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Postmaster: Please Send Form 35'79 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P,O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS 6islo 47 y e stkeeltz (Wednesday) 23. LISTOPADU (NOVEMBER) 1955 ROONiK (VOLUME) XLIII

CHOULOSTIVA OTAZKA DELEGATU Hned prvni odstavec, kterY pojednava o delegatech--je to elanek testY—vysvetluje, ae katdY tad ma, pravo zvolit si delegata. Nikdo neupira ani tomu nejmenSimu taclu zastoupeni na sjezdu. Je to otazka, jestli nartvY tad potiebuje zastoupeni. A mrtyY tad je katdY tad, kterY neroste, kterY neptijme ye etytech letech od sjezdu ani jednoho noVeho 'dePorovnaval jsem elanky 0 delegatech na. Jestli tad zahali a spi, bude take dey e stanovach ruznYch bratrskYch spol- legat od tako yeho tadu zahalet a spat. ka. Mam dosti slutnY vYber rozmanitYch TakovY delegat se na tatinY vybor nedostanov. Dostal jsem je pti vYstavkach stane.

Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu nebo Vez-me to deset osob, by byl zaloten nojsem si o no dopsal lidem, ktere znam ovY tad. Kdyby tad byl zaloten tteba jen sobne. Shledal jsem, te nejkratti pravitYden pied sjezdem, takovY novY tad je dla o delegatech jsou jen deset tadka, opravnenY zvolit si delegata. To je slutnejdelti jsou nate—sedm elanka a tkinact odstavca. Snad bychom se mohli do- nost. Ale jak dlouho ma zastat tad nemnivat, kdyt nate pravidla jsou tak da- niluvriatkem? Nemel by se takovY tad kladna, te si vybereme ty nejlepti a ne- vykazat do etyt let daltim. vzrastem?

Kdyt tad nevyroste z plinek, mel by mit proziravelti eleny za sve delegaty. pra y° na delegata? Pottebujeme neeinByl jsem na osmi sjezdech SPJST. ne a dtimajici delegaty? Mute takovY deMam dosti dobrou piedstavu o schopno- legat, .kterY doma se nijak neuplatni, stech natich delegata. Jednou jsem byl planovati prou budocnost Jednoty, pro tajemnikem, dvakrat piedsedou, a jed- deny tteba jette nenarozene? nou mne dokonce veteli. Skuteenou praBud'me ytak spravedlivi. Netikejme, ci ye sjezdu konaji delegati, kteti jsou na jen male tady posilaji do sjezdu nevYborech. Na praci vYborovou vybiraji einne delegaty, kteti se do tadneho sjese ti nejlepti z nejleptich. V kongresu katclY kongresnik dostane se na nejakY zcloveho vYboru nedostanou. Vezmeme si vYbor. Ve statni zakonodarne je katclY tteba nejvetti tad, kterY si zvoli tkinact zastupce na nekolika vYborech. V natich nebo etrnact delegatti. Ma k tomu pray°. sjezdech mame na nej yYte tedesat dele- Stanovy pravi, ae na katcle pine sto eleOW ustanovenYch do vYbora. Kdyt ma- nti se voli jeden delegat. Sjezd ma osm vYme 220 delegata, poeitejte, kolik jich ne- borti. Zde je etrna.ct delegatti od jednoho tadu. Na katdY vYbor dame jednohopracuje. a test delegata nema praci. Dame-li dva Tech ttinact odstavca ye stanovach delegaty od jednoho tadu na tent vYnam netkocli. Ale tech sto tedesat neein- bor, rhusime ptehlednout delegaty od nYch delegata je na povatenou. Bylo by mentich tada. Bud' budou delegati moine, kdybychom m'eli merle odstavca, kych radu kontrolovat vtechny vYbory, te meli bychom tea merle zahalejicich anebo pro nektere delegaty od velkych delegata? Pochybuji. Lee za uvatenou to faxla neni na sjezdu tadna vYborova stoji.

1 i kiig prate.

UDE TO SNAD DISKUSE TROchu choulostiva. Kdyt je elovek B choulostivY na prfivan nebo nachlazeni, znamend to, te , e velmi na.chylny dostati rYmu. Kdo je choulostivY na praci, je "lechtivY" do neeeho se s chuti pustit. Diskuse o delegatech bude metna lechtiva.

Bude tteba provesti dakladnou zmenu.

Tteba nalezti sttedni cestu. Bude tteba pochopeni od tech malYch a tea od tech yelikYch. A co hlavniho, bude tkitba omezit poeet delegata, aby tech neeinnYch bylo ye sjezdu'co nejmene. Choulostiva otazka.

Motna, ae bychom to dokazali vytetit pomoci distrikta. Cot abychom volili nape delegaty v distriktnich schazich misto v taclovYch? Bylo by to stejne dernokraticke jako to mame nyni. Add, kterY nepracuje a do distriktni scitiaze nikoho peposile., byl by v tomtea postaveni jako Glen, kterY nejde do schtize mistniho fadu.

Snad je to mytlenka nova, nezvykla. Nevime, jestli by nam to bylo po chuti a jak by to pracovalo. Vezmerne si za vzorek distrikt druhY. Je v nem devatenact tacla a asi 4,000 elena. Kdyby distrikt volil delegaty, tekneme na katclYch 200 derail jednoho, mel by druhY distrikt dvacet delegata. Devatenact tada—dvacet delegatti. KatclY by posilal do distriktni sclatize sve zastupce, ureitY poeet od katdeho tadu, a tito thstupci by ze sveho sttedu vybrali dvacet delegatti do sjezdu.

Mohlo by se pkijati pravidlo, ae od tadneho tadu, bez ohledu na velikost, by se nevolilo vice net ureity poeet delegata do sjezdu.

Dejme tomu, ae sjezd ma deset vSrbora a v katclem vYboru ma katclY distrikt zastoupeni. V deseti vYborech by pracovalo 70 delegata. Vtech delegata y e sjezdu by nebylo vice net sto. Timto novYm zpasobem byl by na katcle tti pracujici delegaty jeden reservni. Nynejti zpilsob je pravYm opakem: mame tti neeinne delegaty na katcleho jednoho pracujiciho. Mame 220-230 delegatii, z nicht pouze etvrtina planuje a pracuje. Ostatni maji placenY yYlet.

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Mel jsem pro toto eislo Vestniku pri praveny fivahy jako obyeejne, deset archn, psanYch na stroji, sto Sedesat radkaZdY radek asi 85 Uderti nebo pismen. Musi to bS7t yypoeitano a vymereno, aby byla zapinena druha a treti stranka, aby nechybelo a take neprebVvalo. Lee nag i dopisovatele rozhodli jinak. Byly opoklene dopisy z minuleho tYdne a pri gly dosti znaene spevky. Bratri a sestry Ini prominou, zkracuji sve nvahy z peti sloupcu jen na dva. Co bylo jiZ pripraveno, podam nekdy pozcloji.

Jak jste pozorovali, eleni zaeinaji velkY zajem na zmenach a opravAch na gich stanov. M I to prekvapuje, Ze to zadina vice neZ pill roku pied sjezdern.

Je to dobre znameni. Ukazuje tO, ze vA-echno bude dosti dobre prostudovano neZ se na zmenach , spoleone dohodneme.'

Pred kaZt?in sjezdem prichazeji navrhy na opravu stanov, jenZe pied timto sjezdem jsou ony pokyny podav6ny o hodne drive. Je to ponejvice zsluhou distriknich kde se eleni rozhovori, pa.k ustanovi sve stanovni vYbory, a celY postup je vice souladnY. Poked osobne pozoroji—a inoina se hodne naYlim--je mezi elerty zajem o dosti razne zmeny na trech mistech: dis• trikty, delegdti a sloleni Ustredny. 0 distriktech rozepisuje se v tomto eisle bratr John Staga. 0 delegatech pojedndval dosti obSirrie 13ratr Steiner ve Vestniku 28. raina. 0 lepAim sloleni ustred,ny se vede tichY rozhovor v gude mezi Cleny, zvlaSte kdyZ se zaboei na einnost naborovou. jsou tedy tri hlavni body, ktere v naSich budoucicb stanovach vypracovany budou docela jinYm zpUsobern neZ doposud. Opakuji, Ze se mohu mYlit ye svem pozorovani, ale zajem a nalada mezi nami je oim dale tim znatelnejSi. jakekoliv jine opravy.

Posleclni sjeva uivoril sedm distriktfi jaksi na zkouSku. 0svedeila se. Nekolikrat na nmoha distriktnich schtizich bylo Wen:), Ze jsme distrikty meli mit jiZ bred dvaceti lety. Proti zavedeni byli samotni nekteri naSi vedouci, jako byli pro zrukni Vestniku nebo pro mesienik mist() tYdeniku. Dnes distrikty a Vestnik jsou v Jednote nutnosti. Jenk ani Vestnik, ani distrikty nejsou takove, jakYmi by inely bYti. Co schazi, Vestniku, o torn jindy. Co schazi distrikttim, to mohu naznaeit hned. Bude to opakovani a souhrn poznomek, ktere vyslovili eleni v rtiznYch distriktnich sclatzich.

Bylo mluveno v distriktu tietim, patem, kstem a sedmem, Ze distrikty jsou lo-

Ve stredu, dne 23.. listopadu dicky bez vesla. Wilde byly dotazy, kolik schiazi ,distriktnich do roka? Kolik distriktnich ntednika? Jakou zodpovednost ma reditel distriktu? Jak se voli nebo ustanovuji -radoVi za qup • i do distriktnich seinizi? Kdo hiasuje v distriktnich schuzich? Ba priSla i debata stran toho, proe v naSich stanova.ch nemame jecinotnY mizev, bud' distrikt nebo okrsek, ne vsak oba nazvy. Delal jsem si v kaZde distriktni schtiizi poznerniky a mohl b3Tcla vzpomenouti hodne dalSich dotazy, ktere se malokdy dostaly do Urednich zaZnarnn. Jecinu takovou otazku predloZil bratr KruSinskY, telidejSi predseda sedmeho distriktu, ye schuzi v OlmoS: "Proe jsme zalozili distrikty?" A fined sam podal odpoved': "Pr()1ole je v SPJST potrelaujeme..Kdyby nebyly distrikty vitane, nemeli 13 ,\-(110131 ve Seimrich tak velikou navStevu." rozdeji ve schiazj sedmOto distriktu, konane v 4 Bobson, dva hlavni idednici byli Zadani, zda b y vypracovali nejaka spoleena. 'pravidla pro vkchny distrikty.

NedoS16 k tome. Ale nejakY elanek o dis"triktech. musi,bVt vlolerrY clo stanov, a,-. by se pragovalo za sPoleenYm cilem. ve stanovacla pies dvacet clankll 6 sloleni a rizeni Han. Zda, se spravne, Ze men bychorn mit aspoil nejaka pravidla pro distrikty, kterd by vyhovovala vSeobecne. Bratr Stak se o torn rozepisuje v dncSnim eisle. nova opaltuji, ie budoucnost nagi spolkove prace ,je v naAch distriktech.

Snad si jeSte Upine ne yozumime. Ale pcvSimneme si zCvodu dvema distrikty. Pozorujme praci c{i,-triktnich rednik11 a VYboria. Nep,.ebliZejine linuti kdyby jedmladeZe v rdnaci Iiou ,doSlo k ,volbe v distriktech, dostanou se distrikty na ch)cela, pevnejsi zakladn.u. Pak budou kddy povinny poslat sve zdstunce do distriktnich schttzi a bude se muset vyreSit otazka, jak hraditi vydani s distriktnimi schtizemi.

Leli pied nami venni slibn, budoucnost.

Distrikty jsou vlastne naAi hAtou, na gi arenou spoikoveho z i v o t t. Distriktni sch-Oze budou jevZtem, kde jOte do sjezdu se budou reSiti na ge spolkove probleary. pruhfr hlavni nebo vST'zriam0 bod, kter3i bude do sjezdu proclebstovan a na kterern , budou jiste zmeny provedeny, je otazka zmenkni poettt do naSich batdoucich sjezdtir. 0 tom jsern napsal samostatne ,pojednani, ktere je na predni strance tohoto eisla. Nebo prejete-li si daNi uvaZovani, vylaledejte si Vestnik ze dne 26. rijna 1955, kde nit strane osme podal bratr Steiner ureitY navrh na zmenu stanov. Jestli budete delegatem, je to vase povinnost si tento navrb preCisti. 0 tomto druhem bodu. a take o dalSim stran ustredny, prijde jeSte hedne vice elanku a prispevkft.

Ve stiedu, dne 23. listopadu 1955.

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ZPRAVY A OHLASY Z DISTRIKTU ZE SEDMEHO DISTRIKTU

ma-li z vas nada navrh pro zmenu, ktera by ptinesla neco dobreho pro nagi Jeclnotu, neme gkejte a po glete ihned tajemnikovi stanovniho vYboru, jak uvedeno ve stanovach. Nezapomerite vgak, Ze musite tak uciniti yeas, aby o vagich navrzich, budou-li ptijaty, mohlo bYti jednano na sjezdu.

Dodatkem chci je gte ptipomenouti, 'Ze flak snahou bylo zlengeni dosud platnYch stanov, aby jednotliya,, pro dne g -nidobuevyh jicustanoveip odpovidala pottebe, aby nebylo tteba z titulu prospechu Jednoty provadeti praksi nekdy tteba i proti duchu stanov, aby bylo ye vgem vice logiky a pruZnosti v jednani. Jsme si dobte vedomi, Ze na ge dilo neni dokonale; ueinili jsme vgak co jsme uznali za nejlep gi a vsiehiri radosti uyitame, jestliZe nami vypracovanY navrh bude ostatnim elepodnetem k ptemY gleni s vYsiedkern dalgiho zlep geni a zdokonaleni. K tomu meli by pkispeti vaichni elenove, ponevadZ to, co si nyni vypracujeme a schvalime, bude na gim pevnym voditkern, die ktereho se budeme idditi ne tYden, ani mesic, ale etyki dlouhe roky.

S uptimnYm ptanim mnoha zdaru vgem Jaroslav Kleprlik. )

Na dotaz nekterYch clenu, pokud jde 0 navrh na zmenu stanov ptedloleny stanovnim vYborem na geho distriktu, chci pro vysvetleni poclotknouti toto: Navrh na zmenu' stanov, yypracovanY stanovnim vYborem sedmeho distriktu, Po pteeteni a schvaleni na distriktni schuzi v San Antoniu, 16. Mina t, r,, byl zaslan bratru Josefu Slavikovi, tajemnikovi stanovniho vYboru a zaroveri byl uvetejnen y e Vestniku eislo 45, aby v gichni elenove mohli se obeznamiti s jednotlivYmi body. Tim stanovni vybor ukoneil svoji einnost a zhostil se povinnosti na neho ulolenYch. To ovSem neznamena, Ze jakekoliv dalg i poznieriovaci navrhy nesmi bYti zasilany. Podle na gich platnYch stanov (elanek 23 na strane 31 a 32) kaZdY e'en je k tomu opravnen. Ano, elen, t. j. i ten, kdo spolupracoval jako Men stanovniho vYboru, ma pra y() zaslati svfij vlastni navrh na zmenu stanov, i kdyZ to snad nebylo v souladu s tim, co stanovni vYbor ptedloZil. Uvedl jsem ye, Ze pi zpracovavani spoleeneho navrhu dohodli jsme se na 99%, coZ je jiste velmi chvalitebne, ale piece jenom nage nazory se rozchazely asi o 1%. Ja., na pkiklad, pine trvam na torn, aby redaktor byl elenem Jednoty nejmene 5 RES HORY A HOLY let pied sjezdem, v neraZ" se uchazi o Holland, Texas. misto redaktora., jak to bylo navrZeno Schtze druheho distriktu byla uspotastanovnim vYborem tadu 'Oslo 133 San Antonio a jak jsem se snail pki jedna- dana dne 16. tijna v budove kadu Hvezda iii obhajiti. Nepodatilo se ml to vgak Texasu eislo 47 v Seaton.

Schfizi zahajil br. Frank Spatthel, ptedpro argument ptitomneho bratra Edw. L, 1Vlarka, ptedsedy Hlavni fitadovny, seda okrsku, kratkYm proslovem.. PtedkterY je toho nazoru, Ze je to poladavek seda pohostinneho tadu, br. Frank Hejl, pkilig velikY. ze bychom nikoho za re- ptivital dosti Cane nav gtevniky do jejich daktora nedostali. PonevadZ tehdy vet- stkedu.

NacvieenY zaba yni program sestrou gina respektovala doporueeni bratra Marka a pkiklonila Se k jeho nahledu, Clarou Hejlovou zapoeal zazpivanim nabyla do navrhu dana p&Zadovana doba rodni hymny, a vzdanim pocty vlajce. alenstvi pouze 1 rok. Dle mai° nazoru Zpevy ptedneseny eesky i anglicky. Devgak, chceme-li, aby redaktor niei ta- klanianky takteZ v obou teeich. Solo na kove vedomosti, a by mohl vesti Vestnik harmoniku zahralo deveatko, tak, jak jsme si dali do stanov, pak do- se jmencm Adamkova, ktera, jednou buba jednoho roku je na.prosto nepostaeu- de vyhlagenou harmonikatkou. Malinka jici. Nejenom 5 rokil elenstvi, nYbrZ, jak clivenka s oblieejem andilka, zazpivala jiZ nedavno bylo v jednom eisle Vestni- pisefi "Louka zelend"; a pri dokoneeni taku cloporueeno samotnYin redaktorem, to obrati hlavieku do zadu a taZe se: mei by ka'e'dY uchazee o misto redakto- `Muni, what am I supposed to sing now?' znamcnalo dal gi "Sla parienka ra bYti osvedeenYm tadovYm pra,covnikern, ktery uspokojive zastaval nekterY cio zeli". Odmena? Neutuchajici boute fitad u sveho tadu nebo v distriktu. potlesku. Arnericka etverylka, pisen "DaA dnes, diky bohu, nemame tuto starost, vy Crockett", twirling act, a mnoho jiale budducnost narn uka.2e, jak na kva- nych.

NTagledovalo ktatke ptedstaveni, fra g lifikaci redaktora nutno pohliZett. Jedi -ka,"Pnobchdikaobchdniestujc ne spravne vychodisko je vychovati si Nesnidal". Lidieky, to yam byla gvanda. redaktora od piky mezi na gi midden Podobne i mnozi jini budou miti od- TakoVi dva tagkati a ne a ne se dohodligne nahledy a proto, bratii a sestry, nout, kterY z nich jiZ snidal a ktery ne.

Vgichni na programu zneastneni zaslouZili pochvalu, ktere se jim pine dostalo.

Prvnim teanikem na prograinu byl br.

Edw. Marek, ptedseda Utadovny. Pkedneslcelou tadu eislic,tYkajicich se zatizeni a provozu neboli udrZovani v chodu domova pro stare deny.

Celt' na.stin nevyhlili pulls rtiZove.

Pty ne, zaibzeni domova Jednotou a tizeni Jednotou. Clenoye v tomto domove dlici by nemohli obdrZet starobni pensi, jak mnoho elenfi se domnivalo doposud.

Inkorporovanim tohoto by bylo closaZeno starobni pense, ale nebylo by to na ge, ne tipine. A jest zde ureitY zakon, kterY by rozhodoval, kde se budova postavi a jakYm zpilsobem. Rozhodne by to iebyla vesnice na strani, ponevadZ dedekove a babieky, ktepim jiZ nohy vypovidaji, aneb Apine vypovedely, by nedovedli po nejake strani pobihat. Jen postavenim nami, pro rids, bychom mohli takto stavet, a jen financovanim ve gkereho podniku by to pattilo nam.

Br. March rozloZil tyto cislice pied shromaZdenim. NejniZgi vydani maji domovy soukrome, kde vydani•na osobu se pohybuje mezi sedmi a osmi 6ty roeno, jive do tisice dolart. To jest jen ogetteni a pokrmy. Hermann Sons, jak be. Marek poukazal, maji dvoupatrovou budovu, na kterou nemfiZeme my ani ye snu pomyslet. Sedesat sedm starYch Menu obeho pohlavi zde dlicich, stoji jejich instituci roene jeden sto tisic dolarfi. JinYmi sicvy, kdyZ bychom meli jejich budovu a v ni 67 elenil, na g milion by yydrZel deset let, na kterY jsme sttada,li tficet let. 0deatenim polovic elenft by se prodlouZil o deset let. JakYm zilsobem Inaleme podnik podporovat? PtirdZkami na Zijici deny roene jednim dolarem? To Icy vyneslo pakatel 25 tisic. Cim vice bychom od novYch Clenupozadovali, tim mene , bychom byli schopni jich ziskat pro Jedilotu.

Br. Marek byl poladan, by s pomoci pravnika Jednoty pokraeoval dale v ziskavani poznatkil v zajmu donioyiny, yYsledky tyto byly zaslany na hidy yeas pied sjezdem. Na otazku, zdali statni odbor zaslal asttedi odpoved% kolik Jednota by mohia utratit ptebytku, dal zapornou odpoved'.

Ptitoinni teditele, br. Skrabanek, pateho, a br. Navratil, distriktu druheho, oba kratce promluvili.

NavfZeno a ptijato bylo, aby kaaly tad vyslal jednoho zastupce do zvla gtni schfize, ktera bude svolana pkedsedou okrsku v ureitY Cas a kterY by vypracoval navrhy stanov, zname ji2 a dal gi nahodile navrhy, do pfi gti okrsko ye schiize. Schtize

atrana 4 bude usporddana v budove radu Tyr 6.

80 v Holland, treti nedeli v lednu.

Pritomni byli bratri Rudy Sefdik z lioustonu, kterY promluvil v zajmo tabora pro mladeZ, a br. Sid Pokladnik z Dallas, kterY propaguje zvoleni kralovny SPJST. Radi jsme tyto bra.try meli v natem stredu, a nijakYm zpilsobem jim nezazlivame, to se stavi za mytlenky, ktere se na pohled zdaji bezzavadne. Ale nemo2no zazlivat jinYin dlentm, kteri vidi to samou Yee v pale barve. Od east, kdy Jednota nabyla vlastnievi v okresu Bastrop, nekteri nati dlenove se na tento kousek zeme vrhli. Vidi zde jit vesnici pro starce, tabor pro mladeZ, aekoliv tyto dva tak rozdilne veky nejdou nijak ruku v ruce. Stari Zada klid, naiad' bujnost, velkou telocvidnu. Ba i to uboha Illavni Uradovna snad se tam iednou odstehuje.

V E S. TNIK— WEST, TEXAS

skutednosti jsou, a ne nahliZet na-tyto rilZovYmi skly blouzniveho snilka.

Bratr pokladnik poukazal na nektere zcianlive v'hody spojene se zvolenim kralovny, a preeet1 pravidla. Dnes jit kaZdY rad tyto obdrZel a neni tteba je PopisoYat.. Zde bych snad met ukondit, abych sobe neprizval nepratele. Na druhe strane jest zde zase povinnost elena poukazat na nespravnosti. Za east kraloven panovnic, az na male vyjimky, tyto se po celY Zivot valely v mravnim bahne. Cirn y e vettina blahobytu a prepychu Zily, tim vice poddanYch zmiralo hladem.

Vztahujeute ruku do dob utrpeni, co zatin". pritonmost a budoucnost nam unika takrka bez nateho vedomi. Co vykonaly vtechny ty kralovny krasy pro lidstvo po dnetni dobu? Za to, ze ji ttestena obdarita ztepilot postavou a rtIZovYm liekem, neni jette znamenim, ze musi bYt odmenena. Mela by se poVaZovat za dosti odmenenou jit tim, ze ji sudieky vloZily do vinku tyto divei precapsti, bez jakehoko, liv pridineni z jeji strany., Na• druhe strane marne pole otevrene clokoran, ktereho jsme si vsak dosud jette nepovtimli. Zde v okoli Seaton jsou dva hoti, Coufal a Mikeska, kteri byli vyzrta,menani jinonarodovci. My jsme na tohle nemeli oas:u:. Coufal dries jit vlastni svoji farmu, atkoliv jest mladieek. Jinemi." to vezme celY Zivot. Vypestuje sto tticet pet bait korny bez zavodneni v suchem Texatu. Provadi znrodnovani pildy a jive moderni zpilsoby moderniho farMikeska ze Seaton byl y yznaineflan z elektrisaCe.

Jest runt zahadou, prod nati krajane, kteri btehy Atlantiku na dohoz kamenem, kde jsou vYborna. koupalitte motnost holdovat rybarskemu sportu, prim° prahnou po koupani a rybareni ye vyhloubene louZi. Vim, v kterem miste se tento pozemek nachazi, a,okoliv, jest tomu ji.z vice net dtvrt stoleti, kdy jsem temito misty posledne projel. Nernam docela ZadnYch predsudkt proti kraji, a zvlatte ne proti krajantun v okoli usazenYch. Ale clnetni rnhade2 and docela jine choutky. Moji vlastni, net dokondili tkolu, zbrousili vtechny velke zastavy, vykoupall se ve voclach Atlantiku, a kde vtude byli, sam nevim. Aby se mladd netoulala Zajidek z Buckholts .byl jmenovan no ulicich, jak bylo podotknuto, povin- "Star Farmer". Vtechny tyto rodiny jsou - nest tato piece patri roclietim. Kahl' Znarrie co stari spolkati, tedy odhaduji, ze soudr4 jednotlivec dozna, to Jednota ne- i jejich synove jsou eleny Jednoty. Kolik n/He b't chuvou elena od narozeni aZ do mime my takov'chto hochn elent konce.

Jednoty — po tirern Texasu? Kolik mame Dovoluji si znovu tvrdit, ze venkovska tient deveat. ktere vynikly„v "home econaladeZ" by nebyla zastoupena, aneb jen nomics?"1(olik "name elent Jednoty na mizive procento. Adkoliv jeden pisatel vysokVc.h tkolach, kteri v rtiznrch odboreCh zde prospivaji? Zde bychom meli tvrdi, to i na farmach se najde vtdy obratit nati pozornost. Zde jsou eleriove, eas. Asi nevi, jak' sta y nastal zmechanisovani farem. Kde drive bylo kteri svYm dumyslem, pilnoSti svojich nekolik part ruk, dues jest jeden; Kde ruk se -vytinuli nad ostatni, a kteri by od drive bylo sto akrt, dnes jest 0, pet set. nas zasloutil uznani, a po pripade odrneK tonnt nejvetti procento fartnart jest nu, kterd by byla zaslonZena.... KdyZ ne mezi 60 a 65 let, tedy dedeekove, jako odrnenu, tak pozvat tyto deny na sjez, jsem sam. Jestli deti potrebuji zabavy, dovY banket, predstavit je Verejnosti s jsou to tyto deti z farem, ktere by za- poukazem: To jsou nati elenoiTe; takove slouZlly oddechu, ale neni zde za ne na- je chceme mit, a takto je budeme vychohrady. Stroj jest jiste vydatnY pomoc- vavat vtdv. To by nielo dale sahajici vY.nik, ale nem-Herne mu rici: ty, Farmall, znam, neZli nejaka kralovna krasy. Byjcii, do ohrady, a podoj Stratenu, pokrm lo-li by zapottebi pro tuto akci kolekce vepriky aneb slepice. Jest to jen stroj, od radii neb jednotlivS/ch dent, jsem 0stroj bez dute. Jest ovtem stroj nutnosti choten tuto podporovat kdykoliv. Avtak pri zvettenem osevu, a zvettei4 osev za- pro nejakou kralovnu nemarn ani findy.

Nati zakladatele Jednoty zajiste nesnill se ku zaplaceni tohoto, o nejakern korunovani pri zaloteni teto.

Mile samotneho, trpke zkutenosti v Dekovali osudu, ze jim bylo cloprano se vote prinutily zirat na vect tak jak ve dostat z jejiho dosahu. Je-li souzeno, aby

Ve stredu, dne 23. llttopadu 1955.

Jednota postupovala v tomto smeru, to dy se minula cile sveho posldni Heslo no predni strane Vestniku mitZeme sme,le vymazat a zamenit za pecet' Jejiho y elidenstva.'

Mame jette sirotky po zesnul'ch elenech, kde snad nouze je dennim hostem, kde by pet set dolart osutilo size drobotiny a poridilo obleeeni teto. Co jsme udinili dosud po teto strance? Odkladame nate povinnosti za &Oen/ dosaZeni faletneho lesku. Apeluji na nate deny, aby se nenechali zviklat pozlatkem, aby dart' budou-li udeleny, pritly v mista, kde by vykonaly nejvice dobra. einenirn tlechetnYch skutkt bude nejleptim oznamovanim Jednoty. Pak snag nekam dojdeme.

Lituji, ze zprava, tato se tolik opozdila.

Snacha s vnottekem se pripravovala na cestu za more, na cele tri roky. Nebylo moZno psat a nebylo man() myslet, pro same starosti. Nahromadend korespondeuce a povinnosti ku domacimu radu, nijak neprispely ku zakondeni.

Zadam vtechny bratry tajemniky druhello okrsku, by neodkladali jmena a a,dresy zvoler4ch zastupcti do zvldttni schilze v prosinci, bychom je mohli yeas uvedomit, ponevad2 ji nechceme mit pied samymi vanoenimi svatky, kdy kaZdY nejradeji prodleva tento rodni eas v kruhu sve rodiny.

S bratrsk'in pozdraven vat tajemnik Jos. Belieek.

(Pozn. red.: Davam do rubriky "Zpravy z distriktil," ad jsou to spite osobni nahledy net zapisky ze schilze.) ) • sTa • (

Oistriktm schfize Schilze v j nych distrikteeh budou uvef ej neny jakmile distriktni ffednici ustanovi datum schtze ve silent distriktu.

Distrikt dru14, 15. ledna 1956 Holland Distrikt treti, 18. prosince, Ft. Worth.

Distrikt pat', 19. imora 1956. Houston Distrikt sedia4r, 15. dubna 1956, Jourdanton 4,

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Rodiee, kteri neodpoviclaji detem podle pravdy, zpilsobuji sami to, 2e se jim jejich deti odcizuji a 2"e se obraceji se sv'ml otazkami na lidi cizi a to obydejne na sve starti kamarady, kteri ovtem pouduji raenti deti docela nespravne. — Dr. F. Smakal, ♦ Prav37, dfivcd.

Vypravel pan Bzuk v hostinci: "Jestlipak uZ vile, ,2,e se Robert se tenon nyni vYborne sn6Aeji?"

"Nevi mo2nd!" divili se vMcbni. "not prestala reenit a hubovat?"

"To ne," del pan Bzuk. "ale on 0hluehl!"

Ve s edu, clue 23, istopadu 1.955.

V E S T N X— WEST, TEXAS

Strans

CENNOSTI DOMACICH EDO itad

voimi eechie eislo 135 Ennis, Texas

Sestry a bratri: Na,§e posiedni schfize byla hodne slabe z3stoopena, ac byla velice zajimava.

Skoda, ze do schfize priSlo tak malo client" Bratr Joe B. HejnY preclet1 zapisky z naiSi minule schnze, protole , ridstajemnik, bratr Jos. Vytopil, se brave naleza, v Memorial Hospital v Corsicana, kde musi bit nekolik tydnil k vuli lekarske prohlidce, Doufaine, Ze vYsledek prohlYdky bode uspokojivY a bratr Vytopil bude opet brzy mezi nami.

Bratr HejnY take vysvetlil Wally o korunovaci kralovny SPJST na, sjezdu. o torn dosti debaty, ale nedeSh jsme i Zadnemu vYsledku. Usneseno bylo, tak malo client dostavilo se do schfize, Ze dalAi diskuse a hlasovani se odlo21 ad do vYroeni schfize, ktera pripada na druhou nedeli v prosinci.

Dale bratr Hejny podal zpravu z Konvence Texaskeho bratrskeho kongre-

so, ktera byia v Mineral Wells. Prises s navrhem, Ze my elenove SPJST v Ennis mell bychoni se pripojit do Dallas Council of the Fraternal Congress, kde je zastoupeno vice bratrskch Navrh byl podporovanY a odhlasovanY bez jedineho zaporneho hlasu. Jsme chin radi, ze bratr liejnY to pPednesl.

V'Sichni naSi eleni od. radu Volna aechie jsou Zadani, aby se dostavili do vYroeni schfize, ktera bude 11. prosince.

Mame volbu iii-echaikti a take musime si vybrat deleghta, ktereho poSleme do sjezdu. Po schfizi budeme mit spoleenou svaeinu. Sestry jiste donesou nejake pe`diva, aby bylo neap ke kave, kterou si pilpravirne. Schfize zaene ye dve hodihccTiny odpoledne.

Bratro Vytopilovi p'rejem le vSichni rycblY navrat z nemocnice domti.

S upiimnYm nozdravein Alone Skrivanek, dopisovatelka Pad Pokrok Fla onie eislo 103 Platonia, Texas COM broth sestry: adame vas vechny, byste se laskay e dostavili v holnem poetu do schfize, ktera bude prvni nedeli 4. prosince o pill druhe ocipoledne. Bode toho hodne k probirani. Tad bode volba firednikO pro priSti rok 1956 a volba delegata do sjezdu.

Na shledanou.

Alois Dos I' tajemnik

Ead

Svobody Oslo 67 Schulenburg, Texas Bratri a sestry radii Bratri Svobody C. 67.

Timto yam davarn na vedomost, de naSe vYroeni schtize bode v nedeli, toti2 etvrteho prosince, jak obyeejne o dvou hodina.ch odpoledne. Hled'te se co v rejveUini poetu dostavit. Bode volba Urednikti pro priSti rok a tak to bode na yes, sestry a bratri, koho si zvolite za Oredniky, aby vamp vSem vyhoveli.

Pak budem met jeSte jine didelite jedLain. Tak nezapomerite a prijd'te chni, vezmete a se sebu Yak rodiny, mista 'name dost. Po schtzi budeme miti spoleenou svaeinu a nejake obeerstveni.

Tak nashledanou ye schfizi.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Frank Hollub, tajemnik • ) * Di:31E2ITE OZNANIENI DO CALDWELL

kralovnu. Na toto bode volba ve vYroeni schtzi.

Ustanoven byl nominaclni vYbor: Jos. Seleik, Jos, W. JeZek a Edwin Stalmach.

Nominovali do sjezdu delegaty a nahradtalky, jak nasleduji: Delegat W. D. Kamas, nahradnik Jos. W. JeZek; delegat Edwin Stalmach, nahradnik T. M. Kamas; delegat John Bravenec, nahradnik Edwin Schupak.

Ut.ednici na rok 1956: John Bravenec, predseda.

Erwin Huff, tnistopredseda.

Edwin Schupak, tajemnik., W. D. Kamas, fiketnik.

John P. Kamas, pokladnik.

Tak prijd'te do vYroeni schtize Wend.cteho prosince,a zvolte si vase fikedniky pro rok 1956. Budeme volit jako demokrate.

Dekuji redaktoru a vsem etenaPtim stniku, Jos. W. JeZek. Stavebni vybor oznamuje vSern die) • A, • tram radu Nov Y Tabor clislo 17 SPJST a vSein elentim radu S-Yetio eislo 277 CSA, Pad Slovanska Lipa Oslo 66. de svolava schtzi na, nedeli dne 27. liWaco, Texas. stcpadu na pill druhe hodiny odpoled- Mili bratM a ,sestry: ne. V teto schnzi bude uvaZovano 0 Nage schnze zahajena byla v 3 hodiny plant" nave sine, na kteremZto plant( v nedeli odpoledne pfedsedou Antonem tento vYbor pracuje.

Mazancem. Bylo nas asi 35 pi‘itomno a aleni obou radii jsou zadani, aby se byla vzdana test vlajce v gemi eleny dostavili do teto schtze. prednesena sestrou Barborou Parmovou.

Stavebni vYbor NavS"tevnici byli: Bratr a sestra Louis ) Kazdovi a priSli k nam s prestup-ni listinou od radu v Cottonwood. Ted naM novi tad Slovan eislo 9.

Snook, Texas. eleni, bratr a sestra Monroe Fortune a alentim Mat Slovan cis. 9 SPJST se bratr Hugh White ptestoupili k nam z dava vedet, Ze v listopadove schtizi bylo West. Clement Louis Karlik bude nas noujednane, aby byla prig ti vYroeni schtze vY Glen. Srdeene je mezi nas Pfijimaine a prvni nedeli v prosinci ye 2 hodiny odpo- doufame, de budou u nas spokojeni a s nami nracovat. ledne. Maine hodne k jednani: Voleni recinikti pro rok 1956, voleni posla.nct do Bratr Otto Hanud pfeclet1 dopis od sjezdu, a teZ, zaioavni vYbor nam sdeli, jak pPedsedy Stanley Kacire, tYkajici se upokroeili letos. stanoveni vYboro na zabavni program Pri teto schuzi ma bYt spoleenY ()bed, pro priAi sjezd a byli ustanoveni tito 3 kterY obstard vYbor na ten obed zvolenY eleni a sice bratfi: Otto Hanu g, John na rok 1955. VYbor byl uvedornenV listky, Simeik a sestra Emma aeSla. Ted preclet1 bratr Hanu g dopis od ptedaby na svou povinnost pamatoval, sedy Edward Marka, abychom si vybrali Asi o 4 hodinach ten samY den, mame vYroeni schfizi spolko cis: 31 RVOS, te2 netterou divku z na geho radu, aby se uchazela ye vybrani kralovny pri sjezdu.

(101e2ita scladze.

Bratr Edward Mazanec, na g tajemnik, MinulY tYclen shoi'ela Ulna, 'kterou nopravil, Z • e uC mame pies 100 elena v nastavil Henry Kovar, kterY mel 3700 bald oclZinovanYch do to doby. Chytlo se to ne- gem Cade, tak nas to fSechny te'Silo. Marne kde v semeniku, kde bvlo hodne semena. tak peknou a prostornou sin, tak je mista dost pro vice elenit.

S pozdravem Mam oznamit, Ze budeme mit vanoclni J. T. Skrabanek, tajemnik. veeirek v sobotu vecler 17. prosince. Bu• ) 40 ( dou vSelijake hry, zpev a nejlepSi dobre Pad Vesmernost eislo 68. eisla, jidla bude dost. Doufam, Ze se nas Nelsonville, Texas. hodne sejde. Tentokrat budeme ye svCm Mile sestry, bratfi a etenaki Vestniku: a musime to oslavit.

NaS'e listopadova, schitze byla dobra.

Ted mame peknY zahlivaci system v siProbirali jsme otazku, zdali c,hcem miti ni, tak nam nebude zima.

Strana 6 Sestra Barbora Parma nam preeetla jmena tech elentii, kte •i men narozeniny tento mesic a sice sestry: Mary 8s imeik, Albina UrbanovskY, Matilda Jean Spence a bratri Otis CeSka a Frank Parma, Zazpivali jsme jim "Happy Birthday" piseri.

Kabdou sobotu a nekdy v nedeli veeer mime taneeni zabavy a jsme •adi, be se tolik taneenikti k nam dostavi. Libi se jim, be si mohou sednout ke stolu mezi tancem. Tuto sobotu a nedeli poeasi bylo velice priznive, skoro jak v lete. V sobotu veeer nam hral znamY orchestr pod vedenim Eric Honze. Vallee se vkm libi a v Den diktivzdani weer bode Eric Honza zas pro nas hrat. Tak nezapomerite prijet k nam.

Kale gratulace bratru a sestie Frank CharnradovYm k narozeni prvniho vnuka, jenb se narodil manbeleim George ChamradovYm. Prejeme vain a novYm rodiefn, aby chlapeeek vyrtistal vain F radosti a zdravi.

Scheibe se zakoneila ye 4:20 a potom se podavala velice chutna yeeere, jak obyCejne, a vkm nalebite chutnalo. `Po veee •i jsme poklidili sin a veeer byla zabava. Ti co zristali, tak se dobre pobavili a nataneili.

Teb marn pripornenout, be budeme volit iiredniky v prosincove - schfizi, jedenacteho. Tak prosim, se vkchni dostavte, abychom mohli volit a aby kabdY mel pHlebitost si vybrat, koho chce za Oredniky.

Jake mesic a bude distriktni schuze ye Ft. Worth. Kolik se nets asi 'sejde v ten den?

S pozdravem na vkchny Rawl, Rribena Parma, dopisovatelka. ♦4

V t S T DT/ K WEST, TEXAS

ne?, Tak trochu modleni badnemu nekdy.

Co se t3"r ee to fitulny pro ty stare MI, rnykenk,a jest ciobra a zda se, be vetkria jest pro, ale vezme to trochu easu, jestli k tomu dojde. S tau kralovnou, z toho nevi nic, aspori ja pro to nejsem.

Sesta distriktni schtize jest prye a kde bode priSte, to ab pozdeji, neb nejsou budeme ji mit zde nab jinde. Nektere rady okolni v Sestem dist •ikto zahrnute ani v Talton nebyly, cob jest Skoda, neb jet myslim, be v priStim sjezde to bude mit velkY yYznam.

Davam vkm bratretm a sestram yedet, be v nak shtizi na d • uhY mesic druhou nedeli 11. prOsince budeme mit stromeeek pro vkchny ditky a nejakY program. Tak si datum zapanaatujte -- 11. prosince odpoledne po schuzi, Ub k vuli vahm detem v§ichni se hled'te dostavit.

Kdo chce, mule si dat elarky, jeden druhemu taky.

V nedeli 13. listopadu zde ditky sestry Terezie Galetka uspo • adaly sve mamince prekvapenku na jeji narozeniny. A vent, byla veinal prekvapena. Divala, se na televisi a nevidela, co se chystd. Vkanla jsem si, jak jest tim vkm dojata..Vkchni se sjeli na jiste misto poblibe jejich domova a pak beze svetel jeli k •esidenci. To bylo smichu, §vandy, k tomu dobrd muzika a to dobroty ab. Maji 6 neb 7 synti a dve decry, dobri lidieky, milo s nimi si pobYt. A my vain vSem jeS"te jednou prejeme. Mrs. Galetka, hodne zdravi, gtesti dioulaY bivot.

Ale jib dosti a slibuji, bratre redaktore, podruhe toho nebude tolik.

Vale dopisovatelka Marie Fabian.

(PoZ. red.: Ta veta nebb dve, ktere 'Oslo 4 Kati Karel jsem vypustil, bylo jako sirka v bavine, Hallettsville, Texas. mobna nic, rnobna hodne. Nerad to delarn, Nak se-Mize ze dne 13. listopadu zapo- ale jistota je jistota.) eala o dvou hodinach odpoledne, jako ) ( vbdy. eten protokol, Rena soustrast bratru ftlid i'ert Worth eislo 154 Rogan Beal, kterY zemrel v methodistiFort Worth, Texas. ckem §pitale v Houstonu 25. listopadu. Mili spolkovi bratri a sestry: Pak jine zalebitosti probirany a vyrizeny.

Chtela jsem ub drive psat, ale nepsala Pristoupeno k volbe firedniku na rok sari, protobe nekteri rikaji, be pik rnoc 1956. Zvoleni nasledovne: predseda Ed• brzy a oni potom zapomenou, be maji win Bia.'ek; mi,stopredseda Ed. Chovanec, jit do schtize. novY; Chas HolY, tajemnik; Hilmar GaBratri a sestry radii Cis. 154. nezapoletka, fieetnik; Edwin Holy, pokladnik; manta na nak vYroeni schuzi, ktera buJohn Konvieka, priivodei, noyY.. de prvni nedeli v prosinci, etvrteho, ale Delegati do sjezdu jsou nasledovne: hled'te, abyste byli v Sokolovne v pill Chas Holy, Otto Hanak, F. K. Bueek a druhe. Vite, be bu.dou volby tirednikei Edwin Bueek; nahradnici jsou: John Ho- vYboril.

1Y, Selma Grona, Henry Fabian a Hilmar Sestro Juranova, rada jsem videla Va.S" Galetka. dopis Ye Vestniku. Ub jsem myslela, be Ta.jemnik Ceti clopisu. Mne se jeden nic jste nemocna. Ano, tu distriktni schuzi nelibil. A co to jest? Pry aby se nedovOlisama jsem a tom nevedela. zaeinat viru. eili nejake modleni Srdeene zdravim pana a pani Tobe,rnY slavnostech, schnzich a tak dale, — be to v Dallas, a dekuji mockra.t za doprovocl ye stanovach se nedovoluje. A toto jest na busovou stanici; je to pozde, ale lepsi infij nahled, nab Jednota jest nestran- pozdo nob nikdy.

Ve sti'edu, dne 23. listopadu 1955.

Ta sokolska akademie byla moc pekna, llcoda be jsem nemohla jet v nedeli 13. na tu oslavu.

TOL srdeOne diky pani Valeikove v Dallas.

JeSte srdeenY pozdrav bratru redaktoru, poraclajicinau vYboru a vkm etoucim.

Anna Svite,kova. radova dopisovatelka. e 4 Rad ISIorav'Ati Bratri Cislo 6 Cottonwood, Texas.

Bratri a sestry: V nedeli 4. prosince • manie nasi vYroCni a volebni schezi. P •oto jste badani, by jste se vlichni dostavili a brali ile"ast pri jednani i volbach, abyste byli spokojeni.

Po schuzi budeme mit Svaeiru s barbecue, kterou nam zase pripretVi vale sestra Ant. Marek, a vy sestry jste badany o pfineseni . nejakeho zakusku.

Doufam, be se vas hodne dostavi.

Za red Marie Janee'ka, taj. ) ♦ (_

ftad Jaro eislo. 130 Dallas, Texas Sestry a bratri: Timto jste vSichni eleni radu Jaro eislo , 130 upozorneni, be vYroeni schtize radii bode se konati prvni Dean pri'Sti mesic, 4. prosince. Museli jsme ureiti schuzi na, tu nedeli z to pricing, be solidze tletiho distriktu bude y e Fort Worth t,reti nedeli, 18. prosince, jak bylo oznameno, ve Vestniku.

Pro d.obro nas vSech a celeho radu je Zadoucno, ,aby se do vYroeni schuze du dosta.vilo co nejvice clams. Marne volby iirednika pro rok 1956 a take volbu delegate" do sjezdu, ktery bude priStiho roku v Temple.

Po schtliz bade kava a koblihy pro vSechny pritomne. Na hojnou nayStevu se tell (46-47) Joe Maca, tajemnik. ) • cgs • A1,4 .

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Ve Streriu 23. listopadu, pled Dnem Diktivzdani, rad Svaz CechoslovarM Cislo 92 poi-add velkou tane6ni zabavu pri budbe Joe Lynn K •ivaneks orchestra. Vkchni jsOu active vain.

V nedeli 18. prosince bude vYroeni schuze Sokola v Houstonu. Pritomnost vlech Clentl je badouci, aby zvoleni byli 6novnici pro prilti rok.

Ve stredu 21. prosince vano'eni program a Santa Claus u radii ; D'tefanik elslo 142 v Houstonu. Zaeatek v 7:30 weer. ( Neclostatek vtipu je horli neb chudoba; • • Spatni p acovnici jsou dobri prihlibeei.

Ve stiedu dne 23. glistopadu 1955.

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OPRAVY STANOV OPRAVY STANOV Dallas, Texas, 16. listopadu 1955.

Sestry a bratri: Prune, neki se podivaine na lie i rub navrhu na opravu stanov, jak poclan vYborern sedmeho okrsku, zminim se o jeclne zprave, kterou jsem eetl ve Vestniku ze dne 8. eer yna 1955, na strance 4, prvni odstavec, nahore, a to zprava closlovne "Schtize sedmeho distriktu byla kone.na 29. kvetna 1955. Bratr Sylvestr Bundil zaha.jil sehtizi o 10.30 rano pak Ceti omluvu od predsedy 7. distriktu, Emil Mieulka, ze jemu nebylo mono se do to schuze dostavit a Ze preje teto schuzi mnoho zdaru a ze ustanovuje na, jeho misto pro tu schuzi bratra Sylvestra Bundila co predsedu."

Tomuhle ustanoveni jsem se trochu divil. Tak etu dal, jak se to mohlo stet, vidim, ze mistoptedseda byl pritomen, a vim ze precIseda takovYch shromaZdeni, kdyZ vi ze nebude mod bYti pritomen, ma o tom uvedomiti mistoptedsedu, aby schuzi predsedal. Kdyby potom ani mistopredseda nemohl bYti pritomen, — jegte ani potom nepritomnY predseda nema pravo nahradnika za sebe ustanoviti. Takovou schtizi pak ma svolati tajemnik neb nekterY jiny idednik. Jestli tomu neverite, podivejte se do Roberts rules of Order, mate to tam na strance 240, pareg,raf 58. -- a slaromaZdeni si ma predsedu pro to seli,uzi zvoliti.

V minulem Vestniku, ci aby to bylo spra yne Cesky, ye Vestniku z minuleho tYdne, eislo 45, vydane dne 9. listopadu, /name na strankach sedm, osm a devet navrh na opravu stanov, jak jej yypracoyal vYbor sedmeho okrsku na to zvolenY, ye schOzi drie 2. rijna 1955. Jsou to opravy sedindesati Mann na gich stanov, — a nektere jsou pozoruhodne. Tak pozoruhodne, ze, jest treba dobre je uveliti.

K tem sednidesati opravenYin elenkilm se druk predmluva, oznaeend slovem "vgeobecne" a zni takto: Je nutno upraviti 'Ceske zneni stanov, aby bylo skuteene Ceske,- naprosto jasne a srozumitelne.

Poslednim easem jsme meli v nagem Vestniku Caste kantorovani o to na gi CeStine, — ktereho kantorovani si jiste vgimnulo mnoho clentir, protole se nekteri proti tomu v dopisech ve Vestniku ohraZovall. S tim ohraZoy anim jejich jsem vhly Upine souhlasil a dodam k tomu sve mineral. Na ge Jednota jiZ za to mora yskotexaske ee gtiny existuje skoro gedesat roJeke jsme se s touto mora ysko-texaskou Cegtinou vklycky po bratrsku domluvili, i kdy'2 to domlouvani bylo nekdy dosti bourlive. Ted' ku sklonku dejin nagi reel v Texasu nem prijde par kantoril rici, ze ge dosti spravne Cesky ne- I

vyjadrujeme. Znam mnohe deny, i zde rozene, kteri pro Spatne existeneni poti zde mery innotio do gkoly nechodili, rozeni mnozi meli velice Indio ueeni Ceske reel, -- a mem mezi nimi radu dobrYch pratel a my, jejich pratele, jsme jim za to ycleeni, ze se tolik Cesky, — toCesky nautili, ze s tiz rili mohou Cesky dopisovat, a jsme na ne hrdi. A nektere state na gich stanov jsou psane pra ye temito eleny; valy jsme jejich funyglinn mohli porortnet, i kcly1 se dostaly do stanov v pavodnim zneni, a dosud jest nem ye Vestniku jejich druhu ee g tina vitana. Jenom si intZeme prat, a to z celeho srdce, aby tato jejich mora y geho Vestniku-skotexask einaz tak hned nevymizela.

A ja v udivu se klanim tern nmohYm nagim mladYin, kteri se kantorovani neboji a do Vemtniku eesky pik.

A kdyZ uZ na torn tak rnnoho zalek, aby vg echno bylo durch-urn-durch eeske, tak Ina pouZivaji slov jako "distrikt", misto spravneho eeskehe "okr glek", neb aspori toho snazkho lidoveho "okrsek", aneb slo y a organisator, misto jednatel a organisaeni, misto naborova. Kdy2 mermomoci chcete bYti dtisledni, tak budte dusledni ye vgem.

Ted' o tech opravach jednotlivYch elankrt. Opravy elankt dva a tri jsou maliekosti, spadaji pod to nebo "im v g eobecnost", o ktere se zmiriuji shora. Ale. oprava elanku pet jest pozoruhodna. Jest to oprava odstavce g) tohoto elanku, aby ji etenar neb etenarka nemuseli hiedat, zde jest, slovo za slovem: "Zajistiti 10% v g ech certifikatti psanYch, poeinaje nasledujicirn dnem po ukoneeni sjezdu 1956 a rozdeliti stejnYm dilem do pokladny (snad do pokladen by bylo spravnejgi?) vg ech distriktu ku kryti vegkerYch vydani". zajistiti Jak tomu main rozumeti? deset procent, z Ceho? Asi z prvoroenich poplatkt na v gechny certifikaty napsane poeinaje dnem po ukoeeni prigtiho sjezdu. Ci ne? Zde bychom meli anti opatreni z eeho, pak jak diouho to me trvati. Take, jeliknZ toto ma zaeit hned pa sjezdu, a na g e stanovy jsou vZdy platne aZ" do 1. ledna noveho roku po sjezdu, bylo by asi dnsledne, dati pod tuto opravu "vehazi v platnost ihned". 6i ne?

Ale, kdyby se stab, Ce by vSrbor na opravu stanov toto opatreni tech deseti procent prijal, hned po uverejneni jejich zprevy bych podal dodatek, kterY by t1 rozdeleni stejnYm dilem zru gil. Ten by znel, aby bylo tech 10% z tech poplatkft vraceno kaZdemu okrsku (distriktu) z pojig teni napsanem tim okrskem. Jeden dobrY flee' by tento dodatek jiste mel, ze

by se vyvinula mnohem npornej gi naborova Cinnost v nekterYch okrskach, Ma y -nevschnem.

Vezmete si Yestnik ze dne 21. &WI, a Podivejte se na posledni. strenku. Tam mate rozbor up ganeho poji gteni die` ()M.'skft, a ten jest velice zajimavY. za mesic eervenec a srpen. Zde jest ten rozbor: Upsano: srpen C'ervenee Okrsek 1 5,500 9,000 Okrsek 2 25,500 9,000 Okrsek 3 24.000 39,500 4,000 Okrsek 4 8,000 Okrsek 5 32,000 10,500 44,000 Okrsek 6 24,000 000 Okrsek 7 7,500 A zase, ye Vestniku ze duo 1.1. rijna 1955 rname: upsane poji gteni (xi prvniho do tricateho zari, tento rok Okrsek pr y . 14.000, treti 42.000, etvr--ni,150;druhY tY 2,000; paty 40,500; gestY 26,000 a sedmY 4,500.

Yezmete tuZku a poeitejte: prilmerne dvaeet &lain roenich poplatkil na jeden tisic pojigteni by na ty 144,000 upsane v mesici zari alai° $28,800 Beset procent z toho, to by bylo $2,880.00, rozdelene na sedm okrskti by delalo na kaabi okrsek $411.43 (to jest o jednoho centika vie neZli $2,880.00). Kdyby ale se dalo kaZdemu okrsku, co si sami vydelali, dostal by sedmY okrsek celYch devet dola'art, misto pies etyri sta. Prot() myslim, ze k,dyby kaZdY okrsek dostal tech 'deset procent na to, co sami upi gi, hoclne by se Ze ano? Spolehati na cizi prieineni by se jim take samotnYin nezamlouvalo. 0 tech deseti procentech ale velice pochybuji, to by okrsky mely hnedle bohatgi pokladny neZli cela Jednota.

Ve elanku osm marne kousek puntiekarstvi tou "osobni" pritomnosti. Jak iinak nine Clen bYti pritomen? Parlamentarni pravidlo ale dovoluje voliti nepritomneho Mena; a melt jsme pripad ye sjezdu v Corpus Christi, kde kandidat do jednoho uradu, kterY nebyl dclegatem, nemohl ve sjezdu zUstati aZ do voleb; sjezd, bez odporu, odhlasoval. ze milZe bYti ye volbe do toho Uradu nitvrhnut.

Odporueeni zmen elanku 23 jest trochu nejasne a nesrozurnitelne. NavrZene. oprava zni: "Vgechny navrhy na opravu stanov musi 133"7-ti schvaleny radem a pak teprve mohou bYti poslany tajemnikovi stanovniho vYboru k zarazeni die elanku stanov pro vYbor". Pak nakeduje: Dal gi zneni tohoto elanku upraviti srozurnitelne.

Na ten narh, aby kaZdY navrh na 0pravu stanov musel bYti schvalen Mem jenom podotknu toto: Opravy stanov nejsou okamkkovYm dilem. Videl jsem dopisech ye Vestniku vYroky, aby si 'Oen

Straw, $ vzal stanovy, preeetl si je a poznaeil opravy, ktere mysli, 2e by byly pottebne.

Kdo ale pozoruje einnost v Jednote v dobe mezi sjezdy, ete a studuje protokoly schUzi Hlavni dradovny, dostane mnohem lepSi zaklady ku navrhtim na opravu stanov neZli okamZikove sednuti do houpdku a prelousknouti stanovy za jeden den. TakovY Glen, kterY zna Jednotu a jeji Hlavni dradovnu, pozoruje jednani cele etyti roky, si jiste dela poznamky eas od easu, co mysli ze by melo bYt znteneno. Okolnosti ale vy'Zaduji, aby se rok neb kratSi eas pied sjezdem odsteho-val, tteba sta mil daleko. Ted', bude-li ehtiti dlouholetou praci uplatnit, die tohoto navrhu by musel jeti do mnoho set mil vzdaleneho sidla tadu, aby sve navrhy tadu predlail ku schvaleni. A co2 kdy'Z je tad neschvali, vzdor tomu ze jsou dobre? Musi pak tyto zahodit do koAe? Jak si milZ"ete dovolit upirat elenu pravo navrhy podat ve Vestniku?

K tomu: zneni stanov zkratit a s kdyZ" to bude upravit srozumitelne" — co Z horSi neZli to jest. Myslirn, ze jest na navrhovateli aby, kdyZ se mu nee° nelibi, chce to zkratit a upravit srozumitelne, jeho povinnosti jest podati navrh Ire jen direktivu, a Ty, JoZko, se ein.

Abych nemusel cele opravy Mann citovati, zminim se ze ku elanku 30 jest navrh na druheho mistoptedsedu a take redaktora jako e'en Hlavni iitadovny.

Pak nasleduje, ze vSlclani Mednici maji sve nahradniky. Druheho mistoptedsedu jiz Jednota meta, a honem jej ye ptiStint' sjezdu zruSila. Take, ye elanku 41 techto navrhd jest tato zmena: Zmeniti ohlavi na mistoptedsedove, pak nasleduji povinnosti prvniho mistoptedsedy. Jake pak bude miti povinnosti druhY mistoptedseda? KdyZ jest navrZen, jest jisto take tCeba hned upraviti jako povinnosti bude miti, jestli se bude podileti na schtlzich Hlavni atadovny, neb jestli jest nahradnikem prvniho mistoptedsedy, nebo co vlastne je?

Druha Cast oprav toho elanku jest, aby redaktor byl Menem. Hlavni firadovny.

Prod ne take .1.1 Z • vrchni lath' a jini einovnci Jednoty? Main zde sbornik vice jak dvou set bratrskYch jednot, ale ani v jedno nemaji redaktora za, elena Hlavni Madovny. Naopak, vetSina maji jen /lobo etyti Utedniky.

Pale maitre v tomto elanku opravu clodatek, kterY doslovne zni: "Vgichni rednici a reditelemaji sve nahradniky. teditele mobil z toho bYti vynechani, ti jiZ maji nahradniky ustanovene ye elanku 30-b; tedy toto melo by bYti vyliato, nebo slovo teditele v navrhu vynechano. Take nevidim nikde navrh, 'kdy a jak se voli nahradnici pro itredniky, coZ" ov gern melo bYti podano. V oprav y elanku 37, kde se pojechuiva o dosazeni nahradnik y, take

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neni podana osnova Noleb 'nehradnikir pro ntedniky Hlavni atadovny. Take tento navrh na nahradniky fitednikti vyb.cluje opravu elanku pet, odstavee h) — ku kteremu jest v tar) oanove podan dodatek jen na volbu ve sjezdu statniho organisatora a vedouciho mladeZe. Navrh ku Oqanku 32 se mile- libi. Mani nem podobneho na mysli a poznaCeno jiz skoro dva roky v mYch stanovach, jenom ze nejsem tak prisnY a nepoladuji propuSteni, coZ ovSem jest ten nejlepSi napravovaci prostredek, to 'propuSteni.

NejakY His pied sjezdem ye Fort Worth zavolali si eleni Hlavni atadovny redaktora Vestniku, zesnuleho Frantu Moueku, dcbraka prvotridniho, schopneho reenika a spolkate velice spolehliveho, kterY se ye sPolkovYch zalditostech vyznal. Byl voIan do scheze k vYslechu, na obvineni jednoho Nen?, z komunistirkych smernic; coZ" ovSem tak nebylo. Protole Franta uvetejnil nektere dopisy ze stare vlasti, ktere tenkrate komunisibus chvelili, proto& jegte nevedeli lake metla, ci ruska knuta na lid to jest. Pripravili l orantovi . velice neprijemne chvile„ a nebYti vrch•Mho lekate, kterY byl te schCze men, a dne gniho reditele pateho okrsku, bratra J. M. 8krabAnka, -byl by Franta nepravem redaktorstvi pozbyl.

Za nejakY mesic neb ova po teto schtizi byla schilze VYborri na opravu stanov ve West. Vzhledem k tomu co se stalo redaktOrovi, bylo jednani o elankach 71-75 yeetmo, stanov z Corpus Christi, odioleno az jako navrhy poda TiskovY vYbor. Jejich osnova navrhu na tyto elanky byla VYborem na opravu stanov trochu pozmenena a upravena, ale hlavni bed techto novYch elankt byI, Ze redaktor byl dan Tiskovernu vYboru k rizeni a dohledu. Bez odporueeni tohoto vYboru redaktor nejen ze nemohi bYti eleny Hlavni Utadovny potahovan ku to neb one sodpovednosti, — ale nemohl bYti bez jejich odporueeni prace zbaven. Zachovali jsme si tak svobodu tisku, a pies za vlasy ptita'Zenou kritiku statnich dohiizitelu, ze mame dvoji spravu Jednoty, jiz podruhe pronesenou za posledni statni prohlidky, elanky po poslednim sjezdu zitstaly bez velkYch zmen a dvoji rizeni Jednoty mame podnes.

IVIusime si take pripontenouti, Z"e dosud mame ye Hlavni tradovne, vyjma dvou, ty same Utedniky jako jsme meli pied sjezdem ye Fort Worth. Prod Coto vSe avadim? Protok vYbor sedmelm okrsku podava navrh na redaktora, kterY by, kdyby ptijat byl, zase postavil redaktora tam, kde by byl ovladan a ovlivliovan eleny Hlavni Uradovny. A nejen to, tato oprava diva. Hlavni iltadovne pravo vybrati si redaktora, a po ruskern zpilsobu voleni nam ye sjezdu Cici, volte koho chcete, ale jen pro tohodle elena, ktereho

ye stredu, dne 23. listopadu 1955; jsme my vybrali, irrnete hlasovaci listek odevzdati.

Ve druhem odstavci oprav elanku 66 ma tento vYbor nasledujici zneni: "Redaktorem mute bYti zvolen toliko Hlavni aradovnou doportfeenY Glen Jednoty, kterY v dobe sjezdu ma veSkere poplatky zaplacene a je elenem Jednoty nejmene jeden rok pied sjezdem, v nem2 se uchazi o mist° (pride ne idad, kdyZ jej maji navrZeneho do Hlavni iitadovny?) redaktora. Redaktor atd .. . atd . . ." Tento elanek vchazi v platnost ihned.

Tak jen Hlavni dtacloynou doporueenY, ze ano. A kde jest pravo kaZdeho jednotliveho delegata podati s ytij navrh, di nominaci, za redaktora Mena jineho?

Odporueuji elentim tohoto vYboru studovani Roberts Rules of Order, die kterych se naSe sjezdy tidi. Take, zde mame nee° noveho: "a je Menem Jednoty jeden rok".

Prod jen jeden rok? Poladavek stanov, timto vYborem neopravenY, jako kvalifikace do atadu ye Hlavni atadovne jest petilete elenstvi, a to same pro teditele.

A co Men vi o Jednote po petiletem Olenstvi? Hrozne mak) jest tech, kteCi Jednotu znaji tak jako by ji kandidat o 'Menstvi ye Hlavni idadovne znati met, i po dvacetiletem elenstvi.

A redaktor me znati pomery v Jednote, jeji plany pojiSteni, jeji eleny a Cady, jejich historii a jine bratrske jednoty mnohem lepe, neZli to maji znati eleni Hlavni aradovny, tak aby byl schopnY byti nejen radcem a kazatelern pro Jednotu, ale take historikem Jednoty a radii a chrancem pra y Merril. A to si nekdo mymtlZe vSechno vedet jeden rok olenstvi?

Tenhle navrh rime pripada spiSe jako honeni politiky ye prospech jedne osoby, nic jineho. A ten poladavek prohlaS'eni protikomunismu just pro naSe 'deny hodne ponfZujici a uraZlivY. Ale, kdy‘Z jest ten poladavek zptlsobilosti kandidatury pro eleny Hlavni fitadovny pet rokti, prod to vYjimku pro redaktora delat? Potom, redaktor, die tohoto navrhu, ma bYti Menem Hlavni idadovny, — a jest dan zde pod kontrolu diems Hlavni dradovny. To jej dela jakehosi atednika z druhe ruky, di ne? Rozhodne neni nijak rovnopra y -nYm,kdyZseuizodpvatosluchat diktovani ostatnich elenti Hlavni -araclovny.

Tedy, nominovan. di vlastne doporueen Hlavni Madovnou? Tak se se mnou podivejte, co o nominovani a voleni atednikil takove organisace jako jest naSe Jednota pravi pan Roberts v jeho Rules of Order, paragraf 66 na strance 2f,Z: "Nominations and elections. Before proceeding to an election to fill an office it is customary to nominate one or more candidates. This nomination is not necessary when the election is by ballot or

Ve streclu, (Inc 23. IMopa.du 1955. roll call, as each member may vote for any eligible person whether nominated or not .... The nomination need not be seconded. But, in . the, election of the officers of a society it is more usual to have the nomination made, by a committee.

When the committee makes its report, which consists of a ticket, the chair asks if there are any other nomination, when they may be made from the floor. The committees nominations are treated just as if made by the members fyom the floor, no vote being taken on accepting them. When the nominations are completed the assembly proceeds to the election."

Tohle jest, co z politickeho a ovSem take spolkoveho Zivota odstranili komuniste v Rusku. Budeme je chtit napodobovat?

Myslel jsem, ae nebudu o jimich opravach jednati, ale jsou jeZte jine, ktere zasluhuji lepZi pozornosti. Jeden z nich jest navrh na vyplaceni dividend; neni zrejme zda jest to dodatek k tomu elanku 54 neb elanek tpine novY. Ta poznamka, die prani elena jest krajne nebezpeena pro zamestnance v Hlavni firadovne, protole znamend ohromnY kus prace, doptavati se kaZdeho takoveho 'Mena, jak si jeho dividendu preje. A nedava naZe Jednota dividendy predein ve zptsobu velice mirnYch poplatkt, u porovnani se spolky jinYmi? Jen jeden priklad k potvrzeni tohoto vYroku. Poplatky na naZi dvacetiletou, doZivotni jsou v nekterY-ch stafich aZ o Zest dolaru roene men$1. Co takovY elen ziska, kdyZ musi platit o tolik vice a clostane tri-a-ptil neb merle jako dividendu zpet.

Oprava elanku 104 zni: KaZ(13"7 elen mimo tridy JT doda .ne do 16 let stari) jest opravnen na jeden vYtisk Vestniku, kdyZ si tak preje, aneb rodiee kteri jsou eleny a plati elenske poplatky dle -aid a stupnice, o to poladaji.

Kdyi rodiee takoveho ditka, Mena v naZich zalohovYch tridach Detskeho odboru jsou eleny Jednoty a plati poplatky, jsou opravneni na Vestnik a nemusi se spolehati na decko, aby Vestnik dostavali.

Odporueeni financovani frtulny a taboriZte vyZaduji hodne opa,trneho uva.Zeni.

Dle odporueeni tech aZ 5% z prebyteeneho fondu, to by Maio kolem padesati tisic dolarft roene, na vydrZovani fitulny.

Pochybuji, ze bude opatrovani v fitulne, jestli se tato uskuteeni, zdarma pro Irkchny kteri se do ttulny uchYli. Pro' by takovY dneAni pensista nemohl jeho pensi venovati na sve yydrZovani v ttulne?

Zdarma by melo bYt opatrovani jen krajnich pripadech, kde Glen jest fipine opuStenY a bez finanenich prostredkii k uladjeni Zivobyti. Zarizeni a vydrZovani fitulny bude vyZadovati mnohem dtkla.dnejZich ftvah, price a plant. Kdybychom

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'hull venovat_paciesat tisic roene jen na naSe potrebne, stare eleny, tak nepotrebujeme .stavet fitulnu; za takove penize je natZeme y ydrZoyat v Ustavech k tome postavenYch a ani by t o tolik nemuselo stat.

Take pochybuji, Ze padesat tisic dolart bude dosti na financovani trazove a nemocenske. Myslim, Ze naZe posledni zakonodarna ureila zadateeni kapital na takovou spoleenost na $200,000.00. — Ale, ecmu se skuteene obdivuji jest to Ztedrost, s jakou se v techto navrho.ch setkavame. To nam ten milionek prebytku brzy natahne brka, a nebudeme se milseti starati, jak jej niezi eleny rozdelime.

To si pak naZ redaktor jiste oddechne.

A zase, bratrsky a po pravde, Frank B. Steiner. ) • 4 •,

clecleeka, bratra naaeho spolubratra .

Josefa M. Svadlenaka, kterY• zeintel 8. listopadu 1955 v nemocnici v Dallas, Texas. Polarben byl 10. listopadu na mestskem hrbitove v Taylor, Texas, za velke toasti rodiny a pratel.

Narozen 10. rijna 1881 v okresu Austin.

Po mnoho rokti rolnidil pH Taylor, ktere zamestnani zamenil za groceristu a mel nejakY eas obchod v Taylor, pak v Holland, v Temple, aZ se octnul v Dallas.

Jeho odchodu zeli manZelka, Anna 8vadleriak, dcera Bettie Havlik, nyni Joseph A., Ernest a Alvin J. Svadlenak. Ctyri ' vadlenak a sestry vnoueata, bratr John S Johana Lelikar, Ruby Holly a Marie 8ef= eak.

Vime, Ze Zelite jeho odchodu, ale budi2 Yam Utechou, Ze i my a celY soucitime ye vaSem zarmutku. test budi2 jeho pamatce.

Resolueni vYbor: Vera Polansk9.

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RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI &Mize stanovniho My, nizepsanY resolueni vYbor jmenem radu Svornosf Jihu Cis. 15 y Buckholts, Texas, projevujeme ' naZi uprinme citenou vSiborti soustrast pozikstale rodine nad tinrtim Die nalizeni elanku 23 v nagieh stajejich milovaneho manZela, otce, syna, novach ma se stanovni TSrbor sejit ne bratra a nakho cteneho spolubratra pozdeji nez dva mesice pied sjezdem, Josefa RaSka, aby vYbor uvazil, porovnal a rozhodnul o vSech navrzieh na opravu a zmenu. kterY byl zabit vlakem dne 17. rijna ye stanov, a aby peijate navrhy uvefejnil star' 62 let Dne 19. rijna byl vypraven bezodkladne ve Vestniku. pohreb, z kaple Hewett pohrebniho zavodu a ulolen k poslednimu odpoeinku na Stanovni vYbor se dohodnul hlasovaHillcrest larbitove v Temple, Texas. nim poStou, ie schfize vyboru bude se Br. RaSka ztravil zde vetZi Cast Zivota, konati druhou sobotu, dne 10. biezna neb priZel sem co hoch s rodidi z Bren- 1956 v Temple, Texas. ham, Texas. til a pfisobil zde (nekolik let Timto se oznamuje vSem clenum, ti co .obchodnik), az pied deseti lety se pie- fednikinn, kadiim a distriktilm SPJST, stehoval s rodinou na jejich farmu ae vSechny nivrhy na opravu stanov, dle Belton. Presto nepreruZil styk s pribuz- elanku 23, museji bYti zaslany navrhonYmi a prateli zde, coZ svedeila teast vateli na adresu tajemnika stanovniho zdejZich na jeho pohibu. NenadalY a vYboru. Navrh, kterY nebude podia YY tragickY odchod se dotknul hluboce ne- boru na opravu stanov, nemuze bYt pied7" jenom jeho rrodiny ale i nas vSech. loien deiegatinn ye sjezdu k uvaieni.

Portstale manZelce a dceram necht' Navrhy mohou bYti podany v 'keel jest ntechou, Ze citime s nimi jejich ztra- ke nebo anglieke. tu a zesnulemu bratru prejeme zemi lehAdresa tajemnika stanovniho vYboru. kou. • Dano v BUckholts, Texas, dne 9. listo- je uvefejnena v kaidem eisle Vestniku na strance 2 v prvnim sloupei dole.. padu 1955.

2adame ygeehny eleny, fatly a disResolueni v3ibor: trikty, aby uvaiovali o stanovieh a Ina,Hilda BrtiZova vrhy sve posiali na tajemnika do konce W. E. KuZel unora 1956.

I .1 Adolph Jurea. ) • 4• • S bratrskYm pozdravem, za Stanovni RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI vYbor, Add Praha eisl. 28 v Taylor, Texas, projevuje uprimne citenou soustrast cele ro- F. J. Ol.exa, piedseda Jos. Slavik. tajemnik dine nad —{•ratou jejich manZela, otce,

ne 23. listopadu 1955.

DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENC Ku konci dekuji vgem myin prateliim zakaznikurn za dosavadni duveru, jiz nine syYnai objednavkami potravinovYch baaka svYrn rodinam ve stare vlasti poctili, a prosim, kdo mate je,46 v umyslu poslat jim balieky, leky neb penize, Unite tak Co nejdrive, aby jim to tam na vanoce doSlo. Ti kteri balieky obdrZeli, si zboZi velice chvali, 1e je vS'e eerstve, jakosti prvotridni.

Nekdo pile odtamtud, Ze u‘Z tam v gechno maji k dostani. Ano. Ti, kteri jsou korYtek, ti maji vSechno. Ale kolik je jich? Ale i kdy2 to tarn maji ke koupi, kava, ornastek, rY2e, kakao, eaj a jine, je za tak vysoke ceny, ze si to nemohou koupit, a takteZ latky a lay.

Co toto piei, ohlaSuje nam bratr Hugo Befeak, Ze zemrel jeho avakr a naS" spolkovY bratr Joe Svadleriak. Velka rodina prinaSi Caste unrti, zarmutek v rodine.

Pani Krenkova v Taylor zemrela v kvetnu a za pul roku po jejim amrti ji nasleduje jeji bratr, ktereho dues ukladaji k yeenenau odpoeinku v Taylor, Texas, v jeho bYvalem domove. Byl nejstarei z desiti &Ai vaZene rodiny 8vadleriakove. Bydlel se svou Zenou posledni roky v Dallas. Rddi jsme je vkly videli mezi nami v Sokolovne. Zanechava za sebou Zenu,etyri dcery a dva syny z prvniho manZelstvi a 'ai nevlastni; dale zanechava bratra Jana Bvadleriaka a tii sestry: pani Marii 8efeakovou, pani Johanu LeSikarovou a pani Ruby Holly. Cele zarmoucene rodine projevujeme hlubokou soustrast a zesnulemu dobremu eloveku veenY klid za chnu praci v torn Zivotnim boji, kterY mu byl udelen.

S pozdravem vS'em etenarnm Bolena Valeikova, (Pozn. red.: SrdeenY dik za kalendat Amerikan z roku 1925. Bratr GajevskST a bratr Neely dodali nine vaechny roeniky od 1926. Bratr Frak Volf z Britt, Iowa, poslal na mou adresu pro SPJST museum vSechny roeniky kalendare Amerikana od 1922. Bratr Moravek vzpomnel si na mne vzacnostmi tremi roeniky kalendare Amerikana z roku 1897, 1898 a 1899, z nich2 jsem otisknul napred Buriatovu povidku "Na pride Texasu," a nyni Chotkovu povidku "Z dob utrpeni." Chtel bych V posledni schuzi naSeho Krou2ku Zen je'Ste dostat pro SPJST museum kalendapriSla v prtivodu sve sestry pani KoriaAmerikan z let 1900-1910. Nekde leli, kovske jeji sestra, pani Anna MareSo ya z ale dosud se nikdo neprihlasil.)

Houstonu. Neni to poprve, co mezi nami 4„ ( byla. lined se mne ptala, zdali je gte vybiram na M f. Rekla jsem ji, Ze ano. Dala, San Jose, California nine $5.00, Ze to dava misto kvetin k u- Mill etendri Vestniku: eteni pamatky jeji tetieky, pani JanotoDovoluji si zase po dlouhem Case neye, ktera zemtela ye Victoria, Texas. Na- co napsat. OzYVam se ze vzdalene Kasledujiciho due jsem je odeslala do Hlav- lifornie. Vyletela jsem z Houstonu 8. idadovny. Darkyni vzdavam srdeene fijna, ale tentokrat to byla, opravdu tliky. krasna cesta. Ten stribrnY kolos letel

Dallas, Texas.

Mill etenari Vestniku: Muj omezenY eas ma take svou dobrou stranku, ze se nemohu rozepsat tak, jak bych chtela o torn Mouekovu fondu.

Chtela bych nanohe objasnit, co bratr redaktor napsal v eisle Vestniku ze dne 2. listopadu.

Dues jen par radkri o tom. — Ano, IVIouoktv fond byl zalolen v roce 1951 na pamatku rimrti dobreho eloveka-vlastence, Sokola., redaktora Vestniku, kterS7 po 16 let zastaval svou praci v redakci svedomite.

Moje sbirky pro Mouektiv fond vykazovala za tri rnesice sto padesat dolarn, ktere jsern bratru Ed. Markovi odevzdala v sini radu Pokrok Dallas eislo 84 pri jedlie prilelitosti radove. ze to byly prvni penize pro ten rieel odevzdane.

Mdm vYkaz sbirky, i zpateeni stvrzenky uschovane, ale nemam eas je prohliZet a znovu poddvat o nich zpravu.

V roce 1953-1954 pied vanoci (a ueinime tak i letos) jsme pos!ali na Mouektly fond po $5.00 na misto posilani vanoenich prani. Psala jsern o tom ye Vestniku. I druzi krajane se pridali a dali me penize, abych to za ne poslala. Musela bych hledat jejich jmena v mem zaznaniu, ale nemarn na to eas. Tak to neni Zadnou novinkou, Ze letos posilate za sebe a VaZi pani $25 na Mottektiv fond na misto vanoenich pozdravtl. KaMY davame dle syVeh pomerri. Je chvalitebne, ze i druzi se k y arn pridavaji. (Poznamka, redaktora: Promirite, jestli jsem to spravne pri prepisovani VaSelio rukopisu vystihl.

Stoji tam "VaSi pi 25 na M. f." Jestli je to adresovano mne, neminil jsem zavadet Zacinou novinku.)

ManZele Neumanovi ze Stamford poslali lined prvni rok na moji sbirku deset dolartl a pozdeji zase jistST obnos. V niSTch zaznamech je moje slairka pies $500.00.

Vim, Ze bratr Holasek i bratr Vytopil, shad i druzi, vybrali pro ten iteel vet§i my. At' si kaZdY zodpovi sve, zajiste to maji poznamenane, a bylo to veechno uverejnene. Primo na Hlavni iiradovnu toho nanoho poslano nebylo. Toto kratke vysvetleni pro dues staei.

prekrasne. Zastavili jsme na trech mistech, San Antonio, El Paso a Phoenix v .Arizone. Od El Paso aZ po Phoenix byl na horach snih. OvSem v torn aeroplane nebylo citit zimu.

NejvetSi staiost jsem mela jak to se nuctou dopadne y San Francisco, v takovein velikem babylonu se elovek lehko strati. Ale vkcko dopadlo dobre, neb na nine eekal IMO set' Bill Spencer.

Babioka musela prijet, aby privitala maleho svetoobeana, meho vnuka.

Dnes jsme si trochu vyjeli po okoli.

Byl krasnY den. Jell jsme pies Santa Clara a pies Santa Cruz, kde je vel16, plat (morske pobreli) na koupani.

Pak jell jsme se podivat do Sunnyvale.

Kudy jsme jell, byly po obou stranach Milne sady hrtSkove, Svestkove a treSriove. Krasne hrozny vina visely na stonkach, prekrasna podiva,na na ty vinice. A kdyZ elovek jede, pokad priroda poskytuje rozkcAne pohledy, to hory, tam zase lesy nebo sady. Ale take je nekcly priroda jako macecha, kde to s nami i zatraslo, ale netrvalo to dlouho, jen asi minutu, ac v nekterSich mistech, ktere jsme videli, bylo to dosti macekke.

Myslina, ze dopis by se mi prodloWil, kdybych to vSechno mela popisovat, tak musim ukoneit a nechat mist° pro jine • dopisovatele.

S pozdravem vSem etenarami jsem Mrs. Agnes Elsner • ) VSrroeni schtize Sokola v Houstonu VSen-i elentlin Sokola, v Houstonu se laskave pripomina, ze v nedeli .18. prosince bude praviclelnd schitze, ktera, zaroveri bude schtizi vYroeni, v niZ budou voleni einovnici na priSti rok. Zaclame, aby vSechno elenstvo se do teto schitze Jednatel. doetavilo, 0 NEDOSTAVATE VESTNIKT

Nekdv v budeuenosti se mute stati, pravidelna dodavka Vestniku bude nekomu z vas najednou zastavena, a organ prestane doehazet. Stane-li se to jen jednou, vinu pravdepodobne nese poSla. Opakuje-li se to dva, tri a vice tSrdnii za sebou, dopig te na Supreme Lodge SPJST, Temple, Texas, at' pripad je vyktfen.

Nepi§te ani na vydavatele, ani na redaktora, ale na Hlavni afadovnu. Stanovy naiizuji, Ze kdo si preje Vestnik, musi dopsati neetnimu Hlavni itfadovny, kter9 vede seznam adresate clenC dostavajieich Vestnik MUete dopsati na Hlavni tlfadovnu sami, nebo po'Zadejte vakho tajemnik4 aby to pro vas vykonal. Ka'ZcIST Glen, kterl si plati na pojigteni v -aide dospelStch, je opravnen. na Vestnik, jestli si ho pfeje.

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Wednesday, November 23, 1955

Rol iorts from Lodges, biographies, etc., intended for publication, muse be in the hands of the Editor a week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters to: Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7, Tex.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copie

to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR A PHOny speech, a talk without any meaning, or an obviously false statement made with great amount of noise—which is supposed to stand for conviction—keep in mind that it might kill the poor guy if he had to tell the truth. The truth is such a precise manager and director that it takes great courage to do as he tells you to do. There are times when to tell the truth is so painful that it is almost impossible to tell it. It is much easier to create a few silly illusions, misleading visions, and false showings, and to present them as though they were great truths. This is a relief to the intellect; this is a sleeping-pill to, the nervous system. And this may be why, in the battle of life in the struggle for improvement, the RECENTLY, SOMEONE ASKED ME right answer has so few sympathetic about the difference between a psycho- ears. tic person and neurotic one. I gave him the same explanation I once heard in the Class of abnormal psychology. The WHEN THE WRONG IS WRONG, psychotic, it appears, is a person who, and it always is, the wrong goes ahead when asked the sum of two and two, with banners flying and loud druths says "five" and is quite satisfied about beating; as if everything were right. it. The neurotic person, on the other The wrong looks neither to the right hand; when asked the sum of two and nor to the left, because wrongness nevtwo, says "four," but he admits that er looks. It always plunges ahead, it it makes him nervous. The people who just leaps forward. But the right is altake the - wrong answer or who believe ways nervous about its rightness. It it; may be psychotig—or crazy, to use wonders whom the right answer may the everyday word—but it doesn't bo- hurt. It wonders if all the facts have ther them. The people who know the been checked; It always moves slowly, right answer are so painfully sane that undecided, and with lingering doubts they are disturbed by the very accuracy if and when is the right time to say the of what they know. right answer.

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1.:71'...ESE ARE MY PERSONAL COMmentS and observations. My mind, my language, my way of expressing my thoughts may be faulty. I can do better only , by practice—just like playing the piano, driving an automobile, or bringing up children. But as I write these lines, I must constantly keep in mind that no matter how much I can tell you in detail about a large number of things, relative to the SPJST, I can't make you think. I can lead you to water, but I can't make you drink.

The drinking part is up to you. So, as you read the following paragraphs, keep reminding yourself that there is a definite meaning in what I say.:

THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A PARAdox , a double talk, but there is more than a grain of sense in it. We may apply it to almost any situation. You will find that this formula fits the feeling among our SPJST members. Those who have the wrong answer are happy, unperturbed, satisfied in their state of being uninformed, or downright ignorant. Those who have the knowledge of the real conditions, the insight into the matter, or let us say who have the right answer, are unhappy in their righteousness. It is a big job to be right.

It is a responsibility. And not many people can take it—or care to take it.

THAT IS THE REASON WHY THE people who know two and two are four usually get 'discouaged and nervous.

That .1 3 the reason N1,ziy the people with the- right answer sometimes keen ;till, while on the other hand those who say two and' two are, five are ignorantly happy, satisfied, and, in a ,ense, more powerful and masters of the situation. It seems that power in the modern, cruel business world comes from a kind of ruthless, pitiless ignorance, a disregard for the opinion of others, a happy living with illusions and delusions, something like living blissfully in a room; full of scorpionS.

I KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AT this point. You think all this is leading to a diatribe against the indifference of our members in the affairs of the SPJST. It isn't quite that simple. It is more of protest, a kind of defense, against the accusations of some of my critics w in,: say that am wrong in saying that and two are four. Yet, some of my critics, if they were/called noon to COPY ONE PARAGRAPH on this page, could not do it correctly. To them, two and two are five, and they are satisfied, they are happy, they don't want to change anything.

• IT IS JUST ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO when the election of the delegates to the 1956 convention will be completed.

It is MA about six or seven months to the 1956 convention in Temple. What have we done so far by way of preparation? Do you know how other similr organizations are planning ahead?

On my desk I have a questionnaire about another convention to be held in September, 1957. I am requested to answer the estimated number of delegates who will attend. I am to answer all the requirements to set up the meeting room, the number to be seated at the speaker's table, whether it will be on a platform or on a floor; if a lectern with light be needed; if we need a motion picture machine and a screen; number of tables required; and any other special requirements.

I AM A BELIEVER IN CONSTANT planning, and in plenty of time. I don't approve of waiting until the eve of the convention to discuss our problems. I believe that the four-year interval between the convention should be used to carry out the plans of the last convention and also to prepare the blueprints for the next one. I don't favor any "surprises." If we wish some changes in the bylaws, let us discuss theme thoroughly. If there are any candidates, let them be known. If we want to retain able officers, let us speak in their favor. Let us say that two and two are four—and let us quit being nervous about it.

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Treat You-self As You Treat Others Science tells us that we live in a It has been pretty well drilled into weeld of the mind, and that everything all of us that one's appearance plays w-. ee, hear, smell, taste, and feel— an important part in this modern world. all of these are purely mental reactions. A thousand years ago, when a man Your mind is an all-important factor went forth into battle he put on a suit your life. It controls your feeling, of armor. Without this suit of armor ydur happiness—or your unhappiness as he felt helpless, unprotected.

Today your appearance is your modthe cale may be. It is your very life.

What one man calls good, another ern suit of armor. A man who applies man calk bad. I may be disgusted with for a job must appear as attractive as somebody's' action, yet lie thinks he is possible. And the same thing applies C.oing the right act of duty. I write an to a woman who wants to make a good article which I consider highly desira- impression.

The feeling that you are looking your ble, but other men see it differently.

Long ago Shakespeare said, "There is best does something magical to your nothing, neither good. nor bad, but mind. Even if you haven't been thinking consciously about the importance thinking makes it so."

How can you perform a minor mira- of looking well, subconsciously, your cle from time to time just by thinking? mind knows! It will respond magnifiThere are some very simple tricks cently to your efforts in this direction. that you may use to improve your out- To effect this miracle it is advisable look on life, to relax your nerves, to not only to change your clothes inside stimulate your ambition, or to increase and out (even to fresh underthings!) but to accompany this by a session at your capabilities.

These tricks are nothing new. It is the barber shop, or beauty parlor, and only the knowledge of when and how to shine your shoes until they sparkle.

Within a few minutes, or at most an to use the tricks that may be new. hour or two, after you have done this, Here they are: you will begin to experience a newborn 1. Music.

You have doubtless heard the old say- sense of confidence. Your nerves will ing, "Music hath charms to soothe the be more relaxed. Your discouragement savage beast." Music may or may not will slip away.

Theory? Not at all! It is a scientific be able to calm a hungry tiger, but fact, as dependable as the law of gravscience has discovered its often magiity! cal effects upon nervously overwrought 3. Theatre. human beings.

Would you believe that such a simIt you are a music lover, this therapy ple, easy thing as going to see a firstwill rarely fail you. When your nerves rate play or movie could do something I n cn I:tut, and you are sharply unhapextremely important to your mental py, go to a concert. Or, if you cannot outlook? It's true! There's a sound scido this, listen to music on the radio, or entific explanation for it. get out your favorite recordings. Be sure First of all, a good show is good beto be alone, in a quiet room. cause it is able to completely captivate Within less than an hour, your taut your interest. The story grips you. You norves will relax. If you are worried, easily fall under its spell. Your mind ove some keen personal problem, the becomes completely occupied by it. This mu-le will take the edge from your is not true of a bad show, or a mediIf you are tense, the music will ocre show, but it is true of a good one. relax your mind so that you become When a man is in trouble of any sort, open to new ideas and inspiration. his mind strains itself to overcome that This is not theoretical. It has been trouble. It works overtime. When no proved thoroughly through countless solution seems to occur to him, he worexperiments. It is a scientific fact! ries, becomes nervous and unhappy. His 2. Clothes. mind, given no chance to relax, turns Do you want a new outlook on life? bitter. It is tired, and therefore irriNew courage? A new flood of confi- table. dence? Science says, change your clothes completely, inside and out.

A gcod show, by forcing your mind If you can afford it, buy some brand away from its doleful work, gives it new clothes. Even a single new item of rest and change, and refreshes it. clothing, such as a hat or a pair of You have merely to select a play or shoes, can often give you a complete movie that you know is really superb, change of outlook. and go to it—even though you may not What is the reason for this? It is feel in the least like enjoying yourself. explained as follows: If the show is good, your mind will re-

spond to it, and you will leave the theatre a new man or woman. Your mind will be stronger, more inspired, and your nerves relaxed.

4. Food.

The French, long before modern science, were the first people to discover the therapeutic value of an excellent dinner. And now the best scientific minds agree with them.

A superb dinner in a first-class restaurant, taken leisurely, and in the company, preferably, of a friend whose company you can enjoy, can affect a miracle in your state of mind.

Even a simple heal immeasurably raises the spirits of a hungry man. But a supremely excellent dinner has an even more pronounced Cl ieAtpon anyone with a troubled mind.

The reason? Primitive man's first and foremost concern was with the problem of getting food. He was constantly driven by fear of starvo Li o n. Today, that some instinct is present in modern man.

When that fear of hunger is allayed a hungry man experiences a sense of relief. Even though he knows he is in 110 danger of starving, the primitive . element in the mind, still reeponds in the old, ancient way.

But a fine sinner, amid smart surroundings, does something even more to this instinct. Automatically the mind says, "Well, well, things can't be so bad!" And the whole mental outlook is enormously unproved.

Can you afford to invest two or three dollars in a new outlook upon life?

Then buy a first-class dinner, and you'll have a ringside seat at the performance of a modern miracle! ) o o RIGHT IDEA The woman in the phone booth thumbed through the telephone directory page by page, running her finger carefully up and down the columns and occasionally p ausing to think. A man, waiting his turn in the booth, grew restless, thinking perhaps she had token root.

"May I help you find your number?" he offered.

"Oh, thank you," she smiled, "but I don't want a number. I'm just hunting a name for my new baby."—Bell Telephone News. ) In teaching the child to play you are at the same time teaching him how to get along with others and how to live with himself.

Wednesday, November 23, 1955

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HOMES FOR OLD FOLKS We, the SPJST members, are not as yet fully aware of the problems of our aged people. There is some occasional half-spirited, debate about the Old People's Home, but for the majority of cur members it is not a pressing problem.

We, as a rule, discuss it with the same interest as we may discuss a famine situation in China. The subject is too remote from our heart.

The other day, I ran across an article in one of the daily papers containing favorable reference to homes for the aged which provide companionship and sociability in old age. The article had a caption "Designed for Living." It tells what goes on to solve the problems of our aged people. It reads: The men and women who sat on the leather bar stools were white-haired, and not as young as they'd like to be, but they were gay as they sipped before-dinner cocktails.

The setting: An old folks home, 1955 version.

The scene was the little bar at the Mary Manning Walsh residences for old people in Manhattan, operated by the Catholic Order of Carmelite Sisters.

The faces reflected in the mirror behind the bar were just a few of the 750,000 men and women in old-age institutions who have benefited from the spreading theory that a home for old folks helps them enjoy life, not just stay alive.

All across the nation equally startling departures from rocking-chair routines can be found. Churches, lodges, labor unions, local governments, and private citizens have built homes of all sizes and designs in the past 10 years.

They ranged from those free of charge or based on the ability to pay to luxurious institutions where a wealthy older person may turn over $25,000 in return for a guaranty of complete care the rest of his life.

modern county homes for the aged. It is a $20 million home and hospital which will be completed next summer.

The building is designed so that 1,100 of the 2,000 residents will have rooms accessible directly to ground level.

Those who aren't bed patients will live in colony style , and have a solarium, snack bar, shuffle board rooms, TV rooms, bauty parlors, and an auditorium.

That huge project contrasts with the 46 oldtimers living in a 1-story, ultramodern building of glass and brick completed two months ago in Bensenville, Ill., by the Evangelical Reform Church.

In Portland, Oregon, an eight-story building containing 240 apartments was completed six months ago for tenants who average 69 in age. The first ones paid from $4.500 to $15,000 in advance for lifetime residence. They have a river view, their own theater, a library, and horseshoe courts.

At the Walsh home there is careful attention to keeping the senil or chronically ill from the active men and women who are encouraged to keep busy.

This week they gave a Gay Nineties Review in their auditorium. It was written, produced, and performed by the residents. They have instructors in pastel painting and, needlework, a room for carpentry, loom_s for weaving, and weekly movies.

Performers from New York night clubs entertain them. The owner of the copacabana sends his performers to the home. Martin and Lewis put on a skit in the small auditorium. Joan Weber sang recently, and when the home's only 100-year-old resident celebrated her birthday, Dennis Day dropped by to sing. ) • e

The problems of aging have become one of the nation's No. 1 concerns as the life span is lengthened by science.

There are almost 15 million Americans who are 65 or over, and the rate goes up by 400,000 each year.

Most of them are in their own homes or living with children or relatives. An ever-increasing number are living in homes for the aged that bear little resemblance to the once dreaded poorhouse.

"The poorhouse was the gateway to oblivion for old people," says Dr. Murray Federber, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and a leader in planning one of the nation's most

It would be nice if someone would come up with a universal way of opening a telephone conversation, not necessarily in Esperanto. In England, for example, it is customary to answer a ring with "Are you there?" The answer is so obvious as to call for any number of ill-natured replies. And the American "hello" seems rather fatuous, when you stop to analyze it.

In Brazil, the caller challenges the answerer with an indignant "Who speaks?" Then, if you should give your name as the one who speaks, the caller is quite likely to growl a disgusted "Deceived"—that is, wrong number—and hang up.—Mexico This Month.

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Citizenship Citation Brother Otto Stehlik, of Wichita Falls, sent your editor a clipping from the Dallas News, November 11th issue, reporting that 'flank Racer a, 14-ycar-. old Czech boy from D 1. was awarded Optimist Club Citizenship Award. e is the clipping: FRANK KUCERA WINS OPTIMIST CLUB AWARD Frank Kucera, 14, a boy who "always wanted a watch" Thursday got a good one, along with the 1955 Citizenship Award of the Optimist Club of Dallas, for "extraordinary achievement in school citizenship."

The citation and watch were presented by Horace K. Williams, boys work chairman, at the club's luncheln in Hotel Adolphus.

Frank is a member of the Junior Optimist Club at Thomas A. Edison School, Where he is a versatile athlete and honor student, and class president of the low eighth grade.

He had been selected as his school club's outstanding member.

Here is your editor's note: Why didn't some of our members in j?alias mail this clipping, giving also additional information about the boy's parents? And if they are not members of the SPJST, what of it? Take this issue and go to talk to them. ) HOW MUCH -SLEEP DO YOU NEED'

Since the needs of all people vary, according to their physical and emotional make-up, the best way to find out how much sleep you require is to stop using the alarm clock for a week or so. Go to bed earlier and let yourself awaken naturally. Doctors have discovered that it's better for your heart if you wake up slowly and get ready for the day as easily as you can with as little rush as possible. Recent studies further indicate that despite the fact that men are more restless in their sleep than women, the girls seem to need more hours in the arms of Morpheus than their boy friends do, in order to achieve that feeling of aliveness and well-being the next day. )•„ts, AMERICAN WAX

New machines, new methods, new chemicals--new knowledge and new equipment for every product — have steadily enlarged the farm output per man and increased his earning power.

These have been the products, not of political actions but of competitive American enterprise . . . Ours are the best fed consumers in the world. and ours the most prosperous farmers.

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• lovember 23, 1955

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES , ,PORT OF LODGE SAM HOUSTON NO. 73 Seymour, Texas Lodge SPJST Sam Houston No. 73 met November 6, 1955, at the Lodge Hall. We were very happy to have a good attendance. I didn't plan any program since everyone is so busy with cotton harvest. The weather has been favorable, only cold. Mr. Snapka brought his accordion and the older folks enjoyed singing to his playing.

The vanilla sale is in full force, each one hoping she is on the winning side.

In our next meeting the winners will be announced, and the prize awarded to the lady that sell most bottles of vanilla, as we had 54 bottles to sell for the coffee urn. The urn makes delicious coffee; everyone enjoyed the coffee so much with the lunch.

For our next meeting, I have planned to have a Christmas program, Ole Santa in person, and he will have something for all the children present. The children will exchange gifts. We will keep the age groups separate. The older children's gifts to be 50c and the smaller children 30c.

We decided to have a basket diimer again this year as we did last year.

So bring what you wish, and try to be at the Lodge Hall at 1:30 so we can have dinner on time. Bring your plates, silver and cups for coffee.

We will have the door prize donated

by Mr. Frank Marek, December 4, so come, maybe you'll be lucky. Don't be afraid that it will be cold; we have put up the heater already.

Mrs. Mary Hais]er, Youth Director 4 •( SLOVANSKA LIPA NO. 66—WACO

November 15, 1955 Dear Brothers and Sisters: Members of Lodge No. 66 met at Linden Hall on Sunday, November 13th, at 2:30 p.m. The meeting was opened with e Pledge of Allegiance led by Sister rbara Parma.

We were happy to welcome Brother and. Sister Monroe Fortune into our Lodge, also Brother and Sister Louis Kazda and Brother Clement Louis Karlik who transferred from Cottonwood, and Brother Hugh J. White who transferred from West. We hope you will enjoy being with us.

Brothers and Sisters who are members of our "Birthday Club" celebrating November birthday anniversaries included Otis Ceska, Frank Parma,

Mary Simcik, Albina Urbanovsky, and Matilda Jean Spence.

Our sick committee reported that seemingly all our members are doing fine.

It was announced that the Lodge Christmas party would be at Linden Hall on December 17th in the evening.

Improvements to Linden Hall included installation of a nice heating system and the lighting at the entrance gate.

Members voted in favor of the SPJST sponsoring the queen contest and at the next regular meeting in December will select a representative from our Lodge.

LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88

The Entertainment Committee would like to take the opportunity to thank the brothers and sisters of Lodge Pokrok Houston who helped and worked so hard in the kitchen for our previous dances and suppers. Also a big THANKS to the sisters of our Lodge who baked and donated such delicious pastry.

We would also like to announce about our yearly meeting of our Lodge which will be held December 11th, starting at 9:30 a.m. Those who will be present for the morning session will be served a free goulash dinner, so . let's all make this a successful meeting.

Don't forget our New "lear's Eve The Linden Hall dances have been Dance, December• 31st.

4, quite successful and we are happy to LODGE VOLNA CECHIE NO. 13-5 have everyone come out for their enjoyment and pleasure. The Waco Lodge Ennis, Texas will not sponsor dances from November Dear Brothers and Sisters: 27th through December 25th. However, Our last meeting was very weak but during this time the hall will be avail- interesting. The meeting was called to able on a rental basis for anyone de- order by Brother Tupy. Brother J. B. siring to make reservations. For fur- Hejny read the minutes of our last ther details you might telephone Waco meeting. Brother HejnV also explained 4-2519, or write Mrs. L. B. Dungan, how the queen for the convention which 2719 Park Avenue S., Waco, Texas. is to be held in Temple, would be electWe wish to remind all our members ed. The members present talked about that the next regular meeting will be it for a while and then decided there on Sunday, December 11th, at Linden were not enough present to take a vote; Hall. Initiation ceremonies will be held so it was postponed until our next meetat this time and we sincerely hope ev- ing where it will be discussed further eryone will be present for this occasion. and voted on to see if the members Too, these will be an election of officers. will approve of the idea or not.

Fraternally yours, Brother Hejny also made a report in Emma Ceska the meeting of the convention which • 4, • ( was held in Mineral Wells, Texas. He mentioned the fact that they discussed LODGE VESMERNOST NO. 68 our joining the Dallas Council of the Nelsonville, Texas Fraternal Congress. This was voted on Dear Sisters, Brothers and Readers: and went over with a unanimous vote.

Our November meeting was a. success. I think this was a splendid idea.

We had debate whether we want to All members of Volna Cechie No. 135 have a queen. Will have election on this are urged to attend the annual meetin our annual meeting December 17; ing, this being the 2nd Sunday of Denominating committee was appointed. cember at which time new officers will Jos. Sefcik, Jos. W. Jesek and Edwin be elected. We will also elect a deleStalmach were nominated for the con- gate to the convention. vention.

There will be a lunch served after the Alternates Delegates Jos W. Jesek meeting; therefore, the ladies are asked W. D. Kamas T. M. Kamas to please bring sandwiches, cake, koEdwin Stalmach John Bravenec Edwin Schupak lace or pie. Coffee will be furnished. I Officers for the year 1956: John Bra- am sure this will be a very much envenec, president; Ervin Huff, vice pres- joyed afternoon. The meeting starts ident; Ervin Schupak, secretary; W. D. promptly at 2 o'clock at the Sokol Gym. Kamas, finance secretary; John P. Ka- Please come and have a good time and get your votes in. Remember this is the mas, treasurer.

Please come to the annual meeting second Sunday in December.

We regret to hear that Brother Joe and vote the democratic way.

Thanking the editor and all the read- Vytopili our secretary, has entered the Memorial Hospital in Corsicana, for Jos W. Jezek ers,

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tion of the , the ensuing year will be held. Thus h is important and for the benefit of all members to come.

See you all at the meeting.

Sincerely and fraternally, David Baker, sec'y LODGE JARO NO. 130 Barker, Texas Dallas, 'Texas ) Dear Brothers and Sisters: The time of the year has come again LODGE MORAVSTI BRATRI NO. 6 for us to hold our annual election Cottonwood, Texas meeting. The .meeting will be held on Brothers and Sisters: Sunday, December 4, 1955; at the Sokol You are all invited to attend the anHall, 3700 Carl Street, Dallas, Texas, nual meeting and election of officers. at 3:00 p.m.

After the meeting refreshments will be This is an important meeting and we served, barbecue by Sister Antonie Maurge all our members to attend. Not rek. Members are requested to bring only will the officers for the coming cakes or salad. year be elected, but also delegates to Hoping this will be a successful meet the coming convention. Thus all of you ing and everyone attends, I remain, can see that it is urgent that you atFraternally, tend.

Marie Janecka, Secretary As a suggestion to all our 'members, ) • ort* e t you -can save yourself a little money by paying your annual dues a year in advance. These will be taken at our December meeting, The refreshment committee has in formed me, they will serve refreshments Joe M. Svadlenak, 74, of Dallas, forafter the meeting, so I'm sure all of merly of • Taylor, died there Tuesday. us will have a swell time. See all of He, had been in ill health the past two you there. years.

Fraternally yours, Mr. Svadlenak was born Oct. 10, 1881, A. M. Vrla, in Austin County. He was engaged in financial Sec'y. Lodge farming and the grocery business for ..) • *, many years, living in Temple, Holland LODGE JARO NO.. 130 Dallas, Texas and Taylor before moving to Dallas.

The body will be received by Condra Sisters and Brothers: All members of Lodge SPJST No. 130 Funeral Directors today and funeral are requested to come to the December services will be held Thursday at 2 p. meeting which' will be held the first m. foam Condra Memorial Chapel with Sunday, December 4th. According to the the Rev. David Shepperson officiating. notice in the Vestnik, the Third District Burial will be in the Taylor City Cemwill have its meeting on December 18th, etery. therefore our local lodge meeting is calSurvivors include his widow, Mrs. Anled for the first Sunday. nie Sva.dienak of Dallas; one daughter, It is the annual meeting. The election Mrs. Oscar Havlik of Blessing; three of the officers for the ensuing year will sons, Ernest Svadlenak of Holland, Jobe held, thus it is hnportant and for seph Svadlenak of Robstown and Alvin the benefit of all members to come.

Svadlenak of Palacios; one brother, Coffee and doughnuts will be served John Svadlenak of Taylor; three sisters, after the meeting.

Mrs. F. S. Leshikar of Taylor, Mrs. Ed Fraternally, Holly of San Antonio and Mrs. Hugo Joe Maca, sec'y. Schefcak of Dallas.

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several weeks, but we know he will be back with us as soon as he can.

Sister. Alene Skrivariek,' 501 Ave, A, Ennis, Texas

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Joe Svadienak Dies

Resciution ,of qympa We, the Resolution Committee of Lodge Karel ETavlicek No. 4 SPJST of Hallettsville, Texas, wish to express our sincore to the bereaved family of ROGAN BEAL who .possoc, from our midst on October 1955 ITHle faithful membc:, of lie SP:TS-T. Therefore, T a the o r, clersigned Committee on R.esolutions order that a copy of this resolution be sent to the family of the deceased, a copy to the Vestnik for publication, and a copy be spread on the minutes of our local Lo,c,ite.

Dated the 13th ci y of November 1955.

F.' K. Bucek John Holy J. G. Konvicka, Committee on Reolutions A. v

WI, RE ru GO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER ,21: Xmas Program and Santa Claus at Stefanik Lodge beginning at 7:30 p. m.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have dance starting at 8 p.m. Music by Joe Lynn Krivaners Orchestra. ) ••( GOOD LUCK TO YOU With traffic accidents occurring at the rate of one every three seconds in the United States, there have been two accidents since you started to read this sentence. If you finish this second sentence, consider yourself lucky because you could be one of the six people who will be in an accident before they get to this word. Hope you made it!

He was preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers: Mrs. E. M. Krenek, Miss Betty Joe Svadlenak, Frank Svadlenak, Rudolph Svadlenak, Charles Svadlenak and a brother and sister who died in infancy.

Also, you may as well correct the old belief that a cup of strong, black coffee is going to make you a safe driver when you mix alcohol and gasoline freely. Coffee sobers you up only briefly and then lets you down with a thud, especially if you smoke while you are drinking the coffee. The nicotine offsets what little sobering-up effect the coffee can give you. So during holidaysee-. and all days, if you wish—it is wise to remember that the luck and the liquor don't ride in the same car. (

Pallbearers will be Stanfield Svadlenak, Ernest Reed Krenek, Reuben Leshikar, Frank Valka, Hugo Schefcak and Stanley Kacir, — Reprint from Taylor Daily Press, Wednesday, November 9, 1955.

A missionary had labored patiently with a group of Indian boys in an attempt to teach them the twenty-third Psalm. When Little Eagle's turn came to repeat it he said proudly: "The Lord is my shepherd. I've got all I want:"

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port LodgesLODGE SUGARLAND NO. 111 Sugar Land,.Texas Sisters and Brothers: All members of Lodge SPJST No. 111 are requested to come to the November meeting which will be held the last Saturday, November 26, 1955, at Sugar `Land, 1:00 p. m. at the residence of the president of the Lodge, Brother Louis Haverland.

It is the annual meeting. The elec-

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OUP You say you don't have any had sleeping habits. I don't either. At least that's what I thought until I ran across article in a magazine called "Prevention." The author of the article advanced, his theory, if you may call it such, about rheumatic pains in shoulders, neck and arms.

Since many of us experience occasionally those pains, let me reprint a part of the article as it appeared in the issue of the Prevention magazine for June 1955. Form your own opinion. Still better, experiment with your sleeping habits and draw your own conclusion.

Here is what J. I. Rodale, editor of Prevention, has to say about bad sleeping habits: Around 1940 I began to experience neuritic pains in the hands, arms and shoulders. There would be dull twinges and pains, and I found it extremely difficult to don my overcoat. If I raised my arms above a certain level the pain would increase. I couldn't turn my head without experiencing pain in the neck and shoulders. I would get up in the morning with a feeling in the shoulders and neck as if someone had sat on me all night, and my, fingers had a numbness which made it difficult for me to tie my shoe-laces.

The doctor diagnosed it as neuritis, I but its cause had him baffled, and in spite of months of medical treatments of all kinds, including osteopathy the painful condition persisted. As I look back now I can see that in this doctor's practice, he specialized in finding -cures, but never spent any time in seeking causes. He asked me no questions about my daily life and habits in order to come upon some clue that might lead to the answer. I just kept coming and he kept treating it, mainly with diathermy, but nothing happened.

A friend of mine had about the same symptoms that I did and every time we would meet we would swap talk about our condition.

One night I discovered the cause of nay trouble. It was about 3:00 a.m. when suddenly awoke from a disturbed sleep. My entire arm was numb from shoulder to finger tips. In fact it was practically paralyzed. I tried to think quickly, and noticed that I had been sleeping with my head on the paralyzed arm. I became convinced that this habit was at the bottom of all my trouble. My own hard head. had been digging down on my arm for hours.

I stayed awake for a long time, thinking, and observing the actions of my

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SLEEPING HABITS arms and head. I would catch my arm attempting to move upward so that it could be a pillow to my head, but I fought against it. It tool: about a week to win complete control over them, and after that the habit was completely mastered. Never again did I sleep with my head on my arms, and miracle of miracles, the neuritis in my arms completely vanished, I then went to see my friend who had the same condition I did, and when I related my experience to him, a light came into his eyes. He -did not sleep with his head on his arms. In his case it was a way he had of folding back his left arm in a v-shape and sleeping with 1118 body pressing on it. He now cured himself of this habit, sleeping with his ;:'' arm spread out in a relaxed way, and within a week his neuritic pains complete disappeared.

When I saw how simple it was to cure these two cases I began to think of the hundreds of thousands of people who must be suffering from the same thing, and since in questioning people I found that a majority of them did sleep with their head pressing on their arms, I figured that I had a job to do.

I had to share my knowledge with as many perSons as possible. So I wrote a book on the subject in 1940, as well as several articles which appeared at that time in Fact Digest.

I make no comment except to say that my own cure has so far been in effect for over 16 years. Many others have had similar experiences. I have had hundreds of letters testifying to my method's efficaciousness in completely clearing up pressure neuritis.

Here is a typical case: One day I was in a broker's office and overheard the bookkeeper complaining to a customer's man that she had been having terrible pains in her arms and shoulders. "I have to go to my doctor this afternoon for vitamin B injections and I dread going," she said, "and tomorrow I am supposed to go to my dentist to have my teeth x-rayed. The doctor thinks that it might be infected teeth, and I might have to have all of them' extracted."

I walked over to her and related my own experience. When I explained that possibly head pressure could be the cause of her own trouble she was delighted to find an excuse for not going to the doctor or. dentist. She at once admitted that she slept with her head on her arms. In about a week that girl was as free of pain as a new-born baby, without the benefit of any vitamin B

injections. Of course not everyone who has pains in the arms and shoulders gets them from sleep pressures, but it is surprising how many cases do arise from this cause.

In Germany, a survey made a few years ago showed that practically 100 per cent of the population aged between 40 and 50 were afflicted with some form of arthritis or neuritis, but this of course included very mild cases.

Ask any person over 60 and you will find that they are suffering from vague bodily pains and twinges.. Many of these cases are due to pressures exerted in sleep, 'although some of it Is due to sleeping on soft mattresses, cause the spine to curve downward. Most of these people continue to suffer because cures are usually attempted with medication, whereas the cause is purely a mechanical one.

It seems logical that a person who habitually sleeps on his arms may get his arms, his nerves, or his lubricating system slightly paralyzed, thus giving rise to a case of rheumatism, neuritis, or bursitis. The head pressing on the arms in sleep may press against some 'nerves, choke off the supply line, and in a few weeks some trouble may develop.—I pass it to the readers of the Vestnik as an item of information which interested me about my bad sleeping habits. ) A survey was made among 300 7th and 8th grade boys for, a 2-week period, to discover how much- time fathers and sons spent together. Each boy kept an accurate record. of the time spent with his father. The boys who saw Dad only at the dinner table comprised the largest group. A number of boys never saw their fathers for days at a 'time, some not even for weeks. The average time father and son had alone together for an entire week was 7 and 1-2 minutes!

Our families are built much as a good orchestra is built—not with every member playing the same instrument or the same notes but with every member knowing his own instrument and practicing it with the others, achieving a harmony that is based upon difference.

This is the kind of harmony that is our crying need today,—in the modern family and in the modern world. * * Sign on a florist delivery truck: "Drive carefully or the next load. may be yours," ,

Wednesday, November 23; U55

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The Czech Educational Foundation Of Texas For - many years the Czech language and the history and culture of the Czech people has been nurtured and :passed on from one generation to the next. Although the number of people of Czech descent in the State of Texas has continued to increase, the interest in teaching the Czech language with its accompanying history and culture appears to be decreasing among our younger generations.

(By Joseph B. Cesak)

the study of the Czech language at an institution of higher education, for a period of four or more years in order to secure a major in this language.

Some of the Czech benevolent organizations in the state have accumulated a large surplus of funds, over the years, from various sources. These same organizations have as one of their purposes: to encourage the preservation of The fast pace of modern times and the Czech language in this country and the closer contact and integration with to promote moral, cultural and econoether nationalities is perhaps the rea- mic progress among people of Czechoson for this abated interest. Regardless of what the underlying reasons be, it THE is apparent that stronger efforts are needed to promote the knowledge and (By B. N. understanding of the Czech language, customs and history of its people.

I hold in my hand a miracle of paper Recently, a group of our leading and ink, and yet because it is of paper Czech citizens who have recognized this problem secured a State Charter and and ink we are prone to think only of established The Czech Educational the paper and forget the miracle.

You say a piece of paper? Yes, a Foundation of Texas for the following piece of paper . . . but that isn't all. purpose: I hold in my. hand a piece of paper "The purpose for which the Corpora- which guarantees that if my earning tion is formed is the support of any ed- power is cut off by early death my wife ucational undertaking by providing for will know comfort and security and deor making contributions as gifts or do- cency as tang as she lives . . . and thus nations in cash or property to persons she will never know want because she or institutions engaged in the promo- pledged her life to me, BUT THAT tion of learning and understanding of ISN'T ALL. Czech language and culture, the study I hold in my hand a piece of paper of the origin, structure, and modification of the Czech language and its which guarantees that when my earngrammatical relationships as given and ing days are done I shall have the preserved in literary embodiments, the right to live without working . . . which dissemination of information to the guarantees that my wife and I may public concerning the importance of face our declining years without fear, knowledge fo Czech and other Slavonic and with anticipation of happy days to Languages in our citizenry to the ef- come, for when I no longer earn, or no fective leadership of the United States longer want to, we shall have an inof America in international affairs, and come as long as we both shall live and to do each and every thing necessary, as long as the survivor lives thereafter. suitable, or proper for the accomplish- BUT THAT ISN'T ALL. ment of any of the purposes or the atI hold in my hand a piece of paper tainment of any one or more of the which gives me a share of this world's objects herein enumerated." wealth, a cross section of the finest As a recent graduate from one of of bonds and mortgages and bank acour leading educational institutions in count . . . a piece of property which I the state, I found that I and many can buy on the installment plan and other students were unable to major in which is the safest financial plan ever the Czech language due to the fact that conceived by the mind of men. BUT it was not offered as o major course THAT ISN'T ALL. I hold in my hand a savings account of study after the second year. I feel certain that many other students now which is not only absolute in security do not major in the Czech language but creative in effect. Creative because for fear of not being able to get four it wraps up in one package my savings years of Czech. The Czech Educational pians, my guaranties of my wife's ecoFoundation is the seed of opportunityâ&#x20AC;˘ nomic independence, and my own hopes to countless Czech American citizens of financial success, and thus puts my in Texas to guarantee our young men savings account out of the reach of and women an opportunity to pursue petty temptations . . yet keeps it in-

slovak descent. In all fairness, it may be stated that these same organizations are contemplating many projects such as a Home for the Aged, Youth Center, etc., all of which are worthy, but in bringing them to a successful reality, this one important purpose of preserving the language must not be forgotten.

We need to establish the Czech language in our leading institutions, and now we have the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, which by financial and moral support can make our fondest expectations come true.

MIRACLE OF LIFE INSURANCt Woodson) stantly available for emergencies. Creative it is because it gives me the overwhelming psychological advantage of working toward a goal; it gives me instead of the hard job of saving $50 a month, the easy job of v ying $25,000 at the rate of $50 a month. And creative it is because having assumed the obligation of saving, I am motivated to greater effort, great accomplishment, and greater earnings. BUT THAT ISN'T ALL. I hold in my hand a piece of paper which is perhaps the most remarkable contract ever upheld by the laws of a civilized land. For this is an unilateral contract ... one under which the obligations are all on one side . . . and by this contract a great financial institution binds itself irrevocably to the future performance of these things, I have named, at my option or under certain contingencies . . . while I assume no obligation, but merely the responsibility of having money periodically, at all times retaining the right to end the arrangement, whereas the other party to the contract may do so only by my contract. BUT THAT ISN'T ALL. I hold in my hand a piece of paper which provides all these, and more; and which further agrees that if disability cuts off my earning power, all these things will still be mine, exactly as though I had been able to continue my deposits.

A piece of paper? No . . . a miracle of paper and ink! )

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Tomorrow will be the most wonderful day in history. That's the day when we are all going to begin doing better.

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23, 1955

NEW HALL WILL BE REBUILT About ten days ago, president of New Tabor Lodge No. 17, Brother John Vavra of Caldwell, sent me a letter requesting a book on parliamentary procedure.

Brother Vavra's letter had a statement which puzzled me. He said that he would like to have another copy of the handbook since the copy he used up to now was destroyed in fire.

This week, Brother J. H. Siptak, secretary of Lodge No. 17, sent an announcement that the Building Committee calls a special meeting for Sunday, November 27, at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the plans for a new building. Brother Siptak included a clipping from the Caldwell News, November 4th issue. The clipping revealed the shocking news that the new hall of New Tabor Lodge No 17, built only a year ago, was burned d o wn by a pyromaniac, a person with compulsive recurring impulses to set and witness fires without thought of personal gain.

For the information of our members, here is a reprint of the article as it appeared in the Caldwell News on the Thait page of the November 4th issue: BLOODHOUNDS TRACK DOWN FIREBUG THURSDAY Alvin Ondrasek, 45 year old Burleson County farmer, confessed early this week to planning and setting two fires in the New Tabor community, a few miles. from his own residence, after Sheriff Lewis Willard's bloodhounds had tracked the accused from the scene of tlie fires to a heavy thicket, near his own home. Ondrasek is lodged in the Washington County jail under $5,000 bond, which he thus far has been unable to make. Estimated loss from the I an most recent fires of a long series ol unsolved fires, is $17,000, it was said.

During the past two or three years more than a dozen fires have been set in the eastern part of the county and until last week none of them had been solved, elthough Sheriff Willard stated that the finger of suspicion had pointed toward Ondrasek for many months.

However, the arrested farmer would not admit to any of the old fires and would not admit to setting two houses and two barns on Lonnie Hearne's farm in the New Tabor area last Wednesday night.

New Tabor Hall Goes The two fires in question and admitss:, by Ondrasek are New Tabor Hall, vn.lued at approximately $16,000, and an old house used as a hay barn on Henry Gold's farm. The Gold fire was set in about as many minutes as a man could huriedly walk or run there from the

scene of the New Tabor fire, a distance of about two miles.

When the fire alarm sounded in Caldwell about 11 o'clock Thursday night, Sheriff Willard answered the call by calling Deputy Sheriff Wayne Storm to get his horse and head for New Tabor.

Willard Pt his trained bloodhounds and started for the fire. They meant to try to catch the "guy who had been setting all these fires that very night, if they could." Shortly after reaching the New Tabor fire, which by that time was a terrific blaze and a total loss, they put the hounds on the trail and about that time another fire broke out on the Gold farm. They immediately went to the scene of the second fire and, put the dogs on the fresh scent. They were off in a hurry after the arsonist.

Catch Him Near Home Yelping and jumping fences and breaking through heavy thickets the dogs left behind Willard and several of his friends, who were aiding in the search. So after that the hounds came upon their man. Ondrasek pulled a .38 calibre pistol and shot at the dogs, hitting one in the flesh of his leg. Ondrasek fired four times and the dogs moved out. They had not been trained under gunfire. Ondrasek made it for home, nearby, He lives three miles east of Caldwell on a farm. The rdo gs had scattered and Willard and other officers thought they had been killed.

Officers re-grouped their forces and went to the Ondrasek home about 2:30 in the morning. Ondrasek came out fully dressed, cut on the hands, legs and face from his tussel with the thicket.

Boots were found that fitted prints at the scene of the fires.

The suspect was arrested and jailed in the local city calaboose over night and during the next day he was taken to the Washington County jail where he underwent long and gruelling questioning by County Attorney Jimmy Gray and Sheriff Willard and Washington County officers. Ondrasek finally confessed to burning New Tabor Hall, stating that he had planned it for more than a year. "They had been making too much noise at those dances and there was too much drinking and music and noise going on and I decided to burn it down," he said.

When thrown into city jail Ondrasek had a small pouch of matches on his person but they were not discovered until the next day. They were kept in a waterproof pouch, Series Of Fires 9 A series of about , twelve fires in the

vicinity of Ondrasek's home which never have been explained are believed to have been set by the suspect, but so far he has confessed to only two. Total damages done by these fires is estimated at about $50,000.

Officers pointed out that Ondrasek had been employed by Sanitary Farm Dairies, Inc, here for quite a long time but lost his job and soon afterward the plant was totally destroyed by fire. That was about nine or ten years ago. They say they plan to question Ondrasek about this and other fires of unsolved origin in the county in recent ears.

The modern radio equips nt and bloodhounds used by Sheriff Willard were chief factors in tracking down Ondrasek, the accused arsonist. Willard stated that all he needed to complete the equipment is a "walkie-talkie" radio battery set, which would enable him to keep in touch with hi,-; car from the field, which he was not able to do during the Ondrasek chase.

Willard heaped praise upon County Attorney Jimmy Gray, G. W. Smith of the State Highway Department, who was radioed to the scene, to officers from Columbus and Washington for their help and their fine cooperation.

"It was one of the most successful man hunts ever staged in this: county," Willard said.

It was said that there was approximately $8500 insurance coverage on the New Tabor Hall, which will only partially pay for a new balding. It was indicated that the hall will be rebuilt in the very near future. ) • 40 • ( It was said by Oliver Wendell Holmes that the human mind is like a checking account. So long as you keep putting enough money into the bank, your checkbook is the most magic book in the world. All you have to do is dip your pen in the ink, make a few flourishes, and your check becomes the open sesame to your heart's desires. But just stop making ample deposits, and the magic evaporates with a curt and imperious message from the bank, "No funds."—Highways of Happiness.

One hundred million Americans can't be wrong—regarding pocketbook protection against illness costs. More than 60 per cent of the population now has voluntary health insurance for hospital expenses; 88 million have surgical coverage; 47 million basic medical protection.

Wednesday, November 23, 1

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YOUR CHILD IS A PERSON Surely, you have heard it before— your child is an individual. But you should look upon your child as a person that is constantly growing in size, in experience, in seeking new recognition, and in discovering new initiative.

Here are a few rules to help you in the art of child-raising: 1. Respect your child's individuality.

Remember that your child will most likely grow up by imitating you. But also remember that each child has a different personality, requires individual method of training, and may not react according to the explanation in that particular book on child psychology which you have read. Some children respond to a word of correction.

Others need stronger persuasion. But none of them need daily spanking. If they do, mother or father need it, too.

2. If you punish your child, remember that he understands why he is punished. Every human being is entitled to his first mistake, but not to the repetition of the same mistakes. Tell him why he shouldn't do the wrong thing.

If he is just plainly guilty of disobedience, he must take the consequences.

3. Make the punishment fit the crime.

Skating indoors, after being told that this is detrimental to the waxed floor, and to whatever bric-a-brac may be within side-swiping distance, reaps fitting punishment when the child is deprived of his skates for a period of time long enough to impress him with the fact that he .cannot disobey .the rules with impunity.

4. Once a certain disciplinary measure has been agreed upon, stick to it, come what may. What will be the use of telling Jean she can't use her skates for a week, if you permit her to cajole you into reprieve two hours later?

If she knows she can always wriggle out of the consequences of her misdeeds she will not take them seriously.

You must try your level best to be fair. After all, the purpose of discipline is to help the child learn self-control, consideration for others, and the better ways of living . . . never should there be a feeling that you are merely taking revenge on the child because his naughtiness inconveniences or annoys you.

5. Once a disciplinary measure has been enforced, forget it. Don't punish the child for the rest of his life by continually reminding him that he did such-and-such, and . . .

He knows it only too well. So take him into your good graces, encourage

him to do better, and forget he was ever naughty. He will respond more readily to this attitude than to one which presupposes him to be a natural criminal.

6. Let your child be "one of the family." Give him little responsibilities, and help him learn to take them as a matter of course.

One youngster might have the responsibility of emptying the waste-baskets or taking out the garbage. Another might set the table or polish the silverware at regular intervals.

The tasks should not be too heavy, of course, not tediously long . . . but the child should be able to feel that he is contributing to the family life, doing his share in keeping the household machinery in motion. He should be given credit for his accomplishments, praised when he discharges his duties! with more than usual efficiency.

7. Do things together! Every child treasures the companionship of his parents, the sense of unity which comes from working with them.

Take a little longer time to get out that batch of cookies, and let your tiny daughter roll a few of them, cut them and put them in the pan.

Don't worry so much about the thoroughness of your housecleaning, and let Bobby dust the window ledge while you dust the books.

8. Watch, your own attitude toward your household tasks if you want the children to learn not to whine over their duties.

How can a child like to work if he is always given only the drudging, unpleasant tasks to do? Sometimes, try letting the children get supper . . . and you wash the dishes. Or, begin by leting them help you with clearing away the table, and later let them wipe the dishes.

Take this task as a matter of course, without remarks about how tired you are and how you hate doing dishes.

Concentrate instead upon getting the dishes clean, the glassware sparkling.

Go ahead, sing . . . make a quartette of it . . . before you know it the dishes will be done ... and your children will have absorbed a gay little lesson on the advantage of doing necessary tasks without grumbling.

Welcome their help, but don't force it too soon. If they can enjoy coming into the kitchen and helping you with the dishes, make that ocoasion as full of fun as you can.

Show your appreciation, but never imply that they've done so well they can now just take over . . . as the children grOw older their responsibilities can be increased until they take it as one of their duties to relieve a busy mother by washing the dishes after the meals.

9. Your child trusts you. But he ,won't for long unless you merit that trust.

Be . honeSt with him • . . you never can tell when he's going to get "wise',' if you're sly and evasive.

And, once he knows that about you, he'll pattern himself after you with a thoroughness which may prove a heartbreaking boomerang.

Don't fake immense knowl e on a subject of which you are ignorant. Have the grace to really don't know . . . but we can can look it up together.

Don't be a big bluff . . . the candid eyes of childhood have a way of pierc,ing shams. Your child wOuld rather have a human parent who admits to occasional blunders, than a "paragpn" who insists that he is God-like in. , his wisdom, infallible of judtinent.

10. Remember, too, that children like attention. In this they are quite as human as. the rest of us. The only difference is that they want just any kind of attention, but they don't have the diplomatic touch or the subtle ways-of the grown-ups. They are lacking; the cunning and finesse about the methods to gain attention. Thus, it is all the same whether Mildred holds the , center of attention by singing or by throwing a tantrum. It is true that the latter course often results in a spanking,— but haven't we seen some grown-ups paying higher price for the glory of having all eyes turned upon him9 Your child will remain an individual unless you rob him of all initiative. ) 4.

Senator Alben Barkley tells about the Texan who complained bitterly when told to drop 35 cents in the coin box when he made a telephone call from Washington, D. C., to Maryland.

"Why, back home we can talk to hell and back for a nickel," he protested, "Maybe so," said the operator, "but from Texas that's a local call."

The past is like a canceled check: It's gone. Tomorrow is a promissory note.

What's today? Cash at hand. Spend it wisely. If we can't get all we like, we can like what we get. Compromise, a little with life.—Geor g iana Carhart, 90year-old.

VISTN K WEST, TEXAS

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HEMORRE AGE "He died of hemorrhage," "He was a bleeder, so of course the operation finished him." How many times have you heard comments like these about someone who was ill?, Did you know what they - Meant when they said hemorrhage?" Why is it that some people in accidents die of hemorrhage while others, just as seriously wounded, recover?

What is a hemorrhage anyway?

Hemorrhage is bleeding—any bleeding. Yet the term is generally applied only when the bleeding is excessive or dangerous. The seriousness of loss of blood depends on the length of time the individual bleeds, the proportion of blood lost and how effective are the compensatory arrangmeents made by the body to get along without this lost blood. Blood pressure goes down when blood is lost. It is easy to see why this should be, for when there is less blood the arteries are not so full and the blood flow does not have the force it normally would.

It is of course dangerous for the blood pressure to drop rapidly. On .the other hand, the person who is bleeding dangerously may be thankful that his blood pressure has dropped, for this slows down the rate of flow of the bl•od to such an extent that there may just a small trickle even from a large artery by the time the blood pressure is fairly low. It is unusual for anyone to die of loss of blood. Usually couVlion takes place in time, so that there is still sufficient blood for the body's functions to go on by the time the bleeding stops. If the blood lost does not exceed 30 to 40 per cent of the naturol circulating volume of blood., then He blood pressure will rise again, ono:: tile bleeding is stopped. This will usually take place within thirty nairratIa

fusion practices have saved countless lives.

Any hemorrhage except that from a large blood vessel has a tendency to be checked by coagulation of the blood before the loss of blood becomes dangerous. Blood begins to coagulate at a distance from the wound or break in the blood vessel, gets a firm hold on the tissue there and gradually builds up a blood clot which soon covers the bleeding wound. Surfaces that are moving or are too smooth hinder coagulation. For instance, it would be hard to form a blood clot on the wall of the heart or intestine, for both are constantly in motion.

Slow internal hemorrhaging over a long period of time is a little different.

In this case, the individual may be unaware of the fact that laC; is losing blood. Finally he, becomes anemic, his circulation is poor, he is pale and listless, has, a rapid beat. When he stands up suddenly he gets a ringing in his ears, spots or flashes befOre his eyes, or he is suddenly dizzy. These symptoms, are generally indications of too little blood and a thorough physical examination is in order.

The actual clotting of blood is brought about by a substance called prothrombin which begins the process. In those who do not have enough prothrombin in the blood, a hemorrhage could be serious, for the blood cannot coagulate properly. Vitamin K is given to such patients, for the vitamin, which got its name from the Danish "Koagulation" helps in this important function. Then, too, for tl-s-a-e whose blood coagulates too easil e . ::.here is danger of blood clots. patients anti-coagulant drugs en. Hemorrhaging may occur in any part of the body. Nose bleeds, bloody vomit or bloody stool are indications that something serious is wrong..

But the fatal accidents in the line of hemorrhaging are in the brain or the abdomen. Then the symptoms are alarming indeed. A "stroke" is a hemorrhage in the brain blood vessels.

Best insurance against hemorrhage anywhere is a network of capillaries so healthy and strong that they do not burst easily so hemorrhages are impossible. Plenty of vitamin C is a necessity for this kind of healthy vascular system. ) d. 6 (

How does the body make up for the loss of blood? Eventually, of course, new blood is manufactured. But in an emergency the small blood vessels in distant parts of the body, such as hands and teet, empty and remain em p ty so tle:t whatever blood is available may go to the heart and brain. At the same time, tissue fluids that are always circulating through the body pass through the blood vessel walls and increase the volume of blood. This whole procedure may take about a half hour. Of course the sooner the full volume of blood is restored the better, for the parts of the Edith Heaci„ Hollywood dress designbody where the small blood vessels emptied are bound to suffer. No part of you er: "Your dresses should be tight can go safely without blood for very enough to show yotVre a woman, and long. This is where modern blood trans- loose enough. to show you're a lady."

Wednesday, November 23, 1055 1,

Choice

Thirteen 8PJST cer%),11.cates for adults: CLASS B: where a member !pays premiums during his lifetime.

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

CLASS D: where a member pay., fa.

15 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. CLASS E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death benefit paid as provided in Class C and CLASS F: full amount of certificate is after 20 years of payment( paid after 15 years.

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

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

CLASS K: member pays premiums tt age 65, and the proper amount of his certificate is paid upon his death.

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

CLASS WI:- Annuity Policies, MASS M-G': Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced benefits and $1,000 paid-up insurance after 20 years.

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

Five SPJST certificates for children.

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

CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at age 16, payable at death.

CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value at age one /ear, pa yable at death.

J-E: Endowment at age 18, with mortuary face value at age one year.

CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, mortuary face value at aze one year. (dm)

Wednesday, November 23, 1955

VISTNIK WEST, TEXAS

Let's Talk Turkey

Favorite Son

The Thanksgiving holiday is a day of disaster for that noble bird, the turkey, Yet, what we say to comfort the hapless gobbler except that people are people and that turkeys—well, they are just turkeys? Ever since that November day in 1621 when Pilgrim fathers decided to give thanks for the substance God had provided, the turkey has become traditional fare at the tables of millions of Americans--not only on Thanksgiving Day, but on other holiday occasions as well.

How, then did it happen that the Pilgrims, who started the whole thing in the first place, referred to the Meleagris gallopavo as a "turkey." an obvious reference to an eastern country which in the Seventeenth Century seemed to be very far removed from the North American continent?

(By Mildred L DeCosse) Not long ago, my eldest son's wife asked me, quite abruptly and without preamble, "Mother, who is your favorite son?"

The question startled me and I had to think a minute. Was it possible that I had a favorite among my three sons?

"Why," I replied, "I have no favorite."

"Oh, come now," she said, "surely you must like one of the boys more than the otters. Is it Jack? He is the youngest."

"No," I answered, "I can't say that he is. You know, he still has some growing up to do."

"How about Frank? He is the intellectual one?"

"That wouldn't make him a favorite," I said, "besides, your husband, David, has a very good mind, too. How can I compare them? Each one is so very different from the other."

"I know!" she exclaimed trimuphantly, "David is your favorite, isn't he?"

I smiled and replied, "David is a fine man. I don't know what we would do without him.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, November 23 Lee Ilse orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Joe Lynn Krivanek's orchestra — SPJST Bohemian Club at Forth Worth Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Schroeder Hall Gus Lindeman orchestra — Park Hall between La Grange and Fayetteville Joe Patek orchestra -- Bill Mraz Hall in Houston Walter Schoenvogel orchestra— SPJST Flag Hall at Cyclone near Temple Thursday, November 2 Eric Honza orchestra -- Waco SPJST Linden Hall at Elm Mott Lee use orchestra — American Legion Hall in Sealy Sil Krenek orchestra -- Thanksgiving Dance — American Legion Hall in Crosby Joe Patek orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Walter Schoenvogel orchestra — Appelt Hill Hall Saturday, November •26 Emil Bartos orchestra — Wedding Dance — American Legion Hall in Shiner Sil Krenek orchestra -- Carmine Hall Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Bill Mraz Hall in Houston Gus Lindeman orchestra Koshatte Hall near Bellville Joe Patek orchestra — Echo Hall in New Braunfels Pavelka's orchestra — Wedding Dance — Moravian Hall in Robstown Rejcek's orchestra — Waco SPJST, Linden Hall at Elm Mott KT Walter Schoenvogel orchestra Hall in San Antonio Sunday, November 27 Joe Patek orchestra SPJST Hall in Taylor All the above dances are at night un- • less otherwise specified. This is a tree service but applies only to those dances at which mainly polka and waltz music. is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility resulting from any dance announcer ment which is listed :in this column.

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

The whole affair can be laid at the doorstep o the Spaniards, who were the first to reach the New World.

Among the interesting items they discovered here was a great big bird that proved to be edible. The nearest thing to this bird that the Spaniards knew was the African guinea hen, which merchants from Turkish dominated areas had brought into Europe under The following week, Frank's fiancee the name turki. For the lack of a bet- and I were discussing his very evident ter name, the North American bird was ability to learn and to do. also clubbed turki.

"You need never worry about Frank," To carry the story a little further, I told her. "He'll get where he wants the Spaniards shipped the American to go and it will be worth while, too."

"Yes, I know," she answered, glancturkey to Europe, where it was widely domesticated and became a fairly pop- ing fondly at her sparkling diamond. ular poultry dish. By the time the Pil- "You may well be proud of him. No grims reached North America, a Euro- wonder he's your favorite son."

I laughed gaily, neither denying nor pean variety of the American turkey was already well-developed. In fact, affirming her statement.

A few days later, Jack's girl friend among the chickens, geese and livestock that the Pilgrims brought with them said to me, "Jack depends a lot on you. to the New World, there were turkeys Is it because he is the youngest or is your favorite?" as well.

Again I was startled. Where or how The turkey, then, which is not known could I show favoritism? for its fleetness of foot or stamina in "I hope neither," I replied. "Jack has flight, is a well-traveled bird. Discov- a few years ahead before he reaches ered by • the Spaniards, erroneously maturity. I think he perhaps needs just • named after an African hen which a little more help than the other two bore the name of the conquering Turks, boys." domesticated by Europeans, and re"Well," his girl replied, "He's a swell turned to its native habitat by early guy—and I know he's your favorite, Pilgrim settlers, the turkey can hardly too." be surprised by anything else that How very nice, I thought, that each might happen to it from now on. girl was convinced that her choice is Imagine the embarrassment of the my favorite son, and how true, for sureIndians who had been invited to par- ly each one is. ticipate in that first Thanksgiving Day. *?* • ( They came bearing gifts—the wild turkeys of the forest—only to find the When you stop having dreams and If we could only get a divorce from foolish bird already strutting around ideals—well, you might as well stop al- ourselves, what a nice vacation we in the white man's barnyard. together. would have!

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v spkhut, od.r.1,!.a mu strieehu, ada! zmatek,

V -v hiaqte s tatinkem nebo mairon n'ekelikrat a popros je, aby Ti vysvetlifi nezriami s!ova! Potom se po.hos pi'fb6b Sectiak Jira vypravovati ees-- V minulAnt (isle Vestniku na st nee 27. je elanc.k Sto padesate vy1'4 narozertin pi'edniho basnika. Pon_ros nebo maminku, aby Ti elanek abys se dovedel o Zivote basnil.a Vaelava Sladka, jeni pobyl ("; v Texasu!

S pozdravem STR IZeF.K Mt EK AUSTINU Mirea strYekova je: Dr. Ed. Mieek, University Station, Austin, Texas.

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BROUtC1: (Napsal Jan Karafiat) (Pqkra,6ovaro Tepry kdy2 rnaminka. povidala, 2e by se take rada podivala, jak to venku vypada, a Ze by pak trochu zatopila, tak tatinek, 2e ano. Vstal, odbednil od okna prkenko, a Broueek mu pomahal. Pak pomalounku oddelali mech, a tu to videli: SamY, samy snih, palouk prye, stra p , a nic nee snih. Na jalovci nad chaloupkou jim ho tolik lezelo, 2e se vetve az probybaly. Slunieko tak troSku svitilo, a snih se tak krasne trpytil, a bylo pratichounko, Broueek by se byl gad jeSte na to dival, ale tatinek, am mrzne, a (2e musi honem zas okno ucpat a zabednit. A tak okno ucpali a zabednili.

Mannnka u2 zatim zatapela, a 2e pri tam uvati kapku polivky. A uvarila.

Pekne se pomodlili a jedli. Ale bylo jim piece trochu zima, a tak si honem zas lehli, a povidali. "Ale, tatinku, jestli se u kmotrieky zachumelili?" — "0 nezachumelili. Oni ztistavaji pod dubem" — "Ale Janinka! Maminko, kde 2e zfistava?" — "Ona zUstava v mechu mezi vrasou." "Ona se zachumelila, vid' te? A ona povidala, 2e nine vyprovodi, a2 ponejpry poletim." — "I neboj se.

At' se zachumelila. VSak ona. si zatopi, kdy2 -q jest zima." — "A ma drivi?" — "I bot,ejt' by mela."

"A ona tam jest same?"

"Sama.'

"Proe pak jest sama?"

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chu odpoeine. Ale hned se zas leti." —• "A, tatinku, co pak ti lide ted' delaji, kdy2 vy jim nesvitite?" — "Mile dite, to ja nevirn, co oni si poeinaji. Oni snad take spi, anebo si povidaji pohadky. Ale ja vklycky slYcham, ze jsou neposluSni, a 2e se jim nedobie vede." — "Nedobre? Co pak to jest?" — "Inu, oni se nemaji radi." — "Ale to ja bych jim nesvitil, kdy2 se nemajl radi." — "I, do teho nam nic neni. Kdy2 Pan Bich chce, abychom jim svitili, tak Amy jim svitime."

Brouekovi uvazly na, mysli ty pohadky. "Maminko, povidejte, nine nejakou pohadku." — "Ale, kdy2 ja, Broueku, uZ Zadnou neumim." — "I, vite, tu, kterou jste nine povidala uz clevno." — "O eem pak byla?" . — "I, vite, o tom kocourkovi a koeiece. Vite?" — A maminka 2e bude povidat, a polidala.

"Tak byl jednou jeden Acourek a jedna kodoka. U2 jest tot-nu da yno. Kocourek byl celY krasny CernY jako uhel, a. koeieka, cela krasna bila jako mleko. A meli se radi. Tu se jim jednou narodila kot'atka. TN, dva kocourci, a jedna. koeTeka. Ten jeden byl celY krasnY Cerny jako uhel, ten druhY byl celY krasnY bilY jako mlekO, a to koeieka byla krdsna morovata. NIeli se radi a byli hodni. Vklycky si pekne hrdli, anebo pomahali tatinko yi a mamince ptist. Jednou pak z jara povidala ma, minka.: ja pujdu s tatinkem chytit nejakou inyMm anebo neco, abyste nerneli hlad. Bud'te hodni a melte se radi. My p •ijdeme hned A jeSte yarn zde drobatko zatopim, aby yam nebylo zima." — A jeSte jim:drobatko zatopila„ a Ala a zavtela za sebou dvere, aby jim tarn nekdo

"Inu, kay2 nikoho p ag e. Tatinek a maminka ji 112 davno zemiceli." — "6, to ja bych nebyl sem!" "Kdyby to tak Pan Btth chtel! To bys musel pekne poslechnout." — "Necht', vSak Janinka Kot'atka, si pekne hrela. At pak koma. med a vino: Vid'te, to vino dostala courci Ze se pora2eii a porOeli, tak 2e kmotrieka od ni?"

"Ja nevim, mile se ten bily kocourek doStal zespod. Jeho dite. Snad." to bolelo, a take ho to zlobilo. A tak 7'u je tatinek vytrhl: Broueku, myslit on si uz s nimi nebude hrat. Sedl si ke opravdu, 2e jest tam Janinka sania?" — kamnum, pektie se lizal, a povidal jim: "Kd.y2 tarn nikdo s ni neni." — "Co VAak hled'te, ja jsein kre.snY belounpak s ni nikdo neni?" — "A kdo pak?" kY jako mleko, a ne takOvY ApinavY jasopcuch, a takovY CernY jako uhel.

"Pan Bub je s n.i. A jeji tatinek Ale druhY kocourek: 6, Ze on jest mnokaval, 2e posluSne broueky ma Pan Bah na staroAi, ta.k2e se jim. nic nemil2e hem kresnej:-.1, 2e jest na vlas takovY a koeieka se tepr y postet, a i kdy2 se jim neco stane, Ze jest jako tatinek; to tak dobre. A Janinka to dobre vi, a Cala chlubit: 6, Ze ona jest nejkrasnejjest Coma i bild. poslouche, a Inc se neboji."

- "A mete Ci, ji rad, tatinku?" — "Bodejt' bych mel."

(Pokraeovani.)

— "A vy, maminko: take?" — "I arcit' ) e mem." — "A kmotrieka ji take ma Panu Preskoeklecovi nakazal lekar pit rada? — "I tot', ma. Broueci se maji vSichni radi." — "A tatinku, kdy Ze te- hodinu pied snidani teplou vodu. I zkusil dy uz poletime?" — "Inu poekej, a,2 bu- to pan Preskoeklec hned nazitii. Pil mide zas leto. Tak asi o svatem Jane." — nutu, pil dve, pil etyri — ale pak se "A jak pak se to dela, kdy2 se tern li- dopalil a rozhoreene vzkrikl: dem sviti?" — "I to se nijak nedeld. To "To je pro vraha, tohle nedelat nebudu se jen lite., a oni vidi." — "Ale jak pak, — at si ten doktor hodinu pije vodu kdy2 •u2 ®- "Pak se jim tro- sam.

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V.WSTNiX—W T, TEXAS

Ve steeiu, dne 23. listopadu 1935.

DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENO TY NASE STANOVY A POJISTKY Corpus Christi, Texas Studovati stanovy je nechutna, strava dugevni. Proto se tak Indio elend o stanovy zajima. Marne v na gich stanovach elanek, to ka gdY gadatel, kdo se chce sta.ti elenem, ma se napted obeznamit se stanovami. Kdy g bychom na tom zaklade ziskavali nave deny, pak nevim, zdali eleny bychom upsali.

Net zaenu rozebirat spolkove veci, dovolte mi malou osobni poznarnku. Dvanact let jsem si nev gimal spolkovYch zale gitosti. Cas jsem inusel venovat naSemu hospodatstvi a na gi domacnosti, byly i dalgi vagne pi•ieiny. Mel jsem dobre kamarady a ptatele. Nekdy ye schtizich spoiku se na ge nazory zktitily, a nekdy bratrska laska se promenila v neco jineho. Lee pti gla prvni schtze tehdy jegte neutvoteneho sedmeho distriktu.

Byla v Sokolovni v Corpus Christi v roce 1952, jeg te pied houstonskYm sjezdem.

Byl jsem schilzi take pfitomen. Tarn jsem znovu o givnul po nekolikalete nevgimavosti. Myslim, to ty distriktni probudily mnoho jinYch. Pokud se pamatuji, v one schilzi byli pritomni bratti fitednici Hlavni iitadovny, Marek, Chupick, Koliha, Kacit, teditel Eineigl, redaktor Valeik, a mnoho jinych zastupcti a nav gtevnikii. V tom Case pattil jsem s celou mou rodinou k •adu Svornost Jihu eislo 15 v Buckholts.

V race 1953 jsme v gichni pogadali o ptestupni listiny k radii Anton 6ermak eislo 56 v Corpus Christi. Tim jsme tad zvetgili o sedm Od toho easu zapsal jsem dalgich sedm elend z na'Si rodiny, vetginou v detskem oddeleni. Me nemoce a operace v letech 1953 a 1954 mi nedovolovaly vykonavat tet gi praci pti stavbach obydelnich domfl, a abych naclobte nezakrnel v neteenosti, piijal jsem nabidnute organisatorstvi u tadu eislo 56. Zaoal jsem s vnoueaty, napted nagi 131etou vnuelcu Janet MokrYch, pak etyti vnuky, pak pi• pojigteni zete Et-1111a Mokreho, tak ge od eervence 1954 jsem upsal patnact pedistek. V tom race byl zavod orga,nisatora a umistil jsem se v naein okrsku na druhem miste. Tti pojistky, ktere jsem ziskal v prosinci 1954 byly mi pteneseny a ptipsany k dobru at v roce 1955. Mohl jsem upsati vice elenfi, kdybych mel na pa •adu einneho statniho nebo okrskoveho organisatora. Lee i tak upsal jsem 'g est v oddeleni dospelYch 12 v odcleleni detskem.

Tim vlastne prichazim k prvnimu bodu svYch nahleclu. Velice malo se nam letos dostalo povzbuzovani a poueovani v na gi organisatorske praci.

Motna, to ti, kteti jsou zapracovani jig

po mnoho roku, nepocit'ovali gadnY nedostatek, ale novaekfun se melo dostat vice info •maci a pottebnYch pokynt. Dle sjndoveho usneseni mela, Hlavni fitadovna svolat v katclem okrsku jednou za mesice organisaeni schtizi, kde by statm organisator a distriktni organisator poueili mistni orgamisatory. Letos jsme nemeli ani jednu, ac meli jsme mit jednu kaMe tri mesice. Take jsme meli mit, die sjezdoveho usneseni, k disposici statmho a okrskove organisatory. Loni jsme meli jednoho, a toprY jell na zkou2ku. Jinak jsme nemeli 2adneho. Kdy2 se v roku 1954, kdy to Slo jen na zkou'Sku, upsalo 1,943 elenfi na obnos $2,316,000.00, a k tornu jegte asi za $150,000 poji gteni se pte neslo v poslednim tYdnu v prosinci at na leden letogniho roku, tak to byla velice obstojna zkou gka. Ale muselo se to zrugit, proto ge odmena 9% (devet procent) za to organisaeni vedeni a planovani zdala se vysoka, protote se to platilo jednotlivci, kterY mel jii)S7 mesieni pfijem u Jednoty. Pry si ma bleat sVe price. Vypadalo to spi ge jako kdyby farmat vypovedel delnika, kterY dovede nasbirat vice baviny net kdokoliv z ostatnich. Na miste oceneni jeho schopnosti a podtteni jej naddle, se jednoduge lehkomyslne propustil. Misto neho najal se jinY, snad za dvojnasobnou °dinenu 18%. Pak aby nemel tolik prace, tak se stat rozdelil na dve easti, na severozapadni a na jihovYchodni. Ve schuzi sedmeho okrsku 29. kvetna 1955 ye Floresyille, bylo nam nejvygg im fitednikem Jednoty oznameno,ze dva statni orga nisatoti byli ustanoveni, to naborova einnost bude v pinem proudu je gte net zaene se sbiranim Urody. Pattim do jihovYchodni easti, kde gadneho statniho ani ok •skoveho organisatora nemame. A kdy jsme ho nemeli tti a pub roku od sjezdu, nemyslim, ge by bylo rozumne, aby Hlavni fitadovna planovala dati nam nekoho nevyzkou geneho kratce pted sjezdem. Vlastne stanovy srozumitelne natizuji jen jednoho statniho organisatora, a nikoliv dva. jak je snad Hlavni Utadovnou ye spechu v posledni chvili pted sjezdem planovano.

Jak se to s tim na gim organisatoren) planovalo?

V elanku 53, kde jsou povinnosti Hlavni idadovny (sedmi teditelfi a gesti Utednikfi dohromady) vyjmeno y ny, etcme v odstavci (k): Hlavni orrs...-kisatopovinna najmouti ra (ne dva), jeho je pracovati na naborove, organisaeni) praci v taclech, kde pokrok v ziskavani elenU vazne, a te g i v mistech, kde je dobra ptilegitost ku ziskami Clem, i kdy g tam

tad nestava. Price tohoto organisatora je tizena Hlavni Utadovnou. Hlavni Uje tizena Hlavni titadovnou. Hlavni nfaclovna, na doporudeni statniho organisatora, ma povinnost ustanovit pro kaklY distrikt jednoho distriktniho organisatora. 2acinST e'en Hlavni Utadovny nemilte bYti statnim nebo distriktnim organisatorem. (Neni mi jasne, zdali posledni dye yety ptecichazejici zapovidaji, aby naborova einnost byla vedena jell jednim hlavnim Ukednikem.) olanek 28 zni: Ani Hlavni Utadovna, ani gadnY 'den Hlavni Utadovny, ani pocitizene tady, jejich fitednici, ani jecinatele, ani elenove nernaji mot a prayo zavrhovati kterekoliv ustanweni kona a stanov, anit si ptisvoloiti pray°, jet jim stanovy nedavaji. Ustanoveni dvou statnich organisatorti, nebo ustanoveni organisatora jen pro polovici statu, a pfehlednuti toho, aby byli distriktni organisatoti ustanoveni to je ptestupoyani stanov a ptisvojo yani si praVa.;-. Ake gacinY Utednik a teditel nema.

Distriktni organisatoti jit dam° nieli bYt ustanoveni, ale pol'acjen same odAni vYmluva, to sjezd odhlasoval • neco repraktickeho, zde neplati. Pfece na sjc::Ou byli zku geni Utednici, kteti nejsou r techto vecech novaelcy. Meli se podat lepsi plany, ne eekat ozvat a1- pa zde s vYmluvou, to na to nevi penez nebo to to nebude pracovat,Xd nrlceli na sjezde, meli hned po `sjezdu pracovat die toho, jak to delegatfimJiechali oclhlasovat bez vysvetleni. ty si to budou muset vzit do svYch rukou a upravit stanovy tak, aby se•vice nemuscly spolehat na Hlavni Utadovnu, tteba jc Hlavni ti tadovna za vYkOnani techto povinnosti placena. Distrikty dou zvoliti si ze sveho streciu Z"6.deuciho distriktniho organisatora, yedomino mladeZe v distriktu, a volbaloude muse( bYt provedena tim samS7m zpitsobem a v to samou dobu, kdy bude • distriktni Peditel. Moino-li volba se provede n.a etyPi roky.

Do or o anisadni prase patri take vystavovani elcnskYch certifikatil v ni fi •adovne. Picchli gim stanovy a hiedam, kck , hlavnich fi •ednikti vystayu.ic certifikaty a je 2a. jejich vyrizovani zodpovednY. Zda c to by to India bYt povinnost Ve stanovach stoji, 2o on vyZa.dosti, tedy snad i tituje o Olen , ,tvi. Dale tam stoji, zc ta• jemnik vyrIz,.11 vSechny jine zaleMtosti, ktere nejsou jmenovane. Tedy jestli yystavoyani certifikatti neni ,yYr slovne jmenovane, tajernnik je zodP9vednY za to zdlouhave jejich vystavoya-

V . STN to dobrY dojem a je to easto piieinou liknavosti misto povzbuzeni.

(Poznarrika redaktora: Ziskal jsem Mena k pripojiAteni na $5,000. ProSel lekarskou prohlidku 7. zari. Na certifikat dosud eekam.)

Talc nail' to dopadlo i s temi letoSniprogramy middeZe. Na miste abychom v programech vynikali, vkchno ram unada nasledkem zruSeni vedaucich sin, ktere mely schopnost a dobrou iili. Jak sleduji einnost jinYch distrikto stran programt mladeZe, a pokud Hn , In si i tech jlnYch bratrskYch jednot z jejich spolkovych organic, zda se nine, ze to u ids s naSi mlade'& hodne vazne.

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nim.,Na'S sedmY distrikt tam nema za- pickem:.5:)hledne to zminky-ve restnistoupeni. ,ku, ze Urednici Hlavni in'adovny a .na, Nyni se zminim o tech, pravidlech. prvnim 'Taste bratr K•oliha, a ja isme, sedmeho distriktu. byli povereni . U.kolero, ve schuzi sedme.-: Nez jsem zaeal tyto. sestavovat, pro- ho distriktu, vypracovati stanovy nebo studOval jsem vSechny pokyny jak ye pravidla pro nase distrikty, Ti odpoviVestniku ad Menu a jinYch distriktu, dam, ze bratr Koliha a ja jsme byli N tak dobrozdani naSich domacich to schuzi pritomni, kdy(Z:tO bylo vzpomePozdeji preeeti jsem celY naert v na- nuto, ale nebylo v torn ptijato 26.dne Si praviCelne schfizi mistniho radii 9. usneseni. Ani ja, ani bratr Koliha jsme rijna. Navrhy byly schvaleny. Poslal o tam nevedeli,ze my shad mime ty jsem opis bratru Jaroslavu Kleprlikovi pravidla vypracovat, az kdyZ jsme to do San Antonia, by se s navrhy blEe videli ye Vestniku. Marne distriktil sedin. obeznamil jako tajemnik stanovniho vy- KaZdY diStrikt ma jinaei problerny, atd., boru pro net distrikt. a proto kaZdY distrikt by si mel yypraPri schuzi distriktu bratr Kleprhk covat svoje stanovy a mel by si je vyprar, preeetl tento naert. Nebylo slySet, ze b y covat dle svojlch okolnosti, poladavka pravidla obsahavala nejake zavadne a potreb, ktere v tom distriktu stavaji, KdyZ jsem byl ye schttzi sedmeho di- nebo neprijatelne body. Hlasovarn bylo a mei by si to udelat sant Zadny diStriktu ve Floresville zvolen predsedou odlUeno pouze z to p Icing, ze v one dis- strikt nem-He neekavat, ze nekdo jinY 9elenneho stanovniho vyboru pro pd.§ triktni schuzi nebyla pritonma dvoutre- pro nej sestavi stanovy neb ISravidla, distrikt, tak jsem ve volnYch chvilich tinova vet gina radri, ktere spadaji do kdo o potrebach toho distrik'tu velice Ceti a 'Ceti ty naS'e stanovy a zaeal se- sedmeho distriktu. Toto da prilditost mak) vi. J. F. Chupick, tajemnik.". stavovat swine zmeny a opravy. V na- vsem raditim prostudovat a do priSti. Odes-Jai jsem bratru Chupickovi jegte sledujici schtizi naS rad poveril nine, schuze sedmeho distriktu podat sve jeden dopis dne 22. eervna, kde mezi jibratra Rud. Troubila a Alberta Reg- nahledy a dobrozdani.

PSI planova.ni amen, oprav nebo vy nYm, psal jsem toto: Co se tYka•stanov murida na vy.pracovani , opray . K tomu nebo pravidel na gich distriktu, nemupribrali jsme si bratra Chas, Holaska, praco yani novYch pravidel nemelo by Seine miti sedm ruznYch stanov neb Seditele naSeho distriktu, na poradu. Se- se pouStet ze zretele, jak opravy stapravidel, tak jako v na gich hlavnich Sli jsme se etyrikrat, studovali eldnek za nov, tak pravidla pro distrikt nejsou nov, Hank-ern a me poznamky op:lo y al-I a do- vereene, Naopak, naert pravidel distrik- stanovach nemuZeme mit 4pro kakiS, tad l.:Mill. to je otevreny k posouzeni nebo kriti- jine zneni o tom, jak domaci fady. pracuji. Zde se nejedna. o mistni pravidla, bylo a tohato vyboru prikladne, ce. A bude-li jinYmi distrikty, deny ne- jako na ptIklad maji nektere domaci zde vzpomenout, ze vtdy ph roz- bo rady nebo samotnou Hlavni tradov- rady. Jak ja tomu rozumim, na ge sta. chodu domoviun mezi jedendctou a nou podana lepSi nprava na gich pravi- novy, kdyZ maji bYti ve sjezdu opravedvanactou hodinou v noci byla nalada del, pak temto pokyntim nebude nic ny, tak i Cast, ktera pojednava o dismexi nand opravdu bratrska., ben vypo- stati v ceste. triktech, ma bYt opravena a dopinena: eitavosti jeden druheho v nahledech oKrlyZ nade gel `eas, aby nejake elanky jejich Teel, smer, pra y° a povinnosti.

Pravit a dopinit. Bylo to jen pro dobro do naSich stanov byly yypracovane, tak Kandy distrikt poda, sve navrhy, aye cele Jednoty: Ve schfizi radove, kde by- jsem dopsal bratru Chupickovi, tajem- zku genosti, a pak z techto naertil by ly p()clany hlavni body zmen; bylo vSe- niku Hlavni Uradovny. Bylo totiZ ye mohl sjezdovy stanovni vYbor, kterY byl chno lednomyslne schvaleno. Take ye schuzi sedmeho distriktu dne 18. rijna v minulem 'sjezde jmenovan, sestavit schu4 9elenneho stanovniho vyboru, 1953 v Hobson upozorneno mistopred- nem konstruktivniho, totiZ, 'elanky, ktektcr.7 se sesel v domove bratra a sestry sedou distriktu, bratrem Tom Novakem, re by byly mostem mezi dornacimtrady II. W. Mareako yYch v Kenedy, a kde byl ze bychonc potrebovali riejaka pravidla, a Hlavni Uradovnou. Na pravidla dispritMen hastem bratr Ed. L. Marek a a byl tenkrat ueinen dotaz na pritomne triktu, cot je zase neeo Moho, neni za('has.

Holdsek, vSichni iteastnici brali hlavni aredniky, zdali by mohli vypra- zapottebi soueinnosti Uredniku Hlavni „. zivy zajern zlepgeni nagich.stanov. covat to pravidla pro v gechny distrik- Uradovny, neb toto • je pouze v ramci Rad San Antonio men take dodane semni zmeny a dophiky stanov. Z toho ty. Brats Chupick a bratr Koliha slibili, mistnim. 0 tom jsem uz udelal shora oze se a to pokusi. Tedy due 16. eervna no prirovnani k radovemu.

-v geho pak bratr Jaroslav Kleprlik, ta1955 jsern psal bratru Chupickovi a taTimto druhYm .dopisem ze dne . 22. jemnik distriktniho stanovniho vyboru, zal Sc, jak daleko pokroeili. v one Zalelieel-ma 1955 naSe dopisovani o distrikt ss:, tavil a upravil pro statni stanovni tosti od rijna, 1953. V pripadu, ze by nick pravidlech skoneihr. Lituji, ze neyYbor vgechny nami pit ate zmeny. Hlavni Uradovna nemela jeSte nic docilil jsem nieeho v zalelitosti upraveTot() bylo poslano bratru Jos. SIavikochtel jsem zjistit, mohou-li se di- ni elanku do stanov, ktere by spadaly tajemniku stanovniho vyboru a ten lor y rejneno ve Vestniku. KdyZ cele ty- strikty spolehnout, ze tar pravidla bu- pod oznaeeni DISTRIKTY. Proto jsem don od tech, kdo to slibili, sestavend se omezil na tech sedmnact bodfi, jak 1 upravene zmeny byly eteny bratrem aneb si je maji distrikty sestavit samy. byly piTeteny ve schuzi sedmeho disKleprlikem v okrskove schtitzi 16, rijna K tomu jsem' pripsal: VYbor na opravy 1955 v San Antonio, tak zmeny byly jed- stanov sedmeho distriktu je ochoten triktu v San Antonio 16. fijna 1955 a pa schvaleni byly uvetejneny ve Vestnomysine schydleny. sly get vge, a od kaaleho a s pomoci niku 26. Mina, na pfedni strance. .Te zajimave eisti v protokolu ze test- vsech spolkovYch Uredniku a pracovniBude-li mi eas dovolovat (zajmu nirteho sjezdu, poradanem v Houstonu kit chce sestavit naerty pro sjezdovY mam dost), mohl bych se pokusit seve rirech 23-27 eer yna 1952, jak byl u- stanovni vybor. stavit naert elankil do stanov, ktere by stanoven statni predsjezdovy stanovni Na tento dopis jsem dostal nasledu- zahrnovaly v:§echny distrikty. Ale to vybor. Nektere distrikty jsou zastoupeny jici odpoved' datovanou 18. eer yna a bych provedl jen tehdy, kdyZ by ZadnY tremi nebo dyema 'eleny, nebo jen jed- podepsanou bratrem tajemnikem Chu- jinY schopne,i 0 - o to nepokusil. Aby Necie16.

Ve sttedu, •dne 23. listupadu 1955. doglo k vetgirnu zajmu a podniceni, Hlavni U •adovna, kdy 1122 sama nechce nic delat, mela by na to vypsati cenu.

Kdya jsme letos na ja •e meli souta mezi sedmi distrikty v ziskani novYch elenil, a daly se ceny jen za upsani jednoho a dvou tisic poji gteni, takove. cena za vypracovani distriktnich pravidel by byla vice zaslukla. At' se vzbudi zajem, Kdo bude prvni?

S bratrskYrn pozdravem Vag John Staga, ptedseda stanovniho vYboru sedmeho distriktu SPJST 1 • A • (— — I1SPESNA OSLAVA SOKOLA V DALLAS Dallas, Texas.

Jako dallaska zpravodajka texaskeho tYcleniku 6echoslovak, rada bych se zminila,, o peknem Uspechu dallaskeho Sokola Zigca i ve Vestniku.

Telocviena, Jednota Sokol Zi2ka ' oslavovala 401ete jubileum minulou nedeli.

Sokolovna byla pinielca Sokolu, navgtevnikil mistnich i vzdalenych. Hoste pti pekne prostkenYch stolech zasedli na sva mista a jubilanti zasedli ke stolu, kterY byl pro ne zvla gt' yyhraenY. Jejich stel byl pekne okraglenY, kde trtimil uprostted odznak sokolsky, sestaveny z bilYch a eervenYch krafiatt. Po stranach umelecka rueni prate sestry Regmundoye z Corpus Christi, jedna strana byla ze cvidicich Sokohl na hrazde a druha ze cvieenek. Bylo to opravdu pekne.

Mlade Sokolky se ujaly vlady jak v kuchyni talc pii obsluze hosttit. Vlastne to delala sokolska mlada sila pro stare Clenstvo Sokola. Delala jim banket.

Po chutnem obede starosta Sokola br.

Ben Ptevratil ptivital mistni nav gtevniky a hosty, kteti byli zastoupeni z druhYch jednot jako Ennis. Corpus Christi a Fort Worth, a bratra Holaska s redatora 'C' echoslovolca z West, Texas, a zakladajiei 'deny mistni jednoty, nage jubilanty.

Byl eten blahoptejnY telegram z Chicago od sestry Josef My Mrlikove, dopis od br: starosty z Corpus Christi, Vladimira Halyi a vysloveni blahoptani za KrotO.,ek .2en sestrou M. Ptevratilovou, a za 2upu br. B. Pfevratilem.

Vzdana pocta zemtelYm sestram a bratram. Bylo jmenovano 17 zakladajicich elenit. Br. Ptevratil nam ptedstavil jednohoo z nich, br. Ludvu Toberneho, kter ma vge od zaefitku v dobre pameti.

Br. Ludva TobernY ptistoupil k rozhlasu a svYm jasnYm hlasem s dramatickYm zabarvenim nam pied oponou jevigle vy-svetlil struene dejiny Sokola Z" Olca, ktere byly zpracovany ze zapiskil ye schtizich.

Ptigti NovY rok bude tomu 44 rokii. co Sokol byl v Dallas zaleden nadgenYmi krajany pro vee sokolskou.

VLSTN/K— WEST, TEXAS Segli se v byte pana Vaclava Rezka za piitomnosti 17 krajantit, jsou to: Fred Burda, Stanislav Htilovec, Josef Hlubik, Bedtich Janka, Josef Kutil, Frantigek Koza, Vaclav Kasai, Jan Machala, 8tepan Marinik, Vojta Novak, Josef Ondriigek, Anton Pavelko, Frank Rubi g, Vaclav Rezek, Jan Randuch, Jan Vaneura a Jaroslav Zavorka.

Prvni zapis ze schr1ze Sokola 2fRa Dallas zni: Bylo to 1. ledna 1912. Byli zvoleni tito einovnici: Starosta F. Rubig, namestek J. Hlubik, tajemnik Vaclav Rezek, iteetni F. Burda, pokladnik J. Ondritgek. Drivernici F. Koza, J. Kutil. fleetni vYbor A. Novak, J. Randuch. Stizni vYbor S. Htidovec, F. Burda. Ndeelnik F. Rubig . Dopisovatel J. Vaneura.

Bylo ujedmino, kdy se schnze maji potadat, a v gelijake nove povinnosti nastavajici nove jednoty. Schrize zakoneena s pinYm nadgenim a laskou pro vec sokolskou s htimavYm Nazdar 1 Nyni se otevtela opona a na girn zraktim se objevilo na jevi gti neco, jak to vypadalo pied 40 roky. Byla to scena, kteptipomina na geho Sokola u bratra Rezka na zahrade, kde se v nedeli cvieivalo. I ten eervenY gpieatY plot tam byl.

PeknY obrazek. (To me ptipominalo nag domov v Houstonu, neHi jsme se zmohli na budovu u todu Stefanik, taky se u nas schtizovalo a taky u nas bylo zalo2eno O. N. SdrOeni. To IA ale je dam) — dam), snad to ani neni pravda). Nyni ale k tomu peknemu banketu.

T. J. Sokol Zi'21a byla uvedena do Sokolske Jednoty v Americe v kvetnu .01102 roku. nelenili, nadgend einnost zaeala hned. Potadali se zabavy, ze zaeatku v sini Sons of Hermann, pozdeji u Grutly, as do postaveni na gi mistnosti. Cviello se na dvoie v fete i v zime, jak poeasi dovolovalo, po clva a pill roku. Po cvieeni wady se zpivalo.

Finaneni problem byl tenkrat opravdu tvrdy o •ig ek. (Vklyt' jsme byli tenkrat vgichni ptijeti, byly starosti o sebe, sve rodiny a hubene vYclelky). Ale penize musely bYt. Kdy2 se chtelo cvieit na nab.di a bylo jine vydani, udelali jsme sbirky mezi eleny a glo to. Kdo ze cvieicich se nedostavil do cvieeni, musel platit pokutu 25 cent& Kciy2 nekterY elen na sokolske zabave se opije, byl pokutovan, musel platit $5.00 pokuty. Museli jsme mit disciplinu. Prvni vetejne cvieeni se konalo roku 1912 a 1913. KdyZ" ptibyly do Dallas ze stare vlasti nove sily, hralo se prvni Ceske divadlo, operetka "Pralske gvadlenky" v Academy hallu.

V roku 1914 se zaealo vane p•emYglet o stavbe na gi vlastni sine. Ustanoven stavebni vYbor, Maly se zase sbirky, ale to 112 na vlastni sokolskY stanek. Nekteti obetavi bratti jdou pHkladem, skladaji

Straus. 25 vetai sumy. Sestry Sokolky od sboru Libu ge se aini, upisuje se die moanosti. Vette ptatele, kdya nyni povabme, '2e tenkrat na hubenYch YYdelkach jsme upsali kaklY na 25 as 50 dolaru, vite, to bylo pry jako kdya doktor trha zuby. (Asi jak to bolelo).

V rote 1915 zaeala stavba Sokolovny a v mesici dubnu oteviena k svemu poslani.

Nyni se opona oteviela a zjevila se naAim zraktitm na jevi gti scena ptedstavujici staveni Sokolovny. Je tam i tesatske naeini zemteleho br. Goebla, pila, hoblik, a je tam i ten start' soudek, easteenY, zdroj ptijmu. Je hotova! To je radosti v Ceske osade Dallas.

Maji peknou hudbu vedenou br. Jenclou Kebrlern. Je zalo.,ena odboeica Veelek za Na.rodni Sdru'Z'eni v Americe.

Rok 1916 se jevi ye znameni zahranieni revolueni akce.

Rok 1917. V.stupem SpojenYch statil do svetove \talky 14 Menu sokolske jednoty vstupuje do armady SpojenYch &Lath'. eny Sokolky na ygteyuji gkolu ter y eneho ktiZe. Pro 6ervenS7 kta pracuji stale.) Konaji se sbirky, bazary, vypisuje se mirodni daft. V gechna snaha. uptena ,je k jednomu cili — "Svobodna vlast!"

Zase se mini zjevuje obra4 na jevi gti. Je to reprodukce dallaskeho oficielniho sokolskeho odznaku v Americe ye velkem metitku, zhotovenYm br. Waltren HOS"kem.

Odznak se v pttli rozestoupi na • obe strany a zjevi se zraktim obecenstva,ba-jeenY obraz sokolskeho cvieeni. (Byla.to. skuteene krasna urnelecka prate.)

Povgechne., Cinnost za uplynulYch 40 let jest Actyhodna. V teloeviene se odchovavaji cele tady cvieenek a cvieenciii kteti nepokryte ptiznavaji, Fe za chy docilene v aivote vetejnern maji co dekovati vYchove sokolske.

V telocviene potadany byly aupn1 kursy cvioitelske, '2upni zavody, akademie, 'Ceske gkoly, vetejna cvieeni, na jevi gti vypraveno bylo hodne a hodne eeskYelr divadel, ktere jsou stale v chodu.

Vuci girgi krajanske vetejnosti vychazela jednota vstfic v'Zcly s vedomim sve narodni povinnost..

My stalll plejeme mladYm elentim jednoty mnoho zdaru. Maji dobrou vuli a cioufame, 2e budou take jednou slaviti 40 let.

Vzpometinne si jen na 901ete jubileurn Sokola v St. Louis letos v Cervnu. Nazdart Za boutliveho potlesku br. Ludva TObernY odstupuje od rozhlasu a ptistupuje znovu br. starosta B. Inevratil.

Dekuje v gem znovu, ae vge v takovem tichu se zajrnem vyslechli, a nyni, ete jmena jubilantu, 'kterYm br. Mira Jureik Podava diplomy jako zasliti2ne elenstvi.

Je to br. Stanley Hillovec, J. Podhrad,skST, J. Valeik, L. TobarnY, Machae, Pavelka,

• Strana sestry Rezkova-Linkova, Stranska, Podhraciska. M. Vaneurova-Rencllova, E. Pav(1 1,:ova, Merlikovd.

1.)(de preclava br. Vaclavovi Kraftovi krdsnou zararnovanou plaketu, jako uznani vernosti a oddanosti sokolske myS'lence v Americe, jako i pevnost v idealech rovnost, volnosti a bratrstvi.

JiZni Zupa ho uznava s yYm CestnYm elenem. Bratr Kraft s dojmutim pkijima.

Co v to chvili v to jeho clobre hlave proMo, mold. by, kdo ho zna, snadno uhodflout. CeliekY jeho Zivot od 8 let Zivota, kterY ztravil v Sokolovnach. Verim, Ze nejsem daleko od pravdy.

I s bratrem Josefem Valoikem po obdrZeni sokolskeho diploma to citupine zachvelo.

Drazi pkatele: Az telo vase v pozdnim veku bude unaveno, m_ySlenky vas east° zavedcu zpet do doby, kterou jste ztravili v SA°le mezi s yYmi. Bylo to kiasne ztravene odpoledne mezi svYmi. PonkeSovaly jsme tarn pkatele Svadlebakovi. BohuZel, odeSel tam, odkud neni nevratu. Pan Svadlenak zemie1 minulY tYden a pochovan byl v Taylor. BudiZ mu zerne lehka. Budeme ho v Sokolovne pohkeSovat, neb tarn red chodil.

Karla Kraftova )

Vyberte si1.potieby TtInact aria-1 ceicsifixatil SPJST pro rlospele: Ttida B: DoZivotni, poplatky se plati do smrti.

T C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokil. Piny obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v pripadu ninth.

Tiula D: Poplatky se plati 15 roku. PlnS7 obnos pojf8teni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu imb.

Tiida E: Poplatky se plati 10 rokft. P1nS7 obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Ttida F: PInS7 obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po 15 letech nebo kcly koliv ptedtim v ptipadu Tibia. G: PlnST obuos certifikatu je vyplacen ye 20 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptinadu umrti Tti H: PInS7 obnos certifikatu je vy-, placen po dosaZeni 65 let stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v piipadu umrti.

Vida I: ropianky se plati 20 roku. obnost certifikzItu j e v:vplacen po closaZeni 60 let stali nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu umrti.

Thd Poplatky Se plati do veku 6i let, PInSi obnos pojisteni se vyplat kdykoliv v ptipadu funai Dvojnasobne ftrazJve poji§teni (double indemnity). Certifikat se vystavuje pouze do obnosu

V STNIK— WEST, TEXAS

Ve str:edu, One 23. listopadu.1955.

$2,500, dodateene k jinernli certifikatu, itida M: Poplatky se plati do vat). 65 let. Po dosa,Zeni 65 roku Glen dostava mesidni ptijent dokud Ziv. Zernte-li pied 85 lety dedici dostanou mesicni ptijem do 80. Nyroei na rozenin elena.

I'tlda M-C: Opisova ochiana na 20 let ktera„ se zrnen guje, az znstane vyplacene pojiSteni na $1,000.

Pojifteni se vyplati kdykoliv ptipadu unorti dle klesajici stupnice.

Ttida N: T.Jpisova ochrana jen tern, kdo may', od SPJST vyphjeene pe° nize

eski Vzdelavaci Nadace v Texasu

Pet druid' certRikatii SPJST pro Vida J-T: Doeasne pojiSteni do veku 16 let, ktere se nifiZe zineniti na kterekoliv jine pojiSteni pa dosaZeni veku 10 let, nebo puzdejl.

Vida Poplatky se plati 20 roku PInS7 obnos pojiSteni se vy. pIati kdykoliv v ptipadu nnorti ye veku„ od 16 let vS)Ae. Omrtni pojistka pod 16 let iP die stupnice Ttida J-S: Poplatky plati 20 rok0 Phok obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdykoliv e ptipadu nrarti ad veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicil, $250, pod 12 mosict, $500.

Vida T-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 18 letech stati nebo kdykoliv v pPipadu od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesict, $250, pod 12 rnesict $500.

Ttida J-G: Poplatky se plati 20 roku.

T.3 1n3i obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 20 letech nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu umrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicil, $250 pod 12 rnesiet $500. (dz' ) ♦ "Halo! mluvim s eislem 45? Dobra — tady pan Cikrna z bytu pod vami, Poslouchejte — uz pet hodin mate u vas hosty. Me to neru gi, ani gramofon. radio, klavir a zpev. Ale desne nerad bych se opH, a proto yes daklive Zadam — pkinalchejte trochu ovocne S't'avy do toho ginu, kterY se mi sem kape stropem!"

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Pkejenie-li si skutecne, aby se vyueovalo e&Aine na vyA g ich ueiMtich; dale, pkejeme-li si, aby znalost o eeskosloven.skern narode byla co rnoZno nejvice rozS'ikena a nav2dy zachoviina; a chceme-li dosahnouti ureeneho cite co nejdtive, kaZdY aechoanieriean by mel obetovati aspok JEDEN DOLAR dosaZeni na§eho cile.

Stale se chlubmie, Ze je nas C' echoamerieanti Texasu 350,000 aZ 500,000. Je11 tomu tak, pros bychorn nemohli seorati aspon $350,000 na tent° tak dulelitY neel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu zde u nas v Texasu, tak kdezapoeneme? Je-li pravdou ,Ze uvedomeni o eeskein narode, jeho kultufe, dejinach vzdelanosti, jakou se oeskr narod v minulosti honosil, upada, jest na, nas aby se ueinila pronikava ndprava, a to hned!

Ptejete-li si pocIpotiti fteel a cil Ceske Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovoln9ch pHspevkem nebo jako elen, VaAe pomoc bude vdeene ptijata.

The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, Box 446, College Station, Texas (dz) Us fihnete a zaSlete na tajemnika-

pokladnika!

1ESKA VZDELAVACI NADACE TEXASU (The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas) PtidruZuji se k tern, kteri podavaji pomocnou ruku k udrZeni a toz'Siteni 'Ceske feel a literatury v Texasu. Thel jest sebrati dostateCnou sumu penez, aby z • z ni moldy bkti yydrZovd.ny stolice slovanskYch jazykfi na vy*:-ieh ✓Texasu.

Ptikladdm synj elenskY ptispevek v obmosu $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $10.00; $100.00; anebo i $1,000.00. $ Sve dary laskave zaSlete co nejdfive u vedomi, Ze KDO RYCHLE DAVA, DVAKRAT DAVA, na tajemnika-pokladnika, Dr. Jan M. Sidivanek, Box 446, College Station, Texas.

Jak to tak bYva., probirali se znami: jmeno darce: "UC se spisovatel KrtinoZka smihl se svou aenou?"

Adresa.

"Arco, Ona uz zase ete, co on napiSe a Mesto:.......... on ua zase ji, co ona uvaki."

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Mat: .

Ve stkedu, dne 23. listopadu 1955.

WLADISLAW STANISLAW REYMONT

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"Hled'me, nas budou trestat!. . . Copak neplatime dane, copak neposilame syny za rekruty a nedelame v gecko, co jen rozkaou 9 Maio je jegte toho, Ze nam sebrali maske?. . ."

"Sotva se ukaZi, hned stihne nekoho negtesti!. . . ."

"0 Znich mi zastkelili v polich psa!"

"Mne zas udali u soudu, ze mi chytly saze!"

"A copak me ne, Ze jsem loni su gila len za stodolou?"

"A jak zbili Gulbasova chlapce za to, Ze po nick hodil kamenem!. .."

2enske krieely jedna pies druhou a tlaeily . se kolern Rocha, ktery si pied tim jeeenim zacpaval ugi.

"Tak se pkece trochu uti gte! Mluvenim, nic nedokaZete! Ticho budle!" volal.

"Jdete k fojtovi a vyloZte mu to, anebo tam pkijdeme v gechny s pometly!" nalehala rozdraldena Kobuska.

"Pdjdu, pfljdu, ale jen se UZ rozejcletel KaZda mate piece tank prace v dome.. . vgak ja mu to dobte yylai.m!" prosil Roch nalehave, protole se obaval navratu eetnika.

Jato v tu chvili zvonili zrovna na kostele poledne, zaealy se Zeny pomalu rozchazet, ale pokad je gte hlasite vykladaly a postavaly pied chalupami.

Roch rychle za gel do rychtakova domu, kde ted' bydlil, protole vyueoval deti v prazdne svetnici u Sykora, na druhem konci vsi za kremou. Rychtak nebyl doma, veil pry na okresnt Arad dame.

Sochova, mu klidne a po pokadku rekla, jak a co bylo.

"Jenom aby z tech kkikfi ne yzeglo nic zleho!' poznarnenala zaverem.

"Vg im je vinen fojt. Cetnici clelaji, co je jim ulaeno, ale fojt vi, Ze ve vsi zristaly skoro jen same Zeny, Ze neni nihobo, kdo by pracoval v polich, nata, jezdil na robotu. Pfijdu k nernu, aby v gecko srovnal, aby vesnici neulozili poku." tu!!.

"VSecko to vypada, jako by se na Lipcich mstili za les," poznamenala, Sochovd.

"A kdo?. . . Ilrabe?. . . Liclfeky drazi, copak on ma co delat s fikady?"

"Pan s panem se yZdycky snadneji dohodne, Ziji v pkatelstvi a on sliboval, Ze se na Lipcich pornsti!. . . ."

V S T Nt K — WEST, TEXAS "Bole milj! Ani jedinY den neni pokoj! Porad neco noveho! . . ."

"Jenom aby nepfi glo nic horgihol" vzdychla Sochova a sepjala, ruce k modilitbe.

"Sleteli se jako straky a mleli a mleli, aZ Birri brani. . . ."

"Neni divu, koho svedi, ten se gkrabe!. . . ."

"Krikem se nic nedokaZe, jenom jeate nova negtesti mohou . ."

Roch byl rozeilen, strachoval se, aby vesnici znova nestihla new zleho.

"Prijdete k deters?"

Povstal s lavice. `Skolu jsem rozpustil, jsou svatky; a pak, muslin pomalia,t v chalupach, v gude je tolik prace!"

"Byla jsem rano ye Voli, chtela jsem si nekoho zjednat, po tkech zlatYch jsem nabizela za orani, i jist bych dala, ale nikoho jsem nesehnala. KaZdY obdelava, napted sve, kdepak se nariZe starat o druheho! Slibuji, Ze prijdou za tyden nebo za dva.. ."

"Bole milj, Clo y& ma, jen, ty d ye ruce, a slabe k tomu!" vzdychl Roch tace.

"Vy i tak lidem pomahate, to se niusi nechat! Kdyby nebylo va geho rozumu a dobreho srdce, kdo vi, co by se s nami bylo stalo!"

"Kdybych mohl, co bych chtel, nebylo by bidy na svete!"

Roch ve sVe take bezmocnosti rozpkahl ruce a zamikil rychle k fojtovi. Ale nedogel tarn hned, protae se zastavoval v chalupach.

Ves se ua trochu uklidnila; tu a tam pied chalupami nejzarputilej gi Zenske vedly pokad je gte svou, ale vetginou se • roze gly, aby chystaly ka gi na °bed; po cestach foukal uZ jenom vitr a zmital strorny.

Ale hned po poredni se pies ten protivny vitr wade zaeali mihat lide. . . ye stavenich, po osadech, pked chalupami, ✓ sinich i svetnicich to vteio jako v lech, nastal ruck prace i neutuchajiciho Zenskeho povidani. . . jenom Zeny a deveata se toeily kolem prace; obje yilli se tu a tam hoch, teklo mu je gte mleko po brade a hodil se nejspi g za pasaha. JenZe co delat, v gichni stark sedeli otci v kriminale.

Cinili se jen col a nabadali ke spechu, protae yeera, kdy2 se sjeli kraal he zpovedi, Si udelall malt' ZebrackY syateeek a prosedeli skoro cely den v kostele; dues zase prornarnili eas k vtiili eetnikfn.

A svatky se 1.12 blizily, velk nterek byr na, krku, pribylo tecly spousta prdce ruznYch starosti — to bylo tteba kolern chalupy udelat poi'adek, na deti spravit, sebe take tro g ieku poopravit, do mlYna obili zavezt, na s yecene *Ho myslit. . . bylo tolik jinYch drobnosti, Ze v kaale

Strana TI chalupe si hospodyne lamaly hlavu, jak to vgecko zastat; prohliZely pkitom ;aline komory, co by prodaly 'kremaki anebo odvezly do mesta, aby si opatilly potrebnY grog'. Nekolik Zen se yydalo do mesta hued po °bode, pod slamou vezly cosi na prodej.

"At' tarn na vas nekde nespadne strom!" varoval Roch Gulbasku, ktera prave jela kolem s konikem tak misernYm, ze sotva nohama pletl.

A zaboell do jeji chalupy, protae vide!, Ze deveata, zalepujici gterbiny, nemohou dosahnout nad okno. Pomohl jinn rozalai ye Skopieku vapno na bileni sten a ze slamy jim zhotovil znamenitou Stetku.

A gel dal.

U Cachnikil vyvaleli hnuj na blizke pole, ale Mali to tak dobie, Ze ipolovic hnoje vytkasli cestou z prkom; dive hol'aloe spojenymi silami tahl-y hone za uzdu ,protae nechtel poslouchat. Prigel Roch, hnilj jim na voze jak se patri pkiplacal a hone pketahl hued tahl poslugne jako' dite. . .

U BalcarkU zase Makenka, ta, ktera byla po Jagne Borynove z cele vsi nejkrasnej gi, sila hned za plotcm hrach do Cern& silne pohnojene zernin motala se tam jako moucha v smole, gatek omotanY kolem hlavy a y otcove plagti, sahajicim aZ k zemi, aby ji nefoukalo do spodnieek.

"Nepospichej tolik, ygak to je gte doMagi" zasmal se Roch, kdy2 k ni dogel.

"A co by. . . kdo na velkY Uterek seje brach, za jedno zrnko sklidi po etvrtkach!" krikla vodpoved'.

"Na doseje g, vzejde prvni! Ale sejeg pfilig hust el , Makenko, piin g huste. . . aZ vyroste, pocucha se a polair Ukazoval, jak ma sit po vetru, protole v svem nerozumu na to nepri gla a scia, jak se dalo.

"Vavkinec Socha mi Mks]. Ze se ma delat jedno po druhem!" rekl jakoby mimochodem, kdyZ kraeel vedl y ni brazdou pinou blata. jste s nim mluvil?" vykkikla Ma-. renka a zristala nahle stat, aby nabraia dechu.

Zeervenala, ale bala se ptat vie.

Roch se jen usmal, na odchodu vgak rekl: "0 sva,tcich mu povim, jak se rna g do prace!.. ."

U Plosku, kteki byli ze Stachova zenstva, orali dva ho gi pki same testa brambori gte; jeden pohanel kono, druhY oral, oba byli je gte klueiska, sotva nosem dosahli Ice konskemu ohonu a sily nervetakle pluh jim chodil jako opllY a kriiz se chtel co chvili vratit do staje; kind hone ustaviene bill, kieli a liadali se mezi sebou: "Ja to umim, Rochu, umim to, jenom'2e pros ty potvorne kameny t adlicc vy-

Strana 28 skakuje ze zeme a kobyla tahne za hribetem. . ." yysvetloval s pldeern stafS1, kdyt mu Roch vial piuh z ruky a zalotil mu jej do hloubky, ptineuje ho zaroven, jak drtet kobylku.

"Ted' ut ten korec do veeera dooram!" volal nebojacne, ale bazlive se pritom zda nikdo nevidel, to mu Roch pomohl; kdyt Roch odekl, usedl po y etru na pluh, jak to delal otec, a zapalil si ciga,retu.

A Roch chodil po chalupach a dival se, kde by v gem mohi bYt napornocen. isil hedky, rovnal spory, radii, a kde bylo treba, poinahal, treba, v nejtetAi Praci. U Klombu na ptiklad, kdyt videl, to Klombova nemfite nic spravit se sukovitYm parizkem, naStipal drivi, Paeesoy e nanosil z rybnika vody a jinde zas rozdovadene (Jet napominal k poslugnosti.

A kdyt zpozoroval, to se nekdo zbyteene souti a natika, zatertoval, aby ho potegil a rozveselil. Rovnet s deveaty ,rad rozpradal hovory o vecech, ktere je mohly zajimat„ na chlapce vzpominal, s nami rozmlouval o detech, o starostech, o sousedkach a o tom o vSern, v 'Cern tenske pleme nachazi pote geni — jenom aby lidi' na lepg. mySlenky privedl. . .

A ze byl Cloy & moudrY a pobotn3i, ye svete nemalo zbehlY, vedel vtdycky hned na prvni pohled, co komu rici, jakYm vypravovanim difSi ze smutku vytrhnout, komu je treba srnichu, komu spoleene modlitby, na koho plati tvrde, moudre slovo nebo i hrozba. .

Se vkmi soucitil, bez vybidnuti nejednu noc prosedel u Tote nemocmich a svou dobrotou posiloval ubotaky; nako nee si lide Rocha vazili vie net velebneho pana. .

Poeal ut lidem pripadat jako syetec, kterY pa pribytSich roznaSi BoN smiloYarn a fitechu.

Ale co naplat... cot pak mohl odpomoci vakere bide? Mohl zdolat osud a nakrmit hladove, uzdravit chore anebo nahradit svYma rukama vSechny ty, kteri tu chybeli?. . .

Pracoval vie, net staei sila jednoho eloveka, poinahal lidu a zastaval se ho — ale pro celou yes to byl jenom nepatrnY drobet jako by nekdo vyprahle a slepene rty zavlatoval rosou, ale pit nedaval!

Jak take jinak! Ves byla ohromna, jenom chalup v ni stalo ptes padesat, k obdelani bylo velikanskY kus a dobytka k poklizeni a fist na krmeni Cekalo buhvikolik.

Tohle vkcko se od to doby, co sebrali mutske, drtelo spiS Doti Prortetelnosti net lidskYna fisilim a nebylo tedy divu, to katd,Yrn dnem ptibYvalo bidy, nedostatku, narku a trapeni...

Roch to dobre citil a vedel; ale teprve dues, cestou od chalupy k chalupe, jak fipadek vkide nepozorovane nastava...

17 ESTNiK— WEST, TEXAS Nebylo dost na torn, to pole letela laaem, to nikdo neoral, nesil, nesazel. . to, jak v polich rYpali, byla spN zabava p ro deti. . . na katclem kroku bylo videt ut spou‘St' a zkazu; misty se kacely ploty, misty zas odranYmi doSky yylezaly krokve a late, jinde vilely odtrtene vratne jako prerazena kridla a buSily do sten, nejedna, chalupa se marne doproSovala podpory.

A v'Sucle pod chalupami hnily vody, blata bylo at po kolena a neeistoty tolik, to se tetko dalo prejit, na katdem kroku se jevila takova zkaza, to se srdce sviralo; tot' se vi, to kravy east() bueely lala,dein a kone pt'lmo obrilstali hnojem, protote nebylo nikoho, kdo by je eistil.

A tak Slo se vSim; telatka, zamatland bletem jako svine, se soma pasla pa cestach, hospodarske neradi se kazilo na cleSti, pluhy stirala rez a v koS'atinach se yalely prasnice. .. a co se zde nachYIilo, co utrhlo a co nalomeneho padlo — to ut taky tak zfistalo, kdopak si tu m6.1 co poeit? Kdo to mel spravovat? Kdo mel zlo napravit a horAhnu zamezit? 2enske?

Tem, chudakfun, sotva staeily sily a eas na to, co bylo nejnutnejAi! Nu, ofkm... kdyby se vratili mut gti, v tuchvili by bylo vSecko jine... eekali proto na jejich navrat jako na smiloyani Boti, Cekali ze dne na den a tou nadeji se silili. .

Ale mute,ti se nevraceli, nebylo motile se ani dovedet, kdy je pusti! Zatim jen d'abel mel radost -a utitek z marneho trapeni lidu, z hadek, svarn a bitek, ze souteni srdci v bide a talostech. . .

Kdyt S'edivS7 soumrak ut zalehal svet, vySel Roth z posledni chalupy za kostelem, od Golombu, a vlekl se k fojtovi na druhY konec vsi. . .

Vitr stale skueel, doratel vie a vie a zrnital stromy, to bylo nebezpeeno pod nimi jit, co chvile padaly na cestu uldmane vetve.

Roch shrben kraeel pod samY. mi ploty, sotva ho bylo videt v torn divnem tern soumraku, kterY byl jako ze skla, rozdrceneho na prach.

"Jestlite jdete k fojtovi, najdete ho snad ve inlYne; doma neni!" Pied Rochem nenadale stanula JagustSmka.

Roch se obratil beze slova k totit klepavou JagustYnku rad.

Ale JagustYnka ho wank,' dobehla, Driskoeila k nemu se strany a zageptala mu prima do "Zastavte se u na gich Pryekfi a u Filipky, se tarn!"

"Jestli j im mohu v neeem pornoci, zastavim. . ."

"Jdete," prosil y bon-merle Jagust3-inka.

"Dobi.e. ale nejdriv2 musim promluvit s fojtem."

"Zaplat' Pen En!" JagustYnka chvejicimi se rty polibila Rochovi ruku.

Ve sti'edu, dne 2 . listopadu 1955, "Co to delate?"

Roch se divil, pt otOe byli spolu pored jako na valeene note.

"No, co by... na kaZdeho pfichdzi chvile, kdy jako -0tvanY pes bez domova je red, kdyt ho pohladi poeestna ruka . . zaSeptala JagustYnka v slz:Ich; net Roch nalezl dobre slovo, baba spe.';ne zmizela.

Ale ani ye m1Yne Roch Vojta nenalezl, snad pry odjel s cetniky do mesta, povidal mlynarskY a zval Rocha na chvilku do sve svetnieky, ye ktere tit sedelo nekolik lipeckYch ten s mutt z druhYch vsi eekajicich, at na ne dojde s mletim. Roch by tarn byl red posedel, ale Terezka vojanda, sedici mezi ostatnimi si hned prisedla k nemu a zaeala se nesmele a tichounce vyptavat na Galombova Matouk. "vy jste byl u mutskYch aNtak jste videl jiste tacky jeho. . . je zdrav a dobre 12.-137sli? Tidy ho pusti?" nalehala no Rocha, ale do oei mu nepohlklIa. "A jak se me ten vat na vojne? Je zdrav? Vrati se ut brzy?" ptal se ji Roch rovnet tine a -Lintel na ni piisnS7 pohled.

Terezka se zadervenala utekla do rnlVna. Zak3ival hlavou nad 7nsleuenosti a sel za ni, protote ji to chtel trochu rozlotit a varovat ji pied hrichem. ale na aekoliv tam hotely lampi6ky, ji v torn praS"ivem mouenem kouri a :Semi nemohl nalezt, schovala se asi. M13'in lovody se s nepret0iUm hukotem veiny na kola, vitr jako z nejvetgich chtt dul raz na raz do sten i pod strechu, v,,,=ecko se traslo, kornihalo, jako by se to rnelo co chvile rozletet Roch tedy nechal hledani a .3e.1 rovnou k tern ulooZaelkam.

Zatim ut nastala itpina noc; skrze kymacejlei se stromy se tu a tam jako \del oci trasla rozsvicend svetla, ale y krajine bylo divne jasno, bylo videt chalopy poschovavane v sadech, ba i no pole zrak dohledl, nebe se klenulo do vie temne, tinavomodre. skoro ciste, jen tu a tam jakoby snehem poprokne, hvezdy prokukovaly stale husteji, ale vitr se neutigoval, nabYval naopak por!ad • vet gi sily a prevaloval se Air3-7m krajem.

A val tak bezmala colon noc, malokomu se nodal:Ho treba jen na minutku zamhourit, protote chaluparM to zle profukovalo, stromy S'elestily pa stenach bily do oken. . . vitr built a tloukl do sten, jako by se do nich rameny opiral . . . lidem se chvilemi zdalo, to sebere celou yes a roznese ji po svete.

TRISH se teprve k sotvate v:S"alc kohouti prod svita.nim zakokrhali a unavent fide usnttli, meal znova 'meet a valet se nod krajem, blesky se mihaly jako krvave provazy a spustil se lijak. Kdesi nad lesem pry nekolikrat uhodilo.

(P0krailovani.)

111 Bess egu dor of Natural Gas Production iv Cob petit.

farm and ranch organizations agree with the 5,000 competing producers of natural gas that competition is the best regulator of prices. Both believe that clamping Federal price-fixing and controls on natural gas production is fundamentally and dangerously wrong.

They believe it can lead to the same kind of controls on other com-

LEADING

modities.

If there is price-fixing for natural gas at the well, coal at the mine can be next, or oil at the well or lumber in the forest—or grain in the field.

The new price-fixing:

Itaa^"in

More than sixteen years after a 1938 law was

passed, a new interpretation of some of its words now follies the Federal Power Commission to do what.it has eleven times refused to do—try to fix the prices received by the 5,000 producers who find the gas and compete to sell it to interstate pipelines.

Discrimination: The American sense of fair play rebels against singling out one person or one group for special restriction or attack.

The free competitive system which has assured abundance in our nation grew up in that framework of fairness. That's why this issue is of vital interest to you.

Groups 0 use

These int

AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION RESOLUTION

AMERICAN NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION

"Since the field price of natural gas is adequately regulated by competition we favor legislation providing that field prices of natural gas shall not be regulated by the Federal Power Commission."

Platform of Polle , December 16, 1954.

"Gas is an important product of ranch and farm land. This decision ... may well be the beginning of laws to regulate all industries in this country, including the livestock industry." Reno, Nevada,

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January 12, 1955.

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NATIONAL GRANGE RESOLUTION "The Grange is opposed to permitting the Federal Government to fix the price at which the landowner or producer sells natural gas." Spokane, November 1954.

NATIONAL WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION "That the Federal Government should fix and establish the price that a gas producer can legally pay to the landowner for gas produced ... and establish the mice that a purchaser of such gas can

legally pay to the producer at the well ... is fundamentally and dangerously wrong." Salt Lake City, December 9, 1954.

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--And Users of LP-Gas in Tanks or Bottles Will Be Interested In: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LP-GAS PROMOTION—A STATEMENT "The effect of Federal regulation of the natural gas producing industry would be a diminishing output, resulting in a decline in the supply of LP-Gas. This would mean a shortage of the fuel, now used in millions of farm, suburban and small town homes."

Chicago, Illinois, November 23, 1954.

What Is The Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee?

It is made up of individuals and companies concerned about this extension of Federal control.

It includes a great many small and large gas and oil producers. All believe that free competition is better for all of us than a price-controlled economy, which goes hand-in-hand with statism, and its stagnation, scarcity and rationing.

FOR MORE FACTS WRITE FOR THIS BOOKLET NOW! right to know the facts about this new government regulation-a peacetime control of competitive producers. Send today for the booklet, "Natural Gas." Address, Texas Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee, P. 0. Box 21130, Houston, Texas, You have the

Under Free Competition Without Federal Regulation — natural gas became plentiful—stayed reasonable— created thousands of jobs—and now slpplies onefourth of the nation's energy resources.

NOW ...

Federal controls, which stifle initiative, threaten this progress.

MITTi. TEXAS NATURAL GAS AND OIL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

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rziW" Prijme se zkukna ' ena ku konani vaieni a domaci prace a k bydleni v doFotograf: "Aspoli se nemusite pozdeji me. Dobre odporueeni Zadouci. ZdenS7 nechavat fotografovat." moderni citim v Highland Park v Dallas.

DobrY" plat. Ceska, ' neb nemeck6, Zena ma prednost. Mrs. L. H. Mitchell, 3300 Drexel Stale vylizuji za.silky do C. S. Dr., Dallas, Texas.

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DALLAS, TEXAS Musi bVti katolieka. PiSte na znaeku "House Wife", c./o. Vestnik, West, Texas.

(47-48p) ) oA •( SEBEVZDELANi At' je vas Cas sebe ornezenejS'im, at' je vase denni prace sebe namahavejS1, piece PRAVNICI milZete ve s ySrch volnVch chvilich sveho ducha tou merou vzdelavati a pestovati TEMPLE, TEXAS 6tenim a studovanim, Ze se z yes stane Aradovria jednotlivec skuteene vzdelanS7, muZ', kterf,7 Ind Floor Temple National predei svSnal Zivotnim nazorem a syStmi Bank Building nesmirnSrmi, bohatstvi tvoricimi schop 11125111111=1111611. .191111 nostmi kaMeho eloveka merle vzdelaneho.

Andrew Carnegie nemel jako mladS7 SkotskSi hoch nez pouhou obecnou Skolu, ale pilnym etenim a soukrona3im studiem PRAVNIK osvojil si vzdelani, ktere mu ptineslo bohate ovoce v ohromne bohatstvi, jehoZ" 408 Houston Title Bldg. nabyl, nehlede ani na eetne knihy a élanDallas and Caroline Sta. ky odnakjici se ke vSena tomer otazkam, HOUSTON 2, TEXAS ktere 14baji svetem.

George Stephen son, vynalezce paro TELEPHONE: Preston 0883 stroje, chopil se kaZde volne chvile, jako by to'bylo zlato. Vzdelal se sam a vykonal svou nejpilnejSi praci ye volnSTch chvilich. oisti a psati naueil se ve yeeerni S"kole a peCty studoval za, noenich strid, kdy2 byl t.1 ulaS'm topieem v uhelnSTch dolech.

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7ivot a dilo nejvetS'ich dobrodincil lidstva lids 114 k v nieem nemuZe elovek investovat kapital tak vSrhodne, jako v sobe samern, jestlik pouzije kaZdelao zlomku sveho volneho Casu k ziskavani 11 a vedomosti. aim vetS'i elovek, tim vetM cenu lri:Ida east". Pohlili na nej jako na velike a•tivum sveho Zivota, jako na nejcenneiSi kapital, kterSim Ire obohatiti divot.

At' sleduje cii, ziskati si jmeni nebo doinoci se neeeho v jinem smeru, vi, k vSc zalezi na. tom, jak dovede naloZiti se svSim volnY'm Casem. Slabe povahy nikdy nevidi v ease cenneho aktiva sveho N.vota a ale se zdrahaji, zaplatiti cenu, kterou silne povahy rady zaplati. Nedovedou dolati vnadidlu rozkoSe, nenavykli si getriti Casem ani penezi. Ubiji spoustu Casu, aniZ" by si uvedomili, ze takto ubiji svou bucioucnost, sve nadeje a sebe sama.

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VESTNtlit WEST, Z

(Pokraeovani.)

Maly Frantikk mezitim davno jiz byl kde oeekavan byl touZebne.

"Nu, tak, dozvedel jsi se neco?" tazal se otec.

"0, je a pinou runt k tomu."

"Nu, tak to vykasej ze sebe. Miuvili neco o nas?"

"Taky, ale jen malo. Poekejte ale, abych vam to mohl tici no poradku."

"Mluv tedy."

"Tech cizich bylo test, a ja znal z nich jen Mofgara a Greysona, kteri sem east° dojiZdi z Austin County."

"To jiZ vime; ja chci vedeti, co mluvili o has."

"Nu, budete-li nine porad vytrhovat, lIPti f ' \ tak <‘c , lit do rana. Jen vSecko hezky po poradka. j Sly'Ste te(ly . Petal jsem, jako kclybych si byl zadrel Lin do paty a dobelhal jsem se at,ku stsveni, kde usednul jseni na galerii slyk vSecko, co se mluvilo uvnitf. Morgan mei hlavni slovo a povidal neco o presiciontske volbe, o Lincolnovi, Douglasovi, Buchananovi, 13reckenridgeovi a jinYch. Jilane pry budou volit Breckenridgea a Texane pry niusi take. Jest pry 'na Jihu nejak3i spolek Zlateho Kruhu, ktery je 'k tomu pfinuti a Billy i jeho synove k nemu patri a daji pry si na /las pozor. Mluvili taky o Moravcich v Austin, Colorado a Fayette okresich a to pry staremu panu LeSlkarovi zahnali chut' na jednatelstvi pro eeske noviny ze severu."

"Aho, proto ndm "Narodni Noviny" v

Strana

DOB UTRPENI

Privodni historieka povidka ze iivota ranou bavinu — bylo-li to na podzirn — prvnich C'eskYch pfistehovalcri do aby, at ji bude dosti, nalozili na vtiz a zaTexasu. vezli do shiny. (DZina, stroj na eisteni Napsal Hugo Chotek baviny od semena.) Pokurujice a vypravelice zustali vSichni na galerii at asi do poslednich tYdnech nepriAly. Red bych ,deviti hodin, naCeZ jeden po druhem odeveal, co proti nim maji. Av gak povidej brali se na odpoeinek. dale."

(PokraZovani) "To je vkcko; rime prozradil stin. a ja byl objeven. Tom dal mi nebozez, a ja Serrly- otec. domtl."

"Tak hrozhe mi ut mesic boll zuby, "Hm, neni toho innoho a je toho mno- nevim, co bych iiz mei delat ho — jak se to vezme. Texaii6 maji tajnY "Tak jdete k lekari!" spolek a chystaji se na nas pristebovalce.

"No jo, kdyt ale moje deem chodi se To jest zavatne. Rad bych vedel, co udC- zubarem, tak ja oekam, aZ se vezmou, Ze lali priteli Le gikaru. Doufain, Ze nic to budu mit zadarmo." zleho — Josele, zitra pojedeS do Wharo ton a povi g naemu serifovi, co jsme se Mlada hospodyrika. dozvedeli. Je to tiodn,)% elovek a d • i s naSlu&a: "Kolik vajec maul rortbfuei do Ann stateenym ,2.av -inerem Sam Hous- toho testa?"

-tonem, jenZ kaale bezpravi a Pani " Ze dvou vezmete tloutky bande takove clo\ ede zatnout Zilu. Nyni a ze dvou bilky!" ale pojd'me k yeeeri!"

«11 skoro farmach Tato bY'vala ne texaskS7ch stejna, a r-,( -LI y ak, ze smaknYch vajec (tak z y,in 7"ch "volsk3ich ok"), Jednejte rychle, kdyi po niehlasniaZeneho speku, melasy. kukurieneho du, kaki nepfestava. ehieba a kavy, nebo eaje. Nebyla to strava pro labuZnika, ale silna zdrava pro C'hronickS.7, (zastaralt) zapal rolnika techto polotropick3ich krajin. Po prudukk mute se vyvinouti ze veeeri kny umyly nadobi, naec2, bylo-li zanedbani vakho kaSle, plicniho dosti smetany, vrtily maslo, sebraly vejnachladu, i akutniho zapalu patce z hnizd slepieich, upravily Iftka a udukk, ktere jste zanedbali, prosedly pak na galerii, .kde jiZ s nezbytnou to poutijte bez odkladu Creo fajkou v Ustech rozloteni byli mulsion a 'ZadnY jinY slabSi lek. kteri mezitim byli zvatili pies den nasbiCreomulsion vnika do prfidukk, rozpouSti tuhY 'gem s nebezpeenYmi zarodky a pomaha rode, nejdrive v umirneni zapalu, a koneene vyleeeni.

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