Vestnik 1955 10 05

sLovANaKE Pao; PORUTiCI, JEDNOTY STATU TEXAS

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

ye stiedu (Wednesday) 5. PITNA (OCTOBER) 1955

Cislo 40.

JEDNOTA ZA DESET ROKU EJSEM PROROKEM A NEMOhu podati piesnk popis, jaka bude nag e SPJST za osm nebo za deset rokfl. Kandy pkipustime, se bude ptibliZne takova, jak dnes planujeme jeji budoucnost.

Vzpominame, se pied nekolika lety slavili jsme padesatilete trvani na gi SPJST. Za nejakkch dosti kratkkch patnact let budeme slaviti sedmdesat pet let jejiho trvani. Mel bych snad spravneji rici, se ti ralad g i budou slaviti diamantove jubileum. Mnozi z nas, z tech star gich, ua to nebudeme.

Nag aktuar vypoeitava jednou do roka prilmerne staii elenft nasi SPJST. Vypada, se jsme rod od roku mladgi. birame stale vice a vice deti. Je to poteg ujici, se dostavame do na gi Jednoty mladgi krev. Ale s naladgi krvi pkiclaazcji take ureite zmeny.

Pomyslel jsem si, se pa nekolika letech budeme mit vice takovkch fikednikt, kteii budou eesky mluvit, ale nebudou eesky psat, a tea Ceske eetba bude pro ne dosti namahava. Dosud jsme vaechny fikady ponechavali v rukou stargich elenti, ale za osm nebo deset rokti budeme nuceni piedati svou praci do rukou mladgich. Je to nevyhnutelne. Jednota mladne, ale v fikadech starneme, as Upine doslouZime.

nich byli mladici, asi kolem tiiceti roku, ba nekteii byli je gte mladgi.

Nemusime chodit ani tak daleko do minulosti. Pied 58 lety byla zal0ena name SPJST. Jak starkmi byli zakladatele Jednoty? Bratr Kubena mel pies sedmdesat, kdyZ" zemkel, a byl tajemnikem pies etykicet roku. Phi zakladani SPJST nemohl miti mnoho pies tficet roku. A podobne tomu bylo s Galliou, Frnkou, 8tefkou, Pollachem, Krajeou, Dugkem, Hodankem, Kopeckkm a jinkint Byli to musi a prilbojnkch my glenek. Nejednou jsem slygel bratra, Kubenu, prvniho tajemnika SPJST, povzdechnout si: "Kdybych byl o patnact nebo dvacet rokfl mladsi, tak bych se sam do toho pustil, ale v myth letech musim podobne plany pienechati yam, kteki nemate na zadech tolik kti2kfl."

Sly gel jsem minuleho tkdne poznamku jedne sestry, se mnolik frkednik chce umkit v hodnosti fikedni. Snad je na torn hodne pravdy. Zatim co SPJST dostava mladou krev, na, skranich nagich ktii se ukazuje stkibro, znamky stall a cele roky spolkove price. Jedname a pracujeme do fmavy. U kaZdeho Nadu je jeate hrtska jednotlival, vlastne ua vyslouZilcfl, 'kteii si neuvedomuji, 2e jsou Sestry a bratii, chci vas upozornit na ve spolku a na Z"ivu jea jako na besevec mnohem dtilditej gi nez vgechno oNedavno byl jsem ye schnzi jednoho de. statni, o eem dnes v naaem organu pifadu. Tajemnik pfeeet1 zapisky z pkedV cele Jednote bychom meld si uvedo- geme. Neni to aulna. Neni to piebytek a chazejici schfize a vytahl asi etyki el pet dopisfl. Neeet1 je, jen vysvetlil jejich ob- mit, se dostavame rok od roku do spolku jak ho rozdelime. Neni to ideva nagim sah. Mel to poznaeeno na obalkach. 0- mla,dgi lidi, ale celkove vedeni je rod od starkm elenflm nebo talvoki gte pro mlade. nalouval se, se kdyby si to nenapsal, polo- roku v rukou star gich. Mladi zustavaji Ale je to vkchova na gich budoucich kteii povedou na gi SPJST za vici fikedni korespondence pry by za- jen na papike. Add ina dosti mladkch pomnel. Ma 0 pies sedmdesat. VyhroZo- di, ale ye spolkove praci to neni videt. Ve osm nebo deset roku. val, se ntedni povinnosti pienechd ji- schtizich mame velmi malo Clenu mezi Dries nejpotiebnel gi veci je, abychom nernu, ale druzi se mu jen smali. Lee jed- dvaceti a tiiceti. v ustredi meli co nejdfive dva nebo tki nou dojde k tomu, se na jeho misto musi Jak to bude s Jednotou za deset let? mladiky s obstojnkm obchodnim Akolepkijit nekdo jink.

Bude to dle toho, jakk program si save- nim, kteii by se zapracovali do celeho yePtedtim byl jsem ve schnzi jineho fadu• deme s vkchovou budoucich fikednikft. deni. At' se obeznami s celkm aparatein, Piedseda poslal omluvu, tak schuzi zaha- Mam na mysli vgechny Atedniky, od tech at' vypomahaji, kde je tieba, at' se muci jil mistopiedseda. Tajemnikem u kadu nejmengich kadft, as po delegaty do sjez- do i'vg eho. Netieba jim davat tituly, ale je tieba dati jim zku genost a pkilelitost. je mladgi Glen, kteremu jsem odhadoval dil a fikedniky v Ustkedi.

Dovedli byste si piedstavit vaa clomaci Kdyby dneS nekterk hlavni fiteclnik zemasi tiicet pet let. Mluvil plynna eesky, ale omlouval se, se zapisky ma sestave- had v rukou uiedniku, kteki by byli mezi kel, nemame nikoho v Ustkedi, kdo by ny anglicky. Lee neeet1 je v anglietine, tiiceti a ,etykiceti roky staid? Snad mno- mohl bkt povk gen do uprazdneneho miale pedal volnk pieklad zapisku. Podivil hy myslime, ae elen v 35 letech je phi- sta.

KaZdk milionovk podnik musi pkibirat jsem se. Nikoliv tomu, se nezna, psati lie mladk a nezku genk, aby zastaval neeesky, ale se dovede plynne a nenucene jakk drilelitk triad. KdyZ se ale podiva- novaeky, ale nejsou z nich Mani hned pteloZit anglicke zapisky do wine, hovo- me, kdo formovali fistavu Spojenkch hlavni fikednici bez nalelite pkipravy. Tostatu, budeme piekvapeni, se vetaina z ho se musime i my varovat. rove destiny.

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OREDNf ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPORUJICI JEDNOTY STATU TEXAS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS REDAKTOR EDITOR STEPHEN VALOIS 6402 Prague Houston 7, Texas

Tentakrat by redaktor Vestniku poaeboval opravdu nejakS7 moderni stroj, kterYm bylo by moZno rortridit ohrornnou spoustu novYch dojrnti, myglenek, nametU a zaZitkia, ktere byly nasbirani v konvenci Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu v Toronto, v Kanade, minuleho tkdne..Je takove filasne runoZstvi v mem zapisniku, Ze to vezme delsi dobu neZ v geelany body ban moci probrati, objasniti a elenum SPJST vysvetliti.

Nfirodni bratrsky kongres je velmi vSrznamnm cinitelem v obchode tivotniho pojigt'ovani. Delegati do Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu schazeji se kaMeho roku, aby projednali otazky, ktere vyvstaly behem roku nebo ktere se oeekavaji v kratkem Case. Katcla organisace, tedy i nage SPJST, stale dostava z hlavni kanceldre bratrskeho kongresu informace, ktere se vztahuji na na g vlastni sve obchod. A ponevadt katclY stat vlastni zakony, tYka,jici se bratrskych podporujicich spolkt, hlavni kanceldr bratrskeho kongresu v glind si vgech motnych zmen a predloh v katclem statu informuje bratrske organisace v onom statu o katcle mone zmene predem. Aby tomu eleni SPJST lepe rozumeli, podam Podobne kdyi bychom poslali do konvence nebo do kursu organisatorfi neko- skuteenk pripad. ho z rids, kdo ve svYch volnYch hodinach Letos na jare segi se statni kotnisaii nepremygli o rozmanitYch otazkdch or- pojig t'ovani v Los Angeles. Take oni maganisatorskYch, nebo kdo z nas nemd, ji sve problemy a teZkosti. Mezi jinym zdkladni predstavy a pojmy o ukolech jednanim komisart se dohodli na torn, organisatora, ininoho veal, ktere bychom Ze vypracuji pravidla, ktera by byla slygeli v kursu nebo v konvenci, go by stejna pro vg echny staty, pro rizeni branam ptes hlavu. Vzpominam na jeden trskych podpfunych spolkfi. Tato pravibanket kskYcla ex-student-0., kaan jsem dla byla schvalena statnimi kornisari pobyl pozvan, abych uclelal proslov. Po jig t'ovani 2. eervna 1955. KdyZ ta.to prabanketu pristoupil ke mph znamY pritel vidla byla vytigtena, hlavni kancelaf z cltivej gich studii a anglicky pravil: Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu limed "Mel jsi peknou kee, jenornte ja, jsem rozeslala vYtisky na v gechny bratrske tvYm slovalm dobte nerozurnel. Kdybys spolky, aby pravidla byla pozorne probYval miuvil anglicky, tak by to bylo studovana, zdali by bYla prijatelna nebo pro mne daleko Je torau asi po- zdali tarn nejsou nektere zavadne veci. dobne, jako kdyt na gi stark eleni, kteti A zdd se, te je mezi pravidly dosti veci, neovlddaji anglietinu dokonale, slygi ktere byly schvalene velikYmi bratrskSrmi naluvit nektereho reenika anglicky. organisacent, ale ktere nejsou dosti phiTteba dosti dobte pochopi. celkovY smysl znive tern menSim nebo docela, malym. predna gky, piece nezachyti ty jemne Je ovg em nevYhadou, Ze male organisaocistiny myglenek reenika. ce se o tyto veci rnalo zajimaji, asi jako na prikla.d na ge SPJST, kterd jegte Cele zasedini liarodniho bratrskeho pied nekolika lety nechala, podobne prokongresu je veinal Pouene a prospegne blemy Opine stranou a byla slepa i hlukatclemu, kdo na zreteli zlep geni sve cha veci v gemu, co bylo mimo na ge vniorganisace. Do konvence Naroclniho that zajmy. bratrskeho kongresu jdou pouze hlavni nrednici bratrskYch organisaci. Vyjimlidyi ve stiedu dopoledne v plenarku cirri redaktoti bratrskYch organn, nimi zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho pravnici, aktuari a podobne U nate- kongresu byla predlolena otazka, zdali rYch bratrskYch podprirnYch spolka schvaleny budou bratralcYm kongresem redaktorske povinnosti v rukou sa,rnot- "jednotne zakony"—uniform code, vy-

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nych hlavnich farednikft. U jinYch jsou to zjednane vYpomocne sily. Ale ponevadt redaktori jsou povatovani v bratrskych organisacich za tak clnletite jako telegraliste ye svete obchodnim, kahlk redaktor bratrskeho organu ma pristup do konvence jako delegat. Kdyt jsem se phi zasedani konvence dival do zaznamft, kdo vgechno od na gi SPJST mel pristup jako delegat, videl jsem jmena krome hlavniho fieetniho', jmeno vrchniho, lekare, vrchniho pravnlika, ditele omladiny, aktudra a redaktora.

Mantelky opravnenYch delegatii nebo manZele Zen, ktere jsou delegatkaml, jsou jen hasty.

Ve stredu, dne 5. rijna 1955. vstal jeden delegat, te on by chtel objasnit postaveni malych bratrskYch organisaci net dojde k hlasovani. Napnul jsem usi, -protote na ge SPJST je mezi velikYmi bratrskYmi jednotami na miste padesatem devatem, tedy spiSe mezi Venn menSimi. Reenik objasnoval, te se mu nelibi, aby byl prijatY zakon, doporueovanY statnimi komisaki pojiSt'ovani, by vSichni organisatori, representanti, prodavadi nebo agenti, kteri ziskavaji nove eleny a dal gi obchod pro sve spolky, musell miti sta.tni povolenj tivnosti nebo licensi, ktere az dosud nemuseli mit. Uoozorhoval, to je to snadne pro velke bratrske spolky, ktere poradaji pravidelne organisatorske gkoly a kursy, ale te je to nemotne pro male organisace, ktere nemaji stale organisatory a museji se spfge spolehat na praci chvilkovych a dobrovolnYcla organisatort1.

Druha namitka byla, ze nektere menbratrske spolky by neschvalovaly, aby cele vedeni spolku bylo vYhradne v rukou reditelt, jak v pravidlech vypracovanYch od komisarti je navrhovano. Male spolky jsou vedeny hlavnimi Uredniky.

Komisari chteji, aby take male spolky byly rizeny jako velike, totit sborem ditelft, a aby hlavni firednici nebo vYkonnY vYbor byli zvoleni rediteli. Dle tohoto doporueeni, kdyt by to jednou yev platnost a stab se zakonem, musell bychom si na sjezdu SPJST volit jen reditele, kteri by vedli celou SPJST mezi sjezdy, kteri by zvolili nebo najaii schopne firedniky a kteri by take propustili neschopneho Urednika, kdyt, by nevyhovoval.

Z te'chto dvou eitovanSich pi ipadu mohou eleni SPJST posoudit, te v zasedani bratrskeho kongresu probiraji se otazky nesmirne dulezite. Je to takfka nutnosti, aby od katde pokrokove organisace sli do konvence katdeho roku nokteri Urednici. Ale nesmi to bYt mad pouhY vYlet nebo prazdniny. Musi to bYt firednici, kteri mail schopnosti vSechno pozorovati, kteri maji zalibu sledovati cele jednani, vSimati si, co se pripravuje • pro budoucnost. A musi take mit sehopnosti, aby se ozvali, kdyt by to 'di ono melo poSkozovat zajmy jejich bratrske jednoty. Je ovSem znamo, mnohy elovek je velikY mezi s yyrni, ale je bazlivy mezi jinyrni. MrtohY dovede mluvit, kdyt je obklopen zna,myrni tva,rem!, ale ma jazyk drevenY, scvrkne se a dostane pocit menecennosti, kdykoliv stati na svYch nohou mezi ,meznamSrmi.

Take z jineho diivodu je tfeba, aby do bratrskeho kongresu jelo vice uredniu. neni plenarni (pine, hromadne) zasedani, jsou schfize jednotlivYch oddeleni. Do katdeho oddeleni jsou pozvani vYznanani reenici, aby promluvili

ESTNi I - - WEST,TEXAS na prilehave thema. Tak ku prikladu atery dopoledne bylo nekolik velmi zajirnavych a dfiletitych prednaSek; poji gt'ovani deti; prieiny vylueovani a suspendovani Mena v bratrskYch organisacich; letni tabori gte pro omladinu; na jakYch podkladech poeitaji se dividendy; jake pojigteni mohou dostat tadatele, ktere lekar zamitne; jak nalotit s prebytkem v jednotach, ktere poeitaji svou valuaci dle rUznYch tabulek; jakou slutbu ma dat aktuar sve jednote; srdeeni vada. a tivotni poji gteni; a byly jeSte jine prednaSky. Bylo treba. volit rozumne nebo dle toho, jak zajem kdo ma o ten nebo onen predmet. Kdyt od stejne jednoty jde vice delegatfi, 'mohou si mezi sebou ueinit dohodu, aby neSli v sgichni na stejne prednaSky, ale aby toho nasbirali pro vlastni ponaueeni co nejvice.

Tentokrat okolnosti nedoyoloyaly abych byl pi-itomen zasedani vrchnich organisatorit. Mam domnenku, ze bratr Marek vyslechnul Uri prednaSky, ktere byly pripravene na stredu odpoledne.

PrednaSky. mely velmi lakave tituly: "Jak zapracovati nove organisatory;" "Jak zlepSiti vYkonnost zkuSenYch organisatorft;" a "Jak vybirati statni nebo distriktni organisatory," Pro katdeho, kdo vede organisaeni einnost, povatoval bych tyto prednaSky za povinnost je vyslechnout. Led muj eas byl odmeren na minuty, musel jsem odejet z Toronto pied jednou hodinou po poledni. Skoda, to jsem nemohl zfistat o d ye hodiny dele.

Musim prozradit, ze mnoho delegatft se mne ptalo, prod neprijela, sestra Birdie Hilsherova. Abych nemusel vysvetlovat podrobnosti, odpovedel jsem pokatneiakYm v yhYbavYm zpilsobem. A zde je opet dtikaz, jak jednotlive bratrske spolky si vzajemne pomahaji ve sve pra.ci. Ukazovala mne jedna, pan], to si sve programy upravili dle naSeho vzoru. Pry dopsali na hlavni nicadovnu a dostall programy vypracovane sestrou Hilsherovou. Prohlitel jsem jejich svazek, nadepsanY "Program Material." AMU to upraveno v jednom svazku na celY rok, ale vyhlitelo to jako etyri svazky sestry Iiilsherove, slotene dohromady. Ve stredu rano pri snidani prisednul ke nine pravnik jedne velike sesterske jednoty. Take se mne ptal, zda sestra Hilsherova je delegatkou, to ji dosud nevide], a te by ji date], podekovat jmenem jeho organizace za material, kterY od ni dostali. Podivil jsem se, nebot' onen, pravnik zastupoval organisaci desetkrat vetSi net naSe. Pote g ilo mne, kdyt se pochvalne vyslovil, jak schop,nou a nadanou mime na gl reditelku mladete. Ale neopravil jsem ho, te to bylo, ale te tit neni.. .

Stlana 3 Muhl bych yzpomenout a popsat nekola podobnYch uznani a poklon, ktere jsem musel vyslechnout, a ktere byly pochvalou pro naSi SPJST. Nebudu to popisovat. Ale pomalu si ziskavame velmi dobrou povest po celYch Spojenych sta,tech, a tedy i v Kanacle. Jen je gte o jedne rozmluve se zminim, ktera byla s predsedou nejvetSi kanadske bratrske organisace. Byli jsme pozvani, abychorn navStivili jejich ka,ncelare. KatdYch tricet minut v nedeli po druhe hodine odpoledne byli delegati zavezeni k prohlidce gestiposchod'ove budovy organisace zvane Independent Order of Foresters (v eeStine Nezavisla Jednota LesKatda„ skupina dostala sveho pritvodeiho, kterY nas proved1 vSemi poschodimi, od nej yyS,Siho Sesteho at do "basementu", podzemniho patral.a chno nam vysvetloval. V kancelAri predsedy podal jsem ruku vrchnimu dredniku one jednoty a predstavil jsem se.

"Ano„ pamatuji se no tebe a take na tvou organisaci, jak jste nas v Dallas pohostili. Jen jednoho lituji, te nedostal jsem onen, obeanskY list texaskeho sluSnika, jak jste udelovali nekterYm delegatfim." Slibil jsem, ze mu ho jeSte obstaram i s podpisem gvvernera, jak dostali ti druzi.

A zase jsem litoval,ze jsem byl jedinSr od na gi SPJST, kterY videl moderni gestipatrovou budov y bratrskeho pojiSt'ujiciho spolku. Vysvetloval mi onen president, to net se pustili do stavby, studovali vSechny nove budovy jinYch bratrskYch spolkti, ab poznali, co by rnali mit nebo eeho by se meli varovat. Pak predali plany jednomu architektu, kterY se jmenoval R. Karel Rybka. NevyruSoval jsem ho, jen jsem ho tadal, aby nine opakoval jrneno architekta. Podal mi broturku, kde byl znazornen plan budovy, a kde jsem vide]. 'Ceske Mien°. A take vide' jsem duSevnim zrakem, kolik dalgi prace nas eeka, ke ktere bude treba lidi hodne mladSich net jsem sam. lovek obyeejne vidi svou drahu at kdyt je pozde.

Jak naznaeil jsem na zaatku techto redakdnich ftvah, je v ;mem zapisniku velike mnotstvi materialu, kterY predlotim elentim pozvolna. Take musim se zminit o sjezdu bratrske organise ZoBJ, kterytto sjezd byl v Dallasu ininuleho tYclne. 0 tom at priSte. Ac moje manielka, Melilla yzemoine, aby mite zastala v me nepritomnosti, piece stab se, te nektere veci musely eekat na mitj navrat z Kanady. Dopisovatele jiste prominou male nedopatreni, jestli se jake stab. ProhlaSeni predsjezdoveho stanovniho vYboru, ktere mezitim dodo, bude uverejneno v prigtim

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koliv ptedtim v ptipadu Vida H: Piny olonos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosaZeni 65 let stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptiBratr predseda distriktu podekoval padu imertem radu Osveta vSem pi .itomnSim za navAtevu a Za vzajemne pekne pobaveni. Vida I: roptarRy se plati 20 rokt. obnost certifikAtu je vyplacen Misto pri9ti distriktni sclailze bylo ustaPo dosaZeni 60 let stall nebo noveno u Padu eislo 67 v Schulenburg a kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu usneseno. jelikoZ to bude posledni sclanze pied sjezclern,. Ze nebude Zadn'Y program. • ecni9.11, ani podavani jiclel, tak Vida K: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. PlnY obnos pojiAteni se vyaby vAechen C as mohl bSrti venovan adz-plati kdykoliv v ptipadu kain y e pro,pech ve prospech na91 JednoTtid L: Dvojnasobne urazove pojiStenl ty. (double indemnity). Certifikat Veci prod 0, )ne y e prospech distriktu se Arystovuje pouze do obnosu prinesly (Th.( tu $13.55. $2,500, (loclateene k jinemu Nasledovl pi ( ■gram rizenSi bratrem J. certifikatu.

J. St , 1111tleiletil 70 pomoci Joyce Ann Hribek, pi. E. J. A/In re:-,h. E. E. Holub a G. A. Ltida Poplatky se plati go veku 65 let. Po dosaZeni 6Vroku start, Novosad. Jednotliva eisla progranm byla elen dostava mesieni ptijetri pekno prednesena a mame za to, Ze se to selokud Ziv. Zemte-li pied 80 W-em ntitoinnim bbilo. lety stars, dedici dostanou meDory od distriktu obdfZeli t to elenove: sieni ptijern do 80. rg/roei naDar nejstar ,;inlu pritomnemu elenu sestre rozenin Mena.

J. C. Leshikarove, Smithville; nejmlad9imu, male Joyce Stalmach., Nelsonville, a Vida -C: Opisova, ochrana na 20 let, ktera se zmen'Suie. a2 zustane dar nejvzdalenerSimu elenu, bratru J. M. vyplacene pojiReni na $1,000.

El-:krabankovi.

Pojiteni se vyplati kdykoliv Ke konct bratr mistopredseda distriktu, v ptipadu urrirti dle klesajici Frank Vytopil poclekoval bratru Batinovi stupnice. za v9echtut l'lit namahu se schttzi dist- Vida N: tpisova ochrana jen tem, kdo riktu a vyz y ,11 vsechny pritomne k zazpimaji od SPJST vypiljeene pev9ichni zpivali. vani "Kcle domov araj" nize V. H. Batina, predseda.

Pet etrultit cer(Vikatii SPJST pro Jett: Edwin L. Stalmach, Trida J-T: Doi'asor ; i4eni do veku 16 tajemnik distriktu prvniho let, ktere se mute zmeniti na kterekoliv jine pojiSteni po dosaZeni veku 10 let, nebo p ozde j lVida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokft.

Schnze v jinrch distrikteeh budou uvePlnY obnos pojiAteni se v3r fejneny jakmile distriktni Utednici ustau--platikdyolv ptiadu novi datum schfize y e svem distriktu. mrti ve veku od 16 let vfAe. Distrikt drilhfi, 16. Mina, Seaton Umrtni pojistka pod 16 let Distri1,1 16. fijna, San Antonio gt 6 5.1 je die stupnice. ) • 4 • ( Vida J-S: Popiatky se piati 20 rokti P/nY obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Ttinact artaiO ceratilt5D1 SPJST nirti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 pro dospele: mesieu, $250, lied 12 mesicti, Ttida B: DoZ1votni, poplatky se plati $500. do mai.

Ttida -E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let Poplatky se plati 20 roku.

PlnY obnos certifikatu obnos pojisteni se vyplati kdyse vyplati po 18 letech stati kdykoliv v ptipadu fort. nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu Vida D: Poplatky se plati 15 rokti. PlnST mrtl od veku 1 roku. Do 8 obnos pnji gteni se vyplati kdymesicft, $250, pod 12 mesic0, koliv v ptipadu umrti. $600.

Trida E: Poplatky Se plati 10 rokfi. Ploy obnos poji gteni se vyplati kdy- Tiida J 0: Poplatky se Watt 20 roku. koliv v plipadu umrti.

Piny obnos certifikatu se vYtido. F: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vy nlati. po 20 letech nebo kdyplacen po 15 letech nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu umrti od yekoliv pfedtim v ptipadu umrti. ku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicO, $250, Triaa G: Puny obuos certifikatu j e vypod 12 mesict $500. placen y, e 20 letech nebo kdy(dz)

S , PR OTOKOL SFT)ME SCHUZE PRVNIHO tlE)'0:1 ,0K'.FTI s P.J.S., KONANEVROVAR, ITX.IS Ni.DELI ).)NE 18. ZAlki 1955.

Schuze zahajena o 11. hodine &poledne bratrem Barinou, pkedsedou distriktu.

Zazpivana piseri "America" a vzd:ina test a slib vernosti vlajce Spojemich stag" Privitani vAech pritomnveh bratrem predseclou ,da i distriktu, a predstaveni firedniku distriktu, bratri Frank Vytopila z Wheelock, Texas. mi-stopiTdsedy, a 1)1 ,Ora Edwin Stalma-ha, tajetnnil,a z Nelsonville, Texas. ten protokol z prede9le distriktni salt/ e a pfijat jak Clem Bratr predseda oznamuje, ze bratr J. J. Stalmach daroval distriktu peknou paneku (gavel) co upominku na na9eho bSTvaleho predE,e(ht Hlavni firaclovny bratra.

C. H. Cherncmkjtho.

Vzpomenuto naSich zenarelSrch sestet : a bratti a vzdana jim Ucta dvouminutovm Povstanim.

Pkedstaveni rirednikit Hlavni fdadovny, rii. ednikft a rediteln distriktu, jako2 i U-kednikti jednotliv34th ran a organisatoru a vAech dal9ich nayStevnikii.

Kratke, ale pouene a zajimave reei byly pPedneseny temito Aredniky Hlavni rikadovny. bratrem Edward L. Markem, pfedsedou, bratren-i John Kubenou, mistopredsedou, bratrem J. F. Chupickem, tajemnikem, a bratrem Joe Kolihou, nokladnikem.

Schil/c . odroeelia na obed, icter3i : pozftstaval z barbovile kurat o 12:30 odpol.

C) 2 hoclinr,.-11 po poledni se ve schnzi pokraeovalo vyvolavanim jmen a else' vAech radii v distriktu. Zji gteno. Ze 11 radii jest zastoupeno. Take zjiAteno, 'Ze tomni jsou 3 feditele distriktu a sice A. C. Stepan, Peditel prvniho distriktu; Chas.

Navratil, feditel clistriktu druheho a 3. M. ,-,krabanek, feditel distriktu pateho. 1)istriktni ptedsedove jsou pritonmi dva, br.

E. Mieulka z distriktu sedmeho a bratr 3.

M. Skrabanek z distriktu pateho. rSichni zde jmenovani pronesli 'kratke proslovy pro dobro Jednoty.

Nasledovala debata o zvoleni kralovny krasy z ka2deho radu, ktere by pak souteZlly v distriktu a pak i v celostatnim sjezdu. MnolVm se to my9lenka libila, nebylo v9ak nic ureiteho ujednano. )3ylo to ponechano na dobre vuli jednotlivch Pada.

Poukazano na opravy vypracovane planovacim v)iborem distriktu pateho, ktere byly y e Vestniku uvet. ejnene. Pritcmni s tim nebyli dosti obeznameni a take casu nez133"ivalo tak to bylo odloleno 1)Ngte.

Ve st • edu, doe 5. iijna 1955.

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Str•edu., Ono 5. (ajna 19 rho

VESTN/K— WPM, TEXAS

Strantt 5

eeski Vzdellivad Nadace Texasu Stale slYkme a na rfaziaS7ch mistech eteme, Ze budoucnost na g eho eeskeho jazyka zde v Texasu je ohroZ"ena, Ze , porovnam s ostatnirni zde zinc= narodnostnimi slo g kami jsou to O&M, ktefi zapominaji na svilj ptivod, svoje zdedene povinnosti, hlavne v g ak, Ze nespra yne vedeme nag e (lett, ve kterSrch je vase cela budoucnost a nepostarame-li se yeas o beinnou napra,vu, Ze jednoho due eegtina v Texasu y ymizi irpine. Jsou to velice yeZna slova do jiste miry i pravdiva, nutno je prijimati jako yYkriky bolesti vSech tech, kdo panujici zde pomery sleduji a jsou si vedomi odpoy ednosti vlastnimu narodu a yg em na gim potomkUm. Jiste kahISI z vas Ceti rozliene nazory lidi rtitznSrch spoleeenskYch did pokud jde o otazku zachovani Ce gtiny zde ye SpojenYch statech americkSich. Bylo vysloveno mnoho dfivodt1 pro i proti s poukazem na to i ono, psalo se stale se piavgak s politovanim nutno pfiznat, ae dosud neprovedlo se nic podstatneho k fispe gnenm vyfe geni teto nadmiru dfaldite otazky. jednou provady tuto vec gt'astne vyiesiti, pak nesmime jenorn psat, ale musime pfejit k einu. A tu chci upozorniti na, neco, co v tom ohledu bylo ueineno a co v budoucnosti ma plispeti ke, stabilisaci cele veci. Zaslubou nekolika narodne uveclomelSrch lidi byla nedayno zalokna eeska vzdelavaci nadace Texasu (The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas). Jeji jmeno jasne a bra' blase,. Teel, kterernu ma a bude slouZit. Letos v lete byla svolana ustavujici schtize, na ktere byli zvoleni fii'ednici a feditele, jejich jmena byla uYefejnena v nekterSich na gich zdejgich eeskSrch easopisech. Neviin komu main vdeeit za to, Z"e take je jsem byl jmenovan feditelem teto u'Slechtile organisace. Nejsem si naprosto vedom nejake zashally, po yaZuji to za velikou eest a osobni yyznarnenani. Rad pfijimam, chci podporovati snahu vgech zueastnenSrch a pracovati k rychlenart uakuteeneni krasne rnyglenky.

Aby nage eeska vefejnost pochopila dolore too jde, chci poukazati na nektere duldite okolnosti a zdtrazniti nalehavou potfebu nadace toho druhu u nas v Texasu. Pokud jsem mel prilditost, mluvil jsem jiz s jednotlivci o zalokni nadace jejim poslani. NekterYm nebylo v gak pine jasne, jak darovanSi'cli penez bude pouZito, zda vSihradne jen pro ureite ueili g -te,nboprclYsTxa.Povekni rad oznamuji \Teem, Ze je to akce celostatni, nikoliv snad jen pro jedno ueili g -te.Chcm,abys&Rinveola nekolika vy ggich ueiligtich v Texasu, z nicM universita v Austinu bude jiste na

iniste prvnim. Zalezi jen na torn, kde bude nejvet gi zajem o studium, dle toho reditelskY sbor zafidi potPebne.

My ygichni jiste nechceme, aby se aegtine pouze vyueovalo, my chcerne trochu vice. Na g im pfanim je, aby ygichni nag]. eeskou ITC si oblibili natolik, aby ji aby, byla vice roz gitena znalost nagich bohatYch dejin, aby kaZdY' me! lepgi a jasnej gi nazor pokud jde o yzacno historicke parnatky, jedineene pi:bad/1i krasy a ve gkere bohatstvi, ktere zeme (lava. Die reel° nazorti yyttecivani toe neznamena pouze dati student:1m nej nutnejai zaklady, aby umeli Gist a psat, aby se dorozumeli eesky; vyueovani ee g gte jine dialelite poslani. Ma-tinemaje loYti cestou k probuzeni Ceskeho citeni, poznani praveho vS7znaniu existence nageho eeskeho jazyka nejen zde ye SpojenSrch statech, ale i jinde ye svete a koneene k obiasneni a yyl'egeni oetnS7ch dohadb, zda mime se starat o zachovani eeskebo jazyka, neb ustoupiti zcela anglietine. Jak patrno, je to otazka girokeho idznaniu, kam spadaji nejen problemy jazykove ale vie co se tS7ka existence zdej gich usedlika eeskeho pfivodu, vieho eeskeho Zivota yilbec. A ponevad'Z nutno postupovati pod zornSin fihlern budoucnosti, vie musi byti yylouclovano se zi.etelem na trvalou hodnotu. na blubokern a vedeckern podklade. Marne k tomu lidi veinal povolane a nej yYg zptisobile, jiniZ" patiri na ge pine', dtlyera. Jest 0vgem na nes, abychom je stoprocentne Podporo v -01 stall za celou akci a Mill mezi zdej ghni krajany tuto krasnou my glenku a vgernoZne se snaZili o jeji nejrychlejk uskuteeneni.

nejvice roz gifena a navidy zachovana.

Ano, poti-ebujeme dnes nejakeho Falsekeho, aby nam jeho krasna slova razila cestu. Anebo, aby nam aspon obeas phpomenul nekdo jeho slova, ktera zni: "Jo. aspon, kdybych byl ti'eba cikanskeho rodu a posledni ji2 jeho potomek, pfece bych se vgemoZne pricinil o to, aby aspon eestria p0 mile ztistala pamatka .v dejinach eloveeenstva". Ano, naS cil by noel bYt tent3).Z. Proto ruce k dilu, pHtele, s laskou, nadgenim a prayS'im zapalem. Nikdo ne7 smi neeinne piihiiaeti, kakIS7 je povinnen pomoci k Alpine= koneenemu yak-, stvi. Jsme za to odpovedni svS7m potom7 Jsem pfesvedeen, nebude dffeba pfiliAneho nabadani a domlouvani t praci pro vec, ponevadZ jsem toho nazoru, ae kaZdS7 dobf.e vi oo jde, ae u kakleho najdeme dostatek smyslu pro odpovednost, pro osobni test a narodni povinnost.

Pfispevky zasilejte laskave na adresu tajemnika a pokladnika Ceske vzdelavaci nadace Texasu, doktora Skkivanka, ktera, zni: "Dr. J. Sktivanek, Box 446, College Station, Texas".

Jarosla,v Kleprlik: ) s.(ALENDA.ft ✓ itterS) veeter kaid* tjrden vain se sborove zpevy dospelSrch v sin! fadu Po-' krok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou vitani. Zaeatek v osm veeer. ✓ sobotu veeer kaitleho Odne je v sins i'adu Bokrok Houstonu pfatelskSr veeirek,. kde jsou hry a zabava pro vSechny. Kuchyne vkly poskytuje dobra jidla.

V sobotu 8. Mita cvieenci Sokola Houston budou miti spoleenou v Sokolovne. Ostatni Clenstvo a hoste jsou vitani.

V nedeii 9. 1'W/a bude konana pravidelna schuze Sokola Houston. Bratfi a sestry, dostavte se vAichni.

V nedeli 16. Mita poilda Sokol Houston posledni piknik v teto sezone. K obedu chutne barbecue, rUzne obeerstveni a domadi. peeivo. Pro zabavu riazne hry a yee'er tanec. Sokol Z. o.cla nail vefejnost, aby, piknik v hojnem poetu navStivila. ✓ sobotu 21. kijua v Sokolovne v Hous tonu bude pfedveden oeskS) film "PoeestIle Paul Pardubicke". ) • 46 ( Kdo me jednou napalil, hanba mu, kdyZ me dvakrat napalil, hanba mne!

Zaklaclame neco novella, co v gak jine sloZky narodni zde v America ucinili daleko pied nami. Zejmena v tom ohiedu ukazali svoji vysokou vyspelost nail proziravi slovan gti bratfi Polaci, jimZ" jejich nekolikamillonovy nadaeni fond mfiZ'eme pravem zavideti. Jest na gim picanim, aby pro eeskou vzdelavaci naclaci Texasu v gichni meli pochopeni, aby tato nadace mohla v dohledne dobe zahajiti svoji ein nost a loSrti rozgikna jako nage nejvyggi vedecka institute v Texasu. Vie co k tomu potfebujeme, je clostateene finaneni zaji gteni, jeho'Z aspech spoeiva ye vas, mill pratele. Bez yak pomoci nedocilime nioeho. K tomu till nutno soustfediti yge,chny sily na gich uvedomelSich lidi, Ygech nagich eeskSrch spolka ke spoleene a houZeynate praci k yybudovatai potkbneho finaneniho zakladu. Tato akce by mela dosahnouti schvaleni v gech 11di, ktefi ma.ji zajem o zachovani narcdUctivame mrtve Budhy, ale Z'ivSrch si nostniho uvedomeni a dbaji, aby znalost a _La o eeskoslovenskem narode byla co man() nevakme.

Strana

VE TN/K— WEST, TEXAS

Ve sqedu, dne 5. iljna 1955.

Z CINNOSTI DONIACiCH EIADO Rid Tioga eislo 5.

Tioga, Texas.

Bratri a sestry: Davarn yam vedet, ae na ge prigti ze bude poradana druhou nedeli v ijnu, to jest 9. kijna; v padu gpatneho podasi o tYden pozdeji. V posledni schtzi se sestry usnesly, ze budeme v prigti miti svadinu, tak sestry jsou 2adany, aby dle moanosti ka2da nam prispela. Bratki zas se postaraji, co jest k tomu potreba.

Te2 zveme bratry od spolku RVOS, by nas tea navgtivili.

Taky yarn davam veclet, ae na g fad povolil deset dolard do Moudkova fondu, namisto kvetin za dva zemkele bratry a sloe za zenakeleho bratra Billy Dean Jaresh a za zemteleho bratra Verney BordovskY. Tak po dlouho travajicim suchu nam zde koneene zapr gelo, celkem tri a2 etyri mule. Baylna jest u2 hodne sebrand. Ti co stripovali, ti jsou skoro hotovi, a ti co trhali, tak asi tri etvrte maji tea sebrano. Bylo zde hodne Mexikann, ale 112 odjell dale k zapadu. Platilo se dva dolary od sta liber. Ba ylna se prodavala od 30 do 35 cent-n, podle vlakna. Ted' si trochu odpoeineme, nea to v poll vyschne. Co tato pigi je peddle, ale pr gi jen se lije a v pondeli ma tuplovane. Ta bavina, co jest v poll, to u2 mnoho nepkinese, jestli jaka zustane.

A co Ty bratke Novaku v Kaufman, hodne pikuje g nebo trhag, ne snad gate?

Co jsi byl naposledy u nas, videl jsi jak moje 2ena vypadala, ale u2 se to hodne lepgi, ua rajtuje po dome, ale na koleekoye 2idly, ale 112 se bude pokou get chodit o berlach. Jak jste dostali &mil? Odepig.

Tak nezaponrerite: na druhou nedeli, to jest 9. kijna. S pozdravem Steve Novak. ) • 4 • ( itad Karel Havlieek eislo 4.

Hallettsville, Texas.

Bratri a sestry: Nag zabavni vStor mel svou schnzi veera veCer 26. a ujednali, ae si pro nag lad uspokadame pkatelskou zabavu nagi prigti kadove schnzi, ktera bude, jak vite, druhou nedeli v kijna, co2 pripada na 9. kijna. Tak nezapomerite! Budeme udileti dvekni cenu, na co2 se budou prodavat listky, ka2c1S7 za 5 centil a veru, to neni rnnoho. Co to bude nesmim prozradit, ale kdo vyhraje bude se usmivat, a nebude-li spokojen, tak j grim darn ten nikl zpatky.

Pak bude "cake walk" a svadina. Sestry jsou 2adane, by prispely jako v2dy peelvem a tak dale. 2e bude osve2eni neni treba psat. Tak jen at' se nas hodne sejde, neb na g zabavni vYbor chee poradat

nejaky vanoeini program a tak chceme torn troch ujednat. Oas kvaji a na g zabavni vSrbor chce mit nee° hezkeho. Tak ruce k dilu, pracujme v gichni vespolek, neb jen tak se vec zdari. No a kdo bude chtit si zatandit, taky maze, neb bez muziky to u nas neni.

A ted' tak trochu co jest muj nahled, co se tS7de toho milionu prebytku. Myglenka na domov pro stare lidi jest dobra. Jen dostat poctive lidi, co by to vedli, spravne ridili s laskou, jak to ma KJ2T, Katolicka, Jednota Zen. Neni to jen postaNit budovu pro starce, tomu treba rozumet s trpelivosti a laskou, ktere jest tak male, dnes, neb kaZdY se jen Gene za tim dolarem.

A co se tSree tech kraloven neb "queens", veru jest to a2 sme gne. Ude utikali z Evropy z poddanstvi kralil a kraloven, a tady se vge opidi po tech evropskYch, dekoraci a podobne. Jen si v gimnete, at' jest to takkka cokoliv; drive se z toho zde lide small a co jest dnes?

Ovgem, ty nage zdej gi kralovny nejsou 2adne panovnice zeme, ale i tak jest toho presprilig. Ja nejsem pro soute2 kralovny pro na gi SPJST. Stoji to hodne penez a jest pri tom hodne prate. Lep gi se mi libi pekne radove divadlo a pod. Ale timto nechci vyvolat 2adnou nevoli, toto jest jen mrij nahled.

Po pkeeteni dopisu bratra F. K. Balm chci riot, co se tSree tech advokatri pro ka2dSr distrikt, taky nechvaluji. Zastupce ano, neb to by taky pri glo dost draho a zda se mi, ae zbyteene. A pak Hlavni radovna by v tom tak nebo talc rozhodovala.

Ale ted' jia dost a doufam, 2e se lidu sejde u nas hodne. Tak na shledanou 9. rijna. Vage dopisovatelka Marie Fabian. ) Rid Bedfich Smetana eislo 39.

Wheelock, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratri: Timto jste vgichni zvani do na gi prigti schtze, ktera bude konana pri gti mesic v druhou nedeli odpoledne v na gi sini SPJST. Mile sestry a bratki, prosim vas, dostavte se v hojnem pootu. Budeme projednavat drile2itou otazku. Jak asi vite, mame na g majetek do prodeje. Koneene jsme dostali dobrou nabidku, tak musime v prigti schnzi rozhodnout, jestli prodame nebo ne. Tedy na At'astnou shledanou.

Vag tajemnik Frank Vytopil. ( itaci Sloyanska, Lipa Oslo 66.

Waco, Texas.

Mill bratii a sestry: Tak u2 je po schtizi tretiho distriktu,

ktera se konala v nail sini v Elm Mott.

Nevim kolik radii bylo Udastno a co se debatovalo, ponevad2 my elenky jsme byly cele rano v kuchyni, tak to mule popsat nekdo, co to slyael vgechno.

Nebyl tak velkST podet elen0 pkitomen, ale myslim 2e to bylo k vuli tomu degti.

Prgelo v sobotu a v nedeli tea a veder kolem osmi hodin jen lilo. Byli u nas eleni as z Houstonu a z Fort Worth, Dallas a okolnich tan. Vgem dekujeme za nav gtevu a doufa,me, k se vaern u nas libilo.

Ptedseda Marek a redaktor Valeik nemohli b3"Tt ptitomni a mrzelo nas to. °bed se podaval o pul jecIne hodinO a pak byl velice pekn V ' program, pripravenSi sestrou Emma Oe gka a nagi mlacle2i, dalgi neastnici byli z Dallas a West. Pekne se to vydafilo a libilo se to vaem. NaS'e diky vaem ffeastnikam a sestte oeAkove.

Schilze zahajena byla zas ye dye hodiny a o pul etvrte byla ukoneena. Nato zataneily etyti parky Besedu; byli to mladici a deveata z Ennis pod vedenim bratra a sestry Joe Kudrna, a jejich =Had, holeieka tea pri nich tandila. Diky vaem, jak mladSim lidem, tak bratr ua sestry KudrnovS7m. Vim k nekolik lidi si ptalo videt Besedu taneit, tak vim, k byli spokojeni.

Pak hloueek elena zaeal zpivat Ceske pisne a odpoledne ubehlo tak rychle a nastal Cas, aby nekteti eleni jell domfi.

Nas velice tefflo, jsme je mohli u nas zase uctit. Je to pekne, kdy2 se sejdou ptatele a milk jeden s druhSrm promluvit.

Vas, tetieko Svitakova, jsme radi zas videli a vaime si va gi navgtevy, proto2e vime, 2e k vrili zdravi byste radeji zristala doma, ale piece jste pkijela.

V osm hodin zadali brat muzikanti West Melodians a adkoliv zadalo zas prget, piece jen se dostavilo hodne taneeniku a vgem se to asi libilo, proto2e bylo kolo potad pine. Bratr a sestra Nesudovi zustali ae do ukoneeni.

Jestli jsem nem vynechala, tak mi to odpust'te. Srdeem"7 pozdra y na vaechny etouci yam posila Rtiaena Farina, dopisovatelka.

—) Rid Svaz Cechoslovanu 6islo 92.

Fort Worth, Texas.

Mili bratti a sestry: Na nedeli 9. kijna pkipada na ge radova schtize ve 2 hodiny odpoledne. 61eni jsou Zadani, by se v hojnern poetu do schrize dostavili. Bude i uvadeni novS7ch 'dent, tak prijd'te v gichni, komu je mohlo. — Po schtizi bude spoleena svaeina. Sestry jsou laskave Z'adany, by pkispely ritznSon

Ve stkedu, dne 5. kijna 1955. peeivem do kuchyne ke kafiekt o n aso a ostatni bude postrano kadem.

Pak, bude spoleene pobaveni pro v gechny, jak si kdo bude prat, po pripacle i zatimeit, .neb mame spoustu krasnYch CeskYch rekordu.

Jak ,jsem slysela, ze schtize tretiho distriktu, konana minulou nedeli u radu Slovain,ka Lip p, eislo 66 ye Waco v jejich pekne now siui Lyle zclakila a pohosteni vyborne.

Nemoena je ot:g e spolusestra Marie Joe Danek. Nckonk ant) byla v nemocnici a nyni se naleza ve svem clornove V dalgion lakarsk;Yin o gctreni. V giclani ji ze srdce pfejeme, by .,e brzy itzdravila.

Rodirme nadeleni obdrZeli u teehto narich elentr. Il" rnanZeln Richard HuberiakeTYch mladSich a Arnold PoynerovYch, po deveatku. U manZelki Robert BeeanovYch, Charlie Molt a N. a 13eurnganer, po ehlapeeku.

Vgem temto At'astnYm rodietun i stariekum gratulujerne a pkejeme, by vatic det'atka vyrustaly ve zdravi a k radosti.

S pozdravem Marie Juranova, dopisovatelka.

• 'ad Karel Jona; Zislo 28, East Bernard, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratki: Timto yarn oznamuji, tie sehaze nageho kadu bade poradana v nedell dne 16. Mina ve 2 hodiny odpoledne.

Dostavte se vgiclmi, mame =oho k projednani. 'reZ iteetni vYbor pods svou 'pfdroCiii zpravu. V giehni bychom radi videli ye schfizi eleny z Wallis, Wharton a El Campo, uZ nebyli mezi nami davno.

Prijd'te vgiclani, budete radi videni.

S pozdravern Carrie Bohaeik.

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OT • Needville eislo 81.

Needville, Texas Bratri a sestry: Timto se yam oznamuje, ze mame pkilelitost prodat na g majetek, kde nage sin stoji, za dobrou cenu.

Radi bychom meli vase dobrozdani, jestli mame prodat a koupit nekde lacinej, si misto a prestehovat budovu.

Jste vgichni Zadani, abyste se dostaviii do listopadove schtize. Va gi firednici budou vent, kolik bychom dostali za ten pozemek a kolik by nas jine misto stalo.

Take nam pripada volba titednikt.

Pkijd'te vg ichni a zvolte si firedniky dle chuti. My bychom radi se toho zbyli.

S bratrskYm pozdravem A. V. Franek, pkedseda.

John Blinka, tajemnik.

(37-39-41-43) ) pramen, neoeekavej, ze bude kelra vista, nn

VESTNt IC — WEST, TEXAS

Cesker Vzdelavaci Nadace v Tcxasu Prejeme-li si skutecn, aby se vyueovalo ee gtine na vyggich ueiligtich; dale, pkejeme-li si, aby znalost o eeskoslovenskein narode byla co moZno nejvice rozWenn a navaly zacliovana; a chceme-li closahnouti ureeneho elle co nejdrive, Ira2c1Y oeclroamerfean by mel obetovati aspon JEDEN DOLAR, dosaZeni na'Seho elle.

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Peed 'Casein, kdyZ byl protest vile' nye, rejnovani romanu "Na kresach", zastavil jsem ho a nedokoneil. Pak mnoho elenet nine psalo a Zadalo, zda bych jim motel knihu zapttjcit. Nekteri ehteli roman odkoupit. MCI jsem jen jeden svazek, pet dilit pohromade, kterY mne byl vraccn z tiskarray. Prijeoval jsem ho, posilal z mista na misto, gel z. ruky do ruStale se chlubime, Se je nas ✓echoame- ky, aZ se nekde ztratil. Mohlo to bYt narieanit v Texasu 350,000 aZ 500,000. Je- laoclou. Nedopatral jsem se bo vice. ll tornu tak, proe bychom nemohli seBratr Frank Volf Z Britt. Iowa, poslal brati aspon $350,000 na tento tak drilai- nine nyni test beden knih. Nekttre jsou tSr fieel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu do .ritlisea,, nektere pro UtulniPv Hillje, zde u nas v Texasu, tak kdy zapoene- nektere at' realoZim s nimi dle nejlep gime? Je-li pravdou uvedomeni o ee- ho uznani. Mnohe jscni nevazane. V zaskein narode, jeho kulture, dejinach a slice od. bratra Volfa je teZ roman "Na vzdelanosti, jakou se eeskY narod v mi- kresaeh," kterY do fitulny v Hillje nechci nulosti honosil, upada, jest na rids aby dat, kdyZ to nebylo dobre pro nektere se ueinila pronikava naprava, a to hoed! eleny SPJST. Ale mohl bych poslouZit Prejete-li si poclporiti iteel a ell Ceske tem, kdo se o roman drive zajimali, kdyZ Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnych pri- prestal vycliazet. Nahoclou je kaZdY z pesPevirem nebo jako Glen, Vase pomoc bu- t diht vazan samostatne*takle roman mute bYt etenY od peti elenit najednou. de vdeene p•ijata.

Pirjeim knihy, kdo si je preji, ale s -jedThe Czech Educational Foundation of non podminkou—zaSlu je pouze elenu SP Texas, Box 446, College Station, Texas JST a chci knihy od oCho nazpet. KdyZ (dz) by knihy putovaly po sousedech, od jed-noho druhemu, stilll by je tentYZ osud jako se stab s predchazejicim petidilUstkilmete a za glete na taje inikan)nu svazkem. pokladnika!

Rozpitjeim v g"ech pet dilu, ale ne vAechESKA VZDELAVACi s ny najednou jednomu 'Menu. AZ pre eteNADACE TEXAS-1J te dil prvni a dostanu ho nazpet, poglu dil druh3'7, jakmile ho dostanu odjinud.

(The Czech Educational pak dil treti, aZ do ukoneeni. PoStovne Foundation of Texas) hradim sam. To si s kaZdYm vyrovnfim PridruZuji se k tern, kteri podavaji po- u nebeske briny.

—Redaktor mocnou ruku k udrZeni a roz giteni Ceske keel a literatury v Texasu. I.Jeel jest se_l `‘' v brati dostateenou suniu penez, aby z firoNEDOSTAVATE VESTNIK? kit z ni mohly bYti yydrZovany stolice NCkdy v budeuenosti se mtde stati, to ueiligtich jazykti na vyA gich slovanskY•ch pravidelna dodavka Vestniku bude nev Texasu. komu z vas najednou zastavena a organ Prikladam svuj elensk3i prispevek v pfestane dochazet. Stane-li se to jen obnosu $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $10.00; $100.00; jednou, vir:u pravdepodobne nese pogta. anebo i $1,000.00.

Opakuje-li se to dva, tri a vice tfrdnti za, sebou, dopigte na Supreme Lodge SPJST„ Temple. Texas, at' pripad je vygetten.

Neptgte ani na vydavatele, ani Da reSve dart' laskave za glete co nejdrive u daktora, ale na Hlavni idadovnu. Stanovedomi, Sc KDO RYCHLE DAVA, DVA- vy narizuji, ze kdo si preje restnik, musi KRAT DAVA, na tajemnika-pokladnika, dopsati ileetnimu Hlavni tifadovny, ktery Dr. Jan M. Skrivaiek, Box 446, College vede seznam adresafe 6Ienti dostavajlStation, Texas. eich Vestnik.

MfiZete dopsati na Hlavni ttadovnu Jmeno daree: sami , nebo pOddejte va geho tajemnikt,,, aby to pro vas vykonal. KaW Glen, ktell si plati na poi gteni v tkide dospelSreh, je Adresa: opravnen na Vestnik, jestli si ho pfeje. (dz) Mesto:

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Ve stiedu, dne 5. Pijna 1955'.

V STINUK— WEST, TEXAS

DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENC ska a vabec ze vkch semi Evropy, kde byli pkisluniky vyznani katolickeho, Apatne si vybrali. Jako "z date pod okap". Vy, kdo znate dejiny z doby dani kolonii, vite jak se Puritani umeli chovat a jak oni, pronasleclovani v jejich rodiaich, utikali hiedat volnost do pustin severoamerickYch a te'Z ji zde nalezli. Ale jinYm tuto volnost neptali. JakYmi pak meli bYti jejich potorrici o sto let poz deli? Mimo toho, Jih zamokenY otroctvim a nenavisti k lidem evropskYm —? Tate, dobre by to nebylo bYvalo. Ze bylo zde potkeba zemedelcil a kemeslniku, pak snad bylo by zde dost potravy (jako ale nebylo!), ale ne klidu ani jistoty, 2e domov pkistehovalce ukl by pohromy.

Ale, byla zde zemska Ustava a pkesvedeeni, ze pkiklady tviArcii obeanske svobody a yzneiene nauky o volnosti lidske, jak byly vyueovany tehdy na obecnYch ikolach, nezastanou nepoviimnuty.

Vklyt' koloniste uS v rote 1765 men uS deset vysokST ch gkol a mimo jedne (William a Mary), vlada anglicko, nedala ani penny na vzdelani osadnikft. Viechny ikoly si zbudovali koloniste sami a skoro bez penez!

Tato snaha patrne ovekovala pfesvedeeni prvnich eeskYch pkistehovalcil. Nemeli tedy jen dtiveru, 2e se zkizeni 6ati politicti uprchlici (freastnici reudr2i, ale ze se mute posiliti pkilivem voluce z r. 1849 v oechach) a ptatele je- takoveho lidu jako byli Slovane z Moravy, jich, kteki se pozdeji pak stehovali do •Cech a Slovenska.

Novella sveta za nimi jen proto, aby moLid nadanSr laskou k praci, k domovu, hli zde Siti jako lids, nepoutani zakony jake nafizovala vlada nemravneho dvo- s chuti ku sebevzdelani a pkirozenou nara rodiny Habsburske brzo zpozorovali, klonnosti (attitude) k demokracii? Co by Se v naladYch SpojenYch statech Sije takovemu lidu inelo jests chybyti zde, mnoho lidi, kteti sami nevi, co tato ob- aby nenabyl opet vkho, elm se jeho piedeanska svoboda znamend a proto nezna- kove znaeili nad jine? Sebevedomosti ji tea cenu osobni volnosti. Bylo to nove, rozumove vyspelYch lidi? Tato nova zemlade pokoleni, ktere nemelo ptileSitost me davali jim pkilaitost, aby stali se tim, chodit do ikoly a naueit se znat to, co elm bYvali pkedkove, a tak pkispeli nejen ma kaZdj. americkY* °bean vedet. Anebo: hmotnou praci, ale tO mySlenkovou vyco musi vedet, aby opravdu mohl dobrYm spelosti k rozvoji republiky SpojenSich obeanem teto republiky bYti. Dnes, o sto statu a tak pomohli upevniti jeji trvdni, let pozdeji kdy Clo y& o stavu veci ye jen znamenati melo povkchne blaho a SpojenYch statech pternYili — dochasi k mir. ptesvedeeni, Se s touto snahou, spojiti Takoldr byl dihrod a podnet ku zbudonaie pozdeji se stehujici dedeeky a otce vani jednoty slovanskeho lidu ye Spojedo SpojenYch statta, melo co do eineni s nYch statech. Tito liclumilove (jejich2 onou ticti nove se zakladajici stranou (roku 1853) americkYch obeana, zvanou jmena ui mlaai pokoleni ani neznaji) a rationalists zaroveii, yeah, zc poeatky "Knownothing". hospodaieni v nove semi budou pro kaZZakladatele tehle nove politicks strany eieho teZke. Z ylaUe lidi tak vychovane ja (party) tkeba meld svou dobrou pkieinu ko byl na g lid, kde sotva jeden z kaZdeho vytvokiti si stranu takovou, ale jejich sta osob mohl choditi do nejake vySAI. Cizi zvyky, a pak ona nevedomost snahy zalaeny byly na fanatismu a ojakou se americkS7 tuzemec znaeil, byly pravelOve nevedomosti (know nothing).

Kdyby takova snaha tehdy byla laSrvala, mnohemu trpkSrm ofi'Akem.

8 testi mel na g lid, .2'e lnul k praci rolniziskala stoupence a mot, byli by pinstehovalci, kteti se do SpojenYch stavu pneali eke, ze byl pravidlem to lid poctivY a Moravy, Slovenska, Pol- dychtil po vzdelani mySlenkovem, eeho2 ' stehovati z tech,

Houston, Texas.

V posledni schtizi tadu Stefanik eisla 142 byla sastupkyni tadu, neastne na 0kr,skove (district) schazi, konane dne 21. srpna v Danbury, Texas, podavana sprava, ktera zaujala moji pozornost. Stalo se tak ze dvou ptiein.

Byly ni zde okveray vzpominky na osobni kratieke manZelske itesti a — vsktisena nadeje, ze nyni se podati Jednote uskuteenit plan tech, kteki byli pilvodci idey o sjednoceni naseho eeskomorayskeho lidu, kterY se sem tehdy se stare vlasti stehoval, aby si Vklyt' byla zde svoboda obeanska, volnost myilenky a pravo vyjadtovati se, jak zkuienosti, vedecke poznatky a svedomi radily, ani by za svou poctivost byl trestan.

Tyto sjednocovaci idey mely ptioinu v jistYch zjevoch Sivota tehdejiich donaorodYch obyvatel mladYch SpojenYch std.ta. Zkuieni a moudti ptistehovalci, ti kteti nehledali v nove semi stavu a bohatstvi, ale take ne pouhou ptileSitost se najist a oiatiti, touzili po torn, aby na g lid v nevzdelanYch krajich pti praci, nemocieh, nedostatku a tteba i neitesti, nepropas1 pfileSitost k povneieni obeanskemu a lidskemu Aram

vzdelani Amerieane si brzo povAinili. -V ptedpokladu, Se pkijdou nemoce, zmrzaeeni ameba i smrt, lidumilove ptepaYSleli jak to zakiditi, aby se mohlo rtiznemu tomu nekesti piedejiti. V padu smrti Sivitele bylo by potteba pomahati, aby nesapadli pozastali v apinou skazu hmotnou nebo mravni. Viak dnes kaklY uvedomelY spolkar vi, co asi tehdy viechno na mysli meli ti, kteti hrdi byli na svaj pavod, prarodiee, jejich myilenkovou vyspelost a rozumne pospolite laospodateni, nebot' narod (nikoliv "pany") svaj opravdu milovali a pfali mu vie to nej2e1, v teto jejich ilechetne nesiitne lasce k naiemu lidu velikou pfekaSkou byla nevedomost lidu- sameho. Nasi ptistehovalci vynikali nad tuzemce snad ye viem co melo slouSiti jim k °Wive. Nevedeli viak, Se k zajiiteni dobreho Sivobyti take i pokolenim budoucim, elovek rozhodmusi znat to, co "bylo", jako vi co "jest", ale nema ani zdani, co "bude", neptispeje-li on sam k tom a to nyni, kdy Sije, pracuje a zakva, t. j. od kolebky cestou svoji az ku hrobu. To "nyni" nebo "ted' " — vaS'e, jejich nebo moje pkitomnost jest tviirei silou, mod a osudem budoucnoSti. — Mam nebo nemam pravdu?

Vekim, ze tohle nevi jenom moje osobni pravda, ale skuteenost, kterou tvokilo lidstvo, jak ono Slo veky z pokoleni do pokoleni. Tato pravda byla tou silou, ktera tehdy na gim dedfun a otctim radila.k utvoieni Jednoty. AvAak mela-li takova jednota opravdu stati se ochranitelkou a podpfirkyni ve gkere blahodarne eirmosti a budovatelkou nezniditelneho dobra, nemohla setr ykvati jen na, dobice promyMenem rozpoetu poplatnim, aby tim zarueeno bylo jeji trvani, ale take rozvoji yedeckem. Tim viak neni minena Zadna z tech ved, kterou si rtizni lids (student) vyberou za jejich Sivotni obor einnosti, ale veda jakou si ma osvojiti kakIS7 elovek; veda obeanska jak ji vyueovali Novoanglicku, vlastne asi nejdtive v kolonii Connecticut.

Tam moll uz v druhe polovici sednandcteho stolcti (1670) pravidlo, ze obyvatele, t. j. svobodnici, museli pravidelne se zfleastniti vetejnYch schazi, kde se probiraly obecno zalektosti. Obeane cvieili se v nauce a- sasadach demokracie a vsdelavali se politicky. Kdo neptiiel byl poktftovan. Zato v koloniich j ganskYch se takove schaze konat nesmely — jako se vetejne konat nesmely v Rakousku. To vedeli lidumilni zakladatele slovanske jednoty v Severni Americe. Proto viechny spolky, zakladane v prvni fade pro chraneni tech, kteti upadli do neite-

stfed'u, :fine sti, v jejich stanovach mely a jednoty maji mezi elanky svYmi jeden, kterY viastile je nejdtilelitejk ze vSech. Nachazi se obyeejne pod hlaviekou teel snaZiti se o vAeobecne povzneseni spolurodakft na gich, "jak v mraVnim tak i dukvnim a blahobytnem ohledu. Toto je citat ze stanov naS'i Jednoty Texaske.

PodobnY Ukol stanovi si Jednota Zapadni a mela jej OSPS, ktera prvni vyzvedla (a snad prvni nevYdeleenou bratr skou jednotou byla tenkrate v Severni A merice) v prachu se uZ valejici nastroje (tools) pospolite, soudruZenske einnosti pro vzajemne blaho, jak si jej predstavovali zakladatele SpojenYch statil americkYch, bratrske to jednoty, to nejvetSi tehdy to na svete (United States of America) pod praporem Hvezd a Pruhtt (of Stars and Stripes). 1./Zdyt' bratrstvi nemilZete ani jinak zobraziti neZ kopii oblohy posete hvezdami a pasy rudYmi a bilYrni, coZ znamena Zivot a eistotu jeho. thrnem, odvekou nekoneenost, vednY ruch, fistrojnost (organism) eistotu (skuteenost) a nai (lidskou) mysl.

Zakladatele takove slovanske jednoty, ktera, se mela stati stra.Zi. praporu Unie severoamericke, vzali na sebe ukol, kterY vyZadoval,,aby byll zili delku Zivota tri aZ etyrech pokoleni. Mimo toho aby lid, pro jeho potomstvo (nikoliv jen sebe) lidumilove tito jednotu takovou organisovali. byl jim porortnen, toho bylo treba. P•oe?

PonevadZ hned pri poeatcich jejich organisaeni price objevily se zde take nove sily stareho nepritele lidstva lidska zloba. A jako vkly nevedomost, po getilost -- viibec vkchny necnosti zanedbane lidske myslivosti, byly svolavany, aby zlu grisly na pornoc praci dobrYch lidi bud' hned v zaoatcich pomohly Zlo nikdy nedbalo, jak se elovek stiZenY ubohosti citi.

Jak si podinali takovi bezcitni zlovolnici, jenom aby takova, jednota se uskuteenit nemohla, zvedavY mohi by ze starch poznarnek otcova zapisniku a vYstriZkft z novin tehdejS1 doby vyeisti. Av g ak neni zde jeRe ta, chvile, aby kaZdY pochopil a poznal, s elm zakladatele spolka (v naSem Texasu, o padesat neb etyricet let po severu pozdeji) museli zapasit.

Kdyby lide pochopili, porozumeli by ihned, prod "jednotati" nemohli dodelati celY plan, kterY mel slouZiti pro pomoc a posilu hmotnou a take rozSlreni vkobecnYch vedomosti ci vedy obeanske.

Jako decko slYchala jsem, jak se radili, aby mohi bYti utvoren dost velikY fond, aby v padu potreby se mohla krYti nenadala, vydani (tehdy jeke umirali lide na Zlutou zimnici), ale bude-li Jednote "slouZit" :§testi" z takoveho fondu pozdeji ze byti zbudovana. "vesnice" pro sestarale eleny a Utulna pro opu gtene jednotlivce, s kterYmi si osud v novem svete nepekne zahral.

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"Zakoupi se par stovek akrft pfidy a taPak se objevi, jak se jedrai snazifi o lepke zaridi se tam letni Akola pro deti. Na i a zaroven. u Zivot tech, jde se vZdy nekdo, kdo by zrizeni rich' a ktere meli radi (byt' si roclnYmi bratry na vS'e dohlizel. OvAern byla by zde pravi- nebyli, ale jedna a to sama krev cevami dla a obyvatele vesnieky rozhodne by je jim proudila). A Sli jeke dale; touZili a museli zachovaVat, jako vSude se musi di- prali si, aby lid nas vestal se hoden jeti, kdy2 v:Se ma se udrZet v chodu a po- nom toho, aby mohi dobre bydlo a vAechradku. ny vYhody svobodneho obeanstvi uZivat, Zda to nebyl moudrY a spravnY plan? ale aby take povinnYin dilem prieineni A jak dnes potrebnY by byl takovY domov dukvniho mohi se podileti a prispivati k pro mnoheho z tech, kteri hned od poeat- rozvoji blaha a spokojenosti v teto naci ku mysleli, ze takovY fitulek byl by zby- nove vlasti! teenosti. Ze "nezaslouZene by jej uZivali K naSemu dobru bude moci bYti prieileckteri, ze je to hloupY napad, zbyteene, tano jenom ta neznieitelna neprately navelike vyclani," atd. VAak vime Sell° plemene laska k praci, rodine jak ruzni elenove jsou vynalezavi v odpo- snaha poctive se Ziviti, jak se rika "v poru podporovati dobrou vec, kdyZ se o torn tu tvare." Nem, co u2 se hodne ztraci v ma ve schfizi jednati. mladAim pokoleni. Tim je vinna pochybeKdyZ eloveku nahoda preje proZiti to- na idea amerikaniadni. Jak se maze stetlik let pH spolkove einnosti jako se deje ti takova vSelijaka idea, v viz neni 'nista pisatelce, vidi jake chyby se stavaly a co pro lidskost a co s ni souvisi — Ten& priSlo na zmar jen proto, ze at' ye- ukazala nam prohibice. (Bystroducheniu dome nebo nevedome se povolovaly a sbi- pak take fine Zjevy jeSte). Kdyby mohli z raly velike obnosy i rnensi na veci Skodne. mrtyYch vsta.vati a nyni do SpojenYch Dobre a potrebne byly odsunovany, ane- statu priAli ti, kteri pro nas zaridili tento bo odhozeny svobodnY obeanskY sta y a volnost ve vYProtole ye skuteenosti neSlo vhly o pe- beru cest (z nichZ site kaZda vede k hro nize, ktere byly pri jine prileatosti povo- bu), na kterYch nam dovoleno einit doleny, anebo jako "prispevek" z kapsy vy- bre nebo zle, podivili by se, co jsme spodaily -- ale jake byly pohnutky tech, kte- leene ' z toho stavu ucinili. NennIZeme riri ye spolcich byli vkly "proti" v podpore d, "co oni ueinili", protole, (vinou sice dobre 'ad.? KdyZ vzporninam na tuto tech, kteri mell vedet lope) misto abyspolkovou einnost, vidim co vkchno dnes chom se povznesli nad vSednost lidi jako mohlo bYti udelano a jakYm to flak Jed- byli "Knownothingove" nebo rtizne "banota dnes mohla bYti vzorem ueiteltim by prohibiedeky" (jak radi je lide na gi tivyueujicim vedam narodniho hospodare- tulovali), byli jsme vedeni, abychom se ni. A nejen to, byla by osvedeenYm Clam- pridruZili ku spodine naroda, jelim2 jedinYm cilem 'Zit jest "delat peni/e" a za ne kem pro kaZdou ueebnici.

AZ kdysi se budou psat dejiny a nekdo pak kupovat vkchna ta neaesti, jak se bude spravedlive rozebirat einnost rtitz- ria.m ye skuteenosti predstavuji. — Ve nYch narodnostnich skupin (jako deje- znameni nemocnic, blazincti, trestnic, pisci einit musi), prijde na to, ze nas lid zlodinnosti lidem zvolenYch firedniktl, nesi do teto zeme prines1 vk, eeho bylo po- mravnost ne snad jen mla.de2e, ale take treba, ku zdravemu, zdarnemu a spokoje- osob, ktere maji bYti prikladem toho, co /Amu Zivotu, ale jako celek neprines1 si hlasaji. Co je to, ten podnet (impulse), dosti vedomosti o torn, co mu jeho budou- kterY wadi zdej gi lid (mezi nimi uz teZ ci vlast podava, aby vzal si a chranil i pe- potomky pristehovalcti) k takove einnosti eoval o dar jak mei. VZdyt', jak Zivut nehodnYch lidi?

Vime, ze prvni stuperi, kterY vede do kratkY mohl uz i on, po praci tak svedomite konane, jak eini to nas lid, je'Ste bahna, je chtivost po zlatu, bezcitnost a uZiti pred smrti nekolik let radosti, na nemoZnost pochopiti, Fe vSechen organism, ktere ma pra.vo kaZdY 'kdo se narodil. — kterY se rodi, roste a zmird, je z jedno a Protole neni toho co mohlo bYti (vzdor to same hmoty, bez ohledu je-li to elovek tomu, ze tento lid vydal tak velike sunny nebo zvire. Po odumreni jest v ge promena politicke osvobozeni svYch sester a nen° v stejnY prach. Chamtivec, necita bratri ye starYch vlasti a znovu pak po- nebo zlovolnik nejsou hmotne docela, nic mahal narodu prepadenemu nacisty), de- vie neZ kterYkoliv jiny fitvar Zivota. Onen jepisec takovY lehce vynajde, ze lid nemel rozdil mezi nizkosti a povzneknosti neani v jeho vildcich a radcich osoby dost najdeme' v nieem jinem neZli ve schopmyslici a poctive se prieinujici, aby roze- nostech myslivosti a jejim zuZitkovani. znati mohli pravdu a skuteenost od kla- Sidon k dobru dava, eloveku podnet ku mu. Mel-li lid ale skuteene mezi sebou kortani uZiteene prate. Naklon k sobectvi nekoho, kdo by mohi a chtel raditi a pri- nuti eloveka k pachani toho, co poSIozukladem davati vzor nasledovani hodnY, je v'Sechno, co elovek dobrY eini, a temer prod se tak nestalo? Zde u nas, kde kaZdY vZdy pro dobro vkch, ne snad jen pro sejednotlivec byl svYm panem a tolik prile- be sameho!

Zitosti a nikYm mu nezabranovane je Je to jen kousek z obrazu skuteenost, pouZiti? Zajimave to bude studium. lee staid aby 'kaalY pochopil,prodJednota,

Strand 10 nage jegte se nezmohla na to, deho je tkeba jako soli do testa. — Milletena,ki, mam pravdu nebo ne? A co vy, bratki akednici z 111avni fikadovny?

Prod se vas v gech ptam? Za prve: je to pravda, co na ge zastupkyne zvestovala?

Za druhe: budou na gi staid opatkeni, jak je povinnosti Jednoty kdy zvest, kterou sestra zastupkyne Sturmova do schrize pkinesla? Slygte: — na ge Jednota dnes vlastni pies jeden tisic akra pozemku a tyto akry v gechny nalezaji se v jedne vYmeke! Dovedete si pkedstaviti, co znamena rozloha? A to je na ge, proti Mere. neni ua addnYch zavazka! Je-li tohie skuteenosti, prod by nyni sen zaklaciatelt Slovanske Jednoty (v tomto pkipade Texaske Jednoty) nemohl bYti uskuteenen? V kraji, kterY jest idealnim mistem pro utvokeni "vesnieky pro vYrnenkake" a take ty, kdo jsou ua aivotem unaveni a chti miti klid. Misto jako stvokene pro detske taboki gte, kraj pro osoby, ktere hledaji ovzdu gi ku okkati du gevnimu — Pkatele, neni to zazrak?

Prod je pisatelka tak nad gena a tak daIcko zabehla do minulosti? Protoae kraj, kde leai na g majetek ("na g" minim Jednoty) jsem poznala z vypraveni me matky a osobne spatilla v roce 1912 a 1913.

Poprve a podruhe za okolnosti radostnYch a po tketi tia v dobe, kdy flak spoleene gtesti, mato prvniho manaela a me podalo se promeriovati v zarmutek nasledkem jeho nevyleeitelne choroby.

Chtela bych jej, kraj ten popsati, kdo jej nevideli. Avgak avaha moje se prodluauje a take vzpominky na krasnou to ciobu a smutne ukoneeni kratkYch rado_ sti ze aivota a upominka na v gechna telesna utrpeni eloveka dobreho, zmakene jeho nadeje rani v rnozku tak aive, ae nemohu mysl soustkediti na popis kraje, jak vyhliael pied 42 roky. Je to kraj malebnY, karnenitY, posetY 'krasnYmi stromy nanoha druht. Dnes musi tam bYti krasnY les, kterY ma, a bude miti tea cenu.

Dle vypraveni jednoho z na gich pkatel, tea jsou tam tekouci vody skoro po celY das a kdy tteba za vodou jiti, tato neni tak hluboko. Pkitel narozen byl v osade Rosanky a sve mladi ztravil v okoli Cistern, kde rodina P gendikovYch, s jejicha dcerou se moje matka za diveich let dobie znala. Jest!! se nemYlina, pozdeji size jineno Pgendik zamonila za 8t'astnY. Pakliae v nejlep gi dobe nikdo se nerozepige, o -Leto nahodne ziskane pkileaitosti, pokusim se popsat, co tehdy jsme tarn spatkili a jakY dojem udinil na moji malidkost 'kraj, o kterem se pkatele vyjadki Ti, ae atvarern jim pkipomind nektere kraje ze stare vlasti. Tea stromovi a vane lesa, kde jsme ucinili zastavku, abychom posvadili.

A jeUe nee°, Jednota ma pry tea olejoye studny. Cele bohatstvi a na gi staii elenove trpi? 112 se to mein, ze ano?

V2STN1K— WEST, TEXAS AniZ bylo by tfeba sahat na ten milionek!

Na pozemku jest dnes krasnY les, spousty kameni. Kraj ten, jestli se na.S" start' ptitel nemYli, se nehodi k zemedelstvi, ad sem tarn mohla by bYti pekna zahradka, paloueek vhodnY zatancovat si pi nejake Mrazove muzice.

Ptatele, musim ukoneit. Znovu bych se rozepsala, nebot' vzpominam na jedno misto, kde by ruka byla mohla vytvotiti nekolikandsobnou terasu z kvetin a nad ni. na plogine asi 3 mestskYch blokii, domov pro osoby, ktere by nemohly se tia nieim zabYvati, ale valor tomu je gte obdivovat krasy odveke tvardi sily provadene rukou ji chapajici lidske bytosti. A k tomu by nyni mohla ptispeti nage Jednota! Nuae ?

S pozdravem na v gechny etouci Marie F. Kulhankova-Valova. ) • Al • ( Corpus Christi, Texas.

PkedvadetV divadelni film p. Vavkikem 21. zati 1955 v Sokolovne byl ninohem vice navgtiven nea ty pkedchazejici. Film, kterY se jmenoval "Ptitelkyne pana ministra", si zaslouail aby jej vice lidu shledlo a inel by bYti vgue viden.

Byl to dej z mestskeho obchodniho strediska, kde jedna sleena, ktera byla zamestnana v fitadovne jisteho podniku tovarniho zboai, vynikla nad jine zaniestnanky tim, ae byla pozorovana i mimo akednich hodin, a to aenami stargimi, ktere rady kievetily a niely na starosti draovat v pokadku a eistote dam, "dinadk", jen pozastaval z nekolika poschodi.

Sledna, o ktere se tento dej toeil, bydlela v patem poschodi. Jednou pan ministr od jineho zavodu, kterY bydlel v druhem poschodi, se ji nabidl, ae ji na zdviai dopravi na jeji poschodi.

Z toho povstaly keel a nevinna, sleena pisakka byla od to doby vice vaaena, i povYS'ena ,s vyggim platem na sekretakka, do ktere se pozdeji pak zamiloval syn, zamestnavatelovYch rodieti.

Vge to skondilo s peknymi pkihodami a nakonee manZelstvirrt.

Cely tento dej se libil. NavAtevnici se spokojend rozchazeli a v pozdnich hodinach odji2deli ti, kteti zustali a naslouehali melodlim tons, jen2 vychazely nejen z tahaci harmoniky, ale v gech milujicich hudbu a zpev. Byl to pekne proZitY veeirek, dlouho budeme na nej vzpominat, a vice podobnych nam ptislibil Franta Vavrik, zabav umelec. Kdy2 vide, ze zajem se zvYS'il a navSteva uspokojiva, (ale mohla by bYti jeSle vet§i), dne 19. kijna, 1955 ptijede zase k nam do Sokolovray a ptedvede film, kterY se jmenuje "Prillom". Ma to bYti taky zajimavY dej a zveme proto zase ty nak milovniky oeskYch filnau mluvicich, by laskave podpokili dobrou snahu p. Vavtika o udrZeni

ye stteclu, dne 5. tijna 1955. tech deskYch veeirkil aspon jednou me sidne.

Jsem velmi vdeeen, ae jste minule moji vYzvu vyslyAeli a ptiali v tak hojnem zastoupeni. Srdedne diky! Vas John Staga, dopisovatel.

Corpus Christi, Texas.

Cteni bratki a sestr: Ten nag' kadovY piknik jes za nami. Nag e spolkove sestry se zase pricinily, aby tento podnik se vydakil. VYbory se verne staraly, aby vedeni a vS"e klapalo.

Navgteva elenstva v gak neodpovidala zaznamu, jenZ jest veden u •adu na, knihach. Bratti a sestry, mnoho vas tam schazelo, a to neni ponejprv, co jste opomeli podpotit svdj ylastni podnik.

Ten tad path vaern a ne jen tem, kteti se snaZi o nejakou tou einnoscii Jsou to vetSinou jedni a ti sami, kteti imo prace dobrovolne daruji a ptispivaji do kuchyne a kde4jest toho zapottebi, aby nase einnost ptina gela Zadouci ovoce.

Nage nabyte fondy z techto podnikft jsou pouaity na vzdelavaci a lidumilne rely. Na pkiklad, deti bYvaji obdarovany v rodnich obdobich nadilkami, nemocni a posmrtni jsou obdarovani kvetinami, a mnoho jinYch dobroeinnYch Ueela podporujeme. Oast() ty nak Dodniky by zely prazdnotou, nebYt na ygtev od jinonarodoycii.

TeMlo nas uyideti manZele sestru a br.

Jaroslav Rektokikovi z Robstown, Texas.

Br. Rektotik jest pokladnikem naaeho VII. distriktu a elen stanovniho vYboru pro distrikt.

Vgem, kteti ptispeli do kuchyne a atedrYm darctun dorta pro ten "Cake Walk" a v'Sem naVatevnikam i vYbortIm thuto u ptimne dekujenae za spolueinnost.

V stay nianZelskY vstoupili 27. zati 1955 &aria Charlene Mikulec, dcera p. a pi.

Ludvik B. 1VlikulcovYch v Corpus Christi, a Charles Elsner, syn pi. Agnes Elzner z Taft. NovomanZelfun pteji na jejich spoleen& draze Zivotni mnoho Uesti do bu doucna.

Ses. Agnes Elznerova, ma jia faechny deti provdane a polenene, a chysta se na nejakY pobyt v Kalifornii, kde ma take jednu provdanou dceru usazenou. Neradi ji vidime odji2det, neb ji buderne v naAich schitzich a ye spoleenosti postradat co dobrou a gtedrou dienkyni jak v radovYch tak i sokolskYch sclrazich a podnicich.

Se srdeenYm pozclravem John Staga. ) • 4, Diamant s chybou je lepsi, neZ obyeejnY kamen bez kazu. r Neposuzuj svoje ptatele podle toho, kolik ti mohou pujeit.

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Reports from Loages, biographies, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a BENEVOLENT ORDER week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters to: OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7, Tex. Postmaster; Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS

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MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THE SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETing of the National Fraternal Congress of America was held at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 26 to 28..It was the outstanding event in the fraternal insurance year as the N.F.C. embraces 90 per cent of all fraternal insurance. The Royal York Hotel is one of the finest hotels in North America and overlooks Lake Ontario. ♦• THE PROGRAM OF THE TORONTO convention of the National Fraternal Congress of America this year was certainly interesting. It was interesting because there were some good addresses scheduled and because arrangement was so different. The Congress program with only two plenary sessions meant a streamlined convention. And in streamlining the event, some of the sections had to cut down their time. I do not know if there was an dissatisfaction.

• • MISS AGNES E. KOOB, PRESIDENT of the National Fraternal Congress, had prepared an excellent program, as had the officers; of the Sections. Conventions held in Canada always resulted in excellent attendance from the 107 member societies. There was special significance in this year's convention because of the consideration of the new Code which had been approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. It was also interesting to see the changes in the schedule as authorized by the Atlantic City Convention of the N. P.C. in 1954. This streamlined the sessions and permitted fraternal leaders to attend more meetings of Sections than in former years.

IN THE PAST, PROVISION WAS made for four plenary sessions of the Congress, starting on Wednesday morning, with Monday given to the associations and Tuesday to the sections. Thus each of these had a full day, although some of them wound up their programs in a half-day session. Guest speakers were a feature of the plenary sessions, but this year there were only two.

• • IN THAT FIRST SESSION ON MONday afternoon there were greetings or

addresses of welcome, reports of committees and the annual memorial service. Guest speaker at the banquet on Tuesday night was John Fisher of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, on the subject "Neither Fence Nor Offence."

In the plenary session on Wednesday morning another guest speaker appeared, Judge Harold C. Kessinger, speaking on "The Leadership of the Free."

LET US LOOK AT SOME OF THE other features of the convention. Monday forenoon was the Press, Secretaries' and Presidents' Sections in sessions.

Starting at 8:00 was the Press Section Breakfast Meeting. All delegates were invited. Besides the breakfast there was a display of fraternal features by affiliated societies. An item on the program attracted everybody, "International Operations of the Readers Digest," by Shane MacKay, of that journal's staff.

He told about the editions printed in 17 countries in different languages with a circulation of eighteen million copies.

• • PRESS SECTION OF THE NATIONAL Fraternal Congress is really a workshop for the editors of fraternal magazines.

Some of the magazines are published monthly, some of them twice a month, and some, like the Vestnik, once a week.

Those magazines are presented to a committee which goes over them, compares them as to the t yp e, the layout, and many attractive or objectionable features in them. Of course, the editors are not always to be blamed for cheap pa p er, bad print, but they get a fair idea as to what may be improved.

• • AS' WAS EXPLAINED BEFORE, THE fraternal scoieties meet once a year to discuss all their problems. To do so efficiently and systematically, there are ten sections. These sections hold separate meetings. The Press Section had 172 persons present. Some sections have larger attendance, others have smaller groups. One person cannot attend all of the meetings. ThiS year, there were three section meetings on Monday before noon, six meetings on Tuesday, and one more section met on Wednesday. Each section elects every year a president,

one or more vice-presidents, secretarytreasurer, and executive board. The general session of the entire body of delegates is held only twice, in; two plenary sessions, and that time no other sessions are held.

TO ILLUSTRATE HOW IT WQ1t let us take the sessions on Monday morning. The editor of the Vestnik was in the meeting of the editors, discussing fra-; ternal magazines. At the same time Brother Marek was in the meeting of the presidents listening to a , lecture on "Future Planning in Your Society." If Brother Chupick were present, he would have gone to the Secretaries' Section where he would listen to a lecture "Dues Collection: by the Home Office," and one or two more lectures and discussions.

• IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ES'T'IMATE the value of the convention in terms of an individual. Everybody gets out of it what he or she puts into it. Brother Marek went to hear lectures about youth activities. No doubt he got some very good points. I went to the actuarial section where I heard four lectures on losing members, the causes, and the remedies. I also heard two lectures on dividends, two lectures on distribution of surplus, and two lectures on how to take care of substandard risks. All of those lectures were very interesting and 'may be of immense value to me or to the SPJST members, if I use them when the information is needed.

IN SPITE OF THE BUSY SCHEDULE there were several entertainment features. Previous to the first sessions, on Sunday, September 25th, the Independent Order of Foresters provided a trip for the delegates to its beautiful new building at 590 Jarvis Street with Open House and on Monday evening the I.O.F. was generously tendering a buffet dinner.

On Monday morning there was a Press Breakfast which was attended by many leaders whose duties are not along editorial lines. The State Congresses' Section had a luncheon meeting Tuesday noon and the Convention Banquet was held Tuesday evening.

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Substitute L cr Canning And Freezing On tomorrow's menu look for "atom Light doses of radiation often do not To determine the effects of irradiated meals," made with, meat and vegetables nroduee the flavor and taste changes foods on human beings, a group of nine bought weeks ago and kept fresh on the that are brought about by heavy doses. volunteers, conscientious objectors beshelf, not in the refrigerator.

Though the lighter doses do not com- longing to the 1Vilennonite Church, have New radiation treatment, now in ex- pletely serilize, they have a pasteurizing just completed the first in a series of perimental stage, forecasts a revolution effect that makes it possible to hold food tests. They suffered no toxic effects or in food buying and preservation. on refrigerator shelves much longer than nutritional problems from a three-week Thus far, tests show that "atom meals" is possible in their raw state. diet in which 35 per cent of the calories retain their vitamins but don't always came from irradiated foods. Future tests Lnte good.

A mild radiation treatment, say the will be of longer duration and the prorei food preserved for weeks— research men, will extend the refriger- portion of irradiated foods will be higheven months—without refrigeration is ator shelf life of tomatoes, hamburger, er. the pi omise 'of another peaceful appli- ham, scallops, salami and sausage by 5 ( fain of the atom. to 10 times.

At present, research in radiation sterIn this process, called radiation steriilization of foods is directed by military lization, the bacteria that make foods This combination of mild radiation scientists and financed by tl U.S. govspoil are killed by radioactive rays emit- and refrigeration, in the opinion of Mr. ernment. The obvious objeictive is to ted from a chunk of radioactive mater- Siu, is likely to be one of the first corn- simplify the problem of getting food to ial or generated by high-voltage electri- mercial applications of the new pro- far-flung bases. cal machines. cess, Then, ias research unlocks other Within .a few years this new method of secrets, more extensive applications will Just when commercial application of food preservation, if experimenters' be made. the new process will come is a matter hopes pan out, is to bring profound for conjecture. Estimates in a recent surchanges in the processing of food by Indications are that this method of vey among food-company executives vamanufacturers and the buying of food food preservation is not as destructive to ried from 5 to 20 years. All the execuby, consumers. vitamins and proteins as some conven- tives, however, were certain that their It may be possible, for instance, for tional methods. Swift and Company re- companies would one day be using the Meats to be cut, packaged and pre- search men report that the destruction process. Scientists now working on the Served; by radiation right in the packing of vitamins in meats by radiation steri- project share the view that this new plant. The preserved meats could then lization is less than by the standard can- peaceful use for the atom appears asbe shipped to supermarkets for custom- ning process. sured. ers to buy off the shelf, without refrigeration. Fresh vegetables could be shipped long distances without refrigeration. It may even; be possible to buy fresh milk in cons off nonrefrigerated shelves. much more to offer them, besides the Before the day such revolutionary Dear Brothers and Sisters: protection, that they are getting in life shopping arrives, however, there are Selling life insurance is a challenge insurance. problems to overcome. Only a few of the And speaking of lodge acti‘/ty, that's common foods have shown good results by itself, but selling life insurance for a where you come in brothers and sisters, Fraternal order is even a bigger chalin initial research. In a number of foods, radiation has caused bad flavors and o- lenge to you, you not only have to pick you should be the one to see to it that good insurable risks, but also prospects your lodge is active in some sort of prodors and also color changes. with a good character, prospects that gram, I realize that each locality has Hamburger, given a large-enough dose you and the members of our lodges different types of recreation, what works of radiation to kill completely the food- would accept to be a brother or sister with one, wont work with others. but if spoiling bacteria, doesn't smell or taste member, you always have to keep this in you organizers, will get busy and prothe same. In the words of one scientist: mind when you are prospecting for new mote some program you may be sure "It smells like a dog when it comes in members, is she or he worthy of being a that you will find plenty of other memout of the rain. And it tastes about like member of your lodge.? But on the other bers that will be glad to give you a helpit smells." Milk develops an odor and hand again, you have so much more to ing hand and you will have an active tastes like garlic. offer, your prospects, you have your lodge before you'll realize it.

Ways of overcoming these problems, lodge system, which consists of lodge Some one has to start it, and then however, are being developed. For in- meetings, lodge activities, youth pro- keep on pushing it to keep it alive, I stance, scientists have found that pack- grams, picnics, singing, games, plays, don't meant that you have to do all this ing beef in a vacuum before exposing it dancing and many others, which all add work by yourself, you may not even be to radiation cuts down on changes in up to Benevolence, Humanity, and talented for your certain undertakings, flavor and odor. Freezing it before ra- Brotherhood. You also have a represen- but you should be the one to suggest diation helps, too. tative form of government, the member these programs and find some one taMilk, as of now, has the researchers has the right to express his opnion in lented and willing to lead a group of stymied. "We need a lead," says Ralph your lodge meeting, in the Vestnik, or members and you always be on hand to G. H. Siu, one of the Army's top scien- through his representative in our con- help him or her to carry on this work, tiats on the project. "But if we can find vention which comes every four years. and your reward will be in securing more some chemical inhibitor to prevent the So you see, we should be able to sell in- members and selling more insurance. changes in odor and, flavor during radia- surance to every one of the prospects Fraternal]. yours, tion, milk would be a cinch." that are acceptable, because we have so Joe B. liejny

TO ALL ORGANIZERS

Strana 13

Wednesday, October 5, 1955

REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS Lodge No. 67 of Schulenburg was selected for the next District meeting. It was agreed that it shall be strictly a business meeting without any Youth Program or any eats served.

Sale of articles sold during the meeting amounted to $13.55 for the benefit of District One. The Youth Program was presented by the Chairman J. J. Stalmach, assisted by Joyce Ann Hribek, Mrs. E. J. Maresh, E. E. Hollub and G. A. Novosad. It was well rendered and seemed to be enjoyed by all.

Three prizes were given away. Oldest member to Mrs. 3. C. Leshikar, youngest member Joyce Stalmach, and meinbe,: coming longest distance Brother J. ill. Skrabanek.

In conclusion brother Frank Vytopil vice president of District One took the chair thanked the president for all his efforts' to make the meeting a success and suggested that all sing together a Czech song "Kde domov may?"

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.

V. H. Barina President Officers of the Supreme Lodge, OffiEdwin L. Stalmach, Secy, District cers of all the different Districts and One SPJST visitors were introduced. ) • 4. • Brief interesting and instructive addresses were made by the following Supreme Officers: Brother Edward L. Marek, President, Brother John Kubena, TUESDAY EACH WEEK: Vice President, Mother J. F. Chupick, Every Tuesday, until further notice.

Secretary, and Brother Joe Koliha, at 8 p.m. chorus singing practice will Treasurer. be held. Any one interested is welcome The meeting adjourned, fora barbe- at Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 i 14C Robbie. cue chicken dinner at 12:30.

Afternoon session was resumed at 2 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT: Pokrok Houston Lodge will arrange p. m. with a Roll Call of District One lodges present. Eleven lodges were rep- recreation evenings with plenty of fun, resented, several organizers and the good meals, entertainment for everyfollowing SPJST Directors, A. C. Stepan, body. ) 4 • ( District One; J. M. Skrabanek, District Five an,d Chas. Navratil of District Two. HONESTY, THE BEST POLICY Each one made brief remarks.

A few years ago a man operating a District presidents present were Bro. soft-drink stand was called before a E. Miculka of District Seven, and Bro. magistrate for selling adulterated syrups J. M. Skrabanek of District Five. and was instructed to tell the truth The President of District One expres- about the ingredients. Later, when an ed thanks from Lodge No. 38, Kovar, to agent checked up on the man, he was all the officers and visitors who came to found to be complying with the law and our meeting and hoped everyone en- his business, was booming. In front of joyed the dinner and the fellowship to- the stand was a new sign with a slogan gether. reading: A discussion of selecting a Beauty "All our soft drinks are guaranteed to Queen out of each lodge of District One be highly adulterated." and compete at the State Convention in —Better Business Bureau 1956 was favored by many present.

Report from District Five steering The easiest way to figure the cost of committee was read and referred to the living is to take your income and add ten next meeting. percent.

MINUTES OF SEVENTH MEETING OF DISTRICT ONE SPJST Held at Kovar, near Smithville, Sunday the 18th of September. The meeting was called to order at 11 a. In. by Brother V. H. Barina, President of District One, by singing America all together and followed by Pledge of Allegience to the flag of the United States.

Address of Welcome was given by the President, and he introduced the other officers of District One, Brother Frank Vytopil, Vice President of Wheelock, and Edwin L. Stalmach, Secretary of Nelsonville.

Minutes of the last District meeting at Snook were read and approved.

The President called attention to the presentation of a Walnut Gavel to the District One by Brother J. J. Stalmach of Sinithville, in memory of the late Brother C. H. Cliernosky, the past president of the SPJST Supreme Lodge who passed away about a year ago.

Also a ttibute of respect to all our members who passed away by two minutes of silence.

WHERE TO GO

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

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

CLASS D: wnere a member pays fa..

15 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. CLASS E: where a member pays pre= miums for 10 years with death benefit paid as provided in Class C and D. CLASS F: full amount of certifi ga,te Is paid after 15 years.

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

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

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

CLASS K: member pays premiums to age 6.5, and the proper amount of his certificate is paid upon his death.

CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance which is issued up to the sum of $2,500.00, and is not included in the amounts of the other classes.

CLASS M: Annuity Policies.

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

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

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Five SPJST certificates for children:

CLASS J-T; Term insurance to 16 yearS of age, which may be converted into any other insurance after the child reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age of 16 years: CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value 4t age 16, payable at death.

CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value at age one 'year, payable at death.

CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with mortuary face value at age one year, CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, mortuary face value at a ge one year. (da)

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Wednesday,

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9:01

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES LODGE IWZKVET ZAPADU NO. 10'7

Floresville, Texas Dear Editor and Members: Once again I pick up pen and paper, to write a few lines from our local lodge, not much to write about, the weather is about the same, partly cloudy, a few showers here and there, but mostly dry.

Our last meeting was very well attended. I am glad to report our Secretary Sister Mary McClosky was well enough to be among us the last meeting she is doing fine. Our next meeting will be held the second Sunday in October which will be the 9th.

Our dance committee are planning a barn dance in the near future, don't know the exact date yet.

I wish to send: my best regards to my brother and his family who now live in California, best of luck to you all.

Will close with wishes to all.

Fraternally yours, Julia Vaclavik, reporter ) • ,T„, LODGE BEDRICH SMETANA NO. 39

Wheelock, Texas Dear Sisters and. Brothers: You all are invited to our next moeting-which will be held in Bryan, Texas in SPJST Hall in Oct. second Sunday afternoon. We have a good offer for our property, you all come so we can finish this matter, us officers getting tired be setting around the table almost by ourselves. We will be glad to see you come.

Fraternally, Frank Vytopil, secretary • t--- -)• LODGE SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU NO. 92

The following boys and girls took part in the musical program presented immediately following the lunch: "The National Anthem" - Miss Joe Ann Pierrard Flag Salute — "Skipper" Spence "Pledge of Allegiance" — Faye and Jean ,Spence "America" — Youth of Waco No. 66 "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"—Youth of Waco Lodge, No. 66 "Old Black Joe" — Piano solo - LaNell Ceska "It Is No Secret" - Four Matus Sisters Czech Songs — Johnny and Justine Marie Pokladnik, Dallas Lodge No. 84 "lVlockin' Bird Hill" — Barbara Parma, Emogene Bonus, Margie, Mary Alice and Dorothy Matus "Westphalia Waltz" and "Tic Toe Polka" — Accordion solo by Carol Marie Zich, Ft. Worth Lodge No. 92 Piano Solo — Jerry Ann Urban, Dallas Lodge, No. 84 "Homecoming Waltz" and "Saturday Night Waltz" — Accordion solo by Daniel Jansky, West Lodge, No. 54 "You'll Never Walk Alone" — Barbara Parma "Now The Day Is Over" — Lana Reznicek Each did an excellent job and we all enjoyed the program very much. We were proud to have the boys and girls from Dallas, Fort Worth, Ennis, and West take part in the program. We are proud of each one of you and enjoyed working with you.

Following the close of the business meeting the following group from Ennis danced the Beseda: Georgia Valek, Henry Zapletal,, Betty Jo Kulhanek, Wesley Mikel, Lorine Drozd, Raymond Zapletal, Joan Harrison and Stanley Liska. They did a wonderful fob and everyone enjoyed their performance very much. Their costumes were beautiful. These boys and girls came under the direction of Brother and Sister Joe Kudrna, Jr., and they are to be praised for their achievement. We wish to thank them for a. job well done.

Fort Worth, Texas Dear Readers: Lodge Sv,az Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have- its regular monthly meeting, Sunday, October 9, starting at 2 P. M. There will be initiation' of all new members from June until this meeting. Everyone that.is a new member try to come. There will'be lunch after the meeting and the ladies are asked to bring pie, cake or kolache.

We want to wish a speedy recovery to Bro. Felix Lewandoski of Amarillo who has been sick in an Amarillo hospital.

The meeting was successful and we Everyone remember the meeting and enjoyed being with everyone again. We make plans to come. hope you will visit with us often.

Fraternally, We would like to mention that our Jay Dee Waggoner • )• next dance will be on Saturday, October 8th, 8:00 p. m., music to be furnished by WACO SPJST LODGE NO. '66 We were happy to be hosts for our Eric Homo and his orchestra, from EnDistrict Three meeting on Sunday, Sep- nis. Try to come out and enjoy the evetember 25th, at Linden Hall. Attendance ning with us.

Fraternally yours, was good considering the inclement Emma Ceska weather.

LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88

Houston, Texas Brothers and Sisters: As most of you know, the annual meeting of Lodge 88 will be held in December and it is of utmost importance that each member participates in this meeting. For that matter, more members should attend the monthly meetings, however, since this is not the case, you are urged to, at least, attend the annual meeting. Officers for the coming year will be elected and delegates to the forthcoming convention will be chosen.

By-laws changes or amendments will be proposed and many other k,sues will be discussed and voted. Many issues concerning proposals to be made at the convention will be suggested and proposed; and it is only through the members and by their attendance and letting their views and ideas be known an agreement favorable to the majority can be ascertained.

In the last meeting of the Lodge three members were elected as the Nominating Committee, viz: Brothers Steve Valelk, Don Earl and John J. Bravenec.

Their-duty is to accept and consider candidates for lodge offices for the year 1956. Any member desiring any position: in the Lodge, please contact one of the above named members of the nominating committee. I might add, any member desiring to become a delegate to the forthcoming convention please do likewise. The recommendations of the Nominating Committee will be discussed before the membership and the members, and only the members, will be the deciding factor on all candidates; and therefore that is why I say it is of importance that each member attend the annual meeting. It is up to the members.

I am in receipt of a report, which is a transcription of the report of the State COmmissioner of Insurance, Austin, Texas, pertaining to the recent audit of the Supreme Headquarters. This report is furnished to each Secretary of each local lodge by the Supreme Headquarters in conformity with existing,. by-laws.

This report consists of thirty-eight typewritten pages, mimeographed, and it is concise in every detail and, in my opinion a favorable one. Needless for me to explain that it would be impossible to read a thirty-eight page report at a monthly meeting, it was my suggestion to the members that the Editor of the Vestnik should publish this report in the Vestnik so each member would have access to this report. My motion was fax-

Wednesday, October .5, 1955 orably accepted and Brother Valcik was duly informed of this decision. I am sure that all members of all lodges will agree that this report concerns them and that it should be published. The by-laws read that any member can obtain this report by writing to the Secretary of the Supreme Hea,dquarters for a copy. Would this not be a. costly venture? Should each member be so inconvenienced to write for a copy when we have an organ to publish news that driectly concerns the members? This report could be published in installments. I am looking forward to the publication of this report.

What is the sentiment of the other lodges.?

Fraternally, F. A. Kadlecek, Sec'y 88 P. S. The date of the annual meeting of Lodge 88 will be announced at a later date.

• ) DALLAS FRATERNAL COUNCIL Dear Readers: Once again the SPJST lodges Pokrok Dallas No. 84 and Jaro No. 130 will be the host to the Dallas Fraternal Council. The meeting will be held on Monday night, October 17, 1954 at 7:30 p. m. at Pokrok Dallas, No. 84, 2625 Floyd Street, Dallas, Texas.

The program for the evening will be a bingo party. Each lodge is furnishing a few prizes for the occasion and also our sisters from both lodges will furnish some Czech pastry. Coffee will be served with it and a good time will be had by all.

The Council has been holding its regular meeting each month this year with some society being the host except for July and August as those two months are vacation months. The National Fraternal week was celebrated with picnic supper at the Fair Park with all societies being represented which turned out very successful.

Make your plans now for Monday night, October 17th to attend our meeting and Bingo party at Pokrok No. 84, Dallas, Texas. See you all there.

Fraternally yours, A. M. Vrla ) • 4 • ( ROMAN SHORTHAND Called the ampersand in English, "&" is the oldest symbol representing a word in the world today. Originally it was one of the five thousand signs in a shorthand system that Marcus Tiro created in 63 B.C. to record the speeches made in the Roman Senate. Although the system and all its other symbols have been forgotten for ten centuries, "&" alone continues to be used as the abbreviated form of the word "and" in scores of languages.

VtSTNjI WEST, TEXAS

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THE STORY OF CHOCOLATE Four centuries ago there lived a great chocolate lover by the name of Montezuma. Being emperor of the Aztec Indians, he had ample wherewithal to buy all the chocolate his heart craved. And did his heart crave chocolatl! This was his chocolate drink made by crushing the cacao or cocoa bean, beating the fluid to a froth of honey thickness and adding vanilla. So fond was the emperor of chocolatl that he had no less than fifty jars prepared for his own daily consumption. Two thousand more jars were prepared for his household. There was a soda fountain on an illustrious scale!

To maintain his special kind of soda fountain, Montezuma spared no expense.

He ordered gold cups made for drinking chocolate. Interestingly, the annual tribute of the royal household included "20 chests of ground chocolate, 80 loads of red chocolate, 200 loads of chocolate and 800 xicaras," the vessels from which the prepared beverage was drunk.

Probably one reason why Montezuma spent so lavishly on chocolate banquets was that, in those days, money grew on trees. Yes, a man could grow his own, money because the cacao bean was used by the Indians as part of their currency.

The cocoa currency was circulated in small bags, each containing a specified number of beans. This chocolate money had its advantages. Everyone liked chocolate, and it no doubt discouraged hoarding.' Imagine the plight of the Aztec miser! If he buried his money it would either rot, with devaluation setting in, or it would sprout and grow into a chocolate tree, this being like a long-terms loan because it requires about five years before a tree begins to bear cocoa money.

late by adding milk to it. Not until 1765 did chocolate manufacturing begin in the United States, where it is today a highly popular food.

What gave chocolate its widespread popularity? Its flavor is exciting to the taste buds. Besides, modern chocolate has the addition of exotic flavoring and spices. Cinnamon is a spice widely used in chocolate making. Probably the fact that chocolate is among the foods highest in calories liars also contributed to its popularity. But chocolate has something else in it besides calories: theobromine and caffeine, those alkaloids responsible for the "pickup" or exhilarationf one feels after eating a chocolate .bar.

When the average person eats his cho, colate bar, chocolate ice cream, chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, chocolate soda or other chocolate concoction, he probably never thinks of the tree that made chocolate possible. Yet the cacao tree is a most interesting one, especially so since the pods, which contain the cocoa beans, grow out of the main trunk of the tree. When the noted botanist Linnaeus was asked to give a name to this tree, he first drank a cup, of chocolate to sample its fruit. With keen delight he called the tree Theobro ma, and to this day the cacao tree is scientifically known as Theobromai meaning "food of the gods".

To old king Montezume, though chocolate was food for kings. If Montezuma could come back today he would undoubtedly recognize the English word "chocolate," since it comes from Aztec chocolatl, choco (cacao) and latl (water). And no doubt Montezuma would feel right at home at the modern soda fountain—with a chocolate drink, of When the Spanish conquistadores course. landed on Mexico's shores they were hardly interested in cocoa beans either as money or as a beverage. But in due time the Spanish conquerers were conquered by the enticingly delicious flaMembers of Lodge Cesky Prapor No. vor of chocolate. And chocolate went to 24 at Cyclone extend deepest sympathy Europe. to the Bartek family in the loss of their For nearly a hundred years Spain husband and father guarded its formula for making the choAlbert B. Bartek colate beverage. But as the taste for chocolate spread, the secret leaked out, and of Killeen, Texas, who passed away Sept. chocolate became known to Italy, Ger- 22, at the age of 60 years, and laid to many and France. Then in 1657 a rest in Temple Cemetery.

Frenchman opened up a chocolate bevMay his soul rest in peace. erage shop in Queen's Head alley, Bishopsgate Street, London. Thus in a R. J. Marek little over a hundred years chocolate F. J. Marek had become known throughout Europe.

Ben Zabcik About 1700 the English improved chocoResolution Committee

Resolution of Sympathy

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TEXAS.

Wednesday, Oftt ber. 1955

HOW TO LIVE LONGER AND LIKE IT First of all, what are your chances statistically of living a long life? If you're a lad of thirty now, you can expect to blow out the candles on about forty more birthday cakes. If you're forty, you can look forward to thirty-one more baseball seasons. If you're a man of distinction at fifty, you can expect to sit down to twenty-three more Christmas dinners. If you're sixty, you can anticipate sixteen more crisp autumns, and balmy springs. All of you—thirty, forty, fifty or sixty—have a lot to look forward to. (And if you're a woman, you can expect to live even longer!)

But will you live up to—or beyond— the statistical average? To a large extent the answer depends on you. Let's take a look at just what it is that lops years off lives—and at what you can do to keep those years on your life.

Heart disease is America's number one killer among persons over firty-five Because of its association with the aging process, many people think there is nothing thy can do about it. We knew that this is not so. There are forms of heart disease which can be prevented and some which can be cured. But, whatever their cause, all heart cases can be cared for best if diagnosed early.

Early diagnosis is possible, of course, only if you report faithfully year after year at your doctor's office for a checkup and if you consult him in between times at the appearance of such symptoms as: Unusual shortness of breath associated with moderate exertion.

A feeling of tightness or pain in the chest directly related to exertion or excitement.

Swelling. of the feet and ankles.

Unusual fatigue.

If your doctor finds that you do have heart trouble, he will give yOu some advice about living with it. For instance, he may advise you to limit your smoking, to trim off those extra pounds, to avoid strenous exertion.

Then what will you do? Head for the tennis court, after a hearty lunch, dangling a cigarette from your mouth as you explain, "I'll take a short life and a merry one"? Or will you realize that life offers many pleasures—that ao you eliminate one, you make room' for another, and that the moderate life doctors urge on you can be just as satisfying as• the exhausting pace some call "really living"?

Cancer, another major killer, in the past two decades has taken the lives of increasingly large number of men,

(By William P. Shepard, M. D., Second Don't pass cars on curves or hills.

Vice President, Health and Welfare Observe and obey 'traffic signs and Division, Metropolitan Life Insignals. surance Co., New York City How safe is your home? can't answer for you, but I do think' I can safely while the number of women dying from say that most of us realize that "safe at cancer has diminished. Some authori- home" is often sighed contentedly by ties believe that one of the reasons (and people who are anything but that. there are others) for this may be that Safety campaigns have succeeded in more women than men seek medical ad- bringing about this- general`awareness vice early. of home hazards. Yet accidents in large The harried businessman, who may be numbers continue to occur. What causes able to recite glibly the warning signals these? of cancer--a lump or thickening anySometimes deaths or injuries result where in the body; irregular or unex- from environmental ha2ards, such as plained bleeding; a sore that does not poorly constructed or improperly designed heal; persistent indigestion; persistent houses. Although peventable,4this type change in normal bowel habits; persist- of accident is difficult to fOresee. But ent hoarseness, sore throat, or diffi- too often ft is simply a person's careculty in swallowing—often thinks to lessness, ignorance; fatigue, or poor himself "too busy just now to go to the judgment that causes the accident. What doctor." He'll go someday soon—when it can you do to prevent accidents' in which may be too late. Cancer when detected the human factor is the casual agent?

When you are tired, you can postpone early, can usually be successfully treated. I cannot overemphasize the im- climbing on ladders and doing repair portance of regular checkups and of jobs around the house until' you are seeing a physician immediately at the more rested and, therefore, ha-Ve better coordination and judgment. `(I Said when apearance of any warning signs. you're tired, not when you're lazy. I'm How many people ever consider the not recommending that you take `to the possibility that their lives will be ended living room couch permanently a la-Dagaccidentally? That a blowout on the wood 13umstead!) road may put a stop to the blowing out You can work consciously and consciof birthday candles? That hurrying down entiously to overcome carelessness and the stairs to catch the last inning on TV ignorance of safe practices. You can may cause a fall that is fatal? somehow resist the impulse to have the day's last we seem to give little thought to this cigarette in bed. You can remember to hazard to life that is easily attacked. disconnect electrical heating appliances It is wise, rather than ;morbid, to con- immediately after use. You ,can hold to sider well the fact that accidents are a the banister when going up and down leading cause of death and to examine stairs and carry objects in such a way carefully your home, your automobile, that they will not block your view. You your office, your habits, your attitudes, can check your whole house from top to and your practices from the safety stand- bottom for safety. point.

Because of the remarkable strides In the past few years the death toll made in tuberculosis control, people from motor vehicle accidents has been sometimes forget that TB is still a mamounting. You'll have a much, greater jor cause of death. Like heart disease chance of keeping yourself and your fa- and cancer, it can be best treated when mily out of accident Statistics if you al- it is detected early. The warning signs ways keep in mind the following good include: hints for good driving: (1) A cough or cold that hangs on, (2) Keep your car in safe operating concoughing or spitting up blood, (3) afterdition at all times.

Make it a habit to see that the tires noon rise in temperature, (4) steady loss are properly inflated and the brakes are of weight, (5) tiredness out of proporoperating satisfactorily before starting tion to the day's work or play, (6) hoarseness which lasts more than a few your car. weeks, (7) recurring pains in the chest, Leave sufficient space between your (8) persistent indigestion.

These signs do not necessarily mean car and the car ahead so you can stop quickly in an emergency. One car length TB, of course, but they do mean that you for each 10 miles of speed is a good rule. should head for a physician.

The way to avoid TB—keeping in good ain't keep weaving in and out of trafhealth by eating properly, sleeping efic. nough, relaxing often, dressing accordObey speed regulations.

Wednes4aY, October k 1955

V It T N K WEST, TEXAS

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ing to the weather to -- avoid colds—is the advice of a skilled ontsider-Lyour the way to avoid a number of diseases. own family physician, or your religious Let's look a little more closely at the advisor, or perhaps a psychiatric social Many years ago, there lived a poor first bit of advice—"Keeping in good worker or a psychiatrist. boy who loved to hunt, not only for If your problem's are less acute, perhealth by eating properly." sport but also of necessity. One day, Unfortunately, this doesn't mean eat- haps you just need a. yet stimu- while out hunting, he found 'a dOg. Its ing just exactly what you want, when- lating vacation that will cause you, when leg was broken. For days he doctored eyer you want. Feel like lunching on two you return, to look at your familiar sur- the injured, animal, fed and nursed him !martinis, creamed chicken, rolls and roundnigs with greater pleasure and in- until he recovered. Thus began a curious butter, strawberry shortcake with terest . If you're one of those who say, friendship, for thereafter they were inwhipped cream, coffee with cream and "but I can't get away for a. long enough separable, and always the boy and the sugar? That's fine if you can afford all time," try taking short trips often—on dog whose life hesaved would go huntthose calories! You may answer easily, a hobby horse. Try setting aside some ing together.

"Oh, sure, I'm putting on a little extra time each day for relaxing and doing One day, the young hunter ,came across weight, but it's because I'm getting old thing you really enjoy. This is old advice, a cave. He entered to explore it, but for er." It's a. comfortable thought, but like which is a sound today as it ever was. some reason, his dog remained outside.

Make yours a long life--and make it Suddenly, a huge boulder ' came crashmany another comforting thought, untrue. Most people gain weight simply worth living! ing down the side of the hill and rolled 4 • because they eat too much, not because up to the mouth of the cave, TIting off they are aging. the hunter's exit. The frightened boy HITLER SECRETS IN A LAKE Why. is overweight undesirable? Studscreamed fat help. Sensing his master's ies of life insurance figures show that The last secrets of Hitler's German danger, the dog raced away for help, overweight people develop diabetes, Reich and considerable treasure in gold barking frantically, and the young hunheart disease, high bloOd pressure, and and platinum may lie hidden under the ter was freed from the cave. other life-shortening conditions earlier surface of Lake Atter, among the rugThus, that dog repaid a hunter's kindand are apt to die younger than people ged Austrian mountains. ness by saving his life. The people of Inwhose weight is normal. They are also How it got there has not yet been en- diana thought so much of that friendpoorer surgical risks and have less re- tirely explained. Nor does anyone living ship that they erected a statue in a sistance to infection. That's surely rea- know exactly what is buried beneath public square to honor and commemoson enough to whittle down your waist- the waters of the lake, in which thou- rate the beauty of the friendship beline if it needs it. sands of vacationers splash happily ev- tween the young hunter and his dog.

Remember, however, that a reducing ery summer.

For, in time, that young hunter became program should be undertaken only unBut indications are that whoever suc- the 16th President of the United States: der the supervision of a physician who ceeds in reccvering the wreckage of a Abraham Lincoln! has the necessary skill and equipment Nazi aircraft which sank in the lake • #1,. • to decide how much, how fast, and with in April, 1945, will be rich man for life. what treatment a person should lose The story goes back to the closing DID YOU KNOW ...

That the heart is so tough as to be weight. stages of the war. almost impossible to strain; that it proI haven't forgotten that this article is One day during this confused period, titled "How to Live Longer and Like It." on ApriA8, a Junkers 88 aircraft of the duces enough energy in its lifetime to The last three words are equally as im- German Luftwaffe appeared over Lake lift the battleship Missouri 14 feet out portant as the first four. For what does Atter. It circled, lost height, and final- of water; that it is as strong as an autoit' matter whether you live to be fifty- ly skimmed into the lake and sank rap- mobile engine that could run constantly - live, sixty, or eighty, if you greet each idly. Two merhbers of its' crew were for 70 years without overhauling?

That sleeplessness after drinking cofday wearily, regard it merely as twenty- saved. They told villagers that there fee is in most cases only "mind over four more hours to be gotten through? had been another man aboard the plane matter"?

'I'm not going to, like the author of and that the aircraft's cargo was "sealed That the skin covering the entire hua : well-known book on living alone and chests.' body is about 20 square feet in area like it, offer any concrete suggestions on Since then,, however, the two men man and weighs between 7 and 10 pounds, the art of relishing life—such as break- haVe vanished. and that unbroken it is practically germfasting in bed, or becoming passionately A rumor went around that the airproof? interested in collecting china dogs. craft had been carrying Hitler's personal That fear is the most powerful of all I am going to 'suggest though that if treasures and secret files. emotions? you greet most days with something less ) • st, • That everybody dreams, whether they than enthusiasm, you take a long hard There is the story of the king who realize it or not? look at yourself and • try to figure out That we do not really see with our eyes why—and what you can do about it. (I placed a: large stone in the road and emphasize most days because naturally hid nearby to see what .would happen. at all but with our brains; that watchthere will be times in everyone's life Some travelers made their way around ing movies or television, or reading in when immediate, pressing problems will the obstacle, complaining as they did. a• dim light will not damage your eyes; cloud the horizon almost completely or But by and by came a peasant carry- that exposure to bright sunlight withwhen you feel faintly depressed for no ing his load of vegetables. These he set out sunglasses can cause nightblindness? down. Then he proceeded to push the ,) apparent reason. stone into the ditch. Now he noticed a A young theologian named Fiddle reIf you very often feel fatigued, troub- purse, where the stone had been. This led, bored, and if with the help of your was filled with gold coins, and there was fused to accept his degree. "It's bad family you are unable to overcome this a note from the king commending the enough to be Fiddle," he said, "without feeling, it may be that you should seek man who had removed the stone. being Fiddle, D.D."

A Friend In Need

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Wednesday, October 5, 1955

The Iron Knight Of Jan Hanus De Vitte Throughout the ages man has used every means of protecting his treasures from being stolen. One of the most ingenious is the one Jan Hanus de Vitte from Lillienthal•installed in his castle stronghold.

He was commissioned by Emperor Rudolph II to purchase various art treasures for the court's decorations and the Emperor granted him various favors in return and a title of purchaser for the Coe rt. His heraldic emblem was a blue shield with three white lilies. litmus was a member of the fabulously rich Belgian banking family, but the more wealth he acquired, the more was his intense desire to find an adequate stronghold for it. He finally purchased a castle named Pecky, near Kohn in Czechoslovakia. It suited him admirably, especially the treasury room in the deep underground caverns. As soon as the purchase was transacted. Hanus moved his treasurers accompanied by an armed escort, and a deaf mute who was a servant in the employ of his master.

When the heavy boxes were in their place, a silent, dark visitor arrived with a long, black heavy box, and Hanus talked to him in Italian. The strange box was carried into the treasury room and for a whole week there came the sound of hathmering, sawing and pounding, which was very curious to the other servants who were forbidden to come near the room. The stranger did not speak to anyone and ;worked by candlelight. He appeared only at night, and then took short strolls through the gardens.

The deaf mute had left for Prague directly after the treasures were unloaded ilnd came back after the stranger had lc ft, and the door leading to the chamber locked by Hanus, who carried the key on his person. The chamber contamed a secret known to only the stranger and Hanus, which we must reveal here. In the long box which arrived with the stanger, was a life-size figure of a knight made out of iron. In his right hand he held a heavy, sharp sword, and on his feet boots of mail spurs. Hanus, who had been making various purchases for the Emperor Rudolph II in Italy, had kept this iron knight for himself.

The stranger was a clever mechanic who had placed the knight on the right side, close to the door leading into the treasure chamber to which led. three wooden steps which had an ingenious device to that inside of the Iron Knight.

If someone would step on the first step, without knowing about the mech-

By J. F. Chmelicek anism, the Iron Knight would, without a sound, lift up his heavy, razor-like sword to horizontal position. Stepping on the second step would bring the weapon high over the head of the knight and stepping on the third, made the sword drop downward. Only the inventor and Hanus knew the secret which would prevent the mechanism from doing its duty, and that was accomplished by turning the spurs of the Iron Knight to the right before entering the treasury chamber. When this was done, there was no danger from decapitation.

From time to time, Hanus descended to the room and opened the door, which was of heavy timber and iron, and only then was the servant allowed to come down and enter.

In 1630, during a stormy October night, two cloaked riders came riding up from the valley , below. The did not speak, but gestured with their hands to one another as if they were deaf mutes. The older of the riders was the servant of Hanus, who dismounted close to the Pecky castle and entered, while the younger rider with both horses remained in the field, unmindful of the heavy rain that came down in torrents.

He waited all night as the thunder and lightning crashed and rolled across the sky like a repeated warning and when dawn finally broke, he rode back on on the tired horses to Prague. He did not keep the rendezvous with his friend.

Several days later, Hanus returned to the castle from a trip and inquired after his servant, but nobody had seen or heard about him. Calmly he lit a lantern: and went down to his chamber of wealth, but remained standing in horror before the heavy door with the crest of his house. On the last, step in blood and a horrible wound on his head, lay the mute who had been his servant, and his glassy eyes stared at his master as if in condemnation and silent, death curse.

Hanus ran out of the corridor with a frightening shriek that echoed and reechoed in the long rooms like the wail of the doomed, and ordering his carriage hitched up immediately, rode to another of his castles. Here he fell very ill, and when a doctor was summoned he could only diagnose a mental sickness. He spent the entire nights in lighted rooms, running from room to room, but no matter where he moved and where he looked, he saw the eyes of his servant set in a mask of death. He had probably wanted to rob the treasury but did not know the secret how to operate the Iron

Knight. The curse in the dead man's eyes probably worked'.

In September of that same year, Hanus became completely insane, and shrieking about the Iron Knight, leaped into the deep well in the courtyard, drowning himself and bringing to a close the mystery of the weird stronghold and the master whose cry of horror is said to be heard when the moon rides high and the wind howls in the valley below what once upon a time was the Fecky Castle. ) 4 4, LISTENING IN ON 'VIE BEES' SECRETS S

One of the most vexing problems that confronts the bee farmer is swarming.

This comes about when the beehive becomes overcrowded so that most of the inmates "swarm"; that is, they leave in a mass to set up housekeeping in less crowded quarters. The way beekeepers prevent this is by adding a new section to the hive at just the right moment. But when is the right moment?

At present the only way beekeepers can answer that question is by opening the hive and looking for "queen cells." These are structures the deserting , bees build for a new queen to replace the one departing. If there was some device that would enable the bee farmer to listen in on the bees' innermost secrets, it would solve a thorny problem. Such a device now appears to have come into existence. It is called an "apidictor." How does it work?

The British Journal Cisnmunications and Electronics recently told how the new device came into being. A British Broadcasting Corporation engineer, E. F. Woods, discovered that bees cannot really hold a secret, because they tip off their intentions by sounds they. make.

So Woods designed an electronic device, a microphone and a selective, batterypowered transistor amplifier. When it is placed at the hive entrance the device analyzes the bees' sound output. A happy, contented hive, where thoughts of desertion never crop up, buzzes: along at a blissful 180 cycles a second. But when the brood section gets so crowded that nurse bees cannot feed the larvae in their care, the guardians become frustrated; and like many a frustrated person their sound output increases. So they add a soft 250-cycle warble to the hive noise. This is picked up by the electronic device; and man, without even opening the hive, learns the bees' innermost se-, crets. !__1-d

Wednesday, October 5, 1955

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— WEST, TEXAS

SIX WAYS TO BE A BETTER PERSON Dr. George S. Stevenson, of the National Association for Mental Health, recently made a number of suggestions for all of us. He said first we should learn to have a tolerant, easygoing attitude toward ourselves as well as toward others. There are too many people in this world who are too fussy, too crabbed and too inclined to try to boss the lives of those about them.

Life could be so much easier for all of us if, wherever possible, we would let the other fellow go his own way. Even with our children, we would often do better if we wculd let them have their own way, granting that they weren't going to do something dangerously wrong.

Often it is 'best to let the child learn his lesson. through sad experience.

Dr. Stevenson suggested next that each of us try to form a proper estimate of his own abilities. People who underestimate their abilities get an inferiority complex which hounds them all their days. Those who overestimate their im• portance are cocky and smart-alecky.

The wise'rr an stays somewhere between these two extremes. He may admit to hiMself that he is pretty good, but still he knows that if he were to work harder or had a better brain or more energy, he could do much better. He also knows that he has some weaknesses.

Third, a person should. keep self-respect. Among the Spanish, the commonest word of condemnation for a man is to the effect that he has no shame. I think the Spanish are right: a man who has no shame is hopeless.

Fourth, we should learn early to take life's disappointments in our stride. A man who can't stand a disappointment will sometimes take to the bottle, which is likely to bring him to ruination. Another great thing in this world is not to take out our discomforts on the people around us.

Fifth, we should all try to show love to those who are nearest and dearest to us. It has been said so truly that one of the surest signs of a normal mind is the ability of the person to love someone, to love disinterestedly, affectionately, and generously. Another great sign of sanity is respect for the interests and comforts of others.

Sixth, we should all try to learn to like Most people and to trust those about us. when we haven't any good reason not to trust them. Much of the discomfort in this world is due to the fact that many people don't like other people.

Another thing to do in this world is to accept one's responsibilities, and to

do something about every problem as quickly as it comes up. One of the greatest things many persons need to learn is the art of making quick decisions and then abiding by them.

Every one of us should plan ahead somewhat, setting up some good goals to work toward. One of the most terrible things about the psychopathic delinquent lad is that he has absolutely no goal for the future; he has no ambition to improve himself, he has no idea of marrying a nice girl and settling down to build a home; he has no idea of working his way up the ladder in some profession or business; he does just what pleases him at the time. If he feels like stealing a car and driving around town, he takes it.

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NO LOOPHOLES Olt DEFECTS

In ancient Rome, pottery makers oftentimes turned out defective pots and that leaked because of tiny cracks in the clay. Some of the potters hid the cracks with clay-colored wax so that buyers were unaware of the defects. The vessels would hold water temporarily but eventually the wax would disintegrate or melt and the article would prove useless. The buyer went unproted-. ted for once goods were purchased they could not be returned due to the Rorrian dictum, "Caveat Emptor"—let the buyer beware.

Honest potters suffered from this honest practic'e of plugging up defects with wax. So they decided to gkiaraatee their wares by stamping the clay, with the words, "Sine Cera," meaning "without wax." Thus was born the word "sincere."

We should all put our best efforts in•( )• to whatever job we are doing, because The parents were objecting toheir that will give us the most satisfaction, in son's girl friend. "I'm sorry, Dad," said life. Constructive work is man's greatest the boy, "but she's the best girl I can comfort. get with the car we've got!"

TWO SIDES OF A QUESTION (By Inez Brasier) " 'What a beautiful golden shield this statue has!' cried the man in black armor. " 'It is shining silver!' " 'You can't see. It is golden!'

'Silver!'

"They quarreled until they became very angry. They tried to kill each other.

Finally both of them lay on the ground badly hurt. After a while a man came along one of those roads. He bandaged their cuts and bathed their black and blue spots. Then he asked why they had tried to kill each other. " 'He says that shield is gold', explained the man in white armor. " And he says it is silver,' explained the man in black armor. " 'You are both right and. you are both wrong. That shield is golden on one side and silver on the other."

Uncle Jim picked up the book over which Fred and Leon had been quarreling. He held it so the boys could see both the front and back covers.

The boys rubbed their eyes and lost their scowls.

"We are both right! It is green and it is red and green," laughed Fred.

'The next time we start to quarrel we will think of our book. There are two sides to everything," added Leon very emphatically.

" It is green!"

"It is not!"

"It is too."

"It is not! It is red and green."

Uncle Jim listened to the argument in the hall. He did not know what itwas' all about, for the quarrel started on the way home from school. Finally he laid'''' his paper on the table.

"Fred! Leon!"

The boys came into the living room' •' still scowling at each other.

"Would you mind telling me what the arguing is all about?" asked Uncle Jim. Fred scowled at Leon, and Leon scowled back at Fred.

"Leon said that new book you gave us has a green cover. It doesn't! It has a red and green cover." `It's green!"

"It's red and green!"

Uncle Jim pointed toward two chairs.

"Both of you sit down while I tell You a story. Then you can decide about that book cover. Long, long ago a prince 'of Britain set up a statue at a place where four roads met. That statue represented Victory. It carried a shield that was golden on one side and silver on, the other. One day a man dressed in black armor came from one direction. Another man, dressed in white armor, came froin: the other direction. Both of them stopped to admire the shield.

VEST NI K — WEST, TEXAS

Wednesd October 5, 1953

THE SLOGANS YOU REPEAT "How shall I answer this letter?" the young secretary asked her employer.

"This man is writing to ask how he can be sure the car we make is a good one."

The employer stared thoughtfully at the letter a moment. Then; he said: "If he wants to know how good the Packard automobile is, tell him to ask the man who owns one. And give him the name of a Packard owner in his vicinity."

When he voiced those words in 1902, JtolleS Ward Packard little realized that -Ask The Man Who Owns One" would become synonymous with the Packard automobile. The slogan has appeared in most Packard advertisements.

Throughout life, everyone is influenced by gains. Some of the better known even have become a part of the language, Slogans have been useful since man first walked the earth. Two hundred years before Christ, Cato, the Roman general, proclaimed the famous "Carthago delenda est!" Armed with "Carthage must be destroyed!", Cato whipped up 'so much popular sentiment against the city that he was principally responsible for its destruction by the Romans: .

might make use of these words in the enhances the advertising valUe of the slogan and increases interest hi the pi-Oadvertising of its automobiles, . It is said that Theodore Roosevelt or- duct, iginated Maxwell House coffee's slogan, Slogans of two well-known timepieces "Good* To The Last Drop," during a visit to the home of Joel Cheek, who had per- also had their origins in commonplace fected the coffee blend. After Mr. Roose- incidents. The Hamilton Watch Company velt had emptied his cup, his host asked developed its "The Watch of Railroad how the Chief Executive had enjoyed the Accuracy" from a phrase in a letter written by a railroad man who was highbeverage. ly pleased with the never-failing cor"Delightful," was the President's re- rectness of his watch. ply. "It was good to the last drop."

R. E. Ingersoll came by his famous Considerably discussion has been focused on this slogan OVi`i: the years, slogan at a social function when a forand understandably so. "What's wrong getful hostess couldn't recall his name. with the last drop?" is a favorite ques- In introducing him to anothIr guest, tion. The manufacturers of Maxwell the embarrassed lady vainly' searched House received se much correspondence her memory:4 Finally, she blurted out, on this point that they submitted the "Oh, you know, he's the man who made matter to Columbia University for set- the dollar faraous." Mr. Ingersoll, quick tlement. Columb':1 finally decided that to recognize the commercial value of the the word "to" as used in the slogan was remark, altered it slightly and began using it in his advertising as "The Watch inclusive and in Liood usage.

That Made the Dollar Famous."

Just as "Good To The Last Drop" Next to giving a customer the best prompted controversies, so, other slogans often become the butt of jokes. Adver- value for his money, thert are few items tisers seldom object to these discussions more important to a company's success and stories. To the contrary, they usu- than the goodwill an established slogan ally encourage such enthusiasm, for it creates.

The word "slogan" originated centuries ago in the Gaelic words sluagh and gairm, which mean literally an army cry or battle yell. The ancient Highland clans of Scotland used such yells as rallying calls. These slogans inspired the clansmen and ignited inspiration into the flame of action. :iince those early days slogans have continued to prove their inspirational worth in many fields of human endeavor.

In politics-21 Like Ike." In national emergencies—"Remember Pearl Harbor."

1n selling defense bonds---"Defense Everybody's Business."' But for the most part, the major use of slogans is in advertising.

CAN YOU EAT ANYTHING?

The stories behind some of the more familiar slogans reveal that many of Omni originated from chance remark, a humorous circumstance or even a cornnnonplace incident, -Watch the Fords Go By," for instance, had no connection with automobile< at its inception. One Saturday in 1908, the employees' baseball team of the old Highland Park plant of Ford Motor Company enjoyed a particularly good inning at bat. So many runners sprinted down the baselines that an enthusiastic fan shouted: "Watch the Fords go by!" It didn't take long for someone to suggest that the company

When it comes to food, are you one diviclual. Things don't "rub you a wrong of those finicky individuals who can't 1 way" easily, and you are likely to get astand this and won't touch that? Well, 1 long well with most people. If your science has discovered that your food score is 10 to 15, this suggests that your dislikes reveal more about your person- disposition is about average. ality than you've ever dreamed — and If, however, your score is 25, there is that the more foods to which you are a- reason to suspect that your outlook on verse, the mere likely you are to be mal- life is hypercritical and that you have adjusted? some difficulty in adjusting Yourself to Soun-' fantastic doesn't it? But this outside conditions. And if your score is mn, _ startling discovery is the result 40 or over, this is a strong indication over two years of painstaking re- that you are lacking in emotional stasearch by scientists of two leading uni- bility and are possessed of erratic perversities. And it makes it possible for a sonality tendencies. psychologist to determine whether or Food Test not you have a well-balanced personal- fried eggs asparagus ity by the simple expedient of checking lima beans cabbage your food dislikes. This new technique tomato juice oatmeal doesn't supplant the established methods rice pudding milk of persohality diagnosis and therapy, sour cream veal but it does serve to indicate whether or turkey cheese not you are in need of them. sausage lamb To test yourself, simply go over this currants coffee list of commonly liked foods and check 1 rhubarb plums each one to which you have an aversion. watermelon mushroom soup ) • oye ( (Don't check the ones which you can't eat because they disagree with you — "Look here, Smith," complained the just check the ones which you don't Boss, "you and. Jones both started diglike.) Score five points for each food ing at the same time and now he's got you dislike. a bigger pile of dirt than you have."

If your total score is no more than 5, "Well," said Smith, "he's diggin' a bigyou are probably a very well-adjusted in- er hole."

Wednesday, October 5, 1955

VESTNIX WEST, TEXAS

BETTY CROCKER SCHOLARSHIPS Educational scholarships totalling

Study materials for use in teaching

$100,000 will be awarded in the second many subjects will be sent to participat-

Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow, it was announced by General Mills of Minneapolis, Minn.

This is a $25,000 increase in scholarshipS awarded in the 1954-55 program when 187,463 high school senior girls from 8,040 schools sought the All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow title which was won by Deloris Arnettee of Enterprise, Ala. In addition to a $1,500 scholarship to each state winner, there will be a new award of $500 to the homemaker rating second in each state. The scholarship of the national winner, who will be announced April 12 in Philadelphia, will be $5,000.

The basis for selection of winners will be test scores in a written homemaking knowledge and attitude test developed

by Science Research Associates of Chicago. The test will be given in all participating high, schools on December 6 The project has the endorsement of the national contest and activities committee of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, a department of the National Education Association.

"The enthusiastic endorsement of thousands of educators, religious leaders, civic leaders and paxents through-Out the nation and the extensive participation, of students in our first year project, have made General Mills pleased to rener this worthwhile activity and increase the scholarship funds," declared Charles H. Bell, president of the company.

"We believe in sponsoring programs which cOntribute to a better way of living for all. We are happy to assist pubblic, private and parochial high schools in training girls for successful family life after marriage, and we are equally happy to focus public attention on the fine work. these schools are doing.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR

ing schools. The girl with the highest (Calvin C. Chervenka) test score in each school will be named Wednesday, October 5 Homemaker of Tomorrow for that ' school. She will receive a, pin designed Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wedding Dance — American Legion Hall- in.

by Trifari of New York, her school will Shiner receive a copy of the Good. and Easy Thursday, October 6 Cook Book and her test paper will be Lee use orchestra — Fair Grounds in_ La entered in the competition for her state.

The school of each state Homemaker of Tomorrow will receive a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Each state winner and a female faculty adviser will be invited to paxticipate in an expensepaid educational tour of Washington, D. C., Colonial Williamsburg, Va., and Philadelphia April 8-12.

Saturday, October 8

Baca,'s Original orchestra — SPJSTHall in West Henry Brosch orchestra Wedding Dance — Shiner Hall Eric Honza orchestra — Waco( SPJST Linden Hall near Elm Mott Lee use orchestra — Warrenton Hall Miss Arnettee, the first year national Sil Krenek orchestra — Sons of Herman Hall in Galveston winner, is using her scholarship at JudRudy Kurtz orchestra — KT Hall in ,San son college in Alabama.

Antonio Sunday, October 9 ) * 4.T. • ( Balca's Original orchestra — El 1Vladou WE ARE REBUILT EVERY YEAR Hall Henry Brosch orchestra4, --- Wedding Man is 98 percent "born again" every Dance — KC Home in Schuleriburg year. That much of the basic material of his body is replaced with new stuff Lee Ilse orchestra — East Bernard,Hala Sil Krenek orchestra — Parish Picnic each 12 months. and Dance — Ganado Hall This, is one of the most astonishing Rudy Kurtz orchestra — SPJSTJ10,11 revelations made in physiological invesin West tigations, says Dr. Paul C. Aebersold, in Majek orchestra — Church Picnie-Ond a report to the Smithsonian Institution.

Dance — Moravia Hall Monday, October 10 "Medical men," Dr. Aebersold says, Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wedding Dan$ "used to think of the human body as an — American Legion Hall in Shiner' engine that takes in food, air, and waL Tuesday, October 11 ter mainly as fuel to keep running on.

Only a small part was thought to go for Henry Brosch orchestra — Weddin Dance St. Hedwig's Hall near San replacement of engine wear.

Antonio "Investigations have demonstrated the Rudy Kurtz orchestra — W e d d n -"Dance — KJT Hall in Hostyn "' body instead is much more like a very fluid military regiment which may reAll the above dances are at night .un-tain its size, form, and composition even less otherwise specified. This is a tree though the individuals in it are continuservice but applies only to those dunces ally changing, joining up, being transat which mainly polka and waltz musiois ferred from post to post, promoted or demoted, acting as reserves, and finally played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility "We have faith in the American teen departing after varying lengths of ser- resulting from any dance announcevice. ager of today. Given the opportunity, ment which is listed in the guiadance and encouragement, this Listings from orchestras and dance halls "Tracer' studies show that the turnteen ager will become the type of Amershould be received at least one week beover in our bodies is quite rapid and ican homemaker who will assure the fore publication. Send all listings to health, happiness and security of our quite complete. In a week or two half Calvin Chervenka. Route 2. Rogers,'' Tex. the sodium atoms will be replaced by communities and nation in the years other sodium atoms. The case is similar ) • 4, • ( ahead."

A large company was reclassifyineall for hydrogen and phosphorus. Even half All 12th grade girls in the nation's of the carbon atoms will be replaced in jobs by sending out a questionnaire to public, private and parochial high a month or two. And so the story goes employees. When the elevator operator schools who will graduate in 1956 are e- for nearly all the elements. In a year received his, he had no trouble answerligible to participate in the Betty Crock- approximately 98 percent of the atoms ing all the questions, except one: "How er Search for the American Homemaker in us now will be replaced by other at- much time do you spend at your various of Tomorrow. They must be enrolled by oms that we take in in our air, food, and duties." After much pondering, he answered, "Up 50%; down, 50%.' their school not later than October 31. drink.

Grange

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Ve sti`Tdu, dne 5. lima, 1955.

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AffeEK: prosil, ie radeji zaplati VP MALI" eTENAtZ sto stribrnych. liete me 6esky 6isti!

(AST (MITA. DOELNEN8 A tak se stalo, ze 610CTYRICATE CVICENt. vek lakota se dal potrePovidka ze ikoly irvota. stati tiikrat!

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Byl 61ovek lakota, jeni nikdy nernel dost. Jednou ukradl na poll cibu• Chytli jej a piedvedli pi'ed soudce. Ten jej vyclechnul a dal mu na vy!manor!: Bud' zaplati sto stiibrOch, nebo dostane sto ran boll, nebo mu-1 snisti sto eibuli.

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S pozdravem STRtCEK MICEK Z AUSTINU Adresa strY es kova je: Dr. Ed. IVIi'eek, University Station, Austin, Texas. ) •

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BROUeCI (Napsal Jan Karafiat) I. BROUOKOVY STUDIE Slunko bylo u sameho zapadu, a svatojanSti broueci vstavali. Maminka uZ byla v kuchyni a vatila snidani. Tatinek take nespal. LeZel jeSte v posteli, a hezky si hovel. Broueek pak ptelez1 ze sve postYlky na mamineinu, — tam se to pekneji spalo, — lehl si pekne na zadeeka, zdvihl vSecky nblieky do povetil, a poCal se houpat: houp, houp, houpy, houp.

Ale najednou se to jaksi trochu moc roz-L hounlo, houpy, hup, a ill tele' Broueek na zemi a kileel, co mu jen hrdlo sta-ono.

Tatinkem to trhlo, tak Ze byl celf7 polekanST. "ZatrapenSr Broudku, co pak tak musiS ktieet!" — 'Ale tatinku, kdy2 jsem se tak udetil!" — "A jak pak?"

"I ja jsem spadl s postele." "Tak sis mel dat pozor." — "Ale kdyl mne to piece boll."

Maminka mela u2 zatim snidani hotovou, asla je budit. 'Vstavejte, vstavejte, slunko jiZ zapada, budeme snidat. A co pak ty, Broudku, u2 pladeS! Sotvas °di proloupl!" -- Ale kdyl jsem ja se tak Udell', a tatinek chce, abych nekildel." — 'I jen pojd'. Dliv nel kodieka vejce snese vsecko se ti to zahoji. Zatim se pekne arryjeme, a budeme snidat. Pojd'."

A Ali. Maminka Broudka pekne umyla, Broueek pristavil ke stolu Zidle, a maminka uz nesla poliveieku na stul. Sedli si, sepjali noliaky, a tatinek se modlil: 6, nag milk Bole, Povstali jsme s lute, A pekne to prosime, Dejl, at' se to bojime,

Bojime a poslouchame, A p11 torn se radi mame.

Nato tikal Broudek svou modlitbieku: "Polehnej nam, Pane Bole, prosime pokorne" — a pak uZ hned drzel svou drevenou Plieku, a znamenite s ni zachdzel. VSak oni meli zelnou poliveieku, a Broueek, tleba le vSecky poliveieky rad, vkly a Odycky, to zelnou piece ze vSech poliveidek jedl nejradeji. Shed" ji svfij p1maminka, mu jeSte ze sveho dada.

Ale tatinek ze ul ma eas, slunko ze jest davno za horama. Honem dal rnamince hubieku, nechal si od Broneka polibit ruku — "A ted', Brouoku, pekne poslouchat, at' mite pak maminka nemusi lalovat." — "Ne, tatinku. A ja vas vyprovo`Tak pod'." ano?"

A Ali ba, leteli, ale hezky nizlg aby Broueek nespadl, a pak jen talCdaleko, co mohl Brouebk domir uhlidat, aby pod tom nezabloudil. JeSte to dost neumel a tatinek mu tekl: "Jdi u22 zas, jdi, a pekne se ue litat." A Broueek Chaloupku meli vystavenou ye strani pod jalovcern a krytOu such3im SpendliBroudek si vylezl na stfiSku, spustil se, letel aZ k palouku a pies celS7 palouk, a al- k dubu a zas zpatky a na stfiSku; pak se zas spustil a letel aZ k dubu a jeSte zas zpatky. A kdyl u2 byl ce1ST udS7chanV, a ktidelka ho bolela, sedl si a odpodinul. A zase se spustil, a zas letel al ,k palouku a pies celk palouk, a2 k dubu a zas zpatky az na stkiSka, a zas se spustil, a letel az k dubu a zas zpatky, a jeSte se spustil, a letel roman earou pod dub ke kmottiece.

"Kmottieko, jestli pak uz jste vzhtkru?"

— "I, Brondku, bodejt' bychom byli!" — "A BeruSka take?' — Bodejt' bych byla, Broudku. Co pak nam neseS?" "Ja? Nic. Ale, pane, to uz umim litat: Od naSich al sem, a zas k naSim, a zas sem, a zas k naSim, a zas sem a jakoby nic. Ze bys to nedovedla!"

"I I/Sal( ja jsem Bertaa a nejsem nSr Broueek. VaSe maminka, myslim, take moc litat neumi." — "Moe ne. Ale, pane, ja jsem dnes rano spadl s postele." — "A tos kfieel vid'." — "A jak ty to viS? Co jaks to slySela?" — "I neslySela, ale to ja u2 vim, le jsi takovSr kilkloun." — ty berouSi!" "2e ja jsem klikloun? ( (Pokrabov t.) ) Co se snize najde.

"Tenhle pes, nia mild pani, je za sto dolarfr lacinST!' "Rada bych ho koupila, ale bojim se, 2e mne bude muj mu2, hubovat..."

"Mild pani, jineho manZela najdete snaze, net takoveho psa za tyhle penize!" ) • 4, ■■ Spineni nejakeho ptani e'ni nas o jednu nadeji chudSim.

VC CUeciu,

dile 3. rijiia 1933.

VESTNi K.— WEST, TEXAS

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DOPEY A NAHLEDY CLENC1 Houston, Texas.

Mili bratri a sestry: Jiz jsem myslela, ze zanechart toho dopisovani, neb u2 mne to tak nejde. Kdy2 jsem byla mladsi, napsala jsem dopis za dva dny, ale ted' nine to trva paru dni; ale porad mne cosi ponouka, abych jen psala dale a zvlagte ted'.

Mill etenaki, inusim se yam pochlubit, Ze 4 za meho 481eteho pobytu v Americe jsem si vyjela 22. Ceryna 1955, vlastne vzali mne moje dcera Ella a zet' Eddie a jejich deeruSka Betty Jane Kubinovi, na autdmobil a doVezli mne do Burwell, Nebraska k mojim prateltim, mankliim James a Terezie MaehovYm, kteri vaji v meste. Deem a zet' mne nechali u manzelu MachovYch a oni jeli na vYlet do YellOwstone parku, Colorado Springs a Pikes Peak. Co jsem dlela navaevou 1.1 manZelti J' ames a Terezie MachovYch, teZ byl u nich pritomen navAtevou Josef Sebesta, bratr manZelky Terezie Machove; s kterYm jse mse nevidela, asi 55 let; a Josefa 8ebe gty manZelka FrantiSka, ji2 zesnula, bya sestra imam Avakra Franty ElSika, co mei za manZelku moji sestru FrantStu, rozenou Rokytovu. JiZ jsou oba zesnuli ye stare vlasti v Lipe na Morave. ----- Dne 26. eervna vzali mne na autornobil manZele James a Terezie Machovi a jeli jsme na nav gtevu k manZeltim DanielovYm a Anne NedbalkovYm. Daniel Nedbalek je nejstar gi syn po Janovi Nedbalkovi, kterY byl prvni mantel Terezie, manklky Jamese Machoveho. S rnankli NedbalkovYmi jsem se ponejpry seznamila, ale to nevadilo, neb jsme se dali do pratelskehdpovidani, tak jako bychom se dobre Znali. A kdyZ jsme byli v torn nejlep'Sim povidani, manZelka Annie Nedbalkova nas volala k oberu, kterY mela jiZ pripravenY na stole. Tedy po chutnem obecle, za kterY a za to laskave seznameni, varn manZele Nedbalkovi dekujeme, jsme se srdeene rozloueili a jeli jsme na navStevu k rocline Josefa Elika, a taky jsme si meli co poviclat s Josefem ElAikern, neb jsme se taky nevideli 55 let od pobytu ve stare vlasti, .to jest dosti dlouha doba.

Josef ElAik je bratr meho Svakra Franty ElSika, co mel za manZelku moji sestru FrantiSku; jiz jsou oba zesnuli ye stre vlasti. Tedy po chutne vederi, kterou prichystaly manZelka Josefa ENika, a dcera za kterou varn pane dekujeme, i za to laskave uvideni, jsme se pratelsky rozloueili a jeli jsme domil ‘k manklum MachovYm.

luladka ye stare vlasti, jenZe ona je zde o 7 let drive net ja. U manzelu Owen jsme si pobyli 4 dny. Ja varn, manZele Lee a Francis Owen, pane dekuji za pohosteni a za obsluhu, i za to laskave povidani, ktereho jsme si povedeli, neb jsme se rd.di uvideli, jsme se srdeane rozloitaili a jeli jsme domil k mankliim MachovYm. VSichni jsou na farmach, maji velke farmy a mnoho dobytka, domy velke a zarizeni jako ve meste. Moe se mne libily velke kopce a ty velke 'any rovnYch poll.

Jeli jsme vice jak 20 mil s moji dcerou Elou a zetem Eddie KubinovYmi a nevideli jsme Zadne zeme, jen same alechty, na zemi kamerme desky.

U manklil James a Terezie MachovYch jsem dlela na yStevou 9 dni, za eoZ vam, mankle James a Terezie Machovi pekne dekuji. Taky yam dekuji za yak Pohosteni. za laskave pobaveni i za to povozeni, kde jste mne vozili, neb to bylo trochu teZke do tech kopcu, neb James Mach musel dobre automobil do kopce ridit a ji2 je star 78 let, a vyjel dobre.

Dne 6. eervence jsme se srdeene rozleueili s mankli James a Terezie MaehovYmi, kteri mne dovezli az k memu busu, a jela jsem domil do Texasu. 8t'astnou cestu jsem mela, dva dny a noc jsem jela a petkrat presedala. ale na biisu bylo pohodino.

drahYch.- (5 Pane, dej vkm Oche odpoelnut.

Taky jsem obdrZela smutnou zpravu od moji pritelkne Rozie Mackove v berg, Ze jeji bratr Antonin Hejtmanek zemkel ye Vizovicich na Morave, a taky bratr Franka Hejtmanka w Palacios, a bratr mojeho S' yakra Josefa Hejtmanka, co mel za manZelku moji sestru Terezii, rozenou Rokytovou z Lipy na Morave,Ji2 jsou take oba zesnuli ye stare vlasti:' Obe rodiny, Mackova i Hejtmankova, prijrnete ode mne i od cele moji rodiny tu nejhlubSi soustrast nad ztratou bratra, gvakra a stYeka Antonina manka. 6 Pane, dej2 jemu tithe odpoelnuti.

Moe pritelkyne Franti'Ska L nieka, maminka pi. Elio Syptaka, je v nemocnici Heights. Preji ji, aby ji Pan Bhp zdravil. „.

Uzaviram s veselou novinkou. Bfato Edwin a Charlie Kubinovi, mojich zet'll Eddie a Joe KubinovYch vlastni bratilanci a mojich etyr deer, Vlasty, Elle, Aitge4: liny a Elizabeh druzi bratranci, Edwin a jeho manZelka Marta Kubinovi, vc14yait:3 dceru Annabelle Kubinovou, ktera vstoupila ye sta vmanZelskY s Freddie Mey, Budou bydlet v Austinu.

Charlie a jeho manZelka Tillie ZerAili, syna Charlie C. Kubina, kterY vstOupilli& sta y manZelskY se sleenou Patricia Ann Dossman. Budou bydlet v Houstonu..,,Be zdani byli v kostele Sv. Terezie. NOVomanZellim preji mnoho zdravi a yk, dobre v jejich ZiVote manZelskern a aby: Pan Brill vyprovazel vaude, kamkoliv prijdou.

Ted' se tem rniac1S'im poliodlneji kni vdava, jedou na peknYch automobileeale ja co jsem se vciavala r. 1907 zde v Americo. jsem se Skrabala na vuz a ip4-9' seli mi pomahat, abych si aaty na vozu neco nerortrhala. On svet je pokroeily, Se srdeenYm pozdravem Vera gtefka• •

A zase a Texasu napiSi par radku. Drazi etenari, ne jenom Ze by nine primela moje naVSteva k tomuto dopisu, ale take vzpominka na nak zesnule pratele, kteri od nas odeSli na veenost. Jsou to moje pritelkyne FrantiSka Dvorakova, s kterou jsem si eastokrate pohovorila u radu Oslo 83 na Studewood, i v domove u jeji dcery FrantiAy Olexove jsme si mnohokrate pratelsky promluvily. A pak'pratele, bratri Jan 8ulda a Jan Koval'. s kterYrni jsme se bavivali vespolek u radu Btefanik Oslo 142. Bratr Louis Marek od kostela evangelicke cirkve .M.B., 6207 North Main St., Houston, Texas, s kaZdYm rad promluvil, proto ho mel kaZdY rad Pro jeho milou povahu.

Ptal se pan soudce: A na sestru Rilknu HanuSovu zesnulou "Je pravda, Zee jste nazval zde pana-2 taky nemohu zapomenout, neb jsem s ni lobee roSt'akem a zlocojem?" delavala, v kuchyni na Studewood u radu "Ano." eislo 88 v Houstonu.

"A rekl j c te mu take, ze je lhaf a Po- s, buda?"

A pak muj pritel Frank Mikeska v Shi`7-) jsem mu, bohukl, nerekl. Olovelt, ner take nahle odekl jeate v mladem ye_Ai na vechno nevzpomene." ku. Byl humornY a kaZdY jej mel rad pro jeho Zerty a milou povahu. M-s_ohekre.ta jsem se jemu zasmala, kcl Soud csvobodil mlacleho mute, ktery Dne 2. Cervence jsem jela s mankli vykladal, no ale uZ, se jer- nebudu. na svatebni cestu v autu a byi predveddrr MachovYmi do Minatore, Nebrakamsi 275 Cele rodiny Dvorakova, E.luidova, Kova- pro rychlou jizdu, s timto ochivonenim: mil k nianZeltnn Lee a Francis Owen. rova a Markova v Houstonu a rodino Mi- "MO na svatebni eeste je ye stavu abManklka Francis Owen je sestra man- keskova v Shiner, prijmete ode mne tu normalnim a nemuk bYt proto pohriAl Zelky Terezie Machove a moje dobra, spo- nejhluWi soustrast nad ztratou vaS'ich k odpolednosti."

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Od hotici lampieky, zave gene na re pied hlavnim oltatem, Ulla se pasma modraveho dymu k vysokYm ohfram, kterymi do kostela pronikalo slunce; za okay cvrlikali vrabci, nekdy zakeen kostelni lodi se stebly v zobaeku e.1:elyt zase vletely hlavnimi vraty o y ly. zakrouZily bez cite v tichu a chladu, zdi a vyklouzly hbite do jasneho dne.

Agata odiikala jen kratkou modlitbieLn, pak uz pospichala ke Klombovtun.

Ale lined pied kostelem setkala se tvati v tvat s JagustYnkou.

"Agata,!" vyktikla JagustYnka a jeji full y nebral konce.

"Ano, je:Ste jsem tady, panimamo, na svete!" tekla Agata chtela polibit ruku. jste uz urntela kdesi v teplejSich krajinach. Ale ten, lehky chleb BoZilo milosrdenstvi van nesvedeil, tak se mi zda, jako byste uz melts' dui na jazyku. . ." hovotila JagustYnka a pkitom si Agatu zostra prohliZela.

"Mate pravdu, panimamo. „ sotva jsern se dobelhala aZ sem. . . pajde to se 111110U pomalouoku ke konci, nebude to dloubo trvat. . ."

"Pospichate ke "Kam bych Sta. Jsou to ptece ni."

Padi vas uvidi, moSnieky nesete nejakY graS v uzlieku taky bude tot' se vi, Ze se budou znat k prizni."

"Jsou zdravi, nevite?" Agatu velice bolely Jagustineiny posmeSly. "Zdravi, zdravi. . . jenom Tomek, Ze byl trochu slahSi, se ted' leei v krimina"Klomb! Toma g Klomb! Nepovidejte, mne nevi do smichu.", "No, uZ je to tak; a povim yam jeSte to `ze nesedi soma, ale s dobrou sploeenosti, sedi s celou vesnici. . . Ani lan neponniZe, kdyZ soud priskripne dvere a . ." vsadi za, "JeliM, Maria, Josere!" vyjekla Agata a stanula jako stoup.

"Zajdete co nejdrive k Tomkove, tam si pochutnate na novinkach sladSich ne g med. Chacha! Chlapci si popravaji pramina, aZ je to ra,dost!" JagustYnka se jizlive zasmala a jeji zle oei zasvitily nenavisti.

Agata se vlekla jako ornamena, nemo-

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hla uveilt tomu, co slyAela. . . potkala nekolik znamYch Zen, ktere ji ptivitaly dobrYm slovem a vypta.valy se na to i ono, ale on_a jako by nesly'Sela, co rikaji, vS'ecka se tiasla strachem stale tpornejSim a uZ schvalne zvolnovala krok, jen aby odsunuia potvrzeni to srcicelomne noviny. Dlouho sedela pod plotem u fary a bezmySlenkovite hledela na faratuv dam. Ptede dvetmi stal 'Cap na jedne noze, jako by daval pozor na psy, skotaaici po ZlutYch peMnkach zahrady, a JambroZ se sluZkou obkladali novym drnem okraje zahonu, na nemZ u2 vyraZely kvetiny.

Teprve kdyZ nabyla opet sil, cela shrbena vkroeila do zahradky pied KlombovYrn domem, ktery seal v jedne wade s farou.

Bla zvolna, vSecka se tiesouc, chytala se plott a tekala ustraSenYma oeima po sade i po chalupe pololene v hloubi, ale jenom kravy pod okay chlemtaly hlasite ze Skopkil .. sin byla s obou stran otevrena, bylo videt prasnici s prasatky, je2 se valela v blate nadvori, a slepice pilne hrabajici v hnoji.

Agata uchopila prazdnY akopik, protoze vic odvahy vejit s neeim v ruce, a tak se vsunula do velke, temne svet nice.

"Pochvdlen bud'," sotva z hrdla vypravila.

"AZ' na veky. Kdo je to?" ozval se po chvili zajikavy hlas z komory.

JeliSi, jak se ji "To jse ja, Agata." svirala prsa!

"Agates! Je to mane? Lidieky Agata!" hovorila rychle Klombova, ktera se objevila na, prahu s pinou za.sterou pipajicich housat, zatim co stare husy se syeenim a kejhanim se hnaly za ni.

"Chvala Bohu! Bide rikali, ze pry jste ag umiela heed o vanoonich svatcich, ale nikdo nemohl fici, kde. mu g se IA chtel vypravit na kancelat a pteptat se.

Tak si sednete, jiste jste un,avena. Zrovna se lihnou husy".

"Pekne se vyvedly, kdy Z * . jich mate tolik!"

"Bade jich bez peti bezmala cela kopa.

Pojd'te pied dum, muslin je nakrmit opattit, aby je stare nepaSlapa.ly."

Klombova vyndala housata opatrae ze zastery na zem, kde se housata zarojila jako Zlut'oueke kulieky; stare husy zaealy radostne kejhat a kYvat nad nimi syYmi zobaky.

Klombova ptinesla na prkenku rozsekaaa valeka s kopiivami, prisedla k housatiim a davala pozor, protae stare husy klovaly drobotinu, Slapaly pa ni, a jak jenom molly, kradly krmeni, delajice naramny povyk.

"VSechny budou sadelne," poznamenala Agata, usedajic na zaspi.

"Jak by ne, je to yelke plerneno. Var-

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dne 5. Nina 1955.

hanikova ml vyrnenila, vajieka„ sVOje jsem dala za jedno. . A to je dobie, ze jste uZ zas pti ga do - chalupy. . ,'price je tolik, ze elOVek ani nevi, do dtiV vzit do rUky, . ."

"Heed se dam do prdce, jenom se trochu seberu. . . stonala jsem, ale jenom si hrozne jseml zeslabla. oddychnu. .. a hued..."

Agata chtela vstat, chtela jit. aby se pustila, do nejake price, ale chuclera jenom zavravorala a se zastenanim upadla.

"Jak vidim, jste npine vysilena, s mi ug dO price nic neni, ne, ne. „" rekla Klombova tiSeji a prohlaela si jeji zsinalou tvai; a oteklou, divne zktivenou postavu.

NAS LO V RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsan3.7 resolueni vYbor du Jaro eislo 130 v Dallv, Texas, vyslovujeme timto poznstale rodine citenou soustrast nad ztratou jejich tetiely Julia Robertson (Zacharova).

Zemiela 12. zati po clerk nemoci. Byla nail dlouholetou elenkou. V mladSich letech rada navSlevovala nak selnize a byla dbala jejich povinnosti. Prejeme sestre klidnY spanek, at' odpoeiva.v pokoji.

Resolueni yYbor: Antonie Horakova Stanley Hulovee John Hem2al. ) 4, RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanSr vYbor od radu Karel Jonas, vyslovujeme uptimne citenou soustrast portstale rodine nad ztratou jejich manZela, otce a na geho spolubratra Josefa F. Janeika, kterY zesnul dne 14. zati v ustave v Kerrville, Texas a pohrben byl dne 16. sari v Seaside Memorial Park hrbitove v Corpus Christi, Texas, za obradd methodisticke cjrkve a SPJST, za hojneho deastenstvi elenstva, znamYch a pratel.

Zanechava zarmoucenou manZ'elku, 7 deer a 4 syny, vSichni dospeli.

ZesnulY byl u naAeho kadu Karel Jonag od 10. srpna 1913 a byl vernYro elenem.

Budli jemu zeme lehka a eest budil jeho pamatce.

Za tad Karel Jonas 'Oslo 28 v East. Bernard, Texas Besolueni vYbor: Annie Duckett Annie Fojtik, Aug. Kleeka.

Ve sttedu, dne 5. tijna 1955. jak se tak divala, padla, na ni starost, s e od Agaty nejenom protole usoudila, Z nemil2e odekOvat pomoc, ale le se musi jeSte pkipravit na to, 2e ji bude musit oSettovat.

Sn,ad to Agata, vycitila, protole nesmele, prosebne tekla: "Nebojte se, nebudu yam ubirat mista; ani se nebudu tladit ke stolu, ba ne jenomi si trochu oddychnu a pfljdu • ecky zhlednout chtela jsem jen v S .. poptat se. . . potom zas piljdu." Slzy se ji draly do oei.

"V'tidyt' ja, vas nevyhanim, sed'te. . . a kdy budete chtit prye, tak si pujdete."

"A kde jsou chlapci? Jiste v poll s Tomkem?" otazala se koneene Agata.

"Vy nevite, co se stab? rachni jsou v 'kiirninale!"

Agata v nemem vYktiku bolesti jenom sepjala; ruse. mi to '14 JagustYnka, ale ja jsem tomu nemohla uvetit."

"Svatosvatou pravdu vam tekla, je to 0k!"

Klombova se podivne naptimila a po vyhuble tvati ji stekaly telke slzy.

Agata hledela na ni ztrnule a neodvaZovala se ifg vyptavat se dal.

"JeliSi muj! Tady ve vsi byl hotovy posledni soud, vzali je vAecky a odvedli do mesta, ueinenY posledni soud, povidam yarn, je, to div, ze tu jeSte jsem a hledim na ten jasnY den! Zitra tomu budou 112 tti nedele, ale mne se zda, jako by se to stab° yeera. Vista!, v chalupe jenom Matej, vite, a deveiska.. . ted' vezli na pole hrraj a ja, sirota nat'astna. . .

Aby vas 'dart vzal, potvory jedny... vlastni deti USlapou, jako svine!" vykkikla nahle na husy: "K gal Ks! KM" A svolavala zpatky housata, proto& se v celom houfu s matkami v dele hrnuly do zahradky. ,"At' si tarn pohraji, vrO,ny neni nikde videt, dam na ne pozor."

"V Z • dyt' se sama nemaete hnout, jakpak budete behat za, housaty!. . ."

"TM me to trogeku pteglo. . . jen co jsem pfekrodila tenhle prah."

"Tak je hlidejte. . . ja yam. nachystam neco k jidlu. . . tteba vain uvatim mleko?"

"Dilh yam zaplat', panimamo, ale dues je velkopostni sobota a tak se neslai, abych jedia, near s mlekem. . . dejte mi jen nojaky hrneeek valid vody, chleba main, nadrobim si ho do ni a najim se."

Klombova ji opravdu donesla trochu osolene vrouci vody na mistiece, do ni,i) si stakena nadrobila chleba a zvolna jedla, foukajic na Wei; Klombova usedla ,na prah, sledovala ()alma housata, pasouci se u plotu, a vykladala: "Slo o des. Hrabe ho tajne prodal, aby o tom Lipati nevedeli. Zaeali ho hned

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kacet! Kkivda, to byla velika a spravedinosti se nebylo mono dovolat. . . co tedy meli podit, ke komu jit se 'talobou? A k • emu jegte hrabe zanevtel na tomu ke v S vAechny Lipecke, ani jednoho podruha ze vsi na mraci nezavolal. Tak se maSti smluvili a cela yes 'Ma branit sve, chni, co jich tady bylo. Povidali, 'Ze je vgecky, kdyby na, to priMo, prece nemohou potrestat, nikdo na to ani nemyslil. . . jak by taky,. zae by je trestali. . . kdyZ si chteli jen zabezpedit to, co je jejich. Vydali se na paseku, pobili, kdy neustoupili pc, dobrem, drevorubce, pobill i panske a Nr ecky z lesa vyhnali. .

Stall na svem. . . podle prava, protae dokud se v lese neoddeli, di co je, nikdo se ho nema dotknout. Ale mmoho naich prfalo nazmar, stareho Borynu dovezli s rozbitou hlavou — hajnY ho tak — a hajneho na oplatku zabil zas Antek Borynti."

"JeliM? Zabil? Nadosmrti?"

"Nadosrarti! Boryna jeSte dnes leli bez sebe, ano, ano, on to odnesl nejvic, ale jini taky slizli sve: Simek Dominikove met preraZenou nohu, IVIatona Golomb byl tak pomlacenY, Ze ho musili privezt, Stachovi Plo'Skovi rozbili hlavu a druzi dostali tolik, Ze se ani pamatovat nedd, co kterY slizl! Nikdo se tim zrovna mot netrapil a nemprikal, protae dokezali sve. . vratili se bujne, se zpevem, jako po vyhrane vojne, celou not v me pill na radost, a tem, kteri byli hare zrizeni, nosili koralku do chalup.

Ale asi tak treti den a od easneho rana padal mokrY snih a kadil takovY neeas, Ze nebylo moZn;o hiavu vystrdit na dvur. Kdy'Z' jsme se chystali do kostela, Gulbasovi asi zadali krieet na jedou!' nassi:

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me, nebo vas v'Secky pobiji a sobe new udelam...'

Tak se zapomnel, Ze mu zabili otce. . sam jim podal ruse do 'Zelez, sam jim noby nastavil, a tak ho odvezli. . .

"JeliSi dobrotivY! Panenko Maria!" step nala Agata.

"Pored to vidim a do nejdelOi smr4 nezapomenu, jak je brali.

Vzali meho i s chlapci... vzali vy...

Vzali Pryekovy..

Vzali Golombovy.

Vzali Vachnikovy...

Vzali Balcarkovy...

Vzali Sochorovy... vzali jeste hromadu jinYch, padesat maskYch odvedli do krialitialu., 2acinSr lidskY rozum nedovede lypti7; vedet, co se tady deo. . . jaky to '41 srdcelomnY . . A ty vYktiky a bed°. \Tani. . . a ty straene kletby . .

A pak priMo jaro, snih rychle seki, r6; le oschly, zeme uz prosi o obdelani,Je eas orat, sit, vSecky prate dekajl; ale delat nem& kdo!

Zfistal tu jenom fojt, kovat, neikik dedouSkil, kteti se mohou sotva hmilit, z pacholkil jedinY prihloultY Jenik,Pdpieta!

Zrovna ted' se zaeinaji i deti rodlt; nektere Zenske uZ slehly, kravy seiteli, vgude se lihne drtibe2, na mOske se ky musi pamatovat, dovezt jim trochu Zivobyti a nejakY ten groS nebo aSpott eistou kosili, prate je tolik, Ce nevim; co dtiv vzit do ruky, samy to piece` nestrhneme, a najmout nekoho z druhYch vsi neni moZne, protole kaZdY si musk Obdelat nejdfiv sve. .

"A kdy je pusti?"

"Bah sam vi, kdy! Fara' 1t byl na Crfade, i fojt tam byl. . . tikaji, 2e je Jiropusti, a2 skonei vykttovani, soud de aZ pozdeji, ale minuly uZ 'LH nedele a jeSte se nevratil ani jeden. Roch od-, jel ye dtvrtek na vYzvedy."

"A Boryna?"

A opravdu, za nejakou minutku prijelo na trieet eetnika, s nimi firednici a ceIY soud, a usadili se na fare. A tak yam ani nepovim, co se del°, kdyZ zaeali soudit, vyptavat se, zapisovat a brat lidi po rade pod stria... Nikdo se nevzpiral, kaZdY si byl jist svYm, vgielmi jako u zpov'edi ptisvedeovali a mluvili eirou pravdu. Teprve naveeer skoneili a chteli hued celou yes i s 'ZenskYini sebrat. Ale nastal takovY krik a plde deti, Ze se uZ maZti ohliZeli, co popadnout do ruky. VelebnY pen asi nejak domluvil starMm, Ze nos tu nechali, ba ani Kozlovou nevzali, adkoliv slide vSern vybroZovala.

Jenom maske sebrali do kriminalu. Antka Borynu dali svazat provazy!"

"Je na 'Oyu, ale sotva dYcha a k sobe neptichazi, lezi jako patez... Hanka, pHvezla kdelakeho doktora --- a *Ze se •vyznaji — ale nic nepomaha. .."

"Tot' se vi, mania je pomoc dokto• rova, kdyZ smrt zavold!"

Zeny umlkly, vyeerpany vzpominkara Klombove, se zahledela ptes sad na da lekou topolovou alej vedouci do mesta tine poplakavala, co chvile si utYrajicZa:rudlY nos.

"Jeligi! Provazy ho dali svazat?"

"Svazali ho, ale on je pretrhal jako zpuchrele nitky, aZ se vSlchni zalekli, protae se zdalo, Ze ho popadla zurivost nebo ze ho posedl sam d'abel; Antek se postavil pied nimi a rekl jim do oei: `Skujte me pevne do ielez a hlidejte

A potom, pilne zamestnand chystanim obeda, vypravovala pomalu vSecko, co se stab ye vsi pies zimu a o dem Agata nevedela.

Statena rozpfahla ruce a skoinila se k zemi v hruze a filasu, protole ty noviny na ni dopadaly jako kameny a rozdiraly

Strana 2H ji dui tak bolestne, ze zaeala popoovat.

"Bole mfrj, tam v g irem svete jsem sta1e myslila na Lipce, ale ze by se tu dely lakove veci, mi ani na mysi nepiislo.. . o neeem takovem jsem jakZiva ttebaZe jsem piece uZ nejakou na svete! Copak se tady vSecko pte‘Htilo k horaimu, nebo co'?"

"Asi, Vlecko na to ukazuje."

"Snad to jen Huh dopustil za, 'Apatnost lidskou a za hrichy!"

"To je jiste, jinde tomu nebude. Pan Bich tresta lidi za takove smrtelne htichy, jako je hrich Antkiiv s macechou.

A dell se nova provineni, vetejne, pied ()Mina vlechr Ale Agata se uZ bala vyptavat, pozvecila jenom tfaslavou ruku a zaeala se spelne Zelma.t, mumlajic horouci modlitbu.

"Takove natesti padlo na vgechny Boryna dal bez duSe, ale povida,ji..."a Klombova ztiAila hlas a laazlive se obi& • "ze Jagnielra se uz zase sptahla, s foj tern. nebyl to Antek, nebyl tu Manebyli tu ani ostatni svobodni, tak je ji clobrY prvni, kdo ptijde, jen kdyZ ji vynovi.. . Mirj ty svete! . . ." zastenala.

Klombova a zalomila v hrtze rukama.

Agata se uZ neozvala, byla nahle unovena a dojata tenni novinami tak, ze se odAourala do chleva, aby si odpoeinula.

Teprve pted zapadem slunce ji spattili, jak se vleee do vsi ke znamyrn; vratila se, kdy2 uZ Kloinbovi sedeli u misy a yena, ni eekala 1Zice a misto, arcit' ze rie prvni, ale taky ne posledni — fined veclle Klombove; Agata, jedla poskrovnu, i ako vybirave det'atko, a vypravela tile o svete a o poutnich mistech, ktera, prochodila.

A kdyZ az nastala nod, ze pohasly i veCerni eervanky, hrajici po okennich tabulkach, a cela Yes npine onemela, rozsut di ye svetnici svetlo a zaeali se pomrlu chystat ke spani; tu se Agata ph;mai ala se s y Ymi rnoeniekami ke svetlu kte• vvbirala zvolna, rnzne re ptinesla, Obklopili ji, tajili dech a div ji nepohltili Agata, nejdfiv darovala kaZdemu sveceny obrazek a potom dala deveatiim ry peknYch perel, hrajicich vAemi bar-! JIM; ve svetnici nastal ktik, jedna ptes druhou se tlaeily k zrcatku, zkoulely si korale, divaly se se zalibenhn na sebe a natahovaly krky jako naduti krocani; pro chlapce zde byly prave silne Zabky - noZiky a pro Tomale celY balieek machorky. Nakonec Agata vynada pro Klomibovou lirokou pasku do vlasti, naz.ciobenou a protkanou barevnymi nitemi. . . panimarna aZ zath'skala, jakou :adost.. .

T N I K -- WEST, TEXAS Vlichni byli poteSeni a znova si prolilizeli VSechny ty krasy a pasli oei na clarcich. . Aga,ta, nadmiru spokojena, s nemalou zalibou vypravovala, kolik co stoji a kde to koupila.

Posedeli dlouho do noci, hovotice i o neptitomnYcla.

"Al strach eloveka jima, jak je ve vsi ticho!" poznamenala, koneene Agata, kdyZ umlkli a nastalo laluboke, mrtve mldeni. "Kdepak jind leta za jarniho easu... to se ce16, yes ktikem a smichem jenom otrasala. ."

"Cela yes yypada jako otevtenY hrob, jenom kamenern zavalit a ktile postavit za chvili nebude nikoho, kdo by se OteendS pomodlil a dal na potvrzovala smutne Klonabova.

"Svata pravda! Kdybyste dovolila, panimamo, lla bych nta, pridu, vlecky kosti me po ceste boll a oei se mi uZ zaviraji."

"1 jen si jdete, lehnete si, kam chcete, mista je tady dost."

Kdy2 Agata posbirala sve pytliky a zaGala se ze sine lkrabat po Zebtiku, Klornbova za ni otevienYini dvetmi volala; "Poekejte, byla bych yam skoro zaponinela, rici, ze jsme si vzali vaSi petinu z truhly. . . Marjanka, stonala, v masopuste na osypky. . . byla takova zima, nendeli jsme ji dim ptikrYt. . . tak jsme si ji yyptirjeili od vas. . . perina je uz vyvetrami a t eba hned zitra se da zas na prIclu."

"Petinu. . no, jak chcete. — tot' se vi, kdyZ to musilo bYt. .. tot' se vi. .."

Agate cosi sevrelo hrdl'a; uZ nedokoneila; po hmatu se clovlekla, k truhle, se-. dla k ni na bobek, a zvednuvli viko, za'Cala rukaina ptehrabavat a ohniatavat sve posmrtne yen°.

Opravdu, petina byla) prye. . . docela nova petina. . . v 'Cistern povlaku. ani jednou ni nespala.. . naschranila si ji z perieek, co nasbirala po pastviskach . . . jen aby mela na tu svou posledni 'aodinku. .

I tu petinu ji vzali. .

Zchva.til ji plae tak ZalostnY, ze ji div srdce nepuklo.

A dlouho odkikavala Oteenal, zalevajic se hotkYmi sizami, dlouho plakala a bolestne a tichounce Zalovala svemu, milovanemu Jeli gi na krivdu, ktera se Jr stala.

Noc ul pokroeila, k pifinoci zaeali kokrhat kohouti, asi de na menu poeasi.

ye stiedu, dne 5. iijna 1955. `tu a tarn ojinenou, Bylo j6te pusto a ani pamatky po Zivote, jenom such pkisvit jisktil a odival neb y lme vrcholky stromu modrYm havem, 1 i,im co posledni zbytky noel se bazlive krCily u tn.

Hanka se vratila precie dver •e, namdhave poklekla, protole ileivSig do t'dne dekala porod, a rozhli;Hic se ospalYma oeima kolem sebe, poCala odi:ikavat OteendS. Den se pomalu leiil belavYm polarem, eervanky prordiely jako skrz sito a zasypdvaly prisvitem vychodni stranu,. ktera vystupovala stale vYS jako zlatY baldachyn nad monstranci .dusud neviditelnou, ale vysilajici svou za•.

A protole v noel byl ptimv,zek, tkpy-Lily se , ploty, mustky, stfeche a kampny jinovatkou a stromy stilly jako belajici se obla6..

Ves jeSte spala, pohtiZena v temnotu, talde jenom ilcl tere chalupy, stojici blFZe u cesty, malhunko vystupovaly jasem. obilenYch stein, kdeZto po zanaend hladine rybnik:i vlekla dlouha, eernava vlakna iffoudit jako tuhnouci email.

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MlYn hlueel bez pi'est:tni a jakasi ne- . viditelna struZka se ptelevala po kameni tichounkYna, ptitajenYm) Snlouchanim.

KdyZ se Hanka, probrala, kohouti kokrhali o piekot a ptaci, jakoby ye spoleene modlitbe se domlouvali tile po sadech; piemahal ji sice spanek a unaveno kosti, kterYm nedop •avala odpdajnku, ji tahly pod perinu, ale Hanka se nedala, prottela si jinim oei, zachytla ztracene slovo modlitby a vySla nadyoti podivat se po svem jmenieku a probudit 0statni spade.

Nejprve otevtela dvitka k veptikovi, kterY se snaZil postavit na ptedni ale ze byl potadne vykrmeny, ptevalil se ) jen na liroky) htbet, e kdyZ mu shrnovala Zrani a ptihazovala neco eerstveho, toed za, ni chrochtajici rypak.

"Mal' teZke kadhoty, ani na nohy se nemriZe g postavit; no, no, sadla je na tobe na etyti prsty. . ." Hanka ohmatavala se zalibenim boky \mate.

Kdy..Z rozhodila pied prahem, aby vylakala slepice, hrst krmeni od prasat, slepice zaealy hluene sletat s latadu a kohouti se dali do hlasiteho kokrhani.

Husy zavtene vedle slepic ji ptivitaly kejhanim a sydenim; zahnala prye housery, kteti se pustili do rvaely se slepi2 cemi, a areala zpod mai,ck, sedicich na Druheho dne byla Kvetna nedele.

Jelte dlouho pte.d, vYchodem slunce, a- lanizdecla), vytahovat vajielra a prohlile uz za BoZiho dne, vykrdeila z Boryno- Zet je proti svetlu. vy chalupy Hanka, obleeena jenom do "Co nevidet se zaenou klubat," pornysukne a do jakehosi Adtku, ptesto ge yen- shla si, naslouchajic tichemu, sotva slyku byla. potadna, zima,.

Sitelnemu d'obani ye vajiekach.

Rozbehla se az za za,hradku pied do(PokraCovani) mem na eernavou cestu, zalitou rosou a

sttedu, dne 5. fijna 1955.

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Oba mladici ulehli do fikrytu, stake:: zavtel dvete, shrnul na ne °pet lana a site, lod' pak se houpala dale na vinach ku mestu Galvestonu, ktera se brzy na to v rani mlze objevilo. Statec plul dale kolem mesta, tu a tam odpovidaje na volani jinj•ch rybatti, kteti se jej vyptavali, jak pochodil v Houstonu a kam smetuje s barkou svoji. Koneene obeplul me'sto a namitil kjrl lode sve k vjrchodu, kdeF se v dali Bernal jakjrsi ptedmet. Brzy bylo znati, Fe to jest lod' vo.leona, k niF asi za pul hodiny na g piavec ptirazil. Opatrne vgak zahnal lod'ku svou na druhSr bok kti2a.ku, aby od nekoho se strany Galvestonu pozorovan bjrti nemohl. Pak zavolal na muFstvo, aby mu hodilo lano a Febtik, co y kdy2 se stalo, ptivazal lod' svoji, se gel do mezipalubi a po chvili odvadel sve chranence na lod' valeenou. Nagi uprchlici byli ptedvedeni veliteli, vzati od neho v ochranu a zatim pkideleni k muFstvu lodnimu. Byl jim dan papir, pera a inkoust, aby mohli napsati dopis svjrm milym, ktere2to listy laskavjr stared u sebe uschoval, aby se o jejich dodani postaral. Asi za hodinu na to se zachraneni mladici srdeene rozlouMB se starjrm Polakem, kterjr lod' svou na meleiny pobtetni zahnal, aby se tu rybolovem jako obyeejne zabjrval.

VI. Tjrden vanoeni jest nejkrasnel gi dobou lidskeho Fivota. Co tu tegeni, co tu odekavani na ptichod JeFi gka, hlavne vgak dary jeho. Je to radost ditek a z radosti ditek raduji se take velci. Av gak jen mocni, bohati maji pra y() radovati se z ptichodu spasitele, pro chude a opugtene se dosud nenarodil. S pokrokem civilisace pokraauje tea soucit lidskjr a ten hledi k tomu, aby aspori v dobe vanoeni byla radost maljrch i velkjrch co moFno vgeobecna. Spolky humanni a naboFenske, obce i jednotlivci tu zavodi mezi sebou, aby radost vanoeni byla co mono zevgeobecnena, aby i ti chudi a opu gteni radovati se mohli z pti gtiho spasitele. tim dale svet pokrakuje, tim mene jest tech, kteti by aspon o Vanocich ze Stedreho nadeleni se radovati nemohli. KdyF se spoleenost lidska v normalnim stavu naleza, tu se sna2i kahljr citelnjr elovek radost a blaFenost svou sdileti s jinYmi, mene gt'astnjrmi, merle blaienYmi .11fite vg ak jest, kdyF Men lidstvo uchvati. Pak jsou vgecky vznegenej gi pocity potlaeeny a elovek se meni v dravce, v netvora.

Smutne byly Vanoce ye statech jiFnich roku 1864-65. Zeme zpustogena, zdrave mu2stvo v letech nejkrasnejgich pobito, zmrzadeno, nebo na bojiAti oeekavalo stejnY osud. Tu nebylo slygeti ktest'anskeho prozpevovani: "slava na

(Napsal Josef Bufrata, r. 1897) vjrsosti bohu a na zemi pokoj lidem dobre vole"—nYbrt jen vYktikii bolesti, hnevu a za gti. Kruta valka obeanska zpustogila jih, ale nepokotila. Na miste svatkii radosti, slavili Jihane tehdy svatky nenavisti a pomstychtivosti. Na miste vanoeniho nadeleni milYm svjan, chystal se odpor a zkaza severu. V ge, co obetovano bjrti melo k obAt'astneni jednech, obetovano bylo ku zne gt'astneni druhjrch.

Za easneho jitra dne 23. prosince 1864 vyjel z Houstonu povoz, dvema hubenjrmi koniky taiienja na nema sedely dye Feny a tti ditky. Ve voziku leFela ruzna zavazadla, jeF by kaLljr povaFoval za darky vanoeni. Star gi aena ridi povoz, podle ni sedi asi 14 let chlapec, na druhem sedadle pak sedi Fen gtina mladgi, drFici na kline spiciho asi 3 leteho hoMka, vedle ni pak sedi deveatko asi 10 lete podtimujic. Povoz se zvolna ploug hlubokjrm piskem a konici na pohaneni bide mnoho nedaji. Pani, spfdeni ridici, se obrati na zad a oslovi svoji spolucestujici po anglicku: "Marie, jak jste se rozlotteila s manFelem? Mate to smutnou svatebni cestu.

Kdy se asi spolu zase sejdete?"

"Myslim na nej, mild pani, i na bratra," odvetila tazand. "Musim se yam s neeim svetiti. Oba ho gi jsou nyni snad na irteku a ja nevim, zdal se jim. to podatilo di nic. -Vera jsme uainili ptipravy k jejich uprchnuti od vojska a pakli se vge zdatilo, mohou bjr ti jiff nyni na svobode. Srdce se mi vgak svira pti pomygleni na nezdar jejich Uteku. Kdyby byli polapeni, mohli by bjrti zastteleni pro pokus ten a ja, i s mYm Jeniekem bychom zase osikeli." Po slovech tech vypukla v usedavjr plat.

"Oba jsou tedy na fiteku?" pravila pani. "Ptala bych jim ze srdce, aby se jim to zdatilo. Ale kam prchaji? Snad k nam? Tam by nam bylo asi tell° je 0chraniti, nebot' stihatelove je jiste budou u nas hledati."

"Nikoliv," pravila Marie, "oni prchli po tece a jsou-li zachraneni, pak budou na valeene lodi v ptistavu galvestonskem.

Jsem vgak jista, Fe je slidiei budou hledati u nas. Ti nam daji nevedomky zpra,vu o zdaru jejich podniku. Pakli Jan a Antonin uprchli St'astne, budou je slidial hledati u nas; nedosta.vi-li se vgak slidiel, pak budu tim vice znepokojena, nebot' se budou obavati, Fe se fit& nepodatil a oba Fe padli do rukou

spanku probouzela. Po nejake chvili dolehne k sluchu ujadejicich Fen jakjrsi ppdivnjr hlomoz. Obe se ohlednou a spatti v nevelke vzdalenosti za sebou tlupu jezdcti ozbrojenjrch se smeekou psu. Kleni, hulakani a gtekot psfi dolehal stale ztetelneji k ujiklejicim Fenam, Fe se aF spici chlapeeek na kline probudil a vyjevane ziral na muFe, jiF k samemu vozu pticvalavgi.

"Hale, darny," zatve jezdec v oele se nalezajici, "nevidely jste tudy ubihati jakesi zatracene dva zbabelce? 1)Va. z tech eertovjrch Nemeourii uplachli od vojska, ale at' jsem zatracen, pakli je Five, nebo mctve nedostanu zpet. Takovjr zbabelY, zatracenjr Nemeour vrezaslouFi, aby byl ponecha na FivtaiNAdyg nechce bojovati za tuto zem svobody -a volnosti."

"Ah, tot' pani Taylorova," zvold, jinjr z tlupy. "K yam, panieko, se prave-Feneme pro ony diva uprchliky, nebot' jak nam bylo oznameno, jsou ti ptaekove od vas a bezpochyby tam zase leti. V gak mel vas pan mantel na, male, Fe do to kage take smichan nebyl. Veera, obema tern chlaprim vymohl dovolenn na celjr den); ti se veeer site vratili, ale v noci hned uprchli a site jen v noenim obleku, nechavge vge vojenske na sNem miSte. - Tu bylo na biledni, Fe tak nazi neutekli, njrbra Fe jim nekdo pti tom pomahal a zajim oblek, nell dokonce take kone. Prirozene prvni podezfeni padlb na pana Taylora, avak ten dokazal ninoha svedky, Fe se celou noc nalezal v dome kapitana Huntera, kdeF asi i vy jste byla, tak Fe ve gkere podezteni s nkho bylo drat°. Prot° v gak, mate-1i nejakou dornnenku, kam se ti psi synove °bra.till, povezte name to, abyste upine podezteni se sebe a domu va.geho sriala. My mime rozkaz patrati po nich ye vagem okoli a jestliFe tam nejsou dnes, ptijdou tam zajiste 'lady pozdeji a at' jsem zatracen, pakli je nedostaneme."

"Panove," odvetila pani Taylorova, "ja byla, sorx a yeera s obema mladik.y a ani tugeni jsem nemela o tom), Fe by chteli uprchnouti. Bezpochyby ani oni sami na fitek nemysleli a pakliFe uprchli piece, museli k tomu dostati zvlagtni ptileFitost. Nemyslim ani, Fe by byli tak zpozdili a beFeli rovnou cestou domu. KdyF tak nahle zmizeli, spige pouFili vody k fiteku, pteplavili se po zalivu nekam jinam a domil nepiljdou, aby van) i-rebehli do rukou."

"To pani ma pravdu," prohodil zase i i gech eertu se budeme-njrezdc."Myuv Co takto Feny spolu rozmlouvaly, do- za) nimi honiti zde a oni zatim kdesi v stal se povoz na cestu pevnej gi, kdeF ko- pekie horoucim se nam prohaneji za ne rychleji ubihati mohli. Zatim se po- dy" ,a1Q 410 rozednivati a eela ptiroda se ze (Pokradovari)

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Tillprav se ty!"

4„ ) Chlubil se pan Vows nOvsrevnikrt: "Jo, pane, tohle je opravdu v/Aen„ tisk!"

"Jak to, v'z',dyt' je to docela obyeejna kniha!" ) • •. 0 ( Dourniouval soudce obZalovanemu: "oloyeee, jak jste rnohl jen ten kabat kradnout? Sam jste se privedl do nekesti, rodiee jste zarmoutil, dobreanu jmenu hanbu jste udelal. . .!"

"No, pane rado, a k tomu vkmu mne ten kabat byl malt'!" ) •( Jenom ten se ma dobie na zemi, kteremu prosttedky dovoluji, aby byl hloupSim.

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Frank M Mikeska jeni zesnul po kratke nemoci v pondeli veCer v 9:15 v ',hitter, Texas, 12. za •i 1955 a uloien byl do. tuna zeme to Cesko Mora yskych Bratrft pri kostele, za velke fteasti lidu. Pr•jeme si pedekovati v gem darciim kv tin jakoi i kdol nageho. draheho na postedni ceste doprovodili a poctou prokazali. Na ge viele diky br. Rev. Gordon Hejt za jeho krasnY prosolv a zpevaltfinct za. krasne pisne, nosiam rakve a v gem kte •i ho na posledni odpoeinek doprovodili.

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"Ja vim, priteli, ja vim.... Chtel jsem Pan Novak starostlive svraail Belo a se jenom zeptat, jestli jsem to spravne. prohodil: "No tak jo, ale at' to neni nitu me doma!" kdo Masi maryaove party," Pan Vopieka zael si zas jednou na malt' flarneCek. Ve tri hodiny rano se vracel k domovu a probudil domovnika: "Prominte, prosirn vas, pan Vopieka.?"

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