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NAVRH PRAVIDE SED11E110 DISTRIKTU RAVE PftED DVEMA LETY, P kdyi se konala schfize sedmeho distriktu 18. fijna. 1953 v Hobson, pronesen byl tenkrat navrh, aby naii hlavni iltednici byli pokadani vypracovani nejakYch pravidel pro vSechny distrikty. Bylo poukazano, ze domaci tady maji sva pravidla a take ye stanovach jsou elanky, ktere naznaduji praci v mi,stnich fadech, ale ze distrikty nemaji zadne pokyny.

Uplynuly dva raky. Byla vela fada distriktnich schfizi, kde kaidY distrikt si to zatidil dle sveho, bez pravidel. Ale eleni v sedmem distriktu piece chteli nejaka pravidla. Take si je vypracovali a ve schuzi, ktera, se konala 16. fijna 1955 v San Antoniu, si pravidla pfedetli. Nebyly dosud ptijate, pratole schazel tuiim jeden fad, aby bylo dvouttetinove zastoupeni. Proto navrieno, aby pravidla sedmeho distriktu byly otiiteny ye Vestniku, aby si je eleni onoho distriktu mohli ye volnem 'ease prostudovat.

Myslim, ze take eleni v jinYch distriktech vdeene si je prohlidnou a, pkipadne vezmou si je za vzor.

Pravidla maji sedmnact odstavcfi, a sice:

triktu jimeno a adresu zvoleneho zastupce i nahradnika.

5.Cestovni vYlohy (pouze milovne, nikoliv odmena za eas) budou vyplaceny z pokladny distriktu pouze tady povelenYm zastupctm Jinak naviteva neni omezena, naopak vtele vein doporueena. Addy mohou uspotadati hromadne yYpravy, veikere vYlohy musi si viak ueastnici hraditi ze sveho.

6. Distrikt zvoli si na dobu jednoho roku svoje utedniky, a to: ptedsedu, mistoptedsedu, tajemnika, poldulnika, vedouci neb vedouciho mladde a organisatora.. Dle potteby ustanovi ten rfizne vYbory.

7. Utednici distriktu jsou opravneni na cestovni vYlohy (pouze milovne, nikoliv za eas) a za svoji praci dostanou odmenu, na ja,ke se usnesou zastupci fadu.

8. Ve sve posledni schuzi pied sjezdem. zvoli distrikt sveho feditele a nahradiiika, ktcti budou dodateene schvaleni ve sjezdu.

9. Schfize konaji se dvakrate do roka. Misto a datum konani schitze dle usneseni zastupcu fidA, die moinosti pa ptedchozi dohode s Hlavni fitadovnou, oznami tajemnik distriktu ve Vestniku nejpozdeji 6 tYdnil pted konanim schuze.

10. Vedouci mladeie za pomoci potadajiciho vYboru ptipravi. zabavnY a poudnY program., kterY yeas aznami ye Vestniku.

11. Potadajici vYbor pozfistava ze elenii zabavniho a planovaciho vYboru dome.cich 'tan za pomoci distriktnieh vedoucich mladeie, za spoluudinkovani vSech

1. Diskrikt sedmy pozfistava. z 18 fan a 11 okresil zapsanych v protokolni knize.

2. KaidY fad ye sve vYroeni schfizi zvoli si na dobu jednoho roku zastupce a nahradnika do poradnich schfizi sveho distriktu. Zastoupeni podobne sjezdove'mu, t. j. hiasy jsou eitany dle poetu elenstva v oddeleni dospelYch. 12. Kaide dulezite usneseni ye schfl3. Navitevnici poradnich schuzi maji zich budii protokolcvano a uvefejneno pravo jednaci, ne v'Sak pravo hlasovaci Ve Vestniku. Pkipadne apely, iadosti neb a navrhovaci. stiinosti zailou se v opise tajemnikovi 4. Tajemnik fadu ihned po provede- Hlavni iikadovny. nYch volbach oznam.i tajemnikovi dis13. P,ad, kterY by se nepodilel na

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lecne praci a nebyl zastoupen ve schilzich distriktu, bude poiadan, tajemnikem distriktu o naleiite vysveljeni. Bude-li tkeba, vyietti k tomu pogkenY ribor pkieinu na miste, aby mohlo bYti navazano spojeni za ffeelem dani Uspeine spoluprace.

14. Zastupci jednotlivYch kadil podaji zpravu o einnosti vlastniho kadu za• uplynulkch poslednich test mesicii.

15. Dvakrate do roka bude uspokadana, akola neb nicvieenY kurs celodenni pro organisatory,. pro vedouci mladeie pod vedenim statniho organisatora a vedouciho pro odbor mladeie.

16. Financovani. Ai do daliiho rozhodnuti budou vegkere vYclaje distriktu hrazeny z odvadenYch poplatku fade, t. j.

10 centil. za elena.

17. Jednaci pokadek: a) Zahajeni schfize. b) Slib vernosti vlajce SpojenYch c) 6teni jmen d) Oteni jmen, zastupcfi MO a vYznaanYch hosti. e) Oteni protokolu z posledni schfize distriktu. f) 6teni doSlYch (ptipadne i odeslanYch) dopisfi a uetii. g) Zpravy Atednikil a vYborti. h) Nedokoneene neb odloiene jednani. i) Volne navrhy. j) Ptedvedeni zabavneho prograrnu. k) Ukoneeni neb odrodeni schilze.

Take tteti distrikt pracuje na pravidlech k fizeni distriktil. Bylo oz.nanieno z tketiho distriktu, ze jmenovan byl k tomu petielennY vYbor: bratti Pokladnik, Steiner a Popp, a sestry Wilma Nesudova a Dolphie Hrabinova. VYbor mel schazi v Ennis druhou nedeli v tij nu.

Bylo by dobre, aby take jinde prostudovali tyto a dalSi. pokyny. SpoleenYm ftsilim mohla by se vypracovati pravidla pro vgechny distrikty.

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Dcvolte mi, sestry a bratil, abych se dnes rozepsal o vecech, ktere jste ✓kchni hodne zvedavi. Peipravujeme se ke sjezdu, a proto kaZdY z vas nedoeka y e saha po Vestniku, aby z neho vyeetl, Co kde je noveho nebo co kde se planuje. Mohu fici, ze na vkch stranach ukazuje se ricsmirny zajem o zlepgeni naS'eho ;;pollcovello z/vota. PiSete mi o syYcli -,polko yYch. 7,alelitostech v sou kromYch clopisecli. Mate se mne, kdy:24 ptijdu mezi yes, iaka nalada je pro fitulnu, pro nemocenskou podporu, nebo pro to onu mykenku. Chcete, abych vam povedel pravdu, aby to bylo od srdce k srdci, otevrene, bez obalu.

RozepiSi se o teehto zaleiitostech, jak jsem je v poslednich nelcolika tYdnecia pozoroval, jak jsem je z vakch souicromYch dopisu vycitil nebo ye vaSich rozlaoyorech vyslechl. Bode to souhrn va,Sich mykenek. Sbiram to mezi vami po troakach. Dnes to dam clohromady. Nejsou to me nahledy, ale vase, to co jste mi saint rekli nebo napsali. Mnohdy se mi sverite s ledaeim, co y byste neeekli nikomu jinemu. Vaziin si to dtivery, kdyZ mluvite se mnou jako bratr s bratrem.

Po‘zosuji, ze je na v gech stranach nilada pro zmenu a zlep geni. Nekteei z vas to mate vyplanovano tak, jini zase to chcete mit docela jinak. Bude teeba, abyste si navzajem dobee rozumeli.

Nekteri z yes chcete rozkrit hlavni vedeni na vice firednikt v usteedi. Na druhe strane nekteti z vas chcete zas omezit hlavni vedeni tak, aby v Ustredi bylo "Irene necdnikil. Jsou mezi varni dokonce nekteri, kdo chteji zarnenit nektere veclouci. Dovolte mi, abych probral a porovnal vase argumenty. Nebudu peidavat me ze sveho. Jenom rozdelim to, co isle mne •ekli nebo napsali, na tri hromadky. Vyberte si z nick die sveho presvedeeni nebo Kaideho upiimneho elena SPJST to musi jiste potoSit, ze je dnes vice zajmu o spolkove veci neZ kdy predtim. Delve se debatovalo o zalelitostech Jednoty a o pottebnYch zmenach jen ve schilzich nekterYch mistnich. radii. Drive predsjezdove planovani bylo onYeejne omezeno na jednu nebo d ye polotajne sclatze, jak o torn psal bratr Hugo Schefeak. Byly to jednak schtize tech, kteri iidili,nasi Jednotu anebo tech, kdo byli jejich oposieinky. Dnes nepotrebuje ani jedna, ani druha strana, Zadne polotajne schtze. schtze distriktni, kde se mohou probrat verejne nahledy protichfidne. V distriktnich, schilzich milZete vase nazo-

stfeclo, Ono 26, i'ljna 1955 ry prednesti, vase mySlenky objasniti a take argumenty proti oho vyslechnouti. nekteii z vas chcete viJak jsem ee .brednkb. , chcete nil civa mistopeedse, jedenbyl v kance!ari nstredi stady,•aby le, pomahal predseclovi, a druhY aby , byl do reservy. Dale nekteri chcete, aby kaZdy Urednik Inel pomocnika, asi v torn smyslu jako mistopredseda byl by einnym pomocnikem hlavnimu preclsedovi.

Tedy chteli byste yyportiocneho tajemnika, , yypomocneho pokiadnika, yYpomocneho tjeetniho, yYpornocneho pravniho radce, a snad dokonce i vypomocneChcete, aby redaktor byl ho -brednikem, mei take jednaci a hlasovaci pravo jako kdokoliv jinY. To vsechno chcete proto, aby grace v UWedi byla vykonavana, rychle, svedomite, a aby v budoucnosti pomocnici mobil bYt4lpovYL'-;eni na uprazdnena.mista.

Jini z vas mate docela opailnY Rikate, ze lepk by bylo, kdyZ meli bychcm mere general-a a vice vojakri. To jsou vase slova, ne ma. Nekteei z vas jdete tab daleko, Ze si prejete rnit v stredi jen tri vykonne Oi .edniky: predsedu, mistopredscdu a tajemnika-pokladnika. Poukazujete, ze kdx,Z to pracuje u jinych bratrskYch organisaci, mohlo by to pracovat te.Z u nak 8PJST. Jste toho nahledy, ze tei hlavni Orednici by staeili a Ze vSeciany dalk yYpornocne sily by byly vybirany die kvalifikaci. Chcete to mit die zpilsolau americkYch obchodnich korporaci, aby aktuar, prawnik, fleet* vrchni lekar, statni organisator a redaktor byli zjednani na zaklade svYch odbornYch schopnosti a ne die jejich popularity mezi delegaty. Myslite si, ze byste mohli zvYkt plat techto vYkonnych Uredniktit a take lepe odmenit naS : e reditele za jejich snahy.

Mate mezi sebou je gte skupinu elenn. Nevim, jak bych vds nazval, abych y am dal ,spravne jmeno, kLerYm bych vas neponilidl a neurazil. Chcete velike zrneny. Chcete zamenit nektere nredniby a reditele. Chcete dosadit eleny pry se S'irS'imi rozhledy, lepSirn §kolenun a bohatSimt obchodnimi zkusenostml. jste tehoZ sn4Sleni jako anen elm, ltterY pred 'easem napominal, abychom vedoucim "obcas nejakou to .kytieku poptali," ale kterY zmenil a nodal/no pniznal, ze "ten eas prises, aby mohl poukazat na bolesti." Mate pray° menit sy e nahledy a take menit sve vedouci. Ale napada mne, chcete-li menit, ze byste mobil zaeit primo se nmou.

Jsemi mezi dneSnimi vedo-ucimi ye spolkove brae' ylejderSt radu let, jsem tam dole nez druzi, tedy mne byste men. vymenit nejdriy e. Piece potrebujete, aby nekdo jinY prines1 do Vestniku mlade, zdrave, originalni, tvorive nahledy.

Ve sttedu, dne 26. tijna 1955. zumejte mi, nepoctavam resignaci, jak si toho moji neptatele jit davno Uznavam vtak, to jsou lepti pismaci, Tide bohattich mytlenek, kteti deseti slovy teknou vice net bych dovedi v dlouhem odstavci.

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3 ni nemocenskeho a rirazoveho pojigteni; (2) zafizeni frtulny; (3) nominaci teditele a nahradnika v distriktni schrizi; (4) snaeni po'etu delegatii; (5) letni tabotitte; (5) museum v budove SPJST. Jsou jette jine spoleene navrhy, ale nebyly dosud formulovany a eekaji na lepti prozkoumani.

elenri v sedmem distriktu, byly navrhy rozmnol'eny na stroji a poslany tajemnikrim vtech facia v sedmem distriktu.

Byly to veci, o kterych se jit dlouho rnIuvilo, ale 'nit se pro jejich uskuteeneni nedelalo. SedmY distrikt to rozeslal 18 tadfun, aby eleni domacich tada si o Mohu rici, ze mezi eleny je dnes vice techto bodech pohovotili a tekli sve "anet kdy piedtim nalada nebo touha pro- no" nebo "ne". \t esti zmeny a opravy. Nejste vtak mezi Predchazejici odstavce jsou vase sebou sjednoceni a dohodnuti. Mnozi Jake to byly body a jak to dopadlo? dy, souhrn vateho planovani. Posbiral zmenu chcete, ale nevite, jakou zmenu Bod prvni byl pro zlepteni a upraveni jsem to mezi vami a dal dohromady. Nebyste schvalili. Lee vtechny ty mlhave nemocenskeho a firazoveho pojitteni. mate nic hotoveho. Musite sve plant' opojmy a pfedstavy se pomalu ,vyjasni. Devadesat procent hlasujicich elenfl v pilovat a uhiadit. Ale jste na spravne Tti distrikty—tteti, patY a sednry—zvoli- sedmem distriktu to schvalilo. Bod dru- ceste. Jestli nektere z techto veci se uly si jit stanovni vYbory, kterym svefe- hy byl o ztizeni musea a jmenovani tti- skuteeni, bude to pro dobro nati Jednoty. na povinnost prostudovati stanovy od za- dlenneho vyboru na tuto vec. Take ten- A kdy" u2 jste tak daleko, ptidam k toeatku at do konce a vypracovati nejake to bod byl schvalen. A tak to glo bod za mu neco ze sveho. Udelara zavereonou opravy pro celostatni stanovni vYbor. bodem: Utulna, dejiny, SPJST einnost v poznamku. Nebudu y am radit, ale zeJak bylo jit oznameno y e Vestniku, sta- distriktech, vybor pro spolupraci mezi ptam se otazku: Ma vtechno it° pianonovni vYbor v sedmem distriktu je se distrikty, volba teditele v distriktu, usta- vani nkjaky vyznam? Ano, ma 'to ohromsvou praci hotov a jeho navrhy budou noveni nekoho pro vedeni hauti mlacle- nY vYznam..Jsou to zmeny, ktere budou bezpochyby brzy uvetejneny ve Vestni- te pro celou Jednotu, frieva pro stare mit vliv na jednani y e sjezdu. A bude to ku. VYbory v tietim a patem . distriktu eleny, pravidelne zpravy o naborove mit take vliv na vYber budoucich frtedrovnet konaly sve poradni schrize a po- nosti, a lepti reklama pro SPJST. Vtech nikri, kteti budou na sjezdu zvoleni, aby daji v kratkosti sve navrhy. Vteobecnk techto jedenact bodil bylo hlasujicimi tyto zmeny dale provadeli—nemocenske zdjem se stupriuje, takte do vYroeni dleny schvaleno pfevalnou vettinou, jak pojitteni, Utulna„ lepti prase v distrikschrize nebo do konce prosince bu- to oznamuje tajemnik sedmeho distriktu, tech, tabotitte, statni organisdtor, hnuti de hodne vice znamo, jake zmeny se vs bratr Jacob Shortner. mladete, museum. torn nebo onom distriktu planuji.

Podobnou naladu na opravy a zlep geA pfidain k tomu je g teneco, od srdce Mame dosud nektere kleny, snad tei ni je pozorovati ter v jinYch distriktech. k srdci, tak jak to mate radi. Tyto veci nektere na g e vedouci, ktefi nevidi tddnY Ve schrizi pateho distriktu bylo ptedlo- si musite probrat a upravit sami. Nespoprospech v torn, to mame distrikty a dis- teno deset bodk z nicht devet bylo, lehejte ani na mne, ani na nate vedouci. triktni sehrize. Lee uvatujeme, kolik roz- schvaleno a jeden vraceny vyboru k Nati fitednici a teditele—s eestnou rnanitYch 'rallied)). se v techto schrizich leptimu prostudovani. Stoji za povtimnu- jimkou keditelft Holaska a 8krabanka — vymeni. Je pravda, to muoha vec je ne- ti, to distrikt patY a distrikt sedmY ma- do vateho planovarff nijak nezasahuji. V prakticka, mnohy nahled je neuskuted- il stejne zajmy. V distriktu sedmem te- ka g cle distriktni schuzi jsou ptitomni nitelnY, ale piece je zde videt spolupra- kli eleni napied: Jsme pro zlepteni a 'poste z ustfedny, ale vtechno to -irate deci. Nikdy ptedtim .nemeli eleni a zastupci upraveni nemocenskeho a Mazoveho po- batovani a hlasovani se po schilzi necha nekolika sousednich tadri takovou ji g teni. V distriktu patem byl to bod stranou. 0 vatich planech se ye schrizi letitost sejit se a vymenit sve nazory. desatY a posledni: Doporueujeme, aby hlavniho telesa neuvatuje. A tfeba se na Dnes je distrikt sloudeni vice facia v je- zavedeno bylo v Jednote 'nemocenske a vtech stranach ukazuje velikk zajem o den vetti celek. Dnes deset nebo patnact Arazove poji g teni na pevnej g im zaklade veci, ktere by nati Jednote prospely, tadtadil planuje neco pro budoucnost, a nee bylo dkive. Slova nejsou stejna, ale ne navrhy z distriktil se y e schrizi vrchkdyt nekterY jednotlivY Glen nebo tad my glenka je tats". Ani oeislovani na- niho telesa neprobiraji. Poznate to z ptijde a nejakou mytlenkou, probere ji vrhil neni stejne, ale opravy jsou takiita protokolu a ze spra y iftednikil. drikladne, nebo jak kdosi trefne tekl, stejne. Distrikt sedmk piijal: NavrhujeBudoucnost Jednoty se dnes buduje "propere se to v troji vode net to ptijde nne teditele a nahradnika v pona sjezd." Nate distrikty budou mit y e- sledni schuzi distriktu pied sjezdem de- vyhradne v distriktnich schazich. PHlikk y Yznam. I na sjezdu, pri volbe rut- legaty, zvolenYmi ye y krooni schfizi faclu. g tiho roku se sejdou delegati. Oni urovnYch vybork bude se jiste poeitat a kat- Distrikt patY odhlasoval: Doporueujeme, naji vase plany, na kterYch jste pracoclYin distriktera i aby vtechny distrikty aby distrikty volily sveho teditele a na- vali v distriktech. Oni naznadi, jakYmi byly na vYborech zastoupeny. To vtech- hradnika v posledni schfizi pied sjez- kroky pfijdete. Oni vyberou ptitti vedouci, aby provadeli dalti praci dle naznano jsou zmeny a novoty, ktere ukazuji dem. eenYch plank Ovtern povzbudilo by to spolupraci a porozumeni. tetli jste zprivu z tietiho distriktu, vtechny aleny, kdyby z risttedi ptitly poBeknete, to pied kaidYm sjezdem byl ktera uverejnena byla ve Vestniku 12. kyny. Ale kdyt neptichazeji, musite navet g i zajera a ptichazely rozmanite na- tijna. Nebyl jsem v one schrizi. Byl jsem dale pracovat v distriktech. Ceti jsem ye vrhy. MVO to bylo bud' od jednotliv- to nedeli v Kanade. Ale vyrozumivam, Vestniku--take ho nekdy etu znovu—te cil nebo od nekolika malo facia. Dnes se to ve schuzi ttetiho distriktu byly pro- ve schrizi druheho distriktu budou podabirany navrhy, ktere podal patY distrikt. ny od naaich vedoucich ureite informao techto zmenach napked hlasuje u pak se probiraji v distriktnich schrizich. V zapiscich vidim, to debatovalo se o ce o fitulne. Jestli se tak stalo, napitte nich pied obedem a znovu po obecle, o tom. Oleni v jinYch distriktech si to Zaletitosti spoleene jsou ptedloteny bylo vtech deset bodfl ptijato. Vet dis- radi pteetou. A eleni radi piijmou od nanrim vtech tadri v distriktu. Tak ku kladu sedink distrikt projednaval ye trikt ptijal ter nektere body propagova- g ich vedoucich ureite informace o taschtrzi na jate rrizne body. Vtechny se ne Wive v distriktu sedmem. Tedy sou- bofigti, a nemocenskem pojitteni, o orgatYkaly tivota v nati SPJST. Bylo tech hrn toho je, 'te eleni v distriktu ttetim, nisaer.1 praci, o jinYch spoleenych salbodii jedenact. Aby se poznalo smktleni -Mem a sedmiern schvalili: (1) zavede- mech.

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ZPitAlTY A e LciA. :7 ASY DIS 71"IniTiJ ZE SEDMEHO DISTRIKTU SPJST. Karnes City, Texas.

Schtize 7. distriktu byla konana dne 16. kijna 1955 u radu San Antonio eislo 133 v Mission County Park v San Antonio, Texas.

Schtizi zahajil predseda 7. distriktu. brats Emil Mieulka asi v 10:30 rano. Phvital vgechny 'deny a nav gtevniky. Pak byla vzdana Best na gi americke vlajce a zpivana piseri "America" anglicky a "Kde domov linty oesky.

Pak byly eteny jmena nrednikti a zah: vniho vYboru. Vg ichni byli pritomni, jen mistopredseda, bratr Roy HranickY po,lal omluvu, Ze jemu neni moZno se do 1(", sehaze dostavit; a ze zabavniho vyboru sestra Hranicka a sestra Veroda.

Pak byly volany eisla nagich Hth. a 13 radii bylo zastoupeno. Pak byli predstaveni nav gtevnici. Z Hlavni firadovny se dostavili bratri J. F. Chupick, tajemnik, a Josef Koliha, pokladnik z Temple a bratr redaktor Vestniku, Stepan Valeik a jeho manZelka, a bratr Charlie Cerny od radu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88. A jests bylo vice navgtevnikt, ktere se mi nepodarn° zapsat.

Pak tajemnik Jacob Shortner Ceti protokol z posledni schtize, kterY byl prijat jak eten a predsedou podepsan. Pak tajemnik 'Ceti o hlasovani radii o jeclenacti bodech, co kaZdemu radu na g emu poslal bratr Jaroslav Kleprlik. Vet gina hlasti od radtt byla odevzdana pro ty body, jen pdr hlasti na nekterY bod bylo proti. Nektere body byly ponechany k dal gi debate.

Pak reditel distriktu, bratr Karel Holasek. podekoval bratru a sestre Henry MareakovYm za dovoleni miti schuzi stanovniho vYboru v jejich domove dne 2. rijna 1955, a za velke pohosteni. Pak pokladnik bratr Jaroslav Rektorik podal fi naneni zpravu na gi pokladny 7. distriktu, a bylo to prijato jak bylo eteno.

Asi ye 12 hodin v poledne nas volaly k obedu a musim napsat, Ze nam sestry a bratri v San Antonio pripravili oeskomora yskY obecl, velice chutne klobase a v c,..echno jine, co k tomu patri. Dekujeme scstram a brattim v San Antonio za tu velkou praci, kterou s tim mein Po obecle zabavni vYbor mel pripraven mengi program a velice pekne deveatka nam krasne zazpivala nekolik pisnieek, pak jsme pokraeovali dale ye schrizi. Pak bratri J. F. Chupick, Josef Koliha, S. Valelk. Karel Holasek, Charlie Cerny, Tom Novak, John Staga a jegte nekolik vice bratri proraluvili kretce o zalelitostech radovYch, distriktnich a o eels Jednote.

Vgichni promluvili velice prilehave.

Pak byl predstaven jeden zakladajici elen nagi Jednoty a to bratr J. J. Marek, kterY teZ mei krat gi proslov a pravil, je 86 rokii mla,dY. Vzdana jemu test povstanim.

Muslin napsat, ze net stanovni vYbor 7. distriktu si dal velikou praci a probral nage stanovy chikladne, od prvniho clanku do nosledniho a tajemnik toho vY born. Jaroslay Kleprlik, nam 'Ceti co doporueeni, by se nee() zmenilo a noveho zaridilo v na gi Jednote. Nebylo ZadnYch namitek proti a tak to bylo piijato, jak bylo &ten°. Bratr Jaroslav Kleprlik to ma vgechno vypsat a poslat na tajemnika sjezdoveho stanovniho vYboru a aby to bylo vge predneseno v pri gtim sjezdu delegeturn k projednani.

Dekujeme velice na gemu stanovnimu vYboru 7. distriktu za jejich velkou praci, kterou s tim moll.

Pak byl dan navrh a podporovan, aby prigti nage distriktni schtize byla konana v Jourdanton, a bratr Tom Ventreek od radu Vesel y Osada cislo 147 pravil, Ze oni tu prigti schtizi prijmou, a schtize prigti ma bYti konana treti nedeli v mesici dub nu 1956. Predseda Hlavni firadovny, br.

Ed. Marek nam ma oznamit, zdali ona nedele v mesici dubnu 1956, bude volna na tu na gi schtizi, aby zase nebyly dye distriktni schtze na ten samY den. Bratr Tom Ventreek pravil, ze treti nedele v mesici dubnu 1956 by byla vYhodna pro tu schuzi u nich v Jourdanton.

Pak predseda 7. distriktu podekoval se strain a bratrum v San Antonio za chutIV ()bed a vg echnu praci, kterou s tin; meli, a predseda radii San Antonio eisio 133, bratr S. C. Bundil teZ podekoval vgem pritomnYm za tak velkou nav gtevu u jejich radu.

Vgichni organisatori V na g em distriktu jsou Zaciani by, pokud jest to moZno, phvedli nove eekatele do 'Leto schtize, kde budou uvedeni do Jednoty bratrem predsedou Hlavni idadovny. Kteri se nebudou moci dostavit, prineste jejich certifikaty.

Doufam a pral bych si, aby v teto schuzi byl zastoupen kaZdY rad z na geho distriktu a aby se oZivil zajem o budoucnost nag i Jednoty. Tim povzbudime tu na gi omladinu, by se zneastnila a zapracovala do spolkoveho Zivota.

Nezapomeute na nedeli 6. listopadu se • stOprocentne dostavit do Tinton, Texas.

Vag James HradeckY, distriktni tajemnik. ) PROSLOV RIlATRA HLEPRLIKA

v distriktni sclyazi 16. fijna v San Antonio Jsem gt'asten, Ze mohu dnes promluviti k zdstupctim nekolika iadu velike bratrske organisace SPJST, jejiZ zasluZna prate, dik nekterym na gim vynikajicim vadelm jedincUma je znama nejenom po rozsahlem Texasu,' po d,elYcla velikYch SpoienYch statech, ale i v daleke cizine.

Nagim heslem jsou tri slova: Podpora, Lidskost, Bratrstvi. Je to site kratkY re fez, zato v gak pevriV a velikeho yYznanni.

A ja jsem jist, Ze nestalo se pouze nahodou, Ze prtive slovo Lidskost je uprostred tohoto hesla. Povaha kaZdeho z techto tri elankti retezu jest vice net prakticka a bude vhly hide, hlasati pravY yYzna.m a nee]. na gi Jednoty. Lidskost, prave tak jako Bratrstvi, jsou nemyslitelny bez las-; ky k bliZnimu, ktera nemtiZe bYti chapana pouze jako nee° idealniho", ktera vg ak znamena vtelene pratelstvi, ktera neni pteludem, ale skuteenou pravdou; leska, ktera starosti promenuje v radost, Pak jsme si v gichni spoleene zazpivali bolesti v rozko g, ztratu v zisk. laska, kte"Hej Slovane" a schttze byla ukoncena ra znamena bratrskou pomoc v gech potrebnYch bratti a sester. asi ve 4 hodiny po poledni.

Musim jegte napsat, Ze to schtize byla Bratrske organisace podobne na gi byly velice zdarila a zajimava, v krasnem mi- zavedeny -Lerner v kaZde zemi na svete a ste a to v Mission Gouty Park v San An- jejicb, vedeni bylo svereno ochotnYm dotonio, Texas. Pooasi bylo velice krasne. brYna pracovnikUrn -Leiner v gech povolani, Tak prigti na ge distriktni schtze ma bYti lidem schopnYm podriditi se pine vyteekonana treti nedeli v mesici dubnu 1956. nYin zasadam a pracovati pro dobro a to u Mehl Vesela Osada eislo 147 v vgech bez ohledu na svoje osobni ja. V Jourdanton, Texas. nagich schilzich "name povzbuzovati pre.Koneim s bratrskS7m pozdravem na telstvi a bratrskou lasku, mime mit solivgechny. cit s na gimi nemocnYmi neb negtestim Jacob Shortner, postiZennii bratry a sestrami a bYti vkly tajemnik 7. distriktu SPJST. napomocni wide tam, kde toho je tPeba.

• 4.„' Kdo se strani na gich schtizi, kdo se dobrovolne nepodrizuje tomu krasnemu lidDISTRIKT SESTt skemu poslani, ktere si na ge Jednota BaPh sestavovani jednani a programu la v heslo, neni bratrem neb sestrou v pro nag i distriktni schuzi jsme vynechali pravem slova smyslu a do jiste miry neni slavnostni prijimani novYch elenti do no- ani pravYm elovekem. Duch prave harmonic a dobre vole musi zviteziti, aby se ti Jednoty.

Ve stredu, dne 26. kijna 1955. nage dilo podarilo. Klenotem lidske spoleenosti je radost, a pouzdro, ktere ji chova je dobra jeji forma. Prave tak klenotem praveho bratrstvi je laska a pouzdro, ktere ji chova je na ge srdce. A tak jako radost se zmnohonasobi neasti druhYch, tak v gechny nesnaze lidske se lepe sna gi rczdelenim spoleeneho brime.

A v torn je ten hlubok' smysl nageho hesla Podpora, Lidskost a Bratrstvi.

Vgichni si jiste vaZime spoleeenskYch vztahn, ktere u na gich radii jsou pestovany, snahy po zvY geni souladu a bratrske lasky mezi vgemi eleny, vYchovy jedk eestnemu jednani, moZnosti a glechetnYm einfun a vgeho, co smeruje nas lepsimi v kaZdem ohledu k nagemu Zivotti. Ve snaze, aby v gechny tyto krasne zasady byly co nejvice roz gireny a nage uglechtile skutky ve gly ve vgeobecnou znamost, jest na gi povinnosti neustale pracovati. Cokoliv kdo maze ueiniti dObreho ye prospech sveho radu neb cele Jednoty, nepointiZe to pouze nam vgem, ale hlavne na gim detem, tern, ktere nam musi b'ti draZgi nee Zivot sam. Dal jsou pravYm .polehnanim lidske spoleenosti a celeho sveta vubec, prina gejici Utechu spravne a &eine ztraveneho Zivota. PriloZte proto vaichni ruku k dilu, nikdo se nevyhYbejte, vhlyt' prate, myslim dobra price, konana, s nad genim a laskou, jest nejvetgim lidskYm polehnanim, nejvetgi tajemstvi a sila radostneho spokojeneho Zivota a pevnY zallad lidske povahy. Nestaei pouze vytknouti si heslo, nYbrZ nase dobre itmysly uvesti v Cinnost.

Tolik asi chtel bych rici fivodem, abych vytYeil dillelitost na geho poslani a vYznam price v naai Jednote. Ale nejenom na spolupraci nas v gech spoeiva gt'astna budoucnost naai SPJST, nYbrZ na dobrem jejim vedeni. A tu mam na mysli nejenom vedeni radii a distriktu, ale predevgim naai Hlavni uradovny, odkud bYti vge rizeno, kde je stredisko v geho tYkajici se Zivota na gi Jednoty. 2e tam maji bYti ti nejlep gi z nejlepgich, je samozrejme a nejvY g 'Zadouci. My mare ye stanovach mimo povinnosti jednotlivYch Urednikti take vyteeno neco o torn, kdo mute bYti zvolen a pod. Price v gech je velika a zodpovedna., na jejiZ hodnote a koneenem vYsledku zavisi dal gi budoucnost naai Jednoty. Proto je nesporne nutne, aby tarn byli vZdy Tide prvotridni, s patrienYm vzdelanim a dobrYm rozhledem, na ktere se muZeme pine spolehnouti.

Na druhe strane v gak, chceme-li, aby konali sverene jinn prate svedomite a poctive, pak musime se za jejich namahu naleZlte honorovati. A tu prichazim k bodu, kterY bude ye smyslu stanov regen v prigtim naaem sjezdu, o eenIZ bych rad rekl nekolik slov. Je v geobecnou zasadou dobre veden'ch obchodnich podniku, ze s

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etrana 8 dulezitosti zastavaneho mista se odmena Olanek. 45: Financovani fitulny, taboza praci zvy guje. Neni tu placena pouze hgte a nemocenskeho fondu. prate, ale je to dijlelite zaji gteni podniClanek 64: 26.driST tiskovY vYbor. ku v torn smyslu, ae za ZadnYch predpoClanek 66: Redaktor a jeho povinosti kladft lze oeekavati nejvy ggi moan vY7 upravit dO zkraceneho zneni. kon, ponevadZ firednik nalelite placenY Clanek 77: Prijimani novYch Menu venuje veg kery svitj eas praci, jeho mysl zlepgiti, aby vyhovovaly pravidla dne g je klidna, jeliko2 je zbaven starosti o do-nimpo erilm. stateene zabezpeeeni rodiny a celkovou Clanek 133 a 134: Prepracovani elankft: finaneni rovnovahu. o spoleeenskYch elenech.

Jsem toho nazoru, ze odnaena nagim Krome toho doporueujeme novY elanek,i Urednikilm Hlavni Utadovny je nedostao statnim organisatoru, jako jsou teend s ohledem na rozsah a dfflelitost prate, s ohledem na velikost naai Jedno- prislugne polada yky, a podani zaruky. ty a s ohledem na porovnani admen u ji- posledni schfizi sedmeho distriktu, ku ; nYch podobnYch podnikil a bratrskYch name ye Floresville, bylo nam s ureitosti, jednot. Primlouvam se vrele, aby platy slibeno, ze zaeatkem eervence 1955 dOstaneme dva statni organisatory. Nebylo, ftredniku na gi Hlavni Uradovny byly laite upraveny a dle meho nazoru mely nam dosed oznameno, kolik orgpisaenii by bYti upraveny asi takto: predseda prate bylo od eervence vykona. D 1101 . $750.00 mesiene, I. mistopredseda (Ufa- stojime 'Diced hotovou veci, a pro budoup7 dujici) $700.00 mesiene, II. mistopredseda no musime zdinacovat svoje lidi od $300.00 mesiene, tajemnik, pokadnik a itZ jinYch pramenii jsme se doeetli,''Ze eetni $650.00 mesiene, rovneZ tak redak- redaktor Valeik byl zvolen predsedou ti g tor Vestniku $650.00 mesiene. Prosim -koveskcNaiodnh bratskeho n-;' vSechny kdo budou jako delegati zastupo- gresu v Toronto, Kanada. Je to teZ vy,f vati svoje rady na sjezdu, aby o veci u- znamenani pro naai Jednotu. Radi vaZovali, projednali ye schtizich a pak die chom men o torn Uredni oznameni,ive sveho vlastniho uvaZeni doporueili na zprave nageho hlavniho prodsedy aZ sjezdu k ohlasoVani. Negetrme na nepra- da referat o jeho Zajezdu do konvence,v 'Item miste, tin si jenorn akodime!

Kanade.

A nyni nee° o praci na gich vdelieek u Meli bychom jeate nektere dal gi body lc., radii a ye vlastnim distriktu. Nebylo by probirani v dnegni distriktni schtizi, janebylo by distriktti a samortejrne ko souta kralovny krasy, vice zpovu.',v by nebylo ani Jednoty, nebYt tech drob- nagich schuzich, vydani roeenky SPJST, n'ch, dobrovolnYch, poctivYch a nend- a tea o tabori gti pro mladeZ, ale pro po,o. roenYch pracovnikil, o kterYch mnozi ani kroeilost easu bude nutno tyto body od nevi. Jsou to nagi bratri, ale zejmena se- lout do budoucnost. stry, ty starostlive maminky, o kterYch Dekuji yam za va gi pozornost. se mnoho ani nepi ge. Vern jsme vdeeni, ) • 4 ° a i kdy2 se o torn ani mnoho nemluvi a nepi ge, my o torn vime, jakY mocnY vliv maji Zeny na muZe. S Na distriktni schtzi, konane 29. kvetna Schuze v jinSich distriktech budou t. r. ye Floresville rnimo jive byl jmennfejneny jakmile distriktni Afednici usta4''' van devitiolennY stanovni vYbor,' aby prostudoval stanovy a navrhy na zmenu novi datum schfize ve svem distriktu.

Distrikt druhY, 15. ledna 1956 Hollarid:', zaslane farly a vypracoval koneenY na.Distrikt tfeti, 4. prosince, Ft. Worth vrh distriktu pro statni stanovni vYbor k District pat', 19. Unora 1956, Houston jednani na sjezdu. Zatim co nekterY dis;Distrikt gestY, 6. listopadu, Taiton trikt uvaZuje o torn, zda ma byti zvolen •Distrikt sedinY, 15. dubna 1956, Jour,v distriktu stanovni vYbor, my v nagern sedmem distriktu jsme jiZ s praci hotovi danton •Te • k a tento tYd.en posilame tajemniku statniho stanovniho vYboru na g navrh k dalOSOBNi girnu jednani. Myslim, ze jsme ze vaech Dostal jsem v predchazejicich tYdnech distriktu prvni. tak velike innoMtvi soukromYch dopisti a blahoprani, ze neni mi moZno, abych Uvadim zde jenom ditle‘Zite body: za ne soukromou cestou podekoval. Nei Clanek 5: Financovani distriktu.

Clanek 6: SniZeni poetU delegath na smirne va.Zim si techto pratelskYch pro,jevil a uprimne za ne dekuji. sjezdu.

Clanek 21: Zkratit elanky o stanovnim Take vgem tern, kdo mne psali o zaptlj7, vYboru.

Beni romanu "Na kresach," vyhovim pOl 61anek 30: Hlavni itradovna a nahrad- stupem easu. Dosud mam jedenact Zadai:„ nici. Vnitrni firadovani jsme nechali jinn sti a nezapomenu na Zadnou.

Redaktor k Uprave.

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INNOSTI DOMACiC11 RAN ád Elmaton eislo 148.

Blessing, Texas.

BraAtt a sestry: V posledni schtizi na geho tadu bylo usnegeno, abychom meli spoleenou svadinu v nagi ptigti schnzi, ktera bude konana v nedeli, dne 6. listopadu. Jest to tee nage vYroeni schfize, bude volba fifednikit pro pfigti rok a zaroven volba delegain do pti gtiho sjezdu.

Sestry jsou 2adany, by pfinesly nejake pedivo a o ostatni ma se postarati vYbor zvlagte na to jmenovanY. Na shledanou v pti gti schnzi jsem Frank Illo2ek st. ) 4 • t Culaklo 165.

Mili etenall a etenaity: Dnes pi gi zas par tadkU, neb jsme -Yeera moll schfizi a tak aby jste vedeli na dem jsme se dohodli stran na gi vYroeni oslavy nageho tadu. Chteli jsme mit ten piknik 6. listopadu, ale cosi zas nam do toho vlezlo, take jsme nuceni to odlo2it o tYden pozdeji, a tak bude ten na g piknik potadan 13. listopadu a to bude zaentek odpoledne a yeeete o 4:30 odpoledne. V nedeli odpoledne 6. listopadu bude sv. bitmovani v katolickern kostele Sv. Josefa v Moulton a piing mnoho nakch nü musi tam bYt, tak k vUli tomu jsme nuceni odlo2it na g piknik. Tak jen nezaPOmerite a ptijed'te v gichni, kteti mfdete chodit.

Prate v poll se pomalu konei, podzim je zde a vanoce hnedle taky. Leta utikaji a my starneme, take nejednou se zamyslim, jak to asi bude na tom svet6 a2 já budu se muset belhat po svetnici s tou hfileiekou, tab jak moje statenka se belhala, kroky nesly get, ale dupot ano.

Stara, se redaktor Valeik, kdo vezme moje misto, a já tu nebudu. Asi nekdo mladg i zase, tak tu rolnickou praci, aby bylo co jist. Ono to v gechno skonei zas dobte, jenom mit pevnou dfiveru. (Sta.& dfivera bez planovani? — Red.) Tak varn chci je gte ptipomenout, 2e nag e pravidelna schfize, kterou v2dy mivame ka2dou druhou nedeli odpoledne o 2 hodinach, bude se konati jak obyeejne druhou nedeli v prosinci. Dvetni cenu vyhral br. Adolf DlouhY a bylo nas pkitomno ye schnzi 31 &nil.

S pozdravem ztistavam Bo2ena Fojtova.

•( ) '4' Itád Slovanska Lipa eislo 66.

Waco, Texas.

Mill bratti a sestry: Nag e schtze konala se v nedeli 16. tijna y e 3 hodiny a ptedseda Anton Mazanec ji zahajil, Vzdana test vlajce vent eleny

a pterikana La Nelle Cegka.

Navgtevnici byli: Pan a pani Gilbert Wachsmann a sleena Peggy McKinney.

Nebylo nas tolik ptitomno jak bychom si byli ptali, ale doufarne; 2e pfi gte bude jich vice. Bylo krasne poeasi, tak asi nebarn jinam jeli, tteba i na tu vYstavu v Dallas.

Mame zase nekolik novYch kandidattl, tak brzy je uvedeme do na geho tadu.

Ka2dou sobotu veeer mame taneeni zabavit a v2dy se sejde poeetna spoleenost, tak jsme radi 2e se jim u nas libi a srdeene vgichni zveme, aby ptijeli se k nam pobavit.

Zvolili jsme si vYbor teditelft pro nagi sin a jsou to bratti Leslie Dungan, John Otto Hanu g, Frank Parma, Roman Parma Jr., Edwin Narovec a Edward Mazanec.

Sestra Barbora Parma nam preeetia tato jmena, co meli narozeniny tento mesic a site sestry Minnie Narovec, Hattie Casper, Frances Parma, Lucille Hanu g a Lana Reznieek, a bratti Anton Mazanec, Frank Chamrad, Otto Ilanu g a Robert L. Cervenka. V gem jsme zazpivali "Nappy Birtday" pisen.

Usnesli jsme se, 2e pti gte na ge schtize budou v2dy druhou nedeli V mesici, namisto ffeti nedele a tak ptipadne ptigti schtze na 13. listopadu.

Schfize se protahla do peti hodin, ale bylo pojednani o vedeni sine a jine veci a jak budou hotovi s knihami, tak budeme vedet, jak si stojime. Den otevteni se nam finanene yydatil a dekujeme v gem, co nam piih vypomoci svoji pfitomnosti.

Rediteltim ttetiho distriktu mnohokate dekujeme, 2e polovic 'vYdelku nam darovali. Bylo to od nich velice pekne a nas to potegilo te2. Talc pomalu se na g dluh ztraci.

Nage gratulace bratru Valeikovi ku jeho nove hodnosti, do ktere byl zvolen v Toronto v Kanade.

Se srdeenYm pozdravem na vgechny RUena Parma, etouci, dopisovatelka. e4 • 1enümradu Needville ei glo 81.

Needville, Texas Bratti a sestry: Timto se yam oznamuje, 2e mame prile2itost prodat na majetek, kde nage sin stoji, za dobrou cenu.

Radi bychom men vase dobrozdani, jestli mame prodat a koupit nekde lacinejk mist° a ptestehovat budovu. , Jste vgichni 2adani, abyste se dostavili do listopadove schfize. Va gi atednici budou vedot, kolik bychom dostali za, ten

pozemek a kolik by nas jine misto stab°.

Take nam pripada volba Pkijd'te vgichni a zvolte si iiteclniky dle chuti. My bychom radi se toho zbyli.

S bratrskYm pozdravem A. V. Franek, pfedseda.

John Blinka, tajemnik.

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Rodinr schtze -SPJST Zaeatkein leta a a2 do podzimu konaji se rtizna rodinna shromaZdeni c besedy a schuze, kde se east° sejde neliolik set iidi, vzdalenYch ptibuznYch, aby se poznali, pobavili'a slibili si, 2e za rok se °pet sejdou.

Redaktor Vestniku rozhodl se, 2e elenfun na gi velike SPJST rodiny poskytne a nabidne sloupce tohoto listu k oznameni takovYch rodinnYch schnzi. Toto oznameni sam upravi v feel Ceske i anglieke. Samortejme, 2e redjny, ktere Vestnik neodebiraji a neetou, nebudou slu2bu tohoto druhu pottebovati, zato Cleni SPJST radi informace redaktoru poskytnou.

Na oslavu 100leteho vYroel prichodu do Texasu Toma ge Chupika a man2elky, rozene Vitek, (rodion Jana Chupika, kterY behem jeho 2ivota bydlel v Ellinger, Texas, a jell() nevlastnikho bratra, .8tepana Elkka, kterY behem jeho 2ivota bydlel v Cistern, Texas), a Pavia 8ebesty a manZelky, rozene Pagae (rodieti Jana, Frantig ka a Tomak Eiebesty, kteti behem jejich Zivota bydleli ph Snook, Texas, a Josefa Sebesty, kterY behem Zivota bydhl ph Deanville, Texas, a FrantiSky (Sebesta) Chupikove, ktera zemtela v La Grange, Texas v roku 1931), potomci techto pionYrfi, kteti ptistali v Texasu, na te same lodi z Ceskoslovenska v zime roku 1855-56, budou potadati kogiekovY piknik a sejiti na vYstaviti okresu Fayette v La Grange, Texas, v nedeli 30. NJna 1955, poeinaje v 10:30 rano, ku kteremu pikniku a sejiti vtichni potomci a v'Sichni pratele potomkil techto jsou srdeene zvani. Vhchni budou vitani.

• 4 • t "Table vdovieka by se mi libila, jen co," di pan Kukaoka u sprostredkovatele shatkii. "Ale kdy2 rikate, e ma dtevenou nohu, to ne." _ "Nebud'te blahovY," zvedl ukazovdeek. "Podivejte se, vezmete si jinou, pfejede ji auto — zavezou ji do nemocniee a tarn ji odejmou nohu. Ted' ta nemoc, yydani a konec koncil bude mit take jell jednu ... A tady mate v gecko hotover

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V poslednim mesici prines1 nas Vest-nik zajinaave a pozoruhodne doporueeni na zmeny v naS'ich stanovach. VYstiZne, byl to Vestnik e due 31. srpna, kterY nest dosavade ty nejlepk my'Slenky za celem dobrYcla oprav v rizeni naSi Slovanske PodporujIci Jednoty stall Texas, -- a to ye zpreve tajemmka bratra Rudy 8efeika, kterou podal ze sehtize pateho okrsku na'S.1 Jednoty. Jest to no strance pate tohoto eisla (35); "Zprava poradniho vYboru 5. okrsku".

Doporueeni eisla 1, 2 a 3 jiZ byly pied nejakYm Casein v nekterYch okrskovYeh schnzich projednavane, — a nebylo proti Min nikde nejakYch vaZnYch ndmItek.

Prvni pojednava o zvoleni kralovny SPJ ST v MIAMI sjezdu, druhe eislo o volbe reditehl a iiiI,Olaradnikti v posledni okrskove schtlzi pied sjezdem a treti o zvoleni okrskovYch trednikti nejpozdeji v dubnu.

Doporueeni 'Oslo etyri trZ je zajima yejprotole jest velmi spornejM., a zni v torn smyslu, aby byl zrueen firad neetniho jako pinopravneho Urednika Jednoty a fieetni Hlavni Uradovny aby byl eleny teto najat. Toto by yyZadovalo opravu elanku 30 a yypnSteni elanku 44 ze stanov. To nano pripomina,, ze vim zeela jiste, ze do sjezdu v Corpus Christi byly poddny dva navrhy v torn sanaem zneni„ a do sjezdu ye Fort Worth byl podan jen jeden totoZnY navrh. Byli to ovS'em jen jednotlivci, kteri tento navrh podali, a to nemelo na vet =inu vYboru na opravy stanov velikY itoinek. Do sjezdu v Houstonu nebyl takovY navrh podan. Hdy.2 ale takovou zmenu doporuei okrsek, kterY mel v poslednim sjezdu 2575 blast. to se zcela jinak vyjinad, — to uZ ma vahu.

A kdyZ to schvali okrsek, kterY mel v poslednim sjezdu 2438 hlasfi, — ma toto doporueeni dobrou nadeji, Sc ye sjezdu bude prijato, i kdyby vYbor na opravu stanov nesouhlasil.

Pate Cislo techto doporueeni pateho okrsku jest zajimave, hodne sporne a bylo odlolene na dalsi Upra yu, ktera jest velmi treba, protole pri jednani o torn se y am naskytnou nektere dfilelite otazky jako jest plat tern ksti, kteri nebudou eleny Hlavni firadovny vybrani jako pravnik cele Jednoty. Take, bude takto vybranY pravnik Jednoty pinopravnYm elenem Hlavni Uradovny? Jaka prava a povinnosti bude tech Sect miti, a jak plat? To jest to hlavni. To snad nam poradial vYbor pateho okrsku pods pozdeji.

To S'este doporueeni jest znamenite, a zni: "Doporueujeme, aby priki stanovni vYbor byl slolen3"7 pouze ze sedmi Clenu, a aby kaZdY distrikt si vybral do yYboru schopneho elena".

Tohle jest kapitalni dopornOeni; znamena ale zmenu nekolika elankti naSich stanov. Tedy, elanek by znel v tomto snayslu: • alanek 21. za fieelem upraveni, posouzeni a odporueeiti navrh y ria opravu stoney pro priSti sjezd, upraveni protokolu pc sjezdu a sestaveni a tisk sjezdem prijotYch stanov, pied ukoneenim sjezdu delegati kaZdeho okrsku provedou nounnoel a volbu z jejich stredu jednoho na do sedmielenneho vYboru na opravu stanov, a jednoho nahradnika.

V pripadu, ze by ani takto zvolenY élan tohoto vYboru ani jeho nahradnik se nemohli dosta,viti do sehtize tohoto vYboru, ma tento vYbor pravo jmenovati jineho nahradnika, ze clams dotyeneho okrsku.

(Vchazi v platnost ihned).

Poslednich lest a pill radku jsou zarazeny do elanku 23, kam se lepSi hodi.

Ve elanku 22 navrhuji malou zmenu, ktera opodstatni druhY odstavec tohoto elanku. Prvni odstavec me zniti: Vyjma pravniho radce, elenove Hlavni firadovny nejsou volitelni na stanovni vYbor, av'Sak na Zadost tohoto vYboru podileji se na jeho praci pouze v hodnosti poradni.

DruhY odstavec nezmenen.

Ov'Sem, bude-li zmena v naeem systernu a pravnik bude najat eleny Hlavni firadovny, tento elanek nebude treba, aneb musi bYti zmenen. Ale v pripadu, ze by pravni radce Hlavni Uradovny byl Uradovnou najat, neinftZe za ZadnYeb okohaosti bYti Hlavni Uradovny 'Menem, protole statni zakon narizuje, ze eleny Hlavni firadovny voli jen sjezci.

Ale pokraeuime dale s tim navrhem na voleni elenfi stanovniho vflooru okrskovYmi delegaty. Nasledujici Olanek 25 pokraeuje v rizeni tohoto vY/boru ale nejsou v nem treba nejake velike zmerre.

Hlavni zmena by b, v torn, ze na posjezdovein vVbora k upraveni protokolu a stanov by S9 podilel eelY stonovni vYbor, misto jak jest dosud uree-in jenom petielennY podvYbor a take e ma. na teto praci podileti predseda Jedlioiy. a to pro to prieinu, ze stat Texas na bratrskYch jednotach poladuje, aby zmeny ve stanovach byly overeny a.spon jednim elm= Hlavni firodovny. JelikoZ dosavade jsme nemeli firednika, kterY se podilel na sestaveni protokolu a stanov, stanovy nova prijate byly overeny pod y)iborem, kterY byl zvolen na tuto praci, upraviti protokol a stanovy. Tento elanek 23 by znel: Clanek 23. Takto zvolen stanovni vYbor sejde se hned po ukonoeni sjezdu a zvoli ze sveho stredu predsedu, namestka a tajemniku, a adresy teehto tri v3"713orovY'ch firednikil budou po oas platnosti stanov uverejneny ye yestniku. Neni-li 'den tohoto vYboru zvolen delegatem do

nasledujiciho sjezdu, zustava pravoplatnYin elenena tohoto vYboru a zaseda na stanovnina vYboru aZ do ukoneeni sjezdoye prate tohoto bYboru, s platem jako druzi eieni tohoto vYboru. Ve sjezdu ma jednabi pravo jen v zalelitostech stanov.

Wechny navrhy na opravu stanov musi bYti bud' zaslany tajemniku tohoto boru Deb navrhovateli uverejneny ye VC-4pravo podati mastniku. KaZdY 'Olen vuhy no opravu stanov y e Vestniku. Tajernnik vYboru na oprovu stanov pak ma za povinnost postarati se 0 upraveni yeech navrhfi, zaslanYch prifno jemu rieb uverejnenYch eleny ye Vestniku, dle olankti a preclloZiti tyto y e schitt vYboru. Ty navrhy, ktere jsou zaslarl'y jenom jemu a navrhovateli uverejneny nejsop„ tajemnik vYboru tiverejni bezodkladne.

(Vchazi v platnost ihned.)

(Oelstavec druhY, treti a etvrt3.7nezmeneny).

DalS'i maid zmena, v tomto eisle 23 jest, ze na misto "s platem jako delegati" .jet ureeno "s platem jako druzi eleni toliOto vYborn", con jest jenom spritvne.

V nasledujicina elanku, 24. jsou to d' treba male zmeny, tak aby vyhovoYal zmena v ponu elenti vYboru a take polaclavkilm statu v zalelitosti potvrzeni spravnosti opravenYch stanov. Pak, poetnaje poslednim slovem v osmem radku nasledujici etyri facile,: se mohou smele vynechati, protole sem nepatri. SjezdcM protokol jest psan sjealovYmi tajemnikY, Cten, a jestli treba, opraven v nasledujielm zasedani sjezdu, mimo zaseddni p sledniho, a za ZadnYch okolnosti nesint bYti menen. Jak byl sjezdem prijat, tb.k, musi zfistat, a stanovni vYbor s tim nema co Mat. CelY elanek 24 by pak znel: Olanek 24: Hned po ukoneeni sjezdu tento stanovni vYbor, zvolenY predchazejicim sjezdem, bude miti na starosti bezodkladne upraviti sjezdovY protokol iz8 pomoci dvou sjezdovYch tajemniku, kteri budou k tomu ureeni v dolaocle mezi tint() vYborem a tajemniky sjezdu, a za pomoci predsedy Hlavni aradovny.

Takto upravenY protokol musi 1)3114 hued opsdn tolikrat, aby se dostalo p0 jednom prilklepu obema tajemniktim sjezdu na Uprave se podilejicim, vAem elenfun vYboru a preclsedovi Hlavni Ufa, dovny.

(Vchazi v platnost ihned.)

V tomto elanku mime zaopatreni, ktere ehrani eleny od neopravnenYch zmen jak v protokolu, tak ye stanovach. 1<pne6nou praci s uverejnenina protokolti kona jen jeden Hen, tajemnik stanovniho vYboru, ostatni Cleni maji opis celeho

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jednani, a mohou pak zkoumati, zdali v uvefejnenem protokolu nejsou CHYBY. Ve druhem odstavci tohotnelanku jsou jen male-zmeny treba. V prvnirn a patem radku zameniti slovo "pod yYbor" slovem vYbor a v S'estem a sedmem fadku zameniti slova "tento pod yYbor" za slova "tajemnik vYboru", protole tuto koneenou praci vykondval za poslednich dvou sjezdil tajemnik toho vYboru. (Pri prohlidce statnich poetaft v roku 1952 tito toto zaopatreni kritisovali, ze nemohli zaznarny sjezdu otevriti a prozkoumati. KdyZ jsem se jich po gtou zeptal, jestli umi Cesky, — a -poukazal na to, ze celY protokol jest psan &sky a jestli Cesky neumi, ze jim to otevreni malo pomilZe, mleeli.)

Tento druhY odstavec elanku 24 by pak znel: Tento vYbor jest zodpovednY za spravnost protokolu i stanov. Hotove stanovy tiskarna doda do Hlavni Uradovny.

Poeet vYtiskii stanov -ureuje tento vYbor spolu se eleny Hlavni. Uradovny. Po vykonani teto prace zane tajemnik tohoto vYboru sjezdove zaznamy zapeeetene na tajemnika Hlavni firadovny. V pripade potreby mohou tyto bYti otevreny jen Ye schuzi Hlavni rifadovny.

(Vchazi v platnost ihned.) lanek 25. V tomto elanku zameniti prvnich pet slov, to jest, "Tento petielenny stanovniho vYboru" za siov.a: "Tento vYbor na opravu stanov" ma na starosti atd. . . Pak ty posledni etyri a pill radku vynechati, neni jich tam treba.

nebylo vyzvednuto jako kapitalni CM a ukazka bratrskeho smYSleni, (vyjma bratrem Aloisem Vajou v torn samem eisle Vestniku, v ,prvnim sloupci na strance 4, kde bratr Vaja se ziniriuje, ze "jest to navrhl velice choulostivY", a to jest vk), jest doporueeni na, kterem se ze sedmi olenti podileli tri &ern toho nejvetSiho du naS'i Jednoty, kteri budou do priSAiho sjezdu opravneni jiste ku trinacti delegatilm, ABY OMEZEN BYL POET DELEGATTJ OD VELKYCH ADO'. Ten rad, kterY mel v minulern sjezdu jeden tisic a osmdesat jeden hlasti (1081), dobrovolne doporueuje, aby pooet delegatil od veilkYch radti byl zmenSen. Do minuleho sjezdu podali navrhy na zmenSeni neb omezeni poetu delegatft rad Oslo 4, rad Oslo 142 a bratr Ed Snapka, — a tyto nemely tolik vahy, -- ale prec jen vYbor na opravu stanov, po velice podrobnem uvaZovani tohoto elanku 6 a podanYch navrhtt, prijal zmenu a doporueil, aby rally volily delegaty die poetu elenti nasledovne: od dvaceti pet! do 199 elent, jednoho delegata, d ye sta Clem dva a pak na ka2-de darSi pine sto elenfi darSiho delegata.

Ale, male rady proti tomu protestovaly, tak to bylo v pozciejS'i schuzi vYboru nueneno na ten samY stark zpiIsob, od S'esti do sta a tak dale.

Doufejme, Ze priklad toho nejvetSiho radu v Jednote bude miti dobrY fteinek na jine- velike rady a nejaka DOBRA zmena bude vYborem na opravu stanov doporueena.

Jak jest vidno, jenom dosti maid, — ale dillelita zmena v rizeni zalelitosti naS1 Jednoty vyZaduje celou radu zmen v naSich stanovach. Jest ale tento navrh pateho okrskir velice dobrY v torn, ze Cieni vYboru na opravu stanov budou ze vSech okrsku, bude jich menS1 poeet a Ze celY vYbor se pak bude podileti na Upraye protokolu i stanov. Opatieni, aby se sehned po sjezdu jest take tfeba, aby se niohli bez Utrat pro Jednotu hned po sjezdu sejiti a zvoliti sve iiredniky.

A ted' jsme se dostali k tomu eislu sedm, — velmi dulezite doporueeni, a aby etenar, kterY nema, to tficate pate eislo Vestniku ze dne 31. srpna, 'OM o eem se jedna, opakuji toto Oslo odporueeni poradniho vYboru pateho okrsku naJednoty doslovne; toto zni: "Doporneujeme, aby provedena byla zmena stanov na zmenkni poetu delegado sjezdu, aby zmenkn byl poeet deod velikYch radu a take aby docela Male a neeinne rady volily si spoleeneho delegata."

Pozoruhodne, chvalyhodne, vskutku bratrske doporueeni, ktere zajiste dojde velice vaZneho uvaleni od stanovniho vYboru. Cemu se ale nejvice obdivuji, — co zasluhuje skuteenou pozornost a pochvahi od v'Sech Clem, — a co dosud nikYm

Omezeni poetu delegatil do na§ich sjezdil se mute uskuteeniti nekolika zpilsoby.

0 jednom zpilsobu se mnou mluvil bratr Frank Olexa od radu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 pied zahajenim schtze tretiho okrsku v sins radu Slovanska Lipa eislo 60 v Elm Mott. Bratr Olexa se primlouval za omezeni tim zpiisobem, ze by Jednota platila- jen polovinu vydani kaZdeho delegato, polovinu by platil rad aneb delegat sam ze sve kapsy. To by mohlo miti dobrY freinek na zmen geni poetu Aneb bychom to mohli udelati jako jinn: bratrska jednota, operujici dnes ye dvaceti dvou statech; zaplatiti kaZdemu delegatu jen jizdne do mista sjezdu a znet, ostatni fitraty si plati delegat sam neb mu je hradi jeho rad. U teto Jednoty to poeet cielegatii hodne zmenSilo, — a sjezd take zkratilo. (Jestli se nemYlim, poeital jsem ze meli do pfedminuleho sjezdu jenom malo pfes kdesat procent zastoupeni, a take jsem tak ve Vestniku pied etyfmi roky o torn psal.) JinY sob omezeni delegattir na sjezdu jest, voliti delegaty v okrskovYch schilzich, a to na dve sta Menu neb nadpolovieni nu dvou set, jednoho delegata. To by jiste znaene umenSilo pooet delegatil do naSlch sjezdil.

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pomind jest, ze jsem tpi -talc smelt' a naYrhoval jsem spojeni malYch fade, tak jib y e sjezdu v Ennis v 1932, a jsem jist, aby jejich delegat zastupoval vice elentl. he nekteri delegati do tohoto sjezdu si to budou pamatovat, protole nine namale ze sjezdu vyhodili, nebYt to debaty s tin tenkrate naMin aktuarem; to rune zachranilo .... A take mne to dalo hodne latky ku premYSleni o vnitrni politice u naAi Jednoty. olovek musi ty poznatky a vedomosti o tom bratrskem pojifteni sbirati na vkch stranach, -- a nekdy se mu jich dostane i za dobrou snahu hodne neprijemnYm zpirsobern. No, to jest ale jina kapitola, — o ktere budu psati aZ budu na pens! a nebude co jineho Mat. Ted' se vratime ku zmene zastoupeni na sjezdu na zakladu volby delegatil okrsku, a zde to jest: elanek 6. Sjezd Slovanske Podporujici Jednoty Statu Texas pozilstava z delegatu volenYch v okrskovYch schilzich, nejpozdeji do konce mE'mice dubna sjezdoveho roku na zakladu poetu elenstva kaZdeho okrsku na prvni den mesice, ye kterem volba delegatil jest provedena. Na kaZdYch 200 pravidelnYch Clem nad 16 rokil star.' jednoho delegata a v pfipadu nadpolovieni vetS'iny dvtu set (101) take jednoho delegata. Zadny okrsek nemilZe voliti vice jak etyri eleny od jednoho hadu za delegaty do sjezdu. Tito okrskovi sjezdovi delegati jsou voleni nasledujicim zpilsobem: V mesici prosinci predsjezdoveho roku, kaZdY rad v okrsku zvoli fadoveho delegata neb delegdty die poetu sveho elenstva, a to: Od best! do jednoho sta jednoho delegata, a pak na kaZde dalg pine sto elent jednoho delegata. Tito delegati se sejdou v okrskove schrizi ne pozdeji nail do posiedniho dne mesice dubna pied sjezdem a zvoli okrsku patrienY poeet sjezdovYch delegatri. KaZdY bad ma v teto okrskove volbe sjezdovYch delegatolik blast, kolik ma poplatky platicich a spoleeenskYch elenri nad 16 rokri start KterY fad je opravnen na vice delegatil do okrskove schrize, tito rozdeli mezi sebou hlasy jejich radu rovnym dilem. Nedostavi-li se do teto okrskove schilze nekterY delegat od radu, kterY ma vic neZ11 jednoho delegata, pritomnY delegdt neb delegati jsou opravneni odevzdati piny poeet hlasu sveho radu. Po voibe delegatii kaZdY okrsek voli tins somYm zpilsobem etyki nahradniky. Nominace sjezdovYch delegatil mute v kaZdem okrsku bYti provedena v predchazejici okrskove schtzi zvolenYm neb jrnenovanYm nominaenim vYborem, neb provedena jen ye volebni schuzi, aneb obojim zpasobem. Takto zvoleni delegati do sjezdu maji no sjezdu kaZdY jen jeden bias.

OkrskovY tajemnik jest povinen po teto volebni schuzi bezodkladne ozndmiti

rine 2v, Nina 10 Ve jmena a adresy zvolenkch sjezdovkch delegatiz i nahradnikn a jmena a eisla tdjiclaZ tito jsou eleni, tajemniku ni fika,dovny, kterk neprodlene vystavi dye poverujici listiny prb kahleho dalegala, pbdepsane predsedou a tajemnikem Hlavni firadovny, a zaAle je na udanou adresu delegata. Jednu tuto listinu delegat podepiAe a za'Sle zpet na tajemnika Hiavn idadovity, a tato listina bude pak tajemnikem Hl. firadovny odevzdana sjezdovemu vkboru na poverujici listiny.

Druhou listinu delegat podrZi, a tuto, sykrn jmenem podepsanou, sjezdovemu vkboru na poverujici listiny y e sjezdu predlo2i. Na kaZde z techto dvou listin musi bkti udan poeet mil z domova delegata a zpet.

(Clanek 7 mute bkti zruSen.) Odnek 8. Delegatem do sjezdu i do Picedsjezdove okrskove schtze mute lakti voles jen pinoletk Glen platici poplatky nejmene pet rokti a ta spoleeenskk kterk ma svuj certifikat doplacenk a plati kadove poplatky, kterk se podilel nejmene na polovine icadavkch,i okrskovkch schtizich v dobe mezi sjezdy a kterk neni jednatelem neb idednikem soutaici spoleenosti neb Jednoty.

(Clanky 9, 10, 11 a 12 by timto byly zrugeny.)

Zde mate na vybranou. Snad tim nejsnadnejAim zpilsobem omeziti pact sjezdovkch delegatti, kterk by yyZadoval veilce male znieny v nUSich stanovach, jest, omeziti plat 'sjezdovkch delegatti; bud' jen na jizdne (milove) aneb, jak navrhoval brats Frank J. Olexa, placeni jen poloviny Utrat, coZ ma ale vyhlidku na sporne body, ktere nebudu zde probirati.

Omezeni poetu sjezdovkch delega.di na zakladu okrskovkch voleb by bylo to nejjistejAi; — zptisob kde se cla pfedem zjistiti, kolik delegatu kaZdk okrsek bude miti. V minulem sjezdu mely okrsky siedujici poeet hlasa: prvni — 3206, druIlk 3808, tfeti 2458, etvrtk 626, patk 2575, gestk 4341 a sedmk 1056.

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dou jeM;e: pied sjezdem pfedlo'Zeny podrobne plany jak to taboriAte by melo byti upravena. Jde o vydani kolem dvaceti tisic dola.rii, —a bratri od patella okrsku se jiste pbstaraji, aby se vac vydafila,. Bude s tim dosti prate a jeUe vice "cAtery", a ja jim to nikterak nezavidlin. NemtiZeme to posuzovat, az jak se to osveclei. Vyhodili jsme zbyteene devet tisic dolart na ceskou S'kolu pH koleji A&M, ktere, kdyby byli Urednici Jednoty vSe dobfe vysvetlil, istrie mobil nechat na, prave takoveho nee° jako tohle tabokiAte. Bod devatk, fitulna, — a bod desatk, — nemocenske a firazove poji'Steni byly ociloleny pro dalAi prozkountani. To jest dobre, zvlaSte stran nemocenskeho pojiWein. Zde jest treba dlouheho zkoumani, neb jak to vSe jest navrhovano, Zeneme se do konkurence daleko drsnejAi a bezohlednejSi neZli jest pojfateni na Zivot.

Blayne jest take treba, seznarniti se diiikladne s poladavky statu Texas, upravenkmi po poslednim zasedani legislatury.

Bratrsky a uprimne Frank B. Steiner. o 4,

Scheme stanovniho vcrboru Dle naiizeni elanku 23 v na gich stanovach ma se stanovni vYbor sejit ne pozdeji nei dva mesice pied sjezdem, aby vYbor uvaZil, porovnal a rozhodnul o vSech navrzich na opravu a zmenu stanov, a aby piijate navrhy uveiejnil bezodkladne ye Vestniku.

eeski

lizdelavaci Nadace v Texasu

Pi ejeme-li si skuteCn, aby' se vyueovalo eatine na vyA gich uoiliAtich; dale, prejente-li si, aby znalost o deskoslovenskein narode byla co mono nejvice rozAirena a navaly zachovana; a chceme-li closahnouti ureeneho cile co nejdtive, katclk Oechoamerfean by mel obetovati aspon JEDEN DOLAR dosa2eni nagehO cite.

Stale se chlubime, Ze je nas eechoamerieana v Texasu 350,000 aZ 500,000. Jeli tomu tak, proe bychom nemohli sebrati aspon $350,000 na tento tak iteel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu zde u nas v Texasu, tak kdy zajpoeneme? Je-li pravdou uveclomerkiIo deskein narode, jeho kultuft, delinach a, vzdelanosti, jakou se eeskk narod v minulosti honosil, upada, jest na nas aby, se ueinila pronikava naprava, a to hned!

Fiejete-li si podpoiiiti Teel a cil 6esic'e Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnkch piispevkem nebo jako Glen, Vae pomoc de vdeene pfijata.

The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, Box 446, College Station, Texas (dz) UstPihnete a za glete na tajemnikapokladnika! tESKA VZDELAVACI NADACE TEXASU

(The Czech Educational Stanovni vYbor se dohodnul hlasoviFoundation of Texas) nim pogtou, ie schiize vYboru bude se konati druhou sobotu, dne 10. biezna PkidruZuji se k tern, kteki podavaji po1956 v Temple, Texas. mocnou ruku k uchteni a rozSlieni 'Ceske teei a literatury v Texasu. teel jest seTimto se oznamuje v gem eleninn, brati dostateenou sumu penez, aby z tro iadilm a distriktiim SPJST, ze vSechny navrhy na opravu stanov, die kft z ni mohly bkti vydrtovany stolice elanku 23, museji byti zaslany navrho- slovanskkch jazykil na vy'SS'ich ueiliAtich V tomto navrhu na voleni okrskovkch vateli na adresu tajemnika stanovniho v Texasu. delegatil neni opatkeni, Ze iadovi delc-- ArYboru. Navrh, kterY nebude podan vSrPiiikladdm sviij elenskk plispevek v gati do okrskove delegaty volici schtize born na opravu stanov, nemuze bYt piedmaji nejakk.plat za cestu do -Leto schaze. lolen delegatfim ye sjezdu k uvaieni. obnosu $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $10.00; $100.00; Zkugenosti nas ale uei, Ze od tech fadti, Navrhy mohou bYti poilany v keel Ces- anebo i $1,000.00. kde okrskova, prate jest podporova.na, ke nebo anglicke. vZdy se do okrskove schtize dostavi neAdresa tajemnika stanovniho vYboru kolik elenti od katcleho, a jest na biledni, Sve dart' laskave zaMete co nejdfive u 'Ze, budou-li za delegaty do okrskove je uveiejnena v kaidem aisle Vestniku vedomi, Ze KDO RYCHLE DAVA, DVAna strance 2 v prvnim sloupci dole. schilze zvoleni, do teto se take dostavi.

Zadame vSechny eleny, iady a dis- KRAT DAVA, na tajemnika-pokladnika, Kterk Md jest opravnen na vice delegatil trikty, aby uvaiovali o stanovach a na- Dr. Jan M. Skiiivanek, Box 446, College do takove schtize, a nekterk se nedostavi, Station, Texas. pfitomni delegati neb delegat vrhnou vrhy sve poslali na tajemnika do konce anora 1956.

Ir c'echny hlasy fadu.

Jmeno dance: Abychom koneene dojednali tech deset S bratrskym nozdravem, za Stanovni body doporueenkch patkm okrskem, — vYb or, Adresa. zbkvaji nam tedy vezmeme bod Oslo 8, pojednavajici o taboitati pro na- F. J. Olexa, piedseda Mat: Jos. Slavik. tajemnik Dilesto: gi omladinu. Jsem jist, Z. e v -Leto veci bu-

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WEST, TEXAS

DOPISY A PiA111,E1)Y CLEN171 Orchard, Texas Bratre redaktore: Jedno Ceske porekadlo pravi, 2e co •se vleee neuteee. Jd ale tomu ji2 neverim, neb lune to uteklo. Ji2 deli eas jsem se ptipravoval, ze pouka2i ye Vestniku na sporu toho sjezdoveho drahocenneho easu a sice, aby ka2dY vyslanec noel jen jeden hlas, tak jak to drive bYvalo. Kdy2 kaZdY vyslanec odevzda pri volbe pouze jeden hlas, tak to volebni vYbor ma za par minut spoeitano. Kdy2 ale vyslanci bcievzdaji tolik hlasu, kolik jest dospelYch elentt v Jednote, pak spoeitat tech 17 neb 18 tisic hlastt vezme delS1 eas.

Rad bycla vedel, prof v malem spolku jako jest naSe Jednota., meme takove puntiekovani. V2dyt' naSi zestupci v legislature, kongresnici, senatori a take zastupci to nejvetSi svetove organisace ppojenSlch narodt1 mail pouze po jednorn blast" Na priklad, zastupce to nejmenS'1 strectoarnericke republiky El Salvadoru jeden hlas, zrovna jako zastupci naOch SpojenYch state, Anglie, Francie, Ruska, Indie a jinYch.1V1yslel jsem, 2e buprvni, kterY na to pied sjezdem pouka2e, ale Ty jsi mne, br. redaktore, preJsem ale tomu velice rad, 2e se Ti na to vzpomelo a zeptal jsi se pana senatola Romana HruAky, jak se ta vac me.

Snad to odpoved' senatora HruAky oteVre v priaim sjezdu bratriam delegattm a-sestram delegatkam oei a udelaji v to veci zmenu.

Dale chci poukazat, 2e jsem pro to, aby byl omezen poeet vyslancit a sice, aby 2acinY Cad, at' ma sebeve-tsi poeet nebyl opravnen na vice ne2 dva, vyslance, a rady, ktere nemaji vice jak 50 elentl, by se' Timely spojit, aby byly' opravneny na jednoho vyslance na 100 elenu.

Ceti jsem ye Vestniku nahled, 2e jestli chceme, aby se mladi vySkoleni bratti uehazeli do firadit Hlavni firadovny, 2e bucleme nuceni upraviti vySSi slu2ne pro itrodaiky Hlavni eradovny. Ja zase myslim, zc , v to veci nehraje tak cltile2itou roll vy,,( 1,e slu2ne, jako nejistota. Kdy2 dobre vk.olenY mladik obdr2i zamestnani u U( uere spoleenosti, aneb u jednotlivce, a je spolehlivY, tak tam maze bYt jak dlouho je mu libo. V naSi Jednote se yob. itreclnik pouze na etyri roky. A ka.2dY ten fircdnik riza — jak jsi to sem, bratre redaktore, kdy2 jsi byl mistopredsedou u Jednoty, napsal 2e kolik dank, tolik bost. A — kdy2 nahodou ten bos, spra y -ner oGln,masfiredkmnjae nedorozumeni, pak pracuje proti nernu, aby nebyl v priStim sjezdu do firadu opet zvolen.

Ku prikladu, nyni se jedna, aby idad

ficetinno v Hlavni Uradovne byl zruS'en.

Jestli k tomu dojde, pak bratr UrbanovskY bode ye Apatnern postaveni. Na pensi je jeSte mladY a dostat nekde slu'Sne zarnestriani, na to ji2 je drobatko start'.

Tak co ten bratr urednik v takovem pripade me clelat?

A jeSte chci poukazat na jednu sladkost tech naSich bratru firednikti v Hlavni AradOvne. Na priklad, firednik u spoleenosti nia nedelni klid, a nasi firednici? Museji jezdit po celem Texasu; musi bYti na ka2de radena poradane slavnosti; a nyni na, ty distriktni schtize jsou take poladani; a bez firednika Hlavni Uradovny se maloktera. odbude.

A k tomu vSemu, nekteri bratti a sestry jsou tak vynalezavi a Setrni, vzdor tomu, ze mama v Texasu na sta rtiznych cirkvi, kazateln , a v Houstonu je take polarebni spolek, kde si mit& ka2dy za malt' rani poplatek zajistit sluSne pohrebni obrady, kde v padu potteby reenik prednese prislukaY proslov jak v dome smutku, tak te2 i na larbitove a 'Ave.ckY sbor zapeje prisluSne pisne. Ale to vsechno stoji par dolaril. Kdy2 jest po2aclan o to nekterY firednik z Hlavni idadovny, ten to udela zdarma. Ano, sestry a bratti, vim co piSi. V jednom ptipadu, chteje ukojit moji zvedavost, tazal jsem se portastalYch, kolik dali bratru X. za jeho prokazane slu2by. Pry nic ne2adal, tak mu nic nedali. Ten pohreb se konal v nedeli o 4. hodine odpoledne, tak bratr rednik byl asi o pulnoci doma. Tak u2ivaji naSi bratti firednici nedelni klid.

KterY ten mladY, vysoce vySkolenY bratr je proziravY a to vie bedlive pozoruje, ten se nam do Uradu Hlavni firadevny uchazet nebude.

Mo2ria 2e se v to veci mYlim. Jestli ano, tak prosim za odpuSteni.

Stataji se pripady, 2e co mute udelat jeden, to nesmi druhY. Ku prikladu, jeden °bean byl ob2alovan, ze zastrelil eernocha. Kdy2 u soudu se soudce tazal es ernoSky, jako sveclkyne, zdali videla, jak cb2alovanY eernocha sttelil, ona odpoveclela. ze nevidela, ale slySela. Soudce pravil, Co to neplati, 2e maze jit damn. CernoSka se rozesmala, Ala yen a pri tom si ulevila, a2 se to v soudni sini rozlehlo.

Soudce ji volal zpatky a pravil, ze ji pokutuje $10.00 za neva.2nost k soda. noSka se pak tazala, 2e za co? 2e co zleho udelala? 'Lle se smala? To piece neni nic zleho; piece se rika, 2e vesela mysl pal zdravi. Soudce na to pravi, 2e ji nepokutuje za to, 2e se smala, ale za to 2e pr eernnSka se jej ptala, jestli to vial.

Soudce pravil, 2e nevidel, ale 2e slyS'el.

Cernoika mu na to odpovedela, 2e kdy2 to jeji slyS'eni neni platne, 2e jeho take ne.

Otoeila se a Ala yen.

To vSe vyslechnul a do Vestniku to zaslid John GajevskY.

KALENDAR ✓ sobotu 29. rijna taneeni zabava, (Halloween) v sini tadu Slovanska Lipa. eislo 66 v Elm Mott. Hudbu doda Cruz Ortiz z Waco. ✓ sobotu veeer 29. tijna bude u tadu Pokrok Dallasu "Halloween party." Hudbu doda Rejektv orchestr. ✓ nedeli 30. kijna oslaVuje tad brad eislo 48 v Bayersville nil. Taylor sve 52. vYrodi zalo2eni radu. ✓ nedeli 30. tijna kona. se ''t/ sini tadu Stefanik v Houstonu konference Svazu aeskoslovenskYch Racionalistrt. Zaeatek v 9 hodin rano.

V nedeli 30. tijna potadana bude u fadu Ilvezda Texasu eislo 47 v Seaton toneeni zabava zvana. "Spookey Dance." ✓ sobotu 5. listopadu bade ptedvaden film pod nazvem "Ted' zas my" v Sokolovne v Houstonu. VQeete v 6 hodin.

Ptijd'te se podivat na tento peknY film v hojnem poetu. ✓ nedeli 6. listopadu Ceske divadlo u tadu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88. ✓ nedeli 6. listopadu Ceske divadlo v sini radu Pokrok Houstonu. ✓ nedeli 13. listopadu tad aulak Cislo 165 ph Moulton potada odpoledni program a slavnostni veeeti na oslavu Zaloleni Mein. ✓ sobotu 19. listopadu bazar a hostina dikinizdani u tadu S ' tefanik eislo 142 v Houstonu. Budou udeleny cony.

Ve stredu 21. prosinee vanoeni program a Santa Claus u tadu 8tefaiiik Cislo 142 v Houstonu. ZaCatek v 7:30 veeer. / • 4. ( NEDOSTAVATE VIESTN1K? Nekdv v hinicuenosti se mute stati, pravidelna dodavka Vestniku bude nekomu z vas najednou zastavena a organ ptestane dochazet. Stane-li se to jen jednou, virn pravdepodobne nese pogta.

Opakuje-li so to dva, tri a vice tYdnil za scbou, dopfSte na Supreme Lodge SPJST, Temple, Texas, at' pripad je vygetten.

Nepifte ani na vydavatele, ani na redaktora, ale na Hlavni idadovnu. Stanovy natizuji, 2e kdo si pfeje Vestnik, musi dopsati neetnimu Hlavni idadovny, kterS/ vede seznam adresate clams dostavajleich Vestnik.

MUCete dopsati na Hlavni utadovnu sami, nebo poladejte va geho tajemnik4, aby to pro vas vykonal. Ka2c13"/ e'en, kter31 si plati na pojiaeni v ttide dospelSrch, ja opravnen na Vestnik, jestli si ho pfeje. (dz)

Wednesday, October 26, 19!,

TN

WEST, TEXAS

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Reports from Louges, biographies, Tr 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,,6102 Prague, Houston 7, Tex. Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS

Olf .tuCIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THE NEXT CONVENTION OF THE SPJST will bound to make very important decisions regarding the system of delegates. As you know, any fraternal benefit society must be a non eerofit organization, must operate without stockholders or shareholders,. must have a lodge system, and must have a representative form of government. Our SPJST has all of that. We don't operate for the benefit of any individual, we only pay salt)] y for the work done. We don't issue any shares. Even the local building is the property of every local member. and not of the few. The building in Temple does not belong to the Supreme Lodge, but to the entire SPJST membership. We have a lodge system, which means that we meet regularly. It we don't, we have to report those local Ddges that do net comply with the requirements.

THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS CONcerning delegates and local lodges. One is the number of delegates that we wish to have in the future conventions. The other question is, if every insured member in the adult department who is sixteen years or older is entitled to one vote, can the votes be cast by a delegate at the convention. Or to put it another way, how many delegates will a small lodge be entitled to, how many a real bi g lodge, and how many votes will each delegate have?

IF WE READ THE BY-LAWS, ARticle 6 deals with the number of delegates from local lodges. A small lodge having six memba.Ts is entitled to one delegate. A much bigger lodge having 198 members, has also only one delegate.

Or if a lodge has 299 members, it is entitled to one additional delegate. Is that fair representation? You say it is. And you explain that each delegate has one vote for every insured adult member.

That means if the lodge has six members, the delegate is six votes strong. If the lodge has 198 members, the delegate is thirty-three times stronger. He also may be thirty-three times wiser, but that is not the democratic way where President Eisenhower's vote doesn't count more than the janitor's vote.

THE STATE LAW TELLS US THAT we must have a representative form of government. When you elected me as your editor, you elected me by some 200 votes. Some of the delegates did not raise their hands. It should have been 223 votes in total. But when you elected your legal advisor, you gave him 9623 votes. You used altogether 17,925 votes.

He was an attorney, he did not question the method of voting. There was no difference of opinion among the delegates, not even among the other attorneys present there. But the statutes are not satisfied that the meaning of "representative form of government" be left to the interpretation of an attorney or an editor. The law says: "No officer, representative or delegate shall vote by proxy." Our By-laws, as they now read., allow proxies. One delegate may have six votes, another fifty, another one hundred, or as many as 198 besides his own vote. Let us hear from our attorney.

• • WE HAVE SEVEN DIRECTORS WHO have to vote on loans and other matters.

Each one of them represents the SPJST members in his district. Would you suggest that Brother Stepan, director of District One, should control 3206 votes, Brother Navratil 3908 votes, Brother Skrabanek 2575 votes, and so on? In the meeting of the governing body we have no proxies. It is the same method of voting as we find on the Board of Education, County Boards, City Councils, in Legislatures, or in Congress—one vote per person, and no proxies. I sincerely believe that each delegate should have only one vote. That's my belief. You can roast me for my belief, if you wish. If I go to the SPJST convention, I may represent twenty, fifty or one hundred members, but I should cast only one vote. I am not any wiser than, the delegate next to me, and I don't claim to be an idiot just because I have 15 votes and the delegate next to me has 190 votes.

• THE OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW many delegates will a lodge be entitled to? In one SPJST convention, we had a delegate representing 8 members. His expenses were $114.30. The dues from

the members of his lodge amount to something over $60.00 a year. You draw your own deduction. Yet, every local lodge, no matter how small, as long as it has six members, is entitled to a delegate. It takes ten members to organize a new lodge. We don't encourage the growth. We permit decrease and falling oft until the membership drops to six. We permit it to stay theretindefinitely. One lodge had only fo& members for a number of years ., until I made a trip there, inspected the conditions, reported on it, and prompted Brother Navratil go there, being in his district. He and Brother 1Vlarek secured there twenty-five new members. If it takes ten members to form a new lodge, it should by the same yardstick take at least ten members to have a delegate. ♦ HOW MANY DELEGATES WILL YOU allow to a lodge that has fifteen hundred members? We have one that big.

We have another with twelve hundred members, still another with one thousand. Will you let them have one delegate to the convention for each one hundred members? Does a great number of delegates give you greater flow of new ideas? Or does it only add to arguments, more idle talk, display of some inflated ego? And if you have so many delegates, what will the expense be?

• ♦ SO YOU WILL HAVE TO DECIDE these questions at the next convention.

Or better still, you have to discuss them long before the convention in your lo cal lodge meetings, in your district meetings, and even in the columns of the Vestnik. Our convention expenses are constantly climbing. They will be even higher in the future unless we find some way to balance our convention budget or stay within predetermined amount. It will be either less delegates or less pay to them. If you think that less delegates would turn the trick, you have to treat small and big lodges alike.

If you don't want to spend so much on delegates, you may pay , them only traveling expenses, 'and don't pay them for the time during the convention.

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

Enna 11

Wednesday, October 26, 1955

Meeting of the By-laws REPORT FROM DISTRICT TWO A meeting of SPJST District 2 w;is held on Sunday afternoon, October 16, at the SPJST Star Hall at Seaton. Sonic 300 members and their families from 10 of the 18 lodges in the district, visitors rcm other districts, and Supreme Lodge officials gathered to enjoy the entertaining program, to hear the three featu •ed speakers curing the business sesiCin, and to partake of the tasty lunch served by Seaton Lodge 47.

The bcur-long entertainment portion of the meetin g was arranged and directed by Sister Clara Hejl and consisted of -mrious acts by talented youth from CyMilne Lodge 24, Taylor Lodge 29, and Soaton Lodge 47. A most enjoyable skit entitled "Jsem Nesnidal" was enacted by genior members Motl and Kalenda of Seaton Lodge 47. All of the performers deserve much credit and Sister Hejl will probably arrange for a more complete report in the VESTNIK concerning the entertainment at this district meeting.

Following the reading of the minutes of the District 2 meeting, reading of the correspondence, and a roll call of the lodges present by District Secretary Beheck, District President Spanhel introduced Supreme Lodge President Edward Marek and Directors Navratil and Skrabanek. He then introduced each of the three featured speakers of the afternoon who discussed three proposed undertakings or activities for the SPJST. Supreme Lodge President Edward Marek spoke on the "Home For The Aged"; Brother Sid Pokladnik of Dallas spoke Orr. the "Queen Contest"; and Brother Rudy Sefcik of Houston spoke on the "Youth; Camp". The talks of all three speakers were most interesting and informative and provoked many questions and much comment and discussion from t1V members in attendance. Because the comments of the three speakers and the other business of the meeting concerned subjects of such importance and were of considerable length, a report on these items will be prepared for a following issue of the VESTNIK. Actually, the writer of this article is pressed for time at the writing of this report and he fears that these matters could not be reported on completely if an effort were made to include them in, this report.

In contrast to the usual situation at previous meetings whereby the members in attendance had little to offer from the floor for discussion or as items of buSiness, the subjects discussed at this Meeting brought forth many questions and comments and other exhibitions of T1 AAT

roan the members in attendam c. These expressions of interest were an -unmistakably clear indication that the members of District 2 are aware of the anoolaching 1956 SPJST Convention and that they are preparing for it as they best can — by free and open disceima of the subjects which will be im portant items of business at the convention. Undoubtedly the entire meeting was very much enjoyed by all those present, and all members of District 2 should start to make plans now to attend the next regular district meeting to be held on next January 15 at the SPJST Holland Lodge Tyrs Hall.

Comn g „.ee In compliance with Article 23 of the By-laws of the SPJST, the preconvention By-laws Committee shall convene not later than two months before the convention. The purpose of the meeting is to deliberate and decide on all recommendations. All the recommendations approved by the Committee shall be published in the Vestnik without delay.

The By-laws Committee decided by a vote through mail that the meeting of the Committee will be held next year, on the second Saturday of the month., March 10, 1956. The meeting wit be held This meeting was concluded late Sun- at the headquarters of the p J ST at day afternoon when Brother F. E. Hejl, Temple.

President of the host Seaton Lodge 47, invited all those present to partake of This is to inform all the members, the "lunch" which, by the time the ex- officers, local lodges, and districts that tended business session ended, could be all motions for changes of the By-laws and was appropriately termed by Broth- must be forwarded by the proponents er Hejl as a "supper." of such changes• to the secretary of the By-laws Committee. Article 23 also gives Fraternally, the ruling that a motion which was not first submitted to the Bylaws CommitCalvin C. Chervenka, tee cannot be presented directly to the District 2 Reporter convention. Motions may be submitted d either in the Czech or the English language, and will be published in the lanDISTRICT SIX MEETING guage in which they were received.

November 6, 1955 The address of the secretary of the Talton, Texas By-laws Committee is published in every Dear Brother Valcik: issue of the Vestnik, the last three lines District 6 Program Committee has of the first column on page 2. asked me to invite you to our meeting.

All members, lodges, districts, and ofIt is the wish of the Committee that you ficers of any rank are requested to mail make a short talk, not over 10 minutes, their motions not later than February in our meeting. The suggested subject is 29, 1956.

Youth Camps, as now widely discussed Sincerely and fraternally, among our members.

The meeting will open at 10:00 a. m. F. J. ..):..3xa, chairman Jos. Slavik, sec'y and all speakers will be on the morning • els ♦ ( program.

WHAT MAKES A HOME Thanks.

Fraternally yours, America lives mostly outside the home.

Frank Rod All night your streets are crowded with Editor's Note: I am highly honored that the Program Committee and Direc- cars. You have a profession known as tor Rod have asked me to come and de- "baby sitters." Even in the house, where liver a short talk. I accept and I'll pre- sometimes you has o to be, you aren't pare a talk on the Youth Camp not to living in it but away. You are listening and leaking at something else—you have exceed ten minutes. the radio on in one room, the television Page 14 on in another. You have roofs, yes, and ♦ E. • a fairyland of beautiful and useful The Golfer had lost his ball and not things under them—everything that unnaturally was inclined to be annoyed money can buy. But not many of you with his caddie. have what we Norwegians would call "Why didn't you watch where it homes you have to create out of yourwent?" he asked angrily. selves, and for that you haven't the time.

"Well sah," said the boy, "it don't —Dr. Kristen 0. Sorheim, Inspector of usually go nowhere, so it took inc un- Folk High Schools for Royal Norwegian prepared like," Ministry of Educaticn.

Wednesday, October 2ii, 195cti

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THE AT YOUR CHILDREN ALL ALIKE At first glance, you might think that nature had played a mean trick on 12year-old Betty Lindsay. Her IQ is 95; her ten-year-old sister Marjie's, 140. Yet Betty is well adjusted and happy; and she actually loves to show off her younger sister's brilliance. Marjie, in turn, looks up to Betty, who teaches her the latest dancing steps and bakes her favorite cookies.

All of this is no happy accident. It is the result of years of tact and planning by their parents, Helen and Bob Lindsay. Even parents with children fairly evenly matched in brains, personality, and looks do not always find it easy to bring them up so that none feels slighted. But when one of your youngsters definitely overshadows another, you have a problem.

"Naturally, we thought everything our first-born, Betty, did was wonderful," Helen Lindsay says, "But when Marjie began to walk and talk we couldn't help noticing how much quicker she was."

When she was only one, she spoke in short sentences. Betty, at three, still garbled words. As they grew older, they squabbled, as all sisters do. When Marjie called Betty "dumbbell," no one thought much about it.

But one night when Betty was seven, her mother heard muffled sobs from her room. The children's eyes were swollen; her pillow tearsoaked. "I wish I was dead," she exploded. 'I hate everybody. I hate you, I hate daddy, I hate that show-off Marjie." Her mother stood dumfounded. "Darling, what's wrong?"

"You only love Marjie. I was the one who set the table for dinner. But all you kept saying to daddy was, 'You should have heard Margie recite for the company this afternoon.' " Then Helen Lindsay realized how deeply the agony of neglect had gnawed into Betty's soul. Conscience-stricken, she hugged the trembling child, insisting that mother and daddy loved her just as much as they did Marjie. But Betty sat stiff and tight-lipped, as if to say, don't believe you."

The Lindsays sat up far into the night discussing how they could build up Betty's shattered ego so that she'd feel worthy and wanted, a person in her own right.

"Often I notice her jigging to music on the radio," Bob Lindsay finally said.

"Let's try dancing lessons."

Betty's usually somber face lit up at the suggestion. From the every first lesson she seemed happier and more selfassured. She beamed when the teacher

(By Mary Jacobs) told Mrs. Lindsay. "Betty's my star pupil She has a wonderful sense of rhythm.'

After each lesson now, she demonstrates the new steps to her less graceful sister.

Mrs. Lindsay also encouraged Betty to help in the kitchen. Whenever company comes, the child swells with pride at their "Mmnin! How delicious!" as they munch her Fancy cookies.

The Lindsays have enrolled the childro:i at different schools. "If Marjie skipped, they might end up in the same grade," Mrs. Lindsay explains. At home, no comparisons are made in the children's presence.

Without taking away Marjie's share of the spotlight, Betty has been awarded her place in the sun.

Many parents, without realizing it, Show partiality. Parents who complain, "Ray was born with his grandfather's nasty disposition," are just building up trouble for themselves. The fact is that at birth a baby's disposition is unform ed. And whether he'll turn into a mean cuss or a ray of sunshine depends a lot on his environment, and that includes mama and papa.

"That's true," you're probably thinking. "And you should encourage a child who is unusual in, any way. But what if one of your youngsters is only run-ofthe-mill?"

Small skills of ordinary children are just as important. So keep looking until you find a talent, even if you need aptitude tests to help you. And remember, Johnny's craze for ping-pang or Susie's1 hobby of collecting sea shells may seem trivial to you. But to Johnny and Susie they're just as valuable as Shirley's musical genius or Freddie's artistic bent.

What's more, they give Johnny and' Susie an interest and a status in life.

Remember, a backward child needs a double dose of the praise and encouragement we all crave. But he must feel that he deserves them.

We all want to give our children the best break possible. We want them to grow up happy, confident, and secure.

Here are some suggestiOns to help achieve our goal.

1. Never label your children. "Hilda, the grouch," or "Tim, the roughneck," many live up to such tags through life.

2. Encourage them to take part in many outside activities. Scouting, dancing, hobbies and clubs 'are just as vital to well-rounded development as good marks .. in school.

3. Soft-pedal your little one's failures

and encourage him to try new interests.

Ecen if his hobby of dissecting bugs turns stomach, pretend interest, 4. Never make comparisons bctv:;:on your children. Saying "Xon're and your sister's so neat" creates rat only animosity but a false sense of Fq^ periority in one and a gnawing sense of inferiority in the other.

5. Caution your friends net za c.,nplau.d one child and neglect to praise .another.

6. At first, give a child simple tasks at which he can readily succeed; gradually make them. harder.

To endure, self-confidende must rest solid ground. So don't build him up to much. He'll sense your inIneerity and, besides, he must eventually compete with cutsiders. Then if he doesn't measure up, his ego will shrivel, and you will have defeated the very purpose of your praise.

—Condensed from Everywoman . )•A•( On;

WHERE TQ GO SATURDAY OCTOBER 29: Halloween party at Pokrok Dallas Lodge. Rejcek orchestra.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29: Halloween dance at Linden Hall, SPJST Lodge No. 66. Music by Cruz Ortiz of Waco.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30:

Vysehrad Lodge No. 48 will observe its 52nd anniversary. Read the report in this issue.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30: Conference of Texas Racionalists will be held at Stefanik Lodge in Houston starting at 9:00 a. m.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30: Spookey Dance at Lodge 47 in Seaton.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6: Dramatic Club Hlahol of Pokrok Lodge No. 88 will stage a Czech play.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6: Czech play at Pokrok Houston Lodge.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13: Culak Lodge No. 165 will have anniversary entertainment and picnic supper.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19: Bazaar and Thanksgiving Dinner at Stefanik Lodge! Prizes Galore.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21: Xmas Program and Santa Claus at Stefanik Lodge beginning at 7:30 p. m. ) • 4, • ( Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew 'me best, that / always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought , a flower would grow.—Abraham Lincoln.

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES FORT WORTH LODGE NO. 154 Fort Worth, Texas Dear Members: I wish to remind you of the annual monthly meeting of Lodge 154 which is o be held on Sunday, November 6th. It will take place at the Sokol beginning at 2:30 p. in. Immediately following will be an enjoyable evening of bingo for everyone.

Eaths will be served to all who are Present. I wish to ask all the ladies to bring something in the way of food to be served for a late, afternoon snack.

Let's all attend and bring our friends.

We'll make this the biggest and best meeting of all.

We are proud to hear that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gregory are new grandparents. A baby son was born to Mr. and Mrs. 'Sam Hunter, daughter and son-inlaw of the Gregory's, He was born on Tuesday, October 11th. Our Lodge extends its congratulations.

We were happy to have Mrs. Mamula and her sixteen month old son of South Bend, Indiana visiting with us for the past two weeks. She is the former Miss Frances Milan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Milan, Sr. Mrs. Mamula and son left for South Bend Saturday, October 15th.

We enjoyed having them and hope they will be back for another visit soon.

Also, I wish to remind you of the big dance to be held at the Sokol on the 29th of October. Let's all attend and dance to the music of the West Melodians of West, Texas and have an enjoyable evening with all our friends.

Again, a brief reminder to all lodge members of the meeting on; the 6th of November. Let's not forget to attend.

Hope to see each and everyone of you then.

Yours very truly, Bernice Kubala, Reporter ; " • ( WACO LODGE NO. '66 SLOVANSKA LIPA

happy to have them with us and hope early as possible, it is Very often a probthey will enjoy their associations with lem. As you know, it is not a small matour fraternal order. ter to cast a play under the most favorThe following officers were elected for able conditions. After a brief meeting the operation of Linden Hall: last week, the Hlahol Dramatic Club Board of Trustees made plans to present a three act Brothers Roman Parma comedy which will be staged at Lodge Brother Edvin Narovec Pokrok, Studewood, Houston, on NovemBrother Ed Mazanec ber 6th. Mr. Sefcik, the director, also Brother Leslie Dungan asked me to specify that the play would Brother Frank Parma start immediately at 3:30 p. m. The Brother Otto Hanus name of this play is headed LASKA Brother John Simcik KVETE V KA2DEM VEKU. From the Entertainment Committee title you may be sure that it will proSister Libbie Farina vide the amusement of the day.

Sister Emma Ceska I wish it were possible to give you a Brother Anton Mazanec list of the cast but I shall furtish this Brother John Simcik interesting information in the coining number.

Brother Otto. Hanus Grievance Committee.

We also feel sure you may be able to Sister Glena Dungan count on the usual refreshments on this Brother Emil Hanus occasion. We do not want you to feel Brother Anton Mazanec uneasy about that.

Members of our "Birthday Club" celePlease remember to look for further brating October birthdays. were Minnie announcements. Until then, reporting Narovec, Hattie Casper, Anton Mazanec, for the Hlahol Dramatic Club, I am Frank Chamrad, Lana. Reznicek, FranSincerely, ces Parma, Otto Hanus, Lucille Hanus, Naomi Kostorn and Robert L. Cervenka. To them we de) • •It• • dicated the "Happy Birthday" song.

VISEHRAD NO. 48 Best wishes are extended to each of Thrall, Texas you.

Our Sick Committee reported that Dear Sisters and Brothers, At our last meeting it was decided to Brother John Simcik had been ill but had recuperated. We were happy to see celebrate the 52nd. Anniversary of our Lodge with a get-together of members him present for our meeting.

The regular meeting date of Lodge 66 and their guests. Date Oct. 30 — Time was changed from the third Sunday to 4:00.

There will be games for all after the second Sunday of each month. It was felt there would be fewer conflicts which refreshments, brought by members, will Le served. with, special holidays.

We need this show of fraternalism There will be a Halloween dance at and hope many of our members will be Linden Hall on October 29th. Everyone is invited to come out and join in present and show some interest in the the fun. Music will be furnished by the Lodge as a fraternal organization along with the insurance value we offer. We Cruz Ortiz Orchestra from Waco.

Following the meeting we all enjoyed can never collect on our life insurance, but we can collect happy hours as a a delicious supper.

The next lodge meeting will be on fraternalist.

May be you have not been to our Sunday, November 13th, at Linden Hall. meeting in years, therefore hesitate to Dear Brothers and Sisters: Fraternally yours, come for a get-together. Then you are The meeting of` WacoLodge No. 66 on Emma Ceska the one the regular members are hap) Sunday, October 16th, at Linden Hall, piest to see. We like to see new faces in was opened with the "Pledge of AlHLAHOL DRAMATIC CLUB our midst, whether it be an old member legiance" led by Sister LaNell Ceska. AtHouston, Texas becoming interested or a new member. tendance was good and we were happy Please, don't forget the date and we to have Peggy McKinney as a visitor.

With the lapse of activities in the Two new members, Brother and Sister summer its seems that everybody is hope to start games at 4:00, but you are Gilbert Wachs.mann, were introduced. looking forward to a fall season of en- welcome any time during the evening.

Fraternally Other candidates accepted were Broth- tertainment again.

Mrs. Viola Shiller er and Sister Monrbe Fortune, and It is encouraging to see how much Brothers Monroe Janke, Robert Win. interest has been shown in our plays )• 4 Cervenka, Robert Chas. Cervenka, An- and apparently many are looking forSuccess or failure in business is caused thony R. Chudej, Thomas Joseph Chu- ward to them again. Of course, while we more by mental attitude even, than by dej, and Newell Foye Yoakum. We are like to make our announcements as mental capacities.—Walter Dill Scott.

Wednesday, October 26, 1955 Belly'lle, Texas Dear Members: In his comments in the Vestnik of October 12, our editor, Brother Valcik states that he has learned very recently, from the vice-president of a certain, fraternal organization, that the system of voting used by delegates in our quadrennial conventions is illegal. Brother Valcik further comments that it is ria State law that no member of a fraternal Organization may vote for, another member, which means voting proxy, and consequently, our by-laws are not legal.

After a good deal of studying about Brother 'Valeik's contentions and checking such information as I had available, I came to the conclusion that there is quite a bit of difference in voting proxies for members and representation by delegates. However, in, order to further inform myself on the subject, I decided to write to the Board of Insurance Commissioners: for their opinion on the matter.

Today I received the following reply to ray letter from the Life InsUrance Division of the Board: "If we understand your letter correctly, the delegates do not purport to vote proxies for members of their lodge. To the contrary, each delegate votes for himself and votes in person, but weight given his vote takes into consideration the number of persons. in the local lodge which he represents. The statute does not, in our opinion, prohibit by-law provision which would give more weight to the vote of one delegate than to that of another, and we therefore, advise that the procedure now being followed by the lodge is in accordance with law."

The situation was outlined to the Beard in minute detail, explaining the procedure used in balloting by the delegates as well as the manner in which the delegates were elected.

T. feel sure Brother Valcik will be happy to publish this ruling from the Board of Insurance Commissioners, for the benefit of the members, and also perhaps, publish same in the Czech section when he finds time. No doubt, it will be for the benefit of the Order to forget any further discussion regarding the matter since the Board of Insurance Commissioners is agreable to our present setup. The more confusion we can avoid in preparing for our next convention, the better progress we shall make.

Fraternally yours, Frank V. Stepan (Editor's Note. May we have hundreds of members like you who check on any information. But suppose we also ask the Attorney General? If his opinion is different, what then?)

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NEW MEMBERS BY LODGES From the report which I received reTemple, Texas ' cently, cur organizers secured 118 memOct. 19, 1955 bers in the month of September, which Mr. Stephen Valcik, added $144,00.00 of new insurance On 6402 Prague, our books.

Houston, Texas The higheA number of new members Dear Brother Valcik: was added in Fort Worth Lodge No. 154 I give here the donors to Moucka's where 18 new members with $17,500 'inFund for the period beginning January surance were admitted. Pckrok Houston 1st., and ending September 30th.

Lodge No. E3 admitted 13 new members Donor Amount with $24,000 insurance. Slovanska Lipa.

Mrs. P. P. Mikeska $ 5.00 Lodge addeS also 13 new members With Mary E. Sullivan Sc Lydia Kubala, 8.00 12,500 insurance. Danbury Lodge No. 139 Mrs. Millie Stalmach 10.00 secured 5 new members with $6,000 InMr. and Mrs. H. A. Janicek 5.00 surance, and Pokrok Dallas No. 84 adMrs. Ella Svadlenak 10.00 mitted also 5 new members with $5,000 Mrs. Lillie Skrabanek 5.00 insurance.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sefcik 2.00 As reported by Brother Mares on the F. J. Matush -- 20.00 last page of the preceding issa, District Lodge No., 4 4.00 Three secured $42,000 insurance in SePMrs. Mary Maresh 10.00 tember, and District Five put on the Mrs. K. Fojtasek 2.75 books 40,500 . insurance. These two disSteve Strmiska, 5.00 tricts topped the other five districts by Frank Kucera 5.00 $21,000 more insurance. There is a conV. J. Svoboda 1.00 test between District Three and District Mrs. Ella Svadlen,ak 5.00 Five. The losers will furnish another Lillie Skrabanek - 3.00 banquet. It seems that the two districts Mrs. Fr. Stransky Jr., 5.00 are evenly matched.

John Stasa 5.00 ) • 4 Henry Kovarnik 10.00 FIRST ROAD MAPS WERE FOR' • • Fred Karlicek - 5.00 CYCLISTS 5.00 (Mrs. B. Valcik) mailed this to US Joe Elles 2.00 The mark of the summer tourist still Jim Pavelka 3.00 is the road map sticking out of his 5.00 shirt or trouser pocket when he gets Out Mr: and Mrs. Fr. Kopecky 1.00 of his car to stretch his legs.

Mrs. Frances Strouhal L. 0. Hosek 3.00 Like ice cream and hot dogs the free 10.00 road map-obtainable at practically Steve Novak Supreme Lodge (Conven. order) 250.00 every auto service station-is typical 22.50 American,. More than 3,000,000 of them Interest, savings deposit --are distributed annually, with the oil Total $425.75 companies providing about half.

Fraternally yours, According to Automobile Facts, morie Edward L. Marek thly journal of the Automobile Manufac-.

Editor's Note: In the last financial re- turers' Assn., the first big demand for port, published by Brother Urbanovsky, road maps was generated in the late the total amount in Moucka's Fund, as 1800s with the advent of the low-wheelof October 1, 1955, was $2,049.76. On the ed "safety" bicycle. average, there are three donors every The Cyclist's Road Map of Connectimonth contributing about $5.00 apiece. cut, issued in 1888, was one of the first of its kind to guide the venturesome , • 4 • ( two-wheelers over the unpaved and We know that if men are to found and rolling New England roads. govern cities, to build bridges and make Tourist service and route compiled by roads, to establish universities, to sail the Automobile Club of America beginships and sink mines, and create educa- ning in 1900 were added to the road tional systems, and policies and religions, maps for the first motorists. But the they must work together and not against early highways were unmarked and the one another. Surely these things are as directions depended upon narrative de4obvious as the fact that there could be scriptions in the route books. no hive unless the bees worked as a • colony and on the lines of mutual aid.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence Education does not mean teaching another is the encouraging him to think people what they do not know. It means for himself, instead of endeavoring to teaching them to behave as they do not implant ready-made opinions into hi's head.-Sir Leslie Stephen. behave.

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FRATERNAL INSURANCE An Address by M. H. LeVita, Actuary I am sure you do not want me to go into detail in discussing with you, today, the history of the fraternal beneficial associations and societies. You know that the principle of the brotherhood of man has been instilled in the hearts and minds by the fathers of this country and their descendants. However, a brief survey of Fraternalism would not be out of plaice.

From time to time groups of citizens would band themselves together for mutual protection and helpfulness. This, of course, gave rise to the present day fraternal beneficial associations. After a time it was decided that in addition to promoting the spirit of brotherhood, it was necessary to find some method to provide material relief to its members in time of sickness and death. As a result, the fraternal beneficial association extended its activities to provide what is commonly known as life and sickness insurance.

Originally, the death and sickness contributions were in the form of assessments upon, the death or sickness of the members. This proved unsatisfactory for obvious reasons. As a result, a method was devised whereby each and . every member paid a certain contribution per month actuarially computed to provide the benefits for anticipated deaths and aggregate weeks of sickness.

Questions were raised from time to time as to the actuarial solvency of such societies. As a result of a series of moves made by the fraternal associations together with the insurance departments of the various states, conditions for solvency became more and more stringent until we can safely say at the present time that most societies have a degree of solvency comparable to that enjoyed by the commercial life insurance companies.

To summarize, we conclude that fraternal beneficial associations and societies have done much to foster the spirit of brotherhood for mutual helpfulness and independence amongst the people of this country. They have succeeded in bringing the realization of the need for insurance to many whom insurance companies might not reach. In so doing they have rendered a valuable service to this country and its people.

No financial institution has ever accomplished more real good in the world in bringing peace, comfort and security to people everywhere than has the institution of life insurance. I would also like to declare that you are all missionaries of this great cause. You carry the

gospel of self protection and self security to men and women everywhere by teaching them to provide for the future security and well being of their loved ones through their own productive enterprise. If you are all missionaries of a certain faith, what would your creed be?

I would say that your creed consists of three vital elements: 1. a belief in the institution of life insurance.

2.a belief in the Society which you represent, 3. a belief in yourselves.

Let me now take them up one by one.

Belief in Life Insurance First is the belief in the institution of life insurance. You have got to believe that there is no greater financial magic in this world than the magic of life insurance. The magic arises, in the fact that upon payment of the very first premium (regardless of how small) by the member, an estate is immediately created by him. This, in my estimation, is life insurance's greatest miracle. You have got to believe in it or else you are wasting your time trying to earn a living by selling life insurance.

Belief in Your Society and Yourself The second, is the need for a belief in your Society. You must have confidence in the ability and integrity of the men who manage your Society. But, in speaking enthusiastically about your Society, do not place your Society or yourself in the unpleasant position of criticizing any worthy competitor regardless of whether it is a society or a commercial insurance company.

The third point is a belief in yourself.

To that end, you should know your Society, its history, its creed and its contracts or certificates. With that information you can approach your prospective member with confidence and assurance. In so doing, you will gain the respect of your prospective member.

-L.—When I asked the other seven representatives certain questions concerning the policy, they had to refer to their manuals before giving me the answers. In the case of yourself, when I asked you those questions, you replied promptly and fully without reference to any book.

"3.—We liked the sincere and enthusiastic way you presented your proposal."

While I am an actuary by profession, you may be interested to know that many of my contacts have been with field men. I have listened to their problems and again I felt that I may have been successful in giving then1 sound advice, resulting in good sellift which further resulted in dollars and cents earned. Here are some pointers: 1. Don't be apologetic! Approach yoUr prospect with confidence because you are rendering him a service in giving him the opportunity to provide for the future Gut of his present earnings.

2. Study your prospect and his needs.

Learn something about its economic position and his earning power. Does he have a good reputation? Will he pay his premium promptly? Having learned these things ,suggest the kind of certificate which would not only meet his needs but which he could continue to keep in force.

3. Do not oversell. Beware of selling more insurance than a man can afford to buy

4. Tnere is anothe1 point which I cannot emphasize too strongly. That is, when the certificate is issued and delivered, your service is just beginning. You should make the new member acquainted with all the facts and happenings of the Society. You should give him all the service possible in connection with his insurance and his insurance needs. Follow up his family in case of births and I would like to relate an interesting deaths. incident connected with a man about According to statistics in the year whom I read, who was successful in 1951, for each 1,000 population, there placing a group insurance policy on employees of a large corporation. His was were about 25 bit ths and 10 deaths. Evone of eight companies competing. After ery birth brings into the world a potenhis policy had been in force for a period tball customer tor your juvenile inof time he met the vice president of the surance. The national income is rising. corporation that purchased the group There appears to be money available not policy and in the course of conversation, only for necessities but also for luxuries. this vice president asked if he would It is up to you representatives to extract like to know why he was given the bus- some of this money—for a rainy day. iness. There were three reasons, this Since death may come to any of us at any time, no one knows when this rainy vice president said: day will come.

"1.—You were the only one of the eight who did not criticize one or more Most of us know how to say nothing Of the competing companies. few of us know when,

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TRIP TO NEW YORK AND SIDE TRIPS We left Wichita Falls August 18th for Dallas where that night we left on our New York trip, but before leaving Dallas several disgusting things happened.

The air conditioning went out in the coach in, which we were riding; it was 100 degrees outside and we soon scattered. Being a heart patient I could not carry any grips so it cost us two dollars and fifty cents to get in and out of the railroad station in Dallas. You might ask "how came?" The red cap trucks your grips and you ask him how much you owe him, and he will tell you the company gets twenty-five cents a grip.

Of course, there must be something added for him; at least, that was the language we heard the entire trip. After four hours lay-over we left Dallas.

On the morning of the 19th we awakened at Parsons, Kansas. I said to my wife, "Let's get up and see the country; we can sleep when we get home." What did we see? Nothing but corn and this was so until the city limits of Chicago.

Out of Parsons we were tied onto another Katy train and all in all there were nineteen cars. We were late and the engineer seemed to make better time going around the curves than on straight lines; at least, that's the way it felt.

Ninety miles an hour going around the curves is too fast for me. At Kansas City we changed to Santa Fe and became a "special train". They told us that it is four hundred fifty miles from Kansas City to Chicago and we made it in seven hours. We crossed the Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa, and it seemed to be wider here than at St. Louis or New Orleans. It was between Kansas City and Chicago that we saw the real corn, some in roasting ear state and none was matured.

Reached Chicago about sundown and we walked from Santa Fe station to the New York Central about six blocks away as everyone ..was ready to stretch his or her legs. There were about 140 of us.

Was it hot? We were told it was 95. Looking for a place to eat we saw a sign "close at six"; passed Conrad Hilton Hotel but we were not hungry, so we beat it for the railroad dining room which was getting ready to close. Blueberry pie a la mode was all we had; it was fresh blueberry which tastes better than canned.

Left Chicago about 9 p.m. and awoke at St. Thomas, Canada, on, the 20th.

Had passed through Detroit but did not know it. Had breakfast, went to our lounge car and I said "Mother, what is that growing?" She said "I don't know."

(By Otto Stehlik) Well it looked like tobacco; another fellow came and he said the same thing.

Finally a member of our party who was raised in tobacco country said "why that is tobacco". It must have been some sort of government project because every farm was identically equipped and every farm had five dry kilns. We don't know space of country this project covered but must have seen 150 miles of it.

Niagara Falls, Canada—Still August 20th. Reaching the city limits we could see the Falls out of windowS. Crossing the river below the Falls we were told that from the floor of the bridge it was 185 feet; we took their word for it. Crossing back into U.S.A. of all the train inspection. I presume the reason, these cars came from Texas. Finally we reached our station about sixteen hours lay-over. All of us beat it to one hotel for our breakfast; 140 was too many for one place so we scattered. Here we took our first side trip, Toronto, Canada, SO we boarded our special buses which took us down the river on Canadian side; but first we must pass point of entry. "Of f the bus," cries the driver. Everyone goes through a turnstile and is asked a question. Mine was "where were you born?" Well, we were so far from Texas I nearly forgot but finally I blurted "United State of Texas." Everyone laughed. Got on the bus and we again circled the Falls and drove down the river about eight miles where we got on a boat for Toronto. We were told that it was fourteen miles down the river and thirty-five to forty miles across Lake Ontario. This was the first time in our lives we were out of sight of land.

Reaching Toronto our buses took us to a hotel for lunch, part of the trip, which was half spring chicken for a crowd of 140. After lunch everyone wanted to - buy cards or something but there was no time as buses were waiting to show us the city.

Toronto is a city of a million and two hundred thousand. Each bus had a guide and wei e shown all the principal churches. I asked our guide how the English and French population of Canada compared and was told there were twelve and a half English and three and a half million French; that Montreal and Quebec were French and Toronto was English.

We were told the annual cost for water for a seven-room house was about eight dollars. We were told that no frame buildings are permitted; hence all homes ars brick. We were also told that if a tree dies., the City replants it free of

charge. We drove to the only palace in Toronto which cost three and a half million; consisting of 93 rooms with a suite for Royalty in-laid in gold. The owner's suite was also in gold, however, his wife's was in-laid in silver and she had eight faucets in her bathtub — each one with different perfumed water. This palace was built by Sid Pollett, a stockbroker and he went broke before the palace was finished. It now belongs to the "Kiwanians" who charge twentyfive cents admission and use this money to maintain a home for underprivileged children. We were also told about two other rich men, one a brewer a d the other a horse race gambler an of two preachers, one of whom lambasted liquor and the other s horse racing. When these rich men, died each gave all he had to these preachers; one giving to the preacher agains liquor and one to the preacher against horse racing. The guide said the preachers invested the money in humanity. We then were shown the Government building and the University and were shown tilt laboratory where penicillin was discovered.

Reaching Niagara Falls, we were told that if we wished to view the Falls at night we could do so but we would have to pay our own fare back to the Niagara Falls U.S.A. and that the extra cost was twenty cents. We stayed and saw the falls under rainbow electric light.

There is no hard liquor sold in Niagara Falls, Canada, but we saw one bar in Toronto, and no honky-tonks on our way back. Getting on, a bus to go back to U.S.A., there being five in our company, and one of our crowd, one of those kind who has to pay for everything, handed the bus driver an American dollar. The driver said "Oh, no!, it's ten cents more because your money is not worth as much as ours." On the American port of entry we again were asked questions as to where we were from.

Some people had visas. Then onto our train for the final leg to our point of destination.

Sunday, August 21st—Up at Albany, N. Y., and down the Hudson, on account of heavy rain, the river was muddy. I am guessing but think the river was about a mile and a half to two il•-idles wide.

We skirted the north bank of the river and every now and then we ran through some short tunnels. Saw Sing Sing prison, West Point but the Point couldn't be seen very well from the water's edge as that's where the train tracks are. We rode into Harlem, three to four stories above the street, and we never saw so much dirt; then, under the -river into

Strana 18 Grand Central Station. W. were very much disappointed in the station; it was large but dirty.

The headquarters hotel was Waldorf AStoria, Our room was just average, price nineteen dollars per day; no airconditioning and no fan, to keep cool we were told to leave our door open.

As delegates we registered and were given complimentary tickets to Radio City, trip to West Point and a banquet.

Monday, August 22nd — Attended the conclave, receiving visitors from Canada and England.

Tuseday, August 23rd — Down to work and the only real thing accomplished, we established "Eye Hospital Foundatoil." We levied one dollar per capita per annum per member throughout the U. S. A. and its possessions; this for in,digent people who need eye operations, be administered to any one regardof color or creed. (Just think what would they say if the SPJST would do anything like that; that is, levy per capita tax.) I doubt that we can touch our surplus for a home for the aged or a youth camp. I think we could donate some, but to underwrite either without special assessment would be illegal.

Wednesday, the 24th — Went to Radio City. The seating arrangement is the thing; regardless of where you sit the view and hearing is the same. We left before the entire show was over; p lanned to go to a baseball game but we inered around trying to find a sea food el.attrant and by the time we did it vcas too late. We took in the United NationS Building; cost one dollar per person, escort furnished, and about twentyfive to a group. The young lady that took us through told us that they conducted tours in twenty-two different languages. We went to the Security Room first and the entire furnishings, murals, etc., were donated by Denmark. Then to the Trustee Room, furnished by Norway.

The third room, the name I forget, but it was donated by Sweden.

We then went to the General Assembly Room, being the largest of the four.

To all of these rooms we were conducted only to the balconies. Here, too, the arrangement was such that you could see and hear at one seat as well as in the center. I think that in Texas there is just one such room and that is at the Grand Lodge of Mason at Waco. I hope and wish that you can visit this building. They conduct tours, I believe, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. I am offering you nothing except architecture.

Thursday, the 25th — Trip to West Point up the Hudson, distance 70 miles which is an all-day trip. There were two boat loads of us; our boat carried three thousand and the other two thousand.

V S T N K 1/PEST, TEXAS West Point is on a high bank; as a matter of fact, Hudson has nothing but high banks. As a comparison, it is like when you drive across the Colorado River from La Grange to Schulenburg. We were met by buses and taken to a, place called Observation Point. Here, too, we were furnished a guide, a cadet,' and were again divided in groups of about twenty-five to a group. Had to wait for others to get out of ours way. We looked around and saw church steeples across the river and asked what place it was; were told "Cornwallis" and asked if that was the place where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington. We believed the guide said "yes." The guide told us that there were fifteen thousand acres, cc eupied by the Post and General Washington selected the place, but its be. nings were bard; the students were unruly some went A.W.O.E until Colonel Thayer ;was appointed and earned the title of Father of the Post.

There is a statue erected in the park to his memory and each year they lay a wreath to hiS memory. The guide had to tell us of an ineicl Tilt that happened when General 11,ILA,tilur graduated. The graduation class siole a certain noted cannon which is fired every morning to wake the boys. This class took apart this cannon and ,put it on top of one of the buildings. It was some time before they found it and it took the Engineers two weeks to take it down and reassemble it. The grounds are very, very beautiful, but the buildings are old and dark. It looked to us as if it were built out of Vermont marble. They showed us, their kitchen and dining room, and told us that they feed twenty hundred in an hour. We didn't tell them that they did the same thing at Texas A and M. Back to boat and to New York where we had checked out in the morning, so picked up our grips and to the Pennsylvania Station. We were making toward Washington, which we reached about midnigha Friday, the Mao --- Up early and took a walk around the Capitol, which was a lorigar walk than wo bargained for. Had breakfast and then bought a tour of the City. First stop was Smithsonian Institute; here we saw everything that is first. Saw Wright Broh.ers' "Kitty Hawk", Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis," and the inaugural dresses of every first lady from Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower; the likeness of the ladies reproduced in wax with her inaugural dress on. We could not but notice that the dresses of the early time were quite complicated, or say exquisite, and later years became more simple; Bess Trurnan's and Mamie Eisenhower's dresses. being quite simple.

Wednesday, October 26, 1955 Then to the Printing and Engraving Building; here again we were in groups of twenty with a colored girl for a guide.

Presses were humming printing money in all denominations. We noticed a woman counting money which came to her in bundles; don't know how she did it but she just raced the sheets through her fingers, stopped and put this bunch of money down, lay a piece of paper in between and started counting again. We were told that none in this department were bonded because the paper money was an unfinished item. It only became legal tender after the serial number and signature were printed. On the other side we noticed th em sorting the money, picking out the defective currency and every now and then we saw them lay aside a bill. We were told that i too many are defective, the whole batch is destroyed.

We then drove aroto-cl the White House, Washington Montuneot and others and finally to the Capitol, Texas Capitol is patterned after the national; that is, the outside appearance but the ins i de is different. We had to climb abOut A steps to the rotunda, in the top is a mural (painting) of Washington surrounded by thirteen stars; lower circle pictures of all main events of world history.

There was too much to remember but we are sure that "Alamo" was in painting. To 'o further there were more steps to climb so I had to halt as I am, not supposed to climb stairs; but the Mrs. went on. I guess the greatest im print on her memory will be when they were shown from where the Porto Rican shot up the U. S. Senate. Back to the hotel to eat and then taxi to the station which was very large and cleaner than N. Y. railroad station. We first saw this station in 1918. Left Washington at 1:30 p. m. We don't think much of the country we rode through for there is not much farming 7- just small patches, but we did see great number of textile mills, some towns had as many as four.

Next morning we arrived at Atlanta, Ga. Had about three hour lay-over so we took in the business part of the city; must have been on the famous Peach Street (made famous by Gone With the Wind novel). Back to the station and our train heading for New Orleans.

From Mobile to Now Orleans nothing but swamps; building the railroad through these swamps hundred years ago must have been a problem, At New Orleans we had another lay-over so we took a taxi to the famous Canal Street. It was crowded just like New York and between the two we take New York. Our train left at twelve Sunday morning but we (Continued on k page 19)

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THE HALL OF FAME In its 55-year history, the Hall of Fame 'Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton,' elected to the Hall of Fame. In fact, four for Great Americans has been paid the James Madison, James Monroe, and Pat- former electors, Grover Cleveland, Theocompliment of imitation many , times. trick Henry are honored in the states- dore Rosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and AlToday there exist, among others, a base- men's pavilion. ice Freeman Palmer (educator), already ball hall of fame, a cowboy hall of fame, Appropriately, the Hall of Fame is have achieved that honor. Another foran advertising and retailing hall of fame. located on ground that played a, part in mer elector is Dwight D. Eisenhower.

But the shrine that faces the New Jer- the birth of the nation. In 1776 WashThis year's ballot contains the names sey Palisades from high ground on the ington's army clashed with the British of distinguished candidates from a host western end of New York University's in a bitter battle on University Heights. of fields. The College of Electors is perBronx campus — The Hall of Fame for Later, from that point, British cannon mitted by the Hall of Fame constituGreat Americans — remains a. thundered threateningly at American tion to select a maximum of seven for monument to giants of achievement in positions across the Harlem River in enshrinement. The electors have freemany fields. what is now the Washington Height dom in voting, but they cannot go outIn the open -air colonnade at the pres- section of Manhattan. side the nominations of the public. Eent time are the bronze likenesses of In all, 83 men and women have been lection is achieved by a candidate when 73 men and 8 women. Some were na- elected to the Hall of Fame. (Bronzes for he receives a majority of the votes cast. tion builders, diplomats, and statesmen. two of them have not yet been installed.)

According to Mrs. Berl ha Lyons, curaSome were military heroes. Others were Among the "leaders in science and schol- tor, who has been associated with the poets, educators, astronomers, zoologists, arship" are Maria. Mitchell, a woman election since 1924, this year's% electors physicists, doctors, botanists, and au- astronomer who discoverd a comet in an face a difficujt task. The caliber of the thors who made outstanding contribu- age when women were restricted largely current candidates, she points out, is un-.tions to our culture and heritage. to the home; Alexander Graham Bell, usually high. The choices of this year's A visitor to the Hall of Fame is greeted inventor of the telephone; Samuel F. B. election will be announced November 1, by these words carved on the entrance Morse, inventor of the telegraph; Mary ; 6 4,,e ( gate: "Enter with Joy that those within Lyon, a crusader for educational faciliTelevision is often described as being have lived." ties for women; Horace Mann, father of educational for children.. This is very Walking through the colonnade, which the public education system in America; true. If you take a quick check, you'll winds for a quarter of a mile along the John James Audubon, pioneer natural- find that they know: -a, University Heights campus of NYU, the ist; Dr. Walter Reed, conqueror of yelThe meaning of deodorant; the best visitor sees a bronze bust and a tablet low fever; and Eli Whtiney, inventor of thing for a sore throat is a cigaret; for each of the enshrined personages. the cotton gin. beer is no good unless it's light and dry; Looking out to the west and below the A few of the others who have been baseball players never eat oatmeal durcampus, he views the northern tip of honored are Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo ing breakfast; candy is so good for you; Manhattan and the Hudson and Harlem Emerson, Walt Whitman, Susan B. An- little girls need home permanents. river valleys. thony, John Marshall, Edwin Booth, )• •( The late Dr. Henry Mitchell Mac- Stephen Collins Foster, James Whistler, A girl was having some fun with a Cracken, former chancellor of NYU and and Daniel Boone.

Texan. "In Fort Knox where I come founder of the shrine, wanted it to To achieve election to the Hall of from," she told him, "we have enough "know no South or North; no West or Fame, a candidate must have been dead gold to build a fence three feet high all East." He had in mind a monument that 25 years. The balloting, conducted every around Texas." "Go on and build it," would "overrule sectional and partisan five years, inspires wide public interest. came back the Texan. "If it looks good, outcry" and become an educational inI'll buy it."

The year (1955) is an election year. fluence of great value for youth. The Hall of Fame, Dr. MacCracken wrote at At the deadline for nominations in Athe time of the dedication ceremonies in pril, thousands of letters from all parts 1901, "will teach young people that lead- of the nation had been received. Dr. ers in science and scholarship may be MacCracken would have been pleased, as great as military and naval heroes." indeed with the extent of participation There are many "occupants" of the by young people. More than a thousand (Continued from page 18) shrine whose careers were once involved nominations were sent in by National got on at 10 p. m. Saturday and at about in sectional and partisan desputes. Now Honor Chapters in high schools in this five Sunday morning we arrived at Lake they are recognized for the enduring country and American schools in GerCharles, our stopping point to visit our contributions they made to the nation, many, Hawaii, Austria, Cuba, Puerto Riand party labels are forgotten. Among co, and the Canal Zone. Many of the son.

In all of our travels, New Orleans .ha$ this distinguished group are Abraham nominations were duplications, but when a new modern depot, no ramp, no steps, Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, the final list had been compiled there no elevators — all on the level, being a Daniel Webster, Henry Ward Beecher, were 209 names to be considered. brand new depot. It was clean and the and Booker T. Washington. And symFinal selection of the winning candi- Southern Pacific Sunshine Limited the bolic of the unity that was forged in dates is made by a College of Electors, nicest train we rode, not excepting the the strife of the Civil War, Robert E. Pennsylvania crack trains.

Lee and Ulysses S. Grant sit side by consisting of 125 eminent Americans After a few days visit with son and chosen for the purpose by Dr. Ralph W. side in the colonnade.

Stockman, director of the shrine and the his family we headed for Houston, then Many of the nation's founding fathers New York University Senate. The elec- Dallas and home.

The big item we noticed — no matter also have places in the Hall of Fame. tors represent all 48 states and many George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, famous persons who may someday be where, everyone was in a HURRY.

Trip to New York And Side Trips

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PERFUME MAKES 1%0 LOVELIER Making, selling and smelling perfume on clothing. It may ruin or injure the a fabulous business. Over one hun- fabric. When applied about the person dred million dollars' worth is gold year- in small amounts, perfume is more efly in the United States alone! There are fective than when put on in a single big more than five thousand American and splash. One other thing. Do not expect a thousand French brands to choose one application to last indefinitely. The from. And their prices range anywhere fragrance soon evaporates, but retouchfrom 50 cents to $400 an ounce. The be- ing as necessary will keep the delightwitching potions come in bottles of all ful vapors alive. shapes, sizes and colors, and some of the names are simply fantastic: My Toilet water is less concentrated than perfume. It may be applied more generClaw, Scandal, Mad Love, Snob, Savage, Frantic and Fanaticâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to name just a ously. "Perfume cologne" implies addition of other fragrances. In the United few. Some firms have as Many as 25,000 formulas stored away in their vaults. It States colognes are merely perfumes diluted about seven times, and many takes just one good one to thrive in the times diluted , as to cost. One authority business. says that a "woman who cannot afford Even though perfumers direct their 'Tabu can use Tabu cologne and smell advertising largely toward the women, just about the same. If she used no more JeJt the American, male is more marked than seven times as much 'cologne as a perfume buyer than the American perfume to get the same effect, cologne female. More than "60 per cent of all might be her better buy. The catch is 'fume is bought by men for women, that women hoard perfume, splash cowho, io the dismay of perfume makers, logne." These women fail to realize that are about 80 per cent wrong in the way fine perfume evaporates. they use the product." Scent manufacWhen, wearing several fragrant prepaturers report that women know little rations at one time, be sure they are about perfumes, and men a great deal compatible. Or let your perfume domiless. nate and use lightly scented accessory Maurice Talmalge, who has been con- praparations. Talmage admitted that cocting devastating whiffs for 30 years, perfume makers have been trying "for stated rather bluntly that "there isn't years and years to develop a perfume one woman in a thousand who can tell that will make men fall in love at first the difference between her favorite per- sniff, but our best efforts have been in t lune and another similar brand." He vain." Even the most tantalizing aroma declared that women have dabbled with is powerless, he said, unless a man is perfumes for centuries and yearly spend more than casually interested in a girl tens of millions of dollars on perfume in the first place. A good perfume used to make themselves attractive to men. carefully can enhance a woman's beau"But the funny thing is," Talmage said, ty even as a fragrance enhances the "they're so interested in pretty bottles beauty of e flower. and exotic names they're rarely aware It has I- __en known for years, however, of how attractive or unattractive a perat Fumes produce actual physical fume actually may be." Fanciful names. rs in both men and women, but lecautifully shaped bottles, vai there was no means of definitely deteriirtcles and colorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;none of those things mining the extent of the reactions. Acf â&#x2013; elly count. His expert advice is that cording t o Professor R. C. Davis, who -women should choose perfumes by how has been conducting experiments along they smell and nothing else. And then this line, the human physical system they should apply them very sparingly." does react to perfumes. His tests have 5eet fume reveals its carefully blended shown that rarely do two persons react eeerets when lightly and lovingly ap- in the same manner to the . same perplied to the skin. The doctors of scent fume. Therefore, buying the right persay that for best results chemicals in fume for someone dee is risky business, the individual's skin must harmonize unless you know the brand name. Lonwith the perfume used. Otherwise, a nelle Ailunan, writing for The National fregrance changes or fades away. It Geographic Magazine, says: "Most peoshould be applied with care at pulse spots ple agree on what smells good and bad. mainly in front of and not behind the But there are surprising variation. In cers, at the sides of the neck, `at the group tests some have been found to iemples, in the folds of the arms, in- -favor odors generally considered revoltide the wrists and even, behind the ing."

This authority further states that loiees. A light spray of perfume over a new hairdo will enhance its beauty. various colors can affect one's judgPerfume, however, should never be put ment in selecting perfumes. For exam-

ple, a large group was asked to test three bottles of differently colored perfume, nearly all gave reasons for favoring one over another although the odor actually was the same. A shaving-cream manufacturer inquired of thousands of men as to whether they preferred his product perfumed or unperfumed. Ninetysix per cent said they preferred the unperfumed articles. A little later, this same group of men was asked their preferences of two accompanying samples, 92 per cent favored the one that had been perfumed. Aikman states that customers are often unconscious of the lure in smell. The author tells of an experiment that was made with two sets of stocking placed on sale in a department store. The stockings were the vsla.me, except that those on one table were faintly scented with the rather unpleasant odor from the finishing process. The author says that decidedly more purchasers took the perfumed goods, though few consciously noticed the lightly applied fragrance. Their preference, they innocently explained, was dictated by "superior quality and finer texture." Manufacturers today flavor nl'ost of their items with whiffs of perfume to boost sales. And it works like magic.

All finished perfumes must use both synthetics and natural substances. The rose, the jasmin and the orange flower unite to form the wonders of fine perfume. Perfumers say that the rose adds richness, depth and smoothness to their creations. It takes about two to four tons of Bulgarian roses to produces one pound of rose oil. Jasmin is more precious than rose oil and is more widely used in quality perfumes. Jasmin imparts smoothness and gives "life" to the perfumer's creation. Just one fragile blossom will scent a room. But the blossoms must be picked before daybreak, before the dew rises, to prevent 20 per cent loss in their fragrance. Almost every perfume creation, regardless of it overtone, emplys some natural oil of jasmin. It is the perfumer's one indispensable! Without it perfume would not be what it now is. Almost as precious to perfumers is the essence of orange blossoms, it requires 880 pounds of blossoms to make but one pound of oil. The violet of oil is microscopic. An entire acre of the finest violets will yield only a few drops of the highly prized essence. Oil of violet leaves, while different in character, is also invaluable, as it gives a "leafy" or "dewy" effect to the violet fragrance. But again, it takes 33,000 pounds or about 16 1/2 tons of violet leaves to yield but one pound of the oil.

Wednesday, October 26, 1955

Have Your Choice

V2STNTK — WEST, TEXAS

POLKA DANCE

Thirteen SPJST ceMicates for adults: CLASS B: where a member gays premiums during his lifetime.

(Calvin C. Chervenka) CLASS C: where a member pays preWednesday, October 26 miums for 20 years, but in case of Baca's Original orchestra — Wedding death, the full benefit is paid u.s Dance — Fayetteville Hall provided by the by-laws.

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CLASS D: where a member pay fo, Emil Barton orchestra — Farm Bureau Dance — VFW Hall in Moulton 15 years; benefits paid as provided Joe Patek orchestra — Ludmila's Acain Class C. demy Jr. Class Dance — American CLASS E: where a member pays preLegion Hall in Shiner miums for 10 years with death beneFriday, October 28 fit paid as provided in Class C and Emil Bartos orchestra — The Barn near D. Austin CLASS IP : full amount of certificate is Saturday, October 29 paid after 15 years.

Baca's Original orchestra — New Bielau CLASS G: amount of certificate is paid Hall near Weimar after 20 years of payment.

Emil Bartos orchestra Recreation, Club at Tynan CLASS H: proper amount of certificate Henry Brosch orchestra Wedding is paid when member attains the Dance — Plainview Community Cenage of 65 years, member pays preter near El CaTpo miums until he attains the age 01 Lee use orchestra — La Bahia, Hall 65.

Konvicka's Worthing Band — Fairchild Hall near Rosenberg CLASS I: member pays premiums foz 20 years and proper amount of the Sil Krenek orchestra — American Legion Hall in Crosby certificate is paid when he attains Rudy Kurtz orchestra — K. T. Hall in the age of 60 years.

• San Antonio CLASS K: member pays premiums ttt Joe Patek orchestra — SPJST Hall in age 65, and the proper amount 01 Taylor his certificate is paid upon his death Pa.velka's orchestra American Legion CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance Convention Dance — American Lewhich is issued up to the sum 01 gion Hall in Kingsville $2,500.00, and is not included in the John Rejcek orchestra — Halloween amounts of the other classes.

Dance — SPJST Pokrok Hall in CLASS M: Annuity Policies.

Dallas CASS M-C: Mortgage cancellation in- Cruz Ortiz orchestra — Waco SPJST Linden, Hall at Elm Mott surance with gradually reduced benefits and $1,000 paid-up insurance Sunday, October 30 after 20 years.

Henry Broach orchestra — Wedding Dance — Moulton Hall CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be Joe Cervenka orchestra Spookey issued to members up to the age of Dance --SPJST Star Hall at Seaestate loans 50 years, who hive read ton near Temple from this organization.

Lee Ilse orchestra — Plainview Commuo * nity Center near El Campo Five . certificates for children: Sil Krenek orchestra — Inez Hall near Victoria CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years 01 age, which may be converted into Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Golden Wedding Anniversary Dance — National any other insurance after the child Hall in Yoakum reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age of 16 years. Joe Patck orchestra --- American Legion Hall in. Shiner CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at All the above dances are at night unage 16, payable at death. less otherwise specified. This is a tree CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value service but applies only to those dances at age ona 'rear, pa y able at death. at which mainly polka and waltz music is CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik mortuary face value at age one year. or writer will assume no respens:bility CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, mot.- resulting from any dance announceLuary face value at aee one year. ment which is listed i.fo this' column. (ft) ListingS from orchestras and dance halls

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

CHUPICK'S REUNION "To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the coxing to Texas of. Tomas Chupick and wife, nee Vitek,,, jr■parents of John Chupick who during his lifetime lived at Ellinger, Texas, and his half-brother, Stepan Elsik, who during his lifetime lived at Cistern, Texas) and Pavel Sebesta and wife, nee Pagac, (parents of John, Frank and Tom Sebesta who during their lifetime lived. at Snook, Texas, a.nd Josef Sebesta, who during his lifetime lived at Deanvilie, Texas, and Frances (Sebetta) Chupick, who died in La Grange, Texas, in 1931), the descendants of these pioneers, who arrived in Texas on the same ship from Czechoslovakia, in the winter of 1855756, will hold a basket picnic re-union at the Fayette County Fair Grounds, at La Grange, Texas, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 1955, beginning at 10:30 a. m., to which gatii ering all the descendants and all the friends of the descendants of these piOneers are cordially invited.

Everybody will be welcome."

J. F. Chupick, • •( CREDIT We wonder what would happen if credit buying ever ended. A friend of ours (who might be typical) goes through an average day like thisi,,Ho eats breakfast in a house with a mOrt7ga g e, from a refrigerator which he's paying off on. time. The food itself he buys through a club plan. He driVes to work in a car that's almost paid for, and buys his gas with a credit card. He charges his suits and ether apparel, and eats in a restaurant which sends him a monthly bill. He uses credit cards whenever and wherever he travels. Just last week he commented that he's almost forgotten what money looks like.: should be received at least one week before publication. Send all listings, t0 Calvin Chervenka, Route 2, Rogers, TeX

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A talc delala maminka, honem ohen, a stavela na Tatinek si sedl na stolicku, — bolela ho kridelka, — a BrouCek u'2. se houpal tatinkovi na'kolepre. "A, maminko, vid'te, Broudek vas pokouSel?" — "I, tatinku, skoro pokouS'el.

Ale kdyZ prosil, a sliboval, Ze u2 to vickrate nebude delat, talc ja jsern mu slibila, Ze to no n',71 nepovim. A potom on byl skoro porad u kmotriaky." — "Nu, talc dobre, maminko. At' si ho u kmotiaOky nechaji, a my si vezmeme Berutku. Ta nepokouSi." Broueltovi napadlo: "iVlaminko, u kmotaleky maji med:, a ja jsem dostal. Ten vam byl slaclkY!" — "A narn kmotrieka nernaS nic neposlala?" — "Nic." — co vyridit?" "Ne." — "Ale; Broucku, ani nas nezkazovala kmotrieka pozdravit?""I, ano, - . rnaminko, ja jsem zapomnel. Ze vas pane pozdravuji." ty Broucku! Ale ji2, jdi, pristav Zidle ke stolu, budeme veeeret."

A Broudek pristavil idle ke stolu, maminka uZ nesla -no.. stul, pekne se pornodlili, a to jim to poliveieka zas chatnala! Byla takova dobr‘ zasmaZena s kminem. Tatinek snedl dva talite, a Broudek skoro take dva.

Dlouho pak uz neskrivali. Chtelo se jim spat. Klekli, a tatinek se modlil: Pod veder tva eeladka, Co k stepici kuratka, K ochrane tve hledime, LaskavY Tiospodine.

Broudek na to: "Pan Buh s nami, a zly pryc," dal pac a pusu, maminka mu pod.ala do postYlky ruku, on ji drZel, a u.2 v:Sichni Pekne se jim to spalo

A Broueek honem sel, a jeSte nosil, Be. ruSka to beztoho u2 skoro vkchno odnesla, „a. pekne srovnala. A talc u2 to dlouho netrvalo, kmotrieka zat'ala sekyrku do spalku, a — "Ted' pod'te, den," — A deti Sly. V sini, v pravo od kuchyne, stala almara zavrena, na zamek, ale klie vezel v c lem. Kmetrieka jen zatoeila, a u2 bylo otevteno. Ale ted', co tarn?

Ten bilY talirek no torn nejhoi'ejSim prkenku Broueek fined zpozoroval. Ale co na nem.? — Kmoti'ieka jej sundala, ale on byl prikrytY jinYm talirem.

"Nu, talc hadej, Broucku, co to jest.

Ale, BeruSko, nepovez." — A Broueek: "6 ja kmotrieko, to jsou-jahody."

— Ale BeruSka se Koala, a kmotrieka: "6 ne, Broucku, to jest jeSte sladSi." -"Talc to jsou mallny." Ale BeruSka se jeSte smala. — "Ne, Broucku, to jest mnonem jeSte sladSi." — Talc, kmotrieko, to jsou bortt y ky." A BeruSka se mu tepry smala. — " 6, Broucku, to nedobre ha,daS, — jest to jak med sladke," Ale Broudek u2 ale nevedel, aZ to BeruSka prozradila: "Ale, ty hloupy Broucku, ' II PRVNT PRATELSTVI n KAMEN. v2dyt.' jest to med." -- A Broueek: "Talc Byl podzim, Svetla ubyvalo, a zimy jest to, kmotrieko, med." A byl to med. pribYvalc, talc broueci, Ze a nikam nepoTo si pochutnali! leti. musel ta-dnek kmottlekovi Ale -a2 bylo hezky pozde. Kmotriaa slibit, 2e se k num Prijae s maminkou a musi delat ohen a vaisit yeeeri, BeruS- s Brouckem jeSte, jednou podivat, a to La aby honem skocila pro trochu chvo- fined zf_jtra, driv neZ uderi zima.

A ta lc druhY den po snidani, 2e ji, a Broudek aby u2 Sel domn. — "Neza. ko lciPsitti-ece. A sli. VSak u2 na ne pomen donna pekne pozdravovat." — "Ne ja nezaposmenu. S Panem Bohem!" A dekali. Davali si pc) hubiece, a Broueek Sava, 2e priletel k palouku, tri leti libal ruku. Ale byl tam jeSte nekdo. od potoka tatinek s kmotriekem. "Tatin- Krnotrielca vzala Brouelca za. ruku: "Pod', ku, ja. jsem byl u kmotrieky, a dostal Broucku, polib take tadyhle Janince ruA Broudek polibil, honem se jsem tam m.edu . Ten vam byl sladkY." ku." vSok schoval za maminku.

-- "Nu, dobre, Broucku, ale nejdriv pek(Pok.ra6oYani) ce ruku polibit, tadyhle kmodiekovi noni-ed." A Broudek polibi.l pekne ruku. — • ) • "A jestli palcs poslouchal? Nebude maNemusi se smat.

'Dinka '2alovat?" — "Tatinku, ja jsem to Pan Sef v kanceldri udelal vtip. VAichmaminee nezhasil, a ona to nepovi." ni se smeji 2,2 na jednoho urednika.

ZatirD u2 byli doma. Maminka, je vide"Co se nesmejete?" otazal se ho SU. la oknem, vySla vstric, a "Co pak, tatin"JO, to nepotrebuji — ja jdu stejne pry: t& nemam niho prve." ku, J2e dries talc brzy? Ja le S

Ge stredu, due 26. kijna 1955.

KONFERENCE SVAZU eS. RACIONALISTU V HOUSTON, TEXAS Jak drive 112 oznameno, konference svobodomyslnYch konati se bude posledni nedeli tento mesic, to jest 30. iijna, tedy prigti nedeli. Misto: v sini u Stefaniku na Ccttage Grove. Zadatek v 9 hodin rano.

Obed a zakusky budou k dostani na mi:ate, kde tee jest nalevna.

Jako y2dy, k ucasti zveme kaaleho kdo yeti, 2e svobodne smi mysleti a pri tom Zajima se n dneg ni mistni i Svetove odalosti.

K podavani navrrat a hlaso •vani ovgem maji pravb jen elenove, co se tYee zajnra Svazu, jinak je dovoleno tein, kdo cpravdu se o pomery dne gni doby zajimaji, zascdani bYti pritomni.

Manie slibenou ireast cizojazy(37, nYch hosti. Nemohu v gak udati v kterou clobu bueou moci se dostaviti. Budou warn vgak moci podati jiste zajimave zpravy, co vge se sbehlo od konference pied rokern.

Dale — nek.olik osob u2 sdelovalo tajcmnici, 2e by radi stali se eleny, ponevad2 souhlasi s na gi praci a snahou zachovati si svoboclu obeanskou i volnost &lova a sveclomi. Vidi pry, 2e maim pra ydu. Vgude tolik nerozumu a darebactvi.

Ncpoctivost na mistech (iiradech), kde by lido z yla gte meli bYti poradni, eloveka desi A ty dane. V gude na vgem dane. A clelnici co chvile stavkuji. Takove mail u2 platy a je gte jim to nestadi. A farmati jsou tak oniezovani, 2e pomalu u2 nelmdou smet orat ani set. Neco pry se must delat. Ale, 2e pry se boji stati -deny nageho svazu svobodomyslnYch. Co pry by rikali soused& kdyby se k nam pridali?

Aby je potom skrze elenstvi nesoudili a jim negkodili ?

Pratele jestli pisatelku tohoto jegte nic neprekvapilo, pak tohleto priznam, ovgem v rOznYch tenech, odnalo ji temer sehopnost na poprve vydechnouti "ach".

Od to prvni chvile priznani neda mi to pokoj a proto tedy chci milych etenata se otazati, za koho vlastne ti sousede a znami i rodina, pOva2uji racionalisty a lidi svobodomyslne? V eem a kdy jsou takovi neradi, 20 ti sousede a znami si neirreji, aby v sousedstvi nekdo jinY stal se elenem takoveho Svazu jak.o je nag?

Snaaili se pisatelce svoje domneni vysvetliti. Ale, v gichni tri nevedeli vlastno, prod; by racionaliste moll bYti gpatni.

Ve vladin statistice, kde trestni odbor podava vYkaz, jak mnoho je v semi trestancii a jakeho jsou ptesvedeeni, jegte nikdy nikdo nehlasil. 2e by tarn byl racionalista. Racionaliste take je g te nikdy nezptisobili nikde Zadnou valku. Tel mezi temi, co nejakYm zpilsobem ogidili nebo okradli narod, nebyl ani jeden.

U2 zavrakleno jsme men nekolik presidentti, ale 2adnY z vrahri nebyl elovek

V V.

S T NI K. —

WEST, TEXAS

rozumnST (rational) nebo svobodomyslnS7 To prS, ov' em ne, ale — Naopak, snad v gichni, kteri pro nage blaho a prilektost 2iti die na gich nejlepgich schopnosti jako lide, vybojovali na nasilnicich kralovskYch v Evrope na gi omerickou svobodu, byli racionaliste eili Tide rozumni.

Vgichni ti, kteri byli pfivodci a proto zakladateli bratrSkYch jednot, at' poji7 St'ujicich portiStale poji gtencti v patio jejich smrt — anebo v pripadech proti 2tvelnim pohromam, hlavne ohni a vichrici, byly osoby rozumne, ne-li prim° a otevrene se hlasici jako svobodati.

Ve vgem a vgude, kde se udelalo nee° dobreho pro delnY lid, museli zakladatele pou2ivat rozum a prilo2it k praci (poctiye vgak), ruce a v gechny sily, co v sobe kdo met, pridati.

Tak to delaji racionaliste v2dy a v gude. Ostatne, v tornto svedkem mute si byti kaZdY sam pro sebe. A sobe piece nebude si nikdo lhat? Ku prikladu, jestli vas koho nekdo o gidil, okradl Vas nebo vain ublii-il, kdo to byl?

Kdy2 jmeno jeho oznamite, ku pr. v Texasu, mfderne yam ihned sdeliti, je-li elenem Svazu nebo ne.

Vite, k nam nem02e • se nikdo dostat, anebo jestli nejak se do rad na gich piece vioudil — pak brzo pozna, 2e neni zde prile2itost k zbohatnuti. Aniz, 2e by mohl mitt nejake z neeeho vYhody.

Jsou ve SpojenYch statech te2 bohate svobOdomyslne organisace, ale ty z tech malYch elenskYch poplatkii, kolektovane fondy vkladaji do vzdelavacich podnikani. Ceskoslov. racionaliste v Texasu takovYch fondu nemaji. Za prve, neni nas mnoho, kteri se nestydime za na gi viru, a poplatky jsou male. Ale i z toho -jsme dosti udelali, ad' radi bychom vice udinili net je mo2no.

Nu2e, o2 potud, jak se veci maji, mohla bych vysvetlovat a odpovidat na obavy techto krajanti — domnivam se — presvedeitelne.

Ale, - co se tyre dani, 2e jsou vysoke, vsude pino nerozumu a zloeinnosti, v torn racionaliste nemohou nic Mat. Rozum se nikde neprodava, ten musi se v ka2dem eloveku vypestovat zvla gt', a k tomu take musi se pridinit jeden k.a2dY sam a sobe.

Raciorialiste vedi, prod tohie vgechno trapeni existuje, ale oni jsou jen lide. Oni mohou trait, radit, pomahat, ale to vi-e.

Naprava toho, co lidi suaije, rmouti a zabiji, je mo2na. A trvalYm stavem mu, ale o to se rnusite v: • sousede a vase rodiny pri0init sami Je to prate, kterou za vas nemti2e nikdo udelat. Obeanska svoboda v na gi novo vlasti, prile2itost k ziskani vyttibeni myslivosti je zde

Strana 23 vice net a2 do nedavna kde jinde na svete bylo.

Deli se rodi s pomerne se zdravYmi mozky a rodierim ponechano na vuli, co si preji tarn "zasiti" a z nich miti a2 dorostou.

Zakladatele republiky na g i te2 se postarali o gkolni system v zemi a rodionm ponechano na vuli zjednavani uditelskYch sil i dalgi zvelebovani mo2nosti Omer ku dokonalemu vytreovani deti.

Zaklad i vzor k takovemu vyueovani vypracoval (jak se domnivam) sam Thomas Jefferson, tak zvanY "mudrc z Monticello", treti president SpojenYch americkYch. Tern, kteri se ujali vedeni gkolstvi ye SpojenYch statech, nebylo. potreba nic jineho Mat ne2Ii ueinit jak ta to sarizeno bylo a dnes jsme nemufeli bYti svedky tolika nemravir a zloeinvosti. Ne2 nedostali se 15 uvedeni lide moudri, kdosi nebo vetgina, nejakYch bud' tyrdohlavat nebo osob kdo nemeli vedomosti ani schopnosti, obyvatelstvu vysvetliti noslani gkolstvi, ani je upevniti a rozumove lidu vlo2iti do prizne. Neni divu, 2e mladgi pokoleni rozumove tak schatrala, vedy a prile2itost stala se dojnou kou v geho druhu nepoctivtir a zloeincti.

Jako racionalistka mohu na tyto nepekne zjevy nasi doby poukazat,,inphir 2aciat v tu dobrou va gi vuli venovat nahledtim takovym trochu easu ale to je vi-e co kaklY racionalista mute (ne "musi") take z dabre vide (ale je gte vice proto, 2e je neustale k tom ponpU.4 kan neeirn co nedovoli mu jinak Mat) pro jeho bli2ni udinit. Nic vie.

Jak se zda take zde ani o nic jrnehO nejde net jen tu dobrou Dnegnimu eloveku neni snad o2 treba povidat v tom, 2e lidem se stone a nodela mnoho trapeni, gkod, bolesti zarmutku proto2e "nevedeli."

Kandy z nas sly gel a jiste nejeclnon ale vicekrate od lidi: "jó kdybych to byl vedel!" — "O, kdybych byla znala praydu (v tcmto u2 holou skuteenost) jako ji znam ted'!" — "my jsme nevedeli, jsou na ;.v0te takovi bidaci" — "Prod elovek musi tak Una?" "0 liechno me okradli" — "PP36 je tech nemoci tolik?"

— a tak do nekoneena. A prod? Proto2e Jsou elovok, nejsa v'Sevecle,uci, pfedijit nen-r0e. Ale i to by se nesta 1 2. kdyby ihned deti vedeny byly ale rnyslet tak jak Olovek a lidyslet musi aby sve spasy dojiti mnoho. Jest-li se domnivate prave v teto chvili, is to pravda neni vezmete si eas a pi.'emy:s!cjte. Ziskate tint vie net byla by hlavni cci:a z loterie.

Osoby, kteti si beiou pravo svoboclomysine lidi ,racionalisty) odsuzovat ne7 jednaji spravne. Bud' jsou takovi chytra:ci a dini to z3 zlomyslnosti anebo jsou

.:Strana 24 to lid(, kteri opravdu nic nevi. Ale ovocc zprieineni vedy, urrieni a schopnosti lidi rOzumnYch se neostYchaji dries pouaiVat a nestydi se zato, toho Yyuaivan. A ae za jejieh viny spolubliani trpi, to neclbaji.

Ti prvni vi dobre co 'Cirri, ti druzi to nevi. Jelikoa to nevi proto ti prvni si z raid] nadelaji co chteji, pomucky k troPerri zla.

Dnes by se lids nedali honit na robotu anebo take by addneho z nich nesmel drab poloait lavici a vypraskat ho holi. Nage zemska Ustava to rieilovoli ae tam kde neni lidi ro zuYnriYch a dobrYch a do rukou na.silnikil dogtane se nejakY neboaak, neni mu fTsfava na ge ani "hvezdy s pruhy", nic platire. Zlo provede svou. A zlo je to moc, ne-nadprirozena, ale moc zlYch. lidi, ktera eloveeenstvo tak suluje. ru odstranit je v /Mei kaacleho eloyeka; ale on musi vedet jak, a k tomu Pak , chtit to udelat. Ale poeinani vagich sousedd vad racionalismu je nespravne. i TakovYm zpilsobem se nemrav dneini cloby nenapravi. Naopak oni svYm poeinanim ku viernu pridavaji nasili. Vyhroauji yam. pisatelka mohla by na tento no'predmet my glenek jegte vice papiru poPsati. Ale uaiteenYm by to mohlo hYti: :jen tehdy neztistane-li to pouhYm "haZeriim hrachu na zed'."

Doufam, ae na g St. VYbor me odpusti, "s maleho upozorneni krajanft na nagi konferenci" vyrostla, tato fivaha.

Aviak me prekvapeni yeera, byld tak volike: nad timto objevem msteni se syYm spolublianim proto, ae stali se 'deny svobodomysIne strany Spoj. sta tech, ae flea pisatelka mohla nabrati noveho dechu, bylo vic napsano nea psati ZadAin vgak jeite o kousek slygeni: Na g' Poradajici vYbor ae kucharky v sini "u 8teMnikil" budou miti tea priproyenY °bed.

Badou jitrnice, knedliky a zeli. Hovezi maso, zemaky a co k tomu patri. Dale kriVa a peeivo.

1 0bed bude talif za $1.00 — Deti 45c.

Nechceme nikoho premlouvat aby mezi , rras prig el, ale necht' se tea neboji pHjibt : mezi nas ti, kteri vi, ae je treba aby bide naueili se myslet tak aby mohli rozurnine- aiti i rozumne si poeinati vtrei syYm

v tr] s TN

— WEST, TEXAS

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28. RIJEN Jul r Spanek: At'. cokoliV je gte osud dejin prinese budoucnu eeskoslovenskenm narodu 28.

Rijen oilstane jeho nejva gim svatkem, tak jako 14. eervenec ye Francii a v Americe Den prohla geni nezavislosti.

DneS kdy doeasne eeskoslovensky narod ztratil sv'au svobodu ,nausime my za hranicerni titre vice yerejne vzponainati na tento slavnY den, protoae bide dorna na nej otevrene vzpoininati nemohou.

Komunisticka propaganda marne se pokoug ela a stale pokou gi vymYtit historii 28. lkijna ze srdci lidu. Vyvraci historicka fakta o narodni re yoluci, o presidentu Osvoboditeli T. G. Masarykovi, o eeskoslovenskYch legiich. za hranicemi a podle ni se vlastne nic 28. rijna, nestalo, nYbra eeskoslovenskY stat byl ustaven jen rudou armadou a bol gevickou revoluci. Je to ov gem jeden z mnoha pod yodil, ktereho se dopou gti komunisticka propaganda. Podarilo se ji snad vyretugoVat z historickYch fotografii drone ty "zradce" kolem Stalina a Lenina, ale rozhodne se ji nepodari vyretugovati vzpominku na 28. Rijen ze srdci eeskoslovenskeho lidu doma i za luanicemi.

Je tomu letos 39 let kdy narod eeskY dokoneil svilj boj proti habsburske dynastit a zaloail Oeskoslovenskou republiku. Masarykova prace za hranicemi byla by nemela Uspechu, kdyby doma lid nepodaval dukaz svetu, ae pracuje a bojuje za svobodu a prave tak tento boj by nemel bYval Uspechu kdyby Masaryk a jeho pratele nemohli presvedeiti spojence a celY svet o torn co se doma deje.

Byla, to spoluprace, ktera prinesla Uspech a koneene viterstvi a to name dnes schazi. Vime sice, ae lid doma nesouhlasi s komunistickYm reaimem, ae proti nemu bojuje mame dukazy o tomto boji, protoae bylo popraveno jia na sta eeskoslo yenskYch vlastencti a tisice jich trpi ye vezenich a pracovnich taborech.

— Za hranicemi se eas od easu take neco deje a pracuje se ye prospech csl. naroda, ale nemtraeme to je gte nazvati bojem, leda, ae bychom, nazvali bojem ten boj bratrovraaednY, kterY podporovan a liven komunistickou propagandou radi v na gich radach. Na co eekame? Oeka.me snad as na nas prijde 'nejakY mar anebo jina pohroma abychom tahli spoleene a zapomneli na sobeckost a plane kritisovani? Narikame, ae nemarne

Na,ie povoleni k organisovani je pies 60 rokti stare a na g Svaz neni jedinou organisaci svobodomyslnYch ye Spojenych stated]. Ania zkladaji se jen z chudych torn eim se elovek zabYva, vadycky cti a delniket a farmerti. Ptisobi s narni osoby miluje svobodu a tea ji preje syYm svysokYm gkolnim vzdelanim a patti do blianit -. rUznYch zamestnani jako lids z jinych M. F. K. Valova, Z toho vidime, ae nezaleti na taj. St. V. S. Osk. R.

ce- di virdcir, je to sice pravda, ale my si jiCh ani nezaslouaime. Jak nekdo mtlae bYti vildcern tomu rozharanemu davu, kterY kriei ihned "Ukriauj" na kaadeho kdo pozvedne hlas. Nemilaeme se dohodnouti na programu, kterY se da formulovati kratkou vetou: Osvobozeni deskoslovenskeho naroda od komunismu!

— To ostatni co je kolem tohoto programu intrae bYti sice uaiteene, ale o tom bade rozhodovati narod doma. Jak je pogetile ba, prim() blaznive se domnivati, ae mushr,{e pun eeskoslovenskenm narodu jia hotovou a vypracovanou formu nejakeho politickeho systemu. Ja.k je nedernokraticke a primo nehorazne si za hranicemi delati nejake 416.vo na rozhodovani doma a na dobre misteeko kolem hradu.'— Jan Masaryk rikaval za valky y LondYne: "Aa se vratime don-4 musime chodit hodne po gpiekach a mluviti po tichu"—To by si meli uyedomiti politikove v exilu a my vgichni kteri ii-" kame, ze mame radi ten na g lid doma.

Dedikace Masarykova pomniku v Chicagu ukazala, ae je moana spoluprace mezi krajany pro dobrou mY glenku. Snad se objevila mala east tech, kteri by radi byli dedikaci zabranili, ale na konec musell oalezti do svYch tmavYch der. Kdybychom pokraeovali v 'Leto spolupraci i v boji pro osvobozeni Oeskoslovenska, vie lijaci ti fale gni proroci a zakukleni nepratele by museli zalezti.

To vgechno bychom si meli uvedorniti u prileaitosti 28. 13,ijna, bychom viichni zpytovati sve svedomi a pozastaviti se nad na gimi nesvary a osobnimi boji. Velmi east° y techto nesvarech se nejedna o nejake politicks presvedeeni, politickY nazor, o ,aAdaY spor o nejakou ideu, ale o malicherne vecioky osobniho raze. — Jan Neruda tomu ". . . kaadY mua je jako aena slab a misto aen nam dany panske baby. . .".

—Oeskoslovenska Narodni Reds Americka.

•c )• Pied vraty se udavaji. O'dy razne tragedie. Slyke jednu z nich: "Mladik doprovazel slienou devu az pied dilm a stal s ni pied domovnimi dvehni. "Ach moje draha Aninko," lkal upenlive, "jen jests jeden polibek na rozloueenou!" Zardela se Aninka a Septala: "Mush si ale, Pepo, pospikt, za hodinu pfijde tatik z mace a rnohl by nas videtr• • • Ah tak.

"JO bych nemohl bez deti tort Mv." "To mate asi Cetnou rodinu?"

"Nemam 2adnou jsern cletskY lekar."

Ve stkedu, dne

iijna 1955.

VEST RIK — WEST, VMS

WLADISLAW STANISLAW REYMONT

SEDLACI (Pokraeovani.)

vela, o dem knez kazal a kdo byl v kostele; bylo pino fedi ye svetnici i v sini, proto2e s Joskou ptialo nekolik jejich kamaradek stejne sta*ch, a vaecky spoleane polykaly svecene koeiely, chranici pry pied bolesti v krku.

Smdchu bylo ptitom dost a dost, protoga lecktere device nemohlo jehnedu spolknout a zakuckalo se, musilo zapijet vodou anebo je musili pesti bouchat dozad, aby jehneda lehdeji sklouzla,. Vitek pH tom s velikou radosti pomahal.

Jenom Jagna se k obedu nevratila; videli ji, jak gla s matkou a kovatovkmi.

Sotvage vstali od stolu, pti gel Roch. Vyskoeili a radostne ho vitali, stal se jim tak blizkk jako vlastni dedeeek; Roch mluvil potichu, ka gdemu new tekl, ka g -dehoplib,aekdymupoalijd, nejedl; byl velmi unaven a starostlive se rozhligel po svetnici. Hanka si dobie vgimia, jeho pohledu, ale neadva gila se na nem zeptat.

"Videl jsem se s Antkem!" tekl tige, na nikoho se atedivaje.

Hanka vyskddila a truhly; padl na ni strach a sev •el ji srdce tak, ze nemohla ze sebe vypravit slovo.

"Je zdravk a dobre mysli. Ad nas dozorce hlidal, mluvil jsem s nim dobrou hodinu."

"A sedi potad v gelezech?" vydralo se z ni bajache.

"Ale kdepak!... Je volnk jako ostatni! ..Neni mu tarn tak zle, nebojte se."

"Vgdyt' Kozel vypravoval, ze je tam biji a ke stene pkikovavaji."

"Snad nekde delaji. . • za jink piedin. . . ale Antka se ani nedotkli," kekl Roch.

Hanka sepjala radostne ruce a fismev jako slunce ji pteletel po tvati.

"A kdy jsem odchazel, kaki, abyste se na nic neohlitela, a je gte pied svatky zabila prase, ze on chce taky unit sveceneho."

"Nechavaji ho tam, chudaka, o hladu, niori ho!" zastenala Hanka zkormoucene.

"Ale tatinek kikal, ze to prase proda.," poznamenala Joska.

"Rikal, kikal, ale kdy Antek chce zabit, tak je zabijeme. . . on tady ted' parotid, namisto otce," promluvila ostrkm, ncastupnkm hlasem Hanka. abyste v polich dala udelat v gecko, deho je potieba, a na nic se neohli2cla. Foveal jsem mu, jak si tady moudre poeinate."

U sten chalup to pane hialo, mouthy ug vylezaly na zahtate zdi a obdas se ukazala i veelieka, s bzukotem se snesla na l sedmikrasky vykukujici zpod plotu, anebo pilne poletovala po kei'ich, ktere jako zelene plameny vyraiely mladistvkmi listky.

Z poll a od lesfi vanul jegte ostrk, navlhlk vitr. ivne byla uz jiste v polovine. .. v tichem. povetti, v neing vtelo jaro, se chvely hlasy dalekeho zpevu a hry na varhany. easem se jako hustk de gt' rozsypaly v slabounke cinkani zvonka.

-bas plynul volne a ti ge; kdy slunce stanulo nejvkg , zmlkli dokonce i ptaci, jenom; vrany, eihajici zlodejsky na housata, pteletavaly nizko nad rybnikem a houseti na ne ktieeli; taky dap kdesi zaklektal a pteletel... jeho velikanskk se mill po zemi.

Hanka se modlila, horlive davala pozor na deli a nekdy i k staremu zaskoeila.

Ale nedaio se nic delat, le gel stale bez hnuti, zahledenk pied sebe.

Ponenahlu umiral, do gival svaj vek po trog kach, den ze dne, jako obili ye slunci, dozravajici pod ostrk srp. . . Nikoho nepoznaval, proto ge i tehdy, kdy volal Jagnu a brat ji za ruce, hledel nekam jinam; piesto se Hance zdavalo, ze se na jeji hlas snagi pohnout rty a ze se diva, jako by chtel nee° kici...

Tak to 'Slo pokad, beze zmeny, az bylo pittom, pohledu do pidee.

Miij Boge, kdo by se byl toho nadal!

Takovk hospodat, takovk rozumnk dlovek, takovk bahae, ze je te gko nalezt druheho, a ted' tu le gi jako strom hromem raneny., pink jegte zelenkch haluzi; ale vydank uz smrti v ganc. . .

Nezernkel a piece ne gije, ale je nadobro v rukou Bo giho milosrdenstvi.

O osude lidsky, osude nefiprosnk!

O silo Bogiho ptedin'eeni, ktera se objevig, kdy se nikdo -nenada, za bileho dne nebo v temne noci, a smete g lidskou skotapku v propast hotke smrti! .. .

"Rekl na to neco? Co kekl?"

Hanka s odima obracenkma k nebi Radost ji zalila teplern. bolestne ptemk glela, jednou dvakrat po"Povidal, ze zastanete v gecko, kdy buvzdechla, domodlila se a dala se pak do (Tete chtit." poledniho dojeni, protote vaecko vzdy"Zastanu! Zastanu!" aeptala Hanka chani nic nepoura ge, pra.ce neeeka. energicky a oei ji zazakily nepoddajnou Kdyg se vratila s pinkma, digkami, van. chin u2 se vratili z kostela. Joska vypra"Co je u vas noveho?"

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Straus 25 " I nic, vgecko p11 starem. . . A pusti ho?" zeptala se se zachvevem strachu, , "Mo2na, 2e fined po svatcich, mona, ze taky trochu pozdeji, jak skonei Vyae-, tkovani. . . A to se vleee, je v torn Cela yes, tolik lidi. . ." odpovidal Roch vyhST.:. bove, 1 pohledem uhnul.

"Vyptaval se na chalupu, na detiLna.t.. mne. na vaecky?" zacala bazlive znova.

"Ptal se, tot' se v1, vypravoval jsem po pokadku."

Strand rada by se byla dovedela,Zda se ptal take na Jagnu, ale otevkpne,se, zeptat neodva2ovala a zeptat se nepf1--, mo, tak aby nic netuail a sam 1 zase nedovedla, ad se dlouho o to snan 2i1o, a2 piihodna chvile minula, Kai*, se po vsi uz rozneslo, '2e se Roch Vrat1):, zanedlouho, jeate pied negpotani00,r, daly se schazet g'enske, velmi zvedave, na, zpravy o svkch mugich.

Roch vygel za nimi ven pied dam; used!, na zaspi a vypravel, co se o kag,dern:; nich zvlagt' dovedel, a adkoliv netikal zleho, genske ptesto zaealy tine popotahOr vat a tu a tam zaznel hlasitSr pla.eineho slovo politovani.

Potom zaael do vsi a zastavoyalzose skoro v ka2de chalupe; se svou bilon prodou a vzneaenSima odima vypadal 14alsO svetec, vsude pfindael slova ntechy,..kain vstoupil, svetnice jako by se pinilyjaagYA: a v srdcich rozkvetaly nadeje, poOlnik, ci bazlivce; ale i slzy tekly proudem obnovene vzpominky dolehaly s veta•tliti a 2al zachvacoval tesknej!. . .

Klombova mela pravdu, kdy keldaA, gate, 2e cela yes se podoba otevfebeinu hrobu; bylo tomu opravdu tak, v Lipaeh to vypadalo jako za moru, kdy Settinit lidi odvezou na hrbitov, nebo za.:VojnY; ktera mug ske vybije a po opugterikeh chalupach zastanou jenom natky plat deti, zoufalstvi, vzdechy a giv lestiva vzpominka na vytrpene Nedalo se ani povedet, co se 0.19 ; y zmueenSrch duaich!

Tfeti tSrden se chSrlil ke konci a;1;1:1P6V se jeste neuklidnily, spi g naopak Pa-, cit ktivdy a nespravedlnosti neiikale vzrastal; nebylo proto divu, ze o svitani, sotva se lide probrali ze,spanku, kag de poledne a ka2dSr podveeer v chalupach a na dvore a kde se jen nkko, lik lidi sealo, neustale a nafikave!jako 2ebracka modlitba se rozlehalo bedovai-; ni. . . touha po pomste se rozrustala srdcich jako d'abelske byli, pesti se zat•.e. naly samy a krvava, nenavistna zlopa slehala jako blesky.

Rochova slova jako ten proutek, rSrm se nerozvane rozhraje utajenS r -0heri, take plamen s novou silou vybuch-' ne, mela za nasledek ovaem jenom,Aoi ze vzpominka na vaechny kfivdy vyatoft4 pila pied odi a 2e dokonce malokthiltel

Strum 2g na nedpory; kupili se po zahra.dkach, shlukovali se po cestdch nebo zadli do kremy, a vdude vykladali, plakali a hrosill pomstou.

Jedine Hanka byla klidnejdi. . . neda ani povedet, jak se zaradovala z mui chvaly, jak ji byla na dui jak dychtila, pracovat a dokazat, Ze vsechno zastane.

Jakmile se Zenske rozedly, priSla koYalta, povedet u nemocneho. Hanka s Joskou odedly do chleva podivat se na krinnika.

Pustily ho na dvorek, ale protole prase bylo pekne vykrmene, svalilo se do linojtlyky a nechtelo se hnout.

"Nedavej mu u.Z dnes Zrat, aby se proeistilo."

"Zrovna dnes jsem mu po poledni zaponinela fiat."

"Tentokrat je to dobre, zitra je Ltbijeme. Vzkazala jsi JagustYnce?"

"Slibila, Ze prijde jeSte dnes na.veeer."

"Oblec se a zaskoe k JambroZovi, aby nani zitra hned po nisi pridel pomoci pri zabijaece a &Mani jitrnic."

"Jen jestli bode moci, velebny pan M101, Ze zitra prijedou dva kneli zpovidat."

"VSak on si eas najde. . . vi, Ze tady bude koralka; Jambra umi poradne zabijet, maso nasolit a vSecko ostatnl JagtistYnka taky pomilk." `To abych easne rano jela do mesta pro sul a koreni..." . . chtela by sis vylitnout.

"I Nikam nepojeded, vdecko se dostane Jankla, hned tam ptijdu a prinesu, eeho je potreba.

-Josko!" zavolala jeSte za ni, "aide je Pc, ilk s Vitkem?"

"Jiste sii nekam do vsi, Pettik si bral housle."

"Jestli je potkad, podli je hned aby z kulny vynesli necky pied chalupu; museji se ea,sne rano yyparit!"

Joska byla rada, Ze se mute dostat do vsi, a pospidila k Nastce, aby spoleene Sly hledat Jambrole..

Ale Hanka se do kremy nedostala, protote se prave privlekl jeji otec, starY Bydala mu tedy radne najist a radost ne mu vyravovala, co Hoch privez1 z mesta od Antka; jedte vsecko neaopovedela, kdyZ do svetnice s krikem vpadla Magda.

"Pojd'te honem, tatinkovi neco jr!"

Skuteene, Boryna seai na pelesti postele a rozhliZel se po svetnici. Hanka priskoeila a podrZela ho, aby se nesvalil, ale ; Boryna kiouzal oeima po svetnici a nahle jimi utkvel na dverich, kterYrni v tu chylli vstupoval kovar.

"Hanko!"

Boryna to rekl zretelne a sill* aZ vdccka ztrnula.

"Tady jsem. Jenom se nehYbejte, doktor zakazal," deptala ustraSene.

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WEST, TEXAS

"Jak je venku?"

Borynuv hlas znel jaksi ztrhane, cize.

"Dela se jaro, teplo. ." vyraZela ze scbe.

"Vstali u2?... Je eas na pole..."

Nevedeli, co rici, a hledeli v rozpacich na sebe, jenorn Magda propulcla v hlasitSplae.

"Brarite sve, nedejte se, hodi!"

Boryna vyktikoval, jeho slova byla prerYvand, pak se zaeal v HaneinYch rulcou trOst a klesat; kovar s kovarkou ji chte11 ale ona to nepripustila, piestole ji ul mdlela ramena i hrbet. Vdiclani hledeli na Borynu se strachem a eckali, co Iekne.

"Jeemen se musi sit nejdriv... Ice nine. . pomoc!. . ." vyki'ikl Boryna stradlive. Nato se vzepjal a mil-6.W nazad, oei mu zapadly a z hrdla se vydralo chropteni.

"Umira.

Jelidi... umiral..." krieela Hanka a trasla jim ze vsi silt'.

Magda strkala Borynovi zapalenou hromnieku do bezvladne ruky.

"Rychle pro kneze, Michale!!. . ."

Ale neZ kovar odedel, Boryna otevrel oei a pustil z ruky hromnieku, ktera, so na kusy rozbila.

"HZ ho to preSlo, hleda nee째. . ." deptal kovar sklonenY nad nim, ale Boryna ho prudce odstreil a rekl docela pri pinem veclorni; "Hanko, poSli je prye."

Magda se k nemu s plaeem vrhla, ale Boryna ji asi nepoznal. vyZeri je "Nechci. . _nein potreba. . . . opakoval tvrdodijne. `Ustupte aspon do sine, neprotivte se mu. . prosila Hanka.

"Jdi yen, Magdo, ja se odtud nehnu," vycedil skrz zuby neustupne kovar, protole hadal, ze start chce nee째 tajneho Hance povedet.

Boryna to zaslechl, hrozne se zamraeil a ukazal rukou na dvere tak, Ce kovar vySel jako zpraskanY pes a s kletbami pristoupil k Maga, plaeici u domovnich dveri; nalale vdak ztichl, rozhledl se, skooil do sadu a doplazil se pod okno, phikreil se pod nisi, a' naslouchal, protole prave tarn stala hlava haZka oknem bylo mano i zachytit nejake slovieko.

"Sedni si k nine. . ." rozkazal Bory.na po odchodu kovarove.

Hanka prisedla na krajieek postele, steli zdrZujic plat.

"V komore najdeS nee째 hotovYch penez. . . schovej si je, aby ti je nevzali."

"Kde?" Hanka se trasla vzruSenim. `V obili..."

Mluvil zretelne a po kaZdern slove odPoeival; Hanka tlumila v sobe jaksi strach a visela mu na oeich, ktere podivne svitily.

"Antka bran. '.. treba put hospodarstvi

Ve stredu, dne 29. Nina 1955 prodej, ale nedej ho... nedej... vkchno je tvoje..."

Boryna nedomluvil; zesinal, svalil ze na postel, ()el mu pohasly a zastrely se mlhou. cosy vdak jedte blabolil a snaZil se povstat.

Hanka strachem vykrikla, kovar s kovarkou lined pribehli, ho, vodou polevali, ale Boryna uZ nepriSel k sobe, leZel jako driv, ztublY, nehybnY, s otevrenYma ()alma, neveda, co se kolem deje.

Sedeli u neho dlouho, Zenske tide plakaly, ale nikdo neproinluvil slova; kdy2 rt i2 se snadel soumrak asvetnice se hrouZila do stinu, vydli spoleone do dne, kterY dohasinal. . jenorn v rybnice doutraiy jedte zbytky eery:inn'.

"Co vam povidal?" ptal se kovar ostid a zastoupil Hance cestu.

"VZclyt' jste to slySel." `Co mluvil. potoin?" `Pordd jedno a toteZ, jako kdy, jste byl u toho. . ."

"Poslydte, Hanko, nedohanejte me zlosti, nebo bode zle.. ."

"Vadieh hrozeb se bojim zrovna tolik jako toho psa tuhle. . ."

"Neco vam strkal do hrsti..." nadhociii kovar chytracky.

"Tak to zitra najdete za stodolou!" vysmivala se mu uraZlive.

Kovar skocil k Hance a moLad, by bylo doSlo k nejhorSimu, nebYt JagustYnky, ktera zrovna vstoupila a podle sveho zvyku hned ye dverich rekla: "Talc si tady mime po pratelsku rozpravite, Ze se to rozleha po cele vsi."

Kovar ji zahriaul vdemi moZnYmi kietbami a odedel do vsi.

V brzku nastala temna noc, mraena za tahla nebe, nebylo videt jedine hvezdieky... vitr kiatil zvolna stromy, ktere hlu k a smutne dumely; znova ce chystalo k nejake zmene poeasi.

V Haneirie svetnici bylo jasno, hovotlo se, ohen v krbu praskal, varilo se a nekolik stardich Zen s JagustYnkou v Cele rozmlouvalo o tom i onom. Joska, s Nastkou a Jenikem Popletou sedeli zapraZi a Petrik vyluzoval na houslich takovou Zalostnou piseri. aZ jim bylo place; jenorn Hanka nemohla vydrkt na jednorn miste, pfemitala stale o BorynovYch slovech a co chvile se Oa podivat na druhou stranu. .

Co si mela poeit? V komOre ted' hledat neClo, Jagna sedela ve svetnici a skladala svateeni Catstvo do truhly.

"Petriku, prestari uZ. . . je skoro pondeli velikonoCni a on poracl fifli fidli, je to Mich!"

Okrikla ho, byla ul v nitru tak rosechvena, k se ji chtelo plakat. Petrik pPestal a vSichni mladi pri gh do svetnice.

(Pokra6ovanil

Ve stfedu, dne 26. fijna 1955.

VE ZNAIVIENI 28. RONA ' VENUJTE NEKOLIK MINUT VZPOMINEK STARE VLASTI! Od roku 1918 do roku 1937 bYval 28.

Wen v 6eskoslovemke republice mesicem radostnYch °slay. V roce 1938 padl na zmrzaeenY stat desivY stin nesvobody a v bfeznu pfiStiho roku byla poroba dokonana. V rote 1945, pa konci nacisticke okupace, byla radost oeskoslovenskeho lidu pfi oslavach 28, kijna zkalena pritumnosti rude armady a obavami z pfigtiho vYvoje. Starosti o budoucnost leaely nad na gi zemi jako teak' stin i v roce 1946-47. Unor 1948 ukazal, ae tyto starosti byly opravneny.

Je vgeobecne znamo, ae komuniste jsou mistry v padelani dejin, to v gak nemohlo pirsobit na drtivou vet ginu eeskoslovenskeho lidu doma i v cizine. Proto byla a je mama snaha komunisticke vlady v 6eskosloversku nahraaovat oslavy 28. tijna, svatku eeskoslovenske nezavislosti, oslavou "Dne znarodneni."

Komuniste musi si uvedomit, ae 28. Mien je prilia pevne zakotven v mysli vgech vernych Cecheslo yakil, nea aby bylo moano vyrvat jej z pameti n,a slavne doby prvni repubilky.

DemokratickY, Masarykem a BenevychovanY eeskoslovenskY dovede v tichu a Astrani yzpomenouti y Yznamneho dne v boji o nezavislost, svobodu, ob'eanska prava a lidskou dirstojnost. Marne bude i leto gni vytrubovani lai a nepravd 0 Uspechu kijnove revoluce ruske, ktera die komunistir Uspech eeskoslovenskeho boje o nezavislost v roce 1918. Stejne je marne vykladat vernYm Oechoslo yakiim, ere ruder armada osvobodila Ceskoslovenskou republiku v roce 1945.

Nenniae-h k tomato dni promluvit narod doma, je na gi svatou povinnosti, abychom my, svobodni obeane ye svobodno zemi, tim hlasiteji volali do sveta, nezapominame a nezapomeneme!

Narod doma muse miti jen hlubokou viru, ze piece jednou prijde doba, kdy jejich svobodna ztizeni budou obnovena a kdy jejich viast bude zbavena ptizraku komunisticke diktatury a vykotist'ovani. My zde, ve svobodne zemi mame moanost burcovati svedomi sveho lidu, ale i upozorriovati pti vhodnYch prileaitostech, demokraticke vlady Zapaclu na neustale komunisticke zotr000vani, aka7U kulturniho dedictvi 6echti a SlovaMusime velmi intensivnie hledati cesty k "Lize pro lidska prava", kde stale je treba clokladati, jak otrocky je nakladano s lidmi v pracovnich a koncentracnich taborech v okupovanYch zemich.

Jen cilevedomou praci proti svetovemu komunismu na v gech moanYch Irontach milaeme na g ubohy lid doma presvedditi, se chceme pomoci a ere jcho sta-

ESTNIK WEST, TEXAS

Dopisy a Ea

Clem

O TECH PETISTOVYCH POJISTENC1C11 Bratre redaktore restniku: Ceti jsem Tvoje nahledy stran volby delegatft do pliSliho sjezdu a take Tvilj nahled o tech petistovYch pojiAtencich u SPJST, a ae nejlepe takove nevolit. Nechci rozebirat celou Tvoji "deklamaci" ae zkratka ti petistovi nejsou "nic vert", ale dam Ti k posouzeni muj ptipad.

Jsem take petistovY. A pros? Inu, mirj otec mne dal do jine bratrske organisace hned v roce 1906. Pozdeji jsem vstoupil do jinYch bratrskYch spolkir„ kde jsem mel za $5,000.00 poji gteni. Tenkrat panovaly jine pomery nea dnes. Mnozi ti " yeterani" v SPJST si delali z katolika posmech, a proto cicni katolickYch bratrskYch spolkit mell zapovezen vstup do SPJST. Pozdeji se ovaem pomery zmenily. Lee ja jsem vstoupil do SPJST jegte hodne drive nea to stanovy jinYch spollth dovolily. A pak jsem pracoval na torn, aby se to nedorozurneni mezi SPJST a jinYrni bratrskYini spolky odstranilo. Mohl bych o torn napsat hodne vie, ale kdya jsem ten petistovY, tak toho necham.

Prot jsem si nevzal vice poji gteni u SP JST? Jak jsem jia naznaeil, mel jsem hodne vysoke poji gteni u jinYch bratrskYch spolkn. A mel jsem tea eetnou rodinu, talde nebyl jsem v stavu vydraovat si vy'Ai pojigteni. Do SPJST jsem nevstoupil snad proto, abych z toho mel obchodni reklamu nebo politick' zisk, ale proto, ae jsem ji. povaaoval za dobrou Jednotu, na dobrem . zaklade. A treba byl jsem jen petistoyYm elenem, dbal jsem o SPJST. Pamatuji se na, Tvirj dotaznik z houstonskeho sjezdu. Byla tarn otazka., "Nolik celkoveho poji gteni ma cola yak rodina u SPJST, kdya zapoeitate syny, dcery, zete, snachy a vnoueata?" Nepamatuji, teenost a pevnost v techto ,kruSnYch dobach bude korunovan,a viterstvim svobody a pravdy.

Tuto na.rodni a vlasteneckou praci, teak() muse delat jednotlivec, ale je zde organisace eskoslovenska Narodni Rada, Americka", ktera si vytkla krome jinych poslani za, Ukol, bojovati proti hrubernu a nasiln.ickemu hnuti — komunismu kterY vidi syeho nejhlavnejgiho nepritele v nasich Spojen'ch statech, jejich:%.; sila a ve,,'rnost k demokra,cii je hlayni a taktka jedinou prekaakou, ae se svetovY komunism nernilae zmocnit vlady nad celYm svete•.

Prota drazi obeane, venujte 28. fijna nekolik minut vzpominek na drahou trpici vlast a svoji dobrou veli ji pomoci, potvrd'te pfihla gkou elenstvi k "Ceskosloven.ske Narodni Rade Americke" ".

Narodni Rada

Strana 21 jakou eislici jsem udal tenkrat. Ale kdy.g to dnes poeitam, je nas u SPJST tri a tricet clone. Je to snad dost. Nejsou vgichni.

Mohl bych Ti vysvetlit, proe nektere deti a vnotreata, daleko z Texasu, nic o Jednote nevedi. Anebo mohl bych popsat pripad jedne z deer, ktera ma vaechny sve ditky v SPJST, ale sama nemuae. A take dalgi dcera, ktera je s muaem v Anglii. Kdya je Cana rodina, jako je nage,,a deti jsou ye vgech dilech sveta, neni je moano dostat do SPJST stoprocentne.

Dle v geho, asi ja, ten petistovY, nernel jsem mnoho vlivu na jejich vstup do Jednoty. A pros jsem si nepribral dal gi pojigteni u SPJST? Vi g, bratre redaktore, byla to napred moje vaha a pak mirj vek.

Proto rime boll, kdya pi geg o tech petistovYch. Nemohu takovou krivdu jen tak mleky pominout. Mohl bych to nRlyat jinak, ale to bychom si mohli skoeit do viasir. A to piece Aeudelame.

A jestli uzna g, ae nee° z toho jde uvefejnit, vynechej me jmeno. Piece uznaa, ac tech 33 'dent' v SPJST mohlo by odjinud pfinest daleko vet gi klepnuti na adda nea jsem dostal od Tebe, ae jsem jen petistovy.

S bratrskYm pozdravem J. S. K. (Poznamka redaktora: — Pfeeti si mdj elanek jeate jednou a pozna§, ae na Tebe se ma nvaha naprosto nevztahuje. Kdybys ne yefil v bratrske poji gteni, nebyl bys ani v jinYch bratrskYch jednotach a Ire,pracoval bys na torn, aby ptekaaky mezi bratrskYmi organisacemi byly odstraneny. Naopak, Tvnj pfipad ukazuje, ae z jednoho maleho zrnka, vyrostlo tri a tkicet velikYch klasu. Lituji, ae T ye jmeno nemohu uvefejnit. Dovolia li, ye sjezdu Te predstavim.)

■ • •( DobrSi zakaznik.

Obchodnik: Zde raete videti vazu z praveho kri gt'alu .. .

Kupec: Tak mi ji zabalte!

Obchodnik: — A co tato cuktenka, vasnosto, s ruenim zlacenim .

Kupec: — Tak ji take zabalte!

Obchodnik: — K sluabam, Irmo, papir a motouz. To je, vaanosti, moje dcera ma.

Kupec: — A tak mi ji take zabalte! )o "Prot vlastne toho Kanku tolik nenavidig?"

"Znieil moje manaelske atesti."

"A hrome! 2e by se byla tvoje pani tak dalece zapomnela?"

"Nat ty hned nemysli g ! Oaenil se s nagi kuchafkou a moje pani ted' yari sama." ) * o?o, * Chlubil se jeden gt'astnSr. manael: "Vito, takovou aenu, jako mam j a, takovou byste teak() hledal!"

"A proe bych ji hledal?"

Ve stedu, dne 26. Mina 1955

Jiriskovy Star povesti 6esIs6 (Pokraeovani.)

"Pojd' se mnou do Prahy, na mdj hrad.

Tam . budeg dobre opatren."

-.L\ILtdenec tomu Caccia privolil a jel s traiem Karlem do Prahy, kde pri jeho dvore zUstal aZ do srnrti.

BLANIfiTt RYTIRI •Paslygte posledni starou povest a jeji proroetvi, jeZ povedel slept' ittladenee krali Karlovi Zehriane pameti.

Hle, Blanik hero v havu tmaveho lesa, jonZ splYva ji od temene po v gech boLich. Vane, a '; zachnturene shlili krajinu od sveta odlehlou, na jeji my a plane malo firodne. jroko daleko je patrno jeho teme, a v okoli east° nE;11111 patrave vz lheji. Ve gtit' ehmurami zle povetri, promodrava-li se z;d lame, slibuje jistY a. t yrdY efts.

Na temeni Blanika zri g ve stinu bun, jedli a sinrkil pradavne, kamenne bradby. vetginou sesute. Meehem a. krovim zarfistaji; po drevenent tirade, jeho chranily, neni dnes ani pamatky.

Ale pod hradbami, v hole same, drimaji ozbrojeni rytiri, "svatovaclayske vobto", drimaji a eekati, aZ nastane den, kdy bude potreba jejich pornoci, budou do boje povolani.

Pod skalnatYm vrcholem BIaniku, ye vYchoditim svahu, je skala v podobe lommeho oblouku. Tam je vchod do hory, t:un take prY gti pramen. Z neho napajeji Blatneti rytiri sae kone, kcly% za. eas jecum, za svitu vyjedou z hory na palouk mezi lesy pod horou. Za takoye noel zaleha do okoli terrine dune-ni, ztluinenY rachot bubirra i polnice Idas. K rOnu zase razein v ge utichne, konstvo v ge zanikne ye skalni brane a 2Tbizi v tajemnem line hory. Jen na palouce ziistava pamatka po nocnim jizdeckem reji: preeetne stopy konskYch Iv; pyj do skalnich sklepeni, kde drima aCclayske vojSko, vkroeil ji.Z take ]:ejc,t.nou •elovek.

Tak jednou divka jakasi Zola pod Ma-nit: cm travu. Pojednou stanul pied ni rytir a vybidl ji, a by s n nv sla, pokliv hole. Divka se nebala a gla: Brana do hory byla otevrena. Uzisela skalni sine, mohutne sloupy, a na Melt re,/vCenou zbran. Illuboke ticho jako v ko qele bylo po v geeh prostorach v tajeinnem Zlutavem prisvitu. U sten ti bb stall radou osedlani kone, za RamannYmi stoly y sini sedeli . rvtiri, tvari na stui skloneni. Spill, a kone stall nehmite; blavon nepohodili, kopytem po phde nehrabli ani ohonem negvihli.

Divka ve gla, rozhliZela se, ale nikdo se akin nehnul. I zaeala zametati. Price ji kvapem ubYvalo a za chvilku v g eeko poklidila. Ani ted' ji nikdo nezastavil,

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kdo na ni nepromluvil, nikdo se nevzbudil. Jak ptisla, tak vy gla, a kdyZ se dostala dome, ptali se ji, kde tak dloulto byla, Divila se a povedela, Ze prichazi jako jindy tou chvili. ITZasla, kdyZ ji touZe naposled pled rokem s tray pri gia, Ze byla celY rok pryo. I pavedela, kde se ocitla, a to vgiehni srozumeproe ji, rok uplynul chvilkou. Tietiho doe v gak byla divka nebo7Akou.

Tak jako ji, pozval si neznamY rytir take kovare z Lounovie do hory, aby mu okoval kone, Koval gel a kdyZ dokoval, dal' mu dn smeti, ktera ze zlosti pred boron vysypal. Doma se pak dovedel, Ze ho jiZ 'oplakavali, ponevadZ zmizel bete stopy a edit' rok nebylo o nem ani potuchy.

Jegte nevi eas. aby vstalo. To bude ye chvili nejvet gino nebezpeeenstvi, a.Z" se na nail viast sesype tolik nepratel, 2e by cele kralovstvi roznesli na kopitech syYch koni.

Tenkrate budou vidina znameni; schnou vrcholy stromil v Blanickem lese, na, temeni hory se zazelend start', uschlY dub, a pranlen u skaly se tak rozvodnl, Ze se bystrici dole povali. Tu pale se striane velika, krvavO bitva v krajine mezi Blanikem a Naecradcem. Rybnik Pasty, u nehoZ se stark uschlY strom pred bitvou zazelena, napini se potoky prolite krve. I bude plae a. velike zkormouceni pro ten zoufalY boj, ace Oechoye se proti sibaej ginau nepkitell hrdinsky braniti„.budou. V rozhodnou chvili se Blanik otevre, rytiii v pine zbroji vyhrhou se z hory a svatY Vaclav jeda na I povedel, co se s nim ela, a pak pytel protrasal, vypadly z pytle tri bilem koni je povede na pomc, (l'echtun. dukaty. Ted' tepr y videl, Ze chybil. INepritel, nahlYm strachem obklieen hned beZel zpatky ku Blanicke brane, jako zmamen, bude ku Praze prchat a kde sineti vysypal. Ale nadarmo. Neby- tam pak bude hroznY ten boj dobojolo tarn sineti ani dukatil. — krev proudem vait. A bucle tak zurivY, Tak take vypravuji a pastYri, kterY poteee ad Stranova az pd-kamenny KarMedal zbloudilou ovci a sam zabloudil tav 'miost. Tu svatY Vaclav na bilem koni do Blanika, tak o mladenci, kterY si rovs korouhy i v ruce Cechy povede a cizoneZ tale . dlouho, rok, jako ten pastYr, v zemce vsechny nepratele Oeskeho kra' hone pobyl, aniZ o torn mel zdani. lovstvi ze zeme vyZene.

A sv.

Prokop, Blanik uzamAle tomu jiZ davno SazaskY s berlon, bude mu pomahaeen,.vaLie, az zachmurene na osati. melou, od sveta odlehlou krajinu, a jako Pak nastane svaty pok bj, a zeme eeska by trud teskne dumy na nem a vgude kol spoeival. Svatovacla y ske vojsko spi, si oc ocirie. Mnoho 6c:•'-ni sic za tech

Podekovaui! si podelcovati touto cestou vgem,

lam a Zil'a rn Yro, take elenum od radu z Corpus Christi, ktei.

• chodili nav g tevovat v nernocnici a v g em kdo • aheho na posledni ceste doprovotiiii, za projev a krasnYch kvetin, ktere jste venovali nagemu

u, otci, cledeekovi a pradedeekovi

efu F. Janeikovi opustil navZcly 14. za • 1955. tiipanu Valeikovi a J. F. Chnpfkovi a zapevakum, dekujeme ed srdce, ze vypini,li pram, zesnuleho tatinka, nebot' on vidy si aby prominvili posledni slova k jeho veenenm odpoeinku.

1Jr°irorie Cliky vgem.

Anna janeik, _man elks, Stefanie klajdueek, Julie Heil, Marie Mrazek, Terezie Sklar, Lillie Shenkii•, FrantiSica. 113oFe„ Aloisie Harris, decry; Jareslav, Josef, Jan a Jind •ich, syni; 25 (p) vnuk7.1 a 20 pravnukfi.

ye st •edtt, clue 20. Nina 1955.

V.ESTN - WEST, TEXAS bojt1 zallyne, ale ti, kteri zUstanou, buMal; o Myr. clout muZove celi. Poznajice chyby svych NevStevnik: "Jak se vydaril vas veerejpredkU i sve, budou pcvne stati a ITeprii veeirek, milostiva pani?" tel jinn o zeal neuderi. — Tato jsou povesti davnSich let a stare Pani Bartipanova: "6 bajeene! Zpeproroctvi o zemi vaoku jsme melt — no, vefte lame, to vain t'astne. bud' 15 viasti .pokoleni, tve, at' prernaha, vSecnna proti- me hlas jako — jako . neboZtik Movenstvi, at' zaehove. svate dedictvi: ma- zart!" tersky jazyk i stare, clohre prevo sve, MohutinZ pokoleni tve praci a nadS'ennn, aby pevno bylo jako ska.ly a, vz dy pink) silt'. — Konec. ( )* UmeleckY veeirek.

"Co to Zenske tolik tleskete, yZdyt' zpivela hnusne I" "Prave proto. Pokud tleska , nernuze pckraeovet."

• Je lidske chybovat, ale jen hlupak chybuje znovu a znovu. Mondry elovek dovede zrnenit svoje prosvedeeni, hlupek nikdy.

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Pani Tlusta: Zde yam vracim ty tri dolary, ktere jsem si od vas pied tiemi roky vypideila.

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PPesnST rozbor pisma odborne proOdpoyed': Tak si jednou fouknete do vadi, svetoznama diplomovand grafolo- saxofonu a potom do pytle s moukou a g Yne. Z pisma Ire vyeisti povahu eloveka, budete to vedet! jeho schopnosti a vlohy. Rozborem Vak4, ( ho pisma pomohu Wan v rtiznYch zaleliLidem nechybi sila, jim chybi yule. tostech rodinnYch majetkovYch a ji- Victor Hugo. nYch. Zaflete rukopis, datum narozeni a 1 na vYlohy. Diskretni porada.

Fr. TaStale vyiizuji zasilky do C. S. borska — 4009 — 21 Str. Chicago 23, Ill. Potravinove baliky i IVIedeeiny.

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Mrazu-vzdorne sazenice zeli, konlraby, cibule a hla ykovY salat. NejlepSi, skore druhy, 300 za $1.00, — 500, 8631 Diceman Dr., $1.50, — 1000 — $2.50, vyplacene. Poeet raznYch sazenic dle pfani. Rychla DALLAS, TEXAS lea a uspokojeni zarueeno. Conrad Plant Farm, Rt. 3, Box 304, Waco, Texas (41-44p) ) 7. g 17W" Vdova 58 mkt) stari, vesele povahy, pima by si dopisovati s muZem do 65 let. eePiSte pod znaekou "Pilitelkyne", PRAVNICI (ltp) choslovak Pub. Co., West, Texas. ) * 74 9 ( TEMPLE, TEXAS A taxi was poking along through the ntadovria New York rush-hour traffic , while the 2nd Floor Temple rational occupant beelame increasingly impaBank Building tient.

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