Vestnik 1965 01 06

Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897.

BENEVOLENCE VOLUME 53 — No. 1

HUMANITY

BROTHERHOOD

Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. O. Box 100, TEMPLE, TEXAS

JANUARY 6, 1965

New Year's Message From The President Of The SPJST Sisters and Brothers: A new year is here. We have just crossed the threshold of 1965, and again I come to bring you New Year's Greetings.

We now look back at 1964, at a year that brought us much goad. We encouraged greater attendance in our lodge and district meetings, in youth work, in organizational work, in new membership and also in assets and reserves. This was work done by all of us. Each one of us did our part. The progress made, working together in understanding and in the spirit of brotherhood, is our reward.

We now welcome 1965 for all it may bring us, and we accept the challenges that will be ours this year. Looking into the tfuture, we see unlimited possibilities in our work. If we apply ourPRESIDENT MAREK selves and accept our responsibilities, QUOTES . . . further rewards are awaiting us; of Great trials and great dangers await that I am sure. us in 1965 and in the years that lie Let us dedicate ourselves to continuahead. But if greater tasks have been ed service in our fraternal work in order that we again may say when this allotted us than any other nation in nistory, so too, have greater gifts been year comes to an end, that another given us. successful year has passed.

0 • As fraternalists, let us remind ourIf this is a time to reassess our lives, selves that it is expected of us to be so too, is it a time to examine the life good citizens also. In today's trying of our country. times, we must be worthy citizens of —Sen. Thomas Dodd (Conn.) our nation, a land blessed with beauty and rich in resources. It is our duty to High conduct does not remain alone; protect this heritage. it is sure to attract neighbors.

Let us resolve to serve our sisters —Confucius • • and brothers. Remember the good we If someone were to pay you ten cents do to others will remain; it is immortfor every kind word you ever spoke al. Let us resolve to work for the conabout people, and collect five cents for tinued growth of our Order, to enevery unkind word, would you be rich courage, greater attendance in our lodge and district meetings and or poor?

encourage greater youth activities. In youth work, we are lending a helping hand to young people who are willing to work, who are capable of being future leaders and workers.

Let us pray that strength and courage be given to all who work in the field of brotherhood, that the good in every heart be magnified — that each day may bring us closer to one another.

My thanks to all officers, directors, organizers, youth leaders, the youth, lodge workers, and all others for yoer loyalty and for your sincere devotion to the work you performed for the Order during the past year, and my thanks for all you will do for the Order during this year.

In behalf of all the members of the Supreme Lodge, I extend to all of you our hearty greetings and best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

May the spirit of the past Christmas Season, its beauty, its hope and abiding faith, live among us during the whole year. May the blessing of peace on earth be ours. Let us build and grow in harmony, and plan for the future with confidence.

Fraternally yours, Edward L. Marek

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V'tSTNIK DISTRICT ORGANIZERS DISTRICT I V. H. Barina Smithville, Texas (HERALD) SINCE 1897

DISTRICT II Johnny Plasek P. 0. Box 88 Rosebud, Texas DISTRICT III Arnold M. Vrla 6307 Saratoga Circle Dallas 14, Texas

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, TeXa:;

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEX Published weekly EDITOR NICK MORRIS — Box 85, West, Texas Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. HI 6-5989 — Shop: HI 6-5282 Publishers CECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEXAS Subscription $3.75 Changes of addres and correspondence concerning 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 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, TcNa• DR. MARVIN LESIKAR, Medical Director P. 0. Box 410 — Taylor, Texas DIRECTORS JOHN A. KUBENA, First District P. 0. Box 130 — La Grange, Texas HENRY VITEK, Second District P. 0. Box 43 — Granger, Texas CYR. ILL (Sid) POKLADNIK, Third District 2924 Elm Street Dallas, Texas 75226 R. E. BROZ, Fourth District Rt. 3, Box 320 — San Angelo, Texas ERNEST J. HANKA, Fifth District 6759 Cindy Lane — Houston Texas 77008 ED P. SRALLA, Sixth District Rt. 1, Box 110, Edna, Texas CHAS. HOLASEK, Seventh District 2513 Nemec St., — Corpus Christi, Texas PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE FRANCES OLEXA, Chairman 6402 Taggart St. — Houston, Texas RUDOLPH TROUBIL • cio SPJST' Rest Home — Taylor, Texas HUGO SCHEFCAK 1267 I/aria/Idale — Dallas 16, Texas

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BY-LAW COMMITTEE E. E. KftENEK, Chairman, Dime Box, Texas LEO KRAUSE, Secretary P. 0. Box 427 — Inez, Texas

DISTRICT IV Fred Kveton Route 1 Abernathy, Texas DISTRICT V Jarda Cerny 1521 Woodvine Drive Houston 24, Texas DISTRICT VI Leo Krause, Jr. P 0, Box 427 Inez, Texas DISTRICT VII Temporarily vacant —SPJSTDISTRICT YOUTH LEADERS DISTRICT I Mrs. Rud C. Matejka Rt. 4, Box 504 Bryan, Texas DISTRICT II Mrs. Clara Heji Route 4 Temple, Texas DIS1RICT III Mrs. Inez 'Kalman 2523 McKenzie Waco, Texas DISTRICT IV Mrs. Ed Haisler Route 1 Seymour, Texas DISTRICT V Mrs. Tillie Helmcamp 432 West 32nd St. Houston 18, Texas

Deadline for material to be accepted for the following issue is Saturday noon.

DISTRICT VI Mrs. Frank Brdecka Rt. 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas

Unsolicited material for Publication cannot be returned unless sufficient postage is attached. This includes pictures. Expenses for publication of engagement and wedding pi*. tures must be bbrne by the sender,

DISTRICT VII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska Route 2, Box 151 Floresville, Texas

Wednesday, January 6, 1965

From The Editor's Desk ENTITLED TO THE VESTNIK? If members of the SPJST are not receiving the Vestnik and feel they are entitled to it, forward your requests to the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, P.O. Box 109, Temple, Texas. DO NOT send such inquiries and requests to us here in West. The mailing list is controlled from the Supreme Lodge.

Include your lodge number and certificate number.

This would include paid-up policy members, whose names are automatically dropped from the mailing list.

DELIVERY OF VESTNIK From time to time, we get complaints about readers receiving their Vestnik several days late. The Vestnik goes to press every Tuesday promptly at 8 a.m., as it has for the past 32 years. It is dispatched immediately.

We repeat, when your Vestnik arrives late, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE. There is virtually nothing we here in West can do in such situations.

—Editor • • CHANGE OF ADDRESS Changes of address are NOT sent to us here in West. All changes of address, and complaints about members not receiving the Vestnik (except paid subscriptions) are handled by the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Post Office Box 100, Temple, Texas, ZIP '76502.

RETURNING PICTURES' If you recently sent us any unsolicited photographs which have appeared in the Vestnik, and wish to have them back, please forward sufficient postage for that purpose. Also indicate which picture you have reference to, since we have quite a number on hand.—Editor.

• • ABOUT WEDDING PICTURES It has been the policy of the Vestnik that we charge for publishing wedding and engagement pictures of SPJST MEMBERS. The reasons for this are obvious. Charges will cover the cost of having a cut made, plus postage. The cost will depend upon the size, but will range from about $1.90 for a small onecolumn picture, to around $6.50 for a much larger picture.T hese will be published on a low-priority basis, when there is sufficient space available.

To accompany such pictures, the sender should always indicate which SPJST lodge he or she is a member of, and the writeup should have an "SPJST slant."

Wednesday, January 6, 1965

Newsbriefs Helen Mancha, member of SPJST Lodge No. 77, Bomarton, and currently attending the University of Texas in Austin, reports that the Czech Club at UT climaxed its fall activities with a Christmas party at the Buckboard Inn in Austin on December 11th. Music for entertainment and dancing was itarnished by Henry Peck and his orchestra, who played both Czech and popular music. Delicious refreshments were served, in the form of deviled eggs, potato chips, cheese, pretzels, and several other types of food. The Czech Club furnished the refreshments. (Helen stated that she did not learn the donors of the )flood but would like to thank whoever they were). The party lasted from 8 to 12, with about 40 people present. For most of the students, it was a rare opportunity to hear good Czech music, polkas and waltzes, and dance to them.

Helen concludes her report with, "credit for the success of our party should go to our sponsors, Mrs. Pribic and Mr. Kozlik, both professors of Czech here at the university; to Margie Kutac, our president, and to Charles Wukesh, who did a (fine job publicizing the event." (Helen resides at 3001 Red River No. 105, Austin, Texas. For her theme on. Czechs in Texas, see another part of this issue. — Editor.)

--SPJSTCharles Joseph Polasek Sr., passed away December 7th in Memorial Hospital in Floresville, at the age of 69.

Burial was in Blessed Sacrament Cemetery in Floresville. Bro. Polasek was a member of Lodge No. 107, Flores• • Our thanks to Bro. Lawrence Vrazel of the Buckholts-Marak area for his visit to the printshop recently. Lawrence is the leader of the popular Vrazel Polka Band of Central Texas, now known over most of the state.

Lawrence belongs to Lodge No. 15., Buckholts.

• • Thanks also to Bro. Charlie Adamelk of Dallas, member of Dallas Lodge No. 84, for his visit on December 24th.

Charlie was returning home from a business trip down south. Charlie is the leader of the band known as "Charlie Adamcik and His Polka Tones" of Dallas.

Television viewers who were watching the Ed Sullivan Show Sunday, December 27th, were able to see part of

VESTNIK the Czechoslovak Song and Dance Troupe, currently touring the United States. Our readers will recall the pictures of this group in the Vestnik dated 9 December 1904. For an incomplete list of their U. S. itinerary, see "Cultural Notes," in this issue.

Features

EDWARD J. CE2. 'ENKA

AN INTERVIEW WITH EDWARD J. CERVENKA Newspaper people run across fascinating items of news and interesting people in all walks of life, under various circumstances. While recently completing the feature article on Bro. Robert Cervenka in Bro. Cervenka's office here in West recently, another gentleman walked in. He introduced himself as R. W. Cervenka o c, Waco, a second cousin to Robert. R. W. is a history buff and enthusiast and is constantly collecting mementos and relics of historical value and interest, many having to do with the history of Czechs throughout Texas, dating back to the Civil War. Among some of the pictures he happened to have with him was a picture of a group of Russian university professors, in the U. S. studying English, and instructed by none other than his son, Edward. Other pictures were shown, some from South America.

This looked like a good story. "Is he a member of the the SPJST?" I asked.

"Oh sun; Lodge 66," was the reply. An

3 appointment was set up through Mr. Cervenka, and here is our story: • 0 Edward John Cervenka, age 29, was born in George West, Texas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cervenka, residing in George West at that time, originally from West, and presently residing in Waco at 323 North Lakeview Drive.

Edward graduated from Riesel High School (east of Waco) in 1953. After graduation from high school, Edward enrolled at the University of Texas, where he completed his undergraduate work with a major in economics and philosophy. He completed his graduate work with a master's degree in 1960 at the University of Texas, with a major in linguistics and a minor in English.

He has completed one year toward his Ph. D. in linguistics. He started his teaching career in 1960 at the University of Texas in the Department of English, teaching Freshman Composition. His specialty, however, is teaching English to foreigno•s.

(Here we must explain that linguistics, although it may be implied, does rot nocessairly mean tjaat a professor of lin guistics is at the same time a linguist speaking several different languages. Edward, for example, is fluent only in Spanish. LinaMstics is a science, the science of languages, which deals chiefly with the classification, arrangement, and features of language, including comparative and historical linguistics, having to do with linguistic chan ge. Clear?)

In 1961, Edward went to the South American country of Colombia on a Fulbright Lectureship. He was located in the provincial city of Tunja, and was the only foreigner in that city of 65,000, as far as he was able to determine. He stayed there 10 months, and taught English and linguistics to Colombian teachers of English at the National Teachers' University (La Universidad Pedagogica y Technologica de Colombia).

In January of 1962, his secon,d Fulbright Lectureship tour of 10 months took him to Xavier University in Bogota, Colombia (La PontKica Universidad Javeriana). Here he was a Fulbright lecturer in charge of the English Department in a newly-set-up language school. Edward had to set tlle school up from scratch — hired teachers, trained them, and prepared the instructional material, published textbooks, and reportedly, had the largest language lab in South America (unverified). During this same period of 10 months, he also participated in sev-

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oral seminars for Colombian teachers of English throughout Colombia.

After returning to the U. S. in the !fall of 1963, he went back to the University of Texas, where he taught the first course in linguistics. He did this until January 1964.

In the early part of 1964, Edwara went to Cornell University, where he instructed a group of Russian university professors-teachers of English. In that particular exchange, the Soviets had sent 27 teachers and the U. S. had sent an equal number, as part of a teacher-cultural exchange program.

In teaching English to these university teachers of English, Edward discovered varying degrees of proficiency in the English language. They had been picked from almost all sections of the Soviet Union, and judging from the picture, some were ai pare Mongolian stock. All were married except two. That program ended in August of this year. Since that time Edward has been taking a much-needed rest, and has been helping his father in real estate transactions in the Waco area.

He is presently vacationing in Mexico with friends.

His experiences abroad are once again beckoning and Edward will probably go back to South America, or possibly Spain early in 1995, doing the same type of work he has done on previous tours. While in South America, he travelled to the following countries: Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles, and has been all over the U. S., except the Pacific Northwest.

In discussing his work with the Soviet nationalists, Edward remarked that almost all elf them took him to be Ukranian, and that had his name ended with an. "o" (Cervenko), they would have been convinced of it. Edward's Czech is a bit rusty, but with a little time, he can make out a good deal of it. Almost paradoxically, his Czech ancestry and background have given way to fluent Spanish and a smattering of perhaps other languages.

However, he is interested in it, and intends to devote some time to it. We gave him a copy of the Vestnik as a starter.

Edward has a good deal of mileage behind him at his young age of 29.

At Lodge 66, Waco, the membership is proud of him, and we in the SPJST wish him well in his work, ---SPJST--

ESTNI1K

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 installments. (Footnote references are omitted. — Editor). • THE CZECHS IN TEXAS FROM 1849 TO 1900

By HELEN MACHA PART

HELEN MACHA HELEN MACHA THEAIE ON CZECHS IN TEXAS

Miss Helen Macha, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Macha of Route 1, Bomarton, in Baylor County.

Helen is attending the University of Texas in Austin where she is a senior and will graduate this January. (Her mother is the former Mollie Baca of that community). Helen enrolled at UT after graduation from Seymour High School. She will have a major in history, and upon graduation, plans to teach history or English on the secondary level. Helen had attended Texas Western University at Elpaso for a semester in 1962 and then returned to UT. She has completed her practice teaching.

Helen is a member of the Czech Club at the university and she is sending us a brief report on the Czech Club's Christmas activity, which our readers will find under "Newsbriefs" in this week's Vestnik. Helen is a member of SPJST Lodge No. 77, Hvezda Praporu, in Bomarton. Her parents are also members there.

Helen wrote a theme entitled, "The Czechs in Texas From 1848 to 1900," while taking a history course, "Social History of the United States," instructed by Dr. Robert C. Cotner, and has consented to its publication in the Vestnik. We are grateful to Helen for letting us publish her theme, and we know our readers will find it interesting. It will be published in two

The Czechs first came to Texas from Europe in 1848, following the Revolution of 1848 in Austria. Their reasons for immigration were several, the most prevalent being economic motives, and, to a lesser degree, religious and political motives. Other reasons given for emigration were for the acquisition of land, for social betterment, to escape compulsory military service under the Austrian government, and to enjoy the rights and privileges of the American Constitution.

The first Czech to come to Texas was Dr. Antonin M. Dignotvity, who came to San Antonio de Bexar in 1832. He played the part of a statesman in the development of Texas and being an ardent advocate of education, he helped to protect the state school lands.

During the Civil War, he left Texas for the North because of his anti-secessionist views. His old home in now Dignotvity Park in San Antonio.

The real leader of Czech immigration into Texas was the Rev. Arnost Bergman, a Protestant minister who came in 1848 to Cat Springs, Texas.

Letters of his to prospective settlers in the old country and other parts of America brought much response in the way of immigration to Texas between the years of 4850-1860. Among these early settlers were the families of Lesikar, Shiner, Holub, Kubal, Petr, and Sebesta. Most of these came around 1855 and established large families in Texas.

Even beffore then, Joseph Sitler and Joseph Mares came in 1852, together With Bobiumil Kolacny and Joseph Masik, all from Bohemia. In 1854, Jan Reymershoffer, a former member of the Austrian Parliament, established his first store of imported merchandise in Texas. He also established a flour mill and exported flour. In 1855, Jan Havlik came to Cat Springs, bringing his large family in eight oxen wagons!

The most outstanding settler, though, was Augustin Haidusek, who came to Texas along with his family in 1856.

He became the political leader of the Czechs here and also encouraged them and aided them in adjusting to American life.

One of the earliest Czech communities, established after Cat Springs, was Dubina, the first Czech settlement

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 west of the Colorado River. Established in 1856, it soon had many settlers, among whom were Frank Marak, Joseph Janda, Joseph Petr, Ignac Skranek, Joseph Koliba, Valentine Haidusek, and Valentine Holub. The land was bought horn Ed. T. Brookfield and divided into parallel strips, each with its own waterfront. Another early settlement was Fayetteville, which L. C. Wychopen in "Reminiscence" calls "the cradle of Czech pioneers." Some of the early settlers here were Constance Chovanec, Joseph Mikula, John Kocurek, John Becka, John Hruska, John Odlozilik, Joseph Lastovica, and Joseph and Paul Jecinenek.

In 1860, the first Czech settlers came to Industry. Animansville was settled in 1874. By 1890 San Felipe had 13 families, some of whom came in 1871.

Praha had 25 Czech families by 1864.

In 1900, there were almost 100 families around Sealy and San Felipe, almost all Czech.

Almost all of the immigrants who came to Texas from Czechoslovakia were farmers who had heard about cheap lands available in Texas. Once here, they found life very different from that they had been used to in the old country. There the peasants live in villages and go back and forth to fields. In America, people are not so community conscious. Most of those who emigrated were cottagers who had five to 25 acres of land of their own which they sold for passage money.

The actual farmers owned 25 to 100 acres to begin with, so they were too well off to want to begin a new life.

Below the cottagers were the ,day laborers who worked for the farmers.

These did not even have pasage money. Thus tihose who did come to America came with a small amount of money to buy land and the desire to own and cultivate it.

Once in America, the Czech pioneers had a hard time, as did all early pioneers. They were further handicapped by their unfamiliarity with the language. Their first homes were usually sod houses, replaced later with logs.

Their chief crops were usually cotton and corn. the seeds for which they had brouelit along with them. The Czech women., in addition to their other duties, sometimes raised tobacco and exchanged it with the American women for clothes.

In Texas, the Catholic religion predominates among the Czech pioneers, contrary to the fact that among the Czech immigrants in the U. S. as a whole, 50 per cent have changed their

V ESTNIK faith in the transition from the old country to the new. This loss of faith has been blamed on (1) Bohemia's Hussite past from which the Czech gains his inclination to dissent, question, challenge and dispute, (2) on our country's Protestant tradition, and (3) on the connection between the American protagonist of rationalism and the revivalism in the mother country. Among the "intelligencia," the educated class, religious secession has been the rule, not the exception. However, most of the rural people of the domestic and labor class have remained loyal to the faith they were born and reared in. This accounts for the predominance of the Catholic religion among Texas Czechs, as most of the agricultural class are. Partly as a result of this strong localization of Czech Catholics, no state supports a greater number of Catholic centers (churches, missions, or stations) than does Texas.

As expected, the first priest to serve in Texas for the Czechs was a missionary priest, the Rev. Joseph Bittkovski.

He was Polish, as were many of the other Catholic missionaries in Texas.

The priests had to say Mass in the homes at first due to the lack of church buildings. In Dubina, Father Gury held services in the home of Joseph Petr for 24 years; The Catholics in Industry constructed a church for $800 on three acres of land they had bought. The Rev. Martin KIT served them until 1878, followed by the Rev. Joseph Chromcik, Rev. Preis, and Rev. William Skocek.

By 1890, there were five Catholic Czech priests in Texas, four of them in Fayette County. The Rev. Vince Chlapik served at Effinger, the Rev. Jcseph Chromcik at Fayetteville, the Rev. Frank (Zak) Shea at Praha, the Rev. Julius Vrana at Bluff (now Hostyn), and the Rev. Karl Preis at Friesbur g. in Colorado County, the first Czech Catholic priest to help build a church in Texas. He served from 18321856.

One of the first Protestant services held in Texas for Czechs was an Evangelical sermon preached by the Rev. John Zvolanek in 1855. In law, Industry, Texas, had 30 Protestant families who had services in the school house. They built a new church in 1879, after which the congregation dwindled. In the period from 18601904, this community had the services of four Czech pastors.

One of the first Czech Protestant congregations in this state was organized by the Rev. Joseph Opocensky in

5 1864 at Wesley, Texas. For two years after his death, Frank Boleslav replaced him as pastor, but was forced to resign when he adopted atheistic views. He was replaced by J. L. Chlemsky in 1874.

At Fayetteville, Henry Juran arrived from Bohemia to serve as the Protestant minister until 1886, when he was joined by the Rev. Bohumil Lacjak, who died in 1891. In 1889, the Rev. Adolph Chlumsky, a man elf extraordinary vigor and ability, tried to unite the Czech. Protestant congregations in 'Texas. His first attempt having ended in failure, he tried again and met with success on Dec. 29, 1903, at Granger, when, with two representatives of the Czech Protestant congregations, the Evangelical Union of Bohemian and Moravian Brethren was formed. Some 24 congregations, served by four ministers, were included in this. The services were often held only once or twice each year, though, and then in the Czech language.

The church services were well attended for both Catholics and Protestants. On Sundays and holidays, the people came from all directions, in wagons and on horseback. This was a place to find others sharing the same language and the same background, giving a feeling of security to the strange new life in America.

Along with the establishment of religion, the Czechs sought to establish an educational system in. Texas as soon as they had provided for homes.

The Czech pioneers came with the ideas and spirit of Comensky (Comenius), who planned and carried to perfection a scheme for universal knowledge. They carried with them the books of Comensky, the most popular being the book, "Orbis Pictus" (The World in Pictures).

Paralleling the development of the community, the first school was established in Cat Springs, the first Czech community in Texas. The Rev. Arnost Bergman started the school in this community, which at this time had 10 Czech, 3 Moravian, and 10 German families. He taught in the German language. Later J. Holec taught there.

The first school in the Czech language was opened by Joseph Masik, in 1859, in the Supak home in Wesley.

Pupils came to this schol from as far away as 20 miles. In 1864, Miss Anna Holub taught a school in the Czech language at the Valentine Haidusek home. In 1866, the first Catholic school was established in Hostyn. At Bluff, Texas, a school was started in 1868

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That same year, Augustin Haidusek himself taught school.

Most of the early Czech schools were located in Fayette County, which had seven schools and 1,819 school children in 1867. The subjects taught in these early schools were usually mathematics, Czech, reading, and writing. Most were private at first, changing to public schools later. As private schools, they posed problems for the teacher, especially in the financial vein. The teacher was paid little and even that was hard to collect. Mr. Holec, an early teacher, writes that he had to farm as a sideline in order to make a living. Often the teachers of these private schools didn't have teaching certificates, but were otherwise well qualified.

Affecting the schools greatly at this time were education acts passed by the Texas State Legislature. The Law of 1854, establishing a special school fund, was a great forward step. Interest from this fund was used in paying teacher's salaries, while the income from the general school fund was used in paying the school fees of indigent children.

In 1879, a law was passed making it compulsory for all teachers to pass an exam in English in orded to receive a teaching certificate. By that time, Czech teachers knew the English language well enough to pass the exam.

Thus the development of schools among Czechs after 1870 is closely tied in with the development of the Texas school system as a whole.

After 1871, the schools in Czech communities taught in both the English and the Czech language. The Radhost School, established in 1873, taught the elementary subjects in Czech. The first school utilizing Czech and English for all grades was built in Praha in Fayette County, in 1875. It had 40 students and was supported by the state for the first three or four months of the school year and the rest of the tuition was paid by the parents. Other schools serving the Czech-Americans at this time were the Velehrad School, on the Lavaca-Fayette County line, established in 1875, and the old Sweet Home School, established in 1880, as an elementary school. The Novohrad school was built in 1882.

In 3884, school districts were created in Texas, each district levying a local and district tax to finance the schools within that district. Thus publicfinanced education took a greater part in the lives of the Czechs in Texas and the people of the state as a whole.

VESTNiK Bibliography Capek, Thomas, "The Czechs in America." New York: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1920: Capek, Thomas Jr., "The Czechoslovaks; Their Contribution to America's Making." New York: Foreign Language Inliormation Service, 1936.

Hudson, Estelle, "Czech Pioneers of the Southwest." Dallas, Texas: Southwest Press inc., 1934. , Malik, Joe, "Efforts to Promote the Study of the Czech Language and Cultiutre in Texas." Austin, Texas, 1947.

Micek, Eduard, 'How Czech Pioneers Helped to Make . Texas History," Central European Observer, Prague, Czechoslovakia . XIII, (Nov. 1, 1936).

Skrivanek, John, "The Education of the Czechs in Texas." Austin, Texas, 1946.

Stasney, Mollie Emma, "The Czechs in Texas." Austin, Texas, 1946.

Zizka, Ernest, "Czech Cultural Contributions." Chicago, Illinois, 1943.

A REPORT ON LAST YEAR'S CZECH FESTIVAL Somewhat belatedly, we bring our readers a report on the program of the 1964 Czech Festival, held in Dallast last October 11th. (We've been waiting for the pictures). In addition to the actual program sequence, we are publishing a few representative shots of some of the activities. I believe the pictures were taken by a DALLAS MORNING NEWS staff photographer.

This may be the best time to publish this feature, since it won't be too long before the committee commences work putting together the festival for 1965.

—Editor.

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 XXIV CZECHOSLOVAK DAY 11 October 1964, Dallas, Texas PROGRAM Chairman — Milos Halouzka Assistant Chairman — August J. Hlavenka Secretary-Treasurer Phil J. Reames Executive Committee: The following organizations worked hand in hand in the preparation of the XXIV Czechoslovak Day: Na priprave XXIV deskoslovenskeho Dne bratrsky spolupracovaly tyto krajanske organisace; S.P.J.S.T., K.J.T., W.B.F.A., Sokol, R.V.O.S., S.V.P.S., Circle of Czech Ladies.

Part 1 — Coliseum — 11:00 a.

Master of ceremonies — August J. Hlavenka Musical Director —Cyrill Pokladnik (Some of the music being played by the Czechoslovak Day Orchestra was arranged by the late John Kebrle).

1. The National Anthems played by the Czechoslovak Day Orchestra 1. Narodni hyrnny zahraje zvlagtni Orchester 6eskoslovenskeho Dne 2. Welcome address in English John G. Bubak Halouzka 2. 6eskk vas 3. A musical number played by the Czechoslovak Day Orchestra 4. Sokol exhibition — Sokolske Calisthenics — Boys and Girls prostna chlapcil a deveat Drilling on Aparatus—all age groups Cvieeni na naradi—v'Sichni Sokolove Calisthenics — Juniors, Men and Women dorostu i mu2ii a *en Prostna 5. A musical number played by hte Czechoslovak Day Orchestra

Here we see a portion of a group of young Sokol girls going through a drill at the Czech Festival.

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 6. Choral Group ----- Pevecky sbor; 1. What Can Happen To Us — Co se mite stat—Directed by Bob LiLkii Directud by ;4;A;!; 2. Aj lueka, lueka A. Morris 7. A musical number played by the Czechoslovak Day Orchestra 8. Children's Folk Dancing — Detske narodni ianeeky Accompaniment by Olga Krutilek piano, Theresa Vrla — accordion and Frank Henzen singing.

Olga Krutilkova, doprovodi na piano, Tereza Vrlova na harmoniku a zazpiva Frank Henzen.

- 9. A musical number played by tit' Czechoslovak Day Orchestra 10. Choral Group — Pevecky sbor 1. Remembering — Vzpominame Directed by Frank J. Henzen 2. JeteliCek u vody Directed by Frank J. Henzen 11. A musical number played by the Czechoslovak Day Orchestra 12. Beseda: Czechoslovak National Dance CeskoslovenskY narodni tanec Accompaniment by the Czechoslovak Day Orchestra 13. Closing remarks — Zakoneeni Milos Halouzka 14. The closing of the XXIV Czechoslovak Day with the singing of "America the Beautiful", sung by the Choral Croups, under the direction of Nick A. Morris.

Na zakoneeni programu XXIV Ceskoslovenskdho Dne pevecky sbor pod taktovkou Nicka Morrise zazpiva "America, the Beautiful".

Part 2 — Band Shell — 1:30 p. m.

Good food and traditional Czech pastry will be served at the Band Shell.

There will be coffee, soft drinks and beer. There will be a pastry contest and tho , e judged best will receive an award.

Also Czechoslovak national costumes being worn will be shown. Those interested in learning bow to make the costumes can consuli, with Agnes Houdek and her friends after the showing.

A children's singing group under the direction of Mrs. Bessie Valcik sing a few song.s in Czech. There will be an orchestra to play our favorite polkas and waltzes for your pleasure.

Articles of Czechoslovak culture will be exhibited and sold. jidlem a oraFosloOhne vYm eeskYm pci, ivem a k uhaseni flé y am nabldneme ilend pico„o(l)vky a dobrou Novinkou beHsoutO pe6iva. Neich:lnejSi dobroty buciou oclmeneny CCII:l1111.

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efia. dancers who participated in the Pailas last October 111.h, 1964. There ' is spectacular event.

pert. .dug en the parallel bars.

8 kdoZ budou mit zajem, mohou se poradit s Andkou Houdkovou a jejimi tely o torn, jak peknY kroj u§it.

Detska pevecka skupina Boleny Valeikove zazpiva. nekolik CeskoslovenskYch pisni. Nä g znamenitY orchestr vam zahraje pane od podlahy zname polky a valeiky. V eeskoslovenskem kulturnim stanku si budete moci prohlednout a koupit hezke a hodnotne \red.

Part 3 — Mobil. Stage — 4:00 p. m.

As an additional attraction the Czechoslovak National dance, the Beseda, will be danced in national costume oh the Magnolia Stage Pro navAtevniky vYstavy, kteri nevedeli o nagem rannim programu, predvedeme taneeky deti a eeskau Besedu na Magnolia jeviSti.

V E S T N I. L

Wednesday,

uary 6, 1965

--SRTSTLETTERS

LODGE 66, WACO Dear Brothers and Sisters: The regular monthly meeting of Lodge 66 was held on December 20 at Linden Hall with President Brother Otto Hanes presiding.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Cynthia Moore, Barbara Gaidusek, and Christopher ,Spence. The Lodge Pledge was led by Jean Spence, Linda Henklemann, and Frances Miller.

Our visitors were Mrs. E. M. Shiller and Reuben Marek. We hope they enjoyed the ailernoon and come again.

The minutes were read and approved as read. Correspondence was read from the family of Brother Joe Kucera, a thank-you note from Brother and Sister Otto Hanus for their Christmas gift, and a note from Brother and Sister Ben Jarma expressing regrets that they could not be at our Christmas party.

A Resolution was read for Brother Joe Kucera.

The minutes of the directors' meeting were read by Brother Frank Miller.

Two Guard Lites have been installed on our hall grounds.

Sister Darlene Engelke of the Sick Committee read a thank-you note from Brother James Moore. Brother Moore was still in the hospital at last report.

He is in serious condition and we pray for his recovery soon.

Sister Engelke reported for the Entertainment Commitee on till s' Christmas party.

Sister Libbie Parma gave the youth report. She thanked the youth for the charm bracelet she received from them for Christmas. She thanked the

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Waiting for their cue to join the large throng of Reseda dancers at the Czech Festival, John and Mary Jean Stoeppleman, are caught in a contemplative mood. nary and John are "Mr. and Mrs." and Mary Jean is the . former Mary Jean Renfro of Fort Worth. Both are members of MST Lodge No. 14 of Fort Worth. parents for preparing the costumes for the program. The merit book must be turned in to Sister Parma by December 31, or no later than January 2.

Jean Spence reported on the "Toysfor-Tots" drive that was conducted at our Christmas party. A very nice collection of toys was taken to the "Toysfor-Tots" headquarters and they were glad to get them.

The Youth Club, with the help of

the ledge members, is helping to make Christmas more pleasant for two needy families. Frances Miller and Cynthia Moore were in charge of delivering the groceries to the families.

The Birthday Club Members for December are Sisters Dorothy Moore, La Nell Brem, Debra Galler, Frances Moore, and Tana Kutn i : Brothers Chris Spence, Carroll Simcik, Michael Wayne Trefriy, Tommy Bessire, and

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 Steven Stanisla y. We sang "Happy Birthday" to them.

We were happy to have two candidates for membership. They were Wilham Lance Cors,bie, jr., and William Dvorak. It was voted that they be accepted as members.

The election of officers 'followed. Eugene Gerlich, Bennie Engelke and Otto Matus were appointed to distribute, collect, and count the ballots.

Brother Roman Parma read the names of the members having attended enough meetings to be eligible to hold office. Those having perfect attendance were Otto Hanus, Matilda, Hanus, Emil Banos, Annie lianas, Dorothy Gerlich, and Bill Korenek.

Officers elected are as follows: President — Ed G. Mazanec Vice-President — Emil Harms Financial Secretary — John Kutni, 5207 Loch Lomond Dr., Waco Treasurer — Frank Parma Recording Secretary — Rose Parma Guide — Bill Korenek Youth Leader — Libbie Parma Czech Reporter — Rose Parma English Reporter — Annie Hanus Flag Bearers — John Engelke, and.

Mike Kutni Directors — Ed Mazanec, Emil Hanus, John Kutni Frank Farina, Bill Korenek, Bill Kapavik, Frank Miller, Bennie Engelke, and Roman Parma, The committees will be elected at the January meeting on January 17.

The cilicers were installed, with Brother Otto Harms performing the ceremony.

The door prizes were won by Mike, Katz and John Simeik.

The meeting adjourned at 4:05 pan.

A buffet supper was served.

Wishing to everyone a Healthy and Successful New Year!

Yours fraternally, Dorothy Gerlich SPJST

LODGE NO. 165, MOULTON Dear Readers and Friends, It's all over — the hurry, the worry, and the expenses of Christmas, except getting the bills. Some folks sure did go all out baying things for Christmas.

Many dear loved ones are no longer among us this holiday season. Moulton has lost its share, among them, Joe Vyoral, Albert Spann, Mrs, Willie Oehl, and John Michalec. Our sympathy to all the survivors of these families.

My brother Leo has been in the VA hospital in Marlin. He's home now but must go back for further treatment.

Our December meeting was held and

VESTNIK the same officers were re-elected for the coming year. We certainly would like to see more younger folks come to the meetings who are interested in the welfare of the lodge. We'd like new and younger blood in our lodge.

The time will come when the younger ones must take over.

We were delighted to have our Vestnik editor, Brother Nick Morris and his son, Nicholas, visit us in our December Meeting. He spoke to us on the benefits of SPJST' fraternal insurance. His words were most refreshing to all of us and we value his remarks very much. Thank you, Brother Editor, for your visit, and come again soon.

The door prize went to Bra. Emil Krejci.

Our chicken nodle dinner, held on December 6th, was a great success, in spite of the very cold weather. A nice sum was realized from the quilt sale, which was won by Mrs. Emil Zimmermann. It made us $43, Thanks to all you ladies who helped, including the menfolks, and to you, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Targac, for helping in the kitchen.

Our next meeting will be held on January 10th. Be sure and come.

Fraternally, Mrs. Bessie Fojt, Reporter PS: A fine baby girl was born December 23rd to Mr. and Mrs. William Fojt of Shiner. The little lady was born in Wagner Memorial Hospital. Her name is Bridget Ann. A brother, Randy Lee, will welcome her home. ,He is two.

The happy grandparents, for the fourth time, are Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Schroeder of Shiner, and Mr. and Mrs. Willie Fo j t of Moulton, who are grandparents for the 16th time.

--seJsr LODGE NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE

Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Readers, Christmas is gone and the Old Year has come to an end. I hope everyone had nice holidays and enjoyed them with their ..families. The weather was on our side.

Our last regular meeting was well attended. It was our Christmas program and Santa Claus was there. All seemed to have a nice time. The door prizes went to Anton Holy and Victoria Vasek. We also had visitors from East Bernard and we were glad to see them. Thank you all for coming out.

We would like to thank the lodge for the nice gifts that were handed out.

Cur next • regular meeting will he held January 10th, second Sunday. We would like to remind you that we did-

n't have the birthday observances in December because of all the other goings-on, so we will observe the December and January birthdays in January.

Sisters, please bring a snack or lunch to enjoy after the meeting to be enjoyed with coffee as always.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year, I remain, Fraternally yours, Linda Mikush, Reporter —SPJST--

LODGE NO. 15, BUCKHOLTS

Dear Members and Friends: Our last meeting was called to order at 2 p.m. on December 6th by president Ed Svol3oda.. Minutes were approved as read.

Officers elected for the coming year are as follows: President — Ed Svoboda Vice President — L. J. Shiller Secretary — Charlsie Svetlik Sidona Sivoboda -- Financial Secretary Adolph Jurca — Treasurer Reporter — Patricia Kamenicky Two new members were accepted into our lodge: Alfred Vrazel, Cynthia Vrazel. We welcome these new members.

Our next regular meeting will be held January 10th at 2 p.m.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 1965!

Fraternally, Patricia Kamenicky —SPJSTLODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON

Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Friends: I thought I would write and tell you a little bit about our new lodge hall at 15th and Beall Streets here in Houston.

It's a very beautiful building. The ballroom is very large and air-conditioned, The bar and kitchen are also very large. Watch . the Vestnik for the date of the Grand Opening.

Tickets for the Grand Opening are now available. When ordering, write to my father, Johnnie Sontag, 6722 Acorn,.

Houston, Texas 77018. Your check or MO should be made payable to SPJST Lodge No. 88', Houston. Hurry and get yours now. We want everyone to come to the Grand Opening. Make it a date to be with us to have a wonderful time.

Your Teen Club , Member, Betty Sontag (I'm sorry, but the rest of your letter constitutes the promotion of a lottery in violation of Postal Regulations. —Editor),

VESTNf I3DGE NO, 87, TEMPLE Dear Midnabers and Friends: The regular monthly meeting cif Lodge No. 87 will be held Thursday, January 12, 1965 at 7:30 p.m, in Toni's place, 1805 E. Adams Ave. Let's start the new year right by attending every meeting and make 1965 a more prosperous year than 1964 was.

Fraternally yours, Lillian Kosarek, Secretary —SPJSTLODGE NO. 107, FLORESVILLE Dear Members and Readers: Our annual meeting was held December 13, 1964, at 2 p.m., and was called to order by President Win. Pavliska. We then held our election for the coming year. Officers are: President — Wm. Pavliska Vice President — Albert Sralla Treasurer — Vlasta Flowers Secretary — Christine Baumann Financial Secretary — Alvin J. Firm, Reporter — Martha .Hrna Youth Leader -- Elsia Svoboda Resolution Committee — Sophia Sralla, Gussie Sralla., and Julia Vaclavik.

We would like to thank Lillian Polesek, Johnnie Svoboda, and Edward Hrna for the good work they did while they held office the past year.

Let's start the new year right and attend meetings more ,frequently. We need more of our young folks to attend our meetings. Our next meeting will be January 10th at 2 p . ,m. in the SPJST Hall. We are looking for a good attendance.

Martha Hrna Your Reporter.

—0-1,JsT LODGE NO, 47, SEATON Dear Brother Morris: In reading the last Vestnik, I find that I omitted listing the last number on our Christmas program on December 20th. It was the "Christmas Pagent"; Jeanette Eruska did the narration and all the children sang Christmas carols. They all did a wonderful job. My apologies.

Fraternally, Vlasta Divis, Youth Leader —SPJST-LODGE NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE Dear Readers: 1964 is gone and 1965 has entered our lives. All the season's parties are about over, so I'll let you all know about our lodge Christmas program.

We had a large crowd. We had some visitors from East Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brdecka, Mrs. Brdecka's

parents, and her 'sister. We enjoyed having them. Santa came to visit us after the program. He had candy and fruit 'ior a l l Everyone .went llonce program presented was as follow 1. A welcome — Linda. Kay Voekel 2. "Christmas Times" — 8 small clad,dren, followed by singing of "White Christmas" 3. Playlet, "Tell Us Her Name" -Leonard Sklar, Charles Strode, Junior Mikeska.

4. Playlet, "Christmas Cake" — Molly Strode and Linda Appelt 5. Novelty act, "jack Frost and the Five Noses" -- Five boys 6. Recitation, "Why We Like Christin as" — Grc,;,;p 7. Accordion solo — "Jingle ,Bells," Betty jean Sternadel 8, t2 i . ! .. In;, "Foolish Advice" -- Sandra Itcly ,t;H. Junior Mikush 9, Ialitontime, "Silent Night" Vickie Appelt and Molly Strode 10. Dialogue, "Santa Goes on Strike" — Group 11. Dialogue, "Too Many Turns" Croup of girls 12. Closing — Helen Zabransky, followed by a song, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."

Our next meeting is set for January 10th, and it will be a double birthday social for all those having birthdays in December and January. Maybe someone will be lucky and win a nice cake.

Happy New Year!

Anthony Grones, Youth Reporter —SP5ST LODGE'', NO. 142, IIOU, Dear Vestnik Readers: We held our regular meeting and election of officers on the first Sunclay in December. The attendance was very good; it showed that members were interested in voting for officers for the coining year.

The officers of Lodge No, 142 were reelected as follows: President — Brother Alvin Melnar Vice-President — Brother Henry Linhart Secretary — Sister Emily Mynar Financial Secretary — Brother Sidon Tumis Treasurer -- Brother Frank Mynar Youth Director — Sister Millie Linhart Home Treasurer — Sister Emilie Cykala Bar Manager — Brother James Otto.

We held our Christmas party the

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 19th of December.

We had good attendance. The tree was beautiful; Santa calue. The Youth Cali) members eni;ert;Ii_red us with a CM,stmas program di'sected by Sisters Ulla Mae Melnar and Millie Linhart. Gifts were exchanged and sandwiches and drinks were served to all.

Thanks to all who came and enjoyed the party with us. Many, many thanks to you sisters and brothers for donating time to make the party a Success.

Our next meeting will be held the first Sunday in January.

Fraternally, Emily Mynar --SPJSTLODGE NO, 35, ELK Dear Members: This is to remind you of our regular meeting which will be held Sunday, January 10, 1965, at 2:30 p.m. The new oil leers will be installed. All new officers be sure and be there to assume your duties.

Ladies, bring a covered dish and some sweets.

Fraternally yours, Dorothy Banik, Reporter FORT WORTH LODGE ISO, Dear Members: The next regular meeting of Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will be held on January 10, 1965, beginning at 2 p.m.

The December meeting was well attended and we were happy to see all of you. We hope you will continue to come to other lodge meetings and help make plans for the New Year 1965.

It was good to see Mrs. Lillian Cooper and daughters, Lisa and Stephanie from Beirut, Lebanon, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Matusevich.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Becan are happy to have their son Daniel Becan, his wife and children visiting them from Nevada. They have not been together for the past 10 years during the holidays..

The installation of officers will be held at this meeting; we hope to see many members come and support your lodge.

A keg of beer, and klobase with rye bread will be served for supper after the meting. The sisters are asked to please bring pastry to serve with the coffee.

The following officers were elected for 1965: President — Joe Paprskar Vice-President — Robert Ruzicka Secretary — Mary Paprskar Treasurer — John iVlu•pl-iy

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 Fin. secretary — Joe Krivanek Youth Leader — Mary Paprskar Cunshine Chmn. — Albina Bunker Resolution Commitee — Lillie McMillen, Annie Langer, Victoria Murphy.

By-Law Committee — Albert Kubala, John Murphy, Joe Ilabenak Board of Trustees — Carl Zich, Bob Easley, Frank Blazek Kitchen Chmn. — Victoria Murphy Guide — Joe Botik Czech Reporter — Joe Becan English Reporter — Mary Paprskar Looking forward to seeing you at the next lodge meeting January 10 1965. (I will write about the Christmas program in my next letter.)

Fraternally, Mrs. Mary Paprskar

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SENT Bulletin Board SCHY,DULE OF SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS The spring meeting of District I will be held on Sunday, May 2nd, 1965 at Kovar Hall. Host to the meeting will be Lodge No. 38.

-SPJSTDistrict III will hold its spring meeting on March 14th, 1965. Host Lodge is No. 154. Sokol Hall, Fort Worth.

-SPJSTThe spring meeting of District V will be held on March 28, 1965. Time and place will be announced later.

-SPJSTDistrict VI will hold its spring meeting at Lodge No. 153, in La Salle. Date has been set for the first Sunday in March, March 7th, 1965.

-SPJSTDistrict Se-Ten will hod its spring meeting on April 25th, 1965. Robstown Lo',ge No. 117 will be host to the meeting in the Community Hall.

-SPJST-'

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR NATIONAL ANTHEM It is surprising the number of persons who stand at attention and face the flag when our National Anthem is played at puiblic gatherings and yet do not sing along with the music.

With the New Year why not make a resolution to sing your national song at every occasion? If you have forgotten all the words, clip the following and place it in your billfold or purse.

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.

By Francis Scott Key Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.

Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Did you know all the words yourself? Try it on your friends. You'll be amazed at the results.

TYPES OF CERTIFICATES OFFERED

BY THE SPJST Type Issue Age Class PR: Preferred Whole Life 5 to 55 Class W: Life Paid-up at 85 0 to 70 Class K: Life Paid-up at 65 0 to 55 Class C: Twenty Payment Life 0 to 60 Class D: Fifteen Payment Life 0 to 60 Class E: Ten Payment Life 0 to 60 Class SPL:

11 Class MC: Twenty Year Decreasing Term Mortgage Cancellation, 20 to 50 Class ML: Twenty-Five Year Decreasing Term Mortgage Cancellation 20 to 45 Class MD: Thirty Year Decreasing Term Mortgage Cancellation, 20 to 40 Class 5T: Five Year Term Renewable and Convertible 16 to 59 Class 10T: Ten Year Term Renewable and Convertible 16 to 55 Class 20T: Twenty Year Term Convertible Only 16 to 50 Class 65T Term to 65 — Convertible prior to age 60 16 to 55 Waiver of premiums or payor riders may be attached to all the above certificates. Double Indemnity riders may be attached to all certificates except the decreasing term mortgage cancellation plans. o e JUVENILE DEPARTMENT Class JE: Endowment at age 18 0 to 9 (Often referred to as Educational Plan) Class JT: Term to age 16 0 to 15 Convertible on or prior to age 16 Double idemnity riders may be attached to both the above certificates and payor rider to the JE certificate.

To All Organizers: We can now write applications for $10,000 through 40 years of age; for $5,000 through 45 years of age: and for $3,000 through 50 years of age on the non-medical application forms.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Heiny -SPJSTYouth

Section

LODGE NO. 88 TEEN CLUB, HOUSTON Get hep, you teens! Lodge 88 has a super Teen Club with a. new super Single Premium Life Cert.

0 to 65 leader, Mrs. , Wanda Elsner! She is Class F: wonderful and has many plans for us!

Fifteen Payment Endowment 0 to 55 It will be a privilege to belong to so Class G: peppy a. club, so join quickly and don't Twenty Payment Endowment 0 to 60 miss any of our fun. The Teen Club will hold its first meeting on January Class I: 8th to discuss their first big social, Twenty Payment Endowment at which will be on the 9th at the Ram's age 60 0 to 39 Club. For more information you can Class H: Endowment at age 65 0 to 45 call Mrs. Elsner at PA 3-3790. She will Class SPE: be glad to tell you all about our new Single Premium Endowment club. after 20 years 0 to 60 Lodge 88, had a very nice Christmas Class M. Retirement at age 65 0 to 60 program, on December 13th, planned Class MX: Ten Year Decreasing

by Mrs. Tillie Helmcanap, who was asTerm Mortgage Cancellation 20 to 55 sisted by Mrs. Elsner, Mrs. Elzner obClass MK: Fifteen Year Decreasing tained the costumes ifor the nativity Term Mortgage Cancellation, 20 to 55 scene. We surely appreciate what both

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of them did. The program was as follows: 1. Welcome — Frances Vala 2. Songs — "Jingle Bells" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 3. Recitation — "Advice to Santa" by Mary Ann Boreilea, 4. Piano solo — "Silent Night" by Marian Kadlecek 5. Christmas Symbols of Cheer — Kathy and Fred Sembera, Marian Kadlecek and Tommy Kucera 6. Accordion Solo — "Echo Waltz"

by James Vonsand 7. Song — "Honey Bun" — Shirley Hilsher and Debbie Godley 8. Song and Dance — "Frosty the Snowman" Roxie Simanoux 9. Monologue — "Just Wondering" by Diane Urbanovsky 10. Modern Jazz — "Jingle Bell rock"

by Jolane Simanoux 11. Accordion Solo — White Christmas" by Donald Cox 12. Tap Dance — Donna Schnell 13. Song — Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" — Marilyn Toman 14. Song — "Old Fashioned Girl" — Shirley Hilsher and Debbie Godley The talent part was followed by the nativity scene narrated by Bonnie Cox and acted out by the following: 1. Mary — Patsy Sembera 2. Joseph — Donald Cox 3. Three Wise Men _ Fred Sem-bera, Bruce Lindeman and James Vornsand.

4. Shepherds — Wayne Kovar, Wendel Kovar, and Stanley Kubin 5. Angels — Jodie, Cindy, Debbie, and Brenda Eizner, and Vicky Hegwood.

Ruth Zaludek and Sandra Sembera helped Mrs. Elzner with the costumes for the nativity scene. Some other members of the Teen Club• who were present at the play were Margaret Vala, Marilyn Taman, David Miculka, and Evonne Grissom.

Hope I see you at the Teen Club meeting on January 8th. You'll love our new club!

Teen Reporter, Bonnie Cox --SPJST----

73, SFYMOUR Happy New Year, Everyone!

We held our lodge Christmas dinner December 6. We had good attendance.

We have one new member, my aunt, Julia Wasek Holder. He are happy to have you.

Mrs. Frances Laushman donated the door prize, "Blue Swan." Mr. Frank Simaichl was the lucky winner.

LODGE

Wednesday, January 6, 1965

"Our next youth meeting will be January 2, when we will have election of officers, so all you members try to be present.

Fraternally, Janet PayEska

Cultural Notes Here is a partial listing of the itinerary of the Czechoslovak State Song and Dance Troupe, currently touring the U. S., and which recently appeared on the Ed Sullivan TV Show: (See Vestnik dated 9 December 1964).

6 January — Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska 8 January — Wichita University Fieldhouse, Wichita, Kansas 9 January — Denver Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado 10 Januury — Cheyenne Senior HS Gymn., Cheyenne, Woy. 11 January — University of Utah Fieldhouse, Salt Lake City 12 January — Weber College Fieldhouse, Ogden, Utah 14 January — Civic Auditorium, Reno, Nevada 15 January — Citrus Heights, Calif.

16 January — Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, Calif.

17 January — San Jose Municipal Auditorium 18 January — Civic Memorial Auditorium, Stockton, Calif.

19 January — Municipal Auditorium, San Jose, Calif.

20 January — Memorial Auditorium, Richmond, Calif.

21 January — Los Angeles, Calif.

22 January — Cow Palace, San Francisco, Calif.

23 January — Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, Calif.

24 January — Memorial Auditorium, Fresno, Calif.

Civic Auditorium, 25 January Bakersfield 26 January — Calif. State Polytechnic College Gym, San Luis Obispo 27 January — Ventura Senior Callege Gym, Ventura 28 January — San Diego Community Concourse Area, San Diego 30 January — Long Beach Arena, Long Beach Calif.

31 January — Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles Also: 21 January — Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles 25 January — Civic Auditorium, Bakersifield, Calif.

(We hope to bring the itinerary of the troupe for the month of February, which will include Texas. — Editor).

THE FAMILY LAWYER Boom!

A Kentucky judge, skeptical of the testimony of a scientific expert, recalled a story he had once heard from a lecturer: "Take the bumblebee. Apply to him the recognized aerodynamic tests.

From the size, shape and weight of his body, in relation to total wing area, he cannot possibly fly. But the bumblebee does not know this, and he goes ahead and flies anyway."

The story sheds light on a new legal troublemaker, the sonic boom. Experts, applying the recognized aerodynamic tests, predicted that the boom could not possibly cause extensive damage.

But windows, not knowing this, went ahead and broke anyway. As supersonic flights multiplied, so did complaints about cracked plaster and shattered bric-a-brac. Rightly or wrongly, the boom was blamed for making a dog neurotic and a man arthritic, for rupturing a swimming pool and splitting a toilet bowl.

All this commotion raised some novel points of law that are still not settled.

For example: When is it negligent for a pilot to• break the sound barrier?

Can you collect insurance for sonic boom damage if your policy protects you against "explosions"?

Luckily for most claimants, the United States Air Force stands ready to: pay for the damage it causes — without quibbling about such technicalities. Air Force bases have set up Tegular procedures for handling claims.

However, the Air Force has no desire — indeed, no right — to pay for damage it does not cause. This is no easy road to government money. Every claim is meticulously investigated by a team of specialists before it is paid.

No doubt the problem will get worse when civilian airlines switch to supersonic jets. As an Air Force claims official put it to a group of insurance men: "You ain't seen nothin' yet."

But for the present, the nroblem has been kept within reasonable bounds.

Pilots are carefull y schooled in holding sonic booms to a minimum. And

Wednesday, January 6, 1965

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Death Claims Paid Dun g December, 1964 SUPREME LODGE, S.P.J.S.T. TEMPLE, TEXAS January 2, 1965 Death Claim No.

Name

8321 Marie Winkler, 8322 Frank Fojtik, 8323 Woodrow P. Bryan, 8324 William R. Jones, 8325 Morris L. Sample, 8326 Frank J. Trlica, 8327 Edward John Nierenz, 8328 Joe J. Dusek, 8329 Marcella B. Mikulec, 8330 Marie Svoboda, 8331 Rosalie Macek, 8332 Albina Cuba, 8333 Anna Hatla, 8334 Henry W. Hejl, 8335 Albert C. Svatopolsky.

8336 Albina Staha, 8337 Rudolph Barton, 8338 Chas. Polasek, 8339 Frank J. Rokyta, 8340 Dane Rokyta, 8341 John J. Pudich, 8342 Ka zimir Skalak, 8343 J. A. Dusek, 8344 Frank Setek, 8345 Frances Mikula, 8346 Josef W. Rippel,

Occupation housewife retired carpenter supervisor retired retired farmer-painter retired housewife retired housewife retired retired truck driver retired retired farmer blackshith retired housewife retired retired retired merchant housewife retired

Lodge No. Location 25 64 29 6 13 114 128 7 72 27 24 29 157 17 56 23 54 107 41 41 8 22 72 136 9 45

Date of Admission

Ennis Plum Taylor West Dime Box Fairuhilds Mart Caldwell Cameron Moulton Cyclone Taylor Littlefield Caldwell Corpus C. Moravia West Floresville Port Lavaca Port Lavaca Weimar Cat springs Cameron East Gate Snook Shiner

Date of Death

6- 8-13 5- 2-15 6-16-45 3-20-59 1- 1-44 4- 8-39 11- 5-47 11- 8-03 8- 1-57 1-11-20 10-11-03 1-13-10 4-26-13 4- 6-36 9-20-25 8- 9-08 12- 4-04 10-10-39 10-13-12 4-11-20 4-10-10 5-14-11 1-11-03 8-10-19 1- 8-28 1- 1-05

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To the bereaved survivors of our deceased brothers and sis ters, the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, expresses its heartfelt sympathy.

R. A. Urbanovsky, Secretary Supreme Lodge, SPJST citizens are coming to realize that the booms are caused not by hot-rodders in the sky but by vital defense training.

The message is getting across that the boom is a boon in disguise, that this man-made thunder is not the irksome sound of mischief but the reassuring sound of security.

(A public service feature of the American Bar Assn. and the State Bar of Texas. Written by Will Bernard.

---SPJST--Ghost Story Around Karnack, the Harrison County town where Mrs. Lyndon Johnson was born and raised, legend has it that her birthplace is haunted.

A wraith, described as a beautiful girl, supposedly sobs as she roams the 14-room, 120-year-old brick mansion.

For Your Information: HUNTING SEASON CLOSES Texas sportsmen who are hesitant about racking up their firearms are faced with limited targets for the remainder of the winter, according to E. A. Walker, wildlife specialist for the Parks and Wildlife Department.

The assistant director for wildlife noted closing of the big game season statewide on December 31; the duck season ended January 3 and the goose season ends January 13. The season on woodcock and jacksnipe ends January 15 but the quail season in many counties continues through January 31,

After that, he said hunting opportunities will be confined mainly to the javelina on which there is a continuous open season in 72 central and sourt central Texas counties and on squirrel in 55 central and south central counties.

Of course, there are always the inevitable cottontails and jackrabbits, plus the always-available possums and raccoons.

Walker suggested many of the diehards will concentrate their gunfire on crows which are abundant in Texas the year around. He noted that many sportsmen find crow hunting a definite off-season challenge and have become adept at calling and ambushing the black-Ifeathered predator.

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Walker advised hunters to consult their state brochure or law digest for ready-reference on prolonged seasons.

One certain way to know the regulations, he said is to contact the local game warden.

Meanwhile, squirrel hunters in southeast . Texas will be continuing their own harvest on the Devil's Pocket Wildlife Area north. of Beaumont. The fourth of a scheduled five conducted squirrel shoots will be held January 8, 9, and 10. Five hundred hunters will be accommodated on each day of the hunts. On the last three-day shoot of the series, 258 hunters bagged 476 squirrels. The hunts are held to determine effects of shooting pressure on the squirrel population. The result will determine future public harvests on the area.

' MONA • .."..

THE PROMISED LAND OF MOSES AUSTIN

by Elaine Bostic (Of the 664-acre Stephen F. Austin State Park, 557 acres were part of the original five-league grant- from the Spanish Government to the town of San Felipe. The establishment of San Felipe de Austin — the townsite is located in Stephen F. Austin State Park — was ordered by the Spanish government in July, 1823, but the chain of events which led up to its establishment was started by Moses Austin just two days before Christmas, December 23, 1820. — Editor).

Moses Austin, a 22-lyear-old native of Connecticut, joined his brother in the general merchandising badness in Pilladelphia, Pennsylvania in 1783.

The business flourished to such an extent that Moses moved to Richmond, Virginia, to establish a branch store.

The restlessness that was to characterize his life soon had him following the rainbow to Wythe County, Virginia, to seek his "pot of gold" in the lead mining business. This venture proved none too successful and in 1798 he and his family, still following that elusive rainbow, moved to Missouri.

At that time, Missouri was part of the area known as Louisiana Territory and belonged to Spain. So Moses Austin took the oath of allegiance to the ;Elpanish King and thus became a Spanish subject. A seemingly natural action at the time, it would later play an important part in his life.

In Missouri his lead mining ventures proved to be successful and he branched out into banking and other investments.

In 1800 Spain returned the Louisiana Territory to France and Moses Austin became a French citizen. Three years later the area was sold to the United States and he again became an American.

Two occurrences took place in 1819 which were to greatly affect the course of his life. The first was the official drawing of the boundary of the Louisiana Purchase to exclude Texas. Legislatures of the western border states passed resolutions declaring Texas belonged to the United States and should never have been given up.

In the same year, a serious depression swept the country. The finances of the Austins along with those of many other families were wiped out.

About this same time Congress reduced the price of land from $2.00 an acre to $1.25 but required the total amount cash in advance.

Cheap land on favorable terms had drawn people westward. Now the hope of owning a homestead was destroyed and again people looked west toward the seemingly never-ending lands to be had. But not all people were looking west, for that elusive rainbow of Moses Austin's seemed to say south ... Texas.

For some years before these events, Moses Austin and his son Stephen, had talked of investigating colonization in Texas, with the possibility of speculating in land in that province, or even perhaps of permanently settling there.

With this in mind Stephen Austin had established himself in Long Prairie, Arkansas. Here he was near the border or Texas and in a position to assist those whom he might persuade to

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 move into- Texas when the time came.

The loss of the family fortune brought the Aiuistins to a final decision: the time had come to leave for Texas.

After a conference with his son at Little Rock, Arkansas, in October, 1820, Moses Austin, accompanied by a Negro servant, Richmond, left there for Texas. Meanwhile Stephen moved to New Orleans, where with the assistance of men of influence, he could be of more help to his father in his hopes for colonization of Texas.

After a long hard journey, Moses Austin arrived in San Antonio in the midst of Christmas f estivities. He went directly to the governor's palace to lay his requests before the Spanish Governor, Antonio Martinez.

With the trouble of the Nolan, Magee and Long expedition fresh on his mind, the governor certainly wasn't in the mood to listen. In these former colonization attempts the colonizers tried to take Texas by force. Only the quick mobilization at the Spanish army (which was needed elsewhere due to civil and military unrest) in time had caused failure. Now here was another "Yanqui" seeking permission to colonize Texas.

The Governor exploded: not only did he not want to hear of Austin's plans but he wanted him out of San Antonio at once and out of Texas as soon as possible!

Dejectedly, Moses left the governor's palace and started to cross the plaza. As he- moved through the celebrating throngs, be bumped into an old friend, Baron de Bastrop. The Baron was excited at seeing Austin again and inquiring what had brought him to San Antonio.

Deeply depressed, Moses explained his plans for colonization of Texas and his unfavorable interview with the Governor and the orders for him to leave Texas at once.

Leave! The Baron couldn't understand this. He told Austin to• wait right there while he went to see his good friend the Governor on Austin's behalf.

At His Excellency's office he explained that the governor had made a grave mistake: Austin was a Catholic and had once been a Spanish subject.

This certainly threw a different light on the matter.

The waiting Austin was quickly ushered in and given a warm reception.

In the friendly interview that followed, Austin assured the governor that he wished to resume his Spanish allegiance, and settle with his family in

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 Texas to raise cotton, corn and other products. He also wanted to bring as many as 300 peaceable families, who as former SPanish subjects, desired the same privilege.

The reasonable statements and the courteous manner of Austin made a favorable impression upon the governor, but he hesitated to make such an important decision by himself. To let 300 "Yanqui" families settle in Texas was a question that higher authorities would have to decide. But in the meantime wouldn't Austin care to join the Yuletide festivities?

The governor consulted with the Town Council. On December 26, 1820, after some deliberation by the body, they decided to refer the matter to Joaquin de Arre.dondo, commandant general of the Eastern Interior Provinces.

On January 17, 1821, that official, acting on the recommendations of the San Antonio Town Council, granted Austin's application. Austin had not waited for the official word on his grant but had started his return home On the return journey Austin suffered many hardships and delays. The winter was severe. There was much rain and the creeks and streams were swollen.

Austin and his servant became ill.

He was forced to leave Richmond with a family on the road.

On March 23, he appeared at Hazel Run, the home of his daughter. It had taken more than two months to make the return trip. Weak from the experiences of the winter, knowing that he might not be able to return to Texas to fulfill his dreams, he sent for his son, Stephen, hoping to encourage him to take over his plans. While enroute home, Stephen learned of his father's death. He wrote his mother immediately that he would take up his father's colonization dreams for Texas.

Take up those dreams is just what he did. And Stephen F. Austin lived to see those dreams come true and more.

Not only the colonization of Texas by Americans, but a bitter war fought in which Texas emerged as a Republic.

After his death the final milestone was passed in which Texas became the 28th State in the Union.

A good deal of the history of these events is recorded in Stephen F. Austin State Park. —Texas Game and Fish Magazine

VESTNIK MANY A FARMER COMMUTES, TOO, LIKE CITY FOLK The steady narrowing of the differences between farm and non-farm life in the United States, worlds apart not too long ago in so many of their characteristics, is also becoming increasingly manifest in the changing composition of the agricultural work force.

Figures recently made public in a joint report by the U. S. Department of Commerce and Agriculture show that 1.6 million persons who earned their livelihood in an agricultural job last year did not live on farms. Most of them are classed as hired workers.

These nonfarm residents made up practically a third of the average number of something over 5 million persons who were employed solely or primarily in agriculture in the year centered on April, 1963, the Government report stated. What is particularly significant is that their number and proportion of the agricultural work force have been increasing while the overall number of farm jobs has been declining. In 1960, for example, the number of non-farm residents employed in agriculture added up to less than 1.4 million, or only about a quarter of all farm workers.

Parallel To Nonfarm World The figures thus show that commuting to a job has become as integral a part of the American farm production scene as it is in the nonfarm economy where one out of every four workers residing in the nation's metropolitan areas is a commuter.

As a matter of fact, commuting is found to a marked degree among farm operators as well as hired workers.

The 1959 Census of Agriculture reported that about one farm operator in every 13 was what is called a 'suitcase farmer." one who did not live on the farm he operated. Farmers of this type were reported most prevalent in the Wheat Belt and in the States of Florida, Texas, Arizona, Utah, and Hawaii. ' Along with this, many commute from a farm; to an outside job, reflecting the increasing extent that the expanding nonfarm economy has provided farm dwellers with employment opportunities. The latest figures report that more than a third of the farm labor (force is now employed in nonagricultural industries, and off-thefarm income has represented a third or more of the entire money income of the ffarm population since the midFifties,

15 Accomplishments of Progress Many other former distinctions between farm and nohfarm livin have become blurred or have disappeared entirely in the extraordinary progress of the economy and the changes in our society that have occurred over the past two decades. Virtually all farms are now electrified, for example, and many other amenRies of modern life such as the telephone, television set, the automobile, and plumbing are becoming as characteristic of the farm as they are in the city or suburban home.

On the production front, furthermore, mechanization has replaced the backbreaking toil by which the nation's food and;fiber were formerly produced. Capital investment per worker in agriculture is now actually higher than in manufacturing. And in keeping with this, personal protection has grown also with the majority of farm operators now owning life insurance.

Houston Stock EXchange Texas boasts the most unusual stock exchange in the world.

It's the Houston Stock Exchange which, although organized 31 years ago, has never traded a share o af stock.

It is listed in the Houston telephone directory, but it does not even have an office or a trading floor. It is the creation of Charles E. Heidingsfelder, Jr., a Houston attorney, who says that he is going to activate the exchange some day.

-SPJSTThere's a one-to-five chance your youngster needs a major teeth straightening job, since an estimated onefifth of the nation's children suffer from "malocclusion," or improper alignment of teeth.

A generation ago, parents of young children with teeth which did not meet properly were usually advised to "let them alone and nature will correct the situation," Today we know better. Malocclusion is a condition to be corrected by a dental specialist known as an "orthodontist." Nature by herself is a very poor straightener of crooked teeth.

Although the public is just now becoming aware of the health significance of malocclusion, experience has taught dentists that crooked teeth contribute to decay, faulty speech and malnutrition, One of the worst results of malocclusion is the psychological stress borne by a child singled out for ridicule by his /friends because of "bucp teeth

16 A child with facial deformities such as those caused by misshaped teeth may develop traits of indecision and begin to doubt his ability to cope with problems in 14is environment, psychologists say.

What causes teeth to erupt irregularly? Dentists agree that heredity is probably one important cause. Another is persistent thumbsucking and abnormal pressures against the jaw.

Living bone, contrary to popular thought, is not always hard and unyielding. The entire jaw structure can be molded by gentle, persistent pressure.

In the case of thumbsucking, dentists believe that if the habit can • be broken before age 5, there is a good chance the teeth may return to normal position without harmful effects.

Another cause of malocclusion is prolonged retention of baby teeth.

Permanent teeth which follow are then prevented from arranging themselves properly.

On the other hand, when primary teeth are lost too early, adjoining teeth may tend to tip and "migrate," crowding into spaces where permanent teeth should erupt.

There are different methods of bringing teeth into proper alignment.

Sometimes it may be necessary to extract teeth to make room.

—Texas State Health Dept.

Twice Told Tale The late J. Frank Dobie, who delighted in tales of the supernatural, told the story of a "ghost" bull that supposedly. still roams the trans-Pecos region, his hide bearing the brand "MURDER." It began on January 29, 1890, during a late roundup in Brewster County. Two men, Henry Harrison Pope and Fine Gilleland, got into an argument over the ownership of an unbranded brindle bull. There was a gun fight and Pope was killed.

Some of the cowboys, angered because the bull had cost a human life, dragged him to the branding fire and burned the letters MURDER into his shaggy hide. Then .they turned him over and branded the date of the tragedy • on his other side.

From then on, the bull with the "MURDER," brand was an outcast — a range maverick unwelcomed in any herd. Ancl. So, in the legends of the cow country, he became.... a "ghost" who still roams today looking for an outfit that will change his dreaded brand.

VtSTNIK FIT FOR A KING It is not necessary to go out of the state for that prized game bird, the pheasant. Parts of Texas are within its range, and, in the Panhandle primarily, there are huntable populations.

For the hunter who is wondering how to handle the bird he has bagged, the "Pennsylvania Game News" has these tips. "When a pheasant is harvested, the hunter should never pack the birds in grass or straw to preserve them until they are to be eaten. In damp or warm weather such treatment will heat or sweat them. They must not be frozen either, for after thawing the flesh will quickly spoil. Pheasants to be prepared for shipment where refrigeration is not available, should be drawn, washed inside until perfectly clear, then dried thoroughly.

Since food in the bird's crop soon sours, that organ should be removed at once." lir charcoal is available, they suggest filling the cavity with pieces of it in thin cloth, and that putting powdered charcoal in the bill, ears, and other openings will keep off flies and prevent decay. "Birds thus cleaned and prepared should keep sweet and untainted for several days.

"Fat, well-fed pheasants may be prepared by any cif the methods used for cooking chickens. If the flesh seems dry, extra fat may be added. The flavor of the !flesh is not hurt either by plucking the feathers or by skinning.

When the bird is plucked, it should be done as soon as it is killed, or the feath ers will stiffen into the skin, making it difficult to remove them without tearing the skin itself. In any case, the skin should not be scalded as it is very tender."

Roast Pheasant Temp. — 350-450 deg. Fahr.

Time — 15 to 30 minutes to the pound 1 pheasant (2 pounds dressed) 1/4 pound sliced bacon 3 ounces butter Flour for thickening Salt - Pepper Carefully out all shot from the bird.

Wash inside and out with soda in the water. Rinse several times and dry with a clean cloth. Fill bird with dressing. Skewer legs and wings to the body. Lard breast with slices of bacon.

Season well with salt and pepper.

Place in hot oven and bake as directed until tender, basting it frequently with the drippings and melted butter.

Make a gravy of the drippings.

Thicken the gravy with flour browned

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 in a tablespoon of butter. Bring to a boil in the gravy and serve very hot.

Stuffing: 11/2 cups bread crumbs 1 cup celery, cut fine 1 onion, chopped 1/2 cup butter 1 tablespoon sage 1/2 cup carrot, grated Salt - Pepper Boil the celery. Use water from the celery to moisten the bread crumbs.

Mix all the ingredients together, seasoning them to taste.

Pheasants Fricasseed (Century-Old Game Recipe) Prepare and cut up two pheasants; put them in a stewpan with some butter, parsley, a bayleaf, thyme, two cloves, mushrooms, and a slice of ham.

Let them stew until scarcely any sauce remains, then add a little flour, warm water, salt and pepper; stew it again and reduce the sauce. When nearly done, put in the yolks of three eggs beaten up with a little cream or milk; thicken it over the fire, but do not let it boil; a small quantity of lemon juice or vinegar may be added. Place the breasts and bones of the pheasants on a dish, lay the leggs and wings over them, and then pour the sauce over the whole; garnish with mushrooms.

Take off the skin before you cut up the pheasants if you wish the fricassee very white.

—Texas Game and Fish Magazine

Cultural Notes BOOKS: "Czech-American Catholics" by Joseph Cada, Ph.D., Director, Center of Slav Culture at St. Procopius College, Lisle, Ill., is a study of the transfer of spiritual values by the Czech settler to the United States from 1850 to 1920. It explores , the settler's background in matters of faith and describes the process by which he adjusted himself to the new situation in a land strange to him.

The study is based on the evaluation of bulletins, parish reports, jubilee accounts, and descriptive and expository materials found in parishes, missions, schools, and Czech daily and periodical press. It is divided into chapters: The Czech pioneer and his faith; The foundations, 1850 to 1890; Rural churches in early Czech America; How Czech urban parishes were founded; Czech-American Catholics after 1890; Czech Catholic high salvo's; Czech teaching nuns; Czech-American re-

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 ligious communities; The transmission of cultural heritage; Czech-American Catholics help free their homeland; Czech-Catholic media of communication; The twilight of the CzechAmerican parish.

Prof. Cada's study is the first of its kind and will serve, therefore, as an excellent source of reference. Price $2.00. Order if r om Center for Slav Culture, Saint Procopius College, Lisle, Illinois.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Federal Bureau of Investigation To The Public: Law enforcement, by the very nature of its responsibilities, has always been a handy scapegoat for those who resent law and order and those who seek public sympathy on controversial issues. As a frontline representative of government, law enforcement caen bears the brunt of criticism — just or unjust — leveled at constituted authority.

Admittedly, law enforcement has its shortcomings, as do all professions.

Contrary to some viewpoints, however, it is not responsible for all the grievances with which it is charged.

Furthermore, wholesale harassment of law enforcement is not an antidote for all the troublesome issues facing communities throughout the country.

A questionable move currently being championed in some localities is the establishment of civilian review boards to hear complaints against law enforcement officers. To a large degree, these panels would consist of appointed individuals who are generally inexperienced and uninformed in law enforcement and police administration.

When carefully considered, it is clear this drive for external boards is an illadvised maneuver. It amounts to the usurpation of authority rightfully belonging to the police commander. It is a practice which could damage efIfective law enforcement and reduce the orderly processes of community life to petty• bickering, suspicion, and hatred. The police executive cannot become a mere pawn of bureaucratic committees. He must have full responsibility for the performance, discipline, and control of his officers.

Valid objections to external review boards are too numerous and extensive to be shunted. aside. Such panels represent a backward step for law enforcement toward• ineptness• and mediocrity.

Moreover, one of the major weaknesses

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VESTNLK of these boards is their inherent political overtones. In many instances, appointments will be made for political expendiency rather than merit, and every faction, clique, group, and organization which has an ax to grind will demand representation. If there is one thing career police executives have learned over the years, it is that politics has no place in effective law enforcement.

The average law enforcement officer today is already saddled with greater responsibilities than he can fully comprehend and capably discharge. Society demands of the officer total compliance with the mandates of the law; however, it has yet to give him a clear-cut picture of what the law demands and what it forbids. Even those learned in the law cannot agree with certainty what powers the police officer possesses. Many times, his actions are adjudged wrong by the thinnest of margins in split decisions by the highest courts. He should not be subjected to public ridicule and penalized in salary, promotion, and personal career based on decisions reached by outside overseers to whom professional law enforcement and public protection may be of secondary interest.

Experience has shown that high selection standards, outstanding training, realistic pay scales, and advancement based on merit are fundamental principles of good police service. It is a pity that the efforts being wasted in promoting impractical review boards could not be applied to these proven elements.

John Edgar Hoover, Director

late finish, poured some liquid chlorine bleach into a toilet bowl along with a cleaner, figuring that the two stain removers would do a better job than one.

The result was the chemical generation of poisonous, even sometimes deadly, fumes, when the bleach came in contact with the acidic substances present in the toilet cleaner.

The result would have been much the same had ammonia, been mixed with the bleach.

Poison Control Centers throughout Texas report that they receive calls regulary from people who suffer from respiratory irritations after inhaling such fumes.Newspapers and other' news media report numerous cases of injury and death from gases of this kind.

Manufacturers sense the dangers of using these products more than do the users. A majority of the name brand toilet cleaners and ammonia found on the market toda y carry some warning against mixing with chlorine bleach.

Similarly, the liquid chlorine bleaches bear warning against mixing with toilet cleaners.

These warnings are not always conspiciously placed. Some are buried among the directions for use, while others are in unusually fine print that is seldom noticed. In almost every case any advice on what to do in case of gas poisoning is omitted.

The secret of safety in this case is to read the label on all cleaners, bleaches, solvent and other household chemicals thoroughly before using.

—state Dept. of Health

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DANGEROUS CHEMICALS Students, working in chemical laboratories for the first time, sometimes object to the strict supervision exerciseed by their teachers. But, as soon as they have conducted a few experiments, and have seen the startling and sometimes volatile results, of mixing two charnicals, they are usually appreciative of the rules imposed on them in the laboratory. They have been made aware of the dangers and are taught how to prevent mishaps.

Unfortunately, chemicals are being mixed in other areas beside the laboratories and by persons who know nothing of their characteristics or the dangers involved in mixing them.

Many times the results are disastrous.

Consider the case of the housewife who, wanting an especially immacu-

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

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Footnote to History Last year's general election again was a reminder that Texas owes its statehood to an unknown grain miller in DeKalb County, Indiana.

It was election day in 1844 and the miller already had decided that he would be too busy to vote. On the way to his mill, however, friends stopped him and urged him to cast his ballot first. He did, and when the ballots were counted, the winning candidate had a margin of a single vote — the one the miller had cast.

The successful candidate was U. S. Senator Edward Allen Hannegan. He happened to be presiding over the Senate when the question of statehood for Texas came to a vote. The result was a tie, but Senator Hannegan, from the chair, cast the deciding vote in favor of admitting Texas to the Union.

Wednesday, January 6, 1965

What's in a Name?

When postal authorities wouldn't let tht residents of a Collin County community name their town "All Together," they compromised and called it Altoga. It's still that.

Texans At Work A printer and a paper salesman have combined their talents to give Texas one of its most unique enterprises.

It is the Texian Press of Waco, a publishing company that turns out limited editions for libraries, historians and collectors. Owners Robert E. Davis and Ralph Ritcheson ofen print as few as 175 copies of a book — and 'never more than 3,000. As a result, each book bearing the Texian imprint becomes a collector's item.

SEEwith

Ease and Comfort

First Tourist Historians disagree, but the first white person to tour Texas probably was Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda, the Spanish explorer.

Sent here in the early 1500's by the governor or Jamaica, Pineda's assignment was to explore the Gulf coast. He named the entire area "Amichel" — which almost became the name of what is now Texas.

The Passing Parade More than 60 years ago, San Antonio's most famous whiskey distillery was located at 101 King William Street.

The building is still there. It's now headquarters for Alcholics Anonymous.

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Near Plano, just 20 miles north of Dallas' skyscrapers, 82-year-old Mrs. Ammie Ellen Wilson runs a 363-acre sheep farm that is nationally known.

Although she was 59 when she bought her first sheep, Mrs. Wilson's registered Hampshires today win prizes at state fairs and exhibitions across the country. Despite her age, she almost always attends the stock shows herself attired in western clothes and hand-made cowboy boots.

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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, b y lodge ball managers.

Lodge No. 40, Saturday, Jan. 9 — The Continentals Saturday, Jan. 23 — The Kounts Saturday, Jan. 30 — The Kounts Saturday, Feb. 13 — The Jades Saturday, Feb. 27 — The Traits Easter Sunday, April 18 - The Traits.

---SPJSTLodge No. 47, Seaton Saturday, Jan. 9 — Dance, Albert David Saturday, Jan 16 — Dance, George Machart Saturday, Jan. 23 Battle.

— Dance, Vrazel's Polka Masters and The Temple Rhythm Masters Saturday, Jan. 30 — Dance, Slim Haisler.

—SPJSTLodge No. 49, Rowena Friday, Jan. 22 — Jimmy Heap and the Melody Masters (at the SPJST Hall) Sunday, Feb. 21 — Jimmy Heap and the Melody Masters (at the SPJST Hall) —SPJST-Lodge No. €6, Waco Saturday, Jan. 9 — The Hi-Toppers of New Braunfels. Finest in music, new or old.

Saturday, Jan. 16 — Vrazel Polka Band Of Cameron, KM1L popular artists.

Saturday, Jan. 23 -- Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple. Central Texas' most popular orchestra.

—SPJST-Lodge No. 80, Holland January 16 — Gilbert Kautz January 30 — Louie Steffek and the Versatiles. __sEcrsT__ Loage No. 88, Houston Friday, Jan. 8 — Regular monthly lodge meeting Saturday, Jan. 9 — Dance, 9 to 1. Music

by Ray Krenek Saturday, Jan. 16 — Dance, 9 to 1.

Music by Ray Jurecka of Weimar Saturday, Jan. 23 — Dance, 9 to 1.

Music by the Knights of Dixie of Schulenburg Saturday, Jan. 30 — Dance, 9 to 1.

Music by Lee Roy Matocha of Fayetteville.

VESTNIK SPJST Lodge 130 Dallas Sokol Zizka Saturday, Jan. 9 — Dance; music by the Music Masters Saturday, Jan. 23 — Dance; music by the Peppermints Saturday, Feb. 13 — Dance; music by the Music Masters Saturday, Feb. 27 — Mardi Gras Dance, music by Eric Honza Orch.

Saturday, March 13 — Dance; music

by Jim Allen Saturday, March 27 — Dance; music by Eric Honza Orch.

Saturday, April 10 — Dance; music by Eric Honza Orch.

Saturday, April 24 — Dance; music, by the Peppermints —SPJST-----

oznamovatel INTRODUCTIONS. Czech descent oniy.

Send for information. The Czech Social Kiub, P.O. Box 323, Omaha, Nebraska (dzc) 68101.

HELP WANTED • Upholsterer. Must be first rate and know how to cut and sew.

Salary very good to right person.

Please write to: Carpetcair Interiors, 10006 Hanka Dr., Houston, Texas (dzc) 77055.

—SPJSTWANTED FOR CLEANING DIVISION, neat white man with responsibilities, to train for rug and carpet service work. Salary expected and qualifications to Carpetcair, 10006 Hanka Drive, (dzc) Houston, Texas 77055.

—SPJSTMate radi sladkou cibuli? "New Blue Ribbon Assortment" - ` 600 eerstvSrch sazenieek sladke cibule a ratite k sazeni zdarma, zaSleme Varn za $3.00 vyplacene z Texas Onion Plant Company.

(Domov sladke cibule) Farmersville, Texas 75031.

(1-8c) --SPJSTTraveling Texas It's not on any map, but a Parker County pasture is a "must" stop for any tourist interested in seeing what first-class travel was like in the good old days.

The pasture is just off Highway 377, southwest of Fort Worth, and it is the resting place of the "Ellsmere," one of the most ornate private railroad cars ever built. The 50-year-old car has an observation-lounge, a paneled dining room and enough elegantly appointed staterooms to sleep 12 people in regal comfort.

Now owned by the Texas Refinery Corp., it has been completely restored and air-conditioned.

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 Texas First Dallas had the world's first municipally-owned radio station.

Station WRR went on the air August 1, 1921, but its purpose was not entertainment. It was built by the fire department to communicate with its mobile equipment.

Gommert Funeral Home ROGERS, TEXAS Phone MI 2-3211 Member of SPJST Lodge No. 47 Ambulance Service 24 Hours Honor All Burial Insurance Serving All Religions (dzc)

KOTCH Funeral Home WEST, TEXAS HI 6-5307 24 HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE WE HONOR ALL BURIAL POLICIES (die)

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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE, SPJST., P. 0. Box 100, TEMPLE, TEXAS

6. LEDNA 1965

NovoroCni provolini pire edsedy Hlavni iiiadovny SPJST Sestry a bratti: NovY Rok je zde. Prove jsme pfestoupli pies prah roku 1965. A (vet pkichazirn abych Vara tlumodil novorooni pozdray.

Nyni hledime zpet na 1964, na rok ktery nom pl nes]. mnoho dobra. V tomto race povzbudili jsme podetne vet gi ucast v nasich tadovYch a okrskovYcla schnzich v praci mladeZe - v organisadni praci — v upsani novYch Mentz a y e zdrojich a reservach.

Byla to prate nas v g elch. KahlY z nas vykonal svilj dii. Postup, kterY byl vykonan v souladne praci a v duchu bratrskein jest na gi odmenou, Vitame 1965 pro v g e co nom donese a pfijimarne y yz y u, ktera, bude nae v tomto race. Hledime do budoucnosti, viclime neomezene mokiosti v nagi praci. KdyZ se uplatnime a pfijmeme ,nag e zodpovednosti, dalgi odmena nas v torn jsem ptesvedden. odekava • • Venujrne se k dalsi sluthe v nagi bratrske praci, abysme mohli s jistotou ?lei, az tento rok pfijde ku konci, zase rok minul s Uspechem.

Jako pracovnici v bratrstvi pflpomeir me si, Ze je ad nas Odeka rvano bYti dobrYmi oboany. V dne gnich krugnkch easech musime bYti zaslouklYmi obeany nagi vlastt zeme paZehnane krasou - a bohatou pkirodou. Jest to nage povinnost chraniti toto dedictvi.

PkiPainatujme si slorditi nasim sestram a bratrilm. Pamatujme na to, Ze dobro, ktere pnoka g eme jinYm kistava - je nesmrtelne.

Pripamatujme si pracovati pro trvalY vzrnst na gi Jednoty povzhuditi vetg i nav g tevy v na g ich tadovYch a okrskov3ich schilzich a vzbuditi vets

Vedomi, Ze na g e bytost jest jednim celkem se vain ostatnim, projevuje se v nas laskau. Laska je roz g iteni vlastniho Zivata. tim vice milujeme, tim obsahlejk, pinejk a radostnejk stava, se ‘Zivot.

—Lev Tolstoj • • Av g ak nehodno jest nam lekati a strachovati se pfede zlymi; nejsme my slepi nastrojave easu, ale jsme panove jeho, sami tvtircove sveho osudu. Nestenejmo zdetile, ale jako muZove chopme se einu. Opirelme se statedne s moci svou a mejme pevnou dilveru, ze neodola mot zleho moci dabre. dinme a pomahejme si sami a MTh nam panniZe. Karel Havlidek Jindrich Ifokk

—6PJ6 aysk:<,'

NOV'k ROK

A p •ijcie sass rok novY a zajde, jak mnohY rok — p ie v ceste nezastavi veeneho easu tok.

Tak mnohY k slave zvedne se na jeho vinach jist — a mnohY do vin klesne, jak topolovy list. . • .

A piijde zas rok uplyne jako sen tolikrat vystrida se v nem rano, not a One. Jen my se nevratime jak nove jaro zpet — zas ptalt bode jinYm zpivat a MaYm vonet bode kvet.

A male se baste zdava, ze jsem to svetlugkou, je;" kratee zasvitila veeerni, lesni tmou.

A ze vtleho nejkrasnejsi ze byl jeji kratky svit, by pocestnY Cirou noel nernohl zabloudit.

Ze zasvit jsern mu cestou, kdsr - bloudil tolik nail — a ortel v -W ynne dali Svnj vytou&nSi oil . . . .

einnost a zajem u mla.clee. V praci mlade2e, pod'avame pomocnou ruku nakm mladYm lidem, kte ts i jsau ochotni pracovati a kteii jsou sehopni bYti budouci vildeove a pracovniei.

ModIeme se, aby sila a odvaha byla dana v g em, kteil budou praeovati na poli bratrstvi, aby dobro v srdcich nag ich bylo rozpoutano horlivosti a, aby kahlY den nas • • Me diky v g em fitedniktm, teditevtidcUrn mladek, mladek, fade1,47m pracovnikinn a wean ostatnim, za Va gi uptimnost a za Va gi oddanost v praci kterou jste vykonali pro nak Jednotu behem pfe gleho roku, a jit dem diky za vSeohno co udelate pro na g i Jednot y behem tohoto roku.

• • Jmenem v g ech Clem Hlavni fitadovny vyslovuji Vain v gem nay srdednY pozdrav a pilni veseleho a zdarneho noveho roku. At' duch pfe gte vanodni jeji krasy jeji nadeje a trvadoby le viry Zije mezi narni po cely rok. At' po2ehnani miru na srvete je na ge. Du dujme a rost'me ye svornosti — pianujme pro budoucnost s cliivercur.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Edward L. Marek —SPJST---

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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 tftEDNI ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPORUJICI JEDNOTY STATU TEXAS Vychazi tYdne REDAKTOR NICK MORRIS — Box 85, West, Texas Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. HI 6-5989 — Shop: HI 6-5282 Vydavatele CECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEXAS Predplatne $3.75 Zmeny adres zasilaj i se do Hlavni iifadovny Box 100, Temple, Texas Predplatne a oznarnky bud'tet zasilany na Vestnik, West, Texas HLAVNI U)tADOVNA — SUPREME LODGE HLAVNI tRADOVNA EDWARD L. MAREK, pfedseda JOE B. HEJNY, mistoptedseda R. A. URBANOVSKY, tajemnik JOS KOLIHA, JR., pokladnik BEN . 1,ABOIK, finanni tajemnik VAichni v Temple, Texas, Box 100 AUGUST KACift, pravni radce, Temple, Texas DR. MARVIN LESIKAR, vrchni lekar P. 0. Box 410 — Taylor, Texas ftEDITELE JOHN A. KUBENA, prvni okrsek P. 0. Box 180 — La Grange, Texas HENRY VITEK, druhY okrsek P. 0. Box 43 — Granger, Texas CYRILL (SID) POKLADN1K, tfeti okrsek 2924 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75226 R. E. BRO2, otvrtY okrsek Rt. 3, Box 320 — San Angelo, Texas ERNEST HANKA, patY okrsek 6759 Cindy Lane — Houston, Texas 77008 ED SRALLA, S'estY okrsek Rt. 1, Box 110, Edna, Texas CHAS HOLASEK, sedrnY okrsek 2513 Nemec St., — Corpus Christi, Texat TISKOVY VYBOR FRANCES OLEXA, predsedkyne 6402 Ta gtr a,11 St. — Houston, Texas RUDOLPH TROUBIL c/o SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas HUGO SCHEFCAK 1267 Harlandale — Dallas 16, Texas

MRS.

STANOVNI VYBOR E. E. KRENEK, Medseda, Dime Box, Texas LEO KRAUSE, tajemnik P. 0. Box 427 — Inez, Texas

OKRSEK 1 V. H. Batina Smithville, Texas OKRSEK II Johnny J. Plagek P. 0. Box 88 Rosebud, Texas OKRSEK III Arnold M. Vrla 6307 Saratoga Circle Dallas 14, Texas OKRSEK IV Fred Kvetoii Route 1 Abernathy, Texas OKRSEK V Jarda ern 1521 Woodvine Drive Houston 24, Texas OKRSEK VI Leo Krause, Jr. P. 0. Box 427 Inez, Texas OKRSEK VII Prozatimne nezastoupeno --seJsr-SEZNAM VEDOUCICH MLADEZE OKRSEK I Mrs. Rud. C. Matejka

Rt. 4, Box 504 Bryan, Texas OKRSEK II Mrs. Clara Heji Route 4 Temple, Texas OKRSEK III Mrs. Inez Zalman 2523 McKenzie Waco, Texas OKRSEK IV Mrs. Ed Haisler Route 1 Seymour, Texas OKRSEK V Mrs. Tillie Helmcamp 432 West 32nd St. Houston 18, Texas

Latka /la uverejneni ve Vestniku musi byti dodSna v sobotu doppleclne.

OKRSEK VI Mrs. Frank Brdeeka Rt. 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas

Nevytadanou latku neuschovavarne a nevracime. Obrazky se vraceji jen kdyt je pottovne ptilotene. Uvefejneni zasnoubnich anebo svatebnich obrazku musi si Clenove :Ann hill.cliti,

OKRSEK VII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska Route 2, Box 151 Floresville, Texas

Ve sttedu dne 6. Iedna 1965

Oddit dopisovateI itad (Allah e. 165 v Moulton Bratti a sestry, tak zas rok se chyli ku konci a my starg i jsme radi, Ze ty Vanoce jsou za nami. Kdy2 si tak na to vzpominam, jak jsme se vkly te gili, co nam ten Jaigek spusti z .nebe neb na ge Maminka nam vklycky rikala, Ze Je2igek lazi jen hodnYm detem. Nam se zase zdalo, Z'e jsme byli hodni, ale stejne nam malo nalo'Zil. Nam ne •ekli, ze jen bohati dostanou toho hodne proto$e jim to radiee koupi. Stromeeek jsme take demo, nemivali a take jsme vyrostli.

Ten na g slepiei obud, eili slepiei polevka, se nam dob •e vydatila, valor tomu, ze bylo tak chladno. Kdyby ne to zimy bylo by zajiste lidi vic. VSechnyrn srdeene dekujem, co ptijeli, podruhe ptijedte zas! Nas to •ldy velice tegi.

Nage prosincova schilze byla slabe navgtivend. Nevim, proe ti mladi maji tak malt' zajem o spalkovS7 2ivot a ptece vite, '2e vas to v gecky 'deka, a, Z'e musite jeden den pi'evzat ty Utady. Ti stejni fttednici byli zvoleni na ptigti rok tak yes budu obtekivat s mYm dopisovanim. Dvetni cenu obdr'Zel spolubratr Emil Krejci. Byli jsme pocteni navgtevou na geho redaktora z West bratra Morrise a jeho synkern Nicholas. Bylo to velice mile poznat osobne naseho redaktora. Promluvil k nam va.. ne a od srdce a stil:one bez ostychu pro pti gti dobro nagich •adit a SPJST viibec. Tak se nam to libi — co na srdci, to na jazyku, a Tvoje tee podia na dobre pole. Budeme si toll& va.Zit. Dnes 112 ukoneim, podruhe vic a pilidte do ptigti schtlze dne 10. ledna 1965 o dvou .hodinOch odp.

Va ge dopisovatelka Bo&na Fojtova, ---SPJ

Svaz eethoslovanfi c. 92 ye Fort Worth Bratil a sestry, ptipaminam y am schllzi dne 10. ledna 1965, zaeatek ptesne o dvou hodinach odp. Jest to na ge prvni schfize v novern race, proto, jest 'Zadoucno, aby nos co nejvic plig lo. V tete schfizi budou nastoleni novi atednici na rok 1965. VYsledek voleb nov3-ich atednikil jsem jiz oznamil ye Vestniku ze dne 23. prosince, nebudu tedy opakovat. Dodam jen, ze sestr y Albina Bunker byla zvolena fiditelkou nemocenskeho vSri- , itad

Ve stiedu dne 6. Mato 1965 boru, dalgi vYbory budou jmenovany pozdeji.

Bylo mi feeeno, abych oznamil, teto schtizi bude nejen chutna veeete, ale take neco na eepu, ov gem pa schtzi. Proto, ptifcrte kdo jen mUtete, abychom ten novy rok naletite oslavili a dobte se poznali. Jest mnoho elenti, co ye schtizi vitbec nikdy nebyli anebo jen navgtevuji na ge podniky atd. Jak obyeejne, sestry ja.0 tadany, aby nem ptinesly na zakusek po schtizi, o ostatni bude postarano.

Nevim o tadnem nemocnYm, jen bratr Jan Bedan od tadu t. 154 jest vatne nemocen uz druhy Wen v nernocnici All Saints. Doufam, ze se znovu po dobrem opatrovanim uzdravi.

Pies sv•tky vanodni jsme raeli na no.vgteve u nas na geho syna Daniel Joseph a jeho rodinu a Best deti ze Sparks, Nevada, blite Reno, ktereho jsme nevideli pies 10 rokti. Zdrtel se u nas dva tYclny potinaje 21. prosince.

Radi jsme jich uvideli. Take nas navgtivil nag nejmladgi syn Alfred F. a jeho rodina z Rosenberg, tena a pet deti. Bylo to velmi ptijemne shromatdent nagi rodiny Beeanove. Byli u nas take zde tijici syni Jaromir a Robert, a bylo nas celkem 35. Z y etginy jsou elent nageho tadu SPJST. S bratrskYm pozdravem a s pfanim mnoho zdaru v Pfi gti• roce 1965.

Vtig Josef Beean

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PROVOLANI AMERICKE OBCE SOKOLSKE DO NOVEHO ROKU Pii vstupu do Novell° roku 1965 yzpotniname vcietne v gech bratr0 a sester, ktefi v uplynulem rode v jednotach a tupach Americke Obce Sokolske pinili svoje povinnosti a ptipravovali se pro slavnY jubilejni rok 1965. Vgem jim za jejich vernost a oddanost k sokolskym idealism dekujeme! Rok 1964 byl poslednim rokem prveho stoleti tiyota Sokolstva v Americe. Byl to take rok velke a iispegne prate! Dali jsme podnet k velkoryse akci pro vydani sokolske po gtovni pantetni znamky. Za fieinne spoluprace vgech sokolskYch, bratrskYch, kulturnich, narodnich organisaci a s krajanskou pfatelskou pomoci dosahli jsme, ze pogtovni znamka fysicke zdatnosti k pocte stoleti sokolskeho hnuti v Americe bude yydana 15. nnora pfi velkolepYch slavnostech ve Washingtonu, D. C. Ustavili jsme Vybor pro XI. jubilejni sokolskY slet, kterk jit po nekolik mesled ptipravuje vge k pinernu jeho

VESTNIK zdaru. Ve dnech od 23. do 27. eervna bude Velke Chicago svedkem mohutne manifestace vernosti Sokolstva ve Svobodnem svete k nesmrtelnYm zasadam svych zakladatelft — bratrstvi, volnosti a svobody.

VYbor pro Narodni sokolskou pout' ✓ St. Louis, Missouri chysta se k uvitani hostil, kteti we dnech 5. a 6. 'dervno sjedou se ke sletu tupy Stfedni AOS. a k pocte prilkopnikin, ktefi pied 100 lety — 14. fmora 1865 zalotili pr ypi sokolskou jednotu ve Spojenych statech.

Ve dnech 21. at 23. eervna na X. sjezdu AOS. budou zastupci sokolskYch jednot a tup rozhodovat o zasadach sokolske einnosti pro budoucnost.

NOS slavnY a historickY rok 1965 zahajime ye dnech od 12. do 16. &lora ye Washingtonu, D. C. — kde se sejdeme ze vg ech east zeme k uvitani sokolske pogtovni znamky. Tarn, v sobotu 13. fmora na Akademii pfedvedou skupiny sokolskYch .organisaci ukazky vysledku skvele sokolske telovYchovy. A ✓ posledni den prveho stoleti Sokolstva 14. imora na velkolepem banketu ye Stotler Hilton hotelu rozloueime se s , krasnou minulosti a uvedeme ji hrde do knihy historie.

Pak zvedneme sve zraky vstfic nadejne budoucnosti. Vkroeime do ni radostne hned v prvY den druheho stoleti tivota Sokolstva — 15. dnora. Z rukou Gen. Pogtmistra John A. Gronouskiho pfijmeme pogtovni sokolskou znamku telesne zdatnosti — symbol uznani y Yznamu sokolskeho hnuti pro vYchovu zdrave generace naroda — vladou SpojenYch Jdeme do Novato roku s vedomim, ze pro nage jednoty, tupy a pro katdello z nas bude to rok velkeho vypeti sil — ale bude take rokern nadgeni, radosti a zdrojem vzpruhy pro einnost ✓ budoucnosti. Vetime, ze za pine spoluprace Vas vgech — broth, sestry, krajane a kra j ansky — bude cely rok 1965 napinen nezapomenutelnYmi, dny!

Volame Vas vgechny ke spolupraci pfi prodeji sokolske pogtovni znamky, obalek i pohlednic prveho dne vydani! Zveme Vas vS'echny k Utast' v zajezdech AOS. do Washingtonu, D. C., k Narodni pouti do St. Louis a k na,vgteve jubilejniho sokolskeho sletu ye Velkem Chicagu v roce 1965!

VykroCte s nami vokolskfm krokem radostne do noveho roku!

Americki Obec Sokolski Karel M. Prchai, starosta Mato J. Oihakova, jednatelka

Objednivejme vS'ude sokolskou po S . tovni znamku!

Starite se Patrony pro pamatnik!

(Tiskova slutba VYboru pro sokolskou znaniku).

Vstoupili jsme vgichni do slavneho sokolskeho roku 1965. Vstoupili jsme do neho s trofeji, kterou se budeme hrde honosit pied celYm svetem. Je to sokolska pogtovni znamka. — pocta americkeho naroda Americkamu Sokol-za jeho vynikajici zasluhy o vYchovu generaci k harmonickemu souladu telesne a duchovni yyspelosti i obeanske odpovednosti.

V katda domacnosti 'dent sokolskYch jednot, radii a sborti bratrskYch a sesterskYch podpfirnYch, narodnich a kulturnich organisaci, spolku, klubti a spoleenosti mel by bYt nakup velkeho mnotstvi archd sokolske po gtovni znam ky povatovan za utitednou investici pro celY, rok 1965 i daleich let.

V tisku jsou nadherne °balky prveho dne vydani (First Day Issue) — prvni nesouci obraz sochy dr. Miroslava Tyrge, druha profit tvafi zaklaclatelii Eokolstva Tyre a Fuegnera, tfeti symbol sokolskYch snah a vkusna pohiednice.

Objednejte si sokolske znamky, °balky i pohiednice bud'te u ASO. 5611 West Cermak Road, Cicero, Illinois 60650, nebo u sve organisace! Ale ueirite tak hned v prvYch Ytdnech lednovYch. Objednejte si je take par potteby sveho spolku, organisace, podniku nebo kancelate! ?e svobodneho sveta ptichazeji zpravy o velkem zajmu krajand o sokolskou znamku. Prokatme velkYm jejich nakupem zejmena my ye SpojenYch statech,ze sokolsk apoStovni znamka, tak jako byla znamka T. G. Masaryka, je na gi chloubou. Napigte nam, pogleme Vam formulate objednavek s dOletitymi infoxmacemi o cenach a pfihlagkou ke slavnostem ye Washingtonu, D. C. iiSastnete se zajezdil Americke Obce Sokolske do sidelniho mesta a vgech oslav jubilejnich sokolskYch dud. zajezdu z Chicaga je jen $95.00). Vyjedeme z Chicaga, nebo jinYch mist 12. imora a vratime se 16. dnora do svYch domovii; y e tfech dnech, ktere ztravime ye Washingtonu, D. C., naeerpame bohatstvi nezapomenuteilnYch dojmft pri prohlidce mesta, na sokolske akademii, slavnostnimu :banketu a pfi obtadu odeYzdavani sokolske pogtovni znamky.

Staiite to patrony Pamitniku, ktery bude pro imorove sokolske slaynosti vydan. Nebudou y nem t. adne obchodni oznamky. Vedle pfehledu historie tivota v gech sokolskYth organisaci

VESTNIK

4 ve SpojenYch stated' budou na cetnkch stranach Pamatniku jmena patronn — °sob, firem, spolku, organisaci, ktere se takto ptihlasi ke sve lasce k nadherne sokolske minulosti a projevi sve blahoptani do budoucnosti. (Cena zaznamu jmen patrontt pohybuje se od $5.00 cio $100.00).

Pojd'te s nami v gichni, bratti, sestry a nagi verni ptatele — ye spoleene radosti nad rispechy prate Sokolstva ccstou ze slavne minulosti do nadejne budoucnosti! Pojd'te s nami — zmoZnie svrij poeet i silu k dosa6eni velkkch civedeni slavnkm heslem Miroslava Tyre "Tam svet se hne, Liam se sila napte"!

Americkemu sokolstvu a jeho budoucnosti zdar!

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Youens gpitale ye Weimar, Texas a pochovand byla dne 10. prosince na katolickem hititove na Praha, Texas.

Rev. Marcus Valenta vykonal pohtebni obtady. Pozristaly 3 dcery pani Julius (Anita) Petter, pani Emil (Elsie) Kobza, pani Felix (Henrietta) Kobza, a nevlastni dcera pani Louis (Libbie) Neskora; 2 syni Albert Staha a Edgar Staha; 4 sestry pani Zofie Havel, pani Robert Kutae, pani Frank Klekat a sl.

Sendonia Kneiek, 3 bratry Alfons KneZek, Chas. Kne6ek a Emil Kne6ek, 12 vnukti a 7 pravnukti. poznstala nodino, vime, .6e jejiho odchodu, ale i my ztracime dobrou elenkyni na geho taclu. Nage spolusestte ptejeme veenY klid a test' budi6 jeji pamatce.

Cal 1, schfiv

Dano v Moravia, Texas, dne 29. prosince 1964.

Oznameni

JARNI OKRSKOVE SCHUZE Jarni schrize prvniho okrsku se bude konati na Kovar u tadu 6. 38 a to 2. kvetna 1965. ♦ • Jarni schrize ttetiho okrsku se bude konati dne 14. btezna 1965 u kadu c. 154 v Sokolovni ye Fort Worth.

• • Jarni schuze V. okrsku Sc oude nati dne 28. btezna 1965. Misto a 6,4,4. zahajeni schfize bude oznameno po• zdeji.

• • Jarni schrize gesteho okrsku se bil 1 konati u tadu 6. 153 v La Salle dne '1. b •ezna 1965.

• • Jarni scnrize sedmeho okrsku se bude konati dne 25. dubna 1965 u tadu 6.

117 v Robstown v Community Hall.

Resolueni vkbor Albina Kahanek Hattie Brossmann, Frances Olgovskk

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NAB 2ALOV RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI niZepsank resolueni vkbor tadu Nova Morava 'Oslo 23 SPJST na Moravia, Texas, projevujeme uptiranou sou:-Arast nad rimrtim milovane matky, babieky a prababieky a na gi spolusesestry Albina Staha.

Zemiela dne 8. prosince 1964 ve

Po tomto moste pinem sldvy i smutku chodim rad.

Koulely se tu lidske hiavy a ted' tu sly gim brat.

Byly tu take barikady, dneska vgak mute taneit taciY, kdo ma chut' tancovat.

Jen rozbehni se, 6adne strachy, na moste je uz klid a v Klementjnu Jifi Plachk nema uz s kkm se bit.

Uz dobojoval jesuita a z puglq7., jez je nenabita, neda se vystkelit.

Ve sttedu dne 6. ledna 1965 Ohnive eary bleskly v fete jak drahy padlYch hvezd z rozkazu pana Windichgratze, kdy2 stiilel o sto lest.

Na gtesti snesla mnohou ranu, nebyla nikdy z porcelanu Praho, tam matka mest.

Jaroslav Seifert

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PUTOVANI MEZI MORAVOU A SLOVENSKEM Jaka ptivabna zakouti jsou v OSSR a neleli v6dy kolem hlavnich dopravnich tepen. Jako tteba mora ysko-slovenske pomezi. Lokalka si t o gine mezi zelenYmi stranemi, chtelo by se ti vystoupit na ka6de stanici, abys oeirna i rukama ohmatal nadra6ieko, chlubici se geometrickYmi vzory Stukove vkzdoby, tu rnodre, tarn zase 2lutohnede. A z techto ptitaZlivSich budov, z nich2 ani dve nejsou stejne, se trousi lide. Zeny obleeene do mistniho kroje nejedou a 6adnou slavnost, je to jejich v gedni odev, ptizprisobenSi dennimu 2ivotu. NehS4i barvami a vygivanim, je nevtiravk jako okolni krajina. 6epec nebo umne uvazank gatek ponejvic ye ■svetlkch pastelovkdh, odstinech, nabrand, sukSmka. Ale soueasne nastupuji do viaku i deveata obleeend podle hlovYrni podpatky.

Prtwodei tu ztejme neni jenorn od svetove mody, obuta do stteviekti s jetoho, aby progtipnul listky. "Dobre rano, tata, synka veil mate z vojny doma, pravda6e?" Nu znaji se, zpevna mora ygtina siri zvla gtni pohodu. Oei a ugi mag vgude a najednou si vginmeg, jsi pfejel. Zastavka uvcedena v prilvodci jako vYchozi bod pe gi tary do BilYch, je za nami. Ale vlastne se nic nestalo. Aspori pozna g sveravne mesteeko Velkou nad Veliekou. Domky — take nove postavene si zachovaly rysy osobite lidove architektury, i kdy6 dogky a hlina ustoupily novodobemu stavebnimu materialu. "Ptijd'te ptigti tkclen, chystame festival lidovkch pisni," zvou to v samoobsluze. "Kde to bude, v hospode?" "Kdepak. Tady na namesti, pod giOm nedem." Povzdechneg si, '6e to bohu6e1 nevychazi. Ale na dalgim putovani timhle krajem poznag jeho lidove pisne i bez festivalu, zi"eastnig se snad i zrozeni nove pisnieky. Zrovna ji vymkgli, sklada a prozpevuje z pinkch plic • hlapec, kterk na louce pase kravu. Zaposloucha g se, postojig opodal, abys neru gil. Lidova piseri tu neni 6adna, ptikrasa, tryska mo ze 6ivota.

1VIodrozelend silueta htbetu Javoriny vevodi celemu kraji, uz z vlaku jsi

Ve stfedu dne 6. ledna 1965 ji sledoval a ted' vystupujeS nahoru.

V tficetistuprio yem horku se cesta vleee. i kdy g vede lesem. Zato nahore na, chats ti podaji chlazenY bornykovY most. To je ono. Do Udall pak sestupujes hustYm porostern, prodira g se houNepotkaS ani givakka, Bile Karpaty jsou tak troch ustranou be gnemu turistickemu ruchu. 0 to lepe vnima,S "fee" lesta, — Selest, zbukot, cvrlikani. . . Co je tu ptactva! I lesni holubi vrkaji jako o zavod.

Mesteeko Kvetna pod Javorinou dela svemu jmenu test. Strane jsou v pinem kvetu, modraji se tu i ochrnYkene lesni zvoneeky. 8koda, ze mestskY eloy ek nedovede ani pojrnenovat chno, co tu roste, kvete a dere se k bogimu svetlu. Uprostked mesteeka se klene brana velkeho prinnysloveho zavodu. — Morayskoslerskych sklaren. A lids z techto sklaren ochotne poskytnou nocleh pocestnemu, kterY si mysli, ge si zaslougil odpoeinek.

Nastaya nedelni rano, potkavaS svateene obleeene lidi sestupujici z kopanic dohl do mesteeka. "Tam v tom ,cloliku teee mineralni pramen, ureite se napijete, j e to lep gi net slivovice," pobizeji. Cesta ridolim se zu guje, meni se v nfikrou stezku. Pied dvaceti lety, kdyg seSifila zvest o bojIch ve slovenskYch horach, tudy pfechazeli partyzani na Slovensko.

Bile Karpaty site' nepatfi k vele ihoram, ale YYSkove rozdily jsou znaene.

Pfed tebou se yypina ostry svah Lopenika, jednoho z tech sveraznych koppomezi. Na cu vrcholku si trochu udYchane odpoeineg u triangulaeni ve ge a pak ug pokraeujeS pa hfebenu kouzelnou jakoby parkoyou krajinou uprostfed horskych luk.

V dali se rYsuje chata na Mikuleine vrchu, ell dneAni testy. "Kde chcete bydlet, ye srubu nebo v hlayni budove?", zajima se vedouci dru gstevni Jednoty.

Vybrali jsme si podkrovni svetnieku, a tak vidime takfka, z postele daleko do kraje i vysoko na hvezdnate nebe.

Kykula Tohle jmeno j sme si ug yeera pfeeetli na turistickem uka.zovateli a ted' jsme tu. Nebo nejsme? Tady chalupa, tamhle pod strani druha. Par rortrouknVch domkri. Pasekv se jenom velmi vzclaIene podobaji be gne vesnieci Vet:Si staveni je na okraii lesa — vesnicka S'kola snoiena s nrodeinou jeclnoty. "Tadv jests nikdv g adnV °belied nebyl, lidi musili at dolii do -Mali" vvpravi vedouci. "Byla o torn fee letas pied volbami, pasekafi sepsali pogadavky, kamsi to poslali. No a ted' prave otvira.rne. .." Piijizdi dodavicov.

VESTINTiK

vriz (to je kumSt, vyjet sem autem!, zavoznik vylo gi pytle, plechovky, krabice. Novy obchod se zabiha, jsme viastns prvnirni zakazniky. (Chtupave suSenky pkijdou k chuti.) Kramek by se mohl jmenovat "Na pekne vyhlidce".

Rozeklane hory a sra,zna hlouka Udall na slovenske strane, tahly fetez modrayYch hfbettl na Morave. A ty jsou uprostked.

Nedaleko horskYch samot je UherskY Brod, pravdepodobne rodiSte Jana Amose Komenskeho. Autobus projigdi ko lem sidliSte novYch obytnYch domn a vyklopi to na namesti. thledne domy, peknY barokni kostel. Hlavni pozorroost ovSem upouta Makovskeho pornnik "Ueitele narodir a jemu venovane muzeum, zabudovane do nekdejSich mestskYch hradeb. Komenskeho putovain S'irym svetern, pfeklady jeho spisir do desitky jazykir — tohie vSechno je tu znazorneno na mapkach. Uvedomuje'S si, ja ksila jeho mySlenek 'Asobila na cely civilizovanY svet. "PfemySlejte stale o torn, jak by se dal po vkch liaskYch spolednostech mir a pokoj bez na,silnYch prosttedkil zachovati," nabadal Jan Amos Komensk(r.

Je tomu davno, co tahie slova byla keeena. Ale jejich vyzva je stale nalehavejAi. Marketa Vojtovi6ova, ---SPJST----tgtek: rekreaeni stiedisko v USSR Nove rekreaeni stkedisko vyrilsta na litornefickern okrese — v fiSteku. Najdou tu potechu nejen milovnici pfirodnich, ale i historickYch kras. tgtek je starobyle, kdysi podclanske mesteeko deskeho stfeclohoti. 8tihie s dornky s vysokYmi Slity a malelonYmi jsou odkazem stfedoveku. -- 15Stek vznikl na obchodni tests spojujici Litometice a kraj kolem Ceske Lipy s Lug ici. Jeho vyznam rostl a tak se tu vystfidalo mnoho ma,jitelri. Panstvi riAtecke phial v r. 1361 od krale v len° Petr z Michalovic. Po dvaceti letech jej vystfidali pani z Dube, ktefi zaeali mesto opevriovat. V pfedhusitske dobe stab° ji g v hradbach nejen vnitfni mesto, ale i pfedmesti. HusitskV hejtman Vacla,v Garda z Petrovic hradby zpevnil a postavil roku 1428 etvitokou §irokou hradebni vet, tzv.

Pikartskou, dodnes zachovalou. fThtek v to dobe noel vlastni mestsiccr scld. obeane ziskali svabodu v odkazovimi maietku a stehovani, Bvly zavedeny jarmarky, naVto a byli o pet, voleni radio!. Tedy v4chna prava jim g se za feudalismu liSila mesta od.

Pro hospodaloskSr tivot mela zVlagtril

yyznam soukenictvi, saldovnic.tvi a vateni piva, ale take vinice a charakteristicke bylo i rybafstvi, protote v okoli byly dva velike rybniky. U sarnotneho mesta byl menSi podnes zachovanY rybnik BarvirskY. Pied Bilou horou byl fiStek asi tak yelikY, jako v to dobe Melnik a ne mnoho menSi net Usti n. Labem. cetileta, valka se ITSteku celkem vyhnula. Zprisobila vSak podstatnou zmenu v obyvatelstvu, a Thtek se stal i se syYm okolim mestem nemeckYin. Druha polovina XVII. stoleti pi-inatI frpadek. Upada obchod, meSt'ane maji malo poll a jsou stale za.dlugeni.

Neutekne pornery vyvobaly v ruznYch eastech zerne v roce selske paystani, ktereho se zireastnili i poddani panstvi LibMickeho, mezi nimi i obyvatele DAteka.

VelkY yYznain pro cele panstvi i mesto melo zrukni jezuitskeho f.a.du v roce 1773. Panstvi i mesto pref,lo doeasne do statniho majetku a byly provedeny reformy, tzv. raabisace, uskuteenene podle planu F. A. Raaloa Panske dvory byly zrukny, jejich pada rozdelena na mala hospodafstvi a diina zemedelciim za plat. Zaniklo nevolnictvi a robotni povinnost byla pfemenena v pene gni davky. UStek rosti a v roce 1844 mel ji g 1,540 obyvatel ye 247 domoch. V to dobe v nem gil znacny stavebnich delnikn, kte •i pracovali na stavbe drahy. Ke svYm domkfun na eeskem pfedmesti, pfilepenym ke skale, staveli zylaani pfistayby, jet n'vazovaly na sklepy a chodbv vytesa-e v piskovcove skale. Dodnes se pro ne zachovala ;pfezdi,vka, "ptaei domky.”

Ve druhe polovine nainuleho stoleti mel T.J. Stek yYznam hlavne jako zemedelske stfedisko s chmelafskau °blast!.

Chmel se tu pestuje jig od XI. stoleti.

Povestny "Saingilv" chmel dosahl nejvySSich oceneni na svetovYch vYstavach v roce 1877 v Norimberku, v roce 1889 v Paiiti, r. 1890 ye Vidni, 1891 v Praze, v r. 1893 v Chicagu a v Londyne, v r. 1933 opet v Chicagu a v r.

1935 v Bruselu. Jeho vYborna tradice se zachovala dodnes.

V obiasti prrimyslu bvl TM-Lek v minulosti zatlaeen do pozadi. Tim si zachoval svrii starobylV raz. Teprve v poslecini dobe roste mesto kulturne i snoleenskv n St 6 '17 ,4 se whledavaniim 'ilem turistir. Laka je sem novV rvbnik Chmelaf, vybudovami nakladem 2.000.000 korun. Tent() rvbnik slor gi neien rekreaci, ale je drile gity i lehovem ryb.

Rozloha vodni plochy je '70 ha a ma,

VESTNiK

6 dye plate o rozloze 48.000 etvereenich metrn, ktere davaji mo gnost rekreace pro deset tisic navgtevnikri. Je vypracovan smernST itzemni plan mesta a plan ochrany a vyukti pamatkovSTch objektri. Vznika tedy nova, zajimava rekreadni oblast Severoeeskeho kraje.

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Jan Cimbura JINDRICH 8IMON SAAR JIHOCESKA IDYLA Pokraeovani Leti a divno — sedlak ho nekroti, neptidriuje uzdy, ale povoluje a jako by main letel, patou pobizi. Mouchy zmizely lib vettik htebeeka oviva, a chladi, htivu a ocas mu eechra — krevnSr kriri pkichazi do ohne — skok steiva se del gim jistYm a pravidelnStm — jeho smelost odva gnou a sila jeho neukrotitelnou. Nezna pfekagek a jak Cimbura fidi — tak leti pies vgeeko. Vidi lidi spechat Srprkem hetet z PeZautky, Blahouta, Kolibek, Kukli, Loueek — a ygichni tim smerem se genou, kterYm on, Belaeek, utika. Ne — necla se ptedbehnouti — ale pkedbehne vgecky — ach — brave ptedbehne — a bell prima — pies vgeeko tam — k tomu ptaku ohnivaku, ktery na okraji Htinek rudYmi ktidly mava. . .Pod BelaekovYm bkichem mizi obili, staky, ktoyi, mihne se silnice, kmitne se polni cesta, pe gina — v dohledu zjevi se a hued v zapeti mizi rybnik RRakeak a u g jako val s kopem letu pkekagi Blanice, giroka ieka, s obema btehy ol gim i vrbicemi zarostlkmi za ni — hned za ni zvedaji se Mirky zelena se les — hokici les. — Cimbura hlavu pri iskl a g na samy krk koriskk — kkovi zmizelo — voda za gplouchala — a IA na protejgim bfehu ze zeleneho lemu ieky vynokuje se na koni Cimbura. Oauka zustala v kto yi, ale ani toho necitil. .

Do vrchu ted' cestou pkimo k lesu unagi ho kiln. V okam giku na yrgek vyjel a hnizostra gne divadlo zjevilo se jeho ocim. Ne do lesa, ale do plamenneho mote Usti kti yoklata, cesta, po ktere hrmeji kopyta hfebcova.

S obou strain jako svice ohromne hoti smolne smrky pinS7m planalem. Mohutne vetve chveji se garem, jakoby bolesti, jeinne gpendliei praska a prgi na zemi, suche chrasti a stlani chytd — plameny jako po zemi se plazi nalevo — napravo — po gar jako poYoderi se rozleva vyschUrm lesem. Kra-

jni stromy vztahuji ohokele suky jako pahYly rukou zba yene gatu — prosebue k rozeilenYm divaktim, jichZ tady stoji hrstka, ale bez rady a bez rozumu. V gilenem trysku prchaji z lesa do girYch poli veverky, zajici i cela rodina srnei, nad lesem — nad vrcholky stromti chovajicimi tepid, mekka hnizda, se zoufalAn skiekem kroug vrany, divoci holubi, datlove, gluvy, straky a sojky. . .S praskotem hoticich stromy misi se zoufale hlasy lidske: "Pily a sekery sem," — "kacejme stromy" — "lopaty sem a motyky" — "jedinou `brazdu zeme vyhodime" brazdu" "deti tam jsou" — "Cimburovic deti". Jako ve snu sly gi Cimpolaru, bura zmatenou smes z yuktit lidskY. ch hlasu i ptaelho naiku a upira oei do tohoto ohniveho jienu, kterem se ztraci cesta. Musi projet — proletet — protoge jinde v cestu staveil se v cestu stromy — jenom pegak mute se jimi propletat musi cestou — touto cestou a ne jinou — protaoge tudy ,nejbliZe a kiln rozehnanii.

"Stranou," zahtimal Cimbura stragnSrm hlasem na klubko lidi, zmatene pobihajicich. Vykkikli, na vgechny strany se rozprchli, Beldeek nataZenou hlavu pozdvihl — ohnivou branu pied sebou spattil, a net se Cimbura naddl, stranou skoeil a podel lesa beZel. Beldeku, Belaeku, cos to uoinil! Selhals, aoodvedls hospodake, kterSr na tebe spolehl — neznag Cimburu, ale poznag ho — hned — ted' ho poznag ba uz poznava g . . .

Beladek, od pkirody zvike mekkohube, nikdy jegte nemel ostre uzdy v hube, ale pouze jednoduche stihlo a tim si jen pohraval, jazyk a zuby o ne brous9. Cimbura trhl rukou a Belaeek bolesti zatieel — eelisti rozgklebil, do v3-i ge se yzepjal a poslugne jako eamrda na zadnich nohach hlavou zpatky k ohni se otoell. Jako by po jehlach siapal, drobn3-7mi krtlety na miste pfe glapoval, nogky Izadkem Aryhazaval, pkiedkem se vzpinal, ale s mista se nehVbal.

"Co mini Cimbura?" hadaji lide. .

"Prot neleze s kone? Snad nechce ohnem proiet?" a u g hrnou se ke koni a jezdci.

"Blaznig , Cimburo?" kkieel Sernoch a popad1 -chvejiciho se kone za uzdu, "do ohne ho nedostane g — stne se negtesti."

"Stranou, jsou tam moje MI!" — porouei Ciimbura. Nadlidska sila a

Ve stkeda dne 6. ledna 1965 zoufale odhodlani zni z jeho hiasu a ernoch pougti kone.

Vgichni zapomneli pro okaankk na pogax — na deti na pomoc koriafi se v nich probudili a sami hoteli zvedayosti — vjede Cimbura do lesa, nebo nevjede; co se stane? co provede Vzepne se jako svice na zadek, a neskodi-li jezdec yeas, kiln se s nim pkevrhne a zamdekne ho. .

Na bok se vrhne Co provede nohu jezdce pferazi. . Co provede kiln? Zadkem vyhodi, az jezdec pies hlavu mu pkeleti. Co provede ktini — ?

Ale neznali jezdce a neznali htebee.

"Vydej silu," zaznel povel zase po dlouhe dobe v dui Cimburove. Jizva mu zbrunatnela, v gecko kolem se propadlo a pouze to vedomi zbylo, ze musi s 13elaekem vjet do lesa a vyvezt Verunku a svoje dvojgatka.

"Vydej silu — vie — vie," slygel Cimbura a koleny zmaell kone pod sebou bolesti jako vleek °tool' se hiebec ttikrat po sobe na malem misteeku -Cimbura uzdou trhl a htebec jako pes na zadek se posadil a pak jezdec pavolil a udidlo povolilo, kolena povolila, ruka hospodafo ya Poplacala hiebce pa krku: "nie platno, Belaeku — spulu tam musime," prosebne promluvila Usta hospodatova. . . Belaeek citil se pkemogen3-an, darmo s jezdcem bojoval — Beldeek, kun chrabrST a proto hezelstnSr, stoji klidne jako o yeeka a chape, ze nesmi zakekne shodit hospodaie, kterS7 mu u2 take dtv'efuje, poslechnout musi a jit tam, kam ho polene. A tak uZ ne dva tvorove, Cimbura a hfebee, ale sam Cimbura, jell& o kone silnejai, vet gi a rychlej gi, a hiTec pod nim o Cimburu smelej gi a odvaZnejk to stoji. SplYyaji spolu v jednu bytoist — hroznou — ovladanou jedinou ptig ernou Jako plamen zasvitily nahle Beldekovi oei, rtitgove chtipi se mu rozklenulo, kratka srst se zje gla, pad jemnou ktifil nabebly mu ally, po krku, plecich i nohach jasne vyvstala spletita, krvi tyrde nalita jejich sit', ztenila postava jako by se v cele krase chtela ukazat, vypjala se do vSige a do delky se protahla. BClaeek hrde, s pokojene pohodil hlavou a nozdrami frkl tak mocne, ae to zaznelo, jako by dlanemi zatleskal, a klusem mirn3- n vracel se na cestu.. .

Kit nezda se divaktiun konem a Cimbura Cimburou. Cosi nadzemskeho, hrdinskeho iako v nohadce rozeklenuto se nrt d nimi lide chanali, z.e jezdec i loan s; porozumneli, a kdybv ted' z hoficiho lesa vyjel proti nim drak, le y — cokoliv, ti dva ze se ,neotodi, ale proj edou.

Ve stredu dne 6. ledna 1965 "SvatY vyktikl v tom kdosi a vSichni poklekli, aby za ty dva zasvecence smrti se pomodlili. Hrilza je nchvatila a nic jim nevadilo, r2e byl Cimbura bos, prostovlasV, v reZne koSili a odicenh koziovicich, aby v nem nevideli bohatYra. .

Slovo nevySlo z Cirnburovych rtu, jenom na kratce zase uZ drZel v rukou remeni, a kdyZ Belaeek dobehl aZ k same ohnive brane, prihrbil se jezdec, jako pijavice prilnul ke koni, nohama sevrel kone a krasnym plavnYm krokern zmizel v dYmu a plamenech. Jako soustopohltil je les, lidem se ulevilo.

Napeti jako by pominulo, vSecko vrhlo se ted' na zachranne nrace, kde stdli, pratole ti dva tam jsou uZ tak jako tak ztraceni. Pronese hrebec Cimburu?

Nepronese! Podlehne! Ztrti smer!

KlonYtne o karnen, koten anebo paiez! Uderi do dreval Padne a zabisel DYmem se zalekne a klesne!

2drena se spla'Si a Cimbura ho uz neovladne! Ach, tot' jisto, Ze neni easu dal myslit, jak ho zachranit. . . Lida nribihaji ze vSech stran myslivci a hajni vidi hoSeni, od Pisku vojsko sem haZi, rang seker se ozyvaji, pily skripou, zemee, vyhazovana lita do ITY:Se, stromy se kaceji zvedd se priznivY vitr, chodni, obraci prye od lesa plameny k polim — Hurky jsou zachraneny, az na dye, tri jitra znieeneho lesa.

"Hled'te, hled'te," ozYvaji se ted' vYkriky. To Cimbura uZ kus cesty od lesa klati se ke vsi. . PeSky jde a pri nem BeMeek se nadna,Ai a tnei, na pru2nych noZkach se pohybuje, krk zallYbd a hluene vyfrkava nalokany dym.

Na konskem hibetu jako na lavici hovi si Martinek s oba drZi opatrne pine clZbaneeky jahod — Chlapik hluda radostne 'Atekd, obihaje kone ye veilkYch kruzich, a Verunka ubihd, k Putimi, aZ :Sateeky ji vlaji, povedet mamince. Ze Beldeek s tatinkem pro ne do horiciho lesa prijeli. `Neni MoZna," Zasnou lide — a piece vidi Cimburu klidne se stavet na ohromne nohy, vidi, kterak rukou hladi larebeeka, hladi i synky.

"Hola, Cimburo, jsi to ty anebo nejsi?" void nail aernoch, void jrnenem 'aech za hroboveho ticha.

"Bud' Bohu chvala, ja jsem to, moje deli to jsou a mirj kith to jde pri nine vSichni Zivi a zdrdvi," odnovida, radostne Cimbura. Ale nezastavuje se, nisi cestou dolft s konce, rovnou k yelikernu podkostelnimu rybniku.

Roueek, JaroS, Koubsky, eernoch — heed v'Sichni za nim a. vidi Cimburu

VESTNIK na vlastni oei vidi souseda zdraveho, jen dlouhe vlasy and seZehnuty, vidi 1 kone zclraveno, jen hriva a ocas jsou kratSi, Zrdne jakoby pristriZeny a Clanbanal i kone cititi dYrnem a emoudem a pokryti jsou popelem.

"Ohnem jsme 'St'astne proleteli, deset skokii sta_Vilo a byli jsme za nim.

PoZdr SIM se pa kra j i rychle, ale do hloubi Wesel — prekaZei ne ()hen, ale dYm — ten jako raffia husth napino7 yal les a pro strorny a bezvetri k nebi Vznesti se nemohl — na krok pied sebe jsme nevideli, ale slySell jsme — Chiapika psa jsme slySeli a poteSil jsem se jet i kfrn, zavolal jsem, pes pribehl a k detem ads dovedl Verunka 112 utikala s nimi a dobre utikala, prye od ohne vzhuru cestou na Skaltiv vrch a k Selibovu. . ."

"Tva Lena, Marjanka sem beli!" y ykrikl v torn Kolatik a Cimbura se zasta.vil i kane zadrZel — pribehl Jan a Frantik.

"Maminko, maminko!" trasly se na rnatku deti a ona letela k nim s otevren1m narueim. — Primo s kone na krk se ji kloaekove povesili a ona s niml zem se posadila, hlaclila je 11bala. . .Oslzel Cimbura — Stestim a radosti aslzel. .

Honzik s Frantikem Beldekovi sundali pohribenik, podpenku i podocasnik i chomout s polStarern, Cimbura kone za kohoutek se pridrZel, vySvihl se nail a vjel s nim do vlahe lazne rybnieni.

Pil, dlouho a Ziznive pil hrebeeek lined u kraje, ale pak do vody se pustil, rely do vcdy se ponoril, jenom hroty oei a nozdry v jedne care vyeuhovaly mu nad vodou — plul jako podmorsky elun, voda kalem neho sotva znatelne se hybala a s braze ho ani videt nebylo: jen Cimburu bylo videt; stal na 2dclech kone a zdalo se, ze jako cinch se, vzodSi po modre hladine velikehO rybnika. . .

V Dnes jc nedele. Z putimskoho huh varhany a otevrenYmi dvcdrni ven pies hrbitoV do volne p rirody. pine zrajiciho u_Z obili, leti piseh mocnYch nebes — zeme".

VaZni sedlaci, osmahle tvare eerstve olaolene, cllouhe vlasy na.d aelern rozMei* silui a otuZili stoji zde na svYch nnistech nad ohromnY-mi bilYmi nahrobniky rytirt Ft.:Rac3.kovcil z Mirovie a jako slabe deti skla,neji se zde pod gotickau klenbou vy :bileneho kostelika rozvane hlavy sve. .. Jednou tYdne zde pied Bohem se poketuji, ko-

7 leno ohYbaji, na detskou drobotinu pied oltarem a drevene mriZky se zanad Zivotem se zamysli. .. CelY tyden nezbYva k tome easu, ale v nedeli touzi po slave boZim, ktere po home i pozorne vyslechnou, snesou hapomenuti, k srdci si vennou povzbuzeni, z vroucich srdci si zazpivaji a osveZeni, s cluSemi jakoby umytYmi a svateene csiencani vychazeji pak z kostela na hroby syYch Jako kaLle nedele r Cimbura stoji s hlavou obnaZenou nale hrobem PiksovYm. Nahle mu kdosi hulkou zat'ukal na rameno, rychle tedy hrob i eelo pokriZoval a ohleal se. StarY Kovanda std."' za, nim, nejak cedy piepadlY, v pasu jakoby zlomenk, o onreny. .

"Jdu se, chlapee, schvalne na tebe podivat," zaeal starec vesele lined pied hrbitovem, kdyZ vyAli "jsi zase slavau pokryt, eels' kraj o tobe mluvi a o tvem srdnatem "A strejee," mdvl rukou Cimbura, "jaka chvala? KaZdY, kdo by tam mel den., jednal by tak."

"To snad — to snad; ale kone by tarn nedostal — nikdo jiny uZ ne — jen ty. To oni dobre yedi. Putimaci hlavati. I silnY Oernoch to vi a prato velebi, chvali a obdivuji — ukarils jim, kdo jsi — to byl kousek, kterY si obec zapamatuje. Ale hochu, konika, toho konika bych rad yjdel," a zapadlet oea rozhorela se Kovandovi jako dva Ziznive uhlieky. CoZ teprve potom u Cumburn na dvore, kclyZ hosboddr pustil hrebce svobodne, jen s chlaykou ze staje ven. `AZ na srst — odd mama. Jako bych videl Divokou, ma jeji hlavu i telo tak nadnaSi, jenom trochYtek je vyCSi a ovkm silnejM," kritisoval ho Kovanda, oei s uSlechtileho zvirete nespouSteje.

"Ale jd na tvem miste dal bych ho vykleStit,"radii je§te no odchodu..

"A proe?" prekvapene ptal so Cimbura.

"HZ ho videla komjse?"

Tu teprve pochopil hospoddr, nae sedlak bije.

"Tak jen abys o neho nepr g el. ValdAka rizu by ti nevzali, ale hrebce, takoveho hrebce, nevim, hochu, nevim."

Pee, se presunula jinam. Kovanda vypravel, jak ho vaecko zvolna opou"Dobraka uZ neni — Pstruhy sedlak prodal a ted' ma Tygry — oba, stejne barvy, radost na ne: pohledet; ale nejsou uz moje. Jd k zemi rdZ se sklanim, do hrobu se divetm, svetem

VESTNiK se loudim i tebou dnes —" tskne mluvil stark a vyZadoval si, aby ho Cimbura ke hrobu nes' a do hrobu spoudtel: "Jsi jako nad — tak s nadimi naposled mi pos10, a2 me odi na veky zavrou —."

A zavkely se. . . Nez svata Markyta hodila srp do Z•ta — jedte piede mi — ttemi paxy koni ptivezli Kovandu ve fasuilku hrachovinou peelive vystlanem ke kaplieee svate Anny a od nu na ramenou donesli ho k svatemu Vavkineeku jeho synove nesli a Cimbura s nimi, jako by do rodu Kovandovic vlastni byl; i do hrobu ho spuSil. .

Smuten vratil se domil a vdeene vzpominal aZ do smrti jako na vlastniho otce na nebnZtika Kovandu, jeho keel a usudku se dovolaval, jeho ptislovi opakoval, jeho radami se iidil pouze tou posledni ne. Nemohl a nemohl se rozhodnout, vydati hi4ebeeka na pospas nunvairim. Vedel, 'Ze by pak razem ztratil vdechnu bystrost, vdechen oheri, 2e by se stal z jink, neteenk a tlustk valach.

Zato brzy tkasla se v nem dudieka jako v siti rybieka. Starosta poslal po sedlacich palieku s tidtenkm oznamenim a se vzkazem fistnim, Z"e za tkden bode v piseckem hkebeincj prohlidka koni. . hkebeeek byl uz mezi korimi na listine zapsan a musil na "paradu" s ostatnimi. Vylinal k jaru.

0 t. ehnutk ocas i hfiva mu znova narostly a odpodatY po zime pkimo hkkil silou i bujarosti, kdy. s Cimburo• k Smrkovicilm z Putime vyjel. Vdichni sedlaci jeli. Jell na konich yydriotenkch jen v sediech i na dekach — jejich pacholci i jejich syni — i Frantik s Honzikem sedeli na kobylach jeli; ale Belo,eek musel bkt prvni. Nesnesl, aby ho natio pkedjel vzpinal se a hryzal kone nalevo, napravo, az cestu si proklestil, prvni vyrazil a ostatni volky za nim. Pies Smrkovice, Semice hnala se ta selska kavalkdda a na vodrianske silnici teprve zatoeila k Pisku. Rada rybnikil po leye strane zaleskla se v rannim slunci.

Kladterske rybnieky, jako na niti ril2encova, zrna, na pottleku navleeene: Berakovec, 8arlak, svitily se, jako by byly ne vodou, ale tekutkm stiibrem nahnany. Po prave ruce lesem dernala se Kravi Hora a uprostked jako by krvi hokely tadkove stkechy hkebeinskkch kasaren, polnknkch pH same silnici sotva pul hodiny pied Piskem.

Oernalute natrena vrata byla v nich dokokan otevfena, a vypasenk stra-

mistr dlouhk bit v ruce — dekal na to stado se•skkch koni s opovrZlivkm Usinevem v brunatne tvaki. Ale co to?

Proti nemu jede zvolna kith — ktin jako panna — ba kdyby nebylo them, fekl by stark strOmistr — ktiri jako andel krasnk. . Bid mu v ruce klesl, straZmistr na bobek se posadil a zdola nahoru kone pozoroval.

"Htebec je to," vykkikl hlasite, "kde ho ukradl ten hloupki sedlak?" a za.vist zahokela v nem. . • Ne — tu — v celem hkebeinci nestoji ani jedink takovk kun jako tenhle dini1 zde. . .

Stark vojak a skudenk, koriak div se Belaekovi 0 k zemi nepoklonil, kdyZ" k nemu dojeli, uctive• mu s testy ustoupil a rukou mu ukazal na prostornou jizdarnu ye dvoke. Vojaci snou, kde Ze se v jejich "vachmistru" ta vlidnost k sedlak• najednou bere.

Beladek prvni a ostatni za nim projeli vraty a staoveli se do tady.

"Tenhle zazrak koriskk aZ uvidi nad stark," kkidel stralmistr po nemecku a posilal kaprala podivat se na silnici, nejede-li od Pisku jedte slavna komise. Sam se od htebce nehnul, dokud ho neprohlednul. Hubu mu rozevfel a zuby spodital. na pesti zmekil u kohoutku i v krizi, nohy mu promakaval. Blililo se k devate, kdy2 zahreel pied kasarnami koear.

Rytmistr a dva dilstanici vedli na dvtir a postavili se k malernu stoleeku.

Svazek listin nan poloZili, zverolekak rovnou zamekil k nejbli2dimu koni.

Odvod koni odbkval se rychle a hiadtu a tam nekterk novk pki • yl, o jinem ce. Bylo mnoho starkch znamkch — sedlak vykladal, kam se podel, kam ho prodal anebo vymenil. Na opadnem konci stal Belaeek. Stramistr hlasil site rytmistru, Ake zvike stoji na konci tady, ale ten jen zabrueel cosi do husarsky vykroucenkch kniril a zaborn ostre oci sve do koni nejbliMich.

Zkidka nekteremu z koni poruall z tacly yen a probehnout se, 'ukazat se komisi — a tu i Belakem to trhalo, hrabal netrpelive syPkk, hrubk pisek, pkevykoval uzdu, mu 'Deny od fist padaly, az koneene dodlo i na neho.

Dustajnici ho spatrili a 0 dech se v nich zatajil.

Beladek stal v pine slave, vyparadeny, jako zenith. KilZe jeho byla neobydejne jemna, srst kratka a nebyl bilk, ale skoro riAZ'ovk, jak se bilk thlup s dernkm spolu smichal. eho hfiva 2lutou slamou vypletena, a tulle copanky visely mu na rovnem eele mezi bystrkma alma i po silnem, jakoby

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Ve stiodu dne 6. ledna 1965 z mramoru vytesanem krku. Pane vybehlk ocas naplriuje husta, eista, derna tine a tak dlouha, Ze ji Beldeek skorem po zemi za sebou vlaei. . . Nohy nad kopytem az ke kolenu jsou kost a kirZe — tenke a suche jako nohy jeleni —kaZdk kloub, Alachu j. 2ilu jest na nich zketelne znat.

"Kde se tu vzalo to udlechtile zvike? Jakeho je puvodu?"

"Je to arab — pul araba jister' hued hada, rytmistr, chode pin ficty a obdivu kolem a ukazuje na jeho srst, hkivu i ocas.

"Postavou a typem j e to berber," tvrdi zverolekak.

"Ma dtiel, vkraznou hlavu a nebkti to dirril, kekl bych: anglidan," mini chistoj nik.

A Beladek stoji a "upejpa se".

Cimbura ho provadi, konik ukazuje slavne komisi, jak prOne ma nohy, chfizi ani v behu Ze se "nestilia", "nezadlapuje" ani "nestrouha", at' jde krokem anebo klusem, ze nohou nekrouti, nekulha, zpkedu, zezadu, se stran pozoruji, ostfe pozoruji Belaeka, ale poskvrny, vady na nem nenalezaji.

Vdichni PutimAti jsou hotovi a odjell; ale 13616,61a stale jedte prohli‘Zeji — znovu provadeji a obdivuji na dvoke kasaren.

Male srdce jest v Cimburovi. Nic dobreho netudi, ani sobe, ani koni. Na Kovandu si vzpomina, pozde lituje a nakika, Ze mel dat piece jen hkeloce po jaru vyklisnout.

"Rozvedou nas, najisto nas rozvedou," depta mu vnitkni hlas — — — "Nechame si tu hiebce mesie na zkoudku," — povida mu zverolekak a vojak hned uz dava hkebci erarni uzdu a do stajii hoodvadi — "osveciel-li se, dostanete za to zvike tolik, kohl( budete chtit —" "Neprodam Be:Jana —" "Tak dostanete tolik, za,e my ho odharineme, starosty slnZime penize — Jan Cimbura jste — z Putime 'Oslo 25 — ‘Ze ano?"

Na stani zakehtal hkebedek, zaplakal tajne v srdci svem pro neho Cimbura a s ohlavkou v ruce vychazel z kasaren. . .

Smuten vratil se bez konika, uzdu na hkebik povesil a ani slova nepromluvil jidla se nedotkl.

"MO rozum," valne, ale laskave pilpominala mu 'Zena, "odvedou syna na vojnu, otec s matkou se rmouti a nomohou si? 61ovek narukovat musi, nekku-11 Cimbura kkval hlavou, rozum mu

Ve stredu dne G. lecloa, 1965

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Marjanka mluvi svatou pravdu a poeital v duchu: JeSte rok a pi:0de do Pisku pied vojenske pany ne s konem, ale s Piksovkm synem, jeho jako sveho miluje, a je gte dve leta a ptijde s Franckem, druhYm synem a Cimbura nepochybuje, Se by se pantun nelibili tisickrat vic ne2 celk Belakek a pied zrakem otce zjevily se gtihle, ztepile postavy obou hochfi — jako voda leta utekou a jako letos do ,koly, tak povede k asentu svoje dvojeatka, MMartinka s Va giekern a jak teprve s temi se bude teSko loueit.

Zvire je svire, od toho srdce odpadnout, mysl na ne zapomenout mute i kdyby to Beldeek byl, tak se utegoval a to zvla gte tenkrat, kdy2 mu soused Hubaeek, ktery ted' byl starostou, vyplatil brzy po mesieni lhrite pinych dvanact stovek za hrebce a podal psani, Se Beldeek zristane na, vojne.

Ale Cimbura netruchlel sam, truchlely pro dobreho konika i deti, a to nejen deti Cimburovic, ale deti z celeho Putime. Belaeek uz site nechodil v posledni dobe do g koly, nedival se ote vi'enYm oknem v lete na sve drobne soudruhy, nestavai na prahu a neloudii ,na, nich kfirky chlebove, mel vaSnej gi a Vaal praci, ale vernym pritelem to drobotiny detske stistal. Dite mohlo na Belaeka sednout, mohlo ho podlezt, zaprahnout a yyprahnout, co chtelo s nim delat, a konik mu neubliSil — a to slate zvire ted' detem odvedli na vojnu.

Tak minulo asi pul roku. Zima se bliSila a ohlagovala mlhou, mraziky a kratkYm deem. Stromy bestiste eekaly smutne na jeji prichod.

"Vojacl. Vojaci!" zaradovaly se deti a zastavily se i a panem ueitelem pied gkolou. Pomalu, krokem bliSil se k urn hloueek jezdcil.

"Pothvalen Pan JeSi g", — sborem pozdravili ho gi i deveata. DUstojnik se usinal, zasalutoval a laskave, jednou rukou PridrSuje bujneho hrebce a druhou opiraje si volne o bok, prosi kluky.

I kluci meli zrejme zalibeni v nem.

Libi se jim jeho vysoke boty, lehke, shrnovaci, se Slutou rakoskou v libi se j im Cerny kun i 'Mute sedlo na nem — oeka se jim jako hvesdieky sviti a trpyti; ale vtom se strhl mezi nimi krik: "Beldeek! Cimburovic Belaeek!" zajasaly deti.

"Belaeku! Belaeku, tu mac! Pojd' sem," volalo jedno pies druhe a ruCkama lovily hned v kapsach i v koSenYch a slarnenYch tagka.ch.

Hrebec mugak pozdvihl hlavu, zastrihal u gima, velke eerne oci uprel na deti, chvilieku jako by serozpominal a najednou se•ou trhl a rosbail se rovnou k &tern. Marne kapeal, co na nein sedel, uzdou trhal, klel a nadaval.

Chiapec jako palec utikal Belaakovi naproti. "Koukejte, kluci, to je nag volal pygne cestou a natahoval rueku po koni. Ten se u klorieka zastavil, hubu mu nastavil, radostne zarehtal a ocuchaval Cimburovic Martina, kterk se tu setkal s milovanym svkm druhem. . . HFebec k nemu hlavu sehnul, ani se mu nehnul, do tacky mu eichal, Martinek ho hladil po mekkern nose, za uzdu ho popadl a Sadonil: "Voja,eku, vojaeku mfij zlatej, nechte me sednout na Beldeka."

Za, pekneho podzimniho dne z piseckeho hrebeince vyjelo nekolik jesdcil. V eele na hrebci eernem jako havran sedel pan rytmistr a za nim na teSkYch konich sama garSe. . . Jeli vodrianskou silnici a pekoe se jim, jelo. Z mlh brzy prokiovalo se slate sluneeko, stribrne nitky babiho leta poletovaly vzduchem, s poll pri silnici vonel din pasackkch ohniekri.

Jezdci minuli Semice, Novk selibovskk rybnik a teprve nekde u Protivina pomyslili na navrat.

Rytmistr otoeil vranika napravo, sjel s cisarske silnice a zameril ke Skalam, Hermani a RaSidn.

Rytmistr se smal smali se i ostatni vojaci. — Hannal se sehnul, vyzvedl klueika a posadil pied sebe do sedla. . .

V Putimi na veSi odbijela desata.

Pan ueitel prave pou gtel prvni oddeleni Sakii &mit, kdyS na drevenem moste pies Blanici, jako , kdyS shluboka zahrmi, sadunela kopyta koni. .

"Mmle, pojedeme k nam, to budou mit tatine radost — a maminka a Honzik s Franckem — a Verunka — a Vasa -- ten stone a neni dnes ye gkole — vaichni u nas se rozveseli," hovorilo dire a hrebc jako by rozumel, otoeil se a padil rovnou k Cimburovino — ostatni vojaci na konlch za nim.

U Chnburri does mlati. Jenom selka vari obed. "Co se to deje?" nomyslila si, kdyS ye svetnici u kamen zaslechla dusot koriskYch kopyt. Skoeila k oknu ahle — Beldeek jede k nim. Martin sedi na nem a za Martinem vojak s navoskovankmi krioury a za Beldekem jeg te pet nebo Best ji-

nych hrebcii. . .

Vybehla tak, jak u plotny stala, dokoran vrata otevrela a konika srdeCue ye statku vitala. Vitala i pana rytmistra, vitala i ostatni pany vojaky.

Mlatci s miatu ze stodoly na dviir vyskoeili, vy gel valne i hospodar a oei na Belaekovi mohli v gichni nechat — jake panske zpilsoby si osvojil, ja.k hlavu dr2i a jak si vykraCuje; ale chvali ho, Se se za svrij domov nestydi a na ne :nezapoinnel.

Vojaci s koni sesedali, selka jim bochnik chleba s noSem podala a sama hroudu Sluteho masla s bilou soli na taliri jim potam podrSela. Cimburu ouzel°, Se nesmi dati konim ovsa — zato jim predloSil po otkpce suckieho, nenamlaceneho jetele. Honzik vodu vaSil a Frantik v putYnce ji lifebcrim donagel. I chorY Vagik jako, by se posdravil, vybehl s Verunkou k Belaekovi a hladil ho po sehnute krasne giji.

Cimbura mluvi s rytmistrem a PSiii se radosti, nobot' dristojnik ehvalou nad Beldekem oplYva. Zasmu gil se vgak hospodar, nebot' sly gi, Se hrebec 112 se nejmenuje Beladek, ale "Marengo" Se se mu musi likat po slavnem gimlu cisate Napoleona.

"Marengo!" zavolal kapral — a a) — Beldeek hned pozdvihl hlavu. Slygel na to jmeno. . Mrzutil se Cimbura a smena jmena zmirtiovala bolest loueeni. . . Belaeek tak jako tak zmizel a Marengo? Marengo? Ach ne — tak by mu nikdo u Cimburri za nic rikat nemohl.

Odjeli vojaci z Putime — odjeli pied polednem. AS pied dvrir j e Cimburavic vyprovodili a pied dvorem postall, aS se zase za koni zapra gilo a oni za vr gek zmizeli. Te gili se, Se se zase shledaji s milovanYm hrebeekem v Pisku se po nem ohliSeli, ale konik jako by do vody spadl, strati' se tim. Hrebci se k jaru rozjeli po stanicich a s nimi z hrebeince smizel i Belaeek.

Kdyby v gak byl Cimbura eital deriske noviny, byl by eetl o tom, kterak Marengo sbira, po vkstavach ceny a na dostihach vyhrava v gecky sazky.

Byl by se dozvedel, Se po•est o torn hrebci jde Evropou, Se se pi ge o nem jako o nejsla,vnej gim muzi. Cimbura s fiSasem byl by slygel celk vylhank rodokmen, kterY o Marengovi se ticlaval, byl by sly gel, Se Beldeek je matky Arabky po andaluzskem hrebci, tedy kon eistokre ynk a neobyeejne vsacn3"7. A Cimbura, jiste, jaky uS on byl, byl by si sedl a teSkou rukou byl by napsal do techto novin pravdu,

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ze jeho konik neni gadny MMarengo, ale ke je to poctivY, eesky BeMeek, jeho mamou, ze nebyla gadna svetobend Arabka, pobehlice nejaka, ale rodoverna klisna Divoka z Kovandovie statku v Hradigti, na to ke byl puhiebec Mugak u Dvorakft v Pi gtine, ze je to tedy eeskY ktiri, narozenY i odchovanY v Ceske vsi Patimi Janein Cimburou, sedlakem z eisla 25.

8koda, ze neeital Cimbura videilskYch novin. Byl by se i o torn dale doeetl, ke nejlep giho hrebce Marengo, daroval sam cisat pan svemu generalu jizdy, knigeti windiggrecovi.

Okem nespatril Beladka ani Honzik, kterY s jedenactYm plukem piseckYm korunniho prince Alberta Sa,skeho legel v Tridentu, ani Francek, ktery pied dvema lety narukoval k g enijnimu sboru a pridelen byl k raketnimu oddeleni.

VI. Deset let u g v Ptutimi fararoval pater Hynek Skala. Deset let vystupoval v nedeli i ve svatek po azkYch schodkacla do drevene kazatelny a oznamoval verne osadce sve, kdo se bude zenit, za koho a kdy In ge svata, bude, posty a prtivody, porad slugeb bogich —to vgeeko po eehorte predeital svym klidnYm, mirnim hlasem. Mali ho radi osadnici a do jiste miry byli i pygni na sveho fora ge; nebot' posedla, ho takova, lidska slabnstka, ktera so s nimi Jako vgiclmi osadni sedlaci jeho, i on miloval — kone. Bylo to podivne — on Skala, rodak z Pisku, metke Bite, kdy pri gel mezi Pitumaky na jejich starobylou faru a poeal hospodarit, do roka zamiloval si kone — ne snarl ureiteho kone, jeden nebo dva pary — ale kone vabec a zvla gt' kagcleho dokonaleho a bezvadneho. Byl vgak velikY rozdil mezi laskou j eho a laskou selskou. Sedlak citil se svYm valagkern ei kobylou, srostl s nimi nemoha se od nich odloueit, ani kdy zchromli nebo mu oslepli. . . Farm Skala s se zbavil kone snadno a lebce, mohl-li ho nahrajirthn a lep gim. Kane s chybou ve staji nestrpel a nikdo nevidel ho jeti jinak, ne g klusem. Na dvore vsedl do koedru a vytahl hodinky. "Jed', Mateli," porueil g oeimu a zadival se konim na nohy a na hlavy. Kdy g koblar zabouril na piserkern d.la g deni, vytahl znovu hodinky. "Dobre pochvalil si, netrvala-li jizd y dale nek etvrt hodiny.

"Muslin se shanet po novem paru", zabrueel zlostne, kdy kone o minutu se zpozdili.

"Kona miluje, ale citu k nim nema, cit mu chybi," rikali sedlaci, "protole neni ze selskeho, nevyprostl v torn.

Kun je mu jako kun, jen g kdy je zdravy a kra,,sny v torn •etka nezapre," a chodili v de gti i blate sami pesky, je naby si kone odpoeali.

Ale kdy se ye .Skoeici o opouti sjeli knegi z daleka giroka, kdy prijeli kone dekana z Vodnan, dekana z Bavorova, dekana z Protivina, dekana z Volyne prohligeli si je sedlaci se zkjmem a znalecky, kdy koeove projialeli kolem skoeickeho zamku. Jenom Putimati plate mleeli — chvalousetrili jako by zlata ukrajoval, a g prifieel jejich pan farar! — Jako vitr pricvalali dva do paru a barvy shledani kone — jeden jako druhY, stejne vysoci, jeden od druhello k nerozeznani.

"A — a podivejme se, odkud pak tohle spreg eni je?" — "To bude vydlu geknigeci --" ne "Co, vydlug ene? To jsou kone z Putime, to jsou kone nageho fardie," rozkrikli se tea' putim gti chlubne a obstoupili kone i kook, a v gecky ty dekanske nary musily ustoupit — schovat se pied koni farare Skaly.

Proto tohle meli racli sveho farare a byli hrdi na neho. I dnes zvedli ke kazatelne vzharu svoje hlavy, ale farare sveho dnes sotva poznavali. Jeho usineva tvai jako by o deset let zestarla, pobledla, siti vrasek jako pavueinou se potahla, ztepild, vznosna, postava se prihrbila, jakoby pod ohromnYm bremenent, a Wee vystupoval po schfal kach, tak jako by ten papir, kterY v bilYch rukach se mu chvel, centy vagil.

HrobovYm, jakoby cizim hlasem jal se predeitati proklamaci k valce, ke dvoji valce, do ktere se Rakousk.o zapletlo s Pruskem a Italii soueasne. 2enske se hlasite rozplakaly a inu gi svesili hlavy na prsa.

Tak — tu to maji potyrzene, o eem se u g dlouho mluvilo a psalo, eerne na bilem Ceti to farad-- s kazatelny a pHbil pak na, dvere chramove. Bude vojna — bude...!

Cela sklieend, jako glomend kraeela potcm CimIntrova z kostela domu. Starost jako te gky ,balvan le gela na ni a ohYbala ji k zemi.

"Chudela," litovaly ji sousedky, "ma tam oba — Jana i Frantika." Rozlitostnily se site j nad Kavalirkou, jeji syn slou gil u pechoty, litovaly domkarku Sekyrovou — tu, co mela syna Vencu na vojna kyrysarem, ale nejvice citily galu pro Cimburku. Zeny se site rozegly, mug i jako jindy v krougcich

Ve stredu dne 6. ledna 1965 stali je gte dlouho pied kostelem. Otveractvi vytratilo se jirn z oci, smith zmizel s tvati.

"Bude vojna — bude," jako hrana znelo vg em v hlavach i srdcich...

Vtom brankou hibitovni vychazeli k nim pan aeitel Dominik Jelinek s fararem. Beze slova hrnuli se hned k nim muki.

"Zle bude," chvejicim se hlasem promluvil faraf a svesil hiavu. Tim postesknutim prolomil tcho a u g sypaly se otazky: "Kdy to zaone?" — "Kam pogenou nag pluk — na g jedenacty regiment?" — "A je-li pravda, ze sam majitel ,nageho yluku, sam print bert ze Sas ze prijde — Sasaci s nami ze se spoji?"

"Dve armady budou, d ye — severni a jinni," rozhodil farai ruce, "tot' jisto, protoge ze dvou stran nas napadnou, na dve fronty treba se bit a te glo yeclet, kde bude stat piseckY pluk. Ted' legiy v Triendentu a tarn asi zustane a ptijde do ohne proti Ital. Ale sehniny, co zbyly v Pisku — ty povedOu tarn, kam nejblig, k JiClnu nekam. Pan Buh bud' s nami," dodal je gte a zmizel ye fare. Ode gel bolne a trapne dojat. . .

Nemohl se dale divat do azkostlivYch zrakii Cimburovi, ani Kolarikovi, Vlachovi, ani Kavalirovi.

"Zaprahni, pojedeme do Pisku," porueil na dvae koeimu a po chvili ug volal na sedlaky, kteri tu stall jako teak, hustY mrak: "Jedu do Pisku — bude-l1 man& vy gvedet nee°, povim vam po pogehnani" — z koedru tak zavolal a ug se schoulil do jeho kouta a po zvyku hodinky vytahl, lhostejne se na ne podival, zastreil je, ale kolik je hodin, nevedel — konim na nohy se dival, ale nevidel jich. "Bude vojna bude" hueel ostarou jeho hlavou. Spa, lehal hlavne na setnika Hrozneho z Bojemilft v Pisku, ten ze mu povi, co bade s piseckou pechotou a klatovskou jizdou — povi neco o nadeji na vitezstvi, o generalech, kteii budou koman, dovat, ale marne se tell. — V Pisku glo o givot. Zastup lidi na velikem namkt oblehal kasarna, a otevienYini vraty bylo videti na prostorny dvtir ke skladigtim a staremu hradu. Kone a vozy, thistojnici i vojaci tisnili se tam uvniti. Bedny a kufry vynageli ze zasobaren, tambori a trubaei zkougall signaly, gavle se brousily, pugky nahoje pozorne probli gely. Chvilemi gaznela vesela pisnina vojensko. — slevum nerozumet, ale bujna, melodic) nakazila mnoMtvi a brzy se zpivaio i pied kasarnami. Pani i damy se tu

Ve stfedu dne 6. ledna 1965 prochazeli, a vojak kolem, doutniky mu podamali. "slavu" provolavali a vojaci z oken kasaren mavali eapkami a hrdinne "nedame se!"

- "nic se nebojte!" — "nas'i vyhrajou!" — `depicemi je tieba potlueeme!"

- `rozsekame vgeeko!" — i potlesk se ozval a hudba ostrostfelch na namesti zahrala "tuA". Byla to nalada po vznesena, berstarostnk chvilemi masopustni. Opojovala a podmariovala, strhovala s sebou jako povoderi kdekoho, i farafe Sk.alu. S nikym rozumneho slova promluvit nemohl, k nikomu se dostat: ale piece byl rad, .2e jel. • .

Mnohem volneji zde dSrchal net' tam v Putimi rano pied kostelem. . . V§echny chmury se tu rozplynuly, vSechny starosti pohltilo tu uz bezuzdne vese"Vyhrajem, jistojiste, vyhrajem," — volal doma u Z • z koedru, "do Pisku jdete, lidicky drazi, do Pisku pfesvedeit se na vlastni oei," — zrak mu Wii tom nadgenim zaril, vysoka postava se smele tyella a tvaf cela jako promenena meta slavnostni vzhled.

Jako jis'kra do sudu orachu hozend, tak heinkovala slova fare Skaly. "Viterstvi je naSe! Juchuchu!" zajasali lide a rozbehli se k Pisku. Vratili se veeer, a Puthni do pozdni noel znely stare vojenske pisne. V hospodach — na stare i n-we vypravovalo se o vojne, a staii sedlaci i vyinenkafj hoteli zrovna nadknim a rozhovoiili se o valeenYch taZenich, ktero, oni prodelali...

PfiS".lo pondeli, uteri i dalS1 dni. Nikdo nepracoval, o pole a luka se nestaral — taktak dobytek pokrmil a u'Z spechal do Pisku anebo alespori k budejovicke silnici. Stracah a hrriza valeena zmizela opine, jako by vojnou teS'ili se pfbno na ni — na nic jineho net'. na ni nemyslili, 0 nieem jinem nemluvili, byli vojnou mo opili a ochotni na v •zvani vstoupit znovu do fad vojenskSrch a obleci bily cisafskY. Pfedmetem obdivu a zavisti stall se skutani voj6ci. A tech se u2 hrnulo k PiSku . od Klatov a Budejovic a odtud dale k severu, ze nek(ly jim silnice nestable M k ProtivInu Dobevi jim nanroti a po ok . ,)&c'nkuE v Pisku vynrovazeli je zas az k aiMve anebo Zaboti. Voj ensk6 h:..cdby hral y, palnice jeeelv, bubnv virhy, pisnicka stfidala se za pisniekou.

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UNE SE CESKY Lekce jedenat •icata — Lesson 31 SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION In today's lesson, we are repeating part of a previous lesson, relating to correct Czech spelling and punctuation.

The items touched on concern some of the most often-made mistakes by some of our Czech correspondents. Therefore, we feel it bears repeating.

• • Zde opakujeme lekce z minuleho eisla tYkajici se deleni vet a pravopisu.

WO, se to chyb, ktere se nejeasteji delaji eeskYmi dopisovateli. Proto, yeie to stoji za opakovani.

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

Veera byla stieda, 14. e'ervence 1963 Consequently, days of the week and month are NOT capitalized. NOTE ALSO THAT A SIMPLE PERIOD IS USED AFTER THE DATE. Proper nouns, that is, names of person, places, things, nations, etc. (but not religious bodies or organizations), titles of books, films, etc. take capitals: Ex.: Karel Dvoiak, Wilsonovo nadraii, Dunaj, Anglican, Cechy, Smetanova opera, "Prodana nevesta", etc., and Nage iimsko-katolicka &rkev; Velika slovanska podporujici jednota.

Capitals are not used for emphasis or for news headlines in Czech. On the whole, the use of capital letters is rather restricted in Czech.

Here are other important points in spelling: Pronouns and possessive adjectives of the POLITE - FORMAL usage are capitalized, as are those of the FAMILIAR - INFORMAL usage: Vy, Vag ; Ty Tvtij, Tobe. The latter are ALWAYS in caps; the polite form is capitalized only when referring to one

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

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

RIGHT: Vy jste yeera jel do mesta. Do not use a plural verb unless you are speaking to more than one person.

The pronoun ja is not capitalized; neither do we capitalize adjectives and adverbs indicating nationality. (This IS done in English) Ex.: Mam eesku ion). (I have a Czech wife). Mluvime eesky. (We speak Czech).

Punctuation marks are the same in Czech as in English: (See also Lesson 5.) teeka (.) vykilenik (!) uvozovaci earka (,) st •ednik (;) znamenka (" ") za.vorky ( ) dvojteeka (:) rozdelovaci pomleka, (—) znamenko (-) otaznik (?)

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

Commas are used before and after a relative clause: Ztratil jsem knihu, kterou mi dal.

— before and after a noun clause: Je dobie, 'ie tomu rozumig.

— before and after an adjective clause: Vgechen cukr, vgechna — before and after an adverbial clause: Jakmile me uvidel, g el MY& Finally, quotation marks are always preceded by a colon. Ex.: Otee fekl synovi: "Pracuj a ue' se!" (In Czech, the first quotation marks are on the line, not inverted, and ARE inverted at the end of the quotation. Our machines here do not ;p rint the double inverted quotation marks The trend here in the US is to use the standard English quotation marks —" ".

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