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6. LISTOPADU (NOVEMBER) 1957

S C111111 Nekolikrate ji2 jsem ph raznych phlehtostech pripomel, Ze na g zastupci SPJST nejsou Zadni agenti, nebot' ti pracuji pro naSi Jednotu, pro rozmach nag organisace, pomahaji budovati nag podparnou jednotu pro pr gti generate.

Proto na6e sestry a bratti men by ie prijrnouti bratrsky a ptatelsky a bYti jim no.pomocni v jejich praci. Oim vice 'elanstva se ziska, cim mohutnej g bude nase tim mono dociliti levnejgch poplatkii KaZdjr dolar, kterY ulohte do SPJST ye svjrch poplatcich, ukla.date pro sebe, nebo pro vase potomky a •maiete bYti ubezepeeni, Ze penezi nu se nebudou deliti rifednici.

"Budoucnost bratrskjrch spolku nezavisi na hlavnich afednicich, nYlart na mistnich fadech a jich dinnosti. Hlavni utednici mohou kooperovat s mistnimi fatly radou a skutkem a musi hledeti, aby mistni zastupce rozumel bratrskemu pojigteni.

Tedy fispech bratrskYch spolku v budoucnosti jako v ka gdem modernim obchode vezi ve zku genostech nabytYch pfedchozimi zku§enostmi v tomto oboru.

Ten, kdo je obrnen vetAimi zkuS'enost mi v modernim pojigt'ovani bratrskem, uditi se v poli, proto Zadne klacky — chceme-li udrteti postup v pied!

VS7konnost fizeni, praktienost, promygle0 postup a ptimefene poplatky jsou tivotnimi podminkami bratrskjich organisaci. Proto podperne organisace musi dodr§nvati svoje zavazky do puntiku. To znamena, ze nemohou jednomu dlenu

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slibovati ureite vYhody a druhemu je certifikatu pojiSteni. Jestlite by v rizeni odeprit, jelikoZ dle spolkovYch stanov podparneho spolku byl nastoupen jink podobnY krok zahnal by nas na jsou si vg chni eleni rovni. Nejmladgi elan bratrskeho spolku jest opravnen k kali nezdaru.

Proto tedy nutno aby u na g Jednoty stejnym vjrhodam jak nejstar g drhtel povkly obchodni znasoby, opatrnost masi vladnouti u vedeni Bratrstva stejne jako jsou Utivany ph podnicich olachodu. 8testi nadeje vdov a sirot jsou diem. bratrskYch spolku a na g. SPJST. (Viterslav }Welt) SPJST dostala vkly za uplynulYch 60 let sve pasobnosti svYm zavazkam az cit.

Na drnu kyprem v korani posledniho centu. Prirozene ztraty sedla si laska bez zvani, sobene Umrtim jsou vyrovnany jak vysedla si mekce vedle mne kazuji mesidni finanani zprttvy nage. smladosti v tvari dojemne. ideli jste jft kdy vYkaz vjrdeleenjrch U nohou tenke pramenky, spoleenosti, kolik kterjr jejich fifednik sedla si v kaprad', v pomnenky, dostava plate Aneb mnoho-li vjrdelnad sebou vetvic vlaZnY stin, ku spoleenosti vyziskala? hledela lestim do hlubin.

Naproti tomu elenstvo bratrskych jedHledals me v month, vfginech, not kontroluje v gechny finance, vi 0 v svetil a nebes koneinach, kaklem centu, kde a za co je vyplacen. hledals me v :§testi, v Zalu svem, Jest jenom tteba, aby naLe elenstvo a la, tak blizko doma jsem. bylo na to upozorneno, a zaroveri aby na tyto fakta upozorriovalo vetejnost Sedela, hlas jak do zpevu, pak se nemusite obavati, Ze na g lid nena tvah dalek rismovu, bude pristupovati do nag Jednoty. Jest oko jak due prohtata, to treba trochu porozumeni, trochu rozrty jako k raZim poupata. vahy a prate, a kdyby skuteene katdY IlSak tys mne hledal nejraai, Glen se jen nem mak) snahl, pak by nekde jsou mi kvety nejsladS1, bylo nemoZnosti ziskati pro nag. Jed.proto jmu v pinou lasku to — notu do pkgtiho sjezdu 35000 elen-Ct. naSels me v pravde, v prostate.

Znamenalo by to ziskati new pies dva tisice vie kaZdjrm rokem do 1960. ) •( Pri trochu dobre vale a s n.aAi soueinNezapomefite na na g Vomov Odpoeinku' nosh jest to motne. — Nazdar!

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Od redake' niho stolku Zaklidate u vas odbor K to nail souteii KralkY soupis kterY Va g potadatel semlideie? stavil ze zpravy naSeho bratra ptedse(Youth Club) Pianujete-li y e Va g osade zalotiti v delSich veeerach odbor mlade2e, obrat'te se v na g im okrsku tketim na, na g sestru E. eeska. 2709 Park Ave. S. Waco, Te xas v anglicke teei. Pods y am bliZSi informace jak si poeinati.

S chladnel g irn podasim a v dlouhYch veecrach bude vice 6asu pro otiveni nasi praci. Pokuste se vgude. ) * 4. • (

dy Marka, ptedstavuje Vam deset pr y -nichtadujksiovutek.

"Double the Sales "

do 31 tijna (Oct.) — Do konce tohoto ro ku cele tot postaveni se mute velice zmeniti.

Pfali bychom si, kdyby na g e tady nektere ty posice valne pozmenili. -- Jest to moZne a mnoho zdaru Vam pfejeme.

S posledniho vYkazu od organisaeniho odboru uvadime prvnich deset nagich tacit s poetem ziskanYch elenti v tomto rode 1957 nenatikejte Po novem roce zda se Vam Menu Rad' jejich prate nezarnlouva, pakli jste neuz 149 88 nali za vhodne navaiviti a hlas 154 106 platne odevzdati ve vYroeni sclatzi Va56 84 g eho tadu.

43 66 ) • Jit► • ( 42 4 • 0 Ne 37 139 35 133 34 92 KaldY vas cent kterYm platite sve 29 13Q mesieni poplatky tivotniho poji g teni vra.28 25 ti se rodine y ak ztrodeni innohonaso- 10 bne. Tedy nikdy jej nelitujte, ba naopak 4 liled'te ziskati sve ptatele do nak Jednoty. Zavdeeite se Jim a posilnite nagi SPJST. ) • 4 • (

Na iadove uredniky

Zurocene pojistky

uprimne odchodu

Nutnost pojistky JistY prospekt tazal se organisatora, aby mu fekl jednu dobrou ptieinu, prod by se mel dati pojistiti. Organisator odpovedel: "Mel . byste bYti poji gen pro neznamou ptieinu". Tem'et ka'ZdY prospekt by se rad da.'1 pojistiti, kdyby Yodel, ze brzy valne oneinocni, nebo ze bude nu cen podniknouti nelake hazardni poslani. Odklatla poji gteni, protok si mysli, e ma na tO 'dosti dasu. Ane2 se objevi jednou to nutnost, aby se dal pojistiti, tak se doz y ', ze tit jest pozde, aby si pojistku mohl kpupiti. ) 4

Naie mile dopisovatele bychom radi upozornili, ze dopisy, ktere ode g lete az v patek koncem tYdne, east° obcirkine az v pondeli kdy jiz nelze nam phi nejlep g i vuli je do Vestniku umistniti — Proto prosim ode g lete sve dopisy ktere si phejete do listu v ptiStim tYdnu, y e etvrtek vefier, tak aby nas jiste dogli v sobotu rano. — Nebude pak pkieina k stezkum.

D'ekujeme Vam phedem.

Red.

na g eho ptitele a bratra ;Mena fadu Oslo 135, v Ennis, Texas, Frank J. Rejnkho kterY se narodil v Oeskoslovensku dne 1. zati 1880 a zerntel bYv ranen srdeeni mrtvici y e spfinku dne 20. tijna 1957, — Jeho Z'ena, RHena, jej na veenost v roce 1919 ptede g la zanechav g e mu pet ditek, ktere sam vychoval. Dye ditky mu zemteli ale thi syni vyrostli k jeho radosti. — ZesnulY bra,tr na g byl na g im do macim spravcem phi Enniske Sokolovne po 22 let k npine spokojenosti v g ech a schuze tadove vZ"dy nav g tevoval. — Ptejeme mu klidnY spanek y eenY. Budeme jej zliouhou vzpominati.

Na g e uptimna, soustrast pozAstalYm. Red. ) eits • ( Sehilze organisktoni v Nelsonville Na.S bratr mistophedseda J. B. Hej0 svolay a schtizi organisatorn do SPJST si ni v Nelsonville weer 14. listopadu o 7:30 ve'der. Tegim se shledati se s Varns vgemi.

J. B. HejnY. ) • 4 • ( Nezapomerite na nas 'Donle y Odpoeinkte

19W ' price Ovoce spolecra

Ve stfedu, dne 6. totopada

Od prvniho ledna ziskali jsme v nisi Jednote do 31. fijna vdetne, 1213 novYch dlenii, cot znamenalo za $1,717,000 noveho pojiLteni. Na tact praci podilelo se celkexn 103 fady s celkoveho poetu 165 radio naLich. — S techto 103 fadri, 18 ziskali pouze po jednom dlenu a 16 pa dvouch dlenech.

S toho mritete posouditi, te by u mno hYch •adech naLe sestry a brati'i se meli pied skoneenim roku vice pfidiniti. pak se vzchopite? ? liallettsville, Texas V nedeli 10. listopadu bude volba ritednikri u fadu Karla Havlidka. Pfijd'te vtichni do schrize: Bratfi Jno. HolY a F. K. Budek byli v naLi Utulne — povi vam jak to vypada. — Mame s toho radost.

F. K. &leek. ) • 4 • ( Odpoved' na dotaz Vladni starobni podpora jet je v platnosti jit 20 let, a to pro delniky, byla nyni rozLifena take pro rolniky. Byla jiz v platnosti v minulem fiskalnim rote, jen skondil 30 dervna. Behem tohoto pr vniho roku bylo zapsano asi 375,000 rolnickYch osob, na podporu opravnenych.

Je to pouze zadatek. Z tohoto podta nekteti si jit vytadali podporu a odekava se v kratke doba vice pkihla,Lek. Osobam jet dostaVaji tuto vladni starobni podporu, je dovolen dalti pfijem, nejvYLe — $1,200 rodne. Do tohoto obnosu v ptipade rolnikil nevi zahrnut pfijem z najmu a proto je =trio osobam, jet vlastni rolnicke usedlosti, piijimat najemne z takoveho majetku jako dark pfijem, cot je velmi driletite.

Odekava, se, te starobni podpora pro rolniky bude prospegneLna, jak starpn sobam, odchazejicim na odpoeinek, tak jejich mladYm nastuperim, jet pfevezmou fizeni hospodafstvi. Je pravdepodobne,Ce starobni podpora bude napomo cna pro zlepLeni postaveni pro obe strany. Odcheaajicim bude rilevou v stali a mladLim usnadni praci na hospodafstvi za mirnejLich podminek.

Kdyt byla z'dizena vladni starobni pod pora, na venkove byla nepfiznive posuwovana. Nebyla odekavo.na velka, pomoc.

Dnes je vLak jit tato nepfizeri znadne pfekonana, easteene zdokonalenim tato pomoci a lepLim porozumenim jejiho zfi zeni. To je pfieinou, te na venkove tato pomoc je jit ochotne pfijima,na. Je jiste ze bude pfisobit k zlepLeni tivotnich poMeru rolnikii. )•( tasto s naLi urnirnenostt ma se vac jako se stfidmosti, elovek by rad jedl vgeho vie, kdyby se nebal, te si zkazi taludek.

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Smutna piekvapujici zpriva Z nateho bratrskeho, sesterakeho kru hu neodekavane na vednost odvolana byla naLe dobra sestra Karolina Fojtova mantelka bratra Jos. Fojta. — Pohteb drahe zesnule konal se v pondell dne 4. listopadu z kostela OMB na hfbitov tax) cirkve. Obiady bratrstva vykonali Rev. A. Michalik. a J. F. Kostohryz za velke Udasti pfatel a truchlici rodiny na sestry. ) • 4 • (

Naiernu denstvu.

Pkracta

eleniun!

Kdyt piLete Hlavni rifadovne ANZ jakoukoli zaletitost, udsjte vtdy: Cislo Gertifikatu. eislo sveho fadu aneb sidlo toho fadu a jmeno, na Jake jest certlfikat vystaven. ) • J. • ( Nezaprnti g `Domov Odpoe'inku' ) • •( KahlY clan, katda Clenka nab. Jednoty, zavazali se, snatIti se a pracovati k jejimu dobremu jmenu, kdyt jsme byll pfijimane do bratrstva. Ze sAccreh schfr zich men bychom tvofiti jednomysInon oduLevnilou skupinu, tak aby naLe vlivy meli i na venek dobrY ).dinek. ) •4•(

Bliti se doba vSzrodnich schrizi a voleb Darujme nage pieetene knihy fadovYch rifednikri. KahlY nas dlen Domovu Odpainku by na to mel pamatovati, te ten jeho fad Chcete-li poteLiti na pe bydlitele Dobude ien tak dobrY a jeho price fen tak zdarna, jak jej sami si svYm zaj- rnova darem, IderY by mohli ye volnYch.' mem vybudujete.. — Proto tedy sestry chvilich poutitt, venujte sve pfedtene knihy aneb i nova ze svYm venovanim a brat •i jedenkatdY do svYch schrizichl nasi ritulne v Taylor. — Dopiite Tram ) 4 • ( v to zaletitosti, prosim. )•4•( tESKA vznELAvAci zaslal nam velice peknY dopis (Lkoda, NADACE TExASII nepiLe dasteje) do tohoto eisla a katde jeho slovo, tel pravdive. — Pomery na (The Czech Educational naLem venkove se valne pozmenili ad Foundation of Texas) mohla by zas vratiti se doba, kde s mast Sestry a bratfi mnozi radi by na farmu se vratili, kdyby Pfejeme-li si skuteene, aby se vyuCovalo jim to bylo jen mane. eatine na vyLLich ueiligtich; dale, pfe) • 4 • ( jeme-li si ,aby znalost o deskoslovens-,-, Bez ohkdu kern narode byla co mono nejvice na to, zda odevzdal jste svilj hlas di ni- Lifena a navtdy zachovana; a chceme-li koliv pro zvoleneho rifednika VaLeho desahnouti urdeneho cile co nejdfive, kadu, jakmile jest vetLinou blast fadne tdY Oechoameridan by mel obetovati as zvolen, bratr nebo sestra jest nati pon JEDEN DOLAR ku dosaiieni naieho vinnosti bYti napomocne, tak aby nat. cile. fad ve svorne praci rostl.

Pfejete-11 si poc(Pokiti Adel a cil eeske To je jedine bratrskY znrisob.

Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnYm pfis)• • (— pevkem nebo jako elan, VaLe pomoc buPH smeni fail adresy de vdeene pfijata. pouiljte tohoto kuponu Pakli souhlasite, ustiihnete a zaLlete na' Supreme Lodge, tajemnika — pokladnika! box 400. Temple, Texas.

Pfikladam svrij elenskY plispevek v ada.m Vas o zmenu me adresy Vestobnosu $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $10.00; 100.00; nika jak nasleduje:— anebo i $1,000.00.

Moje nova adresa jest:—

Bratr Mi6ulka

Sve dary lasks.ve zaLlete co nejdve vedotni, te KDO RYCKLE DAVA, DVAKRAT DAVA, xa tajeamilie.-poltadotka, Dr. Jan M. Sktivanek, Box 444 Cases Station, Texas.

oje stall adresa:—

Jine,no dame: !Wren::

Pattim k tadu oisla.

S pozdravem yodpis.

Mesta:

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itad Velehratl eislo 19 Schulenburg, Texas 33ratti a sestr°y:Ze mdm trochu volnejSiho easu a te2 abych vyhovel bratru redaktoru HoS"kovi kterY porad nabada bychom do Vestniku psali chapu se pera by zas jednou na'Seho tadu Velelarad neco ye Vest niku bylo. Vim, Se vSude venkovske tady nepokra,euji ku predu jak by niely a to z Junoha ptiein ale hlavni a nejvet Si je odlidriovani velkonva do vel kYch inert. Pomery farmarti nuti tu mid cez by si hledala zamestnani ye velkYch niestec,h a tim trpi nejen naSe venkovni tady ale i cet'T Sivot a naprava nerd talc snadna jak si to nekteri ptedstavuji. rebas naS tad Velehrad neni talc slab jak by se zdalo poeetne je nas jester dost ale rortrouknirn po jinYch mestech a ji nYcli .-tatech a tech domacich jetak ma 10, talc ku zahajeni schnze a to jsou vSdy jedni a ti sami. A to je hnedle vSude na venkove, tu a tam je site vyjimka. ale tech mist je malo. Byly 'easy kdy nas tad mel pies sto padesat Clem, cot myslim bylo dosti dobre na tak malou osadu, pak to Slo dolt aS to doSlo ani ne na polovici. Ptitomne mime asi ()kill° 'Aedesati peti elenit a Se to lepSi nebude (aspori ja tak myslim) dokazuji ty prazdne farmatske obydli. Jenom 0halo rids je osm prazdnYch domovti a kde jsou jejich obyvatele? Ve velkych inoz3tech nejvic v lioustone za vetSi skyvu chleba a je to velmi smatne jak ti mladi utikaji ze svYch rodnYch mist z to rodne hroucly, ktera, vychovala a vyvelke rodiny, utikaji do velkkch mest a ty roc'rie lany stavaji se koristi bohatYch lidi kteri tam chovaji dobytek. T.11-..ove mists jsou ztra cend pro veremk i spolkovY Zivot. v tom byli lepSi ve starem kraji, tam pre chazel rodnk statek na syna, ze po staleti se udrZelo rodove jmeno no, jednom statku a bylo velkou pohanou pro ce1Y kraj, tak statek do cizich rukou a kolkrat do rukou ZidovskYch. Zde neni Zachae ficty pro rodnY statek Zadne rodove pYchy. PYcha tot' velitY hkich ale v tomto plipade rodova je eestna a myslim i Bohu mils a trochu to pSTchy by neSkoctilo i nam tady, ale kde jsem to zajel s tim perm? Od spolkoveho Zivota, k tern nyne j Aim venkovskStrn pomerfirn. Ale ja myslim, Se to pfi leha jeclno k druhemu, a ty nynej:Si po mer ry hoclr..6 souvisi s na gina spolkov3im g. ivotem. Obyeejne rad jsem pisaval humorne , ale eloveku neni vZdycky do hu moru a snad ta duSiekova doba ma na

Ir' t: u. no Uyintl,la

jim to nevadilo neb nekteri byli eerveni.

Velice pekne. Druhk vtiz byl tak krasnY Se jsem nikdy lepSiho nevidel, ale na nem co bylo to se neda popsat to se mu si videt, to byl milaeek 6leho distriktu a osm tak kra snYch druSieck, Se se to nedo, popsat.

Trcti nez byl velikk a krasne take dekorovanY a na nom tech menSich dru2i eck talc krasnYch, ze take se to neda Po psat.

OtvrtY vuz byl, kterY predstavoval tu n. si SPJST "fitulnu" v Taylor, Texas, pro kterou se cela oslava poradala. Byl pekne dekorovanY a ha nem sestry v rildnich krojieli talc, ze pfedstavovalo jak nebestou duhu, nebot' to bylo tak uchvatne, ze se to teZ neda popss.t.

Kclyz jsme prijeli k sini taclu qhoslo vane v Hillje, tak pro naval lidu jsme =sell ostat stati talc jsem met prilelitost se podivati spatky a tu jsem slySel ze pruvod je jester v El Campo, total ten zadni konec a je to Best mil, pak jsme postavili vozy vedle sine u cesty tak, ja myslim, ze lepsi oznamku Jednota na se oemohla najit jak na tom mister, nebot' je tam silnY provoz.

Pak jsme prubovali se dostati k obedu, cot bylo opravdovkm umenim, ale stab° to za tu namahu nebot' talc lahodne vkchny jidla podavane tak kro.snY mi kucharkami; ze Clo y& nevedel co je peknejAi, jestli ta :kncharka nebo to talikek. Ale, ze kaZdY j1.2 mel hlad, jak jsem pozoroval, kaZdY bral talifek a co dostal na nej myslim, ze byl kaZdY spokojen. Velice jsem se pote§il s sejiti se s inanely Kovarovkmi a manZely Kakparovini z Taylor, kteri se hodne zajimaji o tu iatulnu nasi. Take mile radosti srd ce poskoeilo ph spatreni manZelfi StraZnickYch a pani Trent a mar2eht PodlipnYcb, vSichni z Rosenbergu. Take rad jsem spatril manZely Franek z Needville vSichni z pateho okrsku. Diky za naYStevu. Tak jak jsem psal ze zaeatku ty doj my tu krasnou neast v gech spolkti CeskYch, Ze se neda yypSat. neb tak ochotnYch bratru a sester jak jsem se presvedeil v El Campo, Hillje, Ganado, East Bernard, kteri pro tuto fitulnu obetovali hodne price a easu, nebot' z ylagte ten posiedni tkcien byl chladnY, neprijemnY a deStivY poeas ale jsme meli 'Stesti, jsme dostali budovu kde jsme vSechny etkri vozy kraSliti za vetrem pod siteZaeatek naSeho prfivodu v jedenact- :thou. tricet od radiove stanice KULP lidu pine Tak yam vSem jmenem Sesteho okrsku' ulice, talc ze Highway Patrol kteri jeli ze srdce dekuji a kdyZ budete poi.adati pied nami byli naSi eestnou strati. U nee° zase vy, tak prosim zavolejte nas, kaZdeho svetla byla straZ. Prvni vyjel a ja verim, ze tu vaIl laskavou obetavfiz, na nem 3 pionYrit. Bylo chladno, ale Vast oplatime.

to me psani vliv neb toto piSi den pied duSiekami.

S pozdravem VAS Ferd Mieulka. sTe nost pro titainu &Id El Campo, Texas Mili bra tri a sestry a mils reciakce: ---.Nedee 27. kijna 1957, bude pro kstk dnem pametnYm obzvlaSte okoli • El Campo a Hillje, nebot' v ten den jsme se vli hiii lotic.ili v jeden celek a usporadali slavnost ktera se nad oeekavani vydarila ye - r'ech smerech.

Mill spolubratri a sestry, jest to vksledek .spoluprace. Byla to kra,sna ukaZka spolusnaZeni, Bylo to tak uptimne, mile, radostnei, kde kaZdY se citil bratrem a sestrou, niezi rovrikini. Bylo pou'One poslouchati tech starYch pienkrti. kteri s ldskou poueovali tu naSi mladeZ o nakm bkvalem spolkoVem Zivote a budovdnl nasi Jcdnoiy, jeji zaeatky a zaPasi o jeji existenci, to vkchno bylo ro zebrano a zase dohromady spracovano ✓ jeden celek. Krasner by bylo kdyby v kaZde osade se poradaly takove besedy, kde by se zen. eecho-amerieane a uprinine si rekli, ze path k sone, a yzajetnne se podporovali, a vice si otevreli srdce sve. My vsiehni k sober patrime, jenom "potureenec" kterk od nas utika, jej polituj eme !

Mill bratri a sestry dovolte abych touto cestou yam vIeni vyslovil srdeene diky KJT, KJ2T, a SPJST za tak velkou vkpomoc pri nasi slavnosti.

Nebylo mistrie jmenovat osoby, ktere se sneastnily nam pomoci, ale je mojim a zajiste vkch bratri a sester pranim vain to oplatiti, a tak to nak dobre pratelstvi utuZiti, nebot' takove setkani se s bratry sestrami ze vzdalenkch osad, jsou velice mile a radi pak po shonu Zivota na ne vzpominame.

Tak vitae, jak bratri a sestry ty naS'e Ceske Jednoty se zbliZuji, jen je treba takove to shromaZdeni ea,steji poradati.

Jest to opravdu milk pocit ocitne-li se elovek v kruhu krajanskem a obnovi se stare ptatelstvi.

NMI bratri a sestry, popsati tu nasi slavnost kterou ksti okrsek poradal, k 60ti letemu vkroei nasi jednoty, by mel Vitt nekdo povolanejS1 ,ale ja se pokusim alespon z hruba yam podati ten necielni program.

Ve stredu, tine 6. listopada

VESTNIS—

1957

S pozdravem yam vgem, jscm.

Ig. 5enkyiik, oranisator, sesteho okrsku, SPJST. • R. • ( Did Jaro 130 Dallas, Texas itr Joe Maca, zdelaje, 2e prvni nedeli na nov6m mists kde badujeme se Sokolem navy domo y, byl priznivY pa:6as a k praci tam se gla se slugna rada ochotnYch pomocnikt.

Byli to br. a ses. W br. a ses. J. Waldik, br. a ses. The Maca a ditky, Jerry, Benny a Joanna. pi. Fitz, Miro Parma, Vlad'a Ho A‘k. Mira JarCik predseda dada.. Vgechny jmenovane eleny radu. Te2 pri gli nam vypmnoci br. Hrabiaa, Joey Pakladnik, pi. Tcherny, Huey Cejchan s man2elkou a p. a pi. F. Smith. — Diky vsem.

Ono to bude yy2adovati trochu °beta ye pomoci a nage dlenstvo by se melo a tato pfipravni praci pro ten na g novY domov zajimati.• Jak se budeme starat, die toho bide 1,73'slecick pro nas a pro na ge deti.

Tak se toho nebojte, jest tarn price dost s ullidem pro nas pro v gechny, ka2 dou S pozdra Joe Maca t_ Dallas, Texas Ctene sestry a bratri:— Na vysvetleni sestre floralove, ktera nebyla v posledni schilzi a nemohia yedet, co se tam usneslo, chci zde fici, 2e bylo v posledni schfizi ustanoveno, flea napi gi tento dopis do Vestniku, 2e musim poslat pruklep Copy) teho dopisu nag emu predsedovi radu k schvaleni a je.stli on uzna ten dodpis za spravnY, mo hu clopis uverejnit a to jsem svedomite uCinil.

Pakli jsero nekoho v mojem dopise pod cenil, jak ses. Horako ya, pige, j a v nem nic takcveha nevidim, naopak ja si zim velke prase fiditeill Atulny a jejich firedniku, ale jestli se nekdo tak citi, pro sim za odpugteni. Ke mne prigli bratil a sestry a rekli mi, 2e by darovi neco na fitalnu, kdyby yedeli jak si stojirne finanene — dobre nebo gpatne, proto jsem velice tomu rad, 2e nam na g spray ce br. Valdik podal tak obgirnou zpravu ye Vestniku 23. Mina, ohledne finaneniho stave na ge fitulny.

Nyni vime jak si ureite stojime, co potrebujera a co mama pied sebou kdyby tato zprava pri gla dfi ye, nebylo by treba meho dopisu v torn samem eisle Vestniku, jak ja tomu rozumim, podle zpravy Valeikove, potrebujem bez vgeho okolkovani asi jests 80 tisic, krome co mama.

Tak vzhfiru bratii a sestry, pustme se

WEST, TEXAS

man& I.,

price, aby na nas dru pe spoiky ne- viii. Po schfizi si udelame jak obyeejne poukazovaly 2e neco zadiname a nedode .svadinti tentokrat jenom kafe a peeivo, lame. tak sestry jsou 2adany by kalcia nee° S bratrskin pozdravem vag prinesla.

Hugo Schefeak Podasi jsme meid moc mokre, dostali jsme tri dobre mrazy ktere bavinu paItad Tioga eislo 5 rkin a: pokroutily, tak ze farmari nemuTioga, Texas si bavinu strikat neb zde se vetainou Sestry a bratri:— baylna stryPuje jell ze je moc pozdni.

Nage schSze se bade odIVvat druhou letos pro mokro se sela v Cervnu, ale:nedeli v listopadu. V pada gpatneho baviny jsou moc dobre vet gina baviny vy gpatneho poeasi treti nedeli. Jeliko2, je diva pal a bat po akru jen jestli se to to schaze 14.rodni kde nadir pripada vol- sebere jenom to cena by mohla bYt lepgi ba firednikfl tak jste bratri a sestry ti co trhaji plati dva dolary od sta. Tak 2adany abyste v hojnem poetu dosta do

VSrjev zc slavnosti a prilvodu pofadanern V.I. okrsku na gi Jednoty z El Campo do Hillje k radu Cis. 40 minulou nedeli clue 27. rijna. Cisty yktelek a teto oslavy byl venovan na g emu Domovu Odpodinku v Taylor,

Popis slavnosti zesial nam na g distoranisator bratr 1g. Senkyrik, kterY se ze sySimi vernYmi pornocniky o zdar tett) manifestace pridinil._Dik cede Jednoty jim vgem vyslovujeme ! I I

Btrana •

V t ST N 11C WEST, TNEAS

se mejte vgichni elobre to vam vgem pre- radiovehe programu. Vage napady buja dou Pigte na: Arun Charles D. Sazaysky, Steve Novak, tajemnik.

Poz. red.:— Jsem rad, ze jsi ses ozval. P. 0. Box 612, Randolph AFB, Texas.

Domnival jsem se, 2e's nam ujel nekam S pozdravem, do California. Pozdrav Vam tam vgem) Charles D. SazayskY ) • • t--) .16 • t Orchard, Texas rtad "Rosenberg" eislo 108 Bratre redaktore: Rosenberg, Texas Prilo2ene Ti zasilain yYstriZek z Vestoznamuje vgem syYm elenum a e'en- niku ze due 24. biezna 1919, ye kterym kam zmenu mista pro na ge mesieni schil jest dopis bYvaleho tajemnika radii Kaze. Nebudou vice dr2eny v Hallu V. of rel Jona g, aislo 28. Pro` chci ten start foreign Wars, jako drive ale v budove pa dopis mit uverejnenY? podavam na a pani VogelsangovYch, ve meste. V V rijnove schtizi ses. teditelka detskeposchodi. ho odboru, ses. Brdeekova, se ste2ovala Nejbli2gi schtze bude 10. listopadu ye 2e ma nesnaze, kdy chee ditky nacvi2 hodiny odpoledne, pripada na druhou eit zpevu dle not, 2e to musi jit s pomoci nedeli v mesici. piana. fiadove piano 2e ma revmatismus Schtize v prosinci bude 8. pros., vY2e hrat nechce. — Jeden Glen podal narodni s nutnou volbou arednikii a v ge- vrh a druhY jej podporoval aby vYbor ho co souvisi s vedenim kaclu. Vgechno reditela nejakeho lekare pozval, kterY by elenstvo nage jest srdeene zvano do to piano vykuryroval. Navrh byl velikou techto schuzi, nas v gech vespolek se to yetginou hlasa schvalen. tYka a nechceme ptipustit, aby na g rad Po schazi venku se nine jeden Glen byl raelem mrtyYm, neeinnYm. tazal, zda-li jest nutno to piano opraV nadeji, 2e se shledame ye schazi, vovat, 2e se to jednou neb dvakrate do Vine. Absehneider, roka potrebuje, a 2e to bude stat hojne Jos. Jane, tajemnik. penez. Mo2nd 2e je vice br. a ses. podob) • 4 • ( neho nahledn, proto s tim starym dopisem chci poukazati, 2e kdy 180 `lent San Antonio, rad 133 nove piano koupilo, 2e snad 600 `ent Mlle sestry a bratti:-Nejprve bych chtel podekovat vgem doka2e to piano nechat spravit. Jest sivarn, kteri jste mi napsali ohledne na ge- ce pravda, 2e se to piano malo pou2iva, ho 6eskoslovenskeho radioveho progra- ale — kdy jej jest potreba, a neni-li jej mu zde v San Antonio a okoli. Vag e do je bez nej zle. Kdy2 ses. Brdeekova chte posy byly velice vitany. Co se tYee progra la do distriktni schuzi nacvieit ditky zpe mu, pomalu ale jiste postupuje vpred. vu, ses. Lidie Kubena ji proptijeila k Doufame, ze jej budeme moci zaditi bud' tomu udelu piano a svetnici take, tato ',red Vanocemi a nebo hned po no- kove pajeky se nemil2ou easto opakovat. vein rode. Vgeclany detajle v gak varn Take nekdy poladame divadelni krou;Zek Snaha od radu Cis. 88. kdy2 v HouvypiSi az vSe budu pfesne vedet.

MinulY etvrtek nikdo se zde v San An- stonu htaji, aby to u nas opakovali jak tonio nedivil zdali videl eloveka chodit je vain vgem dobre znamo svoji navg'te po ulici koukajice se do nebe misto aby you nas mnoho krate poctili. A — k tomu jest v2dy potrebne . piano. touleal kam jde. Radio rano oznamilo Rusk satelit Sputnik bude mO2nY viJo, jo -- tern nekdej gim, neptatelam det ten veer kolem geste hodiny. radu Karel Jona g se jejich proroctvi nejsme se koukali a d000pravdy v gest vypinilo, neb mnozi z nich jsou ji2 v hodin veer objevila se malinka teeka zemi a na ge budova porad je gte stoji na v nebi kterd se nam zdala, 2e se pomalu pohybuje a ktera vS"ak ale v peti minuWallis, Texas; 24. brezna 1919. tach zmizela z obzoru. Podle radia VS'ak nebyl to Sputnik ale jeho raketa ktera Cteni bratri a sestry a redakce Vestniten den letela 40 minut pied nim. Sput- ku, posluAne hlasim, ze jsem je gte na 2inik pry mold bYti videt v lest etyricet vu a prichazim mezi. Vas zase si nee° ale vS'ak jenom dalekohledem. VetAina pohovoriti. Predne zcleluji br. redaktolidi kteri si mysli, ze videli Sputnik v ru, 2e se mile miij sen ji2 vypinil, ne gest hodin se velice klame al se jednou sice na puntik, ale main k tomu schazi. dozvi, 2e to byla raketa (jestli se to ne- Nate radova; sin ji2 jest hotova, a byly ueineny dye zkougky, jak jest pevna, kdy dozvi.)

Jinak tu u nas moc novinek neni. Nate a obe zkou gky progly at'astne, a sice jeprigti schaze je druhou nedeli v listopa- (Ina taneeni zabava, na konec masopusdu na kterou se mnoho lidi tegi. Jinak tu, pri ni2 bylo vypineno ka2de misteeko, bych jeate jednou chtel po2adat Vas, kte a prec zdi nepovolily, ani strop se neii jste jeUe nenapsali, aby jste nam na- prolomil. Dne 17. brezna ye vYroei den, psali ohlcdne nageho eskoslovenskeho kdy nam stars sin vyhorela, byelo sehra

ye ettedu, due 6. listopada 1957 no divadlo na kterem byla prima tladenice a sin stoji neporaena. VSrbor zabavni si ale pravi, ze do ttetiho v&eho dobreho a pomySli naevieit a sehrat kus Chicagtti Bordynkati a jestlite jeate tu to zkouSku budova vydrki, pak to jit bude postaeltelne pro ty, kteri sehtze malo navgtevuji z obavy, aby se s nimi sin neproborila. Jev2te mame krasne adkoliv na oponach a na kulisach neni jmen dalca, jak se mne to nekdy snilo, piece jsem rad, to moje proroetvi nevyznelo na prazdno. Mame take znovu zrizenou knihovnu, jen nam jeate piano schazi, av gak dame-1i s es chuti k dilu take si jej koupime. Ja mam br. a sestry pro to piano takovij navrh, kdy2 by se nas slo2ilo asi 140 elena po pet! dolarech to by bylo $700.00 a samodinne piano sotva vice stoji. Myslim, ze ze stoosmdesati elena se najde stoetyricet `lentil kteri by obetovali ten pet'ak a jestli pie, pak pajeme kdo mode po peti, desiti nebo i vice dolara, dle mo2nosti bez aroku na tak dlouho aZ nam tad bude moci splatit.

Bratil a sestry premfglejte o torn, jak by se to dalo spravit nejlehei, aby nemajetni elenove si neste2ovali, 2e uvalujem na ne velike bremeno. Jsem sice take jeden z nich, ale ja uz mam plan udelanY jak na to piano pet'ak vy,delam. Kdy2 zapr gi a necla se rime v poli delat zajedu do botne, koupim dva strorny za 35 centa posekam je na kordove kusy, privezu do mesta, prodam (Fre y° za $5.50 a hned buele pet'ak na piano. Kdo chce psa nejev2dycky karnen najde. A2 buclem mit to piano, prvni nisei)," sobe pH. nem zaspiya me takto: Jsme od radu Karel Jonag, milujeme muziku; penez sobe nadelame zkorny a baviniku.

Zivili jsme po dva, roky vgelijake thiehuby, proe bychom si nedoptali v nagi sini te2 hudby?

Az zas u nas nekdo nekdy reeniti bude, zahrajeme jemu kousek aZ mu teplo zabude.

Bude li vsak z lasky pro vlast a nelistne pracovat, budem jemu na to pianu ye dne v noel zdarma hrat, AZ nas nekdy mati zeme ve sve limo povold. sestoupi se na ge ditky v teto sini dokola..

Budou vdeene vzporninati otce sveho a matku, nebot' jim zde zanechali krasnou sin na pamatku.

M po ltetech z eeske zeme, nekdo sem pticestuje a take sc ph East Bernard

Ve streclu, dne 6. listopada 1957

VESTN 1K — NVEST, TEXAS

nekde ktuie, Zavandruje do te 'shit bude mu tam vesele, bude na nas vzpominati ja.ko na sve ptatele.

At' si o nas druhe spolky povidaji, co chteji, my chcem jako lide, nemilujem sopteni.

At' se na nas zlobi, kdo chce, my se zlobit nebudem, tu pisnieku sklaclal v poll John Gajeysky za pluhem.

(Die napevu "K dilu bratti pro zdar tadu!"

John GajevskY.

del, ze mezi na gim lidem je jegte hoclne tech, kteti jsou pfiznivi Sokolske idei.

Radi Ptijdou do spoleenosti, kde se jim vyjde vsttic ptivetive.

Proto ku konci chci je gte viem co se podileli na teto neistne narodni praci, srdeene podekovat jrnenem na gi 'Moeviene Jednoty Sokol, Corpus Christi.

Zarove vzdavam uptinme diky vgem tern, kteti poe,as nemoci moji manZelku nayStivili osobne, telefonem a pozdravnYini listky vzponmeli a takto ji vzpominkami sv,Ymi povzbudili a potegili, Dalgi praci zda,r1 John Sta ga, jednatel.

• 4„ • (_ Sokolski. Hlidka

Sokolski Hlidka

Dovolujerne si uevfejnIti pekn3"7 elanek od br. A. Cihlate z Baltimore v Hltasateli tivetejnenern:—

Ze Sokolske einnosti Corpus Christi, Texas Cterio, reclakce Vestniku:-Bud'te tak laskavi a u yetejnete auto tpravu z na gi Sokoiske einnosti.

Na ten nag SokolskY podnik, potadanY v nedeli 27. fijna 1957 ptiroda nam neb poeasi bylo pelt' den ptijemne. Tak jak se. Pra'vi "akdrar ani zima., ani horkb.

PiknikeYST pombci vet giny na geho IllenstVa gtecite ' ptiSpell ku zdarti, nejen syOji praci, ale; Peeivem a jinyrn kuchatskYmnmenirt. ':Cerine veci darova li do "SteStenky" br. . Elledge, elektrickY hlubokY samovar (Deep . Fryer) Iiir. Rud. Troubil 1 par bot kti'2enY'ch –7 (boots) br. Frank SackY pokryvku (Blanket), ses. Marie Rendlo ya 1 merle hadkovanou pokrY yku na Nechybel ani ten tak zvanY "Grab Bag", pytel do ktereho'se.s hrabne a co yytahne to odkoupi. Sestry Sokolky jej napinily drobriYmi utitednirril veci v kratkosti byl vyprazdnen.

Do pokladny, v hotovosti ptispeli: — Bratr a sestra Jos a Rosi Ko gar $25.04, br. a ses. Vac. a Venu ge Kueera, $10.00, ses. Agnes Juticova $10.00, se.s-. Marie Rendlova $10.00, ses. Annie Regmundova, $5.00.

Meli jsme nekolik elen3kYch rodin i neelena, co lobe v ptedprodeji zakoupili listky pro °bed a listky "St'estenky" ale pro nejake mi neznarne ptieiny se nemo hli toho nageho podniku sileastnit. biizsim zjigteni jejich jmena budou ozna meny ye yYroeni schuzi Sokolske, ktera bude po •aciana 17. listopadu 1957, Moje mar0,elka, ktera, se Calla na tento piknik onemochela, tak ze od 7. tijna do 24. kJ na prodlela ve zdej gi nemocnici. Ptitomne ma natizeno od, lekate, jenleiet a odpoeivat kiidne v posteli nez to zaketni nemoc ustoupi.

Pis poledne jsem yenoval nekrolik ho in tomu na§emu podniku, kde jsem vi-

Prot 'mime chodit do Sokola!

Zajiste, ze se vain v mysli vybavila otaz ka: "Proe bych mei ja a moje cleti chodit do Sokola?" Mineno toti2 do sokolskeho cvieeni. Sokol nabizi nejlep gi prost •edky k uchovani sve&sti a sily telesne, nehlede na stain a schopnosti kaale osoby a pouze takove cviky ktere jsou nejprospegnej gi pro tu onu skupinu, jsou provadeny. Sokol se nepokou gi o cvik tak zvanYch "hvezd ei "hrdinti", jako se to larovadi v jinYch. ,sportech a jeho Teel= je budovani tela a mysli, cvideni kordinace, eili soulaclu mysli a tela, mysl byst •ej gi, vybudovati telo, by bylo odolne rfiznYm nemocem, urei hocinotu potadku, slovo, ktere je dnegni mlade...21 skoro neznarne a kone-

Z okrskovi schfize e. Nag obrazek pketistavitie :lam etyti nage star gi; if&ly poliOtove eleny nage:ho brattstva.

JsOti nam vgem zname jiz dlouhou du let vidy ochotne ptiloNt pomocno sve

:Aram, ene napomaha cletem k pi•iprave neur stale menici se budoucnosti!

Ukoly, ktere se ciao uei v sokolskem cvieeni, zustavaji s nine Po leta, JCZ 147 dou nasledovat. Pohled'me kolem seise na nektere z profesionalnich muki, kteti progli sokolskou gkolou pied rimoha, lety. z nich by nemohi poptit, 2e vycvik, ktereho ses lira dostalo v Sokole, by jim nebyl ku prospechu. Sokol tied ideam prdee v eete, kde, jak vYge.w. vecieno, ZadnY jednctlivec se nevytazuje jako hvezcia, ale v gichni v eete pracit ji v souzveku k dosaeni stejneho vY:7 sledku! Sokol tiei duchu viidcoystvi. take uei v zapoleni dokonalosti a k dosaeni nejakeho cile.

Ta vie nam pekne yysvetluje kniha nesmrtelneho zakladatele a vudce kolstva Dr. Miroslava Tyr ge "N4 . a cil''. Kniha byla psanajyrgem sm & pied mnoha lety, ale jeji slova jsou pray diva, ray glenky krasne. Vyjimame odsta,r vec: "Co v gechen lid nezno., nikdo ne+ zna. Co lid je gte nedoyed, nikdo nedo.7 yed. Co lidera se nestalo, nikYin se Tie • stalol SokolskY vYcvik je pro kahleho z nas!

• •„ • ( Schfue v Dime Box Kdo prome gkal nav gtivit okrskoveitt schitzi minulou nedeli v Dime Box skated-Ile ma co litovat. Byla tato schuzI velice zdatila s yYm potadem, ptatels7 kou naladou a peknYra spadem. NaYkzali jsme tam nove ptatelstvi a utuhll stare na ge znamosti. -- Vic zdelime Vain. ptigte.

rare pro dobro na gi SPJST. Proto,.. ze, va'Zime si . jejich nezigtne spoluprace , jsme na parnet' to snimek.

Od leva do prava jsou to bratti: Senkytik, Holy, Buee'k, Morris.

Strarta

Na 1)omov odpoeinku Temple, Texas Mill bratti, sestry a ptatele!

Zde yam zase podavam pkijem darti. ktere jsem tento Udell obdr gel na SPJST Rest Home:— $5.00 Pi; Frances Zatlukal, Temple Pan a pi. John Kebrle, Dallas na ten' pamatky p. Jos. F. Houdek 5.00 Pan a pi. John Kebrle, Dallas na notern pamatky p. F. J. Hejnk 5.00 Pi. Anna Fabera Ennis na ucteni pamatky pi. Fr. Sktivanek 2.00 Pan a pi. Joe Janieek Ennis, na ucteni pan-lathy pi. Fr, Sktivanek 2.00 Celkem jsem obdrZel do stavebniho tondo $19.00 SPJST tad els. 25 Ennis na zaxizeni v jidelne $440.38 SPJST tad eis. 4 Hallattsville na 530.00 vybaveni svernice pro dva Pan Frank Dugek Sakinas, Cal. 10.00 na zakoupeni stromku Pan A. W. Kartous, Dallas, poslal upsank obnos na zatizeni svetnice 300.00 Celkem jsem obdr2e1 na vybavent $1,280.38 Tedy celkern vgeho jsem tento tYden obdrkl $1,299,38.

Vzdavam srdeene di'ky temto darcum za jejich mild dart'. Doufarn pevne, 2e my ostatni budeme nasledovati jejich ptitladu a ptispejeme dle rnoZnosti na tento dobrk S br. pozdravem.

Chas. Navratil, pokl. SPJST. Rest Home 816 a Ave A. Temple, Tex. ) • El Campo — 11111je Vfrjev ze sla,vnosti a piirvodu potadanem VI. okrskem na gi Jednoty z El Cainno do Hillje k farlu cis. 40. minalou /laden due 27. tijna. Oisik v*teZ"ek veto oslavy byl venovan nakmu Domovu Odnoeinku IT Taylor.

Popis slavnosti zaslal nom na distriktni organisator bratr lg. Aenkyfik, kterk se ze svkini veriVrni pornocniky o zdar teto manifestaee ptieinil. Dik cold Jednoty jim fgem vyslovujeme )•4., Zabava v fadove SPJST potAda. fad Jarornir Oznamena na nedeli 10. listopadu yeeer. Hudbu obsta.ra J. C. Whatley a jeho chasa (Rythm Kings and Dan on his acordion.)

ITzpominka Pamatuji, k n9 sjezdu Jednoty v Schu lenburg br. 0. Stehlik se ptimlouval aby nage Jednota zatidila siroteinee. Je den bratr poznamenal, ze jest to glechet na rnyAlenka, nebot' neni snarl lio skutku, netli pomahati vdovam a

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:Ye Wedu, this 6. listopada 1957

sirotkit. Ale, sestry a bratti, vite jak si 0 skonu br. Vantury mtiZeme kaZdk z nas zatiditi sirotdinec Ve etvrtek odpoledne minuleho tYdne doma? Docela lehko. Uloite si kaidk me- dogla do tiskarny Cechoslovaka smutna sic ndkolik desakii do pokladni SPJST a zvest ze asi ye 12:30 utonul krajan, nag kdy2 va gi drazi ositi, na ge Jednota se o dobrk krajan Walter Vanktra z West tyto vase sirotky postara mnohem vetSi Smutna tato zprava nas jako skorem ka htivnou, nezll, jakfr chcete, aby yam nage zdeho v na gem meste a celeho okoli neJednota vyplatila, niuzete si stanoviti sa malo zarmoutila. Znali jsme Walter Vanmi, a die toho take infiZete si mesiand u- guru co rnuZe silneha, zdraveho, vkborkladati. Kdyby si kaZdY z na gich bratra neho bonce a sportavee, zkugeneho a to a sester schovaval v SPJST dosti velikk kd opatrneho. Osud ale east() ptina gi ne pojigteni pak vette, ze, nebylo by tteba Stesti ltdy2 se nejmene toho nadame. — 2adneho siroteince pro sirotky po na- Walter rybatil v kece Brazos pod VOCilli pkehradou jezera Whitney, •misto kde g em. olenstvu. A ph torn jest nejlepgi, nemusite davati iadne milodary, nebot' mnoho rybatu v2tly rybati. Po nedavnYch co si uloaate, bude to vase, neb vasich degtich voda stoupala a neoeekavand drahkch. Pomery od to doby se valne inIenkr otevtel jistk otvor z jezera do pozmenili, ale jsou stejne je gte pravdi- keky. Krajan VanZura stal na cimentove. ye ptehrade, ale nenadalk proud z jeze ra jej smetl do rozvodnenehoafedigte. ) • 4 • ( Na'gim elearta Bylo v blizkosti poeet dalgich% rybatil, Je zapotfeby obeas na to upozornit, kteti tvrdi, Ze, mu nemohli pomoci. Asi ze marne v na gich tadech mnoho Me- za hodinu se podahlo jej z •eky dostati nu kte1l mimi fieetniho ani tadove Med yen ale bylo jiz pozde. Stejnou dobu neniky neznaji, proto ze do sch5zich ne- daleko osudneho mista rybatil jeho bratr chodi a ovgem ze pro kad nic nevyko- Rudolf Van&ira a Frank Marak, ale nenaji. yeah, '2e Walter stal se obeti utopenim Dou- az kdy2 telt) jeho bylo z keky vyloveno.

Je to k nasi i k jejich gkode. fam, ze si tohoto laskave povgimnou!

Pohtben byl v sobotu 26. Nina z katolic• • keho kostela ve West na katolickern htbi tove; Msgr. I. J. Valenta vykonal polatebRid Placed() els. 97 Tajemnice tadu pi. Vlasta. Baros oz- ni obfady. Walter Vaniura byl mutem namuje, ae schnze tadova se bude konat zasadnirn, spravnYrn, dobrosrdeene po✓ nedeli dne 10. list. ate elenstvo jest vahy a vg eobecne obliben katdyrn. renoZcaciano se poeetne dostaviti nebot' pted val se veelatstvi, mel kolem jednoho tileha dt lezite jednani ohledne distrikt- sice veel v tlrokem okoli a v jeho oni sehtze a i jine. Navgteva nagich boru mel celo-statni povest co veelafskfr schfizich jest velice slabs a tak nada odbornik.

ZesnulY zanechava, rnan'Zelku: tki syny, se nic dulaiteho projednavati. — ProLarry VanZura v Shrevport, La., Walter, sim tedy ptijd'te dozajiste. )•• Jr. ye Waco a Willie Yantura v en, dceru pi. Joyce Taggart ye Waco, dva Dokona svoji ilvotni pout' vnuky, dva bratry, Ben J. Yantura ye nag' bratr a Men tadu els. 41. John Kfi- West a Rudolf Valitura v Tours; d ye senemoci 1. fijna tek zemfel po stry pi. Vine Sula y e West a si. Frances Port Lavaca. — Narodil se v 6eskoslo- Vantura v Cuero. Pozilstalfrm vyslovuvensku dne 17. btezna 1882. -- Jeho tena jeme naSi uptinmou soustrast.

ZaAntonia jej na veenost pfedetla ) • 4 • ( nacho' zde rodinu a site dceru Agnes, a syni Julius a Joe Franka. Byl pohfg ben na Port Lavaca htbitove za sluteb Minulfr tkden zastavil se zde na kratRev. Verderame. navgtevu na g br. Joe Milan z Fort Pfejerne mu klidnfr spanek yeenk a ro- gi Worth v doprovodu bratra, Dujky a Podine vyslovujeme na gi soustrast. myka,la. Prohledl si zavod Oechoslovak ) • 4 • ( a mile jsme si pohovotili. Dekujeme za naVStevu. — Na g bratr E. Pla gek nas teZ S litostl ozoamojeme nas bratr a Glen tadu C. 88 Jos. Kotr- rninulk tYdon v tiskarne nayStivil. PoteAlio nag. Takove mile navgtevy nas vtdy la zemkel 30. zati v Houston& Narodil ✓ (3eskoslovensku dne 19. tali 1881. Za- osvetl. ) • • (_--. nechal zde zarmoucenou vdovu Rosalil Milt' syn jedno ditko jeho jej na veenost pfedeNute, Karla, hocilam co nejdfive uchfrSlo. )3y1 pohfben na Forest Park hfbitove 11ti se na odpoeinek a pfenechati ti svaj za slukb Rev. Daniel Marka. Zesnu- obchod.

Ach, tatinku, nemohl bys je gte par ro lk bratr bydlel kadu let v Crosby net se kir tadne pra,covati, abychom mohli pak • Houstonu p•esidlil. na odpoeinck spoleene?

Buda mu zeme lehka.

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illidka Zen Fort Worth, Texas Mile sestry bratfi:— PftSti radova schtize, bude konana nedeli 10. listopadu, (Nov. 10.) ye 2 hod. odpoledne. Oleni jsou aadani, by v poetu co nejvetSim do sehnze se clostavili. Po schtizi budeme mit opet svaeinu tak mile sestry, bud'te tak la,kave. a pfinest4 nejake pedivo, neb sendvice, ptedem diky. °slava 60 let trvani na g SPJST a 19 let postaveni nag kat:love buclovy v nedeli, 20. 1ijna, byla dosti dobfe nav givena. Po dobrem obede, jsme se vetSinou bavili pratelsk3'im povidanim a hrou bin go. Veder pti zahave byla velka, na y:Steva. Z Dallas byli plitomni, pan a pi.

Kosovi a p. a pi. Pokladnikovi, staral z Temple p. a pi. 13eekovi, bYvali zdejg oadnici. VSem Vain mili pfatele srdeene dekujeme za navStevii .a za krasne clarky do bingo. Velice nas yak navate va poteaila. — Tea diky sestram za hojnost dodbreho pediva, kuchafkam v kuchyni, bratriun a sestram pfi bingo a vAem, kteti jakYmkoli spftsobern vypomohli, vSem riavtevnikiim. a za pekne clarky.

Sestra Joe 13artek obdraela peknY kvilt coa je ji piano, (Doufam, budete zdra ve. do scheme, coa yam ze srdce pfeji.)

Minulou nedeli 27. tijna muj syn s jeho manaelkou j ell do sine, tadu 66. v Elm Mott, kde melt organisatoti tfetiho a pateho distriktu obed a tak jsem se s nimi svezla do West k manaelfim Dr. J. R. Kuba.lovYm. Po dobrem obede mne Anea ka vzala do Waco, jsem si pfala •navativit jeji teace nemocnou maminku a moji to Avagrovon, pi. FrantiSku Nemeekovou ktera je tam v "Rest Home" co invalidka. Je to venue eistY atm ma tam dobrou opatrnost. Bylo mi ji hrozne lito, ze je v torn tak Spatne, ale jinak jsu tomu vehni povdeena, ze jsem ji jeate videla. Jiz ani do koleekove idle ji neJeden opravdu nevi mohou dirt, jen

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co ho ye staid odokava, nea se do toho neznama odebere.

Na zpatedni ceste z Waco jsme jely do to sine fadu 66. kde po tom spolednem °bend, meli schazi a feenici rrizne proslovy. Byla jsem tarn poprviik Mate velkou a peknoa sin, dobre pokradujete, pfeji yam mnoho clalaiho zdaru a diky za podastovani, kavou a ko la& i clorta bylo je ge piny sta Bylo mi mile sejiti se tam s mYmi pfately a znamYrni, tak to jednoho poteg.

Tobe Aneako Kubalova, pekne dekuji za vozeni a ten dobr* obed. TOMIl pangId v redatci od tiskd, neb jakou praci tarn kone,, nevim 1 jrneno jsem zapomela tea pekne dekuji, za to kytiekti uznami mojich dopisu, asi uhodnete, kdo mi to fekl. Na West jsem tea byla na hfbitove u hrobu mojich dra.hYch rodien, dvou bratrii a dalai rodiny. Maji tam peknY, distY hrbitov, zvlaate v tomto du g -ekovmtYdnu,hrobysepavujikreli kvitira a mnohY tichou modlitbou vzpomina s,vojich milYch. Pan a pi. Josef Kubanovi oslavovali 50 lete zlate jubileum sveho g'a,stneho inanaelstvi v kruhu svoji mile rodiny a pfatel. Plahopfejeme Vain mili pfatele a pkejeme jeate dlouha leta, spoleene ho Nvota a mnoho zdravi od Parra Boha. — Neni kaademu piano tak radostne udaloSti se doekat.

Jeate pkiporninam br. a ses. nezapomente na sclrazi.

S pozdravem Marie SuranoVa, dopisovatelka ♦ •( Rad) San Antonio 'Oslo 133 Miii bratri a s,estry:-Chci vim jen kratce pidponienouti nag schfizi ktera bude druhou nedeli v listopadu t. j. 10. listopadu a bude to vYrodni schaze, budeme voliti nove frtedniky pro pidati rok, tak je na vas aby jste -se v hojnem poetu dostavili a vetSinou hlasii rozhodli kdo bude vaSimi zastupci. Po schnzi budeme mit spoleden skou hodinka, kavu a zakusky a na poPadu jsou hry a vYherni cena pelme roste ten St'astlivec kdo ji vyhraje bude miti sluanY obnos na vanodni nakup.

Tak nezapomerite v nedeli 10. listopadu ve 2 hod odpoledne.

S pczdravem Miloslava Zeinert, Cop. • -) • Sa y Antonio. Texas Pane redaktore:— na, ptani zdej gch krajaml zasilam dlanek, popis oslavy narozenin zaslonaene zdejh pracovnice Marcelly M. Kleprlikove prosirn o jeho oti geni v nejbliagm eisle Vestniku. Za laskavost pfedern dekuji.

Skvela °slava padesatSreh narozenin zaslouiene mistni pracovnice

Sttann 9 Dne 23. fijna t. r. &Alla se Padesatky nermavna mistni pracovnice, vaemi vakna a oblibena, vzacna pidtelkyne pi.

Marcella M. Kleprlikova.. V uznani vae-. ho co jig pro dobro celku vykonala a na dukaz vfeleho pratelstvi vlivni einitele mistniho radu SPJST jeji piiznivci a. ptatele dohodli se na spoleene oslave tohoto pro ni 17Yznarnneho dne. Aby vSe vyznelo hodne slavnostne a aby radost a pfekvapeni oslavenkyne byly zaslouae-, ne jedineene, bylo za souhlasu vaech roz hoduto zachovat pfdpravy v nejvet g taj -no.sti,caenmdokalepfio.Se souhlasem manZela naS1 mile jubilantkY usnesli jsme se konati oslavu v jejich residenci, ktera byla letos od zakladu k nepoznani promenena a zvelebenri. vAecliny inistnosti jsou pfekrasne upraveny a vkuse dekorovany.

1-Ilavnim neelem vaeho bylo pfekva,peni.

Proto urcili jsme k tomu sobotu, 19. ki,j, na, den, kdy Marcelka pracovala,, aby mt. jeji nepritonmosti mohli jsme vSechno tajne pfipravit. VeSkere price rarely byti skondeny ke etvrte hodino odpoledne, kdy se Marcelka obyeejne vraci ze zarnestnani. Nahodou prijela drive, my jsme veak byli pripraveni. Kciv2": naprosto nic netuSici otevicela dvete, r6zestaveni kruh spustili jsme sborove "Happy Birth clay". Zaprisobilo to citove velice nejen na ni, ale na vSechny plitomne. B371 to. bkamaik, na kterY nezapomeneme.

Po vadjenmem vitani se a osobnim bla hoptani znamenite jsme se bavili._ Mezitim stale dalg a dalg gratulanti obteakani menSimi i vetSimi balieky. Celkem bylo nas tam 36, mnozi pro nemoc v rodin y nebo jine nutne osobni zaneprazdneni nemohli se dostavit a omluvili se bud' pfedem pisernne, nebo te-' lefonicky, Krome oslaverikyne, jejiho raclosti zaticiho me:naela Jarky a jeji maminky, pani Mokre, byli tam damy a pk. nove: Elmilie Amburnova, Luise Broszes manaelkou a rozitova. Dr. Josef Cech vaanYm synkern Freddym, Charlie eernST, pfedseda mistniho fadir SPJST, s manaelkou, Martha K. Harbortova, Sa-. rah Ruth Holloway, ktera nelenila a pfijela z Austinu,.Ed. Holly s manalelkou, Anna Ilona, Mary L. Kallusova, Alfred Kalrnus, mistopfedseda.mistniho Pada SPJST s manaelkou a Svitofivou. dcerkou .June, Margaret Mokra, Frank Parma s ma,n2elkorr, Mary Polanska, Ka rel D. SazayskY, Selma Siwy, Hildegard Turnerove, Josef G. Vali§ s manaelkou a cletmi Dermisem a Carolynkou, Frank Valka s manaelkou a faudybylkou deerkou Joe Ann, John Wells s manaelkou a moje maliekost. Doufam, ze jsem na koho nezapornnela. Nalacla byla v3'rborna, evzduSi , nejv ra" ptatelske, bratrske. Aby nem bylo jege veseleji, ptitel Saza,vskjr

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Citrana 10 prinesi sebou dostateenou zasobu eeskYch populanalch pisni a tanct, jen ty nejlep gi z nejlepgich, ktere Re v geobeenema nadgeni pkehraval.

0 pohostiostvi bylo postarano bezva.dne. Jecina mistnost byla ureena pouze pro j i clia, ktera byla vylolena a pekoe ez.clobena ha clioulaern stole. Bylo vgeho bolely. 1-11a,vnim poknoein byl pe 1,110 do ruzova upeeenk ohromnY krocan. vYborna, g unka, ktera, chutnala skoro jako prava "Pralska", smaZenYch karat bylo n; , poeilame omoZst yi. a vgelijaprtlola a rtiznYch pochutio, i;c si vie ani nepamatuji. Krome velikeho slaynostnitio dortu, bohate ozdobeneho, bylo velke; moo2stvi peeiva v geho druhu a clarti. PRI bylo rovneZ dost: etyll hy piva, dva druhy viva a vielija,kYch sociovek pro deli, kava, eaj, co si jenom kdo prat a co hrdlo radio. Bylo toho, ;20 ,.nohla se vystrojit je gte jedna mensi Vrcholem osla-vy bylo po veeeti rozbalovani darlcu. V g ichni s napeti pozorovali jak Marcelka opatrne jednotlive libive zubalene darky rozbalovala,. Nebudu je zde popisovat, zabrala bych mnoho mista; chci jenom kratce podotknout, c. byly to vesmes prekrasne darky, z y -last'vybrne,ktznicvelmnne.

J seal rada, ze se nam to tak podatilo a e Marcelce udelali jsme opravdovou radost. PouZivarn teto prilezitosti, abych pneroni vgech, ktera jsme tam byli, jeSte Ilou pogratulo vala. Mita Marcelko, rejeme Ti do daliich let Tveho plodneZivota dolne zdra,vi, klid a s:pokojenY Zivot po boku Tveho tulik Te milujiciho Na spoleenou osla.vu budeme vzpominat.

Beta LeaZarova rsas Velica nas poteSila zprava od br. Senkyrika, ze slavnost v El Campo, a Hillje ye prospech nail irtulny se tak skvele vyclatila. Litujem, ovg em, ze jsme se nemohli ,, freastnit, ale museli jsme se sire_• L o,tpi nanketu Organisatorii Okrsku 16lio a Tretiho. Meli oni dva okrsky neg nacaou souteZ nazi sebou, kdo proda vi cc• poi:Steni v dobe prvnich gest mesicri •oku a patY okrsek vyhral o osm R. pit]

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z Houstonu velka delegace orp,Jni atorit a je g te podetnejii jejich ptatel po Greyhound Busu kde v slavnostni nail ide jiZ byly neekavani ttetim okrskern. mibi tad Slovanska Lipa eislo 66 v Elm Mott, Texas, nam poskyt1 svoji krasnou siiV,, mi g ta dost a mila sestra Mom oe zapajeila, svoje. elektrickd v;:rje k ny tak j8nic se v gichni ihned dali

do zpevu. Br. Cerny umelec ze San Antonio Liam hral. Mistni rad nam lei poskyti siova k pisnim Kuyaki, kovati: U studanky sed'ela; lodlCka inala; oho.loupky pod horami; dervenY gateeek; pis nicka Ceska, atd., a mladi stars -vgechni kcle kclo tarn zpiva,l.

S pozorovali, ze mezi temi miadynn IJArei, ky je tak m.noh,0 tech, kte •i umi cesky nejen Cast ale i zpivat. TrebaZe Inez' sebou mluvi Anglicky, piece eesky jegte Obed byl pristroien ad "Catering Service" (firmou, klera vaii pro velke shronia.Zdeni) takk mile sestry od tadu 66, mohly mezi nas a tog se jednou pobavit.

Organisatori obouch okrskil byli vyvola, ne kolik kterY poji gteni Jednoty prodal, a kolik to delalo bedri pki one souteli.

KaZdY obdrZel malt' darek„ a ty ktet% prodali nejvic obcIr geli osobni jeite pekoe darky. 8vandy bylo dost, ptatelskY a bratrskY rozhovor p •evladal atd. a kcly2 -oak slunieko zaealo se otaeet na zapad, velikY Bus dosta,vil se a nam nase navAtevniky zase odebral.

Bvls 10 elice krasne. Vzpominali jsme slavou,t v Hillje konane samY den a ptali jsme jim. mnoho zdaru, neb poeasi bylo krasne. Litovali jsme, ze nail bratri Marek, Chupik a HejnY nebyli platom ne. Br. UrbanovskY se omluvil, ze jede za syYm neniocaY otcem do West, Texas.

PH krat8ich proslovech vSech organisa bylo zrejnio, ze se jim soute ge zamlouvaji a slibovali jeden clrulaemu, ze prigte budou trochu vie za ten provaz tahnout a ze jim ukaZou J ja,k se prodava, pojigteni. Bylo nage potegeni zase se sejit s prately z Houstonu kterY jsme 112 Waal closti diouho nevicleli. V gem jim pi•ejenu,= ouisho toho zdravidka a aby me zi rids z,r,e jiste brzy pri gli, ale Lie zas vyhrati.

Mila pz jsou Vanoce za roem, jak x to rika, po anglicky Dikuvzcla ni tento meslc a Vanoce pti gti mesic, jak ten rok utekl, ji2 se buclem chystat na NovY Rok. 1VIlacle hospodynky a maminky jiz maji hlavu pinou starosti jak viechno udinit by byly posvatni din pa,tiiene oslavene by pH tom nepraskla kasa. Mooha, hospodynka ji2 chvilemi sije, vy giva a haeku je by nem pekneho stvotila jako dar komu milemu, Chyttej gi hospodynky ji2 pri baze.rech si nakoupili, pekne darky za levne ceny na Vanoeni Jsou to radostne ptipravy. Olovek ma zrovna ton poZitku s to ptipravy jako s toho poviceni aneb ze svatku.

Baclej toho necham pro dnekk by toho nebylo zas moo. Tak yam ligachnem preji toho zdravieka hodne a radosti take, jsem s pozdravem a v ricte Redaktorova gena.

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Nalehavit Zadost fllavni fiiadovna nagi SPJST timto nage elenstvo i na ge piatele kdekoliv v Texasu i jinde, kteki maji dosud uschovane stare eisla anebo cele roeniky "Obzoru" bYvaleho to Organu SPJST aneb i stare eisla "Svobody" aneb kai jinYch starYch easopisii V kterych jest nejaki zminka o poiatku, zakladatelii aneb i o piisobeni nail Jednoty od roku 1897 poeinaje, — — Zda by byli ochotne tyto k sestaveni dejin nagi Jednoty nam na na ge titraty zapftjeiti. Vage zdeleni laskave adresujte pkimo J. F. Chupick, Supreme Lodge SPJST Box 400, Temple, Texas.

4. • 'lima je tu!

21outne listi na korunach stromri'; az pak suche Elold spadava, vitr smutnou piseri peje k tomu, s padlYm listkem divine zalirava; hned jej zvedne do zavratne vYge, tam s nim kolem clivne zatodi, lined jej sklacia, v brazclu lehce, jako decko matce v naraei!

Pole jsou da.vno rozorav, ruins Zivot na inch zerla ztieha, zpevni ptaci jectooliu nam 'Jana odleteli v dalr.0"' teplY jih, neslyget ug jejich zpevnou pisen, jeZ, nam znela denne pri praci, nitro na ge svird ja,kas tiseri ktera se uZ ani neztraci.

Oblohou se honi mraky Cede, jeZ nam viechnem nesou smutnou zvest; "SvatY Martin s konem jede" -zima kruta uC nam blizka jest, ilZ na horach rozklada sve stanky, jich2 temena za noc zbelely, nese prY nam svoj e ladovanky, bychom cilouhou chvili nemeli.

J. B. Malansisy ) • 0. • ( Bila. znelka Bilo ,oslepene bilo kulem, lukou, stro,nemi, potoeim i polem.

A kcly g tu bel biiCeji prohledna, miliony hvezdiei zablecine§.

Belorteke tieho leli eeskYni krajem, zve,stuje poznovu jiskernYm tajem, jak zima jc mocnou kralovnou krasy, jejig &Jet pletou rampouchil vlasy.

Ain ieclavY ptalek nezahlesne, ani zvon vetrem ozvou nezaplesne, ani nezakraka vrana zobata. .

Ale belounke tichotreko raluvi tak, jako sluncem osvice0 ziaty mrak a toei v gim, viim — ZftV1 at' to bohata! ) • 4 • ( MuZerne udileti tads druhYm, ale nedovedeme prisobiti shy dle na gich rad zachovaval.

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D!TSKA BESIDKA Hoch z piedmesti g imakovi bydlili v Brezine. Tak se jmenovala nejchud gi dtvrt' prumysloveho mesta, ktere se chlubilo dtvercovYm namestim vVstavnou radnici a nekolika modernimi dvoupatrovYmi domy. Ve sti nu techto nepodatenYch kopii velkomestsikYch palaciz kreily se stare domky, parnatujici doby, kdy mesto bylo jeSte ricice obydlenYin chudYm mestysem. teke givoticim po ohromnem polaru, kte ry kdysi zachvatil vice neZ d ye tretiny jeho domin RychlY vYvoj podal tenkrat, kdy k dro lonYm dornacim podnikateltim pridali se bohati cizinci, kteri mohli nest velke na klady prvnich dolovacich praci v okoli.

Hra o zisk dapadla ye prospech lidi a potom zadal bezohledn3"7 boj a vykorist'o vani krasne, rirodne zeme ,ktera koneene vydala lidAYrn rukam sve bohate po klady uhli.

Pod zelenYm povrchem byly hloubeny derne sloje tmave, fizke Atoly se prodlu zovaly a ktiZovaly jako ulice, tvorice AZasne podzemni bludigte.

Zatim, co pod semi vyrastalo tenme, bersluneene kralovstvi, na povrchu mize ly krasne, temne lesy, pine ptadiho zpevu, ubYvalo zlatVch pasil rirodnYch poli, ztracelii se zelene, kvetouci louky. Na mistech, kde v gumicich korunach stayell ptaci nejradeji sva hnizda, vyrostly gedive a rude kominy, derne, bile popra gene peci a smutne haldy ,navr gene vysoko jako tesklive mohyly, pod kter*mi 'dela pochovana mrtva krasa krajirlY. Ze zdravYch, sluncem a vetrem opale-

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nYch rolnikil stall se bledi, nedokrevni haviti se smutnYma odima, jimZ chybelo slunce, precleasne zestarli a udreni but nici, zmrzadeni teZkYini Mazy v nitru i na povrchu zerne.

Prisli cizi delnici, mestys, povY genY no mesto, rostl. Na prikrem svazu za mestern zaloZili novou kolonii "Berezinu", nejsmutnej gi a nej gpinavej gi predmesti s UzkYmi uliekami a ubohYmi domky. -Prizemni mala okna,„ zvedajici se sotva pul metru had hrbolate dlaZueni, propou g tela jen malo svetla. Na ulicich pachly odpadky a spla gky, stekajici strtakami do potoka pod strani, otravujiciho okolni vzduch.

Deti bylo na "Berezine" mnoho adkoli je kosily Caste nakaZlive nemoci. Prichazely v gak na svet nove a bylo proto v "Berezine" stale dosti ktiku a piace.

V prvnim nizkem dornku, kterY mel jaksi k mestu nejbliZe, narodil se Franchlapec, nejstartigek, tmavookY, gi Ze gesti deti hornika Simaka.

V hajku', jmenovali tak sedm bidnYch akatri, vyrostlYch na -horej gi planine sta re haldy, vedle opu gteneho dolu, hraval Si- Franti gek s detmi z kolonie, maje na starosti mladgi bratry a sestridku — batolatko. Hajek zvonil stale cletskYm krikern. Chlapci tarn staveli Maze a tunely, devdata jim nosila ye starYch neekacla a hencich bez ucha vodu z potoka. Kd.yZ, je stavba omrzela, potadali vaichni indianske vYpravy, nebo se honili-kolem haldy. Do kfiku, smichu i de deti zaznival vZdy hluk ZeleznYch peel, Yydechujicich otra ynY kalif a prach proti kolonii.

Do Akoly bylo z "Bereziny" pril .hodiny.

Nikdo nechodil. tak rad, jako Frantik.

Costa beZela: do kopce, hlubokYm rivozem, v nemZ leZel za sucha Z.,lutY prach, pp detihluboke, mazlave blato. Nejlepe bylo v zime, kdyC ledova, vrstva pokryla gpinavou vodu potoka a bila plachetka Snehu poloZila se no; cesty, starou haldu i kolonii.

Frantik .mel rad pomerne giroke a sve tle ulice Mesta. vysOkou gkolni budovu se svetlYmi tfidami a girolcSnh. krasnYm schodigtem.

Kdybychom byli bohati, prestavel bych celou Berezinu," rikal nekdy =mince, ktera se usmivala planum jeho mlade hlavy.

- "Skoda, Ce nejsi a nebude g bohat; pro tote z hornickeho platu je gte nikdo nezbchatl," tekla jednou s povzdechem.

"Ale ja nebudu hornikem!" skoro vy krikl chlapec. ""dim bys tedy chtel la)iti?"

"Stavitelem!" To bylo konzelne slovo, pine nadeji a slibri, slovo hofici jako zla to hvezda na nebi FrantikovYch nadeji,

/Irma% 11 "To je nemoZne. Musil bys pozdeji na studie do Prahy a na to nemame penize. Krorne toho in neistar gi, tesili jsme se, Ce nam ponniZe g brio vydelavat!"

Frantikovo nadgeni trochu ochladlo, ale cestou do Skoly premY glel jen o nahociach a moZnostech, ktere by mu mohly pomoci. Ani nepozoroval, Ce se vzda luje svYch karnaradri, vyluduje z jejich her a do gkoly prichazi sam. Hlava se mu jiZ, toelia z plant, ktere nemely pmkticke ceny, kdyZ se rozpornenul na deda Cilu, nejstar giho mad obyvatele koionic. "Sverim se mu„iiste dobte poradi!" rekl si Frantik a radosti nad svYrn napadem pteskakoval tii stupne gkolni ho schodigte.

Della Cila by invalida, ktereho pro.ce pod semi pied lety zmrzadila. By to pit hroznem vYbuchu, kterY mu pterazil ruku a poranil oko tak zle, Ce musilo bYti vyriato. Snad se vykradana zem ten krate rozhnevala na lidske eerviky, kteti Prace v dole byla ztracena a invalida do tak nefistupne hlodali v jejich iltrobach. stal podporu, ktera, "nestadila k Civotu, ani k smrti", jak lide v ptedmesti rikali Cila vgak nepozbyl odvahy a jakmile se pozdravil hleclal jine zamtstnani. Stal se rozna gedem novin, nosil na drahu zavazadla, v lete hliclal zelinatske zahrady nebo ovocne aleje, prodaval na tr hu jahody a houby, a kratce Civil se, jak se dalo. ne lehce, ale poctive. Jeho blec'tY oblieej eloveka pracujiciho pod semi zrfiZovel a Zkulatel a tieba byl Cila jen chudYm pfigtipkaiem Civota, vedlo se mu pri jell() stildmosti shigne.

Frantik a Cila byli vZdy dobrYmi piate h, ale nyni stall se al napadne nerozluenYmi. "Mani a stare nohy, piedarn ti rozna geni novin!" to byl prvni itatupek snakivemu chlapci, kterY se a chuti dal do prace, maje pied alma svilj krasnY cil; zarnestnanl, kteremu se chtel s celott la.skou a pill venovati. Potom Cila piemluvil rodiee, aby chlapci v jeho touze a praci nebranili. "Franti gek je pilny a i dale tak pevnou vuli, jiste doj de tarn ,kam si uminil. Pomae sobe I vam," ptimlouval se (eda vicle za sveha chranence.

"Dobie, nebudu piekaZet jeho gtesti, ale chci videti, Ze se pilne al, Ce sva piedsevzeti bare vane, jinak pujde hned do huti", tekl tatinek skoro tvrde, ac mel srdce pine lasky a Uzkosti o synovu budoucnost.

Frantikovi nastala tetika zkou gka. Vata val easne, zaroveii s otcem, zatim co sou rozenci i kamaradi dlouho je gte odpaivali v teplem lozi. Poznal v gak krasu svitani, neZnY fismev jitra, rodiciho se za blednouciho svitu poslednich hvezd.

Meat° spalo pod kfidly ranni mlhy, rude a eerne korniny huti jako pteludy

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sova,ly se ztriaule na pozadi rfAavejici oblohy. Do krevnich ptaeich znely prudke vYdechy pracujicich peel.

Nejhrite bylo za, jarnich a podziamich kdy vlhko a nevyspani rortta.saly mlade telo, kteremu bylo je gte treba oct painku. Zimni jitra byla milosrdnejgi.

Pod nohama chrupal umrzlY snih, bled& 7,a.teni apadenYch hvezd kropilo planinu i rnesto na kopci, kde vyskakovala ojedinela 2luta, svetla.

Prantik roznagel novinyi iobstaraTal Cilovi tagi positky, v bete s nim hlidal ovocne aleje a zahrady zelinaft. Nikciy v ivote nezapomene na ticho teplSich noel, na teskne volani noeniho ptaka, kterY se vznesl s meze a zapadl kdesi ve ziajicim obili. Na hluboke duneni, ozYvajjei se pravidelne po del gich pfeka2 Rah ani chvilkovY nenspech neodvtatil voziky se 2havou struskou, tekouci jako lava po tibal nova navr govanYch hald.

Ka2dY Frantikem ziskanY peniz putoval do pokladnielfy a prvni dny v mesicl bvl uklaclan na kniku mestske sporitelny. Zadna pteka2ka, ani chvilkovY neu ,,pech neodvratily Frantika od jeho amyslu. Musil tedy phjiti den, kdy se s Cilou i Berezinou laudil nevelkY, venkovsky obleeenY studentik Prantigek Maminka mela oei zaml2ene, ale otec se usmival na odcha.zejiciho chlapce. Byl ji2 pevne ptesvedeen, 2e se jeho nejstafg ye s-vete neztrati. Sourozenci pygne hledeli za bratrem studentem a Cila si protiral oei, do kterYch "pry nee° padlo."

To bylo pied lety. Z nepatrneho chucleho hocha je dnes znarnY a hledanY architekt Sta,vi palace i vesele thledne vilky na ptedmestich a bohatne. Sve my glenky ptestaveti Berezinu se nevzdal, s laskou a rozmyslem pracuje na svem pia, no. Na slunne strain za kolonii postavi zdrave, male domky pro obyvatele a a2' se cele ptedmesti ptestehuje, strhne niz ke bardely, pachnouci plisni, cid pteokpat uljeky, ka,m &five slunce nepronikW. zasype polovyschly pachnouci potok a nad nim zalai sad. Aby si chude deti z kolonie melt' kde hrat, aby jim bylo veg(l ne2 v hajku pod sedmi ubobSimi, schnoucimi akaty.

ChudY hoch z predmesti vystavi tak , nejkra,snejsi pommk sobe staremu Ze siind vide prenth2e v gechny pte kaZky a dovede k cili.

J. 13ro2ova,-Mala. )° •( pra,ve tyfova epidemic. Ale pan Voves zilstava,1 klidnY. "To je mane, 2e je tu patn6, voda. Ale ja, main svoji methodu. Nejprve vodu svatina, pak ji zdestiluji, pak priclam chlor a pak jdu a kuupim si pivo."

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Padesit let na Fade Texaske (Vypravuje bratr Jan Staga Corpus Christi) (Pokxaeovani) Tam Lase nastalo dosti prace vge phvest do pota,dku a hlavne ainu, stroje nektefe nahradit a semenik postavit.

Znovu podileni se v zabayni einnosti Ptestehovanini se do okresu Milam z Temple, jsme zase vzali ptestupni hz fluliand do Buckholts, tarn zase jseni se podilel na zabavnian vYboru p11 taneenich zabavach. V Cameron v tu dobu se utvotil privatni zaba.vni krou2ek, kterY jsme poi ahali zakladat. Mimo toho jsme poinahli ptinac yleovani Ceske Narodni Besedy a sirgastriovali se pledvacleni ochotnickYch divadel.

Jednou v nedeli veder jak jsme v Cameron v Narodni sini ptedvadeli zabavny dej, tak v nem ueinkovali inan2ele Poldy IVIajkavYch a kdy jsme byli v tretim jedmini, tak nekdo ptigel za nami do zakulisi na jevigte a zvolal, Majci haa! Z prvu to zaznivalo jak 2ert, ale v kratkosti se to ukazalo laYt skuteenosti a onu za • bylo videt do mistnosti, kde jsme ptes okna ji mohli zhlednout.

Divadlo neclodelane rychle zakoneerro a hocine lads lined, se rozjelo k domovu 1..V.Jajkovem. KterY celY padl popelem.

Ja kdy jscm se zase vratil zpatky do sine, pozbirat veal ktere jsmve tam men zan.echane, jsem shledal, lie nekdo v tu dobu nagi neptitomnosti vyail a odcizil kolene kamage (Leggins), ktere jsem mei vypiljeene ad jednoho obchodnika, kterY je poalval ph honech. Ochotnik kterY mel ulohu hajneho. ptedstavovat neinel ty kamide svoje, tak ja jej pro neho vypiljeil a v odrnenu jsem dostal, 2e jsem je pak sand musel zaplatit.

Tech zkugenasti nabytYch ph tech divadlech, kterYch bylo velke innastvi dal° by se hodne n,apsati. Po ea,s pobytu v okresu Milam jsme nektere divadelni hry jezdili predvest do Seaton, CycoMe, Caldwell, Bryan a jednou jsme byli i v Penelope.

Kdy2 jsme men v gechno apravene k trvalenau se asazeni ta,k jsme v dobe novani utrpeli velkou Skodu, neb caina paella popelem. Poji gteni ktere jsme nesli, bylo jen jedna etvrtina toho, co by byla stala nova dlina touto nahradit.

To teto utrpene ztrate jsme se odhodiali hiedat znovu odvahou a nadeji a jegte s vetgim vYpjetim sil, ten te2ce za,slou2enY chlebieek jinde.

Yak° je se rozhodnout pro nee° mengibo, ne tak pro nee° co znamena zase stehovani a po ptipade n es kom do mak) zname nam krajiny. mezi nezname tvare. Melt jsrne tolike znamosti, ptatel, a zakaznikti v okresich Milam a Bell, 2'e

se nam nechtelo opravdu moc &deka se vzdalovat a zvla gte ne ad tech co ptinas stall a v nagem obchade nas podpotili, bez rozdilu narodno,sti, neb jineho phislugenstvi. Kdy4 tak nekdy ye volne chvili listuji mezi temi na gimi zakazni kir jmdny, tu se mi ptedstavi podoba skoro kacleho a na nmohe manse v gichni mile vzpominky. BYvalo a je dosud moil zasadou, poaivat uptimneho obchodu neb ptatelstvi, k oboustrannemu uspokojeni.

Pan a pani John Galetka Laskavosti na geho bratra Bilaka z Hal lettsville, obdr2eli jsme obrazek bratra a sestry John Galetky kterY Vain zde radostne poclavame. Cell tato dobra rodina a jejich ditky:— Selma Grones, Evelyn Galetka a syni Victor, Julius, John Jr., Emil, Edwin a Hilmer tedy osm a jejich vnuci jsou elenove naSi Jednoty.

Velice nas to v2dy te gi, kdy2 nom mo2no ptedstavit Varn tak verne na ge eleny.

Obrazek byl paizen pti °slave 50ti letell° vYrai, je zdatilY a jubilanti oba vyhlIlI tak, 2e jim jiste pfejeme nmoha dalgi leta. — Velice nam bode vitana dalgi zprava od sestry Grane gove. — Pozdrav Vain vgem.

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Viber rtlinkch pojistek nail S. P. J. S. T. Vyherte si the potteby Vida B: Dotivotne poplatky se plati at do smrti.

Vida C: 20ti splatkova, dotivotni. Poplatky se plati pouze 20 let.

Ttida D: 15 ti splatkova dotivotni. Poplatky se plati pouze 15 let.

Ttida E: 10 ti splatkova dotivotni. Polatky se plati pouze 10 let.

Trida F: 15ti lets nadadni. Obnos certifikatu jest vyplacen za 15 let.

Ttida G: 20ti leto, nadaeni. Obnos certi fikatu jest vyplacen za 20 le.

Trida H: Nadaeni ve 65ti let. glen plati poplatky at do 65ti let.

Ttida I: 20ti splatkova, riadadni ve 60t1 let.

Ttida K: Splatkova do 65ti let, dotivotni.

Tkida L: Dvojnasobne urazove pojiAteni (Double Indemnity) certifikat se vystavuje do obnosu $5,000.00, dodateene k jinemu certifikatu.

Trida M: Pensijni pojistka. Po dosateni 65 rokii stall glen dostava rnesianil pfijem dokud ziv. Zernte-li pted 80 lety stari, dedici dosts.nou mesieni ptijem do 80 vtrodi ir "zenin diena.

Trida MC: 20ti iota iipisova ochrana ktera se roan zmen guje, at z0stane vyplacene pojitteni na $1,000.00.

Vida MX: lOti lets tipisova ochrana ktera se roene zmeneuje, at ztaane vyplacene pojiSteni na $1,000.00, ochrana.

N: IOU lets ktefi maji vypilleene penize od S. P. J. S. T. Tiida N2: lOti lets imisove. ochrana.tlentm, kteti nemaji ptjeku na majetek od S. P. J. S. T. V Detskem Oddeleth Vida JT: Doeasne pojiSteni do 16 let, Mere se mute zmeniti na kterekoliv jive pojiSteni, kdykoliv net dosehne 16 let.

TtOda JS: 20ti splatkova dotivotni. Pint obnos pojiAteni se vyplati v ptipadu timrti od veku 1 roku,

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Tinda Nadaeni v dosateni 18 let; pint obnos poji§teni se vyplati v ptipadu timrti od veku 1 roku. obnos Trida JG: 20t1 iota nadaeni,

v ESTNI IC -- WEST, 'TEXAS obnos poilAten1 se wolati • ptipadu urarti oci veku 1 roku.

Vida JI: 20t1 splatkova, nadadni ve veku 60 leet, pint obnos se vyplati v ptipadu fintrti od veku 1 roku.

Payor Insurance: tlentim v tom Detskem Odboru jest Jednotou poskytovana vthoda oehrany poplatky za ditko platiciho, tak zvanou "Payor Insurance", kteratto ochrana za mirnt mesieni poplatek zbavuje, v ptipadu smrti platiciho poplatky povinnosti daleiho placeni poplatkft na takto chranent certifikat.

• 4 ( ADDRESSES OF DISTRICT ORGANIZERS DIST. I—V. H. Barina Rt. 1 Smithville, Texas DIST. II—Chas. Navratil 816 E. Ave. A Temple, Texas DIST. III—Arn. Vrla 5532 Ellsworth Dallas, Texas DIST. IV—Fred Kveton Route 1 Abernathy, Texas DIST. V—J. M. Skrabanek 4720 Bellaire Blvd.

Bellaire, Texas DIST. VI—Ign. Senkyrik 405 Market St. El Campo, Texas DIST. VII—Chas. Cerny 1125 Austin Hwy. San Antonio 9, Texas •4•(

Paid Up Certificate Holders Notice There seems to be some misinterpretation of t he convention ruling that all pand up policy holders are entitled to the Vestnik.

In this case the "paid up" afers to those policy holders who carried their policies to MATUR‘rY and are nbcc paid up policy holders of a 10, 15, or 20 year policy.

Those who did not carry their Insurance policy to maturity and received a paid up policy for that portion of the policy value it represented at that time ARE NOT entitled to the Vestnik. Before writing to headcuarters for your Vestnik, please be sure that you are a Paid Up By Maturity policy holder with our SPJST.

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Twenty Types of Certificates offered b y our S. P. J. S. T. Class B. Ordinary Life Class C. 20 Pay Life Class D: 15 Pay Life Class E: 10 Pay Life Class F: 15 Pay Endowment Class G: 20 Pay Endowment Class II: Endowment at age 65 Class I: 20 Pay, Endowment at age 60 Class K: Ordinary Life, Paid-up at 65 Class L: Double Indemnity In9lirance, issued up to the sum of $5,000.00 Class M: Retirement at 65 Class MC: 20 year decreasing mortgame protection with a $1,000.00 Paid-up certificate after 20 years Class MX . 10 year decreasing mortgage protection with a $1,000,00 Paid-up certificate after 10 years Class N: 10 year decreasing mortgage insurance, issued to members who have real estate loans from SPJST Class N2: 10 year decreasing mortgage insurance issued to members who have real estate loans from other than the SPJST. Juvenile Department Class JT: Term insurance to 16 yearb of age which may be converted into any other class o/ insurance before attaining age 16.

Cla,s JS: 20 Pay Life, full benefit at age 1 Class JE: Endowment at age 18, Full Benefit at age 1 Class JG: 20 Pay Endowment, Fun Benefit at age 1 Class JI: 20 Pay Endowment at age 60. Full Benefit at age 1 Payor Insurance: This Order offers payors of premiums for members in this department the benefit of PAYORS IN. SURANCE according to which plan payment of premiums stops upon the death of the payor. )

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has had, lots of compliments on the narration of these trips by these two sisters.

The Hilshers of Houston with their grown sons were with us again. Mother Hilsher is top man on the totem pole in selling insurance in Houston, next to Brother Skrabanek. These young men have really grown up, since we last saw them in the Angleton meeting.

And, Brother John Starcala with his charming daughter and granddaughter, a flaxen-haired little charmer.

Linden's own Sister Barbara Lastovica sang for us at noon tethe accompalmnent of Sister Janke at the organ.

Sister "Bobbie" as she is known in the Linden circle is now married over a year, her honeymoon is over and that makes her officially an old married lady.

Good Luck Bobbie!

The guest were requested to take seats and Brother Mazanec, president of Linden Hall gave the blessing. Then the meeting for the rest of the afternoon was under the gavel of our District Organizer for District III, Brother Arnold Vrla of Dallas.

erly handshakes ware offered on all sides.

Br. Charlie Cerny from District VII, San Antonio sat down to Sister Janke's organ and began to play our beloved Czech songs which everyone sang.

Printed words to Czech songs were passed out and the session was in full swing.

Others sat down to chat over a cup of hot coffee.

It would have done many an old heart good to hear and see these young people like the Parrnas, Jarmas, Shelciks, Pokladniks, Hrabinas, Nesudas, Pavelkas, Hilshers, Kostom, Olexas, Mazanec and dear old Brother Ed. Snapka, singing in Czech, the beautifill songs that their parents so fondly hold in their hearts.

While these young folks usually chatter in English they can still speak and sing in Czech perfectly. Our Czech traditions are here to stay for a long time yet, for these young folks are not too proud to let loose with "Ta Nase Pisnicka ceska," Kovari, Kovari; U studanky Sedela, Svestkove Alej, Cerveny Satecek, etc.

Mingling among this jolly group we learned that our grandmother Parma most of whose family belong to Lodge 66. is ill inthe Waco hospital, and we all wish her a speedy recovery. We all love you and your fine family, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, because of your fine example they are an asset to the community and our country. Get well soon.

The barbecued chicken of the noon meal was wonderful as was all the accompainments. The meal was handled by a catering service and otu sisters furnished only the pastries. This time even the good sisters of Linden Hall were able to sit down with us to share in the fellowship and fun.

Our Brother and Sister Ed. Snapka from Mt. Calm were among us again.

Sister Snapka had a long bout with illness and she ha.s again come among. these young folks to lose herself in their verve and happiness. The Snapkas had never missed one of our meetings Suddenly a big Greyhound Bus came until Sister Snapka became ill. rolling into the grounds and stopped in front with the Houston delegation of Sister Naomi Kostom who has a seOrganizers and friends. A few of them rial running in the Vestnik about her in their private cars. trip to Europe was there with her As they unloaded, friends were wait- typically Ceska Maminka. It was a real ' ing to greet them in joyous reunion, like pleasure- to meet her. Miss Naomi's group long lost brothers, and soon the Hall separated from the group of Sister Betty echoed with festive greetings and broth- jurica and toured Vienna. The Vestnik

Brother Vrla then read all cards and letters of congratulations received and regrets at not being present with us on this Sunday. Sister Binnie Bartek of Lodge 92, Fort Worth, sent her regrets and five dozen kolaches. The "old flu" had her confined to home. Br. Robert Cervenka informed the assembly that our brothers. Marek and Chupick were both down with the flu, Brother Navratil and Brother Koliha were down at the big Parade and Bazaar-Rest Home Project at El Campo-Hillje, Texas. We thought of them and wished for them as sussessful a day as we were having at Elm Mott. Brother Joe B. Hejny is

DISTRICT III ORGANIZERS PAY .OI3TRICT V ORGANIZERS BANQUET AS FORFEIT Last Sunday, October 27th. the District III Organizers of our SPJST fraternal order feted the organizers and friends of District Five as their forfeit of the insurance selling contest held the first six months of 1957, at host Lodge 66 in its Linden Hall at Elm Mott.

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The Hall still had its Halloween Party Streamers up but tables and chairs were in place and upon each table a beautiful, pot plant of blooming "mums" donated by their member florist, nurserymen, Brother and Sister Otto Hanus.

Linden Hall had had a dance the night before and they had so much fun that the dance lasted until 2:00 and early this morning these busy people arose to clean and straighten. up the Hall for the Orzanizer's Banquet.

Along the wall on the west side of the Hall are framed pictures of the "highlights" in the various lodge activities.

Also framed and hung is the Lipa leaves and bloom brought back from Czechoslovakia by Sister Stacie Gazda and then the picture of Katherine Wolf, the Grand Dame of Linden Hall, whose love for the s e Czech people set the spark to make Linden Hall possible with her modest bequeath at her death.

Special thanks goes to Sister Monroe Janke for her beautiful organ music during the banquet and for the lending of her precious instrument for the songfest that we all later had. Knowing how musicians zealously guard their expensive instruments, we appreciate the sisher's generous loan.

WedrieSday, November 13, 1957 still ill having had a relapse of the flu.

Our sincerest "Get Well" to you all!

After everyone had eaten his heart's content and plates cleared away the presentation of prizes to the Organizers began. Brother Vrla of District III and Brother Skrabanek of District V, began calling those Organizers who had less than 31 points in the insurance selling contest, and each brother or sister came up to the front to receive a pin and tie clasp. They each said a few words to the assembly. A lot of them admitted they hadn't worked as hard as they should or could and that if ever there was another contest (and they hoped that there would be) they would really do better. Our Brother George Strunc of Ennis brought home the point very forcefully which other Organizers in our Order have been trying to get over; that is: prospective members can be found in our own immediate families.

Brother George confessed that it was easy for him, that he insured his two sons and took out another policy for his wife and he had it made. He promised to do better next time.

Our good Sister Mary Cordray of Galveston was called but was not present. We missed you Sister Cordray! You and your lodge organizers on that sunny isle of Galveston that smacks of pirate treasures (and there is a treasure of sunshine, sand and sea for weary souls and tired bodies who need rejuvenation) would get a lot of inspiration at these meetings.

Brother Charlie Cerny of District VII made a good sales talk and reiterated that there was plenty of insurance to be sold still in our immediate families.

The policy holders with only the $1,000 policy are right among us. He stressed the buying power of that $1,000 policy and its inadequacy in covering fundamental funeral expenses at today's prices. He stressed that . should be true to ourselves and support our fraternal order in which we all have such investments.

Then the "Under 31 Points" list was exhausted, our attention was turned to those Organizers who were leading in our two districts. As each came forward he was handed a small personal gift together with a pin and clasp. The usual good natured kidding of District III and District V envoked laughter and fine brotherly spirit. Sister Anna "Milan our outstanding -lady organizer in District III, pointer out to Brother Skrabanek of District V that her district does not have as many millionaires as does his district, that she had to make ten sales to his one for a $10,000 policy.

And so the afternoon passed and re-

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luctantly we got up to take our leave, some had chores to attend to and needed to be home in time, some had a long way to travel and wanted to get the road behind them, and finally Mr. Greyhound came zipping in all gassed up and ready to be Houston bound again.

It was, without reservation, one of the very nicest meetings that our order and districts have ever held. If we oral-flitted names. it was because for lack of space, we were all very glad to see you and look forward to the Banquet in the Spring which yoour good Brother Olexa promised us so that your District V wouldn't be "beholdin" to us. We all accepted this invitation enthusiastically and hope that before then we shall all be reunited again at some occasion in our SPJST family.

Our sincerest thanks to our host, Lodge 66, and the Linden Hall at Elm Mott, Texas, for having us and for the wonderful time we all had.

Again, our best wishes for a speedy recovery to our sick ones, and a continued good health to the rest of you, we are Fraternally, THE EDITOR and WIFE And something else: A special, giftwrapped package was presented to Brother Skrabanek from District V. After a long preamble of our affections for District V, Brother Skrabanek was asked to open his gift for all to see.

Amid hilarious laughter when the repaper was removed and a live baby "possum" was revealed, he was told that this was an intelligent animal and had to be fed at 1:30 a.m. every day. Brother Slorabanek promised to take care of it and then turn it loose among his native ones on his ranch to up-grade the breed. If you will remember at our banquet that the lasers, District III had for the winners, District V, Brother Skrabanek was presented with a "baked possum" on a huge silver platter.

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Danbury Boy Given FFA Honor After six years of hard and careful work, Florin Vrazel, Danbury High.

School Future Farmer, has been awarded the American Farmer Degree, the highest honor the national FFA can bestow.

The coveted degree was presented to him this month at the Future Farmers of America national convention in Kansas City.

Vrazel was awarded the degree on the basis of records he kept during his FFA career and also his achievements with livestock and crops. He also depotited in the bank and otherwise proltuctively invested at least $1,000 derived from his supervised farming program.

He also showed outstanding leadership and attained a high degree of scholarship in his school work.

He is the oldest of five brothers. He has five sisters. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Donat Vrazel A younger brother, Edwin, is president of ,-the Danbury High School FFA Chapter.

The Danbury I"1'A advisor is Gene Bigbie.

Our heartiest congratulations from our entire Brotherhood. ) • It* •

La Parita Lodge Gets American Flag

The La Partia Lodge No. 161 in District Seven officially received an American Flag from our Supreme Lodge ofgicer, Brother Jos. Koliha. at the District Seven Meeting held at Jourdanton, Texas, Sunday Oct. 13, 1957, to fly from its staff at their new Lodge Home which they purchased recently and are in the proces of remodeling into a suitable Lodge Hall.

May it ever flutter over your heads, brothers and sisters of La Parita . Lodge, in joyous Lodge work, in close harmony and brotherly love as our fraternal motto indicates.

May you never know anything other than the "Liberty and Justice for all" in When we see what life insurance really the pledge of allegiance. does for our 'prospects, then we can say "I pledge allegiance to the flag, to them with earnestness and convicOf the United States of America, tion: "No business transaction you can One nation, under God, indivisible possibly close in the next 30 minutes With liberty and justice for all." will be worth quite as much -to you and to your family as the one I want to talk The flag is waving above our Hall It flutters high in the breezes cod, over with you. Let's talk about you for Upon the pole on a ball of gold 30 minutes.

An American eagle is standing belA, * • ( Three cheers for our Flag!

Remember our Rest Home America's beautiful flag!

"Let's Talk About You"

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On Being "pestered by Agents" How wrong, how tragically wrong, is the point of view of the prospect who impatiently exclaims: "I wish life insurance men wouldn't pester me all the time!"

'Thank God, Mr. Prospect, that they are pestering you, The day the most life insurance men call on you should be one of the happiest days of your life.

For it means you are in good health; otherwise they would not call. It means you are financially solvent, thrifty of mind and purpose; otherwise they would not call. It means you are sound maral1 Y; otherwise they would not call. It means they believe you are a good citizen anxious to play the game with your family and with society upon a high level; otherwise they would not call.

The saddest day in your life will be the day when the life insurance men of your community give you the cold shoulder, when they pass you by, when your door never opens to the man with the rate book, For if that day comes, it will mean that you are going to pieces physically.

Or that you are going to pieces morally.

Or that you are going to pieces financially.

Be glad for every agent who calls on you — and make sure you do something about the probleins they discuss, before they stop ferever calling on you.

One idea At a Time Ideas are best sold one at a time. People seem to re sist them in batches. They get mental indigestion. One idea at a time, properly packaged, is understandable, commands attention, and more often than not gets itself adopted.

Don't tell them how good you make your goods; tell then1 how good your goods will make them. It's the difference between "presentations" and "sales." ) IT WORKS BOTH WAYS Wives often object to buying life in.-urance on the basis that their husbands are well protected with insurance. The fact is, when a husband buys life insurance he is protecting his wife, not himself. Ask this wife if she wouldn't want her husband to be equally protected in rase of her death. Would she want him to assume the risk of paying her final expenses if something should happen to her, when he has so well provided for her in case something happens to him.

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Micek completes 30th Year at Univ. of Tex.

BY PAT PARKER Texan Staff Writer

Dr. Eduard Micek, chairman of the Department of Slavonic Languages, has never missed a class in his 30 years at the University.

Dr. Micek was born in Frydek, Czechoslovakia, in 1891. His family had been independent landowners for centuries, and the Miceks were leaders in their community.

After serving in World War 1, Dr. Micek was responsible for the care of hundreds of war orphans in his country. In 1919 he wo.s appointed as a Czech expert to the Paris Peace Conference by Dr. T. G. 'M!asaryk, the first President of the Republic of Czechoslovakia. Although he admits the Peace Conference gave him a great deal of experience and had a deep influence on his character, it left him "disgusted and disillusioned."

In 1920, Dr. Micek began his graduate study of Slavonic languages at famed Charles University in Prague.

Three years later he was a student in the School of ,Slavonic Studies at King's College, University of London, where he received his doctor's degree in 1924.

On his birthday in the same year, Dr. Micek left for the United States. He spent two years in Chicago as an instructor of Czech at Harrison Technical High School and was a post graduate student at the University of Chicago.

On the recommendation of the Chi cago Council of Higher Education, in 1926 The University of Texas invited him to be an instructor in Slavonic languages. He soon became chairman of the Department of Slavonic Languages at the University, one of the schools in the United States offering courses in Russian and Czech.

While teaching here, Dr. Micek wrote "The Spirit of American Education," published in Czech in 1929. In 1932 his book "America's Learning" was published in Prague under editorship of Dr. Otakar Kadner, one of his former professors.

In 1936 he became vice president of the Czech-Texas Centennial Association.

In 1949 he was elected vice president, and in 1950, president of the American Association of Teachers of Slavonic and East Eeuropean Languages.

ly Vestnik of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of Texas, has become popular with children. In 1956 he was elected chairman of the press committee for this order.

Since Sputnik began circling the world, there has been an increased interest in Russian at the University. Dr. Micek expects a large enrollment in his classes from science and engineering students who want to translate the beep beep of the Russian satellite. ) • 4 °

TOP ORGANIZERS OF THE MONTH Brother Bennis Jarma Brother Emil Peter Brother Stephen Valcik Brother J. 5. IVIikeska Brother Ben Mikolaj Sister Anna Milan Brother Stanley Vrla Brother Alvin E. Melnar Brother Fr. V. Stepan

14,500.00 11,000.00 9,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00

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INDIVIDUAL SALES OF DISTRICT ORGANIZERS 23,500.00 District Nov 1 V H. Barina 28,500.00 District No. 2 Chas. Navratil 16,000.00 District No. 3 A. M. Vrla District No. 4 Fred Kveton 1,000.00 District No. 5 J. M. Skrabanek 195,000.00 District No. 6 Ignac Senkyrik 52,500.00 23,500.00 District No. 7 Charlie Cerny

ORGANIZER'S STANDING IN HONOR CLUB $125,000.00 Club Sister Anna Milan $100,000.00 Club Brother A. L. Hilsher $50,000.00 Club Brother J. R. Bartek Sister F. J. Olexa $25,000.00 Club Brother Chas Holy Brother Bennie Jarma Brother Jarosla,v Kleprlik Brother Lea Krause, Jr. Dr. Micek's Czech illustrated readers Brother Emil Peter "Winter," stressing Czech literature and Brother Emil W. Popp art, were published by the Czech Lite- Brother Stephen Valcik rary Society, founded in 1951.

Brother Stanley Vrla A "Little Czech Reader" which he beFraternally yours, gan writing nine years ago for the weekJoe B, Hejny

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Minutes of District No. 2 Meeting Meeting called to order by President Fr. E. Hejl Jr. at 11 a.m.

Brother Joe Jakubec President of Lodge Tyrs, welcomed all present to their Hall.

Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States by all present.

Roll call of officers. All officers present.

Roll call of lodges in the district.

Lodges represented were as follows: No's 24, 47, 69, 80, 87, 15; 94, 20, and 29. Not hepresented were Lodges No's 86, 89, 74, 72, 155, 48, 75, 102 and 109.

At this time the guests and visitors were introduced. Present were Sup. Pres.

Bro. Edw. L. Marek and his wife, Sup. Attorney Bro. Aug. Kacir and wife, Sup. Director Bro:, Chas, Navratil, Editor of The Vestnik, L. 0, Hosek and wife, Bro. Chas. C'erny, Bro. and Sister Ed. Holly, Mrs. Martha Harbort, and Mr. Chas.

Salzevsky, all of San Antonio, Bro. Otto Hanus of Waco.

Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.

Fetters from Bro. John Trlica of Granger, expressing his reg,rets for not being able to be present due to illness.

Director Navratil made his report, stating that new insurance sold in District II for the first 9 months of this year amounted to $141,500. He also read the amounts that each organizer sold individually.

The finishing of the by-laws was taken up. Bro. Edw. Marek made a motion that the whole by-laws be read before debating on the two that were to be brought before this meeting for approval. Motion seconded by Bro. Joe Jakubec. Motion carried unanimously.

Chairman of the by-laws committe, Bro. Calvin Chervenka read the by-laws throughout, as re-written and put in proper order by the by-laws committee.

Then, the two that were to be brought before this meeting, were read individually. These were No. 4 and No. 5.

No. 4. Motion by Bro. Aug. Kacir, seconded by Bro. Chas. Navratil, to adopt as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

No. 5 Motion by Bro. Henry Vitek, seconded by Bro. Kacir, to adopt as presented. Motion carried unamiously.

By-laws then accepted as a whole. lay-Laws committee discharged with thanks.

Bro. Fr. Spanhel, chairman of the youth handiwork tnd talent contest committee, reported that everything was in order, and that the judges for the events were as follows; Handicraft; Mrs. L. 0. Hosek, Henry V. Marek, Mrs. Ruby

HELD AT LODGE TYRS NO. 80, HOLLAND, TEXAS, OCT. 20, 1957 Holly, Mr. John Ryclalik and Mrs. Mar tha Harbort.

Talent contest; Mr. Otto Hanus, Mr. Chas, Cerny, Mr. Chas. Salzevsky, Mrs. Edwin Kovar and Mrs. Martha Harbort.

Bro. Lud. 0. Hosek made a short talk about - duties of the districts for the good of the Order.

Treasurer Henry Vitek reported that we have $22.00 in the General fund, and $218.00 in the youth fund. Outstanding bills to be paid; Ledger $1.25; paper for making copies of the by-laws distributed at this meeting $1.42; youth director Sister Klara Hejl for expenses incurred for todays youth program $24.40. Treas. authorized to pay these bills.

Motion by Bro. Ben Vitek to adjourn until after lunch, as it was 12:15, seconded by Bro. Aug, Kacir, motion carried. Meeting adjourned until after lunck.

After a delicious meal, prepared and served by members of Lodge Tyrs, the meeting re-convened at 1:35 p.m.

The first item was chasing of the next meeting place. Bro. A. L. Boudny, of Taylor, offered Lodge Praha No. 20 Hall.

Bro. Henry Vitek, of Granger, offered Lodge Komensky No. 80 Hall. Bro. Reub.

Leshikar, Pres. of Lodge 29, suggested that since lodge Praha has had the meeting before, it would be only right to let Lodge No. 20 have it this time.

Bro. Boudny then withdrew his offer, and Lodge Koinensky No. 20 was chosen for the next meeting. Date of the meeting was left open for the present time.

Sup. Treas. Bro. Jos. Koliha. Jr., and his wife were present for the afternoon session.

Sister Klara Hell, the district youth director, who was one of the two main speakers for this meeting, made a short but very interesting talk. She explained the youth program she has prepared to use in her lodge. Having one special youth program each month. The theme being something pertaining to that month, such as Jan. New Year's Party; Feb., Valentine's; March, St. Patricks, etc. She suggested that other lodges try doing the same.

Sup. Vice-Pres. Joe B. Hejny, who wa.s scheduled as the other main speaker was unable to be present due to illness, so our Sup. Pres. Edward Marek took his place. He expressed Bro. Hejny's regrets for not being able to be present, and also from Bro. Chupick and Bro. Urbanovsky, who were also unable to be pres-

ent. Bro. Marek made a wonderful and interesting talk. First, he complimented Sister Hejl very highly on the wonderful work she is doing in the youth program. He spoke to the members on cooperation of all members working together for one cause, the good of our Order, especially in training ur youth, as in them is our future. He also spoke directly to the youth, explaining the duties and responsibilities they will some day assume.

At this time the youth talent contest was held. While the judges of this contest were deciding the winners, Or winners of the handicraft contest were awarded their prizes and ribbons.

The winners of the talent contest were then announced by Bro. Chas. Cerny, foreman of the judges for this event.

Full details will be carried in the Vestnik in the near future, listing all winners, etc.

Bro. Jos. Koliha then made a short talk explaining the hardships that the Supreme Officers have to go through in taking care of their duties. Such as traveling in very bad weather, sometimes taking as much as two or three hours to go 20 or 30 miles. He said that it is not a picnic, as some might think.

Bro. Aug. Kacir then spoke a few words of wisdom for the good of the Order.

Bro, Joe. Jakubec thanked everyone for being present and invited all to stay and enjoy a friendly get-together after the meeting.

Meeting closed at 4 p.m.

BEN MIKOLAJ District II Secretary • *Ts • ( DIME BOX DISTRICT I MEETING There is a time in every person's life when he should give a few hours, with friends and brethren, to further a good cause and therefore, this is an friendly reminder that all of those that missed the District I meeting, Sunday, November 3, held at the SPJST Hall in Dime Box really missed a rare opportunity to participate in a conference of devoted friends, neighbors and faithful members of our fraternity.

This meeting in Dime Box was not as numerous well attended but it seems like all of those that were there, came in an ernest desire to manifest and counsel with others that they have the interest of the SPJST at heart. Some of them came frcm distant places even though the weather threatened and these are the ones that we admire for their devotion to the cause.

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'Prickly \vas a big day for Denton Comity 4-H Club members when Miss 1\111ar'Y Ann Ilaisler, daughter of Mr. and MIN. J. B. Haisler of Denton, won the statewide press revue in Dallas preceding' the first day of the State Fair of Texas. :Miss Haielex.represented 19 north and north, cast Texas Counties in the 4-H Club revue having won thedistrict elimination contest last month. She was one `of 6,000 girls taking part in county, district and final state revues. Fortynine ,sounties were represented in the revile. 'Friday night.

Wearing a Dior blue wool dress complimented with-,a blue hat, black.-wristlength gloves and white pearl earrings, Miss IThisler was the first announced state winner form Denton County to win iii :ill expense-paid trip to Chicago this Yeais Car the National 4-H Club Congress.

iTo win first prize, 100 plus points were iviadved, based on the girl, her costume, the con,strnetion of her work and her record with 4-H Clubs. Miss Haisler to" Iled 125 points, A 4-H member for seven years, Miss ik]i-ler has served as president of the Glue. Mound .4-H Club and is a couty

RRFORT FROM DISTRICT 5 Since no one has inade any report on our District nseeting and picnic, held in Danbury, on Sept. 22, I will endeavor to make one at this late hour.

It was planned to have it at my Ranch in Danbury, but due to lots of rain we changed it to the Angleton Fair Grounds, here we had plenty of room under shelter and a good time was had by all in spite of the inclement weather. We had over 550 people present and many said that they would have came but were afraid to brave the weather.

Visitors from other Districts included Brother, V. P. Joe B. Hejny, from Temple, who made an impressive talk, and our guests from District, 3, were Brother and Sister Sid Pokladnik, and their children Johnny and Justine Marie, Brother and Sister A. M. Vrla, Brother and Sister Stanley Vrla, Brother Petr, and Brother and Sister Pavelka. District 6, Sister Joe Zemanek, and District 7, Brother and Sister Charlie Cerny, and their two little daughters Barbara and Patsy. Immediately after the delicious barbecue dinner prepared by Heiman Food Lockers, we had our youth program and the following participated, under the supervision of Sisters, Maxine Sefcik, Estelle Kelly, Della Kadlecek, and Amelia Sturm.

1, Songs, Betty, Joyee and Shirley Hilsher, Don't fence me in and Happiness Street.

2. Pantomime, (EIVis -Presley) Hound Dog and Don't be Cruel, George Zaludek.

3. SPJST Poem, Barbara Cerny.

4 Group Singing- In the Middle of the Island and Home on the Range, Chas. Kelly, Georgia Zaludek, Barbara Ann and Patsy Cerny, Robert and Billy Hilsher, Jiannay, Johnny, Charles and Marian Kadlecek, Norman and Diana Urbanovsky, Joyce and Shirley HiLsher, Linda Sue Seicik and Freddie Buri, Accompanied by E. J. Kadlecek, Jr. on the achievement award winner. A former member of the National Honor Society at Denton High School, she is a freshman at NTSC and the granddaughter of our Sister Mrs. R. V. Marek of Rt. 3, Seymour, Texas.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The parents of this fine young lady pictured above are members of our SPJST Lodge No. 17 at NOVy Tabor of Caldwell, Texas. The money that Mrs. R. V. 1Vlarek mailed to me for publishing this article will be turned over, as a gift to our Rest Home for the aged Tilnks!

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5. Clarinet Duet, Jimmie Kadlecek and Robert Hilsher 6. Son—Duet, Gary and Ruth Ann Zaludek.

7. Two songs in Czech and English, Helen Fusig Hegwood, Accompanied by E. J. Kadlecek, Jr. on the accordian.

8. Pantomin.e (Elvis Presley) Teddy Bear, Louis Vaja.

9. Song, Old MacDonald had a farm, Byron Rodenburg.

10. Ballet and Indian dance, Karnene Krustchinsky.

11. Molly Lostak, Baton.

12. Patsy Heiman, Baton.

Every one enjoyed the program very much and you little ones keep up the good work, so we may have more loathcipa,nts next year.

I also want to report on our Organizational work in District 5, at this time we have doubled our sales in volume over last year and some two weeks ago we had a gettogether dinner for all active Organizers in District 5, and all who were present pledged themselves that they will work hard rest of .the year so that we may tripple our volume over last year, and I hope that every one will do his best to achieve this,- as you all know that our goal for t he 60th. Anniversary is to double the sales over last year.

I have visited several organizers and all are very cooperative.

Fraternally yours, J. M. Skrabanek, District Organizer, District 5 )• Dallas, Texas Dear Brothers an Sisters: I would like to take this means to express my sincere thanks to all members of Lodge No. 66 Linden Hall, at Elm Mott, Texas for the use of their, nice lodge Hall for our "Victory Dinner" for District V which was held on Sunday October 27, 1957.

Special thanks to Brother Otto Hanus and wife for the nice floral arrangement and let's not forget the "Possum" in the Gold Plated Cage for Brother J. M. Skrabanek which Brother Hanus secured. Also to Brother Edw. Ivlazanec for securing the Lady Organist who played so nicely while we were eating. Sister Emma Ceska for the nice program Frank Parmn for the refreshments, Brother Anton 1VIazanec for the pictures he took and all the wives of our organizers for the delicious pastery they brought and to everyone who so splendidly cooperated to make it the success it was.

Again, Thanks Everybody!

Fraternally, A. M. Vrla

Wedna.sday, November 0, 1977

ili onden's Nook West, Texas Dear Girls: This is the last day in October and by dawn the eleventh month of this year will be upon us. A month of Thanksgiving menus and thoughts of Christmas just around the corner less than 60 days away!

About this time we start looking about for a good buy in a turkey for the Thanksgiving table. Or maybe a goose, duck or even chicken depending upon the size of the family, with the traditional cranberries, giblet dressing, yams and all the other wonderful seasonal food. This year has been bountiful and good to us all so that our Thanksgiving should be all the more thankful for these blessings.

In roasting you Thanksgiving bird, don't cover the roaster for that steams the bird rather than roasts it. Then, too, this type of Turkish bath draws the juices out rather than keeping them locked in and makes the meat tough. A rack in the bottom of your roaster which allows air circulation to roast and cook evenly. Start the oven and set it at 325 degrees F. and put your fowl in.

In this way the whole roast will come up in temperature and not just the outside.

Plan the roasting time so that the turkey can be taken for the oven about 30 minutes before dinner. The "Resting" of the bird makes it easier to carve. For a 6-10 pound bird your roasting time will be about three to three and one-half hours; a 10-12 pound bird from three and one-half to four and one-half hours; a. 16-20 pound bird from five and one-half to six and one-half hours, etc.

We begin to compile Christmas lists for its less than we think—days to Christmas, check our inventories for what we might use as gifts, many of you have already picked up gifts throughout the year with Christmas in mind.

The wonderful bazaars that our Lodges have been having proved a blessing.

Some lodges will still have their Bazaar

ILESTNIK— wEs.r, TEXAS projects within the next few weeks which will afford many of you with a chance to pick up some appropriate gift or two. Keep this in mind when you attend such functions.

Needle, needle, thread, the time for gifts is just ahead and many of our young homemakers and family budgeteers are turning away from the purchasing of expensive Christmas gifts that are not practical and useful and budget breaking. Except for toys for the wee ones, many are just sending cards or items they make themselves that are in old fashioned custom of making cup towels for the housewife is still as much appreciated as it used to be. A half dozen cup towels made up from white feed sacks and trimmed with a border of checkered or flowered material, or embroidered with the Sunday to Church, Monday to Washday, figures of a busy lady motifs is very much welcomed by any homemaker, young or old. Over a year's time the cup towels in our homes get some heavy duty and by the year's end, they are mostly ready for retirement, so. if you girls have an opportunity to put your hands on some white feed sacks (they are so absorbent) make a set for someone. A feed sack split down the middle will make two nice handling size cup towels. From printed material the kitchen apron is still most appreciated, too. It saves many a dress from splattered/ fat, keeping down extra laundry and ironing.

For the clever homemaker on a budget, now is the time to check your pantry for ingredients for the making of Christmas Cookies and Cake gifts. especially for those far away from home Christmas Day.

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But put the children to bed — and collapse!

The leaves on my trees are beginning to fall, having been nipped by frost. I have been raking them up and working them into the top soil of my flower bed to act as a mulch and compost as well but will have to watch not to get them too thick so they will not hold and sour the soil. Any surplus will go into a compost heap I'm buliding.

Now is a good time to force a few daffodils or narcissus for you home for winter blooming. The daffodil King Alfred with its large yellow blooms brings so much joy into the house when every- • thing is dormant in our garden.ANarcissus, too, lends itself to forcing. !Thor those who like the .fragrance of its blossoms in a closed house it is a most gratifying bulb.

A few bulbs planted in a pot for forced blooms can make an exceptional gift for flower lovers.

The Boy Scouts have left their clothing bags on our doorsteps and while rummaging around for something for their bag, I came across some socks who have lost their mates. I can't explain it, but there are strays in every household I suppose. I've found my old sock mop handle with its clamp, .so I'm going to make me a nice mop. They can be washed in the washing machine and last a long time. Then, too, they don't shed the lint like the string mops.

Dear girls, if you aren't in the Holiday mood, and sometimes it takes a while to jerk us up, just go to some large town nearby and window shop and after you have a half day of this shopping and pricing (the sales will be coming OR thick and fast, and higher than ever in many instances) you will gladly come May I suggest to those of you who home with more determination to start canned this summer to check your the Christmas list now. supply of Jams, Jellies, Pickles, RelishWishing you all a pleasant weekend es and spiced fruits. Many of you who put these things up in the summer will with busy, happy weeks ahead, I am Fraternally yours, now find them very desirable for ChristThe EDITOR'S WIFE mas gifts. A jar of this goodnes wrapped )• in a Christmas wrapper will be very beautiful and tasty as well as appropri BLEIBLERVILLE S.P.J.S.T. LODGE 33 ate. If your stock has run low, you can make up fresh jam or jelly with canned Dear Members and Frionds: The last regular monthly meeting of or frozen fruit and juices. Liquid or powdered pectin will provide the "Jell" our lodge was held on Sunday, Oct. 20, if you need it. You can do this in No- with all officers and a lot of members vember and have it ready for next present. month.

It was decided by our members to Reminds me of a poem by May Rich- have a chicken stew supper on Nov. 16, stone entitled "Nothing More" which our regular dance date. We will have supper about 5 o'clock in the evening. goes something like this.

All of the members are asked to donate Who soid woman's work was never a chicken and some cakes and pies, or Through!

Tonight I will prove him wrong, perhaps, anything else good to eat. Thanks!

We had one new member this month Nothing remains for me to do

Straus 20 being Darnell Mae Kaase. — Glad to have you Darnell!

We also wish to thank all those who donated their work while we built our new kitchen here. And those who work ed at the "Fish Fry" on Oct. 13.

With best regards to all I am Sincerely, MRS. JOHN SUSEN ) • Rs • ( PLACEDOLODGENO.97 Dear Sisters and Brothers: It Has been a long time since I have written in Vestnik I am a poor hand on writing, but I will do my best.

I was asked,to write in Vestnik due to small attendance at our meetings.

That there is ,very important and urgent that as many of you come to this meeting as possible.

As there will be a discussion where will next 6th district meeting be held.

If you members are interested to have it here in Placedo or not, you be sure and come to our next meeting Nov. 10, at 2:00 p. in.

You know with just few members present we cannot accomplish much, so we need all members to come and, give there views.

Fraternally yours, Mrs. Via.sta Baros, Sec'y. t •A•( Banquet Climaxes Six Month Membership Contest of III and V Districts A memorable banquet was given the organizers of the V district by the III district at SPJST to commemorate their victory at n ti 1/2 point margin in the sales contest for the first six months of the year.

By 11:0 a. in. singing and greetings filled Lodge 66 Hall at Elm Mott with cheer and at 12:30 over 100 people sat down to a banquet dinner of barbecue chicken and delicious side dishes.

Brother Ed. Mazamec led in prayer. During the meal organ music by Mrs. JanIce and songs by daughters of Brother and Sister Parma and Ceska added to the enjoyment.

After the meal Brother Ed. Mazanee welcomed the guests Wand presented District organizer Arnold Vrla who read letters from those unable to attend. He stated that State Organizer Hejny and Supre ne President IVIarek were ill in bed and Brother Raymond Urbanovsky was at the bedside of his father so could not attend other 'officers at the Supreme Lodge had previous engage me o ts.

Awarding of organizers of bath dis tricts began with the group producing under 30 points. District organizers Vrla and Skrabanek presented 41 awards to this group.

For district III awards went to

V tSTNi — WEST, TEXAS Otis Ceska, 28 1/2 points Emil Petr, 26 1/2 point Emil Hanus, 24 points Ben Jarmo., 21 1/2 points Sister M. Laznovsky, 21 points Stanley Vrla, 20 points Otto Hanus, 151/2 points F. J. Haskovec, 15 points Geo. Hejny, 12 points E. G. Mazanec, 9 points F. B. Steiner, 8 points John Krizan, 8 points Joe Holasek, 8 points J. A. Holub, 8 points M. J. Jurcik, 3 points C. C. Spence, 5 points Geo. Strunc, 4 points Hugo Schefcak, 4 points John Kostrohyz, 4 points Joe D-ujka, 4 points.

Win. Vita, 3 1/2 points Chas. Mikeska, 3 1 2 points Will Hrabina, 3 points Sister Mary Hejny, 2 points Flora Koci, 2 points Kofnovec, 2 points Snapka, 2 point:, Brother Skrabanek awarded V district organizers.

A. J. Lostak, 20 points Kamas, 19 points Bristik, 16 points Blinka, 15 points Sefcik, 14 points Franke, 14 points Melnar, 9 points Kadera, 7 points Sister Cordrry, 7 points Zaludek, 6 points R. J. Lostak. 6 points Sister Louise Kadlecels, 6 points J. H. Mikeska, 4 points Sister Ella Suchme 1 points Awards to organizers producing over 30 points went to V district workers, Rilsher. 187 points 0' - ge 79 points 42 points In the III district to Sister Anna Milan, 202 points J. R. Bartek, 76 points Alvin Nesuda, 31, points Emil Popp, 31 points Brother Skrabena.k gave special recognition to Brother Hilsher as outstanding producer. Brother Vrla expressed heartfelt thanks to, Sister Milan. She had produced 30 s/, of the III district membership for the contest. He also stated that her help to him personally had been an education. He felt the secret of her high record was that she always carried her rate book.

As anti climax to a wonderful program Brother Skrabanek good naturedly received his award — a live possum, including directions on 1:30 a. an. feedSkrabanek promised Hanus a ings

Wednesday, November 6, 1957 night call if he got his directions mixed up.

The program continued with interesting talks by many who were present.

They brought out the value in encouragement such an event is to the organizers which in fact it was. Personally we feel the acknowledgment of work is perhaps the larger part of the awards received. The pins and tie clasps will serve as wonderful reminders of this acknowledgement. The special gifts received by the high-point producers were a special recognition for their achievement.

Special statements that stand out and make food for thought were tithe expressed regrets that the Guprein Lodge Officers could snot be present, the importance of looking for members right in our own families ,and the importance of discussing rating technicalities of the insurance order with organizers. It was thought that their selling experience would be valuable if changes were contemplated, being that they are in touch with potential members Final conclusions of the banquet were that it was: most outstanding in its meaning, that the full objective of the contest was reached by the outstanding amount of new membership.

Fraternally, Wilma Nesuda, Secretary III district ) • 40 ( LODGE ANTON J. (iERMAK NO. 56 Dear Brothers and Sister; ind Youth, Regular meeting will be held Sunday, Nov. 10, at 2:30 at •Sokol Hall.

Youth of Lodge 56 has a special invitation to come to our next meeting. Follcwing the regular meeting, the Youth will meet and discuss organizing of a Youth Club here in Corpus Christi. We will be expecting all of you and. you to express yourselfs and tell us what you expect, also officers would be elected.

Sisters are asked to bring food, as a luncheon will be served after the youth meeting. Cold drinks will be served to all youth attending the meeting.

Parents remember that youth will attend meetings and social functions if they are asked to conies especially by their own parents. All youth is welcome.

Fraternally, Betty Jurica • A 4, After his teacher told me that my fourth grade son had saved one of his classmates from drowning at the school picnic, I asked him why he hadn't said anything about it.

"Gee, Ma," he stammered sheepishly, "I had to save him, I pushed him in."

Wednesday, November 6, 1957

Reports From Local Lodges LODGE KOMENSKY NO. 20, SPJST Dear Members: We wish to remind you, that Lodge Komensky will hold its annual meeting the second Sunday on November 10, 1957, beginning at 1 p. in.

There will be an election of officers held and other important business transacted among other things we will decide whether the lodge will contribute flowers when a member dies; or will we donate this amount to the SPJST "Rest Home" in their memory instead?

After the meeting there will be a lunch and the ladies are asked to bring something as usual good to eat. Many thanks to them.

Let us all come to this meeting November 10, 1957.

Fraternally yours, Henry E. Vitek, Sec'y )• 4 • ( Wichita Falls, Tex. OUR REST -HOME No. 1. This is a bigger item than the first idea. We started with $100,000 donation fiom the convention, but the contract let was nearly $150,000 and that's for the building alone, the cost of furnishing little better than $20,000, the cost of furnishing the kitchen and dining room will be about $5,000.

The directors at the beginning did not know anymore about a rest home than you on the outside. All we knew was we saw a house mostly frame, dilapidated, called "Rest Home." Well, ours is not going to be anything like that.

"Plea se remember this," ours WON'T BE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. It is being built according to State requirements, will be licensed, subject to State inspection, reports have to be made to the State. As a matter of fact, our home will be a modern home. Asked why the State did not close these rat tle trap places called rest homes, answered no plane to put the old people, but ever'-ually they will.

No. 2. Mani?. ger. Has to have executive ability, be a diplomat, plumber, electrician, laundryman, dietician, bookkeeper, etc. If not who is going to make out his report, Social Security, 40-hour week report to the State. We advertised for a manager. -One applicant said he was a farmer, experienced taking care of his old. mother, but mostly wanted an easier job. One applicant upon whom the direct• rs looked upon with considerable favor, but he could not read or write in English..

No. 3. Groceries will be bought whole-

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sale. Govermn.ent grant of groceries will be sought.

No. 4. Religion. Members that belong to certain or all denominations will be taken to the church of their choice.

This was agreed on at last meeting, the guest will be taken to town on agreed days. For this we need a station wagon, for groceries etc., we need a pick-up.

Won't someone give us these two vehicles. .

No. 5. Directors first are the finest bunch of fellows you will find anywhere. My personal compliments to the

other six and the three local sub-committeemen from Taylor. They are the ones that looked after the construction of the building. These are the finest in the land. In that way we save 2 per cent the architect fee. In other words, these men saved us nearly $3,000. Therefore and thereby the directors didn't have to meet quite so often, thereby saving ccnsiderable money. Matter of fact, we met only three times, might be four, but I do not recall the fourth, that is, if we met four times. The first meeting was to select the site, the second to let

The above picture of our young friends, Brother and Sister Milan, (received too late to go with a letter from Sister Mrlick) we are presenting to our and their friends of our Fraternity.

Jerry . Milan the son of Brother Joe and Sister Anna Milan of Fort Worth

has been since boyhood very active our Czech circle.

His bride Henrietta (Banfi) of Chicago is the daughter of Henry and Abbe Banfi of Chicago, Ill. Our best wishes to their future life, Nazdar!

vESTNI — WEST, TEXAS

W2rane :.Jay, November 0, 1

the contract and the last to hire a man- homes at the demis (death) of the guest up. Games will be played after the ager and to discuss items as listed below: to become the property of the Rest meeting, and coffee and snacks will be served.

Agenda for Meeting of Sept. 17, 195'7 Home.

10:00 a.m. Inspection of building with You can see from these mentions that Locally, in the news, Mrs. Pauline Mr. Quebe, contractor. Meeting follows just anyone can't be a manager. It will Staffa, born Pargaeova passed away Oct. inspection. Place of meeting will be se- be a headache for anyone who takes it. 12 at the age of 86 years. She was the No. 7. During World War One, we in last of the family of Parga6 having three lected by agreement. Then we will take Texas raised better than $100,000 for the brothers and a sister who preceded her up the following matters: re-establishment of Czecho Slovakia. passing. She had been ill for the past.

1. Business pertaining to building a. Colors, furnishings, equipment for Nothing wrong in that, but when it six months, but despite her illness she comes to raising money for ourselves would be found helping out August, kitchen, laundry, office, etc. b. Plaques of donors (some wish it the donations are in most instances her son, in the Drug Store, even when too small. in Czech) she had to use a cane. She was a proI do not know how to say it without minent person in San Antonio Czech c. Living quarters for manager d. Driveways, landscapings, archi- hurting someone's feelings, but I know circles. There were times when the of no other way. Therefore, if we were writer and others met at the drug store tech's suggestions, carport e. Cottages for couples who wish to like other fraternal orders we would to harmonize to beloved, to her, Czech at least levy one dollar per capita per Folk songs. She left behind two sons, build them at their expense II. Read, accept, reject or correct by- year for charity, etc. If you don't be- Albert in Rockport and August kSan lieve this, ask any modern Woodman or Antonio. Also one granddaughter. laws III. Applications for employment of Woodman of the World or any other Sad news cafne to me last week infraternal order member. If we had this, forming ire of the passing of my brothmanager for Rest Home. we could have a large student loan fund, er-in-law, Cloyd Taylor Book in Boerne, a. Examine duties of manager b. Consider his salary and the con- larger Czech education foundation out Services were held in Boerne and he of 400,000 Czech people in Texas we was buried in the San Jose cemetery tract with him c. Consider the number of employees should be assisting at least 500 students in San Antonio. He was layed beside in obtaining higher education. Pardon, their three children who were killed in and their salaries d. Minimum number of guests need- it costs every Shriner five dollars a year a tragic accident in the year 1936 They to support the Shrine crippled children were in a Sunday School but with other ed to start operation hospitals, besides the many bequests , children when on a railroad crossing a IV. Appoint Admittance Committee they receive. Why not educate our peo- II train crashed into the bus killing five a. Determine the number needed b. Outline duties of the Admittance ple to remember our institutions in i children, three of which were theirs. their wilts, leaving their money or pro- All they had, wiped out at one stroke.

Committee V. Prepare Rules and regulations for perty either to Czech Educational Foun- Only the calm mind of her husband is dation, the Czech Student Loan Fund, attributed to saving my sisters life. He guests of the Home left behind, his wife Bessie, one sister, a. Set, or agree on, cost or charges or the Rest Home.

Mrs. Mabel Pierce of California and OTTO STEHLIK per month three nephews.

• .1. • b. Provide for church privileges LODGE SAN ANTONIO NO. 133 Fraternally, c. Provide for recreational activities S. C. Bundil, reporter visitors, reading and mail Sisters and Brothers: 4 " • 4 VII. Any new business that may come There isn't much to write about our LODGE 54 JAROMLR. before the board October meeting because we didn't have Announces Dancing at the SPJST a. Suggestions for getting additional any. Our Grand Lodge officers were donations satisfied that the district • meeting in- Hall on Sunday, Nov. the 10th. Music by b. Advisability of a Finance Commit- terfered with other meetings. If they J. C. Whatley and his Rhythm Kings.

1 •&• tee had not been satisfied they would not LODGE VESMERMOST NO. 68 c. Celebration in connection with have attended it in practicaly full the opening of the Home Nelsonville, Texas force. It has not been too long ago d. ruture publicity and how to when they expressed their feelings, em- Dear Editor, Members and Friends: handle it phatically that interference with other Our meeting was held the secosd Sune. Sign for the Home meetings shall not be tolerated. But it day in October at 2 o'clock. Our presif. Additional new business was. dent called the meeting to order at It was a good turnout for the district the proper time and place, and all ofOne was the donation of books, ore member gave a hundred copies of Na- meet, although the weather was some- ficers were present, with few members. tianol Geographic Magazine and an- what threatening. Very well represent- Two of our members took out additional other 200 books, and as is the custom the ed was Corpus Christi, Robstown, King- insurance—$1,000 each. sville, Sinton, Hobson, Floresville.

We gave a minute of prayer in honpublications give their papers free to For your information, Brother Cerny or of our sister, Lillie M. Zettel, who institutions such as this; so we feel that we will get National and State Papers, requests all our members to be sure and died in a Houston hospital, Sunday, Oct. that Ls, Czech papers and Taylor's local be present at the next meeting, Nov. 6. Funeral rites were held at Nelson10. It is the annual election of officers ville Church, with the Rev. Josef Barton papers. and you should take part in the pro- officiating, interment was at the Santa The directors, too, discussed addi- ceedings. On agenda will be rites ac- Anna Cemetery. tions I homes to be built by guest. We cepting into our order all the new mem- ,We extend our sympathy to the bereavhad one or more applications. bers joining our lodge this year. Come ed family and friends.

This was left to the architect sugges- to get acquainted with the new memWe had a long debate with no retion and approval as we want such bers. Very important motions, to the in- sults about the Rest Home, will conhomes harmonized with the Home, these terest of all members, are to be brought tinue at our next meeting. ,, ,

Wednesday, November 6, 1957 ,At our November meeting, candidates will be nominated for the offices for 1958, election will be in the December meeting.

We are calling on all to come to these two meetings.

Be happy today and everyday.

Your Reporter.

JOS. W. JEZEK ► • i • LODGE JARO. NO. 130, DALLAS. TEXAS Brothers and Sisters of Lodge Jaro 130 report to its members from, our new building site location.

The good Lord still loves an honest man. He gave us a wonderful day to start cleaning grounds for the roadway to our new building site.

Here are the names of those wro were present on the first day of work: Mr. and Mrs. W. Nesuda, Miro Parma, Mrs. Fitz, Mr. and Mrs. J. Valcik, Miro Jurcik, Pres.

Walt. Hosek, Joe Mace, and wife, Jerry, Benny and Joanne Maca.

The above are members of the 130.

The names below are friends and members of other lodges: Emil Hrabina, Mr. and Mrs. F. Smith, Joey Pokladnik, Mrs. Toberny; Henry Cejchan 'and wife.

It is going to take 'a little help from everyone of our members and I would like to see all of our members take a little more interest in their new home.

What we put into it is what we will have for our children. So don't be afraid to help, there is enough work for everyone, every Sunday.

JOE MACA, Secretary •

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, LODGE 92 Dear Readers, Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have its regular meeting, Sunday, November 10, starting at 2 p.m. This will be the last meeting before the election in Deceinber. Ladies are asked to please bring something for the lunch after the Meeting.

Sister J. R. Bartek and the Committee asked, to' thank everyone for making the celebration a big success. Especially the ones who worked out there, and donated things for the Grab Bags and Bingo We want to congratulate Brother and Sister Leslie Ruzicka who have a baby girl, also Brother and Sister Raymond Paplin who also have a baby girl.

We want to wish a speedy recovery to Brother Frank Spacek who was hurt in a accident. He has his leg in a cast, but is able to be up and around.

The Lodge will have a meeting Sunday November 10, for the purpose of organizing a "Youth Club". All the youth will receive a card through the mail.

Everyone that is interested please come.

Starting at 1 p.m.

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WEST, 'TEXAS

The Lodge will have its next Czech Dance Sunday November 10, music will be by Faraizl's Orehestra from Fort Worth. Everyone tell your friends and make plans to come.

Fraternally, JAY DEE WAGGONER ) • rto • (.

MR. anti MRS. JOHN GALETKA CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY . ..

A group of relatives and iriends gathered at the Recreation Hall, Sunday, October 6 to help celebrate the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs John Galetka. At noon a family style diner was served and music for entertainment throughout the evening was provided by the Chas. Mikush Orchestra.

Mr. and Mrs. Galetka were married October 8, 1907 at the St .Peter's Lutheran Church in Hallettsville by the Rev. G. Geislinger. In the wedding party were Miss Frances Galetka and Miss Rosina Hnatek as bridesmaids and Fr. IVIarek and Joe Galetka as groomsmen.

Mr. and Mrs. Galetka were both born and reared in Laavca County. Mr. Galetka is the son of the late Martin and Katherina Galetko, and Mrs. Galetka, the former Theresa Mikush, is the daughter of the late Martin and Veronica Mikush. Mrs. Galetka is 69 years old and Mr. Galetka is 71. They are mena-bers of the Czech Meravian. Brethren Church at Vsetin, and e'leo all are members of our SPJST. The Galetkas have eight children, two daughters, Mrs. Emil (Selma) Grones and Evelyn Galetka and six sons, Victor, Julius John Jr., Emil, Edwin and Hilmer, and nine grandchildren.

They have farmed all their married life, starting on a farm about two miles north of Hallettsville and ten years later they moved to the Old Kinkier coin/nullity where they have been living on the same place the past 40 years.

During World War II they had five sons in the service, four son; overseas and the three older sons eeere in action. Fortunately, all were able to return home unharmed.

All the children, grandchildren and brothers and sisters of the celebrants wehre present except one brother of Mrs. Galeteat was unable to attend.

Those from out of town attending were Mrs. Rosie Gebauer and son, Robert, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Buck, Mr. and Mr,..

A. J. Kovar, Mr. and Mrs. Edw i n Caletka, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mikush and ,:auwere present except or e brother of children and Eugene Mikush, of Houston; Also, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Milecka and daughter of Shiner; Mr. and Mrs. Emil

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Galetka and children of Lake •Ja6ltion; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kern andachile dren, Mr. and. Mrs. George Gogt , and and ;daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred ,M1,cek and children, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Micek and children, Daniel G-rone• anel.

Donald Sion of Cictoria; Mr. and., . s' Henry Jahn of Weimar and Melvin:pv91 nes of Kingsville. All this inforreatiorb from this rare event was mailed; to by our Brother F. K. Bucek of Hallettsville. ) • 4,

Children's, Yout. C Waco, Tpxas DEAR YOUTH DIRECTORS OIL DISTRICT III

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We want to urge each Lodge . in ()District III to select a youth -leader. . 1 We hope the lodge officers will workewith the youth leaders and encourage thvrn in their work in planning programs that would be of interest to the youths.

We will appreciate having the wipe* and addresses of all the-Youth • Leeelers of each Ledge in District III as soon as they have been selected. We have some information which. might be of. ecome help and as soon as we get a mailing list we will be happy to forward tle ,a, information to you.

'Fraternally yaurS, EMMA CESKA., Youth Wilber Director Dis. Park Ave. S., WacoLtTeX:i ) •

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L'INGSHANKS f GIRTH AND ICE14/i ",-,e eer • • (Continued From PreviouS So Longshanks put Keen shoulder and Girth on the other. Then he stretched himself out' until hee*as able to cover 30 miles at a stride. Wiled they reached the blaclesea-Kenn'shosteed Longshanks where' to reach .down Melte water for the shell:- Longshanks itea.a

dcr4/.41, ed down as far as he could but not far life gathered in the hall to thank the prince for their deliverance. But the enough to touch bottom. `Wait, comrads, wait a bit," said Girth. prince said to them: `You have nothing to thank me for. If "NOW it's my turn to help."

With that he puffed himself ont and it had not been for these, my three out as far as he could. Then he lay trusty servants, Longshanks, Girth and dawn on the beach and began drinking Keen, I should have met the same fate up the- sea. He drank it in in such great as you."

The prince set out at once on his gulpS that soon Longshanks was able to reach bottom and to get the shell. journey home with his bride and his Longshanks took out the ring and then three serving men. When he reached putting his comrades on his shoulders, home the old king, who had given him started back for the castle. He was not up for lost, wept for joy at his unexpectable to go fast, for Girth, with half the ed return.

All he knights whom the prince had sea in his stomach was very heavy. At last in desperation Longshanks turned rescued were invited to the wedding Girth Upside down and shook him and which took place at once and lasted for instantly the great plain upon which he three weeks.

When it was over, Longshanks, Girth, emptied him turned into a huge lake. It was all poor Girth could do to scramble and Keen presented themselves to the out of the water and back to Long- young king and told him that they were going out into the world to look for shank's shoulder.

Meanwhile at the castle he prince was work. The young king urged then-A to awaiting his men in great anxiety. stay.

"I will give you everything you need Morning was breaking and still they did not come. As the first rays of sun as long as you live," he promised them, shot over the mountain tops the door "and you wont have to exert yourselves slammed open and the magician stood at all."

But such an idle life was not to their on the threshold. He glanced around and when he saw that the princess was not liking. So they took their leave and there he gave a mocking laugh and en- started out again and to this day they tered. are still knocking around somewhere.

THE END. But at that very( instant there was a • • crath of a breaking window, a golden ring struck the floor, and lo! the prin- Dear Boys and Girls, cess. Keen had seen in time the danWhat did you think of the above ger that was threatening the prince story. It's an old, old story that your and Longshanks had hurled the ring great-grandmother used to tell your through the window. grandmother whe she was a little girl.

The magician bellowed with rage It has been translated into English for until the castle shook and then, bang! your enjoyment for people in your the .: third iron band burst asunder and grandirother's country called, Czechofrom what had once been the magician slovakia, lived differently from the way a black crow arose and flew out of the we live. broken window and was never seen Of course, she's an American now, again. but she still remembers her life in Instantly the beautiful princess blush- Czechoslovo kia. ed like a rose and was able to speak and There are still a lot of castles in to thank the prince for delivering her, Czecho qovakia. Some of them ruined Everything in the castle came to during some of the , wars, others still in life. The prince with he uplifted sword tact and open to the public. Some of the finished his stroke and put the sword families are still living whose ancesback into its scabbard. The knight who tors lived in these castles, though they was stumbling fell and jumped up hold- don't call themselves "prince" or "prining his nose to see whether he still had cess" anymore, for you see, Czechoslovit. The serving man under thechimney akia later became a Republic patterned put the meat into his mouth and kept on after our own United States. Perhaps eating. And so every one finished what your own grandmother is from one of he had been doing at the moment of these families, a princess in her own enchantment. The horses, too, came to right, now living incognite, of course. life and stamped and neighed.

In her day, she too, was very beautiful Around the castle the trees burst into and young, so you don't wonder that leaf. Flowers covered the meadows. High she sighs and gets that dreamy look in in the heavens the lark sang, and in the her eyes when she talks about her old flowing river there were shoals of tiny home in Czechoslovakia. There are many fish. Everything was alive again, every- people of noble birth from foreign counthing happy. tries living in America, so it is possible The -knights who had been restored to even to your grandmother. Anyway, I

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bet your gradfather thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world when he married her. Ask him sometimes, man to man about it.

Czechoslovakia is a much smaller country than our Texas, but it is very beautiful. It is more densely populated than Texas, has lots of hilly country and very cleanly cultivated fields. There is no weeds or tall grass growing around ditches or property lines. All that is kept cut and raked up for cattle. The forests are tended and protected and every time a tree is cut, a seedling is planted to replace it so that people of future generations would have wood for homes and furniture. Mushrooms, wild strawberries and other berries grow in the woods and children love to go to to the woods to pick them. The gIound is very clean, no broken branches or underbrush is seen for this is all kept cleaned. The poor people are allowed to pick up this dead wood and take it home to burn in the winter.

From time to time we should like to tell you something of the land of Czechoslovakia, the land of your ancestors, and of the children there. Would you like that? Write us a note 4and tell us what you think about it or what particularly you would like to know. about the children at the time this story was written.

Of course, Czechoslovakia is now behind the Iron Curtain so we don't know how children live now, but we imagine not very good.

Write your letters to the Editor of the Vestnik, Po. Box 85, West, Texas, and we.shall try to answer any question you may have about this. ) • AA • (— DALLAS, TEXAS

Dear Friends, The Teenagers .of Lodge No. 84 have decided on fixing up the nursery at our lodge as our next project. We are real excited about it and want to make it as cute as we can for the little folks.

If any of you in Dallas have an old baby bed up in your attic or in the garage which you have no use for we would like to have or borrow it. It doesn't matter if they are a little shabby with old age, we will paint them. So if you will contact either our leader Mrs. Bessie Petr at Taylor 6-3557 or me, Bobbie Ann Staglik at Taylor 7-1801, we will be glad to pick them up or make arrangements to get the beds to certain place.

We are open for any goad ideas any of you may have so Teenagers put on your thinking caps and we will get busy.

Don't forget our monthly meeting- Nov, 10 at the Lodge Hall at 4 p.m.

Thanks a million.

BOBBLE ANN STAGLIK

Wednesday, Novernber 6, 1957

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By-Laws Of The VII. District Of The SPJST CONTINUED Article 4.

In the year when convention is held, the following district representatives shall be nominated` director, alternate director, member of by-law committee, and alternate to by-law committee.

Article 5.

No members shall be eligible for election as officers, director, alternate director, or any representative of the district unless they have been members in good standing.

Article 6.

All officers shall be nominated. If there is but one candidate for an office, the member nominated may be elected by acclamation with the consent of two thirds of the members present.

In the event of more than one nomination each member having right to vote shall be supplied' with a blank ballot, and he shall write thereon the name of his favorite candidate. After the ballots have been collected, they shall be counted by the scrutineers appointed by the chairman and vice-chairman, and the result announced by the chairman.

This process to be repeated until all offices are. filled.

paring programs and generally conduct all affairs in connection, with the entertainment of members.

Article 3.

The Auditing committee, composed of three members, shall at least once a year audit all of the income and expenses of the district according to the books, end make a. report of same in the annual district meeting.

Article 4.

Committee on resolutions shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) members, to study and prepare resolutions for reading in the meeting.

Article 5.

The by-law committee, construed of three (3) members, shall receive from lodges and members and handle all matters pertaining to the change and amendments of the district by-laws, and together with recommendations for the best interest of the district present them in the annual meeting for consideration and approvement, in line with instructions in section I, Article 2.

Article 6.

Eeach committee shall consist of members of different local lodges. There is no limit as to the length of service on a committee.

Article 7.

The district secretary shall always be furnished with copies of all actions taken by the committees.

Article 7.

A majority of the votes cast is necessary to elect. In the event no candidate shall receive a majority of the total cast, a second election shall be held by ballot, which shall only carry SECTION VI the nines of the two (2) candidates reDuties of Officers and Members of ceiving the highest votes on the first Committees ballot.

Article 1.

Article 8.

Every officer and member of a comVoting shall be conducted in the folmitee must be .a member in good' standlowing manner: ing of some local lodge of district seven.

1. Raising the hands.

Article 2.

Rising.

2.

The duties of officers and members 3. Secret vote by ballot. of all committees shall conform in evSECTION V ery respect to the by-laws of SPJST. Committees The district may enact ouch provisions Article 1. as may be necessary for the best interAt the annual meeting, the newly est of the district and the whole SPJST. elected chairman and vice-chairman Aricle 3. shall appoint an entertainment commitThe district officers and members of tee, auditing committee, Committee en all committees take over their offices resolutions, by-law committee, and such right in the meeting at which they have other committees as in their judgment been elected or appointed. are necessary to facilitate the work of Article 4. the district.

Any officer or member of a committee Article 2. who fails to faithfully perform the duThe entertainment cammiLte shall be ties of his office, may be recalled in composed of at least five members, two the next district meeting and replaced of whom, if possible, have served one by another duly appointed or elected year already and have shown good re- member, as prescribed in this section, sults. The entertainment committee article 5, e). shall have the power to act directly with Article 5. CHAIRMAN. all local lodges of district seven in prea) Shall preside at all meetings of

the district, enforce strict observance of SPJST and district by-laws, and in case of tie he shall have the deciding vote on all questions before the district. b) Shall devote his spare time to work for the welfare of the district and to any activity that the district may be interested. c) Serves as an ex officio (by virtue of office) member of all committees, except the nomination committee.. As a member ex officio he has all the rights and privileges, but none of the obligations, of as member of the committee.

He can make motions, enter into discussion, and vote. d- Through the district direc r he shall furnish within a reasona time to the Supreme Lodge any information within his pcissesion that it may me. quire concerning maters pertaining to the affairs of the SPJST. e- In the event of a vacancy in Yhe office of vice-chairman, secretary or. treasurer by death, resignation or other cause, in agreement with other officers of the district he shall appoint a memo, ber pro tem to fill the of fict until a *uc-7. cessor is elected as outlined in this Kee tion, article 6, b), with the exception that he shall submit the blanks and conduct the voting If a vacancy in any of the offices mentioned occurs within three (3) months or less before the expiration of the term of office, the member appointed by the chairman shall serve the line expired term. f) The chairman may convene all atie strict officers at such time and place; and under such conditions as he may deem it necessary. g) The chairman must convene -A.11 district officers when the majority of them asks for it, when same is requested in writing, stating the reasons, and signed by them. h) At each annual meeting he shall submit a message setting forth in' . a general manner the affairs of the die.; trict during his term of office, including a report of all of his official acts; to-' gether with suggestions and recommervdations for such improvement and changes, his experience and knowledge may deem advisable.

Article 6. Vice- Chairman. a) Shall assist the chairman in_any way directed and preside when , . the chairman is unable by reason of sickness or other unavoidable cause to be present. b) In the event of a vacancy in tf4ft office of chairman by death, resigna-. tion or other cause, he shall immed4e•

Strana 26 ly perform the duties of this office until a successor is elected, election of the chairman in such CaAt-shall be made by majority vote of the Ideal lodges by mail not less than (30) clays, nor more than sixty (60) days from the date vacancy occurred. Electhin' blanks Must be submitted immecnatefY to each local lodge by the secretary, and the member reCeiving the highest number of votes of the membership of all local lodges Shall be duly elected chairman to serve out the unexpired term of this office.

It a vacancy occurs within three (3) Months or less before the expiration of the term of office, the viceechairman Shall Serve 'the unexpired term.

Afticle 7. SECRETARY:- • a) . Shall attend all meetings of the diSthet and shall keep a complete recOld' of all proceedings' , and actions takel'i. kle shall be custodian of the reeords'and papers of the district and must fitritish minutes of each district meeting; also perform such other duties as May pertain to his office. b 'Shall Prepare all correspondence, ref)/57' . to received mail and sign all letterS; if necessary together with the Cliff irima n. en 'Shall keep a register of all local lecigk in district seven, their- time of ineetinge, place of their location and a c6rrect of all local lodge secretaries and their knovin address.

Within thirty (30) days after adoptibnAe shall e deliver one copy of new by-laws or new accepted changes or amendments - to the secretaries of the respectiVe locaf lodges in district seven. e) In case of election of district chair;114.p, Its stated in , this , .section, article 6, b n he shall submit to each local lodge electItin blanks. f i In case of \ r atio e upon the qucStion of holding a special meeting as stated in section III, article bt, he shall 'Submit a ballot to all local lodges. ' `: ga , At the expiration of his term of office he shall deliver to his successor all is ( • . and property belonging to the ci4riet.

Arhicle 8. 'TREASURER.""ti q 'Shall at tend all meetings of the district., 'receive all money , due the district froin •WhatsceVer source' and shall have chargi , of all books and proporLy of the (Illbtrit•t not otherwise provided. for. securities belongIf; hi money a deposit in a t-M;;"'tO the district he bank 'in the nal'ile. Of 1 1 ) , Platelet.

0 Shall disburse such money and ser. itt• tik±s ., and keep proper 4)ool'aF. and accounts of the finances and funds, and Shall , sign and endorse' notes, checks, bills and drafts. cl) Shall conduct all necessary coral

V ESTNIK — WEST, TEXAS respondence of his p ffice and attest all official documents with his signature. e) Shall furnish a statement showing the financial condition of the district, and a full report covering his term of office. He also shall deliver to his successor all money belonging to the district together with all books, documents and other properties of the district, which may be in his possession.

SECTION VII Moral Duties of Members Article 1.

It shall be the duty of every member to attend the district meetings regularly, unless prevented by sickness or other just cause, to assist in enforcing the SPJST and district by-laws, to see that they are not violated, to recognize any member as a Brother or Sister, and never sneak falsely against or vilify the character of a meirnber.

Article 2.

It is warmly recommended to all members to attend meetings both of other local lodges and of otter districts.

SECTION VIII Remuneration of Officers Article 1.

Except the secretary and the treasurer, no officer of the district shall re ceive any compensation or salary as such officer. However, they all shall be entitled to 5c mileage, while attending to business of the district. No one is entitled for any compensation for ex penses for attending district meetings.

Article 2.

The district secretary and treasurer shall receive a salary to be determined in the annual meeting of the district.

Such salary shall be based on a yearly estimation.

Article 3.

The salaries shall be fixed and deliitely established prior to the nomina tion and election of officers at each annual meeting.

SECTION IX, Financing of..Disriet Article 1.

Each local lodge shall pay to the district treasurer in or before the annual district meeting each year a per capita due of 5c for each member in the adult department, to be based on the number of members in g ood standing at the close of the preceding year.

Art i cle 2.

The fund thus created shall be known as the General district fund, and shall be maintained for the exclusive purpose 'of covering all necessary expenses appectaining to the distrieL Article 3.

There shall bid established another fund out of contribuflons from the Supreme Lodge, as prescribed for in SPJ

Wednesday, November 6, 1957 ST By-laws, Article 68 (g). This fund, known as he Youth fund, must be used exclusively for the benefit of youth only.

Article 4.

All funds and securities must be deposited in a bank in the name of the district.

By-law Committee District Seven SPJST: John Stasa, Chairman Frank Elsik, Secretary Jaroslav Rektorik )*

POLKA DANCE Saturday, November 9 Baca's orchestra — 50th Wedding Anniversary Dance -- KJT Hall in Plum Henry Brosch orchestra -- Club Dance Flatonia Hall El Campo Polka Boys — Free Wedding Dance — SPJST Hall in Hillje Faraizl's orchestra — Wedding Dance — KJT Hall in Ennis Slim Haisler and His Plawmates — Waco SPJST Linden Hall at Elm Mott Lee Llse orchestra -- Wedding Dance — Needville Hall Sil Krenek orchestra -- Petter's Hall Rudy Kurtz orchest: a KT Hall in San Antonio Charlie Mikush orchestra Turner Hall neer Yoakum Joe Patek and Bill Mraz orchestras -Battle Dance — Bill Mraz Hall in Houston Vrazel Polka Band — SPJST Hall in Buckholts Sunday, November 10 Henry Brosch orchestra — Hobson Hall Faraizl's 'orchestra SPJST Bohemian Club Hall in Fort Worth Lee Ilse orchestra — Talton Community Center at New Taiton Hij leil aeek orchestra — SPJST Hall in Sil Ka Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Riverside Hall in East Bernard Charlie Mikush orchestra.

Moravia Hall Joe Patek orchestra — Country Barr Monday, November 11 Hall in Marak Armistice Dances Sil Krenek orchestra — Deanville's Hall Joe Patek orchestra -- American Legion Hall in •Shiner Wednesday, November 13 Henry Brosch orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo ) * tor• * Everybody makes mistakes, but some of us manage to forget their own mistakes real soon, which is all to the good.

—You would think they could forgive the other fellow, don't you think so?

Wednesday, November 0 1957

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MY TRIP ABROAD (Continued) PART IV Sunny Italy! How very true! And what a beautiful country! This part of Europe compares geogriaphically with our New England states, and the •climate is like that of our southern states.

It was late in the afternoon when we landed at the air port in Rome. Our ride to the Residence Palace where we registered for the duration took close to two hours. This is quite a modern hotel located in the new section of Rome. In comparison with the accommodations in the traditional hotels in Prague, Karlovy Vary and Vienna, this was quite a change. Though as roomy and comfortable, the accommodations were less luxurious.

We also noticed that food was not prepared and served as attractively. But nevertheless, we never seemed to slight our appetites.

We toured the Eternal City of Rome on a schedule again prepared by the agent of the American Express Company. I know .I failed to mention this before, but all our tours outside of Czech were arranged and contracted by the American Express Company, arrangements having been made before our departure from Houston. Arriving in a strange city especially in a' strange country may present problems, but to have a guide meet you and assist you in getting located, and seeing to it that your tours are interesting means so much and relieves a tourist of many uncertainties and even difficulties.

Rome is no easily toured in twQ. or three days, the time we allowed ourselves, but once on the way, admiring the famous buildings and memorial monuments we were probably like thousands of tourists before us. Your imagination sudenly sinks into the ancient past to give preference to hsitorical figImes such as Julius Ceasar, Augustus, Marcus Aurelius, Maxims, Constantine, Michael Angelo and Rafael; So many who intermittently became famous in politics, religion, economics and fine arts.

These personalities suddenly come to life amid the ancient ruins of the Forum, the Temple of Venus, the Arc of Constantine, the Arc of Titus and others; you suddenly have a ringside seat in the Flavios Amphitheater( or better known as the Colosseum) during the warfare of the Gladiators. Again the period of the persecution of the early Christians during the time ofMarcus Aurelius suddenly dawns on you. You view

BY NAOMI KOSTOM such buildings as the Monument to Victor Emanuel II, The Venezia Palace, i the Square and Column of Marcus Aurelius, The Trivi Fountain, the Palace of Justice and many others with awe and admiration.

The rare privilege of going through Vatican City is likewise yours. You stand before the panoramic view of the residence of the Pope and St. Peter's Church in the Square. Through the portals of the Vatican Museum, the Library and administrative quarters, down through the corridors the tourist is conducted through one of the largest exhibits of art, in sculpture and paintings.

To be sure some of the paintings by Michael Angelo, Rafael, Reni, Sassoferr a to and others are masterpieces, though they may be copied in other parts of the world. For example, the art in the Sistine Chapel is predominantly in fresco which is a very tedious water color process and certainly an art not commonly used in our present day.

So much for the grandeur of Rome!

For the first time outside of Czechoslovakia we boarded a train for our trip to the next city — Venice. Prior to that we traveled by air. The transportation by rail was interesting. Immediately after the train left the railway station, the dining personnel started serving the noon meal. Contrary to customs in the states, table is placed before you in all first class coaches. After the table is properly set, the different courses are served to everybody at the same time. And each course is finished before the next one is served. This ritual, before it has been completely disposed of may take about two hours, but there is no reason to rush and It is certainly a• lot more enjoyable.

The ride through the countryside of Italy is enjoyable. This country is very rich in soil and production and it has definitely been endowed with scenic beauty.

The first class air-conditioned trains are comfortable and the rate at which they travel is about 85 miles per hour.

All seems to go quite well until the power goes off. In our case, we were stranded in the heat of the day for more than two hours. And after the air-conditioning system failed to operate due to power failure, we felt perfectly at home — "Deep in the Heart of Texas."

We arrived in Venice about dark. Another representative of the American

Express Company met us st the station, escorted us to the Grand Canal and there turned us over to the dependable Gondoliers. For the first tirr•e we seemed to feel the pressure of a major problem. Mother has always been a good traveler but at this point she made it definitely clear to her somewhat bewildered offsprings that come what may, she would ride the usual cab to the hotel — the gondola was not for her, no sir! There was no alternative, so I asked our guide to order a taxi for us •we would take the taxi to the hotel rather than the gondola. He looked at me as though he had lost a, glass eye, but I think he only lost his "uppers" when he said, "A taxi, lady? In Venice there is no taxi: you must tak%1 gondola!" Well, there we were and our dear mother was again left to the mercy of her already confused offsprings for surely one face or the other registered signs of uneasiness. But before I knew what had happened aly mother Was already being hoisted into the gondola by two strong gondoliers, one on each side of her. And in less time than you could say, "Oh, for Pete's sake," imother was already seated, and Ruth took the place beside her. So far, so good, thought I, but if the truth were known I was si.ire my limbs were in the motions of St. Vitus dance until I realized that we were sailing along an the Grand Canal bound for our quarters at the Britania Europa.

More about Venice and then Switzer(to be continued). land ) • 4, STRZINEK RITES HELD IN CAMERON

William Strzinek, 68, died at 11:20 a.m.

Sunday in a hospital in Temple. Funeral services were held last week At St. Monica's Catholic Church in Cameron. Rev. George Duda and Rev. Alfred Kallus officiated, burial was in St. Monica's Cemetery.

Mr. Strzinek was born in Czechoslovakia. He came to the U.S as a young man. He was a former resident of Milani County. He had lived; in Temple , abolitt 20 years. He was a retired butcher.

He had been in the hospital, about two weeks following a fall at his home.

Survivors are two sons, Alfred Stran* of Dallas and Bill Strzinek of Tyler; a daughter, Mrs. Alice • Peahson of Rock': dale; a sister, Mrs. Rudolph Behrens of New York; two brothers and two sisters in Czechoslovakia; and five ittan4044" dren.

Our heartfelt sympathy to the he4 reeved family.

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Wednesday, November 6, 1957

Thirty Days Behind The Iron Curtain (Continued) July 2. After a good nights sleep, which we did appreciate that night after the thrilling train ride, we slept rather late that morning and after breakfast I looked up good friend Mrs. Helen Schnell of Houston. After a long chat, we decided that my sister and I would move in with her and share the room with her. After we brought our luggage into her room, we three decided to go and have our hair shamhood and set. Talking about walking that morning, we had our share of it.

We went from one beauty shop to another and always the same answer.

"Sorry not to-day," but two or three days later". Finally we walked into a beauty shop and luck was with us, we were taken immediately. This was a rather large beauty shop, with about thirty .svarate booths. They have a different method of operating a beauty shop. •It takes forever to get the hair dried under the hair drier and that is why toy hair had a dry and frizzy look.

Anyway we had a chance to visit a Crer la beauty shop. my

From the beauty shop, we went shopping', rather "just looking." at noon, we do s ided to have lunch at Hotel Esplanade, where several from the group could be found there at any time.

After lunch, Helen and I went shol ping again on the "Vacla yske Na,mesti".

This was lots of fun and several times in shops as we would speak our languaec (American) the clerks would join is. One gets fooled, as one would never know when some one could understand us. That afternoon we shopped in aide shop, where Helen bought a gornet bracelet and a vase. Than we broused through the book stores. There are several on the main street and in one store we got interested in Many books, but our problem was, how we were to bring them home, as books are heavy. The salesiron told us that any boola-scan be shipped to America. I am d of the books that I bought as thee are loaded with pictures of the places that we have visited on the tour. I bought books such as these: "Vysoke TatrV", "Zlata Bratislava," "Bavorska Bystrice", "Cerny a Biely Vah,' "PraIka Narnesti," "Demanovske Jeskyne," Praha Kralovska" and several others as we walked through these shops, we never would know what our next experience Would be. We were both interested in Czech records and these shops are numerous, so here we go entering in one.

Once ag ain, it was fun buying the ceske desky" The lady asked us what sort of Pr( 1 I

By Mrs. Betty Judea. records did we want and here we were stunned again, so we told her to make her own suggestions. As she would play the records, we agreed that they were all good. Finally we decided that we would buy some of each such as Czech, Slovak, Hungarian cardas, folk songs and Czech jazz. Whenever I play these records they remind me once again of the music and songs that were heard so often throughout Czechoslovakia.

With our arms loaded with parcels, we made our way to our hotel and were ready for our evening meal. That night several of us went to Hotel Tatran to dance to czech brass band.

July 3. I went shopping again for a while and than had ,nly hair set again, only this time by one of our group. Mr. Karlik of Ft. Worth. This time my hair had that American look.

In mid morning I had a chance to go to the "Gardens beneath the Castle."

These are situated beneath the Castle of Praha. These gardens are hundreds of years old and are beautifully built.

There are shrubs of every description, beautiful red roses everywhere, and large chestnut trees.

Mala Furnstenberska, garden is one of the pretties gardens of the fine beneath the Castle. In 1779, Barbara Cerninova bought this garden and had the gardens rebuilt by architecture, Ignac Palliardim. The garden consists of four terraces, with stair.; in every direction.

There are benches, and one can rest once in a while, while exploring the garden. After walking to the highest terraces, here one has the most beautiful view of Prague in the distance. the "Hradcany" can be seen, the cathedrals with the tall spires and other buildings of old architecture with green roofs.

This scene is hard to describe, as there are too many things that are seen at one time.

Beneath these gardens there are several palaces. Here in "val z.ansky Inn" I had lunch and than returned to the hotel. That evening again several of us took a taxi to "Barandov", this is a dine and dance place. Here one had a choice to eat indoors or out on a terrace overlooking the river Vltava,. There were two dance floors, again, one indoors and the other out on the terrace.

The food was delicious and also the wine that was ordered. The place was so crowded, that if reservations weren't made in advance, I doubt if you could get a table. This time the orchestra played only ,modern jazz, and I don't espedially care for this type of music. very

All in all, one had a wonderful time.

July 4. — In America, this day means a lot to us Americans, but in Czechoslovakia nothing. We sat in the lobby of the hotel and were thinking of home and the firecrackers that are usually thrown on that day. Once again I went shopping with Mrs. Schnell (Mr. Valcik's daughter.) This time we bought dolls for our children and shopped for laces.

We had to hurry back to the hotel, as Helen was expecting a call from Houston at 11:00 a. ,m. The connection was made and Helen was thrilled that she could speak with her husband and. son.

After lunch, again we went walking. As I mentioned before, we never knew where we would be next. This time we were trying to find "Dia Film."'his is where film is bought for slidp. and movie projectors. We had the right address, but we would ask for information and it would lead in the wrong direction. Again we asked, only this time it was traffic officer, and we got the correct information. So here we had to go all the way back where we started out from, and at "Duna Mody" go left so many blocks, left again and there we were. Helen wore her new' shoes (high healsg and talking about sore feet, she had 'em, blisters on her toes and soles too. It is hard to walk in high heels, as the streets are not paved, but stoned, and than many are up-grade, and this is very hard on those "dogs". Each of us bought several strips of films, to make them into slides. So far I have only "Popelka" this is "Cinderella" in slides. Maybe someday I will do the rest.

Just like always, we'd visit all the shops just to be looking and by 5:00 o'clock that evening. we just had to return to the hotel and just relax.

In the mean time, Mr. Valcik was arranging a two day trip to Marianske lazne and Karlove Vary. That evening we were told to be ready at 8 o'clock in the morning about twenty went on this tour.

July 5. Got up early that morning and got ready, just traveling lightly we each took only our KLM bags. Our first stop was Plzen, an old industrial city, site of the famous Skoda works and the Pilsner Urquelle brewery. We didn't go through the brewery as we were in a hurry to get to our next destination.

The purpose of this stop was to drink a glass of beer in Plzen. We were taken to a nice hotel and here we all ordered that "Plzenske" and to top it off a salty rohlik. I also took pictures in Plzen in the park, across the 'street from the hotel.

(To be continued)

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Libove hovezi maze, ktore ptichazi na Norapomerite na na g `Domov Odpoeinku' trh po ceU• podzim, nem& se smatiti ne• 4, • bo p6ei na reAti. Toto hovezi maso pochazi ze zvitat, ktera se pasta na trave Remember our Rest Home a tudiS nebyla blend. Aby hovezi maso bylo gt'avnate a jemne, ma se vatiti v plikryte nadobe.

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DR. ZENO T. THOMAS Naturopathic Physician General Practice Colon and Rectal Disorders 2324 N. Main. CA 8-5402 Houston 9, Texas

LONG THEATRES BLDG, CAM

Avenue F. ® Phone 45

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EAVIN1 CM ALL SAVINGS Each account insured to $10,000 by an agency of the Federal Government

Phone 6-0361 AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE Carburetor-Motor Tune-Up 1307 SPEIGHT

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Member of Lodge 66

1301 CAPITOL e 'CAgotol 7.3002:

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liTRONANA POHREBNi SLU HA V hodine zalu zarmouceni naleznete Edward Pace pohtebni iistav poholove k sympatickemu yltizeni nezbytnS•ch jectnotlivosti k praveni dOjeraneho pohtbu.

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Is Your Millage Low? Won't Start, Won't Stop — See Me!

Sic; sti-eci Li, doe 6. listopada 1957 ,

L. A. Kucera President Gordon Smith Secretar y

OFFICERS Dr. R. E. Maresh Vice-President E. E. Chernosky Executive Vice-President Herne Chernosky Treasurer

DIRECTORS Phil D Woodruff Dr. R E. Maresh L A Kucera E E. Chernosky Earl 1 Wood Frank Tesar Gordon Smith

To My Many Friends and Patients Before departing from Hallettsville, I wish to extend my sincere and heart-felt thanks and appreciation for your cooperation and friendship you have shown me during all of the years I resided here. I wish to assure you that • I shall continue to serve you with greater determination than ever, and as in the past, I shall never turn down a sick person money or no money especially an elderly.

With every good wish I remain Sincerely and Cordially

Dr. Albert H. Broden N. D. 1203 HEIGHTS BLVD. — Phone UN.1-3353

Houston 8, Texas

Dr. , .has. J. Haub teski Lekat a °west& HOUSTON. TEAS UN 9-1222 Telefon res.

CA 7-2553 Telefon Iliad.

711 Medical Arts nmildinr

Hilsher's Home Supply Co. 2020 Washington Ave CA 8-8424 730 E. 20th at N. Main UN 9-1441 ' Igton UN 9-3387 5225 Washut 9219 Jeotsen Dr. OX 4.8861 HOUSTON, TEXAS Fir All Your FURNITURE APPLIANCES and EVERYTHING ELSE FOR YOUR HOME Be Sure to See

H!LSHER'S and get t BEST FOR LESS" CASH OR EASY TERMS Your Satisfaction Guaranteed And Free Delivery Service VASE CESKE OBCBODY

stfedu, dine G. listopac1a 1957

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Moderni Vdana dcera, ktera Mrazu vzdoru zelove, salatbii6la pri g la nav g tivit svou matku: "PPedstav :540 cibulove sazenice ranneho si, mami, Ze mi Karel koneene dovolil za $1.00, 600, $1.50, 1000 $2.25 poStOn, VSS dit auto , " --IVIatka, peeliva. hospodyne: ■30r SAZENICE:— Zell, Early Flat Dutch placene. Sazenice pomYchane podle "No, a jak je to s varenim?" — "S vare Charleston, Wakefield,-Copenhagen Mar- ni. Za uspokojeni menu. -- Conrad Plant, nim? No, to mi zase zakazal!" ket (Collards) Southern Georgia. Tfi sta Farm, Waco, Texas, Rt. 3. Box 304.

(45-16p): $1.00, poStou vYplacene, uspokojeni zang,• eno, Vana Plant Farm, 1626 Dutton • GT. ° SPOLEHLIVVA POHROBNICHA st. Waco, Texas (43-46p)

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vsme pohotovi liarn posloutti bez rozdilu jak daleko bydlite bez jakehokoliv zvljAtniho poplatku.

S narni mtlZete mluviti eesky. My nabizime Pohtebni Pojiteni pro katleho elena rodiny.

Pete E Ettlinger

Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. Fort Worth, Texas

FUNERAL ROME

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1 E CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO OUR

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SUN DAY, NOVEMBER rth THE BEST PLACE TO SAVE

MUSIC BY

Far aizl's Orchestra Fort Worth's Bohemian Club 3316 Robert's Cut-off Road icrajane, k,.eii chteji jeti pei g tiho roku do ( • mohou eestovati plimo FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF TEMPLE GIVES YOU ALL THREE

(1) 100 Per Cent Insured Safe (2) Pays You More (3) Available When Needed SO YOU SEE

It Does Make A Difference Where You Save!

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American Ex p ress Copan Dotazy krajaml vyf • zaje jak Olive eesky nebo anglie

Houston 7, Texas

V tSTNI — WEST, TEXAS

Straus 31

Ve stkedu, dne 6. listopada 1957

CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE THE FIRST TO DOUBLE THEIR SALES Since this is the 60th Anniversary year of t he SPJST, this office set a goal to double our sales. District N©.

Five accepted the challensre and pledged themselves to make an all out effort to double their sales this year and have already fulfilled their pledge.

RUDOLPH SEFCIK

JOHN BLINKA

STEPEHN VALCIK

JIM WAGNER

A. L. HISHER

JOE ZALUDEK

J. H. MIKESKA

A. J. LOSTAK

GEO. S. KADERA

R. J. LOSTAK

VINC. ABSCHNEIDER

ALVIN MELNAR

MRS. F. J. OLEXA

ERNEST HANKA

MRS. ELLA SUCHIVIA

LEROY KAMAS

MRS. STEVE ZUCHA

A. V. FRANEK

MRS. MARIE CORDRAY

ALBERT BRISTIK

MRS. LOUISE KADLEC

J. M. SKRAIIANEK

fur sincerest thanks to you, Brother J. M. Skrabanek, District Organizer for District No. Five, and to all organizers who contribited in any way to make this possible.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny cmomalsi;t:Wa .

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