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SLOVANSKE PODPORUJiti XEDNOTY STATU TEXAS

Postmastet: Please Send Form 3519 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P,O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS ROONIK (VOLUME) XLIV

ve sttedu (Wednesday) 4. LEDNA (JANUARY) 1956

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OPRAVDU NOVI' ROK? ASTAL NAM NOV' ROE. SLYgeli jsme Uder hodin, kdy'z odbijela palnoc, kdyt s ramusem, piskanim, stfilenim a rozmanitym jinkrn hlornozem loucili jsme se s rokem starkm a vitali rok novk. S nejlepgirni nadejemi a v pine daveke vkroisme do nove miry easu, ktera, na kalendati je oznacena leden, 1956.

Jako jednotlivec musi miti daveru ye svou vlastni silu a schopnost, podobne musi citit spolek slolenk z mnoha jednotlivcu Cast°, poukvame frazi "spolkovY nvot." Tedy ne hvoteni, ne ztrnulost ben pohybu, ale opravdovy givot.

Pochod kuptedu, vzharu, k lepgim za lepgimi idealy, pro vzrast a rozkvet spolku. Opravdu spolkovk givot v novena roce.

Kdyt cestujeme do kopce, neohlitime se zpatky, ale spi ge hledime k mistu, kde dosahneme vr gku. Nekdy zmirnime a pohledneme nazpet, ale obyeejne si vice vgimneme toho, co lek pted nami—nohorizont, jina krajina, dal gi cesta se zataekami, nepoznane dtive dojmy.

Mame pied sebou dalgi cestu. Asi za lest meticii zastavime na nekolik abychom provedli jiste zmeny a opravy.

To bude IAA sedrnnacty sjezd. To bude nage zastavka, kde sesednerne dohromady, pohovotime si o tom, co k dal gi ceste pottebujeme, nebo co bylo by pro nag spolek ladouci, a zase s novou radostne a s nejlepgimi nadejemi budeme postupovat na a ye dalgi ceste.

Sedninactk sjezd bude velmi dfilektou zastavkau. Nerri tteba, mluvit v podoben.tvich. Mame pied sebou opravdu novk .ok a nove potada yky. Je tteba jen si avedomit, marne velmi slibnou bucloucno,st pted sebou, velmi dobrk spolek.

A !esti nekdy pfeleti nejaky mraeek

pies na g spolkovk givot, je to obyeejne nak vinou, JIT si sami na ge slunce zaclanime zbyteenYm koutem neporozumeni. Jestli nekcle neco vazne a jde pomalu, ja to na ge vlastni nevedomost nebo nerazvaZnost, ktera brzdi na g postup Uspechu.

KagdY sjezd SPJST neco zlep goval a opravoval. To 1.1` je v lidske povaie, stale je nejakanespokojenost nebo touha po neeern lep gini a dakladnejkm. Jednou jsme zmenili poplatky. To vgak mnozi letogni delegati ani nepamatuji.

To bylo pied mnoha lety. Podruhe jsme zlepgovali nag zpbsob investovani penez.

Jindy zase jsme volili do hlavniho yedeni dalgi ntedniky. Co nas letos deka?

Dle avail° skromneho nahledu, a bude asi 'TOAD tech, kdo se mnou souhlasi, meli bychom si dad do potadku cele sestaveni na geho vedouciho telesa. Budu opakovati slova, ktera jsem napsal pied gestnacti lety. Nemohu oeekavati, Ze se stone zazrak. Ve spolku se napravy prova.deji naramne pomalu. A eastokrat rychla zniena nestoji za nic.

by prodej na geho zbok spravnkrn zpasohem planoval.

V pojigt'ujicim obchode je na prvnim miste dobre ziiroeeni penez. A lined za timto po2adaykem je dobrk prodej jigt'ovani. Pak teprve ptijde drobna, a roznianita prace spojena a vedenim spolku nebo obchedu. KdyZ byla na ge Jednota, zalolena, novi eleni se sami do spolku. Tenkrat jsme dbali jen o to, aby penize byly dobte ul(Aeny. Pfed dvaceti peti lety zadal nag spolek klesat.

Ztraceli jsme stare eleny. Novi se nehlasili sami od sebe. Zavedli jsme organisatory. Slibili jsme jim odmeny. Ony odmeny nebyly nikdy na gimi , sjezdy schvaleny, nebyly od td doby zrevidovany nebo pozmeneny, naborova prace stoji na teniZ'e stupni jako pied etvrt stoletim. Mezitim jsme vyhazeli petrolejove lampy, pradali zpte geni koni a mull, koupili moderni lednieky, radia, televise, traktory, osmivalcove kary, ale podreli jsme si primitivni zpasob naborove dinnosti. A tento ttinohy stolec s jednou krat gi nohou mel by se poopravit.

Opravdu novk rok nas eeka starati se dlanact mesica do roka, o vzrrist elenstva, o opravdovy spolkovy kvot u kaZdeho tadu. Ptece kaZdk tad byl zaloZenk v rillovych nadejich. Prod povadly rule? Prod nepracujeme die tech hesel a pravidel, ktere jsme slibovali svou cti dodrgovati? ei dnegni test ma mengi cenu?

A eeka nas take vyfe geni do.lgich loodia--tteba Utulna, Jsou soukrome osoby, ktere vydrluji podobne lidumilne fistaary a planuji stavbu dalg ich. My jsme postavili dosud asi padesat sini. V gechny do hromady sotva maji takovY moralni, representaeni, narodohospodatskY vYznam jako jedna atulna.

Mohu Z'e sestaveni na geho vedouciho telesa je v dosti uspokojivem stavu, a tteba by mail° zastat tak ja,k ho mame--pouze a jednou vkjimkou. Na g organisaeni odbor dosud nepracuje. Nage investice a zuroeeni penez je dobre. Nase vytizovani korespondence mezi usttedim a jednotlivYrni eleny nebo mistnimi tady je dochvilne a ptesne. Pouze nage naborova einnost neni dosud no, takovem stupni, jak se od osnaimilionoveho obchodu oeekava. Jinkmi alovy, na g spolek, kterk stoji jako stolec na ttech nohach --dobre ukladani penez, dobre vytizovani zalektosti s mistnimi fady, a dobrY T:TZasne mnastvi u glechtile prace eeka prodej nageho zbegi—ma. jednu nohu trz,,chu kratgi. Neumiire prodavat aye nas v novem roce! Jen odvahu a nazbogi. Nemame v Usttedi nikoho, kdo deji!

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Timto eislcm zaiiiname etykicat3 -7 etvrV roenik nag eho spolkoveho easopisu Kdyt uvatime, te jeden roenik nynejSiho formatu je silny ptiblitne test palcu, mohli bychom odhadovat v gechna eisla Vestniku, kdyt bychom je dali do jednoilitEDNf ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPORUJM JEDNOTY STATU TEXAS ho stohu, kolem dvaceti sttevic. Kolik OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT peknS/ch a pouanST ch elankft, kolik reORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS dakenich uvah, kolik spolkoveho nadgeni REDAKTOR — EDITOR a take spolkove kritiky, kolik krasnch povidek a romanii bylo uvetejneno v STEPHEN VALCIK 6402 Prague tomto stohu tiskovin vysokSich lakes dvaHouston 7, Texas cet stop. Napted byl to zesnulSr bratr Jos. Vydavateld —, Publishers Tapal, kteq po 'Sestnact let tidil VestaECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY WEST. TEXAS nik, a jeho mantelka, dosud tijici sestra Pfedplatne $3.00 — Subscri ption $3.00 Per Year Anna Tapalova, pomahala mu vybirat poutave romany. Pak to byl bratr MoueZmfny adres zasilaji se do Hlavai ftradovny re ka, kterST od ledna 1933 at do eervna Temple, Texas Changes of address must be sent to Supreme Ledge 1950 byl redaktorem Vestniku. Mezitim sjezd ve Fort Worth rozhodl te jedna tteTemple, Texas tina spolkoveho easopisu ma b3it vedena Pf•edplatne a oznamky bud't6i adresovtny na v fedi anglicke. Tim iikolem byl poveVfstnik, West, Texas. ken pisatel techto radku. Kdyt pa pfilZivoto pisy zeinfelYch Mewl se uvefeThuii bezplatne druhem roce od fort-wortskeho sjezdu Za rytinu p odobiznY je nutno zaslati redakci $2.50 The obituaries are printed without charge. For cuts, Cesky redaktor onernocnel tak, ze nemohi it is necessar y to send $2 50 to the Editor. vice vykonavat sve povinnosti, psal jsem pod rougkou ml6eni a napodobuje jeho }ILAVNf UfLADOVNA — SUPREME LODGE sloh, take C'eskou Cast. V lednu 1951 nred EDWARD L. MAREK. President Mei a reditele schvalili doporueeni TiskoTemple, Texas veil° v3-7boru, abych nadale vedl obe CaJOHN A. KUBENA, Vice-President La Grange, Texas sti. Jsena •vekem ze I/tech dtivejAich redakJ. F, CHUPICK, Secretary torn Vestniku nejstar gi. Snad proto doTemple, Texas JOS. KOLIHA, JR., Treasurer volim si dasto iici sve nahledy slovy jaTeraple, Texas drnSrmi a Mara si zbyteene neptatele.

R. A. URBANOVSKY, Bookkeeper Temple, Texas Lee na druhe strane ziskal jsem celou ADOLPH PAVLICEK, Attorney tadu novSlch ptatel, kteti radi maji slo504-5 Sterling Bldg.

Houston, Texas va upkimna, nefal govand, chvalu neproDR. MARVIN LESTKAR, Medical Director dejnou. Jsem vdeeny", te TiskovSr vSibor P. 0. Box 410 Ta y lor, Texas ponechal mne v torn ohledu volnou ruku.

Pri zahajeni tohoto roeniku musim EEDITELE — DIRECTORS A. C. STEPAN, First District znati, ze jsem na =mho mistech chybil.

Brenham, Texas Propustil jsem 'lady do Vestniku slovo (.HAS. NAVRATIL, Second District Temple, Texas nebo celou vetu, kterou bych sam si neROBERT CERVENKA, Third District dovolil napsat. Ale tidil jsem se vVrokern West. Texas FRANK CERVENY, Fourth District francouzskeho filosofa a volnomy'glenMunday, Texas late Voltaira: "Naprosto s tebou nesouJ. M. SKRABANEK, Fifth District 4720 Bellaire Blvd.. hlasim co pravig, ale valy budu hajit tve Bel/aire, Texas pray°, abys mohl fici, co si prejeS2 SvoFRANK ROD, Sixth District El Campo, Texas boda slova a svoboda tisku jsou zaklad CHAS. HOLASEK, Seventh District nimi piliri americke demokracie. Dokud 2541 Lexington Blvd.

COr p us Christi, Texas nekdo nezaene v ptepinene mistnosti kti7.SKOvi rt1BOR — PUBLICATIONS COMMli ISM eet "Hai," aby zpirsobil paniku a nebezJOS. HORNAK, Chairman peel tivota, at' se tfeba pied lidmi na P. 0. Box 125 ulici postavi na hlavu a tekne si sve. PoCollege Station, Texas MRS. FRANCES OLEXA vatuji sebe za slutebnika fgech clenu, i 6402 Taggart takoidich, kteit neumeji psati, a proto Houston, Texas MRS. ANTONIE HORAK dal jsem vS'em dopisovateliim volnost, 2305 Housley Drive aby vyjadtili sve my§lenky vlastnimi sloDallas 18, Texas vy.

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Dale muslin podekovat, na zaeatku noyeho roCniku, vg"em nagim dopisovateliim, kteri se obetovali a prokazali mi to potegeni, ze se mnou spolupracovali, 2e

ye stkedu, dne 4. ledna 1956. posilali zpravy a pitspe yky bet naroku na odrhenu. Lituji, te jsem v roce 1955' nemohl opakovati plan s udelovanim odmen tem, •kdo nejvice do Vestniku spell, jako - se stalo v roce--1951.. Ti, kdo odmenY &stall, si -je zasloutili. Ale jsou nekteti kteit videli v torn nee° jineho net eeho jsem chtel s poctiw'm itmysleni dociliti. Pry jseni si kupoVal pia pularitti. Ba bylo toho vice, z echo mrie nekteti kritisovali. Proto jsem v minulern roce nevypsal tadnbu odmenu. Tim , srdeeneji dektiji yam, sestry 'a bratti, ,te jste do Vestniku ptispivali, a te jste svSr mi dopisy a zpravarni ponaithali udrto vat zajem etemitii a elentii. mne, ze nektere me plany 'pro zlepSeni Vestniku . so mne nevyda • ily. Na pi'iklad, nemam St'astnou ruku ye vY beru romanii. Pkidina vezi v torn, te byl jsem nucen eisti spousty remantl, 'rozebirat jejich ptednosti a chyby, a te ism byl od profesoriv poueovan, co je skute,ena literature a co je nasladla Take jsem nemohl zavesti strtnku pro inlade etenate v anglietine, prbtote trani po latce, ktera, by vyhovovala, nebyla chranena autorskSrm pravem, vy tadovalo veinal mnoho east' a nesmel jsem si dovolit podobne plYtvani' jedne strance, ktera by motna nebyla, ani ocenena,. A rovnet jsem upustil od vy serie Cianku ze zdravovedy a Webne vSrtivy, protote jsem poznal, ze bych tyto elanky nemohl uvetejriovat .pravidelne, mibrt jen didka, kdyt by nebylo spolkovSrch zprav a dopistii, tedy trhane a jen po kouscich. 0 techto nespinenSich planecla a nedodrtenSrch slibech muslin podat zpravu Tiskovenau vY,boru, prof; jsem to neprovedl.

Take jsem nikdy zumyslne napsal elanek nebo uvahu, jen abych eleny vyru sir z jejich pohodinosti. Nekdy .jsem je ptimo burcoval ze spanku. Jeden takolv$r olanek, kterSi pohnul stojatou vodou, by la &oho o milionovem pfebytku. Nat aktuar, kdyt na neho bylo dolehanosam od sebe nikdy nic neporadI—jak poeita, na26i solvenci, vysvetloval, te Po vypooitani ritnSTch reservnich a zako nem stanovenSich fondil zbYva, mu nee() pikes milion penez, a te tento obnos by nael Wit vedenT na knihach nejakm jinSrin zpilsobem net co ptebytek. Nag broth vedouci zpravu vyslechli—a zitstalo pit starem. Pomyslel jsem si, zde je nahled odbornika, kteremu platime slutn3.7 obnos za katde skoupe slovo, a ne-eha. se to Wet. Jako by lelmt napomenul pacienta a patient si , delal po svem. Proto jsem se o ptebytku rozepsal„ abych probudil nekde nekobo.

Pozdeji by! jsem kritisovin, ze takove zpravy nemel jsem davat do vetejnosti.

Lee milj nazor byl, je a SPJST je dosud , spolkent, ktery patti vAern Clem:1m w ne pouze nekolika vyVolenSrm,

Ve stredu, dne 4. ledna 1956. kteti by radi aznamovali elerram jen to, co lahodi, co uspava, co stojatou vodou nepohne. Novhaar ma lidi informovat. A redaktor bratrskeho listu ma jelte vetk zodpovednost neZ redaktor soukromeho easopisu. Redaktor v bratrskem spolku je placenY Vlemi deny, a proto vlem bez rozdilu. A kdy2 by takovY redaktor dostal velikaSske pocity nebo dojmy, ",e path mezi elitu, smetanku v bratrstvi, pak je svrchovanY eas nahradit ho nekYin, jinYm, kdo ma vice demokiatickYch sklonil a rozumi take tem, kdo nejsou smetankou. Redaktor bratrskeho stu ma pamatovat, le Cleni jsou temi vrchnimi rozhodeimi a skuteenYmi majitell bratrskeho obchodovani, kdeito frrednici jsou pouze najmuti na etyri roky, aby prani dent) vykonavali. A jestli trednici nedovedou nebo nechteji premY:stet, mohou pa dtyrech letech dostat od dent' zaslouZenou odmenu. To plati take pro redaktora.

V tISTNIK— WEST, TEXAS Zeme davat dune vYhody, kdyZ je to za.-konem 'dovolene a kdyZ je to na bezpeenYch a pevnYch aktuarskYch vYpoetech.

Byli bychorn prvni Ceskou organisaci, v nil by nikdo neplatit al do 96 let, nYbrZ jen do 85 rokil. Prestali bychom prodavat doZivotni pojiSteni, ale misto toho zavedli bychom doplacene certifikaty o jedenact let drive. To uZ by znamenalo, le planujeme a premYkime nejen nove pojistky pro nalade, ale le pamatujeme take na ty nejstard.

Povaiuji to za jednu ze svkch redaktorskkch povinnosti, abych obeas upozornil, co noveho se zavadi u nekterYch jinYch bratrskYch podpirrnYch spolku.

AC nage SPJST je tretim nejvet gim 'deslrYin spolkem ve SpojenYch statech, jsou jine bratrske organisace petkrat, desetkrat, dvacetkrat NIUE A jako pravni radce musi znati zakony bratrskeho takteZ redaktor bratrskeho listu musi stale sledovat, o dem jine braAbych pkinutil k premkSteni, napsal trske organy pisi nebo joke nove vYhody jsern elanek o milionovem prebytku. Dnes se jinde pro deny zavadeji. vidirn, ze to nepomohlo. Nekteri Cleni Dostavam spoustu bratrskkch organft. mysleli, ze chci neco rozdavat. Dokonce Snad proto, le jsem byl zvolen predsedou nekteti firednici myslili toted. Vec nenovinarske sekce. Jinde si mysli le mel byla virbec vzata v iivahu. A piece je bych bYti inforinovan nebo ze mam zazde takova vzacna, prilektost, abychom jem o to, co kde se hYbe. Pro nine by nejen svYm dentin, ale celemu svetu bylo stokrat nailejk, kdy2 bych nejake ukazali, ze jsme bratrskYm spolkem, kterY se skuteene stars o vkchny sve deny, informace dostal od nalich iftednikt. Vidim, co se jinde provadi, Otu a porovnahlavne o ty nejstark, kteti v Jednote byvain. Vidim, jak v nekterYch spolcich re1 jil radu let. Ale to vezme trochu ditele stale planuji, aby jejich spolek premYlleni—a my premYket nechceme pokraeoval. U jinych spolkil to provadi nebo neumime. tak zvanY vYkonnY vYbor nebo U nas planovani se provadi v distrikPo napsani elanku o pkebytku oeeltaval jsem od nektereho z nakch vedoucich, tech nebo jednotlivYmi 'deny. U nas ze prijde a rekne: Redaktor vyzvednul spolkovY easopis je closud nejlepkm prootazku prebytku, tak udelame neeo pro pagaenim prostredkem mezi Cady a 'destare deny. Preptame se na geho aktuara, ny. Victim, le jine spolkove organy jsou kterY na.poeital ten milion, zdali bychom zapineny zpravami a informacemi od Inohli zrulit tridu "A" a tridu "B", dati vSech vedoucich: od hlavniho predsedy, ad .‘r em elenhm v onech triciach doplacenY hlavniho tajemnika, ad hlavniho organicertifikat ye veku 85 let, a vice neproda- satora, od pravniho radce, od vrchniho vat doZivotni certifikaty. U jinYch bra- lekare, od aktuara, od finanenilio vyboru, trskYch spolku, kde meli padobnY pre- od organisaeniho vkboru, a aA jestli bytek si tento zlepknY zpfisob bratrske- zbude misto teprve se ozve redaktor. U ho pojigt'ovani ji2 zavedli, tak budeme nas to mame docela naopak--napred nasledovat jejich prildadu a dame syYm redaktor, pak drobni Cleni, pak roman. elenfim vYhody, aby nemuseli platit celY A tak rad bych popral narSim hlavnim divot, ale jen do 85 mkt' sveho stall. 0- firedniktim predni misto, aby organ byl informaenim prostredkem, aby eleni donic podobneho se nestalo. stali vlechno z prvni ruky jak rosteme, Jen si piedstavte, jakou velikou rekla- jak rady pokraduji, joke kroky se podmou by to bylo pro nak SPJST, kdyZ by- nikaji pro oaiveni neeinnYch radu, nebo chom v pristim sjezdu dostali aktuaro- co se planuje k priltimu sjezdu. Dosud vo dobrozdani, le jsme tak silnYmi, na vlechna tato informaeni a propagaCni tak pevnkch zakladech, le nemusime na- prace spada na redaktora, kteremu se udale prodavat doZivotni pojilteni, ale za staviene burcovani znechucuje. Ale kdytyieZ poplatky mfaeme poskytovat ne- bychom nemeli Vestniku, nebo kdybych on lensiho—doplacenY certifikat ve ye- zpohodlnel a piestal podavat informace, ku 85 let. To by znamenalo, le ZadnY snad bychom ani nevedeli, jak to v naMen pies 85 roku. &vele veku by nemusel Sern spolkovem aivote bCiU. platit -2adne poplatky. SPJST je piece Zakon narizuje, zc bratrskk podpiirnk bra.trskYrn poji gt'ujicim spolkena, kde mu-

Strana 3 spolek musi rnit domadi odboeky nebo mistni spolky. Jinak by to byl spolek akcionartl, kde by hlavni vedouci rozhodovali dle sve vtile. V nak SPJST je Vestnik pojitkem mezi vkmi domacimi raft, jejich deny, mezi distrikty a hlavnim vedenim. Bez dobreho organu jakakoliv naborova Cinnost je neftpina a omezena.

Take dobrY Vestnik bez spoluprace vkch hlavnich Cinitelit je nemyslitelnY. Chceme-li mit nak SPJST bratrskYm spolkem, musime vkchni spolupracovat jako eleni velike rodiny. I hlavni tirednici museji poskytovat Zadane informace. VYmluva, jakou jsme slyseli v distriktni schrizi ye Fort Worth, le firednici jsou na praci v hlavni kancelati. a ne na dopisovani do Vestniku, neni spravna. Dopisovani take path do fitednich povinnosti. A jest-nekterY firednik se vymlouva, Ce nerad pile, at' svou prIlhodinovou red nadiktuje sekretarce, ktera to zkrati na primerenou delku. a pak eel*, proslov at' se uverejni ye ‘Vestniku pro informaci vlech Mena. Pak Vestnik je zrcadlem I toho, co hlavni arednici maji na zreteli.

Wichni bychom tahli za jeden provaz a stejnYm smerem.

Na zaeatku noveho raniku mei bych jen jedno vrouci prani: abychom nas spolkovY Casopis upravili jako skutednY bratrskY organ, kde by bylo vitane misto pro zpravy predsedy o velIere borove Cinnosti; pro zpravy tajemnika pro jakekoliv pokyny potrebne nalim domaxim firednikilm; pro zpravy pokladnika o nalich fondech, nalich investicich, vlech nalich peneZnich zalektostech; pro zpravy nakho oravniho radce. jak tomu v jinYch bratrskYch organech; a take pro zpravy nalich reditelfi, pro jejich doporudeni, pro jejich pokyny, pro jejich myglenky, ktere prindkji do kaIde schfize hlavniho telesa. Jako redaktor niam jen jednu touhu: aby vlichni firednici objevili v sobe trochu vice zajmu na podavani informaci pisemne ye Vestniku a abych mohl pro ne vyhradit pravidelne rubriky. Nerad vidim, kdy2 nak vedouci nestoji o Vestnik; a nerad slykm, kdyZ mne pouenji, ze to ei ono newel jsem uverejnit. Bud' pracujme dohromady nebo udelejme misto tern, kdo by pracovali dohromady. A to nejen v otazce Vestniku ,ale take svorne, ruku v ruce, v kancelVtich Hlavni aradovny. Nezamykejme sve zasuvky .nezamykejme sve mySlenky, nezamykejme sva srdce.

Nevim ani sam, ani nikdo jink, jak diouho mne bude poprano bkti redaktorem .Vestniku. VYS`Si moc mule nas v gechny prehlasovati. Ale dokud bude v me moci, budu se snakt, abych rozdaval jen to nejlepli. Za slova uzmini y am vgern dekuji.

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sttedu, dne 4. ledna 1956.

thnrtni pojistka pod 16 let sta id 'le die stupnice Vida J-S: Poplatky se piati 20 rokft.

Trinact orutoi eertffhK to SPJST Piny obnos pojiStent se vypro d,ospele: plati kciykoliv v ptipadu trtida B: Dotivota poplatky se plati aZ mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 do srarti. mesicil, $250, pod 12 mesic0, nide. C: Poplatky se plati 20 mica. P10 $500. obnos poji'Steni se vyplati kdyPoplatky se plati do IS let kdykoliv v ptipadu amrti. rtida Vida D: Poplatky se plati 15 roku. P1r4 stall. PlnY obnos certifikatu obnos pejigteni se vyplati kdyse vyplati pc) 18 letech koliv v ptipadu amrti. nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu nicht B: Poplatky se plati 10 mkt'. PlnY mrti od veku 1 roku. po 6 obnos pojigVni se vyplati kdyrn'esicn, $250, pod 12 roesicti, koll y v ptip.,du funrti $300 rrada F: Piny obnos certifikatu je vY- rrida J 0: Poplatky se plati 20 rola) PlnY obnos certifikatu se vy pla.cen po 15 letech nebo kdy-platio20echnbo,klykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu amrti toliv v ptipadu Candi ad yerrioa 'PlnY ob,los certifikatu je vy. ku 1 roku. Do 6 mesick $250, placen ye 20 letech nebo kdykoliv ntecltim v n•inadu pod 12 mesieti $500, rtida H: Piny obnos certifikatu je vy4 placen po dosaMni 65 let stars neno kdykoliv ptedtim v pflPadu Umrti. rtida I: rornatay se plati 20 rokt. Plnt obnost certifik&tu je vyplacen po dosa2eni 60 let stall nebo Die natizeni elanku 23 v nagich stakdykoliv ptedtim v pkipadu novieh ma se stanovni vybor sejit ne pozdeji nei dva mesice pied sjezdem, Pcplatky se plati do veku 6t aby vybor uva.zii, porovnal a rozhodnul let. PlnY obnos pojigteni se vy o vgeeh navrzieb na opravu a zmenu plati kdykoliv v ptipadu itmrti stanov, a aby ptijate navrhy uvefejnil bezodkladne ye Vestniku.

Dvoinasobne urazave pojigtern Stanovni vybor se dohodnul hlasova.(double indemnity). Certifikat se vystavuje pouze do obnosu nim pogtou, ie selnize vyboru bude se $2,500, dodateene k Priem konati druhon sobotu, dne 10. biezna 1956 v Temple, Texas. certifikatu.

TImto se oznarnuje v gem elentim, ifida M: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 adiiin a distriktilm SPJST, let. Po dosahni 65 rokti elen dostava mesioni ptijert, ie v geehny navrhy na opravu stanov, die dokud 2iv. Zemte-li pted 86 elanku 23, museji bYti zaslany navrholety stara, dCdici dostanou me- vateli na adresu tajemnika stanovniho sieni ptijem do 80. ‘yrodi na vyboru. Navrh, ktery nebude podan vyboru na opravu stanov, neindze bYt piedrozenin Mena.

Hide M-C: ripisova ochiana na 20 let ioien delegattim ye sjezdu k uvaieni.

Navrhy mobou bYti podiny v feel Cesktell se zmenauie. y yplacene pojigteni na $1,000 ke nebo anglieke.

Pojigteni se vyplati kdykoliv Adresa tajemnika stanovniho vyboru V ptipadu timrti die klesajic1 j e uvetejnena v kaidem eisle Vestniku stupnice. na strance 2 v prvnim sloupci dole.

2adame vgeehny eleny, 'tidy a disVida N: tipisova ochrana jen tem, kdc trikty, aby uvaiovali o stanovach a namail od SPJST vypujeene peposlali na tajemnika do konce vrhy sve nize anora 1956.

Pit drub(' eereiRikatil SPJST pro deti: S bratrskYin aozdrevem, za Stanovni Vida J-T: Doeasne poji gteni do veku 16 vybor, let, ktere se milk zmeniti na kterekoliv jive poji gteni pc F. J. Olexa, piedsecla Jos. Siavik, tajemnik dosa2"eni veku 10 let, nebo 4 ) • pezdeji.

Je2to nikdy neize nom milovati nebo v Vida Poplatky se plati 20 rokt PlnY obnos pojigteni se vy ldsce ustati die sve yule, nemtde milenec je-li spravediiv, natikati na nestalost miplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Ye veku od 16 let vYge. ienky, ani ona na liknavost milencovu.

Vyberte si die potieby

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine pooepsany resolueni vybor ra • clu Hvezda Miru eislo 33 v Bleiblerville, Texas, timto jmenern nakho tadu pro-, jevujeme uptimnou soustrast nad odchodem nakho bratra Alfred C. Stepana, kterY zemtel 18. prosince y e stdti 53 let.

Byl • editelem prvniho distriktu. Zanechava manklku a velkou rodinu, obz yld801eteho otce Vilema 8‘ tepana. Zemtel v nemocnici v Brenham. Pohteb byl v Nelsonville 20. prosince z kostela O. M. Bratti. Farati Jos. Barton a Beseda ml. vykonali pohtebni obtady.

Zesnulemu bratru ptejeme klid a tichY' odpoeinek.

Dano v Bleiblerville, Texas, dne 29. prosince 1955.

Resolueni vybor: Marie Sukn Vincent Chaloupka Mettie Bel Stepan.

• 4„, RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanY resolueni vybor du La Parita gislo 161 SPJST v Jourdanton, Texas, timto projevujeme jmenern tadu uptimne citenou soustrast nad man2"elky, matky, statenky, prastatenky a na gi spolusestry Marie Mazur, ktera zemtela dne 13. prosince po deli nemoci v Santa Rosa nemocnici v San Antoniu, Texas.

Zanecha.va man2e1a, dva syny a tti cicery.

Zesnula sestra necht' odpodiva v pokoji a Cest budik' jeji pamatce.

Dano za tad La Parita 'Oslo 161 v JourBanton, Texas.

Resolueni vybor: Rosie Ermis Frances Ktemenek Jos. J. Jutieek.

• 4, • ( Program C. N. S. v Houstone.

V nedeli, dne 29. ledna 1956 Clenstvo C. N.S. v lioustone planuje podnik pro ovetene dobrou vec. Program zapoene ye 2 hodiny 30 minut odpoledne v sini u 8tefanikft na Cottage Grove. Otevten bude obllbenou klubovni hrou. Po to v 5 hodin w eer bude k dostani yeee •e — jaternice, knedliky a tell za 75 centii porce. Te2 va a zakusky i sand yiee. Ihned po yeeeti ukazovany budou obrazy na filmu.

K tomuto pobaveni vstup bude volnY. Ceskou vetejnost zve Zabavni vybor.

&haze stanovniho vO)oru

Ve stredu, due 4. ledna 1959.

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Odkaz k roku 1956 Op.

NOVOiti)(1Ni PatANI Z HLAVNI iTitIADOVNY Mile sestry bratri: l‘cr stojime opet na prahu novel) roku. pricbazim opet pred vas, abyeh thirnoeil vSem sve poselstvi a novorooni pozdray.

NaPe J( dnota v minulem roce vykazala krasnS pokrok a vztrist. portistavajici no votSine z alkideho elenstva. Z obchodni stranky take udelala dobrY postup. Sestry a bratn, apeluji na vas, abyste podnasi organisaeni praci y e vPech ra dech, aby naPe Jednota rostla. Pomahejte rosin) oNanisatortun, aby oni docilili dobrcho v tomto novem roce. Poinahejte ziskati s y Ych pratel a spolubliZnich a 1 akto vybudovati na g e tidy. Toto jest nas' prace, tuto za nas nikdo nevykona, proto zaleZ1 na nas, jestli bude dobre vykonand. Pracujme risilne pro naPi Jecinctu, ktera zristava verna svemu poslani za kaRlYch pomern. Ktera je vet.na a podporuje kahle usili naPi vlady k zachovani svobody a demokracie. Bud'me verni tomto zasadam. Stiijme vhly proti podvratne propagande, ktera by znieila naPi svobodu.

MYin uprimnYm pranim jest. abychom se vPichni spoleene dali do prate v dem radu, tak abychom ku konci roku mohli se vykazati jePte vetPim rispechem neZ roku minuleho. Bud'me einnSrmi vPichn! Ka'Zcl* z nas prilame sve ruce k abychom vPichni melt podil v Uspechu.

Ku konci chci podekovati v g em elenum raciovna a hlavnim firedniktm, nredniniktun vAech distriktn, rediteltim, organisatortn, reditelrim mladeZe a naPi za prac i . kterou jste vykonali v minulem roce. V novem roce preji y am vPem zdravi, aspechu a spokojenosti.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Edward Marek, predseda Hlavni nradovny SPJST. ) • Samolaska naPe z y elieuje nebo umen Puje prednosti pratel naPich dle pornCru, jak s nimi jsme spokojeni, a posuzujeme cenu jejich dle souladu, y e kterem s mi zip. * * Kcle kdo narika na slabou parnet, a nikdo na slabY- rozum,

Poutniee, z y etsuj LakedaimonskYm, Ze my tuhle mrtvi le‘Zirne, jak zakony kazaly nam.

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Pfejeme-1i si skuteCn, aby se vyuCovalo eatine na vy:Aich ueili g tich; dale, Tak zni napis v Thermopylech, prejeme-li si, aby znalost o Ceskoslovenkde Leonidas, s hrstkou vernYch Aekt, skem narode byla co moZno nejvice rozpostavil se v odpor Sitena a navkly zachovana; a chceme-li XerxesovYrn vojskilm stonasobne sily. dosahnouti ureeneho cite co nejdfive, ka2c13', oechoameriean by mel obetovati Toto neni stard loaje aspon JEDEN DOLAR dosaleni nacho z antickYch dob pred tisici lety.

Toto neni Leonidas, ni Marathon a Thermopyly.

Stale se chiubime, 2e je nas 6echoarnericanu v Texasu 350,000 al' 500,000. JeToto as pet tisic broth, ll tomu tak, proe bychom nemohli my, krev vad Ceske krve, brati aspori $350,000 na tento tak naSe blede sting jsou jid v nekoneonu, tSr reel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu ale zraky naPe dosud na vas patri. zde u nas v Texasu, tak kdy zapoeneme? Je-li pravdou uvedomeni o My s pevnou virou v duPi. skem narode, jeho kulture, dejinach a Jednotu jsme kdysi postavili Mem. My jsme vykonali, co nam cit nas kaza.1, vzcielanosti, jalcon se deslc3 .7 narod v minulosti honosil, upacia, jest na nas aby a ted' se divame, jak vy pracujete. se udinila pronikava naprava, a to lined!

Nczklamejte na g sen v novena roce, Prejete-li si podpoliti 1160 a cil Ceske pro bratrstvi, pro Jednotu, Ljte dal, Na.dace v Texasu bud' dobrovoln3-rch vy nesete prapor S. P. 3. S. T., spevkem nebo jako Glen, Va g e pomoc budrRe ho nahore, aby hrde vial. de vdeene pkijata. ) ° *To • ( The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, Box 446, College Station, Texas (dz) Dohasly svetla na vanoenim stromu • • uZ 21cutne jehliCl, za,sycha, a elovek vzpomind — jak d6vrio tomu Ustfihnete a zaSlete na tajemnikaoei se kali a zavzdycha pokladnika!

Dohasly svetla na vanoenich stromu 1 ESICA VZDELAVACI a ten nekam y en se vyhodi, NADACE TEXASU co je nepotrebne, uZ musi z domu, (The Czech Educational jak Castro v r2itl se prihodi.

Foundation of Texas) Dohasly svetla na vanoenim stromu Pridruftji se k tern, ktefi podavaji poa dohasina naPe ,Ziti; mocnou ruku k uchleni a roz giteni Ceske ,vet bude bez nas zde!

— vet' jenom tomu, — fed. a litera.tury v Texasu. feel jest sebrati dostateenou sumu penez, aby z -aroLeda jen vzpomnika zasviti. ku z ni mohly bYti vydr2ovany stolice slovanskYch jazyktr na vy'Aich ueiligtich v Texasu.

Dohasly svetla na vano g nim stromu a prye zas jsou jedny vanoce, Pfikladam svuj elenskSt ptispevek v Kilo zcle znstanem a obnosu $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $10.00; $100.00; kdo prijdem — z domu, anebo i $1,000.00. kolik nas zbude as po roce?!

Dr. A. Mueller.

Povanocyni

Distriktni

Sve dart' laskave zaPlete co nejdrive u vedomi, ze KDO RYCHLE DAVA, DVASchtize v jinS7 cla distriktech budou uve- KRAT DAVA, na tajemnika-pokladnika, fejneny jakmile distriktni iirednici usta- Dr. Jan M. Skrivanek, Box 446, College Station, Texas. novi datum schtze y e svem distriktu.

Distrikt druhST, 15. ledna 1956 Holland Distrikt pat3"7 , 19. Unora 1956, Houston JME,C 110 darce; Distrikt PestSi. , 22. dubna, okres Lavaca.

Adresa.

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Z itad Karel Jonai dekuje Bra tie redaktore: Pokad eekarn, ze nekdo z povolanYch svoji povinnost udela, ale ne a nemohu se doekat. Tak to einim sam. A sice: chci jmenem faclu Karel Jonde podekovati bratrilm a sestram, ochotnikum od divadelniho krou gku "Hlahol" u fadu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 za jejich dobrou ge se jim netigilo tak daleko jeti, nak jevigte provetrati a obecenstvo a g k Wadi rozesmati. Jsem jisty ge ‘gaden, kdo ten veeer s nami ztravil, nebude toho litovati.

Psati kritiku a chvaliti herce, to by bylo neb vypadalo jako by do studne vodu Ill, anebo do lesa dHvi vozil. Zkratka 1ee'eno, kag dY z fleinkujicich podal svoji Alohu znamenite. Jest to chvaly a f1ctyhodne, ge mnozi fieinkujici, a jest to vetShia z nich — vzdor jejich stafi a s vrasky na eele — potad tahnou ten spolkovY a narodni pluh s I:Israel/ern na tvati.

Wechna test yam. Timto yarn jmenem tadu vtele diky vzdava a o dalk pfizeri gadd, John GajevskY. (Pozn. red.: Mohu prozradit, 'ge pro oehotniky nebylo tfeba lepkho a vetkho podekovani neg byla hostina po divadle, kterou upravili eleni kadu Karel Jonas.

Jsem jistY, 'g e za takovou odmenu ohotnici by jell znovu a pokagcle.)

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ftad Anton 5ermak Cislo 56.

Corpus Christi, Texas.

Mill bratfi a sestry: VYroeni schaze faclu Anton Cermak Cis. 56, ktera byla pofaclana 11. prosince, byla eetne zastoupena, a ticha vzpominka poystanhn byla venovana nak zesnule sestie Auguste Sack& Bratr Ed. Marek, pfedseda Hlavni Ufadovny byl pfitomen a ptedstaven nakmu elenstvu a byl pfivitan hluenYm potleskern.

6ten protokol a piijat beze zmeny. Oten dopis od br. Step. Valeika, redaktora Vestniku, v kterem se omlouve., prof nemfrM bYti flak schtzi piitomen. Vzato na vCdomi, .ge nelze bYti na dvou mistech v stejnou dobu.

Resoluce, ktera byla Ctena, byla pfijata a takte g zprava pokiadnika pfijata.

Nato nasledovala volba fifednikfi a vYborfi pro rok 1956. Nasledujici byli zvoleni: Pfedseda, John Staea; mistopfedseda, Albert Reground; tajemnice, Betty Juticova; fieetni, Chas. Regmund; pokladnik, V. Bala; dopisovatel, John StaAa; delegat do sjezdu, Chas. Holasek; nehra,dnik. John Sta ga. Do pfi'Ati schfize ponechano zvolit zastupce do distriktnich schfizi. NemocenskY vYbor: Betty Holasek, John Nemec, Chas. Regmund. Reso-

Ve stfedu, dne 4. ledna 1956.

OSTI DOMACICH RAN lueni vYbor: John Staea, Chas. Holasek, I Betty Jui-icova. VYbor fieetni a vedouci programd mlade ge ponechano k vyfizeni do lednove schilze, ktera, bude jak obyykle druhou nedeli v lednu ye 2 hodiny odpoledne.

UsneSeno bylo, aby fad se zfloastnil na pofaciani yanoeni nadilky, ktera jest kag -dorenptad SokisuTelocvinu Jednoton a za pkispeni spolku pojiet'ujiciho proti ohni a bouti, SVPS. Nato bratr Marek byl po gadan, by promluvil v zajmu Jednoty, a v jeho delk reei a vysvetlovani jsme se v givali do toho spolkafeni poznavali, jak mnoho toho je, co by elenstvo melo vedet. Jen ge hodiny na stone nechtely zastavit, tak br.

Marek musel jeho vysvetlovani zkratit a zakoneit, neb dvacet Merit se dostavilo k uvadeni a ti na to jig eekali.

Takte g sestry v kuchyni mely pfipravenon veeefi. A tak dnSevne i telesne posileni jsme se zase rozji gdeli do svojich domovta Nejdale to mei br. Marek a pravil ge mysli. ge :lady po pfdnoci bude doma v Temple.

Jestli se nemylirn, v jeho feel udelal zminku, ge v roce 1955 mel jen etyfi nedele pro sebe a domacnost, kdy nemusel nikam jeti.

mi zaroveri znamo, g e vSechny fikoly nebyly ani zdaleka spineny Posuzuji, co jsem dela', co jsem vykonal a jak jsem to Mal. Dle toho chci vypracovat smernici do doby nejbli gel pro svoji einnost. Rok 1956 mt & . pro nas 13S7ti rokem novYch nadeji, noveho planovani a odhodlani k praci. K prdci ve prospech nak rodiny, na geho hospodatstvi; a zbude-li nejakY Cas, pou git pro povzneseni jrnena nakch bratrskYch spolkii.

Peeovat o udr'g eni Mediu nakch zakladatelil bratrstvi a demokracie.15 tosti vstupem do noveho roku si kladu za povinnost projevit zakladatelfim Jednoty SPJST moji vdeenost a prukopnikum bratrske idee za jejich zasluhy test a uznani.

DneSnim pracovnikum, sestram a bravfelY dik, a budoucnosti mnoho zdaru a dalk rozkvet.

Toto vSe si uveclornuji a ptipominam, ale pfipomenuta slova nejsou jeke einem.

Necham proto dale rnluvit tiny, protoge jen prate jest fidelem kahleho z nas.

VSem spolkathm nak Jednoty SPJST pteji mnoho zdravi a zdaru do v gech nasledujicich let. VaS John Staga.

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Dne 18. prosince, v nedeli weer pofaciana vanneni nadilka s peknYm programem. Byla eetne navAtivena, jak mi byle nakmi cletmi scleleno. Pro nachlazeninu, ktera, napfed moji &nu tYrala, a ktera pa,k pfeSla na mine, nem starYm stasoukim nedovolila se podiiet na dile, na ktere jsme se take OWL NOW°. kdo byl pfitomen onomu programu, mel by pops,at, co videli neb Doma jsme se Will z nayStevy minule dny nakch to milYch; dcery Lilky, zeta Johna Hubra a jejich dcery Paulinky, ktera jim roste pro radost a jest Stedra na, Usinevy. Piijeli si na hon kachen, na ktere byla otevfena sezona.

Zrovna tak, jak jsem red vidaval br.

Karla Kalendu na jeviki hrat divadla, tak jsem i rad uvidel jeho dopis ye Vestniku. Ono tech pensistil by mohlo vice zapta geno ku psacimu stolku, Indyg by nebyli zpohodlneli, aneb nebyli zapomenuti a pfehlednuti.

Chtel jsem pro zmenu, by moje misto co dopisovatel nekdo pfevzal, ale gadnY takove neplacene funkce (potty) nechce, nestoji o to. Psati do novin neni tak snadne jako napsati dopis osobni syYm pfibuznYm a pfateltm.

Znovu se napinil rok. Byl on rokem zkouSek. Kladu sobe otazku: Obstal jsem, vykonai jsem, co mi bylo mogno, co svedomi fikalo, ge bych mel vykonat?

Vim, ge mnoho bylo vykonano, ale jest

Rad Bed •ich Smetana Oslo 39.

Wheelock, Texas.

Mile spolusestry a bratti: Prune musim podekovat sestram a bratrum, ktefi mne vybizeji, bych vice do naSeho Vestniku dopisoval, ge radi me dopisy Otou.

Mill pfatele, kdy g jsem byl mlad3'7 chlapee, muj zesnulY otec mne vybizel, bych se ueil eesky eisti a psati. Tehdy rnne nenapadlo, ge budu pozdeji slou git nakm elentim v Ceske feel a dopisovat do eeskYch easopisti. Casto memu otci za jeho snahu v duchu dekuji.

Psani dopis y do novin nenese penize, 6 : to piece jistY druh odmeny, hlavne tim, ge dopisovatele nabYvaji znamost a pfatelstvi vklde, kde se dopisy uvefejnene v novinach Ctou. Otenafi vitaji dcpisovatele jako stare zname, tfeba se pfedtim nikdy osobne nepoznali. A pak dopisovanim do novin, si elovek ucIrguje pro sebe vyjacIfovani v Ceske feel a mezi Ctenafi se stale pestuje a obnovuje jem o eeskou fee v -Leto zemi.

V minule nasi schfai dne 11. prosince jsme meli volbu UfednikU pro pfi gti rok.

Utednici jsou zvoleni tito bratfi: Stepan Regmund, ptedseda; Joe Vytopil a Ben Matejka. mistopfed.sedove; Frank Vytopil, tajemnik; Joe Penieka, ifeetni; Joe Patranella, pokladnik. VYbory zvoiime v priSti schfizi. Delegati do sjezdu jsou zvo-

Vc si i edu, dne 4. leclna 1956.

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leni tito bratri: Frank Vytopil, de gat; Stepan Reground, nahradnik.

organia•eni (•ldelen1 doroste a pl'estane

Mile sestry a bratii, je gte jednou yam dcladi za vaSi daveru v rune vlolenou.

Ujjstfuji vas, Ze budu pracovat pro nag Jednotu, jen co bude v me moci. To byl vZclycky natij konieek pracovat pro tad i Jeclnotu, ale ten nu:1j konieek easem a nevinne clostal ."31chntiti. Ale to jinak Fpollsove pi ael nejde. aby se jeden vSeni achov

KterY elo yek nepracoval ye spolkove neuveri. kolik to da. Casem sebezapirani pokusit se vyhovet vSem elentim.

Myslim, ae manic dobre Uredniky, tee ditele, redaktora. TiskovY vYbor a vtibec vgechny, kdo pracuji pro nagi Jednotu.

Jestli nee° maji proti sobe tyto na ge dye telesa, z toho nas nernusi bolet hlava. Jak rntiZeme (who soudit, kdyZ nevime. jak to bylo zaCatku?

Vzpominam, ze ted' 4. ledna je tomu 42 iota, kdy jsem vstoupil do na g' JednoI 7,9 to Leta jsem mel stale nejakY A-rac1. <<tsinou tajemnika. Nemohu pochoonv poznamky v na g em Vestniku, na61 urednici v kancelari Hlavni Uradov ny pomalu pracuji. Slotr211 jsem hodne ruku za bratra Kubeny. tee za bratra Chm)icka, a nikdy mezi nand nebylo tam neimen glho nedorozumeni. At' jsem zaslal dkoukoliv zpravu na Hlavni firadovno odnoved' jsem dostal obratem no Ale, pamatujte, Ze na tajemnikovi dcaric cilia radii mnoho zalezi, aby mel vge c", obre vvolnene, a podepsane. Nejvice je t.c ha ooLdrnosti. kdy clen zenare, zaneelia nekolik dedicti. Ona listing inusi byt avne vypinena, jinak u Hlavni -Caadovny nemohou vedet v geclany podrobnosti.

(Poznamka redaktora: Dovol, Ze pripisuji male vysvetleni pro v gechny. Za bratra Kubeny vyrizoval v gechno jeden rednik, jak korespondenci. tak investice.

Dues na koresPondenci /name hlavniho tajerunika s jeho stenografkou, a hlavniho iteetnillo s jeho dvema pomocniky.

Phjeky na majetky a dohled na , pozemky Jednoty ma na starosti hlavni poklad Mk s jeho stenografkou. Ale manic ---- lepe reeeno, teprve se zarizuje — treti oddeleni, kiere vede hlavni predseda s jeho clvema ci tremi pomocnicenii. To kdysi bude. aZ se to upravi a zdokonali, oddeleni organisadai, totiZ dohled a price s organisatory, ziskavani novYch elenh, le karske a privatni vy getrovani Zadatelti, vyhotovoyani novYch certifikatil. dilkladne prozkoumani certifikatt neZ jsou ode slany mistnirn tajemnikinn, vypoeitavani odmen organisatortim, vedeni organisatorskYch kursii, dopisovani s mistnimi organisatory, za.vacleni novYch druhti pojiPteni. a jegte asi tucet jinYch veci, ktere me does na starosti hlavni predseda.

Toto organisaeni oddeleni se zaealo zavadet teprve v poslednich nekolika letech, -ale dosud to riebeZ1 hladce. Jsou to nagi nr ,,anisatori, kteri to citi nejvice, Ze oroddeleni pracuje dosud pomala Ale i to se postupem easu zlep gi a zdokonall. Otec hubuje dortstajicimu chlanci, e je nemotora, neohrabanY v clafizi a v jednani, ale za dva, tri roky je hrdY na dorosteneho gyarneho gohaje. Take nose

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eislo 40.

Hilljo Texas.

Cteni bratri a sestry: Ve vYroent uchuzi na r i adu, konane dne 11. prosince, naslealuji( zvoleni co urednici poo pr;ai. rok 1956: Predscda, James Hradecky st.; mi.,5topi-edseda, Ed. Kresta; i. ijc .k.nik, E. K.: Ha joyskV; naetni, Chas. Kula! 1: ; pokladnik, Frank Sablatura. Delegiti do sjezdu: Paul Sablatura, Jos. Rubesh. Sophie decka, E. K. HajovskY a Jim Kuleak; hracaici: Ignac Vyvial, John Kuleak a Ed. Hlavinka. Zabavni vYbor: Frank Sablatura. too neievny: ALiart Kresta a VY her teetni: Albert Kresta, Ed. Hlayinkka John Kule:k. VYbor majetkovY: Paul Sa blatura. Klement Baeak, Ed. Kresta, John Kuleak a Jerry Kahanek. VYbor rosolueni: Sophie Hradecka, E. K. HajovskY Leon Triska. Et,aclovi leka •i: Dr. John Ha. , lamieek, Jr., Dr. Winston Thilgen, Dr. Leonard Johnson a Dr. Larrain Stengel.

Vzdelayaci vYbor: Paul Sablatura, Sophie Hradecka. a Marie Baba Dopisovatele: Sophie Hradecka, CTsky; Margaret Sablatura, anglicky.

S bratrskym pozchavem -E. K. hajovskY, tajemnik.

Ve y eerejSim na,=‘;am Vestniku se nine nemile dotkla zprava, ze na g reditel prvnino distriktu, br. Stepan, se s nami navZdy rozloueil. V iijnu v riaAl distriktni schuzi jsme k si s timto bratrem ohledno nagi Jednoty hezky pohovorili. Po schuzi jsme si zazpivali nekolik na gich eeskYcla pisni. Brats Barina mn.e dekoval, ze jsein to trochu rozebral. Rikal. Ze tak veselo u nich ye schtizi je gte nebylo. Bratru Stepanovi preji ticlaY spanek.

Bratre Barino, pripomen nine, aZ se pozdeji sejdeme, abych Ti poveclel o pri.bode, ktera se udala zde na Wheelock asi v roce 1926.

Dopis se tro gku nata.huje, bude nutno ukoneit. Slibuji Ti, bratre redaktore, Ze .) •7.

Te letos zlobim naposled. Pozdrav na cc itad Fort Worth Oslo 154. leu Jednotu.

Ctene sestry a bratri: Frank Vytopil, taje Odpust'te, Ze tak pozde oznamuji VY• (. sledek na,§1 vYroeni schrtz • . Ale ncni to ma vina. Psal jsem dopis 12. prosinee.

Rad Karel Jona g eislo 28.

East Bernard, Texas. TYden pozdeji rikal mi brats redaktor pH distriktni schuzi. Ze ho obdrZel a Ze Mill bratri cti sestry; VYroeni schaze na geho radii jest odby- bude uverejnenV v pristim eisle, ale 0 ta. Byla dosti dobre zastoupena a zvoleni vyAel druh'y Vestnik a pordd nic. Tak Ile byli nasledujici urednici pro rok 1956: vim, kde se dopis ztratil nebo zatoZil. Predseda, Stanley BartoS"; mistopi'edso -- (Pozn. red.: Zda, se nine, Ce jsem vysazeda, John Gajevsk,V; tajemnice, Carrie Bo- nY dopis vide' a opravoval. Sazba byla lmeik; ileetni. Anton Kelner Jr.; poklad- asi prehlednuta a nedesie In se do tiskit) Nebudu znovu psat, co Isom psal drive, nik, Frank V. Urbish. itaclovi lekari: Dr. J. D. Schuhinann, Dr. William Hall. itedi- je to moc price. Proto jen to mane, ja tele sine: Emil Pola gek, Louis Kovar. Wil- jsem se docela odstranii, hych si oclpo • lie Morris Delegati do sjezclu, kterY se oinul, a aby druzi z usili. 8estnact rokil lie bude paddati v Temple, Texas v rote je dost.

Take chci upozornit nove zvolene 1956. ,isou: John GajevskY, Stanley Baraby se dostavili do lednove sei'''ze tog , Lydia Kubena, Carrie Botraelk, Anton Kelner Jr. Nahradnici: Fred Fojtik, v necleli 8. ledna. aby byli uvedeni,,do Annie Kubena, Allen Korti g, Willie Mor- svYch rtrachl a sloZili slib, Co budou delat ris, Karel Keprta. VS/bor resolueni: Annie dobrotu. Take preji gt'astnY a prospqn'Y Fojtik, Annie Duckett, Lydia Kubena.11- rok 1956.

Jmena nove zvelenYch uieclnikit jsem cetni vYbor bude jmenovan v pri gti schttuclal v predchazencim dopise, tak nebudu zi, ktera bude konana druhou nedeli mesici lednu 1956 ve 2 hodiny odpoledne. je, znovu opakovat.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Dostavte se vichni a zaeneme ten rok John Beean, tajemnik.

1956 s velkou navgtevou. Bylo by to velmi )e e( hezky, nebo jest nos velkd rada, a ti mlafikt Fort Worth eislo 154 di by /lam mohli v kaZde schuzi neco zaFort Worth, Texas zpivat. Prijali jsme jich 39 tento rok. 0vgem. nekteri se je gte nenaueili zpivat, a Ctene sestry bratri, Uz zas kondme jeden rok a pokraau le jak eas Teti bude to brzy.

St'astnY novY rok preji v gem elenfau jem, ale kam a jak? Bratti a sestry obeas se cloeitame v gelijake, inia.hy a Piarase velke Jednoty.

Carrie Bohaeik. ny jak by se mely volit Ureclnici a od-

Strana 8 byvat schfize a stiZnosti, ze jsou male navgtevy nebo Zadne. Ja jsem take kdysi psal, 2e by se ftrednici ra.dovY east° meli menit jen snad proto aby se vice elenn priueilo a ti druzi odpoeinuly neb zkusily jiny itrad a aby vice olenti vedelo co vlastne to jest ridit fad. Nejvice snad ueetnik, a potom tajemnik ponechavany snad proto ae to dobre veclou neb ho nechteji poni2it. Nekteri Ei to prejou ale nekteri kdy2 nevidi na Nchuzi Zadneho ktery by to mohl zastat tak to vede cial a je volen aklarnaelie.

Poclle mojehe uznani do ifradu by se lately volit eleni kteri nejmene gestkrat do roka jsou na schtizi a u'Z je del gi dobu 'Menem a ne jak se kolikrat zvoli na new Olen ktereho jsme ten samY den uvedly. To neni nara2ka na nove eleny, ale mime jim dat cas aby se vice abeznamili.

A co se tYee jednaci reei na schtizi, ja vim, ae budem brzy ztracenY proto Ze jsme zanedbaly celou generaci nagich lidi, daly jsme je do spolku a moc jsme je, nepobizeli na na ge schuze. Ale jegte je hodne tatinku a maminek kteri nerozumi jednani v anglicke reei a kdy2 prestanem tak na schnzi nepfljdou to nine uZ hodne rekli. a proto ja tak dlouho` drZel muj Ur ad tajemnika, ktereho jsenal se vzdal proto 2e mne to It2 unavovalo a potom kdy2 jsem videl pied sebou polovic, kteri nerozumbli protokolu v eeske keel, ze jsem se citil, ae prekaZiin proto jsem se vzdal ne2 tune vykopnou.

Ja jsem v Jednote od 1911 a moje roclina je kolebka tadu a Sokola ye Ft. Worth a ja vet ginu toho easu zastaval nejakY a nekdy a2 tri dfady za rok a tajemnikem jsem byl dohromady 17 rokti.

TO je Cest, ale kde je to uznani a pochvala jak se to deje u jinYch spolkft u t o nedostal ZadnY a to je chyba.

A tady je par radkii pro ty kdo nejvic kriei pros se nemluvi Cesky co vy Mate, co jste nevidely jak na gi viicicoye odstrkovaly na ge zbYvajici Ceske sily a vnucovaly arady cizim na. geho jazyka do price o kterich oni nevedely nic a taky to nechtely a vtibec neznaly Ustavu spolku. KaIclY na yedet v eem je, ne2 je clobrY Olen a ne hned bYt firednikem podle mojich nazoru. Ted' ale u2 musim pre .stat aby bylo misto pro na ge nove zvolene firedniky na rok 1956:predseda Walter Hale, mistopredseda Alfred Svaoek, tajemnice Mary Renfro, ifeetni Anna Milan pokladni Mary Hale. teetni vYbor: Alfred Svaeek Pete Dvorak a Erick Koch.

Delegati do sjezdu Walter Hale Josef Milan, sestra Anna Milan a Mary Hale.

Nahoadnici: Mary Renfro, Chas. Renfro„

VEST NI K— WEST, TEXAS Alfred Svaeek a Elenor Svaeek.

A ted' preji vgem vesele Vanoce a prospegny nastavajici Rok 1956 a uznejte a nenechte 2adneho dlouho v firade a si nagich proto ae jestli tak budem pokraeovat tak dlouho nebudern zpivat v na gich sinich, ktere nam daly price. vybudovat. Nazdar a nezapomente na stromeeek 22. prosince a na Sylvestrovskou zabavu.

Doposud tajemnik radii 154, John W. 13eean ) • 4„ Fad Tioga Oslo 5 Tioga, Texas Sestry a bratri.

Oznamuji yarn vYsledek schilze konane 13. listopadu 1955 kde jsme zvolily firedniky na prigti rok a tea delegata do prigtiho sjezdu. Predseda Michal Prihoda, mist() predseda John Kubala, tajemnik Steve Novak, neetni Mary Hejny, pokladni Edwin Jaresh, delegat do sjezdu John Kubala, nahradnik Lama Dobralek, do neetniho vYboru Raymund Martinek Mary Martinek a Oskar Schroeder, radovy lekati John Harry, Pilot Point a W. J. Bounte, Gunter, Texas.

Prigti schtize stanovend na treti nedeli v lednu 1956 ke konci preji v gem gt'astnY a veselY novY rok, aby byl lep gi stareho, neb zde mime velke sucho.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Steve Novak; taj.

--) •( kid Nova Morava eislo 23.

Schulenburg, Texas.

Cteni bratri a sestry: Vam bratti a sestry, co jste nebyli v nisi vYroeni schtizi, oznamuji vam vYsledek volby, jak nasleduje. Za predsedu byl zvolen Frank J. Ol govskY; mistopredseda, Paul Bro2; John Kahanek, tajemnik; Eddie Vrana, neetni; Emil Vrana, pokladnik. Delegati do pri gtiho sjezdu bratri Frank J. Ol govskY a Emil Vrana; nahradnici zvoleni John Kahanek a Paul BroZ. Tak volby jsou odbyte pro prigti rok, ale novYch firednikti nemame, jsou vgichni stati.

V posledni distriktni schtizi gesteho distriktu v Talton bylo odporueeno, aby prigti distriktni schtize byla zde v Moravii u nageho radu eislo 23, a jestli so u nageho radu nedohodneme, ae tato distriktni schfize bude u radu Oslo 4 v Hallettsville. A kdy2 v na gi vYroeni sclatizi u nag eho radu bylo dosti elenit pritomnYch, jsme jednali o to zalelitosti a predseda Frank J. Ol govskY dal tote odhlasovat elentim. VYsledek volby jednohlasne, aby distriktni schtze pri gti byla zde v Moravii, ktera bude konana 22. dubna 1956.

Preji vgem elentim SPJST At'astnY novy rok.

S bratrskYin pozdravem Jno. Kahanek, tajemnik.

Ve stredu, dne 4. ledna 1956.

Fad Svaz teehoslovanii eislo 92.

Fort Worth, Texas.

Mili bratri a sestry:.

Ty krasne svatky vanoeni jsou ji2 za mimi a novY rok skoro za d yermi a tak Pospicham oznamit na gi radovou schfizi, ktera bude v nedeli 8. ledna ve dve hodiny odpoledne. Tak bratti a sestry; dostavte se v poetu co nejYet gim a pamatujte si predplatit nernocenskY odbor a zapravit svoji pojistku.

V nedeli 18. prosince jsme meli poknY vanoeni program pri stromeeku a nitYgteva byla, yelka. Santa Claus byl gtedrY, vzalo mu to dosti dlouho, nea rozdal vgechny darky pod stromeekem nakupene. Od radu, deti i dospeli, obdrZel ka,2dY kabelku napinenou ovocem, orechy a cukrovYm. kad vyslovuje srdeene diky sestre KoCi a poradajicimu vYboru za vgechnu praet s pripravou pekneho programu; detem a rodietim za tu namahu a spolupraci s programem. — Jeden opravdu pookreje a potegi se v to radosti detske a v duchu zavzpomina na svoje mlacii, kde ae se tak rychle podelo. Z ylagte babieky, pozorujice svoje vnotteata, jak ten eas.rychle be2i a zastavit se neda. — Doufejme, na rok se opet v gichni ye zdravi sejdeme.

Distriktni schfize, ktera byla tu samou nedeli zde v Sokolo yne, byla zdarila, i navgteva pekna a poeasi priznive. 0 jedmini se nebudu rozepisovat, to vypige distriktni tajemnik a bratr redaktor nas take ye svych elancich, vady o v gem uvedomi, za con jsme mu vdeeni.

V nedeli odpoledne 11. prosince poradala sprchu pi. Marie Krupkova. doma pro jeji dceru sl. Mary Elizabeth, ktera se bude vdavat 31. prosince za p. Edward Schneider. Oddavky budou v kostele Vgech SvatYch pri snubni m gi sv. v 11 hodin rano.

Nevesta obdr2ela mnoho krasnYch a u2iteenYch darkft. Jest to velice mile a uprinme devee. Meli jsme se u nich dobre, jako na syathe.

S pranim vain vgem St'astneho a poZehnaneho roku a mnoho zdravi od Pana Boha, zvla gte nemocnYm, jsem jako vady Marie Juranova, dopisovatelka. ) • 4. kid Praha Oslo 29 Taylor, Texas C'tene sestry a bratti: Tak Vanoeni svatky ji2 zas pominuly.

Bylo s tim hodne prace. Mnohe rodiny mely sve mile doma v rodnem kruhu a pane se se gli a pobavili. Nage deli s romoje sestra a gvagr take vgiehnl Radi jsme se zase uvideli, jenorn2e ten ea,s brzi uplynul a priglo zase loa= &M. Poeasi bylo take velice pekne a

Ve str'edu, clue 4, lodnn. prijemne, aZ" skoro mac teplo ve vannoni dobu.

Ted' vain muslin oznamiti vYsledek s minule schtize, kterou jsm,e konali 11. prosince. ti poledne byl spoleenY °bed.

Sestry se dobte zadrZely ptinesly vSeho jidla az.zbylo. Schuai v 1:30 zahajil ptedseda. Reuben LeSikar za pritomnosti 73 elentr. Po vyrizeni beZnYch tadovych zalelitosti a vyslySeni vyborovYch zprav bylo prikroeeno k volbe. Tito byli zvoleni: Ptedseda — Reuben Leshikar.

Mistoptedsecia (novY) — Frank PokornY. Tajemnik — A. L. Boudny. teetnik (novY) — Ben L. Mikolaj.

Pokladnik — Frank Hejl Jr. 5clennY majetkovy vybor: Edwin Koval', Frank Drozda, Jerry Mucha, John Hurta (novY) Julius Hunka.

Ben L. Mikolay, 111 Rio Grande ulice, v Taylor, riaS novY aeetnik, bude miti radovu iitadovnu v jeho domove, kde si budou moci eleni platiti jejich poplatky.

Lehko ho kaZdY najde, je to v prvnim bloku od South, Main Street.

Celoroeni rekord ukazal, ze jenom 29 elent navAtivilo schilze, kteii byli °pra y -neiavoltnzdegaty,oZ kdy2 byla vYroeni schtize odlolena do prosince. Z tech 29 Clean nekterY navsthvil jenom Sestkrat do roka, a nekteri navStivill kaZdou schtizi. Z tisice elenfr byl to velice anal' poeet na y -Stevnikuschz.ProamlnvStevovali, to nejlepSi vi kaZdY sam.

Pro kralovnu na g tad volil proti.

Konoim s ptanini br. redaktorovi a vSein iitednikum hlavni iltadovny a sestram a bratrinn a etenartim St'astnY a polehnanY nastavajici novy rok.

S pozdravem Marie 8vadlefiak, dopisovatelka. ) • 4 ♦ t-

yESTNIK —,WEST, TEXAS nahrodnik, V. Hala. MajetkovY vYbor: Albert ,Regmund, Frank 8ijanskST ml., John Sta ga. VYbor zabavni: Rud. Troubil, Albert Regmund, Anita Regmundova.

VYbor teetni: V. Hala, Frank SijanskY ml., Marie Rendlova.

Bratr naeelnik oznamoval, Ze se zase zaene pravidelne cviait v mesici lednu.

VSichni, co se zajimate o telocvik, budete vitani ye cvieebnich hodinach. ➢/tanZ"ele V. Halovi 17. prosince 1955 provdali jejich deem Libby za p. Clemens John Ackerman. Nevesta jest graduantka university statu Texas. NavStevovala take universitu statu Illinois graduaeni Skolu. Zenich jeji jest profesorem ye Virginia Polytechnical Institute v Auburn.

Jejich domov bude ye statu Virginia.

Novomankltim ptejeme mnoho Stesti do Zivota.

Sokolske einnosti proje mnoho zdaru v tomto novem roce 1956 vas dopisovatel John StaSa. • 4.

Na emu mistnimu V Novem roce s novou silou chceme jiti muZne vpiced, s nadSenim a mysli 'Cilou do prate jit a to hned!

VaZnY ukol je pied nami, ptipravujem velkY sjezd, na nemZ chcem se nejen sami, ale s lidem podilet.

Protestovat proti tomu, co dnes bouti cely svet, aby hlas naS mocny hromu SirYin svetem mohl znet! ! !

Proto vzhtru sestry, bratti, s nadknim a laskou dnes k praci tulle kaZdy za tri, by néS tad se vYS po yzne,s! ! ! * 4 • t Telocvicn seduota Sokol Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas. ZDRAVI JE NEJVETSiM DOHATSTVIIVI Ze schtize, Telocviene Jednoty Sokol: (O. S. Marden) Ve vYroeni schtlzi, ktera byla potadana v mesicilistopadu 1955, bylo vzpomenuto a "Neni na, svete iikonu, kterY by se vypovstanim vzdana, test na gemu dlouhole- rovnal dokonalemu zdravi. Co jsou natemu elenu br. Henry Regmundovi starSi- proti nemu zlate hroudy nebo miliony!" mu, kterY zemtel 22. kijna 1955 ye veku zvolal Carlyle, jehoZ vlastni Zivot byl 87 let, br. Jos. Falta, jednatel Americke znieen a kariera zmrzakena SpatnYm Obce Sokolske v Chicagu, Ill., a sestte zdravim.

Augusta SackY, man2elka naSeho bYvalePtedstavete si jen eloveka s Caryleoho prvniho starosty naAi Sokolske Jedno- vYrn mozkem, ktery jest °heti slabeho ty v Corpus Christi.

Zaludku! Predsta yte si ohromnou ztratu Po vytizeni beZnYch zalditosti prikro- shy rnozku, energie nerve a podraZdeCello k volbe fitednikti pro nastavajici ni i utrpeni toho mute, ktery pies vSecrok 1956. Zvoleni byli: Starosta, V. Halo; ku svou dukvni mac neveclel, jak o sebe rnistostarosta, Rud. Troubil; jednatelka, peeovati, jak Ziti!

Annie Regmundova; fleetni, Lillian KunKdy2 kdosi peal pani Carlyleove k dicova ; pokladni, Anita Regmundova; John lu jejiho slavneho manZela, odvetila: Staga, dopisovatel; nadelnik. Albert Reg- "Ale pova,2te, eloveee, co by byl udelal, mund; ndoelnice, Anna Stranska-Castro; kdyby mu byl Zaludek dobre travil!" tastupce do Z'upni schtze, Rud. Troubil; Zdravi je prvni bohatstvi. Nic se tak

Strana 0 nevyplaci lidske bytosti, nic nerozmnoZuje tak jeho silu, jako udrZuje-li si pine, stale zdravi.

Je-li krev eista paivanim eiste stravy vedecky ptipravene, spravnYmi zvyky Zivotnimi a spravnYm mySlenim, hrozi nam len male nebezpeeenstvi ad, velkeho mnoZstvi neptatel naseho zdravi, kteri by mls jinak mobil napadnouti.

MnoZstvi a jakost naSi krve zavisi temet docela na potrave. Napoleonska zasada "Vojsko se pohybuje 'Zaludkem," je stejne opravnenou u jednotlivce jako u vojska.

Vitae, Ze Clo y& bez potravy za par din — neni-li prdve zvykly postum — pozbyva ellosti telesne i ellosti duSevnich schopnosti. Mozek dostava, nesmirnou Cast vaZhosti, ktera skuteene by patti-! la Zaludku.

Fysicka ailost je podkladem du:Sevni sily. Neni to vZdy lepSi mozek, nYbrZ ICpe Ziveny mozek, nejlepe posilnenY mozek, ktery vykond nejvhce.

Mozek nemliZe vydati nic, co k nemu nepriSlo z krve, a eistota krve zavisi netoliko na spravnem druhu potravy, nYbrZ" na spravnYch. Zivotnich obyeelich, no Cistern vzduchu a sluneenim svetle, na zdravem zotaveni, na hte, radosti, veselosti, na souladu Zivota.

Mozek, odvaha, sebedtivera, odhodlanost se nepodporuji chudou, ridkou, zkaZenou krvi. Je-li Zivotnost mozku vyeerpana„ neni to nieeho, co by posilnilo . adost. To schopnosti nebo podnitilo cti Z vSecko souvisi s Zivotnosti mozku, ktera, se rovna Zivotnosti ostatniho Ustroji Je site nemoZno roar rozum, pfimo vypestovanim tela, ale tysicka sila povznaSi, bystti a zjemnuje vSecky schopnosti duSevni, a proto udrZujete-li sve telt) v dokonalem stavu, bude take vas mozek v dokonalem stavu, bude schopen vykonati maximum sveho nejvetSiho a nejinoZnejSiho dila. JinYmi slobudete, tirn vy, cim lepSina rozumnejSiin budete pracovnikem.

KA LENDAft V sobotu 7.1ediaa, v Sokole Houston buclou °pet podavany jaternice k veeeti i na prodej domtl pro nak elonstvo i eetne ptiznivce. Jaterniely budou hotove v 5 hodin. VeCete v 6 hodin. Ptijd'te vSichni ochutnat!

• a Oast) nanalouvame si, 4 milujeme lidi mocnejSi nas, a piece pouze ziskuchtivast jest prieinou naSeho ptatelstvi, nelneme k nim, Zo bychom chteli dobro jim prokazat, nYbr2 proto, Ze od nich se ho nadejenue.

• Strana 10

VEST 1■T I K WEST, TEXAS

Ve stredu, clne 4. ledna 1956.

DOPISY A NAHLEDY (LE* PR,ACUJA E VSICHNI PRO DOBRO JEDNOTY Waco, Texas.

Mill bratri a sestry: Slibil jsem, Ze se pustim do prace pro Jednotu, tak v nastavajicim rote zase bude mne mano venovat vice casu spolkovYm zalelitostem. V rijnu 1955 jsem prijal neve zamestnani jako velkoobchadni jednatel pro spoleenost "Myzon, Inc." z Chicaga. Tato spoleenost vyrabi a proclava antibiotickY vYrobek zvanY MYZoN pro drfibeZ a pro dobytek. Jak sami kdy je neco noveho a neznameho, zaeatek je vkly teZkY a yyZaduje vice Place. Tak dosud mne toho easu pro spolkove zalelitosti nezbYvalo.

Sleduji cinnost nail Jednoty a stale premYilim. jak bychom mell mnohe veci zaridit, abychom nail Jednotu zlepiili a zajistili pro ni jak lepii budoucnost, tak jistoin dobreho obchodniho vedeni. Po zde sve nahledy. Co jsou me N:1:1 tni myilenky. Jsein jistY, kdy je Ze se mnou budete v mnoherri Tfdalost od minuleho sjezdu nam ukar je na case, abychom provedli jiste 2e zmeny. Navrhuji priitinau sjezdu nail Jecinoty, aby byli zvoleni dva einni mistoprerlsedove, kteri by byli v nail Hlavniiiradovne. Jeden at' vypomaha predsedovi e. druhY at se seznarni s praci tajemnika, tak aby se oba pritteovali a mohli praci zastati, kdyZ by jeden nebo druhY hlavni fircdnik nam odeiel. Jsme viichni smrtelni. Cas odcliodu se krati den po dni, j€ t)' nevime kdy a kde.Neprejeme si takuveho, ale scat se to mute. Od minuleho sjezdu jsme z nasich hlavnich firednikn ztratili dva dobre a schopne, napred Matra 8vadlefaaka, a ted' rase bratra Stepana. Oba byli o hodne mladsi neZ jsba jini haM hlavni nrednici. Jeite meli z(L• s narni dlouho. 'Ale je to osud lidst:Y; lie nikdy nevime kdy na koho prijde Pa • a. a take na nas samotne.

Dale bych rad videl, aby se naiim hlavnim Urednikfun ureil primerenY plat za Mich praci, jejich vzdelani a jejich zku Scuosti, ktere oni maji a uZivaji pH vedcni Jednoty. keknete, "Vklyt' on! niaji dobry plat." To se lehko rekne, ale neocipovicia to obchodnim pravidlUm. Bratri a sestry, dle meho osobniho pozorovani jsou ty platy male. Dam yam pH.klad a uznate, ze mam pravdu. KdyZ k.clu rural praci pro spoleenost, ktera • nyni zamestnava, nejdrive mne zav;:lali do astredny v Chicagu. Zaplatili inne listek letounem. Pak mne poslati na pracovat v poll s jednim jejich nej lepSlin ptedavaeem. Pak si' mne podrZeli ✓ Chicagu; kde jsem byl posilanY z jed

noho addeleni do druheho, ad idednika k iikedniku, abych inel pkehled pkes vAechno, abych od kaZdeho z blavnich vedoucich dostal 11 [strukce, jak je celY obchod vedenY. Do-i.d jsem Skolu a teprve a.2 jsem vSemu is 'tune, vratil jsem se dornii.

Nepustili byli jisti, ze moan clostateene zkuSenosti, abych mohl pracovati dle jejich instrukci a byl jejich spolehlivYm zastupcem. vSem torn zauCoyen! platili nine v gechity osobni vYlohy a cestovani. ZaCateeni sluZbu jsem dostal znaene vetAi ne2 dosta.va na$ hlavni predseda nebo nas hlavni tajeninik. A oni vedou pr6 rids obchod pies osm milionu, kdeZto sam jsem. jen prodavae. Ma zodpovednost je ustanovit mistni jednatele v kaZdem meste. Tak si to, bratti a sestry, prirovnejte a posud'te. Jestli chceme mit dobre a schopne hlavni vedouei, at' je to zitra nebo za pet roktl, tak jim nalsime zapiatit za jejich vedomosti a schopnosti.

Nekolikrat jsem byl vybizenY, abych se uchazel o misto v Hlavni firadovne.

Ale, bratri a sestry, ac rad ,bych pracoval pro nail Jednotu, treba v Hlavni firadovne; pros bych se o to uchazel? Vklyt' vydelam vice penez v klidu a nemusim kaZdou nedeli kdesi jezdit, delat politiku, abych se libil kaklemu, aby byl kaZdY spokojenY, pratelskY a hlasoval pro mne, abych si misto udrZel. Delam jen pet dni v tYdnu. A kdyZ prijedu v patek imam po praci aZ do pondelka rana. Nail hlavni Urednici museji jezdit stale na schuze po celern statu. My jim za to neplatime oni to delaji za plat, jak clostavaji za vykonanou praci v Uradovne.

To neni spravne. TAK TO NEDELAJI JINE SPOLECNOSTI. Me postaveni, kdyZ ho porovnam k nasim hlavnim firednikum, je jako • byaejnY pomocnik, nebo jak zde v Texasu rikame "pacholek", ale dostanu kaklYm rokem dva tYdny zaplacenYch prazdnin, abych pookral a odpoeinul si k dalgi praci. Dosud jsem nenakl v naiich stanovach, ani ye sjezdovem protokolu, ze nail Urednici dostavaji nebe si sami vezmou prazdniny. Dale, kdyZ vykonam sve povinnosti dle oeekavani, dostanu dalsi odmenu (bonus), k vanoctim zylaitni odmenu, a koncem roku za dobre vykonanou praci celoroeni ()pet roeni bonus. Tak si to, bratki a sestry, pilrovnejte. zdali iname pro naie hlavni Uredniky jake vYhody, anebo aby nekdo mohl bYti hrdY, Ze pracuje pro na2Si bratrskou SPJST. V pkiftim sjezdu by se mela provesti nejaka naprava, aby na$1 hlavni firednici necitili v srdci horkost, nedostavaji to, co by dostali jinde.

Maine mezi sebou nmoho rnladYch schopnosti, zkuienosti a take

dobre vySSi vzdelani. Ale jestli s temita dobke Zkolenymi poeitate, tak se mYlite.

Oni pro nail SPJST za tak nizke platy delat nebudou. Oni dostanou lep§i, platy za obyeejne zamestnani. A jestli se kdo polene za titulem, pak to bude prnmernY elovek, ktery by jinde vice nevydelal. NaSi dosavadni firednici delaji svou praci dobre, jsou v ni zapracovani a zkukni, maji ji radi, vyrostli v ni od nialicka, takZe Jednota je kus jejich Zivota, srostli s ni, navykli si na nizke platy, tak =oho nenarikaji a pracuji dale. Ale, bratti a sestry, aZ je jednou ztratime — a v jejich veku intik to bit kdykoliv, a za,eneme se ohliZet po nahradnicich, ne najdeme je. Ten, kdo ma schopnosti, za tak nizkY plat debat pro nas nebude. Pak teprve pozname, ze jsme ke svYm nynej sim iiredniktim nebyli spravedlivi.

Do sjezdu je jeite nekolik mesict. ale an! se nenadame a bode tady. PremYilejte o techto bodech. Zamyslete se nad temi vecmi, ktere znamenaji pro Das naciejnou budoucnost a ninohern vets! vzrUst v nail SPJST. Pak jednejte, jak za nejlepAi uznate.

S bratrskYin pozdravem Otto Hanus. ( ) 4 4.

NA fiTULNU Corpus Christi, Texas.

Bratre redaktore: Ocenujeme Tvoji snahu povzbuzovani ve Vestniku ke itedrosti k budovani fondu pro irtulnu sestarlYch SPJST Nejvhodnejsl zpiisob — misto dlouhYch debat — projeviti svoje stanovisko k Utulne, jest poslati prilaitostne peneZ ni darek na jmenovanY ucel. Kdo prispeje jiste neni proti.

Misto kvetin k ucteni zeinfelYch Sestra Augusta SeckY od radii C. 56 $5.00 Br. Hy. Regmund, Sr. od radii C. 56 5.00 A. C. Stepan, reditel prvniho okrsku 5.00 Doufame, lie sbirka pro fitulnu do sjezdu ukaZe sluSnou eislici.

Karel a Betty Holasek. ) • 4, 41. (— Engle, Texas.

Ctenemu radu Frant. PalackY eislo 21 Engle, Texas. Bratri a sestry: Jak uZ vita, meli jsme schuzi minul mesic, ale Zadne volby jsme nekonali, tak jste Zadani, abyste se dosta,vili do lednoye schtlze, totiZ 8. ledna. neb na prvni nedeli mame NovY rok, tak jsme to odlozili na druhou nedeli. Tak vas Zada,m, abyste se v gichni dostavili, at' mfrZeine vykonat volbu. A zaroveri je jich hodne, co maji platit sve poplatky. Tak doufarn, ze se dosta,vite v laojnem poetu. jsem vas tajemnik Chas. Jalufka.

Rt. 2, Schulenburg, Texas.

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

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR MAY I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY to thank my many friends, SPJST Sisters and Brothers, for the beautiful Christmas messages and greetings you sent me. Your well-wishes and your personal notes added to them will serve as an inspiration during the weeks and months of the new year of 1956. Your messages were all the snore precious because I realize that the Christmas season is just as busy for you as it is for me. That you took the time to remember your editor is a memory and a token of friendship I shall cherish.

THE NEW YEAR-1956—LIES AHEAD of us. They are waiting for us twelve mysterious and exciting months, Mysterious because no one of us can foretell what these months will bring to us and to our loved ones. Exciting because they offer a second chance to do more in 1956 than what we did in 1955.

Most of us take pride in doing a good job. Most of us derive satisfaction from knowing that the job is right. And when some of us retire, either in 1956 or at .some later date, we will probably regret not the fact that we did not do more work„ but that we did not do better work. ♦ • HOW WILL THIS YEAR OF 1956 compare with the year of 1955 as far as the SPJST is concerned? At this point, the year of 1956 is a mystery.

Only five or 'six more months before the 17th quadriennial SPJST convention will get under way in Temple. At this point, we don't know even the exact date of the convention. Only five months, and yet there has been so little interest displayed, so little discussion has taken place as to the needs and improvements within the SPJST. I hope—and this is only a gentle reminder from me—that the Supreme Lodge in its regular meeting next Monday, JanuarV 9, takes up the importance of the next convention into consideration.

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IF 1956 IS TO BE THE YEAR WE hope it will be, and if our 17th convention is to be a milestone in the history of the SPJST, each one of us must realize that we individually, rather than

collectively, are important factors. We must realize that it does matter whether or not we attend the local lodge meetings and also the preconvention district meetings. We must know that the delegates to the convention must have your opinion and your assistance if the 17th SPJST convention is to be successful. It is up to us, individual members of the SPJST, to determine how important this year 1956 will be in the history of our fraternal organization .

IF YOU WERE BAKING A CAKE OR building a bridge, you would do two things before starting the baking or the construction: you would gather the necessary ingredients for the cake or the material for the bridge; and you would determine in advance the order and the method of putting them together to bake a good cake or to build a useful bridge. In preparing for the 17th SPJST convention, these two steps are not to be overlooked—the gathering of the material, and the method of put• ting the things together. We must be prepared with specific and needed material, and we must know what to do with it and how to put it in the right place.

EVERY GOOD AND SINCERE DET.F.gate will look for some guidance. It is natural that every conscientious delegate would like to get some idea as to what will be discussed at the convention. The more he can learn beforehand, the better he can be prepared to assist in making the convention to be successful. It is up to us, individually, to praVide our delegates with the material. And if the material needs to be trimmed, dressed-up, and polished, we should assist in doing it.

WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY MAY sound silly to some of you. No other thing is more vital at the SPJST convention than a thorough knowledge of the By-laws. Members used to think that we don't need any amendments if We have good officers. Members used to say that good By-laws and poor officers is far worse than, poor By-laws

and good officers. That is true, but only to a degree. The truth is that we are not a "headquarters management" society any more. We are a fraternal order where we have a teamwork, a committee management. We have more and more contacts with more and more individuals. Every member who has any kind of insurance with the SPJST, is entitled by the state law to take in terest in the SPJST business.

SO THERE' IS MORE AND MORE DIScussion among the members. We should know our By-laws. And if we are delegates, we should study the By-laws, have meetings and discussions to learn more about them, to be better prepared to understand all the implications if somebody should propose an amendment. Let there be enough discussion among the members for the benefit of the delegates. Let there be enough questioning from, the delegates to understand the wishes of the members. Let the delegates know beforehand the opinions, or the sentiments, or the dislike that the members may have toward some of the changes and proposals. Let us start talking about the things NOW, and be ready to dispose of them Intel ligently at the convention.

• THERE IS STILL ANOTHER MAT'ter which should be worked out before the convention. The Supreme Lodge should work out a tentative schedule for a four-day session. There is na need' to waste five or six days at the convention. I know that our delegates do not favor any regimentation, but our delegates would be thankful for some leadership. So we should give our delegates some tentative plan. If they find it workable, they will appreciate it. If they need some changes, they will modify it. But they will be glad to get hold. of something concrete and tangible.

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THE MUSINGS FROM NOW ON WILL bring more and more topics that will be discussed at the 17th SPJST conven-' tion. There will be no axe to grind, no personal aspirations, only topics of general information for our delegates.

Kindly read this page carefully.

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Reports From iTiCtS Ie.POPT FROM DISTRICT TWO

NEIL 7..r- ;AIR'S GREETING FROM SUPREME LODGE, SPJST

Now as we stand on the threshold of T :ow we ,. tanl on the treshold of ere)ther new year I come before you to eX13rOSS to you all my message and New Yr ..) is greetings.

Our Order in the past year enjoyed good progress and growth in new membership consisting principally of young members. From a business standpoint we also made good progress.

Sisters and Brothers, I appeal to you for your support in our organizational work in all of our lodges, so that our Order may grow. Assist our organizers so that they may achieve greater success in this new year. Bring your friends and neighbors into the Order and in that way build up your lodges. This is our, work, work that no one else will perform for us, therefore, it is up to us whether or not it will be done well.

Let us work diligently for our Order, which remains true to its mission un der all circumstances, and which is true to, and which supports every effort of our Government in the preservation of freedom and democracy. Let us be true to those principals. Let us always oppose all subversive propaganda which would destroy our freedom.

My sincere wish is, that we might all unite our efforts, in all lodges, so that at the end of the year we might be able to point to a greater success then the year before. Let us all get busy and put our hands to the task before us, in our Order, so that we might all have part in its success.

In closing, I want to thank all members, Local and Supreme Lodge Officers, to all Dirstikt Officers and Directors, Organizers, Youth Directors and our Youth for whatever has been accomplished in the past year.

In the New Year, I wish you health, success and contentment.

Th e INAilik of last December 28 contened an announcement of the general Maus r the coming SPJST District 2 mcetire.,. The meeting will be an all-day affair starting at 10:00 a. m. on Sunday 15, 1956, at the SPJST Tyrs Lodge 80 Hall in Holland.

In addit,on to important morning and afternoon business sessions, dinner will be available at the hall and a program of entert,-enment will be presented. It is hoped that all 19 lodges in District 2 are making Wails to have their convention delega tes and alternates and as many other members as possible in attendance at this meeting.

By the time this article appears in the Vestnik, the District 2 Steering Committee will have had its meeting to plan a tentative agenda of business and definite and possibly alternate proposals for consideration by the membership in attendance at the district meeting. If time and space permits, the results of the steering committee meeting will be reported in the January 11 issue of the Vestnik.

The motion for establishment of a District 2 Steering Committee was approved at the District 2 meeting of last October 16 at Seaton Star Hall, and each of the 19 lodges in the district have been requested to elect nand send a representative to the steering committee nieeting. It is hoped that these lodge representative will have attended the steering committee meeting and will attend the January 15 district meeting in Holland. The work of the steering committee should enable future District 2 meetings to most constructive and helpful to all members in preparing for the coming SPJST Convention.

Calvin C. Chervenka District 2 Reporter

4.* • ( TWISTED FINANCE

Snodgrass had barely paid off the mortgage on his house when he mortgaged it again to buy a car. Having bought the auto, he went to the same banker again and tried to mortgage the car to build a garage.

Exasperated, the bank official said, Fraternally yours, sarcastically, "If I do make the loan, Edw. L. Marek, President, how will you get the money to buy gas Supreme Lodge, SPJST. for the car?" ) • 40 • ( "Well, it seems to me," replied SnodWhat men like most about old-fash- grass, "that a fellow who owns his own ioned Women is that they are gradually house, car, and garage should be able disappearing.---Frances Rodman. to get credit for gas!"

Wednesday, January 4, 1956

Have Your Choice Thirteen SPJST certracates for adults: CLASS B: where a member nays pre. miums during his lifetime.

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

CLASS D: wnere a member par tot 15 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. CLASS E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death bene fit paid as provided in Class C and D. CLASS F: full amount of certificate is after 20 years of payment, paid after 15 years.

CLASS G: amount of certificate is paid CLASS H: proper amount of certilica:4 is paid when member attains tin age of 65 years, member pays premiums until he attains the age of 65.

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

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

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

CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be issued to members up to the age of 50 years, who have real estate loans from this organization, Five SPJST certificates for children. .LASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into any other insurance after the child reaches the age of 10 years and be., fore attaining the age 01 16 years.

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

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

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

CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, Tii6)11/4. tuary face value at aze one year.

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THE HISTORY OF THE CALENDAR No human invention is perfect, not even the measure of time. Each year is 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long, That explains why we have to have, a leap year every four year s.

That new calendar you have on your wall is a commonplace thing but it has a wild history.

In Republican Rome, there were ten lunar months: Martius, Aprilis, Maltus, Juno, [Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. They were the same length as our months, in most cases. Quintilis and Sextilis, meaning the 5th and the 6th, were later renamed in honor of Julius and Augustus Caesar. To bridge the gap between the end of December and the vernal equi nox in March, the priests who had charge of the calendar, inserted Januarius (31 days) and Februarius, of a varying number of days. This was "intercalating"—inserting of extra days.

In operating the calendar, the pontifices watched every month for the new moon. When they saw it, they would proclaim from the steps of the Capitol the number of days months.

The 1st of the month was therefore the kalendar, the callings, from which we get our calendar.

Rome was ruled by two consuls, elected for one year. Instead of giving the year a number, the old Romans mentioned the names of the consuls in office: "In the consulship of Trumanius and Bard's.'

As integrity waned in the later days of the Republic, political pressure was exerted on .the pontifices. They changed the length of Februarius from time to time to keep the lunar months in proof with the solar year. But powerful consuls wanted lung Februarys to lengthen their terms. Other politicians contrived to prevent intercalation, and even to have March follow December. This politician's paradise got the Roman calendar into such a mess, that the spring equinox was occurring in the middle of December.

Then came Julius Caesar. He somehow found time to reform the calendar.

In 46 B. C. he intercalated, adding 67 days between November and December and bringing the calendar once more abreast of nature. In addition, he established it on a solar basis. Reckoning the solar year at 365 1/2 days, he froze the years to a total of 365 days, adding one day to Februarius every 4th year.

However, the length of the solar year

is not 365 1/2 days, but 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds. Cae sar's year, or really that of his astronerr er Sosigenes, was too long by 11 minutes and 14 seconds, or one day, in 128 years. Our surprise is not that they were wrong, but that they were so nearly correct.

Time wagged its not-so-merry way along, Rome fell, and the Dark Ages ensued. About the year 730, St. Bede the Venerable, an Anglo-Saxon scholar, noticed that the calendar was a bit out of whack with the sun. The vernal equinox, he discovered, came three days before its due date on the calendar.

But it took a long time to amend the calendar, 1,000 years, in fact. Agitation, however, continued. Finally, in 1532, Pope Gregory XIII decreed the old calendar abalished, and that in that year the day following the feast of St. Francis (Oct. 5) should be considered Oct, 15.

Without the ciphers is not exactly diykible by lour. Thus 1603 and 2000 were to be leap years; 1700, 1800, 1900 were not. Over a period Of 403 years the average year execeds tho solar year by only 26 seconds.

With only 26 aeioncle: a year to worry about a cTay in 3,323 cne think that everyor? won ii cc sa fled with the p7e. E ant coder However, there are still perfectioni Thcy suggest that by exempting leap years the year 4600 and its multiples (8,000, 12,000, etc.) the beginning of the year would not vary more than a day from its present place in 200 centuries.

LAST RITES

This is a story they tell about the magnificent National Cathedral in Washington.

A stonemason employed at the CatheThe Cothelic e tates agreed, and in- dral came up to Bishop James Freeman, rcalated; but not the Protestant. How- revealed that his wife hadn't long to ever, by 1770 most of the latter had fol- live and asked if she might be buried. lowed suit. The conspicuous holdout was in the Cathedral.

England. Russia, of course, ignored the The bishop had to turn him down.. whole thing.

"I'm sorry," he said. "But you see, the In 1750 the conservative British squire Cathedral is a national institution and, was induced to do some thinking on the under the circumstances, no."

The stonemason nodded understandmatter, and he found himself amenable to the change. After all, who had start- ingly and shuffled back to work. A, ed the business but jolly old Bede, number of weeks later Bishop Freeman practically an Englishman? This was ran into him again and asked about properly a solid British project with his wife. "She passed away, sir," he rewhich some officious foreigners had plied. "I had, her cremated."

"I'm truly sorry," spoke up the bishmeddled. So, in the Calendar (new style) Act of 1750 it was "enacted by the op, "that she couldn't be buried in the King's most excellent Majesty, by and Cathedral."

"As a matter of fact," said the workwith the advice and consent of the Lords, Spiritual and Temporal and Com- er as he mixed a batch of mortar, "she mans" that the day following Sept. 2, is." _ , 1752, was to be accounted the 14th of AN ERROR, WORTH TEN MILLION' that month. Also, the new-style calendar was to be used thenceforward, and When Hugh Cullen, the Taxas oil and , the legal year was thereafter to begin real estate tycoon, announced that he on Jan. I, not March 25, the date set was giving five million dollars to the in the Julian calendar as the vernal University of Houston, one of the local equinox. newspapers erroneously reported the For years, dates prior to Sept. 2, 1752, figure at $15 million. Cullen immediatewere followed by O. S., to indicate old ly called up the publisher and demandstyle. In one conspicuous case a date ed an explanation.

"We're frightfully sorry, Mr. Cullen, was amended by adding 11 days. George Washington was born on Feb. 11, 1732, the publisher replied. "My editor tells O.S. This was translated into new style me that it was just a typographical error that got by the proofreaders. You as Feb. 22.

Successive calendar reformations were know hoW those things can happen on attempts to reconcile a solar year of a newspaper. We realize the embarrass365 days, five hours, 48 minutes, 46 sec- ment to you—being so embarrassed ouronds with a calendar of 365 days. Cae- selves."

"Well, all right, make it fifteen sar added a day every 4th year. Gregory ruled out, as leap years, the years this time, since you've said so. But don't ending a century in which the number let it happen again!"

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Wednesday, January 4, 1056

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES FORT WORTH NO. 154 Fort Worth, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: The new officers of Lodge Fort Worth No. 154 for the year of 1956 were elected at- the annual meeting which was held ori 'December 4th. We hope that you will support them and take more interest in our lodge work.

And here is a point that I want to say tci' all the members. Watch your dues book. The Lodge dues are only 10 cents a month for lodge expenses; and only certain grades of policies pay that, which is about half. So there is not enough time or money to notify everybody. Thus, pay up before the 15th of each month or at the meeting, which is generally the first Sunday of the month.

The reason I am writing this is to answer to many members who asked me why we don't send them notices like other insurance companies do.

Here are the names of the new officers for the year 1956: Walter Hale, president; Alfred Svacek, vice president; Mary Renfro, secretary; Mary Hale, treasurer; Anna Milan, recording, secretary.

Delegates to the convention in Temple in 1956: Walter Hale, Joe Milan Sr., Anna Milan, and Mary Hale. Alternates: Chas. Renfro, Alfred Svacek, Mary Renfro, and Eleanor Svacek.

Reporters: Bernice Kubala, in English; and Louise Albrecht, in Czech.

Fraternally yours, John Becan, sec'y. ) • a, • t LODGE SLOVANSKA LIPA NO. 66 Waco, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our recent District Three meeting- you have heard the report that our district has again lost the contest to District Five. To many of you, this may have been disappointing, but to me it was another challenge to get to 'work for our Lodge as never before.

Any of you, good members, that have a prospect please give his or her name to your Local Lodge Organizer and let's bring him or her into the good old SPJST. In this way, you will be doing your prospect a FAVOR and also your own local lodge; for as our membership grows so will our SPJST. Don't wait another day but let's get those members now.

In this coming New Year 1956 let's all forget our differences and let's all pull for the same, thing a bigger and better membership in our SPJST. If you don't get your way in everything, don't just drop everything and say, "I am not

going to try anymore, nothing is ever done that I suggest, so why try?" I know that some things are not done just as we would like to see them done, but at the same time that is no justification for us to take an indifferent attitude towards our lodge. There are many comforts of life that we enjoy today and take for granted just because someone wouldn't be discouraged and plugged; on and on until he or she accomplished whatever they set out to do.

And so it is with lodge work; if ydu don't get your way each time, if someone just cioesn't do right, DON'T THROW UP YOUR HANDS and say, I am going to quit. But if you are right and if you know your ideas are sound, keep on and bring them up at every opportunity. Sooner or later someone will recognize your ideas and support them and you will be happier if you have won a hard battle than had you had your way the first time. So let's put our shoulder to the wheel and heave for the good old SPJST. In our Lodge Slovanska Lipa No. 66 we all work and our membership is growing by leaps and bounds. Three years ago, we had little over 30 members; today, we have over 100 of the best members in the entire SPJST. Three years ago, we had no place to meet, we've a beautiful. hall of our own, and, we invite everyone of you to meet with us any second Sunday at 2:30 P. m. at our LINDEN HALL, 1/2 mile east of Elm Mott. Or come to one of our regular dances every Saturday night at 8 p. m. and see what has been accomplished by a determined membership of our Lodge.

Wishing every one of you the happiest of NEW YEAR and may your membership, and ours, too, double in 1956.

Fraternally yours, Otto Hanus • 4, • ( 'LODGE POKROK SWEET HOME NO. 63 Sweet Home, Texas I am hereby advising you of the results of our annual meeting which was held Sunday, December 18th, 1955.

Our annual election of officers was held and all of our present officers were re-elected. They are: President, Wm. Berkovsky; Vice President, Louis F. Targac; Secretary, Felix Jurica;.Treausurer, Herman L. Wendt; Financial Secretary, Emil Kutac and janitor, Joe Vanek.

Resolution Committe: Herman Wendt, Rudy Benys, Joe N. Morris.

Auditing Committee: Joe Vanek, Chas.

Micek, and Ed. Heidaker.

We have 3 delegates who will go to the convention. They are: Emil Kutac, Wm. Berkovsky and Felix Jurica. Their alternates are: Rudy Benys, Louis Targac and Rudy Jurica.

The attendance at the meetings are fair, but to the comparison of members, the meetings are attended meagerly. So why not show more interest in your organization and attend the meetings more regularly in 1956.

Wishing all a prosperous 1956.

Fraternally yours, Felix Jurica, Sec'y * sto • ( LODGE PRAHA NO. 29 Taylor, Texas Dear Members: The officers for the SPJST Lodge Praha No. 29 were elected at the December 11th meeting which was held in the hall near Taylor.

Those elected to serve are: President, Reuben Leshikar.

Vice President, (new) Frank Pokorny.

Secretary, A. L. Boudny.

Financial Secretary (new) Ben L. Mikolaj.

Treasurer, Frank Heji Jr. Property Committee: Edwin Kovar, Frank Drozda, Jerry Mucha, John Hurta (new), Julius Hunka.

Delegates who were elected to attend the convention this coming year will be: Reuben Leshikar, Frank Pokorny, A. L. Boudny, Mrs. Cornelia Hejl, Ben L. Mikolaj, Edwin Kovar, Frank S. Leshikar, Frank Drozda, John Hurta, Julius Hunka.

Bfn L. Mikolaj, 111 Rio Grande St., will hold office at his residence to receive the dues of the members; the place is in the first block off South Main Street.

All year record show that only 29 members were eligible for electing for delegates; of these 29 members half of them attended only six meetings during the year, some attended all the meetings, others attended, only a few.

Out of over one thousand members that is a poor record of attendance.

Only 73 attended last meeting.

Lodge Praha No. 29 voted against the queen.

Wishing the editor, all the officers of the Supreme Lodge, all members and readers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year, Sincerely, Marie Svadlenak, Reporter

Wednesday, January 4, 1956 LODGE ROZKVET ZAPADU NO. 107 Floresville, Texas Dear Members and All: Once again I take pen and paper to write a few lines to our dear, paper and to wis h everyone and each of you a very Happy New Year and a very prosperous one, too.

Also, I wish 'to ask our local lodge members to try and attend our next meeting which will be held January 8.

We have some more unfinished business and elections to attend to yet. I am sorry I was unable to be at our last rr eeting which I was told was very well attended. Elections were held. Almost all our old officers were elected back by unanimous vote.

President—Henry Sralla; Vice Presidient Wm. Vaclavik; Secretary—Mary McCloskey; Treasurer — Jesse Bayer; Bookkeeper—Anton Svoboda.

Auditing Committee: Ernest Koenig, Wm. Vaclavik and Roy Pelech.

Dance Committee: Albert Sralla, Jesse Bayer, Victor Sralla, Jerry Pa.vliska and Wm. Ir aclavik.

Delegates for SPJST convention: Henry Sralla; alternate, Wm. Vaclavik.

The rest are to be elected; so you see it is quite a bit more to be done yet.

Hoping to see all of you in the next meeting, I remain, as fever, Fraternally yours, Julia Vaclavik, Reporter ( CESKY PRAPOR LODGE NO. 24 Rogers, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers: A reminder that our lodge will meet on Sunday, January 8. This was moved up because first Sunday was New Year and most of us have company and don't feel like attending a meeting at this time.

We had a wonderful warm hall for our Christmas program. Maybe most of you know by now that our Flag Hall has a nice new heater that warms up the whole hall. I am, sure that we all wish to thank the Lodge and the committee which consists of Robert Hoelescher, Ben Zabcik, Henry Maxesh and Jerry Zavodny for looking after the heater and see that it got put up. I think Mr. Hoelescher rates a big vote of thanks, for he spent hours trying to get the heater in for our Christmas program. So now our members can come to the meetings and not think, it too cold, for it will be nice and warm.

At this time I want to thank all the children and their mothers who were so willing to help put over our nice Christmas program. I think it was enjoyed by all who were there. The program was made up of songs, poems, a

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS candle drill and a Christmas pageant.

I would like to mention all the children's names who took part, but I am afraid I would leave some of them out since I don't know all the names. Mrs. Robert Hoelescher and myself will just say thanks a lot to all of you for helping out.

I believe there is a district meeting coming up in January in Holland. I don't remember the date but I am sure there will be more about this later.

You who are interested in attending this district meeting can look up the date in the Vestnik.

Wish all of you a happy New Year.

Your reporter, Mrs. Henry Zavodny CULAK LODGE NO. 165 Moulton, Texas Dear Fellow Members: Now that the hustle and hurry of Christmas is over, I am able to write a report to the Vestnik. The editor would almost have the right to think that the Culak Lodge English reporter was deprived of her job since she hasn't reported anything for nearly three months. October was so filled with Sunday School teachers' institutes, plus a Texas District Women's Missionary Federation Convention, that time was taken up with these outside activities. The second Sunday in November, we had our fifth anniversary Culak Lodge celebration; hence, the monthly meeting was completely left out that month.

With Christmas fast approaching, I realized that the children and I must get busy if we are to present a little program at our annual Christmas party, whatever date should be set for it.

The Lodge, I think, is grateful to the members' children who so willingly give of their time and who Come for the few rehearsals of the selected members.

It seems to amaze the people that these children can do that well with only two or three rehearsals.

At the December meeting, it was voted that we have our Christmas party on the evening of December 18, beginning at 7 o'clock with the children's program.

Thus it was carried out, with the following children taking part: Dorothy, Frances and Lillian Dlouhy, Dorothy Darilek, Mabel Fishbeck, Betty Lou Fojtik, Loyce and Lee Ann Luksovsky.

The program was as follows: 1. Good Christian Men, Rejoice-3 girls.

2. Santa Claus—Mabel Fishbeck.

3. Song: The Wondrous Story—All the girls.

4. My Christmas Greeting—Dorothy Darilek.

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6. Song: Christmas Lullaby—All the girls.

7. h:ng: Follow the Gleam--Henry and Rose Hid Neg. After the piogram, ni.a put in his jolly appearance t:) di,Lrlbute the gift bags from beneath the rkling tree, to the children, and, ye , even to a number of grown .)qcs!

The evening was climaxed with a good old-fashioned box supper. Mr. Zat Johnson sold the prettily covered boxes to the highest bidders (a limit price having been set by the executive committee to avoid over-bidding). Thus, among merry bidding, a neat. little sum was added to our treasury. The delicious contents of the boxes were then, spread on tables and all present enjoyed the goodies with coffee that 1Viesdames Adolf Dlouhy, Emil Krejci and Elizabeth Beran had brewed. Although box suppers were well known some 25 to 40 years ago, the custom sort of died out after that and it was rather surprising that for many this was the. first box supper. All, however, expressed their delight in this experience, and I myself hope that we are reviving a nice old method of raising needed funds in a clean way. Yes, I echo the voices of several others, "Let's have another before long!"

We were indeed sorry that Mr. and Mrs. Emil Darilek Sr. were not able to be with us, especially since Mrs. Darilek had so diligently worked to trim the lovely Christmas tree with Mrs. Bill Mikulencak. Joy of again becoming grandparents was quickly turned to sorrow when the infant daughter, born to the Emil Darilelere Jr., died a few hours after her birth. The sympathy of the entire Culak Lodge membership goes out to both parents and grandparents; Likewise, belated sympathy is extended to our faithful members, Mr. and Mrs. August Fojtik, who on November 12 lost their son, Wilbert, age 30 years and 10 months. Wilbert was also a mem ber of our organization. He had married Miss Anna Svetlik in Angleton following his return from service and had employed in that city since. Although he had been in failing health for some time, his death came sudden-t, ly and was a shock to his relatives end: friends. He left to mourn him besides his parents, his wife, two young sons, one brother and seven sisters . • . A , few moments of silent tribute was paid to his memory at the December meeting.

All former officers were re-elected at the December meeting. They are as fol-

Stran g 1(3 lows: Lee Jarosek, president, Emil Krejci vice president; Adolph Wagner, secretary-treasurer; Ben Marek, financial secretary; Adolf Dlouhy, guide; Anna Havlik, organizer. Rose . Helweg was again appointed as youth leader and English reporter and Mrs. Bessie Fojt as Czech reporter.

The year, 1956 will be only a few days old when this appears in print, therefore, A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all readers, is --quite timely!

Sincerely, Rose Helweg, Reporter , • 4, • ( LODGE KAREL JONAS NO. 28 East Bernard, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: Well, how did you enjoy Christmas?

I hope everyone enjoyed it. We had a nice Christmas. Also Santa was generous and brought us more gifts than we expected.

We held our annual meeting Sunday, December 11, starting at 1 p.m. Officers for the coming year 1956 were elected, and als,o delegates to the coming convention, as follows: President, Stanley Bartos; vice president, John Gajevsky; secretary, Carrie Bohacik; financial secretary, Anton Kelner; treasurer, F. V. Urbish; youth director, Emil Polasek; librarian, Carrie Bohacik; sick benefit committee, all members; lodge physicians, Dr. J. D. Schulmann, Dr. J. Laughlin, Dr. Hall.

Names of delegates: John Gajevsky, Stanley Bartos, Lydia Kubena, Carrie Bohacik, Anton Kelner. Names of alternates: Fred Foytik, Annie Kubena, Allene Kortis, Willie Morris and Karel Keprta.

Committee: Hall—Emil Polasek, Willie Morris, Louis Kovar. Grievance—Karel Keprta, John Zotyka, Joseph Novosad. Resolution—Annie Foytik, Annie Duckett, Lydia Kubena.

Reporters: English—Annie Foytik; Czech—Stanley Bartos.

Thanks to all the officers for the nice work they had done the past year, and good luck to them for the corning year 1956.

We were very sorry to hear that Sister Mrs. Hranicka is ill. We wish her a speedy recovery.

Everyone had a very wonderful time who came down to our SPJST Christmas party Sunday night, December 18.

The weather was beautiful. We had a nice attendance, and were very happy to see so many come out and celebrate with the youth.

On the program we had Christmas songs and carols sung by the teenagers and played on the piano. Then "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was

VPSTNtK— WEST, TEXAS sung by Miss Konarik, and then there came the Santa Claus with a bag. The Santa was talking to the children and gave out the bags and gifts. It is really nice to be all together for Christmas and have a nice time. Hope we will have more members present next year.

We want to thank the entertainment committee and all who gave their time and helped fixing the Christmas bags for the children, and all the other things that have been done for the Christmas program. Thanks again to all.

We will hold our next meeting the second Sunday, January 8, starting at 2 p.m. Be sure, Brothers and Sisters, to come to he meeting. So don't forget to come. Wishing all the members and everyone, and also Editor Stephen Valelk, a very happy and prosperous New Year 1956.

Fraternally yours, Mrs. Annie Foytik (Editor's Note: Thanks for the remembrance. I have to compliment you on your remarkable improvement in preparing the reports. Keep it up. Show Brother Bartos that you can do as well in English as he does in Czech.)

• • LODGE SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU NO. 92 Fort Worth, Texas Dear Readers: Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have its regular meeting, Sunday, January 8, starting at 8 p. m. Everyone remember the Sick Benefit dues are due January 1st. and are $2.00 a year. Any member sixteen and older is entitled to Sick Benefits.

The Officers and Committies for the coining year are: President, Joe L. Juran; Vice President, Richard Hubenak; Secretary, Jay Dee Waggoner; Auditor, Joe Koci; Treasurer, Frank J. Blazek; Guide, Henry Luksa; Board of Directors, Joe Koci, Frank J. Blazek, Richard Hubenak, Henry Luksa and Joe Krivanek; Sick Committee:, Jay Dee Waggoner, Joe Krivanek, Joe Koci, Frank J. Blazek, Aloisie Becan, Helen Zich, Vla.sta Dolkos, Anna Langer, Albino. Bunker, and Vontilla Watson; Youth Director, Flora Koci; Dance Committee: Robert Ruzicka, Bennie Bartek and Anna Langer; Resolution Committee, Joe Bartek, Helen Zich, and Aloisie Becan; By-Law Committee:: Joseph Becan, Bob Easley, Rudolph Koci Sr. Reporters: Czech, Marie Juran; English, Jay Dee Waggoner. Delegates to the Convention: Joe Bartek, Frank J. Blazek, L. 0. Hosek and Joe Koci; alternates, Joe L. Juran, Robert Ruzicka and Aloisie Becan.

Everyone remember the meeting and make plans to come.

Fraternally, Jay Dee Waggoner

Wednesday, January 4, 1956 THE TIMES ARE DIFFICULT

Robert Browning, in his poem "Rabbi Ben Ezra," uttered these challenging words: "Then, welcome each rebuff that turns earth's smoothness rough, each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go."

The times are difficult. When were they ever otherwise?"

There are same people who have little faith in themselves, little faith in any undertaking, little faith in the progress of our SPJST, little faith in the future of our country. They close their eyes to the real wave of the future, the tremendous new age which is almost here.

I am an optimist. Last week, I read the account of what• we may expect in the new atomic age, what the scientists have already prepared for us. They have a tiny atomic device, only a few inches square, which can generate the same amount of cancer treatment as $20 million worth of radium. They have a new atomic plant which will preserve food for as long as two years without a trace of spoilage. I don't know if you will like this one, but they say they can turn out women's stockings that will never wear out. We know that atomic energy will drive ships, fly planes, heat cities, and do almost everything we can think of except find a place to park our car.

Maybe there won't be tOo many cars.

The next generation may be flying the family plane exactly the same way we have been driving the family auto. You can sit down and start thinking of the most incredible new inventions you can imagine. Somebody already has it on a drafting board. We have come to take these things for granted.

If on the other hand the times seem to be difficult, remember Browning's challenge: "Then, welcome each rebuff . .

A•( THOSE BIG WORDS Young Jerry was about to take his first solo trip on his new bicycle. His mother stood beside him, warning him to stay on the sidewalk.

Then she hurried inside, pretending to keep busy, trying not to worry. But she couldn't keep away from the window. After five minutes of peeping from behind the curtains, she saw Jerry. He was riding in the street.

She rushed out, and said, "Didn't I tell you to use the sidewalk? Why did you break your promise?"

"I met a policeman," Jerry informed her. "He said that the sidewalk was only for Presbyterians."

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WHAT TO DO AFTER A CRASH Chances are, you'll be in an auto accident in the next five years. One out of every four Americans will be. What Should you do at the scene of the accident?

Strangely, finding out what to do isn't easy. The National Safety Counbil, which has done so much to educate drivers on how to prevent accidents, admits it has paid "relatively little attention" to spreading the word on what to . do after an accident happens. Prom a dozen of the nation's largest insurance companies, I collected pamphlets on how to avoid crashes, but I couldn't find one dealing in detail with the aftermath of a crash.

So I talked to police officials, doctors, lawyers, insurance agents, garage men and traffic experts. Here's what they told me. There are four general things to do after an auto accident: 1. Keep the crash from being any worse. Help the injured, prevent fire, don't let the accident cause other crashes or a traffic jam.

Naturally, helping the injured comes first. Check for bleeding, and apply tourniquets where necessary. Keep the injured person warm by covering him with a coat or blanket. Don't risk aggravating an injury by moving the person if you can possibly avoid doing so.

Prevent fire by seeing that the ignition is turned off in both cars and that nobody in the vicinity smokes.

Somebody should be sent up the road behind the accident, and also ahead if necessary to caution oncoming traffic to slow down or stop. A flashlight or some light-colored garment is useful for signaling.

2. Hold down the cost of the accident. Make no statement as to responsibility that may later cause you to be liable; be in no hurry to accept claim settlements; keep clear of ambulancechasing lawyers, gyp towing services, and gyp garages.

Don't say it was your fault, even though you think it was. Your insurance adjuster or lawyer can speak for you at the right time. Any statement you make at the accident may be reported in court. And your idea of the accident may be highly inaccurate.

Above all, sign nothing that indicates fault on your part. There have been many cases like the one in which a man nicked the fender of another car and readily agreed to sign a form which indicated the mishap was his fault.

A few months later a woman, who had been a passenger in the other car sued him for $100,000, claiming that because

of that accident she had developed a heart condition.

Sometimes the other driver, admitting his liability, will want to settle the whole thing right there on the spot.

This can be done, but remember that you are the one who names the price.

If he pays you a satisfactory amount, then give him a signed receipt which will free him of any further liability.

Your receipt need not look or sound like a legal document. Just state that you have been paid in full for damages done to you and your car, note the date and tile place of the accident, and then sign it with, the date next to your name. A paper of this type will hold up in court.

If yc'r accident has caused injuries of any kind, severe or light, to other persons, make sure a doctor has made an examination before you leave. Even if a person says he doesn't want medical attention, insist that he have it.

Later he may decide that his injuries were pretty severe after all—and win heavy damages against you.

If you happen to have a loaded camera with you, by all means take pictures of the accident. Don't be afraid to waste film—take shots of all sides of the smashed cars. You may even take photos of the surface injuries other people have, and have someone else take shots of yours. This might save y .31.1 a great deal of money.

to be your good buddy if a suit is ever I brought against you.

I 4. Never run away from the scene of an accident. Doing that can be very damaging and may even land you in jail. A politician knocked the bumper off a car as he backed up to get out of a parking lot. He thought nobody saw him, and not wanting any adverse publicity because election time was near, he wrapped a $10 bill in a sheet of paper and slipped it under the windshield wiper to pay for the bumper repair.

Then he sneaked off.

A woman in a parked car near by saw the whole thing and took down his license number. Unknown to the politico, there was an infant inside the car sleeping in a bassinet, and the impact had toppled the crib over. When the child's mother returned from her shopping, she blew up. The candidate was hailed into court on a technical charge of "criminal negligence." Although the baby had not been hurt and the candidate escaped court punishment, he was ruined at the polls that year.

And here's a quick check-list of things to do after any accident. Clip it out and keep it with your driver's license and ownership documents: 1. Turn off the ignition.

2. Get the other car's license number and the name and address of the driver. List the names and addresses of tbe other car's occupants., 3. Record the make, year, and Model of the other car.

4. Note the direction in which the vehicles were going and the approximate speed. Indicate whether there were any traffic lights or signs.

If your car is so damaged that you must have emergency repairs done at the scene, don't fail to take . it afterward to your regular mechanic for a thorough inspection. Your car may have been badly weakened in some way not 5. Note the weather conditions and immediately apparent. the type and condition of the road. Jot Be wary of tow-car racketeers. The down a description of the damage to AAA figures up to $6.50 for a to wing the other car. under 10 miles.

6. Get the name of the policeman and his shield number, and the name of the Your best bet is to have either your doctor and the receiving hospital. insurance company or your car dealer 7. Get the name and address of any take charge of an incapacitated car. volunteer witnesses. (Here's a tip: don't 3. Properly report the accident—to use the word witness when you ask a the city, the state, and your insurance person who has seen the accident for company. In any accident, the fact that his name and address.) you are not to blame does not free you 8. Report the accident to local and from certain legal obligations. Ask the state authorities. Then get in touch attending officer what the laws of the with your insurance compan y as soon state are with regard to making a re- as possible. port.. It's up to you to find out, for A•( you are legally required to submit a Live one day at a time. You can plan detailed report to the state on forms available at any city hall and frequent- for tomorrow and hope for the future, ly from the patrolman himself. Apart but don't live in it. Live this day well, from the fact that the law requires it, and tomorrow's strength will come toyou may find this report can turn out morrow.

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Wednesday, January 4, 1956

THE TUNG OIL INDUSTRY Three years ago, in September, 1952, Brother Marek and I were returning from. convention of the National Fraternal Congress. It was a pleasant Sunday morning when we were traveling through the state of Mississippi, on U. S. Highway No. 11, between Hattiesburg and Poplarville. Special kinds of orchards attracted our attention. The trees were about 20-30 feet high, with rich green foliage, and full of chestnuts: At least we thought they were chestnuts.

Much later I learned that they were tung trees, about 150,000 acres of them being planted in a strip of high rolling land, 100 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and the tung oil from the nuts paid the farmers in 1952 more than ten million dollars.

Nearly everybody uses tong oil in some way every day. Your toothpaste tube, automobile foot brake, linoleum, and furniture all have this oil in their finish, as does the insulation in your telepholre The ink on this page probably contains American grown tung.

The known unique characteristics of tung oil are its quick-drying quality and resistance to acids and alcohols. It is used for waterproofing and insulation. When it was first imported to the United States after the Civil War it was Used only as a quick-drying agent for varnishes and lacquers. Today it has hundreds of uses and new ones are constantly being discovered, some of them in the medical world.

Paints containing tung oil are used for underwater surfaces such as swimriling pools, locks, dams, piers, boats, bathttbs, and fishing rods. Tung's hard, diii.4,ble waterproof properties make it valuable to industry for use in linoleum, oilcloth, wallboard, artificial leather, paper bags, cartons, and cans.

Lithographic printing took a step forward when tung was used in printing on' L riietal containers, bottle caps, advertising plates, and metal signs requiring perfect cohesion. Tung oil varnishes make a protective film for labels on metal.

In the electrical industry insulating varnishes made with tung oil are used for treating coils, coating fibrous. materials for insulating wire and metallic surfaces. A strategic material during World War II, tung oil was used in military communications equipment.

The tong tree is native to China, where Marco Polo gave a circumstantial account of its harvesting in the 13th century, but it did not reach this country until 1906, when Consul General L.

S. Wilcox, stationed in Hankow, shipped some seed to the Plant Introduction Garden :at Chico, Calif. These were propagated and sent to various, sections for trial. The trees proved temperamental.

Although not tropical in nature, they require at least 40 inches of rainfall annually and cool winter temperatures for proper dormancy. They thrive on lean land with proper fertilization, providing the soil ha.s high moisture hold,in capacity, good drainage, and a degree of acidity.

California end not meet these requirements. It was too dry. The Middle Western States were too cold; southern Florida too hot.

The Gulf Coast States were just right.

A cemetery caretaker near Tallahassee planted five trees. One survived, and the first gallon of American tung oil was taken from it was exhibited at a paint manufacturers' convention in 1913.

By 1923 one commercial orchard was operating in Florida, and the state was operating the country's first crushing mill. Seed from the pioneer Florida orchard started the first tong orchard in Mississippi, a state which in 1952 produced 60 per cent of this country's tong crop.

In Poplarville, nearly every home has a few trees planted in the yard or along the fence rows which they call their taxpayer and use for that purpose.

Groves range from these fence-row crops to 6,000 acres.

Meanwhile, Florida's 3 million bearing trees brought the state more money than the entire output of sweet potatoes last year. Figures show that the tung crop was valued at more than the market price paid for the state's pecan crop and half as much as was paid for all honey produced.

Louisiana, with 35,000 acres planted to tung, is in second place.

Alabama, Georgia and Texas are relatively small tung producers. Alabama's 3,000 acres of tong are centered mostly around Mobile, and Georgia has nearly 1,000 acres planted with a few groves as far east as Savannah, while Texas has 1,000 acres, all east of Houston. One tung farmer near Beaumont says "I planted tung because I made up my mind to have my own old-age pension."

A farmer can start a tung orchard with very little cash. Tung fits well into farm operations because it requires relatively little labor at times when other crops need attention. The tree is relatively free from attack by insects and diseases and companion crops for the market can be grown between the rows

for the first three years, improving soil fertility and providing a substantial . income to help keep the tung investment' low.

The money making row crops sue-. cessfully grown include strawberries,: peppers, corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, field peas, beans and melons.

4-H Club boys and girls are learning the actual money value of tung by par-'; ticipating in annual nursery and acreage contests sponsored by the American..

Tung Oil Association and supervised bp' the assistant county agent.

One 12-year-old, Tyrone Jones, near Lumberton, Miss., spent $2.50 for 33" pounds of tung nuts and used $2 worth of fertilizer to plant one-tenth of an acre in the 1952 nursery contest. The next year he used his nursery trees to enter the 1-acre contest .and won a $50 prizeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a nice return on his investment..

An acre will produce from one to two tons of globe shaped nuts which tourists sometimes mistake for chestnutsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; an error which sometimes leads to hospitalization.

Inside the hull are five white kernels from which the oil is extracted.

The trees begin to produce when three years old and continue satisfactorily for 25 to 30 years. A ton of nuts: will average 280 pounds of oil, although the Isabel variety has produced 1,000 pounds of salable oil per acre for the past three years.

The search for better varieties is centered in the Tung Experiment Station laboratories at Bogalusa, La., Cairo, Ga. and Gainesville, Fla. Bogalusa is also working on mechan.ical picking and harvesting machinery.

Today the nuts are hand-picked, a chore requiring 10 man-hours per ton of fruit.

One crushing mill also is experimenting with a new solvent process to extract the oil from the nuts. The 14 crushing mills in the area have previously done this by pressure alone.

Other researchers see far broader horizons for this comparatively newcomer to the American agricultural scene.

Some pioneer tung growers believe that in a few years a good part of the tung fruit will be harvested green and processed for purposes not now known.

The use of American grown tung in the medical field. started in 1951 in Gulfport, Miss. Though it was thought to be toxic five years ago, Dr. M. M. Snelling, fellow of the American College of Surgeons, is using tung oil in the (Continued on page 20)

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Machine Be As Smart As Man?

The late Will Rogers used to say that all he knew was what he "seen in the paper," which, of course, was not totally true. All of us get ideas from what we read in the newspapers. For example, Dr. Carlson, former president of UMV, addressing a graduating class from Cantor State University, told them he "deplores what he calls 'the new four freedoms.' These are 'freedom from toil, freedom from responsibilities, freedom to take it easy, and freedom to do nothing'." Said he: "We place less and less emphasis on the joy of achievement of joy.

"This is a social problem we cannot evade much longer. Our generation denies what once was a self-evident truth —that only through work does man fulfill himself and realize his latent capacities."

With some reservations, I heartily subscribe to his sentiments, while I also agree with the publicity man for General Electric, who says this week: "It is difficult to write a definition of the American way, but it is easy to find good examples. Here is one: "Back in the twenties," says he, "there was a stage play about a factory that made mechanical men, who repaid their creators by trying to wreck civilization.

The term 'robot' has made people uneasy ever since.

"How smart can a machine be? At General Electric we're beginning to find out. For some years now we've been working with machines that come startlingly close to duplicating the thought processes of men.

"Can they outsmart men? The reassuring fact is just the opposite: they make men even smarter by taking over routine mental chores and freeing men for the creative thinking only human minds can encompass.

"General Electric is using machines with 'electronic brains' in engineering, accounting, and management to speed our most important product, progress.

"A jet engine used to be designed by trial and error. You had to build it first, or a costly model, to find out how it would work. Now, an electronic computer helps solve long and complex jet development problems in advance.

In 15 minutes it goes through , 8 million mathematical calculations and comes up with an answer that would take a mathematician 7 years. With 'think machines,' engineers can bring you new and better products quicker.

"It used to take 7 days to put together the payroll in one of our plants.

Now an 'electronic brain' gets rid of

the drudgery and cuts the time to 4 hours.

"In management, 'hunch' is giving way to fact. Electronic data-processing machines can zip through head-spinning statistics on things like market changes, product design factors and income trends to come up with the answers General Electric managers need to make sound decisions, not hopeful guesses. Patterns emerge that make it possible to avoid errors. In time new light may be shed on the reasons for boom and bust. It looks like everyday living might ,catch up at last with our fantastic progress in science.

"Machines that can read, write, do arithmetic, measure, feel, remember, now make it possible to take the load off men's minds, just as machines have eased the burden on our backs.

"But these fantastic machines, still depend on people to design and. build and guide and use them. What they replace is drudgery—not people, or General Electric wouldn't be so enthusiastic about them. Because it is people, with their hopes, desires, and jobs, that we depend on for customers. Machines can't dream.

"Don't worry; smart though they are, machines will never be as smart as people. Not while people are smart enough to let them do man's drudging work."

Which reminds me that while all progress is change, all change is not progress. Which also emphasizes there would be neither change nor progress: were it not for the freedoms we enjoy, for which lightly as we seem sometimes to prize them or carelessly to guard them, we have our ancestors to thank.

Our ancestors were selected men and women, chosen by life and character for self-reliance in the face of hardship, peril, and the mystery of uncharted seas and lands. Only the strongest hearts enlisted for the great adventure.

After they were free. Free to choose their own governors, make their own laws, mold their own policies and destiny; free to criticize their officials; to recall them; even, if need be, to punish them. Free to change, after mature deliberation, the basic Constitution of their government.

They could stand up as freemen before courts of their own making.

They were free to move from place to place, from one employment to another, from crowded quarters to virgin soil.

They were free to experiment, invent,

start their own enterprises, develop new products and industries; free to triple the bounty of the land with machines that replaced serfdom with science; free to end menial labors of the shop or road with mechanical marvels that made almost every worker a technician proud of his skill, his leisure, and his place in his community.

They were free to fail or succeed, and say what they wished, so long as they did not injure others; they could practice whatever religion they pre-: ferred, and raise a hundred varieties of temples and prayers to God. They were free to fail or succede, free to rise from the lowest level to the highest place in wealth, influence, and fame.

Above all, they were free to learn., to absorb the heritage of the race in technical development, morals, wisdom, literature, and art.

It was these freedoms more than any thing else, that transformed the earth into unparalleled abundance, made . a hundred thousand new tools, invented 10,000 time-saving, wealth-creating -processes and devices, lessened labor, multiplied goods, and built an industry that could produce more than all Europe tagether. ) s 4■ •

Resolution of Sympathy The members of SPJST Lodge No. 24, at Cyclone, Texas, extend our most . sine, cere sympathy to the bereaved family in the loss of their daughter, MELISSA LYN LEWIS

who died Wednesda y, November 23, 1955 at the age of 19 months, and was buried Friday, November 25. The funeral serv-, ices were held at the First Baptist, Church at Liberty, Texas, where she was, buried. Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lewis, grandparents Mi. and Mrs. J. F. Parish of Liberty an Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lewis of Temple,; great grandparents. are Mr. and ,Mrs. F. J. Marek of Temple, Texas.

Let her soul rest in peace.

R. J. Marek, F. J. Marek, Ben Zabcik, Resolution Committee. )e A crochety old school superintendent. was inspecting a class in high school: He wrote on the blackborad "LXXX," turned to a pretty girl in the front row and asked, "What doeS that mean?"

The girl blushed slightly and replied, "Love and kisses."

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friend or relative to obtain the address report card for him, and return the card after it is filie(1. out.

After filling out the card at a Post Office or hamigraLion. office the alien Managing Editor, then gives the cnni to a clerk, and he Vestnik (Herald) has fulfilled his obligation under the 6402 Prague Street, Act. Temple, Texas.

The spoke, man warned that any alien Dear Sir: who willfully violates the address reWe are taking the liberty of attach- port provision of the law may be fined ing a press release concerning the ne- op to $200, imprisoned fOr 30 days, and esity for each non-citizen to file an deported. address report card during the month of January. This is the first of a series of releases that will be mailed. We believe a number of your readers will be interested in this matter.

Thanking you in advance for any coDo you aiT ease a whiner? operation you may extend, I am Do you enjoy listening to complaints?

Very truly yours, Do you feel as sympathetic toward Walter A. Sahli, the 1 san who unburdens his trouble District Director, San Antonio District on n:1 , a:3 ' toward the person who .. „ • n take • It's a million o cue you don't.

T S. Immigration and Natural.,:ne who does? kn w ization Service i;/ people continThen why do ;so nean ,Commission J. M. Swing announced ue to pour their complaints into the today ` the Immigration and Naturalization Service expects some 2,600,000 aliens ears of anyone who will listen?

The answer to that question explains to report their addresses in January many another human frailty. We can under the 1956 Alien Address Report see defects in the behavior of others program. much better than we can see them in The commissioner explained that un'ourselves. When tile other fellow comder the 1952 Immigration and National- plains, we know that he gains nothing ity AA every alien in the United States by it, and often loses our, respect. We roust - report his address to the service know that sympathy cannot be forced each January. from us without being converted into More than 2,300,000 aliens filled out pity or contempt. But when we ourcards last January under the program, selves complaiel, we are too preoccuand the figure is expected to reach with cu own emotions to detect more than two and one-half million in pied disinterest, L _: adorn or distaste in our 1956.

Walter A. Sahli, district director of listeners. al for us to remember that So it is the San Antonio District of the service, enthusiasm attracts others, P just said 170,000 aliens registered under 'Ce uig repels them. program in the district last year, and _ ccinplain to others about our friend a slight increase is expected under -Li?, is to advertise the shallowness of our 1556 registration. friendship. To complain to others about The immigration spokesman pointed our enemy is to admit our own weakout that every noncitizen (except per- ness. To complain to others about our sons in diplomatic status and foreign employer is to invite contempt for critrepresentatives assigned to the United icizing, another in his absence, and for Nations) in the United States must re- continuing an employment with which port his address, to the government each we profess to be dissatisfied.

If we can be patient and understandyear in January.

He said each alien must fill out a ing when others complain, we have lit registration card available at U. S. Post tle to lose, and their gratitude to gain.

Offices or at the nearest immigration But when we ourselves feel tempted to complain — that's the time to turn away office.

OM our feelings and toward our work.

Parents may fill out cards , for their children under age 14. Legal guardians The time and energy we would other, liens in custodial care should. fill wise waste in futile words can then be 01 1 t the address reports for such per- profitably invested, in improving our own personalities and skills, while , at sons.

MO immigration officer, Mr. Sahli, the same time preserving the respect said any alien who is ill may send a paid to people who "can take it!"

United States Department of Just

njoy aints.

Wednesday, January 4, 1956

The Question Of Ace Recently, we had been discussing the age of one of our SPJST members. He has been with us a long time. Yet he is not old.

No man is old until the time comes when he is sure that there is nothing around the corner that is worth seeing. That may happen at twenty-one.

The man may be old when he casts his first vote. Or it may not happen even at ninety-one. Then he is not old regardless of his years. When a man lives in faith that all sorts of new and delightful things may happen tomorrow or next week, and if he looks forward to seeing them with anticipation, that man is not old.

Such a man will never grow old who lives in his conviction that his life is far from being finished. Such a maim remains to the end of his days the envy 'of many whose years are fewer but whose hearts are withered while their faces remain smooth. Yet, when a man has passed the psalmist's threescore and ten, what he has to look back on grows more and more important. If they are years full of honor, it is good.

But it is better when they are years full of service to his fellow men, with of without worldly tribute. ♦ )•

The Tung Oil Industry (Continued from page 18) treatment of external cancer with amazing results. He says "Healthy tissues grow 50 per cent faster than with any other treatment." It is his opinion that this indicates a new approach' to cancer research. Outstanding results are also being obtained by Dr. Snelling from the use of tung on burns, external ulcers, dermatitis, and athlete's foot.

The University of Tennessee, Tulane University Medical School, Cornell Division of Bellevue Hospital, and Emory University participated in establishing the nontoxity of tung oil.

Lamont Rowlands, sometimes called the father of the tung industry in Mississippi, sums up the future of tung, saying, "We have only touched the hem of the garment in the possibilities of the use of tung oil. Its future is great and those who worked in its development will look back upon the pioneering days and thank God that they helped establish this industry which is bringing a blessing to our country." .1.

One of the hardest secrets for a man to keep is his opinion of himself.

Wednesday, January 4, 1956

VEST N

K-- WEST, TEXAS

GIFTS TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER It is Christmas all the year round at the White House. Presents are arriving daily. People enjoy making gifts to Piesident Eisenhower. Almost all presidents in the past have received and accepted presents. But gifts to Mr. Eiaeliboa cc are attracting More attention and appear to be of more monetary titan those given to former presidents in addition to the food and clothing tind 10•gallon hats that all presidents received in the past, Mr. Eisenhower has to have two employees who are kept busy handling all kinds of gifts that are being sent to the President.

Recently, a farm tractor valued at $4,000 was pictured in the newspapers as being sent to the Gettysburg farm of President Eisenhower. He also has a herd of 18 registered Aberdeen Angus cattle, on the farm that were given to him. The little unique runabout, complete with fringed canopy and electric cattle-calling horn, in which the President rides around his farm, is reported to be a gift.

Bordering the road, which runs north from the Eisenhower farmhouse near Gettysburg, are 48 tall spruce trees that were planted there by the donors. The flower garden and a greenhouse came as, gifts. The pony and wicker cart for the grandchildren were presents.

The fact that the tractor and its attachments came as a gift from farm co-operatives that maintain a lobby in Washington has brought some private complaints from businessmen who compete with the co-ops. In general, how ever, acceptance of gifts by presidents always hasr been taken for granted.

There is no law that bears on the subject, no fixed standard by which acceptance or rejection of such gifts is measured.

hogany Hepplewhite table and a 200year-old Indian carpet, as well as elaborate jewels and swords.

Those gifts were transferred by General Eisenhower to the Eisenhower Museum in his home town of Abilene, Kangas, along with 2,500 other items.

The gifts that have come in an increasing flow during Mr. Eisenhower's three years in the White House, however, are the ones that are attracting attention now. Two White House employees now spend most of their time handling the incoming presents.

Food and articles of clothing arrive every day. Books, statuary and paintings are delivered regularly. But it is the President's Gettysburg farm that is responsible for most of the expensive items now appearing.

There are fine tools of many kinds, all gifts from individuals or organizations. Some of the Aberdeen Angus heifers are valued as high as $1,500 each. There are horre decorations, silverware, furniture, plants, shrubs, trees.

A single statement by Mr. Eisenhower in an unguarded moment can bring a deluge of gifts from everywhere. Once the President remarked within earshot of a reporter that he liked peanuts.

Nuts of all kinds soon began to show up in every mail arriving at the White House.

Mr. Eisenhower later mentioned that he liked coffee. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia sent him a half ton of his special stock. The president had the strong Ethiopian coffee blended with milder supplies, filled up White House bins and sent the rest to hospitals.

All of these gifts, their value running high in the thousands of dollars each year, are tax-free. Unlike a TV award, for example, the gifts are not considered income and, thus, no tax need be paid when they are accepted. Nor do In the case of officials below the the donors normally pay taxes on the president, the rules are more explicit. gifts. Most of the valuable gifts, such During the administration of Harry as a desk set valued at several thouTrutran, there was intense criticism in- sand dollars, come from patriotic and side and outside of congress when gifts youth groups and other nonprofit orof home freezers, valued at a few hun- ganizations. dred dollars, were accepted by some officials. There was much criticism, too, The only out-of-pocket cost to the of gifts of mink coats.

President, as a practical matter, is inAs commander of Allied Forces in curred when he takes care of insurance Europe during World War II, Mr. Eisen- and mailing charges that donors neghower, then a General of the Army, re- lect to cover fully. ceived a large number of gifts, some of The White House gives careful congreat value. There was, for example, a sideration before a gift is turned down. $100,000 diamond-studded "Order of A rebuke to a donor is a good way to Victory" decoration that he received lose a friend. Mrs. Eisenhower put her from Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov. foot down, however, when the AmeriThen there were anonymous gifts that can Feline Society wanted to give the included 10 Chippendale , chairs, a ma- Eisenhowers a cat for the White House.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, January 4 Lee use orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Saturday, January 7 Sonny Barash orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Henry Brosch orchestra — Fairchild Hall Ed Dybala orchestra — American Legion Hall in Crosby Lee use orchestra — American Legion Hall in Shiner Konvicka's Worthing Band Battle Dance — Bill Mraz Hall in Houston Sil Krenek orchestra —. Kenney Hall Pavelka'a orchestra — Wedding Dance— Moravian Hall in Corpus Christi.

Sunday, January 8 Henry Brosch orchestra — Wedding Dance — Ammansville Hall Lee Ilse orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo Sil Krenek orchestra — KJT Hall Fayetteville Tuesday, January 10 Sil Krenek orchestra -- Wedding Dance — KJT Hall in Nada Wednesday, January 11 Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo , All the above dances are at night ut17, less otherwise specified. This is a tree service but applies only to those dances at which mainly polka and waltz music is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility, resulting from any dance announcement which is listed 'en this column.

Listings from orchestras and dance halls ,hould be received at least one week' be tore publication. Send all listings to Uottip '2. Rogers. Tevr rai1vin "You have just so much room for petS, even on a farm," a friend explained.

"If they start accepting all kinds cats and dogs, they soon won't have room for the livestock." *( A SLIGHT CORRECTION "You say you want a death certifi-. rate changed, doctor?" asked a City Hall clerk. "I'm afraid it won't be, possible without a court order. There** strict rules about things like that, you know."

"I know that," the doctor retorted.

"But this is an unusual case. You see, I was in a great hurry when I filled it out. Now I find that I have signed my own name in the space marked `cause of death',"

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V. ES TNTK— WEST, TEXAS

EDUARD MICEK:

MALI? TENAA Uete me Cesky eistil CAST PATA, DOPLNENA. PRVNI CVICENI.

Ja jsem malt' kolednieek.

Ja jsem malST kolednieek pael jsem, k vim pro trojniCek, troj 16ek mi dejte a mile se nesmejte; vi l< ja s vozem nejeclu, suche iepy neberu, co mrie date, to vezmu, tveba trochu k viak je viecko vase; Ccba starou kravu, vezmu ji na karu, Cieba zlate tele, vezme d® kabele, ti eba maVr rch1i6ek, am ja p ro nej pytlieek, cba m .I u belku, Mani pr

ni kabelku.

Z Moravy.

Ve stredu, dne

leclna 195(3.

Pieeti s tatinkem nebo- maininkou a Brouekovi se oei zaviraji." A tak "Z'e se buspravne (mg do noveho segitu, dou modlit: ropros rodiee, aby Ti vysvetliti neznaina Pod veeer tva eeladka, sloval Potom pieeti nekelikrat hlasite!

Co k slepici kuratka, K ochrane tve hiedime, — "Ja„ jsem malt' kolednieek" je v nove obrazkove eitance Zima, je'i prave vygla.

LaskavY Hospodine.

S pozdravem, Broueek dal pac a pusu, kaZdY gel po STitEK IVEteEK Z AUSTINU syYch, a spali a spali. Krasne se jim to spalo.

Adiesa strYekova. je: V. PEKNE ZACATKY. Dr. Ed. Mieek, Rano byl Broueek prvni na nohou.

University Station, "Tatinku, us slunko zapada. Vid'te, poAustin, Texas. letime, kam jste leteli oknem." A ta• • tinek vstaval,' a maminka honem vaiila snidani, a pomodlili se, a nasnidali se, a u2 leteli. "Jen zas pekne poslouchej," volala maminka za Brouekem. A (Napsal Jan Karafiat) Broueek se ano.

(Pokraenvatat.)

Kmotrieek us za dubem eekal. Jen A leteli. Tu stala to chaloupka hajne- se pozdravili a leteli. Kmotrieka take ho, ale Brouekovi zdala se bYt takova volala: "Jen pekne pos,louchej," a Bemalounka, se ji ani nemohl pcznat. A z rugka doloZila: "A neboj se," a jako by komina se kourilo. Broueku," po- se trochu smala. Broueek to pozoroval, vidal kmottieek, "taky uZ vstali, a vati ale jako by si toho ani nev giml. Myslil snidani." Dvere do chaloupky byly ote- na Janinku. "Kmotrieku, nestavime se n vreny. Na posteli leZel hajnY a spal, tak Janinky? Ona veera u nas nebyla." — nerozstrojenY. Pu gka visela na stene na "Pane, take na to myslian. Jestli ji nehrebiku, a na zemi na dlakach u samYch bolela hlava. Ona ji easto boliva." A tIveri leZela velikanska zast •elend soya. — tak se se u ni na okamZik stavi. Vgak A leteli, porad pekne vedle lesa, as les to bylo u same cesty. prestal, a pies potok, — a heed vgichni hajdOku pod skalou vysoka. al tarn pod jalovec. u2 sem tam kvetla, eervene a bile, a v.

V.g ak us na ne eekaly, a kdyZ je videly, to viase mech jako samet, a v torn mevybehly jim naproti, maminka a kmo- chu na same skale krasna, krasna chatrieka a Beru gka. "A Janinka tu neni?" loupka. Ale nikde nikdo. Ty eerne leskle ptal se Broueek. — "Ona zde neni," pra- dvefe zavriny, ta okenka, cela z jednovila maminka. "Ona si mysli, se nebudeg ho zavrena a zastiena, a niposlouchat. A jestli pak, tatinku, poslou- kde nikdo. Brouekovi poainalo bYt ouzchal?". — Tatinek se usmival, a nerikal ko. — "T. , ona stone," geptal kmotriMc. Ale krnotrieek: "I poslouchal. V-Zdyt' eek, a tatinek gel as k samYm dverim, a on ma us rozum, a us se nebude bat." — pozvolna zaklepal. — "I, jen dal!" ozvaA se budou ve ds eret, hlad uZ beztoho men. lo se zevnitr. Tatinek otevtel, a tu Meli eokoladu a k ni smaZene Veneeky. la Janinka na ltezku, a. mela hlavu zaAle kdyZ nenechali Brotteka ani se najist! vazanou. "Vgdyt' ja jsem si myslila, Porad, aby jim vypravoval, jak se tam vy t o jste. Vitam vas. MilY Broueku, ja meli, a Broueek se beztoho sam k tomu stc ham.' mel: Jaka: byla ta zahradka krasna, a v le mil)", Broueek se dal do place. tom jednom okne se bylo svetlo, a se se Brou6ku. Valyt' ja neumru. okno otevrelo, a takova krasna pani di- Jo, mysliln, ae se toho je gte doekam, .ge vala se na hvezdy a na broueky, a ti ko- to Pan Bilih nauei poslouchat." A ph torn houti tolik kokrhali jeden za druhYm Janinka Broueka pohladla. "cid bych tam daleko, a ten lev . 2e sebou ani nebyla veera zas pri gla, ale bolela mne hnul, mei takovou velikou hlavu a dva o- hlava, as jsem musela lehnout. Ale nic easy, a porad phi vodu. nepliae, to nic nedeld." A 131. •oueek us ne"A nebal ses ho?" ptala se ho Berugka. plakal. "My poletime dnes, kam tatinek - "6, nae pak bych se bal! A vid'te, letel s vaSim tatinkem oknem.' — "Tak? kmotrieku, toho cnrousta jsme polekali. Ale to us musite letet, abyste nepfileTen se nas ball" — "Ana, Broueku," pri- tell pozde. A pekne poslouchej. VSak to svedeoval kmotrieek. "Ale ta so ya!" - Pan Bilh nauei."

"O vgak ji hajnY zastfelil. Pane, tohos (PokrOol P mela videt, Beru gko! Mel takOvY velikan) o ,ge o skY roh, ha, ha, ha, a porad ha. To, aby lide vedell, jak maji je gte dlouho spat."

Vyvesti z klamu eloveka predpojateho -- "I ne, Broueku, to nebyl hajnY, to byl svou zasluhou jest prokazali mu tak gpatponocnY," opravoval ho tatinek. — "Ano, nou sluZbu, jakou prokazali v Athenach tak to byl ten ponocnY." A kmotrieka k blaznu, kterY byl presvedeen, se jeho jsou tomu pridala: "Vgak ano, pajdeme spat. vegkere lodi, plujici do pristavu.

IBROUtel

'VEST K -- WEST, TEXAS

Ve stredu, dne 4. ledna 1956.

j lcu vesnici, Sly g el jste, co se stalo \Teera?"

WLADIS TNW "Nu, rvaeka se mine pkihodit kaZdemu, to neni nic z y la gtniho. . . ale ja REYMONT rnyslim neco jineho: abychom nedoplatill na to jeho hospodakeni." doh1121 pokladnik, "Piece neni sam oa' I inad..."

"Psi hlidaji maso! Davaji pozor, ale nakonec ty, sedla.ku, doplat' — oni ne"Kdyby Agata byla bez groSe, tak bych stabil hlidat."

"Ba, pravda, je to tak! A co ji sem vzal ...-bylo by to sice teZke, hotove dopuSteni, ale takhle reknou, Ze ji noyeho?"

Balcarek si jenom odplivl a maul ruProkazujeme milost pro tech par zlatYch. kou; nechtel hovokit, byl to brueoun a Uz ted' vykladaji, Ze k vuli narn Sla od sve ,Z-eny zakkiknutY, daval si proto brat .. Neni to moZne.' Klornbova, Ze ve vSein byla posluSna vic pozor na jazyk.

Do g li k mute, jenom Zalostne povzdechla a Sla Joska g krabala na zaspi brambory. „ pohanet deveata k pospechu.

"Jen jclete dal, tatinek tarn je sam.

Dries meli sazet Den byl jako y eera krasnY, sluneenY, Hanieka sla na zeli a Jagna dela u matopravdu majovY. Jenom dovadivY vitr se ky."

Ve svetnici bylo 'prazdno, otevrenYmi ptihnal a radii Po polich, obili na lanech sebou bilo jako rozboutene vody. Sady se- okny nahliZely trsy bezu a jejich zelechvely, , ,iirnely a huste sypaly kvety, pine, ni pronikalo slunce.

Boryna sedel na posteli. Byl vyhublY, take kytice bezu a stremc,hy sirily opojSedivY vous se mu jail na Zlute tvari Lou vuni. Vzduch byl sveli prosaklY zone a kvetil. Od lesnich pastvin vitr do- jako stetky, hlavu mel ovazanou, zsinaSel zpevy. V kovarne zvonila kladiva. nale rty se mu malounko chvely.

Sousede dali krestanske pozdraveni, Od sameho ra.na bylo uZ na cesto.ch pino lidi a hovoru. Zenske se ubiraly na zelna ale Boryna neodpovedel, ani se nehnul.

"Copak nas nepoznavate?" ozval se pole, nesly v reSetech i koSich sazeniCky a vypravovaly nahlas o veerejSim jarma,r- Klomb a vzal ho za ruku.

Boryna jako by nic nevidel, zdalo se, -cu. a o fojtove zalelitosti.

A tak zakratko, drive neZ rosa oschla, Ze nasloucha Avitoreni vlaStovek, lepise to eerverie zarojilo na oernYch zelnYch cich si hnizda pod strechou, nebo SevcprotinanYch brazdami pinYmi vo- lu haluzi, ktere se ttely o steny a obeas nakoukly do okna.

Cy, jeZ se leskla na slunci.

"Mateji!" rekl znova. Klomb a trochu Klombova s dcerami se rovna vydala na pole a Klomb se s MatouSem a hochy jim zattasl, NemocnY sebou trhl, zarnrkal oeima a dal do podpirani chalupy.

Ale jakmile slunce zaealo heat„ start' ohledl se.

"SlySite? To jsein ja, Klomb, a tulle nechal praca a zavolal Balca.rka, aby s Balcarek, vas kmotr; poznavate nas, nim navAtivil Boryna.

"PeknY eas, kmotter fekl Klomb a co?"

Cekali a hledeli mu do oei.

Simpl si.

"Tally, tady, hoSi! Ke nine! Bij ty psy, "NaramnY. Jenom aby, to ho • ka netrbij!" Nykrikl nahle Boryna mocnYm hla \rola dlouho."

"V okoli uZ prichazeji deSte, nas taky sem, zvedl race jakoby na obranu a sva111 se naznak. neminou."

"1-1myz se roil po stromech, bude uNa ten kilk Joska vpadla do svetnice cho." a zaeala mu balit nlavu do rnokrYch obJariny jsou zpoZdene, horko by le kladu; ale Boryna, LIZ leZel tiSe a v jeho Siroce otevrenYch ()e'en se odraZel mOhlo spalit. Doufejme. Ze to Buh neclo pusti ... A jakY byl jarmark? Doveclel jakY,si smrtelnY strach.

Sousede zanedlouho odeSli, pini soujste se neco o koni?"

"A. . . dal jsem zavodClmu tri ruble, strasti a hruzy, "Mrtvola tam leli, ne ZivY elovek," sliboval. . . rekl Klomb, obraceje se zpatky k chalu"26.dnou jistotu elovek ne d. . poPe. rad Zije y e strachu, jako zajic, a nikdo Ioska u2 zase 'Skrabala nep °Intl Ze ." v sa"A fojt jako by nebyl na svete," Septa' zaspi, (let si hraly u p c. vitr zade se prochazel Vitknv ostraZite Balcarek. "nude zapotrebi myslit na jineho," pro clanel haluzerni otevrene okno.

Sousede sli chvili v zamlklem zdeSeni, hodil Klomb. jako by se vraceli od hrobu.

Balcarek na neho prudce pohledl.

"Na kaklaho dojde, na kaldeho. ."

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"Ba, na kaZdeho. . . stall se vine Bodl. . . co cleat. . . Podivejme se, rnohl bYt je g te Zi y kdo y ijak dlouho, nebYt toho lesa.

"To je jiste. Zahynul, a druzi z toho budou telit," vzdychl Klomb.

"Jednou tam musi kaklY. . . copak se male nadkel?"

"I my treba zanedlouho pujdem.e za nim." }Bedell tvrcle na svet, na rozkolebana pole, na lesy, ktere bylo videt jako na dlani, na zelenajici se trate, na ten den jasnY, tePlY, majovY, a due jim kamenely odevzdanosti do vine BoZi. " Clo ' y& nezmeni. . . co je mu souzeno. . .

A s tim se rozeSli. Take ostatni sousede jeSte teho2 dne a pak i v dnech pri gtich zaeali nemocneho na yg te y ovat, ale Boryna, nikoho nepozna y al, takle k nemu ptestali lit.

"On pottebuje jen modlitbu, Wouho netrapil," kekl knez.

A tie kaZdy mel dust sveho souZeni bidy, nebylo divu, tie bray na zapcmneli; kdyZ si nahodou na neho nekdo vzporrnel, mluvil o nem jako batiku.

A doopravdy, Boryna chudak leZel ;talc opuSten, jako by byl uZ ulolen do -Iiices21 bu a zarostl travou.

Kdcpak na neho parnatoval!

Nejednou se stavalo, tie cele dny betel bez kapky vody, snad by byl zeinrcL, nebYt dcbretho srdce Vitkoya,lae-"' ry br3l, co Sc jell dalo, a nosil hosppda-.

Ii, ba i kravy east() tajne trochu jil a daval mu napit rnleka. NemocnY ho napinovi:1 divne mueivou starosti, Ue si jef,nou dodal tnysli a zeptal se pacholka: "Petiikv, je to pravda, tie ten, kdo umre bez zpovedi, prijde do pekla?," "To je pravda. liZdyt' to pan lark kostele vsdycky "To by pantata taky pri g el do peklan. kekl itek a poznamenal se y e strachu kfiZem. "Se to clovek jako ostatni."

"Bodejt'! Pantata Clo y & jako ostatni!,„ No bodejt'l"' "Jsi hioupY jako boty!" rozhorlil . se vysvetloyal, co a Petkik; ale Vitc:,. neuveril; on vedel sve a to Kkco zcela jineho. mijely dny v Borynove chalupy.

A y e vsi to ykelo jako v hrnku.

Pkieineu toho byla fojtova rvaoka'; obe strany hledaly svedky a snaZily se ziskat lidi na svou stranu.

Byla to vlastne vec tYkajici se jen KozlovYch; ale fojt ci nedal pokoje a veilce ji rozdn Hned od zaeatku mel vrch, protole vic ned polovina vesni-

Strana 24 ce se stavela za neho. Znali ho sice jako faleAny groS, ale byl to piece jen fojt. . mohl v nejedne veci pomoci, mohl taky eloveku pokadne piiisolit. . . a tak domluvou, pochlebovanim, a kofalkou ziskal fojt sveciky, jakYch mu bylo potieba.

Kozel lee1 te2ce nemocen, musili k mu zavolat kneze se svatostmi nemocnYch. Vypravovali vSelicos o te jeho chorobe. potajmu si dokonce SuSkali. 2e ji jenom piedstird, aby to fojt u soudu odneal. JenZe Buh vi, jak to vSechno bylo.

Znamo bylo jen to, Ze sama Kozlova litala cele dni po lidech, vyhro2ovala, a bedovala. Vypravovala, 2.e u na muZovo leeeni prodala prasnici s prasatky, den vybihala pied fojttiv dim a schvalne kii eela, ze vSech sil, d Bartek umire„, yzYvajiO Boha i spravedlive lidi, aby se Sli preoVedeit a pomoci jim.

Jenom chudaci a citlivejk 2enske se pDidali na jejich stranu, z menSich hosPedaiti jedinY Kobus, 'Clo y& nepokojn a svarlivY. Ale ostatni ani slySet nechtell, do oei se vymlouvali, e vtibec nevideli, a ten i onen jim dokonce radii, aby si s fojtem nezaeinali, e nic nesvedou. ,Vznikaly tak nave historie, protole Kobtis, 'elovek snadno zvedajici pest, mel jazyk bezohlednY, a 2enske taky pro slova da.leko nechodily.

Byly z toho jenom kilky a hnevy. . . copak se cia, dokazat proti sedlaktim a fojtovi? i kremai se jim proto posmival a neehtel davat na dluh.

Ale neminul ani tYden a vSichni u'Z melt dost te vdci i toho povidani a naiikani. nikdo u nechtel poslouchat.

Z nieeho nic v ga,k pli1a Kozlovum pomoc, ktera, yes znova kadne pobouilla.

•Plo§ka se totP2 smluvil s mlyndiem a veiejne a hlasite se spolu postavili na stranu Kozlovu. .

•Tot' se vi, na KozlovYch jim zalaelo zrovna tak jako na lonskem onelau. . . meli-jiste sve vlastni plany, chystali cosi pro svin prospeeh.

Ploaka byl elovek velmi cti2adostivSr, uzaviienk, spolehajici na oviij rozum na sve bohatstvi. . mlynak, skrblik a vydriduch, jak vgichni yeah, byl by Le pro gro g dal povesit.

Mzi obema strananal nastal tichY, f.le zuriivY boj; pied lidmi a do oei si sice prokazovali pratelstvi, zdravili se j'a'ko ptedtim a nejednou i do kremy se i'Vedli pod paid, ale v jejich nitrech to vrelo.

Moudfejid lido si hned domyslili,e tomu spoleeni PloSky s mlynafern nejde o spravedlnost ani o ktivdy KozlovYch, ale o neco jineho, moná 2e i fojtovstvI. "Vykrmil se jeden, chteji se vykrmit i ostatni!" iikali starLi pokyvujice hla-

ESTNIK-- WEST, TEXAS

'Ve tieclu, dne 4. leclna 1950.

vami.

A tak eas plynul a ye vsi byl zmatek stale vetSi. AZ tu kterehosi due se rozneslo pa cha lupach: "Nemci hoduji v kreine!"

"Jiste talimou na Polesi," vyslovil kdosi svou domnenku, "At' si s Bohem jedou. . . co je nam po nich?' domluoval druhY. Ale jakasi neklidna, bazliva, zvedavost ovladala vSechny. Pies sady na sebe volali tu novinu nekteri se i do kremy vypravili, na yYzvedy.

Meli pravdu; na podjezde stab° pet bryeek, vaecky na 2eleznYch napravach, 2lute a modie malovane, pokryte platenymi boudami, zpod kterYch vykukovaly , ',eny a tizne hospodarske natadi, v kreme pak u vyeepniho stolu popijelo asi dvacet Nome& Byli to chlapi statni, urostli, vousati, obleaeni v trnavonaodre kabaty, se stiibrnYmi retezi na kulatYch briOkach; tvale jim jen svitily, jak byli vypaseni.

8vadronili neco a kremaiem.

Sedlaci v houfu stall vedle, s kiikem 2adali vodku, divali se a pozorne poslouchali, ale bylo te2ko pochytit tieba jen jedine slovo. Teprve MatouS, kterY dovedl mluvit tou hatmatilkou, cosi na ne promluvil, 2e se a2 kremar v fidivu °bra,til. Nemci na sebe rnrkli, ale neodpovedeli, a kdy.2 Giela, fojtil y bratr, vyslovil jakesi nemecke slovo, obratili se zady k sedlakum a drmolili mezi sebou jako ovine nad korytem.

"Patina by se rozmlatit jim ty huby!" iekl rozhnevanY MatouS. "Holi jim spoeitat 'Zebra, lined by promluvili."

I Adam Klombli zaSeptal bojechtive: "Porazim toho krajniho — jestli na mne .skoei, bijte do nich!"

Ostatni ho zadrieli; Nemci, jako by vycitili hrozbu, vzali soudek piva a rychle vyAli z kremy.

"Vy hadrnici, ne tak rychle, abyste si nezkazili kalhoty!"

"Banda jedna!" Midi, za nimi hoSi. Ale hned po jejich odjezdu kremai iekl pied chasniky, 2e Nemci 112 Podlesi skoro koupili, de odjeli rozmekovat kolonii. . . celYch patna.ct rodin pr Y se usadi na dvorci.

la yes mela starost; zaeali ptemYglet a rozvaZovat: co by z takoveho souseclotV,i, mohlo vzniknout zleho pro Lipce?

A den co den pastuchove i pocestni piinádeli zpravy, na Podlesi ua vymCtuji grunty, .sva.2eji kameni a . kopou studny.

Leckdo Si ze, zvedavosti vydel za mlyn k Voli a vlastnima oeima se presvedail, de mluvi pravdu.

Ale jak to iviastne vSecko stoji, nebylo ino2na se dovedet.

Nalehall na kovaiie, proto2e , ten .se Ui s Nemci spiahl a koval jim done, ale kovak se vykruccval a nerekl ani slovo.

Teprve kdy2 Giela, loith y bratr, se vydal na zvedy, vylo2il vsem pravdu: Bylo to takhle: hrab' byl dlu2en , jednonau Nemci patnact lisle rublii. PratoZe nemel na zaplaceni, Nemec mu chtel vzit Podlesi. zbytek mel hrabe doplatit hotovymi penezt. Hrabe dela, Ze souhlasi, ale shani kupce, protole Nemec dava jenom po gedesati rublech za miru. Brabe celou vec protahuje, jak mu 2e.

"Ale pilstoupit na, to bude musit! Ve dvore je pino lichviiu, kaZdY dual a b.cid sve! Povidal nil hajnY, Ze kravy jsou ud zabaveny na dame. Odkudpak by vial penize, aby mohl zaplatit? Week° je prodano, jak to stoji a le21! A dokud je s nami v procesu, nesmi les kacet. Nezbude mu nic jineho ne2 prodat tieba za facku," tvrdil Gi-ela.

"Takova, pada, sto rublit za jitro neni mnoho!"

"Tak kupujte, on proda a jeSte varn ruku polibi."

"Bcdejt', gro g je drahY, kdyZ se nedostava!"

"Nemci budou mit, a ty, sedladku, si nech chut' zajit!"

Rozmlouvali, smutne vzdychali. Zmochovala se jich rozmirzelost. Tot' se vi, bylo lito takove pddy, byla, v sousedstvi a hrodna. KaZdemu by se hodilo nekolik korch, kaZdemu! Vklyt' se uZ herbZi na svYch zahonech jako mravenci, jsou sotva 2ivi ode 2ni do '2ni. Takovy vYbornY kus pudy, zrovna stvoiene pro syny a zete. Novou yes by postavili, i louky by meli znamenite, a vocia je vedle. . . Ale cod, jaka, pomoc! Nemci tam sedi, budou se rortahovat, a ty, eloveee, zdechni!

"My sotva dYchame na tech nekolika zahonech a Nemci se budou rozvalovat po celYch lanech. . ."

"Tak to kup ty a neclavej jim to! Vezmi rozum do hrsti, kdy2 jsi tak chytrY!" pokiikoval na Gielu Plogka.

"Oert aby vzal takove veci!" klel MatouS a tloukl pesti do stolu. "Jak se usadi v Podlesi, bude teZko vydrZet v Lipcich," ubezpeeoval, protole pro gel kus sveta a Nemce dobie znal.

Z poeatku mu nevekili, ale piece ce-

"Kam se to vSecko podeje?" vzdychali stan, kdy‘Z se divali na, inlade2, prohanejici se yeeer po cestach. . - deti bylo, le chalupy nestaeily! A zae mel kdo kupovat grunty, kdyZ stadilo sotva na Zivobyti?

Mudrovali, mudrovali, ba i k farati na, radu. Neporadil — z prazd'neho nenalejeS. "Bez penez do hospody nelez. Chudakovi v2dycky fouka pod kabat!".

Ale ani natikani a dedovani nepoma.-

Ve stfedu, dne 4. ledna 1956. halo.

A jako na dovr.§enou byla i horka stale yetSi. Kveten se teprve chYlil ke konci, ale slunce palilo jako v eervenci.

Dnes byly tithe a dusne, slunce uz hned od svitani vychazelo rozpalene na elste nebe a praZilo tak,'ze Ift na kopcich a na piskach paloutly a vadly jariny, na. Uhorech byla trava docela seZehnuta, strouhy vysychaly a brambory, ac pedatku pane yyraZely, sotva zakrYvaly semi chudou nati. Jenom ozimy neutrpely, yeas vymetaly, pane vzrostly a sly jeSte bujne vzhtru, aZ se chalupy za nimi skryly a jako by k zemi se prikreily; na,d tim lesem klasu bylo yidet jen strechy.

Noci byly rovne2 dusne a tak yyhrate, ze lide spavali zahradach, protole v chalupach bylo tako yydriet.

A tak nasledkem tech parem, starosti a Zalosti, nasleclkem PloSkoya podnecoyani proti fojtovi a proto, ze letos prede Znemi bylo hue neZ jina, leta, nastal v Lipcich eas divne svarli yY a neklidnY. Lipeeti chodili rozmrzeli. hledajice jen, koho by "bodli nejakkm zlYm slovem anebo komu by krkem zakroutili. Jeden vystupoval proti druhemu, ye vsi nastalo adinene peklo. Den co den, hned od svitani, se ottasala yes hadkami a vyhroZovanim, protole den co den nastavaly nepristojnosti. U Kobusti se pobili tak, ze je knez musel smirovat a napominat, Balcarkova, s Gulbasern si vjeli do vlasfi pro prase, ktere seZralo mrkev, Flo g vy--kovasep'Stlrychmkvi inenenSun housatinn; vznikaly hadky o deti, o skody mezi sousedy, jen aby bylo prod dat se do sebe, krieet a na.da yat ze ySech sil — povstalo tolik syart, rvaeek a procesu,• jako by na yes padla nejaka. nakaza.

Ba i JambroZ vykladal lidem: '`'DobrY eas prede Znemi dal ani letos Pan Bah! Nikdo neumird, nikdo se nerodi, nikdo se neZeni, a mne piece den co den nekdo kotalku plati, eastuje za svedka. Kdyby se tak svaa slit nekolik roka, stal by se ze mne Nil ochlasta!"

Ano, v Lipcich to chodilo Apatne.

V chalupe Dominikova bylo snarl nejhid".

Simek se vratil s ostatnimi, Jindrich se uzdra,vil, bida na ne nedolehala tak, jako jinde, veecko mehlo tedy jit zase po starem. Ale kdepak, hoSi odepteli matte posluSnost. Vystupovali py gne, popudlive a nefistupne neopovaZili se side uderit, ale Zadne Ienske prate, jako delavali driv, se ani nedotkli.

"Vezmete si deveeku, anebo to delejte sama," rikali matte tvrcle.

Dominikova mela Zelezne rude a dui nefistupnou, jakpak ne! Kolik let ySim kolik let se ji nikdo nedoya,Zil

VEST NI K — WEST, TEXAS postavit, ani ji cleat nejake naschvaly.

A kdo se to ted' protivil, kdo se odvatoval proti ni? — VlastnI deti!

"Jetik mildsrdnY!" volavala v navalu zlosti a pfi kdejake pfiletitosti brala na syny huh chtela je ohnout a donutit k posluSnosti. Nedali se, zatvrdili se jako matka a poeali vzdorovat. A tak povstavaly skoro denne takova kravaly a honieky kolem chalupy, ze se lide sbihali, aby je ukonejgili.

Ba i knez, jemuZ Bominikova asi leecos n.analuvila, pozval chlapce k sobe a napominal je ke syornosti a posluShosti. Vyslechli ho trpelive, ruce mu pollbili, i nohy, jak se sluSelo, pokorne objali, ale sve thovani nezmenili.

"Nejsme deti, vime, co mame Mat. At' ustoupi matka!" vykladali lidem.

"Cele vsi jsme byli jen pro smith. . ."

Dominikova zeZloutla zlosti a trapenim, protole synove se nikterak nedali zmoci. . . misto aby jako drive vysedavala y kostele a u sousedek, imusila se ted' ohanet doma kolem hospodarstvi.

Zvala si neustale Jagnu na pomoc, ale ani dcera ji neu getrila vYeitek a uraZek. Dominikova drZela se stranou fojtovou a svedeila proti Kozlovilm, protole byla p11 to bitce a aSettovala fojtovy.

Fojt se east() veeer u ni zastavoval, predstiraje, ze jde na poradu, ale pHcbazel proto, aby si zavolal Jagnieku a prochazel se s ni po zahrade.

Na vsi se nic neukryje, dobte tam vedi, ze eeho se kouri a kde, a tak pohorgeni nad tim pySnYm milkovanim rostlo a rostlo. . . dobri lide uZ starou nejednou varovali. . .

Ale copak tomu mohla zabranit, kdyZ Jagna pees jeji prosby a nalehani si vedla jako diva? Davala totiZ prednost nejteZeimu hrichu a lidskYrn ponaluvam pled vysedavanim v to proti yne muZove chalupe. Zla mod ji strhla a una.Sela a nikdo nebyl dosti silnY, aby ji zadrZel. Hance to dokonce bylo vhod, east() 0 tom pied lidmi rozpravela.

"Jen at' se bavi, dokud fojt maze utracet z obecniho! Vtdyt' ji nic neodepre, svaZi ji z mesta, co mule, zlatem by ji olemoval. Jenom at' si uZivaji, ygak tomu bude brzy konec. Copak je mi do nich!"

Nu ano, copak ji malo Zralo vlastni souZeni? Hanka nelitovala penez na advokata, ale porad se nevedelo, kdy se Antkova za.lelitost bude projednavat a co ho eeka. A on tam zatim, chudak, .schne y kriminale a eeka na smilo yani Boll! A v chalupe se petal() VSechno rozkliZoyat. Cobak mohia Hanka vSecko uhlidat sama? Pacholek si troufal den ze dne via, asi ze ho popichoval kovat alai, co se mu slibilo, a nejednou, .kdy'S odjela Hanka do mesta, se cely den potloukal Po vsi. Co bylo platne hrozit

Strang 25 • mu Antkem, kterST si to s nim po na, vratu jak se path vyfidi!

"Al se vrati! Tak daleko jeSte nejsme, aby pouSteli vrahy!" kfikl no ,ni, drze Petr.

Hankou zalomcoval hne y, mela chat' udefit jeho zlolajna. Usta, ale copak Me? Nakonee by ji jeSte udelal hanbu. . . kdo se ji pak zastane, kdo bude, p11 ni? Musila .v. ecko snaget a ukladat Si. to v nitru na pozdejk, pfihodnou dobu. . Petr by ji mohl odejit a vgecko by pak padlo na jeji bedra; beztoho sotva stakila, na vSechnu tu prach schazela stale vie; nebylo diva — i 'tele-4; zo rez setere, kamen taky vydrti .jen do easu, natot teprve slaba tena!

Kterehosi dne ke konci kvetna farat s varhanikem jell na pout' a JambroZ, se s Wind, kteri se east° objevo y ali, v.' kreme, tak zpil, ze nebylo nikoho, kdo-, by odzvonil Andel Pane a otevtel kostel:t.

Lipeati Iii proto konat pobotnosti,kiel hititovu, kde vedle brany stala nag& kaplieka se sochou Panny Marie. Katdy kveten ji divky zdobily papiroVYrnt stuhami a pozlacenou korunou a poha4 zovaly ji polnim kvitim; chranily ji •Pled; UpinYm znidenim, protole kaplieka byla prastara, popukana a rozpadavala ptaai v ni uz nehnizdili, jenom tam v dobe podzimnich neeasa nejak:k pastucha v ni hledal idtulek. atbitoVrif stromy, stafieke lipy, Stihle btii3' ; a naklonene kli e ji jakt takt chratilyf LAI° pled zimnimi boutemi a vichry.

Lidi se seSlo hojne, a jak se neychlo dalo, ozdobiii kaplieku zeleriP/a1 kvety; kdosi vymetl smeti, jiny vY'sypal podlahu tlutYm piskem, do senfe nohou sochy ,nastrkali svieky a rozsviee-i ne la.mpieky. tt ,, , Koval poklekl vptedu, pied prah0 7, riaoyYm 4t0,7 pohazenYrn tulipany hem, a dal se do zpevu.

Bylo uz hodne po zapadu slunce .tmelo se, nebe na. zapade hofelo jeStepice< be ve slate, petfisneno bled'ouakou zeler ni, poeasi bylo tithe. . . pfevisle vrk0ae Wiz jako by se lily k semi, obili se sklanelo k hline, jako zaposlouchane di:Y=0;4 niveho bublani flaky a v tichounkeievrr, likaxr polnich, koniku.

Posledni stada se vracela do chleyil; od vsi, z poll a z mezi ut sotva viditelnYch se ozYvaly prostofeke pope yky, pastuchil a dlouhe tahle bueeni dobyt101.

Lid zpival s oeima uptenYma na jas004 tvat Panny jet spinal. telmajici :race nad celYm svetem: Dobrou noc, vonna dobrou noc!

Vane mladYch lotis zavala, ze hfbitova a slavici, jako by zkouSeli sva hrdelk.e.

Senakali v tu chvili pferYvanou silovali hlasy, at nakones saldokotabi slate zpenenent pereje a jako perly lily

Strana 26 se trylky a prekrasne thikoty i

• dojomne narikani; nedaleko z obili se ozvaly housle pana Jacka, doprovazejici zpev lidu tak sladce, tichounce a dojimave, jako by to ty Sitne, resave klasy zvonily o sebe, jako by slate nebe di vysclaid zeme zahraly majovou pisni.

VSichni zpivali najednou, lidi i ptaci i housle; a kdyS na okarnSik ustali, kdyS slavici se roscitliveli tak, Se se zalykli, a kdyS struny jako by dechu nabiraly, tu sbor tisicu Sala vznesl svuj skrehotavY hlas a hral souladnym kvakanim a tahlYna kurikanina.

A tak to stridave jedno za druhYm. ProtoSe se poboost protahovala, ko• zadal pospichat a zpival silneji, piekrikoval ostatni a dasto volal za sebe: "PospeSte si, lide. . ." proto2,e nekteri L,Ustavali pozadu. jednou ktikl na. MatouSka Klan nova : "Nebue jako tele!"

Pak to slo v lepSina soulaclu, hlasy zabiraly najednou, a krouSice jako stada holubu, zvolna se vznesly k nebi, jeS uS tonal-161o: Dobrou noc, voiand dobrou noc!

Neposky rnend Marie!

'Dobrou noc!

Soumrak zhoustl a tepla, ticha noc za.holovala kraj. . . kdy'S se podali rozehaset, na neby vyraSely hvezdy jako jiskriva rosa.

Deveata se vzala kolem pasu a ce,stou donna zpivala.

Kci vz se Hanka vra.cela, sama s cleckem . na race a vaSne o deinsi premYSIela, pristoupil k ni kovar a Sel dal vedle ni.

Nekekla slova; teprve pied domem, kdyS videla, he se nezastavuje, rekla: "Piljdete k /lam, Michael?"

"Sednu si na, zaparSi a neco yam povim," zaSeptal the.

Trochu to s ni trhlo, protoSe dekala, zase nejakou zlou novinu.

"Byla pry jste u Antka?" zadal, "Byla, ale nepustili me k nenau."

"Toho jsem se obaval."

"Povezte, co vite?" Mraz ji piebehl po zadech.

"Copak ja vim!. .. Jenom to, co se mi -podarilo vytahnout se' zavodeiho."

"A co je to?" Hanka se oprela o sloupek a privinula decko pevneji k sobe.

"Povidal, ze Antka nepusti, dokud ne'bade vynesen rozsudek."

"Prod to?" Hanka tato slova se sebe sotva vypraNila, tak ji zimnice rortrasla.

"Advokat piece rikal, ze ho pusti."

"To zrovna, aby jim utekl! Ti tak snadno nikoho nepusti! Vite, priSel jsem k y arn dnes docela po pratelsku. Co mesi name bylo, to bylo; vzpomenete si jednou, Se jsem nael pravdu... Neverila jste

vESTNIK—WEST,TEXAS n-i. .. jak chcete. .. ale ted' poslouchejte, co van reknu.

Povidam yam pravdti, jako pri zpovedi. . S Antkem je sic! Zcela jiste bude odsouzen, moSna na deset let SlySite?"

"SlyMna, ale neveiim!" Hanka se ahle uklidnila. "olovek neveri, dokud nezkusi; ale ja. jsem Yam rekl prayclu."

"Porad tak mluvite!" zasmala se pohrdlive Hanka.

Koval; sebou Skubl a zadal ji ubezpeeovat, h,e dnes priSel z disteho pratelstvi, aby ji poradil. Naslouchala, roshliZela se po clvore a nekolikrat netrpelive pavstala; nepodojene kravy budely v chleye, husy nebyly na noc zahnany damn, hribdtko honilo s Lapou a hoSi se bavili ye stodole. Neverila kovarovi ani slovieko.

"At' se vymluvi, moZna, 'Se se prorekne, s dim priSel," pomyslila si a mela se tim vie na pozoru.

"A co mam delat, co?" ptala se, jen aby nee° rekla.

"Co2 o to, rada by se naSla," Septal kovar jeSte Odvratila se od neho.

"KdyS date kauci, pusti ho jeSte pied vyneseniin rosudku; potom by se to uS nejak zaridilo, mohl by tteba do Arneriky. . . tam ho nechyti. . ."

"JeiSi, Maria! Do Ameriky!" vyktikla Hanka mimovolne.

"Bud'te zticha, tikam vain tajne, co radii larabe. 'At' ten elovek utede," Povidal, 'clostane nejmene. deset let. . . , prijde docela nazmar. ' Vcera s nim mluvil."

"Uteci se vsi• . . od gruntu. . od deti. . . JeSiSi. . " Nic vie Hanka atevyrozurnela "Dejte kauci, ostatek ua saldi Antek, jen dejte. . ."

"A odkud bych na to vzala?.

Muj BoSe, do ciziho sveta... ode vSeho pryer "Pet set ruble chteji! Mate piece otcovy penize. . . dejte je na kauci. jenoin aby byl srovname se pozdeji, zachranen. . ."

Ve stiedu, clne 4. ledna 1956.

rY tam uz nejednomu pomohl: Copak jich uteklo radio takovych? A Hanka by mohla odjot pozdeji, aty to nebylo napaclne. Giela se Vrati od vojska, zaplatil by cestu 3 otcbvskeho podilu, a kdyS ne, kupec ley se nasal.

"Porad'to s - 1, 1 ,.1 (in, uvidite, varn potvccit Poznate, be mluviiiz le vain rmlim z uprimaloha mice, ne pro prospech. Jed nom pied nikYm ani milk, aby se to eetnici nedovedeli, protoSe pak by ho nepustili ani za tisice a jeSte by ho piikuli do okovii," zakoncil kovar vaSne. "Oclkud vzit na kauci! Tolik penes!" stenala. Hanka.

"Znam jednoho z Modlice, kterY by je dal na dobre Drocento. . . znam i jine. , . penize by se naSly. • . t o uS nechte na lame, .. ponaohl bych."

A kovar jeSte dlouho do Hanky mluvil a radii. usite se rychle "Rozmyslete si to, rozhodnout."

OdeSel the. . . ani nezpozorovala kain se v nodni temnote podel.

US bylo pozdo, v chalupe spali, jenom Vitek sedel u zdi, jako by panimamu hlidal; ye vsi take vSichni ulehli, ani psi Stekot se neozYval, jenom voda bublala a ptaci prozpevovali v sadech. Mesic vystoupil na nebe a jeho stribrnY srp se nesl pies ty straSne, setmele YYSiny.

Bile, nizke nalhy pokrYvaly louky a nad Sity se yznaSel plavY oblak kvetneho pylu; rybnik se leski mezi :- .tromy jako ledova deska. . .az v uSich zvonilo z tono ticha a slavidich tlukotti a klokotani.

Hanka seclela. stale na jednoin miste jako prikuta.

"JeSiSi, uteci ze vsi, od gruntu, ode vSeho!" piemitala znova a znova.

Hrtiza ji pojala a rostla z minuty na minutu, svirajic ji srcice straSnYm Salem a soleSenina.

LI.

Lana na s.,;,ore zaeal vYt, slavici uti.tiny sc zakolebaly a stezaval m vY, smutny Sum preletel pies dvtar.

"Kubovu duSi jsern viclel!" zaSeptal Vitek a ustraSene se pokisiinval.

"Jsi hloupY!" pokarala, ho Hanka a hnala, ho spat.

"Kdyz piajde, podiva, se ke konim, obroku jim prisype... nebylo to po prve."

Neposlouchala ul, ticho se znova saeslo na celY suet a slavici se rozespivali nanovo; Hanka sedela jako ztrnuld, opakujic chvilemi v naukaen a se strachem: "Do Sireho sveta utikat! Nal/My! milosrclnY! NavSdy. . ."

Hanka, vyskoeila.

"Stekate jako pes, pordd jedno a toteS!" vykrikla a chtela odejit.

"Skubete sebou jako blazen," rozhneval se kovar. "VSdyt' jsem nic nerekl!

Hled'me. . bude se uraSet pro slovioko a tamhle ji muS shnije v kriminale.

Povim mu, jak se starate, abyste mu tileheila. nevedela, co si Hanka znova usedla. myslit.

Vyprdvel ze Siroka o to An'erice, o -9 znamYch, kteri tam odjeli, Se phi psaIVIaje a chalup jeSte docela nezvaUly, ni a dokonce i pribuznYm penize posi- kdyS se kterehosi dne dame rano docelaji. Jak je tam dobre, jakou svobodu la snenaClani ukazal Koch. ina kaSdY, jake bohatstvi shroma,Zd'uji. Antek by mohl uteci, zna eloveka,"kte(Pokraeovani)

Ve sttedu, dne 4. ledna 1956.

Dopisy a nahledy elenii

Vt STNt — WEST, TEXAS deli, tech ale by asi mnoho nebylo rolnicka mladet by z toho mnoho nemela. Take chudei ttida lidi kdy't' nekdo ma Mat splatky na domov a take motna na karu, a at si mladi mantele tolik zaeetti ze maji domov vyplacenY to ut potom by to bylo mottle, a take nektere deti rolnicke by chtely utiti ty same vYhody jako mestske deti. Jestli by to noel SPJST pomohlo dostati vice naeich deti do naei SPJST to nevim nyni kdyt mohou rodiee pojistiti sve ditky od maliekosti tak to zaleti vice na rodieich by svoje deti nechali pojistiti v naea- SPJST, Jak naee deti rostly to jsme museli poekat at jim, bylo eestnact let, netli jsme je je nrohli ptihlasiti za Cleny do naei 'SPJST. Take bratti sestry nechejte sve ditky pojistiti u naei Jednoty jestli je vam to motne tak utijte te ptiletitosti.

Houston, Texas Bratti a sestry: V anojem poslednim dopise ze dne 14. zati jsem slibila, 'te napiei svoje mineni o detskem tabotieti, ale te jsein nemohla drive psati zathn toto detske letni tabotiete bylo velmi dobre projednano od jinYch schopnYch etopisovatelfr tak ze uz nine neni mozna nic lepeiho k tomu napsat Marie 8vadleflak take bratr Jan Belieek a jeete jini popsali co a jak by to asi tetko bylo nynejei rnetskou mladet uspokojiti. Oni jsou ye velkomestech jako je Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio a jine, zvykli na to lepei. Ono by to detske ta= botiete bylo asi hodne drahe, stalo by to hodne penez, ja nevirn odkud by tyto penize ptiely a pak by to deti mohly utivati jenom tii mesice v letnirn Case, To zvoleni kralovny se mile take zda, nebot' devet.mesice v roku oni musi nemistne. Naei rodieove radi se odstenavetevovat statni ekolu tak nemohou hovali sem do teto zeme kde nevladne bYti v detskem tabotieti jinde. tadnY kral ani kralovna ani tadnY cisai a cisatovna. 2e by to povzbudilo vice Ja, jsem nikdy nebyla v tadnem det- mladYch lidi by se vice hlasili za eleny skem tabotieti tak nevim co Yee by tam v naei SPJST a torn ja hodne pochybumuselo bYti, ale ten, kdo by tam byl ji, dost motna, te by to udelalo hodne museli by to bYti bide kteti by meli k zavisti. Kdyt ut chceme neco uciniti tak tomu pottebne vedomosti a dobre ekol- hled'rne udelati neco praktickeho jak ja ni. Vzdelani tito bide by vytadovali do- jsem t'3 pozorovala a pozoruji tak dnes brY plat nebo oni by jinde take cialarY vice nail za dfivej gich case jsou plat dostali kdyt by meli potrebne k rodiee neradi videni v domacnosti svotomu schopnosti deti fiditi a na ne do- jich mladYch deti. Tyto deti jsou a byly hliteti a je k tomu miti by sobe deti o- zvykle, de vsichni miadi bide maji pray() svojily dobre zvyky pro tivot pottebne. na svoje Stesti sami pro sebe. Muj naSestra, Amalie Vaja Sturm mela to letni hied je St'astna, matka a 'St'astnY otec, tabotiete pekne popsane jenom nepti- kteti nejsou nuceni sdileti domov se svopsala kolik by to asi ptiblitne stab° na jimi detmi. Aspori nevi jak si tyto detYden, mesic nebo na celY rok. Schopni ti Ziji, jak hospodati, a spolu vychazi. lide by tam museli bYti celY rok asi by Kdyz se mezi nimi prihodi nedorozumeto jinak neelo, schopnY Clo y& by ani ni nebo rozvod tak otec nebo matka jinak nemohl. Take by to letni tabotiete nejsou za to kritisovani, .2e ten nebo melo bYt v miste kde ut neni mnoho ne- onen je toho prielnou. Za meho dlouheho obydleneho lesa kde je mnoho lesu, Evota jsem pozorovala, de za ruzne chyclarasti, kameni take potoky tam mono by svojich deti byli rodiee nespravne oeekavat hodne i jedovatYch hadir pri vmeni, dnes naee deti nemaji tadne povode se zdrtuji vodovi moccasins a v ka- rozumeni jak tetko jejich rodiee musemeni a chrasti radi se zdrtuji chtestYei li aby mohli zaeettiti neco pro neboli rattlesnakes tento posledni je si- sve stati a dati svojim detem lepei ekolce zthotilY pan ale jak zaene chtestit ni vzdelani a neco do zaeatku. Kdyt deti tak uz take jde na svoji obranu proti dortistaly pak sly saini pro sebe hospodaeloveku. On se neboji. Take by se mohlo titi. Rolnici dostali malou centu za svostati 'ze tyto velkomestske deti by neve- je plodiny. Jak moc tenkrat dOstali deldely jak se timto hadtim vyhnout nebo nici v mestech za den nebo hodinu sve oni nejsou zvykli na take nemile d ne- prace to ja nevim nebo ja jsein tenkrat bezpeene zvitata jak je chtestYe a mocca- Zila na larme ale ponejpr y co my jsme sin. No, to je moje osobni mineni, mot- na fume platili dolar delnikovi za den te ja main velkY strach a strach ma prace bylo roku 1906, take to bylo povelke oei tikal nmj statieek tak motna nejprve co jsme platili dolar za sto Tija, to vidim horei netli to ye skuteenosti ber sberaeum, to o sve strave, nebot' farje. Ono by se to pekne Ceti() SPJST mat jinn nedaval jidlo bYvani a postel.

Lodge Children's Summer Camp, ale bude dobte rozvatiti kdyt deti by tabotiete (Poz. Vydavatelti: Ctene pani H. H. mohly utivati jen kratke tti mesice ono Kampen, se omlouvame, de posledni list motna, te nekteti rodiee by tam svo- jejiho dopisu se ye vanoenim ruchu nekde je ditky radi zavezli pies sobotu a ne- zalotil a nevi k nalezeni. Bratr Valeik

Strana 27 nam rukopis odeslal jiz pfec.1 vanocemi opsanY na stroji s posledni jeho stranku ptilotenou, jet tento se nekde zalotil a shora uvefejnenY dopis byl vysazen z originalu. Doufame. te nam pi. Kampen tuto nepozornost promine. Ztistavame v fide Vydavatele.)

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Z DOB UMPENI Piivodui historicka povidka ze iivota telstva okresu nejen Austin, Colorado, prvnieh eesliVeh pfistehovalcii do Lavaca, Washington, Brazos, Fort Bend "Vitejte nani, ho i, a pojd'te dale," Texasu. a Harris dr'ii rozhodne se stranou onech vitaly mladiky stara pani s Marenkou a fanatickkch Jilann, jichC jedinkm elzany zasedla za na pobled spoleeNapsal Hugo Chotek len/ jest -Opine od Severn samostatnk nost velmi y esela. Mezi jidlem jen ZartoJih a pravoplatne uznani otroctvi. Zni rodnich Novin."

Jak vite, jsou v nich vano a Zadnk neocivO.M1 se za yesti rozinluvu na predmet, kterk nejvice za- (lanky o Lincolnu a /MS" Lekkar je pro to site trochu podivne, protole v Texasu jest yilbec maw tech, kteti drZi si ty noviny jednatelem." nees,tnaval jeho mysl. Po snidani "Hodnk to muZ, ten Lekkar — raznk otroky -- jest tomu ale tak, a sice bezkezd'k svoji dyinku a muZSti usedli a neohrolenk jako kaZdk dobrk Mora- pochyby vlivem, i penezi velkkch otrona galerii. katit v sousednich statech Louisiany, "Well," zahajil rezroluvu stark Pod- vec," dodal Podhajskk.

Mississippi, Tennessee a jinkch, kteri, "Pravda;, v gak mime ho take ykhajskk," rad, bych veal, co mate na jak se zda, utvorili mezi sebou ligu nebo srd.ci; vim dobre, Ze v teto dobe neprije- chni rad/ a neciame mu ubiiziti i kdyby spolek, a vlacinou velkymi prostredky." nas to met() Etat' Zivot, coZ jsme doli jste sem k vdli naykeve. keknete Opet pohledli otec 'a synove Podhajtedy zkratka a prirno, co se u vas pri- kazali predeyeirem." skkch y kznarrine na sebe, ale mluveiho "Jakle?

N6kdo Ze chtel nage/nu Leilhodilo." nevyrnSovali. Jenik pak pokraCoval: Nastaio no chvili ticho, pak ale ujal karovi ublikt?" zvolal Podhajskk prud"Po svem navratu z Beilville vyslal ce. se slova Jenik: stark LeSikar sve syny po sousedech se "Fred vami je ovSem marne co skrk"Yes; byl pro neho no poSte celk ba- Zadosti, aby zanechali prate jakkoli nutvati, nebot' vy umite vyeist vSechno elo- lik "Narodnich Novin." Vincek dojel si ne a seki se k nemiu na poradu. Bylo to, veku z oblieeje. A ostatne, nae delat o- pro no, byl ale na zpateeni ceste pie- jakoby pobaclan k tomu duchem prorockolky? Dozvedeti se to musite a elm paden rotou, v jejiZ Cele byli Greyson, kkm, a jiste jen teto schfizce ma k ciao drive tim lepe. Dejte tedy pozor: My Morgan a Phelps a oloupen o noviny." vani, Ze jest posud na Zivu." upozornit yes na vec neprijemPodhajskk vyrnenil se s ykmi syny Jakle? — V nebezpeei Zivo"Cole? nou, tot1Z abyste se meli na pozoru, znamne pohledy, nerikal ale nieeho a ta, a po podruhe?" ozkvaly se polekaprotole se nee° kuje, co /lam nepfljde Jenik pokraeoval: ne hlasy. "Skuteene; slySte jen dale. asi dobre k duhu. JiZ ad nejake doby 2e Lekkaroyu vyzvani kahlk vyhoyel, "KdyZ Vincek domfi prijel s pra.zdnem, pozorujeme, Ze to hork trida Anierieant samo sebou se rozumi, nebot' jeho slovo zlobil se mice stark Lekkar, av'Sak ani se srocuje dohromady a ,nabyla v ponem u nas plati. Ba nejen u nas na Catye snu mu nenapadlo, co se chysta na siednich dnech takove nad ylady, ze stala se postrachem vsech, kdo s ni nedr- I ncho, nebot' nebyl si \Worn .'/,acIneho springu, ono ma jasnk zvuk i daleko za hranicemi okresu Austin."

Zi. Jedna. se tu o zvoleni toho fanaticke_ precinu a svedomi jeho bylo oiste jako "Svata pravda," svedeili vgichni. ho jilana Breckenridge za presidenta. Ta vzdy. Nu, viak ho znate, dobraka.

"Bylo je'Ste hodne dlouho do veeera, rozva--inejk trida jak Texanit, tak mind si ale, Ze na druhk den peke Vinc- kdyZ no farme se seSel hezkk poeet sou;Sak pri strane ka, jenZ umi dobre anglicky, do Belli pristehovalcit stoji y Douglasa a jsou mnozi, kteri radeji by vine, aby promluvil s tarnnirni firady a sed-CI, mezi nimiZ byl i Nemec Engel. StarY Lekkar struene, ale jasne, jak jest vide' zvoleni Lincolna, proteZ e je /oz- zejmena se gerifem, jenZ je ze SkolY jeho zpilsob, vypovedel celou zalektost. hodrikm odpnrcern otroctvi. Bella vAak Sam Houstona a nepritelem vSeho daretomu, jenZ by smkkeni takove dal na baotvi. Nedalo ale k tomu, nebot' jeSte Vypravel o vkhrfiZkach, jea tkkaly se vSech pristehovalcu vfibec a o malomojevo! Ten jiste nebyl by jist Zivotem a- veeer prepa ‘dena, byla farrna pritele Jo- ci sefa Lekkara celkm houfem tech lotrii„ ni hodinu." kteri vkvedli vSechny yen, a pod tre, "Jsme zde vgichni u velikem nebez"Aj, coZ nemate tam Urady? SlechetnS T :stem okamkteho obeSeni nechali VSechpedi,' pravil hlasem povkSenkm, "a ani Sam Houston, nas -governor a birdinnk ny muZske prisahati, Ze budon stati pri osvoboditel Texasu on jlia mexickeho strane jinni a vzdaji se kalcieho styku hodinu nejsme jisti svkmi Zivoty a svkm jiste kaZdou bezzudnost potresta prisne se severem. Stark Lekkar rnusel prisa- maj etkem." a nedovoli, aby na obeanech bylo pa- hati zylake, Ze se vzcla jak dopiso ya"A tohle je mi pekna, svobodna zernel" chano bezpravi." telstvi, tak i jednatelstvi pro "Narodni v rozhorleni zvolal stark Malik. "Co'2 Sam Houston a jeho voj"Neklamte se tirn. Nevime sice, jak Noviny." Ti neldivoCejSi z lotra chteli nas guyerner sko nemohou udrZeti poradek y e statu?" jej hoed povesiti a prinesli si pro ten stoji veci u vas, mdCeme-li ale podle nas "Unioye vojsko? Cha, cha, cha! Masouditi a pak podle spra y, jake doily ucel i provaz s sebou, miadk Greyson ame ho tu vSeho vSudy asi petadvacet le tomu nedovolil, rka, Ze jest na to nas z okresu Fayette, Burleson, Lee, set muZu pod generalem Twig;gsen, a to Brazos a jinkch, pak fanatieka Banda jeke dosti easu, az bude-li do proklateje jeSte rozdeleno na vice dud podel hraho toho psiho listu psati jeSte -vice.

Poprerostla Sam Houstonovi pies hlavu a nyni Proyadi nejvetk darebactvi. Nend- hrozivSe jeSte jednou cele rodine, odta- nic Mexika a Arkansasu. KdyZ nail uvidi Moravany, pak Nernce a Arne- hli s hroznkmi kletbami. Na clruhk den datni a 'casto jiZ osvedeeni okresni rieany ze severu, kteri take jsou proti easne z rana vydal se sam Josef Lekkar radnici nemohou poskytnouti nam ootroctvi. IJ nas v Austin okresu otvira- se yi sy-nem Vinckem na cestu do Bell- chrany, pak jest to zle a /lam nezbkvo., lle, aby poradil se s ;Wady a Serifem, nerki spolehati sami na sebe a za kaZji nam poStu a, nechavaji Si naSe 'Ceske s nimi byl vkborne znam, a kterk byl clkch okolnosti stati eden za vS'esIchny noviny pretlumoeit." mu velice naklonen, zrovna jako okresni a vAichni za jednoho."

"A vite, kdo jim tlumoei?" hrievive soudce Higgins. Tu ale ku ohromnemu (Pokraeovani.) ta.zal se P odha jskSi. svemu prekvapeni zvedeli, ze oba nejLaska jest jen jedna, ale v tisici rilz"Jakby ne. 1Viame tam jednoho tako- vy'SSI Utednici okresu jsou malomocni, Yeho kluka, kterk jim preklada z "NC- protole pies d y e tretiny VSeho obyva- nkch odstinech.

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