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HER Official Organ 0 The Sla vonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897.

BENEVOLENCE

VOLUME 54 — NO. 51

HUMANITY

BROTHERHOOD

Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501

Peace at Cbristmas...

THROUGH THE YEARS, THE EVERLASTING BEAUTY OF CHRISTMAS SPARKS THE SPIRIT OF MANKIND WITH JOY AND REKINDLES THE HOPE FOR A WORLD AT PEACE. MAY THE DEEP AND TRUE MEANING OF THIS SEASON BE REMEMBERED TO GIVE US GUIDANCE TOWARD A COMMON GOAL OF BROTHERHOOD AND LOVE. MAY THE BLESSINGS OF THIS HOLY SEASON BE YOURS IN ABUNDANCE. SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, EDITOR, AND PUBLISHERS

DECEMBER 21, 1966

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Entered as second class matter January 3rd, 1933 at West, Texas, under the Act ofCongress of August 24, 1922. Send Form 3574 to Supreme Lodge SPJST, Box 100, Temple.

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TS Published weekly EDITOR NICK MORRIS — Box 85, West, Texas 76693 RPsidence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. HI 6-5989 — Shop: 171/ 6-5283 PUBLISHERS CECHOSLOVAK PUB. CO ., 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 be addressed to Vestnik, West, Texas Deadline for material to be accepted for the following issue is Saturday noon.

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SUPREME LODGE EDWARD L. MAREK, President JOE B. HEJNY, Vice-President It. A. URBANOVSKY, Secretary JOS KOLIHA, Jr., Treasurer BEN ZABCIK, Financial Secretary All of Temple, Texas 76501, 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, Texas 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 77061 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 c/0 SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas HUGO SCHEFCAK 1267 Harlandale — Dallas 10, Texas BY-LAW COMMITTEE ROY E. HRANICKY, Chairman Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas LEO KRAUSE, Jr. — Secretary P. 0. Box 427, Inez, TOXIIII 779a8

VESTN18 DISTRICT ORGANIZERS DISTRICT I Melvin Skrabanek P 0 Box 270 3aldwell, Texas 77836 DISTRICT U Leonard D. Mikeska 107 Killen. Lane Temple, Texas 76501 DISTRICT III Arnold M. Vrla 6307 Saratoga Circle Dallas 14, Texas DISTRICT IV Fred Eveton Route 1 Abernathy, Texas DISTRICT V Frances Olexa 6402 Taggart St. Houston, Texas 7 7007 DISTRICT VI Leo Krause, Jr. P 0 Box 427 Inez, Texas DISTRICT VII Roy Hranicky Drawer A, Orange Grove, Texas --SPJST--

STATE YOUTH DZRECTOR James J. Janousek Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 k ➢isnucT YOUTH DIRECTORS DISTRICT Mrs. Rud. Matejka Route 4 --- Box 562 Bryan, Texas 77801 DISTRICT II Mrs. Emily Mikeska Route 1 Rogers, Texas 76569 DISTRICT III Mrs. Wilma Nesuda Telico Road Ennis, Texas 75119 DISTRICT IV Mrs. Ed Haisler Route 1 Seymour, Texas 76380 DISTRICT V Mrs. Tillie Helmcamp 432 West 32nd St Houston 18, Texas 77018 DISTRICT VI Mrs. Frank BrdeCka Route 1, Box 150 Rosenberg, Texas 77471 DISTRICT VII Mrs. Maxine Pavliska Route I, Box al Floresville, Texas 78114

Wednesday, December 21, 1960

From The Editor CHRISTMAS MI6 The last time we wrote about the weather in this column was the last of July, when the state was simmering under a hot Texas sun and suffering from a prolonged drought. We attended the District IV meeting at Wall and travelled through several showers.

Within less than a week after that, the skies opened up with moisture to give us the wettest August on record. There has scarcely been a drop since then.

It may not sound too "Christmasy," but the Christmas present desired most by Texas farmers and ranchers is a statewide, slow, soaking rain. As this is being written (Thursday) the fore-, cast includes a chance, for rain, so if the rain gods are still in business, maybe they will come through again like they did last July.

The economy in this section of the country tends to be based on a healthy agricultural foundation, and if the outlook for farmers and ranchers is not good, the rest of the economy Front cover: Early American setting: "To Church On Sunday MornimY%

tends to be somewhat clouded, too. The shortage of moisture has become critical in many areas. Shortage of rain has just about stopped grain growth in the Texas Panhandle, and more and more cattle raisers are having to feed their stock. Wheat needs rain. It is needed to get grains and range plants growing. Late grain has not come up because of a lack of moisture.

Oats and pastures are hurting. Grain seeds have simply not germinated.

Winter grasses are dormant. There is some cause to worry about stock water if the drought continues.

Here's hoping that by the time you read this, rains will have been plentiful and widespread. It would be a most welcome Christmas present for many people throughout the Southwest. o 4 It wont be long before the tragic count of holiday deaths commences.

There will be an auto death every few minutes during the holiday season.

Don't become a holiday statistic, Christmas is such a beautiful and happy time of the year, but one thing is for sure: it won't mean much to you if you're not around to enjoy it. Staying alive is a full-time business, and it is particularly saddening when we

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 lose someone as the result of auto mishaps. Death seems to knock frequently enough all around us, without adding to its victims through auto crashes.

Our young people need to be especially cautious. They are more eager, more energetic, and have more drive. The only trouble is, they give vent to their feelings while behind the wheel of a high-powered killer — the automobile.

Add to all these elements the element of alcohol and you have an explosive situation. Those adults who, in trying to do young people a "favor," buy alcoholic beverages for them are, more likely than not, buying them a oneway ticket to disaster. That's a favor?!

We want all of you around next Christmas. And I'm sure you'd rather spend this Christmas Season in the traditional, festive way; not attending the funeral of your neighbor or friend.

Have fun, enjoy the spirit of Christmas, but for Christmas' sake, be careful!

• It has become fashionable to question the true spirit and meaning of Christmas. Some, even while denying the reason for the holiday, nevertheless celebrate as if their very existence depended on it, sometimes in ways not at all in keeping with the true spirit of the season. Are we losing the meaning, of this most significant of holy days in all our elaborate feasting, giftgiving, and merry-making? Each year we look back, with a dismayed shake of the head. We have a lurking guilt about it all — too many presents, too much rush, too many things to do and say, too many parties to attend. Have Christmases lost their real meaning?

This seems to be a universal habit, but especially true in this country. We are a rich, bountiful country. We tend to diminish the reason for the holiday, even while expanding on the trappings.

Christmas is the reminder of what we ought to be — givers and sharers, men of equality under God. We say it all year long, but we mean it only at Christmastime.

• • Our prayers and thanks this Christmas, above all, should be offered for our brethren fighting the war in Viet Nam. Their task is not fully appreciated in that country and perhaps not totally understood in this country, but they ARE THERE — our own brothers, sons, uncles, cousins, et. al. Without them, we would soon have no Christmas to be rushed and bothered about.

Our undying gratitude should go to these young men who safeguard the

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VESTNtK freedoms that we enjoy HERE. Christmas will also be another lonely, demanding job for thousands of other servicemen stationed at many bleak outposts around the world, on lonely watch 24 hours a day; for the many men who will be policing our roads and highways, law enforcement officers, for whom there is no holiday.

For the latter, crime and sudden death never takes a holiday.

We wish all our friends and readers the best of everything during this Holy Season!

• • A CHILD'S HEART Christmas is when a child's heart tells him so, More true than calendar, more real than rhyme, It cries: "Rejoice, for this is Christmastime!

Hark to the angels singing in the snow!"

The earth dreams, drenched in an unearthly glow; And armed with faith so stalwart, so sublime, A child's heart sets the bells of Heaven to chime (As my heart once . . but that was long ago . . . ) Christmas is when a child's heart makes the weather All golden with the glory of believing In Peace on earth . . . in stars that sing together In the bright magic of the spirit's weaving.

Christmas is what a child's heart need not say (As my heart . . . long ago .. . and far away . .. )

—SPJSTNewsbriefs

Veronika Silhavy, 86, passed away in the home of her daughter in Needville on Nov. 18th. Burial was in the Guy Public Cemetery. Sister Silhavy was a member of SPJST Lodge No. Needville, although she had originally joined Lodge No. 8 in Weimar.

• • Edw. J. Hajek, 71, passed away in Shiner on Nov. 24th. Brother Hajek was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 10, Shiner. ♦ o Vince Frank Hyvl, 52, passed away in Caldwell on Nov. 30th. Burial was in the New Tabor Cemetery. Brother flyvl was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 17, New Tabor.

Charles Valla, 56, passed away in Goodnight Memorial Hospital in Chriesman, Texas, on Dec. 3rd. Interment was in the New Tabor Cemetery.

Brother Valla was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 17, New Tabor.

• • Antonia Novak, 70, passed away in King's Daughters Hospital in Temple on Dec. 7th. Sister Jezek was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 87, Temple, Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple.

B. A. Kirkpatrick, 77, passed away in Taylor on Dec. 7th. Brother Kirkpatrick was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 48, Beyersville.

Tonie Janecka, 59, passed away in Victoria suddenly on Nov. 19th. Interment was in the Resurrection Cemetery in Victoria. Sister Janecka was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 143, Inez.

—SPJST

LETTERS LODGE NO. 142, HOUSTON Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our next meeting will be held the second Sunday in January — Jan. 8, 1967, at 2 p.m. in our lodge hall.

We will appoint our committees, board of trustees, and our bar manager for 1967. Eo brothers and sisters, please try to attend this meeting. Hope to see all of you then.

In behalf of our entire membership and myself, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!

Fraternally yours, Dorothy Beyer, Secretary —SPJSTCAMPING FOR YOUTH IN LODGES WITHOUT YOUTH CLUBS Every youth between the ages of 6 and 19, who is a member in good standing in the SPJST, is eligible to attend camp. Summer Camping 1967 will be available for all active and eligible youth. To qualify, the following points must be fulfilled: 1. The youth must be a member of SPJST in good standing for at least 6 months prior to May 31, 1967.

2. Youth must be active in the SPJST, at least 6 months prior to May 31, 1967: a. He or she must attend at least 1/2 of the regular monthly meetings at the lodge where membership is held. b. He or she must participate in at least 1/2 of the youth activities provid-

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ed by the lodge. (Youth activity is that activity that is held expressly for the youth).

Special forms may be obtained by the lodge from the office of the State Youth Director in April or May, 1967.

This form will have space for the names and other vital information of those youth who are eligible and qualify for SPJST Camp. The form will require the signature of two local lodge officers, and must be in the mail to the office of the State Youth Director no later than May 31, 1967.

All youth who are eligible and qu .alify for camp will then receive a special form that must be filled out by a parent and sent to your district youth director NO LATER THAN 20 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR DISTRICT'S CAMP. Please notify the youth of your lodge of this benefit that they are entitled to as members of SPJST. Should you have any questions concerning Camping '67, please let me know.

Fraternally, James J. Janousek, Youth Director

Wednesday, December 21, 1966

LODGES ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1967 '1117M7A-,

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Officers re-elected at Lodge No. 167, Penelope. L to R: Financial Secretary Charlie Fabian, President Charlie Bartosh, Secretary Mrs. Charlie Bartosh. Vice President Ed Stuchly was not present.

-SPJSTLODGE NO. 133, SAN ANTONIO

Dear Sisters and Brothers: The president of our lodge, Brother James I. Kostelnik, and the reporter, Brother S. C. Bundil, are keeping our members and readers of the Vestnik informed about what we are doing in in our lodge. Since you will read from them soon about our December meeting, our plans for the next year, etc., I do not want to make known anything ahead of time.

The purpose of today's letter is to express my sincere thanks to our members for donating clothing for men, women, teenagers and children stricken with respiratory diseases, patients of the San Antonio State TB Hospital, where I have worked since I returned to the United States. It was a big help to many needy patients who have enjoyed every piece they received with gratitude.

I received clothing, shoes, toys, and many miscellaneous useful articles for delivery from Sister and Brother S. C. Bundil, Sister Theresa Falbo, Sister Gloria Gorden, Sister Rubie Holly and her deceased sister Mary Schefeak from Dallas, Sister Ann Riley, Mrs. Emily Stuchlik, Sister Dorothy Valka and her daughter Jo Ann, Sister Adriana Iza Wells and her daughters, Rhoda Karen and Marian E. To this I would like to add that our

Officers elected at Lodge No. 6, Cottonwood. Standing, L to It: Adele Royal, reporter; Willie Ifelona, treasurer; Junior Youth Club Leader Martha Monthei; Teen Youth Club Leader Ruth Krizan.

Seated: Vice President Alvin Schuetz, President Joe Sumbera, Secretary Mike Mazanec, and Financial Secretary George Straten. lodge donated money to buy razor blades, shaving cream, tooth paste, and tooth brushes, which are badly needed the year around. Sister Mary Henderson donated the cash attendance prize she won.

a NEW YEAR, filled with prosperity, good health and happiness.

Fraternally, Marcella M. Kleprlik

To all of you, sisters and brothers, for taking part in this action for needy patients, for bein,g so generous, many, many thanks from the bottom of my heart.

Our Sweet Home lodge wants to wish all a very Merry Christmas.

I also want to remind our youth club of our Christmas dance at Slovacek's Ballroom on Dec. 27. Bring your friends. The Parents who can come can spend an evening at Slovacek's Domino Parlor.

So come, one and all!

Victor J. Gerlich, Reporter Bz. Youth Leader

During this Yuletide I wish to extend to each of you, all our members, their families and friends, my best personal regards, and wish for each of you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and

-SPJSTLODGE NO. 01, SWEET HOME,

Wednesday, December 21, 1960 LODGE NO. 111, SIJGARLAND INVITATION EXTENDED Dec. 7, 1966 Mr. Alvin Melnar, President District V, SPJST 910 Knox Houston, Texas, 77007 Dear Brother Melnar: At our annual meeting, the members discussed the notice in the Vestnik of the District V spring meeting to be held on May 21, 1967.

After discussion, it was unanimously voted upon to inform the officers of District V of our sincere desire for Lodge 111 to act as the host lodge for the spring meeting.

Since we are in the process of modernization and revitalization of an old established, previously dormant lodge in District V, the members of Lodge No. 111 would be most grateful of your consideration to grant us approval of the above request.

If we are privileged to be the host lodge for the District V spring meeting, our plans call for this meeting to be held at the Baker ranch at Barker, Texas, only a 10-minute drive west of Houston, south of Interstate 10. Their facilities are similar to those of Uncle Joe Skrabanek's "Lone Pine" picnic area. The Bakers have had several family reunions at this site, accommodating up to 275 persons. The dinner menu for this meeting will consist of a huge Fish Fry (eat all you can) and a suitable platform will be provided and decorated to accommodate the officers and the district youth program.

Lodge No. 111 needs your support to help District V grow!

Fraternally, Lowman C. Kruse, Pres.

Lodge Jaroslav Vrchlicky No. 111, SPJST 287 Piney Point Road Houston, Texas, 77024 LCK: is cc: Charles E. Matcek, Vice Pres.

Harry Rice, 2nd Vice Pres.

F. A. Kadlecek, Secretary Tommie H. Lostak, Treasurer Tillie Helmcamp, Dist. Youth Dir. -SPJ STLODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Friends, Lodge 88 had a very successful annual meeting! The reports given by the chairmen of the committees showed the amazing progress made by the lodge in the past year. A delicious sausage dinner was served at noon, and for this our thanks go to Chairman Annie Vala and all her wonderful helpers! Many thanks also to the fol-

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Officers re-elected at Lodge No. 92, ,Fort Worth. Seated: Secretary, reporter, and youth leader Mary Faprskar; president Joe Paprskar, vice president Robert Ruzicka. Standing: Joe Krivanc%, financial secretary; John Murphy, treasurer.

Lodge 92, Fort Worth: Seated, Mary Paprshar, reporter; Joe Becan, Czech reporter; Frank Blazek, member of Board of Directors. Standing John Murphy, board member, and Bob Easley. (All photos by the editor). lowing generous donors of cakes, pies the meeting will be on the second Sunand kolaches: Della Miksch, Lillie Fol- first Sunday. lett, Emma Jarisch, Rose Horelica, Ag- The following officers were elected: nes Lesak, Elsie Zalesky, Pearl Hanka, President, Louis Hanus; First Vice Mrs. Waldo Kalich, and Marian Mikes. Pres., Ernest Hanka; Second Vice Pres., Our lodge monthly meeting was Tillie Helmcamp Secretary, F. A. Kadchanged from the second Friday to the lecek; Financial Secretary, Ellen Gill; first Sunday, except in January, when Treasurer, Jerry Ermis; Guide, Lillian day, since New Year's Day is on the Finn; Youth Leader, Wanda Elsner;

VESTNfK Assistant Youth Leader, Mary Schen- at this dance! Marilyn and E. J. Kadburn; Historian, Stephen Valcik, and lecek and children Karen and E. J. Parliamentarian, Myrt Hill. The Board III, of New Braunfels attended a reof Trustees elected were: Ed Miculka, cent lodge dinner; they were hosts for Alfred Hilsher, 'Jim Kostom, Karl Lin- . a breakfast for the thirty lodge memdemann, Ed Kadiecek, Joe Fusig, Harry bers who attended the Sausage FestivRice, and J. Elmer. al at New 'Braunfels! Brother Frank The following members were elected Zimmerman attended our annual on the Entertainment Committee: meeting, this faithful member donated Lowrina Lindemann, Elsie and A. J. so much to the lodge way back durZalesky, Pearl Hanka, Rosa Lee Ruing the lodge's first building, and he land, Fay and E. D. Evetts, Evelyn and has patronized our lodge ever since!

Bill Vornsand, Kloebel, Marian and President Louis Hanus gave special L. A. Mikes, Louise Kadiecek, :Rascal, recognition to Frances Olexa for all Cerny, Annie Vala, Agnes and R. Lesak, her help to the financial secretary; Harley Cox, Joe Miksch, James High-, to new members Marlene and Tom tower, Evelyn Holub, Tom Jecmeneck, Caraway and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Broz Oscar Helmcamp, Irene Slovacek, Ruby for their help with the youth; to Bro. Cernosek, Waldo Kalich, Robert NovoHerman Baethe for doing a tremendous sad, Adele and Bill Hughes, and Jerry job at the young age of 77; to Bar Walkoviak.

Manager Milton Kalousek and assistDon't forget that there is a lodge ants Mary Kalousek, Della and Joe free dance on Monday, Dec. 26th, from Miksch; to Annie Vala for her won4 to 8, p.m., with the famous Patek's derful work in the kitchen; to Naomi Polka Dots furnishing the music! This Kostom for her help with the main is for your and your friends, so come books; to Trustees Tim Kostom, Ed and enjoy some dancing the day after Kadlecek and Joe Fusig for all their Christmas in our Chandelier. Ball- work around the lodge! Remuneration room!

Committee Alfred Hilsher, Harley Cox, I want to remind you of those three Emil Borelica, and Emil Vala did a important dates in January when the good job! The Rules and Regulations famous Earl Schmidt of Minnesota will Committee, Stephen Valcik, Lillian Finn, Louise Kadlecek, J. D. Elsner, be at our lodge for the first time! and Jack Gill also did a terrific job!

There will be a dance on Friday from 8 to 12 p.m., on Saturday from 9 p.m. Evelyn Vornsand got a hand for her work with the band and the monthly to 1 a.m., and on Sunday from 3 to 7 bulletin! Robert Novosad won the door p.m. You won't have to worry about prize! dinner that day, because the lodge will See you at the Thursday Christmas serve a turkey dinner from noon on!

Social and the lodge free dance on Don't forget that the famous Lee Roy Matocha is playing for our New Monday with P'atek's Polka Dots!

Fraternally, Year's Eve semi-formal dance from 9 Tillie Helmcamp till ?, and it looks like everybody is SPJST coming! And don't forget that we have TO THE MEMBERS OF LODGE 88: our regular socials on Thursday, Dec. Dear Brothers and Sisters: 22nd (our Christmas social) and on Another meeting of Lodge 88 is now Thursday, Dec. 29th! history. The meeting was held on Dec. I want to wish a very Merry Christ11th, 1966, and many important issues mas to you, dear patient Editor and and proposals were discussed and deyour family, to the Supreme Lodge Ofcided. This was one of the most conficers, and to all you SPJST members structive meetings ever conducted by all over Texas! Also Merry Christmas Lodge 88, and the members are looking to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holton of Gustine, forward to a greater year than ever.

Calif.; to Mary and F. J. Elzner of The following named officers for Malin, Oregon; to Emilie Dujka of 1967 were elected: President — Louis Wallis, and to former school mate Hanus, 1st Vice President — E. J. Jacelyn Dusek, and to Marilyn and E. Hanka, 2nd Vice President — Tillie J. Kadlecek of New Braunfels!

Helmcamp, Secretary (Recording) — Names in the News: Elsie and A. J. F. A. Kadlecek, Treasurer — Jerome J. Zalesky had charge of the well-attendErmis, Financial Secretary — Ellen ed Tellstars dance. Their helpers were Gill, and Guide — Sister Lillian Finn.

Faye and Dean Evetts and Gary ZaThe names of the Board of Trustees lesky; oh, how everyone loved the Teland other committees will be furnishstars! We all helped our lovely friend, ed at a later date.

Estelle Kelly, celebrate her birthday IMPORTANT NOTICE — The mem-

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 bers voted to conduct their monthly meetings on the first Sunday of each month at 3 p.m.; however, the first meeting in 1367 will be conducted on the SECOND SUNDAY in January at 3 p.m. Each member is urged to attend the meetings and participate in the various activities. Each and every member can be rightfully proud to be a part of Lodge Pokrok 88 and participate in its activities.

Circle Jan. 8th to remind you that the first meeting in 1967 will be conducted on that date.

Fraternally, F. A. Kadleeek, Secretary SPJST-

66 CHORAL GROUP Dear Friends and Members: Our Choral Group has been busy now for several weeks preparing for the Lodge 66 traditional annual Christmas party and program, which will be over by the time you read this.

Each Christmas we try to do something a little different. For our part of the program, we will be singing, "Nesem yam noviny," "Deck the Halls," "White Christmas," "Slyseli jsme andele," "Winter Wonderland," and of course, "Silent Night," in both Czech and English. Some of our members have been ill and not able to make some of the rehearsals, but we hope they will soon be back with us.

I might mention the nice honors recently bestowed upon our director, Brother Morris. The Bishop of the Austin Diocese, The Most Rev. Louis J. Reicher, named Brother Morris to the five-man Diocesan Music Commission. The commission has had one meeting and will be meeting again early next year. We are proud of Bro. Morris because of this important distinction. He is the only layman on the commission.

This is a little late, but we did enjoy our part on the Czech Day program at the State Fair in October. We hope we pleased a lot of people. We sang at the District Three fall meeting at Lodge 25, Ennis, on Oct. 23rd, and heard many favorable comments on our numbers there.

Until next time, then, keep singing!

LODGE

e e The record, "American and Czech Favorites," may be ordered from one of the following: Ed Mazanec, Sr. JCAFB Road Waco, Texas

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 Otto Hangs 2424 Gurley Waco, Texas John Kutni 5207 Loch Lomond Waco, Texas The records are $4 each. Make check or money order payable to Lodge 66 Choral Group. Orders sent to the editor will be forwarded to one of the above.

We think you will enjoy our first release. We are proud of it, and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we have enjoyed producing it.

Fraternally, Frank S. Miller, Reporter —SPJST---LODGE NO. 25, ENNIS

Dear Members, Lodge 25 held its monthly meeting Dec. 11 at the National Hall. The meeting was called to order by vicepresident Frances Kudrna. The minutes were read and accepted.

Ronnie Vitovsky was voted in as a new organizer for our lodge.

The following officers were elected for the year 1967: President — Wesley F. Honza, Jr. Vice-President — Raymond Zapletal Secretary — G. Louis Kudrna Financial Secy. — L. J. Kudrna Treasurer — Milton Martinek Manager — Bob Trojacek Youth Leader — Dorothy Kudrna New members accepted in our lodge during 1960: February — Loyd Eisert, Michael Venable, Patrick Venable, Marcus Walker.

April — Sharon Dolezalik, Henry C. Fallen Jr., Daniel A. Roznovsky, Jerry T. Venable, Patricia A. Zapletal, Larry A. Pechacek, Gregory A. Pechacek, Cecilia A. Pechacek, Evelyn L. Pechacek May — Frances Ann Trojacek June — Ronnie L. Vitovsky, Michael W. Prachyl, Cathy A. Prachyl, Stephen J. Prachyl, Patrick A. Christian, Kay L. Venable.

July — Anthony R. Vitovsky, James W. Yarbrough, David E. Wood, William R. Dillard, David P. Honza, Paula J. Honza, Paula G. Venable, Rodney L. Venable August — George E. Watson September — Fred D. Dent, Susan 0.

Colvin, Jeanne C. .Hollaway, Troy A. Rollaway, Johnny L. Colvin, Anton F. Liska, Thurman T. Ruffin.

December — Sylvestor G. Holy, Chas.

R. Honza, David Mach, John W. Mach,

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Chas. A. Patak, Jr., Suzann M. Macalik.

The meeting was adjourned and the youth club then presented a Christmas program.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally, G. Louis Kudrna —SPJST SOKOL HOUSTON

Dear Members and Friends: THE NEWS IS OUT! The plan to build the new gymnasium and social Center is nearing reality. The .general contractor has been selected and a Contract signed. Ground breaking will start about Jan. 5th, and completion of the pro j ect should be the latter part of April. After three years of planning we have received a bid and a plan which we can live with. The first time we asked for bids, our lowest bidder was 50 per cent higher than our budget. With this problem we had to go back to the drawing board and find a way to reduce the cost. We started by taking off the 70 foot glass front, a cheaper roof, elimination of light fixtures and some plumbing and after all these reductions only $5,000 was saved.

This caused a real problem to us only two months ago. We finally had to redraw the structure and by a process of consolidation, replanning, and restudy, we had a new plan with 400 square feet more than in the original building plan. We again asked for bids, and to our satisfaction we met the budget and a reduction of about $25,000 over the lowest bid previously received.

Many of you saw a scale model of the building we originally anticipated to build but which would not fit in our bildget. The new plan is even better as to utility, we have more space in the gym and the arrangement will reduce our cost of operations. The building is so arranged that at any place in the structure you can feel you are a part of all the activities regardless if you are in the gym, bar, or the hall. We have a new model in color and we invite you to come and see it.

The trees which we have on our property will all be saved and we will continue to have the outside atmosphere at our monthly barbecues. Our picnic area will be enlarged and beautified by evergreens and tropical plants. Our purpose is to accentuate nature and utilize the beauty of the park.

We are still in need of money to complete the project. Additional funds will be required to buy new furniture

and fixtures, and we ask all who have been waiting until construction starts to forward us your loans. They will be needed in a matter of weeks.

The election of officers last week was a repeat of last year's election. It was the members' decision to keep our organization in much the same way as last year, since our progress has been very successful and we didn't want to change "horses in the middle of a stream," so to speak. The persons who have served in offices and committees were familiar with the problems of planning for a new building and we decided that it would be beneficial to utilize these experienced talents for another year. Officers elected are Bill Svec, president; Charles Petrzelka, vice president; Doris Petrzelka, secretary; Ed Kuropata, treasurer, and Elsie Svec, financial secretary. The building committee and trustees who were responsible for getting the plans finalized and who will have the job of completing the building are Vlad. Bily, John Sindel, Carrie Vodehnal, Emil Filipp, Harvey Lee, Victor Mikeska, Charlie Petrzelka, Ed and Emil Kuropata, and William Svec. The entertainment committee has been increased from seven to sixteen members, and our publicity and organization committee from one to five. By these figures you can see we are planning for bigger activities in the near future.

Our membership has worked beautifully as a group, and since last year we have increased our membership by 'about 50 per cent.

Our selection of gymnastic officers was held last Friday and the following have been elected: Bill Petrzelka will be director of men, with Sidney Soukup and Helmut Moll as instructors. Director of women is Martha Busch, with Norma Petrzelka and Nancy Busch as instructors. It is our opinion that all positions are filled with capable and enthusiastic personnel and we expect the greatest growth in 1967 that Sokol Houston has ever had in its history.

On Saturday, New Year's Eve, we will hold an annual New Year's Party. The Wilbur Heinsohn Orchestra will entertain and we invite all our friends to join us in the last New Year's Party to be held in the old hall. See our ad next week in this paper for details.

The kitchen will be open for snacks and our younger gymnasts will also be available to take your photograph if you so desire. The proceeds of the kitchen and photography will be used

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to purchase new gymnastic equipment.

The next date for jaternice will be Jan. 15 and we hope it freezes that day. The last sale was quite good but our cooling process of the liver sausage was hindered somewhat by a warming spell early that Sunday morning. We will not hold Sunday Socials on Christmas Day or New Year's Day, since we will be giving our committees a day of rest with their families.

The officers, members, committees, and gymnasts wish all of you the Merriest and Best Christmas you have ever had and may your new year be prosperous with good health and peace.

We wish to thank the editor for allowing us to publish these letters in the Vestnik and we thank all of you who have patronized and supported our organization. Without you we would never succeed. Hope to see you soon.

Nazdar!

Emil Kuropata -SPJSTCZECH CHORAL GROUP

LODGE NO. 84, DALLAS Dear Readers: Although you have not been reading any articles recently in reference to the Choral Group, the group has been very busy rehearsing the songs we were to record in our new album.

"Golden Czech Memories," Volume II, was released last week, just in time for Christmas. We wish we could have had it out sooner, for those who wanted to give these as Christmas presents.

Those of you, who have our Album No. 1 will really enjoy our album No. 2 because we have a variety of twelve Czech songs accompanied by an orchestra, as follows: 1. Jetelicek u Vody 2. Co se Nam Muze Stat?

3. Cerveny Satecek 4. Na Rozlouceni-Chodske pisnicky 5. Tulacek 6. Vzpominame 7. Panenko Modro oka 8. Cykanko ty krasna 9. Na strani 10. Cervene Vino 11. Kde potok lucinou 12. Ceske vzpominky We have also printed words to all twelve songs enclosed in each album, so now you: can sing along with us.

So many of you have been asking for our next album, so here it is! Hope you enjoy listening and singing to it as much as we have enjoyed making it for you.

Those of you who are not familiar with the words will really learn these

songs with the help of the printed sheet I mentioned above.

I feel sure I am expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the choral membership when I say we are deeply indebted to all who contributed and dedicated so much of their time and efforts in making this album a success.

Anyone wishing to buy or order by mail can do so by contacting: Mrs. James Pavelka 6854 Greenville Ave. Dallas, Texas 75231 or any of the choral members. Your orders will be mailed to you, postage paid.

Here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Fraternally, Rose Hackworth, Secretary, Choral Group -SPJST----

MY THANKS Houston, Texas I wish to thank all my brothers and sisters of Lodge 88, the Brethren Sisters, the Friendship Class of St. Mark's Methodist Church, the nurses and doctor, and all others whet sent flowers, cards and also all the visits and prayers, while I was in the Twelve Oaks Hospital, for over a month.

I'm not able to send Christmas cards, therefore I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally, Mrs. Ida Hanka 4406 Rusk Ave. -SPJST----

LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Readers, Lodge 87 held its annual Christmas social and program at Gober Party House Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. It was so nice to have so many members and guests turn out for this occasion.

President Lad Zatopek opened the program by having a silent prayer in memory of Mr. H. H. Hejl; then he introduced Randy Dodgen, master of ceremonies, who gave a nice speech, as always.

Mr. Zatopek introduced and installed all new officers for the coming year They are as follows: Lad Zatopek, president; Bill Brodie, vice president; Mrs. Dorothy Chervenka, secretary; Sidney Kacir, treasurer; Mrs. Steve Bartek, youth leader; August Kacir, guide; Jerry Valchar, flag bearer; Joe Plsek, Wallace l3artek, and Mrs. Anna Marie Brodie — property trustees; Mrs. Johnnie Labaj, financial secre-

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 tary and Mrs. Eva Hurta, reporter.

Jerry Valchar, building committee chairman, gave a report on the new SPJST hall for Lodge 87.

The program was then turned over to the youth club, under the direction of Mrs. Steve Bartek and Mrs. Bill Brodie. The younger children presented a puppet show of Christmas carols.

Mrs. Bartek then showed slides of the camping trip last summer at Hilltop Lakes. Santa Claus came by for a visit and brought candy and gifts for the children. Everyone enjoyed having Santa Claus visit. He was so very jolly!

Special guests for the evening were: Mrs. Joe B. Hejny, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clawson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Dodgen, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mikeska and son, Mrs. Emily Mikeska, District Youth Director, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ginter.

I would like to compliment all the ladies for the nice sandwiches and pastries brought to the social.

Fraternally, Mrs. E. R. Chervenka, Secretary

Reports NOVEMBER SALES IN DIST. TWO There was an increase of 27 members for $45,500 of insurance during November. This brings District Two's 1966 total thus far to 546 members for $1,177,000 of insurance applications.

We certainly wish to commend Bro. Jerry Barber of Lockhart. Although he has only been an organizer for a few weeks, he got off to a good start and was top organizer for this month. Other good producers were Bros. Willie Heil, Ed Gaida, and Jerry Mikulas.

The year 1966 is almost spent now, with only a couple of weeks remaining. As we look back briefly, we see progress made by our Order in several areas here in our district. We have experienced an excellent increase in membership and sales. We have witnessed the organization of new youth clubs and a definite increase in interest of old youth clubs, and a couple of our lodges have experienced an increase in adult participation. Several of our lodges have spent considerable money in improving facilities. We especially wish to commend the members of Lodge 87, Temple. This lodge for decades has been homeless, but 1966 has seen their new building take shape and we hope to see them using it very shortly.

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 All of this illustrates to me that there are still many devoted workers in our lodges; that there are those who have caught at least a, faint glimpse of our potential. With such devoted workers, there is assurance that our SPJST will continue to be a "leader among fraternals."

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

Fraternally, Leonard D. Mikeska, District Org., Dist. Two DISTRICT FIVE Dear Fellow Workers: I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all District Five organizers for their splendid work in producing over three and a half million dollars worth of insurance in eleven months in 1966. My complete annual sales report will be given in January 1967.

With these few lines I wish all the organizers in District Five, members, and Supreme Lodge officers of our great SPJST a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! With all our combined efforts we will and may easily exceed all our expectations.

Fraternally your;, Frances Olexa, District Five Organizer —SPJSTAS OF DEC. 12, 1966 CONTRIBUTIONS+

OF $5 OR MORE TO THE 'SPJST LODGE 87 BUILDING FUND ARE: Jerry E. Valchar Charlie Miller Sidney Kacir L. J. Zatopek Lewis Jez Wm. Kolba Dr. W. Burbank Woodson August Kacir McCelvey and Co. O. L. Fletcher Tillie Blum Lagow Henry H. Hejl Jos. Slavik Robert Stavinoha John T. Cox Frank Jez Rev. and Mrs. F. J. E. S. Fletcher Otto Kristinek Mr. and Mrs. John Frances Zatlukal L. H. McCelvey Ruth Polansky Urick Raymond Pahnquist Dr. Thomas N. DeLaney A. E. Schmidt Bill McDonald John Coufal, Jr6

VESTNIS Jarrard Secrest John Stastny Keifer Marshall, Jr. Joe J. Plsek N. Neman Robert A. "Bob" Stecher Reuben D. Talasek Benjamin J. Cuba Dr. W. A. Chernosky Mrs. W. A. Chernosky Edgar Rosenberg Mrs. John Klecka J. J. Kurtin Johnny Payne Mrs. Eva Hurta H. K. Allen Mrs. Edward 0, Hurta Jack S. McCelvey J. V. Kohut Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kosarek Johnny Hluchan Edgar V. Rosenberg Ben Cuba Stanley Kacir W. Guy Draper William Dan McClure Fraternally, Sidney Kacir

SPRING DISTRICT MEETINGS — '67 District I will hold its spring meeting in Brenham at the KC Hall. Host lodge will be Lodge 169, Brenham. Date will be announced later.

• • District II will hold its spring meeting on March 12, 1967. Host Lodge will be Lodge No. 47. Seaton.

• • District IV will hold its annual meeting and YAD on July 23rd, 1967. Host lodge will be Lodge No. 73, Seymour.

• • District V will hold its spring meeting on May 21st, 1967. Bids to host this meeting should be sent to any district officer.

• • District VI will hold its spring meeting on April 23rd, 1967, in the Recreation Hall in Hallettsville. Host lodge is Lodge No. 4, Hallettsville.

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District VII will hold its spring meeting on April 30th, 1967. Host lodge will be Lodge 107, Floresville.

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NOTICE, LODGES IN DISTRICT III Those lodges wishing to host the District III YAD, please communicate with District President Rudolph Zalman by March 1st, 1967. His address is 2523 McKenzie, Waco, Texas 76709, ATTENTION, LODGE 88: You can make reservations for Saturday night dances in our Chandelier Ballroom by calling UN 9-5767. Reservations' will ba held until 9:45 p.m.

ATTENTION LODGE 88: You can make your reservations for the New Year's Eve Dance, when the popular Lee Roy Matocha will furnish the music, Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursday and Saturday evenings after 8 p.m.

The charge is $5 a person or $10 a couple, and you will get all your setups free! A table will be reserved on the receipt of money for the entire table!

YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT DAYS — 1967 District I — August 6th District II -- July 30th District III — June 25th District IV — July 23rd District V— July 9th District VI -- June 18th District VII — July 16th State YAD — August 20th,

TYPES 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 Twenty Payment Life ____ 0 to 60 Fifteen Payment Life 0 to 60 Ten Payment Life _______ 0 to 60 Single Premium Life 0 to 60 Fifteen Payment Endowment 0 to 55 Twenty Payment Endowment 0 to 60 Twenty Payment Endowment at Age 60 0 to 39 0 to 45 Endowment at Age 65 Endowment at Age 18 0 to 9 Single Premium Endowment After 20 Years 0 to 60 0 to 55 Retirement at Age 65 Ten Year Decreasing Term 20 to 55 Fifteen Year Decreasing Term 20 to 55 -twenty Year Decreasing Term 20 to 50 Twenty-five Year Decreasing Term to 45 Thirty Year Decreasing Term 20 to 40 Five Year Renewal-Convertible Term_._.__.._-._..__-___._.-__._-....16 to 59 Ten Year Renewable-Convertible

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Term .16 to 55 Twenty Year Convertible Only 16 to 45 rerm io Age 05 ........... to 44 Family Protection Plan Mother up to age 50 Children 15 days and urd m to Age 16; Convertible p rior to or at age 16 . ..... 0 to 15 Waiver of premiums or payor riders may be attached to all the above insurance plans. Double Indemnity Rider may be attached to all plans except the Decreasing Term Insurance.

We write applications for $10,000.00 through age 40; for $5,900.00 through ago 45; and for $3,000.00 through age 90 on non-medical forms.

Joe B. HeinY, Vice President -SPJSTYOUTH

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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE YOUTH DIRECTOR Dear Readers, First of all, I want to wish each of you the very nicest Christmas, and a New Year that will be filled with even more activity in the SPJST. This past year has really been a great one. We have re-started the monthly youth publication, the ,SPJST Youth Communicator; expanded the points contests to encourage more of you to participate. We have had several more youth clubs start and bring youthful activities to their lodges; camping, contests of all kinds, and I could go on and on listing the items that have been added for your benefit; all of this — and yet none of us can stop. We must strive for as great a year in 1967 as was 1966 — if not better. Our future looks bright, so let's all do our part.

Much of the activity that our youth has participated in is due to the willing and devoted parents the one absolute necessity for a successful youth club. The district youth directors, youth leaders and assistants can do only so much. The parents are the final link who can make a club what it has possibilities of being. And everyone benefits; SPJST lodges have a better assured future, the efforts of the diligent 'youth leaders are rewarded, and the parents provide for their children excellent fraternal training and experience, besides knowing where they are and with whom they are.

'Thank you, parents, for the support you have given us. We'll be depending

on you in 1967 -e- lust as your children will be.

To the many youth leaders and youth clubs that invited my family and I to your very special Christmas programs and club projects, I want to say thank you very much for thinking of us. I am sorry that we couldn't be with you, but there just aren't enough days to be with each of you; anyway, we will have our spring district meetings coming up and camping! Then we can all have fun together. OK? For the past few months now, I've been encouraging all of you to have charity projects in your youth clubs.

I've heard or read where many of you are putting fraternalism into action; others are making plans. In either event, we want all our members to know what good fraternalists you are, so there will be a special salute in the Vestnik of Jan. 4th to all youth clubs that held charity projects in 1966.

List your club and each pro j ect (briefly) and send to: Youth Charity Projets Nick Morris, Vestnik Editor Box 85, West, Texas 76691 no later than Dec. 30, 1966. Be a part of this fraternal salute!

Wishing you a happy 1967, and a very Merry and Blessed Christmas, I remain, Fraternally, James J. Janousek, State Youth Director -SPJSTFROM THE DISTRICT YOUTH DIRECTORS DISTRICT ONE Dear Members of District One: Just recently, T. have bad the privilege to meet with and visit all the youth clubs in our district, except one.

I was also invited to this one but due to circumstances I could not be present. I am still planning to visit there in the near future, as soon as we can work out a date. I do want to say that the ones I did get to see were ever so nice, the meetings, the refreshments and gifts. For all these things I want to say thank you and I will be looking forward to meeting with you again in 1967.

I am going to try hard to organize more clubs in our district for the year of 1967. Can any of you please help me in any way? I need information!

Is anyone interested in a club, or is there a possibility in any lodge, even

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 if no one shows any concern? If any of you can supply me with any information, I will keep it confidential if you so desire. Any information at all will be appreciated.

Our SPJST is offering such wonderful opportunities for our youth and some of our young members are being left out of this, losing out, just because no adult shows any concern. If any of you young people would like a club in your lodge, please contact me and I will do all possible to work to help you. There must be children in our district who read about our youth programs and wonder what is going on. If you are one of these, stop wondering and find out.

I want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year. Be thankful for what you have, remembering the lonely boys in Viet Nam and other places who will not be home for the holidays. We want to remember all of these in our prayers.

Fraternally yours, Mrs. Lillie Matejka, Youth Director, Dist. I SPJSTFROM THE LODGE YOUTH LEADERS LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Members and Friends, The Taiton Youth Club had their annual Christmas program and supper Dec. 8th. with a large attendance.

I don't think anyone missed this occasion; even Santa Claus appeared in person, and were the little ones thrilled! He had a bag for everyone.

The program was a nice one. It was as follows: Acting as master of ceremonies was the youth club president, Ben Krpec.

1. Kathy Bubela — Welcome 2. Randy Bubela — Christmas Poem 3. Kathy and Eugene Bubela — "Drummer Boy" 4. Judy Mhos — Christmas song 5. Dluhos family — "Adeste Fidelis" 6. Marian Dorotik — Piano solo 7'. Marian and Karen Dorotik — Piano duet 8. Dorotik Sisters — "My Two Front Teeth" 9. Dorotik Sisters — "Silver Bells" 10. David Fucik — Christmas Poem 11. Birdie Brdecka — "Rudolf, the Red Nosed Reindeer."

12. Anita Krpec — "White Christmas" 13. Krpec Sisters — "12- days of Christmas."

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 14. Monica Merta — Piano solo 15. Merta Sisters — Western Christmas song 16. Madilyn Merta — Twirling 17. Kahanek and Mrnustik — "Hark, the Herald Angels" 18. Kahanek-Krpec — "Here Comes Santa Claus" 19. Jimmy Fucik — Saxophone solo "Tinker Polka" 20. Ben Krpec — Accordion solo — "Night in May" 21. Combo — Two selections The youth singers sang "Nesem yam Noviny", "Narodil se Kristus Pan," "Svata Noe," "Christmas and Good Night Parents."

The program was well applauded.

We were glad to have Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brdecka, the District Youth Director, with us; also Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sablatura, director of the SPJST Rest Home.

On Dec. 11th the youth presented another program, and on Dec 18th they presented a Christmas program at the Hillje Rest Home and at the Oak Manor Rest Home. On Dec. 24, at midnight, some of the singers will join the Taiton church choir and present the before-named Czech songs.

We have had some cold weather every morning; everything is white with frost. Guess this is my last letter this year, so I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Our next meeting will be Jan. 2; also election of officers. See you all then.

Mrs. J. W. Krutilek, Youth Leader -SPJSTLODGE NO. 25, ENNIS Dear Members, The Youth Club of Lodge 25 presented a Christmas program Sunday, Dec. 11, at the National Hall.

Those participating were: Rita Krajca — piano Cindy Vrana — tap dance Cathy Prachyl — piano Stephen Prachyl — poem Michael Prachyl — piano Karen Kudrna — vocal Becky and Karen Kudrna — vocal Jeanne Trojacek — baton Kim Dolezalik — piano Bobby Trojacek — vocal Cecilia Peehacek — piano Louis and Jimmy Mikel — vocal Joan Slovacek, Jeanne Trojacek and Kim Dolezalik — vocal Elizabeth Anne Moucka was mistress of ceremonies.

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books, which were distributed to all the boys and girls by Frances Jo Kudrna and Elizabeth Ann Moucka, I would like to thank the youth club for the beautiful sweater and slack set which was presented to me after the program. What a nice surprise! Thanks a million.

Refreshments were served to about 50 children and their parents.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

Fraternally , Dorothy Kudrna, Youth Leader LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE

Dear Members, "'Tis the season to be jolly," and it looked as if that is how everyone felt at our annual lodge and youth club. program and party. The Christmas spirit was evident from the gaily-decorated tree to Santa Claus in person.

I would like to compliment the youth for a fine program.

"Thank yous" are :in order for the following: 1. To Brother Janousek for sending the extra copies of Christmas material for the projram; 2. The work everyone did to make the program a success; 3. The lovely gifts I received from the members; 4. The helping hand of Mrs. Alfred Gensler with the program at the lodge hall and rest home; and to the adults for their interest in the youth, which was evident by thier presence.

Merry Christmas, Fraternally, Mrs. Leona. Stalmach, Youth Leader -SPJSTLODGE NO. 17, NOVY TABOR Dear Readers, The youth club held its monthly meeting on Dec. 11th, at 5 p.m., with 19 members, 10 visitors, and several adults present. After the meeting a Christmas program was presented to all in attendance.

The program was as follows: A christmas Welcome by Leroy Zavodny A Welcome by Patricia Zavodny Christmas Riddle Acrostic — Donna Trcalek, Susan Trcalek, Dickie Dusek, Shirley Gloyna, Carol Trcalek, Palos Vavra, Edward Zavodny, and Jerry Zazodny.

Piano solo, "Winter Wonderland" — Betty Trcalek A Little Mother by Rebecca Matcek My Christmas by David Hildebrand Christmas song by all members of the youth club.

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After the program hot dogs, chips, pickles, coffee and cold drinks were served to about 65 children and adults.

The children also exchanged gifts.

I feel all enjoyed the evening, adults as well as the children. We were happy to see many new faces. Also our district youth director, Mrs. Lillie Matejka, and her husband were among US. Our next meeting will be on Jan. 8th at 1:30 p.m. Let's all be present.

Mrs. Gladys Trcalek, Youth Leader -SPJSTLODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Readers, This is to let you know that our Christmas social was well attended on Dec. 13. Everyone enjoyed the program that the youth put on. Thanks to Mrs. Anna. Brodie who directed the singing and I also want to thank everyone of you who brou ght the delicious food.

Since our program was on a school night and the children were in school, they •couldn't help decorate the Gober Party House, so as usual the mothers pitched in. I want to thank Mrs. Wallace Bartek, Mrs. .Ltd Chervenka and Mrs. Eugene Engbrock for helping me with all the decorations. It took us three hours to decorate, and after the program all of the youth helped clean up and in 15 minutes the building was in order.

For our Santa project we have adopted a family of five to help brighten their Christmas.

The club received a thank you note from Mr. Troubil of the Rest Home in Taylor, stating that the guests enjoyed the 54 nativity scenes we sent them.

Thanks to our youth club for your lovely Christmas gift. I certainly do appreciate you: thinking of me. May God bless you.

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to you all.

Fraternally, Mrs. Frances Bartek Youth Leader SPJST LETTERS FROM THE YOUTH LODGE. NO, 48, BENERSVILLE

Dear Members and Friends, On Dec. 10th, Santa Claus came to see me and all the boys and girls in our youth club. He gave each child a bag. The bag was filled with an apple, orange, and a lot of candy. We sure had a lot of fun.

Fraternally, Sharon Matoska

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LODGE NO. 6, COTTONWOOD (Teen Club) Dear Members and Friends, The meeting was called to order on Dec. 4th by the president. We then had the reading of the minutes q nd the Treasurer's report.

Under old business, the cup towels from the previous meeting were to be decorated and turned in. The new business concerned the Christmas program, which was held on Dec. 18th.

We had a practice for this program on Dec. 16th.

There were four visitors present: Mrs. Nesuda, District Youth Director, Mrs. Arnold Vrla and son, district organizer's wife from Dallas, and Pauline Maynard.

We then sang "Happy Birthday" to the following members: Raymond Joe Hromadka, Carolyn Mynar, Helen Trlica, Linda Hanak, Lana Hanak, and Barbara Veselka.

Before adjourning the meeting we drew names for Christmas. After the meeting, we worked on our project.

Fraternally, Lillie Marie Hromadka -SPJST -

NOTICE! There is no such word in the English language as "alot." This is written "a lot" — two words, not one. Example: We had a lot of fun; not we had alot of fun.

Likewise, there is no such word as "renumeration." The word is spelled remuneration! — Editor.

LODGE NO. 4, IIALLETTSVILLE Dear Youth Readers, On Sunday, Dec. 11, Lodge No. 4 held its meeting and Christmas program.

The attendance was large and the program was a very nice one. After the program, the children sang "Here Comes Santa Claus" and Santa Claus came walking in. Santa Claus shook hands with some o fthe children. He then passed out the gifts and the packages of apples, oranges, candy, etc. Then Santa left.

Mrs. Brdecka was the visitor at our program.

Then we drew for the door prizes which were a box of apples and oranges. They went to the following: Adults — Mrs. Richard Henneke; Children — Kathy Zak. Fraternally yours, Charlene Ann Sklar

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i.odge Nt9. 117, Nobstown, who participated in the rogram Dec'..- 4th. The children are: Michael Pavelka, re.Y>a, Benjie Pavelka, Laurie Paveika, Roxanne Helper, Patti ggitte Helpert, Shiela DuBose, Velvet DuBose, Sammy Syamken, David Urncir, Debbie Syamken, Cindy Rektorik, Sandy Edwards, Lee Ann Rektorik, Tommy Mrazek, Connie Hrncir, Rose Ann. Mrazek. (Names are not in order as they appear in picture).

LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dearest Friends, I would like to tell you of the marvelous time I had, along with my grandpa and sisters getting a Christmas tree.

We tramped through the woods and saw all of autumn's beauty. The leaves were gold, red, and brown, the berries red and shiny, and the air had a slight nip to it.

We found a tree and brought it to the SPJST Hall. There we decorated it with shiny balls, lights, and icicles.

The tree was no masterpiece, but it served its purpose by making young and old remember it is Christmas and a time for joy and peace.

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Dear Friends, I was glad to see so many people at our Christmas party last Saturday.

Santa came during the program, and to the delight of the youngsters, gave out presents of candy and fruit.

There will be a dance featuring the Cavaliers this Saturday and on Jan. 1st the "Baby Cakes" will play. Hope to see you there.

Our monthly meeting will be on the second Sunday in January. We are planning to have a lunch and get-together after the meeting. Plan on bringing a dish of your choice and having a good, time.

Your friends, Wanda Wiesner

LODGE NO. 17, NEW TABOR Dear Readers, Our Youth Club held its monthly meeting Dec. 11th. We also had our Christmas party. After our business meeting we favored our mother lodge with a small Christmas program. We exchanged gifts with one another. We had a lot of fun.

I want to thank our youth leader, Mrs. Trcalek, for making our Christmas party a success. Also I want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Matejka for coming to our meeting and party. I feel that this made our day complete.

Fraternally, Leroy Zavodny, Jr. LODGE NO. 29, TAYLOR Dear Readers, Oh Sunday, Dec. 11th, Lodge 29, Taylor, held its newly organized youth club meeting where members exchanged gifts. I got a very nice present from Alven Roznovak. Following our meeting we all went downstairs and ate the best serve-yourself pre-Christmas supper which the ladies had prepared.

When everyone had eaten their fill we went back upstairs and had the adult meeting. When it was over our youth club put on a program.

I hope everyone enjoyed watching us as much as we did doing it for them.

We also had a visitor form the North Pole. Who else but Santa Claus!

Fraternally, Lavonna Bryan

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 LODGE NO. 135, ENNIS Dear Readers, On Dec. 11th we had a Christmas dinner. After dinner we had a short Christmas program and sang some Christmas carols. The adults had their meeting. Then we had our youth club meeting. We welcomed five new members into our club.

Fraternally, George Wensoi,vitch -SPJSTLODGE, NO. 88, HOUSTON Youth Club News — Merry Christmas Hello All! If this sounds different it's because yciu have a new reporter. I'll have a tough time filling Kathy Dixon's shoes because she is tops in my book.

Well, here is the latest news: Our annual meeting was held Dec. 11th.

We elected new officers and they were as follows: President — Bonnie Cox Vice-President — Jimmy Wilkinson Secretary — James Cross Treasurer — Sandra Sernbera Reporter — Ruthie Zaludek Congratulations to all these and congratulations to last year's and this year's youth leader, Mrs. J. D. Elzner.

Our meetings will be held on the first Saturday of every month, except January, which will be held on the second Sunday.

Please don't forget our teen dances because we really have some great bands on the way: Dec. 21 — Coastliners, 7:30 to 11:30 Admission $1.00 Dec. 30 — B. J. Thomas, 7 to 12 — Admission $1.50.

I hope to see you all there!

Ruthie Zaludek Reporter -SPJSTLODGE NO. 81, NEEDVILLE Dear Readers, Our Christmas party certainly had a large attendance of adults and children. Sure would be nice if we had all those kids in our youth club; bet we would have fun planning things to do.

Our youth club prepared a short program, but we also included all visiting children to join in the singing of the Christmas carols. At the close of our grogram, in came Santa Claus and passed out bags of fruit, nuts, and candy to all the children.

Everybody said they enjoyed the program. I know I did. Hope we have a bigger and better one next year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Fraternally, Harvey Bryson

V ESTNtIE LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Friends and Members, We went to the Rest Home Dec. 13th and presented a program. I was the announcer. Readings were given by Beverly Wiesner, Diana Matoska, and Karen Shiller. .A Christmas greeting" was given by Kathy Matoska, Sharon Matoska, and Betty Wiesner, and a poem, " All Tiny," was given by Ann Gensler. Also the youth club sang songs. I think everybody enjoyed themselves.

Our next meeting is Jan. 8th, 1967.

I hope I see you there.

Fraternally, Larry Matoska, Youth Treasurer SPJST LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Members and Friends, On Dec. 10th we had our Christmas party. We first had a program, which I think everyone enjoyed. Then we had a brief visit from Santa Claus who gave all of us a bag of goodies. After that, we exchanged gifts. We had a lot of fun.

On Dec. 13th, we went to the Rest Home and had a program for the people. We gave out fruit and candy to all there. Our next adult and youth club meeting will be Jan. 8th, 19-67.

Fraternally, Diana Matoska, Youth President NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE LODGE NO. Dear Members and Friends, On Dec. 13th our youth club went to the Taylor Rest Home. When we arrived we had a short program. Then we gave each person an orange and a candy stick.

We presented our program in the rooms of those who could not come and and watch us. I think they really enjoyed it.

Fraternally, Darrell Matoska APJST, LODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Members and Friends, On Dec. 10th we had a Christmas program. All of us sang songs. Kandy Shiller, Karen Shiller, Beverly Weisner, and Bruce Stalmach had readings.

A. skit was presented by Diana Matoska, Darrell Matoska, Rodney Matoska, Kathy Matoska, Larry Shiller, Randy Shiller, Carol Zett, and Wanda Weisner. A Christmas greeting was presented by Kathy Matoska, Betty Weisner, and Sharon Matoska. And a poem, "All Tiny," was given by Ann Gensler. Also Larry Joe, Karen, and

121 Stanley Zamorsky had readings, but they aren't members of the youth club, but they hope to join soon.

Fraternally, Kathy Matoska SPJSTLODGE NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Members and Friends, At our youth club Christmas party we all exchanged gifts. At the last youth club meeting we drew names and the name you got you were to bring a present for them. All the gifts were real nice and I think that everybody enjoyed all their gifts.

Our next youth club meeting is Jan. 8th, 1967.

Fraternally, Rodney Matoska -SPJST-LODGE NO. 17, NOVY TABOR Dear Readers, Our monthly meeting was held Dec. 11th at 5 p.m. There were 19 members present and 10 visitors. First we had our meeting and then ate. After that we opened our gifts and played games.

We all had fun.

At our next meeting, we will start working on our craft work.

Fraternally, Carol Ann Trcalek -SPJST LODGE NO. 47, SEATON Dear Vestnik Readers, We had our meeting on Dec. 3rd, at 2 p.m. Mrs. Mikeska was there to give a short speech to us on leadership.

Our Santa Pal project went over very well and I am sure the needy children will like them.

In our meeting the teens have decided to go on a hayride for their January social, and the youth will go to the movies.

Anna Rose Divis is the only December birthday. Happy birthday, Anna!

Fraternally, Debbie Sodek, Youth Reporter -SPJST-LODGE NO. 17, NOVY TABOR Dear Readers, Our last meeting was held Dec. 11th at 5 p.m. There were 19 members present, 10 visitors, and a large number of adults. After the meeting we had a program, then we ate. After the meal we exchanged gifts. Then we played a number of games. We all had a nice time. We were also honored with the presence of our District Youth Director, Mrs. Matejka and her husband.

Fraternally, Betty Trcalek

VESTNfK LODGE NO. 81, NEEDVILLE Dear Readers, The Christmas program was just fine! Most of us, the youth club, were nervous and scared at the first program we ever put on in the SPJST. I thought the talent was marvelous!

The January meeting will be held in a different place, time and day, so read closely, all you members. Next year we will be meeting on the second Sunday of each month at 3 o'clock in the Exhibit Building of the Youth Fair.

The Youth Fair officials lent us ; the building on these Sundays for our meetings free of charge! This, I believe, will help our attendance since the adult meeting is on the same date starting at 2 o'clock at the lodge hall.

For our entertainment after the youth meeting there will be ping-pong and you can play your favorite records! Everyone come to the next meeting and bring a friend.

Fraternally, Wanda Bryson, Secretary -SPJSTLODGE NO. 88, HOUSTON Dear Readers, I have heard many comments on the teen dance that was held this past Friday, Dec. 9, featuring the "Sandpipers." All the people I talked with expressed the desire to have the band back. At this time I would like to thank Cooper Hawthorne, John Kanesaw, Larry Lawson, Randy Shaw, and Bruce Tinch for the wonderful performance they gave at that teen dance. We hope that in the near future we might see this band perform at another of Lodge 88's teen dances.

The New Year's Eve teen dance will be held on Friday, Dec. 30. This dance will be from 7:30 p.m. until 12 midnight. The "Shandells" will be performing, and the fantastic B. J. Thomas will be there in person. Due to B. J.'s special appearance at our teen dance this night, admission price will be $1.50. Won't you come and help us celebrate the New Year?

The annual meeting of Lodge 88 was called to order at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. It was stated that each old member who brought in a new member for the monthly meeting would receive a free dance ticket to the next teen dance. It was also stated that anyone who did not come to the monthly meeting would not be allowed to attend the social for that month. It was brought before the members that we should pay $2 per year dues instead of the monthly dues of 20 cents.

YOUTH ACTIVITY CALENDAR

DISTRICT NO. 5 Lodge No. 88, Houston Second Friday of each month — Youth and Teen meeting in our Lodge 38 Youth Room, at 8 p.m. The 6 to 12 group has a crafts hour; the 13 to 19 group has program planning.

First and 3rd Friday of each month — Teen dance' 7:30 to 11:30, at the lodge hall. Adm. 75c; proceeds to benefit swimming pool fund.

Lodge No. 81, Needville First Tuesday of each month — Youth Club meeting at the lodge hall, 7:30 p.m.

Lodge No. 142, Houston First Sunday of each month — Youth meeting at the lodge hall, at 4:30 p.m.

• DISTRICT VI Lodge No. 30, Talton Every first Monday — Club meeting, at 4:30 sharp, Taiton Corn. Center.

After a vote, it was decided that the dues would be $2 for the entire year.

At this annual meeting, we elected officers. These officers will serve from Jan. 1st until May. In May, new officers will be elected. The officers elected and the offices that they now hold are as follows: President — Bonnie Cox Vice-President — Jimmy Wilkerson Secretary — Jimmy Cross Treasurer — Sandra Sembera Teen Reporter — (by acclamation) Ruth Zaludek Sergeant-at-Arms — Edmund Williams Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms — David Michulka Parliamentarian — Debbie Gill Assistant Parliamentarian — David Michulka Phone Committee — Janan Johnson, and James Vornsand.

I would like to congratulate these teens on their election to office. I'm sure they will do a fine job.

Since this will probably be my last letter to the teens of Lodge 88, and other lodges, I would like to say that it has been a pleasure writing to the Vestnik. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I would like to thank everyone for giving me the chance to be teen reporter. I only hope that Ruth Zaludek will enjoy it as much as I did.

Good luck, Ruth Ann!

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 With this letter, I would like to add a little poem that expresses a wish I once had.

A Wish Some people I have made mad, Some people I have made sad, But if I have made one person glad, I have fulfilled a wish I once had.

A wish to report The things we've done; A wish to report The things we'll do.

My wish made people mad, My wish made people sad, But if I made one person glad, I will have fulfilled a wish I once had.

Fraternally, Kathy Dixon -SPJST-LODGE' NO. 48, BEYERSVILLE Dear Readers, We had our Christmas party and program at the lodge hall last Saturday night. We had supper first, then our program, and then Santa Claus arrived and distributed bags of candy and fruit. There were all sorts of good candies in the bag.

We also exchanged gifts; I gave a model to the boy whose name I drew.

He had drawn my name, and he gave me a model also.

I hope everyone has a nice Christmas and gets everything he wants.

Fraternally, Bruce Stalmacn --SPJSTLODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Vestnik Readers, The Christmas season is here. Our Taiton youth club had their Christmas program this week. We had a real nice crowd. Everyone who was there enjoyed the Christmas supper and program.

We wish to thank everyone who helped us in any way to make it a success.

Fraternally, Jimmie Fucik, Sergeant-at-Arms -SPJST--LODGE NO. 4, HALLETTSVILLE Dear Readers, We held our SPJST meeting Dec. 11.

We had our adult meeting first. Then we had a Christmas program. It waE very good. Then Santa Claus came After that the gifts were passed out Then the door prizes were drawn and went to — Adult: Mrs. Richard Henneke; child: Kathleen Zak. Then everyone departed for theb homes. We will have our next meetini Jan. 8th, 1967.

Vernell Zak

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 LODGE, NO. 38, SMITHVILLE Dear Readers, On Nov. 27 our youth club met, with 15 members present. Our special guest was Mrs. Matejka from Bryan. We drew names for Christmas and talked about camping next summer.

On December 11, at 5 p.m., our club held a short meeting with 16 members present, and then we had our Christmas program and party. Everyone enjoyed it, in spite of the fact that it was very cold.

Robert Susen, Social Chairman -SPJST LODGE NO 87, TEMPLE Dear Members, At our last meeting we had fun playing with the puppets we had made.

We also discussed our Santa Pal pro j -ect.Whavdopteafmilyove to help brighten their Christmas.

Fraternally, Patricia Mihatsch SPJST-LODGE NO. 40, HILLJE Dear Readers, On Tuesday, Dec. 13, we had our Christmas party. We did a play about the birth of Christ. After the play Mrs. Knebel gave out Christmas presents.

Then Mr. Knebel gave out sacks with fruit and candy in them. After Mr. Knebel gave out the sacks, we had cake, cookies, and punch. Everyone had a nice time.

Fraternally, Renee Kaiser, Vice President SPJST LODGE NO. '77, BOMARTON Dear Readers, On Dec. 4th we had our regular monthly meeting. We decided to take our old toys and fruit to the Seymour Fire Department. We decided to take a box of cookies to the Rest Home in Seymour when we go christmas caroling.

On Dec. 23 the Bomarton Youth Club and all other interested people will go Christmas caroling in Seymour and Bomarton.

The Youth Club of Bomarton sponsored a skating party for the KJZT, KJT and Infant Jesus of Prague Children. The skating was enjoyed by all.

We also sang three Czech songs for them. One of the Czech songs was "Ticha Noe, svata Noc." We enjoyed learning the song. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Pavlicek for taking time to help us with this song.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Fraternally, Nicky Placek

VESTNtIK LODGE NO. 40, HILLJE Dear Readers, On Dec. 13, the Billie SPJST children held a program for the parents and friends. After the program we had some refreshments.

Our next meeting will be held at the Hillje Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 3rd, 1967 at 7:30 p.m.

Fraternally, Patricia Fiala SPJST LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX -Dear Readers, Our youth club is going to have a scrapbook. It will be fun to put in all the pictures of the past. At the end of the year we can see what we did in the past.

Our next meeting will be on Jan. 15, 1967. We will have new officers.

Fraternally, Kay Horak Refreshment Chairman -SPJSTLODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Readers, On Dec. 8th the Talton Youth Club and parents and guests enjoyed a delicious supper at their annual Christmas party. For supper we had turkey, ham, dressing, potatoes, cranberries, beans, pickles, kolaches, and something to drink. After supper the youth members put on a Christmas program, which I'm quite sure everyone enjoyed. After the program Santa Claus came and we exchanged gifts. Judy Diuhos got my name and gave me a name bracelet.

Fraternally, Marian Dorotik, Vice President P.S. Merry Christmas Everybody!

SPJST LODGE NO. 30, TAITON Dear Readers, Last Thursday, Dec. 8th, the Talton Youth Club enjoyed a good supper prepared by all the mothers. We had a lot of visitors, some of whom included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brdecka and Birdie, also Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sablatura, our local adult officers, and everyone who helped us with our youth club in any way.

After the supper we had a program for all the adults. Then Santa Claus came and gave us all a sack of candy.

We opened our presents. Kenny Mrnestik had my name. I got a box of handkerchiefs. We all had a very nice time.

Fraternally, Karen Dorotik P.S. Merry Christmas Everybody!

LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Members, This is my first letter to the Vestnik.

Youth Club of Lodge 87's new project is to work at the site of our mother lodge and help beautify the land. Our plans are to fix a rock garden.

Fraternally, • Barbara Mihatsch SPJST LODGE 29, TAYLOR Dear Friends, Our youth club has just started, but is doing very well. The teenage members of our club , have decided to have a dance on Dec. 28th. It will be a free dance and everyone is invited. We have a band from Temple known as "Dudley and the Do Rights" to play.

Also on Jan. 7th at 10 a.m., we are having a bake sale at HEB Food Store.

Each of our members are asked to bring a pie, cake or something to sell.

Hope to see everyone there and at the dance, too.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.

Fraternally, Vera Mikulencak, Youth Club President -SPJSTLODGE NO. 40, HILLJE Dear Vestnik Readers, On Dec. 13th, at 7:30 p.m., we had our Christmas party. We had a very nice crowd and everyone seemed to enjoy our program.

After the program was over our youth leader gave each one of us a box of cherry candy and a bag of fruit.

After that everyone present was served cookies, coffee or punch.

Also present was District Youth Didector, Mrs. Frank Brdecka and her family. After that we departed for home wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fraternally yours, Delores Ann Knebel, Reporter SPJSTLODGE NO. 17, NOVY TABOR Dear Readers, Sunday was a good day for me. Our clujb had a meeting and party. I invited Ray Ann Cedidla as my guest.

She is a new member of our club. I think she enjoyed herself very much.

I was also in the program. It was fun.

My mother also took pictures of the children. See you all at our next meeting Jan. 8th.

Fraternally, Susan Trcalek

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LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Friends, Our Christmas party on Dec. 13 at the Gober Party House turned out to be a huge success. We had about one hundred fifty people present. All the tables were decorated with cedar and Christmas balls. Everyone seemed to enjoy the puppet show very much, but the children who worked the puppets enjoyed it even more.

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

Fraternally, Brice Bartek —SPJST--

LODGE NO. 87, TEMPLE Dear Friends, I know that there will be one happy family on Christmas Day, due to the charity of our youth club members.

Our youth club is sponsoring one family in the Santa Pal drive. All the members brought groceries and toys for this family at our annual Christmas party. We collected a total of about three large boxes.

May everyone have a Merry Christmas.

Fraternally, Belinda Bartek, Historian --SPJST---

LODGE NO. 142, HOUSTON Dear Members, On Dec. 4th the youth of Lodge 142 held their regular monthly meeting.

With Patrica Tumis presiding, the meeting was called to order, with Daryl Dornak leading the Pledge of Allegiance. The roll was called with all officers present. All members were present except for Charon, who was sick in the hospital. A get-well card was passed around so she will get well real soon.

The treasurer's and secretary's reports were given and approved.

The meeting was then adjourned, with refreshments following.

Fraternally, Mike Tumis, Vice-President

LODGE NO. 13, DIME BOX Dear Readers, I don't really know if I would like to have a youth camp or not. We might get tired of going to one place each year. Others might not. I think everyone would enjoy seeing something different each year.

By the time this letter is printed we will already have our Christmas party.

I' 11 write about that next time.

Fraternally, Marlene Horak, President —SPJST-

LODGE NO. 81, NEEDVILLE Dear Readers and Friends, Last Sunday, Dec. 11th, our lodge had the Christmas program. Our youth participated and had several numbers for entertainment. I think the program turned out fine with the finale of the arrival of Santa Claus.

Our meeting in January will be on Jan. 8th, along with the Mother Lodge.

Hope to see all of you there, too!

Fraternally, Karen Susan SPJST

LODGE NO. 47, SEATON Dear Members, School is just about out for the holidays, and St. Nick is just around the corner. Maybe we will have time for something else besides books.

Don't forget our next meeting in January.

Fraternally,

Charles Sodek —SPJST-

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LODGE, NO. 39, BRYAN Dear Readers, Our monthly meeting was held on Dec. 11th. We had a good attendance.

We planned for a Christmas party, and practiced our parts. Then we drew names and had refreshments.

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Fraternally yours, Claudia Novosad, Reporter

PLEDGE

OF ALLEGIANCE

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

Wednesday, December 21, 1965

After the Clouds, the Sunshine, After the Winter, the Spring, After the Shower, the Rainbow, For life is a changeable thing; After the Night, the Morning, Bidding all darkness cease, After life's Cares and Troubles, The Comfort and Sweetness of Peace.

EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY In behalf of the membership of Lodge Needville No. 81, we the undersigned members of the Resolution Committee, wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family on at the death of our beloved sister, VERONIKA SILHAVY. sister Silhavy passed away suddenly in the home of her daughter, Emilie Hartfiel, in Needville, Friday, Nov. 18, 1966, at the age of 86 years. She had been in ill health over two years, and had also been hospitalized; however, prior to her death she was active and doing well.

The deceased was born in Czechoslovakia May 18, 1880, and came to America at the age of 10 years. She settled with her parents in Colorado County, later married John Silhavy and resided in Fort Bend County.

Survivors are two daughters, Emilie Hartfiel and Lydia Orsak, of Needville; four sons, Joe of Needville, John and Ludvik of Rosenberg, and Frank of McAllen. A son, Emil, passed away in 1964; also 26 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren survive.

Sister Silhavy joined Lodge No. 8, at Weimar in 1920, and later transferred to Lodge Needville No. 81. Her husband who preceded her in death in 1942, was also a member of the lodge.

Garmany and Company Funeral Didectors of Rosenberg were in charge of arrangements. Services were held at the Elnanuel United Church of Christ on Sunday, Nov. 20, with Rev. Ed Weltge officiating. She was laid to rest in the Guy Public Cemetery.

We join the family in their sorrow,

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 and with life's toil now ended, may our departed sister rest in eternal pease.

Bessie Franek Marie Matcek Stella Mucka —Resolution Committee —SPTST RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY We, the undersigned members of the Resolution Committee of SPJST Lodge Primori No. 143 of Inez, in behalf of all the members of the lodge, hereby wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family of our de-4 ceased sister, TONIE JANECKA, who passed away Nov. 19, 1966, very suddenly in Victoria, at the age of 55 years. She had been a member of Lodge Primori No. 143 since June 23, 1937.

Sister Janecka was born on Oct. 22, 1907, in Calhoun County, Port Lavaca.

She had resided in Victoria for the past 17 years, and in the county 52 years, making her home in Victoria at 2207 ` B. Colorado St.

VISTNtS the McCabe Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, Nov. 21, and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church of which she was a member, with the Rev. David A. Meurer officiating. Interment was in Resurrection Cemetery in Victoria.

Our compliments to her and her beneficiaries for their promptness in meeting the financial obligations to the lodge and to the SPJST Order.

Surviving are her husband, Charles; two sons, Maynard and Melvin, all of Victoria; four sisters, Mrs. Felix Repka and Mrs. Annie Charbula of Inez, Mrs. Adolph Lala of Da Costa, and Mrs. Frances Hengst of Marlin; three brothers, Emil of Ganado, Louis of Guadalupe, and Edward of Eureka, Calif.

Be it resolved that we ever cherish her memory, that we express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and friends, and that a copy of this resolution be spread on our minutes.

Dated this 9th day of December, 1966, A.D.

RESOLUTION OE SYMPATHY We, the undersigned members of the Resolution Committee of Lodge Novy Tabor No. 17, at Caldwell, Texas, wish to express in behalf of our membership, our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of our deceased brother, CHARLES VALLA, who passed away on Dec. 3, 1966, at the age of 56 years.

Bro. Valla was born in Czechoslovakia. He came to the United States at an early age, and since then had been a resident of Burleson County.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Dec. 5, in the Phillips and Luckey Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. John J. Bravenec officiating.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Clara S. Valla; one daughter, Miss Clara May Valla, both of Chriesman, Texas; two brothers and three sisters.

May our departed brother rest in eternal peace.

John W. Vavra Melvin H. Skrabanek Willie H. Trcalek —Resolution Committee

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SPJST Entertainment Calendar As a matter of policy, only those activities and functions promoted by or sponsored by the SPJST, or any of its lodges, will be published in the SPJST Entertainment Calendar. Such notices for publication should be submitted by a bonafide lodge officer, or in some eases, by lodge hall managers.

Lodge No 6, Cottonwood Sunday, Dec. 25 — Soukup Reunion Saturday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance.

Sunday, Jan. 8 — Monthly meeting Saturday, Jan. 14 — Barton - Makovy Wedding Reception Tuesday, Jan. 24 — Cottonwood Water meeting Saturday, Feb. 4 — CYO Public Dance; music by Slim Haisler -SPJSTLodge No. 15, Buekholts Sunday, Dec. 25 — Vrazel's Polka Band Saturday, Dec. 31 — Vrazel's Polka Band.

Lodge No 25, Ennis New Year's Eve — Music Masters .

February 3, 4, and 5 — Earl Schmidt Orch. from Cologne, Minn.

-SPJSTLodge No. 29, Taylor Monday, Dec. 26 — Hi-Toppers Wednesday, Jan. 1 — Pateks --SPJSTLodge No, 35, Elk Sunday, Dec. 25 — Dance; music by the Two-Steppers of Waco.

Saturday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance, Fiddle Swingsters of Waco -SPJST-Lodge No. 39, Bryan New Year's Eve — Gold Bros. and The Country Rhythm Kings -SPJSTLodge No. 40, Hillje Sunday, Dec. 25 — Triumps New Year's Eve — The Jades -SPj SztTLodge No. 47, Seaton December 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; Otis Beck and the Melody Five January 7 — Otis Beck and the Melody Five January 14 — Ray Baca January 21 — Otis Beck and The Melody Five January 28 — Sehon Vasicek Wedding; music by The Peppermints February 4 — Hi-Toppers.,.

Lodge No. 48, Beyersville Sunday, Dec. 25 — Johnny Holub and His Orchestra Saturday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance — Archie Simmons and the Texas Rhythm Boys Sunday, Jan 1 — New Year's Dance — The Baby Cakes of Austin.

Sunday, Jan. 8 — Monthly meeting.

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L D GE NO. 54, WEST Sunday, Jan. 8 — Monthly meeting; social after the meeting.

--SPJSTLodge 66, (Linden Hall) Waco Christmas Day, Dec. 25 — Kaluza Oral. of West. Members of Lodge 66 admitted free New Year's Eve, Dec. 31 — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple January 7 — Vrazel Polka. Band of Cameron January 14 — The Hi-Toppers of New Braunfels January 21 — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple January 28 — Kaluza Orch. of West Thursday, Feb. 2 — Glen Miller Orch., directed by Buddy DeFranco. $3 per person; vocalist Joan Shepherd February 4 — West Polka Band of West February 11 — Veterans Administration Party February 18 — Slim Haisler's Playboys of Temple February 25 — Kaluza Orchestra of West -SPJSTLodge No. 80, Holland December 25 — Eddie Klepac New Year's Eve — 13ohac Sisters --SPJSTLodge No. 84, Dallas Saturday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; Polka Peppermints of Dallas.

-SPJSTLodge No,, 88, Houston Wednesday, Dec. 21 — Teen Dance — "Coastliners" Thursday, Dec. 22 — Social night.

Monday, Dec. 26 — Lodge Free Dance from 4 to 8 p.m.; Patek's Polka Dots Thursday, Dec. 29 — Social night.

Dec. 31st — New Year's Eve Dance — 9 till ? Lee Roy Matocha of Fayetteville. Advance reservations.

Semi-formal.

Friday, Dec. 30 — Teens' New Year's Dance — "Shandells", 7:30 to 12 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 8 — Lodge monthly meeting on second Sunday for this month ONLY; time — 3 p.m.

Friday, Jan 27 — (8 to 12 p.m.)

Saturday, Jan 28 — (9 p.m. to 1 a.m.)

Wednesday, December 21, 1966 Sunday, Jan 29 — (3 to 7 p.m. — Dances with Minnesota's famous polka and waltz orchestra, Earl Schmidt.

-SPJSTLodge No. 92, Fort Worth Saturday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Dance, music by Ray Schwartz.

Friday, Jan. 27 — Six Fat Dutchmen Orchestra.

-SPJSTLodge No. 111, Sugar Land New Year's Eve — Party and Dance; music by The Bavarians; $7.50 per person, includes mammoth breakfast, set-ups, favors, etc., 9 to 2; semi-formal. Memorial City Auditorium, Katy Rd. at Gessner, Houston.

-SPJSTLodge 130 — Sokol Zizka, Dallas Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance, music by Eric Honza.

-SPJSTLodge No. 135 — Sokol Ennis New Year's Eve Dance — Johnny Mensik Orchestra.

-SPJSTLodge No. 142, Houston Saturday, Dec. 31 — New Year's Eve Dance; 9 till ? — Mike Tomczak and his Playboys. Reservations: UN2-0079.

-SPJSTLodge 154 - Sokol Fort Worth New Year's Eve — Dance; Charlie Adamcik's Polka Tones ----SPJ ST-

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Entered as second class 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 76501. tfiEDNf ORGAN SLOVANSKE PODPOR1IJf01 JEDNOTY STATU TEXAS Vychazi tSrdne REDAKTOR NICK MORRIS — Box 85, West, Texas 76691 Residence: 1204 N. Davis Street Telephones: Res. HI 6-5989 -- Shop: HI 6-5288 Vyda.vatele CECHOSLOVAK PUB, COMPANY, WEST, TEX. Pfedpla,tne $3,75 Erneny adres zasilaji se do Hlavnt litadoray Box 100, Temple, Texas Predplatne a oznamky bud'tat zasilAny nu Vestnik, West, Texas Latka na uverejneni ve Vestniku musi bYt1 dodana V sobotu dopoledne.

NevyZadanou latku neuschovavaMe s nonracime. Obrazky se vraceji jen kdyt je poMo y ne prilo.xene. Uvatejneni zasnoubntch Mebo svatebnhth obrazkt musi si lenove sand hraditi.

HLAVNI URADOVNA EDWARD L. MAREK, ptedseds JOE B. HEJNY, mistoprecisecia R. A. URBANOVSKt, tajemnik JOE. KOLIHA, JR., pokladnik BEN ' ABCIK, finanani tajemnik Valchrii v Temple, Texas 76501, Box 100 AUGUST KAC1R, pravni radce, Temple, Texas P. 0. Box 845 OR. MARVIN LESHIKAR, vrchni lelcar Taylor, Texas P. 0. Box 410 --tEDITELE JOHN KUBENA, prvni okrsek P. 0. Box 180 -- La Grange, Texas HENRY ViTEK, druhy. okrsek P. O. Box 43— Granger, Texas CYRILL (SID) POKLADNIK, treti okrsek 2924 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas, 75226 R. E. BIZO, etvrtY okrsek Rt. 3, Box 320 -- San Angelo, Texas ERNEST HANKA, pity okrsek 6759 Cindy Lane — Houston, Texas 77008 ED SRALLA, aestY okrsek Rt. 1, Box 110, Edna, Texas CHAS HOLASEK, sedmV. okrsek 2513 Nemec St.. — Cor p us Christi, Texas TI(3KOVt VYBOR MRS. FRANCES OLEXA, ptedsedkyne 6402 'TAGGART St. — Houston, Texas RUDOLPH TROUBIL c/o SPJST Rest Home — Taylor, Texas HUGO SCHEFCAK 1267 Harlanclale -- Dallas 16, Texas STANOVNt VtBOR

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Ve stfedu 21. prosince 1966 Vanoeni povidaeky baby Povidajdy Povidam: Vanoce, ono se kekne vanoce! Ale one to s temi vanocemi neni zaiizeno zrovna tak, jak by melo.

DUI dostanou mnoho derku, at samou radosti hopsaji. A ti vac', ti dostanou clarkri mene a nehopsaji ani trochu. VAak by to tteba docela jinak vypadalo, kdyby to na svete bylo no tak,, Ze by o vanocich molly take (let davat darky tem dospelYm! Ale to by musely lakt darky, jak se to libi &tem a jak deti si to ptedstavuji. Kdyby t oSlo Po cletsku a kdyby deti delaly tern dospelYna vanoce, museli by tatinek s inaminkou pod vancienim strom kern hopsat a telskat radosti rueiekama.

"Mk bychom take daly tatinkovi k Jeli:Sku stinky nebo brusle anebo lye a mamince kolobeZku, miee, paky a hezke kniZky a ti velci by z toho meli mit radost tak velikou, Ze by ji na nich bylo at videt. A deti b y jim likazaly a poinahaly, jak si ti veld s tim vAim mail hrat. Povozily by tatinka na sariNa piedni strance: Kfllonole — Pec 1)011 Su('akou. kach a dohledly by na neho, zdali je take na to dobfe vybaven, zdali ho nezebe do nohott. A tatinek by musel radosti kvieet, at by s nim Frantik sjiZdel s kopeeku dolri. A mamince by fekly, aby data pozor, aby se na kolobNce n.epotloukla, protole pak to u2 neni Zadna legrace.

A vAecko by to deli o vanocich tak aby se ti velel radovali jako deti. "Mk east° vedi lepe net ti dospely, co je to zabava. Nekdy take ne, ale o torn mffleme vypravovat a . jindy.

A tak kdyt uvidite nekde nejakou maminku na lytich nebo tatinka, jak jsou s detrni v jednom houfu a bujnosti povykuji, tak to maji od tech deti.

Kdyt ne ty stinky a ty lyZe. tak aspori tu radost. Kdepak by deti sebraly penize na takove darky, ktere b y chtely vAem dospelYm na svete It JeliSku dati.

Ale radost, ta mule bct zadarrno ta. Cast° nic nestoji a 1Vve, ze vSeh .) na svete to nejlepSi. —S P ,TSTPraha. Na Starem Mel qt r- na naroZi namesti a Meislovy ulice bylo 9. e'ervence slavnostne odhalcAa pametni deska spisovateli Franzu afkovi. Kafktly tivot a cl ilo jsou bezprostfedne spjaty s pra2skS7m prostfedim. Pametni deska na jeho rodnem dome je dilem akad. sochate prof. Karla HladiIsa.

Ve stkedu 21. prosince 1966

Oddil dopisovatelfi Vysvetleni...

V dopise od bratra Bundila ze San Antonio stab, ae se budou slavit narozeniny Clem kaadkch pet rokil. Melo bkti svatebni vkroei (anniversaries) a ne narozeniny. Opravu na vysvetleni nam poslal br. Bundil red.

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Dallas, Texas Timto chceme podekovat ka,clu C. 130 zde v Dallasu za rychle vykizeni po2 smrtni pojistky. Zaroveri vaem, kdo nam jakkmkoliv zpilsobem vypomohli, vaem darcrim kvetin a peneaitkeh pkispevkil na dobroeinne freely, na ge Wale diky.

Frances Podhraskk, manaelka syn Frances Sparks, dcera David, Bobby, Karen, Glen a Robin, vnuci a vnoueky.

-SPJSTKovar, Texas Mile sestry, bratki a pkatele: Zase nam pkichazi ten rodni eas, kdy rozjimame o vaem co se pkihodilo tento rok, co se nam vge spinilo a take, co nas zklamalo. A dim jsme starai, tim vice musime slevovat ze svkch poaadavkit. Cas i calk svet jde stale stejnkm temper-11 a neohliai se na nic a na nikoho zda-li vyhovuje rozlienkm poaadavkiim. Kdya jsme byli jeate mali a mladi tak se nam zdavalo„ ae ten Cas jde mot pomalu, nemohli jsme se doekat as budeme dost velci neb staff. abychom ua mobil delat to i ono. Veil, kdya ua jsme stargi neb nadobke tak se nam zase zda, ae ten eas utika mot rychle, jeate bychom chteli udelat mnohe ale eas utekl a ani sily ua neni a tak pomalu slevnjeme as nam v'geho zbkva, jenom trogku a strachujem se, ae koneene pkijde doba kdy ztratime vaetko a pkijdem k zapomenuti. No, ale to jest zakon piirody a Mc proti tomu nesvedem, tak musime prubovat udraovat veselou mysl vzpominkami na vgecko dobre a pekne co jsme proaili, a na vaelijake ty mrzutosti co rifts trapivaly neb jegte trapi zapomenout.

Vadyt' ono jest toho pekneho piece jenom dost, jen si vzpomerite.

Tento vanoeni Cas nam pkipomina mnohou peknou chvili a dbejme toho, aby pokud jest /lam moan°, jsme se pkielnill zpkijemnit tuto vanoeni dobu 1 vaem jinkm. Nekdy jest to docela malo co poteg i — dobre slovo, pkatelskk iismev nic nas to nestoji, a piece tak

VESTNIK mnoho znamena pro kaadeho, ale zvlaate pro trpiciho net), opuSteneho.

Proto, bud'me steciti, aspori takto neb piece ua snad vaeci vime, ae ne jenom ten obdarovany ale zvlaate ten darce jest at'astnkm tim vedornim dobra, jen s tak malem prokazal. A koneene, co znamenaji ty materialni veci pro ktere hodne lidi nema vubec na nie jineho emu? Koneene odejdou tak jako kaadk a nic zhola nic — si z toho sebou nevezmou, a doprovazi jich na misto vdeenosti mnohdy akodolibost tech, co svou bezohlednosti poakodili. No, ale kdya je veil takova mada, ae se lidstvo mot vice klani dolaru neali Bohu, a mysli si, ae za penize se i do nebe dostane. Jak jinae si vysvetlime jednani lidu na zemi, kdya se vraadi nevinnkr lid jenom proto, aby se hromadilo bohatstvi nekterych lidi.

Prubujou to odilvodnit vaelijak, ale znemoate jim ty velke vkdelky a bude brzy pokoj!

My tady na tom nagem Kovar jeate pokradujeme dosti uspokojive, jak spoleeensky tak s p o 1 k o v e. Radoye schrize koname pravidelne kaadk mesic, naVateva bkva obstojna, poka,d jeate jednani pokud moano vedeme v keel Ceske. VCera veeer jsme meli po schrizi vanodni program, ani Mikulag nechybel. Potom byla spoleena vee'eke a beseda, vaak vain na ge zpravodajky vice o tom napi gi. Ja yam mile sestry a bratki a pkatele, co vim, ae Ctete Vestnik, timto pfeji veselkch svatkfl a atastneho noveho roku a zilstavam, jako vady vas pkitel Vaclay. Salina -SPJST---Moulton, Texas Rad Velehrad els. 19 Vkroeni schrize na geho kadu Velehrad, jia je odbyta. Nava -Celia nebyla sice hojna, neb nas blizkkch Cienu neni mnoho a ti co jsou — ti jeate zristanou dome,. Pohoda nebyla sice nejlepai nob prgelo a acidic) se ae se to rozpr gi, ale do veCera slunce svitilo. Spadlo asi pill coule, coa neni nic na tu vypr'ahlou zem a deat by byl velice aadouci na tu suchou zem ale pkiroda si poroueet neda a musime eekat as se to pkevrati. Ono zas bude praet jen doelat Casu, jako husa klasu. Moana as se to rozprai, ae tomu, zas nebude konce a ta mokra a studena pohoda se spi ge omrzi, nea to sucho. Vaecko ma svilj Cas jen trpelivost. Tetka Kopcova vadycky hadala a po kaade uhadla. Lud'kove. moji, jen eekejte a melte troaku to svate trpelivosti kikavala, ono zas neco ta pohoda udela a neco z toho bu-

de — a bylo! Jestli prgelo toa hued — no vadyt' jsem to pravila, ze neco bude a kdya bylo pekne tak tea: Nepravila jsem, ae new bude? A tak uhadla vady.

Ale kam jsem to zaael od to naai vyrodni schilze? Bratr ptedseda Roy Bueek zahajil schtzi pkesne o jedne hodine. Bylo dosti toho k vykizovani, dopisy z Kalifornie, ze San Angelo a tea z hlavni fitadovny, tadove knihy a tak se to prate nasbira dost. Taktea volby kadovych fikednikil pro phati rok, ale ty jsme odbyly snadno.

Mnozi se tomu vyhybaji a do schtze radeji nejdou a jestli pkijdou tak jen zaplatit as je vae odbyto.

Tak Ukednici pro pkiati rok navraeni a ustanoveni jednohlasne a sice: Pkedseda Roy Bueek Mistopkedseda Joe Patalik Tajemnik Ferda MiCulka teetni Alfons Kristinik, Pokladnik Jerome Jukena.

Tak to zas na pkiati rok potahnem a myslim, ae jsme dolaki tahouni, no musime se sami pochvalit, kdyi nas druzi nepochvali, ba spi ge opaene. Ale tak svet odplaci, jak v to basniece tehoa jmena. Sedlak slyael pod velkkm kamenem hrozne nakikani aloveee dobrk pomoa neb zde zahynu. Sedlak ocivalil kamen a z diry vysoukal se obrovskk had. Tak sedlaku, ted' music ti.

Sedlak zaeal mu vytkkati jeho nevdek. Ale had na to tak nehledel. Tak to ye svete jde, zlkm za dobre wet odmeriuje. A tu farina li gak v lease, slyge nakikat eloveka, pkibeh tarn a jal se vyaetkovat. Mrknul po strane okem na sedlaka. Dag-li mi svoje slepice pornohu ti. Coa slepice i husy ti dam, di na to sedlak jen mi pomoa. Zaeal vksleeh a soud. Via hade, to tak nejde, co ty kikag, ty music vlezt zpatky do jamy abych vide' jak to zaelo a mohl spra y -neposudit.Hamochutineml,a pkec do diry se vsoukal, ligak mrk na sedlaka, ten se pobizet nodal a kamen na diru pkivalil a byl zachranen. Jal se dekovati lisakovi. Dobfe, dobke jen nezapomeri na ty slepice, zitra si pro ne pkijdu. Drulik den videla liaaka selka oknem a povida muai. Jsem sice rada, ae to li gak od smrti zachranil, ale byla bych mot hloupd abych mu dala na ge slepice. Vi g co muai? Vera ruenici a zastkel lisaka, jeate par korun dostane g za jeho kuzi. Sedlak tak ueinil a ligak umiraje zvolal: "Tak svet odplaci, zlkm za dobre se odmenuje•" Ale abych dodelal tu na gi vkroeni

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Mile sestry a bratri.

Tak jiz niame po na gi vYrneni pri ktere jsme men mile a yzacrie hosty nag eho dobreho pana reclaktora, jeho hezkou a milou mantelku a jejich detieky, tak nas trochu povzbudil v nagi spolkove praci neb videl kolik jich bylo ve schtizi, ona nebyla ani mac pekna nedele, sychravo a zima, tak nekteri mysieli, te ani selnize nebude, ovgem vgichni vetginou jsme ut stari, tak te bychom melt nav gtevovat ty clistriktni schtize, kdyt budou odbYVany v blizkosti, neb ti stari neradi jezdi po tech silnicich na dal gi cestu, kde za dnegni doby tolik lid u prijde k zabiti.

Zvoleni byli vgeci stari firednici aklamaene a myslim jit asi zUstanem, az ta zubata s kosou prijde, neb neni tadneho vYberu a tadnY o to nestoji, ale nekdo ten Urad musi sebrat.

Tedy bratr Charlie Bartosh byl zvolen za predsedu, br, Ed. Stuchly za mistopredsedu, sestra, Marie Bartosh za tajemnici a br. Chas. Fabian za tieetniho a pokladnika, a br. Ernest Barton, br. Dan Janek a br. Charlie Bartosh resolueni vYbor.

Hodne jsme posledni dobou jezdili.

PredminulY tYden pro nas prijel p.

Frank LichnovskY obchodnik na odpoeinku a rozjeli jsme se k nazi rodine do Palestiny, ale jen v Texasu pi.

Sopejakove„ nu ovgem meli jsme se dobre, ledaskde jsme pojezdili i na hil•itov ku hrobu mantela, pi. Sopejakove, tet jsme za gli ku velke ohrade kde letel zakladatel drahy INGN a dal nozemky na mesta kolem drahy a tet je pojmenoval podle jmen svYch deer.

Pan Bowers mel etyri dcery, vgeeky jegte tiji a bYvaji v New Yorku. Jute na jejich jsou Lillian, May Pearl, Irene, a Penelope, a jediny syn Leroy, ten je mrtev zastrelil svou mantelku a pak strelil sam sebe a je tarn pochovan se svYmi rodi6i, mail pomniky a ohradv s praveho mramoru. Se tam story hiloitov nekteri tarn leti jit kolem sten, napisy jit nejsou eitelne i etyri ctihodne sestry tarn leti, ktere zemrely pred mnoha roky vie me zajimalo.

Zajeli jsme i do ,,parku, kde se odbYva pred -Velikonocemi ty "Dogwood Trails". Je to voliky park 11 set akril a byl darovan jednim bohatYm obtanem, zapormiela jsem jeho nueno, kdyt jsem si to nepoznaeila. Dogwood ;IS mell pupence, tak to musi bYt velice pern0 jak ty steamy jsou v pinem kvetu. Pak jsme naspet, zas jell druhou cestou i okolo farmy ktera,, je ovSein spusto gena, kde tadny nobYva, kde p. Lichnovsky po oteneni bYval pri Kemp. Je . tam v g ude, hodne jezer. Dekujem p. Liebnovskemu za tu peknou projitd'ku kolem 300 mil a Sofince Sopejakove za iiiile pohosteni.

Bych to popsala vice, ale muj dopis so protahuje a na me eeka hodne peace pied Vanocemi to katela hospodynka jen vi. JeSte jsem zaponmela, to na ge, mesteeko Penelope je salute.no roku 1900 a bylo ale drive velice Siva po obou stranach ulice obchody 2 hanky, velky ltd„ ted' mladi odjitdi do velkch west za lep g im tivobytim.

Sleena Anetka Hoadkova hodne: jezdi a jeji eestopisy se hezky Ctoo tak jen dale a jak pojedete na, tuto stranu tak se zastavte i u rids, radi vas u uvidime.

Farm redaktorovi a jeho mantelce srdeene diky za nav gtevu nisi selnize a doufam, te to nebude posledni.

Vg em prejem radostne Vanoce a Potelmany Novy Rok a mnoho zdravi v nern by jen ta valka ye Vietnamu ukorreila by mir a laska zavladla na celem svete. Pokoj lidem dobre vole!

S pozdravem Marie Bartosh tajemnice C. 167 —SPJST--

El Camp o, Texas; Ctend redakce a mill etendri Vestniku!

Moje nejmilej gi price byla farmovat, kde jsem se citil svojini panem, a6 kolikrat to pa.nstvi bylo opravdu pochybne, ale moje povaha byla vidy: snad to bude lep gi! A vide' jsem moje sousedy, te nejsou na, tom pie lep gi, tak jsem si myslel, te je nam vier souzeno, abysme zkusili i to rarazivou zkou giku, a bycb b o l esti o^elzaveil sluneeni blahodarne nobody. A p il esvedeil jsem se, te kdo v bode i. radostne oeek5Ivo.ni.

Sy bil jsem v5m, mill snolubratIl spolusestry ,to viol pop5 gi mo i l nrael zkuAenosti u na g i Slovanske podoorujici jednoty statu Texas. Nemarn presne zaznamy, kdy Hi. inladovna Bala do Vestniku vYzvu, by se hlasili Cie-

Ve sti'edu 21. prosince 1966 nove k praci organisdeni, cot: jsem i ja ucinil. Ja jsem i pied tim dal nekolik elenti k radton a take jsem pomahal spoleenosti "Pan American" pojiSt'ovati, a tam jsem zkoukl jestli bych dokdzal poji gtovat i pro Jednotu Tak jsem byl prijat a dostal jsem platebni knidku, Zadostni listiny pro pojiReni a eertifikatni vzorek (sample) Vysvetleni elentim v te dobe, kdy organisdeni price pro Jednotu za6ala byla jeSte hlavni ree oeska, i kniay a potrebne papiry byly v &skarn jazyce.

My vgichni vime, te jak je nezbytno kadde jednote by ziskavala pfiliv noveho elenstva a take i ochetnYch a poctivYch pracovnikii, Cili organisatoProto take naSe SPJST poladala organisdeni praci, by nezustala Pozadu jinym. V tu dobu, kdy Jednota povolala do price organisatory nemela tadny organisdeni odbor, vie iidila po sousedsku. HI. firadovna. Kdyt jsem se trochu zapracoval, tu jsme zhledali, te organisaeni odbor jest jednou z nejd.tiletitej gich teles pro pokrok a prospech Jednoty. Jak jsem jit psal, vieeko bylo v red. Ceske a to na ge vybaveni pro praci organisaeni byla malt kniteeka s yYpoety, tabulkami, a par prinlagujicich listin. VYbavu jsme malou, ale za to jsme men; te nage milt Jednota jest ta nejlep gi pojigtujici Jednota — lacina, jista, poctiva — a nage! My jsme neoeekavali hned ve likeho Uspechu, ale jsme byli pini snateni a vytrvali a mysleli jsme, te vytrvalost jest polovice Uspechu, musi miti k te same praci lasku a vytrvalost.

Moje prate byla poji gt'ovat a zakladani novYch radu. Tehdej gi predsecla HI. firadovny C. H. ChernoskY mne posilal tarn, kde myslel, te by tarn mei bYt tad. Je velice dobre pracovati kolem sveho radu, ale je to docela jinx vec, kdyt prijedete do krajinyo kde neznate lidi a musi se spolehati na ciziho eloveka, brati jeho radu. Zalotil jsem tyto lady: C. 151 ye Wharton: e.

160 v San Angelo; C. 162 Iowa Colony; 6, 163 v Markham. Posledni jmenova,nY rid je zmeneny na Bay City. Nektere lady dobre prosperuji, ale nektere patrebuji pomoci. Sc to na mistnich elenech. Darn pfiklad: kdyt jsem. bYvel ma •kham u radii C. 163, katdy rok jsme ziskali. asi 10 novYch dent. Jak jsme se ocisteho yali do El Campo tok rad od te doby pada ,. To dokazuje, nekclo a radii musi delat, jinak se rad strati.

Vzpominam, kdyz organisHill price zaeala za tu kratkou dobou do east-

ye stredu 21. prosince 1966 bernardskeho sj ezdu, e byl pkirtstek pies tki tisice novYch elenu. Já jsem mel asi jedenact set novYch jak bratr Frank Steiner ye sjezdu oznamil. JelikoZ sedmnacty sjezd rozdelil Texas na okrsky,, byl jsem zvolen za okrskoveho organisatora pro okrsek Sesty a v roce 1960 jsern se toho vzdal, jelikoZ to yyZaduje dobu Skoleni, anglickou tee pii jednani s mladeli.

Jeliko.2 se blii vanoeni doba, nechci unavovat etenake mourn povidanim a pkeji yam vgern Radostne a Vesele Vanoce!

Ignac 8enkSrfik Pigte zas! — red.

—SPJST--

Houston, Texas Ctend redakce a pratele!

Zaze pii nekolik tadkil a to, abych prala Vesele Vanoeni svatky a St'astny Nov y Rok 1967 mYm prateltun, kterYin nemohu osobne prat. Jest zde stale smutno a nechce se ml do niecho. Ale vzpominam na na§e stare pratele po Texasu, ale neni mné moZno Vas videt. Mrij Zivot je nyni docela jinY, mtij drahy mantel mne vAude schazi.

Jegte jednou pfeji dolare. svatky 1 mYm pritelkynim v Taylor Rest Home.

A yam, pane red. Morrisi, dekuji pkede rn Anna vestkova

--SPJST--Kovar, Texas VaZena, redakce, bratti a sestry etenati, ptedne yam preji Vesele svatky vanoeni a polehnany Nov y rok 1967!

NaSe posledni schtze se konala dne 11. prosince v pet hodin. NavAteva byla dobra. Ftedseda Vaclav Barina zahajil schazi. MajetkovY vYbor podal etvrtletni zpravu a byla dobra. Predseda jim dekoval za dobrou praci. V rninule schazi byl ozapomenuto na zvoleni dopisovatelek, tak jsou znovuzvoleni tv stejne dopisovatelky, eesky Mary Stepan, analick Lillie Evieie.

NemocenskY vYbor br. Joe ElAik oznamil nemocne bratry Charlie Vyvjala a Ernest Kubieek. Bratr Kubieek je u'Z nejaky eas v nemocnici, ale snad se pozdravuje. Ptedseda nabadal, aby se vice navAtevovalo a si jeden druheho a pomahali si jeden druhemu. Po scherzi sestra Bonnie Sukri vedouci odboru mia.d&Ze u na geho radu mela peltnY. program a pane. ozdobeny stromeeek, pod kterYm bylo hodne darkti.

Mikulag take prijel, 2e se mu polamaly sane, e bylo tak zima, talde pfines1 jen to, co mohl unesti. KaArbi ale neco dostal, deti Inely radost. Po mita-

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VIISTNIK ni darker, deti mu zazpivaly a pfali " Merry Christmas", aby na rok jel zas. SteZoval si, ae nic nedostal a, Ze pojede zpatky na sever a tam, Ze je lepSi. Bylo hodne zima a po veeeti ka‘ZdY spechal domu. Veeete byla dobra, jidla pin still, aZ neco zustalo.

Horke kavy bylo take dost a chutnala pH to zime. Okechy a cukrovi daroval obchodnik Felix Voleik, za coa mu srdeene clekujem, take vSem za donekni jidla. Pfejem vS'em to nejlep§i v tom movem roce, hla,vne hodne zdravi.

Mary 8tepan

—SPJST-Z domova odpoeinku

Mile sestry a bratti.

Kvituji zde dary pro Dornov odpoeinku a sice: K ucteni pamatky Julius PodhraskY, Sid a Justine Pokladnik — — 5.00 2.50 pi. Bolena Valeik pi. Josephine Malik — — 3.00 pi. Dolfi StranskY — — — 3.00 5.00 Joe a Helen Vrla pi. Mary Fitz 5.00 ManZele Stanley Hulovec — 5.00 K ucteni pamatky Mary 8chefeak, manZele Stanley Hulovec — 5.00 2.50 pi. Bo2ena Valeik K ucteni pamatky Anton Janougek, Julius Podhrasky a Mary gchefeak, pi. Anna Pokladnik — 10.00 K ucteni zernrelYch ptatel 5.00 pi. Antonie Horak — Dornovu penRite ManZele Stepan Strmiska — — 4.00 Thomas StnenskY- — — — 1.00 ManZele J. R. Bartek misto vanoenich — — 5.00 — — 12.00 Pi. Ella S' vadleriak 10.00 Pi. John Hoi'elica KrouZek eeskrch err Dallas — 25.00 KrouZek 2en radu els. 92 — — 5.00 10.00 S.V.P.S. Lodge 30 5 00 Pi. Mary Lanieek Klub MladeZ'e Cis. 87 pro kakleho hosta Jeslieky (Nativity set) Klub Mlade& radu Cis. 29 ovoce.

Klub MladeZe radii Cis. 48 ovoce a cukrovi.

Sid a Justine Pokladnik parky (Wieners). els. 84 record.

PeveckY sbor Jmenem Domova Odpoeinku yam srdeene dekuji a zatoven jme• nem naMch hostfi, pracujicibo parsenalu Vam vg em prejem vesele svatkv vanoeni a bohateho JdiAlta a hodne zdaru a zdravi do Novell° roku.

S bratrskYrn pozdraVem zUstavam. jako wady Vag Rudolph Trourbil

Oznameni fah, Wilke JARNt SCEtraZE NA gICH OKRSKiT Jarni scheme 1. okrsku se bude kona.ti u radu C. 169 v Brenham v KC halu.

Datum a jine podrobnosti pozdeji.

Jarni schfize II. okrsku se bude konati 12. bkezna 1967 u radu C. 47 na Seaton.

• • VYroeni schttze a Den mlade2e IV. okrsku se bude konati 23. eervence 1967 u radu C. 73 v Seymour.

--SPJST--Jami schfize V. okrsku se bude ko-

nati dne 21. kvetna 1967. PkihlaSky dii no hosteni teto schtize intiZou bYti poslany kteremukoliv okrskovemu 11tedniku.

• • Jarni schtize VI. okrsku se bude konati 23. dubna 1967 v Recreation Hall v Hallettsvillu. Hostitelem bude tad C. 4 v Hallettsvillu.

• • Jarni schtize VII. okrsku se bude konati 30. dubna 1967 u radii C. 107 ye Floresville.

—SPJST-

Tiebieti Beltemaii aneb konieek vanoeni "TakavYth, jako jsou posledni dva predstavitele betlemalstvi Jan Kroupa a Adolf Jelinek, bYvalo ye meste jeSte v tricatYch letech no desitky," povedel nam odbornY pracovnik Zapadomorayskeho muzea V Trebiei, ktere pripravuje stalou expozici, nazvanot( "Trebieske betlemdfstvi".

Tuto stalou vYsta.vu "tfebieskeho betlemarstvi" otevrenou slavnostne letos pied StedrYm dnem za doprovodu horackYch vanoenich koled. jsme jednoho z poslednick tvtircti Jana Kroupu, ktery . se podill na renovaci teto sbirky, o ni projevuji znaenou pozornost na.vWevnici muzea, zylate zahranieni.

"Pred dvaaetyriceti lety, kdy se nam narodil syn, jsem postavil prvni betlem. Prave tolik jsem se venoval ochotaajickemu divadlu," rekl a hned nas vedl do pracovniho koutku, kde se porhlubil jedninl z betlem:O. Na ota gku, nroe se zolyVvo, nrave vYrobou. betlerni)., odnovedel: "Nekdo vy -sedavpobch,nkraietY, j C venutt volnYT 'e,as vYrobe figurek a stavbe betlemft."

0 uNteenosti tohoto konirta nas ptesvedeily figurky vlastnoruene malovane, nalepene a vyrezane, dilo nadmini zajiingtve. Jo k nernu totiZ' zapo-

V2 tifebi nejen velkeho sousttedeni a trpelivosti, ale take smyslu pro barvu, proste malitskeho nadani. Obema vlast nostmi Jan Kroupa pimo oplYva. Svemu koniefk.0 venuje denne pet aZ crest hodin. A nespokojuje se s tim, co ji2 jednou vykonal. Kandy rok meni scenerii pfirody a betlemil, obohacuje ji o nave za,mery. A tak pod dovednyma rukama vyrtitsta YZdy nove dilo z latek a papiru.

Kdo vlastne dal zaklady ttebieskei u betlemakstvi? Byl to akadernickY Frantiaek Hartman. Zit v Ttebiei pied, vice net 100 lety. Proto2e hledal zpilsob ob2ivy. Namaloval proto figurky na balici papir a prodaval je na "stonta"', jak se iikalo pkedvanotnum. jarmarkiim. Lide si figurky kupovali, nalepovali je na lepenku, vyi'ezavali a tvoiili z nich betlemy podle syYch ptedsta y. Ttebieti betlemafti maluji a zobrazuji realnou skuteenost, kterou vidi kolem sebe, na druhe strane zpodobriuji sve ptedstavy o vzdalenYch a exotickYch krajinach. Zivot a kroj lidu na Vysoeine je nejverneji zpodoben ve staraich betlemech — zejmena Hartmanem. Pozdeji tvnirci podlehali vice ptedloham z knih a easopisii.

Neal° pouze o cirkevni zalditost. Ta byla jen vnejaim opodstatnenim pro jejich tvorbu.

Tak vznikly prvni betlemy ve velkern. ft ada z nich je soneasti expozice.

Neschazeji ani ty, ktere nejvyrazneji ptispely k rozvoji betlematske tradice v Ttebiei. Jsou zde kuptikladu velke betlemy od Frantiaka Hartrnana a Antortina Oaloud: a, jeho betlem obsahuie na etyli tisice figurek. Z miniaturnich je to dilo obecnih opastYte Frantiaka Kratochvila, keZbate, ktery mistrne zObrazil postoje zvitat. PozoruhodnY je i betlemy Frantiaka ine'e •y, kde figurky chodi, muzikanti hraji, kukaeka kuka, a oveeky se trkaji.

Prot prave v Tfebiei byly tak holdne podminky pro betlematskou tvorbou? Bylo to zaujeti a silne cechovni citeni ttebieskYch soukenikii a obufvniktil, ktere ovlinilo i oba nelvYraznejal tvilrce Hartmana a al oud a.

Vaichni meld svoje pfedstavy a sny, ktere se snaAili vyjadfit Po svera.

Tfebiestemu betlera gstvi, jednorell z fprojevil lidoveho umeni, se po letech dostava stalou expozici zaslou'kneho oceneni.

—Viterslav Hulak

STNfIC

Unieni eeskSrch pernikaiii

Nekdo sbird pogtovni znamky, jinSr nalepky z krabieek od zapalek. V Trutnove ma Jan Prochazka zas obsahlou sbirku starYGh eeskYch pernikarskych forem. Z jeho iniciativy uspotadalo tamej gi muzeum vYstavu techto forem nejprve na statnim zamku Kuks a vydale k tomu i nekolikajazydn3"7 katalog, nebot' jde o lidove umeni vskutku znamenite. Odtud se vYstava ptestehovala do Prahy do Pamatniku narodniho pisemnictvi a nyni putuje pa republic e.

Pouha pernikaske formy — a tolik Ale jde opravdu jen o pernikatske formy? Neznami dofvedni tebzati, kteti formy na marcipan kezali do hruakovYch desek, davali do sve prate jeate neco vice — ne'Z jen zruenost. Az se budou badatele lidoveho umeni timto jeho druhem diikladneji zabyvat, to teprve nam objevi jeho krasu! I tak dries 1,12 jasne vidime, ae nemame pied seboa ledajake formy. Ze je v nich dune lidu s jeho estetickYm vnimanrin a cited, s radostmi a starostmi vaednich dnu. Je to proste skuteene lidove umeni, a tak zaroveri i obraz sve doby. BYvalo stejne oblibene, jako lid miloval kramariske pisnieky na jarmarcich zpivane. Vaak se i perniky prave na jarmarcich i nejvice prodavaly, male, docela malinke tem, kteii mei ihiuboko do kapsy a piesbo alespori detem chteli udelat troche radosti, a zase velke a velike i pies pat metru, kdo tieba sve milovane bytosti chtel takto symbolicky vyjadtit miru sve lasky.

Pernikatstvi v Oechach ma bohatou tradici. Pernikatstvi je ovaem zname a s tradici i v mnoha jinYch zemich sveta. Kdybychom hledali jeho privod, museli bychom jib hodne daleko do minulosti. Nejstarai zpravy vedou a do antiky. JPZ tehdy se k rriznYm ptileMtostem vyrabelo fumelecky tvarovane peeivo. A jake valnosti se pernikatstvi ptipomerime si tiebas to, ze v Praze je r. 1348 pojmenovana po pernikatich jedna z vyznarnnYch ulic Stareho Mesta. Je to Celetna ulice (pernikati — caletnici).

Ve starych pernikatskYch formach, dokud se vyr6,bely ruene a ze dteva, dokud nepiiala vYroba, objevuji se nejrozmanitejai obrazove motivy. Vedle riabaenskYch motive a vYjevri (zvlaate Adam, a Eva, rrizni svati) spattime na starch formach muaketyry, husary, damy, madony, houslisty a hudebniky vribec (jsou v echach i na pernicich vezmi oblibeni), dale jsedce,

Ve stkedu 21. prosince 1966 ba i mokske panny a z ylagte pak kominiky, samortejme se na pernicich pradecin a prababieee objevuji ten milenci, ale i cela lokomotiva, ano i lvi a jina obavana zviiata. Lide, kteti formy iezali do dieva, nemeli obvykle, Zadne vStvarne zaklady, tim merle gkoly; proste jim vYrOba forem byla tim, cum je piseri prostemu eloveku v lese, u vody, nad kolebkou ditete. .

A tak jsou v deskYch pernikatskYch formach jako v zrcadle i slovanska pavaha nageho lidu, i bodrk CeskSr humor, i laska k picirode a k zenu.

Nam je tieba dodat„ 2e ten pernik minulSrch staleti mel laSrt ptebohate chuti. A chcete-li se o takov -ST pokusit sami doma, vezte jeden ze starYch receptu na ptipravu "perniku dobre lho s medem".

"Vezmi mouku reZnou, (Zitnou) prositou„ rozdelej ji teplYm medem, vyhnet eiste, at' je hladke to test°. Nadelej koldekil a upec je lobe, ztlue na mouku, vezmi to mouky libru, lot ztlueeneho pepie, dva loty drobne zkrajeneho zazvoru, pul lotu htebiekii, dva loty skotice„ dve mugkatove kulky, to VSechno drobne zkrajeti, zmichati s tou moukou. Potom vezmi nekneho medu, rozpust' jej, zadelej s tou moukou, udelej testa, pee pernieky, delej do dorem a dej peel:• —Fr Oihal --SPJST------

Slovenske Speciality Vel'mi pestra, a bohata je paleta jedal na jedalnYch listkoch poprednyoh na'Sich i zahranienYch restauracii. ViedenskY rezeri, mad'arsk3"7 gula g, devabefei, gpariety a d'algie a d'al'Sie jedla sa spajara s ureitou narodnou kuchyriou.

Pravda, navgtivit' naApfiklad insku re'Stauraciu v Prahe, je zas nieeo ine.

To je ureity ucelenS7 pohl'ad na narodnri kuchyfiu. A navAtevnik musi priznat' ,e dole pied tisicroenYm vytribenym kulinatskYm umenim einskS7ch kucharov a einskej kuchyne vobec.

Slovenska 'kuchyria nema tak d'aleke korene v historii. Ale prave tak, ako ma osobitnSr svojraz ve folklore, tradicii i v celom Nvote slovenskeho l'udu, mote sa poni git i vSrbornS7imi jedlami; ktore od staroei pripravuja usilovne ruky slovensk3i.ch Z'len — no Mai', donedavna na re gta,uraem'T stol sa dostavali le sporadicky, ojedinele. Teraz sa skyto, spoznat slovenskti kuchyriu v jej pink•, skutoenejgom pobl'ade. V Bratislave pred nedavnom otvorili Slovenskfi rettauraciu v Luxore. Receptnx7 desiatok vAornY'ch

Ve sttedu 21. prosince 1966 jedal tradovanYch v jednotlivYch oblastiach Slovenska silborne spracovali majstri kuchari z poprednych slovenskYch hoetlov. Za kratko t'ato pomerne mala restauracia na gla svojich obdivovaterov a navStevnikov nielen medzi domacimi, ale aj zahranienYmi host'ami.

Stretame sa s pochvalnYnai zapismi s roznYch krajin. LondVn, Moskva, Essen, Hamburg, New York alebo z ned'alekej Viedne. V getci vyslovujit spokojnost' s kvalitou podava,nYch jedal. Pre nmohYch na,vStevnikov zo zahranidia je to prve stretnutie so Slovenskom, pre inch zas miestom rozlneky pti odchode z Ceskosiovenska. Iste ju neobidu ani nag i krajania, ktori zavitajil do vlasti a ktorych cesta povedie cez Bratislavu. BohatY vYber na,rodnYch l'udovych jedal im hadam poiikne ktore pripravovali v ich rodnej obci — moZno si pochutnaja na kuruckom vYvare, na fazul'ovej s rezancami, na skalickej rogtenke, baeovom zavine, 2diarskorn raZniku, vYbornej thurzovskej mice, zbojnickej pedienke, kYch tag tiekach pinenYch bryndzou a koprom atd'. Pritom nechYba prava ga.zdovska slivovica, ei borovieka.

Ti, eo cez Vianoce zavitajit do tejto reg tauracie, nebudti sklamani. Ureite nebude chYba,t' tradiena kapustnica s klobasou, makove opekance (pupaky), Ci rozne dobroty zo zakalaelcy. Naeo d'alej vyratuva.t. Najlep gie je skusit.

(Nita spomienky na mladost' a rodnY dom, kraj.

Volek SPJSTRostou Houby. Deg tive a pornerne tepie poeasi bylo idealni pro rust hub. V okoli e es IcSreh Budelovio At'astnY houbat, zarnestnanec JihoeeskYch energetickYch zavochl, Josef Filipek zvedl na jedine shYbnuti etyti kilogra.my hub.

Tolik totiZ vaZila pYchavka obrovska, kterou na gel. Na Teplicku vgak jedovate houby strati. dvou deti a nemoci dal gich lidi. V eeskern Sttedohoti a na fipati Kru gnYch hor bylo letos jedovatYch hub rekordni mnastvi. Mime muchomurky zelene je to zavojenka olovova a muchomtirka tygTovand. Protok 26.clna z nich neni hotka a nepali, dochazi k ornylu. Jeden °bean z Teplicka se priotravil dokonce jedlYmi houbami, zaparily se totiZ, v igelitovein sa,eku.

SPJST

Strakonice. Mesto se chysta oslavit 800 let sveho trvani. Sochat B. Benda dokoneil k to ptilentosti pomnik strakoncikeho rodaka P. L. Celakovskeho.

VESTNIK NOC RHO ZIVOTA

Roman Napsal BOHUMIL ZAHRADNiK-BRODSKt Pokradovani Ne tak Ididne ulehal Vladimir. Dojel do Prahy, a vyhleda.v si laciny hotel, povederel, a posadiv se v pokoji zaCal ptemY gleti, NevYslovny smutek s ho?kosti ho zavalil. Bylo mu, jako by se z pohrbu vracel a pochoval v ge, co mu bylo neelem Zivota, Cim ohnivejgi ptedstavy ho provazely na ceste k domovu, tim paleivej gi bylo jeho zkiamani. Chvilemu mu bylo do place, chvilemi pesti zatinal a potichu proklinal. Na konec du gevne zemdlem tooloZil se a trhane usnul. Unava ptedchazejicich dna nutila nervy, aby se ztigily, a pomyslil si, ze se rano rozhodne, co nyni poditi.

S rozbtezknutim novero dne se probudil, zapalil si cigaretu, a poloZiv jednu ruku pod hlavu, zaeal uvaZovati.

Veerej gi den ho sice dosud shave 'Dahl, ale ted' v prve rade myslil na sebe a svou budoucnost. Spain vgechny mosty, navratu nebylo, i kdyby ho zvaIi. Mohli-li ho takovYm hamiZnYm zpetsobein odkopnouti, jaky by to mel vot vedle nich? Ne, je moZno Ziti 1 bez nich. A na vzdory bude Ziti, nepodda se chabe. Ma v kapse penize. Neni jich mnoho, ale je jich do zaeatku dosti.

Snad aby zaeal zase ay e temeslo? Ale od to myglenky upustil. Materialu je dosud velmi malo, a co je, je Apatny.

Nedostal by dilny a neZ se nekde tisniti v zastreene komurce, to radeji nic.

Zvykl na velike a sire prostory, na jakousi volnost a itzke pomery by ho dusily. S ' koda, 2e neni v Sibiti, tam by zaeal neco, tam by se nebal, proton zna lid a vi, kde chytiti vec za pravY konec. Nu, tam ted' nemuze. Musil by tarn jeti po mori, cesta by stala mnoho penez a ea.su, a zatim, kdovi, co se tam stane.

Nekarn jinam se pusti. VZ'dyt' je svet giroky a pro podnikaveho Cloveka se naide vkly nejakY slugitY yYdelek V leglich se debatovalo o 1.79:tn z intelfgence sdelovall o svete a poueovall se saint v dloulrOch mesicich z knih, ktere na gli v rug -kYchmest.MirnodzaClbt jednu semi po druhe. S Asii nebylo s Anstralii take ne, s Parikou bylo dosti povOlive, zbyitala tedy Amerika. V Rusku bylo dosti Amerieanfi a vypra-

vovali o nesmirnYch prostora.ch, kde je dosud pusto a prazdno, adkoliv je tarn sptousta ptirodniho bohatstvi, hla,vne lesn, hemZicich se zveti. Pro neho nebyla zver lakadlem, ttebak R,usku v naesicich, kdy nebylo valeenych dobrodruZstvi, naudil se take zver loviti. Zde byla lakadlem koZi gina, ktera tvoii bohaty zdroj prijrnit, adkoliv Zivot lovce je valy 0/1.4 a pin. nebezpeeenstvi. Vice v gak neZ zver byly to lesy, dtivi, ktere se mu stalo blizkYra a ktere ho lakalo. Vzpominaje na svou trpkost vyvolal si v duchu ptedstavu lesa, v nemZ se tyei jeden obrovity peri vedle druheho a na pokraji lesa stoji lila, vet gi a modernejgi neZ byla v Rahove. Jasne zpiva ye svem chvatnem pohybu, jas -ne se blYskaji dlouhe, pasove nole„ ktere se zakusuji do zdanliv eneptemoZitelnYch obru stromovYch a dokonavge rortezani jedne kiddy, chtive zatnou sve zuby do dal gi. Cenku roste hranice prken, lati a stavebniho dtivi, blizka reka pf.jiima naklad a mesta plati a pohlcuji vYrobek, kterY nese Uroky a firoky z firokti v zavratne vj gi. Polni dram phva.21 nove kmeny ze vzdalenej'gich mist, buduje se nova, draba, vyrustaji domy a ptichazeji novi Tide, aby v bYvale pustine zalozili kvetouci mesto. A ten, kdo zde prvni zaeal pra,covat, nasycen bohatstvim, jde klidne zpet, do civilisace, aby si odpodinul a oddal se sladke neeinnosti, ye ktere by zapomnel na zapas s prirodou a neprizni osudu.

Jeho obrazotvornost byla tak nye podraZdena, ze byl uchvacen. Ano, odjede do Kanady, kde dosud tak malo krajanti se usidlilo. Co na tom, ze je tam drsne podnebi, ze komunikace je obtiZnej gi. Vg echno se prelcona, chcelise a vytrva-li se. A on chce a vytrva. Ilkak tomu pletichati Solnatovi, ze neni chabVm rnukm, ze se nelekne obtili a dovecle se rvati se Zivotern. A aZ zbohatne, vrati se do Cech a dojede si pro (let.' Zatim odrostou, budou schopny pochopiti, co se mezi nim a jeho 'Zenon stalo. Nedovoli, aby je vychovaval cizi elovek, beztoho grave takovY pletichar jako je tchan. Vnana k vrane sera, hledaly se pribuzne povahy drZi pohromacle ne z lanky, ale z lakoty, z to-ulty po 111911101111, ktery je jinn no prostredketr, ke zlep g eni Z'ivota, ale sawn sebou je rozkogi.

7,a hod • nu byl Vladimir obleeen a pustil se na vyslanectvi. Musi se napred clovedeti, mohl-li by ziskati pozemky a pravo na postaveni pily. Jak-

• mile zvi zhruba hlavni podminky, nebude vahati, zakoupi si pkeplavni listek a pojede. Mfij bo2e, jake strachy a rivahy? Co mute na svete ztratiti?

Jakou cenu ma vlastne cely jeho 2iyot?

Zemte-li by, spinil by ptani tech, kdo ho podskoeili. On vSak nechce zemkiti, on chce ziti nebo padnouti. Zustaneli na iivu, zvitezi a spini sve sny, co2 bude prop zadostiudinenim. Padne-li, svet se proto nezboki. Naueil se v bojich a putovani po vSech mo2nYch kondinach Ruska malo ceniti svirj 2ivot.

Smrt nemela pro p hrazy a bolesti: ho nebolely jako toho, kdo napoprve vatupoval do toho zapaSiSte epiciho krvi a zaliteho svetposti vzedmutYch lidskYch vasni.

Maje novY cil pied oeima, Sel ktepce pra2skYmi ulicemi, nevSimaje si lidi ani \Ted.. Jakmile bude rozhodnut, koupi si nave Satstvo a pradlo a zaene cleat gentlemana, ktery neztratil na vojne vedomi, 2e SluanY elovek musi prina,Seti °bet' svemu zevnejSku. Na vyslanectvi mu sluha tekl, kancelat se otevira az o pill desate a ted' bylo teprve osm hodin. A zvedev, 2e chce informace o Kanade, upozornil ho, to ze se vlastne dovi na konsulate.

Nerozmrzen, 2e konal zbyteenou zachazku„ set ke konsulatu. Na dvetich se dodetl, ze rikadovani zaeina az v devet hodin, ale neodeSel. Usedi na chodbe na lavici a eekal. Aspori bude pr y -niatedcnbuoarzmeni, jako bYvaji, kdy2 nekolik hodin za sebou must napinati sve nervy jednanim s prichozimi.

Sedel asi deset minut, kdy'Z se nilnovy navitevnik. OpalenY, bezvousY, pravy Anglican obleeenim i tvaki. Podival se na tabulku na dvetich, mrzute se uiklibl a potom resignovane se ohledl. Spattiv lavici a sediciho na ni Dumata pkisedl k nemu. Oba chvili mleeli, ale obeas se na sebe divajako by se navzajem odhadovali. "oekate na otevreni kancelake?" ptal se Prichozi.

"Ano, eekam„" "oekani je mrzuta vec. Divim se, 2e tak dlouho neoteviraji. Kdyby to bylo u nas v Kanade, zahral bych jim, ale zde musim mleeti. Za tYden mam odejeti, chci jeite vykonati nejake navitevy a navitiviti zname, kteti jsou po venku rortrouSeni a tohle me pkipravuje o eas. Zmeikam-11 vlak, jim sve mineni. Vy jste zdejsi, 2e?"

"Ano, zdejii. Ne vsak na dlouho, rad bych do ciziny."

"Snad do Ameriky, ne?"

VISTNtIC "Snad. Mam na mysli Kanadu a chci se informovati."

"Co vas tam vabi?" tazal se neznamY a v jeho hlase bylo znati zvYSenk zaj em.

"Lesy. Myslim na postaveni pily a obehod drivim."

"Vy takovYm vecem rozumite?"

"OvSem, mel jsem do nedavna vlastni pilu„ a kdy2 jsem byl na vojne, okradli me o ni. Nejen o pilu, take o 2enu. Lotrovina!"

"Vy jste byl na vojne!" zavolal jako sam sobe na vysvetlenou. "V Rusku?"

"Ano, v Rusku."

"A teprve ted' vas propustili ze zaj eti?"

"Nepropustili, utekl jsem z legii, tou'ze sve 'Zen& a detech. Dva mesice jsem se prboijel rudYm vojskem, a kdy2 jsem se koneene dostal domt, 2eny jsem ani nespattil a deti ptede mnou schovali. Nejakou pitomosti bYvalYch uradu prohlasili mne za mrtveho a 2ena se po druhe vdala. Bude miti novou rodinu, deti by me nepoznaly a co tam delati? Muj nastupce nedice ustoupiti, 2ena asi si ho zamilovala, a abych se o lasku do2ebraval, toho neudelam. Lituji, 2e jsem utikal z Ruska. Mohl jsem ztstati na a tam se venovati obchodu. Nu, u2 se stalo. Mysli-li si„ 'ze si pro jejich zradu budu zoufati, velice se mYli. Probiji se 2ivotem nebo zahynu. nebudu."

NeznamY otoeil se k nemu a se zajmem ho pozoroval.

"Tak je to spravne, to jste mfij mu2. Bkoda, ze ze nemate penez, navrhl bych yam sam neco, nebo aspori poradil. Bez penez hodne zkusite, aekoliv Stesti je itesti a nekdy se elovek chyti, kdy2 se toho nejmene nada."

"Mem neco penez, hodili mi 2ebrackou kiistku, aby jejich loupe2 tolik nektieela. Oviern, to bude malo, ale zkusim-li to na zadatku, uvidim,, co s tim budu mod. podniknouti."

"Jak mnoho mate? Nebojte se mne, nejsem 2adnY dobrodruh," chlacholil ho a jeho oblidej se rozesmal, "neoloupim vas."

"Nedal bych se take oloupiti. "S' edesat tisic main. Zni to site honosne, ale mnoho toho neni." "gedesat tisic. 11m. koruna dosud stoji pomerne vysoko, adkoliv v kratkern Case 'Aide notne dolt, mam o torn bezpeene zpravy. Chcete-li me poslechnouti, jeite dries je vymerite za dolary nebo anglicke libry. Ale do-

Ve sti'edu 21. prosince 1966 lar bude S tim, co yytekte, budote mod neco podniknouti, to ut nebude tkeba, abyste zadinal od piky. Tak do Kanady cheete! Lesy vas vabi! Nu, myilenka neni hloupa, je videti, 2e jste byl daleko ye svete a 2e se umite toeiti, jaky vitr panuje. To jsou dobre povahy, ty new ye svete zmohou.

Jak se jmenujete?"

"Vladimir Dumat Z Rahova. Nevemi, zajed`te se tam na me pozeptat. Vdera jsem odtamtud ptijel."

"K demu by to bylo dobre? Jako jste vy tekl, ze byste se nodal oloupiti, tak se ja nedam napaliti. Clo y& dostan ye 2ivote zkuSenosta nauei se rozeznavat Ja se jmenuji Frank Terner, jsem z Grenoblu v Kanade.

WO ()tee byl 6ech, ma matka byla Francouzska, kanadskja F'rancouzska.

Ted' u2 jsem Kanad'anem, ale otcova krev se nekdy ye mire ozve. Zajel jsem si sem, abych podle ptani otcova nayStivil bYvale jeho ptibuzne a povedel mu, jak to zde vlastne vypada.

Poohled1 jsem se zde po obchodech, snad nava.21 nejake styky, proto2e obor je dobytek a obili. Nu, mne se zda, ze 112 nam otevrou, ale dovolilii 13yste, gel bych s Ward dovnitt take Mohu vam poraditi, ti pani zde mne znaji, videli me papiry."

"Kdybyste byl tak laskav, rad to prijmu. Nemusi ka2a dy neznarny, s kterYm se napoprve setkame, byti hned darebak."

"Dobre redeno," zasmal se kratce.

"Maur rad iidi, kteti mluvi kratce a primp do oei. Pojd'me, budeme hotovi, ne2 ptijdou jini."

Dvefe u kancelake se otevtely a sluha spatriv je, nechal vchod otevren.

Vstoupili dovnitt a Frank Terner, zrejme obeznamen s mistnimi pomery i ritedniky, kratce pozdravil a podaval ritednikovi ruku.

"Ptichazim k vtli svemu pasu, za tYden odjedu, ale hodlam jeite podniknouti nekolik cost, takie nebudu v Praze. Nerad bych potom pied odjezdem mel meikani. Budu miti vie uchystano?"

"Zcela ureite. Chcete-11, mil2eme vain vyhotoviti vie hned. Dal bych rozkaz a za pill hodiny bvste mel vie v kapse."

"Dohke, poekarn tedy. Beztoho bych rad byl pfitomen vaS1 rozmluve s trim,to gentlemanem."

"PoOkejte tedy, natidrin, aby zatim opattili vase dokumenty a potom jsem k slunam."

Veiel do sousedni kancelare a byla

Ve stteda 21. prosince 1906 slygeti„ jak kteremusi fitednikovi natizuje, aby ptipravil dokumenty pro mistra Ternera. Vratil se hued a ted' teprve se obratil na Dumata, kterY trochu nervosne se rothlitel po karicela& "Vage prani?" ptal se ho zdvotile.

"Dovolite-li, keknu to za, vas," nabizel se Terner. "Tento °bean byl na Rusku v legiich, odkud uteki pouze steskem po rodine. Doma ho povatovaza mrtveho a jeho 'tem) se podruhe provdala. OdeSel radeji a chce zkusiti zakotviti jinde. Doma mel obchod dtivim a pilu. ZabYva, se myglenkou usaditi se v Kanade nekde blizko lesit a zkiditi tam pilu a obchod dfivim.

Nevite, statni sprava jests nejake lesni pozemky? Musa° by to ovgem bYti u teky ci drahy."

"Ma ten pan nejakY kapital?"

"Ma. Neni sice znaenY. , ale dostaeil by. Ostatne, najdon se i tam fide, kteki ra,di vloti do zdraveho podniku penize."

"Pokud vim, jsou dosud dost znaene lesni komplexy k disposici, ale o pfidelu rozhoduje domaci vlada. Musil byste se obratiti na tamej gi fitady. Dostal byste doporueeni zdej gich fitaal?"

"Jake to doporueeni?" jste byl vojakem ate nemate jak bych to tekl, zde 9,adnYch, •ekneme chouloabych vas neurazil stivYch zapletek."

"Myslite, jsem-li poctivY' mat," pousmal se shovivave. "Ne, Inc takoveho nemam na svedoml, spige ja sam mohu si stetovati, to mi bylo ubliZeno."

"Bude-li tfeba, zaruelm se zafi take jd," ozval se Terner.

"Vy ho znate?"

"Dnes jsme se po prve videll. Ale dovolte, muZ, kterk prodelal vojnu a vratil se domii, nagel svou 'term v nal-11M jineho, anft ji 1 jejiho druheho mute zastfelil, musi bfrti dobit jako holoube."

Konsul se srdeene rozesmal a Vladimir, aekoliv citil zahanbeni, bezdeene se take pousmal.

"Oiste pa americku feeeno," povidal konsul vesele. "Neu gkodi, kdvZ si piece fitedni doporuoeni opatki. Ostatne snad neni jests ant rozhodnut, poiede-11."

"Jsem rozhodnut, pojedu," fekl Du-. mat prudce.

"A kdy hodlate jeti?"

"Jakmile budu miti pas. Olin ye, tim lepe. Snad bych se piece neopanoval a vratil se &mil, kde bych

VESTNfK rozyratil rodinu. Sobs bych nepomohl a tam bych ueinil zlo. Bude lope, kdyt v cizine vychladnu a v gechno uyatim.

Dojde-li k potrestani, musi miti smysl. a trestani ye hnevu nebyva spravne." `Velmi moudte keeeno," tekl konsul vatne. "Jste-li tak pe yne rozhodnut,, pfieinim se, aby s nagi strany yam nebyly eineny pkekatky. Snad byste rnoblitgi informace o sohl be a zatim, net pfinesete potkebne fiked.n1 ptilohy, piipravime my zde, abyste mohl yeas dostati pasy."

"Prosil bych o radu, kterym smerem a z ktereho pkistavu main jeti."

"Nejlepe je z Rotterdamu nebo Havru. Ve zdej gich lodnich kancelatich yam teknou, ktere Jodi pojedou."

"Pojed'te se mnou," nabizel Terner.

"Pojedu lodi Ontario z Rotterdamu.

Je to nejpicirnejSi a nejpohodlnej gi cestovani. Musil byste vgak jests dries si zamluviti misto."

"Pojedu tketI tkidou, abych zbyteene neutracel."

"MilZete. To neni vystehovalecka lod' a nebudete zakou geti muka, jako v jinYch lodich. Ostatne budeme se moci spolu na lodi stYkatl, I kdyZ pojedu druhou ttidou. Musite vgak se postarati, abyste si v nekolika mai° dnech sehnal vgechno, eeho je tteba."

"Nemam nic jineho na praci a opatrim si to„" kekl tvrde..

"Dobra, vec je tedy hotova. Mete potom se mnou kousek cesty jiti, povim yam, co si mate koupiti, abyste tarn u nas neutracel zbyteene penez."

Vtom vstupoval z vedlej gi kancelffe fitednik, nesa hotoq pas pro Ternera.

Ten zaplatil, jests promluvii kratce s konsulem a odchazel, provazen kterY- v posledni hodine protil velikY dugevni pfevrat. Ut byl definitivne rozhodnut a velika myglenka gtiho Zivota stala pled nim jako jasne svetlo, za kterym odhodlane gel. Povatoval setkan1 s Ternerem za pokyn osudu a v jeho du g' vstavala jistota, to je na prave tests. Jde do boje a necouvne. A bude dilvefovati. Ternerovi, at' ift je to kdokoliv. Mel jakousi dugevni jistotu, to nepadl do rukou podvodnikovi a citil se posilen, 'te kdosi mu ukate stezku, po ktere by mohl wilt do pfigtiho raje.

"Napted jclete vvineniti penize a zakounit ilzdni listek," zaeal Terner, kdyt vygli na ulici. "Potom si kupte pradlo a gaty, ktere jsou u nas velmi drahe. Ne mnoho, ale dobre veci" A jmenoval mu, co by bylo neuffeelnej gi. Ted' odjede, ale dva dny pled

nastoupenim cesty bude v Prate, aby zde zakoupii darky pro zname v Kanade. Najde ho tady v jeho hotelu a tarn se umluvi, kterym vlakem pojedou. Kdyby se jednalo o urychieni u fitadt, at' jen zajde zase ke konsulovi, ktereho dobte zna a na neruZ to je pine pro neho., Dumata,, ziskan.

"Otec bude mitt radost, at mu keknu, to jsem ptivez1 krajana,", povidal vesele. "On nemfde stale zapomenout a kdyby byl zdravej gi, jiste by se jests do Cecil rozejel. Nechci nic napled slibovati, ale zda se mi, to budeme dosti blizkYmi sousedy. My maine velika, stada dobytka, farmatime a konatime, ale nekolik hodin severneji jsou jests netknute lesy. Tam byste rased dfivi, to jste jiste takovYch stroVeselo to mneni," pomu usmal se, 'ale kdo ma praci, po zabavach se neshani."

"Mani zabavy dost se svou vlastni hlavou," zahueel zasmugile.

"I to vas pusti. Nu, ted' bychom marne staveli vetrne zamky. Cestou si o tom popovidame vie a dfikladneji. sim chvatati, abych nezme gkal vlak Na shledanou, krajane."

"Na shledanou! Jste dobilr elovek a jednou se yam odmenina."

"Nic neni nemoleho," odpovedel proste. Potfasli si rukama a ron gli se.

KdyZ Prank Terner ptijel do Prahy, setkal se v prfijezdu hotelu s Durnatern, ktery se pfi gel ptati, ptijel-li ua ze sitch navgtev.

"Halo, jaka to nahoda!" zavolal yesele podavaje mu ruku. "Mate vg e pHpraveno?"

"Vgechno. Prave pled chvili jsem dostal posledni listing. Jak jste se mel?"

"Dekuji, dobte, ale jsem vgecek unayen a hlavu mama jako ill se veelami.

Netugil jsem, co najdu ptibuznYch a znamYch. A take jsem dostal spoleenici. Nebude yam obtano, to s nami pojede device?"

"Prot by mi to bylo obtane? Jste svobodny mat a mfit'ete konati, co je yam libo. Nagel jste si nevestu?"

"Tak daleko jsem nedogrel," zasrnal se hluene. "Kterysi bratranec mob° otce ma dceru, Teresa ji likajt. Takovy podivin to je, tfebate neni stara.

Nechce Coma zfistati a davno uZ citela do Ameriky. Sotva, isem se objevil, sama pfibehla, abych ji vzal s sebou.

Co jsem mel delati? 'Poled'? kekl jsem. `pobude'S si na nagi Panne a za roku se vratig domfi vyleeena ze sve

10 touhy po Americe% Jen hlavou hodila rekla: `Uvidime!' Main novou starost: sehnati jegte easy. Ona beZela rovnou z nadraki nakoupit veci, kterYch potrebuje. Veer ji poznate. Prijd'te k osme hodin y sem za, nami; spoleene poyeeerime a povime si blitii podrobnosti. Ve dne nebudu miti na hovor easu. U2 se mne take zmocriuje horeeka odjezdu a budu rad, at odutd vyrazime."

"Mohl-li bych yam neco obstarati, milerad yam poslouZim. Nemam co delati a hodiny nine line utikaji. Take bych uk byl rad za horami.” "fteknete lepe za vodami. Uhlidame„ co vgechno jegte zbYva, k obstarani.

Snad Terezka bode va gi pomoci potrebovatti. Chce jako vy jeti treti tridou, aekoliv jsem ji nabidl, Ze cestu zaplatim. Tvrdi, Ze je Akoda, penez a ke je na nepohodli zvykla. Budik nebudeme ji rozmazlovti. Penize jste vymenil?"

"Hned prveho dne a dekuji yam za radu. Den po dni koruna klesa a myjsem veasnYm prodejem vyziskal, co bade testa stati."

"To mne tegi. Ano, koruna klesa, cizi spekulace odre hodne lidi a sama zbbohatne. N ashledanou, pane Dumate. Nezapomerite, veer v °sin hodin zde!"

Veer v osm hodin byl Vladimir na miste a portYr mu oznamil, Ze mistr Terner na. neh oeeka ve svem pokoji.

Hdyt zaklepal, ozvalo se vesele zavolani, a otevrev, spatril Ternera a cizi deVee. Terner byl bez kabatu a limce, a dva objemne kufry byly rozloleny na pohovce a Zidlich. Koulil lulku a usmival se na vstupujiciho.

"Jste dochviln, dochilnej gi net my.

My mame jegte asi 'tort hodiny price, nek vgechny ty krarny namaekaxne do svYch zavazadel. Poekate, Ze? Seclnete si, kam mrtZete a podivejte, co jste alai. To je to negtastna netef, jet utika s nami. Pana Dumata zna g, ne?

Pravda, jegte jste se nesatkali. Nag spolednik na cestach. Legionar, zbeh, negt`astnY mantel a stateenV rank vykladal bez pretrZent shybaje sc pri tom ke ku.friim a rovnaje do nich spou stu tretti, ktere byly navr geny na stole.

"Potom se sez p arnite Mite. Tuble vezu kufr pohlednic a foto, ,Trafti. rti brit. ptatele dali ro obrazku a, pobledrrice jsem sebral sem. sou to zrt6rna rnTsta z mladi o'-covu; bodev'eP eek gt'asf,-n. to snutri. Pribvlo ml take bodri6 10-arrifi ed Ter p 7kv, 1. r e stn ' r1 eve vazadlo, ale zapornnela ie gt6 no ranoho veci. Vgecbno by se ji do jelibe fru neve glo, bode le gte zitra kupovati,

VESTNfK

Ve stredu 21, prosince 1960

a proto to napechuji seen. Nu, kufry jsou pevne, neco snesou a za vodu to dostaneme. Rikal jste, to jste volnY a to byste zitra mohl pomoci. Byl bych rad, kdybyste deal Terezce asi pul dne rytite. Ona si nevi rady„ kterou nejbliZgi cestou se do hotelu dostati a probeha, polovinu easu."

"Ze srdce rad. V kolik hodin main zde byti, sleeno?"

"Piljdu odtud, jakmile budou krarny oteviieny," ozva.la, se melodickYm, dosti hlubokym hlasem a s jakYmsi ostycthem podivala se na Dumata.

Videla, Ze na ni opira, zkounraNY pobled, a malieko syragtivgi eel°, poohledla se stranou, takle vide' jeji tvak s profilu. Mela ostre rezanY vYraz, jak

ra.

recke sochy. Oblieej byl trochu hubeny, ale licni kosti nebyly vysedle. 0boa mela 'erne, sklenute a temer nad korenem nosu spojene. Mela ptisnedlou plat', ale eistou, bez pih a skvrn. Tmaye jeji viasy byly hojne a v pros*, uzel shrnute. Krk meta pravidelnY, ponekudtrnavti net byla tvar a na povrchu bluzky rYsovala se diva pevna riadra. Byla spite vytti net prostredni postavy, ale nebyla take °Alive velika.

Vtecek jeji zjev ukazoval, 2e je sice dav eetem prostym, ale ne iozhyekanYrn a hloupYm. Bylo cosi zvlattnho v jeji bytosti, a Dumat se nedivil, ke projevila takovou odvahu a pustila se za more.

Pokraeovani

a na Arthritis

Na eetne Zadosti odberateln ne-chavame opet otisknout tuto radu: Skoro kaZO si nakika na, razne bolesti. Mne se te-Z stales nehoda, ktera mi zptisobila mnoho bolesti.

Peed etyemi roky pri sazeni jahod, cupla jsem nohou, aby kokinek dobte ditel v pude. Pei tom cupnuti hrozne bolestne pichlo at nahoke v nose a go to do stehenniho svalu, nemohia jsem z /nista. Po velke namaze jsem se dovlekla domt, ale nemohla jsem si sednout ani ohnout ani lehflout pro hroznou bolest. Jezdila jsem k chiropraktorovi, vgelijak nine lama do zad bouchal, ale bolest neulevovala.

V novinach, kde jsou rfIzne leky doporueovany, jsem use peehliZela, ale nevekila dost pa,tentnim lekuma. Pezdeji jsem si i nektere adresy vysteihla a na konee jsem se rozhodla, ze peece zkusim ten tak hodne chvaleny etyklek Bolven a Zdraxi-tamin, co jsciu oznamovany v ee,skYch novinach.

Za kratkou dobu objednavka peigla a udelala jsem si rozvrh: rano v 7 hodin jeden Bolven, v 10 hodin opet 1 Zdravitamin., ye 4 hodiny 1 Bolven a v 7 hodin zase 1 Bolven. Tak jsem tyto leky ukvala 3 dny spravne. Musim peedeslat, ze jsem peed tim celou to dobu chodila jen o holi a bez hole jsem ji'Z neumela ani chodit. 6tvrtY den, co jsem brala ty leky, jsem hal a tia jsem opet po prve do pottovni schranky bez hole. HdyZ mne sousede videli, jak si vykraeuji bez hole, tak se pritlb ptat, co se mnou stalo9 Je to at k neviPe, ale primo zazrak! Co varn zde dal giho pigi, to Uz je vic net zazrak.

Muj mulsZ, byl operevan, vakaa ope-

race "colostomy". Po operaci mu ochrnuly na kakde ruce tri prsty a nemohl le seveit, ani do nich vz[L, a kdyk mu nada podaval ruku, stratne jej ty prsty bolely. Jednou pritel z venku a vesele se tvaril a zaviral vtechny prsty na obou rukou. Ja povidam, co se stalo? l ekl, te , bore pilulky„ cot jsem ja nevedela. Bikal, ze &iv net jsem rano vstala, tak vzal vkdy 1 Bolven, v poledne 1 Zdravitamin a na not zase 1 Bolven. Pity den se tato neobyeejna, zrnena stale,. Lekat mu vkdy rikal, ke ad toho neni pomoc, takova operate, Ze kaZdemu must neco zanechat. Ted' se mu must jit ukazat. Co lekak povakoval za nemokne, stalo se po ukivani etyrleku Bolven a Zdravitaminu.

Hned jsem psala onu pro nas oba radostnou udalost moji pritelkyni, nab one trpivala bolestmi v nohou. Jak Isom vtak byla prekvapena, kdyk odepsala, jik minuly rok tyto Zdravitaminy a Bolveny ukivala. Nevedela jsem o jeji druhe nemoci. Lekat ji fekl, ke ma neco s ledvinami a na mechYri. Musela jik nekolik rokfi v noel vstavat katdou hodinu, to je zle, ano? Po 'dvou tYdnech vtak co zaeala uZivat Bolven a Zdravitamin, stale mene a merle byla v noel obtaovana vstavanim a nyni uz mute spat celou noc.

Na tolik ruznYch neduhil pusobi ony 2 zazraime leky. V gak se peesvedete sami, kteei to poteebajete a nani gte si iieskesiovenskemu lekarniku Bietislavu Jelinkovi do P.O.B. 927, Laguna Beach, California — at' vorn po gle 100 tablet etyinek dvojnasobne teinnosti BOLVEN za $290 a ZDHAVI-TAIVIIN za $6.98.

Anna Blaha, Glendale, Arizona.