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OD REDAK(Ni110 STOLKU VYrodni schtize. Dostavila se doba pro konani vYroeni, schtize, v niZ poda,vamy jsou zpravy z prate pro fad vykonane, volt se tifednici a ruzne vYbory. B yedomili jste si, sestry a bratri, '2e proziravY, roz gatnY predseda mute dati raz nejen schilzim, ale cele 'einnosti radii? Jste si vedomi, ze dobre vedena schitze mute Witt popudem a piipravou pro schtizi pristi, ze nitiZe elenstvo pfivatit a 2e schtize vedena Spatne, mliZe elenstvo odehnat a zptisobit ochabnuti radove einnosti? A uvedomili jste si nekdy, jak Ldirldite a yyznamne jsou Ukoly tajemnika, ucetnika, pokladnika, kteri mohou einnost kadovou pozvednout, kdeZto nedbali itrednici, sve povinnosti zariedbavajici mohou privodit ztrnuti ba hotovou katastrofu? Podolone vybory jsou velmi dillehtym einitelem k udr'Z'eni chodu a podle rilznSnch fadovYch podniktt mtdete bezpeene souditi o charakteru kahleho raL du, nebot' jsou vysvedeenino skuteeneho vnitrniho Zivota. Usporadani podnikt, at' jiZ divadla, programniho vedirku, plesu nebo jen proste spoleeenske zabavy, muze miti velky vliv na celkovY Zivot v radu a take na, verejnost. Na vYrodnich schtizich velmi mnoho zaleM. Podle toho, jaci trednici jsou zvoleni bude vypadati take 'Zivot v radech, nebot' oni mohou Zivot v fade povznest, nebo jej take udusit. Prato by do Madu melt bYti voleni jen ti

NA CESTU 2IVOTEM J. Werner Co to yeera svedlo k zlosti, bolelo neb rmoutilo, ponech klidne minulosti, yklyt' se to jiZ Co to vdera oklamalo, aneb zagtim ranilo, nevzpominej alai main, nebot' by se vratilo.

IVlysli na, clioes!

Prigti jitro dekej s klidnou dilverou, viru v spech zavri v nitro, silou svoji vegkerou.

Nehledej jen chyby cizi — mag sve jiste take sam.

Odstrari vlastni nezdar zmizi.

Slovo sve ti na to darn.

nejlepgi, jimZ jde o povzneseni Zivota a rozvoje radu.

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Clens yto nebude nav g tevovat schtize prazdne, kde mimo vybirani mesienich prispevkti se o nic nejedna.. Caste stesky radovych itrednikil ohledne neneasti elenstva na schtizich odp,adnou, bude-li pro kaZdou schuzi piipraven prorny glenY, zajlmavY, predern stanovenY program, Z kaZde takove schtize padou eleni bohat gi, s pocity uspokojeni, s

hrejivosti, a budou miti kad po kakle schuzi rad gi. Jednani ye schilzi must se pohybovati na, slu gne, vysoke itro yni a bud'te jisti, Ze takove schtze budou navgtevovany. Zavladnou-li tarn jen hadky a spory, zana geji-li se tam zaleLtosti nechutne a malicherne, kdo by tam chodil? Velmi mnoho za1ezi na predsedovi, na tajemnikovi i. na vgech zodpovednYch elenech.

• 4 O tomto jsme jiZ mnohokrate psali: Mete ye va gem radu Detsky Odbor?

Mame tisice ditek, ktere patri do na geho Bratrstva, nebot' ony prevezrnou to, co jsme zalozili, peelive k rozmachu napomahali, Jsou to na ge spolky, institute a v prve fade na ge SPJST, ktera poskytuje ,detske pojis';ky za nizky mesieni poplatek. Rodide zapominaji opatriti si ochranu pro pripad, kdy jejich ditko by Priglo ke smrtelne chorobe nebo k tinazu a zaplatilo jej smrti.

Nate Jednota takovou ochranu poskytuje za pouloYch 40 — 50e mesieniho poplatka. Mimo teto ochrany na ge Jednota postupem easu zavede pro sviij dorost vychovnou pedi, kulturni jak zabavnou einnost, o eem vedouci dinitele uz peelive 'uvaZuji. Mate• ye svem radu uz detskY odbor zaveden? Nemate? A prod nebezpeene odkladate? Nedovedete-11 mladou generaci ziskat do vageho kruhu, jini yam ji odloudi a po to bude zbyteeno horekovat, litovat. Jete

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Ve stPeclu, due 4. prosince 1963 neni pozde, je vAak nebezpedno tuto va'Znou pro nas zalelitost nechati nepoy Simnutu, vyhYbat se ji, V kaatem rade idetskY odbor heslo 1 prikaz dneSka! !

4 e Jako je treba do jidel soli a koreni, tak pottebi je y Zivote lidskern velmi easto pochvaly. Pochvala byla jiZ" odedavna, jest a bude vZdy osvedeenSim vychovavacim prostredkem, a to nejen v rukou obezretnYch vychovatelt, lei u osob nadrizenych, zarnestnavatm i jinych. A pozorujeme-li 'Zivot y bedlive, vidime, e pochvaly je trc)a ocl fitleho nlladi, aZ do pozdniho Vsimli jste si nekdy eloveka ye vhodnem okanriku pochvaleneho? Tedy si ho povgimnete. Oei se mu zalesknou, jako by se v nich plamenky jakes rozZaly, zritelnice jako by se rozditily, rysy v oblieeji se vyrovnavaji a zackroahluji, celY vzhled eloveka zjasni a vyzaruje z neho spokojenost, bYt' byla dosti tlumena. A nasledek pochvaly?

Z yYS"eny zajem o praci, posileni sebevedomi, chut' a vzpruha k dal gim di num, snaha vyniknouti.

Kdyby na pi, rodiee pochvallli obeas odrostlerSi dite, kdyZ vykond spravne nejakou to domaci praci, zajiste dobre by ueinili. Kdyby mistr pochvalil Doctiveho, snaZiveho ueednika, citil by se daleko vice spokojenej§im. KaZdY za.mestnavatel, at' zednickY mistr, at' v iirade, at' tovarnik, rolnik ci kd.okoliv jiny, pridati milk ke mzcle, kterou si 'clobry pracovnik poctive zaslouZi, jests obdas slovo uznani, pochvaly a uvidi, ‘Ze zwasobi poteSeni a praci lidem zprijemni.

• Nutno koneene zminiti se o sebechvale. Je to chorobny zjev u mnolayn lidi, kte •i nemohouce se doekati pochvaly od jinYch, nejsouce ji hodni, vychvaluji se sami a sebe piills precenuji. Dobre skutky chvali se samy a praci pro vlast pochvali historie.

ZaleM tedy na torn, co a kde se .Thvaliti ma a podle toho nutno se zariditi tomu kdo pochvalu me pronesti. e

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Laskav6, Madame. • depisovatele, kriyi pgou (lapis iejneni ve Vestniku, aby psali KU, abychorn zbylo Misto pia P g te pouze na JEDNE strand p PMe, kdyi moino, inkoustem. se usual-MI nase redakeni prate a blademe moe lepAi vyhovet lAern Pi:edem cliky!

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Sestra Terezie Valehaiova SESTRA VALCHMtOVA SLAVILA SVE STOPRVN i NAROZENINY Dne 26. listopadu sestra Terezie Valcharova slavila sve stoprvni narozeniny. Sestra Valcharova, jest dlenkyne tadu eislo 16 a je nejstar gi z nagich zakladajicich elenti Jednoty. Sestte Valcharove prijeme hodne zdaru a zdravi, abychom ztravila je gte mnoho let mezi nami. K jejim narozeninam blahopreje vela Jednota SPJST! • ♦ Z nagich zakladajicich diem jsou jegte krome sestry Valcharove sedm na Zivu. Jsou to sestry Veronika Baca, Marie Svetlik, Frances Bilek, Aloise Wotipka, Frances Ziza, Anna gebesta a bratr Frank Kabala.. Temto drahYm elenkam a elenovi preje take vela Jednota SPJST dlouheho pobytu mezi nami, mnoho zdaru a gtesti!

----SPJSTManZeliim Darwin Machu se narodil syneeek a to 13. listopadu v nemocnici St. David v Austinu. Valli 3 libry a 15 unci. Statieci jsou manZele Anton Machu v Granger a zesnuli manZele Dewey Bryan v Taylor. Cela rodina jsou eleni radii eislo 20 KomenskY v Granger.

V Praze bolo slavnostne zakoneeno jedna:ni Mezinarodni federate pro tesnopis a psani strojem, jako i mistrovstvi sveta v psani strojem a mezinarodni soute2 v tesnopisu. Os. reprezentantka M. Bobkova se stala v kategorli presnosti mistryni sveta.

Vjrroeni whine kadu Pokrok eislo 88, Houston Bratii a sestry: VYrbeni schtze radu 88 bude poradana 8. prosince a zapodne v deset hodin rano. Pritomnost v gech elent je dalelita neb budou voleni firednici, vybory a delegati, a jine Zadosti musi bYti vyg ettene. Tykajici se voleni delegatti, by bylo pouene pro dleny si predist dopis bratra Augusta Kacire ye kterem je v ge ja,sne vysvetlene.

Obed pro dleny pritomne ye schiizi bude zdarma, jako obyeejne, ve dvandet hodin a pokradovani v pill treti.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, F. A. Kadleeek, taj, 88 ---SPJST----Rad Anton J. Cermak oislo 56 Corpus Christi Cteni broth a sestry: Prichazim opet mezi vas prostrednictvim na geho bratrskeho Vestniku, abych Vain ptipomenul, ae na ge schaze vYrodni se bade konat :druhou nedeli v prosinci (December 8) 1963 ve 2 hodiny odpolene v sokolovni.

Mimo jinYch pravidelnych zalelitosti k vyrizeni nam pripadaji volby rednikii pro rok 1964, a zvolit zastupce do sjezdu a moan-1i i vedouci pro Odbor mladeZe. Po schaze bude volna zabava a na to spoleond vedete. Sestry jsou ZadanY , aby byly tak gtedre a laskave by prinesly nem do kuchyne jak obyeejne to bYva pti vYrodnich schilzich.

Zaroveri bylo usne geno, aby nag tad se podilel jako vZdy pied tim na vanoeni nadilce, ktera, bude v sokolovni 15. prosince zaeatek programu ye 3 hodiny odpoledne. Po program-u bude spoleena svaeina a i zde sestry maji pHnest nejake zakusky, a o obeerstveni bude take postarano.

Prijd'te v gichni vezmete sebou svoje rodiny a pratele.

S bratrskYm pozdravem John Staga, taj kad Karel Jonail C. 28, East Bernard Mile sestry a bratii: Rok se chyli ke konci, tedy vam oznamuji, ae nage pravidelna schfize se bude poradat drive neZ obyeejne a to druhou nedeli v prosinci (osmeho) jednu hodiny odpoledne. Pripada volba radovYch iftednikii a tea delegatil do prigtiho sjezdu, kterY se bude poradat ye Waco v roce 1964. Dostavte se v hojnem poetu a vykonejte sve dlenske povinnosti, zvolte firedniky a

3 delegaty, kteri se zajiraaji o 'rad vgech elenu.

TeZ oznainuji, ae vanoeni program a nadilka pro deti se bude poradat 15. prosince v 7:30 veder. Rodiee, prosim prihlaste sve id.eti do programu u sestry Elsie Brdedkove, jeji adresa jest Rosenberg, Texas. fieditelky mladeZe, udelejte ji radost, detem i sobe, Olin vice se jich ptihlasi tim bude bohatgi program. troda okolo East Bernard byla po‘Zehnana letos, jak sly gim i mikulag bude mit vgeho dost pro kaZdeho tomneho, tedy ptijd'te v gichni 15. prosince v sedm tricet veder.

S pozdravem Carrie Bohaeik, taj.

--SPJST-fad CeSti Bratfi eislo 55, Industry Mill bratti a sestry: Timto vas chceme v gechny uvedomit, ae nage vYroeni Padova schtize se bude konati 8. prosince, a zapoene v 1:30 hodinach odpoledne v badove hasiea (fire station) v Industry.

Tedy jste aadani byste se dostavili co v nejvetgim poetu a zapravili si sve dluZne, alespon do konce tohoto roku; a zaroveri tea abyste pomobli zvoliti -11tedniky pro ptieti rok; a tea i delegata a jeho nahradnika do sjezdu.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Miroslav Petrusek, taj. .Cechoslovainu cis. 40 Hillje, Texas Mile sestry a bratti: Davarn yam vedet, ae na ge prigti schUzi budeme konat 8. prosince. V tato sehfizi budemc volit naSe 'aredniky pro prigti rok 1964 a tea mime volby delegata do sjezdu, ktery bade odbYvan dervnu ye Waco.

Tak nezapomente na ten den, totiZ 8. prosince a prijd'te v gichni do schaze a zvolte si firednika a delegata, ktereho uznavate za nejschopnejgiho ten firad zastavat.

S pozdravem E. K. liajOvskY, taj.

--SPJSTitad Nova Morava els. 23, Schulenburg Cteni bratii a sestry: Timto dasem kaZdeho roku musime se venovat na gi vYrodni schuzi, ktera se bude odbyvat v nedeli dne 8. prosince o dvou hodinach odpoledne. Vybizime eleny, aby piiali v nejvet gim poeta, pcneva.dZ se budou volit nejen mistni firednici radii ale i deletTat do prjgtiho sjezdu a jeho nahradnik. Je to vase pray° i zodpovednost zileastniti se teto schaze, tak nezapomente a prijd'te.

S pozdravem John Kahanek

4 Ontario, California Ctend redakce Vestniku, sestry a bratri: Na vyzvu bratra Fred Mieulky, predsedy radu Velehrad eislo 19, abych zas nee° napsal z to slunne Kalifornie, ale ja radeji napi gu nem z Texasu. Jest to lidska prirozenost, ze kaZdy na stare kolena red vzpomine. zku genosti z mladYch let. A takto i otec nem vYkladal co on vk zaZil ye sveni mladi. Pribyl do teto zeme z Fren gtatu na Morave co 18-lety mladik je gte ze dvouma mladgimi bratry a ovdovelou matku Terezii Kubalovu. Usaclili se v Bluffske osade (ted' HostYn) pobliZe mesta La Grange, Texas, lined po obeanske valce, kde stare. Kubalove. koupila kus pozemku od Johna Huebnera a tento obdelavali s Uspechem. Na jiho-zapadnim rola!" tehoZ pozemku stoji Hostynsky kostel katolickY a te2 i hrbitov.

Za tehdejSich easu nebylo je gte v Texasu ZadnYch zakonti, kaZdy muCsky nosil pistoli nebo d ye na sebeobranu a to byly bouchaoky co se nabijely ze predu. Mdi otec povidal, Ce jednou hledal zatoulane volt' a uvidel zajice sediciho v trove, vYtah pistoli a po zajici zaeal palit, vystrelil v gech 6 ran a pak je gte pistoli po nem hodil, ale zajice nedostal.

Krajina byla velmi zridka osazena, farmieky byly treba nekolik mil vzdalene jedna od druhe. 0 krmivo pro hovezi dobytek nebylo nouze, neb prerijni trava byla 4-6 strevic vysoka po cele krajine. Ploty byly ryglove (rails) nebo dratu tehdy je gte nebylo.

Po usazeni otec prijal praci z jinymi mladiky doveiZet konfederaeni bavinu , do Laredo, Mexico, Zeleznic v Texasu jegte ZadnYch nebylo a koni po valce velice mak), na vSechna praci se uZivalo volskYch potahu, kaalY forman dostal jeden potah kterY portistaval z trech jochu void a teZkY vilz a vk co spadalo do toho oboru na tak daleke cesty. Podobna vYprava portistavala z cele rady potahu, nebo jednomu by nebylo radno samemu cestovat. VCdy se hledelo zakempovat u jezera k vuli napajeni potahu. KdyC se zastavilo na noeni odpoeinek tak se daly vgechny vozy do kola, Baby byla nejaka ohrada okolo odpoolvajicich formant, a dale k vtirli smeekam nepovolanYch banditti, kteri je easem neoeekavane navgtivili, o jinsi jim ne glo jen o penize, kterYch na zpateeni ceste vezli hodne za prodanou bavinu, ale meli je dobre ukrYte. U tech teZkYch vorti byly vole z hrubeho kusu dreva, tedy do zadniho konce voje vyvrtali diru a do to diry zlate penize nastrkali a zacvekovali a zabarvili a tak je prevezli.

VESTNIK Na tech cestacla mdi otec byl ustanoven kucharem, jednou se stein, Ce uclelal kvas na chleb a dal jej na noc ke stromu u vody a voli za foci se napajeli a chodili a yid do kvasu stoupl, ale krrchar kvas upotrebil jako by se nie nestalo. Poclobna testa, tarn a zpet, trvala prtimerne 3 tYdny. Jak dlouho otec pri -Leto praci zUstal to nevim.

Prvni zaeatky rolnieeni byly tOke. Matka mi jednou vypravela jak sell bavinu, polni naradi bylo primitivni, hospodar delal brazdy a Zeno, nu gu bavineneho semena sobe a rukou se semen() do brazd hazel° a jestli mela male dite tak to musela nosit take. Jak se naselo 8-10 radkti tak se to muselo zavldeit pokud to nevyschlo, nekdy branou a jindy haluzou ze stromu.

Prvni rok rolnieeni moji rodiee melt zylaSte teZky zaeatek. Driv neC byla &Oda, prigly kobylky a seZraly vSe, krmivo y e stozich, listi ze stromu, vubee vg e co bylo zelene i hadry ktere byly venku.

Obydelni domky byly z kladu, totiC `beaky', obzvla gte pro najemniky nebyly stavene velice dtikladne, kravy jim vytahovaly periny dirama mezi loxama. Studne mela jen diru asi 8 strevic hlubokou, otevrenou pinou koniarti.

Voda se vytahovala boketem na kousku provazu.

Z Bluffske osady se pak rodiee usadili 5 mil zapadne od mesteeka Schulenburg, kdyZ ja byl Zabe po kolena a prebYval v tom okoli aZ do roku 1925 a pro nepriznive pomery stet Texas opustil. ✓ Kalifornii jsme letos St'astni„ jiC nem napr gelo asi 9 palcii vody za posledni 2 mesice, v Toni jen etvrt' palce.

Na zdar!

S pi'atelsk3im pozdravem, Theodore J. Kubala 637 W. Maitland Street —SPJSTZprava of] faclu Pokrok Houston C. 88

23. listopadu 1963 ✓ patek veeer 22. listopadu stavebni vYbor radu Pokrok Houston C. 88 se zesel 'probrali koneene plany na novou budovu, ale ZacinY z vYboru nemel myglenky na praci po to stra gne uddlosti, ktera postihla nageho bYvaleho presidenta John F. Kennedy. Po male rozmluve jsme nasi schnzi odroeili na prj'Sti patek weer.

Dale potvrzuji dary do pamatnibo fondu radu Pokrok Houston C. 88 od nasledulicich darcii: Sestra Paulina Kratina vracen kovY" eek z pilj eky — — — — $50.00 Bratr F. F. Faltesek vracen vY eek z ptijeky — — 25.00 Bratr T. S. Kostom vrecen. firokovY

Ve stredu, dne 4. prosince 1963 eek z — — $50.00 Bratr E. J. Kacileeek vracen iirokovY eek z piljoky 5.00 Bratr Frank Zimmerman vracen firokovy eek z pUjeky na ucteni pamatky Annie Zimmerman 5.00 Sestra Annie M. Vila dar do sta vebnihho fondu — 15.00 Sestra C. A. Drab dar do stavebniho fondu — — 25.00 Bratr a sestra John Kahanek, Jr. na ucteni pamatky Chas.

V. Kilnar — — 5.00 Bratr a sestra Anton 8vestka na ucteni pamatky Chas. V. — 3.00 Kilned" Bratr a sestra Frank Dvorak na ucteni pamatky Chas, V. — — — — 4.00 Kilnar — Bratr a sestra F. J. Olexa na ucteni pamatky Chas. V. Kilnai — — 10.00 Bratr a sestra 8tep6,n Valeik na ucteni pamatky Chas. V. Klin g' 10.00 Sestra AneZka Svaeina na ucteni 25.00 pamatky Chas. V. Kilnaf Bratr Joe Kalousek na ucteni pamatky Chas. V. Kilnar — — 5.00 Bratr a sestra Stepan Valeik na ucteni pamatky Miles Podlipny 5.00 Na ucteni pamatky Rosie Mikolag a John Mikola g darovali Bratr sestra Johnnie Mikola g deti 20.00 Na ucteni pamatky na geho bYvaleho presidenta. John F. Kenndy darovali nasledujici: Bratr a sestra Frank Dvorak — 10.00 Bratr a sestra F. J. Olexa, — 5.00 — $277.00 Celkem Posledni oznameni obnos -- 1773.25 Nyni se nachazi v pamatnim fondu — — — — $2050.25 Timto vyslovuji moji uprimnou soustrast rodinam, ktere ztratili jejich milovane, a vgem darciim dekuji za jejich laskave dary do pamatniho fondu.

S bratrskym pozdravem F. J. Olexa, predseda finaneniho fondu —SPJSTPád Svaz 'eechoslovanu C. 92 Ft. Worth

Mill bratri a sestry, dne 8. prosince nem pripada nage pravidelna schilze. JelikoZ ." mame mnoho k projednani na ukoneeni tohoto roku a teZ nem pripadnou volby tiredna rok 1964, bylo usneseno zaelt schtizi o nee() driv, totiZ . presne v jednu hodinu odpoledne, Proto, bratri a sestry, kteri jste byli v listopaclove zi a vite o tom tak, prosim, uvedomte line eleny, kteri east° do schtize nechodi aneb vilibec neetou Vestnik, aby jiste prigli 8. prosince. Zduraznuji to,

Ve stf•eclu, dne 4. prosince 1963 aby co nejvic pri§lo do teto vSiroeni schUze, take upozorriuji, te dim vie nas bude, str.r gich i mladgich, tim se vice zajisti :aa ge budoucnost bratrskeho spolku. (Ovgem, toto plati pro katdou schuzi). Proto, dbejte teto% vyzvy a pkijd'te jiste. Jak obyeejne sestry jsou tadane, aby donesly hodne kolderi a rtzna peeiva, salaty atd, pro chutnou yeeeti po schuzi.

Jak obyeejne katclym rokem mivame Vanooni stromeeek (Santa Claus), tak i tento rok a to dne 15. prosince (v nedeli), zaCatek programu, kterY ptipravuje nag klub mladete, bude v pet hodin na veeer. Proto, ptijd'te a prived'te svoje ntatele a zname pfiznivce nageho 'Pada, hlavne deti od jednoho roku neb mesice at tfebas do 99 let. Doneste sebou darky, ktere mate poznaCit jmenem komu je davate. Ku konci bude nadilka od tadu pokud bude zasoba staleit. 0 ptiletitostni program toho yeeirku bude naletite postarano na'Si mladeti pod dozorem a pomoci spra y -nihovYbru.Vesczdn10litopadu bylo navrteno, podporovano a odhlasovano, te eleni a elenkyne, bratli a sestry na geho faclu, kteri ptesahli 62 let stall., budou miti vstupne k zabavam zdarma. To plati pro obyeejne zabavy a jen pro eleny na geho radu 5. 92. Bude vg ak zahodno, aby katcly takovY Glen si obstaral stvrzenku (admit card) od nageho rieetnika, kter ma seznam stargich cilena Nevim, tadne novosti ,a o nemocnYch take nic nevim. Já vgak za na g lad pleji tern kteli se zotavuji z nemoci dobreho zdravi. Jak katdY jiste vi, to nag milk President Kennedy byl tak zakerne zavratclen. Byla ta smutna zprava.

PodotYkarn to protote jsem ho videl kdyt zde byl ye Fort Worth, kde mel kratkou, ale povzbuzujici let pro Ft. Worth a celou Ameriku. Byl jsem od nej asi ii sttevice kdy t gel okolo zastupu a potrasal si ruce s lidmi. Moje mantelka byla z tech, ktery ji podal ruku. Z eehot ptitomnY fotografista vzal snimek, kterY byl uverejnen ye Fort Worth Star Telegram v patek 22. listopadu. Ze bylo velke nad geni pri jeho pritomnosti as nebylo videt a sly get protidemonstraci. V Dallasu skoneil svoji einnost a byl zavraltden ne cele dye hodiny co jsme ho videll zde ve Ft. Worth. Neni trebo popisovat podrobnosti te utasne uddIosti, kattlY dobrY amerlean musi mit smutek a zarmutek nad ztratou dobreho presidenta.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Josef Bedan, dopisovatel

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Krouiek teskYch en v Dallas, Texas Timto chci oznamit na gim prateltim a ptiznivct1m, to bazar, kterY byl oznamen na 24. listopadu byl odloten sledkem Umrti presidenta Kennedy.

Budeme jej potadati v nedeli dne 8. prosince o 5 hodinach na Sokolovne.

Vgechny jine dny byly jiz zadany tedy musime v ten den jej odbYvat. Junior Sokols budou miti program v stejnY den a hned po jejich programu zaeneme prodavati vyrobky na gich ten. Doufame, te na gi pfatele se dostavi a podpoll nas jako eini katcloroene. Ptedem diky! Tedy nezapomerite a ptijd'te 8. prosince na sokolovnu. Na shledanou, Anetka Houdkova dopisovatelka —SPJST---kid Fort Worth, 'Oslo 154 Bratti a sestry: Nage vYroeni schrize bude poradand 8. prosince v Sokolovni ye 3 hodiny odpoledne. V teto schtzi budou voleni Utednici, na rok 1964 a take delegati do sjezdu, kterY bude konan pti gtim rokern.

Take budeme mit stromeeek jak obyCejne se Sokolem a sestrieky jsou tadane, aby neco ptinesly od peeiva za ktere jim predem dekujem. Tak sestry i bratli, nezapomerite na schtzi a ptijd'te vgichni.

S pozdravem, Mary Hale, dop.

—SPJSTitdd Volnáeechie els. 135 Ennis Broth a sestry: Timto yam pripominam, to radova vYroeni schaze bude odbyvana v nedeli 8. prosince v Sokolovne. Hled'te se dostaviti v gichni aspoñ jednou v race, abysme se ze gli pcsoolu. BYvala doba, kdy tato schrize bYvala nav glivend skorem vgemi Pripa.da nam zvoleni -atednikt pro prigti rok 1964 a take zastupce do sjezdu, kterY bude ye Waco.

Dale oznarnuji, to v sobotu 14. prosince sdrutene spolky SPJST eis. 135 ZaBJ Cis. 402 a T J Sokol uspotadaji spoleenou vanoeni nadilku s mengirn programem do ktereho je slibene. zatancovati nail mladeti, nail oesko u Besedu. Sestry prinesou jako obyeejne nejakY zakusky, ktere se pri kafieku spapaji. Jste elenove a znami se zaeastnit vanoCnilio programu v sobotu 14. prosince veeer.

Dale v nerleli 22. prosince odpoledne, Trelocviend Jednota Karel Havlieek Borovsky v Ennis porada vyroeni schrizi ye ktere plipada podani zprav za celY rok jaka bkyla einnost, jak) ptijem vyclani, a take volba einovniku pro pri-

gti rok. Toto vezmete na vedomi vg!chni bratti a setry a dostavte se do vyrodnich schrizi, abysme se PosPolu, deli a take v sobotu, 14, prosince na vanoeni S pozdravem a pranim v gem. voselYch vanoc a noveho roku 1964 Jos. Vytopil.

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tESKE DIVADLO V DALLASU Dallas mel po prve po osmi letech zase Ceske divadlo a rekneme Si hued, te to bylo dobre ochotnicke divadlo.

Divadelni kroutek Hlahol z Houstonu byl pozvan vYborem pro eeskoslo-enskS7 Festival do Dallasu, aby byla otnovena stall tradice ochotnickYch kYch her. Pled lety nebylo tadnerail.. Ceske osady v Texasu, aby rieraela svuj ochotnicky kroutek. Dnes jsor ut jenom Houstongt4 4' kterl udrtuji tu drahou tradici, ktere znamenala pled nejakYmi tficeti, padesati a osmdesati lety tolik pro nage krajany.

Houston gti jsou ti posledni a tak net jsem je vide', talk jsem se ptal sam sebe, jab dobti jsou. Jsou to ut jen fide s dobrou vuli, ale vyprchalYm nad g enim? A tak jsem gel do SPJST sine la, du Pokrok se smi genYmi pocity — ')ral jsem na gim hosttm vgechno nejlepgi, ale bal jsem se, aby nezklamali ty, pozapomneli na hry slabs a porno tuji Si jen ty podalene hrane pled lety.

Hlahol vgak nezklamal nikoho. Jeich, ptedstaveni ptineslo radost do scdce katcleho divaka a rozesmalo i toho nejeernej giho gkarohlida.

Veselohra "Ze starYch mlYnti" nejdliv spoji dobu moderni se starYmi easy ve vzpominkach statiekeho nalynate.

SedovlasY ado, se nerad louei se starYm vodnim mlYnem. Syn postavil :noderni rnlYn valcovY a nyni chce starY vodni mlYn strhnout a postavit moderni pilu, Decla be staremu klepaei lnul a zaene vzpominat, na sva colada leta.

Po tomto rivodu se rozvine vlastni hra. V sousedstvi stareho mlYna se .o.sadil novy mlynar a postavil Si r.ovy mlyn. StarousedlY mlynat se musi nyni délit o vYtielky s inlynatem, ktery mu konkuruje. To se prudkemu panu otci nelibi a zaene Mat novernu mlYnati schvalnosti. Mezitim syn mlynare starousedlika se zarniluje do dcery novelho nalynate, ale nadeje na svatbu Sc z laji prijit vnivea, kdyt rozhnevanY r ovy mlynat Sub prokleje nalYn starouse Ileho mlyna,re. Habra.

Lasko mladYch nakonec piece zvitezi zasahu veseleho vandrovniho nalynatskeho delnika — krajanka, Boniface Vejratky. Sukova kletba se tcla idinkovat, Habrav m1in se pokad po-

8 rouchava ze zahadnYch dtivodu. Krajanek vysvetli, ze mlyn nebude mlit, dokud se oba rozvadeni mlynati Habr a Suk neusmiki. Za zahadnYini poru,charni, pry pohadk.ova postava je vodnik ci hastrman. Habr se krajankovi nejdrive vysmeje. On Habr na Zadne pohadkove bytosti neverl a chce zavolat zrueneho mechanika, aby mlyn spravil. Ten vg ak odepre a krajdnek domluvi se s milenci, HabrovYm synkern Vaclavem a Sukovou dcerkou : Otilkou. Slicna, Sukova, dcera ukje krajankovi zeleny vodnickY fraee a krajdnek PrevledanY za vodnika a ptilnoci stareho Habra k smrti vystra gi a tak Habr uveri, ze jsou hastrmani a je ochoten se Sukem se smitit. Otilka zatim vylakala sveho otce peed, zaklety mlyn, obnaekei ho pripominkou nebo gky Zany a Suk se s Habrem usmiri. Krajdnek, ktery hral hastrmana a take porouchal mlyn, rychle de, soukoli do pored:ku, mlynari veri, ze smirenim kletba z nalYna spadla a pOehnaji svathe syYch deti. To je velmi zkracenY dej. Popisovat vesele kousky krsankovy a pra gkovy nennigeme — na to bychom potrebovali cele Oslo Vestnika_ Dej jednoduchy, ale prile gitosti k veselemu smichu bylo na tucty.

Hlahol ma vynikajici herce. Zaeneme tou nejhezei. Stepanka Kovaleikova je mladieke krasavice, ztepila s podi vuhodne dobrou ee gtinou. Stethe uprimny kompliment path J. 8 ulovi, kterY nejen hral milovnika, ale i rekroval hru; Dvojici rozdurdenYch mlynerii hrali R. 8 eveik a K. Matejka. Matejka ma veinal peknou dikci, zatim co 8" evje rozeny komik. Mary Johnson byla presvedeiva jako ustarana a hodna nalynarska a Tim KostomlatskY a Jerry Ermis dobre zahrali moderni mlynarske v dvodu. Hlavni aloha krajanka Boniface Vejra'Z'ky pripadla M. Karlovi. Oertovina s nim Alla. Misty priponainal nejslavnejkho 2ijiciho divadelniho clowna Jana Wericha. Nejvic smicha zasloaene sklidil J. Shroif jako P ragek. Jeho mimika, bias, pohyblivost pripomine, velmi give Jaru Kohouta a to je velka poklona pro ochotnika.

Ne Hlahol neni obyeejnY ochotnickY spolek. Bel jsem se, aby jejich nadgeni nebylo u2 napfal vyprchale„ ale presvedelli na's, ze maj/ tolik nad geni jako ty nejlep gi achotnicke spolky, m'a.ji nektere mimoradne nadane herce a maji to nejvzacnejk v krajanske Americe mladou generaci, ktera urni dobre eesky.

Po divadle jsme si pratelsky posedeli se znemYmi pri domacim gulagi, pivu, koldeich a kave. HoustonskYm jsme za

VtSTNfIC jejich obetavou cestu do Dallasu pada"kovali vgichni uZ tam a tak ted' jegte posileme staro-aeske a od srdce uptimne citena Zaplat' Pen BIM. "Prinesli nam do Dallasu syYm ,umenim hodne —mh radosti.

—SPJ STPrvni kroky k yydani. pametni Sokolske po gtovni zn:imky tispe§ne. Deputace kongresnika w ykbortt pro sokolskou znamiku u gen. poStmistra John A. Gronouskeho ye Washingtonu, D. C. odevzdala mu ()tidal* iatiost o vydani znainky Ve stredu 20. listopadu t. r. prijal Generelni Postmistr John A. Gronouski ve Washingtona oficielni Ze,dost o vyclani zvla gtni Sokolske Pametni znam ky, k pocte vYroei 100 let od vzniku sokolskeho hnuti na ptide Spojenych statti. Tuto 26..dost odevzdala mu deputace sloZ".end, z teehto yYznainnych osobnosti: Kongresnici Roman C. Pueinski, Illinois, Henry S. Reuss, Wisconsin a Charles A. Vanik, Ohio, a elenove VYboru pro Pametni znamku: James L. Cihak, precisecia, Blaza, J. hakova, jednatelka, Frank J. Vodra2ka a Charles T. Kropik, elenove, Karel M. Prchal, starosta Americke Oboe Sokolske, Andrew J. Valu g ek, starosta Slovenske Teloc:viene Jednoty Sokol, Marie Prti g ove, neeelnice Katolicke Jednoty Sokol, a Vaclav Pechar, starosta Delnickeho Americkeho Sokola.

Pii jednani byli dale pritomni: Mr. Mike Monroney Jr., executive assistant, la Mr. Ira Arnstein, administrative Assistant Generalniho Pogtmistra.

Vlidne a pratelsky byla cela deputace Gen. PoStrnistrem John A. GronouskYm prijata a jednani bylo vedeno v duchu, kterY pine odpovidal yYznannv cele akce. Kongresnik Roman C. Pueinski pkedstavil jednotlive eleny deputace a uvedl jmena organisaci, ktere zastupuji a vysvetlil duvod na0tevy. Pak page.dal mluveiho deputace James L. e ka, aby zadost preclnesl.

Gen. Po gtmistr velmi pozorne naslouchal a obeas take poloZil jacinotlivym elentim otazku, ktera se tYkala historie a Cinnosti Sokolstva v America Jak bylo videt, byl zejmena upouten sdelenim, 2e pri odvodu sokolskYch brand") pro vojenskou sluzbu, a,2 na necele jedno procento, vsichni bvli uzn.ni schopnYmi, zatim co pine. 62 procenta americkYch bra"u hylo pro vojanskou sluZbu uznano neschopnYml. Pak se nechal pan John Gronouski se vSemi pkitomnYmi fotografovat. Se vSemi eleny deputace srdeene a pratelsky se rozloueil pa tki etvrti hodinovem

Ve stketiu, :tine 4. prosince 1963 rozhovoru s uji g tenim, ze 2adost o vyclan.i Pametni sokolske poStovni znam7 ky bude predmetem peelive pozornosti a jednani.

Prvni kroky , k dosa2eni cile k vydemi Sokolske Pogtovni znamky byly podniknuty. KrasnY prtabeh jednani prijeti u Generalniho poStmistra je pro nas vSechny podnetem k tomu, abychom vykonali v'Se pro piny zdar oslav sokolskeho stoleti.

Oznameni fidfi, schfue Rad Rozkvet Zapada eis. 107, Floresville it d Rozkvet Zapadu Cis. 107 bude odbyvati posledni schtizi v tomto roea dne osrneho prosince ye 2 hodiny odpoledne. V teto schrizi se budu volit kadovi Urednici pro priSti rok a ta delegati do sjezdu. Doufame, 2e kakly komu bade moMo se ddstavi. ry McCloskey _sp jsr_ itacil C. 138, Ganado Bratri a sestry, V nedeli 8. prosince 1963 neC kad odbYve, schtizi v KJT sini, je to solarize vVroeni. Budou volby iirednikti. a volba delegata do sjezdu. Bratri a sestry men byste se alespori do vYrooni schrize dostavit.

Po schtizi bude spoleena. svaeina.

Sestry jsou Mciane by donesly nejake kejky a koldee. Add se postara, o maso a obeerstveni.

S bratrskYna pozdravem Jerry Tomas, neetni Bazar v Dallasu Krou2ek eeskYch Con v Dallasu NAa svuj vYroeni bazar 8, prosince v Sokolovni na Greenville Ave. Zaeatek v pet hodin odp.

---SPJSTitad C. 126 Ross, DubovY. Haj VYroeni schtize 'Takla° tadui se bude konat v nedeli 8. prosince ye dve hodiny .odpoledne v budove Ross schoolhouse. Budou se volit rnistni rednici a delegat do pri gtiho sjezdu.

Joe Dujka, Jos. Foit, taj. elennin kadu Cis. 1, ye Fayetteville, Texas Pripomina,m yam, ze na ge vYroeni schtize bude konana clruhou nedeli v prosinci, den 8. a jedne hodine oclpoledne v nagi sini. Laskave dostavte se do teto schilze abyste si mohli zvoliti firedniky pro prig ti rok a zaroven delegaty do pri gtiho sjezdu.

P. P. Barron, taj.

Ve sti:edu, clne 4. prosince 1963 JARNI SCHUZE NASICH OKRSKU Okrsek Jarni whine IL okrsku se bude konat 22. brezna 1964 u kadu O. 15 v Buckbolts.

-SPJSTOkrsek V Jarni sclatze pateho okrsku bude poi'adana 17. klietna 1964. Nabidky od byti hostem teto schtize budu p •ijaty do 31. btezna. Nabidky za§lete na Urectnika okrsku F. A. Kadleeek, taj.

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Okrsek VII i'arni schtize secimeho okrsku se bude konat 3. kvetna 1964 u tedu e. 161 v La Parita.

Betty JulAca, taj.

VESTNIK TA/DA ML: 25ti leta upisove ochrana ktera se roene zmenSuje.

TRIDA MD: 30ti leta Upisova. ochrana ktere se rodne zmeneuje TRIDA 5ti leta, lhutni. Obnovltel, na a zmenitelne TRIDA 10T: 10ti leta lhutni. Obnovitelne, a zmenitelna TRIDA 20T: 20ti 'eta lhutni. Zmenitelna TRIDA T-65: lhani do 65 let.

PAYOR INSURANCE: Jednota poskytuje elentinn platichn poplatky na detske certifikety to vYhodu ochreny te v padu Alpine nemotnosti nasledkem nemoci aneb poraneni aneb v padu umrti platiciho, poplatky na ten detskS7 certifikat, budou samodinne zaplaceny.

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V DETSKEM ODDELENt TRIDA JT: Dodasne pojifteni. do 16 let ktere se rnfte zmeniti na kterekoliv jine pojiateni kdykoliv net de saline 16 let sveho veku

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TEIDA. W: Splatkove do 85t1 let, dotlvotni. PlnY obnos pojfeteni se vyplati v p tipactu umrti od veku jednoho roku TRIDA PR: Prednostn1 dotivotni, (Zav 5 rokt.

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TRIDA G: 20ti 'eta nada.eni. Obnos certifiketu jest vyplacen za 20 let TRIDA H: Nadadni v 65ti letech. glen plati poplatky at do 65ti let.

TRIDA I: 20ti splatkova ,nadadni v 6041 letech TRIDA K: Splatkova do 65t1 let, doilvotni TRIDA L: Dvojnasobne firazove poji§teni (Double Indemnity) ThIDA M: Pensiini poilstka. Po dosateni 65 rokii start Glen dostava mesicni dolvad tiv. Zemte-11 pied '75 lety start, dedid dostanou nacsicni nfijern do 75 vroei narozenin elena TRIDA MC: 20t1 leta ochrana ktere se rot'ne zmen§uje TRIDA MX: 100 leta fipisova ochrana ktere se rodne zmen.guje

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Plny obnos poji,:s- teni se vyplati v ptipadu umrti od veku jednoho roku TRIDA E: 10t1 splatkova dalvotni.

Piny obnos pojigteni se vyplati v pripad0 funrti od veku jednoho roku TftIDA F: I5ti leta nadaeni pinY obnos poji'Steni se vyplati v pripadu 0mrti od veku jednoho roku TRIDA G: 20ti leta nadadni, piny obnos se vyplati v ptipadu umrti od veku jednoho roku TRIDA H: Nadadni ve 65t1 let. Plnl ob)los poji§teni se vyplati v ptipadu timrti od veku jednoho roki: VI/DA 20ti splatkova, nada 6: 11i v 60 letech. Pln;c7 obnos poji§teni se vyplati v pNpadu funrti od veku jednoho roku TRIDA J. E. Nadadni v dosalern 18 let piny obnos pojiAteni se vyplati pripade umrti od veku jednoho roku l'RIDA K: Spletkova do 65 let, dotivotn1 -- PlnST obnos pojfeteni se vyPleb: v ptipadu ilmrti od veku jednoho roku TETDA L: Dvoinasobne firazove Poilgteni (Double (Indemnity) TRIDA Pensijni polistku. Po dosateni 65 rokii start, 'den dostave mesieni priiem do 75 v9ro6i narozenin Mena. Piny obnos pojiAteni se vyplati v pfipadu funrti od veku jednoho roku

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LATERNA MAGIKA V BELCH Poprve byla praIska Laterna magika v Belgii na Svetove vystave v roce 1958.

Ptivezla si odtud vrclaolne vyznamenani a obdiv v g ech nevatevnikii, kteti tuto experimentalni scene v dobe trvani svetove vSrstavy naystivili. Od to doby se stale, Laterna magika sttedem zajmu cizincu, ptijitdejicich 'do Prahy a bylo by jich motile tisice, kdyby je melt za leta jeji einnosti spoeitat. A to nehovorime o osmnacti zahranienich zajezdech, ktere mezitim zejezdovS7 soubor Laterny magiky absolvoval — naposled to byl dlouhodoby• zejezd po Sovetskem svazu, z neho't se vratil koncem srpna. Takkka na milion podite Laterna magika zahranienich kteti at' Ala v cizine nebo v Oeskoslovensku videli jeji ptedstaveni. Nedayno projevili zajem o jeji vystoupeni i Ameridane a Howard Pearl, ktery odtucl: aby videl predstaveni na vlastni 061, napsal: "Byla nutne cesta za teleznou oponu k objeveni upine noveho druhu jeviAne filmoveho zpracovani, prakticky neznameho Amerieantim. fzika se mu Laterna magika a me sve sidlo jen v jednoni meste na svete, v Praze, v 6eskoslovensku."

Do New Yorku se Laterna magika chysta na duben priStiho roku. Prozatim Vgak, v techto dnech, hostuie jeji zejezdov3"7 soubor mnohem blite, v zemi, kde Laterna magika poprve sklidila sve kreinobydejne uspechy. V Belgii. A tam maji manost zhlednout jeji predstaveni 1 na§i krajane. Prvni predstaveni Laterny magiky bylo 22. rijna v Bruselu. elenove souboru uvadeji v Belgii svfij zajezclov)i' program, dopinemi Krkolomnou jizdou, ktera mimo jine ukazuje divakhm i misto, kde Latermf -..)tagika vznikla. Konferencierka Jaroslava Pa= nVrkova konferuje pri zajezdovern prograrnu nejenom francouzsky, ale i vlamsky, take se na platne stNdaii v rychlem sledu francoutRina s anglietinou a vlatinou.

Laterna magika se ma zdr2et v Bel-

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zalek to na navStevposti gij Sest tYdnii, Hraje v bruselskem divadle Theatre de la Monn.ay. Vyjednave. se rovne2 se sousednIm Holandskem o absolvovani dalSiho zajezdu, protole to projevili uZ nekolikrat zajem 0 zajezd tohoto souboru.

Predstaveni Laterny magiky neopomenou jiste navStivit i naSi &Si v Belgii. Zajiste, ze se Jim bude velmi libit.

—SPJSTKlarinetista Walter. Vitek ze Statni filharrnonie Ostrava, laureat VIII. syetoveho festivalu mladeZe a studenstva v Helsinkach, odjel na svetovou soutez probiha od 19. zari do 5. kijna a zneastni se ji na 80 umelcii z celeho svet&..

--SPJSTJANAOKOVA MA1A Marii Stejskalove, kterou znk muzikantska, obec pod jmenem "Jandekova Mara", by nikdo nehadal devadesat let. Jeji drobna postavieka j.e pine energie, pamet' obdivuhodne, hlas zni mladYna elanem. Marie chtela bYt uoitelkou, ale stala se Svadlenou. Vastobrat v jejim aivote nastal aZ". roku 1894, kdy prijala misto sluZebne v rodine teditele varhanicke Skoly, LeoSe Janaoka. Stala se straZkyni a dtivernici Jandeko yy dcerky Olgy od Skolnich let a2 do jeji predeasne smrti. Byla yea.non oporou te2.ce zkouSene pani Zdenky Janaekove. Oddane odklizela kamenky vSednich starosti dlouho nepochopenemu Jandekovi, aby mohl neruSene komponovat. Ctyriactyricet let praila u Jandekti, ySechny pkeekala.

Jejich pamatka zustala dodnes jedinYm smyslem jejiho Ziveta. Opatruje jejich hroby, vi o ka2d,ein novena Janaekove fispechu doma i. v cizine. Je zvana do ,Skol a, hudebnich krou2kfl, kde vypra.vi a . ivote u Jandekti tak poutave, 2-e o tom vy:Sla cela kniha. Ma jen jedno do sta let slou2it pa matte JanaekovYrch.

Jednu ze vzpominek pani Stejskaloye uvefejhujerne: K Jandekiim jsem p •iSla 27. srpna v race 1894. Bydlil tenkrat na KlaSternim namesti C. 2, ten dtim dodnes stoji skoro tak, jak byl a ani v byte se skoro nic nezmenilo. Zilo se u aids krasne, nag e OluSka byla jako slunieko, vSechny nas rozveselovala. BYvala Casto nemocna na revmatismus a anginu a dostala a toho te2kou srdeeni vadu, ale moc si z toho nedelala, byla vesela, mela kolem sebe potad. pino deti, hrayala si s nimi divadlo u nas v jejim pokoji. Ale kdy nas" pan skladal, to by-

la v2dycky jako mySka. Za dne mel pen rnalo easu na komponovani. Tenkrat jeSte Lied na, fista,ve a na gymnasiu, byl teditelem Marti y e Starobrnenskem kostele a reditelem varhanicke Skoly, kterou sane zaloail. K tomu jeSte mel phao schfizi, ptednaSek, studoval, psal a tak mu na komponayani zbYvala vlastne jen not. To jsem vadycky rano donesla do jeho pracovny velkou lampu pinou petroleje, druhy den jsem ji odnaSelo, pra.zdnou. Pani se na , ni podivala a tikala: "To on zas celou not psal."

Zaeinal tenkrat prave Pastorkyni a rad /lam o ni yypraYaval, kdy2 s narni cvilku po veeeti posedel neZ se zase dal do prate. Umel moc krasne vypra-. vovat o s yYch klukovskYch letech na Hukvaldech, o torn, jak v klaStete jako fundatista musel v aline aid. roraty vstavat jeete za tiny a jak se vSichni drkotali zimou. Nebo /lam zase vykladal o Skole, kdo se dobte uei, kdo ho zlobi, nebo jake ma plany i poti2e s varhanickou Skolou. Ty ch yilky hlavne pro nas dve s OluSkou byly vadycky jako velky svatek.. Taky o vanocich to bylo u nas pane: na Stedry den za .nami priSei pan Janaeek do kuchyne.

VSecko ochutnaval I pomahal: krajel cibulku, taky rad, sekaval zelenou petr2elku. Mel rad tvarohove buchty a adyin, tak jsme mu ho delayaly na Stedry den misto jablkoveho. Mel rad dobre jidlo: nedesatko yal, nesvaeil, ale v poledne a veeer jidal hodne a s chuti.

Kcly2 mu chutnalo, bylo to fined na nem videt, dostaval dobrou naladu.

Dobre jidlo um& ocenit a pochvalit. Na, koufeni a dobre piti si nepotrpel: jen Po yeeeri pil naalou sklenieku plzenskeho piva. Zazlival s yYm pi'atelum, kteri pili moc. Taky se rad pekne strojil.

Krasne byly u nas take nedele. To jsme se vgichni sve.teene obleeeni vypravili na studentskou m gi. do Starobraienskeho ,kostela. Chodili na ni povinne studenti z gymnasia z obou fistavti, nas pan hraval na varhany a chodilo si ho tam poslechnout innoho, mnoho lidi z celeho Brna. Po msi chodivali naSi na prochazku k Pisarkam. Potom si dal L. Jandeek volno. Ale veeer u2 zase zasedl k "Pastorkyni". Ten krasnY .'avot trval ion nekolik let. OlIgka donael chteli, -aby se stala ueitelkou, ale nebylo to mo'Zne pro jeji srdeeni vadu. ProtoM mela velke nadani k recem ,hlavne k ru g-tine, rozhodli se naS1 poslat ji na studio do Petrohradu. B:vla tam jen etvii t3Mnv, kftsizi dostala tyfus, ten se jeSte jednou opakoval. IluSku nic nemohlo zachranit.

Trapila se je'Ste celY podzim a kus zimy, aZ' 26. finora 1903 umi•ela. Od to

ye stredu,

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doby LIZ nikdy u rids nebylo veselo. K tomu ptiSlo to, ze L. Janaakovi tli provest Pastorkyni v Praze, a on sam z toho vSeho onemocnel. Trochu se yyjasnilo teprve, kdy2 jsme se piestehovali do domeeku ye Smetanove ulici. LeoS Janacek pracoval v zahradce, sedaval tam s naSimi slepicemi stole, hazel drivka psovi Oiperovi. V donaku take ptiSlo oceneni Janaekovy prate. V race 1916 v proaskein Narodnim Pastorkyni a potom se jeho slava, rozAitila i za hranice. Videla jsem, jak byl St'astnY, kciya po naSem osvobozeni v race 1918 se mu podatilo to, 2e z varhanicke Skoly se stala konserv,ator. P •iSlo uznani a slava, ptiSlo taky vice let. Ale Jandeek byl potacl oily a pi•i silo jako kdy bYval mladY.a nikdo z nas by se nebyl nadal, 2e se u2 bli21 konec. Pored ho vidim piled sebou naposledy, nee odjel na Hukvaldy. Odtad se u2 2ivY nevratil: mel v aktovce -posledni dejstvi opery "Z mrtveho dome", na ktere chtel na Hukvaldech pracov,at. Zaytel stal nad nim a potichu tekl: "Tak to ptipa.da, jako bych se LIZ nemel vratit." Potom yySel na zahraciku rozlouCit se s pani. Seril do taxiku, ten se dlOuho nemohl rozjet, ale potom se p•e ce hnul a L. Jandeek ye syYch bilych Satech mi zmizel s oei. Navhlycky. jsem ho nikdy nevidela.

STKRAT PItVNI

Prvni pralska kavarna byla v Karlove ulici na Starem Meste. Otevieli ji v dome "U zlateho hada" Armen Gorgos Hatalala El DamSki v race 1714. Nebylo to vSak prvni seznatneni Praaanft s kavou. Ji2 pied timto datem ji propralskYch ulicich. Zde ziskala jen s ynj prvni stalY sta.riek. Netrvalo to dlouho a obliba kavy se rozrostla po cele zemi a za necelYch padesat let zdomacnela i na &sken venkove.

— Prvni vYtisk Ceske pra2ske bible yySel ze znarneho Rottovca dome na Malem nemesti. Nechal ji ado se s yYmi druhy vytisknout Jan Pythic v voce 1488. -- Karlova Mice se take zapsala do dejin biografu. Staval zde prvni biograf znameho pralskeho kouzelnika a ilusionisty Pon repa.

Prvni pra2skou poslucharnu anatomic v Prase men v nernocnici Na FrantiSku v race 1761. Zde 19ke byla v race 1779 jedine, — Male nemesti se nem zapiSe do dejin jeSte jednou. Byla. zde toU2 j iz v roce 1353 prvni praskal lekarna. ji Ital Augustino z Florencie.

— A na konec nee° pro alpinkffe.

Prvni Ceske alpinum zalolil koncem 18.

Ve stf.eclu, dne 4. prosince 1963 • ,stolen zahradnik Skalnik na zahrade Lobkovickeho palace na Male Strane.

--SPJST----rie§t'any 850 Roine Ako ine kitperne mesta, majit svoju historiu aj PieSt'any. Kto bol presne ich pr yym zakaldatel'om nie je zname. Prva zmienka o PieWanoch je z roku 1113 v dekretr uhorskeho kra'16, Kolomana I. Kral' ureoval v dekrete hranice chotara spomina sa v nom obec "Pescan". Toto meno vzniklo zo slova piesok, ktorY kaZdoroene naplavoval rozvodnenY Vah a vytvaral kroke piesoenate pole, zvane pieSeiSao. 0 Pie'St'anoch ako o kimel'och pi$e vo vojonr spise Juraj Werhner, ktorY Biel v roku 1505.

Pie'St'anske hornce lieeive sirne pramene s lieeivym bahnom poznali uz Rimania a pravdepodobne ich mall aj v drZbe. Do Rakocziho povstania bol ich majitel'om grof Forbach, ktoremu vgak kimele odnali ako trest za neast' na povstani. Najdluh§lu dohu od roku 1721 aZ do roku 1941 -- boli Pie.grany, a tak aj kupele, v majetku grOtskej rodiny ErdOdyovcov.

Dnes sa v pie'St'anskYch kftpel'och vd'aka, — fSakovYm beeebnyin novostiam, lekarsko-vedeckYm vYskumom, .moderne vybavenym ordinaciam, lieCebnYm Ustavom, kilpernym domom, chutnej, kvalitnej a hodnotnej strave, lieeebneho telocviku, pohodlneho, bygien.ickeho ubytovania a podobne s Uspechom lieeia choroby reumaticke, a to hlavne nezapalove degenerativne formy, ako !, aj reumaticke .choroby zapalove. balej choroby nervove, Zenske 1 v chronickem stadia, choroby hornychciest dychacich i choroby koZne, ak su sprievodnYmi chorobami reumatickym1. S uspechom liecia sa ischiaticke t'aZkosti, ktore lieeenie patri toho cash medzi hlavne indikacie pieWanskYch knpelo'v.

Poeet lieeenYch pacientov sa takmer kaZdYm rokom z y y:Suje. V roku 1962 lieeilo so v PieWanoch 801 cudzincov.

Z Os republiky beano sa 16631 pacientov a podobnY poeet sa Heel aj v tomto roku. Zo zahraniela bade sa v tomto roku pravdepodobne lieeit' 880900 pacientov.

PieWany, ktorYm v tomto roku prveho Pisomnello dokumentu pripada 850-te vYroeie zalolenie, mohutnejit novou YYsta ybou, itorarou sadov, parkov a chocinikov opeknievajn. Pre pacientov i navS'tevnkov, najma so zahraniela je vel'oku vYhodou aj to, ze Pieg t'any sit napojene na leteckn siet' Cs. aerolinii a Ze, vYhodne nripoje sit na 'vSetky medzinarodne rychliky. Do Pie-

VPASTNiK Wan sa teda man° vami rYchle dostat' nielen z naSej vlasti, ale aj zo vSetkYch east, sveta. Z tYchto vYhod hlavne z Uspaneho lieeenia majii radost vSetei ti navAtevnici a pacienti, ktoni sa do tohoto !kapelneho mesta prichadzajit , kaZdoroone heat, rekreovat', budovatel'skej price i do d'alSieho Zivota.

—SPJSTIERNA NAD TISOU

najvaeS1 suchozemsky pristav v republike BYvala tu len straZna bildka a okolo same bariny. Po skoneeni druhej svetovej vojny nadviazalo eeskoslovensko bratsku spolupracu so Sovietskym svazom a bolo preto treba, najst' vYhocintii dopravnt cestu na vYmenu tovaru, ujem sa sUstredil na to Zeleznienu stra.Znu budku uprostred, barin. Bola tu jen jednokol'ajka, ale Styri kilometre odtial'to obec Cop na sovietskom Uzemi. V roku 1946 sa tu zaeala budovat' skutoena. Zelezniena, prekladkova staflea, ktord by uspokojila poZiadaVkv obidvoch strain. 9 od tYchto eias sa tato vYznamna dopravna tepna nad'alej rozAiruje.

V , miestach bYvalYch barin vyrastlo moderne mesteeko dierna nad Tisou.

V uhl'acinYch bytoch uZ bYva 2500 l'udi. SU tu nave obchody a samoobsluhy, kultUrny.dour s innohYmi klubovriami pre pracujficich, kino, kniZnica a ine.

Samozrejme, Ze tu nechyba ani. Skola, Skolka, detske jasle a nemocnica s najmodernejSim zariadenim. ' ivotna firoyen tamojAich l'udi rychle rastie a tak nie div, ze sa v miestnej porodnici narodi roene do 1000 malYch obeano y a ze j e tu v plane vYstavba d'al gej stred nej skoly. Pychou tarnoj'Sich obyvatel'ov je i novy hotel `frsvit", kimalisko a dokonala telegrafna, a telefonicka *stream, ktora ttZ bude onediho v prevadzke.

Na parky a sady v Ciernej nad Tisou nemusi Slat vynakldat' finanene prostriedky, lebo obeania si tieto budujit sami. Len tohto roku z j ara venovali nprave p arkov a pri vYsadbe d'algich kvetin, okrasnych strornov a krikov vySe 2000 pracovnYch hodin. Kronika me steeka, hoc; &Ste nema, za'Zitie listy, je pnilis mlada, ale uz obsahuje vel'a zaznamov a Mvote a praci tamoj'Aich 'Zeleznieiarov. Ano, eierna nad Tisou je mesteCkorn '.&leznieiarov, 'ktori sa o to, '2e tu dobre funguie naivdeM suchozemskY pristav v 6eskoslovensku.

Po druhej svetovej vojne to bola jednokol'ajka a teraz 2eleznien6 kol'ajnice t'aZIO spo es itaS". V ramci dlhodobYth

hospodarskYch znaluv medzi eeskoslovenskom a SSSR to denne prechadza tisice ton nejroznejSieho tovaru. Miliony ton masa, strojov, baviny, rttdy a inYeh surovin a vYrobkov uZ preloZili ruky tunajAich Z-Rleznieiarov. 0v§em, ze za neinnej pomoei mechanizacie. Lopatou by tu elovek ve'la' neurobil. Pracovnici unieovskYch strojarni nedavno namontovali daNie dva portalove Zeriavy o vysokej nosnosti. je tu i vysoka rudno, rampa, ktora, sltzi na to, aby ruda zo sovietskych vagonov byla so najrYchlejSle prepravena do hutnych zavodov bratskYch kra,jin. .Zeleznieiari z Oiernej nad Tisou prey menovali tento najvaeSi CeskoslovenskysuchozemskY pristav, ktory je napojeny s Copom na trat' "Trat' priaterstva a mieru". Prepravi sa to vel'a ton tovaru ktore stifZia hospodarskemu rozvoju mnohYch krajin. A preprava je rychla. Prekladkove stanica v eierney nad Tiesou sa nad'alej rozSiruje a moklernizuje a cez cele 'Oeskoslovensko je u2 Zelezniena trot' elektriftkovana.

Informa ellanky VedlejSi poiitky stoupaji rychieji Byla doba, kdy americky delnik daval pPednost z yYSeni mzdy` pied nejakott oddalenou vYhodou, zarueovanou mu v pracovni smlouve se zamestnavatelem.

FinanCni zabezpeeeni pro pozdejSi leta •bylo site pekne, ale pridavek tecl' hned byl Casy se meni. Prijmy vetSiny zamestnancti stoupaji nines ve SpojenSich statech mnohem rychieji, neZli by se dalo soudit podle jejich mzdy nebo platu, a to proto, ze jejich dodateene vYhody se mno21 rychieji neZli dolary na vYplatnim Seku. Od konce druhe svelove valky vzrostly platy a mzdy skoro trojnasobne, ale hodnota zminenYch t. zv, fringe benefits, se taldka seSestinasobil,a.

Tyto "okrajove poZitky" zahrnuji zdravotni pojiSteni, pense, pojiAteni nezamestnanosti (nadavkem k poZitktim vladnirn), odSkodne v pripade Urazu pri praci mnoho jinYch vYhod.

Naiad na vkchny tyto socialni plany stoupl ze 3.8 miliard dolarit roku 1946 na 20.6 miliard do roku 1962. Misto nekdejSich tri procent , cele vY. platy stoji dries tyto vYhody zamestnavatele sedm procent.

V tom neni nota bene zapoCitano vydani s placenou dovolenou, placenYmi svatky, sportovnimu kluby, bezplatnYmi obedy, sraZkami na firmou vyrabene zboZi a pod., eili vYhodami, posiy-

10 tovanYmi mnoha zamestnavateli lidem, kteti pro ne pracuji. Na ptiklad Du Pont Company vydrkije pro sve zamestnance klub, kde jsou etyry golfova, hriSte, 16 tenisovYch, tanee-‘ ni sal a basen na plavani. Zamestnanci firmy luny dostavaji vSe, co kupuji v obchode, s dvacitiprocentni sra2kou.

Tyto miinotadne vYhody nejsou vYsledkena vYhradne jen benevolence se strany zamestnavatele. Odrak se z nich i starost zamestnancii a jejich unii o zabezpeeeni prate, o pojiAteni proti neptedvidanYm okolnostem, ktere by jinak vedly k rozvraceni celeho Z"ivota jednotlivce a jeho rodiny.

Whody representuji tez snahu zamestnavatele ptilakati a podrZeti si zruene delniky. Z teho2 diivodu nabizeji riane spoleenosti s yym zamestnanctim vlastni akcie za velmi vYhodnYch podminek. TakovYm zptisobem uchovavaji zajem syYch lidi o konanou jimi praci co2 je jedna z didektYch podminek fispeSneho podnikani. I v dobe, kdy je v semi vice neki etyry miliony lidi bez prate, mule se mluviti o nedostatku opravdu zkuknYch Snad nejdtilektejeim vysledkem tohoto pozoruhodneho ohledu priirnyslu na blaho jeho zamestnancti jest, ze jeho socialni plany s vladnim programem socialnihoi zabezpeeeni vytvateji ochrannou zed' proti naporu jakehokoipadku. Tyto dye noli voty pomahaji zachovavati kupni naroda i mezi nezamestnanYmi, prate neschopnYmi a pensionovanYmi. Zalkoneujeme tento kratkY elanek o "okrajovYch poktcich" nekolika statistickYmi eisly: 80 procent vSech americkYch delniku je dnes chraneno pojiStenim, na ktere piati jejich zamestnavatel. Tti etvrtiny v gech idelniku jsou chraneny pojiStenim proti nemoci. Tema; polovina ma zarueenou pensi od firmy, nadavkem k poktkiim pojateni vladniho.

Asi 95 procent v g ech toyarnich dostava placenou dovolenou. Pies 90 procent ma zajiSteno sedm placenYch svatkil do roka.

Za socialisticky stat pova2ujeme takovY, ktery 131'0h-rid, hlavni odpovednost za socialni ,blaho svYch obeaml.

Ve SpojenYch statech nodjaly se z velke 66.sti podobneho priimyslove spoleenosti, ktere dohodou s odborovYmi organisacemi peeuji o biaho yelke easti naroda. Zku genost dokazala, vYhody z toho plynouci jsou oboustranne.

A. rada

VESTNIfK Prvni ptisteho yalei do Ameriky Padle dohadu antropologil pi-it'll prvni- pristehovalci do Ameriky nejmene pled 10.000 lety. Byli jimi potulni lovci z Asie, kteri se dostali na americkou pevninu pies Beringovu itZinu, kde Tichy ocean prechazi v Severn' ledove more.

V Beringove itZine deli Ash od Ameriky toliko 60 mil mole. V zimnich mesicich je moZno piejiti UZinu po lecle. V doh& prvniho prechodu, snarl koncem etvrteho cili posledniho ledoveho veku, byly moZna tyto dve pevniny bliZe k sobs, nab, jsou dnes, a mohly i byti spojeny pruhem pevne ptidy. Potomci zminenYch prvnich pkistehovalcti jsou dnetni amerieti Indiani a Eskymaci.

Novejti ptistehovalci, o nichl vime, pribyli sem uZ v historickYch easech z Evropy. Vikingove pronikli na severovYchodni pobreli Ameriky pees Island a Gronsko koncem desateho stoleti; podle nazortt jistYch dejepiscu nebyli vtak prvnimi evropskymi osadniky, ani badateli, kteri sem zavitali. Fenieane a Kartaginci navttivili moZna americkou pevninu jiZ kolem rota 480 peed Kristem. kimane byli zde pry j121 za vlady cisare Nera, roku 64 pa Kristu, einAti, budhistieti misionati roku 499 as irgti katolfeti teholnici v testem a desatem stoleti.

Toto vSe jsou oySem jen dohady, Co vime, jest, Z'e prvni neiridianSti ptistehovalci, kteti sem prisli jako koloniste, usadili se nal velkem °strove Gronsku na severovYchodnim pabtek dnekii Kanady. Priplavill se sem s Vikingem Erichem RudYm, ktery objevil znainenY ostrov roku 982 a zlidil na nem o tfi Zeta pozdeji kolonii.

Objeveni severoamericke pevniny roku 1000 ptipisuje se jeho synovi, Leifovi Erichsonovi. Jim zalo2end kolonie, nepochybne na uzemi, ktere dries 0° znaeujeme jako staty novoanglicke, zanikla pokleji prave tak, jako kolonie jeho totce na Gronsku.

Plavba, kterd, skuteCne umistila Ameriku na mapu, byla ovSem plavba KriStota Kolumba, ktery ptistal roku 1492 na jednom z DahamskYch ostrovu v Karibskem moth, na Watlings Island. Kolumbus byl moteplavec a badatel, nikoli pristehovalec. JelikoZ' podnikal svou vYzkumnou cestu jmenem Spanelska, je jenom prirozene, k prvni kolonizatori americke pevniny byli v modern' dobe S'panele.

Zaklady banelskeho mocnarstvi na pude, na nil pozdeji vznikly Spojene staty, polozill conquistadori a dobrodruzi, jakymi byli na priklad Ponce de Leon, kterSi objevil roku 1513 Floridu,

Ve stiedu, dne 27. listopadu 1963 Ve stiedu, dne 4. prosince 1963 sissippi o tticet let pozdeji a Francisco Coronado, ktery asi stejnou dobou vedl vYpravu pies dneSni Arizonu a Novo Mexiko na sever aZ do Kansasu.

Anglicans; kteri zanechali na nove pevnine trvalejti stopy neZli • ostatnich narodti, hlasili se k nove objevene pude na zaklade cost Johna Cabota podel severovYchodniho pobrev letech 1497 a 1498. Ve skuteenosti poeali se vSak Anglieane trvale zde usazovati teprve po roce 1607, po nekolka predchozich, nedspetnYch pokusech zaloZiti zde kolonie.

Misto prvni trvale kolonie anglicke bylo nazvano Jamestown. Osada, byla)v d.netni Virginii. Jeji anglieti osadnici a ti, kteri pristali roku 1620 u Plymouth Rock v dneinim Massachusetts, vylodivte se z lodi Mayflower, polo2111 • kamen ke trinacti koloniim, ktere — po vybojovani nezavislosti pkemenily Se pozdeji ye Spojene staty severoamericke.

—A rada SAK 2IJI STOLETi? (Z eeskYch novin nam poslala pi. BoZ'ena Valeikova z Dallas) V OSSE ' Zije 65 lidi ye veku 90 — 100 let, v samotne Praze je stoletYch test.

Nejstarti je pani A. Samkova z ktere bude brzy 110 let. Ji2 od r. 1936 se o Zivot lidi dlouheho veku zajima, dr.

P. Viskup a zjistil, 2e ye stra ye vettiny z nich pte yladala zelenina a lutteniny. Vic net 70 procent z nich nekouvtibec, ale je to 1 8 proc. silnYch kurakti. Tomer polovina z rich vubec nepila pivo, na kterena si jen stridme Pochutnalo 10 procent "stoletYch". SilnY aikohol nepilo 68 proc. vubec, zbytek se ,destilatti napil jen mimoradne. Zato kava jim zrejnae netkodila —.

14 proc. z nich ji pilo velmi easto, 52 proc. mime. A ani jedinY elovek, star si 90 let, nebyl holohlavY. Osm procent z rich ma vlasy "jako mladici", vettine vlasy jen proridly. Mate tedy nadeji?

—SPJST-

CSSR venuje jugosla yskYm detem y e Skoplji novou moderni ikolu, ktera bode mit 19 tteeben krone kabinetii, sborovny, kuchyne a jidelny. Vie bude vybaveno Is.- tieebnYmi pointickami a nabytkem. Skupina cs. odborniku jil odeJela do Skciplie a stavba ' k.oly ma bYt ukonecna jeS'te tento rok. info Clarick —SPJSTOcl 5. do 10. srpna, konala se v bratisla y skem hotelu Devin mezinarodni souteZ yin na ktere 15 statit vystavovalo 700 druhti yin.

ye ztl'edu, clne 4. prosInce 19§1 l30.ti1JMIL BRODSKY:

Osudna ROMAN Pokraeoyani Rano piece jen byla: rozeilena a vracel se jeji strach, aby otee nezmenil sve rozhodnu ti.

"Rekni tatinkovi, aby Pied polednem prisel dome," prosila maminku, "Ku.lae prijcle o mne rikati."

"Poadej ho sama, nic ti. v tomto pripadu pomahati nebu-du; sveclorni by mi to pozdeji vytYkalo."

"To je zy laStni, e ti svedomi ma vyditati, staraS-li se o Stesti dcerino. Jen at' ti svedomi nic horSiho nevyeita."

• "Ano, vyeita mi, ze jsem to neniela yoditi •na• prochazku a nenechavati to s revirnikem samotnou. A mej matku trochu vice v ncte! PoeinaS" si, jako bys matku rienavidela a to neni dcbre pro tvou vlastni budoucnost! Nepreji ti, aby ses jednou toho doZila, kaZdy neni tak silny jako ja, aby takovou rani prelil a nezloteell."

Zase Klara zbledla, zdekne se na matku podivala a potom se schYlenou hlavou Sta., za otcem prositi, aby byl doma, aZ Kulae do dvora prijcie. Spravce ji cllouze zmeril a nic nerikaje jen hlavou pokYvl a ani slova nepromluvil, od, el yen. Klara Yratil se od decry a v y chvili stala s hlavou nachYlenou, zdalo se, ze, v jeji duSi odehrava se boj, ale uz zase jeji rysy ztuhly a. vzdor se zasvitil v jejim zraku. Pohodila hlavou a do kuchyne. Byla by rada rekla matte, aby neco k pohoSteni Kulaeovu pripra y ila, ale v nove vzkypearSim uminen' nerikala nic. Chodila kolem matky mleky a zamraCene a potom, za.vrevM se do pokojika, strojila se k nal/Steye.

Chvilerni jeji ruce poklesly, do prazdna se zadivala a strach zkrivil jeji vYraz, ale zase vzdorne se vztyeovala a jsouc hotova,, postavila se k oknu, aby se divala na cestu, brzo-li se Kulae objevi. V jeji dusi vznikala touha, aby revirnik nechodil, aby mela pricinu oddaliti ', koneene rozho-dnuti, ale znovu se vracela zlostna touha, dokazati rocliZe nepovoli. VSak ona Kulaee !nide pevne v rukou clrZeti a dolca.Ze rocli,Um. jak zbyteene ji prona.sledovall a ne,4esti prorokovali.

Spatiila otce s pole se domil vraceti, sledovala ho, kterak po pochodil a potom, meje ruce na zadech pieho zeny, miril unavene k domovu. Snad se chce prevleknouti, aby yYznamna udalost byla sla ynostnejSi, nebo bode se s matkou raditi, jak Kula& piimeti k to-

VriSTN1K mu, aby ustoupil. a neZadal neco, co je jim tolik nemile. Ale at' delaji cokoliv, ona provede svou. Trasla se rozeilenirn horlive sama sebe ujiSCovala, ze jedna spravne.

Kckyz vSak spatrila Kulaee vchazeti do dvora, srdce se ji na okanilik zastavilo a Uzkost ji zatetelila. Videla, ze je v paradni unitorme a ze jde vesele. JakYsi odpor proti nema pocitila a aZ ji hlavou Slehla mySlenka, aby kamsi utekla, nemela vSak 112 dosti odvahy, vykonati, co si uminovala.

"Pan revirnik priSel," oznamovala Alu21(a, pootevrenymi clvermi a rychle zase dvere prirazila.

Vida, sluZku pro ni posilaji, nemaji ji racii, aby jeSte jednou zkusili, dd-li se piemluviti, pomyslela si podraZdene a proto ani ona nepovoli, S hlavou vzdorne vyS'la na chodbu a odtud veSia, !do jidelny, odkud slySela hlasy.

Malieko se ji hlava zatoeila, ale se rty pevne stisknutYmi veSla do pokoje. Horeene lesknoucima oeima prehledla celou mistnost a spatrila otce klidne stojicino s rukarna. zase na zadech skiiZenYma, stojiciho proti Kulaeovi. Byl ye starch S • atech, v nichZ obvykle po hospodaistvi chocliil a vypadal docela klidny.

Matka stala vedle otce, ale trochu za nim a na prvni pohlecl bylo znati, ze se neeim souZi. Kulae vykaoren stal proti nim, maje na leve ruce bilou rukavici v ruce. Byl peeli ye ueesan a oholen a jeho plavy knit byl inalieko naeechran, PM vstupu. Klarine se pb ni ohledl, usmal se a hlavou na pozdrav kynul. nemu, ruku mu podala a postavila. se vedle neho, eekajie, co bude.

"Pan revirnik prisel nas Zadati o tvou ruku," ozval se otec prvni a jeho bias znel klidne a vaZne. "Je tieba, abys , nant rekla, je-li to tva opravdovd yule, provdati se za panes revirnika."

"Ano," rekla, trochu stisnene.

"Dobre sis 1.Sechno rozmyslela?"

"Dobile," prikYvla, pobourena yYslediem, jenZ, ji draZdil. Otec se neividne choval cize, jen aby naznaeil, ze se zlobi a pied Kulaeem to povaZovala za sniZeni.

"Preje g -li si toho, nebucleme ti bra.TOM, aekoliv toho noschvalujeme. Doulam, ze jsi vSechno tivaZila a znovu opakuji, co jsem tvZ &l ye ti neponeseme vinu, Nudes-11 neU'astna...."

"Proe by byla nen'astnd?" vmisii se Kula es do hoYoru a malt' fismeSek mu Kral kolein rtduiniuuu. Nelsem piece hral kolcm rtti. Nejsem piece nejaky S'patnY elovek, abych Klarce nripravil peklo.",

11 "Poekejte, pane revirniku, to co povidate, netYka se mne, ale idcery a rad bych se ve civil tak clidelite ji rekl, co povaZuji za nutne." Spravce hovoril chladne a take ponied, ktery vyslal ke Kulaeovi, byl student' a nevlidny. "fzekl jsem vain, kdyZ jste ze se Kldra rozhodla pro vas proti nail van a ze ji bude opakovati, na eem jsme se se Zenou ustanovili. Tedy odpovednost pro budoucnost na sebe neberem a take nechceme pripa,dne lobby slySeti. Jak si kdo ustele, tak si lehne. My jsme vykonali, co jsme mohli, nikdo nam nemtiZe vytYkati, ze jsme se nestarali o Stesti dcerino, a nasilim ji neco zakazovati, novaZujeme za nelidske. Neni male dite, vi dobre, ze nikdo s ni tak dobte nesnaYSli jako my a proto at' ma imInou volnost. JelikoZ projevila svort vdli trvame na tom, aby byl snatek kopokud moZno nejdrive, nejdele do • mesice. VYbavu ji dame primerenou nagim pomerima, ale na laptovosti nedostane prozatim nic. Za pet let uvidime, jak se pomery utvari a potom na ni nezapomeneme. Jste spokojen?" "tpine, pane spravce, neberu si penize, ale Zenu, kterou mam rad," kekl trochu nacinaSlive.

"Tak ,je to spravne a nikdo se nebude 'vice radovati z jejiho § -testi net my. easy jsou nyni zle, manZelstvi se rozluouji jako obyeejne smlouvy a aby nase potom se ocitlo ochuzeno, to by nas trapilo. Tim je tedy VSechno tirovnano. Sriatek se vykona bez laluku zde, nebudeme Zadnou hostinu chystati, Akoda penez, dame Klare misto hostiny sluSnejSi eastku penez, aby si za ne poildila, co ji bude tesiti. Doufam, pane revirniku, ze mate s naSi dcerou nejlepS1 innySly a prosime vas, abyste se k ni choval tak, jak se na mute sluSi. Nezapomente, ze je to jeSte dite a ze jste ji vlastne pripravil o mladi. Vratila se ze skol, praveho Zivota. nepoznala a mohla Witt aspon rok divei voinosti, Ted' ovSem ji eekaji starosti, ale to • je jeji vec a yam nastava povinnost, zprijemniti ji Zivot, pokud yam bude moZno." "MOete byti uji§ten, ze svou pivinnost vykonam a ze Klarka nebucle miti nikdy pricing, narikati si na me chovani. Mam ji horoucne rad, ona ma rAda mne a kde je spoleana laska, tam i v bide je raj."

PronaSel sve vety s bombastem a pici torn ehopiv se jeji ruky, sane ji tiskl.

"Nenayslim, ze v bide laska kvete," prohodil s ironickYm am-lei/ern spravce, "rikavd se to sloe, ale je v tom velmi mak) pravdy. Presvedeite-li me o torn, ze jsem se mYlil, tim lepe pro vas, rad svou chybu uznftm. Tim jsme

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(CNIE SE CESEY Le :ice devetadvacata, — Lesson 29 SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION In today's lesson, we are repeating part of a previous lesson, relating to correct Czech spelling and puctuation.

The items touched on concern some of the nost often-made mistakes by some of one Czech correspondents. Therefore, we loel it bears repeating. ♦ Zde opakujeme lekee z minuleho eisla tYkajici se deleni vet a pravopisu.

TYkz= se to chyb, ktere se nejeasteji dela, i es eskYmi depisovateli • Proto, yetIme, ie to stoji za opakovani.

• • Use of capital letters: There is a difference in the usage of capital letters in Czech and English. Ex.: Yesterday was Wednesday, July 14, 1963.

Veera byla st •eda, 14. eervenee 1963 Consequently, days of the week and inon:h are NOT capitalized. NOTE ALSO THAT A SIMPLE PERIOD IS USE) AFTER THE DATE. Prnper nouns, that is, names of pers-n, places, things, nations, etc. (but not religious bodies or organizalion: ), titles of books, films, etc. take capi 2.l s: Ex: Karel Dvoiak, Wilsonovo nadraii, Dun tj, Anglican, Cechy, Smetanova oper "Prodani, nevesta", etc., and Nagr iinasko-katolieka cirkev; Velika slov nslca podporujiei jednota.

Ca vitals are not used for emphasis or far news headlines in Czech. On the whole, the use of capital letters is rather restricted in Czech, Here are other important points in spel: ing Pronouns and passes i ve ad.ctives of t le POLITE - FORMAL li so e are capi.alized, as are tho se of the FAMILIAR - INFORMAL usage: Vy, Vam, VAS. ; Ty Tviij, Tobe. The latter are ALWAYS in caps; the polite form is

Ve stiedu, !due 4. prosince 1963

capitalized only when referring to one person. If you are referring to a group (plural), then the pronouns are not capitalized.

A common error made by many Czechs in this area is that when they use the formal Vy, Vas, Varn, they use a PLURAL verb, although they are addressing only one person. WRONG: Vy, (1 person) isle veera jell do mesta.

RIGHT: Vy jste jet do mesta. Do not use a plural verb unless you are speaking to more than one person, The pronoun ja is not capitalized; neither do we capitalize adjectives and adverbs indicating nationality. (This IS done in English). Ex.: Main C'esku ienu. (I have a Czech wife). Mluvime ,' esky. (We speak Czech).

Punctuation marks are the same in Czech as in English: (See also Lesson 5.) teeka (.) earka (,) st •ednik (;) tivojteeka (:) poinleka (—) otaznik (?)

vyk •ienik (!) uvozovaci znamenka zavorky ( ) rozdelevaci znamenko (-)

")

One big difference in English and Czech punctuation has to do with the use of commas.

Commas are used before and after a relative clause: Ztratil jsem knihu, kterou mi — before and after a noun clause: Je dobie, ie temu rozumi;.

— before and after an adjective elarre: WE !:'; eukr, v'S.echna kava.

- bcfarl . aml after an adverbial (dause: jal --,71 ?, me uviflel, Sel prye. virally , Quotation marks are always preceded inn a colon. Ex.: Otec ue se! (In Czech, the first ion marks are on the not and ARE inverted at the c?,:' l'• e quotation. Our machines here do not print the double inverted quotation marks. The trend here in the ITS is to use the standard English quotation marks —" ".

hotovi, od nynejAka je Klara volna, a mute se s vami stYkati, doufam vAak, ze nezneuZjete teto voinosti a Ze se vyvarujete v;eho, co by jeji dola:e i me -noptrisnlo."

"Jsem tu ja a vim, co se sluSi a patri," ozvala se Klara podradene.

ChladnY otctiv ton ji draZdil, nic nevytYkal, co by ji snikovalo, starost o ni mei a jeji niterne zahanbeni ji zratiovalo. Potrebovala neeim dati prftchod svemu rozeileni a poukila otcova napomenuti k vYpadu.

"Take na, to spoleham," od.povidal otec s chirazem, ale bez hnevu a pattil na ni klidne, nic si nev gimaje jejinh lesknoucich se oei. "Jsem o hodne starS'i a zkuSenejSi a vim, ke muk east° zvrati nejlepSi zasady keniny a ueini ji povolnou, kdyk treba nechce se neeeho dopustiti. Jelikok bych nerad, abychom se k tomu hovoru je gte. jednou vraceli, rekl jsem vSe, co jsein uznal. za dobre.

Jineho prani nemate?"

"0 nieem nevim," potrhl rameny.

"Dekuji vam i milostpani za svoleni a doufam, ze budoucnost prinese, mne i Klare zadostueineni. Spoleham, 2e nos budete miti radi a prosim, abyste byli na;imi dobrYmi pfateli."

Patheticky pronaAel sva slo\ , a a °be nice ke spravci i jeho pani vztahoval.

Ani netuSili, ze jakmile mu ruse podali, nachYlil se a libal je s okazolou losti. Potom take Klaru popostreil sinerem k Min a kdyZ vymenila letme pollbeni, sarn ji bour-Iive objol a libal. Vyprostila se z jeho nartree a oeividne nespokojena vYstupem a einisi rozrugena, vzvzala ho za ruku, aby ho odvedla.

Pokraeovani SPJSTp-

Co

potiebuji vase

stall bolav6,

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To co varn lecjake slabs a la one tablety a' vitaminy nemohou dan. Na ty bolesti pfedevAirn ten zarueel* a osvedceny etyflek Bol-ven dvoindsobne fleinosti a na tu slahost vnittn( do cev, ail a svalii ten zazraene pcsilriujici Zdravi-tamin. Jen to zkuste-uvidite!

Bolven a Zdravitanain mail v sobs pra,ye to co poti'ebuji vase slaba a bolava kolena! Neztracejte proto eas a zdravi a napiSte si jests ted' o kombinaci leeiv Bolven a Zdravitamin za $9.88 rychlou po;tou yyplacene pod zarukou.

Pl'iloke cash, money order, ;el( nebo na COD. Take do Kanady a CS SR je posilam.

EUROPEAN DRUGS Bietislav Jelinek, esl. lekarnik 3255 — 10th W. SEATTLE 99, WASH.

Wednesday, December 4, 1963

VESTNIK

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

VESTNIK

FOUNDED 1897

—HERALD—

ICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER

13 Reports from our Lodges, or any other Reading Material to be published should reach the Editor, Saturday before the date of Issue.

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

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

FROM As has already been indicated in this column previously, this is the time :of the year when many of our lodges will be holding their annual election of local lodge officers, and delegate(s) to next year's quadrennial SPJST convention, which will be held in Waco in June. In many instances, annual reports will also be given on what activities and, one would hope, progress has been made during the year just past.

Various committees will be elected and appointed.

• • Eas occurred to the membership of your lodge that a wise, prudent, "sharp" president can mean the difference between success and failure in your lodge's activities? An industrious leader can not only enhance interest in lodge meetings, but in the overall progress of the lodge. A wellconducted and active meeting can be the basis for future successful meetings, and will certainly draw members to the meetings. A poorly-conducted meeting that flounders around in meaningless matters, with little or no xeal direction or leadership, will most assuredly drive and keep members away, and it shouldn't surprise anybody. A drop in attendance is the beginning of the decline of any organization. It leads to inevitable indifference, lethargy, and the possible assumption of power by a small minority group, something deplored by most people.

But when something like that happens, who is to blame? Of course, the members themselves. This sort of situation is brought about by default, by the lack of interest of the membership itseli.

Likewise, much care and thought Must be given to the selection of the lodge secretary, bookkeeper, treasurer, etc. Are these officers in the "game" for whatever financial remuneration there may be? Is their attitude: "If they want my services, let them pay."

If these officers are conscientious peo-

THE EDITOR'S DESK QUOTES

(Heard in America during the past few days).

"We gaze at a vacant place against the sky, as the President of the Republic goes down like a giant cedar."

"Fellow citizens, God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives." . "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

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"This is a sad time for all people .. .

I will do my best. That is all I can do.

I ask for your help — and God's.'

• "Some ,day you'll be sitting in that chair."

"Reciprocity is the key to peace. If they want America's cooperation, they can earn it. If they want our hostility, they can provoke it."

"There are times when the mind and the heart stand still."

-SPJST-

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",

pie, they can do much to help the president mold the lodge into a solid unit, for the benefit of all. If they are indifferent and simply don't care, they may well spell the end of that lodge.

They are, as someone has said, part of the problem, when they ought to be part of the solution.

Members of committees form important parts of a lodge's existence. No committee, no matter how large, can do its job properly if ALL of the members are not doing their share. Those who expect "George to do it," are, in fact, a "drag and burden" upon the rest of the body. You can usually judge the effectiveness of a lodge by the success of some public function that the lodge puts on, whether it be a picnic, stage program, or what-have-you. If you hear complaints about a few having to do most of the work, all is not well in the administration of the lodge and its affairs. When a real spirit of cooperation is lacking, everyone suffers. The success of public functions has a decided effect on that lodge's public relations, hence its public image with the rest of the community. This is very improtant.

• Therefore, these annual meetings are of vital importance. They should not be taken too lightly. If a man has served as president for a good many years and has borne the burden of years of fruitful fraternal work, and appeals to the membership to replace him, the members should not feel they are doing him a favor by foisting the mantle of leadership upon him again, and again, and again. Sometimes, it appears almost as a hypnotic gesture.

Don't wear a good horse down. You should elect the most vigorous, able person in the lodge. When a lodge gets to a point where it is largely dependent upon one or two people for some leadership, that lodge is in a bad way.

What a sad plight our country would be in if we had only ONE man who

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possessed the qualifications of being president! Your lodge and its progress will only be as good as its leaders. They can lift a lodge to its pinnacle , of success, or they can be its downfall. Consequently, give very careful 'consideration to the officers you select to lead you.

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Members have no desire to visit meetings where there is a brief collection of monthly lodge dues and a motion is then hpard to adjourn. That; doesn't inspire anybody to do anything.

If some sort of activity is planned ahead of time (and there are many types of activities), then you will, without a doubt, find your long-lost members drifting back, one by one. People are by nature curious, and when there is something going on, they want to know about it and may even want to be in on it. If there is something a "little extra" planned for the members, they will go away enriched in one way or another, and they will look forward to coming back. Meetings must be conducted in an orderly, moving, manner, with all discussions on a high-level.

Don't forget the time element, however.

Don't get carried away with longwinded speeches and make the newTound member sorry he came. Make it "short and sweet," without being too hasty. If quarrels and too many unpleasantries occur, this also serves to' keep members away. People just don't go for this type of public display, if it 'occurs too regularly. Here again, much depends on the wise leadership of the president, or other presiding officer.

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The problems of LEADERSHIP and ACTIVE LODGE PARTICIPATION are two of our (and most other enterprises in this country) most pressing problems. A principal of a large high school once stated that if he didn't have to worry about opening and closing a se- , mester of school, about 90 per cent of his work and worries would be taken care of. If we had the answer to this business of leadership and lodge participation, many, but certainly not all, of our problems would vanish. In our incessant ouest for solutions, however, we must not lose sight of the everpresent fact that otil• Order exists for the good and benevolence of our fellow members. We must not get so big that members become "a number on an IBM card." We must retain that touch of closeness and idea of helping one another in time of need. If we lose that, we will forfeit the right to call our-

selves a fraternal organization. Into all of this, however, must still be injected good leadership. We must continue working at it.

We've touched on this several times in this column: youth clubs, or youth sections in our lodges. Our adult and younger members should know that 'the SPJST offers insurance coverage 'with premiums as low as 40 to 50 cents a month. Lodges should offer more than just insurance coverage. They should contribute to the cultural and educational ,development of our young members. Only lodges with active youth sections can offer such advantages, however. If you have no such unit within your lodge, see that one is organized as soon as possible. If you don't get them into your lodge, some, other group or organization will lure them away from yours, and then it will he too late to lament their loss. The setting up of youth sections should be the goal of every SPJST lodge in the State of Texas! See to it — now!

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Just as food is necessary for body nourishment, and salt and other seasonings necessary to enhance the flavor of food, so are praise and compliments necessary to keep the wheels of human activity rolling. From time immemorial, man has reacted favorably to well-earned praise. If we observe life very carefully, we will see that praise and compliments are well received 'by even the 'youngest child, and by the aged as well. Have you noticed the reactions in a person who has just been complimented or praised?

Take a good look. His (or her) eyes will light up, a smile. will come across their face, and sheer satisfaction and contentment exude from all features of their face. It works magic! What are the results of praise? More often than not, the result will be a renewed enthusiasm, a taste 'for more work and greater tasks. That is the nature of man. If parents would pass on a little praise to their children when they accomplish something worthwhile around the home, much good would come of it.

If the employer would compliment his employee when it is due, much better relations would exist between them. If all of us, regardless of our station in life, received a little praise here and there, how much more we would. feel like "producing," and how much more pleasant things would suddenly become. A compliment has a way of doing that. Praise need not be lavish or

Wednesday, December 4, 1963 laced with fancy verbiage. A simple expression of recognition and realization of the other fellow's contribution will go a long way toward establishing better personal relations. Shallow or insincere praise can be "smelled" a mile off and is really insulting.

• Some people, who are not successful in EARNING praise, proceed to praise themselves. Good deeds speak for themselves, and history will be kind to patriots. Much then, depends on whom the praises fall, under what circumstances, and who is doing the praising.

We call special attention to this week's Czech lesson. Every contributor to the Vestnik, especially those writing In Czech should take careful note of the lesson, and then put some of the rules into practice! We are repeating part of this lesson because we believe it merits repeating.

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TERESA VALCHAR SISTER VALCHAR CELEBRATES 101st BIRTHDAY Sister Teresa Valchar, member of Lodge 16, Bila. Hora, near Hallettsville, celebrated her 101st birthday on November 26th. Sister Valchar is the oldest of the eight living charter members of our SPJST. We wish Sister Valchar the very best of health, and hope she will be with us for many more years. The entire Order extends its best wishes and congratulations to Sister Valchar on her 101st birthday!

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As noted before, there are seven living charter members, in addition to Sister Valchar. They are: Sisters Veronika Baca, Marie Svetlik, Frances Bilek, Aloisie Wotipka, Frances Ziza, Anna Sebesta, and Brother Frank Kubala.

To all these dear and esteemed members, the membership of the SPJST extends its best wishes for many years of health and happiness.

(Picture of Sister Valchar can be found in this week's Czech Section).

CZECH CLASSES IN DALLAS OFF TO A SUCCESSFUL START Czech 'classes convened for the first time on Saturday, November 16. In the initial session, Brother Cyril Pokladnik promised his continued interest and support as the head of tbe sponsoring organization, the American-Czech Festival Committee. We were also encouraged by the moral Fupport given to us by Sister Bozena Valcik, who

Wednesday, December 4, 1963 visited with us during the first session.

She has been closely connected with previous attempts to conduct Czech classe. in Dallas.

After the brief introduction and explaining of tin purposes of the class and aaswering the questions, the class got of to a good start with some 40 students present. For the second session on November 23, we already had three separate classes with three teachers. The first group of the very young ones, ages 7 and 8, combined; learning with play. Sister Kankrlik, their teacher, brought along toys and puppets and the kids had a whale ofd a time. The second group between the ages 9 and 12 were more serious, but even there, their teacher, Sister Irene Halouzka, reported quite a few chuckles. In the third class, combining te ,magers and adults, the younger set IN keenly interested in how to ask a girl for a kiss and other related matte s in Czech. Their teacher, Brother Milos Halouzka, hoped they would show similar interest in learning less romantic phrases.

The classes are meeting each Saturday between 9:30 and 11:30 on the 7th floor of the Great American of Dallas Building, across the street from the Shera:on Hotel in downtown Dallas.

Any n-uestions on the Czech school should be directed to Sister J. Kanhrlik at DA 7,0772.

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PODLIPNY DIES AT ACE 72

Funeral services for Miles Joseph Podlipny, 72, were held from the Triska Chapel in Rosenberg at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, with Rev. Charlie W. Lamb, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated.

Mr. Podlipny was born in Jicin, .izech:•slovakia. Ike came to America as you:Ag rom in 1914 and began in the lewelt at Beeville. In 1915 he move(.. to :losenberg and opened a watch-flaking and jewelry store which he op.rated until 1932 when he moved his shop to his home where he worked death. until He built and operated the first modern movie theater in Rosenberg.

He pioneered many of the important developments of the city, including the paving of 'Main Street and Sixth Street, tst street to be paved. wa3 a member of the Optimist Clot. 'the ndJST Lodge and the First IVIethodist Church in Rosenberg.

Sur-,, ivors are his wife. Mrs. Lillian Podlipny of Rosenberg; one son, Miles Podlipny Jr. of Houston; one daughter,

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Mrs. Joyce Herold of Denver, Colorado; two grandchildren; and a brother, Joseph Podlipny of Czechoslovakia.

Pallbearers were Guy McNutt, Emil Valenta, Johnnie Mensik, R. W. Lindsey, John Kubrich and George Urbish, Interment was made in the WOW Cemetery.

(Article courtesy Triska Funeral Home, Rosenberg.)

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FIRST STEPS TAKEN FOR ISSUANCE OF SOKOL COMMEMORATIVE STAMP

On Wednesday, November 20th. 1963, Postmaster General John A. Gronouski accepted an official request for the issuance of a Commemorative tamp honoring the Centennial of the Sokol Movement in the United States. The request was presented by a delegation composed of the following distinguished individuals: Congressmen Roman C. Pucinski, Illinois, Henry S. Reuss. Wisconsin, and Charles A. Vanik, Ohio, and the members of the Stamp Committee. Representing the American Sokol ,Organization: James L. Cihak, chairman, Blanche J. Cihak, secretary, Frank J. Vodrazka, and Charles T. Kropik. Charles M. Prchal, President of the ASO, Andrew J. Valusek, President of the Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol, Marie Prusa, Chief Directress of the Czech Catholic Union Sokol, and Vacla y Pechar, President of the D.A. Sokol Federation. Mike Monroney Jr., Executice Assistant and Ira Arnstein, Administrative Assistant of the Postmaster General were also present throughout the entire proceedings.

The. delegation was received in a friendly and affable manner by Postmaster General John A. Gronouski and the proceedings were conducted in a spirit that was in keeping with the importance of the event. Congressman Roman C. Fucinski presented the individual members of the delegation, mentioning the organization they represented and explained the purpose of the visit.

The Postmaster General listened attentively, often asking questions regarding the history and activity of the Sokols in America. As was readily apparent, he was especially impressed by the fact that the Sokols have a rejection rate of less than 1 per cent for the armed forces compared to a national average of about 60 per cent.

Then Postmaster General Gronouski premitted a group photograph to be taken. After a discussion that had extended to 45 minutes, the Postmaster

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warmly thanked each member of the delegation for coming to present the Sokol's request and assured them that the Sokol's Commeinoiative stamp would receive painstaking atzention and consideration.

MR. and MRS. CHAS. CHOVANETZ ALMOST A CENTURY OF TEACHING

The 50th homecoming anniversary of the 1913-1914 classes of the Seaton Public School was held on November 10th, 1963, in the Seaton Star Hall of Lodge No. 47, SPJST, honoring Mr. Charles Chovanetz and his lovely wife.

It was on November 3rd, 1913 that Mr. Chovanetz started his leaching career in the Seaton School.

The homecoming was a delightful occasion for all of the former pupils who came to the celebration. Many who came had not met with their teacher since his teaching here, and many had not seen one another since their school days. About 65 people gathered for this happy event.

After the invocation, a delicious basket lunch was served and enjoyed by all. A beautiful flower arrangement, with the gold figure "50" decorated the guest table. Seated with the honored guests were the present teachers, Mrs. F. E. Hejl and Mrs. Edd Schneider and their husbands.

After lunch a short program followed. Edward L. Marek, master of ceremonies welcomed all visitors and the former students. Mr. Chovanetz in his talk, spoke of the many changes and the great progress of the community since his days of teaching here.

His interesting remarks and added humor were heartily enjoyed by all.

In closing, he thanked all who made the reunion possible.

After his talk be was presented with a gift from his former punils, as a token of appreciation Co . ' his diligence and devotion to duty and his devotion to work, which have been an inspiration to his pupils throughout the years. Mrs. Chovanetz was presented with a gold-colored corsage.

Mr. and Mrs. Chovanetz in their gracious manner, thanked all for the gifts and for the pleasant occasion.

After the program, the rest of the afternoon was spent in fond recollections of former school days. All those in attendance left for home, taking with them happy memoz..es of an enjoyable day.

Brother and Sister Chovanetz are members of Lodge No. 140, Wied, near Shiner. Brother Chovanetz joined the

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MR. and MRS. CHAS. CHOVANETZ SPJST on April 5, 1914, and Mrs. Chovanetz joined on February 23, 1919.

Mr. and Mrs. Chovanetz have devoted almost a century to school teaching — fully 92 years. Is there any other couple who could equal this record?

The Chovanetzs live in retirement on the Shiner Highway, some 5' miles east of Shiner. Retiring a few years ago, Mr. Chovanetz devotes his time to dairy farming. And he is just as successful in that, as he was in teaching.

Mrs. Chovanetz completed her fifty years as a teacher, mostly in schools in the Shiner area, retiring just recently. It is a record hardly equaled anywhere in this country. Here is the story of both of these record making teachers. • Born in Lavaca County, Charles Chovanetz, attended New Kinkier School, and was a graduate of Sam Houston Teachers College. He entered military service during the First World War, serving at Fort Eustis in Virginia at the end of the war. Mr. Chovanetz received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas in 1925, majoring in history. In 1936 he obtained his Master of Arts degree.

Teaching for a total of 42 years, Mr. Chovanetz's record reads: 2 years at Seaton in Bell County; 1 year as principal of Wied School; 9 years as prin-

cipal and coach at Shiner High School; 22 years as principal of Bunjes School; and 8 years history teacher at Shiner High School.

While coaching in Shiner, Mr. Chovanetz developed four outstanding basketball teams which competed in the finals in Austin.

He was 4-H Club leader for 22 years.

His pupils won many blue ribbons in state .coritests, and several became gold star winners and earned state and national honors.

He developed an outstanding herd of registered Jerseys, many of which were blue ribbon winners.

Mrs. Chovanetz, the former Miss Martha Bartak was born in Czec'noslovakia. She received elementary and equivalent to JUnior High, School education in a German school in Pilsen.

The young Miss Bartak arrived in Georgetown, Texas, on July 4, 1909, and she entered the Preparatory School to Southwestern. University in September.

She received a second grade certificate from the Southwest Texas Normal School in 1911, and a first grade certificate in 1912. The new teacher taught her first school at Camp Ranch four miles from Rloresville in Wilson County, salary $60 per month, for eight months. Forty-two pupils enrolled in eight grades in one classroom. Two years later she moved with her moth-

Wednesday, DeceMber 4, 1983 er to Wied, where ,she was principal for 5 years until her marriage to Chas.

Chovanetz, when they moved to Bunjes School near shiner.

Mrs. Chovanetz taught at Bunjes School for 23 'years,ten years as principal and 13 years as assistant to her husband.

After Bunjes School was consolidated with Shiner. Mr. and Mrs. Chovanets bought the schoolhouse and the teacherage, and continued to make it 1 7:eir home until two years ago, when they built their new home on Highway 90-A, 5 miles east of Shiner.

The last eleven years of Mrs. Chow" netz's long teaching career were spent in Yoakum; where she taught the third grade for three years and Special Education for 8 years.

Other schools taught by her for shorter terms were Evergreen, Moulton High School, Vysehrad, Breslau and La Parita School in Atascosa County, where Father John Matocha of Yoakum was one of her pupils.

Constantly striving to improve herself professionally, Mrs. Chovanetz attended summer sessions at the university, of Texas, graduating with high honors in August 1935, and receiving her B. A. degree in English. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honor society based on scholarship. In the summer of 1938 she received her M. A. Degree from the same institution. At that time she received a modest increase in salary. Her contract at Bunjes School called for $85 a month for eight months.

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Newsbriefs A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Machu in St. David's Hospital in Austin. He was born November 13th, and weighed 3 lbs., 15 ozs. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Anton Machu of Grange' r, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Bryan of Taylor. He was named Gregory. All the Machus are members of Lodge 20 Komensky, Grange:A truly rich person is on who is content with the situation in life where he finds himself. A truly great person is one who learns from everyone, everything, every day.

Two important assets for any man: 1) a nice house, with a nice view overlooking water or mountains, 2) a nice wife who overlooks most of his faults.

Wednesday, Deceinber 4, 1963

LETTERS ANNUAL MEETING OF LODGE POKROK NO. 88, HOUSTON

Dear Brothers and Sisters: The annual meeting of Lodge 88 will be held on December 8 and will be convened at 10:00 a.m. The presence of the members is important because new officers for 1964 will be elected, as well as various committees and delegates to the forthcoming convention. Pertaining to the election of delegates, your attention is invited to a letter which appeared in the Vestnik two issues past by Brother August Kacir, which is concise and self-explanatory.

Dinner, to members present, will be served without charge at 12:00 noon and the meeting will reconvene at 2:30 p.111.

Fraternally, F. A. Kadlecek, Secretary, Lodge 88 -SPJSTLODGE ANTON J. CERMAK NO. 56, CORPUS CHRISTI

Dear Members: Our annual meeting will be held Sunday, December 8, 1963, at 2:00 p.m. at the Sokol hall. All members please try to attend this meeting and elect the officers for 1964 and also delegates to the 1964 convention.

Upon completion of the business session there will be some entertainment.

Supper will be served as usual, and the sisters are asked to please bring a covered dish or paStry. Let's all come out and have a big time.

Time passes so fast that Christmas will be here again soon, and we will see the smiles on the children's faces looking for Santa Claus, who will be at the Sokol Hall Sunday, December 15, at 3 p.m.

Sokol Corpus Christi, Lodge No. 56, Lodge '79, and SVPS, will have their Christmas tree together this year, just as we have in past years. Everyone is welcome and your participation in those events will be appreciated.

Fraternally yours, John Stasa, Secretary -SPJSTLODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Members and Friends: Lodge No. 87, Temple, will have their Christmas Party on December 10th, 1963 at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at Tom's Place.

Santa Claus will be there with gifts

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for all the children. A youth program will be held, so any of you children Who wish to be on the program, contact our youth director, Mrs. Wallace Bartek, 1403 E. Central Avenue, Temple, Texas.

Refreshments will be served so all you ladies remember and bring some Christmas goodies.

Fraternally yours, Lillian Kosarek, Secretary -SPJSTLODGE NO. 44, INDUSTRY Dear Members: You are hereby informed that our annual meeting will be held on the 8th of December, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Industry Fire Station building.

You are especially urged to come and bring your premiums up to date, and at the same time help to elect officers for next year.

A delegate and alternate delegate to the general convention to be held in 1964 should also be elected at this meeting. So please bear this in mind and attend this meeting.

Fraternally, Miroslav Petrusek, Secretary -SPJST. LODGE NO. 40, MELTE Dear Members: I would like to remind everyone that our next regular monthly meeting will be held on Sunday, December 8, at 2 p.m. Remember this is our annual meeting when the election of officers takes place and also the election of delegates to the 1964 convention, to be held in June at Waco. Please remember the date: Dec. 8 1963.

Fraternally, E. K. Hajovsky, Secty.

LODGE NO. 28, EAST BERNARD

Dear Brothers and Sisters, As I already mentioned in the Czech section of the Vestnik, our meeting will be 'held on Sunday, Dec. 8, 1963, starting at 1:30 p.m.

Election of lodge officers for 1964, and the election of Delegates and alternates for the coming convention in June 1964 will be held. We are asking cur members to please be present at this very important meeting.

On December 15, 1963, we are having our Christmas party. Santa Claus will be there with all the goodies. Our youth leader, Sister Elsie Brdecka and the youth will present a program.

So parents, please be helpful to her and let the children participate.

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Fraternally yours, Carrie Bohacik, Secretary NEWS FROM LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88

On Friday, November 22, 1963 the building committee met with the architect to discuss the final plans for our new lodge building but none of us had our minds on this work after the terrible tragedy that took the life of our late president, John F. Kennedy. After a short discussion we postponed our meeting until next Friday, Nov. 29.

Contribution to the Memorial Fund of Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 were received from the following donors: The following returned interest checks on loan: $50.00 Sis. Paulina Kratina 25.00 Bro. F. F. Faltesek 50.00 Bro. T. S. Kostom 5.00 Bro. E. J. Kadlecek 5.00 Bro, Frank Zimmerman In memory of their daughter, Annie Zimmerman.

Sister Annie M. Vrla donated to $15.00 building fund 25.00 Sis. C. A. Drabb, bldg. fund In Memory of Chas. V. Kilnar: Bro. - Sis. John Kahanek Jr. $ 5.00 3.00 Bro. - Sis. Anton Svestka 4.00 Bro. - Sis. Frank Dvorak 10.00 Bro. and Sis. F. J. Olexa 10.00 Bro. - Sis. Stephen Valcik 25.00 Sister Agnes Svacina 5.00 Brother Joe Kalousek In Memory of Miles Podlipny: $ 5.00 Bra. - Sis. Stephen Valcik Bro. Sis. Johnnie Mikolas donated by: Bro. - Sis. Jornnie Mikolas $20.00 children In memory of our late President, John F. Kennedy: $10.00 Frank Dvorak Bro. 5.00 Bro. - Sis.' Frank J. Olexa $277.00 $1,773.25 Last quoted amount In the Memorial Fund at the $2,050.25 present Fraternally yours, F. J. Olexa., Bldg. Fund Chairman --SPJSTLODGE 92, FORT WORTH

Dear Members: The next regular meeting of Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92, will be held on December 8, 1963. This meeting will begin at 1 p.m., due to the election of officers for 1964, and the election of

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18 delegates to the SPJST convention at Waco in. June 1964.

In, behalf of the members of Lodge 92, we want to say that our hearts have been saddmed by the untimely death of ocr President, John F. Kennedy. Ills life will be a symbol of faith, hope, and charity. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and loved ones at this sad time.

The annual Christmas program will be held on December 15, 1963, beginning at 5:00 p.m. After the program refreshments will be served.

After the meeting supper will be served as usual and the sisters are asked to please bring a covered dish or pastry.

Our next dance will be the New Year's Eve dance on December 31.

Music will be by the Ray ;Swartz Orchestra. Tickets must be bought in advance in order to hold reservations, and the tickets are now available at $2.50 each at the National Hail, 3316 Roberts Cutoff, phone MA 4-0251.

At the last meeting it was voted that members of Lodge No. 92 who are 62 years of ago or over, shall be -admitted to the Lodge-sponsored dances free of charge. Tickets will be printed for the members.

Wishing to all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year, I remain, Fraternally, Mrs. Mary Paprskar, Reporter —SPJST--= LODGE 165, MOULTON Dear Readers and Writers to our paper: We had our last meeting and it was well attended. The door prize went to Sister Anna Pelech and we were glad she came to our meeting, since she and her two children moved closer to town into their modern brick home, I hope we'll have her at our meetings more often Don't forget our next meeting will be on the second Sunday in December. There will be an election of officers for 1964. So don't forget to come, and elect the officers of your choice. My place is free to go to someone youn g er than I. December is here and Christmas with it, but this year there is a wound in everyone's heart in the loss of our President and for his two small children, asking questions like children do.

Seems like the good soaking rains have stayed up north; it is cool here.

Our garden this year is very good. We enjoyed plenty of greens. If only the "flu bug" would move out of our house!

sure got more than my share of it this year. Our, sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Beran, is still on the .sie'.‹ list, and I hope that she will enjoy the Christmas holidays with her children in happirW5S, and Mrs. JeCongratulations to rome Hrncir of Victoria, upon beinggrandparents for the first time. Their daughter, Naomi, is married to Monte Staho of Houston; They had a baby daughter recently, so Mr. and Mrs. Albert Staho, of Bellaire are again uncle and aunt.

Doesn't tine mil away from us? It's been 41 years ago since we were neighbors, and today?

So I'll sign off for tonight.

Fraternally, Bessie Fojt, Reporter —SPJSTY.

LODGE 11 01CROX PLUIVIU NO. 64, PIAUI% Dear Sisters and Brothers: These few lines are to inform all the members that our annual meeting will be held the second Sunday in December, which is the 8th, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

This meeting' should be important to all ot:ir members because we will elect our officers for the corning year and a delegate to the convention, which will be held in Waco in 1954. So don't forget the date: December 8th.

Fraternally, Mrs. Katie Sulak, Secretary —SPJSTLODGE NO. 33 =L!!..;10,11,LE We will have our annual meeting on Sunday, December B. We would like to have as many as possible attend this meeting because the election of officers will be held. Also cur new home bylaws are te be voted on. The meeting will begin at 16 o'clock ico the morning.

A chicken stew dinner will be served to everyone wishing to attend the meeting and remaining for the afternoon session. A small fee will be charged for the stew. We are hoping to See a big crowd attend.

Fraternally yours, Mrs. John Susen —SPJST-MITZU

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HALLETTSWILLE :1_M:fl Dear Sisters, Brothers, andf-L,a Here it is '.CoanksE,nving, is just about gone, and we are in 1-, last month of the year 1963.

In our last regular meetin g we had fairly good attendance. The same of-

Wednesday, December 4, 1963 Miters were elected for the coming year 1964. The delegates were elected for the coming convention.

Our next reg-Aar -meetnng w . ba the se.:;:ond Sunday in December at the Recreation Hall at 6:30 p.m. it will he followed by our Christmas program, and good ole Santa Claus will pay a visit to the children. So, you kids be good!

Right now it's raining, so we'll have a wet Thanksgiving. I hope everyone, has a nice Thanksgiving.

Fraternally, Mrs. Linda Mikush, Reporter

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LODGE 68, NELSONV ILLE Dear Vestnik Readers: This is the time of trei,e year attention is turned again to -ll-ie annual meeting which will be lie.d Sunday, December 8 at 2 p.m. Th ,. .we will be election of lodge officers tor the coming year and also delegates and alternates to the convention in Waco in 1964.

Try to be present and elect the ofJeers and delegates of your choice.

PleaSe remember the date: December 8 at 2 p.m. at Nelsonville Hall.

Fraternally, John Bravenec, President —SPJST LODGE NO. 39, BWVAN Dear Members: Tins is to notify all of you that we will have our annual meeting Sunday, December 8 at our Lodge hall. The meeting will start, at 2 p.m. I ho pe to See a good turnout at this meeting. We will have the election of officers for the coining year and the election of two delegates and alternates to our convention, which will be held in June.

We will :have lurch, free to all memecting. bars, after t F'raternally yours, Steve Regmund, President FORT woRTH LODGE IA Dear ,Sisters and BrotherS, Our next meeting will be he.d Sunday, DPe. 8, Sold Hall at 3 o'clock.

This meeting is important 'because there will be the election of officers for the coming year and the ele7,tion of a delegate to the fortheoining convention that will be held in 1964.

Ast-i]e time goes by, Chris ;peas is -very close. There will be the cganning of a Christmas - pasty that we have every year with the Sokols of Fort Worth — half and half, as we have

Wednesday, Deceinber 4, 1963 had in the past years. The sweet children are smiling, looking forward to seeing Santa. Claus.

Please don't forget the meeting — Dec. 8th; the good sisters are asked to bring some kolaches, pies, or whatever they would like to bake. We do thank you.

See you at the meeting.

Mary Hale, Reporter FROM DISTRICT THREE LAST WEEK'S SCORING 2 $19,000 154 Jerry Milan 21 points 35 4,000 1 John- Mach 5 points 2 2,000 126 Joe Dui ka 4 points 2,000 54 2 J. J. Kostohryz 4 points 1 1,000 35 Edwin Holub 2 points 1 1;000 54 Edmund Marek 2 points 1,000 1 6 James Pavlicek 2 points 1,000 135 1 Wm. F. Hejny 2 points 1 1,000 130 Stanley E. Vrla 2 points 1,500 02 1 Joe Krivanek 1 1/9 points 500 1 25 Johnnie Krajca 11/2 points 14 Members $33,000 Ins. 47 points Brother Marek has a birthday in the month of November. Let's each one of us try to write an application for his birthday in the remaining days of the year.

Using a thought of our late President Kennedy: Don't wait to see what the prospect will do for you.

See what you can do for your prospect.

If I can be on any help to you please call.

A. M. Vrla, District III, Organizer -SPJSTLADIES' CIRCLE OF LODGE 92, FORT WORTH Dear Members and Friends, The next regular meeting of the Ladies' Circle of Lodge 92 will be a Christmas party on Dec. 12, 1963 at 10:30 a.m. at the National Hall, 3316 Roberts Cutoff. Gifts Will be exchanged as usual.

Thanks to each and everyone for making OM Turkey Supper a huge success. A very enjoyable time was had

VESTN 1K by all. The winners in the Hat Contest were as follows:. Mrs. Lillie McMillen, the Craziest; Mrs. Annie Langer, the most original; and Sunshine Easley, the prettiest. The door prize was won

by Milan Davis. Congratulations to all winners.

We were very happy to have Mrs. Billie Nedelkovich at our supper. Glad she is better and hope she will be back again real soon.

See all of you at our next meeting.

Fraternally, Billie Spindor REPORT FROM DISTRICT 6 Organizers of District No. 6: Dear Fellow Workers: Below I am giving you the report of insurance written during the month of May, and October. I know that the question in your mind will be: "How come the May report is so late?" The answer is that I misplaced my records, and could not find them until recently.

That is the reason for the late report, and I am sorry that it happened. I feel that you good Organizers have a right to know the reason for the delay. Again I say I am sorry — my mistake.

May Ladik Stavinoha 151 $6,000.00 Method Dornak 148 4,000.00 Carrie Bohacik 28 2,000.00 Jim Parma 31 1,000.00 Ad. Dusek 500.00 16 October Carrie Bohacik 28 $10,000.00 3,000.00 Adolph Sabrsula 58 3,000.00 Mrs. J. W. Krutilek 30 148 2,000.00 Frank Hlozek Sr., 2,000.00 J. F. Fiala 30 4 Chas. Holy 2,000.00 151 1,000.00 Viola Maoh a 500.00 Anna Havlik 165 During the month of . May Brother Ladik Stalin-10.a was in first place, followed by Brother Method Dornak in second. Congratulations to you Brother Stavinoha, for being in first place. I also want to congratulate Brother Method Dornak who is in second place.

The good work that both of you are doing is appreciated.

For the month of October Sister Carrie Bohacik is the No. 1 Organizer, followed by Sister Krutilek and Brother Sabrsula, who tied for second place.

'Congratulations to all of you; keep up the good work.

Just a reminder that we have a Sales Contest going on with District 1.

Each new member will count one point, and every $1,000.00 of insurance counts one point. The contest ends December

' 19i 31, 1963. As you know, the contest started on November 1, 1963. The contest is for two months, and it is for insurance written during that period.

I am hoping that all of you organizers will make every effort and make good use of your opportunity to sell your share of insurance in December. It is meant in a spirit of good fraternal competition. Furthermore, I am sure that you can use the commission for a Christmas gift.

Best of luck.to each of you. In case you need any assistance, let me know and I will be glad to hel p you.

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

LODGE NO. 128, MART Sisters and Brothers: Our annual meeting will be held the second Sunday in December, which is December 8th, at 1 p.m. in the home of Brother John Jurecka.. We will elect officers and delegates to the 1964 convention Fraternally yours, Joe L. Mills, Secretary -SPJST-

NOVE KVETY, ELK NO. 35 Dear Members and Friends: The next monthly meeting will be held the second Sunday of December as usual, Dec. 8th, 1983, at 2:00 p.m.

We urge all of you members to come, because in my opinion, this is a very important occasion. We will elect new officers for the coming year and delegates to next year's convention, to be held in June in Waco. So please come, because it is for the good of your mother lodge and for the future growth of our SPJST. We need reasonable and unselfish ,delegates who look to the future growth and progress of our Order, as well as we need reasonable and unselfish officers who will work for the good of our entire membership and their future.

Visitors at our last meeting were Mrs. Marie Reichert, Mrs. Lester Middleton, Mrs. Joe Fridel, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Breitkreutz and Mrs. Bill Hands.

New members accepted were: Thomas Leonard Thun, Michael Steven Thun, Deanna Sue Kroll, Ricky Eugene Kroll, Ella Mae Niekamp, Alvin Leo Niekamp, Kenneth Wayne Niekamp, Debra She Niekamp, Bobby Ray Kirkland, Jo Ann, Nors, Mary Clara Kirkland, and Denise Dale Farek.

We are so happy to have all of you as

20 members and please do come on out to see us at your mother lodge.

There was a discussion held concerning our annual Christmas party. There were several pros and cons on the issue. A motion was made and seconded that we vote on whether we will have 'our annual Christmas party or not.

The vote came out 10 for it and 11 against it, so the lodge will not be host to a Christmas party for our youth and members.

A motion was made and seconded that we adjourn.

See all of you at our next meeting on Dec. 8, 1963 at 2:00 p.m.

Fraternally, Norma Pavelka, Reporter —SPJST--

LODGE 135, ENNIS Annual meeting and election of local officers and delegate to the forthcoming convention in 1964 will be held on Sunday, December 8th.

The combined membership of Lodges 135 SPJST, ZCBJ 402 and Ennis Sokol, will hold their Christmas Party on December 14th (Saturday). All members are urged to attend. A special program has been prepared.

SPJSTSCHEDULE OF SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS

TO MEMBERS OF LODGE NO. 1, FAYETTEVILLE Just a reminder to advise you all that our annual meeting will be held Sunday, December 8th, at 1 p.m. Do not fail to be present at this meeting, because we will be electing officers for the coming year as well as delegates to the next convention.

P. P. Baron, Secretary ---SPJST-

DISTRICT II District II's spring meeting has been set for March 22nd, 1964, at Buckholts, host lodge No. 15.

—SPJSTDISTRICT V District Five will conduct the spring meeting on May 17, 1964. Reservation of this date is re q uested, and bids from lodges desiring to host this meeting will be accepted until March 31st. Contact any district officer.

F. A. Kadlecek, Dist. 5 Secretary —SPJSTDISTRICT VII District VII's spring meeting will be held on May 3, 1964, at Lodge No. 161, La Parita.

Bett y Jurica, Secty.

SOKOL HOUSTON Sunday, December 8th — Jaternice (liver sausage) sale at 4514 Edsee. They will be ready for sale by 11 or 12 noon.

Place your orders early by calling either UN 1-0403, UN 1-7132, or HI 7-3631.

Also, annual election meeting held on Decmeber 8th at 2:30 p.m. at the Sokol Hall. ..SPJST-

You don't have to pack your child's lunch ea.:Ji day to be sure he gets a well-balanced, nutritious meal at school. He can buy — for about 25 cents — a hot meal that meets from 1/3 to 1/2 of his daily nutritive requirements. The meal is served in all institutions participating in the National School Lunch Program.

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LODGE 126, ROSS Our annual ,meeting will be held on December 8th, at 2 p.m. at the Ross schoolhouse. Election of local officers and delegates to the convention will be held.

Joe Dujka, Pres.

Jos. Foit, Sety.

—SPJSTLODGE 107, FLORESVILLE Lodge Rozkvet Zapadu No. 107 will hold it's final meeting of this year on December 8th at 2 p.m. At this time the main interest will be the election of lodge officers for 1964, and delegates to the convention in 1964.

We hope everyone who can will attend.

Fraternally, Mary McCloskey

Wednesday, December 4, 1963

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If we can believe national statistics, the "average" American consumes 6 pounds of rice a year. Louisiana residents eat 30 pounds of rice a year, and South Carolinians rank next with about 27 pounds, a recent USDA study shows. Even these two states are pikers comparal with Hawaii, where residents cat 113 pounds of rice a year.

Quality, and only quality, determine the grade of eggs, reminds the USDA. There are eggs of every size in every grade. For example, a carton of U.S. Grade A eggs may contain either large, small, medium or extra large eggs. U.S. Grade AA or Fresh Fancy is best, followed by U.S. Grades A, B, and C.

From The Supreme Lodge NOTICE OF MEETINGS The Organizational Committee will meet at the Su preme Lodge Office on December 7th at 9:00 a M.

PROGRESS OF SALES CONTEST November 29, 1963 DISTRICT NO. 1 iliembers 31

Insurance $37,500.00 Points 681/2

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DISTRICT NO. 6 Insurance $12,500.00 Points 35 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny

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PROGRESS OF SALES CONTEST November 29, 1963 DISTRICT NO. 2 Members Insurance $8,000.00 7 Points 15 DISTRICT NO. 7 Insurance Members $2,000.00 2 Points 4 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny -72311=1.91.30111...r"

PROGRESS OF SALES CONTEST November 29, 1963 DISTRICT NO. 3 Insurance Members $279,500.00 105 Points 384h DISTRICT NO. 5 Insurance Members $165,500.00 76 Points 241 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny

Wednesday, December 4, 1963 THE CZECH PLAY IN DALLAS Czech plays returned to Dallas after a lapse of some eight years. The Czech-American Festival Committee, uncle: the able leadership of Cyril "Sid" Pokladnik, invited the Theatrical Circle Hlabol from Houston to Dallias, in order to renew the old tradition of the amateur Czech plays.

Amateur acting in Czech plays had been one of the traditions brought over from the old country by our forefae thers. Before the advent of television', 'movies and radio, the Czech plays were an important part of the enter tainment offered in practically every town with substantial Czech population in Texas. Many people fondly recall attending humorous or tragic plays and quite a few remember the /schooling in grace. drietion, understanding of culture derived from participating in such amateur plays.

There are still many of those who acted in snch plays in Dallas because our Dallas community had been very active in such plays. Now, the Circle Hlahol from Houston is the last Texas group still performing the plays in the Czech language, and let's say right now that they do a superb job.

They selected for their first performance in Dallas a comedy, "Ze Starych Mlynu." The play was divided into an introduction and three acts.

The' introduction explained the background and connected the time of the grist mills with the time of modern automatic mills. A retired miller laments the planned wrecking of his old grist mill. His son built a modern mill only a short distance away, and now, he wants to tear down the old grist mill and build a modern saw mill. The old grist mill, with its water Wheel, is dear to the old man and he starts to recollect his young years.

After this introduction the play ,starts, placed somewhere in the 1850s or so. The old mill was in possession of the Habr family for quite a few generations, and the present owner is very unhappy because a new mill was built by a competitor of his only a mile away. Habr now has competition and he starts to find fault with whatever the new miller does. The enmity betWeen the two millers is quickly growing, but, in the meantime, the son of Habr falls in love with the daughter of the new miller, Suk. Their hopes of early marriage seem to be thwarted because the feud of the two millers rises to a climax when the new miller invokes a curse on the old mill.

VESTNtK The case of the love of the young people is helped by the inventive mind of a wandering miller, Vejrazka. The curse seems to work and something goes wrong with Habr's mill all the time. Vejrazka explains according to the 'curse, the mill will not work properly unless the two millers forget their feud. The curse woke up the fairy tale figure, Hastrman, and he, according to Vejrazka, is causing all the trouble.

Habr claims that 1:le is not going to ever believe that any fairy tale figures exist and wants to calla mechanic to repair the mill. The mecLanic, however, tells him that he is good at repairing mechanical troubles, but that Habr's trouble comes beoause , of the curse and that there is no mechanic who can remove the curse from the Vejrazka is hel ped in his scheme by the young lovers. The beautiful daughter of the new miller, Suk, sewed him a green frock, Vejrazka dressed as Hastrman, scares old Hain- almost to death at midnight. Only then, Habr starts to believe that Hastrman is keeping the water wheel on his mill from turning. Now Habr is willing to make friends again with the new miller, Suk. Suk's daughter, in tr e e meantime, has gotten her father to go out to the old mill and softens his anger by reminding him of his late wife, and, as a result, Suk is also in the mood to make friends with Habr. The two old millers got together and Vejrazka, who was the mastermind of the plot, who impersonated Hasterman and who manager to keep the water wheel from turning, quickly repairs the mill and now both millers believe that through, their forgiving each other, the curse was removed from the mill and they agree to the wedding of their children.

That is a brief synopsis of the play.

To describe all the mischief and scheming of Vejrazka and of his young helper, the apprentice in the mill, would take a whole issue of the VestInk. The story was simple, but it gave hundreds of occasions, net only for a chuckle, but also to shaking laughter.

For an amateur group, Hlahol has outstanding actors. We may as well start with the one most attractive.

Stephie Kovalcik is a very young and beautiful girl with an outstanding; pronaunciation of Czech. A similarly sincere compliment belongs to J. Sula, who not only acted es her lover but also was the -director of the play. The competing millers were impersonated

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endeared himself to the public by his fine diction while Sefeik is a born comedian. Jan Shroif, Tim Kostomlatsky and Jerry Ermis were good as millers in the introduction. Mary Johnson was very convincing as a wife and good mother. The main part of the wandering miller, Vejrazka, was given to M. Karel. You cculd see right away that he has acting in hiS blood.

With J. Shroif as a young apprentice, they formed a very endearing duo, pulling all the strings. They created most of the funny situations, and I suspect they invented some pranks as the y went along.

Hlahol is one of the best amateur acting clubs I have ever seen. They have somehow preserved the great enthusiasm which gives the special quality to all amateur performances.

They have some extremely gifted actors and besides, possess the most important and most unique treasure in today's American-Czech communities — that of a young generation knowing how to speak Czech very well.

After the play, we sat down with our friends and enjoyed the friendly conversation over home-made goulash, kolaches, coffee, and pivo. The actors heard a great deal of praise from all the spectators right there that evening, and now we are putting our gratitude for their coming in print and thank them 'again. They gave us a wonderful afternoon.

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'GT RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the resolution committee of Lodge Praha No. 29 of Taylor, Texas, in behalf of our membership, wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed sister, JENNY LESIKAR, who passed away November 23, 1963, at Johns Hospital in Taylor, at the age of 79 years, 11 months and 20 days.

Funeral services were held November 25, at 10 a.m. at Condra Funeral Home followed by graveside services at Taylor City Cemetery, with Rev. Jos. A. Barton officiating. Brother Jamslay Kleprlik, of San Antonio spoke words of sympathy to the bereaved family and all present.

The deceased sister was faithful and a very active member of Lodge

22 Praha ever since December 10, 1911.

She is survived by her husband, F. S. Lesikar; two daughters, Mrs. Bettie M. Kacir and Claudia Glover; five sons, Edward W. Lesikar, John W. Lesikar, Reuben B. Lesikar, Dr. Marvin J. Lesikar, and Allen G. Lesikar; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Schefcak, and Ruble Holly; a brother John Svadlenak; sixteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

May our beloved, departed sister rest in eternal peace and her memory be honored ,onto eternity.

Lillian Kasparek, Ben L. Mikolaj, A. L. Boudny, —Resolution Committee —SPJSTRESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of Lodge Cesky Prapor No. 24, SPJST, Cyclone, Texas, on behalf of our members, wish to express our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed sister, MARIE DREVOJANEK, Who passed away at her home east of Temple on Nov. 25. 1963, at the age of 89 years.

Funeral services were held on Nov. 27 at the Seaton Brethren Church with the Rev. F. J. Kostohryz officiating.

Burial was in the Seaton Cemetery.

Sister Drevojanek had lived in Bell County for 61 years and had been a :faithful member of our lodge for more than 50 years.

She is survived by six daughters, one brother, one sister, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

May our deceased sister rest in eternal peace.

H. M. Jakubik, F. W. Martinet E. J. Bedrich —SPJSTRESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned resolution committee of Lodge Svornost Jihu No. 15, Buckholts, Texas, wish to extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family bf our departed brother, VINCE A. KUBECKA, who passed away at his home following a heart attack on November 9th, 1963 in Cameron, Texas, at the age of 83.

Brother Kubecka was born June 11, 1880, at Moravia, near Schulenberg. He joined our lodge March 8, 1914.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie (Schiller) Kubecka of Cameron; three sons, V. A. Kubecka Jr., of Cameron, Louis Kubecka of Austin, and Leroy Kubecka of Downey, California;

VASTNfK twO sisters, Mrs. Jennie Warner of Cameron and Mrs. Will Kostroun of Marak; and six grandchildren.

Funeral services for Brother. Kubecka were held Monday, November 11th at the Marek-Burns Funeral Home. Rev. Eugene Strickland officiated, with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

We join the family of our deceased brother in their time of sorrow.

May our departed brother rest in peace.

Mrs. Charlsie Svetlik, Val Nemec, Mrs. ;Sidonia Svoboda, —Resolution Committee —SPJSTRESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of Lodge Slovan Jihu No. 26 SPJST of Skidmore, Texas, for and in behalf of our members, express our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed Brother, HENRY M. MIKESKA, who passed away unexpectedly on September 16, 1963, at the age of 71 years and was laid to rest in the Greenwood Cemetery at Beeville, Texas. Brother Mikes•ka was a member of our Local Lodge Slovan Jihu No. 26 for more than 44 years.

Resolved that a copy of this resolution is to be sent to the bereaved family, one copy is to be sent to the Vestink for publication and one copy is to be spread on the minutes of our Local Lodge No. 26, SPJST. J. J. Doubrava, Charlie Hanus, Jr., Jos. Koli Resolution Committee

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Cultural

Notes

Two more Czechoslovak scientists will leave for the Antarctic where they will work with the group of arctic researchers of the Soviet Union and several other countries.

The two — Dr. Pavel Chaloupka and Dr. Mojmir Koneeny will take part in the international scientific project to i3e organized next year under the programme of "International years of quiet sun."

This will be the fifth expedition to the Antarctic by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences since 1958.

Other Czechoslovak scientists have been Dr. Oldrich Kostka, who died in the 1060 fire at Mirny station, and Alois Koch who in cooperation with Soviet cartographers drew up a map of

Wednesday, December 4, 1963 the Antarctic area spreading out over 900 square kilometers.

Dr. Mojmir Konecny, 32 years old geophysicist of the Geo-Physical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague is the ninth citizen of Czechoslovakia since 1958 who will make scientific researches in the Antarctic.

Next year, he will go to the Antarctic station Nocolazarevskaya where he will measure rapid variations of the i geo-magnetic field.

If conditions are favorable, he will also collect samples of Antarctic minerals for finding out their magnetic properties and characteristics within the framework of paleomagnetic research.

---SP,'ST--INTERNATIONAL FILM FAIR HELD IN BRNO The first international film fair — Filmforum — was concluded Brno on November 17.

Film and TV companies of 29 countries were represented by 134 experts.

A total of 808,000 meters of film — 256 full-length and 422. short films were projected during the Forum. They were shown in ten cinemas at the Brno Fair grounds.

In an interview with a reporter Director of Czechoslovak Film exports Ladisla,v Kachtik said that international film fairs are one of the best forms of conducting film trade. The unexpectedly large participation of foreign film companies—such as those of Japan, the United States, Mexico, and Argentina—confirms the need for such, meetings.

In the relatively short period of two weeks producers and distributors were able to see the newest productions from all parts of the world. European participants saw new Latin American films which usually reach them. after a long interval.

The numerous agreements concluded contribute to developing cooperation between the film industries of the various countries.

Czechoslovak Film Exports offered a series of 40 full-length and 120 short films to commissions of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, and Rumania, and some films to other foreign distributors.

From the financial point of view the most successful Czechoslovak films were "Ikarie XB1," "The Golden Fern," "Janosik," a n d "About Something Else," which were sold mainly to western countries.

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YOUTH CLUB OF LODGE 88, HOUSTON Dear Readers, The Youth Club held its monthly meeting on November 8. We have another new member added to our Youth Club. His name is Gary Clark.

The Youth Club will have its Christmas banquet on December 7. We will all meet at the Lodge at six, so see you there.

Everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving dance on November 27. Jimmy Brosch provided us with some good old-time and modern music.

The next Youth Club meeting will be on December 13. See yoU there. ,Betty Wavra, Youth Reporter SPJST

CZEC --NATIONAL THEATRE That Cat," "Transport from Paradise," and "Death Is Called EngelChen," which won awards at international festivals, were sold before the film fair.

The Czechoslovak Commission purchased 25 foreign films at the forum.

EIGHTY YEARS OF NATIONAL THEATRE IN PRAGUE Eighty years ago, on November 18, 1883, the present National Theatre was opened in Prague.

(The first National Theatre which was opened in June 1881 with a presentation of Bedrich 'Smetana's opera "Libuse" was destroyed by fire two months later after only twelve performances were given on its stage. A collection was taken up among the Czech population who had also financed the first National Theatre with voluntary contributions and a new theatre was built where the old one had stood. It was opened again with Smetana's "Libuse" the historic opera sung only on festive occasions).

To celebrate the eightieth anniversary of its reopening, the Prague National Theatre has prepared a cycle of 55 presentation' s of the works of Berrich Smetana, Antonin Dvorak, William Sinakespeare, SerVi Prokofiev, and others.

On November 18 documents pertaining to the National Theatre which were found in the cornerstone of the building and a list of gala performances, the pepertoire of the 1963 season and a tape recording of "The Bartered Bride," the theatre's showpiece by B. Smetana, were again placed in the cornestone.

A new presentation of "The Bartered Bride" was given on the day of the anniversary, November 18.

Numberous foreign singers were guests at the National Theatre. In recent years many of them sing at the National Theatre during the Prague Spring International Music Festival held each year in May and June.

Under its first Director, F•antisek Adolf Subrt, it was host to Adelina Patti of Italy, and many others.

As a partner of the famous Czech singer Erna Destinova, Dinh Gilly of Algeria also sang on its stage.

LODGE 81, . NE:DVILLE Hello youth members of Lodge 81 of Needville: To each and every one of you, this is your invitation to join us at our next meeting, which will be Dec. 8, 1963.

Following the meeting there will be a Christmas program and old Santa Claus has something special for each one who has been a good boy or girl.

There will be bags for all the children.

I would like for some children to sing a few Christmas songs for us. So would you parents try to teach a song to your child for that day, or maybe they have one in mind that they want to do, or a poem that they know. I sure would appre2late anything that some of the children would care to do.

I'll be looking for each and everyone of you; maybe I should say old. Santa will be looking for you. Bye for today.

Your Youth Leader, Sister Evelyn Christ

it_GDGE NO. 35, E1..i Dear Headers, Here is a notice and reminder to all of you about our next meeting and election of officers on-December 8, 1963. It will be right after the adults' meeting. Too, we woll draw names for our Christmas party on December 15th, which, will be held at our lodge hall. The Youth voted at their. laSt meeting to have a Christmas party and turkey supper on December 15, beginning at 5:30 p.m. They will be hosts to guests invited by members. Each member can invite a guest, and he in turn brings a gift for the gueSt. At the next meeting we will draw names among the members. Also, the parents of the children are asked to participate because a program will be presented by the youth as usual each year.

Yours truly and Sister Ruby Pavelka, Youth Assistant, will purchase and bake the turkeys and dressing. The menu will be issued later to the mothers. So all of you be sure to come to the next meeting and let's prepare in more detail concerning oar meal and progr am.

Fraternally yours, Norma Pavelka, Youth Leader P.S. Our editor and his family have a staff ding invitation to come and be with us at our supper and party. OK? (Thank you very much! — Ed.) -SPJST--

54, WEST YOUTH CLUB OF Dear Members and Friends, Today is Thursday and it is ThanksDay 1-.ere in America. I hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving Day and hope ever yone enjoyed eating turkey. We had a big turkey and it sure was great.

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We are out of school now for four day for the Thanksgiving holidays, so I thought I would write in the Vestnik.

We are going to have a Christmas program at our lodge. Let's all be present to get our parts for the program.

I was very shocked to hear the news about our President John F. Kennedy being shot in Dallas. It was terrible news to us all and I'm sure it was to the whole nation. When our superintendent told us that President Kennedy was dead, everyone was real sad and wondered who could do a thing like that to the President.

President John F. Kennedy was a great man and leader for our nation.

He was strong and honest and his heart felt for everyone in our nation. I wish all the success to our new President, Lyndon B. Johnson, and wish him health and I hope the whole nation goes all the way with him. It takes a smart and a great leader to lead a nation like ours.

I guess I will close for now. Let's all say our prayers for our new President, Lyndon B. Johnson. May God Bless you.

Let's pray to keep our nation a free country.

Fraternally, Kathy Jane Marek

-SPJST-LODGE 54, WEST Dear Members and Friends, I just hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving Day. During that day I'm sure everyone thought of all the things they were thankful for to God. I am very thankful to God for giving me my parents. I'm lucky to have them. I'm sure most of the kids feel that way about their fathers and mothers.

I am also thankful for the schools we have. People take for granted that education is not needed, but it takes men like our late President John F. Kennedy to uphold the law and govern the people. He had education and worked hard to get where he got.

I'm sure everyone was shocked when they heard of the death of our President. I was shocked. I was verry sorry to hear that he was killed by a bullet.

I'm sure he will be remembered in everyone's heart.

Our new President will do as well as John F. Kennedy. President . Johnson said that he will try to ,do everything right for his people and I'm sure lie will We have gotten a lot of rainfall here

'in Penelope. Finally, the rain came!

Everyone is probably happy for it: Well, this is about all I can write for this moment. God bless you.

Rose Marie Marek, Secty. of Youth Club 4-H YOUTH AND THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE A group of men recently had a peek at what could be a part of the U. S. farm scene 20 years hence. Among the things they saw were artificial lighting of entire fields making possible several harvests within a single growing season; devices to predict which eggs hatch pullets and which produce roosters; soil sterilized against plant disease and harmful weeds b y mobile x-ray units.

Fantastic -- but not impossible — were electronic vegetable harvests capable of selecting only mature crops then cleaning, grading and packaging them as the machine travels over the field; processed milk weighing a fraction of raw milk, stored without refrigeration and transported to a common market; converted salt water piped from the ocean to areas having a ,shortage of fresh water; farmers taking weekend rocket trips to check up on agriculture in far away places; and scores of other seemingly unbelievable developments.

Who, two decades ago, envisioned the technological changes — the mechanical, chemical and biological developments that today make our agriculture the most efficient in the world; the efficiency which enables 92 per cent of our working force to choose non-farm occupations?

We can be reasonably assured that future developments will be products of the minds of young men and women presently living on a farm, who will leave the farm, but not agriculture, to find work. Many of these young people will carry to their jobs a solid back ground of specialized experience, skills and training gathered in the 4-H agricultural program supervised, by the Extension Service of land-grant universities and colleges.

But practical experience alone does not meet the expanding needs of the vast agri-business complex. Formal education is essential. And that education is costly.

Many boys and girls who proudly wear the green and white 4-H emblem need an assist to begin or continue college. Toward this end, far-sighted business enterprises have been provid-

Wednesday, December 4, 1 963 ,ing 4-H scholarship funds for a long time.

Soon college scholarships and fellowships valued at $145,000 will be presented to 275 of the nation's most outstanding 4-H youths and to young adults who once were 4-H Club members.

Presentations will be made during the 42nd National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago the first week in December.

This annual event is the showcase of some 1,500 boys and girls representing the best of 4-H in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Hosts will be the business 'executives whose firms provide the trips, scholarships and other 4-H assistance.

If this far-reaching interest and support continues through the next four decades as it has in the last four, the technological advances still on the drawing board, and many more not yet conceived will have a better chance to become realities. Thus investment in rural youth pays big dividends — dividends that keep the U.S.A. agri-business in the unique position it vigorously guards today.

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For The Housewi f e

LEMON

BARBECUED SPARERIBS

With backyard cookery over glowing coals becoming practically a national sport, discovering new ideas assumes qualities of adventure.

Here's a unique idea for the perennial favorite . . . spareribs. What a delectable treat for the family's next fresh-air supper!

Called Lemon Barbecued Snareribs, the meat takes on just the right flavor bite by marinating several hours in a lemony mixture of salad oil, soy sauce, garlic and lemon juice. During grilling.

Wednesday, December 4, 1963 Dad can use the remaining marinade as a basting sauce.

Spareribs may be cooked by two methods on the barbecue unit: on the rotisserie or on the grill itself. Wnen cooking on the rotisserie, a rack of spareribs is left whole and the rotisserie rod-woven in and out of the rib bones, forming accordion folds.

Spareribs for Lemon Barbecued Spareribs are cut into individual pieces of two or three ribs each. This size is convenient to serve and eat. The pieces cook right on the grill.

Remind Dad to grill the spareribs about four to five inches from the coals and allow them to cook about 11/2 hours. He no doubt already knows that meat should never be cooked over ,flame; the coals should be covered with a fine gray ash when cooking begins.

Another grill idea is cooking vegetables, such as zucchini squash and tomatoes, wrapped in foil.

Lemon Barbecued Spareribs 4 to 6 pounds spareribs (2 racks) 2/3 cup soy sauce 2/3 cup salad oil 1/2 cup lemon juice 1 clove garlic, cut in half Cut spareribs into individual servings of two to three ribs each. Mix together soy sauce, salad oil and lemon.

Cut clove of garlic in half and add to marinade. Place spareribs in shallow dish. Pour marinade over ribs and allow to marinate two to three hours, turning occasionally. Reserve marinade for basting. ribs.

To cook on the outdoor grill, place spareribs four to five inches from glowing coals. Grill one and one-half to two hours or until done, turning occasionally. Baste ribs frequently with. marinade while grilling. Makes six to eight servings.

ITALIAN SAUCE TOPS BRAISED BEEF STEAK Modern-day recipes based on Italian cookery are very much a part of American eating. Meat bans and spaghetti, pizza, lasagne, scallopini . . . the list could go on and on.

You can apply this Italian style of preparation to budget meat cuts and turn out entrees to delight any gourmet.

No one will notice that your culinary triumph -happens to be easy on the pocketbook.

A "less-tender" beef steak that requires braising is a perfect selection for just such a cooking adventure. In fact, since beef is especially abundant

Vl STNfIC right now, the budget cuts are likely to be even more attractively priced.

This delicious recipe for Italian Steak calls for beef arm or blade steak.

The meat is first dredged with seasoned flour and browned. After the drippings are poured off, the meat braises slowly in a zesty sauce of tomatoes, sliced onion, mushrooms, green pepper and olives. Slow cooking for about 11/2 hours creates a wonderfully tender meat dish.

Beef arm and blade steaks come from the chuck section. Actually, they are very similar to arm and blade potroasts, except that the steaks are cut thinner. If you wish, you could use this same recipe for round steak or flank steak.

Serve the meat and sauce on fluffy white rice. For fun round off the menu in the Italian manner with Italian dressing on the salad, zucchini squash, garlic bread, fruit plate and macaroons for dessert and coffee.

Italian Beef Steak 1 beef arm or blade steak, cut. 1 inch thick 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt 3 tablespoons lard or drippings 1 medium onion, sliced 1 can (16 ounces) tomatoes 1 can (4 ounces) sliced mushrooms 3 tablespoons chopped green pepper 1/2 cup sliced, stuffed olives Flour for gravy Combine flour, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Dredge steak in seasoned flour.

Brown in lard or drippings. Pour off drippings. Add onion, tomatoes, mushrooms, green pepper and olives. Cover tightly and cook slowly 1 1/2 hours, or until tender. Thicken cooking liquid with flour for gravy. Makes four servings.

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LIVER EPICUREAN'S, DELIGHT WHEN PREPARED WITH CARE Liver is the most popular of all variety meats.

It's popularity stems from many reasons. Some folks just naturally like its unique flavor but, more important, liver is a highly nutritious food, especially needed by children.

Doctors and U. S. Department of. Agriculture nutritionists recommend that liver be served at least once a week because of its high iron content. Also, it is high in vitamin A, riboflavin, thiamine and protein.

Liver provides an adventure in good

eating when it is properly prepared. It can be served as a table delicacy rather than a nutritional duty when using applied art and science in its preparation.

Liver is highly perishable and should be used within two days after purchase. It should be unwrapped, covered with wax paper and kept in the coldest part of the refrigerator until cooking time.

All liver is tender except for the membrane or skin covering the blood vessels which run through it. These should be removed before cooking.

Soaking or scalding is unnecessary unless it is to be ground for loaves, patties or spreads.

Cooking just until tender, using moderate temperature to preserve ihe mild flavor and tenderness is preferable.

Pork liver, however, must be well done, just the same as all pork products.

Accent broiled or fried liver with cooked onion rings, crisp bacon, lemon wedges, watercress or chopped chives.

Or, use a Spanish sauce with green pepper and onions.

—SPJSTGIVE MEAT FOR CHRISTMAS

As a novel and convenient gift this Christmas, give, meat advises Ed Uvacek, livestock marketing specialist at Texas A. and M. University. Christmas shopping can be made easy and friends will appreciate this tasty gift, he says.

The National Livestock and Meat Board's Gift Certificate program gives you the opportunity to support the livestock industry and at the same time save time and effort during the Christmas season, he says.

Attractive gift certificates for all Meat, or specifically for beef, lamb or pork, are available in any amount the g iver wishes to purchase. These full color certificates are for all practical purposes a check that can be redeemed in the form of meat purchases at retail meat markets. The retailer clears the check through his local bank as he would any other check.

No storage, transportation, delivery or buying problems are encountered with this type of Christmas gifts and it costs only 15 cents per certificate, says Uvacek.

For those interested in purchasing this uniquely modern type Christmas gift, write for an order blank to National Livestock and Meat Board, 30 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. —A. and M. Extension Service

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26 DECEMBER PLENTIFUL FOODS ASSURE AMPLE noLariA y SUPPLY

Ample food will be the least among problems for Texans, this December, as they plan festive get-togethers. Producers and processors, together, are keeping trade channels full of holiday grocery needs.

Seven foods are particularly abundant. They make up the U.S. Department of Agriculture's December plentiful foods list, points out the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.

Beef and pecans — two important Texas products -- are featured on the list. Pork, turkeys and peanuts, also grown extensively in Texas, will be plentiful all month. Apples and cranberries complete the list for December.

Beef takes a top stop on the list because of its abundance and favorable prices for consumers.

The all-time record pecan crop of 297 million pounds for the nation is 66 per cent above the 1957-61 average; four times more than last year's small crop. Prices being paid to growers are lower, and therefore, more favorable for increased use by consumers.

Similar reasons stand behind the listing of pork, turkeys, peanuts, apples and cranberries. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, that keeps in 'constant touch with available sup-, plies of all farm - produced foods, says consumers will find it to their advantage to shop the plentifuls route."

Food markets regularly promote these items with special prices and a wide choice of quality.

THE TURKEY OF TOMORROW

The turkey of tomorrow probably will be one which can be marketed at an even earlier age than those of today, says Dr. R. L. Atkinson of the poultry Science Department at Texas A. and M. Un iversity.

"It will be well-fleshed and finished, and contain an even greater proportiOn of meat to bone, and will be available in a variety of sizes depending upon demands of the consumer," he predicts. A great force upon the turkey breeder has been the pressure by the consumer for a turkey which meets these needs and at the same time is reasonable in price. Most breeders have plabed increased emphasis on market quality in the breeding program, often at the expense of reproductive preformance.

This has resulted, Dr. Atkinson said, in the necessity for going to cross-

breeding in the production of market turkeys, Strains with good reproductive performance are crossed with large meaty strains to satisfy demands for good market birds which mean profit to both the breeder and hatcheryman.

It appears that this crossbreeding trend will continue, he adds.

Thanksgiving turkeys this year will be quite different from those of only a few years ago, due largely to these improvements in the fields of breeding and nutrition. They show fast growth, early maturity and g ood feed conversion, and must allow growers to make a a profit in a field that is becoming more and more . competitive, the poultry scientist emphasizes.

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Your Info OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PEACE COP.PS

Washington, D. C.—The Peace Corps estimates that it will require at least 9,000 volunteers to meet the requests of host country governments in I9V These needs include: 5,000 teachers, 2,600 comm a, nity development workers, 700 health workers, 600 agricultural technicians and 700 skilled tradesmen, technicians and professional personnel.

The greatest demand is for teachers — 3,000 for secondary schools, 1.000 for elementary and 500 for colleges and universities. An additional 500 volunteers are needed for the fields of physical, vocational and adult education.

In the field of health, 500 nurses of all kinds are :needed, Another 200 persons will fill posts as medical, labora tory and x-ray technicians, doctors, dentists. sanitarians, etc.

While the damand for agricultural skills cover a wide range of subjects, these skills are most frequently requested: agricultural extension, irrigation, farm mechanics, animal husbandry, agricultural en gineering, poultry, dairying and soil conservation.

The Peace Corps is interested in Volunteers Who are planning to retire and also theEa, for a leave of absence from 1 , :eir present employment.

Applicants are advised to submit an early application if they want to be considered for either a J_Tebruary or June appointment. An application form may be secured from the Peace COrps, Division of Recruiting, Washington, D.C. 20525. Special literature will be sent to those indicating the p ar-

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ticular area of their skill and when they would probably be available.

---SPJST CHICKENPDX

Chickenpox is something that nearly all children catch at an early age, get over in two or three weeks of itchy rash, and never have again because the first case usually causes immunity.

Chickenpox usually is not a. serious disease and most children recover readily with no after effects. Sometimes, however, it's not quite so simple.

The disease is caused by a virus. It usually is transmitted by close personal contact with someone already infected. Symptoms are well known to most mothers -- a slight rise in temperature, loss of appetite, headache and backache. The most obvious symptom is a rash of red spots and small blisters over much of the body.

Chfckenpox usually requires little special treatment. Even in cases which seem to be mild, however, it's important to call in a physician to make the diagnosis and to look for possible complications. The doctor usually advises the patient be kept in bed while the rash and fever continue. He also advises isolating the patient from other children who have not had the disease.

The doctor also can recommend soothing lotions or medications to relieve the itching of the eruptions. A frequent complication of chickenpox is infection of the red spots by scratching which leaves permanent marks on the skin. There are other potential complications from the disease that can be diagnosed only Eby your doctor.

Adults occasionally get chickenpox, and usually are siePer than the child patient.

Chickenpox is a. common disease, for the most part riot very serious. But it can lead to more serious conditions, and thus it's Important to call your physician pf =nth/ if someone in your household gets -the disease.

SUCKER SIGNALS There is no sorrier person than one who has been victimized by a phony deal. Unfortunately, once the buyer has signed an order or contract, little can be done to get him off the hook.

"Put I didn't realize . " are words often heard by lawyers who are usually unable to help at that point.

Despite the complete disavowance of "caveat emptor" (let the bayey beware) by ethical merchants, there are still some businesses that thrive on high promotion deals. Buyers are con-

Wednesday, December 4, 1963 tacted by direct mail, over the telephone, or by "come on" advertisements.

These contractors all resort to fancy claims and high pressure approach.

How can you avoid such sales tactics? There is no sure way, outside of dealing with reputable, established merchants, and using sense in reading the ads. But there are certain sucker signals that should ring the alarm bell.

Here are a few: "Buy now or lose the chance. ..

"You have been specially selected . ."

"It's only a legal form. . . " "You can save up to ...

"Yours absolutely free . . . " These signals do not necessarily indicate a had deal, but they are frequently used by shady promoters. So read carefully, think it over, compare prices, and ask for information from a merchant you know, or from a friend.

Remember, in this world of tough business competition, one seldom gets anything for nothing. Once you have signed an order, even the law may not be able to help you, no matter how improvident the deal may be for you. In fact, unless the seller is doing something illegal,the law may wind up helping him to enforce the bad deal that you made. So watch the signals and look before YOU leap — or sign!

THE "ART" OF SMOKING It all started with Sir Walter Raleigh and a Y-shaped pipe.

The pipe was a gift to Raleigh from Sir Francis Drake — a souvenir from the West Indies, where natives put the pipe prongs in their nostrils and inhaled the smoke of a smouldering substance they called "tobacco."

Raleigh apparently set the style of his da'v, for when he took up smoking the prletice soon became fashionable.

All this happened nearly 400 years ago — in 1536. Since then smoking has become perhaps the most deeply. ingrained habit of humanity.

Today in the United States alone, more than half the men and a fourth of the women smoke cigarettes daily, and additional millions smoke pipes and cigars. And the habit is winning more and more young recruits each day.

Teen-aged youngsters in increasing numbers are succumbing to the blandishments of national advertisers who depict smokers as virile men or beautiful girls, or to the pull of "belonging" to a sophisticated group whose smoking members frown on non-smokers.

Studies by the U.S. National Insti-

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tute of Health, the British Ministry of Health, and other scientific organizations of equal prominence, purport to show a strong statistical relationship between smoking and higher death rates from heart diseases, lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases.

The position is attracting support from many organizations — among them the Texas Medical Association, the American Cancer and Heart Association, the American Public Health Association, the U. S. Public Health Service and departments of health in most states.

Some researchers are so firmly convinced of the connection between cigarette smoking and higher death rates that they say they would support a ban on cigarettes for public sale if introduced as a new product on today's market.

A fewer number of capable researchers are unimpressed by the statistical studies claiming they are inconclusive and actually contradictory. But they are finding it increasingly difficult to defend their stand in the face of ominous facts and evidence which continues to build up.

The late Dr. William Mayo used to say cigarettes, cigars and pipes were mere "adult pacifiers," something for idle hands to play with. If true, breaking the smoking habit probably isn't us hard as it has been represented.

Should you, personally, make the effort? That's your decision, just as ttie decision for or against beginning to smoke must be made by teenagers themselves.

-SPJSTTERMITES COST TEXANS Few insect pests are more discouraging or annoying to a homeowner than hungry termites, says John G. Thomas, entomologist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.

Texans lose thousands of dollars each year satisfying the enormous appetite of this tiny wood-chewing pest, he says. Nothing short of financial or natural disaster is more damaging to the homes of Texans in some areas.

Termites can literally eat a home to pieces if they are allowed to go unchecked, but they can be stopped by several methods, says Thomas.

Prevention is the best way to avoid trouble from termites, he emphasizes.

Provide good drainage, ventilation and floor clearance under houses not of slab construction .. Remove wood, paper and cloth waste from around the house.

Haul off excess piles of dirt and in

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short, remove the places where termites might live, he says.

Before the home is completed, effective control of termites can be assured by treating the soil under it with a recommended insecticide for the purpose. By working the chemical into the soil where the building is to stand, control of the pest can be expected for at least five years, says Thomas.

For the house already infested, several insecticides are recommended.

Five per cent DDT and two per cent chlordane are the two most common materials, but dieldrin, lindane, and sodium arsenite are also effective, says the entomologist. Injecting a .5 per cent gamma isomer of BHC in fuel oil into the tunnels of the termites is also effective, says Thomas.

A precaution on the use of any of these chemicals for controlling termites is to read the label carefully and follow instructions to the letter, warns Thomas.

—A. & M. Extension Service -SPJSTFRIENDS OF THE COURT Our system of justice rests upon the "adversary" theory of a trial where both sides have a right and duty to fight in dead ernest for real stakes so that the court can then better judge the merits of the case.

Our U. S. Supreme Court, for example, will not give an "advisory" opinion to anybody since such opinions elsewhere, often uncontested, make a mockery of the courts.

Our courts generally will decide a point of fact or law only where it has 'become the subject of a real controversy, and both sides will be represented with skill and in good faith.

A good judge knows that one side may sound good until he hears the other side speak. This is why a court may frown upon "friendly lawsuits" where two sides agree to go to court and get a decision interpreting an important legal question.

Without a real contest, the court may not see what a true adversary would make clear — that is, that there is another side to the question before the court, and that, perhaps the interests of many other people may be involved.

The other day one court threw out such a made-up law suit where a county in another state and a prospective county bond buyer had agreed to "test" the legality of some bonds in a friendly suit at the county's expense. One side would have pretended, to put up a fight.

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28 The courts go a long way to get real contests. They allow "friends of the court" (amicus curiae) to enter on one or both sides to fight in earnest.

In old Rome any passing stranger, or amicus curiae, might speak up to tell the court of a possible error it was making.

In America, the friend of the court often helps to point up the important issues.

For instance, a little known sect may print a religious tract or leaflet in some remote village. The constable may arrest one of its followers for "littering the streets." The fine may be a trifle, but the issue is big: Can any government unit, of whatever size, curb the freedom of the press or freedom of religion?

As this case goes on to higher courts more and more people — citizens, publishers, and religious groups -- get interested. They too have a stake in getting the "right" decision. The case lands in the U. S. Supreme Court. A dozen or more groups will ask the -court to let them present "briefs" or amicus curiae arguments on both sides.

Result: the court says no government can cab these freedoms.

Thus are great causes ably presented.

Who gains? Justice gains. The more cogent and earnest the discussion a court hears, the more likely in the long run it is to hand down sound opinions.

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

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VITAMINS AND CHOLESTFROL A scientist searched among the things people do in their daily routine to find if any of the things were connected with the cholesterol level in their blood. He found only one, daily dosing of vitamin pills.

Dr. Samuell Zelman of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, checked the .daily routines of 233 men and 235 women.

He eliminated many of the things which previously had been linked with cholesterol level, including cigarette smoking and diets rich in animal and dairy fats. He also found that vegetable fat diets, promoted as cholesterol TeduCers, had no effect on the choles-

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terol level.

Dr. Zelman questioned his subjects on their food preferences and asked how many cigarettes they Smoked daily and whether they took mixed vitamins. Each subject's blood cholesterol level was recorded on his questionnaire.

In the statistic calculation, there was only one "positive, correlation" between Tontine habits and cholesterol.

That correlation showed a link between daily vitamins and higher than normal cholesterol.

SPJSTDo you knew a man who says he understands women? Bet he lies about other things, too!

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Wednesday, December 4, 1963 The life expectancy of a new refrigerator or range is about 16 years for the "average" householder, says the USDA. Estimates for other new appliances are: Automatic washing machine, 11 years; wringer type or spindryer, 10 years; dryer, 14; freezer, 15; vacuum cleaner, 15-18 years; sewing machine, 24; television set 11 years.

SPOLEHLIVA POHROBNICKA SLOBA Jsme pohotovi Vam posolu2iti bez rozdilu jak daleko bydlite bez jakehokoliv zvlaatniho poplatku.

S nami mil'aete mluviti desky.

My nabizime Pohkebni pojiateni pro kaadeho dlena rodiny.

Pete E. Etlinger FUNERAL HOME Elsie Pralk-Etlinger damsta pomocnice BELLVILLE AND SEALY Tel.: Bellville No. UN 5-3121 Sealy No. TU 5-3535

WHOOPING CRANE EXODUS NEAR The remainder of a once mighty flock of whooping cranes will be winging their way from Aransas Wildlife Refuge in Texas to their nesting area in Wood Buffalo Park near Great Slave Lake Canada, any day now — if they haven't left already.

This time only 28 apparently will make the 2,500-mile journey, four less than returned to Aransas last fall and 10 less than flew northward last summer.

The Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) hopes that some or all . of the 10 missing birds have survived and will rejoin the flock. In 1946, only 17 whoopers, including five young, were counted throughout the winter. Yet 22 adult birds came south that year. The speculation and hope this year is that the birds now missing escaped observation.

The whoopers Probably will leave in small groups over a period of six Cr seven weeks. Last year, the first five to take wing left on about April

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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.

--SPJST-Lodge Cottonwood No. 6 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?

—SPJSTLodge No. 29, Taylor, Texas December 26 — Hi - Toppers January 1, 1964 — Joe Patek —SPJST-Lodge No. 40, Hillje Saturday, Dec. 7 — Jokers Saturday, Dec. 14 — Traits Christmas, Dec. 25 — Triumphs Saturday, Dec. 28 — Jokers --SPJSTLodge 54, West Saturday, Dec. 28th — Private Wedding Party Tuesday, New Years's Eve — KJT Dance --SPJSTLodge 66, Waco Thursday, Dec. 5 — Choral Group rehearsal, 7:30 p.m.

SPJST-Lodge 80, Holland New Year's Eve Dance and Frolic — Music by Bohac Sisters of Granger.

Sunday, Jan. 5 — Dance; music by Gilbert Kautz.

Saturday, February 1st — Ray Baca of Fayetteville Sunday, February 9th — Gilbert Kautz Saturday, May 23 — Gilbert Kautz Saturday, July 4th — Gilbert Kautz —SPJSTLodge Pokrok No. 84, Dallas Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance — from 8:30 to 4 a.m. music by the Jobn Rejcek Orch —SPJSTLodge 88, Houston Sunday, Dec. 8th — Annual meeting; starting at 10 a.m., with recess for lunch at 12:30; reconvene at 2 p.m.

Election of officers.

Sunday, December 15th — Christmas program, starting at 2:30. Bring

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--SPJSTLodge No. 92, Fort Worth New Year's Eve Dance — Dec. 31; Music by Ray Swartz Orch. from Fort Worth.

--SPJSTSokol Zizka and SPJST Lodge 130 Dallas December 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.

—SPJSTLodge No. 142, Houston Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance, music by Ed Zalesak's Orchestra, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.

- - ()MICE AND LEPROSY RESEARCH The cool feet of mice may provide new footpaths toward the eventual conquest af leprosy, one of mankind's old est and most feared scourges.

This was reported recently by the Public Health Service in describing developement of an effective method of growing leprosy bacteria in the footpads of w!hite mice. The feat was proclaimed "history's first cultivation of human leprosy germs outside the human body."

The microbes grow well in the mice feet because the temperature of a mouse's — the coolest spot in that rodent's anatomy — is close to the 68 degrees required for best experimental growth of leprosy bacilli.

The technique has enabled handy testing of antileprosy drugs and vaccines — with hopeful results, the agency said. It added that experiments "seem to offer a gateway to the prevention and cure of an ancient and deadly enemy of mankind."

The report said the tests do not prove whether or not these vaccines would protect humans against natural infection and field trails are necessary to help determine this.

There are some 15 million leprosy cases in the world, about 80 per cent of them in Africa and Asia. The United States has about 2,000 cases, the report said.

The research achievement is credited mainly to Dr. Charles C. Shepard, 48, a native of Ord, Neb., a veteran of research , in the fields of Rock Mountain spotted fever, scrub typhus, typhus fever, and "Q" fever — pneumonia-like malady.

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(49-1p) —SPJST-One big difference between success and failure is the habit of keeping your mind on your work, not your work on your mind.

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