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RONIK (VOLUME) 51

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Necht' y am piinese zdray i, spokoienost a itesti, a aby veikera yak phi.ni doily pineni• HLAVNI OikADOVNA Slovanske Podporujici Jednoty Statu Texas (SPJST S vdeCnosti piehlaime loyalni spoluprici viech

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nosti pak vzpornitname tech dobrfrch pracovnikii, kteii vykonavie svoje zlyotni ukoly, se odeb yali do yeee neho klidu a miru• EDWARD L. MAREK, piedseda JOE .13. HEJNt, mistopiedseda R. A. URBANOVSKt, tajemnik JOS. KOLIHA, ml, pokladnik BEN ZAHCAK, fieetni

AUGUST RACITI, pravni thdee DR. MARVIN LE S ' IKAR, lekai JOHN KUBENA, feditel HENRY ViTEK, feditel

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ROBT E. BROt, feditel JOS. M. gKRABANEK, fediteI EDW. P. SRALLA, •editel CHAS. HOLASEK, keditel

VEST/C1K

Vestnik (HERALD) SINCE 1891

Entered as second class mail matter. January 3rd, 1933 at West, Texas, under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1922. Send Form 3579 to Supreme Lodge SPJST, Box 100. Temple, Texas IT. E,EDNI ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPORUJICI JEDNOTY STATU TEXAS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEX Vychazi tYdne — Published Weekly REDAKTOR — EDITOR NICK MORRIS — Box 85, West, Texas Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. HI 6-5989 — Shop: HI 6-5282 Vydavatele — Publishers CECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEXAS Ptedplatne $3.50 — Subscription $3.50 Zmeny adres zasilaji se do Hlavni fitadovny Box 100, Temple, TeXas Changes of address and correspondence con Cerning delivery of Vestnik must be sent to Supreme Lodge, Box 100, Temple, Texas Paid Subscriptions and advertising matter should be addressed to Vestnik, West, Texas HLAVNI HRADOVNA — SUPREME LODGE EDWARD L. MAREK, President JOE B. HEJNY, Vice-President R. A. URBANOVSKY, Secretary JOS. KOLIHA, JR., Treasurer BEN ZABCIK, Financial Secretary All of Temple, Texas, Box 100 AUGUST KACIR, Attorney, Temple, Texas DR. MARVIN LESIKAR, Medical Director P. 0. Box 410 — Taylor, Texas AEDITELE — DIRECTORS JOHN A. KUBENA, First District P. 0. Box 180 — La Grange, Texas HENRY VITEK, Second District P. 0. Box 43 — Granger, Texas ROBERT CERVENKA, Third District West, Texas R. E. BROZ, Fourth District Rt. 3, Box 320 — San Angelo, Texas J. M. SKRABANEK, Fifth District 5720 Bellaire Blvd., — Bellaire, Texas ED P. SRALLA, Sixth District Rt. 1, Box 110, Edna, Texas CHAS. HOLASEK, Seventh District 2513 Nemec St., — Corpus Christi, Texas TISKOVt VtBOR—PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE PAUL SABLATURA, Chairman P. 0. Box 8 — Louise, Texas MRS. FRANCES OLEXA 6402 Taggart St. — Houston, Texas RUDOLPH TROUBIL c/o SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas STANOVNI VtBOR — BY-LAW COMMITTEE E. E. KRENEK, Chairman, Dime Box, Tex. PAUL SABLATURA, Secretary

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SEzNAM oRGANIzATORt OKRSEK I V. H. BakinEt

Route 1 Smithville, Texas OKRSEK II Johnny J. Platek P. 0. Box 88 Rosebud, Texas OKRSEK Arnold M. Vrla 6307 Saratoga Circle Dallas 14, Texas OKRSEK Fred KvetOft Route 1 Abernathy, Texas OKRSEK V Jarda fern4 1521 Woodvine Drive Houston 24, Texas OKRSEK VI Leo Krause, Jr. P. 0. Box 427 Inez, Texas OKRSEK VU Jaroslav Kleprlik 202 Schmeltzer Lane San Antonio 1, Texas Telephone DI 4-1700 —SPJST-

SEZNAM VEDOUCICH MLADE2E OKRSEK 1 Mrs. Rud. C. Matejka Rt. 4, Box 504 Bryan, Texas OKRSEK Mrs. Clara Hell Route 4 Temple, Texas OKRSEK Mrs. Wilma Nesuda Telico Road Ennis, Texas OKRSEK IV Mrs. Julie Bayer c/o Motel Texan 301 Lubbock Rd. Brownfield, Texas OKRSEK V Mrs. Maxine Sefcik 2301 Airline Drive Houston 9, Texas OKRSEK VI Mrs. Frank 13rdecka Rt. 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas 0/UISEK VII Mrs. Marcela Kleprlik 202 Schmeltzer Lane San Antonio, Texas

Ve stPedu, dne 25. prosince 1963

Od redakeniho stolku Prchnul opet jeden rok do more veenosti o jeden rok °pet krat gi jest ten vratky sen. lidskeho Zivota — rok prace a snaZeni, rok tuZeb vyteenYch elite rok spinenYch i nespinenYch prani. °pet jest pied nami Novy rok a °pet hteje nas vedomi, ze na ge Jednota SPJST ma tisice pratel, kteid vgichni, jako nage elenstvo, pomohli nam k dalgimu restu a pokroku, nasledek praci nas vgech. e Zavzpominate na zagle chvile, na mile hlagv, v jichZ pritonmosti bylo vain tak dobie: vzpomenete na rozmanite chvile, p nzite ye schezich, na einy dobre a na VSeelino, co vas v minulem roce potegilo a posililo.

S uprimnou vdeenosti vzpominame vg ech zesnulYch zakladatelft Jednoty, dale vgech dohrYch elenti a spolupracovnikti, kteri postupem easu budovali nagi bratrskou podpinnou organizaci.

Snimek na predni strance: Kaple na Radhogti Dobra vele a poctiva spoluprace je ten kouzelny proutek, ktery nam otevie fispeChu. Musime jiti stale poeetne vzhtuu, stale vY g a vYg, musime ziskati jedince dobre vale, etihodne a pracovite. Na g detsky odbor vy'Zaduje staly rust a peelivost.

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KdyZ tak pohlilime do reinuleho roku uvidime, co bylo vykonano v nagich radech k dobru Jednoty. Kde byl pekny kus prace vykonan, tam kde se pfed tim po radu let jen Ziverilo, tam zajiste naskoeily clesitley novYch nemalY poeet deti. Tam se soueasne einnost roz girila, s ni novY Nvot. nova budoucnost!!

Organizaeni oddeleni pod vedenim bratra Hejnyho si zaslouk pine uzna,M. a dike nas vgech. Predepsand kvota pro 1963 byla vydatne predstihnuta, diky spolupraci vgech pracovnike v kaIdYin okrsku. Prejeme jim dalk chy, a aby neztraceli trpelivosti a yule Stargim Clenfun prejeme radost ze vota po vykonane praci, po iispegich; at' dlouho je gte se mohou divat na snaky druhYch; at' pozoruji, poradi a OM spolu s rnladYmi v lepgi zitrek.

• Pri vstupu do noveho roku uvedome se pine povinnosti k Jednote nage Zeptejme se kolik jsme pro ni v roce

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ye stkedu, dne 25. prosince 1963 uplynulem vykonali a snaZine se v roce novem , dociliti, co jsme v roce starem zanedbali.

• • ASTNt A POZEHNANi NOVY ROK 1964

Navgtevy Dne 20. prosince nas poctil navSteyou pan Charlie Tomanek z Gilliland v severozapadni easti Texasu. Bratr Tomanek nyni pracuje na stavbe nove silnice pu Austinu. Pkivez1 nam pozdrav oct sve maminky a zaroveri krabici knih do 'Ceske knihovny. Srdeene clekujem.

Necht' Nov k Rok vim vSem prinese vSeho dobreho, stileho zdravi a radosti. • Necht' kaidk den otviri nave pilleiiDne 18. prosince se zastavili v tiskartosti pro vrele pritelstvi, pevne tispeni manZele Frank Konakovsky z Dala dobre skutky. ellY, ' las.

Jeli z pohrbu v Crosby, kde jim daMnoho zdaru a gtesti ye vSem vaSem la pi. Karla Kraftova krabici knih do poeinini v novem roce vim preje eeske knihovny. Srdeene dekujem pane —Redaktor Konakovskeinu za dovezeni knih.

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NovSr Rok veena, Rok stark mizi v by nevratil se nikdy vie, jak tie piel, zas od nas chvata, jen znameni nam vryva v lie.

A neZ odejde on stark Rok, prosme, by kaZdy byl na g krok, polehnan zas v novem, At' zloba v srdci nevezi duch nag at' stale vitezi, pravda budiZ" nam denni host a lasky zachovejme skvost.

S tebou se loueime, ty start Roku, co sizu v nagem vynutilo oku v radost nam v novem Roce zmen, schvati-li dui zloby vitr denni, k nam jegte zavolej ze sve cesty, zapomen, zleho zapomeri.

StASTNEHO A VESELEHO ROKU 1964

Novkno

PEEJE VSEM

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SPJST, A JEJIM MILYM REDAKTOR, VYDAVATELE VESTMKU A PERSONAL V TISKARNI

teski knihovna v Texasu West, Texas Zde kvitujeme dary knih do deske knihovny umistena ye West. Kdo ma, zajem, prosim, vystkihnete si tyto seznamy.

Tyto knihy darovala pi. Frances Parma z Waco: Marie Tippmannova: KdyZ kvety povadly Marie Kyzlinkova: Rozvedena Marie Kyzlinkova: Dye matky Marie Kyzlinkova: Z lasky H. C. Mahlerova: Jeji viterstvi H. C. Mahlerova: Roman krasne Dory H. C. Mahlerova Magdin osud H. C. Mahledova: eista, laska vitezi.

Anuge Mittenhubrova: Zlato v ohni liana Forsterova: Na rozcesti Lola Steinova: Film ji odloudil Viktor Fischl: Hovory s Janem Masarykem Vlasta Javokicka: Kletba (dil I. a II.) Vlasta Javaleka: Paar na olyzom (dvoje vyd.)

Vlasta Javokicka: ZlatY ptaZek Vlasta Javokicka: Pki zapadu slunce Vlasta Javokicka: Petra Vlasta Javoricka: Granaty (dil I. a II.) A. Verbicka: Klie'e ku stesti Even Erdely: Bata 'Avec, kterY dobyl sveta E. Marlittova: Zlatovlaska Boh. BrodskY: V bitevni Cake Boh. BrodskY: V hodinu dvanactou (Upadek) Boh. BrodskY: Ten druhy troseenik Boh. BrodskY: Kvetouci jablone Boh. BrodskY: Pouta mrtve lasky a na jiny svet.

3 E. D. E. N. Southworthova: Kapitola.

Julius Verne: Tajupiny ostrov A. V. 8milovskST: Martin Oliva, a Kmotr Rozumec Lenard Merrick: Dollarova nevesta Tomag Oapek: Pamdtky deskych emigrantri v Americe Baena Nemcova: Povidky Svatovaclayska sbirka V. B. Tfebizky: Kralovna Dagmar Rudolf Jar, Kronbauer: Z poslednich stanic Spisy Terezy Novakove: fllomky Zuly

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Tyto knihy nam darovala pi Karla Kraftova z Crosby: Milog Kratochvil: Osamely, rvae Eliza Orzeskova, a Julius RomskY: Ad astra Fedor M. Dostojevskij: Zivot a dilo (vYber povidek) Robert Briffauet: Dny tapani Daudet: Listy z moll° mlyna Andre Gide: Nedokoneene vyznani Alois Svoboda a Anna Tuelcova: Ceskoslovensko — Zerne neznama.

Jan Amos Komensky: Moudrost starch eecha Marai Sandor: Host v Bolzana Archibald J. Cronin: Oeistec Karel Oapek: Povidky z jedne kapsy: povidky z 'druhe kapsy Jan Neruda: Trhani Jan Neruda: Pralske obrazky Ernest Cloes: Veseli obeane sichemSti Karel Polaeek: Povidky pana Koekodana Marie Kubatova,: Matejkov Nina Bonhardova: Polyxena, Boh. BrodskY: Jaci byli Karel Klostermann: PoSumaysk.e Rhopsodie Theodor Krriger: Zapomenuta vesnice Jura Sosnor: Divoka reva Pani Parmove a pani Kraftove projevujem na'ge nejsrdeenej gi diky za jejich pkispevky do knihovny. A panu Koria.kovskemu na g vkely dik za dovezeni knih z ,Crosby.

Nick A. Morris VANOeNit PRANi Dovolujeme Si vysloviti vS'em pkiznivcfim a pkatelfun eeskYch divadel a zpevu a v genl einnYm a pkipivajicim elenfun divadelniho krouZku Hlahol a peveckeho krouZku Glee Club pi kadu 'Oslo 88 SPJST v Houstone

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NiCH A MNOHO STESTI. A ZDARU V NOVEM ROCE, Jerry Ermis, J. V. PokornY

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4 Od Domova OdpoCinku v Taylor

4. prosince 196 My, nine podepsanY neetni vYbor Domova odpoeinku, SPJST, v Taylor, Texas, jsme prehledli knihy dne 4. prosince, 1963, a shledali jsme vSe v Up'nem poradku.

E, P. Sralla Edwin Koval' Fred Kvetori (Pod obna finaneni zprava v aria easti).

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Dallas, Texas Ctena, redakce Vestniku, prosim o kousek mista ye Vestniku, abych mohla podekovat vdem, kteri darovali penize a darky pro Veteransky dpital v Dallas, Texas.

Potrebne veci od sester: A. Bunker, R. Kopeeek, M. DuS'ek, W. LeSlkar a B. Valeik.

Penize od: pan John Slovak, p. Josef Jurasek, pi. St. Hulovec, sestry A. Machae, Hed. Hamusek, A. Houdek, B. Malik, J. Malik, A. Pokladnik, M. Pkevratil, M. Filipec, A. Koza, A. HeinZal, M. Nesuda A. Horak, R. Kopeeek, M. StranskY, D. StranskY. Vesele Vanoce a S"testi a zdravi v novena race a uprinank dik vSem pratelam Marie TobernY 3123 Fordham Rd. Dallas 16, Texas --SPJSTKovar, Texas Ctena redakce, mile sestry a bratri, prichazim, abych vam (met peal radostnYch svatku vanoenich a t'astneho noveho roku. Zda se, de dim jsme stargi, de tim rychlejSi ty svatky prichazeji. Kdy' jsme byli mall tak se nam zdavalo, ze ten rok trva moc dlouho, ale veil se ani nenadame a vanoce jsou opet tady, a at' chceme nebo ne musime si uvedomit, ze jsme zase o jeden rok star gi, eili zase o jeden rok k naSemu poslednimu cili blue.

Delame fleet sami nad sebou a rozjimame co vlastne tento posledni rok pro nas znamenal. Zda se nam, de snad j sm e mohli hodne vice dobreho udelat ne'Z jsrne udelali, a take nas to mrzi jestli jsme nekomu treba i nevedomne ublilili. Na druhe strane nas to zase teg i jestli se nam naskytla pkilditost nekomu pornoci neb nekoho aspori pote:§it a tam se zastavime a dame si otazku jestli jsme pri kahle prilelito

sti tak einili a nebo jenom nekdy. Jestli snad nemyslili stale jenom sami na sebe a pH tom na clruhYch nebot' jak se rika, de jestli chce pritelem byt a, ze to nejvetei odmena elovek pritele mit de napred musi sam za dobry din je to vedomi, de jsme ten dobrY din udelali. Pravi se, ze i ten nejvetSi bohde jest vlastne chuclakem jestli nema pratel a nemtiZe se teSit s druhymi.

Najednou se nam zdaji nektere veci na kiterYch jsme si moc zakladali jaksi nepatrnYmi a nemriZem pochopit prod jsme se mnohdy pro ne rozeilovali.

Nejhor§i vAak je, de jakmile je po svatcich, ze na ty svoje dobre predsevzeti zapomeneme a jdeme na,S1rn tempem zase ad do svatky priktich, jestli se jich totiZ dooka.me, neb vSem toho doprano neni.

Tedy, nehledejme chyby, vHme si yeeho dobreho a pekneho, nebot' tak jiste udelame radost jinYm a zylaSte sami sobe.

S pranim vgeho dobreho vAem etouelm, nejenom na svatky, ale po cely pristi rok, jsem jako vZtlycky -wa g pritel Vaclav Barina, okrskovY organizator, okrsku eislo 1 --SPJST--

ttad C. 28, East Bernard Mill bratri a sestry: Volba nageho kadu eislo 28 dopadla takto: Stanley Barton,. predseda, Elsie Brcleeka, misto predsedkyne, Carrie Bohaeik, tajemnice, Anton Kelner, ml., feetni, Frank Urbish, pokladnik; feditele sine Louis Koval', Leroy Janik, Anton Kelner, ml.; vedouci mladeZe Elsie Brdeeka; delegati do sjezdu, Anton Kehler, ml., Carrie Bohaeik, Lydia Kubena, Elsie Brdeeka; nahradnici Ignac Fojtik,- Stanley Barton, Leroy Janik, Frances Hanzelka.

S pozdravem Carrie Bohaeik, tajemnice '----;SPJST-

Slovanska lipa, eislo 66, Waco Mili eleni a pratele: Predseda Otto Hanu g zahajil inagi schnzi dne .15. prosince ve 2:45 hodin Linden Hall. Pravil jak ho velice de se nag vanoeni yeeirek tak vyborne vydaril a dekoval vdem elenin, kteri vypomohli okra glit sift a jine veci udelat. Sestry Sharon Engelke, Jean Spence a Joyce Goeke vzdali test vlajce a eleni s nimi to opakovali. Spolkovni slib pkedrikaly sestry Mary Nell a Margaret Narovec, a Beverly Gaiduek.

Navgtevou u nas byli: pani Louis Kapayik a Elizabeth KozlOvskY, Jsme ve-

Ve stredu, dne 25. prosince 1963 lice radi, de k nam piisli. Nav gteva je nam vatycky mita.

Sestra Frances Miller nas vedla modlitbou za naSeho zemkeleho Presidenta, John Kennedy. Je nain velice hue, ze byl tak za&erne zavrazden. Na&e neihluWi soustrast jeho rodine a jeho dude at' ocipoeiva v pokoji.

Vsicnni, tirednici byli pram-mi.

Protokol byl eten a prijat jak eten.

Sestra Engelke co riditelka mladeZ.e nam dala svou zpravu. Ted ji teSilo jak se vydaril vanodni veeirek a ted dekovala vdem za yYpomoc.

Pravila, de se jinn "game night" v listopadu dobre vydatil a zvlaSt' dekovala Marvin Matudovi za jeho pomoc ten yeeer. Pak pravila, de pojeclou do Taylor na navStevu star S. ich v domovC", odnoeinku v nedeli 22, prosince. Odevzdaji jim eek na $25 a ted cukrovi a orechy jim donesou.

Tito eleni maji tento mesic narozeniny a site sestry La Nell Brem, Dorothy Moore, Debra Galler, a Frances Miller, dale bratri Chris Spence, st., Carroll Simeik, Michael W. Trefny; a Andy Paulus ye Floride. Zazpivali jsme jim "happy birthday", Sestra Engelke prala vdem At'astne a vesele svatky.

Sestra Libbie Parma pro zabavni vYbor dekovala vSem co ji pomohli a teSilo ji ted, 2e se to tak pekne vydarilo.

Jidla bylo lost a v gem chutnalo. Pravila, de to dalo hodne prace, ale kdyd meli dobrou pomoc, tak se to vgechno pekne udelalo.

Predseda rediteln, Edward 1VIazanec, pravil, de budem eitat $5 vstupne, muZske a clanly a dostanou k tomu kloboueky. Slim Haisler orchestra bude hrat a zaenou v 8 hodin to bude na Sylvestra weer 31, prosince. Ted bude tanec na vanoeni -neer 25. prosince. PeveckY sbor nebude cvieit nekolik tYdnil, bratil: n ikl Nick Morris nas Upozorni ye Vest, Sestra Engelke za nemocensky vYbor pravila, de sestra Otto Hanu g byla nemocna, ale ud je zase s nami cod ji ze srdce prejem. Bratri Galler, Bill Eison, Harold Trojan a Walter Poehls ted byli nemocni, ale ud se pozdravili . Bratr sestra Louis Kazda. ted jsou nemocni, tak jim prejem, aby zase byli brzo zdravi. Bratr Sykora neni jeAte zdravy prejem jemu ripine uzdraveni.

Pkedseda Hanud pkecial sestre Engelke eek na $25 pro kuchyri, kterY jemu dali od spolku RVOS. Diky jim.

Pak zaely volby uredniku, bratfi Francis Bruns, Bill Korenek a Henry Narovec rozdali listky, pak sebrali

ye stt du, tine 25. Mosinee Ises seitali a bratr. Eugene Gerlich psal jmena na tabuli.

Vgichni akednici pak byli aklamaene znovuzvoleni a jsou to: pkedseda Otto Hanui, mistopkedseda Frank Miller, fiinaneni sekretar Johnny Gaiduiek, pokladnik Roy Moore, tajemnice Rose Parma a prilvodce Roman Parma. Sestra Darlene Engelke se vzdala jako vedouci mladeae a sestra Libbie Parma byla aklamaene zvolena, a pki pkiiti schitzi zvolirne dve pomocnice, aby se sestrou Parmovou pracovaly a dokondime ostatni volby elenn na vYborech.

Pak jsme zvolili dva, delegaty do sjezdu a dva nahradniky. Delegati jsou bratki Otto Hanui a Edward Mazanec.

Nahradnici jsou Otis t &Aka a Frank Miller.

Prtivodei Roman Parma ma na starosti knihu, do ktere se eleni a ndvitevnici vady podepiiou tak pkeeet1 jmena tech elenta Co byli piitomni ,kaZdY rnesic: bratr sestra Frank Parma, bratr a sestra Bill Kofenek, bratr a sestra Eugene Gerlich, bratki Ray Moore, Johnnie Gaiduiek, Harold Trojan. Naie gratulace jim.

Mladea dostala pochvalu a diky, ze tak pane nam piednesli 'Omani program.

Pet keditelfl jsme zvolili a jsou to bratki, Bennie Engelke. Roman Parma.

Otis 6e,§ka, Eugene Gerlich a Frank Parma.

Dvekni cenu vyhrala sestra, Margaret Gaiduiek a Kay Gerlich.

Mladea pak mela svou schfizi a pak jedli Pfigti schfize bude 19. ledna 1964 a bude zase kaady mesic oznamend ye Vestniku, jenom zvlaitni schfize nebo party oznamene budou listkem.

Jak uz asi vite, vanoeni yeeirek se nam velice pekne yydakil. Siri byla pina Mena, MI a hostil, coa nas velice lo. Veeer pied tim padal snih a melt jsme obavu, 'ae kdyby moe rnrzlo, ze tkeba by se moe lidu neseilo, ale slunce vyilo a bylo krasne. Vanoeni strom za do stropu byl krasne okrailen a pinST svetel, ostatni sin byla Wane ozdobena obzvlaite jeviite, kde deti pozdeji meli vanoeni program.

Pak byla oznamend yeeeke a net se sekadili Frances Miller a Alan Hensel pfedlikali poa'ehnani pfed jidlem. Jidla bylo dost pro viechny a velice dobre a myslim, ae viem chutnalo.

Po veeeri pkedseda Hanoi pravil jak j e rad, ae se nas tolik seilo a peal nom vesele vanoce. Pak piedstavil Ukedniky hlavni fikadovny, pkedseda Edward Marek a manaelka, bratr a sestra Ben 2abeik, bratr a sestra R. A. Urba-

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novsk3i, zabavni vYbor, kralovna Zephyr Spence, statni kralovna Frances Miller a kral Allen Hensel, nail kiditele sine a jejich manaelky, ilditelka mladeae Darlene Engelke a jeji manpak ostatni fnednici a jejich manaelky a muai, nosie vlajky Chris Spence, bratr Alvin Nesuda, pkedseda tketiho distriktu a jeho manaelka Wilma Nesuda, keditelka mladeae tketiho distriktu, tajemnice tietiho distriktu Rosemary Spence a jeji mantel, bratr Nich Morris redaktor Vestniku, a na g kiditel peyeckeho sboru a jeho pani, bratr Robert eervenka a pani Estelle Motis, ktera nag pevecky sbor doprovazi na klaviru, Kathy Moore, duchess a John Engelke jeji pravodce. Sestra Anna Hotek tea nas poctila svou pkitomnosti.

Pkedseda Edward Marek pak omluvil bratra Kacire, HejnYho a Kolihu a jejich manaelky, ae nemohli bYt s ndmi a vyslovil svoje poteieni, ae mohli bYt s narni tento -yeeer, pravil ae naSe vlajky je jen poloviene vztyeena a jaky smutek nas viechny potkal, ze musime mit cifiveru v sebe a naiich spoluelenti a dnes dame stranou viechny starosti a budem poslouchat deti zpivat vanoeni koledy v tomto krasnern obdobi pro deti. Tea pkeeet1 vets "Friendship" napsan Dwight Eisenhowerem. Pak jdeme nekolik stoleti zpatky, kde se objevila hvezda a pastyki Ali k ni a pkivedla je do staje, kde se zrodil na g Spasitel Jeiii. Prisli tfi moudil nifiaove a poloaili aye, darky k jeho nohoum a pozdeji tento sami Spasitel zeinkel pro naie hrichy na kHii, abychom mohli mit nadeji na nebe po smrti. Pfedseda Marek zakoneil svou dojemnou 'fee' modlitbou a pkal nam it'astne a vesele svatky a sve polehnani.

Sestra Libbie pak pievzala vedeni programu a vybidla mistopkedsedu Frank Millera, aby odevzdal na g darek pfedsedovi a sestie Otto Hanoi. Frances Miller a Alan Hensel dostali kaadY eek na $25, odmena za to ae vyhrali statni contest, jsme velice na ne hrdi, ae ze sedmi distriktil nail dva eleni to vyhrali. Sestra Darlene Engelke dostala darek od Gene Miller za inlaclea a ona vyslovila sve diky a uznani a clekovala sestke Libbie Parma za jeji pomoc.

Sestra Agnes Mazanec od malSich deg tea dostala darek a Cynthia Moore jej odevzdala. Pak Gene Miller pkedseda mladea'e dostal od nich darek a Sharon Engelke mu ho podala. Bratr George Trefm'T od spolku RVOS piedal eek na $25 naiemu pkedsedovi pro kuchyfi. Pkedseda Hanoi vyslovil sve diky. Bratr Edward Mazanec jako pkedseda peveckeho sboru dal bratru Mor-

risovi a jeho pani na g darek, a pani Estelle Motis tea dostala darek. Nate diky ji z ylaSte, ae k nam jezdi hrat klavir, kdya cvieime. Bratr Morris a pani Motis vyslovili sve Pak byl program deti: The Christmas Story.

Introduction — Frances Miller Narrator — Alan Hensel Blessed Virgin Mary — Donna Gerlich St. Joseph — John Engelke Shepherds — Eddie Mazanee, Mike Galler — Tommy Galler — Johnnie Gaiduiek Angles — Kay Gerlich, Kathy Mazanec, Kathy Moore, Christine Narovec, Theresa Narovec, Debbie Galler Kings — Cynthia Moore, Norma Hensel, Barbara Gaiduiek Little Cherub — Margaret Rose Gaidugek Scenery — Chris Spence, Dennis Moore Choral Singers Sharon Engelke, Marvin Matus, Gene Miller, Frances Miller, Mary Nel Nara vec, Margaret Narovec, Mary Sue Moore Garry Moore, Beverly Gaidusek, Larry Matus, Zephyr Spence, Jean Spence Pak na g pevecky sbor zazpival 4 pisne. "Ja rada tancuju", "Neit'astnY. 8af aftv Dvoreeek" "Svata noc, ticha noc" a "Birthday of a King". Nat je s nami trpolivy, ale vi co od nas mute aadat a mi jemu chcerne vyhovet a dekujem jemu a pani Motis take.

Potom pkiiel Santa Claus a OH meli velkou radost.

Piejem viem fikedniklim Hlavni akadovny, cele redakci, redaktoru, jeho nodine, elenfim a pkatelarn it'astne a vesele svatky a ve zdravi se zase uvideli.

Rffaena Parma, dopisovatelka Krouiek eeskSreh ien v Tiaras Nate prosincova scheme byla eetne navitivena nebot' bylo pkito nno 42 elenek a 5 hostil: pi. Alice Roberts, sestra to nail pfedsedkyne Zvolanl ove, pi. Ella Nachtigal z Kalifornie, dcera sestry M. Nesudove, pi. F. Prochazkeva z Forth Worth a pi. Helen Harris z Tea p. W. Leiikar z Taylor. Viachny jsme rady uvidely a pfijd'te zas!

Byla to opravda vesela "Chrisimas Party" same itebetani a smichu dost.

Po piivitani plitoninSrch hosta zaFedly jsme k vanoene zdobernim stolum a sestra Zvolankovd vyzvala viechny pkitomne aby povstanim jsme uctily pamatku zesnuleho Presidenta Kennedy.

Pak nasledovala schfize, ktera byla brzy odbyta, abychom si pochutnavaly na vYteenena krocanim obede se viim slugenstvini. Opravdu se knehatty vy-

V2STNfIC znamenaly, vse bylo chutne pripraveno a kaZdY si pochvaloval, Diky sestram Bunker a Kartousove za upedeni krocaMt a ostatnim sestram za druhe dobroty. Dik sestre Diddle pavelkove za obstarani ozdoby na stoly a sestram, ktere ji pomanaly -La Sestre Halouzkoye za zdobeni stromeeka, pod kterYm byly nakupeny dareeky, rovneZ dik. se velice pekne vyjimalo a z yySilo to vanoeni ndladu. Po obede byly podarovany sestry, ktere dosahly 60 let: Marie DuSkovd, Marie Stranska a Helen Vrlova st. Dve dalAi sestry F. Balejova.; a F. Spume neniohly bYt pritomne. Prejeine vSem to nejlepSi. Pak nastalo vymenovani darkil a pri tom bylo hodne veselosti a zde se, to kaZda sestra byla spokojena s vytaknYm darkem. Doufejme, to priStim rokem se vSechny zas ye zdravi sejdeme a budem moci jedna druhe poprat vesele svatky jako letos.

Nat bazar, ktery jsme poradaly 8. prosince se pekne vydaril, trebak navSteva nebyla tak velika, jak bychom si byly ptaly. Ale finanene jsme dobre pochodily nebot' hodne se prodalo.

Peeiva se mohlo prodat jeSte jednou tolik co jsme mely v zasobe. Haekovanou deku obdrtela pi. Mildred Voss, dcera sestry M. Linkove. KrouZ'ek dekuje v'Sem tern, kteri darovaly penaite dary na bazar, jakot i tern, kteri prinesly ruene zhotovene darky. A jsme vdeenY i tern prespolnim sestram, ,ktere poslaly darky. Zase jedno dilo se podarilo a milZem byt spokojeny. Kroutek pieje si podekovat p. Vaclavu Kueerovi z Corpus Christi za dar, ktery nam poslal a prejeme vse dobre jernu a jeho rodine.

Kroukk vyslovuje soustrast sestre Marii 8ef6a,kove nad -anirtim jeji sestry Johanky Le gikarove z Taylor a sestre F. Konakovske nad odchodem jejiho bratra J. Janoty, rovne Z s z Taylor. ZesnulYm klid a necht' je jim zeme lehka. Sestre Helen Vrlove st., se prihodila nehoda nebot' upadla a zlamala si ruku v zapesti a trochu se pohmadila.

HZ ale se pozdravuje, cot ji vSechny prejeme, a snad priSte 112 zase bude mezi nami.

Rok 1963 se rychle bli2i ku konci a proto chci podekovati p. redaktorovi za uverejnovami mach dopisti a pieji jemu a jeho rodine veselYch svatka vanoenich a St'astnY nova rok 1964 a vgem etoucim preji hodne zdravi a veselou my si.

Sestro LeMkarova,, prijedle s VaAim pantatou zase brzy, vab y vas zde rally uvidirne.

Mild sestry, nak piisti schilze bude

se konat dne 2. ledna, tedy zapoenete nova rok sprd yne a prijd'te v pinem pootat. KaZdemu preji vie dobre AneZka Houdkova, dopisovatelka ST-Kovar, Texas VaZend redakce a bratre Morris a celemu personalu v tiskarni, toto jest letos asi posledni rnirj dopis, pak neco napifti v novena roce. Mill bratri a sestry a etendri, prijmete moje blahoprani k viMoenim svatkam a dobre zdravi, trpolivosti a lasku k druhemu, aby JeliSek vSem "iehl vieho dobreho a, abyste vSichni n-teli pokhflank Nov' rok 1964. To vain vSem preje ze srdce vase dopisovatelka. z Kovar.

Minuly- rok byl vklijaky. Mistama byly Urody dobre, za CeZ mame Panu Bohu dekovat. Farman dostali krmivo za sucha domu a nyni mail hodne ji2 poorano, pripraveno na priSti rok. Bude me eckat, co ten nova rok nam prinese.

Budeme vzpominat, to minulY rok byl rok, kdy priSel neSt'astne o tivot net milt' President Kennedy.

Na ySteva na schrtzi 8. prosince byla slaba. Zahajil ji predsecia Batina. Povstanim byla vzdana, Best zesnulenau presidentu. Zapomnela jsem v poslednim dopise na, naS nemocensky vYbor, a to site sestry Lillie Evicic, Agnes Suten, Mary Stepan a bratri Joe ElSik, Louis Valek, Chas. Hribek. Druha opra.va je ta, to bratr Charlie Kalina je domovnikern a Frank Stepan bude prodavat napoje. Odpuste bratri.

Nemocnt je Sofie Vyvjala, lidera jsem slySela, 2e byla dovezena do nernocnice.

Prejeme, aby se brzy uzdravila a aby mohla pies svatky bYt do-ma se svojimi milYmi, Vesele vanoce a pokhnanY NovY Rok vam preje Mary 'Stepan Od "Birthday" klubu els 88, Houston Ctena redakce a mili etenari: Co toto budete eisti, budou jiz zde vanoeni svatky, tak preji VSem radostne svatky vanneni, pamatka to a oslava narozeni Pana, JetIte. A takteZ, St'astnY a po2ehnanY Novy Rok preji vSem, jak etenartim, tak z ylaSte etene redakci za jejich ochotu, trpelivost a ze tak Vestnik pekne vede p. Morris, 'Java velmi pouene elanky, ktere se tak pekne &toil a jsou velmi zajimave.

"Card party, ktere na g kroutek valy porada prvni stredu v mesici, tak v mesici lednu nebude, ponevadZ pripada den noveho roku.

Schrize nakho klubu bude jako Ody, druhou stredu v mesici, dne 8. ledna.

Sestry se se j dou v 10 hodin, schnze za-

Ve stredu, dne 25, prosince 1063 pane presne v 11 hodin, ponevaTZ. jest to vyroeni schdze, tak abY jsme byly y poledne hotovi a neodtahovalo se at po poledni. Budou volby i irkednic, jestli si budou prat move firednice.

OvSem, rname dobre Mednice, a zajiste znstanou na dale. Jen ja si preji aby to nektera prevzala to Ceske dopisovani, prevzit zpravodajku, ja jsem to mela po par rokti, vim to jest nekolik schopnYch dopisovat eesky.

Takta zaeatkem roku si prejem aby nove elenky, ktere by chteli pristoupit at' se prihlasi neb potrebujem novych elenek, d ye se jit prihlasili a sice: pi.

Lillian Finn a pi. F. Kubin, doufame Ze se j ich vice prihlasi.

Prvni sobotu v mesici dne 4. ledna bude °pet prodej peeiva a koldell. Zapoenou peel rano a v poledne si mohou pro ne plijet. Zavdejte si va§i objedndyku do predu, tak aspori budete jisti, to koldee dostanete.

Pi. Volkova nam opet darovala $2.00 do nail pokladnieky, za dot ji mnohokrat dekujem. Takte2 jsme poslaly yanoorii kartky naSim byvalYm spolusestram, ktere jsou na odpoeinku , v Taylor v fitulne a sice pi. Agnes Svaeina, Augustine Winkler a Blanche Haan. Jak slySet, ze si tarn poelivaluji, cot jim kaZdy ze srdce preje ten milt' pobyt ye svem stari. TakteZ pozdrav na p. Fr. Housera, e'en od nakho Pada a takta naA bkvalk soused, ktery te'Z bydli tamnejS"i fitulne, bYvali to pritel mach rodieti, jak byvali na FrYclku a Sealy, Sestry od klubu, ktere slavi sve narozeniny v mesici lednu jsou: pi. Emilie Altman, pi, Frances Chalupka a pi.

M. Tillich. Celt' kroukk jim preje "happy birthday" a dalSich narozenin 'Ye zdravi se doekati.

V mesici prosinci, na g' kroukk ten, daroval nagemu radu $2300.00, totit dva tisice tri sta dolarti, penize, ktere jsme utrtily za peeeni kolaea a "card party". Kdy. " v radove prosincove zi to oznamili, nae kroukk obdrZ'el kovny proslov za rad a takte2 jsme byly odmeneny velkym potelsekm.

Druhou stredu v prosinci po schilzi naeeho kroutku jsme mely svtij vanneni party, nejpr y chutny norei °bed se vkmi dobrotami, ktere pripravily sestry Annie Elzner, Mary Elzner, Birdie Hilsher a Albina Drawe. ZaslouZi si nanohy a pochvalu, to tak chutnSr °bed pripravily, zvlaW sestre Birdie Basher za okra:Sleni stolr "poinsettami." kvitky a. svicny s eervenYmi svidkami, kaiZde thence darovala vanoeni kytieku si pripnout. Taktez firednici od fadu se sireastnili naSeho obeda. Po °bede khZdSr udelal nejaky proslov zvla2St'

Ve stkedu, dne 25. prosince 1963 pi-edseda Tim Kostom, mel pekny proslov k nam a dekoval nam. Taktet obdrtel darek odf nas sester. Po obede byla spoleene zazpivana koleda a rozdavani darn, ktere byly vymenene jedna s druhou podia eisla. Tet bylo hodne na yttevnikti pkitomno, cot nas teti.

Minulou nedeli 15. prosince, byl odpoledne u radu. Pokrok sehran vanoeni program pii kterem deti od radii ileinkovali. Po programu byla Mikulatska nadilka. Kdyt se Mikulat objevil, deti men radost a tleskali od radosti, katdk dostal nadilku, kabelku s ovocam, kendu a ofechy, cot poridili a darovaly sestry od naSeho klubu, cot vtdy kakikm rokem &lame pri velikonoenich svatkach zas dame detem velikonoeni nadilkou. Po programu a miklulaSske nadilce, byly pociavane zdarrna chutne zakusky s kafiekem, Maminky nanosily tolik rozlieneho peeiva, jako senviee, koldeti, kejkii, klobase, okurky, syr taktet AtrudIe a rozliene kukyse.

Maminky co darovaly veci do kuchyne si zaslouti mnohy dik. Vtichni si pochvalovali a bavili se spoleone.

Tak to bude asi vte neb dopis se prodlukuje. Jetta jednou preji v gem radostne svatky vanoani a At'astny nastavajici Novk Rok, obrvlatte od Farm Boha toho zdravieka pfeje Warn ses. Sophie Hrubk, dopiS. —SPJSTSvaz Ceehoslovanu els. 92 Ft. Vtrorth Mill bratki a sestry, V nasi pravicielne schfizi ze dne 8. prosince, ktera byla dosti eetne na ystivena (ne vtak jak by mela byt) vzhledern tomu, to nam pkipa,dly volby iffednika na, rok 1964.

Mel byt yak zajem o to kdo bude kidit spravu nateho kadu pkittim rokern. Volby re vtak odbyly v dobrein potadku, zvoleni byli fikednici nasledovne: Pkedseda — Jos. B. Paprskak Mistopkedseda — Josef Beaan Tajemnik — Mary Paprskak teetnik -- Josef Kfivanek Pokladnik --- John Murphy Vedouci mladete, Helen Kubala Oleta Kaska, Pkedsedkyne nemocenskeho vkboru Vlasta Dolket.

Spravni vkbor Josef Kfivanek, Frank 131atek a Richard Hubefiak.

Delegati do sjezdu Josef Kfivanek, Albert Kubala, Josef Paprskak, John Murphy, Joe Bartek; nahradnici Robert Rtitieka, Jos. Botik, Mary Paprskak, Helen Kubala, Frank Blatek.

Dopisovatele aesky — Josef Beaan, anglicky — Mary Paprskak.

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ARM SCHUZE NASICH Okrsek II Jarni saline II. okrsku se bude konat 22. bkezna 1964 u kadu C. 15 Buckholts.

--SPJST—• Okrsek III. Jarni schtze se bude ,konat 26. dubna 1964 u kadu Pokrok C. 84 v Dallas.

--SPJST--Okrsek V Jarni schtze pateho okrsku bude pokadana 17. kvetna 1964. Nabidky od radu byti hostem tato schuze budu Pf ij aty do 31. bkezna. Nabidky zaSlete na ittednika okrsku P. A. Kadleeek, taj. .---SPJST---4

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Okrsek VI. Jarni schfize sesteho okrsku bude pokadana dne 19. dubna 1964 rt radu Ka rel JonaS, eislo 28 v Riverside Hall V East Bernard; zaeatek schtze bude oznameno pordeji.

Okrsek VII Jarni schfize sedmeho okrsku se bude konat 3. kvetria 1964 u kadu C. 161 v La Parita.

--SPJST.— Do Seaton a okoli a vtern tYkajici se narodniho htbitova v Seaton: Timto varn davam vadat, 2e vkroeni schtize hititova se bude odbyvat v nedeli 29. prosince 1963 v obchode pana T. T. 8efeik ye dye hodiny odp. Dostavte se do tato schtize a zvolte si firedniky na pkitti rod.

S pozdravem Frank D. Mikeska, taj. estatfic et chlapcil v modrYch bunclach s vytitYm napisem statu Missouri a znakem Future Farmers of America pkiletela v minulych dnech do Prahy.

Byli to mladi hoti, budouei amerieti farmaki, kteki pkitli Ido Evropy na zkutenou a v programu sveho tkimesieniho turne za zeinedelstvim v Evrope, mall pro Ceskoslovensko necele tki dny.

Tim intezivneji vtak chteli svfij kratce vymekenY aas vyutit.

Slibne zabajeni pkiprav pro Sokolskou Narodui Pout' v St. Louis, Missouri.

(Tiskova slutba oslav steno vkroei Americke Obce Sokolske) Prvni sokolska jednota na pade Spojenych stattl byla zalolena 14. finora roktu 1865 v St. Louis, Missouri. Proto take sjezd Americke Obce Sokolske rozhodl, z e v ramci sletovkch udalosti bude do St. Louis vykonana narodni sokolskd pout' k pocte vtech piomira, kteri mail nesnutelne zasluhy o rozgireni sokolskkch idei v Americe.

Pkipravy k tato vehni vkznamne sletove akci byly jit zahajeny. V St. Louis byl zvlattni VYbor pro sokolskou narodni pout', do ktereho vkk. vkbor AOS. vyslal sve zastupce, starostu br. Karla Prchala, jednatelku ses. Blau ihdkovou a bratra Franka Vodratku, tupa Stiedni sveho starostu br. James Simanera. Vtichni se teastnili prvni, -vkrnamne schtize tohoto vkboru v pondeli, 'dna 2. prosince, na ktere bylo vice jak padesat elenti Sokola ze St. Louis.

Hoste z Chicaga byli vkele uvitani jak starostou Sokola bratrem Wm. Shanou, tak i bratrem John Reinerem, pkedsedou VYborti pro sokolskou na,rodni pout', kterk proldlasil, to tato prvni schtze ma historicky vyznam a ze je pkesved'den, ze oslava sokolskeho vyroci tak dejinneho yYznamu, bude po vtech strankach iispetna., protote Sokol v St. Louis nikdy vezklamal, kdyt tlo o propagaci sokolske mytlenky. Vzpoinnel pak velkYch a iispetnYch sletfi v St. Louis v roku 1940 a v roce 1955. Narodni sokolska pout' v St. Louis v roce 1965 bude nejvatti a nejvYznamnejti slavidosti, ktera, se kdy v St. Louis a jeho okoli konala nejen Sokolove, ale cela vefejnost v St. Louis budou pro jeji ftspech spolupracovat. Pri slavnosti bude take slavnostne oteviiena nova Sokolovna a odhalena busta dr. Miroslava Tyrte. Vyznam narodni sokolske poutti bude tiro je gte vice zdhraznen.

V prAbehu Ziveho a nspeSneho jednani schtze bylo rozhodnuto, to sokolska narodni pout' v St. Louis, Missouri bude se kortat 5. a 6. 'derma roku 1965. upa Stkedni v Chicagu, Ill. bude potadana o souhias, aby jeji slet v roce 1965 se ktonal v St. Louis take y e dnech narodni sokolske pouti, aby takto bylo umotneno tiroke vefejnosti v St. Louis shltdnout ye vettim mekitku sictova prostna a take hosttim ze vtech?'raja Ameriky vksledky fispetne vkchov pro telesnou a duchovni zdatnost naroda.

Buda take pkipraven zvlattni programovy pamatnik, ye kterem bude zachycena bohata historie sokolske jednoty

8 v St. Louis, sokolske 2upy Stredni Americke Obce Sokolske.

S velkYm zajmem byla vyslechnuta, zprdva jednatelky AOS ses. B16221 Oihakove o vYvoji akce pro vydani jubilejni poStovni znamky a velmi povzbuzujicim vYsledku audience u Gen, PoAtmistra John Gronouskeho ve Washingtom), D. C., kteremo byla odevzdana 26,clost a Memorandum. VSichni pritomni s naaenim slibili take pinou spolupraci v kampani pro podporu znamkoy e akce. V rozprave byla jednomyslnost v nazoru, 2e sokolske jubilejm oslavy v rote 1965 soustiedi na sebe pozornost cele americke yekejnosti. Buda vSUk treba pine pohotovosti vAech Sokohl a Sokolie i jejich pratel. Buda treba ziskat velky poeet novYch dentin, aby v manifestaenich prtivodech o narodni sokolske pouti v St. Louis a ye dnech jubilejniho sletu 27. dervna roku 1965 v Chicago, Ill., pochodoval co nejvetAi poeet krojovaneho i cvieiciho dlenstva.

Jen tim presvedenne americkou yekejnost, 2e je to sokolske heslo "ye zdrayem tele — zdravy duch", ktere pine vystihuje hluboky smysi snahy tragicky zesnuleho Presidenta John F. KennedYho o vYchovu naroda k fysicke zdatnosti.

Na,e1Seni bratki a sester, freastnikil historicke prvni schuze VYboru pro sokolskou narodni pout' v St. Louis bylo tak upiimne, 2e doprovazeli v napInenem autobusu a nekolika autech chicagske hosty na dvacet mill vzdalene let g -Co. Sokolske jubilejni slavnosti jsou jedineenou prilditosti k rozvinuti organisaenich schopnosti rra‘Sich sokolskYch pracoy nikii, kteki ye chvilich, kdy bylo treba pine pohotovosti, nikdy nezklamall. Wsledek jednani VYboru pro ndrodni sokolskou pout' v St. Louis a vAechny i doposod vykonane pkipravy pro fispech jubilejnich sokolskYch slavnosti v race 1965 jsou slibnYm meatkern velkeho dila obetave, Verne spaluprace velke sokolske rodiny v America, ktere se zdaki. essR uz naygtivito pies 16.000 Rai:fig-a/11i Po "oteykeni eeskosloyenskYch hranic pro rakouske turisty", kteki v ramci uleheeneho vikendo yebo pohranieniho styku naygtiyili Ceskoslovensko, pfijelo do Pratislayv a iinYch mist uz eelkora pies 16.000 rakatiskYch obeanki.

Hiasil to bratisla yskY rozhlas 4. listopadu a poznamenal. to za etyki vikend y tak na y 'sq iyilo Oeskoslovensko vie rakouskYch twist& nez kolik jich pkijelo za celY uplynulY rok.

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RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsany resolueni vYbor Melo Primori dislo 143, v Inez, Texas, vyslovujeme naSi uprimne citenou soustrast portistale rodine nad ztratu jejich mar2e1a, otce, a na geho spolubratra, Fran Otto, ktery zemkel 17. listopadu ye stall 82 let. Pohrben byl z katolickeho kostela Sy. Mari! ye Victorii, a ulo2en k posledninau odpoeinku na katolicky hrbitov v Inez. Pohrebni obrady vykonal dp.

Edw. Jansky. ) )1.

Zesnuly brats zanechaval manZelku Frances Otto, 4 syny, August v San Angelo, Raymond a Paul v Inez, Frank v Edna; 3 dcery Amelia Anders v Inez, Willie Mae Otto v Inez a Agnes Machicek v Telferner. ZesnulY bratr Otto byl Clenem Jednoty 41 let, a v2dy byl dbalY syYch povinnosti.

Mild rodino, vime, '2e velice 2elite jeho odchodu, ale bdcln yam Utechou, 2e i my spolkovi bratri, a sestry jeho odchodu. Zesnuly bratfe, od.poeivej v pokoji, a east budi2 Tve pamatce.

Za kad Pkimoil eislo 143 Leo Krause, Jr. C. L. Janeeka Felix Repka, resolueni YYbor

Kulturni pi inos Otakar Machotka, profesor sociologie na Karlove universite a nyni na Harpur College v Endicott, N. Y., ztravil leto studijni cestou po Europe. Pri to pkile21tosti byl poz ydn k pfednake na Sorbo(fIstav pro socialni yYzkum), kde pkednagel o svYch nejnovejSich vYzkumach o Oloze povedomi ye spoleeenskem 2iyote. Dr. Machotka, jak jsme referovali, vydal o techto s yYch YYzkomech velkou vedeckbu studii.

• • Dr. Mario Hikl z Toronta se zileastni jako kanadsky vladni delegdt mezinarodni konference prate, ktera se bude konat v 27",ene ye ye dnech 25. listopadu az 6. prosince. D. Hid' byl zaroven jmenoyan do specialni komise expertii patnacti zemi,' kteki maji vypracovati prvni zakonik mezinarodniho pra y s Pro verejne zamestnance . V teto komisi se exulant Hikl setkd, a bude jednat i se

Ve stredo, dne 25. prosince 1963 sovetskYm delegatern. Clenern teto domise je take bYvaly) indicky ministr nrod.ni obrany KriSna Menon. Dr. Hikl je doktor pray v Masarykovy university v Brne a na francouzske universite v Montrealu dosdhl filosofickeho doktoratu z obou slovanskYch literatur.

• ♦ No Duchaeek, profesor na City College v New Yorku, se zireastnil v lete mezinarodniho semindre v oboru politickYch ved, spojeneho s cestou kolem sveta, pri nit teastnici meli prilditost setkat se a hovorit s politickYmi vedci hlavnich mest v Asii, na Blizkein vYchode a v jitni Europe. Dr. Duchaeek nayStivil se svYmi kolegy Japonsko, Formozu, Indii, Egypt, Izrael, Recko, 8panelsko atd. ♦ • Walter Ducloux, americkY dirigent SYYcarskeho ptivodu a propagator Ceske hudby, je profesorem na "University of Southern California" v Los Angeles. Spolu se '26,ky tamni konser yatouvede poprve na kalifornskou scenu 7., 13. a 15. prosince Dvorakovu "Rusalko." Dr. Ducloux priAel r. 1945 jako americky vojak s Pattonovou armadou do Plzne, seznamil se s eeskYmi hudebniky a brzy pote byl pozvan k fizeni Ceske filharmonie a opery Ndrodniho divadla. V lednu 1946 kidil Susalku' za pritomnosti presidenta Bene ge a ministra Jana Masaryka, V hlediSti byl tehdy Dvokaktly syn. Otakar, ktery pad poslal dr. Ducloux z vdeenosti jeden rukopis sveho otce. V Praze a note v Brne se dr. Ducloux naueil eesky a nyni si sam pokidil anglicky pfeklad "Rusalky" podle origindlu Jaroslava Kvapila. ♦

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Rev. Dr. A. P. Slabey napisal do marcoveho eisla easopisu 'The Moravian' (Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.) elanok 'John Amos Comenius in Fulnek' a do jidoveho Cisla 'John Hus and. the Bible'. ♦ Dr. Miloslay Rechcigl, Jr. z National Cancer Institute, pi'i Narodinch Ustavech pro zdravi, Bethesda, Md., se ziteastnil mezinarodniho kongresu vrzivy, ktekY se konal v Edingburghu ad 9. do 15. srpna.. Na sjezdo, promluvil na thema "VY2iva a etiologie snneni datalazy pH. rakovine."

Sjezdu se ta zfroastoil Dr. T. Fabian.ek z "New York Medical College", ktery piedndS'el a vlivu nedostatku vitaminu C na IkOni mukopolysacharidy Jednim z hlavnich keenikii na kongreso byl Dr. E gon Kodieek z university Cambridge. Predna gel o uziti radioaktivniho vitaminu D na z yla,Stnim sym-

Ve sttedu, dne 25, prosince 1963 Pasia pojednavajicim o isotopech a jejich uZiti y e vYzkumu vYZivy. Sjezdu se zaeastnila rada mezinarodnich hosti; mnozi prijeli z vYchodni Evropy. Z Ceskoslovenska prijela delegace 18 anejpoeetnejSi delegace eastnikti vYchodni Evropy.

• • Na podzim priStiho roku bade usporaclana v Praze Mezinarodni vYsta,va detskYch kreseb, maleb a keramiky.

Bade na ni shromaZdeno 'asi 1.500 vYtvarnych praci deti z celeho sveta.

6eskoslovenska sopranistka Ludmila Dvorakova zpivala velmi aspeSne part Leunory v Beethovenove °pore "Fidelio", kterou v nemeckern Bonnu zahajili Beethovenav festival 1963. Na festivalu vystoupilo i Novakovo kvarteto a dirigent Karel Aneerl.

Iludobne leto pripravili slovenske kapel'ne mesta. PieSt'ansky festival mal hudobno-divadelny charakter, hudobne leto v TreneianskYch Teplicia,ch sa zamerala na symfonicka a komorna hudbu, obdobne ako hudobne leta na Sliaei a v Bardejove. V Bojniciach a Smrdak.och prevladali hudobno-zabavne 2anre.

Narodni muzeum v Praze pripravilo k 25. vYroei Mnichova vYstavu, •ktera se jmenuje "Dejhay nas poueily". Ptind mnoho dokumentaeniho materiala. Je ureena nejen pro pametniky Mnichova, ale i pro mlacigi, pro neZ; je Mnichov ttZ jen historickY pojem.

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PraMke divadlo ABC uvedlo novou inscenaci hry Vratislava Blazka "Treti prani". Je to vtipna, satira na dneni spoleoenske my§leni Z"ivot, kritika malomeAt'actvi a byrokratismu. Re'Zii hry ma Ant. Moskalyk j. h., v hlavnich fhohach vystounili Josef Bek, Lubomir Lipsky, esl. umelec Rudolf Deyl, Jirina Bohdalova aj.

• V Prachaticich opravuji Dolni branu. Je to stara historicka pamatka ze 14. stoleti. Dostava novou prejzovou strechu, laelostnon fasadu a budou obnoveny 1 stare malby z r dohy RoZ'emberkfi. Move koule v ni zasazene jsou z roku 1420, kdy Zizka oblehal Prachalice.

DIVADLO TRADIC

LetoAni divadelni sezena v eSR ie jubilejni nejenom pro naSi nejnaroenej:Si seem", ktere si lid zvykl tikat "zlata kaplieka", ale i pro divadlo mnohem men:Si a mnohem mladsi, ktere

VESTINIfic

vSak pro prabojnou pokrokovost znamenalo mnoho jak v dobach predinnichovskYch, tak i v dobach povaleenych.

Je to rdneSni Divadlo E. F. Buriana, pojmenovane tak na poeest sveho zakladatele, yyznanmeho divadelnilao amelce, relisera a skladatele. Tehdy, pied deseti lety, vstupo yala maid avantgardni scena D 34 za vedeni E. F. Buriana do podminek velmi chudYch, brzy se vsak probojovala mezi nejyyznanmejSi pralska divadla. Bylo to zasluhou nejenom zakladatele sceny samotneho, ale i tim, ze se to sousttedil kolektiv nadSonYch, mladYch a talentovanYch lidi, z nichZ je treba jmenovat z ylaSte Viadimira 8merala, Marii BareSovou. Skrbkovou, Bolka, Vafiatka a mnoho dalSich, NavAtevniky ,divadla, byli predevSim Tide mladi, kteri se prichazeli divat na objevna predstaveni, je2 mlady herecky kolektiv avadei na malem jevigti tehdejSiho Mozartea. Mnoha ptedstaveni jsou dod,nes nezapomenutelna: Molierav Lakomec, Nezvalovi Milenci ,kiosku, Brechtova 2ebracka opera, voice-bandova vystoupeni, 8alamounova Piseri pisni, montaZ" z Villonovych basni atd. atd. prave tak, jako protiva,leene pasmo z lidove slovesne a huclebni tvorby "Vojna" nebo antimilitaristicka, osobita dramatizace HaSkova "Svejka".

Boj proti militarismu vynesl E. F. Burianovi za nacisticke okupace zavleeeni do koncentraeniho tabora a celemu souboru uzavreni divadla. Teprve po valce se mohlo divadlo vratit znovu k svemu poslani, za podminek uk" stela jinych, na scene Na porisi, kde znovu zaznely nejlep gi hry z predvaleeneho obdobi a s nimi rada novYch, z Ceske klasiky i soueasne tvorby. Je treba vzpomenout zejmena Tylovych "KrvavYch krtin" i Kariovy "Party brusiee Karhana" a danich.

Po smrti zakladatele divadla E. F. Buriana se tato scena priradila syYm repertoarem k ostatnim praZ'skYm divadlam, mezi nimiz paticila vhly k nejJeji repertoar eerpa jak ze svelove a na§i klasiky, tak i ze soueasneho clramatickeho umeni. Jednou z poslednich novinek, uvedenYch na teto scene, je dramatizace slavneho Flaubertova romanu "Pani Bovaryova", ktery zdramatizoval i rOiruje Miloslav Stehlik.

Dalsimi soueasnymi hrami repertoara divadla je Karla. Oapkh "Vec Markropalos", znovu uvedene Goldoniho "Zpivajici Benatky" ye zpracovani A. Hoffmeistra s JeRovou hudbou, irtoena satiricka hra. V. Majo yskeho "Sprcha' detektivni pribeh Agathy Christie "Neoeekavany host". V techto dnech uva-

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di Divadlo E. F. Buriana dal‘Si premien', lint Tennessee Williamse "Vytetovalid rule".

OLOMOUC

Olomouc, po dlouha leta hlavni mesto markrabstvi morayskeho, ma od eatku 14. stoleti v mestske peeeti morayskou orlici eervene a stribrne Cachovanou Znak Moravy a Olomouce se vlastne neliSil, a2 na jednu maliekost, kterou je pri zbeZnem pohledu molno prehlednout: zatimco mora yska orlice ma korunku, spary, zobak a jazyk slatY olomoucka orlice ma jazyk eervenk.

Tak vypadal olomouckY znak po tadu stoleti aZ do vlady Marie Terezie. Ta zmenila Olomouc na pevnost podle vAech zasad. tehdejSiho vojenskeho umenu. Nova pevnost mela brzy ukazat svou nedobytnost. Roku 1758 za valek Rakouska a Pruska o Slersko, je'Z tehdy jeSte pattilo cele k zemim koruny Ceske, oblehl pruskY kral Fridrich VelikY vysoke cihlove zdi mesta a pokou gel se o jeho dobyti. Posadka vSak odolala a Prugaci musili odtahnout s neporizenou. Vdeend cisarovna polep gila mestu erb pridanim rakouskeho eerveno-byloeerveneho gtitku s inicalou sveho manZola Franti gka I. a svou vlastni. Od rohti Rita pribyla pismena SPQO, Sonatas populusque olomucensis, tj. snem a lid olomouckY. Roku 1934 byly tyto novejS1 pridavky odstraneny a Olomouc se vratilo ke svemu pfivodnimu prostemu erbu. Za stateenost proti Prugakfan se vS"ak hanacka metropole nikterak stydet nemusi a proto akazujeme obraz metskeho znaku po trezianske ilprave.

--SPJSTV Tyne nad Vltavou doll se letoS"niho kvetna sta let °bean Norbert ROdl.

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informabi Pribytky pro stark lidi Poeet Amerieant, kteti prekrodili tatedesatku, roste dvakrate rychleji netli celkova populace. Podle vtech phtomnych naznakti bude koncern tohoto stoleti katcly desaty obyvatel SpojenYch statil ye veku pies 65 let. Tato predvidand zmena zakIadni americke struktury obyvatelstva stavi nas dnes pied :nekolik problemil. Jednim z nick je racine ubytovani techto startich lidi.

Moderni lekarstvi a zdravovecla zajitt'uji delti tivot stale vettimu poetu lidi, pro net je treba nalezti vhac1ne bydlitte. Jejich pribytky rnusi byti takove, aby vyhovovaly jejich pozmenenym, potadavktm. Snaha o reteni vznikleho tak problemu projevuje se v zavaden.em jit programu zrizovani phbytkii, se zretelem na menti prijmy a snitenou fysickou einnost startich lidi.

Ve SpojenYch statech jsou tri zdroje, z nicht vychazi popud k budovani takovYchto pribytkil: soukrome pocinikatelstvi; mistni nevYdeleene skupiny, jalcYmi jsou na priklad organizace nabotenske, odborove a pod., ktere si rnohou k tomu ueelu vyptijeiti od vlatly na male firok3r ;a koneene vladni Mad Public Housing Administration. Nejvetsi z techto skupin, posledne jrnenovanY Mad, stavi domy hlavne pro lidi s malYm prijmem. V pripade startich lidi to znamena, te mohou dostati byt merne za 32 dolary mesiene. V najemnem jsou zahrnuty jit i otop a osvetleni.

Architekt narati na ruzne problerny pri stavbe katcleho eintakt, ph sta ybe domil pro starti generaci se ovtem jeho problemy jests rozmnoti. Podle slov pani Marie McGuireove, reditelky drive vladniho firadu, jsou dues mnohe stavebni merry. podnikane se zretelem na potreby startich lidi, zavdeny i ire verejnYch stavebnich projektech.

"Povtimli jsme si rtanYch instalaenich zavedeni, ktera, zed oloyeejne mivaji otoene knofliky, a dveri, ktere maji kulate kliky," pravi pani McGuireova. "Pomysleli jsme ph torn na ruce s arthritis a uvedomili si, te elovek s takovou obtIti, ktera, se motna bude lety jests stupnovati, ztrati treba jednoho dne schopnost neeirn podobnYm otaeeti. Neztrati vtak schopnost na net() pritlaeiti. Zdalo se prota logickYm nahraditi kulate kliky na dverich a na rtanych pristrojich pakami, to jest klikami, s nirnit mute start' olovek snadno manipulovati."

Bylo treba vziti v fivahu jette jinY

VgSTNAK problem startich lidi, obtit pri ohybani se ph revinatick*ch bolestech tere. "je potetile instalovati elektricke. v3rpuste skoro u podlahy, aby se tak Cloy& musel hiuboko sehnouti, netli mute pripojiti opekae chieba, lampu, nebo cokoli jineho. Nate elektricke vYpuste byly proto vtechny umisteny stopy od podlahy."

Pani lVfcGuieraova, natla roslutteni pro jednoduchY, ph tarn vtak ea,sto bolestnY problem starSich lidi: Jak se mute odkazanyr na koleekovou tidli, vykoupati ye vane nebo pod sprthou? Odpovedi bylo zylattni sedadlo ye vane, na ktere se churavY Cloy& mohl pretoupnouti s nemocnieni sidle.

A protote zvlatte stark Clo y& tak snadno sklouzne na hladke podlaze, byla podlaha koupelny pokryta masou z korku nebo jinYm drsnym materialem.

Pani McGuireova, vysvetluje vtechny tyto ohledy na pohodli startich lidi takto: "Jednoducha, promytlena sariten' v domacnosti umotni temto lidem, aby zustali neodvisli, till samostatne a pedovali sarni o sebe. Jsou pak mnohem tt'astriejti a maji nesporne vetti cenu jako obeane, nebot' jsou a ztistavaji Cash obce."

Americka rada ..---SPJST--Dehata a danich olovek by myslel, ze proti sniteni dani nennite byt tadnych argumentii.

Vagina lidi by jiste radon platila mane.

President Kennedy :Axial kongres o odhlasovani zakona, ktery by snail danovou sazbu z prijmu priimerne o 20 procent. U vettiny poplatnikii projevuji se vtak spite pochyby netli nadteni.

Predloha, zahrnujici presidentinr ndvrh, protla, jit domem representantil.

Jak to s ni dopadne v senate, neda se j esterici. Proe je vtak celyr navrh prijiman tak chladne? Da se to vysv'etliti tak, te i kdyt by poplatnici nitti dane vitali, vyhlidka na, dodateeny deficit ye vladnim rozpoetu nahani jim strach.

Vlade uz beztak hrozi v pritomnern fiskalnim rote ldeficit deviti miliard doSkoro katcly si uvedomuje, ae nadmirne dane jakousi hospodarskou brzdou. Mnoho lidi vtak mysli i na neblahe nasledky, ktere by podle jejich presvedeeni may snitene clone a nezmenend vyclani na budoncnost. 'Teta deficit v rozpoetu federolni vla.dy stave.. se pak nevyhnutelnYrn. A deficitu se Amerieane boji proto, te v zapeti po nein cid se oeekavati zykteni cen Mil inflate. Hlavne byli by postiteni starti Ede, lido s fixnim prijmem. Inflace snitila by hodnotu

Ve stredu, dne 25. prosince 1963 Uspor. Obchodnici se obavaji, te by nemohli prodavati zd.ratene americhe slooti na cizim trhu.

President Kennedy prizna,val, to v dusledku snitenych dani vladni deficit spoeatku stoupne, veri vtak, ze nitti dame osvedei se soudasne jako vzpruha hospodarstvi, &nit se po Case strata uhradi, takie jednoho dne se vladni phjem a vyclani vyrovnaji.

Jinymi slovy —president mysli na americke hospociarstvi jako na celek. Veti, za sta,vajicich pomera je sniteni dani v zajmu naroda,. Nazyrva zakrok pojittenim proti recesu ar vidi v nem povzbuzeni k vet'simu rotkvetu hospodarskemu. Tvrdi, to tak vytvorime pracovnich mist, kterych je nutne treba, dati za,rnestnani vtem, kteri se ve stale vettim poetu objevuji na thou prate.

Podle tvrzeni vlady osveddi se sniteni dani jako ochrana proti rnotnemu recesu v budoucnosti, nebot' merit"' dane zvYrti poptavku po zboki a slutbach.

Lidem zbude pa zaplaceni clane vice penes na novyr vuz, nebo dUm, zarizeni bytu, vdelani, nebo treba i na uloteni do banky. Katcly obchodnik bude miti veal kapital na zmodernizovani sveho podniku. Privrienci nittich dani s.onstatuji, te od konce posledni valley nebyl sice obeasny hospodarsky rec€ s nadrniru citelnY, ani dlouloY, ale te se opakoval katdeho puletvrta roku a v ka,tclem phpacle byl nehospodarnY. Od posledniho recesu ubehlo jit ptiletvrta, roku.

Mnozi lids souhlasi s presidentem.

Vysoke dane byly zavedeny za druhe svetove valky, a korejska valka jim jeSte' dodala. Sniteni uvedlo by je toliko na spravnou &oven., primerenejti mirovYrn podminkam. hospaclarsky.m.

TypickY zarnestnanec plati dnes se zdanitelne eastky -- to jest te, kteza zbyva, po odeeteni pripustnYch sratek — 20 procent. Podle presidentova vrhu platil by 17 procent. VysokY s platem 50.000 'dolarti roene plati ze zdanitelne eastky 60 procent, podle nove predlohy platil se zdanitelne eastky 60 procent, podle nove predlohy platil by 50 procent.

Jedineend dariova debata v kongrese a po cele semi uvadi mnohdy vladu do rozpakti. Prave prota vystoupil president Kennedy neda yno pied narad na televizi, aby .Amerieaninn vysvetlil, prO6 aspori podle jeho nahledu je mite i dani z Pflimu nalehave a nezbytne. ___Americka rada -SPJST-

ye attedia, dale 25. prosine

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TionuivilL BRODSKt:

Osudni noc ROMAN Pokraeovani "To by take vase koroptve•a baZanty vyclaytaly. Jsi od toho myslivec, abys je postrilel a do delez chytal. Z eeho ma opatriti domaci hospodyne kuchyni, ne-li, z drithede? Jiste 2e rad ji g dobre veci a musi g tedy take pomoci."

"Ale rad, bojim se pouze, aby Zena nebyla praci pretidena."

"Je mlada a zdrava, at' pracuje, aspat ji nebude dlouha, chvile."

"Udelali by z tebe deveeku," hudel kdyd rodide odjeli a on, ovinuv ruku kolem gije sve mlade deny, do myslivny se vracel. "Mam svou Zenu pro sve notegeni a ne aby mi nadenieila."

"Ne, mule, tatinek ma pravdu, muslin take ja, pracovati a bude narn to dobre.

Mesic je dlouhY, sludne je dost male a bylo by zle, kdybychom nevystadili. Nic se o mne neboj, price rune pote gi a to hlavni je, abys mne mel rad a prieirioval se se mnou."

"Presvedei g se, jakY jsem, nebyla bys lepgiho mute dostala, a ted', kdyd mne potkalo Stesti, a mam tebe. potahnu jako kun, abys byla diva jako v perinka,ch. Ty jsi ma nejmilej gi a nejkthsnej gi Zenugka, s tebour pri glo do myslivny sluneeko a ja si to sluneeko budu chraniti. Becla, kdyby sec po jinem divala, nesnesl bych, aby to jini okukovali nebo za tebou brousili. Zastrelim kaZcleho, kdo se k tobe Horoval, hladil ji, k sobs t ahl, geptal ji vagnive vety, a Klarka proziva,la chvi le, ktere drive si nekdy ye sve rozjitrene mysli malovala jako vrchol rozkoge.

Uverila, de bude gt'astna a de mud se stane nejlep gim mutZem. Libankv je oba nadchly, Kulad nernel v lese stain, doza svou ptivabnou denou chvatal a 'bode se kolem ni. pomahal ji pti drobnYch pracich a skadlil ji pri torn, de byla nad g ena. 1<dyd za nekolik dni prigla se rnatka na novomanzely poclivat, oddechla si. Ano, jsou gt'astni, dcera je bladena a zet' je opravdu dobrY a milujici mud. Nic ud ji eho povidani nedraddilo, sama se zasmala eho vtiptim a doma musi spokoene Yvpra,vovala, de v myslivne e v gechno v kra g nem souladu.

"Dej Bah," rekl take u pokojen, "v y se stAti PoradnYm-dril}<nde,ma elovekem. Rekni no druhe Mare, aby nepolevila, aby mu toulky pc, hosPodach netrpela, a jede-li nekam, at' jede s nim. On potrebuje pevnou ruku a sanecha-li sv:Ych o,gklivYch navykY, snad se

vESTNfg stane moi drYm a _povadlivYm clovekern."

Neodelal a proti svemu prvotnimu oclhodlani zastavil se take v rnyslivne.

Viclel, ze Kulad poslal do myslivny nekolik le gnich delniku, kteri opravovali ploty a ocistranovali byli ze zahrady.

Pou2i1 je, co mail jests udelati, na ruzne maliekosti poukazoval a potom s Kuladem gel na jeho deputatni pole.

Tam byl mend pote gen. Breda byla chatrna a opakoval vytku, 2e clelnici pri obcielavani a osivani poll byli bez dozoru a. odbyli praci ledabyle a nedbale.

Slibil, 2e ad, bude doba zni, po g le sve lidi kteri by praci dokonale provedli, a potom de svYmi potaby dft podzimni prate udelati.

"Tatinek je puntielvar," Zaloval Kulad Boma mlade lend, "domniva se, 2e main na starosti pouze pole jako on.

Pole nine ne2ivi, nine divi les a toho si musim hlecleti."

"Jen tatinkovi vyhov, on s narni dobre smY gli a nebude nam to na, Akoclu.

Pogli mi sem potom hajneho, musi mi udelati nove kurniky, maminka mi poslala cleset mlaclYch slepic, skoro v gechny nesou, a bucleme miti s jidlem velkou iihradu. Hied dnes veder udelana vajieka, pocbutna g si na nich."

"Pro jecinou nebude zle, ale easto mi je nedelej, gpatne se no nich pije."

"Cod mush dame pith Myslim, de by ti sklenice piva dostadila."

"Mile? Ty jsi nezku g en6! Cloveku, 1:tery musi demi es tolik behati, jako beham ph, vyschne v krku, a nebyl bych schopen namahy," "Naji g -li se syteho jidla, bucle g lepc Posilen, ned kdyd td d y e di tri lahve piva vypijeg."

"Podivejme se na na g eho rnaleho rozurna," small se. "Pro mule je pivo divota, jako pro deny kava. (;;, ri to snad neprejeg?"

"Nepovidej p lc takovelio, vi g , de ti v gecbno ze srdce preji, ale chranim tve zdravi."

"Jsem snad churav? Jako hrib jsem, zastanu tolik, daclnY druhy myslivec nezastane, a proto take potrebuji posilu. Ani se o tom mezi myslivci nezminui, vysmali by se tobe i Nevedela, ma-li mud pravdu di nic, a pri onetne mateine nav gteve ptala se ji na jeji nahled, "Kulad troche vice ned je zdravo pile, netrp mu to, a bled', at' toho nechava," radila rnatka. "Bud' v g ak opatrna a pomalu si podinej, abys ho nepopudila."

Zadala tedy nenapadne, pilpravoyala jidla, po kterYch necitil Kulae dizne, a kdyd piece dada' vet gi mint, lichot-

kami 1n tibrardla. Mrzutd vyliovoal, aid no nekolika tYdnech zpozorovala, kdyd se z lesa vraci, pivo z nej pachne.

"Ty jsi nekde pil pivo," povidala zpvlave.

"VI? Co se ti zda," zapiral.

"Citim ti pivo z ust, trvala na svem, "dYchni na nine."

"Hlouposti," hued]. nespokojene, "ale poekej, opravdu jsem vypil v hostinci sklenici piva. Prijeli z pily pro kladY, byl s nimi spravce a nakikal si na dizeri. Vytahl nine do hospody, kde jsme kaZdy vypil sklenici piva, ani jsme si nesedli a nechutnalo mi, protode bylo teple. To vig , elovek se mezi lidmi pohybuje a nesmi se stati smegnYm." Nic nenamitala, ale majic ud nodezreni, za mudem zvla gte odpoledne do lesa si nekolikrat zadla a dovedela se od hajneho di delnikn, de pan revirnik del tam di onam na pivo. Do hostince za nim choditi nechtela, ale dorna, mu to vytkla.

"To mi, '<lark°, nedelej," dadal dosti panovite. "Nechci bYti pied svetem na posmech, lids by se mi brzy de me delta gpehuje a hlt piva nepreje.

AZ se ti vratim domit opilY, potom hubuj, to si to zasloudim, ale pro sklenici piva nedelej soma sceny. Mad snad doma v neeem nedostatek? Nebo mi zavidig , de kdyd jsem unaven, zastavim se nekde, abych si odpodinul?"

Nebyl uz to krozpadity jako s podatku, a take ten jeho hlasa byl ostry a panovity.

"Vgechno, co je k tvemu zdravi, ti ze srdce preji, ale nerada bych, aby lids Povidali, de po hostincich vysedavag. napij se vody, nebo prijd' dome se napiti."

"Mani snad z lesa hodinu testy abych se napil? Znovu povidam, aby ses nedelala sme gnou. Snad ti to rodide poradill, a to bych vide" tune nerad. Nernicham se do jejich domacnosti, at' se nemichaji oni do Me." "Neubliduj /Om rodidhm, nic takoyell° mi nerikali, a stydela bych se s nimi o tom hovoriti. Nejsem male dite, a dobre vim, co ti sloudi ku zdravi a co ti gkodi."

"Velky mudrc nejsl," prohodil s troehou posmechu, neskrYvaje zlost.

"Ale nejsem take male dite," podraldeneji. "Sliboval jsi mi, zd nil ye vg ern vyhovig , a kdykoliv o neco dadam, odbuded me jako nerozumnou."

"Nu, nu, snad se nezlobime?" povida troche s vysoka.

"Ano, zlobim se, protode victim, bys rad, abych byla nemo, a nic ne-

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vytkla."

"Co bys iikala, kdybych ja to stale jao male devee poueoval?"

"Kdyby to bylo opra ynene, podekoYala bych ti za to upozorneni a podle toho bych se kidila. Vzajemna laska, y yZaduje obeti s obou strap a ne pouze s jedne."

"Obetuji se ti, pokud mohu nejvice, nevino, co vice 1konati. Zda se mi, ze me prestavaA miti rada a Ze uZ nejsi tak Mama, jako jsi byvala."

"2e to nemam rada? Na nit jineho nemyslim, lea na tebe, ale ty uz utika,A domova, jsi doma hostem, a Ili kdy ,ni nerekneA, a,bych za tebou pfi gla. 8nad ses mne nasytil a snad jsem ti protivna."

Mela plae na krajieku a Kulee" rychle zachfatioval situaci. Do naruee ji chytil, libel ji a ujiAt'oval, ze ona je jeho jedina a nejmilejAi. Rozohnil ji a Klara pina blaZenosti slibovala, 'ze mu nebude nic neprijemneho kikati. Prokop je prece jen nejhodnejAi, kikala si o samete, kdy2 chodila lesem, je povaha ZivejAi a potrebuje mezi lidi ptijiti.

Ostatne ane upoutaly jeji pozornost.

Mela v krvi starost o hospodarstvi z domova a starala se, aby aroda z deputa:mich poli priAla dobre pod strechu.

Otec ji poslal zruene sekaee a delnice, a kdy'Z byla troda svezena, dal do myslivny zavezti mlatieku. V jednoin dni men vyrnlaceno a Klara se rado yala, co ma zrni k semleti i pro krmeni. Kulae take horlive pomahal., vysvlekl se z kabattr a byla ho pina stodola. Klara shleciavala, prirozen3im, Ze daval delninositi hojnost piva, aby prSr si splachli prach a aby se jim lepe pracovalo.

"Tod' budu easteji s tebo d o lesa chodivati," povidala, kdy veeer mien unaveni u veeeke. "Starost me opustila, tatinek slibil, Ze polni prate nam da udelati a budeme se te-Siti na, zimni veeely. I3udeme sedavati doma, eisti nebo si povidati a zima narn ubehne."

"JenZe pro mne bude potom robota, nasti-inou paseky, musim W .7 ti u lidi pri kace n a voleni drivi, a vymrznu kapitalne."

"Koupila jsem ti teple ponoZky i kavice a nekdy za, tebou prijdu. Dej udeli.ti nejake dobre sanky, povozime se a budeme zdrave spati."

De all puny na zimu a Kulae jak read je doba pro myslivce, neZ si odbu de hrabeci hony a poraZeni lesa a co vAe musi spoeitati a jak chytrym bYti, aby mohl lesnimu Uradu vykazati pekny yYteZek. "Sankotovi yytku oei," kasal se, "nevim, co tomu chlapovi je, ale pozoruji,

Ze mne ma stale na mace, kaZde chvile se v mem reviru neoeekavane objevi, hajnYch i delnikti se vyptava, jak easto jsem 'v lese, kam chodim, zkratka Apehuje me. On si mysli, Ze se ho bojim, nebo .rke mne pii neeem nedovolenern chyti, ale to se po dertech mYli, rune se na kuzi nedostane. Az me to jednou dopali, reknu mu, Ze nejsem ' acirry nadenik a Ze si takove. jednani zakazuji."

"Nic mu radeji nerikej, neco snes, aby sis ho nepopudil. Mne se nezda, by byl naAim nepritelem, asi po dvakrate jsem ho v lese potkala, a to y2dy si velmi hezky poeinal. Usmival se a jako mimochodem se tazal, jak se mi vede. KdyZ jsem rekla, Ze dobre, zdalo se ml, Ze ma radost. To varn pfeji, Ze jste At'astna, kekl srdeene, a hned odchazel, jako by nechtel vyzvidati nic daverneho. Kdyby mel na tebe zlost, jiste by se mnou tak nehovoril."

"On je lisak, jernu neni co veriti, ale moZna, Ze se ntSrlim, v torn eloveku aby se dert vyznal. Ostatne easern se utkaZe, co v nem je."

Podzim se rychle blizil, Kulde mel napred koroptvi hony a byl volan k hontim do okolnich reviru. Klara se nedivila, vracel-li se nekdy vice ne2 rozparen, nic mu nevytSrkala pki prichodu a teprve rano ho napominala, aby pil s mirou, "Ze si kazi Zaludek, a Ze by mohl onemocneti. Hael dost nevlidne, ale Klara si kekla, ze s muZem nezadne ZadriSrch prudkSrch vad. ITZ k viii rodiatim musi u nich bS7ti klid a pokoj. Zvykla muZi a mela ho uprimne rada. At' ma, sve male chyby, ma take mnoho dobr3ich vlastnosti a ona, zvyknouc samostatnemu Zivotu, citila se dokonale spokojena. Matka vZdy, asi ye etrnacti dnech ji navAtevovala a videla, ak tizkostlive se ji yypta ya na pomery v myslivne a jak yZdy vAecka zazaki, kdyZ slygi jeji chvalu.

Take doma se to a tam Klara, podivala a byla 1-t'astna vidouc otcovu radost, Ze dobte vypada, a Ze ji nic netrapi.

"Bylo uZ na Case, Ze Kulde zmoudrel," povidal rozSafne, "nic by z nej nebylo, 1 clyby te byl nedostal. AZ se trochu vice usadi, zacnerne s nim jeSte jinak, musi odvyknouti svemu velikemu mluveni, ktere nekdy je k nevystani."

"Nediv se, v lese s nikym nemluvi a proto musi si popovidati," Mina ho.

"At' si povid6, ale at' trochu vaZI slova, ktera pronaSi. Musi piece pozorovati,ze se mu druzi firednici smeji a Ze o nem rikaji, ze je mluvka."

"At' si vSimaji sami sebe," ohraZovala se Klara nevlidne, "kaZdS7 z nich

ma nejakou chybu, kterou nevidi a jen clruhenou se posrnivaji. Kdyby neco koveho predemnou iekli, vedela bych, co jim riei, vAak je znam."

Otce jeji rozeileni rozveselilo. Mel radost, Ze ma mu& rada a Ze rile pied nim netaji.

"Jak bys mohla o nich. neco Yedeti, vklyt' mezi ne velmi malo, ba skoro nic neptijdeA a s nikYno se nestykaA." "Prokop mi o vAech vypravoval a vim tedy j aci jsou."

"Prokop neni nestrannY, tomu mnoho never."

"A verim mu," setrva yala uminene na svem, "on me y nieem vaZnem neobelhal."

"Tum lepe pro tebe i pro neho. Rude-li se nejaky rok dobke drZeti, snad bych mu mohl pomoci do myslivny "U studanky", tam je jednak lepAi jednak je to pohodlnejAi revir a je to uZ UrodnejAi kraj. Tamni spravce lesni majde asi ye dvou letech na pensi a tam bys byla lepe "Jsem spokojena, kde jsem, ale kdybych si polepAila, Ala bych tarn rada.

Je na to ostatne dosti easu, muZ jiste dobte kond sve povinnosti, jenZe budou velke intriky."

"Uvidime, nebudeme rozhodovat o budoucnosti. Priprav si nejake Aaty, v zime budou dye, tki zabayy, na ktere musiA jiti, a to viA, Ze si 'Co budou Tide ako mladou pani velmi pozorne prohliZeti. Mal neake penize?"

"Nero mam, ale mnoho toho neni," povzdyehla si. "Stale sou neaka yydani, aekoliv Aetrim, co mohu. Nezastavim se od rana d,o veeera, stale je co delati."

"VAiml jsem si tvYch rukou, ma g je hodne upracovane. Slaka ti nic nepornand?"

"Take nekdy, ale chci-li, abychom meli na zimu dost pice, posilam ji, do-, kud je eas, do pasek a take doma mnoho easu ztravi ve chleve."

"Myslirri, Ze mate pice dost a kdyby se yam snad nedostavalo, jen mi fekni, neeim yam ponaohu. Neni ostatne nic Apatneho, Ze pracujeA; beda, kde Zena prohlili si ruce a nechce si je praci pokaziti, tam to potom nedebre vypada. Take ti to slouZi ke zdravi, dobre yypada g , meg zdravou baryv a malieko jsi zesilila. aeka'ยง rodinu?"

"Jegte ne," zavrtela hlavou malieko se zapalivge, "jsem rada, Ze to starost poen, az budu miti yAechno v pokedku. Chvala Bohu, nic mne netrapi, chutna mi jisti i spati a budu spokojena ptijde-li to tak dale."

PokraCovani

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Saturday before the date of issue.

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3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SEIST, P.O. Box 100, TEMPLE, TEX

We take great pleasure in extending to the entire membership of the SPJST and their friends everywhere, our Best Wishes for a Happy, 1964!

Successful, and Peaceful NEW YEAR May you have Happiness, Health, and Good Fortune. May your d ys be enriched with a Bounty of Blessings. May Peace and Good Will Reign Amongst Us, SUPREME LODGE, SPJST

EDWARD L. MAREK, President

JOHN A. KUBENA, Director

JOE B. HEJNY, Vice President

HENRY E. VITEK, Director

11. A. URBANOVSKY, Secretary

ROBERT CERVENKA, Director

JOS. KOLIHA, JR., Treasurer

ROBERT E. BROZ, Director

BEN ZABCIK, Financial Secretary

JOSEPH M. SKRABANEK, Director

AUGUST KACIR, Legal Adviser

EDWARD P. SRALLA, Director

DR. MARVIN LESIKAR, Med. Wrector

CHARLES HOLASEK, Director

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From The Editor's Desk The year 1963, will soon belong to the past. It has been, a year of work, sorrow, sadness and joy. Many desires and wishes were fulfilled—others were not.

Most of us have tried to put our best foot forward. The New Year is upon us, and we can bask in the satisfaction that our SPJST has gained hundreds of new friends who, together with the entire membership, have once again contributed to the further growth and progress of our Order. We all, in some measure, contributed toward this development.

• • As we glance backward into 1963, we recall the faces of those who honored our meetings with their presence and who are no longer with us. We fleeting. ly recall the good deeds and all those things that gladdened our hearts and made us more steadfast.

With a feeling of fondness and affection, we recall all those beloved, deceased co-founders of our Order, and -'those members and workers who, down through the years, contributed so mightily to the growth of the SPJST. • • Good faith, goodwill, and working together are the magic contents of the formula that opens the door to success.

We must continue to go forward, as, piring constantly to greater heights.

We will continue to fill our ranks with good, hard-working, respectable citizens. Our youth clubs require still fur' ther development and constant attention.

• • As we look back again, we can see the things that were accomplished in our respective lodges for the good of the Order. Where progress was made, where activity abounds where previously there was none, there most assuredly a score of members were gained, both adult and juvenile. Such lodges are on the threshhold of a new era, a new, brighter future.

• • Our organizational work, under the direction of Supreme Lodge Vice President Joe B. Hejny, has made tremendous strides. He and all his co-workers deserve the praise and undying gratitude of us all. The 1963 quota of insurance sales and membership has been reached and exceeded, thanks to these workers in the field. We wish them further successes; may they not

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tire nor falter in this all-important task!

• • To our older members, we wish continued joys in life, and may they continue to enjoy the fruits of their labors; may they be among us for many years to come, so that they may with pride look upon the achievements of those who took up where they left off.

Among the challenges that await us in 1964, let us remind ourselves of our oblibations to our Order. Let us indeed ask how much we can do for it, and then let us strive to achieve those obpectives in 1964, that we neglected or did not achieve in 1963.

• The spirit of Christmas is a yearround need.

There is something abOut this season that releases the friendliness and good will between one person and another which most people keep under rigid control during the rest of the year.

Those feelings, carefully preserved in sort of a cold storage most of the time, come forth naturally and spontaneously on certain occasions.

Christmas is chief among these occasions, but there are others. Let two men take refuge under an awning from a sudden downpour of rain and their predicament leads to a camaraderie that is no less real for being brief.

People in a stranded railroad car suddenly decide that they like each other, and a real spirit of friendliness is kindled simply because they are marooned in a blizzard.

There is no law which says that people must feel friendly at Christmas; nobody is forced to display comradeship because he is trapped by a storm.

It is simply that under these circumstances an ordinary quality in human beings is transformed into something higher and finer; "a good man out of the treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things." The Christmas spirit works upon the heart and mind of men, and by some strange alchemy it transmutes the base metal it finds there into a rare and precious thing.

If that spirit endured for even a year the consequences would be immense.

We speak of our times as an age of revolution because the things outside us are changing so rapidly that we hardly can keep pace with them, but the only lasting revolution is that transformation which takes place in man's heart and mind.

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 Society may be said to have its flesh and bones. The bones are its mechanical arrangements — its institutions, its laws, charters, constitution, manifestos and the like; the flesh is comparable to the kind of people who run these institutions and use these laws.

It is common today to write and to speak as if the kind of people we are does not matter very much, if only we can be very clever about altering our institutions, writing more elaborate laws and filling our charters with high-sounding phrases. And so we emphasize the mechanical arrangements by which we live and put our trust in men who claim that all we need do is to make these more perfect until society, like a machine, will run by rote and be exempt from human frailties.

There is just one thing that these planners leave out of account — the human factor. The best laid plans of men will go. astray unless they are made to work by the right kind of human material.

Let us remember that these holidays set us on our feet and give us a cue as to the way we should go, that it is our part to carry on, from here. We must carry this spirit which comes to us at this season into the rest of the year.

Then it may be said of us, as Dickens remarked of his famous character, "It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas very well."

• • While we're talking about seasons and celebrations, right in conjunction with Christmas is the coming of the new year. At this time of the year, resolutions are made; some in earnest, some in jest. Some will be honored and some will fall by the wayside before the new year is 24 hours old. New Year's Eve celebrations are getting gaudier and more elaborate each year; so are the prices. A large part of America sets out on an evening of gaiety, toasts, noise-making. Inhibitions are tossed aside with reckless abandon; the "hair is let down." Then — comes the dawn of the next day; the "morning after." Then you wonder if it was all worth it!

In any case, if you do go out New Year's Eve, BE CAREFUL! Don't become another statistic. It's a dangerous evening to be out. Watch the other fellow. To be sure of getting home, take a taxi; it may save your life. But, by all means, have fun. Mingle with your brethren and fellow-man, and rejoice

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 with him. Wish him Well. When you say, "happy new year," say it as though you really mean it. *

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We hope that reminiscing over the past year will be a happy recollection for all of you. Remember to be grateful to the many friends who played some role in your life the past year, and who helped make your life more meaningful and purposeful.

To all of our good friends everywhere, we extend our warm greetings, and our_ wishes that the New Year may find' and keep you rich in happiness, and that it may be replete with peace, joy, good health, and prosperity! Goodbye 1963. Welcome 1964!

—Editor PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR Lord, we thank Thee for this place In which we dwell;.

For the love that unites us; For the peace accorded us this day; For the hope with which we expect the morrow; For the health, the work, the food, And the bright skies that make our lives delightful; For our friends in all parts of the earth.

Give us courage, gaiety, and the quiet mind.

Spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors.

If it may not, give us the strength To encounter that which is to come, That we may be brave in peril, Constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath And in all ;.thanges of fortune And down to the gates of death, Loyal and loving one to another.

Amen.

—Robert Louis Stevenson • • JUST FOR THE RECORD . .

On page 13 of last week's issue, 3rd column, about one hundred of our readers may be wondering what we we were trying to say, with a line of type upside down before we caught it. The line was: "I would be remiss if I did " not add my Also, the caption on page 19, under the picture from Hallettsville, some how became inverted for about a hundred copies before it was noticed. It was one of those days .

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WE WISH THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SP.IST, AND ALL THE READERS OF THE VESTNIK, THE VERY BEST OF EVERYTHING IN THE NEW YEAR — 1984!

WE GREET THE NEW YEAR. WITH A BIG, WIDE, WONDERFUL WORLD OF WARM WISHES FOR YOU ALL. THE EDITOR, PUBLISHERS, and VESTNIK PERSONNEL NEW YEAR CUSTOMS OLD AND NEW Through the ages people have observed the New Year holiday in traditionally different ways. Yet no other holiday reflects so universally man's common hope for a year of happiness and well-being, and his desire for the warm companionship of his fellow men.

This spirit of hope and brotherhood has most often expressed itself in customs of eating, merry making and visiting with friends. It remained for America to add its own flavor to the world's New Year customs.

Sports-loving Americans assigned their most popular classics to New Year's day and, began to cheer for their favorite teams and the new year at the same time. The Rose Bowl college football game, following the famous Pasadena (California) Tournament of Roses, got its start in 1916 and set the pattern for big and little "bowl" games throughout the nation.

The spectacular mummers' parade in Philadelphia is another New Year's day event typically American in expression.

The mummers' parade, distant relative of the Old English mummers' plays, had its beginning as a city-wide festival on January 1, 1876. On recent New Year's day as many as two million spectators from all parts of the East have watched fantastically costumed string bands and masqueraders frolic along Philadelphia's Broad Street.

Unusual as are some American observances, however, a great body of New Year festivities engaged in here are inherited from Europe. In France and Scotland, New Year's day became and remained the most important festival of the year — a time for exchanging gifts, cards and visits among relatives and friends. Scottish children shouting "Hogmanay" flood the streets

on New Year's eve and demand cakes and fruits from the neighbors.

Twelve grapes are a part of the gay Spanish New Year's eve celebration on the Puerta. del Sol, Madrid's "Time Square." As the clock strikes midnight the grapes are held high overhead and eaten for luck — one for each month of the 'year.

To touch a pig on Saint Sylvester's Eve (December 31) brings good luck, Hungarians believe. In the principal restaurants and cafes of Budapest, a greased pig is turned loose at midnight and, amid confusion and merriment, the guests scramble after it.

After the evening meal on New Year's eve in Lithuania, two or three masked people carrying flaring torches enter a house in the village where they eat, drink, dance and sing. When they leave, their host and hostess, also masked, accompany them to the next house. Before the convivial night has ended, the torch-lit procession includes most of the village.

In England a glass of wine and a slice of bun loaf are rewards for visitors who "first-foot" (arrive first) at a home following the birth of the New Year A "firSt-foot" brings with him the traditional symbols of warmth and prosperity — coal, bread and salt — and is welcomed because he "lets in" the New Year. Representing the old 'year, too, he leaves by the back door.

The New Year celebrations in America, like so much else in this various land, are a blending of the old and new. In this amalgamation lie our strength and promise as a nation. It is this basic aspect of American life that especially interests the friends and relatives abroad to whom our millions of letters will go during the holiday ACNS season.

Wednesday, December 25, 1963

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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1963 ZPRAVA PRI.EVIU A VYDANI ZA MES1C LISTOPAD, 1963 RECEIPTS - PftiJEM:

Mortuary Umrtni

Expense Vydani

Juvenile Detske

Total Souhrn 1,000.00 159,157.68

Matured Bonds - Splatne Bondy Mortgage Loans - Majetkove ptijeky Certificate Loans - Certifikatove piljeky Premiums -- Umrtni poplatky od radii Interest on Certificate Loans - trok z Certitikato y ch piljoek Intere,t on Mortgage Loans - trok z majetkovSich ptijCek Intel_ e'-,t on Bonds - Urok z bond') lncorrw From R. M. 0. - Z mineralniho majetku Annuities (Retirement) Rent from S. P. J. S. T. Building - Na j em z budovy Sale of Lodge Supplies - Prodej tadovYch potteb Appraisal Fee - Na odhady

1,000.00 158,566.55 4,978.60 36,040.42 2,279.83 53,904.06 8,142.00 543.34 175.35 2,636.80

Total Receipts - Celkov3i pfijem Cash Balance 11-1-63 - Hotovost 11-1-63 -

268,266.95 326,682.45

24,815.17 37,715.49

1,315A0 6,535.76

294,397.52 370,933.70

594,949.40

62,530.66

7,851.10

665,331.22

591.13 23,701.00

297.22 327.05 100.00

11.37 1,102.80

60,038.64 2,279.83 54,231.11 8,242.00 543.39 175.35 13 1.,3 1 21,6,106.0 1,102.80

DISBURSEMENTS: - VYDANf: Mortgage Loans - MajetkovO pitjeky Certificate Loans - Certifikatove pfljoky Surrender Value Cert. Loans. Propu'Stene certifikaty Matured Endowments - Vyplacene nadaeni poji gteni Double Indemnity - Bvojnasobne Urazove pojfSteni Death Claims - Vyplacene Umrtni podpory Death Claims to Minors - Umrtni podpory neclospelYin Death Claims to Minors, interest - Ihurtni pod. nedosp. itrok Returned Premiums a Bonus - Vracene firnrtni poplatky a bonus Bond Expense - Vydani za bondy Reinsurance premiums - Znovu Pojikeni R. E. O. Taxes -- Dane SPJST Building Maintenance - Rizeni a vydr2ovani budovy Actuary - Aktuarovi Advertising - Oznarnky Appraisal Expense - Na odhady Attorney Fee - Pravnikovi za vykizovani puje"ek . ......... . ........ -----Commissions - Komigne Contributions - Dary District Meetings - Distriktni schfize Freight and Express-_ Dovozne Medical Exams - Lekafske prohlidky Non-Medical Exams ---- Bezlekatske prohlidky Vestnik - Vestnik Office Maintenance - VydrZovani Uradovny Office Rent - Najemne z Uradovny Organizational Expense - Organizaeni vydani Postage -- PMovne Salary Employees - Slu2ne 1.7 pomoci Salary Officers - SluZne ftredniku Salary Editor - Slit2ne redaktora Stationery and Supplies - Psaci potreby a tiskova prate .........

Tax, FICA - Dane Telephone and Telegraph - Telefon a telegraf Travel, Officers - Cestovne nfednikti Editor's Travel - Cestovne redaktora Youth Activities - Cinnost mlade2e

155,427.98 8,915.00 1,678.35 3,500.00 1,000.00 22,455.00 50.00 9.10 445.25 18.10 839.58 26.80 2,203.78

158.77

300.00 42.48 979.34 1,545.92 3,343.07 15.70 144.58 4.95 548.00 274.60 5,441.28 695.31 400.00 50.79 624.00 2,400.00 4,008.32 625.00 340.08 122.10 246.07 '79.54 27.92 170.96

155,427.98 8,915.00 1,678.35 3,500.00 1,001.00 22,455.00 50.90 9.10 604.02 18.10 839.58 26.80 2,203.78 300.00 42.48 979.34 1,545.92 3,343.07 15.70 144.58 4.05 548.00 274.60 5,441.28 695.31 400.00 50.79 624.00 2,400.00 4,008.32 625.00 340.08 122.10 24t.).07 79.54 27.92 170.96

Wednesday; December 25, 1963

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ternal Activities -

17 188.56

11 Disbursements - Celkove vydani a 12-1- 63 - Hotovost 12-1-63 -

188.56

196,568.94 398,380.46

22,618.57 39,912.09

158.77 7,692.39

219,346.28 445,984.94

594,949.40

62,530.66

7,851.16

665,331.22

398,380.46 745,190.98 126,514.53 10455,934.27 708,897.27 100,000.00 160,000.00 500.00 70.00

39,912.09

7,092.39

445,984.94 745,190.98 133,390.83 10,571,207.12 708,897.27 100,000.00 160,000.00 500.00 70.00 40,458.65

SETS. - MAJETEK JEDNOTY: b. - Hotovost ernment Bonds - Vladni bondy nty and Municipal Bond - Mestske a okresni Bondy tgage Loans - Paj6ky ,ificate Loans - Ptijaky na certifikaty qt -- Akcie ST Building - SPJST budova 1 Estate owned - Majetek er Assets - Jine zdroje niture and Fixtures - Nabytek v ftradovne ............. ...................

40,458.65 12,695487.51

s Notes Payable (Investment Loan)

6,876.30 115,272.85

80,370.74

129,841.54

12,905,699.79 200,000.00 12,705,699.79

Fraternally yours INCOME FROM LODGES IN NOVEMBER, 1963 Lodge Date Amount 1 21 343.09 3 21 26.36 4 27 988.18 5 15 277.43 6 27 805.08 7 21 582.46 8 27 90.13 9 27 769.05 10 15 159.12 11 27 146.95 12 27 7.36 13 21 154.28 14 27 168.47 15 27 500.60 16 27 207.09 17 25 2.065.63 18 33.82 15 19 123.66 27 20 3,314232..9801 21 23 27 24 27 1.570.97 26 21 534.75 28 1,423.54 27 29 2,456.44 21 30 15 350.98 33 784.90 15 35 21 345.29 37 21 4.86 448.78 38 21 21 566.39 39 913.03 40 15 41 305.04 15 44 174.56 27 21 39.93 45

47 48 49 51 56 57 58 59 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 72 76 77 78 79 81 8823 84 87 88 89 00 91 92 94 95 97 98 101 106 107 110

S bratrskSim pozdravem Ben 2aboik, Financial Secretary (iieetni) 27 21 15 21 21 21 21 27 15 27 21 27 15 27 21 27 8 15 21 27 21 8 21 21 21 8 21 15 21 15 8 27 21 21 27 21 21 15

1,003.78 685.51 682.62 179.39 685.00 8.20 768.97 68.60 186.22 585.91 27.16 57.69 825.61 498.26 24.73 735.60 27.23 399.31 323.08 212.61 2,757.08 51.09 60.80 2,790.38 1,104.00 6,818.53

112 113 116 117 118 122 125 126 123 129 130 132 133 134 135 141 142 143 146 147 148 151 152 158 154 155

3 53.89 5335 57 . 7 1153 1,221.14 160 1,350.15 161 118.13 162 640.11 163 58.94 165 12.82 166 4.12 167 51.29 168 361.34 156.76

21 27 8 21 27 8 27 15 21 21

8 21 27 21 27 27 21 8 27 27 8 21 21 27 15 8 21 27 27 27 15 21 27 15 21 8

796.35 7.04 200.00 460.91 160.44 61.96 22.31 96.12 337.89 38.73 1,116.93 10.83 952.03 14.50 281.78 356.15 338.67 440.62 307.78 91.05 507.72 356.53 104.39 60.72 2,386.15 290.00 146.19 370.97 852.72 614.01 58.95 555.09 417.77 216.72 32.18 219.69 4

60,038.64

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FRANK JANOTA PASSES Brother Frank Janota, a lifetime resident of the Taylor area, died Saturday night, December 14 in a Taylor hospital. He was a son of John and Rosalie Janota. Frank's father was one ofl the Charter Members of the SPJST, and organizer of Lodge No. 18, where Brother Frank was a member until his death. Brother Frank was a member of the Taylor Brethren Church, the SPJST and RVOS. Surviving him are his wife; one son, Retired Col. Erwin J. Janota, of Hampton, Virginia; two daughters, Mrs. Quinton Swenson of Creedmoor, Mrs. Leslie McDuff of Houston; three stepchildren, Mrs. Joe Kutscher of Leander, Edward Kotrla of Taylor, Raymond Kotrla of Washington, D.C.; five grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Goerig of Taylor, Mrs. Frank Konakovsky of Dallas, and Mrs. Jimmie Thiel of Houston.

Funeral services were held Monday, December 16th with Rev. Joseph Barton officiating. Burial was in the Taylor Cemetery.

-SPJST---BILL SHIMEK OF CROSBY PASSES

Bill Shimek, 51, of Crosby died at 4 p.m. Sunday, December 8, 1963 while on a deer hunting trip in Columbus, Texas.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m.

Tuesday at Crosby Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dan Bynum and the Rev. Joe Jones officiating. Burial was in the SPJST Cemetery in Crosby, under direction of Earthman Funeral Home.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Rose Shimek of Crosby; three sons. Billy Ray and Jimmy Wayne Shimek of Crosby and Donnie Lee Shimek, of Highlands; his mother, Mrs. Julia Shimek of Crosby; three sisters, Mrs. Julia Becker of Baytown, Mrs. Vesta Worthy of Houston and Mrs. Angele Selensky of Crosby; three brothers, Arnold and Jakey Shimek, both of Crosby, and Leroy Shimek of Housdaughter.

Mr. Shimek lived in Crosby 20 years.

He was a boilermaker at Humble Oil and Refining Co.'s Baytown Refinery where he had worked 16 years.

(Also see Necrology).

-SPJSTLos Angeles has enough cars to move

everybody living there, without anybody having to use the back seat — and more than 43 entire states.

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PENDING MARRIAGE OF VIRGINIA CILNY Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cilny have announced the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Virginia, to David Greenwalt, on January 4th, 1964, at 6 p.m. in the Spring Branch Community Church, by Pastor Edward Adams.

The groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Greenwalt, 4438 Hollow Hook, Houston. The bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cilny, Sr., reside at Route 12, Box 25, Houston.

A reception will be held at SPJST Lodge 142 Stefanik, 5508 Nolda Street in Houston. Following the reception, a free wedding dance will be held at the lodge hall. Ed Zalesak's Band will provide the music.

-SPJST-MR. and MRS. URBAN ANNOUNCE

ENGAGEMENT OF DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Urban announce the engagement, of their daughter Jerry Ann, to Mr. John F. Muehlstein Jr. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Muehlstein Sr. of Avoca, Texas.

Jerry Ann is a member of Lodge 84 in Dallas where she is currently Assistant Youth Director. She was Queen of Lodge 84 in 1959-1960 and was selected runner-up in the first Miss SPJST contest held in 1960. She is at present the treasurer of District Three.

She has been a member of SPJST since she was but a few months old.

Her fiance, M. Muehlstein, is a member of Lodge 90 and is currently an Organizer in District Two. He was

JERRY ANN URBAN a participant in the recent insurance seminar held in Temple. He, too, has been a member of the SPJST for many years.

Jerry Ann is an honor graduate of Ursuline Academy and attended the St. Paul School of Nursing in Dallas and also the University of Dallas. She is presently employed at Titche-GoetUnger in Dallas.

Mr. Muehlstein graduated from Avoca High School and attended the University of Dallas where he played on the baseball and basketball teams.

He is engaged in farming in Avoca, Texas.

The wedding date has been set for January 11, 1964 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS To all our patrons and lovers of Czech plays and songs, and to our active and contributing members of the Hlahol Dramatic Clubs and the Glee Club of Lodge No. 88, SPJST, Houston we wish to express our greetings and • best wishes for a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A MOST PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. Jerry Ennis — J. V. Pokorny Rudy Sefcik — Johnny Sula

Wednesday, December 25, 1963

LETTERS LODGE 88, HOUSTON Dear Friends, Lodge 88 had its Christmas program on Sunday, December 15th. We were glad to see so many of you there, your presence was an encouragement to our youth! I thank you for your nice comments on the program, and we all were happy that you enjoyed it. I am very proud of everyone of the participants because they all did so well.

The program consisted of the following: 1. Welcome — Patsy, Kathy and Freddie Sembera 2. Song by all the children: "Jingle Bells" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" — led by Mrs. Evelyn Vornsand and accompanied by Mrs. Estelle Kelly on the piano.

3. Tap Dance — "Chicken Reel" — Jodie Elsner 4. Piano Solo — "Home in the Meadow" — Tim Janek 5. Accordion Solos — "Upon the House Top," etc. — Donald Cox 6. Tap Dance — "Jada" — Tvfarian Kadlecek 7. Poem — "A Christmas Dolly" — Frances Vala 8. Piano Solo — "Swans in the Lake" — Victor Janek 9. Tap Dance — "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town — Roxie Sirnanoux 10. Recitation — "Just Before Christmas" — James Vornsand 11. Song — Accompanied by a clairnet — "Frosty, the Snow Man" — Diana and Norman Urbanovsky 12. Piano Solo -- "Santa's Helpers" —Donna Schnell 13. Tap Dance — "Jingle Bell Pock" — Jolene Simanoux 14. Song — "Winter Wonderland" — Marilyn Toman 15. Christmas Carols in Czech and English — by our Glee Club, led by J. V. Pokorny, and accompanied by pianist Naomi Kostom.

I want to thank the wonderful Birthday Club Sisters for the candy and fruits, and especially Mrs. Della Kadlecek for buying it and putting it up in individual sacks for the children.

I want to thank the Christmas Tree Committee: Margaret Vala, Marie Vornsand, and Charles Ka.dlecek, for the lovely tree, and also Mrs. Annie Vala, Mrs. Evelyn Vornsand and Mr. Bill Vornsand for their help in decorating.

VEST NfK I am so sorry that I forgot to announce at the program that a special Santa Clans, our Mrs. Lillian • Kruse,- is giving a ping-pong table to our youth.

The girls and boys will surely enjoy using it and appreciate the gift very much.

I have been the Youth Director for the past three years, and I certainly have enjoyed working with our fine girls and boys. I am sorry I had to give this up, but I am so very happy that ;we have a very capable Youth Director, Mrs. Clements Courtney. I think our Youth Club will grow under her fine leadership.

It seems that more and more people are enjoying our dances at Lodge 88 Hall! Don't miss out on this fun, come to Lodge 88 and enjoy the music of, famous orchestras. Bring your friends to our New Year's Eve Dance, and welcome the New Year to the music of Johnnie Holub's Orchestra!

Fraternally yours, Tillie Helmcamp LODGE NO. 5, TIOGA The .SPJST Lodge No. 5 and the RVOS Lodge No. 103 are invited to a New Year's Eve party Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the RVOS Hall. The party is sponsored by WBFA Lodge 414 Grayson. Refreshments will be furnished by the lodge. The ladies are asked to please bring a basket lunch. Social starts at 1:30 p.m. Supper will be served at 6 p.m.

Fraternally, Mrs. Lorene Schroeder LODGE 26, SKIDMORE Dear Members: We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for the passing year 1963.

Our work is pleasant, if only we would have more cooperation from our brothers and sisters by their attending our meetings.

Our recent meeting was held on Sunday, Dec. 1st. at 10 a.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all members present. Then a moment of silence in the memory of our two departed members, Borther Henry Mikeska, and Brother J. P. Nedbalek, and also our late President, John F. Kennedy.

A brief business meeting was held, and then the election of officers for 1964 was held. The results were: President — Brother Clifton Trlica Vice President -- ,5iSter Edna Bohac

Secretary — Sister Annie Mae Gilber Financial Secretary — Brother Charlie Hanus Treasurer — Sister Mary Dubec Reporter — Sister Annie Mae Gilbert.

We of Lodge 26 always look forward to having Bro. and Sister Joe Koliha Jr., at our meetings. Bro. and Sis. Koliha did not attend the recent meeting because Bro. Koliha was ill.

In behalf of the officers of Lodge 26 we wish to express our thanks and understanding in fraternal work to each faithful member, Supreme Lodge Officers, Editor, and to anyone else who helped us make our Lodge 26 a more prosperous organization.

In the coming of the New Year 1964, to each we wish good health, and happiness.

Fraternally, Annie Mae Gilbert, Secty., Lodge 26 LODGE 168, JOURDANTON Lodge 168 Progressive met December 14th at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Sister Stacy Hon. A nice crowd arrived promptly, and in walked Santa Claus.

He talked with several kiddos in turn and then got to the task of handing out the gifts that each child had brought for exchanging.

Evan Barta, Lodge 168 president, then handed out candy canes to all the children and some grownups — this was his special gift to each.

Then while the children enjoyed their gifts the business meeting got underway and the officers for 1964 were elected as follows: President — Sister Melba Novosad Vice President — Evan Barta Secretary — Victor Locke Financial Secretary — Gus Novosad Reporter — Sister Mary Ann Barta Youth Director — Sister Eleanor Locke.

Tom Novosad and Stacy Hon were chosen as delegates and alternates to the convention to be held in Waco in June.

New arrangements were made for meetings in 1964. The first meeting of the new year will be Saturday, January 11th at the Locke home about 7 p.m. We'll be looking for a big crowd, so make a note of this, all you readers from Lodge 168.

The meeting was then adjourned and a social hour was enjoyed by all.

Fraternally yours, Mary Ann Barta, ASecxetaxy,

VSSTNfIC KOVAR, TEXAS Dear Brothers and Sisters, It wouldn't seem like Christmas If we didn't get in touch And wish a Merry Christmas To those we love so much.

So here I am wishing each and every one of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In the spirit of the Christmas season we all rejoice with our friends and try to make up the good will we may have failed to do before. Yes, the holiday season brings with it the spirit of good will to all men.

We want to give and share all the blessings that have conic our way. We want to make up and correct in whatever we may have been lacking toward this good will. It has always been like that and let us hope it always will be, be:ause without this annual revival we could easily drift into materialism and quit caring for one another. We all know that true joy comes from giving and sharing and that the best reward of a kindly deed is the knowledge of having done it.

We should be thankful for everything that comes with Christmas and try to stretch the spirit that conies with it just a little longer, because. it is the good things we do that count, the most in life, and we all know that all that is great and good is done by patient trying.

So, let us be patient; let's keep on trying. I am looking forward to working with you in the coming year. Let us all make our plans now, so that we all can do the most good where it counts the most. Wishing everyone the best of everything, not only from the present, but for always.

I remain as always, your fraternal brother and friend.

V. H. Barina, District Organizer, District One —SPJSTLODGE NO. 25, ENNIS Dear Members: At our November meeting, the following officers were elected: President -- George Trojacek Vice-Pres. — A. F. Gurecky Secretary — G. Louis Kudrna Financial Seaty. — L. J. Kudrna Treasurer — Joe A. Martinek Manager — Milton Martinek Youth Director — Mrs. Dor o t h y Kudrna The delegates to the XIX Concention are George Trojacek, Mildred Trojacek,

and Johnnie Krajca. Alternates are G. Louis Kudrna, Wilma Nesuda, and A. F. Gurecky.

Guests at the meeting were Randall Willis from Rosenberg and Sylvia Lazno ySky from Lodge 135. After supper was served, Sylvia showed slides of her Hawaiian trip.

On December 7th, the youth had their Christmas party with skating, Christmas carols, and jolly old Santa bringing stockings and candy to all.

At the December 8th meeting, the 'fallowing members were elected as delegates to the Fraternal Congress: Alvin Nesuda, George Trojacek and G. Louis Kudrna.

New members transferred from Lodge No. 84 Dallas in June are: Michael W. Kudrna, Gregory M. Kudrna, Frances Jo Kudrna, and Frances Ann Kudrna.

Other new Members: Gary Galbraith, Steve J. Valek, Chris Alan Kudrna., Mike a7Jolfe, Alfred W. Biggins, John E. Trojacek, L. P. Griffis, and Betty Jane Griffis.

Deceased members are Joseph Sramek. Lora Augusta Zaludek, John Haskovec, and Frances A. Kover. We wish to express our sympathy to the families.

Our next meeting will be on January 12th at 2:00 p.m.

Fraternally yours, G. Louis Kudrna --SPJSTFLOVANSKA LIPA, LODGE 66, WACO Dear Brothers and Sisters, The regular meeting of Lodge 66 was held on Sunday, December 15, Brother Otto Hanus presiding. We had a lame attendance.

The Pledge cf Allegiance was led by Sharon Engelke, Jean Spence, and Joyce Goeke. The lodge pledge was given b y Beverly Gaidusek, Mary Nell and Margaret Narovec.

We hid two visitors, Miss Elizabeth Kozlovsky and Mrs. Louis Kapayik.

We were happy they could be with us C e m e again!

Our S t itt, Queen, Frances Miller, led the membership in a prayer for our former President, John F. Kennedy.

Sister Rose Parma read the minutes of the November meeting. They were approved as read.

Sister Darlene Engelke, youth leader, gave her re p ort. She said the Christmas Party was a success. The game party held following our' last meeting added $43.58 to the Youth Club fund, despite the small number of members who

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 took part. She thanked Marvin Matus who was the caller throughout the evening. The Teen Club went bowling on Nov. 19 and the Youth Club went skating on Nov. 22. The Teen Club will go to the SP1ST Rest Home in Taylor on Sunday, Dec. 22 with gifts and a check.

The members will go as a group.

Sister Engelke reminded the youth members to turn in their merit books before Dec. 31. She said, that if anyone had good snapshots of the youth activities, it would be nice to include them in a scrapbook that is being compiled.

The December Birthday Club members are Sisters La Nell Brew, Dorothy Moore, Debra Galler, and France:1, Moore, and Brothers Chris Spence, Cerro' ,Simcik, Michael Wayne Trefny, and Andy Paulus of Florida. We sang "Happy Birthday" to them.

Sister Darlene Engelke sends a Merry Christmas to everyone from the Youth. and Teen Clubs.

The Entertainment Committee spokeswoman was Sister Libbie Parma.

She thanked all the members who helped make the Christmas Party so nice. Everyone who helped for the party was asked to stand and be recognized. (Details of the Christmas Party are in a special report).

Brother Ed Mazanec gave tare trustees' report. Linden Hall will charge $2.50 admission for the New Year's Eve Dance; music by Slim Baisler.

Favors and hats will be free. Extra tables have been ordered. All chairmen and their wives will work on New Year's Eve. Regular salaries will be paid. The dance will begin at 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Brother Mazanec said the Choral Club is recessing for a couple of months, but when they start practicing they hope to entertain at the convention. The Choral Club presented Brother Nick with a wall clock at the Chrismas Party.

Sister Darlene Engelke of the Sick Committee reported Sister Matilda Hanus nad an operation, came home and had to go back to the hospital, but is feeling much better and was present at the meeting. Brother Weldon Galler had an appendectomy., Brother Bill Eison had an operation. Brother Harold Trojan had an operation, but was present at the meeting. Brother Walter Poehls had been ill, but was at the meeting. Brother and Sister Louis Kazda are ill. Brother Bill Sykora is very ill. We hope they all regain their health and mave a Merry Christmas.

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 Brother Otto Harms presented the kitchen chairman Darlene Engelke the check that was presented to him by the avos. Sister Engelke said the kitshen will use the money to purchase additional cooking utensils.

The election of officers was held.

Brother Roman Parma read the names of members having perfect attendance for the year. They are Brothers: Frank Parma, Otto Hanus, Bill Korenek, Johnnie Gaidusek, Evelyn Gerlich, Harold Trojan, Bennie Engelke, and Ray Moore; Sisters Libbie Parma, Matilda Hanus, Millie Korenek, Dorothy Gerlich and Darlene Engelke.

The President and Vice President appointed Brothers Frank Bruns. Bill Korenek and Henry Narovec to issue collect, and count ballots. The officers were all re-elected by acclamation: President, Otto Hanus; Vice-President Frank Miller; Financial Secretary, Johnnie Gaidusek; Treasurer, Ray Moore; Recording Secretary, Rose Parma; Guide, Roman Parma.

We elected a new youth leader, Sister Libbie Parma. Sister Parma made a motion that two assistants be elected by the members, rather than appointed by her. This will be done in the January meeting.

Our delegates to the convention are Brothers Ed Mazanec and Otto Hanus.

The alternate delegates are Brothers Otis Ceska and Frank Miller.

The nine directors are Brothers Otto Hanus, Johnnie Gaidusek, Ray Moore, Frank Miller, Bennie Engelke, Roman Parma, Otis Ceska, Eugene Gerlich, and Frank Parma.

The committees will be elected and appointed at the next meeting, which will be January 19, 1964.

The door prizes were won by Sister Polly Gaidusek and Kay Gerlich. The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Yours fraternally, Dorothy Gerlich --SPJSTLODGE NO. 35, ELK Dear Readers, I was one of the lucky 75 guests invited to the Youth Club's Christmas party December 15.

Let me tell you how we enjoyed it!

It started out with a friendly welcome,

by Youth Leader Norma Pavelka and her assistant, Ruby Pavelka We had a wonderful supper, with turkey and all the trimmings, which the mothers of

VitSTNtK the Youth Club members prepared. The tables were dressed up with white table cloths, centered with a candle, which the Youth Club made. There were two beautiful center pieces on the tables with all the good food.

At 7 p.m. the Youth Club presented a program which was very nice. President Rudolph Zalman told a story about Santa Claus. Then the nice old Santa appeared with presents and candy for everyone. The children all talked to Santa. Santa drew names for the door prizes. The girls' door prize went to Barbara Breitkreutz; the boys' door prize went to Mark Woods.

They also had a new band, which does not have a name yet. They are all local boys: Bobby Tlustos, Albin Matus, Jr., Ronald Foit, Joe Barton, Willie Thun and Albin Matus, Sr. They provided good music for young and old.

Everyone enjoyed it very much. The guests ranged in age from 7 months to 72 years, and all left at a late hour.

I am wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Thanks for the invitation.

Fraternally yours, Dorothy B a nik, 1964 Reporter --SPJSTLODGE NO. 88 GLEE CLUB, HOUSTON Merry Christmas, Brothers and Sisters: Yes, it is that wonderful time of the year again. Fin sure all of you are "up to your ears" in Christmas gifts, shopping and preparations. Well, those of you who have been wondering why I haven't sent in a letter in the last couple of months, it's because I couldn't find an opening in all the confusion to push my head through. But now I'm finished with everything. and as I sit here, solemnly reminiscing the first Christmas Day, wishing I had been there, I wish you all, in behalf of my fellow members, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy "Leap" Year.

On Sunday, December 15 the Youth Club held their annual Christmas program. We were honored to participate and sang several songs. They were: "Nadrodil Se Kristus Pan," "Pujdem Spolu Do 13etlema," "Silent Night," and "Little Town of Bethlehem."

Our soloist, Sister Helen Hegwood, sang, "Jesu Bambino," which stirred the hearts of everyone there.

There are a few of our members who took part in the annual "Tree of Lights" here in Houston. Brother Rudy Sefcik played one of the wise men,

21 while Brother Tim Kostom and Brother Fred Bud sang in the chorus.

Fraternally, Elizabeth Jurek, Reporter

LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS Dear Members and Friends: In behalf of Lodge 84, may I take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

We held our Monthly Meeting and annual election of officers Sunday, December 15th and may we say thank you ever so mtuch for such a nice attendance. There were 41 members and 1 guest present, and it certainly was a Pleasure to see such a nice gathering.

Why not try this again in the January meeting?

The meeting was opened by our President with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, and after the various discussions of business matters we held our election of officers.

The new officers are as follows: President — Ben Jarma Vice President — Bill Gaiser Secretary — Frank Henzen Treasurer — Sis. Carlyn Ondrusek Financial' Secretary — Sis. Annie Steiner Sergeant-at-Arms — Jerome Rejcek.

Delegates to the Convention in 1964 are Bro. Frank Steiner, Bro. Cyrill Pokladnik, Sister Bessie Petr, Bro. Ben Jarma, Sister Annie Steiner.

Youth leaders are Sister Bessie Petr, and Assistant, Carlyn Ondrusek.

Congratulations to the new officers, and may we ask your kind support and let them know you will stand behind them in every way possible. To our outgoing President, Bro. Cyrill Pokladnik, our heartfelt thanks for a job well done. Needless to say, we are going to

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miss you as our leader. May the fruits of your labor and devotion to this lodge dwell in our hearts and may they be a shining example to the entire membership of the lodge and to your successor. Again, we say, "thank you!" for your tireless effort.

Our guest at the meeting was none other than our editor, Bro. Nick Morris.

We sincerely enjoyed having you and please come back again.

After the meeting everyone sat down to enjoy the ever-so-beautiful Christmas program. The Christmas story and Nativity scene of some 30 or more children, their little angelic faces Christmas carols by our youth and inspired one and all, and the singing of teen club certainly put each and every one in a holiday mood.

A lot of work was put into this program under the guidance of our Youth Leader, Sister Bessie Petr. Our hats off to you, Bessie!

in Wayne Annual Mtg., Lodge 84, Dallas. Lodge officers — rear, I to R: Henzen, flag bearer; Frank Henzen, Secretary; Jerome Iftejcek, Sgt.-at-Arms.

Front: Bill Gaiser, Vice President; Ben Jarma, President; Carlyn Ondrusek, Treasurer; Annie Steiner, Financial Secretary.

After the program, refreshments were served to one and all, young and old; the table was laden with all sorts of goodies, prepared by our kitchen Santa Clauses.

Then to climax the evening, Santa Claus came bustling through the front door with a huge pack of goodies for all the small fry and to lend an ear to their requests for the things they wanted for Christmas, and you can bet that if possible he will bring what all of you want.

We wish to sincerely thank each and everyone who in any way helped to make this evening such a great success. This includes Sister Bessie Petr, all the children and teenagers, the mothers who helped make costumes and those who brought all the pastry; all who 'helped decorate the hall, and certainly our thanks to Santa Claus.

Without him the evening would not have been complete.

The next thing to look forward to is the big New Year's Eve dance Tuesday, December 31st, starting at 8:30 p.m., until 4 a.m.; music will be furnished by the John Rejcek Orchestra and the admission will be $2.50 per person.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. So come one and all to help ring out the old and bring in the new year.

Here's hoping to see you there.

Fraternally, Lillian Hamusek

Annual Mtg., Lodge 84, Dallas. Delegates to the Convention in 1964. Standing, L to R: Frank B. Steiner, Ben Jarma. 'Seated: Bessie Petr, Cyrill (Sid) Pokladnik, and Annie Steiner.

LODGE 39, BRYAN Dear Members, We held our annual meeting Sunday, December 8th. We had a very good attendance. I was happy to see such a good attendance. Please come out more often. We serve free eats after each meeting.

The following officers were elected for the coming year:

Steve Regmund — President Adolf Kucera — Vice President Mrs. Lillian Matejka — Secretary Ludwig Monthi — Secty.-Treasurer Albin Quitta — Treasurer Mrs. Albina Matejka -- Local Youth Leader Steve Regmund — Hall Chairman Rudolph — Co-Chairman Mrs. Alene Kuder — Kitchen Chairman

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 Delegates to our next convention arc Steve Rogmund, Joe Novosad; Alternates are Adolf Kucera and Joe Patranalla.

Our next meeting will be held the second sunday in January, the 12th, at 2:30 p.m. I hope to see a good crowd at our January meeting.

Wishing all the Supreme Officers, Editor, and Members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally, Steve Reground, President --SPJSTHeidelelberg, Germany Dear Editor Morris: I am sending you a copy of our Christmas letter to friends and family.

If you wish to use any of it in Vestnik we would be pleased. I am the former Lucille Bolf, and a member of the Floresville Lodge 107, and my husband, Joseph Hegar, is a member of the Temple Lodge. We were both members of the Czech Club at the University of Texas, back in 1936-1940. We are sure many of our friends of those days, as well as SPJST meetings, would be interested in our life in Europe.

Unfortunately, because of my husband's work, we cannot visit Czechoslovakia, where I have many relatives.

Best wishes to you and the staff of the Vestnik and greetings to all who remember us.

Sincerely, Mrs. Lucille (Bolf) }legal!

• • Dear Ones, Ten years ago, from Japan, we wrote our last mimeographed letter to our friends and loved ones. We feel, againthat we want to say so much to each of you that our only way of doing it is by this means.

Heidelberg is a lovely, historic town built on the Neckar River with a range of lovely hills always in sight and actually part of the city. The University of Heidelberg is famous for its schools of Medicine, Theology, Sociology, etc.

We have met students here from Ja, pan, India, Africa, Norway, Germany, Australia, and the USA. A student must have two years of an American College and the knowledge of German before they can enroll. We also have a medieval castle (schloss) high on the hillside. Much of it is in ruins but it's still the tourist's haven and most pic tures of Heidelberg show the schloss.

We live in Mark Twain Village in apartment-type quarters, very near

V2STNfIC Becky's school and Joe's office in USAREUR Headquarters. We are also within walking distance of the chapel, which aids us in getting to services, young people's and women's activities.

The men usually have their meetings over lunch at the club. This year we drove to Worms on Oct. 27 for Reformation Services and to see the Luther Memorial. It was an unforgettable experience with the speaker being Bishop Dibelius of Berlin, a staunch foe of Nazism and Communism.

Those of you who have been in Europe, know how close and accessible everything is and how tempting to travel here.Al ong with the opportunity to know the people here personally, travel is the greatest bonus in a tour overseas. In Germany, we have been to West Berlin, Berchtesgaden in the Alps, Rothenberg, a medieval walled city, Frankfurt am Main, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Munich, the Black. Forest, and along the Rhine. EXcept for the horrible wall in Berlin, the Germany we are seeing is a beautiful country, a mixture of ruins from Roman days, the Dark Ages and the Renaissance to the modern, booming economy which has out-stripped all the rest of Europe in production.

The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg are only a few hours drive from us, so last April we drove to Amersterdam and were pleased to see the farmers still in wooden shoes, the huge windmills everywhere, and the many canals, on which we took a sightseeing tour by boat. Later, we saw Rotterdam, the Hague, the tulip fields, which were not in full bloom, but we saw thousands blooming in huge glass hot houses. We didn't dream so many colors, varieties, and sizes of tulips existed. We liked Brussels, and the drive to Luxembourg City was interesting, but rain spoiled the last day. Unfortunately, that happens a lot here in Europe. We also have fog that may last all day and even the school buses can't run.

Joe has business trips to other cities and countries (like Bonn and. Paris); so he will see some of Europe that way.

Also, his leave is quite limited; so, Becky and I and a dear friend, Grace Bailey, went to London by jet in June.

Beskv is now in the 8th grade and is taking algebra, German, Science, En glish, Social Studies, and Phys. Ed. Her other activities are Protestant Youth of the Chapel, Girl Scouts, and the Junior National Rifle Assn.

23 In August, we took a trip to Italy, lovely, sunny, Italy. We went down by way of Austria and the Brenner Pass, and back through St. Gotthard Pass and Switzerland. The Alps are wonderful to see, but somewhat difficult to drive in so we put our car and ourselves on the train and rode a tunnel through the St. Gotthard Pass — very quick and safe. The places we visited in Italy were Verona, Venice, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Livorno (Leghorn), Florence, Pisa, and Milan. We camped part of the trip and the rest of the time we stayed in new motels and old "pensions." The sightseeing was something I've always dreamed of since studying Latin in High School and the University. In Verona, we attended an opera in a 2,000-year-old coliseum; and the leaning tower of Pisa looks like it may not stay up much longer; the size and construction of the Forum, Parthenon, Coliseum and Appian Way were amazing. The catacombs were damp and cold and had been used as burial grounds, but not for living, according to our guide. The Vatican and Sistine Chapel were sa beautiful and ornate it is beyond description.

The beach at Leghorn was so hot and sunny it made us homesick for the Texas Coast. We got nicely suntanned, but it's gone by now. As we write this, we are making plans to go to Vienna for Thanksgiving.

I'll say just a word about my activities — in the Red Cross, I am Vice Chairman of Volunteers, responsible for Program Services; in the Protestant Women, I am Secretary of the European Council and President of the Women of Mark Twain Chanel; and in Scouting, I was a leader again last year and now am a trainer of leaders.

The Women's Clubs are active here and I also go to those affairs. Because I speak German I enjoy the German American Women's Club and I often translate .for friends. friends.

This is a busy, exciting place to live, much to see, lovely things to buy, and we feel lucky to have this opportunity, even though we miss "home" and families. God Bless you all, and may you have a Happy Christmas and Joyous New Year!

Joe, Lucille, and Becky, The Hegars (Heidelberg IS a lovely place! Does the Molkenkur Klub still exist? And the restaurant, "Zum Weissen Lamb"?

Viel Vergniigung! — Editor)

24 SOKOL FORT WORTH Dear Members and Friends: With the holiday season upon us, everyone is kept very busy. I forgot to send in a report to the Vestnik last week.

We have received news of some of our Sokol members moving back to Fort 'Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Alholm and sons, R. L. and Tony, are moving back from Ogden, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown have moved back from Dimmitt, Texas. Mrs. Brown is the former Priscilla Watson. We are very happy to have them back with us again.

We are glad to know that David Milan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Milan, is recovering nicely after undergoing surgery on December 7th in a local hospital. Also congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cole! They are the proud parents of a 8 lb., 13 oz., boy.

They named the baby Robert Joseph.

Mrs. Cole is the former Roseann Hixon.

Best of luck to you with your new baby.

Our next meeting will be December 27th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Sokol hall. We will have our election of officers at this meeting.

Everyone plan to come to our New. Year's Eve dance; music by Joe Milan's Orchestra. Don't forget to make your reservations.

Nazdar!

Mrs. Stacie Koch )0( SPJST Rest Home In Taylor

We, the undersigned members of the Auditing Committee of the SPJST Rest Home, in Taylor, Texas, examined and audited the books of the SPJST Rest Home, on Dec. 4, 1963, and we found the same in order.

E. P. Sralla Edwin. Kovar Fred Kveton • • FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE MANAGER, SPJST REST HOME, TAYLOR, TEXAS 4 December 1903 Dear Brother Directors: I herewith submit the financial statement for the Year beginning December 1, 1962 and ending November 30th, 1963.

Income: Net cash received from guests --- $78,398.13 Donations — 2,524.57 Others — — 74.20 TOTAL INCOME — $80.996.90

VtSTNflit Operating Expenses: Employees' payroll --$33,941.68 FICA and witnnoldimi lax 6,244.35 Utilities -6.667.07 Groceries 5,461.43 Operating supplies 4,361.29 Laundry — 1,801.53 Repairs — — 2,993.95 Insurance — 856.25 License 79.00 P. 0. Box and stamps 61.00 Car allowance for manager 587.50 TOTAL EXPENSE -$73,055.05 Net Balance — 7.941.85 — Balance November 30th, 1.962 1,996.47 TOTAL — — — 9,938.32 Less interest to the Supreme Lodge SPJST 5,000.00 Building Debt -4,250.00 683.32 Balance November 30th, 1963 Respectfully submitted, Rudolph Troubil

SPJST Bulletin Board SCHEDULE OF SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS DISTRICT II. District II's spring meeting has been set for March 22nd, 1964, at Buokholts, host lodge No. 15.

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DISTRICT III .

Spring meeting will be held on Sun day, April 26th, at Lod ge 84, Dallas.

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

SPJST® DISTRICT SIX The District Six spring meeting will be held April 19, 1964 at Riverside Hall, East Bernard, Texas. Lodge Karel Jonas No. 28 will be hosts. Time of the meeting will be announced later.

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DISTRICT VII District VII's spring meeting will be held on May 3, 1964, at Lodge No. 161, La Parita.

-SPJSTLODGE 146, GALVESTON Lodge meeting will be held January 12th, at the American Legion Hall, 1503 Tremont, Galveston. Time: 2:30 p.m.

Frank H. Reran Jr. Organizer and Secty.

Dear Members: Following is a report on the results of the sales contest held during October and November between Organizers of Districts No. 3 and No. 5.

The winning District is No. 3 with 117 members and $296,500.00 of life insurance against District No. 5's 87 members and $179,500.00 of life insurance, for a total of 204 members and $467,000.00 of life insurance.

The top organizers during the contest are: Members District No. 3 Anna Milan, 25 District No. 5 — Fr. H. Beran Jr. 24 Insurance District No. 3 — Jerry Milan $54,000.00 DLtrict No 5 — Lillian Kruse $57,500.00 They will receive a nice pen and pencil set and the winning District will receive a nice plaque.

We. at the Supreme Lodge, certainly appreciate the cooperation and support extended by each of you to your District organizers and we wish to extend our sincere thanks to all.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny DISTRICT NO. 3 SALES Organizer Members .

Joe Dujka 2,000.00 2 1 1,000.00 Otto Hanus 2,000.00 Frank Haskovec 2 2,000.00 Wm. Hejny 1 18,000.00 Edwin Holub 10 3.000.00 Walter Hosek 3 2,000.00 2 Anton JanOusek 5.000.00 Bennie Jarmo., 4 2 37,000.00 Frank Kofnovec 4,000.00 4 J. J. Kostohryz 9 Johnnie Krajca 26,500.00 2 3,000.00 Joe Krivanek 16.500.00 John Krizan 1,000.00 Rudolph Krizan 1 25,000.00 Albert Kubala 6 6,000.00 John Mach 2 1,000.00 Edmund Marek 1 50,500.00 Anna Milan 25 6 54,000.00 Jerry Milan 4,000.00 Anton Pavelka 4 15,000.00 James Pavlicek 15 2,000.00 Emil Pets I 1,000.00 Mary Renfro

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 Hugo Schefcak George Srunc George Trojaeek A. M. Vrla Stanley Vrla

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RESULTS OF SALES CONTEST December 13, 1963 Members 117

District No. 3 • Insurance $296,500.00 413 1/2 Points District No. 5 Insurance $179,500.00

Members 87 266 1/2 Points

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny DISTRICT NO. 5 SALES Ins. Organizer Members 2,000.00 Herman Baethe 2.

24 32,000.00 Frank Beran Jr. 1,000.00 Albert Bristik 10,000.00 Jarda Cerny 1,000.00 Leslie Cox 1,000.00 A. V. Franek 1 3,000.00 Mrs. Arnold Franek 3 1,000.00 Helen Hegwood 1 5,000.00 Alfred Hilsher 5,000.00 Louise Kadlecek 19,500.00 LeRoy Kamas 18 13 57,500.00 Lillian Kruse 2,500.00 A. J. Lostak 3,000.00 Mrs. F. J. Olexa imoo.o6 Rudy Sefcik 27,000.00 J. M. Skrabanek 3,000.00 Ludvick Surovec 5,000.00 Stephen Valcik 87 $179,500.00 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny

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CONGRATULATIONS! Blue Bonnet Lodge No. 169.

Brenham, Texas The first meeting of the newly-organized Blue Bonnet Lodge No. 169 was held Monday night, December 16th, at the home of Brother and Sister S. H. Ewell, in Brenham, Texas. There were some 30 adult members and about 12 children present.

First on the agenda was the election of officers and Brother S. H. Ewell was elected President; Brother Verde

Officers of the newly-organized lodge in Brenham, Lodge No. 169. L to R: Verde Pomykal, Vice President; Janet Pomykal, Recording Secretary; Mollie Ewell, Financial Secretary-Treasurer; and S. H. Ewell, President.

PROGRESS OF SALES CONTEST December 20, 1963 DISTRICT NO. 1 Members 48

Insurance $•1,000.00 Points 109

Members 30

DISTRICT NO. 6 Insurance $63,000.00 Points 93 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny

Pomykal, Vice President; Sister Janet Pomykal, recording Secretary; and Sister Mollie Ewell, Financial Secretary-Treasurer. They will hold meetings every 3 months, on the first Monlay night of the month.

Brother Barina and Brother Hejny each spoke briefly and expressed their well wishes to the new lodge and pledged their assistance to them if they should need it at any time.

After the meeting we all enjoyed a short program presented by the Youth, and Sister Ewell presented each child with a Christmas gift. Then followed a big feast of food and rereshments and a very enjoyable evening.

We certainly wish to express our sincere thanks to Brother and Sister Ewell for their efforts in organizing

PROGRESS OF SALES CONTEST December 20, 1963 DISTRICT NO. 2 Members Insurance 24 $41,000.00 Points 65 DISTRICT NO. 7 Members Insurance 8 $10,000.00 Points 18 Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny

this new lodge and wish them continued growth and progress in the future.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny

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Wednesday, December 25, 1963

Youth Sec ion LODGE NO. 66, WACO Den r Rea.dcrs, C r aim Ito 1 Chrki•ma pa , s held Salurda y . Dec. 1 .1 at linden Pad. The hall v a- beautifully decorated for the rolid:<y with e huge Christmaa tree donated by I rr I her rd Mavan2c, and 13 large ea nc1 1 ( - made by Brother Otto Hanus. The entertainment committee, as well as wrn, members, he l ped decorate and arrange the table for our dinner. The lodge furni-hcd the turkeys and each family brought a salad and a dessert. After e ■, Lrything was placed on the table we truly had a banquet.

After everyone had eaten, our presi dent, Brother Harms, recognized our distinguished guests, Bro. and Mrs. Marek, Bro. and Mrs. Zabcik, Bro. and Mrs. Urbanovsky, Bro. and Mrs. Nick Morris, Bro. Robert Cervenka, Sister Anna Hosek, Estelle Motis, and our District Youth Leader, Mrs. Nesuda, and Bro. Nesuda. Then our lodge officers, trustees, entertainment committee, officers of the Teen and Youth Clubs, and youth leaders were introduced. Then came the presentation of gifts to our President, Otto Hanus; our Youth Leaders, Sisters Darlene Engelke, Libby Parma, and Agnes Mazanec; our teen club president, Gene Miller; our choral club director, Nick Morris; our accompanist, Estelle Motis; and Alan Hensel and myself. Each of us received $25.00 from the Lodge for winning the District and State King and Queen. I wish to say "thank you" for this lovely gift and I am very proud to be the first SPJST State Queen.

Brother Marek was then asked to say a few words, and he gave a beautiful explanation of the meaning of Christmas.

Next, our youth leaders presented a Christmas pageant. The youth group portrayed the Bible personages as the teen group carried out the story in son. This was followed by songs from the Choral Group, under the direction of Brother Nick Morris. As we were singing "Jingle Bells," Santa Claus arrived. We ended the party with a free bingo game. Everyone had an enjoyable time, and thanks again to all who made it such a perfect evening.

I am sure all the students are looking forward to the Christmas nolidays.

We have a full two weeks at Reicher but I am sure they will be busy ones.

On December 22 our annual Christmas

Lodge 84, Dallas, Youth Club Officers. Standing, L to R: Carlyn Ondrusek, Ass't Youth Leader; Bessie Petr, Youth Leader; Sharon Gaiser, Treasurer. Seated.

Richard Kopecky, Vice President; Larry Petr, President; Jeanne Hamusek, Secretary. concert at school; Dec. 23 we are going caroling; on Dec. 26 the teen club is having a party at Linden Hall; and on Dec. 29 our St. Mary's parish teen club is having a "Hootenanny" at school.

We have about 150 members and have had some very nice socials.

I hope all of you will have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally yours, Frances Miller --SPJSTLINDEN BALL, NO 66, WACO Dear Readers, Sunday, December 15, the Teen-Age Club held their monthly meeting.

We discussed having a hayride and going caroling. We finally decided to have a party on December 26, from from 7 to 11 o'clock at the hall. We can also invite as many guests as we wish.

We also discussed buying five new records but decided against it since we had just gotten some earlier.

Then the meeting adjourned.

Your reporter, Margaret Narovee )O) LODGE 25, ENNIS Dear Members, As your new Youth Leader, I wish to announce that we will skate once a month after our lodge meetings. That is the second Sunday of each month.

Sunday, January 12th at 2:00 p.m., we will have the election of officers, 101-

lowed by free skating for members and their friends.

Fraternally yours, Dorothy Kudrna —SPJSTLODGE NO. 54, WEST

Dear Vestnik Readers, On Sunday, December 15, at 6:30 p.m. we had our Christmas program and supper. I don't have all the Christmas program report yet.

The smaller children read poems, the older ones sang songs, others played on their instruments. We had a nice program and a good supper and Santa Claus, from the North Pole. visited us.

All the kids got bags of fruit, candy, nuts, gum. We also exchanged gifts.

It sure got cold here last week. The holidays are already starting. We got out of school Friday at 2' o'clock. We saw a film "Toby Tyler." We had a Christmas program and exchanged gifts.

See you all soon. Our next meeting will be Jan. 5, 1964, God Bless you and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 1964!

Your reporter, Shirley Nemec —SPJSTCOTTONWOOD YOUTH CLUB Dear Members and Friends, We held our meeting December 1, 1963. At this meeting the Youth Club was divided into two groups. I was elected as president of the junior youth

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 club. Our new leader is Sister Martha Monthei, and Sister Ruth Krizan is leader of the teen-age group.

At our next meeting, we will get our committees organized. We also held our Christmas program December 15. We had a program, and after Santa Claus made his departure we handed out the presents.

I will be hoping to see all members and new members at our next meeting in January, because we will make new plans for the coming year. We would like everyone to come to the meetings. There will be new games to play and when the hall is enlarged we will have our own room to hold meetings in.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Robert Dobecka, Jr., h Presic .nt -SPJST

NECROLOGY RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of San Jacinto Lodge No. 91 at Crosby, in behalf of our membership, wish to express our heartfet sympathy to the bereaved family of our deceased brother, ELLO JOE (BILL) SHIMEK, age 51, who died Sunday, December 8, 1963, in Columbus, Texas, while on a deer hunting trip.

Funeral services were held in Crosby Methodist Church, with Rev. Dan Bynum of Crosby and Rev. Joe Jones of Deer Park officiating. Burial was in the Crosby SPJST Cemetery.

Mr. Shimek was born in Fayetteville but was reared in Crosby where he attended school and later worked for construction and lumber companies. He began working for he Humble Refinery in Baytown in 1942, and worked there as a boilermaker first class for 16 years.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Rose Shimek of Crosby; three sons, Billy Ray and Wayne Shimek of Crosby and Donnie Lee Shimek of Highlands; his mother, Julia Shimek of Crosby; three sisters, Mrs. Julia Becker of Baytown, Mrs. Vesta worthy of Houston, and Mrs. Angele Selensky of Crosby; three

V2STNfK brothers, Arnold and Jakey Shimek of Crosby, and LeRoy Shimek of Houston; also one granddaughter.

We join the family of our departed brother in their sorrow. May he rest in peace.

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CHEIISTIVIAS IN THE NEW WORLD Christmas was first celebrated in the New World on December 25, 1492 471 years ago, when Christopher Columbus' two vessels, the "Santa Maria" and the "Nina," made their way eastward off the coast of the recently discovered island of Hispaniola, now Haiti. Christmas was probably first celebrated on the mainland of this country by early French settlers who came to St. Croix, Maine, around 1604. One of the early German celebrations in Ameica was arranged in 1741 by Count Nicholas von Zinze.ndorf, who was a member of the Moravian colony in what is now Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

The people of Boston seem to have been the first to celebrate Christmas by placing lighted candles in their windows and singing carols in the streets.

In many of the southern states, Christmas is celebrated with fireworks, a custom which was introduced by French settlers in Louisiana, and Italians and Spaniards in Florida. Our Christmas trees are of German origin, and Santa Claus immigrated from the Netherlands where he is better known as Saint Nicholas. Christmas cards were introduced in this country in the late 1870's by a London firm. Early in the present century the custom of setting up a community Christmas tree in public squares was adopted in many American cities. .-SPJST-

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

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28 JEWEL OF HOPE Christmas is like a jewel of a thousand brilliant facets, each too wonderfull to describe. History, tradition, legend. Music, poetry, fantasy. Brotherhood, kindness, love. And glowing always at the heart of the jewel itself, the most tremendous message of all: hope.

Old as Christmas is, that theme is even older. It goes back into the dawn of time when anxious primitive man, watching the sun sink daily lower in the sky, become aware with a great upsurge of joy that the days were getting longer again, that the source of warmth and light and life was coming back.

On that pagan festival was superimposed the timeless story of the Manger with its far greater gift of hope, its promise that the Universe is

not, after all, a gigantic clock wound up and left to run, mechanical and dreadful, but an infinitely marvelous manifestation of a Creator who knows and understands and, above all, cares.

Not many will stop to consider these things on Christmas morning. Not in the pre-dawn grayness when from the children's room come muffled squeals and muted horns and the ecstatic sound of paper tearing.

But they are there. They will always be there when the stars fade, and light spills over the rim of the world, and once again it is Christmas Day. --SPJST-

What is thought to be the first electrically lighted Christmas tree was hung in 1896 in the lobby of San Francisco's Palace hotel. It had 5Q0 lights.

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and his men worked to free her. When it appeared hopeless, she was stripped and as much gear as possible taken aboard the Nina.

However, the Nina was unable to carry all the men, and some were left behind in a fort, that in honor of the

season was called LaNavidad, the nativity.

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DEC. 31 — BILL MRAZ ORCH. Our Guest, from Radio Station KERD Rosenberg, Mr. Ben Oldag with the Orchestra, 8:30 till 3 a.m.

1964 BATTLE DANCE — JAN. 4 — JOE PATEK and BILL MRAZ JAN. 11 — BILL MRAZ ORCH. WILL CELEBRATE ITS 28th YEAR OF PLAYhNG -- COFFEE and CAKE ON THE HOUSE — YOU MUST COME. JAN. 18 — HAY KRENEK and BILL MRAZ ORM COMING JAN, 24 - 26 — SIX FAT DUTCHMEN, from MENW-;OTA. (p) W.,.5.-0144110AIRAM

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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,

-SPJSTLodge Cottonwood No, f Wednesday, Dec. 25 — Soukup Family get-together Christmas day; Lodge Dance at night; music by Kaluza Polka Band. Everyone cordially invited.

Sunday, Dec. 29 -- Corbin Reunion Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Celebration as always, starting at 8:00 p.m. till ? Plenty of hats and horns for all. Everyone come.

Sunday, Jan. 5 — Lodge meeting and election of all committees, beginning at 3 p.m. The youth will have their meetings and election ofsome committees. Please be sure to attend.

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Lodge No. 15, Buckholts Weanesday, Dec. 25 — Vrazel's Polka Band.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 — Vrazel's Polka Band Saturday, Jan. 18 _ Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Saturday, Jan. 25 — Battle Dance, Vrazel's Polka Band and Bob Haisler's Melodians of Temple Saturday, February 8 — Vrazel's Polka Band.

Lodge No. 25, Ennis Saturday, Dec. 28 — Battle Dance, music by Vrazel's Polka Band of Cameron and the Music Masters of Ennis.

Lodge 29, Taylor December 26 — Hi - Toppers January 1, 1964 — Joe Patek —SPJSTLodge 35, Elk Christmas Night, Dec. 25 — Music by Ed Messer and His Western Playboys of Fort Worth Saturday Night, Dec. 28 — Music by Fiddle Swingsters of Waco New Year's Eve Night, Deb. 31 -Music by Rural Ramblers of Marlin.

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Bryan December 2.8th — Jesse Lee's Playboys December 31st —New Year's Eve Dance musis by V and L Melody Boys from Taylor Saturday, January 4th — Dance, music

by Vrazel's Polka Band.

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Lodge No. 40, Hillje Christmas, Dec. 25 — Triumphs Saturday, Dec. 28 -- Jokers Lodge No. 47 — Seaton Saturday, Dec. 28 — Dance at night; music by Rudy Kurtz Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; Music by Bob Haisler and His Melodians.

Lodge 54, West Saturday, Dec. 28th — Private Wedding Party Tuesday, New Years's Eve KJT Dance

-SPJSTLodge No. 66, Waco Christmas Night, Dec. 25th — Music Masters of Ennis Saturday, Dec. 28th — Hi-Toppers of New Braunfels New Year's Eve, Dec. 31st -- Slim Haisler of Temple Saturday, Jan. 4 — Rudy Kurtz of Shiner Saturday, Jan. 11th — The Hi-Toppers of New Braunfels Saturday, Jan. 18th — Vrazel Polka Band of Cameron Saturday, Jan. 25th — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Saturday, Feb. 1 — Rudy Kurtz of Shiner Saturday, Feb. 8th — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple Tuesday, Feb. 11th — Last dance be fore Lent — Vrazel Polka Band of Cameron

Wednesday, December 25, 1963 Lodge Pokrok No. 84, Dallas Tuesday; Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance — from 8:30 to 4 a.m. music by the John Rejcek Orch.

-SPJSTLodge 88, Houston Dec.31 — New Year's Eve Dance from 9 'til ? — Music by Johnny Holub Orchestra.

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

Friday, January 31st — Dance; must by the Six Fat Dutchmen Orch.

-SPJST-Sokol Zizka and Lodge 130, Dallas December 31 -- New Year's Eve Dance, music by Eric Honza.

January 11 — Dance, sponsored by Sokol Zizka, music by Jim Allen Orchestra January 25 — Dance, sponsored by Sokol Zizka, music by Eric Honza Orchestra February 8 — Special Dance "Mardi Gras," sponsored by Sokol Zizka,music• by Eric Honza Orchestra February 22 — Dance, sponsored by Sokol Zizka, music by The Pepermints.

---SPJSTLodge 135, Ennis

Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance Sokol Hall; music by Ed Faraizl's Orchestra.

Lodge 142, Houston Tuesday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance, music by Ed Zalesak's Orchestra, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 4th — Free Wedding dance (Cilny-Greenwalt)

SPJST Lodge 80, Holland Christmas Night — December 25th — Dance; Bob Haisler and His Melodians New Year's Eve Dance and Frolic — Music by Bobac Sisters of Granger.

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

Saturday, February 1st — Ray Baca of Fayetteville Sunday, February 9th — Dance; music

by Gilbert Kautz Easter Sunday, March 29th — Dance; music by Gilbert Kautz Saturday, May 23 — Gilbert Kautz Saturday, July 4th — Gilbert Kautz

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Maly oznamovatel Introductions to single men or women who want to get acquainted. Czech descent only. From 18 to 80 years. Send for information. The Czech Corresp ondence Klub, P.O. Box 323, Omaha, Nebraska 68101. (dzc)

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Short-Lived Modern lads and lassies — might object but in olden times the privilege of kissing beneath the mistletoe required that each maiden kissed be given a berry from the mistletoe branch and once the berries wer gone, so were the kisses.

Tinsel on the Christmas tree began, so legend says, when spiders covered with webs a tree that had been decorated by a mother for her many children. To reward the woman for her goodness to her children, the Christ Child changed the spider webs to gleaming silver.

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LIKE SWEET ONIONS? Fall assortment 500 sweet onion plants with free planting guide $2.50 postpaid fresh from Texas Onion Plant Company, "home of the sweet onion," Farmers(49-1p) ville, Texas.

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NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE AT

SPJST Lodge 47, Seaton

LINDEN HALL

(East of Temple)

Slim Haisler's Playboys

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Bob Haisler and His Melodians

Favors FREE, FREE, FREE

MODERN AND FOLK MUSIC -- PLENTY OF EATS

Come out and bring your friends. See the o14 year out and the new year in at Linden Hall

ADMISSION $3.00 PER PERSON, INCLUDING FAVORS

December 31st - 9 p.m. until ??

Distinguished for considerate service We ere mindful of every need, heedful of every wish. You can depend on us for perevery detail of a funeral service. fection

NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE AT

NATIONAL HALL Lodge No. 92 3316 Roberts Cut-off Rd. Fort Worth

Beautiful organ music can be provided in accord• aria, with the wishes of the family.

• We promptly res• pond to all calls, day or flight.

uric by Ray Swartz Orchestra

Marshall & Marsha Funeral Home RILLSBORO, TEXAS Serving All Faiths

c. 31, 1963

8:30 p.m.

EVERYONE CORDIALLY INVITED COMING JAN. 31, 1964 — SIX FAT DUTCHMEN

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