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Postmastee: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS ROONIK (VOLUME) XLIV ve sttedu (Wednesday) 16. KVETNA (MAY) 1956 6islo 20

liDY YLO TO NA PODZIM V ROKU 1937, kdy mel jsem prvni a jedinY rozhovor se zesnulYm redaktorem "Hospodate" a "Bratrskeho Vestniku,'? Stanislavem Serpanem v jeho kancelari v ()maze Jel jsem tenkrat domit Chicaga, kde jsem vyjednaval, zdali mohli ziskati dostateenou sobu eeskYch ueebnic, Mikulovu "Progressive Czech," pro vel'ejne S"koly v Texasu. Muselo to bYti napred predloleno ke schvaleni statni 'Skolni rade.

Cestou z Chicaga udelal jsem velikou okliku pres Omahu. Chtel jsem pomoci redaktora Serpana dostati je gte jinou eeskou ueebnici, kterou sestavil profesor Stepanek.

Z cele rozmluvy, kterou jsem mel s redaktorem Serpanem, vzpominam si na, dva body. Prvni bod byl eiste osobni. erpan pronesl poznamku, ze musim bYti rodem z Vala gska, nebo ze od svYch rodieti jsem prevzal valakkou vYslovnost.

Asi Z"e nevedomky pouZil jsem slovo, vSrraz nebo koncovku z naredi valakkeho.

Tato na pohied nevinna, poznamka e r panova byla upozornenim, ze nevenuji sve materske fedi dostateenou pozornost.

DruWi bod, kterST si pamatuji, vztahoval se na naA lid usaze0 v Texasu. Pry jsme si navykli, dle vzoru vkch Texanti, vAechno zvelienvati, kresliti ye zvetknYch rozmerech. Pry to eislice o nejak)ich dy e ste padesati tisicich a dokonce o vetsim lidu deskeho pilvodu usazenYch v Texasu je pouW-Tm chlubenim, navykem Texan& ye skuteenosti eislici premrStenou. Neni pry to overeno Z'adnSrm badatelem v historii nebo sociologii. Pr3i. Texas je hodne pozadu za Nebraskou. VZdyt' my pry jsme se dosud nepekusili je§te ani o sestaveni dejin eeSk.eho Zivlu v Texasu.

Vetgina redaktort museji bSrti prapo-

DEJI\IT S.P.J.S.T.? divni pavouci. Kalc13-7 si mysli sve, kal0 hraje pouze na svoje houslieky. KaZdY je takove. razovita povaha, trochu puntrochu rebelant, trochu kantor stale pououjici a jakesi novoty zavadejici. KdyZ jdou v gichni vy'SlapanYm chodnikem, mnohY redaktor hleda cestu noyou. Wady blahove si mysli, Ze bude krafSi a lep gi, co on najde. Serpan mel take naturu kantorskou.

Skoro dvacet rokti uplynulo od me rozmluvy s redaktorem Serpanem. Mnohokrat bylo vzpomenuto, Ze jsme se dosud nepokusili opravdove o sestaveni dejin ani eeskeho lidu, ba ani o napsani dejin v hodne menS'im ramci, o porizeni dejin naAi Jednoty.

prate nadlidska, ke ktere bude tieba ra.dneho Skoleni v oboru historie a sociologie. Nebude to prase pro eloveka, kterY sotva klin klinem vytlouka, ani pra.ce pro chudeho ueence nebo nemajetneho profesora.

Ale k mengimu useku teto prace, k se-staveni dejin na gi SPJST, mohlo by dojit snadneji, kdyz by to bylo ptani nas samotnYch. Lee i k teto hocine menti praci bude tieba mnoho spoluprace. A hlavne porozumeni, ktereho dosud mezi naS'imi 'deny nebylo. Men jsme to vykonati uz davno, ale zanedbali jsme to.

Dnes mnoho drahocenneho materialu naKi SPJST je ztraceno, rtzne protokolni knihy zaniklYch tacit byly zahozeny, Je tomu jiZ vice nez sto let, kdy neko- a take pametnici a zakladatele prvnich lik eeskYch rodin, vedenrch Josefem Li- radii nam jit dumilem LeSikarem, pristehovalo se do S pomoci nekolika ochotnSTh pracovCat Spring v okresu Austin, aby se usa- nikil pomYSlim na vydani pamateeniho dili pobliZ krajana Horaka. kteremu tam- eisla Vestniku, ktere bude vydano t2nej g neineeti osadnici rikali Berger. By- den pied nastavajicim sjezdem . V 'aisle la to prvni vet S s i hrstka CeskYch pristepokusime se zachytit nektere vzpominhovalcii do Texasu. Statisice eeskY •ch se- ky nagich 2ijicich zakladatelt. Rad bych dlaktt, clomkaril, delniku a na.clenikt pripro toto pamateeni eislo dostal kratti me uteklo rakouskemu cisari Frantigku pcpis od kaZdeho tadu nebo aspori od Josefovi Prvnimu, kterSi nastoupil vladu tech einnYch a prosperujicich. Uvetejye veku osmnacti let a panoval taktka nil jsem provolani na fgechny tadove risedmdesat rokti. Desitky Le gikarti, Hetedniky, aby mne pomohli. Jenne, jak ra, Markt'', Mikeskti, Zapalaeil, Mardit a to obyeejne bYva, katdST se bude spolejimich usadilo se na rozlehlYch planich hat na nekoho druheho—a neptijde nic.

Texasu. Ztratil se cisaf Frantikk Josef Prvni, nastoupil no nem Karel Posledni, Nevim, do jake miry se nme patesti, a nagi pristehovalci do Texasu stale, pri- abych naSel dosti ochotnYch pomocnikii. chazeli.

Ale bude to pOkus. Kolik ptijde, tolik zpracuji, ptepiS1, upravim a otisknu.

Nikoho nenapadlo, abychom je poeita- eislo bude vydano, mnolaY bude litovat, Paroplavebni spoleenosti poeitaly poute piece sam mohl neco napsat z dejin ze lodni listky. Pristehovaiecke iirady mistniho tadu, ze piece by k to drobne gmahem zapisovaly nak krajany jako mravenei praci ptines1 i on sve zrnko.

Austrijaky, RakuS'any. Kletba rodu habsburskeho sla i s naSimi krajany za moNevahejte. PoSlete svou trnSku. Mrare do americkch pristavt. venctm a vaelam ZadnY nerozkazuje. NePral bych si, aby nekdy do glo na sei- eekejte na prosby nebo rozkazy. Mame tani deskYch potomkt v Texasu. Bude to na to jen dva tYdny.

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Piedsejztlove sehilze vSech sedmi distriktfi jsou za nami, nebo jak tomu trefne rikame, byly "odbyty," zbavili jsme se jich. AC vec "od.byta" znamena povrchne a ledabyle vykonand, nem:Heine narikati, ze v gechny- distriktni schaze a vg echno jednani v inch bylo bezvYznamne a povrchni. Ve v gech distriktnich schtizich byla nav gteva prekvapujici, nadprurnerna. 2e Dade nedo glo k vyrizeni nebo prodiskutovani zajimavYch a dalelitYch boa', stab se tak bud' pod nespravnym dojmem o vyznamu distriktnich schtizi, bud' nepripravenosti delegate a nav gtevnikii diskutovati o nekterYch vecech, anebo nekde nezbYvalo dosti dasu, protoZ"e se venovalo vice pozornosti bodam podradnYna, merle dttleHtSint.

Povaioval jsem za svuj Ciao], abyeh byl ve schazich kaIdeho distriktu. Jeri takovYm zptisobem,mohu hovoriti s eleny, vyslechnouti nebo vycititi jejich prani, nahledy a Wally, a poznati eelkovou naladu. Dnes mohu bez nadsazovani doznati, 2e je mezi eleny daleko vice zajmu o na gi Jednotu ne'Z kdy v minulosti.

Tegi rnne to a musi to blaZiti kaMeho uprimneho Mena SPJST. Jegte nikdy se nesjildeli eleni na 'Zadne slavnosti, spolkove podniky a verejne schtze v takovem nmastvi a z takovych dalek jako tomu bylo do techto distriktnich schtizi.

Je to velmi slibnYm znamenim pro budoucnost, jen jestli budeme dale pianovat rozumne. Je to naramne viditelne uoozorneni, fekneme spi ge proroctvi, co nag eeka v budoucnosti.

A ted' si porovnejmo, kolik se vykonalo v katcle distriktni schazi, aby na g prisjezd byl co nejzdarilej gi. Podam jen to nejdalezitei gi. Zaenu se schazi v distriktu prvnim. Nalada, mezi eleny byla, aby delegati ye sjezdu schvalili plan pro postaveni atulny, ktera by byla rizena jako samostatnY dobroeinny Ustav, na, yydriovani jebcrA by na ge SPJST a mistni i. ady prispivaly, ale aby to nebylo Z'adnYm loternenem pro jednotlive -deny. At' sjezd povoli slu gnou Cast, ale podrobnosti at' se prenechaji zvlagtni samostatne komisi k vypracovani, bez jakYchkoliv slilaa a velkYch zavazku se strany Jednoty. Dal gim dillelitYm bodem byla vg eobecna nalada, ab y Vestnik byl naddle yydavan. tSrdne.

Sebilze drulleho distriktu byla dale.ko vice razu prilpravneho, rekl bych 'A cedsjezdoveho, ne'Z kterakoliv jind schaze.

Snad k tomu prispela okolnost, schtzi byl pritomen bratr Jos. Slavik, tajemnik predsjezdoveho stanovniho vYborti, bratr Frank B. Steiner, bY yalY tajemnik

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nekolika drivej'gich stanovnich yflporfi, a take bratr Jaroslav Kleprlik, tajemnik stanovniho vYboru ze .sedmeho distriktu.

Tim se stab, ae ye schazi druheho distriktu projednavaly se zmeny stanov die navrhtt, ktere bratr Slavik a jeho vYbor pro sjezd pripravil. Ureita vysvetleni o doporueeni nevyhovavala vet gine elenu, kteri byli ye schilzi druheho distriktu. Na nezandouvalo se 61entim sniteni poetu delegatii, pry getteni nepravem mists. Take Mein nesouhlasili, ze stanovni yYbor nepkedlotil k uyateni tadne zlepSeni einnosti v distriktech, jejich pravomoc a vydrtovani. Jednornysine bylo odhlasovano, aby delegati druheho distriktu byli pro vydavani Vestniku tYdne jako dosud. Ke konci schtize byl proslov o -Canine. Poukazovalo se na velike teZkosti, kdyt by atulnu postavila SPJST. Odejel jsem teto schrtze drive jests nez dodo k rozhovoru o fitulne. Nevim, zda hod tento prigel y e soh-Uzi druheho distriktu vubee do gir gi debaty nebo ke zji gteni na lady eleny hlasovanim.

Ve schuzi tietiho distriktu byly probirany nasledujici body: aby Vestnik byl tisknut na lep gim papire jen dvakrat mesiene. Nepamatuji se, zdali tento nazor byl schvalenY nebo zamitnutY hlasovanim, ale zda se mne, ze k hlasovani nebylo vtibec prikroeeno. Stanovni NS/bar tretihe distriktu opakoval svaj na",vrh, jiZ drive uverejnenY, aby v di byl mistopredseda, kterY byl by hlavou organisatorti a tet "public relation man." Zdtiraznena byla nutnost zapojeni mia.dete do distriktnich schtzi, povolen k tomu obnos $150 na vYlohy a odmeny. Distrikt schvalil hlasovanim, aby sjezdu se predloZila otazka fitulny, a aby delegati tretiho distriktu zasadili se o to, by sjezd nejakY praktickY plan schvalil a o uskuteeneni atulny se pokusil. Rovna bylo delegatani kladeno na srdce, aby podr±en byl TiskovY vYbor.

Sehtize ve avrtem distriktu byla docela jina rie‘Z v gechny jine schtize v jinych distriktech. Pro mne a mou mankelku byla to cesta 796 mil. Z Houstonu rovnet prijeli do schtize bratri J. M. Skrabanek a Rudy J. Seleik na jinem autu. Na rozdil od jinYch schtizi, distrikt etvrtY konal svou schtizi V auditoriu Midwestern University ye Wichita Falls. Bylo to poprve, kdy prostranna universitni mistnost poskytla pohodli tak velikemu patu elentt SPJST. A by10 to ponejpry v dejinach na si SPJST, ze eleni men schazi na universite. Na rozdil od jinYch schtizi, a na rozdil take od posledniho sjezdu v Houstonu, kdy delegattim byla dana vkchna test oddati se prijemnemu ochabnuti a dug evnimu klidu, nebylo v teto universitni mistnosti, ant nikde v blizkem oko-

Ve stredu, dne 16. kvetna 1956 11, ZadnYch "posilriujicich" n g.pojti. Byla to opravdu representaeni schtize, velmi vhodna rekiama pro na gi SPJST a eeskY Zivel v americkem ovzdu gi. Mluvilo se ponejvice anglicky, ac zastupce mayora mesta. ye sve anglick y uvitaci keel zaeal s "Vitame vas" a ukoneil slovy "Nazdar."

Ae etvrty distrikt ma pouze deset dele,gatti—a z nich natal nebyli pritomnive schuzi bylo hodne vice delegatti. prespolnich, z distriktil druheho, tretiho a pateho. Bylo znati, ze eleni SPJST maji velikY zajem, jsou progresivni, a Ze distrikty nas spojuji pro dosaZeni dalg 'iho vzrustu. Nebo jak bratr Otto Stebilk, jeden z hlavnich einiteld domaOno pohostinneho radu Neodvislost kaki, "Pregli jsme s nag imi distrikty pies ty pokusne schodky, ted' musime stavet dale, a hlayne s nagi mladeli„ abychom meli detske odboeky, vedene idedniky y ybranYmi z dortistajicich deti, s jejich vlastnimi programy, debatnimi eetami, snad pozdeji take s jejich vlastnim sjezdem." Blavnim bodem celeho jednani byla lepgi reklama nageho spolkoveho Zivota, zlepSeni prace v no glen distriktech, finaneovani distriktti z Ustredni pokladny. Meet Cleat," mistniho radu vynaloZilo asi $300 na pohosteni vgech navgtevnikti, jen aby dokazali, ze i tam, kde neni radova sin a pouze hrstka ale. nn., da se pracovati.

Nei budu pokraeovati v popisovani schuzi v dal gieh distriktech, minim se se o rozhovoru, kterY se mnou mel bratr Otto Stehlik. Kdysi byl to on, kterY se nemohl sprateliti s my glenkou, abych ja, elo yek narozenY v Evrope, mel vesti anglickou Cast Vestniku a. poueo yati zde rozenou mladeZ o 'americkem zpilsobu Lee kdyZ pozdeji seznal, Ze Amerika poskytla mne etyfroeni kursy na ueitelskem Ustavu a dal gich pet roenikit na universite, porozumeli jsme si. Aspori tak predpokladam, protole mi easto poslid sve prispevky. A take mne obeas upozornuje, o eem bych mel psati, na jake \Teel na ge eleny upozorniti, nebo ktere chyby v na gem spolkovem Zivote hleclet odstraniti. Take pii teto schnzi usedli jsme stranou v pohodlne klubovni mistnosti, aby mne dal sve pokyny.

Pro( pry elenthu nevy.svetlim, jak mizerre jsou na gi hlavni idednici placeni.

Piece jsou na girni representanty, ktenemohou bydleti nekde ve skromnem trisvetnicovem baraelku pii Zeleznieni trati, ale v lep gi resideneni etvrti, jak se na hlavni Utedniky desetimilionove bratrske korporace slusi. Pry abych nagim elenUm vloZil srdce, kdyZ oeekavame od na gieh firednika, aby svou pritomnosti kra glili na ge schilze a spolkove podniky, musime jim platit dosti slu gne, aby se take mobil slu gne oblekat, men phi nejniengim etyri ykusne obleky, dva zim-

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Strana 3 ni a dva letni. A take pry nesmime za- slouZil jako predseda faqir Pokrok Houpominat, Ze jejich manZelky nemohou stonu test rOkft, ohlasil, ';',e se uchazt o konat prace jako pradlena, .ac je to za- U. bad hlavnilao ptedsedy; a bratr Bundil, mestnani eestne a nijak se tira Zadna predseda radu. San Antonio eislo 133, neponiZuje, ayg ak jako manZelky vrch- podal na 16 pritomnYch delegatal sednich idedniku jsou take povinny pohy- men° distriktu Zadost, aby p Ngti sjezd bovati se v kruzich representaenich. Pry v roce 1960 se konal v historiekem a nag i hlavni ftrednici meli by bYti Cle- malebnem San Antoniu. ny rozmanitYch civilnich, vYchoynYch, Kdyi ueinime souhrn vegkereho jeddobroeinnYch klubil a kruhti, einiZ je- nani ve v g ech distriktnich schnzich, vijich mesieni yYdaje jsou trikrat aZ ety- dime opravdovY zajem mezi (deny, aby rikrat yetgi net obyeejnYch Menu. Pry phisti sjezd provedi nektere opravy a mel bych zdtirazniti tyto representaeni zmeny. .Jen . S"koda, nektere distriktni poladayky, ktere jsou uvaleny na. nage sent:we byly konany drive net uverejhlavni tredniky, a o nichZ na gi Nein ne- nena byla podrobria zprava stanovniho maji Zadneho poneti. Slib it j,sem bratru vYboru. Nebylo moZno probrati prodiStehlikovi, jeho my glenky a nazory skutovati nektera doporueeni. Lee phi budu tlumoeit.* Bylo toho , jegte hodne zajmu, jak naSi noyi delegati ukazuji, vice, co mel bratr Stehlik o na gich hlay moZno oeekavati, Ze oni sami si utvori 'rdci, ale to ut bylo-,nichrednichas sprayny Usudek. Jednu pravdu rausi.cre do jine noty, kterou musi si zazpivat si priznat: name dobrou Jednotu, dosum. bre rtanovy, trozhu. rc ,z ylaene, tie proSehfize pateho distriltu byla snad nek. myglene. Nezaleli, zda je v nich sem tarn vice kritikarska. V patem distriktu jsou nejake nedopatreni, jon kdyZ se podle etyri rady, ktere opravdu pracuji a ta- nich budeme riditi. A zde !moh) bych 0ke neekavaji spolupraci s ustrednou. 3sou pakovati slova jednoho z naSich lilavnieh to rady Needvilie eisio 81, Pokrok Hou- Urednikft, kterY ke konci sve zpravy nastonu eislo 88. Danbury elsla 139, a Ste- psal tuenYin pismem: "Doulame, Ze 17 fanik 'Oslo 142. S temito rady stejne sjezd nasi Jednoty zvoli si dobrou hlavni smYgleji take mengi rady z Galvestonu, Uradovnu, sestavenou z dobrYch, dbaRosenberg, Guy, Crosby, Eastgate a Al- lYch, pilnYeh, schopnYch a zlzalgenYch vin. Hlavni body schilze pateho distriktu trednikft, a rediteln; muZti pevnSTch byly; nominace reditele a nahradnika sad, 'a dostateene zmuZilosti; aby jednaat se provede v posledni distriktni scht- 11 die sVeho nejlep giho pl'esvedoein; mukteri budou pracovat s druhYmi Utedzi pied sjezdem; fieetni at' je najat Hlavni tradovnou a at' slouZi treba aZ niky v souladu a Mint; mute, kteri sve Co smrti, kdyz bude-tak dobrY jako ny- povinnosti vykonaji bez odialdu, dnes, nejAi neetni, ale at' neni volenY a me- ne zitra, nebo pri gti tyden. Toth je ten neny na kaZolem sjezdu; aby omezen nejdidelitej gi iikol, kterY nastava 17. byl poeet delegatil do sjezdu; aby sta- sjezdu. Pamatujme, Ze Zadna organ.isace novni vybor byl omez,en na sedm elentt, nernMe vYSinouti se yYge neZ, jsou schoppripadajici na kaZdY distrikt jeden Oen; nosti jejich vedoucich." Jam to jadrna aby delegati pateho distriktu byli pola- slova hlavniho Urednika, slova, uvei'ejnena pied mesicem (_sky, pozdeji dani predloZiti sjezdu otazku utulny.

V gestem distriktu se schfne nijak anglicky. nevydarila die toho, jak oeekavald asi Take jinY hlavni tlitdnik pedal hued padesat delegatti schtizi pritomnYch. Popolovici ledna sedm dobrYch bodii: (1) kud se programu tYkalo, bylo Yystoug i administratly ni oddeleni; (2) P.peril deti to nejlep g, jake jsem. kde mei lep naneni pomoc mistnim radtm za vybire.prilelitost y idet. Toho druheho Ueeluni poplatn; (3) y ybudovani oddeleni ozajemne diskuse, co se na sjezdu mete y mladiny; (4) prostudovant a Yyplano yaocekavat nebo a se delegati budou zani aulny: (5) zrizeri inve-nernho odjimat--toho ye schtlzi AeSteho distriktu boru; (6) oznamovani Jednoty; (7) zanebylo desaZeno. Program omladiny nejbohatM, program delegate nelchudobnej- vedeni organisaeniho ociboru. Napred se §1. Prvni hodina uZiteena, cirube ozvaly distrikty, pak samotni hlavni Ukedniei, dalSi slow pripada sjezdu. dy e hodiny zmareny.

Omlauvarn se, he nestaeil Ze Argech distriktnich schuzi phinesla stroji prepsati nektere dopiSy ktere primne schtze sedmeho distriktu trochu oaZ posledni den. Main dva Ceske psa.sobniho citoveho znechuceni. Jeden Men ci stroje pomahala nine take nlanelka, tam hodne hlasite vysyetloyal referaty ale vzdor tomu etyri deird prispe yky ziloil redaktora, ktere pry mely bYti ne- staly at do prikiho cisla. s.pravn, a ptekroucere. Vezina to dva )• lidi, aby se a neco preli. Mleel , jsem a Jen jedinYm prostredkem mohlo zvibudu mleet, bych nekdy ztratil rozvahu. Jinak schfize phinesla dva, za.ji- teziti nad obecnym z)u v Zivote: mave body: bratr Rudy 8e161k, kterY mravnim -zdokonalenin siitD.10 Zivota.

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NAVRHY NA OPRAVU STANOV Delegdti radu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 poslali do schdze predsjezdoveho stanovniho vYboru, konane dne 10. brezna 1956, dvanact navrhfi na opravu stanov.

Tyto navrhy byly podany v jazyku anglickem Ve Vestniku ze dne 28. brezna bylo uverejneno pouze jedenact navrhy.

Nedopattenina jeden dfilelitY navrh nebyl ottStenY. V'S'echny tyto navrhy na zmenu stanov byly eteny a schvaleny v pravidelne dove schtizi, konane dne 9 . brezna. A aby nebyly nejake namitky proti dafSimu uvaZovdni o techto dvanacti navrzich, podanYch radem Pokrok Houstonu Oslo 88, usneseno bylo delegaty zmineneho radu, aby navrhy byly znovu poslany k uverejneni ye Vestniku, tentokrdt v reei oeske, jak ndsleduje: (1) elanek druhy v naSich stanovdch at' je dopinen temito slovy: ". . . a poskytuje svYm sfarYm elentim dodateenou ochranu zakoupenim, vlastnictvim, zarizenirn a vedenim domova pro stare eleny dle sjezdem schvaleneho planu, nebo intik za tim tieelem podporovati nebo sorganisovati dobroeinnou korporaci die rozhodnuti sjezdu."

(2) Oldnek 19 dopiniti slovy: "Denni porad sjezdu je yypracovan predem stanovnim vYborem a Hlavni firadovnou spoleene, aby sjezd se ukoneil, ye etyrech dnech."

(3) eldnek 30-d dopiniti slovy: "Toto ridici teleso se sklada se sboru reditelti, jeden reditel z !kaaleho distriktu, kterYZto sbor zvoli si sveho predsedu a tajemnika a kond sve schtize nejmene etyrikrat v roce; a ne vice neZ etyr tednikti. Hlavni -dradovna je rozdelena na tri odbory: (1) odbor administrativni; (2) odbor investioni; a (3) odbor organisaeni. Hlavni tajemnik je hlavou odboru administrativniho; hlavni predseda je hlavou odboru investieniho; a hlavni mistopredseda je vrchnim organisatorem a hlavou odboru organisaeniho.

(4) Clanek 44 zruSiti.

(5) Pro lepS'i vYkonnost organisaeniho odboru pozineniti elanek 53-k ndsledovne: "Cala, organisaeni einnost je vedena hlavnim mistopredsedou za pomoci organisaeniho vYboru vybraneho ze sboru reditelti."

61anek 55 at' je dopinen temito slovy: "Investieni vYbor se skladd z hlavniho predsedy a tri reditelti, vybranSrch sborem reditelii. V pripadu potreby nahradnik reditele je zpinomocnen zastupovati reditele v jakemkoliv pripadu. ZminenST investieni vYbor schazi se v ustanovenem ease nebo na prani vSech Clenu vYboru die dohody.

7) 616.nek 60 at' je menen slovy: "Wechny knihy pro mistni radove fitedniky at' jsou upraveny steniVm zpilsobein a tak. aby mladi firednici, kteri nedovedou eisti cesky, mohli je vesti anglicky," (8) elanek 62 at' je dopinen slovy: "Vestnik je yyddvan kaZdou prvni a treti stredu v mesici, a posildn zdarma vSem elentina v oddeleni dospelYch, jestli si tak preji, ale pouze jedno eislo na stejnou adresu," (9) Oldnek 62, dopiniti nasledovne: "Povinnosti redaktora je bYti pritomen a poddvati zpravy ze VSech schilzi Hlavni firadovny a vsech schtizi distriktnich, pokud je to moZno." (10) Vypustiti z eldnku 68 slova ".. a zpravy soukrome vyktrujici spoleenosti (private reporting agency)."

(11) Oldnek 102: alenstvi v detskem odboru se konei samoeinne, kdy dito dosdhne veku 16 let sveho staff, kdy Bite je prevedeno do odboru dospelYch. Deti, ktere maji certifikat "J-T", vyberou si jinY certifikat dle sveho ani'Z by museli podati diikazy o schopnosti bYti poji'Steni."

(12) Oldnek, 134 zmeniti ndsledovne: "Pouze takova, osoba, kterd nenniZe byti pojikena, mrtZe bYti povaZovana za spoleeenskeho elena."

Jak predem vysvetleno, tyto navrhy na opravu byly doddny stanovnimu vYboru v anglickem zneni, ale povaZujeme je za dosti yYznamne, aby Ceske zneni bylo znamo v'Sern delegattim priStiho sj ezdu.

Za delegdty . radu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 F. A. Kadleeek, tajemnik radu 88 ZDAitiLA SLAVNOST MAJALES

Nekolik set uvedomelYch krajanek a krajanti z celeho Texasu prijelo na slavnost Majales, jet se konala v nedeli dne 8 kvetna na Texaske statni university v Austinu. Bylo to velike rodinne shrotriatdeni. Slavnost poradal odbor slovariskYch jazykti, Universitni eeskS7 klub a 'Ceske Literarni SdruZeni. Pred slavnosti hral tnnelec Ralph Kies na varhanach krasne ee8ke skladby. Dd. Kazatel Jos. Barton se na zaeatku pomodlil.

Slavnost zandjil Dr. Ed. Mieek, predseda odboru slovanskYch jazykti, jen2 predstavil sve ,spolupracovniky profesory Dr. Jaroslava Zivneho a Dr. Jos. Malika, mladSiho i jeho pani, bYvalou studentku a pak predstavil pred,sedkyni Oeskeho klubu, sl. Virginii Prasatikovou, jeZ predstavila Urednictvo klubu: mistopredsedu Daniele Dorotika z El Campo,

Ve stredu, dne 16. kvetna 1953 tajemnici a pokladni Si. Hattie Hranickou z Wallis, zpravodajku sl. Betty Hrneirovou ze San Angelo a obrance Leslie Koarka z Ennis. Potom predstavena byla pani Jan Hejlovd, predsedkyne radii SPJST v Austinu, jeZ se starala o poho'Steni ucastniku. RovneZ poslanec jaromir Zbranek z Texaske zakonoddrny byl predstaven.

Pekne bylo uviddni Dr. C P. Bonera, mistopredsedy university. Ndsledoval SkvelY Dvordkriv Quintet i jeho Sonatina, jeZ se velice libila a profesori Dr. F. Oberdoerffer a Alfio Pignoti odmeneni bourlivYm potleskem.

Ree Dr. Henryho R. Mareshe z Houstonu byla velmi zajimava i pouend. Mluvil o eeskYch pionYrech v Texasu.

Student Leroy, Sebesta z Temple s doprovodem jeho bratra Donalda krdsne, zazpival pisne Modlitba od Aloise Strebla a Skrivanek zpival od Karla Vacka.

Skveld byla eisla z Prodane nevesty a Poeme od Fibicha, je2 zahrdl Ralph Kies n.a varhany.

Dr. Mieek potom ozndmil, ze Oeske"Literarni SdruZeni vyznamenalo studenty seniorniho kursu Ceske literatury za jejich vynikajici prdci doZivotnim Clenstvim. Jsou to: pani Sandra Youngblood, rozend Mechurovd z Houstonu, Theodor E. Becker z Austinu a Frank A. SimCtk z Temple., Studenti a studentky zazpivali , nekolik eeskS7ch a jednu ruskou piseri.Na slavnost jako kaZdoroene dostavili se zndmi manZele Jaroslav Kleprlikovi se svou umeleckou druZinou. Letos to bylo nekolik devedtek s hoSikem v narodnich krojich, 'kteri zatanoili nekolik ndrodnich taneektit s doprovodem na piano krajana Kleprlika. MlddeZ byla predinetem obdivu Krajan Kleprltk take pekne vysvetlil . eesky i anglicky ptvod slavnosti Majales. Jeho pani slibila, ze napi g e do naSich novin o umelecke druZine a take o devedtku, jeZ krasne hralo na harmonikti, Marilyn C. Strobelove. teastnici potom byli pohateni, o se opet pedlive postarala pani Jan Hejlova, a ndsledoval rozhovor pritonmSrch, jenZ trval dobrou hodinu. Mnozi 'prijeli zdaleka a vyslovili prani, aby slaynost Majales opet se konala v roce priAtim.

Na hra.Zeni vYloh Slechetne prispela Hlavni firadovna Slovanskd Podporujiei Jednoty Statu Texasu, zaee2 ji srdeene dekujerne. Velmi nds poteilo, ze slavnb• sti se zileastnil zastunce tYdeniku Oechoslovdk, krajan J. KopeckY z West s jeho manZelkou.

Na shledanou v roce priStim! Prived'te miadeZ, v nia je budoucnost nas VAech a take naMch spolkti, aby se na slavnosti sezndmila a navdzala prdtelske styky!

Ed. Mieek S pozdravem

Ve streclu, tine 16. kvetna 1956

VESTNt K - WEST, TEXAS

tmrti e'islo 6018. Br. Hugo J. Woellert, strojnik, od radu Hvezda Miru, Oslo 33, zemrel 10. dubna, 1956, ye stall. 36. Do Jednoty pristoupil 1. eer yna, 1954, Cert.

E-728 na $1000.00.

Umrtl eislo 6019. Ses. 2ofie Sitta, hospodyne, od radu Needville, eislo 81, zemrela 9. dubna, 1956, ve stall 67. Do Jednoty pristoupila 23. zari, 1935. Cert. B2. kvetna, 1956, Temple, Texas 1394 na $500.00. flinrti eislo 6020, Ses. Anna Neshyba, Cteni bratri a sestry: hospodyne, od radu Rozkvet Zapadu, eiTimto se Vam oznamuje Ze behem me- sle 107, zemrela 9. dubna, 1956, ye stasice dubna, 1956, Hlavni Uradovna, SPJ ll 67. Do Jednoty pristoupila 4, srpna, ST, vyplatila pojiSteni po naSich zem 1907. Cert. A-10548 na $500.00 tjmrti eislo 6021. Br. Adolph Hronek, relYch bratrich a sestrach, jak nasledu, rolnik, od raln Rozkvet Cooks Point, eije: slo 116, zemrel 14. dubna, 1956, ye sta.timmi 7_,,isto 6008. Br. Alois Kirein, na ' N. 57. Do Jednoty pristoupil 4. eervna, oclpoeinku, od radu Jiri Washington, ei- 1916. Cert. A-6877 na $1000.00. slo 22, zemrel 13. brezna, 1956, ye stall Umni eislo 6022. Br. John Janus, rol79. Do Jednoty pristoupil 12. rijna, 1902 nik od radu 1311a Hora, eislo 16, zemrel Cert. A- 361 na $1000.00.

16. dubna, 1956, ye stall 74 . Do Jednoty tT n-irti eislo 6009. Br. W. C. Wofford, pristoupil 10. timora, 1907. Cert. A-6351 pravnik, od radu Praha, eislo 29, zem- na $1000.00.

1:1mrti eislo 6023. Br. Lad. J. Kubala, rel 9. brezna, 1956, y e stall 63. Do Jedfieetnik, od radu KomenskST, 'Oslo 20, noty pristoupil %3. eervna, 1934 . Cert. Czemrel 7. dubna, 1956, ye stall 61. Do 2176 na $1000.00. tmrti eislo 6010. Ses. Amalie 8krabc.).- Jednoty pristoupil 8. blema,, 1914. Cert. nek, hospodyne, od radu Jaromir, eislo A-1178 na $1000.00. ffmrti 'Oslo 6024. Br, Jos. T. Koval, 54, zemrela 23. brezna, 1926, ye strail 79.

Do Jednoty pristoupila 9. dubna, 1916. klerk v botelu, od radu Nova Ratolest, eislo 41, zemrel 12. dubna, 1956, ye staCert. A-3711 na $1000.00. tlmrti eislo 6011. Br. Ernest Zubik, oci ll. 60. Do Jednoty pristoupil 11. list., 1917. radu Ieedville, eislo 81, zemrel 14. brez- Cert. A.4300 na $1000.00.

17frorti eislo 6025. Br. W. A. Sladek, delna, 1956, ye stall 46. Do Jednoty phstoupil 28, zail, 1934.. Cert. D-127 na nik v olejovem poll, od radu Praha, eislo 29, zemrel 12. dubna, 1956, ye stall 60. Do $1000.00. fimni lido 6012. Br. Max Templin, Jecinoty pristoupil 1. lijna, 1956. Cert. no odpooinku, od radu Fr. PalackY, Ii- A-5707 na $1000.00. (hurti eislo 6026. Br. Albert Ludwig slo 21, zemrel 30. brezna, 1956, ye stall DOek, rolnik a hodinar, od radu Bad 82. Do Jednoty pristoupil 17. eervna, 1901. }fora, 'Oslo 16, zemrel 22. dubna, 1956, ye Cert. A-1246 na $1000.00. stall 37.

Do Jednoty pristoupil 4. brezna, timrti eislo 6013. Br. John Rab, na od1942.

Cert.

C.6487 na $500.00 a Cert. SPpoeinku, od radu Pokrok Flatonia, 'Oslo 103 zemrel 1. dubna, 1956, ye stall 75. Do 11 na $500.00. ' tepan Salae, rol17Tmrti eislo 6027. Br. S Jednoty pristoupil 21. pros., 1913, Cert. nik na odpoeinku, od radu Pokrok Jihu, A-5450 na $1000.00. tnirti e"isio 6014. Br. Vojtech Rab, na eislo 72, zemrel 9 dubna. 1956, ye stall ocIpoeinku, od radu Pokrok Flatonia. II- 81. Do Jednoty pristoupil 7. list., 1898. slo 103, zemrel 5. dubna, 1956, ye stall Cert. A-6840 na$1000.00. eislo 6028. Ses. Pavlina Ha'Sko72. Do Jednoty pristoupil 17. ledna, 1915. hospodyne, od radii Ennis, Oslo 25, yec, Cert. A-5449 na $1000.00. zemrela 27. dubna, 1956, ye stall 57. Do frmrti ,eislo 6015. Ses. Annie lVfarie Henkhaus, hospodyne, od radu Karel Jo- Jednoty pristoupila 9. eervna, 1929. Cert. naS, 'Oslo 28, zemrela 31. brezna, 1926, C-898 na $100.00. y e stall 63. Do Jednoty pristoupila 2.

Hlavni Uradovna,, SPJST, tomto vyslopros., 1941 Cert. B-3061 na $500.00. vuje poeistalYm po techto zemrelYch Umrti eislo 6016. Br. Joseph F. Zapa- brattich a sestracn, jeji nejhlub gi soulae, dobytkar, od radu El Campo, eislo strast.

50, zemrel 31. brezna, 1956, ye stall 89.

Tajemnik Hlavni firadovny, SPJST Do Jednoty pristoupil 14, Unora, 1904.

Cert. A-4281 na $1000.00. ) • eislo 6017. Br. J. N. Seasta, na odpoeinku, od faclu Dennice, lido 94, Odpoy idejte na kaZdou otazku zdvozemrel 1. dubna, 1956, ye stall 90. Do rile a nikdy neodporujte prim° nik,omu, Jednoty pristoupil 17. listopadu, 1907. kdo s vami mluvi. Jsou jine zptisoby, jak Cert. A-5329 na $1000.00. vyjadriti-sye mineni, neS odpor.

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KALENDAR. ✓ nedeli 20. kvetna Ceske divadlo v Houstonu sehraji ochotnici krou2ku hol v sini radu Pokrok Houstonu Cislo 88. Veselohra "Ja bych se vdavala!" Zaeatek o pfd et y rte. Po divadle tanelni Zabava. Oznamka v tomto lisle. ✓ nedeli 20. kvetna oslava otevreni nove sine radu Needville eislo 81. Celodenni program zaene v 11 hodin dopoledne . Obed, y eeere, reenici, hudba a tanec. ✓ nedeli 27. kvetna lad Pokrok How.ston eislo 88 porada spoleenY obed (batbecue) o pub jedne odpoledne. jsou vitani. Pro eleny radu obed zdarma. Odpoledne rodinna zabava, hry. ✓ nedeli 3. eervna omladina raft Pokrok Houstonu porada program ku pocte matek a otcfn Zaeatek o etvrte odpoledne. ✓ nedeli 27. kvetna rad E'tela.nik 'duo 142 v Houstonu porada oslavu 37. vY •oIi zaloleni HAIL VSichni jsou zvani. ✓ nedeli 16. zaili rad Slovanska, Lipa Oslo 66 v Waco, Texas, bude slavit,50. vYroei zaloleni sveho radu. Davejte pozor na dalSI oznameni programu.

4,•( Dilleiite upozorneni v gem elenum HMI Karel Jonag Oslo 28 Mile sestry a bratri: Timto yam oznamuji, ze naAe prigti schtze je odlolena az na. treti nedeli, 20. kvetna 1956, o jedne hodine odpoledne.

Schtize je odlolena nasledkem tohb, Ze na 13. nam pripada Den matek, a .tak by se mai° elenti dostavilo do one schttze. Tak budeme odbYvat schfizi aZ treti nedeli. Tak prosim Vds, sestry a bratri, nezapomente na tuto schuzi.

Po schfizi bude malt' program malYch ditek, a potom bude nasledovat svaeina take vas prosim nektere z yds maminek 'kterSrm je yam moZno, donesste neja14 ten kolde. 0 ostatni zakusky se postara keditelskSr vYbor. Take bude nejaka sodovka pro ty male, a pro ty velke zas to penive.'

Tak na shledanou 20. male u radu Jona:se 'Oslo 28. S bratrskYm pozdravem Vain VSem (18-19) Stanley Ba,rtM" • 4. • Dobra eetlaa netoliko zbystri vaeho ducha a doda, mu novYch idei, nYbrA rozmnoZi take vas slovnik a obsablY slovnik pomaha, elo yeku, aby se stal zbehlYm feenikem. Mnozi bide mail dobre ideje, ale nedovedou jich vyjadriti, ponevaft jejich slovnik je chudiekk. Nemaji dosti slov, aby jimi odeli sve mySlenky a UMili je pritaZlivSrmi.

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dne 16. kvetna 1956

Z C1NNOSTI DOMACICII RAN Slovanska Lipa eislo 66 Waco, Texas Mill bratri a sestry: Nag e rriesieni schtize se konala 6. kvetDa y e 3 hodiny v nedeli odpoledne v Linden Hallu. Schtizi zahajil predseda Roman Parma Jr. Byl pekny, slunnY den a dostavil se dosti dobrY poeet elent1 a naystivnikt. Vzdana Best vlajce vgemi eleny, a Predtikana Elaine Reznicek.

Predseda Parma ptedal schilzi sestram Libbie a Barbara Parma, ktere nam pripravily velice peknY program na ucteni Dne matek s nasi mlade21, coz vgem se libilo. Pro gram byl: "Invocation"—Gracie Mae Soukup.

"America"—Zazpivana nejmladgimi detrni.

IViatky, co byly pritomne, se podepsa.ly do kni2ky a pak se vybralo jedno jmeno a ta matka byla korunovana jako matka radu 66; a ta matka byla pan!

Joe Machovska. Eugene Miller ji dovedl na jevigte k aidli pro ni Prichystanou a Mary Nel Narovec odrikal pilhodnou basen a podala Barbore Parmove alatou korunu, kterou Barbara posadila na hlavb pani Machovske. Deti ji. podaly kvetiny a darky. Kralovna zilstala seat ' tam zatim co se ostatni program odbyvaL Hattie MatuS prdeetla originalni predlohu (bill) z kongresu na prvni Den matek.

Elaine Reznicek preeetla historii o Dnu matek.

Dorothy, Mary Alice, Margie a Hattie Matug zazpivaly pisen "Our Motherhood" velice krasne.

Barbora Parma preeetla basal "My Mother."

La Nell aeska za,hrala a zpivala velice pekne "Home, Sweet Home."

Mary Alice Matz§ pfteetla baseri matYam, ktere odely do Neznama "To my Mother".

Barbara Parma krasne zazpivala ceri "Mother."

Lana Reznicek preeetla baseri, 'Salute to Mothers."

Piedseda Parma podekoval sestram Libbie a Barbara Parma a v gem rieastniza jejich krasnY program. Bylo to dojemne a bylo i nekolik slzi videt v oeich posluchaell. `re gime se na prigti program.

Nasi navgtevnici byli: Bratr Robert aerVenka z West; sestra Marie Buzek, pan Eddy Tobola s dceru gkou Geraldine z Penelope; Jim Fleeger a Dave Myers; Lillian a Helen Petter; Alois a Jerry Fetter; pan a pan!. Joe Machovsky; pan a pan i Tony Chudej. 'rano nas, 2e se k nam pkigi podivat.

Zapisky z minule schilze byly Otme a prij ate.

Piedseda Parma poLidal bratra aervenku, aby k nam promluvil nekolik slov a bratr Cervenka nam dal kratky obraz zaeatkii SPJST, kdy2 nic nemeli, a ted' jak si dobte stojime. Te2 nas pochvalil, co jsme dokazali od na geho otevreni sine. Pekne se dovede vyjadrit.

Mame zase dva nova 'eleny, ktere upsal bratr Otis Oe§ka a sice: bratr John Logak a sestra Ava Rae Regmund.

Piedseda Parma pravil, 2e bratr clay 2ebro se poemalu pozdravuje. Jeho man2elka, sestra Flora, te2 byla nemocnd, ale je ji lepgi. Bratr John Simeik te2 se neciti dobre. Prejeme jim, aby byli brzo zdravi.

Piedseda Parma preeet1 podekovani od Oe§kove rodiny, kteri pochoVali svou milovanou 2enu a matieku. Truchlici rodine vyslovujeme na gi nejhlub gi soustrast. My, kteti jsme znali sestru ae g -kovu,jielcam.Byltoia ticha aeria a 'Dela hodne pratel, jak bylo videt na pohrbu. Jednim easem byla elenkou nageho radu ale pak se odstehovali a byla elenkou u radu DubovY Haj eislo 126, Ross, Texas, kdy2 zemrela. test budi2 jeji pamatce, necht' odpoeivd v pokoji a veone svetlo at' ji sviti.

Bratr Robert Cervenka pochvalil sestry Libbie a Barbaru Parmovy o v gechnu maade2 za velice krasnY program na ucteni Dne matek.

Mela jsem to east, abych cznamila za bratra a sestru Frank Parmovy zasnoubeni jejich dceru gky, Barbara Jean Parma s panem Robert Stanislavem a West.

Svatba bude na oodaira. Prejeme 'mademu parku vg echno nejlepgi.

Sestra Barbara Parma nam preeetla jmena tech Clentl, kteti maji tento mesic narozeniny a jsou to: Bratri Louis Kazda, Leslie Dungan, Emil Hanu g, Alvin keznieek a qeitra Barbora Pavina.

Jak obyeejne, jsme jim zazpivali "Happy Birthday", pisen.

'Sestra Oe§ka nam preeetla jmena kteki meli bYt uvedeni ale nebyli tomni; a byli to: bratti Robert Mills, John Lo gak, a George Heussner. Ti, co byli piitomni a uvedeni byli sestry: Sheila Lynne Orsak, Gracie Mae Soukup a Lillian Marie Machovsky, Bernard L. Machovsky, Raymond J. Machovsky, Tony a Tommy Chudej. Piedseda Parma uvedl nova deny a pak jsme udelali iiruh se vgemi eleny a gratulovali novYm elenrim.

Pti g ti schilze bude zase druhou nedeli v eervnu. To bude 10. a doufame, ze se nas zas hodne sejde.

Schtize odrodila ye 4:10 odpoledne

pak se podavala velice chutna a hojna veeere vg em znamenite chutnalo.

Eldy2 jsem jmercvaia eleny, kteri byli distriktni schfizi, tak jsem nejak vynechala jmena bratra a sestry Frank Parmovy. Asi pri prepisovani jsem je prehledla a velice nine to mrzi. Doufam, ze mi to odpusti.

Srdeeny pozdrav preji v gem etoucim.

Rtiaena Parma, dopisovatelka ) • 61. • ( Stefanik eislo 142 Houston, Texas Zprava ze schtze radu 8tefanik 'Oslo 142 Houston 6. kvetna.

Schtizi zahajil Predseda bratr Frank Tymel za pritomnosti asi 30 elentr. Po • vyrizeni beanYch zalektosti, ptedseda 2ada 'deny, aby dali nejake informace nagemu delegatu, die Cello se ma ridit na prigtim sjezdu null Jednoty, kterY se bude odbYvat 25. 'derma. Rozvinula se ei Ia debata o fitulne, tabori gti, nemocen ske podpore, volbe firednikft, redaktora a jinych zale2itostech.

Navrh dan, poclporovan a prijat, budou-li se uchazet o firad nasledujici bratri, na g delegat ma pro ne hlasovat:, Predseda: Rudy Sefeik. Mistoptedseda, nebo redaktor: Stepan Valeik. Tajemnik: J. F. Chupick. Pokladnik: Jos. Koliha. teetni: R. A. UrbanovskY. Pravnik: Ernest J. Hanka. Reditel pateho distriktu: J. M. - krabanek. Jestli sjezd organisaeni praci jinak nerozdeli, tedy za statniho organisatora: Charlie Cerny.

Al dosud :Dame v Jednote eleny, kteri jsou schopni zastavat kterYkoliv &ad a neni treba shanet nekoho z jineho statu a s jinYmi zajmy ku rizeni na gich zaleZitosti. Neni treba platit nekomu "za sluaby neprokazane" 10, 15, 20 tisic; prebytek, poinahejme syYm. Olenove poverili sveho delegata, aby hlasoval pro fitulnu, lep gi nemocenskou podporu, taboriSte pro male i velke eleny a jine JEDNOTE SPJST prospegne zaleaitosti.

Sjezdu ZDAR preje delegat radu 142.

(Poznanika redaktora: Tohle je opravdu prekvapujici a lichotive, ze lad Stefanik nic z nieeho navrhuje nine za mistopredsedu. Tohle je jako byste opragit eloveka, kterY byl mistoptedsedou Jednoty od 1936 do 1940. Oi mad cheete, aby se historie opakovala a aby predseda 1 mistopredseda °pet byli oba z Houstonu, jako tomu bylo pied dvaceti lety? Ov gem, bych vice ne2 nevdeenikem, kdybych elentim radu Stefanik za jejich uprimnY rimysl nepodekoval. Rika, se, he domaci elovek

Ve stredu, dne 16. kvetna 1956 malokdy dostane uznani mezi svYmi. Chcete dokazat, Ze to nevi Pravda. P11 nejmenSim jsem y am opravdu vdeenY. To dalSi vysvetlim pozdeji.) ) 4, ( Karel Havlieek Oslo 4 Hallettesville, Texas Mill bratri a sestry! , Po dlouhe dobe se opet chapu pera, bych zas par raxikti napsala. VSichni zde u nas vite, co nas za neSlesti potkalo.

A mi nebylo moZno mySlenky soustredit ku psani vabec.

Tak prvne jen podotknu, Ze zabava 8. dubna se nad oeekavani dobre vydarila, treba pry se tolik naSich liclieek neseSlo jako vZdy, prec bylo jich hodne, kteri se dostavili. Poeasi bylo deStive, a tak mnozi se bah dente neb se i hodne mraeilo Ale celkem melt dobrou hrstkubratti a sester, a jako vZdy mile pobavent. pro vkchny. radost pri hledani vajieek a her i cen pro ne. Star gi zase meli soutea ye .42 a jinem. Bylo udeleno nekolik cen v torn ohledu, a take melt "door prize": Pak 30. dubna na g zabavni vYbor me] svou schazi, a bylo ujednano, ze ()pet budeme poradat zabavu pro ty, kteri maji narozeniny v dubna, kvetnu a eervnu. Tak si to poznaete na kalendati.

Tato zabava bude new jak jsme meli v breznn,._a tentokrat take oslavime Den matieek a otcU, neb den - matek jest 13. kvetna, ' ,a den ()tea 17. eervna. Napred mysleli jsme, Ze to budeme poradat 'dru hou nedeli v eervnu, :kdy mivame svou pravidelnou schtizi. Ale mail nekdo jakousi rodinnou zabavu neb vYroei, a mnozi bratri a sestry chteji se toho eastnit. Tak to zmenili aZ na treti nedeli, coZ pripadne na 17. Cervna na Den eili Father's Day. Tak se nezmylte, toto jest treti nedele v eervnu, ne druha.

Prvne bude naSe schaze, pak program, kterY 112 sestry pripravuji pro ty naSe taty a mamieky, a zaroven tern, co mail narozeniny v tech trech mesicich duben, kveten a eerven.

NaS mistopredseda Ed. Chovanec uZ se tak dalece pozdravil, Ze mohl opustit Rengrovu nemocnici a jest u sveho bratra. Mne bylo reeeno, chudak si tarn, ale pobyl, 8 neb 9 tYdnti. Wichni mu prejeme, by uZ se ztoho uzdravil a prikl mezi rids.

Pik mezi nas! Ale sama nevim, jestli a muj mua tam budeme. Desateho tento mesic bude tomu mesic, co jest milj staronS ye vojenske nemocnici. Dovezli jsme ho tam na nositkach v ambulanci — bylo to hrozne! Byl ranen dye ma zachvaty mrtvice. KdyZ ho to zasahlo, ztratil fee', nebylo mu co rozumet pies dva dni. Doktor rikal, "48 hodin a

VAS TNiK— WEST, TEXAS budeme vedet', jestli se o zlep gi neb pohorSi". Zachytlo ho' to na celou levou stranu tela.

Verte, ja neverila, Ze bude dnes Zi.v.

Ale diky Bohu, mute uZ chodit dobke a tvar jest rovna, ,chive cela zrivend — a ah ta leva ruka! Ta byla uphne bez citu a vlady, ant doktor nemyslel„ 2e to neztistane bez nasledka Tak nevime, ale maze uz prsty hYbat, ac je gte slabe, co toto pl§i, ale uZ udrZi veci v ruce.

Snad z toho vyjde. Ale ma jine nemoce k tomu. AvSak rika, Ze se citi moe lepe den co den, coZ jest velka atecha pro nas.

Vkm yarn, cAraZi pia ele, dektljeme za jakoukoliv'pomoc listky a psani, projevy pratelstvi v dobe take azkosti a bola. Nikdy nebudete vedet, jak jsme Yam vdeeni za vk, co jste pro men° mne a moji dceru manZela a nas Dekujeme mnohokrat a Pan Buh zaplat'. V nemoci pozname prave pratele. A veru bylo vas hodne, a ti dobri sousedi jako Mr. Ed. Schindler a manZelka, a pak naS'i Kubalovi, privezli mi, co jsem z mesta potiebovala, poStu. Diky y am. MoZna proto starou'S tak dobre pokraeuje, test ho to ta yase uprimnost, a preje si uz brzy mezi vami zas bYt a vain osobne podekovat. Snad se s vami toho 17. eervna v to naSi sini opet sejdeme.

Jak jsem slykla, 'Sesta. distriktni schaze se dobre vydarila, dobrY program a je'Ste pry lepM svaeina. -- ale mot se neudelalo, a ja se ptam, k eemu vlastne /name ty distriktni schtize? Pro to pobaveni a dobre pohosteni? KaZdY jak kdyby bal se promluvit.

Oh, malern bych zapomnela, sestry jsou ''zadane prinest jako vzdy na 17 , eervna na svaeinu co ktera, maze. A nyni 1.1Z dost. Po druhe toho nebude tolik. Dobrou not. Va ge dopisovatelka Marie Fabianova

Strana 7 Tedy na shledanou v nove sini radii Needville Casio 81 priati nedeli.

—Redaktor itad Hvezda Texasu eislo 47 Seaton, Texas ' Tak se mi zda, ze uZ je zas eas, abyell napsal jak tady u nas pokraeujeme.

V minule schnzi, konane 6. kvetna jali jsme do nageho radu sedm novYch` (-lend a site etyri do oddeleni dbsPe:lYch a tri do detskeho oddeleni. Do8p611 jsou: Evelyn Anna Wells, Ben Bartek, Denis Bartek, Bernard Bartek. Do clet-, skeho oddeleni uvedeni byli: Frankiel' Novosad, Cyntia, Bartek, David 'Bartek: 13ratr Adolf SenkYr se vzadl firada, prtivodMho a na jeho misto byl zvolen bratr Kabela.

Bratr Frank V. Sparihel, ‘predsecla nageho iadu a bYvalk pkedseda okrsku dia10'' 2, ohlasil, Ze se uchazi za •editele hello okrsku a byl radem doporueen. 0ten samY firad se uchazi bratr Teodor . , Dana.

Na listku nemocnSrch nachazi se pli tcnine bratr J. F. Mott, jedink zijici za,7' kladajici Men naseho radu. Naleza nemocnici King Daughters. Byl opero7 yam ye etvrtek 3. kvetna a na start pokraeuje dobre. Pravil mi, ze by byl rad doma v nedeli 13. maje, ale jet stli bude moci, je jina otazka. Prejerrie mu brzke pozdraveni a pak stale zdra-, " vi.

NaS'e cvieitelka mladeZe sestra, Clara 11: Hejlova, se WM. Do minule schaze dala program na oslavu Dne matieelcitkterY se dobre Vydaril. Ptitom na ge spa: 'keve sestry upravily dobrou svaeinu. tom programu byly vyznamenany di/6"' sestry, myslim co matky. Nejstar gi byla sestra Marie Oabla, nejmlad gi jmeno net', vim, ale jsem jist, Ze ho poda na ge ddw. pisovateika do anglicke stati sestraEa' milie Mikeskova.

Sestra Hejlova, mi oznamila, ze v neSlavnostni otevkeni nove sine deli 20. kvetna bude poradana taneenil TeSil jsem se, Ze v tomto tide budu zabava v sini na geho ra.clu pro gradual-1;w moci prinesti obrazek nove sine l'adu ty vyssi gkoly (High School) kteri jsot.0 Needville 'Oslo 81, ale obrazek pro rytieleny naSeho raclu. Hudbu obstara kanu do Vestniku se nevydaril a eas nepela Adele Urabkove, dcery bratra Torn moZno zastavit. Snimek nove sine uve8efeika. rejnen bude pozdeji.

To vSak neznamend, se by se tins slavPad bude poradat velikS7 piknik nost pokazila. Naopak, i bez obrazku be eervence pied sjezdem. Podrobnosti bu Vestniku otevreni nove sine bude oprav- dou oznameny pozdeji. du slavnostni. Bude priki nedeli, 20.

Nag spolkov . bratr Karel Martina; kvetna, a bude to celodenni slavnost. ml. syn Karla a Terezie Martinkoi* A treba houstonSti ochotnici budou ten slouZici u vojska v hodnosti Mess Ser-, -veeer brat doma pekne divadlo, piece geant 1st class, kterY byl umisten ye take oni prijedou na slavnost do Need- Fotr Bliss, byl pkelolen do Fronde. ville A kdy2 to mohou udelati eleni, ktekvetna nam pekne zapr,* ri budou miti sve povinnosti jinde, proe lo, lo, ale pritomne fuci silne vetry a bud.e.,,:, ti eleni, kteri nemaji jinYch zavazkil treba brzo degte zas. nedeli, nemohli by zajeti na slavnost S bratrsk3im pozdravem Karel Kalenda v Needville.

Strana 8

VESTNIX — WEST, TEXAS

Ve sttedu, dne 16. kvetna 1956

DOPEY A NAHLEDY CLEM DYE SCHUZE DVA DOSIVIY Dallas, Texas, 7. kyetna 1956 Sestry a bratri: Ano, due okrskove schaze a tak velice rozdilne dojnly, ktere jsem si z techto dvou schuzi, druheho a etvrteho okrsku donesl.

Ale, prve, neSli budu o techto dojmech a poznatkach z techto dvou schuzi psati, mu.im sloziti moji poklonu nasemu znamCmu a jiste v g ude, kam zavita obliberemit spolkari, bratru Janu Gajevskemu, za jeho dopis ve Vestniku ze dne 18. dubna tento rok, kterY elanek ma, ohlavi "Ty razne platy".

Diky Bohu, ze mama jeSte takove eleny jako jest bratr GajevskY„ kteri pienygleji za sebe a take nevaliaji sve promyglene nahled.y v dobre urovnane pravene forme podati do toho zrcadla nagi spolkove einnosti, Vestniku. Nemame u.%, itch ninoho, odeSli nam takovi dobri eleni a na gi obapolni pratele jako Karel LaSnovskY a ti dva Frantove, 0lexa a Truksa, — a mnozi jini, — a nahrady za ne nikde. Aby jsi byl jegte dlouha leta zcirav a pro to skuteene dobro nagi Jednoty zacho y an, bratie Jane Gajevsky.

Ivuj dopis v tomto shora znainenem Vestniku jest ohromne pravdivy a velice veanY, — a elan, obzvla gte ten dalegat, ktery jej neeetl, by mel ten Vestnik Oslo 16 ze stredy 18. dubna vyhledati, jestli jej jiS nezahodil; a jestli jej zahodil, vypiajeiti si jej od jineho elena kterY s noSim Vestnikem zachazi jako s puslickem bratrskeho snaSeni a uprimnosti a opatrne jej uloSi tarn, kde jej maSe lined najiti, — a preeisti ten dopis bratra Gajevskeho—aspon dvakrat.

Bra-tie GajevskY, prijmi moji srdeenou gratulaci za elanek tak velice yeanY, odborne doloSeny a velice dasovY. Newel jsem to pote geni ten agitadni dopis od nag eho nynej giho pravnika Hlavni Uradovny pied rninulYm, sjezdem do-1 statr,—jsem asi u neho na "eerne listine"1 pro iste veci, ktere jsem mu s potege-, nim rekl pied sjezdem, Si vlastne, za sjezdu Ye Fort Worth, kdy2 'mne Sadal abych pro neho volil za pravnika Jednoty , a pH. torn nine chytil jako nejakeho kluka za laplik men° kabatu, -- nea p u rune protivneho.

Tak, jegte jednou, odporueuji tento elanek ku. precteni km:Mei-nu Menu, — a ten vYraz plati zajiste take na vgechny na ge sestry, die elanku 135 na gich stanoy, — A zylagte toto pieeteni odporueuji tem elenfora ktefi byli delegity do sjezdo v Ihistono, a tam volill pro lacioeho pravinhe radce, jak jeden byl Po rozhodujici volbe rnezi dvenia uchazeei

o tento arad sly gen se vysloviti.

Bratrskou itsluSnosti na§eho mladeho, ale dobreho radoveho piedsedy, kterY z kaScleho porn jeho silneho a gestistopoveho tela vyzatuje zajem pro Jednotu, — dostal jsem se na okrskove schaze za posledni due nedele; to jest, dne dvacateho-devateho dubna do schtze druhello okrsku, konane v Taylor, — v nedeli, dne 6. t. m. do schtze etvrteho okrsku. Ale, neSli zaenu popisovati me tak velice rozdilne dojmy z techto dvou schazi, muslin se je gte dale zminiti o torn na gem predsedovi, ktereho pratelsky a kratce zveme "Sid".

Jest to Glen budici irSas a zvedavost u mnohYch nag ich Blend. Budi -alas u velice mnohych tim, Se neleni atrap a neeli vYloh, ktere ma pri jeho nav gteva.ch tech nmohYch okrskovYch schazi, jak asi jest, v gem okrskiim znamo.

Vezme to velkou spolkovou horlivost, vsta,ti si ye tri rano a jeti neb leteti sta mil daleko, jen aby mohl bYti pritomen na schazi a seznamiti se s nagimi eleny. To u nas budi irSas a take u tech zvedayYch, jejich zvedavost u nich jest vyvrcholena otazlZbu, ktera byla jiz vicekrate pronesena: "Co pak ten bratr Pokladnik od Jednoty chce, Se jezdi na tak mnohe tak vzdalene okrSkove schilze?"

Podia tato otazky, takovY elen jako bratr "Sid" Pokladnik, musi miti za..jem nejakeho osobniho prospechu, Se do tech schazi jezdi. Oni tito dotazovatele nernohou pochopiti, Se by glen jezdil bez jakehokoliv prospechaiskeho zajmu; u nich jest platne to na ge dobre lidove poiekadlo: PODTSI SEBE SOUDiM T.hh BE" Tak jsme dne dvacateho-devateho dubna dorazili k sini radu Praha eislo 29 pied devatou hodinou. Byli jsme tarn prvni, jen tam stala aS vzadu za budoy ou jedna kara, asi tech, co museli phpravevati °bed pro nav gtevniky. Tak jsme se obratili a jell na kafe zpet do Taylor, — a kdyS jsme se vratili, bylo tarn jiS dvanact kar.

Schuze byia zahajena bratrem piedsedou okrsku, 8panhelem, tak po desato hodine, — a dopoledni jednani nevzbudilo ye nine mnolio zvedavosti. Bylo jako kaZda jina, okrskove, schtze. Ale, po obedu to zaelo bYti zajimave. Prune bratr Calvin Chervenka ukazal pritomnYro, co to bylo za oznamkovY program, kterY elenam nail Illavni idadovny nabizel ku provedeni na stanici KTEM v Temple as pied dvema roky, a kterY tern tern na gina "vladnoucim" elenam to schazi predvedl.

Bratr Calvin ov gem musel ty deske pi-

snd v teto schazi hodne zkratiti, aby se ten pulhodinovY sprogram, jak byl pianovanY pro rozhlas, neprotahnul na pill hodiny. — a aby trval jen tak patnact minut. Jenom ty oznanikove proslovy pro nail Jednotu nebyly zkracene;a milt' etenaii, byly ty proslovy skuteene jadrne a oznamkove velice dobre.

Po ukoneeni tact ukazky bratr Caryin, kterY mimochodem se zminim, jest piedseda tadu Nova, Osada dislo 69,, mel as petiminutovou red, ye ktere se zminil o jeho nabidce tohoto programu ii Hia,vni atadovne, o jejich odpovedi, Se jeho nabidku vezmou v avahu, o torn, Se dodnes mu nebylo rozhodnuti' Hlavni aradovny oznameno, a yyzval tomne, aby se vyslovili, coE o tom programa mysli.

Prvni ku slovu se pfihlasil , bratr Reuben Hejl, syn nageho znameho spolkoveno pracovnika, a piitele Frank Hejla, — a vyslovil se oz torn programu voice pochvalne. (Mimochodem sem flektm, osobne se mne ten program velice udelal na mne dobrY dojem, jenom cena programu mne vrtela v hlavea bratr Calvin Chervenka, ku konci ,jeho feel, oznamil, re ten pillhodinovY, program na stanici KTEM1 stoji, dia viastne by stal, jenom dvacet pet. dolara za jeden nedelni -rozhlas. To mne rozhodlo, a byl jsem pro ten program, aekoliv jsem se ke slovu neprihlasil. Die cen zde v Dallas jsem myslel, Se by to §talo pies sto pak se piihlasil na g bratr Pokladnik.

Vysvetloval, ze on jiS dlouho podporuje eeskSr program pies stanici KSKY, tizenY rnlaclYm na gricem Lad'ou eernYm, a stran ceny techto dvou programa se zMinil o tom, ze on musi platiti deset dolaria za JEDNOMINUTOVE oznameni po teto stanici, a Se petadvacet dolart za pul hodiny na stanici, ktera kryje a, jest poslouchana ye vgech okresech stredniho Texasu a slyg ena take aS v Lousiane a Oklahome, jest velice mirna, cena.

Potom promluvii je gte jini bratri, eelkern pet je gte, a vsichni byli pro program. Bratr Calvin prohlasil, Se nasledkem techto pliznivSrch poznamek bude se snaziti tento program Predvesti j v pkiatim sjezdu. Ovgem, aby, nebyl kritizovan, Se to stoji. Jednotu drahY eas sjezdu, budou as delegati, po ukoneeni nektereho odpoledniho zasedani poSadani, aby setrvali as pill hodiny a ten program vyslechli. A ja reknu k tomu "Amen", — bude to pro kaSdeho pobaveni a take poudeni, ktereho zajiste velice pottebujeme.

Po ukoneeni teto episody dostala se

to Striecitt,

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no, program, na podnet bratra Ed . napky z Penelope, otazka, co v9bor na opravu stanov udelal neb neudelal v zajmu stanov neb pravidel pro na ge okrsky.

Pritomny tajemnik vYboru na opravu stanov bratr Slavik to vysvetloval, pokud si pamatuji, nasiedovne. vYbor neptijal 2adne ustanoveni pro okrsky.

Sice ze meli od alentr nejake navrhy, ze o nich rokovali, ale nic neptijali. Jeden z tech navrhil ze poladoval poplatek pet cent)) od kaZdeho elena, ze o torn se radili s pravnikem Jednoty a tento rozhodnul, Jednota nema pra y° uvaliti jakekoliv jine poplatky na 'Meng (Za teto feel uz jsem sta g u ptediedova stolku a 6acia1 jej, aby mine dal eas, na toto odpovedeti, ze to, co bratr Slavik poneni skuteenost.) jsem se k mikrofonu dostal, slysel jSem toto rozhodne prohla geni od •brotrarSlavika: "MY jsme na, vYboru s okrska,mi nic neudelali, protole okrsky urniraji na •souchote, a tak, (dle jeho osobniho Asudku), neni nejakYch ustanoveni prd okrsky tfeba. (Musim ze navg tevav teto schtizi, byla velice dobravzclor hrozivemu podasi, nizka mraena valela skoro k zemi, bratra Slavika usvedeila z neptedloleneho Usucliat a povidani.)

Zprvu bratr ptedseda schtize S ' panhel moji iadost o eas k odpo-vedi na tutu' "tee odmitnul, ze jest rnnoho mluveni ( a ono take bylo rnnoho toho obyeejfieho frazoveho mluveni, ktere by mohlo bYti natoeeno na valeeek a mluvéi by tam ani nemusel bYti, v torn mel pravdu,) ale kdy jsern mu vysvetlil na odpoved nepottebuji vice jak as etyfi a ani tak dlouho jsem, nernluvil, dostal jsem se ku slovu.

Divil jsem se, jak deset cienu na stan.ovnim vYboru (i s tim na girn a,dvolcatem) nemohlo memu navrhu, o kterem bratr Slavik mluvil, porozumeti.

Mohu ten navrh opakovati z pameti, a closlovne v zale2itosti toho poplatku zni, jak uvetejnen ve Vestniku ze dne devatell° listopadu 1955: "Kaid9 fad jest povinen Eaplatiti do okrskove pokiadny jist9 obnos za Mena roene, dle usneseni v okrskove nejmengi poplatek budit pet cent) roene za kaldeho poplatky platiciho 'Mena nad 16 roku staff, jako fond pro okrskoyou einnost. Hlavni Utadovna rovnel phspeje do pokladny kalcleho okrsku deseti centy na pravidelneho Mena roene, s v9jirnkou okrsku eislo 4, kteremu Hlavni aradovna vyplati obnos d y e ste dolor)) za rok. Toto yydani bude ifetovane proti fondu na vydani Hlavni irtadovny. VSechny tyto Prispe yky musi byti zaplaceny do 1. dubna v roku, s vSr -jimkouprvnhsjezdov rku, teremZ pripadu jsou splatne do devacle-

If g 14 , t1 f sati dna. po sjezdu."

Nasleduji pak jind ustanoveni pro okrsky, ale ty nej gou v Lomto ptipadu ptilehave. Po pritomnosti na schtizi et yrtell° okrsku za glu do Vestniku opravu tohoto navrhu, co se poladovanYch schtizi okrskir tYee, a to v tom smyslu, aby se take zde udelala pro etvrtY okrsek vYjimka, ktera by jim dovolovala jen jednu schtizi roene, pro velikou rozlohu a vzdalenosti v okrsku.

Jo, se divim, jak tech clevet elentt vYboru na opravu stanov (pardon, musim udelati vYjimku, nejmene tri bratri vyboru tomu navrhu rozumeli, ale byli v meng ine) tedy ne devet Clem), ale vetgina vYboru za, spolutreinkovani pra y -nika,teryj4mozunadit,hla tento navrh si tak vykladati, ze by poladoval ptirally na poplatkach.

Stran vyroku tajemnika vYboru na opravu stanov, "ze neni tteba ustanoveni pro okrsky, ty ze umiraji na souchot.", jsem tekl toto; "Zde prave mel stanovni vYbor jednati jako moudrY lekat, a temto souchotim, to jest, finanenim souchotim okrsku, vypomoci ptijrnutim meho navrhu. Ale, tito broth pouZivali jejich stethoscope ne na hlave neb srdci pacienta, — ale pouZivall jej na zadni kapse ( kde se nosi penize) a nic z jejich prohlidky nebylo; uznali pacienta za nevyleeitelneho, predsuclkove predeasne.

Toto Mei nevzalo ani etyti minuty easu. Nemohu pochopiti, jak bratr Slavik mohl nee° tokoveho Rel. Jest z toho videti, ze asi na mnohYch okrskovych schtizich v jeho domachn okrsku aneb v okrskach jinYch nebyl, jinak by si rozhodne musel uvedomiti ty navalove navgtevy vgude, jak jsem je videl v poslednich ttech mesicich a videli jini eleni.

Jegte jedna otazka byla, projednavana iiteto schtzi, stran vyclavani Vestniku tYdrie neb dvakrate do mesice, ale to az pozdeji; byl zde ueinen vYrok, kter9 odporoval uvetejnenemu ujednani virboru na opravu stanov, — kter9 take ukazuje na pozoruhodne nedorozumeni v samotnem vYboru. Snad se nam dostane vysvetleni, ktere jsem Jinak ale musim, pochvaliti sentry kuchatky a bratry kuchate za ptipraveni velice chutneho obecla, kterY portistaval z pinky rogteneho kulete a spousty jinYch prikrmti, buchet, buchtleek, dortU a koldeti. Ani jsem se po jinem jidle neohliZel, to kutata byla vYteona,. Za takovY °bed, kter9 stal jen dolor, zasloifflte si pochvaly.

A ted' o to druhe schfizi. Ve stredu, to jest druheho kvetna, easne rano, jsem telefOnoval bratru Sid Pokladnikovi stran vstupenek do to "Prodane", kterou s velkS7m iispechem provedli studen-

Strana 9 ti Southern Methodist University, (SMU) zde v Dallas. Po vyi'izeni teto zalelitosti povida bratr Pokladnik, jestli bych s nira nechtel jeti na schtizi et yrteho okrsku, kterri bude ye 'Wichita Falls pri gti nedeli. Oznamil, ze pojedou take bratri M. Skrabanek a Rudy Sereik z Houstonu a Emil Petr. Ov gem jsem byl tined ochotnY si ptivstati a jeti. A jsem bratru Pokladnikovi za tuto pfileNtost skuteene vdeen9.

Dopoledni jednani, zahajene kolerti desate hodiny, pozbstavalo z kratgich proslovU za treasti etyriceti osmi poeital jsem je dvakrat. techto proslovt) se auditorium Midwestern University ryclile napinovalo, ta1le po ukoneeni dopoledniho jednani bylo pritomno kolern 250 osob. Men jsme as hodin y do obeda, a eas utikal vesele pri besedovain se znamYmi a seznamovni s jin9mi pritomnymi.

Ph dopolednim jednani bratr Otto Stehlik zminil, ze poplatek za tuto rristnwt, ktera se naleza v nadhernemi skupeni budov -Leto university, — a ktera jest obklopend krasnYm travnikem ze tri stran, a na etvrte strane, fined a zdi a etelitenYch oken auditorium rilZov9mi keti s tisici krasne vonicich ze poplatek jest gedesat dolard. NeZli obed byl podavan, mluvil jsem s bratrem Stehlikem, a zminil jsem se o tech ge.7 desati dolarech, ktere plati za to schUzi, s podotknutim, Se doufam ?Se vydelaji na torn obedu mnollem vice jak to.

Dostaln se mile ale poradneho pre-_ kvapeni, kdy bratr Stehlik prohlasil, ()bed bude pro kaldeho zdarma. na neho hledim v neuvereni, a pak, jako obyeejne, pronesl jsem fined sytij uptimny esudek poznamkou: to je blaZnovstvi, davat °bed zdarma: v‘Zdyt' piece nikdo neoeekava. A bratr Ste:hlik odpovida: "Je videti, ze je:;•te ne:zna g pohostinstvi zapadniho Texasu." A take jsem neznal. °bed byl velice hoj;Il k, a veeete, podavana o pate, take zdarma, je gte hojnej gi. , Sarn jsem se spokojil s ro gtenou, ktere mile ti bratii naloZili tolik, ze jsem to sotva sned1 v poledne i veeer, pribitaje jenom ion 1Zici bramboroveho salatu a zelen9ch fazolovych lusek, velice chutne ptipravenych. Ale, videl jsem na as tricet stop dlouhem stole smaIena kufata nakupena div se still neprohYbal, krasnou a velikou misu varen9ch Sunek a kdovi co je gte jineho od masa; nesel jsem po cele deice stolu.

A panebole tech buchtleek, koldekti, dortil a jineho peeiva takova .spou sta a tak slibne a lakave vypadajici, — nu, okazale pohostinstvi zapadniho Texasu, — s kterym jsem mel to potegerni se seznamiti. Brzy byiy v g echny stogy'

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obsecile, a jako obYeejne, poeital jsem, ie se zde potadne a - labuinicky najedlo blizko tri set 08013. Tak jsem, si myslel, teuhle okrsek nejen tie nebude umirati na souchote, a— ale to jejich schaze mne bude dlouha v pameti.

Po abedu byl kratIcY program, — a ,;,.pak ptedseda okrsku vyzval ptitomne ku projednavani zalezitosti, ktere mail na srdci. Slovo dostal zase bratr Stehlik, — a co tekl, mne velice zajimalo, Nejen to, 'le se lined na poeatku zminil o kuchatlcach a kuchakich a delcoval za jejich obetave ptieineni, — ale take podotknul, aniti by tu 08013U jmenoval, le mu dopoledne bylo teeeno, le "davati abed zdanna jest blaznovstvi"; col nine nikterak nemrzelo a col take bylo tak teaby to objasnilo neel to okrskove schuze a jej i cil, seznamiti neeleny, jich‘l tam bylo mnoho, s na'Si Jectnotou a s mistnimi eleny.

To bylo mineni keei, bratra Stehlika.

Pak dale poukazoval na to, le takovehle schuze jsou tou nejlep'Si moZnou rekiamou pro naSi Jednotu, — a tie ye sjezdu, jako zastupce tadu Neodvislost, eiSlo 76 naSi SPJST, bude podavati navrh, aby Jednota, prostkednictvim naSi Hlavni idadovny, za takove hostiny pla,tila.

Nu, tohle byla voda na muj mlYn. To bylo o jednu ptieinu a pohnutku, velice .dobrou a aeinnou, vie pro nit:1j navrh na financovani okrskovYch praci, — a take ,jsem tak bratru Stehlikovi kekl. Pozdeji bratr pkedseda schtze vyzval ptitorene zase ku ptedloleni jejich zatelitasti, — a aelcaliv Zadost opakoval, nikdo se iiemei ku slovu. Tedy jsem se piihlasil Nepotteboval jsem ani pet minut abych , se pkitomnYm ptiznal, ze jsem to 'byl ja, kterY povaloval dopoledne paclavani obedu zdarma za "blazneni", a .pak jsem navazal na prolala geni bratra Stchlika stran navrhu, aby Jednota platila za takove hostiny, jako jeden ten nejlep'Si prosttedek oznarnovani pro naSi Jednotu, kratkYmi slovy jsem vylieil to "sonchotinove" jednani v okrskove schti:51 v Taylor, objasnil intrj navrh, ktery jest zde dtive opakovan, kekl jsem jim, bude-li tento navrh vzdor zavrieni naSim vYborem na opravu stanov ye sjezdu ptijat, nebude etvrtY ani kterYkoliv jinY okrsek museti s kloboukern pod pali ponitiene prosit Illavni irtadovnu, ab y jim dala na zaplaceni takovehle kapitalni hostiny, nebudou podlehati jejich dobre vuli ani lattice, tie tteba vydani za hostinu bylo vysoke, budou mlti svoje penize a budou take proto syYmi --® a ne tiebronily.

to odpovedel. Jelika to neslySel, ptal se, na, co ma odpovedeti. Kdyti mu bratr ptedseda vysvetlil co jsem kaki, a keknul mu: "Steiner has you against the wall", — to 1-1-me bratr Stehlik nejen ptekvapil, ale nehorazne potail jeho lakonickou odpovedi: If he has me against the wall, I will stay against the wall", — za coa jsem mu hned hodne hlasite podekoval.

Jedna vac, ktera mne nejde, jak se iika "na rozum" jest, jak male pied takovou okrskovou schrizi pkedstoupiti takavY elan, kterY o znieeni okrskii se vSi silou zasazuje, pro okrsky vtibec potteby nema, jejich Uliteenost pro Jednotu hani a popird, a jen eeka, az okrsky zahynou na ty souchote. Pak v jeho feel ani jednu konstruktivni mySlenku nepoda, jenom hladi a povida. Kdybych takovYm byl, neodvaIil bych jsem se pied takove shromaZdeni ptedstoupiti.

A kdyl nektery jen obyeejnY elan pronese kloudnY, tteba, i kritickY nazor, otira, se on, — uratii jej, otlouka jej; ale, aim vice jej otlouka, tim vice dobre jadro to mySlenky neb nazoru jest viditelne. Takove jednani neni poctive bratrstvi.

Tohoto clobrYin piikladem jsou ty naSe navrhy na stanovy pro okrsky. A mno he jine dobre navrhy, ktere motind ani nebyly ye schtizi vYboru na opravu stanov projednavany. Take, mluveni o niCam po dvacet tici minuty, neb dvacet sedm minut, na takove okrskove zi jen ukrada drahocenneho easu jinym pritornnYin, kteri pak nemaji promluviti. Kde jest ye schrizi veliky zajem, tam by nemelo bkti dovoleno takove plane povidani vie jak pet minut. Ta 'Sesta minuta ua otravuje.

Dye okrskove satirize. Z jedne jedete s povatilivYrni mySlenkami, smutni a uraZeni, ze druhe jedete pini nova sily a nadeje. Po caste doma jsme dlouho rokavali o prijemnosti, kterou jsme zaZili v teto schtizi, — a pak jsme si na to za vedeni Rudy 8efeika zazpivali celou taciu naS'ich krasnYch CeskYch pisni.

Cesta byla tak vesela, .tie jsme se ani nenaddli, a byli jsme v Dallas. Jenom jsem litoval bratru Skrabanka, teditele pateho okrsku, a 8efeika, — kteri jegte meli pies dye ste padesat mil automobilem cestu domil. Doufam, le ye zdravi dojeli. Ale asi nebudou moci vyspavati pozde dopoledne, dle toho, jak a jejich zamerech mluvili. A bratte Pokladniku, Tobe jegte jednou dekuji za tu prilelitost tyto d ye schuze nayStiviti.

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nich elenft Hlavni idadovnY. Ten by se mel pa pet, a dostal by asi to, co nemohli dat redaktoru ptedegemU. A je g te poslieka pro naSeha bratra ditele 8tepana, na jeho vysvetleni "vlactnouciho telesa", jeho jest nahodou elenem,. Nag e stanovy byly prijate v Ceske keel, — a v tett) keel elanek 30 odstavec "d" zni: "Toto iiditi teleso . . atd. . . .", tedy ne vladnouci tees°. Podiva-11 se na.S bratr reditel 8tepan do slovniku 'eeske reel, — ma-li jakY, — treba do Jonagova slovniku, najde tam nasledujici: iiditi — to regulate, to direct, to manage, to run, — coZ se vztahuje na Ityk obyeejnych smrtelniku v jejich spoleeenskern snatieni.

Jenom v zalelitostech jednotlivce, ktere on sam si ustanovuje, se toto slovo "iiditi" maze pretlumoeiti anglicky •"to govern oneself". Tedy jestli si Usmyslig, ze nepojede g dnes do trhu, jest td"vladnouti sam sobe", — jestli ale si usmyslig, ae pojede z,a tebe do trhu tviij sluZebnik, pak mu to mutes nariditi, — ale jestli nebude chtiti jeti, jsi hotov, a jedinou zachranu takove vlady palc.•rnag jej z prate propustiti.

Byl jsem valy, a dosud jsem, toho minein, ze by pti ptekladani naSich stanov do anglicke feel melt bYti Cleni, kteri maji nejen znalost Ceske keel, ale take dobrou znalost anglietiny, — a ze by na ge stanovy meli prekladati ao tato keel aspon tri eleni. Pak tam snad nebudou takove ptehmaty jako ptelaleni slov "toto iiditi teleso" na "this governing body."

Tinto neminim zleheovati praci bratra Augusta Kacite, a kterem vim, ze ma obstojnou znalost Ceske . keel; — ma ale nynej gi pravni radce takovou znalost 'Ceske tact, aby mohl spravne tinmoeiti nag e stanovy do anglietiny? chybuji, — velice pochybuji. On by si ovgena mohl najati nekoho, kdo by to pro neho udelal; jest jich v Houstonu dosti; ale nebylo by to ve zneni stanov.

Proto podavam hned ted' a zde opravu nageho dne gniho elanku dvacet pet (25) a zaroven dodatek k memu navrhu na tento elanek, ktery navrh byl uvekejnen ye Vestniku eislo 43 ze dne 26. tijna 1955, na strance osm, sloupee prvni, a v prostkedku. Tato oprava a dodatek zni:

Olanek 25. Tento vYbor ma na starosti opravu nave ptijatYch stanov, piekind techto stanov do anglicke feel za pomoci thelenneho vYboru, na tuto praDoufam, ze bratr redaktor zase ne- ci sjezdem ustanoveneho, atd. ... a pak ty posledni etyri a pill radka vynechati, bude potahovan a obviriovan, le se do Bratr Stehlik se musel ze sine vzda- Vestniku dostai takovYto dopis. Aneb do- neni jich tam tkeba. A vchazi v platnost liti aby neco upravil, tedy mne nesly- pis bratra Gajevskeho. 1 Nedej Panbth, ihned! e1. Vratil se ale hned, po moji keel a aby se redaktor, dle navrhu vYboru na Bratrsky a po pravde, bratr pkedseda, jcj tiadal, aby mne opravu stanov, dostal pod palec dneSFrank B. Steiner

Wednesday, May 16, 1956

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Reports from Lodges, blograptdes, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor * a BENEVOTRNT ORDER week before the date of issue. AdOF THE STATE OF TEXAS dress all editorial matters to: Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7 Tex. Postmastor: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 490, TEMPLE, TEXAS) OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR IT WAS MY PLEASURE AND PRIVIlege to attend every one of the meetings which were held in the seven SPJST districts within the last ten weeks. I may go back to the meeting of District Two, held in Holland on January, 15, or I can start with the meeting of District Five in Houston, February:16, 1956, and go through every one of them until the most recent and the last meeting, held in Wichita Falls by District Four, on May 6. * THERE IS SOMETHING REMARKAbly invigorating and refreshing about these district meetings. Up to only four years ago, probably not a single one of us Would have believed that it would be possible to get any SPJST members interested enough in the affairs of the SPJST to make a trip from 200 to 400 miles just for the purpose of attending a , district meetin g. It. haS been done repeatedly. It has been done in private carS, by busses, even by planes.

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I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE IN DANger of overestimating our possibilities.

On the contrary, I think we will find that our Imaginations are falling far short of what we can do in the future, if we just put our mind to it. We have got to look far, far beyond the narrow limitations of our everyday thinking in order to visualize the opportunities that lie ahead. Our real fault is not that we will dream too much, but that we will cheat our children, our future members who will follow us, beseause we did not dream enough.

• • WE HAVE LATELY READ A GREAT deal about the various changes to be submitted to the next convention. The Supreme Lodge held a four-day session just for that purpose. Then the preconvention By-law Committee held two separate two-day sessions. Four of the districts, that is, Districts Two, Three, Five, and Seven, worked on the recommendations to the By-laws and presented their amendments. In nearly all of the dist ri ct meetings there was same discussion about many improvements.

Yet, looking on all of this planning

partially and critically, I don't believe that we do have a definite plan, an over-all pattern. To me, it looks as so much doodling, a subconscious and mechanical drawing that we are quite often doing while talking over a telephone.

Our tongue says one thing, our mind is racing ahead, and our pencil is drawing fantastic designs.

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our youth for leadership in the SPJST. (4) Making a complete study for a home for the aged. (5) Create an Investthent Department with an investment 'committee to handle all the finances. ..(6) Have a definite public relations program to tell the SPJST story to the pUblic.

(7) Improve the Organizational Department.

LET US BE MORE PRACTICAL AND let us do some clear thinking. What do we expect from the next convention?

What are we striving for, if anything?

There is plenty of room for improvements, but what are they? And how do we want to achieve those improvements?

By getting in one an.other's hair? Or by a more sepsible way where we would first name our objectives and then calmly discuss the solution? Personally, I don't believe we have got to start fighting among ourselves to advance what we are aiming to accomplish. *

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ORGANI-. zation. Let us stop doodling while we are talking about our own needs. Here is a program that has secen good ponits.

Don't you like it? Do you want something more? Or is the program too ambitious? I don't think so. I sincerely believe that every delegate, coming to the convention in Temple, would:not make a mistake if he cut out those:seven points, place them in his hat, or in the breast pocket of his shirt, and fight for these seven points tooth and nail.

Here you have all the proposed amendments reduced to the minimum. Three departments, three points. To these three, add the financial aid to the local lodges, add the attention to the yOuth, don't forget the old members, and place the message of the SPJST before ' the public—and you have the work of mo st next convention outlined in the Most understandable language. No doodling, no crazy patterns, no double-talk.

AS I HAD LISTENED TO THE TALKS and arguments in the meetings of the seven districts, I couldn't help but observe a sense of unity, a common set of goals, ideals, and aspirations that link all the members of the SPJST together. I couldn't help but see strong ties that bind all of us closely that other small differences cannot pull us apart.

So this week, I would like to summarize all of the common aspirations. If we are planning to sell the principles of fraternalism to the nonmembers, we must first have to have a mutual understanding among ourselves as to what improvoments we want. * * ONE OF OUR SUPREME OFFICERS had his report in the Vestnik where, among other things, he said: "We cannot rest on the laurels established by our forefathers. To meet the inexorable march of progress and change, a continuous obligation rests on all of us to do our part." Then he pointed out seven changes. I shall rephrase them very briefly. (1) Better administrative department. (2) Financial support from the headquarters to the local lodges for the collection of dues. (3) Training of

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AND IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ANother recommendation added to "'the above suggestions, let us listen to what one of the other supreme officers has to tell you about the work of the next convention. He says "It is my sincere hope that the delegates of the 17th Convention will elect a good Supreme Lodge; that they will elect diligent, industrious, competent, and experienced officers and directors, well qualified , for their duties; men of firm convictions; men of sufficient fortitude; men that will work in peace and harmony; Men that will carry out their duties promptly, now, today, and not tomorrow, not next week. This is the most far-reaching, the most outstanding, and the Most important function and duty of the 17th convention." No doodling. Straight talk.

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Wednesday, May 16, 1956

REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS RETORT ON DISTRICT TWO MEETING Some 150 SPJST officers, delegates, mi:Mbers, and visitors attended the allday SPJST District Two meeting which was held on Sunday, April 29, 1956, at the SPJST Praha Lodge 29 in Taylor.

After registration of all those present, the meeting was called to order at 10:45 a.m. with words of welcome from District President Frank V. Spanhel and the host Praha Lodge President Reuben B. Lesikar. After the Pledge of Allegiance, the roll call of lodges disclosed 11 lodges in the district represent and 7 lodges not represented. Among those present were 21 convention delegates, 18 organizers, and visitors from four other SPJST districts. Those present from other districts were Brother Frank JP ?iota of District 1; Brothers Pokladnik, Petr, Harms, Steiner, and Snapka and 13rpther and Sister Bartek from District 3; Brothers Skrabanek and Sefcik and Editor and Sister Valcik from District 5; and Brother Kleprlik and Brother and Sister Cerny of District 7. (Please pardon any omissions of visitors names.)

-The minutes of the last previous District Two meeting were read and approved, and a nominating committee was appointed to nominate new District Two officers. The committee was composed of the following members: Brothers, Joe Zajleek, chairman; Theodore Dana, Julius Hunka, Henry Marek and Charlie Navratil. `Since some persons were planning on leaving early in the afternoon to attend the District One meeting in Schulenburg, all those planning to leave and all others who wished to speak were given an opportunity to do so during the morning session. Brother Rudy Sefc;k. announced his candidacy for Supreme Lodge President; Brother August Kacir urged all convention delegates to make their reservations for accommodations early; and Brother Stephen Valeik, Jaroslav Kleprlik, J. M. Skrabanek and Otto Harms spoke briefly to extend their best wishes to District Two. Tn the remaining time of the morning session, SPJST By-law Committee Secretary Jos. Slavik explained generally_ the work which had been done by the By-law Committee in arriving at its recommendations which had been published in the Vestnik of last April 25. Brother Slavik advised that he would be happy to answer any questions concerning those recommendations but

would not engage in any debate con- 80; Secretary-Treasurer, Ben Mikolaj of cerning them.

Taylor Lodge 29; Reporter, Calvin C. The morning session adjourned at 12 Chervenka of New Colony Lodge 69; and o'clock noon and everyone enjoyed a de- Youth Director, Clara Hejl of Seaton licious barbecued chicken dinner served Lodge 47. After short expressions of with all the trimmings by the ladies of thanks from the newly elected officers, the host Praha Lodge. A special 1-hour those in attendance gave a standing tape recording of imported Ultraphon ovation of thanks to the outgoing ofmusical recordings from Pre-War Czech- ficers. oslovakia was played as background muDistrict Two Director Navratil gave a sic for the noon meal. report on the work of the SPJST in The afternoon session convened at District Two concerning insurance sales 1:45 p.m. with the introduction and and mortgage loans and concluded with playing of "SPJST-Time," a sample inspirational remarks encouraging evtape recording of a proposed 30-minute eryone to take a greater interest in the weekly radio program to advertise and work of the SPJST. serve as a public relations activity for Outgoing District Two President Frank the SPJST. Brother Calvin Chervenka V .Spanhel thanked everyone for their had proposed this program to the Su- confidence in having selected him as preme Lodge of the SPJST in July, 1953, District Two president for two years in but the proposal had not been acted on succession and announced his candidacy favorably by the Supreme Lodge. Broth- for the office of Director of the:SPJST, er Chervenka explained that he was re- from District Two. Brother Spanhel exviewing the proposal and playing the re- plained that he had decided to seek cording at, the District Two meeting to the office after numerous friends had provide some entertainment and to de- requested that he do so; and he extermine if there was enough interest plained his qualifications for the office in and need for radio advertising of as many years of membership, active the SPJST for this matter to be brought interest, and participation in various up for the consideration of the dele- official capacities in the SPJST and gates at the coming SPJST convention. other farm, loan, and business ograniThe discussion and commentary from zations. those at the meeting was generally faAs a high point of the afternoon bUsvorable to the proposal and it will probiness session, Supreme Lodge President ably be brought up to date and presentEdward L. Marek delivered a talk on ed at the convention.

Before any discussion of further bus- his findings and recommendations coniness, the meeting was honored with a cerning the proposed "SPJST Home For vocal solo by Miss Mary Rose Mikolay, The Aged." President Marek explained a member of Praha Lodge 29. She sang about his findings from visiting and "Modre Oci" and "It's Almost Tomor- corresponding with the management of row" and was accompanied at the piano many homes for the aged to learn of the special problems associated with such

by Mrs. Mary Stasny. an activity or undertaking for the There was considerable discussion of SPJST. As a result of his findings, Presthe various provisions of the By-law ident Marek stated that he is definitely Committee recommendations in the aft- for and will recommend establishment ernoon business session; however, only of a hOme for the aged by the SPJST two major votes concerning these mat- if such a home does not carry the ters were taken. Those in attendance SPJST name but is chartered as a sepat the meeting approved the By-law arate and self-sustaining corporation.

Committee's recommendation for a This legal separation of the home from change in the number of local lodge the fraternal life insurance society members required for each delegate to would permit the home to draw old age future conventions, as specified in Ar- pension funds for its patients; would ticle 6 as revised by the By-law Com- not obligate all SPJST members to pay mittee. Those in attendance also adopt- any special assessments which may be ed a motion calling for continued pub.,. required for maintenance of the home; lication of the Vestnik on a regular and would not otherwise obligate or wekely basis as is being done at present. possibly financially endanger the SPJST At the election of District Two offi- organization at sonic time in the future. cers, the following were elected to serve Since this was a preliminary version for the coming year: President, F. E. of the full report which will be preHejl Jr. of Seaton Lodge 47, Vice Pres- sented to all delegates before the conident, Joe Jakubec of Holland Lodge vention, further details of President

Wednesday, May 16, 1956 Marek's talk will not be reported in this article but will be presented later as a full report.

Seaton Star Hall was selected as the next District Two meeting site. The date for the meeting will be determined and announced later. Supreme Lodge President Edward L. Marek then installed the newly elected District Two officers, and the meeting adjourned at 5 p.m. with Brother Kleprlik at the piano and District Director Navratil leading the assembly in the singing of "Hej Slovane."

Calvin C. Chervenka, District Two Reporter ) •(

WHERE TO GO SUNDAY MAY 20: The Czech play in Houston has been reset from the previous Sunday, May 6.

Dance at night.

SUNDAY MAY 20: Grand opening of a new hall of Lodge Needville No. 81. All-day program will start at 11:00 A. M. with dinner, speeches, music, dance, and supper.

Watch for further announcements.

TUESDAY, MAY 22: SPJST Softball Team Dallas Lodge No. 84 will play United Motors on Parkdale diamond starting at 7.15 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 27: Stefarlik Lodge No. 142 will have its 37th annual celebration. Everybody welcome.

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HISTORY OF LODGE 81 Lodge Rozkvet Ruze No. 81 was founded on July 25, 1909, in Rosenberg, Texas,

by Brother J. R. Kubena, secretary of Supreme Lodge SPJST of Fayetteville, Texas. Charter members were Henry Kubos, August Kubos, Chas. Kubos, John Kubos, Frank Kubos, Terezie Bosak, Louis Bosak, Leo Peter, Anna, Peter and Frank Bosak. Officers as shown in minute book were Frank Matula, president; Leo Peter, secretary. First meeting held at Needville on Deceather 11, 1910.

June 11, 1912, committee was elected to find a pietie of land for building a lodge hall for the Lodge 81.

On July 12, 1912, the Lodge seal was changed from Rosenberg to Needville, also in this meeting was decided to buy two acres of land from Dr. Cloud; the present site of Lodge Needville No, 81.

Some time in summer of 1913 the.erection of the old lodge hall was started and on Sept. 14, 1913, the first meeting was held in the lodge hall.

The Lodge had about 100 members at that time. From then on the Lodge prospered as most of the small lodges without too much activity or too much of excitement until Dec. 8, 1946 meet, ing a motion was made and carried the Lodge Rozkvet Ruze No. 81 and Lodge Laskavost No. 70 consolidate if Lodge No. 70 would consider consolidation, whereas Lodge No. 70 was holding some of their meetings together with Lodge No. 81 already.

TUESDAY, MAY 29: In Jan. 12, 1947 meeting Brother John SPJST Softball Team Dallas Lodge No. Kolaja and Brother J. J. Zemanek came 84 will play Navy Recruiting team, over to Lodge No. 81 to work out details Parkclale diamond, starting at 7:15 p.m. on consolidating the two lodges.

Feb. 9, 1947, the two lodges were conSUNDAY, MAY 27: Free barbecue for the members of solidated and the lodge name was Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88. Every one 'changed from Rozkvet Ruze to Needinvited. Entertainment in the afternoon. ville. Then Brother Edw. L. Marek, then vice president of Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Serving starts at 12:30 . p.m, of Fayetteville, Texas, conducted the SUNDAY, JUNE 3: consolidation.

Father's and Mother's Day program Officers for the reorganized lodges by. the young members of Lodge Pokrok were elected as follows: Joe Vydrzal, Houston No. 88, starting at 3:30 p.m. president; J. J. Zemanek, vice president; SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16; Inoc Pesak, secretary; John Kolaja, fiLodge Slovanska Lipa No. 66 at Waco, nancial secretary; Frank Schefcik, Texas, will celebrate the 50th Anniver- treasurer, sary of the Lodge. Watch for further Again the Lodge progressed in fair arrangements and complete program. tempo with some changes of officers ) • eTe • ( and so on until Nov. 13, 1955 Meeting Sweet Little Thing: "What the trou- which meeting was to decide if we should sell part of the land next to ble, officer?"

Traffic Cop: "You were going sixty Highway 36 and move our hall to the back side of the property. This propomiles an hour, Miss, that's all."

Sweet Little Thing: "Ah, that's where sition was turned down by strong maI've got you. I've been out only ten min- jority vote. Then the chairman said that since we want to keep our buildutes. So, smarty!"

ing where it stands that some improvements should be rr ade.

Motion was made and carried by a strong majority that we remodel and enlarge the present building. Building committee was appointed as follows: Arnold Franek, chairman; Lee Roy Kamas, secretary and treasurer; August Teykl, Chas. Matcek and Ruben S.:brsula, assistants.

On Dec. 11, 1955, meeting the building committee presented the plans for the building which was accepted with little changeS. About Jan. 16, the work commenced on the remodeling and enlarging of our lodge hall.

On March 11, 1956, the first meeting was held in the new building when we started planning the dedication of the building. Present officers are as follows: A. V. Franek, chairman; Ella Suchma, vice chairman; John Blinka, secretary; John Kolaja, financial secretary; Frank Schefelk, treasurer. ) o A MINISTER TALKS ABOUT MARRIAGE "I am not an insurance man, but every time a young man comes before me at the marriage altar I feel like saying to him that he ought to give his bride a substantial insurance policy.

"You haVe no right to take a girl from a position where she may be earning her own living, and tie her up to you and later tie her down to a family of little children who make it difficult for her to make a living again—unless you give her some protection and security.

"Before you buy her a car, buy her an insurance policy—and after you buy the car you will need insurance all the more in these days of highway fatali. ties. Get her a policy before you get her a televisiOn set. Put first things first; let the other things come along as you can afford them.

"If I could not be a minister, I would want to be a life insurance man, from the standpoint of the good that I could do. The minister cannot always save the fatherless and the widow from loneliness and sorrow, but the life insurance man can rescue them from poverty and need and lift the fear from their hearts."

—Dr. 3. E. Hughson. )• 4 • When a girl says she has a boyish figure—it's straight from the shoulder.

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Wednesday, May 16, 1956

I'S FROM LOCAL LODGES LoncE rmuzoK DALLAS NO. 84

at noon, followed by a program. Then in May 2 issue. His idea of 50,000 members the evening there will be a dance with and 15 million assets sounds good, but Dear Members and Friends: Erie Honza and band furnishing the I'm against his plan where he mentioned that the organizer should get his One nex t re gula r business meeting music.

Each of you, Sisters, will probably be commission at an earlier date. It's all will be held Sunday afternoon, May 20.

As usual, the meeting will be called to called on to bring a dish or some pas- right to get new members for the Ororder at about 3:30. It is especially im- try. So, put on your thinking caps as to Her, if they all remain in the Order portant for as many of you as possible what to bring. You know it will be ap- for several years or until their policy to attend, as this is the meeting pre- preciated. is paid up. Most of the members pay on This is all the news for now. Hope monthly basis; therefore it takes 12 Ceding the convention which will be held the latter part of June. The ideas everyone will remember to attend the months before an organizer gets Com--; and discussions each of you contribute dances (for fun) and the meeting (for mission. If the Supreme Lodge pays the , concerning the convention will be help- the advancement of our Lodge). organizer his commission right away, Frfiternally, ful. After all the delegates are our repand few months later the member deFrances Baleja resentatives and need to know everycides to drop the policy, who is holding ) • one's point of view to get their job done. the bag? None other than the Supreme LODGE ANTON J. CERMAK NO. 56 At our last meeting, it was decided to Lodge. have the curtain (or backdrop) on the As secretary of Lodge 56 for ten years Corpus Christi, Texas stage repainted with new advertise- Brothers and Sisters: .

I have experience with members. It's ments. The present curtain has served Here I come again with an invitation fine and dandy if all members pay and us fourteen years. Members of the cur- to our Lodge's annual picnic. It will be are faithful to the Order, but one must tain committee are Bros. Pokladnik, held June 10 at Sokol Hall. Our meet- be a member for three years before :a Vodicka., Kubacak and Blatny. ing will be held the first Sunday in local lodge can collect back dues -(six • After the meeting, some of the Sis- June instead of the second Sunday. We months) from the Supreme Lodge. This ters discussed the need for some sort are inviting the public to this affair is a fraternal order and not an "old Of cabinet to hold the pastries .served and are hoping to see old friends and line insurance," so let's keep it that way. at the dances. Nothing definite was de- many new ones. Barbecue with all the All members don't pay regularly. In the (Wed, so we would appreciate any ideas trimmings will be served at noon and old line insurance, one must always for this. By the way, we do need vol- supper. For entertainment there will be pay one year in advance and when that unteers to help in the kitchen during fish pond, bingo and dancing at night. year is up, one gets ,a notice that the the dances. Anyone wishing to offer There will be more on this after the payment is due. After date due, there their services should contact Sister Lil- regular meeting which was held May 13. is 30-day grace and it's up to the policy lie Jarma, phone number is FA-5357: The District Seven meeting was a suc- owner to decide if he wants to be inA belated "thank you" to Bro. Sid cess. My opinion it was one of the best sured. The companies don't fool with Pokladnik and Sister Justine Pokladnik the district has held so far. Lodge An- anyone, for donating the meat used on two spe- ton J. Cermak was well represented, 29 Last year the SPJST lost 400 members cial occasions we had recently. They members attended the meeting. On the by being expelled for non-payments on were the party honoring the building afternoon program there were 18 per- policies. A member will, as the saying ccrin'dttee and helpers and the initia- formers. Out of this number, seven were is, "hang on" the first year and the tion get-together party. from Lodge 56. I am very proud that second year is when they drop out.

The baseball league in which our the Lodge is always represented on the The director of District Seven lives SPJST team participates is now in full program. Many thanks to you, boys and here in Corpus Christi, therefore Nueswing, The boys are really working hard girls, that were so willing to help our ces County is centrally located in the at this game and do deserve the full fraternal order, the SPJST. Seventh District. He is doing a good. support of everyone. So come out and The 22nd of April, my family and I job, so let's all work that he'll be our support them. These games are held attended the District Six meeting which director again. every Tuesday at Parkdale diamond. was held at Moravia. There we met old Fraternally, Bro. Bennie Jara:a usually has a letter friends and made new ones. As I'm inMrs. Betty Jurica, Reporter ) • 4, • ( every week giving the outcome of the terested in the SPJST it was my desire. previous games played. So watch for his to make this trip to Moravia. It was our SLOVANSHA LIPA NO.-GS—WACO letters. first, but it's not the last. The meeting Vie would like to inform each of you of District Six was similar to District Dear Brothers and Sisters: that we now have a telephone at the Seven which was held April 15 at JourThe meeting of Lodge. No. 66 in Waco Lodge for the sole use and convenience danton. There were 13 members of Dis- on Sunday, May 6, at Linden Hall, was of YOU. Pleaee feel free to use it when- trict Seven at the meeting held in Me- opened with the Pledge of Allegiance ever nece :ery to call the Lodge, home, ravia. Many thanks to the Sisters of led by Sister Elaine Reznicek. We were taxi, etc. 1:!le, phone number is UN 9076. Moravia for the lunch which was served happy to have as visitors Lillian, Helen, The Star1H:ners will provide the mu- to all present in the spacious dining Alois and Jerry Fetter of Abbott; Dave sic for our next dance scheduled for room, This gathering was like a picnic, Myers and: Jim Fleeger of James ConSunday, May 20. peope everywhere, and the food plen- nally Air Force Base; Mr. and Mrs. An important event coming up short- tiful.

Tony Chudej and daughter Linda; Mr. 1.3, is the 15th anniversary of our lodge Since this is convention year, many Eddie Tobola and daughter Geraldine building. This will be on June 3, an interesting letters are appearing in the of Penelope; and Mr. and Mrs. Joe all day celebration. Starting off, a de- Vestnik. Brother Cerny of Lodge 133, Machovsky. licious dinner will be served be ginnin g San Antonio had a proposition in the During the special program honoring

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all mothers, Sister Joe Machovsky was back injury he suffered several days Rhythm Boys, "Your friendly band of crowned Lodge Slovanska. Lipa No. 66 I ago. We sincerely wish all a speedy and the Gulf Coast Area."

Mother of 1956. She was presented a complete recovery.

I hope you can come out and have lovely arrangement of flowers and oth- President Brother Roman Parma ex a big time that Sunday.

Fraternally yours, er gifts. We are proud of the honor be- pressed the sympathy in behalf of memSidney Blinka stowed upon her, and may God's bless- bers of the Lodge to the Ceska family (19-20) ings be upon each and every mother of clueing their bereavement in the death )° (Dallas, Texas all the Lodges. of Sister Julia Ceska who passed away Following is the Mother's Day prog- on April 25. She was the mother of Dear Brothers and Sisters: ram as presented under the direction Brother Otis Ceska and for the last two On Wednesday night, May 9, our of Sister Barbara Parma, Youth Direct- years had lived at his hime at 2709 Park SPJST Softball Team defeated United or. Announcer was Sisiter Libbie Parma. Avenue in Waco. At the time of her Motors by a score of 13-9 for our fourth Invocation, Gracie Mae Soukup. death she was a member of SPJST Lodge straight victory in the Dallas League.

"America," The Youth.

This was a make-up game which was orDubovy Haj No. 126 at Ross.

Crowning of Lodge Slovanska. Lipa An announcement was made of the iginally scheduled to be played on May No. 66 Mother: Escort, Eugene Miller; engagement of Sister Barbara Parma to 1 but was postoned because of rain. As Presentation of Crown, Mary Nell Naro- Robert Stanis16 of West. The wedding the score should indicate, this was a vec; Presentation of Gifts, Barbara will be an event scheduled in October rather wild and woolly game with lots Parma. in St. Mary's Church of the Assumption of hits and errors by both teams. The Original Mather's Day Bill Read in in Waco. The reception will be at Lin- most important factor was that we won Congress, Hattie Matus. den Hall. Barbara is the daughter of the game.

Bob Haney started the game and was History of Mother's Day, Elaine Rez- Brother and Sister Frank Parma, 1625 nicek.

Connor Avenue, Waco. We all wish Bar- relieved by Jim Scoggins in the second Our Motherhood, Song, by Four Ma- bara and Robert all the happiness and inning. Haney's downfall was caused partly by loose play by our team and tus Sisters. extend our congratulations.

My Mother, Reading, by Barbara ParFollowing the business session a de- also the opposition had on their hitma. licious buffet supper was enjoyed by all. ting togs for this game. Scoggins manHome Sweet Home, piano and vocal The next regular meeting of Lodge aged to silence their bats and hurled

by LaNeil Ceska.

No. 66 will be on Sunday, June 10, at good ball the rest of the way and received credit for the win. Hal Maher, To My Mother, Reading by Mary Alice 2:30 p.m. at Linden Hall. who started the game, and Wilbur MunMatus.

Fraternally yours, ger, who finished up, were our catchers Mother, song by Barbara Parma.

Emma Ceska, Sec'y. in the game.

Salute to Mothers, Lana Reznicek, )• We were indeed happy to have BrothThanks to some lusty hitting by our LODGE KAREL. JONAS NO. 28 er R. W. Cervenka, president, Lodge No. batters, or we would not have won this 54, West, meet with us and address the East Bernard, Texas game.

Leading hitters were Raymond new members to be initiated. He talked Dear Brothers and Sisters: Vrana with a towering home run and about the early history of the SPJST, This is to remind all the members a single, J. D. (Daryl) Griser with two pointed out the difficulties it was faced that our Lodge will hold the meeting singles and Albin (Binh) Vrana with with, and how, by the members' faith the third Sunday, May 20, instead of two singles. Also getting single hits were and determination, the fraternal order the second Sunday, because of Mother's Raymond Smith, Hal Maher and Bob has grown and progressed as it stands Day.' On that day, people go visiting, today. so we will celebrate Mother's Day the Haney.

Navy Recruiting defeated Wonder Members for whom initiation ceremo- third. Sunday. The meeting will start Bread by a score of 14 to 4 in the other nies were held included Sister Gracie at 1:00 o'clock p.m. After the meeting Soukup, Sister Sheila Lynn Orsag, Sis)- there will be lunch and refreshment league game. ter Lillian. Marie Machovsky, Brother served. So I am asking the Sisters to We had a very nice turnout again Bernard Louis Machovsky, Brother Ray- be so kind and bring some pastry. Be and believe me, everybody had some mond Joe Machovsky, Brother Tony sure and remember the date: May 20, very exciting moments during the game.

Chudej and Brother Tommy Chudej. and come to the meeting.

Our next game will be Tuesday night, Also we are happy to welcome Brother Fraternally, May 15 at Parkdale at 7:15, and WonJohnny R. Losak, a new member who Mrs. Annie Foytik, der Bread will be our opponent. Then was unable to be present for the cere- (19-2C) Reporter on Tuesday night, May 22, we will play mony. We are happy to have all of you )• United Motors, game time 7:15 at the •( in our Lodge and hope you will enjoy Parkdale diamond. So conic on out and LODGE NEEDVILLE NO. 81 the fellowship. enjoy the games with us. We will see Needville, Texas you at our next game.

Members of our Birthday Club celeFraternally yours, brating May birthdays are Brother Les- Dear Brothers and Sisters: Brother Ben Jarma, lie Dungan, Brother Alvin Reznicek, Once again I am writing just to let Mgr. Softball Team, Lodge Sister Barbara Parma, Brother Emil you know that you are invited to atPokrok 84, Dallas.

Hanes, and Brother Bettis Ka.zda. The tend the Grand Opening of our new )° "Happy Birthday Song," led by Sister Hall. It will' be held at the Needville Barbara Parma, was dedicated to them. SPJST Hail No. 81 Sunday, May 20, 1956.

Sign on the back of a truck: "Don't Our Sick Committee reported that Barbecue dinner and supper. The prohug me. I'm going steady."

Brother Vaciav Zebro remains quite ill, gram will start at 11:00 a.m. and will e ) o also that Sister Flora Zebro had had last till ? ? Entertainment all day long.

Putting on weight is the penalty for the flu. Brother John ,Simcik was unAt night there is going to be a dance, able to attend the meeting due to a music by Lee Leissner and • the Texas exceeding the feed limit.

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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR APRIL, 1956 ZPRAVA PUTIVIU A VYDANI ZA IVIESIC, DUREN, 1956

Mortuary trartni

RECEIPTS — PRVEM Matured Bonds — splatne bondy Payments on mortgage loans — Splatky majetkovYch pnleek __— Payments on certificate loans — Splatky na certilikatove pfljeky Dues from subordinate lodges — Poplatky od ita,d0 Interest from certificate loans — trok z certifikatovYch pujeek Interest from Mortgage Loans — trok majetkovYch piljeek Interest on Bonds — firok z bonchi R. M. 0. — Z mineralniho majetku S. P. J. S. T. Building Rent — Najem a budovy Appraisal fee —_Na odhady Sale of Supplies — Prodej l'aclovYch po ti'eb Cotribution to Moucka Fund

Expense Juvenile Sick Ben. Moucka F. Ti Detsky Vydani Nemoc. Mouektiv Sou.

6,200.00 93,442.63 3,650.49 14,143.36 1,979.77 15,652.64 6,237.25 584.61 2,869.29

6,20

15,699.60

109,14 3,65 46,14 2,00 17,54 6,49 58 2,86 77

22,771.64 9,232.60 25.30 1,891.95 262.50 775.00 15.00

1

317.50

31

144,760.04 430,697.54

23,561.64 27,111.95 5,959.96 43,960.91

317.50 64.77

195,75 480,68

575,457.58

29,521.60 71,072.86

382.27

676,43

Mortgage loans — Majetkove ptijC"ky Certificate loans — Certifikatove piljoky Matured Endowments — Nadaeni pojist eni Death Claims — Vyplacene iimrtni podpory Returned premiums and bonus — Vracene Umrtni poplatky a bonus Collection of Bond Interest — Kolekce 'CI rokfi z bondil Convention Expense — Sjeadove vYlohy Building Maintenance — Aizeni a yydraovani budovy H. M. Advertising — Oandinky Appraisal Expense — Za odhady Attorney Fee — Pravnikovi za vyilaovani pfljeek Car expense — vylohy na auto Commissions — Komikle Contributions — Dary Medical examinations — Lekakske prohlidky Non-medical examinations — Bezlekatske prohlidky Vestnik — Vestnik Office maintenance — Na vydr2ova,ni utadovny Office Rent — Najemne z idadovny Officers Travel —Cestovne idednikil.

Organizational Expense — Organisaeni vYlohy Postage — PoStovne Salary Directors — Shfane Salary Editor — Sluane redaktora Salary of employees — Sluane yYpomoci Salary Officers — SluZne atednin Stationery and supplies — Tiskova, prace a psaci potteby Supreme Lodge Meeting — Schilze Hl. idadovny Tax, FICA, TEC Telephone and telegraph -- Telefon a telegramy District Meeting — Distriktni schtize

145,027.59 7,757.00 1,000.00 18,250.00 117.05 11.22 113.07 1,299.75

46,089.98 134.00

Total disbursements — Celkove vydani Cash Balance 5-1-56, Hotovost 5-1-56

173,575.68 401,881.90

14,322.33 46,270.71 15,199.27 24,802.15

382.27

234,1( 442,2(

575,457.58

29,521.60 71,072.86

382.27

676,41

Total Receipts — CelkovY pfijem Cash Balance 4-1-56 — HHotovost 4-1-56 DISBURSEMENTS — VYDANI:

191,11 7,89 1,00 18,25 16 1 11 1,29 19 76 1,11 9 2,11 92 12 11 2,12

46.73

145.00 764.72 1,119.22 41.70 2,108.71 925.00 130.00 189.90 2,139.68 9.75 400.00 1.35.

23.90 639.66 175.00 475.00 1,584.50 2,225.00 310.88 607.65 117.28 151.43 37.80

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61 1■ 4■ 1,51 2,2', 31 6( 11 lf

ASSETS — MAJETEK JEDNOTY Cash — Hotovost

401,881 90 15,199.27 24,802.15

U. S. Bonds — U. S. Bondy

995,204.00

382.27 442,84° 995,209

•' -Weclnencitiy; May 16,'1956

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County and Municipal Bonds - Mestske a okiesni Bondy v1ortgage loans - Majetkove ptiljeky Oertificate loans - Certifikatove pflicky stock - Akele S. P. J. S. T. Building S. P. J. S. T. budova Real Estate - Majetek. ...... .... ... ........ ............

Collateral Loan - Collateral pfijeka M 0 - Mineralni a OlejovY majetek Equity - Podily Furniture and fixtures - Nabytek a zarizeni v Utadovne Automobile Automobil

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232,171.30 5,297,987.93 532,650.28 100,000.00 201,164.56 39,264.85 187.50 60.00 10.00

9,671.30 648,303.56 15,820.40

241,842.60 5,946,291.49 548,470.68 100,000.00 201,164.56 39,264.85 187.50 60.00 10.00

21,158.15 1,000.00 7,800,582.32

Fraternally yours

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21,158.15 1,000.00

37,357.42 698,597.41

382.27 8,536,919.42

S bratrskym pozdravem R. A. Urbanovsky, Financial Secretary

Lodge

Date

1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 41 44 45 47 48 49 50 51 54 55 56 57

18 11 24 24 13 24 23 23 27 20 24 24 25 23 23 11 23 20 24 27 24 19 11 24 20 23 20 24 17 11 23 23 24 23 23 20 20 25 30 24 23 20 23 26 11 23

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60 61 361.39 63 21.41 64 25.88 65 1,748.34 66 215.88 67 296.20 68 19.76 69 389.96 71 103.33 72 74.43 73 9.97 74 408.86 76 18.38 77 235.75 78 1,142.56 80 130.09 81 77.34 82 751.84 82 63.87 84 224.02 86 1,335.99 87 635,95 89 151.43 92 322.01 93 1,441.36 94 4.610.69 95 30.69 97 169.77 98 858.95 99 29.57 100 91.93 101 7.38 103 452.47 105 102.25 103 74.85 110 120.80 111 112.89 112 632.64 114 458.52 117 216.24 ' 113 1.137.18 119 233.32 122 738.02 125 99.14 126 613.92 127 98.00 128 300.28 129 Amount

25 11 23 23 25 23 23 27 25 23 23 27 11 25 16 25 26 23 27 27 23 11 20 27 11 24 12 25 23 23 23 24 23 27 27 25 24 11 24 23 11 11 24 25 27 11 24 23 23

29.40 30.86 704.02 29.94 94.14 134.42 109.82 729.78 41.41 75.64 137.43 105.30 202.07 181.78 43.65 38.96 420.14 696.44 55.53 28.29 1,210.74 134.22 966.85 242.14 5.096.59 87.29 331.44 93.72 108.60 67.91 20.83 46.62 12.11 13.54 13.50 415.37 176.55 112.56 537.75 36.05 580.66 116.66 5.50 41.36 84.63 174.66 20.68 60.99 50.72

130 132 133 135 138 139 140 141 145 146 147 148 149 151 152 153 154 156 158 160 161 162 164

12 11 25 27 23 27 23 24 26 23 23 11 16 25 25 24 26 12 23 14 24 11 25

116etni.

687.40 7.44 344.13 109.73 448.03 2,528.87 61.52 361.22 23.41 170.14 100.48 1,426.40 65.59 268.39 31.68 257.57 1,505.31 3.93 21.38 1,143.46 212.25 163.70 40.81

46,147.60 ) • 4, • It was a formal banquet, and the hands of the clock crept round toward midnight as celebrity after celebrity sought to be entertaining.

"Mr. Blank will now give us his address, which, I am sure, will be a pleasure for all of us," said the toastmaster.

Mr. Blank rose, with his watch in his hand; put it up, and then said pointedly "My address is 29 Clifton Street, New York City. I wish you all a very hearty good night--" And departed to catch his train. ) ■ (An auditor who works for the Internal Revenue Service reports that he was rather surprised the other day to find' on the return of a lady taxpayer a deduction of $20 for mice. When he got in touch with the lady and asked her to explain the mice, she told him not to be silly. "I just didn't want to spell out `miscellaneous'," she said.

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V2STNiK WEST, TEXAS

dnesday, May 16, 1956

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES SPJST SOFTBALL TEAM

We had our largest turnout of supporters this season at this game. The weather was nice and warm for a change and this makes a great differ ence. I understand our rooters had lots of fun as there was lots of razzing going on between them and the opposing rooters. So come on out and get in on the fun. The team was glad to see the president of our Lodge, Brother Sid Pokladnik and son Johnny, at the game.

We were also glad to have everyone else who attended. Those of you who haven't attended any of the games then make plans to come on out, we will be glad to have you all lend your support.

Fraternally, Brother Ben Jarma, Mgr., Softball Team, Dallas ) •4• HLAHOL DRAMATIC CLUB NOTES Sometimes circumstances alter plans in the best organizations—even where the Hlahol Dramatic Club in Houston is concerned.

The club would like to apologize for the change in plans and for having to postpone the performance of a play scheduled for May 6: As you know the first Sunday in the month of May in the history of Lodge Pokrok, Houston, has been held in reserve for the Dramatic Club, however, because of a crowded schedule which Mr. Valcik, our director, found necessary to maintain, and because of several other plans previously arranged, it was advisable to set the date for a three act comedy for Sunday, May 20.

For other details such as the cast and time, please refer to the regular ad in the Vestnik.

The Hlahol Dramatic Club extends a hearty invitation to all our friends with the hope that you may feel it was worth while coming out in spite of the change in plans.

We shall be looking for you.

Reporting for the Hlahol nramatic Club, I am, Sincerely, Naomi Kostom May 10, 1956.

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Dallas, May 9, 1956 Dear Brothers and sisters: Our SPJST softball team. won its third straight game Tuesday night, May 8, defeating Navy Recruiting by a score of 11-2. Jim Scoggins hurled a threehitter, walking one man and striking out 12 batters in a game that lasted only five innings. Wilbur Munger, Jim's battery mate, turned in another good game 'behind the plate. Thinking back over the events of the game, one must say that the team again displayed the spirit and determination that it takes to 'win and everyone who played contributed his share.

Our players pounded the opposing pitcher by gathering eight hits, four walks and 11 runs. Leading hitter for the game was Raymond Vrana, our shortstop, with two hits and a walk.

Also getting single safeties were Raymond Smith, Hal Maher, Jim Scoggins, Joe Jarolik, Jody Rejcek nad Bill Gaiser.

Wonder Bread defeated United Motors '9-2 in the other game involving teams in our league. We have now won three games and lost none; Wonder Bread has won one, tied one and lost one; Navy Recruiting has won one and last two games; United Motors has tied one and lost two games. Our May 1 game was rained out and will be played Wednesday night, May 9 at 8:30 p.m. at Buckner Park. We were all glad to see it rain, such wonderful rain it was and over six inches of it. The results of our May 9 game will also be found in this issue of the Vestnik if the report arrives in time to make the edition.

Next Tuesday night, May 15, we play Wonder Break. Game time will be 7:15 p.m. at the Parkdale diamond. Then on Tuesday night, May 22, we will play United Motors, game time 7:15 at the Parkdale diamond. On May 20, Sunday afternoon, we plan on playing Baylor Dental College team, a practice game starting at 2 p.m. at Samuels diamond No. 2. This should be a good game and should provide good practice for our tcam. This will be a chance for those of you who cannot attend our night STEFANIK LODGE NO. 142 games to see the team play on this parA Cheery Hi: ticular Sunday afternoon.

I wish to all this beautiful morning!

Looks like our team will lose one of its The month of May always makes one players to the armed forces, as Ernie take an extra frisky step or chirp a Tinnorello has received his greetings little louder! No wonder, then, for from Uncle Sam. At the same time, the March brought gobs of wind and April team has gained a new player through lots of rain! Now it's flower time in Uncle Sam's grace as Jerry Kutil re- May! I envy all you Brothers and Sisters ceived his . discharge on May 3 after who live on farms or ranches this time having served 28 months in Germany.

of the year. Your life is the healthiest and smoothest with nature providing you with fresh aid and good sunshine.

Now, just listen to me getting sentimental, when I really want to tell you about our thirty-seventh anniversary celebration at Lodge Stefanik No. 142, Houston, Texas.

The Sisters of the Entertaining Committee are planning a delicious fried chicken dinner which will be served promptly at 12 noon. There will be an appropriate program with children participating, at 2 p.m. The afternoon holds game attractions which will be a pleasure to all! There will be dancing at night beginning at 8 p.m.

To all of you, the Stefanik Lodge extends a most cordial welcome! Please remember the date, May 27, the last Sunday of this month. Come, spend the day at Stefanik Lodge.

To many of you, this celebration holds many endearing memories. For many years have passed since our charter members, hand in hand, built the first portion of our Lodge. This was May 28, 1919, and today is May, 1956. Many of those charter members are resting peacefully at their Resthaven, but their memory lingers with us always!

We are extending a special invitation to all charter members of Stefanik Lodge to please attend our anniversary program. There will be a corsage for each lady and boutoniere for the gentlemen for your distinction. We also want to take your pictures. Now don't get upset, you won't break the camera.

We are getting a special one! So now you have no excuse, so just come over and have a good time with us!

Our Lodge president, Brother Frank 'Tymel, will begin our program with a heo rtv welcome speech in English to you. Brother Alois Vaja, our past president, will greet you with a short welcom p, and synopsis of our Lodge history in Czech. Both introductions will be interesting and short! We don't want to bore our guests.

I just love surprises, don't you? Well, I sin just letting you in on a couple of highlights on my program. One is a beautiful Swedish folk dance that is being prepared for you by ten of our dancing darlings in Swedish costumes.

I know you'll be delighted. These dancers are as follows: Marilyn Becan, Lillie Mae Melnar, Gayle Sturm, Christie Mae and Marie Ann. Ermis, Lorene and Carolyn Hermis, Thalia Stehlik, Shirley and Norma Jean Johnson.

Another number that I am proud of is "Boom, Boom! Boom!" This is a sol-

Wednesday, May 10, 1.956 Biers drill for little boys. It is real interesting and entertaining. The music and lyrics are composed by Birdie Ellsher, our past Youth Counselor. It really gives me the blue to think of the wonderful work Birdie, was doing for SPJST youth and organizations; then all of a sudden just drop out of sight, due to unnecessary friction. Sure, Birdie has faults, so have I, so have you, so has everybody, but everybody can't be a youth instructor or get together material that organizes and governs children in routine form; to start from scratch, to have to beg members in each lodge to get a leader for their youth and then not get response. Cooperation in our lodges is terrible both in business as well as in pleasures. Now, don't get peeved and start commenting.

It isn't necessary, for with just one minute's thought you'll have to agree!

There are pros and cons in all our lodges. But to sum all this in a nutshell, we need our youth and to keep up with the importance of surging ahead, we must train this youth regardless of business or social fraternal life. Anyhow, Birdie Hasher, here's one that appreciated your work, along with quite a number I know personally. Hope you can drop in on our anniversary program.

Henry Gene Linhart is going to recite a. Czech poem "Na peel" at our progiam. He is a nighty cute little boy.

Also a recitation "Six Little Ducks" will be rendered by Dolores Kristoff. The remainder of the program will be surprise auditions for all of you fine people, who honor us with youa cresence on this date.

Bestest, Amelia (Vaja) Sturn• 0,?-0 • ILIVEZDA TEXAS LODGE M. 47 Dear Brothers and Sisters: Our Lodge meeting, which is held each first Sunday in the month, outnumbered the men folks— we had more ladies.

The meeting was called to order by our president, Brother Frank Spanhel.

We are happy to have these new members: Cynthia Bartek, David Bartek, Doris Ann Bartek, Bernard Bartek, all children. In the adult department are added: Brother Ben Bartek„ Brother Frankie Navosad, and Sister Evelyn Wells.

Brother Adolf Shenker resigned as guide, and Joe, Kabala was elected in his place.

A committee was appointed to plan for our 50th year celebration of our Lodge No. 47. They are: Charles Kalenda, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hejl, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hruska, J. J. Mikes-

VtSTN i— WEST, TEXASka and Henry Adamek.

Then ;lister Hejl had a program for Mether's Day. It is as follows: "Mamince v den Matek," Patsy Hejl.

"Rus,,,ian Waltz," Janet Cabin, Andel Strazny, Nancy Sefcik.

Skit, "Handy Around the House," Nancy Andel, Trudy Mikulas, Carol Mikulas, Melvin Cougal.

Song, "Give Thanks," Nancy Sefcik and Patsy Hejl.

The oldest mother at the meeting was Sister Cobla, and youngest Sister Dor-. othy Pechal and the lucky chair was Sister Della. Andel. They all received corsages.

We are happy and proud that our Lodge supported Brother Frank Spanhel to run for the office of our District Two Director.

I also want to congratulate all our organizers; they were all present at the meeting Sunday. They are Albert Mikeska, Walter Jakubec, Anton Motl, Dennis Bartek and Emil Hejl.

On May 20 we will have a dance honoring the graduates. Adele and the Music Master will play, so all of you come.

I want to congratulate Barbara Zabcik, Norma Shenkir, Sandra Mikulas, for their blue ribbons won with their singing at the District 4-H Contest in Stephenville.

Also I want to congratulate Josephine Hoelcher and Gene Mikeska: for winning first place in the District 4-H Electric Contest which was at Stephenville.

Gene and Josephine will go to the State 4-H Roundup at A and 111 College to compete for the state crown. The winners of the state will get all-expense paid trips to Chicago. The Roundup will be held June 14-16.

Gene was also selected to represent Bell County to the electric camp, which will be held at Trinidad in June.

Fraternally, Mrs. Ed Mikeska " HISTORY OF LODGE NO. 70 As given by Brother J. J. Zemanek Sometime in the fall of 1906 at a neighborly get together, as we had in those days, Brother Joseph Mikeska, now deceased, said that there are a number of SPJST members belonging to different lodges, and that they should organize a lodge in the Guy community.

Brother J. J. Zemanek was appointed to write to the Supreme Lodge at Fayetteville for information concerning the establishment of a new lodge. In the meantime, they got started soliciting new members as they knew that they had to have a number of new members to get a permit. By the time they were

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ready for initiation they had some 15 applicants, and about 20 members belonging to different lodges that wanted to transfer to the new lodge.

Date for the initiation meeting was set for Jan. 3, 1907 at the home of Jos. Valcik. For the initiation officers were appointed Brother Jos. Mikeska belonging to Lodge Moraman and John. Hluchan belonging to Lodge Volnost, and J. J. Zemanek as secretary. The charter members were: Jos. F rojtik, Chas: Drap, Frank Matula, Anna Matula, John Palat, Johana Palot, John Kanak,•Johana Kanak, Agnes Fojtik, Anna Holy; Anna Spivak, Rosie Valcik, Francis Zemanek, Rozie Zemanek, Anna Zemanek, and John Spivak.

In the spring of 1909 the Lodge; started talking about building, a lodge, to or hall. It didn't take long before the building of the hall was started on Brother J. J. Zemanek's farm which piece of land he donated to the Lodge.

When the construction was well under way, we had that dreadful 1909 hurricane which flattened out the whole structure. The material was bought on time payment from Mr. Joe Wesendorf at Richmond. After repairs were .,done on the homes that was damaged by the storm, construction on the hall. remmenced again. Last debts of $68 77 to Mr. Wesendorf were paid on Aug. 17, 1912, debts to members for work, on the hall were $135.25 which they all donated to the Lodge.

From then on the Lodge prospered with its ups and downs as most of the lodges did in those days, until in 1929 a railroad company surveyed a rightof-way for a track right where, the Lodge hall stood. The railroad company asked the members to move the building that they would pay them $290.00 for moving it.

After some deliberation the members decided to sell the building as..it:f already needed quite a bit of repairs.

From then on for some time Lodge _No. 70 rented a hall from Mr. Rud Foss, also at Guy. After Mr. Foss sold the .hallo to Lodge No. 112 they had some of their meetings with Lodge No. 112 and some times with Lodge No. 81 at Needville until in 1947 Lodges Nos. 81 and 70- eon-, solidated.

• ("I came into this town, sir, as a very small boy, without a shoe to my, 'feet or a penny in my pocket, and now look at me!"

"But I always thought you were born here."

"And so I was. Doesn't that prove my statement?'

vESTNiK-- WEST, TEXAS

Straps, 20

OUR STABLE

FCL,„.M

Since the adoption of our Constitution 169 years ago, the important mintries of Europe, such as France, Italy; Germany and Russia, have radically changed, their form of government by violent revolution. Great Britain, the most p owerful of them all, has during that period lost most of Ireland and all of India. Her _great continentalsized colonies such as Canada and Australia,-: while still sentimentally allied, have become independent of the mother country Despite civil strife in our country during the sixties, the United States has not changed its form of government since its inception in 1787. We have acqUired a great &main wear of the Mississippi, another bordering on the Rio Grande, and a imird to our northwest.

Let us, in all humility, ask why our form of government remained intact.

Are we better human stock than our European cousins? Is not our stock their stock?` Have we had better leaders, or wiser statesmen? Few of our leaders have attained the international stature of Gladstone, Bismarck, and Churchill --yet we have had the same kind of human material to draw from. Most foreign observers think we have not been successful in attracting our best speciment for the work of government.

Most of our American geniuses have chosen other fields, in which America is preeminent.

We must find some -other cause for the stability of our government, and atraid it is one for which we living Americans cannot claim credit. We were fOttinate in 1787 in having as leaders in our several colonies, a small cluster of 'inen whose like had not been seen befOre-nor since. It was either extraoardinary luck, or it was a providential intervention. Those men fashioned and handed to us what Gladstone termed: "The greatest document ever stricken off ,in a given time b y the brain and purpose of man."

Our Constitution, like every living thing, is still growing and changing. It will, never be completed as long as we have Congressmen and Senators, and free men voting for or against them. no Constitution is like a certain great cathedral which will never be finished.

They are always building on something new.

Wednesday, May 16, 1956

OF GOVERNMENT

Honey

side the party instead of starting new parties as do the French. Each party has a wide fringe of moderates bordering on and Oren over -hipping the other.

In earlier da,7,,s_tic campaign, talk was rough—really rough. For example, in the Middle West a man ■7, T1 -; given $1000 damages by a. ju'ry because an editor The Federalists called him a Fedei influential people were considered in Boston, New -York, and Philadelphia, but the word "Federalist" s a fighting word in the open spaces out in the Middle Welt.

A little later tine Democrai , were unpopular in certain districts. For example, a Republican candidetc for Congress from a small Vermont town, is alleged to have said: "I mn, I hope, a fair man.

Fair even to my opponents. I do not go so far as to drat every Democrat is a le a'sel Hee ;d, do say, withcut fear of sue cassful contradiction, that every hor8ett)ie I: is a Democrat."

And in certain sections of the South, the only thing ,that protected a Republican was the game law.

It's getting more refined now. "Rum, Romanism, and rebellion" and "malefactors of great wealth" were watered down to mere "bc'ondogglers" and "economic royalists" and now to "giveaway men" and the "mink-coat boys."

The almost universal craving for sweets, especially among children, proves that there is a definite need for them in the human system. The pity of it is, however, that we give our children and ourselves sweets made of white sugar when we might, instead, use honey. The two invert suga,rs that are found in honey have many advantages as food substances, in that they put no strain on the digestion. Ordinary sugar, and this goes for starches also, must undergo digestion, a process that changes them into simple sugars that are similar to those found in honey.

Since ancient times honey has been an important sweet, but never more so than now when we must safeguard our health. It is such a wonderful food when one considers that it is gathered in the sunshine by the bees from the nectaries of all the world's flowers. It undergoes modification in the hive by the workers, and it also is thought that the bees add enzymes to it.

Whenever sugar is used, honey will take its place, in baking, cooking and with any and all foods. It is a food of the highest nutritive quality and deserves a foremost place in the human dietary.

If you want to get a picture of the workings of our American government, with all its remarkable virtues and its faults, I heartily recommend that you read The American Commonwealth by the Englishman Lord James Bryce. He was a Member of the British Parliament and of Gladstone's Cabinet, and Ambassador to :the United States during the :) ,7 e-einistration of William HowBryce's survey of our governee. I, made nearly 70 years ago, is as sound and accurate today as it was when he wrote it. Every one in our government should, I think, read it and regard it as a bible on American government at all levels.

It is always a thrilling experience to be downtown in a big city like Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, or any other large city about five o'clock in the afternoon.

The streets are filled with people and cars.• Extra busses are running. Every one is packed with people standing. It is thrilling because the people are going home.

John Howard Payne had been away from home for nine years. One afternoon he stood at the window watching the throngs of people, happy, hurrying, going home. Suddenly he felt lonely, there in a Paris board house room.

Impatiently he turned from the window. Be had work to do. It was perhaps an important play he was writing.

He had no time for sentimental dreaming. But the mood and the memories of the little town on Long Island would not leave him.

He picked up a pencil and began writing: 'Mid pleasures and palaces , though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

And now for more than a hundred years that song has had a special place in the hearts of the people. There really is "no place like home."

Our system of government works because it is based, like a Well-designed engine, on sound principles and lofty ideals. „T„ •

Old time boarder (to newcomer) "I say, old man, I don't think I'd touch the rice pudding if I were you — there was a wedding in this street yesterday.

However illogical, our goverment has • --) ® ,survived all these and other inconsistWhen a bachelor marries, his mother encies and continues to function better usually thinks he is making a mistake than any other form known to man.

We Americans fight our battles in- and his sister thinks the girl is.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Wednesday, May 16, 1956

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

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

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

CLASS C: amount of certificate is paid after 15 years.

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

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

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

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

Five SPJST certificates for children CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into any othei insurance after the child reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age of 16 years.

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

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

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

CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, mortuary fave value at age one year. (dz)

VESTNtK—WEST, TEXAS

POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, May 16 Elmer Roubinek orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo.

Thursday, May 17 Elmer Roubinek orchestra — American Legion Hall in Shiner.

Friday, May 18 Elmer Roubinek orchestra — Waco SP JST Linden Hall at Elm Mott.

Saturday, May 19 Emil Bartos orchestra — Tyman Hall.

Henry Brosch orchestra — Cotton Grove Hall.

Lee use orchestra — Walla's Patio in Ellinger.

Konvicka's Worthing Band — Waco SPJST Linden Hall at Elm Mott.

Sil Krenek orchestra — Iowa Colony Hall.

Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wesatch Hall at Yorktown, Gus Lindeman orchestra — New Bielau Hall near Weimar.

Majek orchestra — Herman Sons Dance — Moravian Hall in Corpus Christi.

Adolph Migl orchestra — Fairchild Hall.

Joe Patek and Bill Mraz orchestras — Battle Dance — Bill Mraz Hall in Houston.

Pavelka orchestra — American Legion Hall in Kingsville.

John Rejeek orchestra — Sokol Hall in Fort Worth.

Elmer Roubinek orchestra — Sons of Herman Hall in San Antonio.

Sunday, May 20 Henry Brosch orchestra — Wedding Dance — KC Home in Schulenburg.

El Campo Polka. Boys orchestra — Supper and Dance — SPJST Hall in Hillje.

Lee use orchestra — Taiton Community Center at New Taiton.

Konvicka's Worthing Band — Annual Day and Nite Picnic and Dance — Blase's. Place near Hallettsville.

Sil Krenek orchestra — La Bahia Hall.

Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Picnic and Dance — VFW Hall in Moulton.

Joe Patek orchestra — Herman Sons Picnic and Dance — American Legion Hall in Shiner.

Elmer Roubinek orchestra — SPJST Hall in West.

Monday, May 21 Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wedding Dance — American Legion Hall in Shiner.

Tuesday May 22 Lee Ilse orchestra — National Hall in El Maton.

Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Wedding Dance

Strana 21 CALORIE COUNTING MADE EASIER When you start reducing, you'll dG yourself a big psychological favor if you stress what you can eat rather than what you can't. Too many people begin a diet with the dour belief that they're in for a period of grim, tasteless eating.

That's by no means true, since 'dozens of foods you like and ordinarily eat are recommended fare for trimming off pounds. As soon as you realize this and see how many good foods are also good for you, you'll find calorie counting much easier. Just note the variety and' taste appeal of the following basic foods for weight watchers: Fruits: Apples, apricots, blackberries, cantaloupe and other melons, currantsi grapefruit, oranges, peaches, pears,,. pineapple, plums, raspberries, strawberries, tangerines. These may be eaten. raw or cooked, without sugar or cream.

Stick to unsweetened and water-packed canned fruit; tart quick frozen fruit,, small quantities only of dried fruit., Milk: Skim or buttermilk; dried skim milk powder.

Vegetalales: Asparagus, green beans, beets and their greens, broccoli, Brus, sels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauli7 flower, celery. Swiss chard, collards, cucumbers, dandelion greens, eggplant, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce of all kinds,,, mushrooms, okra, onions, parsley, green. , and red peppers, white potatoes (can, be used sparingly except on strict diet),1, radishes, spinach, squash, tomatoes, tur7, nips and their greens, watercress. .Eat these raw or cooked, without butter., Meat, fish, and fowl: Any lean mak don or variety, cooked without added: fat. Avoid gravies, stuffings, rich sauces and creamed dishes.

Eggs: Any kind prepared without fat or sauces.

Cheese: Skim-milk types, such ,; as, skim-milk Cheddar and commercial ;cot, Cage cheese.

— American Legion Hall in Shiner.Wednesday, May 23 Henry Brosch orchestra -- Plainview' Community Center near El Campo.'

Lee Ilse orchestra — C of _C Hall, in Ellinger.

All the above dances are at night un4 less otherwise specified. This is a free 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 in this column.

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

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z Moravy, Slovenska, z Y MALI? t TENAR ech, Ucte me &sky eisti! ta naie pisnieka je sice eiiST PATA, DOPLNENA. DVACATE CVI(ENI prostiela, ale je nejhezei viech!

Ta naie pisnikka eeska.

Ty nase pisnieky jsou jako perlieky na stitirce navleeene, tolik je krasy v nich a je to vel4 jso tak utlaeen4.

Tan ie pisnieka - tak hezka, tak hezka, tak jako na louce kytieka, vyrcstla ta naie pismcka.

A se ta. pisnieka ztrati, pak u nic nebudem mit; jestli nom zahyne, 7echn3 s poi: etzm

u rteb dern fit.

Zpivejte ty naie pisniely

Ty naie pisnieky jsou jako perlicky na sinirce navlee'ene, tolik je krasy v nich a je to vellqr jsou tak utlaeene.

Pi ecti nekolikrate hlasite s tatinkem nebo maminkou a potom' spravne opi g do seg itu! Popros rodiee, aby Te naueili niipCvu to pisne, jei je oblibena v Texasu.

S pozdravem STRICEK MIEEK Z AUSTINU. Attiesa stWelova je: Dr. Ed. Mieek, University Station, Austin, Texas. ) •4,

BROUtCI (Napsal Jan Karafiat) ((Pokraeovani.)

"Tak si podejte ruce," zadal kmotfidek, a Broueek a Beru gka si podali ruce. "A ty, Broueku, vyznej, chce g-li mit BeruAku vZdycky rad, a vzda.vat ji patrionou eest." A Broueek vyznal, Ze ji chce mit Ar' dycky rad, a vzclaNat ji pat •ienou test. -- "A ty, Berng ko, vyznej, chceS-li mit Broueka v2dycky rada, a dobre poslouchat." A Beru§ka, Ze ho chce mit vklycky rada, a dobre poslouchat.

— "A tak bud'te'l v tisice tisicu, a lehnej varn Hospodin." A Vg ickni opakovaa h: "Bud'te ls v tisice tisicit, a lehnej yam.

Hospodin." A sli zas do chaloupky, a jedli a pili, a zpivali a povidali, a zas zpivali, a byli radi, a meli se dolafe.

A kdyl tak zpivali, tu videi Broueek oknem tam vST'A na mezi za dubem mannMho broudka, zlatohlavka. Le2e1 v tra-

ye 5ittetiu, c1ne 7 f. kV4na 1956 ve na bilge se zalolenSana rukama, a dival se, a poslouchal. Broudek vzal honem dva kolade, jeden tvarohoi4 a jeden makovY, a beZel yen. "ZlatohlaNku, pojd' "V§ak sem. Ja mam dnes svatbu." vim, :le man.' ? "Tak tu raa g, na, kolad." A dal mu kolad, ba dva, jeden tvarohovY a jeden makovY, a zlatohlavek byl tolik rad, a utikal Slunk() uz vychazelo, kdyl vaickni vsta aby doprovodili Beru gku pod jalovec.

Byli veseli, pokriko yali a zpivali, jenom kmotriek.a po tichoueltu plakala. A bylo Po svathe. Tatinek a maminka se odste"hoy ali na drat- do svetpieky, a Berugka zadala hospodarit. Hezky se jim vedlo, a men se radi. BroUdek a tatinek svitili, Beruka vatila a uklizela, maminka ji radila a pornahala.

Ale dlouho to netrvalo. Jednott rano, kdyZ uz slunk° zapadlo, sedeli tt snidane. Poliveieka stala na stole, a 'Broutek se modlil: (5, na§ Bole, Povstali jsme s lole, A pekne to prosime, Dej2, at' se to bojime, Bojime a poslouchame, A pH tom se radi mime.

JeSte nerekl Amen, a bac — maminka spadla se stolice na zem, a bylo 'pa ni.

Honem k ni bezeli, kropili na ni rosu, krisili ji, a volali a plakali, ale nic na plat. Bylo po ni. Ach, to meli aalost.

A tak ji u potoka pod olZiekou vykopali hrobeeek, zaplakali, pekne ji tam uloMil, a treti den tam kvetla chudobieka, bila jako mleko. VSak tam kvete podnes. A ta belounke, chudobieka vedle — ta jest tatinkova. Kdyz on si to bral moc k srdci. Svitil a svitil, ale chradnul, a svetla mu tilavalo, al pak, le uz nea zustal doma.

A co se nestalo! Jednou yeeer, — pod jaloycern us byli po veeeri, — pribehne kmotrioka, "I prosim te, Broudku, nevidels kmotitidka? On posud neni dome, a slunce jest ul tak vysoko. Ach ja jsem pina strachu. " — "Ne, kmotfieko, ja jsem ho nevidel." — A tatinek podal take mit starost. "Ach, to se mu Ilk° stab°, jdete ho hledat." A sli ho hledat.

Volali a plakali, Mali a behali, ale nikde nic, a nikdo o kmotrickovi nevedel.

To bylo narku! Janinka kmotridku taila a te gila, ale kmotrieka nedala se pote§iti. Kdy'l -al to trvalo druhV den! A tepry treti den vypravoval 13roueek, Ze tam v lese pod dubem nedaleko cesty vyrostla belounka, chudobleka, a ta ae tam jindy nebVvala. "Ach, to jest jeho chudobiCka, ta lluna ho piece sdrala, ach, ach," a plakali a narikali. A tatinek chradmil a chtadnul. "Wok ja uz tu take dlouho nebudu, jen se mejte radi, a poslouchejte."

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DOPEY A NAIKEDY GLEN O San Jose, Calif.

Mili bratri a sestry: Musim zase par tadku napsat z to dalne Kalifornie. Otvrteho brezna byla velka vYstava Camellia v San Jose, California. Moje dcera, pani Spencerova. povida, "Maori, chtela by ses na tu vYstavu kvetin podivat?" Ja jsem ji od,povedela, ze bych to rada videla.

Tak jsme vyjely ze Sunnyvale pies Santa Clara do San Jose. Tarn se odbYvala ta vYstava. To bylo opravdu krasa, to bylo neco nadherneho videt tolik krasnYch kvetin. Bylo tarn zastoupenYch kamelii a azalii pies 60 druhil. To jsem jen tak zbetne napoeitala. Kandy padesatY navg tevnik dostal kytici tech kra„snYch kvetin. Ale ja jsem nebyla tak _ St'astna, abych tu kytici dostala. No, jaka pomoc, to vite, mne se ta smula potad drti na patach.

Na zpateeni ceste jsem obdivovala ty krasne sady ovocnYch stromti, ktere byly zrovna v kvetu, nektere kvety bile, nektere riltove, oei se ani nechteji odtrhnout od to krasy. Na zpateeni ceste jsme . zastavily u na gich ptatel, pani Rozak.ove, a u ptatel Castor. Byla to nedele krasne ztravena. Na g malt' sokolik meal protestovat a spustil na cele kolo. Nic, naplat, musely jsrne jet domti.

Ten ,maly sokol je pet mesicti star. vidite, nt poronei, asi se mu stYskalo po jeho,postYlce.

MinulY mesic byly moje narozeniny Moje dcera mne vyzvala, abychom jely na besedu. Tarn na nine eekalo velke pfekvapeni. Otevru dvete a jako na povel fined vgichni 4pivaji "Happy Birthday”. Na stole trtmil velice krasny a dobrY dort, a hezky darek mne tarn eekal. Neni nad dobre pratele, ja si toho opra.vdu vatim.

Main radoSt, kdyt jsem Cetla ye Vestniku, Ce zase v Corpus Christi sehrali krasne divadlo. A jak vidirn, ze ho hrali sami dobti herci. Velka gkoda, ze jsem tarn nemohla bYt s yam!. Takova ochotnicka diVadla main velice rada. Zde nic takoveho neni, a to je co ja tady postradam. dr nagi pratele, kteti mne ptipravili tu prekvapenku jsou pan a pani Rozakovi a jejich dcera, pan a pain Yates, za eet jim vgem srdeene dekuji.

Dne 12. btezna mne eekalo nove ptekvapeni. Moje dcera z Houstonu a jeji mantel pan a pani Burge nechali mne poslat krasnou kvetinu.. Ja bYvam sama doma, r, tu nekdo zvoni u d y er!. Jdu se podivat kdo to je. Vidim, ze nese prekrasnou kvetinu v kvetinaki. Ja na ni hledim a kroutim hlavou. ze to neni pro mne a rikam, te se asi mYli. Ona mi

akate visitku s nlYin jrnenem. No to si predstavte, jak jsem byla pitekvapena.

Ja jsem dostala pied tim hezky darek, tak tim padem nine to vice ptekvapilo.

Ja na svoje narozeniny zapominam. Vy tam v Houstonu, Elznerovi a Burge, ptijmete uprimny pozdrav a take Elzneroqm v Taft zasilam pozdra y . Tak mejte se v gichni hezky. jsem jako vtdy Agnes Elznerova. ( Kaida reklania neco stoji San Antonio, Texas Sestry a bratti: Fiesta San Jacinto v San Antoniu jit pte gla a ode gla. Zanechala v gak vzpominky, na ktere vetejnost tak brzy nezapomene. Byly roky, kdy "Battle of Flowers" parada zanechala ten krasne upominky na nadherne vozi v prtivodu, ale tento rok Fiesta Flambeau—veeerni osvetlena parada narodnich vozn a jinYch — ptevY gila nadheru citivej gi "Battle of Flowers."

Mezi alegoriekYmi vozy leto g"ni oslavy, nebo jak jsme navykli tikati "floats", jak ut je znamo, pribyl jeden vitt Ceske kolonie v San Antoniu, na cot jsme velmi hrdi. Je jiste, ze eeskoslovenskY lid dostal reklamu. Byla to price obetava, prispenim mnoha nagich maminek, ktere obetovaly se praci, peeivem a prodejem ria La Villita, a pomoci nejakYch darn ziskalo se asi dosti k vyplaceni vy-loh IDekujeme bratru Chupickovi za dar $5.00 ktere venoval na tento Teel. Velmi si toho vatime. Vildkyne toho fieelu byly Mrs. Anna Smith a sestra Marcella Kleprlikova. Dekujeme v gem, kteti dali ruku k dilu a pomohli, kde bylo tkeba.

Kdyt ptemY glim o tech nagich distriktnich schnzich, nekdy nevim, co si maim myslet. Nav gtivil jsem ti minulY mesic.

Patral jsem, abych se v inch neeemu Dozvedel jsem se, ze pry co ae ujedna v distriktni schtizi, nerna to platnost pro delegaty kdyt prijdou na sjezd.

A delegati nejsou delegaty at kdyt se ptihlasi na sjezdu, kdy teprve mohou se mezi sebou poradit. Okrsky nedostavaji tadnou finaneni podporu. Vestnik chteji nekteki zmenit na dvoutYdenik anebo na mesionik. To ut pry ma platnost, kclyt se o tom predem debatuje. Pry Vestnik nas stoji mod penez, jeden fitednik dokonce rekl, ze Vestnik je dobrY jen pro klepy. Delegati ten stoji moe Musime gettit, abychom dosahli druhY milionek prebytku.

'name, je nejlep gi investice, jakou mame pro svou reklamu V gestem distriktu schtizi na Moravii byl clan dotaz potadujici zvednuti ruky od tech, kdo nejsou spokojeni s dnegnim Vestnikem. Ani jedno ruka nebyla zvednuta. Hadam, ze vagina elena jsou spokojeni. Tak prod znieny tam, kde toho neni potteba?

Ale je potteba zatidit nemocenskou podporu 'hospitalization-. trebate to yezine zylagtni department,. Pottebujeme nekoho, kdo by se toho chytil. Dalo by to pkiletitost tern mlad gim, kteti se zajima)i o spolkovou praci, prikla.du bratti Sid Pokiadnik, Calvin Chervenka, Rudy 8efeik, Roy HranickY a jini. Bez„ ritraty neni dnes pokroku. A jestli se neco utrati ye prospech okrskti, tak nam zaniknou.

A take hled'me si udrtet Ceskou tee v nagich schuzich, pokud je to:mono3"fez Ceske teei neni eeskeho ducha.

S bratrskYm pozdravem S. C. Buridili Nafooknute mYdloye bubliny Orchard, Texas Brats" redaktore, sestry a bratti! ftika se, ze zpevem zaeni katcle lo, po&'iti se ti at milo. Abyste nemy gleli, ze jsem v nejake gpatne nalacle, l ak drive net svoje my glenky na papir take sob;.>, zazpivam.

K dilu, bratti, pro zdar sjezdu, brittrsivi rid' price beh; spojme pili srdce, rozum dobre veci na prospech.

Vznekny net noel, bratri, nacl ganini nam napin hrucl'.

Ve slibu .si stujnie pevne, na gim heslein Lidskost bud'.

Blaho rodin v mysli niZjine, dobro elenti cilem nam; Lidskost vodit na ge snahy, jet poclpote stavi chram.

Poj se zdobne k sboru brat?! sester nasich mily zjev.

K praci eile at nas vede jejich laska, CeskY zpev.

Se stry a bratti, ta schrize gesteho dioabYvana 22. dubna na Moravii rune velice prekvapila, a Indio ptiznivY dojem na mne ueinila. Nejvicc nine prekvapilo to ze nebyl Cten protokol s preciegle schnze cdbYvane v Taiton.

Sestry a bratici, jestli nage Jednota Sestry a brata my na jedne strane se poroste, musi se ten neco utratit tarn, snatime, abychom to tivotni pojigteni kde je potteba. Nis Vestnik, jak ho dnes meli co nejlacinejSi a na clruhe strank

lItt'aril, 24 si to pojigteni dobrovolne zvygujeme.

Zde je malt' priklad:, Do to distriktni schnze na Moravii jsem udelal -- tam a '7p et-160 mil, to by tak priblizne stain $2.00 a nejake ty livotni potreby. 0ny jsou take nejake i ty zvykove potteby. Vezmete si to jak chcete, ja to budu eitat $1.00; to dela celkem $3.00. Dve takove schfize do roka, to je $6.00. To dela o 50c ,mesione moje popiatky vyggi. 'l'o je jen malt' ptiklad oproti tomu, jak nekteri delaji do tech distriktnich schuzi nekolik set mil. Ku prikladu, sest6r 'a bratti ze 3. distriktu navgtevuji schize 4. distriktu a opaene. A kolik mil udelal br • L. Hogek, kdyZ byl ye sehdzi v Banbury?

"Sestry a bratti nejsem lakomee, spra y texasku teeeno 'stingy', jen lituji"toho ze jednota dosud jako celek, nellla z tech na gich dtrat Zaden uZitek. mel za to, ze v tech distriktnich schtzich se ty rfrzne navrhy upravi neb opilttji , a ye sjezdu se bud'to prijmou neb zavelmou. A zatim, kdy'l new bylo v to schfizi podano, byli jsme s tim odkazani do sjezdu. Dle metro nahledu, ty dosavadni distriktni schnze jsou jen nl,ydlove buDliny.

KaZda, budova must .mit nejake zaklady, a XWa, organisace nejake pravidla. pravicila mame pro ty na ge distriktty 9 Byly nekterYmi lady podane na l4lay ve Vestniku na Upravu pro ty dis.trikty nejakYch pravidel, av gak y oP-ravenYch istanova,ch nevi o tom ani slovem zminky.

Bratre redaktore, mel jsem to gtesti, le jsem na gel ten ztraceny protokol z to Prede gle schtize gesteho distriktu. PMTi jej zasilam k uverejneni.

Jsein jistY, le si jej mnohY bratr a sestra i radi preetou.

A .163te neeo, bratre redaktore. Kdysi psal ye Vestniku, le se pied Tebou jeden delegat chvalil, jak se mel ye sjezdu &Aare a le si dovezl domit $50.00.

Za to ru'oim, ze si z leto gniho sjezdu delegat nepoveze za svou praci at•iZervenY cent.

Prigtimu sjezdu preje zdar John GajevskY J(Poznamka red. Ma g pravdu. Budeme 4 ‘ etttt Casein i penezi v pri gtim sjezdu.

Diky rozvalnemu usneseni delegatft minu.leho sjezdu pojedeme letos ze sjezdu dornii s prazdnYrni kapsami. Poukazky na nas budou eekat doma. Snad to take bude k neaemu dobre, kdyZ na treti den. zasedani budou penize dochazet.

Hari ,‘j k Cemu? Protokol otiskuji die

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Country". Bratr Marek, ptedseda Hlavni dtadovny, zandjil clopoledni zasedani peknou uvitaci teei. Ptedstavil nage organisatory, kterYch se dostavilo 10.

Ve svem proslovu podal pekny nastin, jak propagovat nail Jednotu a kladl nam na srdce, bychom nikdy nezapoinneli a vkly phi kaZde ptilelitosti kaZdemu phipomne' ,X, ze mame SPJST Jednotu, ktera plies 00 let jest v poptedi, co se tyre pojigteni a zareven gill to krasne heslo: Podpora, Lidsko.st, Bratrstvi a dava nam prilelitost zajistit si nejen bezpeene staii, ale take spojuje nas jak jednu velkou rociinu.

Bratr Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni Aradovny, nasledoyal bratra Marka. Mluvil o nav g teve sehUzi, jak olivit zajem o schtze, zvla gte tech mladgich. Pripomnel, bychain tu mlad gi generaci vice informovali o nail Jednote, za jakYin Ueelem byla zalolena, tak abychom mezi nimi vzbudili opravdoy y zajem o to, co ti prvni pro ne zaeali budovati a co jednou budou muset prevzit. Aby na ge schilze. byly vedeny tak, by ti mladi v nich na gli noco, co by je phivedlo zase do druhe a kalcie schtze a koneene se zapojili do prate, zdomacneli tak, aby jejich pritomno.st ve schfizich a praci pro Jednoty povalovali za jejich moralni povinnost vflei sami sobe, ale i k tern, kteri jim ukazali cestu do spolkoveho Zivota.

Redaktor Vestniku br. Valeik, posledni pled obedem, pledal v gak svoje misto bratru Janu Kopeckemu z HoUstonu, kterY mluvil ohledne Mulny, kterou pothebujeme a musime mit, abychom se postarali o ty na ge eleny, kteti ye svem staff zftstanou osamoceni. Dale bratr KopeckY se primlouvalb to, bychom neprodavali pozemek, kterY Jednota vlastni phi Bastrop, ale zatidili na nein pro nage miade eleny rekrea'eni park, kde by se mohli obeas sejit a citit se jak doma.

Pak nasledoval chutnY °bed.

Odpoledni jednani zaealo v 1:30 a site sbor deveat z East Bernard prednes1 pane pisne: "U studanky sedela", "Lodieka male, i ainglicky. — Dekujeme sestram Kubenove a Bohaeiltove za jejich snahu zpestrit schtzi opravdu peknYm programem, za col Ueinkujici sklidili bouri potlesku, a zvla gt' zvolenfr vYbor ;im udelil odrnenu.

Bratr Muniza navrhl, aby se zVolily bory ku propracovani rtznYch navrhu.

KaldY rad ma vyslat jednoho zastupce o schfize stanovniho vYboru, kterY bude =Nolan po Nevem rote. Pak promluvili ku .z hromaZdeni teditel ze gesteho distriktu, bratr Rod, po nem teditel prvniho distProtokol ze schfize 'g estalt° distriktu riktu, bratr A. Stepan, a z druheho distEl Campo, Texas riktu bratr Navratil.

Schtize zahajena v 10 hodin dopoledPak sestra, Marie Baeova byla poladane. Predne vzdana pocta vlajce Spoje- na, by podala informace, jak jest zalael'1YPh sta.ti, pak zazpiva,na piseri "My na a vedena utulna v Hillje. Pak ji byly

tertht., tint, IC. fzetet

kiadeny rfizn e otazky, ktere vy svetlila dienejlep gi mulnosti. Po del gi debate, tYkajici se Mulny, bratr Paul 'Eablatura podal navrh, bude-li se vaZne jednat v ptig tim sjezde ozbudovani dtulny , aby se pracovalo na tech sam Ych zaklad ech jako v Hillje, a podnik. by to byl neodvislY Navrh byl jednomyslne ptijat: Ostatrii navrhy byly jedeh po druhem pololeny na jak se dalo oeekavat. Pak. bylo jednani na chvili prerugeno navgtevou thi navg tevnikti z Nemecka, kteti ku shromoldeni promluvili, jeden a nglicky. a pak druzi dva nemecky. Prvni teenik, pan Richard Stark, jejich proslo v koval anglicky. Zvla gt' se jim hostinnost texaskeho lido a pak to, ze tu vie Mame ve velkern.

Bratr Kacit poslal pozdravnY dopis omluvou, ze nemitle bYt pritomen.Volba princezny byla ponechatia jed. notavYm rad,fn k rozhodnuti,k'btide-li se co delat, nebo ne. Pak naSledovala volba firednikft pro pti gti rok.

Ptedseda: Paul 'ablatura.

Mistoptedseda: Frank Bueek, Tajemnik: Lydia Kubena.

Pokladnik: Frank Rod. Vgichni zvoleni jednomyslne.

VYbor zabavni: Frank Dresler, 'Cislo tadtt 50.

John Socha, eislo tadu 30.

Sestra Bohaeik, eislo tadu 28.

Sestra Grone,g, eislo tadu 4.

Sestra Hradecka, eislo tadu 40„ Pokladnik bratr Rod podal Sinaneni zpravu, Distrikt mel v pokl ad n& $10.16 Ptigti schfize distriktu eislo 6 bude, bud' na Moravii, neb Hallettsville. Datum bude oznameno pozdeji.

Predseda bratr Senkyrik podek.oval navgtevnikilm za tak velkou nav gtevu a tim schtize ukoneena.

James HradeckY, distriktni tajemnik.

Bryan, Texas CtenST bratte redaktore, sestry a bratii: Po delg im odpoeinku zase se muslin ozvat a hlavne podekovat v gem va, co jste me poslali vanoeni a novoroeni blahoptani v dopisech i na listkach, jeden lEpg i jak druhY. Velice Si toho valim, ale musite odpustit, he jste ode mne neeetli, nebot' je mam toho easu na male.

A nekdy se mne ani nechce. A pak phi takove spouste to sebere kolik dolard za pog tovne krome easu, a proto se na vas nic nebudu zlobit, kdyl se zachovate jako ja a ra,cleji podporite tam, kde to ptinese nejakY Ostathe i kciybych se zlobil, he jste na me zapomnez toho vas hlava bolet nemusi. A na vase dotazy, ,pros easteji nepi gi, to delavam jenom kdyZ je me dlouha chvile a nemam prave co Gist, tak si hledim ukratit eas pdklepanim. Ale ze vgeho

Ve sttedu, dne 16. kvetria 1956 nejracleji v takovein plipacle se jdu projit mezi tou moji drobotinou jako kwtatka neb kot'atka a pti jejich dovadeni zapomenu na celY svet.

PtiloZane naleznea. , bratte redaktore, dekna deset dolartil; pet dolaru jako 11pominku no, 10 vYroei umrti moji mantalky, dva a pill jako vzpominku na meho dobreho pritele Vaclava Rezka, kterYZ rrre sveho easu dopornohl dostat dobrou praci, a dva a pill jako vzpominku Vavtina Drobila, ktery2 me velice vypomohl, kdyZ me prondsledovalo neWe(sti za prvni svetove valky. Nekdy, budu mit pokdy, se o torn rozepi gi v eachoslovaku, tam je vice mista na takoye ptibehy, kdeZto zde ye Vestniku ze mad ma se psati jenom co je pro SPJST, adkoliv oni oba byli eleny a bratr Drobil, to byl, .IderSr me navrhl do SPJST v race 1910. Pamatuji si dobte, ze me sliboVal, jak budu 25 rokil Clenem, ze dostanu ulevu. v placeni. Zatim za par rokW pa torn jegte to bylo zvYkno. Ov'aem to postihla- vechny poj gt'ujici spolky a nedalo se proti tomu nic Mat, a ani proti tomu nereptam; jenom se me zda, ze to neni spravedlive. Ti, co ptistoupi jak jsou u2 stargi, ti uz filevu v placeni dostavaji. Ja sice take jsem pied par roky dostal ten filevovY eek od Hlavni tfadovny, ale jak jsem se ptesvedeil, Wyk me jeAte nebylo 70 let, tak ze jeZte jsem k itomu nemel pra y°. Tak jsem to vratil pied nainulSnn sjezdem jsem se o torn , zrninil, ale milj dopis nebyi uvekejnen pro nedostatek mista.

Pozdeji a torn ale se nekteti jini elenove ye Vestniku rozepsali, ale jak ted' vidim v tech navrziCh na stanovy, tak asi to Nistane to same, Leda by sjezd to pozmenil: NeNi jsem ten shora zininenk eek od Hlavni atadovny tak uz jsem mel v inninku ho zaslat na tu Utulnu, tak jako tento , pfilolenY posilam. Potorn jsem si to ale rozmyslel a poslal jsem ho zpet.

Srdelne diky pani A. Trampotove z Crosby za to, ze poslala k otisku ye Vestniku onen clank o Dongresovi, kde se Novel doete, jakou mizeriji mute projit neZli se °debate z tohoto slzaveho doll.

Take uptimne diky bratru Gajevskemu, ze poslal uvetejneni ten Olanek ad Bar6e st. Ja uti, jsem ho Ceti v Hospodaki, ale takove elanky mohou se Cist kaZdSr den na misto modlitby. A tak jak vidim, ze se chysta do tohoto sjezdu zahajeni modlitbou, tak navrhuji, aby se p.

Bare govi Bala nabidka, aby pro ten it6e1 slozii kratkou modlitbu. On myslim neni nag Men, toti2 SPJST, a die toho, co jsem od halo Ceti., vim, ze by sloZil neco cenneho a zvlaSte rozumneho.

Jdte toho main hodne na mysli, ale

VgSTNIK— WEST, TEXAS uz zase toho je skoro dva listy a tak

abys bratte redaktore, nedostal z toho husi kfili jak minule, tak radeji ukonelm.

V techoslovaku jsem videl kvitovani na Mouakil y fond za minulY rok, ale z Hlavni fitadovny za rok 1954 schazely moje dva dolary, anebo to bylo kvitovano za nekoho jineno.

S ptanim mnoho zdaru ptikimu sjezdu Albert Novak • .7. • t Hallettsville, Texas Mile sestry a bratti!

Nikdy jsem do ZadnYch novin nepsala, tedy se osmeluji napsat par tadek. Mame tady hrozde sucho a Apatne vyhlidky do budoucnosti, jestli nam brzy nezaprSi. Misto co to ma rust, tak se to ztra,ci.

Hlavni vec pro' pi gu: maul uha.ekovanou plachtu (deku) na pastel a jeate jine veci, 'ktere bych prodala. Ta deka dostala prvni cenu na vYstave v Edna vloni. tak kdo byste si ptal to koupit, tak se pkihlaste na tuto adresu: Mrs. Joe F. Kolacny, Rt. 2, Box 319 Hallettsville, Texas ) Ceske divadlo na Studewood Jekte jednou ptiporninam, ze flak krajane, kteti maji , radi eeska, divadla, meli by jiste ptijet do Houstonu v nedeli odpoledne, 20. kvetna, aby se velice ptijemne pobavili. Ochotnici dramatickeho krouZku Mahal sehraji velice peknou veselohru pod nazvem "Ja. ,bych se vdavala!"

Na tu samou nedeli ptipada slavnost otevieni nove tadove sine v Needville.

Stalo se to tim, ze naN herci v Houstonu meli davno vyplanovane divadlo na prvni nedeli v kvetnu, tak jak to bSTvalo zvykem kaNlY rok, ale pki druhe divadelni zkougce museli to vgechno zinenit, vybrat novSr kus, ptelont divadlo na 20. kvetna. Ale ze slavnost v Needville zaene hned pied obedem, naai herci buji, ze si zajedou na abed do Needville a jegte budou zpatky v Houstonu, aby opona ala naheru ne pozdeji neZ ye etyti hodiny.

Kus se bude libit, ulohy jsou v dobrych ritkou, tak nezapomeiate se podivat a ptijemne pobavit. Nebudete toho litovat.

Johnnie Sula, zpravodaj Hlaholu )• • 1, Mt. Cahn, Texas Nalikani starch elenft Ve Vestniku 'aisle 17 napsal bratr Otto Manus: "Caste slySim natikani, ze na starost musime platiti jako jsme plativali za mlada a ze bychom rah mit itlevu na poplatcich, kdy2 ua tak dlouho

Strana 25 plathne."

Domnivam se, ze bratr Hanu g 'Ceti natek y e Vestniku Cislo 13, ale to byl natek jenom na tabulku B, ktera by me-' la bYt opravena, pozmenena tak, aby se hodila pro na g i bratrskou Jednotu.

PoukaZi na jeden ptipad. Ve Vestniku': v eisle 16 v oznamovanYch inurtich, 'ses-." tra Anna Dujka, stall. 84 roky, pojAtena na 500.00 tabulka B. V tomto ptipacie Ole mojeho poeitani zminend sestra zaplatila Jednot y 675.18 na ten petistovY kat, a to bez tadovYch phspevkft. ti portistali nesmi natikat, ze spolkate4 je drahe.

Dale pile bratr Hanu g. "Ja osobne ne7,, budu nafikat i kdybych platil sto Bratle Hanu gi takovy elovek se jeSte , ncnarodil, aby rad platl k svoji SkodCi Neprav hop! aZ pie3koliS. My stall ,C1e-; nove bychom nenalli natikat na tu hyr, valou tabulku "A" neb je to lacin g pojistka. Na tu tabulku platim 55 -let, tak jmem tam dal asi kolem $650.00pa. nyni dostavame Ulevu na poplatdich,\ Tak myslim, ze Zaden nerrinZe natikato Stanovni vYbor, al dvakrate zased-ak Indio zmen udelal, a ninohe nedodelall, Tak sjezd bude mit prace dost. MoZnar ze by bylo lope, aby stanovni vYbor' ;Zasedal dva neb tii dni pied sjezdernid, neb to dlouhe rokovani nikam nevede.'11.1.

Take jsme s manZetkou zajeli do schilz.' ze distriktu druheho. Tam jsem se sekt se starYmi pracovniky Jednoty, s tram Hejlem, bratrem Adamkem a s tram Le gikarem, kteti take se podilelt0. debatach. Bratr Calvin Cervenka daporueoval, aby naae Jednota byla oznainovana na radiovYch stanicich s leskoy: hudbou.. Bratr Cyril Pokladnik se plimlouval a povidal, ze jemu se to, to, placi oznamovat na Ceske hodince v las, ze on dostava objednavky az z Lou-, siany.

Bratr Cerny povidal, aby se 0 te!y2e9 nejednalo na sjezde, ze by to vzalo •noe dralaeho Casu. A on vi, jestli chceme,:ziA skat Cleny, ze musime za nimi jet ,a44; ptesvedlit, ze iname dobre pojistky.r.

Bylo velike sucho, cisterny prazdne, naditkach malo vody, v gechno trpelo.suchem, ale uZ listerny pine, nadrZe talk*: spadlo asi 6 palcii vody.

Ed Snapka;;'' MC nazory o Vestniku Waco, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Ptichazim take s nVrni rnyglenkanai stran nageho Vestniku. SlYchavam v gelicos: jeden by si ptal miti Vestnik sienikem, ale die meho nahledu jsem pro Vestnik tak jak ho mame ted'.-Jenom rad bych ho videl na lepSim papiPe a aby ptina gel vice vyobrateni, totiz snimkii tadovYch udalosti, fotogra-

Strana 26 fie naSich elenii, obrazky z distriktnich schtizi nebo vithec rka2de spolkove zajimavosti. Pak by takovY Vestnik byl lepsi opatrovanY, byl by vitanej gi mezi nagirni mlad gimi eleny a take stal by se pro =one naSe eleny zajimavejgi.

SlYchavarn, 2e kdyby Vestnik vychazel jednou za dva tYdny, Ze bychom polovici na vydani. Neverte tomu, brats i a sestry, ze bychom u getrili nem vice neZ co by byla cena papiru, a to by bylo velice main Kdy2 to promyglite z obchodniho stanoviska, tak dostanete docela jinY nahled. ZadnY vydavatel nenni2e yydr2ovat tiskare a jine pomocniky, aby jim dal zamestnani jen kaZdY druhY tYden. On musi feint° zairiestnancum platit kaZdY tYden. Z ylagte 'vydavatel Vestniku musi miti vetgi ohled na sve pomocniky, proto2e on musi zamestnavati takove, kteri ovia,daji jazyk eeskY i anglickY. Bratri a sestry, takove sily nenajdete dnes kdekoliv, takova pomoc se teZko hleda. Kdyby vydaVatele na geho Vestniku rekli svemu sazeei nebo tiskari. "Lojzo, my tebe na druhV tYden nebudeme potrebovat, nebucierne tisknout Vestnik az za dva tYdrry," myslite, 2e by si vydavatele takoveho delnika udr2eli? Nikoliv, on by gel tam, kde byl by stale zamestnan a ne pbuze ka2dY druhY tYden. Proto by se u getrila jen cena toho papiru, nebot' ty pracujici sily by se stejne musely nejakym zptisobem yydr2ovat. PremY glejte o torn a uznate, 2e Aspora by byla velice 'maid proti tomu, jak bychom sami sobe gkodili v oznamovani pomoci tYdeninku.

Dale vyskytuji se argumenty, ze kdyby se tisknul Vestnik jen ka2c1Y druh3"7 Wen, byl by ohsah Vestniku lepgi.

1V1o2na je na torn new pravdy. Ale kdyby redaktor mel yYpomoc, na jakou u2 nekolikrat upozorrioval ,tak by mel vice east', aby mohl obsah Vestniku uprayiti. Jak je to dnes, on ridi Vest, nik ve dvou reeich, celYch 32 stranek.

Kdy2 dojde posledni den, me pripraveno, rekneme, 28 stranek. Oeka je gte na nejake dtile2ite zpravy z Hlavni Aradovny nebo od nektereho radu , Nic beekavanelio neprijde, tak se ty zbYvajici etyri str:.'inky vypini tak zvanou "yypinujici" latkou, ktera je pro takove pripady pohotove, ktera se vybere z jinYch novin, z knih a rozmanitYch pramenn. Nedopinene sloupce nebo stranky se vypini v posledni chvili takovou reservni eetbou.

Kdyby redaktor mel pomocnika, aby mu pomohl pripraviti latku, jakou si ye Vestinlui prejerne, pak by i obsah nageho spolkoveho listu mohl bYt je g te lep gi a poutavej gi. Jestli chcete lep gi praci, tak ji musite venovati vice easu.

Vestnik je to nejlep gi reklama, kterou mame. A u prirovnani k tomu, co nas

VESTNtK—WEST, TEXAS

Vestnik stoji, a take u prirovnani k tomu, kolik vyplaceji jine spoleenosti za reklamu, ktera se nala prirovnat na gemu Vestniku, tak na g Vestnik je velice lacing. Jine spoleenosti vyplaceji -statisice za reklamu, ktera se nevyrovna naSemu Vestniku.

Bratri a sestry, na g Vestnik mute byti ten nejlep gi prostreclek k budovani nagi Jednoty, 'kdy by byl zlep genY, lepii papir, vice obrazkA, -Vice Prispevkii v nem od na gich hlavnich Arednikti. V ka2dem 'Oslo by mei bYti prispevek od kaaleho Arednika Hlavni Aradovny. Nad kaLlYm takovYm prispevkem by mel byti obrazek toho firednika a ohlaveni toho prispeyku, jak to sveho easu mela sestra Hilsherova s ohlavenim OUR YOUTH MOVEMENTH. Ohlaveni takoveho prispeyku by melo znit, na priklad, "Z kancelare hlavniho predsedy" nebo "Od spolku hlavniho pokladnika." Pak

by Vestnik byl za,jiniavY a mel pro nas lepgi spolkovY yYznarn a vet gi reklarnu.

To by ukazovalo skuteene bratrstvi.

Vam, hlavnim Aredniktim, by to take pridalo trochu prate, ale kdyby sjezd odhlasoval, co jsem 112 nekolikrat doporueoval. a to nejmene dva aktivni mistopredsedy, tak byste meli vice ease premY glet a uplatnit va ge zku genosti pro nagi Jednotu. (Poznamka redaktora: MCI zdrave nahledy, bratre Otto. Ale kdy2 ptijde g niezi jine bratrske spolky, pozna g , '2e je jakasi mira, kolik kterd jednota potrebuje Arednikti. Pokud jednota nedava s yYm elentim file vice ne2 jen pojigteni a spolkovY organ, 2adnV zdokonalenY detskY odbor, 2adnou naborovou praci ye vetgim. ramci, 2adnY domov pro starce, siroteinec, sanatorium, taborigte, tak se obyeejne poeita jeden vYkonnY hlavni Arednik ria kahle tri mimilony majetku. Na g est inilionti dva hlavni Atednici, na devet milionu tri, na patnact milionti pet. Pomocnici jsou zjednani dle toho, do jake girky je nost spolku rozvetvena. MY, v nagi SPJST, jsme meli jen jednoho hlavniho Arednika a jednoho nebo dva pornocniky a,2 do roku 1932, kdy jsme melt dva a pill milionu jrneni. Tenkrat jsme --politickYm omylem--zavedli noveho Arednika a hned jsme mu dali takov plat jako staremu Aredniku, kterY slou21.1 jiz predtim 35 roku. A sotva jsme prekroeili tri miliony, zavedli jsme Arad treti. Tri, nanej yYg etyri hlavni firednici by want meli staeit a2 do doby, kdy budeme miti deset milionA majetku. My dnes mame Best Arednikti. Jine bratrske jednoty pribli2ne velikosti jako nale SPJST maji jen tri nebo etyri. Takovou praci, jakou u nas musi vykonavat nag bratr predseda, jinde vykonavaji podrizene sily.)

Asi si pomyslite: "Tomu Hanu govi se

Ve stiTcht, dne 1G. kvetria, 1956 ty tisicovkY hazeji jako zrni." Ale pomyslite si to jenorn z nedostatku zku genosti. Sam jsem ridil novinarskou reklamu pro Sears, Roebuck & Company po mnoho let: Vim, ja.kon cenu nra dobre priPravena -reklarna: Tato spoleenost venuje na reklarnu miliony a take sklizi ten nejvetgi obchocl na svete. Letos bude presahovat pies tri biliony dolaru. rem, Ze dobre pripravend reklama, jak ye Vestniku, tak samostatne bro2urky a letaeky pro na ge orga.nisatory, se nam vrati mnohonasobne.

Verim, ae reditel takove reklamy by mohl bYti ninny mistoptedseda, ale takovY reditel by musel mitt volne ruce studovat reklamu jinYch bratrskYch spolku nebo i reklamu odbchodnich pojiStroven. Pak by musel miti dtiveru, ponioc a porozumeni od hlavnich trednikti a reditelft. Pak byste videli postup, jak by nage Jednota mohla Ardelat.

Jen si prirovnejte pojiSteni za rok 1954, kdyZ jsme konali organisatorske schilze; pracovalo se pomoci Vestniku, vyuZili jsrne volneho east' nakho redaktora, abychom masali vice pojigteni. Prirovneime si rok 1954 k roku 1955. Neni to viva bratra Marka, ze se neupsalo' je'Ste vice v voce 1955 . Jeho prate v Hlavni fadovne se zvet gila, musel vykolTavat veci, ktere se melt' sverit nektere zene she, takle on flexile' toho easu konat schilze organisatorske. Ja se divim, Ze se vykonalo tolik.

Tak vas prosim, abyste hleclelrudelati takovou napravu, aby v'Sichni hlavni Arednici nebyli uvazard psi drobne kancelarske praci, kterou niuze zastati pomocna sila, ale aby ni es i vice easu k pianovani a k lep gimu zuZitkovani jejich zkuSenosti. Neverte, ze takove zku genosti najdeme na kaZdem rohu.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Otto Hanus ( • Moravia, Texas Mile sestry a bratri: Prave jsem obdrZela Ve.Oalik, a Ze jsem nebyla jednani schrizr pritomna (musela jsem hned po programu do kuchyne), tak me jednani velmi zajimalo.

Dekuji went, za slova uznani — lhala bych. kdybych rekla, 2e me to neteS1. Ale rada, jsem s detmi vkly pracovala dosud pracuji, jenom Ze ted' je to tagi. deti Gist a vet'Sinou ant mluvit eesky neumi tedy se jim musi kaZde slovo vysvetlit.

Dale dekuji jmenern deti za (lax $40.00, a ne $60.00 jak je mylne udano: divim se, Ze sestra Hradecka na to sveho man&la neupozornila,prave ona to byla, co za mnou s bratrem Rodou pri'Sla a tazala se, zda je $3.00 pro jednoho dost. ekla jsem ze ano, deti stejne nic neeekanaeitala jich 13. No bylo jich 15 -ly

Ve stfedu, `dne 16. kvetna 1956 tak jsem je podelila jak se dalo. Ti, co tancovali dostali po $3.00 a ti co zpivali $2.00; a byli vgichni spokojeni. Tak jestli jegte jednou srdeenSr dik.

Tea dekuji sestram kadu Velehrad za vYpomoc s pedivem. Pokud vim, byli to sestry: Mieulkova, Jufenova, Buekova a Kocichova. Bylo-li jich vic, nevim; ale srdeene dekuji vgem, co nam pomahali.

Bratr Frank Bezecni ze Schulenburg pozval deti, aby ptedvedly program pH jejich distriktni schrizi v Schulenburg.

Bratr Bakina, pkedseda distriktnu 1, mel jia kratgi program pkipraven, tak jsme nag o tolik zkratili. Doti dostaly odmenu $20.00 od Bratra Bezecneho, za co tea dekuji.

Spozdravem vgem.

F. Bteskova. )• •( VS, zva k rodiZtim pro ceskou prazdninovou gkoltt

Dallas, Texas Jak je , yam vgem etenakilm main°, meli zde ,v Dallasu v rote 1954 gestitYclenni oeskou gkolu, ktera byla rispegne zena Mau gkou Jandaekovou z Chicaga, a karna, chodil velkY poeet aakil do denniho i do yeeerniho kursu. I na ge blizka eeska osada v Ennis si Marugku Jandaekovu pogvala na tki tYdny, kde rovnea s rispechem a je gte pri vetaim poetu ku nee. v Dallasu vyueovala.

Texas se ji zalibil a byla ochotna vloni pkijet k nam ueit. Dala jsem ve schilzich navrh, zdali budeme miti Ceskou gkolu. Napsala jsem vkzvu do Vestniku.

Byli jsme pfekva,peni, kam se ten zajem z minuleho roku podel? Byly vYmluvy, ae sokolska, omladina se pkipravuje na sekolskY slet v St. Louis a mnohe deti ae jedou do letnich kampii nebo s na prazdniny. A mnozi se vymlouvali, se nemaji jak deli do eeskeho kursu dopravovati. Pkihlasilo se nekolik novYch, kteki slibili, se deli do gkoly budou vozit Ale deti nebylo dost, abychom mohli Marugku z Chicaga k nam zavolat. Mluvila jsem i s EnniskYmi einiteli.

Ale ani tam nebylo dost zajmu. Tam zase to byla pima prate na farmach v tu dobu, ae my jsme byli svolni, aby Maru gka napked ueila v Ennis a pak teprve u nas.

Letos jsem si kekla: nebude se vice o eeskou gkolu starat. Myslela jsem si, zase vgechna ta moje prace s tim spojena, byla by nic! Ale kdya nekolik maminek se mne ptalo, co bude s eeskou Skolou, nedovedu odolat a zkusim to jegte letos. Za zkougkou to stoji.

Jedna maminka mi fekla: "Na g chlapec si dosud vaechno pamatuje, co se od Marugky nauail. A ted' uci dve men gi (let." A druha zase vykladala, se jeji chlapec stale vzpomina na eeskou gko-

V RSTNIK— WEST, TEXAS lu a rad by chodil, ona, maminka, by ho vozila a vzala take druhe deti z jejiho okoli. Vloni se pkihlasila rites telefon mlada pani Lalova, a pane eesky se mnou mluvila. Pravila: "Maminka z Ennis mi psa.la, abych pfihlasila u Vas nase deti a jegte line ze dvou rodin, ze jebudeme vozit do Ceske gkoly." Bylo to od ni velmi mile a heZke. Rikala, ae jeji gy agrova je Amerleanka a ta tketi 'ae je Oeg ka, ale mita jeji je jine narodnosti, ale ae obe by chtely, aby se jejich deti (telly eesky. Musela jsem s litosti scielit, ae eeska gkola nebude.

2adnemu, ani detem, ani dospelYm, neug kodi, kdya se bude ueit keel syYch babieek a dedeekri, ktere, to velice potegi.

My vime, ae jejich rodide, jsou zde rozeni, ba dokonce je to ua etvrta genes ace.

Kolik keel mlugig , tolikrat jsi elovekem.

Mluvila jsem o tom s• bratrem Cyrillem Pokladnikem. On nano poradil, abych napsala vYzvu k rodietim a zapsala, kolik by se pkihlasilo deti pro denni a pro vederni akolu. Podle pkihlageneho poetu deti bychom se pfesveddili, kolik zajmu je zde o deskou gkolu. Pak bychom se zeptali Ma,rugky, jestli by byla svolna, k nam kijet ueit. Vy, jea jste sve deti k ni posilali, jste se pfesvedeili, ae poaadovane schopnosti, lasku a porozumeni pro deti ma.

Po pfeeteni teto yYzvy prosim zazvorite na Mrs. Bes gi Peter, telefon UN-3557 nebo zavolejte na ge eislo FA-5007. Jenomae sama nebudu doma as pfi gti nedeli, 20. kvetna. Do to doby budu se toulat v okoli Temple a Cameron u dcery a rodiny. Mne muaete zavolat as v pondeli 21. kvetna •nebo pozdeji. Pani Bessie Peter vase pkihla gky rada pkijme.

Musite se rozhodnout co nejdiive, abychom mohli v planovani pokraeovat.

Boaena Valeikova (Pozn. red.: Druha east dopisu bude uvetejnena pkigti tYden.) )• •( Oznameni schfize Pravidelna mesioni schtize Statnlho VYboru Oeskoslov. Racionalistti v Texasu konati se bude v nedeli dopoledne dne 20. kvetna zatatek v 9. hodin lakesne a to v sini kadu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88 na Studewood. Schrize se kond dopoledne z to pkidiny, ze odpoledne ochotnici vYge uvedeneho radu sehraji tamtea divadlo.

A jak obyeejne, take radi bychom se jejich hry zrieastnili.

Vadyt' oni za tu jejich obetavost nemaji nea tu radost, ,kdya. pkijde vet gi zastup herctun ukazati, ae umi ocen.iti jejich hereckou snahu a pfani prospeti tadu v jeho lidumilnem poslani.

NuZe, zde je tea ptilelitost pro nage vzdalenel gi eleny Svazu C. Racionalista, ztiteastniti se schaze, nebot' mohou tea

Strain: 21 odpoledne je gte i spatkiti divadlo. Herci pak jiste budou miti radost z kaadeho dobreho eloveka.

A ten $$ pfijmu je zrovna tak dobrr z kapsy toho nebo jineho. Nezalei na torn je-li to ktest'an, aid, Turek nebo dokonce racionalista, ae ano, Obchod je obchod, ten neeini rozdilu v lidech ruzneho smYgleni nebo barvy.

A proe by se melo dit jinak? Jsme my bide z jedne a to same hmoty. Ta7 ke nag imi cevami probiha bez jakYchkoliv ohledd krev a oaivuje ta same. mi.za od zrozeni as ku smrtelne hodince. , Co nas tedy rozdeluje a tkidi?

Ste kdya se povida, ae ptivod vaichni bererne jenom z jednoho paru lidi?

LidskY badavY duch vyzpytoval na vzdor vgemu odporu ze strany zlYch di —tolik vedomosti, ae eloveku ukaznernemu to ua staei, aby Hl, pracoval p,„; z ovoce sve prace mohl stkidme uaivati pro radost svou, sve rodiny i jeho nich. Ziti v miru a zdravi jak kali:tem:1 je ureeno jia jeho podetim.

Proe tedy tyto, tak teace nabyte .a draze zaplacene vedomosti by se mdly, zaalapavat do blata zapomenuti?

0 eem to pill? 0 eem? 0 na gi obaan7_ ske svobode, volnosti a rovnopravi lidsken. 0 tech lidskYch vecech; bratrstyl„), spravedlnosti, radostech z eisteho ukaaneneho aivota jedince i celku, zdravi, .a poygechneho miru.

Podnet k tomu dava pisatelce nekolik nardaek oti gtenYch v na gem Vestniku.a nekolik soukromYch dopist. Domnivam se, ae tedy nejde o aadnY jinY dopis an o resoluci, k nil byl clan podnet uda7 losti, ktera by se mohla !Ahem easu vinouti v nepekne spory, jak je zname dejin nejen Evropy, ale tea z udalostiZe aivota kolonistn v Severni Americe. Jest to vec vaand a vY ge zminena resoluce„ pfijata na konferenci Clenstva Svazit Oeskoslov. Racianolistri v Texas dne. 3o, kijna 1955 na udalost tu upozorriuje. by totia pristi sjezd zastupcu Jednoty SPJST nebyl zahajovan naboaenskYm obkadem jako se jia stab pkedtim.

Nepkiei se to snad pouze ristave SpdjenYch statU, ale pkimo tea prohlageni Jitiho Washingtona a i rtiznYin vYroL tam jeho spolubojovnikrim za neodvislost 13 kolonii americkYch. Ti lido tendy' se nezabyvali eadnYrni malichernostml nebo babskYmi klevetami.

Bez jejich muaneho rozhodnuti a odvahy i girokYch vedomosti, s kterYrni vystoupili proti kralevladam a s spojenemu zlu tehdej gi doby, dnes nay nemeli bychom na g' obeanske svobody.

Ani prava zakladati bratrske spolky.

Take ne projevu jakYchkoliv nazorti jak nam nage svedomi veli.

Za vgechnu tuto pkileaitost z hloubi srdce musime jen jim dekovati Tak dinit

Strana 28 bude kaZdY, kdo vi, co ta naSe svoboda znamend a jakYin zpusobem zase lehce mohli b:ychom ji ztratiti!

Racionaliste nechti nekoho v jeho citech uraZeti. Aui nemohou neb jsou k takovemu upozorneni opravneni itstayou SpojenYch state, kterou jako kaZdY spravedlivY a vdedny American a z yldSte naS lid — dobie zna a ji nezradi.

Jednota Texaska zalolena byla pod heslem "Podpora, Lidskost a Bratrstvi."

Tak podobne zni aired° viech bratrskych pokrOkovYch spolkti v Americe. Organ', salon a zakladatele prirozene, byli de svobodomyslni. Ale pozdeji za eleny se pridavali i Protestante (Katolici meld sve spolky). VSichni jsme vedeli, Ze na sebe bereme povinnosti, ktere musime vykonavati vlastni svou silou, ac jsme jen pouhYmi smrtelniky.

Jak nekdo napsal uz drive ye Vestniku a take v dopisech sOukromych primo tajemnici Svazu — fikony nabolenske jsou na svem miste v kostele. Rozhodne nepatri do shromaZdeni spolkti pokrokovych. V !kostelich jsou chraneny tou samou zemskou L-stavou.

Jinak by se to razna yyznani zde pronasledovala zrovna jako delala to ye Starem Svete, jako i zadala zde za east' kolonialnich. Ale naii vlastenci takove nepratelstvi obmezili rtitznYmi prisnYmi pravidly. Pritom viak nechteli nikomu brat jeho viru neb zakazovati stavbu kostelti. Nebyla to obdivuhodna velkomyslnost u muZtit a jiste i jejich Zen? Vklyt' Zeny zaviriuji obyeejne nejvetgi dil vgeho negtesti, tedy i neznalost hodnOst Zivotnich. Ony, jak Se rika, daji se zlakati pozlatkem a lichocenim, - jak nekde pravi. B. Nemcova. Talc stavaji se loutkou pill hie darebakti, jim2 nejde o nic jineho neZ ovladnOut zastupy pro titeel planovanY. Vydirani plodn price.

2eny jsou to, ktere opieenim se po svetoznamYch svudnicich, rozvraceji manZelstvi tam, kde otec rodiny IleZna Zadne mravni kazne . Nebo smysltit pro uhajeni povinnosti rodinnYch. Zda se, Ze za doby kolOnialni takovYch Zen ani nebylo. Co b:ytost lidska to vie bylo "elovek" v radach prinivcil WashingtonovYch.

VESTNIK WEST, TEXAS Proto nezadinejte and s tim, ktere vypada, talc nevinne, ale silne podnecuje mysl eloveka, jernuZ neni znarnou ani to sousedska pravda natoZ skuteenost ni svetoveho. Toho, z dim byli vlastenci z 13 osad severo-americkYch tak alkladne obeznameni. Jako jsou nekteri z nos z dob pied 30 lety i neco"pozdej gi. A hle! Za tu dobu easovou vyrostla nom sluSna dada mladYch lidi. Z tech jsou nekteri teZ uZ eleny Jednoty. Taci nevi, co bYvalo a je jim man° leccos napovidati. Jsou dost -lehkomyslni, aby vain vSemu, co pravda neni.

Pri tomto zavadeni obradit do spolktit pokrokovych, ,jak se zde, nikdo si neuvedomi, de spolek je slolenY z osob ritzneho nabolenskeho vyznani. e viechen dos pottebnY zasedani stoji mnoho penez. Proto asi podivne citi se ti, ktedi nemohou s takovymi fikony souhlasiti, ale eas tak pouZitY zaplatiti rnusi.

Ani si neuvedonn jak plane je povidini o bolestivem dotYkani se citti jednech, kdyZ po citech jinYch se takovYrn nenapadne ani pozeptati? Jakoby jenom nikomu byly city dany. Tern druhYm ne!

A znalost skute6nosti, poctiva snaha a prieinovani jednech k dobru celku, to nema ceny Zadne? To nernelo by boleti' A co vice? Mimo vie. poladovat jeAte, aby pravdy objeveni elovek hazel do blata, v kterem dnes brodi se tisice ubohYch, kteri maji pra y° na poZitky Zivota zrovna jako pobirame je my sami? A di zasluhou? Lidi pokrokovych; ktere by si dovolil dries leckdos okrikovati. A prod?

Jen proto, aby v osadach nepovstala pre a Skrze ni neptatelstvi.

Ad tech prvotnich pokrokovS7ch zakladatelti bratrskYch spolktil hodne jiZ pornrelo, piece musi jich bYti slusna dada na. Zivu Ale jen proto, aby se-'jim nernohlo vytknouti, Ze rozsivaji rozbroj, nechteji se hlasiti o sve prava rozhodeich.

Proto jsou odstreeni.

Ale, myslili to ti zavadedi a schvalovatele pd'estupkil proti astave uprimne (ja Ze ano) pak pro pritoinnost mohlo by se to spravedlive urovnati. Neni na sYete eloveka., kterY by m.ohl ficL Ze Racionaliste nesnaZi se gireni dobra. NuZe, podala bych sauna navrh (aby nikdo nebyl bolestive dotYkan nebo odstrkovan, jak se verejne tvrdi) jak, by se to dalo napraviti.

Proto, racionaliste v takove ucte chovaji viechny tyto mute a Zeny, kteri prieinili tolik dobra a vYhod pro din7 nost uilechtilYch lidi v naSich SpojenYch statech, aniZ by byli museli se baProkrova east elenstva (pokrokova t pronasledovani. A jeite vetii vdeeno- east? jakou stranou je ta druha?), nesti citirne se dries jim zavazani, Ze doVe- byla by od toho za sve penize vyslechdli vypracovati takovou skvostnou Usta- nout teZ kus neeeho noveho, vu zakonti, ktere nemilZe ani ten nejvetNude, neglo by do toho sjezdoveho Si darebak poruiiti. To stati mohlo by se programa vsunout pekne, pottene eislo? viak kdyby obeane pooali piestupovati Mame gkolerie, schopne feeniky. Ku z prvu jedno usneseni vlastenctit prikladu Jaro Chmelidka nebo V. Minidovatehl, pak drulie a treti a talc dale. bergra. Vidim, Ze ternto spolkaftm, ja-

Ve suede, dne 16. kvetna 1956 ko br. Hoiek jde o to, aby na g bratrskosesterskSr spolek prospival — proto bych dovolila si je poladgti, aby se pridinili a programovY vYbor poprosili o to aby -ne tram Racionalisttinn, ale tern odstreeIVM pokrokartim, bylo venovano vice pozornosti. A take ov'ereno, jak se o nape nynej gi spolkove blaho starali a pracovali. Byli oni tehdy jako ti misionati, ktedi chodi do pustin uoit pohany na.gim morestim.

Nebylo to jejich predsevzeti o nic lehdi v jeho uskuteenovani.

Jest-li se talc stone, pak si budeme moci vgichni vespolek jako deti matky Slaw a claranenci bohyne Svobody zazpivati tu prekrasnou: V dobrem jsme se se gli, v dobrem se rozejdeme" Bude to krasne, de, ses. B. Valeikova?

Potom take overiti budeme moci v:Vrok, "Ze la.ska k bliZnimu, shovivavost acta k pfesvedeeni na gich blffilich" je oboustranna. Ne-li dokonce vgestranna — de, bratde Hogku.

S pozdravem na v gechny dobre Heti jsem Marie F. Kalhankova-Valova.

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Vydavatele Vestniku byli opravneni tiverejniti nasledujici jmena kandidatil, dle pravidel Demokraticke primarni volby v dervenci 1956.

W. R. POAGE z Poslance 11. Distriktu OKRES MeLENNAN MURRAY WATSON, Jr. Za Statniho Poslance (State Representative) eislo 3 * • L. D. CARTER za OKRESNIHO KOMISARE Precinkt eislo 3 OKRES BURLESON LEWIS L. WILLARD za SERIFA (o znovuzvoleni) ) • 4. • ( Ptal se Laclik maminky: "Maminko, snail kohout vejce?"

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Volicum okresu Burleson Sheriff Lewis L '4da, o znoyuzvoleni Lewis L. Willard, Sheriff okresu Burleson oznamuje, Ze jest kandidatem o zmivuzvoleni die pravidel Demokraticke Primarni volby v cervenci Pu -Leto prilektosti Sheriff Willard Zada o znovuzvoleni na zaklade recordu, kde docilil, Z"e vykonal dobrou praci v okresu, Burleson 'vymaharn zakonft, kde zioeiny jsou velmi male a skrze zkuknosti, kter6 nabyl, ëini jej schopnYm a logickS7m kandidatem do Ufadu Serifa. Sheriff Willadd dava skrze Vestnik nasledujici vyTok k uvefejneni lidu tohoto okresu: "Pfeji si zde oznamiti, Ze jsem skuteCiid za va§i prizeri a podporu nme udelenou a v dilveru mne prokazanou co VC'S Serif. 6„clam o znovuzvoleni na zaklade mojeho rekordu v minulosti a skuteene si budu vaZit vagi dani prIzne a podpory v nastavajici volbè eervenci . Slibuji, e budu nadale a nOnavne pracovati e dne i v noci k udrovani dobreho paadku v okresu BurleSon. Zaroveri se vynasnaZim by kaZdY ()Wan okresu dostal stejna a nestranna prava v‘Zdy. Zdali voliel nakho okresu uznaji a pocti mne znovuzvolenim dalSi co vaS'eho Serifa, °pet slibuji, budu pokraeovati s povinostrni spojene s timto riradem die predpisii. zakona, sptaiine, nestranne a pi-esne. Dovolte bych zde oznamil, e si skuteene va,Zim vScho co lido okresu Burleson pro mne vykonali. Jsem vdeeen za vase hlasy a zfiqtavam v nadeji, te ak prizeri a podpora bude mi zachovana v nastavajici vOlbe. Budu-li zvolen, slibuji slouZiti (Pd. Pol. Adv.) dObke." ) •( y

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