mph 160 ft. (11 carlengths) 50 mph 250 ft. (17 carlengths) 60 mph 360 ft. (24 carlengths) Remember: "It's your neck," and Dr. Lauer suggests you take these precautions: When stopping, flash y our brakelights.

Always keep your rear lights clean.

Dim red lights make your car look farther away.

"When you follow another car, stay at least one carlength away for every 10 miles of speed."

A more dangerous rule could harly be written. You've been told—and today's new drivers are still being told—that it's In dense traffic, use hand signals safe to stay as little as 2 carlengths back freely. if you drive 20 miles an hour, 4 carFinally, while traffic experts a n d lengths if you're doing 40, 5 carlengths highway police seek new cures for rearat 50 and so on. end collisions, remember this: In fact, that rule is law in some states. When you double your speed (as from But today, on busy roads, it's a law that 20 to 40 mph), you might think it will take you twice as far to stop. It can lead to highway suicide.

On wide, open roads, with only a few won't. Remember that table given above. cars in sight, this old rule may still be It's going to take you four times as far. all right under perfect daylight condi3 • • tions.

Christians have never adopted a stanBut on a jam-packed road, consider d9.rd Bible and still use ten different verthe odds: Say you're doing 50. You're five car- sions — the Abyssinian, Armenian or lengths (75 feet) behind another fellow. Gregorian, Egyptian or Coptic, EpiscoIt's a busy three-or four-lane road. Cars pal-Lutheran, Latter Day Saints, Orright and left of you. No room to swing. thodox Greek Catholic, Protestant, RoSuddenly the fellow ahead smacks a man Catholic, Samaritan, and Syrian.

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VESTNiK— WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday, September 28, 195a

YOU HAVE FOUR WISHES If you are alive, and if you are an average human being, four wishes rule your life. Whether you know it or not, you are striving to attain them.

Dr. W. I. Thomas, noted sociologid, made those wishes familiar long ago. And Dr. Paul Popenoe, an authority on social and family relationship, explains them in these words: You have four wishes. You may not know it. Perhaps you are confused and dissatisfied because you don't know what you really want from life.

But every human being wants the same things. All life is a striving to accomplish something, to get somewhere.

And whether you know it or not, you are attempting to gain these four objectives, trying to make real these four fundamental wishes.

If you succeed in making your four Wishes come true, you are happy.

If you fail, you are likely to be frustrated and miserable; to be continually making trouble for yourself and others, without knowing the reason why.

And because you are a human being, and 'alive, these are the four wishes you have: 1. The wish for response. This is the craving for friendship in the broadest sense of the term; the craving for comradeship, for intimacy, for affection. As a child, you want your parents not merely to re enond to your needs but to respond, to your smiles or screams. Later you 'want friends — which means re:ponse, Eventually you want particularly the friendship of one person of the dthei sex who will respond strongly to you, and to no one else—which means leve.

Lack of these responses lack of love, of friendship, of human contacts—is often . felt to be such a deprivation that death is preferable to life without them.

2. The wish for recognition. This involve:, the existence of self-respect and self-esteem, of pride and ambition. You Want to be recognized as amounting to something. You are somebodyr—not a cipher, not a mere statistic in the censii8' returns. You want to feel that you are something, or stand for somehting, or can do something, that makes you unique and leads others to approve of yotrand admire you, You crave not merely social aproval but a feeling of power and prestige. The more powerful you are, the more people will be unable to ignote you. They will have to recognize you. They will know that you are there.

3, The wish for new experience. From infancy, boredom and monotony are enemies of well-being, and the attempt to

escape from them is responsible for many troubles as well as many achievements. It is at the root of most learnhi c,. Curiosity leads people into scientific re-carch, or even into marriage! Love of adventure leads them not merely into trivial escapades but into exploration, or even into war. The wish for new experience leads people to drive at new speeds, to take new jobs, to sample new drinks, to attend new churches, to visit new countries, to O. to new girls!

4. The wish for security. This is partly a matter of habit. The baby does not want any chain e in his feeding time or in his sleeping a i'.1.1ageilients. He wants to feel secure, to feel that the world is solidly and durably organized around him and that it will not slip out from under him or play any tricks on him.

The adult wants to preserve the values in his own, larger scheme of life. If any marked change in his health, wealth, religion, or politics is forced upon him, he is likely to be uncomfortable because he feels insecure.

This need for security is a great conservative influence, but it is also a stimulus that leads people to make exertions which they would otherwise avoid.

They want to provide for their children, or for a "rainy day." The wish for security often determines which doctor gets their ailments, which party gets their vote, which church gets their pew rent.

Like the others, tins is a dew-seated and far-reaching factor whickaI can be recognized among animals far down in the scale of evolution.

Life, Lib, rty And The Pursuit of Happiness A century ago, America's cities were quite small; its roads were largely unpaved and the mileage of its railroads was limited. Unpaved roads, suitable to horse transportation or a man's use of his own legs, made for lonely villages and scattered farmhouses.

But if there is a less lonely place in the world than the United States of the present, I do not know it. For one is conscious of the miracle of wheels and wings here above all else. Powerful trains, speeding airplanes and the hum of millions of automobiles on the millions of miles of paved highways, are not conducive to loneliness. I do not mean there are re', plenty of places of peace and solitud remaining, but except for the mot, e ',ains they are within a few travel for anyone by rail, plane, c,, private motorcar. Also, loneliness hardly can thrive when some 50 million of the world's 80-odd million telephones are installed in United States homes, offices, factories, service stations, etc.

The American continues today to be a strangely independent individual. He goes about his business and he'll let you go about yours, but by and large he wants to preserve the properties and he expects others to do likewise. But call on him for help with a stalled car, or ask him for a direction in a strange city and you will be impressed and grateful, (as I have been times without number) at his interest and desire to help you. I wonder if this is one of his pioneer heritages—a great flashback to the wilderness where the code to help a fellow human being in trouble was mandatory for not to have helped would have been

considered dishonorable by the people of that day.

An American seems to use his legs less than anyone and Naturc•ells us that a part which fails into disuse atrophies in time. I forgot nothing wrong with his hands and arms for if ever a nation pushed buttons to get things done for it and used wheels to go places and do things, this one does. This might convey the thought that we are lazy. Quite the contrary; Americans feel that if a piece of machinery is available to do a job, why tire yourself out? Save that energy for the golf course or some other cultural or recreational activity. And save le! Yet if a tractor and a bulldozer and a steam shovel can do so many man hours of labor in building a road, digging a foundation, plowing and seeding the fields; and if other steel monsters can hurry along a job and do it better and at less cost, why not use them?

Make the machine serve man—not man the machine. Make it develop abundance, produce more than enough to go 'round, keep wages up and seeks every opportunity to achieve a richer life, complete liberty, and always in pursuit of happiness. ) • 4. • Contrary to the general impression, the little books of matches presented to purchasers of cigars and cigarettes are not distributed free by the organizations whose advertisements appear on the covers. The owners of cigar stores, newsstands, and vending machines have to buy them, at the rate of three books for a cent; and the nuMber given away by these retailers costs them approximately $600,000 a week.

Wcciiie4rday, Septenther 28, 1955

V4BTNIK— WWI', TEXAS

CIGARETTES AND YOUR APPETITE You can't eat cigarettes, but in a pinch they can serve as food until something better comes along. That is, by smoking you can dull the pangs of hunger until you hardly know you have an appetite.

This is one point (perhaps the only one) on which cigarette advertisers and medical scientists who prove things with test tubes and case histories are in frill agreement. Smoking will lessen, the appetite and thereby interfere with weight gain. You stay thin not because tobacco smoke has any effect on fat, but because smoking dulls normal hunger sensations.

Thus the slim young thing who prides herself on the will power that enables her to refuse second helpings may actually be substituting one appetite for an even more voracious one; ie., for smoking. Certainly a few cigarettes make a low-calorie reducing diet much more tolerable, a point to remember if will power wavers in the middle of a slimming program Of course there are many who would claim that the substitution of smoking for a natural appetite is distinctly harmful. The Journal of the American Medical Association comes right out and says that "the human appetite is a delicate mechanism . . . and the attempt to destroy it by the regular use of tobacco is essentially vicious."

On the other hand, there is no vast amount of proof that moderate smoking is especially dangerous to the average person. But moderate smoking is considered to be only three or four cigarettes a day! If you already are a habitual smoker and you want to use this habit to help you get thin, you will get better results by smoking before eating—dulling the appetite when it counts.

Unfortunately, smoking on an empty stomach is least desirable from a health standpoint. Many doctors marshal convincing evidence that smoking before eating encourages stomach ulcers in susceptible persons, especially the nervous, high-strung sort who reach for a cigarette the instant they get up in the morning, something like the alcoholic who starts the day with a bit of the hair of the dog that bit him.

So, if you prefer to smoke with the least damage to health, do it after meals. If you would smoke to get thin, do it before meals — but remember what the dcctors said about the human appetite being a delicate mechanism. If you are on the stout side, you will hardly believe that persons with finicky appetites would pay handsomely for some of your

gusto in consuming everything the cook sets out.

The mechanism by which smoking lessens the appetite is not fully understood, but '.he best bet of physiologists is that tobacco affects the taste buds, the mem.branes lining the mouth, and checks "gastric secretion and motility."

This last merely means that the stomach doesn't pour out the juices normally stimulated by a hearty meal — in a sense, that the stomach doesn't "water" (as it should and as your mouth. does) at the sight of a turkey being trundled to the table. The "motility" part implies that tobacco reduces the churning, wave-like motions of the stomach that arouse sensations of hunger and play a part in digestion.

It is easy for any smoker to understand the dulling effects of tobacco on the taste buds of the tongue and the tissues lining the mouth. The constant cigarette smoker, unhappily enough, usually knows least what a cigarette can really taste like. He is often amazed after a • period of forced abstinence to discover that the first cigarette is delicious beyond anything he remembers.

Here we have a linkage that ties cigarettes with diet again. Taste and smell are senses so interdependent that few of us distinguish one from the other.

Actually, about nine-tenths of the things we think we taste depend for their savor upon the cooperation of our noses. This is true of smoking. Pinch your nose together like a youngster taking castor oil, and take a drag from a cigarette — the smoke is practically tasteless because you can't smell it.

Smell is the most fatigable of our senses. You have noticed that when you first enter a smoke-filled room or a subway on a crowded day you are assailed by very definite scents. Yet in a very short time you are quite unconscious of them. Your nose gets tired out very quickly; the sense of smell is, so to speak, anesthetized.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, September 28 Lee use orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Konvicka's Worthing Band — Pilsner's.

Place near Columbus Saturday, October 1 Majek orchestra — Golden Wedding . Anniversary Dance — Voge's Place at, Wcodsboro Joe Patek orchestra — SPJST Hall • Taylor .

Henry. Brosch orchestra-- Bill Mraz Hall. in Houston Rudy Kurtz orchestra — New Bieljau Hall near Weimar .

Charles Mikush orchestra — Freyburg Hall Sunday, October 2 Baca's Original orchestra — Day... and.

Night Picnic and Dance — Hostyn Hall Billy Heitzman orchestra Harvest Dance — SPJST Pokrok Hall ; :in Dallas Henry Brosch orchestra. — Wedding_ Dance — K. C. Home in Schulen-, burg Rudy Kurtz orchestra — New Pavilion in Warrenton Monday, October 3 Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wedding —Parish Hall in Praha Tuesday, October 4 Rudy Kurtz orchestra -- Wedding Dance —JUT Hall in Plum Wednesday, October 5 Rudy Kurtz orchestra. — Wedding Dance —American Legion Hall in Shiner,

All the above dances are at night un-i less otherwise specified. This is a,,tree service but applies only to those &laces at which mainly polka and waltz musieiS played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility resulting from any dance announcement which is listed in this calUmn• Listings from orchestras and dance balls should be received at least one week ,lieSomething of the same sort occurs if you happen to smoke continuously. Your fore publication. Send all listings ;JO sense of smell loses its keenness; there- Calvin Chervenka. Route 2, Rogers, ;TO.X. fore, you can't taste very well either; ) therefore, the savor of good food is lost The best show on earth is tho.,;hu, to you, and if beefsteak tastes like sawdust you naturally aren't going to over- man race, and the performance is.1con,!! tinuous and free. eat. Ergo, you have a slim figure.

•■ • 4, • & • FASTEST KILLER Democracy is threatened by the ineftia No known inSectious disease develops faster than Asiatic cholera. After feeling of good people, by the selfishness .of the first symptoms, persons have died most people, and by the evil designs of from it within sixty minutes. a few people.

Ve ItPedu, tine 2S. zffi 1955.

EDUARD MICEK:

MA (/' eTENAik Fete me efesky eisti!

CAST eTVRTA, DOPLNEN4 TitICATE DEVATE CVIeENt

Svoboda.

Kdyi jsem vyrazil tye ku v plote, zajlefek ihned odpeliiil a zmizel na svobode.

Vypravoval jsem o torn otci a ten mi zazpiSel jsem dorma ze ikoly val a v nagein plote uvidel jsem zajice. Hlavou ye Svoboda, svoboda zel v plote. Sedel skr- nade viecko, e'en vysilen a ustragen. kdo ztrati svobodu, ztrati viecko!

Sednul isem si k nemu a pohladil jej. Skubnul tasto, velmi easto, na sebou, ale °pet si sed- tu pisen vzpominam. nul. Pohladil jsem jej o- Preeti nekolikrat s tatinkem a popros jej, aby Ti elinek trochu vysvetlil! Vyrid' mu strYektiv pozdrav a vzpominku! pet. Koiiiek mel mek- Potom elanek spravne opiS do seiitu!

S pozdravern 10, ale student', profouSTRYCEK MICEK Z AUSTINU strYekova je: kani studenkm vetrern. Adresa Dr. Ed. Mie'ek, Station, Chvel se, jakoby eekal University Austin, Texas.

•4•( ranu.

Babiteka (Napmla, notena Nemeova.)

Bylo mi zajice Tito a (Pokra4ov&ni.) nirzelo me, ie na nei ere- Ptijel pan ProSek a s nim Student Vilim i dcera Johanka; ptiSel syn KaSpar, a z KrkonniskYch hor ptivedl start' pan ki olovo srnrt. Pohladil Beyer statneho mladence Jana; take Orilk ptiSel z lesnicke skoly, kainZ ho paisem ort6t a opet jeho ni kneZna data, poznavAi v nem znamenite vlohy pro lesnictvi. VAdyt' ho poeibabieka take mezi svoje vnuky, pok6iiek a zajic sed61 be- tala znavAi vzrastajici lasku mezi nim a AdeluSlechtilY jeho mra y. VSickni ze hrtuti jako zkrotklk a kouseaokolo babieoina lole, ale nejprvnejsi vSech byla Barunka, to prisla za.roven se slavikem; on se usadil ye svem nechal se hladiti.

hnizdeelu u babieeina okna. Barunka se ubytovala v babieeine sednici, kde valo kdysi jeji luako, kde poslouchavaly spolu libezne zpevy blizskeho zpevaeka, kde ji babieka vstavajic lehajic Zehnala. Byly zase spolu, tyte2 tony k nim zaznivaly, byly to tyteZ hvezdieky, na neZ se kdysi spolu divavaly tyteZ ruce spoeivaly na hlave Baruneine, byla to ta2 hlava, ale jine mySlenky se v ni rodily, a jinYmi city byly ty slzy vyroneny, ktere videla babieka nyni teci po tvatich sve milene vnueky, ne2 ty slzieky, ktere s usmanim milYm utirala s raZoveho lice tehdaZ, kdy je,§te (levee v male postYlce lihalo. Ty zrosily jen, ale nezkalily °di.

Babieka citila dobre, Ze Zivota jejiho na male, proto2 si jako dobra, moudra, hospodyne v,§ecko v poradek uvedla. Nejtrive smitila se s Panembohem # s lidmi, pak rozdelila svilj malt' statedek. Kandy dostal pamatku. Pro kaZdeho, kdo k ni mela mile slovo, kaZcieho, kdo ji opouStel, provazel jeji zrak, a kdy i pani kneZna s HortensinYm synem navStivivie ji odchazeli, dlouho se za nimi divala; vedela, Ze se s nimi na svete jig nesetka. I tu nemou tvar, koelty a psy sobe zavolala, pohladila je a nechala si od Sultana ruku lizat. "Illedte jich," pravila k Adelce a sluZILn, "kaZde zviPe, kdy2 je ma elm& rad, je vdeene." Ale Vorin zavolala k sobe a prikazovala ji: "AZ umru, VorSilko ja vim, Ze to nebude uZ dlouho se mnou trvat, zdalo se mi dnes v nod, Ze Jiri pro mne priSel — aZ tedy umru, nezapomeri rici to veelikam, aby yam nepomtely! Ostatni by trebas zapomneli." Babieka vedela, Ze Voria to udela, ponevadZ verila, Yea ostatni neverili, a tedy snadno by udelat opomenuli v eas byt' i ba.biace k viili udelat chteli.

Bylo to druhST den k veeeru po navratu deti, kdyZ babielta ti ge skonavala, Barunka ji ptedfikavala modlitbu umirajicich; babielta modlila se s ni, aZ najednou asta se nehYbala, oko upteno zastalo na krucifix, nad lolem visici, dech se zatajil. Plaminek Zivota jejiho shasl, jako shasind pomalu dohorivajici kandnek, v nemZ palivo vie ztraveno.

Barunka zatlaeila ji oei, mlado. Milova otevtela okno, "aby dnie volnost mela k odletu." Voria nemeSkajic mezi pladicimi, pospichala k alu, kterY pan otec babiece pied kolika roky postavil, a zaklepaySi nan, volala ttikrat: "Vdelielty, yeelieky, babielta nam umfela!", pak tepr y sedla na lavieku pod ben a pustila se do Stkani. Pan myslivec kradel cestou k '2ernovu, aby dal zvonit umiraeltem; sam se nabidl k to sluZbe. Bylo mu ouzko v staveni, mush yen, by se mohl vyplakat.

"StYskalo se mi po Viktorce, jak pak zapomenu na babieltur povidal si cestou.

KdyZ zaznel umitheek, hlasajici vSemu (Dokoneeni na, strand 24)

V e stkedu, dne 28. zati 19;a

VESTN K \VESTA:B.XAS

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DOPISY A NAIILEDY CLENU CO JEST "TVORIVA" KRITIKA? Grapevine, Texas.

Sestry a bratri: Jaka to pro nas gkocla, ze v mnohYch mistech jest na g Vestnik odkladan a jen povrchne eteraY.. — Jen men gina si jej va2i co nag "forum" a dle toho zanedbavame east() pronesti sve nahledy, ponechavajice rizeni na gi Jednoty nekdy i 0sobam, ktere se domnivaji, ze Jednota nage ma, bYti krzena jako "korporace".

Dle sveho ohlaveni, chtel jsem pokraeovati v rozboru, co jest tvokiva, kritika, avgakhle: v poslednim disle nageho Vesthiku jak by na zavolani pridruFili se br. F Bneek i br. H.Sefeak a dilem i br.

Belio'ek k memu thema. S posledne jmenoValiSim bratrem ' ve vgem nemohu souhl.asi . i, nebot' verim, ze pakli uskuteenime sve plany, zrizeni Utulny pro nage Sta •gi, i ten "Youth Camp" po ease si vy"bidujeme. Zkusme to, sestry a bratri, • kroic po kroku a neFaclejme toho "nevehe" rnnoho najednou.

Rad bych se pozastavil v to sve "tvorive kritice" pH bode o kterem se portano hovori, ale odvahy vet ginou chybi se prohlasiti: Mohlo by bYti vedeni nagi Jednoty zlepgeno? Jest v na gem Ustredi potrebnY soulad? Maji nagi vedouci po• trebne kvalifikace obchodni; uvesti ve skutek irkoly, ktere jsme jim svekili?

Opakuji sve tvrzeni, Fe na gi vedouci reditele• easto si neuvedomuji, Fe na ge Jednota'jest'a bude kizena na g irn Clenstvem. lenstvo na.ge nra pravo formulovati naYrhy na zmeny, dasto potkebne, Dosud nas sjezd jest na gi vrchni instanci a na: Se distrikty die moll° — mely by bYti prtipravnou g kolou pro rady na ge i delegaty.

• Pro to prieinu tak mnohYm ty na ge &le distrikty jsou soli •do oei. Moc pry se tarn rozumy rozvadi! O ano, nejradeji to •vge nekteli by zakidili, aby ye sjezdu povstal nekterY bratr, treba i z radu, kde celiekY Cas .od posledniho sjezdu nieeho2 se nekonalo, a zvolal: "Ja, navrhuji, aby to eciC na ge Hlavni Uradovna byla aklamaene znovuzvolena."

NekterY jinY zas, taky bratr, by to ovCem podporoval a dosti mono treti zvolal, (treba i z mista), "necht' je nominace zakoneena" a to by bylo, jak se ,tu u rads •ika "fajn". — Pki gte vic.

Rad uvidim, kdo se zas na nine s bratrskou laskou vrhne. Te2 rad poznam,kdo se bez zabihani do osobnosti pokusi me otazky rozebirati.

S pozdraveth jako valy Ludva 0. Hogek.

PRACUJME PRO DOBRO JEDNOTY

pamatovati v gichni elenove a zrovna tak Bellville, Texas. dobre i ten nasledujici odstavec v jeho Bratri a sestry: dopise, ponevadF nam tyto priporninaji, 13y1 jsem po2adan nekolika deny. bgo ze Facind korporace neb organisackktene i pisemne, zdali by bylo mozno ninj ra nia jen trochu nejakY yYznam a ktera dopis, kterY byl uverejnen ve Vestniku obchoduje skrze distrikty, podle kterYch ze dne 14. zaki, v anglicke veci, take ho jeji oinnost je rozdelena, dovoli aby ty uvekejniti v Ceske feet KdyF jsem detl, jednotlive distrikty vladly celou organisaFe bratr redaktor Vale& bude hodne za- ci neb predpisovaly cele organisaci, jak mestnan a i na zajezdu do Toronto, Ca- ona ma bYti fizena. Ustredni Uradovna nada, aby se zneastnil Fraternal kongre- diva navody distriktnim Uradovnam, co su, tak s pomoci nekterYch bratrti zkusi- je jejich povinnost, co se od nich poFadame to my -- nebude-li to noble eeskY, je, a ire aby distriktni itradevny nakizc.tak k tomu primisime moraveinu. Dopis valy Ustredni eb ona debt. nasleduje: Chci p •ipojiti, Fe po preCqeni tohoto Jest to zajiste pote g enim eisti ye Vest- dopisit v anglicke easti Vestniku niku dopisy takoveho druhu jako pie br. telno, ze nekteri eleni se domniviji, Fe je Calvin Chervenka. V jeho dopisech br. tam nejakY rozdil a„Ze nesmA Chervenka se snaFi poukazati nestran- navat korporace neb nYm zpiisobem, jak a kterak na ge SPJST nosti s trze.nrin -. bratrskYch jednot, ale by si mela poeinati v jeji snaze pro v ge- bratri a Sestry; vedeni a rizeni batrobecne dobro cele teto organisace. Jeho skYch jednot, tak aby ony prospe gne pog iroke nahledy a odporueeni dosvedeuji, kraeovaly ,. ,jg;zrovna tak chileFite ,a4-ToFe jeho myglenky, tYkajici se vzrilstu trebne jako je takove vedeni a rizeni velJednoty, sahaji jak, do minulosti, tak i kYch korporaci a spoleenosti. Rizeni nail do budoucnosti a nejsou ovladany neja- Jednoty a mluveni o Bratrstvi, Lidskosti kym politickVm nebo osobnim citenim. a Podpore jsou d ye veliceitrozclilneAeci.

Tak to ma, bYti. Piing mnoho nagich Cle- Brat •stvi a jine dobre elle,- ktere nage nil se lined unahli a zaenou se zastavati SPJST poskytuje, vypadaji velice ,clohke neb odporueovati veci neb projekty, kte- na papike, ale velice malo dobroty sktit0si pkeji, aby nage Jednota podniknula, ne eini. 'Viand Fe je to dobre pro , nagi ani2 by si ty jiste veci dostateene rozmy- Jednot y zaujimati takovYch freeld;Ve sleli, zdali by takove veci neb projekty jenom pki keel a oznamovani, Fe rname slou'Zily dobru cele organisace.

-nee° dcbreho. Vedeni a rizeni brat jednot. maji-li si stati dobre fincrel"),, V jeho dopise ye Vestniku dne 7. zaki, musi bYti podle vyzkou genYch obchodbr. Chervenka pojednava, mezi jinYm, nich zonsobti, zrovna jako pouNvaliat7 velice dobrYmi my glenkami ohledne u- korporace. A take si musime pamatovati, sneseni prijateho ye schtizi firedniku Fe i bratrske jednoty se musi kiditi, clruheho distriktu v Holland, v sini kadu zacho yavati narizeni Statniho Poji gt 31Tyrg . Zminil se o tom takto, "Nejprve by- ciho Odboru. Neclavno Hlavni firadoyr lo navr2eno, aby distrikt druhY nasledo- vyslala no tajemniky mistnich rack," val 'later& jine distrikty v zavedeni tak tisky zpravy o stavu nail Jednoty, klera zvaneho Vedouciho vYboru (Steering zprava byla sestavena pro StatnillfoliCommittee) a aby se debatovalo a hlaso, gt'ujici Odbor statnimi prehledaei. V teto valo v distriktnich schilzich ohledne rtiz- zprave vidime upozorneni a odporKeni nYch navrhtii neb odporueeni Hlavni tYkajicich se nekolika elankft -na gicli-itAradovny anebo sjezdu, kterY se bude ko- nov a zvla g te elanku Cislo 30 odstavec (c). nati v roku 1956. Po dal gi fivaze a rozmlu- kterY zni nasledovne: Ve gkere zale2itosti ye, jake stanovisko vlastne distrikty za- Jednoty mezi sjezdy jsou pod doze.Om ujimaji, v demokratickem zarizeni nail sedmi kediteln a jsou vykizovany.4testi Jednoty, bylo rozhodnuto, ze dokud dis- hlavninai iiredniky (vyjma jak jest V trikty skuteene je gte nemaji 2adne pra- techto stanovach jinYnai elanky vAlfitdvoplatne zakonoclarne pravo, aze skutee zeno); mistopredsedou, tane by to bylo zbyteene o takovYch vecech jemnikcm, neetnim a pravnim ra. v clistriktnich schilzich hlasovati. Zako- L' to 7pravy je to jasne, Fe Pojigt'ujici nodarne veci se mohou jen tehdy pravo- Odbor povaFuje tento elanek za jecleri,z platrie zavesti, kdyF v gichnr delegati ze tech nejhlavnej gich nagich stanov, vgech mistnich radii se sejdon ve r. t,7 do to doby neF bude onen elanek zmenen nirn sjezdu, ye kterem my is: !1: - :" maji v nekterem p •igtim sjezdu. prileFitost bYti rovnoo • 'me zastoupeny a kde je k tomu lep gi prile2itost provesti Take chci pkipojit, Fe jsem byl pritopkani vetginy vg eho elenstva SPJST neF- men na dvou sjeza2ch, ye Fort Worth,:-.;0. li . v distriktiiich schtizich." Tento odsta- v Houstonu, a musim se vysloviti, ze skrvec z br. Chervenky cl0p:.0 by si nieli za,- ze me pritomnost .na teelito sje4

iltraria 24 _ jsern poznal, re nejsou to jenom ti kteri. nekdy byli delegaty, co \Tech neco 0 vedeni a rizeni bratrskych spolkti a jednot. /Je mnoho clenu, kteiji doposud nebyli delegaty, treba ze nemaji vice rozu mu- nerli ti, co byli delegaty, jenom re rozum lepsi umeji uriyati.

Jak br. Chervenka na to upozornil, roZjebitani dtileritYch veci a bode v distriktMal schtlzich je dobre, a poslanci do sjezdu by men bYti voleni jen z tech elekteri distriktni schtize navitevuji a pbdileji se v jednani o rtiznYch zaleritostech, tak aby oni byli na to lepe pripravein; kdy prijde pak rozhodnuti nektere ty 'creel ye sjezdu, namisto aby jenom prikyvovali nekterYm politikartim. Ale formal/le o takovYch chileritYch vecech hlasovati a prijati nektere naVrhy, ty, ktere mohou miti vliv a vazati snad k tomu celou Jednotu v distriktni schtizi, kde jeneon / velice male procento pritomnYch elenn hlasuje, a kde je pritomno jeSte menii procento elenstva toho distriktu, a jeSte menii procento vieho clenstva SPJST, by jenom poslourilo k tomu, aby se pripustilo do cele Jednoty planovani pro vielijake politicks neplechy pro osobni 'zajmy. Bezpochyby, mame jir pied sebort-te politiky a osobni rozepte ar mot.

KelYb eteme nektere ty dopisy a tvahy v poslednich eislech Vestniku, tak by z toho, jeden s mohl mysleti, re jestli fined nepostavime nejakY Youth Camp a nedame. tomu prednost pied viemi ostatniruLvecmi, re celd SPJST se rozpadne na kusy a prestane vubec existovat. Zajiste, je to, prirozenou veci, re organisace takoveho druhu jako jest naie SPJST, nerod jineho zdroje z ktereho by ziska:vala priliv noveho elenstva nerli z jeji omladiny, ponevadr ti starii, kteri byli jsou jir deny nektere bra-brske organisace, anebo maji pojiiteni v naterd rya rivot spoleenosti. Bratri a sentry, je to ale velice chybnY nahled domnivati se, re utracenim velkYch sum penes na nejake cenne zkouiky ye snare ziskati mlader, aby se stala Melly naSi Jednoty, nam prinese oeekavanych vYslecikn. Tento fakt nam sam sebou dokaraj. v poslednich nekolika letech, kdyr lllavni aradovria utratila hodne pener ve S lla Z e zay esti zajem neb nejake hnuti mladere, a nedodelala se oeekavanYch vyc1e ku, mimo snad v nekolika malo misted/.

sacs, tak ani tucet tech Youth Camps nam neponntre deti ziskati za deny. KelyZ deti dorusta.ji, v to dobu je eas, aby rodiee jim dobre poradili, aby ty deti se prilalasily za eleny. Je mnoho rodin, ktere jsou 100% v nail Jednote, ale je jich moohem vice, ktere nejsou. Jestli je neco, co by se mohlo udelati neb zavesti, co by probudilo zajem o clenstvi v Jednote, by to melo bYti nejake hnuti za tim aeelem, aby nail starsi elenove vice ukazali, re oni si vari a re oni maji zajem o nail Jednotu. Kdyby to se mohlo dokazati, tale potom bychorn se nemuseli starati o nejakY Youth Camp, ponevadr y etiina deti nasteduje radii a odporueenijejicl-prodieft.

Postaveni toho Youth Camp pro naie deti mne pripomind ten nynejii zvyk rodien kupovati detem rilzne darky a hraeky po celY rok, namisto jenom k Vanocim a narozeninam, s vYsledkem re takove hraeky a darky se zeviedni a zapomene se na Tak by to dopadlo i s tim detskYm kampern. Dale, velice pochybuji, ze mnoho dal z venkova by chtelo nebo mohlo do takoveho kampu jeti, kderto deti rodiea rijicich ye mestech, a kteri maji staly celoroeni prijem, by snad mohly do takoveho kampu jeti nekolikrat do roku.

Jestli musime miti neco, o eem chceme debatovati, tak debatujme o neeem, to zde bade i kdyr nynejii mlader buds ur stand; o neeem, co by snad mohlo jim a take jejich rod learn poslouriti k dobru nek.dy v budoucnosti; o neeem na co jejich rodiee by mobil poukazati a Mei, "Synku, neb ciceruiko„ kdyr se stanei Menem neb elenkyni SPJST, budei nejenom miti pov silne bratrske Jednote, ale kdyr sestarnei, budei miti zajiitenY domov bez ohledu. co ti budoucnost prineSe. ZAdny nevi, co ho nekdy v budoucnosti eeka.."

Utulna pro starai lidi by byla velice Lana a byla by ocenovana i v dobe, kdy na nejakY Youth Camp by bylo jir davno zapomenuto. Byla by prostredkem, kterY by se rozesival a uvadel ve znamost a blahociarnost naii SPJST, a byla by prostredkem pro ziskani do Jednoty generaci, poneVadr 'ona by vedela, re v padu jejich rodiee by potrebovali nejakou pomoc v jejich poslednich letech, re je tarn pro ne pripraveno dobre misto. Je to terko se domyslet anebo si to \Typal-tail, jak by ten Youth Camp prines1 takove vYsleciky, jak nekteri elenove si to predpokladaji.

Jestli neni zajem mezi nail omladinou o . naii SPJST, neni to proto, re nemame nejakY ten Youth Camp. Vaichni vime, re deti drive nedli odrostou, jsou pod ylivem eiieb ` by mely bYtil jejich rodien, a ,jestli ti rodlee se nebudou vice starati o to, aby jejleh deti se zajimaly o ten Youth Camp, nerli mnozi rodiee se staraji a usiluji a to, abych jejich deli se staly deny nisi SPJST, namisto nektere jine organi-

Bratre Chervenko, pis dalsi dopisy s Tvojimi clobrYmi nahledy, neb je videt, re mai spravnY pojem o vecech tYkajicich se nail SPJST. Zda se mi., ze mnozi elenove si mysli, re Kdyby Hlavni laradovna einila tak ,jak oni by to chteli, by to bylo mnohem lepSi, ale heath a se-stry, jak budete miti prileritost si piehlednouti tat zpra ytt, o ktere jsem se jir zmind, a kterou obdr2e1 Had mistni ta-

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Ve 8ffeclu, cane jemnik, uviclite tarn na strance 11., v„,/.rUst nail. SPJST od jejiho zaeatku ar do konce roku 1954. Uvidite jak y elke pokroky naie Jednota einila pod rizenim a vedenine naiich nynejSich arednikii. Dokazuje nam to, Ze oni vi, co maji delati a take to delaji, a proto si zaslou21, abychom jim poskytovali co nejvice pomoci a co nejmene kritiky. Dejme tomuto telesu vice volnou ruku, aby mohli \Testi naSi organisaci dle obchodnich a zkuSenYch zpilsoba. Dejme jim dalSi potrebnou vYpoinoc v Hlavni Uraclovne a mnoho toho nepochopeni mezi elenstvem tim odpadne. Naie SPJST pokraeuje velice dobre a neri potieba se obavati, Ze neco nejde j ak. by to melo jiti. Naie hlavni kancelar doposud neporouei, ant nechce poroueet, ale vede a ridi nail Jednotu prvotridnim poradkern. Reo se jen mluvi, ale eislice dokazuji fakta.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Frank V. Stepan. o ), • Nc.ni svetlo jako svetlo.

Policejni inspektor ukazuje mladernu energickemu strarnikovi okrsek jeho noeni slurby: "Vidite tam to oervene svetlo v dalce? To jest hranice vaieho okrsku. A ted' se tarn nclivejte."

1VIladY policista del a nebyl tyden nikde k spatreni. Kdyr se zase vratil, ptal se ho jeho predstavenY rozeilene, kde se toulal.

"Pamatujete se na to eervene svetlo?" branil se policista.

"Oviem. Co je s nim?"

"To byla zadni rarovka nakla,dniho automobilu, jedouciho do sousedniho mesta. , ."

(Pokratovani.) ( ) U Varietniho •editele.

"Pane rediteli, jsem pUltretiho metru dlouhY a nabizim y am sve slurby."

"Nu clobra, a co byste poradoval za metr?"

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Babfeka (Pokraeovani se strany 22) du: "'Ze neni jir babieky," zaplakalo cele adolieko.

Treti den rano, kdyr se pohrebni zalereje z yelikeho nmorst yi lidStva, — nebot' kardY, kdo babieku znal, chtel dcprovodit ku hrobu, ubiral mimo zamek, rozhrnula bila ruka terke zaclony. u okna a pani knerna se mezi nimi objevila. Jak dlouho bylo prfivod videt, tak dlouho smutnY zrak jeji ho provazel, ad pak zaclonu spustivii a hluboce si vzdechnuvdi zaieptala: "St'astna to rena!" — (Konec.)

Ve stkedu, dne 28. zati 1955.

WLADISLAW STANISLAW REYMONT

SEDLACI (Pokradovani.)

Nahle utichl, razem si v gecko pfipomnel a vrhl se za hajnYm s hroznYm kern a s takov'in Silenstvim v odich, Se hajnY se polekal a dal se na ittek; kdy2 ucitil, Se ho Antek dohani, obratil se a namitil mu rovnou do prsou, ale jakYmsi zazrakein ho netrefil, oSehl mu jenom tvat, a Antek dopadl na neho jako hrorn.

Marne se hajnY branil, marne se mu hledel vytrhnout, marne v zoufalstvi a smrtelnem strachu prosil o smilovani — Antek ho drtil sy Ymi spiry jako vzteklY vlk, seviel mu hrdlo, az hajnemu hrtan zachtestil, zvedl ho do vYSe a tloukl strom tak dlouho, dokud hajnY nevypustil posledni dech.

A potom jako smyslti zbavenY, neveda, co dela, se vrhl do rvaeky, a tam, kde se objevil, kamenela srdce, lide utikali strachenhi, protoSe vypadal hrosive, pomazanY svou i otcovou krvi, bez eepice, s vlasy slepenymi, bled' jako mrtvola, ohromnY a tak nadlidsky silny, ze skoro sam pobil a odpravil zbytek tech, kteti je gte kladli odpor... nakonec ho musili Lipeeti chlacholit a odtrhovat, protoSe by byl vSecky nep •atele utloukl k smrti.

Bitka se skondila.. . Lipeeti, ac utYra, ni, zmrsadeni, zkrvaveni, napinili les ra dostnou vtavou.

2enske opatrovaly tetee ranene a odnaSely je na sane; nebylo jich malo-7 jeden chiapec Klombfiv mei zlomenou ruku, Paces pteraSenou nohu, nemohl se postavit, a kdy2 ho ptenaSeli, Oral jako tur, Kobus byl tak stizenY, se nemolal hYbat, z MatouSe s1a krev a nafikal si na ktiS; i ostatni si odnesli radne rany, nebylo snad jedineho Cloveka, kterY by byl vyS'el z boje celY; ale protoSe opanovali pole, nedbali na bolest, ksiceli vesele na celY les — a chystali se k navratu.

Borynu naloSili na sane a pomalu ho vezli, bojice se, aby jim neurntel cestou; byl bez sebe, ale zpod obkladil potad prYStila krev, zalevajici mu odi i celou tvat, bledou jako platno a k nerozeznani od tvate mrtvoly.

Antek ke1 vedle sani, zahleden vyjevenYma 'Dolma do otcova oblieeje, ptidr2oval mu hlavu na vytlueenYch mistech cesty a co chvile ze sebe tike, prosebne aalostne vyraSel: "Tatinku! Pro Boha! Tatinku!"

Lide s1i beze v'Seho pofadku, ye skupi-

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nach, jak se komu dalo, lesem, protoSe prosttedkem cesty jely sane s raneraYmi; tu a tam nekdo z nich ktieel a natikal, ale ostatni se hlasite small a vesele pygne pok •ikovali. Zaeali Si vypravet ru stle podrobnosti a vychloubat se svou ptevahou, delali si posmech z pternoSe-nYch, tu a tam i spelt se nodal ozYvat, kdosi znova vyktikl na celY les, aS se to rozlehalo: . . vSichni byli jako opili triumfem, vraSeli do stromai a kloptitali o koteny...

Malokdo citil rany a finavu, protoSe srdce vSech se Si •ila nevYslovnou radosti nad vitesstvim, vSichni byli napineni veselim a vedomirn takove sily, Se kdyby se jim nada byl postavil na odpor, byli by ho na prach rozdupali, s celYm svetern by se byli porvali.

Sli mohutne, hludne, halasne, pozorujic planoucima odima sviij les, kterY se chvel nad jejich hlavami, ospale Sumel a sypal na ne rosne kapieky jinovatky, jako by je kropil slzami.

Nahle otev •el Boryna ()el a dlouho hledel na Antka, jako by sam sobe nevetil; nakonec mu hluboka, ticha radost oza •ila tvat, Boryna pohnul nekolikrat rty a s nejvetSim yypetim zaSeptal: "To jsi ty, chlapee?.. ; Jsi to ty!..

A znova omdlel.

(Kmiec dilu drulieho) I Byl jarni eas, svitalo.

Dubnovy den vstaval lenive z pelechu temnot a mlh jako pacholek, kterY si lehl udtenY, a neodpodinu y si stela, musi vyskodit ptede dnem, aby se co nejd •iv chopil pluhu a dal se do °rani.

Zadinalo svitat.

Ticho bylo jeate Upine nehybne, jenom rosa kapala hojne se stromil, spicich v neprilhledne, belave Sedi.

Nebe jako modrava plachta, nasakla vlhkosti a orosend, se uS malounko protrhavalo nad semi dernou a hluchou a 1:1-pine ztracenou v temnotach.

Mihy jako mleko, zeerene pii dojeni, zalehaly mokiiny i nizko lelici pole. Kohouti zaeali o zavod kokrhat kdesi po vsich jeate ne zcela viditelnYch. Posledni hvezdy hasly jako oei, ktere se nemohou ubranit spanku.

Na vYchode pak jako Shave uhli, doutnajici pod studenYm popelcm, mealy rozhotivat prvni dervanky.

Mlhy se nahle rozkolebaly, vzduly, hYbajice se zteSka jako vody ph jarnim tani, klesaly na derna pole anebo se jako dyin kadidla vznaaely sinYm ptedivem k nebi.

Nastaval den, zapolici s blednouci no-noci ktera lnula k semi jako velikk promadenY..koSich.

Nebe se ponenahlu zalevalo svetlem a klesalo stale niS na semi, tu a tam 112 vyku •ovaly jasne vrcholky stramil 0-

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predene mlhou, jinde zas, ye vySSich polohach, nejaka pole, setmela a prosakla rosou, vystupovala z foci; tam zase se n'ihaly osleplYrni zrcadly rybniky anebe potoky, vlekouci se •idnouci mlhoti a ptisvitem jako dlouhatanska, orosena. p•adena.

Den byl stale jasnejSi; dervanky se rozutekly v ffirtve sinosti, na nebi zadinar ly hotet jakesi krvave sate poSa.rft jeStO nerozplamenenYch. A slunce jen jen vyskoeit. .

Nakonec se i ono vynotilo z dalekYch lesti, odkudsi z propasti, jako by tu, hnivou patenu nad spiel semi vznagely neviditelne ruce BoSi. Mihy jako vonnY Om se yznagely ,z luk k nebi zaticimu zlatem a ptictvo,,a vAelike stvo •eni spustilo velikY kkik svYin spevem a modlitbami srdeeneho eineni.

A slunce stale rostlo, vystupovalo nad Cane bory, nad neseetne vsi, stale vSTS; velike, plapolajici a teple jako svate oko milosrdenstvi BoAho bralo ve svou sladkou, kralovskou mot panovani nad tern.

Ave tou dobou se na piseitem na.vrgi, pod lesem, zpod panskYch 'kopek eerne ho bobu, stojicich podel Siroke rozjeSdene cesty, ukazala stard Agata, Kloriabo:,4 va p•ibuzna.

Vracela se ze Sebroty, na kterYSta chleb milosrdenstvi se vydala, kdyS . i se jeSte kopaly brambory... dues se vracer la do Lipcii jako ti ptaci, vadycky zlara tihnouci ke svY. m hnizclUm. Byla stand, zchfadla, slaba, sotvwchu popadala... vypadala jako shrbenA; zpuchfela vrba ph ceste, ktera se tak tak skornird a prachnivi; byla zabaldna do hadra, Sebrackou hill drSela v 'race, moSnu mela na zadech, krk oveSen rtiSenci.

Vylezla zpod kopek zrovna pii vYchOctu slunce, a speSne cupajic, obratila ke ci tvar Aedivou a vyschlou jako holy /of14sky fihor; jenom jeji sive zaeernale'Yki zatily radosti.

Jak jinak. . . po dlouhe, take zirtie"S'6, vracela do sve rodne vsi; nakonec Se'diV nerozbehla, moSnieky ji skakaly na/ rUence zvonily; ale pichani ducha co chvile smahaly bolava prsa 'a AE-• gata se musila zastavovat, mirnit znova, kradela teSce, s namahou, ma oeima se roshliSejic a usrnivajid na tmava pole, zahalend do zelenave,m1hy, na vesnice vynoiujici se zvolna have zatopy, na hole dosud stromy,:jici na strati u cost nebo konajici Apo jednom hlidku v pouch.. usmivala ,se na celY svet.

"JeSi:,1 rnUj, JeSiSku drahYl" vzdychala Agata namahave a usedla na chvilkut objimajic celY svet srdcem nadmiru rozrr citlivelYm a rozechvelYin radosti.

Teprve kdyZ malt' zvonek zacinkal na

Strand 26 lipeckern kostele jako ptaeek, svolavajici, modlitbe, starena se nahle probra.- oadla na kolena, . jsi Svou svatou vuli neinil, ar..r ch. se sem smela vratit.. ." . . Pe jsi, Pane, prokazal stvi ubohe sirote. . ."

Ale coPpak mohla mluvit, kdyP slzy jako prudkY ji zalily srdce a tekly vybuble tvari? Agata jenom cosi mumlala, a trasla se ye svem nitru tak, Pe nemohla nalezt rtiPenee, ba ani shledat slova Oteenae, ktera so ji rozsypala po duSi paleivou'rosou; vzchopila .se nisilima kraeela cPU. bedlive se-rozhliPejic a odrikavajic MAO slova, modlitby, jeP ji nahle priSla mYsi. . .

A Pe byl uP bilY den a mina Upine spa(11a. Lipce se objevily pied ni jako no LePely v malem doliku nad ohromnym rybnikem, modrajicim se jako zreadlo zpod Wave, lehounke :zaclony, usadily se kolem vody kruhem nizkYch, •irekVch chalup, ktere jako kmotry pl1•6 sebedtivery si zasedly v sadech jeSte holych; misty nad strechami vystupo,d, clYm, jMde zas tabulky oken se lesPly v slunci nebo se zaoernalYmi sady belaly eerstve obilene steny.

4.-1<aPdou chalupu mohla uP rozeznat jodnotlive. MlYn, jehoP hluanY klapot k ni doletal stale zretelneji, stal na kraji vsi pri ceste, kterou sla, naproti na druhein konci tyeil kostel vysoke, bile icli nprostred ohromnych strornd a blyokny i zlatym kriPern na bani a vedle, neho se eervenala strecha fary. oko dohledlo, sta .Koiem dokola, kam jako modravY venec lesy, prostirala nedohledna pole, lePely daleke vesnicc. podobne SedYm liskam pritiSknutYm zemi a scho yanYm y sadech, cesty vnlace se tahnouci, lady nachylenYch piseite pahorky ridce porostle ja :lo yeeml a itzka leskla stuPka flaky, vievajici se mezi chalupami do rybnika. ni, kolem vsi, velikanskYm A. ktithem lePely lipecke pozemky, nakrajepruhn. jako kusy hrubeho platna, rortaene k na,vrim a rozdelene na diPnle vedle sebe se vinula a prostiraoddelena krivolokymi mezemi, na kterYch to a tam vyrtistaly rozloPite 1:in.ine a kde se kupily hromadky kameni zarostle trnim.

NO. polich jen malokde bylo videt nekopraei, ledaPe hned pod vsi se palrylloyalo nekolik Pen, ktere rozhazovaz CehoP jako oblak vyraPel oly pronikavY, do nosu bodajici zapach. ti leneSi nebo co, takovY pre1 i*ny den, a, na pole nikdo nejde. . . zeme uP prosi o pluh!" mrucela Agata rophoreene. aby byla, k poll jeSte bliP, slezla s cesty na peSinku, vinouci se za prikopem, po nemP se uP otviraly slunci der-

VPSTNTK— VVEST, TEXAS vene lady sedmikraek a kde se husteji ne2 jinde zelenala trava.

Opravdu, na polich bylo prazdno tak, Pe to bylo divne. ike,,ata se clobre pamatovala, jak v jinYch letech touto dobou se to vSechno no polich jenom eervenalo Penskymi Aatky, otrasalo pope yky a krikem deveat, vedela dobre i to, Pe ph takoye pohode je uP nej yyS"Si eas vozit hrulj, orat, sit. Co videla ale dnes? Jeden jediny muPsky, ktereho koneene kdesi uprostred poli, neco zaseval, kraeel schYlen vs,cel se, rozhazu:je pulkruhern • To jiste seje hrath, kdyP tak easne...

Tak se mi zda, Pc, to Fon chlapci Donnnikove, zrovna tam lePi jejich pole, "li t' vain poPeima hojne Buh milosrdny, hospodari drazi!" zaSeptala Agata uprimne.

Stezka byla nepekna, nerovna, rozryta eerstyYmi krtinami a kamenim, misty i blativa, ale Agata si toho ne ySimala, se zalibenim a 'legion norila ah do kaPcleho zahonu, do kaPcleho poll:aka vzlaSt'.

"To je !ararovo Pito, je bujne, pekne mu yzeSlo. . . no ovSent, kdyP jsern odclaa.zela do sveta., oral zde pacholek velebny pan seclel tadyhle, dobre se na to pamatuji," A Agata se belhala dal, tePee vzdychajic a rozhliPejic se zasizenYma, alma.

"Tady je PloSkovo Pito. . • musi bYt pozdni, anebo troSku vyhynulo.. ."

Agata se s namahou sklonila, dotYkala se traslavYmi, starYmi prsty vlhkych 11stil a hladila je laskypine jako detske vlasky.

"E3orynova pSenice, peknY kousek! No ano!. . . Copak Boryna- neni prvni hosnodal v Lipcich? .. Ale je trU8'ku zaPloutla, asi ji trochu spalil mraz nebo co. . zlou zimu prodelala . ." tivaPovala Agata, usuzujic z priplacanYch zahonii a ze stebel ozinni zarnaekanYch do zeme a obalenYch balanem, le byly yellke snehy a vody pri tani.

"Vytrpeli ti lido jiste dost, uPili si bidy!" vzdychla a zaclonila si dlani, protoPe proti ni ode vsi prichazeli nojaci vYrostkove.

"Tot' se vi, Pe je to 1Vlichal varhanikti s nekterYm cialapcem. Jdou jiste do Vole. na velikonoeni sbirku, mail takove velikanske koSiky. No ovgem, jsou to oni."

KdyP do gi aP k ni, dala krest'anske pozdraveni a chystala se s nimi do feel, ale chlapci zaorueeli na pozdrav a mi null ji rychle, rozmlouvajice mezi sebou.

"Ja si je pamatuji, kdyP byli malieti, ale oni me nepoznali!" Agatu zaplavila Ach! Odkupak by si inohli pamatovat takovou Pebraoku! Ale Michal hezky vyrostl, jiste uP velebnemu panovi hraje na varhany..."

S temito Avahami se zadivala znova na

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cesty prod ,sebe, protoPe se vsi vy, e1 nejakk handlir, pohanejici pred sebou radne telatko.

"Od kohopak jste koupil?" ptala se Agata.

"Od Klombove," odpo yedel zkratka handlir, maje co delat s beloeeryenym teletem, ktere se vzpiralo. obracelo ke vsi a Zalostne Wel°.

"A to je jiste od straky. . . tot' se vi . . behala se jeSte prede Pnemi. • . ale moPna i pa si yaee.... Silne tele."

Ohledla se za ninli se zalibenim hospodyne, ale costa e byla prazdna; tele se handliri vyrvalo z rukou, skoeilo do pole a se zdviPenYm ohonein uhaneb rovnou ke vsi; prekupnik s vlajicim chalatem se mu snaPil nadbelmout 'Lle,j mu hubieku na ocas A; pane ho popros, ,orio4se ti scptala•Agata etveracky a pozorovala honieku, "Ani na KlombovYch polich neni •live duSe!" vsircla si jeSte, ale nebylo nit kdy na dohady: yes byla tak hlizko, Ze',Agato citila zapach koure a postrehla v:sa-± dech penny, vynesene na. vzduch; 'objala, °alma colon y es a hluboka, vdeena radost ji otrasla srdcem, ,ta to Pe ji Bah dal, doPit se toho•jara a Pe se vraci ke svYm k rodakilm.

• Mohla pies zimu zeinlit mezi cizimi, byla tePee nemocna, ale Buh ji dopfal, aby se mohla vratit...

Nadeji na navrat Pivila dusi celou dlouhou zimu jenomn ji se v kaPcle hodine posilovala, ji a se branila pled mrazem, nouzi a smrti.

T.Jsedla pod krovim, aby e troMoku sebrala, neP vejde do vsi; ale kde vzit silu, kdy2 ji radost epanovala tak, Pe se v ni tiasla kaPda Pileeka, a kdyP se srdce v ni zmitalo bolestne jako ptak, ktereho nekda rdousi.

"Jsou jeSte dobri a milosrdni bide, jsou. " kptala Agata a davala do poradku sve inoSnieky. Nastradala si tolik, Pe to musi staeit no pohreb.

UP •cllouha -feta celou du;;I myslila na to, aby smrt, aP ji Pan Bah na ni se- • k niv rodne vsi, v chalupe, na posteli , vystlane,,perinarni, pod radou ()brazil, aby, zemrela, .jako mniraly VSecky selky. Celt' Pivot schr:Ifiovala na tuto chvili, posvatnou a posledni.

Mela uP u Klombrit na, pude,truhlu a v ni velikou perinu, podu gky i nove sypky, vSecko aisle, nepouPite, aby se nic negokazilo a bylo porad pohotove, a taky pinto, Pe nebylo kde postavit CoPpak Agata, ma nekde svou svetnici anebo postel? Spavala vPdycky v koute na nejakem pelechu nebo ye chleve, jak se dalo a kde ji dobri Ede dovolili sloPit hlavu. Nikdy se, netlacila dopi.edu , mezi zamoZne a. nenai•ikala na svaj osud, protoPe dobre vedela, Pe vecko, co se deje na svete, pochazi z vale Bolt a

Ve stledu, dne 28. zaki 1955.

2'e to elovek hti gnY nemage zmenit.

A tak jenom potajmu, v tichosti, prosic Boha, aby ji odpoustil tu pychu, snila o torn, ,aby mela selskY pohteb — jenom o to bazlive prosila.

Nebylo tedy divu, ie si, jakmile se dovlekla s vynalbienim poslednich sil do vsi a citila, ze uzi na ni ptichazi ona posledni chvile, poeala vkcko ptipominat, aby na nic nezapomnela.

Ne, ne, ma vkcko, deho je tteba, hromnieku si nese s sebou — vyprosila si ji, kdy niidaaa u jednoho nebokika — ma i lahvidku se svecenou viodou, i novou kropenku koupila a posveceny obrazek Panny Marie Censtochovske, kterY musi mit v ruce v hodine smrti, i tech nekolik desitek na pohkeb. .. m,ozna, 2e to sta.& i na msi svatou nad truhlou, se svetly a vYkropem, byt' i jen v ptedsini kostelni. Tot' se vi, an y se neopovalila pornyslit na to, 2e by ji knez doprovodil al na, hkbitov.

"Kdeipak, to neni mcAnd! . . . Ani hospodak nedojde vklycky takove cti a takoveho Atesti, ani v gecky jeji penize by na to nestatily!"

Agata bolestne vzdychla a zvedla se.

Nejak podivne zeslabla, bodalo ji na prsou, kaki ji trapil tak, 'e se mohla sotva hYbat, co chvile musela odpodivat.

"Abych to aspori dotahla al do to doby, kdy se budou kosit sena," snila, pozorujic oeima, sladce ptivtenkma chalupy, jez se stale blaily.

"A potom si ift lehnu a umtu, Jdigi nejdraM, pak uz chci umfit. . ." geptala, jako by se bazlive omlouvala z tech htinYch nadeji..

Ale v tu chvili padla na ni starost; kdopak ji pkijme do chalupy na, dobu umirani?

"Vyhledam dobre a citlive lidi, tteba i nejakY gro" jim slibim, spa" pak na, to pkistoupi. . ." Tot' se vi, od kohopak by mohla 2adat, aby se s cizim elovekem trapil a chalupu si zanetadil?

2e by se to mohlo stat u liombu, pHbuznYch, ,na to se neodvalila ani pomyslit.

"Tolik deti, v chalupe neni hnuti, drabei se lihne a poti'ebuje mista. A pro takoveho sedlaka by to nebyla '2.adna 'desk aby pod jeho stfechou umirala bradka, z ptizne. . ."

0 tom vkm Agata bez litosti ptemYglela, kdy' vchazela na cestu, vedouci po hrazi trochu zvY gene a chranici rybnik pied vYlevem na nae polo2ene louky a zelna pole.

M1Yn sta./ vedle hraze tak nlzko, zarnoudene stfechy vyenivaly malounko na cestu: mlYn se tfas1 a hluk lomozil.

Zleva, svitil rybnik, slunce stekalo zlatYmi vlasy po toile vode, odnakjici s sebou modt oblohy, na bkezich zarostlYch ol8emi se s ktikcm tkepctaly hu-

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sy a na, cestach, jet ponekud blativYch, se v houfech prohanely radostne pokfikujici deti.

Skuteene, Lipce sedely po obou stranach, rybnika jako jindy, jako vadycky, snad od poeatku sveta, potopene v rozrostlYch sadech a zahradkach pted domy.

Agata se namahave vlekla a jenom odima tekala, vkho si bystte v§imajic. V mlynatove dome, kterY stal stranou od cesty a vypadal jako nejakY dvar, vlaly v otevtenYch oknech bile za,clony; mlynatka sedela pted prahem uprostked pisklaveho hejna housat 2lut'ouelYeh, jako by byly z vosku, a shanela je dohromady.

Agata dala ktest'anske pozdraveni tie pteMa, jsouc rada, 2e ji neucitili psi, kteti. leteli u zdi.

PteSla most, pod kterym se s hukotem •itila voda na mlYnska kola; odtud se cesty rozchazely jako ruce objimajici celY rybnik.

Chvili vahala, ale chut' vAecko videt, ji piernohla, i dab., se nalevo, cestou o neco delAi. Kovarna, stojici hned na kraji, byla zamdena a hlucha; jaksi ptedek vozu a nekolik rezavYch pluha le.3elo u zadazenYch ,sten, ale po kovati ani vide.. . kovatka jen tak v kopala zahonky v sade node/ cesty.

Agata se zastavovala pted kaklou chalupou, opirala se o nizire kamenne zidky a prohlilela zvedave dvory, zahradkY, otevtene sine i okna. Psi na ni nokdy '6tekali, ale jakmile ji odenichali, jako by poznavali domaciho dloveka, vraceli se a ulehali na zapraIi na slunieku.

Agata pomaloudku, krok za krokem, sotva dYchala anavou a jeSte sp g navalem srdeene radosti.

Sunula se tichouece jako vettik, kterY co chvile zaval ptes rybnik a zahara§il rudYch jehnedach o1 i, kdiva a nendpadna jako ty ploty anebo jako zeme misty IA osychajici ei jako ten hubenY stin, padajici od holYch strom y na zemi. . . nikdo si ji ano nevgiml.

Radovala se z celeho srdce, ze vgecko nagla tak, jak to na podzim opustila.

Lipeeti asi varili snidani, protae z kominfi se koutilo a z otevtenYch oken vyraiela vane vakicich se zemakft.

Aelcoliv i deti tu a tam ktieely a husy, hlidajici housata., spustily obeas bazlivY povyk kejhanim, piece bylo ye vsi podivne ticho a prazdno: Slunce vystoupilo na pal cesty it poledni, rozsevalo ryzi ziato, pooalo se ua' zhlidet$ v rybnice, ale nikdo jeAte nepospichal do pOle, dadnY viz nezahreel peed stavenim, nezasktipaly pluhy, takne na pole.

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mfglela Agata a rozhaela se jegte pozorneji po chalupach.

Fojtovy stodoly se 2. 1utaly novYm dtivim uprostred bezlistYch sada a Gulbasoya chalupa, stojici vedle, mela doSly tak rozervane, bylo videt na, stkek late jako naha. zebra.

"Vitr mu ji odnesl, ale Gulbasovi, se to nechtelo spravovat!" zamnfeela Agata.

Vedle, ye stare poktivene chalupe, bydleli Pryekovi, z vytludenYch oken douhaly slamene vechty.

A tamhle je rychtatovic chalupa se gtitem, do cesty, podle stare mody!

A hned za ni Pioskuv dam, do neho2. se vchazi se dvou stran.

Potom chalupa Balcarkova; poznala by ji nevim kde, byl to dam nal)adnY, protae Balcarova deveata ozdobha yapnem zahnedle 'steny a pomalovala rimy oken na modro.

Tamhle zas, v 'Sirokem starem sa,de se usadili Borynove, prvni hospodari a lipeeti bohaei. Slunce jen hralo v elstych okennich tabulich, steny byly jasne„ noye obilene, nadvati prostranne, budovy hospodarske postavene do tady a tak rovne a eiste, mnoho radruha nemelo takove staveni ani na, bydleni. Plo ty cele a v'Secko v takovern poradku, by to u 'a..dneho Holand'ana v koloniich nemohlo byt lepsi.

Za Borynovym stavenim Golombova chalupa.

A ptfgly da1Ai, znala je v'Secky nazpamet' jako OtOenag. Ale vSude bylo stejne ticho a prazdno, jenom v sadech se eervenaly vetrane petiny at razne §atstyo, a tu a tam se ph kopani zahonka Cinilyzenske vysvleeene do koMI. ti chranenYch mistec• sada zelne vYsady r.12 vyralely z ohnilYch hlav zelend yrkode, jinde pod stenami ze zeernale zerne bledYmi prstiOky vyrastaly lalie, hla vatice vchazely pod pokrYvkou trnovYch halouzek, stromy staly s nalitYmi lepkavYmi pupenci, vSnde pod ploty koprivy i jina plevel, a angre gtove kete byly obaleny jasnou, mla.distvou ACkoliy opravdove a skuteene jaro padalo rovnou s nebe a btfAilo v kalde nabotnale hroude hliny, piece se v Lip-. cich zdalo jaksi smutno, ticho a divne pusto.

"Neni videt jedineho mUskeho! To vSichni sli it nemide byt jinak, Anebo je svoiali na nejakou schilzi."

Tak si vec yysvetlovala Agata, kdy vchazela do kostela otevreneho dokoran.

Bylo uz po msa, velebnY pan zpovidal ve zpovednici, asi dvacet lidi, mula a 2en ze vzdalenejSich vsi sedelo v lavicich tale a v rozjimani, jenom chvilemi te2.vzdechy anebo nejoke hlasitejM sIovo modlitby zaznelo kostelem. ((rokradovani.)

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VAS TNt

WEST, TEXAS

Ve stredu, dile 28. zari 1955.

AUTOVANDREM DO KENTUCKY (Dokoneeni) St'astne jsme dojeli domti na jedenactS( den. Svakrova mis s radosti uvidela, Ze uZ take bude zbavena povinnosti, ktere ji neni potreba. NaSli jsme vSe v po1-1(11,il, i naSe stare koeka priAla od sou:, edit. Ten sanV yeeer prijel syn s rodinou, co jsem s nim mluvila, z Memphis.

Nenapsala jsem nic zajimaveho, ale poclJla jsem vSe, jak jsem to videla a cittia. Doina vSe se zdalo premeneno, ba-• vine o strevic v3-SAI a uZ heZky kvetla; travy vSude lost, obz ylaSt' okolo domku.

To bylo prvni na programe, posekat travu. Citila jsem se po torn vYletu jako znovuzrozena. Pratele, kteri jen trochu niuZete si dovolit aspori sebemenAl dlet, jen jed'te. NeSetile, jak ja jsern to vhly delavala. Vkly jsem si myslila, Ze to neni moZne pro nas — a preci bylo. Clo y& osveZen zaZitky pusti se znovu s chuti do prace, ktera eloveka pothm opravdu Dnes zda se mi vSe uz jen jako blahY set), ale byla bych hotova proZit ho znovu. Pres na gi nepritomnost opatrovala nine moje sestra, pani Kolajova, moje lirt1COVa kvitka. Ale za t3"iden po nagem prijezdu zase oni se vypravili na vYlet do Nebraky, kde , prebS7va jejich dcera, v Grant. ktera se provdala za lekare, sama Isom- oSetrovatelkou. Oeekavali tam treti vnouee a tak babieka a dedeeek chteli pi ivitat toho modal° drobeeka; a take ja. opintila jeji iisluZnost a opatrovala zase jell kviti v kvitnikach pc* eas jejich nepritomnosti.

NaSi pojistku, rneli jsme dvacetiletou, mane jhi vyplacenou a tak nemame tolik dplaceni.

Roman "Sedlaci" se mne ted' velice 11di a je ku podivu, Ze se zase vyskvtuji drkteri ho chteji zastavit. ti uZ nenniine Zadrie svobody tisku a slova? Jenoi-n,pokraeuj, bratre redaktore, Cetla jseni Tvoji poznamku, dej nam zdravou eetbu' a ne lirnonadu. Tolik jsem postraC,Ila roman "Na Kresach". Co v nem bylo spatneho, Ze se nehodil k dalSimu uverejnovani? Zda se, Ze jista trida nabda prcvahy a chce svojim dupnutim umleet vse, co je dobre. Pak nebudeme mit nic vice, jen tmu a kiam. Jestli i tento roman bude zastaven, pak prestava vSechno. Necht' si ten, kted( tolik ho chce zastavit, poronei svoji strand a ne nam V.Zdyt' kdo to nechce gist, nemusi si muse vybrat z Cetby, co se pro neho hodi; a co se pro p nehodi, pominoui.

Jsem elenkou SPJST i s muZem a dollfam, Ze mnC neupiete nahled, kterak se na to divam. Jen se podivejte. toto se d6je y e svobodne Americe. Jsem zrozena v teskoslovensku, bylo mne 16 let, kdyZ, jsme prijeli sem do nove vlasti ktera se

nam stala druhYrn domovem, kde jsme se tesili drahe svobodence, ale ted'? Bude co nevidet jen no. papire. Kam to spejeme?

Podivejte se ku priklactu, jsem jista, Ze mnoho etenarti detlo storieka BartoS'e z El Campo, zajimave jell() bajky, kterYmi utegoval a udrZovol cioln. humor mezi etena.ri a podivejte Tv2 ,je davno zapomenut, Zadm ani slov( rn stareho pismaka nevzpomene. test budiZ jeho pamatce.

Pani Mikeskova, z Caldwell. nejste Vy jests tak stare, ab y ,te se u 2r nava-Ty odmleela. Ja tak rada Va zie dopisy r2dy Cetla; mivaly v sobs vZdy tolik porozumeni a pcvzbuzeni pro n,Ss Cechy, Skocla, Ze vice nepiSete. RovneZ pani Valeikova z Dallas, racla bych Vas, pain, poznala. Pikte s rozinyslem, Va ge dopisy rovneZ vyhledayam, jste dborna narodni pracovnice.

Pan GajevskY z Orchard taky pie dobre dopisy, a jests nekolik jinSTh. Jsme kaZdSr jineho nabledu tak si myslim, ze po preeteni rilznYch uvah kaZdY ma pravo pomyslit si sve a ne krieet, Ze to a to se uverejriovat nema a nesmi.

Vestnik rada etu, jenZe to eeske eetby je stale mend a mend. Ja vkly sahnu po Ceske eetbe drive neZ po anglicke, nebo zde jsem do Akoly nechoclila, a treba Ze ovladam trochu anglickou fee i pismo, preci v reef Ceske se dovedu lepe vyj adriti a eetbe lepe rozumim.

Tak tedy prosim ri daktora, by ty je chybielcy a chybv troclin poopravil a jestli je mand, tenhle mitt ,11crabopis uverejnil.

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanY resoluemi dbor du Osveta eislo 38 v Koval'. Texas, vyslovujeme hluboce citenout soustrast stale rodine nad ztratou jejich manZela, atce. dedeeka, bratra a naSeho spolkoveho bratra Frank Palla; jen2 zemi-el 4. zari 1955 ve staid 71 let, a pohrben 6. zati za °brach' pAa, farede Besedy a bratra Bariny, predsedy naSeho HAIL na hiebitove ye Smithville, Texas.

Vime, pozilistala rodinou, Ce vas zarmutek je velikY, ale vette ze i my Zelime jeho odchodu, neb on byl vzdy dobrY a dbalY spoluelen.

Prejeme jernu tic1V spanek. Oest budiZ jeho pamatce.

Resolueni dbor: Jerry ftpan Emil Janeeka Karel Hribek.

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RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanY" resolueni dbor radu Vlastenec eislo 45 SPJST v Shiner, Texas, thnto projevujeme jmenem radu uprimnou soustrast portistale manZelce dceram nad ztratou jejich milovaneho manZela, otce a dedeeka a na geho spoluVeru, jests jsem zapomnela pochvalit bratra pani Vrlovou z Houstonu, i. e ja tak rada Fra,nkM. Mikeska, jeji cestopisy eitam a take bych Vas rdda poznala. Jest pani Andrev,sova VaSe kted od 'rads odeSel navZdy k veenemu dcera? NaSe deti k ni chodily do Marlow ocipoeinku dne 12. zari 1955 ye veku 63 let Skoly a mely ji oba velmi radi. Pan a pa- a 26 dni a byl ulolen k yeenemu odpoeinin Josef janeikovi z Corpus Christi, jestli ku dne 14. sari 1955 na. hibitove Oeskotohle budete eisti, poSlet mi svoji adre- Mora y sk3"Teh Bratri psi Shiner, Texas za su, prosim. Moje je jent,,r1 Beasley, Tex. velke neasti rodiny, pratel a spolkodrch (Poznamka redaktora: l3ratr Janeik bratri a sester.

Vime, pozfistala manZelko a ditky, Ce mel pohreb 16. zari. Na.pis pair slov fitechy vas zarmutek nad ztratou vaSeho manpani Janeikove. Pct .>i ji to. Jeji adresa Zela, otce a dedeeka jest velikST, avSak buje: Mrs. Anna Janelk, 1'713 Arlington diZ yam ittechou, ze i my s vami sdilime Drive, Corpus Christi.)

Pan Josef Belieek z Holland: Jsi to Ty, vai Cal. Zemrebi bratr byl dlouholetYm Clenem co jsi jel s nami do Ameriky v roce nageho radu a zastaval rtizne itrady, po1912? Co se stale. s Janem Svagerou? Odsledne ftrad pokladnika. jeli do stare vlasti?

Tobe, bratre, prejeme klidnST odNo a tak uZ musime rid amen, nebo poeinek a budiZ Ti zeme lehkou. bych zabrala celY. Vestnik.

Za fad Vlastenec Cis. 45, SPJST. UprimnST pozdrav na vkchny etouci i Resolueni dbor: na Tvou manZelku, bratre redaktore.

Emilie BaroS Znamenam se Hattie Slovak Stefanie Walzel, John H. F,ISik. Beasley, Texas.

Dane. v Shiner, Texas, dne 19. zari 1955. ) 4, 4,, e • Kdo ptljel pilteli penize, utrpi dvoji Je tolik svindlu, Ze by elovek s poctivoztratu. sti dobre nochodil.

Vc stkedu, dne 28. zaki 1955.

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Jiriskovy Start; povesti Ceske (PokraCovani.)

Prahu pak pan nad jind mesta potrestd. Ohnem a hroznou povocini zkazu yezme a nepritel zhoubu dokond. Jeji rozvaliny zarostou borovim a Mona), kurty a ligky budou tu pele g iti. Slavne kdys rnesto zpustne tak, Ze po Case pojede tudy forman, na kamennem moste zastavi, bieem do mrtveho tieha zapraska a svemu,synku iekne: "Tuto bYvalo velike mesto Praha a tamto stavala. Stareinestska radnice."

Prve v gak neZli do techto koncil dojde a smutnY ten Cas nastane, ukaZou se jistotne rtrzna znameni, jako: lidem budou dnove ukraceni, slunce nebude svitit jako svitivalo, a zima zimu bade stihati, takle Hide v koZichach budou obili sekati.

Pak vojny nastanou a z nich vzrosteu takove (lane neslYchane, Ze lid nebude s to, aby je zaplatil. Za to bade tYran, resty a karabaCi dohanen, aZ takto se 0zve: "Pani, davali jsem vam, dokuci jsrne melt. Nyni nemame, v gecko jste nam vzali a nenechali jste nam ani tolik, abychom se s detmi s y Ymi najedli do syta." lkeei ty vgak nic nezmohou, a pan! budon piece dane bez milosrdenstvi vymahati. Tu lid obecnY, verne &re stoje fekne: "Pant, davejte sari za nas, nebot' jste jiz mnoho shromaZdili z na gich mozolti. My jU."! platit nemnZeme, protae nic nemame." Tu stavove uvrhnou mnohe z muZir do vezeni; ale obecnY lid po-vstane a strhne se krvavY boj, v nemZ lid bude volati: "Lip umkiti v bitve, alespoil neuhlidame 81/Yoh deti hladem umirati."

Takove tresty dopusti Hospodin na pany, protole suZovali sve poddane velkYdanerni a robotami.

KdyZ ta zeire takto bade znepokojena a jeji obyvatelstvo v rdznicich a bojich, bude oblrlieena ze etyk stra p sveta mocnYmi nepkateli, kte •iZ, pak najednou vtrhnou do zeme. I zaerre se bitva ze 'vgech etyk gtran ode v geho vojska. Od hlavniho mesta ptljde ten krvavinec k hoke Blaniku, kdeZ se vojsko poloZi mezi Blanikein a NaCeradcem u vsi Bejkovic. A tu se boj zadne.

Ale jiZ pied tim zhubi neptitel, tahna Ic Blaniku, tolik bezboZnYch, tak Ze jen male lidi stitsta,ne na Zivu, Ze by se snadno pod vozovou plachtou mohli schovati.

Kde ta velka bitva bude, sviti se rybnik. Pied tim vgak Casein vynesou z neho Cap! a jini ptaci v g echno trni a makosi a na kolik let irked Blanickou vojnou bude prazdnY a vyschlY. Za to bitvy krvi se napini, takle se a'zi pies hraz bude pielevati. I bude kiik velikY, a kehtaini konstva, hlas bubnti a takova stkelba hrubd i drobna, ze hrozny ten hluk na.

dvacet etyii mile sly gan bude. Boj sam potryd celYch dvanacte dni. Tfinacteho pak poSle Buh sv'i vernYm pomoc: z Blanika hory vytrhne vojsko, ktera tu Buh chova. Jak to vojsko se zjevi, padne strach na nepiatele a daji se na atek.

Bozi vojsko vykond velike divy a polene nep •atele, kteii na nteku Prahu poboii tak, Ze nezbude po ni pamatky. Sami vgak budou ze zeme vyhnani a budou utikat az k Rejnu Kolinu; tam take zmi7 zi Blanicke vojsko —Buh sam vi kam — nebot' do Blanika se vice nevrati a nikdo ho jiC nespatil. Po Blanicke bitve vyschne zase ten rybnik, gestnacteho pak due poenou se verni, kdo na Zivu zastall, shledavat. I budou se velmi rad9vat. objimat a se divit, Ze je Pan Bah tak zachoval. V gichni pak gajdou k tomu rybniku, kde spaltii hrazu pobiteho listva i konstva, jeZ ptaci nebe gti roznesou, nebot' nebude tolik lid!, kteii by mrtvoly a mrchy zakopali. ShromaZdenYm pak vernym bude knez slouZiti mgi sv. na paiezu prostied rybnika; i budou Hospodina velebiti.

Pak se navrati kaZdY do sveho obydli a tu bude mezi nimi svorenstvi, prava laska, a v gichni budou jako jednoho srdce, 'Joni i lid obecnY. A bude padesat let dobrYch a arodnYch, a bude v eeskein kralovstvi velmi lacino: korec Zita 7 groga, korec p genice 12 graa, stall eeska pinta piva za 2 kr. a libra jeleniho masa za 2 kr. Ve vg em bude hojnost, a vgude pokoj a BaH polehnani — —" Sibylla kralovna umlkla. Salamoun:, dychte o vgem miti prorocke zpravy, dal ji, aby mu jegte zjevila, kdy nastane soudnY den. JemuZ odpovedela Sibylla: toho poy edomost nernam, ne• bot' toho neoznamil I3ah, ani svym andelam. Ale keknu ti, krali: Ma g sluZebniky, clobre a zle. Dava g-li zlemu tolik jako dobremu?"

"DobrY mei se dobie, zlY budiZ potrestan," odvetil kral.

A tu Sibylla: "Dobte odpovedels, krali. Tedy budouli lide dobke einiti, Hospodin pkida. Budou-li ho vg ak hnevat, ukrati let a dni, ktereZ ustanovil od stvokeni sveta. Jen tolik mi povedomo o soudnem dnu i to, Ze mnoha znameni a 'divy rnnohe na slunci i na mesici, na, nebi i na zemi se diti budou, prve neZli ptijde Bah Hospodin." — Odmleela se, pak dodala: "Totot' me proroctvi, o krali galamoune! UloZ je a zachovej. AZ vekove minou, stvrdi se slova ma, a pozdni pokoleni se pkesvedei, ze Sibilla zjevila ti proroctvi prava.."

A kral Salamoun, moudrY a zkugenY, pokoic il se mlarle kralovne, stojici pied

nim vjrge na stupni, pod tamafi gky, cyprigi a olivami ute gene zahrady, ji2 pro-. vival lahodny vetiik a lahodna vane, a nad niZ zaillo ranni nebe.

• • PROROCTVI SLEPEHO AGADENCE Kdy2 cisai Karel IV., eesky kral, vra,ceje se 1. P. 1362 z Nemecka pies Norirn berk do sve vlasti, pti gel na pomezi v 8urna y skVeh lesich, uslygel, Ze ye vsi.

Koutu nedaleko DomaZlic Zije mladenec od narozeni ,slept', zbo.nY a dacha prorockeho, po vgem okoli ode vgech velice vaZeny.

I zajel si Karel IV. do to vsi, a kdyZ PfiSel k chaloupce slepeho miadenfe, se-, stoupil kone a ve gel do jizby, Ale2 zastal slepeho mlddence, an secli za stolem.

"Porthaven bud', ctny mladenee!" slovil ho panovnik.

Mlddenec mu podekoval a iekl: "Zdrav bud', cisaii, • mtdi svatY a krali nag!"

"Prod mne nazYva g svatYm, mne elo-, vela htigneho?" del cisai. "A kterakvig,..

Ze jsem Jsi nevidom#. a nemohls, te miti zadne povedomosti o torn, navgtivim."

"Vpravde jsi muz bo21," odvetil "nebot' to dokazuje g syYmi skutky. 1 Ta7, ice to dosvedei chudY lid, jehoZ se uji,rnag, svedai o tom velebne chramy, jet,, jsi vystavel a stavi g. A vgecku zemiive7, lebujeg jako dobrotivy otec sveho . ho naroda. Ty o nej, tet o jeho jazylc, peaujeg, kdeZto prve ne'Zli mine tii...gta, let, bude eesky jazyk poniZen a potUpen."

Talc tekl a pozval cisafe, aby se lc .1-1 e. mu za stul posadil. Karel IV. talc uainil a rozmlouval se slepYm mladencem- o ruznych vecech, aZ pak tekl: "Milk mladenee, soudim, proto'Bah zbavil tve oai svetla, abys vide do find= ye budoucnosti. Proee2Z povez, cos diiYe napovedel: jak bude s mou vlasti, fak, dlouho jegte potrva toto me kraloVst,vi v slave?"

IvIladenec ani slova nepromluvil, ale vzav kfidu napsal tyto litery na Stal; jednu od druhe podale, a to: K. V. Z. A. L. J. V. L. F. M. R. A kdy2 napsal, ?ekl: "Co liter, tolik krala. Tot' jsou na tvYch nasledovnikil. Po tve panovani tveho syna, pane se dothati., vojny a bude velke krveproliti. Ale .0jenska slava, kokist v gechna v zemi za= stanou a zeme Ceska zkazy nevezme, riS r -br2ohajiselvnprotimhY pkatehlm.

(Pokraeovani.)

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