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Dle ustaleneho zvyku Intl byck sve uvahy v dneSnim eisle yypinit popisem tech nejmilejSich a nejkrasnejSich svatkft v roce. Mel bych vzpornenout, jako nepopsatelne kouzlo pri g a:§ely nam svatky noeni v na g ern mladi. Snad mel bych zduraznit, ze radostna doba vanoeni mela by bYti opravdu cliikazern a projevern naA clebre Yule v'Sein lidern. Mel bych pripomenout, ze easto zapominame na duchovni a vSnname si pozlatkoveho, klamaveho povrchu.

Ano, mel bych nagim bratrfun a sestram pripomenout, ze radost ze Zivota by se mela stein od kahleho z nas na vAechny strany aspon v dobe vanoeni. Vanoce maji bYt projevem miru, pokoje a dobre vide. Vanoce maji bYt svatkem bratrstvi. JenomZe nenniZe bYt bratrstvi mezi lidmi,' pokud nepochopirne sve pribuznosti, sveho pomeru jedni k druhYm, sveho velikeho ukolu. JenomZe na takoye mySlenky velikeho fikolu bratrstvi pohlilime dosud jako na fantasii, ktera se neda uskuteenit; a na ka.zatele, ueitele a reeniky, kteri nam bratrstvi pripominaji, pohlili se jako na snilky a blouznivce.

dcanSkoVe misce. c i .ankach a nein jsme se j "V k a necis e praska, dedek ka'2,dou cnvili zvadie ruce sobe zahriva."' To syn dole pro sveho tatu dre yenou misku, protole dele vy.drZi net obyeejnY taut. Klilci.lia obdivitje -Zruenost sveho otce. SvYm detskS 7ny rozotnkern filosofuje a nevi:one pto.-se: "Drevo ukracil jsi v panskem lose, komu delaS z neho koryto?" “Dedovi. Sc. mu ruka trese. Nadobi uti vechno rozbitoi" Synaeek obdiva • e, co bata v'Sechno "Naue mne to!" "Vida -oho kiuka, nae by to tva ruka umela?" "AZ se tobe trasti bude ruka, koryto ti synek udela!"

V kamnech praska, dedek shrben pidee, zvadle mite syn in zuliba. Kolo virlouee kolem skive : "Tato; proC se kolo nehYba?" Y.pi'advanoeni slavoostni Aala ji nekdy nave vzporainky. V roy,lenka:cli

vrachne se do sveho - do svYch kolnich let VyQi jsme Mmlu, dorostil jsme, naueili jsme se nejakemu reme• zkouSell jsme to i ono,: aZ jsme se u• zaloZili rodinu, zapasili s konkurenci, rvali se o sksjvu chleba. Dokud jsme byli detmi, starali se c rids rodiee a ueiDas svet. Jentele. At jsme dorostli, & ten svet nam nikdy nedal instrukce, jak bychom se melt pripravit na sve staid, jak si to zaridit, abychom ty -.oak Zivot-7 ni vanoce, posledni dny a rolty y dozravajicim veku, melt radostnejSi a prijernV -Leto pi.edvl noeni. dobe, kdy rozesila- nejSi. me pozdravy a prani veselYch vanoc a Tak jsem o told alvaz val asi pied d St'astneho noveho roku, kdy chceme zpirti lety, jak to bude ce M1.1.0l1 at pujdu do sobit radost detem rilznYmi darky, ykrapense, jakou zaavu nebo zaniestnani si cia se mi do duke vYeitka, ae nejsme spravyberu, abych nebyl ani dact yl, ani vevedlivYmi vinoi tern, kteri jsou mezi narejnosti na obtiZ• Napadlo mne, to k mi uz jen jako na, besede, kteri budou s nami slavit uZ jen trikrat Cl petkrat svat- noenim svatkfun se elovek oby,ejne ky vanoeni. Pro deli takicka v'Sechmn praYuje jiZ predera. Cot nemohl by se pro babieky a dedeeky skoro nic. Vanoce jednotlivec teZ pripravit k . dobe. kdy e --posledni svatky v roce—kdy se na na- day tivota zaeinaji povalZlive kratit? i‘iepe stareeky a staPenky nejvice zapomi- jSeu nejake pokyny pro lidi, kteri maji. jit do 'pease nebo na ocipoeinek? na. m{.1. elovak pi bravonejake kniby, jak V poslednich dvou ei trech tYdnech • na roky pokroeileho veku? priklo mi nekolik clopisa, ktere dosud le- jsem hledat takovou literaturu. Zabloudil na mem stolku. Jsou to Zadosti; abych jsem at do Houstonske - university. Chtel prispel nejakYm penelit3'im darkem na jsem poznat, co v;_,,echno potrebuje eloVek Boystown, na Boys' Ranch, na Girls' ye sveni Stari. 142ne bylo prave ti ciapaHome, na Orphans' Harbor, na Hellen desa.t. jestli se neeernu . pritielm, bude to Keller's Foundation a na jine dobro- prospeSne, doZiji-11 se toho. Mc kta to einne podniky. Prispeje elovek jednou, bude prospRne take drulVin star',§1m Ea pak jeho adresa je zaznamenana ne- dens. A jestli se ned0Ziji, nebudu na tom smazatelnYm inkoustem. ' a.dosti se rok o nic hur ne2 onladik, kterY kratce po po roku opakuji. VetAina Zadosti o pod- ukoneenis ykch studii prijde o Z'ivot V aPoru prichazi od. dobroeinnYch Ustavnt. utemobilovem neStestj nebo j'inkrn zpnscbem. Tak jsein chtel pHpravit 5 1 0 sve ktere se staraji o dve skupiny lidistaff. Druzi. to po.vaZovali za deti a o dorastajici mladeZ. Dospeli i sami o sebe. Ale co kode se staraji ut Toto je iil.ut zpoved' v 31;" name pro to etvrtou skupinu lidi, o ty, kdy prernY'Slim, jak nn"40 „" kdo uz dozrali? se o vkobecne po yznesent ;,001UTrefne vylieil rids zajem o stare lidi redakti. PojiSte,ai v pripadu funrti ono, Jan Neruda ve sve =Mile basnioce o de- ne Oak nejake zajiAteni pro' stari. Pro

ye stfedu, dne 21. prosince 1955. deg a mladet vydrtujeme gkoly, pro pracujici lidi mame pokradovaci kursy, ale pro stare lidi nername nic net" trpelive vyekavani srnrti. Lekati a zdravotni fady napomaliaji prodloutit vek, ale dosud nebyl vynalezen lek, kterYm by se staremu eloveku naoekovala radost a spokojenost ye star!. Neni pochyby, te najdeme prost!edek proti rakovine, ale nehledame prosttedky pro postaveni domovn pro stare lidi. Litujeme mladeho, kterY neopatrnosti pti gel o tivot, ale jsme lhostejni ke staremu eloveku proMemu skolou tivota. Mladi lide dostavaji odevSad instrukce, jak zachazet s detmi. Dospelt' elovek v pinem zdravi dostava vSemotile informace, jak ma ptekonavat tivotni nesnaze a pkekatky. Kdyt pkijde lekak ke starkmu pacientu, ujikuje ho, te jsou zazraene leky. Jmenuje penicilin, aureomycin, streptomycin, subtilin, nebo nae si prave vzpomene. Slibuje pacientu, te bude tit jeke dobrYch patnact, dvacet let, te dedeeek mute ptetit samotneho lekate. Jente stark alovek zilstava odkazan sam na sebe. Svet si mysli, te v nahradu za ztracenou krasu, za vytrhane zuby, za gedive vlasy nebo holm, plek za ztratu zraku nebo sluchu, nebo s postupem kloubovYch bolesti nabYva stark elovek take tivotni moudrosti, rozumne-, ho, prortetelneho, uvatliveho nazoru na tivot, kterY potrva die ptedpovedi lekate je:§te dal gich dvacet Start Zlovek vi, is e se musi prizpiisobit svemu starnuti. Poznava vAak at hodne po sedesapozde, ze starnuti nezaeina ti, te starnuti je tivotni proces, kterY zaeal hned prvnim dnem pozemske existence. Jente kdy se koneene dostavi telesne a dukvni pilznaky stati, elovek se citi mezi tern! mlaclAimi‘ja.ksi z mista.

Asi podobrV pocit jsem mel, kdy jsem mluvil s dekanern university, hodne mladg im nee jsem byl sam, a vysvetloval jsem, mu, te bych rad studoval takove veci, ktere by nine zpkijemnily stati. Videl jsem se obklopen samYmi mladYmi lidmi, kteti se ptipravovali k lepsi tivotni existenci. JakY jsem to byl blazenstudovat a pkipravovat se k star!. Vycitil jsem to ze slov samotneho dekana, kdy mne ptedstavoval jinemu profesoru, kterY mne mel pomoci vypracovat celY postup studii. Pry jsem jit trochu "plesnivY" ve vysokoSkolsko procedute, mnoho pry jsem ze svYch eltivefSich studii pted tticeti roky zapomnel, to uz asi nemain prutnost pameti, a poclobno omluvy pro stareho eloveka mezi mladeti. A nine bylo teprve ttiapadesat. Odhadoval jsem, te mam pted sebou je gte dvacet, motna tticet rokir tivota, a nechtel jsem bYt sam sobe kdysi pozdeji bremenem. lPrvni dva roky studii jako bych hmatal ye tine. Vg echno se mne zdalo bYti jen pro mlade lid!, jen pro vYwoj at'astneho a socialne tadouciho eloveka, jen costa

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Psychologicka a socialni studia seznamovala mne nebo odhalovala pro nine prave zdroje lidskeho Stesti nebo neStesti, ale vgechno zaeinalo od cletstvi nebo v letech dospivani. Kdybych byl o tticet let mladk, melo by to pro mne ohromnST, nedocenitelnY yYznam. Ale hledal jsem neco pro sve star!, pro to dobu, kdy mne lekat vsttikne zazraenY lek.pod kilti a kekne mi, ze budu it jeSte dalSich dvacet let. Zit. nebo jen tivotit? Mohla by mne Skala poskytnout neco pro me stare? Jsou takove kursy na universite?

Strana 3 v torn procesu dozravani. A pit torn jsem objevil, te to bude pnablemem, o kterY se musi zajimat celY americkY narod, protote nas brzy bude dvacet Pi-es petaSedesat mkt'. A bude nas stale pribYvat. Vtdyt' ucenci tvrdi, te pritmernY lidskY tivot je mezi 100 a 120 roky. Ain dnes lid. neumiraji Misledkem vysokeho veku, ale pro nejakau 'telesnou vadu nebo nemoc. Stoleti Tide nebudou zylaknosti, nahodou nebo vrtochem ptirody, ale spite dukazem spravne tivotospravy.

Na utuln y jednou dojde, jako (loAu na, zavedeni noveho zpfisobu pojiSteni. Ale nebude to prave takovYm zpfisubern, jak si to dnes eleni ptedstavuji. NUrodohospodatske pomery donuti v bucloucnosti nak vedouci firedniky, ze :utuln y bude vedena docela jinak net my si to dnes ptedstavujeme. My se o tyto vend nebucleme jit vie hadati. Nebudeme vde. A ti, kdo to povedpu, and si nevzpomenou, ze jsme ge kdysi mezi sebou hadali. zdali to bude ntulna z milosti, yydrZovan!I Jednotou, nebo milodary ,nebo z poplatkir.

My dnes mame jen vidiny, katdY sve, ktere houtevnate hajime. Zittek pkinese jine ovzduk. Nate vidiny se ztrati jako nilha v rannim slunci, a naSe deti Utulzavedou die sve potteby a hudoucich noDnes je pouze otaAa, zclali sami polotime nejakY zaklad nebo to vSechno nechame tern, kdo ptijdou at no nas, cot dlouho treat ut nebude.

Ai v patent roce s yYch studii, ai jsem si vybral za svfij hlavni predmet otazku, jak se musi elovek ptizpUsobit svemu stab, at jsem celY rok shanel ze v'Sech pramenii material, co staid lido pottebuji ye svem dozravani, teprve jsem noznal, te nebylo blaznovstvim, co jsem proyadel a hledal. Ba pilsel jsem k pevnemu ptesvedeeni, ze v nekolika malo letech musi se cely narod zajimat, co se bude delat se starYmi lidmi. Bude jich brzy asi dvacet milionti.. A jestli nechceme mit dvacet milionu ne gt'astnYch a nespokojenYch lid!, kteti si mysli, te jim tadrrY nerozumi, kteti budou zit mezi vnoueaty a pravnoueaty, celY narod inusi se zabYvat otazkou, jak ptipravit stare lidi na jejich stay!. Ono nezaeina teprve v deSati a peta gedeSati. A take: nebude man() odsunout celou vec starch lidi poznamkou ,at' se star'. lide staraji saV te pfedvartooni nalade, ktera ma. 1134 m! o sebe. Jako pripravujeme mladeZ pro jakYmsi rozjimanim, co bychom mob!! plodnou praci v dospelYch letech, tak budeme nuceni pripravovat lidi stredniho vykonat dobreho take pro jine, vzponmel jsem si, te pted easem dal jsem vans sub, veku pro Zivot ye stall. te budu se zabvat otazkou ntulny, jestli si to ptejete.. Bylo by to pokracov:knim, Proto myslim, ze na ge nahledy na za- toho, co jsem zaeal sam pro sebe z osobrizeni fitulny se v nekolika letech nado- inch pohnutek. Ale chtel bych znUt, kolik bro zmeni. Utulna pro na ge stare deny je vas, sestry a bratti, kdo mate zajcm bude takovou nutnosti jako zavedeni po- na Utulne. Rozepiei se o tom. chcete-li. jigteni v pripadu nahleho umrti, zavede- Minim zajet nekam do jinYch podobni socialniho poji gteni nebo firazoveho a nYch domovti, vydrZovanYch bratrskYnemocnieniho pojigteni. Bude ov gem za- mi organisacemi, abych nabyl dalsich inleZet na samotnYch elenech a take na formaci. Nestaei kursy psychologie, yevedoucich, jak daleko v otazce fitulny pa- domosti o starnuti, zdravotni poladayky kroeime. I kdyZ neudelame nic o prigtim a zakony, ale je tuba vlastni zkuienosti. sjezdu, nebo i kdyZ odsuneme tuto otaz- Pottebuji znat vase ptani. Pcneite priku aZ do doby, kdy nas samotnYch hla- spevky jsou vitane, ale napred noel bYt va z toho bolet nebude, fitulna kdysi bu- neco co se nejlepe veal v (lobe vanoede socialnim polada ykem a bratrske jed- nich svatkri--projev dobre vide vSem linoty budou nuceny mite podobne fistavy. dem.

Jinak budou platit vysoke dame na ittulny vydrZovana statern.

Na vgectiny sestry a brelic v , byli by pro mykenku fitulny, apeluji, a by neJaksi jsem se dostal do milady, is vain, zavadeli zbyteenou debatu o tom, jak si sestry a bratri, odkrYvain kus sveho ni- tento lidumilny astav predstavuji. Na. tra a delam verejnou zpovecl'. Zaeal jsem takove \TM museji oyt dobte promyglene prernYg let o svem stall eiste z osobnich a vyzkouSene plany. MIsto debaty ukatte pohnutek. Cosi mne pohanelo a dodavalo dobrou poglete nejakk vytrvalosti, abych pet rokft venoval to- penelitY obnos. KdyZ ukaZete zajem, cemu, jak si usnadnit a zprijemnit sve vla- sty k. dalg imu se najdou. Tem, kdo postni trail. Chtel jsem rozumet sam sob. slali sve dart', od srdce dekuji.

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bratra Steinera maze uspokojiti. Toto je tedy vysvetleni na prvni dva odstayce ✓ jeho clopisu, kde kritisuje nezvyklY postup naS'i distriktni schOze. K tomu bych chtel dodat jen toto: Zdaleka a bez potrebnYch vysvetleni nekdy se nem zda nespravne. Ale kdy g Clo y & prijdc blig a na vkchno se ima ge dtaklaclne divat, jeho povrchni nahled se Casto gmeni. A to je co my vSichni potrebujeme, abychom se napred presvedeili, teprve pronaSeli eve Usudky. Bylo by to vice bra,trske, clUstojnejSi a take pravdivejSi. Take bych se chtel zminit o dalSirn, cc mans na mysli. Jestli se mYlim, budu gadat kterehokoliv hlavnino Etednika, distriktniho teditele, nebo 1 bratra redaktora, aby mne opravili. Bud'te ge budu ycleonY za vaSi ogravu. Main na mysli, ge kdyZ memo od predchaze jiciho sjezdu sedm distriktii, dosed ka gdY distrikt pracuje samosta.ttie die svYch vlastnlch planii, ge ySeelma price ✓ ka gdem distriktu musi miti takovY surer, .aby to bylo schvalene -Hlavni Eradovnou. JinYmi slovy, g e Hlavni Uradovna se nam riemicha do distriktni pracc, ale ge ma pra y() nas upozornit, jestli dobre. Jestli tome tak, a jestli obeli krve je v poradku, tak soudil bych, ge eleni v na2Sern sedmem distHktu jsou dosti citlivi na kritiku nisi peace A, C. .4TEPAN od nekoho, kdo se na naSi distriktni einnosti nijak izepodili. Zda se nam to zaA. C. (::3tepari 531etY, kter1 byl reditesahovanirn do naSich zale gitosti. nepravein, Neco jineho by bylo, kdylaychoin lem 1. Distriktu necele dva roky, zemrel vSichni se spojili a pracovali na neeem, obnosti co by bylo speleene pro vSech sedrn. dis- v Bren lo;:rn, triktu—abychom respektovali praci domaci,.aby smerova,la pro dobro cele Jed-vice nopnosti nc_11 si mynoty. To je demokraticke zarizeni. vice nez ob c jne. pou giva. Jsme-li nekcl:;7 vzpru geni pakoukoli silnou poVkm elenum naSi Jednoty, vSem Eradovny, vSem pratelErn linutkou, mimafadne SPJST a vSem Urednikum a pracovnikfim namaze, octneme-ll se v situaci mimo✓ sedrnem •distriktu posilam nejsrdee- radne zodpovednosti, kdy musime zvitenejSi prani veselYch vanoenich svalan zit nebo podlehnout, to ka gdY z n :. 1S roza St'astneho noveho roku. vine vlohy a schopnosti, o nich g se mu drive ani nezdalo. Vlohy nekterYch lidi mil Mieulka, jsou tak hiuboko skryty, ge teprve v okapredseda sedmeho distriktu. mgiku velike krise vystoupi nale gite na svetlo.

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Sestry a bratri: Jsem jistY, g e pl'eva gna yetSina z vas &Oa dopis bratra Steinera ve Vestniku ✓ eisle vyclanem 23. listopadu. Take nekteri z vas eetli prispe y ek bratra Bundila v Cisle ze dne 7. prosince, kterY ovSern byl v anglicke easti. Bratr Bundil mel svou prieinu, pros sve nazory podal ✓ anglietine, ac eeskY zna take velice Oba tyto elanky ye Vestniku tYkaly se vedeni schuze sedmeho distriktu, ktera se konala. 29, ,kvetna 1955 zde Floresville. Teto schnzi jsem k sve y lastni litosti nemohl bYti pritomen. Vzdor toniu citim se povinen, abych vysvetlil jiSte nedorozumeni.

Jedno ,nedorozumeni zaealo fined tim, g e schEze sedmeho distriktu byla, stanovena na den, k.dy mel jsem ji g dayno predtim ureeny jine zavazky a povinnosti. Musel jsem se dohodnout naprecl s bratrem Markem, predsedou Hlavni Eradovoy, ktera nedele byla volna. pro schEze sedmeho distriktu. Vyjednaval jsem s nim telefonem i dopisy. Kdy g koneene jsem od neho dostal ureitou odpoyed', poznal jsem k svemu zklamani, ge schuze bude na nedeli, kdy jsem vazanY drivejMm slibem a clohodou, ge budu jinde. lined jsem vyjednaval s bratrem Roy HranickYrn, mistoptedsedou sedmeho distriktu, a bratrem Jacob Shortnerern, tajemnikem distriktu, jak to zaridit, aby nekdo, kdo zna CeskY jazyk dokonale, • schtizi vesti v Ceske reel. Mistoprecl• secla Roy HranickY by to provedl znamenite v anglietine, ale, vSichni znate ty ease studenty, ueitele a profesory, ge se lepSi y yjadruji v anglietine, jestli jejich obor a povolani neni vyueovani eeStine.

S ternito dvema clistriktnimi Eredniky jsem musel vyejdnavat s ka g dYrn zylaSte, protoge nejsou ve stejnem miste. Ale oba Urednici projevili -nahled, ge za takovYch okolnosti bude nejlepSi, kdy pogadam bratra Bundila, aby me misto prevzal, a aby mistopredsedovi Roy Hranickemu bylo ponechano vedeni v anglietine a aby byl ceremoniarem pH. programu cleti, Bratr Bundil me. moje diky a te g, vcieepost UrednikE sedmeho distriktu, ze mne, prozatimne zastal. A my, Urecinici distriktu, jsme byli tenkrat ji.sti, ge eleni Clovek, jen g rve a namaha svoje telo i budou s timto nevyhnutelnYm nahra geSchU ge V jinYch distriktech budou uve- ducha honbou za zabavami neho za obnim p •eds.edy Epine spokojeni. Ve kinkrejneny jakmile distriktni Erednici usta- chodein, uje svUj obchod. nebe zabavy z1 se to potvrdilo. novi datum schuze nemoudre. N eirdt dosti vSimavosti k nasvem distriktu.

0koinosti. byly, ge bud' mohla bYt Distrikt druhS7, 15. ledna 1956 Holland stroji, na nem g je zlaiSly uskuteehovaschilze vedena v reei anglicke, Distrikt pity, 19. anora 1956, Houston i Je to prave tak, jako kdyco g by mistopredseda velice znamenite Distrikt SestY, 22. , dubna, okres La- by mechanik dopustil, aby nekterY jeho dokazal, nebo musel bYt ustanoven pro- vaca. drulaV nastroj, jim g provacii nejake y zaczatimni predseda, kterY by to vykonal v Distrikt sedmY, 15. dubna 1956, Jour- ne nebo pr-acne dilo, zrezivel nebo vzal jifeel. Ceske. Oleni schvalili to dru pe, cog, danton nakou ithona zanedbanim.

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itad Jaro 6islo 130 Dallas, Texas Sestry a bratri: Oznamuji y Aem elenfim nakho radu Jaro eisle 130, 4e nas vanoe:ni program bude ye etvrtek 22. prosince v Sokolovne v Dallas. Tento program je umoZnen spoleenou snahou etyi. .spolkti a sice: radu Jam oislo 130 SPJST, Sokola v Dallas ; Mau eislo 401 ZCBJ a KrouZkem eeskYch Zen. Prato dOufame, ze vSichni naSi eleni od radu Jaro se dostavi se s yYmi detail.

MikuIClslca zabava se nam velice dobre yydarila. Bylo to neco neoeekavaneno, kdyZ cleti uvidely napied Mikulak, pak Andela slettiout s nebe, a koneene Certa vstavat ze zeme.

Zaroven. je treba pripomenent vOem elentim radu Jam eislo 130, ze Padova schfize, ktera, pripadd na 1. ledna 1956 byla prelolena aZ na treti nedeli v lednu. Pamatujte si datum sehfize, Se bude 15. ledna, a nezapomerite se clostavit.

S bratrskym pozdravem Joe Maca, tajemnik Mau Jaro 4. 130

dolarti roene, ktere by mel zarueene a byly mu zarueene„ bez ohledu na to, kolik Cisteho vYteZku bude. Abych dal priklad: kclyZ by eistY vYteZek obnaSel mane vol devet set delartl, on by dostal stejne jeho iii sta dolaru. Ale kdyby eistY vYteZek obnaSel vie' ne2 devet set, tak by dostal jednu tretinu. Aby nemusel eekat celY rok na, plat aZ na konec roku, talc by se mu platilo $25 kaZdY mesic; a na kolik by byl opravnen nad tri sta, by se mu vyalatile ke konci roku. Ostatni price icrom:; rizeni by bratri a sestry vykonavali jak letos, zdarma. Pamatujte, sestry a bratri, Sc toto je jenom doporueeni a bude se a torn rolcovat a hlasovat v lednove schUzi, ktera pripacla na NovY rok, a tak je to dfilelite, abyste se vSichni dostavili, protole se to tYka vSech bratril a rester.

V druhe zalelitosti bylo usneseno, aby si fad podrZel cvieite.lku mladeZe, kterou zastavala k U;pine: spokojenosti sestra Clara Hejlova. ftlicava se "kviti (Flowers for the living), a jestli si kdo zasleuZil kyticku uznani, je to sestra Hejlovd za jeji praci, kterou velice dobre vykonavala bez jakekoliv odmeny, za co si ona zaslouZi od radu diky a take ty seOenum Hvezda Texasu eislo 47.

Temple, Texas. stry, ktere ji v torn vypomahaly.

V prosincove schuzi radu Hvezda TexaTreti, co bychom radi projednall, je zaporadane 4, prosince, dostalo se mi lcZeni el obZiveni sokolske jednoty, ktera eti, Zo jsem byl zvolen za Uredniho dopi- to byla v einnosti dost dlouhou dobu, ale sovatele - nebo zpravodaj• na, plisti rok. pak zanikla. A k tomu by se melo rokovat Viastne ani nevim jak jsem k tomu take o tom, co prednest v okrskove (disale myslim, Se se to stab° ze dvou priein triktni) schnzi, ktera ma bYt konana dne a sice prvni. zc jsem byl nahodou ye 15. ledna v radove sini v Holland. Okraselnizi a za druhe, ze jsem byl kdysi da y - kove schtize jsou jakousi pripravou k prino nekolik dni ve Skole (ne v2dy za 'Sko- Stimu sjezdu zde v Temple. Tento sjezd ld" Brat o fazole), tak jsem se nauell 41st bude jednat o vecech pro Jednotu velice a psat eesky. Aelcoliv moje funkce (take clfilelitYch; a je to dabrd vec, lcdy2 se tyto Ceske slovo) zaelna; priStim rokem, zaei- zalelitosti projednaji v okrskovYch schfinam trochu driv, ebych mel trochu cvik, rich. Talc, sestry a brathl, .kteri patrite nub() "praksi" (i to tulim je Ceske slave). radu Hvezda Texasu cis. 47, nezapemente prijit do sobs ze prvniho ledna. jelikoZ v pravidelne prosincove nezbylo dost east" k projednavani vSech S bratrskym pozdravem vas novopeeezalelitosti, byly odloleny nektere do led- nY zpravodaj nove schfize, a sice zptisob rizeni zaba y v Karel Kalenda. priftim race, a pak jestli chce rad podrzell naddle Cvieitelku mlade2e, kterou za(Poznamka redaktora: Ne Tobe, brat's. stdvala doposud sestra Clara Hejlovd, Kalendo, ale radu Hvezda Texasu eislo 47 manZelka naSeho nynej gino predsedy muslin gratulovat. A jestli kdo jinY by si Franka Hejla ml. Ve schtlzi bylo usnese- zaslouZil gratulael, pak by to 'byl neznano, aby se sesli stari a nave zvoleni Ured- mY ueitel nekde pri Zadverieich. v kraji niei a uradili se o tech zalditostech a Vizovie, Se se mu Skolok vydatil kdysi pak dab. nejake deporueeni. SchUzka tato pied padesati ro py, Kc17)7b3:, ykenny radii byla ureena na stredu 7. prosince weer a mely to .?,tes,ti, aby si vybraly schopne Cejrz jako novopeeenY zpravadaj jsem se ji ske a anglicke zpravadaje, jak tomu vZdy take zneastnii. V to schilzce bylo usnese- bVvala it radu Male 47, a clnes je la Pea jiporaddni zabav, aby byl usta- nS7 ch radii, mob]. bych hodne Cam" venanc noven jeden reditel na eel rok, kterY by vat jinYm problemilm v Jednote. Vitam na zabavach vkchno vedl, a objednaval, Te mezi prispivatele. Main radost. Take a kterY by byl placen a siee jednou treti- personal v tiskarne jiste pokaZde rad unou eisteho vYteZku, ale nejmene tri sta vidi Tvtij prispevelc,)

'tad Dill Hora cislo 16.

Hallettsville, Texas.

MI TI bratri a sestry: Temito radky oznamuji vYsleclek. volby, kterou jsme konali v naSi pravidelne schnzi 11. prosince.

Hrednici zvoleni na rok 1956 jsou 11sledujici: Predseda, A. B. Dukk; mistoPredseda, Emil E. DuSek; tajemnik, Victor Melnar; neetni, Victor M. Dukk a pohladnik, Charlie Molnar. teetni vYbor: Julius Sevelk, Emil E. Dukk a John Kovarek. NemocenskY vYbor: Frank Fojt, Ed. Melnar a Leonard Waytek. Rosolueni vYbor: Henry E. Melnar, Julius '8eveik a Adolf B. Dusek. kadevi lekari: Dr. C. T. Dinner, Hallettsville, Texas a Di4 H. L. Tannen, Weimar, Texas. Dele g4 a nahradnik do sjezdu: A. B. Dukk a Victor Molnar.

Preji vSemu Clenstvu nisi jednoty vesele vanoce a St'astnY n.ovy rok. 1956. • S bratrskym pozdravem, Victor Melnar, tajemnik. a 0 ( ItI Slovanska Lipa eislo 66. ,;Vaco, Texas.

Mili bratri a sestry: Nak schnzc se konala v nedeli odpoledne ve 3:15, 11. prosince a pre.dseda Anton Mazanec ji zahajil. Bylo nas hoclne pritomno a bylo to pro nas vYznamne adpoledne. Bratr Joe Koliha od Hlavni riradovny byl s nami pritomen a Lived' devet novSich Clemu do nakho test byla vzdana vlajce v:6>emi eleny a predrikana Barbarou Parmovou. Mimo bratra Joe Kolihy byla pani Margaret Yanke teZ u nas navkevou. Ne2 uvedl brate Kona nave eleny, mel velice pepnon a prihodnou roc a teZ flan" tlumoell pczdrav a omluvu od predsedy Marka, ze ncmohl bYt s nami dnes. Butt Marek byl za stejnym rieelem v Corpus Christi u Padu Cis. 56, aby uvc-c1,1 jejlen navj el. ni jsou: Gilbe r :; a Mary Wachsmann, Rose Klazik, Charlie Soukup, Robert Kreder, Monroe Yanke, Monroe a Mary Fortune a Henry Beseda. TeZ brat' a sestra Louis Mazda z West byli pritomni.

Prectseda Anton Mazanec podekoval bratru Kolihovi za jeho laskavy prichod nam a cloufame, Ze zase se k nam brzo nemel cash it nami ponodiva. S 1,;ade ,'et; ale specnal dornfi. tonics, psani bude v 1 bude na.'g ("mi vee.irek je nom miL)u vzpaminLtokrat je to v riaS S.(1; a jak mame \*ichni. radost z sine.

Sestro Horakova, eetla jsem vaa milou Poznamku a naSi sini a velice nas tell, Se se Vam u nas libilo a doufame, ze Caste k nam zajedete a jiste ze Vas sebou bratr

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a sestra Kazdovi s radosti vezmou. V2dy I van Bessie Slivove, pan Albert Desrosiers memo radi navaevu a nemusi 2edne po- I a dad: Linda Hillova, P. Rodgersova, Kazv(tni mit, aby k nam haste Schtizi terina Slivova a Clara Slivova. v marne kaMou drultou Abychom neztratili ninoho easu, poPo vanocieh zase tiara zaenott tame a stupovali jsme rychle a a.by jednani neprvni bude SG, prosince a druhY 29. a po- bylo jednotvarne a unavujici, zaradili tern na Sylvestra, 31. Tak kdo dice prijit jsme mezi jednotlive body poradu spobude vitan. leenY zpe y vanoenich koled (CeskYch i Bratr Roman Parma ml. pedal zpravu, anglick y ) a pak nektere solove znevy.

2e jeho maminka, sestra Frances Parma, Kresn.e nas pobavila naS'e elenka detskebyla va,Zne nemocna a skoro 3 tYdny byla ho oddeleni Sheryll Hillova, 'ktera, se ji2 ✓ nemocnici, ale u2 je ji trochu lep9i a je pekne predstavila na distriktni schnzi u synu, ne2 se Milne zotavi. Prejeme ji, 16. rijna t. r. v San Antoniu. S y Ym jemaby byla zas brzo Upine zdrava. Jeji se- nYm, eistYm a jistYm hldskem velmi hezstra prijede z Ka.lifornie na nav'Stevu o ky zazpivala "White Christmas" a "Lord's vanocich a zUstane nekolik tYcinit, tak u2 Prayer" a po ukoneeni shUze pochlubila se teSi na rri. se jeSte. zruenYm ovladanim velike chroSestra Barbara Parma nam preeetla maticke, harmoniky. Dal gi na9I peykyni jmena tech dentin co men narozeniny byla vSem znama na ge Patsy Murieova. tento mesic a site: Sestra Irene kezni- Jeji pritomnost a vystoupeni byly eek, La Nelle Oe'Ska, Chris Spence Jr. a pozoruhodne ze dvou dfivothi.Predne, nabratr Carroll Simeik. Zazpivali jsem jim 9e Patsy dovr genim 16. roku sveho veku opouSti detske oddeleni, aby vypomohla v "Happy Birthday" piseri.

Druhd vyznamna. vec byla voleni no- osveteve praci radu. Vitame ji mezi rids a na jeji spolupraci se uptirrine teSirne. Za vYch firednikil a sloe: Predseda — bratr Roman Parma Jr., druhe, Patsy mela pro vSechny male -premistopredseda — bratr John .3imeik, kvapeni. Kdy2 s y Ym dobre vYSkolenym eetni-tajemnice — sestra Emma Ce g ka, hlasern prednesla krasnou vanoeni piseri zapisovatelka — sestra Rose Parma, po- "Silver Bells", zazpivala nam jeSte za dokladnik — bratr Frank Miller, pruvodei provodu piana piseri "A Sad Parting". bratr Oits aeSka, delegat do sjezdu — Prekvapenim byla piseri proto, 2e autor to bratr Anton I'vlazanec, nahradnik — bratr pekne, melodicke pisne, jeji dedeeek a Otto Hanit§, lekar — Dr. Frank J. Stani- predseda na geho radu, Sylvestr C. Bunslay , reditelka mlede2e — Barbora Par- chi, ktery nic a tom ncA vedel, byl osobne ma. Novi Urednici budeu nastoleni v pal- pritomen. VSem se piseri libila a hluenVm potleskem admeniii jsme nejenom naSi schUzi, kterd bude osmeho ledna, Te2 jsme si vybrali sleenu Barboru Par- nadejnou zpevaeku, ale zaroveri projevili jsme radost nad vykonanYm dilem bratra ma za princeznu do SPJST sjezdu.

Sebum Sc protehla do 5:20 hod. a pak Bundila. Skoda, ze pisen "A Sad Parting" se podavala velice chutria veeere a horke z technickYch duvodu nemo-hla bYti prokaflCko dobre se k tomu liodilo. Den byl vedena na distriktni schuzi tine-16. kijna, chladnY a na studene piti nebylo mac jak bylo na programu, jiste by se fieastnikUm libila. Je velmi melOdicka chutt. Bylo u2 tma, kdy2 se jelo domti.

SrcleenY pozdrav a St'astrie a vesele ne prilis te2ka. Addy, ktere by mely o pisvatky preji v'Sern eteucim- a z y laSte na- seri zajem, nejlepe kdy2 dopiSi bratru Bundilovi. (1002 Pleasanton Rd., San Ansim elentim daleko od nas.

RU2ena Parma, dopisovatelka. tonio) o bliasi informace.

41.1 a ( Ve schtizi byl jsem tez ptedsedou den, abych jako tajemnik radu kratce 4a€1 San Antonio Oslo 133.

San Antonio, Texas. promluvil. Rad jsem vyhove.1; nejprve eev),'-roeni sehfize naS- eho red-a, konana v sky a pak i anglicky upozornil jsem na nedeli ii. t. na., byla opet jasnYm duka- kladne vYsledky dosavadni spoluprace, S 2e zajem Mena o na:si SPJST neupa- potCtenim jsem konstatoval rostouci po• ca, ale nao p ak stele roste. NavUeva byla rozumeni mezi nami a zajem o vgechnu vehui pelma, blavne nas poteSila pritom- praci, jake2 i projevo y ani se vice bratrnest nekterYch diems, kteri mezi nas skeho ducha, ne2 tomu snad bylo dosuut dlonho neprKSIi. Uprostred salu vyjimal se Zaroven upozornil jsem na dide2itost vopekne bobate ozdobenY vanoeni stromek, leb Urednikti radii pro priSti rok a teZ na holm nelno2 se vsichni pohodlne usadili. volbu delegetii a nahradnikti do sjezdu, Byl to krasnY obraz, . vypadalo to jako jeliko2 na vYsledku sjezdoVeho jedndni je kdy2 se Sjede velika rodina, aby spoleene zavisle budoucnost nisi SPJST na cele dlcuhe daBi 4 roky, pripacine i vice. Popraila nejpUvabnelM svatky v race.

Na potadu meli jsT.ne Who velmi nano- tleskern, ktereho se mi dostalo od vdeeho. Predseda -00 zahajeni schUze W3echny nYch posluctiaen, jsem vyrozumel, Le S privital kratkYm preslovem, ph] kterem rnYmi vYvody pine souhlasili a 2e v nazipedekoval vsem sa spolupraci a popral rani na potreby naSi Jednoty a daled jeji vesele svatky a §t'astny novY rok. NaSimi celY ()aid jsou se mnou zajedno.

Po vyrizeni beZnYch zale2itosti a pronailyarii hasty byli denty: Marie Kalluso-

Ve stkedu, due 21. prosirice 1955. jednani navriati pokud byly ueineny souvislosti s pomerne obsahlou do glou korespondenci, bylo prikroe,eno k volbam.

Aekoliv jak predseda radu, bratr S. C. Bundil, tale i ja, vyslovili jsme prani, abychom LIZ koneone byli nekYm vystridani, zejmena z rad tech mladYch, nebylo nem vyhoveno. Na prani v‘Sech byl cely vYbor ponechan a zvolen i pro rok 1950, takle predsedou je opet bratr Sylvestr C. Bundil, mistopredsedou bratr Alfred Kalmus, tajemnikem Jaroslav Kleprlik, Ueetni a pakladni sestra Ella Mae Marieova a prtivodei sestra 2ofie Male.

Jefte jednou, sestry a bratri, y am dekuji, velice si 'Who va2im. Tim, 2e jste me poverili daPSim vedenim firadu tajemnika, Bali jste na jevo svoji spokojenost a pinou ditveru. TeS'i me to nesmirne, ale verte mi, prosim, 2e mel bych vetSi radost kdyby na mem miste byl nekdo jinY, UjiWuji vas znovu, 2e chci a budu pracovati s timte2 nad genim pro dobra radu a vas vS"ech, spolehaje na dosavadni vYbornou spolupraci, abychom pri skladani lictu ke konci priStiho roku mobil se vykazati vYsledky le ge lep'Simi.

Pri volbe delegates do sjezdu a nahradnika byli zvoleni: za delegata Jaroslav Kleprlik, za nahradnika sestra Marie Blanarova. Jak jsem ji2 rekl ye schnzi, byl jsem tomto usnesenim prekvapen, jeliko2 jsem na to nebyl pripraven. Moje diniody, proe jsem neprijal nominaci pied 4 roky, trvaji a teprve tesne pled schtlzi byl jsem nekolika eleny dotazan, zda bych byl ochoten rad na sjezdu zastupovati. Abych se vyhnul vYtkam, 2e neueibil jsem zadost elenske povinnosti, odpovedel jsem, 2e bude-li si elenstvo prat, jsem ochoten tak uciniti. Jestli jsem vain. sestry a bratri, poclekoval za dtiveru kdy2 jste si zvolill za tajenmika radu, v tomto php.acle vain wean musim vysloviti svoji 11piimnou radost nad yzacnYin projevem uznani za moji dosavadni praci pro red, jak v torn smyslu jste mi sdelill a za na,prostou chiveru v jednani za vas. Pova,ZUji to za osobni vyznamenani a jak jsem jiz prohlasil, opakuji i nyni: to nebude pro nine vVlet, vim ptedem, ze bude to price, ktere se v§ak nebojim, vim proe me tam posilate a die toho buclu jednot.

Dekuji y am vSem jeSte jednou, vynaloZirn vse, abych vast cliiveru udrZel si i nadale.

Ve sehtlzi prijali jsme dva move 'deny, a to Dianu Marii Holubcovou a Richarda D. Kennedylio ml. (oba ziskala sestra Marie Blanarova) a te2 bratra Charles W. 6ernS7ho, jehol plestup od resin eislo 88 v Houstonu k nam byl plijat s velikYm nadknim. TeMme se, ze bratr Cerny bude novStevovati nak schitze providelne a ze main porntZle pti budovani radu.

Na potadu mel.i jsme tel vypraeovani novYch domacieh provide! a jrnenovani vYborti. Pro nedostatek Cam; nemohli jsme to vSak jiz projednati a proto bude

Ve streciu, eine 2L prosince 1955. znovu na poradu schtize, ktera bode keliana 8. ledna .1956. Nakonec; jako vZcly, bylo losovani. Neal jiste bez zajiincivosti, Ze nak malinka clenka June Kalmusova vytahla opet listek se jmenem sve maminky, sestry Henrietty Kalmusove. To uz skoro ani nevypada jako nahoda, ty jeji ruaieky isou primo kouzelne Po ukoneeni schtize ve 4 hodiiy 47 rninut byla velmi bohata spoleena. svaeina, pripravena sestratin zabavniho VYboku. Vane prekrasna, chut' vSeho znamePita a nalada velmi prijerrina, pratelsky bratrska. Nakinti zabavninut vYborti se sestrou Henriettou Kalmusovou v eele. a vkm, kteri eimkoliv prispeli ke zdaru. za Sad srdeene dekuji. jak by to bylo krasne, kdybychom na kahle schfizi men tak pocetnou navStevu, jak lope a a vte S : i chab by se to pracovalo a hlavne, co by se toho udelalo.

Proto, sestry a bratri, prijd'te easteji meZi a zapOjte se do spoleene prate; ktera je praci vkch a. pro vSechny.

Z ylaSt' v race konani sjezdu budeme mit vice prate a nebudeme-li chtit zustat pazadu za ostatnimi rady, musime nas dosavadni pracovni vYkon jeAte o nee° zvYSit. Zaiineme tento nova rok je'Ste s vetSi chub a laskou, aby nak prate kvetla a prinesla hojne ovoce.

Na Shledariou v priSti schtili v nedeli 8. ledria 1956.

Jaroslav Kleprlik, tajemnik.

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strain. Zikratka, ineli jsme se vSichni dobre. Vy, broth a sestry, kteri jste nebyli y e schuzi. prijd'te pcdruhe, neb •je. to radost, kdyZ se nas hocine sejde. Preji vain vAcm vesele vanoce a i Nov' rok.

Za rad, Marie Janecka, taj emnice. ) • 4, ( Itad. eislo 142.

Houston, Texas.

Zprava 4. prosince z vYroeini schaze ra du Stefanik Cisio 142 v Houstonu. Schuzi zahajil predseda za pritoronosti 39 elenti.

Po zprave zabavniho vYboru preclseda in-le:nem Pada podekoval bratiiim a zylaSta sestram z kuchyne, ddreum peeiva a vsem hoisttim, kteri avail eetnou na yStevou se prielnili o zdar a finaneni aspech bazaru a krocaniho obeda.

Po vyrizerd beZnYch zalelitosti byla konana volba iiiidovYch aredniktil a vYbora na pristi rok 1956. Byli zvoleni a jmenovani tito: Predseda, Frank Tymel; mistopredseda, Alvin Melnar; tajemnik, John Fillpek; titeetni, Amelia Sturm; pokladni, Rosie Rodenburg (Lebr); reditelka mladeZe, Amelia Sturm.

Delegat do sjezdu, Alois Vaja; nahradnik, Marie K. Valovii. MajetkovY vybor: Alvin IVielnar, August Schank. M. Cykalova. fleetni vYbor: Marie K. Valova, Kunetkova, Anna Riovarova, H Filipkova, M. Cykalova, Rosie Soncjakova. Resolueni vYbor: Frank Tymel, B. Suldova.

1.kád Pokkok Texasti eislo 1.

Filipkova, VYbor na stanovy: Alois Vaja, Fayetteville, Aexas. Frank Tymel. Zastupci do distriktu: elentini radu Maio 1: Alois Vaja, Frank Tyinel, Amelia Sturm.

Ve vYroeni schtizi nakho radu, konane Dopisovatele: A. Vaja eesky, Amelia dne 11. prosince, naslodujici byli zvoleni Sturm, anglicky. co firednici prO priSti rok: Po zazpivani "Hej Slovane" schfize uLod. Crnajcialka, predseda; Anton Kul- koneena do prvni nedele v lednu 1956. hanek, Sr., mistopredseda; P. P. Baron, Alois Vaja, dopisovatel. ) At, tajemnik-pokladnik; Emil Zapalao, fleetni; Dr. B. O. Witte, liadovY' lekar.

Rad Ennis CIslo 25.

Za delegaty do priAtiho sjezdu byli zvoleni bratri John A. Kubena a P. P. Cteni bratri a sestry: Prune y am muslin sdelit, a zvlaSte tern, Baron. Nahradnici bratil Anton Kulhakteri se nedostavili do schaze, ze jsme nek, Sr. a Lad. Cniajdalka. meli nejlepSi schuzi za dloahSi eas — S actou, P. P. Baron, tajemnik. ZadnY Skrabot. V'Se se odbylo hladce. A tak nyni yam davam vedet, ktere mame . ) ( aredniky pro priSti rok, kdybyste je poikad iVlorav41 Bratii Cislo 6. trebovali a cbteli si s nimi promluvit.

Cottonwood (West), Texas.

Tak tady je mate. Predseda, nova a Bratri a sestry: mladY, Willie Hrabina; mistopredseda, Tak ji2 'name po v7roeni schuzi. Meli stark ale mladY, Bob Toupal; tajemjsme dost velkou navStevu. Do arada byli nik start', ale Vypacia je gte mladY, Louis zvoleni nasledujici: John Pavlas, predse- Kudrna; fieetni, co ty kulovate nam beda; Louis Kazda Jr., mistopredseda; Ma- re a s cigarou v astech, raladY a dobr rie Janeeka, tajemnice; Raymond Vo- Adolf Horiza; no a ten pokladnik zustal choska, fieetni a John Krilan, pokladnik. tez stark. Joe Martinek. On, vite, kdyZ Za delegata byl zvolen Charlie Mikes- mu nedaji eleni, tak to zaplati ze aveho. ka a Josef Janeeka, nahradnik.

No a ted' ten posledni: zabavni vYbor Po schuzi jsme ineli svaeinu, barbecu, zvolen John LukSa. Main rad lukSe, po jen2 nak sestra a bratr John a Antonio moraysku; toto je lukSa a nal, toho bych Marek vZcly tak pripravi dobre, a dobrYch mei dost na celY rok. zakusku bylo liojnost. Diky naSlin seVyslance do sjezdu jsme volili tri, moZ-

Strana 7 na budeme volit jeSte jednoho. Tak zvoleni jam: Johnnie Hrabina. Erabina, Alfons GureckY. Nalii;:duici: G. Trojaeek, L. Jarolimek, Adol f Honza. 0statni vYbory vSechny zvolime e lednove schuzi, tak se dostavte v c•, nrivetS'im poetu. nas A co varn chili jeSte clat ved ‘ ' organisator, J. HaSkovec, j 1:si sanovYch mY tarnev. Proe by ne, kclyZ clean pribylo. A ze ma, mac j at vYhodne lacine pojistky. Kdo by si tak jen na neho mrknete a on vain vSe vysvetli a napik.

Jecino, co se nn nelibilo, bylo pripomauto tech petistoIYch, Se by nemeli bYt voleni. Vite, bratte, vim to no pntik, Zt je manic, a to mlade a jeri proto, chteli bYt tnezi nami, neb mat u druheho spolku eeskeho, T ja se citi, kdyZ to slySii? Nevim, jak kd o klape jinde. Ja rainira jen u nas.

Jedno, kdy2 tak omrknu Ve ;tnik. tak ti, co maji to trochu vetsi psi atcni, e si maze urvat kousek to budovy is i v Temple; ale to musi bYt i dobr•i vyridilka. Ale kdybych byl ja vyslancem, t: • ; bych hiedel bYt co nejbliZe d yed. neb se to pripravuje jak na nejakou vall:u. No uvidime, nekcly velke mraerio a afi. ,; neho nekapne.

Bratre redaktore, nernysliS Ze tech sta.nov jiZ bude poradna kniha? I .:r10 to bade eist potora? Mel jai clobrY ru':vrh na polovic a dost.

Co se tYka toho, jak se t yCnur tady, nemoci dost. Ja sam ad nedele nevim kde driv, neb je to v nasi rodine, zo in–ni jednu floc u jednoho a pair k ulu'arni. Neni pies to zdravi. Ale jak je jiZ 87 let moil Zeny mama Bobaliko ya, to aZ je dost.

A proto, mill bratiii a sestry, preji yam hodne toho zdravi a mejte se rad". JiZ mi posledni inkoust dodelava, co main oil tak musim ukoneit.

S pozdravem, John W. LaZa, •( - ---1 kid Karel eislo 4.

Hallettsville, Texas.

Tak jiz zase jdu s tou moSniekou, bych vysypala tech per zpravieek tak troSieka.

V nedeli 11, meli jsme na gi pravidelnon schtizi, ale vybiraly se jen poplatky a vyse to nejautnejSi. Meli jsme vanoeni stromeeck a to se vi, ze MikulaS muse) bYt. P11 tom byl me-ai program. Vebni se nine libilo halo. ktera zahraly d ye divenky etverruene na piano.

Vse bylo hezke, a ti malicci men Kieieka, jak hvezdieky, kdyZ ten IVIikuldS piT;e1.

Vent ten Santa Claus nemel bidu, neb byl tlust r, ani nemohl chodit, Kdosi mi prozradil, ze chudak se muse) s pun pristrojit; a kde? — <TA jsem se zasmala, kdyZ mi sestra Gronaova, povidala, ze jeden hoSik ji rikal, "Ten Santa Claus je mai daddy", a ona mu rekla: "Ale rafiZe bYt tvuj daddy, kdyZ jsrne ho my

Strana 8 privezli sebou?" On se na ni chvili dival a pak povida, "kir — not?" Tak rikala, Ze nevi, jestli ji veril nebo ne. V gichni ti mladi byli podeleni, no i ti na gi velci; tak museli bYt liodni.

Diky za darek, kter3"/ nine ten Santa zanechal. Velmi se rune libi a ta sestre G-roneSove a Miku gove; a ty si toho zaslouZi. Naposledy vystoupili hoSi a sice Johnny 2dk, Frank Zartiba a Adolph Biehunku. Znazornili "hill billys"; jejich zpev a inuzika se v gern libila. Johnny 26.k vypadal zrovna jak ty zalesaky vidite na obrazcich, ani to buclata nadoba s hrdlem --- "brown jug" nechybela — a pro Svandu si jako piipijeli. Diky hnSi, bylo to hezke, a dejte se zas videt. Myslim, Ze jeden kaZdY z nas byl spokojen vidouc to radost ditek.

V pondeli 12. jsme byli na pohitu jedne zdej g i osadnice, pani Marie Kuhn, byla prvni zakladajici elenkou zdejgiho spolku KJZT. Jeji dopisy' byly zname, neb psavala po leta do nekolika nejvice v gak do Noveho Domova. Prijela do Ameriky co Meta, jestli se nemYlim; tak znala mista ye stare vlasti. Ale jiZ ncbudeme Cisti jejich dopisu — dodYchala, srdce dobilo naposled v sobotu v 9:15 hod. veCer. Buh ji vysvobodil z jejiho trapeni. Trpela mot a my ji prejeme klid po boji — at' odpoeiva v pokoji.

Tak jest to: na jedne strane radost — na ciruhe Zalost. Snautne svatky vanoeni pro nektere. My meli to same v loni, neb meho mute maminka zemrela 7. prosince, tak do veselosti nebylo. Ale tak je v Zivote a musime to brat jak to prijde.

Svatky vanoeni jsou zde a tato jest mitj posledni dopis tohoto roku; a da-li Panbtih, vas zas budu zlobit narok Praia bych si nut aspon tisic dolarti kaZdY rok na vanoani darky, neb ja racla victim lidi St'astne, ale tech kulatYch vZdy chybi a letos Oh, a chci je gte podotknout, videli jsme pana kapelnika Franka Konvieku v nag em strCdu v nedeli, coZ nas velmi Tak si notoval jako nas papa Bueek, predseda starSi, kcly2 ti mali zpivali. A pane kapelniku, jen se dejte easteji videt s tou Va gi milou Zenugkou.

Vcsele vanoce a St'astnY novY rok yam v gein prejeme, ja, a intij starou g u nakho radu, pak view bratrUm a sestram v 1;6 na gi totiCZ Jednote SPJST, vSein hlavnim firednikirm, pratelfun a iodine vg ucle. Tak na shledanou v tom novein rote 1956.

Bratre Valeiku, toto vanoeni prani patii Vam; a co se Wee trpelivosti, o torn nebudu psat, neb vim, ze mate kaeeni Zaludek a seberete vice neZ dost.

Vag e dopisovatelka Marie Fabian.

(Poznamka red.u.ktora: Diky za vanoe-

V 2 S T K — WEST, TEXAS ni pozdray. Take bych si pral tisic. Mne by staeilo tisic minut volneho easu, abych mohl vgem dopisovatelfim poslat osobni pozdrav avzpominku na dukaz, Ze si vaZim jejich spoluprace.) ) • 4 STEDRi- VDCER Ach, ty StedrS7 veeere, ty radostriST svatku, radosti, pies prinagig v palace i chatku!

Jaka radost v srdieku, jaka radosti v lieku, kdyZ na stromku vanoenim rozsvitime svieku!

Rozsvitime stromeeek, zapejeme piseri, ze srdce nam zmizi bol, i vgelika tiseri! ) 4.

VANOtNi Zas vane Vanoc svadi, v srdce k davnYm dntim mladi, ze vzpomind si znovu, jak bylo a je dnes: Jak mir byl tehdy s nami nad zemi, nad vodami a ri.12ovY klid halil sad, pole, luka, les.

TeZ lasky vice bylo a srdce nemuselo strachovati se zittku, co novS7 da nam den: Cas mel svou klidnou meru bez ZalnSrch naveeerti a bez desivYch jiter, ze plynul jako sen.

Ve stredu, dne 21. prosince 1955.

teski. Vzdelavaci Nadace v Texasu Prejeme-li si skuteene, aby se vyueoValo eatine na vy ggich ueilig tich; dale, prejeme-li si, aby znalost o deskoslovenskein narode byla co mono nejvice rozg irena a navaly zachovana; a chceme-li dosahnouti ureeneho elle co nejdrive, kaZdST Oechoanieriean by mel obetovati aspon JEDEN DOLAR dosaZenf nageho cile.

Stale se chlubime, Ze je nas Cechoamerieanti v Texasu 350,000 aZ 500,000. Jell tomu tak, prof bychom nemohli sebrati aspon $350,000 na tento tak dfilelitY Ueel? Nevykoname-li te4' napravu zde u nas v Texasu, tak Idy zapoCneme? Je-lf, pravdou ,Ze uvedomeni o &skein narode, jeho kulture, delinach a vzdelanosti, jakou se eeskST narod v rninulosti honosil, upada, jest na nits aby se uCinila pronikava naprava, a to hned!

Prejete-li si podporiti freel a cil Ceske Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnYch spevkem nebo jako e'en, Va g e pomoc bude vdeene.prijata. "" The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, Box 446, College Station, Texas tdz) • • Ustrihnete a za glete na tajemnikapokladnika!

ESKA VZDELAVACi NADACE TEXASU (The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas)

Dnes vgechno je vgak jine a mak) lasky plyne ye vanoeni dobe v ten neklidnY na g Cas: zas rname chmurna jitra a nevime zda zitra nevyda osud lidstvo znovu besum na pospas.

PridruZuji se k tem, kteri podavaji pomocnou ruku k udrZeni a roz giteni Ceske reel a literatury v Texasu. teel jest sebrati dostateenou sumu penez, aby z kft z ni mohly bYti vydrZovany stolicc slovanskYch jazykU na vy ggich udiligtich v Texasu.

Kde za gti je a zloba, tam rozharana doba neda vykvesti lasce, by oblaZila svet: A piece prebohate, jak v palaci tak v chute oblaZil by vgem Zivot to stare lasky kvet.

Prikladam svcd elenskSr prispevek v obnosu $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $10.00; $100.00; anebo i $1,000.00.

Lide by v miru Zili a zbrano nestrojili na pot•eni syYch kteri te2 chteji Svet byl by klidnST zase a raj — jenZ snem jen zda se mold by skutkem bYti a blaZit vg echen lid.

Sve dory laskave zaSlete co nejdrive u vedomi, Zc KDO RYCHLE DAVA, DVAKRAT DAVA, na tajcinnika-pokladnika, Dr. Jan M. Sktivanek, Box 446, College Station, Texas.

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Mile sestry a bah: Predne vain v gem, at' jste kdokoliv a kdekoliv, preji vesele svatky .vanoeni a At'astnY a polennanY novY rok, abyste ho ye zdravi a spokojenosti proZiti mohli.

Ku konci roku se vkly pozastavime a rozjimame, co vlastrie ten rok -pro nas znamenal a jestli snarl jme nemohli vykcnat vice, kdybychom se byli o to opravdu pokusili.

Ovgem, co uZ jest prye, to itZ nenapravime; ale nastane rok novY a bude prideZitost dohonit neb napravit, co jsme snad zanedbali.

Mani na mysli praci spolkovou, praci p ro na gi Jednotu, opakuji, pro na gi Jednotu.

Myslina, 2e to nejcltilelitej gi je, aby ta Jednota byla jests na dlouhY eas nage, totiZ abychom jecinali a pracovali talc, aby zUstala takova jaka nyni jest. Jestli si neclame pozor, tak se nam mule zmenit na y Ydeleenou spolecnost a budou ji tIdit, ba snad i vlastnit, jednotlivci.

Posledni dobou jsou Zaciany jiste opravy a zineny. Jsou nahledy, Ze distrikty by mely mit vice samostatnosti, Ze jiste veci by mohly bYt vyrizovane zrovna v distriktech, Ze by se 'nobly zavest distriktni peplaticy na placeni distriktnich vydani.

To se sine hezky mluvi i posloucha, ale jest otazka, ,jestli to prospeje Jednote.

Kakid vet, at' jest to cokoliv, ma jenom jednu hlavu. Jestli si distrikty zavedou jista prava a budou trebas jenom v nekterYch vecech samostatne jednat, to privest zmatek i ,ikodu do na gi Jednoty.

Mohlo by se stat, Z : e kdyby Hlavni firadovna nechtela neb nemohla vyhovet nekterYm polada y kYrn distriktu, ae tyto by se chtely osa,mostatnit docela a od celky se odtrhnout. (No ja vim, 'Ze by bylo treba, zmenit zakony a kdo vi co v gechno, ale zmatek by z toho byl jiste). A jestli by to ncdorozumeni neb zmatek trval del gi dobu, tak. by se moZnalo stat, Ze bychom tu na g i Jednotu i ztratili, toti2 ty zmeny by mohly bYt takove,ze uZ by to pak nebyla na ge slovanska bratrska jednota.

Hlavni je, Ze my, co bezvYcleleena bratrslca jednota (Fraternal) neplatime clane; Ze elenstvo si samo prostrednictvim volenYch firednikri jednotu spravuje eili vede; Ze rady jsou zodpovedne za poplatky elenti; Ze na gi organisatori nemusi not licensi cili fireclni povoleni bratrske pojigteni prodavat.

Ano, jest tech vYhod hodne, a proto jest stale v zakonodarne pracovano o to, abychom byli , take zclarieni. JinYmi slovy, obchoclni spoleenosti jsou stale proti nam.

Vladnou velkYm kapitalem a maji sve v zakonodarne, aby pracovali pro ne a proti nam. Proto myslim, Ze jest lepe pracovat pro celek, pro Jednotu a nedelit se.

Ovg em neni moZno vZdy v gern vyhovet, ale poznat obe strany kaZde veci jest potrebne. Myslim, Ze neZ bademe moci uskuteenit aspon nektere ty novoty, jako faulna a tabori gt4 a co jest jests poladovano, Ze by mely bYt ustanovene vYbory, aby to prozkoumal a podali svoje dobrozclani. Nekdy se stava, ze jsme pro nem ale lcclyZ pozname pravY sta y veci, talc svuj Usudek zmenime. Jindy zase podporujeme Deco, proti eemu jsme byli neZ jsme to lepe poznali, a podobne.

Na konec vas, sestry a bratri, ujigt'uji, 'Cc ph psani tohoto dopisu jsem nemel Zacineho jednotlivce na mysli, Ze toto jsou moje osobni nahledy a Ze jest docela moZne. Ze se moc mYlim. Neminim zavaclet Zadnou polemiku. Jest to jenom varovani, abychom se v neeem moc

A jests neco. Musim se vain take pochvalit, Ze jsem mel tu test bYti pritomen yYroeni schUzi radu Bratri Svobody Cislo 67 v Schulenburg, Texas. Jest to misto, kde se bude poradat pri gti schfize prvniho distriktu. Proto jsem tornu byl velice rad, kdyZ cone bratr Frank Holub, tajemnik toho radu, na schuzi pozval.

Byli jsme prekvapeni (bratr Stalmach byl se mnou) too velkou nav gteyou, jakou v to schuzi meli a take tin, ae paglou i nahradnika na sjezd na radove traty. Opravdu chvalitebna vice. Seznamill jsme se tarn s mnoha temi nagimi ji2 star g imi pionYry a opravdu jsme se rnezi nimi citili jako doma. Z ylagte nas tegila ta jejich nefal govana uphmnost.

KdY2 si dobre v ginanete, jak se nekdy je gte jednou na ge srdeene diky. mluvi i pige, treba zaobalene, tak by se Prijmete Se srdeenYm bratrskYm pozdravem a zdalo, Ze nekteri se toho uz nemohou ani pranim vgeho dobreho. ZUstavam vas doelcat, (snad se mYlim, ale opravdu to Vaclav Barina. talc nekdy yypada). )•A• JakY jest vlastne rozdil mezi bratrskou podporujici jednotou a ohchodni poji gt'uSeaton, Texas. jici spoleenosti? Jestli to bylo ye Vestniku Bratre redaktore, bratri a sestry: kdy yysvetleno, tak jsem to musel Velice rychle se blili eas tech krasnYch hlednout. Pral bych si, aby bratr redak- a radostnYch svatk y, na ktere se te gi detor se o torn vice rozepsal. (Stare se die ti, mladeZ, dospeli ha i ti star gi lidi po Tveho pritni do tYdne. Red.) celY skoro rok. "Vesele:vanoce". HZ dries

se ozYvaji pros radio kostelni melodic.

'Zacind v g alc nezni tak yzne gene jalco n Tinoc, svata noc", ae v g echny jsou moo pekne, tato pisen uchvacuje dusi clove-ka. V tyto svatky velice rada viciun ty rozzarene oei deti, lcdyZ svirajic v ridruei svem vytotiZenou panenku, ho gi zas nejakou trublcu, buben, net) nejakou stavebnici, pohliZeji na okraSlenY a osvetlenY vanoeni stromek. Co chvile se deveatka podivaji do sve naruee, zdali ta milovana panenka je tarn dosed. My starSi zas radi zapejeme "Narodil se Kristits Pan".

Den dikrieineni za v g echno, co lid in bylo tento rok udeleno, zdravi, dobre firocly, ctobre placena prase, za Zivot na gich drahYch elenri v rodin.e, za to vSechn jsme vzdavali diky Bolin; ye zclejSim okoli Urody na ty mrazy a sucho byly cloti dobre, neb se urO'clilo Icrmiva i ba y lny dost.

Ovoce a pelc:tny nebyly Zacine. Ke:/, by i ten pri gti rok se k nam zachoval zas tak matersky.

V rade nakm 'name premenu v drednicich a my s manZelem jim prejeme mnoho zdaru v jejich praci, aby ye syornosti a bratrske la gce pracovali pro dobro radu a v gichni eleni melii))ycliont jim bYti v torn riapomocni.

Na g e diky vzclavain br. predsedovi F. B. Hejlovi ml., Ze vedl schtize v na gi materStine a byla-li nutnost nee.° ridit v reel anglicke, pa vyrizeni opet se vratil do reei Ceske. Tea jeho mild manZelka, sestra Clara Hejlova, co reditelka mladee, zaslouZi v geho uznani za tu velkou ()betaYost pro rad, nebo nam v2cly pripravila pro pobaveni vase i obveseleni pekne programy. MlacleZ vedla v duchu most', veselosti a tacte v geho pekneho. Diky Vam oboum za v gechno. Take dekujeme Y gem ostatnim fireclniktim, neb mnoho price pro zdar radu vykonali co dob•i hospodari a prejeme si, by ti novi nici v duchu jejich pracovali.

KclyZ se zaealy poradat ty distriktni schrize, tu jsem mela velkou nadeji, co dobra y e svornosti a bratrske lasce se vykona, ale velice jsem byla prekvapena schuzi distriktu clruheho, ktera se konala 16. kijna. Br. piedsedavi Hlavni tradovny, Ed. Markovi dekuji za vysvetleni ohledne nejen postaveni Utulny, ale stran prijimani lidi stargich a jake YY. hody i nevYhociy by s prijimanim spojene byly.

Bude-li vg ak ntulna stavena, necht' nese to jmeno, na ktere prispevky- jsou clarovany a pod nimZ byly zapooaty. Praia bych si, by pri gti sjezd nedal v gechno pro kraloyny a ty drobty pak pro stare Cleny.

Necht' si ale nekdo nemysli, Ze ja jsem aZ tak moc stara. Chybi nine jests rok do abrahamovin a muj mu.2 je pre gel le-

Strana 10 tos, Oba jsme v breznu rozeM, jen ja ad za 2 roky za trim, Tech rOznYch kraloven je v demokraticke teto zemi uZ az dust, ba nioc. Vgude se to ate, jak Amerika si dela kralovny.

Kdo chce na ni platit, ten necht' jede pod jail vladu Zit a necht' pak plati apanaZe na jeji kivobyti. Tyto poplatky se must ad narozeni kralovskYch deti piatit. CoZ jsme nemeli prilcZitost sly-Set, de ty apanaZe pretitumfnou i lasku princezen? Ovdovi ii matka chudeho farmare, kdo ji plati Zivobyti, byt' i kdyby ji zustala, jak se rikavaio, kopa deti. Ona se musi rvat o skYvu chieba sarna, Kdo ty krale udelal se doeteme v knize knih, lee kdo tou modrou krev jim naoakoval tarn neni, sam lidu israelskemu dal vYstrahu pied krali. Ba uz i ten 6eskY lid zapomina, prof nasi predkove hledali tak daleko ad sve rnile vlasti svobodu a zac vojini prvnino presidenta Ameriky bojavali.

112.si miadeZ vice temto vecem neZli poZititnin a vYchove v taboriStich. VYciaova mladeZe zaelt, na kline matky a pak ani ti jejich Skein' vychovtatele nebudou mit tclik teZkosti a stiZnosti. — Sprdv.ne psdl br, B. Socha ze San Angelo, aby nebyll houeni dva zajici od razu.

Verte, de drive nepatrna inraeka vice zpasobila diteti radosti ne2 dnes ty drahe vYnaysly hracek, kterYch se povaluje az mnohdy, jak se tike, pod okap — a deti dne g ka jsou vsim presyceny. Jsem jista, ze br. redaktor zna dobite dejiny obou zemi a obeas by mel podat neat z jako jsme Celli minule kousek tech dejin v organn.

MinulY ink mnohe rodiny proZily hodne radosti ye sve iodine. My jsme mein radostnou udalost v iodine meho mute, kdyd jeho sestre, totiZ manZeltim JakubcovYm se 2. hind narodilo deveatko ponnenovane po zemrelYch starenkach Anna Marie. Toto ditko dostali co ndhradu za ode glou deem Joyce Ann, ktera se jim provdala za p. Stanislava Grygara 22. listcpadu. Pak jsme mein zas v me rodiny avatbu a to bratrit y syn si privez1 Zena g -kujehorditmLsRyclkovY to az z Boston, Mass., kde co vojin byl k lod'stvu pridelen.

Lee i radove umrti jsme mell a to do• sud Byt to be. August DuSek, br. Jan Coufal st. a 1ir. J. F. Sefcik st., na nehoZ dlouho budeme vzpontinat Jeho mild tvar a Usinev nam zastane diouho v meti. _Rtdnou ty rady Ceske kaZdeho due, jak tech starsich talc i veku prostredniho.

Zde jsme ,vtgak vyprovazeli vice mode na seatonskY hrbitov letos nedli den. . I v MuZove iodine jsme melt amrti jeho strYeka inch LeSikara, vojina z 1, va-1 ky, kterY zajiste v ni proZil dash dtrap. V recline Simkove zernrel p. Lad'a Simek a jeho bratranek Eda Simek, dale dedeeek Hejl, pi. Silekova, pi. Bkeekeva a sta-

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ienka Mot,lova. Tuto nedeli, 11. pkosince, ku za stravu a byt. taulny, jako je v Hilluloden byl na Seaton hrbitov ndd delb.r.V je, berou YyMi plat od tech, kteil maji 1-4, valV soused p. Louis Baea, ve stari 65 elm platit. Tedy prattler $60 mesiene by let. PozUstale iodine projevujeme byl spravnY, jak pile P. P. Mikeskova. non soustrast a vAichni ti zesnuli necht' 3sou v,§elike prieiny, pros by starieci spi staelce libY spanek svuj. ehteli jiti do atalny. Prato nraj tabled je, Paint Frank 1Viikeskovi v Caldwell 'pre- ze v pkipadtt, kde deti o sve rodiee nejeme brzke uzdraveni v jeho poraneni stoji a je nijak nepodporuji, aby takovi ruky a ad zavita do Temple, aby nas O- rodice, jestli maji jakY majetek neb pcpet nay Stivil. jistku, vde odkazali tittulne, ye ktere by Ned dopis tento bode v org,Y anu, budeme dezili svuj divot. (Pripravuji elan.ek, kde mit pied samYrni dvermi ty radostne vysvetluji "pro" a "proti". Je to moZne s sy tItily vanoeni. Vg ein nagim pratelfun jistYmi vYjimkarni. Red.) ziciej gint sdeluji, ze letos neposildme dad- Dale P. P. Mikeskovou chvalim za to, Cc ne prani vanoeni. easto Se vic.lame a se tak houZevnate zastava C - eske reel a vzpominame no, ire po ten celY rok kad- jeji zachovani. Kdo utni dve reei, svou don chvili a ne jell jeden den v race. Pro- rodnou a anglickou, je jiste moudrejSi to timto vSern preji to nejlep gi i v ten ned ten, kterY turn jen jednu tee. Ale ti eel' priSti rok. Necht' je pole.hnanY vSem ruladi o to nedbaji. Ze se deli neriattai sve hlavrie ye zdravi. Prilolene 2 dolary na twine reel, davain vino jejich rodietim, Mouektiv fond. kteri mrkozi ani anglicky Vence neurni, ale V,Sem lidcm dobre vole At'astne a ye- dcma naluvi jen anglicky. JcAli se Oa sole vanoce preji nenauei eesky mluvit doma oeCrodiekt, tak 8tepCm a Marie Hru g kovi. kde se ji nYaji naueit? V anglick y Skole o o jiste ne. Znam deti, ktere kdyd zaealy do Skoly chodit, tunly nialo anglicky mluODIILASUJE UTULNU Victoria, Texas. vit; ale kdyd doritstaly, timely jiZ obe keel mluvit plynne, a to proto, de rodiee s Ctena, redakce a etenati: Po delSi dobe inleeni.opet prichazim s nimi doma mluvili eesky. neti se maji donut ucit od roctiet sve trog kou do mlYna, nebot ze etern Vestniku pozoruji, ze mlYn mele hodnC pro po- rodne reCi a ve gkole anglicky; a tak se staveni -Rainy na gi Jednotou. Tak 4e zda uei dve reel najednou. At to je teZko nainluvit teen mladYm rodiettm, ani o to nejiZ jistYna, de priSti sjezd ji odhlasuje.

Je pravda, jak pi ge sestra Marie Svadle- dbaji.

KahlY rok jsern zasilal vanoeni prani frakova v jednom dopise, de s ittulnou bude velke yydani, mnoho nesmizi a pia- syYm prateltim, ale letos nezasilam dadce. Ale mdme proto ty nemocne stariky ne a radCji ty penize ($2.00) daruji na nechat bez pomoci jejich osudu? Jako to Mouektiv fond. A take zasilata na ten ueinili nejakY knez a levita, kteti, jdouce creel $300, na misto kvetin na hrob no. po ceSte, porninuli vedle cesty ranenelto ucteni pamatky Augusty Sacke, ktera zeeloveka? Ad priSel Samaritan, kterY ra- inkela 21. listopadu a ktera byla sestrou 'tenth° o getril a odvezl do hospody, a me zemrele manzelky. Tedy zasilam $5.00 tarn jej oSetroval; a jak odjiZdel, zane- prilplene. AvSak na misto vannenich listchal peniz na jeho dal gi oSetreni. Tak ka timto preji vSein etenaram, redakci psano jest v evangeiium Lukd ge, kap. X, Hiavni Uradovne yesele vanoce a 'St'astriY C. V. Adamek. verg e 25 ad 37. Jest to site podobenstvi, NovY rok. ) • 4. clanem Kristem advokatu, ale ono se vztahuje i na daldi pokoleni — tedy i na SESTRA111, BRATRUM A rids. Proto budeme jako ten knez a levita, PftATELijn 7. DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. anebo jak ten Samaritan? Verim, ad bude zarizena fitulna, de se prihlasi dosti prejeme spivatelti, jak to eini na utulnu v Hillje, VESELE VANOCE kde take naSi eleni a rady prispely mrioa hYmi dolary. Talc oni neodreknou podSTAST/sk NOVi. ROK. pont i iii ulno nail Jednoty.

Emil Mieulka, prodseda; Jest to sice maliekost, co in takto noRoy HranickY, mistoptcdsecia; sbird, proti tornu vydaxii, ktere to bude Jacob Shortncr, tajemnik; y yZadovat, ale ti starieci take maseji pkiJaroslav Rektorik, pokladnik. spivat na ten noel die meZnosti, a oni se Zabaivni vYbor: uz nekteri hlasi. Proto vykonejme tento Mrs. Mary McCloskey, dobrY skutek, aby representoval nage Mrs. John Hranick3i, hesla Podpora, Lidskost, Bratrstvi.

Mrs. Betry jurica, Ses.P.P..Mikeskova z Caldwell miva ve Mrs. Marcela Kleprlik, Vestniku eddy moudke dopisy. Take jeji Mrs. Mary Veroda, posledni dopis ve Vestniku cis. 49 obsaMr. Frank Bolf, reditel. hu,je dobre nahledy ohleclne Utulny.

Karel Holasek, reditel. tomu jen podotYkam oltledne plata start7 John HranickY, inistoreditel.

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A SERMON FOR It was a blustery, stormy Christmas Eve. A strong wind from the north was blowing the falling snow into drifts.

All the earth was blanketed in white as night settled down on a small town in the Midwest.

A busy pastor, weary from making last-minute calls before Christmas, was approaching his home afoot when he paste(' a boy in his early teens. Something unusual about the boy caused the pastor to slow down a bit. The youngster was carrying on his back a heavy burden. He puffed as he walked, and his breath was visible in the cold, crisp evening air.

"You have quite a load for a boy your size," the preacher said.

Stopping momentarily, the red-faced youngster replied with a smile in his voice, "Oh, he ain't heavy, mister, he's try brother."

Sure enough, he had a small boy on his back. The pastor wished them both a merry Christmas, and stood motionless in the snow as he watched the boy and his brother disappear in the darkness.

He could not get the boys out of his mind. "What a sermon for Christmas!" he' thought as he made his way up the walk to his home. "He ain't heavy, mister, he's my brother."

op nor stoop to help him in his diffitulty.

To the boy's amazement the gentleroan slopped his horse„ dismounted, and said, "Sonny, you need help," and proceeded to put the heavy bag m: grain back on the horse again. Youn g Taylor stammered and sputtered, ' ring to express his thanks and to if he might do something to reps ;f lid s benefactor, I can is pil y me," g entle:i .aid kimfily. "As bug as ...y er you fire someone right a 1 : 1`t, o jn • fornc • , Taylogot this gc,:d air "TTl

Wh!it a ("fif,w , aiit world this y.no'a<i lie true if all of the t! . brotherhood! Ti g e JoHl...ed on every human being as om own physici,1 hrother, and really loved him, doing For others would not be a burden.

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t't we Knew other bette 'You and I and all the rest, Seeing clown beneath . the surface To the sorrows all unguessed, We would quit our cold ,'omplainin And a band of trust, extend,.

It we knex.v each other better We woald count each one a friend. etch

Surely at this Christmas season you and I will know many troubled, overTO burdened, discouraged souls to whom we can give a lift. And after all, they are our brothers—yours and mine, Some years ago Taylor told an experience of his boyhood days. On horseback he was taking grain to the OF TT-1E mill to be ground to p rovide flour for his family. The sack of grain was - divided in the middle, half - of the load hanging on one side of the horse and half on the other side. The horse stumbled, and the sack of grain fell to the PRESS COMMITTEE ground. The sack was heavier than the boy, and he could not get it back on PUBLISHERS the horse again.

Imagine his relief when he heard another rider approaching. The rider proved to be the lord of the manor, a wealthy landowner; and the distressed boy felt sure this great man would not

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We can know each other bettor if we take the thee to try, Little deeds of lo- gi ng kindness Make a. better by -and-by; !inning look of uiri Just 'VI:1dt vA,J!'; s know em h other bal.:.

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PORTS FROM DISTRICTS cer of the s ..iplci::.:Lodge, some direct:-- 1STRICT SEVEN or of the h::pr, • • e Lodge, or Brother Texas Floresyille, A. C. Stepan,director Editor set use correct? Be assured that and Brothers: died in Brenii. • is a zi almost certain that most of you your correction and your explanation have rect the article of Brother Steiner what other course I should have taken o. m. Rev. in the 'Vestnik of November 23 on page to appoint a capable temporary chairF. A. Siena Other details Wf the Czech section; and that also man, after I talked with the vice presNext. a you have read the article by Brother ident and secretary, and after they adBundil in the issue of December 7 on vised me what to do—be sure your sugpage 13. Roth articles had reference to gestion will be appreciated to guide me the meeting of District Seven held at in the future. I shall be more than ,Ne, the unde:'signed Resolution Com- Floresville on Sunday, May 29, 1955. I thankful for the correction. On the mittee of SP-iST Lodge No. 165, Moul- regret very much that I was not able other hand, I know, or at least I beton, Texas, extend our heartfelt sympa- to be present at that meeting. It was lieve and so understand that from the thy to the wife and to the entire fam- this absence of mine which caused some last convention the SPJST is operating, ily of our Brother as far as the social and organizational in isunderstanding.

W. FOJTIK work is concerned, as a fedwation of There was a partial misunderstanding seven districts. Each district 7,A operatwho passed away on November 12, 1955. v be re the meeting proper. It had . e gr eatly feel e loss of our member even separa!,ely ,odes its its own initiatives, is Id fraternal Brother with his wife and to do with setting of the date for the „ gement; sonic 't, and arran meeting. After exchanging telephone' managemen fa roily. districts even having its own flags, its cts eve Be it further resolved that a copy of calls and correspondence withof Brother I found that the date the !' own district cues, its own ideas about this resolution be duly recorded in the Mare?, minutes of said Lodge No. 165, Moul- meeting was, set for a date which called the management, but all of the seven for me -to be elsewhere by arrangements districts coming under the supervision ton, Texas-. That one copy be prepared of the Supreme Lodge. Therefore, their a long time before. Yet, I couldn't for . publication and that one copy `)e made do anything about the conflict in my activities must meet with the approval sent to the bereaved family. individual affair. I immediately confer- of the Supreme Lodge.

May he rest in peace. red with the vice president of District If that is correct, and if my pulse is Resolution Committee: Signed: Seven, Brother Roy Hranicky, and also correct, i would like to add one more R. C. Hull with the secretary of the district, Bro- remark: The nembers in District, Seven J. V. Havlik ther Jacob Shortner. I contacted them are just as sensitive about the district Charles Filipp separately because they do not- live in rights as the members of any other • the same locality. Both of them, agreed district. The members of District Seven RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY that it would be proper and better to will no more encourage any encroachWe the Resolution Committee of get a temporary chairman for the com- ments upon these rights as the memSRIST Lodge Bila Nora No. 16 of Hal- ing meeting who would be qualified to bers elsewhere. However, we aide prelettsville, Route 1, Texas, wish to ex- handle the meeting in the Czech lan- pared to respect the same rights toward press our sincere sympathy to the be- gouge. Both officers agreed on selecting other ,Cistriets—our concept of demoreaved family of Brother S. C. Bundil, of San. Antonio, cratic arrangement.

WOODROW FINK OF to call the meeting to order and act as To the entire mernoership, the Suwho passed away from our midst on temporary chairman. Brother Bundil October 13, 1955 and was laid to his has my sincere thanks for acting in my pren-,c Lodge, to the friends of the resting place in the City Cemetery at place. flail he been an undesirable sub- SPJST, and also to the officers and Sealy, Texas, October 15, 1055. stitute to flee members, of District Sev- workers of District Seven, I send: Greetin gs and ail Good Wishes for Be was a faithful member of the en, we, the officers, had full confidence Your Happiness: at Christmas and in SPJST. members present at that meet' Dated the 13th day of December, 1955e ing that they would proceed and elect the New Year.

Miculka, President, A. B. Dusek, a temporary chairman of their own District Seven SPJST` Henry Melnar, choice. My message addressed to the I Julius Sevcik, ) " members of that meeting pointed out Committee on Resolutions. this choice of arrangement. On this * ) point. Brother Steiner may rest at ease The little boy in the park was proud- that it was according to the wishes of ly showing off his shiny new watch. He SATURDAY DECEMBER 31: New Year Eve celebration at Pokrok many times that finally the members. adMired it This will explain the first two para- Houston Lodge No. 88. Music by Rudy s man on the next bench remarked: "That's certainly a pretty watch. Does graphs of his article. Concerning the Zatopek. it tell you the time?" affairs of District Seven, may I-add this "No, sir," the youngster answered. word of caution: Investigate first, set TA, INDIANA "this is an -old-fashioned watch. You vecords, straight, and then we can dis-The corna mity of Santa Claus. Inchhave to look at it!" cuss, debate, and conclude with broth- aria-. owes its fame to its unusual name.

•( )• erly respect to one another, and truth- At Christmas time its small post office All respect those who respect them- fully_ to ourselves. is swamped with mail from throughout selves, Now, if I am in error, will some offi- the world, k

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A CHRISTMAS STORY A beauty shop is a strange setting for a Christmas miracle. But there have been stranger ones. There was a stable, once, in Bethlehem . .

We'll call him Joseph.' He and Sophie, his wife, run the shop alone now.

Sophie does the manicures and shampoos, hut, as she says, only Joseph has the "knowing fingers." It is he who, head cocked on one side, .studies, and then recreates a, certain beauty from an unlikely assortment of lusterless heads of hair and tired faces. But we who know his skill, suspect that our recreation comes from a "knowing heart" as well as from skillful, fingers.

His story begins a dozen years ago.

It was snowing that Christmas eve. He had known snow at Christmas before, of course. Long ago, in his native Czechoslovakia, the crisp dry flakes had powdered the branches of the fresh-cut firs as they dragged it home from the woods amid singing and laughter. That had been gay, exciting snow. He remembered, too, the stinging pellets of sleet in the northern Italian prison camp during the war; and the bitter icy gusts of the mid-western storm on his first American Christmas. But it hadn't been like this—not these wet dreary particles that turned to slushing the street, slowing cars into a tangle of traffic.

Or perhaps it wasn't the snow—perhaps it was just that things had never seemed this bad—even in the war.

He had had to close his hairdressing schcol—that shining fruition of a long dream. It had started out so bravely, Student operators had flocked to learn, and Joseph loved to teach.

icure. There is no longer anyone for that," he apologized.

Everyone could come. There was to have Th e words went unheard, and she been roast goose, and a tree—wine and gazed in the mirror lhsa an enteanced gifts and laughter. child. "1 look—as I used t —a little," The door of the shop opened hesitant lie said, shyly. Then reii::tant rely, and Joseph turned. Framed in the turn to the reality of the cseni, she light from the hall stood an old woman, rose and grasped bath 1 • !de in her huddled in a worn coat several sizes gnarled fingers. too large; she tried to pierce the gleam "I thank you," she said siniply. "Toof the shop with eyes which held sort night I shall :Fay a prayer for you ,.nd of a desperate bravery, coming forward it will come true. I shall p_ ay tont you rapidly as he flicked the light switch. will be happy again, and tle q. you will . "I hoped you would be open," she always be a success after this. A mersaid in a gentle voice. "I want," she ry Christmas to you." hesitated,--"I thought, since it's ChristTrudging home through the heavy maybe I'd get a haircut. One likes slush, the glow about Joseph's heart . ona's best at Christmas." faded. He had given a Christnits to a hel ,) FCi her 'out of the wet coat, stranger, but there was own gravely studying the thin, uneven white to face. His ehildren's faces would dim hair, it would_ be a challenge to make with his denial of gifts for them. You a good job of it. But it would mean fifty couldn't explain to a four-year-old. cents to add to his dollar. He set to 'There were still the relatives coming to work swiftly, snipping, shaping—forget- what they expected would be a Christting for the moment his own headache. mas of good cheer, good food, and a Suddenly she stayed his arm, busy with comfortable sense of well-being after the roast goose was finished. And there. the s;.iesors. was no goose.

"1 can't do she said, almost in a Doggedly he climbed the stairs, putWhisper. "I thought I could, but I can't. ting his key into the lock. The door You see (her lined face flushed scarlet) was flung open before he could turn --I can't pay you. I haven't any money. the knob. Two pairs of questioning eyes Iin—gulp!---from the County home, the looked anxiously at him—four small poorhouse." Her eyas were hot with arms clutched his knees. shame. "I don't know what got into me.

"Daddy, Daddy—did you see Santa Please don't be angry."

Claus? Will he bring Us toys?"

"Now, now—patience, It isn't ChristJoseph stood very still for a moment.

There was about the woman's face a mas yet. There hasn't been time to see grace that might once have been beau- Santa Claus, but I'm sure he'll be here."

Kindness was there, and courage. Someway he WAS suddenly sure.

"Well," admitted the older girl, "he She had been, perhaps, a wistful girl; a radiant wife--had known love and did bring one box, It's in the kitchen."

His spirits lifted. A box? "Come, let's Then, there was war in the air again, loSs and loneliness. And, on a Christmas and tales of fabulous wages to be had eve she had come to this—a poorhOuse, look." in the defense plants. Enrollment drop- and only a stolen haircut to make a On the kitchen floor stood a heavy ped. Fees were neglected. As he said, holiday. Suddenly he decided. carton. Already Sophie was unpacking "No matter what I was trying to do, I "Some time in your life, dear lady, it, crying with delight. Turkeys, chickwas losing money." Today had been the end. There had been enough to pay you have done kindness for many peo- ens, a duck; home-made cookies and coffee cake each parcel was laid lovthe rent, and the wages of the opera- ple. I know that from your face," he tors, he had to dismiss. (lie worried said. "Now it will be my pleasure to do ingly on the table. Joseph knew at once. about those operators, let out on a kindness for you. I am poor, too. See," His sister, on the lonely farm in WisChristmas eve.) Now, there was only the waving his dollar bill, "this is all the consin, who had written apologizing for not being able to send "store" things. little sbcdp, and he alone in it, in the money I have. _But I can give you a "And I've got some vegetables, and I gift without money.

I will make you 'gathering dusk with a single dollar bill made a little candy," beamed Sophie. beautiful for Christmas." in his pocket. He looked out the winThe single dollar no longer felt meadow, watching a Salvation Army Santa The scissors finished snipping. Then ger as Joseph's fingers closed in on it.

Claus clanging his boil; trying to find shampoo, massage, eyebrows. He ap- It was a Fortune—enough for small toys courage to go home. There were two praised the finished work as an artist for the children, and wine to make the small daughters at home, eagerly wait- does his picture. Her hair lay in soft dinner festive. It would be they planing for Santa Claus. They would ask waves. Deep blue eyes glowed above the ned it, after all. Happily, he hurried out. about it as soon as he got in. And there' faintly pink cheeks. A generous mouth Perhaps all his Christmases had been was Sophie. It was to have been so gay, was skillfully outlined • with unaccus- wonderful. Joseph couldn't remember.

He and she, together, had written the tomed lipstick. letters to the relatives, inviting them.

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December 21, 1935

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES SOKOL FORT WORTH

Hello Everyone!

Just a last minute reminder to all Sokols and SPJST Lodge 154 members their familes and friends not to forget the Christmas party, Thursday night on December 22. The children will present_ a program and jolly old Santa will Pass out gifts and goodies to all.

Election of officers for 1956 was held on December 4, 1955. New officers are: President—Charles N. Renfro.

Vice President — Roy Alkohlm Recording Secretary — Wilburn MasOn. Financial Secretary -- Mrs. Anna Milan, Treasurer — Fred Merlick.

Intertainment Committee Chairman — Laddie Struska.

Reporter — Vestnik — Mrs. Fred (Maxine) Merlick.

Reporter — Ohlas — Mrs. Done (Rose) Steinman.

The next meeting and installation of officers will be on the fourth Sunday; January 22, 1956. Thanks to all the officers of 1955 for their splendid work this past year and good luck to the new ones.

Everyone is cordially invited to our next dance which is New Year's Eve. Place — Sokol Hall — 3221 N. W. 28th.

Orchestra — Heitzman. Phone MA-0611 Time — 8:30 p. in. — until?

A very Merry Christmas to the Editor and all my clear friends near and far.

We are going to have a more wonderful Christmas than ever with our two grandbabies, Kathy three months old and David two years old. He is having a grand time rearranging my Christmas tree decorations and sampling the cookies and candy canes.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Maxine Merlick 44 ) ( HLAHOL DRAMATIC CLUB

Houston, Texas • About- two weeks ago the Hlahol Dramatic Club was in East Bernard on the invitation of the local SPJST Lodge.

The purpose — to present a. play which we had previously presented in Houston a few weeks before that. I am glad to say that the play was well presented and must admit I was quite proud of all that took part. Although I had seen the play before I seemed to enjoy it even .mare this time.

Our thanks to the entertainment committee at East Bernard for their warm and hearty welcome! The refreshment table was heavily laid with tasty

food and I am sure we did it justice.

This was an enjoyable interval.

We had a nice visit at the home of Mrs. Toman where her sisters, Mrs. Marie Coco of New Orleans and Mrs. Helen Valcik of Houston, were visiting.

Reporting for the Hlahol Dramatic Club, and wishing you all a Merry Christmas, I am Sincerely, Naomi Kostoni • 4. • ( LODGE SAN ANTONIO, NO. 133

• San Antonio, Texas In our annual meeting held on December 11, we had an exceptionally good turnout, considering that the weather was little too cold. It's another good proof that the interest of our members in everything concerning our SPJST, is constantly alive. Many Brothers have had to drive great distances to get to the meeting and back home, but one Brother remarked "It is well worth the time and effort as I learn something new at each meeting." This is the real spirit and the local meetings are actually the place to get first-hand knowledge and information.

President of the Lodge, Brother Sylvester C. Bundil, called us to order at 2:01 p. in. with all the officers present.

He gave a brief talk in general, thanking all members for their cooperation while he served as president of the Lodge, and wishing everybody merry ChriStmas and happy New Year. As soon as the minutes of the previous meeting were read, the regular order of business was handled with good interest shown by all, especially during election of officers and delegates, held after all accumulated business was satisfactorily finished.

Being asked by the president to say a few words as secretary of the Lodge, I did so in Czech and in English, pointing out the nice result of our cooperation, and laying stress on the fact that there is more friendship in our Lodge, and that the spirit of real brotherhood has found better understanding among all of us. At the same time I dedicated a few words to the importance of election both of lodge officers and of delegates to the convention to be held next year. The applause, when I finished my short speech, I accept as understanding of full agreement with everything I said in that connection. Thanks again, Sisters and Brothers, for your respect and attention during my talk. I'd like to add that my thanks are extended to all members who have striven in past years to make this Lodge what it is today.

Let's keep up the good work and have a good attendance at all of our meetings.

To make our meeting more interesting, we enriched the order of business by singing of Christmas carols by the whole group (in Czech and in English), and also by some solo songs, sung by Sheryl' Hill and Patsy Murie. Little Sheryl' Hill has shown she is a gifted singer, and we hope she will have a nice future. In both songs "White Christmas" and "Lord's Prayer" she proved her skill, also her appearance gives evidence of certainty when singing.

Thanks, Sheryl', we enjoyed it very much. Patsy Murie was the next. Her presence had something specit in itself. Because of completing 'her sixteenth year 'of age, she is leaving the juvenile department to help in the cultural work of the whole lodge. But Patsy also had for everybody a big surprise, particularly for her grandfather, president of the Lodge, Brother Sylvester C. Bundil. When she finished the nice song "Silver Bells," she started another song. The title of it was 40A. Sad Parting". And the surprise? This song was written by her grandfather, president of our Lodge, Brother Sylvester C. Bundil, who was present. Yes, Sisters and Brothers, our Brother Bundil is not only a good president, but also a composer and a song writer. A big handclap was a deserved reward for both the artists.

It is really a very nice melodic song, which was on the program on our district meeting on October 16, in San Antonio, but for some technical reasons it had to be left out. If any lodge is interested in practicing the song, the best thing to do would be to write Brother Bundil (1002 Pleasanton Rd., San Antonio) for information wanted.

The main point of the business was the election. Paying no attention to Brother Bundil's and my asking to be relieved by somebody younger, the members voted to re-elect the same officers for; year, with Brother S. C. Bundil as president, Brother Alfred Kalmus as vice-president, Brother Jaroslav Kleprlik as secretary, Sister Ella Mae Murie as bookkeeper-treasurer, and Sister Sophie Maly as guide.

Right after was the election of the delegate and alternate with the following result: Brother Jaroslav Kleprlik as delegate, Sister Marie Blanai as alternate. As I mentioned in the meeting already, I was a little surprised because I was not prepared for it. My reasons to accept the nomination four years ago, are the same today. When close before

dnesday, December 21, 1955 the meeting I was asked by some members whether I would accept the nomination or not, I answered that if it would be wish of the members, I'll do so, the reason that I wouldn't be blamed for shirking my duties as a inewher. Once again, dear Sisters and Brothers, I thank you very much for your confidence; I take it as big honor, and 1 solemnly repeat that I am fully aware of what it means to me, that it will not be only a trip for pleasure, but hard work for the good of the whole SPJST. In the convention we must go to the unlit of our ability to bring all claims and grievances to a successful conclusion.

Two new members, were signed up by Sister Marie Blanar, i. e. Diane Marie Holubt., c, and Richard D. Kennedy Jr. Also Brother CharlesW. GernY, whose transfer from Lodge No. 88 Houston, to San Antonio was accepted with a big applause, has become our new member.

It was nice to see him, and we sincerely hope he will attend many future meetings and give a helpin g hand when necessary.

Many problems were brought up and questions were answered to , the complete satisfaction of all present. A real spirit of Brotherhood, prevailed and everyone enjoyed the meeting very much.

To allmembers who couldn't attend because of their sickness I wish a speedy recovery.

After we adjoUrned. at 4:47 p. m. refreshments were served by the entertainment committee, and a good time was held by all. Thanks, again, to our entertainment committee who gave their time so willingly. I also want to thank those who made kolace and cakes, donations,. as they were greatly appreciated.

I believe it was one of the best meetings we have held for a long time. Let no.; have close cooperation and continue to carry on by attending thee meetings regularly and giving the officers every encouragement. Sisters and Brothers, if you attend. the meetings, it shows that you are interested. It also gives your officers confidence and makes them feel their work is being appreciated.

Let's keep our Lodge active, Bring your suggestions in order that they may be discussed and you will enjoy the short time Well-spent with us. United we stand, divided we fall. Let's get down to Work, make things roll and help our officers obtain what we want. And soluething more; We want to see more of our young, members take an interest in lodge work, as some day the old ones will not he able to work or will no long-

VESTN K — WEST, TEXAS er be here and someone should be ready to replace them.

Our next regular meeting will be held on January 8th, 1956. Come, please, bring your families and friends, and let us know what you want. You will not gain much by just talking outside the meeting, but you will achieve lot by attending and seeing how the officers and committees work for your benefit.

Jaroslav Kleperlik, Secretary ) • 4, • (.

LODGE JARO NO. 130

Dallas, Texas To all members of Lodge Jaro No. 130: Our Christmas party for the children will be held at the Sokol School Hall on Thursday, the 22nd of December, which is being made possible by Sokol, Lodge 130, ZCBJ 401, and Krouzek ceskych zen.

We hope that all members will come and bring their children for the program.

The "Mikulas" program was very good and all had a good time, especially the children when they saw St. Nichols and the angel drop from, heaven and the devil rise from the ground.

Also our Lodge meeting for the first Sunday in January falls on New Year's so it will be held the third Sunday (15th). So please remember the date to come on the third Sunday in January.

Joe Maca, Sec'y. ) ( SLOVANSKA. LIPA NO. 66—Waco

Dear Brothers and Sisters: Members of Lodge No. 66, Waco, met on Sunday, December 11, at 2:30 p.m. at Linden Hall. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Sister Barbara Parma. Attendance was good and we were glad to have as visitors Mrs. Margaret Janke and Brother Joe Koliha.

We were happy indeed to have Brother Joe Kollha. from the Supreme Lodge to meet with us. We appreciated very much his address and his conducting the initiation ceremony. The new members initiated into the Waco Lodge were Brother and Sister Monroe Fortune, Brother Monroe Janke, Brother Charlie Soukup, Brother and Sister Gilbert Wachsmann, Brother Robert Kreder, Sister Rose Klozik and Brother 'Henry Beseda.

The following officers were elected: President, Brother Roman Parma.

Vice President, Brother John Simcik.

Recording Secretary, Sister Rose Parma.

Financial Secretary, Sister Emma Ceska: Tresaurer, Brother Frank Miller.

Strana 15 t Brother Otis Ceska was elected as Guide; Brother Anton IVIazanec as a delegate for the Convention, with Brother Otto Halms as alternate; and Sister Barbara Parrna. was elected as Youth Director.

Members of our "Birt7 Club" celebrating Dacember Uri ty s, and for whom the "i.-7 r; Birth :y Sang" was dedicated, were Si Aer Ceska, Sister Lena enieek, B.:, nier Chris Spence Jr., and Brother Carol Simcik.

Our Sick Conemil.tea reporiral that Sister Frances Farina had sintered a severe heart attack and was confined to the hospital for almost t . roe weeks, however, had been returned home and is recuperating. We sincerely wish her a speedy and complete recovery. Sister Parma is the mother of .Drottier Roman Parma and Brother Franl Parma.

All members were urged to attend the District Meeting in Fort Worth on December 18.

Plans for our Christmas party were discussed. The various committees have been working hard making preparations for this occasion and we're sure everyone will enjoy it.

The Waco Lodge had previously voted in favor of the Queen's Contest and at this meeting Sister Barbara Parma was elected to represent our Lodge.

Following the business meeting we enjoyed a delicious buffet supper. Our next meeting will be on January 8.

May you enjoy a Merry Christmas and may peace and success always be with you in the coming New Year.

Fraternally yours, Emma Ceska I 4,4, • (HVEZDA TEXASU LODGE NO. 47

Temple, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers: At our meeting December election of officers was continued. The following were elected: SOliCH : Emil Hell, Albert Mikeska, - Anton Mot] fAild Dennis Bartek. Auditing Gemini:tee: Jerry Talasek, Albert Mikeska and Edwin Chlapek. English reporter: Emilie Mikeska.

Czech Reporter, Charles Kalenda Sr. Lodge Doctors: W. A. Chernosky, F. W, Howell and Samuel W. Shibler; Drs. Chernosky and Shibler have their offices in King's Daughters Hospital and Dr. Howell at 317 North 2nd Street, all in Temple, Texas.

There will be more business to be attended to in January meeting. The Lodge has opening for some one to manage the hall. The salary will be 8300.00 per year or 33 1-3 per cent. The manager will be responsible for ordering and cleaning the hall, etc. Brothers and Sisters would do their labor. Anyone

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applying for this position must be a part is painful and a strain. However, my plans if it wasn't for all of you Member of our Lodge or SPJST, so any- we warit our friends to know that we being so willing. Thanks to all of you. one interested in this position come to haven't forgotten them; and in their Don't forget our next meeting, Jan. the January meeting. honor we are sending t5.00 to Brother I, we won't have any special program I wish to thank in behalf of the Lodge Valcik to be put into 1Vioucka's Fund planned as the weather: is usually so Our youth director, Sister Clara Hejl for Old Folks Home. We take this way bad, as our hall is cold during the winand all the children and their parents of wishing all of you a very Happy ter. But we will bring our lunch and for everything they have done for our Christmas and a healthful,happy New coffee.

Lodge. I also wish to thank all the Sis- Year.

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas ters and. Brothers for all their time Sincerely, and a Happy New Year. and labor that they have donated to S. C. Bundil Mrs. Mary Haisler )• • the Lodge the past year.

Mrs. Bundil 4,0 I wish to express my sincere thanks MY NEW YEAR WISHES TO ALL to Brother Valcik for having patience SAM HOUSTON LODGE NO. '73 S.P.J.S.T. MEMBERS AND READwith the letters I have written. This is This is a report of the wonderful ERS OF VESTNIK My last letter as reporter of our Lodge. Pro gra .12 held by Sam Houston 1.orige Again the Holy Season approaches, I have resigned, in belief that a differ- -No. '73, Seymour, Texas, on Sunday, De- and once again another year will soon ent person each year should serve as cembe • 4, 1955. fade into the distant past. Christmas a reporter.

The program had the following num- is the most beautiful and greatest famI wish to extend my sincere sympathy bers: ily festival, one to which bolt young to Brother and Sister .Johnnie G. Lewis Silent Night, by everyone, Helen Ma- and 'old look forward with ea'erness. It in the loss of their nineteen-month-old cha at piano. means holidays of peace and good hugranddaughter, Melissa Lynn Lewis, Belk Folks, by Frances Storek. man hearts, time of joy, merriment, who passed away on November 23 and Christmas as Told to Me, by They when we, at least for a short time, forIL curek in Czech. was buried November 25. get all our worries and troubles in enDon't forget to come to the January joying the nice Christmas Eve atmos.Solution, by Edward Marek. meeting and start the pear off with a Scared, by Helen Macha. phere. Even people whose hearts are 100 per cent attendance at the meeting.

Why We Like Christmas, by Peggy hardened by their heavy life struggle, :So wishing everyone a Merry Christ- Simaichl, James Haisler, Carol Hajek, in these days are becoming more afmars and a Happy New Year, Junior Simaichl, Arlene Hajek, Joan fable and generous to v,yerybody who Fraternally, Hejl. These children also sang "We Saw needs a help, either material or mental.

Mrs. Adolph Shenkir a Christmas Tree" and "Christmas Bells" Even homeless people, who never have (Editor's Note: I regret to hear about accompanied by Helen Macha at piano. tasted the real family love, in this your resignation. Your reports have out popped Ole Santa with his pack, charming season are willing to help the been perfect. But as you say, this is a with sacks for all the children and he poor and needy; they are gentler, kinddemocratic organization where the passed out candy to everyone. He de- er, more friendly and sentimental. It is 'workers should alternate as much as livered to me a package from all the the best evidence that the love is somepossible. Just about time for someone lodge children. My thanks to all of you. thing that everybody needs, like bread else to take my place. My sincere thanks Some of the children couldn't be pre- and water, like sleep and rest. Therefor your co-operation in the past.) sent on. account of chickenpox and then fore, in our joy and celebration let us ) • cg,„ o (....._ some couldn't be present on account of not forget the injured and those laid San Antonio, Texas the serious illness of our member, Bro- low in the struggle to save civilization.

Brother Valcik, Sisters and. Brothers: ther August Ennis Sr. At this wilting Let us resolve to make this Christmas The Christmas season is in full swing of Sunday night he still remains in one of thankful sacrifice so that others with papas and mamas busy with that serious condition; we all wish a speedy less fortunate will find new strength all important chore of making their recovery for our dear member. and happiness. children happy, for "Santa Claus is Our members started gathering at onecould and If each and every coming to town," Not only are the ma- 1 1 a.m., we hail our annual Christmas mas and papas busy but they may even dinner. I never saw so much goad eat- would use the prayer of absolute faith get a gray hair or two deciding what ing -and such a variety of food. I don't that with God all things are passible, to give grandpa or grandma, something think an y one was left hungry as we knowing too, that this faith can remove mountains of hate, immorality and all f -Fr for they will like and enjoy. I have heardhah hadplenty 1 r left. supper. some saying they are glad this event I want to thank everyone for such that is contrary to peace, I feel this comes only once a year; but of course splendid cooperation on the sale of the righteous prayer would be answered by they had forgotten, for the moment, vanilla for the coffee urn. We like only the establishment of the true brotherthat Suzie and Johnnie, Bessie and a few bottles to have it all sold. At the hood of man, to be so firmly fixed in Tweedy, have birthdays all through the next meeting we will know what side our lives as to make it useless to look for peace elsewhere. We would realize, year. will give the party. too, that only through this Christly Christmas is "a time when we think I want -to thank Adolphie Simaichl spirit of brotherly love can we attain of our loved ones, our friends, and of tb,i, Christmas bags for the rela lasting peace. When the hearts and the unfortunate, and the sick. At this hl.idten 2nd at the other things she minds of those who are suffering from moment I am thins_ ing. about or friends ha r7. one ti.)0) ,Irci the youth program. the ills of immorality and corruption whom we value highly, whom we sent M2.ry BtoreR., f moo want to thank you are transformed by bringing Him into Christmas greeting every year; and new, for taking care of our money and buy- their lives, and the absolute faith in for the first time, will not be able to ing all our supplies; also to all of you God replaces fear, then the power of do so for the reason that Mrs. Bundil members for being so cooperative. It the Christ in all His glory will indeed is unable to write. Any effort on her would he impossible for me to carry out bring peace and good will to all.

day, December May this Christly spirit be so deeply felt and known in the lives and homes of all SPJST members that they may reap and enjoy a bountiful harvest of - happiness, success and peace of mind.

May all these blessings be yours during the Christmas, the New Year and thruout all the years to come is my sincere wish for all of you, dear Sisters and Brothel's as well as dear readers of Vestnik, for, after all, the value of a thing is the peace of mind it gives you.

Jaroslav Kleprlik • 4,6 • (-KEEPING CHRISTMAS

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I COOK A CHRISTMAS GC Blessed the mother who can live through from baby. Substitute toy. such an adventure with a smile and Place bird in roasting pan—breast in holiday spirit. side up. Answer phone. Junior stuck in

Ingredients: 1 young goose 2 young children stuffing Take one young goose. Take 3-yearold Junior's hands from refrigerator.

Fill with cookies. Take bottle of perfume from baby. Substitute orange juice.

Singe bird. Singe fingers. Administer first-aid to fingers. Administer creekere to baby.

Remove pin feathers from goose. Remove Junior's hands from refrigerator.

Cut around vent. Cut finger. Administer first-aid to finger. Remove magazine from baby. Substitute cracker.

Clean bird. Clean cracker crumbs from floor and baby's face. Prepare Wlby for bath.

Wash outside with cold water. Wash baby with warm water. Remove Junior's motorboat from water. Give Junior scolding.

Wipe inside with damp cloth. Wipe up trail of water from Junior's boat.

Remove baby from cold water.

Dry goose thoroughly. Dry baby quickly. Dress quickly. Bundle in warm blanket.

apple tree—bottom side up. Run to neighbor's. Pull at Junior's leg. Stuck.

Tug at Junior's foot. Shoe comes off.

Yank Junior's foot upward. Junior sr reams. Foot cold. Put Junior's shoe on. Run home. Call Fire Department.

Request aid.

Pour two cups boiling water on bird, Pour 1/2-cup boiling water on hand.

Fire Department arrives. Rtish to neighbor's. Remove Junior from_ tree, Thank Fire Department. Administer first-aid to hand. Administer spanking to Junior.

Prick bird with fork se fat will run out. Lock doors so Junior won,'t1 get out.

Place cover - on pan. Place Junior in his room. Remove box of dog biscuits from baby. Substitute toy.

Roast goose. Remove Junior from his room. Wipe tears, kiss. Give cookies, water, apple.

Continue roasting fowl. Notice foul odor hr kitchen. ThermoMeter now reads 85. Feels like 285. Remove shoes.

Remove Junior's rubber ball : from oven.

Remove goose from oven. Remove Junior from refrigerator. Remove dress.

Collapse on bed.

Sly goose is completely cooked.

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Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you; to ignore what the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world; to put your rights in the background, and your duties in the middle distance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the foreground; to see that your fellow-men are just as real as you are, and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for joy; to own that probably the only good reason for your existence is not what you are going to get out of life, but what you are going to give to life; to close your book on complaints against the management of the universe, and look around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness are you willing to do these Rub salt on inside of goose. Rub MISTLETOE ONCE SYMBOL OF EVIL things even for a day? Then you can The mistletoe, once a weapon of death, goose pimples on baby s arms. Rub keep Christmas. haraas to restore circulation. Place lunch later became to be considered as a mag—Henry Van Dyke ical medicine, is now a universal symon table. , .1. • ( Pack stuffing loosely into goose. Stuff bol of love and peace.

It was with a Mistletoe arrow (acUNDER THE HOLLY-BOUGH baby with can of beets. Can of peas.

Can of carrots. Can of applesauce. An- cording to Norse mythology) that Loki Ye who have scorned each other, swer phone. Thank neighbor. Walk to killed ,Balder, the sun god, after BalOr injured friend or brother, neighbor's. Remove Junior from apple der'a mother had obtained a promise In this fast-fading year; tree. Bring him home. Scold him. Give from all living things, otber than the Ye who, by word or deed, mistletoe, that they would not harm him apple.

Have made a kind heart bleed, him. Balder was restored to life and it Come gather here!

Fold skin over back, fasten with met- was ruled by the gods that the mistletoe Let sinned against and sinning al pin. Fold diaper over baby, fasten would never again be used to do harm.

Forget their strife's beginning, with safety pin.

Ancient Europeans considered the And join in friedship now.

Fold wings across back. Answer phone. mistletoe a magical medicine. They carBe links no longer broken, Junior back in apple tree. Retrieve Jun- ried it about with them for health and Be sweet forgiveness spoken ior. Scold, Give baby bottle. luck, and believed -it a mire for ulcers ,Under the Holly-Bough.

Tie legs together. Undress Junior. and epilepsy as well as a charm proPlace in bed, Nap time. Hope. Pick up moting fertility.

Ye who have loved each other, pieces of baby's bottle. Mop up milk.

The present day custom of giving a Sister and friend and brother, Junior up. Return to bed. Loud screams kiss of love or peace beneath the misIn this fast-fading year: from baby. Baby fell; 1/8 inch scratch tletoe, although a relatively modern Mother and sire and child, on little finger. one, is derived from the fact that down Young man and maiden mild, Rub skin with fat. Rub finger with through the centuries the mi. ltletoe has Come gather here; mercurochrome. Kiss finger. Return been recognized throughout the whole And let your heart grow fonder, Junior to bed. Put bandage on baby's world as a syrrbol of lasting peace.

As memory shall ponder wound. Kiss finger. Junior up again. ...

Each past unbroken vow; Sigh. Dress Junior. Give cookies.

Old loves and younger wooing Preheat oven to 350. Thermometer in Most men need two women in their Are sweet in the renewing kitch4n now reads 75. Feels like 175. lives — a secretary to take everything Under the Holly-Bough .

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'.0PLES WHO I /E MADE TEXAS Brother Otto Stehlik, of Wichita Falls, sent me a sheet torn out of an old issue of the Progressive Farmer, and requested me to reprint it in the Vestnik, if I find it interesting enough. I gladly comply.

The article is captioned THE CZECHS. It was written by Harold Preece, What I regret is that I cannot give you the picture of the girls in the. Sokol costumes, with Mrs. Havranek as their instructor. The picture was taken near.

Seaton.

Here is the article sent by Brother Stehlik: The term Bohemian is more familiar to the average American than the word Czech. But the half-million Texans of this race prefer to call themselves Czech, an honored name in the history of Europe.

In spite of the fact that .the Czechs retain their mother tongue and many cf their racial customs, their coming to the state dates back to the birth of Texas itself. Czechs, remembering their own struggle for independence in the lia.ueland, marched with Sam Houston to San Jacinto. Some of them who had previously settled in North Carolina came with loaded guns to Texas when the frontier republic appealed for help to the people of the United States.

A liberty-loving people, these Czechs have fiercely resisted oppression, political or ecclesiastical. One of their great religious leaders, John Huss, was burned at the stake in 1415 because he advocated reforms in the established church.

Once more free, Czechoslovakia is a symbol of democracy and peace in a continent wracked by wars and dictatorships. Its late distinguished president, Thomas G. Masaryk, married an Amerscan girl, as did also his son.

Many of hose early Czechs were penniless refugees when they entered this s to e,. where cattle trails were more numerous than dirt roads. So far as we know Texas' pioneer ' Czech citizen was Dr. Anthony Michael Dignowity, who came to San Antonio in 1833. Dr. Dignoway had had a checkered career from the titre that he fled from Austrian oppression to the freedom of America.

He was welcomed in Texas because of his great learning and because of his professional skill both as a civil engineer and as a physician. Dr. Dignowity w2s one of the first Texans to advocate a public school system, and through his efforts the public school lands were several times saved from unscrupulous speculators.

But the first definitely Czech settle-

ments were established during the fif- brought to this state. The St. Edward's ties, when the broad prairies of Texas Tamburitza Orchestra, of St. Edwards' were being populated by immigrants University in Austin, is the largest from a dozen different countries. A Czech musical organization in the Unitgroup of Moravian or Protestant Czechs ed States. The tamburitza itself is an had previously located at the German instrument used as far back as the settlement of Cat Spring in Austin dawn of Slavic history, and this orchesCounty, while scattered grcups had set- tra uses it for both. Czech and Ameritled at Kill Creek, Industry, and one or can music, two other places. Other pioneer Czech Czech community life finds expressettlements in Texas included Dubina, sion principally through two organizaHigh Hill, Bluff, Prydek, and Praha, or lions: the KJT, which is Catholic, and Prague, this last coma:unity being narn- the SPJST, mainly Moravian or Proted for the ancient capital of the mother eStant. There is no conflict between these organizations, however; the country, ehave a liVe-and-let-live Today there not a Texas city of any C z c11 size which does not have a considerable policy whi(b. applies to both religion group of loyal Czech citizens; a large and polities. A Slavonic Muttal Fire percentage of Houston's population, for F Zion,founded at HousAn in 1926 instance, is of Czech 'origin. But that has 32 braRches and assest of several original colonization taxed all the re- hundred thousand dollars. In addition sources of a sturdy people. Many of ther,e ere six Texas newspapers pubthose who left Czechoslovakia died be- lished in the Czech language. Czech is fore reaching Texas, and contagious taught in the University of Texas by diseases attacked scores of those who Dr. Edward Micek, a distinguished schoreached their destination. Those who lar from Prague.

Ninety-five per cent of the Texas survived had to suffer the loss of their sheep from the depredations of maraud- Czechs are farmers, and Vele overwhelming lobo wolves and equally predatory ing majority own the land they cultivate. The center of Czech concentration rustlers.

But within a few years the ideal of lies between Austin and Houston, but Czech liberty had been reborn on the there are scattered 'settlements throughTexas prairies, which 'offered freedom out the state. Many of these Sla y s have even if they did not offer immediate also become eminently successful in riches. There is no question that the business and the professions. John E. great mass of these courageous pioneers Shary played an active part in the dewere much better off than their rela- velopment of the Rio Grande Valley. tives in the old country, who were The medical profession has been ear-' fighting to retain even their language. richer" by the contributions of Dr. Frank The log cabins gave way to neat frame J. Stanislav of Waco, Judge Augustin houses and Czech culture began to flou- Haidusek, who died at LaGrange in rish in Texas at the same time it was 1929, was the first Czech admitted to being crushed by the stern laws of Aus- the American bar; his wise decisions are still remembered in South Texas. tria-Hungary.

Another LaGrange citizen of Czech Where there are Czechs there are music clubs; gyninatic societies, mutual scent is State Senator L. J. Sulak, who 1,-,e,de a commendable record thou benefit associations, reading clubs, and many similar organizations. The first his devotion to the people's interest.

With the growth of our state the Czech reading club was started at Wesley, in Washington County, in 1867; Czechs also face new opportunities and and from the reading clubs there arose responsibilities. Their clinging to their the Czech schools. The Sokol was a rev- own hinguage and customs does not olutionary organization devoted to keep theth from being Americans and Czech independence in the mother Texans first. Hundreds of Czech buys country; it became an organization of from Texas were in the World War; physical culture in America. For the hundreds hoore, boys and girls both, are Czechs have believed intensely in devel- perfecting themselves in our colleges oping both their bodies and minds, an in the arts of peace.

"We will not forget Czechoslovakia, ideal of citizenship which might well be followed by all of us. and we are pond that the old couiitry One may go to any Czech community has become a great, free nation," a in Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to Jarrell, LaGrange, West, Texas Czech said to me recently. "But or any other of the numerous villages we are prouder still that we helped to where these industrious Sla ys live 4----and develop a great state on this side of still see the beautiful dances which they the water." .

Wednesday, December 21, 1955

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A SIMPLE GUIDE FOR LIVING Yes; but why absolute? Deco r se the Many thousands of years ago there reach out to grip men's minds.

Why do top scientists flee to other world needs an authority ever y one can was an Ice Age. And then there was a Stone Age countries? Why do trusted :men pass vi- accept. Besides, a standard must be abwhich the scientists divided into three tal secrets to a foreign power? Why do solute, or it isn't a standard.

Who wants a parachute that almost long periods. About seven thousand even government officials from top soyears ago the world entered the Bronze cial and educational backgrounds trot opens?

Age, then the Iron Age. Only some two off? Because an ideology has captured Who wants a boat that floats ost of ,hundred years ago a man harnessed a their minds, the time?

How an ideology takes over men and Who wants an egg that is nearly fresh? power as old as time and ushered in But doesn't this sound rather the Industrial Age. Now we are ma y- nations?

Vishinsky said: "We shall conquer the changing one ways? ing into the world of ideas, into the . world, not with atomic bombs, but with Yes, it does mean change. But change Ideological Age. Yes, the age of ideas, the Ideological our ideas, brains, and doctrines." is the key to the world of today. It's a In the ideologiCal age the future lies changing world, and to get a iong in Age. And ninety-nine per cent of the two and a half billion (2,500,000,000) in the hands of those who know how it you've got to — (Write here 0•letpeople alive in the world now don't to use ideas to win •en's allegiance. ter word meaning to adapt yourself to We seem. to be spending millions on altering world circumstances). realize it. That puts those who belong to the remaining one per cent in a lot armaments—I suppose it's the only way Everybody wants to see the otler perof trouble and mental anguish. You to be safe. Today we need not only a son change. will only understand what's going on gun in our hand, we need an idea in Every nation wants to see the other in the world when you understand what our head and an answer in our heart. nation change: After all, nations have been taken over is meant by ideology.

But everyone is waiting for tile other In everyday words, an ideology is in recent years without a shot being to begin. a faith which grips men and whole na- fired. Modern warfare means that naIf you want an answer for e world, tions. It is a passion and a plan to -Lions are out-thought before they are the best place to start is with yourself change the world. It creates the heat, out-fought. and your own nation).

You can't defeat an idea by being the driving power, and the force in the How can I change? anti-it, ignoring it, or shooting it. You people to do it.

Remember, you can't 1 ake a good Ideas are today the deciding factor. can only meet an idea with a superior omelette out of bad eggs.

The future depends on the idea that idea.

How do I begin? Take pencil .0 paWhat is the superior idea? (Slight per. Write down your thougli H. They grips the minds of the millions. Let us look how ideas grip the minds of many.; pause for breath and refreshment while may seem ordinary, but be hon(a-;l,---- abTake two samples. Let us take two spe- you get a piece of paper and write down solutely. You may have things to put cimen ideologies that everybody knows what you feel is the superior idea.) right—well, how else can you build a The Nazi idea was: A new order new world? or . everybody heard of. You may not like the specimen, but you must admit through the rule of one race.

Honesty: What about money? Taxes? that they have won and are still winThe Communist idea is: A new soci- What I told the family? Everything? ety through the rule of one class, Purity: Do I live on the get or on ping people.

Specimen No. 1, nazism. One man, The Superior idea is: A new world the give?

Hitler, had an idea. He planted his idea through the rule of one idea—"it's not Unselfishness: Do I put the other fella the minds of millions. His idea was: who's right, it's what's right." low first? All the time?

What's right? How do I know what is One race shall rule. He wrote a book— Love: Anyone I hate? Dislike? Or just Mein Kampf. The idea struck a chord right? don't care for? Why? in millions of hearts and minds. In a There are absolute standards for hubecause (Is the world the way it few years a broken-down country be- man society just as there are for en- I am like this?) came strong enough to challenge the gineering.

You don't think it's necessary to What sort of a building would result change? You think you can take all world. if architect and builder did not employ that coining? So did the dinosaur.

We all know what happened.

Specimen No. 2, communism: One recognized standards?

This tough guy ruled in ancient days, man, Marx, had an idea. His idea was It's because we don't apply absolute But one thing he forgot: one class shall rule. He wrote a book- standards to our living that society is He failed to alter with the times -Das Kapital. The idea appeals to mil- in danger of collapse.

Today he just is not." lions who feel the world must be changHere are the standards: The fact is that— Absolute honesty: Honest apology is ed and that revolution is the only rethat Human nature can be chm ,:: alistic way of doing it. In varying de- the highroad to lasting peace. is the root of the answer.

Absolute purity: A great cleansing grees every country is affected, and now National economies can be chnnnged•— half the world is controlled by those force through the nations. that is the fruit of the answer. ideas.

World history can be changed—that Absolute unselfishness: There is enis the destiny of our age. ough in the world for everyone's need, No one who lives on this planet can New men, new nation, 7, a n''v world. remain unaffected by the ideological but not for everyone's greed.

Absolute love: If everyone cared en- In the age when we've learnt. struggle, not even in the most remote ough and everyone shared enough, ev- the atom we must learn to smite places.

In every place—each country, each eryone would have enough. These stan- inanity. It's get on together or blow factory, each trade union, each univer- dards are the four pillars of a new up together.

(Continued on page 2G) , sity, each newspaper—materialist ideas age.

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VEST K WEST, TEXAS

WHAT YOUR HANDSHAK 'ELLS All human behavior is revealing the personality of man. There is a certain pattern in walking, talking, car driving, even in handshaking, We may cultivate our manners, we can put on a pleasing social mask, but the way we sign the correspondence, the lazy jerks, the sloppy shapes of initials, the careless strokes, all of that tells the pattern of our thinking.

The handshake is one of those "little things" that can tell more than anything else what goes on in the mind of the people we meet. It is one of the first impressions we make on others, and vice versa..

At the Elmer Wheeler Institute in Houston, which is a school for training of salesmen, all kinds of salesmen, not only insurance salesmen, all students are given careful instruction in the correctreanner of shaking hands.

There is a. particular magic about the had.-Thake. Here is Elmer Wheeler's list of six "Don't" in handshaking: 1. The Ring Squeezer. It is usually unintentional, but it creates a painful contact. It gives you the reputation that you have very little consideration for others.

2. The Fish Hand. The limp, fishlike head indicates lack of confidence, subniesiveness and lack of interest in the other person, How would you feel if you stepped forward enthusiastically, expecting a warm friendly greeting, and someone slipped a cold mackerel in your hand? It lets the other fellow down. It indicates that you do not consider him worth an enthusiastic handclasp.

3. The Bone Crusher. The person who seems to delight in feeling your bones crunch in his hand may be trying to cover up an inferiority complex, but he is using poor psychology. Like the soueezer, he makes his first contact a painful one. But he goes the ring squeezer one better. He adds psychological pain to physical pain. There is nothing any nacre humiliating than to have your hand "mastered" or "overcome."

The bone crusher p uts the other fellow in the inferior position--which is always bad psychology.

4: The Hand Pumper. The person who keeps pumping your hand up and down is the opposite of the fish hand. He too anxious to please. He is trying to feign an enthusiasm that he does not feel--and people see through his "act."

5. The Hand Jerker. The person who gives your hand one short "jerk" and abruptly withdraws his own may not realize it but his unconscious is telling

you that he finds the meeting distasteful. His symbolic action says, "What has to be done, has to be done—but the quicker it's over with the better."

It may be unfair to judge the hand jerker too harshly. His "short shift" may not indicate that he dislikes you as an individual, but only that he is an extreme introvert, finds all social contacts displeasing, and just doesn't like people. However, regardless of his unconscious motives, he creates a bad im'aression.

6. The Glue nand. Nothing is more annoying than to have someone hold your hand tightly for five or ten minutes during the entire course of a conversation. The glue hand is insecure.

"Now that I've got you, I must not let you get away" is the message his unconsciousisaphing through his hand. Greed, seuishness, stinginess — the c=.-:ire to hold on to whatever comes t,is• •v long as possible,--may explain the glue hand psychologically; but to the person whose. hand is imprisoned, the main thing is to get away.

Wednesday, December 21, 1955

A Simple Guide For Living (Continued from page 19) In any negotiation it's , not who's right —it's what's right.

Then industry will make the wealth and work of the world available for all and for the exploitation of none, and the workers will unite the world. This inspired ideology is for everyone everywhere.

It is the ordinary man's opportunity to remake the world.

With this ideology, industry will produce enough for the needs'of all; homes will secure the next generation from chaos; armies will give new standards of moral training to their naaons; cabinets and diplomats will be totally effective for they will have the power to turn enemies into friends; nations will arise from apathy, disillusion, and division. Renaissance is inevitable. This is cur future--and it works.

• eivSANTA COMES TO AMERICA

Just like most everyone else, Saint Nick prospered after he came to America.

In Europe, before he reached these shores, Saint Nick was a tall, angular man who rode a bony gray mare. He hadn't been in America long, however, before he had a new name, a new face, figure and a new and better mode of tranportation.

If the greatest sales psychologist in the country puts so much stock in the simple matter of shaking hands, might it not be a good idea for the rest of us to pay a bit more attention to this "little thing" on everyone we meet in our busineSs and social lives?

Keep these simple rules in mind until your correct handshake becomes habitual—and be sure that your -handThe early English settlers in thiS' shake doesn't handicap you! country started Santa's "new look" pro6/6 (cess. They adopted the legendary fig. . AND T'T[ITHING BUT THE TRUTH ure from the Dutch, but couldn't proThe yr7 . -17, lady on the witness stand nounce "Saint Nickolous." The best they hi her age by the prosecutor. could do was "Santa Kalouf," which '6- know," replied the young lady. was corrupted to "Santa Claus."

'Now„ see here, lAiIiss. /' interrupted In 1809, Washington Irving in his the judge. "This is a court of law, and "Knickerbockers History of New York," you have sworn to tell the truth." changed Santa's physical appearance by "Yes, but you told me earlier that I describing him, as a jolly fellow with a must tell only what I know to be the broad-brimmed hat and huge britches. truth, and not hearsay," retorted the He also taught St. Nick to smoke a pipe, young lady. and traded his hay burner for a wagon.

"I did, indeed!" thundered the judge.

Clement Moore in his famous poen% "Well," replied the young lady, "I can't tell you my age because my moth- "The Visit From Saint Nicholas," went er told me the year I was born. That's even further. He gave Saint Nick a sleigh, twinkling eyes, cheeks like roses, hearsay evidence, isn't it?"

"The witness is excused from answer- 'nose like a cherry and a round little belly. ing the question," ruled the judge.

• ( Future writers may try to trade Prancer and Dancer off for a jet ship and NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Dr. Clement Clarke Moore was asham- trim down Santa's waits line. It will be ad of his famous poem, "Night Before a tough job, for, though he isn't streamChriStmas" and would not acknowledge lined, Santa pleases the young folks and that he wrote it for more than 20 years. that's mighty -important.

Wednesday, December 21, 955

As Joseph says, "I am only wishing that old lady would step into my shop at holidays. I would gladly take her (Continued from 'page 13) Certa.iMy, there had never been one like into my home. And we could show her this. Food and shelter; loved ones and a real 'Merry Christmas'."—Reprinted laughter, the children asleep, he put his from Organ GSA. f. ) 9 41 arm about Sophie's shoulders.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON ISSUED CIVIL "They enjoyed themselves," he said WAR AMNESTY ON DEC. 25 simply. "And the children were happy."

Christmas is traditionally a day of Maybe it WAS the old lady. He told her the story of yesterday, forgotten in the universal good will. Even in times of war the battlefronts are often quiet and excitement until the moment. serene, by mutual consent, on Christmas "Maybe," : Sophie answered softly.

New hope was in Joseph's step as he Day. It was also on. December 25th, in 1868, left for the shop the day after Christthat President Johnson issued his Civil mas. He would work as never before. He War amnesty, In an attempt to heal the would succeed again. He was sure now. wounds felt by the great war, Johnson Someone, or Something. was seeing to issued an amnesty proclamation which, that. lie hadn't thought much about prayer since he was a. boy. But—there did not exclude any persons or classes ,uf persore—not even the highest offiwas something to it. ' the Cenfederacy. Previous amOutside his door stood two girls waitty prociamationS, issued by both • in • for him to open up. , oson and his predecessor Lincoln, "We're from Canada," said the older one. "We want to talk to you about a iad not been "total" amnesties.

At the time, President Johnson exrefresher course in your school." the 1elief that -universal am.

"But the school is closed. I had to nrested nesty would tend to secure permanent close it. How did you happen here?"

"Oh. we heard you were a good teach- peace, order, and prosperity throughout' cr. Well, anyway, won't you take us into tie temntry and would renew and reyour shop and teach us there? We can store respect for and attachment to the national government. each pay you $75 if you will."

The proclamation pardoned all perHe 'Coked wonderingly at the bills sons who participated directly or indishe preferred. Did answers to prayers. rectly against the United States in the happen this quickly? Was it that easy? Civil War "with restoration of all rights, Yet. it hadn't been easy. He had tried privileges and immunities under the with all he had, Lacking only a faith Constitution and the laws which have to succeed. "The old lady!" he whispered also been made in pursuance thereof." uuhdes his breath. Then — "Come in, eZe 44' ( young ladies. I will help you, and you CHRISTMAS ROSE HALLOWED will be helping me."

A Christmas Story

- BY LEGEND

It was unusually busy day. Old customers—a few strangers who chanced by. The telephone rang—fingers flew (the girls were surprisingly good!) and the till filled. Two hundred dollars by nightfall. And he was booked ahead for days. Finally the last customer was gone; the new students had left for the day; and Joseph stood again at the window. The last yellow light of a clear Winter day.stained his immediate sky.

"Thank you, God!" he said quietly.

"Please bless the old lady."

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(Calvin C. i;he ,enka) Thursday, December 22 Gus Lindeman orchestra Ore Department Hall in Ledbetter Friday, December 23 Gus Lindeman orchestra Koshatte Hall near 'Denville Sunday, Decevk, 25 Lee Else orchestra — Christ; as Dance — Effinger Hall Sil Krenek orchestra Christmas Dance — American Legion Hall in Crosby Gus Lirsviwsan orchestra Christmas Dance -- National Hall Club in ameron Pavelka orchestra — Christintis Dance — Rifle _Club Hall at Orange Grove Munday, DeeeTire Sil Krenek orchestra — Parish Hall in La Salle .City Kurtz orchestra — Taiton Community Center at New 'Fallon 1Vednesday, Dect...1•::bei.• 28 Lee Ilse .orchestra — Wal reaton Hall Sit Krenek orchestra -- Pleni view Community Center near El Campo All the above dances are at: night unless otherwise specified. This is a tree service but applies only too those dances at which mainly polka and wat'tz music is played by a live orchesira. '.Lie Vestnik or writer will assume no rezponsIbility resulting from any dance announcement which is listed In this column.

Listings from orchestras and t;ance halls thould be received at least one week before pulTheation. Sena all "A qings to Calvin Cher venka. Route Rogers, Tex

The delicate beauty of the Christmasrose (belleborus niger) is hallowed by legend. A poor shepherd girl, the story TAIL TALES OF• S gees, wept bitterly as she watched the A middle-western cairn of modest Wise Men en their way to the Christ Child bearing rich gifts when she had means decided to spend is foil vacation nothing. An angel appeared. Upon visiting relatives in Dallae, Texas. They learning the reason for the girl's dis- left home the third week in October tress, the angel caused the ground to and returned the first week in Novembe carpeted with sinning white flowers. ber.

• ir surprise The neighbors noted to The young shepherdess gathered seine that the wife was wearing mink coat, blossoms. When she presented her gift, the Infant smiled and as His fingers and that the battered fa by Chevy touched the white flowers, the petals had been replaced by a bright yellow That's all there is to the story. BusCadillac. "We thought you'd just gone became tinged' with pink. es, 3 : improved—each week he could put for a visit," one of them remarked.

(-----) a few dollars in the bank. Slowly but "Why didn't you tell us were out huntsteadily, he managed the few luxuries The seven-year old girl had just been ing uranium?" they had dreamed 'of: a little boat for spanked. She turned to her mother and "Uranium? Oh, you mean the car and fishing, with an outboard motor; a car. ._aid, "When I grow up and get mar- coat. No, nothing like that. We hapa new rug, a television set, and, of ried, I won't saddle my children." pened to be there over Halloween, and course, before everything — education You won't?" we went out for 'tricks or treats'." for the girls..But he has never forgot( ) se4 "No. say 'Stop it' and they'll stop," -ten how it started—an act of kindness said the girl. Then she added thoughtSome people are so busy learning the on a Christmas even when all seemed fully, "But then, I'm going to have 'much tricks of the trade that they don't learn lost. better children than you." the trade,

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jcle tamhle naproti lam." — A hajM"/ prichazel naproti nine. TakovY y elikY, a met SirokY klobouk s perem, a po strane takovou taSku, a pies rameno velikanskou . 'ku. -- "Ale, tatinku, ja se bojim." — pu S "I neboj se. On jest rad, Zie mu posvitime."

A leteli, a posvitili mu, a on byl_ rad, a dival se za nimi. -- "A tatinku, co pak Ze ten hajnY nespi?" — "I, on musi davat pozor." "Nac pak?" "Tady na les, aby jej lide neukradli."

"Tathiku, ti lido kradou?" kradou, a nic pry se nemaji — "Ale to ja bych jim nesvitil. Ten hajnY nekrade, vici'te?" "Ne, ten ne. Ale kdyi Pan Butt rime, abychom jim svitili, tak my jim svitime, at' kradou, anebo nekradou."

A leteli, a divan se, a povidali. Ale tu to najednou pied nimi straSne thueele.

Lyle to takove velike jako 7'' mraeno, melo to oet jAko rerave uhly, a zobak takovy &dm-AY:a drapy aZ ineza, a Broueek aZ byl cell bez sebe. — Tatinku, tatinku, tatinku, tatinku!" — a ill Pedal na zem, zalizal do travy, a myslil, Ze uZ, ho Luna polkla. Tatinek hoed za nim a kmotrieek take. "I neboj se, Broucku, neboj se. V-Zdyt' to neni Luna, to jest so ya. Ta nem nic4neudele."

Ale Broueek jakoby neslyel. A kdyi se piece trochu zotavil, poeal plakat. "Tatinku, je plAjdu domn, ach, tatinku, je, piijdu down." — Ale tatinek a kmotrieek iou to vymlou yali. "I ne, Broueku. Toto!

Co pak by si doma pomyslily, Kmotticka a BeruSka a Janinka! To se nesmiS bet.

Brouaci se nic neboji. Vklyt' to byla so"Ona brouey a, a to broueky neZere." ky neZere?" "Ne, broueek jest ii melo. Ona radeji nejakou mySku anebo Zabku."

A zas leteli. Dlouho jeSte neleteli, a tu to tak zadunelo, to sebou vSickni trhli.

Ale tatinek honem Broueka teSil: "SlySiS, to ten hajny asi tu sovu zastrelil."

-- A kmotrieek take myslil, a tak byl Broueek rad, a le,tel a svitil a svitil.

In" prestal,' a SW to doh' do takoveho Po .stranich byly vinice kr,aeho chalcupkami, a to vane — s to byla \r une! A kdyZ tak leteli, tu videli, (Iva broueky. je, Broueku, taroble!" — ukazoval kmotrieek. "Ten maiY take dnes poprve leti. Ja je znam, oni jsou tam necialeko od nes. Ztistavaji v rozdi, VidE', on se nic neboji." — "Vklyt' je se u2, kmotrieku, take nebojim."

(Pokra6ov(i.11. ) .

A leteli a leteli, a_Z" tarn na konci lesa brio neap videt. "Tatinku, podivejte se tam,h1e, co pak to jest? Takove velikenske."

To jest chaloupka. haineho."

— "Ta jest velika. A to jsou dvere tam nahore v prostredku?" -- "I ne, to jest okenko." — "Ale to jest velike. A nae pak jsou pod tiro okenkem a kolem naKindness is the oil that takes, friction rovnany ty kiddy?" — "I to nejsou kla- out of life. dy. To jsou jen aby mel hajnY • •( elm topit." — "Ale! A tatinku, kdo pak Eavesdroppers never hear any good of vidiA ho, v'Sak themselves, to jest ten hajnY?" —

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WPM eIenfirn Narodniho Ilrbitova v Seaton Temple, Texas.

Timto, uvedomuji vlSechny priznivce Narodniho hrbitova v Seaton, ze hrbitovrd y Yroeni schtize bude koriana v nedell 1. ledna 1956 y e d y e, hodiny po poledni v obchode T. T. Sefeika. Prosim, dostavte sc vSichni, kdo mate o hrbitov zajem. — Predleha dulelite jednani, zaroven volba firednikfi pro priSti rok. Jak jest yam znamo, ze dlouholetY predseda J. F. Sefelk, kterY se tak peelive o hrbitov staral, nam odeSel tam, kde se jednou vSichni musime oclebrat. Tedy musime zvolit jineho na jeho misto, zaroven jine firedniky.

Vy, kterYin nebude mono do schtlze se dostavit, zaslete sve prispe y ky na Tom Sefcik, Rt. 3, Temple, Texas. Vy, kteri mate na larbitove sve mile a odstehovali jste se z okresu, snaZte se prispet na steni a udrZovani hrbitova v poradku.

Stoji to v cineSni Jobe hodne penez.

Pamatunne, Ze osada se positzuje die toho, v jakem stavu jest drZen jeji Tedy jeSte jednou vas snalne Zaclam, dostavte se do schtlize v hojnem poetu. V padu neprizniveho poeasi o tYden pozdeji.

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Corpus Christi, Texas, ye Velstniku ze due 7. prosince 1955 jest cdpoved' na moje dotazy a pojednani v zalelitostech finra y y stanov neb pravidel, ktere se maji tYati distriktu.

Bratr Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni firadovny SPJST mezi jinYm piSe, ze jsem ve sve Casti dopisu neudal spravne, co se v to schtlzi uddlo, a Ze neudavalm spravne, co byla jejich odpoved', atd.

Bratre Chupicku, nemohu vedet, jaka byla vase odpoved', to jest Tvoje a bratra Jos. Kolihy. To byste oba meli vedet, protole jste tam byli a inluvili v to testi, kdeZto ja v to dobu byl doma a ne v one schfizi v Hobson, Texas.

Prejete si vedet ode mne neco, co byste mohli si sami upamatovat, a proto k oheerstveni . pameti rnohu vam jen posloulit z protokolu, !cterS7 tim,-co jsem se do eet1 l dal otisknottt bratr Jacob Shortner, jemnik sedmeho distriktu.

Ve VestnIku Oslo 45 ze dne 4, listopadu 1953 na strance 5 zaeind protokol ze schtize sedmeho distriktu; a mezi jinYm jsem se clooet1 toto: "Bratr mistopredseda Tom Novak promluvil, aby se vypracovala nejaka pravidla pro v§echny naSl e distrikty stejne, talc troclau jako- stanovy, abychom se mobil podle toho ridit v nasich distriktnich schuzich.

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VSEM CLEvidla. Bratr Chupick a bratr Koliha sit- MOSE NOVOROCNi bill, Ze se pokusi dostat neco donromady. NTIlM SKIS. A CTENAMPAI VRSTNIKU Na druhe strance, kde onen protokoi Blili se opet svatky vanoent. svatky mipokraeuje, jsem Ceti da.1Si, a sice: Bratr ru a dobrYch lidskVch srdci, Las radosti, HolaSek jeSte proraluvil, aby Hlavni fire- veselosti, kdy zepominame bolasti a fitrap clovna pripravila nejaka pm y idla, tak ivota, a.bychoul se mohli s naSimi dratrochu jako stanovy, pro vSechuy dis- hYmi ohil at teplotou Stedreho erdce v ratrikty' stejne, jak se maji ty distriktmi dostnY StedrY -neer. I lide teaschuze poradat. kYrn Zivotnim bojem zjihnou ye dnech, Take pozorne jsem si preeett to vy- kcly stedra ruka kaldeho, dobreho svetleni a onaluvu bratra Chupicka, kde by i treba_ chudeho, je pripravena zase navazuje na elanek 42, odstavec -mmoci kaZdemu, kdo pomoc pottebuje, nasich stanov, kterY ntimo jinYch poat' jiZ hmotnou ci duchovni. Il!:de bez doVinit0Sti uklada povinnost, ktera rani nova, kteri nikdy nepoznali pravou rotakto: dine ou lasku, jsou v ty dny ochotni po"Vyrizuje vSechrty, jine zalelitosti jed- MOCI :SlabMial a potrebnYm, jsou laskyplnoty, ktere hejsou yYsloy ne jmenovane a nejSi„ vlidnejSi, cilovejSi. Kalureene jerau a ostatnim Uleclniktim Hiav- cloroent zki.Senost je toll() dtdadem. ni firadovny."

Zilejme je . I..a neco, co ellOVeOpotrebuJestli etenemu jsem dobre rozumel, tak jako vodu, jako spa.nek a odj c bratr Chupick si na ten odstavec pa- poeinek. To chaperne my ygichni, protole steloval, ze prY je. t povedenY. PiSe: , jsme vyrostli v laskypinern rodinnern.

"Takoveho ddsta y ce nema ve stanovach prostredi, p rotole jsme prime hmatatelne Zacind jinx jednota v celYch Spojenych irt.oznayali a na sobe pocit'o y all lasku nastatech. ProC? Rozmyslete se nad slob. predosthvych st ar v rodiet. tajemniku pro el jsou naAe stanovy eee r techto svatkit plej uprimHlavni fi radovny tak Stedre. To nevi jeyyen milYm bratrim a am nag tram now takova nahocla, ze se talc do stanov SPJST, i vSlem oten4runt Vestniku : ve Fort Worthskern sjezdu dostalo. To bypolehno:se a radostne vanca!;.‘, ktere bylo doble predern promySlene. Tajeinnik valy z •• detstvi Ye stare Vlasti ma bYti na Hlavni Uradovne jako popel- sval': y ; krasnYmi a kofizelnYmi, Ze na ka, atd."

C nezapomeneme a ze s temito Nevim, co chtel bratr Chupick docilit to nik nadlicnoYmi prim° yzpominkami, nikdy tim, ze wadi neco na Fort WorthskY a nikYm nezcizitelnYmi, hudeme zit al do sjezd, kdy2 tento samY odstavec (i) byl konce. IKeZ 17!:a11 vSern i vSern lidem dobre jig pled tim ye stanovach, jen s tim roz- vrtle no cell m syete vyroste ze scalene dilem, Ze byl pod znaek,ou (j) a y e Fort volike to-al.: • • j eo v polcoj a lasku opravdu Worth se dostal pod znaelcu (i) naSich orzky nrvaly mir. Myslim, Ze prave vastanoy. noce jsou k takovernu yzajemnemu prani Prosim, vyhledejte sobe stanovy, ktere dobou nejvhednejSi a nejkrasnejSi. Zijte byly opra y ene HIV. sjezdem od 26. Oter y vSlichni milt pratele, v opravd.ove lasce a na do 1. Cervence 1944 v Corpus Christi, vanoeni ye zdravi a spoTexas, a veSly v platnost 1. ledna 1915. kojenosti novena roce neRui.' se spirt To bude na 1. ledna 1956 jedenact re Vtechu, vr. touZebna prani. KCl navy kill, co ten elanek 42, odstavec (i) jest v rolc pc) skonecoi tube sve-naSich stanovach. Jest to pravda, jak teve vtn• znameni iniru a pro, visto se doeltam neb doslYcham, ze 'In ph nejmenSim lepAnn, nez cc toho napovidame neb napiSerne, tim byl rok, Piave konef. mane si toho upamatujeme.

Ja-coslav Kleprlik.

Bratr Chupick, co ',l ..viii firednik (neb 4 byl yYkonnYm tajemnikem cele Jednot„y, byl piece pritomen zde ye sjezde v Pan zoneene misto ob1944,, mel by vedet, co se v Corpus Christi chodniho Na jeho cesty Po venr., pil ijalo do stanov, a uSetril by sobe ne- k 101111 auto. Otrnact diii o new plijemnost, ze zde musim vy yratit neco ant slechu, potom se objevil v nepraydiveho a svnj eas, a take jeho Cu".!, naade v kancelari. merit dal§im yysvetlovarrim.

"No", se Set, "prodal jste neco?" zde jest zase dfikez, Ze to "Ano, -Yvl pan Malina, "auto". musi rychleji otaec:,,t, ne,% ten setryaenik neutrpll V riapinen 'stauraei zhaslo svetlo. I Boutam, Co tato objasneni postaei, kte- voila restauratc vrehnihO: e bratr Chupick chtel vedet.

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VANOCE V ROZN'YCH ZEMICH Nastava doba pozdravtl. Znate je. Vesele Merry Christmas. Joyetix Noel.

Frohliehe Weihnachteri. God Jul. V jakekbliV reel znamenaji nejpedehnanejItobdobi tooni, pine vzruSnjleich zazitku. Ra(lujeme se z mekonekeho snehu lehce dopadajiciho na tvrdou zemi. Vidime fila-7 sem toz,§irene detske oei pii pohledu na osVe'tlenk vanoeni strom, a skuteenou zaplavu tisice listonai s objemnYmi taSkami, v nichZ jsou ukryty miliony prani. Je to. , c1bb,a, kdy naSe srdce jsou pristilpna citu, kdy dokonce Scroogeove, o kterYch psal. Charles Dickens, deli se s mene za111011Y/11i; doba, ye ktere neni misto pro sObeekost, nenavist' a zavist'. . , .Jest to doba koled, melodicky mrazivem vzduchu, doba seen o vzniku yanoc, doba, kdy posilame pozdravy prejici ty nejveselejSi a nejk'astnejAi svatky a uprinma blahoprani pro skvelY novY rok.

Tyto svatky se oviSem velmi razni v rozlienYch zernich sveta. Jsou rozdily v zaeatku vanoc, hodina je rfizna, pii ktere rodiny zasedaji k veoeri, a zvyky jsou tak rtizne a riarodn jako jejich jazyk.

V HAinerice vanoce zaeinaji tajemnou traVaevou Santa Clause a stromky, pod kterYini se kupi rnnoZstvi darks. Koledine1na StedrY den jdou dam od domu a v ach se ete Dickensova "Koledy".

V Anglii jsou koledy zpivany za Castleho'., rana na Ste,drY den a -poleno zapaleno.a udrZovano horici po celou dobu Na S' tedrY den, kterY je tradienim driein.Domova, ji se AvestkovY nakyp a je to den radostneho veseli.

V. Norsku a 8vedsku posypawaji okoli stromkti slamou, jeZ ma znaeit jesle, ye kteryCh Kristus byl narozen, pak se da slarna jako krmivo zvirattim a oS'atka zrna ptakum.

Francie zaeina oslavovat v den sv. Barbory, etyrteho prosince. Deti beli do lesa uz za svitani a sbrraji vaviin, bobule a blazene kulate kameny. ShromaZd'uji je pak aZ do svatk y na stole, uZivajice lepidla z vody a mouky, aby yin umne slepily dohromady, a pak je ve svatky ukazuji v‘Sem navSteyniktim.

Italie stromkti nema. Jeji vanoeni obdobi ma I/My rad slavnostni. Veseli nastane jedine Sesteho ledna, kdy jsou deti odraenovany za dobre chovani.

Obyeej zaveSovani sklenenYch ozdob na stromky pochazi z rimskeho obyeeje.

Zave:Sovali male masky Bacchusovy na stromy a vinnou revu, aby meli bohatou Urodu.

Je take popularni povera v nekterYch ea.stech zeme, ktera tvrdi, Ze ten kdo prinese prvni jmeli do domu v dobe yefloe, bude vladnout v nem pa celY rok.

Predstavte si to tahanici.

Holancl'ane, jeZ se usadili v New Yorku, zavedli nageho Santa Clause do tete, zeme. NazYvali ho ptivodne sv. km, a jnieno pale na Clause. V Holandsku byl patronem deti a byl licen jako dobrY biskup, jenZ jel mestem na koni, jenZ tahl vuz vrehovate nalolenY darky. Nebyl viibec kulatYm a radostnYm Clausem dneSka, ` spiSe bledYm asketickYm muZem, jednoduchYni a dobrYm. Poradaji se pravody s pochodnemi, provazene hudebniky, a darky se davaji skuteenYm chudym.

V Nizozemi, Francii a. .Spanelsku, deti stavi ven drevaky namisto naSich puneoch. Nekteri je naphai slamou a jdou pak do kostela. Po navratu sobi seZerou mu a Mikulag poloZi namisto ni darky.

MikulaS" jede pak ulicemi a rozdava orechy a sladkosti detern.

V Polsku se celY den posti, k veeeru pak zasedne cela rodina k z yla2Stni yeeeti sestavajici z deviti chodu. Pam.atuje se na to, aby byl sudY'poeet u stole, nebot' lichy znamena neUesti. Jedna Zidle se pii jidle poneeladva prazdna, pro ony odeSle duSe, ktere by si snad praly zneastnit se veeere. Vanoeni Hod je dobou seeny, pii ni.2 nejakY chlapec prevleeen za jde ye spoleenosti andela, Heroda, V Yorkshiru ye vanoeni den nejsou Zenekdy jde s nimi smrt, jindy opet jsou ny v dome jako prvni na.vAtevnie-e, deti prevleeeny za tri krale. nebot' prindS1 neStesti. MuZ nebo chlapec opak. TernuZ se veri take na V Mexiku vanoce trvaji devet dni. Tehven : eh v Ceskoslovensku. dy jsou ulice vesnic a most ozdobeny k'6em je, Ze naS" znamY k,olae poda- kami svate rodiny a slavnostni ruse jsou VanY o narozeninach je primYm potom- slouZeny Po celou dobu. 'Zvyk zaveSnyat kern vanoeniho dortu stare Anglie. Tyto puneochu lee krbu nebo k noham postele kolaCe pilvodne mely svieky pro kaaleho je pravdepodobne piryodem stark holandelena doma.enosti a znamenalo velke skY obyeej. V Holandsku deti postavi na sti v budoucim roku, kdo dovedl jedinYm ‘8tecirST den sve drevaeky yen a tak oee:fookuutim shasit •dechny svi.eky, • kavaji navAtevu 1Vfikulase. Nekdy obuv Cy.lava vanoe byla kdysi zakazana konenr v naSi zemi a Anglii. V Anglii se tale stab r. 1644. Patnact let pozdeji puritani z Massachusetts nasledovali toto p • isne narizeni a oznamili: "Kdokoliv bude pristiZen ph. ()Slave svatk y jako jsou vanoce. bude potrestan pokutou peti ling I t."

napini senem pro kone boZiho posla.

KdyZ pak easem drevaeky vySly z mOdy, zaveSo y aly deti. -puneochY. A - take ovAent se do nich vie vejde.

Legenda yypravi o Martinu Lutherovi, ze za jasneho Stedreho dne spechal domd polem. Pojednou uvidel borovici rysujici se jasne proti nebi a skrz jeji vetve myriady tipyticich hvezd, jel se zdaly jako by oveneovaly strom. Onen vecer pak velky reforrnator pokusil se zachytit onu kra.su vyzdobenim male borovicky sviekami a tak dal svetu prvni osvetlenY vanoeni stromek.

V rote 1822 Clement Moore napsal svou znamou "Noc pied vanocemi" a v ni lief Santa Clause jako radostneho stareho skritka.

Vanoce v Oine zaeinaji msi agpak sleduji ohnostroje. Take v Cohnhibii rakety vystreluji weer.

CeSti rolnici maji zvyk clavat na StedrY den zvirattlin rtiznY druh potravy.

Dobytek dostane ,kolae, slepice brach a tak dale.

Piwni vanneni pozdrav byla litografie Poslana W. C. Dobsonem, jenZ jednim z oblibenYch maliru kralovny Viktorie, jeho prateltim. Bylo to tiZ r.41.845. Nasledujieiho roku pak sir Henry Cole, jenZ byl priliS zamestnan, aby mohl psat dopisy syYm pratelfun, poladal John Calcott Horsleyho, aby za nej poslal listek.

Horsleyova pohlednice, je Z • ukazovala oslavu v kruhu rodinem, byla tenkrate odsuzovana lidmi, kteri ji nazvali propagandou opilstvi. Tim uoinili ale pohlednici tak znamou, Ze u2 dva roky pozdeji kaZdY posilal sv'm milYm o vanocich pozdrav listkem.

Povera, uvadi, Ze chlapci narozeni na S'tedrY den budou pozdeji bud' pravnimi poradei nebo zlodeji. Francouzi se domnivaji, Ze dcery narozene o yanocich jsou pozdeji vtipne a etnostne.

Pro Druidy melo velkY yYznam jmeli. jej, jak se vine kolem dubu a nenalezli korenti, veiili Ze roste ve vzduchu. Jmeli hralo dtilelitou ulohu v jejich nabolenskYch obradech. Aekoliv nalooenstvi Druidit uZ neexistuje, piece jmeli podrZelo svtij yYznam, pokud jde o jeho kouzlo. I za naCich dob dava pravo pollbit se s lidmi, jenZ stoji pod jeho vetvemi na StedrY den.

Zpivani koled je ygeobecne ve v§ech zemich slavicich vanoce. Koledy path k nejrannejSim formam hudebnim v Evrope. VAichni amerieti koloniste prinesli do naS1 zeme sve pisne, ty udrZeli Zivoucimi a je'Ste jejich poeet rozmnoZili. Mame nyni bonatY vYber koled pro naSe domovy.

— Jaroslav F. Chmelieek.

ye sAredu, dne 21. prosince 1955.

Dary na titulnu NA UTULNU SPJST K ucteni painatky zesnule elenky radii Pokrok Houstonu Oslo 88, sestry Frantieky bile, darovali zpevaci, kteri byli Zadani zazpivati nad rakvi zesnulespolkove sestry, celY obnos zpevaktim zaslanY OCT rodiny BilYch na ntulnu SPJST. Potvrzen prispevek od nasledujicich Jena radu Pokrok Houston Cislo 88: AneZka Svaeinova $7.00 Anna Svestkova 7.00 Frances Olexova 7.00 Helen Valeikova 7.00 Stepan Valeik 7.00 Zpevaci vykonali svou povinnost zesnule sestre z lasky a zaslanY obnos $35 venuji na Slechetmi 4 • ( Dayton, Texas.

CtenY bratre: Tady yam posilam Cek na $10.00 co prispevek na tu dosud nepostavenou fitulnu.

Je to dar od Petra Janika.

S pozdravem Frant. Kalenda. ) • 4D • ( OPRAVA Omylem se stalo, e ye zprave dart' na ntulnu, ktera byla uverejnena ye Vestniku 5. prosince 1955, bylo vytieteno jmeno Vince Haisler, Temple, Texas.

Bratr Haisler poslal redaktoru prispevek, ale bylo to na jinou vec.

Obnos sbirky se veak nezmenil, ponevadZ prispevek, kterY omylem byl pripsan bratru Haislerovi, byl redaktoru poslan od neznameho priznivce.

— Redaktor. ) • .1. • Granger, Texas CtenST bratre redaktore: Take posilam na Mouekil y fond co vanoeni dar pet dolarti. Snad se talna uskuteeni.

Mrs. F. R. Cervenka )* *( Misto kvetin a vannenich Victoria, Texas Bratre redaktore: KaZdY rok jsem zasilal vanoeni prani.

Letos neposilam Zadne. Radeji tu edstku $2.00 daruji na Moueknv fond. A take zasham na tentYZ fleel dalei $3.00 na misto kvetin na hrob evagrove Auguty Sacke, ktera byla sestrou me zesnule manaelky.

Talc posilam celkem $5.00.

C. V. Adamek Temple, Texas Bratre Valeiku: Prikladam dva dolary ($2.00) za meho ma.nZela a za sebe do Mouekova fondu.

Stepan a Marie HruSkovi )• 4* HLEDAM "CESKOU CHALOUPKU" Znovu obracim se na naee ochotniky, zde pomohli by nme nalezti nokolik kni-

VEST Ni K — WEST, TEXAS Zek divadeini hry zvane "Ceska chaloupka." Je to lidova hra sepsand Karlem Piskorem o trech jednanich. Dej hry se toei kolem dvou chudobnYch lidi, kteri si vypnjeili na svou chaloupku penize, aby jejich syn mohl studovat na advokata.

Kus byl sehran houstonsk3"Tmi ochotniky pied vice ne2 dvaceti lety. Divadelni kniZky se nekam bud' ptljeily, darovaly nebo prodaly. Nein znamo, zda kus byl hranY nekcie jinde. Z tech, kdo kniZky zaprijeili nebo prodali, nelije nikdo. Sestra Valeikova z Dallas zaptijeila nam dva vYtisky, ale to je veechno, co jsme mohli aa dosud sehnati. Nekde kniZky lea Kdo by je naeel, velice by nam usnadnil opisovani yeech deseti Uloh.

Pomorte nam nalezti aspon nekolik daleich vYtiskti. Za. vaei ochotu yam predem velmi srdeene dekuji.

—Redaktor

Strana 25 je uprimnou soustrast a smutek nad odchodern nak mile spolusestry Franti gky Bile, ktera odeela od sve milovane rodiny a kruhu syYch prate]. a znamYch neoeekavane. MnohY z nas by si mohl vziti klad od zesnule sestry, ktera, aCkoliv byla postikna na zrak a nemohla se volne pohybovati jak by si pfala, piece vkly podporovala vSechny Ceske podniky a zylaae milovala naSe Ceska divadla, kte-, rd vkly navetivila za, doprovodu sveho manZela, kterY ji vkly veude doprovazel.

Zemrela 17. listopadu 1955 ye zdejei ne, naocnici a pohreb se konal v den jeji narozenin, dne 19. listopadu 1955. DoZila, se stari 62 let. Na jeji posledni ceste doprovodilo ji velke rnnoZstvi Pratel a znarrYch. Na jeji prani jeji pozfistatku byly 1 zpopelneny.

Za rad Pokrok Houstonu cislo 88 v Houston, Texas Resolueni vYbor: Frances Olexa Anna Svestka Anna Vrla. ( 1 • 07, SCHUZE TISKOVEHO VkBORTY

Na zaklade hlasovani, here provedeno bylo poetou, oznamuji, Fe prieti schtize RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI Tiskoveho vYboru bude v Houstonu, Clenove radu Bratri Svobody eislo 67 v pondeli dne 2. ledna 1956. Do schtize jsou Sclhulenburg, Texas, vyslovuji hluboce pozvani tFi Cleni Tiskoveho v)boru, zacitenou soustrast pozUstale rodine nad stupci vydavatelstva a redaktor. Sclauze ztratou zaene v devet hodin rano v residenci reLawrence Fillipa, daktora. Do schilze maji pristup a jsou kterY zemrel prvniho prosince 1955. vitani take Men' SPJST, kteri by men jaZanechava inanZelku, matku, syna a kekoliv pokyny pro zlepeeni Vestniku.dva bratry. Pohrben byl tretiho prosince Toto je zaroveri oznamenim, aby Cleni, za, velke aeasti rodiny a ptatel Prejeme bratru spanek a lehke kteri maji doporueein, navrhy nebo kritiku na jakoukoliv zalaitost, spadajiei•pod odpoeinuti.

TiskovY vYbor, neopomenuli sve body zaZa resolueni vYbor: nebo osobne sdeliti kteremukoliV slati nebo Frank Holub Clenu Tiskoveho vYboru.

F. A. I3ezecnY Jos. Hornak, Frank Fillip. predseda Tiskoveho vyboru. ) • 4 • ( (50-52) RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI ) Resolueni vSrbor radu Pokrok Houstonu Cislo 88 vyslovuje uptimne citenou soustrait rodine zasnuleho bratra V patek 23. prosince konana bude . vaJohn Muran, noeni nadilka v Sokolovne v Houstonu. kter skonal v listopadu 1955.,Byl Menem DetskY vanoeni program. Hoste jsou srradu po mnolio let. Pristoupil do nag deene zvani.

Jednoty roku 1923 a odeeel ye staki 51 let.

V sobotu 31. prosince Sokol Houston Budi2 Ti zeme lehkou a oclpooivej v po- porada, doma.ci sylvestrovskou zabant. koji.

Chutna veeere, vesela zabava a tanec.

Za rad Pokrok Houston Oslo 88 v Hous- Veechno Clenstvo a hosts jsou srdeeno ton, Texas. zvani.

Resolueni vS)bor: ) • 4 • ( Chytrk napad.

Frances Olexa Anna 8vestka Pani: "Proboha, Anno, co je. to za kael Anna Vrla. v troube?"

SlOka: "Ale, milostiva pani, upustila RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI jsem do vody svieky, tak jsem je data Had Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 vyslovu- uschnout do trouby".

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VPSTNf K WEST, TEXAS atila barviri. . ."

Rosvinola ye svetnici vl-nak; ktery se trpytil jako 'cloha a hral barvami, at eel precladzely. "to je nadhera! Skoda, ale jaka porroc!. . Samo no svatky potrebuji katclY gro:3. Islerulltete poekat at do proveau?"

"Kciepak! Potrebuji lined, v to chvili!"

Terezka svinovala rychle ylnak a odvracela tear jako by se hanbila. . tam se "Tileba jej koupi fojt9Va. snaz nejakY gros najde. ."

Hanka vzala je to jednou vInak do inky, aby si jej prohledla a primerila k telu, a pak jej s litostivYna vzdechem case vracela.

"Sverou chee.§ poslat penize na vojno?"

"Ano, hsal, narika, tle nna 110112L . . Zusta y ejte to s Bohem!" rekla Terezka a Uprke'in, yybehla z chalupy.

Ja gustYnka, ktera mackala ye 'Skopjeku brambery pro svini, se dala na cele kolo do smichu.

"To jste ji privedla do Uzkych, div sp,,Khareko neztratilo, jak pospichala. Patreboje penize pro MatouSe, ne pro mute."

"Oil jsou spolu tak zadObre?" divila

Jezdil od cisalupy k. cholope, vi,';ude doprovazen psy, Pter na nej vztekle doale Judka odniktid skoro neodchazel 6 prazdnou, praote nebyl takoYY y ydidroch jako kremar a jemu padobni, plath &bre a dokonce, bylo-li prede Snead zapotrebi, leckomu no nevelike present° vypomohl. Judka yr.el rczhlecl, znal vsecky ye vsi a vedel, jak na koho, a tak co chvile nakladal na vat telatko anebo prinael etvit' nejakeho obili; jeho tena obchodovala sama, na svou pest, a prinakia vajleka, Pobooty, nejokou oPalbanou slepieku anebo i ptd stocky platna, protote to vymamila hlavne vYmLnou za r-Ozne partdy a liky, kalouny, Spendliky a ykiljakY ten kram na strojeni, po nemt tenske pokoleni valycky dychti; nosila ty veci s scbou ye velikanske krabici a pokomlela tenske, ktere byly chtivej.

"T-c laiste spadla s mesice."

Kclyt zajeli pied Boryntl y diem, Joska "A , o od bych toMe,la, vedet?" pribehla, a pfStela: "I v t' TereZka kerlY tYden. behd za "Hanieko, kupte Servene paseeky! Po- T4atoosem, jako pes cele dny eihd, pied trebtljeme barvieky vajieka.. . a kriminalem, nosi mu, co unite." to taky dolly!" manila tadostive na "2e se BOha nebojite, copak nemd Hance. syeho Mote?"

"Kitt?, pojedes do mtsta a nakoupiS, To nia, ale ten je no vojne, daleko, Cello treba..." kck-) vi, tda se vrati. . a Senske se Sa: "Mate pravdo, v lne"ste, je to lacinejlq motne stYska; Matou:S byl blizko, mela a ne idl tam tolik!" prisvedeovala Joska, ho i10 ruse, ehlapik je to jako cirak: Co protote byla rada, ze pojede do mesta, ty si odpiralo?!"

Ut bez rikani vybehla za kramarem a Hance 7pri:l3e1 na mysl Antek s Jagnou.

Velala, re nit nepotreboji - a :te taky nic tJluboce se zamyslila., neprodaji.

"Jakmile MatouSe wall, hoed Se spo"A seen slepice, aby se nektera ne- jila s jeho sestrou, Nastkou; vyseddva u zaprahla do Judkova vozu!" krieela za nieh v chalupe a behaji spolu do meni Hanka a vykoukla pred chum sta. . . Nastka jakoby za bratrem, ale Terezka vojanda prave zatdeela me- Illavne, aby na Doininiktly nezi zahvadky, jako by utikala pied kraainilcl. . coo, is era, za ni cosi ktiSelo.

"Vy vite Oeeko. . jen se podivejme!"

Padla do svetnice nemohla se sebe "Jspu to bloupe tenske. . . delaji slum vypravit, jenom se zajikala, Serve- eko verejne, nevi to tetke poznat. Pronala a byla tak nejak otrapend, te se (lava posledni vinak, aby MatonSovi mo.11 at slzy leskly na dlouhYch rasach• lilt na. svatky prilepS'it!" posMivala se "Co je Yam, Terezker zeptala se jizlive Jagost;,%-nka.

Hanka se znaenou svedavosti.

"-No ne, co se ySecko s lidmi deje!. . .

Ti slodeji m avaji jen patnact zlabyth meld za Antkem taky jet."

-a. a vi a, je docela, novY! ParetYcla cesty a ve vaseai stovu, boil • • enize, ta.khle nemilto zit. . ." by. ;,e to mohla ddstonat. . Co- drabY?" Hanka byla Joska nebo nekdo na Satstvo. tak -tak zdrtela, aby netak alespon trieet zlatYch! v lab la jmeno Jagnino. . .

Tlnak je Opine, ma eelYch sedm "Pojedu sama, Pan Bith da, te se mi loket a pia Aide, ne j eist‘Si viny na rje j isle nestane. Hoch povidal, ze o s y atpadlo vie net Styr' libry. . . a taky jsem cich budou k nemu pouStet, tak poje-

Ve stredu, doe 21. prosince 1955. du. . . Ale ty S'illitky by se ot finely prelotit na drohou stranu."

"Jsou uS treti den v soh, tot' se vi, by to neSkodilo; hned tarn ptijdo."

JagustYnka Sla, ale jeSte rychleji se vse oioa smatend vratila a oznamovala, PolOYina masa je prye.

Hanka se hnala do komory, za ni letela Joska; vSechny zdHene staly nad t,kopiekern a rozvalovaly, kam se mohlo inaso peat.

"To pes neodelal; je dobre mat, jak je to krajeno notem. . cizi zlodej taky nepriSel nro par liber. . . To provedla Jagna!" rozhodla Hanka a hnala se vztekle do svetnice; Jagna ve svetnici nebyla, lete.1 tarsi jenom stars' Boryna a treS"til eel.

Tepr-ve v to c_hvili si Joska vzpomnela, te Jagna, kdyt Ma, rano z domu, schovavala neco pod zasterca myslila pry, Se Jags nese nejake kterl si chysta na svatky spolu s Balcarkovou.

"K motce to odnesla. . kdo eo rad, i eizi bode brat. ."

Na JogustYneina slova Hanka. zlbstne yykrikla: "Josko! Zavolej Petrika! Ten zbytek se M116i prenest do me komory!"

Hezprodlein vec take prOvedli; Hanha chtela pri to priletitosti i beekY s obiliin prevalit na svou stranu, aby je mohla pohodlneji prohiedat, ale Uptistila od toho; bylo Den p111is mnoho a reel p torn by se mohly donest kovati.

Cele odpoledne eihala jako pes na Jogno; kdyt za Soomraku pffila, hned se na ni oborila.

"Ano, media jsem je... je zrovna tak rte jako Yak, kus jsem si uritla a snedla jsem je!" odpovedela Jagna pyS'ne, a presto& skoro celY veeer Hanka ji nedavala pokoje, vztekle hromujic, neoz yala se ani sloven, jako by ji schvaltie dratdila. Pisla dokonce jakoby nic na veeeri a s fisme yem se Hance divala do OM. Hanka se ziosti div nevztekla, pDato2e nevedela, jak na C'elY -yeeer pak se na vSeeky pro kat(Too maliekost slobila a hnala je driv do postele, te pry je zitra ZelenY Styr tek a te se musi zaait easne s Uklidem.

Sama rovnet ulehla driv ne:ti obyeejtie, ale dlonho do noel nemohla usnout, a kdyt zaslechla. zurive Stekani se -podivat no dvtir.

U Jagny bylo je qe svetlo.

"Ut je posde, je Skoda petroleje, ne•ircno!" zamruSela v sini. 'te si taky svitit treba celou noc!" odpo yedela Cagna pies dvere.

Hanka se zoo y a. rozeilila a zdrimla prve po prvnim kurpeni. Za easneho jitra, na samem Asvito vyskoSila Joska, ae byla nejvetS1 spas, prvni s postele, protote si vzponsnSla, te

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pojede nakupovat, a be2ela budit chlapce, aby strojili ',vane; lard& se, postavila, kdyZ" Hanka prikazovala Petrikovi, aby zaptahl do vozu hnedku.

"Ja s hnojnikera a slepou kobylou nepojedu!" jeeela s plaeem. "Copak jseni nejaka Zebraeka, aby me vozili na hnojniku? Ve meste piece vedi, ei jsem! 0tec by to nikdy nedovolil. .

Delata., ramus, dokud se nestalo po jejim, a odjela na bryece parem koni, pacholkem na prednim , sedadle, tak, jak hospodyno obyeejne jezdily. `Kup eervenY papir a zlatY taky, vuboo vSechrty barvy, jake jeSte budou mit!" vela' za ni Vitek ze zahradky, kde uz hned od svitdni rortloukal na zahoncidh broudy a ryl, protole tam. Hanka jeSte dnes hodlala nasit hlavatice. Ale kdy2 se hospodyne neukazovala, vybehl na silnici a s ostatnimi chapel hrkal u plotu na rehtaeku.. od rana zvony mleely, jak to bylo obyeejem na kaZdY ZelenY etvrtek.

Pocasi se ustalllo a bylo jako yeera . . jen jaksi smutneji a tiSeji. V nod udetil mrazik a tak rano prichazelo zSedle rosou, zamlZene a chladne; byl bily den a vlo,Sto y ky j eSte porad Stebetaly, schoulene na strechach, a busy zahnane no rybnik krieely hla.siteji. yes, sotvaZe rozednilo, zhurta vstala.

Do snidane bylo jeSte daleko, ale uZ nastavai shon a hluk a deti vyhnane z cha,lup, aby neprekaZely, behaly pa cestach, rehtaly rebtaekami a klapaly klapoekami.

Maloktera. zena Sla na ktera: se tines konala bez vaLhan a bez zvoneni.

Nadchazela totiZ posledni moZnost svateeniho Uklidu, peeeni chleba a zadelavani na buchty nebo na chutne dalainanky, V kaZde chalupe byly okna i clvere neprodySne uzavteny, aby se test() nezachladilo, ohne plapolaly a dYin z kominti stoupal k zachmutenemu nebi.

V chlevech se ozYval dobytek hryzouci hlaclem Zlaby, svine chrochtaly v zahradkach, cinabeZ se popelila. na cestach a &Ai delaly, co chtely; praly se hnizdy vran nebo lezly po stromech nebylo nikoho, kdo by jim to zakazal. . Zenske Indy pine race prate, zadelavaly a. misily bochanky, obkladaly perinami diJe i necky s testem, sazely do pece, zapomnely skoro no cely svet . . . niely jeclinou starost, aby se jim v buchtach neudelal zakalec, ci aby je nespahly.

VSude to bylo stejne; u mlynaiu, u varhaniku, no fare, u sedlakti 1 podruhu, protole i nejvetSi chudak, trebas na dluh anebo za posledni etvrt' obili, si music udelat body, aby aspon jednou zo rok, no velikonoeni svatky, se do sytosti najull masa a jinYch pochoutek.

VES TNT K:

WEST, TEXAS

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2e -v-Sak vSude riemeli kamna s trou- kopy , a aealy si je ut,Lzovat a chlubit bu na peeeni, v sadech 'mezi chalupami pDletovaly divky s narueemi polen a nekcly se ukazovaly nod rybrilkem nmoueene Zeny, zapleskone a jako kbrouhevnici v procesi opatrne zvedajici velikanske vary a necky pine buchet, zakrytYch perinami.

Ba i v kostele bylo pino prate; forapacholek snaSel z lesa smreky vc.rhanik zaroveri s Ftochem a Jambroem poCati strojit BoZi. hrob.

Na druhY den, v patek prate jeSte bylo. Nemeli ani kdy povSimnout si varhanikova Jenika, kterY ze Skol prijel na svatky, prochazel se pa na ysi a nahliZel do oken, protole nebylo kde se zastavit, ani s kYin promluvit.

Ba ani do chalup se dostat nebylo meZne; testy i zahrady byly zastaveny skrinemi, postelemi a prerozmanitym natadim, protole dnes se nahonem bilily svetnice, drhly podially a pied my se eiste omYvaly obrazy, rozestavene kolem sten.

VSude panoval spech a snon, behalo uz Uprkern a vrava stale vzzustala, I deti uz muscly shrabavat blato na clvorech a cestieky pied domern vysypavat ZhitYm piskem.

A ze podle stareho obyeeje od pateeni.ho rana a.Z do nedele se neslusclo jilt teplou potravu, postili se lide ke slave BoZi a jedli jenom suclaY chleb a brambury.

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je krasneji ozdobH;), ' se .., ,aska n' .' 11•1 itHit s

nkach, orna.;:a zdobena a to 1:: ad, ze by to mato (.) byl (1°1-6.701; ''co Jognina, ot!• . ,'Ivem lista a • Holeialo ji mdt.o . by no, byl•! n rvena zluta, f alov. woucirou6.. kJ, jako kvitky Ira', a t , kpve. veci na nick, proste k neavereni:••na jednom kokrhali kobouti na. plate, .na druhem ZaSe Syaely busy no svini valejici se blate; jinde se nad CervenYmi poll yzna..73ela hejno bilYch halubd a.tam also se objevily takove obra.zky a '..takove je one veer, ;lase 1:3, /- -vaji no oknech, je mraz pokryje ledem, FrohliZely jedno vejce thuhem a nestaelly . se Hanka vratila, s JagustYnI:ou. oAela, take ona si vajieka prohledl- :je nekekla nic, jencuc JagustYnka V 1:CMSC za ."_;eptala: re. . 110 ne!"

"Odkatt s :.?, to v tobe 7y prij"Oakt-td? Sarno mi f i de pod prsty." Jagna voLkou radost.

"Melo. bys jich nekali] nemu panovi !" etit, "A:"?, bode zitra mu be dam. . ."

To je krasa, to ant velelmy pan ne„ Ten se nadivH” zarnrueela pardlive Hanka, k0.-y • Jagni odala na soon stranu, prc.)tole uz byl, pozde. jinde ve vii sedell toho vccera dlouho do nod.

Tot' se vi, c v techto dnech to jako jinde chodilo i u Borynit, rozdil byl jenom v torn, ze tam bylo vie rukou lac takova nouze o gr,A. . . proto taky rychleji pripravy ukoneili.

Venial bylo • zamraeeno, . te• inn°, ale V patek, uZ pri samem sountraku, Ha.nka, s Petrikem dokoneila bileni svet- kildno... jenom mlYn Per prestayky 6koro do nice i. chalupy zvenei a zaeala se rychle pal; v chahopach .ses 1ti1 untYvat a strojit do kostela, protole ji- pianoch pruhy padaiy. z oken na nn deny nil chodily ke Kristovu hrobu. cestu a tu a tam se na rybn.iku t•asly V krbu plapolal mocnY oheri, v hrn- na vade; lids spravovali :svateeni oci, ktery dva tide teZko, unesli, se vari- devy a dodelavali razne Sobota byla docela, tepid, zahalena, la cela kYta, kterou yeera narychlo trochu vyudili, a v menNal kotliku bubla- ridkou mlhou, na si etet bylo jajesi veser 1e praci, ly klobasy; po cele svetniei se vznaSely lo, here, tkebas pa veereja . t 2 da-vali se chute do novfme draZdici nozdry a Vitek, kterY vy- vstavali hbite• a lopoty. rezdval nem detem, co chvile popotahl ve Pred kostelem zaealo ';,ToL'Ini behaa vzdychl.

Prod krbem, u- svetla ohne, sedoly ni, prataZe, jak byio odjakZAVa v obyeeji, svarne Jagna c Joskou, zabrane pilne do na bakdou Lilcu sobotu se za 6asneho barveni vajicek, a kaZda, predstihujie rana lido seS11, aby pachavall ove.snou druhou, si svoje schavdvala. zvlaW a kaS1 a zahraball slec c, nejnori sve traskrYvala je, jak mohla. Jagna nejdiiv piee za velkeho pa ;to. ProteZe nebylo urnYvala vejce v teple vode, pak je uti- ani po.cholka ani stao.i.ch InlAdenca, rala do sueha a nakonec je rtizne porno- smluvili se menM chlm yq s jenikem Pohrnec, lovavala rortopenym voskein nebo je pletou v eele 1..a• C,) :oil; dam r kladla, do vernier vody, bublajici ye trech na eial era.,_ V_.,E. hrneecich, do nichZ, je po sole narodeei.a.

Byla to mrzuta, prate, vosk -misty ere- dean v siti od chiapec chtel dr2et a vajieka se maekala v ru- tahl na provazko slede, vi./ .. ezaneho ze Lou nebo pukala pri vareni; nakonec dreva. 1'.(a e se sledem slyPCru naktejich vS. ak piece jen nachystaly pros pin prod, za nirni pak cele tiejno

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V T. S TNIK

T, TEXAS

t• i klapali a vre gteli, co jim hrLipce mel nejbliZ, V nick proto svetil dlo Jenik je vedi, a trebas byl nakonec, nezridka aZ za sameho sournrapii.:louply a nemotora, na olienicke kou- ku. sky mel dobrou hlavu a vtip. ObeSgi jako Zeny 'se rozeSly bez dloohYch reel, procesi celY rybnik a kolem kostela za- protole se chtely dostat jeSte do kostetoeili no t000loveu p leb kde se mel ko- la na sYeceni ohne a vody; predtim unat pohreb. ; A/torn Jenik lopatou triskl hasily ohniska V chalupdch, aby je pak eQ hrnku, ten se razletel a ovesna kale move zapalily mladym, posvecenYna, ohSe ykrni ohavnostmi se rozlila Vitkovi po zadech.

1Pokraiiorit ( Ostatni smichem usedali po ceste, ale Vitek rozzlobl, holYma rukama se vrtiRAS as T A,Nal‘ii DARER PRO hi on Jenika, porval se i s ostatnimi, RAJ:DER° pak se jim vytshi a letol s narkem do Ceske Literarni Sclroleni pri Texaske chaltpy.

Hanka mu jeSte pridala, protok mel statni oniversite v Austinu oznamuje, ze kahat docela znieenY, a hnala ho do Ye streclu, due 14. prosince, y ySla jiZ eeska lesa. pro borove halouzky a zajeei vousy. obrazkova. citanka Zima. Vyddni jeji bylo Pettik se mu v e rnal a ani Joska ho sclavalne ospiSeno, aby inchla bYti prateSdroleni posilana co vhodnY Yana. pilne 1.7.,7syladvala repolitovala. kcal], stezko mezi zahrddkami a na oil ni &trek. Literarni i umelecka hodnota nic piskem, privezenYm zpod htbitova., eitanky je skuteene velika a cena jeji levprotole tam byl nejZlutej,'Si; vysypala ta- na. Citanka je ozdobena obrazky, mnoz nick jsou celostrankove a jejich poke- vozovou cestu pied vraty a stezku rizeni,.na vYbornem papiro, s,talo hodne pod Okapern. . . vypadalo to, jako by penez. chalupu opasola Zlutou stuhou.

Obrazky mnohYm pripomenou krasy V Boryno y e jizbe. 1.12, chystali jidla k redneho Ceskoslovenska a probudi i v sveceni.

SVetnice byla vymyta a vysynana pi- mladeli, zde jiz zrozene, zdjem o zero, jaskem. okna eista, stenv i obrazy are- zyk, literatoru a umeni "stareho" kraje jejich rodiett, tam dales o za, mor ons .. ne z pavitein, Jagnina pastel pekne J kika se spravne, ze jedinY obrazek, easto kryta Satkem.

Hanka s Jagnou a Dominikovou, ae skoro spolu ani nemluvily, postavily pod , oknem ye 'Stite node' Borynovy postele YelkY st il, pokrytY tenouekoto belenou plachtoo„ jejIZ obrubu Jagnieka polepilo SisokYai pasem eervenYch strihanek.

Iolrostred, pti kraji okna, postavily vys, ‘kY krucifix, oveneeny papirovini kve. a a p ed nim na obracenem okrinu ber,=;nka z mania, ktereho Jagna uplacaink dovedne, ze vypadal jako ZivY; C nl ze zrn ril'Ionce a ohon, oei a ko. z eervene copovane ylny. Do prvni kruhu pied beranka zaeoly kllst chleby a p'Seniene koldee, zamlekem, pa niehZ C.!:11avare Maslen:I Zlot'otteke placky, posazene hcjne hrozinknmi; nektere byly menSi, pro Josku a pro deti, nektere se syrem a jine s vajieky, sypane cukrem a slad'ouek9m maekom; na konec postavily velikort misu s vencem, klobas, ozdobenYch oloupanYni vajceky hlavy . vdeehno rov p 0 okrLnene barevnYmi vajleky; eekaly us jen na Vitka, aby mezi to vSechno nastrkaly zelene, clavoji a 7ajeCiu-,1 vousy o f letly rely st01. a

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sousedky byly hOt°3Vy, Sot a PrinaSet na YOlSkaCh, Del 1.; v.'', a okliIp eck svoje j'1011-,. v je !: e ebny Pan riaL; vedie stolo, it zal, aby jidlo ke s\-,Teni pripravili je o. v , nekolika stavenich prednejSich hospodartt — nemel tolik Caul, aby obchazel vSeclany.

IP)USTON, TEXAS

Ve st • edu, dne 21, prosi.r ce 19J55, ovi vice ne211 sto slov.

Citanka ma zimni, vanneni i ndrodni raz a zptlsobi, Ze mnozi uvedomell krajane a krajanky bodou letos o vanocich v duchu putovati do Ceskoslovenska vzpominati na pribuzne. a pratele, Slovaky jiste upoutaji prekrasne celostra.nkoy e obrazy Bratislava a Tatry, Chody Vzboureni sedlaci a pratele Bezroecvy basne Kyjo y a . ..errnanice.

Pouze v mesicich prosinci a lednu bode obrazkova citanka Zima prodavana za pouhY dolor; potom bode jeji cena zvYSena. Dolor mozno poslati i v dopise na adresu: Dr. Ed. Mieek, University Station, Austin 12, Texas a citanka bode obratem zaslana. Ma-li dojiti no vanoce, nutno rychle jednati.

Kdo si preje podpis poradalele eitanky Dr. Mirka, jenZ na ni dva rokypr•coval. at' nap1-u' a bode, mu ocbotne!"vvhoveno.

Jmena naSiffh priznivcill-odberat, Citanek budou zapisovana do P. -'tniku.

NaSe SdruZeni preje nratel-Urn a yydavatelam I reclaktorfon eeskYch noyin prijemnYch svatkil vanocnicl a vSeho Cobra v Nevem ro•e a konei nas1v starrm heslem: Do kaale nadi rodiny ccske noviny a eeska kniha.

S oprimnym pozdraven.

Ed. Mieek. tt?„,,x°*'''r

To our friends

and patrons, we wish all the pleasures that come with a joyous Holiday Season.

Ve stee u, due 21. prosince 1955.

EST, TEXAS

VESTN

Paul Fousova_ ma svatek. Pan Fous Sel domu z kancelaee a jal. si limed gratulovat: "Tak ja ti, Manieko, pieju k Tv3imu svatku vSechno nejlepSi, a abys neeekda, talc tady rnaS ne."co na nove Saty."

To eka, vytahl z kapsy pul tuctu knofliku.

Vciova Fousova dekuje timto v gem, kteii vyprovodili jejiho manZela na posledni ceste.

Potkaly se d y e peitelkyne: "Co tomu eika.§? Peed tYdnem jsem jeste. byla do Johnnyho cola blazen a dries uZ ho nemohu vystat."

Pousmala se jedovate peitelkyne: je to k,u podivu, jak jsou "Jo, jo mu2skY nestali."

Paine p istihl sveho sluhu pei "Parnat.ujte si, Jeane," pravil nun pelsne, "leZ je nejohavnejSi neeest na svete.

Nesmime sveho bliZniho obelhavat."

"Tak pea -vZdyeky naeidite, abych Pekl, Ze nejste doma, kdyZ pitde exekutor?"

Odvetil podra2dene Balzae: "Exekutoei peeee nejsou nak bliZni!"

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FOR ALL CHILDREN WILT BE

THLE1SDAY, AT THE

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SOKOL HALL, DALLA at 7:30 p. m.

There will be goodies for all the children `Ole' Santa will also be present., — So bring children.

The party and program is sponsored by Dallas Lodge No. 401. ® SPJST Lodge No. 130 and Sokol — Everybody is invited.

A MERRY CHRISTIVI and Happy and Prosperous ensuing NEW YEAR 1956 Wi hes its Czech Pat W.4iproo46.0.5.0.W..04n.oanoo.m., ,auwo.1,0.11m.

.mow.

Our wishes ring out for a season filled with joy ...with lo y e...with peace,

r® and Mrs. Aug. Kacir

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TEMPLE, TEXAS

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Bajet'n'Y sen. tka: Ne — uz Zadne cukrovi nePovidala pani Bzukova: by jsi spat na piny Zaludek.

"MuZieku, dnes se mi zdalo, 'Ze jsem doi )liii <i budu tedy spat na zadech, stala novY rozko gnY kloboue'ek . . . ." ne na Zaludku.

Zajasal pan Bzuk: "Slava! To je prvni klobouk, kterSi mne CO VANOCNi DAREK, PROC nic nestoji!"

NEDAROVATI BALICEK NONAT! Ti kteri dostanou balleek toStale vyrizuji zasilky do C. S. hoto osvedeeneho doma..,ciho lePotra,vinove baliky i Medeciny. ku zUstarrou skuteane vdee'nSTrni kdykoliv se naskytne neoPiste o seznam na eekavand prileNtost k pouZiti v nastavajichn rote NONAT Mast' jest prakticlqm darkein, stojici na straZi proti zevnejim 8631 Diceman Dr., intekcim, tak jak ukazuji pro DALLAS, TEXAS Pomoc proti rtiznin druhUm picharn a boleni. NONAT co Va.clarek jest up irony dtikaz pameti pro zdravi vaSlch pratel. Objednejte nyni velkr balieek za ekonomickou cenu $1,05, pravidelna velikost 55c.

PRAVNICI TEMPLE, TEXAS Utadovna 2nd Floor Temple National Bank Building REG U.S . PAT OFF. R. C. MILLER & CO. P.O. Box 285, Altadena, Calif.

ye streclu, dne 21. prosince 1955.

Dr. Thos. N. DeLaney OCNI LEKAt Bryle spravne pripravene eas dle umluvy 513-17 SPJST Bldg.

Tel. aradovna PR 3-3248 Res. PR 3-2687 TEMPLE, TEXAS

Mrs. B. VAC&

Kacii Leiikar a Kacii

SPRAVNE VYKONANA POHREBNi SLUtBA V hotline Yalu zarmouceni naleznete Edward Pace pohtebni Ustav pohotovY k sympatickernl vytize. ni nezbytn3'rch jednotlivosti a k vr praveni dojemneho pohitu.

Levne ceny jsou nagi. zasadou

Edward Pace Pohiebni feditel Clen S.P.J.S.T.—Tel. Prospect 3-3606 118 N. 5th St.. TEMPLE. TEXAS

AIRSESEINEPOININIIIONIRMRRIMMIII,

Ernest J. Hanka Marek - Burns POHREBNI DOMOV V hodine zarmutku najdete a nas riejlepSi pohrebrii obsluhu a ceny 111 levni. prodisame pobiebni pojgteni aid 1 mesice do SO rokil start.

Ambulance ye dne i v noci MAREK BURNS FUNERAL HOME Bill Marek a Bill Burns Telefon 546 CAMI-77,0N, TEXAS SPOLEHLIVVA POIIROBNICKA SLU2BA pohotovi y am poslou'Ziti bez rozdilu jak daleko bydlite bez jakehokoliv . zvlaStniho poplatku.

3 narni nniZef. 43 mluviti &sky. My Fohrebni Poji6teni pro kaaleho elena rodiny. "

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John W. Leiikar fRAvNiE

LONG THEATRES BLDG. k229 Avenue F. — Phone 4529 BAY CITY, TEXAS

Hilsher's Home Supply Co. 2020 Washington Ave AT-8424 5824 N. Main TW-1441 5225 Washinton TW-3387 9219 Jensen Dr. OX-2-5031 HOUSTON, TEXAS For All Your FURNITURE APPLIANCES and EVERYTHING ELSE FOR YOUR HOME Be Sure to See

HILSHER'S and get "THE BEST FOR LESS" CASH OR EASY TIMMS Your Satisfaction GuaranWed And Free Delivery Service VASE CESKE OBCHODY

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$ 4,500.00

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27

28,500.00

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17,000.00

Number Four

6

7,000.00

Number Five

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67,500.00

Number Six

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37,500.00

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