HERALD Official Organ Of The Sla vonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897. H17 IWANITY
liENEVOLENCE VOLUME 54 -- NO. 42
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE, SP.IST, POE 100, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501
OCTOBER 19, 1966
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
NOW HEAR THIS!
A hard, cold fact of life is that nearly every aspect of human life needs to be re-examined and re-evaluated in the light of today's needs, demands, expectations, and possibilities. This is true in education, housing, in work, lodge work, in family relations, and many other fields of endeavor. Sometimes the confusion we witness around us is not so much a result of rapid change as it is the result of our psy chological failure to grow up to this change. In the fields of medicine and technology, we rapidly and unquestioningly adapt ourselves to new methods and techniques and ideas, but in our thinking, our feeling, and our accommodation to social, cultural and business problems, we remain enslaved to tribal customs. A noted author recently noted that it is hard and sometimes painful to grow up individually, and even harder and more painful for a whole society to grow up, to throw off earlier prejudices and preconceived notions, to take- a realistic look at what is happening around us. • • We frequently invoke the name of the great American inventor Thomas Alva Edison in this column to prove points about persistence and downright ingenuity. So much of what Edison did was done after a barrage of
I don't feel guilty about crime in our cities because I'm not committing any. And even if some of our leaders imply that it's my fault for not sharing my so-called wealth more equitably, all I can do is invite them to examine my income tax return ... Our nation is human. It has its faults — plenty of them -- but they pale into insignificance alongside its virtues. —Dr. Max Rafferty
criticism came his way from every concievable direction. At one point in his career, a scientist told Edison that he was wasting his time The fundamental laws of physics prove that he is attempting the impossible. One is that there can be no light with combustion; the second is that no combustion can take place in a vacuum." But even in the face of these "impossibilities" Edison went right ahead and perfected the incandescent lamp. When Harvey insisted that blood flowed through the body, he was scoffed at. Pasteur's theory of germ life was scorned. Langley's plans for a machine that would fly without the aid of a balloon were ridiculed. And so it is today that a man who is five years ahead of his time is looked upon as being a trifle "off." The progress of the world depends upon men with vision
and the courage to make their dreams come true.
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The number of life insurance cornpampanies in the United States climbed past 1,700 during the first half of 1966, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. The number of companies has increased by 565 during the past decade, with many new ones starting in the west, midwest and south. Arizona, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma had the biggest increases. Texas, with 243 home-based companies, continues to have the largest number, although Texas' total has been declining. Arizona, with 196 companies, and Louisiana, with 111, rank next. Every state has at least two, and more than half of the states have at least 20 companies. '• • The wise person, looking toward the future, wants to provide income for himself after he stops active work. Any SPJST organizer can recommend one of the SPJST policies that provide guaranteed life income and insurance on your life at the same time. income payments can begin at age 65, or earlier if the policy owner wishes. The maturity value may be taken in one sum at age 65, or its actual equivalent can be taken in monthly payments. If you should die before the maturity date, your beneficiaries receive the