PODPORA
SLOVANSK POHL
UDSKOST
FORMIC' JEDNO-
BRATRSTV1
TY STATU TEXAS
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME L.ODGE SPJST P. 0. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS
Official Organ of Slevanic Benevolent Order or the State of Texas BENEVOLENCE
ROCNIK (VOLUME) XLVII 24. 6ERVNA (JUNE) 1959
1897 - 1959
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Dne 1. eervence, 1897, neb 62 rokii zpat ky byla svolana v mesteeku La Grange, v okresu Fayette, ye Statu Texas schnze, nagich oeskYch pionYra ve ktere schtzi byla zadokna nova bratrska Jednota, nage Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Sta to Texasu, nyni znama co na ge SPJST. Tato organisace byla zalokna s 25t1 zakladajicimi rady a s 782 zakladajicimi ele ny. Nyni kdy se ohledneme nazpet pies uplynulYch 62 let, kdy na ge SPJST byla zalolena a zamyslinie se nad jejim stem a rispechem, na ge srdce jsou napine na pocitem vdeenosti k tern zakladajicim elenam na gi Jednoty a k tem starYin elentim nagi Jednoty kteri na gi Jednotu vedli tak Uspe gne pa tak mnoho, mnoho let. Kdy2 prichazime k 62ti. letemu vS7roei, je to mistne a- spravne venovati nekolik vterin tiche modlitby a vzpominky na pamatku a poeest zemrelSrch Menu nagi Jednoty a venovati v na gich myslich nase uprimn'e diky a vdeenost tem zaslu2n3irn zakladajicim a starY'm eleniun nag i Jednoty, kteri jsou dosud mezi nami, na zivu, kdy oslavujeme 62ti lete zaloleni nagi Jednoty, za v gecko elm oni prispeli k fispechu na'Si Jednoty. Aby elenove. nag i Jednoty veal kteri z nag ich zakladajicich elenti a Olenkyn
Budova nasi Hlavni tiadovny v Temple
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1897 - 1959 Three score and two years ago, on July 1, 1897, there came together in the City of La Grange, in Fayette County, Texas, a group of Czech pioneers who organized a new fraternal order, our Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, now commonly known as the SPJST. This organization was founded with 25 charter lodgeS -and 782 charter members As we look over the past 62 years, since the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, SPJST, was founded, and review its growth, and accomplishments, our hearts are filled with a feeling of gratitude to the charter members of this Order, and to the old members of it, who have charted its course so successfully, for so many years. As we approach another anniversary of the founding of our Order, it is but fitting and proper that we should dedicate a few moments of silent devotion to the honor and memory of the deceased members of this Order and to offer, in our minds, our sincere thanks and gratitude to the gallant charter members, and to the old members of this Order, who are still with us, to celebrate the 62nd birthday of our organization, for their contribution to the success of our Order. In order that the members of this Order might better know, who the living
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