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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS Wednesday, 3. RONA (October) 1956

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JEDNOSTRANNR SPOLK MIEN! PREDSEDA VtECH NA8ICH bratrskYch a sesterskSrch podparnYch organisaci, ktere jsou zapojeny do jednoho velikeho telesa zvaneho National Fraternal Congress of America (Narodni bratrsky kongres americkY), mel velmi ptilehavou a zajimavou tee po svem nastoleni. NovYnt piedsedou na dobu jednoho roku je Louis E. Probst z Toronto, Kanady, kterY je zaroven hlavou kanadske bratrske organisace Independent Order of Foresters (Samostatna Jednota Lesnikii) ktera byla zalolena v roku 1874, tedy pied vice neZ 80 lety.

Predseda Probst zdfiraZnil ye sve fedi ohromnY rozdil mezi dirmosti v nagich bratrskYch podpfunYch spolcich. Poznamenal, ze nektere podpUrne spolky jakoby se nemohly dostati ven ze sveho zaearoVaneho kruhu. Pro znazorneni vykladal historku o jednom mnichu, kteremu pH vstupu do klagtera bylo kladeno na srdce, ze musi stale miti na mysli heslo "Modli se' a pracuj !" Tento mnich po jiste dobe steloval si opatovi (ptedstavenemu kla gtera), ze divot kla g -ternijhod saV,mprte, take nezbYva dasu no, modleni.

Opat vyzval novice (reholniho dekatele) k projiZd'ee lod'kou po klagternint rybniku. Novadek Apozoroval, ze opat pouZival pouze jedno veslo. Lod'ka se stale toeila v kruhu, misto aby jela kupredu. Chvili to jen pozoroval, ale koneene osmelil se optati opata, prod vesluje pouze jednim veslem a stale dokola. "Synu", odvetil opat, "zaeina g chapat. Chce g-li kuptedu, music upottebit obe paZe. Jedno veslo je prate, druhe je modlitba nebo zboZne ptani, aby prate ptinesla vYsledek."

Na tomto ptirovnani vybudoval novY ptedseda svilj dal gi proslov. Rozebral

praci bratrskYch spolkfr . Nebal se kici, ae v nekterS7ch jednotach se price toei jen na Zivotnim poji gt'ovani a na jine fteely se hodne prizapomina. Vysvetlil, ze ziskavani novYch elenti je pro kaZdY spolek nutnosti. Priznal se, ze jeho jednota ma plany, dle nichZ bude se snalit v sedmi letech dosahnouti jednono milionu elenti. Ale zaroveri kladl dttraz, ze jeho jednota musi se starati o sve nemocne eleny, k musi zdokonalii-i sve nemocenske certifikaty, sve Urazove poji gteni, sovu.nemocnici pro ptipady rakoviny, svou utulnu. pro stare eleny, svou podporu nadanS7m studenturn, svou peel o tuberkulosni aleny, svou hpiaod.)poru v . pkipadech detske obrny (PoPoslouchal jsem s velkYin zajmem noveho ptedsedu po jeho nastoleni. Jeho slova rozhYbala nejen mnou, ale musela rozehtati k dal gi praci take dine, kteti ho poslouchali. Co mluvil, nebyly prazdne fraze a tednicka kvetomluva. V jeho teed bylo same zrno. A kdy2 svYmi paZemi znazornoval, ze musime veslovati obema vesly, .2e prava pate pohani pouze Zivotni pojigteni, ale leva pate musi pohanet vgechnu tu jinou spolkovon praci, jako jsou fitulna pro starce, podpora studentft, dory nemocriSm a trpicim, byl jsem v duch uvdeenST, nagim delegation posledniho sjezdu, ze take zaveslovali- obema paZemi.

Avgak to veslovani obema pakmi lo by se provb.cleti take v kaldem domaelm tadu. PtevaZna, vet gina na gich mistnich radiit vesluje pouze jednim veslem. ' astdo to Spolkova einnost se toei jednotvarne, od roku k roku ye stejnem kruhu. U mnoha, na gich radii pracuje se pouze jednou rukou, ne tou, ktera vybird poplatky.

Nechci ktivdit tern kde je stale nejaka einnost, kde se pracuje od

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veho roku al do vanoc. Ale kdyZ bychom men delati seznam techto eintich tadti, jak asi dlouho byl by takovY seznam? Snad dostali bychom patnact, dvacet radii, ale to by bylo asi v gechnO. JenZe na ge SPJST nesklada se pouze z patnacti radu. Pted gedesati lety, pti zakladani SPJST men jsme 25 einnYhc tadt. 0 deset let pozdeji, na 1 . eervence 1907, zalolen a do Jednoty uveden tad Pokrok Jihu dkislo '72. To znarrtend, Ze v deseti letech po zaloleni SPJST poeet mistnich radii vzrostl taktka, o d ye ste procent. Ten:krate se veslovalo obema Tenkrat byla d ye vesla. Tenkrat, dle slov onoho opata, "jedno yesio byla prate, druhe veslo bylo zboZne ptani, aby price ptinesla vY'sledek."

Dal째 by se to nejak zatidit, abychom ptestali se toeit v kruhu, ale bychom zadali veslovat kuptedu? Minim tu praci dornaci, tu einnost v mistnich tadech, kde se dnes natahuje pale pouze jednim smerem, aby vybrala povinnY poplatck.

Je moZno, abychom nag irn domacim fttednikum mohli vloZiti do srdce, Z"e pH vybirani poplatku se lodidka spolkoveho Zivota nehne z mista?

Opakuji. ze jsem vdeenSr delegatilm posledniho sjezdu,ze zaveslovali dale.

Yozsirili okruh prate v na gi SPJST. Dali Podnet z postaveni domova. UloZili nove ukoly v ziskivani dal gich clenu. Ureili lepgi praci na girn okrskrun. Pamatovali tea na einnost mladeZe v okrskovYch schtizich a na odmeny za tuto praci.

To vgechno znamena, ze naali jsme take druhe veslo, pomoci ktereho muaeme veslovati kuptedu.

Sjezd naael, co jsme pottebovali. Nejsme spolkem pojigt'ujicim, ale jsme bratrskou podpfirnou jednotou. Muslin pouZivat obou vesel, podpory a lidskosti, a ten kormidla bratrstvi.

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dne 3, Nina 1.956 slovenske, rovneZT poiske, ukrajinske, rusinske a jine slovanske bratrske organiace, mely v bratrskem kongresu pravidelne zastoupeni kahleho roku, ba neteri. einovnici byli dokonce v keditelstvn nektere sekce, Ptihlasil jsem se do sekce reciaktorn a zaplatil povinny poplatek. Ani mne tenkrate nenapadlo, to si mne nekdo zvla gte vg imne. Lee znat mne tehdej gi tajernnik Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu, Rex James z kterY byl slavnostnim reenikem na nagem banketo pri 16. sjezdu SPJST. v Houstonu. Na jeho navrh a primluvu byla pravidla suspendovana a tkebaZie jsem byl v sekci novabkein, byl jsem zvolen do Peclitelstva Novinarske sekce.

To znamenalo sloutit sed mitt jako Jakob u Labana za Rachel. M jestli bych se osvedeil., byl bych stale, povy govan a at po gesti letech byl bych zvolen na je den rok za predsedu sekce reciaktortt.

Mezitim bycla se obeznamil s c,elou prone durou, totit jak vybirati dal gi pracovniky, jak yypracovati celV program zasedani, jak a kde„zjednati reeniky, aby me Jednota destala v roce meho prdsednictslavy. vi co nejvice reklainy Sekce redaktorit ma Ctyii tifedniky a Ctyii ieditele RaZdeho roku se vybira, z redaktona, bratrskYch organii jeden novV reditel. KaZdeho roku firednici se men, aby mistoptedseda clostal se na prvni misto„predseda jegte closlonZI jeden rok jako radce a vyslow2i1Y- ptedseda, pak no sedmern roce fmlne vypadne, V Bostonu stal jsem se nejmlasi gim, etvr• tYin feditelem. V Dallasu byl jsem .povYgen za druhelm reditele, poneva .c12 stargi reditel pPede mnou vypadl. V Atlantic City piuseli jsme. dopiniti Peditelstvo dveina novYmi, takte jsem byl poySigen za mistopredseclu, V Toronto v Kanade byl, jsem zvolen pfedsedou, cot jsem povaZoval za nejiepti reklamu na gi SPJST. nikoliv za vyznamenani osobni.. Byl jsem Zadan, napi-ed 'jako elen stva, pozdeji jako mi.stopre&eda a pi .edseda sekce redaktortI, abych na g organ, mnou vedenY, posilal jinYm rectaktortim.

Mnozi z nich museli se spokojiti pouze anglickou Cast!. Bylo vgak nekolik slovenskYch a eeskYch redaktoril, kteh si nag easopis pfeeetli celY.

Po itrnfictidennun pobytu na severu vratil jsem se, abych dokoneil svou redaktorskou praci pri Vestniku. Na pr y g -nimsteuimpodekvatibruHo yYpomoc a zastoupeni mne-kovizajeho v me neplitomnosti. Jsem lnu vdeenk, to vzai na sebe tento ukol, ao nemusel.

Jeho ochotou mohl jsem si vziti prvni Prazdnin y od doby, kdy odegel bratr Moueka a kdy pievzal jsem redaktorskou funkci. Byl to pro mne tak opravdovY: oddech, to jednoho dne pri glo na mne pokugeni telegrafovati bratru Ho g si to ut podrZel. Lee nebylo by-kovi, aby to kavalirske naloMi na nej nove bremono nepripravene.

Vraeim se tei ke sve diivejS1 fiprave Vestniku, ktera, byla pf.ivedena z rovnovahy spoustou Spra y a latkou ze sjezdu.

Mel jsem dohodu s TiskovYm vfloorem, ze kOde Oslo Vestniku piInese na pfedni strance pivodnl, ninon upraveny elanek na namet iizce spojenY bud' s nagi einnosti nebo v ramci fraternalismu.

Dale TiskovY7 vkbor si pfal, abych na dalgich dvou strankach podaval sve ftvahy a nahledy.Podobne v anglicke Cast! niel jsem v kaZ`dem eisle uvefejniti jednu stranku anglickjich frvah a jeden pfivodni elanek. Celkem to bylo pet stra,nek puvodni, nefal govane, z vlastnI zkugenosti eerpane latky, kterou ode lame Tisko“7 vYbor poZ'adoval. Jedine uleheeni jsem mel, kdyt protokol ze schtlze Hlavni aradovny, sestavenY May, nim tajemnikem, cot TiskovSt vYbor uznava. za pf-ednejAi a pro deny mnohem pouenej gi a poti.ebnej gi net me fivahy a napady . Protokol tYka se vgeho toho, co kahly. 'Olen ma vedeti. A poneva0 dosud podleharn kontrole pritomneho Tiskoveho v3,13orti, s nim bylo radostne pracovat, dodrtIm nagi dohodu a vratim se k dfivoj gimu poradu eitaci latky. Opel mom na strance svilj elanek.Znovu davam dve stranky eeskYich redakCnlch iivah, jednu stranku anglickYch MUSINGS a dva puvodni anglicke Clanky, vgechno tak .jak si to pi-eje dosavadni Tisko“7. idtor. Na g prigti TiskovS7 Le e. , nevi v gechno zlato, co F4- lesicne. v3"rbor a bratr Ho gek si pozdeji ustanovi Prove v lobe, kdy se konal na g sjezd a dohodu'die sveho pfani. kdy jsem byl opravdu na vaZkach, zda Jak Megai si pamatuji, bylo ve sjezdu mam el nemam se ueliazeti o dolt! yeodialasovano, abych dodrZel sve povin- deni Vestniku, vypovedel mi hlavni nosti mimo Jednotu, ktere byly na mne enik, ktereho mei jsem zjednaneho hued vlo'2ene hned pied ctyimi lety, kdyZ s piked vanoci lonskeho roku. Daltich pet bratrem Markem zajel jsem do konven- i'eOniktI pro celY program mei jsem zace Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu, ko- jiSteno, lee toho hlavniho musel jsem none tenkrate v Boston''. Zaeastnil jsem nahraditi nekSim jimirn. To inuselo 13S7ti se tenkrate zasedani bratrskeho kongre- vyi'izeno do konce eervence, test t3"Tinn su ponejprv. Poznal jsem, to jine Ceske a pied zasedanim bratrskebo kongresu.

Ve sttedu, dne 3. tijna 1950 Musel jsem napsati celou stohu dopis0. a Zadosti. A kdy to nepornahalo a eas se idasne •kratil, musel jsem telegrafovat a telefonovat. Jako posledni iitoeigte telefonoval jsem Dru. Karlu Hujerovi, kterY je teditelem hvezdarny Chattanoga, Tennessee. Chytil jsem ho prave na odjezdu do Anglie, Francie, 8panelska a Italie. Zjistil jsem, to se vrati z Evropy do Spojentch State v nedeli pied zahajenim bratrskeho kongresu ate mute bYti na miste v nedeli weer, aby v pondeli rano byl prvnim teenikem, kdy se zasedani bratrskeho kongresu otevte.

Malokdo si dovede piedstavit, v jake nejistote jsem byl v nedeli po svem ptijezdu do Clevelandu, Ohio. Kdy v teditelske schtizi jsme probirali posledni ptipravy ku zda,rnemu otevteni konvence na ge redaktorska sekce byla prvni na pokadi — a kdy2 jsem oznamil to slavnostni teenik je je gte nekde nad AtlantickYm oceanem, videi jsem, na tvati nekteertch opravdovt efts a znepokojeni. Pesimisticke poznamky nedodaly mi nijak klidu a jistoty. Pro nejhor gi ptipad mel jsem ptipravenu svou vlastni peednagku, ale to by jiZ nebyl takovt program, na jakY jsem v gechny navgtevniky davno ptedem ptipravoval. Muj nepokoj se stuprieval, kdy'Z' Dr. Hujer neptiletel ani ttetim, ani etvrtYm leta,dlem z New Yorku do Clevelandu. Bylo jiZ devet hodin veeer, pak deset, se jedenacta. Zazvonil v mem pokoji telefon. Zvednu sluchatko v oeekavani nejhorgiho. "Zde Karel," ozval se hlas Dra. Hujera. "Bylo mi keeeno pii vyzvedani kliec od svetnice, kterou jsi pro nine zamluvil, to chce g se mnou co nejcitive mhivit". Napeti polevilo. V pet minutach jsme si zase pottasali ruce. Bylo to nove shledani po osmi letech.

Snad bode mistne, kdy nagim znovu vysvetlim nektere podrobnosti o Narodnim bratrskern. kongresu. Je to organisace, ktera povstala v roce 1886, tedy pied secimdesati lety. Bylo to v dobe, kdy zakladaly se rerzne svepomocne a podpnrne spolky, ktere poskytovaly syYm elentinn a jejich rodinam penelitou podporu v ne gtesti a hlavne pki el-111"U Zivitele rodiny. KaZdY spolek si vedl sve veci nezavisle, dle s yYch nejlepgich innysla ale east() neprakticky, nepromyglene, bez pevneho zakladu. I sebelepmyMenka musi projiti zkouSkou, net se pozna, jeji praktidnost. Maly vzorek toho mame v naSich okresich, kde nam to vezme nekolik rokii net se vgechno ustali a uvede do spraynSrch koleji. Podobne tomu bylo fired sedmdesati lety, kdy katdY bratrskSr podpurnY spolek se musel spolehat jen na_sve vedouci, to spolek udr21 nad vodou nebo to se spoick za

VtSTNnE—WEST. TEXAS nekolik roktir nerozpadne A tenkrat kteti vedouci pti gli na my glenku, aby se jednou roene se gli, vza,jenme a otevtene porokovali o syYch teZkostech, vymenili sebou sve zkugenosti a svorne pracovali na spolednYch problemech. Nage okrskove schnze jsou °pet malYm vzorkem stejne myglenky.

Kaideho roku v zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu doSlo k nejakemu spoleenemu dohodnuti, ktere smetovalo k vgeobecnemu dobru. Pilo se na to, Ze kaZdt spolek ma initi zakonitou reservu. To znamenalo vypoeitati, jak ea,sto umiraji eleni ve spolku. Zavedena byla tak zvana "nmrtni tabulka Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu," ktera ye vgech statech byla zakonite uznana za spra y -nou.Pstpernautijlyoabuk vgechny bratrske podperrne spolky. Kdy jsme adoptovali tuto tabulku v na gi SPJST. to nevirn, ale stale se to jiste na natlak statniho odboru poji gt'ovani net jsme moll stoprocentni solvenci.

Pri zasedini Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu bylo docileno rozmanitYch jinYch novot a opra y. Obyeejne vYbory k tomu zvolene pracovaly na opra,vach ce-ly rok, east° dva nebo i vice roku, a pak vYbor piedloZil hotovou 'wee delegatenn k uva.Zeni. TakovYm zpilsobem zaealo pojigt'ovani deti, poji gt'ovani lidi stargich net 45 roku, ptijimani Cleme bez lekatske prohlidky do jisteho veku, jista nepozbytelna prava kaZdeho elenskeho certifikatu ku ptikladu, 'Men nemerZe byti vyloueen dokud jeho certifikat ma zalohu samoeinne prodlouZeni pojigteni, piljeky proti certifikatiim a vyplaceni inurtniho pojigteni v mesienich, etvrtletnich nebo roonich splatkach.

V ptitomne dobe 'name ye SpojenSrch Statech a v Kanade 179 bratrsktch podpeirnYch jednot, z nichZ", 108 jsou eleny Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu a posilaji sve iitedniky do zasedani, ktere se kona kahleho roku tteti tyden v zati. Delegatem do bratrskeho kongresu mohou byti pouze nasledujici vedouci od jednoty, ktere ma zaplacen sviij elenskY poplatek do bratrskeho kongresu: ptcdseda jednoty, tajemnik, vrchni lekat, vrchni pravni rade°, redaktor iiiedniho organu jednoty, vrchni organisator a take aktuar jednoty. BratrskY kongres timto vyjmenovanim jen jistYch Utednikir a vynechanim ostatnich . nrednikil v rtznYch jednotach dava tiredni potvrzeni, kteri einovnici jsou pro bratrske spolky nejdfiletitejAi. Podle tohoto vyjmenovani hlavnich a nejduletitejSich dinovnikA v kahle jednote je rozdelena take vSechna diskuse v konvenci na sekce 'nebo oddily; sekce ptedsedn, sekce tajemnika vrchnich lekara; vrchnich

Strana 3 Pravnikt, redaktorti, vrchnich organisatort a teZ aktuart.

Zasedini Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu trva tri dni. Pro Peditelstvo rriznYch oddilu to trva, o den nebo dva dele, protole museji se vyriditi razne pripravy. Ku prikladu, v na gi sekci redaktornuseli jsme miti svou soukromou schnzi teditelstva lined v nedeli. V reditelstvu byl ptedseda z Texasu, mistaptedseda z Michiganu, tajemnik-pokladnik z Chicaga, vyslouZilY pfedseda z Nebrasky, jeden z tediteht byl z Wisconsinu, jinY z Illinoisu, z Minnesoty a z Nebrasky , Druheho dne rano v osm hodin zahajil jsem zasedani na gi sekce redaktorn, prvni na programa Ptitomno bylo 130 osob, totiZ jen ty osoby, ktere rnely nejakY zajem o ehmosti reslaktorti a o vyznamu bratrskYch orgae.u. Kdo nestal o poctopne veci, mobil jiti do schtize ptedsedu nebo do sehrize tajemnikil, 'ktere byly zahajeny o desate hodine v pondeli dopoledne v jinych niistnostech hotelu. Mnohdy utvotil se zde ei onde hloueek delegate", kaZdY od jineho spolku nebo z jineho statu, aby rokovali o vgech na nichZ meli spoleenY zalein. A kdy'Z', se nekomu omrzelo poslouchati feel nezajimave, podival se do programa kde by byla sekeni schrize zajimavejAi, tine vstal a po tlustYeh kobereieb, kroky fluvytratil se z mistno4i, aby hledat zarimavejSi pfednaSku v jinem oddeleni. Dle toho, kaZdS7 delegat, kted nebyl vaza,n ureitYmi povinnostmi, si vybiral dle sveho vkusu. A take pfines1 si z konvence domil, kolik dovedl sam nasbirat. Muslin politovat takoveho, kdo fekne, ze zajezdy do konvenee Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu nemaji velkou cenu. I rn. ezi veelami jsou takove, ktere ZadnY med nesbiraji.

Jsem nesmirne vdeent delegatiim 16. sjezdu v Houstonu a opet delegatum 17. sjezdu v Temple, 2e nine poskytli 'Zitost zapojiti se do prate Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu seznamiti se s CMnosti u jinYch bratrskYch jednot, spolupracovat s jejich predaky a tim prinesti do naSi Jednoty pottebne informace. To, co jsem tentokrate nasbiral v Clevelandu, nepodrZim pro sebe. Take informace povaZuji za na.S" spole6nY majetek. Bratr Hoek mi jiste dopteje misto take pozdeji. )•4• Neduslednost je jedina vlastnost, v nit jsou lide dnsledni. — Horatio Smith.

• Co nevite, vas neboli, ale bavi to ty druhe. --- Modern India.

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ZPRAVY A OHLASY Z DISTRIKTU OKRSEK SESTt Schtize okrsku gesteho se bude odbSTvat v sini radii "Cechoslovan" eislo 40 v Hillje, Texas, clue 28. rijna 1956.

Zaeatek v 1:30 odpoledne se zajimavYM programem.

Jest to prvni posjezdova 'schtize a doufaro, ze bode zajirnava. Zveme vgecky rady, by poslaly sve zastunce.

Zaroven zveme vSecky Oredniky Uradovny a bratra redaktora, by se teto schtize dim vetsi navSteva, tim vetsi zajern o Jednotu a vge co s ni souvisi. Proto bra-t14 sestry, nezapomente na. den 28. rijna.

Jest to historicke datum, kdy2 eeskY "rod ziskal zpet svobodu.

S bratrskym pozdravem Paul Sablatura,, predseda James; HradeckY, tajernnik ) • Upozorneoi okrskove sektilze Koval*, Tex. Mile sestry a bratii: Upozornuji vas, ze okralcova schtze prvniho okrsku se blili. KdyZ toto budete eisti, tak bode dO schtiZe jiZ jen par dni.

Proto vas znovu upozornujerne a srde6ne zveme do Fayetteville na, 7. tijna na oak devatou okrskovOu sclattzi, ktera, zaene v deset hodin dopoledne.

OCekavame, ze vas hodne ptijpcie do kde nag e Jednota prodelala sve teZke za, atky a kde tai.e hodne vyrostja.

V poledne bade pro vas pripraven dolorY abed, po poledni peknY program. Oeekv;:tine, ire nam nekton raii na programu vypomDhou, co2 bude nejen oceneno, ale take fmanene die mo;haost,i odmeneno. (Prosim, prihlaste se po prijezdu u okrskovYch firedniku.)

Hlavni Uradovna slibila take- svoji Cast, tak prosirn, nenechte si ujit tuto peknou prilelitost a dostavte se vSichoi Piednici, keditele, redaktori, a vtibec vgichni. Tedy na zdar a na shledanou.

Vaclav Barina predseda okrsku.

• A. • ( Okrsek SedinSr Karnes City, Texas.

Poznanaky ze schtize sedmeho okrsku SPIST. Schfize sedmeho okrsku byla konana dne 23. zari, 1956 u Addu Robstown Oslo 117, ve K.C. Halla, v Robstown, Texas.

Schtlzi zahajil mistopredseda, br. Roy Eiranic14 na jedn uhodinu po poledni, kterY privital v g echny eleny a mi,v gtevniky a pra.tele. Pak byla vzdana Cest nagi vlajce a zpivana pisen Amerika, a kde domov nanj vgechnYmi pritonnaYmi. Nag predseda sedmeho okrsku bratr

Emil Mieulka nam teke onemocnel a nernolal se do teto schtize dostavit. Byla je vzdana vzponmaka po ystamm vsech a se srcleenYm pkanini aby se brzo uzdravil a mohl zase mezi nas do schtize jiti. Bylo ujednane, aby se jemu poslal pozdravnY dopis od nas v gech a celeho seeimeho okrsku a nodepsan Okedniky okrsku.

Pak tajemnik Ceti protokol z posledni schnze. Mel napsany dvy protokoly, CeskY a anglickY a jak preeet1 protokol oesky, talc vSichni pkitomni clenove pravili ze to v gichni cesky rozumeli a talc anglickY protokol nemusel eisti. Protokol byl pkijat jak byl eten a p odePsari mistopredsedou Roy HranickYm. Pak tajemnik vyvolaval jmena a cisla naSich radii 7. okrsku; a 14 radii se ohlasilo a 4 rady nebyly zastoupeny, eislo 78, 'Oslo 164, eislo 113, Oslo 150.

Navgtevnici v nasi schfizi byli pritomni: z Hlavni firadovny, predseda, Ed. Marek, tajemnik J. F. Chupik, pokladnik Jos. Koliha a reditel z druheho okrsku bratr Navratil A pak se prihlasily dye sestry od radu eislo 130, jmena jsem necio.stal zapsat.

Uiednici z Illavni itradovny mel kaZdY kratgi ptilehavY prosiov o na gich okrskovYch schOzich a cele jednoty. Pak nominovaeni vYbor na, volbu iirednikti pro sedmY okrsek, promluvil bratr Henry Mareak, a oznamil, ze navrhuje sledujici bratry, Emila Mieulko za predsedu, ale ze bratr Emil Mieulka jest nemocen a nemohi se dostavit do teto schaze. Pak byla rtizna debata nekolika ri.

Pak bratr Karel Holasek dal navrh a byl podporovan, aby bratr Emil Mieulka byl zvolen eestnYin predsedou sedmeho okrsku a bylo to odhlasovano v gemi pritomnYmi eleny. A pak byly druhe navrhy za neinkujiciho predsedu bratra John Sta ga, ale on neprijal nominaci. A pak bratr Troubil a on tez neprijal nominaci. A pak byl dan navrh pro bratra Jaroslav Kleprlika, a Lento navrh byl podporovan, a bylo hlasovano a bratr Jaroslav Kleprlik dostal vetgino A pak bylo odlalasovano, aby nastoupil do toho &ado za pkedsedu sedmeho okrsku ihned.

A pak byl dan navrh na mistopredsedu bratr Roy IlranickY a byl zvolen aklamaene. DalSi navrh za tajernnika Jacob Shortner, teZ zvolen aklamaene a dalgi navrh za pokladnika Jaro Rektorik, te2 zvolen alclamaene. Pak predseda a nu.stopredseda jmenovali vYbor na, programy sestru Betty Jutica z Corpus Christi, bratra Frank Bolt z Floresvilie a se-

stru Ambornova ze San Antonio, a sestru Thelma EIrneir z Robstown a sestru Mary Veroda ze Skidmore.

Zvoleni firednici pro sechrlY okrsek podekovali v gem za daveru jim danou a Ze chteji pracovat pro na g sedmY okrsek co nejlepe jim bude moZno. Pak bratr John Sta g a prednes1 napsanou resoluci, aby ji tajemnik preeetl a po preeteni teto resoluce zaela dosti velka debata nekolika bratii, a pak bylo ojednano aby reclaktor Vestniku nepripustil ZadnY dopis kterY obsahuje nee° uraZlivaio neb poriaujiciho kohokoliv do Vestniku otiskrouti, jak se stao nedavno co byl dopis nadepsanY: Oaopis Evropian Complex", aby to nedelalo nashodu v nail Xecinote mezi eleny.

Predseda pak prednesl, aby se ohlasil nejstargi elen pritomnY v 'Leto schtizi.

Prihlasili se bratr a sestra Frank Moravek z Robstown a pravil, ze jsou 86 rokit mladY. VSichni pritomni bratii a sestry jim blahoprali aby s nami je gte nanoho roku ve zeiravi byli. BratliEd. Marek a J. F. Chupick jim velice krasne Pak predseda predoes1 kdo je nejmladgi Men pritomen a prihlasili se bratr a sestra Oscar Ehnen' z Robstown ze maji 3 mesice stare baby sebou a talc jsme jith vSichni gratulovali. Asi ye 2:30 jsme schtizi a nrogramovY vYbor kratgi program pripraven ale velice krasnY a zajimav3i..

Pak bratr John Sta ga dal navrh azy prigti nage okrskova schfize byla konana v Corpus Christi u jejich radii Anton 'dermal< eislo 56, a bratr Valchar z Jourdanton dal navrh aby se to schnze konala u jejich rado La Parita Oslo 161, v Jourdanton, a tak nasledovala volba a Corpus Christi dostali vet ginu hlasil, a tak pri gti nage schfize bode konana u radu Anton eermak eislo 56. v Corpus Christi, nekdy v mesici dubnu, 1957.

Pak predseda 7. okrsku podekoval vgem za tak velkou navStevu a v gem bratrtim a sestram od radii 'Oslo 117 v Robstown za vg echnu praci co s too sell-Uzi meli a pak jsme si v gichni spoleene zazpivali pisen "Hej Slovane" a schfize byla okondena ye 5:30 po poledni a pak nas volali k veceii, neb bratii a sestry v RobstoWn nam pripravily velice chutnou yeeeki, peeene maso a -v ge druhe kolaCe, dorty, makovniky a vgeho dost. Delcujeme jim velice. Poeasi bylo krasne a tak jsrne se velice krasne pobavili v gichni dohromady vespolek.

Jacob Shortner, taj. 7 okrsku SPJST

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CINNOSTI DOMACICH hit Fort Worth, Texas Mill bratti a sestry!

Minula Padova, schtiize byla dosti eetne navg tivena, coZ je` potegitelne.

Prazcininy a vYlety jsou jiz u konce, tak by se mely ty na ge faclove schtize zlepg it. Tedy pkijdte v gichni do prigti schtize, ktera je k vuli ()slave odlokna z druhe na tfeti nedeli v mesici, dne 21 rijna, ktere bude uvadeni novYch elenii • a nejake p •ekvapeni nam p •ipravuje br. L . 0. HoSek, ze na rozloueenou.

Tak se mare na co tegit.

Na to druhou nedeli v mesici, jak br. Bartek psal, se pripravujeme k °slave, 181ete otevfeni na geho domova, dne 14. iijna. Sin bude otevfena ye 2. hodiny odpoledne a ve 2:30 zapoene kratgi program a proslovy.

Po programu bude podavana veeere, $1.00 talit pro dospele a 50c. pro ditky.

Veer v 8 hodin zapoene taneeni zabava pti oblibenem Rejtek orchiestru z Abbott.

JeSte jednou srdeene zveme bratry z Hlavni rifadovny, take bratra J. B. Hejneho, organisatora severniho okrsku teditele, br. Rob. Cervenka a br. Karla Navratila. V gechny vas rad!. uvidime. —.

Te2 upfimne zveme okolni Lady vgechny krajany a pfatele zdej gi a z.okoli s nami ztravit to nedelni odpoledne ye spoleenem pobaveni a drOnein hovoru a veseli Vgichni jste nam Ted' Zadam mile sestry, by byly tak laskave a ptinesly rtizne peeiva do kuchyne, co ktera milk a trochu vice ne2 pro obyeejnou svaoinu. V gechno bude s cliky pfijato. zet' a na g fadovS7 spolubratr, B. moenici sv. Josefa, kde i jeho otec, pan Joe Poiinski, ten sam.Sr eas, mei mengi operaci. Oba jsou jiz Boma a pokraeuji cdZ jim vgichni, ze srdce ptejeme.

MS' mlad3i Glen, Bobby Jones, byl po karove srUce o g etfen v nemocnici propu gten Joint. Jeho maminka je bSr -val.SteMikoDufm,Bby2e to neni nic vaineho a '2e bude g zase brzy zdravSr, coZ Ti vgichni ptejeme.

Bratr a sestra Joe Huberiak a jejich tii ditky /las pfekvapili v posledni Sestra Huberidk (Esta-Belle) se tak dalece pozdravila, po to hrozne ?<drove sraZce, ktera se stala asi pfed 4 mesici pri Alvarado, kde oni bydli, ze je jiZ" v koleekove zidli a sadru s nohou a ruky ma sundanou a pomalu se bude ueit chodit, Br. Huberiak uz dost dobfe • chodi A. Polk, postoupil mengi operaci v neale stale cviei nohu, neb v kolene, kde

byla moc rozbita, se nechce dobfe ohs r -bat.

Lezeli oba v Cleburne nemocnici a moc vytrpeli, ale pravili, 2e men velice dobre• doktora; jinak nevi jak by to bylo s nimi dopadlo. Oba velice dobke vypadaji, je as ku podivu, jak to vkchno • Opravdu jsme je radei uvideli, a ze srdce jim ptejeme twine uzdraveni od Pana Bola.

Mtj druhSr zet' a. na g spolubratr, W. H McMillen ztratil svoji maminku, pi.

Iola E Murray. Zemfela v sobotu rano, 22. zafi po dele trvajici nemoci a zachvat mozkove mrtvice ukoneil jeji vot ye staii 72 let. Pohteb se konal Gause-Ware Memorial kaple v pondeli 24 zafi a pochovana byla na hititov Garden of Memories, za velke aeasti rodiny a pfatel. Rev. Luther Savage z • Rasen Heights Church of Christ, ku kteremu zesnuld pattila, vykonal obtady v kapli i na hfbitove. Zesnula byla dobra kna a matka. Zanechala v zalu manZ'ela, L. A. Murray a eetnou rodinu, 2 dcery a 2 syny, 4 nevlastni dcery a 5 nevlastnich sync, 2 sestry a jednoho bratra, 30 vnou Cat a 20 pravnoueat. Pozilstale rodine vyslovujeme uptimnou soustrost a zesnule ptejeme klidnSt spanek a odpoeinuti lehke dej, ji o Pane.

S pozdravem Marie Juranova, dop. )

Lenka Novakova, San Antonio $1.00, Adolph Knesek, Fredericksburg $100.00.

Celkem $111.00.

K posledne jmenovanemu darn byl ptilo2en nasledujici ptipis: CtenSr bratte Valeiku: Zde Vam posilam sto dolarti ($100.00) do fondu pro SPJST. Rest Home. Prosim odevzdejte tento obnos na pattiene mist°. Ja patfim do facirt eislo 27 v Moulton. Jsein 73 leta star, jsem zdravY, mohu jegte pracovat, ale jsem ted' uz na odpoeinku. .

S bratrskSrm pozdravem, Adolph Knesek. ) * 4•( itad Fort Worth eislo 154 Fort Worth, Texas.

Bratti a sestry: Nage pfigti schrize bude prvni nedeli 7. Nila ve tfi hodiny odpoledne. Po schtizi budeme miti bingo pro pobaveni. Tak, bratti a sestry, dostavte se v poetu co nejvetgim.

Rozepisovat se nebudu neb noveho nic nevim. Mc2na ze az po druke varn pigi vice.

Spozdravem, Louise Albrecht )• 4•(

Rad livezda Miru eislo 33 Bleiblerville, Texas.: Mill bratti a sestry: Chci vain oznamit, '2"e budeme miti • schrizi 21. fijna, co'Z pfipada, na tfeti Nelsonville, Texas deli. Pfleina, proe nebudeme miti schrizi Ctene sestry a bratti: Ve schilzi due 8. zaii jsme debatovaii druhou nedeli jako obyeejne, je ta, ze ohledne oslaveni padesateho v3iroei za- nag fad bude miti "fish-fry" na druhou lcdeni na g eho kadu. Volame vas vgecky nedeli v tijnu. KaldSr je uctive zVan. Tedy nezapomerite, ze na druhOu do pfig ti schtize 14. kijna ve dve hodiny kdy budeme planovat jak a co by se deli je "fish-fry" a na tteti nedeli je; . melo pfipravit . na ge schtize Padova.

Vincence Chaloupka, ta,jemnik Jesto neco, na co jsme eekali padesat rokit a pracovali pro docileni tak krasne(Poznarnka, redaktora: Va ge anglic-. ho poetu 'lent. Tak ptijed'te a pomOte ka dopisovatelka poslala oznameni, kte-, re najdete v tomto -nam.

Mame nove eleny: Dorothy Louise Pi'.•( )• chick, na $1,000.00. Nelson Frank MiRad Tioga, 'Oslo 5 keska Jr. $1,000.00.

TiOga, Texas Vzhitru do Fayetteville v nedeli 7. fijMili bratti a sestry: na. Co tam bude? Nu. bude to schtze Musim yam tarn v Kaufman a Ennis prvniho okrsku na gi jednoty. Tak poje- scleliti, ze je gte Mjeme vlastne deme a pokusime se udelati to nejlep gi v me, neb takove sucho.2adnST nepamatuna gi moci. je. Vge jest spalene a pice pro dohytek Kclo mate vlahy pi-ebytek, po glete nam. neni. Tak bavinina riroda u g jest a'Z nar• S pozdravem na vgechtly male vSrjimky sebrana.

Jos. W. JeZ"ek, dop.

Natal ale tech je malo, sebrali se )•4+•( etyfech akra bal, a ti ostatni az do pat-nacti akra na bal. Ale zde se veTAina Dary na SPJST., Rest Home Na. adresu redaktora byly poslany dal- "stripuje" neb by to 26,,dni- netrhdl. Zde" se seje hodne "pinocri" ale pro suchd pro nag Diim odpoeinku: gi C. V. Adamek, Deming, N. M. $10.00.

Mclne nejsou, tak je ball jako krmivo;

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Ve- Wed% tine 3. kijna 1956 snad $32 za tunu na prodej. Tak letos byly radove zalehitosti a poclany zpravy svaeina. Sestry jsou hadane prinest nejake zakusky. farmaki nezbohatnou. vYborti.

Taky davam vedet bratram a sestram S pozdravem Svatinu pro tuto schttzi. pripravili seod radu Tioga eislo 5, he naSe pravidel- stry Rosie a Millie MatuSovy a Annie Sophia Sralla I •a • na schtize se bude odbYvati druhou ne- Markova. deli to jest 14. kijna o dvou hodinach Wheelock, Texas PriSti schtize pripada na 7. rijna, coh odpoledne. Tak se dostavte co v nejvet- je prvni nedeli priSti mesic. Tak prijd'te, Sesty a bratri: Timto jste vSichni zvani do naSi Sim pato neb po schtzi budeme mit mill eleni, ye vetSim poetu. schtize ktera se bude konat balhou svatinu.

Mame zde velike sucho. Zeme je rozTa_k sestry jsou hadany, aby dle mote pukana, zatina, to bYti opravclu vahne. nedeli odpoledne priSti mesic v kijnu. Po nosti kanda netim do kuchyne prispela. - V nadrhkath je voda vyschla, a nejhor- schtizi bude svaeina a nen na 2apiti, teh trochu inuziky tak he si Jul:theme i zaTeh bratri od spolku RVOS. jsou 2adani Si to bude s tim dobytkem, kdo ho k deasti. Kdyby se nahodou ten prorok hodne. Mnoho lidi musi vodu dovahet. taneit.

Sestry jsoit snahne hadany by prinesly zmYlil a posial nam na tu schnzi 5 pal- My manic na naSi farme studnu, v ktere cu tak to ocilohime na necieli tie- jeSte nikdy vody nechybelo, vhdy drhi kolaee, paje i treba kejky. Ktera, sestra ma dosti domaciho maku, prosim nesati. stejnou miru vody.

Tak se mejte vSichni dob 0.

Porad jsou tak velika horka, he je pomente na ty makoVe kolate, ty ja hroS Pozdravem 1 tehko vyclrhet na poli na to rospalene hilt rad.

Nernam mnoho 'easu ale j1aSte alespon Steve Novak, taj. zemi, kdyh je nekdy ah sto sedm stop• a 4. flu. A kdyh slunko tak nemilosrcine pall par Pacikti. Nemile se nine dotYkaji nedo sad, tehko se ta bavina sbira. Tady v ktere poznamky v nakin Vestniku. Zda, Rad Osveta eislo 38 se, he se jib nenaueime aby jsme psali Koval' (Smithville P. O.), Tex. okoli maji hodne ty stroje na sbirani vice v duchu bratrakem. Poznamka v baylny.

Ctene sestry a bratri: naSem minullm Vestniku v anglicke Mehl, jsem take prilehitost se podivat sti nemela vabec bYti uverejnena.

V naSi sclatizi konane v mesici sari jsme ujednali, he rad bode poradati ve- na tu oslavu padesatiletou a sousedniho NaSi pristehovalci ze stare vlasti to Cal a to v nedeli 21. Nina. Ve eere bode ratio Slovanska Lipa. Mile nas tam phi- byli co zalohili naSe spolky a prieinili se s &mad klobasy, prahena kurata a kro- vitali. a velmi pratelsky jsme se tam aby nam zde rozen-Ym use lepe vedlo. cani, a to se vSemi prikrmy, ktere k to- pobavili VSe melt pekne pripravene. ByDle meho usudku by jsme se mei vSulo videt lidi od rtisnYch radii a take de radne representovat a tak uctit jejich mu patri. OvSem he i kolate.

Vetere bude "family style" a zapoene ideciniky z Hlavni Uradovny. SeSli jsme panadtku a ne psat do naSeho Vestniku: o put pate veter. CistY .vYtehek z -Leto se tam s nrateli, ktere jsme ub dal/no "Well in short, what can you expect yeeete tad daruje na Dornov ocipoein- nevideli. Bylo videt, he vSichni pilne from Eureopean born." Cot je po eesku ko (fitulnul, necht' je umisten kdekoliv. pracuji s Uspechem.

— "Nu, zkratka, co mtaete oaekavat od Podavali tam velice chutnou veeeri, v Evrope narozeneho."

Z tech etyr mist, o kterYch se ma, rozhodnouti, naSe mesteeko Smithville nil. barbecue, ktere pripravili pan a pani Tato poznanika me osoby se netYka velice pekne a vhocine misto pro tento Louis Kazdovi, totih ma sestrenka. Pripo- neb jsem rozenY zde v Texasu, ale moComm', ktere claruje Upine zdarma v juji mou gratulaci k jejich ()slave. ho napsat, he velice ctim painatku myth Mollie Barton dup. drallyt,h rodien kteri prijeli ze stare viapripaclu, he by se VYbor rozhodnul pro • 4•( Sinithville, Texas. sti a vim co vSe zakusit nebli Si trechu pomohli.

Nekteri- Clem naoizeji penehne dary, Corpus Christi, Texas Pritonme turno ktera vydaale jen s pociminkou, jestli bode domov OPRAVA va mezi 25 a 30 buSlit po akru tak he zbuclovan v jejich meste, cob nevypada, Ve Vestniku se due 29. srpna 1956 .se. ha to velke sucho jeSte je to dosti dodosti bratrske. do meho dopisu vloudila chyba, kdyh Tak, sestry a bratti, nehaponiente na jsem gratuloval tern novomanheiskYm bre. Mont na torn samem poli vydavala nedeli 21. kijna, abychom melt Uspech. parkum. Luddy Franklin Hatla jest syn mezi 45 a 50 buSlti po akru, letos, nasledJe hadoucno dostati spolupraci vSech rnanhelti Luddy a Frances Hatla, a vnuk kem sucha je ten v-elkY rozdil.

Preji naSi jednote vSe nejlepSi, vas elentt naSeho radu. Pracovat se bude manhelti Frank a Anna Hatla.

Frank Vytopil, zdarma.. Ti aleni, kteri nemohcu pro ✓ to predeSle zprave bylo, ze Luddy tajemnik nejakou prieinu pracovat, jsou hadani Franklin je syn Franka a Anny Hatla. ) • 41.4 • o nejakY penehni darek, kterY mohou Diky za opravu. poslati na tajemnika radu.

RESOLUCE RADIJ POKROK DALLAS S bratrskYn pozchaveni, VSechny okolni Pasty jsou uctive eislo 84.

SPJST. John StaSa. any na tuto vetch. Po veeeri taneeni zaSestry a bratri: 1 • 4, • bava.

Jelikoh y e Vestniku eislo 34, ze due 29 Rid Rozkvet Zipadu Cis/0 107 S bratrskYm pozdravern Floresville, Texas srpna 1956, v anglicke Cask byl uverejJerry Stepan, tajemnik. nen Idtah z protokolu schtize lavni Sestry a bratri: ) • 4 ( NaSe priSti Padova schtize bude jako iikadovny flak Slovanske Podporujici Rad Jaromir eislo 54 vhdy clruhou nedeli v mesici, 14. kijna Jeddoty Statu Texasu: West, Texas. ve d ye hodiny.

Jelikoh v teto zprave obsahen byl naMill bratri a sestry : NaS rad se na poeet zvet'Suje. Zase sledujici odstavec: Mesiern schtize naSeho radu se kona- jsme prijali 5 novVeh elenft. 001, Mat "Vice President Kubena gave an oral la 9. hail. odpoledne, kterou zaladjil pied- Vesniir eislo 61 k nam pristoupili bratr report of his official activities as Vice Nal/Sawa ten- a sestra Willie Kutaeovi, sestra -Anna President of the Supreme Lodge for the . seda Robert Cervenka. ' krat byla malls, asi to zavinila to velka Pauelek a Willie Kutae. MladSi; do clet- second quarter of 1956, which report horka. skelm odboru Wayne Michael Vaclavik. was duly considered by the Supreme Protokol byl etch a prijat. Vyris- y JeSte clici oznainit, he po schtizi bude Lodge and Especilally his reference to

Ve stredu, - dne 3. rijna 1956 the wanton waste of time and the Unfair tactics employed especially during the first 3 days of the convention —" Jeliko2 tento olg tavec byl uverejnen zase ve Vestniku eislo 35 ze dne 5. zati t.r. v Ceskom Zneni tohoto prOtokelu.

JelikoZ tento vYrok iniStoptedsedy naii Jednoty vrha pomluvu a pOdezreni na firedniky posledniho sjezdu na g i Jecinoty:, jednim z nich' byl 'Men a predseda na g eho radu bratr Cyril Poldadnik, mistop •edseda sjezdu: jelikoZ uverejneni takoveho vYroku jako bratr thistoptedsecla na g ' Jednbty podlelaa, bravidlUm elanku 64 na9ich stanov, kterY zapovida, uverejneni neopodstatneych tvrzeni a pomluv.

Jeliko2 uverejneni takoveho vYroku je pro na9I Slovanskou Podporujici Jednotu Static Texasu velice poniZujici a gkodlive, ptisobici rozkol a nesvar mezi eleny, Jena v gichni eleni Hlavni firadovny byli ve sjezdu pritomni, mnozl jako delegati' svYCh radti a ani jedni mslovem se neozvali, stab-li se neco podobneho o eem bratr inistopredseda na, gi Hlavni rado yny mluvil — a neupozornili predsedy sjezdu na nespraynosti, jestli jake byly, coZ bylo jejich elenskou povinnosti; JelikoZ rta gi delegati a delegati jinY.ch radu se vyslovili o fizeni posledniho sjezdu, ze bylo to nejlep gi a nejschopnejgi jake kterY sjezd dostid mel; JelikoZ z protokolu sjezdu jest snadno k vyrozumeni, ze sjezd byl ka'Zdra okamZikem veden v nejlep gim parla7 mentarnim smyslu bratrsky, poctive a sprayne;

VESTN K — WEST, TEXAS

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RESOLUCE

My, elenove a elenkK SPJST., shrornaZreiti ye schilzi sedmeho okrsku 23, zari 1956 v Robstown, Texas, protestujeme proti dopisu, kterY byl uvetejnen. ye Vest niku eislo 36 due 12, zari 1956 v anglicke easti na strance 21 pod zahlavenim — "EUROPEAN COMPLEX" a podepsan Ottou Stehlikem z Wichita Falls, Texas.

Jeliko2 vet gi east toho dopisu jest uraZejiciho obsahu a bolestne se dotYka citu ygech nas p •istenovalcil z Evropy, clovolujeme si touto cestou projeviti svoji a problasiti ,%e takova, verejna pohana na gim spolkartim a obCanton, kteri se pilstehovali do teto zeme, kterou nova7Zujeme za svoji vlastni, se neslu gi zviagte od Mena na gi bratrsko-sesterske Jednoty SPJST. ✓ na g ich spolcich jsme sloueeni za vyggimi a yzne genejAimi idealy, proto podobnY zpilsob psani v na gem spolkovein easopise odsuzujeme a Zadame br.

Ottu Stehlika, aby ueinenou uraZku, kterou nag zde usazenY lid si nezaslouZil, verejne y e Vestniku odvolal a zaroyen slibil, ze v budoucnu se vyvaruje jakehokoliv pogkozovani krajanske a spolkove snaSenlivosti mezi nami.

Zaroveh Zadame redaktora Vestniku a TiskovY vYbor, aby podobne zavadne dopisy nehyly ye Vestniku uverejriovany.

RESOLUCE SOUSTRAST(

My nine podepsany resolueni vYbor radu Viastenec eislo 45, SPJST v Shiner, Texas, timto projevujerne imenem radu tiprimnou soustrast poznstalernu man'Zen, a deeri nad ztratou jejich milo y ane manZelky a matky a nail spolusestry Hattie Slovakove, ktera od nas odeila k veenemit t)dpo es litku dne 31. srima 1956. Ve \inn 47 let 7 mesicu a 26 dni a byla ulolena k y eenemu odpoeinku due 3. zari 1956 an hrbitoile Cesko-Mora yskych Bratfi pri ,Shinor, Texas, za Velke Ueasti rodiny, pratel a spolkovVela bratri a sestcr.

Vince, portistalY manZeli a deem, ze Va g za.rmutek je veliky nad ztratou Vail man'Zelky, matky a bableky, avgak budi2 Vain atechou, ze i my s Vann sdilime Va g Cal. Tobe, sestro prejeme klidaY odpoeilek, a test budiZ T ye pamatce.

Za rad Vlastenec 'eislo 45 SPJST Emilie Baroi Vlasta Vincik John H. Eleik resolueni vYbor ) • eie • (

Bylo rozhodnuto, aby prvopis resolucc byl zaslan bratru 0. Stehlikovi, jeclen opis redaktoru Vestniku k uverejneni v nejbliZgim eisle Vestniku, jeden opis Tiskovemu vYboru a jeden opis aby tajemnik RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI pripojil k zapisu ze schtze okrsku.

My, niZei3sanY resolueni vYbor radu Za sedrnY okrsek SPJST. Touha eislo 125, timto vyslovuje ,nail Jaroslav Kleprlik, predseda. uprimne eitenou soustrast pozastale Jacob Shortner, tajemnik. dine nad ztratou jejich manZela, otce dedeeka a na g eha spolkoveho bratra , Jos. Huila, St. ✓ nedeli, rijna, rad Svaz oechoslodne 6. zari v star' 79 let byl vanti Oslo 92. ve Fort Worth, pripravuje kterY zemicel Menem radu pies 50 let. oslavu 18 lets otevreni sveho domova.

Byl on muZ dobrY a spravedlivY on niProgram zapoene ye 3 hod. odpoledne, pak yeeere a weer taneeni veneeek pri kdy neodeprel pornocne ruky, kde pomoci bylo potreba. vYborne hudbe, Rejoek orchestru.

Ty bratre odpoeivej v pokoji a Cost Jeden kaklY je srdeene zvan. budiC Tye pamatce.

S pozdravem Za rad Touha eislo 125.

Marie Jtranova, dop.

Louise Lukag • ) • 44 Ed. J. Lukag Vera Barog e )•

Usnegeno jednohlasne ye dneg'ilt nag eho raft, konane v nedeli, dne 16 zati 1956 v Dallas, Texas, nasledovne: 1. Odsuzujemetakove jednani ve schtzich nagi Hlavni firadovny a tohoto jednani protokolovani a uverejneni ye VeStniku, jako prO celou Jednotu gpatnr priklacl na gi m16,davajiei a pro Hlavni ftradovnu takove mohutne Jeclnoty jako jest nage, nedfistojne.

2. Odsuzujeme takove jednani jako stranicky politicks, majici za Ueel poni'Zeni a pomluvu na gich osvedeenYch kteri mnoho Zdarina pro na gi Jednotu vykonali a stale jests kOnaji; 3. A s rozhodntiti paadujeme, aby tato Cast protokolu byla verejne jako prawliva a neshi gna, z protokolu tete Okrsek prvni, 7. rijaa, Fayetteville. schaze vydata, vy g krtnuta a odstranena.

Okrsek druhY, 21. kijna, Seaton Za 62 eleny, nritomne v -Leto schtzi Okrsek Testy, 28. kijna, Hillje -Josef H. Kutil, Jody Rejeek, Predsudky jsou jak hrebiky: ' elm vice Robert Duron, ,resolueni vYbor se do nich bu gi, tim vice drZi. — DuDallas, Texas, 16 . 'zati 1956. et syn.

KALENDA!

Schime Okrskii SPJST

Bud' veren knize, dokud dY ge g. Kaiha ti neda klesnout na stupen nerozumneho zvirete. HITT:Yin bud' jen na to, co vii, nikoli na postaveni nebo titul. Neunirtvuj du ge! Mai hind, chce g jilt, syt' ji! Dokud Zijeg , syt' svou du gi. Vedeni je race, snaZ se to dosici. — J. S. Machar.

6trana 8

VtSTN K—WEST,TEXAS

Ve stfedu, dne 3. fijna 1956

INKY A NAHLEDY CLENC OD SJEZDU DO SJEZDU Dallas, Texas vestry a bratri: V na g ich stanovach mame ten na g ela.ntk eislo sedm, kterY urduje, ze sjez,vi delegati jsou voleni na dobu od sjezdu do sjezdu. Dle metro pochopeni toLot) elanku, naafi vkchni ti delegati posledniho sjezdu miti zajem o veSkere jNinani a hospodafeni nak Jednoty ne jen ten tYden sjezdu, ale maji po cele etyri roky sledovati jak a co se dela. A posjezdove uddlosti tento vYrok velice potyrzuji.

41e, projevy trverejnene po poslednim sjezdu jsou podany jen nav gtevniky neb nedelgaty. Zda se, ze delegati mnoho zajmu nemaji. A Ze projevy delegatil byly ;peeka,vane take jinYmi dleny dokazuje, dopis bratra Jana Stak, uverejnenY Vestniku ze dne 1. srpna, kde bratr taSa. pi g e ze "pfichazi s jeho trogkou do, mina opozdene", aby naubiral ye Vestniku mista pro dopisy delegatit a jejich posjezdove fivahy. Ale, ony Zadnebyly! ',IVIyslim, ae bratr Sta g a byl take zklaman touto neteenosti, aneb toto mleeni delegatti dokazuje, ae v gechno glo v pofadku, slu gne, spravedlive a po bratrsku a'to jest asi ta prava prieina, ze neni clopisti jednajicich o sjezdove praci.

A piece, maitre nekolik zalaitosti sjezdovYch, na ktere jest tteba upozorniti a je objasniti, tak aby etenafi sjezdoveho protokolu si neclelali mylne precistavy torn neb onom jednani.

0 to mistnosti, ve ktere jsme byli nuceni sjezd konati bylo jiZ dosti redeno, jenom ten, kdo tarn musel dliti celY den si to bude pamatovat, jak neprijemne to bylo -- a mohli jsme miti mistnost nmOhem lepg i. Jsou ale zale2itosti .211 gi.

Priprava ku konani sjezdu byla gpatna.

Co jsme potrebovali bylo pofadne kladivko pro predsedy sjezdu a pripravy pro tajemniky sjezdu jsme museli shaneti sami; take t yrde °balky, male i k uschovani tech nurohYch rozlidn ■-ch listin, zprav, zapisu, telegranati a po:!dravnYcla dopistr jsme nerneli; potom ncbyla poradna, vlastne Zadna, na,ve gtni tabule, ktera nerna pri sjezdu zeti; jako jsme meli ye Fort Worth, a Houstonu. Zda, se, ae se v Temple o potfebach sjezdu mnoho nemyslelo — nebyl east muselo se politikovat.

Jeden poznatek jsem v tomto sjezdu dostal; to jest, ze tajemnici sjezdu by rneli miti ku sve praci kaZdY knihu, ne jednotlive ar gk,y papiru. Bratr Koliha rta moji Zaclost hledal v obchoclech, ale

clostal jen knihy pro jednoho tajenai'ka, — sestru BrtiSovou — ktera nine piijenine prekvapila jejim clobre eitelnYrn rukopisem a Upinosti jejich zaznarnfi. Tatik kuZel se dobre postaral, aby uniela to nak mater g tinu dobre psati. Take, meli by psati perem, misto tu2kou.

0 jednani ve sjezdu main mnoho poznamky a dovolim si nektere zde uverejniti, myslim ,ze nam to nebude na g kodu. Velice east° se pri rokovani o jednotlivYch navrhach ledaco teklo, co nebylo dobre promy glene a spik to uSkodilo neZli prospelo.

Pryni co bylo pozorulaodne a prekvapujici jest blasovani o torn ,maji-li bYti jmena predsedy a mistopfedsedy sjczclu na jednom a torn samem lalasovacim listku. Pro volbu timto zpasobem bylo odevzdano 2786 hlasii a proti bylo 2144 celkem 4930 blast'. KdyZ tyto dislice byly oznameny, divil jsem, se, jak se asi hlasovalo aneb jak byly hlasy poditany . Z celkoveho pootu as devatendcti tisic hlasfi, napoditano ani ne jedna tretina. A jsem jist, ze se tomuto voleni neb poeitani divilo mnoho pfitomnYch. Po volbe sjezdovYch pfedsedfi a ustanoveni jinn sjezdovYch tajemnikti prvni na fade byly zpravy Ufednikil Hlavni firadovny. Zpravy predsedy Hlavni Ufadovny byla prijata bez jakYchkoliv poznarnek, jednohlasne. Ale bratr mistopredsecia nas prekvapil Zadosti, aby sjczd dovolil jenm upustiti od etent jeho anglicke zpravy, zc pry bude rozdana ti g -tendlga.Proimusepvnt ozval bratr Frank Hlolek, stark; podotYkaje, Ze jak muae bratr mistopfedseda oeekavati schvaleni jeho zpra,vy,,kdy2 ii sjezclu neprednese? A bratr mistoPredseda naSi Hlavni firadovny clitej nechtej musel jam zpravu eisti. Jsou v ni, nektere zminky, ku kterkin se jest- nekdy vratim.

Po zprave tajemnika Hlavni firadovny pfigel clotaz bratra Shcfeaka stran ostidu tech naSich podilfr v Burrus Mills.

K tomuto promluvilo sedm sedmy', a , posledni byl bratr Albert BriStik, kterY se ohraZoval proti jednani o tett) veci v tomto sjezdu tim, ze o tech podilech jsme ji2 slygeli o sjezdu ye Fort Worth a v Houstonu, a podal navrh na ukoneeni debaty. Nenaohl jsem a dosud nemohu s nahledem bratra Bri gtika souhlasiti, ze se o torn v tomto sjezdu nemei° mlu.viti. Zajiste, mluvilo se o tech podilech na poslednich dvou sjezdech, jak on podotYkal, ale o kaZclem torn sjezdu byla dobra, pfieina o rich jednati.

Toho si asi bratr Brikik nebyl vedom, 'aneb o torn ani nevedel.

Kdy2 se o tech podilech jednalo ve Fort Worth, bylo to proto, ze se eleni dozvedeli, jak sk yostne jsme je preplatili; ale Urednici nam o torn nepovedeli v jejich zpravach nic. To jsme se dozvedeli ze zpravy Statnich clozorcti, to jest, z prohlidky kondici rokem 1947.

V Houstonu pak to,zase priSlo na program jell proto, ae statni dozorci znovu kritisovali nakup techto podilfi ye zprave jejich prohlidky za roky 1948-49-50 a koneene v nak valuadni zpr4ve tyto podily musely bYti sniZeny z t h d y estadeseti tisic co nas staly na jedno sto tisic. Jen tilt ze Jednota mela velikY prebytednY fond toto nemelo pa nase finance ,Spatny fidinek. Ale, zase o tom ze strany Hlavni fitadovny ani muk, Nasledovalo jednani o torn ye sjezdu v Temple —a zase jenom proto, ze osud techto podil y vzal velice gpatnY obrat, a nikdo o torn ani muk, kdo mukat nael.

A ze pridina k jednani o tech podilech, vzclor ohraZovani bratra BfiStika,, byla velice va.Zna, to dokazuje dopis bratra Shefeaka tivefejnenY ye Vestniku ze dne 22. srpna t.r., ye kterem bratr Shefeak podava, Upiny- prehled osudu, techto poJenom -Skoda, ae bratr Shefeak newel to jeho lzpravu pfipravenou do sjezdu, byla by niela dobrY fieinek. Ale, melo nam bYti tim Ureclnikein, kterY ma na starosti podily a bondy, oznameno, Jednota byla nuccna prijmouti podily jine,--ve snikne cene a na ktere manic nadeji ze neclostanerne firok etyri neb pet rokil.

Mnohokrat od sjezdu jsem mel na jestli o teto vYmene tech poclilti a nepineni firokit vfibec vedeli vgichni eleni na gi Hlavni fifadovny — a. dovoluji si o torn pochybovat, nebylo stran Leto zale2itosti ani slova v protokolu ze schfize Hlavni Urado yny. MOna, ze pro odernovani clobrYch ci lep gich charakterfi na to bylo malo easu, neb Zdd.nY. Jak• nemistne a Jednot y neprospegne jest nepodani takovYch nuLnYch zprav trin, kdo je podati ma, jest nejlep gi dokazano dopisem sestry Anny Vriove z Houstonu, ye Vestniku ze dne 1. srpna.

(Oslo 30) kde tato sestra doslovne pige: "Bylo ta mve sjezdu verejne mluveno, ze na ge Jednota je o dve ste tisic chudobriel gi, kdy2 se pustily U. S. bondy a koupily se akcie, ktere nemely Zadne cony" -Tak, etenari, co jest lepk; slu gne vysvetleni to zalelitosti ye zprave patrieneho fitednika„ ktcra, by pak byla za-

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stavila takove rnluveni, aneb ponechani neb zaneclbani cele ve.ci, at' si pak eleni mysli a rnluvi Co chteji.

Myslim, Ze kaZdY neprecipojatY gat bude povaZovati dotaz bratra Shefcaka za nejen velice mistn1, ale pro Jednotu velice potrebny a nutnY.. Tim bratr Shefeak napravil to, co nedbalost zodppvedneho arednika zavinila. Vec byla chathYrni delegaty closti dobre vysvetlena a innZeine byti s celou zalelitosti apine spokcjeni ne y Aak s nrednim jednanim teto \Teel.

Druha pozoruhodnost tohoto sjezdu je Ze•predsedou y Yborti na organisaeni praci byla ustanovena sestra Anna Milanood raclu 154 z Fort Worth. Bylo to poprve co se stalo, ze nekteremu vybotar predsedala sestra. Jina pozoruhodnest jest, Ze sjezd zaeal jednati o stanoVach jiZ v UterY dopoledne. Dle toho jest jakYkoliv narek, Ze za sjezdu jsme trpOli na "svevolne mrhani Casein", jak nalikal bratr inistopredseda na'Si. Jednoty, pouhe "svevolne" poyidani.

Sjezd v Houstonu nezaeal se stanovami aZ ye stredu dopoledne a ye Fort Worth bylo pet elankil jednajicich 0 Vestniku projednavano ye stredu odpoledne a se elankem prvnim a nasledujicim az ye etvrtek dopoledne.

V tirterY odpoledne ,se naskytla jedna Yee, ktera jiste bude nauset byti opravena ye priStim sjezdu Protokol zaznamenava nasledujici: "Na dotaz bratra Hejla, ml,, jak ma naloZiti s odevzdanYmi hlasovaeimi listky, : bylo na podporovanY navrh bratra Slavika prijato listky znicit."

Tento navrh bratra Slavika prikl na hlasitou Zadost bratra Mieka, ktery po proneseni dotazu bratra Hejla, ml.,.zvolal "znieit je, ihned je znioit". VSimnul jsem si podobneho jednani ye sjezdu Fort Worth, --- ale nevenoval jsem tomu dalsh mySlenky a po Case na to zapomenul. Ale, ye sjezdu v Houstonu se tato vec zase opakovala a bylo rozhodnuto take hlasovaci listky ihned znieit. To se nine zase nelibilo, a tak tenkrate jsem si uminil, Ze na tuto vec podivam se do "Roberts Rules of Order", jelikoZ jsem myslel hried tehdy, Ze nreit ty hlasovaci listky neni spravne.

Tedy, kdy2 bylo tak hlasite poladovano a na to na navrh rozhodnuto've sjezdu v Temple ty listky znieit, u2 jsem vstaval Ze poladdin o slovo a budu proti tomu poladavku proteStavati; Robert's Rides urCuje, listky z kaZde volby a hlasovaci listing, na kterYch eleni born na poeitani blast tyto zana g eji, maji byti odevzdany tajemniktim sjezdu.

Tined v zapeti nine ale priAlo na mysl, 2e by si moje vysvetleni nigh' nekdo vykiadati jako privlastnovani nejakYch do-

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sud nepochopenYch pra y protole jsem byl tajemnikem sjezdu, tak jsem to nechal jiti jak to bylo odhlasovano.

Ale, spravnY zptisob jednani to rozhodne neni a bude treba toto v San Antonio znieniti. Tajemnici sjezdu maji miti closti tvrclYch marlilovYch obalek na uloleni volebnich listka pro pripad protestu neb nedorozumeni. Ono se snadno maze stati, ze nekterY g len volebniho vyboru neopatrnosti neb schvalne, y yvola jine jmeno, jako se to stalo jednou v PorYnsku kdy Berkarbeiter Verbund volil aredniky. Vide' jsem na vlastni Ze jeden e'en toho vYboru Ceti nekolik listka nespravne, volaje jmeno jineho kandidata. Kdy2 jsem na to dozorce upozornil, rekl mne ostre: "Halt deine schnauze, du dumkopf, or willst schlage kriegen?" (drZ tvou hubu, hlupaku, nebo chceS dostat biti?) Tedy, ono se snadno mute stab, Ze se nekdo zmYli a proto listky maji byti uschovany tajemnikem sjezdu. Pri volbach nrednikti obzvlaSte se hlasovaci listky uschovati a nebylo by na Skodu, kdyby tajemnici sjezdu tyto prehledli a s volebnimi listinami porovnali, treba hned po dorueeni jim techto.

132 to slySlm, jak nekdo bruei, ten Steiner ma porad nejake novoty; ale, jest to v2dy novota pro lepS1 a silnefSi Jednotu.

Frank B. Steiner.

(Pokraeovani priSte) Houston, Texas

Ctend redakce a mill etenari: Tak zase troSku do mlYna, aby bylo vie co Cist. V2dycky si slibuji, ze toto oC je posledni dopis co piSl. do novin. Ale zase nine ty chmurne chvile prejdou a ja piM dale. Jak 11z vite, mela jsem zlarnanou levou ruku ye trech mistech tak jsem jenom leno'Sila a dopo.savad jeak s ni nic delat nemohu . No, byl to pro nine dralaY kotrmelec a ten Cas je tak neptijemnY, a z ylaSte Wu-to podzimnim easem, kdy vSe odumira a listi 2lutne a pada. na zern, kde tli a mdle voni. To pripomina, ale nerada premy'Slim o ygem co o kvetlo a jen na kratko nas oblazilo. Lidske Ziti a priroda jsou si podobny; stare prislovi pravi, Ze slunce a mraky se stridaji.

V 2iti jest pry lepe se na zmenu pripravit, a co zmenit nemil2ein, pro to se nername trapit. Blahs' elovek, kterY to dokaZe. MinulY patek yeeer se zde odbYval takovY smutnY polifeb. Pani Charlie Setestova ktera zemrela na "leukomii", zanechala manZela a d ye male deti. Tolik dobte a uZiteene prate vykonala. byla ueitelkou a ueila v rrinohYch houstonskY,th Skolach, ale priSla nemoc a pak smrt.

Tak zhasla svice Zivota, a jeAte byla k mlada. Budi2 ji zeme lehka. Jak to bYva, Ze start' elo yek zennit mush a mladY Ze milZe, a tak my se jiZ na to star' poinaloueku pripravujeme.

Budeme lady miti 'Ceske, velice zajiwave divadlo v sini na Studewood, prvni nedeli v listopadu a eels' vYteZek bode venovan na SPJST. Rest Home, kou atulnu, ktera se Tattle stavit po vein rote. Datum divadla pripada I. listopadu a na dalSi da y ejte pozor, butte to oznameni.

Abychom podporovali ten dobrY I my delame Bingo Party due 3. rijna, ce lY vYdelek bude take venovan na ten Jsme to jiZ predeSle mivaly po dnom cente "Penny Bingo" tak a2 mely sto dolart, tak jsme tovenovaly on katolickou dtulnu v Billie; a tak minime nami pokraeovat h dale jenom jestli potahnete za jeden provaz, tali se skittek vyclari a pas bude twit, Ze jsme take pomohli neco zlep:Sit. Nyni zase neco o politice. Minute ate, rY yeeer syn Allen a ja jsme zajeli do Crosby do nakho bYvaleho domova, kdy2 nas uvedomili, Ze nine zvYSili thine jestli chceme protestovat, tak Ze se ma me na ten den yeeer dostavit. S:Slo so tam asi d y e ste padesat clsob, ktere ,ne byly spokojeny nad tak velikYni zvYSenim dam. NekterYin zyYSili z $25 na Ant aZ na dye ste dolaru a to udeltdo u ne kterYch velice borkou :krev. Nekte•i po2enou pies advokaty. Ale ja povidam, Ze to je mania, jak vain vas majetek c)cl hadnou, tak jste u2 upeeeni. Slibovali nam, Ze jak se na rok vyplati z dluhu, tak Ce 116,111 to zase nizh. Je to k smichu plaei.

Pied tYdnem jsme tady melt yzactiou nav§tevu. Prijel pan John Poival manZelkon z Ft. Worth a v Buckholts pribrali jeho maminku (moji sestrith tak nas prekvapili. John Po§ivalovi `unit byli vzacni. nebot' oni do Houstonu 1) jedou jednou za uherskY eas.

Jestli se nie •eznieni, tak jak tnJ) budete Gist v novinach, ja a syn Allen budeme nekde v Tennessee v horach.

On dostane dva tYdny prazdnin a tak kaZdYm rokem nekde jedeme do severinch static. ' Pred dvema tYdny jsem mela dobrou Milelitost let do Kalifornia na vYlet. JOli tam rodiee moji nevesty. Ale Ze moje ruka jeSte nedelala dobrotu, tak z tato seMo. MCm v Kalifornii zname. Jsou thin manZele Petr Suplkovi, ktere dobre znam. Pani Supakova nine east° vybizi, at' vie piSi do novin Dekuji a bucl,te hodne zdravi. S VaSi Svagro y ou P. 'M. Malinakovou se east() sejdu, a nekdy,se tam k yam s nh vypravime a to na eelY mesic. Take tam main zname manZele-

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Anton Hainuskovy, kteri se tarn odsteho,vali z Houstonu asi pied tremi roky.

Letos main velice mot hruSek na stromku, ale hruSky letos zastaly velice male proti jinkm rolcum. Za jedno je jich velice moo na stromku, za druh6; bylo velike sucho, an a za treti, je stejne nemoliu zavarovat jednou rukou. KdyZ ly stromky v 1)1116111 kvetu, talc jsem mela jeae hodne hrukk od predeSleho roku, talc jsem to zaeala rozclavat, a byla u nine na naVSteve pani St'astna a povida nine: "Nu, to bych se U zasma,la, kdy7 by sis je rozdala a na„ kvitka jeSte priSel 1131'dZ a ty Zadne neudelala!" Mtaz nepriSel, ale hrukeky jsou jako naprstky.

Veera se tady na nas final hurikan jmenem Flossy a ze moje nevesta se take tak:jmenuje, talc jsme si ji hodne dobirali, ale chvala Bohn, neprikl, vyboukil se na Florid& kde si vzal za obet deset lidi. Za velikeho y etru aeroplan byl Dozen na domek a v nem priSla mlada maminka a jeji tri male deti o Veera zase na ceste do Crosby prikl mladk krajan Raymond Krenek o Zivot ✓ autoniobilovem neS"testi kdyZ jel z nemocnice dome, kde byl navUivit svoji Zenu, ktera, byla zase predtim v automobilovem netesti a ma zlamank krk. A talc .nemine ani jeden den aby nekdo netruchlil za svkm milkm, kterk mu byl nahlou smrti vyrvan. Lide maji talc hrozne na spech. A nam starim, lcdyZ naladkin pripominame at' davaji pozor, bak se nam jen.om smeji. Pry to manic ty naSe stare zvyky, a naladi ze si vkeko jinak zarizuji, Inu, dnes jiZ nejsme pany sveho easu, a mnohk z nas musi poslouchat tu naSi niladou chasu.

Jo, letos budeme jisti ty krocany se strachem, a mirozi, co 'krocany chovaji do trhu, budou mit velike Scody. Vyskytla se papouSlcova nemoc a u2 sedmDaft delniku tady v Houstone na tu nemoc onemocnelo, kelyZ eistili tyto krocany. Jeden delnik dokonce zemrel a nekteri jsou nebezpeene nemocni. Talc davejte pozor, co kupujete, a kdy2 nebude mit krocan na kridle pripichnutk talc ho nekupujte , Ten, kterk ma • je prchlidnuty zyerolekarem.

Nu, pro dnekk je toho u2'dost. Talc se nuvejie hezky prijed'te na divadlo pr y y am, Ce-°vlistopadu.RChn se okife pobavite.

S Uctou Anna Vrlova.

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V ES TNIK — WEST, TEXAS Bratke Krupo, neueinil jsem talc. Jak jsem ten dopis psal, talc jsem se o VaSem vYboru nezminil. Jak Vann opakoYana slova se dostala do Vestniku, to inuZe y ysvetliti Varn bratr redaktor, coZ dontam, ze ueini, aby ze nine srial podezreni, ze jsem v clopise psal nepravdu. (Poznamka redaktora: TakrIca vSechny Ceske. dopisy ureene pro uverejneni y e Vestniku, jsou prepisovane na stroji, aby sazee mei svou praci usnadnenou.

Na stroji se rukopisy prepisuji ob radek, po jedne strane papiru. KaLlk tadek ma 70 aZ 75 itderti, aby redaktor predem vedel, jak dlouhk bucle dopis, aZ se vysazi. Pri prepisovani redaktor rnusi bkti krajne svedomitk, aZ Uzkostlive puntiokarskk, aby neporuSil smysl. Mnohdy zustane stati, prernYAli a pta se sam sebe, jak nekterou vetu upraviti nebo pozmeniti, aby se innysl pisatele podal srozumitelneji a lep gi neZ to bylo vocine napsano. Jestli redaktor nelccly slovo prida nebo ubere, je to pouze ye snaze, aby prospel, ne aby uSkodil. Vet'Shia dopisovatelti si takove male zmeny a opravy preji, ba dokonce to od reclaktora oeelcavaji. Jestli bratr Adameic rika, ze o vkboru se nezminil, tak je to Pravda. On si lepe pamatuje, co psal. U nine prepisovani nezUstane v pameti. 0riginaly neschovavam, protole za tri mesice byl bych v papirech zalaraban.

Mohlo se velini snadno stati, kdr2 jsem original prepisoval, ze jsem zarnenil slovo "oni" za "vYbor". Toto dlouhe vysvet leni snad postaei, aby bratri se udobrili a poslali vkehny sve hromy a blesky na neSikovneho redaktora. On si uz clay_ no navyknul, ze nesmi bkti detinsky nethitklivk.)

Doufam, ae jiZ vice nebudu obvinovan z nejake nespravnosti. .0i ma jeSte nekdo nejake obvineni na nine? Jestli ano, jcn yen s tim. Ja, to jeSte unesu.

S bratrskYm pozdravem C. V. Adamek. ) • „T. • (

Ve stredu, tine 3. kijna 1956

mirn, talc trochu novinarstvi, pra yim trochu. Byl jsem redaktorem na.bolenskeho mesioniku "Husita" vice neZli 20 let.

Pozdeji zesnulY soudce C. H . ChernoskY a ja zaeali jsme vyciavati tkdenik "Ceclaoslovalc" v Rosenbergu. Pan Jos. Hejl ho tiskl. Pan Anton KuZel, kterk nyni bydli v Chicagu, byl jeho redaktorem.

Doufali jsme, ze easopis bude ziskavati rychle dosti etenarn, predplatiteld, ale nestalo se tak. Nemohli jmine platiti redaktora a talc ja jsem prevzal redaktor stvi a sice bezplatne. Psaval jsem nekdy skoro cele, noci, nebot' vydavati tYdenik neni maliekost, jak asi vii. Ja tu praci delal mimo vkch jinYch povinnosti co fata' nekolika evangelickYch sboru. Pro-to, kdyZ "Westske Noviny" poslaly dotaz, zdali bychom "Cechoslovaka" prodali, tedy jsme se rozhodli vyhoveti jejich Zadosti a easopis jsme prodat. Vychazi, jak vis, ye West. Ja mtt preju dlouhk Zivot.

Tedy jeSte jednou diky za to, ze jsi nas organ privedl na ten stuperi dokonalosti, na nemZ se nyni nachazi a doufain, ze novk redaktor ho na tom stupni udrZi. S bratrslckm pozdravem, J. R. Vilt. ) Bureoval a bojoval Ceske Literarni:SdruZeni pri Texaske statni universite v Austinu bylo mile prekva,peno peknkm Clankem "Z kraje Petra Bezruee", jejZ v zari v Bratrske Vestniku uverejnii jeho redaktor Otakar Charvat, jenZ mimo jive o miloyanem basniku napsal: "SlavenY eeskY basnik Petr Bezrue, kteremu 15. zari tohoto roku bode 89 let, narodil se site ye slersice Opave die 15, zari 1867 ,avSalc y e sykch "Slczskkch pisnich" stal se nevem vkho narodnostne a hospodarsky utlaCovaneho lidu, na TeS'insku, Opa ysku, Ostraysku ✓ Pobeskydi, takle cela tato rozlehla, Oblast v severovkchodnim cipu Moravy a ✓ starem vkchodnim Selzsku cini si naro kna pojmenovani krajem BezrueoDiky za uzmini Needville, Texas vkm.

Milk bratre Valeiku!

Nyni Zije stariekY basnik v klidu a v Myslim, ze jsi se zdrax vratil z toho pokoji v Utlem domku v Kostelci na Bakongresu a obohati'S rids tim, co jsi se ne, odkudZ 'Casein, kdyZ se dobre citi, tam naueil. Jiste, ze pottebujeme obo- vydava, se jate na male prochazky do hacovati nak veclomosti. Kdo se spoko- 1 okoli. BYval vaS• nivYm turistou a znamejuje tim, co zna, zvadue. Jsem eleneni nitYm chodceni a prokl kriZem kraZern SPJST. jako2 i moje manZelka ad roku nejenom Ostra yslco a Te'Sinsko, nYbrZ 1916, kcly jsme se pristehovali do Ro- valnou Cast Moravy . Nyni se u2 na dlousenbergu. Sledoval jsem pilne organ • yYlety ne yydava, avS"ak na svou oDeming, New Mexiko SPJST. "Vestnik". Dovol, abycla Ti vy- blibenou Lysol' horu nad StarYmi HamSestry a btatri: slovil diky a uznani, ze jsi nas organ do- ry v okrese frYdeckem vy.stoupil jeSte Timto odpo yidam bratru J. J. Krupovi vedl na ten stuperi, na kterem se nyni Ye s yYch 86 letech, aby se znovu poko✓ Caldwell, Texas na jell° kratIck dopis nachazi, toti2 bez pravopisnkch a grarna oPal ponledem na kraj, kter3"r tolik mu ye Vestniku ze clue 19. zari, v nem2 tickkch chyb. Tama valy tak nebylo. prirostl k srdci. To byl posledni velk3'7 nine obvinuje, ze jsem do sve veci zatahl Take elanky "od redaktora elentlm." jeho vYlet." j eho vYbor na poverujici listiny. byly valyelcy zajimave a pouene. RozuCtitele Bezrueo r y upozornujer e, Cc na-

Ve stFedu, dne 3. tijna 1.956 :;e Ceske Literdrni SchtiZeni Texaske statni universite v Austimi zataclilo do eitanky Leto poclohenku Petra Baru& a based "Uspech", do eitanky Podzim jeho baseti "Ostrava" a do eitanky lima jeho obrazek i basne "Kyjov a 2ormanice". Citanky Leto, Podzim 1 Zima, jsou dosud na sklade, ale jiZ v men§im poetu a Prociavaji se pc) dolaru' za jednu citanku, tedy za tii clolary vSechny tri eitanky i s pokovnYm. Jmena oclberateln jsou zapisovana do zvlakniho Pamatniku. Dolary mono i v clopisu zaslati na adresu Dr. Ed Mieek, University Station, Austin, 12, Texas a Vase objednavka bude ihned vyi'izena. ) • 4D • (.

Vyberte si die potieby TT*Inact arum! certlfixatd pro dospele: Tkida B: Dotivotnl, poplatky se plat at do punt Ttida C • Poplatky se plati 20 rokil. obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v ptipadu Ttida D: Poplatky se plati 15 rokil. Piny obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu fnrti.

Vida E: Poplatky se plati 10 rolo). Pln9 obnos pojiSleni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu fnrti.

Ttida F: Piny ()boos certifikatu je vyplacen p0 15 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu Umrti Ttiaa Piny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen ye 20 letech nebo kdy koliv ptedtim e ptipadu Mint.

Ttida 11. Piny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosateni 65 let star; nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v pHpadu Umrti.

Ttida I: roplattcy se prate 20 mkt. Plnl obnost certifikatu j e vypiacen po dosateni 60 let, stall nebo kdykoliv ptedtirn v ptipadu Urn rtt.

Ttiab. Poplatky se piati do veku 65 let. Pin-) obnos politteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Umrti • Ttida L: Dvojnasobne urazove pojiAteni (double indemnity). Certifikat vystavuje pouze do ohnosu $2,500, dodatedne k jinemu certifikatu. rtida M:

Poplatky se plati do veku let. Po dosateni 65 roku elen dostava mesieni ptijert( dokud tiv. Zemte-li p ied 80 lety sta •i, (redid dostanou mesidni ptijem do 80. vyrool na rozenin elena.

Iridd Opisova ochiana na 20 let ktera se zmenSuie, az zfistanf yypiacene pojiatent na $1,000,

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Poj gteni se vypiati kdykoliv v ptipadu ttmrti die kiesajici stupnice.

Redaktor rad by vyhovel vkm dopiVida N: tipisova ochrana jen tem, kdc sovatelum. Nekdy se v'Sak dopis opozdi. majt od SPJST vypiljdene pe- MUZe to bYt vinou odesilatele, nebo vinize nou porky, nebo samotnelao redaktora, let drubii SPJST pro deti: kclyZ je dopis clioulaY a priide v posledVida J-T: Doeasne pojikeni do van 16 ni chvili. Nekdy sazee vysfizi jen tolik, na kolik mu easu staei. let. ktere se milte tmeniti Velkomesto ma sve nevyhody v dokterekoliv jive pojiaeni pa iosateni vela 10 let, nebo davce poky, o kterYch nevYbodach lide as venkove nemaji tt;eni. Jako kdyZ pozdeji, p • irovnate malt' pottleek k velike tece rtida J-C. Popiatky se plat' 20 rokt1 Do velkomesta ptichazi stale velikY Play obnos pojifteni se vy proud poky, od easneho rana a'2 do pozdni • nod. PoSta, pPichazi pc) vlacich, olati kdykoliv v ptipacu ye veku od 16 let YYS'e tobu.sy, "hypo" (highway post office), Umrtni pojistka pod 16 let letouny, ha dokonce pc) Na hlavstf,;(1 je die stupnice. ni .centrale je poka ttidena stale, milioty ocl peti hodin rano aZ doccIvott rtida J -S: Popiatky St piati 20 raft po pillnoci. Co se od rana do pfilncici rozPiny obnos pojiSterti se vy- Jidi, to se zamline do pythi a jeke pied plati kdykoliv v ptipadu vYchodem slunka se rozvali na dvacet mai od veku 1 roku. pet meni>ich stanic. Vsimnuli jste si, ze mesict, $250, pod 12 nuesicil idresa redaktora ma oznaeeni Houston $500.

7, stanice Oslo sedme. rtida T-E: Popiatky se piati do 18 let Dejme tome, nekdo z i)allasu, ze stati. PlnY obnos certifikatu San Antonia nebo z Corpus Christi pose vypiati po 18 letech stall ile na redaktora dopis. Vzpomene si na nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu Ifilelitou vec ye etvrtek veer. NalAge mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 rychle oznameni a d i ho na paku v mesict, $250, pod 12 mesictl, patek rano. Jestli dopis prijde do Hou$600. stonu v patek veer, je v foci rorttidi§nY a v sobotu pied svitanim je poslanY rtida J t.1 Poplatky se plati 20 rola), na, stanici Oslo sedme. Tam pracuje PlnY obnos certifikatu se vy od S'esti hodin rano 35 listonoM, aby do po 20 letech nebo kdy--plati osmi hodin rano men vi"iechny dopisy, koliv v ptipadu (unrti od ve- .i/ echny noviny a vAechny pokovni ku 1 roku. Do 6 mesica, $250 srovnany die toho, jak poAtu celY nod 12 roesict $500. roznaSeji. Dopis je dodany redaktoru v sobotu kolem clesate rano. Ale ten) • oTo • ( tYZ dopis mel vlastne bYt jiZ v rukou Pan Labula se olenil jecinak z lasky sazeee ye West, aby ho v sobotu vysaa ,jecinak proto, ze mel ttiz to hospodske r,e1. Posledni zasilku rukopisa posildin stravy az po krk. do ti.skarny v patek odpoledne.

Jeho mead, chot' si dais na prvnim obecle opravdu zaleZet a kdy2 pan LaJestli ale &pis je psanY ye etvrtek, bula v poledne domfi, cela rozpa- danY na- poku v patek a ptijde do Houlena s eepeekem na hlave, nesla polev- ston-a na hlavni poku aZ v sobotu ku na kvetinami ozdomenY stUl. Jak sne rano, nen-10e bYti poslany na staisme. poznamenali, 'genii se pan Labula nici eislo sedme az v pondeli rano pied z Lasky a z toho dfivodu snedl polevku, vYchodem slunce. KaalY takovY dopis, aniZ paste klel. I do darkho jidla se pu- kterY pfijde aZ v pondeli, je o celY tYstil s obdivuhodnymi elanem, ale -- ne- den zpoZdenY.0mlouvejte se jak chcete, can se neda posunaut dozadu, vlaky doj edl.

"Prosim te, Amalko, dej mi to do ka- jsou prye. strillku, ja si,to veer vezmu s sebou ."

Jedina pomoc, kdyZ je to dfilelite, "Opravdu? To ti to tak chutnalo? rozvzpomenete si na to al ye etvrtek nebo radostnila se mlada chot'. v patek, poslati to special delivery, cog "Jo — ja jdu veer do hadankatskeho stoji mimo pravidelneho pokovneho jeklubu, tak to tam dam k lep§imu jake o 20 centil vice. ko rebus." ) o R. • ( Zvedave de'ti Pan Profesor Mlask je opravdu hrozne "Tak dob ge", pOvida Vladik resignorortrZitY!. Veers. priSel ke snidani, poll- se narodili, abychom pomahali druhym." bil ve,jce a klepl manZelku parkrat 1Zie"Svata pravda." kou pPes hlavu, "Tak, prod se narodili ti druzi?"

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na slu zas TiiIC8TE SLDMA CVICENI. tot necitelniost ozvala se miada selka Vim neize vyhoveti. na neivratu ze sifkch poll.

V lets po silnici se& mlynai s hochem osla "Synka pste nohy boll, vede odstiine to, slabs robe!" na trh k mestu.

"St'astnou cestu!" vole jezdec, 'oba jdete?' Na to vzal ho o lobe.

Prot jen nekdo nesednete, Jett dale. "Neznabozi!" pad coif pak vim to rozum kiieel kozy. neda?"

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vyt' jst zviat mutelte Na osla si hog& sea, otec pak jde vedle pegky. Otec a syn na to slova slezli a gli p eiky zn•ova.

Dohonili povoz Vozka voles s prave Preeti s tatinkeni nebo maminkon a popros, aby Ti vysvetlili neznama slostrany: va! ['atom spravne, to je bez ehyb, °pig: des se gitu!

Segit je jako zreadlo. Podle "1 ty klou6ku nekAra4, SeSitu se pozni, Zak,— bodejf by to kopla hula StrYeek srdeene dekuje za dopisy. Take ma radost, ze elanky "Lanmladk jede, start klu- ka oteovska" i "111a.teina stateenost" se tak libily. Laska, matky a otce je nejl " krasnejS'i a nezztpomenutelna; jen sal" sa

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Schylovalo se k veeeru. Zlate paprsky zapadaAaho slunka ozarovaly dalekY obzor a .zapacialy do tajemnYch vod krasne ziitoky Green Bay, triStice cc v tisicerYch barvach o modrou hladinu. Na teineni vysokeho pahorku, s neho skYtal se oku earokrasnY na kelni stromtl prostou krajinu na zapad a jih, stela mlada divka, uprene hledela smerern k zapaciajicimu slunku. Byla to divka ztepile postavy, jasnYch za,ticich (Doi a pravidelneho krasneho oblieeje. U nohou jeji leZel obrovskY pes, plemene bernardskeho; strew kaMY pohled i pohyb sve velitelky a o nekolik kroldt dale sta.l osecila.nY kuii, vlastne malt' pony plemene texaskeho.

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Vraek, na nem2 divka stela, tvoril pouZe stupen k vySSirati pohori, ktere vystupovalo smerem severnim a na mile se tahlo na zapad, porostle jsouc obrovkymi strorny pralesa.

Po dlouhou chvili kochala se divka, pohledem na krasnY zjev piarodni, pak se vzchopila a zvolala vesele: "Well, Cesare, rnyslim, ze mane eas, podivati se co dela tatinek. Musime si prispisiti, cliceme-li doprovazeti jej done, nebot' mane do'orYch dvacet miput rychle jizdy pied sebou, neZli dorazime k mistu, kde fines kaceji Se nejkrasnejSi stroiny v nakm lese."

Pes jakoby rozumel, vyskoell, zaStekal raciostne a jal se tak prudce skakati na svoji velitelku, ze tato s tili udrZela se na nohou.

"Nu, nu, jen pomalu, ty divochu!" rala jej divka. Takto neurazili bychom mili ani za d ye hodiny. Jdi z cesty a nech usednouti rune na meho Dicka".

Oclhanejic obrovskeho psa od sebe, pokroeila divka ku koniku, v jehoZ sedlo se prave chystala vyhoupnotiti, kcly2 na

Ve stiedu, dne 3. kijna 1956 severozapadnim obzoru spatfila Cerny bod rychle pohybujici se k yrSku. Bylo to na ceste z Green Bay do Wrighttownu a odtud do male, neda yno teprve zalolene osady eeskYch a nemeckYch "Ach," zvoiala divka stanouc. "Ten ma na spech!" Aby lepe videla, zastinila si Celo rukou. "Je to jezdec a blili se cvalem a patrne ma narnifeno k nam.. Kdo je to asi a co nam pfina g ?" Cesar take jiZ byl postrehl jezdce v udoli a zavreel zlostne.

"Nech jej, neck"! tisila jej divka, nespouStela s odi jezdce, kterY kaalou vtokinu staval se znatelnejSim. V napjatern oeekavani uplynulo pet, pak deset minut a postava jezdce stala se alpine znatelnou.

"Ach, to je Jaroslav!" zvolala divka a lice jeji zaplaly nachem. "Co ale piavadi jej sem dnes v tuto dobu? Byl u nas veera a ja Cekala jej zase as v sobotu.'

Jezdec inezitim dojel k pate vraku a zmirnenYm klusem postupoval vzhairu.

Divka neCekala vSak jeho piichodu, nYbra rychlYin krokem spechala mu vstric a setkala se s nim asi na polovici svahu.

"Aj, MiluSe, ty zde?" zajasal . "To je velke atesti pro mne!" A neeekaje ani na odpoved' chopil divka ye, svou name a pokryl rilZova rista jeji neseiselnYmi polibky. Milug e jen s namaha.nim vyprostila se z jeho objeti a uskodic o krok zpet pravila s lidenYm hnevem: "Ty divochu! Ty nenasyto! Co g nedostaneS rozum nikdy? Myslim ae nakrad jsi si tech hubieek veera tolik, ae vystaditi by ti mely na celY tYden."

"Ale jsem nahreclu opa.eneho a myslim, to by mne neakodilo, kdybych dostal jich pied snidanim sto, Po snidani d ye ste, pied obedem dye ste a padesat, po obecle tri sta a do vedera jeate asi tisic. To dodalo by mi chuti k jidlu i k praci a ja byl bych nefat'astnejSim elovekem ve ave.te."

Divka se zasmala hlasite, hned ale pravila vaZne: "Myslim, ze by to to omrzelo brzy a ae bys za kratko stal se zrovna tak chladnym, jako jsi nyni prudkYm." "Nikdy, Miluk ma!" zvolal Jaroslav je dista "Laska ma k tobe je trvala, vrouci. Tvoje bytost' je soueasti me bytosti vlastni a bez tebe nebylo by pro nine na svete Zadneho blaha a Zadneho Stesti. Ty via to velmi dobie a musi g to pocit'ovati."

"Zajiste, min Jaroslave," pravila rnekce. "Jsem presvedeena, ze milujd rune s toutea vroucnosti jako ja miluji tebe a proto prave jako ty i ja touZim po okam'Ziku, kdy zcela budem naleZeti sobe."

"A to bude jiZ po prialich inch, tedy

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za pet mesicia!" zajasal Jaroslav, 211QVU libaje svoji snoubenku.

"Ano, jia za pet mesicil," snive pravila opetujic polibek milaeka. "Naai rodide — tvoji i moji Wm se jia take na naai svatbu a dobra matieka moje schrariuje kaZde husi perk°, abych mela hodne teple pefiny do maleho naSeho linizdedka. I sam ye vaem tak va,ZenY tatinek bore velikou ridast na me vYbave a za Caste pta se — ov gem ze Zertem -jak daleko pokrodili jsme se s yYm veenYm Sitim Sian a pradla — —". tu zardela se jako pivorika a skryla hlavinku na rameni Jaroslava.

"A", — tazal se, zpozoroval jeji rozpaky z poclieknuti se a uzardelY oblidej k sobe nazdvihl.

"A dale nic vice, ty faetieko!" zvolala divka vinouc se z jeho objeti, naeea dodala va,Zne: "Nyni ale povez, prod jsi dries na naiste az zitra, jak bylo umluveno."

"Pravda, na to bych byl zapomel a kaZda minuta je piece tak vzacna."

"Ty mne clesia! Stalo se new u vas?"

"Nikoli, ale Vain hrozi velke nebezpeei."

"Nana?"

"Ano. Ty via, ze potok, viastne mala rieka, po niz plavime vory do ieky Fox a odtud a2 do Green Bay, kde prekladany bYvaji na velke lode, se nekdy na jaie rozvodni a ze stane se z ni pak drava feka, ktera rortrha a odnaal sebou vae, co nachazi se v jejim dosahu."

"Ano, to vim a zpirsobeno nam povodni takou jiz mnohYch Skod. AvCak —".

"Nech rime domluvit. Milu ge ma. Ty chceS namitati, ae my jsme nebezpedi tomu zrovna tak vysazeni, jako vy. -Pravda. My ale letos manic mak) vora hotovYch a za rnesic toprve chceme zasla ti vetai poCet kiad a pike ludo Green Bay a tudi2 nevenovali jsme okolnosti to Zadnou pozornost. Dnes odpoledne byli jsme s otcem nahoie v lesich a tu k svemu uaasu zpozorovali jsme, ze snih napadne rychle taje a ae skrze rokle a po stranich vali se cele spousty vod do risky. Nasledkem toho musi keka do zitika se rozvodniti. To meho otce zarasilo a veda, ae mate nekolik vorii pravenYch k plavbe, vyslal mne ryehle, abych vas na to upozornil. MinZe g se domysliti, ae nodal jsem se dvakrate pobizeti. Je tatinek dorna,?"

"Neni .Je v lesich asi tri mile odtud a kaci stromy s inSrmi bratry,. Ja prave byla na ceste k nim, kdyZ videla jsem to "Nemeakejrne tedy je vyhledat. My.zastihneme je jeSte? Souirirak—" siiC, "Ah, bah! Ty vin, ze slunko wisconsinske da si na Cas jak se svYin vYchodem tak i zapadem a ae soumrak zde

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trva hodne dlouho. Na g i nezanechaji va"ak dries price drive, neZli aZ se Upine setmi, protole chleji s kacenim strornia bYti brzo hotovi."

"Rychle tedy na kone!" pobizel Jaroslav a jai se pomahati MiluSi, ad. tato pomoci nepotiebovala, nebot' sanaa a leh ce vyhoupla se v sedlo, prozrazujic tai jezdkyni veinal obratnou. Cesta do clelky jedne mile — totiZ aZ k okraji hanteho lesa — byla velmi ujeta, a dobra a postupujic pouze lehkYrn svahem vzhuru poskytovala jezdcirrn prilaitost k rychle jizde. Odtud' ale stavala se elm dale Um neschridnejai, u2Si a kamenitejai, vedouc prikke k hiebentim vysokeho horstva.

Snoubenci byli nuceni zmirniti spedk svYch koni a tak mohli opet rozmlouvati.

"Divirn se tomu," pravil Jartslav, "2'e otec tvin sam kond praci tak teZkou nebezpeenen. Prod" nepo ge Davida s nekolika Celediny?"

"David musi kiesat nalYnske kameny.

Vyzna se v torn nejlepe, nebot` je to jeho kemeslo. Take ostatni zamestnani jsou ye svem oboru a jelikoZ tatinek nechtel s poraknim obrovskycla tech stronari, pro neZ ma prave nyni z ylinatni potrebu, odkladati, pustil ,ke s bratry sam do price. Ostatne nedeje se 1,.]1;: east° a on praci tu povaZuje spiSe za zabavu, neZli za praci skutednou.

"Pravda. Otec tvin i bratii jsou jako ze ally a neunavni v praci. Jsou to zdar ni potomci tech starYch eeskYch zemajich2 nejlepAi vlastnosti byly: poctivost, pineinlivost a spoiivost."

"VSak i tvin rod nezilstal v ohledu tom nikdy za naSim. Tvin otec, Vojtech lAsY, i tvin ded jsou z toho sameho co min otec, muj ded a bezpooetni jeho Predkove a2 do Kochana Vranvice", odvetila divka s hrdosti. "2e1 jen, zc s dobrYmi vlastnostmi zdedili i take jejich prchlivost, tvrdoSijnost a neptistupnost."

"Aj, Miluk ma", zvolal mladik, jehoZ velice mile dotkla se chvala diveina o jeho rodu, "snad nechtela bys, aby muCove z rodu Jaromira KruSiny, byli titiny vetrern se klatici, beznaySlenkoviti kYvalove, nebo jak se rika: "Kam vita tam pliiat'?" Prave tyto vlastnosti tvoii Cast pevnaho jich charakteru a vychazeji z ureiteho sobevedomi a z poznani svYch viastnich sib. Pojem o cti a osobni stateenosti hluboko zapustili koreny v jejich srdcich. Proto take rodiny: nape po cela pokoleni staly sobe blizko a kdyZ otec tvtin odhodlal se k vystehovani do Ameriky, nemohl otec min jinak, neZli jej nasledovati. Bylo ti to snad nemile?"

"Jak mitZe g se tak ptati ty zlY, oaklivST Jarosiave!" karala jej divka. "Tak ja to ostatne nemyslela;" clodala postieh-

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nuvg i g ibalskY fisme y v jeho tavari . — brie byly jeho navody, jez daval detem "Jd valim si v g ecla dobrYch vlastnosti syYm pri kaZde prilelitosti, zejrnena pak na g ich mitZti — jen ta jejich prudkost za ziminch vederti, kdy rodina usadila a svelalavost mite dasto leka. Vy jste tak se kol velkeho duboveho stolu ku dteni z horka nakva g eni a nekdy tak papuch- nebo rozmluve.

Prichod a. hlasitY gtekot Cesara upoa urputni, ze z vas jde hrtiza!" `1 ze mne, Milu g e ma?" s fismevem ta zornil pracujici na prichod milencn. Stazal se rnladik, tisknuv kone sveho tesne rt' Kru gina se obratil a pees oblieej prelate mu zakmit radosti. jejimu.

"Aj, hle, moje (lett prichazeji nam ku "Nekdy i z tebe!" -zvolala divka ye smipomoci!" zvolal vesele. "Prod neprigli ak, ne, ne, nitij Jaroslave!

Tys chu. "Av g povkly byl ke nine dobrYnt, potildy ne- jste o hodinu drive?"

"To byste teprve nebyli hotovi," zakriii a milovani hodnYm!" Na misto odpoved i nahnul se Jaroslav tovala Milu(ge, nebot' my bychom vain trochu a ovinuv divku kolem krku, pri- jen prekahli. Myslim vgak, 2e mate ji2 tahnul hlavinku jeji Mize k sobs a ohni- to prace dosti pro dne gek a ze je eas y e zlibal odi, tvare i Usta milky, ktera pomYgleti na navrat k domovu. Hied', stejnYm mu splacela blalene se pH torn tatinku, slunce jiz za glo a pallid se rychle stmivati." usinivajic.

Mezitim mladi lids seskoelli s koni a Ze slastneho toho opojeni vyruZeni bypojednou inlasitYm Stekotem Cesara. divka pristoupiv gi k otci, obejmula jej j( nz, olaromnymi kroky padil ku predu; srdeene, kdeZto bratri jeji poti casli si nize vzdali pak zaroven zavznely jasne ce s Jaroslavem.

"Mal pravdu," pravil start Krugina., zvuky sekery a ozvena nekolika muZshlacle uzardele lice sveho miladka. — kYch "To jsou na g i!" zvolala MiluSe. "Jak "Prace ta nam neuteee. Ja chtel jen kmenam ta cesta rychle ubehla. Spe g Jaro- ny tyto pripraviti k odeslani co nejdriye. Vis, ze nasledkem piin g slabs zimy slave, at' jsme jiz u nich!"

Neujeli daleko, kdy skrze radu obrov- zustali jsme s praci tou trochu pozadu skS7 ch velikanti lesnich spatrili etyri mu- a firma Thompson and Co. nalehave piosekavajici dusts vetve pied chvili se a novou zasilku. Av gak je opravdu toprve porahneho stromu. Nejstar gi z eas, abychom pomY gleli na navrat. Manich Jaromir Kru gina stal tu opten o minka bude jiz take netrpeliva a bude svoji sekery a claval pokyny s yYm syntim, miti strach, ze ji vedere vystydne. Odtak aby prace gla rychleji ku predu a valte kmen ten k tem druhYm az k cejeden neprekaZel druhemu. Byl to stat- . ste," obratil se na sve syny, "a pak pfijnY niu2 s prog edivelYm jiz vousem a vd- dem domil. David maze zitra odvleci je Z'ne a2 trochu prisne tvare. Mluvil od- az k rece, sestaviti novY vor a doplaviti merene a ureite a bylo zjevno, ze eini tento as k Usti Fox." "To bude asi sotva mane," prohodil tak po zralem uvakni. Synove jeho Jaromir, Kochan a Ondrej, ye stall. 24, 21 a Jaroslay.

"Oho hochu — a prod ne?"

17 rokii, byli rostli jako jedle, tvari derve "Protok Fiala na ge bude zitra dravcem nYch a zdravYch a yzezreni velmi prijemneho. Vykasane rukavy,, tidke ylnene kterY vge potrha a vezme s sebou Snih kokle obnahly osmahla rams, jicha, na- v horach taje a cele spousty vod vali pnute svalstvo prozrazovalo velkou iilu se ilhabinami. Ja schvalne prijel dnes telosni. Nebylo divu take, nebot' start' k yam, abych vas na to upozornil."

"Prigel's pouze pro to, mohl jsi cestu Kru g ina nenechal deti sve zahaleti, ale pilne pridrZoval je k praci jim a sile je- tu usporit, Jaroslave. Nebo myslig, jich primerene. "Prace tu g telo, sili du- ze start' Kru gina ma vlei mlhu a nevidi cha a oslazuje Zivot," rikaval. "Prace co se kolem neho deje. Jsem dosti dlouho cirri zemi na g i pro eloveka rajem a bez ye Wisconsinu, abych znal zdej gi povetrni bylo by tu pusto temno trudno." — nost a pozoroval jsem jiz veera hned jak Hiuboko v srdci s yYch ditek snahl se jsi odegel, neco podobneho. Proto hned vg tipiti heslo svYch predkn: "V praci a dame z rana &inn jsem v gechny privedeni, jest na g e spaseni." "Vedeni u.- pravy k privitani vodniho toho draka. snadriuje a z p rijemiluje praci, poueoval Ml'n i pila jsou v bezpedi a tech par vosve clitky, " p robuzuje v nich lasku ku rti poslal jsem k Usti Fox hned z rana. stem a premY gleni samostatnemu. Ve A al k domu zaplava nikdy nedosahvedeni spodiva sila ducha, mot rule a la."

"Mineni me bylo dobre," pravil zklazrudnost ruky, alovek nevectomY ., byt' prirodou sebe vice nadan, zilstava, vkly manY Jaroslay.• jen inteligentnim zviretern, prost vgeho "To vim, hochu, a dekuji ti take. Ja vzletu dukvniho a toho vy gg iho rozu- ti ale za tu cestu platit nebudu, to spray moveho rozhledu, jenZ ridi jeho kroky si tuhle s moji Milugi," dodal 2ertovne. k ilechetnSim — Takove a podo"Nemejte starosti, tatinku," taktd 'Zer

dicedu, dile Z. Ejna, 19F.6, tovne ocivetil mlaclik, "v:g ak ja u ni nepitclu zkratka. Buda muset platit i firoSynove mezitim odvalili kmen k ostat ky a site tisic ze sta." nim a prehodiv ge sekery na ramena, nasledovali otce a parek snoubencii. Za veseleho hovoru plynula jim cesta rychle, piece ale byla jiz apina, tma, kdy clorazili ku staveni, v jeho dvefich ne trpelive byli aekavani pani Kruinovou.

"No koneene ze jiz piichazite!" zvolala jim tato vstiic. "Ja, mela ji2 strach, se yam neco prihodilo. Beztoho to neracla. vidim, kdyz jdete kacet stromy. Je phi torn tolik nebezpeei avgak co vidim, Jaroslav je tu take? No, bud' vitan: Pojd'te jen dale, yeeere bade Needle piipravena.".

"Musim hned doma", omlouval se Jaroslav, "na gi mne budou take oeekavati."

"Hlouposti! Vklyt' vedi, kde jsi a nebade to poprve co jel jsi od nas v noel doma. Jen zastafi k yeeeri," pobizel start Kru g ina. Mesie beztoho hnedle vyjde a pak bude not jako rybi oko."

Jaroslav, pohlednuv na Milusi nedal se pobizeti dvakrate, jen starosti jests o kone.

"Jen pojd"', nutil Kru gina, "o toho postard se David."

"Hej, Davide!" zvolal hlasite, "zaved' kone do staje, dej jim hat a prijd' pak kvederi."

ZavolanY vygel z jizby a mrAtiv zlostnY pohled na Jaroslava, vzal kone za uzdy a odvadeje je, mrudel, "Je gte aby mu elovek slouzil, klackovi!"

David Pacak byl mladik asi jedenadvacetiletY, pane zroalY a jemneho, ae ne value sympatickeho oblieeje. Byl vzdalenYm pribuznYm pani Kru ginove a co sirotek prig el do jeji rodiny. Hoch jevil velkou na.klonnost k remeslu mlynarskemu a start Kru gina, nemaje pro neho primerene prace doma, dal jej do ueeni ku znamemu jemu mlynari, jen2 vlastnil velkSr mlYm phi race NeZarce. Tu z hocha stal se dobrY mlynar a zejmena byl velice zruenYm pri "brou geni" dill sekani mlynskych kamenfi. Casto v gak nav gtevoval statek sveho dobrodince, nebot' tahla jej tam laska ku Milu gi, kterou miloval nejprudgi smyslnou vagni. Ovg em, ze chranil se toho, aby va gefi tuto dal na jevo, veda ze nejen zle by pochodil u rodioil sve zbohiovane, riSrbr i u ni same, ktera hezkeho sice, ale potmegileho a bezcharakterniho Davida nemela v lasce. Blilil-li se k ni, vkly se otrasla, jakoby blilil se k ni jedovatY had a vyhSibala se mu proto, kde jen bylo mane. To jej popouzelo ku hnevu, kterY dostoupil az k bezmernemu vzteku, kdy vide' ze Miluse lasku svoji yenovala Jaroslavu LisSmu, synu zama-

Ve sti.' du, dne 3. fijna 1951 neho rolnika, jeho pozeniky sousedily s pozernky KruSiny a jehot rodina od innoha pokoleni Lila v nejdfivernejSi shode s rodent KruSina. EstivY David dovedl vSak i tento vztek v sobe tajiti a filisnej-' Sim chovani jeSte ziskati si plizen roclieu a bratri Kdyt pak start' KruSina, jsa syt to nevolnosti v 6echach a utlaeovani a pronasledovani odhodlal se ku vysytellovani do Ameriky, neplestal tohoto prositi, at vzal jej s sebou. KruSina, prodal usedlost svoji obstojne a hojnYrni prostidiclky zilsoben, usadil se rodinou ye Wiconsinu, ,kde zakoupil rozsahlY les, kterYt jal se ihned mYtiti. Byla to kruSlid a namahavd, price a vytadovala mnoheho sebezapreni, byla ale ye Wisconsinu nejvYnosnejSi, jelikot di'evo melo dobrou cenu, Plavba vorti po kece Fox at k Usti jejimu do zatoky Green Bay a do obrovskeho rikevalskeho trhu stej nojmenneho mesta nestala take mnoho a nebyla nebezpeena. Ta kruta zima, ktera y e stdtu tom panuje, byla pro obchod ten dobrou jelto spoleenici, nebot' usnadidovala mu dopravu obrovskYch a tetkYch klad po sanich z lesa az k race. Pudem obchodnim hnan, postavil zakratko na pozernku svem mlYn a pilu, phi &mt. ovSem eetna rodina jeho, sestavajici ze ety.f. synit — Jermira, kochana, Ondleje a Otakara ®- a tti deer MiluSe a Klarky byla mu wilco napomocna. Ve mlYneadle nejzruenejSi rukou osvecleil se David Paeak.

Znaje se dobre ye svem lemeslu, cloyed' dobre vyutitkovati mistni pornery a uspohil ptnu stream mnoho dolaru za nastroje nepotrebne.

KruSina uznaval jeho piaci a sollopnost, venoval mu ditveru a povatoval jej za elena rodiny. David byl St'asten zariaSel se dalekosa,hlymi plany, jicht nejskvelej'Aim client 'byla Miluse, "Ona, bude a musi bYti Mojr, nebot' stab', nenifite se beze inne 'obejiti a bude tomu rad, kdyt si ji Vezinti Ten klacek Eisych --on Saroslava v cinch-a jinak nepojrnenoval — okopaVa svcje brambory v Evrope a 1V1iluSe na neho koneene take zapoinene. "Sejde s oci, sejde s rnysle, j e dobre stare Ceske prislovil a os'vedeuje se zejmena u tenskYch." Proto jako blesk s modre oblohy zaSalala jej pled nokOlika" roky zprava, ze rodina LisYch s jinYmi rodinami toho kraje je na ceste do Ameriky a te usa,di 'se v nejblitgim sousedstvu usedlosti KruSinovy. Toho due nebyl schopen tadne price a kdyt jak MiluSe radosti plesa a jasa, kdyt slySel jasavY jeji sloe-sr a ty rozmluvy ktere toeily se jen o osobe Jaroslava, tu div si nezonfal. Zabehl do lesa, real si vlasy, tiouki hlavu o strum)/ a phisahal,

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS ze rnilence musi rozdvojiti a MiluSe se musi bYti jeho.

Kdyt se dosti vyboutil, jal se plentYSleti a uvatovati. Ze nasilini, neho: plekvapenYrn jednanina nesvede nieeho, yedel dobre a proto musel vziti fitoeiSte ku pletvafee a isti. Hlavnim ineelem jeho bylo, rozsavati nesvar a hne y mezi pittelskYmi rodinami a plivest to k Upine rortrtee. To se mu ale nechtelo Jen jedenkrate byl v ohledu torn neopatrnYm a malem byl by se muSel stehovati z nalYna. Stal se proto jeSte opatrne j Pketvaroval se a ovladal jak jen mohl a stal se z neho v oboru tom pravy mists. On neztratil nadeji ani tehdy, kdyt prohlaSeno a slaveno zasnoubeni Milus Jaroslavem a nepohnul ani brvou, kdyt ustanoveno, he svatba odbYvati se ma jit pfiStiho podzimu, zaroverd se svatbou nejstar gi dcery Jiriny, ktera, taktet zasnoubena byla s mladym Vaclavem Sokolem, jedinkm synem v sousedstvi usedleho rolnika Vaclava Sokola,. Vzdor tomu on stale doufal, spolehaje na nahodu, na prudkou povahu stareho Krutiny a na jeho povestnou neitstupnost.

Tak staly \Teci na poeatku na.Seho vypravovani.

"Tak odlot, hochu," pobizel KruSina sveho nastavajiciho zete, "a ty, maminko, phines nam trochu naSi domaci theSnovky; budeme mit vetSi shut' k jidlu."

Veeeke byla, jako u vkch wisconsin.skYch rolnikt a zalesakft, hojna, vydatna a silna a stoly jen se prohYbaly pod titi peeiva a masa. Bylot' v dobach tech mnoho divoke zvele v lesich, jak elvernohe tak i pernate a yydatnY bYval spoleeenskY hon na medvedy, jicht kYty a tlapy skYtaly dobrou lahfidlcu. Proto chow prasat a hoveziho dobytka nebyl nikterak za,nedbavan a tvokil znaen.e procento vynosu pro hosp odaiztvi a doruaenost. K tomu ke vSemu hospoclynky a jich, decry venovaly velkou peel chovu bete a sejmena na dvorech Ceskfrch osadnikt henatilo se to slePicemi, krocany, perliekami, kaehnami a husami. -VYber byl pro hospodyne tudit dosti yelikY a pestrY a o chut' k jidlu postaral se vyhladovelY haludek /nun, ktehi z pravidla -Wee pracovati museli v lose a na poll.

U KruSinfi prostiram stfil phi katclom jidle obyeejne dvakrate. Nejprve pojedla rodina a pak teprve chasa. Ne snarl proto, 'Se by byl start KruSina einil jakeho rozdilu a stavil se nad sve delniky, nYbrt proto, he on a jeho synove museli vysthidati delidiky ve mlYne a na pile, jet nesmely zustati bez dohlidky.

Dtevarubei, pracovali-li na miste vzdalonejSim, brali si °bed obyeejne sebou a veeekeli pak za,roven s rodinou.

Strana 15 Po yeeeti, phi nit panovalo neheene veseli a Zivy rozhovor, mel se Jaroslav k odchodu.

"Pozdravuj inl rodiee a at' neopomem,,to dostavit se vAichni v nedeli hued 6asne z rana!" nakizoval Krusina. "ViS, ze je natij svatek a he chci jej oslaviti jak se patki." JakY by to bi l ale svatek bez vas? Tatikovi pak kekni, Ze objednal jsem nekolik sudU piva a ze on at bude mod vziti s sebou jeden domu pro pkiSti ne deli, at my k yam phijdeme."

"Aj, milt otee," odvetil s nanevem, "vy stanete se na start kolena jc'Ste labuZnikem!" "A proe ne?" srnal se KruSina. "Dobre pivo je v naSi kra.jine jeSte vzacnosti a naskytne-li se want tost jeho dosici, nesmime toho opomenouti, VIA piece, he v bechach jsme bet neho nebyli a he i my za Caste s tady zazpivame.

"Mate pravdtr; milt' otee," pravil Jaroslay. Pivo rozproudi krev a rozvtte jazyk, anit by opanovalo smysle, jako to americka kofalka. Tatinek bude ze spravy 0 take poteSen. "Ze vy mutSti nerniitete obejit se bes toho piti," prohodila pant Veronika, -mantelka KruSiny.

"Tak jako vy tenske betivaSeho kafieka," zatertoval start KruSina. "Jen ndm troSku toho piva nezdvid', start.

Maine ho tu beztoho zkidka."

"Chian. Bth, abych tobe neeeho zavidela," dobrosrdeene odvetila statnt a na leta jeji jeSte Svarna a eiperna hospodyne. "S tim kafiekent to neni ale tak zle —".

"A s naSim soudeekem piva take no". se smichem pleruSil ji mantel. "KatclY ma rad to, co jde mu k duhu potivali to totit stridme. A na nesthidmost u nas jiste nemateS si nalikati."

Paul Veronika, objala sveho chote polotic mu lehce Waft na Usta, zvolala vesele: "Ale, jdi, jdi, start'. Kdo pak bude hided na to myslet. ViS piece doble, ze jsem se vSim spokojena, co ty delis. Jain). hrda na tebe a take St'astna a Upine spo kojena."

Jaroslav byl se phipravil k odchodu a podavaje ruku rodietim bratrim a sestram MiluSe pravil: "Na shledanou, tedy v Opustil jizbu, nasledovadi jsa ktera obyeejne vyprovodila ho malt kou-, sek testy, majic po boku Cesara, jent cc vernY stratce klusal vtdy podle ni, jakmile opustila, staveni.

(Pokraeovanio 4„ •( "Mfij mut rnluvi tolik ze spani, be bych yam byla povdeend, pane doktore, kdybyste mine poradil, co s nim main delat."

"Ncchte ho troche (nitwit, ve due".

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FIRST OF ALL, I WISH TO GIVE my sincere thongs to Brother Louis 0.

Hasek, of Grapevine, for his kindness to pinch-hit for me while I had my two-week vacation. I appreciate Brother Hosek's efforts and I hope I shall be able to reciprocate. At any rate, we have one more member in our SPJST who has got a taste of what the editor's job is. Those who claim that the work on any issue of the Vestnik does not require mere than two days at the most, should now ask Brother Hosek. He now can give them an honest answer. Once more, many thanks, Brother Hosek. It won't be long before you take over and I'll check out. * * * IT WAS THE FIRST RESTFUL VAcation which I had since the summer of 1947 when I made a trip to Guatemala and spent five weeks there. Even that trip was in the nature of partial fulfillment of the requirements for the master's degree. Since then, it was a constant merry-go-round. The 17th SPJST convention in Temple voted to give me a two-week breathing spell so that I may attend the convention of the National Fraternal Congress of America iv Cleveland, Ohio. * IT WAS MY HAPPY PRIVILEGE, thanks to the delegates of the preceding SPJST convention, that I could attend four previouS sessions of the N.F.C. of A. On, those previous occasions, I always, carried my portable typewriter with me and had to use every available spare time 0 write my editorials.

This time I was free--and I enjoyed it as never before. If I knew that Brother Hosek was so well prepared for the si:'e,et i tate job, I wou ld have wired him to slay on for another two weeks.

their year. The congress opened with a Press SeCtiOn breakfast. Your editor, representing our SPJST, presided at the opening meeting. Dr. Karol Hujer, asLonomer and physieL,it at the University of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the guest speaker. The announcement of his lecture in two leading national fraternal magazines, The Fraternal Monitor and The Prate rnal Age, brought to the breakfast of the editors quite a number of leading fraternalists out of the ranks of editors. Dr. Hujer's lecture is published elsewhere in this issue. I promised to have the lecture mimeographed and mail it to every editor who attended the breakfast. There were 130 editors and guests attending the Press Section breakfast. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE OF THE National Fraternal Congress is divided into ten sectional :meetings with only two plenary sessions. Two hours after the Press Section breakfast and while the business session of the editors was going on, the presidents and the secretaries of various fraternal societies held their business meetings. Then, on Monday afternoon, September 17th, the plenary session of the congress was held.

The entire day on Tuesday was taken up by other sectional meetings, such as the youth counselors section, the meeting of actuaries, of chief medical advisors, the investment departments' of ficers, the legal advisors' section, and the state congresses section. Tuesday night was the annual banquet. They paid $500 to the guest speaker at the banquet, but I had heard better speak ers for a great deal less.

winner was gene. Today, the benefits of fraternal societies include blood banks, homes for the aged, sanatoriums, camps for boys and girls, hospitals, grants of scholarships to y college and university students, and assistance to members in times of need.

THERE ARE NEARLY TWO DOZEN or more exclusive women's organizations which belong to the National Fraternal Congress of America. In fact, it is customary t,'-) place, two or three ladies on the executive board of the N.F.C. of A. Most of the ladies' Societies are as old or older than our SPJST. They were usually organized when tht men refused to allow their wive; to join the men's group "because women knew so little about finance.'' Today, three out of the first ten largest fraternal organizations are managed by women. One of them is twenty times as big as our SPJST; the other, eight times; and the third, only sik times as strong as our Order.

And they are not much older than we are. I had the privilege to visit their homes for the aged ladies. I should have had a movie camera with me to bring back some pictures of their homes. Unbelievably elegant, dignified, baronial,

TN PREPARING THE PROGRAM FOR the Press Section, which was solely my responsibility, I had to secure, besides Dr. Hujer, five additional speakers for the discussion of the editorial problems.

One of the panelists was my good. and colleague, Brother Jerry F. Chemlicek, editor of the "Organ of the Czechoslovak Society of America," who has also contributed numerous articles to FROM THE REPORTS OF THE OE- the' Vestnik. Besides Brother Chmelifieers of She N.F.C. of A. we have learned cek, I selected three more editors and that the fraternal societies increased one printer to tell us about our probTHE NATIONAL FRAThR.NAL CON- their membership last year by half a lems. Out of these five speakers, talkgre.:,s of America held its 70th annual million new members. The total mem- ing "shop," Brother Chmelicek's consession at Hotel Statler, in Cleveland, bership in ajl the fraternal societies tribution was the most thought-provokOhio, on September 17, 18 and 19. The runs well over twelve million members. ing. In fact, he was elected on the Exthree-clay meeting was regarded by the The life insurance features are only one ecutive Committee of the,. Press Section, 108 societies of the, fraternal congress, part of the benefits. The fraternal and his paper serve as a guide for representing 90% of all fraternal insur- cieties started some 80, 90, even 100 the next year and years to come. Conance societies in the United States and years ago with the thought of helping gratulations, Je:ry! I'll tell about you Canada, as a most important event of families financially when the bread to our Czech readers next week.

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Press Section — Clearingh ouse of Fraternal Editors Text of address delivered by Jerry F. could render moral as well as material Chmelicek, Editor and Publicity Di- aid to assist us editors, our societies rector of the Czechoslovak Society of and as well the entire fraternal system.

America, be the Press Section of the We must attune to the new times, the National Fraternal Congress, held at accelerated pace of living and demands Cleveland, Ohio, September 17, 1956. and not be afraid to try new methods.

By trying new ideas, we will in no way Mr. Chairman, distinguished guests, la- detract from the creditable decord of dies and gentlemen: the Press Section's past assistance to the I feel honored in having been asked editors and publishers.

There is no machine that can lighten to express my thoughts on the subject "Press Section — Clearinghouse of Fra- the multitude of tasks of an editor — ternal Editors." It is both a simple sub- but there can be ways to brighten and assist him in his work. There can be ject, and also a very complex one.

We as editors — represented in this made available to us tested ideas — that Press Section of the National Fraternal cannot afford high-priced advertising Congress, have a tremendous responsi- or other counsel connected, with our bility on our shoulders, not only to do work. To state that our mission, our our own jobs to the best of our ability, funds, our time and energy are limited but to keep interest alive in our respec- to put any new program into effect — tive organizations and to lead the way is a defeatist attitude. through the power of the printed word.

Our Press Section can and should beWe have been trained to do our speci- come an instrument of dependable asfie job, our endeavor is to sell the ideals sistanee, a clearinghouse for fraternal of Fraternity through our publications editors. You will recollect that Babe and to mirror in their pages the pulse- Ruth was never willing to settle for beat of our membership, large or small. less than a homer, and was always in I think that we all find a great deal there swinging for direct results with of pleasure from doing work in this everything he had in him. We should endless field in which there still is a also give the Press Section everything great deal of pioneering left to be done we have. Evary idea may not be a holike in all other fields of human en- vier — but if we plan with intelligence deavor. You and I derive a great satis- and enthusiasm, we can .achieve worthfaction from renderirig service — which While results. The main thing would deis often above and beyond the call of pend upon each one of us, and a neverduty. It has to be because there are say-die strategy in order to achieve the no specific hours for us — we stand grand strategy of our blueprint. ever ready and alert to benefit our 1 i Each member of the Press Section teams. could receive a quarterly kit containing suggestions, ideas, and various material There is one thing we who edit fra- relating to cur work. The kits should be ternal pliblications ranging from a bul- sparkplugs animating every one of us letin to elaborate publications, that is to reach out for new ideas, new thoughts dominant over all the rest of the re- and achievements every month. It would quirements and assets we may have, serve as our bright star to guide us not and that is loyalty to our organization. over rough cobble stones, and act as a ' Loyalty is a major factor in our suc- dynamo, spurring us on through the cess and has a positive effect on our suggestions contained in it which we accomplishments, and in the long run coul6 use for the good of our fraternal we are paid in direct proportion to our publications no matter what their for performance. All of us want our pubmat and number of pages. lications to be among the best in order to be a potent force, and we seek ways 2) Material could be prepared by the and means how to improve their con- Press Section to aid our Fraternals in tent, format, and give our membership their task of selling fraternalism to the a constant stream of refreshing new people. This would be a tremendous material. stimulant and the material could be printed or mimeographed.

That is the reason for the suggestions which I shall make to the Press Sec3) The matter of financing generally tion. They are presented to you only comes up when such plans are discussed, because I see in the Press Section great- and must not be ignored. Good intener possibilities that should not be over- tions alone never solved any probleM. looked.

Perhaps this could be solved if each By adopting these ideas or at least society would contribute or subscribe to some of them for the beginning, we the services of the Press Section — for

let us say, $12.00 per year. This would entitle their editorial department to receive the quarterly, monthly, or bimonthly kits of information and tips and various other valuable material v hick is difficult to assemble otherwise.

4) If the kit idea sounds too complicated, perhaps a brochure or mimeographed booklet could be issued. Free or otherwise it should be so designed as to serve the purpose it was designated for.

5) The greater majority of us do not have journals or other publications which can be lavish as far as quality of paper is concerned and liumbers of cuts. We editors are often 6cpected to work miracles on budgets allowed — and modiice consistently good issues.

There are problems which we have to cope with from time to time, and I believe that the Press Section, through a subcommittee, could act as a clearinghouse also for these problems. We know that some of you have more experience than others, and could therefore assist in solving various problems as they come up from the editors of the fraternal publications.

0) I further believe that among the functions of the Press Section — besides merely meeting once a year 'iS to compile and do research and furnish us with addresses of agencies and other centers that would furnish-mats; material and other interesting matter that could be used by the editors in their publications on a gratis basis or credit lines. There may be some among you who may think that it is the duty of each editor to make his own contacts, to get various services periodically, but we must remember that only by --poOling our experiences, our contacts and ideas, we could organize a. Press Section that would be an asset to us all the way around.

7) We could supply our editors with a list of speakers and films on yelated subjects beneficial to our fraternal activities so that our work could be stim7 ulated, because very often we editors are called upon to furnish this information and the duties fall to them to make the contacts, or make recommendations.

8) Speech outlines and speech material could also be made available in the kit which I 'mentioned before.

9) The work would fall to a competent subcommittee that would work under the president of the Press Section, and along the line of recommendations adopted by this body. The pUrpose of this committee would be to stimUlate

Strana 1$ interest, assist the editors of all our fraternal publications and make available. any material that would benefit them.

10) It is, in my estimation, a part of our work to promote or coordinate our activity with the Public Relations Section of the National Fraternal Congress, to spear-point such projects such as displays promoting fraternalism, sponsor esay contests about fraternalism among ,our organizations, show various exhibits, give publicity ideas and tips even , for utilizing television and radio where available and when available.

The ,time will come when this type of material will be demanded in greater proportions, and we must be prepared to take advantage to portray the role we have and are playing dramatically to achieve the maximum impact upon the 'public.

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS Press Section fail to achieve an even brighter future?

I thank you for your kind patience and courtesy, I thank you, too, for your gracious invitation to join with you today. The road to progress is open, and the glittering goals are before you. They are obtainable if we have faith in them and give them a full measure of devotion. They are also a challenge to all of us — to demonstrate if we have vision, enterprise and genus of organization and productivity. There will be setbacks and obstacles — but the success will be all the sweeter and triumph even greater in the end. To those who might have fears for the future, I would say: "Fear not, we are strong to think of any rock ahead. Our past deeds go out to the world as a guarantee for the future, and no fears need be entertained of its permanency." ) 4, o "ME HELP TOO" How do you answer your energetic little youngster when he pleads: "Me too! Me help too!" Especially on those extra busy days when everything seems to go wrong? Why not let him help?

Probably you will be pleasantly surprised at how much he can do, and allowing him to help gives him a feeling of being an important member of the family. Not only that, but he will be learning invaluable lessons of industry and cooperation. Hours of pleasant companionship will result, and you will be building a solid foundation for a good parent-child relationship.

In the Press Section, we have a great deal of talented writers — capable of writing original dramatic presentations in which the value of fraternal life insurance could , be emphasized — and presented on various occasions. By fusing together all the talent, by working systematically, we can make a joint effort to make people sit up and take no.fraternalism — and at the same time:improve and keep up to date with information, literature and material and othereservices. Individually, we are often at a loss and in a quagmire of problems, ,(hut with a program of such ' activity as has been outlined to you, the task would be simpler, the mission of the Press Section more useful, and I believe that even more editors would "Mother, I haven't got my baby's rain be sett s out annually to these meetings, eager to keep abreast of the latest tech- coat q-u-ite done," said my, daughter niques. and new forms of media and to pridefully, her eyes shining. She was only four years old, and the rain coat partake in our work. was a poor thing, but she was uncritical.

The Press Section deserves the best I had taken up my sewing, and she thinking that we can give it; it de- had wanted to help. A rather large neeserve s being used for a wide-ranged dle, with double thread well knotted, prog.iaui of activity and service, because a generous piece of cloth from the scrap anything that is not improved Upon and bag, and her own blunt-nosed scissors left unused will deteriorate and finally were all the equipment she needed. She lost its identity and quality altogether. brought her own little rocker, and put We .muj remember that new ideas are her low table near me. She spent a long born :with every passing day and old and happy time at this task. And she ones improved up constantly. Let us put was not whining, restless or getting at least some of the new ideas to test into mischief. and work, and, according to results, Does your child have his own little furthyr develop them with each passshovel? He can help you shovel the ing meeting of the Press Section.

Increasing the potency of the Press winter snow. Does she have her own Section is our responsibility. It is more little broom? She will be thrilled to than that, it is the duty which we should help you with the sweeping. With his not be afraid to tackle, nor shirk its own little hoe and rake he can work demands on our time and energy. With beside you in the garden, building a good will and hard work on all sides strong body, a healthy appetite, and by those who would be willing to give learning the care of growing things, time to these projects — how can the rather than being a whining nuisance

Wednesday, October 3, 1956 who steps on the rows or thoughtlessly pulls up the tender plants.

A sturdy, non-tipping stool and a wet-proof apron are an aid to many delightful indoor activities. What youngster is not charmed with warm, sudsy 'water? If Mother is washing dishes, the child can help with its own small dish cloth. The silverware can be wiped, or the pans. And when taught that dishes and glasses must be handled carefully, so as not to break them, the child will be very proud and careful when these are entrusted to her. The child can scrub the vegetables, can fetch and can carry. Your child can sit on the kitchen stool . at the mixing center and do, a great deal of stirring for that cake or batch of cookies. And afterward tiVre is the bowl tc be licked! What hdppiness a child can .have with a pinch of Pie or bread dough on the kneading board with a small rolling pin!

Picking up playthings and tidying up rooms teaches the child habits of neatness. At this age you might work at his side. Then putting things away, instead of being a hated chore,i, can become a game. It will not be long before your child will pleasantly surprise you by taking over the job of picking up after himself. Some tasks require that the parent tactfully superimpose his own skill ever the awkwardness of the child in order that both will be satisfied with the results, for example, making beds and setting the table.

On walks the child may have the responsibility of carefully looking each way to decide if it is safe to cross. A trip to the store becomes high adventure if be has his own piece of money to spend as he wishes, being able to pick out what he wants and to pay the clerk himself. Or he may have the responsibility of choosing and purchasing one item on the grocery list, for example, the cereal.

When parents of small youngsters realize the importance of letting the child help too, they will think of many enjoyable and constructive ways in which to give the child this feeling that he is an important part of the family—Contributed. )• • — RECREATION LANDS There are now 200,000,000 acres of Federally-owned parks, forests and other lands in the United States that are used for pulbic recreation purposes. More and more vacationers are taking advantage of the excellent facilities provided in these areas.

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Under the, living impressions of that t Press -Section of the National Frater- these dishevelled utopists, a time scale relatively .small but compact set of ruinnal Congress of America of quarter of a century is sufficient to ed temples of the ROMall Forum and the see that there is some portentous colwhere Gm, . revealing to me, that human ,search and adjacent palatine Hill in Holm! lective prophecy in what these orators western civilization and traditions were 'striving for brotherhood and universal are talking about. One quarter of a MAC 0■ T' s at the same time running in in one of the most important formative f state some twenty eight centuries ago, to endless conflicts with this same ideal. century ago only socialist villains were here exposing' their plans of kingdom of it is more than ever evident to me that Thus London, Paris, Madrid, and above economic brotherhood. Now, after the we live ourselves in a portentous age of all Home, all great centers of western II. world war these are pushed in the precipitous events. Yet time flows and world, stand in my vision with their life goes on carefree in great western creeping ruins mingled with sumptuous background, replaced by communist centers of civilization and there is palaces as human individuals where vir- spokesmen proudly standing over the hardly anyone that is aware that his- tues and vice are constantly in mutual shingle of their party and significantly tory is now being enacted not in the struggle. Man dreams of his welfare that alternated by colored orators, all stormplenipotentiary diplomatic circles but in is a natural 'consequence of brotherhood ing and denouncing the atrocities that entirely unpretentious and unglamorized but his affections are partial and frag- exploiting Christian white masters comsections of the present human society. mented. He cherishes the privileges of mitted in their colonial empire 4tgainst Humble shepherds on Palatine Hill in nationalism, of special race, of social their down-trodden people. Ttiby all the 8th century B. C. could not possibly status and so his brotherhood runs short spoke of brotherhood and always of dif:even dream what will be the outcome of attaining the dream of St. Augustine's • ferent variety. of their simple deliberations in the lapse City of God. One or the other form of Yet what a promissing master mind-. of future centuries. Our consideration messianic role of his privileged race or of excellent fraternity was Napoleon! of brotherhood while like a golden nation stimulates in him self-right- Thirty six years after my . first visit of thread permeates the entire course of eons, passionate impulses and under the his gorgeous tomb in Paris, ' renewed history of best human aspirations, could adorned name of his tribe, encouraged visit after the II. world war : at this be dealt with in a learned and academic by anonymous wrath of the masses of French phantastic and patriotic memo- • language but that would leave the search his racial or nationalistic kinsmen, he vial to a military chieftain reveals a'. ing soul starved. Instead it is rather to marches to the sacred battlefield of new and most . eloquent light.: Echoing be sought along the pathways that were holy wars and human blood flows for the to some extent the fathom slogan of the and are trodden by countless multitudes, sake of brotherhood — unfortunately i French revolution, Napoleon almost sue-pilgrims that are youthful and viva- fragmented brotherhood. At the turn of seeded in establishing the state of dom, cious, old and weary — the latter be_ the century Emile Zola said: "When mating French fraternity. All his good coming in ominously growing majority. the tyrant plans a conquest, he pro-- intentions are described in the crypt claims the message of brotherhood." The of his glorious tomb, engraved in cold Confucius once said: "A great life be- a g ing continent, the heart of western white marble. My attention was captured gins with a long journey." We have ex-- civilization since then, had committed by the description of some super- univcellent means of transportation and in the name of nationalistic or econo- ersity, decreed by a law of May 1807. communication in our age of technolo- inci brotherhood two world wars and in- Napoleon here bows to a well selected. gy, in fact it is marvelous to consider volved the entire world in it. European set of philosophers in which those outthat only two days ago at this moment world — a peninsula of Eurasiatic con- side of France are only the distant, ari..

I was thousands of miles away in the tinent — as Forum Europeum is only cient Greek philosophers whereas the city that was a traditional dream of pil- a larger form of Forum Romanum and rest belongs to the choice aristocracy of Brims for many centuries. Yet today we the ruins of Rome are eloquent pages the French exquisite Latin culture, in- • need more than ever the true realiza - of . living history. eluding the famous encyclopedists and tion of what Confucius had in mind in ' atheists of the French revolution On the Hyde Park Corner in London, such his statement of twenty five centuries . . not ago. EVen if we accomplished; as we may, as one third century ago, I listened again as Laplace. Biblical prophets were the rocket flight to the Moon or Mars, to the speakers in the land of the there. It was, however, the promise ' of as thin g s stand now, we still will re- classical freedom of speech. Only addi- a French paradise and it is no wonder main ever More in dire need of a long tional half a century before" my time that after the sublime emperor died' in journey. What we perform now is the Karl Marx spoke on the same spot while the second exile, some. Frenchmen wholesale mechanical transportation his native Germany exiled him and even thought that he meant well with their ' with no spirit of pilgrimage such as extremistic France vomitted him where- kingdom and they placed his body • in guided for centuries some seekers of as good natured monarchistic En g land the heart of their homeland. in' the brotherhood as they were strenuously, allowed him to finish "Das, Kapital", a mausoleum that supersedes anything climbing lofty mountain passes and prophecy of classless fraternit y and then that pharoahs or cesars have ever had drifting toward their visionary goal of be burned peacefully in London's. High- built for themselves. It is not imPos., gate cemetery. Indeed, all those speak- ible that after half a century some an "Eternal City".

Although my principal purpose of the ers at HydF , Park were always most pos- Germans will rediscover good virtues Present journey was the attendance at itive of their message of brotherhood, about Hitler and a sumptuous monument the 8th International Con g ress for the democratic, socialistic and now comma- may „ be erected to the one who also History of Science in Florence, Italy, all nistic. While the passers-by always .meant well for the Reich while trying the incidents and experiences that oc- seamed only to be amused or entertain- . to enlarge the "Lebensraum" for the curred to me were most significantly ed and skeptic of statements made b Y selected tribal kinsmen. The trend of

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history follows similar developments. titan and above all I am not ashamed Just as the zealous Spanish conquista- Chartres or St. Peter's Basilica in Vador in the past in the name of his to admit that I was touched to tears at Christian king turned the cross into a the si g ht of the climax of Michela.ngelo's sword, so likewise, but in a. different ver- creative art in the Sixtine, Chapel that sion comrade receives and passes on the was inspired by Christian faith â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the solemn and unfailing proclamation of noblest art of man to the glory of God. classless fraternity, "Proletaries of the But none of these occurrences, however whole world, unite!" Thus in the divided wonderful, can equal to the most revealworld Englishman looks to his London, ing and inspiring experience on Sunday, Frenchman to his Paris and Russian to August 26. It was to testify to the preshis Moscow, the latter being now parti- ence on this earth of veritable brothcularly flavored with the mesianic role erhood that was and that always is 01 the III. International. Consequently, possible. On that day it was my intenone Rome of the past to which all roads tion to walk along the historical road, were leading since the days of Barba- the old Appian way. Before it reaches rians, was split in many larger and the open country, the road winds among smaller Homes. The mosaic of political narrow walls in â&#x20AC;˘ the dusty suburb of or national boundaries of same fifty odd Rome and it was windy and sunlit day. 'countries on earth, topped with an ex- Little did. I imagine that thiS road will tra effective wall of compartmentaliza- also lead me to San Callisto catacombs. tion known as "Iron Curtain", is only With a primitive candle in my hand and too painful an evidence of the very op- guided by the attendant, it was so sud' position to the dream of a universal den and unexpected as from the radiant state. Why in the age of advanced com- sunshine we entered in the subterranean munication there cannot be greater ana- cool, humid and utterly silent obscurity chronism and no acrobacy of diploma- and started an unforgettable, strange tic rhetorics or sophisticated "national" and mysterious walk through the most reasons can justify this imposition of extensive and complex of Roman cataseparation of inhabitants of this planet combs. It was perhaps the shock, of that Who are usually eager to meet and know sudden incident along the Appian way each other. As a result the ever fomented that unveiled a vision of distant past differences of fragmented brotherhoods so amazing that it will never vanish and limited patriotic loyalties find their from my mind. At-the same time I could outlet in another saber bristling and not be in holier sanctuary on that Sunthat is today the menacing display of day for there is no cathedral that could the juggernaut of modern technological equal in all its splendor to the solemn warfare and gargantuan thermo-nuclear and eloquent quietude of those living destruction. Western Europe, that lovely tombs where the early Christians in garden which carries the heritage of the â&#x20AC;&#x17E;spirit of their selfless devotion sanAltaeco-Roman traditions, is slowly and etified the idea of brotherhood that has relentlessly entering into a role of a no parallel and that was destined finalpaWn between gigantic millstones of two ly to overcome the powerful empire and military powers. Time is running short. then to no) ei:sh humanity with its spirWe can only ask: Can western Europe itual power for centuries to come. be saved from what is today Forum Roe:.red as if time melted away manum? Is there a healing balm of a It ,:;arrow, endless and dark sepultrue brotherhood that is not only a word in -but that brings war weary people to- eliees which once sheltered living Christether in a spirit of forgiveness, love and leans who gathered here When they had no wordly -poWer,- their pastors poor and sell'-sacrifice? no titles to their names; all lost and Of many experiences that have - recent- defenceless against the periodic wrath ly thrown some light on these questions of the pagan mob- in the lap of proud there is one that will always stand as a and powerful empire which had its chergreat event in my life. There is a val- ished and ostentatious Mithraic cult. In uable experience in the intellectual that stran ge timelessness of the deep bAitherhood of such scientific gatherings underground, whatever length of time jj as we held in Florence in the interna- I was there, it was like ages, something tional congress which- helps along the fascinating and beyond comprehension. road toward the understanding, at least After having 'seen previously the luster in the atmosphere of objective thinking and the glitter of Vatican, the pleasing which so far has escaped from the fate jets of water in the fountains of its garof serious political divisions. Then I dens, it became clear to me that it was in this humid and uncomfortable chill 'tried to perceive the language and the of the -underground where the vestiges heritage that is incorporated in im- of a real religion and brotherhood could mense cathedrals, including that of be found. As it is in its mysterious des-

Wednesday, October 3, 1956 tiny to be tested and chastised through the shadows of tears and suffering, only then religion grew into purity and unprecedented beauty and thus became a cosmic pillar of an awakened man, liberated from things of thiS world. I now see deeper the meaning of what such seers as Tolstoi and Gandhi had in mind when they placed idea and morality before art. These early followers of the Master have lived the ideas of His sacred teaching and experienced the living religion and paid the price before temptation of power and wealth blurred the vision and produced an institutionalized, church.

With this experience one thing became clear to me: In the secular world there is no answer to any i:loblern.

When wordly success overtook Man, religion began to fail and the brotherhood became only a word and lost its power.

Indeed, all possible systems of government were tried in the history of civilization and they worked well or failed if the standards of man's spiritual qualities were high or low. The world describes careful compromising as a shrewd action yet any fteandence of civilization started with compromises which while trying to save one or the other selfish cause in the long run undermined the most precious values that cement human communities. Saints and prophets became immortal only because they never compromised with evil. Gandhi once said that seers and prophets were greater geniuses than Newton and greater warriors than Napoleon or Wellington because while knowing the use of weapon they did not resort to the use of violence but taught the war weary world that its salvation rests in forgiveness and renunciation.

Due to its fragmented brotherhoods western civilization on both sides of the so-called Iron Curtain is in a more dramatic and portentous cross-road than was Roman empire when from outside there was an increasing pressure of Barbarians and from inside the rise of a most challenging teaching of the Master of Galilee. Yet Rome went on carefree and entertained itself in its colissea with the spectacle of beasts tearing and devouring the Christian victims. In our paganized 20th century we do the same only in an alternative and on an incomparably larger scale as millions of human victims are thrown to the beasts of integrated lust and passion that periodically explode in our global, technological and scientific warfare and fratricidal annihilation. It is an inexpiable sin against brotherhood, it keeps on accumulating sinister guilt as the course of western society runs adrift to-

Wednesday, October 3, 1956 ward some climax in history that will be beyond the . poWer of all men. War victims in our century alone, just human victims stripped of any national or racial label — some 100 million human beings — will go into the annals of history as the most serious accusation of our civilization. Its technological achievements will be utterly dwarfed for they meant only the passing material comfort whereas the scientific warfare increased the rate of barbarian destruction to the scale never known in the history of the world. The voice of history is not aggressive yet it is persistent and pleading with our conscience. Either we must be utterly reborn or more ruins are inevitable spreading as they are slowly creeping upon Europe, superposed upon those of Forum Romanum.

Considering noteworthy learning of our glorious universities one is naturally reminded of the Biblical words: "Ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth but how is it that ye do not discern this time?"

Wars in our mechanical civilization, conflicts in the divided society that keep on weathering the edifices that resulted in cooperation, may appear to have little effect on the magnitude of the global organization. Indeed, neither one, nor two or three generations will notice anything serious that would undermine the modern: colossus yet quarter or half a millenium will witness entirely unforeseen changes in the structure of man's social and religious life beyond all imagination. As individuals we are not mere helpless bystanders or spectators of this great drama of history but each one of us — if it is our sincere will and earnest longing — may become a creative link on the road leading to that new era in which brotherhood will be more than a word but a living experience. This living experience of oneness of humanity will always produce an approximation of the dream of the Universal State. If in the external, secular world it is a long, dim distant future Separating us from this development, individual at any time may reach this celestial realization testifying to the eternal reality of the universe of supreme harmony that has never been in conflict with human imperfections. Nevertheless after another time scale of two or three millenia, when an archeolOgist will ponder over additional layers of Forum Europeum superposed on those of Forum Romanum, he will no doubt wonder over the inscrutable mystery of our present civilization that had all means of communication for gatherings and practice of fellowship and brotherhood, yet it failed to do so and encountered that

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same inevitable logic of history as all appearance less appetizing. Buy them the previous cultures that were for a for scrambling, baking and for use in while allowed to ,flourish on this earth. other cooking mixtures.

Cleveland, Ohio Here is how they will look when Sept. 17, 1956 opened: 4 4. o Grade B: The white is divided about KNOW YOUR EGGS half and half between thick and thin You can't see inside the eggs you in- and covers a wide area when broken. tend to buy. But remember that an egg The yolk is somewhat flattened and inspector probably has looked into those off center. eggs, and has written a very full — Grade C: The white part is all thin though somewhat cryptic — description and spreads badly. The yolk is very on the carton. And once you under- flat and completely off center and is stand what an egg inspector means easily broken. when he puts Grade A or B and large Nevertheless, they are good eggs. You or medium on the carton, you can buy are no more likely to find a spoiled egg eggs intelligently. in a carton marked B or C than in one Which grade? None of the laudatory marked AA or A. In fact, bad eggs are words on the carton, such as "country rare these days. Grades B and C are offresh." will tell you a thing about what ten real bargains, particularly during is inside the eggs, but a small shield the summer months. with the words "U. S." and "FederalWhich size? The other thing the gradState Graded" will tell you a great deal. er does is designate the amonunt of What the shield means is that the edible yolk and white you will get from egg company has had all of its eggs a dozen eggs. inspected under a federal-state proEggs labeled extra large musts yield gram. A licensed grader has candled at least 27 ounces to the dozen, or three each egg and graded it on the basis of whole eggs to a measuring cup; ones the quality of the shell and of the in- labeled large must yield 24 ounces to terior. Almost all eggs, except those re- the dozen, or four eggs to a cup; metailed directly by local farmers, are so 'Mum, 21 ounces to the dozen, or.. five to graded. a cup, small, 18 ounces a dozen, or six An egg that is oddly shaped, or has to a cup. a rough, thin, cracked or dirty shell In late summer and early fall, when must be placed in a low grade, regard- young hens begin to lay and small eggs less of its other qualities. are in good supply, the prices are often Incidentally, shell color depends sole- low enough to make the small eggs a ly on the kind of hen that laid the egg. bargain. At other seasons, larger ones Brown eggs and white eggs of the same may be a better buy. grade have exactly the same flavor and A rule of thumb is that to be a barnutritional value. But in many areas, gain, the smaller size should be •priced prejudice for white eggs over brown, or at less than 90% of the cost of the next vice versa, drives the price of one color bigger size. For instance, when extra down. Buy the cheaper egg and save large Grade A ,eggs cost 69c tir dozen, money. large eggs of the same grade ire as Grade AA: The area covered by the good a value at 61c, medium ones , at 54c broken egg is small. Almost all of the and small ones at 46c. t.•.• white is thick, and it stands up well Here's the moral in an eggshell: Use when tried. The yolk .is round and the right egg for the right purpose, stands high. When the egg is boiled, the capitalize on local prejudices and seayolk is exactly on center. sonal price drops, and finally, buy cold Grade A: The egg has a little more eggs and keep them cold. — Changing of the thin white, and it spreads a bit Times. more. The yolk is slightly off center )• •( and not so high.

TRAFFIC TOLL Buy these two grades when appearance and delicate flavor is important.

The traffic toll for the firsts five Use them fez frying, poaching and boil- months of 1956 amounted to 14,720, a ing. nine per cent increase over the corresRemember, though, that quality drops ponding period of 1955, and a new -record quickly when eggs become warm. Al- May was the 15th straight month that ways buy eggs that are refrigerated. traffic deaths showed an increase in High grade eggs are cheaper in winter, comparison to corresponding months of when it is easier to keep them cold. the previous years, For the first four Grades B and C have as much nutri- months of 1956, there was a six per cent tional value as the higher grades, but increase in travel and a ten percent intheir flavor is less delicate and their crease in fatalities.

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West, Texas and I will gladly discuss the problem Sept. 26, 1956 with him face to face. I do not like "members" who hide out during the Dear Members: Alen a person is elected to preside convention, and ,then, without any preover a convention of any size, you rea- vious discussion and especially without lize he is under pressure from the very pointing out `SPECIFIC FACTS, attack moment the gavel is handed to him. from behind the secrecy of brick walls.

Usually, he is not a candidate for the The founders of SPJST did not act that position (and I, definitely, never was a way; they took up their problems among candidate for that position in any con- themselves and solved them, and built : vention). He has no reason to make a up a very good fraternal organization. study of everything involved in advance Let's keep it that way. If you have any any, more than any other dleegate. Im- objection to anything, bring it up "face mediately, the newly elected chairman to face" and if any person does not is expected to know all of the existing have the courage to bring up his issue bylaws, all of the proposed amendments in the presence of several hundred peothereto, as well as all of the contents ple assembled in convention, he should I of the report of the Committee on Con- have pity on himself and let his issue vention Procedure, provided for in Ar- sleep under his pillow where it slept ticle 19 of the Bylaws, which the dele- during the convention. In these remarks, gates adopted, and also all of the pro- I have reference both to the statements visions of "Roberts Rules of Order." He, made by Brother Chupick in those minwith the vice president, must appoint utes as published especially in Czech the convention committees provided for (which I bleieve, do not have the apin the Bylaws. He must keep the con- proval of any other member of the Suvention "going" while all of the above preme Lodge other than Brother Chumatters are being attended to. If some- pick and possibly Brother Stepan) and thing is omitted from the convention to the letter published over the signa"Daily Order," the Bylaws control, and ture 'of Brother Frank Stepan on page f it is not covered in either, "Roberts 21 of Vestnik dated September 26, 1956.1 Incidentally, the letter above Brother Rules" control. In either event, the convention officers do not write the rules. Stepan's signature, mentions only the According to all of the various rules, Fort Worth, Houston and Temple conif convention officers make any mis- ventions .Did Brother Stepan, for some take, it is the DUTY of the delegate who "special reason" fail to mention that claims a mistake was made, to call at- the Corpus Christi convention and the tention to the mistake during the con- Taylor convention, in 1944 and 1940 revention. Therefore, if any delegate saw spectively, lasted a like period of time, a mistake and did not point it out dur- or even a longer period of time? I was ing the convention, the members of his not convention chairman in either of local lodge should know that fact and those. Let's forget all of those past connext time, they should elect a delegate ventions, but if a person brings up one who will carry out his duties to our of them, then he should, as a good brother, and in a good fraternal spirit, SPJST. It seems that if a member permits also mention the time taken in those his name to be placed in nomination for preceding conventions.

Of course, a National American Le-, a convention office, some one immediately gets the idea that he wants to be gion Convention will not last as long a candidate for a permanent office in as an SPJST convention. Do their bythe Supreme Lodge. Although I was laws require that the entire bylaws be asked by a number of prominent mem- acted upon by the convention? Or does bers and delegates, before this conven- the convention simply adopt all reports tion, to become a candidate for Supreme without debate? You might not have Lodge president, I refused without even in mind a Legion Convention, but why taking time to give it a second thought. not be specificâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and in that way, be a My time is all taken up in my present fraternal brother? work and my present work is pleasant.

A convention chairman has his probMy interest in SPJST, however, will con- lems during any recess. Among those tinue. After all, I have been a member I had during the last convention was ;for more than thirty years. I under- the statement from delegates that stand some people like to use GENERAL Stepan should not have been allowed TERMS in minutes to try to raise some the privilege of taking so much expendoubt in the minds of members. I in- sive convention time. I let him proceed vite any such person to call upon me because I saw nothing in any of the personally and point out SPECIFIC rules that would give a convention matters to My face; I will treat him in chairman authority to stop a speaker a FRATERNAL manner, in my office, so long as he was on the subject be-

Wednesday, October 3, 19 fore the convention at that time. He was given the time, and so far as I know, every delegate was given time to talk on the subject before the convention. One officer complains that he wanted to speak and was cut off because some delegate's illation was adopted that debate be closed. If two-thirds of the delegates do not want to hear more on the subject, OK, go ahead, and blame the convention chairman for not letting you talk. I will stick with the two-thirds. I believe Roberts Rules will back me up.

The Houston convention continued into the fifth day. The last convention in Temple at the close of the first day, was considerably ahead of the Houston conventionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by about a half day. Then, of course, came the discussion on the publications committee, in which Brother Stepan participated liberally, and came the discussion on the Rest Home.

Those two questions took approximately two days of the convention time. I did not originate either of those issuse. The delegates, under the rules, were entitled to the time given them on those two subjects. Had I refused Brother Stepan and the other opponents of the publications committee the right to talk about the publications committee, he would have written the same article he had in the Vestnik on September 26.

Since I gave him the time to talk, and also gave the other side time to talk, according to him, I wasted convention time. Those present as delegates by their actions approved what was done.

It is my wish that if any delegate or officer has any com plaint about the last convention, that he call on me, and I will gladly give my time to discuss the issues "face to face" in a fraternal manner, and it will not be necessary that such issues, be brought out in Vestnik either as a part of the "Excerpts of the minutes of the Supreme Lodge" or otherwise. If, however, without justification, and without being given an opportunity to discuss the issues beforehand, an attack is made upon me in a manner not becoming to a fraternal brother, I will be forced to answer in this manner (or by letter to the local lodges), as much as I hate to do so. Actually, however, the fact that the delegates to the last three conventions elected me Convention Chairman, after knowing from previous conventions that I tried my best to do the right thing, gives me some consolation, and leads me to believe that those present complaints come from a very SMALL minority. (Incidentally, thanks to those of the delegates who told and who wrote me that the con-

Wednesday, October 3, 1956 ventiori was conductedAn --a -very fair manner.)

Let me repeat that in spite of the unjustified attacks made in the "excerpts of the minutes" and in Brother Stepan's letter, my interest in our SPJST will continue, and I bow they all settle down after each convention; let tne world know that all issues, were settled IN the convention, and we will grow faster in new memberShin than at any time in the past. Mont need our SPJST. We need them, Let's go out and get them, and do them the favor of being among us. Let's show them the fraternal life of our Organization. We have a wonderful organization. We will keep it that way.

Fraternally yours, Geo. E. Kacir ) • •T• • RESOLUTION OF LODGE POKROK DALLAS NO. 84, SPJST Sisters and Brothers: Whereas in Vestnik No. 34 dated August 29, 1956, in the English Section, in the article titled "Excerpt from the minutes of the last meeting of the Supreme Lodge," the f011owing paragraph was published: "Vice President Kubena, gave an oral report of his official activities as Vice President of the Supreme Lodge for the second quarter of 1956, which report was duly considered by the Supreme Lodge and especially his reference to the wanton waste of time and the unfair tactics employed especially during the first 3 days of the - Convention in the disuession that followed, it was agreed that the Supreme Lodge should use its efforts to remedy such evils and in the future set some schedule for the Convention to follow so that the business of the Convention might be handled more fairly and with more dispatch.Whereas, this same paragraph was published in Vestnik No. 35, issued on the 5th 'day of September in the Czech translation of the "Excerpts from the minutes:" Whereas, this statement of the Vice President of our ordern as published in the above mentioned Vestnik is construed so as to cast aspersions and insinuations on Brother George E. Kacir, the Chairman of the last Convention, and Brother Cyrill Pokladnik, member and President of our Lodge and Vice Chairman of the last Convention; Whereat, publishing such aspersions and insinuations is prohibited by Article 64 of our By-Laws;

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS dissention and bad feeling among our members; Whereas, all members of the Supreme Lodge, including Brother Kubena, were present at the Convention, many as delegates, and never objected to any ruling of the chair or to any proceedings of the Convention, or called the chair's attention to any "unfair tactics" if employc.d during the Convention, which was their duty; Whereas, our delegates and delegates of other Lodges have declared that the handling of the Convention was the best and most efficient we ever had during any Convention; Whereas, the Convention minutes clearly show that the Convention was directed very fairly and in a brotherly spirit capably by the Chairman of the Convention; The members of Lodge Pokrok Dallas No. 84, in a regular meeting assembled. on this Sunday, September the sixteenth unanimously adopted the following resolution of censure.

(1) We absolutely and strongly condemn such actions in the meetings of our Supreme Lodge and recording and Publishing thereof as humiliating and undignified for our Supreme Lodge and as harmful to the Order's interests.

(21 We strongle condemn such actions as politically inspired sentimentality, aimed to belittle and besmirch the character of members that unselfishly and without remuneration have for long years worked for a better and stronger SPJST. (3) And we resolutely demand that this part of the excerpts of the last minutes of the meeting of the Supreme Lodge of our Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas be expunged from the minutes and the minutes thus expurgated.

For Lodge Pokrok Dallas No. 84 of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas and the 62 members present at the meeting.

Josef IL Kutil, Jody Rejcek, Robert Duron, Committee for this Resolution.

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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. E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death liencfit paid as provided in Class C and D. CLASS F: full amount of certificate 4S, paid after 15 years. ;MASS C: amount of certificate, ; Paid after 15 years.

MASS H: proper amount of certificate, is paid when member attains the age of 65 years, member pays .pre•, miums until he attains the age 'Of 65.

CLASS I: member pays premiums., for:ell 20 years and proper amount of t certificate is paid wheti 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 dddtii 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 ben efits and $1,000 paid-up insurance after 20 years.

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

Five SPJST certificates for childrerva CLASS J-T: Term insurance. to 16 years of age, which may be conyertecPintoi: any other insurance after the ebildTht reaches Inc age of 10 years and fore attaining the age of 16 years, _;LASS J-C: 20-pay life, face valtie•fi SATURDAY OCTOBER 6: age 16, payable at death.

Lodge Pokrok No. 88 Houston, will CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with fave value have a turkey supper and dance. Music at age one year, payable at de;kiAl.

by Lee use orchestra.

CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with 1 • 49 • (-Mortuary face value at age one year.

Advice to Motorists, ::, ,Ave carefully, Whereas, publishing of such asper- and then remember to watch out for CLASS J-G: 20 ear endowment, morsions and insinuations in our Organ is the other driver, who may not be caretuary fave value at age one year.

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES But it is, so we Placedo Lodge No. 97 1 from our society's activities. And so, PLACED() LODGE NO. 97 could ,show our interest and willingness folks, we have problems.

Dear Brothers and Sisters: Bow must a good director feel when It has been quite a while since I have to help to build the rest home.

You know after it is built and is open the children do not show up for pratT `written to the Vestnik. For one thing house, that every member will want to tice? Can you blame the director for ;there wasn't anything to write about.

Very few members attend the meet- go end see it. But above all, it is not failing to build up a program? flow Mg. It is usually the officers and one to see the building, but what we did much praise does she get for trying?

In District Seven meeting held Sept. or two members. Then we don't have to help build it.

23 at , Robstown, only Corpus Christi Fraternally yours, a chance to plan or discuss anything. youth was represented on the program, There are some members pretty much Vlasta Baros, Sec'y. ) • 4, directed by Sister Jurica. I'm sure all behind with their dues. We hope to see the members present at the meeting THE FUTURE OF OUR ORDER Toil all at the next meeting. will join me in publicly expressing our At our last meeting which was held San Antonio, Texas appreciation to the youth and Sister Sept. 9, there were just nine members Betty Jurica for presenting the propresent. What we did discuss was that Sisters and Brothers: In the Vestnik No. 37 of Sept. 19,, gram. we the SPJST members ought to make some kind of an entertainment to raise Brother Vaclav Barina in the Czech Risking censure for inviting myself a little money for the SPJST rest home. section writes about our youth as the most important point for the future of on the program, I can assure,;Iyou it So it was decided to send out to all our members a card to attend the our Order, and the hardest nut to crack. was only because San Antonio youth specia l call meeting Sept. 23 at If you haven't read his letter you 'should would not be representing Lodge No. 1:30 p.m. Today is the 23rd and the now do so and ponder his views on this 133, and that was at least something. meeting is over and we had 13 members problem—how to interest our youth to So I enticed Brother Kleprlik to join me for a couple of "spasms." I believe and , one visitor present, and they all take part in activities of our society.

I agree with his views that we, of the we rave in our society quite a lot of were, elder inembers. Being we had small :attendance, to plan anything, so it was SPJST, are stingy with our praise when talent in the adult bracket which can decided to write in to the Vestnik whatj just a little bit of it goes a long way he ferreted out for more entertainment, this special call meeting was for. It was toward making some youngster happy. Almost everyone has some kind of a how we could raise funds for this SPJST And not only should we show apprecia- hobby which would maketood enterrest home that is going to be built Lon for your youth's efforts, we should tainment at our meeting's, even to the ,:, rf the future. What we would like is pass some of it to the older mmebers, point where it might lure our small for eve) y rtimber, especially the young- too, who deserve a kind word for their try to take more interest in the proer members to come and give their loyal efforts to the society. Had it not gr a MS. ideas how could we raise that money. been for the good work of the older Of course, most of the adults are not And if they are willing, to give ideas members, our Order would not have going to barge An on their own. They has. and discuss or willing to help in any grown as it Brother Farina may be right when must be asked to do so, for it isn't poway needed.

The next meeting will be held the he says that in the country there is not lite to invite oneself to do a number.

But just think what fun it would be first Sunday in October (7th) at 2 p. enough youth to take part in the pro- co have our members — not all at the m. instead of second Sunday, our reg- grams. But I would like to point out that same time — tell us of their hobbies. ular time, as on the second Sunday the a District Seven meeting, held last Some, I am sure, would be of the unegech Brethren Church is going to have spring at Jouranton, the youth was a get together. As we were asked at pretty well represented and did a good usual kind. I, for instance, have four our last meeting if we could change job of it. But, for the best program I different hobbies, the most unusual one being collecting old heels. it for that Sunday. Thereafter it will I have seen the past year, the honors Brother Jos. Koliha Jr. informs me he on the regular second Sunday of must go to the youth of the Second District, at Moravia. They sang in Czech, his hobby is, collecting pencils. A treatgarb month at 2 p.m. . Wouldn't it be wonderful if every they put on a play in Czech and they ise on that would be interesting. Permember would take interest and would declaimed in Czech to the amazement haps Brothers 1Viorek, Chupick, Urbanbe present at our next meeting and Of almost exery one present. And all ovsky and our directors have some unusual hobbies to tell us about. give their views? Wt all know it is for this was out in the country. a good cause.

On the city side, I would say it isn't Getting back to our district meeting, I have visited one rest home near El as good; not for lack of youth but the the Seventh District did a fine thing Campo and I think they are wonderful lack of interest in the parents to bring when it was proposed and voted to ior the old age people. I was amazed about inspiration to their children. If make Brother Emil Miculka an honorto seL so many faces I knew there. the parents find excuse for net bring- ary president of the district, for, as you So ,you dear members don't forget to ing their children to rehearsals, can we know, he is still bedridden and was not come. Come with good hearts and good blame the youth for not having inter- abue to take his place at the meeting. ideas and willing to take some respon- est? Another side to the question is that This gesture did not cost a penny and sibility. If the younger members would in a city there are too many other in- made Brother Miculka a very happy talu. , a little interest and some respon- terests. Some belong to different clubs man. We stopped by to see him on our sibility, I know you always can get the and organizations. These clubs and or- way home and told him the news. With elder ones to help you. Now dcn't mis- ganizations must have a better way of tears in his eyes, he nodded his appreundrestand, it is not that only we inspiring the youth than we have; they ciation. The acting president, who demembers have to build it by ourselves. seem to lure our SPJST youth away serves the honor and is very able to

Wednesday, October 3, 1950 carry on, now is Brother Jaroslav Kleprlik.

More about entertainment in my next letter.

Fraternally yOurs, S. C. Bundil )••y• v Tioga, Texas Sept. 24, 1956 Dear Brothers and Sisters: Our Tioga Lodge No. 5 meeting will be. the second. Sunday in October; that comes on the 14th, it will be our anniversary meeting, so I ask all of you SPJST members to be sure and come, young and old. We will have lunch to be brought by the ladies that come, and we will have refreshments, so all of you please come, let's make this a big meeting like last time. I also ask the members of RVOS Lodge to come.

Hoping to see you Sunday, the 14th RVOS Hall. Meeting starts at 2 o'clock. Lunch will be at 4 o'clock.

Mrs. Albino, J. Novak 4, SPJST LODGE NO. 33 Dear Members, The SPJST Lodge of Bleiblerville will have a Fish Fry on October 14. We hope that everyone everywhere will come out and have some fish with us. We promise to have enough for everyone.

Since we are going to have a Fish Fry on the 2nd Sunday of .October, our monthly meeting will be held on the 3rd Sunday. Yes Ladies! It's lunch time a gain, so bring all that good food for our October meeting.

Scemis like nothing goes on around my section of the country so I'll just close my- report.

I'll be seeing you again.

Respectfully yours, Gloria Schovajsa • •( LA PARITA LODGE NO. 161

Jourdanton, Texas Dear Members, It gives me great pleasure to sit here and write a few lines about the District Meeting in Robstown Sunday, My. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Valchar, and brother, Bennie, attended the meeting along with a number of other members of our Lodge No. 161 of Jourdanton. They really enjoyed the Youth talent, business session, and the barbecue supper was very good.

Sorry I couldn't attend this meeting, but will try to attend the next one which will be held in Corpus Christi.

Our previous local meeting was at the home of Mrs. Mary Tymrak of Jourdanton. Mrs. Tymrak always has a nice attendance. Our next meeting will be held

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at the home of my parents, Mr. and Mrs. will be in November. We are calling all Pete Valchar on Sunday, Otcober 7th, our members to the meeting, October 14 just a day after our great Centennial at 8 p. M., when we will make plans celebration here in Atascosa County. I what and how to 'get prepared. This is would like to see more members attend something that happens once in a half these monthly meetings. century. We are proud of our gain in Bettie Lou Valchar, III membership of our Lodge and in the reporter whole SPJST. Come all and plan with us. ) • •0 • t We have new memIbers: Dorothy Louise Pilchik, $100.00 SOKOL FORT WORTH Nelson Frank Hikeska, Jr. $1000.00.

Hello Everyone!

Blow your horn at Fayetteville, SunThe Southern District Gymnastic champioship exhibition was held at day, October 7. Our District One will Houston during the Labor Day weekend. have a grand meeting there. Let's all The Fort Worth Sokol drillers came try to be there and try to be good.

Fraternally yours, home with seven medals and a special Jos. W. Jezek, reporter trophy. The Junior girls won the special • 4. • -trophy with a novelty number based on the theme of, "A Sailor returning Home CESKY PRAI'OH LODGE NO. 24 on Leave". The girls are, Bary Jean Rea Rogers, Tekas fro, Donna Rose Steinman, Brenda Krivanek, Joyce Hubenak, and Priscilla Dear Sisters and Brothers: Just a note to say that our regular Watson. meeting of Lodge 24 will meet again'-the Medal winners were Junior Girl first Sunday in October. Those of you First Place — Mary Jean Renfro who have dues to pay or interest in the Second .Place — Brenda Krivanek meeting will know that you are welcome Third Place — Donna Rose Steinman to come to the meeting.

Boy's High Division: It's fall again 'and getting cooler; -so First Place — John Thompson maybe more of us will feel like getting Third Place — R. L. Alkolm out, if only it would rain. I am sure we Women's High Division all would feel much better, maybe 'by Third Place — Joyce Hubenak the time this come out in the Vestnik Men's High DiVision: we will get an old-fashioned rain here:Fourth Place — Jerry Milan Your reporter, We are very proud of these young Mrs. Jerry Zavociny drillers, and by the way the 1957 Slet will be held in Chicago next year, so LODGE ROZKVET ZAPADU NO. 1117, now is the time to begin, getting ready for it. Tuesday nights arc regular drill Floresvillc, Texas nights.

Dear Editor, Brother and Sisters: It's good to see J. G. Baker around aAgain 1 take pen and paper to write gain after spending quite some time in a few lines from our local lodge and the hospital with a broken rib. let all of you know what we are doing lin We will have the annuaL traditional our Lodge.

Czech Harvest Dance "Vino brani", on Our last meeting was held SepteMber October 6, starting at 8 p. in. Joe Milan's 9th.

Minutes were read and apprOved, Orchestra will furnish the music. There will be lots of fruit strung around. and then regular business attend to. It was anyone who can grab some and escape decided to have lunch in our OCtOber the watchful eyes of the "cops", can meeting which will be held the second Wel keep their loot. However if they are Sunday as usual, which falls on -ber14th.Kindlyo'tgeicnfusd caught they either pay a small fine or with the first Sunday. I repeat, the secspend some time in the "hoose-gow."

This is one time its good to be tall, ond Sunday, as usual. And you, dear as I am, but good luck to all the shorties' Sisters, kindly bring something good fOr too. If you miss this dance you'll miss lunch.

We had five new members in our last lots of fun. meeting.

Four adults transferred tdldui7 Sincerely, Mrs. Fred (Maxine) Merlick Lodge and one new member joined Out juvenile. ) 4, All members decided to have a turkey LODGE VESMERNOST NO. 168 shoot which will be on Sunday, October NelsonVille, Texas 21st ,at our Hall. So come out and get 'a Beam Members and Friends: turkey.

At our meeting 8th of September we I remain. had a debate about celebrating our fiftyFraternally yours, year anniversary of our Lodge, which Julia Caclavik

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O ESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

LODGE POKROK DALLAS NO. 84 Dear Readers, The teenagers of Lodge Pokrok No. 84 are proud to announce the opening of our Youth Club. Our first meeting was held on Sunday, September 23 at 4:00.

Electtion of officers were held. The tol l -wing were elected: Jules J. Janousek, President ALiry Ann Skrabanek, Secretary Betty Staglik, Treasurer Jerry Ann Urban, Reporter ,Sixt^en youths were present at this 17 chartered members and 3 liroTective members.

Thanks to Mr. Cyril Pokladnik, Mrs. ilniil Petr. and Mrs. Raymond. Smith for arf'-.ing as our chairman and directresses.

Our next meeting will be held October A a t 4:00. All youths interested are weloMe. Sincerely yours, Jerry Ann Urban, reporter ) ( LODGE POKROK NO. 88 Houston, Texas Dear Members and Friends: We a re inviting, and hope to see all :vkitl, at the annual Turkey supper that Lod ge is sponsoring on the Satiu.day afternoon of October 6th.

A number of ibirds of the choice variety, selected from the stock of preThanksgiving turkeys will be used for this oceasion. - And - the trimmings, dressing, cranberry sauce and everything that-goes with well baked turkey, will be deliciously prepared by our Sisters ,and made ready to serve by 5:30 p. m.

At the dance that evening, you shall halVe the opportunity of enjoying the ancLentertainment furnished ..g dd the Lee Ilse OrcheStra Boys, who are all' set, tuned up and primed, ready to play the waltzes, polkas and modern 'music, to which you'll not be able to resist,' dancing. rot's all be there and enjoy ourselves.

THE COMMITTEE )• ♦( People who were yelling for warm Weather, a few Months ago, are getting 'what they thought they wanted. *

A Iran writes to ask who runs the overage American home. Evidently, the f2:en tieman has no teen-age children.

• • Wily not make up your mind to do something every day to improve yourself? It will pay handsome dividends.

Resolution of Sympathy RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of SPJST Lodge No. 165, Moulton, Texas extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family of our departed member Arnold Franklin Team& who passed away on September 10th, at the age of 10 His passing is mourned by all the mebers of the Lodge. May he rest in peace.

Sie'ned: R. C. Hull J. V. Havlik, Charlie Filipp, Resolution Committee ) • MORE PRECIOUS THAN MONEY Health is the best asset you can have.

Without normal health, life is empty.

Many persons have accumulated large fortunes, only to find that in the process they have lost their most cherished possession—good health.

To get his weath he spent his health, And then with might and main He turned around and spent his wealth To get his health again.

With health, everything is a source of pleasure. Without it, nothing else, no matter what it may be, is enjoyable.

Even the other personal blessings — a great mind, a happy temperament — are degraded and dwarfed for want of health. It follows from all this, that the greatest of all follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness, whether it be for gain, achievement, learning or fame. Everything should be made secondary to health.

There are people living today who have spent their last dime in their search for health. Yes, there are people tomorrow who will 'spend all they have in quest for health. Health is wealth — without health nothing is right. With health, life is worth living.

However large our cars may be, no matter /Tow big our bank account may be, no matter how many cattle and lands we may possess or how fine a home in. 'which we live, health is far more important than all these combined. There is not a man who would not go to the farthest end of the earth to regain his health once it is lost.

You cannot buy another life, eye, stomach or another body. Don't gamble with those you have. Protect them while you may, and do it nature's way.

The graveyards are filled with people who had their autos repaired and neglected their bodies. Good health is more

Wedne-day, October 7, 1956 P OLKA

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CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, October 3 Emil Bartos orchestra — Club Dance -American Legion Hall in Flatonia Saturday, October 6 Eind Bartos orchestha — Wedding Dance — Philip Wilhelm Hall at Red Rock John Dlabaj Orchestra — SPJST Pokrok Hall in Dallas Eric Honza orchestra — Waco SPJST Linden Hall at Elm Mott Lee use orchestra — Turkey Supper and Dane — SPJST Pokrok Hall in Hons., ton No vicka's Worthing Band — Nordheim Hall Sil Krenek and. Bill Mraz orchestras Battle Dance -- Bill Mraz Hall in Houston Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Blue Moon Hall at Marion Gus Linderman Orchestra — Harmonic Hall in Shelby SPJST Hall in Joe Patek orcheStra Taylor Sunday, October 7 Lee Ilse orchestra SPJST Hall in Hillje Konvicka's Worthing Band — Church Picnic and Dance — Parish Hall at Mo, ravia Gus Lindeman orchestra — Feast and Dance — Mentz Hall Tuesday, October 9 Rudy Kurfz orchestra — Wedding Dance — SPJST Hall at New Talton All the above dances are at night unless otherwise specified. This is a tree service but applies only to those dances at which mainly polka and waltz music is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility resulting from any dance announcement which is listed ln this column.

Listings from oichestras and dance halls should be received at least me week before publication. Send all listings to Chervenl;a. Route 2. Ro g ers, 'rev to be desired than riches.

Your body is yours according to the natural order of things. It is a precious possession, and you only have it once.

To be healthy is to enjoy existing in your body. To be sick is misery, suffering and unhappiness. The establishment of health for a sick body is not just a matter of luck, nor is the existence of disease a matter of hard luck.

You should be well, because Nature intended you to be well when you were born,

Wednesday, October 3, 1956

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BROTHER MICULKA HONORED It is one thing when the officers of a district make a report and give an account of an election.

It is another thing if a newspaperman gets hold of the same report and presents the same announcement to the general public.

Mr. Fore, editor of the Floresville Chronicle-Journal, had done such a thing. He got hold of the report from the meeting of District Seven, held at Robstown on Sunday, September 23, and turned it into a personal tribute to Brother Emil Miculka, past president of District Seven. Incidentally, he gave also an unpaid and well-deserved publicity to the entire SPJST. Here is the sincere, personal tribute of Editor Fore to Brother Emil Miculka: E. MICULKA HONORED FOR. LONG SERVICE TO SPJST LODGE At a district meeting of the SPJST Lodge held at Robstown on September 23, E. Miculka of Floresville was given a high and distinct honor by being elected as an Honorary Chairman, a newly created office whose duties will be in an advisory capacity to the president of the Order.

Mr. Miculka has long been an active and prominent member of the Floresville SPJST Lodge and his faithfulness and good works, drew favorable attention from district and. state officers of the Lodge.

Mr. Miculk , who has been quite ill at his home for some weeks past, is deeply grateful the loyal members who have stood by him the past three years and wishes to publicly thank all of them for attention toward him and for all their good deeds in behalf of the organization.

The district which honored our fellow townsman is No. 7 and extends from San Antonio to Brownsville.

The editor wishes to add a personal word here and state that Emil Miculka has been a highly esteemed citizen of Floresville and Wilson County for many years and has always actively and willingly joined in the many worthwhile 'activities for his town and community.

He has reared a splendid family here who have shared tiV,. lasting friendship and respect of our entire citizenship.

Thi newspaper joins his host of friends, and of his family; in the sincere wish that he will continue to improve and enjoy a complete recovery at an early date.

The above is a quote from the pen of

Editor Pore, of the Floresville ChronicleJournal.

Sheeltaneously, I received a complaint that the Veetnk fai l ed to do what another paper, not connected with the SPJST, had graciously printed. First, let me give you the complaint, and then I say my apology.

San Antonio, Texas Dear Brother Editor: Our Vestnik does not reach us sooner than Thursday cr Friday. Incidentally, I got one copy to look over from another member who received his already Wednesday. I was disappointed to find half of my letter, titled "From the Seventh District," missing. Brother Hosek, who substituted ter you, could just as well leave out the rest of the letter. The missing part was the reason for writing the letter in the first place.

It was the request of Brother Emil Miculka. that I send to the Vestnik the names of all those who came to see him as well as these who remembered him with "get-well" cards. It was to show his heartfelt apreciation. Brother Hosek had chosen to omit this request of a bedridden man, an officer of our District. If that is a sample of what we are to expect after January 1, 1957, then I don't want any part of it.

Here are the names I was to send in.

Kindly have them published as early as you can.

Sister Veronica Svoboda, Zat Johnson, John Darilek and wife, all of Lodge Culak No. 165.

August Kacir, Temple.

John and Albina Stasa, from Lodge Cermak No 56, in Corpus Christi.

Chas. Pustejovsky and wife, from from Lodge Moulton.

Fraternally yours, S. C. Bundil

(Editor's Note: I apologize for the omission which, I am sure, was not intentional. It is surprising how well Brother Hosek performed his tack, considering all the aspects. It takes years to acquire the dexterity to run a fraternal paper. I have been exposed to journalism ever since I earned my first American dollar in the Tex-an Rrintery 45 years ago. My best professor'' in journalism was tke late editor Lou W. Dongres, who instructed me that the most important and interesting item in any Czech paper is a letter from a: subscriber, even if he cusses the blue jeans off the editor: "Leave out the cuss words, publish the rest, and thank him for it." In 1952 while attending the Press. Section in Boston, the guest speaker, Kenneth C. Pratt, editor of Stet Magazine, of New York, told us, the fraternal editors, to paste the following advice in our hats: "So long as you are a fraternal editor, you will be getting long lists of names. You will hate those lists, but you will have to print those names. Everybody loves to see his name in the paper. Be sine you get the initials right." Don't blame Brother Ho.sek. After he gets half as much journalistic experience as I have had, he will do twice as well as I have Members of Lodge, Ifozkvet Zapadu No. done.)

• 4, • ( 107: Tom Novak and wife, Frank Gaertner and wife, Pete Neshyba, Chas. ZiIndustrial Outlook dek and wife, Jan Raska, Jan Svoboda, A generally favorable industrial cliAnton Svoboda, Svoboda, Gus Ho- mate for the rest of 1956 has been foresek, Frank firna, Joe Bayer, Fred Barosh cast by the Commerce Department, and wife, Harry Barosh Dobrowolski, Ru- which also noted that some soft spots dy Vrana and wife. Fred Miculka from are evident. Prospects for construction Lodge Velehrad No 19, near Schulen- and aircraft industries are reported burg. brighter and sales of consumer durable F. L. Pustejovsky from Lodge Karnes goods are expected to hold at last year's No. 93 in Hobson. high level. An easing of activity in the Henry W. Marcak from Lodge Pokrok steel, farm machinery and textile inKenedy No. 127. dustries are predicted.

John Hranicky and wife from Lodge Agua Dulce No. 152 in Orange Grove.

FOREST FIRES Jaro Miculka and wife from Lodge CeThe Forest Service, together with Musky Prapor No. 24 in Cyclone. nitalp Foundation, a nonprofit group, Paul Kuban and wife, Adolph Miculka, are studying ways of controlling---- or J. W. Manak, from Lodge Vesmir No. 61 preventing — bolts of lightning and vioin Poth. lent hail storms in areas where they can Joseph Kohlia„ Jr., John Nedbalek, do heavy damage to persons or property.

Marie Veroda, from from Lodge Slovan Lightning accounts for millions of dollars Jihu No. 26 in Skidmore. worth of damage to property each year, J. C. Eineigl, Yorktown. particularly in forest areas, which is esJacob Shoctncr and wife, Hobson, timated at $10,0000,000 a year,

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VESTNf K — WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday,

REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS REPORT FROM DISTRICT SEVEN Karnes City, Texas, Sept. 26, 1956 Here are a few notes from the Seventh District meeting held at KC Hall at Robstown, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 23, 1956. The meeting was called to order

by Vice President Ray Hranicky at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The entire membership rose to give the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag and sing America and Kde Domov Mtij.

Our president of Seventh Distirct, Brother Emil 11liculka, is ill and was unable to be present, The members wish him a speedy recovery. The members voted to send Brother Miculka a getwell greeting from the entire Seventh District and signed by the officers.

The secretary, Jacob Shortner, had the minutes written in Czech and English, He read the minutes in Czech and they were understood by all ,so it wasn't necessary to read them in English. The minutes were read and approved and signed by Vice President Brother Ray Hranicky.

The secretary called the roll of lodges present. Fourteen lodges were present; four lodges, No. 78, 164, 113 and 150, were not present.

Visitors from the Supreme Lodge were welcomed; they were President Ed Marek, Secretary J. F. Chupick, Tresaurer Jos. Koliha and Director of the Second District Brother Navratil, also there were visitors from Lodge No. 130.

Each Supreme Lodge officer spoke briefly on the district meeting and about the entire organization.

An election was held for officers of Seventh District. Elected were the following brothers: Emil Miculka, honorary president; Jaroslav Kleprlik, acting president; Ray Hranicky, vice president; Jacob Shortner, secretary; Jaro Rektarik, treasurer.

It was voted that Acting President Jaroslav Kleprlik was to accept the office right away.

President of Supreme Lodge Brother Ed Marek installed the officers and instructed them to carry the Seventh District to the best of their ability.

The president and vice president appointed the following program committee: Sister Mrs. Betty Jurica of Corpus Christi and Mr. Frank Bolf of Floresville and Sister Amburn of San Antonio, Sister Thelma Hrncir of Robstown and Sister Mrs. Victor Veroda of Skidmore.

The newly elected officers thanked the members for the trust in them and

promised they will work to the best of their ability for the betterment of District Seven.

The president asked for the oldest member present to stand, brother and sister, and Brother Frank Maranek of Robstown stood and announced they were 86 years young. The members wished them many, many years of good health The youngest member present was 3months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hrncir of Robstown. The members congratulated them.

The members voted to have the next District Seven meeting at Corpus Christi in Lodge 56 some time in !April of 1957.

The meeting recessed at 2:30 for the program. The program was very nice and enjoyed by all. At 3:30 the meeting resumed. President Brother Kleprlik thanked all the members and visitors for their attendance and thanked Lodge No. 117 for their work in making our meeting a success.

The entire membership joined in singing "Hej Slovane" and meeting adjourned about 5:30 o'clock. The Lodge 117 members served a delicious barbecue supper with all the trimmings. The folks enjoyed the big meal and expressed their enjoyment of the day.

Jacob Shortner, Secretary of District Seven.

• 4, DISTRICT ONE Ka ;tar, Texas Dear Sisters and Brothers: This is to remind all of you that the date of the ninth meeting of District One soon will be here. When you will be only few days off.

Therefore, we are again calling your attention to it and also inviting every one to come and share this day with many of our S. P. J. S. T. members and friends in the old Fayetteville. We assure all of you that it will be worthwhile to come to the place where our now great organization had its home from its beginning until a few years ago.

This will be all day meeting, starting at 10:00 a. m. with time out for a good dinner, to be followed with a short, but good program in the afternoon. By the way, we will appreciate any help for our program from any of our Lodges. This will not only be very much appreciated, but we will also compensate you financially for your help. (Please report to the district officers when you come.) The The officers of the Supreme Lodge

promised there attendance and help, Please come all and help us to make this meeting the best one yet.

Fraternally, Vaclav Barina, president District One

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UNHAPPY THOUGHTS OF A SAD SOUL Ever get the feeling that you just can't win? Well, to paraphrase Lincoln, "you can't please all the people all of the time." In fact, you are lucky if 'you can please a few just some of the time. It's the old problem of paradox, a shttement which is self-contradictory. 'You may, however, drive some satisfaction from the following piece which shows that you are not the only one who has to face this particular quandary.

Consider, if you d-ire!

If you are soft. And if you are not, you are hard.

Save money, you area tightwad. Spend it, you're a wastrel.

Be poor, you're a lousy manager. Be rich, you're a selfish, grasping cheat.

Go into politics, you're a hypocrite who takes bribes. Dent, you're Work hard, you're: crazy. Take it easy, you're a. no-goOd loafer.

Dress in style, you're a show-off. Make your clothes last, you're shoddy.

Be gay, you're a slaphappy clown. Be sober, you're a sourpuss.

Imbibe you're an alcoholic. Refrain, you're a wet blanket.

Be firm, you're a Simon tegree.-Forgive, you're a spineless pushover.

Talk about yourself, you're a boaster.

Don't, you're hiding dark se-

crets.

Express opinions, you're a narrow-minded crank. Compromise, you're a wishy-washy ignoramus.

Be charitable, you're an easy mark. Don't you're a scrooge.

Converse, you're a blabbermouth. Be silent, you're a 'snob.

Not much you can do about it, either, since you come into the world and leave it without being consulted.

We felt so hopeless about it all that we decided to become a hermit.

Had to give it up, though. Liked everything about it but got too ion esomee

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NEDOSTAVATE VESTNIKT Nekdy v budeucnosti se mute stati, ze pravidelna, dodavka Vestniku bude nekomu z vas najednou zastavena a organ Prejerne-11 si skuteene, aby se vyueo- p •estane dochazet. Stane-li se to jen Valo degtine na vygg ich udiligtich; dale, jednou, viva pravdepodobne nese pogta pkejeme-li si, aby znalost o eeskosloven- Opakuje-li se to dva, t.N a vice tYdnri za skein narode byla co mono nejvice roz- sebou, dopWe na Supreme Lodge SPJST, g irena a navtdy zachovana; a chceme-li Temple, Texas, at' ptipad je vygetten. dosahnouti ureeneho cite co nejdrive, Nepigte ani na vydavatele, ani na rekatdY eechoameriean by mel obetovati daktora, ale na Utadovnu. Stanoaspori JEDEN DOLAR dosaterai nageho vy narizuji, ze kdo si preje Vestnik, musi cite. dopsati fieetnimu Hlavni ufadovny, kterY Stale se chlubirne, ze je nas echoarne- vede seznam adresate elentl dostavallAdana v Texasu 350,000 at 500,000. Je- eich Vestnik. ii tak, proe bychom nemohli sebrati aspoh $350,000 na tento tak dUletiMatete dopsati na fdadovnu tY freel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu sami, nebo potadejte va geho tajemnika, zde u nas v Texasu, tak kdy zapoene- iby to pro vas vykonel. KatdV g len, kterY me? Je-li pravdou ,te uvedomeni o Ce- si plati na poji gteni v bide dospelYch, je si ho pfeje_ skarn narode, jeho kulture, dejinach a opravnen na Vestnik.

Vzdelanosti, jakou se CeskY narod v minulosti honosil, upada, jest na nas aby se ueinila pronikava naprava, a to hned!

Pfejete-li si podporiti rieel a cil Ceske Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnYch ptispeykem nebo jako Clen, Va ge pomoc bude vdeene pkijata.

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Hlavni til'adovna SPJST dela pilfeky na farmy, ranee, a vybudovank mestskY majetek kdekoliv v Texasu. Pfijeuje svoje vlastni penize na nizke firoky, splaticy a s velice ptiznivymi podrninkanni pro p • edi3asne vyplaceni. PiSte: Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas, ) • •T■ • Prijmou se man2ele, neb b atr a sestra neb matka a syn k praei 1,1 farme a dobytku. Mrs. Albina KuCnelen, 1412, — 6th St., Rosenberg, Texas: (39-41p) EMAIIIMMINffifikki.1

BAR DANCE Dallas SPJST Lodge No. At 2625 Floyd St, Dallas, Texas SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

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Members

Insurance

Number One

96

$ 120,000800

Number Two

130

$ 146,250.00

Number Three

168

$ 182,500.00

Number Four

41

$ 41,000.00

Number Five

112

$ 154,500.00

Number Six

164

$ 192,000.00

62

$ 76,000.00

773

$912,250.00

Number Seven

Supreme Lodge a JS1 Temple Texas September 1st, 1956

Fraternally yours, Edward L. Marek