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ROCNIK (VOLUME) 51 eislo (No.) 14

3. DURNA (APRIL) 1963

Redakeni tivaha: PRACE, Z OD Prace je zachrana a spasa nak.

KaZdY rad ete zpravy scielujici oZiveni einnosti v radech, at' jsou to pripady k zahajeni divadelni hrt, zkouSky peveckkch sbort, Wally k zaloleni maid knihovny, \Teen& debaty o nejdalelitejdi otazce, o teinne agitaci k ziskani dieNektere rady v tomto ohledu jsou na priklad, 'nazoenk priklad vkm rddrun, kde elenstvo nemtZe se jaksi zmoci ke kondni osvetove peace. Jsou rtz' ne vymlouvy na pomery, jinx testi, zamestnani a nezbytek easu, a schazejici zajem o vkchovne prace. Je tech moZnosti a prostredkii dost. Jen se musi prekonat zakorenenou neteenost a pohodlnost. Jako v kaidem podniku, je ti-eba smlouvy na j istS7 program a jasnk plan akci, pridelit itkoly a pustit se do peace! Vtdcove take schazi a je to myslim neprekonatelnejgi vetev, aclkoliv jinkch schopnosti vZdyckk se j aksi najdou. Schopnosti existuji, je treba jich jen probudit a t spechem upotrebit. Pan Mir dal kaZdemu clloveku nejakou z ylagtni schopnost a talent, a rianosti se sklada na g zajimavkbddici svet.

• • Zodpovednost je velikk budie schopnosti, a kde je zodpovednost, tam roste slid. Edo nikdy penes' pravou a daleZitou zodpovecinost, nemohli rozvinout vgecku svou silu a schopnost, kterd v nem 1ei, spici a neprocitlou. Chcerneli .z nektereho eloveka dobYti vSe co v nem vezi, je treba uditi jen jednoho

prostreciku: VioZme na neho radnou zodpoverinost. Vezi-li v nem opravdu neco gikovneho, objevi se to prave tehdy kdyd nastane svou iunkci a zaene produkovat s celou svoji moZnost.

Jak s takovYm elovekem podniknout?

VYbory jsou veinklem radt, kterk ho ucirZuje v behu a chodu. Podniky radii

POLI A LESY Poll a lesy, lukami ujiill'im divoce vlakem, zeleni zare bljski mi, liana se jen otoeim zrakem.

Ach, znam tu mnohou krajinu, kolem nii letim a jedu; sotva tarn okem spainu, mizi v§ak, ztraci se bledu Novjr zas piljde kraj a luh, pole a stromit cad stinnjr, postavy jine, jinY vzduch, jinY a jinjr a jinjr.

Je to jak cesta ' iyotern, znamjm i neznamj,m svetem; ani se nezda, noel; diem jak to jde iienm letero. ' Iovels by si tak 1161(dy pid Stanouti okauidik krittlEy; nadarmo k piedu — idJ, jen dal!

A kol vde ubi.ha zpatky.

KligterskV

OST, A L jejich rispech, nebo neaspech zdvisi a zaleli do vet gl miry na tom jak opravdove chapou a provadeji sve fikply dienoVe vyboeu. Proto vaZme si a pouiijme tech nazort toho 1-1,oveho zaeleneneho pracovnika ykboru abychom mohl take prizpet k docileni Ukoltit, iladove podniky jako divacila, prograiny, spoleclenske zabavy, jsou vysvecleenim skuteeneho vnitimiho Zivota.

Peale vYstedkil techto poclnika, entiZete bezpeene soudit o jakosti a vrtbec stdvu ,ItaZdeho raft, totid i spolku. Uspofaciani podniku nude mit velky vliv no celkovk divot v radu a na verejnost vribec, Spolkovk divot jest dillelitYm di•nitelern v na gem celkovem Zivote. e . itikava se, de divot je boj. Ale dues je nutno boje se nelekati. Jen ten vyhraye kdo se boje a peace neboji. Riker se Ze Stesti maji jen hide s lokty, a Ze a poctivosti se nikam nedojde. Takove "moralka" v gak se hltsati nesnaj.

Edo dice vyniknouti a stati se vyvolenVm. schopnosti, md k tonic dnes pinou modnost. Bylo-li kdy treba silnych charaktert, je to prove dnes.

Illave dnes, v dobe v geobecneho hos® podatskeho dostatku nerd se Xeba bRt, Zivota, Je treba miti naddji, poctivost, pevnou vdhi, viru v bucle-ucnost a nebS7ti soiacem. Nebat se peace, pak pre!tonarue v gechny krise. Nebojme se nicleho!

Nedejme se! Jen do predu!

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Ve stredu, dne 3. clitbna 1963 SCHUZE TEETIHO OKRSKU V anglicke easti uvidite snimky a popis schtize tretiho okrsku, ktera, se konala u tadu eislo 154 (v Sokolovni) ye Fort Worth, 24. brezna. Bylo neco pees 200 xlentt ptitomno, a musi se kid, Ze schtze byla docela uspeSna, a2 na to, Z'e nebylo Zadne konkretni rozhodnuti o veci spojene s podnikem zai'idit t. zv.

"Youth Camp", totil camp pro na.§i inladeZ. Vec se odloZila na pri'Sti podzimni schtizi. Mezitim se budou snaZit lzrednici tretiho okrsku obnovit a probudit za j em clruhYch okrsku a vzajemne nee() podniknout v tomto smeru. Bylo by to dobre, a stoji to za praci abychom jsme o torn meli zajem a urgovali a apelovali na dredniky o 'eistY pokrok.

Mlacle`Z si to zasiouZi. Jinak byla schtize velice dit,tojne yedena bratrem. Mazancem a jeho spoluiiredniky. Zvoleni novi firerinici na dobu jsou: Predseda -- Alvin Nesuda; prvni misto predseda — Ben Jarma; druhy misto predseda — Jerry Milan; tajemnice sestra. pi. Mary Jean Spence; pokladnice - sl. Jerry Ann Urban; nosid vlajky miady Christopher Spence, a vedouci mlade& pi.

Wilma Nesuda.

Podzimni schilze tretiho okrsku se bude konat u radu Oslo 6 v Cottonwood, datum a fine podrobnosti budou sdeleny behem roku.

Odznaky byly deny temto elentim na vYroei jeji padesatileteho elenstva u nail Jednoty: Andelina Ozymy (84), Jan Beean (154), a Marie Juran (92).

Do teto skupiny patti 30 elenu, aekoliv jen tri g se dostavili do schuze. Ostatim budou ocIznaky poslany, Kdo propasl tuto schdzi propasl pHle'Zitost radneho a fispe'Snelio jednani ye vecech ktere by kaZdelio inelo zajimat. Program mladeZe byl krasne provedeny a dojemny.

Udelejte si dnes poznamku nav'Stivit schilze tretihb, ba ka‘Zdelio okrsku na podzim. Je to povinnost ka2cleho elena. )O)

Struelfe Pi Filomena (John) Patakova, zemrela (hie 23. brezna v Ennis. Pohrbena byla 25. brezna a ulolena byla na katolickY hititov v Ennis. Obracly byly z katolickeho kostela sv. Jana Nepomuceneho v Ennis. Zeinfela ye veku 84 let, a bydlela v Ennis 84 rokfi. Pi. Patakova byla, zakladajici elenkyne Enniskeho KJZ'T. • V West zemisela pi. Frances Juroch, ye staii 83 let, a to dne 28. brezna v

ye stfedu, dne 3. dubna 1963 utulne ye Waco. Obfady byly z kostela Nanebevzeti Pany Marie ye West a po&bend byla na mistni katolickY Take ye West zemfela pi. Agnes 8ulak, ye stall 86 let. Zernfela 24. btezna v utulne ve Waco. Obtady byly z kostela Nanebevzeti Panny Marie ye West a ulolena byla na mistni katolickY hititov.

• • Pri Schulenburgu, 231eta Doris Kuneikova pfiela k zabiti v autovem neetesti. Jeji dva bratranci byli potlueeni a se nachazeji v nemocnici.

• • Dne 25. bfezna byla pochovana v Rosenbergu pi. Rosie Kvetoriova, jeZ zemfela ve stall 61 let. S ma•Zelem bydleli pH Orchard. Pochovana byla na tamnejei osadni hibitov.

• • Dne 12. bfezna zemfel v Texarkana, Louis Tyl. Byl teZce nemocen jia deli dobu a skonal nasledkem srdeeniho zachvatu. Pohthen byl v Texarkana.

• • ✓ Rosenberg mel pohfeb 75-letY Rudolf Pustka. Zemfel 23. btezna. Ulolen byl na osadni hititov v Rosenberg.

• • Po kratei nemoci v nemocnici ye Weimar zemfela pi. Louis Klevarova, ve stall 88 let. Pohfeb byl 13. t. m., a uloZena byla vedle sveho manZela v Danbury.

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Na Frenetate byl pochovan 82-letY C. F. Orsak. Zemfel v nemocnici v Caldwell.

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✓ Schulenburgu zemkela, 83-leta Marie Schroankova. Byla v nemocnici ye Weimar kde skonala pa srdeenim zachvatu 18. t. m. Pohitena byla 20. bfezna z tamnefeiho katolickeho kostela ulolena byla na htbitove sv. Jana.

• • ✓ Shiner zemfel nedavno Raymond Malina ve staff 66 let. Byl pohtben na mestkom hititove.

• • ✓ San Antonio dne 20. bfezna zeinfela pi. Julius Hollubova, rozena gtafova, ye stall 67 let. Pochovana byla na osadni hititov v Hallettsvillc, • • Ve Flatonii zemfel Rudolf Wrba.

Bylo mu 74 let. Zemfel 12. t. m. v utulne ve Flatonii. Byl ptivodne ze Schulenburgu.

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ZIVOT A ITIFINAM T. G. MASARYKA Nejvetei ukol oeekaval j ej v Americe a Masaryk uspotaday rusk& zalektosti odebral se tarn v kvetnu roku 1918. Tu bylo pottebi sloueiti Slovaky s Cechy v jeden tabor, aby se domahali na Dohode zfizeni eeskoslovenskeho statu.

Masaryk i v teto ptieine setkal se s tspechem, zvia gte kdyZ jeho piisobenim ' a Slovaci k dohode v Pittdospeli deg'. sburgu. Oveem "Pittsburska dohoda" byla jen usnesenim na spoleenem pro'gramu spoluprace pit zfizovani statu eeskoslovenskeho a nemela nikterak zakonodarne zavazovati budouci irstavni zkizeni statni. DruhYm -Cikolem MasarykovYm v Americe bylo• ziskati presidenta SpojenYch state. Wilsona pro snahy 6echoslovakii, aby uznani eeskoslovenskeho statu, ktere jift bylo provedeno Francii, Anglii a Italii, bylo korunovano tel uznanim Ameriky. S Wilsonem, s muZem pfisnYch mravnich politickYch zasad a vynikajicim eiro14-m vzdelanim, mohl mluviti v zajmu naroda jedine rant charakteru a vzclelani Masarykova. Wilson poznal v nem maze sobe rovneho a uznal take spravedlnost eeskoslovenske veci, take hned potom Spojene staty uznaly 6eskoslovensko za valeici svrchovanY stat a Wilson opravil v tomto mem sve mirove podminky, jeZ byl nabidl centralnun mocnostem. Koneene proti rakouskym intrikam, ktere yeemoZne pracovaly o zachovan cele monarchie, prohlasil Masaryk ve Washingtonske deklaraci ze dne 18 .fijna 1918 samostatnost deskoslovenskeho state.

Kdyt pak 28. fijna 1918 narod doma syrhl rakouskuo vladu a ueinil se samostatnYm, to v prvni schazi Narodniho shromaZdeni (14. listopadu) prohlasil dr. Kramat na jednomyslne pkani celeho narado Masaryka presidentem Ceskoslovenske republiky. Masaryk sice nevytvotil eeskoslovenskeho statu sam, mel mnoho pomocnikti a spolupracovnikti, tiebas i neznamYch — i lide doma pilsobili v jeho tendencich — ale bylo pottebi, aby vgecko to Usili se sbihalo v jednorn stiedu a tento stied aby byl pevnY. A Masarykiiv charakter byl nejlepgi zarukou teto pevnosti. Sy& ho Ukolu a jeho dulelitosti si byl pine vedom, jak ukazuje jeho velkolepY spis "Svetoya revoluce" (1925). Jeho v16 da smefuje k tYmZ idea urn, ktere jej vedly v Zivote iv revoluci, a to k praci, idemokracii, socialnimu yyrovnani, svetovemu miru a obrane statu. Jeho presidentska poselstvi jsou jimi protkana stejne jako jeho

Svou einnosti a Zivotem nalek Masaryk k velikym muZirm, ktefi presahujice svou velikosti hranice naroda, nabyvaji svetoveho vyznamu. K tomuto yyznamu nedostal se veak Masaryk jen et'astnou shodou okolnosti, nYbrZ svou vlastni osobnosti a jeji mravni velikosti.

Jeho velka' osobnost nen take jen nasledkem et'astneho temperamentu, nYbra vYsledker• trvaleho mravnho Tim vynika Masaryk i nad mnohe yelikany svetove, u nichi se dasto jejich mravni stranka krei ye stinu jejich ye likosti.

Svou podstatou jest Masaryk politikern a statnikem, nebot' k tomuto byl nejlepe vyzbrojen, maje k nemu statni bohate dary dueevni, houZevnatou energii a bystrY i jistY postieh zivotnich aktualit. Aveak Masaryk vyninad ostatni statniky, ae statnickY sin mu neni jen vYsledkem et'astne kombinace, nybr2 jest hluboce filosoficky zalolen a ptesne metodicky pflprayoy am. Jeho filosofie neni tedy obyeejnou teoretickou, ekolskou filosofii, ktera rozbird a keel jednotlive odborne otazky, nYbrZ jest Zivotni filosofii, jea tryska ze Zivotnich stave a jevi vZdy snah y uvesti zivot v souhlas s mravnim iidealy, nalezti napravu Zivota. •A tak jeji zvla gtni znamkou jest jeji praktienost. Masaryk prostudoval do podrobnosti moderni otazky a systemy filosoficke a vynike, v to prieine neobyeejnou seetlivosti. Nicmene je vzdalen vsi pedanterie a dovede sloZite filosoficke problemy zjednodueiti v nekolik hlavnich ideji, ktere maji to pfednost, ze mohou bYti zivotnimu smernicerni a maji aye dtisledky v Zivote politickem.

V feeeni problemd vyhYba se jednostranno,stem. Nejde mu o novotu myelenky, "hadanky (Zivota) jsou stare a odpovedi k nim jsou take stare", novYmi se sto.vaji v na gem osobnim proZiti. A jest pochopitelno, ze pri tomto hledisku nemilZe mu bYti stfedem filosofie metafysika, nYbirZ etika a to etika nova, etika humanitni. Av gak ani etika humanitni neni absolutne nova, jest to stare, laska k bliZnimu, ovgem moderne formulovana. Laska jest praci a pracovati znamena bYti modernim elovekem. Posilou v mravnosti jest Masarykovi na,bolenske pisesvedeeni.

Vefi v osobniho boha a nesmrtelnost due jednotlivcovy, ale tyto dye ridbolenske opory nejsou mu prazdnYmi idogmaty ,nebot' nejdulditejuirn zjevem v nabolenstvi jest mu nabolenskY zazitek yeenosti, veenosti, kterou

vEsi.

4 v Zivote citime a kolem niZ se soustredi eel)) nas zivot. Tu eerpal Masaryk silt' pro pineni mravnich povinnosti, pro tvoreni mravni osobnosti, ktera valy Sla za pravdou, Oistotou a strizlivosti. Ze zaZitku yeenosti eerpal Masaryk presvedeeni o velke hodnote mravniho Zivota, vedel, Ze kaZdy mravni din ma veenou hodnotu, Ze pracuje tak nadile BoZim a stava se spolupracovnikem BoZim (synergismus). A na, tom zaklacle buduj e eels' svflj Zivot, zaloleny na pravde a mravnim nsili a nevyjima z nen() ani poi tiky. Odtud to naprosta citivera v pravdu a jeji viterstvi. "Pravda vitezi."

Dfisledkem humanitni etiky v politice jest demokracie, .ktera prave poeita s touto vnitrni mravni silou eloveka,. nebot' jedine mezi takovYmi lidmi je mand dohoda ("demokracie tot' diskuse"), mir a to nejen mir uvnitk roda, nybrZ i v celem svete. Demokracie jest svetovYm idealem stejne jako ideal humanitni.

Narodove a lidstvo potrebuji ujasnenYch a pevnYch vudcu, kteri dove-, don s vnitrni jistotou ukazovati jim testy. A nakmu naro'du byl v Masarykovi clan takovY vficice v dobe, kdy ho nejvice potreboval.

KONEC )O)

0(1(111 dopisovateli) Svaz eechoslova•ii, e. 92, Ft. Worth Bratri a sestry: Oznamuji Ze naS'e Padova, schtize bude odbyvana, dne 7. dubna, prvni nedeli v mesici, poeinaje presne v 1 hodinu odpoledne. Nezapomente a bled'te se co v nejvetSim poetu dostavit.

Preloleni schtize na prvni nedeli v mesici jest jen pro tento inesic a site proto de teZ bylo usneSeno, de tato nedeli, kratce po sclafizi budeme mit pro dal, Easter Hunt, kterY poradame obyeejne kahly rok. 0 vSe bude postarano aby se vSe setkalo s fispechem, radosti pro deft Proto prijd'te kdo jen mffZete a prived'te deti sebou.

Timto poradem bude vSem umoZneno na druhou nedeli mesice 14. dubna na kterou tento rok pripada Easter (Velikonoce), stravit Boma v kruhu slrYch rodin a neb nekam jest na navStevou atd. jak obyeejne nak deny jsou Zadany aby donesly dost kolaCu a ruzne jinn peei ya, salaty, po pHpade o neco vice na tuto schnzi a obetovat to na Easter hunt, pro flak deti. Na shledanou!

Prave dnes rano, dne 27. sem dostal zpravu de nas bratr Steve Lenkiewitz

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zemrel po delsi nemoci v nemocnici. St. Joseph. Byl v nemocnici asi 2 tYdne, ureite nevim co mu bylo. Byl star phbliZne asi 76 let, DalSi podrobnosti oznamirri pozdeji.

Sestra Vlasta Dolkog mne oznamila, Ze jeji snacha, mandelka syna Rudolfa DolkoSe, teZ nak sestra se nachazi.

LIZ pies dva tYdne v nemocnici Osteopathic, vaZne nemocna. Doufame a prejem aby se jeji sta y zlepAil a brzy se pozdravila, o dal gich nemocnych rune neni znamo, ale prejem vAem dobrdho zdravi.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Josef Beean )O) Od radu eislo 88 Houston piS'e J. V. Pokorny Velikonoeni doba za na gich mlatlych let Mili etenari: Jako 'Skolaci jsme mivali jednou za rok se opakujici velikou prilelitost k einnosti, jeZ byla v mnohem smeru zajimava a podnetna. Byla to doba jarni a velikonoeni. Nejen de pied Kvetnou nedeli se chodivalo spoleene na koeieky, aby byly pripraveny pro sveceni, ale- u2 se rezavaly i vrbo ye a brerove proutky na hodovaelcy a binovaeky. Koeieky pro sveceni byly svazany do jednoho svazeeku pro celou rodinu se jmenem a po Msi sv. nam je kostelnik nebo nekterY ministrant vratil. NejvetSi a nejkrasnejAi bYvaly koeieky z jivy, jichd vS"ak v nakm kraji mnoho nerostlo.

Pleteni binovaeek a hodovaeek na vy'Aupani deveat anebo chlapcfc o pomlazku bylo ud teZSI umeni. Dbali jsme, aby byly lehke pro nejmenSi deti a pro to se pletly ze 2 nebo 3 proutkii. 0 velikonocich IcaZde dite chodilo s hodovaekou a podle stari jsme men lehdi nebo teMi, a kaZda binovaeka ovSem musila bYt opentlena. Hodovaelcy 0 2 ci 3 prutech byly ploche, ze 4 az 9. prutil byly pak etverhranne nebo kulate. Ovkm pletly se ad i z 12 prutti.

Malym _cvieenim se naucite vyhledat hladke a ohebne proutky a spletat je ureitem 'poradi, aby mely hladke povrchni yzezreni podobne rokovYm toeitVm sloupktm a jinYm pletenym vyrobkilm. Do koncil jsme pak vpletavaly pestrobarevne nebo jednobarevne pentle ZivYch barev, takle barevnY' vzhled byl velice zivy a fihlednY, at binovaeka byla v -klidu di nekdo s ni gupal.

PruZnost prouti se udrZovala kropenim nebo i namdeenim, hotovYch hodova, eek ve vocle, takle proutky zustaly zive a nepraskaly ,tak snadno jako kdyd rvchle vyschnou, cod znate jiste z vlastni zkuAenosti.

Ve stredu, dne 3. dubna 1963 KdyZ velikonooni svatky byly v pohodlne tepid jarni dobe, kdy stromy a kere nalevaly mizu, pustili jsme se s chuti i do vYroby piSt'alek. Chyba byvala, de malokdo z , chlapcu mival dobry ni12 — rikavali jsme spiSe kudlu — aby se proutek silnejSich rozineru hladce urizl a aby se mohly nodem prorezat potrebne otvory a urezat zalky do konci MaiSt'alek. Dovedl jsem vyloudit z dobre vyrobene pidt'alky ad celou oktavu term. Bukaee byly rovneZ velnxi oblibeny a vyrabeli jsme je z oloupane kiiry silnejSich vrbovYch vetvi, je2 byly hla,dke na povrchu. Kura se stoella do dlouheho kornoutu a takto vznikla trumpeta s pattienYm du sitkem a otvorem nebo platkem nahubku vydavala zvuk podobnY fagotovemu, ovSem jen jeden ten, jako byste troubili na dlouhy volsky roh.

Velikonoeni doba byla ovSem i dobou barveni a malovani vajidek — kraslic. VSichni se na ne jeSte dobre pamatujete, snad mate nekolik kraslic, pro vas pamatnYch, uschovano ye s jinYmi pamatkami a umeleckYmi predmeti (artifakty). Dodnes jsou vizejrnena mo(let a milZete je koupit rayske a slovenske kraslice v eeskYch obchodech v N. Yorku, Chicagu a Clevelande. Jiste i lecktera, eeska spolkova, skrinka ma nekoli kraslic uschovano po rUznu v teto zemi; jako flak ta.dova 'Oslo 88 v Boustone.

Obarvit vajieko na zeleno, eerveno ci jinak neni teZke a cela prace je v nekolika minutach provedena. Maminka nam je takto barvila v odvaru ze slupek cibule na 2luto a v odvaru kavoveho "logru" na hnedo. Aby byla skorapka zbarvena na pestor jako mnohabarevny mramor, ovazali jsme vejce do hadrien, ktere rychle ye vode pougtely. Ponorily jsme takto ovazand valieka do horke vody na nekolik minut a vajeei pestrobarevne mramorovand skorapka budila po oschnuti obdiv mezi nami, kteri jsme se teto prace Bylo nas nejmene 5 ad 6 nedospelYch v naSi rodine, kteri jsme radi malovavali kraslice. LeckterY spolulak di spo-; luzaeka se sousedstvi se east() spoluneastnill na na'Si praci. Pro malovani jsme vetS'inou poudivali pouhou skorapku — bilek se Zioutkern se vyfoukly a upotrebily v kuchyni v dobe velikonoeni velmi snadno, nebot' nas bYvalo obvykle 12 ke stolu, east° i vice. Stradani skorapek anebo vajidek Pro barveni a malovani leckdy, zejmena kdyd jeSte slepice mnoho nenesly, bVvalo velikou starosti a zaeinavali jsme je shanet nekolik tYdnU pied pomlazkou.

Ve stredu, dne 3. dubna 1963 Ve volnem ease ovaem ut jsme se zaHnali pokouSet o prvni malitake vytvory. Na,ai pozornost vzbudily take kraslice z husich vajec, ktere jsou nanonem vetsi slepieich. Ty se vaak neujaly a nedoznaly vaeobecne obliby v tak velike mire jako kraslice ze slepieich vajec. Dnes snad ant ut nikde nejsou videt.

Na dobu, kdy jsem sam meal malovat kraslice se presne nepamatuji, Chodil jsem tehdy do 4. tidy obecne akoly.

Za &andel filohu z kresleni jsem prines1 tehdy na etvrtce kresliciho papiru tutkou v jednoduclaYch earach kreslene velikonoeni zajieky s koaieky pinYch vajec na zadech a vajieta kolem nick v trave na zemi. VYkres se tehdy naram/ad libil katdernu z mych spolutakin pant ueitelovi t dolma sourozencima a rodietim; byl take vystaven jako vzornY ye akohai hale. Pan ueitel mi vYkres podepsal mym jmenem svou vypsanou rukou, nebot' tehdy jsem jeate nedovedl psati tak Uhledne a eiste.

Prvni vzory a motivy na malovani kraslic jsein pochytil od starSich sourozencu a od jakesi starenky z Moravy, ktera ye velikonocni dobe jezdivala do naaeho mesteeka prodavat morayske kraslice a hodovaeky vedle vyaivek morayskych vzoru, krojil, adtkia a pod.

Bylo to zboti, .ktere se tehdy po domacku vyrabilvalo na mora yskem Slovacku. Maminka od ni katdY rok neco kupovala ovaem i kraslice, at do prvni svetove valky, kdyt starenka prestala dojitdet se svYm zbotirn. Lidove vYrobky z onoho koutu Moravy jsou okouziujici a kdyt tarn prijdete, uchvati vas to, te na katdem kroku vidite ony dove vYtvory, kroje, predmety denniho tivota, stavby, ozdobne vchody do donna zvane tudro. Je to velike dedictvi z byzantinskeho slohu, kterY prinesli na Moravu svatY Cyril a Metodej pied 1100 lety.

0 motivy a vzory pro kraslice v hlavach nas skolaku nebylo ovaem nouze.

BYvalo nas nekdy i tucet pohromade v nakm detskena pokoji a vlastne jsme se predhanivali v barevnosti, pestrosti a lahodnosti komposice kresby i barev, zatim co Starai sourozenci nam radivali, Meli jsme i ,knihy pojednavajici o vzorech kraslic u jinYch narodtil slovanskYch a ovSem tet o eeskYch, morayskYch, slovenskYch, Tudit bylo povinnosti p okraeovati jaksi v poutivani motivil a vzoru eeskYch, najme poclripskych, paovskYch a stredoeesksich vilbec. 'Ceske kresby a malby kra she k oir avetlejaich, leheich barev jediacaluaaich vzoru, ale sjednocene j yske a slovenske,-icb,netjsonmra

VESTN fIC — WEST, TEXAS jet jsou slotitejai ye vAech smerech a poutivaji sytYch barev. Ceske kraslice maji vie geometrickYch vzoru a jsou prostai v utivani stylizovanYch kvdttl, hvezd, volut a zavitnic a pod.

Barevne pojednani a sladeni a Uhlednost vzoru, desin a kompozice bylo hlavni veci, aby kraslice delala dobry umeleckY dojem. Na kraslice namalovane eerne tusi se vyakraboval vzor, obvykle reeky vlys nebo jinY desin ci stijovane hlavidky, kterY piasobil priznive na oko. Casto prisobi lepairn dohnem na vase oko jednoduchY desin net preplacanY, strakatY, apa.tne slotenY vzorek. Vzor ci desin vytaduje ureite uspOradani, aby se dobre vyjimal a lahodil oku. Mam za to, te rnalovani kra-' slit je dobrou akolou trpelivosti a ninelecke krasochuti, cot nennate nikomu bYti na akodu, pakli se tomuto umeni nauei.

Zatim co jsme se jako deti takto cvioily v malitske tvorbe, obchod se za,tal zajimat o tuto lidovou tvorbu a dnes takita se nedelaji kraslice malovane rand. Vzory jsou predem natiateny a pouze se prilepuji na skorapky od vyfouklYch vajec. Ponejvice se kopiruji timto zptilsobern vzory kraslic ulotenYch v muzeich, ale i znami umelci (aprkove, Frolik a j.) provedli mnoho navrhtit kraslic. Od ureite doby se maluji na vejce tot divdi oblideje, hlavidka se pokryje vlasky a adteekem, cot dela skiiteene peknY dojem. nekolik kraslic na stutky hodovaeky, bude mit Yak deveatko pamatku, na nit sotva kdy zapomene. A je tak milo, vtdy znovu se zadivat na kraslice, ktere chovate doma. Vaal eeati a amerieti ptatele treba dosud nic podobneho nevideli, tot ukatte jim ten deck ya§i domoviny, treba I malou sbireekou kraslic a binovaeek.

Mam to Rest, te mi synovec skoro katclY rok posilava. krabici kraslic a jednu ei dve hodovaeky s pentlemi. Tak si mohu stale dophiovat a seznamovat se s dneanim lidovym umenim ye stare vlasti. Je v tom kus nejen eeskeho umeni, ale i hrdosti a radosti. Vzpominam si, to v Clevelande (Ohio) byl Polak -- snad dosud kterY pro sve pratele po yeeerech po praci ruone katdy rok vymaloval nekolik set kraslic polskYmi vzory. Byl o tom v Plain Dealeru roku 1952 elanek i s nekolika obrazky kraslic. Onen Polak byl mut oddanY pinYm 'srdcem svemu pnvodu.

Proe bychom nebyli ter my a proe bychom neokrali domaci lidovou tvorbou tohoto druhu?

S bratrskYm pozdravem 3. V. Pokorny

5 27. brezna 1963 Mill etendri Vestniktr: Tak zase se ozYvain z toho naaeho Taft abyste vedeli te jsme to nezmrzli, nu ale byla to opravdu zima neb several< chodil jeden za drulaYna, asi zaponaneli zavrit vrata v Kanaxle.

Choi trochu popsat naai cestu do Houstonu. Teaili jsme se ra to divadlo v Houstone ale v poslednim Vest niku psali te se nebude hrat, ale mi Isine byli ut nachystani a jeate jsme pani Newberry aby s nama jela. Tar, co ted'.? Muj mud ale rekl te jede. My jsine clateli na ystivit flak deti a pritom take to divadlo.

Tak dne 23. rano bylo po aeste hodine jsme jell pro pi. Newberry do Ingleside, odtamtud jsme jeli pros Tivoli a dale do Viktorie, El Campo, Rosenberg, jsme zebrali , cestu na Katy, eislo 90.

St'astne jsme prejeli to mesta a v Houstone jsme byli v jednou hodinu rano u pana Picka. Moje tena telefonoVala pani Marii Elzner a ona nas pozvala na °bed v nedeli, tak jsme tarn jell. Ja„ jsem byla hodne prekvapena neb tarn bylo lidu jako na svatbe, pti oslave.

Nejake narozeniny, neb tam byla velkd rodina Elznerova sjeta a take rodina Kubinova.

To vae nana udelala pani Marie Elzrier neb vaem d.ala vedet te tam pHjedern, tak se dela, rodina Elznerova sjela a me tim uclelala velkou radost.

Vain vaem moc dekujem.

Take posilam srdeenY pozdrav na pana a pani Burge v Saudi Arabi Nazdar!

George and Agnes Bren )0 ) Ilvezda Texasn, C". 47, Seaton Mile sestry i bratri: No, je muj eas zase psati. Jsem nerada, te jsem se opozdila se psanim, ale nebyla jsem doma skoro dvn mesice, tak jsem to stale odkladala. tie at se dostanu domu. Jsem prijela clomu rninulou sobotu,•tak se dnes pustim do psani, ale ani nebylo moe co psati 0 nasi radove praci, neb to alo stale jen kolem do kola. Ut to piece prevtalo prevrat a se zaela trhat male stara. rdclova budova a se bude stavit nova.

Nak radove schtze se nyni net se postavi nova radova budova se budou odbyvati ye §kolni budove v Seaton, jak obyeeine; prvni nedeli v' rnesici.

Take to orinadne na den 7. dubna, na ten samy Cas jak obyeejne. Mill bratri a sestry hled'te se dostaviti v eo Taej'Maim path.

Na posledni sejiti v naSi radove sini se rids seal( v hojnem poctu. Itralo

6 se 42 a taroky a vklijake jine hrY. ddriSr nemusel byt hladn9 neb jidla bylo dost a lacino se. prodavalo. Kaneko bylo opravdu dobre.

Door prize prvni cenu vyhral Jerry Wayne Haisler; druhu cenu vyhrala Mrs. Frances Rusriak, a tteti Miss Sandra 'Hejl. VSichni byli veseli a spokojeni: Zase jsme z nakho tadu ztratili jednu sestru, pani Marie Motlovu. sestro budiZ ta zeme ti lehka, a odpoeivej v pokoji, a vy portistala rodino prijmete naSi uptimnou soustrasi,.

Nevim jak ,pokraeuje sestra Marie ablovd, ale doufam a pteji by Vam mild statenko abyste uz byla imlne zdrava a zase se rnohla, spolusejiti .0 pani Kohutove jak jsme to valy delavaly. Tak s chuti do toho a hled'te se dostat yen z to postele, a ptijed'te zas mezi nas do na gi tadove schtize neb Vas tam moc mezi narni postraddm.

Te2 jsem slySela, ale nevim jeli to pravda, ze sestra Marie HruSkova, je te2 nemocna. Tak yam tee pteji brzke, uzdraveni.

Muj dopis se prodluZil, musim ptestat a nemam ani moc naladu na psani.

Tak mile sestry a bratti bud'te vSichni hodne zdravi to je ptani vase sestry a dopisovatelky Frances RuSnakove. )O( JARNi SCHUZE PATER() OKRSKU Bratti a sestry: Jarni schtize pateho okrsku bude potaddna 21. dubna, u radu Pokrek Houston, eiSlo 88, 1140 Robbie ulici, Houston 9, Texas. Schtze zapoene v 10:00 hodin rano a obedni ptestavka bude ye 12:30 odpoledne. Pak ve 2:00 hodin de schtize pokraeovati. Schtlze bude neb 'name volbu fitednikti pro rok, odevzdani padesati let 'densk9ch odznakti, program mladeZe, uvitani hostti a iitednikti HI. iitadovny a jinych okrskti, zprdvy okrskov9ch Utedniku a mnoho jin9ch nabidek, atd. Tak timto psanim naive jsou elenove SP JST zvani, ne jen pateho okrsku, ale vSech okrskii.

ZvlaSte jsou zvani nasledujici bratti a sestry, kteti byly elenove v Jednote padeset rokii neb vice. Pat,9' okrsek noVeZuj tuto udalost za velice v9znamnou iroto vas zveme byste se dostayin C o okrskove schrize. Ne,slednjici brats' sestry; ftarl 81 -- John Kolaja, Frani . tilueik, Frances Ptilueik, Anna Sima-a. Frances Sitta, Jos. VycirZal, Albina Draemer, Agnes. Neuman.

Iked 83 Elo Drawe, Olga Fojt, Emma Haider, Rosie Kueera, Lydia Z. Phillips, Vlasta Swanberg, Rudolph Vavra.

V2STNiK—NVEST, TE Add 91: Frances Haddon, Jos. J. JaSek, John Peter, Frances Vlha. d d 96: F. L. Marek, Boh. 8eb est a,, Stan. Sebesta, Emilie 8 ebesta. ' Add 111: Lillie E. Divok9, Chas. Holec, Rad 112: Anton Barak, Al Horak, Louis Janieek, Will Zeman. d d 113; Lidie Sitta, Emil Valenta, Marie Valenta, Rad 136: John 8imeeek.

Rad 142: Emilie Boehme, Anna Vaja, Pavlina Walla.

Rad 162 John Gerhart, Rosie Gerhart, Charles Krampota, Em. M. Macik, Emilie Macik a John Valusek.

To jsou naSi pion9ti kteli chranili tu jiskru aby nam zatila v budoucnosti.

Host tad 88 upozornil ze °bed bude ye 12:30 odpoledne a pH zasedani schtze odpoledne mlade2 obstara program.

Podrobnosti tykajici se obeclu, programu mladek, atd. bude v jinem miste Vestniku, Take jsou zvani urednici Hlavni tadovny, redaktor Morris, iitednici okrsku 1, 2, 33, 4, 6 a 7., a elenove SPJST. Datum — 21. dubna Misto — Add 88 1140 Robbie Vice, Houston 9, Texas.

Oas — 10:00 hodin rano.

S bratrsk9m pozdravem F. A. Kadleeek, tajemnik . pateho okrsku Dekujem, a na shledanou! —Red. )O) Pad Osveta, C. 38, Koval' Mild sestry a bratti: VaMna redakce! Cas ubiha a my s nim. Zda se ze tech par tadkil neni kdy napsat. No, to bylo jak dostali tu navAtevu to "flu", pak se vSecko zameSkalo, i ta zahradka. Ta flu mile pridala zapaleni. Tak ted' zaeina sucho, tepry ze se 'aril do toho psani nechce. Ty nemoce ale tadili asi vSude, a ptece natal to nedostali. Ten kdo to dostal nemel Zadn9 Spas. 'We j e zase pomalu v potadku, jen ze pottebujem aby nam dobte zapr geld. To take j ednoho de piijde, jen musime b9ti trpelivi, a zase bude dobte. Pules den je teplo a na not je chladno, rano skoro v rukou ozabe, ze by elovek Sel k zlitivaku si ruce ohtat. fiddova schnze byla konana, dne 10. btezna. Bylo pfitomnou asi jako Odycky. Meli jsme dva navStevniky, pan Kiesl a pan Novosad. Jak jsem slydela jsou oba ze Shiner. TeSilo nas jeji navSteva. Schtizi zahaji1 bratr ptedseda ve,clav Dakhla, naeeZ byla dana test vlajce.

Tajemnik pteeetl protokol a byl ptijat. Prijati do na geho tadu jako novi eleni jsou: James Rabl se synkem. Vi-

Ve stiedu, dne 3. ,dubna 1963 tame je mezi nas. To n't mame etyki note eleny letos, jako i bratti James I Brice Griffin. Jen kdyby east° chodili do schtize abychorn vedeli co se tam jedna. Zda se ae by bylo pane kdyby byli pkitomni aspori tehdy kdy vstupuji do tadu. MoZna, ze by melo byt ujednano aby jak dostanou certifikat by ptiSli a byli ptivitani do kaclu. Zajiste by nas to vice zajimalo chodit do schuZe. Jeden druheho by lepAi poznal. Jeli nov9ch Menu tak prosim sdelte mne jmena, ttebas jsem nektere vynechala, a bylo by hezke uvetejnit jejich jmena ye Vestniku.

Bratr Charlie Kalina podal navrh aby a ptiSti schtze byla spoleend veeete a pro deti hledani vajec velikonoenich.

Navrh byl pkijat, tak paniatujte na tu ptiSti schtizi. Mista kolem sine je dost.

Kteti budete mit navStevu vemte jich s sebou a pak pa schtizi si pane pobesedujem, Sestry aby donesly malovane vajleka aby meli :deli co hledat. Bude to pro ne pekna zabava. Maria, ze i ten zajic tam nekde bude. Loni pHnesla velice pekneho sestra: Amalie Ba•inova, moZna, ze letos zase pekneho donese. To bude mit nektera dceruSka na, co se teSit. Chci take oznamit ze sestra manZelka bratra Charlie Vyvjala byla v nice ye Smithville, ale ze pry se ji dobte dari. Doufam, ze ano. Na shledanou v S pozdravem Mary Stepan, clopis. , )0 ) Sokolski. yS,zya ke krajanske yefejnosti Americka Obec Sokolska, obraci se Verna° tadky k na gi vetejnosti, a vSem . vern9m ptateltim a ptiznivcilm s vrelou v9zvou ke vstupu do sokolsk9ch tad.

Po nadSen9ch a radostn9ch oslavach.

100Ieti Zivota Sokolstva — vypinene-, ho usilim a praci ye smyslut idei jeho zakladatelt Dr. Miroslava Tyre a Jindficha Fuegnera uvedomujeme si v9znam jeho hesla "Wend nespokojenost — veen9 ruch". Uvedomujeme si zejrnena nutnost pokraeovani v einnosti, kte-, rd. zarueuje Uspechy sokolske v9chovy v blizke i vzdelene budoucnosti. Divdme se ke vzdalen9m metam jak je to ye • slaYne tradici sokolskeho hnuti a proto nezapominame, ze jen ruchem Zijeme, ze jen stale_ vytrvala, neokaza nesobecka a °Ma y a. prate podle slov Tyrkvkch je rozhodujici pro dosaZeni Uspecha a ze jen takova einnost telo i ducha po yznagi a nos zachovava.

Proto take ani po v9sledcich, dosaZen9ch v uplynulein stoleti einorode prace nesmime se oddat odpoeinku, — proto se take nezastavime v einnosti.

Ve stfedu, dne 3. dubna 1963 Americka Obec Sokolska bude pracovat ye stejnem smeru snah sokolskych a se zvYSenYin usilim v pfiStich mesicich vSech dalSich let bez zastavky k dosaZeni tak nutnYch a potfebnYch aspecha ve sve telovychovne, kulturni, mravni i narodni einnosti vedene k prospechu naSeho lidu a prospechu celeho americkeho naroda.

Pokraeovani v pineni vSech sokolskych akohl vyZaduje vSak take novYch sil, vyZaduje rozmnoleni sokolskYch fad o nova pracovniky, o nova cvieence i spolupracovniky. Proto se srdci napinenynai ykelou touhou po dosazeni vSech vyteenYch, tfebas vzdalenych met, hodnYch sokolskeho snaZeni, zveme vkchny nak dobre lidi, nak vlastenecky citici krajany, jejich deti a pratele ke vstupu do sokolskych fad. aim vice nas bude, tim claraznejS1 bude ohlas vkch nakch snah ideovych, telovYchovnYch, mravnich i organisaeinch a pied vefejnyrn minenim zyksi dalektost sokolskych idei ve vYchove k telesne i duchovni zdatnosti naroda, zlepSi a urovna cesty k dalk pravidelne, potfebne a ukteene einnosti v je -jichduch .

Tuto svoji nalehavou yYzyu k nak yefejnosti ,ke vstupu do sokolskych fad doprovazi Americka Obec Sokolska 1Yrni diky v'Sem nakm lidem, ktefi roztrouAeni po rozlehlem azemi SpojenYch state po dlouha a dlouha leta projevili pine porozumeni pro chilektost poslani Sokolstva a svoji stalou a vernou podporou einnost sokolskou urnoZriovali.

Jim vkm tlumnoime -vfele diky a Zatlame, aby svou dlouholetou pfizeri tak skvele osvedeenou take pH osla.vach stoleti Sokolstva zachovali Sokolstvu k podpofe jeho push prace.

Sokolstvo vola, ke vkm, kdo dosud stall mimo jeho fady, ale s jeho mySlenkami a ideami souhlasi: "Vstupte do sokolskych fad — freastnete se pra.ce, kterou narod tak nutne pottebuje. alenove sokolske rodiny uvitaji Vas proste, ale vfele a upfinme a budou Vak bratrstvi oplacet bratrstvim, Vase pochopeni laskou a dtiverou. nevahejte ani chvili! Pfihlaste se ke spolupraci do fad Americka Obce Sokolske, abyste i Vy podle s yYch sil, bez ohledu na vek a misto pobytu, pomahall einnou pfitonmosti budovat bezpeenou budoucnost Sokolstva, vlasti a 1 naroda.

Pfatele, ,krajane Sokolstvo Vas zve! RozmnoZte jeho facly!

Nazdar!

Americka Obec Sokolska Karel M. Prchal, starosta Bla,2a J. Oihakova, jednatelka

V STNfK -- WEST, TEXAS itad Rozkvet Zapadu, eislo 107 Floresville, Texas Schtize tadu byla odbyvana 10. bfezna. Mezi navStevniky byli pfitomni sestra a bratr Jaroslav Kleprlik,. Sestra Kleprlikova, promluvila k mladek vysvetlila jak budu uoinkovati v bliLei se distriktni schazi. Sestra Maxina Pavliska, zdejSi vedouci mladeZe scleli podrobnosti ye Vestniku.

Novi eleni prijati k radu byli: Cecilie Smith, Leon Smith, Patricia Pola gek a Joan Pavliska. °pet od nas ode gel jeden ze starkch bratr Jos. PolaSek, zemfel 13. bkezna. Po rely svaj dospelY 2ivot bratr PolaSek se venoval rolnictvi.*Jen kratkou dobu neZ ho skatila zla nemoc byl prine zamestnan na sve fume nalezajici se nekolik mil od Floresville.

Jeho manzelka, Katekina ho pfedeka, v smrti jen 10 mesicil zpatky. Bratr Pola‘Sek zandchava jednu dceru, pani Adela Hartmann, a 4 syny, Frank, Jos., ml. Henry a Jerry. Te g dve sestry Sophia a Millie Hanzelka; bratry: Frank, Clement, a Charles.

Doufame, Ze se nas mnoho dostavi do pfigti se/laze, ktera bude se tentokrat odbYvat prvni nedeli v mesici, 7. dubna, a ne druhou nedeli jako obvykle. Mlad&Z bude mit hleclani vajieek na tento den. Sestry jsou "a.clane aby pfinesly neco k zakousku.

Prosime fady, ktere se mini dostaviti do distriktni schale aby nam sclelili kolik asi se jich dostavi. Zakete tuto zpravu nak tajemnici Mr. Christin Baumann, 1004 A St. Floresville, Texas.

S pozdravem Mary McCloskey, dopis. )O) Strawn, Texas Ctend redakce Vestniku: Jelika jsem Menem 50 roka v SPJST spolku eislo 92 Fort Worth, obdrZel jsem knoflik 501eteho trvani v naSi mile Jednote. Za eoz vS'em spolubratram uctive dekuji. Jednak stall eleni se WI a maji peknou pamatku.

Byl jsem vyprovodit na veenY odpoeinek Martina Varika z East Bernard.

On tea prinalael k naH mile Jednote.

Deti mne nechci pustit, Z"e ji*Z nejsem mladik. Tak syn Vladimir mne tam zavezl. TeZ jsem navAtivil 4 decry v Houstone. A byl jsem tam 7 dni. Nazpet mne (met dovezla dcera Andelka.

Tak vidite ti mladici co dostali ty knoftiky jsou na torn bidne kdy'Z jich jejich deti nehci nikam sami pustit..

Mel jsem velkou radost, ze jsem se seS'el na pohfebe v East Bernard s spolubratrem Kariem Holaskemi s jeho man2elkou, nebot' bratr Holasek je maj

krajan. 'Pk ho srdeene pozdravuji.

Zdravim ctenou redakei a vSechny etenafe.

Znamenarn se Josef Kostiha Box 82

Whir rilzriSich pojistek nail SPJST vyberte si die potieby TRIDA W: Splatkova do 85ti let, dokvotni TRIDA PR: Ptednostni doZivotni TRIDA C: 20ti splatkova, dokvotni. Poplatky se plati pouze 20 let TRIDA E: lOti splatkova, dokvotni. Poplatky se plati pouze 10 let TRIDA D: 15ti splatkova, dokvotni.

Poplatky se plati pouze 15 let TRIDA F: 15 leta, nadaeni. Obnos certifikatti jest vyplacen za 15 let.

TRIDA G: 20ti leta nadaeni. Obnos certifikatu jest vyplacen za 20 let TRIDA H: Nadaeni v 65ti letech. Olen plati poplatky aZ do 65ti let.

TRIDA I: 20ti splatkova ,nadaeni v 60ti — letech TRIDA K:Splatkova do 65t1 let, doMTRIDA L: Dvojnasobne firazove pojiateni (Double Indemnity) TRIDA M: Pensijni pojistka. Po dosaleni 65 rokfi stall 'Men , dostaya mesieni plijem dokud ziv. Zemte-li pfed 75 lety staff, dedicl dostanou mesieni blijem do 75 vkroei naro7enin Mena TRIDA MC: 20ti leta, Apisova ochrana ktera se rano zmenguje TRIDA MX: lOti leta Upisoya ochrana kterfi, se raene zmeneuje TRIDA ML: 25ti leta upisova ochrana ktera se roene zmenkrie.

TRIDA MD: 30ti leta fipiso ya, ochrana ktera se roone zmenguie TRIDA 5T: 5ti leta lhutni. Obno yii elna a zmenitelna TRIDA 10T: lOti leta lhfitni. Obnovitelna a zmenitelna TRIDA 20T: 20ti leta, lhfitni. Zmenitelna, TRIDA T-65: lhfitni do 65 let.

• • V DETSKEM ODDELENI TRIDA JT: Doeasne poigteni do 16 let

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

8 ktere se mute zmeniti na kterekoliv jine poj gteni kdykoliv na do saline 16 let sveho veku TAIDA W: Splatkova do 85ti let, doZ1votni. PlnY obnos poji gteni se vyplati v ptipadu umrti od veku jednoho roku TAIDA PR: Ptednostni do2ivotni. (Zaeinani v 5 roku stain) TAIDA C: 20ti splatkova doEvotni.

PlnY obnos pojigteni se vyplati v plipadu umrti od veku jednoho roku stall TAIDA D: 15ti splatkova dOivotni.

Plny obnos pojigteni se vyplati v ptipadu umrti od veku jednoho roku TAIDA E: leti splatkova, dcdivotni.

Piny obnos pojigteni se vyplati v ptipadil thrift od veku jednoho roku

TAIDA F: 15ti leta nadaenl pink obnos pojigteni se vyplati v ptipadu umrti od van jednoho roku

TAIDA 0: 20ti leta nadaeni, pinY obnos se vyplati v pfipadu umrti od veku jednoho roku

TAIDA H: Na,daeni ve 65ti let. PlnY obnos pojiSteni se vyplati v ptipadu umrti od veku jednoho role''' TflIDA I: 20ti splatkova, nadaeni v 60 letech. PlnY obnos poji gteni se vyplati v piipadu umrti od veku jednoho roku

TitiDA J. E. Nadaeni v dosa;Zeni 18 let piny obnos pojigteni se vyplati v ptipade umrti od veku, jednoho roku

TRIDA K: Splatkova do 65 let, doZivotni. — Piny obnos pojigteni se v3rplati v ptipa,du umrti od veku jednoho roku

TAIDA L: Dvojnasobne arazove pojigteni (Double (Indemnity) TRIDA M: Pensijni pojistku. Po dosaeni 65 ran elen clostava mesieni ptijem do 75 vYroei narozenin Mena. PlnY obnos pojiReni se v3r° plati v pripadu umrti od veku jednoho roku

PAYOR INSURANCE: Tednota poskytuje elentim platicim poplatky na detske eertifikaty to vYhodu ochrany 2e v padu apine nemednosti n5,sledkem nemoci aneb poraneni aneb v padu umrti platiciho, poplatky na ten detskY certifikat budou samoeinne zaplaceny.

Respectfully Joe B. Hejny

Ye stteclu, dne 3. dubna 1963

Oznameni radii, schfize N4411111111111111111111111111.111F Birthday Klub od kadu eislo 88 Houston Mesidni schaze 10. dubna, zaeatek v 10 hodin rano a v poledne °bed.

Peden' kolaci prvni sobotu, totit 6. dubna. Kolade se zapoenou peel rano a ✓ poledne budou hotove.

Druhe pedeni koldea bude 19. dubna v patek k vederu, a pak veder se ma2ete pro ne ptijet.

Se sesterskym pozdravem, Sophie HrulaY, dopis. )O) JARNI. SCHUZE NASICH OKRSKTT PR'VNT OKRSEK U tadu Bedfich Smetana, eislo 39, v Bryan, 19. kvetna podrobnosti programu budu sdeleny pozdeji.

CTVRTI OKRSEK

Nekdy na podzim PATY OKRSEK Jarni schaze pateho okrsku bude pokadana 21. dubna,, 1963, u tadu Pokrok Houston eislo 88. Schaze zapoene v 10:00 hodin rano.

SESTi OKRSEK Dne 28. dubna., 1963, u t5„du 'Oslo 63, Pokrok Sweet Home, ve Firemen's Hall, Byv. SPJST Hall. Schilze bude zahajena ✓ 1 hodinu odpoledne.

SEDMY OKRSEK Dne 5. kvetna, u kadu Oslo 107, Floresville, Texas.

----- )0 ) ()MAYA ✓ dopisu pi. Hrube v poslednim eisle bylo referovano, Z"e druhe peeeni kolaefr bude dne 12. dubna. Datum melo bYt 19. dubna, totiZ tteti patek v mesici. ✓ elanku, "Oznameni tada, schaze", datum jest spravne. Timto opravujeme, a. prosime o prominouti. — Red ) 0 (-Rid Karel Jonag C. 28, East Bernard Mile sestry a broth: Schfize na geho kaciu se bude potadat dne 21. dubna, 1963. ve 2 hodiny odpoledne. Schtze byla odlolena, pro jistou ptieinu. Dostavte se vgichni.

S actou Carrie Bohadik, Taj. )0 ) Rad C. '72, Pokrok Jihu, Cameron Timto oznamujeme 2e schaze nage ktera se pravidelne odbYv'a druhou nedeli bude v dubnu se odbyvat prvni nedeli, totiZ' 7. bkezna z ureitYch axon.

L. T. Sla.vik, pkedseda

NAg ZALOV RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, elenove rada Prapor Magnolia eislo 65 v Crosby, timto vyslovujeme pozustale iodine Kalendove nad fimrtim jejiho otce a dedeeka a nageho spolubratra, Frank Kalenda kterY zemtel dne 24. fmora a pohtben byl dne 26. tnora na East Gate ye stall 83 rokil 6 mesica a 13 dni.

Zanechal jednoho syna a jednu doeru, pani KubeSovu a dalk rodinu.

Politebni obkady vykonal Rev. Albert Michalik a za spolek Rudy Seveik.

Za•resolueni vyhor Joe J. Stehlik Jan Dana.

J. M. Hlavaty )0

Informaeni KONGRES A PRESIDENT ka se, Ze cizinci, zejmena nave pHchozi, maj i prave takove nesna,ze porozumeti arnerickemu systemu politickemu jako oblibene americke hie baseballu. Mnozi z nich snad ptemySleji torn, zda, by se viibec o to meli pokouSeti a prod by vlastne meli miti ninny zajem o slaity system politickY, kterY se zda, poutati pozornost americkeho naroda.

PtedevSim nutno poznamenati, ze politickY system SpojenYch stae se osvedeil jako neobyeejne stabilni po celou dlouh odobu sveho tr yani a 2e jako neocenitelna ochrana majoritnich i minoritnich pra y, nehlede i na svou nemotornou a komplikovanou maZa druhe nutno zdarazniti, mnoha rozhodnuti kongresu, tYkajici se politiky domaci a zahranieni, dani, obrany, zahranieni pomoci a jinYch problemt, maji zava'ZnY vliv na politicks a hospodarske zalelitosti jinYch zemi.

Na prvni pohled se zda, ze americka politika je vskutku nadmiru tajupina.

President Eisenhower, kterY je elenern republikanske strany a kterY byl dvakrate zvolen za presidenta velikou vetAinou hlasu, mel proti sobs kongres, nem'Z oposieni strana, tedy strana demokraticka, mela vetinu v obou komorach. President Kennedy, demokrat, kterY zvitezil v presidentskych volbach

Ve stfedu, dne 3, dubna 1963 pranepatrnou vettinou hlasu, jedna s kongresem, v nemt jeho strana ma, pohodlnou vetSinu.

Nehlede na tyto zdanlive nesrovnalosti nemel president Eisenhower tadne potite pkimeti kongres ke schvaleni jim navrhovanYch programil domacich a zahranienich, kdetto president Kennedy mel bdhvikolik nesnazi jit v prvnich , civou letech, a oeekava, te jeho program narazi na ruznorode pfekatkY v kongrese nova zvolenem. Vysvetleni tohoto zdanliveho protikladu spoeiva v poddajnosti stranickeho spoleovani ye Spojenych statech, jakot i v jedineenem systemu ,kontrolovani vekejne spravy, vztahujicim se na presidenta i na zakonodarne slaromatdeni.

Jak republikanska, tak i demokraticka strana maji krome toho sve liberali a konservativni fakce. Stranicka discipline neni ba ani nemilte bYti — vymahana psi katclem hlasovani, a president nemute bYti sesazen ze sveho Ukadu votem nedilvery, jak tomu byva v pripade ministerskeho pkedsedy v parlamentarni demokracii. Tak se mu te nejednou stati, te jisty navrh presidenta-demokrata je zavrten vetSinou republikanskYch a demokratickYch kdetto v jinem pkipade mu pkispeji hlasy republikanske.

Olenove kongresu jsou, jinYmi slovy, spite vazani s yYm svedomim a pkanim volicu netli olaledy na disciplinu stranickou. Konservativnejei elenove obou stran vyznaeuji se sklonnosti k zavrhovani presidentskYch navrhil, kdyt podle jejich soudu tyto programy jsou dalekosahle, prilis nakladne nebo pkedkladany jedine za tim freelem, aby rozSifily moc federalni vlady.

Byl to jeden z techto duvodu, proe se presidentu Kennedymu nepodafilo, pohnouti 87. kongres k tomu, aby schvalil jeho program o lekakske peel pro zestarle v ramci systemu socialniho zabezpeeeni. Neni pochyby, te president bude muset sve bitvy na tomto poli probojovati jette jednou v 88. kongrese. Jeho velkorysy navrh na velke sniteni dani z pkijmu, aby se tim podpoi it vzrirst zeme, narati na oposici silne konservativni skupiny v kongrese, ktera se obava, te narodni rozpoeet silne nevyrovnanY bude miti Povtechne vzato, filosofie americkeza nasledek inflaci. A tak dale. ho systemu ilstavniho kale, aby kongres zdrtoval presidenta od pkiliAneho utivani sve moci, a naoliak. President mute vetovati jim neschvalovane osnovy kongresni; je take v jedineenem postaveni, proto, te se mute obratiti o podporu pfimo k narodu.

VESTNIX— WEST, TEXAS Kongres ma, na druhe strane, posledni slovo ve vtech vecech finanenich — president nerntte dostati penize na specificke freely, ledate mu je kongres odhlasuje, a kongres mute krorne toho uvaliti specificke restrikce na ur'Cite yYdaje. Je ovSem pravda, te president, kterY mute spolehati na podporu naroda, je v leptim postaveni vest kongres, ale pfesto nemiite mu diktoyati, a to ani v torn pkipade, te jeho strana ma vettinu. V tomto dilemma spoeivaji tedy jak ptiletitosti, tak zkkiteni plane pro. presidenta John F. Kennedyho. )0(

Osudy dobreho vojaka Svejka PISE JAROSLAV HASEK Dil prvni v zazemi Pokraeovani Nemohli se take oba shodnout, kdo to vlastne udelal a dal poplatny signal.

Svejk tvrdil, te on to nemohl bYt, te to neudelal, te neni think ulienik.

"Ja se sam tomu divim," kikal dobracky ke kondukterovi, "proe se vlak tak nahle zastavil. Jede, a najednou stoji. MC to mrzi vice net vas."

Nejaky vatnY pan postavil se na 013ranu teleznienlho zfizence a tvrdil, jak ten vojak prvni meal rozhovor o poplaSnych signalech.

Naproti tomu Svejk rnluvil neustale cosi o sve poctivosti, te nema tadneho zajmu na zpotdeni viaku, ponevaldt iede do valky.

"Pan pkednosta stanice yam to vysvetli," rozhodl kondukter, "to vas bude stat dvacet korun."

Zatim bylo videt, jak cestujici vyldzaji z vagonu, vrchni prilvodei piska, nejaka, pani zdetene beti s cestovnim kufrem pfes trat' do poli.

"To stoji doopravdy za dvacet korun," kekl Svejk, zachovavaje naprostY klid, "to je jette moc laciny. Jednou, kdyt byl cisaf pan navttevou na Zitkove, tak nejakej Franta Snor zastavil jeho koear tim, te si pled, cisakem panem kleknul na kolena do jiz -enidrahy.Potmenplicjkomsat' z toho rajonu fekl k panu gnorovi s pldeem, te mu to nemel delat v jeho rajdnu, te to mel udelat o jednu ulici nit, co path ut pod policejniho radu Krause, tam te mei vzdavat hold. Potorn toho pana gnora zavfeli."

Svejk rozhledl se kolem, prave kdyt

9 vrchni prtivodei rozmnotil kruh posluchaet.

"Tak abychom zase , cial jell," fekl Svejk, "to neni nic peknYho, kdyt se vlak opozdi. Kdybyto bylo za miru, tak spanembohem, ale kdy2 je valka, tak ma katclej vedet, te v katclym vlaku jednu vojenskY osoby, generalmajorove, obrlajtnanti, burtove. KatdY takovy vopotdeni je voSemetna vac. Napoleon se u Waterloo vopozdil vo pet minut a byl v hajzlu s celou svou slayou ..."

V torn okarntiku prodrol se skupinou posluchaeO nadporueik Lukas. Byl pkiSerne bled a nemohl nic jineho ze sebe vypravit net: "8vejku!"

Svejk zasalutoval a ozval se: "Poslutine hlasim, pane obrlajtnant, te na mne svalili; te jsern zastavil vlak. e leznieni erar ma naramne IdivnV plomby u poplatneho zafizeni. Clovek aby se k tomu ani nepkiblitoval, jinak by mohi mit males mohli by oni na nem chtit dvacet korun, tak jako chteji na mne."

Vrchni prOvodei byl jit venku, dal signal a vlak se °pet rozjel.

Posluchaei sli na sve mista v kupe a nadporueik Lukat nepromluvil vice ani slovo a del si tat sednout.

Zdstal jen pruvodei vlaku se gvejkem a teleznienim zfizencem. Prftvodei vlaku vytahl zapisni knitku a setavoval relaci o celem pripade. elezni6ni zkizenec nevrative se dival na gvejka, ktery se klidne ()tam': "Jste jit dlouho u drahy?"

Ponevadt teleznieni ztizenec neodpovidal, prohiasil Svejk, ze znal nejakeho Mlieka Franti gka z Uhfinevse u Prahy, ktery take jednou zatahl za, takovou poplatnou brzclu a tak se lekl, te ztratil na etrnact dni fee a nabyl ji °pet, kdyt pfitel k' Varikovi zahradnikovi do Hostivaic na nayStevu a popral se tam a voni vo neho pferazili be j gvejk, "v-kovec."Tosetab,"doal roce 1912 v kvetnu."

Zeleznieni zrizenec otevkel si dvete klozetu a zamkl se v nem.

Zustal prtivoclei se gvejkem a mamil na nem dvacet korun pokuty, zdfiraznuj e, te ho musi v opaenem pkipade pkedvest v Taboke k pkednostovi stanice.

"Dolora,," kekl Svejk, "Ja rad mluvim se vzdelanejma lidma a me to bude moc tesit, kdyt uvidim toho taborskYho pkednostu stanice."

Svejk vytahl z bitty dYmku, zapalil si, a vypoutteje ostrY dYm vojenskeho tabaku, pokraeoval: "Pled lety byl ye Svitave pfednostou stanice pan Wagner. Ten byl ras na svV podkizenY a

10 tejral je, kde mohl, a nejvic si zalezl na nejakYho vejhybkake Jungvirta, ten chadak se ze zoufalstvi Sel utopit do keky. Nek to ale udelal, napsal psani piednostovi stanice,ze ho bucle v noci straSit..A ja yam nelku. Proved to. Sedi v noci milej pan piednosta u telegrafniho aparatu, ozvou se zvonky a piednosta pkijrne telegram: "Jak se mag, pacholku? Jungvirt." Celej tyden to trvaro a piednosta poeal posilat po vSech jako odpoved' tomu straSidlu: "Odpust' mne to, Jungvirte." A v noci nato vyklapaya mu aparat takovouhle odpoved': 'Obea se na semaforu u mostu. Jungvirt." A pan piednosta ho poslechl. Potom kvuli tomu zavreli telegrafistu ze stanice pied Svitavou.

Vidite, ke jsou veci mezi nebem a zemi, vo kterYch nemame ani poneti."

Vlak vjel do taborskeho nadraki a Svejk, nek v pruvodu pravodeiho vySel z vlaku, ohlasii, jak se path, nadporudikovi LukaSovi: "PosluSne hidsim, pane obrlajtnant, ze mne vedou k panu piednostovi stanice."

Nadporueik Lukas neodpovedel. Zmocnila, se ho apina apatie ke vaemu.

Problesklo mu hlavou, ie je nejlelpgi vykaSlat se na vaechno. Stejne na toho Svejka jako na toho holohlaveho generalmajora naproti. Seal klidne, vystoupit v Budejovicich z vlaku, ohlasit se v kasarnach a ject na frontu s nejakou marSo you rotou. Na fronte se dat pkipadne zabit a zbavit se toho mizerneho sveta, po kterem se potlouka takova potvora, jako je Svejk.Kdyk se vlak hnul, vyhlecll nadporudik Lukas z okna a videl na perone stat Svejka, zabraneho ve vakny rozhovor a piednostou stanice. Svejk byl obklopen zastupem lidu, mezi kterym bylo tek videt nekolik keleznienich uniforem.

Nadporuerk Lukas si povzdechl. Nebyl to povzdech litosti. Bylo mu lehce u srdce, ze Svejk zustal na perone. Dokonce i ten ple'SatS'r generalmajor nezdal se mu tak bYti protivnou obludou. e Vlak jik davno supel k Cesky'm Budejovicim, ale na perone nadraki lidi kolem Svejka neubkvalo.

Svejk mluvil o sve nevine a pfes yedell zastup tak, 'ke se yyjadfila jedna pani: "Zas Lady jednoho vojacka sekYrujou."

Zastup piijal toto mineni a jeden pan se obratil na piednostu stanice s orosbou. ke zaplati za Svejka dvacet korun pokuty. Je piesvedeen, ke ten vojak to neudelal.

"Podivej se na neho," odvozoval z nejnevinnefaiho vYrazu na tvati Svej-

17 E. S T K — WEST, TEXAS ka, kterY , obraceje se k zastupu, pronaSel: "Ja jsem, nevinnej."

Potom se objevil eetnickY strakmistr a vyvedl ze zastupu jednoho obeana, zatkl ho a odvadel se slovy: "To si zodpovidate; ja yam ukaki, pobutovat lidi, ze kdy se takhle jedna s yoj akY, ke nikdo nemide od nich kadat, aby to Rakousko vyhralo."

NeSt'astny obean nezmohl se na nic jineho nek na upiimire tvrzeni, ke je piece teznickY misty. od Stare brany a ke to tak nemyslel.

Mezitim dobry muz, vekici v nevinnost 8vejkovu, zaplatil za neho v kancelaii pokutu a odvedl si Svejka do restaurace treti tiidy, kde ho pohostil pivem, a zjistiv, ke vSechny prilkazyi vojenskY listek nalezaji se u nadporueika LukaSe, velkomyslne dal mu petku na listek i na dalSi atratu.

Kdyk odchazel, kekl dtverne k '8vejkovi: "Tak, vojacku, jak vam povidam, jestli budete v Rusku v zajeti, tak pozdravu j te ode mne sladka Zemana v Zdolbunoye. Mate to piece napsane, jak ,se jmenuji. Jen bud'te chytrY, abyste nebyl dlouho na fronte."

"Vo to nemejte kadnej strach," iekl Svejk, "je to vkdycky zajima ye, uvidet nejakY cizi krajany zadarmo."

Svejk zastal sam seat za stolem, a zatimco propij• tile 'Atka od Sleehetneho dobrodince, sdelovali si lide na perene, kteii nebyli pii rozrnluve 8vejkove s piednostou stanice a videli jenom zdali zastup lidi, ke tam chytli nejakeho Spiena, kterY fotografoval nadraki, cok vlak vyvracela jedna pani tvrzenim, ke se o ka.dneho Spiena nejedna, ke vlak slyaela, jak jeden dragoun posekal dastojnika u zachodu tam lezl za jeho milou, ktera vyprovazela toho dragouna.

Temto dobrodruknYm kombinacim, charakterizujicim nervozitu valeene doby, udinilo piitrk eetnictvo, ktere vyklizelo peren. A Svejk dal tile pil, vzpominaje nekne na sveho nadporudika.

Co ten asi bude delat, aii prijcle do oesk3"rch Budejovic a v celem vlaku nenajde sveho sluhu.

Pied prijezdem osobniho ylaku napinila se restaurace tieti tfidy vojaky i civilisty. Pievladali vo j aci od riiznych regimentii, formaci a nejraznejSi na,rodnosti, ktere vichiice valeena zava.la do taborskYch lazaretil, kteii nyni odjikdeli znova na frontu do pole pro nova zraneni, zmrzadeni, bolesti a jell si vysloukit nad svYmi hroby prostY dievenY krikek, no, kterem jeSte po letech na smutnych planich vYchodni Halide bude se ye yetru a dati tiepati vybledla rakouska vojenske depice se

Ve stiedu, dne 3. dubna 1963 zrezavelYm "frantikem", na ktere eas od easu si usedne smutn' zestarlY krkavec, vzpominajici na tuene body pied kdy byval to pro neho nekoneeny prostienY stul lidskych chutnych mrtvol a konskych zdechlin, kdy prave pod takovou oepici, na ktere sedi, bylo to nejchutnejai sousto — lidske oei.

Jeden z tech kandiclata utrpeni, propuSteny po operaci z vojenskeho lazaretu, v zamazane uniforme se stopami krve a blata, pkisedl k 8vejkovi. Byl tak nejak zakrslY, vyhublY, smutnY. Polokil si na stul malt' balidek, yytahl rozbitou tobolku a piepoeitaval si penize.

Potom se podival na Svejka a otazal se ho: "Magyaru?"

"Ja jsem, kamarade, 6ech," °domedel Svejk, "nechceS se napit?"

"Nem tudorn, baratom."

"To nevadi, kamarade," pobizel ho Svejk, pkistavuje pinou sklenici pied smutneho vojaka, "jen se napij."

Pochopil, napil se, podekoval: "KOszOnom szivesen," a dal prohlikel obsah sve tobolky a -nakonec vzdychl. Svejk poehopil, ke by si ten Mad'ar dal rad pivo a ke nema, dost penez, proto mu porueil jedno prinest, nadek Mad'ar opet podekoval a j al se vyklaciat nee° Syejkovi pomoci posunkil, ukazuje na svou prostielenou ruku, pfidemk promluvil mezinarodnirn jazykem: "Pif, paf, puc!"

Svejk soustrastne kYvl hlavou a zakrslY rekonvaleseent sclelil jeate Svejkovi, naklaneje levici na pul metru od zeme a pozdvihuje ph torn tii prsty, ke ma ti male deft "Nines ham, nines ham," pokraenval, chteje rici, ke nemaji doma co jist, a utiel si oei, ze kterych vytryskly slzy, SpinavYm rukavem sveho vojenskeho plaSte, ye kterem bylo vidoti diru od kulky, ktera vlitla mu do tela pro uherskeho krale.

Nebylo to nic podivneho, ke takove zabave pomalu 8vejkovi nezbYvale nic z one petky, a ke se pomalu a jiste odiezaval od Budejovic, ztraceje kakdou silenici piva, kterYmi hostil semoknost koupiti si vojenskY listek.

Opel; projel stanici jeden vlak do Budejovic a Svejk stale aeriel u stolu a poslouchal, j ak Mad'ar opakuje sve: Pif, paf, puc! Harem gyermek, nines ham, eljen!"

To posledni fikal, kdyk si s nim t'ukal o sklenici s pivem.

"Jen pij, kluku mad'arska", odpovldal Svejk, "chlastej! Vy byste nas tak nehostili..."

Od vedlejSiho stolu fekl nejakji . vojak, ke kdyk pfijeli do Segedina s 28.

Ve sti'ec.1u, dne 3. duhna 1963 ukazoregimentem, ze na ne vali ruce do yYdky.

Byla to svata pravda, ale fenhle vojak se tim patrne citil uraZen, co potorn bylo zjevem obyeejnYm u vdech eeskYch vojakil a co nakonec (Mali Mad'ari sami, kdyZ uz se jim prestala libit rvaeka v zajmu uherskeho krale.

Pak si ten vojak teZ prised' a yypravel, jak to nahnuli v Segedine Mad'arum a jak je vyrnlatili z nekolika hospod. Pritom s uznalosti pochvalil, ze se Mad'ati umi take prat a ze dostal jednu ranu nolem do zad, take ho museli poslati do tYlu se leeit.

Ted' ale, DI se vrati, ze ho da hajtman od jeho batalienu patrne zavfit, ponevad2 uz nemel das tu ranu tomu Mad'arovi oplatit, jak se sludi a path, aby ten taky z toho nee° mel a byla zachranena eest Iceleho regimentu.

"Ihre Dokumenten, vadi tokament?"

Tak pekne zaeal na Svejka velitel vojenske kontroly, dikovatel, prova,zeny etytmi vojaky s bajonety, "ja fiat, dedet, nicht fahren, dedet, pit, furt pit, burd!"

"Nenadm, mildoku", odpovedel Svejk, "pan obrlajtnant Lukad, regiment No 91, je vzal s 'sebou a ja, zastal zde na nadraZi." "Was ist das Wort: milatschek?" obratil se dikovatel k jednomu ze svych vojakt, staremu landverakovi, ktery "Milaoek, das ist wie: Herr Feldwebel."

Sikovatel pokraeoval dal v rozmluye se Svejkem: "Tokament kadtk fojak, pes tokament ZavZit auf Bahnr hots - Militarkommando, den lusingen Bursch, wie einen tollen Hund."

Svejka odvadeli na vojenske nadraZni velitelstvi, kde na stranici sedelo muZstvo, stejne vypadajici jako ten start landverak, kterY tak pekne znal piekladat slovo "mildeek" do nemeiny svemu pfirozenemu nepriteli, dikovatelske vrchnosti.

Stra.Znice by1i vyZdobena litografiemi, ktere v to dobe dolo rozesilati ministerstvo vojenstvi po v g ech kancelarich, kterYmi prochazeli vojaci, stejne jako do dkol i do kasaren.

Dobreho vojaka Svejka uvital obraz zna,zornujici podle napisu, jak &tat.

FrantiSek Hammel a desatnici Paulhart a Bachmayer od c. k. 21. stfeleckeho pluku povzbuzuji muZstvo k vytrvani. Na druhe strane visel obraz s nadpisem: "C' etaf Jan Danko od 5. pluku honvedskYch husard vypatrava stanovidte nepfatelske baterie."

Po prave stene visel plakat: "Vz5.7 cne vzory

NIES TNIK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; WEST, TEXAS TakovYmi plakaty, jejichZ text s vyrnydlenymi yzacnYmi vzory v kanceldrazni ti nemeeti Zurnaliste povolani na vojnu, chtelo to stare pitome Hakousko nadchnout vojaky, kteri to nikdy neeetli, a kdy2 jim takove yzacne vzory zmuZilosti posilali na frontu broZovane v kniZky, balili si do toho cigarely a nebo do dYmky a upottebili to jeSte vhoodneji, aby to odpovidalo eerie i duchu sepsanYch yzacnYch vzorti odvahy.

Zatimco dikovatel del shanet nejakeho dristojnika, Svejk si pfeeet1 na plakatu: Vozatajec Josef Bong Vojaci zdravotniho sboru dopravovali tam- ranene k vortun, pripravenYin v kryte aZiabi-ne. Jakmile byl plodjelo se s nim na obvazidte. Rusoye, vypatravde tyto vozy, poeali je obstialovati granaty. Kan vozatajce 3.

Bonga ad c. a k. 3. vozatajske dvadrony byl usmrcen strepinou granatu. Bong bedoval: "Ubohy maj beloudi, je veta po lobe!" V tom sane zasalen byl kusem granatt. Piesto vypiahl sveho kone a odtahl trojspreli za bezpeenY, iikryt. Nato se vratil pro postroj sveho usmrceneho kone. Rusove stfileli stale. "Jen si strilejte, zpropadeni ja postroj Lady nenecham!" a snimal dal postroj s kone, bruee si ona slova.

Koneene byl hotov a vlaeel se s postrojem zpet k vozu. Zde mu bylo vyslechnouti hromobiti od zdravotnich yejina pro jeho dlouhou nep'fitomnost.

"Nechtel jsem tam nechat postroj, je skoro novY. Bylo by ho dkoda, pomyslel jsem si. Nemame nazbyt takovYch yeci," omlouvaI se stateenY vojin, odjiZdeje k obvazidti, kde se teprve jako rankly. Jelin rotmistr ozdobil pozdeji jeho prsa stfibrnou medaili za stateenost.

Kciy2 Svejk doeet1 a Sikovatel se jedte nevracel, rekl landverakam na straZnici: "Tohle je moc krasnej klad zmuZilosti. Takhle budou u tads v. annade same nova postroje na kone: ale kdyZ jsem byl v Praze, tak jsem eetl v Pralskejch faednich listech jeSte hezei pripad vo nejakYm jednoroenim dobrovolnikovi dr. Josefu Vojnovi.

Ten byl v Hanel u 7. praporu polnich myslivca, a ,kdyZ to pindlo na bodaky, tak dostal kulku do Navy a odnadeli ho na obvazidte, tak na ne zarval, ze kvali takovernu dramu se nenecha, ob vazat. A zase chtel hned se svou eetou forikovat, ale granat mu usek1 kotnik.

Zas ho chteli vodnadet, ale von se poeal belhat vo bitevni care a holi se branil proti nepriteli a pkilit novej

â&#x20AC;˘ granat a utrhl mu tu ruku, ve kterej drZel hid. Von si tu Ind pre.ndai do druhe ruky, zarval, de jim to neodpost!, a brthvi jak by to s nim dopadlo, kdyby ho byl Srapnel za chvilku definttivne nezamordoval. MoZna, ze kdyby ho nakonec piece jen nevodtklaii, ze by byl taky dostal stribrnoit ntedaili za stateenost. 1Cdy2 mu to ttraz. l.lo hlavu, tak jak se kutalela, jedte vykrikla: `Valy povinnosti verne speck, byr vukol vanul smrti deed!'"

"To toho v tech novinach napisou," rekl jeden z mukstva, "ale takovej redaktor byl by za hodinu z toho turnpachovej."

Landverak si odplivl: nos v Caslavi byl jeden redaktor z Vidne, Nemec. SlouZil jako fenrich. S mini nechtel cesky ani mluvit, ale ktiyZ ho k mardce, kde byli satni Cedi, tak hned uniel cesky," Ve dvetich se objevil dikovatel, tva.in se zlostne a spustil: "Wenn man byt drei Minuten weg, da herb mans nichts anderes also: cesky Cesi."

Vychazeje yen, patrne do restaurace, rekl kapralovi lanclverakovi, ukazuje na, Svejka, aby toho lumpa vdiveho hned zavedl k porueikovi, ad ten piijde zpet.

I tentokrat byl v takove vztekle nalade, ponevadZ, kclyZ za chvili bylo slidet, de boueha nejakYmi knihami po stole.

"Nic platny', hochu, k nemu music", Promluvil soustrastne desatnik na jka, "jeho rukania LIZ prodlo lid!, stati mladi vojaci."

A ji.2 vedl Svejka do kanceldie, kde za stolem s rozhazenYini papiry sedel mla.dy potaik, tvaiici se nesmirne zukive.

Svejka s desatnikem, lc,dyZ mnohoslibne pronesl: "Aha!" Nacez znel raport desatnika: "Posludne hlasim, pane lajtnant, ze ten mud byl rialeZen- ra -nadraZi bez dakumenta."

Poruelk kYvl hlavou, jako by se chtel vyjadrit, ze to jiZ .predpokladal pied lety, de opravdu v tento den a v tu hodinu naj dou na nadraZ1 Svejka bez do,kurne.ntii, nebot' kdo se v to chvili podival na Svejka, musel mit takovY dojem, ze to vii.bee nevi mOne, aby mud s tak.ovou tvemosti a postavou mohl mit riejake dolthmenty a sebe.

Svejk v tom okanilika jako by spadl s nebe, z nejake jine planety a nyni hledi s naivnim delivem na novy kde od neho Zaduji takovou neznamou, pro neho dosud pitomost, jako jsou nejake dokumenty.

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SE.CESKY. Czech language lessons for beginners.

Bruha aloha — The Second Lesson PouZivani 'Ceske abecedy — Using the alphabet in short sentences.

The following are short sentences using the letters of the Czech alphabet, plus some others, using combinations of letters. Read them slowly and carefully with your parents, or with some other help. Read them out LOUD. a— Anna dostala malou panenku. a _.,.. ma mama ma malo maku.

Bratr behal venku bez kabatu. b c — Cihlaii delaj cihly v cihelne.

U koearku jsoa etyri koleeka.

• — Pod dubem leZely dva zaludy. cl' — Pojd' se podivat na lod'. e — Ten pekai peee chutne peeivo.

Lekar leei nemocneha. e — Vera povedela tete o smetane. f Frantign ck koupil na farme fzizolc. g Olga na g la novou gunm. h Honza dlouho hledal hrabe. ch — Chlapec chytal mouthy. i-- Indian si koupil inkoust. i Na pigt'alu se pislca. j Jeden jelen je u jezera. k Kozo!, okousala krasnY he:.

I — Lampa stala na stole. m - My "name mnoho mab'ich mis. n Nage maminka nema naugnice. n — Kiln e dival na strari. — o -- On chodil okolo nacho domu.

6 — n, jak jsem se polekal! of — Soused kotipil keusek louky. p — Pctr pariii Pavlikovi. ✓ _ Sestra B,Cr'2eilka rortrhala stern.

Ryb(.1i; potkai rnlyna •e u •eky. s Sousedka n.ese maso, mash), a sadlo. t hochu se seslo u gkoly.

t — Teta dostala start' kabat. t' — obrat' se, je zde !abut'. u — U domu je hromada uhli.

U — V unoru bylo Udoli pod snehem.

Iluiena pfijde domu pro Tech hochn je hodnZ-. v — V zahrade vyrostla, veliika mrkev. y Vgechny louk y u reky se zelenaly.

Sr - Mali Karel dostal zlaty prstYnek. z Zajic si pochutnal na zeli..

— Boiena spatrila 'Zahn u Louie. )O) be — °be deveata Weida do gkoly. ye — Dye a dye jsou etyri.

Jdi pekne po Wine. pe me --Bratr mel jiti do mesta.

Ce — Deti se teSily na nedeli. to — Male kote spalo v bote. ne — Nekdo odvazal na ge kone di -- Ja jsem byl hodinu v Ti vojaci tie odegli. ti ni — Oni nkoho nevideli. di -- Bite se divalo na oorazky. ti — Frantik utika domu. ni — Na chodniku neni iddny snih.

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Get your friends or parents to help you with the pronunciation. Do them together. Clip and save each lesson, and compile them into notebook form, it you desire. Set aside a regular time each week for the study of these lesSCRS. Read the following verse together, and see if you can translate it Rikadlo niiide brezen, kamna viezetn, ai piijde duben, jests tam budem; ai prijde maj, plijdeme v haj!

What new words do you see above?

Find out their meaning.

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eciu, dne 3. dubila 1963

Porueik chvili 'uvaZoval, divaje se pri tom na Svejka, co mu ma riot a naco se ho ma otazat.

Koneene se optal: "Co jste dela' na nadraN?" "PosluAne hlasim, pane lajtnant, jsem eekai na vlak do 6eskSrch Budejovic,abych mohl se dostat ke svemu 91. regimentu, ,kde kde jsem burgem u pana obrlajtnanta Luka ge, ktereho jsem byl nucen opustit, jsa predvedenej kvili pokute k prednostovi stanice, ponevadZ jsem byl poclezrelej, jsem zastavil rychlik, ye kterem jsme jell, pomoci vochranej D. noola sn ej brzdy."

"Z toho jsem blazen," roz1•.: •ikl se porueik, "reknete nine to nejak souvisle, kratce a neavante nejake voloviny."

"Poslu gne hlasim, pane lajtnant, jiz od to doby, jak jsme sedali s panem obrlajtnantem LukaSem do toho rychliku, kterej nas mel odvest a dopravit co nejrychleji k naSenm 91. c. k. peSimu regimentu, ze jsinc. tneli smdlu.

NapPed se nana ztratil kufr, potom zas aby se to nepletlo, nejakej pan generalmajor, fipine pleSatej ..."

"Himlhergot," vzdychl porueik.

"Poslugne hlasim, pane lajtnant, ae vono je tkeba, aby to lezlo ze tone jako z chlupate deky, aby byl pichled vo celY uddlosti, jak to v2clycky rikaval neboRik Svec Petrlik, kdyZ poroueel svemu klukovi, ne2 ho zaeal rezat remenem, aby si svlikl kalhoty."

Pokraeovani )0( V C,SSR hrozi nebezfn,ei povodni PralskY tisk a rozhlas s' nekolikrat zminily ye svych zpravach nebezpeei povodni v riiznych krajP11, zejrnena na severni Morave a no Slovensku. V "idol" Odry dodo 'acclaim° k zaula yam, ktere Preru gily na 'as i trat' Ostrava-Pferov. Na Slovensku byl — podle Ruda° pra,va 15. brezna — nejvic postUen okres Nove Zamky a VYchodni Slovensko. )0(

Sraika tramvaji v Praze Podle vysilani es. rozhlasti 15. brezna doSlo tehnZ dne po 7. noctine ranni v Praze nad Narodnim muzeem k sraAce dvou tramvaji, pfieem2 20 cestujicich bylo zraneno, dva tace. SraZka byla jak se zda — zpilsobena tim, ze tramvaji 'Oslo )0 ) --Predplatne.

Za predplatne dekujeme panu Joe J. Horavovi z Temple. Srdeene diky!

Redm

Wednesday, April 3, 1993

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

VESTNIK

OntICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

— HERALD-

FOUNDED 1897

13 Reports from our Lodges, or any other Reading Material to be pub-

lished should reach the Editor, Saturday before the date of issue.

Address all matters to the Editor: P. 0. Box 85, West, Texas.

Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Cowes to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. Box 100, TEMPLE, TEX

FROM The District III Meeting at Fort Worth Lodge 154 (Sokol Hall) last Sunday, was a huge success. If numbers are any barometer of success, then this meeting certainly filled the bill. It was estimated that well over 200 people were present, approximately 25 of which were juveniles.

The meeting got under way at 10:00 a.m., with Bro. Ed Mazanec presiding.

We arrived some time after the proceedings got under way, and were ascarcely registered when we were asked to address those assembled. Bro. Jaroslav Kleprlik met with the same "fate."

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There will be a detailed report by the Secretary of District III elsewhere, so vie will mention only the highlights here. We also have a nice layout of pictures cf some of the events of the meeting, and we owe special thanks to Bro. Will A. Nesuda of Lodge 130, Dallas, for making his polaroid available and taking the pictures for the -Vest' nik. Incidentally, we now have a new Polaroid camera for the Vestnik's use, and we are going to make good use of -it. We hope to constantly improve on the quality our pictures as time moves along.

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It was voted on to have the Fall District Meeting at Lodge 0, Cottonwood. The date will be announced later. The new District officers for the coming term are: President — Alvin Nesuda, 1st Vice-Pres. — Ben Jarma; 2nd Vice-Pres . — Jerry Milan; Secretary — Mrs. Mary Jean Spence; Treasurer — Jerry Ann Urban, and Flag Bearer — Christopher Spence.

Another highlight of the meeting was the awarding of 50-year membership pins to those members who have been members of the Order fifty years this year. Thirty members fall into this category. However, only three of those were present. They were: Mrs. Andelina Ozymy, Lodge 84; Mrs. Marie

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE "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."

If you would not be forgotten, either write, things worth reading or do things worth writing.

—Benjamin Franklin )O) Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

—Emerson Juran, Lodge 92; and Jan Becan, Lodge 154.

There was a brief discussion of the propesed Youth Camp, that I believe, District III originated some time back.

We had not known too much about it, except what Brother Mazanec had mentioned to us back in the Fall. At any rate, this should be of great interest to everyone in the SPJST. In fact, it was decided to approach the other six districts and enlist their aid and support in putting this project over The committee that had been set up to loefk into the matter was temporarily disbanded, and the matter now rests again in the hands of district officers. We will support it, and hope to be of some help in procuring a permanent site for such a camp.

Sister Wilma Nesuda reported that the Sons of Hermann have such a camp (we can't recall the location),

and tnat movies of the camp site were shown at the recent Texas Fraternal Congress. I believe that an effort will be made to show this film to the DiStrict at the Fall meeting. This is a wonderful idea, and should generate more enthusiasm about the whole matter. Brother George Kacir talked briefly about Mother Neff State Park, located NW of Temple, that might be available to us, since appropriations are being trimmed drastically in allocation of state funds for the maintenance of various state parks. He suggested members take a drive through the area and see for themselves.

• • We are behind this idea 100 per cent.

This should be cur next big project, This would give us something to "shoot" for, and would certainly go a long way toward catapulting our SPJST into state, if not national, prominence. Every fraternal order needs to be associated with some worthwhile project, whether it be a project for the blind, some hospital, or any other philanthropic endeavor. As a fraternal, we owe it to ourselves, our members, and our community to sponsor such noble undertakings. Besides, our youth need such a place — a place to spend a carefree, wholesome vacation perid, at very little or no cost. We hope all the districts manifest some interest and lend active support to this project. As we see it, however, the success of this depends much on the initiative and leadership of our district and Supreme Lodge officers. They must find out the way:; and means. chart the course, and then, if the membership approves, get the project off the ground. We owe it to our young folks.

We hope the members are enjoying the Czech lessons, and are finding them useful and easy to work with.

Much preparation has gone into these lessons. Dr. Joe Malik. and your Editor are working together closely to pre-

14 pare these for you. Remember, constant and diligent effort will pay off, just as anything else to which you devote some measure of consistent effort. It will not be of much value if you devote only a fleeting moment or a smattering of attention . We will continue the lessons at a width of two columns, so that those who desire to do so, may collect , them and bind them into regular book form. We would be most happy if our youngsters got up the courage to write us in Czech as soon as they feel they can do so. What terrific encouragement that would be to other youngsters. Don't worry about being perfect; few of us are. Your editor will make whatever corrections are necessary. Who's going to be first?

• • CORRECTION last week's issue, in, the report about the Organizer's Luncheon held in Temple, we divested Brother Jarda Cerny of a wife. It was not our intention to do so, as it has already been explained Ito Bro. Cerny. He did not take umbrage at our report, being the gentleman that he is. Brother Krause however, is a bachelor. That we reported correctly.

Our apologies to Bro. Cerny, Mrs. Cerny, and daughters Jacqueline, 24, and Judy, 20. )O) ABOUT THE NEW FILM ON CZECHOSLOVAKIA Two issues ago, we stated that we would endeavor to get more complete information on a new film on. Czechoslovakia entitled, "Czechoslovakia — Torn Between Two Worlds," produced and narrated by Mr. Don. Shaw. We now have that information.

Mr. A. J. (Tony) Suster, President of Sokol Tyrs in Cleveland, informs us that Sokol Tyrs arranged' with. Mr. Shaw to split the NET profit from the film showing 50-50. If there is a loss on the showing of the movie, Mr. Shaw is alSo willing to share the loss.

A form was enclosed with which to put in a request for the film. Your editor has only one, but essentially, the form requests the following information from any interested party: date you wish the film to be, shown, with alternate dates included, name of interested organization, name of person acting for the organization, address and phone number. Also state whether you wish any further information regarding the film.

Send your letters of request to: DON SHAW, 7665 Hollywood Boulevard, Los

V STN f K — WEST, TEXAS Angeles 46, California, (Phone OLdfield 4-1413).

NBC said of this film: "Outstanding photography, technically excellent."

The brochure about the film goes on: "The only folor film ever made of Czechoslovakia as a Communist satellite — completely uncensored. Packed with up-to-the-minute views of life in a communist state . . . pulsating photography draws you into scenes for an intimate glimpse of Czechoslovakia's people today. See Prague, Pilsen, Marienbad, Carlsbad, and a festival at Domazlice . . . " There you have it. Your editor has not seen the film, and we are only passing on to our members and readers something that you might find worth looking into. If we can be of any further assistance, let us know.

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Newsbriefs Miss Joyce Burtis, junior from Temple, has been chosen to portray a guard in the annual Easter pageant to be held on the campus of Mary HardinBaylor April 12. Miss Burtis is a business education major and is a graduate of Rosebud High School. She is the daughter of W. F. Burtis, Rt. 4, Temple, and the granddaughter of Mrs. John Marchak, Rt. 3, Temple.

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Mrs. Antonette Stevens, wife of Ray Stevens of Houston, returned 'to her home after two weeks stay in a hospital there. Members of Lodge 165, Culak wish her 'health and happiness.

• • Mr. Frank Kuntschik, age 59, died Sunday, March 24. He was the brother of Aloi,se Kuntschik of Moulton. He resided in Gonzales area. e

Mrs. Filomena (John) Patak, 84, died at her home in Ennis on March 23rd. She was buried on March 25th, with funeral services held from St. John's, Catholic Church in Ennis, and burial was in the Catholic Cemetery there. She had lived in Ennis all her life, and was a charter member of the Ennis KJZT. )O) Wisdom ripens slowly. It is the cumulative effect of years of application.

Hidden talents, long slumbering and unsuspected, first make their appearance after a long incubation of practice and study. The choicest fruit of their labor appears in the evening of life.

Wednesday, April 3, 1963

LETTERS SPRING MEETING OF DISTRICT V Brothers and Sisters: District Five will conduct its Spring meeting on April 2,1 at host Lodge 88, 1140 Robbie Street, Houston 9, Texas.

The meeting will be convened at 10:00 a.m. and recess at 12:30 p.m. for the noon meal. T,he afternoon session of the meeting will reconvene at 2:00 p.m.

The meeting will be very important and I request the presence of all lodges in District Five to have representation. Fifty-year-membership emblems will be presented, the election of officers 'for District Five will be held, reports of District' Officers will be made and many other pertinent issues will be discussed.

The presentation of f if ty -year-me m bership emblems will be made in the afternoon session and the following named Brothers and Sisters are invited to the District meeting: Lodge 81: John Kolaja, Frank Prilucik„ Frances Prilucik, Anna Simara, Frances Sitta; Joseph Vydrzal, Albino.. Draemer,Agnes Neuman; Lodge 88: Elo Drawe, Olga Fojt, Emma Haisler, Rosie Kucera, Lydia Z. Phillips, Vlasta Swanberg, Rudolph Vavra; Lodge 91: Frances J. Haddon, Jos. J. Jasek, John Petter, Frances Vlha,; Lodge 96: F. J. Marek, Boh. Sebesta, Stan Sebesta, Emilie Eebesta; Lodge 111: Lillie E. Divoky, Charles Holec; Lodge 112:: Anton Barak, Al. Horak, Louis Janicek, Will Zeman; Lodge 114: Liddie Sitta, Emil Valenta, Marie 'Valenta; Lodge 136: John Simecek; Lodge 142: Emilie Boehme, Anna Vaja, Pavlina Walla; Lodge 162: John Gerhart, Rosie Gerhart, Ern. M. Macik, Emilie Macik and John. Valusek. It was through the efforts and work of these members and their sacrifices that made the fraternal order SPJST what it is today.

Host Lodge 88 informs me that a dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. and that a youth program would be presented preceding the afternoon session of the meeting. For further details consult the Vestnik.

With this letter, the Officers of District Five extend a cordial invitation to the Directors .of the other districts, the Officers of Headquarters, SPJST, the Editor, and all members of the SPJST. Fraternally, F. A. Kadlecek, Secty., Dist. Five

Wednesday, April 3, 1903 LODGE . CULAK 165, MOULTON Dear Readers and Writers: Just a few lines today; to visit with you through my letter. nere's not much news to write, except that it is getting too dry. Farmers are wishing for a good soaking rain. But we got a dry norther Maybe April will change all this with some showers.

Our sister, Mrs. Anna Geartner has undergone surgery in Renger At last report she is doing fine. We all wish her a speedy recovery.

At our last meeting we decided to have our April meeting on the first Sunday in April. Tne change of dates is due to the annual VFW Easter Picnic which is held on the second Sunday in April. So you members don't forget this date: April 7, and come to our meeting, Our. "Noodle Soup Dinner" turned out to be a big success and we are satisfied with the profit. Only thing that hurts is that our lodge members did net come. What makes this? I hope next time more of you will be there.

Your own home, your church, your school, locks and prospers the way you care of its existence, so be helpful and the results wil be proof of it.

Seems like the "flu" checked off in our community and no deaths were reported. In drug stores there are too many pills for too many ills, and they seldom help. Nature is always the best cicetoe.

SG I want to remind you once more do come to our meeting the first Sunday next month, that is, April 7th.

Fraternally yours, ; ie Fait )O) LODGE NO. 4, HALEETTSV1LLE Dear Sisters; Brothers, and Readersn I must write a few lines to the Vestnik, since the time is passing by so fast and there's always something: to do.

The farmers got their corn planted and some have planted cotton, too, but still tl'.a nights are ccel and it wouldn't hurt if we get a ono-inch rain.

Our regular meeting Was attended fairly well last month. The ewinner of the door prizes were: (adults) Albert Kahanek, (children) Shirley Holly.

Our next meeting will be on the first Sunday in April, and will be followed by an Easter egg hunt for the . children. We'll have games for the children and adults, so 'don't forget the first Sunday in April, the 7th.

Fraternally, Mrs. Alvin (Linda) Mikush

V g S TN Xâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; WEST, TEXAS CESKY PRAPOR, LODGE 24, CYCLONE Dear Sisters and Brothers, Just a note to say that since our next regular meeting falls on Easter Sunday, we decided to have the meeting on Saturday night, April 13th, at 7:30 o'clock. That way, we all can spend Easter Sunday with our families or have company to come over for Easter.

Brother Joe Haisler, Brother Henry Mares, and myself were on a committee to see about getting a stage drop curtain for our hall, whizh will be used in many ways. We put it up on Thursday night. Those who helped were Brothers Joe Haisler, Ben Zalicek, E. J. Bedrich, Jeiry Zavodny and myself. We put it up "and it looked real nice against cur red drapes.

I must run and mail this before the mail man goes, by. Remember the change in the meeting.

Fraternally, Mrs. Jerry Zavodny )O) LODGE NO. 38, OSVETA, KOVAR Dear Brothers and Sisters, I think it is about time for me to write a letter, so you wouldn't think that we aren't on the map any more.

How do you like this weather? A little rain wouldn't hurt. As soon as you move the dirt the moisture is gone.

I am so late with news that it's old.

In our last meeting we were voting on having an Easter egg hunt for the little ones, so you mothers and grandmas get that basket ready for those little ones. We sisters are to bring some colored, eggs, and something to eat. We will have lunch after the meeting. If you will be having co,npany on Easter Sunday bring them along. The meet ing falls on Easter Sunday, April 14th, so don't forget.

We lost two members lately: Bra. Willie Malina and Bro. John Susen.

Our synipathy to both families.

We lost a few members and gained some. We gained Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robie of String Prairie and their grandson. Also, Willie Susen and greatgrandchild cif Bra. Frank and Mary Stepan. They are Johnny and Bruce Griffin of Houston_ We are glad to have you in our Lodge.

I must mention a little about that house-warming of Bro. Frank and Mary Stepan. I was hoping they wouldn't find out anything about it, and they didn't. I guess we warmed the house because tnere were almost a hundred people there. I am sure that

15 everybody wishes them a happy, long life in their nice home.

We are having lots of sickness around here: flu, chicken pox, mumps, etc. Not long ago, Sister Sopnie Vyvjala had a broken hip, but is at home from the hospital. She still has to be in bed, so hope you get to walking soon. Also.

Sisters Mary Stephan and Minnie Meduna had a little attack of pneumonia. They are over it, but still are "quacking" slowly, ha ha. I had better not laugh, because my grandchildren have the chicken pox as well as my son, Eugene. It is not too late for old grandmas to get it.

I guess I will have to end it and be seeing you all at tee regular meeting.

Don't forget: the Easter egg hunt for the children and then lunch. Come cne, come all, and bring your company.

We are glad when you bring visitors with you.

Lillie Evicic, Your Reporter, )O) LODGE NO. 92, FORT WORTH Dear Readers, Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have its regular lodge meeting on Sunday, April 7th, starting at 2 p.m. The ladies are asked to bring either a covered dish or pastry, such as pie, cake or kolaches.

Everyone please remember the meeting date this month , will be April 7th.

The Lodge will have a Polka Dance on Sunday, April 14th, music will be

by Baca's Orchestra.

There will also be a dance en Saturday, April 20th, music will be by Ed Farairl's Orchestra.

We want to wish a speedy recovery to Sister Sylvia Ann Dalkcs, who underwent surgery last week.

Sister Helen Kubala and Sister ()Iota Kaska have formed a new youth club.

They will have a short meeting following the regular lodge meeting. We want tc, urge everyone to got in and support thiS, and help these two sisters with the work, with tee youth that they have undertaken. `Mere wil also be an Easter Egg Hunt following the meeting for all the youth, and refreshments will be served.

Everyone remember the dates of the various things going on in our lodge and make plans to attend.

Fraternally, Jay Dee Waggoner (Wonderful! Congratulations on tilo re-activation of your youth club! Support them! --- Ed.

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on June 1 at our neighboring Lodge LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON 142 hall.

Dear Friends, Don't forget the Easter egg bunt First c1 ail, would like to mention the Easter eg g hunt that Lodge 88 is this Sunday at 3:30 at Lodge 88's new having fol. the youngsters this Sunday site, or meet us at the Lodge hall if afternoon, April 7, at the new Lodge you want a ride for your children, over' to the site. site. The hunt will be at 3:30 ; be at Easter Greetings to our fine Editor the Lodge hall at 3 o'clock if your cbil and to all you members everywhere! dren want a ride to the site, After the egg hunt we can go, back to the Lodge Fraternally yours, Hall where our very efficient Sister' Tillie Helmcamp Annie Vala will have some of her (Thank you, and Easter Greetings to good hamburgers and snacks! Besides you! -- Ed.) toe eggs for the hunt, there will be —)O) candy eggs given to the children aftLODGE ROZKVET ZAPADU NO. 107, er the hunt. Our thanks go to the FLORESVILLE, TEXAS wonderful Birthday Club Sisters who The meeting of the lodge was held are donating all this!

March 10, I wish to congratulate Lodge 88 winAmong our visitors were Sister Marners in the Point Contest. Margaret cella Kleprlik, District 7 Youth DirecVala, who earned 430 points, won first tor and Brother Jaro. Kleprlik Sister place in the lodge and was awarded a Kleprlik presented ideas concerning $15 prize. Margaret also won a prize the Youth Club and the part they are for having the best Merit Blue Book to have in the forthcoming district in the District Charles Kadlecek with meeting. Sister Maxine Pavliska, local 415 points won the second prize of $10. youth leader, will explain details in Larry Kruse, who had 335 points, won the Vestnik. the third prize of $5. Congratulations We were happy to have the followto you winners and to your parents: ing members admitted to cur lodge: Mr. and Mrs. Emil Vala, Mr. and Mrs. Cecilia and Leon Smith, Patricia PoF. A. Kadlecek, and Mr. and Mrs. Lowlasek, and Joan Pavliska. man Kruse!

We sadly report the passing of a It is with pride that I announce the faithful member, Joseph Polasek, Sr., contestants for the Queen, King and who died March 13, at the Memorial 'Duchess Contest which started 'March, Hospital at Floresville, Only 10 months let. This is the contest where the inago he mourned the death of his wife, surance 'organizers sponsor the conKatherine. Brother Polasek untiringly testants; so, if you contestants know worked on his farm located , several of an insurance pros pect, be sure to miles out of Flcresville, until about notify one of your organizers. The con6 months ago when he was taken sertestants are: iously ill.

(1.) Queen Contestant Joan Rice and Let's all try to be present at the next Escort Larry, Pflugnaupt; Duchess 'meeting which is to be held on the Contestant Sandra Sembera and Esfirst Sunday of the month, April 7, incort Allen Horcica — sponsored by stead of the second Sunday. The organiers Alfred Hilsher, John Washer, youngsters will have an Easter egg Louis Manus, and Albert Bristik. hunt on this day. Sisters, are asked to (2.) Queen Contestant Carrol Dvorak bring refreshments to this meeting. and Escort Michael Reiland; Duchess We would appreciate very much if Contestant Connie Rice and Escort . the lod ges that plan to attend the Richard Schnell — sponsored by OrMay 5th meeting would let us know ganizers Louis Kadlecek, Helen Hegapproximately the number of persons wood, Rudy Sefcik, and Frank Dolezal who are coining. Please send this in(3). Queen Contestant Betty Jo formation to our secretary, Mrs. Wavra and Escort Charles Kadlecek; Christine Baumann, 1004 A Street, Duchess Contestant Donna Schnell and TFerxaatse.rnary, Escort Donald Cox — sponsored by 'Organizers -Fiances Olexa, Lillian Mary McClosky -Kruse, Stephen Valcik, and John )0 ) to rcela, NOVE KVETY, LODGE NO, 35, ELK Our meeting of March 10, 1963_ was In the near future I will write more about the contestants. They are a fine called to order by Brother President Zalman. The Pledge of Allegiance was group of girls and boys and we are given. We had several visitors, they proud of them! Let's all plan to be at the Queen's Ball which will, be held were: Mamie Bradbury, Bill Hand, Mr.

Wednesday, April 3, 1903 and Mrs. Re Neslony, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dulock, and Ernest Banik. New members accepted were Joseph C. Jurack III, Janice Middleton, Betty Sharp, Kathy Sharp, James Andrews, and Julia Andrews.

Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, correspondence was read regarding the District III meeting. Committee reports were made, and again they were very successful reports.

The trustees' report was made by Bro. Wood.. Several items were discussed. This was discussed under the business part of the meeting.

Princess and Duchess candidates were asked to please come to the stage.

Princess candidates were: Barbara Breitkreutz, and Kathleen Zalman.

Barbara received the most votes and will represent our lodge as princess.

Duchess candidates were: Betty Pavelka and Janie Pavelka. Betty received the most votes and will be our Duchess.

Workday was discussed and several proposals were discussed. ;Saturday, March 30, was set as a general workday.Brother John Mach referred to, the trustees' report about our loan from Bro. Fred Mach. He made a motion we, pay it off. Seconded by Ed, Holub. Motion Carried. Sister Beralik made a motion we have a lunch honorin,g our newest members; seconded by Bro. CTharlie Pavelka; motion carried.

A discussion was held regarding our meeting date, since the second Sunday falls on Easter Sunday. The third Sunday in April was finally decided upon for our April meeting.

The picnic was brought up for discussion. The vote showed members present were in favor of the idea. Several dates were discussed. Bro. Rudolph Vicha suggested June 2nd. Bro. Emil Vicaa put this suggestion in the form of a motion, which carried.

Churches and surrounding communities should be contacted and notified of our plans.

Sick report: Bro. Rudolph Vicha had been in the hospital with a back ailment. Albina Farek is not doing so well, and Annie Pavelka, is in grave condition . Woodrow Adan yek has been in the hospital. It was not known at this time that Sister Norma, our reporter, had pneumonia. Sister Norma has spent the past couple of weeks recuperating at home and is doing nicely now.

I was asked to make this report, and I'm sorry it is late, but maybe it will

Wednesday, April 3, 1963 inform our members of plans and ideas that were presented.

At our next meting, which will honor all new members of the past year, sausage will be served, Ladies are kindly asked to bring salads and sweets.

Bro. John Mach asked 'members present to tell all whom they could about the cemetery meeting. This Will be held on the same Sunday. This is my report, so see you all on April 21st at or about 2 pm, Fraternally, Eugene L. Pavelka, Secretary, )O) PIONEER RESEARCH NEARING COMPLETION After four long years of genealogical- research of our earliest Texas pioneers, I am happy to say that my work is nearing completion.

Your valuable historical information, your family histories and pictures, your wonderful coo p eration, and all your great help towards preserving the history of our ancestors in building this great state of ours is highly appreciated, and our generations to come will have something to be very proud of.

If there are any . more family histories, records, or photographs of any kind that you wish to include in this book which I am compiling, kindly get in touch with, me, 011: send them to me at your earliest convenience.

'Thanking you for your contributions towards this project, I remain Fraternally, Mrs . Birdie Hilsher, 1215 Heights Blvd.

Houston 8, Texas â&#x20AC;˘UN 1-7083 )0 ) ATTENTION: IVIEMEERS OF DISTRICT SEVEN CORRECTION Sisters and Brothers: In my letter, published in the Vestnik of March 20, 1963, on page 17, column three, I mentioned that all proceeds from the "Cake Walk" will go to the district youth, fund. This was my understanding as well as many others, bemuse we 'cannot depend on contributions from the General Fund Now, I've received a letter form Sister Betty Jurica, Secretary of District Seven, saying that I was wrong, that in the last meeting held at Lodge "La Parita," a motion was made and approved that a "Cake Walk" be held, and proceeds go to the General Fund.

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Please note this change. I am sorry for the misunderstanding.

Fraternally, Marcella M. Kleprlik, Dist, 7 Youth Director )O) LODGE POKROK NO. 38, HOUSTON Dear Vestnik Readers: The weather shows signs of Spring.

The trees and grass are getting green and the birds are singing cheerfully.

We all like to see this time of the year, especially the children. It means they can pull off their shoes they have been lacing up all winter long, and run around barefoot.

Some of the members of the Board of Directors have been working hard cleaning up the lot of our future SPJST home. There is still a lot of work to be done, and any members wishing to get a little exercise are more than welcome to go out and join in. Every little bit of time put in will be greatly apreciated. It will mean that the property will be cleaned up so that we can have picnic outings under the beautiful shade trees this spring and summer.

Let's not let the Board of Directors do all the work. They have put in plenty of their v6.1tia.ble time for the past two years trying to locate a new home for Lodge 38. Now that they have done all this for us, let's show our appreciation and give them a helping hand.

I was informed by the Youth Club, Director, Sister Tillie Helmcamp, that on SUnday, April 7, there will be an Easter egg hunt for all the children at the new lot site, starting at 3:30 p.M. That is located on 15 1/9 and Beall Sts. All you members and friends bring your children out and enjay the excitement with them, After the hunt, we will all go to the hall for some snacks. Anyone wishing to donate a cake or pastry may do so. If, however, the weather is rainy, then the hunt will take place at the hall.

We wish to congratulate the three members of the Youth Club who were winners in the Merit Points Contest of Lodge 88. They are: Margaret Vala 1st place, Charles Kadlecek, 2nd place, and Larry Kruse 3rd place.

The Contestants for the District Queen's Bail have been selected and they will be announced next week. It is going to be held at Lodge 142 here in Houston on Saturday night, June 1st.

All you members of District Five make plans to come and attend the District Five Spring Meeting here at

17 Lodge 88 on Sunday, April 21. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. We will have more about this in our next write-up, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Helmcamp announce the engagement of their daughter, Jeanette, to! Mr. Earl Alexander. The wedding date is set for June 2nd. Jeanette is a senior at the University of Texas and Mr. Alexander is a senior at Texas A. and M. College.

Congratulations!

The Entertainment Committee will hold their meeting Friday night, April 5th. All members are urged to be present for this ,meeting.

The regular monthly meeting will be held Friday night, April 12.

Fraternally, Evelyn Vornsand

)O) LADIES CIRCLE OF LODGE 92 'Fort Worth, Texas Dear Members and Friends, The next meeting of the Ladies Circle will be held Thursday, April 11, 1963, at 10:30 a.m. at the National Hall, 3316 Roberts Cutoff.

The green decorations of St. Patrick's.

Day were used at the March meeting.

A shamrock tree was used for the centerpiece. A corsage with green shamrocks was presented to the president and each hostess for this month. Each member received a shamrock with a nuMber for the drawing of the door prize. It was won by Mrs. Frances Kratky. We want to thank Mrs. Margie Buck and Mrs. Neva Kratky for the beautiful decorations. There were 31 members present. We were happy to have Mrs. Amelia Stovall as our visitor.

There was a discussion on having a Family Night on May 9th. We will have more on that in next month's report.

A delicious lunch of barbecued wieners, beans, and slaw with pastries of all kinds and coffee was served by Mrs. Millie Bartek.

Mrs. Helen Zich, Mrs. Rose Strnad and Mrs. Billie Spindor.

We closed the meeting singing "Happy B4:thray" to Mrs. Frances Dalton, Mrs. Ine Krivanek, Mrs. Mary' Paprskar and Mrs, Annie Kubala.

We'll look forward to seeing all of you at the next meeting.

Fraternally, Billie Spindor

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Di, jet Ill Spri Meeting MARCH 24, 1963 The 2PJST DISTRICT III meeting was held at Lodge No. 154 in Fort Worth on Sunday, March 24, 1963, with Bro. Ed Mazanec, President, presiding. All officers of the District were present.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Bro. Johnnie Krizan, District Flagbearer. Bro. Jerry Milan, President of Lodge 154, welcomed the group, expressing their wishes for a successful meeting and an enjoyable day for all.

All officers of the Supreme Lodge were in attendance; also our Editor, Bro. Nick A. Morris,' and Dist. Director Bro. Robert Cervenka. Each was asked to speak briefly, and brought best wishes for the continued success of the District. They gave Very interesting reports of progress and activities in the Lodges, and all stressed the importance of working with our_youth.

01 much interest to the group was :e very, wonderful reports presented by two of our Directors , of the SPJST Nest HoMe in Taylor, Bro. Kveton of Lubbo-A, District IV, and Bro. Sid Pokladnik, of Lodge 84, Dallas. It was -very ried that with the completion of wing, medical care can now be provided for those who need attention.

All numbers were urged to visit our Rest Home. It is one more step forv . n rd. Hr our ,SPJST and ,cne that we can :ill be proud of, Bro. Pokladnik were held regarding the heavy cc its of the convention because et' the number of days required for deliberations. It was suggested that i' q !C . !:16 be worked out, particularly with the by-laws committee, to eliminate some of the time required in presenting and in approving the new bylaws. It was mentioned that much money could be saved in this way and could be used in. other beneficial fun ALn, possibly a youth cam p , or for assistance or benefit to our older .members.

All past presidents of District III were recognized and each was asked to speak briefly. These included Brothers Sid Pokladnik, Otto Hanus, Emil Petr and George Trojacek. were very happy to have visitors and members from other Districts.

Brother and Sister Jaroslav Kleprlik of San Antonio extended best wishes from District VIII. Also, it was nice

Dist. HI Mtf,;., Fort Worth: 50-Year Fin Awards: Marie (154), and Ande!ina Ozymy (84).

ti (92), Jan Becan

Dist. HI Mtg., ii'ort Worth . : Princess (1'), Duchess (D) cantlifla14y-, from the various ledges. BACK ROW: (I. to 11): Milton Vrla 130, escort for K-J thy Vrla; Georgia Kubala 92 (I"); Carol Nesuda 25 (12 ); Frances Miller 66 0'); Sharon Engelke 66 (P); Kathy Vila 130 (1'); and 1,1c,rliara Ondrusek 34 (1'). SECOND ROW: Cindy Watson 154 (D); Barbara Breitl(reutz 35 (P): n stty avelka 35 (D): Vicky Kopecky 84 (0); Jeanette Krizan 6 (D); Carolyn Witila2Âą 154 (P); FRONT ROW: Donna Gerlich 66 (D): Keaneti1 Vela of 130, escort fâ&#x20AC;˘z Shirley Annette Vrla of 130 (D).

Wednesday, April 3, 1963 having the membershi p from Houston. Sister Carol Mason, District III Queen, was recognized along with the queens and duchesses of other Lodges.

All candidates for 1963 were introduced. Each Youth Leader in attendance introduced the Youth officers of her particular lodge. It was encouraging to see so many young folks attending the meeting and showing the interest they have in their Lodge and in their District. They are today forming our capable leadership for our tomorrows.

The following program, with Bro. Jimmy Mason _as Master of Ceremonies, was presented by the Youth of Lodge 154: "Buttons and Bows" — by Alice Prochaska — accompanied by Janie Prochaska Tap — "Singing In The Rain" — Janie Milan "Sing We and Chant it _ Joe and John Kuban Tumbling — Linda Lanovsky, Linda Boenisch, Carol Laznovsky and Alice Prochaska "U Studanky Sedela" — Joe and John Kuban Tap Dance — "Five Foot Two" — Pamela Janca Czech Song — Greg, Mark, Linda and Carol Laznovsky By special request — the Ceskoslovenska Narodni Beseda — J. Milan, M. J. Renfro, J. Mason, E. Mason, S. Krenek, E. Koch, F. Prochaska and C. Mason.

The program was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Bro. Joe B. Hejny complimented all the youth on the program.

He mentioned the fact that where there are active Youth Clubs you will find progressive Lodges with good attendance.

The winners in the State contest in the Merit Book and the high point contest were recognized. Sister Sharon Engelke, of Lodge 66, Waco was presented a beautiful trophy by the Supreme Lodge for the state winner of the merit record book contest. Also, a certificate and gift was presented by the District to Sister Matilda Spence and Sister Zephyr Spence, both of Lodge 66 Waco, and to Lodge No. 6 Cottonwood member, Brother Johnnie Krizan, Sister Jeannette Krizan, and Bro. Robert Dobecka, for honorable mention. All other local lodge paint contest winners were recognized. Congratulations go to Brother Larry Petr of Lodge No. 84, Dallas for having won in the high point contest in his

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Dist. III Mtg., Fort Worth: Point System Winners: BACK ROW: Johnnie Krizan, Patricia Trojacek, Larry Petr, top winner in the state, Jean Spence, Zyphr Spence, and Carol Nesuda. SECOND ROW: Kathy Vrla, Barbara Ondrusek, Jeanette Krizan, Dorothy Pavlicek. FRONT ROW: Teresa Vrla, and Kenneth Vrla.

Dist. III Mtg., Fort 14 urAl: Merit Book Award Winners. Top winner, BACK ROW: Sharon Engelke 66; Honorable Mention: Jean Spence 66, •Zephyr Spence GG, Johnny Kriza,n 6; FRONT ROW: Honorable Mention: Jeanette Krizan, and Robert Dobecka, both of Lodge N. 6. local lodge, in District III, and in the State. He had received cash awards totaling $105.

Sister Jerry Ann Urban, of Lodge 84 Dallas, presented a scrap book of all youth, activities, from January through December, 1962. It was a lovely book,

beautifully arranged, dedicated as follows to District III: "We, the Youth of District III, solemnly and respectfully dedicate this record of our activities to our beloved elders who for so many years have been our 'guiding

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light' in our quest to become mature and active leaders of the SPJST. Signed: District III Youth."

The responsibility of keeping the book for the current yeat was cepted by Sisters Matilda and Zep±yr Spence and Beverly Goidosek.. all of Waco Lodge No. 66.

Brother Raymond Urbanovsky 7-announced the folloWing members would be awarded the 50 year emblems: Bro. J. E. Sumbera, Lodge No. 6; Bro. Frank Tomsu, and Sister Marie Winkler, Lodge No. 25; Bro. Adolph Na,vara and Sister Hernsina Kubitza and Sister Albina Pavelka, Lodge No. 35; Sister Frances E. Bartosli;Bro. Alb. Ctvrtlik, Bro. Jos. R. Mazanec, Bro. Frank Svoboda, Jr., and Bro. Frank K. Volcik, Lodge No. 54; Sisters Hedvika Durn, Carolina Motl, Andelina Ozymy, and Brother F. Kopecky, Jr.; Lodge No. 84; Sisters Marie Juran, Theresa Kaspar, Blazena Krupka, Brothers Paul Fojt, Jos. Kostiha, Frank Moore, Frank Striz, and Rs. Vokracka, Lodge No. 92; Sister Rosie Girard, Lodge No. 126; Sister Andelina Fillip, Lodge No. 128; Sister Frances Podhradsky and Bro. Josefa Mrlik, Lodge No. 130; Pro. Jan Becan, Lodge No. 154; Sister Frances Janek, Lodge No. 167, and Bro. Antbn Navratil, Lodge No. 66.

Those present to receive the awards were Sister Andelina Ozymy, No. 84, Sister Marie Juran, Lodge No. 92, and Brother Jan Becan, Lodge No. 154.

They were escorted by Sisters Carol.

Mason, Erica Koch, Evelyn Mason and Evelyn Dana. Brother Matek, President of the Supreme Lodge, spoke to Clem in Czech, praising these members. He pointed cut the fact that there are the two classes — the youth end the adults. He said in the adult group there is age, experience, and knowledge that has been gained in fraternal work, and - that they were always willing to pass this advice on to the youth. ; likewise, the youth should feel ,free to come to the adults for assistance. He stated the adults should do everything in their power to encourage the work of the youth. The The youth should know that the adults are always willing to work with them, to share their experience and knowledge of the fraternity, as we wish to see a better future, a better tomorrow than the yesterdays that have passed.

District Organizer Bro, Arnold Vrla praised the organizers for their out

Dist,. 201 1' recha!-A, Carol Mason,

n: Lodge 154 Besedo Dancers. BOYS, L to R: Frankie Jerry Milan, and :.Aanley Krenek. GIRLS, L to R: MaSeal, Mary Jf".a.11

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Dist, HI Mtg., Fort Worth: Newly-elected Dist. Hi officers for the next term: BACK ROW: 3rd Vice-President Jerry Milan, President Alvin Nesada, 2nd VicePresident Ben Jarma. FRONT ROW: Wilma Nesuda, Youth Director, Mrs. Rose Mary Spence, Secretary, and Miss Jerry Ann Urban, Treasurer. Young Christopher Spence, Flag hearer is in front. standing work and thanked all for the splendid cooperation.

Sister Wilma Nesuda, Youth Director, discussed the plans for the Youth Activity Day. It was voted to hold the

event -on June 30, 1963, at Lodge 130 in Dallas. The details of the events will be announced later.

A discussion was held concerning a Youth Camp Site. It was decided that

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g., Fort Worth: President Diet. HI, presiding over the meeting at Lodge 154, Fort Worth.

Just to his right is Sister Wilma Nesuda, Dist. Hi Youth Director.

District III would go state-wide. Since next year, 1964, is the convention year, it was felt that action saould be taken now to make plans for requesting tne Supreme Ledge to appropriate money for the project. It was decided that District I1.I would contact all other Districts asking support for such a movement at the coining convention.

It was announced that October 6, 1963, w:nld be Czech Day at the State

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Fair. It was suggested that no District activities be .planned on that day in order to allow all members over the entire state to attend this festivity.

The following new officers were elected: President — Bro. Alvin Nesuda, Lodge 35, Ennis 1st Vice Pres. — Bro. Ben Jarma, Lodge 84 Dallas 2nd Vice Pres. — Bro. Jerry Milan, Lodge 154, fort Worth Secretary — Sister Rosemary Spence, Lodge No. 66 Waco Treasurer — Sister Jerry Ann Urban, Lodge 84 Dallas Youth Leader — Sister Wilma Nesuda, Lodge 35 Ennis Brother Christopher Flaabearer Spence, Lodge 66 Waco.

The next District III Meeting will be held at Lodge No. 6 Cottonwood, the exact date to be announced later.

This was a good meeting, the attendance was very good, and members of Lodge 154 in Fort Worth , were wonderful hosts. Everyone enjoyed the business sessions and the fellowship.

Fraternally yours, Emma Ceska

Buibtiu 8416,11 SCHEDULE OF SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS DISTRICT I To be held at Lodge Bedrich Smetana„ No. 39, Bryan, on May 19th; meeting will start at 1 p.m. Program details will be announced later.

DISTRlCT IV Sometime this fall DISTRICT V To be held April 21, 1963; at Lodge Pokrok No. 88, Houston, Texas. The .orating will convene at 10:00 a.m.

D'iSTRICT be hcicl April 28, 1963, at Lodge No. 63, Pokrc.k Sweet 'Home, in Firemen's Hall, formerly the SPJST Hall.

The meeting will convene at 1 p.m.

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DISTRICT VII To be held May 5th, 1963, at Lodge 107 Floresville. )0 ) BIRTHDAY CLUB, LODGE 88, HOUSTON Our monthly meeting will be held on the 10th of April, starting at 10

21 o'clock in the morning. Lunch will be served at noon.

A Kolache Bake wfl.1 take place the first Saturday in April, that is, April 6th. We will start baking them in the morning, and they will be ready by noon.

The second Kolache Bake will take place an April 19th, Friday, late in the evening. They may be picked up at night Sophie Hruby, Reporter )O) LODGE NO. 25, ENNIS Dear Members, Our next lodge meeting will be held on April 7th, at 4:00 p.m A full day is planned for the whole family, starting with an Easter egg hunt for the younger chiictren at 3:00.

Each child is to bring six eggs. Refreshments will be furnished after the hunt.

At 4:00 the lodge and teenagers will hold separate meetings. Each family is asked to bring a covered dish for the supper at 5:00. Refreshments will be furnished by the lodge.

At 6:00, the teenagers will go bowling.

We hope that each member will make a special effort to attend.

Fraternally yours, G. Louis Kudrna, Secretary )O( LODGE NO. 28 EAST BERNARD Dear Brothers and- Sisters, The meeting of Lodge No. 28 has been postponed to April 21, 1963, at 2 p.m. Please be present.

Fraternally, Carrie Bohacik, Secty. )0 ) LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Members and Friends: Our regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, April '9, 1963 at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at 1805 East Adams Ave. Fraternally yours, Kosarek, Secty. )0 ) LODGE 33, BLEIBLERVILLE The next regular meeting of our Lodge will be held on Saturday, April 13, at 2 O'clock in the afternoon. So be sure to remember the change of date from Sunday to Saturday for this meeting.

Yours fraternally, Mrs. John Susen

22 LODGE NO, 54, WEST Dear Members: This is to remind you that we will have our meeting this coming Sunday.

This meeting will be interesting as we will be honoring our 50-year SPJST members and we will decide whether we shall go ahead and remodel the inside of our hall as was planned, and the Youth Club will have an Easter Program.

So plan on being at this meeting on April 7th at 2 p.m.

Fraternally, Mrs. Bennie Soukup )O) LODGE 72, CAMERON This is to notify our members that our lodge meeting, which is held usually on the second Sunday of each month will be held instead on the first Sunday, April 7th.

L. T. Slavik, President )0 ) IMPORTANT NOTICE We were informed over the weekend that Lodge 80, Holland, was the unfortunate victim of a fire that completely destroyed the lodge hall there.

The fire occurred early Thursday morning, around 4:30 a.m. Exact cause is unknown at this time, but evidence of vandalism was discovered. The hail was built in 1949, and its loss is a sad one to the entire Holland Community.

President Joe Barabas, Jr., informs us that plans will be started , immediately to rebuild. Just this past week, Brother Barabas had sent us a list of dance dates to be held at their hall, and these, of course, are being cancelled.

Our best wishes go to the whole lodge for the rapid recovery from their loss, and hope a new building becomes a reality in the near future. — Ed. )0 ) Yes, teenagers are nice if they are taught to be nice when they are young.

They are thoughtiful if 'they have learned to be thoughtful, first of the other members of their family, and later of classmates, neighbori, and others. They are capable of reasoning if they have been allowed to use their minds from the pre-school years on.

And a teenager is likely to be lovable if be belongs to a relaxed, loving family with a real sense of fun.

—Rachel Bennett )O( There's a line on the ocean where you lose a day when you cross it.

There's a line on most highways where you can do even better.

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Young People's Department LODGE 56, CORPUS CHRISTI Dear Readers, The- annual adidt meeting of Lodge No. 56 was held March 10th with Bro. Adolph Sassin, president, presiding.

The meeting was mostly about the points which the Youth Club members have gotten. The winners were: 1st prize — Georgia Ann Peters; 2nd prize — Mary Ann Hermis; 3rd prize — Patrick Peal.

We are going to have an Easter Egg Hunt for the smaller children and each family should bring six boiled eggs. So let's have a big turn out. Everyone is invited.

The meeting and Easter Egg Hunt will be April 7, 1963. We are going to have a supper, and the mothers are asked to bring some kind of food.

Sincerely, Georgia Ann Peters ) LODGE NO. 66, WACO Dear Readers, On March 24th I attended the District III meeting held in Fort Worth.

It was a very exciting day for all who attended. There were 16 Youth Club members from Lodge No. 66- attending this meeting. Sharon Engelke, from Lodge 66, won the trophy for the State Merit Book contest. My sister and I, being on the State Honor Roll for the Merit Book Contest and 1st and 2nd place winners in. the Point Contest for our Lodge, were very proud to be 'present on this day to represent our lodge. Thanks to all the Supreme and

Wednesday, April 3, 1963 District Officers for the lovely gifts we received on this day.

Officers for District III were elected in the afternoon; and again Lodge 66 is proud to have one of their youth elected to be Flag Bearer for District III. Congratulations! goes to to Christopher Spence. Christopher is a very active Jr. Youth Club member at Lodge 66. Keep up the good work, Chris!

I must close for now but would like to remind everyone that our Lodge 66 meeting will be held April 21st.

Try to come; we will have a complete report about our trip to Fort Worth.

Fraternally yours, Zephyr Spence )O) LODGE NO. 66, WACO Dear Readers, I was proud , that our family was able to attend the District III meeting held in Fort Worth, at Lodge 154 on March 24th. As usual, when we started out on our trip to Fort Worth, we traveled in rain, but the day turned out to be very pretty.

The morning session was called to order by the President of District III, Brn. Ed. Mazanec. All Supreme Officers were present and each were called upon to make a short speech. Sister Jerry Ann Urban, being a past Queen of District III, was also called upon to make a speech. In her speech, she told us she had a surprise for us in the afternoon. Her surprise was a beautiful District III -Scrapbook she had made. Mrs. Nesuda, District III Youth Director, stated she would like to keep a scrapbook throughout the years. She appointed three girls from Lodge 66 to keep a Scrapbook for 1963. The girls appointed were Beverly Gaidusek, Jean and Zephyr Spence. Being Queen of Lodge 66, 'I was very surprised to be called on to make a speech but I was very happy and proud to be there and to represent my lodge. , The afternoon session began at 2:00 o'clock with a program presented by the youth club members of Lodge 154.

A very nice program and a big thanks to all who participated in the program.

The business meeting followed the program and continued until late in the afternoon because of all the business that had- to be taken care of. New officers for District III were elected and the Youth were recognized as winners of the 'Merit Book Contest and Point Contest. Also the Princess and Duchess, representing different lodges

Wednesday, April 3, 19.63 were introduced. They are competing for the title of Queen of District III. Awards were presented to all the winners and after the meeting was over, everyone enjoyed visiting before going home. Our next District III meeting will be held at Lodge 6, Cottonwood some time this fall. I hope everyone had as much fun as I did at the District III meeting, and are making plans to attend the next one.

Fraternally yours, Jean Spence )O) LODGE NO. 66, WACO

Dear Readers, I am late with my letter but I had homework to get and then. I was busy getting ready to goy to the District III meeting in Fort Worth. At our Youth Club meeting held March 17, Johnnie Gaidusek led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. We are going to have an Easter egg hunt on April 6, with games following cur hunt. We voted on sending Birthday cards to all Youth Club members in our group. Cindy Moore and Christopher Spence were selected to be flag bearers.

At the District III meeting I was very happy when I was nominated and voted in as Flag Bearer for District III. I promise to do my . job as flag bearer to the best of my ability. I was so very happy to be voted in and I wish to thank all those on the nominating committee for selecting me. I love the work for our SPJST in my local lodge and in the District. I am proud to be a member of SPJST Lodge 66, which I have been now for 11 years.

I must close for now but hope to see everyone at our Easter Egg Hunt, and also at our next lodge meeting which will be held on April 21 at Linden Hall.

Reniember, this is the day we will raise Our flag to the top of our hall.

Please try to be there.

Fraternally yours, Christopher Spence, Reporter, Youth Club )0 ) LODGE NO 6, COTTONWOOD

Dear R ea ders, On Sunday, March 24, 1963, at the District III meeting in Fort Worth, I was one of those chosen from our Lodge to receive a Merit Book award. . My award was for writing the best story. It gave me an honor and pleasure to receive the State Gold Seal Award and a pen and pen holder set with SPJST inscribed on it. We all had a, very good time and I hope everyone will be able to attend the fall

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District III meeting in our Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood. Thank you very much.

Yours truly, Robert Dabeeka )0 ) LODGE NO. 54, WEST

Dear Readers, Don't forget to come to our meeting Sunday, April 7 at 2:00 p.m. We will have an Easter program and an Easter egg hunt that evening.

I was going to tell all about my mother's accident. My mother is Estelle Marek, an assistant Youth Leader at our Lodge 54. On March 22 she was walking and fell and broke he- ankle in two places and stayed in tie; hospital for five days.

Me and my sister shared the housework. So be careful when walking, because mother broke ,her ankle real quick. May God bless you. (Mother said she will make our program if she has to use her- crutches). See you there.

Your friend, Kathy March )O) --LODGE NO 54, WEST

Dear Vestnik Readers, This is to remind 'everyone of our Youth, Club's Easter Program and Easter egg hunt to be held Sunday, April 7' at 2 p.m. Be sure and bring something for the EaSter egg hunt and please do bring some pastries for our party after the meeting and program.

I'm sure everyone is looking forward to it as I am.

Oh, yes: sorry, I do not write as often as everyone does about the meetings' or hiking these days, because I don't think hiking is a good idea unless you are very careful. On March 22 my mother broke her ankle in two places. She broke it while walking. She stayed in the Hillsboro Clinic Hospital for five days, and a had a nice bill on top of all that. So when you are walking be very careful that you don't break a leg or ankle,, because it is easily done.

So see you in our next meeting, and may God bless you Rose Marie Marek, Secretary, Youth Club )O) --TEENAGE TELEPHONE TALK

When is it all right for a girl to telephone a boy? And when would she be better off with an attack of laryngitis?

The telephone can be a girl's best friend if she uses it correctly, or it can be her worst enemy in dealing with the opposite sex. t is your Best Friend if you use it

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to invite a boy to a specific party or dance, or to ask an occasional question about homework or other school or ,group activities.

Should he be forced to turn clown your invitation, which can be for any nun.;:..ar of reasons, this is his oppornony to say, "I can't make the party tl,is Saturday but how about going sating next week?"

The telephone is your worst enemy, however, if you call a boy repeatedly and for no particular reason except to talk.

If he hasn't called you back or invited you to a social event, take the hint and stop dialing his number. And don't feel as if the world is coming to an end.

•Whatever the reason for this lack of interest — sChoolwork, another girl, even lack of interest in girls entirely — this is not a personal reflection on you. If you are going to use boys' methods in calling up Members of the opposite sex, you must be prepared to accept turndowns - Without feeling 'unloved.

As for actual telephone 'conversations,. make them go smoothly by, remembering certain basic truths that will also ,serve you . well in ,business and adult life later .on: 1. Say who you: are first thing: Unless:,your are speaking :to your family or your very hest-best friend; don't count -on your voice bein:?; recognized, Give. -entire . name. ."Hi, this is Beth Johnson,. is Mary . Lou in?"

2. If :you recognize ,the pc rson, who - answers, say. hello: Don't be flummox.father answers the -ed if ,Mary phone. ."Hi, Is this .Mr. rk I thought I recognized, your voice This is Beth Johnson. Is Mary Lou in?"

3. Don't sli-aout or -shriek: Girls' voices are higher pitched than boys' and often sound. , grating anti 11:u-;-;11 on the 1.3--=one Make an efi . 00 to pitch 'yctir voice a , bit lower than usual,. You may be surprised at tile power of , a phoneetic voice.,, I "Disconnect" gossip: , .Everyone loves to hear gosSip but nobody trusts the person who _spreads it. Stop a gossiper by jiggling the p1; one and saying, "I can't hear you. Better call you back later." )O) Some men are afraid' of being too religions.- What we-need today is men who believe down . deepr in their soul what they profess.. The world is tired and sick of shanillwight L. Moody.

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Wednesday, April 3, 1963

Yards and Gardens RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned resolution committee of Lodge Vlastenec No. 45, Shiner, Texas, for and in behalf of our members, do herewith express our; heartfelt sympathy to the wife and daughters and grandchildren upon the departure of their beloved one and our beloved brother, FRANK V. PAVLICEK who passed away at his home Wednesday, March 6, 1963 at 4:00 a.m. in Victoria.

Mr. Pavlicek, a retired clerk for Southern Pacific Railroad, was born October 4, 1895 in Lavaca County, but lived in Victoria, for the past 31 years.

A memorial service was held Thursday, March 7, at 8 p.m. at the McCabe-Carruth Funeral Home Chapel.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.

Friday at United Dr. Martin Lutheran Church in Shiner, with the Rev. J. M. ,Slo.edlen,, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Shiner City Cemetery.

Survivors are his beloved wife, Mrs. Ella Pavlicek of Victoria and two daughters, Mrs. Leroy Angerstein of Myersville and Mrs. C. L. Tucker Jr., of Brownsville; two sisters, Mrs. Wylie (Frances) McNatt of Corpus Christi, and Mrs. Charles (Albina) Baros of Point Comfort, and six grandchildren.

May our beloved, departed brother rest in eternal peace and may his memory be honored unto eternity.

Resolution committee Vlasta Vincik, Emilie Baros, Frank Mikeska )O( RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolutions Committee of Lodge Elk No. 35, do hereby in behalf of all the members of our Lodge, wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family on the passing away of their mother, grandmother and our lodge sister, MRS. ANNIE PAVELKA who passed away at her home Monday, March 11, 1963, at the age of 68.

Funeral services were held at the Elk Catholic Church. Burial was in the Pavelka Cemetery.

She was born and raised in the Elk community and lived in the Elk community most of her life. She was a member of our lodge almost 50 years.

By Otto' Harms At this time of the year, when nature is trying to blaze out in all its glory, we somethimes get excited and start giving nature additional assistance with fertilizers and chemical plant foods. Often we do more harm than good.

The first choice of any good gardener is well-rotted barnyard manure which, if properly applied, will give the best overall results. Well-rotted barnyard manure, if applied in the fall and worked into your soil, will help you, do four things for your soil: first, it enriches your soil, which is what we all want; second, it adds humus to your soil, which in turn, helps to hold moisture; and last, it will make your soil more porous and a lot easier to work with. Why is it important that our soil is porous and loose to help nature grow our plants? First She is survived by four sons: Adolf Pavelka and Johnnie Pavelka of Rt. 1, Axtell; Edward Pavelka of Rt. 1, Mart; and Marvin Pavelka of Houston; four daughters: Mrs. Minnie Parker and Mrs. Alma Moore of Rt. 1, Axtell; Mrs. Edna Peevy of Rt. 4, Waco, and Mrs. Margaret Bernardo of Oakland, California; 21 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

May our deceased sister rest in peace.

Resolution Committee, Mrs, Martha Mladenka, Mrs. Norman Pavelka, Mrs. Lydia Vicha.

air and oxygen enter loose soil and is absorbed by the roots and carried to all parts of the plants, This is hard to do when your soil is packed hard.

This is not anything new but something that all gardeners and landscape experts have used from time immemorial.

The main purpose of using manures is to condition our soil, and it contains the three basic elements for plant, !growth.These are nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, but usually in insufficient quantities. So to build up these elements we add commercial plant foods to provide the proper amounts for fast, healthy growth.

Now we will take up the three basic elements, nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, and tell you what each one of them does in making your plants grow. Nitrogen is the element that is needed to grow the leaves of plants and to give theme the bright green color. On some soils the addition of iron is needed to bring out all the green that nature has provided in your soil. Too much nitrogen makes plants grow too fast so that they become too soft and the easy prey for all kinds of plant diseases; not enough just doesn't bring out the luxuriant growth we all want. The second element is phosphoric acid, which supplies the growing vigor to the sterns, stalks, fruits, nuts, flowers, and gives each their color. However, in flowers, where you desire REAL bright colors and breath-taking perfume, the addition of a small quantity of blood meal is desirable, particularly in the growing

Wednesday, April 3, 1963 of caladiumS and all flowers that bloom red. The last element, potash, is the element that supplies the juiciness toâ&#x20AC;˘ your fruits and vegetables and develops the root system of all plants, which is about the most important thing to a plant, because without a good root system a plant is very much like a man without feet, These then are the three basic elements of any fertilizer and what they are in it for.

Now, what does a sack weighing 100 lbs. showing an analysis of 10-5-5, contain? Most of us think we have bought 100 pounds of fertilizer, when in re! ality, we have only bought 20 lbs. of fertilizer and 80 lbs of, filler. Why is the filler put in? Simply because it would be almost impossible to spread the 20 lbs. of fertilizer over a given area evenly enough to keep it from burning the plants we want to make grow. What is this filler? In most cases it is hard, pulverized clay. In better grades of fertilizer, organic fillers are used and, are usually pulverized cotton seed and rice hulls; in some cases, composted saw dust is used. Plant food with an organic base or filler is more desirable than those that are clayfilled.

Many plants such as azaleas, gardenias, all hollies, and many others, especially camelias, require an acidic condition, which is usually obtained by the addition of aluminum or iron sulphate. The best treatment for any plant is to stop and think how plants grow in the woods and the type of location. As you travel through the country you seldom find pines growing on lush blackland, but rather on poor sand and land where nothing else will grow since pines are an acidloving plant and acid soils are usually very light and deep, Evergreens, such as cedars, are usually found on rocky slopes and hills, and they grow in dry areas where most other plants would die. They require vary little plant food, but a little will make them look luxuriant. Trees that require a lot of water are pecans, the willows, the elms, cottonwoods and many others. These are usually found on icreek and river bottoms but can be successfully grown in any back yard with proper care_ Through years of experimentation we now have plant foods available at low cost that contain insecticides that will rid your soil of undesirable insects, such as sow bugs, grub worms, cut worms, crickets, and many others.

You apply the plant food and insecticide in one operation. Others have

VESTNIKâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; WEST, TEXAS fungus-killing chemicals added to destroy brown spots on your lawn.

Among these the best is Terraclor and Captan.' Then we have others that have iron in various forms added to combat Chlorosis (yellow leaves),and now we have a new one which has a chemical to destroy undesirable weed seeds that spring up on your otherwise well-kept lawn. All of these can be applied with your plant food to your lawn or garden as you fertilize.

Many plant foods are available in liquid form and are applied to your lawn or garden through your garden hose; others are applied in tablet form to plants. This is desirable in growing pot plants because this method makes it easier to apply the right amount each time, A good liquid fertilizer can be made by filling a barrell one fourth full of good marnyard manure and filling it with water. After it is wellstirred and allowed to settle, the resulting liquid applied to plants always gives good results. This method is used by many of the old timers growing potted plants for the â&#x20AC;˘market, but it is equally effective in your own flower or vegetable garden.

There are many soil conditioners, such as peat moss, Miracle Mulch, and many cane by-products that do a very god job of keeping your soil loose and treated for proper growth. The most important thing for us to remember is that plants are living things and they require the same attention that animals or humans do. They will always respond ta regular and good care but will not tolerate neglect very long.

I remember when we lived in Oklahoma City our neighbor across the street had a beautiful yard of shrubs and flowers. He was everlastingly watering, spraying, and feeding them. He was transferred and sold his home, and the new owner just didn't have or take time to give them care. Within a few weeks they were sickly-looking, and he asked me what the trouble was, and I frankly told him that neglect was the reason.

Watering is another important factor in proper plant development. It is better to give your plants a thorough watering once a week than to sprinkle them every day , In this regard, the only exception would be a newly seeded lawn which should be sprinkled daily until it comes up. Another plant that likes a little water daily is azaleas and strawberries; both of these are shallow-rooted plants and need top moisture. The reason that one

25 heavy watering is better is that deep Watering makes the roots grow down toward deep moisture, but if you spray lightly each day they have to come to the surface for water.

Should you have any growing problems with your plants send your questions to the Vestnik and we will try to find a solution for you. )O)

For The Housewife GARLIC DRESSING 4 raw eggs 1 teaspoon each, salt and ,dry mustard 4 cups salad oil 4 hard boiled eggs, chopped fine 4 cloves of fresh garlic, to taste, chopped 5 sprigs of fresh parsley chopped 4 whole green onions chopped (tops and all) 3 stalks celery chopped (3 pieces) 1/2 cup mixed lemon juice and vinegar to taste Place the raw eggs in a mixer,while beating eggs, add salt and mustard.

Slowly add oil and then pour in remaining ingredients. Keep dressing in covered container and this will make 1 quart of dressing. Refrigerate.

FRESH ORANGE CHIFFON PIE cup soft butter % cup sugar 16 graham crackers rolled into crumbs 1 envelope unflavored gelatine 14 cup cold water 4 eggs, separated 1/2 cup sugar Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon orange rind 1/2 cup orange juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 cup cream, whipped stiff To make crust, blend the 1/4 cup of soft butter with 1/4 cup sugar and the crumbs from 16 graham crackers. put

26 crumb mixture into a 9-inch pie pan, and set an 8-inch pie pan on top.

Bake in a 375 F. oven for about eight minutes. Cool then add filling.

To make the filling soften gelatine in water, place cup, in hot water to dissolve the gelatine. Combine egg yolks, sugar (remove 2 tablespoons for egg whites) and salt. Add dissolved gelatine to yolk mixture. Stir in orange rind, orange and lemon juice. Cook in double broiler; when mixture thickens, remove from heat. While custard is cooling, beat egg whites until stiff, and dry. Fold in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Fold egg whites into cooled custard. Fill baked pie shell and place in refrigerator. Top with whipped cream. )0 ) CAESAR SALAD 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce IA teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon salt IA teaspoon pepper 1/3 cup corn oil 1 clove garlic 1 small can anchovies 3 quarts salad greens 'A cup grated Parmesan cheese or crumbled blue cheese Legg 2 cups croutons Combine lemon juice, cider vinegar and Worcestershire sauce with mustard, salt and pepper. Pour in corn oil.

Add sliced garlic clove or rub bowl with cut garlic: Cut anchovies into small pieces and add to dressing, reserving a few slices for garnish, if desired.

Tear, well drained an dried salad greens into pieces and place in a salaol, bowl. When ready to mix, remove garlic from dressing, pour over greens, add cheese and toss lightly until , all greens glisten and are coated. Break egg into salad and toss again until well mixed. Sprinkle croutons over salad.

Mix lightly . Serve immediately. Makes eight servings.

To make, croutons, trim crust from four slices of white bread. Blush both sides of bread using 2 tablespoons corn oil. Cut into cubes and toast in 350 F. (moderate oven. 10 to 15•minutes or until golden , brown. )O) QUICK-MEAL SANDWICHES CAN'T BE BEAT Whole-meal sandwiches are quickies for lunch.

Cheese is a sandwich favorite that combined with sq many foods for in-

vkaTNIK— WEST, TEXAS teresting combinations. Try this triple decker open-face.

Toast one side of bread. Spread untoasted side with butter. Add a spoon ful of baked beans, cover with a slice of Cheddar cheese and top with Bermuda or sweet onion sliced thin. Place the sandwichr under the broiler until the cheese melts.

Serve with green salad and with fresh pear for dessert. For other quickies get a copy of the Texas A. and M. Extension Bulletin, 'Quick Meals,' from your Home Demonstration office. e WHAT COLOR TOMATOES? Consumers like their tomatoes red— but not too red.

A survey made by the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station found that 92 per cent of the shoppers who were asked their preference in fresh tomatoes — picked fruit showing 80 per cent color as, their first and second choices. Only 70 per cent of them rated the 100 per cent red fruit as first or second choice.

• • SMALL AMOUNT OF LIQUID FOR DOT ROAST When preparing a beef pot roast, use a small amount of liquid.

Cover the meat tightly and cook slowly until tender about three to four hours for a 3-to-5-pound pot roast.

The liquid should not boil.

Never cover the meat with water, as is recommended in preparing stew. By using different liquids and seasonings, you can achieve many different flavor combinations.

• • COMPARE CANNED, FRESH MUSHROOMS Which, to choose, fresh, or canned mushrooms?

A comparison of yield and price will give you some indication. Specialists in the Agricultural Extension Service in Pennsylvania, where more than half of this country's mushrooms are grown, say you figuie it this way* If the price of a 4-ounce can is onethird that of a pound of fresh mushrooms, they are equally good buy, The logic behind this: One pound of fresh whole mushrooms will yield six servings. A 4- ounce can of whole mushrooms yields two serving o. )O( Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.

• • Learning begins in wonder, or it doesn't begin at all.

Wednesday, April 3, 1963

For Your Information: NATIONALITY GROUPS AT N. Y. WORLD'S FAIR Senator Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.) was advised recently by Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges that the story of the various nationality groups in our population will be told at the New York World's Fair.

The Senator, in a letter to Secretary Hodges, had strongly urged that the role of these nationality groups have a prominent part in the American Pavilion theme. H_e asked that every consideration be given to carrying the theme out through displays and performances in the pavilion. "I think this is an excellent suggestion," Secretary Hodges said. He added that the contributions of people of all national origins to this country and its progress will be a part of the exhibit.

The Secretary said Senator Hart's suggestions for using the nationality theme will be brought to the attention of the U. S. Commissioner for the exhibit. )0 ) TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! An annual inspection is routinely made for all motor vehicles. It's too bad the human body doesn't get the same consideration.

Most nouns go along year arter year, never seeing a doctor until they become sick or have an accident.

If regular inspections are important for a car, consider how absolutely vital they are for the human machine.

You may have some early disease and not even know it. Unless this condition is found and treated, chances are it will become more serious and more difficult to control.

A regular check-up by a doctor is a good cpportunity to get sound, medical advice on your needs, based on his professional evaluation of your stateof-health. You may need medical advice about the ,food you eat, the exercise you should take, and other habits which can help or hinder you in your search for good health.

Even if you are already under treatment, perhaps it has been too long since your last visit to the doctor. Your condition may have changed for the better of worse.

Perhaps your regimen needs to be changed or your medicines — if you are taking any — need to be readjusted in dosage or kind. Not all medicines are to be taken indefinitely.

Also, new diagnostic aids and medi-

Wednesday, April 3, 1963 cines are now available which the doctor may want to prescribe.

Perhaps you had an illness and overcame it. It is possible the condition could recur.

Perhaps one of the biggest advantages of a complete physical examination at regular intervals is the knowledge that you are in fit physical shape. If you have an illness, it is consoling to know that everything pose sible is being done to keep it under control.

There is no set schedule of bow often you should have a check-up, but it, should be regular. Let your doctor set the schedule for you. At the end of the examination he can suggest the time for the next check-up.

—Texas Dept. of Public Health )0 ) $37 MILLION PAID EACH DAY IN LIFE BENEFITS Nearly $37 million in life insurance and annuity benefits were paid to American families by life companies each working day during 1962, according to the Institute of Life Insurance.

These benefits set new records both for the total paid during the year and the amount of payments per day. The Institute said life companies are now geared to process each benefit claim within a single working day, when all necessary information is available in an application.

American families received a total of $9.3 billion in life insurance and annuity benefits during 1962. This was a 6 per cent increase over 1961 and was more than double the benefits received only nine years before.

Benefits paid on life insurance policies alone in 1962 amounted to almost $8.3 billion. About $1 billion was paid on annuities.

The flow of "living benefits" to policyholders themselves continued to run substantially higher than death payments. These "living benefits" totalled $5.4 billion, or over 58 per cent of all 1962 life insurance and annuity benefits. The total was 4 per cent higher than in 1961. ' Besides a 9 per cent increase in annuity payments, 1962 "living benefits" included: $714 million in matured endowments, unchanged from 1961; $142 million in disability payments, a 7 per cent increase; $1.8 billion in .cash values of surrender policies, a 1 per cent decrease; and almost $2 billion in policy dividends, a 9 per cent increase.

Almost $3.9 billion was paid in 1962 to benefifiaries of policyholders who

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died. This was a record total and an 8 per cent increase over 196l. More than half of these death payments were under ordinary policies.

The Institute estimates that, out of every $12 of death payments, almost $8 goes to wives policyholders and about $1 goes to their children. The rest goes to other beneficiaries. )0 ) CALORIE COUNTDOWN In 1962, as in 1961, two food groups supplied over 40 per cent of the calories consumed by the average American.

According to statistics compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the two main sources of calories were flour and cereal products (21 per cent) and fats and oils (20 per cent).

Another 15 per cent of the average person's calories came from meat, poultry, and fish; 13 per cent from dairy products other than butter; and 2 per cent, eggs. The remaining 29 per cent was in fruits, vegetables, and sweeteners. )0 ) LET'S GO SWIMMING Ask the first 100 people you meet to name their favorite sport and chances are good that at least 70 will say swimming. Even golf and fishing have taken a back seat as sport choices.

There are some great days ahead for Texas swimming enthusiasts. They have 13,000 pools to choose from, and the season is right at hand.

And things stand to break even better for the wet set in days to come.

According to the National Swimming Pool Institute, Texas will have some 70,000 pools in 1970. All this is good, because swimming lends itself to social adjustment. It teaches coordination and builds stamina. A child who overcomes fear of water has learned courage.

But play for the plungers means work for someone else — namely State Health Department engineers and local health department sanitarians who sponsor and conduct training courses for pool managers and personnel from border to border.

"Short schools" for pool operators are concentrated during April, May and June, the intention being to enroll as many operators as possible be fore hot weather and overflow crowds make it hard for them to get away frOm their work.

Co-sponsored by the Texas Beach and Pool Association, courses consist of eight hours of intense technical and practical instruction. It covers such things as how to disinfect the water,

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27 and how to control water acidity — the factor, incidentally, which causes swimmers' eyes to burn, rather than chlorine as is popularly supposed.

The course also covers pool safety, bathhouse sanitation, and the various filtering systems used in modern pools.

How important are swimming pools as links in the chain of disease transmission? Eye, ear, nose, throat, skin and intestinal infections are among the most common conditions spread in swimming pools.

Most prevalent, however, is ringworm of the feet — commonly called "athlete's foot." It is not contracted in pool water, but by walking on wet walks and floors on which spores flourish.

In well-operated pools there is little chance of contracting any of these conditions. That is the reason the State Health Department puts such emphasis on swimming pool sanitation.

Swimmers, too, have a responsibility toward pool cleanliness. Like most public places, a pool quickly assumes the character of its least desirable patron.

—Texas State Department of Health )O) A TAX AUDIT More and more taxpayers are getting audited as a part of the government's revenue collection. If selected, you may well ask, "Why pick on me?"

Well, you may 'have made an, arithmetic mistake, deducted too much, claimed a large refund compared to your income, had a big income, had too small an income. Or, you may have been picked out by chance.

There are many audits. An auditor may ask you to bring in your records to talk over your return. Often one talk is enough. Again you may have several talks before the matter is closed. You may bring your lawyer along if you like or anyone who helped you make out your last return.

Sometimes a federal agent may come to your home or place of business to check your records in person.

Just showing the agent your records may satisfy him. But he may "adjust" your return. You then, must take steps to pay, or to challenge his conclusions.

When a special agent comes to see your records, it may be well to have your lawyer on hand.

As a rule most honest , differences over taxes are settled • without suits.

But not always. Whenever taxes 'are challenged, take prompt steps to protect your interests. People have lost

28 good defenses or claims by failing to act within the times set by law.

The workload of the tax offices has brought on automatic data processing.

Magnetic tape and other devices may store and analyze returns on each taxpayer, say, by 1970 or sooner. Then more audits.

This newsfeature, prepared by the State Bar of Tetras, is written to inform-not to advise. No person should ever apply or interpret any law without the aid of an attorney who is fully advised concerning the facts involved, becausce a slight variance in facts may change the application of the law.) )0 ) STOCKMEN: WATCH FOR SCRFWWORMS Spring weather over most of Texas means livestockinen are facing a busy season when calving, farrowing, shearing, deharning and the many other animal husbandry activities are occurring. It could also mean screwworm activity may not be too far in the future. especially if producers are not careful in handling animals and treating wounds, eradication officials state, The many open wounds, so attractive to the screwworm fly, that now exist because of normal spring livestock activities make many areas of the state a "veritable tinderbox" for infestation, eradicators warn. They urge producers to carefully treat every wound, whether a small nick or scratch or a large open cut, making certain that the insecticide used gets down in the center of the wound and is not drained away by blood. Spraying livestock with a solution of 0.25 per cent Co-ral or 0.5 per cent ronnel (Korlan) every two or three weeks, is also recommended, Officials warn of the danger of moving screwworm-infested animals, a practice which could help the pest spread quickly into non-infested areas.

State regulations prohibit the transportation of livestock before they have been checked for infestation and certified. This applies to livestock being moved from areas south of the screwworm control line into other areas of Texas or the nation.

Every case now being detected is treated as an emergency in an attempt to quickly overwhelm the insect before it can infest other areas. This makes prompt reporting by producers imparative, officials said G. G. Scruggs, president of South-

V2STNIK— WEST. TEXAS west Animal Research Foundation, has stated it would be traitorous for a man not to report anything he thinks is a screwworm case. A few cases that are not treated and reported at this time could ruin and waste everything that has been done up to now, he said.

—A. and M. Extension Service )0 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Today is not only the Space Age. It is also the Chemical Age. One of the main benefits of living in this chemical age is availability of numerous pesticides. They have been essential for the improvement of our agricultural output and therefore for raisin,g our standard of living. Also, these pesticides have been helpful in the control of many insect borne diseases.

Unfortunately, the most effective pesticides are often the most toxic and precautions against them the Most difficult to enforce. In 1962, 13 Texans died as a result of mishandling of these toxic materials.

With the increased use of these highly toxic materials, both at home and in industry, it is essential that we stress safety measures at every opportunity. Listed below are some important points to remember when handling and using toxic insecticides.

1. Follow the instructions on the manufacturer's label to the smallest detail.

2. Store toxic sprays and dust away from children and irresponsible individuals, as well as livestock, foods and animal feeds.

3. All regular handlers of phosphorous insecticides should have cholinesterase tests at intervals not greater than 10 days during the periods they are working with the materials.

4. All applicators should avoid breathing dust, vapors, or spray from the insecticides.

5. Respirators, which meet the specifications of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, should be worn when handling or working around highly toxic insecticides.

6. Freshly laundered protective clothing and gloves should be worn when sprays and dust are being applied.

7. If toxic insecticides are spilled on the skin or clothing, work should be suspended and the person involved should bathe and change clothes.

8. Individuals handling toxic insecticides Should bathe and change clothes immediately after completing .Sobs or during any extensive break.

Wednesday, April 3, 1903 9. All personnel and livestock should, be protected from drifts of spray or dust.

10. When toxic insecticides are applied to agricultural plants such as cotton or grain the fields should not be re-entered for three , days after application.

11. Toxic insecticides should be kept away from flames and sparks when being diluted for application since many solvents used in preparing insecticide; are highly inflamable.

—Texas Dept . of Public Health )0 ) DANGER TO AMERICAN BIRDS STRESSED BY AUTHOR In the last 350 years, 60 species of birds have become extinct.

This is what Dr. Eula Whitehouse, author of Texas Wild Flowers in Color, and of the recently published Common Pall Flowers of the Coastal Bend of Texas, told members of tile Dallas Garden Center and interested flower and bird lovers recently.

Dr. Whitehouse, a member of the Audubon , Society, has made a deep study of birds and their habits.

She said there are 8,657 species of birds in the world now, and that 1,700 have become extinct. Only 10 have been domesticated, including the turkey, peacock and some ducks, She stressed the importance of conserving the species now on the verge of dying out.

She mentioned the peculiarities of some birds in their nesting habits: The kingfisher at the end of a tunnel six feet long; the European kit using 2,457 feather's for a nest; the Chinese swift building with saliva; the African hornbill sealing his mate up until the eggs hatch, but feeding her during the interval; and the Australian jungle fowl building a huge domeshaped nest, and filling it with manure.

She s.howed pictures of many of our common garden birds and told of their habits and their usefulness to the, grounds. )O( A baby a couple had expected turned out to be triplets.

"Are you pleased?" the mother asked the stunned father, "Sure," he grinned. "But I'll tell you one thing: next time you're going to a retail hospital." )O) If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him, --Benjamin Franklin

Wednesday, April 3, 1963 .

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PROPERTY SHOULD RE RENDERED TO TAX AUTHORITIES

April 1 to May 1 are important deadlines for Texans to render their property to various taxing agencies.

State laws require all real and personal property to be rendered for taxes on or before prescribed dates. Those who fail to comply can blame only themselves for the money loss they may consequently suffer.

Some Texas cities set their own tax deadlines. These are the cities of more than 5,600 population which have incorporated under the "Home Rule" provisions of our statutes. All other cities are governed by the general laws of Texas.

In towns operating under the general laws property must be rendered for taxes between January 1 and April 1 each year. A number of home rule cities set up the same requirements in their ordinances, while others prescribe different periods.

For state and ,county tax purposes, property must be rendered to the County Tax Assessor by April 30, and homestead exemptions must be claimed by the same time.

In some localities a third taxing unit is involved — the independent sohol district. In other places school taxes are collected by the city or coun-

While there is controversy concerning the use of agricultural chemicals and general agreement among scientists that more research is needed on their toxicology, there doesn't seem to be any justifiable reason for eliminating their Use. This is the opinion of Dr, V. H. Freed of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Oregon State University.

He notes that less than 5% of our land is receiving an appreciable amount of treatment with these materials, that the safety record has been remarkably good, and that there is no acceptable substitute for them.

"The choice that seems to be facing us," says Dr. Freed, "is whether we will continue to accept an insignificant risk in the use of these chemicals or face a disastrous loss in food production--7-resulting in high prices and the prospect of starvation and the threat

ty. In addition, some localities have 'water, irrigation, or levee districts which assess and collect taxes. Make inquiry as to where these various taxes are assessed, and as to appiLable deadlines for rendition.

What property must he rendered for taxes? If Texas laws were strictly enforced, we _would be required to render to all taxing units nearly every piece of real and personal property which we own, down to the very clothing on our backs. An exception is the cofftitutional exemption of $250 worth of household furnitare. However, no taxing unit carries its requirements this far, and will be necessary to inquire of each tax assessor when rendering your property whether specific types of property are ordinarily ren-. ,dered in that locality. Some cities and counties collect ad valorem taxes on automobiles, television sets and other personal items, while others ignore practically all personal property. Business and professional men are generally required to render all merchandise, furnishings, fixtures, business automobiles and equipment.

If property is not rendered by the tax payer, it may then be placed upon the unrandere,d tax roll, and ta p taxing agency places such valuation thereon as it considers fair. One ad-

of virulent outbreaks of insect-borne disease.

"The intelligent use of chemicals can avoid this and at the same time offer no substantial hazard to wildlife or man."

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vantage of rendering your property is that you can set your own valuation.

Then, if the county or city decides a higher valuation is in order you will be given an opportunity to appear before a board to explain why the higher figure should not be used in computing your taxes.

Thereafter, an appeal to the courts is possible in some instances. Generally speaking, however, the courts are uria,...ie to strike out a valuation unless the agency or board has acted arbitrarily and placed on the property a valuation higher than placed on comparable property owned by others. If you do not render, the valuation set by the taxing agency is final.

Remember , these facts: You may need to render your property at three or more different tax offices. Ask each tax assessor if in doubt concerning the deadline or the rendering of specific personal items.

(This newsfeature, prepared by the State Bar of Texas, is written to inform — not to advise. No person should ever apply or interpret any law without the aid of an attorney who is fully advised concerning the facts involved, because a slight variance in facts may change the application of the law.)

Radio-carbon tests of popcorn found in New Mexico's Bate Cave show the corn to be 5,600 years old.

According to researchers, popcorn was used in pagan religious rites. Columbus found the natives in the West Indies wearing popcorn decorations like corsages. The Aztecs wore ceremonial headdresses with popcorn garlands and decorated the statues of the gods with popcorn.

When French explorers 0 came to the Great Lakes region in 1612, they found the 1 Iro q uois Indians popping corn a- pottery vessel with ii aeatcd sand. One account of 6 l-io. first Thanksgiving also mentions "popped corn" ,mou ght to the feast by the - .

L,i rictians.

Popcorn production today is mechanized. It is planted vith tractor-drawn equipment and harvested by pickers with i epee al rollers to grab the smaller ears. Then comes a long series of operations — machine shelling, fanning,

gravitational separation, polishing, fumigating, and packaging.

In 1961, popcorn production.

amounted to 400 million pounds of ear corn, second largest crop in history.

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SPJST Entertainment Calendar

Playboys of Temple Saturday, May 18th -I-- Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Saturday, May 25th — Vrazel Polka Band of Cameron.

As a matter of policy, only those activities and functions promoted by or sponsored by the SPJST, or any of its lodges, will be published in the SPJST Entertainment Calendar section. Such notices for publication should be submitted by a bonafide lodge officer, or, in some cases, by lodge hall managers.

Lodge No. 84, Dallas, Texas Saturday, April 20 — Dance, music by The Polka Peppermints Sunday, April 21 — Regular Monthly Lodge Meeting and Family Fun Night Saturday, May 4 -- Dance — Music by The Music Masters Saturday, May 18 — Dance, music by John Rejcek's Orchestra Sunday, May 19 — Regular Monthly Lodge Meeting and Family Fun Night Saturday, June 1 — Dance, music by Rudy Kurtz Orchestra, Shiner, Tex Saturday, June 15 — Dance, music by Ed Faraizl's Orchestra Sunday, June 16 — Regular Monthly Lodge Meeting and Family Fun Night Saturday, June 29 -® Softball Team Benefit Dance — Battle Dance — Music by the Ed Faraizl Orch. and John Rejcek's Orchestra The Entertainment Committee • • Lodge 88. Houston April 4 — Thursday night, Lodge 88 social night, April 5 — Friday night, Board of Trustees and Entertainment Committee meeting.

April 6 -- Saturday morning, Birthday Club Sisters' Kolache Sale.

April 10 — Birthday Club Sisters Luncheon.

April 19 — Birthday Club Kolache Sale.

Board of Trustees Meeting.

April 21 — Sunday, District V meeting.

April 27 — Saturday night, Dance, music by Randy K. of Weimar.

• • Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth Sunday, April 14 — Easter Sunday, Polka Dance music by Bacas Orch.

Saturday, April 20th — Dance • • Sokol Zizka and SPJST Lodge No. 130 Dallas, Texas April 13 — Dance — Music Masters April 27 — Dance — Hosts: Mr. and Mrs. 0, K. Jones. Everyone invited Eric Honza Orchestra playing May 11 — Battle Dance. Two bands on stage at one time; Polka. Peppermints and Adamcik's Polka Tones.

Sponsored by Lodge Jaro 130.

May 25 -- Dance — Eric Honza Orch.

Lodge No. 15, Buckholts Sunday, April 14 — Vrazel's Polka Band Saturday, April 20 — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Saturday, May 4 — Joe Patpk's Orchestra of Shiner Saturday, May 18 — Wedding dance, Vrazel's Polka Band.

Entertainment Committee • • Lodge No. 25, Ennis, Texas Saturday, April 27 — Dance — Music

by The Music Masters of Ennis Saturday, May 11 — Mother's Day Dance. Music by Henry Dulock of West Thursday, July 4 — Dance — Music by The Music Masters of Ennis Saturday, July 27 — Dance — Music by The Music Masters of Ennis Joe A. Martinek, • Lodge 35, Elk Saturday Night, April 6 — Music by Slim Haisler and His Playboys of Temple Saturday Night, April 13 — Music by The Fiddle Swingsters of Waco Saturday Night, April 20 — Music by Vrazel Polka Band of Cameron Saturday Night, April 27 —Music by the Rural Ramblers of Marlin Floor Chairman, Rudolf Vicha, Jr. • • Lodge No. 40 Billie Saturday, April 27 — The Traits.

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Lodge No. 66, Linden Hall, Elm Mott Easter Sunday Dance — Music by Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Saturday, April 20th — Happy Country Boys of Houston Saturday, April 27th — The Hi-Toppers of New Braunfels 3aturclay, May 4th — The West Melodians of West Saturday, May 11th — The Music Masters of Ennis Saturday, May 18th — Slim Haisler's

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