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JAKE PLANS.' MA VAS RAD? spolkove zaletitosti nechate be2et7 Zase

mtarYch slova.nskSrch

samo nebo se vymlouvat, ze nic se necia delat?

Co byste kekli tomu hospodati, kterY by pkevzal vlastnictvi pekne upravene f army, ale rok od roku se spolehal, ze terasy v poll neni tkeba vubec opravovati, ze neptijde uz stejne tadnY velkSr kdyt sedm rokti neprklo? Co byste fekli obchodniku, kterY by jednou do roka, prave pied vanoci, vyvesil v okne velikou variodni okrasu, ale jinak pia celY rok vVkladni sktine nepoutival?

Nic neporoste, co neni nasazeno. A jestli co poroste, pak neni to takova plodina, ktera ptinaAl utitek. Podel nagich plan natdete vklijakou chamrat', kterou ptactvo odnekud odjinud pkineslo Jestli eekate, at se varn u vakho domaciho ta.du neco samo od sebe urodi bez sazeni, bez obdelavani, to ut radeji ani to vYroeni schtzi jste nemuseli oznamovati. To ut nejste dasti bratrskeho spolku, kterY je zakonem povinen konati sve schktze pravidelne, a ,kterY je moralne povinen, aby se stale uplatnoval co bratrskY podpUrnY spolek.

pkedaci od kakleho kmen y se seeli a tku vSemu bud dali svnj souhlas nebo celou vec zamitli. Kdyt nektery knite 'desky zeintel, sail se vevodove, kni2ata, vladykove, aby "si ustanovili kni2.,etern" toho nebo onoho. Jsme my, spolkati arneriati. hodne pozadu at' za americkSTmi Indiany neb za starodeskmi vojvody a vladyky, jestli zanedbavame sve kove povinnosti.

kment., kteti INuLt 6iSLO NASEHO VtST- budete se spolehat, 2e veechno se udela do tech ' vedeni praotcem LecIem,

niku bylo ptepineno oznamenim mistnich tajemnikii, ze rude ptipada, vS7roeni schilze. KaZde oznameni neslo ptipomenuti, aby, 61eni se snakli a dostavili se do sehlize.

Tajemnici tadovi vykonali svou vinnost. Od nekterYch te.da neptfala za celST rok Zadna zprava. Od nekterYch oznameni Mnrti zakladajiciho nebo dlouholeteho Mena a projev soustrasti musel bSti ueinen resoluenirn vYborem.

To se opakuje rok od roku. Do dvanacti mesica, jestli nikdo neumte, neptijde db Vestniku ani tadek. A2 zase az za rok tajemnik vykond svou povinnost. A jestli nikdo umte, resolani vYbor opiee nekterou ze starYch, jib mnohokrat otikenYch resoluci, a zase "poplujem dal a dal", jak to stoji v jedne oblibene pisniece.

Dejme tomu, ze tadovSr tajemnik vykonal svou povinnost a jednou za rok napsal do organu upozorneni o vSrroeni schfizi. Tajemnik ov gem vykonal vAechny dalsi povinnosti, jak jsou oznakeny v nakch stanovach. Druzi ptedseda, mistoptedseda, fleetni (at' on nebo ona), pokladnik nebo pokladni (ona neni pokladnice, tota schranka pro penize a jine cenne veci), ti vgichni konali sve povinnosti, jak naznadeno ye stanovach. A piece tad stoji na miste. Ba co horaiho, zajem o tad eim dale tim vice upada , el en i nejdou do schtizi, &ad nikdo nechce vziti, schtize se "odbudou" za pkitomnosti nekolika star gich nebo ut hodne starch Menu, a kad, kterY kdysi mnoho pro mesto zna-• menal, dnes neznamena docela nic.

Jake plany ma vas tad pro pli gki rok?

JakY rozvrh spolkove einnosti jste si oclhlasovali ye N/Iroe'ni schtizi? ti zase "poplujete dal a dal, v zelenST bar a

Vlastne jsme dosti gpatnSlmi americkYmi obeany, jestli neudrtujeme mezi sebou ony demokraticke sklony, ktere jsou zakladem americkeho tizeni. Kdo nejde do vyroeni schnze sveho kadu, nejde k volbe, aby, vybral si nove a lepgi ntedniky. A jestli si nekicio mysli, ze ten utednik, kterST sve povinnosti "odbYval" jiz dvacet roku, je ten nejlep§i ntednik, jakeho si tad mohl vychovat, pak cele nak risen je na Aikme plok.

Nejsou to pouze titednici, kteti vedou nebo "odbYvaji" spolkove povinnosti. katdeho kadu je tteba nejmene etyti vYbory. Jmenujte si je sami. Jestli to neLonskeho roku rneli jste ve vSrroeni dovedete, pak o spolkovSrch vecech mnoschazi dosti slugnST pokt. A vite proe? ho neptemSrglite.

Nekdo neco planoval, ttebas to pianoval potichu a jen ve svnj prospech. Byasto jsem opakoval, ze prace u mistly volby delegatil do sjezdu. Ostatni si niho tadu ma bYti rozdelena. Co dela mistoptedseda? Dejte mu povinnostt. doplrite sami.

Kolik Menu mate v kaZdem vYboru? DuJednu vec bychom si meli ptipomenou- Write vVbory. ti. Spojene Staty jsou semi stalYch schtNetikejte, ze nemate dosti elent, abya zakladani spolkri. To jsme snad ptevzali od Indiana, kteta seskupili se ste si zvolili jak atedniky tak vYbory. Kde neni dosti Mena, aby spolkova einnost kolem ohne, aby se yzajemne A kdyt bylo neco zvlaete 0.1e2iteho, po- se zdarne vedla, tam nemel bYti tad zvaly se k porade teZ sousedni kmeny. V vabec zalolen. Pteette si povinnasti Americo, tfeba vidime veude samY ob- mistnich radu. Pfeetete si sve sliby sioehod, zristali jsme v zasaa rozdeleni Zene pti zakladani. Je eas, abyste se na skupiny a na spolky. 'rota bylo u probudili.

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VC sterqu 12, prosince 1956 paniekami. Vyslechly mne pozorne, iekl bych s napetim. Obsah pfednagky byl prone naprostou novinkou. Slykly o nas, CeSich, jen jakoby z druhe ruky. Samy se k tomu po pkednake pfiznaly. To si mne obstoupily, jedna pied ,druhou podavaly a tiskly ruce, dekovaly a htovaly, Ze jsem nemluvil dele. Ale hned si zamlouvaly dal5i ptedna,Aku na pozdefSi dobu. KdyZ jsem se zminil mimochodem o LuZickYch Srbech, slovanske skupine zde v Texasu, doptavaly se, zdali bych mohl nekdy poz7 deji vyloZiti jim neco vice take o luZickYch ptistehovalcich, a2 bych byl hotov s dal gimi vYkla,dy o 6eMch. Jegte nikdy a nikde jsem nepozoroval takovou hladovou zvedavost, takovi neokkavanY zajem o naa narod jaj tomu bylo v kruhu techto aristokratickYch dam. Odchazel 'jsem spokojen, ze jsem mei vzacnou ptilelitost promluviti k posluchadkam o vecech mne velmi blizkYch a drahYch. Mnohdy jsem zaail mezi americkYm lidem nejedno pokoteni a poniZeni. Nejednou citil jsem, hned v dobe svYch studii na ueitelskem itstave a tea pozdeji v obchodnim ruchu, Ze jsem byl povaZovan mezi Amerfeaity za neco jako vettelec, za osobu menecennou, za tvora, ktery pti5e1 do Ameriky v kalhotech a kabate na rozdil od tech, kdo se narodili v americke kolebce. Tyto my nahradily mne vaechny dtivej§i domnele i skuteene ktivdy svYm nesmirnYm zalmem, svou uptimnosti, svYm vdekem.

Pii pozdolgim nvaiovtini, zda jsem vykonal nejake dobro svou pi'ednagkou, vzpomnel jsem si na vYstrahu jednoho profesora , Byl naaim instruktorem napted v bankovnictvi, pozdeji v poji5Vovani. Jednoho veeera se asi o pui hodiny opozdil. Pak nam vysvetloval sve opozdeni. Byl pozvan jako tednik pied skupinu nejakYch profesionalii a hostina se trochu protahla. Pak kla,d1 nam na srdce, aZ budeme zastupci nebo fitedniky nelakYch korporaci, abychom pamatovali, Ze budou od nas poladovany vady a vaude nejake proslovy. A na nas bude zaleZeti, iakou reklamu udelame svemu obchodu nebo sve organisaci. Pry musime bYti eleny rozmanitYch klubil, musime navatevovati ruzne obedy a veeirky, musime se pohybovati mezi banketi, advokaty, lekaki, auditory, inZenYry, musime se ptizpilsobit jejich spoleeenskemu chovani, a musime ptijati kalde pozvani k proslovilm a pfedno.'Ska.m. To, co ziskame v universitnich kursich, je pouze zakladem, na, nemZ musime stale staveti dalSi vedomosti.

jsem prive velmi prijemnou udalost Mel jsem pii torn sam jistY podil, ale to je \Tee vedlej51. Hlavni daraz kladu na to, Ze se to odehralo mezi vybranou spolednosti arnerickYch darn. Byl jsem prave v Austinu vzhledem k planum Domova odpodinku, kdy2 telefonovala pani Mareshova, manZelka Dra. H. R. Mareshe, zda bych mohi promluviti na ureite thema pied jistYm damskYm klubem. Ptedna5ku mel miti pilvodne Dr. Maresh, ale teace onemocnel, naleza se v nemocnici, nesmi ptijimati ani na,v5tevy, tak pani Mareshova .51 vzpomnela na mne jako nahradnika.

Po svem navratu z Austinu manielka vy •izovala mi ono telefonni poselstvi. Za.volal jsem pani Mareshovou, abych zjistil podrobnosti. Nemam easu nazbyt, abych si ptipravoval zvlaAtni ptednaAky. JiZ pted mesicem slibil jsem miti ptednaSku pied filosofickou 'spoleenosti o vYvoji skrytYch duAevnich sil, co2 spada do oboru parapsychologie, a ye volnYch chvilich jsem uz pracoval na teto ptedna5ce slibene na patek veder, 14. prosin ce. Abych si ptibral dalai zodpovednost a k tomu jeate pro smetanku damske spoleenosti, k tomu jsem nemel mnoho chuti.

Zjistil jsem vgak, ze jde o prednagku o deskYch pionYrech v Texasu pied spbleenosti dam ve vYhradnim klubu zvanem Daughters of Republic of Texas — (Dcery texaske republiky), do kterehoZ klubu mohou bYti p •ijaty pouze ty, my, jejicha ptedkove zili v Texasu v dobach, kde Texas dobyl sve samostatnosti a stal se republikou, tedy z dob oblehani Alama, poralky u Goliad, bitvy pti San Jacinto, tedy vnuoky a pravnuely tech, kdo byli usazeni v Texasu pied 120 roky. Kdya 510 o ptedna5ku tYkajici se deskYch pionYrft, zmenil jsem svou nechut' a pozvani jsem ptijal.

Predni gka se konala ve etvrtek odpoledne 6 , prosince v klubovni mistnosti budovy, kterou tyto damy vlastni. Budova je svYm venkovnim vzhledem vYjimeena, o samote v lesiku, velkY starosvetskY srub (log cabin), s imposantnirn pomnikem pied vchodem, s ohromnou vlajkou statu Osamele peticipe hvezdy na vysoke Zerdi. Mel jsem svou ptedna5ku dosti obstojne ptipravenou a trvala asi pui hodiny. Pro ty, kdo etou anglicky, uvetejnuji hiavni body v anglicke easti dne5riiho eisla.

Jegte nikdy nemel jsem :iadnou fee vYhradne k damam, jedinY mu2 mezi asi Tak jsem o reklame na geho e'eskeho aedesati Ameridankami aristokraticke- puvodu pfemk§lel a uvedomil si, jak maho chovani a vzhledu, etihodnYmi star- lo hledime vyuaitkovat svYch styku s

ye stic'edu 12. prosince 1956 druhmi, abychom jim vysvetlili aspon obeas, 'kdo jsme, kSon byli na gi predkoye, nebo co znamena na ge SPJST. To vYsmegne vysvetleni, ze "Southern Pacific Jumped Side Track" je nejprilabavej gi vysvetleni na gich inicialek, bu° de nine znit v u gich jeko naprosto nevhodnY, neornalenY a neohrabanY 'tea.

Slykl jsem toto vysvetleni z ust jednoho nageho hlavniho trednika v jeho proslovu pri konvenci Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu v Corpus Christi. Bylo to v roce 1951, pied pat lety, a dosud toho tertu lituji, ze onen Urednik byl tak nerozvatnY. 0 kolik dastojnej gi byl by kratk.Y, vecnY a slu gne vybranY proslov. Kolik vice dobra by nam prineslo, kdyby katdY z na gich hlavnich Urednikt, nevyjimaje ani redaktora, mel pripiaveno nekolik kratgich, syYm vYznamem se shodujicich proslovil pro nahodile pripady, kdy je treba vysvetliti veci nam mile. Tedy ne reklama osobni, ale reklama veci spoleenYch, spolkovYch, rodnich. Trochu mene•toho "hrom a peklo, marne vase vzteky", zato trochu vice "v sade skvi se jara kvet, zemskY raj to na pohled", trochu vice lep gi reklamy. Vice kviti a merle hroma.

V pondell minuleho tydne dostal jsem od hlavniho tajemnika zapisky z kijnove schtlze Hlavni tradovny . Omlouval se, ze na zapisky prizapomnel. Neni to nic divneho, to se projevuje u nos stargich osob bez vYjimky. Napred zrak, pak sluch, pak pamet, pak povidavost a opakovani, pak nedttklivost a plat. Bratr tajemnik omlouval se take, ze neporidil tentokrat tadmi 6eskY preklad. Nekteri eleni jsou pry toho nahledu, preklad nebYva, spravnY. Pro na ge stargi eleny, kteri nerozumeli by anglickm zapisktim, uverejnenSim v anglicke easti tohoto eisla, vysvetlim zde nektere dilletitej gi body, o nicht bylo v kijnove schazi pojednavano.

(Pokraeovani a dokoneeni redakenich) Chci pfipomenouti, ze jsem nebyl ye schtrzi, ani se tadnYrn elenem Hlavni radovny o jednani kijnove schnze krome s re,ditelem Navratilem pouze o jedne veci. Podavam jen to, co jsem Ceti v anglicke zprave a co jsem se domyslil o torn, co stalo mezi radky.

Zda se, ze eleni Hlavni Uradovny nemohli se na nekterYch vecech virbec dohodnout. Byl eten protokol z eervencove schilze a byly ueineny 4ve opravy. Pak se hlasovalo, zdali je protokol spravnSi. Osm hlasu bylo pro a &Lyn proti. Zpravidla jestli je ueinena nejaka ramitka proti protokolu, tak se opravi a protokol je prijat jednomys1ne. Tak pros dye tretiny do prava- a jedna tretina do leva? Dobre ze jsem tam nebyl, aspon mohu s jinYmi kroutit hlavu. Obyeejne po

V t STNt K — WEST, TEXAS sjezdu v gechno chodi jako na masle.

Bratr Bo gek byl ye schtizi, ale jen jako host. Neni poznamenano, zda se zdrtel po celou dobu nebo jen net si vyi'idil svou tadost. NovY redaiktor chce zavesti nejake zmeny pro ohlaveni Vestniku tet hlavieky jednotlivYch sloupcU a statti. ZnamenitY napad, kterY schvaluji, ale kterY jsem nedovedl prosadit ani jar ani zesnulY bratr Moueka. V roce 1932, kdy bratr Moueka prevzal vedeni listu, vynaSel, ze ohlaveni Vestniku bylo jit nadmiru odrene a opotrebovane. Spolu jsme vypracovali novY naert, kterY bratr Moueka predlotil Hlavni Uradovne k schvaleni. Bylo to zamitnuto. Tedy Hlavni idadovna byla slotena z jinYch elent net je dnes. Gratuluji bratru Ho g -kovi,zesmun°pdbhoatilo. Uprava organu ma se eas od easu menit. Tyto body se probiraji bratrskYmi redaktcry katdY rok v Narodnim bratrskern kongresu. Doufam, ze bratr Hoek i tam se znamenite uplatni svYmi myglenkarni.

V iijnove. schfizt probirali bez melto vedomi nahradu cestovneho a odrnenu za predna gku Dr. Hujerovi, ktereho jsem pozval do Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu jako slavnostniho teenika. predsoda katde sekce ma na starosti obstarani reenikit pro svou sekci. Wady je dostane zdarma, jindy musi reenikovi zaplatit dosti hodne. V Clevelandu jeden takovY slavnostni reenik stal pet set a prijel ze vzdalenosti sto mill. V nektere sekci vedouci einovnici udelaji mezi sebou sbirku, ale obyeejne to pripadne k vyrovnani predsedovi sekce.

Ten bud' to zaplati ze sve kapsy nebo poda fleet sve organisaci. V novinarske; sekci, jejit jsem byl predsedou, mel jsem zajigteno pet reenikti, v gichni zdarma.

Hlavni reenik, senator HrU gka z Washingtonu, uvedomil mne, ze se nebude moci dostaviti. Vyjednaval jsem s mistnimi profesory a novinari, az jeden z rich mne easteene prislibil, ale za poplatek $50.00. Volal jsem na Dr. Hujera telefonem a on byl ochoten vyhoveti.

Oznamil jsem fee bratru Markovi, tak6 vYlohy s tim spojene. Bratr Marek odpovedel dopisem, ze ho te gi, jak jsem to zaridil a ze vYlohy reenika budou zaplaceny Hlavni Uradovnou. Ale kdyt jsem chtel v Clevelandu reenika platit, bratr Marek mi oznamil, ze se to musi napred ye schuzi probrat a odhlasovat.

Nemel jsem s sebou dosti na hotovosti, tak jsem si eastku musel vyptrjeit.

V iijnove schfizi Hlavni ifiadovny roz, hodla, aby bylo objednano 5,000 novYch stanov a 1,000 vYtisku sjezdoveho protokolu. Novi stanovy m°13; bYti dodany statnimu odboru pji gt'ova.ni do devadesati dna po sjezdu

Straw. 3 mistnim 'radian do Noveho roku.

Byla projednavana otazka, kdy a jak se mail platiti mistnim radium na 2%, kterYmi Hlavni diadovna odmeriuje frady z penez ji zaslanYch na zaplaceni mrtnich poplatku. Bylo tadano o vetleni anglickeho slova "currently."''' aid se, ze (Ke pi Hlavni aradovny se puStili za earn toho, co bylo odhlaso-vino ye sjezdu. Pamatuji se, ze delegati ve ;sjezdu chvili debatova4 o dotazar„e bratra Urbancvskeho, kterY chtel miti u.reitY eas, kdy je to, a jestli je to dva-cateho pateho. Bratr Edward L. Marek se piimlouval ve sjezdu, aby slovo "yeas" nebo anglicky "currently" bylo gkrtnuto z dodatku. Pri hlasovani y etglina delegatu hlasovala proti pidjeti navrkur v puvod7 nim zneni. Kdyt to bylo , poraZerto, sam jsem , clal riavrh, aby pnvodni ',6clodatek stanovniho vyboru byl piijat s dodatkern g krtnuti slova " yeas". Pak se delegat Ed Kadleeek je gte tazal, jestli tady drzi tuto odmenu za katdau odeslanou_ zpravu nebo jen jednou roene. Ptedse-' da sjezdu, jimi v to chvili byl bratr Poklagnik, vysvetlil, ze to je mineno,e aby rad .dostal sve 2% ke konci roku.

Pri hlasovarti pro nebo proti navrhu" zmeny hlasovali v g ichni nro. Tedy soudim, ze to vec byla vyrizena sjezdem nernusela bYti probirana ye schUzi Uradovny.

V iijnove schuzi byla podavana zprava reditelern Navratilem o postupu Aland vstahujicich se na Domov odpoeinku. Jak mne pozdeji bratr Nayratii. oznamoval, Hlavni Uradovns snad mela poslati sedmielennemu VYboru pro sta y -bu.Domva,sedopruni,abyvYor pribral vice pozemku k (Mein sedmi akrnm, ktere byly darovany glechetnosti obeant mesta Taylor. Na zaklade tohoto pokynu od Hlavni fricadovny sedniielennY vYbor to vial na vedomi a prikon pil dalgi tri akry. V anglicke zprave bratra tajemnika neni o tom doporueeni tadna, zminka Postal jsem dopis pr ve psi opravovent sazby precichazejicich sloupcir. Obsah dopisu a me pOznamky, he stale potrebujerne slu gnou a vybranou reklamu, jsou scejneho term. Takovou reklamu musime si zrskavati semi sv'rn bezvadnYm vystupovanim pied eelYm svetem.

Dopis rune postal pritel BE-,drich Socha, nennavnY organisator SPJST v San Angelo a bkoli. "Milk krajane, dnes ve etvrtek 6. prosince 1S0.11 poslouchal "Hies Ameriky" a slygel jsem Tvou predna gku o na gem Texasu.. Ani neuverig, jak radostrrY posit jsem roil, kdy jsem na rozhlasu, vysilanem do t eskoslovenska, poznal Tvdj hiss. Bylo to uchvacujici sly :g et o nail SPJST na vinach (Pokraeovani na, strane 6.)

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ONNOSTI Ncchtel jsem se chlubit sestre Val0 Dallas, Texas eikove s derby o tab yzacnY podnik.

Cte sestry a bratri: S bratrskYm pozdravem, vas, vYroeni sclittze konana dne 3.

Hugo Schefeak. ( prosince, byia slabe nav gtiveria. Prieiflad Jaromir eislo 54 n.a toho byia, ze na ge sestry byly skoro West, Texas vkchny v Ennis, Texas, kde AneZka Houclkova je v gechny pozvala na 75Iete Bratri a sestry: VYroeni schrtze rado Jaromir eislo 541 narozeniny jeji mile matky.

Meli jsme volby radovYch Urecinikti do odbYvala se 2. prosince. Poeasi bylo prizprig roku. 1957 a nasledujici ured- Dive, takle byla dobra navgteva.

Predseda Robert 'Cervenka zahajil nici zvoleni: predseda, Mira Jurelk; in t 1-opfedseda, Hugo Shefeak; ta- schtizi a tajemnik Emil W. Popp preeeti jenna, Joe Maca; neetni, A. Vila; nage protokol z minule schrtze, kterY byl pripokladni, sestra lVfacova, se vzdala sveho jat jak NemocenskY vYbor oznamil, ze nasle&ado, ale slibila dale tento Urad zastavat si nekoho zvolime na jeji mi- clujici jsou na seznamu nemocnYch:-sto. voleni vYborir jsme edloZili do Sestra Millie Girardova, bratri Vaclav Bezdek, John Hromadka a Rudolph Kasehnze. i odhlasovano, ze na g fad, jak lula. Prejeme jim, aby se brzy pozdraDale obr'oj c kaZdelio roku, bode poradat vili, a aby opet pfisli mezi nas do schti_ yeeirek pro na ge, deti,'dolaroma- ze.

Otazka ohledne Domova odpoeinku pri dy se Sok°lem a "'adorn Dallas ZoBJ. Jedutt tretinu vYloh na , darky vanooni gla na pretres, ale ze jsmemelt mnoho idetem bode hradit na g Cad. Veeirek jinYch zalelitosti k vyrizeni a volbu bode ,se oclbYvat v sobotu veeer 22. pro- rednikt, tato zalezitosti byla odlokna. do since v Sokolovni na Carl olici. T'ak, se- prigti schfize.

Bylo usneseno, abychom usporadali stry, pCivezte Yak deti na tento rani vanoeni yeei •ek, abychom je pote gili ne- vanoeni yeeirek pro eleny i deft v nedeli dne 16. prosince v 7 hodin weer. jal:Ymi darky.

1:Teetni. J. J. Kostohryz Zadal, aby byl Dale na g rad odhlasoval poslati resoluci Hlavni Uradovne a prfiklep ustanoven organizatorern na geho radu. nagenro kediteli 3 dkrsku, aby naddle Bylo odPorueeno jednohlasne, aby Wa y -niUra.dovSPJTjeustnilazorHlavni ftradovna nevyplacela elentim vYboru na fair'nu po $20.00 denne a 7c. ganizatora.

Nastala volba flrednikfr pro belici rok. jIzdntho za mill, z penez darovanYch nagimi eleny na fitulnu, aby tyto vYlo- Robert Cervenka, byl znovuzvolen predhy byly placene ze v geobecneho fondu sedou, aklarnaene. Albin R. Sulak,zvolen a ne z darky, kte.re Cleft davaji od srd- za mistopredseclu. Emil W. Popp, byl na ce k vYpomoci stargim a potrebnYm ele- vrZen, ale neprijal n.onainaci. Neradi jsme slyseli zpravu, ze na g dlouholetY n tajemnik se vzda ffrado v kterem pracoNeni divu, ze se ustaviene jednotlivi val a verne konal svoji povinnost po 30 Mein museji hajit a kritisovat na ge U- let. 6astokrate te Z s kosti pr gly, nemac r•dnilcy proti chzemu jednani, kde se v rodine, ale on v2cly byl na svern rniste • stateeni a poctivi Utednici sjezdu a ziskal nmoho elend pro rad. Pro jeho ✓ Temple rnuseli tak hajit proti hlavni- veselou povahu tim nemini prestat pramu tajemniku,'ktery od posledniho sjez- covet pro Jednotu, ale bode mitt vice du nadelal tolik neprljemnosti.

'Casa ziskfivati nave eleny.

Co se tyre na geho bazaxu, sestra, ValFrank 3. aooek, zvolen za tajemnika, eikova, yam to v minule-m Vestniku v ge- ablamaene. J. J. Kostohryz, znovuzvolen chno vypsala. !de je dukaz, kdyZ za freetniho, aklamaene. George Mi• pracuji v jednu roku, co se dal vSe- keska, znovuzvolen za pokladnika, aklachno clokazat. Ohledne nekterY darfz, maene, Edmund Marek, znovuzvolen co or'a o nich nevi, podotYkam, ze to ablamaene. daroval sam a Perry O'Neal Do zabavniho vYboru byli zvoleni: — cd I,A; '-'`,e Face barbecue rime ji zadar- Henry Matu g, Joe F. Tobola a L. A . Hyn.o Take boopil d y e list lAy ktere kel. oelOrna "Donut-Den" Sestra Mollie Barton. znovuzvolena za idiot, darovala 12 tuctO dopisovatelku pro Vestnik, pro eeskou jsem prikaupil a claro- cast. Br. J. J. Kostohryz, znovuzvolen val 20 toctd nebo 20 brabieek, ktere jsem za dopisovatele pro anglickou Cast. dal do vYhry a z nich pekne penize utrDne 3. prosince seSlise firednici a

vj Jori, aby vypracovali program vano' o veeirbu, ktelY bude poradan. 16. prosince v 7 hodin vceer. Sestry okra5`1i vanoeni stromeeek. Dale sestry jsou Zaclane, aby donesly nejabe zakusky a darky, ktere budou vymenene mezi Cieny, a ktere nemaji presahovati 50c. za darek. Pro deli do 12 let budou pripravene vatmeni nadilky s ovocem, atd.

Sestry EsteHe Hyklova a Estelle Markova budou miti na starosti uzenky. NCkteri bratri se prihlasili, ze budou pomahati. Sestry Julia Holaekova, Mollie Bartoriova, Bennie Sookupova a Christine Matu gova, maji na starosti progNmni eisla.

Prigti schfize ''bude se od yYvati prvni nedeli v lednu, v ktere bude jednano oble.dne Dornova odpoeinko. teetrii. vY bor -pado fina,neni zpravu za minulY rob, a pak bode nastcleni nove zvolemich rednikn. Sestry Mary lVfarbova a Mollie Bartonova postaraji se o svaeinu.

Preji ykrri etoocim i redakci vesele vanoce a At'astnY no\IT rok, a hodne zdravi.

Vase doposivatelka, Mollie Barton. e e mezi kadove) Rad Polirok Dallas elslo 84 Dallas, Texas Ctend sestry a bratri: Timto dovoluji si vas vgechny zvat do prigti radove schtze, ktera, nam pada na nedeli dne 16. prosince. Prijdete vgichni, komu moZno, a dosti brzy.

Jak je yam zna,mo, jest to schfize vYrani, ye ktere se volt radovi trednici pro prl g ti rok, volby rtiznYch v.borft mhohe jine zalelitosti pripadaji k vyrizeni pro dobro ratio a celku.

Take ma nam podati stavebni vYbor synj postup prace, pri eemZ" je kaL4* navrh na zmenu vitan a bran v fivahu.

Doposud je je gte eas, proto prijd'te, pora.d'te a pomorte. Jest, to pro nas chny. aim vice -pomoci, tim se v ge snadneji vykona.

Po schdzi nam slibily nage sestry pripravit chutnou svaeinu a weer pak bode varmeni nadilka pro deti s pelcmirn a pestrYrn programem za rizeni sester Bessie Pete, Estelle Smith a bratra Fr. Heriser- Tedy jak vidite, naskyta se nam vtcm prilelitost proZiti odpoledne a weer pro dobro a podporu eeske veci.

Nezapornente na tuto nedeli 16. prosince. Prijdete, kaZO je uprinme, vitan.

Za Cad Pokrok Dallas eislo 84 Frank Vokdiolza, taj.

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Rad Hvezda Texasu e. 47 Seaton, Texas Driletite upozorneni elenum a elenkam kadu Hvezda, Texasu!

Jak ut jsem &iv oznamil, bylo usneseno v listopadove schtizi nageho du, aby byla pokadand yanoeni zabava., nebo jak se kilo., nadilka (Christmas party ). VYbor podal cloporueeni, aby ona nadilka se odbYITala dne 16. prosince, treti 'lead v mesici a jsou k ni zvani vgichni eleni a mohou si pkivesti svoje zname a pkatele. Bude se odbYvat tu samou nedeli, jak vYroeni schtze spolku RVOS. Zaeatek zabavy jest ureen na 6 hodin veder.

Prvni bode poda y ana veeeke zdarrna pH nit hlavni zeleninou budou klobasky od br. Pokladnika z Dallas. A ted' •adove sestry pozor! ! ! Bylo mi ureeno, abych vas potadal, byste ka.tda die motnosti pkinesla nejake peeivo k d.opineni jidelnitio listku.

Po torn bode nasledovat vanneni program, kterY pokada, jak vtdy, na ge cvieitelka mladete, sestra Klara Hejlova. A po programu bude syatST Mikulas, nebo jak my kikame "Santa Claus", rozdelovat clarky. Proto budete-li chtiti nekoho ze svYch milych obdarovat, pkineste darky pod stromeeek.

Tak, sestry a braMi, pkijd'te v hojnem pato a privedte sve zname.

Bratr Jerry Tala gek se vzdal elen.stvi Ueetniho vYboru a na jeho misto byl zvolen br. F. E. Hejl ml. Dale bych eleny upozornil na to, te budeme potkebovat sirioveho keditele nebo "managera" pro pkigti rok. P •itomne bratki Pechalevi, kteki to melt leto gni rok na starosti, dostavaji 50 procent eisteho vSrtetku a to plati take pro pfi gti rok. Tak broth, kterY byste se chteli podjat to holu, pkihlaste se. Tato zaletitost bude projednavana v piisti lednove schtzi 6. ledna.

S potegenim pozoruji, te se kady aby se sehnal co nejvet gi obnos na zakizeni "Dornova odpoeinku”. U nas nagem okoli brzdi nebo ochromuje nejake fasloye podniky dlouho trvajici sucho, ktere nabYva povatlivYch rozmern.

Olenstvo na geho kadu, jakot i okolni osadnici, portAsta,vaji z rnalS7ch farmakil a rent3ifti a ti jsou na male .qjimky na suchu.

A na, zaver pkeji v g em elentm nagi Jednoty, jakot i etenatinn Vestniku, yesele vanoce a lep gi novS7 rok.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Karel Kalenda, dopisovatel )•

VASTNIK—WEST, TEXAS ni program pkl stromeeku v nag-i ni v nedeli 16. prosince v 5 hodin cdpoledne.

Pkatele, broth a sestry, jste tadani, by jste se dostavili yeas a vase ditky, co jsou na programu, pri y edli cltive, by se moldy na program pripravit.

Ani Santa Claus nebude schazet, on ma vtdy nejvice price, net tu peknou ktipu darkft rozda, na cot se ditky vtdy velice te g i; a dospeli se zase pote gi z radosti jejich.

Tak prijed'te v gich-ni na to mile yenocIni pobaveni a pkived'te y ogi rodinu a pratele.

S pozdravem Marie Juranova, dopi oyatelka. ) • 4 •( kid Praha, eislo 29, SPJST Taylor, Texas Cteni bratti a sestry: V mem dopisu jsem psala, te na g SPJST bazar Vynes1 vie jak $2,500.00. Dnes bylo Utedne oznameno, te bazar a obed pkines1 $2,985.81 pro Domov odpoeinku pro zakoupeni zeme.

Marie Svadleriak S pozdravem, • •( Rad Prapor Magnolia Oslo 65 Crosby, Texas Broth a sestry: Zde y am oznamuji, te budeme miti mimokadnou schuzi treti nedeli v prosinci, to bude 16 ve d ye hodiny odpoledne. Budeme mitt duletite jednani.

Albina Balcar, taj.

S pozdravem, • itad Pokrok Sweet Home eislo 63 Sestry a bratri: Timto oznamuji, te ySTroeni schtze bode konana tieti nedeli v prosinci, Toto bode schtize dulezita, budou se volit Orednici pro rok 1957 a jine zaletitosti.

Po schtizi bude svaeina a sestry jsou tadany, aby donesly nejake zakusky.

Tak prosim, nezapomente a piijd'te.

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U trinact Ur gnu ctr pro dospele: Itida B: Do2ivotnl, poplatky se plats td do srarti. rkida C: Poplatky se plati 20 rokil. PlnY obnos poji‘Steni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v pripadu funrtl.

Tricia D: Poplatky se plat 15 mkt. PlnY obnos pnli gtftii se vyplati kdykoliv v ptioaclu rf`d Poplatky se plat 10 rokfi. Pro ' obnos pojiWni se vyplati kdyRad Svaz seechoslovanil eislo 92 koliv v Fort Worth, Texas Trida F: F'lnY obnos certifikatu je vyMili bratuli a sestry: placen po 15 leteeh nebo kdyDnes znovu ptipominam na'S koliv ptedtirn v ptipadu

Etrana 5 Tfiaa G: Plny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen ve 20 letech nebo koliv ptedtim v ptipadu &nth.

Vida B. PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosaZeni 65 let start nebo kdykoliv ptedtina v ptipadu Tticla I: ropiarky se plati 20 mkt. Plnl obnost certifikatu je vyplacen pa dosaZeni 60 let stati nebo kdykoliv piedtim v ptipadu urn rti.

Tkida K: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. Piny obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Edda Dvojnasobne trazove pojitteni (double indemnity): Certifikat se vystavuje pouze do obnosu $2,500, dodateene k gnemu certifikatu. fida 1t2: Poplatky se plati clo veku 65 let. Po dosatend 65 roku stati, elan dostava, mesieni ptijens, dokud Ziv. Zemte-11 pied 86 lety stati, dedici dostanou mesleni ptijem do 80. leyroei na rozeniu elena. rtida M-C: Vpisova, ochrana, na 20 letk ktera se zmenCuje, az zfistane vyplacene pojiSteni na $1,000 PojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv ✓ ptipadu lamrti dle klesajici stupnice.

Ttida N: Vpisova ochra,na jen tern, kda maji od SPJST vypujeene pe nize. let druhii certifrikatiti SPJST pro &CU: Ttida J -T: Doeasne pojiSteni do veku 16 let, ktere se mfte zmeniti na kterekoliv jine pojiCteni pc dosa2eni veku 10 let, nebo pozeleji. 'tido. 3-C: Poplatky se plati 20 rolitt PlnY obnos pojitteni se vY, plati kdykoliv v ptipadu ti.mrti ye veku od 16 let vf,Tge. tjnirtni pojistka pod 16 let &t,f3fi ie die stupnice.

Trida J-S: PopiatIcy se plati 20 mkt Pin S7 obnos pojts"ten1 se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipaclu act veku I roku, Do mesicil, $250, pod 12 mesicll, $500.

Ida Poplatky se plati do 18 let stall. PlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 18 letech stati nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesiet, $250, pod 12 mesiel), $500. tido, Poplatky se plati 20 rokt, Ping obnos certifikatu se vYplati pa 20 letech nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu fimrti ed veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicus $250, nod 12 mesiet. $500. !slz)

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Temple, Texas, 4. pros. 1956 Cteni bratri a sestry: Timto se Vam oznamuje, e behem mesice listopadu, 1956, Hlavni ilkadovna, SPJST vyplatila pojieteni po naeich zemtelYch brattich a sestrach, jak nasleduje: Umrti eislo 6154. Ses. Anna Veiss, hospodyne od radu Rovnost Cislo 7, zemkela 27 iijna, 1956, ye stall 90. Do Jednoty phstoupila 9. zati 1906. Cert A-862 na $1,000.00.

Umrti Oslo 6155. Br. 8tepan Baletka, na odpodinku od radu Slovan, dislo 9, zemtel 23. Nils, 1956 ye stall 81. Do Jednoty piistoupil 13. bkezna 1904. Cert.

A-1028 na $1,000.00. iimrti eislo 6156. Ses. Anna Jurek, hospodyne od kadu Karel Havlieek, eislo 4 zemkela 31. kijna 1956 ve stall. 88. Do Jednoty pkistoupila 8 , dubna 1906. Cert.

A-5529 na $1,000.00 Umrti &isle 6157. Br. Charles Badak, na odpoeinku, od radu Hvezda Jihu, dislo 30, zemkel 27. kijna 1956 ve staff, 81. Do Jednoty pkistoupil, 17. zaki, 1899. Cert.

A-2260 na $1,000.00.

Umrti 'Oslo 6158. Br. Wesley Strunc, rolnik na odpoeinku, od kadu 6echt Domov, eislo 82, zemiel 30. kijna 1956, ve stall: 74. Do Jednoty pristoupil 21. kijna 1906. Cert. A-6110 na $1,000.00 UmrtIeislo 6159. Br. James HradeckST, Sr. rolnik na odpoeinku, od radu eechoslovan, eislo 40, zemkel 1. listopadu 1956 ye stall. 60. Do Jednoty piistoupil 6. prosince 1934. Cert. B-1236 na $1,000.00 a Cert. A-8737 na $1,000.00.

Umrti 'Oslo 6160. Ses. Theresa Annie Shimek, hospodyne, od radu Pokrok Texasu, eislo 1. zemkela 20 rijna 1956 ye staki 78. Do Jednoty pristoupila 4. list.

1906. Cert. Pd-up 774 na $604.00 Umrti eislo 6161. Br. John Jochec, rolnik na odpodinku, od radu Pokrok Jihu, dislo 72, zeminel 4. list. 1956 ve stari 94.

Do Jednoty piistoupil 8. dubna 1906.

Cert. A-4079 na $1,000.00.

Umrti eislo 6162. Br. Emil Mohel, obchodnik, od radu KomenskY', eislo 20, zemrel 12. list. 1956 ye stall. 47. Do Jednoty pbistoupil 7. list. 1951. Cert. B-4169 na $500.00. tinrti eislo 6163. Br. John L. Brenner, rolnik, od iladu Rosenberg, dislo 108, wmkel 15. list., 1956 y e staki 94, Do Jed-

VESTNtK-WEST, TEXAS noty piistoupil 21. eervence 1901. Cert.

A- ? na $1,000.00.

Umrti 'Oslo 6164. Ses. Marie Mynak, hospodyne od radii Slova-neti brati'i, disic 34, zemrela 13. list., 1956, ve stain 85.

Do Jednoty pristoupila 14 imora 1904.

Cert. A-10368 na $500.00.

Umrti eislo 6165. Ses. Lydia Danchak, 'Svadlena na odpoeinku od kadu Slovanska Lipa, Cislo 66, zemrela 6. list., 1956 ye stab 80. Do Jednoty pristoupila 11. pros., 1904. Cert. A-10523 na $500.00 Umrti eislo 6166. Br. Vince Mader, rolnik, od radu El Campo, eislo 50, zernrel 20. list., 1956 ye staid 49. Do Jednoty stoupil 6. dervence 1945. Cert. D-1645 na $1,000.00.

Umrti eislo 6167. Ses. Marie Bezdek, hospodyne, od ra,du Mora ySti Bratri, dislo 6 zemrela 11. list., 1956, ye stari 56.

Do Jednoty pristoupila 22. pros. 1918.

Cert. A-7056 na $1,000.00.

Umrti eislo 6168. Br. Jos. F. Bada, rolnik, od radu Veseli, eislo 14, zemtel 1. list. 1956, ye stain. 66. Do Jednoty phistoupil 12 . Unora, 1922. Cert. A-8386, na $1,000.00. finial Oslo 6169. Br. M. S. Holliday, rolnik od radu Praha, eislo 29, zemtel 19. list. 1956 ye staid 67. Do Jednoty pri•toupil 22. kvetna, 1940. Cert. B-2716 na $500.00.

Umrti eislo 6170. Br , John Koval', rolnik od radu Needville, eislo 81, zemrel 14. list., 1956 ve staki 62. Do Jednoty piistoupil 6. Cervence 1915. Cert. A-465 na $1,000.00.

Umrti Cislo 6171. Br. Charles Valieek, na odpoeinku, od radu San Antonio, dislo 133. zemrel 12. list. 1956, ye stari 77.

Do Jednoty piistoupil 19. list., 1905. Cert.

A-197794 na $250.00.

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Diky za Tvou nadhernou reklamu, kterou pro nas, Ceske lidi v Texasu, nem:, roene a bez hluku dela g. Jak pojedeg pies San Angelo, nezapomeri se stavit.

S pozdravem Fred Socha." - K tomu dodavam, Ze bylo to pouhou shodou okolnosti, Ze ye stejnY den, kdy jsem mluvil ke zdejeim "Dceram Republiky" o naeich prilkopnicich bylo do Oeskoslovenska vysilano "Hlasem Ameriky" me pojednani o kvotu, pomerechea aspiracich nakho dobreho deskeho' lidu, kterY je usazen v Texasu. Jak radostnd by byla prace'Pro naee yeeobecne dobro, jen kdybychom si lepe rozumeli.

Sake dodateena zvlaknost v zapiseich kijnove schtize je tarn zminka, Ze pravni radce, bratr Pavlieek, pfedlo211 Hlavni itradovne fleet na $20,775.35, jako pohleidavku, kterou mu Jednota dlu4i. ZaleZitost byla odlolena do lednoye schilze.

Upozoriluji,'ie vanoeni eisko Vestniku bude tieteno v pondeli 17. prosince a posledni Cislo pod mm vedenim v pondeli 24. prosince. Poelete svou latku pro tato dye eisla o neco drive v navalu vanoeni poety, aby latka byla v mYch rukou ne pozdeji ne Z ye Ctvrtek. )• Dvoji posviceni Posviceni chudYch

At' si kika kdo chce co chce, chudY dlovek zkusi: Ten dostava z posviceni jenom kuai husi.

Umrtl Cislo 6172. Ses. Cecilie Schiller, StSI je nekdy prepinenY hospodyne, od radu Vyeehrad, eislo 48, a,Z pod tihou praSka: zenakela. 21. list. 1956, ye staff 78. Do JePan Zaludek prepini si, dnoty pristoupila 18. rijna 1903. Cert. chud'as hlady mlaska.

A-2941 na $1,000.00.

Za pany pak diky vzdava, Umrti eislo 6173. Br. Marvin Baggett, rad se modli za ne: prodavaC od radu Minato/1, 'Oslo 148, Oni zase v odplatu mu zemrel 20 list. 1956, ye staid 53. Do Jed- vyeei poSlou dane I noty piistoupil 24 dubna, 1951. Cert. BPosviceni bohatYch 4124 na 1,000.00.

Bohad, ten ma posviceni, Hlavni aradovna SPJST, timto vysloto uZ stoji za to: vuje portistalYm po techto zemkelyc,h Ten ma doma kram reznick3-r, bratrich a sestrach, jeji nejhlubei souv kakle kapse zlato. strast.

Od pekare 'dorty kkehke J. F. Chupick, tajemnik, Hlavni Ohadovny SPJST. zapiji on line: Nalada se najde vklycky • 43 • po pive a vine.

Znám lidi, kteri hroti tuZky tak, -Ze V opebe pak "lade dkima drevo yypada., jako by je ohrYzalo ne- v Zidli cele z vaty: jake zvihe. NuZ'e, i maliekost, jako je Z dluh5 ze v,§ech Aikovne on tato, ukazuje na povahu a ma vliv na vytahne sve paty! jine vase navyky Ziyotni.

A. Machek.

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Staremu na rozlOueeneu, novenu na privitani.

Fairbanks Texas Bratte redaktore: Bliti se eas, kdy ukoneis Tve reclaktorstvi, proto chci napsat nekolik dek do Vestniku. 13ude to na roziotteenou novemu redaktoru na privitanou.

Bude to, co se mne u vas dvou rodaktortt libi a co ne.

Predne chci srdeene podekovati bratru Hugo 8efebkovi, ze rids uvedomil na ty rfizne nespravnosti, jak se hospodari a jak se komusi dalo $10,000.00 za priletitost ty akcie od nekoho koupit.

Thu, z ciziho se lehko ubira. Jente ty penize jsou majetek rids •v,§ech elm& treba nekdo si mysli, to bychom o takc y Ych vecech nemeli mezi sebou ani mluvit.

A ted' nekolik sla y bratru L. 0 . HoAkovi privitanou.

Oznamuje g nam elentim jit predem, ze za Tveho redaktorstvi nebude nic takoveho uverejneno. Abych to mel spra y ., cituji Tva slova z Vestni--neapresn ku 1. srpna 1956, ktera dle Tveho prani uverelnena byla bete zrnen i s TvVmi pravopisnS7m,1 chybami: "Poprej my mista, v na'Sem org,anu.

P111 muj projev proto, aby zaroveri sloutil jako varovani, Ic po novem roce se nee podobneho do na g eho Vestniku nedostane. " Takove "varovani" jsi napsal mesic po torn, kdy jsi byl zvolenY. Ale net jsi byl zvolenY, psal jsi y e Vestniku doe 27. rijna 1954 docela jive "varovani". To bylo, kdyt Te nepustili do schnze Hlavni iiradovny. Tenkrat jsi psal opaene.

"CeSta, ktera je nekterSoni bratry nag ulf sledovand, vzdaluje nds od naleho dernokratickeho smYSleni v Jednote a vede nas k libovuli jedincti. Chci timto varovati zaveas, abychom stretili v Jednote na g_ osobni nazirani katcleha i zdanlive nepatrneho jednotlivce a Vitali priletitost jej vyslechnouti."

Tak vid g , napsal jsi dvoje "varovani" a bylo katcle jinak. Napred pi.S • e g , te se vzdalujeme od demokratickeho smYSlern a to to vede k libovuli jedincn; a to zaveas varuje g , abychom vaziii si nazoril I od toho nepatrneho jednotlivce vitali jeho ochotu, te narn chce nee° rici. Ale v tom druhem "varovani" zaeinaA provadeti svou libovuli, prave to, proti Cemu jsi predtim "zaveas" varoval.

Ted' je mi hadankou, zdali Ty 'sam isi psal ony dvahy jako tajemnik tretiho distriktu, aneho to za, Tebe psal bratr redaktor? Jak mtite g bS7ti "kam vitr, tarn plaSt'?" Motna, te ma g takovou povahu.

Aspori to tak vypada, kdyt porovname nektere jine T y e projevy.

Dokud jsi byl tajemnikem tietiho distriktu, bylo radost cisti, jak jsi burcoval deny, jak si hartusil na net ze nejezdi do distriktnich schtizi a to nechteji obetovat nem na costovne. Pripominal jsi, te je to maliekost tech pet centu poplatku. Ale jak jsi byl zvolonY redaktorem, hoed jsi zaeal zpivat jinou notu.

Ve Vestniku 31. tijna ma'S to ctocela zrotelne a. prospecharsky napsane: "Dosud nejsem opravnenY na 9 oentta ad'Skodneho za ujete obe cesty do schtiti." jak jsi obratil? Najednou citiS, le kdyt jecleS do schitze, rnel bys dostati off.kodne za cestu tam a o&,kodne za cestu zpatky, ociSkodne za ujete a loe cesty. To ut nejsi jak druzi, co jezcii do schitzi zadarrno. lase main domenku, ze nektere ty Tva drivejSi projevy bud' nebyly psany Tobou, aneb ze meni'S lehce a east° sv6 presvedeeni.

Nekde jsem Cell, ze jsi byl narozenY a vychovanY y e Vidni. Die Tveho nemeckeho slohu reki bych, te jsi deskYch skol ani nemel. Ale ani to bych Ti noza tie, jente z eeskYm dejin a z vlastni zkuS'enosti vim, jak z Vidne prichazelo 11d1Y1, Cechurn, VSechnoz1o, "varovani", zakrikovani, zakazovani, censura. To bode zaleteti na Tobe,'jak Vestnik povedeS". Na jednu vec TO upozornuji. BucleS-li otiskovat dopisy, ktere se buclou zamlouvat jell Tobe a Hlavni nradovne, tak tin budeS" po'Skozovat celou nasi Jednotu a budeS" provadeti pravY opak toho, a Com jsi psaval jako tajennik tietiho distriktu. Podivej se do s y Ych zapiskin net prevezmeS" redaktorstvi, a podAtkrni si sva vlastni slova.

Na privitanou Ti oznamuji, to neodvo10S-li sva vYhrutna, slova, ktera jsi beze zmeny naportteil miti uverejneny y e Vestniku 1. srpna, Vestnik po novem roce Esti nebudu. Al uznaS, te jsi chybil, cat ph T y e promenlive povaze nemelo by bYti tetke, a nada mne upozorni na Tvou omluvu a uznani T y e chyby, zaenu Vestnik eisti znovu Bratr Bundil ze San Antonia Ti sliboval prod casein nen padobneho. Tak ut jsme dva.

A ted' nekolik slov bratru Steinerovi.

Jsem opravdu zveclavy na to, jak Ty pa novem roce dopadne§ se svou kritikou toho, co neni spravne. NeslySti g zvonit umiraCkem TvYm clopistnn? Nu, vsak to brzy budemo vedet, kdo to zas bode, jehot de-pis se neclaa otisknout dvakrat v jednom eisle, jak se to stab, kdyt mei bratr Valcik dovolenou a byl na konvenci Narodniho kongresu.

To rozloueeni s Tebou, bratre ku si nechavam at Ice konoi. Rika se, ma me clati uznan: za tiva a no kveliinv az po smut:. Tvou zasluhou to bylo, jsi eleny upozornil na nerozdelenY prebytek jednoho milionu. NebYti Tveho vy.svetleni, roa:Si nrednici by nam nic jako natt y nerekli nic o olejovYcla studnich, nic a ztratach na akciich. bYti Tveho posviceni na nak finaneoi. poinery, mySlenka Domova by jiste sjezdu propadla a Mc by se neuskute( Ucielal jsi pro Jednotu ninon°, 'Sol jsi svou spravnou cestou bet podlezaai a pochlebovani, a proto nemohli T rn:•zi sebou trpet, museli proti Tobl'Sty;',;; kcie koho. Bratr HcS'ok pomohl jim, tine, nil sve presvedeeni znovu, stal se na strojem tech, kdo stvali proti Tobe, a ted' ras povede tarn, pied elm nas "zn k libovuli jedincn, y eas" Ern i-re Valciku, eleni budou postrado T y e uvahy. Jak ut se rika, co mama, nr vime, at kdyt to ztratime.

Na zdar.August Walla, Glen radu Stelanik ) 4, • ( rani Anna liondkova petasedmdesatniei Dallas, Texas "' Prekvapenka na ni byla- konana v niske Sokolovne minulou, nedeli za east velkeho shromatdeni prate' a ro ; dorozumenim sl. Anetky Houdkovi... ktera me vSechny informace dodala, pi Si matieky easteenY tivotopis.

Kraj Taborsky v jithich d'echach, kte rV je velmi bohaty na prirodni krasy, zvlaSte v okoli Bechyne zname to lazeriske a poutni misto, je obzvlaSte rig man Zamok Pechyri kdysi patril Petru Vo kovi z Rotrnberku, a do neclavne don,: patril slechticizm z rodiny Paarin nynt slouti jako studijni a rekreaeni stredi. sko elernt ct",eskoslovenske akademie yea.

Pod zamkem na svazich a v Udall io krasnY prirodni. park.

V tcmto krasnem tichem udoli, ve vesniece Nutice ktera je blizoueko, se narodila 12. prosince roku 1881 pani Anna Houdkova jakotto dcera Marie a Jana NoskovYch , (Dabieka byla HaMmvcovl'a _ vlasnili hostinec v Nuticieb). Byla z 19 deli — 7 deveat a tri chlapci.

Kclyt bylo Anne 19 let. tak se pustila Sc SVS7 111, bratrancem Vaclavern Taborena (r. 1954 zesnulYrn v Dorchester, Texas) do Ameriky. Prijeli do GaIvestonu v lednu 1901 prave po tom hroznern hurikanu, a odtud jeli do Wichita Falls, kde di1 13%

Strang, 8 strYc Vaclava rnel 2 sestry — Katerinu Krajeovou a Ba •bo •u Zaludkovou (obe zesnuly rovne2 r. 1954.) Tam byla kratkY Cas • a pak jela do Ennis, neb tam bylo vice techti. A minao toho mela tam pfatele z Nuzic a okoli. Te2 tam byly sestry Jelinkove, ktere byly sestrenky. Rodina Ha.kovcova takteZ byla zpriznena.

Za nedlouho prijela, za Armou jeji mladsestra BaruSka a r. 1912 bratr Frank Noska. Roku 1905 Anna se vdala za Josefa Houclka a BaruSka za Jos. Novella r, 1906.

Houdkovi melt 3 deti, Anaku, Josefa, Vilenia. 'Teta. BaruS'ka mela 6 deli. Roku 1920 se rozhodli v gichni, ze se podivaji do tech se sokolskou yYpravou.

Bylo to ohronarie prekvapeni pro rodiee, kdy Po 20 letech uvideli zase sve St'astne dcery, ale ne samotne nYbr2 s rodiDann — celkem 13. Meli se tam dobte a zilstaly jim nezapomenutelne vzpominky.

Ale za 7 let pani Anna Houctkova chtela jeSte jednou znovu videt sve rodiee, tak se a AneZkou, svoji milou dceru gcou, roz jela znovu do tech, Pobyly si tam 3 mesice a to bylo naposledy, co maminku uviclela neb unirela v 83 letech r. 1934; a deelouSek v 88 letech r. 1939.

StrYeek Jan, ktery r. 1920 jel s nine do Arneriky vratil se zpet do tech r.

1928 a tam y e valce tragicky zahynul.

VOichni sourozenci zemi.eli mimo pani Hou0kovou, Novou a bratra Noska v Ccchdch jeSte d ye sestry.

Roku 1931 se odstehovali do Corpus Christi a tam bydleli a zili do r. 1948, kdy bratr Josef byl jmenovan manage-• rem Red Arrow Freight Lines a' pfeloZen do Dallas, Texas.

Pani Houdkova, ktera stale touZila bYt pobliZe Ennis, se koneene jeji spinilo. V breznu letOSniho roku postoupila teZkou operaci, ale vSe dolore citi se clobfe a je spokojend.

Deti si usmyslely, ze svoji zlate mamince k jejim 75. narozeninam usporadaji prekvapenku v rniste, kde jeji srdce a duSe stale diela mezi s yYmi, v Enniske Sokolovne u syYch pratel a znamYch, coZ se uskuteenilo. Ten sam mesic ma narozeniny jeji sestra, pani Nova, 23. prosince a bratr Frank Noska 27. prosince,

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At' se IT* cokoliv v tech naSich sinich, jestli to neni trdlovani, tak mladi neprijdou; a starYm, kteri by radi Ali, nemoce to nedovoli.

MahZele Houdkovi dekuji v'Sern, kteri pES"h, prinesli peeivo a ddreeky.

Prejeme manZelUm HoudkovSrm hodne zdravieka a spokojenosti a to °betave ldsky od jejich deti. ZaslouZi si toho.

S pozdravem Karla KraftOva. )•4• Dallas, Texas.

Prosim o opravu bazaroveho vYkazu.

Posilam to prim° do tiskarny:-V mem poslednim dopise jsein Zadala, aby se prihlasili ti, jen2 jsem vynechala.

Prihlasila se pi. Marie Fitzova, jsem si skoro jista, ze jsem jeji jmeno napsala. Mohlo se stat, ze ji br. redaktor Uprave mall° fratovani prehlednul. Rada opravuji.

Pi. M. Fitzova hatkovanou deaku a 4 uterky a zvlate jeji prace v kuchyni byla cennd. Druha oprava: v penelitch darech pan Josef Voldik daroval 10 dolart a ne J. Valaik; treti oprava p , a pi.

J. Vrlovi ruene zhotovenY stojan na magotiny. PH programove easti jsem vynechala jmeno Silvije Pfevratilove, ktera program oznamovala. Dobre se ve sluZbe Master of Ceremony uplatriuje.

Na misto posilani vanoenich prani me dali manZele J. Machaeovi $2.00 na Mouekti fond. CoZ i my po nekolik poslednich let einime. Letos jsme dali vice veci na bazar a vkchnu moji praci, mu) eas, poStovne pro agitaeni praci pied bazarem, fizeni kuchyne, programu, co2 je na stejnY neek na Mouekfi fond nebudeme zapominat a proto yam vSem nag mill pfatele oznamuji, ze nebudeme yam posilat vanoeni pozdravy, mame vas radi a pfejeme varn vZcly to nejlep g a take od vas nebudem okkavat vanoeni ShromaZdeni bylo velike. Prisli p•atele prani. Je to zbyteene pretiZovani poSt'aaz z Dorchester cela velka, rodina i jedna kik stafenka uz 80100_ Velka, nay Steva z Pani Anna tramkova take me idala Dallas . Pan Josef Vytopil mel peknott $2.00 na misto posilani vitnoenich pfani. blahoprejnou fee a pani Tonieka Hora- Dala jsem je do bazaroveho pfijmu.. Jekcva, peknou basen. Pak mistni fotogra- Ate prosim o jednu opravu na kterou Hsta pan Mare bral obrazky. jsem zaporrinela. Dar 10 velmi pekne zhoByla maminka Houdkova opravdu pre- tovend vycpavand zvifatka pro deti zakvapena. Rodina Houdkfr je rodina o- slala pi. Anton Kopeekova z Ennis a ne pravdu narodne zalOend. Co dobra je- pan Kopeeek. Vezmeme mu ten credit a nom pan J. Houdek udelal s jeho ees- radi pfedame jeho pani. Tomu komu ' kYnai obrazky vzkfisil zase Ceske

ye stef,c1u 12. prosince 1956

V nedeli 2. prosince den nadhernY. Vyjelo nas na nekolika kara,ch do enniske Sokolovny vypinit pozvani sl. AneZky Houdkove, ktera se s yYmi 2 bratry chystala pro jejich milou maminku skvelou pfekvapenku k jejim 751etYm narozeninam. Ennis byl jejich drivejAi domov ne2 presidlili k nam do Dallas. A bylo to skuteene pfekvapeni, ktere se neobeSlo bez slz, kdy2 dcera Anaka Cekala u dvefi s pfipravenou corsae, kterou mamince pripichla na eaty. Plakaly dojmutim obe a i nam pritomnYm tato dojemna scena vynutila size do oei a i ten happy birthday nam uvizl v krku. My vgchni pritomni pfejeme pi. Houdkove aby v kruhu sve mile rodiny Zila spokojene dlouhou fadu let Meli jsr4 se pH to velke hostine velice dobre. Pi. Houdkove se dostalo lainoho peknYch darfi, cok' varn enniskY zpravodaj p. Vytopil lepe vypik. Podivovali jsme se mu jak pekne vypacia, a prejerne mu trvale zdravieko.

Z Ennis jsme jell prim° do sine fadu Pokrok eislo 84 na divadlo ,kde fadovi ochotnici po dlouhe fade Tet se pustiii do hrani divadla. Hrali "Romanek tulaeky Evy". Popis souhry pfenecham naAemu hostu panu Jaroslavu Kleprlikovi ze San Antonio, kterY byl divadlu pHthmen a zajeli i k nam v sobotu veeer na chvili v prtwodu pana Hugo Seveaka a pl. R. Hoile ze San Antonio, ktera ptijela nav givit isvoji nemocnuu sestru pi. Seveakovou, ktera, se k radosti ay e rodiny a nas vSech pratel pane po operaci zotavuje. Pobyla zde 10 dni a v pondeli odjela zase domil. Pan Kleprlik je vYbornft pismak a jako sam s jeho pani vedouci programu pada obecenstvu, -dem hercum zaslou genou pochvalu. Za sebe jen kratce. Vgichni herd se einili podat sve Ulohy co nejlepe. Musim obdivovat jejich dobrou s,nahu naueit se eeske Ulohy. A nekteri byli ponejpry na jeviSti a meli dosti obtane dlouhe filohy a nautili se jich . Celkova souhra byla dobra, a jen pokraeujte dale. Vim co to da prace chodeni do zkouS'ek neZ se divadlo mute uvest na, seenu z vlastni skuknosti. Pi. B. Petrova, hrala hlavni roli Evieky, dovede se uplatnit svYm krasnYm hlasern, mimikou stava se eim dale, tim vice jistejSi na jevigi, ale i vy druzi herd jste se drZeli dobfe, a co nejvice se me libylo ta krasna malovana opona, Naves? Ha dam spravne? Je to ,.prace nakho umelce p.

John Kebrdle? •elice kr6,,sne. A keknete me abych trZ udelala teeku a nechala toho povidani.

S pozdravem vSem BoZ"ena Valeikova.

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Krasn,S, vanoeni darek pro kaideho Ceske Literarni Sdrukni pti Texaske statni universite v Austinu bylo vyzvano nekolika uvedomelYmi na ginci, aby nazi Otenarskou obec upozornilo na Ceskcal obra,zkovou eitanku Zima, jeZ se vYborne hodi co vanoeni darek. Jeji literarni i umelecka hodnota je skutedne RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI velika a cena jeji levna. Citanka je ozdobena 64 obrazky, mnohe z nich jsou My, nine podpsanY resolueni vYbor celostrankovove a jejich potizeni, na 0du Stefanik, eislo 142, timto projevujebornern papiru, bylo nakladne. me jmenem tadu uptimne citenou souObrazky nmohYm ptipomenou krasy strast portistale rodine nad timrtim jerocineho Ceskoslovenska a probudi i v jich mankla a otce a nakho spolubratmladeli, zde ji2 zrozene, zajem o zem ra jazyk, litreaturu i tuneni "stareho kraJOHN FILIPEK je" jejich rodien, tam daleko za motern. Rika se ea.sto a zcela spravne, ze kterY' od nas odeSel nahle dne 23. lisjedinY obrazek vice povi neZli sto slov. topadu 1956.

Vime, portstala manklko a rodino, Citanka ma vanoeni, zimni 1 narodni teZce nesete jeho ztratu, ale budiZ Vam raz a jiste zptisobi ,ze mnozi uvedomeli Atechou, ze i my soucitime s Vami ve krajane a krajanky budou letos o vanocich v duchu putovati do 6 eskosloven- Vagem. zarrnutku. ska a vzpominati na ptibuzne a praZesnulSr bratr necht' odpoeiva, v notely. Bratry Slovaky jiste upoutaji pte- koji a test buda jeho pamatce. krasne celostrankove obrazY Bratislavy Dano za tad teranik 6islo 142 v Houa Tater, Chody Algovy Vzbouteni sedla- ston; Texas. ci a ctitele Bezrueovy jeho obrazek a Frank Tymel, basne Kyjov a 2" ermanice.

J. F. Kova', Emilie Cykala, res. vDaor.

Obrazkova eitanka Zima prodava se za ► • ,,T,„ • vYrobni cenu — pouhY dolar i .s po gtovnYm. Ten dolar moZno i v dopise paOSTRAVA slati na adresu Dr. Ed. Mieek, UniversiPetr Bezruo ty Station, Austin 12, Texas a eitanka bude obratem zaslana. Ma li dojiti na Sto rolu v gachte Z11, mlOel jsem, vanoce, nutno rychle jednati. Krajan sto rokft kopal jsem uhli, Felix DlouhY z Crosby, rodak z kraje za sto let v rameni bezmasem Bezrueova, objednal eitanku Zima co svaly mi v &lezo ztuhly, vanoeni darek pro v gechny ptibuzne v Americe. Skutky mluvi...

Uhelny prach sedl do oei Kdo si pteje podpis potadatele eitan- rubiny se rta mi uhly, ky, Dr. Mieka, jenZ na ni 2 roky pracoval se vlastl, s vousa a s oboei at' napi ge a bude mu ochotne vyhove- visi mi rampouchy uhli. no . Jmena nagich priznivcd, odberatelu jsou zapisovana do zvla gtniho Pamat- Chia s uhlim beru si do prace, niku. — Nage SdrifZeni preje ptateltim z roboty jdu na robotu, na gi snahy literarni a vydavatelitm a re- pH Dunaji strmi palace daktortim CeskYch novin !prijemnYch z krve me a z meho potu. svatkil vannenich, v geho dobra v Novena roce a konoi na gim starS7m heslem: Sto rokft kopalne mleel jsem, Do kahle na gi rodiny Ceske noviny a kdo mi tech sto mica vrati?

Kdy2 jsem jim pohrozil kladivem, Ceska kniha. kdekdo se zatal mi smati.

4, 40 • Nic neUmdi vice vSikonnosti, nic tak zakerne nedemoralisuje, nic nema horsiho vlivu na, karakter jako hoveti zasmUallosti, zoufalYm naladam, litovati se a nedlivetovati si. Stalo-li se takove hoveni zvykem, tteini to nejsilnejaiho rnuk babou, oloupi ho o pevnou patet, podkope jeho karakteru.

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Spi sladce na torn sone holem, my dech tajime vSlchni kolem, Ytdyt"robe, yeene pravdy synku, je take tfeba odpoeinku, spi, Jezulatko, spi!

Spi, Jezulatko, spi!

A nabei v spanku nova sily, inns konat jeSte mnohou mili: to cesty lidstva ku spaseni, to jeSte dlouho konee nerd — spi, Jezulatkg, spi!

Spi, Jezulatko, spi!

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• s maminkon itch() tatinken a petom spravne opg do seSitu! 135seti "Nt-H tatieek" je v eitance "Leto". lido se o ni zajitna, at' napik strYekovi. Nyiii vice east' na eteni neili v lute.

S pozdravem STR"kEli MICEK Z AUSTIN-U. khesa strYekova jet Dr. Ed. Micek, University Station, Elustirt, Texas. ) a 4. ® ( A nelhal ani as, mak U stole zvolal mlaclY mantel: Ja muaim rid, to tyto buchtioky jsou vYteene.

Jeho matka Sc na neho podivala farpne a. kdyt po obede rulada, panieka odbehla do kuchyne a matka byla se synem Samotria, zeptala ho: Prosim te, jak jsi mohl iici, to jsou ty buchty vYteene? litclyt' to.. . .

Ale pookej, mami! Valyt' ja jsem nerokl, ze jsou vYteene. Ja jsem povidal, 'to musim iici, to jsou vYteene.

Mytiliny nejlepS1 antisepsi JeSte malo lety i pomerne male Urazy, ocifeniny, rezne zany a pod. koneily infekci a nektly i otravou krve a smrti.

Netli lekai'ska veda poznala jak eeliti motne ndkaze, bylo poutivani horkeho oleje nebo thaveho teleza, pomoci nehet rany byly pi gtvafeny, Podobne leeeni sloe melt) v tech dobach sve misto, ale bylo bolestnejSir notli pilvodni &az.

Pak nasledovala doba, kdy poutivano karbolky (a dosud se poutiva) a aekoliv tint zpasobem docileno dobrYch vYsledkir, take nekdy i SpatnYch spalenim jemneho tkaniva. Nyni rnarne vice antiseptickYch tekutin a masti, jet maji za Ukol Meal bakterie pilsobici hnisani a nakazu. A nyni lekarska veda pfichazi k poznani, ze nejlepS'im vithec jest nasledujici: 1. Poranene misto co nejrychleji pokryjte sterilnim obvazem (gazem k tomu neelu (gauze) aneb z vafici vody vytelimanou latku).

2. Kuti okolo zany clnkladn6 omyjte mydlinami.

3. Pak opatrne vymyjte ranu mydlinami a vyplachnete pkevakenou slanou vodou naeet obvatte sterilnim obvarem.

Tirnto zptsobem, jak mnohYmi zknnShami bylo prY dokazano, rany se zhoji anit by hnisaly. Brzke a dukladne vymyti rany timto zpilsobem zajisti eistou a tin& bakterie, naeet hojeni nasletluje samo sebou.

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A PitECE CECH Nausal F Jaromir Nenka

(Pokraeovani) "Ten ti brzo vlezl do zeli! Sotva se tu chkal," pravii jeden z mladYch mun K svernu .sousedu, honosicimu se bujnou, po zpusobu fieesu Kafrti rozjeZenou hou ainou vlasa.

"Vypada, jako by neumel do deseti po&tat. ale kolem naSich deveat se dovede toeit jako Sik," bcdl jinY. "VSak si ho vezmu na paSkal, nemej strachu," predpovidal mladik s hotentot skou kstici. "TakovY nejakY dejgo se nam tu nebude rortahovat."

"TakovYna zptisobern si ale Mila nenaklonis," tekl jinY mladY muZ. "Ptak prilit, ptak odlitne. Je tu jen na, praci a piska kudlu. A bude prye, bude Mila za se rozumna." — "To nevadi, abych si s nim mezi etyrma oeima nepromluvil, a nedal mu neco na cestu," rekl Adolf Sazel.

Malta zatim pravil k Mile: "Nerad bych vas privedl do nejakYch neptijemnosti se zdejSimi hochy, sleeno Milo. To se vi, Ze se na mne jako na jinonarodovce divaji skrze prsty. To je omluvitelno."

"Nebojim se toho, a jsem rada, Ze Sdzel vidi, Ze neni na svete sam. To mu pristiihne hrebinek. Ptijdeme a uvidime, co bude cleat. Dopusti-li se nejakeho sprost'actvi, rekna mu sama neco."

Malta zamrzela slova Milina . Pripadalo mu, jakoby jej byla dnes vyznamenavala svou prizni, jell aby sveho pravidelneho "steady" vytrestala nebo vydre.2 dila z Zarlivosti. Obratil se k sini a Ael, pripraven na vSechno.

Zakroeeni Milina nebylo zapotrebi. — Mla.di muZi na schodech sine se rosestoupili, kdy dokl Malta se svoji spoleenici k nim, ale utvorili ulidku, kterou museli Mila a Malta projiti. Adolf Sazela, kdyZ gla Mila mimo nal°, postoupil k ni a rekl ji tak, aby jej i Malta, divku nasledujici "Prijdu si pro priAti valeik, Milo!"

Divka kYvla jaksi nedbale, lhostejne hlavou a beze slova vela do salu. Malta el za ni, Sazela si nepov gmnul a ponevadZ hudba prase zaeinala hrati twostep, tanelli hned ode dveri pies sal.

U dveti zatim poznamenal jeden z hoeht kousave: "Nejak jsi zkrotl, Adolfe, pied tim Ta:11aneikern."

"Jen to neck loYt, oaku, vAak on mi vbehne do rany — tu jeSte nejakY efts."

STNIK

Mila se bavila no celY zbytek veeera hlavne s Maltou, kterY sice z opatrnosti oral i jina deveata k. 'Gana, ale vracel se v2cly zase pro ni. Predstavila jej syYm dvema tetam. Matky, jak se pri tom Malta dovedel, nemela. KdyZ se k ptilFoci rozcha,zeli, prohodila k nemu opet to yYznamne "Skoda, ze nejste tech".

Malta, ujiZdeje k domovu v DlaboSove lordce, usmival se spokojene a mluvil k sobe: "Dobre, Ze nejsem tech. Aspon ne pro vas tady. To by mi pohatilo moje plany. Ted' jsem na nejlepSi ceste."

Poslove svate spoleenosti Jednoho podveeera po praci pripravo-val se Charles Malta k vyjiZcl'ee k VyzoyskYm. l3yl rozhodnut seznamiti se bliZe i s MilinYm otcem a posunout ponekud svoje puny ku preclu Sylekl se sebe upraSene "overalls", umyl se a oholil pumpy na dvore; oblekl si lepS1 kalhoty a bilou kosili, zkratka upravil se tak, Ze byl °petite podoben Charlesi Maltovi z doby, kdy po praci v redakci vyjiZdival si s.nekterYm pritelem, majiciin automobil, nebo s Alici do parka a na boulevardy.

Prave si upravil vazanku a chtel sestoupiti z domku na dvorek, kdyz se v lilasu zarazil nad schildky bardeku. Na prostore pied domkem stali tii mu,Zoye, v jedne rade jako sochy s palema zalolenYma na prsou a divali se nail tak ztrnule, Ze mu prisnost jejich vYrazu pripadala az smesnou. Tepre 'Led' si vzpomnel, Ze jolted chvilkou byl slykl supot automobilu po nedaleke ceste, kterY nejak nahle zaniknul. Potlaeil asmev, ktery . mu Akubal , koutky Ust ,mrknuv po puSce, visici nad lolem, oslovil nezname mute: "How do you do, gentlemen, kdo jste a co si pi-ejete."

Anil by pohnul rukou nebo brvou, rekl prostredni z mun rovne2 anglicky: "Jsme obeane SpojenYch Stata vyslani k vam velkou organisaci pravYch AmeriCanti s dulezitym poselstvim."

Malta vedel okamZite, koho ma pied sebou, Sestoupiv se schtdkn, pfiblilil se k ponurYm posltzm a vyzval je: "Usednete, kam nneZete panove trebas sem ke mne na schildky. Jak vidite, valneho pchodli nemam. Ale prilmete za Irak tim, co je, sejrnete se svYch tvati ten pohrebni vYraz a vybalte, s eirn jste pri111."

MuZove se zalolentma rukama nezdali se bYti nadieni davernYm tonem osloveni obyvatele domku. Nejenom Ze' nesprostili tvari s yYch tragickeho vYrazu, ale jakoby na komando zamraeili se jeSte vice. S rnista se nepohnuli a zaloZenYch rukou nespustili. Jejich mluvei zahovoril hlasem, kteremu zrejme snaZil se dati prizvuku kazatelskeho. "Vec, se kterou jsme prisli, je prilis dalelita, neZ aby mohla bYti brana lehkovOIne,

Strana 11 Mr. Malta. Jste pripraven nas vyslechnouti?"

"Libi-li se Yam zastati takhle jako solsloupy a neprijmouti meho pozvani k usednuti, nemam .ZadnYch namitek.

To je vase vec . Ja si sednu a milerad vas vyslechnu. Spustte!"

"Mr. Malta," ozval se mluvei zarnraeene trojice. "Aokoliv jste zrozen z rodiai cizi krve, jste elenem druhe generate a proto celY Ameridan. Vail povinnosti tak jako v'Sech Americana je prispivati k udrZovani teto zerne v eistote a nedotknutosti od cizich vlivu. NaSe organisace jedna z nejvetSich a nejmocriejgich v historii teto zeme jest ustanovena k tomu, aby vyeistila nak velkou a slavnou zenai od naddoucich Zivlu, nebo aby je udrZela na podrizenYch mistech, na ktera naleli."

I "A co ja s tim main co Malt" tazal se Charles, kdyl mluvei trojice nabiral dechu k poldaeovani ye sve pfednagce.

"Vy Zijete mezi lidem, kterY se tu pHlig rortahuje. Skupuje zdejSi pozemk3r. zanagi sem nove mravy. Mluvi mezi sebon reel cizi, nam nesrozumitelnou. deti mluvi tou reel. Do kostela nechodi a v nedeli ru§i klid dne Pane praci a veoer zpevem, hudbou a tancem. Toho my strpet nemfeleme. Atherika naleleti nam. AmeriCantim. Vy Zijete mezi temito cizinci a miflete prokazati nail organisaci a nail svate veci velke shifty.

Prisii jsme vas vyzvat, abyste pfistoupil k nagi organiaci a stal se jednim z americkeho razu Ameriky".

"A co bych musel v tom pfipadu delati?" optal se Malta, stave se naivnim.

"Ptedne chraniti se smigeni s timto cizineckVin lidem . Vime, Ze udrlujete znamost s jednou divkou z tech nazvar4Tch "foreigners". Upozornujeme vas, 'le nage organisace pfisne odsuzuje takove pomery a z nich vznikajici smileni eiste americke krve. My. . ."

"Dovolte, pane X..., odpust'te, neznam vakho jmena, aekoliv vy mne jmenujete nVm a vite tedy kdo jsem. . ."

"Na jmenu nezalezi. Nyni k vdm nemluvi jednotlivec, ale organisace. Tisice svatVm nad§enim planoucich man. a Zen. . ."

"Kej, kej, kej, nemYlim-li s Malta.

Vgichni tfi mulnve jako na (lane znameni theatrdlne kYvli hla.vou.

"All right, Mr. Kej, kej, kej," rekl Malta, pouliv inicialek organisace Ku klux Marra a vysloviv je anglickSrm abecednim hlaskovanim. "All right". Jak maMte chtit ode mne, abych vystupoval proti "foreigners" kdyl jak vite, jsem sam z cizi krve. A chtel bych se vsaditi, ze ani vy •vgichni tri nepoeitate svoje americke predky do dalekYch kolen. — Co1 kdyby by). n'ekdo vablui pfedkiim

Strana 12 piral prava na vstup sem anebo po jejich prichodu je v jejich pravech obmezoval? Kde byste dnes vy byli?"

Tvare trojice poslu velke organisace se protahly, jests vice a mluvei rekl se spatne potiadenYm rozhoreenim: "NepriAli jsme sem poslouchati kritiku nebo zavadeti s vami debat. Phjsme sem vy,svetliti titeely nasi organisace krilakti praveho arnerictvi jako Americans Amerieanovi a nechceme od vas nehi shivka ano nebo ne. stoupite-li, budete jednou z nahch strah, postern, mezi temito foreigners. Budete °boas podavati zpravy o tom, co se zde deje nakmu velitelstvi, ktere je umisteno deset mil odtud. Budete davati pozor, aby se tito lids nedopouSteli vYstrednosti a uda-li se nem proti dobrYm mray fn, oznamite to velitelstvi, abychom mohli vinniky navSliviti a dle naSeho zpilsobu souditi. Vyzvite opatrne kdo je hlavnim Siritelem bezbanosti, porukvani zakonfi prohibienich, znesvecovani dne Pane a odpirani navStevy kostela. Vezmeme si takove lidi na muSku a ueinime je ne gkodnYmi. Podate zpravu, kdykoliv se dovite, Ze nada pri pravoval opojne napoje a jimi nekoho jineho eastoval neb je dokonce prodaval. Za to budete mit nah ochranu v ka Zdem pripade a vSechny vYhody elent nah svate organisace."

Malta zatim, co rnluvei delegace vyfladal svoje elanky, si pripravoval odpoveol'. Jakmile se mluvei trojice eel, rekl:

VESTNfK—WEST, TEXAS proto ti tide veri, ze nemiliZe bYti prace znesvecenim ani Jeho dne. Jejich bah nepovakuje veseli, hudbu, zabavu, zpev a tanec za hrich a proto se nehneva, kdy2 si v jeho den, den odpoeiriku zazpivaji, se pobavi."

Malta si ani neuvedomil, ze v zapalu sve obhajoby opustil svoje misto na schalkach domku, postoupil proti syYm navg tevnikilm a zaujal kazatelskou posu. Jeden z trojice, ztratil bezpochyby trpelivost, kterou byli jeho dva druhove vice obdareni, pokusil se Maltu v jeho reel zaraziti: "Stop, young man!" zvolal. "Mluvite, jako byste byl jednim z nich tech Bohemians. Nechte si svoje vYklady. ."

"Nejsem z inch", oboril se Malta na mluveiho, "ale nepovaZoval bych za Zadnou hanbu, kdybych byl. A kdyZ jste nine sem priSli poueovat o povinnostech AmeriCana, mnlete vyslechnouti mne, jak ja pohlilim na povinnosti AmeriCana, jim2 jsern."

"Nejste, sice byste se nezastaval to nevzclelane, ne-verecke chasky!" zvolal nejliorkokrevnejS1 Glen delegace.

"Pookejte, panove s tim posuzovanim vzdelanosti, nebot' k tomu nejste opravneni. Vite, ze ye vakm veikem slavnem narodu, nejbohathm na svete, je pomer no mnohem vice lidi neznajicich Gist a psat a nemajicich zaklady valelani nehi mezi temito foreigners? Vite, ze zde mezi temito lidmi neni rodiny, ktera by neodbirala nejmene jeden easopis?

Vite, ze meal nimi najdete lidi hloubavela° dacha a Zizne po vzdelani, skuteene filosofy? Lidi, kteri vedi, co se deje ye svete, kteri sleduji vSechen pokrok , vedy, kteri vidi lepe do svetove a arnericke politiky —ano to vah politiky vas praniernY farmar nebo snad . lease nehi vy sami, kteri chcete chranit Ameriku pied tou nevzdelanou chaskou? Vite, ze lids ti ziji celkem vzato mnohem sporadanejSim, mra,vnejSim rodinnYm Zivotem nezli mnozi Ede, ktere nazYvate Arnerieany a hlavne nail sine'Lanka vah arnericke spoleenosti z dvacateho kolena, jez z rozvodnich soudnic a ze sloupcil novin, venovanYch,"kanciaani nevychazi? Vite, ze tito lids posilaji svoje &Ai do americkYch verejnYch a ne sektarskYch S'kol a lief je od malieka lasce a vdeenosti k teto jejich nove vlasti a fie* k jejim zakladatelfn, bojovnikinn za svobodu? A uei-li je souCasne vzpominati na starou vlast, odkud sem ptiSli, neni to nijak na tikor jejich lasce k tato vlasti. Mnozi vaSi vlostenci mobil by se ueiti. . ."

"Jsou-li to vase podminky za kterych jste ochotni nine prijati do sve svate organisace, pak nine radeji take pheitejte mezi foreigners. Vy ode mne chcete abych byl Spiclem a udavaeem mezi dem, v jeho stredu ziji. Mohu vein lieco rici o tech lidech, ktere nazYvate foreigners. Ziji mezi nimi nyni po nekolik tYdrin a nauell jsem se pohliZeti na ne jako na lid, jak prave tento polehnanY a zanedbanY kraj potrebuje. Se to lid pracovitY, kterY miluje pudu, na ktere zalohl svfij domov. Tito Bohemians, jich2 jmeno vas Fee do uSi, jsou lidem dbalYm zakond, pokud jej tyto nepripravuji o Ustaviii prava svobodneho °beano.. Nechodi-li do chranni, znamend to, Ze nezavird sveho boha mezi studene kostelft a kapli, ale nia jej v S'ire prirode, pod modrYm nebern, v kaZdem klasu tra.vy, v kadem trilku zpivajiciho ptaka. VAS bfth je chuclak, zat gen'y tisicem lidskYch slabosti a nefesti, zaviranY vami do skrini a kobek, bah, kterernu vyhraZujete jeden den v tYcinu a oslavujete jej klimanim pri ka2anich vaSich reverendfl, delanim dlouhYch oblieejt.

"ZadrZte, hanobiteli Ameriky!" zvolal Jejich biih nepovaZuje praci ani za nyni mluvei trojice, zapomenuv se tak trest, ani za zlo nebo nee° neeisteho dalece, ze pustil svoje pate ze skriZene

ve stetclIti 12. prosinee 1956 posice na prsou a zaeal jimi dive serf movati. I druzi dva delegati stall se nevenal sve obradne pose a jejich ruce, v pesti zatknute zdvihaly se nyni proti smelci.

"Nezadrhm, panove, a vy nine take nezadrZite", volal Malta, derpaje z yeclomi prevahy nad nav:Stevniky odvahu i silu. "Vy jste piisli jako soudcove; uka2te, zda dovedete Cent soudu zdraveho rozumu.. ."

Lee navhevnici vidouce, ze poslani jejich se setkalo s fipinYm nezdarem, pohledli na sebe kysele a zamradene, vymerlin mezi sebou nekolik slov a zalohy Se opetne pate na prsa, obratili se a zamirili k brance plotu a polni ceste na ktere stal autornobil, jent je byl na misto privezl.

Kdy2 doCli k phltku beelacke If army, obratili se jeSte a mluvei trojic& a zvolal kazatelskYm hlasem: "Prihi jsme k yam jako pratele. Odrnitl jste naSe navrhy a urazil jste nasi organisaci a celou Ameriku. Nasledky toho si prietete sam." S -Omit() slovy °bratl se k stromoradi, vedoucimu k polni ceste a nasledovan s yYmi dvema druhy, odchazel k autu. Lee jests po celou cestu k automobilu, a clokud se stroj tohoto nerozhreel, siyseli delegati "svate" organisace hlas nalacleho mute, ktereho piisli poueiti, volajici za nimi: "Vykidte svem.0 potentatu a s yYm bratrim a sestram, ze mohou bYti ra.cli, Ze se sem do kraje stehuji lids, kteri jej povznesou, vzdelaji zanedbanou pfidu, postavi krasue farmy, placenim dani urnoZni staveni silnic a privodi blahobyt. A vykid'te jim, ze americtvi neni monopolem tech, kdo je zdedili a ze nemilZe propagovati nesna genlivosti, bigotnosti, nasilim. Ten kdo je prijal dobrovolne, ma o ne nejmene stejnou zasluhu jako ten, kdo k nemu priSel nahodou, Ze se narodil tidy. ."

Motor se rozhreel a a.utomobil, z nehoZ tri muZnve s cliouliSrmi a kyselYmi obliCeji vrhali vraZedne pohiedy k male beMacke farmiece, se vzdaloval.

Malta rozechven a unaven zapalil si cigaretu a usedl na schficlky domku. Sedel tak dosti dlouho temer bez chuti, sbiraje drobty rortriStenYch myhenek.

Ph torn stale jasneji drala se mu na sl otazka: "Proe jsem se vlastne tech aechii zastal? Proe? ,Ta?!"

Pristilinul se ph einu, kterY byl pro neho samotneho nejvethm prekvapenim.

Ale vzpomenuv pojednou na postavy tri ztrnulYch panakfi, na jejich kysele oblieeje, na vYraz tilasu na jejlch tvarich, kdyZ jim zaeal davati lekci, a na jejich marnou snahu zachovati povznesenou dfistojnost, dal se tonau vSenau potichu do smichu.

ve stredu 12. prosince 1956 K VyzovskYm ji g nekl. K zamMene roznaluve s 1V1ilinYin otcem bylo zapotiebi klidu a rozvahy. — Ne dues weer. A zase ona tvrdaijne se vra.cejici otazka: Jak se vlastne stalo, g e se tak odhodlane zastal Oechtit? On, kterY sem byl prijel s nenavisti k oncnnu plemeni i ke jmenu plemene toho v srdci? Promluvila z net-10 krev rodia a naroda, kterou se snagd i sam pfed sebou zapkiti? Probudilo se ✓ jeho povedomi neco, o existenci eeho2 byl dosud nemel tukni? Nebo snad to byl pouze vYkkik due prosieho eloveka, poboukeneho, vyprovokovaneho nespravedinosti a zlneinnou nevedoinosii?

At' jig tomu jakkoli, promluvilo z neho nahle a bezdeene a tak hlasite, ze jej to piekvapilo, poznani lidu, mezi kterY byl pkines1 odpor a nerravist, a kterY jej z obeli° pozvoina vyleeil, ukazav se mu ye zcela novem svetle.

Pak pojednou ozval se mu v dtrAi odkudsi z daleka diveim hlasem pronesenY povzdech: "Too bad that you are not a Bohemian!" Usmal se. Napadlo mu:— "Kdyby mne tak mohla yideti a slyS'eti Mila, kdyg jsem tady tem kukluxtm eet1 levity, to by se byla podivila!" Pak si kekl: "Snad jsem touto lekci, poskytnutou slavnemu Kukluxu, easteene to. eeho se dopouStim svoji pketvakkou, klamanim tech lidi -- ale koneene je to, co delam, i v jejich prospech. A g bude fikol proveden, budu mod pked ne jokedstoupiti a kici, ge jsem take tech. Snad to bude nejvice zajimati tu, ktera mne pronasledovala svYm "Skoda, ge nejste Lech!" Snad se bude mrzeti, ze mi to kikala, snad —" Malta se pristihl pajednou ph neeem, co pova goval za zradu jednech oci, jedinYch, ktere pro neho ✓ givote skuteene znamenaly vice neg vse ostatni na svete.

"Ne, ne, Mila je mile, dobre device, kterYrn je pkijemno se baviti", kekl si.

"Bude mi, anig by vedela, napomocna ✓ mem velkem kikolu, ale vice pro nine neznamena, nieeho, pies to, ge mi clava na jevo, ge ji nejsem lhostejnYm. Snad me ma skuteene rada. Snad uptinme zatruchli, ag odejdu, snad by i uronila slzieku:, kdyby si ktiklux:Ove Usrn,yslili mne za moji smelost vytrestati a mne zde na -Leto samote napadnouti —" Pojednou si Malta uvedomil, ge syYm bojovnYm vystoupenim proti kukiuxtim a pkikrYrn odmitnutim jejich navrhil na sebe uvalil jejich hnev a vysta,vil se jejich pomste. To by jiste nebylo pkijemne — take by to znarnenalo konec jeho einnosti zde, shrouceni jeho nczdar, konec vkho. — Eh co, snad jej budou kukluxove nyni, kcly g poznali, ma rovnou a tuhou pater, vice respektovati, ne gli kdyby se byl ukazal pociclajnYm, bazlivYm. A budou-li chtiti proti

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nemu neco podniknouti, budou hledat pfile gitost, pilieinu, a ne gli ji najdou bude jeho fikol jiste u konce a on daleko od techto mist. -- Daleko od tech lidi, daleko od one divky tamhle' za dverna lesiky. U g nebude slykt jejiho: Too bad that you are not a Bohemian.

Podivno: tam ta druha divka, dlici kdesi na pobke gi Pacifiku, odvratila se od neho, kdyg poznala, ge je Cech. Tato mu temek vytYka, ge nein tech — A zase se mu dralo na mysl porovnani jemne, vzduSne, ale -vyhYekane, nedfitklive Alice, divky nebeskeho zjevu a motYli du§e a svi gne, otu gile, plime farmarske divky s pa gema sluncem o gehlYma a trochu eertovskYrn fismevem ye zdrave, rtigove Porovnani to vyprovazelo jej v hodinach bdeni i kdy se jig znaene po ptlinoci pod strechou chudiekeho Diabo gova domku ukla.dal na vojenske polni lit gko k odpoeinku.

Telegram

V to dobe a ye dnech nasiedujicich vzmahala se mezi majetniky Krabiho ostrova neradostna nalada. Kdosi poslal Havlovi anglickY easopis z mesta New Albany, ve kterem byl elanek o galostnem konci plant na zbudovani automobiloye cesty podel pobke gi. 0 ceste to zaealo se jednati ji g i v kongresu. Ale ani staty, kterYrni meta cesta ta vesti, ani kongres neukazaly nale giteho pochopeni a vkchen zajem uhasi — jiste na innoho V jinem, v Pineville hojne etenern 11ste vyskytlo se pojednani o nutnosti cest ✓ jinni east okresu, ale elanek koneil pessirnistickYm nalezem, ge bude sotva ✓ dohledne dol.* snad v givote.teto generace, na budovani cest zapoeato. Guvernerova zvlaStni komise, zabYvajici se otazkou cest ye statu, rozhodla, ae nejdrive jest zapotkebi dobrYch spojek mezi mesty a agr5.rnirni stkedisky a nakladnSrch mostfi na techto silnicich a proto jest volani ji gnich okresft po dobrYch cestach marn,e.

Zpra yy tyto zpfisobily na podilniky v drugstvu Krabiho ostrova dojmem tisnivYm, pkiclnazejice prave v dobu, kdy dolehla na kraj nepkizniva, sezona. TJroda okurek a brambor byla bohata, ale velkoobchodnici main platili. Rajeaia se opozdila, .sladke brambory nebyly die neekavani a jedia kukukice platila polovici co roku minuleho. Pkichazeia doba, kdy elovek nerad vzpomina, ge zakopal penize do mrtveho majetku, kde budou na dlouheu kadu let nezfiroeene legeti.

Nalada, kterou vyvolaly mezi PinevillskYrni tyto zpravy, zraella se nejlepe v poznanace, kterou rYpl hlavatY ftehok do Syrupa, kdy g se seSli na Sediveho platforme: "Poslouchej, Hanzi, jestli jsi jeste kontrakt na ten cementovY

Strana sidewalk kolem sve fanny ke kagilt5 toe okurce zviak' a pak tonic:: e aya boulevard do Pensacoly, talc. si ri. Ug to mime jako na cliani, chytli — skunka za coos."

Syrup se tiCklibl a ocIsekl: "13 se asi tentoc v kongresu dovedeli, ge ty taky kousek Krabiho ostrova a ze strachu, aby ti nenabotnala hlava, pogenou tentoc cesty jinudy. Ted' bychom te meli lyneovai, ge to name tentoc tvoji vinou vLchrii poiriazanYm dospod."

"Faktum je," iekl va. gneji SedivY,- "ge ti z nos, kdo si delali velike nadeje, jsou zbaveni starosti, co si poenou s temi tisici nebo statisici, kiere za Krabi ostrov dostaneme. Nyni si poeka.me peknYch par let, ne g se neco hne."

Malta pozorne nasiouchal, jsa zclaniiy e zabran do sve prace. V cluctt Si keki: Jeho ctihodnost pan GraperA 'ma vie chny nitky ,d.obke v nice. Jeho maMna pracuje jako hodiny. Zdali pak bude c-tec VyzovskY jeSte dnes mluvit o etvit milionu? — Bylo to v tech dnech, kdy g jeancoo odpoledne plinesl poslieek Maitovi mo na ploSinu telegram. Telegram Maitovi, bezyYznamnernu stehova.verim niku, to bylo neco k vyvcilani pozornosti. yS'ech. pkitomnYch. Ka gdY se v duchu divil, co asi telegram obsahuje . Ptati se VSak nikdo nemusil, nebot' Malta zadivav se do gluteho papiru, rozjasnil pojednou tvat k S'irokeniu fismevu a kekl k Sethvemu: "Co tomuhle kikate, Mr. SedivY! Nekdo v Miami si vzpomnel na naoje dya akry na Floride a tuhie mi telegrafuje agent z New Yorku, ge ma nabidku na devadesat tisic dolarfp To jsem blazen!

Kdo vide' nee() takovehor V'Sichni kolem zdvihii hlavy a shrnuli se kolem Malty.

"Oecha takove Stesii nepotA.." dychl si jeden z farrmara po sirane "To se rozumi, ge to pkijrnet SedivY. "Ja skuteene nevim, co bych rnei delati, Mr. 8edivS7", odpovedel Malta jaksi bezradne.

"Jen pkijmete, elovieku, piijrnete, ne g y& v New Yorku vzpomene,-lis tenClo ge je floridska horeeka neslavne pochovana a rozrnysli si to. A misto na Floride si kupte pozemek tady, mezi nami, kde je zrovna tak pekne klima be Zadna zimnice a gadni komaki a gadnY umelY boom."

"Take it, Mr. Malta, take it," sekui ovaly hlasy ostatn;c,h rnann3 "eta si to rogeoyslim," schovavaje telegram do a e: se znovu do sve prace.

Ostatni mu gi na platforthe pomocnika, kteremu spadlo dcvadesat

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tisic dolartt s nebe do kilna a kter3.7 do- 1\,"6jakYch osmnact set procent," poeital vajici se vlidne — smiilive. A piece roznadeniCit dal, p.*0 by se nechume- rychie SedivY, chystaje se zapiti prove jasnena tvar Maltova, poje :dnou jaksi hlo Ale mohlt pozorovati, Ze neuplyn.u- dojedenY sYrovY sandvie ka you z mleko- zvaZnela. NejakY mrdeek zdvihnul se z lo ani jedne etvrt hodiny za cele cleno- y e lahve, kioviska a zastiel nalZnY obraz stavici "Ono je to pravda, co noviciate," ho- se mu pied clukvni zrak 11.1raeek ten . aby mladY Wastlivec .nevytahl z 1 1psy '21utou etvrtku papiru a znovu voril Malta, zaviraje kapesni ntiZ a. vy- nabYval tvaru divei postavy, jine preeital • si jeji obsab. Jebo tvar se no- tahuje znovu z kapsy fluty papir: "At' postavy, odene v prostY oblek y enkovhS;(16 eteni ozarila blaZenYm Usme- si na tom vydela nekdO jinY take, ale ji- ske farmarske divky, se AirokYm klobou"26.dna starost, Ze to neprijme," ste je jiste. Ja. myslirn, Ze to prijmu, pa- kern na hlave. A zpod slameneho klofell jeden pomocnik druhemu pa strane ne SeclivY." bouku upiralo se k Maltovi d ye velkYch a dodal: "Ale ja uz bych byl dawn° na "Ale ne, abyste to svadeL na mne, kdyi hnedYch oei z tvare ozatene zylaZtnim, 17grafnim faacie." byste pozcleji nebyl spokojen," ohraZoval trochu 'SibalskYm Usmevem. M1a,c1Y mu2 Zprava o Maltove telegramu, sdilena se Maltb y zamestnavatel. "Ja vam jen zatras1 ponekud hlavou, jakoby odhanel horlive. kaLlf"..; mu novema priehozimu. povidam, co bych ueinii ja. A k tomu doternou mouchu jej obletujici a pHobehla ye dvou hodinaeh celY Pineville. Won pridarn, ze bych nebyl po tomhle dal gasolinu. Fordka hreela po piskove " ,,ituvilo se o eizincovYch dvou akrech na telegramu kliclnY, dokud bych newel v ceste mezi sluncem zalitYmi poll, mimo 1- ; , iricle a o nabidnutYch devadesati ruce poukazku nebo certilikovanY eek, zasneZene fanny. protole od poslani takoveho telegramu (•ich na ostatnich platformach, na farKapii se perou o navnadu mach a 'brio na to i na polich a v ova- do vyklopeni penez se mtiZe jeUe mnoho Druheho dne dostavil se Malta d pram cnYch sadech. zmenit." ce na plainu Sediveho jako obA'ejne.

"A on pa se je'Ste rozmYsli, ma-11 to "Vy mate pravdu, pane Sediv3i. Ja si Mel prilelitost znovu vyslechnouti ponrijmoutt," dodavali pravidelne nositele radeji sjeclo do Ashta zatelegrafovat, klonu Sedivenc; Ze by musel s Diogeno• vpravy. to prijirnam Spravite to to beze mne you lucernou pohledati mute, kterY by "VS'ak on N to rychie rozmysli," usu- na hodinu?" v jeho situaci set pracovati za etyricet :%!ovali rovneZ pravidelne ti, kdo zpra.vu "Ale to se vi, Ze ano! Ja se yarn ytIbec centa na hodinu Malta se zastavil v Zdalo se vsak, fe St'astnY s timhle telegramem v kapse olejo yani kola tridieky brambor, kterou irajitel akrU na Floride nema na spech jdete po sve praci. Z hochtl, ktere znam, pripravoval k denni einnosti a rekl dos rozhodnutim se. 0 poledriach, kdyZ neni snad jedin3i, kterernu by takova I bracky: "172clyt' jste mi Yeera sam pazasedli Sedivy a jeho pomocnici k pros- zprava, nepopletla hlavu, aby nezaeal vidal, Ze byste tomu ani nyveril, fe je temu lunei na okraj platformy a Malta s oslavovanim na tom fleku."

I to pravda, dokud byste nemel certifikoasi po dvaonotne vytahl z kapsy "Well, pa tolika zklamanich, jako ja van eek v ruce. Ja, to beru tak jak vy ' cafe svilj telegram a zdal se koehati jsem proZil, elovek jaksi sestarne, zmou- byste to bral." jcho obsahem, ale jaksi nad nim vrtel dri," rekl Malta, seskakuje s platformy. I Take jini pinevilliti farmati, kdy2 se hlavou, oslovil jej ,L6,edivY: "Jak vidim, RozvaZnYm krokem zamiril k fordce sto- mezi nimi o Maltovu ternu mluvilo, nejste jeNe rozhodnut mate-li opodal. ,kali: "ITZdyt' on je gte tech devadesat tu nabidku prijmouti!"

Druzi dva pomocniei Sediveho, P ouzi tisic nerna. Kdo vi, kdo si z neho, clobra"Co vy byste udelal v torato pEpacle hoZi jete, na sebe mrkli, a jeden z nich eka udelal dobrSi r den." Piece y ' ak se Mr. ;.6...edivY?" zeptal se Malta misto ad- iekl "To jsme vedeli, Ze to jinak nedo- hned rano pritoeil k Maltovi jeden z tech patine. TIledejte si jineho pomocnika, Mr. kteri mluvIli o telegramu jako o Spatnem "Ja bych po nabidce skoeil jako je- SeclivY." vtipu a rekl mu jakoby mhnochodem: stub po kralieku a '2,adnY drat by ml Malta uji.Zdeje v Dlabokve fordce k "AZ ty penize dostanete, a budete tady nenesl dost rychie na misto odpoved', mestu Ashta, obdivoval zatim sam se- chtit need koupit, nezapomente na to, rprijimam. A to, ponevadZ vim, jak to be, jak dovcde I ve tvar nejlePSimu na farme je nejpokroeilejk odues se ' 'pekulacemi donada a mei bych teli hrati divadlo. Byl nyni presvedeen ranZovY sad v okresu a zahrada jako ph ,strach, aby si to ten elovek nerozmydalN pfdde hladce. Plan kongres- zamku. To by bylo pro vas jako stvore, RIP]." nika Grapera byl skuteene mistrnYm no."

'Jd se na to divam zase takhle. milY kouskem strategie a vie klapalo dopo- A neili uplynula hodina, mel Malta rekl zvolna Malta. "Jestlac za sod jako v &b • e jdoucim stroji. Musel-li nekolik "jen tak mimochodem" pronesenekdo nabizi dnes devadesat task, ma pri torn s temito lidmi, ktere si oblibil, nYch nabidek na koupe majetku. Na jeto jiste pro neho vet,N cenu, mO.na sto- hrati komedii, utekval se tim, `Ze jest' dnom z techto byl krasnY orechovY le•adesat, mohia dve ste tisic, ktere bu- to y e prospech jich vkch. ones vlast- sik, kterS7 neda Zadnou pracl a nese yelldu moci dostati Ja, vyeka.m-li easu. Ja ne zapo6a1 teprve s provadenim podrob- kY uiitek, na druhem byla nejlepN voneinam na spech. Male je to pekne. Zdra- neho planu, ale mohl dobre pozorovati, da v celem kraji, na tretim byl vidy vi mi to slouN, prate se mi libi, nakl jak magnetickou navnaciu ma na udi- sveli vanek a nikdy horko. Jind farma to clobre pratele, tak co!" ci. Nejvetssi radost mel z toho, nesla 6tyri tisice temer bez prate. A tak "Nu, ja, nevim! Ja bych radeji vrabce vy , tent& klidn377 filcsof sam mu radii, to No dale s vypoeitavanim prednosti v hrsti neZ11 holuba na . strek. Devade- ba jej pf-imo clohanel, aby nabidku. v kahieho jednotliveho majetku. Lee Malsal; tisic je devadesat tisic, to ma elovek telegramu obsaknou pNjal. JestliZe ta se po kaZde takove na pill fist pronesejako vy, kterY neni adny rozhan, doA; divY nema tukni o udici v navnade skry- ne nabidce pouze pousmal a rekl:"1.72clyt' na ccly Civet a monument po smrti. Mne te, pak neni mezi vkmi temi lidmi je- jo, ty tIsicovky nemam je'§te." ToteZ odby ne.vadllo; kdyby n.a, tom jinY zase vy- dineho ,kterY by mohl nee° podezrivat. povedel, kdy:7; jeden, z mlo.d S . ich farmadelal a trebas vie neZ" ja, kdyZ' ja bych Malta vldel se jiz u konce sve misse u k nemu pristoupil a rekl mu jakoby dostal dost. Mnoho-li jste za to dal?" spin_eni svjch srat. Pied clukvnim zra- Zertem: "Tak az ty tisicovky za "Osmaetyricet set dolara," odpovedel kern ze stinneho lesika, jimz nyni cesta Floridu piijdou, postavite nom na naMalta. vecila, vyhoupla se vzduNia poStava ne- sem °strove' peknSi hotel, my se "Nu, pachnej panabu! To je YSTdelek. Lae divky nebeSky modrYch oei, u.smi- postarame o dobrou cestu a bude nam

re stredui 12. prosince 195 sem jezdit na prazdniny a vYlety cele Ceske Chicago, co?" Malta, ye kterem piljemne hrklo, kdyZ videl Ze se rozhovor sta.& po priznivern vetru, odpovedel jako ostatnim, Ze to s tou nabidkou z Floridy nebere priliS vaZne. Ale do rozmluvy primichal se vedle stojici Rehof pravil: "Co pak by tentoc stavel na naSem! At' si od nas koupi celY ostrov intiZe stavet hotel na svem vlastnim!

My mu pomitZeme, ze tentoc cestu k ostrovu vyspravime a budeme udr2ovat."

Malta by byl za tento riavrh dal Rehokovi nekam na jeho velkou nestvurnou kulatou lalavu hubieku, ale usmal se °pane svYm dobrackYm Usinevein a prohodil: "Tak vam pratele, pekne dekuji za ty rady. Ted' jenom ty penize mit, a budu vedet, co s nimi!"

Tak to SW po celY den. Malta vyslechl a odbyl svoji sterotypni poznamkou asi dvacet navrht. 8edivY, ' kterY nektere z nich slysel, rekl Maltovi weer pied rozchodem: "Podle tcho, jak zde lids nabizeji svoje majetky na prodej, by Cloy& rekl, ze je tu kaalY neSt'asten a hledi se co nejrychleji dostati odtud. Ale kdybyste skuteene penize dostal a chtel nekterY z tech nabizenYch majetkir kounenajdete jednoho, kterY by jej dal za to, co stal jeho, a kaZdY bude rniti pino chvaly o jeho prednostech a pino narku, de se musi .s tak krasnYm a v(7nosriS7m majetkem rozloueiti. ntivod k prodeji bude mit ovkm +kaZdY ,ale ZadnY nerekne, ze chce prodat, protoZ"-e by na sve farme nedelal Zivobyti nebo Ze by se mu zde kraj a Zivot nelibil."

Malta jel v Dlabokve fordce domir spakojen jako doposud nikdy za celY svuj pobyt zde. .

Nasledujiciho dne ,za hodinu po prijezdu vlaku do Ashta, rozletla se Pinezprdva: "Maltovi priSly penize za jeho Floridu!" Na banku v Ashta pilala skuteene poukazka na jmeno Maltovo.

Kasir banky nemohl se zdrZeti, aby nesdelil novinku ostatnim firedniktm. A ti opetne nemeli nic pilnej giho na praci neZli sensaeni zpriavu oznamiti svYm prateliun. Maltovi byla posiana zprava o depositu v jeho prospech ueinenem obvyklou riredni cestou, ale jak se tak easto prichd,zi, putovala novinka k svemu cili oklikou rychleji nezli prim°. A tak se stalo, Ze onen farmar, kterY byl lidera nabizel Maltovi "jen tak mimochodem" svoji farmu s orechovYm sadem, phial k platforme na sve chevroletce, rozhledl se jaksi postra,SenYm pohledem kolern ploSiny a zavolal si Maltu stranou. — "Vite co, pane Malta, dostanete-li ty penize, nniZeme udelati obchod. Ja, yam lepSi majetek v cedam svoji farmu

VESTNIK--WEST,TE lem okresu nenajdete tak lacino, ze budete 2asnout. Co tomu rikate?"

Malta se podival mluveimu do tvare a rekl zvolna: "Ale pane, valyt' ja ty penize jests nemam a kdo vi zda. . ."

"To nic nevadi. JO, tikain pro pripad, de je dostanete, abyste se nedostal do rukou nekomu, kdo by vam povesil na krk kdo vi co."

Malta se jaksi rozpaeite rozhliZel. po silnici do mesteeka prijiZdi opetne nejake auto neobyeejne rychle.

"Nu tak poekejte, a2 dostanu nejakou zpravu, driv piece by bylo blahove . o torn mluvit, ne?" rekl.

Zatim zastavila pri platforms fordka jineho farinare a z ni vyskocil jeji majitel. Zamerii rovnou k mistu, kde stal Malta. "Nezapomente, co jsme si tekli, dostanete-li ty penize. Ja myslim, Ze jsou na ceste a ve vaSem zajmu ; abyste na to skoeil. Vite, ze moje dvacitka je nem co na padesat mil kolem nenajdete."

Malta byl priveden ponekud do rozpakir. Neuflo mu, jake "vlidne" pohledy vymenili mezi sebou oba nabizeei. Ueinil konec trapne situace prohlaknim: "Ja victim, panove, Ze vite neco vice neZli ja.

Ale i kdyby to byla pravda s temi tisici, nebudu se s nieim ukvapovat .A koupimli nem pak to bude bezpochyby farmioka pana DiaboSe, ye ktere nyni Ziji. Pomohl bych svemu hostiteli, aby se mohl prestehovati na blizko size Zeny a vystavel bych si na jeho patnactce peknY domek. Ja pied nemohu Mdnou velkou farmu kupovat. Jsem sang . . ."

"VSak vy dlouho sam nebudete," rekl na pill huby farmaii, kterY prijel pozdeji. Z tonu jeho proroctvi bylo vSak videti, de nerna chut' do dalSich argumen"Odpust'te, ja jsem jen tak myslel", rekl a obratil se k odchodu.

"To je dobie, Ze jste mu to tak po lopate podal," rekl prvY, sotva byl druhY z doslechu. "Ja vam pine schvaiuji koupit DlaboSity rnajetek. Pomoci dobremu kamaradu jest hezka yea,. Ale ta patnactka je palls daleko od mesta a odevgad. Je to jako na Vystrkove. A vy budete chtit bYt nekde pain — zvidAte ad si uvedete do domu zenusku. Jen mlete, vhlyt' vime, jak na vas zdejSi devaata berou! A nae byste teprve stavel, kdyZ maj majetek vam poskytne — ah — co pak je tohle poStovni posel — snad by —

Strana 15 Tento ji rortrhnul a rozjasniv lie, zvolal: "No tak, uz je to tady! Tak tedy piece jen bylo pravda!"

"Co jsem vam rikal?" vyhrknul mid u Malty stojici a chytil jeho ruku, potrasal ji mocne. "Ta vidite! Ostatni se tomu smali a Mali na vas vtipy a ja, jsem ye vas veril. Vidite, zachranil jsee, vas, abyste nepadi do rukou nejakYch yydriduchil. Tak je to udelano, Ze ano!

Za dvanact tisic je moje farma se vaim vSudy vase. Podivte, co yarn je‘Ste zbyde penez, budete-li chtit koupit nee° jineho."

Malta nechal si potrasti rukou nadknYm prodavaeem, ale rekl: "Nu ted mne nechte, abych si to mohl vkchno rozmyslit. Prezatim nekupuji nic, aZ jak budu videt!"

Ostatni pritomni, jich2 rada lse mnoZila daiSimi priji2dejicimi, vysvobodili Maltu z rukou neodbytneho nabizeee. shrnuli se kolem neho a jeden pies drulaeho mu gratulovali. A terrier kaZdy z nich dodaval: "A budete-li chtit nee° koupit, nezapomente na mtzj majetek, jak jsme si "Jen mne nechte si vkchno rozmysleti," branil se Malta, &edaje na kraj platformy a vytahuje z kapsy seknolenY 21.utY papir, telegram, kterY byl dostal pied tremi dny, dival se na oba papiry, jakoby je porovnaval a die jednoho everoyal pravost druheho. MuZove, kteri stall na platforms za jeho zady, nakoukli do listku, kterY prave obdr&l. "(S'estaosmdesat tisic a nejaka sta," rekl jeden potichu druhernu. "To neni celYch devadesett tisic, ale j ezatrolene dost, by golly! To je oznameni z banky, de tarn pro neho ty penize le21."

"To je strZeno komiSne agenta, etyri procenta. Tak piece jen to nebyl ZadnY krt. Ted' jen aby ty penize nesebral a neujel s nimi prye! Bylo by dol3re, kdyby zfistal zde mezi nami, at' 1.1z jakkmkoliv zpilsobern Kdyby zde vykoupil nebo postavil nejakou platforms a zavedi s tim svYrn kapitalem prhnY prodej do Chicaga, aby nam nernohli delat rnobilSti fixliti libovolne cenu. Jak by to ponaohlo celemu kraji."

"Na takovou vec neni on dosti energickY ani mazanY. Ti vypraskani velkokupci by jej svlekli z koSile. Ale moll' by tu postaviti peknY hotel nebo nakladarnu ovoce nebo zeleniny, nebo nee° V to chvili zastavil u ploSiny svoji ford- takoveho."

(Pokraeovani) ku muZ" s jakousi starou Utedni eepici a ptal se po Maltovi. Sedivy, kteri' byl s ( pritrpklYin Usraevem pozoroval, jak Malta oblehan proclejechtivYmi sou.scCokoli konate, at' jste sebe chudgi, dy,- ukazal v misto, kde dnes tak vyhle- neskrblete, nechtejte Setriti na stray`„ clavanY mladY muZ stal Poslieek ph- nebot' ta jest pravYm zakladem a ta, stoupil k, Maltovi a podal mu °balky.. jemstvim vaSeho 2ivotniho iispechu.

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

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

Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS

The Early Czech Pioneers hi Texas Madam President and the members of the Daughters of Republic of Texas: By your invitation to address you this afternoon, I feel that you have honored me beyond my merits. A simple "thank you" seems hardly adequate; yet, there are no other words that express more deeply the sincerity of my appreciation.

As you know, such an honor should belong to a much more learned man than I, to Dr. Henry R. IVIaresh, who was to address you. on the subject of "The Early Czech Pioneers in Texas."

Pride in the achievements of one forefathers is a fundamental emotion of every man and every woman. One of the main reasons you are the members of- the Daughters of Republic of Texas is to make more complete your knowledge of Texas pioneers, their background, their temperament, their characteristics, and their achievements. The more complete Knowledge of the early history of the great Lone Star State enriches all of us.

In presenting this topic, "The Early Czech Pioneers in Texas," I am compelled to make a confession. The subject could be labeled by a psychologist as "ego reference." I have to admit that I happen to be a Czech immigrant, a citizen of Texas and of the United States by choice. The fact that I commenced to learn English, to absorb the American culture after- reaching the age of maturity, or the fact that I enrolled at the University of Houston after I put my children through college, which was after I reached the age of fifty-three, should not be detrimental in the discussion of the topic. It makes me more appreciative of the fact that historical' interest and racial pride are often working hand in hand.

First of all, let us agree on three definitions relative to the topic "Early C:ech Pioneers." Dictionary would tell us that pioneer is the one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow, an early settler or a colonist. Czech immigrants migrated to this region of wilderness during the decade of the Republic of Texas. They helped conquer the wilderness and prepared the way for others to follow. They settled in

(An address delivered by Stephen Valcik before the annual meeting of the Daughters of Republic of Texas, in Houston, Texas, December 6, 1956) â&#x2013; Texas so that today we have some half million Texans of Czech descent.

Dot us define the term "Czech," in order to have a clear idea of what we have in mind. The original Czech immigrants were more commonly known as the Bohemians or the Moravians.

8emetimes before the dawn of history, in the fourth and the fifth centuries A. D., there happened to be a great movement of tribes from the eastern part of Europe into the central part.

Several closely related Slavic tribes Settled in a very fertile land north of the Alps., north of the old Roman Empire.

This land was surrounded by mountains on three sides. These newcomers called themselves Czechs, and they named their territory Cechy ,the same as the Angles a century later settled in the land across the North Sea and called the land Anglia. And just as the ancient . name for England was Anglia or Albion, so was the ancient name for Cechy somewhat different. The land of the Czechs was known as Boio-hemia, later Bohemia. A little to the east of Bohemia, in the rich plains of Morava River, settled other clans or tribes of the same stock, which from their territory became known as Moravians. By language, the tribes in Bohemia and Moravia belong to the Slavic subfamily of the Indo-European languages. As some of you know, there are three main language subfamilies in Europe: the Slavic languages, comprising twelve languages closely related; Teutonic or Germanic languages, in which the English language is one of the ten in the subfamily; and Romance languages which has nine closely related languages. Here in Texas, we have only two Slavic languages ,the Czech, with its Moravian dialects, and the Sorbian or Wendish language, which was brought in by some six hundred families under the leadership of Reverend John. Kilian in 1856 and they are settled in a community called Serbin, about seven miles south of Giddings.

Let us agree on one more definition, on the word "early." If we accept- the connotation as being "comparatively near the beginning of a period," then we are ready to proceed with the topic of the "Early Czech Pioneers in Texas," a bout the colonists- who came to Texas from Bohemia and Moravia wh,et the first chapters of the history of the Lone Star State were being enacted.

It is not surprising that many people think of the Czech immigrant as a late corner, and not as a pioneer. It is not true in Texas, nor in many other states. The Czechs started to come to North America after 1620, following the disastrous battle of White Mountain. It was the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, one of the most terrible and destructive wars in all history. It started in Bohemia between Catholics and Protestants. "DePenestration of Prague" is the term used in the history which started the thirty-year slaughter throughout the central Europe. Def enestration means the act of throwing of a person or thing out through the window. A delegation of Czech people threw two royal commissioners and a secretary from the windows of a palace. The Czechs were always of the same opinion as was Thomas Jefferson who said the best government is the one which governs the least. This act of defenestration started the mass destruction of human beings.

Thirty-six thousand families had fled the provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.

Some of them arrived in America shortly after the Pilgrims and the Puritans.

It is said that George Washington courted the charming Mary Phillipse, a descendant of a Czech religious exile, Frederick Phillipse, who came to America when New York was still a Dutch village under the name of New Amsterdam.

In the fall of 1952, I was returning from the National Fraternal Congress in Boston. I traveled from Philadelphia, to Washington. South of Wilmington, Delaware, I was crossing a river over a high and long bridge. As I was driving, I asked my companion to look on the map and tell me what river we just crossed. It wasn't a river, it was a- canal

Wednesday, December 12 X950 joining Chesapeake Bay and. Delaware Bay. This canal was planned and its drawings prepared by a Czech immigrant Augustin e Herman, around the year of 1660. We traveled farther south and we saw a road sign, "Herman Beach â&#x20AC;&#x201D;5 miles." And still farther, "Augustine Beach-3 miles." Augustin Herman 'surveyed ;most of the land belonging to Lord Baltimore. That was throe, hundred years ago. The original of the map is treasured in the archives at Richmond, Virginia. And if we look on the facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, we fin dthat one of the signers, William Paca of Maryland, was of Czech descent.

There may have been some adventurers of Czech blood who came to Texas befoite the arrival of regular settlers.

If they were, their names had been lost or the claims are doubtful. In 1911, I started to work for a Czech weekly paper called "Texan." While there, I got hold of an old book in Czech language, a reprint of another much older edition. Some Czech writer named Karel Postel was describing his experiences as one of the "enipresarios" or agents to colonize Texas. My later efforts to locate a copy of the book were fruitless. It was a vivid account of the conditions in Texas during the decade of 1820-1830. If the story was authentic or just a product of exuberant imagination, I wouldn't venture to say.

The first authentic Czech immigrant to come to Texas was Dr. Anthony Michael Dignowity. He wrote a book entitled "Bohemia Under Austrian Despotism." According to his own record, he was twenty-two years of age when he arrived in New York after a voyage of forty-three days on the ship Good Hope. Soon after lading, Dr. DignoWhy decided to travel westward, came to Texas and became acquainted with Sam Houston. These two men seemed to have very much in common. Both were soldiers of fortune and soldiers of the battlefield. Both had varied experiences, lived for a time among the Indians and studied the Indian languages.

Both arrived from Arkansas to Texas and adopted it as their native land. The name of Dignowity is still remembered in San Antonio, where his home, Harmony House, stood for many years. Fort Sam Houston is now located on the tract of iand which once belonged to Dr. Anthony Dignowity.

Dr. Dignowity seemingly wrote several books, but only one volume is preserved in the State Library in Austin.

The volume is permitted to be examined or to be read only under supervision of a library attendant. The book

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I is of such historical value that it is I fastened by a chain.

Prior to 1936, I had assisted to uncover some old records about the early Czech settlers. The first Czech settlement in Texas, recorded in writing of those days, was begun in Austin County in 1847. However, in the public records located at the courthouse in Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, old entries prior to the year of 1847 have purely Czech names, connected with the old German settlement of Karlsha,ven, later changed to Indianola. But we know definitely that the first Czech settlement was established at Catspring, in Austin County, by Reverend Ernest Bergman and five or six families. Reverend Bergman wrote to his relatives in Europe about the great country on the Gulf of Mexico in glowing terms, and the contents of the letters were circulated privately throughout the neighborhood in the province of Moravia from which he can!. These letters of Bergman, started the first tide of emigration from Moravia and the northeastern part of Bohemia.

The Czech immigrant thus began to arrive in the first decade of the statehood of Texas. In 1853, seventeen immigrant families came to Texas. Their ship Savannah docked at Galveston Christmas Day, after spending seven weeks to make the trip. From Galveston they had been carried to Harrisburg and to Houston on a steamboat, and from there the immigrants were transported by ox teams. They headed in the general direction of Reverend Bergman's settlement. The trip, which covered the distance of some sixty miles, lasted, two weeks. The leader of this group, named Joseph Lesikar, described the journey in details: "We finally came to the settlewent of Rev. Bergman, called CatIsprings. There we found our people half starved. Texas in those days did not resemble a promised land. A well-built house was not to be Veen, only log cabins. In place of windows there were but holes in the wall, and the entrance for a door was covered with woven rugs.

Planks, nails, or any piece of iron were considered a rarity. Iii our settlement we had only crude wagon."

With the help of his four sons, Joseph Lesikar built, in 1854, a log house for a family residence. I saw the house fifteen years ago, still in a good state of preservation. It was used as a storeroom.

Joseph Lesikar kept a contact with his relatives in Bohemia and Moravia.

His letters attracted a large number of additional immigrants. They came in yearly groups: fifteen families in 1954;

Strami 17 nearly twenty families in 1855; seventeen families in 1856. These groups established four communities in Fayette County: Fayetteville, Dubina, Praha, and Hostyn. These communities, after one hundred years, are still predominantly inhabited by Texas of Czech blood.

There is the regret that we can get only a glimpske of the pioneer days of i Texas through the medium of legends i and traditions and the stories told by father to son and thus transmitted to i the third and fourth generations. There i is no connected written record of the lives and labors of those who had played a heroic part in the progress and development of Texas. How they suffered, how they endured and then paised on into the great beyond without having tangible reward for their privation, has been gathered much later from recorded fragments by the grandsons and great grandsons and granddaughters.

The efforts to gather those historical fragments has now been going on..for the last twenty-five years.

The first sincere attempt to write the history of the early Czech pioneers in Texas was made by two able writers and historians, Estelle Hudson and Dr. Henry R. Maresh in their joined work "Ci-,,Aech Pioneers of the Southwest," which was published in 1934â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Then Dr. Joseph Kopecky, of San Antonio, had done a tremendous amount of research prior to the Texas Centennial in 1936.

I had the pleasure of reading six theses written by postgraduate students and one doctoral dissertation dealing with the subject of early Czech pioneers in Texas.

The time is too limited to go any further into the discomforts, hardships, and privations of those Czech immigrants who found homes and took citizenship in the new country. They wanted to take up residknce in the free, broad, open country of Texas and they were willin gto give their all in return.

They, the trail-blazers of a century ago, did exactly as if guided by the words of John Ruskin: When we build, let us thing that we build forever.

Let it not be for present delight Nor for present use alone.

Lot it be such work as our descendants will thank us for.

And let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come When those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that roan will say, as they look upon the labor of ours: "See, this our Fathers did for us."

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EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES The meeting was called to order by President Marek, at 9:35 A. M. All members of the Supreme Lodge were present as follows: Edward. L. Marek, John A. Kubena, J. F. Chupick, Jos. Koliha,Jr., R. A. Urbanovsky, Robert Cervenka, Frank Cerveny, Chas. Holasek, Chas. Navratil, Frank Rod, J. M. Skrabanek, Frank V. Stepan, Adolphs D. Pavlicek.

The minutes of the Supreme Dodge meeting, held on July 9, 1956, were read

by Secretary Chupick.

It was brought to the attention of the meeting that the second paragraph of Financial-Secretary Urbanovsky's report, appearing on page 188 of our Minute Book, was incorrect, in that it stated that it was agreed that Financial-SecretaryUrbanovskY,should ive such bookkeeping machine and machine bookkeeping system in the Bookkeeping Department of the Supreme Lodge, more study and consideration and report on it at a later meeting of the Supreme Lodge, whereas it should have stated, that it was agreed that Financial-Secr e tary Urbanovsky, should purchase such bookkeeping machine and install it in the Bookkeeping Department of the Supreme Lodge. It was agreed that the correction of this e rror should be made in the Minute Book on the bottom of page 199 of our Minutes.

Further, it was called to the attention o[ the Supreme Lodge that in the second sentence of the first paragraph on page 192 of the minutes in "RE': Claim for Compensation by Attorney Pavlicek", before the words, "but was not permitted to do so by the President and VicePresident of the convention", the phrase, "and also the erroneous report of Brother Gajevsky in the Vestnik, to the effect ti.h..t he (Pavlicek) received $48,343.00 for his legal services for the first three years, is untrue and in fact included $18,008.20 in Attorney fees actually paid to Brother Kacir", should be inserted.

After the two above cited corrections w Pee made, the minutes of the July, 1950 meeting were approved and adopted by a vote of 8 to 4.

The meeting was recessed, from 11:30 tn. to 1:00 p. m.

Vice-President Kubena presented to the Supreme Lodge the following state-

OF THE FOURTH REGULAR- QUAR-Ipartment. He stated that he has had reTERLY MEETING OF THE SUPREME pealed requests for 10 and 15 year pay LODGE OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT life certificates, in the Juvenile DepartORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, urzent.

SP./ST, HELD AT THE OFFICEOF O THE THE President Maiek presented a stateSUPREME LODGE, AT TEMPLE, TEX- ment from Editor Valcik, for compensaAS, ON MONDAY, OCT. 8, 1956. tion to Professor Hujer for delivering a speech at the breakfast of the Press ment: "As a matter of explanation to my last quarterly report, I was happy Section of the National Fraternal Congress, at Cleveland, Ohio, last month, to have had the opportunity to talk personally with brother George Kacir, Sun- and for the various other expenses in day, October 7th, 1956, at our District connection with Editor Valcik's trip to One meeting in Fayetteville — and I the National Fraternal Congress Oonwant to state openly as I stated to vention. After considerable discussion of Brothor Kacir, that in my oral report all these items, it was agreed, by majorof July 9, 1956, I did not imply, nor did ity vote, that all these expenses tiacurred I intend to reflect any unfairness on his by Brother Valcik, should be poi.

President Marek presented a request or brother Pokladnik's part in the manfrom a local Lodge, for a donation of ner in which the convention was con$100.00 to a member of said lodge, with ducted, by the Chairman or the Vicethe explanation that this member is as Chairman." deservin and worthy of the $100.00 sick A motion made that the Supreme benefit donation, as those members that Lodge, accept, approve and concur in Vice - President Kubena's statement were awarded such donations by the above, that he did not imply nor in- XVII convention. It was explained that tended to reflect any unfairness on the the reason that this application for the part of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, donation was not presented at the conof the XVII Convention, in his official vention, was due to the, fact that the report to the July, 1956, meeting to the delegates of said local lodge, were under Supreme Lodge. This motion was second- the impression that such request had to criginate from the local lodge, and could ed and carried unanimously.

L. 0. Hosek came before the meeting I not be originated and presented to the to present, for the approval, of the Su- convention by the delegates without prior action or recommendation of it by preme Lo dge various changes forfhe t the heading of the Vestnik and the headings Bylocal lodge.

• • consent of the Vestnik and the headingsunamious for the it was agreed various sections or sub-divisions of the that the Supreme Lodge was without Vestnik, that he contemplates inaugu- power to grant such a donation as such rating in the Vestnik after he becomes power is vested in the convention, only.

Vice-President Kubena presented to the editor of it, after January 1, 1957.

Upon motion by Director Rod, second- all members of the Supreme Lodge, his 'ad by Director Skrabanek, and carried it written report of ins official activities, was agreed that the suggested changes as Vice President of the Supreme Lodge presented by Brother Hosek, be approved for the last quarter. He, thereupon, conditioned on their final approval by read the written report that he preslanted to them. Vice-President Kubena's the officers of the Supreme Lodge.

President Marek head his written re- report was accepted by all members of port that he presented to all members the Supreme Lodge with sincere appreof the Supreme Lodgie.. He discussed the ciation.

In presenting his report to the Suorganizational work of the Order and preme Lodge, Secretary Chupick stated presented reports on new members, etc.

He stated that we have written a little that he had mailed a report of his offiover a $1,000,000.00 of new insurance vial activities as Secretary of Supreme from January 1, 1956, to October 1, 1956. Lodge for the last quarter, to all memHe stated that he and Brother Joe B. bers of the Supreme Lodge, about a Hejny, intend to hold organizers' meet- week ago. He referred to that report ings in various parts of Texas, to stimu- arid invited any questions that any of late interest in writing new insurance, the members of the Supreme Lodge might desire to ask about it. during the last quarter of 1956.

When Secretary Chupick stated he rePresident Marek stated that he would ceived a letter from Brother Josef Holacall on the Insurance Committee to car- sek, President of the Czechoslovak Pubry out the recommendation of the con- lishing Co., inquiring how many copies vention, relative to adopting certain new of the By-Laws the Supreme Lodge classes of insurance in our Juvenile Be- wanted, it was agreed that 5000 copies of

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the By-laws and that 1000 copies of the the opinion of the President, Secretary, convention proceedings, in book form, Treasurer and Financial-Secretary, it should be ordered. becomes necessary to make such loan or When the matter of election of dele- loans: Thereupon, a resolution authorizgates to the next Texas Fraternal Con- ing the officers of the Supreme Lodge to gress Convention, which will meet at the make such loan or loans, as, if and Rice Hotel, in Houston, Texas, on Nov. when needed, was adopted.

8th and 9th, came up for consideration, In making his report to the Supreme all members of the Supreme Lodge were Lodge meeting, Treasurer Koliha raferelected as delegates, also the editor. - red to several things covered in his writSince our Order is entitled to 16 dele- ten report that he mailed to all memgates, it was agreed that the presidents bers of the Supreme Lodgia among of the two Houston lodges should also which he stated that he contacted sevbe elected as delegates to that conven- eral parties relative to renting the space, tion, with the understanding and agree- on the ground floor of the building, ment that the only compensation that formerly occupied by Walker cafe. all the delegates will receive for their Treasurer Koliha submitted for the attendance of the Texas Fraternal Con- consideration of the Supreme Lodge a gress convention will be mileage, and number of delinquent mortgage loans, their hotel expenses, but no other ex- with reference to the handling and dispenses. position of which the Supreme Lodge Secretary Chupick reported that he gave Treasurer Koliha authority and inhad a meeting with the officials of a structions, how to deal and dispose of certain corporation in which the Su- each individual case or loan discusse(L preme Lodge owns some preferred stock, Treasurer Koliha was authori2. 1,?d to on which preferred stock the corpora- rent all SPJST farms for a cash rental tion was compelled to defer payment of for the year of 1957. dividends, because of some very heavy, Treasurer Koliha presented an offer unusual losses sustained by the com- for a 10-year lease, on the 253 acres of pany. land known as our RE O No. 62, in BasSecretary Chupick stated that he was trop County, Texas. This offer was not informed, that the prospects are that accepted, because the 10-year term was the losses sustained by the corporation considered too long. will not be as heavy as at first anticiIn presenting his report to the Supated, and that the corporation may be preme Lodge meeting, Financial-Secreable to absorb these losses and get its tary Urbanpvsky called to the attention financial affairs in condition to pay div- to the fact that the last convention proidends and the past due dividends, plus vided for the payment by the Supreme interest, in about 2 1/2 to 31/2 years.

Lodge of a refund of 2% on all .preSecretary Chupick stated that in view miums currently and requested an interof the fact the Supreme Lodge has ap- pretation of the word, "currently". It proximately $600,000.00 loan applications was unanimously agreed that in order approved and loans committed, with less for a local lodge to qualify for this 2% than $100,0000.00 in available cash, in refund of premiums, that all payments our various depositories, and since it ap- of premiums or dues must be made by pears, that due to the short crop ,and the local lodge before the expiration of low prices, the inflow of cash, in pros- the month in which the statement for pect, for the next several months is not same is presented and that if the stateexpected to be very heavy, that it is ment is not paid within such month, almost certain if the Supreme Lodge that the lodge will thereby forfeit this wants to continue closing its loan cam- 2% refund. It was agreed that the Sumittments and continue to carry on its preme Lodge should notify all local mortgage loan business, without any in- lodges by a special letter advising them terruption, that very likely it may be- of the adoption of this rule and regucome necessary for the Supreme Lodge lation. to borrow from $100,000.00 to $500,000.00 Director Navratil reported on the acwithin the next few months. He said that tivities of the SPJST Rest Home Comin anticipation of such an eventuality, mittee. of which he is a member, as fol-i that he has made arrangements with laws: our bank connections, for such loan or Director Navratil, who is also the Disloans, at the current rate of interest, if trict No. 2 Director of the Rest Home we need them, same to be secured by a Committee, reported that the Rest Home pledge of some of our U. S. Treasury Committee met in Taylor, Texas, where Bonds. He requested that proper autho- it inspected eight sites offered for the rity be given to the President and Sec- Rest Home: That after inspecting these retary of the Supreme Lodge to make sites, in Taylor, the committee proceedsuch loan or loans, as, if, and when, in ed to Simthville, Texas, where it in-

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On Friday, Oct. 5th, 1955, the committee proceeded to La Grange, where on Saturday, Oct. 6th, 1956, it inspected four sites offered for the Rest Home.

He further reported that after all these inspections were concluded, that the Committee met in the Directors Room of the First National Bank of La Grange and after thorough discussion of the various sites offered, that one of the sites offered by the City of Taylor, Texas was selected by 5 votes, Smithvine getting one vote and La Grange getting one vote.

Director Navratil stated that, in all the places visited the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x17E; has received and treated very courteously and with great hospitality.

Director Skrabanek presented for the approval of the Supreme Lodge, for an increase to $12,000.00, an application, from a non-member, which was .previously approved for $7,000.00. This application was not approved. He also presented an application from a member, for an increase by the suiri of $2000.00, of a loan application that was previously approved for $12,000.00. This application was approved.

When it was agreed that applications for loans from non-members, which were signed, notarized and in the hands of the Directors, before Sept. 1, 1956, should be accepted, two such, loan applications, which were previously declined, because the applicants were non-members, were accepted.

Attorney Pavlicek presented to the Strpreme Lodge a report of his activities as Attorney of the Supreme Lodge, which consisted of a list of loans closed: etc., during the third quarter of 1956. De also presented to the Supreme Lodge for payment a number of statements, aggregating $20,775.35, which he .alleged that the Supreme Lodge owes him an additional compensation for various arid sundry work performed by him as 41;torney, for the Supreme Lodge, and stated there would be additional statements for such work forthcoming.

The meeting was recessed or supper from 6:00 p. in. to 7:00 p. m.

The several and sundry statements in various and sundry amounts presented

by Attorney Pavlicek, for various and stmary work, were then taken under advisement and consideration. After 'a long discussion of Attorney Pavlicek's statements and claims, it was finally agreed to defer any action on AttOrney

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Pavlicek's claim until the January, 1957 meeting.

When Director Skrabanek inquired what has been done by the Supreme Lodge officers relative to the employment of a new actuary, it was reported that no new actuary was employed and that it is too late, at this time, or hire a new actuary for the preparation of our 1956 valuation report. Thereupon, the matter was passed without any comment or action.

President Marek asked every member of the Supreme Lodge, individually, if he had any criticism to make of any transaction of the Supreme Lodge or any question to ask regarding our bond holdings, loans or any investments or any transaction of the Supreme Lodge office or ay transaction, resolution, edict, enactment or agreement tho Supreme Lodge made, passed adopted and/or enacted at any time, and if so, that he requests such member to present it to the attention of the Supreme Lodge at that time so that proper disposition and explanation of it could be madie, and the matter then recorded in the minutes.

There was no response to this request or invitation.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.si.

Respectfully submitted to the Vestnik for publication.

J. F. Chupick o 4,74, o

POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Thursday, December 13 0116

Lindeman orchestra — Columbus Hall Saturday, December 15

Lee use orchestra — Round Top Hall Gus Lindeman orchestra — Gold Star Club in Caldwell

All the above dances are at night unless otherwise specified. This is a fret 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 announceanent which is listed mn this column Listings from otehesttas and dance halls should be received at least one week before publication, Send all listings to Calvin Cher ven'ia. Route 2, Rogers, Tex

Christmas is Corning

Wednesday, December 12, 1956

Have Your Choice

There is something I should like to Thirteen SPJST certificates for adultS: mention to you privately. You see, I'm CLASS B: wheie a member pays prethe guy that puts things in the Vestmiums during his lifetime. nik, but this is just for you, individually.

CLASS C: where a member pays preYour daughter is only seven. Sudmiums for 20 years, but in case of denly, in the still of the night, you are death, the full benefit is paid as awakened. Her frightened little voice in provided by the by-laws. the next room is screaming. "Daddy:" CLASS D: where a member pays for You jump and run to her bed. It's only 15 years; benefits paid as provided a dream, a bad dream. And daddy is in Class C. right at her side. Dadd y wouldn't let anything happen to his little girl. And CLASS E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death benesoon slake is relaxed, her slow breathing fit paid as provided in Class C and indicating that she is back again in the D. mysterious childs ueialm of Winkum, 131inkum, and Nod. CLASS F: full amount of certificate is Paid after 15 years.

It was "Daddy" she called in her bad dream. And you feel proud and hap- CLASS C: amount of certificate is paid after 15 years. py that this precious little personality has such confidence in you.

Yes, you said, "Daddy is right here. CLASS H: proper amount of certificate is paid when member attains the Daddy wouldn't let anything happen to age of 65 years, member pays prehis little girl." miums until he attains the age of 65.

That's what I wanted to ask you — are you sure? Have you done everything CLASS I: member pays premiums for in your power to prevent anything?

20 years and proper afnount of the Sure, you buy her lollipop, playthings, certificate is paid when he attains and comic books. You buy her warm the age of 60 years. clothes, and you give her all your atten- CLASS K: member pays premiums to tion. You thing of hier now more than age 65, and the proper amount of ever, when Christmas is coming. his certificate is paid upon his death But what if, some day, you should no 'LASS L: Double Indemnity insurance longer be here. What if, some day, she which is issued up to the sum of needs daddy far worse than in that $2,500.00, and is not included in the fright of a bad dream? Have you planamounts of the other classes. ned for that? Would she still have all MASS M: Annuity Policies. the things she needs? Would she still have her mother's undivided care? CLASS M-C: Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced benWould she still nave the chance for a efits and $1,000 paid-up insurance college education. after 20 years.

That's whet I wanted to ask you if CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be you knew that the SPJST could offer issued to members up to the age of you the most wonderful kind of Christ50 years, who have real estate loans mas gift to make certain of all these from this organization. things. Yes, it may be some strain, but * * it would be a pkermanent gift. It will work even if you are not here.

Five SPJST certificates for children: CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years How about it, Brother? of age, which may be converted into any other insurance atter the child • oto • ( reaches the age of 10 years and before attaining the age of 16 years.

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

Pokrok Houston Lodge No. 88 will hold CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with fave value its annual Christmas party for the chilat age one year, payable at death. dren. Don't fail to bring them. A special CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with Program of Czechoslova,kian Christmas Mortuary face value at age one year. carols will be presented by a group of about thirty persons with beautiful and CLASS J-G: 20 year endowment, morunusual or gan music. Don't miss it. It tuary fave value at age one year. is free. (a)

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Wednesday, December 12, 1950

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

Brother To SPJST ViCe7rA7(7.i Lad J. Kubena, brother of John A. Kubena, vicka-president of the Supreme Lodge SPJST, and a son of the late John R. Kubena, the first Supreme secretary of the SPJST, died Friday, November 30, 1956, at his residence in Houston. lika was 54 years old.

The death of Lad Kubena was reported in all three Houston daily papers. The Houston Frees had this announcement: LAD J. KUBENA ROSE FROM BANK TELLER TO VICE-PRESIDENT Lad J. Kubena, who started as a toiler in the First City National Bank in 1919 when it was the Gulf State Bank, and worked his way up to vice president in 1936, died yesterday. He was 54.

Mr. Kubena was born in Fayettoville.

His father was a banker there, and also a vice-president at Gulf State Bank here in Houston. Mr. Kubena had two sisters and eight brothers.

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Lodge and served as exalted ruler of the lodge here in 1942.

In 1929 he married the former Lucille Standish.

Survivors include Mrs. Kubena; two sons, Lad Joseph Kubena, Jr., of Houston, and Clinton Standish Kubena of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Mendell of Houston, and Mrs. Edgar Rosenberg of La Grange; six brothers, John A. Kubena, Joe Kubena, both of La Grange, 1Vraj. W. W. Kubena of Ardmore, Okla., Lambert Kubena of Ellinger, and Randolph and Edwin Kubena, both of Fayettowille.

Funeral services were held at 10 a. m.

Monday et St. Anne's Catholic Church.

Burial was in the Garden of Gethsemani. ).e(

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When "Miss Liberty" Receives Visitors New York has more than a hundred thousand visitors a day, and I have been asking around to find out what they wish to see most. Strangers usually visit the Statuo of Liberty first, then Rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building, and most of them wish to see Fifth Avenue . and Times Square. But there are sonata people who do nothing at all when they come to New York, except take a ferry to Bedloe's ISland.

And then they go home . .

To visit the Statue of Lit larty, goato the Battery at the tip end of Manhattan. The quickest way is by /subway.

From the Battery, every hou't on the hour, a little ferry toots its horn and leaves the landing. Tho trip takes about fifteen minutes. Most people spend an hour on the island, and take the next ferry .back.

We, the undersigned resolution committee of SPJST Lodge Needville No. 81, After finishing high school, thka 17- 1? edville, Texas, wish to express our Elevators carry visitors (for a nickel) year-old came to Houston and joined the heartfelt sympathy to the family of our through the pedkastal to the foot Of the bank. He retired from his vice-presiden- departed Brother, statue, but you may climb the stairs , if tial post in 1946 to form Brinkham, Inc., you prefer. Around. the foCit of the statSOHN KOVAR a steel fabricating firm. ue is a balcony from which there is a who passed away On November 14, 1956, wonderful view of Manhattan, BrookA member of Braeburn Country Club, at the age of 62 years. lyn, Hoboken and Jersey City. They all and former divactor, Mr. Kubena also His departure is mourned by all the look drab exckapt Manhattan, which belonged to the Elks Lodge and in 1942 members of Lb clgio No. 81. May he rest seems like something out of the Arabecame Exalted Railer of Houston Lodge in peace. bian Nights. A tall white city, irrides151, RPOE. He formerly belonged to the Sidney Blinka cently beautiful, all glamour and loveHouston Club and was active in the SalJohn Blinka liness. If the sun is bright, Manhattan's vation Army.

A. V. Franek windows are golden, and the sun beatAlways courtloous, and never too busy Resolution Committee ing on its high white tacvors makes them to help a friend, Mr. Kubena helped ) ( shine with a great white light. many Houston businessmen get their RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY start. He loved all sports, from golf to From the balcony, which is slightly Lodge Karel Jonas No. 28 in East Ber- below Miss Liberty's feet, there are one football. * * nard, Texas, extends its heartfelt sym- hundred and sixty-eight steps that lead The report of Kubena's death in the pathy to the bereaved in the loss of to another balcony that is just abovo Huston Chronicle was accornpani'ad by their husband, father, grandfather, and her forehead. The steps go winding up his picture and was as follows: our member, a narrow spiral staircase, and from the top the view is marvelous. But it is alL. J. KUBENA, STEELMAN, HENRY J. WALZEL most as marvelous from the balcony RIES AT 54 who died so suddenly at his home, No- below. The first balcony is about one Lad Joe Kubena, 54, former bank exe- vember 23, little before noon. He was hundred and fifty fciat from the ground, cutive and owner of Brinkman, Inc., a 64 years old. The Urbish Funeral Home and the second one is twice as far. And steel fabricating firm here, died at 8:45 of East Bernard was in charge of the on a clear day it is possible to see the a. m. Friday at his home. funeral arrangements that was held No- George Washington Bridge fifteen miles Kubena, of 3000 Ella Loa Lane, had vember 26 from East Bernard Holy Cross up the Hudson—From "Now York Holiday," by Eleanor Early. been bedridden the past year with can- Church at 9 a.m.

The deceased Brother was a faithful cer.

He resigned from a vicepresidency at member of our Lodge 18 years and will At the first meeting of the new the City National Bank in 1946 to found be missed by our members. dergarten class, teacher brought out a May you, bereaved, family, be com- portable radio. One little shaver stared Brinkman, Inc. A native of Fayotteville, Texas, Kube- forted b.7 this sincere expression of at it for some time, than akd,° \\'hat bena came to Houston in 1919. He joined sympathy. is it?"

City National Bank in 1921 as a teller.

The Resolution Committee : But teacher was equal to the occasion.

He was associated with the bank for 25 Annie Foytik Without hesitation, she replied, Its a Annika Duckett years. kind of TV set without the picture,'.

Kubena was a member of the Elks Lydia Kubena

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REPORTS Fi?..ONI LOCAL LODGES LODGE POKROK DALLAS NO. 84- Lear ,: Members and Friends: I would like to remind each and evIle of the important meeting to be . id Sunday, December 16. On that date 'We' will elect officers and committees for the coming year. As a member it is ;iiir duty to attend and help make these important C , eisions. So, I hope to see every one there.

Also, after the meeting there will be a snack. Once again we ask that you, ' ..;ster,:s, bring something in the way of .sweets.

Later on, in the same evening of December 16, there will be a Christmas program, Christmas tree and candies and fruits for the children. So that the youth dioactors and their assistants , will , i'be awarded for all their fine efforts, please come and bring the kiddos.

Fraternally, Frances Balej a •A•

place $50.00. Jib also was awarded a all tb members that had any part in $50.00 war bond on wildlife. the labor field.

Sincerely, At this time we all had a nice social Mrs. Ed Mikeska get-together and call it a clay well spent. )• •( Respectfully, your reporter, Jos. W. Jezek GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY' LODGE -) • •( VESMERNOST NO. 68 Nelsonville, Texas POKROK SWEET HO E NO. 63 Our Lodge celebrated its golden anniversary on Sunday, November 25, 1956, Dear IViirrib,ers: T hereby notify you that our next at the hall beginning at 11:30 with meeting will be held Dec. 16, 1956, which chicken stew, coffee and drinks.

The program opened at 2:00 in the is the third Sunday, at 2:00 p.m.

This is an important meeting so it afternoon. Brother John Bravenec expressed sincere welcome to everyone At is very urgent that all mombers are this time all rose to sing America fol- present tecause the election of Lodge 4 , lowed by Star Spangled Banner and officers for 1957 will be held.

After the meeting there will be a soaccompanied by Brother Ervin Stalmach cial, so we are asking the ladies to bring cn the piano.

During the singing the Boy Scouts some goodies as usual, and therm will marched with the flag. After the flag he ice cream for the kiddies and also was displayed Allegiance was pledged the grownups.

We will be looking for you on Decemled by Miss Carol Sue Maresh. After this a .brief history of the Lodge was ber 13th and I assure you it will be LODGE NO. 47 gi-oen by Brother W. D. Kamas. Also an afternoon well spent.

Fraternally yours, Seaton, Texas at this tine our only surviving charFelix Jurica, Sec:y.

Dear Brothers and Sisters: ter member, Brother Jos. Seicik, was e V,, ith Christmas just around the cor- honored with a present from the Lodge SPJST BAZAAR RAISES $2,985.81 ner, if I don't get my letter to the Vest- for his faithful service for 50 years. nik pow, I am afraid I'll forget-it. With Brother John Chupick, secretary of The recent SPJST bazaar and dinner all the hustle and bustle of getting the Supreme Lodge, opened the presraised $2,985.81 for the SPJST rest home gifts, trees to put up, and goodies such ent and out came a beautiful radio. At to be located in Taylor. as candies, cakes to be made, I imagir!e this time Brother John Chupick placed Included in the total was $83.17 raised Will keep me busy till the very last min- a fifty-year emblem on Brother Sefby the Diamond Salvage Go. and $140.24 ute.s. cik.',s lapel of his coat. Brother Sefcik raised by the Sinclair Service Stations.

Our meeting was held Sunday, and thanked with appreciation for the gifts, The figures were revealed this mornthe committee on the Christmas pro- and expressed that he will wear the ing

by Ed Kovar, head of the SPJST gram repoi:i e. d what they have planned. emblem with pride. committee.

The Lodge will buy the sausage, poBrother Chupick with appropriate Mr. Kovar quoted members of the :, tato chips, pickles and bread. We are speech called on Brother John Minton Statia site committee as saying the plans asking the Sisters to either bring po- and Brother Jos. W. Jezek to rise, who tato salad or any sweets which you like . have served the SPJST for over fifty for the home are just about complete and that bids will be asked in the near to bring and come. years. Then Brother John Chupick made future.—Taylor Daily Press.

We will 'eat supper at 6 o'clock p.m. a short impressive address, followed by ) • •I• • ( Sunday, Dec. 16.

Brother Edward Marek. At this time, After supper there will be a program Brother Mar tel called the audienee to Mr. Prospect, did you ever resolve to and then Santa Claus will make his ap- rise and give a minute of silent prayer save money and then fail to keep your to give packages to the young- for the eighty members who died dur- resolutions? ' sters: ing the fifty years.

Did you ever lose any of the money I would like to congratulate Jwephihe Brother Frank Stepan, member of the Hoelscher and Gene Mikeska on receiv- Bleiberville Lodge, our director of Dis-1 you had saved? in,g the highest awards in 4-H in the trict One, gave us a short speech and Did you ever spend any of the money county, the Gold Star Award, which was invited us to their district meeting you had saved? .presented to them at a recent achieve- which will Lie in the spring of 1957.

If you could answer all these quesment banquet: The last but not least, Brother Chas.

Also the following SPJST members Navratil of Temple, director of District tions no, how much would you be worth won other awards: Barbara Zabcik, San- Two who explained the organizing du- today? If a life insurance plan would enable you from now on to be able to dra Mikeska, Norma Shenkirs, Sandra ties.

Mikulaa, Nelda Bravenec, Dolores CherIn conclusion, we all sang the song Hej answer them no, would you have any ■■ tam, Glen Chervenka, Dotty Hoelcher, Slovane accompanied by Miss Carol Sue objection to using it?

1' . • y.mcnd Hcelcher, Linda Nlartinec, Maresh on piano. Brother W. D. Karoas — ) • E:o lind Wentrcek and Josephine Hoel- thanked the many visitors for , taking In case of your death, the bank pays interest in our celebration, also the SuCnue Mikeska was placed first in dis- preme officers for the support given us, what you have saved and the SPJST trict on electricity, and, was given first the Kenney band for the music, and pays what you meant to aave.

Wednesday, December 12, 1955

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WHY WE BUY LIFE INSURANCE Psychologists tell us that man is "motivated" — moved to act — in all his buying by five emotions which are common to all normal people. These five primary emotions can be listed like this: Love and affection.

Selfishness or self-interes Fear or precaution.

Pride.

Anything and everything we buy is done on account of one or more of these five feelings. In all our buying, we are guided by feelings, and not by reasons, as we like to say.

When we buy life insurance, we also are guided by one of these five emotions. And when the SPJST organizer is trying to secure a new member, he likewise talks in terms of one of these `:motions. But fortunate is the organizer who realizes that life insurance has a strong appeal to all of these five feelings.

The trained and skilled organizer will find no difficulty in using all five emotions in his talk to a new prospect. On the other hand, the untrained, or inexperienced organizer usually tries only one emotion and if that does not bring the result, he considers his prospect uninterested.

Let me illustrate how those five emotions can be used. Let us suppose that I, as an organizer, would approach a man about becoming a member of my local SPJST lodge. Someone told me that the man was interested in the SPJST and would like to have some life insurance.

When I meet this prospect, I start talking about 20-pay life certificate for $3,000. I explain what this protection would do for his family at his death„ and I follow this up with figures showing the net cost if he paid the premiums for 20 years. Since I am confident that everything is being well explained, and I say: "Mr. Prospect, the cost is little, don't you think so, for a protection which will mean so much for your family."

Then I get my first set-back. "The price is all right, but, you see, I'm not married. I don't need any life insurance. But I'd like to join your organization as a social member. Can I do that?"

This would give ire a lesson. I should have obtained some information about my new prospect before I started to talk to him regarding life insurance.

Then. knowing that more life insurance was sold because somebody cared for or loved somebody else, I asked if his

mother was living. The mother attachment is, as a rule, stronger than any other for a single man. He told me he had not a single close relative in the world. That certainly did not look too promising for a talk about protection.

Here, the emotion of love and affection did not exist. But there were four other emotions for buying anything and everything, even life insurance.

"Mr. Prospect," I would say, "you certainly don't need $3,000 of life insurance. What you need is $10,000 worth, the top that the SPJST can write."

"What makes you say that I need that much insurance," he asked.

"I'll give you four good and practical reasons and explain them in detail," I would reply. "If then you still feel you don't need life insurance, I'll agree with 3ou, and we'll talk about other things.

But let me give you those four reasons.

The emotion No. 2—selfishness or Selfinterest -- would be my next point of talk. I would tell him about his position in the world since he had no loving relatives, no one to have mercy or pity on him, if he should be stricken with some lingering disease or disabled through some accident. My word-picture would have to be in the berm of self-interest, an endowment policy with waiver of premium. "When you are 65 or older, you will need some place to live and may require some attention.

This policy will guarantee you such and such."

He might like that. But I would give him my second reason- the usefulness of a life insurance.

"Do you know that it actually helps a business man to have life insurance?

When times are hard, and the going gets rough, it helps man's credit. If you wish to make a, loan at a bank, your policy for $5,000 or $7,500 would be a fine indication 'of your thrift, integrity, and valuable collateral. You have in your SPJST certificate the finest sinking fund, set aside from your other business asiets, that a man can own."

He might be impressed with the usefulness of a life insurance. But I would have two more reasons, two more emotions to touch. The next would be the pride.

So I would appeal to his pride by telling him that he would feel happy to own the 10,000 which the SPJST oi-feis; that every business man, good business man I knew, owned come 1..„?, insurance if he could possible get it. And after saying a few more words along this line, I would change my talk to the last emotion — the feeling of uncertainty, the

touch of fear. And I would go like this: "If you can get a certificate for, 10,00 and if you can pay for it, Mr. Prospect, you will find that when you need money for your business, when you are sick, or when you are an old man, your certificate will take care of you, and people will still think of you as a good far-sighted business man. You can make that plan certain by putting aside each year this premium of $450.00. Now, Mr. Prospect, that's your problem."

Then I would ask him quickly: "By the way, are you in good health?"

"Yes." "You wouldn't be afraid to see :our doctor?"

"No, why should I?" "Good. Now can you give me your check for $142.50 in order to put the protection in force without delay?"

"I guess I can."

"And will you answer a few questions for the record in our Supreme Lodge?"

From there on it is only a formality to comply with the requiremients.

All this is an imaginary interview which may not go so smooth as outlined.here. It is a situation oversimplified.

But it is used here to illustrate that if an organizer cannot secure a Prospect, chanom are he has not used the right emotion.

Remember, there are five appeals to five emotions. As stated at the beginning of this article, whenever we buy anything we are guided by feeling,' and not by reason. We buy life insurance not because we need it, but because we feel it, would satisfy our emotional wishes. )o THE OLD ADAGE, "Quit school and support your mother!" no longer holds in modern life. Johnny can't quit school.

Even to learn a trade he has to keep studying and he must often pay to lealn.

Whether it's trade school or college, it all costs money. ) • oto • ( A young fellow may have a sackful of some mighty fine acorns, but ii ii be son ‘ii time before he's ready to open lip a furniture factory. o

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A couple's first argument aft, \,:_ar riage may net be over who ,„ the parts, but who w i ll wear the ,run.

A man knows he's going right by his family when his teenage son won't let him cut the grass, his wife won't let him touch the dishes and his daughter likes to sit on his lap.

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Profesric Luckily, most of the readers of the ifestnik, living on the farms and slightly off the highways, do not know so Much about the racketekers who operate from door to door in towns and cities.

If you don't answer the doorbell, they leach you by telephone.

It happened to me, too, when I was Called to the phone while at work. A salesman informed me that he had been surveying my neighborhood, and that he noticed that my home might need anew roof pretty soon. Would I give him a chance to explain his proposition whereby he could save me from 20'/ to 25. % of the cost of a new roof?

Surely, I would. And I did make an appointment with him and listened to his proposition which sounded convincing.

For the privilege of allowing him to n,e my home as an advertisement, his company would place a new roof on my home and deduct 20% from the cost. Of course, I was the first lucky person in the neighborhood.

I let the opportunity slip by, and I don't regret it. The house got a mew roof, a better one, for a good deal less, Deor-to-door selling is a legitimate business. It is, however, for you to be the sole judgia if you get what you believe you are getting. Let us consider some of the methods used by the doorbell pushers.

"Madam," said the smartly dressed young man, "you have been selected as the typical housewife of this neighborhood, to participate in our special onthe-spot quiz."

• Mrs. Smith, conditioned to the quiz as a source of quick and easy rewards, entered into the spirit of the "game." With litt?e • difficulty she answered correctly the "jackpot questions:"

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1.),-,o;r-To-Door Operator

The case of Mrs. Smith, an experience recently shared in one guise or another

by Veils of thousands of American housewives, is grounds for a pertinent warning issued by the Better Business Bureau: The door-to-door racketere is back in action — with some new tricks up his ,sleeve to mulct th ,a unwary home owner.

The bureau has launched a country-

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wide campaign against these front porch confidence men after a sharp increase in complaints. In New York, for exampl,a, The New York Times reports a 300 per cent increase in complaints against "companies whose agents pass on to housewives inferior and exorbitantly priced merchandise." Individual transactions averaged no less than $80 each, representing the major share of

CHRISTMAS GIFT

Christmas is cooling. Wouldn't it lye the most wonderful kind of a Christmas gift to make certain that everything would turn out as you are planning, as you have planned all the years ?

Let us sit down somewhere in a quiet corner. I am the guy who puts thosie different things in the Vestnik ,and I'd like to say a few words to you. A lillte heart-to-heart talk, here, in a quiet spot.

Remember the day you mat her? I mean your wife.

Love at first sight, was it? Well, you knew that your days of running around were numbered--that is, you knew that there was no sense in staying singlia forever.

She had seen it the same way. You must have been a good enough man to make her we it the same way. Or else she was keen enough to see something in you, that you didn't even know was in you. Anyway, her confidence in you was subBlr e.

After all( when you look at it today, you know that you had started on a small .scate. The living cost wasn't so high as it is today, but it took an awful chunk out of that measly income. Both of you counted necklies and pennies.

But she seemed satisfied. And that was all that mattered. You knew that "Does water usually run uphill or down? Which American president re- if you worked hard, and gave the job mained longest in office? What is the your best, .somiehow and someway your income would get bigger. movie dapital of the world?

"Correct!" said the caller admiringly.

Time has gone by, and you're doing "You have won $25!' well. Pretty well. The children are Thia "prize," however, turned out to growing up. It's good to be able to get be a $25 order redable only on the all the things they need. Almost all the purchase of a $60 set of kitchenware. things they need. I mean the shoes firs. Smith was slightly disappointed, they wear out so fast, the pants that Idd figured she was still $25 ahead, and don't show the bare knees, and the BB Signed the order. She also handed over gun, the tricycle, and the music lessons, and the school things, and—you know the diilerence of $35 in cash. what I mean, everything that counts to When the kitchenware was delivered, the children while they are children. it proved to be a collection of sbcddY r oi.s and pans, worth lQss than hair the Well, they're only kids once. And it's "small cash balance" Mrs. Smith had fun to give them the things they want. paid out. In other words, she had been Many of those things you wanted when thoroughly "taken." you were a kid. But you didn't get them.

You are enjoying them now — just watching the kids — enjoying them vicariously, that's it, vicariously — by feeling the pliaasure of the kids.

But here's what I really wanted to talk to you about. Suppose you'd been in that highway crash a couple weeks ago. You drive a car, you know. You could have been in it.

Then what would happen? Who would see to it that the bare knee is not sticking out through the pants? Who would buy the shoes? Who would take care of the music lessons, the BB gun?

But most important, what about the kids when they gut to be seventeen, eighteen, that college education which you have now in the back of your mind?

Yea, she is still here, When you married her you promised to talus care of her. You've pulled through. But now your responsibilities are much greater.

Now you have a family. Now you feel that you enjoy a better standard of living, better things, better Christmas.

Let me ask you just one question.

And don't think that I want to stick my nose in your business. Ask yourself that one question: Are you going to turn the job over to her?

Christmas is coming. You are thinking about gifts for every one in your holm.

Wouldn't it be the most wonderful kind of Christmas gift to make sure that the girl that you married will never be harrassed by the question of where the next dollar is coming from, never had money worries added to the heartache?

You are saying that you are good SPJST member. Maybe, you've proud of your SPJST membership. Wouldn't it make you happier this Christmas that you have increased your family's protection to the full amount which the SPJST offers to you?

Well. I'm just the guy that puts theeia things in the Vestnik. You are the fellow who thinks about the Christmas gifts—when you arc not here.

Wednesday, December 12, 1958 the $100,000,000 squeezed from consumers by deceit and dishonesty annually.

"The return of the buyers' market," explains one bureau official, "is responsible for the rising tide of doorbell ringers. They will continue to increase as more and more types of merchandise are found to be in short demand and oversupply."

The bureau's concern is to protect not only housewives, but also legitimate businesses such as brushes, cosmetics and magazines, which use door-to-door selling. A customer once gypped is a. poor prospect for later bell-ringers. Yet it is extremely simple to discover which salesmen are legitimate and which are not. After listening to the opening spiel, the housewife merely says: "You don't mind if I check your organization with the Better Business Bureau, do you?"

The honest salesman will welcome proof of his company's standing. The others-well, they probably won't be there when the housewife returns from the telephone.

The doorbell racketers keep up to date on developments which will help them to get a foot inside the door—as witness the "quiz" approach previously mentioned. Now they are using a new twist to the "we are conducting a survey" opening According to This Week, since the last presidential election, salesmen have been putting it this way: "We are conducting a survey as to why the polls went wrong." Since most people have an opinion on the question, the prospect usually starts talking — and talks herself right into buying a useless and expensive encyclopedia, which is being offered. only to "alert, intelligent people."

In general, women who answer doorbells should bear this in mind: Nobody is likely to seek you out in order to give you something for nothing — or for a price rdiicuiously below its value. Any "gift" more generous than a dime sample bush should be suspect. For example, it is highly unlikely that a reputable firm, of decorators would choose your house (or any other house for that matter) for a "free" job of complete renovation to serve as a model for other prospects.

Yet thousands of householders have been separated from hundreds of thousands of dollars by this barefaced appeal to a home owner's pride. Accordin to Teday's Woman, this is. how one version operates: Your bell rings and there stands a man who drips with integrity. He informs you that your home has, in a secret survey, been selected as a model

VESTNf K WEST, TEXAS one for the entire neighborhood. He has in his employ a group of skill artisans —painters, bricklayers, roofers and electricians — who have just come to this country from Europe and who are working for peanuts. lig would like to turn them loose on your house to give it a new look at pre-war prices. A sign on your lawn will invite passersby to stop and inspect the work. You will be paid a conarnission on every resulting job.

"That sign," promises the visitor, "will make so much money for you that the cost of renovating your house will be more than defrayed. Why, in the last town we worked in, tha lady who lived in the model house made $430 above the cost of repairs to her own house."

At that point you should ask for details -- the name and address of the lucky lady. Probably there is no such person. Hundreds of women know that now.

The "humus" racket is a rich source of revenue from persons who are proud of their lawns -- or despair of being able to grow a good lawn. A truck manned by overallod "rustic types" and filled with fertile-looking black earth drives up. The man offers to recondition the lawn at a small cost. He estimates a need for five bushel baskets of humus at $2 per basket. A resident of suburban explains what happened next in his case: "I was interested in watching them spread the humus—and in counting the number of baskets. When I had counted up to $10, there was a knock on the back door. One of the men asked for a drink of water. By the time I got back to the front window, the bill had gone up to $75. What was I to do? Make a scene in hearing of the neighbors? I paid- , and put it down to experience."

But to add insult to injury, the stuff spread on the lawn is- often nothing more nourishing than rotted sawdust or soot-blackened subsoil.

Strana 25 never answers the ring of a salesman 1 thereafter. ) Since getting past the door is consid ered half the battle in door-to-door selling, some women employ a deception which works almost 'every time.

When the housewife answers, the woman says urgently: "Please may I use your bathroom?" The majority of women are sympathetic to the plight of - one abroad in a strange neighborhood, and admit the peddler. Later, in gratitude, she offers the customer two of whatever she is selling "for the price of one."

It may be colored photos ,enlargements, potato peelers or costume jewelry; but in any case the "bargain" rate is twice the true value of the goods. 't But one trouble turning up With hicreasing freqUency bears no relation to even borderline legality. This is the C. 0. D. racket. A neatly uniformed delivery messenger arrives with a parcel at a house previously selected because a telephone call has revealed that there is no one at home. After making a great show of ringing, knocking and going around to the back door; and making sure the neighbors know what is going on, he finally gives up and goes next doer.

"Parcel for Mrs. Jones," he says. "But she doesn't seem to be at home. There's a C. a D. for $12," he adds apologeti,Nine times out of ten, the neighbor is only too glad to oblige Mrs. Jones, and pays the $12. But when the raystified Mrs. Jones opens the package, it is stuffed with old newspapers. A fast C. 0. D. swindler can clean up as much as $106 in a single afternoon in -an average middle-class suburban comMAnity.

In cold type, the rackets described may sound transparently obvious. But no printed word can convey the. persuasiveness, the almost hypnotic effeet of a tested spiel by a professional doorto-door operator. Or, for that matter, Among door-to-door racketeers, the the attractivenses of a "something-forfemale of the species is probably even nothing" offer, skillfully presented. more insidious than the male. The police of more than one city have cases on How, then, can a housewife protect record in which a woman peddler, find- herself? Mainly, she must stop believing ing a man alone at home, has used that Banta Claus ever wears a pinvicious methods to break down sales stripe suit and carries a briefcase. she resistance. After slipping her dress off must face the fact that the "talent her shoulder and disarraying her hair, scout" who happens to see little Emily she tells the "pros pect" calmly: playing on the lawn does not really "If you don't buy a good order from L'olieve that she is a sure-fire prospect me I'll run out into the street and for stage, screen, radio or television scream that you attacked me." fame. He is actually a seller of overWhat is the helpless male to do? priced photo sittings or a canvasser for Would the police — or the neighbors — a phony talent school. believe his denial? He pays through the She must ask herself realistically why rose for junk of no use to home — and anyone should journey to a small city

Strana 26 to dispose of "genuine smuggled Irish linens."

If horticultural science ever develops a lawn grass which grows to a height of three inches and no more, it will be announced with considerable fanfare, and not "secretely" by a door-to-door peddler who offers the seed at approximately the price of gold dust. Similarly, science has devised no "colorless, odorless liquid which, added to a well or cistern, will kill polio germs for three years." Rural dwellers should beware of scientific-looking callers who offer the "treatment" for $20 to $25.

The authorities realize that as long as human nature remains what it is, the sale,sman who offers something "guaranteed" to save work or money can never, be wholly eradicated. All they can do is present the facts and hope for the best. But they add a final request: "If you-are swindled, swallow your pride and ,report it to your Better Business.

Burea.u, Chamber of Commerce, or, police, department. Your experience will at least help to protect others." )•4• The man who knows all the answers prefers, a girl who does not ask the questions.

Parents worry not because they have forgotten what it is like to be young, but, because they remember.

Middle age is the time of life when a man starts blaming the cleaners because his suits are shrinking. ) •4•( SEVEN AGES OF MAN

By Grenville Kleiser At , twenty work to him was play; He kept busy 'all the day.

At thirty he had found his stride And sailed serenely with the tide.

At forty he ianjoyed each day, filled the hours the useful way.

At fifty life was good to him.

He looked so very fit and trim.

At sixty he pressed on with zest, Still quite resolved to do his best.

At seventy he was going strong And carried in his heart a song.

At eighty he spoke like a sage And boasted proudly of his age. ;•4•(

Theie's a heap of difference between having ten years experience on the job, and having one year of exeperience ten times on the same job.

1 • •To • ( If y9ou aim every shot at the very center of the bull's-eye, you might not hit it every time; but you'll come a lot closer than if you just fire in the general'direction of the target.

ESTNt It WEST, TIIXAS

Wednesday, -December 12, i'95G

Chemical Food Additives Dangerous The harm that chemicals in food can cause was graphically reviewed by the Springfield, Mass., Daily News. It told how terror struck in the little French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit on August 18, 1951.

A healthy and strong young man died after hours of convulsions, during which he had to be tied to his bed. "A mother had to be separated from her 11-yearold son. both armed with kitchen knives were trying to cut each other's throat.

IV/n.13. Martha Toulouse ran like a madwoman to throw herself in the Rhone River, crying that she was followed by a herd of fantastic animals. Madame Rieu was caught by the leg as she"tried to jump out of a window.

"Three others - atte M r Pted suicide. Hallucinated, victims — screaming about assassins, ghost fires and prehistoric animals — were carted off in ambulances" And "in all, five people died and two hundred were hospitalized Within the next week. Some wound up in psychiatric clinics, wrapped in strait jackets."

And the cause? After three years of vain search a Swedish chemical company wrote that it might have been caused by a product made by them and used in flour to keep bread from becoming moldy. This product was "a combination of mercury and organic elements with a great fungicide power." Bread made from flour containing this product was fed by sckentists to white mice, which died at once and from the same symptoms. Thus the mystery of the "Devil's Bread," as it was called, was solved.

Yes, apparently, selfish men are ever ready to trifle with the health of their neighbors if they profit financially by it. Thus in January, 1956, the United States government confiscated two freight carloads of lettuce that had been sent from California to the A&P stores in New York City, because it was unfit for human consumption, having been sprayed with a poison, endrin.

Nor is this the only risk of insecticides. DDT and chlordan often get into meat and cows' milk. A leading authority on the subject, Dr. Morton S. Biskind, writing in a medical journal in 1953, blamed DDT for the increase in cancer and nervous ailments and especially for the appearance cf symptoms of hitherto unknown diseases in both_ man and domestic animals.

J. J. Delaney, a New York congressman, writing in the American Magazine, July, 1951, showed that as much

as 69 parts of DDT per million were found in fat meat whereas the safe maximum is but 5 parts per million.

Tests have also shown that as much as 44 parts per million of chlordan was found in cream, and chlordan is five times as poisonous as DDT.'Mr. Delaney is working on laws that would protect the consumer.

For years those fighting harmful chemicals in food have warned that these might cause mental illness, and that chemicals might cause cancer. Unrder the heading "Cancer Is Traced to Food Additives," the New York Imes, August 21, 1956, said : "A symposium of the International Union Against Cancer . . meeting in Rome acknowledged that food additives created a 'serious public health problem.' They unanimously recognized the `urgent necessity of international collaboration for the protection of mankind' against such hazards as cancerproducing food additiyes.' 'the participants in the symposium also acknowledged that food additives were only one part of a vast problem of environmental cancer, which includes occupational and lung cancers." It also was stated that "no food, additives should be used unless specifically permitted by legislation based on lists of substances that have been proved innocuous after stringent laboratory tests."

Condemned. as cancer producing were certain food preservatives. certain mineral oils and parafines used to coat milk containers; food sterilization by radiation; estrogens (hormone pellets inserted in animals to put on weight); certain detergents used in cleaning food containers, and especially food dyes. In fact they stated that no food dye at present met "agreed criteria of safety.". Just ten days before this report was made a United States court had banned three dyes as being potentially harmful.

Since all these chemical insecticides and food additives are the boasted discoveries of modern science, it certainly does indicate that, because of selfishness in man, modern science does harm as well as good.

• • An excellent housekeeper is the wife who, after each divorce, keeps the house. ) • Optimist: a female who mistakes a bulge for curve.

ye sttedu 12. prosince 1958

Vt„STNtK— WEST, TEXAS

Strana 27

VZPOM1NKY Z DETSTVi (Pokradovani)

(Piae John StaSa, Corpus C'hristi)

IWO mistr s rodinou a jeho sestra s rodinou sli spoledne tak dvakrat do roka do lesa, kde men vyhlidnute pane misto se na nein rozlokt. M!u.selo se jiti podle parku na poledni stranu do toho kopeeka chodnikkam. Oni melt stark (letskY kodarek. Do toho se nalokl malt' soudek piva, ktery drZel obsah rovnajici se etytem galonfim. Ja mel na starosti kodarek tladit pied sebou ak na ureene misto. Tam jsem na jate s temi detmi sbiral jahody, maliny a houby. Na podzim, zase jsme sbirali liskove otechy.

Svagti a avagrove hrali mezi sebou karty a popijeLi. Na severni strane mesta, jak se Slo k nadra.:1, tarn byl hostinec, ta.ndirna, telocvldna pro Turnery, sttelnice a letni zahrada. Do toho mista mne bravali take, abych jim pomohl zabaviti jejich deti po nedelich. Byly tam stoly, pfi kterYch si rodiny popijely pivo, deti sodovku. Sodovkove lahve mely korkove zatky a upevnene dratkem. Jak drat& se odstranil, tak zatka, se uvolnila, cos se bez vybuchu neobeko. Tam jsme ponejpry jedl zmrzlinu. Cukrovi a perniku bylo vande dosti na prodej. V roku 1905 tam n,eli Turnefi zavody a Oat. KaZda jednota nebo skupina mela prapor a na nem ptipevnene stuhy viteznYch drugp p , . C.viceni na natadi bylo fichvatne.

I StkeleckY spolek pti ukoneeni zavodii mel slavnostni korunovani krale. Tam, byla, zastoupena jen mestska smetanka, v torn spolku, ale slavnostniho prtivodu' na zadnim konci se mohl zireastniti kdo elite' a kdo byl sluane obleden.

chlapa z divaku, aby no 2ebtiku vylezl nahoru za nim, '2'e on ho pfeviaze na svVich ramenou na druhY konec lana, 2adny se nehlasil. Ale koneene po jakex.si kratkem smiouvani nechal se jeden velikan ptemluvit a nechal se nest.

Asi tak uprostred lana, jak se tam ocitli, to vidirnsa, jak ten velikan se odralel od zachranne site, na kterou dopadl.

Mluvilc, se, Z.e ten velikan se strachy pokalel a akrobat jej se sebe shodil Smichu bylo pino na vSe strany. Stab) to za pet krejcarti.

Kolotoee a menu cirkusy bYvaly dem hodne navStevovany. Take jeden rok tarn, provazoDazci ptedvedli akro-1 batickou ukazku. Na namesti postavili dva sloupy, asi 40-50 stievic vYaly, opatfene iebtikem. Mezi temito sloupy bylo nataZeno lano nejakYch 200 stievic delky. Pod lanem se nalezala zachranna sit'.

Nejidtive chodil po lane jeden mu g s dlouhou v rukou volnYrn krokem.

Pak beZel rychle. Jak doSel na druhY konec, tak se vratil, a uprostted mu bylo potkati se s jinou osobou, byla to Zena, beze vSech nesnazi se jeden druhemu vyhnul a ka'ZdY Sel svYm vyteenYm sinerem. V ea9a co jsem, je pozoroval, uz nekdo vyta.h1 na vrchni mastek bicykl.

Ten mug-a.krobat nejen 2e jezdil na tom kole po lane, ale on provozoval takove kousky krkolomne, ze lid, ktereho bylo pine namesti, se toho desil. Aby dovrSil a dal nim pinou miru za pet krejcara podivane, tak vyzval toho nejtakho

V tomta roc.e 1905 rakouske vojsko rnelo manevry a mnoho toho vojska bylo ubytovano v rreste Odry. Meli reservovanou jednu obchodni budovu, ktera nachazela na vYchodni strane meat:ske trZnice. Tam mei slolene munieni zasoby. Tuto zbrojnici a skladiSte obchazely vojenske hlidky v popfedi. Ja s mYm ka,maradem jsme tarn chodili je pozorovat po vederach. Meli i nejake stany rozestaver..= na tom volnern velkern trZiAi, cos bylo prostranstvi v dosti velikern rozmeru, asi 300 pti 400 stopach, vice neb mene.

Natal vojaci se po viaeerach prochazeli po meste se sledinkami, a pokaale, kdy potkali Sark (dtistojnika), museli tomuto salutovati. My se v jednom torn hlotteku na chvili zastavili, tam kde sedeli pted s yYm stane:m, neb jejich kterou mezi sebou meli, vi,.dla se takovYm .smerem, !ree my byli zveclavi vyslechnotu neco, o dem se v civilu nemluvilo, a noviny o torn teprve nepsaly. Jednalo se e smiSeni krve. Rakouske a nemecke zeme byly napomocne Japonsku povVeimi jejich vojenske kasty. Vlada Japonaka posilala vybrane japonske sledinky na studie do evropskYch meat, tam kde byly vojenske kasarny a kadetske SIoly. Po dobu, kdy sledinky navAtevovaly (istavy vyASiho udeni, byly studentky yydrZovany japonskou vladou a pritom zaroven spadaly pod lekafskS7 dobled. Jak takova sleoinka byla zjiRena, ze je v polehnanem stavu, vratila se do .sve zeme, kde japonske Ustavy k tomu zarLime, se dale o jeji budoucnost postaraly. TakovY dUstojnik, otec budouciho japonskeho ()beam, nebo obeanky, pry byl odmenen od japonske vlady osmi sty korunami za jednoho chlapce a etyti sta korunami za deifee. Evropske zeme pomahaly jig tehdy budovat potajmu iaponskV militarismus dle nemeckeho vzoru. 2e ji g pied padesati lety se zdegenerovanY narod musel takovYm zptisalmi 'Slechtit, clrZelo se v tajnosti.

V tom roku Japonsko valeilo s Rus-

kern, a Japonsko za nomaci zapadnich semi valku vyirralo.

Cisaisko-kralovske korunovane zeme jejich princi a princeznami take na,vazovali snatky u cizich panovnickYch dvorti, by smi genim cizi krve zamezili zdegenerovani sveho rodu. Bylo znamo, ze Mechta sqm prostopagnYm Zivotem rychle upadala do vYvojoveho Upadku, zriidnosti, malornocenstvi. Jak dlouho val takevY porn& pokrevniho ptibuzeri-' stva Japonskem, to jest Zlutou rasou japonskou a bilou rasou evropskou, asi nikdy neptijde na vefejnost. 2e Japoneici dobte napodobili Nemce, v prtmyslu i ve vojackovani, toho jste byli svedky y druhe svetove valce. nul jsem si, jake podoby byly ptedvade- ' ne na filmovYch obrazech v obrazkov§ch divadlech pc) eas druhe svetove valky.

Ty ale, odporne, podoby Japonou' a Nernett zmizely brzy po ukoeeni valky 'a jsou nyni na propagadnim foru docela sluSne podoby. Oi jsou to zasia. jenOm SkraboSky? Okupaeni vojska v dobe 0blehani tak milovala aenske pohlavi i v zenlIch nentatelskYch, Ze se z tohb zrodilo velike runoZstvi nemanZelskYch ditek a rasove smiSeni manielskYch sriatkii.

Odbodil j.sem trochu, a tak se vracirn zase do Oder. Manevry ukoneily a já vjdel, jak jednoho dne vojsko maSiroyalo z mesta van za zapadni stranu rem k °pave. Meli svou kapelu vojenskou, s velkVm bubnem na dvoukoice upevnenYm a taZen malYm okrakenYm konem. Mlade Zenske pohlavi nerado se loueilo a na.hodilYmi milovniky. Dlouho se vzpominalo na ony vojenske marievry.

Brat v karty mohli i ueriove. Tim jsern si take mnohou volnou chvili ukratil.

Mfij mistr byl milovnik ptactva. V jeho svetnici, kde mel svou pracovnu, met zaveSene nekolik kliaci se zpevnYm ptac:tvem. Ty ptaky jsem pa nejakY eas mel na starosti clrZet v eistote a je krmit. y teto n-istnesti on, mistr, pracoval hodne sam pii zadelavani Zelezneho kuti okennich ramti.

Phi stavbach naS odbor mel na atarosti dati na dvete a okna, "panty" (zave,sy), zamky a vie pottebne. Stolati nadelali oknove rainy, ktere dali zameenikilm. Ti dali na. rainy "kuti", toti2 kovo- f y e soueastky a zanesli je' pak ke sidekte.ry vsadil do nich sklenene tabulky. Sklenat je musel zase dodati na stavebni misto bar-vitt:mt. Dvete jsme kovali a veSeli na stavbe. V dilne jsme dela]." okrasne miTZe do dveri, na de, ohradky okolo domn a na ZamoZnejk rodiny si hodne potizova.1Y

Strana 28 ohrazeni s y Ych Poheby techto zarnonych rodin se hodne doprovazely hudbou.

Pei stavbe nove tovarny jsrne byli hodne zornestnani, neb tarn steecha z vetSiho' dilu poznstavala Samych sklenenYch oken, Tato okna byla otviraci a ramy vsechoy delany ze Zeleza zvlaSte pro ten fleet koupmeho. NejteSSI praci jsme kdy2, jsme museli rozsekavat na ruzne delky traversy a opoteebovane :-tare Seleznieni kolejnico, take uegeee pro stavby.

Jeden velky SelezdeskY obchod jsme zasobovali troubami na peeeni, ktere se zapravcvaly do kachlovYch peck. Pleehoye teouby kulate, sporaky na vaieni a ruznYch spravek a potrob jsme men na starosti. Delani zamkti a kliekn, to byl jen podtadnY prijem. Chodili jsrne odemykat zanaky do dornt, kdyz nekdo ztratil klieek. Dvakrat s sebon vzai tovary g a poueil mne, jak si poeinat v ruznYch peipadech pri odemyka-1 ni. Oci to doby to bYvala ma prate. Had jsem ji delal a vSdy jsem byl ugtedren nejakY:n krejcarem. Jednou v nedeli rano jsem byl pani mistrovou poslanY na faru. Kdy'S jsem tarn pri gel s nekolika kousky sveho neeini v ruce, tak kucharka si mne prohliSela a pei torn 'eesky, vlastne morayskYrn nakeeim, pronesla poznamku k shiSebne: "US tady dncs rano byli tri tovary gi a nemohli to odemknout. Tento malt' byl tu nadarmo poslanY, on to toprve neotevre."

Mkeel jsem, a sluSka mne vedla pet svetle svieky do sklepa. Dvere do velke zasobarny bylo nutno odemknout, byl eas varenâ&#x20AC;˘obeda.

Po prohlidce pri matnem svetle jsem paklieem zarachotil ve velkem zamku, at so to chodbou rozneslo. Kucharka nopochybne ve sve zvedavosti byla na ku to chodby, a prekvapenim zvolala: "On to piece odemknul." Pak jsem se pta.l take v mora yskem nareei, kdy2 jaem videl, Se nemecky mluvit mnoho onen zamek odebrat neural, novy kihc. Dostal jsi3m 1 adpoved', Se ne, ze ony museji ten klie najit. Mne takova prace zajimala., kclyS se delalo neco jineho, Mjsir mel take na stre ge holubnik, do ktereho byl vchod z pti dy. On mel rad smaSena holoubata, a proto je choval.

Nekdy jsme pozorovali ty holuby a videli, Se je take mesh nimi Sarlivost. 0 torn vgak aS nekdy jindy napi gi samostatny elanek, ktory bude pojednavat jen o holubech.

Prace se vykonavala vhly presne, svedomite. Pracovalo se vet ginou zvolna, jen v nahodilYch nutnYch peipadecla se tempo srychlilo anebo se Maio pees eas. 0bYeejne se alai° dvanact hodin denne.

Stravu jsme m,eli dobrou. J'adnou pani

VP STNt K -- WEST, TEXAS

ye steicdu 12, prosince 1956

misteova, mola v dome maleho drate- stanice na stanici 'Dios cele mesto. K yenieka, mohl miti 12 nebo 13 let. Dratoval eeru jsem zase nasedl do vlaku a pees ji hlinend hence, ktere byly na vareni, Hodslavice jel do Vala gskeho Meziria 112 pukle a odloSene. Ze to bylo ei. Tarn jsem zase eekal a peesedl na poledni a on nebyl je gte hotov s drato- jiny vlak, kterY nine svezl . do Branek vani,u, tak misteova. mu take nalotila po pUlnoci ash v jednu hodinu. Z Braporci obecla. Meli jsme k obedu chleb, nek do nahl obce bylo jen pfil hodiny tebrambory, kysele sell, jelitka a kavu. On sty, ale nine to vzalo celou hodinu. Cescclel na chodbe, kde ty hriaco dratoval, sty a chodniky byly zavaty snehem, vge a tam jedl svou porch. Ale jelitka se lie- bylo revue. Jak jsem vy gel z Branek, tak dotknul, pokud ricmel jine jidlosnede- Po pameti jsem( gel thin nejbliSgim sinene. Pravil, ze jelitko si neclaava na spra- rem do Polic. Snih byl hodne mekkY, y cni chuti. born jsem se do nej misty aS po kolona.

Kcly2 nejstae gi tovary g Josef Kueera, Domaci jsem peekvapil. Neeekali mne ktereho jsme nikdy noslySel jinak mlu- za takoveho poeasi, a k tomu je gte po vit net jen nernecky, mel "narukovat", pulnoci. Zpateeni cestu do Oder Mal nastoupit vojenskou slutbu, tak mistr se isem za tYden peSky. Obyeejne none to ohlhzel nekoho dostat na jeho misto. vzalo 'etyki a pal hodiny. To jsemveastoBezy se prihlasil jeden cestujici, hledaje keate, jak "vzal nohy na ratakuve mhsto. Byl to na ginec, nemecky mena" a utikal po kouskach testy. Kdy'S sew: c?ornluvil. Znal ye svem oboru vice ne- Bedva byla rozvodnena, muse' jsem zajit t.:rYkoliv v nagi thine. Mistr jej at k Hustopeeim. V to stranu byl posta,]v mnohem se spolu radivali. Mel yen most, ale jen na prechazeni chod7ike zkugenosti a nadani, ale pritorn f et. Vlakern jsem jiz nikely nejel po one take mel jednu slabou stranku, to se za- zkugenosti, kdy jsem byl 22 hodin na Cal opijet. Pri gel jako tulak otrhanY. Mi- ceste. sty se za n0 stydel, tak jej o gatil. Delal Presto, Se jsem se mel dabi'e v ueoni dobrotu ash tri mesice, ale jak na nej piece jsern rad dvakrat do roka uVidel to psinka sedla, tak pondelek si me rodiee, bratra a d ye sestry a vgechny k nedeli. Pravival, Ira mush svetit mo- v rodne obci. dre pondeli. Mistr to je gte trpel, ale jak Nekciy na jafe v rote 1906 jsem dosi pribral nterek, to ut mistr mu v stal z clomova dopis, ze sestra Marie se dobrem zaeal dornlouvat. A kdyS: uz za- chysta na oastu do Texasu. Zaeatkern se zimnik a oblek proflamoval, mistr jej eijna 1906 jsem zase z domova obdrSel nerad propou gtel, ale musel, kdyS se ne- dopis, ,he se budeme stehovat za sestrou chtel za takoveho delnika stycleti mezi Marii do Texasu. Majetek Se US prodali, jinYmi mistry. hospodalske naradi a v ge ostatni co neKaldY neen i tovary g byl krytY poji- budou brati s sebou Se vyprodaji, a Se gtenim v peipade nemoci i itrazu. To nine budou chtit vziti s snbou. Abych platili rnistri. Jen jednou jsom tam mel nechal ueeni co nejdrive a prijel domil lekatske pomahat sklidit, co meli je gte v poll.

Vedle na,M dhlny byla dilna stolafska, KdyS jsem to mistrovi oznamil, tak kde Treli mnohem tenth praei net my. rni fekl, ze mi da pracovni kniSku a vsrPies ulici byl lumen"- a kamnde, kterY u:eni list (diplom), kdyz za tech gest delal kamnove kachle. Zde v Americe ktere jsem se mel je gte ueit, dobychom tomu rekli "glazed tile". To by- Natime danich sto korun. Dle la toprve drina u porovnani s praci v sloSil rodiee na zadatku sto korun, daina gern odboru. Ka.maradiva.1 jsem s ue- gich sto korun meli slotit po ti tech leni vSech tech dilen, vid el jsem je tech, jak se donahn, abych dostal onu jejich pracovnich hodinach, ktere pracovni kniSku. Bradlee tedy svolili, a del gi net byly moje. Na rece byla za- misto sto korun zaplatili dal gich dve ste stava, jez, od ktereho byla svedena, stru- koeun. Ueeni jsem nastoupil zaeatkem hou voda na mlYn. My pees leto chodili dubna 1904 a vYueni list s pracovni kniSjsn-a se koupat do toho jezu, a tak ea- kou jsem obdrSel 11. eijna 1906. Mysto jsem musel na hone z jinYch dilen sleli jsme, Se i v Ameriee budu potreboeekat. vat tyto prilkazy. Ale za tech padesat let, co jsom zde, nikdo se nine neptal po Uz tehdy, kdy2 jsem byl uenem, jsem si plany, kam pajdu vandrem, nejakYch prilkazech. az se vyaeim. Doim), jsem chodil dvaCisaisko-kralovsky Arad ye Valagskem krat do roka,. To bylo na vanoce a na veokelkoval teicetihaleeovou znamlikonoce. Jednou jsem jel vla_kem, bylo kou, prilo2i1 legitimaeni razitka, jsem to k vanocim. V Odrech jsem nasedal na volny po tei roky cestovati do ciziny. To vlak rano ye 4 hodiny. Do Suchdolu se stale 29. rijna, 1906. U tehoS dladu 9. jel jsem v 5 hodin. Tarn jsem eekal ce- listopedu tehoz roku otec vyzvedl cestovle dopoledne na jinY vlak, ktery jel do ni pas do Ameriky, kterY mel platnost Novell() Jieina. V Novem Jieine jsem mu- na joden rok. Sestra z Ameriky psala sel peesedat a k tomu peSky prejit ze takave rfiSove popisy a Texasu a o far-

ve stredu 12. prosince 1956' movani, ze rodiee nemohli odolat, aby se do toho slibneho Texasu nenastehovali.

Pak jsme byli dva, kteti jsme nemeli daleko k vojenskemU odvodu, kterY tarn byl nuceny. Otec slouzil v rakouske armada a vedel, co ;t3tozivot vojenskY. Sestra radila, abyclaom s sebou Zadne teZke obleeeni nebrali, z ylaSte koZichy, papuee beranice, ani petiny. Otec mei peknY koZieh, suknem obSitY, dosahoval skoro po paty, ten daroval svemu bratru FrantiSkovi. Matka take se zbavila sveho vlriaku, teZkeho Satstva i petin, ale ne vSech. Bylo ji lito, ni3b si nemohla ptedstavit, jak by postele vypadaly beg petin. V zimni dobe otec i matka east° vzpominali, Ze dcera jim Spatne raclila. Ona ptijela na jale, neprodelala, Zadnou zimu a byla y Texasu jen nekolik letnich KdyZ vista bylo ptipraveno k odjezdu, lodni listky zaplacene, tak nekdy kolem 15. listopadu naSe nova vyroloene kufry a meal zavazadla se naloZily na vilz a strYc FrantiSek Staga, nas odvezl do Branek na nadrei. Nemohu porninout, "ze se rids nemile dotYkalo pojmenavani "Amerikani". Jak lid v obci zved61, ze se bude me stehovat do Ameriky, tak nekteti kluci uz zaeali ze vzdali na mne povolavat "Amerikan". UZ jsem jim byl trochu cizi, kdyZ jsem byl dva a pal roku od nich prye. A tady v Ameriee to nebylo lepsi. Ptistehovalce jmenovali "Evropeaky" a "zeleriaky", a to nejen jinonarodovci, ale i sa,rnotni krajand stehovalci, kteti po ptipade zde byli jen o nejaky ten rok dtive. Vida. jsem, ze to ptiSlo teZko mYm rodiefirn lotioiti se se vSirn tim, co jim bylo mild. Ale sen a nadeje, ze to if Arniarice bude lepsi, je posilovaly.

Po kratSim eekani v Brankach viak ptije1 a nas unaSel k hranicim Nemecka. ✓ Ratiboti byla prohlidka. To jsme byli ✓ jakesi ohrade. Tam nas oekovali. Nato znovu jsme nasedali do vlaku, kterY nas dovezi do Bremem. Tam u vlaku na nadrali na nas eekal prilvodei od plavebni spoleenosti KareS a Stocky. Mali jsme asi etyti dni eekat na lod', tak jsme se ubytovali v jednom hotelu na onu dobu. V torn Case dalSi pottebne listiny se vyhotovily. Mali jsme cestu zaplacenou po lodi do Galvestonu a vlakem Co Pimple, Texas.

VESTNtK--WEST, TEXAS ale jak jsme se dostali na Sire mote, tak to s nalni zacalo houpat, ze mnoho lidi z toho dostalo motskou nemoc. Ja za dva dny jsem byl zase zdra y . Ten pohied okolo mne na rune Aeinkoval, Ze se mi take mucalo udelati zle od Na lodi, jrnenem Frankfurt, ktera nas vezla, cestuici byli v mezi palubi rozdeieni na tri oddeleni. Rodiny s detain pod 16 let bydleli spoleone. 1Vhd,ske poflay! nad 16 let mole vyhra,zeno sve oddeleni, podobne Zeny. Mohli se schazet sebou, ale veeer po desate hodine kahlY n-el bYti na svern mist& Ale ani na tech lodich se to nedalo vSechno vymahat die ptedpisu a namotni muZstvo leccos ptehledlo, ovSem ze ne valy zadarmo.

Postele byiy vSude po dvou, jedna nad drubou. V mezipalubi byly spoleene mistnosti, opattene stoly a lavicemi, kde cestujici mohli jisti sva jidla, kdyZ li. Ale hodne bylo tech, co jedli na syYch postelich. Pro jidlo se chodilo na palubu a tam v tadd postupoval kaZdy, se svou nadobou. Vzalo to vkly az hodinu neZ mobil vAichni bYti obslouZeni. Polaci a polSti aide rah dobre Zaludky a snedli i dye porce.

Mnozi meli z dornova zasoby ruzneho peeiva, hlavne chleb a uzeniny, take kofalku. Na loth v kantine byli dobte zasobeni lihovinami a salamy.

Na one lodi nas jelo okolo dvou tisic.

VetSina jela do Baltimore. Tam lod' skladala a nakladala jakesi mineralie po tti day. Delnici v ptistavu, vetSinou oernoSi, jen se hemZili. Podobne bylo v galvestonskem ptistavu. Po ptehlidce naSich rtfenich zavazadel a ktifili jsme byli pang Ktilana zavedeni do jeho hotelu nebo nocleharny. 1Th ani navim, co to bylo. Mel v blizkosti toho mista salon, tam jsme pojedli. Na, druhY den yeeer eekali na viak na nadraH, kterY nas a zavazadla dovezl do Temple asi v pet hodin rano. Tam ja sestra Marie, provdana za FrantlSka Poborila, na nas i s manZelein eekali.

(Kmiec easti prvni) Cislice pry- nikdy nelhou Prosim vas. pane doktore, moan nejakou nadeji na, vyva2nouti?

Sto procent jistoty, pane Baku, sto procent. Lekatske rekordy dokazuji, ze devet z deseti osob na nemoc, kterou vy mate, umird. VaS ptipad je desatY, kterY leeim. VSichni ostatni pacienti zemteli.

Na vas je tada, a,byste se uzdravil. Statistika je statistika. °

V meste Bremen jsem vyuZil volneho easu k prohlednuti si mesta. Co mne tarn nejvice zajimalo, bylo velike museum.

Ty staroZitnosti mi oteviraly obi. Nesly nemecke napisy, kterkm jsem rozumel, ale lidu bylo teZko rozumet. Mluvili jinYm nateeim neZli v Odrach. Byli to PruAdei.

Velke divy vzdelanosti byly provedeDoekali jsme ca, ze nas nalodili se ny lidmi, kteri se celYm srdcem venovali vSemi kufry a ruenimi zavazadly. Jizda svenm cili, talde je nemohlo nic zadrpo etyki prvni dny byla dosti ptijemna, Ceti, aby k nomu netihli.

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NEDOSTAVATE VESTNIRT Nekdy v bnelcucnosti se mri2e stati, e pravidelna, dodavka Vestniku bude Jaekomu z vas najednou zastavena a organ Ptejeme-li si skuteen6, aby se vyui.:o- ptestane dochazet. Stane-li se to jen valo CeStine na vyich uoiliAtich; dale, jednou, viral pravdepodobne nese poSla, ptejeme-li si, aby znalost o C'eskosloven- Opakuje-li se to dva, tti a vice tYdiari ze skem. narode byla co mono nejvice roz- sebou, dopiAte na Supreme Lodge SPJST, tirena a navhly zachovana; a chceme-li Temple, Texas, at' pNpad je vyktten. dosahnouti ur6eneho cite co nejdi'ive, NepiSte ani na, vydavatele, ani na rekaldSr 6echoameridan by mel obotovati aspori JEDEN DOLAR dosa2eni nakho daktora, ale na Rlavni ritadovnu. Stanovy natizuji, e kdo si pteje Vestnik, muss cile. dopsati fieetnimu Hlavni ritadovny, kter:1 Stale se chlubirne, 2e je nas echoame- vede seznam adresate elern1 dostavajirta'ana v Texasu 350,000 a'Z 500,000. Je- cich Vestnik. n tomu tak, prof bychom nernohli sebrati aspen $350,000 na tento tak cbilletMüete dopsati na Blavni .tadovnu tS7 fteel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu sami, nebo poMdejte vakho tajemniks zde u nas v Texasu, tak kdy zapo6neby to pro vas vykonal. Katti% elan, ktell me? Je-li pravdou uvedomeni o ee- si plati na pojiAteni v ttide dospelSTch, je skern narode, jeho kultute, dejinach a opravnen na V6stnik. jest li at ho pteje vzdelanosti, jakou se cesky narod v mi niriosti -honosil, upada, jest na, nas ahy se ueinila pronikava naprava, a to lined!

Ptejete-li si podpotiti rieel a cil Nske Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnYch pti:..RAVNf . spevkem nebo jako elan, Vak pomoc bu- • de vdeene pfljata.

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LW" Prijme se kiditel (obchodni manaLehce a jednoduge ger) pro Ceskk KatolickSr Domov k veVelkV farmar ukazuje svemu mestskedeni tohoto. V Ustave naleza se etyricet alavni ii •adovna SPJST dela pfijeky na Sest dedeekil a babi6ek. Podrobnosti sde- mu priteli svoje polnosti a dobytek. Prafarmy, ranee, a vybudovanY mestsky ma- li Clifton Hensley, president, 613 North ye prisli k stad.0 ovci a meSt'ak ji2 z jetek kdekoliv v Texasu. Piijeuje svoje Mechanic, El Campo, Texas, neb telefo- ky poeital, kolik asi ovci ve stadu je. vlastni penize ra nizke tiroky, dlouhe nujte: Office Lincoln 3-2562 neb resiHdyZ praVi farmar: Ha,•splatky a s velice pliznivYtni podminkami dence Lincoln 3-4718, El Campo, Texas. dejte kolik ovci je v tomhle Stadu. pro predeasne vyplaceni. Pgte: Host jeSte minutu pohliZel na stado.sa (47-50) Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas. pravil: Asi pet. set. ) • „,y,,• ( ) • J. Farmar byl uaiven: Na puntik spr4V.Finish high school or grade Sazenice mrazuvzdorne, Rancho rie! Jak jste to mohl uhodnout?

Oh, to nic neni. Spoeital jsem noZiCky school at home. Spare time. Books fur- ciruhu. Zelove, Spidate a kulate hlavky. nished. Diploma awardea. Start where Cibulove, bile a Zlute Bermutky a hlav- a pak jsem yksledek delil etyrina, odvetil you left school. Write Columbia School. kove salatove: — 350 za $1.00, 600 — klidne meSt'ak. ) o s( P. 0. Box 972, Ft. Worth, Texas (dzc) $1.50, 1000 — $2.25 poStou vyplacene. Sazenice pomichane podle PiSle na ) •( Dejiny uci, Ze lide, kteri nejvice Conradr Flant Farm Rt. 3, Box 304 pen svetu, rczvinuli sve karaktery ger Hledam spoleenici, ktera ma rada Waco, Texas kern s -nehostinnYin a zrejme nepti ni tichSt domov, ye stari do 60 let. Shatek (49-50p) vYm okolim. neni vyloueen. Podobenka se vymeni neb vrati. Nejsem pijak, vlastnim dobrY domov i hotovost. Piste na tuto adresu.

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Veal eie od 5. hodin odpoledne Po ve6eii piatelski zabava a tame NU§i priznivci jsou uprimne zvani, aby si piisli pochutnat na dobrYch jitrniekach a spoleene se pobavili.

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113

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166

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250

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157

215,500.00

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