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BENEVOLENCE HUMANITY BROTHERHOOD

ZAPISKY ZE SCHUH TISKOVEHO 111301111 konane 9. &lora 1961 v Taylor, Texas Schtize sVolana ptedsedou Tiskoveho vYboru, bratrem Paul 8ablaturou, z duvodu, aby nyneMi T V. probral s bratrem redaktorem budouci vedeni naSeho Vestniku.

Pritomni byli vSechni tti eleni vyboru, bratti ptedseda Paul Sablatura a Rudolph Troubil a sestra Frances Olexa.

Taktel•bratr ptedseda !Darn' utadovny ;Ed L. Marek, bratr redaktor L. 0. Hoek a vydavatel bratr Jos. Holasek. Nav gtevnice sestra Hogkova.

Bratr ptedseda zahajil schuzi a ptipomina, le nejative jest nutne, abychom si jmenovali zapisovatele naleho vYboru.

Naeei•bratr Troubil dal navrh, aby sestra Olexotra ptijmula misto tajemnice.

Ptijmuto.

Bratr Sa.blatura poladal bratra ptedsedu Hlavni itradovny Ed. L. Marka, aby k nam promluvil. Bratr Marek vyslovil pozdravy od bratra iitednika Hlavni ntadovny. Taktet pkipomina, povinnosti Tiskoveho ITYborn, ktere jsou jasne v naSich stanovach a aby se vldy hledeli podie nick fidit. Zaroveil podotYka, le tento vYbor jest samostatne teleso. VSak hlavni urednici jsou ochotni ye shade spolupracovati. Nadel s ptanim mnoho zdaru se ze schilze Pkikroeeno k eteni zapisku ze schilze due 17. eervna 1960. Zapisky ptijmute jak etene.

Bratr predseda dva dopisy movu vysloiveny srdeene diky za poho gjemu zaslane. Oba dopisy byli dalelite teni.

Se sesterskYrn pozdravem, probrane. Prvni dopis tYkajici se razFrances Olexa nYch Mann sr naiem Vestniku. DruhY ) • i • dopis tYkajici se pravopisnYch chyb a ohlaveni nakho Vestniku. Obema dopisovateltim bude odpovedeno bratrem ptedsedou.

Mame se twit na nova dame?

Bratr redaktor rna upraviti jednu stran ku naeho Vestniku s ohlavenim "UCME (Toto jest informaeni elinek) se OESKY" "LET'S LEARN CZECH" col ma bYt v deske , teei a zaroven pteklad Kdyby mei° se uskuteeniti uzakoneni do anglicke fedi, v nadeji, le to vzbudi celeho programu jak jej navrhl nei novet& zajem vAeobecne. vY president, tedy by bylo zapotteby bliz ko Lest bilionu dolara v novYch daZaroveti sebrano v avahu "Polka Dan nich. Nejvic by byla zvYtena dari "Social ce Calender" a uznino pterukti Dvou billow) bye si vyiadala oznamovani pod timto ohiavenim. rti- Security". podpora v nemoci a leeeni pensista a dy a eleni nag Jednoty, pfejici si oznanemajetnYch starca. — ZrAr eni patov miti sve mistnPzabavy, jsou vitani tak neho by snad melo 845 milionu ueinit. Bratr redaktor ochotne oznami a tel by mega* snad vynesti die to ptecllohy bYti vSechny zabavy mistnich tan jemu za- zvYtena dan na gasolin pro vzducholode.

Blame v "kalendatV. Mnoho nadkni pro tuto ptedlohu ovPtipomenuto bratru. redaktoru, aby gem ze neni proto, ze mnoho s nagich v i. dy hledel resolute nmrti, Ceske i an- zastupett zavrhuji vladni leeeni jak "so glicke upraviti na jecine neb dvou stra- cialism" a, tel jsou namitky proti nanach Vestniku podle potteby.

• vriene pkedloze zvYS'en.i. Arle.dni pomoci Ujednano, v§echny dopisy, o kterYch gkolam a kolejim.

Jednalo se tea o ptisnej gi vymahani jest bratr redaktor v pochybach, aby byfederalnich zakona. Naprava stane se ly bezodkladne zaslane bratru ptedsedoproto, ze v minulosti nebylo easto souvi k projednani.

Jelikol dal§i jednard nestavalo schtize ladu mezi odborem spravedlnosti a nabyla fukoneena, v 1 hod. odpoledne. Do(Pokrai)ovini na strane 4.)

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VelkY yYznam leli ye slovech:-- Podpora, Lidskost, Bratrstvi, pamatujme na jejich yYznam. v katdem naSem podinani v tomto roce.

• • Nejnovej gi, pozoruhodnST ptirastek rala deho dlenstva u nekterYch radii nejlepe dokazuje, ze je vsude jests pfilelitosti k ziskavani nagi mladeke.

• • Hlavnim Ueelem vgech nagich snah a Jednoty nagi jest, prospeti fgem kteti si u nas zajistili pojistku.

• • Kaida na ge pojistka jest provazena zarukou Upine bezpeenosti spravneho vyplaceni a raznYch jinYch vYhod.

• • Sokolstvo beze spora odchovava nagim spolkfun podparnYm zdrave elenstvi, snal se o to svYm vlivem aby i Sokol se gall ye vagi osade kde j2 stava.

• • KaldY z nas ten podporujrne na ge kra, janske organisace jako jest RVOS proti ohni a jinYch zivelnich pohrom a SVPS stejneho ucelu. Kdyk tak budeme pospo lu pracovati tak na ge dobre snakeni doj de uznani.

Nic na svete neni dokonale, v ge vykaduje stale opravy. Pted gedesati-peti lety byla ye SpojenYch statech jedina, podpfirna br. Jednoty. Dnes jest bratrskYch Jednot, ze eislice jejich je ye stech. Nuti nas to vgechny postupovati s duchem dasu.

• Statni zakon pojigt'ovaci od riagich bratrskYch Jednot pokaduje potadani kadovYch sehtzi jednou mesiene a mel by bYti dodrlovan. Pakli se tak nedeje, molly by z toho yzejiti vakne sledky.

• • Certifikat na gi Jednoty ptedstavuje jistou, bezpeenou, a pomerne laeinou i vYhodnou bratrskou ,inrtni podporu. nalehavou otazku kaldeho svedomite ho °beans, zaopat •eni rodin pro piipad nahlelao odchodu 2ivitele rodiny.

• • D-)ufame, ke blilicim se jarem, se povgechna nalada nas vriech i agitate a ziskani novYch elent pro nagi Jednotu se °pet dostane do zrychlenej siho temps,.

1VIusime si dnes jik jednou a pro v2dy uvedomiti, le co bylo dobre pied roky, dnegkem je zastarale, jil nevyhovuje a misty je i Akodlive.

Opakuji tedy,

ky. Dnes silna, soutel vykaduje abychom mimo "dobreho zboki" men vycvieenk sbor spolehli yYch a schopnYch organisatorti (jedlnatelft) kteti se ptieinuji o dalgi rozmach Jednoty.

• • Zalezi nam mnoho na tom jakou parnatku pc) sobs zanechame. Neni spravne natikati, ze "nam to nejde" nYbrA hovoime o ptemene a miti viru v sama sebe i tvotiti z vlastnich • • Bratru HarriuskoVi do Californie zdelujeme, ze Vestnik mu bude spravne dochazeti kdy si ptimo clopi ge nagi Hlavni Utadovne Box 400. Temple, Texas. — Adresat jest pod dozorem Hlavni ittadovny. Pozdray.

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Proddouleni nucene navgtevy Akolni ze 16 na 17 let je navrhovano v texaske stn tni legislatute. Proti tomu se stavi nag poslanec Wood z nageho okresu McLennan a tvrdi, ze kdo se nechce net* ne/line naueit nee° do 16 let, tomu nepomule chodit do gkoly o rok dele. Jsme vgak pro navrh, prodlouliti gkolni rok ze 120 na 180 dni.

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Arnericka znamka s Tyriem?

Roku 1962 budou vgichni Sokolove svobodnem svete vzpominat steho, vyrokdy byla v Praze zalolena Mirosei lavem Tyrgem a Jindrichem Fugnerem prvni sokolska jednota Cs. Narodai ra da americka dala nyni podnet, aby Americka Obec Sokolska ruku v ruce se Slovenskou telocvienou jednotou Jednotou Sokol usilovaly u americke vlady o yydani americke znamky s podobiznou Tyrgovou, a to tim spige, ze sokolska my glenka a Tyrg ova teloevieno, soustava stale vie a vie pronikaji do americkeho livota. Precedeneni ptipad je zde: stem yYroei. Turned'. vydala americka pogtovni sprava znamku, ptipominajlei tote jubileum. Iniciatortim piejeme mno ho gtesti a v gichni podle syYch sil bude me pomahat.

• 4 • (Pane, van pes mi ukradd dvoukilovY sa lam.

Toy je lotr. Nateku mu.

Z toho nic nemam. Chci, abyste -"Dobra, tak mu natelete salmi" • • On: "Jest Egon va gim plibuznYrn?" Ona: "Jen vzdalenYm. Jest tketim muzem keny meho prvniho mute."

Ve stedu, dne 22. rinora 1901

Co pies tirden jsem zaslechl.

— te z Houstonu ptigla, zprava, ze pani Rosie Kotrlova ktera minulY mesic odjela do New Yorku, 30. ledna, tam neotekavane zemtela a byla tam pochova na 7. rinora, zd'eluje pani R. Saukupova. z Houstonu. — Vic o tom na jinem miste.

• • v Dallas "Kroutek 6esk3ich ten", ehysta velkY jarni bazar potadati dine 23. dubna v Sokolovne na 7448 Greenville Ave a vie poctrobnosti se dozvite z dopisu nagi Wine dopisovatelky sestry Anaky Houdkove v tomto cisle. Laskave si je vynajdete.

• • — Ze u tadu v Elk se ptipravuji k nak ptigti okrskove schrizi ktera, se bude konat v Elk .dne 23. dubna.

• • • — e mantele John F. Houtviekovi oslavili sve 50 lete vYrodi siiatku ye &vein domove v nedeli 12. imam v Dallas. John F. Houtvieka a bYvala, sl. Frances Rausl byli oddani 14. imora 1911 v Granger, Texas. PfebYvali ve Fort Worth a Dallas dlouhou tadu let a sifeastnili se vidy spot kove prace. Vic o tom v jine casts.

• • — te Lorraine Heji byla prohla gena vitetkou v "Betty Crocker Homemaking" stintek pokaidane spoleenosti General Mills. Lorraine obdriela zlatY gpendlik na nemt je vyrytY napis "Home is where your heart is". — domov je tam kde je tvoje srdce". Vitezka se sridastni celosta, tni celostatni soutete Future Homemakers ktera bude potadana v mesici bkeznu 1961.

• • - te Ray Kapszinski ptijal misto War nika v Old Corner Drug Store, a majitel lekarny p. W. 0. Montgomery kekl, to ho velice tegi, te Ray pkijal zamestnani v jeho lekarne vzhledem k jeho vynikaJicimu rekordu ye stu:diich na University of Texas S dvouma registrovanYmi lekar niky v obchode bade stale jeden z nich piitomen pri vypiziovani lekatskYch 'pfect pisu bez dloulieho eekani.

Ray Kapczinski obdriel jeho degree in Pharmacy na Universite of Texas v tek. Zaeal pracovati v jmenovane lekarne. Je to velice mil miadik a ptejeme gtesti.

• • — to minulY tYden byl v Bryan pochovan 781ety Josef OpretenY. Po mnoho let byl majitelem dtiny v Edge. Byl vetere, nem z prvni valley, zanechal dceru pani C. L. Moses v Chicagu a dva syny: Wal-

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ter v Bryan a Eduard v Texas City, 4 sestry, a, bratry. Uptimna, soustrast rodine.

• • — to sl. Elaine Haisler a Calvin J. Andel byli oddani v CMS kostele v Oecker 21. ledna. Nevesta je dcera manielt. L. B. Haisler a tenich je syn manielii Joe L. Andel, oba v Temple. Svatebni abb.dy vykonal rev. Frank A. 8imeik. Srdeone blahoptani.

• • — te sl. Nancy Weddle, dcera manteld Raymond Weddle v Pendleton, a James David Jirasek syn pi. Sadie Jiraskove * Temple, byli oddani v domove A. H. Jiraska v Temple. Gra,tulujeme.

• • — Ze ve stall 66 let zemtel ye Smithville vgem znamY pritel Vilem Trlica veteran z prvni valky a elen. SPJST na Koval'. Po chovan na htbitove Oak Hill, rev. Bryce Peacock vykonal obtady. Zanechal man telku, dva syny — Marvin Trlica ve Spokane, Wash., a Vilem Trlica v Angleton. Nage soustrast rodine.

• • mantele Larry LednickY v Dallas oznarnuji narozeni dcerugky Sharon Ann ktera, se jim narodila v Providence nemocnici ye Waco a vatila 7 liber a 10 unci. Mnoho gtesti pfejeme.

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— Ze sl. Ellen Fraizer a Benny Gerlich byli °Mani v katolickern kosteIe Immaculate Heart of Mary 'v Abbott, 11. rimra. Svatebni obtady vykonal dp. W. Pechal. Nevesta je dcera pi. Richa,rd Frazier bYvale osadnice Waco, nyni v Hillsboro a je zamestnana u Central Freight pony. t enich je syn mantelii Henry A. GerlichovYch v Abbott. 131ahoptejeme. e sl. Joan Vita .a Jerry Wm. Marifik byli oddani v Sacred Heart kathecirale v Dallas dp. Robt. T. Litteken. Nevesta je dcera mantelri Chas. B. Vita a tenich je syn pi. John Maiiakove a zesnuleho Jana Mariakia oba v Dallas. Mnoho gtesti ptejeme — Ze. negt'astnou nahodou byl zabit Texarkany Richard Bartek,, 241etY syn rnanklri. W. ,J. BartkovSreh•z Yoakum.

Vezl naklad z ridoli Rio Grande• do Mem phis, Tenn, Pochovan po zadu gni mgi sv. v Yoakum. Rocline nage soustrast.

— te mantele Anton Peterson byli obdateni dcerugkou ktera Se jim narodila 31. ledna v Methodist nernocnici V Dallas.

Pki narozeni vatila 7. liber a 13 unei a byla pojnienovana Linda Ann. Pfejeme jen Stest.

Stream 3 — Ze sl. Kathryn Macha, dcera mane.

Louis Macha ye West, a p. Leon Marek syn pi. Frank Markove v Penelope byli oddani 11. imora v katolickem kostele Nanebevzeti Panny Marie ye West.

— to W. B. Taylor ml. z Dallas a Gal-

veston oznamuje zasnoubeni sriatku jeho dcery sl. Susan D Taylor s p. Donald MatejovskYm, synem mantelri Martin Ma tejovskYch z Galvestonu.

• • ve Fort Worth mantele Alf. F. Beeanovi ,dostali minule pondeli radostne, nadeleni. Narodila se jim dcerugka v nemocnici All Saint a byla pokftena na jmeno Frantigka. — Nage uptimne blahoptani.

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jan Jos. Rogala star 72 let po krat gi nemoci. Nage soustrast rodine.

• 4 to tei v Ennis na veenost odvolan byl jegte v nejlepgich letech ptitel Frank J. Taraba po clerk chorobe. Jeho stars? otec nag bYvalY soused jej nedavno na vetnost pfedegel. Frank byl 59 let star, a jeho pozristale rodine plati nage uptimna soustrast. ) • 4 • ( Ten pan NovY musi bYt nervosni. Vidite, jak potad zdviha pravou, ruku, net odpovi?

Ale kde pak! On ma, za term bYvalou u eitelku a kdyt chce promluvit, musi dtiye zvednout ruku.

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Supreme Lodge SPJST. Box 400, Temple, Texas 26,ditm Vas o =ulna me adresy jak riasleduJe:-Mole nove &dm* Jest

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Mame se teat na nove dame?

(Dokoneeni se strany 1) irn "BilYm Domain". Nekdy se stone, e I ty "velci pani" tech velkYch korporaci musi bYti "regulovani". Jak se neddyno stalo, e odsouzeni k poku tam nekteti hlavni vedouci a do vezeni pcslani. MinulY tYden jak snad je vam jii znamo, ptedstavitele velkYch elektrickYch spoleenosti, jejich a majetek jde do milionu, byli odsouzeni k velkYm peneanim pokutam a nekteti i do vezeni za to, ?-2e se domluvili mezi sebou zae budou prodavati veiejnosti sve elektricke produkty. — Hlavni vedouci techto ohromnYch korporaci dostavaji pies sto S ohletisic dolart roeneho sluaneho. dem na to, ae na politicks kampane spivali vady ohronine sumy se na ptekraCovani zakonfl velice nehledelo. — Zde jsme prave u toho "bolavello" bodu.

Nesoulilasite, ae bychom se moll vice podileti na rozhodovani o rriznYch pied loh narodo-hospadatskYch? JedenkaatlY z nas by se mel tedy zajimati o nova ptedlohy a o ty, ktere se budou projedndvat v dome zastupcii, o zvYkni dani z ptinut, tak aby se uskuteenila planovana podpora naaich nemajetnich starck a podpora v nemoci a leeeni pensistu.

Nejaka pomoc bude bezpochyby zavedena, nebot' se vSeobecne uznava, ae pti dneSni drahote vaeho, leeeni v nemocnici a oaettovani lekatske si chudobnSr lid mnoho nemilae dovolit a tedy jsou odsouzeni k ptedeasnenau skonu. — VYmluva, ae neni dostatek lekarti a oaettovatelek by mohla bYti odstranena kdybychom poskytli "scholarships" vaem nadejnYm mladYm studentum a student kám kteti by se radi venovali lekatstvi a co oktfovatelky kdyby jim byla poskytnuta dostateena finanoni pomoc.

Nak veteine Skcly se stavali rejdiatern politikatt, jak ku ptikladu v Bremond, a nak obeane mleky — Kdfa se nada najde novindt, kterY na nepomery poukaae je hned oznaeen jak "radikal". — Vetime, ae i redaktor bratr skSrch listri by obeas mel sve etenate informovat o rriznYch zastojech, ktere se na geho aivota ptimo dotYkaji a 139.vaji naSim lidem bud' alpine pkehliaeni aneb na lehkou vahu brany.

Jest takove jednani ovaem jen k naSi akode, nebot' 'oast° do ritadfl zvolime zastupce, kteii pracuji prim° proti nagi dobre waft — Nejsme dobie informova ne a gkodi nam to.

My ovaem nemame v funyslu nikoho, vam odporueiti ani odsuzovati, a jen bychom radi videli, aby na ge elenstvo

VES TNIK— WEST, TEXAS sestry a bratti, vie dbali, aby vYberem schcpnYch zastupcii se staly i ye sprave naafi acme drileaitou a ocenenou sic& kou.

MnolaY ten politikat nedba co je pro flak dobro a proto je nam vaern nutno se informovat kde mono i co se v naSlch zakonodaxnach kolem nas deje. — Vim od naaich staraich elentit, e mimo Vestniku a Hospodate , ;One noviny neetou, tak vy ostatni prosim doptejte tern to naaim bratrana trochu te informace obeas, vadyt' jejich hlas pit volbach tea je platnSr. Dekuji Vara.

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2alostnSr sta y beiencii cele'm svete Ptede dvema, lety ptijalo valne shromaadeni SpojenYch narodu resoluci, jia oznaeovalo rok, poeinajici 1. eervencem 1958, za "SvetovY rok beaencri". Resoluce byla yYzvou k rmornejSimu ("sill ye prospech patnacti rniliona lidi, kteti byli pomery donuceni opustiti sve domovy v Evrope, Ash, severni Africe a na Sttednim vYchode.

Vrchni komisat SpojenSrch narodu pro otazku beaeneckou vydal vloni v tijnu zpravu, v nia Mash pokrok, ueinenk za zmineneho roku. Ze zpravy vysvita, ae akce freastnilo se 76 zemi — tedy skoro celY svet s vYjinakou Ruska a semi s nim spoj enYch. Jednim z klademich vYsledkii. "Svetoveho roku beaencri" byl naznak, e vetSina 32,000 beaencri, aijicich na poeatku roku v evropskSrch taborech, bude v blizke budoucnosti ptesidlena. V ptitomnosti je v evropskS7cla taborech ua jen 10,000 beaencri. Mnohe mine zmirnily sve ptistehovalecke zakony a zavedly rfizne plany na pripuSteni nemocnYch neb jinak postiaenYch uprehlikri; mezi jinYmi jsou to i Bvedsko, Holandsko, Nollr Zeland, Australia, Kanada a Velka, Britanie.

Evropska situace je bohuael toliko Casti beaeneckelao problemu. Na jirnich pevninach je Adel lidi bez domova mnohem horSi. V Asii je tento problem znaene komplikovanY. Milion Cirianft prchl z komu nisticke viasti do male britske kolonie Hong Kongu, kde je dnes kaadY tieti Cloy& beaenec. Na fizerni vyrustaji nove obytne domy, akoly a kliniky, ale vae to nestaei k pozorovatelnemu zmirneni lidi ske bidy. Administrativa se sice snaai ale naprava je nad jeji sily.

A co (Arany vice neali peti rnilionfi mohameclanri a Indfi, kteti pCiIi o domov v drisledku rozdeleni britske India na

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dva samostatne staty? Nebo dal gich sko ro'peti milionu beaencri v Korei a Vietnamu?

Snad nejkritietejSi situace panuje na Sttednirn vYchode. Skoro nailio.n nekdejSich palestinskch Arabli — techto nevinnych obeti potYeek mezi Izraelem a obklopujicimi ho aralaskYmi narody — aije za nepopsatelnYch pomera ji a od roku 1948 vJordanu, Libanonu a v syrskein aseku Spojene aratiske republiky.

V jedine male oblasti Gaza je jich na etvrt milionu.

Arabove trvaji na torn, ae tito beaenci m ai l pray() vratiti se do Izraelu. Izrael, kterY ptipustil v poslednich letech milibn beaencil z jinS7ch easti sveta, nechce na to piistoupiti. 0 easteeno• dodayku potravin, o ptistteSi a lekatskou sluabu pro vet ginu nemajetnSrch palestinskSTch Arabic staraji se Spojene naro dy, ktere tea pomahaji Skoliti tamni ma dea. )• 4 • (

Uznani ikika se zeela spravne, iu uznani blaai.

Je to jak kytioka, dana eloveku za aiva.

Takovou kytieku dal St. Stibotik, redaktor Noveho Domova v Hallettsville, hlidce Z okna do okna. Pik: "Prof. Ed. Mieek sdeluje vydani druhe kniaky o Tolstem — "Tolstoj umelec a humanista". Ptejeme prof Nfiekovi, aby jeho ptieineni bylo odmeneno co nejvetgim prodejem tato kni&y. Vlasteirc keho ducha, jeho inéli krajane ptileaitost poznat z nadknYch jeho 'feel na sjezdech naaich jednot.

Nova Miekova kniaka byla vyclana 6es km litericr. sdruaenim v Austinu, jel roku 1958 yydala jeho UspeSnou kniaku Skuteen Tolstoj. Je psana zajimave a to je ptieinou, ae si ji oblibila i naae mladea, jea etc anglicky. )• 4 4

KALENDAR Nak zdruaene tady 3 okrsku potddaji ve prospech Youth Camp zdbavy, jak bylo usneseno v posledni distriktni schil zi 3 okrsku. Jak ponatalete tam u Va Seho to,du aby toto snoaeni pro nal inladea se setkalo s fispechem?

Solarize aiciho krouaku eeskYch aen v Ennis, die zdeleni sestry S- ramkove, bude se konat dne 23. unora v Enniske Sokolovne.

• 4 • ( Divadelni piedstaveni v sin a,du 88 Houston dne 26. unora "Za potokem, na 111113inici". Kronielt "Hlahol" za tuto dobrou snahu zashmii si na gi fgestranne podpory.

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Jiki Washington K nabidnuti nezavislosti a zkizeni silne a dobre vlady potiebovali Americana dvou druhu vtdcovstvi.

PicedeVAim potiebovali osveddeneho generala, kterY by vedl jejich pomerne nevyovieene vojsko proti Britfn; na dru hem miste pottebovali statnika, kterY by novY narod vedl. Bylo americkYm Stestim, ze se no:gel mut, kterY ztelesrioval tyto dva potada yky v jedne osobe — Jiri Washingon.

Jako vojenskY vide osvedeil se Washington jako muti nezlomne odhodlanosti a odvahy. V prvnich dnech revolueni valky utrpeli Spathe 'Saceni, nedostateene tiiveni a takkka nevyevieeni amerieti vojaci nejednu poratiku. Roku 1780, po etytech letech nerozhodnYch bi tev, byl celY narod vyeerpan.

Washington vSak nikdy nezoufal, nikdy nepodlehl duchu paratenectvi. Celou dobu valky zfistaval Symbolern dfistojnosti a klidne odvahy. Nepkestal bYti ptesvedden o spravedlnosti potadayku, za net Ameridane bojovali, o nevyhnutelnosti koneoneho viterstvi.

X jedineenemu vojenskemu vuticovstvi odhadlanosti a odvaze, druZila se jet jedna vlastnost, pro nit Washingtona jeho spoluobeane obdivovali. Byla to jeho velkomyslnost, kterou projevoval jako syrchovank velitel armady. Nekolik generalU kulo proti Washingtonovi pikie, ale kdykoliv se jeden z nich ocitl v nzkYch, Washington mu vtidy ochothe vypornohl.

Washington byl vtidy pohotove ptieisti vinu za nenspech sobe, nikoli vSak zasluhu za fispech. Nikdy nemrhal energii na spory se skupinami, ktere ha napadaly. Misto toho vynakladal ji na povzbuzovani obyvatelfr k vet gimu vypeti sil a k vet gim obetem. Veril ye spra vedlnost veci, za kterou bojoval.

Tato velkodu'Snost projevovala se i v podateenim obdobi zmatku po vybojova ni nezavislosti. Jiti Washington si uvedomoval, ze svoboda neni v ge a ze je ji tteba vybalancovati autoritou. ACkoli doufal hned po valce opustiti yefejnY tivot a uckDiti se na sviij statek

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ve Virginii, pfece vzal na sebe odpovednost, kterou na nej narod vlozil, kdyt si ho zvolil za pkedsedu ikonvence, ktera sepsala americkou fistavu, a pozdeji i za prvniho presidenta SpojenYch state.

V obou ptipadech bylo jeho hlavni snahou pusobiti jako prostkednik mezi skupina,mi odliAnYch nazorti. Jako president vyvolil si do sveho kabinetu dva pfeclaky soupeticieh stran, TomaSe Jeffersona a Alexandra Harailtona,. A jako se snatiil zachovavati mir v zerni, tak se i snatil zaehovavati mir s ostatnirni zememi sveta.

Nezdrahal se uzavtiti sinlouvul, ktera, upevflovala mir s Velkou Britanii, i kdyt pki torn narazil na rfizne ptedstutky, zrozene z prase skoneene \talky. refil v dtiletitost zasad, vCl il, ze narodni politika musi miti rnoralni poklad.

Amerika byla St'astna, ze natio, v dobe krise mute Washingtonova typu. Jeho vlastnosti — chapani vatnosti doby, vytrvalost pti sledovani cile, idealismus a oddanost spravedinosti z Washingtona vice nail. narotinkho Jegte i dnes je Washington uznavan za vpravde svetovou postavu. Jeho osobni sklony, stejne jako ideal svobody a demokracie, za nejt bojoval, nemely yyznam toliko pro Ameriku, ale pro cele lidstva.

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Strain mnohdy znaene slotitYch problemecii naturalizadnich a obeanskYch. Jednotlive vYtisky broturky "How to Become a Citizen of the United States" prodavaji se po jednom dolaru a jsou k dostani u American Council for Nationalities Service, 20 West 40th Street, New York 18, N. Y, ) • Sta • (

Kalenclai okrskoviich scnuzl

I. okrsek Jarni schfize prvniho okrsku bude se konat v nedeli dne 19. biezna na Novem Taboke u nakho radu eislo 17. poblite Caldwell a teSime se ze vSechny zdrug' ene tady tohoto okrsku budou tarn pine zastoupene. — PodrobnejSi program bude pozdeje oznamen. — Nezapomente tento den 19. to jest tketi nedele ✓ bteznu si poznamenat.

• • 2 okrsek Jarni schtize 2. okrsku bude se die zpra vy konat 26. btezna a tadu Seaton Oslo 47 vychodne od Temple na testa 53. Cel' potad bude v kratkosti oznamen. Prosime aby nom tento den byl pro nag distriktni schfai ponechan.

• • 3 Okrsek Jarni schtize 3 okrsku bude se konat dne 23. dubna u hosticiho tadu dislo 35, "Jak se stati AmerickSm olfeanem" ✓ Elk poblite Axtell. Vic o po •adu toho American Council for Nationalities dne, bude zavdas zdeleno.

Service vydal nove upravenY naklad bro5 Okrsek turky "How to Became a CitiZen of the 5 okrsek oznamuje svoji jarni schfizi United States", sepsane pfivadhe sl. Mau tadu 81. v Needville na den 16. dubna rion Schibsbyovou a panem Read Lewisem. Tato stale doplii.ovana a modifi- 1961. Prosime a tadame ostatni nate mi kovand pkiruela je jit skoro etyrycet let le distrikty aby sve schfize laskave die standardni praci na tOrnta poli americ- toho si stanovili. Schtize se bude konat v American Legion Hall, — Needville, Tekeho zakonodarstvi. vas.

Na 128 strankach knitiky vysvetluji se 6 Okrsek potadayky, kladene na zadatele o °beanSchAze 6. okrsku bude se konat v Halstvi; popisuji se jednotlive kroky naturalizadniho postupu; pi ge se o tom, eo lettsville prvni nedeli v kvetnu 1961. Jest musi Zadatel podniknouti, aby se mohl oznamena zaveas, aby se dle toho mohli stati arnerickYm obeanem. Tyto informa- nage okrsky zaiidit. Budeme jim povce jsou dopineny jakYrnsi prilvodcem, kte dedni. ) • 4 • (_. r ST ma usnadniti tadateli, aby se piipra vil na naturalizaeni zkouSku. Pravadce Lekat: "Musite jisti hodne ovoCe. V portistava ze 130 otazek a odpovedi o a*Ice forme, na torn nezaleti." merickYch delinach a vade. V broturce NemocnY: "Dobte! pkedepfSte mi proje tat uvedena Ustava SpojenYch state sim, alespori galon tteStiovky a slivovia ProhlaSeni neodvislosti.

Knitka, "Jak se stati obeanem Spoje- ce. Ty main mot •rad." • nych neni minena toliko pro jed notlive tiadatele, ale i pro uditele, social Ve veznici: Novaku, pojd'te do hovorni pracovniky a advokaty, Cili pro v'Se- ny, deka tam na vas tiena. chny lidi, k nimti se cizinec obraci o radu.

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ODDIL DOPISOVATELU Schulenburg, Texas Sestry a bratti:-kadu Bratti svobody eislo 67, davam timto vedet, '/e nage pravldelna schtze bude se konat prvni nedeli totia pateho btezna 1961. Jest 2adoucno aby jste se dostavili co v nejvet gim poetu, aby sin byla napinend.

Nekteti z vas asi vite, /e mame nave zvolene fitedniky pro tento rok. Ty novi Atednici budou nastoleni v to schtizi, to dy je na vas aby jste pti tom byli. Ceremoniatem bude na g distriktni organisator, bratr Vaclav Baiina, tedy asi vita co to znamena zvlagt' pro relater& z vas kteti jste u/ nebyli ye schtzi nekolik let. Tedy se hled'te dostavit a seberte ssebou sve /any a zname mista mama dust a navgteva je nam vkly vitand.

Po sclnizi bude nejaka svaeina a take neca to zapit. Tedy na shledanou ve schilzi 5. btezna 1961.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Frank Holub, taj.

• 4 El Campo, Texas Mile sestry, bratri a ctena redakce nageho mileho Vestniku:— Jest ptekvapujici jak mnoho v tomto mizernem poeasi nam ada gio, do toho neznama dobrYch vernYch pracovnikil. o kterYch se da, opravdu rici, ae jim nage Jednota byla v gim, a /e ji nosili ve svem srdci, a venovali jejimu rozkvetu hodne poctiveho, a opravdoveho Byli to ti nejlepgi zastanci nagi Jednoty a Ceske teei, a udr/ovali mnohe kragne ptiklady ktere uma/iluji nagemu rnlademu pokoleni, aby pracovali mezi nami. A proto i my hled`me udr/ovati, v nagi Jednote eeskost, co nejdele. Zajiste, to bade vyjadtenim vdeku tem, Merl nam odchazeji, a ktefi na gi milou Jednotu zakladali, a ph, ni verne 17:My stall.

Je nagi svatou povinnosti doslou/iti tem stargim elentim v to feei ktera je spojovala k dilu, z neho/ ma prospech nynej gi mlade pakoleni.

Vgechno to krasne a radostne, elm ptedstupuje pied Americkou vetejnost to vge koname ye znameni lasky k nagim narodnim idealism, zvyktim a tradichn, a take ve znameni lasky a tidy kanluve materske.

S velikYm pote genim shledavame, jegte misty i ta druha i tfeti generace se rada nam ptipojuje pti na gich shromaldenich a poklada za samortejme aby na pamatku svkch pfedku u/ivala eeskeho, nebo slovenskeho jazyka. A opravdu jest mile, htejive a dojemne kra me. Oh, jak pote61 srdce tech, kteii pro

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lepgi budoucnost techto novkch pokoleni ta kvytrvale pracovali, slySi-li z lust techto mladkch generaci zvuky fedi materske. Mame syna ve statu Venezuela v Jitni Americe, kterk je ja 20 mkt z domova nemel priletitosti miuviti desky, ptiletel na vanoeni svatky, na padesati denni prazdniny, oh jak se pote gilo srdce j eho matky, kdy/ tak krasnou Ceskou feel pravil: "Vitam vas maminko ,draha", co/ nas ptekvapilo.

Pravil, /e on je hrdY na to , 2e umi desky, ae aby nezapomnel, 2e mluvi ees ky sam se sebou. Do nedavna na ge eeska, tee byla, nejdtleiitej gim pojitkem nageho spolkoveho /ivota. Ten na g spoleeenskY a osvetovY tivot na mnoha mistech upada avgak musime pkipustit, te bychom mnohe neudrteli, a mnohe krasne vksledlry sve prace, by jsme nemeli komu pfedat kdyby jsme neptipustili ta ke fee anglickou tot/ dvoujazyenost, kte ra umo/riuje nagemu mlademu lidu ma/ nost aby s nami pracovala.

A my, mile sestry a bratti, pottebujeme tu nagi omladinu by se zapracovala do nageho spolkoveho /ivota, at' jest to kterakoliv Jednota. Kalda Jednota potfebuje horlive a obetave pracovniky, kteti svou poctivou snahou by se pfieinovali, by po nich zustala eestna pamatka.

My elenove men bychom vdeene na takove pracovniky vzpominat, na vkchnu tu praci, pili a oddanost, techto nagich ptedchazejicich a adchazejicich pra covnikti, a pfisvojit si take, jejich tri pelivast, a oddanost k zdarne praci.

S bratrskYin pozdravem, 1g. •Senkyrik DouSka:— Bratfe redaktore:— Podivejte se na posledni zpravu Ionskeho roku te tam najdete, ze Ignac enky-fik, organisator tadu 163, pojistil $47,500. Prosim opravte to co si o mne eleni mysli, kdy videji te ten jejich akrskorvk organisator neupsal nic za celk rok 1960. Diky. ) • 4,

lkch nfatel kruhu. Pivka sob popijeli ktere jim glo k duhu. Soused fiiha vypra voval vgecko jak jednou procestoval ee le Turecko i gecko. Pravil, ze ty kraje rajem mn/ou bYti zvany, jente tam ma, ka/de pleme Done navyky a mravy. Man 2elstvi, to tam nejde parem kaIdk Turek jell/ ma "fuky" mfae miti celk harem.

Harem, harem vrCi Macek, mluvte strk ee piece desky a vysvetlete nam tu hezky, co to vlastne je ten harem? Inn, harem gala vece, to jsou veci zatrolenske, v nicht jsou uschovany tensile. Tit sta ten mute Turek miti krasnkch jako z jara kviti, je jen utivit. I ty umue"ena rano! 2asem bledmr, sta Zen, je Turkoj piano, a ja ch.udak main jen jednu. Pillnoc se jit byla ptikulyla, kdy spolednost naKe mils se domu uchy lila. I nag Macek dbmu pill. A po nedlouhe chvily nahmatal dornovni dvefe.

Pan i Hata, verna /ma se svetlern se mu vsticic hrne. Zhkraleho marn to mate,

Taylor, Texas Va/ena redakce Vestniku:— Mel jsem za to, ae jiZ vice vas °Me/avat nebudu, nebot' cosi najednou, jak na slechu, tak zraku, Admit. Av gak nahada tornu chtela, ze jmeno krajana, kterY jest na vYlete a pfijde na misto jako ma nage SPJST zde, tak si vezme na jeden, neb vice mesice odpodinek. Ano p. Fr. Atha, rodak z Nebrasky, clobrY spoleenik, me pfipamatoval basal "Harem", kterou jsem Ceti, nevim kolikrate v kalendah roku 1888, kalendat byl — "Pedirktv" a roku 1906 jsem jej tam k vuli to basni hledal ale marne. Tu jest..

"Harem" Strejdek Muck v kreme sedel, v mi-

Redaktor ani vydavatel ye West nejsou apravnene einiti zmeny v adresail restaiku a katdou tadost zmen posilejte pHna adresu: — Supreme Lodge Box 400, Temple, Texas.

Pfi oznarneni zmeny km:a si pfejete aby Varn Vestnik byl zasilan, utijte kupon kterk jest v katdern disle otigten a udejte vtdy eislo sveho kadu ku kteremu nalegite, svoji novou ale taky i sterou svoji adresu.

Jinak jest to svizelna prace a zbytetna ztrata easu vyhledavati v seznimu tada a tisic, east() i stejr&la jmen to

"Informaeni projev" Nynej gi president Kennedy ye svem proslovu k 28. fijnu pravil:-- Ce gi a Slo\Taci jsou pravem v dejinach znami pro svou lasku ke svobode. Americkk lid se nesmifi nikdy s otroctvim, jet na ruzne narody bylo uvaleno. Mekavame den, kdy Ceskoslovensko bade zase tit ve svo bode.

Kdybychom byli lhostejni k osudu eve vlasti, kdybychorn se oeeskou tee vice zajimali, sotva by se Kennedy nebo nekdo jink z americkkch statnika zajimal o Cechy. Take vyznamenini jakeho se dostalo mnoha americkkm 6echtim, prig lo jiste ne za ubijeni nkbrZ za povznageni 6eskeho 2ivlu v Americe. Za to vdeCime "Novemn Domovu."

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Ve stedu, dne 22. Unora 1961 jent si jenom hledi pitky a nestara se o rune ani o sve ditky a netli Macek zavrti dvete, svitna, ruka jeho teny, stihla jeho tvate obe. Chrari mne Boae pied tim svarem, vte gti Macek, blaze mne, nemam harem, kruci, to by bylo facek.

F. J. Moravek, R. H. Taylor. ) • 4, ♦ ( itad 88. Houston Bratti a sestry:-Koneene se za Vami ptihlasim psaniekem abych nezapomnel jak se pike do toho nageho Vestniku!

Zag el jsem si do zkou glcy na nage divadlo ktere se bude ptedstavovati u naSeho tadu Pokrok Houston eislo 88 v nedeli 26ho imora. Divadlo je zajimave, vesele, a pekne. Mnoho se nasmejete, a pane pobavite! Uvidite jak se stane mihonk' ne-milionatem! Bohatstvi jemu uteee. Vgechny ulohy jsou dobte zastoupene, a take mame d ye nova osoby v idohach; Katherine Blaha a Honza Schroif. Bude to hezke! Ptijd'te!

Z Krouaek Hlahol a fad C. 88 zve Vas Rudy J. Sefelk, ) s 4

Mika Zen itad eislo 88 Houston, Texas Mile sestry a bratti:-Byla jsem potadana br. L. Hanugem at' neco napigi do Vestniku ponevadt jest nag tad tak silnY, ale nikdo nenapige nic do eeskeho oddilu, jest nas zde tolik starSich, kteti umi dobte desk* , Gist a psat. radyt' spolek jest zaloten na eeskem zaklade nese eeske jmeria za cot mohou bit v gichni hrdi, tak by skutedne nag organ mel bit vice podporovan eeskYini dopisovateli neb posledni do-bon eeske stranky jsou ochudle, totit malo eeskYch dopisavatelir a bylo by to Skocla nechat zahynout. Na severu doeitame se, te stale vie a vice udi se 6'0tine i na universitach davaji eeske hociiny. Mel by lid mit vice zalern o e'eSkou podporovat eeske divadla, a vatit si nagich krasnkch deskkch pisni, ty eeske skladby, ktere' jsou talc mnohe a krasne a dojemne, je nenajdete nikde v jine narodnosti.

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V t STNIK— WEST, TEXAS zabavy byly pekne zastoupeny, lidi bylo pina sin, cot tegi vgechny a vgichni dou faji, Z"e pc* Velikonoci to v ge zas pfijde v pinem proudu.

Dne 26. fmora bude sehrano pane ees ke divadlo, nazev "Na potoce za mlynici" Divadlo zapoene ve 3:36 ,odpoleclne. 0eekava se hojna nav gteva. A v kuchyni za poenou posluhovat lined v poledne s dobrim chutnyrn obeclem a po divadle yeeeti. Taktet roalieneho peeiva s dobrYm kafiekern cele odpoledne. Olenky jste deny ptinest nejake pediva do kuchyne.

Sestry od Birthday Club potadaji jako vtdy kaadY mesic prvni stkedu v mesici "Card party", cot ptipada na 1. latez na, tak nezapomente na to a dejte yedet svkm znamkni. Bride podavan kuteci ()bed se v gim ptislugenstvim, k tomu i kafieko a "Cake". Na to v ge mate ptiletitost vyhrat peknou ■ cenu. Hoostitelkami pro mesic btezen budou sestry: Rozie Zimerman, Frances Walla, Sophie Hrubk a Amelia Halugla.

Druhou sttedu dne 8ho bi-ezna sestry od birthday club potadaji svau megieni schnzi. Sestry ktere slavi sve narozeniny v bteznu jsou: Annie Hru gka, Daisy Drab a Anna Elzner. Sestry ktere jste elenkyne tadu a nejste elenkyne Birthday Club, talc se ptihlaste a ptijdle do nagi schfize milerady vas ptijmerne.

Dopis se prodlutuje, talc prosim p. redaktora, za trogku trpelivosti.

Jeg te jednou ptipominam, nezapomen te na na ge Card Party dne 1. latezna. Bu dem vas vgechny oeekavat.

S pozdravem, Sophie Hrubk. ) • 4* • ( Krottiek Ceskych ken Dallas, Texas Za neptitomnosti ses. Pfevratilove byIa imorova schilze pod vedenirn ses. R. Kopeekove za itdasti 35 Nenek a 2 navgtevnic, sl. Viasty Rezkove a pak pani Anhy Sacke a Corpus Christi. Teg ila nas navg teva neb jsme vzpominaly vgechny na cltivej gi easy, a hodne jsme se pobavily.

Schtize byla velice zdatild, tfebate jsme mely hodne jednani. Nejdaletitej M ovgem se tYkalo nagelio bazaru kterk hodiarne uspotadati v Solcolovne 23. dubna. 13udeme mitt nejen. pekne a utiteone veci na prodej , ale tea zaroven prodej peeiva (Bake Sale). PM tom se bude prodavati tat kava a nejalcY zakusek a tedy pros in na ge ptatele a pliznivci aby podpotili bazar Kroutku OeskYch Zen jako valy eini a pti tom se mezi nami pekne pobavili. Kdo z ptespolnich by nam chtel darovati nejakY dar na bazar, mute jej poslati bud'to na ses.

A. Zvola.nek 6317 Ravenclale Lane neb

Strana 7 ses. V. Blatney 6304 Lange Circle, Dallas.

Vge bude s pavdekern prijato.

St'astne narozeniny preji temto v bfa znu rozenS7m sestram: A. Ozimove, M. Sebestikove, J. Margikove, A. Staglikove a Irene Hog kove. Minule jsem vynechala ses. Strouhalovou a AneZI;u Kraftovou, obe v fmoru rozene a clodateene pteji vge dobre.

Nag krouZ` ek blahopkeje ses. HouZviekove a jejimu manZeli k 50. vStro61 manZelstvi a prejeme hodne zdravi a vse'do bre do dalgich let.

Nage prigti schtze bude 2. Vezna praye na den Texaske Neodvislosti tak prijd' te sestry v hojnem poetu at' to peknk oslavirile a pri tom vykoname hodne 'prace.

Na shledanou 2. bkezna v Sokolovne.

S pozdravem, AnOka Houdkova, dopis.

4 e (.. ) Koval-, Texas Vaena redakce, bratil a sestry:slu' To jsme melt dva dui pekne nieko svitilo a hralo at radost neco dednes lat. No, ale dlouho to nebylo zase pane zapr gelo. Ja vecra ty pekne zelene travieky v zahradce pokopala to dnes pohrabu, a obratim a zatim do rana, naprgelo, tak to zase v ge poroste.

No, at' roste! Vgak one ktersi den tat ptestane a budeme volat o de gt' jak vge zaene suchem Noutnout!

Ve etvrtek due druheho Unora roznesla se srnutna zprava, to zemrel ye svem domove bratr William Trlica. Pohreb mel v nedeli pateho o trech hodinach z Presbyterniho kostela za farai .e Price Peacock a par slov nag predseda Vaclav Barina promluvil. Ta American Legion.

Pohrben byl na Oak Hill Hititove. Zanechal manMlku Marie a dva, syni: Mar yin a rodinu v Spokane Washington a Willie L. Trlica a rodinu v Angelton, Texas a jednu sestru pi. Marie Kulak v Smithville, Texas. Ta mnoho pribuzmich a ptatel. ZesnulSi at' odpoeiva v pokoji !Vy pozfistala, rodi•o prijmete sou strast.

Mrzela nas, ze jsme se nemohli saeastnit polatbu, ale tak nam pr gelo, to z hausu nebylo motno vylezt. Je to smutne nee° takoveho a k tonic talcova pohada. Kdyt je zima to ptec je motno vyjet ale jak tak pr gi to je gpatne se siieastnit neeeho.

Nag e tadova schtize se konala v necleli dne 12. imora. Ptedseda Vaciav Batina ji aahajil, byla vzciana, eNt vlajce povsta nim. Oten protokol clopjsy a pkijate.

Byla dana dvou minutova posmrtni vzpo minka, a Best za, nage dva zeintele bratry, bratr Jan Taneeka bratr Willie Trlica.

Zpravy vYboru bratr Kotulan podal,

Stra,na 8 byla, dobra a prijata.

Predseda Bakina pripomina ze sestra Frantigka Leshikar jest nemocna at' pamatujem na ty na ge stare Cleny a je navgtivime.

Po ukoneeni seintze sestry pripravily kafe a donesly kola& a byla dobra svaeina.

Vgechni se dobre poba,vili. Navgtevnici byli pan a pi. James Griffin a synek z Houstonu a Frank 8t'astriSi . z Rosanky.

No, myslela jsem, ze jen par radkfl zas uz toho main. az moe. Myslim, ze bude hlava bolet na geho redaktora kdy2 to ,daval dohromady.

Se sesterskym pozdravem, zitstavam Mary 8tep an. ) • 4 • ( Houston, Texas Cteni bratri a sestry, i br. redaktore L. 0. Hogek, i vy br. trednici Hla,vni itradov ny:— Ja„ yam preji od Pana Boha St'astnY, zdravY a. polehnanY tento rok. 1961. i mnoho zdravi ye vas' praci, i tomu nage mu presidentovi by dal Pan Bfth vnuknu ti, aby to vge dobre fidil.

Myslela jsem, ze yam dam pokoj na chvili, br. redaktore, ale zas vas prosim za uverejneni tohoto dopisu. Ja„ east° navgtevuji moji pritelkyni pi. Herminu Sustaloyou, ktera, je ji g clerk eas nemoena, ale uZ neleli, je ji lepe. Nemuze Se 'Oak sama obslouZit, tak neco si uvari ale tedy ja v sobotu a v nedeli ji uvatim, a druhe dni v tYdnu zase jeji dcery ji prijedou deistit v dome i uvakit, ma osm deer.

Pi. Hermina 8ustalova, se svYm manZelem meli 15 deti, tri zemfely a 12 vychovala; osm deer a etyisi syni, tak ze je ji rodina Cate, se na 60 elent, aZ do etvr tato pokoleni. Skoro v gechny deti pi.

Herminy Sustalovi patri do Teeaske Jed noty SPJST. Zasluhu ma jejich matka, ktera je k tomu povzbuzovala, vgechny deti bydli v Houstonu, vgeehny deti jsou dobke vychovane, jeden druheho si va,Zi i jeden druhemu yypomahaji. Vgeci si dobre stoji, jeji mantel pan Sustala ji prede gel na y eenost ji2 je tomu delgi ens, ne gt'astnou nahodou lokk jej zabil.

Vgeehny deti pi. H. Sustalove, dcery, nevesty i vnueky, na ehystaly hodne ji ka,vu a dovezli to do sine, to se rozumi Ze i jeji syni, zeta i vnukove a jejich manZelky i manZele, jako Vanoeni yeeeki ktera se odbYvala 17. prosince 1960 v sini. VCichni Nile se heZky bavi11, neb jidla bylo dost i etyki hudebnici vyhravali -Omani a svetske pisne. Byla jsem take pozvana, a velice si toho Zirn. Ja yam cele rodine S ' ustalove pekne dekuji za pohosteni, bylo nas v geeh 70 navgtevnikil a jegte jidla si vezli deti

VE ST NiK — WEST, TEXAO domft. Pani Herminy Sustalove vnuk Vik for Janak, taky sam uchystal ye svem dome vanoeni vederi pro riditele, inspektory a stavitele, neb on sam, je stavitelem i inspektorem elektriky. ma hezkY a velkY dum, neb nas se tam veglo navgtevnikft 60. Mel jidla, v geho dost, gun ky, hovezi maso na ro'zni upeeene, i co k tomu patrilo ani Ceske kolade neehybely, ktere jsrne napekly.

Dcera 8ustala, Marie Johns, matka Viktora Janaka i ja jsem ji pomahala, napekly jsme koldeft 150 jen kterksi stal. Bavili jsme se hezky, hudebnici vyhravali pisne Vanoeni svetske i si zataeili. Ja, jsem byla teZ pozvana, ja si toho velice vaZim, Ze jste mne pozvali, a pane varn Marie Johns i varn Evelyn i tobe Viktore, za v gecko srdeene dekuji.

Taky 'name Pam Boha prosit, aby nam dal pohodu, aby mohli rolnici v poll pracovat aby jsme men co jist, ten nag chlebieek.

Sleeno Olga Pazdralova, ja tobe dekuji, 'Ze se starag o tu Ceskou tee i taky je to svata pravda o tech starYchzvycich co to pigeg a jen pig zas.

Taky pozdravuji ygecky stakenky, i vgechny statiehy, i na ge redici Troubilovi v Rest Home v Taylor, Texas a yam starieku Moravek dekuji za ten peknY dopis i za, tu piseh, ja, vas tam nekdy nav Bratre redaktore i ja yam musim dekovat za uverejneni tohoto dopisu.'--Budte zdray.

Se srclecnyrn pozdravem, Vera Stefka. _) • 4„ • itad 29, Taylor Mile sestry a bratistTak jsem tu zas s moji mesieni zprayou od radu Praha. Budu zkou get ji ude lat krat gi, ale nesazejte na to. Nebot' jsem jak ten houslista, kterY hral z pameti ale zapomel jak pisen skoneit, tak hral dal a dal a dal.

Nag dobrY snaZivY pred. br . Reuben Leshikar nemohl bYti v posledni sehtzi pritomen tak vedeni pre yzal mistopted. br. Herbert Riethmayer a velice pekne itrad zastal.

Kdyby nag rad mel asi 50 takovYch pracovnikt jak je on a br. Leshikar tak videli byste jak bychom s tim stromem zatrepali. — Ale nag tad je jak nektere jine. Jenom male, Cast Clem ma dost zajmu o svuj rad, a jeho praci aby do sehtizich chodili. Jsem jista, ze kdyby jednou zaeali chodit, Ze by dostali zajem o nagi vac a Ze by se jim tolibilo.

Je to verte zajimave kdyZ se vidi co se deje v rade a v cele na gi Jednote. Skuste a prijd'te v gici mezi nas.

Br. mistopred. zahajil schtizi a br. taj.

A. L. BoudnY Ceti. zapis. Na to br. Ed.

Ve stl'edu, dne 22. ithora 1061 Kovar podal zpravu za majetkovk bor. Neco se vydelalo. a to dekujeme boram. Delaji velice dobroui praci pro rad. 0 tom neco vice nekdy pozdeje. — Pak nag br. pokladnik Frank Hejl podal zpravu o nagem mistnim i o funrtnich fondech. Jsou v dobrem stavu.

Bratr Hejl a jeho dobra mardelka Cori nelia jsou tez mezi na gimi nejlepAimi pracovniky. 0 nich teZ si neco pozdeje povime. — Dale sestra E. Hunka podala zpravu za neetni vYbor a sice Ze knihy a flay jsou v dobrem potadku. Zpro,vy by ly pit ate jak etene.

Pit all jsme v nainulem mesici dva nove eleny. Doufam, ze budou radi s Mtmi spolupracovat. Jenom hled'me i na dale ziskat nave eleny.

Zda, se, Ze nemfdeme najit vhodnou osobu ktera, by mela dosti zajmu by se ujala praci s nagi mladeli. Klub mladev nagem fade nutne pottebujeme.

KclyZ etete Vestnik, sez,nate, ze Kluby mladde v kaZdem fade jsou velkou pomod. Nechtela by to nektera na ge sestra zkusit? Priblaste se u bratra Ben Mikolaje, on byl ustanoven by se pokusil nekoho vynajit. Tegime se, ie se mu to podati.

Delame plany na ten nag vkroeni — "MAY FETE" kterY se vkly koala prvni nedeli v kvetnu (May.) Upozorriuji Vas na duiezitou vac vy mlade elenkyne, kte byste rada se stala na gi Majovou lovnou pilhlaste se v nagi pfigti tadove schrizi due 12. brezna. V ten das nektera, s ptitomnYch bude vyvalera, zastupovat nag fad co kralovna, "May Fete". Tak nezapomentel Jak asi vita, ze posledni soutet v nagem statnim talent contest se bude konat v nagi sini v Taylor due 24. ziki (Sept.) Bude to zajiste yelka slavnost.

Nage elenkyne se jit na to ptipravuji.

Bude vysluhovan abed i yeeete. Vic o celem programu podame pozdeje.

Take soutet kralovny okrsku pane 1. bfezna a ukonei 1. kvetna. Zase vy mlade ktere by jste chteli se uchazet, hlaste se u br. Mikolaje. On yam to vysvetli.

Ale udelejte to ihned, nebo Cas je kratkY. V nagem Vestniku to bude vysvetlene, co a jak.

Br. BoudnY byl adan by obstaral neco zaba-vneho do nagi schrize, a on nam podal zpravu jak nag fad pokraeoval od roku 1930 aZ" pa dues. Byla to velice zajimav6, zprava. Byla dlouha tak podam jenom nektere dastky. V roce 1930 jsme meli asi 300 elent. V 1941 asi 500. V 1945 jsme pfijali nejvice clams. Asi 300 novYch ten rok. Nyni mame vice net 1250.

V roce 1941 bylo pfitomno ye schazieh pram e: rne asi 60 elenri ye A/rani schfizi asi 120. V ten eas jsme meli asi 500 elenil. Ted', kdy2 mame skorem tfikrat to-

Ve stedu, dne 22. (mom 1961 lik elent, nage freast je jenom asi polo. vic? New k rozmygleni ne? Br. BoudnY podal nektere idee jak by jsme mohli ptivest vice 'Clemü do schtzich. Jednu jsme ptijali a to je, ge pfl kola schtizi se Ida dvetni, aneb ptitonmostni cena. Ta bude $2.50 hotovYch. Tak bud'te jiste ptitomni, neb mogna e budete vy At'astni, a vyhrajete tu cenu.

Dale podal zpravu, e v 1934 na g tad mel vgeho majetku miñ negli $5,000. Ale dieni se dali do toho a postavili nagi sin kterou mame dnes. Musime dat tern elentrn kteti to zadali i provedli tu nejvetgi dest a diky, neb to byl ten zadatek kterY nas ptivedl k velkemu postupu.

Dnes mame (v majetku i penez) asi $60000. To ukazuje co se dá udelat kdy g pra cujou eleni spoleene v dobre shode. Nag e diky br. BoudnY, za tu velice zajimayou zpravu. Br. BoudnY je take jeden z tech ,dlouho a tegko pracujicich elent.

Vice o nem take nekdy pozdeji.

Po schtizi jsme se zase pobavili s tou dobrou svainou kterou ty na ge hodne sestry vgdycky ptipravi. A pak se besedovalo a hralo domino. tak jsem toho napovidala! Kdyg zaenu, nevim kdy ptestat! Bylo toho jegte vic ale to at podruhe. Jenom chci ptidat, e pooasi bylo moc pane v nedePiekvapilo mne, e nebylo vic pfitomnYch. Myslim, e rade] se pobavili 'lade v torn sluneeku po tom gpatnem easu kterY trval tak dlouho. Ale bud'te jisti a ptijedle do ptigti schtze, neb budeme mit velice Mega& veci ku ptebrani. Veci o kteilch by jste mel vedet.

Talc' nezapomente. Bud'te ptitomni 12. btezna.

Se sesterskYm pozdravem, Rose Mikolaj, zpray.

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Bratrum iadovim tajemnikiirn Pfejete-li si, aby vase adresy a as vaglen tadovYch schtizi, byly spravne uvedone v opravenem atiresaii po novem roku, tak prosim neodkladejte a zaglete zmeny po volbach do na g' Inavni Madovny in clo box 400. Temple, Texas. — Sednete laskave jegte dnes a kde no vyfidle tuto vec abyste ji pozdeje ne Diky predem. zapomeli. e 4 4 (_.

Lekat (ke star gi sleene): Va ge choroba pochazi od toho, 2e musite potad seat.

Sleena (doteene): Nikoli, pane doktore, mohla jsem se provdati tr-2 nekolikra te.

V ST NiK — WEST, TEXAS Americka pogta je nejfetgini obehodnixn podnikem na svelte U. S. Post Office Department ma vedle jinYch priznanYch rysti i pochybnou "slava" ttadu, kterY je mezi v gemi vied nimi fitady tereem nejeastej gich stig g slougi. Negmenilo-nostip latnik,jm na torn mnoho ani ve gkere t sili posled nich let o zlepgent pogtovni slugby.

Americky pogtovni department je slogitYm ustrojim, oznaeovanym east() jako neivetgi podnik na svete. Spada pod nej 35,000 po gtovnich frtadt, zarnestnan et vice ne gli 500,000 lidi, pougivajicich 62,000,000,000 dopisti, listkir a jinych pag tovnich zasilek mane a utracejicich pH torn skoro 4,000,000,000 dolart.

Vedle zminenych aut pougiva pogta 1 vrtulniky, kone, a na ostrove sv. Vavkince v Beringove mofi dokonce i psy tagene sane. Prace ji neustale ptibYva. V posled nich patnacti letech stoupl poeet dodanYph zasilek 0 19,000,000,000, HU o vice, negli dodavaji pogty ve Francii, v Nemec ku a v Kanade dohromady, Penegni transakce pogtovnich (dada.— veetne prodeje znamek, penegnich kazek, pogtovnich spotitelnich znamek a jinYch domacich slu geb ptekrauje 20,000,000,000 dolart roene. 2adnSr jinY podnik prtmyslovY, at' automobilka, oce lama nebo ketegovY obchod, nemt ge se pa teto strance poSte vyrovnati.

Vedle odpovednosti za dodavklu pog -tovnichzaslekptijmánasebvrcht pogtmistr i kol literarniho kritika (mu si zrevidovati pornograficke knihy), ban kete (pogtovni Aspory a pene gni poukaz ky representuji do roka eastku nekollka miliard dolart) a registratora (pogta registruje kagcleho ledna skoro tM miliony cizincii). Pogta prodava krome toho znamky, povolujici sthleni ta gnYch ptakti ; vydava praporky k pohititun vdleenYch vyslougilct; pomaha federalnim agentrim dopadnouti provinilce proti zakontm tim, ge vystavuje plakaty s jejich "visagi" a popisem v pogtovnich fttadech.

fArana 9

Nova natizent o eestovani usazenYch zde cizincii Vlada vydala nedavno nova natizent, tykajici se cestovani neabeant do komu nistickYch semi. Ptedpisy, ktere ji g drive platily pro arnericke " obeany, vztahuji se nyni i na neobeany. Komunisticke zeme jichg se tYkaji, jsou Albanie, komunisticka tina, Severni Korea a Sever ni Viet-Nam. Podle noveho natizeni musi cizinec, kterY hodla nav gtiviti i jrne komunistic ke zeme, vy gadati si nejprve povoleni k navratu (Form I-131). Mezi temito druhYmi zernemi jsou Bulharsko, 6eskoslovensko, Estonsko, Jugoslavie, Litva, Lotygsko, Polsko, Rumunsko a sovetska zona Nemecka. Posledni dobou byla me zi ne zahrnuta i Kuba.

Cizinci, kteti odjadeji do ciziny na kratgi dobu neHi na rok, nepottebuji 0byeejne povoleni k navratu. Stat., kdyg se vykagi registrant legitimaci Podle noveho natizent je v gak tteba, aby ka gdY neobean, IkterY, jede do kterekoli z vyjmenovanYch zde semi i na sebekratgi dobu, vykazal se pH svem navratu do SpojenYch stata povolenim k navratu.

Nove opattent nevztahuje se na trvale zde usazene cizince, kteti jsou ji ted' za hranicemi SpojenYch state a kteti se no svem navratu do zeme pottebuji vykazati toliko svou registrant legitimaci. o Arabove jsou velmi zdvotili a neradi vypovidaji 'limo nee° neptijemneho. A rabskS7 sluha, kter se vratil se svYm pa nem z lovu :kachen, byl otazan, zdali jeho pan, ktelj. byl znam jako velmi gpat lovec, nee° zastfelil.

"0 ano," odpovedel Arab, pa 'divupine stfilel, ale Allah byl velmi milosrdnY ku kachnam.

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Pepik: "Tatinku, mohl bych Si ustfihnonti kousek tvYch vousti?"

Otec: "K eemu pak bys to potfeboval?"

Pepik: "Sestkieka vytrhla memu zajici ocas a já bych mu rad dal jinY." Bude-li miti novY hlavni pogtmistr, J. * Edward Day, advokat a mistopresident pojigt'ovaci spoleenosti v Los Angeles, Pant: "Dries je patek, proto yam molepgi lispech pH snigent obrovskeho prig hu dati jenom jednoduchou polevku z gli jeho ptedchrid--tovnih scodkune chleba a vody." ce, to uka ge teprve budoucnost. SmutnY ebrak: "To nic nevadt Ja pro takofakt je, ge nejvetgi obchodni podnikani ye ptipady nosim s sebou l'iostky masitesveta vyda v pritonlnern fiskalnim roce ho vYtagivu.” ptibligne o 800,000,000 dolarti vice, negli ptij me.

Povidala jedna sleena k svemu neod) • 4 • ( bytnemu ctiteli: Karliku, pojd', budeme si hrat na svat "Kdykoliv vas vidim, musim myslit na bu. jednoho velmi slavneho a ueeneho Tak trebas, ale &iv popros maminktu, 2e." aby ti dala korunu, protae se s te"Opravdu? Oh, vy rune lichotite." bou bez vena neolenim.

"Na Darwina."

VESTNIK— WEST. TEXAS

ESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My nine podepsanV resolueni vkbor ka du '8 tefanik eislo 142 timto vyslovujeme flak nejhlubk soustrast nad odchodem nakho spolubratra Josefa Kos kterV zemrel 28. ledna a byl pochoyan na Brookside larbitove v Houston, Texas.

Zentrelemu spolubratru pkejeme lehke cdpoeinuti a Best budil jeho pamatee zachovana mezi nami.

Emily Mynk, Lillie Melnar, res. vSrbor. ) • RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My nine psanV resolueni “rbor radii Pokrok Houstonu 5. 88 vyslovujeme nagi uprimnou soustrast nad nahlY'm odchodem naSi dlouho let& sestry Rosie Kotrla Ned etrnacti dni odstehovala se ze sveho domova a pratel kde stravila vice jak pul sveho Zivota. Odejela aby se vice mezi sve zname a pratele nevratila. Dokoneila svou Zivotni pout' v cizine, v Novena Yorku, kde odpodiva v chladne zemi.

Do Jednoty pristoupila 8. eer yna 1919 a ku radar 5'. 88 prestoupila v race 1921.

Byla vernou spolkovou sestrou a vZdy rada nayStevovala Ceske, divadla. VSak posledni rok nejak ,ii nohy neslouZily a proto byla upoutana k svemu domovu.

Ulolena k poslednima odpoeinku byla, 4. iinora 1961, ye stari 78 let. Mild spoluses tro odpoeivej v pokoji at' jest Toile zeme lelaka.

Za rad Pokrok Houstonu 5. 88.

Anna Vrla, Irene Slovtieek, Frances Olexa, res. vflpor. ) • 4 4. (RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI jmenem racial Vlastenec eislo 45 v Shiner projevujerne naSi uprimnou soustrast poziastale rocline nad ztratou jejch manZela, ace, 'cledeeka a nakho spolubratra Jana Dorilika kterV zemr-el dne 25. ledna v Dr. Frank Wagner Memorial nernocnici ve y eku 68 Let 1 mesic a 21 dni. Polarebni obrady by ly konone z katolickeho kostela 26. ledna na katolichST hrbitov v Shiner, zesnu /emu budiz zeme lehka.

Resolueni vkbor redo Vlastenec v Shiner, Tex. Vlasta Vincik, Emilie Baro§, Frank Mikeska. ) • 40 ( RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY Lodge Karel Havlicek No. 4 Hallettsville, Texas We, the Resolution Committee of Lodge Karel Havlicek No. 4 SPJST of Hallettsville Texas, wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved Family of our member JOSEPH F. STANZEL Who passedd, away from our midst on January 30 at 11:00 p.m. at his home, after a lingering illness which followed a storke several months ago. Brother Stanzel was born in Hallettsville, Feb. 25, 1893. He joined our Order October 11, 1935 and was a faithful member. Funeral services were held Wednesday Feb. 1, at 8:00 a.m. from the Kubena Funeral Home. Requiem mass followed at Sacred Heart Church at 0:15 with Rev. A. J. Morkovsky officiating.

To Fnourn him is his wife, Annie, and one daughter, Josephine, also four sisters Mrs. Emilie .Haas. Mrs . Louis (Mary) Rother, of Hallettsville, Mrs. Gus Pagel of Tivoli, Mrs. Adolph Gerlich of Hallettsville, one brother Anton of Victoria.

We members desire to express our appreciation of his membership in our Order and his association and activities among us and in our community.

Be it further resolved that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of our Lodge and a copy be sent to the publication of our order; and a copy be sent to the family of the deceased. Instead of flowers our Lodge No 4 will mail a donation to the ,SPJST ! Rest Home in his memory.

Dated February 12, 1961 in Hallettsville, Texas Chas. Holy F. K. Bucek John Holy Resolution • 4 •Committee RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY Lodge Karel Havlicek No. 4 Hallettsville, Texas Whereas, our Heavenly Father in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to call to Himself our dear friend and faithful member of our Lodge: FRANK MATULA a well-known Lavaca County citizen who died at his licyne here on Main Street Sunday, January 22, at 8:10 alai. following a lingering illness. He was born' on January 24, 1877 and lived here all his life , Brother Matula joined our Order on April 9, 1916..

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Funeral services were held at 9:15 ana. at at Sacred Heart Church on January 24, 1961. Interment was in Catholic Cemetery in Hallettsville Rev. A. J. Morkovsky offered the Requiem. High Mass at the Church and also officiated at the cemetery.

Surviving are two sons, Frank of Hallettsville and Leon Matula of Hobson; two daughters, Miss Albino. Matula of Hallettsville and Mrs. Mildred Koerth of Hallettsville; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Krauskopf of El ,Campo. Mrs. Frances Prasek and Mrs. Antonia Bujnoch of Hallettsville and Mrs. Elizabeth Mikulenka of Columbus; also four grandsons.

Whereas, through his death his children suffer the loss of a beloved father, and the community a valuable citizen, and our Lodge a faithful member_ therefore be it resolved, that we the members of our Lodge No. 4, do mourn his loss and herewith express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved survivors -- and be it further resolved that those resolutions be spread on our Lodge minutes and copy sent to the survivors. One copy be mailed to the SPJST paper for publication. Also instead of flowers, our lodge is mailing a donation to the SPJST Rest Home in his memory. May our member rest in peace.

Dated February 12, 1961 in Hallettsville, Texas Chas. Holy F. K. Bucek John Holy Resolution Committee ) • 4 • ( CHUDOKREVNOST Lido jsou uvykli ilkati o lidech ble d,dYch tvaki, ze museji Wit chudokrevni, avAa,k yklycky tomu tak nemusi bit. Mohou bit divky chudokrevne, ale dovedou' svou bledost zakrkt i na, tvalich i na rtech. Naproti tomu zase jsou lide ble di z jinkch priein a nemuseji mit chudokrevnost. KdyZ" tedy v takovkch padech ma leka,t zjistit, zdali osoba je chudokrevna, anebo neni, musi sahnout ku zkouke krve. Kdy2 Cloys& laik chce rozumet, co to vlastne je chudokrevnost musi vedet nee& o krvi.

Krev vlastne slo2ena je z bezbarevne tekutiny, v nit jsou bile a eervene krvinky, anebo krevni teliska. Kdy2 na Mad elovek opari se horkou vodou, naskoei mu puchkr. V puchkri je bezbarye. tekutina, ktera se zve krevni serum.

V teto tekutine, mohou bit bile krvinky, aveak nejsou tam '2a.dne eer yene krvinky.

Krevni teliska s dervenS7mi krvinkarni mohou se vyskytnout v mozolnem puchYri, do nehoZ se dostaly eervene krvinky. g' ad ve Akolach se uei, ze v iednom kubickem milimetru, anebo v jedrie etvr

Ve stedu, dne 22. Miura 1961 tine kapky krevni je u normalne dospeleho eloveka od 5 milion4 at do 7 millonit eervenYch a od 5 do 8 tisic bilYch krvinek. Cervene krvinky jsou zbarveny tak zvan'm hemoglobineme.

Tedy dospelY elovek ma jednu ttinactinu sve vlastni vahy krve. Nekdy ovSem ma krve vic a eini vaha jeji vie net jednu ttinactinu lidske vahy, nekdy zase mene. A to mono mluvit jit o chudokrevnosti. Kdyi normalni elovek ma nedostatek eervenYch krvinek v krvi, tedy je chudokrevnY. Kdyi ma malo krve, je take chudokrevnY. Nyni je potfeba uvatit, ja.ke mohou bYt pfloiny chudokrevnosti. Mohou bYt tfi davody. Bud' 'Cloy& ztrati krev a ta je nahratovana vodou, anebo jsou v krvi eervene krvinky nideny anebo je neco na pfekatku, aby se dervene krvenky mohly volne tvotit. Mute to bYt podvYtiva, ane bo nektere choroby jako malarie, revmatismus, Aarlach a jine nakatlive choroby vdetne utivani ureitYch Kdyi se eloveku ztrati jedna pinta krve ,tedy jrz se mate pfivodit chudokrevnost. Kdyby ztrata krve dela se rychle, ztrata dvou pinta picivodi prudkou chudokrevnost a ztrata dvou kvarta me hla by ptivodit smrt.

U divek vyskytuje se tak zvana blednieka. Je velice duletito, aby tato choroba u divek byla, rozpoznana co nejdfi ye a take hned leeena. U divek east° se blednieka vyskytuje, u hocha je to zjevem velmi tidkSrm. Kdyi se choroba ta neleei, mute trvat roky a mute divce velice pkekatet v jejim akolnim pokroku.

Takove, divka nemusi ztracet na vaze, avAak tvat jeji je bleda, easto jevi anavu trpi kratkYm dechem a miver east° . zavrat'. Nekdy pocit'uje neklid tepu srd'ce a mive. nohy. nabehle. Lekat rozpozna ihned chorobu, kdyt vyzkoligi krev. Choroba tato vyskytuje se u divek ve veku od 14 do 20 let jejich veku, malokdy ye veku pokroeilej'Sim. Dr. Kueera. ) • 4, • Take vyhovet Pan president (k odsouzenemu, veeer pied popravou): "Mate je gte nejake pt.& ni?"

Delikvent (povolanim hone): "Ano, prosim pana presidenta bych jegte rad oholil."

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Koutek mlideie

Youths Corner

UtME SE CESKY

LET'S LEARN CZECH

DRUB& iTLOHA

SECOND LESSON

Nluzete si pamatovat

Can you remember

nekteri slova

some words

prvni nail (dolly

of our first lesson

dvanact slov

twelve words

pamatovat si jiste

to remember surely

neni ter&

is not hard,

ted' piidame

now we add

k naiim slovum

to our words

z prvni tilohy

of the first lesson

slovo veta

word sentence

dvanact twelve k

koutek pilny tri

scholar lesson

Otec: "Ja rozhodne zakaza1 synovi hra ti kopanou."

Ptitel: "Cot mu nechceg dopfati kolejThis concludes our second lesson in niho vzdelani?" this our "Youth Corner." You can see • • that we started with words (now 25 in Patient: A va§ fleet, pane doktore? all) that should be very easy to MemLekai: 0 to se nestarejte, mAl mil'! orize if you wish to learn Czech.

Dohochlu se s va Imi dedict.

corner diligent three extra

zkouiet

to try

This is a "self study." We do not claim that it is a perfect method, but if you are determined: to learn Czech, stay with it and try. Save this whole page for future reference. — Good Luck.

The Editor.

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Strana 121 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS FOUNDED 1897

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Wednesday, February 22, 1961

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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK an and The Symbol

The

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

GEORGE WASHINGTON, The tiii:40 was spring, the middle of April in 1775. The place was the hilly fields around the Massachusetts settlements of Lexington and Concord There, red-coated British troops clashed with a determined group of farmers and townsmen. The American Revolution had begun.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great American essayist and poet, described the first shot of the Lexington and Concord battles as "the shot heard round the world." Indeed, the American Revolution was to have its effect on many world capitals — and for a long time.

Echoes of that first shot still are being heard today.

One reason, perhaps is because the American Revolution was not merely a political revolt. It had far-reaching moral and spiritual overtones The Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, proclaimed as "selfevident truths" that all men are created! equal, that they have God-given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Much of the spirit of that time is symbolized by George Washington. whose 229th birthday we commemorate on February 22nd. The man with the pow-

"I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."

America and, more recently in Asia and Africa.

These principles — of equality, of selfdetermination, of human rights — are not perishable principles. Throughout the world they will endure, as has the symbol of George Washington itself.

America was indeed fortunate to find in its time of chrisis a man like George Washington. But the qualities which characterized his entire life — his understanding of the times, his constancy of purpose, loftiness of outlook and devotion to justice -- made him ►miore than a national leader.

From his day to the present, Washington has been recognized as a truly world figure. His personal traits, like the cause of liberty and democracy for which he fought, transcend national boundaries. ) • 4 • (

Third District dered wig, the big nose, the tight lips, became a focus not only for Americans who wanted to break the bonds of tyranny, but for men from other countries to whom the ideal of freedom was just as dear.

Among these men from Europe, there was the Marquis de Lafayette, a lifelong friend of Washington. Lafayette, as a major general, fought valiantly alongside untrained Americans on what was soon to become their own soil. There was Tadeusz Kosciuszko the Pole who volunteered to stand with the American revolutionaries and later became Washington's adjutant and good friend. And there was Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Prussion general who drilled the ragged hungry Contintenal troops at Valley Forge.

Even in Britain, where pride had been damaged and memories should been fitter, there were thinkers who were willing to accept the American Revolution for what is was — and to try to weave it into the fabric of history. So the principles of the Revolution were deeply felt in Western and Eastern Europe. They were felt and followed, to, in Latin

The Supreme Lodge is awarding a prize to the top organizer each month for aplications written. I will continue with my Cash Award Prize the same as I had last year, which was — If you are on the No. 1 spot for two consecutive months, you will receive a check for $15.

— and if you are on the No. 1 Spot for 3 months in succession, then you will receive a check for $25.

There are lots of prizes for the organizer who will work for them.

BIG BAR-B-Q DINNER FOR ORGANIZERS OF DISTRICT III AND THEIR WIVES FOR MAKING THE 1960 QUOTA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1961 AT LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD, TEX. SUNDAY AT 12:30 P.M. PLAN NOW TO ATTEND! A. M. Vrla District III Organizer e 4 Littlye Nicky, 5, and Joan, 4, were walking down the street. As they were about to cross at the intersection, Nicky remembered what his &'rother had taught him and said: "Let' me hold your hand."

To which Joan replied: "OK, but I want you to know you are playing witil

Wednesday, February 22, 1961

Fraternal Insurance Is Ideal Protection Whenever a young woman or a young man fills in an application for insurance with a modern fraternal insurance Society, one which has a substantial reserve fund, they do so with the idea of protecting their loved ones. They may take out insurance for other reasons, of course, but even these reasons have some phase of protection included.

A new member may have in mind the accumulation of an estate by a safe add secure metho,d for his twilight years. On the other hand if this were his only reason for taking out insurance, he could achieve this aim, at less cost.

On the other hand, if his aim were only to become a irkember of a brotherhood and nothing else, he could become a Social Member, or take a policy for the lowest available amount Protection for his closest of kin as well as himself are the usual reasons for the majority of new policyholders, who file applications to fraternal benevolent societies, but protection was the incentive which lead to radical changes in insurance policies of these fraternal societies and which brought the policies to their present high level of protective clauses.

Before anything else, the fraternal insurance brotherhoods made their policies secure, by accepting standard mortality tables as a foundation upon which premiums were based and keeping their reserves under the supervision of the State Insurance Commission as required by law, so that all agreements and promises in their policies would remain valid. All such progressive brotherhoods have removed all doubts that the bequeathed policies would not be paid out in full.

Based on the secure foundation of conservative mortality tables and the Reserve conditions as required by law, had precedence, with which the old line col %panics boasted, but the fraternal insurance societies went even further to achieve security of its obligations. While some old 'line companies vouched higher rates, the fraternal brotherhoods vouched for total payments of their policies and eliminated increased rates from time to time on their outstanding policies.

Experience has shown, too vividly, that they, the widows and orphans, were not adequately protected when as beneficiaries the policies were paid out always to them in a lump sum.

For millions of dollars are invested

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yearly in projects of doubtful tenor or fraudelantly obtained from these trusting and innocent survivors, which teach us that money paid out to these survivors, needs to be safeguarded. It is necessary to warn such survivors against questionable investments, but also against foolish spending of same.

The fraternal insurance societies accept the responsibility to such heirs with plans set up for this type of protection for these monies, left them by the deceased.

One plan is that the beneficiary does not receive the whole sum at once. but in set monthly payments, or quarterly payments while the balance due the beneficiary draws a nice rate of annual interest, to boot.

Whenever a member has enough insurance to cover his funeral ,bills as well as his' other legal debts ircurred, it is advisable that such a member consider some plan whereby his insurance money would be protected as well as bring in some gain or interest.

Modern fraternal societies now offer their members the opportunity to protect such estate for the widow or orphans, but only when the member requests them.

The fraternal Order can be the most capable, the most dependable in honoring its policy contracts, if the mecnber does not make some provision for the protection ,of large sums of insurance monies due the beneficiaries, these monies can very quickly slip through their fingers.

If a member truly wishes to protect his heirs, the fraternal order can make this easy for him, even in spite of the contigency of his becoming ill, or his loss of employment, or some other unforseen misfortune overtakes the member.

Even with the best of intention, the mernber may become ill, lose his job, or find himself in a financial bind, where he cannot meet his premium payments. If this happens after the member had carried his policies for three years or more, he can keep his policy in effect with a loan on them to cover their premiums. Later when his financial condition improves, he can assume his premium payments and repay his loan against these policies, in small monthly payments if necessary.

With this kind of option many insurance policies were kept active , This is just one of the many advantages which comes from having a loan value on insurance policies.

On the old policies there were no such options, and as soon as he failed to meet his premium obligations, his policy was in jeojardy. Of course, here

Strana 13 and there our local lodges helped its members in such cases in paying their lodge dues and insurance premiums but not always and not to everyone.

Even when a member does not know he has the right to borrow against his policy to meet his premium payiDents, his beneficiary is protected by the extended coverage which such a loan made possible, as long as the loan value is not exhausted against this policy. There are other advantages besides the loan option on the member's policy in that, he is not suspended and he can pick up his payments again regardless of whether he is in good health or not. Then he does not have to repay the loan in one lump sum. He can let the debt against his policy stand, and upon his death this loan can be deducted from his premium payment to his beneficiary.

To many persons a $1,000 policy seems like a large sum of money. But when the widow gets this $1,000 it doesn't stretch far enough. All of the above mentioned advantages available to the mor窶話ers are available with old line companies except for the Open Agreements. How then would one rectify the title "Fraternal Insurance - Ideal Protection?"

Fraternal Insurance is really an ideal form of protection because the protection is also' in the brotherhood itself, which no old line company cannot offer. One disadvantage of this protective brotherhood' is that every item obviously cannot be put down in contract form, in One can be a member of an Order or Lodge where my obligations will be paid for me in case of illness, I can borrow money if misfortune befalls me, and assistance in many forms will come to .ny family. Or, one can be a member of an Order, or Lodge where only premium payments are collected and where a receipt will be handed back for same.

Even this is an advantage when fraternal brotherhood' cannot be outlined in black and white. To the eternal glory of fraternal brotherhood is the fact that advantages in a brotherhood are not in concrete format, but where love wells forth, compassion and goodheartedness are the willing services of man.

Is it conceivable a human possibility to write such an insurance contract which would protect a man and his family against all possible accidents and misfortuneA? But scene fraternal insurance societies are doing it! Not as _a clause in a policy, but from brotherly love and humanity. To offer such life inisurancewhich at the same time is comparable to any old' line insurance company insurance offered, together with offering their members these other

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countless advantages which true and practicable brotherhood boasts, this — without reservation can be said that fraternal insurance is really an ideal protection.

Seventy-one persons have been nomi) • 4, • nated for the 1960 Linz Award.

Eleven names were added to the list as last-minute nominations were made.

Joining the 60 persons previously cited Your letter intended to be published for unselfish civic contributions were on Valentine's Day was mailed by you, Dr. Eugene L. Aten, W. 0. Bankston, Mrs. in error to Temple and forwarded to us T. Edwin Cox, Mrs, A. J. Hannowacker, too late to be used. Sorry, try to be earl- M. J. Norrell, Robert Olyrtstead, W. W. ier next time — Thanks.

Overton Jr., Cyril Pokladnik, Alfred N.

Linz Award Nominees Total 71

Mrs. Mach, Dallas, Tex.

Wednesday, February 22, 1961 Sack, Charles Sharp and Robert J. Smith.

Our Brother Pokladnik was named for his outstanding work in promoting the Knights of Columbus and his participation in nationality dinners.

The committee is expected to select the winner of the coveted award within a week. Presentation of the silver plaque donated by Linz Jewelists will be made at a luncheon shortly thereafter.

The Times Herald sponsors the award, which will be given for the 32nd time this year.

Attendants of the S.M.U. Seminar With the above picture we present Vestnik's readers the representatives who attended the fraternal life insurance serrAnar at Dallas at S.M.U. this year.

Our fraternal order was very well represented having eleven organizers attending Three of these organizers were our sisters and eight organizers our brothers, representing all of the districts of our brotherhood.

In the first row, second frocr.4 the left is sister Louise Kadlecek of Lodge 88,

Houston. in the second row, second from the left, is our Director Brother E. P. Sralla, of Lodge 153; fourth on the same row is Sister Frances Olexa, of Lodge 88, Houston; and Sister Melba Novosad of Jourdanton, Texas; next to her is Brother Leo Krause of Lodge 143, Inez, Texas; and then Brother E. jakubik of Lodge 9 of Snook, Texas.

In the top row, second from left is Brother Antone Pavelka of Lodge No. 35, Elk, Texas; next to him Ls Brother Ben 1Viikolaj of Lodge 29, Taylor, Texas;

and then Brother Frank C. Sacky of Lodge 79 of Corpus Christi; then Brother John Krizan of Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood, near West, and then our Brother Henry Vitek, Director of District 2, member of Lodge Komensky 20, Granger, Texas.

We are almost certain that they have all acquired much valuable technical information which they will be anxious to put into practice in their respective lodges and districts and we wish them all -- all the success possible.

Ve skedu, due 22. Calera 1961

Handbook Tells How To Become a Citizen American citizenship is the heartfelt wish of most mean and women who come to make their homes in America. If you have lived in the United States for five years, you should take advantage of the benefits of American citizenship. To tell you how to go about it, the American Council for Nationalities Service has available the latest edition — the nineteenth — of "How to Become a Citizen of the United States."

The 128-page handbook explains the requirements for citizenship, describes each step in the naturalization procedure and tells the applicant exactly what he must do •to become a citizen. In addition, it contains a special section to be used as a guide in preparing for the naturalization examination This is a series of 130 questions and answers on American history and government. The handbook also includes the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence.

"How to. Become a Citizen" is intended not only for the individual applicant but also for the teacher, social worker and lawyer who are called upon to advise and assist newcomers. For this expert group, it provides comprehensive information about the technical and often intricate problems of naturalization and citizenship.

Copies of he handbook, which sell for $1 each, can be obtained from the American Council for Nationalities Service, 20 West 40th Street, New York 18, New York. ) • 4, •

V STNiX— WEST. TEXAS

District Calendar DISTRICT ONE

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Our Northmost Lodg No. 101

The Spring Meeting of our District Vestnik received a very interesting arOne will be held at the New Tabor Lodge No. 17 near Caldwell, Texas on Sunday, ticle about Sister Betty Sue Sykora of March the 19th. More detailed program the Gainesville Lodge 101, our northmost lodge in the state. Her whole famwill be announced. ily are members of our fraternal order DISTRICT TWO -- some of them live in Oklahoma.

Vestnik hopes to present her to you Our meeting of District Two, will be held on March 26, at the Seaton Lodge next week. It is a pleasure to hear from Hall No. 47, east from, Temple on high- this part of our state which has been neglected by us due to its geographical way number 53.

A more detailed report will be pub- position. We believe the territory around lished shortly. We thank all of the oth- Gainesville has many Czech descendants er Districts to let us have this date with- who could be brought into our brotherout duplicate District Meetings, so that hood, who could make that lodge one the gathering will be as complete as of the largest in North• Texas. They have many fine members in their ranks, even possible. Thank you. though we never hear from them, or of DISTRICT THREE them.

Will hold its Spring Meeting at the Elk In June this Lodge 101 will celebrate Hall of Lodge 35, Elk, Texas, Sunday, the Anniversary of their founding. This April 23, 1961 — This date has been set would be a fine occasion to give them in order not to interfere with another the feeling of "belonging" to the Third District Meeting. — Please reserve this District. The Vestnik will carry more indate for us. — More detailed program formation on this celebration. will be, forthcoming.

—_) • 4, • (_, DISTRICT FIVE District Five announces that their Spring Meeting will be held at the Needville Lodge No. 81 on the 16th of April, 1961. District Five requests the other Districts for their kind cooperation in Arlington State Professor Steve letting them have this date exclusive Of Neshyba has been selected to present a conflicting District Meetings. The Meet- technical paper at the Southwestern Ining will be held in the American Legion stitute of Radio Engineers Conference Hall. and Electronics Show in April.

DISTRICT SIX The Meeting of District Six Chill be held in Hallettsville, the First Sunday in 1961—THE YEAR OF OUR X SLET! the merry month of May, 1961. This announcement was made to get priority on Preparations are in full swing for that date and we request other Districts competitions and presentations during for their cooperation. the Slet period. Special numbers for the These are all the announcements that Akademie and at least three big Diswe have received thus far from our trict numbers for the Slet program are Districts. We hope that the Districts being tought. Traveling funds have been missing in this calendar will not upset started, plans for transportation of hundreds of gymnasts are being made. those already established dates! Many Metropolitan Chicago will be host to thanks! °( )• hundreds of our Sokol family again — new acquaintances, renewing old — the Only one rider was lost, and one batch first Sokol Slet for many — the tenth of mail destroyed, during the 18 months Sokol Slet for some. the Pony Ekpress operated, in1860 and Young and old alike, rejoicing in the 1861 — in spite of Indians, heat and cold spectacle of disciplined masses and blizzards, mountains and deserts. synchronized movements of gymnasts from all parts of the country!

Brothers and sisters, prepare well and Pinion trees have been known to live inspire 'others to join us in celebrating 375 years, and produce seemingly rotfree wood. Many of these timbers, put our Tenth Sokol Slet! into per Columbian houses, are still in Mildred Prchal excellent condition.

Director of Women.

A.S.C. Professor Presents Paper

Acceptance of the paper "A Study of Airborne Radar-Beacon Traffic" was announced recently by Orville Bechlund, technical prograciN chairman for the conference.

The conference, to be held in Dallas Memorial Auditorium, Auril 19-212 is expected to draw more than 4,000 engineers and scientific personnel.

Neshyba is an assistant professor in Arlington State's electrical engineering department and a member of our brotherhood. Good luck and more success! ) • 4. •

District III Youth Cavan THROUGH JANUARY 15, 1961 Entertainment Committee $175.62 Lodge No. 66 -10.00 Lodge Jaro No. 130 — — $185.62 TOTAL --.

Respectfully Submitted A. M. Vrla, $ecty, Youth Camp Drive

FtSTNtIC

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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSE MENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1961 ZPRAVA PfdJEM A VYDAN1 ZA MESiC LEDEN, 1961 RECEIPTS

PAU=

Mortuary timrtni

Expense Vytiani

Juvenile Detske .

Total ,Souhrn

Matured Bonds - Splatne Bondy Mortgage Loans - iviajetkove pujeky Certificate Loans - Certifikatove pfijeky Premiums -1.1mrtni poplatky od tadil Interest from certificate loans - Urok z certifikatovych pajdek Int. on Mortgage Loans - Clrok z majetkovYch pfljeek Interest on Bonds - trok z bondfi Dividend - Dividendy Oil Lease - Olejcve Lease Rent from R.E.O. - Najemne z majetku R. M. 0. Z mineralniho majetku Escrow Annuity - (Retirement) S. P. J. S. T. Building Rent - Najem z budovy Appraisal Foe - NP, odhady Sale of Supplies - Prodej tadovYch potfeb

1,000.00 108,898.60 5,184.38 28,954.22 2,369.72 38,955.44 660.00 2,250.00 181.50 400.00 701.20 1,000.00 169.05 2,679.53

Total Receipts - Celkovy pfijem Cash Balance 1-1-51 - Hotovost 1-1-61

193,403.64 532,155.41

19,693.56 27,065.74

1,152.34 10,109.26

214,249.54 569,330.41

725,559.05

46,759.30

11,261.60

783,579.95

DISBURSEMENTS

735.08 18,944.40

169.30 247,96

710.00 39.61

1,000.00 109,633.68 5,184.38 48,067.92 2,369.72 39,203.40 660.00 2,250.00 181,50 400.00 701.20 1,000.00 169.05 2,6'79.53 710.00 39.16

VYD4NI:

Mortgage loans - Majetkove ptaky 000000000 Certificate loans - Certifikatove piljdky Surrendered Cert. Loans - Odepsane pujeky proti certifikattim Matured Endowments - Vypla.cene nadaeni pojateni Death Claims - Vyplacene timrtni podpory Returned premiums and bonus - Vracene imirtni pop. a bona, Reinsurance premiums - Znovu PojiAteni R. E. 0. Insurance - PoMteni na majetek Collection of Bonds Interest - Kolektovan firoku z bondil SPJST Build. Maintenance - fizeni a vydilovani budnvy 2% Refund to Lodges poplatk.0 vracenYch tadfim Actuary - Fees - Za aktuarskou praci Advertasing - Oznainky Appraisal Expense - Za odhady Attorney Fee - Pravnikovi za vytizove.ni pug& Audit - Prohlidka knih Car Expense - Vydani na auto Commissions - Komisne Contributions - Dary District Meetings - Distriktni schfize Freight and Express - Freight a dovoz Medical examinations - Lekatske prohlidky Non-Medical Exams - Bez-lekatske prohlidky Membership Dues - Poplatek Vestnik Office Maintenance - Vydr2ovani ....tadovny Office Rent - Nalemne z iitadovny Organizational Expense - OrganisaZni Postage - Patovne Salary Editor - Slane redaktora Salary of employees -- Shane vlpumoci Salary Officers - Slu gne fitednikfi Stationery and supplies - Tiskova nrace a psaci potteby Supreme Lodge Meeting - Schiize Hlavni fitadovny FICA Tax Telephone and Telegraph - Telefon a telegraf Travel: Officers - Cestovne ittednikil

176,271.43 15,234.20 3,853.70 8,500.00 20,117.45 389.68 38.29 23.40 15.40 1,165.37 13,133.34

76.56

300.00 100.80 523.54 1,794.87 575.00 28.26 5,317.96 160.00 1,383.15 14.56 190.00 284.95 25.00 2,532.42 504.55 400.00 9.50 522.00 600.00 2,100.00 4,033.32 229.27 572.59 374.37 176.73 2651

176,271.43 15,234:20 3,853.70 8,500.00 20,117.45 466.24 38.29 23.40 15.40 1,165.37 13,133.34 300.00 100.80 523.54 1,794.87 575.00 28.26 5,31796 160.00 1,383.15 14.56 190.00 284.95 25.00 2,532.42 504.55 400.00 9.50 522.00 600.00 2,10040 4,033.32 22927 512.59 374.37 176.73 2651

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avel Editor --- Cestovne redaktora puth Activities - Cnnost mlade2e

Straw, 17, 14.76 441.70

star disbursements - uelavve vyaani 1-1. Balance 2-1-61 - Botovost 2-1-61

238,742.26 486,816.79

725,559.05 ASSETS - MAJETEK JEDNOTY uth flotovost 486,816.79 . 8. Bonds - U. S. Bnudy 805,130.00 )nd,s: Municipal - Okresni bondy 176,574.75 artgage loans -- Maletkove pujeky _ 8,233,614.00 rtilicate Loans - Certinkatove pttjoky 656,467.68 Akcie ',ock 100,000.00 P. 3. S. T. Building - S. P. J. S. T. budova 170,000.00 ml Estate - Majetek 27,843.05 ther Assets --- Jine zdroje 151.18 arniture and fixtures - Nabytek a zafizeni v ufadovrI6 utomobile - Automobil

14.76 441.70

23,235.81 23,523.49

76.56 11,185.04

262,054.63 521,525.32

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11,261.60

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61,303.16 107,589.93 10,746,597.45 , Fraternally yours - w bratrskYri pozdravem Ben Zabcik, Financial Secretary - Teetni. "'Mem. ad kadil v mesici leden, 1961 Income From Lodges In January, 1961 Amount Lodge Date 366.03 1 20 13 2 57.07 23.49 3 25 1,141.10 4 25 5 130.78 25 6 504.98 13 7 278.15 25 8 10.15 25 564.01 9 25 10 361.62 20 11 17.44 20 25 12 8.25 25 122.58 13 27 14 83.74 15 378.42 20 16 27 241.65 25 17$ 1,778.43 20 22.89 18 19 120.04 25 60.72 25 21 23 25 318.43 24 27 2,058.93 25 824.69 27 27 352.74 25 20 960.79 28 29 25 2,298.22 13 30 206.56 20 31 395.14 32 13 8.50 424.37 33 20 495.10 35 25 37 6.67 25 38 20 574.97 27 287.81 39 40 12 1,239.52 41 27 201.72 42 381.16 25 25 44 252.52 0 35.36

47 48 50 51 54 56 57 58 60 63 64 65 66 67 69 72 73 74 78 79 80 81 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 96 97 98 101 102 105 107 110 112

25 27 13 25 27 25 25 27 25 27 25 25 13 25 27 20 20 13 27 25 25 25 25 27 13 20 20 25 25 27 13 27 13 25 20 25 25 25 25 13 20 25

1,032.08 177.53 2,166.17 92.05 1,011.89 499.74 56.83 400.92 21.13 321.12 27.40 65.50 541.90 95.96 36.40 87.34 125.27 120.83 63.02 160.23 288.62 1,122.70 22.69 285.33 137.06 705.14 1,000.00 500.33 301.74 457.20 1,045.97 169.75 387.49 19.21 166.24 16.77 103.37 45.03 6.55 368.48 135.45 379.01

113 114 116 117 118 119 122 125 126 127 128 129 ' 130 133 134 135 133 139 140 141 142 143 146 147 148 151 153 154 155 156 157 158 160 161 162 163 164 165 167

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10,915,490.54

132.02 407.24 418.76 103.93 101.92 93.28 33.66 23.82 215.92 18.05 148.20 54.78 655.25 1,372.34 221.92 316.81 179.92 2,813.85 126.82 433.84 315.39 380.15 393.25 116.47 1,293.11 253.43 350.52 2,051.95 104.95 83.51 515.58 78.28 687.69 28L82 61.03 597.09 43.19 192.82 33.18 48,067.9$

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Minutes of Publication Committee MINUTES OF PUBLICATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEB. 9, AT TAYLOR, TEXAS Meeting called by the Chairman, Bro. Paul Sablatura for the purpose of a mutual discussion with Editor Bro. Hosek in regards to future arrangements of our Vestnik.

Present were the three members of the committee, Brother Paul Sablatura, Brother Rudolph Troubil and Sister Frances Olexa. Also Brother Edward L. Marek, President of the Supreme Lodge and Brother L. 0. Hosek, Editor of Vestnik. Brother Joseph Holasek, publisher of our Vestnik was present: and as visitor, Sister Anna Hosek.

Brother Chairman opened' the meeting, advised it is necessary to name one of the corquittee as secretary to keep records. Brother Troubil nominated Sister Olexa, accepted.

Brother Sablatura expressed our pleasure to have our Supreme President in our midst and asked him if he 'has a message for this new committee. President Edward L. Marek, conveyed greetings from all Supreme Lodge officers.

Then reminded the committee of the responsibility bestowed on them. The by-laws are clear and it is up to the committee to carry out directives as stated. The officers of the Supreme lodge are whole-heartedly willing to cooperate with the committee, for the continuous progress of our order. With best wishes for a successful meeting, Brother President Marek then departed.

Minutes from last ;meting held June 17th, 1960 were read and accepted.

Brother Chairman .presented 2 letters mailed to him. Both letters were thoroughly discussed. The writer of the first letters complained pertaining to various articles published in our Vestnik. The writer of the second letter, called the attention to the incorrect spelling and grammar in Czech. Also to the heading of our Vestnik which seemed to him not to be in good taste both leters will be answered by the Chairman, Brother Paul Sablatura.

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"Polka Dance Calendar." It was agreed to discontinue this column. ANY OF OUR LODGES OR MEMBERS wishing to inform the membership of their planned events in their local lodges, are welcome to do so. The editor will gladly arrange these announcements in the regular amusement calendar.

The editor was reminded, to have all resolutions of death, printed in the future, on one or two pages as needed.

The committee advised brother editor as follows: If in doubt of any letter or article, received for publication. The editor shall immediately mail ths letter to the Chairman, Brother Sablatura. The Coinmitte will have the deciding vote, in any doubtful correspondence.

As there was no further business pending, the meeting adjourned at 1 p.m. Thanks were given for the generous hospitality.

Fraternally, Frances Olexa Secretary of Publication Committee ) • 44 • (

S P J S T Calendar Big Picnic of our Lodge 35 at Elk, will be held Sunday, May 28, 1961 and all members are asked to help to make this picnic an outstanding success. Let's all work •together. ♦ • The Women's Circle of Dallas, will hold their Spring Bazaar as announced on April the 23 at the Dallas Sokol and Lodge 130 Hall at 7448 Greenville Ave. Your friendly support Is solicited.

• • "Big Dance" at the Sokol Hall Dallas, 7448 Greenville Ave. February the 25.

Eric Honza orchestra playing. Don't miss it. Read the Ad You All Come.

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At Lodge 88 Houston "Card Party" of our Lodge Sisters on March 1 — Birthday Club, on March the 8th our regular monthly meeting. You are all cordially invited.

Big District 3 Organizers Meeting with Barbecue Dinner, for reaching their 1960 quota, will be held at Lodge 6 CottonBrother Editor Hosek will in the fu- wood Hall Sunday, February the 26th at ture prepare one page under the head- 12:30 p.m. All the organizers of District ing "UC'ME SE CRSKY" "LET'S LEARN 3 and their wifes are invited, CZECH". This will be printed in Czech • • and translated into English. This deAnnual Picnic of Buckholts Lodge No. cision was made in hopes it will create greater interest to study Czech or visa 15 will be held June 11. You are all reminded of this picnic and urged to atversa.

Discussion took plase concerning the tend. Polka Music and others too, by Sil column in our Vestnik known as the Krenek of Wallis.

Wednedday, February 22, 1961 Beyersville Youth Club, will hold a "Hobo-Party" on Friday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m. with games and other fun for you all. — The Beyersville Hall should be your "hang out" that night.

• • Lodge La Parita 161 announce a big dance for April the 8th with the "Circle C" band playing and on April the 29th the "Hi Toppers" will play for all Friends — So remember these dates.

• • Dance Dates for February at Elk Hall No. 35 February 25th — Slvrn Haisler from Temple.

• • COMING EVENTS OF LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88 Dramatic Club "Hlahol" to present Czech play "Na Potoce — Za Mlynice" on Sunday, February 26, 3:30 p.m., 1140 Robbie, Dance on Saturday night, March 4, 8:30 p.m. Music by The Julius Tupa Orchestra, 1140 Robbie.

Dance on Saturday Night, March 18, 8:30 Music by The Shiner Beer Band, 1140 Robbie.

Easter Sunday, Children's Program, April 2, Candy and • ggs for the children.

3:30 p.m. 1140 Robbie.

Dance on Saturday Night, April 8, 8:30 p.m. Music by the Dan Pavlas Orchestra, 1140 Robbie.

Dramatic Club "Hlahol" to present an English Play — Saturday night, April 15, 8:30 p.m. 1140 Robbie.

Dance on Saturday Night, April 22, 8:30 p.m. Music by The Shiner Beer Band, 1140 Robbie.

Barbecue, Sunday Noon, April 30, 1140 Robbie.

THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH, KOLACHE SALE, 1140 Robbie.

BIRTHDAY CLUB SISTERS HAVE THEIR MEETING AND LUNCHN ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY ,OF EACH MONTH, 1140 Robbie.

CARD' and DOMINO PARTY ON THE. I FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, 1140 Robbie. ) • 41. • ( Irrigation in the Imperial Valley, California, formerly wasteland, has elevated the area to the seventh: county in the United States in value of crops produced.

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This Week In American History

ORGANIZERS OF DISTRICT NO , FIVE Dear Fellow-workers: As most of you probably know by now, Brother J. M. Skrabanek resigned from the position of District Organizer efective as of December 31, 1960.

I wish to thank Brother Skrabanek for his fine work he did during his time as District Organizer and to thank each of you for the splendid cooperation while working together.

On February 22, 1732 — 229 years ago George Washington, American Commander-in-Chief during the War for Independence and the first President of the United States, was born at Bridges Creek, Virginia. He worked as a surveyor in his youth and served in the French and Indian Wars. After leading the colonies to victory in the American Revolution, Washington had hoped to retire from public life to his family estate at Mount Vernon, but he responded to the call of his country to preside over the convention which wrote the Constitution in 1787 . Unaniatously elected first President of the United States, Washington took the oath of office on the steps of New York City's Federal Hall on April 30, 1789. He served a second term as President, but refused a third term.

America was fortunate indeed to find in its time of chrisis, a leader like Washington. His notable qualities; his understanding of the times, his constantcy of purpose, loftiness of outlook and devotion to justice, made George Washington more than a national leader — he was truly a world figure and a man of the ages. ) • 4 •

I had several applications for the District Organizers position, which made it very difficult for me to decide who to MR. and MRS. J. F. HOUZVICKA appoint, but after careful consideration OBSERVE 50TH WEDDING of all applicants, together with exANNIVERSARY pressions of preference by some rnemMr. and Mm. John F. Houzvicka of bers of your District, I appointed Broth3019 Spurlock. Dallas, Texas. celebrated er Jarda Cerny of Lodge No. 88 in Houstheir golden wedding anniversary with tion to fulfill this position. an open house in their home from 2 to 4 Brother Cerny has good knowledge p.m. Sunday of last week. and experience in selling life insurance.

Mr and Mrs . Houzy icka were married He promised to work and cooperate with in Granger, Williamson County, Feb. 14, you and the Home Office to the best of 1911, and have lived in Dallas for 20 his ability. He is capable and well qualiyears. She is the former Frances Rausl. fied to be of great assistance to you Can I, Born Elsewhere, Come ti the U. S. Under the Quota of My Parents' Country?

They are both employed at Dreyfus and and the SPJST Order.

Question: My parents both came from Son. I would like to ask of you to please a country with a large immigration The open house was given by their cooperate with Brother Cerny and to quota, but I was born in a country with four sons, Frank Houzvicka, of Richard- call on him at any time you may need an annual quota of only 100 while they son, Walter Houzvicka of Fort Worth, any assistance with organizational work were there as missionaries. I have been Johnny Houzvicka of Fau pers Branch and he will be most happy to oblige. told that the quota of a prospective imand Jerry Houzvicka of Garland, and migrant depends on the country of his Once again I thank you for your past two daughters. Mrs. Gertrude Botik of cooperation and ask you to extend a birth The quota of the country of my Fort Worth and Mrs. Rose Biciste of welcome and helping hand to our new birth is much oversubscribed, but my Chicago, Illinois.

District Organizer, Brother Cerny. I as- parents' quota is not. Is there any way The Houzvickas have 11 grandchildren sure you that by having good team work, in which I can be charged to the quota and one great-grandchild. Congratula- your District will reach your quota this of my parents?

Answer: Yes. Under the Immigration year. tions! and Nationality Act an alien born within Fraternally yours, ) any quota area in which neither of his Joe B. Hejny parents was born and in which neither P.S. Brother Cerny's address is: of his parents had permanent residence at the time of the alien's birth, may be JARDA CERNY charged to the quota area of either par1521 Woodvine Drive ent. The State Department has interpHouston. 24, Texas Please report your OLD address and reted this to apply to children like your your Lodge number to our Supreme Lod- Editor's Note: As soon as we have re- self, who were born to parents while ge, Box 400, Temple, Texas, direct when ceived a picture of Brother Cerny we will they were temporarily in some country asking for a change of address. other than their country of birth or be glad to present it to our readers.

If you do not do this, it is very dif) • 4 • permanent residence. ficult for us to find your name on our ) • 4 Antarctica contains 61/2 million cubic list, as you are one out of 10,000 Vestnik A watch, manufactured in 1686, was of ice and snow, about twice the readers, and many with the same name.

Wewould like for you to get your estimates made before results of the In- recently dug from ruins of the earthVestnik promptly so please help us to ternational Geophysical Year were made quake-ruined city of Port Royal, Jamaica — which was destroyed on June 7, 1692. known. give you the best service.

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Reports From Local Lodges POLKA DANCE CALENDAR DISCONTINUED Rogers, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: This is to advise you that, effective with the February 15, 1961, issue, the Polka Dance Calendar column will no longer be published in the Vestnik. I have contributed this column to the Vestnik for almost eight years and I feel that this letter of explanation is appropriate and necessary to explain the discontinuation of the column.

Sister Frances Olexa, Secretary of the SPJST Publications Committee, has informed me by letter that the Committee decided in its February 9, 1961, meeting to discontinue the Polka Dance Calendar column because "it is not a service to our membership."

Although I was not consulted in any way concerning this matter and although I can not agree with the Publications Committee concerning its viewpoint and decision on the matter, I can not deny the Committee's right to make such a decision. I only hope the decision was made with all the pertinent facts at hand and that it will prove to be a wise decision for the good of the Order.

Possibly the minutes of the Publication Committee meeting will help somewhat to explain the basis for the decision, Should there be any of our sr,embers who feel that the Polka Dance Calendar column was a service to our members and would like to see the column continued in the Vestnik or elsewhere on a commercial or other basis, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Fraternally, Calvin C. Chervenka Editor's Note: We do not intend to start a discussion pro or con, but it was often reported that some of the Polka Dance dates were purely "Free" advertising for some of the orchestras and a good many in direct competition to our own Lodge dates and dances. If any of these bands wish to• advertise, we welcome their "paid" ad in our Vestnik. ) • 4 • LODGE NO. 15 BUCKHOLTS Dear Sisters and Brothers: Our February meeting, which was held on the 2nd, Sunday as scheduled, was well attended. Those of you, who were present, proved the old saying that when there is work to be done no one will show up --- is not always true.

Brother Val Nemec missed the meeting and it was his first meeting to miss

vEBTNIN -- WEST. TF.41EAS in the past twenty seven months. He had a reasonable excuse, His children and grandchildren were visiting him and the occasion was the celebrating of of birthday. Brother Nemec's birthday was on Valentine's Day. Our Vice-President, Bro. Frank Zajicek, also celebrates his birthdays on Valentine's Day. He is 74 years old and is in fair health. He is always present in all of our lodge meetings.

I wish to announce two dates that Lodge No. 15 has picked to provide entertainment and hope that we did not pick a date chosen by any of our neighboring lodges.

The first date — June 11th, is our annual picnic. Music by Sil Krenek of Wallis. The other date is August 13th.

This is the date of our Annual Lodge Dinner sponsored jointly with RVOS Lodge No. 4.

Many thanks to all of you, wha accepted the appointments in our February meeting, to serve on the various committees. It will be a pleasure for me to work with you.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in our March meeting and with best wishes, I am Fraternally yours, Steve L. Svetlik, Secty.

• 4 • ( LODGE NO. 88 HOUSTON, TEXAS February 15, 1961 Dear Brothers and Sisters: In about three or four days from now, we will have the big day of February 26 coming up. This is the day our dramatic club of our lodge is giving a Czech play called "Za POTOKEM, No MLYNICI. The play will be on Sunday, February 26th with starting time at 3:00 p.m , All the lodges of our order are cordially welcome to the occasion. We hope the many friends that came to the last one will be at our lodge on this day. Much time and preparation is always made for the Czech plays that our lodge gives for it's membership. Our hope is that the membership will come and show the actors that the members still like the Czech plays that are being given. Our dramatic directors, J. Sula and M. Karel have worked very hard and do promise a well balanced play. We have a few new faces that will be on stage with the ole pros like Mary Johnson, Johnnie Sula, Simecek, and M , Karel leading the cast. Won't all of you plan to come and support this Czeoh play on the 26th of February. The dining room will serve two menues for the occasion, you can either get a Gulas or sausage dinner to your liking. We will have many types of pastrys and all kinds of drinks to go with it. So, please support your lodge

Wednesiclay, February 22, 1961 and show the actors •that you are be, hind them all the way. It's going to be a real good play and you may regret it if you fail to see this one See you on Sunday February 26th at noon until Na Potoce, Za MLYNICI has finally come to an end Entertainment Committee ) • 4 •

LODGE NO. 88 HOUSTON, TEXAS Dear Brothers and Sisters: The eyes will see....the ears will hear....Our deepest heartfelt sympathy to the Kotrla family and friends in the passing of MRS' KOTRLA, a member of our lodge for over 40 years.. ..Hospitalized among our friends and members are MRS. C. H. CERNOSKY and SOPHIE COLE....we wish both a speedy recovery....The HAPPY COUNTRY BOYS really packed them in at our dance on the 4th.... M. CARROLL and F. HOSEK testing a new nature safety belt, which may be on the market soon ....The dramatic club actors going into their last week of rehearsal on the Czech Play "Na Potoce Za Mlynici" to be given on the 26th of February ....M. KAREL additional title as assistant HLAHOL DIRECTOR, and doing a real good job....Thanks to TIM KOSTOM, vice-president for his unique advertising program for the coming Czech play....

JAMES KADLECEK telling the members how a not wanted job will be made into a successful one.... LARRY PFLUGHAUPT, the new Vive President of the Youth Club introducing two new members, RAYMOND and JOHN LEROY BRUMEK in our last meeting....WILLIE •SE,FCIK thought of putting new belts on our refrigerating units....JARDA CERNY new appointment as district insurance organizer.... Our nice friend, CLAR• FRANK doing a wonderful job of helping the entertainment committee .... MOLLY HALUSKA enjoying the snacks and refreshments at

Wednesday, February 22, 1961 the last meeting .... the talk again about the wonderful turnout of members for bur February meeting....over 100 were in attendance. Our new president LOUIS HANUS of all things, coining up with laryngitis for the monthly meeting....nice to see our Barbecue specialist E. DRAWE at the meeting.... bowling pro, GLADYS HAVERMANN getting the record straight about not receiving our lodge monthly letter....The big bowling banquet of Hilsher's was a great success .... Our thanks to the new friends we acquired during the last dance....their names are MR. and MRS. L. M. FORBES, W. F. PLAGENS, 0. R. BICE and A. GOEBEL What penalty has' been given to the entertainment coinmittees for not wearing their new look What was the committee badges 9 unfinished surprise business that our guide didn't come up with at our last meetin? .... What was the pro and con discussion on MIRROR LAKE....The VALA FAMILY donating the refreshments at our last meeting....JULIA ZAJICEK a fine member for many years attending the monthly meeting.... Mrs. SOSTAK'S birthday being forgotten at the last meeting....Our new transfedred member MRS. BRUMEK all set to go to work for us....Don't forget the Big Czech play on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, .... also that noon a GULASH and SAUSAGE Dinner will be served .... bring your Czech speaking friends to the play so they can relax and see a wonderful play. LET'S ALL COME TO THE CZECH PLAY ON THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY AND SHOW THE PLAYERS WE DO LIKE CZECH PLAYS! Roving Reporter (• 4

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The mountain boy was too timid to come right out and ask his girl to marry him so he thought up this "clever" way of popping the question. One night he whispered: "Julia, how would you like to be buried with my people?"

• When Granps married the young chorus girl he was asked why he hadn't sought a mate his own age.

"Well, I had heap rather smell perfume than liniment!" was his reply.

• • When Joe died, Elmer his close friend called on Joe's widow and said: "Joe and I were mighty close, could I have something of his to remember him by?"

Tearfully the widow raised her eyes and sobbed: "Would I do?"

• • "Long hair makes a guy look intelligent."

"I saw a wife pick one off her husband's coat and he looked foolish."

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Women's Nook COTTONWOOD LODGE NO. 6 West, Texas At ourlast month's meeting, a motion was made and passed for the use of our Hall for the District III Organizer's Banquet to be held on February 26th, which is the fourth Sunday of the Month.

We will be looking for you on Feb. 5th at the Lodge Meeting.

Fraternally yours, Ruth Krizan

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LODC,E 146 GALVESTON, TEXAS Dear Editor: Publish at your earliest convenience the following: Lodge 146 of the SPJST Galveston, holds its monthly meeting at the residence of Mrs. Edith Herbacheck, 3406 Avenue Q 1/2 on the second Thursday of the following months at 7:30 p.m.

March, May, July, September and November. All our members are cordially invited.

Fraternally.

Mrs. Edith Herbacheck )e (a_ NOTICE OF A CZECH PLAY AT HOUSTON, TEXAS A Czech play will be staged Sunday, February 26th at Lodge Pokrok 88, 1140 Robbie, in Houston at 3:30 in the aft ernoon under the direction of our new Dramatic Club Director Johnnie Sula with the assistance of Miloslav Karel.

"NA POTOCE ZA MLYNICI" (At the Brook, Beyond the Mill) is a 3-act comedy — well cast, and one which you will enjoy seeing. Our club president Tim Kostom and secretary Jarda Cerny, as well as the rest of the Dramatic Club members have devoted a great deal of their time towards staging this play and ask that you kindly give it your support and also invite others to come.

Czech plays are hard to find and ac'bors are also getting very scarce, so while we are trying our best to uphold these Czech Plays for your pleasure, your support and interest is of great help.

A delicious dinner will be served at noon, and a supper after the play for your convenience. Ladies of the lodge are asked] to bring some pastry.

Don't forget! Sunday, Feb. 26th, Lodge 88, 1140 Robbie in Houston. Play begins promptly at 3:30 p.m. We'll be expecting you.

Fraternally, Birdie Hilsher reporting for the Dramatic Club .

I !trans 11 LODGE NO. 20 SKIDMORE, TEXAS Dear Members This letter 1s to inform you that the next meeting of the SPJST Lodge Number 26 will be held on Sunday, March 5th at 10 a.m. at the Olmos ComkrAunity Club House.

In this coming meeting the following committees will be appointed: Program, Resolution, and Entertainment. Let us have a good turn out.

We will be seeing you all at this meeting on the 5th.

Sincerely yours, Mrs. Annie May Gilbert, Secretary, Lodge 26 )•4 •( HOUSTON, TEXAS BIRTHDAY CLUB SISTERS REPORT FOR LODGE NO. 88 The following is a report on our Birthday Club meeting of February 8, 1961. Our Hostesses for that day were Sisters Della Kadlecek, Josephine Burl, Aloise Kahanek and Janie Dvorak. They prepared a wonderful meal for us which was enjoyed, by all. The same sisters were also hostesses for our card party for February 1st. Which was a great suer cess. Donations of gifts by Sisters Lucy Sostak, Birdie Finisher, Estelle Kelly, Frances Walla, Marie Rucky and Lois Hanus donated the bread. Gifts donated for our Birthday Club were from Annie Vrla, M. Filipek, Frances Dvorak, Augustina Winkler, Marie Rucky and Daisy Drab.

Our Birthday Ladies were Sisters Blanche Becan, Annie Jordan, Mary Tubach, Marie Rucky, Frances Dvorak, Augustina Winkler, Luck Sostak and my own, Martha Walla. Happy Birthday to all you ladies, I wish to report that Get Well cards were sent to Mrs. C. H. Chernosky and Mrs. Blanche Becan who had been reported ill. Please hurry and get well ladies.

Our visitors to our meeting were Sisters Prazak, Klecka, Plunkett and Celetka. We had a special guest Mr. Marshall Walla who has been living most of the time overseas and the ladies welcomed him home by singing Happy Birthday to him to celebrate his birthday for February 7th. Brothers and Sisters don't forget we are giving a wonderful Czech play on February 26th . Do come. We know you will enjoy it. We are also reminding the ladies that pastry donations will be very welcome.

I would also like to report that the February kolache sale was a big success. Our March Mace baking hostess will be Sisters Frances Olexa, Birdie Hilsher, Frances Walla, Josephine Burl, Estelle Kelly, Frances Dvorak, Della

arena 22 Kacilecek, Agnes Svacina, Frances Chalupnik and Evelyn Mikolas. Come by or place your orders early by calling the lodge at UN 2-0256.

Fraternally, Martha Walla ) • 4 LODGE PRAHA NO. 29 TAYLOR, TEXAS Dear Sisters and Brothers, Here is my monthly report from Lodge Praha No. 29. Will try to make this one shorter, but don't bet on it. I am kind of like the violinist that was playing from memory but forgot how the song ended, so he just kept playing on and on.

Our good President Reuben Lesikar was unable to be with us, so our hardworking Vice President, Bro. Herbert Riethmayer took over and did a real good job. If we had about, fifty workers like Reuben and Herbert we sure could "Shake that Tree" But our lodge is like a lot of others, only a few loyal workers take enough interest to come to meetings. I am sure that if the others would start coming they would get interested and would start enjoying it. It is very interesting if you keep up with what is going on in your lodge and all over the state So come on out.

Bro. Riethmayer called the meeting to order and our secretary Brother A L. Boudny, read the minutes of the preceding meeting. Bro. Boudny is another one of our loyal workers. Then Bro. Edwin Kovar gave the report for the property committee. A very good report.

We had a little money! For this we owe thanks to our hard working property and entertainment committees. They are doing a real good job. Will write more about them sometime. Our treasurer. Bro. Frank Hejl gave his report on our ideal and mortuary funds. They are also in fine shape. Here again, I want to say, that Bro. Hejl and his good wife.

Cornelia, are two of, our best and most faithful workers. More about them later also. The reports were accepted as read.

We accepted two more new members.

Let's keep this up and gain more.

Well, it seems that we just can't find anyone with enough interest and time to take on the position of youth director.

We need a youth club very much. Read the Vestnik and you will see how much good these clubs are doing for their lodges. So isn't there some member that is willing to give it a try? Contact Bro. Ben Mikolaj for information as he has been appointed to try and find one by our next meeting. We sure do hope he can.

We are making plans for our annual MAY FETE, which will be held the first Sunday in May (May 7th). Now this is Very important! The May Queen will be

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So all you young ladies (or should I say Misses) that would like to be our Queen be sure to be there. This is a BIG doing and it is an honor to be chosen. So don't forget this. BE THERE! As you have read. or heard. the State Finals for the talent contest will be held at your hall here in Taylor on Sept.

24, this year. This will be another big affair. Watch the Vestnik for more details, The ladies of our lodge are planning to serve a noon and also an evening meal. The menu has not been set. but they will come up with something good as usual. Whether to have a dance that night has not been decided yet. All the information later after it is all lined up.

The Queen and Duchess contest starts March 1st and lasts until May 1st in the local lodges. So all you Misses that are interested in this please contact Bro. Ben Mikolaj for information, but do it at once as the time is short.

Brother Boudny was asked to bring up something entertaining for this meeting, so he gave a condensed report on the progress of our lodge from 1930 to now. It was quite long and very interesting, but I will give only a few of the items. In 1930 we had about 300 members. In 1941 we had 500. In 1946 we had the greatest gain, almost 300 new members. Today we have over 1250. Attendance at meetings was as follows; During 1941 it averaged about 60 a tregular meetings and 120 at the annual election meeting. The total membership at that time was about 500, Now, with our membership almost three times as big, the attendance is about half of what it was then??? Something to think about, isn't it! He had' a lew suggestions on how to get more members to come to meetings.

One was accepted and it is to give a door or attendance prize, at each , meeting. We will start this at our next meeting. The prize will be $2.50 in cash. So be sure to be present. You may be the lucky one.

He then further brought out that in 1934 our lodge had less than $5,000 in assets. But the members planned and built our present hall. Those that started and put through the idea deserve much credit for their effort. as it was the starter for great accomplishment.

Today our assets (property and cash) are almost $60.000. This shows what can be done when you get together and work together. Those of you that missed this meeting missed a lot. We all thank Bro. Boudny for this very interesting report.

Brother Boudny is another one of those loyal hard workers that I want to write about some time.

After the meeting we again enjoyed

Wedneaday, February 22, 1961 another one of those fine lunches that our good sisters provide, and played dominoes or just visited. This was still going on when I had to leave.

Well I told you. so! I get started and can't stop! There are more things, but will leave them for some other time.

Will say this though, the weather was just beautiful Sunday. Surprised there were not more at the meting. Guess they were out enjoying the outdoors, as it has been bad for a long time. Be sure to be at the next meeting. There will be some very important things brought up.

Things you should know about. So make your plans to be there for sure March 12th. Bye for now.

Fraternally yours, Rose Mikolaj Reporter )• 4 .( LODGE 47, SEATON, TEXAS Brothers and Sisters: Our last meeting due to bad weather was not held on February 5th as scheduled. but was held a week later on February 12th.

Brother Emil Schovajsa from Lodge 24 was a visitor at our meeting. We hope he enjoyed his visit as much as we enjoyed having him among us. Come again sometimes we enjoy having visitors.

During the month of January we lost 3 members. We held a moment of silence in respect to the memory of our deceased members. Namely Brother Joseph Kotrla, Brother Joseph Dana and Sister Alouise Hejl.

Brother Joseph Dana died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Jez of Temple. Survivors besides Mrs. Jez, include another daughter, Mrs. Ben Bartek of Belton; 5 sons, Theodore, Jerry and Joe F. Dana of Temple, Rudolph of Taylor and Louis of Fort Worth, 17 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Ry Widacki officiating. Burial was in the Cyclone Cemetery. We wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family and to our deceased Brother, rest in eternal peace: Sister Alouise Hejl died in a Temple hospital. She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Ben Chlapek of Temple; one son Louis W. Heji of Temple; 4 grandchildren and 4 greatgrandchildren; A son Lt. John H. Heji was killed in action in the Pacific Feb. 26, 1945. Funeral services were held at Temple Brethern Church. The Rev. John Baletka, pastor, and the Rev. F. J. Kostohryz of Seaton Brethren Church officiated. Burial was at Hillerest Cemetery. Our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family, and to our deceased sis-

'Wednesday, February 22, 1961 ter may she rest in peace.

Routine business matters received proper attention, and monthly reports was received from our. treasurer.

Donna Kay, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kohutek was admitted to our lodge. We are sincerely happy to have her as a member of our lodge.

On the sick list were six of our members, namely Sisters: Evelyn Wells, Gladys Chupik, Alouise Hurta and Rosalie Chlapek, and Brothers: John J. Hruska and Charlie Mikulas Sr. also Dr. Chernosky, who has been our lodge doctor for many years is a patient in the hospital, we wish all a speedy recovery.

The by-laws of, our lodge were read by the president, and were accepted as read.

Lunch will be served at the District Two Meeting which will be held at our Lodge on March 26th. The lodge will provide the sandwiches, and again the sisters are asked to bring pies, cakes and kolaches. If weather permits there will be an Easter egg hunt for the children, even if it should rain I am sure the Easter Bunny will not disappoint the youngsters and will leave plenty of Easter eggs for all the children present.

The new 50 star flag was such a contrast to the old Texas flag that we decided to get a new one, too.

Our next meeting will be held March 5th at 2 p.m.

Fraternally, Theresa Chlapek ) • 4 • ( SOKOL FORT WORTH Dear Members and Friends, Saturday, February 11, 1961, Sokol Fort Worth held their Mardi Gras Dance.

The Joe Milan orchestra provided mighty good music, although Mr. Joe and his bass horn were absent. We hope that Mr. Joe will be off the sick list soon.

A Grand March was played for all those in costume, so the three judges could make their selections. From the children's division, Susan Steinman won first place, and Billie Jo Mason won second place. In the adult division, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Watson took first place honors. They made a lovely "gaynineties" couple. Each winner received a lovely plaque.

'The month of February seems to be noted for many kinds of celebrations.

From Valentine parties to programs to honor the two great presidents of the United States, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Even in our household, we celebrate on the 22nd of February, since a member of the family has a birthday.

Also this has been Boy Scout Week, and several of our Sokol boys have re

V2STNIK— WEST, =AO ceived merit badges. The parents of these boys, Gary Green, Frankie Prochaska, and Tony and Roy Albokr4. J., are very proud of their achievements.

Another great celebration that has taken place, is the 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary of our Sokol members, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Houzvicka of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Houzvicka and the former Frances Rausl were married February 11, 1911, in Granger, Texas. Host for the celebration were their six children.

Frank Houzvicka of Richardson, Jerry Houzvicka of Garland, Johnny Houzvicka of Farmers Branch, Mrs. Rose Biciste of Chicago, Illinois, and Walter Houzvicka and Mrs. Gertrude Botik of Fort Worth. The couple has 11 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Sokol Fort Worth wishes them many more anniversaries, and still greater joys than life has already brought them.

In closing, just a reminder that the Sokol meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 26, 1961 at 3 p.m.

Fraternally, Mrs. Lydia (Tirk) Alholm • 4, • ( HOUSTON LODGE NO. 88 Dear Brothers-and Sisters: Last call and all aboard for Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 located at 1140 Robbie Street, Houston, Texas. A cordial invitation is extended to all of our friends and members to attend a wellplanned Sunday afternoon on February 26.

A delicious dinner will beservedbeginning at noon , your choice of goulash or a sausage dinner. Following the wonderful meal, at approximately 3:30 the Dramatic Club "Hlahol" will present a Czech play entitled "Na Potoce - Za Mlynice or at the Brook - By the Mill.

Supper will be served after the play along with coffee and pastry. Donations of pastry will be greatly appreciated.

Don't forget the date, February 26. See you at Lodge 88, Houston!

Fraternally yours, Annie Vala )

YOUTH CLUB REYFRSVILLE, TEXAS Dear Friends: The Beyersville Youth Club held it's monthly meeting Sunday February 12, The meeting had been postponed from the first Sunday because of bad weather. There is a standing rule of the Mother Lodge that if the weather is bad on the first Sunday the meeting is postponed to the next Sunday. The Youth Club , will also abide by this rule.

Our Youth director, Sister Leona Stal-

Strana 23 mach explained, the point system, and answered questions concerning it. She urged everyone to participate in the point system program and work hard to earn points, for working for points will not only give the individual a chance to earn some thing for himself, but will help the Youth Club progress.

The club decided to have a Hobo Party on Friday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m. with games to be the diversion for the evening. Members and friends of the Mother Lodge and all Youth are invited. Everyone is to bring refreshagents.

Our project far next month is to clean the area around the lodge hall of glass, and to fix up a base ball diamond and volley ball court . Two of the girls from the Youth Club were elected to represent the Mother Lodge as Queen and Duchess in the District Contest. They are Nancy Malish, queen, and Janette Batla, duchess.

Remember, all you Hobos, or all who want to be Hobos for a night, the Byersvine SPJST Hall will be your hang out for Friday night, February 24. Be there!

See you there Fraternally yours, Johnny Stalmach 4e LODGE NO. 35 ELK, TEXAS Dear Members and Friends, We had our regular meeting on February 13th.

The meeting was called to order and the minutes of our last meeting were read and approved. We decided to meet.

February 18th at 2 p.m , to make plans for the Distiict 3 meeting in April. Some of the members of the Youth Club of Lodge 66 of Waco showed us their scrap000k. It was a very nice scrapbook.

As you know we had our 60th Anniversary Celebration Sebruary 12th.

We had a beautiful cake furnished by Lodge 66 of Waco. We talked about that for a while and then the re qeeting was adj ourned.

Reporter, Elaine Pavelka )• 4 • ( REPORT FROM YOUTH CLUB OF LODGE NO, 92 FORT WORTH

Miss Sherrie Kubala, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kubala was recently elected "Valentine Sweetheart" of the Lodge 92 Youth Club. She is also Vice President of this club and a faithful worker for the Youth Club and our SPJST. Her picture will be in our next issue — Our best wishes for further success. ) • 4 • ( Images of Buddha outnumber humans in parts of Thailand.

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VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

"Friends" In The Texas News Dear Friends, If you have any local news, clippings from your local paper that you would like to have published in this column in your next week's Vestnik, please mail them early while they are NEWS. We appreciate interesting reports o other family tidings, in our brotherhood, births, weddings, anniversaries and mainly activities of your lodges or members that interest all of our readers.

Reports of "visitings" cannot be pub lashed for lack of space and news vatue Thank you very much for your under standing and cooperation.

• • Elizabeth Junek, a freshman student, has been selected "Miss Future Teacher" for the year by members of the Student National Education Assn., Temple Junior College.

• In addition to his skill in photography Hubert M. Dawson. president of Temple Junior College, now has shown his ability in another field — cheerleading.

Dawson and Calvin C. Chervenka, physics -teacher, were "visiting cheerleaders" at the TJC pep rally Friday morning. If their talents had been discovered earlier in the year, the four regular cheerleaders might have had some stiff competition in the elections.

Another special feature at the pep rally was the appearance of the faculty members in a combo band. The teachers marched around the gym single-file playing tamborines, rub-boards, castanets and nearly anything that made a loud sound. Chervenka acted as drum major for the band.

• E. 0. Goldman, 73, of Route 3 Temple was killed about 12:45 a.m. Sunday when he was struck by a car as he crossed Highway 53 in Seaton.

Goldman was Bell County's first traffic fatality of 1961. The Bell County native apparently was killed instantly when he was struck by a car driven by Bernard Louis Bartek, 17.

• Louis P. Koniakowsky, 76. a native of the Live Oak Hill community, near Ellinger, passed away in a rest home in Moulton Saturday.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.

Monday in the Jecmenek chapel in Ellinger, the Rev. Francis Kolar officiating.

Burial was in the La Grange City Cemetery.

RAY KAPCZYNSKI

Ray Kapczynsky has accepted the position of pharmacist at the Old Corner Drug Store in West, Texas, Mr. W. 0. Montgomery, owner ot the drug store, stated he was very pleased to have Mr. Kapczynski working with him as he had an outstanding record at the University of Texas.

Mr. Kapczynski received his degree in pharmacy at The University of Texas on January 28.

Charges were filed against Paul Targac for having in posession an unlawful weapon. Chief of Police Jim Goode and Deputy Bill Morley investigated and filed the charges against Targec of Hallettsville.

• • Mr. and Mrs. August Dornak of Hallettsville announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Rita, of Victoria, to Laddie Kurtz, also of Victoria, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Kurtz of Hhiner . An April wedding is planned.

• • San Antonio — Bell County youths were in the thick of the fight Saturday night at the San Antonio rodeo when they scrambled for a pen full of calves that meant cash to the boy that caught one. Wayne Williams of the Holland 4-H Club and Larry Bartek of the Academy 4-H Club each caught a calf and led him, to the judges by the halter to collect a cash prize that is to be used on purchase of a club project.

• • Miss Mary LaDell Decker of Belton be-

WedneSday, February 22, 1961 came the bride of Rudolph John Vasicek of Dallas in a candlelight ceremony performed at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Temple.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. W M. Decker of Belton and the late W. M. Decker, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vasicek of Temple.

• • William (Bill' Stary, age 49 year, 4 months and 21 days, died shortly after midnight Tuesday, February 14, 1961 as the result of a car accident which occurred at the Charlottenberg Farm to Market Road.

• • Cameron — Two Milam Countians were among the 127 University of Texas students receiving degrees at the close of the 1960-61 fall semester. They were Lionel Daniel Provazek of Cameron, who received a masters degree in electrical engineering; and Carroll William Boecker of Rt. 2, Buckholts, who received a masters degree in mechanical engineering.

• • Miss Hranitzky died at the Dr. Frank Wagner Manorial Hospital Thursday, February 9, 1961 at 6:42 a.m. at the age of 78 years, 4 months and 4 days. Her state of health required constant care over a period of several months and since July 6, 1960 she had been in a rest home in Moulton.

• • Mr. and Mrs. Leon James Marek will reside in West after their return from a wedding trip. The couple were married in a Saturday morning ceremony which Rev. James 'Quilter performed in St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption.

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Little Robert Franklin Maresh of Moulton passed away at the Citizens Memorial Hospital in Victoria, at 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 8th. The little fellow attained the age of 2 years, 8 months and 10 days.

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Mrs. Joe (Rosalie) Chlapek Sr., 90, of Route 3, Temple died in a local hospital Wednesday afternoon. She had been in ill health since 1950.

Mr. and Mrs. Chlapek were married in Austin County in 1895 and came to Bell County in 1903 . He preceded her in death March 8, 1957.

She was a member of the Ocker Brethren Church, the Christian Sisters and MIST Lodge 47 of Seaton. Surviving are 3 sons, Edwin J. Chlapek, Joe V. Chlapek and Jerry D. Chlapek, all of Seaton 1 sister, Mrs. Frances Leshikar of Smithville; 10 grandchildren; and 7 great-

Wednesday, February 22, 1961 grandchildren. A, daughter, Mrs . John H. Kovar died April 29, 1958.

• Jerry Rek of Rockdale has been named the Outstanding Farmer of 1960 in the Taylor Soil Conservation District. Rek was designated the top farmer of Zone Five of the district, two weeks ago, and competed with farmers from four other zones for the top farm honor of the year.

Rockdale SCS workers announced Rek as winner this week. He will be, awarded a bronze engraved plaque.

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Jo Ann Polasek, 8 lbs., 10 ozs . born Feb. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Emil J. Polasek, 510 Mayborn Drive, Temple. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pekar of Temple and Mr. and Mrs. John Polasek of Jarrell, • • Delmer Lee ,Nejtek, 7 lb. son born Feb. 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Elick Frank Nejtek, of Temple, Texas.

• • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Molina of Shiner are the proud parents of a baby boy, born at Huth Memorial Hospital in Yoakum. The little lad arrived Tuesday February 8 at 6:30 a.m. He tipped the scale at seven potinds and two ounces.

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of MoulMr. and Mrs Elo ton are the proud parents parents of a baby girl, born at the Dr. Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital, Wednesday, February 15. The little miss weighed 7 lbs., and 4 ozs.

• To all these proud parents our sincere and best wishes. )•

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V E S T N f K -- WEST, TEXAS

Czech Folklore in Texas Written by Miss Olga Pazdral

of West, Texas as her "Thesis" for her Master's Degree at the University of Texas Editor's Note: Through the courtesy of Miss Olga Pazdral, Assistant Principal of West High School, we are o.nost happy to bring before our English speaking SPJST membership, excerpts of her, "Czech Folklore i,n Texas," Miss Pazdral's thesis for her Master's Degree at the 'University of Texas.

• • (Continuation from Last Week)

Strana 25 a staple breakfast serving consists of molasses and bacon, the fat from fried bacon being poured over the molasses and eaten with bread.

Funerals in Czech families are not unlike the American When a person dies, however, many Czechs believe that a window should be opened so that the soul can escape. Catholics light a cantlie and keep it burning during the time that the coffin is in the house.

Czech weddings too have their customs. Preparations in the kitchen begin several days ahead for Vhere must be food not only for the table but for the guests to take home after the wedding.

The bride is not seen by her groom in her wedding dress until the two, just before going to the church for the ceremony, meet before their parents to receive their blessMg4 Showered with roany good wishes, the couple then goes to the church with the wedding party in cars gaily decorated in blue, pink and white crepe paper.

On the way to the bride's home after the ceremony the guests are sometimes stopped by friends who stretch a ribbon across •the road and declare that no one can pass without donating some money.

(This money is presumably for the bride and groom, but is usually used to pay the band that plays for the wedding dance).

At many weddings a person with a doll passes among the guests at the dinner table and asks for money to buy a cradle for the first child.

The bridemaids pin on each guest a sprig of rosemary (emblem of fidelity and constancy) tied with a little ribbon.

Feasting, dancing and domino playing are the usual forms or diversion at weddings. At midnight a few brides still have a ceremony for the removal of the viel and "Us mou milou" and "Svobodo, svobodo" are usually sung as the veil is being removed.

Food customs: Czechs are known to be very good cooks . Many Texas homes still find appetizing some of the old Czechoslovakian dishes. The goose is considered a great delicacy and is served often at Christmas, or upon important occasions, as it was in Europe.

A typical Czechoslovakian village gives this amusing account of the flocks of geese to be seen there. There is sure to be a pond in the field close to the farm and water in a ditch where the geese of the community congregate; never ,would one see so many. They seem to have the freedom of the country conferred on them and they take advantage of it if so minded. A couple of dozen will settle down in the middle of the road with utter disregard for traffic.

Another source of revenue for the peasants is the pig; if one doesn't meet a flock of geese, one is sure to meet up with a drove of porkers of all sizes and shapes.

Upon entering a restaurant there is no worry about choosing a meal for the pieces de resistances are sure to be goose or pork.

Many Texas Czech families keep geese for food and for the feathers used in making feather beds,, comforters and pilNew Year's day has no special Cbech lows which are found in nearly every custom. It is generally said that what Czech home and usually form• part of the ever is done on that day will be done dowery of each daughter. thorughout the year.

St. Valentine's Day, sugar cookies in Pork Feasts, (Veprove body) are still the form of hearts are often •made and enjoyed, especially with dumplings (Knedliky). Dumplings filled with decorated with frosting, icings and paprunes or plums are a great delicacy; per decorations . In Europe gingerbread potato duniplings are also• often made. hearts are often made.

Ducks, squabs, ivushrooms, barley, and The Easter season: (Smrtelna Nedele) cottage cheese are favorite food. Poppy the Sunday two weeks before Easter, seed is used in cakes and rolls. Carro- used to be observed in Czechoslovakia — way seed is used frequently in bread, and sometimes in Texas in the early days gravy, dumplings, sour kraut, potato -- with a quaint ceremony. The Goddess soup, pork roasts and various other of Death (a doll's head perched on a foods. Kolaches filled with poppy seed, pole decorated with long flowing colored cottage cheese, kraut, prunes or apricots ribbons) was made, and then the boys are well known and liked in Texas. and girls, each holding a ribbon, went Among many Texans of Czech descent from house to house singing some such

Strana 26 song as "Death in the woods" or in America "Ten Americkym pannam" "To these American Maidens." The people whose houses were thus serenaded gave the singers eggs, cakes, money and other little gifts. Finally the celebrattion was climaxed with the throwing of the pole into a river to represent the death of winter and the coming of spring Maundy Thursday brings the belief that any one who washes his feet in a stream of water on that day will not be sick until the next Maundy Thursday.

On Good Friday morning in Czechoslovakia people used to get up early to wash their faces in a running stream before sunrise to obtain God's blessing.

In Texas, girls arose before sunrise to wash their faces in cold water — left in a vessel out of doors over night so that the water would be blessed, to make them pretty.

One Czechoslovakian Easter custom, according to high school boys and girls, that still prevails is the washing of the girls' faces by the boys on Easter Sunday. The boys usually take a wet cloth and try to scrub the girls' faces or at least to splash water on her face in spite of her protest. The purpose seems to be to make the girls prettier. On Easter Monday the girls retaliate by washing the boys' faces.

On Easter Monday the boys used to make willow whips, painted beautifully and decorated with ribbons, for the purpose of switching the legs of their favorite girls. Elaborately decorated eggs (kraslice) or eggs made to resemble birds were given by the girls to the boys on this occasion. On the following day, the girls switched the boys. This custo)ri though well remembered, does not seem to be observed in Texas as much as the custom of washing the faces.

May Day in Czechoslovakia the boys used to set up beautiful Maypoles in honor of their sweethearts — the higher the pole, the greater one's love. The girl for whom the highest pole was erected was Queen of the May and reigned during much singing and dancing. St. John's Day in Czechoslovakia the young and old used to burn brooms on hilltops in commemoration of the burning of witches in olden days . Many Texans still remember having taken part in this strange method of observing St. John's Days.

Feather stripping parties, althought on the wane, used to be popular in Texas.

Usually while the people stripped the goose featheis for pillows and feather beds, they sang, ate, talked, or listened to the reading of the story.

Christmas. At least a few families in Texas still celebrate Christmas, wholly or in part, as it was celebrated in

VESTNIK— vrEsT, TEXAS Czechoslovakia. On December 6th St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) comes to the f rdly to fill huge socks. On December 8th (Maticka) Little Mother and the Devil come. Little Mother dresses in a white or gold dress, and goes into the house while the devil stays outside. Little Mother asks the children if they have been good. If they have, she •gives them candy and fruit; if not, the devil comes in and whips them with a switch.

He even gives them the switch.

Gift Songs known as Koledy used by groups of carolers going from house to 'house and getting small gifts of various kinds, are still sung in some places such as West.

Some Texas homes still make festive Czechoslovakian cookies at Christmas time to resemble hearts, dogs, horses, houses, people and even the •devil . Children are still told if they fast all day they will be rewarded with a glimpse of the golden ,pig (zlata pras(atko) on Christmas Eve. Probably no longer observed, however is the old custom of giving the crumbs form the Claristrpas Eve supper to the well, garden, trees and animals to make them produce well during the coming year. During the Christmas Eve supper money is put by each plate so that it will not be lacking during the year. Each child puts a piece of bread on the floor for the dog; the child whose piece is eaten first will be the first to marry.

Marriage within a year is predicted if a rooster answers when a girl knocks on the chicken house at midnight on Christmas Eve, or if a hen answers when a boy knocks.

As Miss Pazdral has stated, her folklore collection has only scratched the surface of the rich Czech, traditions and beliefs.

Superstitions, customs and beliefs — survival of dark, fearsome, miraculous days go from lip to lip in a way that promised them immortality. They are bits of marking afloat in a pragmatic world that cannot be blotted out In the early part of the nineteenth century when Czechoslovakia was under Hapsburg oppression, the city dwellers spoke German almost exclusively, but rural population kept the Czech language and also the national lore; and no no one could intimidate them. The spirit of loyalty to their mother country and their mother tongue will be broken only when the Iasi, Czech dies.

While our Texas Czechs an'i 100 per cent American, these citizens who while the absorb American culture still cling stubbornly to their own. Endowed with a great capacity for national love, the Czechs are fired with zeal for America and at the same time they retain a deep

Wednesday, February 22, 1961 pride in the heritage of their fathers.

This innate desire results in a manifestation in Texas today of a spirit of cultural independence among the Czechs and a promise of unusual longevity for their folklore.

Again Vestnik's readers thank Miss Pazdral for,the loan of her Czech Folklore in Texas. It made absorbing reading. ) ° 4♦( POST OFFICE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUSINESS The U. S. Post Office Department has the dubious distinction, ao:nong others, of being the object of more complaints from more people than any other in the Government. This remains true despite the concentrated efforts in recent years to improve mail service.

The Post Office Department is a complex structure, often described as the world's largest business .It operates 35,000 post offices across the country, employs more than 500,000 persons, uses 85,000 trucks, delivers 62,000,000,000 pieces of mail a year, and spends nearly $4,000,000,000 a year doing it.

It operates helicopter as well as 100 horseback routes and one dog-sled route on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. And it is finding its job ever-increasing. In the last fifteen years, United States mail volume has increased by nearly 19,000,000,000 pieces. This is more than the present yearly mail volume of France, Geri nany and Canada combined.

Annual cash transactions of post offices, including sales of stamps, money orders, postal savings and other charges for domestic services, amount to about $20,000,000,000 a year. No automobile, steel, chain store or other private industrial company even remotely approaches such figures.

Besides worrying about delivery of mail, the Postmaster General finds himself part literary* critic (he reviews allegedly obscene books), part banker, (he handles several billion dollars a year in postal savings and money orders) and part registrar, (the Post Office registers nearly 3,000,000 aliens every January). He, also sells migratory bird hunting stamps, issues flags for veterans' funerals and helps Federal agents track down hoodlums' by providing space for "wanted" posters in the post office.

It remains to be seen whether the new Postmaster General, J Edward Day, a Los Angeles lawyer and insurance company vice-president, will have any more success than his predecessor in reducing the huge postal deficit. In the current fiscal year it will amount to more than $800,000,000.

Ve sfedu, de 22. inore, 1953

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S nand malete mluviti aesky.

My nabizime Pohtebni pojieleni pro kaideho alena rodiny.

Marek POHEEBNt DOMOV V hodine zarmutku najdete u nas nejlepSi pohkebni obsiuhu a ceny levne.

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YOU JUST CAN'T MISS THIS ONE! Eric Honza's Orchestra Playing More of Your Favorite Polkas, Waltzes, Popular Music SATURDAY, FEBRURY 25 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

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"Napotoce za - inISTnici" Poe'atek pkesne o 3:30 hodin odpoledne OSOBY: Pan otec BerouSek, mlynak v Rortokach br. Miloslav Karel Beta, jeho deera ses. Wilheima gimeeek Filomena Vrzalova, chalupnice ses. Mary Johnson Jaroslav Rozmara br. Johnnie L. gula Silvestr Vydra, porybnY Llonza Schroif Stazieka, jeho dcera sl. Katherine Blaha Bartoiomej evaneara, obuvnik z Prahy br. Jarda eernS, Edward gula Ladieek Chroust, jeho pkibuzny Pepik, pra gek v BerouSkove mlYne br. Tim Kostomlatsk* Napoveda: ses. Frances Olexa Retie: br. Johnnie L. gula a br. Miloslav Karel ChutnSr obed obdriite v kuchyni VSichni jste fictive zvani

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Strana 28 George Washington journeyed from Washington to Mount Vernon 15 times during his term of Pr esidency. ) • 4, 41, ( Chile is the world's second ranking copper producer. The United States is first.

About 50 plants Used by American Indian medicen men are now also used for tykodern drugs.

01, ) The Henry Ford Museum of .Dearborn, Michigan has an exact replica of the Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

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I takes 35,000 trips and 2,000,000 flowers to produce a pound of honey.—Maybe that is why we say "busy as a bee." ) • el'. • ( The venom of bees is as powerful as that of the snake, but fortunately, there is less of it.

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This is "The Big Spring" near Hunt in Kerr County, Texas —headwaters 4 the North Pork of the Gwadalute Aker one of 1100 springs that feed Pearl Brewing Company's artesian well

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guage ability was authorized by Congress last fall. It has now been developed in detail by the State Department and is NEW CZECH FRIENDS. Send for in- explained in the current issue of the formation.

"Foreign Service News Letter."

THE CZECH CORRESPOUDENCE KL'UB "The constant needs of the service P.O. Box 323 during his career," the news letter said, Omaha 1, Nebraska (dze) "have for some time indicated that every 4, • (_ officer should, to the extent possible, FOR SALE: have a mastery of two languages."

To settle an estate, 123 acres of black land for sale, located 4 miles from TayUp to now the inajor emphasis in the lor, Texas. For information write to department's training program has been Mrs. Louis Valenta — 1302 Thompson, on learning French, Spanish or German.

Telephone EL 2-2534, Taylor, Texas The new effort is to promote learning (2tc) • FOR SALE: 68 acre black land farm, located 5 miles from Taylor, Texas, write or see: Louis Valenta, 1302 Thompson, Taylor, Texas (2tc) • 4, • ( HARD CASH FOR HARD' LANGUAGES Washington — In an effort to inspire more U. S. diplomats to learn the strange tongues of distant lands, the State Department is about to offer hard cash for hard languages.

For example, a foreign service officer Who qualifies in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, can add $1,050 a year to his income while he is on assignment there , If he keeps his Amharic polished while serving in some other country he will get half that sum.

The program for encouraging professional diplomats to acquire unusual Ian-

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The plan for 'financial incentive probabily will be formally announced. the news letter indicated, when funds have been allocated .

• 4 • The Statue of Freedom, on top of our National Capitol dome, was sculptured

by Thomas Crawford, an American, cost $8,000 and was swung into place in 1863.

• Michigan led all the states in production of copper for 40 years.

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