Vestnik 1965 04 28

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

BENEVOLENCE

VOLUME 53 速 NO. 17

HUMANITY

BROTHERHOOD

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

APRIL 28, 1965

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK A GOOD THING CATCHES ON The idea of presenting special awards, or at least giving recognition, to outstanding members of the various lodges is catching on. We had earlier mentioned that Lodge No. 47, Seaton, had given such an award. More recently, Lodge No. 84, Dallas, honored two of their members in this fashion: Sister Bessie Fete, and Brother Frank B. Steiner. Both are longtime workers in their lodge and richly deserved this special distinction. Members in other lodges have expressed an interest in the idea, and there is increasing sentiment in favor of these awards in the lodges.

Not too long ago in this column, your editor expressed the opinion that it would be a good thing if the Supreme Lodge sponsored such an award on a statewide level, starting in early January 1966. I proposed the matter in the January meeting of the Supreme Lodge, and again in the April meeting.

The idea seems to have found support among the rank and file in the lodges, and chances now appear quite good that we will inaugurate such an award, starting with the ,first issue of the Vestnik in 1966. As stated before, this would be an award to some member of the ,SPJST, over 21, male or female, who, in the opinion of other members, rendered the greatest service or contribution toward the overall betterment Of the SPJST, and who best

FRIENDSHIP PAYS Begin the day with friendliness, Keep friendly all day long.

Keep in your soul a friendly thought, In your heart a friendly song.

Have in your mind a word of cheer, For all who come your way, And they will greet you, too, in turn, And. wish you a happy day.

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In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straightforIvard, and springs from the heart.

--Cicero typifies a true, honest-to-goodness fraternalist. The matter will be taken up again at the July meeting of the Supreme Lodge, at which time details will be worked out and the facts made known to the membership through the Vestnik. Everyone and his brother, and practically every organization in Texas, from the Jaycees on, give some "outstanding member" a special award, even if it's no more than a plaque. We intend to do more than that. This will be one of the nicest honors that can be bestowed upon a member of our order.

Be thinking about it, and if the program is announced, be prepared to submit your "candidate" for this high honor.

Public Charity In the fall of 1964, the Supreme Lodge sent out questionnaires to our

142 "active" lodges, regarding fraternal beneficent activities in each lodge. Of that number, 77 lodges responded, roughly half. Why the other half never responded will probably never be known. This column tried to make it clear as to the importance of the questionnaire, since facts tabulated from them were to be used in combatting legislation which would adversely affect fraternal societies throughout the United States. The information was compiled to be forwarded to the secretary-treasurer of the National Fraternal Congress, which carries on a nationwide campaign against such pending or impending legislation. The report covered only 1964. For juvenile activities, the reporting lodges spent a little over 3 thousand dollars. Aid to the poor, sick, disabled or handicapped amounted to $1,159.41. Aid to victims of disasters amounted to $35. Total amount spent on charitable activities amounted to $7,552.50. For "service to the community," 14 lodges reported "yes." In donations to welfare organizations, such as the Red Cross, Scouts, Cancer Fund, and similar agencies, the 77 reporting lodges contributed $250.50, or roughly a little over $3 per lodge. For educational purposes, we contributed $116. (Note: It is not known whether all these figures include the many and various donations and stipends voted and granted by the delegates to the XIX Convetntion last June).

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Enterea 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 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: III 6-5282 Publishers CECHOSLOVAK PUB. COMPANY, WEST, TEXAS Subscription $3.75 Changes of address and correspondence concerning delivery of Vestnik must be sent to Supreme Lodge, Box 100, Temple, Texas Paid Subscriptions and advertising matter should he 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, Texas P 0 Box 845 DR. MARVIN LESIKAR, Medical Director P. 0. Box 410 — Taylor, Texas DIRECTORS JOHN A. KUBENA, First District P. 0. Box 180 — La Grange, Texas HENRY VITEK, Second District P. 0. Box 43 — Granger, Tex‘i,s CYRILL (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 MRS FRANCES OLEXA, Chairman 6402 Taggart St. — Houston, Texas RUDOLPH TROUBIL 0/0 SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas HUGO SCHEFCAX 1267 Harlandale — Dallas 16, Texas BY-LAW COMMITTEE ROY E. HRANICKY, Chairman Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas LEO KRAUSE, Jr. — Secretary PO Box 427, Inez, Texas 77968 Deadline for material to be accepted for the following issue is Saturday noon.

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'1ISTRICT ORGANIZERS DISTRICT I Melvin Skrabanek P. 0. Box 270 Caldwell, Texas '77836 DISTRICT II Leonard D. Mikeska 1416 E. Avenue B Temple, Texas 76501 DISTRICT III Arnold M. Vrla 6307 Saratoga Circle Dallas 14, Texas DISTRICT IV Fred Kveton Route 1 Abernathy, Texas DISTRICT V Frances Olexa 6402 Taggart St. Houston, Texas '77007 DISTRICT VI Leo Krause, Jr. P. 0. Box 427 Inez, Texas DISTRICT VII Roy Hranicky Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas STATE YOUTH DIRECTOR Jim Kucera P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas DISTRICT YOUTH DIRECTORS DISTRICT I Mrs. Rud C. Matejka Rt. 4, Box 504 Bryan, Texas DISTRICT II Mrs. Emily Mikeska Route 1 Rogers, Texas DISTRICT III Carol Ann Nesuda Telico Road Ennis, Texas DISTRICT IV Mrs. Ed Haisler Route 1 Seymour, Texas DISTRICT V Mrs. Tillie Helincamp 432 West 32nd St. Houston 18, Texas DISTRICT VI Mrs. Frank Brdecka Rt. 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas DISTRICT VII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska Route 2, Box un, Flores/dile, Texas

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 In reflecting upon this report two things come to mind. 1) the one-half of our lodges who did not report did not do so because they either had nothing to report, or the whole matter was dismissed as not being too important; 2) in the area of public charity, and even among our own, we are still lacking. We still do not do enough !tor the communities in which we live.

We still have not hit the general public with the full impact of the nature of our work. Let us hope that this area Of our activity becomes more intensified so that we may all more justifiably wear the fraternal label. o • Good Samaritan Vanishing?

A major Texas newspaper recently reported on the finding of a German lawyer now teaching at the University of Chicago. Everyone seems to be making a survey, of one sort or another. This particular individual's findings regarded the problem of the "vanishing Good Samaritan." His findings are not too encouraging. According to the German lawyer's survey, 31 per cent of the people, on seeing an unconscious woman lying in the street, would have walked on by without offering to help. Forty-one per cent would have refused entry into their homes to a man who had just been attacked by hoodlums on the street.

Sixty out of every 100 motorists would have driven on by a small child walking aimlessly on a crowded expressway, instead of stopping and guiding the youngster to safety.

• • No one can be absolutely certain of just how representative of the attitudes of people throughout the country these findings may be. But the growing number of reported and observed cases Of this sort tend to substantiate and support such conclusions. People are simply refusing to come to the aid of others in distress.

There is no doubt that in some cases, the Good Samaritan would be inviting great risk and danger to himself if he. tried to intervene and help. That does hot, however, negate the value of these findings. Good Samaritanism would hardly be Good Samaritanism if the act of mercy or aid did not involve some inconvenience, risk, or sacrifice to the person offering it.

The German professor points to our rapid urbanization as the chief culprit responsible for Good Samaritanism being on its way out. In our sophisticated, city-dwelling society, we may be a group of cool, calm, collective people, determined to turn back an aggressor

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 from our shores or skies; we join to fight disease, poverty, and mass ig,norance, but when it comes to helping anothor individual in the face of threatened death or serious injury be;fore our very eyes, we "chicken out," and leave the hapless person at the mercy of savages. Why? Never let it be said of me — or you.

Gratitude Dr. Albert Schweitzer, about whom so much has been written, has shared with us his views on gratitude. He thinks we are too inclined to consider gratitude a scarce commodity, that there is much more of it around than we might suspect. He cites his own life as an example. A great many people helped him in his youth, but he seldom thanked them for it. Yet down in his heart he was sincerely grateful.

He simply neglected to let those who inspired his gratitude know about it.

It was years later before he came to realize the pleasure people get from receiving the expressions of gratitude they have earned.

Dr. Schweitzer urges us not to accept too readily what people say about the degree of ingratitude in our fellowmen. Often, he observed, it is shyness that keeps people silent. Somehow gracious expressions seem silly coming from them.

A great deal of water is flowing underground which never comes up as a spring," he writes, "We must try to be the water which does find its way up.

Each of us must become a spring at which men can quench their thirst for gratitude." °—SPJST-

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Ed. A. Safarik, 73, passed away in Houston on April 2nd. Interment was in the Taylor City Cemetery M. Taylor.

Brother b was a member of SPJST' e o l e, 38, 'Houston.

Josef Fr. Novosad, 84, passed away in East Bernard on April 5th. Interment was in the Methodist Cemetery in East Bernard. Brother Novosad was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 28 in East Bernard.

Bennie Zajicek, 51, passed away in Ganado on April 14th. Brother Zajicek was a member of .SPJST Lodge No. 138 in Ganado.

F. H. Crouch, 73, passed away in Taylor on April lath. Brother Crouch was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 29, Taylor.

Annie Luksa, 55, passed away in Ennis on April 17. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Ennis. Sister Luksa was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 25, Fuels, Angeline K. Zapalac, 73, passed away in El Campo on April 18th. Sister Z aPalac was a member of ,sP,Tur Lodge No. 50, in El Campo.

Bedrich. Polansky, 84, passed away in Taylor on April 19th, Brother Polansky was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 29. Taylor.

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DONALD LEROY PAYNE

Newsbriefs A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Recreation Hall in Hallettsville in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 17th. The fire resulted in a total loss. The building was owned by the American Legion of that city, but several local organizations, including SPJST Lodge No. 4, used the hall for meeting purposes.

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James J. Zidek, 76, passed away at the Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital in Shiner on Sunday, April 11th, Interment was in the Moulton Catholic Cemetery. Brother Zidek was a member of Lodge Culak No. 165, Moulton.

• William Bucek, 75, passed away at San Antonio on March 30, 1965. Burial was in Bay City, Texas. Brother Bucek was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 118 in Blessing.

Donald Leroy Payne, on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list since October, 1960, is wanted at Houston, Texas, for the crime of rape. He is being sought by the FBI for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for this crime.

Payne is a native of Oklahoma, white, male, 43 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, :Fie is a machinist, a "do-it-yourself" mechanic, and has been known to make extensive repairs on his cars. He has a. small scar on his forehead; tattoos of two hearts, wreath, and "Christine" on the right forearm. His nose is misshaped due to a foirl-ner injury.

Payne has been described as a person who would not hesitate to kill. No action should be taken by you. If you identify this man, call the FBI. (Published at the request of the FBI,

William F. JourantonHigh :-:• en to receive neering i. scholarship a': of Texas for th•e His Selection for announced by BeiL. i. Cf:as Ise roan cf the finfver: partment of Petfoic'i The stipend, and is of scholastic ability and oh' -f;'.spon.sibility. it is monsored by an oil company, Filly is the son of Alr. William F. Rickrim of Rt. 3, nton, and is cempetin.g for JIIS :- : '•nior class scholastic honors this :Billy is a. member Lodge Vesela Osada it 147, • drid. is the ,grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Tor•i Vontrcek and Mrs. If'toed k Ricklim, who are all SPJST members.

Ricicrim) (Submit te.d by Driirs. new ghwa-!'S have P• getting wrinfde-:; to the Lifi„.,in cattle to market.

Jake At. Baird, in Callahan Con te Collinsand Jimmy Park a tuck stop "The Cattle Motel" with corrals where livestocl. can be unloaded and fed to 5? V: - tha);), and nonthe drivers from haviny. to stop runs . There is voterinatian on hand at this "Ikreford ..Hilton" to treat ailing cows.

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LETTERS LODGE NO. 0, COTTONWOOD Dear Vestnik Readers, Our next meeting will be held May 2 at 3 p.m. There will be a barbecue supper and a dance at night. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish to go with the barbecue.

The Youth Clubs will hold their meeting prior to the adult meeting.

Time set for the club meetings is 2 p.m.

Fraternally yours, Margie Straten —SPJSTNEWS FROM DISTRICT I

Dear Members of District No. One: We just recently held our district officers' meeting and here are some of the things that were discussed and acted on.

We are having our district meeting on the first Sunday of May. All children are invited to take part in our afternoon program starting at approximately 2 p.m. Each child participating will receive a gift from our district fund. One of the big issues that will be discussed at this meeting is the camping or field day that our district will have for all children in June. The definite date has not been set but it will be late June on a Tuesday. We are trying to give each member a chance to enjoy this event but how many will be allowed to go this year is to be decided after we know the exact number of members interested. We, the district officers, have set the deadline of June 1st for receipt of your name and address. This is to be mailed to me. If you are interested in going on this trip, your name and address must be submitted to me by June 1st, 1965. Any names received after June 1st will not be considered. Please make this notation so there is no misunderstanding. The reason for this is that our district officers will hold a meeting immediately after June 1st and decide how many will be allowed to go and where we will be going.

It was also decided that we hold our Youth Activity Day on the last Sunday in July. On this clay we will select our district talent contestants and our king or queen. These will be taken to our state contest which will be held in August. This activity will begin promptly at 1 p.m., and will continue until we finish, no matter what time it is. Supper will be available. It has not been decided if we will have a dance afterwards; this will be an-

flounced after our next officers' meeting. The place has not been selected as yet. 1 wanted to let you know the time so that all participatants have sufficient time to prepare their speeches and dresses. All local directors are to see that their local talent contestants and king or queen is selected, and ready to compete in the district contests on this day.

You will be happy to know that Snook has reorganized their youth club; Brenham has a wonderful club, and our Bryan club is going all the way.

I am in the process of organizing approximately three more clubs at this time and hope to get these and more before the end of my term. I want to thank all of the fine lodges that have extended an invitation to me for a meeting and I do hope to go back again. Any time that I can be of any help and time is available I will meet with any of you.

If anyone has any good suggestions or questions on our district youth work, please feel free to speak up in our district meeting or any other time. I think that we are off to a good start this year and that District One will have a good showing in our state contests. We now hold a good record on the state level and we want to keep it that way.

Fraternally yours, Lillie Matejka, Youth Director, District I P.S. Sorry, but I forgot to give the age limit for the field day. Children who started to school in September, 1964, through age 20, will be taken this year. Please remember this. Our officers have decided that younger children than this will enjoy the day more later. Each lodge is to see about their own chaperones. Each chaperone must take at least five children or more if older children are in the group. See your local officers for more information if needed, or contact me direct.

Remember that this will be discussed in our district meeting and you still have time after this meeting to contact me if your children are interested.

—SPJSTTO ALL LODGES IN DISTRICT V

As all of you know, the last convention appropriated funds to be used by our youth at camps or recreational areas. I have received a letter from Vice President Joe B. Hejny advising us of the amount of money from this fund allotted District V (the amount allotted according to the number of children under 15 in our district).

Now we must use this money for

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 camping, this year, or it will go back into the fund.

Whether you have a youth club or nqt, your children can participate.

There must be one chaperone for every 5 children. Youth Leaders, please let me know how many want to go, where and when they want to go. Where there is not a lodge youth leader, then one of the officers or a member can get this information together and send it to me. Please let me hear from you soon! Let's see to it that our girls and boys get to make good use of the money set aside for District V. I also want to remind you that District V will have its Youth Activity Day on Sunday, July 18th, so please be lining up your contestants for the talent contest and the queen, king, and duchess or duke contest. In the district talent contest, each lodge (whether you have a youth club or not) can have one contestant in each age group: 1. Shnall group — through 9 years of age 2. Age 10 through 13 roue 3. Age 14 through 16 group 4. Age 17 through 19 group The district winners in the last 3 groups will go to the state talent contest on August 29th.

Also select your candidates for queen or king, duchess or duke contests. The duchess or duke should be under 14 years of age, and the queen or king should be 14 to 21 years of age.

I do hope all of our lodges will be represented in these contests. I know you have the talent, because I have seen some excellent talent from several lodges in our district. So how about it Beaumont, Danbury, Galveston, Needville, an r_i Houston 142?

Fraternally yours, Tillie Helmcamp District V Youth Director —SPJST. STEFANIK LODGE NO. 142, HOUSTON

Dear Brothers and Sisters: Don't forget to come to our big Texas-size fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings, Saturday, May 8, 1965, starting at 12 noon. This dinner is sponsored by the Youth Club of Stefanik Lod g e No. 142.

We will also have a dance starting at 9 p in. Music will be furnished by the Karel Matejka Orchestra. So brothers and sisters, let's eat and dance with our youth.

Fraternally yours, Johnny Tumis

Wednesday, April 211, 1965 LODGE NO, 35, ELK Dear Members and Friends, It/Cein. nn; c Ledge 3,5, please come to the !eting which win be May 2 at 2. p.m. There will be a big question to discuss as to whether to enlarge the hall.

Fraternally yours, Dorothy Banik DISTRICT ONE Here we are again with spring in the air and our spring meeting of District One is just a short time away. I want to remind all our members not to forget about our meeting on May 2, 1965, at Ledge No. 38 at Itovar. I am sure we will have a nice meeting there as we did before.

We will try to prepare a nice program for you, and I am sure that the youth are preparing a nice program, as they alwa ys do.

The program of our meeting will be as follows: -.Meeting called to order at 1 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance Welcome by lodge president Weicome by district president Recognition of officers and visitors Roll call of lodges Reading Of minutes and correspondence Presentation of 50 year pins Youth program Speaker Officers' reports Old business New business Eenection of officers Location of the fall meeting j our Mil e n t We want to take this opportunity to invite each and everyone to this meeting at Kovar. I am sure you won't regret it. want to again send a special invitation to the Supreme Lodge officers and the editor of our Vestnik and their wives. I hope that we can meet you all there.

Fraternally yours, F. R. Jakubik, District One President I. iOilE NO. 39, KOVAR Dear :23rothers and Sisters: Our last mee!ing was well attended.

I wish it would be that way every time.

The Paster Bunny sure brot-ght lots of eggs, in fact, we needed more children to hunt the eggs. It was very nice.

The lodge s5sters brought a lot of good food, and I know everyone enjoyed it and the good coffee.

I would like to remind all our ladies that the district meeting is coming on

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fast, and we will he the hosts. Please bake just a little extra this time and bring it to the hall on May 2nd, the first Sunday in May. We will need more of everything — kolaches, pies, cakes, sandwiches, cookies, etc. The meeting will commence at 1 p.m., so be there early.

Our editor and his !family and all the officers of the Supreme Lodge and their wives are invited. We will be ha ppy to see all of you.

Fraternally, Lillie Evicic, Reporter —SPJST-SOKOL HOUSTON Dear Members and Friends: Last week our Houston gymnasts represented us with distinction at the Gulf Coast AA:U.' meet, held in Houston.

Martha Busch won a third place medal en the hi-lew bars and placed fifth on the balance heaM. David Mikeska won a third place medal on the horse in the novice division, and a second place medal in the junior division. Jerry Bily placed fifth cn the parallel bars and !fourth on the horse. The gymnasts took fourth place as a team. We believe that our team would have done even better if Randy Soukup, who was to represent us on the high bar, had not been ill for three days and unable to compete. All of our accomplishments are due to the diligent and untiring efforts of our instructor, Sidney Soukup.

We want to invite every one to attend the Southern District Children. and Juniors Gymnastic Competition to be held at Sokol Houston on May 1 and 2. We have a big weekend planned with gymnasts from Dallas, Fort Worth, Ennis, Corpus Christi, and Houston. The competition starts Saturday, 'May 1, at 1 p.m. See our ad in this paper `or detail of events. You will also see acts which ore to be presented at the Chicago Sokol Centennial, and if you ,do not expect to visit Chicago in June, this may be the only place you can see these acts. Bring the ∎ fornity, especially the children, and see .Sokol ideas in action. You too can become a part of this organization and movement by joining the Sokols — an organization with the family in mind.

We are also tentatively planning an affair en Mother's Day and all proceeds from the dinner and dance will go to the gymnasts for purchase of new equipment. More of this next week. Another car wash is planned for May 15 to help raise funds for wood !rings and a horse. Everyone is working,

5 and by the end of the year our Sokol strength will be substantial.

Hope to see all of you at the competition meet.

Nazdar!

Emil Kuropata, --SPJST--1965 SELLING II/STRICT III MARCH PROGRESS REPORT Lodge Amt. Ins.

FRANK KOFNOVEC 158 $65,000 EDWIN HOLUB 35 35,000 Anna Milan 153 11,000 Mary Renfro 154 10,000 Albert Kubala 92 5,000 Edmund Marek 2,000 54 Alvin Nesuda 25 2,000 James Pavlicek 6 2,000 Raymond Volcik 2,000 54 Stanley E. Vila 130 2,000 Ben Jarma 154 1,000 Johnnie Krajca 1,000 25 Joe Krivanek 1,000 92 Ruth Krizan 6 1,600 1,000 John Mach 35 lingo Sche2cak 130 1,000 A new name is in the No. One Spot this month and also the largest certificate sold in District III, written by Bee. Frank Kofno yec of Lodge 158.

Congratulations, Frank! Just keep up the good work. And in second place the honors go, to Brother Edwin Holub of Lodge No. 35. For a while I thought you were going to win the cash award prize c,i $15 for two months straight in the No. One Spot. Better luck next time; don't give up. Congratulations to Edwin and to all whose names appear on the above list. $825,000 Our quota for 1965 Sales for the first 3 months $240,500 8581,500 We need If we maintain the same pace we have started, we will make our quota for 1965 and have applications left over. Don't let up now; keep on working!

It I can be of any help, please write. .Fraternally, A. M. Vrla, Organizer, Dist. III —SPJST Kovar, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters, I'd like to remind all of you that the day of our District One spring meeting is fast approaching. By the time you read this it will be only a very ,few days away. It will be held on May 2nd, the first Sunday in May. We, the members of host Lodge No. 38, at Kovar, wish to extend a hearty welcome to all of you. We assure you that we will do our best to make your visit most pleasant, so please make it a

6 must to be with us on this very important day.

Ic will have many things that everycne will enjoy. The Kovar hall is about. nine miles south of Emithville, off Highway 95. it's no trouble to find.

Do try to be with us. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you.

Fraternally, V. H. Barina --srrsTLODGE NO. 146, GALVESTON Dear Brothers and Sisters: It is time to let you all know obmit our new meeting place: the Firemen's Ball on Heard Lane, the last building at the end of the street. You can't miss it.

The next meeting is set for May 2nd at 3 p.m. sharp. Remember, we have our meetings on the first Sunday of each month. I think our new meeting place is one that our members will be proud of. It is a new building that has never been used for anything except for firemen's meetings. Come and enjoy our new location. See you Sunday, May 2nd!

Fraternally, Frank H. Beran, Jr., SPJ STay n(3 ,1 NO. 47, SEATON Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our last lodge meeting was held on April 4th., with very good attendance.

It was gratifying that so many came to greet a:A! new members. Why can't we have such attendance at every meeting?

We welcomed three more new members into the juvenile department.

They are: Collette Joy Pick, Cheryl Lynn Billeck, and Faron Lee Billeck.

There were no members reported on the sick list. Sister Agnes Motl was present at the meeting after spending seven weeks in the hospital. So good to see you well again and hope you may continue to enjoy good health.

The new members present introduced themselves while the circle was formed. The circle was as large as our lodge hall's dance floor, so you know we had a nice crowd.

There were several visitors from neighboring lodges and from Waco who were welcomed and invited to repeat their visit.

The youth program concluded the meeting. Mrs. Divis, the youth leader, hart her report in a previous Vestnik, but let me repeat her thanks to the youngsters wha had parts in the program.

The Easter Egg Hunt was a joy to the little ones and the bigger ones as well. While the hunt was going on, the

VESTNtK sisters prepared the refreshment tables. There was an abundance of food, enough to feed almost twice the number present. Thank you all for the good Toad and for your presence at this special meeting.

The door prize, a free pass to a dance, was won by Albin B. Sodek.

The annual Seaton School Reunion is set for August 22nd at Seaton Star Hall. So you readers contact your children who were former pupils about this date. Also, some of you can plan your vacation to include this date and meet your former classmates and teachers.

More on this later.

The next meeting will be May 2nd at 2 o'clock when we also plan to organize a. youth club. Bring the youngsters.

Fraternally, Mrs. Jerry Pechal —SPJST----LOIICE NO. 84, DALLAS (Entertainment Corn. Report)

Dear Members: The beautiful Easter season is over, and Lodge 84 will resume its various activities. Though we didn't have our dances and socials during Lent, the members have not been idle, but have been very busy re-decorating our hall.

Faint brushes have been flying and the whole inside has been painted, plus a new ceiling and lights having been installed in some ,rooms. Most of the hard work was done by members, both men and women. It is a job well done, and they all deserve a vote of thanks.

We are very proud of the "new look."

Check the Entertainment Calendar in this and every issue for all the activities at lodge 84. Come out and bring your friends and have a good time.

Fraternally, Entertainment Committee, Cecelia Kretsinger, Reporter --SPJSTLODGE NO. 84, DALLAS

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Daring the last three weeks, starting on Monday night, April 5th, we have all been quite busy at our lodge hall.

Our project has been the re-decorating and major remodeling of our lodge hall. A new suspended ceiling has been added in the old section of the building; the ceiling in the kitchen has been lowered and new lights have been installed throughout the building.

The entire interior of the hall has been re-painted. All the painting was done by the hard-working brothers, with ample assistance from the faithful sisters of our lodge. The floors were all cleaned and waxed and the dance floor was spruced up to make dancing

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 a pleasure. All the tables and chairs were thoroughly cleaned and many other needed improvements were made.

We are about finished with most of the work, and we hope that some improvements can be made on the outside of the building in the near future. It is amazing how much can be acomplished when you have such a wonderful group of interested and hard-working members willing to pitch in and get the job done. The officers of Lodge 84 wish to express their thanks through this medium to all those members who in any way pariticipated and helped complete the • project. For those who may not have been contacted, our apologies for missing you. However, we are counting on your talents in future jrojects.

We invite all our members and friends to come to our first dance after Lent, Saturday, May 1st. The popular "Music Masters" orchestra will be playing your favorite dance numbers. You can then see what has been accomplished at Lodge 84. We know it's not perfect, but it sure is a great improvement, that no one can deny. May I as president of our lodge personally thank the various committees that participated. Forgive me for not singling out any individual because I might overlook someone and I would not want to do that. Thanks to everyone, including the teenagers and preteen members, for all their time, talent, and efforts, which you all so faithfully and graciously rendered. In behalf oifi the entire membership, I assure you it is truly appreciated.

Fraternally, Ben Jarma, President —SPJSTLODGE NO. 84 SOFTBALL TEAM,

DALLAS Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is time again for the baseball season, and by now it is in full swing We again will have a men's softball team representing our Lodge 84 and the .SPJST Fraternal Order in the Dallas City Commercial SIOftball Assn.

The boys have been working out for a month and getting ready to open the season on April 21. We will play every Wednesday night at Samuel Diamond No. 3 and we are in the Central League. The four teams in our league are SPJST Fraternal Insurance, D & S• Grocery, Lone Star Gas, and Hartford Insurance Group.

Following is a schedule of the teams we will play in the first half of the

season:

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 April 28 — Hartford Insurance, 7:15 p.m.

May 5 — Lone Star Gas, 7:15 May 12 — D & S Grocery, 8:30 p.m.

May 19 — Hartford Ins., 8:30 p.m.

May 26 — Lone star Gas, 8:30 p.m.

Games begin at 7:15 or 8: 30 this season. We invite you to attend these games and to cheer our team on to victory. We should have a good team again this year.

Bob spoor is the team manager and Bino Vrana is his assistant. Other players are Connie Brennan, Milton J.; Spaniel, Ben Jarma, Adolph Janecka, Bob Schoendienst, Paul Valenta, Jerry Manak, Lawrence Honza, Leonard Drozd, Frank Mach III, Wesley Jaska, Ted Dusek, James Grier and John Albers. We hope to have a most enjoyable season and to win our share of games. Mellowing fellowing business firms are again helping to sponsor our team this season, which covers the shirts and advertisement on the uniforms: SPJST Supreme Lodge, Otto Janousek Motor Co., National Bank of Commerce, Prudential Air Conditioning, Inc., Marek's Auto Service, Mary's Beauty Shop, Ross Avenue Ignition Service, Rudolph's Market, Rejcek Bros. Garage, Columbia Meat Packing Co., Adamcik's Appliance and Auto Store, Lada Cerny's KSKY Czech Melody Hour.

We are most grateful to these sponsors who have been with us since the team was organized 12 years ago. Help US by thanking them when you visit or have any contact with these business firms. Without their support, we could not field a team.

May I also mention here that the Annual Softball Team Benefit Dance will be held this year on Saturday night, May 29, at our lodge hall at 2625 Floyd St. Music will be by the popular "Music Masters" orchestra, and dancing will be from 8:30 pm. to 12:30 a.m. We hope that you will attend this dance and give your support to the team.

I will again attempt to send in weekly reports of the games and a few comments concerning the team.

Come out to our games when you can, and remember our special Benefit Dance, on Saturday, May 29th. You will be glad you came.

Fraternally, Ben Jarma -SPJST-

C ESKY PRAPOR LODGE 24, CYCLONE

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Just a note to say that we willnot have our regular lodge meting on the 2nd Sunday, as usual, because of Moth-

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er's Day. Everyone will want to be with their mother, for which I don't blame anyone — if they are so fortunate to have a mother in the ifamily. Once a mother is gone it's not the same anymore. We will have our meeting on the first Sunday, May 2nd at 1:30, and that's right upon us. Time is moving on and waiting for no one.

Finally, we are having some nice weather and plenty of moisture. We should be thankful for this because in some parts of the country it's too dry to plant crops. Maybe before too long they too will get some rain.

Fraternally, Mrs. Jerry Zavodny ----LPJST— -

LODGE NO. 35, ELK

Dear Members: Just to remind you that Sunday, May 2nd, at 2:30 p.m., is the date of our lodge meeting, because) the second Sunday is Mother's Day. Please be sure and attend.

We are happy to say our reporter, Rosemarie Banik, and her husband Albert Banik, are home from the hospital and doing Tine.

Ladies, please bring some good things to eat for lunch after the meeting.

Fraternally yours, Dorothy Banik ATTENTION DISTRICT SIX Youth Activity Day: Where? — Talton Ilan, When? — Sunday, May 23rd.

Time — 2 p.m.

The youth from District 6 will present to the public, entertainment for young and old. There will be talent contests in different age brackets, plus the duchess, and queen's contest.

Any child in this district may take part, either in the entertainment group, or the talent contest, or the duchess and queen's contest. There will be group and single contests. Any one desiring to enter either of these, please send me your name and address.

Also let me know what you intend to take part in. Send me all of this as soon as possible. I have to have all the entries early, so I could work out my program for that Sunday. Do not wait until that Sunday and come to me and say that you are in the talent contest or some other preformance.

That will be too late for you to enter.

So please do so now; the time is nearing fast.

Any club making any craft work, to., may bring their articles to the Youth Activity Day on May 23rd to Talton. These articles will be on ,dis-

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play for everyone to look at. There will be tables for all of this work.

If anyone has any question about our Youth Activity Day please ask them now. Don't wait until that day.

There will be a lot for me and the lodge youth leaders to take care of on that day, so let's have your questions n Ow.

Since this is our first YAD we are asking the good sisters in our district to please help us by donating sandwiches, cakes, and kolaches. Although the event is held in Talton, that doesn't mean that only the ladies at Taiton, Hillje, and nearby lodges should furnish all of this. This is for the WHOLE district, so every lodge should help us in some way. Whether you have a Youth Club or not, we need your help. Let's make this day a success by working together for the good of our children.

I do want to tell you a few things about district camping or outings. We have decided that each Youth. Club may go wherever and whenever they please. Let me know what your intentions are. See how many in your club want to go. Only members of the SPJST may go on this trip.

I want to thank all the lodges and Youth Club members who have extended an invitation to me for a meeting, or some youth activity, or a social.

I enjoyed it very much and like to be among our good SPJST workers. Any time I can be of any help to you, please don't hesitate to call. I will be glad to meet with you.

Watch for the District 6 Youth Activity Day program in the next issue.

Fraternally, Elsie Brdecka, Dist, 6 Youth Director --SPJST-

LODGE NO. 47, SEATON

Dear Friends, During our last meeting on April 4th a motion was made and passed to start a Youth Club at Seaton Star Hall.

All Lodge 47 youth are requested to be present at the May 2nd meeting. The Tegular meeting will start at 2 o'clock.

The youth will have their meeting at approximately 4 o'clock. Our District II Youth. Leader, Mrs. Emilie Mikeska will be present to discuss our youth club plans. With summer coming on it seems to me this would give the youth a chance to do things here at Star Hall. We have ample grounds for baseball games, volley ball, and games of all sorts. Even playground plans were discussed, so come on, all you parents, encourage your children to be

V2STNflt present. Better still, bring them! Having a youth club of their Own will build the future leadership which is so badly needed.

Hope to see a nice turnout.

Fraternally, Mrs. Vlasta, Divis, Youth Leader -SPJST-

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LODGE NO. 28, EAST BERNARD Our next meeting will be held on the third Sunday in May, May 16, instead of the usual second Sunday, because of Mother's Day falling on the second Sunday.

We will have a program dedicated to our mothers and fathers after our meeting on June 13th. There will be a lunch alf ter the program.

Carrie Bohacik, Secretary

• -SPJSTATTENTION LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON Reservations may be made for any dance at the Chandelier Ballroom by calling Saturday afternoon from 1 to 6 p.m. The number is ITN 2-9677.

-SP T STLODGE NO. • 6 CHORAL GROUP Rehearsal Wednesday, April 28th.

Keep this Friday open.

Nick Morris, Director -SPJST-SOMME 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.

DISTRICT II Y.A.D. District II Youth Activity Day will be held Sunday, August 15th, at Camp Tahuaya. Details later.

DISTRICT III Y.A.D. District III Youth Activity Day will be held this year at Lodge No. 54, in West, on July 11th. Details later.

-SPJSTDISTRICT V YAD District V will hold its Youth Activity Day on July 18th. Details later.

-SPJST DISTRICT SIX Y.A.D. The District Six Youth Activity Day will be held Sunday, May 23rd, at the Taiton hall, beginning at 2 p.m. Watch for more details later.

- ---SPJSTDISTRICT IV ANNUAL MEETING District IV's annual meeting will be held June 6th at Rowena. Host lodge is Lodge No. 49, Rowena. Details later.

-SPJST--DISTRICT V FALL MEETING District V's fall meeting will be held on October 17th. The meeting will be hosted by Lodge No. 146, Galveston.

Fraternally, F. A. Kadlecek, DISTRICT VI FALL MEETING The fall meeting of District VI will be held Sunday, November 7th, 1965.

Host lodge is Lodge No. 4, Hallettsville, and the meeting will take place in the Recreation Hall.

-SPJST--DISTRICT VII FALL MEETING The fall meeting of District VII has been set for October 10th, 1965. Host lodge will be Lodge No. 107, Floresville.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE INSURANCE CERTIFICATE Have you ever read your life insurance certificate? I mean read it all the way through? In the early days the provisions in a life insurance certificate were shorter and simpler than they are now. That was because they provided only one benefit, — the payment of a certain sum of money at death. They provided very few privileges, and contained many strict rules regarding travel, occupation, and even residence.

Today's certificates are quite the opposite; they contain very few restrictions but provide many benefits besides the promise to pay a certain sum of money. Today's certificate will serve you all your life because it can be changed to meet your needs as they change.

Some of the contents of your certificate are: The SPJST insures your life( you are called the insured) and agrees to pay a certain sum of money (the face amount) to the person 'you have named as beneficiary if you should die.

Notice of death must first be given on forms provided by our organization. If your certificate is an Endowment the face amount is payable in one of two ways. It is payable to your beneficiary if you die within a certain given nummer of years, or it is payable to you

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 if you are living at the end of this period of years.

Payment of premiums: It also states that to keep your certificate in force and Of fect you must pay your premiums at stated intervals.

You may pay your premiums on a monthly or annual basis.

Grace: There is a 31 day grace period after premiums are due in which you may pay your premiums without penalty.

Should you die within this grace period the unpaid premiums will be deducted from the death benefit proceeds.

Lapse: If you do not pay your premiums within the grace period, the certificate lapses. Of course, you, may reinstate your certificate within 90 days if you are insurable and pay the overdue premiums plus 3 months' premiums in advance.

Change of Beneficiary: It also provides that 'you may change your beneficiary; this would usually occur if you married or if the named beneficiary died before you did.

Assignment of your certificate: Your certificate also provides an assignment provision. This means signing over certain rights in your certificate to another person in order to cover some debts or other obligations.

The assignment will not be binding on our organization until we receive a copy of such assignment at our office.

Coverage limitations: Should you die by self destruction within the first certificate year, only the premiums paid will be payable to your beneficiary.

We have no war clause in our certificates.

To be continued next week.

Fraternally yours, Joe B. Hejny --SPJSTORGANIZERS , CLASSES Houston — Lodge 88, Apri 29th 7:30 p.m.

-SPJSTTYPES OF CERTIFICATES OFFERED

BY THE SPJST Type Issue Age Preferred Whole Life 5 to 55 Life Paid Up at 85 0 to 70 Life Paid Up at 65 0 to 55 0 to 60 Twenty Payment Life 0 to 60 Fifteen Payment Life 0 to 60 Ten Payment Life 0 to 60 Single Premium Life Fifteen Payment Endowment 0 to 55 Twenty Payment Endowment 0 to 60 Twenty Payment Endowment 0 to 39 at Age 60

Wednesday, April 28, 1965

V t S 'T N f K Endowment at Age 65 0 to 45 opposite end of the field or hall. On Endowment at Age 18 0 to 9 the way back, you pick up your bottle.

Single Premium Endowment Jumping may be done on one foot, on After 20 Years 0 to 60 both feet, hands on hips, spraddled Retirement at Age 65 0 to 55 legged, or whatever other position the leader may designate.

Ten Year Decreasing Term 20 to 55 Fifteen Year Decreasing Term 20 to 55 Bounce-Ball Race: 'Twenty Year Decreasing Term 20 to 50 Twenty-five Year Any number of players can comDecreasing Term 20 to 45 pete in teams of six. Place six chairs Thirty Year Decreasing Term 20 to 40 from mid-center outside line, at a 45Five Year Renewal-Convertible degree angle to the upper goal, and Term 16 to 59 about four feet apart. The closer the Ten Year Renewable-Convertible chairs are together, the more difficult Term 16 to 55 the bouncing of the ball will be. Make Twenty Year Convertible Only the same arrangement for the other Term 16 to 45 team on the opposite side. The playTerm to Age 65 16 to 44 ers line up at the end of the hall, opFamily Protection Plan posite the chairs. At a given signal the Mother up to age 50 player starts to run to the first chair Children 15 days and under 21 with the ball but not bouncing it.

Term to Age 16; Convertible When he reaches the chair he starts prior to or at age 16 0 to 15 bouncing the ball between and around each cair. until he reaches the last one.

Waiver of premiums or payor riders may be attached to all the above in- Then he picks up the ball and carries surance plans. Double Indemnity Rider it through the center to his runner. may be attached to all plans except the The player standing in his place takes the ball, runs with it and does the Decreasing Term Insurance. same as the first player. The teams We write applications for $10,000.00 that finishes first is the winner. This through age 40; for $5,000.00 through game can be played as a competition age 45; and for $3,000.00 through age event, judging the players carefully on 50 on non-medical forms. time and perfection of execution.

Joe B. Hejny, Battle: Vice President This game is much liked by jun-SPJSTiors and seniors. It is played with FROM THE STATE YOUTH a half-inflated volleyball. The players scatter over an assigned area. The DIRECTOR player with the ball throws it at someone's feet, trying to knock him down.

"PICKUP RACE" Line up an equal number of players, If he succeeds, the one knocked down takes his place. After the players boys and/or girls, in a line formation catch on, you may have two players at one end of the hall. You'll need five throwing the ball from one side to the empty bottles for each line of players. other. Watch out for the rough player.

You can use soda water bottles, or some of the plastic bottles used for liquid -SPJSTsoaps and detergents. In Sokol clubs or gymnasiums you use "Indian clubs."

The bottles are placed about five feet Youth apart across the width of the hall. The players count ofif. The first player runs LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON out and picks up a bottle and brings it At our last meeting we had plenty to back to where he was standing, being talk about. First of all, we discussed careful not to tip it over. As soon as our coming social which is the haythis is clone, the second player does ride. The date was set for May 1st, the same thing, placing the bottle and we will leave the new lodge around alongside the first one, The line com5 o'clock, destiny unknown. pleting picking up all the bottles first is the winner. If you have a lot of playOur first teenage dance will still be ers, alternate them so that all get a on the third Friday in May. Start chance to play. For a variation, you rounding up some new members to can play the game by jumping over bring. We want our first dance to be and running around the bottles or a real blast! running around the bottles or running Bonnie Cox, to a designated goal or spot in the Reporter

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LODGE NO. 39, BRYAN Dear Vestnik Readers, How is everything? Fine I hope.

Is everyone OK in school? I bet everyone hopes school is out like me. At school we are trying to 11,9;ure out where we are going for our picnic.

Everyone wants to go to a different place.

Sunday we went to see Ludy at San Antonio. We had lots of fun. Boy, they sure do have plenty of pretty barracks. After we found Ludy about 10 o'clock, he showed us around the base, then we left the base and got us something to eat at a real pretty cafe where the food was good.

After we ate we messed around talking. Later we had to go home.

On the way home we stopped in Bastrop Park and ate supper. Then it was home sweet home for us. We were all tired from riding. When we got home we made two gallons of ice cream. Nobody was hungry so it is in the deepfreeze. I haven't much more to say, so so long and everyone be as good as I am.

As always, Kathy Manthei ----SPJST-----

LODGE NO. 39, BRYAN Dear Readers, How is everyone getting along? Fine I hope.

Friday, Kathy, Mama and I went fishing. We had a lot oif fun. We caught about five perch.

I can hardly wait for the district meeting because everytime I go I make new friends. We are going to put on a play for Mother's day.

I wish school would never end because I won't have anybody to play with. Kathy never plays football with me. All she ever talks about is the pep squad.

I sure like this nice weather we are having because we can go outside and play.

We had a nice Easter, everything was so warm.

Yesterday we went to see Ludy. We had a lot of fun. After we left Ludy we went to Bastrop Park to eat sup-

per.

Your friend, Gary Manthei --SPJSTLODGE NO. 9, SNOOK

Dear Readers: The Snook Youth Club has reorganized. Our first meeting was held Sunday, April 18, 1965, at 2 p.m. at the hall. Our new youth leader is Mrs. Moody Faust, and her assistant is Mrs. Richard Vajdak. There were 15 mem-

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bers to join, and the following officers group singing. The new members preswere elected: ent were Marsha, Denise, Chris, and Debbie Treybig. There were no visitors.

President — Jimmy Janac Those having birthdays this month Vice-President — Patricia Vajdak were Madilyn Merta, Jeanette Krpec, Secretary — Pamela Kovar Treasurer — Billy Vajdak and Tommy Dluhos. There were 10 Mothers present. Marian Dorotik endReporter — Bernice Jakubik ed the meeting with the "Star SpanglAfter the meeting we had an Easter ed Banner." egg hunt which everyone thoroughly The April Fool prize was won by Rodenjoyed.

Our next meeting will be held on ney Dluhos.

In the Easter Egg Hunt Kevin DoroMay 9, 1965, at 2 p.m. at the hall. I tik found the most eggs. Madilyn Merta hope there will be more present at the next meeting. ; found the prize egg.

Fraternally yours, Fraternally, Clarence Kahanek, Bernice Jakubik, Youth Reporter Reporter Congratulations on your new youth -SPJST® club It is now up to the youth and LODGE NO. 38, TAITON their parents to help Sister Faust Dear Vestnik Readers, make the project a big success. —Ed. On Easter Sunday we went to our -SPJSTgrandmother's for dinner. We had an Easter Egg Hunt there. Then we went LODGE NO. 30, TAITON to my other grandmother's for supDear Members and Friends, per. Then we went fishing. I enjoyed I hope everybody had a Happy Easter. Those who visited with us on East- it very much. The weather down here er Sunday were Ed Charbula and sis- is hot.

Fraternally, ters, Mary and Marcella, of SchulenMonica Merta burg, and Mr. and Mrs. Lad Cernosek -SPJSTof Ganado.

LODGE NO. 30, TAITON My family and I were saddened by the passing away of our grandfather Dear Vestnik Readers, Yesterday we went fishing. The and great-grandfather, Joseph Cerweather looked stormy. It started to noch, at the age Of 98 years.

I want to remind all members of our rain, so we had to go home. When we got home we heard over the radio next monthly meeting on May 5th. about tornado warnings for El Campo, Fraternally yours, and surrounding areas.

Donna Srubar, Easter Sunday we went to my grandSecretary mother's house for an Easter egg hunt.

LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Then we went to my other grandDear Members, mother's house. We had a lot of fun.

This is to remind all the members of Yours truly, the Taiton SPJST Youth Club, Lodge Madilyn Merta --SPJSTNo. 30, that our regular monthly meetLODGE NO. 54, WEST ing will be held on Wednesday, May Dear Members, 5, 1965 at the Taiton Community CenWell, Easter has come and gone. We ter around 4:30 p.m. All members be had company from Ennis. I want to sure to come. thank all my kinfolks, uncles, aunts, Fraternally yours, and cousins who made our Easter Clarence Kahanek, dance.

Youth Reporter Birthdays for the month of April -SPJSTLODGE NO. 39, TAITON were Patty Kocurek, Dolores Ann HuDear Vestnik Readers, tyra, and Pat Zahiirniak. The door The Taiton SPJST Youth Club Lodge prize was won by Patty Kocurek. We No. 30 held their regular monthly had an Easter egg hunt for the small meeting on Wednesday, April 7, 1965 group. There were 20 little boys and at the Taiton Community Center, with girls. The older girls were hiding the 32 members present. Judy Dluhos eggs. They were Dolores Cepak, Charopened the meeting with the pledge. lene Volcik, Sherley Nemec, Linda Kral, and Darlene Nemec. Jeanette Kocurek Monica Merta led the prayer.

The old business that was discussed and Pat Zahirniak, got the prize for was about the two dances that will be finding the least eggs. held on May 22 and 23. The new busiDolores Cepak was elected princess, and Linda Kral duchess. Congratulaness that was discussed was about anyone interested in Czech or English tions!

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 St. Mary's School Carnival is Sunday. The fifth graders will run the cake walk, so I will be working there.

Our next meeting is May 2nd. Oh yes, I want to thank Mr. Emil Popp for the donation to the Youth Club.

I want to thank my mother for taking time off to get the things for the Easter party and lunch.

May God bless all.

Darlene Nemec, Treasurer -SPJSTSTEEANIK LODGE NO. 142, HOUSTON Dear Brothers and Sisters: On April 10th the Youth Club at Stetanik Lodge No. 142 went on an Easter Egg Hunt in Memorial Park.

Johnny Linhart came in first by finding the most eggs, while Pamela Melnar and George Wayne Janik tied for second. Everyone was given a prize.

After the hunt we had a wiener roast.

Everyone who came had a good time.

Now that Easter is over we are having our annual Fried Chicken Dinner.

This dinner will be May 8th, starting at 12 noon. Beginning at 9 p.m. we will have a dance. Music will be furnished

by Matejka's Orchestra. We would like for everyone to come out and have a good time.

See you all, Pat Tumis LODGE NO. 54, WEST Dear Vestnik Readers, We would like to thank everyone for attendin,g our Easter dance and the big group of our relatives from far and near. Good thing there wasn't school the next day for we were recuperating.

We are going to have the St. Mary's School carnival Sunday. We sure are going to be busy. We are also going to have a field trip for the eighth graders. We are going to Waco and see a movie, and g;et a free dinner. We are going to see the Browning Library and see all the historical pictures.

May will be here in no time. It will be a busy month with final exams, graduation and the May procession.

I will miss going to school when summer vacation starts. But there will be plenty of work to do to keep me occupied.

Our next meeting will be May 2, 1965. Members are requested to bring some kind of pastry for our lunch. I hope everyone had a nice Easter. May God bless you.

Shirley Ann Nemec, Reporter

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 LODGE NO. 36, TAITON Dear Friends, I guess all the children are excited about school corning to an end. I know I am.

Last Sunday was Easter Sunday; everybody was dressed their best. We had company. My brothers and their wives came to spend Easter with us; also my uncle and aunt Frank Sbrusch and family came, so we had lots of fun playing games.

The crops around here are real pretty. It will be time to chop cotton soon.

As always, Bennie Krpec -SPJSTLODGE. NO. 54, WEST Dear Members, We are going to have our Youth Club meeting on Sunday, May 2nd, 1965 at 2 p.m.

Be sure and come to the meeting because we are going to assign parts for the Mother's Day program.

The days are like summer instead of spring. It gets up to 85 and 90 degrees during the day and that's pretty hot.

We got our report cards today, and so far I have a straight "A" report card. I am very happy about that.

I want to wish all the fine mothers a happy Mother's Day on May 10th. We are all proud of our dear mothers.

See you. Sunday at the meeting.

May God bless you.

Vice President, Kathy Jane Marek -SPJST---

TEEN CLUB, LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD Dear Members and Friends, We held our last club meeting Sunday, April 4th, followed by a Easter hunt for the younger children, and supper served to all present. The teen club members also had a Easter party hunt. Those who drew the prize egg numbers were Jeanette Krizan, first prize; Diane Mynar, second, Sherrie Williams, third.

We are glad to have two new members in our club. They are Helen Myliar, and Barbara Helona. We hope they will enjoy all our activities at our lodge and club• throughout the year.

The winners in the Point System Contest in our lodge were Jeanette Krizan, first; Ruthie Schuetz, second; and Bobby Dobecka, third, of the Junior Club.

The runner-ups were Dorothy Schuetz, Johnnie Krizan, and Mary Ann Mynar, of the Junior Club. I am glad that our lodge will give prizes

VESTNIK to these runner-ups. This should give encouragement to all the children and I hope more will participate and be more interested in this contest.

I would like to again remind all of the children that the Supreme Lodge will give five gifts to the highest amount of points this year, instead of three, as in years passed.

Those who participated and earned the most points in the Merit Book contest last year were Bobby Dobecka, first; Blake Straten, second, in the Junior Club, and Ruthie Schuetz, third, in the Teen Club.

Runner-ups were Mary Ann IVIynar, Dorothy Schuetz, Carolyn Mynar, Bobby Svrcek, Catherine Mynar, and Edward Mynar. I hope all these who have recieved one of these books will want to keep them in memory of their club.

At our last meeting the clubs also elected the princess and duchess who will represent our lodge at the District III Youth Activity Day, which will be held July 11, here at West Lodge No. 54.

Our princess is Dorothy Schuetz, daughter of Bro. and Sister Al and Willie Mae Schuetz, West, Rt. 2, Her escort will be Johnnie Krizan, also of West, son of Sister Ruth and the late John Krizan. The duchess is Carolyn Mynar.

Remember our next meeting which will be held this coming Sunday, May 2rd. We will again begin at 2 p.m.

There will be more discussion on our ball games, swimming, and picnics, so please come, all Of you, and help us decide. We will also try to re-organize our softball teams and practice, so wear your play clothes.

Before I close I would like to say thanks to all who helped us with the Easter hunt party. It took a lot of teamwork to prepare the field for three groups and control about one hundred youngsters. But it was wonderiful to see those happy smiling races.

I hope to see many of you at our next mteting. Our annual barbecue will be served with all the trimmings; games will be played, and a dance at night for everyone.

Fraternally yours, Ruth Krizan P. S. I would like to congratulate Brother and Sister Frank Pustejovsky on the arrival of a baby girl, Paula, Dean, born April 14. Paula has another sister, Cynthia, and a brother, Dennis, to keep her company.

11 LODGE NO, 54, WEST Dear Members and Friends, Well I hope everyone found c Easter eggs. I'm sure ev'H had fun.

Our next meeting w at 2 p.m. Please come becac-ie Sic have some business to discuss. I also discuss a Mother's Day pro::: f ,lin. Be sure to come. We like it when all come and participate. We will start planning our picnic and etc.

God Bless all.

Your historian, Rose Marie Marek LODGE NO. 40, HILLJE This lovely spring weather puts me in a writing mood.

The April 7th issue of the Vestnik was of great interest to the Victor Knebels. The pictures and :writeup about Josef Wychopen was the reason.

Mr. Wychopen was a great uncle to my mother. She said the Wychopens lived only a short way from her and her family when they lived at Hillje, and it brought back many fond memories.

I also want to say that -we hope to see many cif you youth members at the District Six Youth Activity Day on Sunday, May 23, at Taiton.

Hope you all had a nice Easter.

Diane Knebel, Secretary SPJ ST-LODGE

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Dear Readers, I hope everyone had as nice an Easter as I did. My family and I went to my grandmother's and grandfather's home at Caldwell, Texas. We got out of school Friday the 17th and Monday the 19th.

We had lunch at our meeting Sunday the 4th. We all had a cake and chocolate eggs. The girls made a scrubber.

On May 9th my fifth grade class will have our spring picnic. I have to go to bed, so bye until next time.

Mary Jane Marek SRTSTLODGE:

NO. 30, TAITON

Dear Vestnik, Sunday my family and I went to the Maton hall. All my aunts, uncles, and cousins were there. We had a Nemec reunion. We had a big dinner and after the dinner we had an Easter Egg Hunt. My Aunt .Annette and Uncle Richard, and cousins, Kathleen, Michael, and Gary from Gernmlly were riei.y, there. We had youlrosts soinf eettn Marian Domini,

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LODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Readers, I want to remind you about our hayride that is coming up on May 1st. We will meet at the lod ge at 6:30 and leave from there, The Westheimer Stables will furnish the wagon and we will go on a three-hour ride and wiener roast.

After the hayride, the kids who would like to, can stay for the dance. The girls can bring a skirt to wear.

On May 23 the Queen's Ball will be held at our lodge. The girls are eligible' if they have a three minute talk on "What My Being an SPJST Member Has meant to Me." Please notify Mrs. Elzner if you would like to enter.

Our next meeting' will be on May 14th, so remember to come.

Also, keep rounding up all of your friends to bring to the first Teenage Dance on the 3rd Friday in May. Bonnie Cox, Reporter —5P,

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RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned Resolution Committee of the Novy Tabor SPJST Lodge No. 17 at Caldwell, Texas, in behalf of our membership, wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family on the death of their mother, grand-mother, and our beloved lodge sister, MARIE NAVRATIL, who died Monday, March 15, 1965, in the Kersting Hospital in Liberty, Texas. Sister Navratil was a native of Wesley, Texas, and lived many years in Caldwell, with the last several years of her life having been spent in Dayton, Texas. Sister Navratil was admitted into the SPJST fraternal order on March 12, 1911, and she was a member of Lodge No. 17. Sister Navratil was a member of the Crosby Brethren Church and also belonged to the Christian Sisters.

She is survived by four children: sons Joe and Edward Navratil of Dayton, Texas; daughters Mrs. Rosie Zatopek, Baytown, Texas, and Mrs. Martha Ekvall, Dayton, Texas.

Services were held from the First Methodist Church in Dayton, Texas, with Rev. Albert •J.N/lichalik, Rev. William Commer, and Rev. James Callaway officiating. Sister Navratil was

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buried in the Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton, Texas.

To the loved ones and to our beloved lodge sister we wish eternal rest and may her memory be honored unto eternity.

John W. Vavra, Willie Trcalek, 1Vielvin H. Skrabanek, —Resolution Committee

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SPANISH CHICKEN While broilers are so plentiful, plan a series of international dishes featuring this delicacy.

Spanish chicken is a great favorite with gourmets who like the flavor of saffron and olive oil. Preparation and cookin g time 45 minutes.

For this meal-in-one dish, you need 1 broiler cut into serving pieces, washed and dried, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon paprika, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, 1/i cup salad or olive oil, I medium onion, chopped, 1 can (No. 303) peas, drained (save liquid), 11/2 cups pea liquid plus water as needed to complete measure, 11/2 cups bouillon, 1/4 teaspoon saffron, 1 1/2 cups raw rice and 3 pimientos, cut into pieces.

Sprinkle chicken with 1 teaspoon of salt, paprika. and pepper. Heat oil in skillet and brown chicken in it. Remove chicken to baking dish with a tight fitting lid. Add onion to skillet, cook until tender but not brown and add to chicken.

Stir pea liquid and bouillon into skillet, scraping brown particles from bottom of pan, adding remaining IA teaspoon salt and saffron. Bring to a boil and pour over chicken. Stir rice into chicken until it is moistened. Cover dish tightly and bake in 350 F. oven 25 minutes. Uncover dish. Stir in peas and pimiento. Re-cover dish and bake 10 minutes longer.

Serve Spanish chicken hot with tossed green salad and hard crusted rolls plus fresh fruit and sharp cheese for dessert.

PERK UP RIBS WITH SPICES !PlnilNES The use of fiodern cook y is unlimitud. • enrich aIldenm hance almost dish. whether it be served for breaklast, lunch or dinner. ;Spiced Short Ribs with Prunes is an unusual and satisfying dish . that is sure to spark interest and appetites. To prepare, brown 3 pounds of beef short ribs in cooking fat; pour off drippings; season with 11/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; add 1 cup water, cover pan and simmer for 1 hour.

Combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon and allspice; JA, teaspoon ground cloves and 3 'tablespoons vinegar. Add sugar-spice mix to ribs along with 2 cups dried prunes and cook for another hoar, or until meat is tender. Remove ribs, skim off fat and thicken cooking sauce to serve as an interesting and aPPetite-appealing accomplishment to the ribs.

SPa STHATTIE RUTH WHITE'S PEANUT BRITTLE, Here is a qucik and easy recipe for a deliciously crisp and crunchy peanut brittle.

1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup, white corn syrup 1/2 cup water 1 cup raw peanuts 1 level teaspoOn soda Cook sugar, syrup and water in iron skillet over medium heat until mixture spins a thread. Add peanuts.

(They will snap and crackle a bit, but be sure not to UNDER-cook them).

When mixture turns faintly golden, add soda, stir thoroughly, remove itrom 'fire and pour onto buttered aluminum foil (the heavy kind). DO NOT spread or stir, just pour it out.

If you stir it now it won't be light and crisp. When completely cooked, break into pieces.

(If you add soda before peanuts are thoroughly cooked, the mixture will look greenish. Cook a little longer until it is golden). y

MAY PLENTIFUL FOODS LIST Eggs, honey and prunes are topnotch, suggestions for May menus.

All three are plentiful, reports the TeXas Agricultura,1 Extension Service.

Shoppers likely will find egg prices especially attractive this month, since continued heavy production is predicted. May is a good month for serving all your favorite egg dishes often.

Honey also is a. dandy item for May meals. An ecellent sweetener, honey,

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 is in much heavier supply than a year earlier. You'll find it a welcome item on breakfast tables to serve with pancakes waffles and planin or French toast.

Honey also can be used as a welcome afternoon treat — the perfect topping for ice cream or fruit salads. and don't overlook its many cooking uses.

Prunes com j lete the May list of plentiful foods announced by the the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Consumer and •Marketing Service. California dried prune production now indicated at 179,000 tons is more than a third larger than the volume produced during 1963-64, according to industry reports.

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STRETCH FOOD BUDGETS

BY COMPARATIVE SHOPPING Money-minded shoppers can stretch food budgets by comparative shopping. Although it may be time-consuming, the practice can result in savings for other essential items for the family.

This reminder comes from Mrs. Gwen Clyatt, Texas A.&M. University Extension consumer marketing specialist.

She suggests that food shoppers check food advertising at home, and analyze possible savings which can be realized by using "specials," coupons or other sales practices.

Then, in the store, read labels and other information to learn price and net weight of food production. Next, estimate the cost of "like" foods, per unit of weight or volume, such as cost per ounce, pound, pint, quart or serving. This gives the true — or real — cost of the food compared to other alternative choices, Mrs. Clyatt says.

For most families, food is the largest item of expenditure. A five to 10 per cent savings in food shopping over a 12-month pewiod worild amount to enough to satisfy other essential needs for the family.

Food shoppers this week will note that there are good supplies of high quality eggs available. And prices are still reasonable. Chicken hens and fryers are about the same price as last weekend.

Beef prices are adging upward slightly. This may be a good time to shop for specials and buy extra cuts for the freezer. There is a wide variety of beef cuts from which to choose.

Good values — both cost-wise and quality-wise — are to be found at produce counters. Grapefruit and oranges are still goad selections, and straw-

VESTNIK berries are on many markets at reasonable prices. Pineapples, pears, bananas, avocados, and grapes are other fruits to consider, Vegetable choices range from carrots to head lettuce, eggplant, mustard greens, cabbage, cauliflower and cucumbeds.

Dairy foods are of excellent quality and price.

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TEACH CLOTHES, CARE AT AN EARLY AGE A child is never too young to learn habits of good grooming and good clothes care. Parents have a responsibility, however, to teach and provide physical conditions that make good clothes care easy for children.

So says Dr. Graham Hard, Texas A.&M. University Extension Service clothing specialist.

A child can be frustrated because the hooks or rods in his clothes closet are too high for him. If he cannot reach the hook or hanger to hang up his clothes, he may soon become discouraged, Dr. Hard says.

"Select properly sized hangers for your child's clothes. Stores offer colorfully designed hangers for children," the specialist adds.

Teach your child how to put his garments on the bed, insert the hanger into the sleeve, button or zip the garment closed and then hang it in its proper place in the clothes closet.

This takes a little time — but parents will be happier and so will the child.

Children can't learn proper clothes care if adults do not provide them with the proper hangers and teach them that hangers enable their garments to hang free and retain their shape, the specialist says.

---SPJST-GROCERY BILL UP, BUT NOT FOR FOOD If you thought you spent a bit too much at the supermarket Saturday, you probably did — but not for food.

Chances are the shopping bag contained hair sprays, first-aid kits, buble-bath soap, paper towels, patent medicines and many other items formerly bought in drug stores.

As for food, much of the bill covered purchases of meat, soft drinks, frozen vegetables, beer and prepared or semi-prepared goods such as cake mixes and other convenience foods that were rarely on shopping lists a dozen or so years ago.

Like as not the shopping list showed few, if any, of the little snacks or can-

13 dies bought just before the checkout center was reached.

All in all, surveys by the government and the,food industry note that despite the changing tastes of the American consumer, he spends proportionaly less on food today than he did years ago.

The government has estimated food sales this year will total $82 billion, or $2 billion above 1964. This increase of about 3 per cent, however, is the same as the rate of population growth.

The Grocery Manufacturers' Assn. says the consumer spent 19 per cent of each dis posable dollar. This compared with 26 per cent about 15 years ago.

During this time, the 1,500 items he had to choose from on the grocer's shelves has grown to 8,000.

The Food Field Reporter, a trade paper and statistical organization, said total grocery sales rose 2.8 per cent in 1963, to $52,820,000,000. In the same period, the latest for which figures are available, nonfood items in these shops and markets jumped 12.5 per cent to $4,327,550,000.

Is it concern over waistline that is keeping expenditures for food down in relation to disposable income?

The answer is elusive.

The largest gain in sales in 1963 was in dietetic soft drinks, up 52.3 per cent from the year before, and the largest decline of any grocery line was in metered-calorie products, down 30.1 per cent.

One theory that food executives dismiss is the less ardous work Americans do nowadays.

Increased incomes are also translated into a rising demand for meat as well as beer and snacks, such as potato chips. Market research men also note the increased consumption of beer by teen-agers.

The extra housework required of housewives in the suburban home and the growing number of married women who work also contribute to the sharp rise of cakemixes, boil-in-the-bag foods, products in the strength of specialty stores, particularly in the city.

While the city is often called an impersonal place, shoppers there are far more personal in their tastes and less bound by conformity than those in the suburbs.

Probably the biggest gainer in the drug store-supermarket competition for the consumer dollar is the packaging industry. Last year, an estimated $23 billion was spent on packaging

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serials for food and drug items. m.ore toothpaste is sold in super-

the ...ay. • - ago, Pillsbury was .:rued with producing flour.

It th( 1 making cake mixes, processed potatoes. , .froze•n foods and other c 0 nve n ce foods.

One result has been a 93 per cent profit on a '10 per cent increase rise in sales hl the last seven years.

About the only los.er in the food industry has been the farmer, The Depart:aim-Atof Agriculture ha reported the retail cost of all food consumed or exported in 1953 totaled $1,003,000,000. Of this, the farmer received 900,000 o(11 ner cent.

In 1063, this same food basket cost $1078,000,000 and the 'farm value was $394 m Ilion, or 37 per cent, in.

hundred souri and Sokol founc sary 15, sued c.,1 the tce: last

founded one Mis original earlier in anniverary 1 was isn of inthe

"The e you ;let. an idea, "The urn acce.. :3,000 earri Trol l y t.; people e-v, Slet was composed Tim of 1.20,000 b ! ):: . girls; juniors had 100,130 in the field; the ranks of the performing ,Gokol men and women were 150,000 eon;;, 9. 139 indiNiduals to "The ,'.r g and each a every thee . i every need. ii. com.pletc, quick assembly, This was e each group to lineup, idual knew bethe stack: . xactly where he fore he it perform, would c was possible only heand dep f-discipline and con7 cau.se stant sjit of this an -second, ordtype are sta'..,ernig.

er, and efficiency were displayed everywhere. Thousands arrived and departed every day, obeying every cornm:.,!(1 willingly, for they had elected own, leaders, who worked tire- and received not one dime. cute was paid; everything was done l untily. Every day, 110,000 break..., lunches, and winners were served from field kitchens to the gymnists 'ect order and exemplary clean•, snd they were good, substantial -me years, 45,000 gym instructors, ..::':trict and unit officials, 12,000 and committee members roduce the Slet. No one re. of the best were quad'M at the- Slet. Eliminatic», ileid first in the units, then dA•l tr , .J.nd finally nationally. Out 1,C"...:),(.100 senior members and 2,000,NO children and juniors only a.bout 10 per cent. qualified for the Slet as pefformers -- but in the. meantime, an entire nation had physical culture.

"The state contributed nothing. The Sokols paid for everything themselves."

On. this subject, the chairman of the: Sokol Stamp Commemorative Committee, James V. Cihak, writes in part, in a. special article for the Czechoslovak National Council of Ainerica; "Twice within five years our country has honored up by the issuance of a commemorative stamp. The first was the T. Q. Masaryk stamp in March, 1.96G; the second, the Sokol physical fitness stamp in 1965. One honored an individual of world-wide stature, the second a movement conducted and adhered to by millions of the little people, and ;Aso by T. G. l',./lasaryk. Both their roots anch.ored in the tras Of centuries. Both grew together rough but lertile ground, exposed and alternately lashed and then fed by the. fury and healing power of the elements. Neither threats nor promises could sway either from the intelligent, logical course they bad set for themselves. They fought and worked together creating the Czechoslovak Republic, an "Island of democracy in a sea. of dictatorship," and what a democracy it was!

"Fate, like a pendulum has temporarily terminated the life of both but the spirit that fearlessly lives in :their hearts can never be killed.

"The Sokols in the ifree world shall honor the centennial of the Sokols in June 24-27, America in Chicago 1965. This is a mere statement of fact, but pre gnant with the spirit and Na

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elan so closely knit with the feelings of free Sokols everywhere." zechoslovak Natl. Council A STALE WILL Unlike wine, wills seldom improve with age. Events that occur after your will is made may turn its wisdom into folly, its plans into pitfalls, its kindness into cruelty. Yet, When you die, the law will usually 'follow your instructions to a T, heedless of what has happened in the Meantime.

In a few special sit-nations — suppose you got married, or got divorced, or had a child, or lost a child — local statutes may make automatic changes in your will. But arch changes are cutto a standard pattern, pediaps bringing results you may not have wanted at all. Worse, there are all sorts of possibilities that statutes simply cannot deal with in any orderly fashion.

Consider this case: The father of two daughters, disappointed in the men they married, wrote a will cutting theM off with almost nothing. But he lived on for several, years, during which time he had a complete change of heart. Unhappily, he neglected to bring his will up to date. The court had no choice but to enforce the will as written, with the old rancor left in and the new affection left out.

Here are some other circumstances that may justify a change in your will: A son, who at the age oil 14 seemed the quite and sensible type, by 16 shows alarming signs of becoming a spendthrift . . . an uglyduckling daughter, thought to be headed for :ipinsterhood, lands a good husband . . 'you move to another state . . . you become much richer (or much poorer ... a change in the tax laws gives you an opportunity to save on inheritance taxes . . . you gain new attachments (or lose old ones).

Oi course, you shouldn't re-draft your will every time you have a tiff with Aunt Kate. But reviewing it at regular intervals — perhaps every year or two — is plain common sense.

If your lawyer sees the need for a review, he may send you a reminder to that effect. Still, even though such a reminder is perfectly ethical, many lawyers are leery of an y thing that might be interpreted as soliciting legal business.

The best way is for you to authorize him in advance, preferably when you Hirst make your will, to send your a regular reminder—just as your dentist does. Very often, no change will be

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 necessary. But if a change is necessary, delay is dangerous. The change that is delayed may never be made at all.

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

CHILDREN AT CAMP It's a good idea to give written consent for necessary medical care if your child leaves home for a visit or a camping trip, or if you plan to be away for any length of time.

For example, a summer camp nurse may bring a boy into a, hospital with an acute case of appendicitis. But the doctor may well hesitate to go ahead and operate without the parents' consent.

Is the doctor arbitrary, and is such permission just a legal technicality?

No, he is well within his rights, though he may give dirst aid — but only for emergency treatment when a child's health or life may be at stake. He is likely to put off follow-up care until he can reach the child's parents. A relative or baby sitter generally cannot ,grant consent for a child's treatment.

Even an adult must request treatment and grant consent to medical care on his own before a doctor can give it to him. Children cannot do this.

By going to your doctor you show your willingness and consent to accept his treatment. Your consent is assumed also when you ask for a house call by the doctor, or if as a result of an accident you come to a hospital for emergency treatment. If you are unconscious, the doctor may well give you emergency care, yet later he should get your consent to further treatment.

Minors cannot consent to medical treatment, and except in dire emergencies their parents or guardians ;must ,give it for them.

The consent should not be broadly or loosely phrased, but should be as specific as circumstances permit.

The principal reason for having the consent in writing is to avoid later misunderstandings. It is a protection both to the patient and physician.

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

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liTESTNIK WHOOPING CRANES ATTRACT WIDESPREAD ATTENTION R. H. Shields, manager of Aransas Natural Wildlife Refuge, has several reasons for relief now that the mighty Whooping Cranes are migrating from winter quarters on the refuge to summer nesting areas in the Great Slave Lake region of far northern Canada.

One is that volunteer observers are having an opportunity, meager as it is, to see the real thing in flight.

For some time before the first of the 42 Whoopers even took off, Shields was receiving letters about the precious birds having been seen in places other than the refuge.

All of the ,reports were promptly acknowledged.

Now that some of the large white cranes with black wing tips have left for the northland, news reports state conirmed sightings have been made along the flyway. These involved whooyers feeding in marshes.

Actual sightings in the air are comparatively rare, according to Shields, since the big cranes generally fly at greater heights and mysteriously follow an uncharted course.

MOST ANGLERS NEED LICENSE During the first 15 days of April, 19 citations were issued on one Texas lake for failure to produce a valid State fishing license. Possibly, each of us should check our own fishing license.

A Texas Parks and Wildlife spokesman disclosed this in reminding it is during the early spring season when many of the fines are paid for nonpossession of the $2.15 fishing licenses.

He said the requirements are simple.

If you have passed your 17th birthday and have not reached the age of 65 and fish outside Of your home county or use a winding device, you need a fishing license. If you fish in your home county with a cane pole of a throwline you are not required to purchase a fishing license.

The $2.15 fee applies also to nonresidents.

RATE OF EXCHANGE CHANGED AGAIN Last summer, as an inducement to Western tourists, the rate of 14 crowns for foreigners doubled to 28 crowns, provided a certain amount of money was spent in the country (excluding Ttizex purchases). On January 1, 1965, the finance ministry again shuffled the rate of 28 cr. to 16.08 cr. Abroad Czechoslovak crowns can be purchased at 35 cr. for a dollar. This is the rate

charged by the Czechoslovak government to its own citizens who pay over 380 crowns for $11.00 prior to their visit to the United States.

—5PJarDENTAL HEALTH

Good teeth start in childhood and there are things parents can ,do to help insure that their offspring have a minimum of dental health problems both in childhood and later years.

To point up the fundamentals of good dental health for children, the American Dental Association has declared the week of Feb. 7-13, 1965, as National Children's Dental Health Week.

The ADA lists four simple rules which, if ,followed faithfully, can help to reduce decay. These are: 1. Cut down on sweets, especially between meals.

2. Brush teeth immediately after eating (snacks as well as regular meals). When this is not possible, rinse mouth thoroughly with water.

3. Have regular dental checkups.

This enables the dentist to discover decay and other problems at an early stage. Just as with other diseases, early treatment of dental disease is easier and more likely to be effective.

4. Fluoridation of community water supplies greatly reduces decay, says the ADA. Where water supplies are not fluoridated, dentists may suggest applying fluoride directly to children's teeth.

Sugar is named as the major cause of tooth decay. Bacteria that are always present in the mouth act on sugar to produce acids. These acids attack the teeth,. Of course, sugar also is an important part of the diet. But it can be controlled. Nibbling on sweets throughout the day is hard on the teeth. Eat your candy all at once, then brush your teeth.

Many children, perhaps most of them, lose a ,tooth or two through an accident with a baseball bat, a fall or other playground scramble. Even if it's a baby tooth that will eventually come out anyway, prompt professional care is important. First, wrap the tooth in a wet towel or place it in water. Don't clean the tooth; you may remove vital tissue. Take the child and the tooth to a dentist as quickly as possible. There is a good chance that the dentist will be able to replace the toth so that gums and bone structure effect a healing process and the tooth once again becomes sound and useful.

Dental authorities agree that the child should make his first visit to the

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Sound teeth in childhood can prevent many dental problems in later life. Regular dental care is an import-.. ant part of the overall health care of the family.

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CAUTION! — POISON! "Children act fast, and so can poisions."

The same child who won't drink his fruit juice will cheerfully and quickly gulp such unappetizing things as detergent, insect spray or kerosene. In the United States 500,000 children swallow such unlikely things as household sprays, lye. gasoline, aspirin, bleach, rat poison and furniture polish. One review of 2,133 cases of accidental poisoning, conducted by the National Clearinghouse for Poison Control Centers, found that in 63 per cent of the cases the offending substance had not been returned to its customary storage place after use.

The problem of accidental poisoning is becoming so acute that the American Academy of Pediatrics lists it as the most common medical emergency among youngsters.

National Clearinghouse authorities say prime poisoners of children are not the bug killers or insect sprays which are clearly stamped with the skull and crossbones, but the headache pills, the caustics used to clean drains, the fluid used to fill lighters.

"Skeptics must be convinced of this fact," says the Clearinghouse.

If you're convinced, the Clearinghouse recommends a clear course of action: clean out the medicine cabinet, keep toxic materials under proper storage, keep them labeled and in their proper containers, and when dealing with children refer to medicine as medicine rather than as "candy".

Meanwhile, it is well to understand that 23 poison control centers are in operation in Texas to help physicians handle poisoning emergencies. Poison control centers work like this: Operating under local physicians' guidance, they never close, and answer questions from the physician attending the patient, not from the patients.

Assume a child .drank some skin lo-

tion. His mother calls the family's physician, who immediately calls the nearest poison control center and reports the lotion by brand name. A quick check is made of index card file and the physician is advised of its toxic ingredients and the proper antidote.

From 1500 to 2000 calls are handled each month in poison control centers.

The volume will undoubtedly increase as potentially hazardous compounds are marketed for use.

—Texas Dept. of Public Health -SPJSTTEXAS FARM AND RANCH LANE

BECOME MORE VALUABLE Texas farm and ranch land prices reached a record high. of $94 an acre in 1963. Tins, said Boyd Andrews, Extension resource development specialist at Texas' A, M. University, was an increase of 10 per cent over the average price in 1960.

He added that a recent study by the resource economics section of A.&M.'s Department of A gricultural Economics and Sociology points out other interesting facts. Due to the vast differences in soil types and locations, sale prices ranged from $20 to over $1,000 per acre.

While lnad prices moved upward, the net farm income was declining. Thus requiring a larger investment for a smaller return. A popular view expressed to the study group was that the low net farm income does not justify the existing high land prices, Andrews said.

But a closer look at the dominant source of demand for agricultural lands may help explain the situation, the specialist added. First, he said, the average net ;farm income can be misleading. Many farmers and ranchers receive a far greater return than the average indicates. This group is capable of adjusting rapidly to incorporate technological advances and financially able to bid up the price of land to gain a larger economic sized unit.

The strong demand for strictly agricultural land comes almost entirely from this group, Andrews said.

Another important source of demand for agricultural land is from industry and urban developments. In many areas of Texas industry is expanding and using large acreages of agricultural land and pushing prices upward.

Urban centers are spreading out and taking up more and more land and highways are also taking their share, the specialist said. These intensive uses of land exert great influence on land

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 prices, the study noted.

A third important source of demand comes from urban dwellers.

These buyers are interested in using land for agricultural puiposes as well as for homes, weekend farms and for recreation.

These demand sources for land are the dominant forces in the Texas land market and are not expected to change in the near future, Andrews concluded.

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PHYSICAL FITNESS As Ponce cle Leon sought the fountain of youth, so we today seek the quick, easy route to good health.

Unfortunately, neither of these exists.

But there are ways to keep your mind and body physically fit. , Take a look at the seven paths to fitness.

One essential is proper medical care.

This means preventive services periodic medical examinations and an immunization schedule. Give your physician your confidence, follow his advice and obtain prompt care when you are ill.

Nutrition is an important part of fitness. Gorging yourself one day and going without Toad the next is not the way to become fit. Your daily food needs include meat or meat substitutes, milk and milk products, bread and cereals, (enriched or whole grain), fruits and vegetables, plus other foods to complete meals.

Proper dental care is important not only for good appearance and better health, but to permit proper chewing of food and to prevent distress and pain. Visit your dentist every six months or oftener as he advises. Brush your teeth properly, as soon after meals as possible — or if you can't brush, rinse your mouth with water.

And go easy on the snacks, particularly those high in sugar, between meals. Regular visits to your dentist can help prevent dental distress, forestall needless pain and expense, and help to prevent the premature loss of teeth.

And believe it or not, exercise is an important element in [fitness. Choose any exercise which suits you -- your age, sex and physical condition — and that you enjoy. You need exercise enough to bring on healthful fatigue — vigorous enough to tax the power of your muscles — and regular participation using all parts of the body.

Exercise improves the action of the heart, blood circulation and breathing function. It steps up muscle tone and

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 helps in weight control. And it gives you an overall feeling of zest and wellbeing.

A person also needs to have a satisfying work, healthy play and recreation, and adequate rest and relaxation.

Include these seven paths to fitness in your life. You don't have a fountain of youth, but you'll sure feel better.

—Texas State Dept. of Health -SPJSTTHE FAMILY LAWYER

Splitting Hairs Would a man be justified in shooting his wife because she wore curlers at the breakfast table? There are more than 1,000,000 books in the Harvard Law School Library, but not one of them even considers that question.

The reason is that the answer is so obviously "no." There simply is not enough room for argufnent. A question can become a legal issue only if it is close.

For example, suppose the husband claims that the shooting was accidental ("I didn't know the gun was loaded"), or that he fired in self-defense ("She hit me first with a Tolling pin"), Then there are, indeed, legal issues — issues close enough for the lawyers to really argue about.

Is this due to a sheer love of hairsplitting on the part of lawyers? Not at all. Law is like that because life is like that. Anyone who has watched a Little League baseball game knows that it is the "close ones" which start 'MIMEO= iINIM■IIMB.CI.07=11=11/3/a

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And the world of law is, largely, a world of close ones. It is a world where ifs and maybes abound, and yeses and noes are few and far between. The law, willy-nilly, must provide answers to questions like these: At what point does "indifference" shade into "mental cruelty?"

How mush wear and tear is "reasonable?"

How !fast is "with all deliberate Speed?"

When does a man cross the line between "high" and "drunk?"

No wonder one harassed judge said that deciding such questions is like deciding "when a young lady gets to be an old maid."

Perhaps the questions are closest of all in the cases that reach the United States Supreme Court. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes once estimated that at least one third of the Court's cases are so close that unanimous decisions are humanly impossible.

So why shouldn't hairs be split in the pursuit of justice?

1"Tru.th," said Historian Ernest Renan, "lies in fine distinctions."

(A public service feature of the Amefrioan Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. Written by Will Bernard).

-SPJST'PHANTOM" DEER SNUBS EVICTION A phantom deer haunts an of flimits experimental plot on the Kerr Wildlife Management Area, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. technicians just wished they knew how to evict the intruder.

The area has ten "deer proof," 96acre pastures. They are designed to test competition between wild deer and domestic livestock for food under varying conditions. Plots are 792 feet wide and amile long with eight foot fences.

The specific tract was designed as a check area and barred to both deer and livestock. But shortly after the planners readied the project, telltale deer tracks were noticed.

The spooky deer evaded ordinary baited deer traps because of abundance of native forage. When pellet guns were available, the trespassing deer could not be spotted.

The technicians recruited fourteen persons to walk line abreast with the hope of driving out the unwanted white tail. With only 52 feet between each driver the area was thoroughly covered without a sign of the invader.

17 ,One of the technicians said he better appreciated the heavy undergrowth which was held partly responsible for the no-see-'em-deer season last fall.

Storing Electric Blankets It's time to store electric blankets, and here's some information for homemakers on storage and care. Results of recent testing conducted by Consumers' Research, Inc., showed that electric blankets should never be dry cleaned or machine washed, regardless of claims by the manufacturer, says Mrs. Doris Meyers, Extension area specialist in home management at Texas A. & M. University.

Maly oznamovatel INTRODUCTIONS. Czech descent only.

Send for information. The Czech Social Klub, P.O. Box 323, Omaha, Nebraska 38101. (dze) -SPJST--

WANTED: Lady with pleasant disposition to do housework for an older couple. Living quarters furnished. For further details write or see: Mrs. Joe A. Worsham, 4664 Meadowood Road, Dallas, Texas.

(115-17c) -SPJSTFOR SALE': Small grocery store in De

Soto. Also acreage and business lots.

Recreation park on 3 acres with swimming pool. - On Hwy. 77 at Beltline.

Garage and equipment with 2 houses Lancaster Road, near Loop 12. Farms near Ennis, large and small. Call Dal17-19p) las, FR 4-6736. Evenings.

Va g e mira ochrany, kdyi pouilvite NONAT U venkovne zavinenYch bolestem a irtrapem mono pfe• dejit pouiitim teto medikaln: masti, ureene k uleveni postiZe• ne es asti. Nebud'te bez NONATI I...Tsporna velikost $1.15, pray]• delna velikost 65c.

R. C. MILLER, P.O, BOX 1785 ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA

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Of Chili and Wolves When a Corsicana firm introduced Its Wolf brand chili in 1921, it set out to startle Texans into buying the product.

Its salesmen toured the state in Model T Ford' roadsters that had been redesigned so that the passenger corn-

Wednesday, April 28, 1965

partments looked like oversized cans of chili. Riding behind in a steel cage was a real live wolf.

-SPJSTBe On Lookout For Strange Insects USDA is urging homeowners and farmers to keep a sharp eye for any unusual insect damage to crops, ornamentals, or trees. Such damage should be reported at once to county agents

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 Religious (dzc)

or state, or Federal entomologists. It could mean a new foreign pest has sneaked past our quarantine barriers, or that a native insect is building up to dangerous proportions. A Florida homeowner's curiosity about the larvae he found in a grapefruit triggered the successful campaign against the rne,dfly in 1956.

BATTLE DANCE SPJST Hall, Buckholts SATURDAY, MAY 1st MUSIC BY

KOTCH Funeral Home

Vrazel's Polka Band of Cameron

WEST, TEXAS HI 6-5307

and

24 HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE WE HONOR ALL BURIAL POLICIES (dzc)

Joe Patek's Orch. of Shiner

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DANCE

FETE CELEBRATION

SPJST Lodge No® 29, Taylor

IN THE CHANDELIER BALLROOM

Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 1435 Beall St.

MAY

Houston, Texas

SATURDAY, MAY 1st

SUNDAY, MAY 2nd, 1965 Program Starts at 2 p.m.

Crowning of Two Queens - 4 „m® Grand March and Dance t 3 p.m.

DANCING FROM 9 to 1 MUSIC BY

Je y Broach of Houston PLENTY OF TABLES — WAITER SERVICE

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Matocha

PUBLIC CORDIALLY INVITED

Wednesday, April 28, 1905

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Farm Production Costs Today's average farmer uses about 70 Per cent of his grOSS irICOlale. for the fllaterials and &el:vices or ar 7:-!. n, compared with. GO per cent in 1952.

VKONANA SLUtBA

V lacdine a1u zarmouceni naIeznete Edward Pace pohtebni ustav pohotov6 k sympatickegru nezbyti4ch jednotlivosti a k vypraveni dojemneho pohnu, )vnO c iyjam nagi zasadou.

Pace editel rospect 3-3606

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SRI As a matter of policy, only those activities and functions promoted by or sponsored by the SPJST, or any of its lodges. will be published in the SPJST -Entertainment Calendar section.

Such notices for publication should be submitted by a bonafide lodge officer? or in some cases, by lodge hall managers.

Lodge No, 6, Cottonwood Sunday, May 2nd — Lodge meeting; barbecue sup p er and public dance.

o dge No, 15, BnekbeIts Saturday, May 1 — Joe Patek's Orch. of Shiner Saturday, May 8 — Vrazel's Polka Band Saturday, May 22 — Wedding Dance, Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple.

--SPJ ST — 1.. 0fi.c No. 25, Ennis Saturday, May 22 — Private dance; music by the Music Masters, Ennis, Loke No. 29, Taylor Sunday, May 2 — May Fete Celebration; Queen Coronation at 4 p.m.

Junior Grand March 7:30; Grand March 8 p,in. Music by Lee Roy Matocha, afternoon and night.

May 8 — Patek May 15 _ Hi-Toppers June 6 — Patek June 12 — Vrazels June 19 _ Hi-Toppers July 10 — Patek July 17 — H1--Toppers Aug. 7 — Vrazels Lodge No, 35, Elk May 1 — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple May 8 — Fiddle Swingsters of Waco May 15 — Albin and His Rhythm Playboys of Waco May 22 — Sam Weaver and His Musical Pals of Waco May 29 — Fiddle Swingsters of Waco ST Lodge No, 39, Bryan Saturday, May 1st — George Machart; members free.

Saturday, May 8 , Johnnie and the Diamonds Saturday, May 15 — Jessie Lee Playboys Saturday, May 21st — Hi-Notes from La Grange Saturday, May 29 — Vrazel's Polka Band.

VEISTNIK Lodge No , 40, Hi llje Saturday, May 8 -- The Jades Saturday, May 22 -- The Kounts Saturday, June 12 — The Sonics S atur day , June 26 — The Traits Saturday, July 10 — The Continentals —SPJ ST-Lodge No. 47, Seaton Saturday, May 1 — Dance; music by the Hi-Toppers Saturday, Ivia,7 8 — Dance; music by Vrazel's Polka Masters Saturday, May 15 — Battle Dance; music by Albert David and the Temple Rhythm Masters .

BPJ ST Lodge No. 48, Beyersville Sunday, May 2 — Regular monthly meeting.

Sunday, May 16 — May Fete Celebration. Dance; Vrazel's Polka Band.

Saturday, May 29 — Music by Ladis Vrazel Band Sunday, June 6 — Regular monthly meeting.

Sunday, June 13 — Weisner Reunion Sunday, June 29 — Erdman Reunion Saturday, June 26 _ Dance, Si] Krenek Sunday, July 18 — Maresh Reunion ReSunday, June 27 — union Sunday, July 4 -® Dance; Vrazel's Polka Band Lodge No. I4, West Sunday, May 2 — Regular meeting.

Saturday, May 8 — All day wedding Sunday, June 6 — Family reunion Saturday June 12 — All day wedding Sunday, July 13 Sulak reunion Sunday, July 4 Annual picnic Saturday July 17 — All day wedding Sunday, July 18 — Volcik Golden Wedding Anniversary Saturday, July 24 -- All day wedding Saturday, Aug. 28 -- Birthday party.

Lodge No. 66, Waco Saturday, May 1 — Wedding dance Monday, May 3 — Directors, Entertainment, and Convention Committee Meeting, open to all members of Lodge 66 Saturday, May 8 — Sam Weaver and , His Musical Palls of Waco Saturday, May 15 — Slim Haisler's Playbo ys of Temple Sunday, May 16 _ Regular lodge meeting Saturda y, May 22 — Eddie Klepac and his Rhythm Masters of Temple —SP.; ST— Lodge No. 80, Holland Saturday, May 1st — Louie Steffek and the Versatiles Sunday, May 30 — Annual Picnic, all day; music day and night by Joe Patek

Wednesday, April 28, 1965 Lodge No. 84, Dallas Saturday, May 1 — Dance; music by the Music Masters Saturday, May 15 — Dance; Charlie Adamcik's Polka Tones day, May 16 — Regular monthly meeting Saturday, May 29 — Soft Ball Dance; Music Masters Saturday, June 5 — Dance; Rudy Kurtz Sunday, June 6 — Annual Picnic at Vickery Park SPJST---Lodge No, 88, Houston Thursday, April 29 _ Social night, 8 to 10:30 p.m.

Satrrday, May 1 — I'Zolache Bake in the morning. Phone your orders.

Dance, arday evening, 9 til 1; Jimmy of Houston Monday, May 3 — Meeting of the Glee Club Wednesday, May 5 — Birthday Club Party and Lunch; public is invited.

Thursday, May 6 — Social Night for your family and friends Friday, May 7 — Entertainment Committee Meeting; Board of Directors meeting Saturday, May 8 -- Dance; Bay City Dutchmen of Corpus Christi Monday, May 10 — Glee Club Meeting Wednesday, May 12 — Birthday Club Meeting and Luncheon; come and bring your friends Tinirsday, May 13 -- Social Night; 'fun for all!

Friday, May 1 — Lodge ,M.onthly Meeting; refreshments served after the meeting.

May 15 — Dance; Lee Roy Sa Matocha of Fayetteville SPJST Lodge 139 Dallas — Sokol Zizka Saturday, May 8 — Dance; music by the Music Masters. Sponsored by Lodge 130 Saturday, • May 22 -- Dance; music by the Peppermints Saturday, June 12 — Dance; music by the Cale Orchestra Saturday, Jun e 26 — Dance; music by the Music Masters Saturday, July 10 — Dance, music by Eric Honza Saturday, July 24 — Special Dance. music by the Music Masters Saturday, August 7 — Dance; music by Ernie Honza Orchestra —BPJ ST— Lodge Stef p,,nik 142, Houston Saturday, May 8 — Dance; music by Karel Matejka Orchestra. (Sponsored by the Youth Club).

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

28. DU NA 1965

OD RE AlieNi110 STOLKU JDEME DOPilEDU Podle etvrtletnich zprav z Hlavni Uradovny pro prvni tii mesice tohoto roku, jest videt, te v prodeji pojistek nag organisatori dosahli novy rekord v tornto tak chiletitem oboru nail bratrske praci. V teto dobe se piljalo 591 tadosti o pojisteni v obnosu $1,302,775.

To znamena, te se napsalo o $313,740 vice tento rok net za ty stejne tri mesice minuleho roku. Asi 86 procent novYch olent pfistoupilo do dospeleho oddeleni a asi 14 procent do detskeho oddeleni. PriImerne stall novYch zapsanYch elenti pro tyto prvni tii mesice — pro dospele je 21 let; pro nedospele asi til roky.

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Koncem tech stejnych tis mesicti, naAe jednota SPJST mela 1,331 zarueenYch piljeek v obnosu $11,129,469.52, cot je $43,404.70 vice netli loriskeho roku o torn Case.

Tyto eislice nam ukazuji dobrY stay, pokrok a rust nail jednoty, j ak v poetu certifikatti tak i v obnosu nagich investic. S takovYmi kroky dopiedu za prvni etvrletni dobu, jest zrejme videt, te bezpochyby dosahneme nail ustanovenou kvotu v roku 1965. Vgichni musime poloist ruku k dilu a pomoci nagm organisatortim kciy, kde, a jak moZno, abychorn se jejich prace co nejvic usnadnila. Kdyt vi Glen o dobrem prospetku, eili nadejneho Mena, ma ihned upozornit mistniho anebo ladoveho organisa,tora o tomto a sprosttedkovat zapsani takoveho elena do jednoty. Nedostaneme-11 jej do nag

mLiN ZIVOTA

Velike kolo klidne se toei. . . a vSude bida, kam noha kroei!

A bidu strida bolest a zaSti pod maskou smichu, v rffiovem Tu kriipej “esti, tu nadej a sotva vélli, zas v miSrn se kith 13S,va, to k plaei a zase k smichu, jak kolo dr ti pokoru, pS,chu, mladosti kvety, Zivota nezrale plody, i zralou Toei se kolo velkeho mlSrnu, semele slavu, semele vinu, semele Stesti i bolest tvoji, Has vSechny v popel po itI boji.

Velike kol oklidne se toei. . .

Po smichu slzy vidy tekou z oei.

Marie MatonSkova jednoty, ziska ho nekdo jinY. • Na druhe strane, te jinak ttpitive tabulky, mame zase nekolik tzv. neeinnych ltdti, mrtyYch, anebo na prahu smrti, pripravujic se na rozpougeni anebo na sloueeni s bliznim kadem.

KatclY takovY plipad se musi letit jednotlive a zvlag' na zaklade mjstnich okolnosti, atd. V nekterYch plipadech, kde je nekolik malYch, neeinnYch BAIA, bylo by asi nejvhodnefg kdyby se takoy e lady sloueily s blitnim viceeinnYm radem. Ve spojeni je sila a kde dva anebo tri lady konkurovaly o spolkovou tivnost, bylo by zajiste o mnohem lepe, kdyby se sloueily a vAechny shy pracovaly vespolek pro dobro vkch. Jeden siln, einnY lad je bezpo-

chyby lep g net dva anebo tli lady, kterY sotva existuji a tivoli od jednoho roku k druhemu. Kdyt je elenii vie, povzbudi se iniciativa a psychologicky to dobre pbsobi na eleny kdyt maji napt. sin kde mutou pracovat a se citit eastkou jednoty.

• • Nikdo nerad slyg , te se ten anebo ten lad chce rozpustit anebo sloueit s druhYM. A to by nebylo to nejhorAi, KDYBY se zaroveii organisovaly a zakladaly NOVE lady v jinYch Usti statu. Behem roku 1964 se rozpustili etyri lady, zatim co se zalotil jeden novY lad a to lid C. 169 p11 Brenham.

V tomto roce se rozpustil lad C. 140 pH Wied. Vetgina elenti se pridalo k C. 63 na Sweet Home. Nyni mame v jednote 139 "einnYch tachi".

• Z tech 139 `einnych kada", je deset kachl majici merle net 20 Menu. Jsou to lady C. 2 v La Grange, e. 12 Weimar, C. 22 v Cat Springs, C. 37 v Sealy, C. 59 v New Ulm, C. *69 v Rosenberg, C. 119 v Brookshire, C. 132 Waller, C. 134 v Crowell, a C. 156 v Baytown. Tyto lady maji od osmi do devatenacti 61amek C. 135 v novYch stanovach zni takto: tadny lad nembte se rozejiti pokud jest je ge dvacet fidil pro dalti trvani. Die toho elanku tyto jmenovane 'lady se niatou rozpustit kdykoliv, jetto nemaji ani tech ta.cloucich dvacet ClenU. Stanovy, ale nenalizuji, te se MUST lid rozejiti. Rid jako ten p11 Crowell v etyrtem okrsku by bylo tetko rozpustit, protote nejbliZA1 lad je v Seymour, asi 40-50 mil vzdaleny.

Jeden rortok teto otazky malSich,

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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 If/REHM ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPORUJfCf 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 Ptedplatne $3.75 Zmeny adres zasilaji se do Hlavni iltadovny Box 100, Temple, Texas Pfedplatno a oznamky bud'ta zasillua y na Vestnik. West, Texas HLAVNI UP,ADOVNA EDWARD L. MAREK, pfedseda JOE B. HEJNY, mistopredseda R. A. URBANOVSKY, tajeranik JOS KOLIHA, JR., pokladnik BEN ' ABoliK, finanni tajemnik Wichni v Temple, Texas, Box 100 AUGUST KACIA, pravni radce, Temple, Texas P 0 Box 845 DR. MARVIN LESIKAR, vrchni lekat P. 0. Box 410 — Taylor, Texas REDITELE JOHN A. KUBENA, prvni okrsek P. O. Box 180 — La Grange, Texas HENRY V1TEK, druhY okrsek P. 0. Box 43 — Granger, Texas CYRILL (SID) POKLADNIK, tfeti okrsek 2924 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75226 R. E. BROZ, CtvrtY okrsek Rt. 3, Box 320 — San Angelo, Texas ERNEST HANKA, pat okrsek 6759 Cindy Lane — Houston, Texas 77008 ED SRALLA, g estY okrsek Rt. 1, Box 110, Edna, Texas CHAS HOLASEK, sedmY okrsek 2513 Nemec St., — Corpus Christi, Texas

SEZNAM ORGANIZATORU OKRSEK 1 Melvin 8krabdnek P0 Box 2'70 Caldwell, Texas 77836 OKRSEK II Leonard D. Mikeska 1416 E. Avenue B Temple, Texas 76501 OKRSEK III Arnold M. Vrla 6307 Saratoga Circle Dallas 14, Texas OKRSEK IV Fred Kvetoft Route 1 Abernathy, Texas OKRSEK V Frances Olexa 6402 Taggart Houston, Texas 77007 OKRSEK VI Leo Krause, Jr. P. 0. Box 427 Inez, Texas OKRSEK VII Roy Hranicky Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas —MUSTVRCIINI VEDOUCI MLADE2E Jim Kueera, P. 0. Box 100, Temple

TISKOVY VYBOR MRS. FRANCES OLEXA, ptedsedItynA 6402 Taggart St. — Houston, Texas RUDOLPH TROUBIL c/o SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas HUGO SCHEFOAK 1267 Harlandale — Dallas 16, Texas STANOVNI VYBOR ROY E. IIR,ANICKY, predseda Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas LEO KRAUSE, tajemnik PO Box 427, Inez, Texas 77968 !Atka na uvefejneni y e Vestniku musi bYti doclana v sobotu dopoledne.

NevyMdanou latku neuseho y a yame y raeime. Obrazky Sc vraceji jen kcbt je poa ne-

6tovne pi'ihAene. Uve.rejn'eni zasnoubnich anebo svatebnicla obrazItt mu g el elenove semi hraatt.

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Seznam vedoucich mladeie OKRSEK I Mrs. Rud. C. Matejka Rt. 4, Box 504 Bryan, Texas OKRSEK II Mrs. Emily Mikeska Route 1 Rogers, Texas OKRSEK III CAROL ANN NESUDA Telico Road Ennis, Texas OKRSEK IV Mrs. Ed Haisler Route 1 Seymour, Texas OKRSEK V Mrs. Tillie Helmcamp 432 West 32nd St. Houston 18, Texas OKRSEK VI Mrs. Frank Brdeeka Rt. 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas OKRSEK VII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska Route 2, Box 151 Floresville, Texas r"

Ve sttedu 28. dubna 1965 neeinnSrch kadd by bylo, kdyby nastala, pilna naborova kampaii za teelem ziskani novYch elent. Tim se vybudovaly nage linty& tidy a mnoho problemil by bylo tim rortegeno. V jinYch pkipadech je rozhodne lep gi, kdy2 jeden anebo dva =Ave Lady se ptidaji k vetgimu tadu, zejmena, kde jsou takove tady blizko sebe. Naptiklad tad é. 86 pti Temple, se loriskeho roku rozpustil a eleni se ptidali fachlm é. 47 na Seaton, 87 v Temple, 24 na Cyclone, a nekteri a2 do Holland 6. 80. Ptedtim byly 4 tady vzdalene od sebe asi 10-11 mil, dva ptimo v meste Temple. Rozejitim tadu 6. 86 vgechny kady ptibyly by v poetu Menu a Mein maji aspoil kde se podilet v bratrske praci.

0 0 Za starYch easu 2'ivotni poji gteni se te2ko prodavalo, proto2e lidi mak) dtivefovali pojigt'ujicim poclniktim, a zkratka nevetili v'gemu tonin, co jim agenti a prodavaei nakendali. Reklamovani bylo mato, nebyly nato prostkedky ani penize a lids neznali v gechny vyhody, ktere jim dobre poji gteni poskytly. Zatim na ge jednota SPJST se stava mohutnej gi proto2e ji znaji jako spolehlivou poji gt'ovaci jednotu, vybudovanou behem 67 let poctive slu2by elenfun a poskytujici alenum ty nejlep gi pojigt'ovaci podminky a certifikaty. Lids nas znaji pro na ge heslo: Podpora, Lidskost a Bratrstvi, a vedi, 2e se podle toho dime. Neni jako ta spokojenost, kterou 2ivotni pojigteni narn dava, a neni takoveho tradiene spolehliveho pojigl'ovaciho spolku jako na ge SPJST. 6tete-li tyto tadky a nejste-li Menem nagi jednoty, promluvte si se elenem, jeho jmeno naleznete na nalepce na ptedni strance tohoto eisla Vestniku.

Jste-li ji elenem, je 2adoucno, aby si elovek raz obeas ptehledl svoji pojistku a ji obnovil podle dne gnich novych paadavek. , Praha. Ptes iisili reHmu dostat mlade lidi pod svou kontrolu, m•o21 se ptipady, 2e se mlaidi lids dostavaji do konfliktu se zakony. Skupiny chu•iganti jsou prakticky dnes v kaklem meste a nekde zpfisobuji mnoho neptijemnosti.

Neni tomu tak deNno, co skupina pra2skYch chuligant ohro2ovala no2• a 0baSly fitednika francouzskeho velvyslanectvi. Take je velmi cite10 dek niravfl u mládee. Na j edne pra2ske stredni gkole bylo zjigteno asi 15 pfipadfi pohlavnich chorob. Na te22e g kole bylo behem jednoho roku mnoho ptipadu pokusu o sebevraalu, z toho 'LH ptipady skoneily tragicky.

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Ve stiiedu 28. dubna 1965 j,,00 0; tono

jest, ma a je na ceste k uzdraveni. V prosim 1962 moje manzelka mela ta'aci. Dale, bylo hlaSeno, o is Majkova liable onebyla naryehlo dopravena do cram) snimky obrazkU, utake zlueo ye kamenky v vi kdy operace bt-tcle proRosie Tich.a yska je take yeni. Sostra Judith pozdravuje a byla -1- veeer 14. dubna kde iii kolony, sokc v eiieovaly Lance etverylku, okrskove schtize v Ciabna. V ten sarny 'neer mely 1 dani doti nacvionou pro verejne vystoupeni V Zupa JiZni ponida 1. zavody a 2. kvetna v nedeli '-t. bylo druhou nedeli v 7 9) po schuzi byveeeke a by to bylo spojene °tett Bratr Roy Peal za ochotnYcla bratrti uvari y :oove upravene a zat'i1. Sestry maji dodat nejake ,i ,nakutD chieba obstaraji bratri

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Mild sestry a latr,, notc:• chci vain does bud schnzi prvniho o. ∎ kona.t zde na kvetnu, elli 2. 1. spiS neZ 14 dni, Zadne yym .e to yam vuak slibuj;' opravdu stat za to k r old 0_0 Pod ze prijit, A oroe ta objednano bekne, program tal ita velice peknY, reeniky debre f dust. K tomu si jeSte, pridebte ny ty jine za'taky jako to pobesedo yani, trochn •tobk Yu, a doorou svaeinu, kte; nic stilt, MoZna, ze nekteri ftknete bratr Barina. na-L1) to Ch.V .1111, ; de vi? J6, vam, ale opakuji, "kdovi", neb jok se rika-vd, vrtle -6',eeb,no prekona tom nakm Kovar vas opravdu kych cheeme Po bratrsku tetit. A nod a( vlastne dlouhe reel, y,s'" ak mnort Vite, Le vain povidam jonom siatou pravdu, no ne?

Tak si to prosim, pet le za:nebte, alb •adne Ste tady u ads hoed bo poledni, 0 dvou neb sehtze se zabaji o jedne hodine a napred bode treba se trochu stvit jeden du-then° pl'iviltat Mnoho z vas neda yate moe velbY znam tern okrskovYm schnzim, to ale na elenstvu. Okrs,ky byly zalo2ene, aby elenstvo melo let7si prile21tost Se vespolek peznat a take, podat Ott :,1 sve nahledy a treba i .1?.xitika co se eel& nasi jednoty tyka. Preee jest to nak jednota a budeme ji Wahl takavou jakou si ji zachovame. Zeta se roue, k posledni dobu no ten nlavni iri,oi iris) pajedn.oty zapOminame. ionic ,, j. 0 tad ve stanovaeh, 2e 11:1 a e ud.rZeni neLi. ees' . ' reel a ail kYch tradie, a dai:Hre to? „e1y2 jsme zaealt ykcko v anghe je prtionano hodod sta,d,leh by to radeji slykli eesky. kdy, se mluvi &sky a oni tomu nerota.k se hued ozvou e Hriajli, a,by jim to bylo vysvetleno y;ak nalei a ccT mail bravo. Ti nezepta r trice' dy se jleb. ar i zdali iTh'emu rozurni. T', u I I je, k to byli ti slari, co Main : jednotu v1' budovali za moo . tNskYela ponlen3,nod "name dnes, Tedy, brojevujeme jim -`,10 o patkienou pozornost a fictu pokud

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'cove sine re:at sestra dou se stara,t, aby ;-2,adnSr Oni. Ody maji postaei:,tudenYch napojti. adovV piknik se bude ko(June 20, 19(15).

C. SackY, staro.sta na,si d oty babel, podekoval co yypomahali. pri Oprave kuJ: steril nadvoki a bratr i ses. oubilov1m za, dor $7.00 na ucteIALKy sestry M. Rendl.

John Sta2Sa tajemnik

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rc g lists- v Texasu nekdy trudny a tvrdy, prot.,) si 1r le Ilyznaeull eii, sdrOovanim se, any spole(mon praci, eke toho dosahli. ,Thrtle schopni einft krasnYeh, nad ge-11 k nim pobidnnti. slovem MYna. TispUma minula V717 rn t jest toho pot yrzenim. je tPeba s, Tytknouti eil, ponevadZ je .le to dosti vernYcla pracovnikti i pracovnic, vyvolati r pot nadkni pro Yee, aby vyt6eneho eke bylo dosa2eno.

To krasne :Taro ("" eskoamerickeho Z"i= pain vota davno zaniklo, skoro w 2 zporainkam p a to krasne naffieni a °ten, ktePi stromek a oSefThvali s obdivuhodznovu vy - /olat zapal a 1003.. vykonat dilo, uskuteenenim,

4 nese nam blahe pocity. Co jest nam dues velice zapotrebi, da y ba dobre vnle, laska vrotici, odvaha a naciSeni. VeOmni, be mame v prsou srdcc, jab bije pro dobrou vec. Nosime-li nee() podobnen° v srdci uSlechtilern je bivot nas krasnejSi, radostnejSi. Toto a =oho vie, svoji pritomnosti ye schuze 4. dubna nine jmenovani bratri a sestry projevili a middle si preji eirmost svobodne oboe: John Peter predseda. Bratr a sestra J. J. Mikeska, Placedo. Bratr a serta J. A. Shiller, Victoria. Bratr sestra Chas. Holasek, bratr a sestra Fr. Vesely, bratr a sestra Joe E. Eller, sestra Rosalie Vanek, sestra Rosie P. Marek, sestra Annie Shiller, pi. Joe Hajek, Mr. Fr. SijanskY, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Juroak, V. Kueera. Omluveni: J. A. Kosar a pi, sestra Tereza Sefcik, Rud. Troubil, Vlasta Hnatek, Jos. Holasek, Agnes Jurica, Francis Kostelnik, Josef KoSut, R. J. LoSt'ak, Crosby. J. H. Mikeska, Guy, Texas., Stepan Valeik, Houston, M. a Jim Pavelka, Ennis, Mrs. Chas. Renz, Cat Springs, Rud. Sefeik, Houston, bratr J. M. Skrabanek, Houston, sestra A. Svaeinova, Taylor sestra Stefanie Stachova, Rosenberg. Sestra Rosalie Vanek, San Antonio, sestra Mary Vydrbal, Flatonia.

Ocidani elenove SPJST. Projeveno prani zvolenim VYk. VYboru, aby nadale ualrovana einnost die nejlepSi manosti za nynejSich okolnosti CO vYbor uzna za vhodne. Kdo by si pral stati se elenem pohilau behem prihlaste se u sestry VenuSe P. Knaera, 1930 Ayers St., Corpus Christi; nebo Fr. Vesely, 901 Omaha Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas. S bratrskou ochotou vYhovi o badane informace.

Jim Kueera —SPJST Jaremir e. 54 ve West Mill broth a sestry, naSe posleclni schtize se konala v nedeli odpoledne 4. dubna. VSichni firednici byli pritomni. Velice nas poteSilo, he sestra. FrantiSka Popp a brat:: Emil Popp priSli do schtize po tak dloathe nernoci. Byl podan navrh a prijat, aby se darovalo 50 dolarti pro hochy v mieove sktipine, totib "Little League". Mla.cleb, ruela pripravenY Easter Egg hunt a take planuji program na Den Matek ho p ned.eli v kvetnu.

Doufam, be kabdY uzil pekne Velikonoeni svatky neb poeasi bylo krasne.

Take jsme prijali noveha Mena syna Lurnira Holeeka. Mladeb odbyla svoji schtizi po na g i, zvolili si za princeznu Dolores Cepak, a za vevoclkyni Linda Kralovou. Po schtizi byla chutna sva-

VASTNI.K. PiSti schitze bude 2. kvetna a kaLly je zvan, aby ini el, schtize bude fim zajimavejSi. Sentry jsou zadane, aby need donesly do kuchyne. Maine krasne jar°. Proji y am vtein hodne zdravi. Pozdrav na vSecky.

Mollie Barton, dopis.

Od "Birthday Club" lad 6. 88, v Houstone Ctend redakce a mill etenakil Tab jib nam svatky Velikonneni preSly, na ktere. se kaboly teSil. Poeasi bylo pekne, tak je kandY mohl pekne unit a z y laSt' den, neb na vSechny strany mely "Easter egg hunt", a tab i u racial Pokrok meli odpoledne na yelikonceni zbirani vajieek, kde se hodne (lett seSlo s celYmi rodinami.

Sestry od naSelto klubu se postaraly a darovaly jim to nadilku, ty rozliene ma lovand vajieka.

Ted' vain musirn zase oznamit, be naS krouhek bade °pet poradat syttj mesieni "Card party" jako vbdy prvni stredu v mesici a to dne 5. kvetna, Zaeatek v 10 hodin a v poledne °bed.

Prodej a peeeni kolaeti bude prvni sobotu v mesici dne 1. kvetna. Sestry se sejdou rano v 8 hodin a zapoenou peel a v poledne si mubete pro ne, Zavolejte si vaSi objedrka yku kupredu, kolik a jakeho druhu. Druhou stredit v mesici dne 12. kvetna jest naSeho klubu meSieni schtize. Sestry se sejdou v 10 hodin rano k pobaveni patom schtize a pal( v poledne °bed, NaUevnici jsou vbdy vitani. Hostitelkami pro mesic kveten jsou sestry Ara Skranek, Ccellie Kleeka, Claudia Tymel a Flo Piston.

Sestry, ktere slavi sve narozeniny v mesici kvetuu jsou Josephine Burl a Helen. Vali--;ik. Opomenula jsem, be minulV niesic takteh pi. Mary Kalcusek slavila sve narozeniny. Ponevadh ona letos pristounita a ja nemela jeji Olen° na knihce. Celt' kroubek preje vSern o-,lavenciuu "Happy Birthday" a dalSich narozenin ye zdravi se doekall.

Pi. Kaderova nam naSemu krouhku darovalo tri liberal konservu kavy. Pi. Anton Bederka, darovala, nam 15 theta eerstvYch vajleek, ktere jsme upotrebill b-peeeni kolaeill a Strudle. Ses. Agnes Svaeina z fitulne v Taylor, ktera byla zde na.vStevou v Hailstone po nejakV ens, jest doposud elenkou i naSeho klubu, nam darovala t20.00 do naSi pokladnieby. Tab tent hodnYM dobrodincUm mnohokrate dekujem za Stedrost a si toho velmi vabime.

Takteb jista pani, nechce b't jmenovana, neni naSi elenkou, nam kaalY

ye stredu 28. d tbna 1965 nccsic da ,• , e $2.00 do naSi pokladnieky avaii,7 pr : e mezi ads co naVSteVnice, tak n'; y ode ySech nas celeho kroubbu TOZ diky vSem, kteii tak podporovali od peciva, neb jsme meli pied svatky velkou objecind y ku jak kolaet, take hodne Strudli. jen pracovnice pracovaly do Snavy a s ochotou, jen ty nohy to hodne odnesly od toho stani, be by si ony 1,7,e'echny zasloubily nejen dik, ale si lined zahrat a zataneovat eipernou polku, he by bolest a unavenost z noh hued vySla jab by se krev dobre rozproudila. No rile, Spas je. Spas, ale vSechna best jim, S pozdravem Sophie HrubY dopis.

Kritika nebo pouceni Temple, Texas Dries na ninoha mistech setkavate se s neelm co drive naSi predstavitele v to nejlepSi snaze pokroku si ani ye snu nedovedil predstavit.

V nejmodernejSi a nelvetSi verejnosti cdevzdane spolkove sine radu 88 Pokrok v Houstorm mimo vSechny vychvalene prednosti jinYmi dopisovateli, me nejvice zajimal zesilovae mluvy a hubby, kterYch je v cele budove asi na Cheat. Cob je nejvetSim pohodlim.

Pro kaZdeho naYStevalka, jsou-li daily do provodu vSude mute v nejlep§im pohodli v kabde mistnosti vSe odposiouchat, Ale die eeskeho porekadia, kefLie woe me sve proto. Toto o eem.

PiSi se nevztahuje jen na radovou v Ho-uston. My se mubeme imlnYm prevem chlubit z mnoha krasnYmi novodobYmi budovami nejen ye velkomestech, ale i s pinYm pravem na yenkove. Ale vSude se setkavame se stejnVini nedostatky. Bud' nevedomky ei nedbalosti mantelo you at' ub path jednotlivci nebo sp olka, be obeas nezavolaji odbornika nebo sami se nenauei jab 'stroj operovat, aby spravne pracoval neb se potrebuje pied verejnest'. Nekdy malt parueha elektrickehe skiTkni za maleho vyclani, pGslech mnoha 61enia. Druhy nezvyb, vedoineho operovani. Predstavit reenika je predchozi y edomosti, jak to ueinit. je-li to predseda spolku, neho vedo'uei programu toho dne, musi mit yyskouSenY jest-li rozhias pracuje.

Sam na sobe to vyzkouSet a pobadat Mena by se postavil co nejdale od neho, vyzkouSel jab hlasite nebo srozumitelne ho slyM. Die tobo si sam na sobe vyzkorkSet, j ab daleko nob jak blizko ina stat pied rozhlaso yaeem. Musi sam slySet sebe a die toho zmirnit ne-

Ve stkedu 28. dubna 1965 bo ze.silit svirj bias. Mluvit do rozhlasovaee moc hlasite, je lepe nemluvit.

Nikclo yam nerozumi, kdyby jste byl sebe vet gim presidentem.

NadeSla nam doba, v nynejk modernisaci a vedeckem pokroku, 'Ze se musime ueit, a die nejlep gi schopnosti pkizprisobit, rank ovlddat temito novYmi stroji nagi potrebu pro vetejnost zvlaSte pii velkYch nav gtevach, abyste svoii srozumitelnou keel, dobte slySitelnou upoutali na sebe pozornost a tim zamezili co mnozi nazvali malou ostudou. Vybizet pkitomne o klid a ticho. Dle toho jsme nepokroeili o nit vic, jako kdy2 za stara, nebylo rozhlasovaen a obecenstvo bylo Zadano o ticho. Proe? Protde kaZdy keenik nemel tak silny bias ,aby ho bylo slyget az na venek — leda umel-li svoji keei ziskat pozornost.

Vedouci programu, ma kratce, yedome patidenYmi slovy pkedstavit keenika, za jakYm freelem tam je a jak se jmenuje, koho zastupuje, a pkijemnYm slovem odporueenim ziskat pozornost posluchacu.

Nagi snahou bude zamezit temto nedostatkirm vYchovou a praktickYm poneenim mezi freinkujicimi v klubech rnladde a vedoucich samotnkch, v radech SPJST. Vzdelani a v3./chova v rilznYch Oborech bude hrat to nejvet gi frlohu pro pkigti dortistajici generaci v sebe zachrane.

Jim Kueera —SPJST---

Krouiek eeskSrch Zen v Dallas Nage dubnova schrize se vyznamenala velkYm poetem elenek — celkem 42 — a 4 hosty: pi. Marie Jelinkovo, z Osl., pi. Rubie Hold ze San Antonio, pi. Helen Silova a p. W. Le gikar z Plano. liavAtevy nas opravdu te gily. Pied schtizi nas objednanY fotograf "vyblejsknul" a ja doufam, 2e obrazek se poabychom mely peknou pamatku na nail 301etou einnost jako spclek zabaynST a te2 dobroeinnY. Schfizi zahajila ptedsedkyne Zvolankova pkivitanim hostil a pak nas pdadala, abychom povstanim a v tichosti uctily pamatku sestry Andky Kraftove, ktera, nedavno zesnula v Houstonu ye staid 83 let. Krou2ek pkeje zesnule sestte klidnY spanek po 2ivotnim boji a pozfistalyrn vyslovuje svoji upkimnou soustrast. Toto jest 112 druha sestra, ktera narn letos ode gla, gpatne nam 1965 zaeina.

Porn Hold ze San Antonio zde byla navitivit svou sestru M. Sefea.kovou pkinesla nam dar od ni, krasne pletenY ubrus z jemne prize. Je to prekrasna.

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prate a budeme hiedet tento ubrus ji2d'ka pkesto 2e byla zima. Nyni chypozdeli zpenkit ve prospkh krouZku stame mengi vYlet do Ft. Worth ve Pani Holou jsme rady videly a sesetvrtek 29. dubna. Navitivirne botanictie Sefeakove ze srdce dekujeme za tak kou zahradu a svezeme se na miniaturkrasnY a StedrY dar. Krou2ek odhlasoni Zeleznici v Trinity parku, kde si val dar $50 Sokolu a $10 detem na odpoeineme a poobedvame. Take naEaster Party v sokolovne. Sestra Havgtivime museum, kde motno videt louzkova, podekovala viem v krou2ku Posledni vedeke Pane v Zivotni velikoza laskave pkijeti jeji maminky pi. M. sti a rUzne jine atrakce. Kdo chce jet Jelinkove z Kladna a za vie cokoliv s nami necht' si veze nejakk zakusek krou2ek pro ni beaem jeji navgtevy sebou. Prihlaste se u sestry R. Kopeezde vykonal, a pozvala nas viechny na kove aneb u me. "oxen house" 4. dubna, abychom se s Dne 25. dubna oslavime 30. vSTrodi ni mohly rozloueiti neb 10. dubna mezaldeni Krou2ku OeskYch Zen a neu la odletet zpet do 6s1. co toto piii je tyto zpravy pkijdou na svetlo bude ji2 zase ji2 pi. Jelinkova y e sve vlasti a to za nami. Jo, doufam, Ze se nam to jsem jista, Ze bude na nas east° yzpo- vgestranne yydaki. Zel, Ze nektere sesminat jako my zde na ni. Nerady jsme try, ktere krouZek zalo2ily, ji2 zde nese s ni loueily nebot' byla iii jako nabudou nebot' odpoeivaji yeenYm spanSe, ale doufarne, ze snad je gte se s ni kern, a nekolik je nemocnYch anebo jednou zase uvidime. Zatim hodne neschopnYch pkibkvajicim stakim. Bualravi a vie dobre pteje celY na g kroudou nam opravdu schazet, nebot' za Zek. V dubnu maji narozeniny sestry: tech 30 let se tolik dobre a u2iteene R. Kopeekova (ktera slavila prave 1. prate vykonalo a je si jen pkat, aby dubna v den naii schilze zaroven s nadalgi nage spolkova einnost pokradoii nervgtevnici pi. Holou ze San Anto- vala v stejnYch glepejich. Vgem zeno) pak J. Kankrlikova, J. Merlikova, snulYm sestram i tern, ktere dosud se Dolfi Stranska a K. Kraftova. Sestra s freastriuji spolkove prate Patti viveKankrlikova pkinesla yYteenY mocha chna test a velke diky. Nebyt jejich dort (kavove prichuti), kterYm podelila obetavosti a ndistne prate da yno by viechny pkitomne a zazpivaly jsme byl nag krou2ek zanikl. Ja, si vkele pieviem Happy Birthday s pranim vieho ii, abychom ten nas. spolek si jegte dobreho do dalgich let. hodne, hodne dlouho mohly udr2et jaPo schilzi jsme byly pohosteni velmi ko pamatku na ty, ktere pied 30 lety j ej zalozily. Ke2 se nam to podaki! dobrYm a chutnYm obedem, kter17 pkiZ tech prvnich akednic nam zbyly pravily sestry: Pettikova Repaska, betkova a Pkevratilova. Diky! Velmi jen dye sestry: Dolfi Stranska, ktera byla prvni pkedsedkyne krou2ku a dne rddy jsme zase po del gi dobe videly 24. dubna se ddiva 88 let a Bdena, sestry Filipcovou, Machadovou, Harnuskovou a Pinkovou. Pkijd'te zas! Na Valeikova, prvni tajemnice a dlouholeta narodni pracovnice, ktera jegte nemocnem listku se naleza ses. Sef;...6.nesloZila, ruce v klin. Sestra Linkova kova, ktera byla v nemocnici a nyni je v domacim o'getteni. Doufame, Ze mistopredsedkyne, sestra Rotreklova pokladni a 2parillelova dopisovatelka — brzy zas mezi nas ptijde. ty uz spi veenY sen. Die sdeleni R. KoMuslin se zminit o nagem zajezdu peekove, jeji maminka Rotreklova, pry do Taylor dne 18. bkezna. Tkeba2e bypojmenovala krou2ek, ktere2 jmeno la citelna, zima piece nas jelo 27 po nese dosud. Venujme viem milYM sesbusu a 4 autem nav gtivit Domov odtram ycleenou vzpominku a zUstairpoeinku. Byly jsme pkatelsky uvitany me verne zasadam naieho spolku! man2i. Troubilo“ni a velmi se nam Mile sestry, na'ge pilaf schfue bude tarn libilo. Mame tarn d ye sestry: J. 6. kvetna, hled'te se dostavit y e vetMaiikovou a Dolfi Stranskou a ses. girn pootu a navAtevujme schfize dokud Konakovska nyni bydli v Taylor, takmil2eme. Vie dobre pfeje a na shle2e jsme se vespolek pote'Sily. Byl nam danou se Val ptecIlderi velmi chutny obed (je videt, Andka Houdkova, dopis.

2e maji moc dobre kuchatly) a po o—SPJS7' b6cle jsme se bavily rozhovorem se schovanci domova. Viude peria.d.ek a Z domova odpainku eistota a je mint, Ze jsou viichni tarn Mile sestry a bratki: spokojeni. Neracly jsme se se viemi Kvituji zde dary pro Domov odpoeinloueily, ale eas kvapil a my chtely je:gte ku a site: eastavit r.i Nemeekfr a H & H pekarne K ucteni pamatky Mary Vavra ye West. To bylo rancid, ba i bus driJosef Holasek 25.00 ver si vezl dobroty. 13yla to pekna vy-

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Doufam, ae jsem nikoho nezapomnel a jestli milerad opravim.

PredeMY mesic nas navS"ti y ili damy krouZku z Dallas. Jejich na ySteva nas velmi poteSila a cloufame, ze rids zase nayS'tivi. Meli zylaStni bus a aby se neball byli s nima tri pant Meli jsme prijenine svatky velikonoeni a doufame, ae i vy jste je melt S bratrskYm pozdravem .zustavam jako vZdy po bratrsku Rudolph Troubil

-SPJ STropovice. V polovici prosince minuleho roku tomu bylo devadesat let, co byl uveden do provozu zdej§i pivovar. V prvnich letech se toho v pivovalce, join.0] Bala vznik rodina baronil Ringhofft, m.noho neu yarilo - rani kapacita nedosahoval.a an.i triceti hektolitrin Dnes path zavod ve VelkVch Popovicich mezi pivovary, ktere kaZ'dYm rokem produkuji kolem pal milionu hektolitit piva.

Ve stkedu 28. dubna 1965

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itad C. 28 v East Bernard Piisti schtize tadu Karel Jona,S" 'C. 28 se bude konat 16. kvetna, namisto druLou nedeli jak obyeejne. Program venal/an matkam a otcirm se bude konat po soh-Uzi 13. Cervna. Po programu svaeina.

Carrie Bohaeik, taj.

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Birthday Klubu u kadu C. 88 Houstone 1. kvetna, prvni sobotu v mesici, bude prodej a peeeni koldeti. Zavdejte si objednavky u sestry Della Kadleekove.

V poledne budou hotove.

5. kvetna, prvni stredu v mesici, bucleme mit nas Card party. Zaeatek v 10 hodin rarno a v poledne abed.

12. kvetna bude mesieni schtize. Zaeatek v 10 hodin rano, v poledne obed.

Sophie HrubY, dopis.

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ViROCNi SCHUZE IV. OKRSKU VYroeni schtze IV. okrsku se bude konati 6. Comm u radii 6. 49 v Rowene. Podrobnosti pozdeji.

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Podzimni sehilze patelto okrsku Podzimni schfize pateho okrsku se bude konati dne 17. kijna u radu C. 146 v Galvestone.

F. A. Kadleeek, taj.

Podzimni schfize ;esteho okrsku Podzimni schtze Sesteho okrsku se bude konati dne 7. listopadu 1965 u radu C. 4 v Hallettsville, v Recreation Hall.

• • JAHNI OKRSKOVt SCHUZE Jarni schtize prvniho okrsku se bude konati na Kovar u radu C. 38 a to 2• kvetna 1965.

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SLOVENSKE SILO IDE DO SVETA oeskoslovensko je vo svete praVom povaZovane za sklarsku vel'moc. Pritorn sa bez zlej yfile east() pou'Ziva skra teneho oznaeenia. "Ceske sklo" aj ked' Slovensko ma znaenV a vzrastajfici podiel na sklarskej vYrobe spolaneho atatu Cechov a Slovakov.

Slovaci hospodarskym vYvojorn, aivila ich pol'nohospoclarska a lesna poda, k sUstavnemu spriemyselneniu sa prikrodilo az po druhej svetovej vojne. A yS'ak i na Slovensku vYroba skla sa datuje ua od

XIV. storodia a niektore tarnojaie sklarne majti stare tradiciu.

V domacnostiach je zaujem pre dovSetkYm o aZitkove sklo. V odbornom hovore sa najma pouZiva terminov kaliSkovina a pohare podl'a, toho, maja tieto vyrobky stopky alebo dno. Podl'a sposobu pouZitia na likery, vino lebo pivo sa stretavame s najroznejSimi objemami, tvarmi a sposobmi spracovania tYchto vYrobkov, od najjednoducheich az po luxusne, takZe soritment je vel'mi roziahly. 1:1 .2itkoye sklo, ureene prevane pre export, vyrabaja tri sterdoslovenske sklarne v okrese Ludenec a to z Zlatne, Katarinskej hute a Malinci. Lueenec na rovine, ale sklarne su v horskYch obciach. Nopkiklad Katarinska huta, v kterj konei kratka miestna, gelezniena spojka, je dedinka s 900 du gami, prilepena, pod strme kopce a obklopena, horami. Navaevnik je nad genY krasami ale to je k domorodcom kruta. trzke kamenite polieka davaja slabu nrodu, lesy tie2 len slabou Zivia a preto pravYm dobrodinim pre obLvu obyvatel'ov dediny je sklaren, v kterej zruene ruky sklarov vyrabaju hlavne tzv. uslachtilu kaliskovinu, hutnicky zdobene vYrobky kriadroveho skla a hrasene sklenene podnosy, ktorYch z celkovej vYroby aZ 84 pert. putuje za hranice na gej vlasti. Vyrabaja sa to stale nova druhy, o ktore je vo svete vei'ky zaujem. Kalidkovinu rconeho druhu vyrabaja tied sklarne, v Zlatne.

Vo svete je znamy ich 'Apecia,lny vYrohok, pohar Zlata Zuzana, v najroznejS • ich vel'kostieach na likery a vina, stojaci na pozlatenej stopke. Najviac sa vyva.Z. a. do Sovietskeho svazu, Kanady a Spojenych Atatov.

Hospodarsky zylaSt' yYznamna, je vYroba tzv. technickeho skla, to jest vYrobkov zo skla pre nalrozneigie v mpohYch priemyselnYch odvetviach, v chemickom a potravinarskom priemysle a najma v alravotnictve. V tomto sklarskom odvetvi pracuji na Slovensku sklarne v Utekaei a Novej Boni na strednom Slovensku a v Bratislave-Patranke. NeistnrM zavod ie v Utekaei. TamoiSi sklari sa preslavili poeas Slovenskebo narodneho povstaZavodu a obci bol uclelenV titul zo.vodu a oboe Slovenskeho na rorineho povs t ania nrvebo stunna. Sklarefi yvraba '>'Throvkove bnl-ikv a termosky Clara, ktore sa vvv0.ajil aI do Kanady a Soojenych Atatov. PretiAe dopvt po tYchto vYrobkoch vzrasta a kapacita v Utekadi nepostaeuje, stavia sa

Ve stf:edu 28. dubna 1965 nova sklaren na vYrobn technickeho skla v blizkom Poltare, ktord zamestna tisic praeovnikov. Specialitou sklarne v Novej Bani je vVroba eadieovej vaty na tesnenie v stavebnictve. Skis ref], v Bratislave-Patrenka vyvaZa sklenene ozdoby na vianoene stromky, teplomery a svetelne reklamy.

Illaynou stavebnou investiciou v priemysle technickeho skla na Clovensku je vak vYstavba mohutneho sklarskeho zavodu v Dnbra yke Bratislave, na fipati Devinskej Kobyly, ktory bude mat' blizke a nevyeerpaterne zdroje vyborneho sklaskeho piesku z oblasti Malaciek. VYstavbu zavodu v Dfabravke zaeali poeiatkom roku 1962 a chyli sa k dokoneeniu. Je ureeny na vYrobu priemyselnYch vyrcobkov, najma, potrubia pre chemickY a potravinarsky priemysel, zariadenia mliekarni, laboraterii a pod. Projekt vYstavby zavodu v Dfibravke vypracovalo Stredisko pre vYsta ybu sklarskeho prie myslai v Bratislave, ktore bolo zriadene Ministerstvom spotrebneho priemyslu, aby sa podiel'alo na vYstavbe a prestavbe sklarskYch zdvodov na Slovensku.

Povazie ma dva stare sklarske zavody a to v LednickYch Rovniach a Nemgoveij pri Treindianskych Tepliciach. Kedysi vyrabali povaCSine len ploche — tabul'ove — sklo, ale postupne priberali vyrobu Elias, poharov a Zavod v NemAovej v poslednYch rokoch znaenYm nakladorn zmodernizovali, prevadzku zdokonalili na poloautomatickft a seasti automatickfi. Akost' vyrabanej skloviny sa zlepMla a prevadzka zlacnila vykurovanim sklarne zemnYm plynom, privad zanym z naftovYch pramehov pri Gbeloch a Malackach.

K zvaekniu kapacity sklarskej 17 7roby na Slovensku v budficich rokoch podstatne prispeje vel'kd skidna brehoch Vahu za Zilinou. Vlada stanovila, aby bola vybudovana, do roku 1980. Predpoklada sa, ze sa vyle,/ije lacnej vodnej dopravy a bude svoje vYrobky exportovat' po splavnenom VAhu a Dunaji cez eernomorske pristavy do sveta.

NajmlacHim odborom C'eskoslovenskej sklarskej vYroby, ktorY vznikol 3,2 po druhej svetoveej vojne, je skleneneho vlakna, ktorou sa az dostal dosial' za,obera len narodnY podnik Vertex v Litomy$li. TieZ" na Slovensku bucle tato vYroba zriadena. Pre rok 1968 sa rata s vystavbou zavodu na vYrobu skleneneho vlakna v Trnave .

VESTNfK VSetky fakty ukazujd, ze moZno pravein hovorit' o rozvoji eeskoslovenskeho sklarstva, lebo stale vaeSou mierou sa v nom prejavuje podiel Slovenska. eeskosiovenska, zdravotnieka muzea V PariZske ulici na Starem Meste v Praze je male, svYm zptisobem vSak neobyeejne zajimave muzeum. Je to vlastjen jedna mistnost, ktera kdysi bYvala lekarriou, druhou mistnost ma toto ojedinele muzeum na Malem namesti. kle a Ceskoslovenske zdravotnicke muzeum. Neni to mySlenka nova. Lekafske muzeum vzniklo jiz v roce 1934 na popud prof. Sambergra a o sbirky peeovalo tehdy tzv. kuratorium muzea.

Teprve vSak pri prilaitosti oslav 100. vYrnei zaloleni Spolku oeskYch lekatia. koncem roku 1962, byly muzeu prideleny zminene mistnosti a hned tam byla usporadana i prvni .samostatna, vYstava. Orok pozdeji byla usporadana vYstava druha, "Vybrane kapitoly z dejin lekarstvi."

Zakladem muzea je knihovna, v je na, 5 tisic svazkti, archiv a hmotne Pamatky. V knihovna je mnoho starYch tisku, nej yzacnejSi z nich je Koppova Ceske, zdravoveda z roku 1535. Archl y muzea shromaZd'uje materialy o eeskoslovensky lekarich a o VYVoji zdravotnictvi na ftzemi nakho statu.

V oddeleni hmotnYch pamatek jsou sochy, busty, obrazy, karikatury, mince, plakety, poStovni znamky, vztahujici se k zdraVotnictvi, ale i satre lekarske nastroje a pristroje, stredoveke amulety proti rtiznYm nemocem apod. Je tu renesaneni trepen na otvirani lebky, gynekologickY vy getrovaci pristroj, sekaeky na pouneni krve ze 16. stoleti, zubolekarske kleAte z dob napoleonskYch valek a mnoho dalSich zajimavosti.

Muzeum ma v nejbliMi dobe dostat nova, definitivni mistnosti tak, aby naohlo bYt otevreno a zpristupneno verejnosti.

Pro ty, kteri se o historii zdravotnictvi zajimaji, bude pritaZlivou i nav:§teva farnaaceutiekeho muzea v Bratislave, ktere je zrizeno rovnn z bkvale lekarny. "U eerveneho raka" u Michalske brany. Toto farmaceutieke muzeum bylo otevreno v roce 1961, pfi gtiho roku tedy oslavi uZ puet let sveho trvani. Lekarna "U eerveneho raka" patri k riejstarSJm lekarnam v stredni Evrone. Ve sbirkach tohoto muzea je nanoZstvi kulturniho materialu, dokumentii apod. ale zyla:Ste strojti, nadobek a dalSich !exponatit,

7 ktere dokumentuji vYrobu leeiv V minulYch staletieh. Jsou tu i parnatky na alchyrnisty kteri verili v tajemny kdmen mudrcii, ale pritom dokazali vyrdbet Casto i yYznamna chemicka leeiva.

V bratisla yskem farmaceutickem muzeu jsou i pamatky na Paracelsa, kterY dvakrat zaeatkem 16. stoleti Bratislavu navadvil. east expozic v bratisla yskem farmaceutickem muzeu doklada i sbirani a zpracovavani leeivYch rostlin, zvlaSte na strednim Slovensku a tzv. olejkarstvo, ktere v 16. stoleti znamenalo domackou pripravu leeiv.

NAPSAL PETR BEZRIJ SLEZSKE PISNE SAM? (Z "6eskeho Slova", Mniehov; napsal Dr. V. F.) Vaaena redakce, posilam Yam ciruhY Clanek o Petru Deaktoovi, ktery jsem take napsal pied rokem, nou podle zprav, jet jsem dostal o Septande domova, ale take podle spra y v es. novinach a literalinch listecb. Tato g eptanda byla velmi rozSirena jia roku 1947 a potom za komunistickeho ptevratu. Pamatuji se dobte na vSelijake ty theorie a chYry, ktere se ovSem titIly o Bezrueovr davit° pied valkou a dokonce i sa prvni valky. Mnoho se dotazovalo jednali: mne, jednak meh otee, protote v Brno se dobte vedelo, to se s Vaj4kdin zname a st:Vkame. Snad to bude take zajtnat mnohe etenare " Deskeho ' Slova" a jiste leckdos v torn aside neon z toho, co sam slYchaval.

Beanie neni sarn, pochybuje se o Shakes.. pearovi a jinYch velikych lidech, kteti jaksi neoc1poviciaji y e svem obeanskern aivote a podobe predstavam etenai l ti. Kdyby se y am nekdo Brnalcii ozval a rnel nejake cloplfilty a dodatky, prosirn, poiSlete mi ty dopisy• VitS Dr. V. F.

Vladimir VaSek — Petr Bezrue, zemfel 17. fmora 1958 ve veku 91 let. PreZil svoje vrstevniky, svoji dobu i svoje dlouhe stari, byl zboHiovan, obdivovan i Zalarovan. Byl hrdinou.

Ptivodem Slezan z Opayska, kde jeho

8 otec Antonin Vatek byl profesorem na opayskem gymnasiu kulturnirn to majaku "morayskeho" Zivlu na pomezi nemeckeho mote. Tetko kici, byl-li Antonin Vatek spite misionakem, nebo kkitakem. Jiste vtak, tak jako Bezruetiv kantor Halfar "tkaredou mel chybu: tu, ze nechtel poslouchati. . a ucil "jak mu kale zakon boti". Nejenom ze "i pked loamy mluvil eesky", ale dovolil si dokonce i nesouhlasit se s yYmi oeskYmi pally v Praze a davno jette pled Masarykem dokazoval, te rukopisy byly falsifikaty. A to se neodpoutfelo, to byla zrada. Bezrue napsal pod jeho fotografii tato prorocka slova "a to kameni a blato, co na tebe nahazeli, staeilo by na mohylu".

Kdo tutu', a jiste nejmene Bezrue sam, ze i on se dotije osudu sveho otce a te i on se stane tereem irtokir sveho vlastniho naroda?

Nekolik let pied jeho smrti, hlayne pak v dobe jeho devadesatky a opet kdyt zemkel — a etude noviny o nem psaly, se ozvala "teptanda", ktera zaeala pochybovat o torn, te Vladimir Vatek napsal Slerske pisne. Objevila se kada elankti v odbornYch literarnich novinach i v dennich listech a dnes, po letech opet proskakuji.

Proe? Malokdo z natich !Amin se stal "pies noc sla ynYm" tak, jako Bezrue, a mai° kdo z nich napsal svoje prvni basne v tak pomerne pozdnim veku tkiciti let, jako on. Nikdo z nich se neomezil na jedinou sbirku vertu, prvni a posledni a nezmlkl tak nahle jako tento "Bard od Bezkydu lidu".

Byl recitovan a zbotilovan za Rakouska, kdy nikdo jette nevedel, kdo je ten tajemnY pevec. Kdyt H. Kvapilova eelta jeho ver g e "v tom moil nadteni stal jsem ja, tich" skryty za sloupem na galerii, aby ho nikdo nepoznal. Celt' narod hledal sveho hrdinu a kde jak literat a redaktor se snatil poodkrYt alespoil cipek toho tajemstvi a "objevit" velikeho basnika. At se natel jeden z tech vteteeniekil, ktereho neni tfeba jmenovat a prozradil to. A tim basnika Bezruee zabil. Jeho hlas zmlk nul a od te doby nenapsal temek tadky.

Jake 'Oak zklamani pro eeskou yekejnost, ktera si vysnila sveho zahadneho hrdinu, kdyt se ukazalo, ze Slezske pisne napsal Vladimir Vatek, ten tichY, nenapadny fikednik brnenske c. k. potty. Ten filistr, samotak, nemluva, a tak naprosto "obyeejnY Maya".

Ten piece nemohl napsat ty ver ge pine vatne, pathosu a nadteni! Jit tehdy se

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pochybovalo a jit tehdy se hledaly teorie.

Vatek nenapsal svoje verte, rika teptanda, napsal je jeho otec, Antonin Vatek a jeho syn je natel v jeho pozilstalosti. Jako fikednik vlakove potty mel manost posilat je v malych svazeecich, kaaly z jineho mista, tak, aby ani Herben, redaktor "Oasu", nevedel, kdo je a kde je. Tato teorie ovtem neobstala, protote Antonin Vatek zenikel 1880 a cela kada Slerskych pisni naratkami prozrazuje uddlosti pozdejti, nebo plimo se o nich zmitiuje. Byl to tedy jeho bratr, mladti bratr, kterY zeinkel a zanechal tyto verte sveho miadickeho nadteni. Ale ani toto keteni neobstalo, protote Vatek nemel bratra, kterY zemkel v mladi. Lidera pkece vtak netlo do hlavy, kde by se bylo natlo tolik nadteni a patosu v tomto idedniekovi, kterY studoval klasickou filologii v Praze, ale nepatkil k tadne literarni tkole, sbehl se studii a usadil v Brne, tehdy jakemsi Videriskem pkedmesti.

Byl to tedy jeho plitel ze studii, • teptanda, ktery odkazal verte Vatkovi, nebo mu je dal, protote se bal je otisknout pod vlastnim jmenem a Vatek mel prave jako pottak tu pkiletitost a moZnost vydavat a je anonymne. Jeho piece nikdo nebude podezkivat, te je basnikem.

To znelo jit pravdepodobneji.

Hlavni argument byl ovtem, ze Vatek neni autorem, protoge, jakmile ho objevili, jit nic nenapsal. Nemohl, protote neurnel. Lille porovnavali a zase porovnavaji jeho Slerske pisne s jeho pkiletitostnYmi vertiky, ktere psal do sveho objeveni a ktere jsou ovtem svou trovni nesrovnatelne s jeho slavnou sbirkou. To byl dtikaz nad jine padny.

BO se, te bude donucen nee° Mei o svYch vertich, te ho novinaki budou yyslYchat a chtit po nem, aby psal a psal. A tu by se ukazala, ze psat nedovede. Proto se skil7val za to masku ticheho, nesmeleho samotake, proto se choyaval pki vtech oslavach a vefejnych pliletitostech, proto se vyhYbal lidem.

Byli literati jit pled valkou, jette za Rakouska, kteli rozebirali Slerske pisne a upirali jim hodnoty umelecke. Tak i na ph. Arnott Prochazka r. 1913 pile ✓ "Moderni Revue", te jeho verge • pfisobi mimoumelecky. . . . svYm obsahem merou, jakou se dotYkaji a drasave rozezvueuji vedomi a pocit narodni pkislutnosti, narodni bidy a narodniho hole. Jak talnYna basnikem je Petr Bezrue, kde latka mu

Ve stkedu 28. dubna 1965 nenapornaha a narutivost ho neztrhuje dokazuji jeho basne, jako "ChycenY drozd" nebo "Motyl". . ." KatclY z nas, kdo detl prave tyto basne, dobte vi, jak jsou piny pathosu a bolesti, ticheho talu, tak typicky Berueovskeho. A piece byli tehda literati, kteki se snatili dokazovat, to prave tyto "slabe" !Dame napsal Vatek sam, kdetto ty ostatni jsou napsany onim tajemnYm bratrem, di pkitelem.

Nekteki si jit pled valkou dali tu pra,ci, ze proeetli vtechny Vatkovy prvotiny, vettinou v prose, ktere ostatne sotva byly publikovany a malokdo je eetl. Porovnanim snadno mohli ukazat, te tato realisticka, prom ma yelice Indio spoleeneho s jeho prorockYmi verti.

Zoufala snaha natich literarnich oddelit Vatka od Bezruee, aby zachranili sen celeho naroda o hrdinne postave tajeruneho pevce, se ovtem nesetkala s Uspechein.

Ostatne, co bylo na, torn divneho, se basnik takovYch verso skrYval za pseudonymem. Kdo tehdy psal pod vlastnim jmenem? Mezi lay 1860 a prvni svetoy ou valkou jich snad bylo tuctu. A ti byli vettinou redaktoli a novinaki, o nicht se to tak jako tak yedelo. Bezrue mel take dtivod se skrYvat za pseudonymem, kdyt psal tak ne-active o tehdejtich mocipanech, nejenom na rtzne ty mistni fabrikanty, ale pkimo na arcivevodu Bedkicha (Markyze Gera). Jen si povtimneme nekolika jeho "kamuflati" jako "Dva hrobnici", kde pile "til bych bohat jako Midas, bez starosti jako negr."

KatclY, kdo byl ze Slerske, veal, ze negr je Hoheneger, znamY germanisator a utlaeovatel eeskeho tivlu na Tetinsku. A dale ". . . jako kos bych sobe hvizdal. . ." Tam je skryt jinY "eechotrout" Uysdall.

Vatek byl podezilvan a yytetkovan policii za vaiky pro jakesi vertiky, ktere kdosi otisknul ye S ' vYcarsku, a podepsal P. B. Dokazal vtak, te tyto ubohe rYmovaeky nemely nic spoleeneho s pathosem jeho vertu a to i policie uznala a propustila ho.

Kdo znal Vladimira Vatka a jehozivot, mute snadno hledat jeho osobni prvky v jeho dile, i kdyt Vatek sam se vilbec nepodobal tomu Bezrueovi, jak jsme si ha vysnili.

Studoval latinu a keetinu na pratske uni yersite a nejen znalost antiky, ale i hluboka laska k S ‘ eku je patrna v mnoha vertich. To bylo take spoleene pole jeho s Macharem, ktereho tak obdivoval. A piece jen jedna jeho ba-

Ve stredu 28. clubna 1965 sen, "Smrt cesarova" se mute prirovnavat sy Ym stylem k Macharovi. Oba clues nazYvame realisty, oba v gak byli romantics ye svena citeni a pojeti historie, oba byli subjektivni, stejne jako Macha a ztoto griovali se se syYmi hrdiny a postavami. Jak blizko jsou si vYkriky Machovy "Hynku, Vileme, Jarmilo!" s MacharovYrni ver gi "Na Kahlenberce" (Tristium. Vindobonae) a 13ezruenv vzdech v basni "jen jedenkrat."

Stalo by za to, narysovat si na maps vgechny pegi cesty mlacieho Vagka, kdyZ jests byl v Mistku na po gte a pak si move predist jeho Slerske pisne, Vgechna to mista nav gtivil mnohokrate a nejenom je znal, ale oblibil si je. 0 nich pile, v nich umist'uje svoje dramata. Ostatne jsou vet ginou pravdiva.

Sam jsem s nim stab nad hrobem Marygky Magdonove. Jen jmeno je podlolene a spad uddlosti trochu zdramatisovan. V gimneme si zajmu Bezrueova o polni kviti a znalost botaniky i lidovYch nazyn jako bkem mochin, sosna borovice. Zchodil jsem ty kopce vgechny sam a vial jsem, ze Bezrud vedel presne, kde jake stromy rostou. Znal Hanou a jeho popisy jsou tak presne. Tam chodival s Lesikem a Grussem. Penom po gt'ak Va gek mohl znat presne nazvy v gech vesnic a meSteeek, o nich psal a 'lade se zminil.

Znal nejen nova, ale i stara jmena a vedel i jejich pftvod. Prato take se mohl pustit do sporu s Travniekem, gra,matikem na brnenske universite o spravnost adjektiv Sidensky a ne denickY, VaneckY a ne IvanieickY, JistebskY proti JistebnickY a pod.

Komukoliv, kdo od mIddi znal Bezrude jako nejvertg iho basnika oeskeho na.roda se zdd sme gnYm, kdyg po letech ho jmenovali "natodnim basnikem", jimg byl od r. 1896. Prgei se jim to videt ho vedle takovYch literatri jako je Drda a jini.

Dnegni geptanda si na gla jests dalgi argument. Jedna, ci vlastne jedina basenri, kterou napsal Vladimir Vagek davno za republiky je jeho znama "Stug konoska modra". Tento nostalgicky stareckeho basnika je priznaen.Y. pro Bezruee a jeno n yvyPlYva z jeho drivej gi tvorby. Je pouze pokraeovanim jeho lkani nad ztracenou domovinou. To ovgem geptanda nevidi.

Nemohou yg ak pochopit a verit,

by Petr Bezrue, ten vlastenec a bojovnik za deskou vec mohl tak neuctive mluvit a :souoasne "vladnouci Praze", jako psaval o "viadnouci Vidni, polskYch knRich a germanisujicich

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deck" na OStra ysku. To by piece byla zrada a Bezrue zradce nikdy nebyl. yen je pro no jasny. Vagek napsal "StakonoSku modrou," die, Slerske pisne napsal nekdo jinY, ten vlastenee Petr Bezrue.

Nejvice pravdy rna asi F. X. Saida, ktery napsal o Bezrudovi: "pracoval jako kovkop nebo uhlokop basnickY v temnYch Stolach velmi dlouho. A co se v takove tine zrodi, nese navkly jeji stopy. Mezi autosymboly BezrueovYmi jsou tvary tak desive a pki gerne, k by jenemohl podepsat tenkrate svynl obeahskSn jmenem 2adnY zijici basnik.

Stalo by se to okam'aite nestvilirou nehciraznosti a divadelnim silactvim. Od vznegenosti k smegnosti je jen krok".

Prato chtel zristat anonymni.

Literarni cena Bezrueova dila nebyla dosud zhodnocena a dlouho jests nebude. Legi vgak jiste nejen v jeho vergich, ale i v dela to legends, kterou jsme si o nem postavili. Jeho Slerske pisne maji na sto disel, ale dale knihovny byly o nich napsany. At' je napsal Vladimir Vagek, ktereho ylastne nikdo nezna a nikdo skuteene nepoznal, nebo stejne tajemny Petr Bezrue, kojily na ge nadeje za Rakouska, vedly nas za republiky, pomohly nam pre git Protektorat a stejne zneji dnes jako pied gedesati lety.

To tajemstvi vzal Bezrue-Vakk do hrobu. V Kostelci na Kane v prave zasuvce jeho psaciho stolu byl svazek papirri. Ver ge, ktere nechtel publikovat a snad i jine papiry. Start' jester paveril kdysi sveho pritele Effendiho, aby ty papiry spalil, az "natahne baekory".

Pregil vgak sveho pritele a tak palil Pantata sam.

Kritikove piss, lids spekubuji a kde kdo ma co povidat. Jen Bezrue ne. Za neho promluvily jeho ver ge "jen jedenkrat".

Vgichni ti bojovnici za praveho Bezruee neznali "stareho Je gtera", kterY byl vgdycky prilig daleko a vysoko nad timto svetem, kterY byl coma mezi boxy na Gruni, a k nemu g nikdy nepriInulo to pozlatko slasy. Ta slava, kterd jinYin byla spinenim v gech tu geb, byla jemu prite gi a proto pied ni utikal, jako kdysi rimskY Cato.

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Kagice. Na es.-sovetskYch hranicich byla zahajena stavba girokorozhodne trati, ktera umo gni prime geleznieni spojeni ze Sovetskeho svazu do VYchodoslcivensich gelezaren u Kogic.

Na tato traits, jeji g stavbu si vynutil SSSR, se bode roene dopravovat ze Sovetskeho svazu do VYchodoslovenskYch klezalren 16 milionti tun rudy.

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Jan Cimbura JIHOOESKA IDYLA

Pokraeovani "Chuddekove," ulevil sedlak, "proe vas tak mai a train, a jak krasne ovoce piece mate." Zahradnik se usmal a vyklada, to k jsou stromy ke zdi a pro apaliry, k pe ginkam, cestam, aby nepkekakly. "Ostatne, zde mate polokmeny." Ty 112 se Cimburovi vie zamlouvaly. Pekne stromky, pohodlne bez ' ebkiku lze je prokezat, housenky obrat i oeesat. Ale piece nejkrasnej'ai jsou vysokokmenne. "Oddeleni jablek," zahradnik a vysvetluje to 'fade je jabiko Kismarckovo, novinka, ye druhe reneta francouzska, dal jablono Gravetejnske, zanirni car Alexander."

Zase 112 Cimbura neposlouchal a be2i k hrugkam.

"Hrugeri Virtemberskal, za ni v 'fade hrttaka Napoleon, tady kada holandskVch a solnohradskYch." Cimbura zesmutnel, lhostejne se diva na tkekie i vkane, na slivone i 'Svestky ,na broskve i merufiky. — V duchu se zaradoval, kdyz spatkil hrdabu, v ni otevfena, el/rata a za nimi ban panskeho jetele, kter3i se eervenal pozdnirni jests medulkami. Libe vonel, jak slunieko nan svitilo, a oerni emelaci s zbukotem clsne poletovali pa veliI4'ck eervemich paliekach.

"To je kabrriak jetel," zavelebil ted' Cimbura, "a jak vidim letosni, panenskV, kosa se ho neodtkla."

"Nechali jsme na seemeno, je koupeno primo ye 8tSirsku," poznamenal knik, "na semeni zalezi mnoho; proto mam p'aenici ruskou od keky Donu, Zito Zeelandske, kept( Berndorfskou neb bavorskou — ted' yam nee() 7vIaStniho ukai — ohlednete se!"

Cimbura uz z dalky sly gel hukot, jako by tudy draha nekde jela, ale jak ted' na vr'aku stal a stranou parni oraespatkil podivne divadlo ky.

"Pked mesicem pkimo z Anglie mne pkgly. V3lTborne pracuji. tri brazdy berou najednou etvrt sahu giroke i hluboke a pluh ujizdi, jako by s prazdnem jel."

"A co to orate?" optal se Cimbura, kdyz se nasytil pohledu.

"Pastviny ruaim, pod pluh je yydavam. Pokidim pro dobytek v)ibeh u stajib, se ovci, ()veiny zavru a stodol z nich nadelam."

"Chybujete, pane knik. Ovce jako

10 posvatne zviie statk upolehnani naai. I Kristus Pan ji miloval a Sebe sama Berankem Bo21m nazval. Z oi Irina i maveeky vaechno vkborne so i mleko i mrva, jako ze 2adneho jineho zviratka."

"Nechybuji, Cimburo," usmal se knik. "Jak vy mluvite, tak v hospodarstvi mluviti se nema. Nutno riditi se ne citem, ale poetem. Ovce se nevyplaci, nepase-li se. A je2to pastviate jsme zruaili, bud' na luka premenili nebo rozorali, jato jetele stariny a strniska hned za kosou orame, thoru, lichy netrpime, nerna, se ovce na éem past a proto ji ruaime. Abel 136,81, Kain oral.

Kain zabil Abele a na tech bratrich vidite oboji zptsob hospodareni i jeho osud. Hospodarstvi u nas nesmi bit pastevni, ale musi bit orebni, vy sedlaci, nesmite bit pastkri jako Abel, ale musite bit jako Kain. aKin ye vds zabije Abele."

"Bobytka se zbavit?"

"Nerikam zbavit — ale nenechat ho bez kontroly Po pastvach toulat, drahou mrvu chlevskou roznakt. Doma musi zustat, doma mit j. vkbeh. I sedlak jej musi pozorovat, va2it, mleko merit, maso, maslo, vejce vyrabet a prodavat, zkouaet nova krmiva i plemena zavadet a naueit se pooitat, co s jednim kusem skrmite a co od neho ziskate. Jako v dobytkarstvi, tak i v polareni musite opustit stark zpfisoh pestovani jedineenkch plodin, 2ita, ovsa, paenice a jeemene a zavadet podie poloh plodiny prkmyslove, hlavne repku-olejku, repu cukrovku, chmel a co vfibec v tomto kraji mono. Hospodarstvi pastevne nahrad'te trojstrannkm, stridavkm, nauete se vic a lip pestovat okopaniny, je 2 pole vyeisti, misto rihoru do suchkch poll sejte ligrus a francuozskou vojteaku, jak yam to Horskk v Libejicich u'2 ukazal. Nesejte len, konopi a proso, ale za to sejte vice kukurici, bob a mak. Orne naradi musite mit lepai, orati hloub a zahy, pole neoaidite, porid'te si nejen brany, ale i je2ky, harky a valce, polareni nas spasi, proto i rybniky vypustim a v luka nebo pole promenim" odmleel se knik. Tvare mu horely a oei se lsekly zapalem, se kterkm miuvil.

Cimbura yaak ztistaval ku podivu chladnkm. Znatelno, e fee kniZete je mama, e Cimburu neziskal a nepresvedeil a ten se tim netaji.

"2e i rybniky vypustite?" tak se skoro posmeane. Protivi se mu ta laenost pfuly a jsou mu v te chvili dvakrat tak mile jako stribro leskle hladiny rybnikn. Dual mu kmitnou zrcadla kras-

VESTNtK nich rybnikil drhovelskkch, ohromna, A/Ma ya, Dobev, Rojice, Kreaice, Talina a vaecky zname vody se zelenkmi hrazemi a aedkini mlhami za podzimnich jiter a u2 i jemu eervenaji tvare a void hlas: "bran a nedej". Proti knikti se postavil, cestu mu zastoupil, aby mu uniknouti nemohl, a domlouvati poCal: "Pane knik, pekne prosim, neberte nam dvoji, co nejvic v prirode lesy a rybniky. Nesahejte na, ne. Oni staki nebyii hlupaci, kdy2 rybniky zakladali a vodu nahaneli. Rozkopate-li braze a vypustite vody, priide sucho na nas na vaecky, vinnk 1 nevinnk trpet bude, nauei vas to braze opet navezt, rybniky napustit, aby se v nich zase ryba prohanela. Nekonejte tedy praci marnou a nad tvari nemou —rybou se ustrrite. I ji Pan Je2da miloy al, za pokrm mu slou•ila, peniz v nstech jezera na povrch mu prinesla.

Bojte se vody, nebud'te ji nepritelem.

Nejen zeme, ale i ona nas hvi. Sedlak podava hostu chleb a sill, ale kraji svemu podava zem a vodu, tedy to, z eehe chleba dobkva. Ze zernee je sice eloyek stvoren a do zeme se vraci, ale bez vody nebylo by 2ivota, nebylo by vzrristu a rirody, vaecko zakrni a zbobkovati. Nejhorai ranou pro sedlaka sucho."

Usmal se knik, ale hostu neodporoval. Cimbura hued poznal, 2e ani on knikte nepresvedeil a rybnik y neubranil. Zarmoutil se a schlipl, do sebe jaksi se schoulil, v mlCeni jako v plaat' se zahalil.

"Pojd'me dal. Hle, do dvora mame nedaleko, uka2i yam sve hospodarske stroje. Je to min vzornk dvfir a hospodarske akoly east() sem vodi chovance.

I vas jiste mnohe zaujme. Tak hned za stodolou vidite 2entour. Cimburo, vy sedlaci hriane plktvate silou a easem.

B112i se doba, kdy elovek ne tak rukou, jako rozumeme pracovati musi a kdy eernou, hrubou praci za neho vykona, stroj. Vyhod'te proto elm drive, tim lip, ze stodol cepy a nahrad'te je alesponri 2entorovou mlatiekou, obili nevejte, fukar yam to obstard rychleji a lepe, kupte si kruhadlo a arotovnik; i to pokne 2'entour. Verte mi, Cimburo, miluji eeskou vlast a zvlaate eeskk jih a vas sedlaky a rad, ani nevite, jak rad bych yam Sel v hospodarstvi vzorem, prikladem i pomoci, yidirn v torn sve poslani mezi vami, rieel a smysl sveho Ziovta a nachazim malo pochopeni."

Mane Cimbura, rozhrnuje pleat' mleeni a opiraje se o seci stroj, litostivkm hlasem konejai hostitele. "Krive si to vykladate. Uznejte, 2e co se hodi

Ve stredu 28. dubna 1965 nehodi se sedlaku. Co milk knik na panskem, nemUie sedlak na selskem. Nemil2em se po vas opiCit na naSich stokorcovkch statcich."

"Liebe vkmluvy," mava knik rukou, "pole drenaemi si odvodnit a luka zavodnovat mUie kaalk. A na co jeden nestaei, na to at' zajde druktvo. Sam se mi rovnat nemilkte, ale vy vaichni v Putimi vyrovnate se memu dvoru jednomu a vaichni v okrese — mernu panstvi. jako jd mama pivovar, mlekarnu, lihova, cukrovar, kterk zpracuje pu, mleko, brambory a jeemen a tak dvoji w2itek mi da proe vy byste nemohli mit sve druktevni tova,rny?

Mam-li ja na ka2dem dvore ku parni, proe vy byste ji nemohlj mit spoleene? Odlate selskou pkchu, zavist a yzajemnou nedilveru, od individualismu prejdete v hospodarskkch otazkach ke kolektivismu, srozumitelne keeno, spolueujte se, obec vic zmff2e neZ jednotlivec, spojenkmi silami i te2ke bremeno lehce se zveda, spoleene kupuje, spoleene prodavejte, uete se od jinkch, treba od delnikn, kteri na ochranu svkch zajmu Cile zakladaji spolky a besedy, nebo od priimyslnikt.

Svemu stavu i sve vlasti jste povinni yeas postarati se o radnou selskou organisaci — to jest to pouto ktere by z vas drobnkch utvorilo jedine teleso mohutne, asi tak jako z malkch cihel se yelikk dfun sloii. Zle bude, nestane-li se tak zahy a yeas," oddychl si kni2e, bilYrn, voriavkm aateekem utiraje si pot, kterk mu po skrani steekal.

"Kaki* se span jen jednou. Co poal° z tech spoleenkch cukrovata a pivoyarfi? Kdo skoupil je pred peti lety v licitacich? A koho okbraeily?"

"Ovaem, poctivost je zakladem a podminkou zdaru. 8idit se nesmi, ani podvadet. Za firedniky byste Si nesmC11 sve nedostudovane synky, kterkch nikde jinde nechteji."

"A tak jsme tam, odkud jsme Neni a-nezmn2e vaecko pokrok a vzdelani stoj; ale musi tu zaeit predevaim postivost, jak jste pekne povedeli. Nevim„ naali-li bychom v2dycky riredniky poctivce, kakik Nov& je vic sobek ne 2 tobek a prile2itost dela zlodeje. Proto vy mate svfn kmen firednikt i slukbnikfi, nekteri co pamet lidska saha u2 vakinu rodu slow21, jako kliate ko2icha, se vds dr2i, otce na syna prechazi sluZba; ale u nas tomu tak neni a nebude. Sedlak se dr21 pfuly a apatnk firednik je z neho. I kdy2 na vkmenek odchazime, neloueime se s pfidou, ale kus pole a louky do sve smrti k u2ivani si vymiriujeme."

ye stredu 28, dubna 1965 "A piece s pftdou nehospodarne zachazite," vyhrkl nahle kniZe. `My a nehospodarne? Jak to?" rekl Cimbura a :pet se zastavil.

"Pojd'me," pobidl kniZe, "rname toho jests nmoho prohliZet nevidel jste dosud ani koniren, ani oveinu, kravina, ani hribetince, cestou varn povim —" a zameril rozsahlYm dvorem od stodol a kiden ke chlevum.

"Prochazim-li vase pozemky, treba o honech, 2asnu, co pudy ladem leZet nechavate. Meze mate na krok giroke, vodoteee na dva a pruhony na pet. Cesty polni vyrovnaji se misty S'irkou cisarske silnici. Dohodnete se o obecni statek a mezi sebe rozdelte, polni cesty vymerte na dva sahy, nic vic, do poll kamenne mezniky nasazejte, rneze zru 'Ste, strych, dva pole ziskate."

"Pane kniZe, meze a vodoteee nejsou nave." " 'di by byly?"

"Jsou chudYch. Jejich jsou i. okrajky nagich selskYch rybnikd a lest', jejich trava v prilhonech a po stramich, jejich klasy i na poll. My, sedlaci, citime prisnou povinnost, kterou Btirh nam uklada, pomahat i podruhum, doprat jim poZit meze, kravku nebo kozu v prthone popast, dat eloveku, ktery se mnou pole vzdelava, zahon piidy pod brambory, lichu jetele pro dobytee.

Deti bezzemku maji stare pra y° na klasy. Zabolelo mne, kdy2 jsem spatril u vas podivnY stroj, nae je? se ptam, shrabovat klasy." a vy jste mi Poti se kniZe, ale nezlobi. Ma rad Cimburu pro jeho primou fee, ale branit se musi a brani.

"My jinak o chude paujeme. I my i nagi predkove chudobince a 'Spitaly po panstvich jsme zaloZili, pense platime a tak o ty, kteri nam v'erne v jejich stall peeujerne."

"Ano, o ty, kteri yam slouZili. Ale coz ti chudi, kdoZ yam neslouZi?" • adost, my jim pod"At' si podaji Z poru poukaZeme." Ale uZ tu byla hribata a byl konec reel. Kona"' probudil se v Cimburovi a vgecko ostatni v to chvili ustoupilo do pozadi. Po konich prigel kravin a ohromny, rozsahlY ()vein na, konec. Vy gli koneehe i z neho a tu kniZe se zastavil a s fism'evem v lici pravil: "Tak jste videl intj nejlepIll pove.zte mi uprimne, se yarn."

"Libil i nelibil," vyhYbave odpovedel Cimbura.

"Nechci slyAet, v eem se varn libil, ale za to povezte uprimne, v eem se nelibil."

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Lekce desita — Lesson No, 10 Read the following exercises and words out LOUD with your parents or friends, Student a studentka, Pavel je student. Vera je studentka.

Pavel a Vera jsou studenti. Pavel nema per° ale Vera ma per°. Dnes Karel neni v e On je doma. Ma", rYrou.

Nag ueitel (lava pozor krlYz pigeme na 'tabuli. On vola na Writ. Nedelej chybu! Pig spravne! Zitra je svatek. Studenti budon doma. My tei manic svatek.

Slovnieek ® Vocabulary Pavel, Paul \lag, your Vera, Vera kdyi, when Karel, Charles chyba, error studentka, student sprarne, correctly (Fern,) pig, write! studenti, students budou, will be dues, today (3rd person pl.) zitra, tomorrow pigeme, we write neni, isn't davej pozor, aby svatek, holiday attention volati, to call nedelej chybu! davit!, to give Don't make an rYina, cold error! na g , our a

Mluvnice — Grammar 1. The First Conjugation: The verbs that belong to the first conjugation generally end in "ati." In the above vocabulary there are two such verbs, davati" and "volati." To eenjugate them we take off the ending "ati" and add the verbal endings as follows: davati — to give Singular 1st person davam, give

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2nd person dava g, you give 3rd person (lava, he, she, or it gives Plural davame, we give dAvate, you give eivaji, they give 2. The negative verb in Czech is formed by prefixing the particle "ne before the verb.

Exam-0e: "ne" plus the conjugation of "kV-Li," to be 6 Singular 1st person nejsem, I am not 2nd person nejsi, you are not 3rd person nerd, he, she, or it is not Plural 1st person nejsern, I am not 2nd person nejsi, you are not 3rd person neni, he, she, or it is not 6 Plural nej•me, "we are not nejste, you are not ikeiSOU, they are not Note that the third person singular is different. It is "neni" instead of the expected form `neje".

Homework 1. Read aloud the reading exercise several times and translate it.

2. Copy the vocabulary into yowl notebook and memorize it.

3. Conjugate the verb "volati."

4. Review all of the previOus lessons that have appeared in the Vestnik.

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