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K 28. illin 28. fij na 1918, po 300 lete porobe, za vlady nemecke dynastic habsburske, nabyli Cechy sve svobody. Tohoto pama.tneho dne se ujal "de facto "Narodni VYbor vlady nad zememi deskYini.

Naroci byl svoboden. Jasot a radost panovala y e 1A. ech vernYch eeskYch srdci.

"De jure" byl prohlden stat eeskaslovenskY republikou 16. listopadu, kdy se seSlo Narodni ShromaZdeni a zvolilo TomaSe Garigna Masaryka prvnim presicientem. StaletY sen byl spinet:. ye SpojenYch sta.tech americkYch, kam Masaryk pr'ijel koncem dubna 1918 z Ruska, se podaillo vymoci pro11.16.'Seni statniho tajemnika zahranienich veci Lansinga ze dne 29. dubna, jim2 Amerika vyjadkita upiimne sympatie s naroky oechoslovakti a Jihosl'avanft na svobodu. K prohlakni Lansingovu se pPidaly na spojenecke konferenci y e Versailles dne 3. eer y -

na vlady francouzska, anglieka, a italska, s nimiZ Boneยง a 8tefanik vyjedna.vain o uznani Ceskoslovenske samostatnosti. 29. eer yna 1918, v den o'devzdani praporu eeskosiov, vojsku ve Francii, -Hedne oznamil franc. zahranieni ministr Pichov aeskoslo yenske narotini rade, ze \dada Francie povaZuje za spravedlive prohlasiti prava eechoslovku na samostatnost a uznati y erejne a oficielne Ceskoslovenskou narodni radu jako nej yYSSI organ naroda a jako prvni zaklad piisti eeskoslovenske vlady. Beneovu jednani se dale podafilo 'dosahnouti problakni anglicke viady z 9. srpna, jimz Vella Britanie uzna,vala Cechy za narod spojeneckk, ecskslovenske zahranieni vojsko za armath' spojeneckou a Ceskoslovenskou na,rodni radu za pi'edstavitele budouci eeskoslovenske vidAy. Toto prohiageni bylo lined 3, zaii potvrzeno smlouvou, podepsanou drem. BeneSem a Rober-

tern Cecilem, v niz bylo Narodni rade paiznano pravo naznaeiti Ceskoslovenskeho diplomatickeho zastupce u anglicke vlady, neastniti se spojeneckYch konferenci, na nichz by se jednalo techoslovacich a uzavfiti s Anglii jmenem pilaf eeskoslovenske vlady mezinaroldni piljeku. Sou'eusne ujednal prof.

Masaryk s washingtonskou vladou prohlakni z 2. zaPi, jim2 Spojene staty americke prvni vYslovne uznaly rodni radu za de facto vladu. Nasiedovala amluva Narodni rady s francouzskou vladou ze dne 28. zati die ni2 se Francie zavazuje podporovati obnoyen! 'oeskosiovenskeha statu v jeho neRdejยงich historickYch hranicfch. 3. Mina prohlasil take Orlando jmenem italsk'e vlady Narodni radu za, de facto viadu. โ ข Obnoveni noveho statu bylo jiz jen otazkou easu a bylo u2 jen, potrebi, aby

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Ve sti'edu, dne 30. i'ljna 1963 eeskoslovenskY narod ye chvili zhrouceni monarchie ujal se i ve sve vtasti kizeni syYch 'meth.

• • 13. eervence 1918 byl v Praze utvofen "Narodni vYbor eeskoslovensky" jakoZto nej yy:§Si politicks instance ye vlasti.

Pfedsedou se stal dr. Kramat, mistopredsedy Svehla a Klofae, jednatelem dr. Soukup. Narodni vYbor 38-elennY stal se zakladem pkisliho revolueniho a ristavoclarneho Narotinilra shromaZdeni. Hlavnim jeho rikolem byla priprava pro revolueni pi.evrat v prihodne chvili. Aby podobne opatteni mohla byti ragitena po eels zemi, bylo nutno po venkove mistni narddni vYbory.

Ve Vidni cesti poSlanci svorne potirali zpozdilou politiku monarchic.

Vudci kruhy monarchic byly zaslepene, dradily Cechy nerozumnou vnitfni politikou a v bezmocnem vzteku soptily proti vitezne zahranieni revoluci. Dne 29. zai.--1 Narodni vYbor prohlasil, ze od Vidne jiz nieeho nechteji. A 2. iijna videriska snemovna vyhlasila ortevi'ene maximalni revolueni programy. OdvaZne znela hrozba Stankova, ze Videri bu'de miti prf mirovem jednani zastupce eeskoslovenskYch brigad, kteii jsou nyni pravYmi mluveimi sveho naroda.

4. fijna Zadalo Nemecko a RakouskoUhersko presidenta Wilsona a pfimea 12. iijna Cechove odmitli prf cisafske audienci navrh na federativni , uspoPadani monarchic a Mdali bezodklacine utvofeni narodni Ceske vlady.

• • Rozhodujici adalosti se nyni jako lavina. 14. fijna oznamil dr. Rena' spojeneckYin vladam ustaveni prozatimni eeskoslovenske vlady a jrnenovani diplomatickYch zastuperi. Presidentem vlady a ministrem financi stave se prof. Masaryk, ministrem zahranienich lieci a vnitra dr. Bene'S' a ministre valky dr. '8 tefanik. TIoho clue zdroveri v Praze poicadaji socialists republikanske manifestace. 16. iijna vyclal cisai- Karel manifesto pfemene Rakouska ye stat spolkovy bez doteeni celistvosti Uher a 19. Pijna se doekal jeho odmitnuti narodem risty Narodniho vY•boru.

• ♦ Pro Rakousko-Uhersko byla jiZ* pozde.

Zahranieni revoluce zkrizila cisafovou snahu o zachraneni monarchic a prof.

Masaryk vydal 18. i'ljna prohla geni nezavislosti eeskoslovenskeho naroda, zname u nas pod jrnenern Washingtonske deklarace. r V prohla§eni se konstaVolvalo, 2e C'es-

Ve strc qu, duo 30. fijna 1963

Vt. TRAK ho ministry Andraskyho Wilconovi, .ve ktere oznamoval, ze vidda rakousko-. uherska souhlasi s jeho nazycm Oecnoslo y akt). a Ze je oenotral okarnZite v jednani o nair a primeri.

Praha 23, kiina pi:whop/1a now jalio' kapitulaci Vidne. Narodni VS,bor tijat se prozatimniho rizervi noveho statu a ten satin den PROBLAS/L GESKOSLOVENSKOU SAMOSTATNOST.

dr. T. G. 11,1asaryk (1850--- 1937) prvni president republiky Ceskoslovenske (1918 — 1935)

14. zaii 1937

dr. Milan R. gtefanik prvy ministr valky

Predstavitele Narodniho vYborti Svchla, ! dr. RaSin, StribrnY, ch. Soukup a Slovak dr. Srobar ukazal v teto bisto-' chvili energickou ruku a zousobi li hladkY piechod noveno state do novYch ponied." Slovensko problastio se ,=:„: pro deskoslovenskY stat deklaraci svych zastupati, tvorieich slovenskou Narod ni radu s IVIatitkm Llulou v Cele, no, shromaZdeni v Tureansketa sv. Martine dne 30. rijna. V nasledujicich dnech se zhroutila rakousko-uherska a nemecka fronta. Imperialismus nemecko-mad'arsky byl znieen.

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koslovenskY stat bude republikou. Toho dne byla take poblikovana, odpoved' presidenta Wilsona na mirovou nabidku Rakouska-Uherska. V odpovedi president Wilson vkladal osud monarchic d'o rukou Cechoslovaku a Jihoslovanti. Spojenecke vlady jiZ uznaly prozatirnni Ceskoslovenskou vladu a budoucnost patkila osvobozenym narodtim.

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Pro priai deskoslovenskY stat bylo didelite, Se na konferenci malYch na,rodit stredni Evropy, konane ve dnech 23. — 26. rijna ye Filadelfii, se podkarpatAti RuSolve prohlaSenim G. Zatkovide, pozdej giho prvniho guvernera karpatoruskeho, k eeskoslovenske republice jako jeji samospravna Cast.

acrd Ben6 a.

(1884 — 1948) Byl v Cele statu jell 12 let

3. z'aii 1948

V Praze panovala slavnostni nalada.

Bezraidnost Vidne byla uZ patrna znamenim jeji blizke kapitulace pied Ceskoslovenskou revoluci bylo vydani pasu pro Ceske politiky k ceste do S y Ycar, kde se mell dohodnouti a pkedstaviteli zahranieni revoluce, 24. a 25. fijna odjeli eeSti delegati Kramar, Klofad, Stanek. Habrrnan a Kalina, provazeni drem. Sa,malem, Preissen a Svobodou, do Zenevy k poradam s drem. BeneSern. V ' enevskYch poradach bylo ujednano republikanske zkizeni Ceskoslovenskeho statu a utvoteni vlady. Zde je take zastihla zprava prevratu v Praze, uspiSeneho odpovedi zahranieni-

JUDr. Karel prvni infoistersky predsc1H V teclau clelinnYch cl.ivilich, kdy se tvorila nova Evropa, seslo so 14. listopadu 1918 prvni Ces: kosiovenska re7 voludni Narodni shromaZdeni, ktere Prohlasilo deskoslovensky stat republikou, zvolilo prvnim presidentern 'romae G. Masaryka a zaroven dosadllo prvni Ceskoslovenskou vlachi s doom. Kramarem v Cele. Revoluce byla skoneena a .svobodnY eeskoslovenskY stat zaujal misto mezi svobodnYmi narody sveta, a staletY sen byl spinen,

4 Abychom pochopili velkY yYznam tohoto panaatneho dne, je nutria maid exkurse do historic 14. stoleti naroda Ceskeha. Po smrti Vaclava III, posledniho mu2skeho potomka Ceskeho kralovskeho rodu premyslo ycli r. 1306, nastoupili na &sky trun nemeeti habsburkove. Premyslovei "po 'neer, t. j. inu2g ti potomci vymfeli, a zbyli jen, jak se tenkrat rikalo "po preslici", t. j.

Ceske princezny. Tehdej gi diplomacie kralovskYch rode vyZadovala, aby se princezny provdaly na panovniky jinYch zemi evropskYch, a tak east° Ceske princezny se staly manZelkami lu nemeckYch, francouzskYch a angliekych. Tim se east° zabranilo valce mezi jednotlivYmi zemenai, protole panovnicke rody byly zpriznene.

Po vYmteni mu2ske vetve premyslovcia, snem CeskYch stava, ktery by odpovidal dneg nimu parlamentu, mel pray° si volit sveho panovnika.

Rod premysloven vymrel CeskYm kralem Vaelavem III, ktery byl soueasne kralem polskYm a uherskYin. Byl fikladne zavraZden r. 1306 v Olomouci, kdyZ se chystal na valeenou vYpravu do Polska, aby potlaeil vzporu. Slava mocneho eeskeho rodu. Pi semysloven byla u konce.

Roku 1306 si zvollli eegti stavove za krale Jindricha, nemeckeho vevodu Korutanskeho, manZela Ceske princez ny Anny, sestry krale Vaclava III. Potcan nastoupili nemeeti Lucemburkove, z nich Karel IV, syn Jana Lucemburskeho a Ceske Eli gky Pfemyslovny, byl soueasn6 kralem eeskYrn, cisarem nemeckym a kralem italskYm. 13y1 vice 6ecli neZli Nemec a eely sviij Zivot ztravil v Praze. Byl nazYvan Otcem vlasti a zemrel oplakavan celYm narodem. Po Lucembureicla nastoupila polska, dynastic Jagailo yck a v 16. stoleti nastoupili trvale na trun Habsburkove. JenomZe v gichni panovnici techto roc11.1 nebyli tak dobfi jako Karel IV., a Ce gti stavove se easto aby uhajili sve prava nezavisle koruny Ceske.

Roku 1621 se takovy jeden odboj Ceskernu narodu stal osudnYna. NemeekY cisar porazil Ceske vojsko na. Bile Hofe. Narod ztratil svou nezavislot. Od to doby si sve krale stavove uZ nernohli volit, a cisarove nemeeti nastupovali automaticky na CeskY Za vladv prednosledniho cisare nemeckeho Franti gka Josefa. (1848-1916) byl eesky narod utiskovan. Za ieho vladv bovstali buditele naroda jako DobrovskY. Jun gman. Puchmajer, Kramerius a jini. Diky temto spisovatelfim se po vsich a mestech bucii vlastenci, tisk-

VESTNIK non se Ceske noviny. Knilly se pujeuji, roznageji se pot vsich a burcuji Ceske dug e. Pomalu svita. Jiskerka narodniho veclomi roste v blahociarny ohen. Ceske kniha v nemeckem mori, jako kouzelnice, kona svuj veliky Ukol. Bez ni by se narod ponemeil rapine. Narod se probouzi po 600 letech nemectvi a 300 letech fitlaku. Tern prvnim eeskym via stenctn path Best nehynouci. Ti mchli narodu k jeho svobode. Ned()Zili se toho 28. kijna, trvalo to skoro cele stoleti. Narod diky eeskemu tisku znamenite vynikl i pies odpor Neincti ye vgech oborech vecl a umeni. V teto dobe obrozeni naroda Ceske jmeno proslavilo mnohci vynikajicicla bagiuku, jako Jan Neruda, Svatopluk aech Jaroslay VrchlickY, Julius Zeyer K. J. Erben a jini. Z novej gich basnika vynikl Otakar Brezina, Petr Benue a J. S. Machar. Z romanopiscti BoZena Nemcova, Va.cla y Bene g TrebizskY, Karel Rais, Alois Jirasek, Bratti 1VIrAtikove. V Malirstvi vynika, J. Manes, Mikula g Ale g , J. T-jprka a J. Kalvoda. Ze socharti Myslbek a Buck. Jako hudebni skladatele vynikli B. Smetana, A. Dvorak, L. Jandeek. Z dejepisfr F. PalackY a J. Pekar. Z filosoffi: Masaryk, Radel a Kedravek. V politickYch vedach vynikli: PalackY, Masaryk ! a. Rieger. Z cestovatelta KorenskY. Na sklen,ka° vlady cisare Frantigk'a Josefa se dostalo Rakousko do sporu se Srbskem. Naslednik rakouskeho trtinu Franti gek Ferdinand byl zavraiden v Sarajevo r. 1914. Rakousko vypovedelo valku Srlasku. Tak poeala dlouho phpravovana valka, ktera strhla -Lerner rely svet do valky. Proto ji fikame svetova valka.

Nared CeskY za svetove valky vvtrpel mnoho od rakouskYch firadta. Zalare se pinili &sicYmi lidmi. eeske spolky byly rozpu gteny, noviny zastaveny, ale narod vytrval d ye svem odboji. 6e'Ati vojaci opougteli rakouskou annadu a davali se dobrovolne zajimat. MnohYm pracovnikfun jako Masaryku se poldarilo uprchnout za hranice, aby tam organisovali CeskY odboj. V Rusku se poCabo tvorit Ceske narodni vojsko (legie), ktere se vyznamenalo v mnoha bitvaela, hlavne u Zborova. Prof. Masaryk se sam odebral do Ruska, aby eeskoslovenske legie byly uznany od zahranienich moenosti za spoienecke voisko.

Z-Jim nastal v Rusku bolgevickii prevraf•a nazi legionari obsadili Sibir za bolt s bol gevikv. oeskoslovenske legie boicaval y ve Franeii, Italii a tak' prisne1-v k na gi samostatnosti. Tisicove hrdinfi krvacelo za vlast na evropskYch bojigtich, vzdaleni rodne zeme, za nagi

Ve stredu, dne 30. rijna 1963 samostatnost. Vykonaly dilo, na ktere bode historie pattit s filasem. Toto jejich dilo zaslulauje, abychom se fictou vzponainali zenatelych legionarti.

V Rakousku veci spely rychle ke konci. Rakouske armady byly poraZeny. Rakousko kapitulovalo a 28. l'ijna 1918 se ujal vlady nad oeskYnn zememi Narodni VYbor. TomaS Gangue Masaryk byl zvolen prvnim presidentem republiky eeskoslovenske. Vratil se pa 4 letech vyeerpavajici prace v exilu.

Odegel v 64 letech aby zaeal pracovat pro narod za hranicemi. Vraci se po 4 leteeh jako vitez, a eeskY basnik Viktor Dyk ho oslavil basni, ktera byla piednesena v Narodnim divadle k jeho uvitani.

Baser) od eeskeho basnika Viktora Dyka prednesena v Narodnim divadle v Praze, na uvitanou presidentu T. G. Masarykovi, vracejleiho se z exilu roku 1918.

T. G. MASARYKOVI Pred etyfmi roky v prosincovy den z aech vygel v dalku poutnik zamyglen.

Oas byl to boufi a v nem v ge je proste: kdo malY, klesa, kdo velkY, roste.

A jeho tvar jsme zreli naposled, seitali s bazni poeet jeho let, sve horke eelo tiskli na sklo chladne a septali si v hrfize: Coy kdy2 padne?

A poutnik zagel, zagel v modrou dal a 'angel tai a smut a rmut dal.

My v pliskanice hledeli a degte a tazali se tige: Ziv-li jegte?

A mefili jsme z teskne oteiny flklady vralati, more hlubiny a nemyslice na svuj vlastni osud my ptali se potize: Zivili dosud?

My smell pa,dnout, smell umirat, druh nastoupi zas do proridlYch fad.

S jednYm ZivYm Ziv byl narod celY; nedojde-li, chapal, poutnik nedoj de-li !

Lee on byl Ziv, oh, on byl vskutku A tak byl iv, Fe mohl provost' div: pies hory, doly, sly gan je hlas jeho a na oeich jsme meli v7daleneho.

A on byl Ziv a tak s yYrn dilem mlad, ‘Ze nezavahal ani jedenkrat.

A tak byl rnlad, Fe vykonal svou praci a v svobodnou se domovinu vraci.

Po etyfech letech v prosincavY den se vraci tak, jak vy gel, zamyglen.

A zas vge jasno, jak driv jasno bylo: Kdo dilo Rona — dokond sve dilo!

Vraci se v St'astnou, svobodnou svou zem, teprve dnes je domov domovem:

ye atteciu, tine 30. Nina 1.901 chybelo cosi, dokud a narni nebyl.

Kdes v pritrni satan eihal a se gklebil.

Teprve dneska uveriti lze, dnes tepr y setrem stopu po size.

Teprve dnes je radostIdokonala, kdyt take jeho radosti se stala.

Bud' vitan, choclee, z clalekYch syYch test!

JedinY jasot z visek zni a mest, jedind vira, pini naS'e kraje: Kdo dilo poeal, take dokona. je!

To co uplynulo v Ceskoslovensku od rota 1918 je jit zapsane v archivach dejinskYch spisd. Od to doby utrpel eeskoslovensky narod hodne, a zajiste s toho utrpeni si 6echoslovaci uvedomill a naueili se mene spolehat na sve pratele, a vice na sebe. Nerd treba opakovat, ze jsou "malym narodem!"

Narod podle Otakara Breziny je spoleeenstvi mrt yYch, tivYch a nena.roze nych, patilme tedy spoledenstvi, 'ktere od solunskych verozvestil se ylni v daleke perspektivy. Podle einske moudrosti, cesta i tisice mil musi za CA pod nohama s prvnim krokem. rod Cesky musi vykroeit s vedominn ze svoboda je plodem nejsladgim, kterY budou trhat jen lids, jet neztratili sve koreny a jet vedi, kYin jsou a co chteji.

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Predem diky. — Red.

eeski knihovna v Texasu West, Texas Zde kvitujeme dairy knih do Ceske knihovny umistena ye West. Kdo ma zajem, prosim, vystrilmete si tyto seznamy.

Od pani Marie Kostelecke, Silver Hill, Alabama: Alois Jirasek — Stare povesti Ceske (s kresbami Mikola ge Alg e) (1954); 243. str.

Karolina Svetla.

Kresby z jegtedi novely) 253 str.

v2sTNIK Baena Nemcova, — V zamku a v podzarnei (roman) 667 str.

Nejkrasnej gi svet; Marie Majerova 328 str.

Josef 8tefanek Vybrane Spisy Karla V. Raise (svazek 8) 577 str.

Poviclky z podje gKarolina Svetla *di; 522 str.

Psohlavci (historicAlois Jirasek 288 str. ky Marie Pujmanova Hra s ohnern; 286 str.

K. V. Raise — Zapadli vlastenci 402 str.

Veronikal Milog Kratochvil (novela); 155 str.

Wojtech Malik ze Silver Hill Alabama: Idaroval: Kalendar Amerikan z roku 1902 a 1909.

Oddil dopisovatelii kid El Maton C. 148 v Blessing Sestry a broth: Timto Vam oznainuji, ze nage rdclova schaze, ktera jako vidy, mela bYti na prvni nedeli j est odlotena na druhou nedeli v mesici listopadu totit 10. listopada a to proto, ze tuto prvni nedeli se OclbShva clistriktni schtze na Hillje.

Proto Vas bratri a sestry prosim, by jste se !du to nagi tadove schaze dostavili, neb nam predleha dilleate rozhoclnuti., ktere se tS7ka na geho faclu.

TeZ nam preclleha, volba firednikt a delegata do prigtiho sjezdu.

Tak no, shlednou, prvni. no, Hillje a pak u nas na El Maton.

S loratrskS7m pozdravem Frank Hlaek, st.

Od Birthday Kluint Cash]. C. 88, Houston Ctena redakce a mill Ctenaki: Zase prichazim s nejakou zpravieku od na g eho krou'ZIca co to delame a jak pokraenjem. Musime se aspoil "trogke pochvalit, ze nag kroutek velice dobre prospiva a dobre pokraeuje. Katdy sic syymi podniky, jako peeeni a prodej koldeti a card party, ze katclY mesic mtiftem dat hezkou sumu do nagi pokladnieky, za to porizujem vtdy nelake pottebne veci do kuchyne, neb kde col je zapotrebi, a tet jak jest na ge pokladnieka pfepinena, tak odevzdame radu vkly peknou sumu. V minule schilzi nage pl'edsedkyne ses. Estelle Kelly, kdyt podala fleet 'kolik jsme za minulY mesic utrzili za "Card party" a peeeni a prodej koldefi byla odmenena velkYin potelskem ode v gech pritomnYch, to nag kroutek tak prospiva. Ov gem ze to jest vge ye nrospech kadu, a vtdy jsme

5 vdeeni vgem kteri jsou vain napomoc.0 ni aneb podporuji nas, aneb daruji Wan veci do( kuchyne aneb "door prizes" atd.

Prigti peeeni kolaet. bude v sobotu, dne 2. listopadu, sestry zapoenou zadelavanim a peeenim rano a y poledne budou hotove a milZete si pro ne jet. Zadejte si va gi objednavku do predu a to clvojnasobnou, neb (Led' jit nebuderne pect jen jeclnou za mesic, a taiktet jakeho Idruhu si prejete, neb vtdy maine obyeejne etyry neb pet rozdilnYch druhti, tak si miltete vybrat.

Card party budou poradat prvni stredu v mesici dne 6. rijna. Zaeatek poba,veni v 10 hodin rano a v poledne chutnY obed. Ale pamatujte, ze budeme mit tentokrat norei °bed se vim nstvim. Tak (dejte vedet vgem vagim znamSrm at' prijdou co v nejvetaim poetu. K vagemu listku k obedu mate pialetitost vyhrat nejatkou peknou cenu. Darcthn za "door prizes" prinesene buclem vtdy vdeoni. Nezapomerite a poznaete si to v kalendari.

Schtze na geho kroutku bude druha, streda v mesici dne 13. listopadu. Zaedtek v 10 hodinu rano a v poledne °bed.

V mesici listopadu priPada 16roei naseho krou&u. K obedu bude jak se rika "covered dish luncheon", sestry katda nee° danesou a dame to na still dohromady.

Hostitelkami pa Card Party budou sestry a sice: pi. Josephine Buri, pi.

Frances Kadleeek, pi. Anna. Soukup a pi. M. Tillich.

Sestry ktere slavi narozeniny v mesici listopadu j sou nasledujici, Mary Elzner, Ara Akrabanek a L. Kristinik.

Taktet v mesici listopadu bude sehrano pane diva dlo pod nazvem "yesnieka pod liparni." Ma bYt velmi pekne a vesele, vgak vite, ze mame zde yYborne herce, kteri si daji na torn zaletetr, tak se mate na co te git, jen claxejte pozor na oznamku. Sestry o'd nageho klubu budou pritom poradat svaj vYroeni bazar, tak se na to sestry prichystejte a tea ostatni, kdo by nam chtel darovat nejaIke veci budem yarn povdeeni.

Minulou sobotu u na geho radu Pokrok, 'dne 19. rijna byla poradana norei veoefe, nav gteva byla h'ajna tak ze vde se pane roznroclalo nad ocekavani, po veCeri byli ukavovanv obrazky a mnolVch krajich v Evrope, obrazky byli pane barevne a mluvici s svetlenim o cot se ob6t,Iral p. S. Valeik.

Pro dnegek jit toho necham, nemam jit tadne, zpravy.

6 S pozdxavem na vlechny za "Birthday" klub posild sestra.

Sophie Hruby Kovar, Texas Valeria redakce, bratfi a, sestry, Aadova schilze se u lads konala 13. kijna hodinach odpoledne. Pledseda Vaclay Balina ji zahajil. Bylo nas tarn pelnY podet, ale mohla nas bYt vice. TeSila nas na ySteva sestry Willie Ray Trlicove z Angleton. Slib vlajce byl opakovan, protokol pkeeten a phijat, a pokladnik Felix Volaik podal finaneni zpravu z pikniku, ktera byla velice pflzniva. Zatim bratr pfedseda ze srdce dekoval vAern bratrrim a sestram za jejich spolupraci, bylo to chvalihodno, ale jak se rika bez prace nejsou ani kolaee.

Bratti a sestry pkiSti schfize picipada flak vYroeni schtze tak se hled'te dostalvit co v nejvetSim poetu, bude volba uredniku na priSti rok a zaroveri delegag do priStiho sjezdu. Po schilze bude spoleena, vedefe a dobra kava.

NemocnY je bratr Charlie Vyvjala a vzat do McCloskey nemocnice v Temple. Na leeeni jela sestra Rosie Kalina do Brickridge nemocnici v Austinu, jako i sestra Sylvia 8VastnSr, kterou propustili domu, ale neni ji dovoleno doma tehce •racovat. Pfeji vain vSem brzke ozdraveni.

V patek, se narodila males dceruSka Howard Gene SchultzovYm v Houstone ze ktere maji velikou radost. Tak jsou stakieeti Emil Schultzoivi a sestra Lillie Evieie se stala znovu babiekou. Gratulujem, a take gratuluji bratru redaktoru a jeho rodine, ze dostali noveho syneeka. a takove pane jmeno si vybrali.

Bratr August . Medun si pfepravuje dam, je ted' jako novY. Staviteli jsou Sedle„X z Moulton a jeho delnici, maji to ve7ice pekne a moderni. Zima se uh blihi tak uhijme toho tepla dokud heme.

Se sesterskYm pozdravem Mary Stepan

kid é. 81, Needville Mill brati'i a sestry, Timto easem kandeho roku musime se zase venovat nal!. vYroeni schrizi, kterd se bude odbYvat v nedeli 10. listopadu. Vybizime eleny, aby prisli v nejvetAim poltu, ponevadh se budou volit ne jen mistni rilednici, ale i delegdti pfiAtiho sjezdu. Je to vale pravo i od•ovednost srieastniti se totes schrize a zvolit si vale zastupce. Pohet elend nakho Padu stale roste a tak chceme, aby i ti novi elenove ptiQi

VESTNfK a jednali s nama, ba nekteri z nich jsou zajiste kvalifikovani zastavat lad.

Schfize zapoene ptesne o 1 hodine odpoledne a fined po schuzi bude chutna svaeina. Sestry jsou hadany by pilnesly riizna jidla, jako salaty, senviee, kolade, i jine. 0 na • oj bade postarano.

Na shledanou 10. listopadu v 1 hod.

Se sesterskYna pozdravern Pi. Arnold Franek, Tajemnice Krouiek CeskYch Zen v Dallas, Texas Sestra Zvolankova zahajila kijnovou schrizi za fleasti 35 elenek a mela radost he mohla pkivitat opet novou ku, sestru Pavelkovou, bYvalou Zemankovou. Timto poeet naleho elenstva, dosahl 75, a myslina, pravem mi.:theme bYt hrdy na to, he nas tak hezky pribYvd. Srdeene novou sestru mezi nas vitame a teSime se, he s jeji pomoci (je jeSte placid) bude nam mohno vice vykonat pro naSi osadu a nas desk narod. Velice rady jsme opet vilely elenky, ktere uh delli eas mezi nami nebyly: sestra Janiekova, Pkevratilova, a Houhviekova a DuSkova. Take sestra H. Halkova, uh se zase pozdravila a pkiAla do schrize. VSem picejeme hodne zdravi. Krouhek dekuje sestfe vratilove za. jeji velmi Atedry dar a rovneh sestiie Ground, nebot' oslavila sve narozeniny tim, he nam pfedada Sek na pally obnos. Diky oboum! Ve schrizi jsme jednaly hlavne o tom nakm nastavajicim bazaru dne 24. listopadu.

Teh se debatovalo o Ceske Skole, ktera ma bYt zahajena kloncem rijna a kterou si vzaly nai starost sestry Kankrlikova a Halouzkova. Zajem byl znadnY, tedy Cloufam, he se pkihlasi dosti deti, aby se mohlo zapoenout s vyueovanim. Tez dospeli necht' se prihlasi, a tak aspori pomchou udrhovat tu deskou red jeltd na Would). Vklyt' nedavno psal p. James JunouSek, ze ze Vlech slovanskYch feei to naSe eeska, je kulturne. nejbohatAi, a tak je na nas abychom ji ohivovali a hledeli si ji zachovat co nejciele. Nab krouhek ptispel penehite na tuto deskou Skolu a snad i jine spolky se tak tea zachovaji.

Muslin teh sada, he ochotnici z Houstonu od fadu C. 88 se k nam chystaji v nedeli 10. listopadu a pXedvedou pekne divadlo "Ze starch mlYnti" v sini u tadu Pokrok C. 84. Je to pekna hra a jiste nebudete litovat. Ochotnici si zajiste zaslouhi, abychom za jejich namahu je odmenily pinYm hlediStem.

Listky jsou $1 za dospele a tak milovnici CeskYch divadel prosim nezapomerite a navSlivte nas 10. listopadu.

Ve stl'edo, due 30. iijna, 1963

Doufam, he hodne ptespolnich krajanft se dostavi. Zadatek j e o 3 hodinach od:poledne.

NaS desky den phi statni vYstave se nam pekne vyclaril a tak muZerne byt spokojeni. 0 tom napiSi jelte vice na jinem miste.

JeSte tea se muslin zminit, he minu1ST mesic sestra Mary Kopeekova vzala sestru Valeikovou a jejiho hosta Adarnovou z Temple a mne do Ennis, kde jsme na yltivily tamni Sici krouhek.

Byly jsme pekne pfivitany a pohosteny a citily jsme se jako domes. Enniske sestry jsou stale pilne, prolivaly deku ktercu zesnula jejich elenka L. 2aludkova jim darovala pled svou smrti a ktere se uh nedoekala, aby videla ji probitou. .8koda. ji, byla to hodna hem_ Sestry Pavelkova, a W. Tupa stale vyrabi ty mastitka cili peroutky, ktere rady odprodaji a talc kdo potivelauje at' se prihlasi.

Jsem rada, he moje tetieka Ridena Zazvorkova z Ennis se pustila do psani, aspori se dozvime zpravy z enniskeho krouhku, Mela peknY dopis a kahclemu se libil. Tak jen dal!

Mild sestry, priki nak schnze bude 7. listopadu, snad uz bude chladneji, aby se vice elenek mohlo ;dostavit. Vhdy se lope pracuje je-li nas vice! Tedy nezapomerite na schrizi dne 7. listopadu a na eeske divadlo u tadu Pokrok Cis. 84 na Floyd ulici dne 10. distopadu.

V:Se dobre kandemu pfeje Anehka Houdkova, dopisovatelka

—SPJST--

CEA'? DEN 1963

Dallas, Texas Myslila, jsem, be nekdo povolanejli napibe neco o naSem letolnim eeskem dnu pri statni vYstave, ale kdyh vidim, he se asi nikdo k tomu nepripravi pokusim se o to sarna. Pane se narn ruitvlteva byla velika, a nebyt neobyeejneho vedra mohla bYt mnohem vetli. Dye ste akrove vYstavi'lte Fair Park se uh od rana hemhilo lidmi a k jedenacte.hodine bylo videt same pane kroje a deveat peknYch jako kviti na louce. I hobi byli vyAriolieni, he to bylo radost se na ne podivat, a drobotina rortomild rovneh v krojich.

Program zahajil v 11 hodin ceremonial' p. Milob Halauzka pfivitanim vkch ptitomnYch, naeeh nasledovala plisaha vernosti nadi Americke vlajce.

Pak zapeny hymny americka a eeska a slovenska slednami Dorothy Rejekovou a Geraldine Beeanovou s doprovodem na plane pi. Ruth Chmelafovou. Pak byl pPedstaven p. Jan I3ubak, dallaskY pravnik, ktery byl pPedsedou prvniho Ceskeho dne asi pled 40 lety a :kterY

Ve stredu, dne 30. hjna 1963 zalotil Americko-Cesky Spolek pro udrteni Ceske tedi a eeskeho tivota bee'. Mel kratSi ule peknou tee a sam pak ptedstavil slavnostniho reenika byvaleho senatora L. J. Sulaka. Pan Sulak pane promluvil o torn jak krajane z Cech a Moravy osazovali ty texaske pustiny a ad neznali keel a pomertit piece svou pill, Setrnosti a houtevnatosti vybudovali ten na g velky stat Texas. Vzpomenul i prvniho Cecha v Texasu doktora Antonina Dignovita, ktery pribyl do San Antonio r'oku 1833 z Kutne Hory a v San Antonio po dlouleta provozoval lekarskou praksi.

1Vlyslim, to jeho potomci tam dosud bydli. Pak vzpomenul reonik na nazi dallaskou osadu a vSech tech pionYril, kteri jit odesli no, vednost a ,kteri vtdy pracovali pro dobro deskeho naroda a pri torn byli dobrYmi Amerieany. Pochvalil ze dosud hledime udrtet krajanskY tivot poradanim eeskeho dne a prat nam vSeho dobreho. fted, byla odmenena velkYin potleskem. Dalsi elslo byl Sokelsky pochod ph hudbe uniovYch hudebnikti, kteti pod vedenim p. Washburn zahrali Suktiv pochod. So koli predvedli sve pekne a slotite cviCeni, i ti mall se tutily jen cot! VSern se to libilo, to bylo videt die potlesku.

Hudebnici stridave pak zahrali sklatby SmetanovY a Dvoralovy, vSe velice dovedne. Mezi tim pak znamy peveckk sbor od radu C. 84 SPJST pod vedenim p. Fr. Henzena zazpival nekolik peknych deskych pisni. Tento sbor je velmi obliben a na vSeobecnou tadost natoeili gramofonovou desku se smesi narodnich pisni a ze se libi, je vid,et z objednavek, ktere jim dochazi. Pak mall zpevaci v krojich pod vedenim pi. Boteny Valeikove velice pane zazpivaly eesky a pri tom i zataneili. Je videt, ze pi. Valeikova si dala s clettni hodne prate. Sl. Katu§ka Vrlova v pieSt'anskern kroji cloprovazela zpevaky na harmonice. Pani Valeikova tet mela pie§t'unskY kroj a vSe se malebne vyjimalo. Oeska beseda zatandena onaladinou z Dallas, Ft. Worth a Ennis byla bezvadne provedena a odmenena velkYm potleskem. Pevecky sbor zazpival jeAte jednou a pak zdarily program byl Zakoneen pi. Jotkou Kankrlikovou., ktera podekovala obecenstvu za v2tevu a zvala, vSechny do Band Shell, kde druha east programu se odbyvala.

Tam se vSern dostalo napoje a zakusky a pri dobre hudbe dvou krajanskYch kapel si mnozi i na jeviSti zataneili.

Wm-1e samY eeskV hovor a Yidela jsem zname z Dallas, Ennis, Ft. Worth, Houston, Corpus Christi, West a Waco a !odjinud. Ba byli tarn hoste az z Mis-

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souri, Mantele Danielovi, :ktere hostila • Valeikova. Prodavali se knihy, kra slice krasna keramika deskYm umelcem v Kanacie vyrobene. Pak panenky ✓ Csl. krojich (vYrobek naSeho kroutku ten) a v ge se libilo. Pozdeji odpoledne byla zataneena mora yska beseda, na mobil jevieli. VS'e bylo pekne a tak zas jeden fispeSnY oesky den byl ukoneen.

S pomoci vSech dobrYch praCovnikft mute ptltti deskY den bYt je§te lepti a peknejAi! Nyni bych mela mill etenari prosby. Jedna moje pritelkyne by rada, se-, psala tivahu o pionyrech texaskych (hlavne o zenith) a o jejich praci v rannYch dobach Texasu. krajane nejake informace, at' treba zapisky Ci vYstritky desk& Ci anglicke, ktere by to palni posloutily prosila bych Vas byste je zapiljeili a poslali no, moji adresu. VSe se v poradku vrati a po g -tovneaYlhybudrait.Onp by si toho velice vatila a ja Valm predem dekuji.

Nyni jit toho necham. Nezapomerite prijit na Ceske divadlo zde 10. listopadu a pak naS bazar 24. listopadu. VS'e dobte ,katclemu preje Anetka Houdkova 6606 Wofford Dallas, Texas 75227 -SPJST-Corpus Christi

1VIili etenari Vfistniku: Z nahromadenkch zprav za nekolik predeSlYch tYdna, chci dnes aspori nektere sverit papiru a zaslat do redakce pro upraveni do tisku.

Kdyt rodina Elznerova mela sve sejiti v sokolovni v Corpus Christi, bylo videti jak mnohodlenna tato rodina 4e.

Bylo hlaSeno, ze pri nejlepS'i vfili nebylo motno, aby byli vSichni pritomni. IVInoho jich tije mimo Texas v jinYch tech.

Brzy na to synove Jerry a Randolph Sijanskk za fteasti velkeho poetu jejich pratel pripravili syYm rodietlm Frank a Adeli SijanskYch, velkou hostinu k jejich jubileum stribrne svatby.

Cela tato rodina je einna nejen v Sokolu ale i u radu Anton 6ermak eisio 56 SPJST od jejich taloteni. V zasluhy byli odmeneni mnoha utiteenYmi darky oslavenctun bylo pritomnymi eastniky piano, aby ye zdravi a spokojenosti se dotili zlateho jubilea. Mantele tito mohou bYti pinYm pravem hrdi nad tale eetnym poetem syYch pratel.

Sokolski podzimni slavnost poradana 13. Mina, se nad oeekavani opet zdarne yydarila. Poeasy bylo prijemne a pr1tli zase ti katdoroeni nav gtev-

nici a mezi nimi bylo videti i mnoho neznamYch tvari. Radi jsme se privitali s mantely Kleprlikovymi a sestrou Holy ze San Antonio, bylo to od vets vSech hezke.

Nate sokolska organizace si toho velice valti a snati se dle motnosti vSechny obsionzit a uspokojit. Vtichni co brali podil na -Leto slavnosti aby se zdakila zaslouti si nas'e uznani a srdeene diky vSem za tak prijemnou spolupraci.

OvSem ze mnozi neprfali co mezi mks chodivali nasledkem umrti, nemoce a neb mnohe jine ptICiny, ktere so vyskytnou neodekavane v katde domacnosti. Pritomne co tyto radky pisi jsou v nemocnicich na leeeni sestra Marie Rendlova a Chas. Regmund. Brair Leo Majek star g, pled nejakym rokem mel ooni operaci, musel se znova podrobit dalti operaci na to same oko, ktere bylo vyjmuto ven. V gichni jsou na ceste uzdraveni, a my jim prejem od srdce, aby se tech neduhil brzy zbavili.

Nate * priSti schtize radova SPJST s sokolska, bude se konat prvni nedeli, misto druhou nedeli v listopadu. Druha nedele je zabrana jinYm spolkem, tale proto je tato zmena. Nate schuze budou 3. listopadu odpoledne.

S bratrskym pozdravem John Stata, Tajemnik -SPJSTHouston, Texas Ctena redakce a mill etenah, Je podzim a ja se eitim dobfe, tak je milo bYt na we're a ze nemana tadne venkovni zamestnani a jine prate tak vain popiti na g vklet do Holland, Texas.

20. kijna jak tam oslavovali jejich nove postaveni sine, privitali jsme se z naAim redaktorem panem Morrisem a on mne pravil at' to psani udelam hodne velike, tak Lady jsem. Z Houstonu jsme vyjeli ve 7 hodin rano, jelo 40 osob pc) Greyhound busu. Kdyt jsme ujeli tasi 10 mil yen z mesta, tak jsme vypalili air conditinn a tak jsme s tim ztratili asi hodinu Casu. K tomu museli zamenit ridiee busu neb on dobro cestu neznal, jednou jsme dojeli na death end a dvaikrat jsme se ztratili net jsme dostall na, spravnu cestu, ule melt jsme pri tom hodne Svandy.. Vito kde je pan Rudolph Seveik tam neni nouze o tort a kdyt jsme piijitdeli do mesteeka Buckholts kde bYva moje sestra zrovna pri hlavni silnici, ja povidarn ridieovi, aby hodne troubil, te ja si stanu ke dverim a motna ze sestru uhlednu a tak on troubil a ja kkvala. fteki, ze ‘kdyby troubil vie tak to, by to mesteeko sfuknul z mapy prye. Ph Temple jsme se zapomneli stoeit na levo a tak jsme jell dale po Highway a museli jsme se

VESTNIK vracet a tak ug jsme meli strach, ge tam pro nas obecia nezbude, ale oni byli ptichystani a meli vgeho dost. Po chutnem obede byl program zpevaci z Dallas tarn nekolik peknYch eisel zazpivali od nas z Houstonu jsme jim ptednesli take ptani, Vgdycky jsme se radorvali, ge do Holland pojedem.

A ted' se /lam to podatilo na tento krasnY den, pfejem yam zdaru tak jako v jaru ✓ tomto vakm tadu. gijte zde z lasky ✓ bratrske praci ✓ tomto novem domu.

Pak jim hustonska omladina zatancovala Narodni besedu. V gecko bylo velice zajimave aZ na ten velikk bramot co lido mezi sebou hovotili kdyg teenik mluvil. Je to velice neptijeinne a ponigujici pro ty, kteti ten gramot delaji. Nikde v gadnem jinem narode mimo na geho to neuslySite, takovy nepotadek a elovek, ktery ma jenom trochu mravu tak se zdr gi od hovoru kdyg teenik mluvi. keenik sam sveho hlasu neslyg el a jeden idednik musel vystoupit a prosit, aby se s yYm hoYarem poekali, anebo all yen toto se nestalo ponejprv, to j e pH vkckYch vYstupech a divadlech, kde lide hlasite mluvi tak vedlesedici lido z divadla nemaji gadnY ugitek. Ja si myslim, ge vaichni lido umi Gist tak ug to bylo tolikrat napsa• aby dospeli lido deli se v tichosti dokud, se reeni, ale to je po kaZde, j ak by hrach na sttechu hazel.

No, Ito ja, asi dostanu od nektereho, nejmenovaneho etenate za moji kritiku, ale to mne bolet nebude. Ja se za ZadnY fitad neuchazim, tak gadny hlas neztratim a co pi gi to minim dobte. (V anglicke easti naleznete podobnou 11vahu — Red.) Pki Holland jsme videli krasne eerne zeme a u g ptipravene k ptigtim roku.

Ja kdyg jedu mne moc zajima krajina a kdybych to znova l opakovala tak jak to bylo po nejpr y tak bych to zase zaCala z farmatenim a ted' by to bylo o mnoho lehei, neg tedy kdy jsme zaCall farmovat. Pro nas stare lidi u g nezbYva neZ jezdit na ryby a tak v sobotu 12. tijna jsme jell do San Leon l moil. Pan a pi. Herman Beathe tam maji peknY letni domeeek d easto tam jezdi na ryby a tak jsem jela, s nima.

Jell jsme hned v slobotu a gtesti nam pta.lo ryby dobte braly. Chytili jsme dost ryb ge nam to staeilo na cely ty:den. V nedeli jsme je gte chytali a pak jsme jell do Galvestonu do distriktni

schtze. Meli tam peknou na,vgtevu odpoledne pekny program.

Ja, jsem na Umrtnim vYboru tak praye sem ptigla z navgtevy, mame nemocneho bratra pana Slavu Studnienkho co jedenkrat byl pravidelnYm dopisovatelem do jak do eeskYch tak do anglickYch je te gce nemocny a na spodni east tela paralizovany. 2ena je mu zemtela, a tak je to o tolik horgi.

Olovek dobrY a g ad kosti. Ja stale H.kam, 'eta je 61ovek hodnejk tim ma vetgi smulu, a elm vetgi lump tim vice Stesti. Vite ja, se east° phi z lidmi, kteti tikaji, ge o mrtvych se ma mluvit jen dobte. Zije-li 'Clo y& tak, ge po sobe zanecha Cistou vzpominku pak je ptirozene, ge se a nem tika jen to nejlepgi, ale ja vetim, ge u g za giva se o nem ma mluvit dobte. Je-li nekdo nedobrY, jak lze oeekavat pa smrti pochvalu. Byl jednou pohteb, zemtel otec rodiny byl to ochlasta, genu i deti, prahanel po celem sousedstvi. Zivot jim i jinYm otravoval, tak jak byl jeho po hteb teenik vynagel nebogeikovy dobre vlastnosti, 2ena a deli ztraci dobreho man geta otce uptimneho givitele a tak dale. Vdova chvili •to posloucha a pak pkekvapene se rozhledne a pravi deti pojd'me pry6 my musime byt na cizim pohtebe aI ted' zase neco od rids.

V sobotu ve6er 19. tijna jsme meli v sini na Studewood od tadu 88 velikou norei veeeru a se v gemi ptikrmy k tomu byla velice dobra a velike porce tak ge to ani lido nemohli snist a vaecko vyprodali. Pan Stepan Valeik a jeho pomocnici ad Royal Dutch AirLine K. L. M. nam ptedvadeli pohybliye obrazky, ktere se v geckym libily a navgteva byla dobra.

Ted' vain napigi to co tepry zde budeme mit a to hlavni je ge v sobotu 2. listopadu budu mit eleni od Cesko* Marayskeho ,kostela na N. Main ulici eislo 6207 velikou norei veeetu a bazar, tak vas timto za v g ecky ostatni srdeene zvu. Ptijciete a pobavte se s ptateli.

Ja budu Mat u bazar(' a chci yam neco prodat, tak, pfijd'te i za mnou. pa-easy maim krasne, ge si lepgi ptat ani nemtgem.

Nagi Idvadelni ochotnici se velice cviCi na krasnem divadla, ktere bude na Studewood eislo 88 sehrane v. nedell dne 17. listopadu pod nazvem "Vesnie ka pod lipami" z ttema dily pekuych vystupu. Hru sehraji na gi dobti ochotnici •tak nezapomente prijet a s tim pomogte nam postavit novu sin na kteru j e gte penize zhanime. Take prvni sobotu ye ka,gclem mesici peeeme kolabe

Ve stkedu, dne 30. fijna 1963 tak si dejte objecinavku do pi-edu. Tak lu g se pro dnegek musira ztratit z itetu Anna Vrlova SPJST----

itad Jaromir Oslo 54, West Miii bratti a sestry, Zas neco s nakho okoli, talk se nam to pekne mradi, ge mame zas naideji na ten deekavanY de gt. MistY v okoli zaprgelo a g 3 palce ale u nas ye West jegte stale je velke sucho tak ge lido nemaji vody pro dobytek. Mnozi byli donuceni prodat idobytek.

V minule schuzi nas bylo Maio neb innozi, jell na vYstavu do Dallas, byl to westsky a 6eskY den tak se Cleni 6astnili a jiste pekne pabavili, kdy g vii el esky program. Doufam, ge do; priati schtze se nas seide vie Kratce se schtze odbyla a po schtzi •jsme meli zakusky, nova, elenkyne Pi' l -jat,1mesicardLleAnHoek.

Rodiee jsou pan a pani Lumir Holeeek z West. Te gi nas. meli jsme take nekolik nemocnYch elenii, kteti se ji g pozdravili: Bratr Edmund Marek, lktery byl v nemocnici Hillsboro se citi lepgi, tegi nas a ptejeme mu tpine zdravi.

Zajimali mne po•tobenky ye Vestniku kdyg elenove oslavi zlate svatby, je jich nekolik. Take jsme meli ye West zlatu svatbu, kterou slavili na gi zakladajici elenorve bratr ac sestra Rudolf Bartoriovi v Abbot a kterou jim j ejich deti. K teto udalosti se seglo velkY poeet lidi a vgichni se pekne pobavili. Tato udalost se odbYvala v Cask° 13ratrskem kostele ve West. 0slavenci dostali mnoho ugiteenYch kd.

Ptejerne jim j egte mnoho let gt'astneho givota a zdravi.

Ze sesterskym pozdravem, Mollie Barton Houston, Texas 25. kijrra 1963 Zprava od HAN. Pokrok Houston C. 88 Jegte pilne pracujeme na zmenach stavebnich plant aby nam bylo rnogno postavit co nejlep gi za nejlevnej gi cenu, doufam, ge to nebude ji g dluoho, kdy g buderne moci oznamit, ge se paCala se stavbou nove budovy.

Dale potvrzuji dary do pamatniho fondu tadu Pokrok Houston C. 88 od sledujicich clarefi: Na uctert pamatky zesnule sestry Mary Rucky. Bratr a sestra Chas. V. Kilnar — $5.00 Sestra Willie Mae Powell — — 5.00 Br. Joe Fusig dar na stavebni fond 3.00 Br. Jos. Koliha, Jr. dar na stavebni fond — — 15.00

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Ve stl'edu, dne 30. Tibia 1963 Sestra Mary Rendl dar na sta— --- 5.00 vebni fond — Na ucteni pamatky zesnuleho bratra Irvin Neince Bratr a sestra Anton Svestka 6.00 Bratr a sestra F. J. Olexa — 10.00 -- 3.00 Sestra Janie Dvorak Na ucteni pamatky vkch radu Pokrok Houston e. 88 kteri odpoeivaji na Brookside larbitove venuje: sestra, Ida Hanka — 15.00 Nasledujici eleni vratili sviij arokovY eek z radove pUjeky: — — 5.00 Bratr Anton 8 vestka 1.25 Bratr Henry F. Olexa Bratr F. J. Olexa — 25.00 $ Posledni oznameni obnos

98.25 1678.00

Nyni se nachazi v pamatnim $1776.25 fondu Timto vyslovuji moji uprimnou soustrast rodinam kterym jejich milovani odesli na y eenost, a vkin darcum dekuji za laskave dory do pamatniho f on du.

S bratrskyrn pozdravem, F. J. Olexa, predseda finaneniho fondu -SPJST-

ANTHONY S. KALINA Director The Scientific Research Institute, Inc. 1286 Thoreau Road Cleveland 7, Ohio Va2enY pane redaktore: Dokumenty cs, dejin jsem sbiral od roku 1933 pro Parnatnik Osvobozeni na 2adost krajana hodlam je vydati souborne v dile BOJ 0 0ESKOSLOVENSKO. Jsou to dejiny nejvYznamneje' doby nova cs, historie, dosed dokumentaxne nepodane. Pro Va'Si informaci prikladam prospekt dila.

Vital bych, kdybyste laskave upozornil etenare Vageho lisu, 2e spis BOJ OESKOSLOVENSKO, kterY bude vydan prietiho roku, mohou si zamluviti jedine u autora na adresu: Dr. A. S. Kalina, Post Office Box 6195, Cleveland 1, Ohio. Dilo vyjde pouze v omezenem poetu eislovanYch vYtiskii jako soukremy tisk vyliradne pro npisovatele.

S projevem krajanske acty Dr. Antonin S. Kalina DR.

-SPJSTVESELOITRA V DALLASU VYbor Americkeho-eeskeho Festivalu, representujici vkchny Oechoamerieany ye statu Texas, pripravuje, _pod svou za gtitou, eeskou divadelni hru "Ze starchmlYnfi". Tato divadelni hra a o trech dejstvich byla sehrana DraniatickYna Klubem Hlahol v Hou-

znat a ureit a podle toho poznani co rno2na s nejpinej§im a nejjasnej‘Sim vedomim postupovat pri vSi praci, i politicke. Nemyslim ovSem, 2e se podati rozumu sebe pronikavejeimu odhalit plany Prortetelnosti, ale verim, ze na dne'Snim stadiu vzd2lanosti le povinnoNa vkobecnou 2adost, vybor Americsti ka2deho mysliciho, ridit se predpikeho-Ceskeho Festivalu predvecle onu sem KollarovYm. divadelni hru "Ze starcheeskYch h) eeska otazka otazkou maleho sehranou eleny Dramatickeho naroda.

Klubu "Hlahol" z Houstonu: Take ji2 Kollar otazku eeskou forV sini SPJST radu Pokrok Dallas ei- muloval jako2to problem maleho naroda, po nem Palacky reeil fikoi maleho sip 84 na 2625 Floyd St., Dallas, Texas, v'nedeli dne 10. listopaidu 1963, zaeatek statu. Jiste Kollarovi slovanska idea a vzajernnost byla jen prostrodkem pi-esne ye 2'30 odpoledne, vstupne (psis spevek) $1.00 za osobu, deti pod 13 let proti narodni malosti, kterou tak zle stari vstup volny. Planujte ku predu pocit'oval. Priznavain se docela odkyy-Le, ze i mne tisni na§e malost, ale nepiedstaveni toto v hojnem poetu najsem presvedeen, jako Kollar, 2e zi-ivetiviti. diem jejim je malt' na g poeet. Kollar Sledujte dalAi padrobnosti tYkajici se 2aloval: "Vzdelanost analiekYch narodu tohoto predstaveni v priaich eislech "narodktiv a narodeeku" sama Vestniku SPJST. byva malicherna a nedu2iva, ona neVYbor Ameriokeho- 6eskeho Festiva- 2ije, ale jen2ivori. , . mali nartidkove mysli a citi takfka jen napolo. _ v lu na rok 1963, malych narodech lidskost projevuje se Frances Jureik, olimezene, zmrzakene... a t. p." V tom predsedkyne, rekl. vYboru je mnoho pravdy; avSak myslim, 2e mu----SPJSTeiva posud malost nakho narodinho 2ivota je jen doeasna, a 2e prestane.

Prestane poznanim a doznanim nanch kdo nedostatky ty ponedostatkilv PODZIMNt SCHUZE NA§ICH OKRSKU znal a pocitil, bude je odstrariovat. .

Filosofie narodnosti. Narodnostni filoOHRSEK SESTt sofie eeski V nedeli, 3. listopadu u tadu 6. 40 v Celkem maji vkchni narodove neco Hillje. Schfize zafene pfesne v 1 hod. stejneho ye svem sna6enl, stejny odpoledne. ale ne stejnou metodu. My glenkovy ob• Jarni schfize II. okrsku se bude konat sah se u nas postupne rozWuje od 22. brezna 1964 u radu C. 15 v programu jazykoveho a2 k politickemu, socialnimu a nabo6enskemu. PochopiBuckholts. telno, '6e na g narod, jen6 po protirefor♦ ♦ maci pod nemeckou vladou byl, usiloval Jarni schfize pateho okrsku o sviij jazyk a jeho zachraneni a naJarni schtze patella okrsku bude po chazel podpory a sympatie ye svern kadana 16. kvetna 1964. Nabidky od slovanstvi. Slovansky a jazykovy produ bYti hostem teto sehtize budu prijagram, po piipade rusofilskY, vypracoval ty do 31. brezna. Nabidky zaelete na DobrovskY. SvobodnY '6ednar, znatel firednika okrsku smYkeni nemeckeho pracuje a skoro F. A. Kadle6ek, taj. neveri v zachranu naroda, ale pracuje; arcit' v 'duchu tehdejkho racionalisnm MASARYK FILOSOF nemeckeho. Nak obrodieove vkchni bySESTAVIL J. B. KOZAK nemeckV. li Po'kraeovani Nemecky psali a byli vlastne nemec)g 6eska otazka otazkou po osudech kSrmi spisovateli, pak pracne stavali se Clovee'enstva. spisovateli narodnimi a neni divu, 6e Mne eeska otazka je otazkou po osu- mySlenky sve brali z Nemec (jak podech oloveeenstva, je nine otazkou sve- drobna historic literatury dokazuje). demi. Verim s Kollarem, 2e historic Kollar vychazi z okruhu nemeckeho narodU neni nahodila, nYlor2 2e se v ni osvicenstvi, je herderovcem celou projevuje ureity plan Prozfetelnosti a svou filosofii dejin i zpilsob pra,ce peejima z Herdera, toho pritele Slovanti, 6e tedy je fikolem historikav a filoso ruv, fikolem kahleho naroda, ten plan jen2 Slovanam vestil budoucnost, prvsvetovy postihovat, misto sve v nem po- niho slavjanofila. Herderovi

stone s pronikavym fispechem a byla prijata s velkou ovaci krajana z Houstonu a okoli. Sotteasne bylo projeveno mnoho 2adosti, aby hra to byla o-, pakovana v Dallas pro eetne krajany v Dallas a okoli.

Oznameni

fad, schfize

10 syinpatie Kollar, Jungmann, Palacky a j.

Slovanska, filsofie Kollarova prestava programu kulturne-literarnim; Politickou jeSte neni. Vedecka prate byla latinska nebo nernecka. Pracovalo se o programu humanitnim a spojoval se a programem narodnim. Cloveeenstvi a ,narod melo bYti organisovano naradne jako strom od kotenii. BYt elovekem bylo programe Kollarovym.

Soueasnik 8afaiik ma stejne naySlenky jako Kollar.

Palacky svou historii eeskou podal jiZ ureitejS1 program eeskS T ; ne slovansky. Ukazal na minulost a yYznam: reformace. V CeskYch brattich vide]. vrchol Ceskeho vYvoje a vYvoje liclskeho.

Zaklady filosoficke ma z Ka.nta, ne z Herdera. R. 1848 je yildcem, otcem narodia, prave tim eeskYm s yYm programem. Po boku stoji mu Havlieek, agitator v nejlepAint toho slova smysle, Zurnalista, probouzi k Yedomi eeskemu.

Program se zkonkretnuje Augustinem Smetanou, jeho keknim problemu socialniho. JazykovY program Dobrovskeho, osvicenskY Kollar-11v stava se PalackYm a Havliekem politickYm a Smetanou socialnim.

Wichni naSi buditele hledeli pochopitelne jednostranne do minulosti. My musime hledet vice do budoucnosti, ptipravovati si budoucnost. Nenaluvim proti minulosti a studiu jeji, ale o to beli, co ma bYt. Musime poeitati s ptitomnosti a ptipravoyati budoucnost. Okoly v budoucnosti manic s ostatnimi narody spoleene, ale nedosti si je uyedomujeme ye sve narodni z yla.anosti. U nas se narodni program pojima potad jege prilis jazykove. JazykovYm programem nevyeerpava, se Y'Sak narodni program.

Clavek neni jen pro jazyk. Vedle zachoyani jazyka 'name jeSte jine otazky.

PH malem narodne jest ovkm nevYhoda: mala delba prace.

Proto se vSechno usili v nekterem desitileti jen v jeden smer jednostranne uPind. Jinde je pracovnin dosti pro VSechny obory. Nam nevadi jen malost, ale i nepochopeni pinosti narodniho programu. Bylo by klamne do=Nati se, ze jsme se jiZ. obrodili. To j e proces, ,kterY tr ya a bude trvati, i kdyZ ye vAech smerech nageho v naboknstvi, politice, vede bude .systematicky pracovano. Mnohe ftkoly mame, je tteba uvedamiti si. je.

Mej odvahu uHvati vlastniho rozuInu. Immanuel Kant.

VRSTNIK

ye stredu, dne 30. tijna 1963 Beroun. Na morine u Karlkejna byl otevren vapencovy velkolom. Po velko-, lomu Cettovy schody to bude nejyetSi lom ye stredoeeske vapeneove oblasti.

Podle odhadu je tug ukryto nekolik desitek miliond tun vapence, kterY svou vynikajici jakosti dobre poslouZi jako pridavny material p11 ta. ybe Zeleza kladenskych yysokych pecich. .

V Praze se kond v palaci Dunaj yystava rumunske architektury, nejrnodernejk ye vychodnim bloku. Zajem di yakti je znateny. Os. architektilm byti yYstava vzorem. o Statni filharmonie v B ate se pripravuje na. zajezd do Italie.

LIPNiK NAD BECVOU

Pod rozsahlYmi zficeninami hradu Helfkejna, streliciho zasmaile Mora y -skoubran,leiPtBevpamtne mesto Lipnik, zalolene kralem Premyslem Otakarem II. A byl to snad CeskY ley z Premyslova kralovskeho erbu, kterY se dostal zahy do mestske peeeti Lipniku; vystupoval v'Sak, ci jak se v heraldice rika, vyrustal z trojhUri 2e se tento obraz stal i mestskYm znakem, svedei listina, yystavena 1628 kardinalem FrantiSkem z DitrichStejna, kterY roku 1622 ziskal HelfStejn i Lipnik v diisledku pobelohorskYch konfiskaci (byl totiZ sam ptedsedou soudu navrhl trest smrti dvaceti odbojnYm morayskYm panfun). Kardinal potvrdil mestu jeho dosavadbi znak, plidal vSak sviij rodovY erb, dva vine note na zlate o eervene rozdelenem poll. Listina zaroveri stanovi, ze le y ye znaky je zlatY, vrchy zelene, pole pa& je eerne.

Ku!turn! prInos eeskY , Krumloy. K dosavadnim ksti mestskYm pamatkovYm reservacim Jindfichovu Hradci, Kutne Hole, Slavonicim, 'Mom, Zatci a Hradci Kralove ptibyl eeskY Krumlov. Tato reservace obsahuje historicke centrum mesta, ktere. je ojedinelYrn sttedo yekYm stavebnim celkem. Zahrnuje 460 domfi s 950 byto yYmi jeclnotkami. Vice neZ 80 procent budov je starsich sto let a mnoho z nich nese znaky stavebni koncepce dokonce z XV. a.Z"' XVI. stoleti. o — Praha bude mit na yeletoku Botiee u Hostivate novou ptehrad.u. Jezero bude 2 km Jdlouhe, vodni plocha zabere 380 hektarfi a bude tim yytvokeno rekreaeni sttedisko pro 30.000 lidi.

Skupina Cerneho divadla ze souboru Divadla na zabradli odjede do Rakouska.

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Na festivalu televiznich filmu v Alexandrii obdrZel prvni cenu es. film ::Ticho, ticho, ticho".

• Vedecka konference In definitivnimu obnoveni textu BezrueovYch slerskYch pisni se konala v Opave u ptilelitosti festivalu. VI. Bezrueovy Opayy.

HUGO HAASOVI...

Znamy &sky filmVvy a di yadelni herec. Hugo Haas, ktery nyni bydli ve Vidni, poskytl redaktoru praIskeho tSrde niku Kulturni Tvorba interview, ktery jmenovany list ptines1 5. zati 1963 pies celou stranu s nadpisem: Hovotime s Hugo Haasem.

Haas vypravuje symp'aticky o svem dlouholetem pobytu v USA a kika, 2o si velmi vaZil hercil Coopera, Granta, Gable a Marche. Na otazku, zda-ii pomYgli na spolupraci s es. filmem a nayStivi-li eeSkoslovensko tekl: "Cela leta vzpominam ustaviene na Prahu, Brno, na Narodni, na Vinohradske.

Jsem vdeenY za to, ze jsem se narodil v kulturnim state. . Tak rad bych se podival domn, ale bojim se vzpominek — jejich konfrontace se skuteestraSne se toho vkho, bojim." nosti!

Hugo Haas pak vzpomina, jak naciste zavrazdili jeho rorliee a bratra Pavla. Nakonci interview i•ka: "Chtel bych mit ykchno, co jsem tam pro72i1, uchevano v sobe neporu§ene, nedotCone un behem veci. Je to sen, kterY- neehci ztratit, proto se bojim navratu."

Hugo] Haas paddal take reportera Kulturni Tvorby, aby uvedl na spra y -noumi epravdouz nich novin, podle ktere hodla navaivit

Ve stfedu, dne 30, fijna 1903 aeskoslovensko. Pra2,ske Literarni noviny pry prinesly o nem zpravy hodne pomylene. Hugo Haas pak ,prostrednictvim CTK posila do teskoslovenska =oho uprivanYch a vernYch pozdravn.

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Soubor Jihoteskeho divadla z C. Buclejovic tivede na Otaeivent jeviati prirodniho divadla, v zahrade 'ask arumlovskeho zanaka "Krumlovskou romanci od Frant. Ko'aka, Reliser Vladimir tech natdei satiricky film "Mezi nami zlodeji" podle libreta Karla Michala a J. Karaska. )O( PAMATNIKY HUBOBNYCH TRADICIi V BRATISLAVE

Pri prechadzke ulicami Bratislavy neljdn naSej pozornosti pamdtniky pripominajnce slavnu hudobnit tradiciu tohoto mesta na Dunaji. A veru inaloktore mesto sa mole pochvalit' tak slavnymi menami svetovYth skladatel'ov i hudobnikov, ktori tu vystupovali, alebo priamo NajvatSi rozvoj hudobneho 'Zivota v Bratislave mame pozorovat' najmti v 19. storoei. Bratislava je rodnym mestom Johanna Nepomuka Hummela, ktery patril v minulom storoei medzi najvaNich skladatel'ov. Vola prvYrn naaej republity, ktorri. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sestroany na yStivil a v dome na Jiraskovej 12, v palaci Leopolda Palffyho ,koncertoval. Tato udalost' nam pripomina pamatna tabul'a zasadend do mriru tohto domu. Zachovali sa, aj dva listy, ktore pisal Mozartov otec z Bratislavy do Salzburgu.

Koncom 18. storntia mal niekcl'ko koncertov v dneanom Dome pionierov Kl. Gottwalda (vtedy Grassalkovichov palac) Joseph Haydn, ktory bol v bath Aszterhazyho. Ai tato udalost' je zveenena pam idtnou tabul'ou na paldel.

Podobne nas upomina pamatna tabul'a zasadena pri vchode do bYvaleho palaca Eszterhazyho na Namesti 4. aprila, ze tu v rokoch 1847, 1858 a 1885 rieinkoval verky rusky skladateP a klavirista Anton Grig;orievie RubinStein.

V archivnom materiali sa doeitame, bYval u grOlky Eszterhizyovej i to, ze na koncertoch v Bratislave vel'mi east° tivadzla diela Fryderyka Chopina, en svedei o slovanskej yzaiomnesti a laska Rubinateina k Chopinovi.

V miestach teraraieho palaca na Jiraskovei C. 15, ktorY kedvsi patril Leopoldovi de Paulimu bol v pril'ahlej zahrade hudobnY pavilOn, v 'ktorom mal svoj prvY koncert v Bratislave r. 1820 Ferenc Liszt. 0 priebehu koncertu sa doeitame v easopise Pressburger Zei-

ytsTNttt tung. Bratislavu navStivil niekol'korazy aj slavny Ludwig von Beethoven.

O jeho nav:steve sa zachoval list, ktory pisal z Bratislavy 19, XI. 1796 Streicherovi. Original listu je v USA a piSe v nom o navateve svojej Ziatky Keglevichovej-Odescalchiovej. V miestnosti, kde koncertoval je dnes Statne konzervaterium. A takto by sme mobil pokratovat a nayStivit aj rtrazeum skladatel'a Hummela, cely rad dokumentov preeitat' v Mestskom mazeu a panavate vovat miesta, kde tito slavny hudobnici neinkovali a pozriet' si sochy i pamatne tabule a, pripomenut' si tak vYznam Bratislavy v minulosti, to do hudobnych tradicii.

Na tdto slavnu tradiciu nadvadzuje dneany hudobny Zivot, pravda v celkom inej forme. KYm v minulosti boll skvcsty hudobnYch vytvorov vymedzene na fizky kruh Slechty a nou pozvanych hosti, dnes vrcholne hudobne pod ujatia patria vSetkYm, Co main o ne zaujem. A zaujem je skutoene Sponterime na Hudobnft jar, na ktorej kaZdornene vystupujil aj zahraniene huclobne telesa i jednotlivci, ako raj celY rad koncertov v priebehu roka.

Bratislava je sidlom dnes uZ aj v zahranidi dobre znamej Slovenskej filharmonie, Iktorej zaklady poloZil svetoznamy dirigent a narodny umelec Vaclay Talich. Koncerty tohoto popredneho telesa sa vopred vypredane. Takisto sa tesia vel'kej obl'ulae i navateve ostatne menale sbory, i koncerty na'Sich i zahranienych sOlistov.

Bratislava teda i ,dnes pine vydiva, pravda, na Co najairaom zaklade plody slavnych majstrov-hudobnikov, ktorYch diela sit east° na programe koncertov. )0( SVET SE SETKAVA. V ERNE V mesici Tart. byl na brnenskem vystaviati slavnostne zahajen ja 5. mezinarodni veletrh. Tato prehlidka svetoveho pokroku ye, strajirenstvi si ziskava, rok od roku stale vetSi mezinarodni ohlas. Tak no, leto gnim brnenskein veletrhu vystavuje. v pavilonech a na volnYch prostorach vYstaviAte jiz okolo 500 vystavovatelti ze 44 zemi.

Jsou tu zastoupeny Anirsko, Barmska unie, Belgie, Bolivie, Bulharska, Dansko, Nemetka demokraticka republika, Nemecka spolkova republika, Reck°, Finsko, Francie, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesie, Iran, Itdlie, Japonsko, Jugoslavie, Libanon, Lichtensteinsko, Lucembursko, Mali,' Marokb, Nizczemi, Norsko, Rakousko, PolSko, Rumunsko, ‘ vedsko, Svyearsko Tanganika, TurecS ko, SovetskY svaz, Sjednocena, arabska republika, Lybie, Veika Britanie, Spoje-

t. ne staty larnericke, Brazilie, Venezuela, Uruguay, zapadni Berlin aj. Nektere z With naptiklad Ghana, Iran nebo Venezuela vystavuji na brnenskem veletrhu poprve, jine zeme path jiZ k tradienim fteastniktim.

VYznam Mezinarodniho brnenskeho veletrhu neustale roste. Letos • ej navativil i generdini sekretat Mezinarodni federate trhti (UFI) pan Andre L. Blanchot, ktery se o Brnenskem veletrhu vyslovil s velkYm uznanim. Rekl.

"Veletrh v Brne nalek nejlepaim, jake UFI ma. Meritka Mezinarodni federate trhil jsou vysoka. a naroena. A Brnou je splriuje dokonale. Je vysoce moderni, a to nejenom s yYmi pavilOny a urbanistickYm i:eSenim, ale v telem komplexu." Pan Blanchot se s poteaenim vyslovil i cf. specialnirn zamereni brnenskeho veletrhu, ktere umoZnuje vzajemne srovnavani vyrobkft a tim zajiat'uje Brnu skuteenou mezinarodnost.

Letnani brnenskY veletrh byl sla y -noste,vrnJaekovpPStaniho divadla v Brne. Mezi rieastniky slavnosti byli 1. pfedstavitele politicksho a hospodafskeho zivota evropskch • 1 zambrskYch zemi a elenove diplomatickeho sboru. Mistopfedseda vlady Frdntig ek Krajeir zdriraznil .ve svem projevu vYznam brnenskeho veletrhu, kterY patri k yYznamnYm institucirn mezinarodni hospodarske spoluprace a obchodnich stykfi mezi zememi rtizneho stupne hospodalskeho vSrvoje i mezi zememi s rozdilnS7m spoleeensk "Ym zenim. Prohlasil dale, 2e nave pfizniye voziduM, vytvor:eine nedayno podepsa nou moskevskou smlouvou o easteenem zakazu zkouSek j . adernY-ch zbrani, by se melo projevit i v mezinarodnich hospodafskSich stycich a v mezinarodnim obchode. Proto eeskoslovensko" uhfimne uvitalo usneseni Valneho shromaZ"-deni Organizace spojen'ch narodil o svolani svetove konference o obchodu a rozvoji.

Ji‘Z kratce po otevfeni brnenskeho y eletrhu prichazely prvni zahranieni delegate a `vYznamni hosts. Bylo to zejmena bulharska vladni delegate, vedena predsedou vyboru pro rozvoj technikv prof in Z - . Ivanem Popovem, polska vladni delegate, vedena mistopfedsedou rady ministrri Fr. Waniolkou. Mezi prvnimi hosty na veletrhu byl i ministr obchodu USA pan Luther H. Hodges. Na jeho poeest uspofadal ministr eeskoslovenskeho zahranieniho obchodu slavnostni Veeeki, ktere se zucastnivlada4 Fr. Krajeir, mi.li moiradny a zpinomocneny velvyslanec USA v 6eskoslovenskti Outerbridge Homey a dalgi osobnosti. Ministr ob-

12 chodu USA pan Hodges vyjacifil za sveho pobytu viru, tie jeho na ySteva v eskoslovensku ponatiZe posilit ptatelske vztahy 'mezi lidem SpojenYch -statil a lidern aeskosiovenska a tie zlepaene v4tahy mezi Ceskoslovenskem a'-USA dovoli rozsirit oboustranne cestovani obchod. Ministra obchodu USA a pana L. H. Hodgese ptijal rovna ministr za,hranienich veci Vaclav David.

Mezi dalsimi zahranienimi navatevami na brnenskem veletrhu byli ministr zemedelstvi a ministr zdravotnictvi Nigerske republiky, delegace zastupcti obchodnich. spoleenosti a prtmayslovych zavodil Danska, sovetska, vladni delegace, vladni delegace Rumunske republiky, vladni delegace Mad'arske republiky, a vYznamni vladni oinitele dalaich zemi. Tak jako katidoroene jednirn z prvnich navatevniku brnenskeho veletrhu, byl i rakouskY vieekanclet dr.

Bruno Pittermann, ktery za sve ndvatevy zdfiraznil dalai rnoZnosti rozaireni obchodnich stykil mezi obema zememi a motinosti rozaireni vzajemneho turistickeho ruchu.

K YYznamnYm letoanirn navAtevnikfun veletrhu. hatril i namestek kanadskeho ministra obchodu pan James Allan Roberts. Za sveho pobytu jednal rovneti s namestkem ministra zahranieniho obchodu inn. J. Kohoutem o otazkach kanadsko-eeskoslovenskeho obchodu, ktery, jak sam vyjadril, je v poslednich letec dobrS.r. Na brnensky veletrh piijel dale ministr zahranieniho obchodu Italie Giuseppe Trabucchi, ktery mel mj. rozhovor s eeskoslovenskYm ministrem zahranieniho obchodu Fr. Hamouzem, piijel framcouzsky ministr prinnyslu Michel Maurice Bokanowski s choti, kterY mel rovneZ rozhovory s eeskoslovenskymi vladnimi ministr zemedelstvi a drutistevnictvi Barmskeho svazu Tin Pe a rada dalgich vYznamnYch host& Zaver prvniho tYdne veletrhu byl ye znameni obchodnich jednani. Byla pociepsana iada kontraktil, mezi prvnimi byla dohoda o doclavee 30 tisic psacich stroju eeskoslovenske vYroby Anglie, o dodavee osobnich aotomobilit do Danska, kuttikovVeh aiefeh strojn do Rumunska a Danska, pneumatik Barum do Sovetskeho svazu a Norska atd. ,dc,sud neivetai kontrakty na Ttizne stroje a zarizeni byly uzavreny se SovetskYm svazem.

Co neni jasne. dlutino vy j astniti. Co Co se tetice tvori, treba einiti s velkou vytrvalosti.

Konfucius.

VbSTNfK BOHUMIL BRODSKY: ()alba 110C ROMAN Poki aeovani Ne, nebude At'astna, dokud s nine nepromiuvi. Aby zakryla svilj nepokoj, pobihala po dome, smala se s Klarou, ktera rozespala, ale take rozveselena za ni chodila a vypravovala, o svych veerejSich zaeatcich a take spravce tail se kolem tieny a dcery, nejeve titidne chuti jiti yen na dviir kontrolovati eeladku. Teprve odpoledne podatilo se ji mu& ptemluviti, aby proael dvory a dohledl na eeladku a sotva odeael, poeala se chystati na vychazku. Klara byla velmi ochotna, jiti s matkou, ttebaZe by byla po ydeenejai, kdyby byla ma.tka, Ala s 째teem a ona mohla jiti ven sama. A kdyti vyaly ze Idvora, zaeala z povzdaleei o Hulaeovi.

"MoZna, tie potkame pana revirnika," povidala nevinne. "ftikal mi Yeera, ze east째 chodi kolem obory nebo v lese u obra,zku a ja mu povidala, Eem take chodivam."

"Dali jste si tedy doEtaverdeko, ze?" lekla se spravcova.

"Ach ne, to neni clostavenieko," branila se spravcova, a pit tom se za1Villa, "to je jen tak. On se rad bavi a chce si popovidati o yeerejEi zabave."

"Melas mi to doma ric, nebyla bych s tebou chodila. Uti se stalo a nechci ti kaziti radost. Kde se mate setka,ti?"

"Povidala jsem, tie budu ehoditi u obory," priznavala se sklieene.

"Necham to chvili samotnau, piljdu kousek dale k lesu, ale, Klarko, mej rozum, nedelej nic nepredlotieneho.

Jsi nezkuaend, mlada, a pamatuj na svou eest."

"Zi stan. u mne, pf-esvedCi g se, ze na nic Epatneho nemyslim," branila se zmatene.

"Vetim ti, ale je mou povinnosti upozorniti te, abys jednou nenarikala, tie jsem nemela rozumu. Za chvili se vratim a piljdeme spoleene Neeladvala dceru na travnate ceste, vroubici oboru a popeala rychleji kunreclu Mela sire radost, ze dcer y nebode jeji setkani s lesmistrem pozorovati, ale jeji vlastni horkost byla, pohledem na oboru zvY gena. Klarka, setka se s Kulaeem, jen oeividne chee si leiiho srdce dobSdi, na lesni testa, kde tehdy ye dnech sve zoufale nejistoty setkala se se Sankotem, aby hleciala u neho rozreAeni sve tragicke Viny.

Kdykoliv potom zaala v tato mista, obnovovaly se je j i eerne vzpominky a rozdirala se jeji bolest. Tam bylo zpe-

y e Stredu, due 30, iijua 1963 eeteno jeji utrperd a nebude snad i pro Klaru. osudne, ze se setkava na terra miste s prvnim muZein., kterY otevrel jeji. srdce?

Skoda, ze nerntitittie bYti phtomna rozrnluve, aby Kulace upozornila na jeho destnou povinnost, nezaeinati tiidnou hru, kterou vahie nepromyslil.

Snad ph prvnim setkani nedojde k duernu zavaznernu rozhodnuti, mezitbn co ji nastava povinnost, navkly dokoneiti svou tiivotni tragedii, aby nic u2 z minulosti neotravovalo nove cesty do budoucna. Jen aby lesmistr phael, musi s nim hovotiti, nesnesla by nejistoty a kdyby dnes neprIEel, musela by zitra, sama ha treba, v jeho bytes vybledati a Lei mu, co ji ohnem na, duEi rychie smerem k lesu u obrazku a dobre postfehla, jak polni cestou jde chvataje k obore. Ano, ma dostavenleko, to je jasne a znovu azkost ji zalorncovalla, aby za jeji nepritomnosti se nestalo neco, co by bylo jejimu ,diteti 0811Ci110. JenZe to, po rem sama prahla, bylo jeAte chilehtejai, protUge na, tom zaviselo stash a klid cele rodiny.

Vysoky smrkovY les se pfiblilil. Na ,krajnim, mohutnem stromu byl pfipevnen vybledly obra.zek, podde ktereho se , celemu oddeleni lesnimu fikalo "U obrazika." Les byl dosti fidkY a bYval eastYm diem jejich prochazek, byl jakokdy" chodivala yen, v samote chla,diti svou rozpilenou hlavu a tiaiti sve zranene nervy. Ticho zde bylo, svetlo tlumene pronikala korunami a klid' zde byl jako v kostele.

Sankot uz eekal. Spatrila, ho zdaleka, srdce ji prudeeji za,buailo a musela zvolniti sve kroky, aby nabrala dechu.

Stara nenavist oLvla trpke vzpominky se tak jasne otiivily, tie rely jeji vYraz byl nepratelsky. Sankot blitie se k ni, zdaleka vide', ze se blitii nepiitel a zarazilo ho to. Kclyti mu Aafat vzkaz spravcove, vytizoval, dommval se, tie A lleti ka zatoutiila po smint s nim, a tie asi Klarka ji zdelovala, ji k sobe zeal. Rozpomnela se asi na chvilka lasky a vidouc cleat", o ktere tvrdila, ze jcjim otcem jc on, chce navazati styky, nebo dokonce dovolavati se jeho prisperii, aby mohla culte dohre opaBylo by to mrzute, on sam mel se svou rodinou starosti, ale tekl si, tie piece jen bude obetovati nee째, rim by sve svedomi oPokoj il. Slibi, tie Klare, bude-li se vdavati, ptispeje na vYbavu, nebo 2e provda-li se za Ku/a6e, pornfiZe, aby dostal lepai myslivnu, aekoliv nemel Kulaee rad a nerad by se Pokradovani k vfili nemu palil.

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Wednesday, October 30, 1993

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28 October 1918 - Birth Of A Nation n the 28th of October 1918, the Czechoslovak people gained their freedom and independence from the German Hapsburg ruling dynasty and 300 years of its rule. On this date, a "de facto" National Committee assumed the powers of government on the soil of a new Czechoslovakia. At last, the people were free. Pride and joy ran free in the hearts of all Czech people everywhere. The formal "de jure" Czech government came into existence on November 16 in 1918, when the National Assembly met and elected Tliomas G. Masaryk as its first president. A dream of a century had become a reality.

In America, where Thomas Masaryk had come from Russia in April of 1918, Secretary of State Robert Lansing issued an announcement proclaiming America's sympathies with the rights and aims of Czechoslovaks and Yugoslays regarding their independence. In Versailles, France, on the 3rd of June, the governments of France, England, and Italy announced their official approval of the Lansing statement, and their acceptance of its aims. Dr. Benes and Gen. Stefanik had been negotiating with these governments about the acceptance of a free and independent Czechoslovak government, now that World War I was rapidly coming to an end. At a ceremony turning over the colors of the Czehoslovak armed forces in France to the Czechs, Foreign Minister Pichon formally declared that France regards an independent Czechioslovak state as a fact, and that France further regards the Czechoslovak National Council as the highest governmental body of the new state and as a basis for the future Czech government. Through negotiations, Benes was also successful in getting the government of Great Britain to announce, on August 9th, that it considered Czechoslovakia on the side of the Allies, its armed forces outside

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Czechoslovakia as Allied forces, and the National Council as the bonafide future Czechoslovak government. This announcement was confirmed on September 3rd by a agreement signed by Belles and Robert Cecil, which gave the Czechoslovak National Council the authority to appoint diplomatic representatives in London. It also gave it the right to send representatives to Allied conferences at which Czechoslovak interests would be discussed and, to conclude economic loans with Great Britain. At about the same time, Prof. Masaryk got the US government to recognize the Czechoslovak National Council as the de facto Czech government. An agreement soon followed with the governments of France, on Septe,mher 28, wherein France committed itself to support the reestablishment of Czechoslovakia within its former historic boundaries. On October 3rd, Orlando, in the name of the Italian government announced his government's recognition of the National Council.

• • The actual reestablishment of the Czechoslovak state was now only a

matter of time, and the only thing left to be done was to prepare the Czechoclovak people to assume the role of governing themselves and deciding their own fate and future.

• The Czechoslovak National Committee was formed in Prague on 13 July 1918 as the highest organ of the Czechoslovak government. Its chairman became Dr. Kramar, Svehla and Klofac were elected as Vice Chairmen, and Dr. Soukup as Administrative Secretary.

This 38-member National Committee was the basis for the future revolutionary and constitutional National Assembly. Its main task was to prepare the way for the revolutionary takeover at the appropriate time. In order to accomplish this it was necessary to set up local national committees all over Czechoslovakia.

• Czech representatives in Vienna were concertedly berating the outdated policies of the Hapsburg monarchy.

The leaders in the royal ruling circles were blind and unreceptive to Czech demands and pursued unresonable internal policies and fought the victorious revolt against the monarchy. On the 29th of September, the National Committee announced that they want-, ed no more favors from Vienna. On October 2nd, the Viennese parliament announced drastic maximum measures.

Particularly noticed was the threat of iStanek, who stated that Vienna would insist on having representatives of the Czechoslovak Brigades as the legitimate spokesmen at the peace conference table. On October 4th, the Viennese government requested President Wilson for an armistice. On October 12th the Czechs rejected a proposal for a federation of states within the Hapsburg monarchy in a meeting with the Austrian emperor, and insisted on the creation of a separate and independent Czechoslovak state without delay.

VRSTNf Decisive events began happening one after another. On October 14th, Dr. Benes announced to the Allies the. creation of a temporary Czechoslovak g overmnent and the naming of diplomatic representatives throughout the various capitals. He announced that Prof. Masaryk had been elected as temporary president and finance minister, Dr. Bones himself as foreign minister and minister of the interior, and Dr. Stefanik as minister of war.

On October 16th, Emperor Charles issued a manifesto about the transition. of Austria from a monarchy to unified state without mentioning the status of the Czech territories (Hungary). The Czech nation, through their National Committee, rejected this manifesto on October 19.

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was too late for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The war thwarted the emperor's efforts to save the monarchy; on October 18, ,Masaryk issued a statement proclaiming the independence of the Czechoslovak people, known to the nation and world later as Washington Declaration.

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Masaryk's proclamation, it was asserted that the Czechoslovak state would be a republic. The same day, 'President Wilson replied to the peace proposal of the Austro-Hungarian government. In his reply, he stated that the fate of the Austro-Hungarian empire was now in the hands of the Czechoslovaks and 'Yugosla ys. In the meantime, other Allied governments extended recognition to the tem_ porary Czech government, and the future of their nation was in the hands of the people themselves.

For the future Czechoslovak state, it was important that representatives of Carpatho-Ruthenia attend the Conference of Smaller Nations of Central Euro p e, held in Philadelphia from 23 to 26 October, at which. they read the announcement of G. Zatkovic to the effect that Carpatho-Ruthenia would join the Czechoslovak state as a separate administrative entity. Zatkovic later became the first governor, or administrator, of this small territory.

The a till 0 Sphe e in Prague was charged with much excitement and jubilation. Vienna's helpless plight and eminent collapse was further evidenced by the issuance of exit permits to the corps of Czech diplomats to Switzerland. There they were to meet with the various leaders of the foreign revo-

lution. Delegates Kramar, Hlofac, Stanek, Habrman, and Kalina, escorted

by Dr. Samal, Preiss, and Svoboda, left Vienna on the 24th and 25th of October to confer with Benes in Geneva. In Geneva, it was agreed that the new Czechoslovak state would have a republican form of government. It was in Geneva that they learned of events of recent days in Prague, and of the reply to Wilson of Foreign Minister Andrassy, in which he told the President that the Austro-Hungarian government concurred with him in the creation of an independent Czech state, of the rights of the Czech people, and that it was prepared to enter into peace negotiations immediately. ♦

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Prague circles interpreted the Viennese action as the final capitulation, 'and the National Committee assumed the temporary reigns of government, and on October 28th PROCLAIMED THE INDEPENDENCE OF TH E. CZECHOSLOVAK STATE. This then, was the date the Czech people at home heard of their formal independence.

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The leaders of the National Committee, Svehla, Rasin, Stribrny, Slovak, Soukup, and. Srobar, displayed by their actions an energetic body, and effected the transition of a new state into a new era. Slovakia declared itself in favor of a unified Czechoslovak state through its representatives who formed the Slovak National Colin-. cif, in an assembly at Turcansky Svaty Martin ' on October 30th, with Matus Dula as their chairman. In the next few days, the Austro-Hungarian and German Fronts collapsed. GermanHungarian imperialism came to an end.

During these historic days, when a new Europe was being carved out of the remains of war, the first National Assembly met in Prague on November 14th, and proclaimed the new state a republic, and elected Thomas Masaryk their first President, and installed the first government, with Dr. Kramar as prime minister. The war was over and the new and independent Czechoslovak state took its place among the free nations of the world. A dream of. a hundred years finally came true.

(Note: for the Czech language version of these events, and pictures of the leaders of this movement, please consult the beginning of the Czech section of this issue. — Ed.)

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 In order to better understand the foregoing series of events and the significance of the times, it might be well to take a short excursion into the history of the Czech peoplt! in the .14th century. After the chi of Vaelav III, the last of the Cze.n. ' emysl dynasty rulers, the German. Ile osburg ruling family assemed the I. cone in 1306.

Premysl male heirs to the throne died out and •only princesses remained. The diplomacy and protocol of the noble families of those days required that the princesses marry rulers of other European countries, so that Czech princesses frequently became the brides of German, -French and English nobility. These varioue matrimonial unions frtquently prevented wars among the European powers, because relatives were not as prone to battle.

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After the death of all the Czech Premysl heirs the assembly of Czech states, roughly comparable to the parliaments of the world today, inherited the right to name their own rulers.

The Uzech Premysl line of rulers came to an end with the death of Vaclav III, who was also the Polish and Hungarian king. He was assassinated in Olomouc in 1706, just as he was preparing to put down resistance in Poland. The glory of the Czech Premysl rulers came to an abrupt end. The assembly of Czech states then elected as their king the German Duke Heinrich (Henry), husband of the Czech princess Ann and sister of Vaelav III. He was followed by the German Luxemberg rulers, of which Karl (Charles) IV, son of John Luxemburg and the Czech princess Eliska Premysl, was simultaneously the Czech king, the German emperorer, and king of Italy.

He was more Czech than be was German and spent most o r his time in Prague. He was called •cier" of his country, and died being mourned by the whole nation.

4 4 After the Luxemburg , dynasty, the Polish dynasty Jagailov came to the throne, and in the 16th century the Hapsburg rulers came hi the throne.

All the members of this :idling family were not as benevolent Js Charles IV, and the Czech stat i.. ,ouently revolted in order to maintain the right to a separate Czech crown. One such revolt was an historic and decisive and fateful one: the Battle of White Mountain, when the German emperor .defeated Czech armies in , 1620. The Czechs lost their standing as a sep-

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 arate entity and the Czech states, from that date on, could not choose their rulers. German kings and rulers ascended to the throne automatically.

(The German King Ferdinand led his forces against the Czechs during this furious encounter. This series of events also launched the Thirty Years' War, Which finally ended in 1648).

• • During the period just before the reign of Emperor Franz Josef, the Czechs were harshly oppressed. The period gave birth to such leaders ;as Dobrovsky, Jungman, Puchmajer, Kramerius, and others. Thanks to these writers and scholars, pamphlets and newspapers were distributed to every village and hamlet in the country, exhorting them to nigher ideals and fervent patriotism. Books were published, exchanged, loaned and passed around, and the Czech spirit became awakened. It gradually came to life.

The spirit of nationalism grew in the flames of patriotism and national feeling. Czech books, afloat in a sea of German ideas, worked their magical influence. Without these Czech writers and scholars, the Czech people would have been completely Germanized. The people were coming to life after 600 years of Germanism and 300 years of oppression. To these Czech patriots belongs the undying respect and honor of ages to come. They paved the way to freedom and liberty. Unfortunately, most of them did not live to see or witness this birth of freedom, because the 28th of October 1918 came almost a hundred years later. Thanks to the Czech press and publications, Czech art, culture, and knowledge were able to survive even the hardest German measures.

• A number of Czech poets and writers contributed, in large measure, to this rebirth, this regeneration of nationalism. Among them were: Jan Neruda,, Svatopluk Cech, Jaroslav Vrchlicky, Julius Zeyer, K. J. Erben, and others.

The outstanding poets were Otakar Brezina, Petr Bezruc, and J. S. Machar.

Novelists were Bozena Nemcova, Vacla y Benes-Trebizsky, Karel V. Rais, Alois Jirasek, and the Mrstik brothers.

The famous painters were Manes, Mik'ulas Ales, J. Uprka, and J. Kalvoda.

Sculptors were Myslbek and Buick.

Composers were Smetana, Dvorak, L. Janacek; historians were F. Palacky and J. Pekar; philosophers were Masaryk, Radel, and Kaderavek; political scientists were Palacky, Masaryk, and

Rieger; renown traveller was Korensky.

Towards the end of the reign of Emperor Franz Josef, Austria got into a conflict with Serbia. The climax of this trouble was the assissination of Archduke Ferdinand in the Serbian city of Sarajevo in 1914. Austria declared war against Serbia. This was the beginning of World War I, which gradually involved almost all the major nations of the world. Hence the name "world war."

• • The Czech people suffered much at the hands of their Austrian rulers.

Prisons were full of Czech prisoners.

Czech organizations were dissolved, newspapers closed, but the people presisted in their oposition. Czech soldiers deserted the Austrian Army and allowed themselves to be put in prison.

Many workers and leaders were successful in getting out of the country, such as Masaryk, where he and others carried on the struggle to free their homeland. A Czech National Army (Legion) was formed in Russia, and distinguished itself in many battles, most notably that of Zborov. Masaryk went to Russia personally to see that the Czech Legions were accepted and recognized as Allied Forces. After the Bolsheviks came to power in Russia under Lenin, the CZech Legions participated in the occupation of Siberia after battling the Bolsheviks. Czech Legions likewise fought in France, Italy, and thus contributed immeasurably to future Czechoslovak independence. Thousands of untold Czech heroes spilled their blood on various European battlefields far removed from their homeland. They played a role which history must set aside as a special and great accomplishment.

They deserve our respect and rememberance. Remember the Czech Legions!

• • In Austria and throughout its empire, things were coining to a rapid close. Austrian armies were being defeated on every front. Austria capitulated on 28 October 1918, and the Czechoslovak National Committee assumed the powers of government on home soil. Masaryk came back after four years of exile to be elected first president of the newly-born republic.

His return was riotously greeted by the entire Czech nation. The Czech poet, Viktor Dyk, wrote a special poem, dedicated to Masaryk upon his triumphant return. (Poetry is extremely difficult

to translate, and I would not even attempte to tamper with the words of such a master. Poet Dyk's poem can be found in the Czech section. If your Czech is not good enough, you should have someone who is proficient in the language to read and explain the poem to you. — Ed.) What has happened in and to Czechoslovakia since 1918 has now been recorded in the annals of history. Even during this period, the Czech nation and its people have suffered much. It may be small comfort, but surely the Czech people have, as a result of all their struggles, learned to rely less upon their "friends" and more upon themselves. There is no need to repeat the oft-heard Czech lament, "we are but a small nation!" According to the poet, Otakar Brezina, a nation and its people is the SUM total of its dead, its living, and the yet unborn, and Czechs belong to the group which, since the days of Cyril and Methodius, surge on toward eventual triumph. An ancient Chinese proverb, recently widely quoted, states that even a trip of a million miles must begin with that first step. The Czechoslovak people must take that first step with the realization that freedom and liberty are the sweetest of all possessions, and will be forfeited only by a nation that is not aware of WHO they are and WHAT they want.

Truth WILL Prevail!

• After the tempest of wrath has passed the rule of thy country will return to —Comenius thee, 0 Cz.ech people.

---SPJST---

PROGRESS OF SALES CONTEST October 25, 1933 DISTRICT NO. 3 Insurance Members $130,560.00 41 Points 1711/4 DISTRICT NO. 5 Insurance Members $59,500.00 20 Points 791/2 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Ilejny

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More on the Holland Opening

By The Editor There is no question about it: the opening at Lodge Tyrs No. 80 at Holland on October 20th was a howling success. Estimates on the number of people ranged from 800 to nearly 1,300 (and more) at the height of the celebration. The acreage around the hall was completely filled, and all roads of approach to the hall were packed on both sides. And they kept coming, as the Editor was preparing to leave for home around 6:40 p.m.

Everything went off according to schedule, except perhaps the arrival of Senator Yarborough, who was delayed in arriving, but who nevertheless took the opportunity of addressing the large crowd gathered. There was plenty of food, and it was deliciously prepared.

Certainly no one worked harder on that day than the ladies who labored so diligently in the kitchen. The few bottlenecks that occurred need not be too much of a problem, because that size of crowd will not swoop down on Lodge 80 for some time, although I'm sure they'd welcome it — or would they? The new premises certainly got a complete christening. Bro. Barabas and all his colleagues certainly deserve high praise for working together so well in putting this event over.

We are publishing a few more pictures from this opening occasion to complete the history of the event. The entertainment portion of the afternoon was very good, and the good people of Dallas, and those from Houston who chartered a bus, deserve everyone's gratitude and appreciation for their participation. Correspondents from these areas report on the event elsewhere in this issue. There was still some scattered applause after the two national anthems, but the situation has improved to such an extent that it was scarcely audible. Brother Sefelk correctly pointed out that EVERYone stands when the national anthem of ANY country is played or sung.

Some people perhaps did not know that the Czech national anthem was being performed, and if they did, they were not sure whether they were to stand or not. This is a part of international manners or protocol, if you please.

The most distressing portion of the iday's activities was the out-and-out inattention displayed while two distinguiShed speakers were on the ros-

Dedication, Lodge 80, Holland: Brenda Pausewang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Logan Pausewang of Austin, is shown here pust as she snipped the ribbon across the front entrance to the new hall. Lodge President Joe Barabas, is shown to her right, plus other lodge officers.

Bcd ',cation, Lodge 89, Holland: Bro. Frank Spanhel, Lodge 47, Seaton, is shown unveiling the stone plaque during the outside ceremonies. trum. It was a fact that the two men's words could be better understood OUTSIDE the building over the loud speakers than on the inside. A large number seated inside were very attentive and were trying very hard to hear what was being said. But it was those around the edge and fringes of the crowd who were having at it for all it was worth conversing, laughing, and just plain

having a ball, completely ignoring who or what was being said. Such rudeness!

Such course display of manners! As one quite perturbed lady put it later: "If we can't take a few moments out to listen to a US Senator and to our Supreme President, then who are we going to listen to?" It is no doubt true that many of the people were well-intentioned "visitors ad outsiders," whom

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Dedication, Lodge 80, Holland: Karen Martinets, duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Martinets, is shown turning over the key to the new lodge hal to Lodge President, Joe Barabas, Jr.

dication, Lodge 80, Holland: Organizers of Lodge Tyrs, No. 80 are, L to IR: Willie Dosch, Rudy lvicic, Clifton Martinets, and Joe Belicek.

Dedication, Ledge 80, Holland: Supreme Lodge President, Edward L Marek, right, and V-P Joe B. UlejnY, are shown han ging the lodge emblem on the wall of the BM edifice, following a brief indoor dedication ceremony.

Director J. M. Skrabanek is seen partially at extreme left.

Dedication, Lodge 80, Holland: US Senator Ralph Yarborough, asldressing the huge crowd.

Dedication, Lodge 80, Holland: Supreme Lodge President Marek is :,liown here returning the presiding officer's gavel to lodge president Joe Barabas, Jr., after brief dedication ceremonies.

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Dedication, Louge 80, Holland: Holland Mayor John C. Kuhlman, welcomed the huge crowd gathered for the new hall dedication. we are very glad to have join us on such occasions, but perhaps they do not fully grasp the seriousness, the solemnity, the atmosphere of such an occasion. There were many who came who were simply curious, and who were not at all interested in rituals of the afternoon. Chances are, they don't belong to a fraternal society, or they would understand such things. That much we can excuse. What is inexcusable, however, is the fact that they stayed INSIDE the hall to compete with; the speakers! There were several doors to the hall.

Large crowds are always a little difficult to control, but the largest gatherings in St. Peter's Square of nearly a million people are orderly and listen with attention. So are hundreds of people at concerts and various other ,outdoor activities. Frankly, this was the worst display of rudeness we have yet seen, and scores of people felt genuinely sorry for the speakers. What did the people expect — a circus floor show?

Despite this blemish on the afternoon's activities, the fine people of Lodge Tyrs 80, Holland, can rest assured that the hundreds of true fraternalists who attended genuinely enjoyed themselves at the hands of such generous and hospitable hosts. The

Dedication, Lodge 89, Holland: Czech Reseda dancers from Lodge 88, Houston.

Girls, L to It: Janet Kucera, Evelyn Kucera, Margaret Vala, Georgia Zaludek.

Boys: Larry Zajicek, Johnny Kadlecek, Larry Franks, Charles Kadlecek. (The group was most ably accompanied by Sister Estelle Kelly on the piano).

Dedication, Lodge 80, Holland: Entertainers; L to It: Joe E. Fronek accompanied his hister, Ann Fronek (center) on the piano as she rendered "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Betty Pausewaug did a tap dance to "Goofus." All are members of Lodge 80, Holland.

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 best wishes of your many friends across the state are with you in the expression, "good luck, and may you continue to grow in number and in fraternal spirit."

Finally, wed like to call everyone's attention to the Entertainment Calendar section of this Vestnik, where you will note that Lodge Holland has already planned some activities for the next several weeks. We urge all friends in Holland and the surrounding area to pay a visit to these activities, and support the fraternal endeavors of our; brothers and sisters of that lodge.

Nazdar and na shledanou! We'll be see-. ing you.

—SPJSTDALLAS AMERICAN-CZECH FESTIVAL WILL SPONSOR A CZECH PLAY

The American-Czech Festival Committee, representing all AmericanCzech people of the State of Texas, is sponsoring a CzeCh play entitled "Ze Starych Mlynu.7 The three-act play performed by the Hlahol Dramatic Club of Houston, was received with such great enthusiasm in the Houston area that many requests were received to have it repeated here in the Dallas area.

By popular demand, the AmericanCzech Festival will sponsor the Czech play "Ze Starych Mlynu," performed by the Hlahol Dramatic Club of Houston.

Place: SPJST Lodge Pokrok No. 84 Address: 2625 Floyd St., Dallas, Texas Date: Sunday, November 10, 1963 Time: 2:30 p.m.

Donations: $1.00 per adult; children under 13 admitted free.

Make plans now to attend. Watch coming issues of the Vestnik for more details.

Fraternally yours, The American-Czech Festival Publicity Comm.

Frances Jurcik, Chairman SPJST ** • 111111111111•111111111111111111111 *1•11111111111111111MINNI * ***

ZRUBEK 25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Arnoly and Angela Zrubek of Granger. celebrated their 25th wedding anmversary on October 10. They were married in 1938 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church.

The couple have a daughter, Janet Joyce, now attending the University of Texas; and a son, A. J. Zrubek, who Is married to the former Jeanette Seggern of Taylor, who reside in Granger.

Mr. and Mrs. Zrubek have two grandchildren, Brenda and Brian.

The celebration began with a mass of Thanksgiving that morning. A re-1 ception for family and friends was held that evening at the American Legion Hall.

The hall was accented in a decor of red floral arrangements. The highlight being a four-tiered wedding cake to make the wedding theme complete.

A dance concluded the celebration for the couple and guests.

The guest roster of some one hundred families included people from Austin, Bartlett, Georgetown, Spicewood, Sealy, Thrall, Thorndale, Temple and Taylor.

Brother Zrubek has been a member of the SPJST for 31 years, Lodge 20, Komensky, in Granger.

GALLIA REUNION

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".

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The descendants of Ondrej and Maria Gallia met at the Recreation Hall in Hallettsville, Texas on Sunday, Oct. 13 1963.

After the invocation was given, a delicious buffet-style lunch was enjoyed

by everyone who came from`far and near.

A business meeting was held after lunch and new officers were elected for the following year. They are as follows: President, Mrs. Frankie Bentrap; Vice Pres., Bill Hrncir; Treasurer, Mrs. Ida Hrncir; Secretary, Mrs. W. J. Fuchik.

The rest of the afternoon was spent by getting reacquainted and talking of old times. Everyone enjoyed looking at pictures and some more pictures were taken.

The oldest member present was Mr. V. L. Gallia, age 81, and the youngest member was Janyce Lehman, age 6„ The family coming the farthest distance was Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Parsons from Lamar, Ark, Everyone departed for home, after having had a nice time, hoping to see everyone again next year.

W. J. Fuchik Alice, Texas —SPJSTLETTERS FALL DISTRICT 6 MEETING Dear Sisters and Brothers: Greetings to all: Our Fall District meeting will be held on Sunday, November 3. Lodge Cechoslovan No. 40 is the host for this meeting. The meeting will be held in Hillje, in the SPJST Hall; starting time is 1:00 p.m. Hillje is on Highway 59.

It is our wish in District ;Six that this will be a successful meeting; therefore, we are inviting each and everyone to come and visit with us. It will make us very happy to have visitors from other Districts, because visitors are always welcome. We will also be happy to have visitors that do not belong to the SPJST. Come over, we will be very glad to have you.

We will have a Youth Program, which I know you will enjoy. Some of our Youth who performed in the State Talent Contest were winners, and first place winners at that! They will perform in the program at the district meeting. Come over and see them in action. Let's show our Youth that we are proud of them, and that we are supporting our Youth.

To those of you who will travel from a distance, I want to advise you to stop and get your dinner somewhere along the way, because there is no restaurant or eating place at Hillje. We do not want you to be hungry; I assure you that the good ladies will serve a lunch after the meeting, which will be

V2STNfK around 5 o'clock, but it is a long time between breakfast and 5 p.m.

Come to Hillje on Nov. 3, and enjoy good fellowship; we will be glad to have you.

Fraternally yours, Leo Krause, Jr. District 6 President

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Contest Between Districts 1 and 6

Sales

To All Organizers of Districts 1 and 6:' Greetings to All! As your DistriA Organizers of District No. 1 and District No. 6 discussed our fraternal work and sales, we decided that the best way to promote our sales is to have a sales contest between District No. 1 and District No. 6 for the remaining two months of the year, that is, November and December.

We are appealing to all of you good organizers to put your shoulder to the wheel and start working and selling our insurance. All we are asking of you is to sell our good insurance, which we all know is safe and sound.

As your district organizers, we have agreed that the district organizer who comes out the loser, will present a plaque to the winning district. This plaque will be the property of the winning district as a souvenir of their efforts to promote fraternalism.

We are appealing to all you good organizers to make a special effort to increase your sales, in order to make this contest worth remembering as a good fraternal service.

The best of luck to each and everyone of you!

Fraternally yours, V. H. Barina, Organizer, Dist. 1 Leo Krause Jr., Organizer, District 6 -SPJSTLODGE 186, BEAUMONT

Dear Members and Friends: Lodge 166 held their monthly meeting October 14, in the home of Brother and Sister Bill Moreau, 2095 North Bt. The Sick Committee gave a report on Sister Angelina Roper, who has been ill and in the hospital, and we wish her a very speedy recovery.

Brother Leslie Cox gave a report on the business meeting, which was held in Galveston. Brother Cox really enjoyed the hospitality of the Galveston brothers and sisters.

The election and installation of officers for next year was set for our

next meeting, Noveinber 11, 1963 at the Elks Lodge, 827 North Pearl St.; it will convene at 8:00.

Fraternally yours, Sandra Watson - ---SPJST-LODGE NO. 16, WOODROW WILSON Dear Brothers and Sisters: I want to thank the District V Officers, lodge members of Lodge 146, Lodge 62, and Lodge 88, Houston, for all the help that they gave us in our district meeting. Everyone who was there will agree that we had a nice turnout. I was proud of the attendance.

The only thing I regret is the complications with the hall. To all you members and Supreme Officers who came in early, I am sorry our coffee and kolaches were not ready in time. Next time I bet everything will bc ready when you get here.

I'm sorry we sold out of barbecue and sausage so early. I hope we did not have anybody from a great distance who went home hungry. We had a few local people come to eat with us and there was no food left. I assure you that next time there will be plenty to eat, when the bowling teams come back.

The next important part of our program was the talent show. I want to thank the youth for coming and performing for the afternoon. This was the best youth performance ever held in Galveston for the public. We all want to thank the district and local youth leaders for providing such wonderful entertainment. We regret that the Ceska beseda dancers could not perform their dance because of the tape recorder breaking. I am hoping that next time when you come we will be better organized and will not let the beseda down.

Everyone enjoyed the music played by the Hitchcock Troubadors. Every 'person I talked to since Sunday has a Q ked when they are going to play at our next dance. I could not answer that question, but I will let everyone know when they are going to play a g ain. I hope it will not be too far Off. To all the members of Lodge 146: our next meeting will be held December 1, 1963, Sunday, at 2:30 pan.. The election of officers and a Christmas party will be held. The meeting will be held at the American Legion. Hall, 1503 Tremont, Galveston. Please mark this date on your calendar so you won't forget.

I am sorry the pictures are not

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 ready for this issue. They will be in next week's.

Fraternally yours, r rank H. Beran -SPJST--

LODGE 142, HOUSTON Dear Readers, On Saturday, Oct. 12, Lodge Stefanik 142 Youth Club held its annual ,clance.

It was a great success; everyone had a wonderful time.

We would like to thank the donors.

First, District Five Youth. Director, Maxine Sefcik, for cooperating with us by selling tickets, and donating our dance tickets. Secondly, visitors from Lodge 88, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Helmcamp, Jarda Cerny, Al Hilsher, and Jerry Ermis, and Ernest Hanka. Also the kitchen helpers, Mrs. Hamala, Mrs. Lueckemeyer, Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Cerny for helping so much in the kitchen. Thanks also to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cybula for helping with our ticket sales. Thanks to Youth Club helpers Betty Cerny, Nona Cieslewitz, Patsy Cieslewitz and Peggy Taylor for helping with the various jobs. Also, those wonderful ladies who donated pastry. To you a big thanks:. A big thanks to Jerry Kutach and Rudy Valentine for making the beautifully-decorated Youth Club cake. It was simply lovely, and last, but not least, everyone who came out and supported the Youth. We cannot express our thanks to them.

On October 13 the District Five meeting was held. We had an enjoyable afternoon and Lodges 146 and 62 are gracious hosts.

The Youth Clubs's next meeting will be November 3. At this meeting they will have a Halloween party, so everyone come dressed in their Halloween finery.

See all you witches and goblins NoFraternally, vember 3.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cieslewitz, Youth Directors -SPJST

LODGE NO. 25, ENNIS Dear Members, We will hold our annual election of officers at our November meeting on Sunday the 10th of November at 2:00 p.m. in the National Hall.

Afterwards free beer and klobase will be served to those attending the meeting.

Sylvia Laznovsky of Lodge 135 will show slides of her Sokol trip to the Hawaiian Islands.

Please try to attend this meeting.

Fraternally, G. Louis Kudrna, Secretary

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In the above picture are the participants who took an active part in the District Five Program, which was held in Galveston, Sunday, October 13, 1963.

Top row, left to right: Edna Urbanic (146), Maxine Sefcik (88), Betty Cerny and Nona Cieslewitz (142), Freddie Buri, Helen Hegwood, Tim Kostom, and Jerry Pokorny (88).

Second row, left to right: Evelyn Kucera, Johnnie Kadleeek, Larry Zajicek, Janette Kucera, Larry Franks, Margaret Vala, and Charles Kadlecek (88).

Third row, stan,ding, left to right: Bobby E'gert and David Berger.

Fourth row seated: Kenneth Speaker, Travis Nuchols, George Zaludek and Hardy Nance, HI. Fifth row, seated: George Lester (band director), Heen Sanders, Allen Karachostas, Darlene Berger, Stephanie Godnich and Martha Jennings (standing). — Down front: Debbie Nix (posing).

REPORT FROM DISTRICT FIVE Lodges 62 and 146 played hosts to the Fall Meeting of District Five, which was held Sunday, October 13th at Galveston, Texas, with Brother Ernest Hanka, President, presiding. All officers of the District were present.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Pamela Melnar of Lodge 142, Houston. Then Brother Hanka brought the meeting to order. A moment of silent tribute was paid to our departed members. The meeting recessed at 1:00 p.m. for a delicious dinner with all the trimmings, which was prepared by the hard-working members of the host lodges. Also, delicious home-made pastry was served. (Many thanks for the delicious pastry).

At 2:30 p.m., approximately three

hundred members and friends gathered to witness what in my opinion was .a magnificent display of talent for our youth program. (We regret the technical difficulty we had with our P.A. system).

The program consisted of the following numbers: 1. Piano Solo: "Skaters' Waltz" — Darlene Berger 2. Piano Sp14: "Moon River" Stephanie Godnich 3. Piano Duet: "Big Rock Candy Mountain" — Stephanie Godnich 4. Strutter: Debbie Nix 5. Clarinet Duet: "Julida. Polka" — Betty Cerny and Nona Cieslewitz 6. Beseda Dance: Girls — Evelyn and Janete Kucera, Margaret Vala and

Georgia Zaludek. Boys — Larry Franks, Charles and Johnny Kadlecek and Larry Zajicek 7. Modern Jazz: Martha Jennings 8. Twhling: Debbie Nix 9. Cornet Duet: "Exodus" — David Berger and Bobby Egert 10. Hitchcock Troubadours: ,Several numbers 11. Solo: "With a Song in My Heart" Sister Helen Hegwood 12. Song Duet: "Love Is a Many 'Splendored Thing" — Sister Hegwood and Brother Freddie Burl 13. Song: "Going Home" — Sister 1-legwood, Bros. Freddie. Buri and Tim Kostom, accompanied on the piano by Brother Jerry Pokorny, our Glee Club Director

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DISTRICT FIVE OFFICERS — Seated, left to right: AmosKadiecek (88), h.rnest Hanka (88), Alvin Melnar (142), Charles Mateek (81), Tommy Lostak (139). Standing, left to right: hrother and Sister Joe Cieslewitz (112), Tillie Helmcamp (88), Edna Urbanic (146), Maxine Sefeik (88), Jarda Cerny (88), and J. M. Skrabane'k (139).

To Sister Edna Urbanic, Youth Leader of Lodge 146, we offer our congratulations for a job well done. Sister Ur,banic was emcee during most of the program.

I would like to express my appreciation to the following youth leaders of our district, who were introduced from their respective lodges: Sister Tillie Helmcamp, Lodge 88; Bro. and Sis. Joe Cieslewitz, Lodge 142, and Sis. Edna Urbanic of Lodge 146. Sister Evelyn Christ of Lodge 81 was absent.

These fine youth leaders are the hard workers behind the scenes in order to make the youth movement a huge success in District Five.

I am proud to say that the youth leaders who originate these wonderful programs give all the children an opportunity to demonstrate their skills.

We are also thankful to ,Sis. Della Kadlecc,,k and Bro. Johnnie Sula who always help the boys and girls for the Beseda Dance.

Please be advised that District Five's Spring Meeting will be held the third Sunday in May, 1964. Watch for further details.

Fraternally, aVfaxine Sefcik, Dist Five Youth Director There would be far fewer drownings if kids would follow the well-known advice: "Never enter the water within an hour after eating." Some would never make it, at all.

H-AD HVEZDA TEXASU 47, SEATON Dear Friends: In our last meeting, after the Pledge of Allegiance was given to the flag, we stood for a moment of silence in memory of Brother Charles Reznicek of Chicago who passed away on October 2. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family and may his soul rest in peace.

Minutes were read and approved as mead.

New members admitted into our lodge were: Jimmy, Betty, Martha, and Larry Holder and Beverly Bartek.

Transferred into cur lodge from Lodge 24 were Fritz, Ann, Timothy, and Terry Goldmann, and David Schiller. Sister Sharon Northern transferred from our lodge into Lodge 87. We welcome all of you members and hope that you will participate in all of our lodge activities.

Sisters Adeline Kohutek and Anna Psencik were reported on the sick list.

They are now at home getting along fine, I am happy to report. We have one of our members in, the hospital now and he is Brother Jerry Heil of El Campo. I understand he is to undergo surgery. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Salaries for the officers were discussed. All of the officers are satisfied with the present salaries so they will remain the same.

Brothers Frank Spanhel, L. J. Mott,

and Walter Jakubec were appointed to serve on the Qualifications Committee.

These brothers, with the help of Bro. Anton Motl, will go through the book to find qualified voters and candidates for offices and delegates to the convention.

We wish to congratulate all of the lodges that participated in the Czech Day activities in Dallas. We think that you did a wonderful job and made all of the Czech people of Texas proud of you. Our lodge was well represented there. We had thirty of our members present.

Remember that our next meeting will be held on Sunday, November 3, at 1:30 p.m. Officers and delegates will be elected.

Fraternally, Clara Hejl; Reporter CZECH CHORAL GROUP, LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS As secretary of the Choral Club it is my duty, and more than that, my privilege, to report on our trip to the dedication of Lodge Tyrs No. 80 in Holland, Texas.

Before going any further, we of the Choral Group of Lodge 84. Dallas wish to take this opportunity to thank you., the members of Lodge Tyrs, for your generous hospitality and for that delicious meal. We enjoyed it so very much.

Wednesday, October 30, -1963 All the previous descriptions of your new lodge hall did not do it justice.

It was a most pleasant surprise to see it in the "real." You undoubtedly have a building of which you can be justly proud. May you always be able to continue lodge work in the same spirit that broght about this wonderful accomplishment.

We, the Choral Group, were thanked for our participation in your program but the honor was all ours.

As a personal note, may I insert this little incident. As I was leaving the hall in the evening, one of your committee members told me that "words can't express their gratitude for our coming down to sing and that as long as the hall remains standing, they will always remember our presentation." I was greatly touched by this remark and I felt a sense of guilt. How could we accept this bouquet when we had so much fun in being able to participat?

We wonder if you members of Lodge Tyrs realize how much of an honor it was for all of us fraternalists to come and help you celebrate this wonderful occasion. Why else would a group charter a bus, as the Houston members did, or travel miles as our Dallas group, in order to take part in your program, except that we, all as members share a mutual feeling in the accomplishments of our order. In other words, our feelings were with you in a job well done. You the members of Lodge Tyrs are ones who deserve all the bouquets for this day.

After the program there was a lot of, renewing of old acquaintances and meeting new ones. In all of the visiting around, some of the choral members found long-lost friends and two of our members even discovered that they were "cousins." Oh, we had a ball! It was difficult for us to have to leave after such an exciting day but the long road home seemed longer all the time and the next day being a work day didn't help matters.

Thanks to all of you good people at Lodge Tyrs, Holland for giving us a chance to share this special day with you.

Ged Bless you and may you always grow.

And now, as a special reminder to our Choral Group members, it's back to work for us. Next rehearsal will be Friday, Nov. 1, 1963.

Fraternally yours, Lillie Jarma, Secty., Choral Group

VESTNIK LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS Dear Members and Friends, Our last monthly meeting was held Oct. 13t ra and we were very happy to see such a nice attendance. Despite so many members being out of town and some were ill at the time and the fair was in full swing, we still had 31 members to attend. Thanks to all and keep up the good work.

After the meeting Brother Ben and Sister Lillie Jarma served a very tasty supper to all, and may we say thanks to both of you for a job well done!

Last Sunday, Oct. 20 many members from this lodge attended the celebration in Holland, Texas at Lodge 80, and we wish to thank all of you very nice people there for the wonderful hospitality and a sincere thanks for inviting us to your new home and we wish you much success and happiness in the future.

Now an invitation to all of you from far and near to come and enjoy a day with us on Nov. 10. This is the day the American-Czech Festival Comm., is sponsoring a Czech play at Lodge 84 in Dallas. The play is entitled "Ze Starych Mlynu," played by our wonderful friends from Houston who are taking time out from their busy schedule to promote this Czech heritage. So let's all come out and show them! our appreciation for all their efforts. The play begins promptly at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10th, so don't forget. There will be an evening meal prepared by Lodge 84 served immediately after the play.

More details will be furnished on this later.

We are asking our kind ladies to please bring some of that delicious 'pastry. You are such masters of this and it will be sincerely appreciated.

Sandwiches and hot dogs will be available before the play, and the doors will be open at 1 p.m., so come early and assure yourselves a seat.

This coming Saturday there will be a dance at Lodge No. 84 with music by Ed Faraizl's orchestra, starting at 8:30 p.m. We shall be looking for you.

Fraternally, Lillian Hamusek SOKOL FORT WORTH Dear Members and Friends: My report will be very short this time, until I have more news to report.

I want to remind all of our members about our Sokol meeting, which will be held Wednesday, October 30th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Sokol hall.

We urge all of you to come out and help us make plans for the future.

Until next time.

Nazdar, Mrs. Stacie Koch —SpJSTREPGRT FROM DISTRICT SIX

Dear Fellow Workers: Below I am giving you the report of insurance written for the last three months.

July Lodge Insurance Roy Bucek Sr. 19 $25,000.00 E. P. Sralla 153 1,000.00 August Anna Havlik 165 $ 3,000.00 Ignac Senkyrik 50 1,000.00 Alphonse Vana 27 1,000.00 Carrie Bohacik 28 500.00 September Mrs. J. W. Krutilek, 40 $ 3,000.00 Mrs. Carrie Bohacik 28 2,000.00 Ignac Senkyrik 151-163 2,000.00 28 2,000.00 Stanley Bartos Method Dornak 148 1,000.00 E. P. Sralla 153 1,000.00 Adolph Sabrsula 58 1,000.00 Jacob Velek 10 1,000.00 Willie Mikulencak 165 500.00 During the month of July Brother Roy Bucek Sr., captured first place, followed by brother Braila. Congratulations to both of you! Your good work is appreciated.

In August Sister Anna Havlik captured tine No. 1 spot, followed by Brothers Ignac Senkyrik, and Alphonse Vana. These two brothers tied for second place. Congratulations to all of you; keep up the good work!

In the month of September Sister Krutilek was in first place, followed

by Sister Carrie Bohacik, and Brothers Ignac Senkyrik, and Stanley Bartos.

These three Organizers tied for second place. I want to congratulate all of you.

Keep up the good work.

I want to thank each and everyone of you for your good work. We have two more months to get our share of sales, so let's try and make good use of the opportunity that we have.

Will see all of you at our Fall District Meeting in Hillje on Nov. 3. Until then I wish you the best of luck.

Fraternally yours, Leo Krause, Jr., Organizer of Dist. 6 --SPJST----

About 83 per cent of college graduates vote regularly, while less than 40 per cent of those with grade school education (only) vote.

24 NEEDVILLE LODGE NO. 81 This is the time of year When our attention is turned again to the annual meeting, which will be held Sunday, November 10. Each year , we urge that as many members as possible attend this meeting, since there will not only be an election of lodge officers for the coming years but also delegates and alternates to the convention in Waco in 1964. It is your privilege to have a voice in the management of the local lodge, and that is why it is important you attend and elect the officers of your choice, who you feel will do justice to their office, or the delegates representing the lodge at the convention. The membership of our lodge is growing and there may be new members who would like to take an active part in lodge activities, or even be qualified to serve as lodge officers.

We extend a special invitation to these new members to be present.

The meeting will convene promptly at 1:60 p.m. to have ample time to dispose of all the business. It will be followed by a social with a covered-dish luncheon. Sisters are kindly asked to bring a dish, such as meats, salads, sandwiches, and pastries. There will be plenty of cold drinks for everyone.

Please remember the date — November 10, at 1:00 p.m. and we hope there will be a record attendance.

Fraternally, Mrs. Arnold Franek, Secty, Lodge No. 81 -SPJSTLODGE NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE

Dear Sisters, Brothers and Readers: It is time to write to our Vestnik again. It is still dry here; hope it rains by the time this appears in the Vestnik.

Our last meeting turned out to be a great success. I hope everyone enjoyed it because it was also our last six month's birthdays. Those who were the winners were: July, Mrs. John Holy; August, Patrice Ann. Zabransky; September, Vivian Vasek; October, Joe Mikush; November, John Holy; December, Glenn Balusek. The door prizes went to (adults: Johnnie Zak, and (children): Linda Appelt.

We would like to thank very much the ladies who baked cakes for the birthday months, and also to those who brought food for the lunch which followed, and to those boys who provided the music. Thanks!

Our next regular meeting will be the second Sunday in November the 10th. There will be the election of officers for the coming year 1964, and

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Fraternally, Mrs. Linda Mikush -SPJSTLODGE. NO. 15, BUCKHOLTS Dear Members and Friends: The regular meeting of Buckholts SPJST Lodge No. 15 was held, Oct. 13, 4963 at 2:00 p.m. at Buckholts.

The President called the meeting to order and the minutes were approved as read. Brothers Benny Jones and Frank Zajicek had been sick.

Members are asked to bring sandwiches or kolaches for Saturday, Nov. 2. Leo Majek's Orchestra will be playing for the dance that night and the ladies will again be selling sandwiches and kolaches.

The next meeting will be Sunday, Nov. 10, 1963 at 2:00 p.m.

Sincerely, Gladys Schiller, Reporter NEWS FROM LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88 25 October 1963 The committee is still working hard on the revisions of the building plans so we will get the best for the least amount of money. I am hoping it will not be long before we will have our ground-breaking ceremonies and actually start with the building of our new lodge.

Contributions to the Memorial Fund of Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 were xeceived from the following donors: In memory of the departed Sister Mary Rucky, Bro. - Sis. Chas. V. Kilnar $ 5.00 Sister Willie Mae Powell — — 5.00 Bro. Joe Fusig gift to bldg. fund 3.00 Bro. Jos Koliba Jr., gift to bldg. fund 15.00 Sis. Mary Rendl gift to bldg. fund 5.00 In memory of all the members of Lodge Pokrok Houston 'To. 88 who are resting in Brookside Cemetery Sister Ida. Hanka — — — 15.00 In memory of the departed Brother Irvin Nemec Bro. - Sis. Anton Svestka — ®— 6.00 Bro. - Sis. F. J. Olexa — 10.00 Sister Janie Dvorak — — — 3.00 The following members returned their interest checks on loans they made to the lodge:

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 Bro. Anton Svestka Bro. Henry F. Olexa Bro. F. J. Olexa

5.00 1.25 -- 25.00 98.25

Last quoted amount in the memorial fund —

$1,678.00 --Memorial fund at present $1,776.24 Let me express my heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved families and my sincere thanks to the gracious donors.

Fraternally yours, F. J. Olexa.

Bldg. Fund Chairman SPJSTLODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88 Dear Vestnik Readers: Here I am again after last week's absence. Time just does not permit me to write every week, but anytime I have spare time I will write, so that all you good friends, will be informed of all the functions here at Lodge 88.

We are happy to report that the turkey supper was a success. It was (held Saturday night, Oct. 19. We are grateful to all the people who came out and helped make it a success. In behalf of the Entertainment Committee, and our kitchen manager Sister Annie Vala, I wish to thank everyone who helped in the kitchen and the serving.

We wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Valcik for the wonderful entertainment they provided for that night.

Through the courtesy of 1c..LM Royal Dutch Airlines, and the assistance of Mr. Nick Ernsting, Mr. Jack Cox, and Mr. Timmons, we were shown movies of Europe •as it is today. It was very interesting to see the way they live there; their t ype of entertainment and their architectural work.

We are looking forward to another occasion like this in the near future.

Mr. Valcik has numerous films which he took, on his annual tour of Europe that he would be hapy to show again.

He also has a,number of films that he has promised to show, which were taken at the opening of the present Lodge Hall. Be sure you make plans to come and see these pictures. We will give details in our future correspondence.

Sunday, Oct. 20, a group of Lodge 88 members chartered a bus and went to Holland, for the dedication and opening of their new hall. The Lodge 88 Beseda dance group performed the Beseda dance there. We of Lodge 88 are proud of these youngster ,;. who share so much interest in the dance, and lately they have been honored by be-

Wednesday, October 30, 1903 ing invited to perform the dance at numerous functions over Texas.

On Sunday, Oct. 20, another group from Lodge 88 attended the annual Fish Fry at Bleiblerville SPJST Lodge No. 33. We must say that was the best "eatin' fish in Texas." This is the hqmetown of Bro. Otto and Evelyn Mikeska, and we enjoyed meeting many of their friends.

Sister Della Kadlecek has been able to perform her duties as second vice chairman of Lodge 88 this week. Our Bro. President Tim Kostom and Vice President Ed Kadlecek both are enjoying their vacations.

The Dramatic Club is busy with their rehearsals. By popular demand they are going to perform the Czech play "Ze Starych Mlynu" in Dallas at SPJST Lodge Pokrok No. 84 at 2625 Floyd St. on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2:30 p.m. If you have a chance to go, please do so, because it is a wonderful play filled with comedy.

The Stang and Dobesh families have asked me to express their thanks to each and everyone who helped at the wedding of Betty Jo and Gene Dobesh, which took place on Sept. 21 here at Lodge 88. Thanks a million.

Plan to come to our next dance here at Lodge 88 on Saturday, Nov. 9. Music will be furnished by the Ray Baca Orchestra.

Fraternally, Evelyn Vornsand, Ent. Committee Reporter • • Donors for the Turkey Supper at Lodge No. 88 Houston, Saturday Oct. 19 Kitchen and Pastry Donations Marie Elsner — cake Frances Olexa — cake Evelyn Mikeska — cake Margaret Rice — cake Willie Mae Stang — cake Evelyn Vornsand — 2 pies Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parma — 2 pecan pies Estelle Kelly -- pumpkin pie Millie Altman -- 3 doz. kolaches Mrs. Fusig — cake Mrs. Steve Valcik — angel cake — coffee Mrs. Vrla — 2 doz. kolaches Jerry Pokorny — coffee Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Helmcamp — sugar and cream Louis Harms — bread Rosie Lee Ruland — oleo — sugar Harry Rice — bread and ice Louise Kadlecek — $3.00 Other Donations Ruby Cernosek — water pitcher Margaret Ben Ben --- groceries

V RSTI•IfIC Ed and Louise Kadlecek — groceries Frances Olexa — manicure set, floral arrangement, pillow.

Mrs. Elzner — groceries Mr. and Mrs. Bill Vornsand — picture, 6 pack beer Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mikeska — ham Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rice — smoked turkey Mr. and Mrs. L. Kruse — decanter Naomi Kostom — straw purse, salt and pepper mill.

Tim Kostom — coffee maker Alfred Hilsher — alarm clock Mr. and Mrs. Slovacek — salad set Mr. and Mrs. Emil Vala — piece goods material (3 yards) Rosie Lee Ruland — pin — linen guest towels Mr. and Mrs. Helmcamp — 6 pack of beer Rudy Zatopek — bottle of wine Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fusig — groceries Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Sefcik — $5.00 Johnnie Sula — canned ham We wish to thank everyone for their kind generosity.

Entertainment Committee.

Lodge No. 88, Houston

Our next Birthday Club Meeting will be held on the second Wednesday of November, and it was decided that we have a covered dish luncheon. So sisters don't forget to bring your covered dish on that day. The coffee and cake will be donated by the Birthday Club.

It was decided by all of us Birthday Club sisters present that we furnish and make new costumes for the girls of our Youth Beseda Dancers.

Visitors were: Mrs. Jalufka, Mrs. Bohac, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Vornsand, Mrs. ,Celetka, Mrs. Soukup, and Mrs. Touehet.

Birthday celebrants were Frances Olexa, Frances Kadlecek, Janie Dvorak, Rosie Zimmerman, and Annie Vala.

Happy Birthday was sung, and best wishes extended by all.

Mrs. Soukup was accepted into our Birthday Club as a new member. We are all indeed very happy to have with us such a nice and helpful member, and we hope her stay with us will be a long and happy one.

Fraternally, Birthday Club Sisters, Birdie Hilsher, reporting

BIRTHDAY CLUB SISTERS OF LODGE 88 REPORT ACTIVITIES The meeting, held October 8th, was called to order by sister president Estelle Kelly, and minutes were read by our secretary Frances Olexa. Correspondence read by sister secretary was: A card from Mrs. F. D. Ellison thanking us for the card sent to her father Mr. S. Studny; a "thank you" card from Mr. Gregory for the get-well wishes sent to him, and a thank you card from sister Walla for flowers sent her while she was ill. Treasurer sister Irene Slovacek reported a nice balance on hand in our fund.

It was decided that we will bake kolaehes only once a month now, and that will be on the first Saturday of each month. In. November, our Kolache Bake Sale will fall on Saturday the 2nd, so place heavy on your orders as they keep well in your deep freeze, and are nice to warm up when unexpected guests drop in.

Hostesses for our November Card Party to be held on Wednesday the 6th, from 10 to 2 p.m. will be Frances Kadleeek, Josephine Burl, Mrs. Soukup, and Mary Tillich. A delicious dinner consisting of turkey and all the trimmings will be served. Please invite your friends to come to the game party and to the dinner. It will be a dollar well spent. If you do not play cards, come and have dinner with us.

LODGE NO, 6, COTTONWOOD Dear Members and Friends, Well, it's still dry here, but we do have some promising clouds for rains.

Some places had good rains. We need at least 6 inches of rain to catch stock water.

We had our District Three meeting.

It was a big success and we are all very proud here at Lodge 6. It was an honor to have all the fine people from all the lodges near and far to be our guests. We all certainly enjoyed serving them very much. We all enjoyed the films that were shown, and we really enjoyed the singing of our Editor's Choir. It was very nice; hope to hear them sing again soon. (Thanks!

—Ed.) I would like to thank all the members who donated all the sweets. If it weren't for all these members our District Three meeting wouldn't have been such a success. So many thanks ladies!

We had a wonderful group of sisters who worked real hard in the kitchen Saturday and Sunday. They were: Sisters La. Verne Mikeska, Georgie Pa yHeck, Annie smajstrla, Willie Mae Warek, Willie Mae Schuetz, Lydia Dobecka, Valerie Mae Helona, Marie Drews, Danielle Mynar, Ruth Krizan, Mary Lander, Katie Krizan, Emilie Vochoska, Margie Straten, Bessie Valek, Mary Sumbera, Glenora Pustejov-

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26 sky, and Margie Mynarcik. Thanks a lot girls!

We had some wonderful brothers who worked in the kitchen and helped us. They were brothers Henry Lander, John Parma, Fred 'Monthei, Robert Dobecka. Thanks! We will try to help you all some day.

The Youth Club girls worked, too.

So we had lots of help. We appreciate it very much. I think it's wonderful to have such nice members who always are willing to give or donate their time and work.

Our sweet sister Bessie Valek donated a pitcher to the kitchen, plus five aprons. Thanks a lot! May God bless all of you.

Until I see you at our next meeting and our barbecue. Be sure and come and bring a covered dish.

Don't forget Nov. 3rd.

Sincerely, Martha Monthei Kitchen Chairman

-SPJSTNewsbriefs

Taylor attorney R. J. Bartosh, and B. C. Stalmach, president of Lodge 48, Beyersville, allege that a "first" occurred at Lodge 48's 60th anniversary ` celebration on October 27th when. State Senator Charles Herring and State Representative Gene Fondren, surprised the people by both doing a fine job of dancing the polka with their wives during the afternoon's musical concert. Congratulations! • • Edwin Trlica and Margie Bouska were united in marriage vows spoken at St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Dallas on. October 26th. Edwin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Trilea of Dallas and is a member of Dallas Lodge 84, and Margie is the daughter of mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bouska, of Ennis. Rev. William Moran officiated at the marriage ceremony and celebrated the nuptal mass.

-SPJSTNicaragua is Central America's larg-

est and most thinly populated nation.

It is about the size of Iowa, has about a million people. It was seriously considered as the location of a transisthmus canal, before the one at Panama was built.

-SPJSTConvalescence has been defined as being better than you were; but not as bad as you were before you beeame as sick as your are.

SPJST Bulletin Board SCHEDULE OF FALL DISTRICT MEETINGS DISTRICT VI The fall meeting of District 6 will be held Sunday, November 3, 1963 at Hillje. Lodge Cechoslovan No. 40 is sponsoring the meeting. The meeting will commence promptly at 1 p.m.

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SPRING MEETING OF DIST. II District II's spring meeting has been Set for March 22nd, 1964, at Buckholts, host lodge No. 15.

-SPJST SPRING MEETING OF DISTRICT V District Five will conduct the spring meeting on May 16, 1964. Reservation of this date is reouested, and bids from

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66 CHORAL GROUP Rehearsal this Thursday, October 31st; 7:30 p.m.

Nick Morris, Director LODGE

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LODGE 56, CORPUS CHRISTI Dear Brothers and Sisters: The regular monthly lodge and Sokol meeting will be held November 3, 1963.

We hope to see many of you there.

Fraternally yours, John Stasa, Secretary

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PRAPOR LODGE 24, CYCLONE Our annual fall membership lunch will be held on Sunday, Nov. 10th. More details next week .

Fraternally, Mrs. Jerry Zavodny CESKY

BIRTHDAY CLUB TURKEY DINNER AND GAME NIGHT AT LODGE NO. 88 You are cordially invited to our game party and delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings, drink and dessert, on Wednesday, November 6th, from 10 to 2 p.m. Dinner will be served promptly at noon at the lodge hall, 1140 Robbie St. in. Houston. Price $1.00. Free table prizes and a door prize will be given. Tell your friends to come.

Birthday Club Sisters, Committee: Tillich, Buri, Kadlecek and Soukup

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BAKE SALE AT LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON A Kolache Bake Sale will be held at 1140 Robbie in Houston on Saturday, November 2nd. Call in your orders early (UN 2-0256) or just drop by to get them. There will be only one bake KOLACHE

Wednesday, October 39, 1963 sale each month and that will be on the first Saturday of each month.

Your support is appreciated.

Birthday Club Sisters of Lodge No. 88

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MANAGER WANTED The Boand of Directors of SPJST Lodge 29, Taylor, is taking applications for Manager of the lodge hall.

Members will be given first consideration. State qualifications and salary expected per month. Send applications to: Edwin Kovar P.O. Box 869, Taylor, Texas Treasu rer) (Secty.

LODGE

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Youth Section LODGE 142, HOUSTON Dear Readers, On October 12 Lodge Stefanik 142 Youth Club held its dance and chicken supper. Although my mother and father have thanked many people, I asked them if I might give special thanks to a few people.

First, Mrs. Anna Kovar, who so kindly dontated a lovely ,handmade scarf for our Youth Club. A big thanks to you! Secondly, to the Youth Club members who helped so much: Betty Cerny, Peggy Taylor, Henry Gene Lin!hart, Johnny Linhart, Patsy Cieslewitz, and Pamela Melnar for the wonderful job they did. And a big thanks to my wonderful parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cieslewitz, for helping with everything.

Without them nothing could have been accomplished.

Our next meeting will be Nov. 3 when we will have our Halloween party. Everyone dress in their costumes because a prize will be given for the best one.

Until Nov. 3, I remain, Fraternally, Nona Cieslewitz, President, Youth Slub

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LODGE NO. 54, WEST Dear Members, We are having a Halloween Party on October 30, Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. Please bring some cookies to the party. Let's all dress spooky and in costume. Everyone has to be masked for the party. We are in store for lots of spooky fun. So let's all be there!

See you spooks at the party. I will be real "scary" and I bet you will be, too.

I don't have too much time to write in the Vestnik because I have sixweeks tests and a homecoming foot-

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 ball game tomorrow night. I'm in the pep squad for the Penelope Wolverines, and will play in our first basketball game against Riesel Wednesday the 29th. Ho pe everyone plays well because that's our first game of the season.

The weather has cooled off some and the nights are nice and cool, but we still need that million-dollar rain.

Everyone is waiting for it because the pastures are real dry and most of the stock tanks are dry. We've bad a few clouds here for two days but they have all disappeared and the days are fair and clear again. But someday it must rain; we hope it is soon. As you know, it is about time for Jack Frost to be coming around soon.

I will close for now and May God Bless You. Be sure all you Youth Club 'members come to the Lodge 54 Halloween Party, because there is a lot of fun in store for you, and you!

Rose Marie Marek, Secretary, Youth Club LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON (Arrived late) Dear Readers, The Youth Club held its monthly meeting on October 11. We decided at the meeting to let Charles Kadlecek, who was our vice-president, take over as president, since Bobby Dobesh joined the Army.

For our social we went to the turkey dinner held at our lodge on October 19. Everyone enjoyed the delicious turkey and the films that Mr. Valcik showed afterwards.

There will be a dance at our lodge with S : I Krenek of Wallis providing us with s( • -e good ole time music on Oc‘i good time. See you there.

Youth Reporter, Betty Wavra LODGE NO. 54, WEST Dear Readers, This is just to remind members of Lodge 54's Youth Club that we are having a Halloween Party Wednesday, October 30, at 7:30 p.m. at our Lodge hall. Let's all try to come to the party and nlease bring some cookies We still didn't get any rain here at Penelope.

The pastures and the fields are real, real dry.

See you October 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Fraternally, Kathy Jane Marek

CHEERLEADERS OF LA VEGA JUNIOR HIGH, BELLMEAD Pictured above are the girls who lead the cheers at the seventh and eighth grade football games. They are, left to right: Helen Kolenovsky, Carol IVIcCormiek, Linda Dennard, Sue Breugging and Kathy Fellers. Miss Kolenovsky and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kolenovsky, are members of SPJST Lodge 66, Waco.

DISTRICT II ACHIEVEMENT DAY RULES Dear Friends: We are hoping that all of you boys and girls of District II are preparing to enter the Achievement Day Contests, which will be held this year at Seaton Star Hall on Sunday, November 24, beginning in the afternoon. All exhibits must be on display by 2:00 p.m.

While the judges are judging the exhibits, we will have games for everyone. At 4:30 the winners will be announced but the exhibits cannot be taken home until 5:00 so that visitors could examine or look at the winning exhibits. In recent years we allowed you to take them home but then everybody complained that they did not even get to see the exhibits after they were judged, so let us remember this rule. At 5:00 we will have a light supper for those who wish to eat. Then at 6:30 a free dance will follow until about "9:30. So everybody come to Seaton Star Hall on Sunday, November 24 for a good time and you youngsters earn some money.

Here Are the Rules Art: Only one division in art. Scarfs, pillowcases, and any item which was meant to be embroidered will not be accepted if it is painted and entered as art. Only pictures drawn free hand will be considered as art. Prizes will be $2 first; $1.50 second; $1 third and a ribbon for fourth.

Needle Work: (1) best scarf, (2) best pillowcases, (3) vanity set, (4) potholders. In each category first prize will be $2, second $1.50, third $1 and fourth will be a ribbon.

Crochet: (1) Doily, (2) potholder, (3) buffet set, (4) apron. Prizes same as for Needlework.

Sewing: (1) Blouse, (2) Skirt, (3) Dress, (4) Apron. Prizes same as above.

Prizes in this division will be given only to the senior group.

Woodwork: One division. Prizes as above.

Metal Craft: On division. Prizes as above.

Miscellaneous: One division. Prizes as above.

Any boy or girl in District II who is a member or whose parents or guardians are members of SPJST is eligible to enter the contests. Consolation prizes will be given to all who enter the contests and do not win a prize.

Exhibitors MUST be present to receive prizes. You cannot send your exhibits by someone else and expect to be eligible.

Age groups are: Sub-Junior 6-12.

Junior Group 13-16. Senior Group 1721.

Keep these rules handy so that you may know what to enter.

See you on Sunday, November 24, at Seaton Star Hall.

Fraternally yours, Clara Hejl, Youth Director

VI STNiK LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS Notice to all girls and boys of Lodge 84: The following was received by the Youth Leaders of your lodge and it was requested that it appear in the Vestnik so that all of you may ,,ce H. It reads as follows: "Hello, all you little spooks! It's that time of the year again when tvitclaes fly on their brooms, punkin-, g lare in the night, and ghosts roam. He earth giving everyone a scare. Celebrations are planned everywhere and you are hereby invited to a private haunting.

It will be held Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the SPJST Lodge 84, 2625 Floyd Street. The gathering of the goblins will begin at 7:00 p.m. so be sure to be there dressed in your favorite Halloween suit. There will be an unusual game to play, a scary surprise, and lots and lots of devilishly good things to eat. Be sure to bring mother and (daddy, too. Don't delay; start planning for this right away. Hope to see you on the eerie eve of Halloween.

Witch Hazel and &oldie Ghost" Take heed of this message and be at Lodge 84, Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Jerry Ann Urban, Asst. Youth Leader

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LODGE 142, HOUSTON Dear Readers, The Youth Club of Lodge No. 142 had its monthly meeting on October 6, 1963.

Ot our meeting we discussed our Halloween party. At this party we are to wear a costume, and the best costume wins a prize. So come on November 3, 1963.. See you then.

Yours truly, Henry Linbart, Youth Club Reporter

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LODGE NO. 54, WEST Rear Readers, It's sure getting cooler these autumn days. It's fairly warm in school though. We got a little rain but barely enough to wet the ground.

Everyone bring a guest to the Halloween Party beginning at 7:30 Wednesday the 30th. Everyone dress spooky and try to buy some trick and pumpkins, etc. Mothers, make home-made cookies.

We got our school pictures on Wednesday. Mine turned out pretty good.

Patricia Koccurek spent a night with me Friday. Well, that's all the news I have.

Shirley Nemec, Vice-Pres., Youth Club

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Phone Waco VA 9-1216. (p) )O( On October 27, 1858 — 105 years ago — Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, was born in New York City. After graduating from Harvard College in 1880, Roosevelt was briefly a rancher in North Dakota, and a New York State Assemblyman.

During the Spanish American War. he resigned as assistant Secretary of State and organized a volunteer cavalry unit, the "Rough Riders," which achieved fame when he led a charge up San Juan Hill. Elected governor of New York in 1898, Ihis reform administration alarmed the political bosses, who arranged to have him nominated as McKinley's running-mate in the 1900 Presidential election. On the death of President M cKinley in 1901, he became the youngest President of the United States, and was reelected in 1904 for the following term. As President, Roosevelt continued to fight corruption in politics and vigorously enforced anti-trust laws. In 1905 he mediated a peace treaty between Japan and. Russia for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. After a tern out of office, he ran for the Presidncy in 1912 on the Progressive Party ticket, but was defeated by Woodrow Wilson.

Famous also as a natur ,:ist and hunter, Roosevelt explored the "River of Doubt" in Brazil in 191'U now called the Rio Roosevelt. He died in 1919, at Oyster Bay, Long Island, where he is buried.

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A flick of her wrist when dishes are done, and dishwater vanishes down the dra in The discarded water, laden with suds, joins other liquid wastes and flows along a network of pipes to a community sewage treatment plant. Here plant specialists apply modern scientific processes to clean up or "degrade" the waste materials.

After the chemical cleansing, the

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Given the right equipment and the right personnel, there are no special difficulties inherent in handling the ordinary range of municipal wastes.

But when it comes to degrading some of the popular modern-day detergents which housewives are so fond of for dishes and laundry, city sewage plant managers are temporarily stumped.

Their problem: what to do with the suds?

It is a particularly difficult question to answer in states Where cities and industries border a single river, using and re-using the same water.

Foam accumulates with each deposit of waste water from thousands of sinks and washing machines.

The result is drinking water with a head on it like a stein of beer. Besides its possible adverse effects on human health, it is aesthetically unpleasant to drink. And it is unsuitable for many industrial uses.

Fortunately, Texas is not yet hooked on the horns of this frothy dilemma, since few of the state's cities depend on a single river as a source of water.

But the potential exists in Texas, and State Health Department water

VESTNtK pollution control engineers are keeping alert to it. Water pollution control is essentially a matter of prevention, and of making the best.possible use of available water in the face of accelerating needs in homes and industries.

Engineers keep a sharp eye on all state water sources. They regularly collect samples from around the state, checking, among other things, for suds content or "ABC"— short for alyklbenzene sulfonate.

Meanwhile, hopes are high among public health engineers, soap manufacturers and researchers for an early solution to the suds dilemma. Different processes for degrading or removing the froth are under development.

Ironically, modern detergent suds have no function in cleaning clothes or dishes like they did back when grandmother made her own soap in the back yard. Public opinion, however, still equates billowing suds with cleaning power.

— Texas Health Comm.

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SPJST Entertainment Calendar.

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. 6, Cottonwooa Wednesday, Oct. 30 -- Youth Club Halloween Party, 7:30 p.m. until ?

Sunday, Nov. 3rd — Lodge and Club meetings, 4 p.m.; barbecue supper, 6 p.m.; dance at night, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9 -_ Emil Holacka 60th wedding anniversary.

Sunday, Nov. 10th — Pustej ovsky Family get-to-gether Sunday, Nov. 17 — Johnnie Sweet Sixteen Party Sunday, Nov. 24th — Marek Family reunion.

Sunday, Dec. 1 — Lodge Meeting; Election of officers; snack and social Sunday, Dec. 15 — Christmas Party Wednesday, Dec. 25 — Soukup's Christmas Party and Public Dance at night Sunday, Dec. 29th — Corbin Reunion Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve; big celebration as always, 8:00 til?

---SPJST-LODGE NO. 15, BUCKHOLTS Saturday, Nov. 2 — Leo Majek's Orchestra of Corpus Christi Saturday, Nov. 23 — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Saturday, Nov. 30 — Vrazel's Polka Band.

--SPJST-Lodge No. 25, *Ennis Saturday, November 23 — Dance Music by Music Masters of Ennis ----SPJST--Lodge No. 29, Taylor, Texas November 2 — Joe Patek November 9 — Hi - Toppers November 16 — Joe Patek November 28 _ Thanksgiving — Joe Patek December 26 — Hi Toppers January 1, 1964 — Joe Patek -SPJSTLodge No. 35, Elk Saturday night, Nov. 2 — Music by Vrazel Polka Band of Cameron Saturday night, Nov. 9 — Music by Slim Haisler and 'his Playboys of Temple

Saturday night, November 16 — Music

by Edd Messer and His Western Playboys of Fort Worth Saturday night, Nov. 23 — Music by Vrazel Polka Band of Cameron.

-SPJSTLodge 39, Bryan Saturday, Nov. 2nd — Dance; V & L Melody Boys from Taylor (Members Free) Saturday, Nov. 9th — Dance; Bob Haisler's Melodians Saturday, Nov. 16th — Dance; Vrazel Polka Band ;Saturday, Nov. 23rd — Dance; Jessie Lee Playboys -SPJST.Lodge No. 40, Hillje Saturday, November 9 — The Traits Saturday, November 23 ® The Jades Thanksgiving, November 28 — The Jokers Saturday, November 30 — The Jades.

Lodge No. 47, Seaton Star Hall Saturday, Nov. 2 — Dance at night; Music by Rudy Kurtz Sunday, Nov. 3 — Regular Lodge Meeting; Election of officers will be held. Meeting starts at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9 — Dance at night; Music by Charlie Adamcik of Dallas; Featuring Adamcik Sisters on their accordions Tuesday, Nov. 12 — Farm Bureau Chili Supper for Seaton Community F. B. members and their friends.

Saturday, Nov. 16 — Dance at night; music by Henry Brosch Saturday, Nov. 23 — Dance at night; music by Albert David and the Melody Five Sunday, Nov. 21 — District II Achievement Day. Entertainment for all.

Music for a free dance furnished

by Bob Heisler and his Melo.dians Saturday, Nov. 30 —Skrabanek-Streety Wedding Dance. Music by Bob Haisler and his Melodians.

-SPJST---Lodge 54, West Lodge meetThursday, October 31st ing at 7 p.m., followed by Youth Club Halloween Party.

Sunday, November 3rd — Kudelka Family Reunion Lodge 66, Linden Hall, Waco Thursday, Oct. 31st — Choral Group Rehearsal, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2 — The Music Masters of Ennis Saturday, Nov. 9 — West Melodians Saturday, Nov. 16 — Slim Haisler's Playboys Saturday, Nov. 23 — Lee use Orchestra

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 of La Grange Thanksgiving Night, Nov. 28 — Vrazel Polka Band Saturday. Nov. 30 — The Hi-Toppers -SPJST-----Lodge 80, Holland Sunday, Nov. 17 — Wedding Dance; music by Vrazel Polka Band Sunday, Nov. 25 — Dance; music by Joe Patek of Shiner New Year's Eve Dance and Frolic — Music by Bohac Sisters of Granger.

-SPJST----Lodge Pokrok No. 84, Dallas Saturday, Nov. 2 — Dance, music by Ed Faraizl iaturday, Nov. 16 — Dance, music by Charlie Adameik's Polka Tones Sunday, Nov. 17 — Regular Monthly Meeting and Family Fun Night Saturday, Nov. 30 — Dance, music by Eric Honza Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance — from 8:30 to 4 a.m. — music by the John Rejcek Orcb.

-----SPJSTLodge No. 88 Houston Friday night, Nov. 1 — Board of Directors meeting; Entertainment Committee meeting Saturday morning, Nov. 2 — Kolache Bake Sale; 8 til. 12 Monday night, Nov. 4 — Czech Instruction class; SPJST Glee Club rehearsal Wednesday, Nov. 6 — Birthday Club Sisters Card Party; turkey with all the trimmings served from 10 'til 2:00; visitors welcome Friday night, Nov. 8— Regular monthly lodge meeting; Youth: Club meeting; refreshments following the meeting Saturday night, Nov. 9 Dance; music

by Ray Baca Monday night, Nov. 11 — Czech Instruction Class; SPJST Glee Club rehearsal Wednesday, Nov. 13 — Birthday Club Sisters luncheon Monday, Nov: 18 — Czech Instruction class; SPJST Glee Club rehearsal Saturday night, Nov. 23 — Dance; music by Ray Jurecka of Weimar Monday night, Nov. 25 — Czech Instruction class; Glee Club rehearsal Wednesday night, Nov. 27 — PreThanksgiving Dance; music by Jimmy Brosch and his Country Boys. Come early; stay late.

-SPJST--Lodge No. 92, Fort Worth Saturday, November 2 — Dance; Music

by Eric Honza from Ennis Saturday, November 9 — St. George

Wednesday, October 30, 1963

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Harvest Dance; Music by the Music Masters from Ennis Sunday, November 10 — Regular Lodge Meeting and Dinner Thursday, Nov. 14 — Turkey Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Ladies' Circle of Lodge No. 92 New Year's Eve Dance — Dec. 31; Music by Ray Swartz 0 ch. from Fort Worth.

Sokol Zizka, and SPJST Lodge 130 Dallas

November 9 — Dance; sponsore,d by Lodge Jaro 130; music by Eric .Honza,.

November 23 — Dance, music by Eric Honza November 24 — Sunday, Bazaar, sponsoxed by Circle of Czech Women Dec6inioer 7 — Dance, sponsored by Sokol Zizka; music by Music Masters December 21 — Dance, music by Music Masters December 31 — New Year's Eve Dance, music by Eric Honza.

----SPJSTStefanik Lodge 142, Houston

Saturday, Nov. 9 — Dance; music by Mike Tomczak and his playboys Saturday, Nov. 16 — Dance; music by the Pleat Playboys; sponsored by the Youth Club.

Saturday, Nov. 23 — Dance; music by Ed Zalesak.

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